The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-10 00:00:00

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To zts*Drrum pi! raz ST4TES'AL4N.
. limellorato•the *iodide° of Ihein.l4
arettalicted with insanity„ and to preveidOitiiiiiiii
that infthippened in ohms and paldiewitarfoliiiii
for each persons, I beg leave to subedit* 'Mil
ileiationind improvement of each well-dirtiolisd psi(
.My as may be be inclined to assist io ihisistimaisf
imdertaking, Moo following Plan •e.
That eotablishmenti be lonia by each coantY for
tb aCeolllMOdatial 91 Nts persons, with sofficient-
eiring.greends, one for stales, and another for fe.
males.
I'b,t these erections be paid for by the Collides,
and the peeks arising from thetW be applied in aid of
the teensy fends. . . •
That these pablic reeeptscles sbsll bi ooporintend.,
ed by persona nominated by the Lord Limns:taut of
lea county.

That than places shall be inspected by the Meni.
hers of Partieslent for the Counties where they stand.
as often as they please.
That they shall be also inspected by the Mail.
strides •bets they please; net his than Wee times
ovary year.
Tint the Minister. Cherthwadens,
of t parish *hers• these places stand, do __
inspect they as often as they please; not laselean
twice is *very fear.•
That the Grand Juries do visit, go through, and
etselne *Tory person confined in then places.
-twice in every year, and receive five pounds each Fey.
atonoration.

That the Sheriffs do visit end inspect then places
as often as they please; net less than twice jia every
year.
That the Superintendents of these places hold.the
same only during good behaviour, and be regneved
from the seine by the verdict of a Grand Jury,
on proof being brought before them of any gross'
abuses.
The profits arising by a house that accommodates
two hundred and fifty paupers, at ten shillings per;
week, the preseot charge, and seventy other persons,
at one guinea per week and upwards, according le
their accommodation, which is the charge made in
London at this time, is, after defraying every ea.
pence, including vent, two thousand fire hundred
pounds per annum; therefore the profits arising la-
the County of Middlesex only, where two detached
ranges of buildings are sufficient, would be more
than sixteen thousand pounds per annum.. •
As these places are for confinement of persom,,
they are nut to be considered as fair objects of
trade.
It is customary to take ewe? the licences of public.
houses for abuses, and in these places there have been
most dreadful.ones; for these reasons let all private
kraals be withdrawn.
The thanks of the Public ere due to Lord -Robert
'Squirm, for his everting's in this cause.

Your obedient sonata,
Loudon, Sept. 30.

S. 'CALVERT.

Wit VA 17 nigt GENCE. '

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MAN OCT. 9. Arrived aad sailed for the River,
the Colonist, Brandford, from Barbadoes; Charles,
Milue,fromTnhagn ; and Demerara Patket,Venables,
from Dea►arata.—Sailed, the Thetis, Yarrow, from
St. Thomas's fnr London.
PoitTsstotrrit, OCT. 9.—Passed up Channel the

Dutch ship Matia, Gway, from Batavia for Antwerp,
out five months and one day ; spoke the American,
—, from the Fast Indies for Amsterdam ; Atwood,
Davidson, from Quebec, with limber, for the Dock-
yard; and Indestry, from Copenhagen, *Jai
tar for ditto.—Sailed, the Catharine, Muller, for
Petershurgh.
PLTmoUTIt, OCT. B.—By advice yesterday from
the keepers of the Edystone light-house, it appears
that on the 23d olt.at nine o'clock, A. M. a Rehousing.
Was seen bearing down eastward of the Edystnno,
with the wind at S. E. when on a sodden she dpset
and sank one mile N. N. W. of the F4ystone. The
particulars of the vessel are not koown.
FALMOUTH, OcT. ''
.—Sailed the Duke of Kent
packet, with a for Lisbon ; Diana, Donish
201 in ship, for the %eel !tidies ; and a number of,
eat ward-bound vessels and coaster,.

Ocr. the Amelia, Neermsb,
from Prior* Edward's Wand, for Ilymoorls with
loss of bolworks, basing et perieoced bad weather
on her passage.
I.lszeiroot., OCT. S.— Ar ri wed the Roth,. Mai
from &moo, will logs of hulk mists.

