The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-10-16 00:00:00

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Disiron,--I am well infOrmed that an article;
which appeared in your Paper, about a fortnight or.
three weeks ago, under the title of "T LI E VETO,"
has caused cOrmiderable ferment in, 'rasa& tln
this article it Wits expressed that the English Who,
lies hoe -met given up their attachment to. the
VETO, notwithstanding the opposition *thick their '
(risk brethren have made to it; but thasl,,ari the
"nic4TY, they MeV& to recommend it a 1 semoilLtime
to PatutAtent. • •
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NOW,'Siri' I can take upon myself to affirm,..•
trust you will make it known to the public, that
'the I;:nglish Catholics in general, and inTrarpisrties.
larly the persons amongst them whollsee the ma'.4l
nagement of their concerns, hOlit;thit
word in as great detestation as the moat zealous el
the Irish Catholics can do, and that they deprecate
the very mention of its name. All that they persist
in is, their offer to the Legislature "to accept with
gratitude of such arrangements, not inconsistent
with their religion, which it may judge necessary
for the security of the Established Church and
State." One of these Lord GRENTIMLE has pro-
nounced to be a discretionary power in the Crpw o to
exthadei improper persons frOM'attitining tii:eank or
iioranis'ih our church : but then his Lordship 'adds,
'that OA a power, though exercised by,persons of a'
kosgepeedi is " known to be perfectly consistent
; with. Catholic tenets." I presume it WO 166* to'
mon of-the least reflection or information; grid theig.
fore may safely be mentioned, what the objects of,
the Statesmen, our friends, are, in devising these
arrangements. The Ara of these is to repress that
. spirit of proselyting which has been so freqUentle.
objected to the clergy of our communion, by the
appointment of bishops who are perfectly ileac of
it, and (=mita to it ; and thus to reduce, at much as',
may be, the very great disprpportiou which is found
between the members of the rival churches in 'the.
Sister Island. The other is to loosen the lob
,close
onion which has hitherto subsisted between the Ca-
tholic clergy and laity of. Ireland, which has bean a''
subject of equal civil jeelosiay, and to render both
descriptions. mote dependant. on Government that
they' are relent., Fes this purpose it is judged ne-
cessarrtbsiOhe former should derive their support
immedialklifrotii the Crown„ which can easily' raise
upon the latter, by means of a tax, the sum actu-
ally contributed by them for this purpose, without
loss of income to {be clergy, and without additional
expence to the laity. It is proper to slate, that
the getieral outlintli of this plan arc not Of a late
date or hasty contrivance,' but were originally
traced and. iiaMqvwsbly -fixed eleven years ago '(as.
his illustrious colleague in office' has publicly de_
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dared), by that Helyen-born Minister now no
more, who, solids' his grand•rneasures and sett.
for the, welfare of the Empire, and of Ireland is
particular, pronounced that he " built his preten. I
sions to future fame chiefly on the Legislative
Union."
As firmly, then, Sir, as we reject the VETO, so
firmly we adhere to the proposed ARRANGE-
MENTS, from the adoption of which we promise
ourselves perfect peace in Church and State on both
sides of St. Georgees Channel. Fur the attainment;
of these we depend not only on our strength in Par;
liameut, and on whatever there is of rank, genius,
.and learning, in our own body, but also upon
whatever there is of respectability in any lineamong
the Catholicirof Ireland. Already h. ;th,' pum-:
be:less Catholics of the Comity of 'I ii),--rary, and
those of the County of Kildare, declared themselves,
in their public Resolutions, in.foqur of the _if-
rani-events, as appears by the punted papers of
of our English Committee, and as it his been more
than once proclaimed in Parliament. Within. the
last fortnights, the Catholics of the County of Mayo
handouts a step further, and have adopted, word
for lord, our fifth Resolution, of February lit.
Fleetly; *from the measures whfch are now pro.
ceding we hate reason to con. fide, that early in the
next Session of Parliament, our friends there will
be enabled to state, that the ARRANGEMENTS
have been seceded to by a great majority of the se.
veral counties of Ireland; and however 4 few blind
'Zealots may oppose them, as they did the other day
at Castlebar, yet, fortified as our allies were thire,
and as I trust they will bo every where else, they
will frown the zealots into silence and insignia-
cency. I act; Sirs truly
AN ENGLISH GATHQLIC,
Bath, Oct. 13, 1810.
On Monday, the Ist of October, was held the
Annual Meeting of the Royal Colleges of :Phyil.
chins, in Warwick-lane, when the following Geo.-
' tlemen were chosen Officers for the ensuing year
President, Sir Lucas PEPYS, Wirt. ; Censors, Dr.
ROIIERTS, Dr. AINSLIE, Dr. WARREN, and Dr.
BREE; 'Treasurer, Dr. BOnD; Register, Dr. Um—
ery ; Commissioners appointed under the Act for
regulating Mad-houses, Sir LUCAS PEPYS, Hart.
Dr. Hone, Dr. PEMBERTON, Pr. LAMBE, and Dr.
PRICE; and Secretary, Dr. POWELL. At this
Meeting Dr. MORGAN and Dr. StaiatuNS weredeeted
Fellows; Dr. AGER, Candidate; Dr. plrysit and
Dr. BLACK, Licentiates.
All the attempts hitherto made to bring about I
second commemoration of the Jubilee have origi-
nated in the wishes, of -a few very loyal tallow-
chandlers and oilmen, who still be the only pursues
()unfitted by such a measure.

