The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-07-17 00:00:00

THE PROTOCOL:

OR, SELECTIONS FROM THE CONTENTS OF A
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We this day present our readers with the followinr
extract from a most amusing book just published : it
is entitled " The Protocol," and consists of a variety
of poetical effusions, which are by no means dis-
creditable to the talents of the author :

LITTER t.--(ernerkxn).
Ve props of the nation—political lights—
Prepare a G—n B—g for my wife's coining over
Imps-sow to plead for her conjugal rights :
The telographssignals announce her at Dover.
Now I've been in state and delivered my speech.
Case-harden the eonscience—prepare to impeach.
Since 11—teh—s—n laird in his bold andertaliag,
I've been like a hog in an agvadt shaking ;
And wer't not fbr ye, who were neer known to weer'
From an act that was likely Tone Werra% to serve,
I believe I should have an h sterkal It.
Though the utrerezixo world might my rsel.rxo deride
Shaba Welt es the timid Lord L—v—ep-1 kit
On, to quiz the aid 11—ps when P—re--v —I died !
Mon Dien ! I have had a most terrible dream
(The night-mare. perhaps, might be holding a levee);
If a trysts of the mind can so horrible seem,
God defend me again from a vision so heavy !
bfethonght, as I slitmber'd last night with my bead
On • • • • 's fat bosom, I talk'd with the dead !
And 1.1 at the head of the spectral band.
Colonel 11—dg—s appeared with his head in his band—
What hi said as he passed me I dare not relate,
Pie Vitas Writes Bat the agent of fate.
And dose by bin side Mrs. R—b—ns--n stood.
As kir as when Florizel flattered sad wood.
Behind her came Oh—e—d—a, worn to the bone.
Who the ills of fallacious friendship had known ;
Who shone, Like the sun, o'er my moments of joy,
Bat I left him. deserted and friendless, to die.
• • • • • • • •
No more of my dream: let my 4.orii C—h
Take theßag to the House, and deliver a speech
Is his usual ineomprehensible why.
That no understanding his meaning may reach.
Let him talk of regret, not forgetting the pain
It gives my affectionate boson' to send
Sack a Bag in the very first year of my reign—
Hut I trust to their kindness the matter to mend :
blow can an immaculate mortal, like me.
Exist if a stigma be east on my wife ?
Release me from bondage. and then ye shall be
The !levers enlighrning the night of my life.
Let a C—b—is—t C—l be suromon'd at three
To-morrow, that we ma) decide on the lace.
And the caps, and the plumes, which 1 hinted shoat! he
Bestowed on the o—din as a mater of grace :
I think the elect would be charming, and please.,
If I order ally favourite regiments a hat.
Cot something between Portuguese and ('hisese,
Adorn'd with the tail of a tortoiseshell cat,
Anti • bouquet of we AaT.4•EASF—how sweetly 'twill look
Aid a silver gauze veil flowing over the lees.
Like that worn by the Prophet in .Boor's Lane &W.A.,
'Twill exceed all the costumes of Europe in grace!
Olt! had I bat C—mb—el—d's moosel to aid Mr,
I think I eoeld dress the whole nation so well.
That each should exultingly ery. the made me."
And tailors the charms of my dress-making tell.
By the way, If some sad eI:NNeNa husscy should proffer
To lay a yosing cherub, not born. at my feet,
Bay I beg to &clime her most liberal offer:
Her husband's the properest person to greet
The mlniatare picture of somebody's love—
'Tisnot mine, by the powers! as my doctors can prove.

