The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-15 00:00:00

E.INT LW)! ES.

Alrflras Gazettes to the 19th of January. contain
issiyes fruits, Crletatta to the 3.1, and Bombay to the
Gtr,. On the 26th of Vecember the official accounts
of the sneer.% of the esredition against the pirates in
ti.e. Persists liulph, was published at Bombay, in a
l;.:;erry K,tfaurginetri, of chick we subjoin a copy.
11..atnr I,Ec. 3y, 1:419.—A dispatch has been re-
by the lion. the lloyernor in t'ouncil, front
Al.cor-tirneral Sir William limit heir, K. M. T., to
the whirr.* of the Arijutant-tietieral of the Army,
doted the 9th of this month, of which the following is
t.upy

.• ro 'llll Allll TAS:4IINEI.II. 411 1/11 ARMY.

•• have the satistiction to report the town
of illis-eal-Kliyusa, after a rer.istatice of six days, was
?Awn possess.' tttt of this ttttt rtii:ig by the force under
t..•: command. Previous to niabinsr you acquainted
the circitinslances which led to 111;s fortunate ir-
sitlf, I shall do tuyaell thi. honour briefly to detail the
events which occurr.nl between the period of toy last
c,ilumunir.ition and the commencement of the opera-
tion before Ilas-itl-Khyffia.
•' On the ISth ultimo, after completing tm• ar-
rAigetuents at Muscat, the Liverpool sailed fur the
I ruJetvons at Kishnie; on the :flst tie fell in iiith
the eeet off the Persian coast, and anrhor.d off the
I ;ism! of larra -I: on the 2-Ith of November.

•• .•1s it appeared probable th.►t a considerable period
would elapse Left) e the junction of the skip which
were detained at hulahay, I cue •rived it would prove
h.,blr advanugi OtIA to Al'.1:1 tOySelf of that interval In
iluiring its accurate a knowledge of the strength and
defences of Kas•nl•Khyma as personal observation
tuald 'apply. an.l I gladly etas•aced the proposal of
Captain Collier, that the Liverpool should profited
r;ailfer fur that purl.ose. 'I he senior engineer was
a.cordirtgly I &kris un Ward, and haring sailed from
!..:rack au the moraine, of the 3,itls, we aualaurrd off
41:43-üblihyroto for YJtb. The place was closely at.d
repeatedly reconnoitered: and the weather continuing
f.vonrable fur uur operations, I determiueil to order
down the t imps and commence the attack, without
waiting fur the rear transports, as the season of the
north•N'est winil,w.is rapidly approaching, and Captain
Collier appea .eil apprehensive that a further delay
El:glat prove detrimental to the enterprise. A vessel
was therefore dispatched mitt, instructions to Captain
Walpole, who wis left in charge of the thret, and on
the td instant the transports a: rik ed nutter convoy of
the Curlew.

