The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-02 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

to the privilege of voting at elections for representatives
in Parliament; and perhaps the grant to certain large,
and now unrepresented towns, of the privilege
of returning members to the House of Commons,
in lieu of such as may be accounted unwor-
thy to enjoy that advantage in consequence of
notorious and established corruption. It is impossible,
indeed, to infer from the style in which the object is
referred, what its nature and extent may be ; and it 19
more likely that we have exceeded than underrated
the views which our moderate Reformers contemplate,
when they allude to their inquiries into the abuses of
our Representation. •

Thai none, or that even all of these expedients are
adequate to cure the evils that prevail in our Repre-
sentative system, or tend to ameliorate the condition of
the country, or .afford satisfaction to the minds of
those who are anxious for Political Reform, we
have no hesitation in declaring ourcomplete conviction
The assumption of the ancient basis is a compli-
ment to prejudice, unworthy the improvements and
relations of the age, and inconsistent with the changes
which have taken place in every department al
the social and political body. Taking it for granted
that the original Constitution of the Repeaaestatire
system were as perfect as the period at which
it was formed would admit, and its efficacy as
beneficial as the exigency of existing circumstances
required, it cannot fail to strike the most su-
perficial observer, how inadequate the remedies
it has pro►ided for the abuse• that have followed
in its train. " Whoever understands the theory of
the English Constitution, and comp:res it with the
fact, mast at once see how widely they differ.
We must reconcile them 'to each other, If we
wish to save the liberties of this country : we must
reduce our political piactice to our principles.
The Constitution intended that there ainstill be a
permanent relation between the Constituent and the
Representative Body of the people. Will any man
affirm that, as the Hoare of Commons is itoir formed,
that relation is in any degree preserved."
Let it not be supposed we use unwarrantable Is.-
guage, in asking such a question. 'lt is the longues
of Lord Cts•Tnsal, the father of Wtt.t.tAat PITT !

Negociatioos are saiiiio be on foot between severs
Germ, Sovereigns, to Like measure. in comma, afto
the example of the great Powers, and to form a close
alliance for the protection of their mutual la-
terests.

Letters from Milan say, that the Papal Goversesest
has acceded to the requisition of Austria to allow the
Army to pass through the Roman States, on a condi-
tion, that a convention' shall be concluded for the
maintenance of those troops during the time they may
remain In the Roman territory. The conclusion of
this convention is at present negotiating at Rome.
A Maritime Confederacy of the States lying in the
Bakis, of widab RAMOikaroehl bathe heal..la said feel
be in contemplation. It is intended to regulate the
commerce and navigation of that sea in such a manner,
that the States on its coasts may henceforward derive
more advaatages from their geographical sitnation.
It is reported that the course which the 'Moister,
have resolved to pursue with respect to the Queen on
the meeting of Parliament, is this :—They will lay the
proceedings against the Queen in the House of Lords
before the House of Commons ; and when the question
for the pecuniary grant to her Majesty comes to be
discussed in the Committee of Supply, they will enter
at large into a review of the case, and preface the
grant by a vote of censure upon her Majesty's conduct.
It was said in The Courier, that a domain had been
purchased for the Queen, near Paris. This is totally
unfounded. We are assured that her Majesty means
to take up her residence fur life in England.
In spite of the utmost exertions on the part of the ar-
chitect and workmen, the requisite accommodations in
the Palace at Brighton, cannot, it appears, be com-
pleted until within a few days of Christmas. About
that period, it is expected, his Majesty will make that
place, for some time, his residence.
The Exchange between I)ubliu and London is now
63. Sovereigns have ceased to bear a premium in that
country. Provisions are now as cheap in Ireland as
they Isere half a century ago, but there is no mosey to
go to market with. An Irish Peer stated that his
tenants would be *tweed, for they must eat their own
potatoes.
At a meeting of the members of a public institution
of the Metropolis, held the other day, it was resolved,
that it was coarrary to the intentions, and injurious to
the interests of the society, that any matters submitted
td the society, and intended to be published in its
solemn, should be previously published is any other
journal. When it is known that often 12 or IS months
elapse between the time the managers of -this society
begin to collect their materials, and the period of their
publication, it might seem as if they were very tard_y or
illiberal is the diffusion of their i.formatioa. That
opinion must, however, be entirely groundless; for in. I
contietent as the tendency of their resolution may ap.
pear. this Institutioi has obtained the title of 4' the
lush "sr the Raesuragemeat of the Arts!!!"
Os Mr. Myrtle, our worthy High Constable, refus-
ing to convene a meeting for the purpose of preparing
an Address of Congratulation to her Majesty, the
friends of that measure adopted a different mode of
attaining their end. They framed an Address, which
they published. at the same time inviting the inhabit-
ants to sign it.. The total number who have done so,
mannoted yesterday, to upwards of MO, melding
isedividaala of both sexes above eighteen years of age.
It is, we are isferemed, to be presented to Her Majesty
on Monday next -.(lrightoa Herald.)
CALAMITOUS FIIUL.—CORONSR'S
teeday crania( an Inquisition was taken is the Vestry
GiAllhallows' Chi rob, Louden-wall, before Mr. Skelton,

Cormier for Looks, ea the bodies of Richard arid Mary
Pafford, who perished in the dreadful! easllsgratiorr
at the hoses of Mr. Fulford, on Wedireerlay lest. The
Jury, after harlot evidence, were anasinsessly sa-
*tidied that so blame could be attached to the somas
is whose tare the children were lt. awl meturendl a
rettliel--" That the deceased children set disked's&
by sediras."

