The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-10-10 00:00:00

THY, STATE MAN.

fessed to act upon, before he obtained it—and if •his
official conduct is a constant violation of those rules
which he had, when in opposition, prescribed for
others, there are no terms which, in my opinion,
are too strong or too severe to stigmatize such poli-
tical apostacy ; but if in office, his views and his
principles are the same as when he was in a private
station, he deserves, in my opinion, no reproach for
accepting it ; and if it be, as I conceive it is, the
duty of every man to use all the means which he
possesses of being useful to his fellow-citizens and
his fellow-creatures ; and if, by accepting office, he
may become eminently useful to them, it is his duty
to accept of it. If this opinion thaws upon me the
reproach of being eager to obtain office myself, I
have only to entreat you to consider my past conduct,
if you have found me paying my court to those in
favour, professing opinions which are known to be
a recommeudation to office, or using those means of
acquiring it, which have generally proved to be suc-
cessful, in that case, but only in that case, fix this
reproach upon me, and reject mg for your Repre-
sentative.

" In enumerating what is, 'in my opinion, requi-
site in a Member of Parliament, 1 have omitted to
say that la‘ ought to be a friend to toleration, and
an advocate for religious liberty to persons of all
persuasions, but more especially to all descriptions
of Christians ; and that he ought to be a zealous
supporter of that which is, I think, truly called
Catholic Emancipation,' as b.,ing of vital importance
to the security and happiness of this country, and
which consists only in removing disabilities and dis-
qualifications to which the 4reat majority of tie peo-
ple of Ireland are subject, only for professing and
ad ering to that religion in which they sincerely be-
lieve, and in which they have been brought up by
their fathers. _

" After saying so much on the duties of a Mem-
ber of Parliament, permit me to remind you of tie
importance of that duty which you are now to dis-
charge. One more important never can devolve upon
you. On the Parliament which is about to be elect-
ed will depend every thing that is dear to you and
to your posterity—the happiness, the prosperity, the
safety, perhaps the existence of this country. You
are to exercise an important trust, not for your-
selves only, but for that large description of your
fellow-subjects, who, In the present state of the
representation, havens, voice upon these occasions."

MANCHESTER, Om 6.

Yesterday, in pnrsnance of an advertisement an-
mincing his intention, Lord Stanley met a nume-
rous and respectable body of freeholders, in the
large dining-room of the Exchange in this town. Ilk
Lordship entered the room amidst the applasse of
the assembled freeholders, soon after eleven o'clo:k.
SUARVIPEAR PHILLIPS, Esq. opened the business
of the day, by stating, that it might be comprised in
a short• compttss; that in consequence of the la-
mented resignation of our late worthy member, Col.
Stanley, his noble relation, Lord Stanley had been
induced to offer himself for the approbation of the
freeholders of this great commercial county. Mr.
Phillips expressed the high opinion in which he
held the Noble Lord, and said, that in making
choice of Lord Stanley, the county would have the
less to regret the loss it had sustained in his lieeour•
able relation, who had served his constituents so
faithfully and so assiduously for the last thirty years.
Lord kamr.Er then addressed the Meeting ; he
thanked the Gentlemen present for the honour of
their attendance ; he regretted, he said, most sin-
cerely, the seceding of Col. Stanley, because their
family connection, and their friendship had long
made him the more sensible of his worth, both as a
private and public character; and he begged to say,
that the 16 years he had had the honour of sitting in
Parliament, had been the more profitably passed, by
a close obsertatice of, and an humble attempt to
imitate, the example of :•;s valued friend ; and if it
should be deemed advisable to honour him, by send-
ing him to Parliament as one of their Representa-
tkes of the county, he trusted that the recollection
would be a stimulus to him, to exert himself for the
interest of the county in particular, as well as for the
general interests of the Empire at large.
After an eloquent speech from GEORGE PHILLIPS,
Esq. in praise of their late Representative, and in fa-
vour of Lord Stanley, and a few words from Mr.
THOMAS WALKER, applauding the conduct of Col.
Stanley, the old English way of expressing satisfac-
tion—" Three timer three,"—demonstrated the po-
pularity of Lord Stanley, who then retired to pay
his respects to the inhabitants of other townships,
agreeable to the plan his Lordship was forced to
adopt, in consequence of the impossibility of wait-
ing upon every individual freeholder. His election
is universally deemed secure. No one will oppose
either his Lordship, or our long-tried Member, Mr.
Blackburne.

