The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-10-24 00:00:00

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Midi 3 Sap)ll, at the NM time, send me artme
tiler paper which tells me, in words eke mewling
of which is not to be misunderstood, that, unless
1 give my mouey,l 1641 be considered as (littoral.
I do not choose to gin diy money, and your im-
putatiou of ilisloyalty follows of course. This
imputAttiou ills thief' for me to laugh at ; but, as
my intention is to cause this letter to be read by
all those who read your letter, I shell here add a
evacuee or two, fur the purpose of stewing them
what is the real meaning of the word loyalty, ac-
cording to its modern acceptation, and by way of
illustration, to give them a striking example of
loyalty in the head of the family of that Gamier,
who, as your letter stater, thought it was 66 a pity
" that the parish of Droafurd should appear less
66 loyal-thin its neighbours."
13e it known, then, to those of our neighbours,
amongst whom you have circulated your lover,
that loyalty, now-a-days, means the getting of a
good round sum mutually out of the talcs, or at
least, it means, living upon the public. Fur this
we have a fine practical instance in Mr. Gamier of
IVickham, who, though he hat never, du: ing his.
whole lifetime, dune fur the public one siugle
boar's service; though it has been given in evi-
dence befel: the House of Commons, that hi has
never meddled at all with any business for the pith..
Hee theugh these facts ire indisputable, this Mr.,
Gamier does get of the public money upwards of
twelve thourandpoundr ti-yeur, *rides free me
office which he has enj iyed ever--sinet he was a
boy at school, and which, thirtieth net foroerlystie
profitable, or nearly so profitable, as at present,
was ,!ways a piece of great profit. Th.: total sum
thee he must have, during the whole time, cleared
by this place, eanitot* be less than throe or four
Atondred [howler:44round,- If that is not a proof
of loyally, 1 du nut know what is a proof of ley-
alty. But, Air. Gamier has given a still stronger
reefs of hi, loyalty; for, not content with pock-
etting out of the public money tredve thousand
pounds a-gesta., under the denomination of profits of
his °thee of Apothecary General; not thinking this
$ sufficient proof of his attaclitnetit to his King and
his Government, what dues he do, but gets a post
in the army at the pay of ten shillings a day ! Not
content with twelve thousand pounds a-yeeir out
of the public money, out of the tales that•we pay ;
not ooutent with this immense sum for doing no-
thing, for, obetve, it is proved,-upon oath, that
he has never enoddledititleeny part of the busi.
nest ; not readmit wilh-tweine thousand ~year fur
doing uutiiing, he asks fur, ,end gets, from the
government, frum that government whose conduct
we a:e to have a Jubilee to.applautl ; I.e gets from-
that Ghvertiment ail afiu wince of ten shillings a
day as a medical officer in die army,. and, while
he lives constantly at Wickliem, hu is now actu.
.la IS in the receipt of this ten shillings a day (unless
it be very lately taken ufi) out of the alert that
we pay,. Aye, well, indeed, may men like this
bold.* Jubilee ill praise of this long reign of war
and lares• don ; this reign, the Wars uf which hare,
perliatle, put iisto the Pockets of the Guniers nut
less than hoe hundred thousand pounds.
13y this time, Sirs I hope that you begin to be
convinced that there are some of us, at least, who
understand too well the worth of modern loyalty
to fear the effects of arty such inipOtatioos is
that, which, contingently at least, is conveyed in
your letter ; and that, by means of that sort,.
we shall not have the money cetrected from our
pockets. If Mr. Gamier, indeed,.hae a mind to
give back to the peeiple any portion? however
small, or if smother of your neighbuars, Mt.
Sturges. Bourne, has a mind to give back a part of
what he is annually receiving out of
_the taxes,
le.t.theru do it; bet, let diem-not attest me or
Chidell, or Mr. Edney, dr Mr.. Cowilry,
or Mr. Pdirrott, w is!), of the reef of us, ofdis.'
Joyaky ; tlsti(tete say,, of a eery serious crime ;
let them not so accuse- .01, became we do not
choose ttegiveour meaty. so make people rejoice
at events which have produced great mischid to
the nation in general, and good to no one but
those who. bee uvun the public, who gct rich' iii
proportion as the nation, gets poor, whose' 'riche,
elu, in, fed, spring frpm the
,lint; suerees as the
peSolety-To aU hitch actisitiwis) 411 at.
tempts madaat getting popularity emongst the pa.'
rishioners at our exyetieee all attempts it (toeing-
us to give away our mem, or to, submit to be
represeitted as hard-himeted
:to wards the poor; all
these attempts we shell repel merely by stating,
that Mr. Garnett,
.of Wickham, receives out of
the public mom more, etkry month, than is ex=
vended in keeping the poor of Drozford parish
for a whole year; that,• lipely one teri'fh part
of his income were distributed amongst tffe poor
of Droaford, there w oak! pot need any parish_
rates at all, for there wurld be no 'lgor; and that,
of course, if he would glee imp the Witmde of what
he receives free) the public for doing nothing, it
would, for ever, take away
.811 pour, leave null
ono pour risen, in ten parishes like that. of
, Wexford, 13y statements like this we shall
..sete
ways answer any attempts to make us, who gain'
what we speed, appear hard-hearted. to the poor.
We shall not, upon such occasions, forget, that
'farmers Parrott and Flitey, and Chedelletied the
like;ehet every inan who possesses any property;
aye, and that even the stay.labourer, .whuse vet)
quid 'ef tohiccu is taxed, assists in maintaining
the splendid eqiiipagelsf li.. S;urges Bourne, and
gibe rattling euach-and-fuer of Mr. Gartner.—
Yes, Sir, I trust, that the tiJy is nut far distant,
when nut a man, either in Drusford parish or ism
any other, will giant assistance to make him
clearly iniderstand these things ; and, as fur the
present essay, if it shout I prove, in any decree,
conductive to this great purpose, oar neighbours
will have to thank you much more than
Your must bumble
And most ohsilient servant,
tem. cUBBETT.
The German Wirers which arrived on Saturday,
mention the march of different French regiments
from the Rhine for Spain, so far buck us the
middle of September; the peace with Austria has
duce likerated the vast force which Boaas'aarc
hid astern bled on the Daman, and he will envies.
tionably employ it 30 crush the feeble efforts which
hays hitherto been made In Spain.