The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-10 00:00:00

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If I receive, on of before the tweatieehntilis month,
Of January. a list of BY/nausea ofientleasets,larwarded
40 me by person.4;aq knoir t. H'l trectfintrjlet of are'
hundred names of persons who will take thistimpae for,
ac year, or for half n year. I pledge myself to publish the
Bin number Of the paper actforlioh, (Jolliet* Satur-
day after the Meeting of Parliament.—rse motives to
the undertaking of this paper, have been already stated
in the STATESMAN and in the Register. Its main ob-
ject is to protect the Yeomanry of Norfolk from being
insulted by those, whose duty it is to defend their
characters rather than teethes them. Messrs. BCRES
and KINDBRDROOK, did. ii their last paper (called the
Mercury), most vilely libel the Yeomen of this County ;
whom they charged with having prayed in their Petition
for a stoppage to allpaymenu ; whom they charged
with having prayed for • declaration of era: Bank-
ruptcy ; whom they charged, in short, Is having
voluntarily brought themselves to the I pitch of
degredation.—This last charge. like tiro ors. is at
present false ; but, what it may be, if the Y men were
to continue to support this calemniatin , I must
leave it to themselves to decide. Besid ' ice, these
considerations, the Yeomanry of Norfolk w giving
their support to • paper, which is great y assisting
in the work of their ruin, • This paper 'has done. and
doubtless will do, every thing that it has been. or will
he, able to do to defeat the success of the petition of the
County. Aid, will the Yeomanry continue to pay peo-
ple who are thus endeavouring to prevent the possibility
of their receiving relief : if a paper, supported by the
Yeomanry themselves attack their conduct, and counter-
act their endeavours to obtain relief, What are they to
expect from other parts of the press. Then in point of
utility, supposing the motives of the parties to be eqoally,
good : is it not manifest that a paper under my controul
and direction would be Dutch more likely to convey use
fel information, especially,as to matters conoceted with
the interest. of the Yeomanry, than a paper kr such
hairdos* the Merciry is well known to 6,7 boring
the Session at Perilament, irted7-erety tiff ',Mast give
rise to something interesting to the, Yederen, who
so able to inform them of what h 4 beer done
during the past week, and. of - seAml. ;it likely
to be done as I am? How can men who hare no con•
nexion with well informed persons in London, know any
thing about the feelings and interests that are at work
in the Parliament ? And bow importaotmost it be, to a
county like Norfolk. and to those of the neighbouring
counties also, to he in: possession of a regular chain of
trot information as so these matters, and t*Ofeyo4, to
them in a way that all the world may understand ?
The advantages of a publication springing from Purls a
source must be evident to every body. However, I eon•

Less tbat my principal object is to prevent the Yeo.
manry from being insulted

As to the price, and other

"tont the ;natter. These 1

inquiry ; and 1 shall teem to
whatever may be fooud proper
sent, the yeomanry of Not folk

single friend belonging to
If they continue this, it
rate.—The Old Times new•
fully alarmed at Ibis proposit. -. mine lb a paper
In the Eget. I have frequently observed bow exactly
the ?Amish Mercury bas been an imitator of this very
vile paper; and I should not beat all autinised, Ira eon•
oection between them existed, of a nature much mor

ed by those whom they pay. of semi-ol
iter terms, I know nothing fasourahl
will, of course, be sit terns of t
a to be 'n pasted Is
'~fir Parliamel
folk age a same autl
the press in the its spirit
shall not be my ny evening,
repaper appears to be dread. statement
osition of mine to hate a paper entire.