The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-03 00:00:00

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

SATURDAY. APRIL 3, 1819.

In attending to the besiness of the Hoes' of Com. I
mons of yeslerdsy, both the Meads and enemies to
Ilatlisrorotary Reform cannot bet feel greatly is. i
ed. It might sem as if the latter thought the
harvest *early at its close, and were deskross, sc.
cordistg to the ancient mission, to " make hay while I
the son shines." Sock glaring sets of bribery and
corruption haws not been witnessed since the laments
election for Iliodon sod Shaftrabery, where Punch
played so coospicsoas a part, soder the auspices of
the English Nabobs frees the East Indies. The
Sidvm, Ibe Seats's. the MACIIIICETII4, and the
Ituwautos, have all been outdone of late, if sot
in the ingeseity of their proceedings. at least in
the Itsrefacedness of them. The lot has fallen
on Sir Manassas MASSIU Loins, sod, no doubt, the
preset-affirm of the Beretta will bring to light some
new traits of conferring favours, to be gratefelly
remembered, similar to those which were practised
by another Bert., Sir R. hi ACILISTII, SOON years ago.
Can we wonder that the Nation is so reedy to go to
war upon every trilling wands', and that the Mini.
stet is able to tat the People ad libitum, whoa be
has such inurement' to play with ! !
Of the Petition for licheder, *Nth was presented
by she lloseerable end iodefstgahle Member for
Shrewsbury to the Reese of Commons last night, with
so much proper gravity sod feeliug, we scarcely
know bow to speak with terms sufficiently qualified
to avoid pulling the emanate of a body's powerful
us corrupt upon es. We knew the weight of it,
already basing bad to hear it longe► then it has beets
thought secessery loutish@ a [mintiest elf 'honest
difficult art in the Cyclopedia of Knowledge. As
the subject, however, lain lite as it were, we will, for
the present, *sly adjure these persons who have felt
themselves hitherto in opposition to a Reform in Par.
to mat-onside, the beseeoleot estatives for
demanding it ; and to reflect what mischiefs sod
miseries are produced by the provost Gertiteginems
spirit of &bulldog seats la the Smote.
Aeother sod net less glaring object for public cen-
sure has Brim* from the creel treatment shows to
Grottiest Gooaosuo, as represented in the Petition
presented by the Member for Natant last night.—
Nethieg could be mere temperately urged than the
violist treatment of Ms foreign Gen Leman by the
manner I• which his perms and papers were seised,
end himself berried, or rather heeded, out of the
country, without allotting bias t►e chance of being ,
benefited by the solitary clause it. the shameful sod
syrsoolcal Alien Act. A classy, in short, which
was set forth ►y the authors of that disgraceful and
arbitrary Act as as antidote to the alleged poises
which ran through every other part of it. What re.
sped will boohoos to Englishmeo triton's' abroad,
when it is known hew inhospitably foreigners are used
in England. Reagan sod earth, is the State in danger
of subversion from the papers in the portfolio of
sn unfortunate alien, although he may hare been a
reputed and practised General! If there is any one
circumstance which lets down the once high character
of this cavalry beyond all ethers, it is the jealously,
the fear we entertain of every man who Iles been
known te, or served seder, NIkrOLION! It would
have hem more magnanimous of us, if we had
let the Chief himself occupy one of our old end
obsolete palaces, with a certain surrounding space
for his ezercise. After a nine de) s wonder all would
have been easy and quirt. Public opinion is Or must
be our ssfe.geard. Without runitc °risme a Go.
serenest can never be seeere. If our Ministers had
Naros.aon and all his Generals is iron cages within
the walls of the Tower, garrisoned by the seven
battalion of G muds, the Government could not thence
derive se iota of additional security. The existence
of the State could not be prolonged one instant by
such timid, terrible, and tyrsonie proceedings. It
would seem thet we have Taincrlanes for Ministers,
and livjeseis for prisoners. What says the Me. Mr.
DOVOLAi ? Ile had acquiesced ins former statement
frees a positive assertion of Mr. Cure; but this
his epistle's was sow altered ou the edaircissemene
of the case—the refus•l to silo+ the Corersl to
appeal!. Theevideuce of this refusal is e'er, and
open that ground alone was the tt•atmes.t creel, er.
bites'''. and illegal. The Honourable Member for
Benbery indignantly observed, • Magistrate I be-
cause the Ge-erel demeollod to his curried before one
Was it on inch qaillbles • bet the provisions in f
of personal liberty were to be frustrated? and then
properly asks—Hie Paris an EOgfi•amam had mad.
• r.ki she by naming • Prefect for a Minister of Pp.
IL., obeli:vino that arcossit he would be deprived of
any advantage the law Wowed him?