The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-26 00:00:00

STATitsm 4,4

We copy the following fro. a Journal of this
morning, whose articles of this stature are superior
to Newspaper Poetry in general—the feelings tno
which isispired the Poet being perfectly congenial
with oar own :
BEGOA R'S PETITION.
Pits the sorrels. of Exchequer VAS,
Whose want of own. Arts brought him to ynor door,
Wions• •iews are do iodled in the shortest spas, 4
Oh! grant a Luau, and you'll barrenw your more.
Thew follinA Food. my poverty hal dried,
Thee Kart tommitten my comproore fret t
And all " the wasir my Jets worm bead ha- fried,
Hose only bees " the means" of addiag deb!.
Your Haase ere, led. 'mid its paper wood.
Wiili terapii g aspect drew me from my road.
For dabbling there a residence he found,
Aid gambling a wagelticesit abode.
Hard kilr fair of the Winn ad poor!
Ilere a. I rrav'd the paring. of your Aerie,
A %gang Finoorier sallied from the dour,
And those me. tottering. Cr.. my plan., with rase.
Oh! lake so in year asoney.lisakiog dame;
Kees Mew. the et u• Id strain*, oh, .hotirr'd Alai I
Soon i. my passer to my friend. at home,
For I am poor, ad miserably dell.
'Twos our misfit/tape. a..d mortals of mine,
Thal Delo has drnw e. 41 Of ie the depth
Heroes send. misfortunes t wiry should we repine?
Directors! you have still your paprr.mill.
Pity the sorrows of Exchequer bow,
Ss hose want ammo' ha. humeri him to year dew,
Whose views are do ladled I. the slimness 1,11413
Oh I groat a Loan, nod you'll Increase your wore.

LEEDS, .4rftiL 24.

This week a scone of the most distressing afore
was exhibited in the streets of this town. S I
hundreds of workmen, chiefly not of employment,
met on Monday morning, in Ilirk•row, opposite
the Court•lloese, for the purpose. it should seem,
of inhibiting their numbers, an I after remaining
in that 'Ration till about eleven o'clock in the,
forenoon, marched into Briggste, in a kind of
precession, eight or ten deer. The persons forming
this dist d body were prirripaqy cropper,, rest.
sleet in the town, and clothiers from the seighbrier •
ing 'inset... Their hehatinur, much to their credit,
was perfectly orderly; and their meeting, though
evidently by cancel., rut intended merely, as far as
we
Can learn, to present to their more opulent neigh.
hare a striking manifestation of the public dietreso,
for the purpose of inducing some efforts to put them
in a was', either in their native country or in • foreign
I land, of s..pportingtheiriselves and their families. We
mast an skein th•juatire to only that nit to the prism,
time, they have sustained their privations with schleps,
of potient endurance, more toles commended, sod more
difficult of attainment, than the cent.** which leads •
man up In the cannon's mouth. That their use will
tallith,. as it deserves, Ils• most deliberate attention
cud regard, we doolit not ; and it.at carry thing will
he tione to amistiorate their condition that is prsr-
tir• bit, we are well fissured. w they can be
a•eisted In env efficient way we cinnot pretend to
determine. This country, we fear, is overstocked
with Workmen. flow the surplus is to lie provided
for is a silkier, that deserves the deliberate considers.
lion both or the Shrsam and the country. Time eta,
and dnololsits will, *coin revive trade; but we fear
the manufacturers of this remit') hese acquired
• for clothing more perfume than we can find in
the world to clouhr. In the mean time, the public
distress iu the manufscistring districts Us, perhaps
never known to he more sPirofr at this season of the
year than at messing. The rase, we ell know, is not
in any revolsion from war to peace, hut perhaps in a