" No time was lost in m.king the necessary pre-
parations for lan•ling, which was erected the following
morning without oppositi #### , at a spat which had been
Favionsly selected for th.►t purFose, about tan tallies
to the southn•.,r-t of the town. The troops were form-
cl ac o•s the i,thumims con•ectin the Peninsula, on
mvt.ich the town situated, with the neighbouring
country, and the a hole of the day was occupied in
gating tents on shore to shelter the men from the
landing engineers' tools, sand-bags, Le. and
',making arrauttenments preparatory to commencing our
appraa•hes a.•xt day. Oa the mourning of the 4th the
light tro ips were ordered in ailv:.imee, supported by the
pt.tkets, tit mlimlomlve the enemy from a hank within 900
yards of the outer fort, which was expected to afford
;pod cover for the men, and to *c.ve as a depot for
s.ores previous to the erection of the batteries. The
whole of the light companies of the force, under cont-
r. mud of Captain Deckhouse, of his Majesty's 47th re-
it:ament, accordingly moved forward, and drove the
.►rabs with great gallantry front a date grove, and
over the bank al►ovc described, close under the walls
et the fort, followed by the pleketo imam: Alaimo.
Aiole.wortia, who to.►:: post at the sand-bank, whilst
the Eur Team tight troops were skirmishing in front.
The e•rewy kept up a sharp tire of musketry and cou-
rt not during these movements; and l regret to add,
out Major Mole,smorth, • gallant and zealous officer,
bias killed by a ClUiltioll shut at the head of the pickets.
:.:eutenammt Stepoey, of :he 65th, was woun led on this
unasion. 1 Ist tro ►ps, however, nmaintmined their
position during the day, and in the night of a
Lodgment witt.iu 30d yard,' of the southernmost tower,
and erected a battery for tour guns, together with a
r:artar battery on the right, and a trench of communi-
cation for time p..otertion of the covering party.
„The weatmmer having become rather unfavourable'
the disesolmarkmoion of the stores required for the
lie se, it was with considerable tii:liettlty that this pri-
mary o•mject Was effected but every obstacle was sur-
mounted by the zeal and indefatigable exertions of the
u.tvy, and on the mourning of the 6th we were enabled
to open three In-pounders un the fort ; a couple of
kommitiers and 6-pounders were also placed in the hat-
very en the right, whiell played on the t:eleuces a the
ta‘crs, and mm arty sip 'need the enemy's lire. The Li-
verpool, during these operations, warped in as dose
to the shore as her dr.iught of water would permit, and
opened her guns on the town, which usual hare created
considerah:ealarua in time garrison, but she was union.-
tuaately at too gm eat a distanc! t.• ploluve Ray d, ci .rd

earyt. The enemy. who dating tSe whole of oar pro-
gr... exhibited a considerable degree of resolit'on its
with-let:Enz. and in:J.lll'4y in count meting our at-
' tacos, 'allied firth at eight o'clock this eve•ting
along tli • a :sole iron! oar entreachosents,
ere• t clase up to the mortar battery without Leine
perreivt•al, and enter: al it over the parapet. af:er
spearing the atlvanr.•d sentries. The part• which or-
rnpieii it a•as obliged to retire, I tit loving Will-ilia tidy
rcinforeed,eharred the assailant••, who were driven .•ut
of the battery wit.' Ciliosidermhie Was. •1 he attar!. ••n the
left Was repelled instantanconsly by the spirited re,lst-
mace of the ea erring party. under 31ajair Warren, tvltu
distinguished himself much on this oceaa.iaiis lay his
coolness anti gallantry. The enemy repeated his at-
tacks towards morning, hot was viesorinisly repulsed.
During the 7th every ext., lion was tamale to land anal
bring amp the remaining tuna anal mortars. which w•
ariroitiplkheil the ni•:bt, after inces.ant dahonrat,
by the sAil.w4, assisted by working parties roam the
troops, anal those of ilk Highness the lumina. who
cheerfully vallunteereal their s..rvires. They were im-
mediately placed i t battery, together nit,' two 94-
pounders, which were landed from the Liverpool, and
in the morning the whole of our ordnance o:aetted tin
the fort, anal tired with se-ircely any internaiss' till
sunset, when the brea.•h on the curtain was repiortsel
nearly practicable an•l the towers almost untenable.
I •aliale arrangements Were In Ile for the assault, 1
and the troops ordered to move flow.' to the trenches
at day-break the next morning.. The bottiliardnwtit
continnesl during the night, and the batteries having
see •nerd their tire before day-light, completed the
breaches by eight o'clock. The accompanying orders
will explain to his Excellency the dispositions of at-
taek, as well as the tateavur..s taken to guard against
the possibility of a failure, in the event of the enemy
defending himself as deapera•ely as might have been
expected from his previous defence. 'I hese precau-
tions, however, were unnecessary; the party moved
forward about eight o'clock, anal entered the feet
through the breaches witliont firing a shot; and it
soon appeared that the enemy bad evacuated the.
place. The town n•as taken possession of and found
almost entirely deserted, only IS or 20 men, and a
few women, remaining in their houses. I.'pou the
whole, it appears evident, considerinethe spirited lie-
haviour of the enemy at the r tttttt neneement of the siege,
that their snilden resolution to et•aruate the pla:•c was
o•easionesl by the overwhelming fire of the artillery,
of which they could have formed no previous idea. end
which the ample means placed at nay disposal enabled'
use to bring against the town.
.1 Our loss, I ant happy to say, is much less than
coati have been expected, Croat the length of the siege
and the obstinacy with which the runny disputed our
approaches. I have had no means of ascertaining
thei. r, but it t have been severe.