TIII ROT4I. Soctavt.—Priday last having been fixed
for the assembling the Council of the Royal Society, the
Members of it met at the Observatoty in Oreenwich 'Park,
under the Presidency (ad iaterimes) of Dv. Wollaston,
whew rations matters relating to the Society were saljne-
led and disposed of. The annual visitation was then
made to the different branches of this establishment,
and the lists called over; after which, the Presidents and
Conned, and several Fellows of the Society and their
friends, sat down to dinner at Mollanl's, the Crown and
Sceptre.—Amongst the company were Sir H. Ihvey,
Sir O. Clerk, of the Admiralty. the Marquis De
Sir Robert Steele, W. Smith, Esq. M. P.. Archdeacon
Wollaston, Colonel Torten', Mr. Pond, Mr. Rennie, Mr.
Areton, Mr. F. Bailey, &c.
It is understood that Sir Humphrey Davey, who has
contributed so largely to the interest of science, is to
be the new President of the Royal Society.
A err or {VIT.—Mr. Mathews, during his profes-
sional engagement at the Haymarket Theatre, in one of
his morning calls at that place, left his horse and gig at
the doer under the care of the porter. When he came
out the sae was feeding him with some hay, the bridle-
bit remaining in his mouth. Mr. M. on olisetring this,
called out in a tone not the most mild, " How dare you,
Sir, suffer m horse to eat with st bit in his month ?" His
fellow actor, Mc. Flowerdew, who was near him at the
time, very coolly replied—" Pray, Mr, Mathews, how
do von mean your horse to eat srithoet a bit in his
smith ?'

The report of the death of Madame Se!rani, other-
wise Slarchimsess of Solari, is denied. It was so con-
fidently stated on Friday, that we felt it oar Jaty to
mention it, though we bad passed her i■ the street but
there days before. We understand that her testimony
was not accepted by Cluverument.—(Morniag Chro-

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LEITH; 11) .1111. .11.1411.11.1 N WOOD, M. P.
Ntiv—loolepetvoient of the high ottieial aituatioo to
which I hare 'seen elected he use fell sw riti tens, rte
duty to the public. as a Liveryman, requires me to
give you every information on a subject of so much
importance as 015urred on the 311th obi .tt lien the
Livery were assembled in Coma 1111 l Hall for the pin-
rosy of dutniiilering an Address to her Maicsvy the
Queen of England, as stated in the Kept:elitism. As
tilts:rid of Losolon I officially attended. and was not a
I • t I:• surprised to find that *one of the Altiormen (your-
s li Alderman Waithusan excepted) were in at-
tendance.
The Intsiness haring been entered into, was cos-
ducted witil perfect unanimity, until one of the Li-
very. in his speech from, the linetinrs, compared the
Sstere! Committee, that was appointed lir the House of
• Lcerds to investigate the matter relative to the Queen, to a
Socret loquisition. At this time I was sitting-close to the
Lord Mayor. who jumped tip in a rage, and going to the
front of that linstingss, declared he would not 'it there as
Chief Alagistrat e to hear the I louse of Lords conmared to
the beerisii:on--and interrupted the speaker : wheif
several gentlemen interfered, and con% juiced hi, Lon/.
no such comparison nas intended. The Lord
Mayor re-seated exclaiming he would sacrifice
I:i., life rather than allow any such insults to be offered.
A qtr. Willittos, au attorney of the Lord
had placed himself close to his Lordship, and
called on him loudly to dissolve the Hall, and not
a!ls:w any such speeches there. This was ',prow(' by
several gentlemen : when high words ensued, parties-
l: rlr on Ate. IVilliants's part, who ofTered lois card in
.are. The Lord Mayor taking no steps to pre-
.. at this iudt CORM% cnuduct, I was induced to inter-
; awl &Noce-aril to the rentleisian, whom Mr.
51liants was deft-ivy. to take no other notice of him
than to correct hint with the basting-bulk from the
I 'rd Mat kitchen ; for the good things of which
lie had. vn a former occasion, •
re viol himself so great
au atlvotate. The ritliestle with which I treated his
con.litet had the desired effect, and the business went
on with the greatest regularity.
he slte.-olutions hat ine been passed Thoq• "flan:-
avuly. I star requestesi 5., pt-::pare myself •to go is
any state-earriage to wait nit her :Majesty. At this
lune 11Ir. JUlll!e% Urillitbs, D Cuttosion Councilman, re-
trtned to the hustini..rs and etspre,sesi surprise to tied a
dragoon at the nap ill..or,'whs4'stated that he had•
trouOrt a letter the Lora 3layorr His Lordship
cverhe.:ring dohs, acknowledged that, lie had reeeited
a letter from the soldier, vehicle, he, said,. he had pit
into We pocket, without iernsing. Upon expressing
Iry as.orti•bin.-nt at an twetorrenei tin unti•nal and es•
traurdi .ary, fearing souse serious disturbance might
have taken place in time City smoimurlms, his Lordship
• replied, " iM, ot••! it WA. I whos appliedfor soldiers
to he in %Ailing to quell any dieturhance that might
take pLiai in these frteri.b thees.'" To fiat Mr.
•terilitls and nivses.lf replied," Itivat could be he afraid
411 Were the there nut to be cut ru,ted i u their sot n Hal
*Minot hsvittrAssidiers.standing paid over them:l".
Ina Lid flavor str wered, t, Oh, no! he did lit
Meats fire fear of the Lisweet, but of the vatameross
thieves and pich-pockcts aai y briught I.efore toso at
• the iMartion.liouse." Mr. Wilfiths, on thi. very on-
eaOsfactory information, proterded to the front of the
lisiinte. and 'stated to the Livery what had taken
plane A general burst of indignation broke forth
• a4ainst his Lordship, and some persons 1•81111• forward
lv propose a vote of eeteture on leis eondurt ; on which
7: Lord•trip ordered the mace to be taken up, and
I"ft the hu.titags n idiom formally dissolving. the
• HalL


