The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-14 00:00:00

LIST OF THE MINORITY

Dr TWENTY-THRER, oN THE QUESTION FOR REDUCING
THE ,AI.AIII* OF THE COIIIHANDER-INAIIILI.—APRIL 13.
T. W. Beaumont, Hon. G. Bennet, B. Benyon, Ralph
Bernal, John Carter. T. Denman, R. Gordon. .1. 6rat-
tan, Sir W. liaise, lino E. Harhord, Joseph Hume, R
Hurst, Colonel Johnston, Lord Milton, J. R. Monrk.
Lord Novnt, W. Ord, Sir H. Parnell, Pryse Pryse,
U.
Ricardo, D. Sykes, Alderman Wuod. M. 11 yvill.

10 THE EDITOR OP TILE ST.ITES.II4I.V.

Stn—l should like very -much to know what the
people of (treat Britain paean, by making such a
bawling, as they Dave fottome time, about freedom.
To me it appears, they are labouring under some de-
lirious complaint. Surely no man in these Elysime
lands could reasonably wish for a greater share of
liberty than he now enjoys! Whit More liberty could
any expect to have, than leave to kill or *order his
neighbour ? Itut you will say, " If any man do this,
the law will award to him the punishment of death."
This I readily allow ; but what signifies that ? We
have only to make application, as has been lately
done, to the wise and faithful counsellors of the
King, and they may sugxest such reasons as may ob-
tain a Royal pardon, and we may escape unpunished.
Now, if a man, guilty of the most heinous crime that
can he perpetrated, escape punishment for it, why
should we hesitate at the commission of those crimes
which are of lesser enormity ? If any man shall
offend me in future, instead of going to law with him
(as men generally do, and, perhap', after a great deal
of expense, get no satisfaction,) it will be my best
mode to knock him down, and kill him, and then I
am sure be will never offend me any more.
I ant your's, &c.
J. G.

Commercial-road. April. 1921.

ESPOLVAGE WHOtESALE ! !

TO TIIE EDITOR OF TILE STATESMAN.

Si a—The description of the French Ring's going
to the Opera, given in The Statesman a few evenings
since, has tempted me to present you the follow-
ing bagatelle. Althongh 1 have hut little confidence
in my talents, I have some hope that the simple tenth
of my tale may attract your attention, and especially
as every thing relating to Foreign Ll:tiaTv is now be-
come so very interesting to Englishmen.
IVhenever the French Government want to feel the
political purse of the country by WHOLLEALE, like
Hamlet they get up a play. A piece is prepared at
one of the °Theatres, containing such speeches and in-
cidents as are calculated to excite the audience into
such a state of feeling as will betray their political
aentimetos. During those particnlar sreehes. and at
those particular incidents, the cititens are " tented tom
the quick" by the innutnerabre spies who either pre-
tend to participate in feelingi with them, or who are
toiled up in f•igned inattention, that most deadly of
all vigilance.
During my residence in that capital of pleasure
and politics, a piece of this description was brought
out, I think at the Theatre dr rariEt;, to ascertain
how the Parisians were inclined to the Yoring Napo-
leon. As well as 1 remember, it was called "Les Eletiliet
Regiment," but 1 know it represented a Regiment of
Rabies, with Master Nap as their Colonel, alluding to
his Coloneley presented to him by his Grand Pa, the
hagtear of Austria. From beginning to end, the
piece ,vas a compound of politieul quackery. It coo.
tained all the " clap traps," and all the hiss traps
that were requisite to slily* LEGITIMACY. and to
damnifis LIBERTY. It was to have established the
Lilly as immortally as the Amaranth, and to have
trodden down for ever tile Vio/ct anti the Flrrir Rouge.
But, oh fatal poet—sad victim of royalty—La Comedic
opetated in a way the very reverse of that which was
intended. 'I he "clap traps" produced /atone: the
" hiss traps" claps. All the attempts to degrade and
ridicule " the Usurper" and his " Bastard" were
treated with universal indignation anti hootings. All
the attempts to deify legitimacy, and to daurttify li-
berty—to blend the filly with the laurel—to rob the
violet of its perfume, and the carnation of its rouge
were treated with the most admirable merriment and
contempt. A foul could have seen the whole drift !of
the drama %tali to cry clown one party and tip another.
On the second night tins crowd was :lumens:. ; on the
third all Paris was there ; anti on the fourth, the cur-
tain was dropt suddenly in the middle (lan eel, by an
ordet trout the Barran de Polire !
1 t is rather curious that a piece should have been
dammed by its success. Here success itas a total
fAILWRE. sours, kc.
.tot my Lady NIONGAN I!
• The French Theatre% are all under the control of the Go-
vernment, that is of the Police.
All red flowers—Cloves. Pinks. dark Carnations. Crimson
or Apothecaries' roses, RatiIICIIIIIS.4 of the same colour. ac.
Re., are considered es symbolical of illegitimate propensi-
ties, and are held in crest abhorrence by the keorrinavcs,
as well as the violet 11:

MR. OWES'S PLAN.

A respectable meeting of the noblemen. freeholders,
justices of the peace, coinuti ssiosters of supply, and
clergy of the county of Lanark, was held on Monday,
at Hamilton, to take into consideration Mr. Owen's re-
port and plan for giving permanent productive employ-
ment to the poor and working classes. SirJ. STEWART
in the chair.
Air. OWEN stated his plan, which ban already been
lung before the public. This plan was the result of
•Ii study; and be had devoted twenty years to try
the principles on as large a scale as he possibly could.
In no one case had they failed. On the contrary they
had in every instance exceeded his most sanguine expec-
tation. As time plan invoked so many intricacies, it
could not he discussed at a meeting of this kind. The
best mode would be a co 00000 'Mitre of the two Houses of
Parliament, who would either declare the scheme vi-
sionary, or that the principles were just, and that the
plan ought to be encouraged.
Sir J. STEWART then put resolutions recommending
an application to Parliament.
JouN MAXWELL. Esq. M.P.. seconded the resolntions.
Lord BILLUAVEN was extremely sorry to disturb the
harmony of the meeting; but be could not assent to the
resolutions as they stood. The report had only been
published about four or five weeks, and he had not read
mt thoroughly. He was a friend to reform ; hot this was
reform with a vengeance; it went to change the whole
system of society. He thought some time should be
given fur the consideration of the business ; and hr
therefore moved that the meeting should adjourn for a
month.
Mr. BROWN then stated that be agreed with Lord
Belhaven in recommending to the county not to obtrude
the matter on the attention of Parliament in a rash or
precipitate manner, as the subject certainly required
much deliberation. He seconded the motion of the
noble lord for the amendment.
Mr. OwaN said the plain was not by any means aew-to 1
she gentlemen in the county, env ie many of the rues= ,
Mrs a she Nome of thennsoss. Though he hall never
ow. Lard Belhaven as New Idawark.usney of the county
elbntibuipt %NI t isintal that fasablishress, mkelet:r
vinreil of the soundness. of Ala views **t the or
1,1 ono,. If his lordship would visit his estAlishtnent,