The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-03-05 00:00:00

'wed a line of conduct so eentr•ry to the plainest
dictates of common sense, tbat wear• inclined to be.
Bove be may have adopted this measure, precisely be.
atm we think it wet merely impolitic, but insane."
Now, what must • Sovereign, in amicable
think of so insulting • commentary In a London
Newspaper, and one called Ministerial too ?
We shall
TORREY-GENERAL upon the heads of Our bit•
Wrest foe (we have felt the oppressing weight of
them ourselves too long); but we may be ellowed to
say, that a neonate of per's, now no more, was
prosecuted to conviction, and nearly to rein, by his
own Government, some jeers ago, for taking less
freedom with the CZAR of MUSCOVY, though that
Sovereign was at war with os at the time. This
writer—this ci-droant Civilian—this Tiate's serving
publicist, bet certainly no Pureannoare, then addr,

by way of censure and advice :—r• We shall be glad
tolled ourselves disappointed ; but the fate of
France is certainly brought once more to a crisis.
The King is del by-trailors now. as he was
an the Ist of March, 1815; and if he now shuts his
eyes to th►ir I It, as he did then, h• must, and
will be deposed by them again, as he was then."—
'rids champion for the rights of Royalty and Adolfo-
aucy, without noticing those of man, then goes on
with his counsel sod prediction, should his Catholic

Majesty act ethereiee then es be wrest, in the writer's
opinion :—" The plot, this time, is deeper laid,
sod better organised ; bet oe the other hand, the
King's loyal subjects ere better prepared to meet it.
The Garda Resole is steady. The King his only to
•rdsr, and the traitors will be embed in an instead;
bet if, Instead of this, he once more gives ear to
the perfidious coonseis of his worst of enemies, there
is an ead of bile and the [lmmerse Dynasty."
Now we endertshe to say, that Gouts
appears to have profited by the lessons, the life and
&sib of his predecessor hive held oat to his view
aid to his reason. Ile is taking the only steps to
preserve the Monarchical part of the Chester or Coe.
atitatioa, by checking the enroasensble views of the
'reties about his Coen, and appessing the anziety of
the rest of his whole kingdom, es to the continuance
of that freedom, of which they have tasted tow
mach ever to forget the relish. If, according to oar

ludicrous Don Otis°le be could ever be persuaded to
give orders to bit guard to stoke reedy, It Is not cer-
tain that they would proceed to the nest movement,
to present, much less to, : and were they even in
compliance with the lawful orders of war to 6re into
the bodies of the complainants, can the writer in
question really believe, that the minds of the Re-
former, (or Republicans if you will), would be there-
' by subdued to the discipline of despotism 1

The Courier of last night contains the following
edict', sod which, bad we not seen, w• could not
base bee. prevailed open t• believe had ever bees
hid before a discerning British Pablic

" Mr. BUXTON notices the commiseration of the
populace et emotions for forgery, which he thinks
murder. lie might also have noticed the commisere.
taws of some wretches for BiLLLINGNAK, the assassin,
when he was executed, and hence condemn elects.
Cows for assassination. In fact, it is the ruin of the
Ilaok as the means of a revelation, that such wretches
desire, and which is the foundation of their con.
aiseration and their clamour. An Opposition Lord,
the other day, in the House of I'ee►s, said, ' the se-
verity of punishments prevented perilous from pro-
secuting,' and yet the complaint is the number of
prosecutions. By what other means is the ;acreage
of crime known ? lie said, too, that diminished
punishments in France diminished crime ; and yet a
newly.introductd diminished punishment for uttering
forge.' Banknotes has increased the crime tenfold !"

In tie first place any person wise looks at Mr.
Bczyor's reported speech, in any Paper even, must
be confirmed of the wicked perversity of the writer,
Who would indoc• his Readers to belies. that philo.
ectplaic and benevolent speech had made nn distinction
between the cases of 11 forger and murderer. The
falsehood and calumny deserve ao other censors than
In the recommendation, to compare them with the
fact. Surely the object of this mischievous and
eel cant writer is to intimidate all those personals ho
ode to the Miff., or condemn the %cis of Mi.
gist !! But the cited article concludes with a 1
re-
mark which ought to call op the denial and the con.
demnation of the very ruin whom this gilded elms
professes to serve. IVhst, the fall of the Bank oc.
casino a Revolution? Who bat a fool ever 'firmed
that ? The condole of the Bank fn. many years past
has injered the whole Pahlic (a few Causeway's and
Speculists in Capital do aunt d to be made

Tu ray EDIVOR or rrrE STATS.II.4N.