•• 1 beg yon will assure his Excellency, that I feel
enti►ely satisfied with the conduct of the troops; their
gallantry has been exceeded only by their patience and
cheerfulness under even• specie• of privation and fa-
tigue ; and the peculiarity of this service has called
forth a full display of these qftelities. whirl► are equally
creditable to the soldier as the most intrepid arts of
braver•. By the orders which Ido myself the honour
to inclose, I►is Excellency will be enabl►d to rwintate
the services performed I►v Captain Collier, and the
naval part of the expedition ; and I can only add, that
the ack►►owledgenseuts the►rin exprest•ed are scarcely
adequate to the assistance I have received from thew. I
have the honour to be, acc.
(Signed. •• W. BR ANT KEIR, Major-Uen.

" Camp Ras-al-khinaa, WA Dee. 1810.
" METUIIS OF CA-U %LT'S, 114 TPA roar, UNDWR TEE COM-
MAND OF FAMM- GG XGG AL AM M. O. KIM M.M.T. DCIIHI
THt OFLIATIONS ►GAINST FROM THE 4TM
TO 9TH OCCLUDED. 1819, EXCLULITIL
" Camp at Ras-wl-KApaa. loth Dee. 1919.
" Detachment of a rtlllery.—D ounded, 1 drummer, Trask
tad Ala ; grand Wel. 3.
•' his 111ajest)'s 47th regiment.—Killed. I major. I rank
and tile ; grand total, V.—Wounded, Id rank sad file ; grand
total. 16.

"His Majesty's; 11:111ircirlineet.—KIllod. rank arid Me;
rand total, I captain, 1 lieutenant, VI rank
and file ; rand total. V 3.
Ist hattalion2.l recline:lt Native Intentry.—Wounded,
hatiltlar, 4 rank and file; grand Intel. b.

•• Detail hattallon.—W °ended. I hat ildar. 'auk and OW;
grand total, S.
•• Sippers attached to the Engineer Department. —Wound-
ed. I rank and file.
" Total.— Killed. I major, 4 rank and file; grand total, i.
Wounded. I captain. I lieutenant• Y tins ildars, I drummer,
46 taut and file; grand total. Al.
" Name of the Aker Allied—Major R. C. Moiety-Mb,
his Mr.je4t)'s 47th Itegiment.
• WOltlftied —Captain John Cintterivack. his Majesty's
05th Regiment, Brigade Major ; Lieutenant J. R. titerney,
ditto. (Signed) •• F. G. /MANSON,
•• Deputy Adjutant-tiro.•'

