The Statesman.
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mony of their admiration •nd approval of bit pro.
wredings ; b.t the Geneve!, a little mere discreet then
his friends, declined this homage at a moment when the
Legislators of his coontry was debstiog whether he
should not be visited with punishment.

MOCK OF STOCKS THI:
I llama %act
3 per Cast II d.
3 per Gni.
Cast. Cawl474s
Ile per
Lama. tor Ace. 741
4 per Calf.

'MY ST ONE tril.ooK.
per Cent Pi evy
India Hoods 32 34
IM, Ana.
Exchequer Bilk 2 dls. per.
thesis.

THE STATES W 4 !V.

LONDON:

MONDAY. MATCH 8, 1819.

Events of the first importance claim oar first
notice, end among thos►, and at their head, may be
placed the condition isle which the Public Fends
Iwo been suddenly thrown, by a concurrence of facts
and reports. The fieetnetlon of the Fends is of greet
canseqeence to t►oawsds of persons, innocent of
Ray gambling or speculating transactions. A dying
parent bequeaths his money through the Funds to
his children, as they shall attain the age of
'maturity. By the depression io the Governs/sett
Fends (far such they art, although many person
cordoned them with the Bank concern:)-11mm
orphans have less motley in capital to receive
fewest years after the death of tbei► father or mother,
than the sum actually pet into thee, @Munich ran.
sing at interest for se many years. We etdea•eered
to clear op this mieceteception some days age, and hove
ISHOO to beliewewe sacceeded so far es to cat the -
fore, fie which esisted lathe minds of the Public, pro.
pegated by the err s assertions in other Journals,
that " wit► the failure of the Bank the Government
we become bankrupt !! !" A monstrosity in po-
litical argument, 'Flagg front the grossest ignorsece
or perversity. That the Government would be In-
convenienced by the breaking of the Bank most he
allowed ; bet that evil would be soon remedied. It
could establish offices and clerks of its own to pay the
interest of its debt to the Public—and Heim forbid
that eke Public's security for lending money to the
Goverement in its distress, should rest upon the ho-
nour or ability of a few speculating merchants in
money and bullion, though incorporated with privi.
lees, is the Panels* of which the Public and them.
selves were supposed likely to be mutually benefited.
The Bask, therefore, might stand, though the Go-
vernmast should fail, and vice versa, though by some
certain cundisoable and half secret mesterei be.
moms them, through the unlawful nfficieesness end
intrigues of Ministers, they are both brought into
disrepute. Ono of the reports uhich contributed to
let dews the Funds was, the groundless report of the
death of the Kies of FIANCr., because such as Mid
might endanger the tramqeillity of these kingdoms:
whereas his Majesty was well at the tint.; for on
Tuesday last he transacted business with the Chen.
teller, stud the Marquis Dissoi.t.Es, President of the
Coeocil of Ministers.

The most material pressure en the Stocks, however, 1
was occasioned by the weight of onfavnerable opinion
as to some infest transections between the Bank and
the Government, which it was Imo/Lined would be
brought to light by the Secret Committee. Opinion
geeersily exceeds in espies& the facts out of which
it seises by the dilating breath of invention, sad,
therefore, both the Bank end the Government which
gave it existence, were 'opposed eqeslly shekels.—
Whereas a rational man would think his property is
the Goveremeet's cant rsct more secure by the breaking
of the Bank to-morrow than by any longer illicit con-
nection between what neght waver to have been
joined, even in ides. The Governmeet of Greet Britain,
if purged by a proper dose of Reform, may live pros.
porously beyond soy assignable time ; but the Bank
has fallen into too many fatal errors, (from • mer-
cenary disposition,) to be restored by any alters.
tire system whatever. ft is, therefore, oo loom
a question whether it can ever recover its prig
tine vigour, bat how long it may Hem out its
ill spent life. Lord KAllit uays, " Whenever es
lions or bodies of wee (hhiked together es the hi.
corperated Bank Governors sod Directors have been)
are became t►oroughly corrupt, they are past cure,
sod most die of (Mr. WINDHAM would have ostetho
words killed of), sod their place be re-peopled with
new men." Mr.POLTIVIIT, the rich Mr. Puittesy,
and eleven other wealthy individuals, offered them-
selves as those stem uses; bet Mr. PITT refused the
offer, for he was too much implicated with the old
Doak, by the sssistsoce he derived from it in per.
*slog his mad war system, to favour any proposals of
a new Bank, however promising to the public good.
Osr seemed t►eceoduct of the Bank has bees express.
ed ever tad our again in varies, shape, we s►all
therefore avoid the tediousness of a prose repetition
a it, by ceocluding our present strictures with so
eight line epigram, not our own, bet falling in plea-
santly with our opinion.