change tether from piper to money prices. Its Lan.
cs•hire, the distresses of commerce are almost entire.
c.d. med. The tnoics of conversation see not—Who
h.t all article to sell, and who is flis:treseil to hay ?
bat rather, Whet Is Ile depreciation upon stocks.
in-trade, who hos stopped payment, and who
is going to stop?—We know that it roiet be more
•rroti•table to those salts like to liter smooth
things preached to them, to hose • less onfayour.
shin pictnrr presenter! ; hilt it is out n! oar
power. It is in vain to endeavor to conceal that
the distryie is felt as much by the masters as by their
workmen. They are equally elij-cts of compassion.
Numr•vs ,f small monorionrere are falling crimi-
nally That essifol—ire will say most useful, body
of men, will, we Veer, soon become estinct. The
tendency of society has long bees, that way, and the
happy domestic manefseteriog ci.rle, whet, an Inttch
titter and comfort once presided, may serve as •
thing to be talked of its future times, hos its eaisrence
will soon he only a molter of traditional narrative or
of historical record. Tree as those ohservaiions use,
we must Slot suffer our spirits to sink sander our dart-
cultnss. This reentry has weathered hitherto many
a storm rf distress, and we trust she will be plighted
to pass through her present trials. We most, how-
ever, not expect for SOUS* lime to rani!, to repose
upon beds of roses The taxer, parochial and national,
press heavily upon all clain of society. The public
debt it a dead weight under which the nation has scarcely
sefficient buoyancy to bear op, and ever sod anon this
ands, pressure, co.operiiing with other causes of •
more temporary afar, produces that state of thingr
which sinks the country into embarrassments, and the
People into misery. At present, our first care should
be to devise means for the relief of the most destitnte
and distressed port of ear population. Men of in.
telligence end wealth, should endeavour to discover
some mode of diminishing the distil'', of those who
took up to them for counsel and asoietatice. Not
much, we fear, is to be reported in this way, hot
some plan oat to be origami and promptly acted
upon. Parishes must be Indulgent, and workmen
Inuit ho contest to obtain employment when and
where it is to he had, even thong!' it should not I •
in their own line of business. We fear the national
dinner is too scanty for the number of people
that have to sit down to it. Emigration. in tech
a case, is rather a good than an evil Pot( of the
company retires, sod they spread and cover tables in
another region. Of the two ti and men. which
number, it is stated, were parading the streets 14
Leeds for went of employment. lest Motittay, one
half of them. at last, possess some little knowledge
of agriculture. and might soon he brought to cal-
-1 time the earth—hut in England we base already
a sufficient number of busliondmen.lll Ca-
nada there ars fine tracts of country that wostil
soon reward the labour of the industrious, anti we
Gish Government woad make grants of land, sod
afford support, for a lime, to such persons IS might
choose to emigrate to that country. We are aware
that there are difficulties ie the way,lowt oar siteation
Presents only a choice of difficeltieo, and all that we
'can do is to chow tlm least. A tenth part of the
money esperided during one year in the operations of
the late war, wool,' settle ell the redundant popula-
tion of this country in situations of our Iran.-At.
lantie Colonies. This runnev,ill es it can he spared,
would be well spent. The persons soferiug for want
of labour and of bread, would thus be sepporterl,
and the trangeillity of the casualty would be pre.
served.—(Cowls Mercury )