Manilas, Jas. 18—Our private letters from Cal-
cutta give us deplorable accounts of the great Mor-
tality which prevails in that city (the deaths are said
to be more numerous than at any former season). The
following is an extract from one of them :
" Death has been tusking great bevock among us
lately, and all our quidnunc?, air positive that so such
sickly season has occurred fur many years; I mug
say that I think so; howetec, the al..rtn is so pre-
dominant, that I believe I am left solitary in my
oeininn. One thing has certainly been rather peculiar
to the ailments of late uccurrenre, as those who have
fallen sick have been generally filled with the appre-
hension of fatal consequences, and I believe mousy
deaths have resulted from this pusillanimous abandon-
ment of hope before disease hail put on a serious ap-
pearance. I have indeed beru oftener than asnal at
the burring-ground, following my deceased friends,
and rirruwatauces have given an unusual turn to my
thoughts on such occasions. One day Capt. Mamma,
of the 7:rth Regiment, and myself, went in the sane
buggy to witness the interment of a Highlander, one
of our friends: the next time I went down Part-street,
was following the remains of Ivor 111•4ueen with
Captain Roebuck, marching by my side in perfect
health : and the other day liiieburk w. s also pat under
the sod. Some folks have been seen making their
purchases at auction one day, and the undertaker's
6lack-bortiereil card has been inwribed with their
11.atle5 the U.V. One petty juryman did his duty in
the box one day in good health, and u next called,
it was found that he had been deposited in the narrow
&p.o.e. These circumstances are striking enough, bat
still I think I h tie *eels periods ut as great mortality
i Calcutta."

ATM! IN.

SlNititi LEON G.IZLITES.

Faervo VN, Fe I!+—'tor harbour:o,4min to pre-
via a most gratifyi.ll a:pret : vessels arrive daily, and
and others depart prer:lart wilt tin I,uits of a legiti-
taste co;;;;; Tee: the merit°. ions exertions of hit Nfajes-
ty's sketadron in the rause of justice au I humanity,
have crowdel Co: hark.urs %lilt st:ve vessels ; our
streets, in are it:ple..s.valy thronged with the
unblushing. wretehe,, the slave traders, ;do, hiring
set defiance to the fans of God, and violated the
minces of their own rountrie.", attend our markets,
and would abuse those very men whom they hive torn
far ever, we fear, from the hoar of their childhoosl,l
and the scenes of their vouth ; these vile traffickers in
Mood are as hostile to lilt-rig as they are devoid of i
sktme : a very short period will, however, we trust,'
rill us of their hateful presence.
Want of space prevents our entering into detail
I upon the great advantages, we are persuaded, this
colony must derive from the monthly packet, now es•
tablislied be wren this and Bathurst, in the Gambia,
and touching at the Isle de Los. We hope that the
measure will be extended, and that soon we will enjoy
a similarly regular communication with the tiold
Coast : indeed, we look to the period when packets will
sail from fur the coast of Africa, and others
from Africa to the West Indies. We court a more
steady intercourse with the mother country, and all her
dependencies. Anxious that light may be thrown
upon all our proceeding's, we solicit fair and honour-
able inquiry—wishing well to every colony or settle-
smut belonging to hie Majesty, in every quarter of
the globe, we hailed, and will continue to hail, the
great improvements we hear are being in progress on
the (fold lout :---hated ourselves by all the revilers of
true liberty and philanthropy, we have traduced non.
---hut, in defiance of all, we exclaimffat
With sentiments of horror and shame we notice the
report so widely circulated of J. O. Kearney, late a
resident of Kent, having joined the traffickers in blood
at the lialines—A British subject who sought an as-
sylutn in the land of Freetown, after the reddition of
Senegal to the French, turning a traitor to the cause
of humanity, offers aouther proof that some depraved
mortals, the aril Sacra jetties is all. We will give in
our next, the copy of an agreement found on board La
Merit., which leaves no doubt on the vile transaction;
but Providence has turned his wicked purposes to the
advantage of the Africans, whose cause he betrayed.
On Friday last, 106 individuals, of all ages, were
landed as slaves from that vessel, and are now free at
Waterloo.

FRILETOWN, Fen. 46.—We have had no important
arrivals since our last--we have heard that the two
vessels taken in the Rio Yong°, by Sir fteorge Collier
and the Thistle, were condemned. We cannot how-
ever, but regret with the generality of oar Readers,
that fron► •..e circumstance of the Court not teing
open to spectators, it is not in nor power to offer
to the world that informati►►n upon these nefari-
ous transactions, that might tend to pot a stop to the
traffic—the exposure of villains would at beast operate
as a warning upon others not already engaged in the
same trade: publicity, in all public matters, has of lute
years been considered as the strongest pool of the
progress of rational liberty in Europe.