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ORIGINAL POETRY.
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THE APOSTATE.
■T TIII •ITllOt 01 Tilt SLANDERS'.

rtarr be tbtiwreteh, of all mankind the curse,
Whose deels in lyric stoma I rehearse;
APOSTACT, front base dishonor's womb
Brought forth the Demon of pale Erin's doom :
FRAUD was his nurse, his tutor rank deceit,
litmus was his milk, the Adder's food his =fat.
0PPRB111110:4 hali'd the steeled curse of man,
And St.sv'ar's empire with his birth began;
T his myriads marghaird in array,
liyeocatse stalk'd forth in open day.
Each in alliance, with this Read of 11-1.
Who sold his ossuary, and his (led would srU.
wise, oh, England, new Hiberaids foie,
Aroid her error, ere it be leo late.
Sportive in wit, in courage nobly brave,
The foe of tyrants, yet herself a slave ;
The mead of genius, magic land of worth.
If not the happiest, yet the bliss of earth ;
Where gea'rous hearts the wreath of science twine,
And friendship rears her ever sacred shrine :
How art thou sunk—thy nervous arm enchain'd.
41'hy country's Treasures, bleed sad honors drain'd ;

By one bon wretch, whom read 'ambition fled.
To be on earth, the demos bell desir'd.
Inhainan monster, tortoni. Oho,
helmet heart le ealioas. nod whose seal is sin!
481:e. In Its every hideous trapping dreg,
Mankind's abhorrence, and thy eoentry's Farr ;
,1 know the 'award workings of thy mind,
Know thy whole life to basenets is inetia'd ;
Arrow well the settled parpolle of thy soul
Is last of power--satenic--/tree and foul.
Insatiate monster, see thy country bleed,
. And let hysteric frenzy ;deed the deed !
00 on in RAPINE, set bar altars spare,
-Lay waste her cities, sad hue sone ensnare.
Bet let thy malice, glutting o'er its prey
Ilearss like, its ezellation stay
Let domed memo, the kapserik tear,
Tito red drop health for thy 'vestry's bier.
Teas let thine eye on homes bagasse feast,
And lust of blood mod torture be laeresurt.
But let thy Aare—dsy eoward soul inform,
The lead of freedom eta deride the storm.
• Thy geslas raises—from Wm reek belle tower,
hairiest Albion, with melee& power
Shall hart the Snider mad aveaging lame.
In earth's deep abyss sink the seoncra's rises.
CORN ELIUS CRABTRRIC.

LOT OF Vtstrons AT Bualsoaxnenen House.—Lord
Francis Osborn*, M.P.; J. Home, Esq. M.P.; Sir Ro
bert Wilson, H.P.; the Rev. Edward Oray, the Rev.
Archdeacon Bathurst, Mrs. Bathurst, Lieut.-Col. Rogers,
Mrs. Wilde, Mr. Taylor, and Mrs. Taylor.
The dress of her Majesty going to St. Paul's on
Wednesday has been misrepesseated, f.r instead of
while cashmere, as repotted, it was a rich white velvet,
Hoed throughout with real ermine, faced and cuffs of
erudite. On her breast were three rows of rich gold
embtoldery, with frogs, tassels, &c. in the centre,
`Luilka* at esteh side. Her hea44lltoss was a rich rap
(called a torte), is form of a turban. and oveV her
bead a veil of English issatfacture lace, in imitation
of Brussels.

His Royal Highness the Duke of York passed
through Norwich, on Wedsesday afterooon, in his way
to the seat of Lord Suffield. A party of the populace
bad been prepared to draw blit into the city ; but the
greeting his Royal Highness rrecived was very various ;
some " King," and others " Queen," with
di exclamations of gratuktion and disgust. On
Monday, the Duke of Wellington also passed through
the same city, in his way to visit the same noble
Lord.
Tito festivities in commemoration of St. Andrew's
Day, were kept up with great spirit and good humour
at the Angel, High-street, Bloomsbury, on Friday,
where a numerous company assembled to partake of
the usual good cheer ; consisting of Haggis and
other dishes of the peculiar cookery of St. Aisdrete's
Disciple.. An excellent dinner was provided by Mr.
Ramsay. Mr. M'Donahi was is the Chair; Mr. Lit-
tlejohn, Vice-President. The Aweigh If the geese was
drank with considerable enthusiasm. Several national
airs were sang In a superior style, and the evening was
'Tent with hilarity and harmooy.
In consequence of the elnatios of Mr. Serjeant
Burton to the Bench, it is generally believed. that
Thomas Itursks Nand/iris, big., will succeed to the
recast Sedeaskship.

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METEOROLOGY.

The weather bias ca band remarkably mild and
steady, sot Daly b the seathers but la the aortiora parts
of the islamt. 46115 y !eke of the week. the tiser-
raeaseter wee MANOR all bow than is London.
The tlre repot* tom has bees lees ob.
awaseil this weep ef the year. At UM,.
raatl Damfrirer wryer, it appears that abont tea
a 7.1 aira, sash"aly deem fogs prevailed. that
peessmirers, em with dificalty,
grazsutaheir way threeels the streets.
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