The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-01-15 00:00:00

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party politician, could you hope that you were to
gain an influence which, as a reformist, you could
turn to a good account? How vain, alas, the expecta-
tion! What, in fact, by the grievoas sacrifice you made
did you gain? In return for having compromised
away a grand coustitutional principle, to which, by
!solemn declarations recently made, and honours re-
cently conferred, you stood pre-eruitiently " pledged,"
did NAM flatter yourself you had gained an interest
in the bosom of a party leader of the day? In the
hour of trial, and of power, be wholly " foot"
you and your reform. .
And what have yOu gained at any time since ?
I know, indeed,. you have received the flattery now
and then of smooth words ; and that you had the he-
uour of having been duped into a varnisher of the mask
of the grand. apostate until that mask fell off. Buts.
my dear Sir, when we ere not indelibly constant to
a principle, do we not in all hostile minds invite a
contempt of the principle itself, and greatly weaken
its impression on those even of the well disposed ?—1
Of what importance the eye of the multitude
fan that political principle be. accounted, of which
a patriot the most esteemed can make so lightal as to
barter it for a Minister's promise, or pawn it to the
first Lord that-will shake him by the hand ?
Can you believe that the great truth of a reserree-
Vim to a better state would have taken root and
"Fond as it did, had the Apostles, to humour the
:filcincees, in place of a constancy, even to martyr-
dom, evincing their own conviction, preached a doe-
trine rendering that truth dolibtful in the extreme ?
Shill we, then, instead of faithfully preaching on-
.n.erti Parliaments, for accomplishing our political re-
turrection, put ourselves under the pupilage of those
_who, to fAzour their own wish, say there can be no
resurrection ) or who openly strive to prevent it;
or who mock ? and, to humour such adversaries,
shall rte preach Up a triennial 'Parliament—itself a
corrupt innovation, and as deep a stab as the Con-
stitution ever,received ?
To relietist.icou for the presciat,
• • . I remain, dear Sir,
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Truly your friend and sceiremt,
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' ' " Coititis OF CHANCERY, imt.ll.
COX V. PAXTON.
- A clerk -of Messrs. Cox, Cards,. and Co. the
. brewers, had embezzled the money of hts employ-
ers. tee had borrowed money from Sir Paxton,
both bereft and after the period of his entering into
' they .
°• of of the Plaintiff!, and lodged policies of
t
sins '
ire '
on his life with Sir Paxton, as a secu-
. The clerk died, the embezzlement wawa disco.
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v d, and the Plaintiffs claimed to be entitled to
the benefit of the policies,
4were purchased with their
' their bill for a discovery.
' the Defendant had a right
the preaums having been pa;
''' be to the clerk. To
--"wore 1.0,,,, 'in,' .. rpference
.11,• .'ter di !lowed the
can
exception was
1- .
Most of the exceptions to
t.
;-' the .
by Conn, arta the Defendant
over. 'l'o a question, as to
- the Defendant aasvrered, "
I ten of the dates stated in the

