The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-11-03 00:00:00

M Tgg tonva OF THE' sritz JEAN.

SIR,-1 am a. eonstaut reader of your Paper ;
the sentiments in which, I generally concur with,
and was much struck with the observations made
respecting the revenues of Ecclesiastics being ap.
plied to Political Exigencies; and your intimation,
" that if the war went on very much limiter,
something similes would be requisite here."-
1 read them w ith, great pleasure, and think, that it
would be both for the credit and interest of our
shops, to prevent, if possible, such an event, by
a voluntary offer of a third' of their Church reve..
attest, to relieve the burthens of the laity. It would
,free them from the stigma of avarice. and selfishness,
terms long since proverbially applied to them ; and
ke they are as rich as the laity, it, would be but an
act of justice to refund to the exigencies of the
state, what history plainly chews has, by means of
artful Prelates and weak Princes, been cribbed
from it. If it is objected that it would dirniniph
the respectability of their body ; I answer, that
justice and benevolence are far more becoming or.
Dements to a Christian Divine, than unmeaning
pomp. and splendour; and there is no just reason te
be Oat/ ..why they should not suffer equal curtail.
Mott with the laity. The latter work hard for
Aktfir,iibilliteuce.; .Can the former truly say • alit
14001; The wot :byAkelr scloptia4 such allate. of,
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conduct, would respect them more than ever they
were; the cause of religion would be advanced;
nor would Christianity be liable to the reflec.
lions that naturally arise in the mind, when
we see precept so little enforced by example.—.
Priestcraft and superstitious, trumpery have lost
their sway, thank Ileaven I and the, present is
no time to compliment those we could easiest dis.
pense with, at the ezpence of the industrious and
useful. I hope that some patriotic Member will
zealously urge the necessity of such measures being
.passed into a law, next Session of Parliament; and
whether it succeeds or not, the behaviour of the
bishops, on that'occasion, will convince every un.
prejudiced person, whether conscience or MiIIABIOU
has most dominion ore,' them.
I am, Sir, your's obediently,
Get:11084

TO THE EDITOR OF Tag ST4TESM4IV.

Tranqull-place, 6444:ti1t, Act. AL 1810.
SlR,—Seeing with astonishment in your Paper of
the 30th instant, an account of an Opinion said to
be that of the Court of Inquiry assembled in Great
George.street, Westminster, ou the IQth of Sep.
tember, 1810, wherein it is stated 'that the
charges I preferred, against Captain Pauly.
G'MeAiA,'etete adjudged malicious, friroloue, and
vexations; I feel it highly necessary to appritie yon,
tharno such opiate°. has been officially euthenti.
'Wed by insertion In the Regimental or 4rigade
Order(; and also to realistic, that as a Court of In.
quiry is ail irregular Court; nerecogniced by the
written military lily; acknowledged merely by
a custom of the Army, destitute of the power
of swearing the members or the witnesses, and of
coercing the attendance of the tatter, even investi-
gation in such a Court must be often vague and iru.
perfect t at the same time it is enquestionable, that
from the very essence of its name, and mode of its
formation, it is constrained to confine itself to such
investigation ; and that a reflection oa my charac-
ter of the nature contained in the opinion inserted
in your Paper, a few days since, would, if authen.
tic; not only be a flagrant infringement of those
rights alone vested in Count-Martial, but alio in
the highest degreolibellous, 'and punishable by an
action at civil law.
I therefore, Sir, request that you will transmit
me the name and address of the person who inserted
the paragraph in restion, and that you will give
this letter a place in your paper.
I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant,
ALFRED .1. KEMPF,,
Lient,lst Royal Tower Ilandetaltiilitta.
P. S. It is necessary to distinguish between Cap.
lain QtMEA,RA, and Captain DANIEL O'MEARA :
nu charges were preferred by me against the former,
whose impeachment was confined to those of Lieut.
SCOTT.
[The statement herein complained of was copied
from another journal; to which we have referred
the writer for the documents he requests.'
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TO TIVIVIINTOE Or 7'114 STATESMAN?
• .sllt)...-Upon observing a letter from Mr. PC.
•T 101.9 in your Paper of to.alay, respecting the Fe.
male who .hai excited such general commiseration)
Jim 'induced to othirei!s you upon the subject.—
Whet; it was first introduced to the public iu a
weekly print, was in company with a Gentleman
possessing that benign feeling for the dittressed
which does not always accompany aflinence; add
upon perusing this 4f Tale of Woe," his heart was
melted with pity; And he expressed a wish that r.
would ascertain the truth of the statement, and if
it was correct, twenty or :even fifty pounds should
not be wanting to convey her again to her rela-
tives. At the office of the )&I)ei I could procure
little or no satisfactory infonnetion ; but have
since heard it snorted; that she was found to have
money in her pocket originally—that she collected
seve' or eight pounds tripe various persona. is
Blackfriars.road and that she was, in fact„,
common impostor. Now, Sir; as I would not Op
any consideration whatever be the means either of
calumniating iartAcebee on the one hand, ur encou-
raging imposition on the other, I am desirous, if
any person can substantiate the above report, that
he should do it publicly, in order that British phi-
lanthropy may net be abused.
I remain, Sir, your most obedient,
Tower-street, Nov. 1,181 u.

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