The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-27 00:00:00

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son; awl in its iip—dress, a fatal blow perhaps is
struck, not meditated indeed, but never to be re-
medied.
In overy country, there are some men of wicke;r.
minds, and desperate fortunes, who would rejoice
to have a chance of bettering their condition by h
geitersl scramble. Let the loyal party, as they arro-
gantly style themselves, seriously reflect, whether
.theirileterisaimed opposition t. alt radical and 'fin-
, teal Reform and iirtrenshimint, does oat add daily
"tri this clan or petsorim ---.-:.--°".'"'-'' -- '''"
Litt them, I is,, after a retrospective. glance into
'Aistery, ponder most seriously, upon the possible
• consequence of • it 'east mattitede of people being
*isms by deepetedee4 to W stateless of their fate,
eeeltesthisipeveselberseettatimispen what will, their
' lot cannot be wail,. -.4 . •
. If rarer such foots& shoelld. eefortosetely exist in
tkcessesortutity, awl be pet Is action by ill designing
men ; it is sot for me to predict abet mischief would
, 'woe. i can only is, for myself, that homiest anticies
.I may be, foe the purifying see meat excelleetConsti.
titles, from this many ilograatalsesesi which the ee..
eadoeal sway of week, or betiKhigs, or the still more
maidens influence of corrupt Statesmeo, bars from.,
time MLtime, int:edema intuit; I ass seat as *der
. es"..Weeent,kfilid of.vielence, end to inky isomers-
; :Mos 40,i awe feMtieit4ol hues mmd established prim-
cipatt„ recorded in our Statute Books, and held op
&Telles oar ancestors.
My hostility, Gentlemen, late Measures red not
to 'ilfers. I obeli, atoll times, be as ready "to give
my confidante cod soppert to the King's Ministers,
be they wheat they may, if they set wisely and ho-
nestly, as I shall be to oppose them, whomever I be.
lieve in my coescieuce they do neither the enamor the
ether.
. I hay only a few words to add, Gentlemen, bet
upon a subject which ovally concerns us. When-
a very good frieed of yours and of mine, solicited
your soffragei some years ago, he very justly 'b-
owled , " That a passage void of corruption to the
Iloess of Commons, is the best security for conduct
void of correptiou ix the [louse." This principle I
al all fully act open ; I shall be most proud of your
support, Gentlemen ; but, if there be a man among
you, which I do not suspect there is, who would,
like Pau, basely exchange his birth-right for a mess
of
,pottage, be must not look to me for a chapattis.
The few jut sad necessary ripeness incident to an
election, I shall cheerfelly defray ; but I will not, in
any direct or indirect manner, subbrn any man to
commit perjury, by violating the oath, which, •s
en
Vector, be may be called upon to take; nor will
Iwis goy wlay, knowingly be instrumental, in trans.
grossing those laws of my Country, which were-
Irmtetifor the express purpose of securing the Purity of
en. . •
I make no apology, Gentlemen, for the length of
this Address, conceiving as I do, that a quarter of
an hoer of your leitiere time can hardly be better
employed, than in• being made familiar with the
intdemos and political principles of an unproved
baiii(ate, fee Use i1436•41e of becoming one of the
preseutatives of your free and iudepeudeut Bo-

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I afeilld los molly wanting in attention to my
awn. 6111111611, is my respect to you, were Ito
Anttclude, witheehapressing to you my most grate-
ful thanks for the high degree of Supprat and so-
epersgemento, 'with which I hare been hitherto ho-
noured ; it if with extreme satisfaction 1 am able to
Owl it to be mach, as to leave me little doubt of my
111300141 in obtaining the great object of my ambition.
It shall be my pride and my care, Gentlemen, so to
act, as by continuing to merit, to confirm your good
opinlon.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with
unfeigned respect and gratitude, your most faithful
and obedient humble servant,
CHARLES FYSILE PAUSE&
Luekley, 18th Feb. 1818.

BOROUGH REFORM.
When we animadverted on the speeches and con-
duct of Ministers on the occasion of the motion by
Lord Archibald Hamilton respecting Reform in the
Scottish Boroughs, we expressed ourselves curious to
learn, what would be the effect of the resistance
given to the motion on the popular feeling in Scot-
land. We are informed of the light in which this
proceeding is beheld in that part of the kingdom,
by the following article, which we extract from the
ablest Paper published in Scotland :
" The proceedings ki the [loose of Commons on
Friday se'nnight, relative to the Dumfries Petition
regarding Burgh Reform, and to Lord Archibald
Ilamilton's motion for the papers respecting the new
set granted to Montrose, will neither excite surprize
nor disappointment in the country. They are gently
of.a piece with the rest of the proceedings of the
/Immutable House, and the melt is only what must
have been expected. Bet as Parliament has only
touched the question incideotally, and as no decision
has been pronounced on the general merits of Burgh
amelioration, which was indeed rather admitted to be
necessary, we trust that the Burgesses of Scotland
wilt not tamely submit to be joggled out of -their
just sights. The Bergeson of Dumfries may, for
aught we know, be satisfied with procuring an order
for-their Magistrates to lay their accounts annually
before the Barons of Exchequer; but we will yen.
tura to my, that but a very small proportion of the
other Burghs of Scotland will he satisfied with any
such check. What good effect could such an audit
produce? 11. could Word no guarantee for the
proper expenditure of the Burgh fuse. Vouchers
to .be sere, would have to be produced for the dif-
ferent sums expended, bet we all know how they
can be maeefactured. The gross corruption and
jobbing which pervades every part of the Scots
Burgh system, might all be carried an ender a check
of this kind. The thing that is wanted is not an
eabibitionof an account of income and expenditure,
bet an efficient matron' over the whole measures of
the . Magistracy. After the.junto of this city had,
in the plenitude of their irresponsible power, ex-
pended several thousand pounds in making a covered
drain to dry the meadows, altifougb it was notorious
that no water would be allowed to run in that drain,
they would have been able to produce receipts for
the soma thrown away in this futile and ridiculous
project. Bet what satisfaction could that have given
to the inhabitants? It is not enough that we are
made acquainted with the amount of the semi that