The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-11 00:00:00

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a Proviseial Jour*C. Our Lifer**.
,r- Irma known arrshpoetlests."
L
understood that Rwiers were about to
...
ice round the city of Dublin.—ln reference to
the Glee alarms-which had suggested thiS
this same, paper remarks, ,we " scarcely

necessary to allude to the ridiculous rumoura
which have been put into circulation regarding the
safety of the city; but, we own we were astonished
when we heard that the barriers were to be re-erected.
We were thoroughly convinced that the executive
was imposed upon by false information. We have now to
state, and we do it with pleasure, that counter-orders
have bceu sent to the contractors. Preparations were
certainly made fur putting the barriers up; but
the work is suspended. The alarm, of course, has
nearly subsided ; there never was occasion for any."
it is subjoined, however, that eheesacr de juke are
erecting on those parts of the roof of the Bank that
communicate-with oiler buildiugs.

In another part of our paper we have the satisfac-
tion of presenting our readers with as copious an ac-
ionnt as we could at present obtain, of a highly ,inter-
.esting meeting lately held at Hereford. The meeting
was assembled to do Ist.nour to the man. who, above
all wises :Members of the Mouse of Commons, had die•
tiaguishedshisuself by l:is exertions in, the cause of
public economy and practical reform.
Every day, more and snore, convinced as we are.i of
the benefits likely to result from the Parliamentary. In-
,instigations of the public accounts began by this gen-
tleusan, it is gratifying to find that his merits are gra-
dually becoming known awl appreciated in various
parts of the country. The inhabitants of Hereford-
shire have the honourable distinction of first setting
the example of a public and signal approbation of his
praiseworthy exertions; and the example, we think,
will be followed by other counties.. The freedom of
the city of lacndon„ presented a short time ago to Mr.
Husne,has stitnalated other places to pay the same
mark of respect to the upright and independent cha-
racter of this steady and persevering member; and the
city of(lloucerter last week, Monmouth this, and, we
believe, other towns, have offered . a similar compli-
mentary token of their approbation.
But in nu instance have we ever known so decided
a testimony of real popular feeling shewn to an iodivi-
dual, lt,sown only by his public services, as the recep-
tion of Mr. Hume its Hereford on Friday last.

It is quite pleasing to fiud that public spirit is not
dormant in the distant districts of the kingdom.

The County of Hereford (as well as the City) has,
on many uccasio:►s, displayed a generous and patriotic
feeling, not merely honourable to itself, but really use-
ful in a public view, as testifying in the strongest
manner possible, that the visit of the people cats be
exerted in a way which speaks out, and that strongly
too, whenever occasion requires or opportunity offers.
• Unindebted as Mr. Hume is to aristocratical influence
or family patronage,ittriieiy btanirsiiitose The surest
support, he can receive in the House of Commons, is
the consciousness of his utility in the examination and
sifting of the public accounts, and the conviction, on
the part of Ministers, that t►e public are quite alive to
the bentits derived from his exertions in Parliament.
It is. obvious to the most careless observer, that the re.
trenchtneuts we have seen attempted, and, in souse
measure, actually made, owe their origin, not to the li-
berality of Ministers, but to the persevering spirit of
Mr. Hume. Night after night, during the last Ses-
sion, was this gentleman found at his post, battling•.
against the strongest opposition for the reduction of
souse item in our expenditure, sod unsupported but by
a few really independent members, succeeding in a
way that has long ere this convinced his Majesty's Ali.
nisters, that contempt, coughing. scraping of feet, and
other gentlemanly marks of their disapproval, will not,
and cannot, put down this cool and calculating Scotch-
man. He Las the people on his side, ao►t must be
heard : and the people are right in their support.
Unless he is heard, sod that speedily too, consequences
of a nature the most serious smut and will ensue.
We are now too far gone to yield to Ministerial
trickery. Retrenchment, and that in no small degree,
..must take place. Reform will follow; and at set
after years of ineffectual struggling, the voice of the
public will force its way—that contempt which has
been so long meted to them, must and will he changed
to a more courtly behaviour, and we shall then see the
effect so ardently, so devoutly wished, of an ameliora-
tion of our national difficulties and distresses.

Time much, we have felt it our duty to pre.
DAM before. noticing our correspondent's account,
of the Hereford Meeting ; and we only regret that
spore fell mid ample reports of the excellent and
Mealy speeches delivered on the occasion have not as
yet been received at our office. Our pages have- before
noticed the present intended to be made to Mr. Hume
,hythe inhabitants of Herefordshire. The public dinner'
fiaml for the 7th inst. at which Mr. Hunie, (in comp-
**e with she request of the gentlemen of the Hereford
11inneakttett)uhad signified his intention of,atten:ling.-
•hatealse bees. noticed. We refer to our Correspon-
shieWirieport for hie progmess and reception, through
thetounty, premising bow very flattering such a rr
eeption must have been, to any man connected with
the'County of Hereford, and therefore, bow much the
1111 ore so to an entire stranger ; but Mr. Hume, though
notseqoainted with the people, bad niade them ac-
quainted with him.

A letter dated Corfu, December I, in the Consti te-
tionsel, Mates that martial law, lately proclaimed at
Zante, has been extended to the Isle of Cerigo. Tbe
reason 'flirted is a treasonable conspiracy against the
government.
Madrid letters received by the mail of piseenilty,
menden. that the deficiency in the national leer out
sabeedbed for is Spain, bad been taken by the joint
iimisee•of Messrs. Witte, Ardoin, and Haldimand, but
the OMNI ea which the arrangements were made are
not stated.

It is sal4 the youngest daughter of the Honourable
tt3oloisel Henry Dillon. and sister to her Serene Mea-
-1 sees the Grand Duchess de Croy, is to bes•ow her fair
Pisa to the Heipapprent if a Continental Crown. •

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