The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-17 00:00:00

more ready to take poises'sion of the rumour of a great
.rise than our markets, and we trust that the labour=
Flag classes tell eat their bread this winter at reasons
able prices.'

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, A decline in the. Funds.of the Bridge•street Associ-
ation is likely to prevent the coniamm•ation of the pro-
..teedings which were instituted against individ'ual's and
'intended to destroy the Liberty and Independence of
'the Press. Before another appeal is made to the pub-
lic, and before the good huMour of former Subscriber;
is put to the test, we strongly recommend the cashiers
to publish a list of their various disbursements. To
be sure, a cause which is founded in Law, in Reason,
and in Eguitil, does not require much collateral aid,
and the majority of the Subscribers may think that the
Funds will not be improperly applied ; yet for the
sake of satisfying the more squeamish, and those who
may entertain doubts, it would be as well to publish a
,plain statement (for plain dealing always looks well)
of all the sums that have been expended in advancing
.the interests of the-King and Constitution. Each item
should be enumerated,—so much to the Doctor for his.
.strictnres, at so much per column ; so many hundred
pails of. Slop, so many times a week, at 7d. per pail ;
so much flr professional services, whether contributed.
in the higher branches of the law or in a more qnes•
tionabte'shape of Espionage ; so muchifor self and Co.
and s() on ; making a grand sum total of so much,
.either a deficit or so small a sum as not to be sufficient
to enable the acting men to act withou further dona-
tions 'and subscriptions from the charitable and hu-
mane, the loyal and well disposed. All this would
:10.ok fair and business-like, and probably operate ad
.captandgas velaors. Besides, it would silence the
.growling cynics who are desirous of raising suspicions
,andinaking people believe that the money bas been
somehow embezzled ! !
Yoe Our own parts, to speak seriously, we wonder
that, in the first and more enlightened metropolis in
the world, that a tribunal so mischievous in its effects
on society, should have been allowed to exist for so
many months. It is a demoralizing school—a school
for the cultivation of informers, and a nursery for the
proe:ulgationof the worst passions of human degene-
racy, and must necessarily encourage the unchristian
principle of arming one neighbour against another,
awl tend to destroy that confidence which should exist
among- Englishmen of every political and religious•de-
noniination. The union of the people is the strength
of the country; theie divisions the most prominent
svinotom of its weakness. That any, even the present
Ministers, should allow such an illegal association to
• exist at the seat of the Government, is a matter of
wonder. Onr ancestors, had they the power, would
• foe, with indignation, from their graves, as was pro.
perlv observed by Lord COLCiIESTER, upon the traffick-
ing in seats being brought home to a Noble Lord
and a late Prime Minister. But we sincerely
hope that their career is about to close. We
sincerely hope that those who may, from pure
.elotive!:, have supported them, and whose names
appear in the list of subscribers to their nefarious sys-
tsp, will, non.v that they see the objects pursued,
Ivitlelraw their names and their sanction, and
shear to their countrymen, that friendship and
brotherly love are as necessary to the prosperity
..51 a state as to that of a private family—and
Ow the union of the people, and the enjoyments
of domestic life ought not to be endangered by a pro-
scribing- and desw.cLive Junta, set up against and
shore the law.

WP are concerned to find that the Irish papers to-
d:►y bring fresh accounts of outrages in the disturbed
tiktricts. In Dublin, however, tranquillity prevails.

A mail from Turkey has arrived, bringing letters
from Ctinstautinople to the 11th November. They
s%ite that a communication had been received from
Russia by the Divan, which was supposed to contain the
nit;u:atir.ie of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Nothing
hail transpired respecting its nature. The answer of the
Turkish Government, had not, however, been given;
and it was understood that it would not be made without
rbt• sanction of the English and Austrian Ambassadors
to its contents. Much activity prevailed in the Divan,
Where frequent conferences had been held ; and the
letters say that some of the Ministers of State had been
deposed. The Turkish fleet was still at the Dardanelles,
and the Admiral had repaired to Constantinople.
Letters from Tripoli state, that great rejoicings had
taken place, in consequence of the return of the Pa-
eha's son, with his army, from the interior, where he
had defeated several rebellions tribes.
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The Marquess of Wellesley, accompanied by two
gentlemen, left town on Saturday afternoon for Ire-
land, where he is expected to arrive on Tuesday
ms.rning.
Henry Ooulbourn, Esq.. the new Irish Secretary, is
ore of three sons of Mt. lioulbourn, Esq., formerly of
the Island of Jamaica, and maternal nephew of the
Lite Viscount Chetwynd, consequently related to Earl
Talbot, and to the late Winrisetwynd, Esq., of Cork.
—lie is about 36 years old, and a complete man of
business.
The Court and Privy Council which the King held
on Monday, the 10th instant. at Brighton, were the
first Isis Majesty has heist since his accession to the
Throne, which has made the pavillion a Royal Palace,
as it is said it is the acts done in a building, by a So-
vereign, which constitutes a palace, and nut the magni-
tude or magnificence of a building.
Ills Majesty's state coach is at this time receiving
sr%esal additional and tasteful ornaments, amongst
which the collars, stars, &c. of the different orders of
Knighthood bordering the principal pannels of the
tatriage, are truly superb.
The last of the Bedfordees premiums, annually dis-
tributed for several years past in Boswell-street, for
improvement in the breed of cattle, sheep, and pigs,
was given on Friday last: the Duke of Bedford has
withdrawn his name from this club.