The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-06-22 00:00:00

We have to apologise to Y. O. fl. so lf/i?e; far ant actoole7
!edging the receipt of his able Letter, dated the 18th olt.
relating to Mr. Possomsv's Speech on the Privileges of
Parliament : bat it was by home accident mislaid. It
shall. however, appear early iu next week 1 and Ids fur-
ther Communications will be ebtretned.—The Paettgroph
relating to the Child being christened Faxsicts Ilustoset,
appears io this day's Paper.
We have this Day received a Second Letter lions OSCAR,
addressed to the Right Hon. S. IPLRcir •1., which shall
appear to-morrow.
The concluding Letter, No. V, of Dr. Mriatits, will also
appear to-morrow.

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I'HE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

PRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1810.
Titi Mends of the People and of Reform ex.
pected a triumph yesterday ; and they have found
vile, more complete than wit could hare devised,
an I wore effective, for the purposes of the
triumph, than any deliberate comhinalioa of powers
could have produced. This they have derived
from the correct and elevated mind of that man,
whose liberation from prison they were eager
to grace and celebrate with their presence.
The great difficulty to the progress of the cause
of Reform lay in one narrow point. The movers
Ind abettors of corruption and abuses, daily
mai such of their oWn friends as did not par.
ticipatc in the gain of corruption deserting
them, in multitudes. The honest of every
rank, and of every political opinion, were be-
coming weary Of the oppression they en.
(lured, and angry at the sufferings of the poorer
sort of their felloW-subjcets. 'the orraassous,
to put a stop to this evil) could take but one.
course. They bail nu scheme loft but to lira the
public incipient impatience under sufferings, into
tener of sotnc intaginary mischief of still greater
magnitude. • This had been tried with success by a
former Minister, and the present Ministers thought
it might do again. The truth is, there is such an
aversion in the English People to pehlic cone
fusion (and this is * feature much to their ho.
Dour), that it has Out been difficult fur tolerate
ed men to deceive and mislaid the people in the
way we have stated. Nothing but the nature of
this fact could solve the surprising phenomenon
that Sir FRANCIS Bllnbefr should cirer, for one
moment, have been suspected of entertaining any
designs but those which be professed, and which
certainly *ere the only designs consistent with
his rank and interests in society. It is well
known that public papers, and public speakers
were hired to calumniate Sir Fas,Nets l and. it is
to be confessed, that with some limiest men the
plan was, once more, a little successful. sir F.
iltatinrr hat set all this right. No calumny can
hereafter touch him ; .no base tongue Wilt Ite.rdaftct
be bold or silly enough to utter its wontals but ao*
exploded, tales contenting him. 'this Sir FHA NO!
owes to himself, and to himself alone. That
dear mind, and that elevated temper, *hid 114
well distinguish him, have led him, on the Whet:
to mist eminent occasion of his life, into a course
which catirtot be rhivunderstood, into cannot be
sta 'wended--into a course in which the voice

srepree,
of truth will proclaim—Sir FRANCIS BUROLTT
sacrifices himself fur the rutitac GOOD ; lie puts
even all his fame and popularity to the hazard
for the poetic ereerer People are nut
to be told, that Sir FRANCIS BURDETT did nut
only hazard all his popularity, but actually did
offend them grievously. It is t►ue, ►hu more
they .feel that truth, the more must they revere
ftim, when they know the fact, which they do al.
ready in part, that his !etre for bia Coltotry, his
respect for the Laws, and his revoke not to give
a possible opportunity for the SHEDDING ofeLoon,
were the reaeuns fur incurring their displeasure.— ',
It is true, they 'mill love hint the mote, when they
find that, dear as the Peorx,s's lore is to him, he.'
will hazard the loss of it, when called upon to do so,.
in the discharge of a great day, a n CTY Penn/10M
ON TIMM. BIWA LI. Bet Sir FRAN did incur the
hazard, and perhaps no man who has drunk s•
deeply of the sweets of popularity as he has dunei
ever before voluntarily incurred such hazard,
merely on public ground, and fur the public wet.
fare.... The history of this transaction is must in.
teresting, in all the parts that concern Sir FRANCIS
&nett!. It was no sudden thought he acted
upon, in retiring privately. frum the Tower. The
act was the result of a deliberate view of the whole
of the subject, and a conviction that it was best
for the !PUBLIC cAess, whatever it might be
to his personal interests. Ile knew there
were persons base enougl► to lay upon him the
blood that was abed on his being brought to
the Tower; and this had the effect, in some
pee, of injuring the public cause, in disgracing
his character and attain*. Ile resolved, there.

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