The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-10 00:00:00

LOYALTY AND ROYALTY!

often amused by the pretensions of some
tics! opponents to exclusive Loyalty; it is
iich they will on no account hear of our
claim to. In their more indulgent moods,
hen the Ministry are for instance carrying
nn their own way, when the loaves and
1r to be perfectly safe, at such triumphant
1, may now and then feel a sensation some-
pity for usvas having chosen the losing side
of politics; they may even exclaim with
oice of good-natured candour, " What a
is of such unaccommodating pried-
;tics, he is really a well-meaning sort of
,the how or other his democratic and jaco.
,ciples have made a fool of him ; if lie had
himself to the cause of Loyalty he might
a foitune by this time." .Now we can
these Gentlemen, however sceptical they may
subject, that we consider ourselves as de-
oyal as the best of them; and that we think
office in much mote 'danger of being de-
its professed supporters, than 'from•any
iose. • It will,. we think, be admitted, that the
of a Monarch, or his Representative, au
into contempt from one of the three' rot.
eses : • bis personal misconduct, the arti.
enemies, or the weakness of his friends.
come to our own country, for instance,
,e believe, be admitted even by our 51i. I
orethren, whose faces are so piously and
turned towards " the King's gate," that
somehow or other, is not the characteristic
the day ; we are not, of course, speaking
loot head of the State, for him, in his pre.
condition, we believe there is but one
out when we state that Loyalty is not alto-
order of the day, we menu that certain
Peosminges at ocu• own Court, of whom
tt speak, are not looked up to with those
pride nod admiration which a loyal old
of the tree I'ITT school, would tell us it
.cite ; bat this is dangerous ground. Let
:n to Loyalty and Royalty on the Conti.
cannot, we think, be denied, that the legi-
tiers of Europe, as they are styled by our
with laudable gravity, have of late years
poor figure. Now, setting aside entire.
Burt of their personal merits or demerits.
lined to think, with clue submission, of
those who are more familiar with Courts
,ves, that they are iu a great measure in.
their declining brightness to the folly and
if their officious and false friends. We
it is a bold position; bet we will rep-
assed, that a RWASCOMI spirit of ado-
. wilful Lliadnass to whet is wrung,
mete towards PRODUCING REVOLUTION)
the machissatinns of the disaffected.--
instigation of what are termed the dis.
• our mo::t beloved Ally, Fotorwaso, is
*is present hopeful system of policy in
Was it, we ask, at the instigatiwof those
fought and bled by the side of Englishmen,
o lin preserved to him his Crown, was it
;ligation that he rendered abortive, as far
ill that had been done for that Meted.
to Coale to another case morsimme.
,resting to us, to whom is Louis indebted
c of his recently gained Throne ?—Not to
who addressed to him that Memorial,
long back as last July, pointed out the,
ontlency of the policy he was then purse.
n, it is, we believe, generally admitted,
ingress has by no means answered the ex.
of anxious Europe; but can the blame be
iputed to the " Domocrats," the " Jaco-
the " Levellers ?"—No, no ; all those
' lawless spirits were forbid to interfere in

and mighty arrangements ; the legitimate
_ _

, had it all their own way : every thing
aged on the true diplomatic model. Poland
elected,. Saxony was 'partitioned, Norway was
4, the Slave T►ade continued, and Genoa
le King of Sardinia, all atter the old
Imbed, and iu the most legitimate style
?. Let us then, in the name of common
it no more of the mischief wroughtby the
I, but in our old homely phrase, '6 Let,
stand on its own bottom ;" and let those
;management involves us in a crisis like the
irid those who ere inclined to justify such
we the full praise of their of % n handy-work.
•are that remarks like those which we have
our duds to make, will be construed into
'g evil of digniths;" we shall be set down
users of constituted authorities ;• we shall be
iongst those, who wish to pull down legiti-
;nasties, awl set up clemagoguei—if such•
perversion of the dictates of plain honesty
Our lot, we submit to it cheerfully; we know
t &antills*, we know even that those who
toisiest brawlers against the friends of liber.
"le opposers of gamily corruption, are them.'
ible of the falsehood of the charges they
lost us. We are, as we ever have been, the
hough feeble, advocates of a limited mo•
)ut we are also the advocates of the rights
teges of the people, nor will we be deterred
jug our sentiments at this e►entful period,
iould be suspected of disaffection. We can
!ma that we are as constitutional(' loyal
utlishman breathing, and we consider that
to no surer test of it than by a candid and
pression of our decided preference for plain
lard policy, and old-fashioned practical

.ECL Aram: m.—On Monday evening Mn.
ho resides at the King's Head, Bear-street,
quare, having gone oot, leaving her font
inched in a room on the second floor, ►bort-
several of the neighbours, as well as those in
`, were alarmed by their hearing cries, and
the door, but unhappily no person would
burst it open until the unfortunate woman
and on her entering the apartment, two of
'en were .tretched on the floor, all in flames,
leer tan hid in the corner of the r00m....-
Mak. of Leirester-place, and several other
surge ,ns, were called in, but one of t►e
fur years old, expired instantly, and the
Luti‘h butucd that be is given over.