THE PROGRESS OP PUBLIC OPINION
ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.
No. XII.
Ns. svaae* OBJRCTfONS TO • SHOAT IMULTION OP
PAHLIAMENT.

The spirit of Reform had scarcely recovered from
the shock of the London riots in I 7so, when it was
checked by the excesses of the French revolution,
and the outrageous apprehensions of Mr. Edmund
Burke. The auspicious dawn of freedom and improve-
ment which had arisen on the extensive and important
territory of France, had been hailed with unexampled
ardour by the liberal and enlightened men of Rag-
land of the most respectable ranks; and the sympathy I
which awakened hope in the breasts of those who
Imaged for the extension of liberal ideas, excited coun-
teracting sentiments of alarm and resentment among
the enemies of innovation. At the heat of this power-
ful tribe Burke suddenly stepped forth as the resolute
and redonbtable champion; and the talents he ills-
played in his celebrated Ritrutcrtoss, countenanced
by Mr Pitt, and supported by the whole authority of
tiovernment, gave fresh fashion for a while to every
j antiquated corruption in ,the political system of Eng-
I land, and the tone of contempt or odium to the must
I guarded and moderate attempt at reformation.
The asperity with which the iols.ence of this
able partisan was exercised, and the contrast
which his aristocratic spirit exhibited when compared
with his former straggles for the introduction of pnb-
', tic economy, and the reduction of the burtbens of the
people, have produced among many, who were not
apprised of his previous principles, an opinion i
I that he had proved himself an apostate front the
s
1 Cause of Perinossentary Reform. It is due, however,
from the impartial Reviewer of the Progress of Opi-
nion, to state, that the character of Bathe, is
in this point, free from the charge of inconsis-
ti tency. At a very early period he appears to have
Ideprecated any change in the re?resentative my.-
tem; and even in the very month when he was making
his most strenuous efforts to recommend his economi-
I cal arrangements in vie State, be took occasion to
oppose, as has been already stated, a motion of Mr.
Alderman Sawhridge, in the House of Commons, for
' shortening the duration of Parliaments.
In that Number of this Review which gives an out- I
line of that debate, an opportunity was afforded to
notice, but in a very brief and imperfect manner, the
I sentiments which Mr. Burke expressed en the occasion.
+The occasion, however, appears to have been regarded
!
Iby him as of very considerable importance. It will
be observed, that a few days after Mr. Sawbridge
made his nudism, ia the House of ConAmons, in f
of Annual Parliaments, the Duke of Richmond had
untended to introduce his Bill into the House of Lords,
to establish Annual Parliaments and Universal Suf-
tinge. Both th-se measures may bare probably been I
j k-pt in m.nd by Mr. Burke when he prepared himself
to oppose time motion of Alderman Sawbridge, 1
That. at any rate, he considered the snbject deserving
mere than ordinary attention, he has afforded ample ,

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proof, by a sketch which he had eirawn mit before
he spoke un the orcasiou, and which was pr, 'erred
awing. his p:.rri, and pnit'ished since his o:cath 'ot
the tenth scluoie of his work.. In Ws sketch, :•,ie
objections he entertained against the (retook:: of Kr-
liansentary elections are set forth with Lis accuolnued
energy anti skill; and while they .trimly point toot
the inconveniences that 'night attend the annual recut.
remit of elections ander the present :,ystein of currap-
thin, they evince, by implication, in the clearest atil
snos• fircible nisnacr, the bsolute necessity of correct.
leg that corruption, and the great probability of pro-
ducing that elfret, by a wide extension of the elective
Gambia.. With a:1 the display they make of Oat
dangers of innovation, anJ all he civil they hare of
ahaw;a4 the fotiiity of Antot.ti Parliaments upon the
present plan, they may hr real m 411 ;01v4stage as
4r.
gunlent.s in favour of A radio al Moro.

