The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-09-03 00:00:00

LONDON:
TlfV DAZE IiEFTEMBER 3, MI

We have received Preach Papers to the 24th
i ultimo, but they contain no official intellige,kce from
the Grand Army in the North. By these papers, it
appearc .that BONAPARTE'S headquarters are still at
Witepitc, and that preparations are making for
`T nilffifig" tarards StiiolghskO;svihere a general act ion is
expected to take Ant; Asulesslie Russians continue
_their system of oq.etting. The next arrival from
ithe.North,lwilli puobablyi bring very important in.
telligence. The Paris papers are silent upon the
"stairs in the Peninsula.

A Meeting wss held last Thursday at Loughs.
Leonel, whick we sincerely hope-will be imitated by
thsi oatitiditt large. It consisted of Deputies from
;a guest umber of Religious Societies in the counties
4efAottingliali,- Derby, and Leicester ; rrs OBJECT
wits TO PROMOTZ • NATIONAL PETITION FOR Tug
ATTAINMENT OF PEACE!! when Resolutions were

entered into to that effect. Major CARTWRIGHT at.
leaded, for the purpose of inducing the Meeting to
mix with their object that of Parliamentary Reform;
stating, as his opinion, that Peace, obtained under
F the circumstances of our present corropt state of

Representation, would have no guarantee for its
continuance; became, while men could obtain the reins
of power whose interests lay in war, war they would
always prefer ; witness the violation of the Peace of
Amiens, the flagrancy of which became still more
manifest from the arts that had been resorted to by
the tools of Government, to cover the conduct of
the then Administration, and cast the blame upon
the enemy. The Major's argument is a sound one,
land is borne out by fact ; and while the meeting
joined with him in opinion, they differed with him
as to the propriety of its adoption on the present or..
casion. The Speakers, at that respectable and vene.
table meeting, contended, that however desirable a
Reform in our national Representation
,was, yet it
would be impolitic to mix the prayer for such a mea.
sure with the prayer for Peace ; because it would be
diverting the attention of the meeting, which had
for its object the healing the bleeding wounds of
mankind. This sentiment prevailed and was adopt.
ed, and may Heaven gracionsl condescend, in corn.
passion to the multiplied sullerings of mankind, to
lend an helping hand. As a celebrated writer ob.
serves, " war is the faro-table of Princes, and na.
dons are the dupes of the game ;" then may we not
fairly Conclude, that the war-faction in England
(which has 'been our country's bane, from the day of
BUTZ to those of PancEvate, and whose opinion seems
to sway that of thaPiascz),erill tue every art in their
power to deAvol that which would deptive them of
the golden harvest they reap from the field of blood?
And what so likely to effect their purpose in the de.
struction of this plan for the promotion of a national
petition for Peace, as making ito political question?
t Their scribbling,ayi venal instruments, in every part
of she, ki ngdomov mkt be iiat tows*, whose i ndustry
hie trumpet of
141 the Chinch otllit9fati:Wing i *danger," which
wont() hi ntotielehhilkititll6lo of 'atirm to the
timid, and../saiia the essecof these who ignorantly
iontepaykstessliplisenAighliseitate7of oar nation with
kterror, bectumetlet4t etenvestdpni which shook
/once after theegi4e itaei Government, in 1789;
sidpVin Plot,' and Revolutionary
.finnovairogA anould•be echoed through, the land: the
oor aThintrreniiibbk Si of the wealthy, might be
insloca to t ?Ode* ter Pei.einnd Reform conjointly;
whilethi.WisrAfagtled, illsn'wOuld enlist the timid
litto tlitiorgoliOlagapld lay` ,of the reforming
'part of the (refloat! cootle/oe the: *hole, and
thereby isioseArsnliieatishilolaiso-. power of the fiend
of war, on 01 itabs pt, bilsiiiitilsappineu, and give
exteissioll to the •liotrid' eiercise of his murder.
our at*, ,The., viii 4 4. the people, when united,
carries terror b it{, sound to the guilty heart of
power ; it is Oat to lie resisted, without the most
dangerous consequeoces being likely to ensue: the
abolition of the Slave Trade, and the giving up of
Lord Sinuoirup's Bill, are recent proofs of this.--
They are proofs, too, that the People need not long
submit to the ravages of mar, if they mould exer-
cise the Power =hick the Constitution has placed ix
their hands. A Petition for PEaez Is the more
likely to meet with almost universal support, in con-
sequence of the almost universal distress occasioned
by the war ; the prevalency of the one will produce