The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-02 00:00:00

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iiishiatand es it is at with all the consequences
who M. Oarms enumerates, his suggestions are
well woo: the attention of Miner Menefacturen.
it is tee ww), that this premature labour is the source
•f main evils in after life, both physical and moral,
to wee who are thus early doomed to confinement
in cressia places, and that it is one of the worst
erects of the manefactering system ; but we suspect
it is also one of the egrets of the impoverishing sp.
ow which has been so long pursued by the Govern.
meat which has made such heavy drains on the
indeetry of all classes, and rendered it necessary
for almost every individual, with or without
children, in order to obtain the mere means of sup.
port, to add " night to day, and Sunday to the
wear It is necessity alone which drives perenis
thus to barter the health, and neglect the education of
their offspring, for food to them, and it is because
the returns of labour crab small that masters employ
ehildrea in preference to adult persons.

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Yesterday, the PRINCE REGENT was better than he
Was on Toesday, and gave audiences to Viscount
CASTLIREAGII, Viscount SI °MOUTH, and the Earl of
LISRBPOOL. Ilis Royal Highness received visits
from the Dukes of CUMBERLAND, GLOUCESTER, and
Kan?, the Prince of HESSE-HOMBURG, the Prin.
ceases AUGUSTA and ELIZABETH. The Princesses
'mewed with their Royal Brother nearly two hours.
Yesterday afternoon, her MAJESTY, the Princesses.
AUGIisTA and ELIZABETH, received a visit from the
Prince of Hesse- Honeyed. Ilis Serene Highness
afterwards rode out on horseback, attended by Baron
011AQ1111111. BM Serene Highness received visits at
big feslitimicelo St. James's Palace, from the Dukes
of Cs.aiiteeif and GLOUCESTER, Viscount ToRRING-
wow, Buoy HASIDENBROOR. in the peening his Se-
gene Highness had a dinner party.
Tire PRINCESS ELIZABETH.—its correction of some
erroneous impotent. which have appeared, it is jest
to state that She Princess ELIZABETH has not yet die •
charged any of her attendants. It is tree they have
received notice to quit her Royal Highness's service,
but they email to receive It months' wages, in ad.
ditioo to what is dee to them. Some of them are
engaged by the Doke of CLARENCE, and her Royal
highness is humanely ,exerting herself to get them all
into employments presi.nta to her leaving England.
Some of them will accompany her abroad. lier Royal
Highness's wedding dresses are all of English manu-
facture.
The elegant suite of apartments on the ground
floor of the north-west wing of the Queen's Palace,
in which the Nutlet Rzeiv.mT and the Duke of Yonz
resided, during thPir minority, are now lilting up in
an appropriate style, for the reception of the Prince
of HEISE-HOMBURG and the Princess ELIZASETII,
after their union, until their departure for Germany.
APPREHEN4ION OF RUSNEY.—This man, who ill
suspected of being the murderer of Mr. Mut) and his
Reuse-keeper, at Greenwich, and for whom are most
diligent search has hitherto been made without suc-
cess, we are informed, has, at length been taken at
Fiddington, near Oxford, and is expected to be brought
to town this evening.
Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the
East India-house, when the following Commanders
took. leave of the Court, previous to departing for
their respective destinations, viz. :—Captains I'. W.
LEECH, OrWelli J. STEWART, Laity Melville ; J.
DALRYMPLE, Cabal's' ; J. B. SOTHEBY, Scaleby
Castle; and H. Timms, Perseverance—for China
direct.
It WPM the report of alterations and improvs-
mints being about so take place at Carlton-house and
the Royal residences is not true. The Court news-
man might have spared himself the trouble of contra-
dicting this statement, for very few, we dare say,
believed it.
BOROUGH R ETORM IN ENGLAND.—Mr. TAUNTON,
an eminent solicitor at Totem, has completely suc-
ceeded in reducing the Charter of that Borough to
a dead letter. Its Magistrates, Council, and Masters,
stripped at once of their powers and privileges, have
descended to the rank of private individuals, and the
Borough merged into the County. The present Re-
presentatives of this well-known Borough are, Mr.
Wise, a Banker in the town, and Mr. 'fiaossAs
ConitTENAY. the Secretary to the Board of Coniroul.
The latter Gentleman immediately get offforTotness;
but what measures are on foot to restore to this
town its lost privilege of Parliamentary Representa-
tion, we are not prepared to say. We are told this
shock to corruption has elicited a sympathetic awe-
!tension in other chartered places, where similar
events are ezpected, with that dread which ever at-
tends bad practices. It is confidently reported, that
• many lawyers are now holding their old clients; the
Corporators, at their mercy.
It is said the Prussian Loan has been at length
taken by two or three eminent English Houses. It
is at the rate of from 70 to 72. The first year's in-
stalment will be about fifteen hundred thousand
pounds, of which the money is all subscribed, the
parties having purchased silver for the occasion.
The Ninth Report of the Finance Committee is
come forth: it relates to the Ordnance Department;
but offers nothing worthy of remark, being employed
wholly in matters of arrangement and detail,.
The stone vessels are at present busily employed
in throwing over masses •n the western end,.of the
Breakwater, Plymouth. The grant for the service
of the Breakwater this year is 65,0001. being
25,0001. more than the sum voted last year. The
sem yet wanted for its completion is considerably
above 700,0001.—1 n dock repaiting, the Foudroy-
ant, of 80 guns; Stirling Castle and Mulgrave, of
74 guns each; Dartmouth and Topaze frigates.—
Building, the Britannia of 120 guns. The London
is to be laid down on the slip of the Kent, repairing.
Two brigs of war and three cutters : two of these,
the Fancy and Kite, will be launched this month ; the
other not yet named. The Resistance frigate will
also be launched in about a month. The frigates to
be built on the plan of the American frigates were
named two years since, but are in a very backward
state: one only is vet oo the slip, and she has only
timbers up ; the other is trotyef laid dos's.
At the Assizes fur Hereford W prisoners received
sentence of death ; of which number is left for esecu-
tion J. Barlow, only 18 years of age, for wilfully
Ming fire W a hay-bees.