The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-04-03 00:00:00

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ouee of such importance, of such e ilarged
sitar, ea it now appeared to him, though it bad at.
. gels Leen a case shocking to henna feeling."•—
pr !taw'. that be bad received a comnineication from
plc num whence it appeared that he was " eta
...yard to hardships and severity." The Hon
pont added, that be had been gives to understand,
tie two of tee visiting-magistrates, Mr COLSTON
01 Ur. Sewage.% had, by their orders. " increased
he evils of Mr. Hum r's siteation." Petitions were
remote& praying for the release of Mr. MONT, Slid
Par:iarocotary Reform, froru HotreAtua, from
,etey, fr to billing worth. from Liverpool, and frail
geekput. —We wool I express a kope that these pie-
thivaleill be attended so; bat we must say, that we
bare eeltiag to found a hope on. By the app 'ready
olirdebtenee, on both sides, we think we can per-
tain t:re iatention of both sides with regard to this
wear We on guess at the view which the Mini
jeer the matter, and we think, that, even for tkeir
sea ioteresta, they take the wrong view of it. We
seer.: feria hope, that the day of conciliation is sot
bat we are NM, that a time is approaching,
whet prattle &vacillation will be w. rth a great deal.
The City Petition, fur reduction of taxes and for.
ream, est treated in a very cavalier manner by Sir
W. CC1313, Mr. WILSON, and Mr. Baronet, three
sate( fear of the members fur the city. They denied
tut it tees the petition of the Livery, for that out of
I i,64,0, they said only about 300 or 400 were present
when the petition' was agreed to ! Yes, but the rest
Or
have bees present; sod, to what would this
dottria lead ? For, of the laws that are passed by
4: Parliament+ are sot nine-tenths passed without
pethaps a tenth part of the members of either House
Wise been present at any one stage of them ? How.
rter,if the Livery of London choose such men as these
at represent them, this is, certainly what they have to
Ilea. We are not to expect a Riorm from the
pb,ic spirit of Corporations, which Erma is need of
nova reforming theasselveil This Corporation of
taloa is by no means an humble Imitator of the
grain-HMI itself. 11 dop Sir Jowl STLYIS.
ILI; which is quite sufficient to establish its character,
in ages. It had also the honour of rearing up der-
mas and the IV in the reign of Charles the
Second. It is, in short a and not a little
MING, as will be seen, if its temporalities should
star be duly looked into.
MatI,COACII WOITLCT moved for
t committee to inquire into the claims of a Mr.
eras fur basis, proposed a scheme for an (Wra-
p.. Toe Chancellor of the Exchequer backed this
NMI, though the project And foiled. The au :on
ea, however, negatived; aid, for seat. we have a
we to approve of ; fur, as Mr. M r well ob-
trod, leers could be so eel projects, jobs and
roanderirg, if projectors were to b.. indemnified
failure. Mach, however", as we dislike the
jars and lb* squandering. we dislike the projects still
airs. Bus, they are the natural off.pring of a
nate of things like the present, which teaches
am to look for the means of existence to contrivance,
miter than to patient labour and Ito ly ; and a greater
INN meet well afflict a community. A " sites.
Lim," a something genteel, is what all the world is
fspisg for. Work is the Deoll that ail appear to
I,ls. Bat, we repeat, that this is the natural effect
If the wino.
lon a Oinceits Witiows.—From what was said
Ile. burro:* and Mr. VANSITTAIIT, it appears,
tot the widows of insane officers are to be on a foot-
ist, with regard to pensions, with the widows of
swede/ officers. 1 his appears to us something per-
*dy monstross. We would go very far in the way
''provision for the wives of those who bleed in fight-
ist is the filso's service. But, is it not to disho•
tier these, to give to insanity what is given to wounds
received is battle? Besides, the insanity may be
awnlitary, or it may exist Sefore the party enter the
ansT Of navy; and, though always a thing to excite
essirovios, is a government to be under the dominion
• (Mines of this sort, when expendieg the public
besey? We reren.ly gave an instance of a sea.officer,
*he. Idea on trial fir desertion, pleaded insanity,
sad produced a Clergyman of the Church of England
Id prove that the offender was not perfectly sane be-
fore he entered the service! If this provision be to
hie place, let us hope, that measures, and effectual
senores too, will be adopted, to prevent crack-brained
pattern from becoming military and naval officers ;
fare if this provision be merle, without such precuts-
-I.*?, is it not to be expected, that a mesa-room or
varrhroore will soon become but a flighty sort of
pier ?

Stu W. ADAMS —A Mr. G. R. MALIN complain-
ed, is a petition. that Sir W. Arrows, the eye-doctor,
1"4 Printed garbled extracts of a Rerrt of the House,
5..1 prayed th]t the petitioner might be p►rmitted to
piblt, odler parts of it. lint, why could not Nlr
UALIN do is he pleased about the matter, as the other
rpr-doetor hail done? Why petition at all about the
ostler The Donee is well employed, indeed, in ad.
ming the s.inabbles between Doctors : But, thus it
lam he, if it will meddle with every thing. The
mi-
arfelegidarion is an evil of greater magnitude than.
at lira sight, it would appear to be. It lets a legions.
titre does. Tire cases are rare indeed where even
the •+eestive government ought to make itself a party
With projectors or with professional persons of any
"It; how cautious, then, ought a Jul:l4We to be
is *schemes? lint, the mischief is, money is in the

711 P: STATE

isestioa, la semi limas or ober; aad beetle the
gislatore gets laverved. Time comes the gererwaseet
bg eoaunittees, which Is next to s government by dubs.
rids Is amoogst the " arta of sinking," as applied
j moots. We wish that alr. amigos coold wit.
tress the scenes Jurist a sessloo of the Legislature of
Peassyleania ! We think be would taro oleic at the
sowed of the word Committee for the rest of his life.

Uxtraauxs.—The Cheirians, io Constantinople,
were .;isputin; about gram and free will, "while the
" Turks were thundering at the gates of the city."
We need net add, that the Turks took po 'on of it.
This, however, Is no warming to no! When it is really
a question of life or death to the whole or•ler of
things, hers is Mr. W. Sum giving notice about a
Bill to make alterations about t►e scruples of the
L'ititarizns ! And so we are to be moused with a
dispute about " !acre! of conscience," and on the
part of those, too, who really have nothing to complain
of. IV. defy any man to produce an argument in fa
your of Unitarians that will not apply to Deists. All
plaralities have been removed ; all eneicsioks ; wad
what du they want more ? Do their priests want some of
the sidles? If they do, let them say so ; and then we
shall know what to du fur Mesa! This is the worst
of seem. They are always fishing after something
for themselves. This throws them alternately into the
hands of the Government, and makes them tools of
stale policy. When once a man thinks much of
his sect, he thinks little of his country. The sect is
his country; and the smaller the sect the more he
is wedded to its interesm to the exclusion of those of
the community ; because, to be one out of ten is
more than to be one out of a thousand. If the Bi:1
of Mr. SMITH could be passed without any one word
of talk abort it, we shou:d not care a straw what it
was. Is Is the talk, the fads, the bother about it that
we dislike so much.