The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-08 00:00:00

DIBTII•DAY ODE.

T• *is EDITOR syst STATESMAN.

FitltXD STATISOIAIIe—I have ■t times resolved
to let thiogs take their aorta, so they most, accord.
lag to the law of all mondani affairs, come t• as sod I
sometime; I ►ate said to myself, let this ropes ►are
rope em•sgb, ttr. &c. when lo ! and behold, same
new *rent arises which incites 11111 vosation, and I
snatch up the pea to sent my ledigoatlon through
the memos of your honest pages. W►y, how is it
that these sic so few Journals shit\ MI the Tartu,
or t►rough which the troth can be littoral? Incite-
aisteacy mad impudence together drive me mad. I
seed yes a referencetos slavish Jested, which, bat
a few months ago, boasted of the laudable and who
viaduct of the Bank in prying off the small notes
•otetio► t• the date of January I, 1817, and is now
equally lavish in praisiog the wisdom of that Corporate
Hedy its refusing to pay them. Is this not enough
to raise the phrenzied hand in convulsion aphis,
each sockets of t►s miseries •f their feilow.crea-
creatoses ? &c.
JOHN BULL.
Little Beta's, April 7,11119.

Illoakase, illosainase,
Y• loyal saw of /Maio Great.
Erna eve till rain MCP !
14.1 EMI amid blubber, tick aid back
11."0. War .418seess, nod fares worth.
A Hitunswsen boolling'i horn!: !
Let emswats roar, and trupappta mad,
lL burdygutdirw tussled round,
Let ew'ry camas-bell ring !
aorrow•►ear and cleaver Mae.
And coital squeak. and jew's-harp twain:,
Tn greet your future Kiwi!
Wait heeds It that she ►trip'ing Prince
(Nor let the fart your pkaares what !)
Fie 4 saw the light *breed
SOM. Nation los h.• &foreign 5071 y,
0,5 courtesan Jong flrligAti Cabe,
A ffronseseian L..rd.
Nor ram we marvel at bit taste.
baser prudence 'are, and huh. of wren
DiaineMilth flarreswires race
Casein 'd wish Gaiiai:e. vten 404.
I.! Grecian Bars were but
Mere Vaasa' void of grate.
And laic illllollo6l CASTLIERF AG II !
it haw wood'ama outlaws. to d.ip
.carte base time so artisan' ;
law be thy di/ailed rainprees.
And. 'sada their ssiworropsed elvers,

