The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-05-19 00:00:00

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To TIE 1111 EDITOR OF Tile STATESIKAN.77- ----•
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PARiAkPAIRIefeItgIYT.... ',I be permitted to. remain pn the Statute Book? Another to.qtralify and mitigate 'them by thie'spperinteittlinte
—sow— --roe—
Sta,—lt is completely idle and useless now to ape- HOUSE OF LORDS, person, a respectable merchant of the name of vigilance of. the Courts of Justice,: If any als. lie
MAT is.. . .. Maule (his were not sham eases), having gained a etisted in the Courts of Westminster liall—if any; -
In
ed. therish eause, Caney. Lord Allen,
I judgment to - be at
colds on what NAPOLEON might have law-suit, gave his attorney power- to receive the act of oppressive seveietv Ivor tweets tease in thsm4
done, o r what firm
he ought to have done; it is sufficient for those who In the Scotch cause, Henderson a. Melcaltn, judgment af. proceeds. To his great ,surprise, however, the at- he called on the Noble leeti.o.iitlduce it: Situateci,
torney, without askingsleave, reserved out of these, tie lie was, it might not ts• seeeily in him' to speak
recommended perseverance in opposing him, to have firmed'
In the Scotch cease, Ileptenv a. Cunningham, Messrs. Adam proceeds 301. for himself. Mr. Mauls on this op- highly of the priefession of the . law, and yet there .
said that be would not do so and so ; that he would and Horner beat for the Appellant.
The Hopi! Assent was given by Commission to the Clergy plied te an honest attorney (a plant of t I,e. growth) were occasions (nut t:tie nppeated to he one) in
not bow that coolness, comprehension, and per- Penalties, Innkeepers' Allowance, London'Docks flilh; Bost s who scratched out most of the charges and signed his which a Member, lipwes.,r uttworthy,.of a profess
Bill;. Medway Canal Bill, Ilindingharn Copper Works Bill,
apicuity of mind for which his friends gave him ere- name at the bottom of the bill. 70i, Mr. Maule's sitars was called upon, in justice In that nrofession to
Lewisham Poor Kill. and a great number of Road and Inclosure
din :he has not shown these qualities,—and his one-' s
Bilk Commissioners, Lards Eldon, Cisolowndeley, and Redes- expostulating with the first matt on his exhorhitatice, disclaim the imputations %bleb had beet, thrown aspen
tides have proved themselves in the right. It is six dale.
Sugar Drawback Schedule Bill was committed and re- i the
. insolent answer was 46 if the money is an oh- i it.. lie had sutliciesitly proved that the usage in
s
years ago, in my Letters on the Affairs of Spain, ported. ject to you it is noes to me, take it back." The question was in Conformity to the ancient law, tied
The American Trade Bill, and several others, were brought more he investigated•these subjects the more he was was not a ;Tzar ilinas it ot Wits, rf the :cable Lot&
Mr, I said—i 6 To such a crisis are the affairs of Eu. up from the Commons by er, Brogden add others. persuaded, that as the mystery of special pleaders continued to attackL
it,l eta efote, he Mast attack it
Mr. Clifton, from the Admiralty, presented an account of
rope now brought bytheTy rant's own mismanagement, the ships of war'
or all classes built in the private yards, iu the was to annul common sense (an opinion ..
outports, since liel, pursuant to order.which he on another principle. Oi is subject lie would 1 !w-
-ind were it not that such men generally outwit them-1 : had before advanced in that House), so the mys- . ble the House no longer. e he. Noble Lord had said
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lelves, such is the general torpor and apathy of MESNE PROCESS BILL. tery of attornies was to annul common honesty.—llillitli things which only pxpsoked Ids laughter, chits-
Earl STread- ANHOPE rose to move the second ll ud* 'bras had very justly and very finely apostro-itised indeed by his shatial at being betrayed into a
mankind, that they would be slaves for ages; thus. log of the Bill to abolish Meuse Process. .In order 1 phized them :
it is that some evils work their own remedy, and' to prevent any misinterpretation of his sentiments • a laugh at such reed(' re.'
