The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-12-27 00:00:00

CORURO THEATRE.

The unequalled novelty produced at the above theatre
last night, drew an immense crowd several hours before
the doers were opened. The new tnelo-dranse was re-
ceived with great applause; and after the Christmas
gambols of some of the holiday gentry, who displayed
various feats in pugilism, the Pantomime commenced ;
and we may say that in respect to originality, scenery
machinery, and dresses, it was equal, if not superior, to
any other we have witnessed. Oreat praise is due to the
proprietors for their liberality in furnishing during t►e
whole of the week, a new opening to the above Pan-
tomime.

Eaartinusaa.—The neighbourhood between }ree-
lects and Barmotith, Merioneth, was much alarmed a
little after nine o'clock on the night of Wednesday
se'nnight b 1 a slight shock of an eartlignake. The
noise was something similar to that produced by a
large ball rolling ou a hollow door, and continued
for about half a minute. It seems to have been ge-
nerally beard, and as rectally feared by the country
people. -.
Since the Frilliest of Catlin the Hair has beton/
so general both to Ladies and Gentlemen, it may not
be amiss to point out its danger Is debtroying that
elegant °rummest a tine :wad of hair. The sae of the
Irons makes the 11.4 harsh and dry, and it loses all it.
native lustre and elasticity. To counteract thin, Ar-
atnson's Carling Fluid has long stood pre-eminent, and
its general adoption by the Nobility mists it shone any
imputation of Quackery. By using it lifter Curiing,
It makes the Hair soft and glossy as silk, cod keep the
Owl firm in exercise, in dancing, or walking in il •
Weather. It also preserves it from falling off 0 than
',lour to extreme old age. And in order to pew
Public against imposition, the Proprietor latendi tart*
set immediately a Patent for tbe levention.
Coax-EXCHAMGII, Dec. 27.—Oar market beinrelintell
its Monday, there has been • large accumulation of
twelve's of all rain since Friday, yet line Wil•lft tali
the prices made on Monday, 18th intent, at* •
hind met tolerably free sale on these WOnss. Nat-
rthitas
• ndi ng I ha magnitude of the eqsplyef_Nariey Hem
Norfolk sod tiegolli, die demand irettfisk fw *SW
Aft quality, sad *hod samples OW • li. per qt. higher
than on rridstv last; bet the ordinary_desertptioess •
ties. to go oh' very slowly at from Ms. to 24% r
Seems and Peas being is aliandant
salsa, het are set lower thee last week.
(lets ewe Friday, have beet very c's
trade was heavy at as abatement of Is.
tinier corn, but the best sainales sold
prices.

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Lill lUS BY MR. GOD/{IN.
EPROM TYR OLAS,GOW CHRONICLE.)

The argument of Mr. Malthus founded upon the
Lower of mankind to fulfil the command of 41m1 to
replenish the earth, has been directed to such unna-

?oral uses, that its refutation must give universal satis-
faction. We therefore recommend to the notice of our
r •aders the work of Mr. Uodwin, in which this salu-
wary service is performed. We need scarcely mention
that there was nothing original in the " Essay on Po-
pulation," excepting the geometrical and arithme-
tical ratios. All the rest was borrowed. The objec-
tic* to *a system in which mankind should live in
peace an.l plenty was copied from Wallace; and the
sophistry against the Poor Law might be found in
pamphlets 150 years old. Mandeville and Karnes,
at periods less remote, divulged similar notions, and
the effusions of the latter were the quarry from which
oas carried away the rubbish in the " Edinburgh Re-
s iew." The geometrical and arithmetical ratios have
no other grounds than the supposed doi;bling of po-
pulation in America by native births in 25 years.
.N.sw Mr. Uodwiu shows, from a careful survey of the
ta..!s, that the increase there has taken place in a
principal measure from emigration ; and, as Mr.
Malthus, has nu other fact on which to construct his
ratios, his theory goes headlong to pieces.
Mr. tiodwin is eminently successful in disproving
that mankind multiply in the ws-erwhelming way af-
firmed by Professor Malthus. In this gr,..st contest
be is signally victorious; but on some occasions he
has perhaps endeavoured to push his advantatTe to.,
t ir. and has taken up subordinate pos:• ions that are
si.d unite tenable. We wish that be had beets more
cautions, since his opponents, in claiming a trion.pls
in those nitinspertant points, will strive to snake them
app. ar the key of the question.
Professor Malthus is more excusable for the error
about America thin fur his unhappy blunders about
Englairl. lie lays it broadly down, that a certain
degree of comfort is sure to be followed by an inju-
rious increase of people ; and lie thence invokers the
demolition of the Poor Laws. Ile ought to have seen
with his own ryes the futility of holding up distress
at a preventive of over-population; for the English,
with all their comforts and respectability, have in-
creased far more slowly than the Irish, is bo, in the
midst of rags and poverty, fill their miserable hovels

