The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-24 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATES .V.-IN.

Sin—A " rejected " effusion of a young friend of mine
lying at DT. Slop's office, I waited upon the Learned
Doctor, with an authority to receive it ; but when the
envelope was retnoved, the following suli!oquy appeared :
—The Learned Doctor, who, " by the way," is a " wee
hilt " " non et:mares" baying in one of his absent fits en-
closed the remelt of his own cogitations.
I auk, with the greatest respell, your's.
TONI BLIP SLOP.
Ludgate-hill, Aug.2l.

" This lloNe defies my power
" And oily 4anis me.
LIT. 2 B. p. 14.
To be or not to be ? that is the question,
Whether 'tis better patiently to bear
The damning slaps and bitter taunts of Ifone,
Or by a lie—a lie—a host of lies
With all the envenomed slander 1 can pen
Oppose. and end them.—To end, to Slop—
No more.—And by this Slop to say 1 cud
This fearful enemy of me and mine,
To cure this heart-ache and the thousand pains
That torture now and rack me—Oh !
'Tis a consummation devoutly to be wishel
To end, to Slop, to quell !
Perchance to rouse--Ay, there's the ruh :
For by this rousing L—d what slaps may come,
And mote! this firrf impression soon will lose
Its bitterness, and like my better deeds be lost
1n shades oblivious—
For who would bear the goading lash of truth—
Of Troths unwelcome, grating to the soul
Tiselorksiers' seem sad the disgusting jobs
1 Undertares--the Min sarcastic jeer,
The biting scoff—Cotemporury's insolence
And the d—d mob—whose pose-less marks of love
And horrid shouts of Slop ! have touch'il my brain ?
Even now the horrible sounds appear to thrill
With harshest discord o'er my trembling nerves ;
Shall I bear this ?—Oh, no. my tender frame
Will sink Into that bourne from whence
No traveller returns.

—.ea-
ON THE MOVING BOGS.

Can the " Emerald Isle" ne'er be quiet
Has fate made disturbance her portion
For now that her sons cease to riot,
Her bogs make intestine commotion !

There is a passage in liurke's " Causes of the pre-
sent Discontents," which might afford a most season-
able lesson to those who bold the sentiments of the
many in derision, and who think that a charge of
-cavalry is the happiest mode of meeting and refuting
public opinion
Government (says Rorke) is deeply interested in every
thing which, even through the medium of some tempo-1
Lary uneasiness, may lead finally to compose the minds
of the subject, and to conciliate their affections. I
have nothing to do here with the abstract value of the
voice of the people. lint as long as reputation, the
most precious possession of every individual, and as
long as opinion, the great support of the State, de-
pend entirely upon that voice,it can never be considered
as a thing of little consequence either to individuals or
to ()overeaten'. Nations are not primarily ruled by laws;
less by violence. Whatever original energy may be sup-
posed either in force or regulation, the operation
of both is, in truth, merely instrumental. Nations
are governed by the same methods, and on the same
principles, by which an individual without authority is
rotten able to govern those who are his equals or his sa-
pnriorst by a knowledge of their temper, and by a Judi-
h MORI management of it. I mean, when public affairs
are steadily and quietly conducted, not when °overti-
mes% is nothing beta continued scuffle between the Ma-
gistrate and the Multitude, in which sometimes the one
and sometimes the other is uppermost ; in which they
ultimately yield and prevail, to a series of contemptible
victories, and scandalous submissions. The temper of
the People amongst whom he presides, ought, them
fore, to be the first study of a Statesman. And the
knowledge of this temper it is by no means impossible
for him to obtain, if he has not interest in being igno-
rant of *bat it is his duty to learn.
The system above commended is, however, by much
100 old-fashioned for the present times, the march of
improvement in the act of governing has long oat-
stripped such antiquated doctrine, which is indeed
founded on first principles, and therefore wholly be-
neath the notice of a Statesman of the nineteenth cen-
tury. The vessel of the State, conducted on the roles
of a modern improvement, by dint of vapour, iron, and
fire and smoke, now defies the tide of popular iuclina-
tion, and the breath of public opinion ; the pressure
may, however, some day prove too high, and no Sir
Humphrey Davy has yet invented a political safety
valve, to this hazardous piece of machinery.
Mt. Clark, the Chamberlain of the City of London,
is at this time in rather a declining state, is WOW
queen of his advanced age. This circumstance has
excited much interest in two or three members of the
Corporation, who are extremely regular in their
filUtiliT inquiries after hie health.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
YORK AUOtST MEETING, Wasmasnar.
Accurr 11011.