" You pettifoggers ! damn your souls!
wicked men furnish means for their destruction, respecting lawyers, he that in the profes- Lord HOLLAND observed, that a prodigious
44 Who share with knaves Itt cheating fools!" . number of persons wereevery year dra,gged to prison
which others could never have thought of nor. at- observed,
slot; of the law, as in all other professions, there ! The Mesne Process was peculiarly injurious to cum-s
I under arrest by Mesne Process, withoet its• prod
tempted."—l am accused of laying vast stress upon were good, bad, and indifferent individuals; but ! merce. A merchant could not always command his .
clueing the. payment of the money. The Noble and
there was this marked distinction between that and i capital, and if suddenly attacked he must frequent I
Spain, as the grave of BONAPARTE'S power, and the- Learned 'stud had, he conceivedt not•proved that
other professions, that those who belonged to the ly stop payment and be ruined ; for bail was not : this practice was. authorised by the -ancient law of •
retoscitation of the liberties of Europe. Have I nor ' le
i legal profession, and who possesed integrity and a- ; always to be obtained. The other day a merchant . the land, he having always understood, that,the.an-.
a right to exult in my opinion ; and if it had proved i lity, and a desire to do right, had more power to do iso arrested by mistake was ruined in consequence, cient common Jaw of the land. wastes be considered.
raise, would not my opponents have exulted? I I good; and were more valuable members of society,; the circumstance having completely thrown him on as that prior to the reign of. •Itichard IL ,It could,:
reasoned on the unconquerable spirit of the Spanish : than any other persons; while, on the other hand, his back. And in one's the ablest and hest reasons' however, only have been senctkapesl.liy.tbe, ancient .
people, who, in all ages, have opposed the most ! i,f they were guided by different motives and •were ed letters that rte had ever read it was observed
, . 1 by law of the land, upon the ground of its compelline.
insegateu to do wrong, it was in their power to do i the writer that he would rather trust a man with a the psyment of the monekeentsisotheo itswasatroved,
persevering resistance to tyranny and oppression ; more mischief than could be done by any other class ' smaller capital if there were ne Mesne Process in ex- that in numerous amt repeetesd- tatettptees that. object
I reasoned upon the probability of other nations of
men. The recital in the preamble of the Bill ! istence, than a man.with a le.ses capital if the Mesne ' altogether failed, be iti4ght it wfos Isettrong pros.
taking advantage of that diversion in their favour; which lie had introduced to their Lordships, after ', Process were in force ; because the Mesne Process sumption agaiest.theatnikeatites 50(440twice.. U.
my opportenteaseesrmed on the talents and military
Noble Friend'Oill, - ... ; Acts et .. t • ~, s .
1 reciting Magna Chide, went on to declare "that; Might bankrupt the one, from which seal the other should, therealeereate,farsaisteeggpalleadlocolaeas •
skill of BONAPARTE, and they are now compelled mesa e
Process was
. contrary
.to the ancient lair of might be exempt. On that subject much useful in-
to confess their error. They say, that had we not. The house divided Onllie*‘;tistion for the sated. ,
; the teed. On this point the Lord Chief Justice of formation would be found in nn admirable pamphlet, 1
obtruded our assistance upon Spain she could not i I •
the Court of King's Bench had thought' proper to, written by a barrister well kliown in Westminster' reading—- •• • - . .
. have been victorious. lam unwilling to detract an 1.,,, sv . ...J...., rs .. - • *.i
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, contradict
.him, and p po 'and.