cottgralelato you and the blends of bus
•stilly, en the tictory pined in the House of Cam=
mons, on Teratlay. on Sir J. ACISTO.It'S motion,
relative to a Iltortsson of our PENAL LAWS. I all.
beg lessor, Sir, to speak with esteem and affection of
your jilt sad ible observations on that idsportaot
event. That event open* thedsen of thy, upon Hid
gloom which pervaded lite moral and political world
of Britain and Ireland. The vote of the Protestant,
of Ireland, in.hohalf et the player cf their Catholic
Brethren, was justly hailed by all good wen, by all
wise men„ as tending greatly to heal the wooed, of
these Islands. The seems of Sir J. Abitglisrosit's
esoilon will add balm i. these wounds. The Prortr,
ander able Loaders. !mot tonnuerail ; and sill mo-
rally trample their enemies Imam their feat. When
the eloquent arguments of Sr J. Alsclutosit end
Mr. Hu ICON. are gi.ea folly in year Paper, it +mild
almost seem folly to es.state the reasoning cf t►is
important question her►. Yet, timbers, it may not
be etiosofel to gigo a brief abstract of it. The visit-
ing of a vast varsity of offences. at different degrees
of guilt, with one and the same persishosent, Is con-
trary in cameo. sense sod justice ; end especially
when that punishment is thelratre•lty of all pettish.:
men(, namely, MATO. • The g .1 and almost
eni I foaling of the/beautify anal cruelly of this
policy has led Juries to legislate, Instead of ad•i-
etislaring the Law, by screening the offender
from the CA/FITAL O►rend:, even when most
clearly frailty of it. The encortainty of punish-
WSW. sod ll* great chance of escape, was, at
length, a sort of premium for crime. Ilu•one and
well disposed, awl wall lefoomail men stypriml for.
ward end said :—Abolish this unjust and preposter-
ous law of indiscriminate punishment ; is a punish-
ment proportiosed to the offence, aid then new
depart from it. Let the mere! you show he to 11.11
AWASAII*IO. in protesting them; but neter slier inch

eiltaralion of the law, to the °tram watt. These awn

item/ henwin name ; and, in fact, hasei by the
warmth of their pious teal, sad the sitength of their
manning, • rrieght • complete mollifies' in the pub-
lic mind on this important gestation. Even the whole
patronage and power of Ministers Immo command
majority on thi.. I relOnet CoISCIIIIIP, Sir, with.
nut sating, in Sir JAMB IlilActirosit slid. that
it has bemi chiefly owing to ,he •nlight.ned and per-
I 'peering conduct of the Soctrr• of Fattmos that
this greet setalesirin in the public opinion hat been
wrought. They hare laboured for many years In this
most important cease, never doubting that the Mee..
ins of the Almighty would finally rest upon their
esrellent PorPoses.—l ate. yout'.. &c.
1111Jsch 4, 1819. A 11111:ND TO RLFORM.

To mos EDUIVIt or rni; STATSSMAN.

Sra,—After • celebrated French General (MA/4
flit4A) had obtained every possible adventage over a
numerically powerful le,terny, he acquired more re-
nown by his masterly retreat, than from all his
former victori..i !!! This, Sir, is precisely the si-
tuation in which the Independent Electors of West-
minster ere now placed. Their illustrious Leaders
have, from the nottinp, In Covent-garden, inflicted
en incurable wound on the Ilydra.heeded public ene-
my. They have detected and eeposed ell the masked
batteries of these confederates!! I Indeed, this in.
tellectval artillery has been so ably served, that its
" arguments" have left en eternal mark of public
infamy on the foreheads of the apostates ! ! Where
is that genuine friend of " Radical Reform" who
'Riders, the fact ? Where is the individual so fallen
in intellect and virtue, as to maintain that this seem-
twir defeat mast set prove in its consequences fatal to
the hopes of the conquerors? Look at practical re-
salts.—View the RoieSeS opposed to the Intrepid
lend perteeering Rantrusat —behold the victorious
ICIIIARLEI of Sweden, after shaking the Powers
of Europe by the sagacity of his Councils
sad the terror of his arms, checked, beaten, end
I ultimately swallowed up in the rising power of
the wily Czar of RUSSIA!!! Now, Sir, what
are we to infer from these facts, but that public
opinion, although it may be divided, It cannot be
destroyed; nor can public opinion be manufactured,
Ile mast, therefore, be • voluntary and pima' orga-
lir
.illation end repression of the human sited, in Si ".......
setorchnst+ with the reflecting moments and ad
feelings and condition of the great mass!!! a
though it sometimes manifests heel! bet slowly, a
it speaks unambiguously. I grant ye, Sir; that
bet seldom enters the perfumed atmosphere it-
I palaces end senates ; yet, it must (at no distant pg.
riled) not only penetrate the ears of grestnnes aid
Poinces, bet also poignently effect their feelings—.
Contemplate the cause! The veil of delusion is now
rent from the face of the People—they hate ac.
(paired from painful experience, the best sad meat
desirable of all ieformation, and that iv, Sir, pram.
tical knowledge, chick constitutes the hat principle
of power, and which, in its enlightening propose.
mast gradually weaken, suspend, and destroy sa-
t ions! prejudices, party distinction, end arbitrary
cleims, ea which Gothic mod itimed-inscrusted ruins
will majestically rise the mkt,- *erre of otos al
reason, vin. • pure Repress end en
a mel,
permanent, and universal lielet. I c„
then, ye Frieads of Reforms and Salmi. 71:a.p