The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-16 00:00:00

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TO THE PUEiLIiC. Euglibh People to c.0.,
The Proprietor of thi* Puler having already replied to the I
vain !wading of the late Editor, and dibproveri 1-:-
lions of Ileing the 64 hole Coosi,.--
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TO TilE PUBLIC.
The Proprietor of this Paper having already replied to the
vain hoa-ting of the late Editor, and disproved his asser-
tions of !wing the " ifge CMAUCter of TUC STATESMAN,"
and lit, pretended "Fidelity of Reports;' feels it incum-
bent upon him to notice some further assertions equally
tearer, which it seems have beta circulated with a view
to excite the compassion of • certain individuals, and to
induce them to assist him in the formation of a plot,
both uniust and illegsl, carried on clandestinely prior
to his dismissal. The aamrtion no* alluded to, is to
tut fullowiag egret, viz. "That he, the late Editor, had
s.:crificed his time in the service of Tit L Sr ATESSIA 14 , wit/L-
-oa any remuneration." Now the fact is, that be hits received
upwards of Si% Hundred Pounds, fur little more than a yeas.'s
service. the latter part of which was remarkable only
fur the abuse of confidence reposed in him, nesieet # dutg
:1 the ordinary business of the Paper, and also admitting'
several Libellous Articles, for which two Prosecutions are
already actually commenced, others threatened, and one;
of the too,t fiagraut nature, against the Chief Justice of
England, oarr.iwly escaped insertion. •
It any person eatertains a doubt of the ahovesstatements being
correct, he ratty be satisfied of the truth, by calling at the
Olfice. No. 87, Fleet-street.

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON : •
WEDNESDAYS MAY les MO.

Devitt, MAT lb.—Passed by, for London, the ship Lord
Nelms, Captain David Philips, frost Perunasbuca, (Brazil)
oat 56 days; left *ere his Majesty % ship Bedford, ellazi.
Abe the ship Oriels. Capt. Groves, fro= nod (one of
' the Aaoreb); left there his Majesty% ship Penelope.
Several pas are fir*, to the westward, supposed Is be for
• Pilots for the East or West-lndia Fleeu, both of which are
hourly espeeted.. •
la the Road" lifsdestris ship Quebec, and . Cherokee
sloop of war.
A vessel arrived two days ago from Ram de Gnu?. Isti
brought DO news ; the Captain taw Bonaparte and his
Bride there a few days litre laaaned ; they were seen also
at Boulogne about 010 di* age by a person arrived from

Euglish People to come to this at last ? To have,
that splendid picture of individual wealth and
prosperity, which has been their boast, and which
has ever surprised all the world, to have that
blurred and defaced, eat by the GOIFILINXENTI
‘which would in itself bring consolation with it, for
there is always dignity in *Government, but by a
horde worse than a horde of savages, and a herd
to whom Mr. ?hazes appellation would do too
much honour, and who are lower even than a
szfinish multitude!. Why have we written with an.
against the desire of getting other people's
money—but because it is the meanest of passions ?
And shall we confine our anger to Government,
or the persons forming the present Administration,
or any other public robbers ? Wby so ? Who is to
c. 411 upon us to do that? And why is U to be done ?
.4—Whatever' name we find connected with
such proceedings, hewn. er great, even U it
Ibe the greatest on earth, he shall not escape
our rod, fur be cannot lull our indignation.
ofThis MAR' tts CouraNir I—They1—They are to
• gimp all the business of insuring ! That is what
is meant by them. The individuals at Lloyd':
may sink from afiluentee, or comfort, into famine.,
and a prison—What then ? Thu Marine Gentle..l
men will sail with s fair breeze, and before the,
wind,and they willsmile on the deck, whoever goes
to ruin ! Really, this is too much ! Are we to be.
come a Nation of Plunderers, as well as htving.
a Government known to the .world chiefly by
that name and tkscriptiou of thing ? For God's
t la 9 ke let us stop somewhere ! And let an end IN.
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tit to this abomination I—As to the Gentle.
men at Lcoites, we plead their cause, in this
lastance, because they are the injured par.
ty.--We know of what they aro composed
also ; a motley set, and we fight their battle
merely because of the wrong intended them.
But, when we find them doing wrong, which
they sometimes do, we shall not spare even
them.—We have argued this matter hitherto, upon
the reason and justice of the case only, but far.',
tunately the LAW also is with us, and we hope
shortly to see it once more enforced, as it has al.
ready been, upon this very question, of mono-
polizing companies. A company of poor men,
who associate to; buy a mill, to grind their cora
cheaper than the miller and baker will let thesis
have it, is the most unexceptionable thing that
can be imagined of this kind. The distresses of
the poor will plead much, and powerfully. But
the Law, as well as humanity, saye4." Relieve
them id some tither mode ; but you must not.
strangle industry, you must not &tads, by an
overwhelming combination, the occupation in
which a man has expended his property; and em-
ployed his whole life."—ln a case, lately tried at
Birmingham, a CORN.IIILL Company wasdecided
•to be contrary to law, to be an illegal combine.
tion. But if a company, whose objeethsio have
a COlll4-aIILLI is each, what then aro ira to say
of these Marine GliitTltY,) who have no necessity
to excuse them, no biting poverty and want to
urge them, and who have nothing to tempt, and
nothing to palliate their offence, but their in.
satiable desire of getting other people's money,
and that too at the' expenco of the ruin of
individuals ? Indeed, Gentlemen of the Green
Seat, wo advise, you to retreat in time,
and preserve your honour and character, while
they are yet whole ! Your going to. Parliament
to legalize this Act, contrary to law (for such a
thing may be), will not save your character, al-
though it may save you from. the effect of break.
ing dig law.