..Elections,
.Jennings, ,
.. - cmgress. - ,:. . 4 , ,_;'o ir, ~.
in order to establish his ro ei-
atom from the merits of Lord WELLINGTON ; but I 1 ' -.;) .. ' • : 1
bon had quoted three Acts of Parliament, which he : entitled, " ./Cfree Engitirsi :silo the Malts of Lord! Not tiatteets . - . - 'so
must say, that had not the Spanish Guerillas, which
(Lord St ii • -'' • K 1
RI lope) knew were actually not. an exist- • edrsdak's Bill." There was another class of per- ;
were formed out of the body of the people, aided ; i .t t .. •_ ; bfrentlty- •3' ..
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I ence, having all been re?ealed shortly after they had t sons to whom Mesne Process . was very injurious.— I .
him by harassing BONAPARTE'S armies, intercepting The Bill was •• we underitand r • tied 1 getisty:'
1 Elet / ti
I been passed. This fact he pretty*weit knew at the' He appealed to the Bishops, some of whom had oncee • t •
their supplies, and arresting his Couriers, Lord Wee- time,with - tbe other. Bill of -Earl Stanhopeatorieititille:4'
of the Lord Chief Justice's statement ; but he : been poor. themselves, in behalf of their poor bee- Debi • .
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aims:Too would not have been successful ; and I have- % s os; •.. • se
,thought that it would not be respectful to their Lord. `three. A Reverend Clergyman, with a large f-
a right to suppose, that had the Spaniards chosen to ; • *Ad. tallied
family,, . 10 `till Friday. . •
ships, or the person who had made such a confident ' oppressed by illness and other evils, might be suit- . .•
form armies of their own, they would have received the i •
i assertion to contradict it without due examination. theily• taken by Mesne Process and dragged to gaol, •.•
same assistance. I allow that the majority of the. • 110 USE Of -COMMON*. • '
i After having closely examined the Statute Book, he there to lie exposed, perhaps., to the severest rigothes , .
Spanish people were jealous of our assistance, and !I ,
.I'he SPEAKIT. anted, that' 'the Rod at Assent' het Wed.,'
I would now distinctly declare, that it did not contain of winter, for seven months; without knowing ,
would have been glad to be rid of us; and no Spanish ;
one single Act in support of Mesne Process. With and for 12 or 15 months without a trial of his case.; ..
army has ever heartily ca-operated with the British ;rtniN lwo. • •
• . respect to the first Statute, that of Henry 111. it did . This English slave trade was worse than the Afrlcani Mr..GOIOON bregelit uplifts (apoit of _the gees
fbrees, for they are an ignorant and a proud people. not go on the principle o
I have heard of English pride, and Scotch pride, and :to attack the bodies of those not possessing lands or ;individual. manie', but in this not only the inflivi- . the Corn Laws. • .
the pride of many nations, but I never In my life. . . . •
tenements, who might withdraw themselves, to cents-AGA immediately affected was in all probability' The CU ANGELL= i ac, the EXCHECIIIE,.;
vier met with any thing like Spanish pride• pet them to render an account, anti not to pay.--• reined, but when he fell others fell in succession, ' nudged. rho. lionse shotddettletpt the Itesolutiote
Mr. EQUAL LAWS 4Cr uses the WStr faction of this . • • •
But even it it were not so, still this Statute allorderU like a a set of nine pins. As, therefore, 'their aal
r, A.Lca,Arr seid„ . it., would he necessary t
country (a cent term of reproach, unjust and ill-
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no contradiction to the preamble in his Bill, that .'Lottlships in their justice, humanity, and policy for him to make a great deal more , etemiey intp Wigs.
applied) of being determined on restoring the old
this Mesne Process was contrathe law fthe I hadabolishedthe African trade, he
,ty to
subject, .before, .in the preseut Eirouspatancps of the
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despotism of Pieria! . he rentl
, hoes shown that, for it had been repealed. The .Lord Chief Justice they would assist him in abolishing this English slave country, 1 .11 4ni ' •
le co.l t come to ally g rnsteetten upon
is a false accusation : Ilksay it isn to restore a moderate
had quoted two other Stetutetti which half both been trade, which was more cruel because applicable to a it. Ile considered the proposition- aatotally inappli.