Mr. llurtie co:tune:lves his premeihtated address on
Mr. Sawbridge's ;notion by observiiir, that o It i, al.
ways to be lament:A when men are driven to 'flier:,
into the fouild.it; of the coontion•vealth. it is cer-
tainly nee e 4. to resort to the theory of your Go-
vernmlnt whenever you propose any alteration in the
frame of it, whether that alteration means the re-
vival of some antiquated and forsaken I sonstitution of
State, or the introduction of some nett inpri/IV cut
in. the Comnionwealth. The object of our deliberation
is to promote the good purposcs fo which e 'views
have been instituted, and to prevent their in .onveni-
ences. If we thlught frequent elections a!temleil
with no inconvenience, or with but 3 tritline inconve-
nience, the strong overruling, principle of the con,ii.
tution would sweep us li •e a torrent towards then,.
But your remedy is to be suited to your disease—your
present disease, and to your whole disease. That man
thinks much too highly, sail therefore he think,
weakly and delusively, of any contrivance of human
wisdom, who believes that it can innke any son of ap-
proach to perfection. There. is not, there never was,
a principle octinvernment andcr licay..n, that does
Dot, in the art pursuit of the good it proposes, cia.
tunny and inevitably lead into some inconvenience,
which makes it absolutely necessary t i counter-work,
and weaken the application of that first principle it-
self, and to abandon somethint7 of the extent of !!;.-
advantage you proposed by it, in order to prevent also
the inconveniences which have arisen front the instru-
ment of all the good you had is tier.

" To govern according to the sense, and agreeably
to the interests of the people, is a great and glorious
object of government. his object tbe 'obtained
but through the medium of a popular election; and
popular election is a mighty evil. It I. such, and IKP
great an evil, that though there are few nations,
whose monarchs were not originally elective, very few
are now elected. They are the distempers of elections,
that have destroyed all free States. To are them
dis!empers is difficult, if not impossible ; the only
thing, therefore, left to save the commonwealth, is to
prevent their return too frequently. The objects is
view are, to have parliaments as frequent us they can
he without distracting them in the prosecution of pub-
He hoisittesn ; on one hand, t•o secure their dependmice
upon the people, on the other, to give them that quiet
in their minds, and that ease -in their fortunes, as to
enable them to perform the most ertitions and will
painful duty in the world with spirit, With eflictency,
with independency, and experience, as real public
counsellors, not as the canvassers at a perpetual elec-
tion. It is wise to compass as molly good ends as
possibly you can, and toeing there are incoannieeces
on both sides, with benefits on both, to give up a part
of the benefit to soften the inconvenience. The per-
fect cure is imprazticahle, hecaese the disorder is dear
to those, front whom alone the cure can possibly he
derived. The utmost to be done is to palliate, to
mitigate, to respite, to put off the evil day of the con-
stitution to its latest possible hour,--and may it be a
very late one.
This Bill," [in favour of Anflual Parlimientso " I
fear, would precipitate one of two consequences, I know
not which most likely, or which most dangerous;
either that the Crown, by its constant, stated power,
influence and revenue, would wear out all opposing°,
in elections, or that a violent and furious popular
spirit would arise. I must sr:. to satisfy me, the re-
medies ; I moist see, from their operation in the care
of the old evil, and in the cure of those new evils,
which art inseparable fr an all remedies, how they
balance each other, and. what is the total result. The
excellence of mathematics owl metaphysics is to km
but one thing before you ; but he forms the best lodg-
ment in all moral diesptisitions, who has the greatest
number awl variety of considerations in one view be-
fore him, and can take them in with the best possible
consideration of the middle results of air.
" All are agreed that Parliaments should not be
perpetual: the only question is, what is the most con-
venient time for their duration: On which there- are
three opinions. We are agreed too that the term ought
not to be chosen most likely in its operation to spread
corruption, anti to augment the already overgrown
influence •f the Crown. On these principles I mem
to debate the question.
" That the frequency of elettiOns pro by Ilk
-Pc4.41
Kill has a tendency to increase the power and um
sideration of the electors, not lessen corrnptibilty, o
do most readily allow. So tar it is desirable. This
is what is has; I will tell you what it has not: ht.
It has no sort of tendency to inc their integrity
and public spirit, unless an increase of power hat an
operation upon voters in election', that it ban ia co
other situation in the world, and upon no Ober pert
of mankind. 2d. 'I his Hill has uo teadeney to "it
the quantity of indocilee in the Crown, to reader its
I operation more ditheult, or to counteract that gem
titan, which it cannot prevent, in any war whatsoever.
I It has its full weight, its full range, and its woe-
trolled operation on the electors, exactly Nit bad be-
fore. 3d. Nor, thirdly, does it :bate the interest sr
inelination of Ministers to apply that influence $ ate
electors: on the contrary, it solders it weds MM
necessary to theta, if they seek to have a istajorilY ja
Parliament, to increase the mess' of that Warm%
and redouble their dtligenc and to sharpen dexterity
is
in the application. Tile scluoie effect of the Sid
therefore, the moot ing the et;splication of MAO! 11111.
of the influence from the elected to Coe Pigeons. Eta
further to strengthen and extend a Court interes'--c-
-already great and powerfol, in b.srouglis; here 0 :
their magr.a:nes and Oases of arms, and dam to