Sweepstake. of 300. each. Is. ft. for three-years old Allies,
Sst. {lb.—Last mile and three quarters.
(10 Subscribers.)
Col. King's b. Lunatic, by Prime Ministet. out of Ful-
ford's dem—T. . Garbutt] - - - ' - -
Mr. Hell's br. by Smolensk°, oat of Ttor—[J. Jarksoa]
Mr. J. Ferguson's b. Florenthe, by Oetariaa—[R. John-
son) - - - - 3
Lord tlearboroughllbr. by Cotton, sot of Henrietta—
[B. Smith) - - - - • 4
S to 1 on Lunatic.—Wo• easy:
Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. soils. Sat. Sib. fillip.. Sit.
Sib. Untried Stallions, &e. allotred 31b.—Two miles.
(12 Sabonelbers.)
Mr. Watt's ch. e. by Cerberus, opt of Altlsidora—[l.
Jackson) . . . - -
Mr. Persil's gt. Illy, by Cows, out of Lisatte—[W.
Stott) . . . - -
Lord Milton's br. e. Caeroleheff, by Sesolonsko—[W.
Clift] - . . - - - . 3
Mr. Gatteeigne's b. e. by Whiteloek—Sheba's Quoits—
' Suckle] . . . - 4
11 to 1 apt Mr. Watt's, eh. c.-11to 1 apt Mr. Peirse's gr.
filly-7 to 4 apt Cserniebeff.- —Woo cleverly.
Fifty pounds, given by the City of York, added to a Sul I
teription Purse. for four-year Okla; colts, Sat. 71b.
Rat. 41b.—Four
Mr. Gaseolgue's b. f. Cons. by Walty•--TW. Stott] 1
Mr. Lambion's be. e. Wavurloy. by Wltalebone—[T.
Nicholson] - - - - - - S
Mr. T. 0. Forrlett's Dr. t. Gambler, by Haphazard—
[Shepherd]
Lord Queensberry's b. e.Goasokhaly Card. York—[B.
411wIth] - - - - - - A, • 4
11 if. Watt's br. c. &ergots'. by Cerberus--[J. Jackson) 4
Lord Milton's b. e. Field Marshal, by Sooleasko—CW.
7to 2 apt Cora-3 to 1 apt itiaverley-3 to 1 apt Gan.
saivi-2 to 1 apt Bergami.—Won very easy.

BETTING AT YORK ON TILE bONCASTER ST.
LEG ER.

6to I apt Gustavna-6 to I agst Jack Spigot— 13 to I
agst Vingt-un—itto I &gat Sandbeck-14 to I against For-
tuna-13 to I agst Statesntan— IS to I apt My Lady-30 t,►
I agst e. out of Allisitiora-40 to 1 apt c. out of Remem-
brance-30 to 1 apt Lunatic.

DETTINO ON Til El 30 GUINEAS ST AKE:ft AT YORK.
Vto I against Statesman-4 to I against c. out of Remain-
braucer-9 to 3 apt Sadlitek.

BOXING.

There was a good day's play in the vicinity of Kil-
burn on Toeday. The first battle was between K. Ac-
ton and the Koinford baker, for a subscription purse of
guineas. Tom Jones seconded Acton, and awry
llult picked up the baker. The fight lasted one hour and
a quarter. The first part of it was courageously main-
tained.