Wednesday night, as W. Mathias Master of the
sloop Mary Ann, of Newport, lying at Milford,
'was on his way down to the boat, he fell over a pre.
cipice about '2O feet high, and fractured his skull se
dreadfully, that he died immediately.
To remove an attack of the sick headach, a corre-
spondent in one of the monthly journals recommends
the patient to take " a table spoonful of magnesia,
and half a tea spoonful of ginger, mixed with a lump
of sugar, in a tumbler three parts full of water, with
the chill off; to sit for a quarter of an hour with his
Ifeet in water agreeably warm ; and to apply a nap-
kin wrung out of cold water to his temples or fore-
head, which ever appears most affected.
WORSESP.STRIIST. —Yesterday a young man, whose name is
..4,4srson, late a collectirtx clerk in the employment of Mewl.
Ilailes and Co. brewers, so Red Crest-street, was brought up
for examination, charged with kaviag the service of his em-
phryers, and not accounting for various sums of money which he
bad received for them in trust, amounting in all to lOU The
Prisoner had led to Cumberland. where he was apprehended,
and sent to town in custody. At this examination a
from
in
the house of Hailes and Co. attended with the books, from which
he stated the deficiency of various sums of money eMroned to
the Prisoner, Of the items, only two were entered into fur the
' present. A kir. Wortan, of Fenchureh-street. stated, that he
had d alt with the hose of Henri. H. and being indebted to
them, the Prisoner waited oo him on ;be 28th of August last;
that be thee paid has the sum of 2111. on account of his employ-
ers, and for ninth pay meat he now produced a receipt an the
Prisoners band-writiog, and signed with his name. Another
-witness haying similar concerns with the house of Holies and
Co. deposed, respecting 10. nearly to the sante erect.
Prisoner being asked if he had any thing in his defence, igailil4
that he had not, and burst into tears. The anntee watt post.
pond tor Sather easaiaatioa.

To the ELECTIVE BODY at LARGE, and RE.

FORMIS7B in PARTICULAR.

Gsmneutm,—The object of my " Letter to the
Freeholders of the county of Fife, on the subject of
Parliamentary Reform," was, as announced, " to
canvass the merits of the question and set it on its
right legs." And I certainly had it rather in view to
vindicate the Constitution at:d the Commons Holisc in
particular, than to urge any sirrilie plan or ido.is of
that measure.

In the prosecution of the subject, Gentlemen, you
would not fail to romark my more than insinuating
that Me seeds of corruption :acre sown b.y yotertelces,
and Mut it was those amongst you who had sold then:-
selves, who were the loudest in the outcry against
corruption in the Representative Roily:—and you
could not overlook the example with which (without
a signing to them a greater degree of credit than they
deserved) I crowned my illustration of the mean~ of
conducing to it. purity, viz. Tice proceedings Of the
Electors of Westmiaster in respect to their popular
Cendi.late. •

IThe cards, Gentlemen, are now in your own hands,
and if you only play a sound game,Fon must ::an. The
proportion of constitutional leaven necessary to work
off the impurities of which you complain in the
popular branch, you have now the opportunity to
throw in. It is ever preferable to anticipate posthu-
mous stricture by timeous expostulation. llere com-
pression makes free with style—On the subject of
Reform then, " speak now, or for ever hold your
tongue!"
Gentlemen, on the eve of the accession of the Re-
gent tattle un-restricted exercie of the Royal autho-
rity, I addressed the nation at large, and I felt no
confusion at the failure or my confident presage at
that epoch :—for, not to those who form, but to
those who disappoint just es pe;lations, appertains
the stigma. At the present, I must own, I feel
rather less sanguine of a happy result, but the nature
of a disappointment will be reversed—and I cherish
the hope of seeing reason by your proceedings at
this general occasion, to correct the sentiments in
that 64 Letter, as they respected you. The eyes of
your country are upon you."
I am, Gentletnett,
Your most obedient humble servant,
Stockwell, Surrey, Pc. 5, ISt?. 1117:1t) AR! IM

The following B:irrack- Regolaiion appears to be
rather hostile to the R.oyal Engineers :—" It is to
be clearly understood that all other Officers, as well
of the Royal Artillery as of the Line, have a
Stronger claim to be accommodated in Barracks than
the Officers of the,Ccrps of Engineers."

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Prompt (Davidson), Leith 8 Oct. I IR Oct. 11, A. U.
Eclipse (Taylor), du. I ti 15, —8, A. M.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRInflE TIIN DAY.
Morning, 38 minutes after 4. Evening, 55 tniouteo after 4.

M.titRIED.

On Alondav, Sept. 2R, Rev. Alfred Harris, to
Miss Maria Markham, fourth daughter to the very 11ev. the
Dean of Yerk.

DIED.
On Wednesday last, in Watford, Mary, the wife of Samuel
Newman, Esq. of fled Linn-square.

SALES.

Elegant Paintings, Drawings, Si-ck of Man's Mercery, Linen
Drnpory, no-iery, &c.
By Mi.. EDMUND DRAYTON.

At the Auction Mort, near the Hank. on FRIDAY, Oct. 16,
at Eleven, by Order of the Asignres of Joseph Dunn, a
Beams.,
ASUPERIOR. assortment of PAINTINGS and
DRA WIN 68, in gilt frames: broad cloths, rootint, pa-
tent cord, blue stockint, jean jetniet, silk and calf e velvet,
fustian, shallonn. sewii.g silk, twist. therm'. buttons, mould.,
dsc. The linen drapery and hosiery comprises jacoom and cam-
bric missiles. calicos. canvass, doe Nlerino hose, fialow's, Ac.
May be viewed the morning of Sale, and Catalogue, had of
Mr. Drayton. Auction Matt.