TUE following Letter has been'iodustrioady cir.
eulated, and we beg leave to accompany it with a

li4raL INTELLIGENCE.

few remarks :-
4, PROPOSED MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
4, SIR-I beg leave to inform you, that the Report of the
Select Committee upon the subject of Marine Insurance is to
be taken into consideration by the House of Commons upon
Thursda‘, the rah day of May, when, as a Share-holder in
tee proposed Marine Insurance luslitutioo, you will no doubt
use your influence with yottr.friends to attend —I am, Sir,
your roost obedient, humble Servant,
" ALEX. MUNDELL."
One of the best and most enviable uses of a
Newspaper is, to step in, wherever injury is
doing, and the.oppresscd have no competent means
of repelling the wrong, to step in and aid the in:.
jured party. A Newspaper can do much; and
fur this simple reason—it speaks to • thousands at
once, and can often influence the public opinion,
which does sometimes turn aside the evil-duer from
his purposed iniquity. When a Paper has the
character of honesty, when nothing can seduce it
from its just object, nor any thing can terrify
its
the power we arc speaking of is incalculable. lAll
honest men are with it; and after all that is said
of the depravity of the times, they are the majority,
and must in all questions carry the day.—The,
Public well know that Tea STasssiaanlnever
elirinks from what it apprcheods to be its duty ;
and it now is ready, at the call of justice, to
aid in repeloug a must gross and vile attempt at
robbery. This is the first point of view in which
we regard the 2MOPOSEO (ever to be proposed, we
hope) MARINZ INSURANCL COMPANY.' At pre.
sent, we are not talking of the Well-known maxim,
that all monopolies arc injurious to the public in.
terest. We mean, now, to protect individuals
a•eilust all dishonest Men. We would do fur the
Individuals, what we do forthe Peoplo—we would
keep the dishonest out of the reach of their pock-
ets. There is too much of robbery going forward in
private, as welt as public concerns. And %a moan
broadly to say, that every combination (or corn.
puny, if the persons we allude to like the word
better) by great bodies, to carry on a business to
the prejudice of individuals, especially individuals
who have already occupied themielm in a like
concern, at great expenco in money, wig with
great cost of labour and anxiety of mind, every
such combinatbn is a conspiracy to rob, and
every one belonging to it is as unworthy a being
as he who lives by plun,lcr of ally kind, and de-
serves no other appellation than the bard names
we give to public plunderers. The principle is
. any tote, whatever his opulence, or
.I;mvrever
.fou.nded his busities..„ may be ruined by
such eionliiwsittins. Where• is the property, or
personal inauence, or name, or connexion, that
eat Amid up agaillit ittla combinations? They
• are in comparison, the kind of power which
Ow people are relative to the Government —they
move, and they overwhelm all before .them. if
there h., some rare exceptions, that is to ,say,
if
here and there a person can continue to exist and
finlrieli in despise of such combination, those
arc cases of unusual felicity, and persons who are
it• in the exception have no thanks to give to the
'loosens. This is a silliject of vast importance.
the prosperity of England is cm ins to the Se-
curity, of individuals in their 'respective employ-
Anent .uf their labour and talents. But if this
scene of combinations is to he continued, there h
pges seed for the Fatscu Estes:atm to come here,
Or any Cos wino* to come here to &serfs),
us. We du 1 deed ourselves. Wo commit
self-murder, and need nut wait for the slaugh-
tering hand of the enemy. Wherever *the bu.
. siitess of monopolies is, there is poverty,
and death, and squalid misery, except with.
.12 the circle of the monopolists. And are tile
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The 71st Regime., *der the 111111.100 the gallant
Colonel Pack, marched late Ibis place dellikaidej and Sun-
day from Brabant@ Lees, and set forward yeseseday for
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The iirth Militia are expected to. merit eta Milne
neat week for Scsataad, they are to :be replaced bribe 98th
Regiumut of Foot. A large camp it b lald will be formed
bete &Win sonsaser, in order to facilitate the extemion of the
lines and a orks at the heights and. Castle, Ity eutibling the
mechada of the different regiments to work on these
;waveforms. The following are regiments, already here,
vie. 9d Royal Lancashire, Miners, and Backs, or Kieg's Own,
at the Heights; Royal Perth, Muntgotaeh, and Ist Rama-
litsa.hth Regbaeut at the Castle.
FALitoteff, MAY 19.—Arrived his Ideihesty's ship Ame-
lia,
98 guns, Captain lthy, With two Spanish Deputies from
the Galliciab Junta, to solicit a supply of arms from oar go-
vertinfut ; four days passage from Coruna& The accounts
by this conveyance mate, that the enemy have taken the city'
of Astorga, sod were expected at Corneas stud Ferrol very
shortly. There was a report at Comm at the time the
Amelia sailed train- theuce, that the enemy were advancing
against Portugal with a large force, and that Lord %Yellin-
ton was about to set of with the British sad Portuguese.
force wader his command to meet them.
Also arrived his Majesty's ship Thais, 18 gum, fraisi a
cruise; American ship Herald, Captain Rama Oaten Cour.
Isadore in the American service), from Norfolk, with to-
bacco, for orders.
Yesterday arrival the TOWAN Candy; Taunton, Owen;
John, Marshal; and Naomi, Richards, Irma London.
Sailed the Marlborough packet, Bull, with Malls for
Lisboa.
The Chichester packet will sail to-morrow, with Mails for
the Brazils.

