The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-12-24 00:00:00

List 11) years, tor a large reductio 'the interest of the
debt. There are other things to sae at the same
time. There are concomitant es ; and there is a
reform of the Parliament; but m for deducting two-
thirds at least from the divide And what I want
from you is, an express declarat on of your opinion,whs.
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they this ought to be doe r not. New, do not shells,
do not grow aegry ;do n in a passion, do not call
names; let me have none f your high•flown play-house
bombast. Let me have none of your quibbling; none of
youy long drawn sentences, which end in nothing. None of
your "nest of pill-box " paragraphs, of which no human
being can make top or tail. Nay, call me rogue or
swindler if you will; bring all your old abusive appella-
tions in my ears; but, if you have the blood of men
left iu you. let Inc have an answer be this question front
each of you : are you or are you not for a redaction of
the interest of the Debt t --11yoo have read; but bow
tan 1 think of such a thing! Now can I imagine that
you ever read the STATESMEN ? Bit,doubtless you read
the" Pidgin Evening Post"-in a late °grebe, of which
you are all most unmercifully ridiculed for the white
feather you have shown as to this point. The Editor
describes you as so many dung-hill cocks, getting each
open your own little dung-hill, crowing and clapping
your wings ; but, sheering off under various pretence a
the Inotuent I came forward nosougnt.,yon with my chat-
lenge.--It is time, however, gentle Sire, Joe you to
snake tip your minds. You have been long mom&
-about tt ; and, therefore, let of have the yesolt. This
next winti r must bring you to something or other.--1
You are nAi Ling to see the turn that things will. takeoi
but, things take a sudden turn, and, perhaps, may lea
yea all behind. You have been balancing between what
you deemed the two sides of your interest. You haft
wanted to preservo'holtbo" Olio ypta must speedily gikai
up ; and therefore the sooner you decide the better .--44
Perhaps you mean to fall in ;with the decisions of the
Parliament. You must be cunning indeed, if you can
guess what they will be. Yon had the indiscretion to
condemn the petition of the County of Kent. Let ins
tarn your answer, then, that I may know, whether you
mean to sand to what you 'then said.—The award is
about to be made. Old Time is about to give me the
Palm, and I want to know in time (that provision may
be made accordingly) those amongst you who are to be
furnished with caps and bells.—At any rate. lei us hiTS
your answer. WM. COBBETT,;

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DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S ARRIVAL.
The iVorit;ng Chronicle of to-day, announces tbil
event in the following paragraph, on which, when we
have inserted if, we have a remark to make :
„The Duke of Wellington has arrived from the Conti-
" Dent. We had prepared our readers for his return, the
• eldefnegeeiatlon on the subject of. peace or war having
• beesfaeourably concluded ?reach Government,
"skirls rendered kis prescace no tosser necessary at Ps-
" rig. Previous to his departure from thence be sent Lord
. " Fresno,/ Scimitars to Madrid, with the result of the Ile-
".goelationit, his Grace being preveoted by 111-health from
" going there In person, as was originally Intended. Lord
" Ftvgiov Someasav is the friend of General Aims*.
" who hoe great inflame( lathe Cortes
,a! the pelmet me,.
s• went, and,every eircumstamse that has Milano trans,
" pieta. leads us to hope and believe that a good ander-
er. kwariles Witt snow be estabtletved believes Frame. swell
"-Spain. It aagars well that the subject of their differ-
." wires has, in a great measure, been leit to Britten medita•
" neer and that the French have divested themselves of
" tbet haughty end arrogant tone they a little time back as-
" sowed. It is also .rooseling to reyeet, that what they now
dewaod of Spain is not iesulting or degrading to the
"national character, consequently it cue become a sullied
" of discussion with the Cortes, and of neyotiateon with
"the Ezrestive. England now stands In the character of a
"tnediatress and umpire. and we trust her good offices will
" be crowned with complete success."
Now, we beseech our readers, especially those who
may wish fur peace, to look attentively at this curious
article. You see, first, the matter is settled ; the greatest
Captain has succeeded; the negotiations have been fa-
vourably concluded. done then ? No ; it is
not done ; for the Chronicle hopes and belieces, that a
good understanding will be established between France
and Spain ! Tile deuce I What! hope for what yon
have got ? And then, comes in one of oar Lord Johns
and Lord Charteses; one of the Peers Bill gentlemen;
and he is going to Madrid, and be is afriend of General
Alava, and General Alava has great influence in the
Cortes! And what of all this ? In the brat place,wbat
have the Cows to do with the matter? It is not they
who want to go to war. They want to be la alone.
. What is the 10.44 FIILROY going to get them to do,
then ? And, besides, we do not think that any of the
Lord Charleles would befriends of General 'LAVA, if
General ALAVA did r.ot think very much as the Stitt.
miter Lord Charles's of France think. Oh ! England
is. an Umpire, is she ? And, which side will she be of,
do you thick ? Will she befer or against, the sort et
Republic, now going on in Spain ? In short, if this
news, or a,y thing like it, be true, the Spaniards will be
compelled to make sock a government as f ranee and
England Alt, please! And this is what the Chronicle
calls " consoling!" We shall, before long, see what it
will end in: at present we.deem it romance; and surely
we are justified in so doing, when we hear the Chroni•
tie, is another place, ray, that the King of France had
a that with the Duke of WeittNovo:v, that the Duke
said, " how many men can you command i" " Perhaps.
100,1.100." said the King. " 500,000 would not do the
dasimess,"said our hero!—Why none but downright
idiots CIO believe a syllable of this. And, besides, what
Ally, or what inbincerily, is herr, all through the piece?
If the Bourbons are so sure of being beaten, why do the
Chronicle so warty the gods with prayers to pot it in the
her rts of the Bourbons dot to march ? Let it answer us
that one quesfion !

The Deblia Fuming Pus?, of Saturday last, contains
the Corporation Addresf, presented that day, to the
Lord Lieutenant; and his Excellency's answer. In his
answer, his Excellency observes, that the outrage, on oc-
casion of which, they addressed him, certainly admits
of no palliation from any attendant circumstance ; but
that the offence is a more proper subject for the consi-
dentists ofthe Courts of Justice than of the place in which
kedelivered his reply. In the close of his speech he exhorts
t►e addressers to assist him in the auspicious task of
atoning the ieritatioas which disturb the harmony of
the City, and tonpiats the horrors of the present crisis,
by a cordial co-operatics le the noble work of peace.—
In his answer to ths College AiJress, his Excellency

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