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.TAE STAUS44I•II
1,T,97-Iget•l49 itOg,f4RagY Pkaca:44PjfaallstqulPl
patgintic. Paper, fur. the follorwietrepialkilil !Oft
old friend Mr.;Potricerti,
!teservellly beconie so great a fairovite at Cook
where,, I. trust,. that reward ha has so well meriledio
has been most ample. : I xeinain, Sir, with It
!ova/meat wishes for the 'coedits.* iliteletrbt yids,
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-endeavours,• . • 11' "
• Y0%4'64104 Mend 404 tgiant,
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• '' r TO hitIVICV,WIS GOLDSMITH, •• •
• • ProlliAar Pusue,
dither of " Cilnsis of Cabinets," and of " The Seem',
, • • • Histlry of the Cabinet of Bonaparte."
OLD FIt.LEND,--1 heartily congratulate ygjt
Hill' your recent success in the service of
your country, mid have no doubt, that they, will,
arc so well able to appreciate your efforts, arc ill
ready as, the, ACC able to reward them. IntleeK
there can be little; dots*, well as we knew that
tuck. efforts, in the pibient time, meet the most
splendid rewards ;, nor can' we think so meanly of
Lord WELLESLEY and Mr. PERCEVA44I to sup-
pose they would be,, in a service of 'aittikAssential
nature to the country, behind Mr. wrottg
Nevertheless, I know your candour (47.90
that you would scorn to have a scruple In the heart
of any man, and I will therefore resteest of you ifl
solulion of 'certain of mine, .kk'Wiqii`i'lf the publ
lic at this, d. arc sau:iou will *hi Wk.
ficor our satlsfaction and your,osto bottoms. •rti..l,
First of all though, let tab' do you an ,surfer
justice, by owning that I have not seen your bOok;`.
otherwise than Ahrough the medium of a criticism
given in a-large Magazine, the name of which I
have really forgotten ; but its character I well re..
remember, for high pretenslobit ipOstissileAge on
the subject of. france an 4 &Is; Acsoletkun, sup-
Ported .by the silliest, most sauseatiog,:snd most,
hypocritical pretences: in *no, one of tilose4Magax,
sines, which are se nested to be attp/1644. Mitt paid
by the Irciltdry; 4frititensiSal.
'intelligence` i'Auttan.,crediti. cr,
thiCpublicetion has misquoted yon.resethly
mislelsen their sense, or qousense, • for, yoitaa=teti
. me so an&pardon me.
Admiral VILLTNEuvs, it is asserted, eitherkyr
you, 'or this 'Editor of the' above Magartinei, ttr
have been titil ssinatadatl Morlaix by order:of flit:
NAP RTE, which was carried into execution by rout
Mamaltikeslits the dress of gens d'arntes, Now,
Sir, I have been informed by an old Brissotin
an Inveterate enmity of NAPOt.rtoa, and tang. WO
dreams of the reShscitaticui of, the Republic,. chit
thy story of the Mamalukes is a gross. fabrication,
„ridiculed at Waal' ; sthat Po Such persons were
• there, and that all who saw the.body, which many
• swore persons did, and heard the Circumstances, una.
nimously agreed, that the Admiral was his own
• 'executioner. '
Prey, my Friend, .who‘were dm Gentlemen who
came up to you so opportunely, to tell.yolt, that
"the French Govirnmeittaid'aplan to
of England assassinated •?" Probably Mr••
with his friend Mr. STYLIS; •yet, you mighte)s.well
have given their names, as to leave it to ea; to take
;them for granted. Culonel DIOS aq too, 'had fre-
quent conferences with BEAuxotsix; now, by a
strange, either well or ill.thistiiocturrenee,•itis
fact, that Despaan, on a certAiiriisuie.. sit* told a
friend of mine, now a living 'evidence, that he
(IDEsPARD) never exchanged a word, ttuf,etteogrer
saw Colonel BEAuv ot sus in his life,
• 66 The-primary and most etkciantfeatteelof.:teis
subjugation of the Continent ofEurope."'-,-My
dear Friend, who can be ignorant of .thatl4l.
fan scarcely tell, however, whether, Ig;....g.rmsti,
or the Mr. Eorroq of the biz; Magazine, gluts:Oat'
wonderfully, useless explanation. , lv
(‘-The torture is still used in This
*taints in the same predioament with the list', adii
Mrb G. an4:4r,,Eniroa may, se far as 1:
dispute the. ereckt of furnishing sq taking a piece of i•
Information,wl4h,doubtlessaeitlier one or 00.01441
or both, tire ready' with the facts, the when: and the
where, to early because it is positively asserted,
as well by English
,as p•Onch `inquirers; ryselit •
among the farmer,. that' no'inste.fic,e of torture ltq
aver existed ,4 France since the!itevolutinn,
thotigh, to the•great.sbarne of one or. two coootOes
on the Continent, .8114 really- do still exist.
" No wounded, or Mutilated soldters in France;
if rendered' utwerticeable, they are slain outright,'!
Oh ! certainly, certainl;, and.--the carcases brought
to the shambles, where they: are sold at; six Sous
per lb. That ever oar informants shonld.onvit the
latter, so suitable to the comprehension of Jcium
!
Its the .10th article ofloiti•sicret Trite& *of
Tilsit, we find that "No power !hall; ln.future, he
Imernitted to send merchant plitpi' to sea, unless.
they have aiettain number of Ships.of mes.lt 44114
my Friend, shrewd people. esy,,rbcr.ted
d—d unlucky sentence, 'totally 6ilt6s4l6l4l4:iihe
credibility of yoiir Treaty. They ray l'aob4dc
•smells Conningish, as the tosliikfrl4.r7
To be sure, it is a good. ttit, to impress gsroftcloyial:
a notioq how arbitrary FreaCa would be,Vilnishe*
Ocean,
since it is not Oct easy to ict*ess. Neat
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ideas of our own liberality in the same•plice."
My friend, you deel large', in Frcnch eau.

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