The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-13 00:00:00

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It is with infinite plea:7are we have to add, that tl.v
country is peilectly tranquil, and that no appretn•L-
sion of public diaturbance can be reasonably enhu-
tained."

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In another part of oar Paper we have inserted a
Letter to Mr. Secretary RYDER on the alarming

state of the Metropolis, which we earnestly mom.
mend to the perusal of that (kutleman, 8s it contaiuc

a clear elucidation of the true causes of Our present
defective system of Police, and points out most dit.
tinctly the remedies which ought to be immediate*

applied, to effect a cure of this overgrown and
alarming evil—an evil which, notwithstanding a:1
that we hear about the activity of our Magistracy,
seems to be gaining upon us daily. We have

just learned, that last night, betwetu nine and tau

o'clock,

ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ROB AND MURDER
took place to the Borough. The house of Mr.
PRYOR, boot and shoemaker, No. 72, St. Marge.
ret's.hill, ‘Hts entered by two men, who picked the
lock of the outer door. The servant girl, who had
been down to the cellar, observed them on her corn.
ing up, and supposing one of them to he her master,
she asked him if he was going out. On this the ill.

Lain turned mend and swore, that if she spoke a word
be would cut her throat, She immediately flew to

the door and cried murder, when one of the fellows
rushed cut and shut the door, while the other;
who remained inside, endeavoured to cut the girl's
throat. Her mastee hearing a noise came down

stairs, but being much alarmed, and the place

dark, the barbarian effected his escape, while he
was backwards seeking for a light. The servant-

girl's throat wits cut about an inch deep, and brr

arm lacerated. She likewise received a violent I:lfya
cn the head, which brought her to the ground, but
we are happy to hear she is not considered in a ilan-

crous state. A quantity of boots and shoes were
packed up, ready to be carried away, and we are
sorry to state, that there is little chance of
the serv,,nt girl being able to identify the
person who attempted her life, as he had a
crape on his face. We have not heard that
any of the watchmen or police orLers wer3
near the place to give their assistance. In fact,

till those horriLle murders and public depredations,
which have of late excited universal dismay among all
ranks, take place at the very moment we have emu,
mitred the safety of our lives and property to the4t.;
guardians of the night, who, we are told by the
Courier, are sufficient to protect us! I This Jour-
nal, and a few others, who apn ifs principles, have
raised a most contemptible and hypccritical cry
upon the subject, and have even gone so far
as falsely and ungenerously to 'insinuate that
we wished to deliver cv cr the capital to military cos,
tody.—We never called for any other permanent
system than an effective l'aevetrrivs Pourer, for
the protection of our lives and property against the
attacks of midnight ruffians, whose outrages, as we
have repeatedly observed, continue nightly to in.
crease, and who never hesitate to attempt murder
whenever they experience resistance. We have tie
doubt urged the necessity of employing a military
force in the mean time, until a regular and effective
system can be matured. But in recommending this,
we expressly mentioned it as a temporary expedient
only, and that under the controul of the civil pozaer.
Weeks have passed away since the horrid mur.
tiers of the MASRS and the W ILL:mows,
1 yet nothing has been done calculated to prevent a
repetition of the same scenes of blood; and it will re-
quire some weeks longer before Parliament can
resolve on any thing effectual. Are we then to
remain in our present awful state of conster,
nation and dread, merely because The Courier, and
the other hirelings of our Home Secretary, have been
glled upon to defend L':im from the too well-founded
accusation of negligence—gross negligence in the
discharge of his duty? Let Ministers look to this—+
let them beware how they rouse the indignation of ,
a people, upon whose civil liberties they have al.
ready so shameftdly encroached. Oppression may
be borne a while—political prostitution may
'stalk ~abroad, and usurp the place of patriotism
anct virtue. But when a Government becomes so
profligate as to neglect the personal safety of a peo-
ple, and leaves them a prey to midnight assassipation,
it may be a question how far they ought any longer
to depend upon them, or neglect to employ those
I means for their own defence, which, by law and by
nature, they are fully warranted to do. We
have all the right to possess ourselves of arms,
and at no period of the history of the country,
was there a greater necessity for exercising this right,
I than at the present moment. Our persons and pro-
perty are considered unworthy the care of those to
whom so important a trust has been confided ; we
have therefore no alternative but that' of protecting
them ourselves.

Lord GRENTILLS and Mr. SHERTO N 1)34 au-
diences yesterday with tile Parses REGENT at Carl,
ton House.
Yesterday Mr. Wnyrattup visited Lord Hot{
',Arm, at bis house in Pall-Mall.
Another version of the supposed dialogue betweem
BONAPARTE and the Council of Manufactures in
May last, has just made its appearance ; but this sub-
ject has long since become 66 weary, stole, and un-
profitable,"
The treaty for Mn. JORDAN'S appearance IE4 we
understand, renewed with the proprietors of Covent
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