with a progeny that ask no other nutriment than po-
tatoes and salt. Considering Englard in cu•cnerti•,n
with Ireland, Mr. Malthus ought to have concluded,
that in proportion as the populace are Impe:rssly poor,
so are they reckless in the indulgence of their apre-
tites; and that frugality and self-denial are only to
be looked fur in those to whom improved circum-
stances impart some degree of pride and self-im-
portance. Ihe same conclusion might be derived
trom the fact, that in every society it is the very
lowest class, composed af persons the least able to
sappart a family, which rushes with most precipitancy
into the ca►e. of a family.
It is obvious that population has a tendency to in-
crease in the country, and to decrease in lane towns ;
and a constant emigration is indispensible for keeping
up the inhabitants of a city. This was long ago de-

menet rated by Price. After the monstrous doctrines
diretted by the Edinburgh Reviewers against the Poor
Laws of Glasgow, it is surprising enough to and, by
an easy calculation, how soon oar gorgeous city would
share the dilapidation of Palmyra, were it not for
constant supplies from the country. For the last 20
years, the births in the city of Glasgow amount, on an
average, to 1537 ; the marriages for the !tam.. period

to $62; the children to a marriage are '2? ; the deaths
below 12 are half of the births. Wherefore. unless
there come to us from the country such a number of
marriageable persons as is equal to those reared in the
city, the population would dwindle away every gene-
ration. Yet it is here, above every other place in the
island, that ma ears have been stunned bt• h 1111 l hastie
denunciations against keepiug our poor from the

wretchedness, drgradation, and profligacy of publiu

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begging!
Mr. Godwin, having demolished the geometrical
ratio, has not thought it neer. - try to go so minutely
into the question .1 the Poor Laws as we ourselves did
two years ago. Having kicked away the fonntlatims,
he In a great measure contents himself with moraliz-
ing over the ugly ruins. Had he looked into the su-
perstrneture, and detected the false allegations of
the opponents of the poor, he would have found
ample materials for overwhelming them, even if the
geometrical ratio had been something better than a
night-mare dream.
Looking upon the unreclaimed fields in England, and
the i:::perf e! hosbandry of thoee already cultivated,
and tit:. pe.r;i.hility of 413 enlarged produce by disco-
veties is agriculture, he scouts the conclusion that
the country is over-peopled, and entirely deities the
necessity of emigration. lint it little avails the star-
ving artisans of Sheffield or Glasgow, that there are
fields which might be appropriated to their use, if
actually they are nut. and if there is no probability
that they will he. While the topic is mooted they mi.
tbee•enjoy their existence nor benefit the country.-
41 any rate, such of them as possess any ambition,
would prefer• America, since they would there, by
easy Wooer, acquire a Large property, and leave their
offspring rich. Many centuries hence, when the trans-
atlanti.i: forests bays disappeared before the axe of the
emigrant, the Betaking down of large properties will
become in skiieet of philanthropists, and will probably
be effected-in consequence at advancement in know-
ledge; brie* present the policy of the labourer is to
seek a yr 'sat whenever his wages aft insufficient to
usaintaiwbiwfamily la that comfort which he never
wanted.tilt the late vicissitudes of war and peace, of
hank notea.and gold, changed the state of society,
aid gambits' up to the aegket and scorn of those
who, bpdsoir crooked systems of political economy,
wield seipaoodelintdoetrines of Christ.
The knowbodgotiris book conveys Is mot merely en-
skis and oirnsittg: bit is pregnant with matter of
istursalti, aid may day be, ritAbidi to excellent
aecouat..
It is pandirri • isesembesesernseiesdionie wit!.
'Might • to eatiensistelik of the
ne,.. ilblioviers of desPotts* lambi allow
'Swifts power -to' trample ilpdi • ra.
tionally _sad consistently neglect the raskr btluw