The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-31 00:00:00

solicit their attention to the misery of their families.
What was the result of this application we have not
learnt ; but in a clay or two after, circular notices
were sent to all the operative weavers for many miles
round Glasgow, inviting them to assemble at the
i'ublic Green, as on Thursday last. The Magistrates,
alarmed for the possible consequences, invited the de-
legates to a conference, represented to them the
dangers that might be apprehended from so large an
assemblage, and induced them to circulate new no-
tices, prohibiting the proposed meeting. The Ma-
gistrates, we understand, have paid particebtr atten-
tion to the representations of these men, and we
ba►e no doubt, from the decorum and temper which
has been exhibited on all hands, that public order
will be maintained. The master manufacturers have
been required by the Magistrates to have a meeting
upon the business, and we doubt not, that they will
see the propriety of giving an i ►:raaie of wages to
those they employ. It cannot be denied, that it is
an extreme hardship to workmen, whenever there is
a scarcity of employment, to experience at the same
time a great reduction in the price of their labour."
—Read the above statements, ye believers in the in-
fallibility of Mr. PERcEvAL—read them, ye "vivo-
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cates of interminable war—read them, ye sdearm-
of the Courier, and all the other servile journals of
a profligate Government—and then ask yourselves,
for once in your lives, this candid question, Whe-
ther they do not afford the most decisive proof that
can possibly be adduced, of this country having been
reduced to the most abject and wretched state ima-
ginable, by the prosecution of that system which the
Courier uuiformly commends, and As, !deb, instead of
affording us " a signal triumph over the machinations
and the malice of the enemy," as the Editor of that
venal Print asserts, must inevitably bi ing ruin upon
the nation, if it is not speedily abandoucd ?

The grour.d upon which ,the vote of the House of
Commons was passed on Wednesday night, relative
to the qualifications of Police Magistrates, was in
perfect accqrclunce n ith the mild spirit of British
law, which compels no man to criminate himself.—

To the EDITOR of T 1 STATESMAN.

Stn, —After an absence of three years from Eng.
land, from whence I went with my ever-to-be-la•
mented comrades, the gallant 29th Regiment, cf •
' whose firmness and intrepidity Lord WELLtNcerort
(late Sir AnTnun IVELLESLY), bore testimony, I
was induced to pay.a tribute of respect to the me-
mory of my Commander, Colonel A valuszus FRI.
ntatca LANE, who died nobly leading us on to vle-
tory, whose monument is erected in Westminster
bbey,, by subscription of the Officers, Non-Com-
missioned Officers, and Privates of the above Regi-
ment. But, Sir, you may judge What must have
been my feelings when I was told by the Showman,
I could not see my worthy Commander's monu.s
ment unless I paid as other persons, when I might
then hare an opportunity of seeing the whole. Now;
Sr,•you must well know what a private soldier's p&y
is, and what he could afford to give after travelling
51 miles on foot from Steyning to sea it. •It was
likewise at the request of my few surviving com-
rades, who were eagcged in that action, that I should
visit their Commander's tomb, and be as descript:ro
as possible, supposing, like myself,. I ,should not
have to fee any person to obtain a sight of that which
%las erected at my own and other comrades' expence,
as a testimony of their respect and affection towards
I am, Sir, your's respecti‘ely,
Jan. 24, 1812. WILLIAM EVANS,
Private in the 29th Regiment of Foot

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, JAR. JAR. 59.

Came hid* Paulin, Field, from Charleston ; French sloop
La Maria, Francis, from Bourdeaux, with brandy and wine,
prize to the Diana frigate.
Arrived the Orestes ►loop of war from a craise.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. V.
Arrived the Elizabeth man of war, from Lisbon; and the
North Star sloop of Avar, from a cruise.
The Argo man of war is this day come up from Cowes to
Spit-
head.
DEAL, JAN.3O.
Arrived and sailed for the River a schooner from Newfound-
land; particulars not known.
Caine down from the River his Majesty's ship Princess Char-
lotte, and remains with the East and West Indiamen,

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