The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-17 00:00:00

L NIA 0N:
SATURDAY [VINING, JCS E 17, MO.

haat night the neighbonrhood of Charing-cross was
in an disturbed a state, that it was found neces,ary to
read the Riot Act, and call ant the assistance of the
Life Guards ; the mob was dispersed, and all became
tranquil. 'I he Life liva►ds paraded the streets the
whole night. Several persons were sl:ghtly wounded.
At a quarter before four o'clock this morning, the
Duke of WEttassousst, attended IsyCol. Bonativ,of the
Coldstream Guards, entered the barracks at Charing-
I cross. The hake of WELLINGTON paraded their front
three times, inspecting them previous to their departure.
saying he was sorry they had disgraced themselves.
and placed a stain on their colours, but hoped they
would acknowledge themselves in a fault. He said
they had set a very hail example to other regiments. It
was, he said, the intention of his Hanoi T to have given
them a yes }• ►►andsorne present upon the occasion of his
Coronation. His voice was here drowned by the men
shouting that they loved their Ktvii. The gates
were then opened, and the Duke of WELLINGTON and
Colonel Bowser took their departure, awl the right
wing of the 3d battalion followed, ■nd proceeded to
the Horse-guards ; the side gates were closed. When
they had passed through, fifty or sixty-of she police
rushed out of the Treasury, and succeeded, in closing
the gates of the Horse-guards, and thereby preventing
the populace from entering the Park. This party took
the node of the King's private road over Putuey-bridge;
the police-office's atteuded them as far as donee-sspiare.
Another party took their route over Westatiaster-bridge.
It is understood that the name of the place of their des-
tination was, as yesterday, sealed up, and tlse instruc-
tions were not to he known till they !salted rot the night.
V.very thing now remains perfectly quiet at the King's
111ews—all Ingress, or egress, is contused to persons ou
military business. The people still eontiosse to as-
semble in crowds round the gates ; but they do sot
show the least disposition, either by word or action, to
disturb the tranquillity of the neighbourhood. :than
660 men of the Ist battalion.of the Ist regiisieot, ar-
rived between eleven and twelve o'clock thin forenoon
from Windsor, and took up their quarters in the UMW
barracks in the Mews. At the beginning of the disturb-
ance last night, Westcott, the police officer, got very
roughly handled, and would probably have fallen a vic-
tim, had not the Magistrate, w►th much proptitude awl
courage, rescued him from the mob.

It has been frequently said, that Divine Providence,
unwilling to cognise at the loss and destruction of the
most depraved, sends them repea,e4 warnings to quit
their guilty course before it strikes the final 'blow.
The same observation applil s to the conduct of tioreen-
inerys and of States. When a system of impolicy and
danger has been long pursued, and still matinees to
be carried on with inveterate obstinatys—when the re-
monstrances of the wise are heard and rejected with
disdain—when an appeal is uselessly wade to the pre-
cedents of history, and the experienen .tube
raises in vain a loud and prophetic voice, lies
mercy sometimes sends a clearer and more awful
ing to dispel this voluntary and worse than Egypillhn
darkness, and to rescue f ruin :hose whose Whir
is not arrived, or whose fall is to be worked by their
own hardened infie‘ibility and folly. Such a warm-
ing has sever been given. Let it not pass unnoticed
and despised. Let not the advocates for a large and
overawing Steadies Army calm their fears and console
their hearts by the consideration, that the peril was bet
mousentary,and has been soon repressed. Let thew*,
it in the only light in which it can di good With to
them and to the country—as a proof el tits pernieioas
nature of their system. Let them see that they have
rested their safety, that of the Throne, width* peace sod
existence of the State,, not *sly on a broken ask bat
on sew which may be turned into a weapon of *ann.
Abandoning the ancient sod sound principle,—that the
best security of Crowss is to be found in-site afft‘edees
of the people, they have raised a new and "smooths
tional fence, which they regarded as iinpoisetrable, far)
getting that it might grow up to such a height as to
wide and destroy the very authority which it was in;
tended to guard. They only looked at the flattering
side of the question. " The people are turbulent," wt a
their cry; "the people are alsodistremed. Let their tar-,
bulence be put down, and then we shall attempt to re-
medy their distresses. Soldiers are the must efficacious
means of repressing disturbance ; let us have plenty elf
soldiers. l ,et us increase their aumber in time of peoc4ll.,
as though the dread of invasion still hovered on ethl
shores—let us throw the whole State into the arum oil
the inilitary—they have carried us triumphant through
continental wars—they will protect as against the dissa-
tisfaction and insurrections of our own people." Such
were their reasonings—what will they be sow? Will
they not begin to look with terror at the giant
which they have called to he their champion, and
which they at last perceive asigki heroes. their enemy?
Will they not feel that the safety which has no other
foundation than the fidelity of the soldiery, assist
always he more precarious than that which Nets
on the faith of the :Varies, composed, as it is,
of different classes and minim some of lOWA will
always take pert with the tiovernetent. whatever
the rest may de? Will they not, at last, meth to di-
Walsh the new spume of danger whirl they bases un-
willingly created ? Will they not prefer the support of
the country. and of the constitution') militia, to Skit
' of a standing army, which might le thee dispose of the
empire, like the Pretnrian Hands ef Roos and the
Janissaries if llanetsetinsple? Meatuses., ire rejoin
o say, is past. It was a nionientary error, which, we