thee the priocii, ii. not the secondary, theatre of
theft mallow, rot for securing a determined majority
at Parliament.
I beln ve u, :!irtly will deity t hat the electors are'
Th-y are ttoni; it is saying nothing'
worse of them ; many of them are but ill-informed in
their minds, many feeble in their circus stances, easily
~err-reached, easily seduced. If they are many, the
aves of rocritittion. are the lower ; and would t.• liod
ir were mgt rather a contemptible anti hyptotritical atlu-
erin a charitable sentiment, to sae that there
Ri 'filth, no debauchery, no corruption, no bribery,
repry, no blind fury and interested faction,
~,ong the electors in many parts of this kingdom ;
,or is it surprising, or at all blameable, in that class of
Private men, when they see their neighbours aggratt-
Jited and themselves poor unit virtuous, without that
f•let or dignity which attends men in higher situations.
But admit it were true, that the great mass of the
electors were too vast an object tot Court intim-nee to
trap, or extent, to, and that in despair they must
ahmilon it; lie must be very ignorant of the state of
eve:r popular interest, who dors not I.eow that in all
th, corporations, all the open boroughs, indeed in
..v.ry district of the kingdom there is some leading man.
s aur alitator, some wealthy merchant, or considerable
manufacturer, some active attorney, some popular
preacher. some money-lender, Lc. ice. who is followed
by the whole flock. This is the style of all free
countries.
Militant in Fable valet hie. stile ilk Vellna;
tuilihet Me fasces debit erlpietoue cantle.
Their earh of which informs and governs his
own little orb. are neither so many, nor so little power-
ful. nor su incorruptible, but that a Minister may, as
he dues frequently, find means of gaining them. and
through them all their followers. To establish, there-
fore, a very general influence among electors will no
more be found as impracticable project, than to gain
an undue intlnence over Members of parliament.
Therefore I am apprehensive that this Bill, though it
shifts the place of the disorder, does by', no means re-
lieve the Constitution. I went through almost every
contested election in the beginning of dill Parliament,
and acted as a manager in very many of them ; by
which. though at a school of pretty severe and rugged
dir-ciplise, I cattle to have some degree of initruction
rtaerrning the means by which Parliamentary interests
are in general procured and supported."

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