The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-02-19 00:00:00

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officert invite. N'entireetta -110,..11140 are above ter ile
labour. " The vastly- of. the poor men (say a
sagacious author) is to be merited upon at the •cheapeet
rate possible. Things we are accustomed to we do
not mind, or else what mortal, that had never seen a
soldier, could look, without laughing, upon a man
accoutred with so much paltry gaudiness and affected'
finery ? The coarsest manufacture that can be made
of wool, dyed of a brick-dust colour, goes down with
him, lateense it is in imitation of scaeet or crimson
cloth ; and to make himself as like his officer as it is
possible, with little or no Cost, instead of silver or
gold lace, his hat is trimmed with white or yellow
worsted, which in others would deserve bedlam ; yet
these fine allurements, and a noise made upon a calf
skin, have drawn in and been the deep-action of snore
men in reality, than all the killing eyes and bewitch-
ing voices of women ever slew in jest. To-day thee'
strimeArni pnts on his red coat, and believe., every
ho.ly in earnest that calls him gentleman; and two
days atter Serjeant 'Cite r; ices hint stringing- rap teeth
Lis mite, for holding his musket an inch higher than
lie should do. When a man reflects on all this, and
the usage they generally receive—their pay—and the
toed: that is taken of them when they are not ranted,
must he not wonder how wretches can be so silly as
to be proud of being called gentlensca soldiets? Yet
if tle.v were not so called, no art, discipline, or money,
would be capable of snaking them so brave as thou-
'and" Of them are.
When all the base arts which custom is said to have
rendered mow(' ril are practised only to raise and
support a regulAr artily, perhaps they utiglit, however
:-eluctatitly, be connived at by the watchful friend of
freedom. But when the major •part of the labouring
your, and all the yeomanry, are nettle
..trentlemei: sol-
diers, merely to impport a MIN IsTml, it is time for
every virtuous and independent mind to express, as well
as feel, awns'.
It appears, from the above-e lied passage of at
auloir, who had anatomized human nature, to firoi tint
its most latent energies, that the spirit of jit:tfe is
tendered by artful statesmen, the chief means of sit 7.
plying any army. But the spirit of pride is in fail
the spirit of despotism ; etpet ially when it is that
tort of pride which plumes itself on costmaND. on
II external decoiation, and the idle vanity of military

parade,
When this pride takes place universally in a nati.sn,
there will remain little industry and less independence.
The grand object 1011 he to rise our ueichbonrs in
show and anthoritr. All will bow to the man in
power in the hope of distinction. Nlen mill no knew
rely on their own laborious exertions; but the poor
mau will coca, by the most obsequious submission,
the favour of the esTtire; the esiuire cringes to the
nest baronet, turd, or duke, or lieutenant of the
county, will fall prostrate before the first lord of the
treasury; and the first lord of the treasury will idolize
rucupozitvz. Thns the military rage will trample
on IThery; and usbroTtsst trio /demi march through
the land, with drvass beating cud eolu:78 *lino%

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COURT OF I'O3IAION PI,I:AS, Fin. 17.

•TODI/ART V. MATIIniVF, 41MMONDS, AND Mitt

OTHERS, 711 X TRL'9TEES UV LADY HUNTINOVOred

CCU eN.L.
In this ease the plaintiff, who is the officiating
Alini,ter of Lady lintitinetion's chapel, sought to re-
cover the amount of half a year's salary. The snl►-
scriptions hall, during the last year. fallen short, and
the trastees had paid all but' tire plaintiff, who, how-
MT, conceived that they were personally responsible
if any deficiency should arise in the cuntrihutions.
The Cuirs-Jl5lll c was of opinion that the trusties
were nu further responsible than to appropriate the
contributions received. _ .

The Jury found a v, rtlict fur the defendants.
• MAIfIiEWS V. El.l'llll.K.

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This was an acti-ot brought by a Gentleman re•
siding at Hampton, Surrey, a#.ainst the defendant,
who is game-keeper to the Duke of Clarence, to re-
cover damages for an assault, committed under the
following circumstances :—The people of Hampton
had voted a Loyal Address to the king:, which, on
the Ist of January, became the subjett of conversation
at tloy Red Lion, Hampton, where the plaintiff and
several companions had been &joking. The plain-,
till; who described himself to be a Queen's man, %aid!
he would tign no Address to his Majesty, using at the
same time most indecent expressions, which he ap-
plied to the Sovereign and his Royal Brother the
Duke of Clarence. The defendant, Elphick, consider-
ing the words an iffsult to his Ituyel 4-,i'lster and
himself, horsewhipped the plaintiff.
The Jury, under all the circutostanoes, fed a vet-
, diet for the defendant.

PALACE couRT, WrsTstssran.

CRIM CON.

• •Htclisit tr. ioxivt.

Mr. FLANWICAN opened till pleadings in this rase.
It was an action for criminal conversation with the
Plaintiff's wife, and the damages were laid at one hun-
dred pounds.. 'I he Defendant had suffered judgment
to go lie default.
Mr. THEPSIGLII addressing the Jury in support of
the Plaintiff's claim to damages, said the Plaintiff
was a gardener, and the Defendant was a person
in trade, he believed a shoemaker. It was not 'lies
cessary that he should prove the adultery, because
the Plaintiff had' suffered judgment to go by de-
! (atilt, and was now actually living with his guilty
paramour.
Mr. Trimmings, a master gardener, proved that be
bad known the Plaintiff three or four years ;
knew hint since he married ; he worked for hint
sereis months.; he always treated his wife with atten-
tion and kindness, and gave her money for her
subsistence.
The Defendant row advisneed into Court, and signi-
fied his intention to conrinet his own case: Le was
shabbily dressed, ma considerably deficient in point
ntsymmetry in hi'. right leg, which hung in the met
artless nutaster as he moved -forward with his'stick.
'slit desired to cures-examine the witness, and•through,
the mediae df the Learned'Allge, pat several goes-
ties,. Tae result was, that Mr. TAitesaisgs did not
kboti what allowance the Plaintiff inadeiseiii* wit* s. and
Its adiiitted that be bad told tar.lasissalsotAreslig net
linow whether the rksiatiaaalVaissiAtilies**Vestry
ried or n;st. Ail.rl.Pg 14,