The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-26 00:00:00

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WEDNE4DAY girENINO, *ARCH 26, 1823.
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•fARLIAMENTARY COMMENTARY. • _.
wllaat night there aran nothing of any Coargownee in
-iin....0.w1$ of Lotds. •lo the House of (Useless there
le"..he a 'Petitioli from cape Breton; a Bill moved**,
!a".7eudiorateny,ogaitN.44.ool;lrawrittintos 1:11 Ntlissicen fovieiktounblell:enteld:o;norasirtmgh:tioTonitsiwissadeiti,ei:'l
appeared to be of any Interest. A motion matfety Mr.
Littrrteao relative to the expense of Foreign Ministers,
was resisted by Mr. Catenneo. To be sure; and to be
sure Mr. LENNARD'S Ynotion was negatived by a rest
majority. However, *it is by no means to be regretted.
The, more money they spend the better. They have been'
ftif
enabled to spend it by those who will until), lose their,
estates as a sellable punishment. We. for our part, like.
the eeposure of their squanderings; bnt we by no meant'
lantern the squandering.. We like to see the whiskered
fellows, and particularly the German whiskered fellows,
swaggering about in the shining loots, infernally keg
more, and padded shoelders, breasts and rumps : we like to
;iree thenetwaggering about at the expense of the great
jolter-h dogs that have the impudence to call them-
selves Ong/eaten ; those unfeeling fellows who are so
justly detested by the people, and who thought (cunning
. boobies) when they bad crushed the liberties of France
by the means of banknotes, they themselves were going
to get gold, in exchange forfthe paper, pound for pound.
Welike Mae* the Dead Weight, and all the gay wives
and widows belonging to it. We look at little Dead
Weight children with delight, when we consider them
as little leeches laid on upon the rents of the landlords.
Mr. CANNItit is right in refusing togiee any account of
his troop and their salaries. No aidoant wss ewer given
the people °tate money expended feetdceeping down dies-
dieals and for the employment of German Troops in
England. Let someone call for an account of the money
.to
expended every /ear for the soleibenefit of the hare and
pheasant gentey..which mem, taking prosecutions and
l pool rate' tegetb‘r. mounts to a great deal more than
' all the the getignaMinisten
.receive. This money is
paid by the cotilbittity at WO 1 and it is expended foe.
the sake of preserving mere sports ; and sports, too,
confined exclusive? to a very small portion of that com-
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munity. There was last night, a Bill brought in by a
Mr. Cotters. read a first time, and ordered to be read a
second time oo Monday the 14th of April " to increase
" the power of Magistrates in all cases of apprentice.
" ships." This Bill ought to be narrowly attended to.
More or less of this increasing the power of Magistrates
is constantly going on every Session of Parliament. The
laws of the country are thus constantly changing from
harder to harder ; from storm try to more summary pu-
nisliments ; little by little,cases are withdrawn from the
Judges, and put into the bands of Justices of the Peace.
Scores, nay hundreds of Acts, having this tendency, have
been passed since the beginning of the reign of the last
King. The Register of next Saturday will contain a
remarkable and terriblelinstsuce of this. We know of no
more laudable undertaking than it would be for someone
to sit down and go through the whole of the laws passed
within the last sixty years, and partiaularly within the
last thirty, increasing the powers of Magistrates. The
laws of England, have, it would be foiind, undergone a
complete change. It would be found that the whole
thing has been changed. Whether we are to expect that
the Caine Law Committee will set an example fur a
retrograde movement is more than we can say. The
bow seems to have been strained a little too tight
in that particular. However, we have no reliance upon
any thing but our old and excellent friend, the DEBT,
to brine us back again to what were the Laws of England.
That blessed DEBT is our only hope. There was a little
questioning again last night; and not of so very friendly
a description as the questioning of Mr. Hewn:Ham and
Sir J sMits MACKINTOSH. Lord JoaN RUSSELL asked
Mr. CANNING whether there were "any treaties by which.
" this Country guaranteed the Throne of France to
Louie XVIII. led Ais Successors." . "This was, just at
this moment, rather a pinching question. The Mania:
Chronicle Shield bearing Secretary answered that there
existed a stipulation, " which any attempt made to re-
" sume the Crown of France by any of the family of
" the late Usurper, was to be resisted by all the
" great Powers of Europe ;, and another stipulation,
" that if say Rebellion breaks out in France,
" Austria, Russia, and England agree to counsel
" and concert measures for repressing it." That was
all he said! And enough too, most people will think.—
Lord John observed that the present invasion of Spain
by Prance ougbfto release us from these stipulations.—
Mr..casiNttso declined all argument at present. Bit a
very pretty picture does this thing now exhibit, let them
torn it or hoist it ~which way you will. Here are we
guaranteeing the Throne of France to the Bourbons,
not only against all rivals to the Throne.; but against
what may possibly he the will of their own subjects.—
Ho wever, here, as every where else the blessed DEBT comes
and interposes its salutary influence. Here is guarantee for
guarantee: our pretty gentletnen guarantee the Throne
of France It., the Bourbons; and the Jews and Jobbers
guarantee the Debt to those sensible Landlords who sup-
ported our pretty gentlemen, in their guaranteeing of
the Throne of Freuce to the Bourbons!
Ad 1

QUAliCkt, WAR.
I. Or Corn-War ;or Corn Humbug ;or t)ie Jotter-
' heads upon stilts. Ti4is thing is pretty nearly at an end