a,nd equal Government.. her. whatever may a
• hvealso repealed. There, Was. leaowledge in, a Lord greater number of persons. ; cable to this. country. It:tease., mech the interese -
been the original intention' of 'Pet?, who began the
.Chief Justice! The Acts tisawhich he alluded were I. -Lord.ELLENBOROU.GILeepeated his assertion ',:of landowners that there should be an alnandant suites
crusade against French liberty, there is no doubt' those of Edward I. and Edwied 111. Were these onarfatoner evening, that the recital in the preamble 'ply of corn at a moderate reta3odile,people Ito it
that he had learnt much wisdom by' experience, of .• •
in existence, still they would not contradict his pre. iof the Bill introduced by the Noble Lord—namely; ! was the interest of the ateopla themselves. „ile ale',
which he had very little when he began the trade of ; amble ; hut they were both goose. ,13. y the 25th of , that 'Vieille Process was contrary to the ancient law ! lowed that it ros necessary rents. should rise in. pies .
a statesman, and that even he had looked for nothing
; Edward 111. it was enacted,that no man shOuld be 'of the land—was unfounded; and added, that. eo ' portien to the expence °flitting • but if other thiegs,•
mere than a limited monarchy in France 1
.:° call indicted or proceeded against••
on a process o(common difference was made in the question, even were the ;fell he saw no reason why rents ought not to fall also,
BONAPARTE the Monarch of the people's choice is ; law, ,a ; , land
or puttout of his liberty, unless brought toanswer three Statutes to which he had referred repealee, • witets was let triwkiglh, (~Ireland and Scot-
en insult upon the common sense of both nations ; t ttie demand madeupon him; and not that,as in Mesats i which he did not believe they were. But if he had eland, where land was I.&-1 OW deal too high, no. .
end to ridicule- the expression of the Senate, who '
, Process, he should be imprisoned seven onths with- : only quoted the 53d of Henry 111. (enacted so, soon ilithitia hut the adoption of luipeeposition like that now
culled the rate of' the BQURDONS the notion's happi-
4' out kuowing wherefore, IV the 37th . and 380. or softer Maigna Chaste), it would appear by that Ste...lista-ors the. house-•c from, fall4pne-14-:
loess,. is the last effnrt of a disappointed, bainbo?tted, „Edward 111. this enaettoent was confiroteds -with' a tote that persons were then liable to be held to bailasmerely took this
opportunity of saying a fewitoordoe.c
and mistaken faction. Bo:rapture has deceived
' particular reference to 'the City of London. The :on Mesne Process. The preamble of the Bill stated, ! that he might not be pledged to wily eyetemaegoAree;
them : they gave bim credit for wisdom which he did 142 d of Edward 111. again confirmed these Statutes, i that attachments, of the nature to which the Bill re- ;he saw his way much clearer .shan he alt! at pm.
