The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

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TO THE HDITOI. OF TIE.STATFSHAH; . •
am a censtani._ ili.4stler of your hoommt, 1
and an admirer of the principles upon .which It Is
conducted—but mkopinicus of your integrity eAtl
independence will be greatly strengthened by the
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6ertioa of this letter. • I am aware that it may eye-,
rite to your preju.diee.in, peeitliary
.siat,..but the
public will. he lulu -It the: grader zehliesesia„fer the ,
.ir.sitice made on your part vsin4er.vi,,tisou vis."J
son at stlerv'ice. You must know, Sir, that I one
J.essea is the nulls, and have hitherto tikneci an
None! livelihood by my itulustryi without pertikiug
of the'lllw*E mil* out of the shares of "Loans
and 10061 'PC4IO4 as many of my neighbours have,
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done:;' and if Moot speaks true, some of thg News-
paperlifers, as they Iris ironically called, have au in-
terest in them gembling transactions, particularly the
Scosis and Rig tut'Clitulgr, many of whom
havviodillesl oot of Alley,. and are never back-
wardiUjOcit blows in return for the great in-
formation which they have to euinmunicate.
The Tieleatraver, to lite astonishment of all those
who ere.,scquelotods.with _its genuine character, has
lately:ooNi forwirdlto- 'atone the evil tendency of
the Sven LettestY; teFitlets pitiful ,alternative the
Goviernietit of this winery have recourse to raise
the paltajnes q.f., three o...fsair hundred thousand.
ylowedsoO 4ards the annual expenditure of nearly
ose Ihn.DREn NIT trims ! !--It certainly had, a
vrry Candid• appearance to see the Editor of the
Piines oppose an evil of this kind; but you will cease
to wonder, and attribute his conduct to very differ-
ent motives, when the cause of this apparent candour
is brought to light. I have already stated, that se-
veral persona belonging to Newspapers have had an
iderest in .Letsts and Letreesxs, and I understand
fzie have had more than the Proprietor of the Tints.
In the present Lottery, however, the Contractors
did not think proper to admit Mr. WALTER to par--
ticipate in the expected profits, which, agreeable to
to the last Lottery, _ would have amounted to
p OtiNDS a Ticket. This, Sir, is the osten-
sible cause of the quarrel between the Times and
the LOTTERY CoNTAACTOILS, whom I shall leave
to settle the bone of contention which way they
please, and briefly notice some of the mischief at-
tending the Lorrzeses in this country., The evil
consequences of raising Government supplies by a
Lorrrev were very ably pointed out by Mr. WHIT-
'READ, some years since,' in the House of Commons ;
and it was expected that a stop would have been put
to se disgraceful a system. It is wall known that
the Lotteries are supported by the middle and lower
Classes of society, who, weary of their burdens, en-
deavour to secure. a,cosnpetency by purchasing a
chance is tisetottery, without consiairing, or even
knowing, tiart-trts mine Ifitiiffwo to7oNs.4.aiust them.
The effecrie generallydiSappointment, and attended
with the *linsi serious consequences, particularly
among the lower orders; by expending in this delu-
sive snare the:4We pittance which should have sup-
ported themselves and families for some time to
come. It is possible an adventurer may have a large
prize, which the contractors exhibit to dazzle the
eyes of spectilatort, but the chance is so small as
mot to attract the notice of any one acquainted with
it. Should a capital prize fall to the lot of a person
in low circumstances, it seldom or ever does them
any real service: In France, and ether countries,
where Lotteries ire permitted, they are managed iu a
different way, allowing only a profit of about ten '
per cent. insttad of the impositions and deceptions
practised in this country, of paying TWENTY
Pousos for • what is intrinsically worth only
Tts I—ln fact, Lotteries are now become
so great a nuisance, that' a remedy is abso?
lately necessary ; anti it filo be hoped, 'that the
PRINCE REcENT will advise :his Mimic:ay tip sup-
press them entliely. shall :not at present:introde
further on your notice, but should you gratify my
wishes by giving this Insertion, you may hear again
from i Year's, &e.
A STOCK4OBBEit.
Deearober 90, )1M• •• • • •

TO THE EDITOR 'OP VIE ST4TESALIN.I
Sir.,—Througfl the inediiiro • Of your eotenant
Pa-
per, I shall be glad to. Input eisrluit period it is in-
t=;:nled by the preseat vark4.-emd.efficieni Government
to ;,;sue the priae4wemei, the resatt of tiifit renowned
Walchercn Expeditho ; perhaps, with their usual
apathy nod carelessnete ofAliticeiguiou, they think
no consideration or remuneratiou is due to the feel-
ings or wants of the citation of those brave, but ill-
fated fellows, whose liveej were so Uselessly
f;;;cd on the occasion. Is the money not yet sat=
ticiently sifted, or is it to be applied to the paying the
espences of the enormods staff then employed, whieh
at the same time that it proctigisteatthe nit jsecuniary
resources of Great Britain, bliewted forth the, in-
competency tif*se Often"?

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The French Papers give an account of a dreadfill
flood which took p'.3te at Beiluna last month. The'
novelty of the spectacle tad excited the curiosity of
most of the inhabitants, whoassembled on the bridges
itich soon aftet blew up, and carried away fifty of
he spectators on different parts of the fragments,*
he situation of these people was most distressing:
t'eY were °Wield' to icmain during the whole of the
lig:it, clinging io the ruins, dreading every instant
tlt au accession of inutulatiwi,,:ar even the measure
ken to save dent, by eartaflauticheci for ilea pur-
ir ss, Would be their dostructiop. The erbille4ere
iked next inorniag by mans of rad.