Paws A Cuatte..rotrnEut.-I—The insignificant,'
petty, proud, lordly State of liarnborgh, by a para.,
graph in the Times of the 9th instant, is now dwin•
ding into that state she conduct of the Setwitorst.
flerghate, Prierchints, anerrarlesmen merit. Doe.l
it% the interval of the t ao teat wars with France.
neutral sititition, with the blocked.up post. of East
Friesiand, Btabint, and riollend, threw an immense
trade boo Iliterbergh. The nprorrtaafry shot afford.
eel these pAsons, inspired them with the most haughty,
opinions that their port was the entrepot of &rope,
and they took every advantage of it—not by genera,.
open -conduct, bid hi the tree spirit Of miner*
brokers, jobbets4 and specoletors—to egieese
possible from every merchant or trader who foettd-it
a necessary resource to carry on their trade Sluing
the two long, and perhaps by thieteoniry ever to be
regretted, fatal ways Great Brlteio and Ireland have.
ever experienced, front the retell of au etcessite
burthentome tatation, Which lb Admitistration tip►
pears resolved to maintain to the stillest possible, for
the continuance .of lavish, useless expenditures in
public situations, priVate ensoloolvits, efilrones
creased Salaries and Pensions throughout the State in.
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almost every department, but in cis 060 mere alto!
perly unnecessary than that of the Corolla, the bad
management of which requires to be osptited in fait.
detail. A list of Pensions allowed to retired Officers,
the increase of Safeties to Commissiutlerf dawn to tito-
inferior officers,, with a atatemoot also tlf throe in'
pa) talent the preceding year of the Act of the
year of his Majesty, *ilia tend to she the ettermois
?pence of this essential) but ibismaoageditisedi of
sailboat menet.'

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Tam Tit ti OF goUN JEAN.*
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M) Tree /RAW nitatorta. 5.
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• -444. lobe 'been. Awl& to-the plains of Waterloo,
Ised clewed the so. *4th Vile; teeling of nstiosslity
ittid visitation; indeed 11610'§1a prodbces on the
tiled ands' interest-4r konlirei at Hoegooeill
m.
~,appesis to have been dreadful, led win ever humor.
litiliWthe brave men litho defended the Important:pet.
mason; it refusing nosily in the same state .41 sittiliel,
us after the battle. With the proper footings of ai
Englishman, proud of 'tita co are*, end pereoversace
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of my brave countrymen on that day, ,
vieg-
every part of the scene with keen reffectionl‘beegine,
my surprise and regret, on Thursday last, to Meet oo
the road the Inn TOW which marked the Oblation of
the Deke of WZLLINGTaN dillllll the bible;
it appears, was purchased by on unthinking Sitglish-
rnan,Of the earns of for about 160 francs, sad
is now lyissic on the canal here, to be shipped cot:.
England. This act if 'stupidity and folly Mich hurt
lite, and I hope the fellow will he,disappointad yet in
his speculation. I immediately wrote to the Go-
vernor of Prowls ins the sohjeet, -and Ite•hastiven
•Mo a most polite answer, regretting with myself the,
fiumstessei. mat
_it thlt trap is triter@ properly bei
1,140 tehe it beck, aft eitO. amt. his withl
_over, Ike will have .nnother placed than, and Is midi
obliged to me. 'fbis.childish and silly •act is really
diestsrafol to the English, and is an act of great in.
justice to the poor people of Waterloo, she Meted
greatly by the battle. In the Brussels Paper of this
day, 1 read the following in French ; so yea will ,
perceive what the (satires think of such specolatims
conduct ;--6 While different nations Sr. erecting
monomials to commemorate the celebrated day of ,
Waterloo, others are carrying off the monuments of
nature, which yearly brings to our recollection, by
its renewed verdure, that memorable event : this
fine tree of Mount St. Jean, having been visited by
all the tr3vellets of Europe—this tree, covered, with
scars, b.lls, &1.., and hardly injured by the knife of
the curious, is haw lying on the shore of our canal,
ready to be emhgrked for England.—Oh! classical
land of speculation--Qttosque tandem!' This is the
best translation of the article I can give you."

CATHOLIC CAUSE.