Joww Rom *pea a time was told.
Ile for his paper elidesid have OA—
(Gold. for the *bleb, bed wire give%
la many a bargain hardly drives.)
Sot Jews won Sado it all a trial.
Semis. Tbrisdhoreille nod old Nick !
The premise proo'd as empty vapour—
IN i a wicks the gold—and Jaen get pope►.

We observed with great wthfactioo Mr. W.
Wtt.t.tAsts's notice, wo Friday sight last, of his io-
touioa le warn, oo at 19th last. ter leave to brig

in a Bill " to Impose an oath en freeholders • iling
in right of null freeholds, and to prevent fraedelent
misquotes of such freeholds," as it is a neessace
which we were the first to recommend to public con.
'identity++, and which we ere convinced most and
will be the forerunner of that wholesome and rational
Reform which all parties wow seem to be sty desirous
to bring about; and which, it is evident, is necessary
to preserve that principle of free and independent
Representation which is the corner stone of t►e British
Constintion. We shill watch the progress of Ibis
MI with wellies anxiety, as we have been the int
and foremost in exposing the correption and isseso.:
runty generated by the present system of making
votes to serve electioneering porpoise, a system which
we have seen dell/pining ground,aed andermining
our best and most valuable franchises, and which, if
not timely checked, it is impossible to say to what
evils it may not lead. Mr. W. WILLIAM, who has
given notice of his intention to bring forward this
Bill, is, we believe, a man of the most h ble and
independent principles, and who, wholly unconnected
with either party, is only •olio's to prowls the
Constitution in its ancient splendour and rigour, end
we hue no doubt that his exertions will be sepporled
by the best wishes of every good and honest man.

--woo.--
MR. lionnousrs LRI7ER.

We are pleased with the perusal of the Letter of
es► late CAodidate for Westminster, whom we can
hardly call Ilse rosnicceufal Caadidate, since be bed
by for the majority of wishes for his success; sod
but fee the degrading sad disfranchising effect of
tasation, wesld have had a majority of votes is
spite of the schism among the Friends of Reform at
first setting out. Is this Letter be has not only the lad
word, but lb. lest Espana is his favour, is
that be may be sere he has greatly increased his po.
polarity, by his confirmed talent for cool reasoning.
It is teeny a cooslderatios et as small import,
whether a voter can be tensed beck frees tie Poll on
accouat of set having paid the last demand for Penes
Rates. Its several decisions on disputed Elections for
not and lot Swoops, it has not bete held necessary
that this onerous as should hate bare been paid up to
qualify the Elector to vote. Rather than Mr.
Honnovas should be kept oat of the Hasse of Cow.
moos for want of money to urge this point, so es.
sential to the interests and the freedom of millions of
awn, we doubt not bet the espeece would be cheer.
fully defrayed by mere tbs. at malty indisideals—
peace a piece here would Indeed be well laid eat.

Oer Reeders will remember, that a Meeting wee
reenetly held in Dublin of the PROTESTANTS of the
genteel wealth and power, and highest rank end
talent, In Ireland, the object of which was to further
the claims of their Catholic Brethren to be fell par.
ttelpotors ie all the benefits of the British Constitu-
tion. It is with high satisfaction we state, that, on
Moudoy last, one of the largest and most respect-
able Meetings of Catholice was held in Dublin, to
espress their gratitude to the former distinguished
Meeting for their just and generous exertions io be-
half of the Catholic Claims. Tile whole of this pre-
sents the seed pleasing spectacle to the moral eye and
feeling. It is, shove all Wags, worthy of remark,
that the DLSCUIDANTS of those who parffeffecs es the
lam CATHOLICS are MOO he persons to be MOM
wriest to Inseranode their Catholic Brethren.—
This becomes them. It is an acknowledgment of
error ie their forefathers, which shows that they are
maimed of the fault, and willing to •tore for it. We
believe they are willing to wipe away the stains from
the memory of their ancestors; and we believe also
they will effect that, by carrying the greet object of
their Petition to Parliament. The Catholics will be
freed, and freed by the miaow of repeateet Pro•
tweets. 'lb. infuriated Protestants, some of them
born within the pale of the Catholic Church, end
deserters from it, are scarcely to be found. The
NINIOADOTS are gone; abed the IMPUITANT PRO.
TUTANTS are leereasing. It will became SI WHOOP
a task to oppose Caenouc Ell INCIPATION, as it is
to oppose measeres for RETRENCIIIIIINT in the Public
Espenditere. Men b►gin to find they cannot goers
with their prnent financial berthens; and they also
have Wood, they cannot he morally prosperous and
happy with the continuance of lows, debarring a very
largo portion of their deserviog and brew Wile,-
'objects from the advantages of a Gnawer's they
have been timid to believe a blessing to all whe per-
lake of its wise and wholesome previsions. Weber,
' so Wee what the foolish abettors of intolerance will
Won say; bat we are sure ixtritenkrtox will rest
open all they may utter. We treat all pod men, all
Weeds of their country, will joie to oppose the folly
of the Intolerant., in this grist connote of CATNO-
LIC EMANCIPATION.