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Gott.oiratx.—Yesterday layer
of Davis, was brought to the bar, upon
leaving his wife and fernilysan incumbrauce
pariah. The parish-officers stated the
wife of the Prisoner said he had 'contributed no-
thing to her support for the last fifteen months.
The l'risouer pleaded inability, from want of em-
ployment, and stated his readiness, in the event
of his getting employment, to make an allowance to
his family in proportion to his means. The biagis-1
'trate reprobated .the conduct of the Prisoners sad
committed him for a month to Bridewell.
Patrick Curtis, keeper of a
Ficld-lane, charged an Irish be
of Macnainurray, with being ii
till. The Complainant stated,
ling to the value of bl. in new
I taken away on Monday week, ;
1 thing of it till that morning,
came to him and offered it for
(who seemed to be no conjuror,
it at seven o'clock that morning.
Field.lane, and knew nothing w
there. A person is Court stated, that
had given a different account to him-
had found 'it at Bankside. Zhe ....-,
!attacisoeich importance to this variation
! awents. and thought it by' no mesas probel
lina: the Prisoner been concerned in the f
would' have offered the till fOr sabi to die. ,
I,ful swoer. Ile, therefore, ordered him to he ti,
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charged. .
MARLIMiOUGH•STIRIET.--Threo men in f. 8.4
ploy of Mr. Kent, brush-maker, in Tyler's, 0 ,
Carnaby-market, have been twice examined, bpill.a.t
'length were yesterday committed for trial, on the
charge of robbing their master to a very considerable
amount. It appeared by the statement of the rtww;•
secutor, that within the last twelve months be kad
been rubbed of bristles and other ertleles in his 0190-.
, manufactured and unmattufa.cturek_to the amount of
15001. hut had never been able to trace the tisiereti;
It was at length discovered by a servant of Mr ~,Al.
derwon, a neighbouring pewterer that the Prosecu-
tor's carter was in the habit of disposing of brititlea
and brushes, and he very properly made this fact
known, by which the three Prisoners, one of whom
was the foreman, were detected. Swath warrants
.were procured, and in the apartments 014 t. AT
soners, property to a comu•de m table eta iclt
...was identified. by Mr. Kent, was fonod.2-4. -.
Two female shoplifters were brottert by as.
nil
rich constables of St. Anne, charged with itgla log.*
piece of.,linen from the shop of a linen-d i In
Grafton-street. One of the Prisoners made a Oiling
pug k the ' - whilst the other stole tfil-pro.
ith ' street i

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road between Lismore and Clogheen
more or less infested with a gang
ltely mentioned-that two butchers,
on way Youghal to the fair of Caher, were
plundered of their money, and beaten to excess, by
one of these gangs.—On Saturday last a transaction
of rather a serio-comic nature took place in the same
district. As Mr.Chandlee, of Clogheen, was return;
lug to the latter place from Lismore, he was stopped
oh the mountain bylour"mareaders, armed with a
blunderbuss and pistols, and desired to deliver his
money. Two of the fellowi stepped up to seize the
of his horse- bet Mr. Chandlee, fearing if
got hold of him they would ill 'treat him, as
had done the butchers, cried out, " Take care
ve horse—he'll bite you:" The fellows drew
for an instant, and Mr. Chandlee taking ad-
of the circumstance, put spurs to his horse,
gallopped off triumphantly ; and although the
discharged two shots after him, he fortunate-
escaped without receiving the smallest injury. .We
.he knowledge of- these circumstances will in-
lhe Magistratas of that neigturhood to. exert
them Tres to rid 'that district fr these bands.—
(Dublik Journal).
Last week Mr. Manning, Chief Peace Officer, ap-
`prehetrded in a public-house in Hawkins-street, a
noted offender, ..stained Hugh hi 4 *any In the act of
selling forged notes to two countrymen. lie found
on his person a vasfquantity of forgeries on the Bank
of irelaud, Ball and Co. and also that of Sir William
Alexander. He and his icountry customers in•this
nefarious traffic were brought before the Duke-street
Magistrates, who committed them for trial.—(Dublin
'Correspondent.)
Lunen'', JAN. s.—Saturday night , last, the
house of John Dee, of Clonthire, near Adare, in
this county,• was broken open by an armed banditti,
I,erith white shirts and bat-hands, who demanded a
*mite had for his protection, with which demand
lie *as obliged to comply. Having luckily recog-
nised thelace and person of.two of the fellows, next
morning he proceeded .to Captain Smyth, of Smyth-
field, a magistrate, who instantly called out a party
of the Waterford regiment of militia, quartered in
Mare, and set off towards the Chapel of Kildimo,
from whence the principals came, and there, suc-
ceeded in.apprehending two of the fellows (in pre-
sence ortwo or three hundred). whom he lodged in
the guard-house of Adare.

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erday a bricklayer, of the name - The Mountain rm
to the bar, upon a charge of
still,continues to be
arnilysan incumbrauce on the
of robbers. We lat
fficess stated the fact, and the on their way from I

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a chandler's shop In 1).6(14 o
tbourer, of Ow name they go
in possession, of his they Ink
that his till, contain-
of the I
'halfpence, bad been back foi
and he had beard 06- vantage
when the Prison's' end gal
sale. The Pritel robbers
r), said, he had foun t•evcap
ing, in George-alleyv '
trust thl
g about how it date duce on
led, that the Prisoner thank
w him, and had said he- [Dublin