The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-09-10 00:00:00

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_...r—the'Spße of pettiTarriiYirembling for pest
just-gains.z—coeld hardly impute any seltial. views In
the application : I therefore Openly tested in my
place that-I *as *Minus to be an honorary Member
of the Commiasion. I added, that even if tny tem.
parity tetireinent from Parfiliment were deemed art
indispensable condition of theappointment, I atilt
desired to have the option Upon those term*; being of
opinion that I might render more *slush!! seriice to
the cotiistry, by devoting to the proposed enquiry
the whole time Which I Could spare hom professional
avocations. But Ido not find that great leisure is
thdeght necessary for the bataitagesi of the
The Speaker is at the Read of it # and Sir W. Scott
is itiother of its Members. Than the former nci
man ten be a more fit President ; but I nth not quite
disposed to look for very active iovestigation from
the Right flonoerable Member for Word. Ile is
entlerstood to lib decidedly hostile to the Bill. His
'constituents ate known to he, In general, the warmest
enemies of the whole enquiry. That he and .Mr.
Yorke are named instead of Mr. Bsbingtod sod
myself, I trust I may be permitted to regret with the
most perfect respt'ct for torn Gentlemen t.hose fair
difference of opinion; widely as it separates us, I
entirely honour.
" That party considerations dictated this decision;
feel unwilling to believe.' In the case of IVir. lia-
hlngton they could hate no wei,;ht. In my own, I
will venture to say they would be exceedingly
mis-
placed; for I appeal with confidence to every Mem.
bey of the Committee, and to every person in Go:
vernthent with whom I have had the honour of com-
municating, to defend me from the suspicion of having
in any one instance shown myself influenced by poli-
tical feelings daring the course of the enquiry. Ski
determined was I to avoid every thing which Might
lead to such imputations, that I interfered at the
Westmorland Eltictiou to Prevent any allusion from
being made to the case of St. Bee's School, and uni-
formly reeled access to the evidence touching that
estraortlinsty affair to persons who might use it for
the purposes of the contest. It has been suggested
that Ism omitted because the Ministers were appre.
hensive of my rallying the enquiry further than they
wished it to go. Certainly, I should have felt uu
desire to push It beyond the just limits. I shoild
have only taken cart that-every alth+e searched
to the very bottom, whoever might be engaged in it.
One step shoot of this I should not have consented td
stop; further, there. wa4 do.occasion to go."
The following note relefeseen amusing anecdrite
" It is remarkable that the Police Committee ha•u
complained in their Third Report, of the tame db.
position in the Home Department to grasp at patron.'
age not Tested in it by law. 4 This breach of art
Act of Parliament,' says the Report, on the part
of the Secretary of Sate, has produced the result
which might have been anticiptted One of the per.
sons so appointed by Lord Siderouth, was a worth.
less abandoned character, a Jew bail, who was im•
prisoned in the Ring's Bench, end not being able to
perform his duty, was turned out of his situation; he
is described by the Chief Clerk as a man who hired
himself out as a fraudulent bail, and Was never
known at the Office till he Game to be sworn
Your Committee beg leave to observe, that this inter'
Terence of the Secretary of State, is not warranted
by the law which regulates the Police, and salt no
doubt,, if persevered in, be attended with the worst
effects. Of the four persons nominated by Lord
Sidmooth, one declined his appointment, another
was turned out of the Office, and the remaining two
were confirmed in their situations, in defiance of the
proper remonstrance of the Magistrates upon the
subject.. r'


PATIENCE..—WP have seldom seen a wife advertised
in a more affectionate manner than the following. It
is from a't American Piper

66 NOTlCE.—Fourteen years ago, I took to wife
Patience, of the nibe of Dun ; as we both were of
African origin, and of a deep jetty black, it never
entered my head, that my wide would have Patience
to listen to the persuasions of a swarthy Indian. Not
long ago, however, the peace of my family Ilan to
he disturbed by one Jun of that race, end at length
Patience followed him, carrying with them the main
part of my estate, viz. bed end bedding, great and
little wheel, bed-cord, steel-yards, pot and spider
—I have since been active in eirdeevouring to re-
gain her affections, together with my property.—
bought a shawl of beautiful colours to tempt,her.
—I have piped to her, but she would not dance;
I have mourned with her, but she would not weep
and finally am persuaded that she will never be re-
stored to me; and, therefore, to save the wreck of
my estate, I hereby forbid all persons harbouring or
trusting said Patience on my account, as I will pay
no debts of her contracting after this date.
" JOHN JACKSON.
" Weatherstlel, (Coo.) May 25, 1818."
A Correspondent, who is in the secret, assures us.
that the notable placard stuck up in 'Westminster. of
which we yesterday gave an extract, is a jeu d'esprit
of the factious President of the Board of Controul ;
and that it is extolled by his friend, the Doctor, as
one of his happiest ironical effusion, on the proceed-
ings of the Reformers. It is to be published in the
next edition of the Liverpool Speeches, with a word
or two to the Sedition Spinners of Manchester.
HORRID CATASTROPHE.—The ifaterican Beacon
of the 20th of July. gives the following dreadful
relation from the Ohio Monitor:—" On Siterrlay
morning last, C. Read, of Madison township, Pirk.
away county, in a sudden fit of insanity, seised a
stool and struck his little son, about eight or nine
years old, on the head. • His daughter, a young
woman, wrest the boy is her arms. He repeated
the blues, knocked the child out of, her arms, and
fractured his skull, of which he died on the follow.
ing Monday. He then struck iris wife on the head
with air iron wedge. She was, however, rescued
by the daughter. The *doctorate man afterwards
cut his Own throgt, sled thus terminated his exist.
ence." .
MIRACULOUS Esc ter.—A (*Weights since a men
who wu sleeniag in a garretrustfthe Woolpacks, in
Trowbridge, dreamed that he was about to be seized
by the devil, when getting out of ttbd, he climbed up
toe high window, at which he got out, and was im-
meniately precipitated upon the pavem.at in the
street, and (wonderful deliverance for him) escaped
with only a few slight bruises.