0n my return from my stables in Stamford-street, I
fell in with a trooper, fully equipped, who appeared to
be on very urgent lotsio.ss: I requested to be informed
if there had been any disturbances in the City? to
which be replied in the negative. The Conseil,"
s‘sii he, " Las broke up, and the citizens have all gam
quietly home." The soldier was on his way to his
I omatanding Officer, who was stationed with his troop
• at: Stamford-street : and I learnt that there nis another
troop in Hatton-garden, and that earl' trooper was
supplied with s, sera! rounds of bail cartridge. Such
i• rbe bist err of this new outrage on the privileges of
t 1.,! citizen+ of London. The posse I-qv/fetes is the
only legiisuate force :Mooed liy the Constitution and
, the Charter of your City. .1 thy with my colleague
I possess the poser of ciiiing out this constitutional
'force, but I was not c,nsnited on this nor a former °e-
rasion. Thus has your 4 liiet Magistrate. fur a second
time, violated the rights and the liberties of the me-
tropolis, by illegally and unconstitutionally calling
fort a tolitary force, when there was hot et.' n a pre-
r:sxt I r the interfereucn of the civil authority.—That
the troops were not called into action is no palliation
of the offence. Soldiers were placed in )our neigh-
bonrhood, and it must hare been intended that they
should act when the Lord Mayor in his I. itihnle might
advisable.
As the official conservator of your politi:eal
I deem it my duty to enter my solemn protevl against
those illegal proceedings. If you mein to abandon
your privileges to the will and caprice of any man,
you might as well save yourselves the trouble of any
trrmal turetilc s f..r the vain purpose of idle discus-
s on, by consigning them at once to the rust vly of the
Minister of Police, of whom your Lord Mayor, iudred,
*reins to be already the faithful representative. And
tor this gratuitous and gross violation of )our eon-
'nitwit" amounting. so far as the precedent goes, to
its total overthrow, do you think that a simple vote of
censure would be an adequate punishment'
I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant:
J. W. PanKixs, Sheriff.
P. S. From every circumstance which has come to
my kuowlctLie, I have not the least hesitation to state
my belief shat a wicked Plot existed, and that if time
prrtendedii-iewhe to serial order could have contrived
to cuite a disturbance iu the Hall, they would have
lipped out at the•side dog, and left independent up•
right men in charge of the dragoons.
tu, tirldr•street. July la. IW9U.

J. %V. P.

1)1.11.ot.o.:r —M. Frederick Adeburg, Counsellor of
State to the Emperor of Russia, has lately publkleed,
153 pates, " A View of all knot; n Languages and
their DieJetts." In this view we find in all 957 Asi-
atic, 537 European, t).76 Aft lean, and NIA American,
languages and dialects, enumerated and classed ; a
total of 3Util.

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