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- . TO Tim EDlT'OlcBflfE STATESStAIf. ,
Siit,--While every 'rational being in the Metro-
polis, horrified and
.disgusted by the scenes passing
de
r see teview;' is loudly demanding a, more effi-
tient Police; the Editor of the t'ourier, who, indeed,
is in general at war with common sense, has the
effrontery to tell us, that our Police is excellent, and
challenges a proof of its defee‘s t--What this man
can have in view I am at a hata,to guess ; bat as he
is Captaliref the Sycophants, I have no doubt he is
finessingitor something. The numberless crimes
committed dliilyt one-half of which never meet the
public eye, are alarming and melancholy proofs of
the necessity of instant reform in our Police Sys-
tem, and I think with you, that it should be modelled
upon military principles% by,selajch instant and
gratuitous assistance may be afforded to every citizen
1 who is plundered, without the necessity of bribing
I one rogue to look after another, and thus tripling
our loss. Alt that. scandalous intimacy between
thieves and thief-takers must be put a stop to, and
the haunts of those vagabonds destroyed, root and
branch. Was there ever any thing so monstrous ill'
policy or morals, as acknowledged academies for
villany ? where the noviciate 40r.tjos, thieviOratil
Is (rat introduced ; ---where'lllllWrlllieies are
farther instructed and 4herdeitedji 14-ime ;In' dr,
where murders. and robberies are planned cud.
matured!! Nature shrinks at the idea.; but never.:
theless all Orli is true. Those infernal establishments,
'are well known to the Police, and are defended upon
this no able principle, that by these associations the,
officers know where to search for thieiest! 'This's
the present system ; and I will defy the ingenuity .ii
man to invent or imagine any thing more detestable
in its nature, or fraught with more danger to the
lives, property, or morals of the community.
The first thing that ought to be done is, to appre-
hend every known thief and receiver in town ; this
the law will permit. Send the whole of them to so-
litary confinement and hard labour for the longest
time specified in the Statute, with a solemn assurance
upon their liberation, that if, after so many days;
they are again found without the means of getting an
honest living, they will be remanded to their former
solitary labour, and so on, as often as they are en-
larged, until they are forced to pursue an honest'
mode of livelihood. By this simple operation, I
would pledge my existence, that in twelve months
time, thieves in London would be almost annihilated.
Pursue them like wild beasts ; let no two of them
ever meet together, far less thief-takers and thieves,
,who ought at all times to be like eat and mon*,
never to approach but in mortal fray. The adroit:'
ness which some Magistrates affect to prlde them-
selsrein, in the- domination of Tfirives"Tireel-'
temptible. Slang and cunning are incompatible with
the dignity of magistracy ; nor are they neces-
nary. Strict discipline and common sense will sooti
unveil ever'', crime.
I am well aware that this system will be strenu-
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',oily opposed by the present Police men, because it
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Ironid cut up the source of their profits ; the value of
1 which many of your Readers will be astonished to learn,
when I assure them that there are several thief-takers
in London, whose income exceeds one thousand a-
year! No wonder that those men should cry out,
" Gl* is DIANA of the Epbesians!" Tlit7 con-
siderthe present system as a priviledged mode for
them to make fortunes. If you make application to
to One of those great thief-takers to apprehend a
petty thief, he would look upon himself as affronted ;
it IV only the little thief-takers that are appointed for
this purpose, and if the robber bribes higher than
the, ribbed, he is sure to escape. The great thief-
taker picks out what he calls good jobs, and will
pay attention to no other—such.as attending at No-
blemen's routs—at the Bank on paying the Dividends;
&e. Surely it never was in the contemplation of,
Government to establish a system of Police, for the
purpose of making large fortunes to contemptible
understrappers, at the expence of the community.—
Some of those fellows have realized upwards of
twenty thousand pounds ! ! Could a thief-taker do
this fairly and honourably ?. I believe .no man of
common sense will affirm IL - In fine, let 4 strict and
simple Police be established, conducted by people
,who are willing to do their duty for their salary
only. Let every rogue be incessantly pursued, until
he either quits society or turns out an honest man;
and a very little time will most palpably shew the
beneficial effects.

A CITIZEN.

NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 30.—The accounts which
hate. hitherto appeared in the provincial papers, of
the outrages committed in Derbyshire, fall short of
the truth ; for the numerous burglaries and highway
robberies which have been committed in that county,
within the last ten days, ire truly alarming. , From
the gangs of nightly prowlers that hover about, no
species of property is safe, without the protection of
a civil and military watch.- The inhabitants, for
miles around, parade nightly in their turd ; and yes-
terdax an addition to the military guard was made,:
by Bending the hussars from •Nottingliim. Notwith-
ittitUtog the frame-breakers Still dontinvie their
-operations there, one being broke in the town on
friday night, add one on the following night, °illy
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a utile distant. Scarcely a day pastes without men
being arrested, pu suspicion of hating committed one
rem* Or anotheri though number. ' commit
eta have hitherto yrinci
is* been detected in,
faf the rioters, l''
Vey. mernitig, at Ilkeston,
ptcion.of belonging to -
Derbyshirei .
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