The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-07-08 00:00:00

TO THE PASIIIIOLDIUtII OF KENT.
Ifesetafton, Juke. INS.
Overtotusts—Oa the 4th ist.. your Member, Sir
E. KNATCI.II7LL. the late Collector of Team. present-
ed a petition from the" suidareignedfroeholiere of the
Canty of Kent," expressing their disease from the
petition agreed to at Maidstone on the 11th of Jens;
which prayed the House, first to reform itself and then
tor make ajuat reduction of t►e National Debt. The
oderteerkow declared further their indignation at
the prayer fir a redaction of the Debt ; and prayed
the House to continue to uphold the system under which
the nation Aid flourished; and they prayed the
House most earnestly to =stale public credit and ea•

lions/ /kith.
The ant gelation to ask ie. Mere were those ander-
h and. them hole-and-eorner-reple. on the 11th of
Jose? Why did they sot thei fold up their hands
against oar pukka e The rust gentles is, why do
they meet is holes and earners? Why do they not
tall a pallie erfrosay &wands'? And especially as Mr.
JOE% CALCRAFT, isle tlerk of thebrdnonee, and Re•
presentative a the free aid isdepeadeat borough of
Wareham, promised those to p to it, sad, with one
single speech of bit (Oh ! what " a speech" it would
be !) make you bid me 'take my horse sad get off
home! This encouraged, having this tremendows
gun to cover then, why did out the bolo-amt.
unser people
vesture cut? They could mat
*DM. sorely. either the word or the powers of
the fatness Clerk of the Ordnance ! What cond4
ail them, then? Why sot come forth ? Es-
pecially since they must have hum', that a bole-and-
Corner petition was a grist heal worse lbw) sotbiag ;
for that all the natio* mat regard it as as aeknow•
ledgutest that they dared not meet us; sad of coarse,
that ewe realties spoke the roe/ outbursts of the enmi-
ty. and that it would necessarily be concluded, that
this buleond.drner petition spoke the voiespf Us-
users only, which, if they dare publish the acmes,
we shall fad to be the literal fact.
No wonder that they pray far the apholilisg of the
systems. They say the station hasfloarrished seder It;
sad, what liars, then all the landlords aid farmers
mulct be; aye, and all parsons too, who preached
charity seresou yesterday foe the starving Irish I
If the nation flourished .fader the system, what
liars all these 'mild be I Either this helm
end-corner petition contain a Us; or all the
petitions about 'vitalised distress sad all the
the sermons of yesterday teem lies ! It is the petition,
however, that lite, and that really calls for public and
cini I iadigoation. What! The whole of dualis-
m/re of England either ruined, or cos the poise of
rein; the tradesines is no hotter sitiation; the ship-
owners relied; end whole parishes In Ireland remit-
eg the priest's becediatiose preparatory to death from
starvation ; while diet Is a lament's. well-lad and
welheled standing Amy is has of profound peace,
sod while the Mioimere declare. that dame
is an over-stock of food : What I all this before 1114
eves ; all this imprimis ; and yet to kart the auda-
city to pray for lk* upholdiag of the gefem,maitthat,
too, nil the trout pf its having ceased the Rados to
flout ! l eTexts*imitanleasr,sheiMsnalesasees.
the brume preibe af ,ftsmiteri sss is. math !
*4l we acid got at-tha muss a thaw kole•eng-
eeroer-men, we ahead soon ale, that by the liptioss.
they mestaini thewselies: and we know well osimigb,
that they flourish under the oysters. KRATEINULL
himself. for instaoce, while be was Itts•eodleeter,
flourished inter the system; and his brother, who is
now hat conceit's...hi his *stead, flourishes under It.—
CapsalsiAnaraqii.L. whom case the public has heard
of, (sad willtlyp lieu*t f yet.) has also flourished
wader the *memo and expecte yet to Boarish ander It,
I dare say. lieswithetryidiog the little matters that we
bays era tf. AO. if we keep our eyes spots the pro-
ceed/Ipr of the, 44gap ofthe Court of ICsag's Benet.
we shall readiworelf., This Is a very endues things
lam keeping a *harp look out as to titillation. Look
oat pia is Kept, too. Let us see bow Captain,
Kea reueries s(fSie goes of; for that is intimately,
conneeo wlth rtlas aebject before us. There can he
no doett, that tlite,sohle Coptaio signed this petition.
for stplialdiv,t4 vales. Oh ! the brave Capita& !
Undersign **tome he would.
Geatidomossil will tumble you with so more shoot
the matter; it. is too plain.* ease to require decide-
lion, and the condiet of your noderrigning foes tool
contemptible to' call forth any thing but laughter.,
I shall, therefore. leave Sir Euscamo •KNATCHEEEL.
the Member, Lis brother, the Collector of Taub. and
Lis btother. the noble Captain, to whom, if you please.i
yea may add the Clerk of the °Muse*, as parses.'
ages for yes to chat and laugh shout es often as this
bole-and-corner petition is matter of cooversationi,
just remarking, however, that I verily believe, that
the person the most deeply interested lee this petition
is the nolds Captain; and. I think. a very little re•
Section will convince you that I am right In this
respect. KNATOUJULL said, you will remember, that
be supposed he moral call me a gentleutas. There
was no must in the ease; and, if you duly consider
what I have here said. and set year minds to inquire
into the matter, you will very quickly ascertain, whe-
ther the word 4,entknossa ought ever to be applied to
say thing call elf itNIU REARM/ROLL.
Eerie( pea is band, tientlentes, I gannet refrain
from a remark or two relating to the conduct of a
/omeer county meeting is keel, which conduct the
toasty might. is with some reason be called onto
Llush at ; that is to say, its conduct, when, even in de.
parting from the tenor of the requisition; it passed as
unanimous cost ofithaaks to Lord CANDI* for twigs-•
ing his sinecure! The first I heard of this was from
the incidental oh tion made by Lord DARNLEY at
the meeting of the I lib of June. Sines that. I bare
heard the same sort of praise from Baortmax, in the
House of Commons. This Law lied it an"iflustriesta

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"racrifircwhich reflected immortal honorer as the disia•
" ferreted pat,lotima of the party"! This skews as what
this lawyer really ic. He defended, or he .caned to de-
feed, Mr. BS.lfNielt jest remarks on the Old Doctor ;
but, be rolibt4 it off again hers! Oh ! he loots the
THINU in hie veep heart and soul ! And his Do
rough-gentleman knows that he loves it too ; or elm be
tv.mid Dot be where be is.—Now for this "ills/blows
" sacrifice, which reflects inesserts/ Amour on the
" thoi.dcrated patriotiam" of Lord CANDIN. This
man is one of the Teller. of ilselmquer,, of which
there are four. This man and the father of the
Farmers' Wives' Friend, were the two elder ~c—
lime are two other, whose receipt oat of the public-