The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-08-21 00:00:00

THE MINISTRY.

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pflaiil"Talt-Dvaszsi swowrfro song
Ti. detekertikich threatens, and the misforteela-
villichletiver gust, Empire, are not indeed 'Ol-
- to the present servants of the Crown-v-
hut they Maud
.accused of having increased and ,
aggravated them, even beyond what might have been
apprehended 'front men without mind, without
talent to enlighten or improve, without genius or
capacity to govern their -runittry.—Slr. PITT, no
doubt, laid the foundation broad and deep of na.
Bondi ealamity ; hat the half.edueated dunces of
his school, scorning, his comparatively slow pro.
gress, have, in the short period of their Ministry,
dragged 41131/ the brink of ruin ; we stand close
upon the ;ming gulph ; and should ..we totter we
aro lost for ever. The vigorous anti of the. present
Adatinistration was to have snatched. us from de.
strictioft.; it stns to have been our support at home
aid our shield abroad ; here it was to have present.
at consolation, there it was to have pointed the way
to victory ; the enemy was to bend powerless
beneath its force, and our people were to. repose
1 calmly trnd.:r its protection ; the conscience of the
KING MU to be preserved from violence 'by its
healing interposition, and national triumph was to
'he secured by its invincible daring what G amt.
-VILLE could tent effect, PettozvAL was to accent.
plish, and the No.Popeey yell was to be followed'by
the peace, liberty, and happiness of the British em-
pire. A new reading of our language was to make 1
all things easy. . Intolerance, was. to Am. takes
for liberality, •and incapacity fur talent ; i miaow
mind was to be the proof Of au enlarged wider.
standing, and the duelling, of the Cabinet to .be
dimmed respect to the Sovereign; the prosecutionef
printers was to be considered an extension of freedom
to. the press, and etimmittais to .Nergatearol the
Tower wets to 'he received as se many attentions to
theliberty of the subject; a refusal to emancipate five
millions of loyal . men, was to be thought a blessing
springing from the Constitution, and the rejection
of their Petition an honourable reward for their tier.'
vices ; the conflagration of Copenhagen was to be
esteemed the best meats Of securing AitgANntleS
frieutiship, and the immolation of our troops in
Wslcheren the only rational way of -assisting our
Allies on the Danube ; rashness' we. wereto copal.
der generalship, and the abandonment of (weskit at
Talavera, a victory worthy homiest and a petition ;
the doubling of our taxes was la be regarded as a
' happy discovery to finanee,.and ruined mattufticieres,
,stireing • artisans, • and .gctieral bankruptcy as the
)180IPERITY" of thee Ciuslitry. We
,know not what progress the People Of Great Britain
and Ireland have made in the " new reading," but

the moment they, apt* to this perversion of oar !en.
gasps they must than respect the. Fault Mistlttsy,
as Tx; flan Ix TaIt.WORGO i" •

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We lett
,night received Paris Papers to the 13th
inst. from Which . we have made copious eitractr:
they sill be TOund'its our preceding dishpans.
• Letterc were yesterday received from Amsterdati
to the date of the 12th inst. It was expec:eil that
the French Emperor would arrive in that city on
the 20th. of the• present month. Preparatory tO.,
this act of condescension to his beloved subjects
liolland, his principal Donanier has published Ike
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following 'Alicia! notification : . ,
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" The Imperial Decree by which Holland. is attired :to
franee, directs, in article 10. the colonial produce found is
this terriiory to be subject to a duty of 50 per cent. andafeeord-
ingly the proprietors aml consigoigs of these goods are to enake •
their declaration before the ht of September.- ••
" The I>i rector of. the Imperial Custom, is Itrilland• has the
honour to inform the merchants, that offices to reeeife such des
chiratiatis are opened in the cities of Anwerdiun, the Hague,
„Rotterdam, Dortreclit, Arnheisia, Z woi, Italianok Gmulaseo:
.t.fandeo, on limier. lie invite% the proprietors or consignees
In fulfil this duty immediately, if they wish to remote thr.ob-
s'acies which exist in the trade to the interior, apd en prevent
the • luconvenienciee to which they would be exposed, if Hit,
conceal w holly, or even partially, the colonial prodacein their •
warehowes. II is hereby notified, that afterlife 31ft of Most
no declaration will be received, and the goods which•aber that
}nave sisall tot have bees so declared It ill be forfeited. • Thome
who have in their hands sock gni*, are hereby warned . spot to
sexpose themselves to the rigi.. women which, in sodi mai it
w (gold be.pecessary to take. -
OS Lit7IONKAIRR, ..
," lAreeler of the Isepreird, Customs ire Holland:"
Tlte•biltssat Captain Cost 'one of the ..1110illiell
• Ileeti, has arrived at Liverpool. ''they railed from
'Jamaica 30th joint. ' "The- fleet• consisted of b 9
W.rd
i* ‘*:bo,l* the iliang. Partdpartiallie BthBthinit. is
it I-4 - , '..
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-.. The death of tit:aisle-Earl. .of -i3eunit.vir will
irtiog: the 'lineation of Lord. LJnamair's -legitimacy
before the Rouse of Peen at tie opening or there,.
-slain Session of Parliament,• • Every Peer, before
Attialtea'his seat, tenet deliver to the flossy the:pe.
digree thennglr.witich be deriver the title,, wider
whith be, claims the • honour sod Ode:liege of the
tt
Lord Mame!, the lon' of the Dote.of Rica, ,
Matto, etas present with ?r . littler:aux 'on-thel
. % • lire sent ' •h L d.,W. - •
heights overlooking. the Coe. '. flaring used the ut..
mast expedition, be.arrivedat'the atm), j‘lit,itt How
to •be a spertitn", ,44 of rite enatlitkurious 600,1! is
he. writes; 46 that his integ' itiatiun etstild conceive;.
a small •Btitish. -end Portuguese, forte, from their
disetpline Ind steady conrage, apparently..itivitreis 1
ble, tloaly ind•regularly retiring. to.a bridge obiell l
conntiuniented_with their males army, and et the
same time repelling the repeated, attacki. of an ii.
most over* helloing force Of:the enemy, The bridge
mire gained, they there made their stand, aid the,
-utmost 'and long centinlicd elforti: of -thir tileniy,
were irulfirivit to retiovithietu.' - ' .".' '
It may be information to the friends efghore who.;
are prisoners in France':.its state, . that .alt tette:lo
should be
4 .E,..iich c directed—.'t To ..the'4l•o 01-41 f. . lt."Kltiii•.
viip
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British l'eisiontrs, Atorlatx.?:, • ,,,,.-:.,:. ,•!:'• • .
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