The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-30 00:00:00

T 1 SVATESMAN.

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stratibn last night In the House of Lords, and not
I blush for the personage who was the cause of his being
lielevated to his present exalted station. " Ile wtnild
not consent," said Earl St.extropc, " to place such
a power, as this would furnish, in the hands of such
!a Minister as the present Premier—a Minister who
had no fixed principle at all, and was more versatile
I than a weather-cock, turning about with every
I change of wind. That Minister had declared, that
he would adhere to the Orders in Council, and had
soon after relinquished them. Heettad declared, that
ihe would oppose his (STAxtiope's) Gold Coin Bill.
' At five o'clock he intended to vote against it ; at six
o'clock he was resolved to oppose it; at seven o'clock he I
was still hostile to it; but in five minutes afterhe sud.
denly held a Cabled Council, and became one of ifs
warmest supportere ? Was it to such a weather7cock Of .
a Primo Minister that such powers should be entrust- 1
ed?" Had Lords.Livenroot.andCASTLEßEAol4llStelid
of recommending to the Palace Itioestx an aggrava-' 1
tiou of the people's sufferings, by putting them under i
Inertial law, directed a tenth. part of the money
which they have squandered in subsidizing Powers,
' who are now our inveterate enemiesv to the relief of
our distressed manufacturers,. we are bold to state,
that not one instance of riot or insubordination would
ever Mee • appeared in Crreal Britain. The inhabi-
tants of this country are to be managed, buts not
compelled. Give them employment, by which they
may be able to procure food and clothing for their
families, and we venture to assert, that not a happier
and more contented people bill be fuund on the
face of the earth. If some disorder has lately arisen
from the beat of necessaries, let an appeal he made to
the judgment of our countrymen, as to the impropriety
of violence; let apart of'tbe money wasted in foolish
expeditions, and in pensioning uudeserviug individu-
als, be applied to their relief; and instead of presenting
a bayonet to their bosoms, let the REGENT implore
tbeM, in language becoming the Father of his People,
not to forget the duty which they owe to him, and to
themselves, and there can be no doubt that such of
them as have erred will speedily be convinced of their
folly. But if the reign of terror is to be established,
this will assuredly produce a contrary effect, and in-
Iroise, instead of diminishing the evil. The causes
which have brought about the present public calaMity,
have been secrotly corking ever since the commence-
ment of the war; but nothing tended so powerfully to
hasten the crisis as the promulgation of the Orders
in Council. These have now operated nearly five
years, during the greater part of which, the country
has borne the most unheard-of privations, scarcely
M about a murmur ; yet, before two short weeks are
allowed to expire from the date of the D'claration re-
pealing these obnoxious decrees, do we find Ministers
determined to overcome, by force of arms, those un-
}rimy OCCIMIFeIiCe4,- Millith, a. few -weeks kessee„iss.
dulgence, joined to treatment such as we have recom-
mended, could not fail to counteract. Let Ministers
beware, lest in rousing the indignation of the gene-
• your lion, they become the victims of their own teme-
rity.

MRS. SIDDONS'S FAREWELL.
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