DARIXO Romseatv —On Saturday, betimes th.
boars of four sod 6r►o'clock, as a poor lad, named
Diann, about edema yeses old, miscarrying a handl«
of linen from his mother, b,loagisig to Mr. Archer,
printer, Gosnell•strert, on priming ICann•sire.t, n•u
acco•ied by u man. Grim ingly a nirebanie, with ins
apron on, string that he had mow. front M.. A —'s,
bit suspecting Ilia sea he refused to giver op hi• ban.
dl.; ou ping a little farther, shommo man requested
the lad to fetch a pennyworth of tobacco, and ow
the lad taking tba money the w.a rinatehert his hosting.,
struck tkoboy, and riles off : rho boy britamed cubing
stop thief, and a Goodman parried him us far ••
Old.straet turnpike, where he loot sight of bin, tad
the tiliala tooled.

BURNS'. tiMANJ

.MEI•TINO ON SATURDAY Al rHE FLU:MASONS'

rill" a.

The universal adeiria ion ist .h.• Works at lions !ins racked
in his coautryasea sae as. 4. 119,11 homed tne toe welfare •sf 1.'4
family. mid an ram debin ado boonor in his resery lsy
the ku.d CSCrliOn• :lad Masi. u. of alma. Mighls respectable in.
divida,l.. hi. 'nos have be a placed to minatiou. *hick Ore
likely to rotate their (wore inderredenre I Omar. ha of
the food ratsed by Dr • ..rrse's labium .4 kit Work., ,tir.
dour a she P,.et is happily prti•ided •or. avid as viol f 64
her best rfirati• CSw de.ti... hr. rift wer•isor.. .d
wirers of a r now Srlalouv ..f fah..•" • Sivot.a...r.. .010 S
enenatity. rid .1 et oaring their oral. rile f.a the pmer...o...if
latrve au.s.a.vhir poems sad bNtF s, ;stork C. (1.4.1 sn mar's laMre
no hi. motive eusiotry, nod afore delight Iv .ne .4 the
cottage nod ..1 the palace. how the 4101041 rf il.e Ilikneys to
the hat Its of the f i...eges no.d Arte.; ed by this
feeling. is few Gentl.-asess a. liintits4y. ...taw sear...• . h.cau
solarroptitin lor a SIOOSO.P. ; and a C....m.111R aol it. •v, ‘,11.•
Meows, rayon/Tell a errs 1111.• ISM I shr lloteifiloll of she rills•
scribers, after ronsiderirg .be sarbics sicoa.inar. and ascertain.
lag the general opietb.a. have finally r.snlseel sisal the
user ,hall be e.ersed so she h1err0p..1,..4 Ike Cuootry a hull
the Poet so ardently (need. Upon a Ir. roil IN..
Pentinol and Alagi•itmes of Ed...es base granted a pi,ce of
ground f.r that au she side of the
sad hear she splesidid new app• ark the cif,. In Innis.•rancs.
of Skis object. n an ..ernos and &kids rev, eci.thh. tinning at.
• . Saturday 644 at she Freemason. r3,.111. 11. P Onle of h root.
iu the Cower. lor the parpose of rai.in ..th.eriptiniss....
as in esialsks the Coonatit,e in wae tacit a illonuatrot a. Is ill
du hewer to the illa.whises Poet. and tors one of stir gvabia..
nritauwals of keltnbutgh. Its. !total Highness the f).he of
flames host practised it inke the 44W: but is. coregueace at
ledispositioo. ass. usable to Wired.
The lion. Foetid.% MITCSC-LL stated Ike pinery of the hirel-
ing, aid propeoed several Resolutions, which were read rod
carried.

Atter several eloquent %ail appropriate sperelses frme.
Chinaman. the Hog. r-ntre. Mitchell. Mr. Furnes, Lord Keith.
the lloa. N. Klpainsiosse, an/ Mr. J (Anders. the thnotk• tee`
the Meeting mere toted RP he Hog. Forbes Mitchell arid tire
Chainn.in . . . .

A sotb.eripilon was en Peed lota, when the )leering h-nke tsp.
We modern and .bat the subscript leas alrraJ) rsssed amount id
upwards et 100 W.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY. Arum 24.

TA-PARTIL SANDI, IN Tilt MATTO& et SEWELL, A

LUNATIC.

Mr. FARligdiestod, tttat this vas a l'eti inn from
the Comenittefi,e( the lunatic, prayiog his Lordship
to appoist a jarentirr le this Chapel, or to refer it to
the Master, to 'ppm,. of some proper person to be
appointed for that situation.

The Lotto CsstaL►Lt.oa.—" Is nut this • eery.
novel application?"
51r. FAHmEa rip 1 ,d. that when the circumstance;
were stated to the Coerl, Ii .e al 116011 ap-
pear gait. reasonable. The Rev. Dr. iluser!il, who
had long and spec-.fruity latsoured vs an et,•gttent
preacher in (hit Chapel, bad lately resit ned his sites•
tour as oue of the preachers. and a %aca.iry had eon-
seqeently taken place. The 1,1141,..1 was allotted for
the maintenaisce of chi. lunatic, • female, end the
..fits aria.tog from the crass Isere applied to her use.
It was desirable .hat • popular preerbee should he
appointed, sieolar to *hat Dr. Dasfoelil was s.•know-
ledsed to be, because a nome oum-roe. audience
would be astemuled, and, of coarse, the reccip•e of
the Ch •pel would be grower. The form of worship
in that Chapel, and the doctrines punched, were
smartly conformable to the prescribed .ippointment of
the Church of England.
• The LORD CIIANCELLOR." I don't tee whet
•m
soda in this matter. The quslifiretions you point
out in the Pe•ition es essential to the Cleigynian to
succeed Dr. Brasfield in Ibis Chapel are so loony, and
▪ tossiolses,tbe subject of so enacts difference of opi-
nion, Boit I doubt if I deist venture to judge of
stern. You require a preacher to be pines, popular,
eloquent, enfilades, and a great rainy things else,
.stiitti I need unit mention. You further .4y, that
Dr liu.field is toe most popular preacher ever kilos. u.
Whom can I et to please poi so well ?"

. .
Mr. HART, on the other side, &bird Ihrrl.
varanry ii, the Clasps', or that Dr. lio.:.elil had left
fit; bat till an affidavit of waa procured, he
Mist rash, a ly tefetesee to tho Master, or any order
being ma. • hytli• Coact, oa an sothviiisrated facts.

The 1..01tD CIIA,ICEI.LOII said, this was necessary,
and ordered an affidavit in be bled fiartheit t.

GUILIMALL, VVIATMINSTER.

NEWS lit Err.

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