not possess ;and now they say, if lie had possessed it, . and ell the points of Magna Chaste, with this re- ; ferred, were against Magna Charta. That he poll- I se..t
we should have been ruined, disappointed, and driven : markable declaration, that if any Statute existed i tively denied. They were as old as the law. Ar-
ta our last stake. But the event has shown that those i contrary to them, it should be null. The next Act I rest for contempt was essential to the protection of
veto reasoned on the good effects of perseverance, ' that bore on the subject was that passed in the reign all the Courts of Justice, and was coeval with' the
and the. impetuosity of BoSAPARTeS character, were !of Henry IV. for the regulation of Attornies, the I establithment of those Courts. It was a perverted
in the right ; and they deserve all the praise which : number of which it stated to be very mischievous to.'. view of Magna Chaste to say, -that Mena •:Process
results from success. The Whole remainder of my the community. It called them " contentious ;" I was in contradiction to it. But if it .had been' so,
opponent's letter is taken up with what would have and if their Lordships preferred that phrase to' was not a subsequent legislative proceeditesseethat of'
been, had BONAPARTE acted otherwise than he did cc pettifoggers," he would have no objection to sob• i the 53d of Henry 111. equally potent? %Wall events
adt ; but with that we have nothing to do, all our stitute it iii his Bill. It went on to limit the number of j the Act of Henry VI. in 1444, defined the mode in
cencernis With the future; and with regard to that, Attornies, " to prevent them from being vexations! which persons arrested on .:Mesne Process should be i
the Gentleman acknowledges that the grand security to the people," and 'filed the number at six in Nore I delivered on putting in bail to the Sheriff', so timelier.,
of human freedom is now a settled principle in folk, six in Suffolk, and two in Norwich. He would I practice which the Noble Lord had pronounced ken-
Ftances from which an other nations will derive he. to God their Lordships would now count the Attoe. I trary to the ancient hew of the land, had unques-1
nefit, even to their unborn children. Is not this
! nles, and reduce them to that number ! Oa Oda! tionably existed 370 years. Since that period cens.i
what I rejoice at ? Is not this which I have always : subject there had been continual battles, between the Ilainly every thing had been done to mitigate the Mist
declared would he the consequence of restoring the enemies of liberty, on the one hand, and those who and inconvenience* of. arrests... By'the Statute of the
Dnutteoss to a limited monarchy ? Is not this what E supported liberty, justice, and common sease, on : 13th Char. 11. the material alteration was
,l4tro,-
Yci inte sif the nbility
I always solid never be expected .from Bow the other. Perpetual encroachmtaiii were made, . duced, that untesen prirty stated' the true cause of , r. : 1 Ellbedehanbt .
O
r4itiE? What is it then that I have said to estate the and as perpetual efforts to put them down. Advert- ; action, he' costa not Aoltilit .b fel! -a largs,sam lof this country to maintaimahlyetwe inhabitants,
iittlignatien of this friend of equal laws and of equal ' ing to the Preamble of the Bth of Elizabeth, ke ex. ' than 401. That Act also, let it bail
itioseryanAt.refirrias,whew he leottaidared.tHereiel'aolllellalid still unculti-
liberty ? Simply this—that I have said they could ; pressed his readiness, if required, to substitute that .in its preamble to the antiqUity of 'Mesne Pi:oCeite.: vete& sin his opinion,,,thetheadlegleatares of thee .
only be expected wider the Bouttnoxs, and he pre- for his own. It reprobated, as his did, the arrest ! for the preamble commenced .11393:_i:: Whereas;by ' R . ' trovertible: i• .i -' .'• , '
tended to expect them from BONAPARTE ; I are most or attactimentsof persons against whom, when they ' the ancient and fumboneetarlier ordse land,i.fitq' I r.-7 " ES thought that anotbee Committee...
likely to be iii the right, and he is unwilling to ac. i.were brought to answer, no declaration was made, Still', howeVer, it ties not provided that life party : ought tattoreliatialy to he apeointeds • A great deal of . i
knowledge that he has been in the wrong. ;and who were thereby exposed to great hardship and should SWO'IT TO Ike cauee.of
.action uetihthe 12th of , matter had fallen from seteralgetidemett in the course .
I remain,of coneider- ••
i expence; and the Bill enacted, that a declaration • Geo. I. %hid' enacted, that unless a party Made alas matte
night, which was well deserving .
Welbeek-street, Caventlish.sguare, W. B.
should be' put in, in three days from the arrest,—and fidavit of the cause of action, he should not hot* te4ation. .. A great deed of .eaceunts! were Still wanted ;.,
May 3, 1811
not delayed, as it now might be, for seven months; bail fo a inferior less than 101. in the superior, anti 7405. ;otal.they ought also to lIRTO the oval testimony of
which was a most horrible injustice, and contrary to in the Courts. By a recent Bill the sem of athose persons who were -beatneqesinted with'thestate i
reason and commons ense. A great legal man had 101. had
orderbn increased to 1,51. at which it saood. 4.!,;0f the CorreTrade in this country.. 'They
theism
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once told him, that he could not reconcile Mesne actions oves, in which the value wait very un- snorant of the state of theinaport trade at this nie.