The removal of one of the great evils of our mode
of election of &leathers of Parliament, so long and
se toady complained of, and which hes been made
the subject of • letter from a Correspondent, vies
lovely very jediciously end laudably attempted as
follows :
Mr. Ctiewsw presented • Petition to the House of
Commons, from • numerous body of freeholders of
the soosity of Becks, resident in or sear the town of
Itaideabead, in that 'testily.
The object of the Petition, the Hoe. Member ob.'
weed, was to procure • more cottreolent and con-
stitutional mode of taking the 'lntim, of Knights of
she Shim for the totality of Woks, than that now in
practice. The County Court for taking such elec.
tine was held at Abingdon, which was at the op.
posits *streaky of the county from that in which tbe
retitintsers resided, vibe, in general, could not at-
tend that Court without timings 71) or 80 miles
there sod beck. and being from hose two, perhaps
three, dap. This was a task which a poor free.
bolder could not perform without great inconvenience
aid 'spruce to himeelf, end sometimes injury to his
family. Ile might be laudably desirous of preserving
his independence, and voting for a Member who, in
his estimation, would he We and willing to serve
the coentry—be might conscientioetly desire to elect
• Candidate of this stamp ; but how is such a men to
travel 80 miles for such • purpose, and support him.
self for three days on the road without a sacrifice
far tow greet for him to make. If be soffered
himself to be y.d at the wents of a Candidate,
ettil to be treated on the road, he certainly reuounced
Ms independence, and not rely that bet he committed
es offence against the Lew of the Lewd. The Sta.
tee of William and Mary was peremptory. Ac.
validity to it, so elector mold take the least refresh-
ment, not se much as • breekfset. Various deci.
sines of the Court of King's Renck were also con. I Tttt D ..E.tiON wife Silametat AND C4lllll.tav
forgeable t• that Stabile, Si in the Cele of Moots and oat a Bate Cnw►AatD To VAo PT alt• 01 cm 01.1)00.
the Hereford case, where actions bed been brought a caeas).—The universal belief is, that a provost
by persons supplying refreshments, he. anti where
arcked by • vampire becomes a vanipyrit himself,
it was decided that sock scams eeeld not be main.
and sucks in his tern ; an a gamester, defrauded and
seised. It was clear. therefore, that every elector half-reined by gamblers, becomes a gambler io his
who 'Arnett himself to be conveyed sad treated by
tern, and cheats end ruins others in the came way.
■ Candidate "elated Ike ,Lerfof rteralsrld" isslre„ es Little or no variation took place in the Fonds yes.
his own l'iderndelic•- ""°r°l,7' undert",eee circus. terday. Consols commenced at 744 fur the Acconot ;
stamen, it was highly commendable to give as meets
a collo:aerobia deal of be:sines, was done, and some
ease and facility as possible to electors who might be very heavy sales mode. The Comteissini...r., per.
desirous of discisergiog their public duty in a con. chased in the Consols, and were served at 71: by the
Witt:tinsel way. To remove the County Court to Jobbers generally.
dile/set tones, and take the suffrages in those dif. Accoriliog to the Paris Papers of Sunday, nn less
Tenet dill'tios. Wet a reason tettdieg to rose lb° than pecket.boats had 'meted the post of Calais,
electors, sod to give support and efficacy to the Law from England, from the 22t1 to the 30th of March.
sespectiog Elections. Ile was sorry to say that he with 280 passenger, on board ; while, on t'e other
could slot observe, at present, much desire, under hind, as many as 21 packet.boats bed sailed from
certain circumstances, to ate, the law that due sop- that port during the same rebid, with 300 pease*.
port which it ought to have in such cash. Although, en for England.
B.l.Attedb.6". stielre' Ike words of the Slaters' Fottemir Taana.—The ethic's from abroad are
decisions, ,e' Coasts were peremptory by no means encouraging ; considerable importations I
spinet each practices as toe trusting sod convey- continue to be made into the various Continental
lag of voters, yet Counsel had daringly erased posts from the East end West Indies, which. as Ih-'y
ittuf,seltur tif seets.,_liseeesfitillieelsetrt eeiiCeeli: tended to lower all articles of colonial produce,
""ell under `" present Parliament bad, by would eecessarily discourage all esportatiotts from
their decisions, sanctioned those ealawfol proceed. this country of such description of goods. The
lags. Thee • deer was opened for evading tbr law letters from Amsterdam state, that Seger and Rico
altogether, sod no man could sty whore it would were alanluiely unsaleable : 4000 bags Cbetibon
end. Tit* County Representatisiti had hitherto been
Coffee had been sold at 131 *toper,. being one
esteemed the most pure and respectable; bet he shwa mom tower than last week, end at those Wires
wet be surprised if it modified sinking till at last it only small parcels engirt be disposed nf. Bengal
became as degraded as that of the most Pr Ce" Cotton was the only article for which there was auy
wish Boroughs. Thla was a very wipes evil. Ile
demand.
Mr.
could not contemplate it with indifference, and ben
.ertAnY, It is said, means to bring his charge
did not think any friend to hiscosutry could so con. against Mr. WI v, by way of indictment, before
template it. He highly approved of the principles Jury of the city of Dohs.
Isid down in the Petition, they were sound and con. A Proclamation in the Gavrtte, notifies the de.
atitutional, and a better remedy for the evil *hick lifer, to the Runk of F.oglasid (from the Mint), for
threatened the cowgirl be thought could not be found, the e,,, of his majostl's subjects, of a coinage of
then that there proposed of leaded" the Celle', crown.pieces, which are by ibis Proclamation to pass
Cowls moveable, from one district to another ;as the lawful coin of the realm, as of the value of ss.
by that mesas freeholders would be pearly
content- in all payment' and transactions of money.
rood. and cabled to mew,. their independence. ! An order was issued at the pink yesterday morn.
As outlets stood the law of the Land respecting ;, ing, to the Otilre for paying the dividend visitants.
Elections was direct variance with the practice,
in discontinue Dahill any portion of the payment.
which was a moral disgrace to the country.
lie in gold. and to limit the silver specie on each warrant
hoped that the Statute of William, referred to in the to 00s. beyond the odd money.
relights, and which gave the liberty of adjourning
I Ote Sourdar, the 27th ult. a Meeting of the Pro-
'be Poll from Winchester to Newport, irs the Isle of Ottani, of Tipperary was held at Clonmell, in he-
Melt' for the ease of the freeholders of 118°01" half of the Roman Cstlsolies. Lord (~.wens pre.
(a precedent very fseeeleille for the Petitioners), sided. Mr. RICHARD BUTLER, of Bellooshanch,
world not only be revised and made epplicable to their : moved the Reseletione, which were to the following
cue, bet also to the Cave of every other county in purport :
England. If it was not done be really feared the • Rewired. That rowtemphtliag the principles of oar eeriest
tango& of correption would become universal, nod foussiauiw, Mal enaras ssereftoo,7ll,,nrce r_njosmeratease.t equal
hJ lllSUnetine would ha le be (sun' between Count that
y o'i'rsic: feilreow.reri:eti:t. us ablaaelaly that
and Close. Borough urpreventaityn ; for it en step "art sine could have veraested or jawitird.
was taken to stop this progressivedeclensies, the ea. • itittrivd.
na,'that
ow.erllef we Irk ro: isitzbetelits!ye.efewrett
e
torus effect end tesolrect
y of the late &vitiates would olor„,h, to di. despotism to their Her", we ad".
be gradually to root not all indepeedeot Represent.. taw, ia flora more happy times. obeli the hie
of
if
e
uou ohasaaar,Tha pow,. was read and ordered Government are. we treat, tor ever evtable.hed. that these hay
ought sew. Inkutiee. sad may In mouse policy, be rumored
to be printed. We base gives it to our Reedits io with Die earato.fra alma raw, that erm grave r,...,„ thew.
soother part of this raper. ' A Petition' to both Houses of Parliament, founded
It is understood, that the elective franchise for the on similar sentiments, was also agreed tn. Thanks
Straub of ilernstaple, will be extended to the Hen. were unanimously voted to the Chair/oast, end the
sired all,sentran,_ood. perhaps, elms, to the Ilseattes Meeting, which was atllittelli sad try respectable
itt SattsmultOn, Flee Veer sod Stitt sill. t separated.

Preps.* the babe le peihiee: I

Ettotteur t' isnot. the Satian't teal.
Bet name a Illealiting Iwo ! WC. led
The rust or Primo, 4.radie
Ressess►er, toe, hew dear is pap,
Aad dolts forget that Wile N.t►
Wee cumulate'/ wfib godentadle:

11loolinste, ray *pin,
lu ophe of thunder, llglnniog, rola,
your onr.lret wave on Oben!
AnsidA the Om of tire anti drum.
•• 4.. t h.• glorious Bet • swag. a's emir !"
Let harp) Otsubo. cry !!
Wan* 7. J. F.