PLY NOVTIT, MAY 14.—Arrived the Sibella, Henry Love,
Master, front Martioique, hound to Ltridon, with collie and
sup's.. The Master states, that the entrance into the Chtiouti
is covered with hooseward-bound vessels, beating op. •
The following vessels, in addition to'nty met, came with
the Veous frigate frail Liiboo:—the trnasperls Sally, .Hata-
melt; Dinar", Harris; Achilles, Davison; Agistoria, W.
therhead; and Brilliant, Wilson.
Went up hat hour to relit, the Medusa frigate.
The Niemen frigate is still in the Sound, walling the arri-
val of the Gcueral Odgers from town, to wry them to Per-

'gal. •
balled the Mariner gun-brig, with a victualler for Scilly;
the Helena sloop, for Ireland ; the Harpy brig; to the West-
ward.
Arrival the Courageste, of 74 guns, from the Eastward;
the Jams, Mess, and Mary, Roberts, fratapporto.

Mr. Pireil Birth-day, the 28th inst. is to be cele-
brated this year with unusual splendattr; and it is,
wentiderstand,intended to ornament all the saloons
where entertainments are given on this occasion
with a stupendous device formed of paper,-"papier
vetichet so curiously gilt, as to comet to -doe.
mind of a superficial observer an idea of gold..
On the pedestal is to be emblazoned the amounta;
the national debt at the commencement, and at the
termination of the Administration of thia.great
Statesman ; and from the summit is to float a
blood.colou red flag, bearing this inscription, " The
immortal Stateiman that reduced the power of
France, in the same proportion as he extended the.
liberties of his native land ;" and exhibiting on
the reverse this memorable sentiment of the great
man now no more-4' Without $ Reform in the
" Commons House of Parliameot, no honest man
". can retain the situation of Minister of this
41 country."
It should appear that all the enemies to Palls.
mentary Reform and the correction of *abuses,
are skulkers. In London, in. Middlesex, and at
Westminster, these poltroons did not dare to sheer
themselves at the public ineeting,s legally convened,
and to oppose, with the manly character of Eug.
lislimen, the resolutions and. petitions brought,
forward, but they sneak into holes and corners"
and then come out with their equitter-declarations.,
This is pusillanimity, and pusillaiiiatityof the lo west
and basest kind. As to the signatures of their
famous declared" what do thole sigestureti
hibit but'the names of a heat of coutractors,loan.
jobbers, money-lenders, and mouey-luven, with
a retinue of their needy dependents, such as are
sitiitys to be found in shuals• near the seat of
Government, and particularly near the seat of a
Government, whose annual eitpeitiliture is7o mil.
lions a-year. 'A dec./wait* so obtained is. Worth
as little as Mr. CANNING'S friendxhip, as Lord
CHATIIAM'S military skill, as the Marquis .of
pills:lA.ol.We plot, or is the reseuchei of the
finanteConitnittees nominated by. the Right Hen.
tiSTENCER PLRCEVAL.-•-(Leeds Mercury.)
The Devil amont the Tailors.— The
.Duke of
KENT. Sir DAVID BAIRD, and'several other of our
first Generals, who are Colonels of regiments,
have lately transferred the contract for clothing
their regiments, to which they were induced by an
offer of supply at a much lower rate—a motive
reasonable enough one would think. Yet lig are