We this night, says the Is ash Guardian of Tuesday,
present nor readeri with the proceedings of the Ca-
tholic Meeting at Nenagh, Count D'Altion in the
Chair. We rejoice exceedingly to see our coun.ry-
Joan and brethten roused (rem that lethargy and
criminal torpor in which they have for sonar 'isle
past tbameielly laid—we hope their ekarepte
.will be
fte warning same" to every coonti,fity, town/and
parish-in the Kingdom, to join in looking for thet
which they are emitted by every clainroo justice,
Maims, and t!Offtenity.
CA-THOLIV msEttNa AT
In conteqeent.o of a Requisition to that purpose, a
roost numerous rind itiglify respectable afisetably of the

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Ist inst. • ' •
-' On Count D'Attorr's appearance, he wai imme-
diately and onenimoosly called- to the Chair.—lle
then addressed the Meeting, and said, it was of
'coon* needless for him to explain the object of the
Meeting, they all knew that it see for the purpose
',adopting she proper mode of obtaining those pri-
vileges which, as good subjects, thef 'were entitled
In, end, as that wet the greatest object men could
possibly have in view, they would COll6llO themreleel,
to that, and that alone.

G. Dut.on, jun. Esq. said, that in proposing a
few Resolutions, it was not his intention to repeat
thnsy arguments, width had been so frequently and
ortensWerebly *reed by the edentates of Catholic
freedom. Seery thine which could he advanced, hid
been so often and sn well said. that he felt it tumid
be ppesumptinn is him to detain the Meeting. He
should therefore only make so observation as to the
purport of the Resolutions. They went, ih the
first instance, to asset the Rights of Catholics,
so these blesssiegs which they hid fonght and
seM for as well as their Protestant brethren.—
their Resolutions expressed intentions to peti-
tion Parliament), and if it should seem proper to
the Meeting, the adoption of one which beheld in his
hind. Another was to vetern (banks to their tried
and steady hired, the Earl Of bonoughtbore, who
.we requested to present their Petition to the 'House
of Lords. The Petition to the House of Commons
would of course be committed to their hereditary and
Ad a• n ted ad. ocs or, GPnttcnt. Mille*, et .d the co: '
teration and assistance of Ms Noble. Colleague:Wee
Is° requested. He would net Wisps,' further otV"..
heir indulgence, and begged .to read the R'eseher
(ions) *c. Dif TSB Ck'Lltaatr, Esq. thee -proposed a;
Jemwpf Thanks to Geweral Mathew sod Mr. Pfirtie-,
was also passed. Go the Molina of Mr. Ogre.,
Fillotti Count D',Alton lift the Chair, .and Doctor
bail tree celled to U. Thanks were tlstwa iatireirld
to the Count, for his eiteellent conduct. in the. Choir,-
arid the !Watling separated in theinntt otderiErnaosor.
Among the Protestant Gentlemen proven!, 4011-I[4o.
marked Thomas Gots/ and Richard POsitr,, PAM..

littleftvicas tOvit plane I -
*titer non's% at the ball, bet which happily fetish..
listed without any unplealint coomlooncei.,• 4
ittanger (a Naval OfSceri dressed i 0 plait) Clothos;)
elnioested the honour of a Lady's hand ; it welt re-
-Not on the plea of indisposition. flOwnvir,abiortly
Neer, the' impolite festal* was led to the upper end of
do rooms by another Gentleman 4 for the eappOs
lei.poso of going down the same dance.' the ts.
tiflltsed claimant interfered, •11ftioo loch conduct to
In contrary to the roles of' politeness; thib Lady's
tatilistrcallioop and laid, 44 !sirs that Lady shall
ltwltartterc sod with arbor% T pitatitt"—" That
•bdy 'hall not dulcet when and with who* yeti I
IsPilate," was the reply. The first-Mentlnsed re-
" Shall Got, Sir ! Pray who are you? Will
ybe favour me with your card ?i'—'4 Moat reatlily,i'
replied the latter. " Winn aroyon doing?" 000tinued
All Moe (haring obtatved his antagonist • long Ilse
fibobling in Ma waistcoat pockets),-44 lam searching
for sit, card, Sir.".:o4 Tn. seed not take that troy.
itiktlt ler I hoe pier addteee, in the Heins of gir Ic

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