The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-11 00:00:00

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BOSTON, AP U. 14 —The Clintonian democrats
of New York enll Vice-PresiJent Tlinpltirts a public
defaulter; yet two thirds of tlwir Sen tte hare solemnly
&tided that the Senste owes him mare than I Lotou
do:lars, and the other third are willing to squirt
counts.

The polities' anti personal feelittel of the COMT•'•
nity have been seldom so mach interested, at a •
sitting of Parliament, by such a variety of °Wert:, a:
they were hr those preset' ed to the Ilonse of Cur -
mons on Tn••sday. Among the tiro in point of orJ•r
and importance, were the petitions of Agrirultur:s.,,
complaining of the:r peculiar distress, and imploriT:z
the relief of the l.eglslature. The fart of arriculter..l
distress is understood to be now so no.orl,siti, at :4
require no detail to give it esoArniation. In spite
of all the benefits they sought for from the C..en
Bill, the Farmers find themselves as eir.ch involved
in difficulties as the people in general, of whom
they had expected to have tArn advantage.—
They may be now convinced that it is impossible for
them, or any particular class of the countanity, to
flourish long at the expense of the rest, ur nhile the
general body is in a state of decay. We !snow not
the specific objects which they aim at in their agc,lir,•
tions, or in what manner they expect the Leuislature
to relieve them from their special grievances: but we
will venture to admonish them, that no measure ran
be tolerated that tends to exempt a favoured few to the
injury of the public, and least of all in any tray that
adds to the grievances of the poor. If agricultural
men could obtain unexceptionable and unquestionable
relief, they will rely not on the interposition of their
landlords, but on the claims of the country at large,
and seek their remedy not in any fresh impositions on
the importation of grain, but in remonstrances araind
the intolerable burthen of taxation under which the
country already groans.

The objects of Sir JAMBS 14.10EIXTOIllt cannot fail
to obtain the concurrence of every benmolent and en-
lightened mind. For many years the chi meter of one
criminal Jurisprudence has been in many of its features.
disgusting to the friends of equity, and humanity
and of late, since the distresses of the times have driven
so many unfortunate beings to the violation of pro-
perty, the exercise of the laws, acrording to their
letter, has in many instances been fottrol inconsistent
with the public feeling and the circumstances of the
country. Not only the rigour of the executive power,
but strirtness of the judgment-seat have barn relaxe.l:
and impunity has been given to criminals by tile fa-
ces, of the denunciations of the law. It is tteethsary,
for the sake of order and justice, that those inentetik.
tenries which have prevailed should be correct • 3 ; and
since the lamented loss of Sir SAIMEL itoastELT, the at-
t..tupt could not be made with a more favourable prospect
o •urcess, than by the hands of Sir .1 A %ICE Itscxt ?msg
s'erseverance is required for the task ; but every effort
will he animated and enconraged by the hearty wishes
and co-operation of the wise sod good.
The vital question of Parliamentary Reform it in
no small degree involved in the motion of Lord Jonx
RUSSELL, for transferring the Elective Franchise from'
the Borough of tiramponnd. ft is curious to olnerve
. how trembli»gly alive the snpporters of the rotten
borough system are to, the slightest touch of the Alyce
of reformation. Mouldering as it may be in
part, and though its members be so corrupt that
they are good neither for the land nor yet Ihr the
dunghill, still its friends will suffer no hand, helmet
skilful, to attempt, fur fear of injttriag its •alieatty
shattered constitution. to wake it less unwholesome.
or leis offensive to the rye :-
1 " Nor brush one cobweb off flt. Filters,

4‘ Lest we should shale the dome." •
Mr. Divts (ltt.rers., if be cannot preserve the vrar-
table Borough of tiramponnd in an entire state—iti
return to put ty now being hopeless--would anxioubly
retain its precious relics, and spread them, like
Saint's, through its neighbourhood in Cornwall. What
miracles they would work among a people, prone
corruption u many ofthe Ccrnish people are proved, of
late to be, we cannot presume to know. That
Uontleman,who i diringuished fir generalscience,tan•
not foil to be well acquainted with the diapositiou of
his native county. Yo far as we can lean% harem%
tbo good people of that district are already is pm
session of too many excltsive privileges; and, hem the
wantonness of plenty, are much less apt 10 ore then
than abuse them. If, as Lord hitt.-rox observed, the
transfer of the rrauchise of every borough was, in
case of delinquency, always to be gives ID di.
neighboorisg hundreds; and if five boroegbe wto
convicted (which, was by no means isrpoew ).
the exorbitant power of twain votes would be thus
transferred to each iudividual. His Wass dor Dam
of iticisusen, in the celebrated Bill, of with* as aw-
-1 line will be found to-dar, in no, of oar rotator. Hs
sugiesta a nsneh mure erectile! remedy At all disor-
der% is the exercise of the Malin Fraorisise. do*
soy such expedient as lir. UILIIIRT proposed.
Almost the latest Pensiens meted by Ike Cm"
and payable out of the 4} pet Cate. baths, are tla
followipg :—Lord Keith, Ste John Leech. awl Os
Benjamin illooranold, is trust foe llopaga.
aab.tb, Angulo,. and Amelia IlltssiterotA .*em"
The warrant is dated Sept. f, lelt

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