given to understand, that-the old-established army
tailors, are up in arms, and possessed with the in.
tention of using their utmost efforts to frustrate
this most justattempt at a competition, which,
it
general, 'would produce benefit scarcely calculable
to the army. - Hut, hating as we do all monopn.'
lies and monopolizers, we hope not only, that
this small innovation of a poctice inveterately
bad, will be able to maintain itself, but that it
will operate widely as an example, and not in this
peculiar branch of necessaries merely, but higher
sad lower, till no one parson or company of per.
ism shall hold in their hands the unwieldy task
and profits of supplying exclusively the exigencies
or the Army.

Tits Loan was contraA:ted fur this morning by
the firms *of BARING and Co. and GOLDSMID and
Co. whose bidding was the samr, au the following
terms :

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12 millions for England.
1 Ireland,
li India Company's Exchequer Bills.
For every 1001. the Contrattors are to have €l5O in the
Reduced—and 101. 7s. 6d. In the ComolQ.
The payments to be made as under :«
May, 19 10 per cent.
June 2 10 . ~
July 19 15
Aug. 17
Sept. 14 /* •,.
Oct. 19 15 ..
Nov. 1,6 ..'l2O • ',,
Dec.l4 10 •• .
Jan. 17, 1811 10 ..

We yesterday received a German Paper, which
states, under date from Sentlin the 18th ult. that
the campaign between the furks'Und Russians
had been opened. by some skirrniihing, and that
the army of each Power was estimated at 150,000
men. The King of WESTPHALIA was expected
at Hanover at the commencement of the present
month.
We yesterday received a series of Madrid Ga.
uttcs, to the Ist ultimo. Subsequent tothe ac.
I tiuns in Catalonia which have already been nar.
rated, we now learn that the Frenciroccapied the
town of Rues during four days and nights. In the
whole of, this infelTat a emending was maintained
between the Patriots and the Enemy, the result of
which was the loss of 2000 a( the former, and
1260 of the latter, after which diminution of their
numbers the French thonght at to abandon sodas.
prone a situation, lest they should be utterly de.
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Champion of the Rights of Mao;
Dearest Soo of Liatavir ;
Still hegtmered glimmering fay
Prather faille; tree.
As the ha ruck, projecting, braves
The fury of the burly waves ;
Aud as, aloft, tbaeagle
• Aid all the chitsorous, eiteaper brood defies.
So be thou first, so keep thy glorious coarse,
Spite of Detractlool%hafts. or Envy's utmost force.
Loi where yon gold-skirted cloud.
Gradual rolling, parts and clears,
•ersting from the Seecy shroud,
LiZERTY appears.
'Tis she 'tis she the E.:sodden bright;
Hee ardent eye, her stately height,
Moe open brow, het smiling face,
Her easy dignity, her tok:ehless grace :
Virtue and Truth, her either side sustain;
And lave, said Peace, and Plenty, revel in her traits.
Bark I she speaks I the Goddess, hear
Unmet, to her voice attend
44 Oa, my BeRDETT, persevere,
‘‘ Grist the glorious end.
G, What, the the Leeches of the Land,
" The Its and Outs, a selfish baud,
" Alike thy Patriot deeds oppose,
Corroption's friend, nod Public Virtue's foes;
" With atty4o N'S, IDS 16 V't, 1 win place thy cam.
" Conspicuous on the roll of never-dying lame."
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