EC•NostY IN AN ANNIAIIIADOIL—Ths profosion
which has been laid to oho charge of oar Ministers,
don not ran through their diplomatic agmits.--The
English at Paris base $ story, that the British Am.
bassador coming bouts rather later then usual, from
an assembly out night, felt himself hungry. " Brin:
we something Si eel," said he. " Tho cooks are
gnat t• bed," answered his valet. " Bring we,
then, something cold." " There is nothing cold,"
rejoined the butler. " Carry bias then," said
the servants Woe stain, " entry his Eteellency
Oho kiteben.grate, and tell him that, to our sorrow,
that is cold enough." It has been said in ancient
story, that there cannot be mach smoke without some
fire. If this tale be wet! grounded, there ls.neither fire
sot emote in some places.

16.4% • AINV
111

To I'm /4ft ingNit Eft! 131. ACT° If or
govibt
b Citeige " ly‘
t
Gto Icoier, recrimination between
rival CA ivith the Poll ; bet Mr.
Loam, in his Address of Thanks to you, has thought
fit to state, that be owes his majority, not to your
approbation of him, but to your diaapprobation of
ma. I may, therefore, be allowed to remark, that
Mr. LAMS might, in gratitude for the sortie, done
him by his late professions, hate attributed some
share of his victory to them : to his frirodahip for
"the principles of Sir SAauct Hoeft,.,.,';" to his
friendship for " the glorious priacipka of the Neva-
' lotion ;" to his friendship for ‘• shorter Pot tionente
end more extensive Serve ;" end to his friendship
for " the poor roan!!" It memo, however, that,
according so approved Vhig practice, these profes-
sions have no sootier served the tern Mao they are
laid carefully by in the Candidate's wardrobe, to
keep clean for a future Election. They were, no
doubt, Wooded estimate! stepping-riones to aid his
awkward strides towards his threstoned popularity,
although he now affects to stand solely on the minute
fragments of my shattered reputation, ,
The artful harangues which .he charges me wish
having made, in order to stimulate you " to inert,
the unprotected female end the suerrepored pas.
tenger," might, bad there been soy foondation for
the charge, bars been something to the purpose;
bet where is his gratitude, when be devotes not a
single line to commemorate the elpirsits of his can.
sassing Lords and Ladies—of his buff and blue ca.
malty—and of his moch•injored blodron.asen; and
allows the horror of my principles and conduit, to
ran away with all the honour and glory of klieg
made Mr. LAMB Member for Westminster! The
soldiers, who mere &Motets called out to swell the
triumph of "1.4111 end Liberty," may also cam-
plain of having escaped his grateful recollection.
The pialosiao lose of my Imo opponeues Address
may, perhaps, make you suspect that my predictima
has been accomplished, and that he is its a mach
worse humour, upon his success, than I am, seder
my defeat.
Perhaps the Whigs, too, begin to find that they
have gained nothing by this Election—perhaps they
begin to bed that they hate not polled down the
fame of Sir Fataircts BURDerT—perhaps they begin
to God that they have thrown no di•rrodit upon the
Reformers, sod that the only lots of character has
been sustained by themselves. It is possible they
are already laughed at by those who joined them
against the People, in order to make them ridicotoos
sod contemptible in the eyes of the People—it is
possible th, better part of thee already meditate a
recantation, sod a retorts to their deities. For the
present, however, the party mast be left huddled al-
together. wish their new friends of the Treasury, and
those other strange bed-fellows with whom their
" misery" has brought them acquainted.
It NOW resaaius for me to repeat my shooks for
the cosedence with which I have bees honoured by
so large a body of the free and stabisased Electors.
I say sorely he permitted to boast, that, being one
of the People, relying on the exertions of the Peo-
ple, and fighting the cause of the People, without
any means of contr.'sl or influence, save that arisiog
from seal, independence, and principle: °mooed
equally by the Ins and the Outs, by the tools of
party and the tools of cortupsioa, and the innumer-
able band of the hungry retainers of both, I have,
notwithstanding, had the satisfaction of seeing sway
four thousand of my fellow.cosotrymen, in vit. of
menaces and allurements of all sorts, record their
conviction that I should prove an bouest advocate
of their rights and liberties.
This is distinction enough for me. It is pore;
sod it most be permanent, artless, by (attire miseries.
duct, I forfeit the good opiolou of my disinterested
supporters: In that case. the disgrace will sot be
theirs, but mine.—l 'vitamin, Gentlemen, with mach
respect, your faithful and obliged miaow,

JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE.

Fridley, 111,reh 5. ISIS.
CLirere-wrig.

Yrid•rfloy the reflnwinig Bulletin was exhibited et
the state of the Ktro's heal.h :

WulfMr Castle. Nardi 6.

" Rh 14 J trry has IhrPn rettrallv ilsrsoiris tk Mat
sposoib. Mt wiilwat sat stssemeill if. his (Wordy'. His Ha.
JOST b. 411) 111.411 h row snows g '
Ilse Duke of YORK IMPS his Council en Satertley,
foe the ,it time Sille• his appointment to the cafe of
the KING'S Person, and direction of those attending
his AI al aT t._ _ _

On tisterday dm Doke of Gimucaresa, smog's-
rosied by his consort, paid a needier of •talcs. The
Princess SOPHIA dined with their ito)si Highnesses
Is the ►vening.
Oa Friday dispatches were ferwerded from the
Admiralty to Sir 11. POPHAM, the salmi Commander
ea the Jamaica station.

An article from Berlin nys, that no on. knows
any thine certain respecting the situation of Colonel
M A4SIVIII %CH. The entente prnisoenced spins. him
being most rigorons, It is espeeted Mat it sill be re-
ferred to the Kin, and that be will mitigate it. A
report, no doubt originating with the Colonel's
friends, says, that senrsl important nsanueeripts,
written by that officer, hare been deposited in various
places in Germany and BelOotirk, which will be pot).
fished if his sentence be carried into effect is all its
riper.
Sir WILLIAM DC CRIOPIONY last week posed
3,000 bushels of cents to be distributed among
the poor inhabitants of Snothampton. The Mesa-
ben for Weymouth, In alleviate the distress of tha
poor, Ana directed their Committee to distrihota
among them 1,000 bushels of reels, and 2,000
quartern loates.—( l'orftroviaft Parer.)

7n,s INSOLVEN7' DEMURS 41) bWIND.

