The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-13 00:00:00

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imbued with the love of costotry, should &the el ad I
essential a mattes. The usaquillity, and te es it
apron the limit alto, of millions amen breads
epee It. How far will our opponent go is his view
of Reform? At what point will he stop? 119
weeld le ell likelihood, at !not we hope he would,
sifted the Elective Franchise to every householder.
—Now let as pat a case. This oar adversary, on
this 'resod wily, has probably a domestic, whose
faithful services have been liberally rewarded by a
generous master, and be has laid by a port of his
•ages and veils so as to purchase a portion of stock
in one of the funds, and thereby Is become a contri-
butor to the necessities of, sad a creditor to, the!
nation. He is toe grateful for kindness and proloc-
tion enjoyed to leave his situation for any trifling
coasidetation, or he might have hired a house and
carried an some bosieess, but he is still in servitude.
Now Call any jest or rational cause be offered, why
such a person should be denied the suffrage fur el-ct.
ing a legislative wadies to watch over his little
fortene, or which is much more, his liberty and his
life? If the Wntcs spoke only of the difficulty of I
mending the franchise so far as the Radical Re.
formers wish to carry it ; "o la bonne Aeere," as
the French say. Rut, no; they use little more than
the long-ascribed women's reason, awe wont be-
cause we wont;" otherwise they @Mehl be met in
the open field of argument, and a desirable end put
to the dispute altogether. We suspect the Whigs,
on the contrary, have some such abjection to the
discussion, as me old inveterate Aristocrat had to
reading a certain famous Democrat's writing, that
be detested them, and that be would not read them
fur fear his mind should be coosinced by the ergo-
meats of the iusidinas book. The Whip would
rather not set one foot forward (that is, Dot argue
at all) for fear they should be compelled to go a cer-
tain length at least. While they accuse their eppo_
vents, therefore, of demanding too much, they keep
the chest closely locked, and as mock as say, "Not
a penny shall you have tierce, unless your will give
a receipt for more than you receive; is short. a re-
ceipt in full of all demands!!" This may be political
policy with Whip and Tories; but It really would
be downright dishonesty among Merchaata sad
Tradessaa!!

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REFORM.

Tire our eyes whiCiswayWa will the necessity of
fiferreation strikes our view and pains ear Iseerts.---.
Can any thin be more negligent and creel thaw
having bet see Jell Delivery a year in ?itch a City as
Norwich ! !—The Marquis of LAIIIOOIIII yesterday
permeated a Petition frogs the Mayer and Corpora.
lien, praying for two Jail Deliveries every par.
How little is thought of a fellow.creetere's liberty !
A man may be taken from his wife and children, and
imprisoned for eleven months and three weeks, with.
out a trial, which at last p he was unjustly set.
peeled. Alas ! erer Prisons, too, what an efilictiNg
consideration I The first Prisms la the kingdom for
the grandma, of its structure, sod its capacity, Soo
fait to admit of classification. Forty.seren pee.
sons too alder sentence of death! Cse nothing be
dune to stop this spread of immoralky and
crime ? Has there been no splendid estravegance or
depravity io the kingdom, operating as an example
epee the public mied ? That the distress of the
whole country is writer than it ever war, we are
convinced (in spite of the falsehood of Ministerial
declaimers in the Senate House); but wilt that alone
account for this menacing diffusion of crime ? What
are our Spiritual Lords about that they take no
Parliamentary notice of these dreadful evils. Mr.
Alderman WOOD'S representation, last night, in the
Huron of Commons, of the condition of Newgate,la
peculiarly affecting to the benevolent mind; he ob.
served too that there was no accommodation In say
of the prisons for state prisoners ; and he thought it
rather hard that ao individual of respectable rank
end character should be compelled to herd with com-
mon felons, as he stow was obliged to do, if cam.
witted by that. House.

The interesting conversation in the floese of Com.
mnns, lest night, between Mr. BROUGHAM and Al.
demur Worm, will, it is hoped, bring forward an
eaqairy how it happens that there is so little her.
mossy, or at least understanding, between the
Magistrates of the county and those of London,
what can be the reason that am Middlesex Magis-
trates should ronanit so many prisoners, of the de.
'caption the Worthy Alderman (Wont)) alluded to,
in a body, to Diesrgate, fall as they must have known
that prison to be, while there were several hendred
separate cells in Clorkenwell Prison ? It is to be re.
greeted that these public evils aro never eistoired into
till they become insupportable.

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Pathless •n Ow Coal Bill and oil the Insolvent
Bill multiply eves, day.

We mr;le-retand the late decision of the Commit.
tee of the Ileum of Common', re"pectin‘ the
Evesham Electiou, Ma disfranchised no len than feet
hundred individuals!—Phase people are home.
keepers, and payers of sent and lot ; a clan of indi.
rides's, we understand, that ►ave voted for Mem.
ben of Parliament for Evesham for upward' of 130
rein. The siouilver of voters in Eveshana are now
reduced to about 300.

Appeals in the Hoene of Lords are heard only two
days in the week, dean( the absence. of the Lone
CNANCELLOR, namely, Tuesday and Thursday. It
is 'height his Lordship will be able to attend the
Neese spin in the coarse of *eat week.
IN 0111ATOMICAL LlCTURlll.—ToestabliGh libraries
of well-dooms books would be a powerful epees I.
improve the condition of mankind, and may be con-
sidered as the steam-engine of the press and the red-
der of the public mind.