Process to any principle of reason or common sense. : certain, the Judges had interfered, and haa.deelared I meet ; and they ought to have the accounts brought
Many instances had come to his knowledge of the that tut perion should in future be held to.bail.in fro- ',.up.to the latest time, that.is, from January to April.
she meful hardships consequent upon it. A. Naval ; vele but under an *genial order of the Court. And! He conceived that it would be best to have a Select •:
Officer whom he knew, after an absence of four it•hrid so happenedthaft few instances had. occurred ', Committee appointed. • By! the :employment of due
years, returned home, not owing a -single shillinre in Which parties in Tinier were allowed to hold to diligence, in the.course of a fortnight the Committee.
but by direction of some harpies of attornies be was bail it ael... In cases in which parties sooghetheir re- i might actually be enabled to lay before the House
arrested in 10 minutes after his !soling at Chatham, 'MAY by isetion, if it proved to be a malicious pro- i mech valuable matter, witheut which, it would .iiei,
and must have gone to gaol had it not been for 'a cetding—if, for instances-In -s case in which 1001. , ther be honourable for themselves, nor safe for the ,
Noble Admiral and a trndesman of the Len who Was sought, only 201. was recovered, the parties so count , to proceed further in thopresent sgbjecas
became bail for him. The whole originated in a proceedingnot only did not obtain their own costs, r. THOMPSON s 4, the. presept discussion
mistake. The Naval Officer went to consult a law- ' but were compelled by the Court to pay the costshave removed. marnistippreheneionsthe
yes on the occasion. The lawyer told him that the * the Defendant., Soon after he had the honour to fill subject. He merely wished to say a few words. iii
event of a law suit must inevitably be in his favour. the judicial situation which he held, a Noble Lord
, favour of the growers of corn, who had a great
When asked, however, how much the suit would, brought -ipto the House a Bill similar to the one now I claim .on the indulgeoce of the House. . All he wish;
cost he replied, not above 1001.! Now, as thesum : proposed. One occasion, the late Lord Kenyon, ;ed was, that the farmer should , have a reasonable
for :vhich he had been unjustly itrrested was but 301,d an individual ir"finiropeached justice and huompity, , profit
beetafte the payment:of rent and taxes, but this
the Naval Officer -begged the lawyer's pardon, and ', having enqpired how many persons arrested on ; woutd mpossible, if foreigners were allowed ass
slid he should prefer .paying the money demanded. i Mesne Process paid at once, and having found that . uerestrained competition with him in the home mar.
He had seen, within the last fortnight, Another Officer , the great majority of cotes that was done, opposed ke . t While the trade in every other commodity
oohsas
who had returned home after spending 17 years in his I Bill, end argued as be (Lord Ellenborough) did, i restricted, it would be unsafefor that in corn
Maiesty'e service. He owed a person 201. which he had 1 that however painful the usage might be in , some i ft.,;rei._...'
credit r because he had received a letter from his casee, yet that in a great maltitudenf instances no- enerel GASCOIGNE thought the Honse oueist
creditor desiring him to suit his own conveinence.— thing could be more beneficisA or more humane to the ,to have all possible inforMation on , the subject now
lie was, however, pounced upon by Mesne Process. parties arrested. The
Nob*. Lord had treated the before them. Within theSe few days great specula?
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And to how much did their Lordships imagine a con- subject as if it had,. bvuost. Pte. y'. f
tious aei tions in corn had been made, on the certainty tint i .
'attorney contrived to run up the cog's in the present.momeqt, Pe woe
scienctous
Id distinctly deny, the this measure should be adopted,g .
oditys Lint
in )To Ifrol. 'Was net this scandalous? inference that the laws steere etraiireit.foe the oppres- i take place in the price of that comm , .
two months • subject Ever 0 sible care-was eni whatever .ultimatel mi ht be the decision' pt:tilt;,
Was the &Amity fir sack a nefarious, practice .to ;lion of th . yp I
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, ir./CriOrrnan ATKIN.S said, the Ifon. Baronet
-knew very weJI
:that the principle of din Iteourt, oh-
Joined hispArobation in the 'Committee ;: but
BAT9rA bad 10, altered from,what he thought. .