I n the first round a smart rally commented, and there
were several heavy counter hits. The baker had the best
science, and threw his adversary.
2. Another gay round; both were heavily hit abolt
the head, and each refused to go down. Acton at length,
got the fall.
3. Both piping from strong exercise, and getting
away from each other; a rally at length terminated the
round in favour of the baker.
4. The best round in the battle in favour of the
baker, who placed some smashing hits, and was wet
returned upon. The claret dew in all directions. Ac-
ton was thrown.

5. The baker floored his adversary by a lugger, and
seemed to have fought himself out.
Acton bad decidedly the best of the remainder of
the *gist, set* doremmption of the 13th mid Issh resod*,
whic* be some aceount, but his Bacons was
transit e 32d round lie was deaf to time, and
Acton was c are the winner.
Some time afterwards a smart battle teas &nest be-
tweeen G. Ellard, a pupil of Lairs, and the loser, fur
lore, or at least because George Rowed the baker up. It
was a drawn battle after several rounds.

The Norwich Bull finished the past time by asitlissg
away at some game triliers.
Carter's benefit at the Royal Tennis-court was a
(Allure, but there was some fine setting-to.
Spring and Belcher made one of the best sets-to seen
for a length of time; it drew forth much applause. It
was a master-piece of science, and although Sprint had
the advantage of length, yet he wu parried and returned
upon most judiciously.
Oliver and Crawley made an excellent set•to also, and
hit away manfully.
After many other bouts, Carter and Ben Burn wound
op the sports in another excellent set-to, when many
scientific counter hits were exchanged.

(house shooting, so far as can be judged by the
number of birds which are daily sent from the north,
has commenced favourably in the Highlands of Perth-
shire. More company has paned through Perth fur
the moors within these few days, than for some years
past at the same season.
The Wrexham Pedestrian has completed his unpa-
ralleled task of walking 610 miles in ten successive
days (Sunday excepted,) without appearing the least
distressed. During the course of this extraordinary
feat he did not lose more thee twelve pounds in
weight.
The match for 50 guineas aside, between young
Brow., the costerrnonger, and Bonn, the Deptford
Youth, was made at Burn's, in Windmill-street, on
Thursday evening, to fight fur 50 guineas aide on the
25th of September.
Such is now the favourable appearance of the boa
plantations, that the duty is laid at one hundred awl
sixty thousand pounds. _ _

The harvest has commenced in the neighbourhood
of Brighton, under highly favourable auspices. The
crop promises to be a most abundant one.
A few days ago, Mr. Stevens, a tespectable inba•
bitant of Lindfield, 91 years of age, assisted his Great
Grandson in ploughing a field.

CORN EXCMAGGI. AUGUST 24.--Our market is cern-
plenty overloaded with Wheat and Oats, and the la-
esseableaess of the weather bas occasioned so great a
stagnation on the trade that a• sales could be effected,
although the former article was offend fall Ss. per quar-
ter. and the latter 3s. per quarter wader Monday's pewee.
—Barley, Beans, and Peas, may also be quoted ts. per
quarter cheaper.—Rapeseed was is demand at an ad-
vance of Is. per last week's rises.
SISITGFIELD MARIZT.—There was a great quantity
of Sheep and Lambs at market this moraieg left over
from last market day. lit Beef, the market was sot so
well supplied. Small meat is lower in pries, bat Beef
remains in price as per last market.
(To sink the oral 1 per Stoat of abs.)
Beef .... Is. Od. to ds. Od. CATTLI AT DIALIZT
Mutton.. Is. Od. to Is. ed. Beasts
Veal .... Se. Od. to 4s. Od. Calves" lle
Pork .... Is. Oil. to 4s. Od. Sheep sad Lambs ... . I I.E
Leash ... . 2s. 04. to de. 2d. Pip
Hat.—le this article there is no 'kendea in
pries.—Straw and Clover as usual.

Hsy —.W. 101. to 41. IX
Clover —4l. os. to U. h.

Straw 4. 11. lia. Oa 18. II

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