LEM' ACT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

Ste,-1 observe in yoor Paper of 'hi, day, a Let.
ter signed AN EMMY To Ornetsitos, on the subject
of the Insolvent Dobtors' Act, which, •s a nsrr,ti,e
of some facts, is well esiough; hat 1 think it smells
rather strong of the Bench. It is my firm opinion
that most tradesmen are enemies to oppression; hut
sorely it cannot be considered oppression to keep s
villain, a mere rascal, in prison. who, in fact, ought
not in common justice to be at liberty. 1 say, as a
tradesman, for one I call upon the Legislator. to act
justly, it being my opinion that the Legislature is
ordained for no other purpose, than to condatt the
affairs of the nation—to replete property as • chief
one of its affairs—to repeal and do away with old
and useless laws, and make new slid suitable ones for
the state of affairs, and the state of kunoledge of the
present age; therefore, she present age have to call
upon the Legislative Assembly to look info 'listing
la wait* examine their effects upon society,toweigh well
the bearings of those laws, to abrogate, if necessary,
assisting laws, anti farm such only as are suitable to
the present circemstances of society. It cannot be a
matter of espedienry only, bet a matter of pastier, a
matter of defy, on the pert of the Legislative Assembly
to look carefully into ibis overwhelming Act; to call
proper evidence, and sift the bearings to the eery
swan and origin, before they decide upon toter.
meesures. Bet safely they will never think of sof.
losing tech an important law to go ow; no, sorely
they will pay some attention to the wishes, the feel-
ings, the injuries of the People. lam pore there is
n• men who can vindicate the measure, who has any
ides of right and fair dealing. 1 say, as l said be.
foie, Let the thing come to Jerkin's immediately—let
no man have the power of going to prison, until he
has submitted the ern. state of his affairs to his ere.
&lira; then, if they will not come in a rational
agreement, let him claim protection, and let a Jury of
tradesmen be competent to decide upon the care,
whether the inditideal ought to be confined, or his
straits aettled and go on in his bossiness, to the advan-
tage of himself as well as his creditors ; for teeny
the thing as it now operates, is dreadfully des
structive. It frequently happens that a creditor
knows not what his debtor is about, until he
wolves. notire that he is going to take the benefit
of
the Act. What is • creditor in that UN to do?
—II. has &tipsily lost a large sum probably.—
Why be is sowilliug to waste • teethes sum to obtain
an uncertain object, sod then, if the insolvent poison
is seal back to prison, what does that sessiunt to ?
Why, be is soon brooght up again to be pot upon
another Dowel hing, somewhat resembling en muskm-
elon, bat which cannot boa perfect 'lamination into
the me as it really mails between tbedebtor anti cre-
ditor. I say, 1 eat quite certain, that there are bet few
honest men go to poison. 1 am also certain, that men may
in &reml make settlements with their creditors, god
1 may say always, if their previous conduct has bees
jest and prudent. But there are massy tradesmen.
who forget that they are entrusted with other persons'
property, that they are only the &seats to those per.
Woos, that they ere indeed bound to give a fair ac-
costs( of the property which they are so "wiliest-
od wish, and not to spend, waste. end destroy
It. 0, yes: all is 'forgetfulness, all is to be spent
In the goistiication of extravagant passions. They
are ender no kisid of obligation to those who, in.
deed, have given them the opportanity of getting a
living by the see of their property, adding to it their
own lodes's, and frugality. However, something
will no doubt Isocline in this dreadful and dines
hie, and I do most aeriously hope soon ; and I say
&gaits, that most tradesmen cairn give an abundance of
proof of its spjarines 'cogency, therefore, I 'rest
that legislators will tint attend to mere interested
persons, het tegislato effedral(y far Me general mei.
fere rf the Netion.—l ass, reSpectfolly,
adj. R.

A !lender% Mail at a late hese last night,
111 Nall mod latter. to the sth inst. The ac.
counts from Span continue .o b. extremely ens-
fused and unsatisfactory, boll with respect to the
interior and the C. lomos. We es.ract the fellow.
Ins singular communication, dated Vienna, the 2016
ultimo :

" Raman Kan Lilt. who accompanied NA►OLLON
from Fontaitibless to Elba, has artivacl hero from
Italy. Accented, from Rome say, that by linos of
• Commission wolch Cardimd FINCH ABS r•ceiTed
from St. Helens, Madame Limns BosterainTs has
sent thither a complete tin of plate, sod other WM.
mews serenity for a chapel, th• salve of which is
estimated at many thoosat d scsdi. Two reels-
elastics, one of whom is invested with the dignity of
a Bishop, a rook, and another femme, are also said
to have departed for St. Helmer'. It is added, that
all this is dons with the amino( and approbation of
his Holiness the Port."

11te Persido Ambossatior, now at Virgin., coati.
vises to view every thing worthy of inspection in that
capital. Ile was lately et the theatre. to which an
kamense crowd was thwarted, in order see Lim.
It seems this assemblige of users becsme inteltreble
to his Excellvocy in ono of the selnous, where, to
the astonishment of the Austrian., he and 6is suite
begun to ley shout them on all sides among those
mho surrounded him. Itseems the phy•icisn attached
to the Embassy is also the Ambassor's chief conk,
and it is Lis duty to ascertain the salubrity of the sic.
teals served op at the table of his mister. His Ea-
allow/ wss to leave Vienna on the 21. b sit.

The.Seelety far the Suppression of Vice have pre-
ferred a snood bill of indictment against Mr. CAR.
lase. bookseller, 55, Flett.street, for continuing to
sell Paine's Age of Reason, and have of themselves
removed it isie the Court of King's Bench. This,
with the nnnn y-Genertl's ex-officio information
Whist Mr. CARLILL, makes titres separate actions
far 'riling the same work.
Iloaato CIRCUMISTAxCE.—A pens-n named The.
was Fletcher, a carpenter, residing in helmet-court,
Strand, having, yesterday afternoon, had some words
with his oafs% stabbed himself to the heart with a
large nse.litiiie, in the presence of the wornflunale
vemsp. Mt. &stows, the Surgeon, •trendoil and
readopt' every assistance professional sk;11 enetri
leggeit ; hut it war masoning, the wretched min
Psi: •cl Ini••st moinsty. Au Inquest will be taken
utt ilsy nu the body.