The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-01-27 00:00:00

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The Session of Par!lamest was opened this day by
Commission. The Speech would be reed, by the
'Lord CHANCELLOR. We have etready mentioned
she movers and seconders of tbd Addresses. The
conduct of Parliaments ochtte,bas made even the im-
portant occurrence ofitlieirissembiing, a subject bat
little calculatedleisteciee bops or awaken attention.
Yet never in a time °flaws did more important cir-
, eamatances call for the attention of the assembled
• Representatives of the British. People. Of these, the
' real circamstsoces requiring the most serious atten-
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lion, but little notice as we have before said may be
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expected to he tek,en in the Royal Speech. Indeed
the contents of this documents, as our readers know,
have already been auticipsteff. These Speeches now
relate almost solely in Royel Vitality affairs. The
..lpresent,•*ll helm, ,will be found to be as much -of
this cast, end as sombre in its character, as any pre-
vious performance from the iame quarter. The only
hope introdeeed the picture, is understood
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to be the rom, Hanover, the project
for supplying' the; tlirelieked.isilure of the Royal
Stock, by the VaVriege of the Duke of CAKIBRIDGE
to a Hessian Priiicess, and the opportunity which
this circumstance will afford for applying to the
country for a suitable provision to another splendid
establishment. It will be observed from our subs&
quent notice of the Hanoveriaa news, that a becoming
" bevy of dainty daises" bas already been appointed
as Ladies of Homier to the Princess. Among the con-
gratulations made to the country, we are told that we
are to be very feelingly and triumphantly emigre-
, totaled on the happy effects of suspending the Ilabeas
Corpus Act. We can beliete any thing necessary on
this subject, for Lord SI DINOUTU and the Ministers,
and Sir NATHANIEL Cormet, have got rid of their
prisoners without any judicial exposure of the
rorrectness of their charges. But will the effects
of suspending the bulwark of oar liberties, be'
truly told? Will the Ministers mit with- their
congratulations any account of the miseries that have
been inflicted upon individuals by the protracted im-
prisonments under their Green Bag assertions, and
the unpunished atrocities of their Agents,, to stir up
sebellion among the People? Will they call the
spies Oliver, and BraNey, and Castles, to witness
to the truth of their allegations? Will the CHAN.
ceLeon of the EXCHEQUER, in his financial statements,
dare to submit such accounts of Government ex-
Fences as will be found specified in terms too distinct
for doubt in Bradley's Bet (the Spy and Deserter)
to his employers, copied in our Paper of this day ?
No. We shall hear nothing of these damning proofs
of a Conspiracy against abused and unoffendiog
human nature, by the agents of iniquity, in any of
the Ministerial expositions. But we shell not over-,
look. them. Read these articles, People of England !
We retend not to vouch for their accuracy—
we submit them as we find them given fold' publicly
from the very spot where the direful transactions of
the alleged rebellion were hatched. If they are faire
let it be proved—let the' Public be satisfied, that it
may rest in peace and in the security of unviolated jus-
tice. We consider it our duty to throw what light
we can on these mournful transactions, for we are
convinced that if there be two virtuous men in the
British House of Commons, and we believe there are,
the subject will undergo a clew investigation ; and
were that House really what iiiissumes to be, the
Representative* of the PeoptVlit would answer the
voice of the People.. Ind boil dire vengeance on the
beads not only of the Spies themselves, hut also on
the heads of their still more criminal employers.
Much as Minlsters may be disposed to congratu-
late the country on the success of their endeavours
to keep down insurrection (end to what purpose these
endeavours have been exerted our statements may
tend to show), we are given to soderstand that the
redactions in the Military Estimates, which the Pub-
lic were led to anticipate, are " as false as abserd."
So says the Courier ; and in this we do believe the
Treasury oracle. For, from all that we have wit-
nessed of the conduct and ,character of the present.
Administration, it would . abused indeed, and
as " false " as a Judge's ,comparison, to ex-
pect auy thing elm at their bands.--Who
could tbinki that having fought for their darling
War Establishments in time of peace far such a length
of time, and purchased cause for military support at
so dear a price as their consciences may some day re-
veal to them—they should voluntarily give up so
large a portion of their power at one sweep, and gra-
tify expectations which the Courier says, cannot yet
be "possibly realised ?" We are not disappointed.
The "'designs of the disaffected" will yet be largely
harped upon, for many persons are yet far from satis-
fied. For instance, the mannerr in which the Judges
and Courts of Law are now besieged by ruined
men demanding trial for the charges imputed
o them, and redress *far the dreadful injuries they
have suffered on the unjust suspicionpf time-serving
Megistrates and instramenti of tyranny, afield ample

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