.be the on;jpenipinding..• of CrAYirmitteel.litta'''h"
401114 4,grPgclo it. Allinut .lerther enquiry. It
was his opinion that the sum to be fiKed by them .
ought not to go) beyond 804 and it was his inteu-
4inti therefore.to repose., as an Amendment to; the
itesolulinqs: to begin. with a duty of 201. when the
pace was GOs. ; 153.. when. the price was Gss. and, so
on, the duty regularly decreging)n tbesame propor-
tin°, 'tit 1J Dike came to 80i. when it shotikl (cease.
l.Till•he max tbe ascicufturo of the country could
not go on without a measure like the present, lie wat
I unwilling' to coaient irvyabiltitied
ration of

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Os, new saw tnat the Emperor of AMMO.
sot mean to visit this.conntry.
•To.inarrow lb. prisoners which stand fully_ coin-
witted upon varieos charges of feliony will be re-
volved from the different gaols in, the city of. Lou.
flon and county of hliddlesex to Newgatc, previous!
to taking .iheir trials at the ensuing ties4inns, which !
twill commence on Wednesday next, the '2sth instant. !
The paragraph we inserted fion) LLOYD'S of the i
Circe and Pala French frigates being still at sea,l
is incorrect : they arrived at Brest nearly a month ago.
They have begun to pall down the houses at the en-
trance to Pall.mall ; itut when will they conclude ?
lo thee public works it would be well to take a leaf
from the book of an enemy. BpN,A*ARTE used to
give an order at breakfast time for giuite of rooms
to be new painted, decorated, and furnished for din•
ner—and it was 4one. Any building that, in re-
moving, would obstruct a street, or occasion a nui-
We, was levelled to the ground in one night, and
;tithe fragments cleared. away. .lfwe are to imitate
him in the embroidery of his Generals, let us imitate
also the promptitude with which he executed his pub.
lic works.
The Ticket No. 5,534, a Prize of R 15,00 0. in
the last Lottery, was sold in One Half, and Eight
SixteentbShares, at Swift and Co.'s Fortunate Offi-
ces, No. 11, Poultry ; I'2, Charing-cross ; 31, Ald-
gate Iligh•street ; where Tickets and Shires in the
New Lottery, to be drawn on the King's Biitb-day,
tire nnil on stile in great variety.

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proposed. On hat occasion the late Lord Kenyon, ;ed was, that the farmer should , nave a reabut tliii
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lan iadindividualo nirnpeacheti justice and humanity, profit after the payment.of rent and taxes,
barring enquired how many persons arrested on would be impossible, if foreigners were allowed an
1 Mesne Process paid at once, and having f9und that , unrestrained competition with him in the home mar-
in a great majority of cases that was done, opposed ket. While the trade in every other commodity wa4
I the Bill, and argued as he (Lord Ellenborough) did, i restricted, it would be unsafe-for that in corn to be
that however painful the usage might be in , some ', free. . I
eases, yet that in a great multitude of instances no- r"Sreiveral GASCOIG,NE thought the itoo‘e eueit
thing could be more beneficial or more humane to the to have all possible information on the subject ii,..v
parties arrested. The Noble Lord had treated the i before them. Within these few days great i.pecola-
subject as if it had berme peceliarly.Texatious ate,; tions in corn had been made, on the certainty that if .
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the present mom*. e woold distinctly deny the v this measure should be adopted, a great rise wo'ill
inference that the laws were. atrainegtfoe the eppres- i take place in the price of that commodity. But
'lion of tl4 subject. Every polsible care.was Wien I, whatever ultimately ,might be the decision of lint • ' '
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