v 7 4 / 2 .? VAr - 'TT ) be '. 7 1 LzY-e& E l f! 1~ , I / ~` ~ . ~~ . No. 540.--VoL. XT. POLITICAL DISQUISITION. • CONSPIRACY AND P %RV Es IN FRANCE.-.FORGE. RY LAWS IN ENGLAND. etuniot. underssv.l • frolt the French Papers, tlittt tho plot' whit& •las so much cceupied the conv,:rsa ti'.ms of Paris, azuj Uhitch seems, at leng.th, to hare rawu Wins upon it the attention of the courts Of jai *ice, has produced any disturbance of the public tran cuillitv, or the least diminution of the r.ational 'file Royal Conrt, at St. Cloud, is ur. , 7car.mortly bril liant, being thronged with persons of most political acnominations. •Op the reality of. this extraordinary conspiracy, Iv : Weals said to have had for its object the dethroning of Louis XVIII. and placinz his brother on the throne, with an Uit:ra-Royalist Adatinistr.ation, it has been observed, on the one hand, that the absur dity of snch a conspiracy is•not a congla,ive argutaeut against its reality, but it it a strong presumption : for it is not readily to be supposed that thoUltra-itoyali.sta would play a game, the necessity of tvbich would be Morn fatal to them than its failure could be. On the ether hand, it is alledged that the real consriracy is riot formed by, but against, the Ultra-Royalists; that the parties r.onspiringotre M. De Care with the French Police and the liberal party et Paris ; and that their object is to make the retarned Emigrants And Royalists qupopUlar at the approacluitx,elections fir the Chamber of Deputic;, and odious in the eyes of HE: Sovereigns about to meet at Aix-la-Chapelle. We own-that we are inclined to think this conjecture by no means ita-: probable, it so well corresponds with the' syi:tezu . , of mystifecitim which has always been so much a favour :: 4 ite in the weak ant knavish polley cf Pra'hce. Wart respect to the character of parties in that century, there meets every reason to reckon the Royalists as possessed' of in.ire private *irtue und•real principle (though their. principles may he erroneous), but, at the same time, of least practical talent. Their riutio.n of reviving she ancio'n regi/ne is wild 'and impracticable, and can be only fatal 'to themselves. There may be, noel doubt leis is, . considerable talent 'among them, but much of - that talent is ,mis-directed, and, wasters its energy on unattainable objects, which might with advantage be directed towards others within reach. In this respee,t, still more than in numbers, they are ittrz:ior to their antagonists. The Jacobin party are the very reverse .-p-eneri.,etic,. active, supple, they are toialfr destitute of real honesty, end are therefore not so feripiattble. as . their talenti would. otherwise make themt fotthey cannot. trust one another. . The liberal .party, or rather parties (for they nre Fcliararrel into taum - ertuts subdivision-) arc 11416 to the same principle of weakness, for they comprehomd all sarts an-I kin,l4 of turncoats, from the profession of to that of Imperialism, .from thence to • Royalism, and to and fro, up . ar.d down, thron;;;11 all sets of prin ciples, religious, anti-reLigious, and political. This :lass (for w can lordly call them a party) voupre fleha the greatest ;a:rtion of talent, of enlarEentent of views, and ( • NI-I'A' is and always Las been ro much wanted in Faun: e) of common sense; but, will reailyl...l:-.r...oni;:e tr.getlwr, they Fill not lidnere;; like liquid they witl.easilymis, but will not-resist pres sure. Tiler; is no them alone, though they watch prey° a arilition to a party wl.n Lad principle. The error of the prerPnt policy is to rely too much upon these men, :coot whom, ne vertheless, lie must choose tho majority of the public. fouctionari.:s. Rut who, considering what elements he has to iputr.gr., can blame him, if he errs? • l'rson foreitt we turn to aomeatie polities, where the whi:•11 we I:ave f 4 enaten:l arise from an oppoNi;e - :•rn:rre to those in Fmnee--rot from the cartioluute of u l'oevul , ation which tuts mixed and con the ur•:.l.3::::ed abuse, of 5 44... •atio nal( ›_yArA to4rl Our Congtitation anit SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1918. an old government, the original.prineiples of which are good. The consequences of tti a abuses are, however, of a very serious nature, and !save a direct tendency to demoralize the people. Not she ]cart of these is the bloody abuse of oar laws a:iinst fin:Ty, which defeat their own object. On this sulieot much has been said, and we will now c..nelutle tßitiJ subjeivitia nn extract frtart the news, to wilich weasailipielastsbing which woull be more impressive: 7 .- " Too wit ef clue t. ise sub. ss' brings who suffered tho wful sentence cf rho iso,fiwklaeglAy Morning, herrre the Di lours' door az Net% ash., wita.execatr (1 for forgery. De. soutly do we ++:..li that the seri‘ts of the ; fisLll house. and what pas+es eeithin those drracy wall+, could be made to claim m re general attention: 'she Mai lid of the two pm., men during their confinement wits so rorrect and even extl, Amy, that it la higtily probable. if their lives had been N part ti+y would illvP beroinii useful in. !ohms of ri v en. ii triunity. We 'seem, however, to set es if we thought tha t jostiee could only be , atistie I bv 1.1 od ; 11. e though:, Iha means for rrforinatien m g,:st be •or,scoverril, seems miser to etter our minds ; while rr inahs t•arl • of die continent o Europe the puhlie would feel iitat much s..ocked at inch ao execution as was witnessed nu Wednesday, as if murder hail been committed. 'float sorb series should have been tram:toed in the dark ages Is, not very surprising ; but that they should at this time of day . be so frequently exhibited in one of the most enlightened emintries of the earth, is indeed tastier of astonistiment. Illo•txternsinste instead of min.: every ed . .). t to reclaitu, reseilibles the p .hey of a barbetons state—lirrreu inexpedient+ strong only to dc: troy Tim QuaEst.—The aoatat —' nt of the state of her Ma jesty on Friday, was of a •alore flivourable nature than it has been f o r several dayir past. It was, " Her Ma . letsty has had It tolerable gt Ind niglit, and is easier and 1414:r to-day." rh Prin.° Regent spent Thursday eveniitg-at Kew-palace, i . tu 1-14 Ray al Higha:ss went FritLty Tening. Tho Dale and Duchit‘ortiarence went, na Friday affornomi. Yesterday •the accounts re o:at her M2jesty continues much the Tbe.ar.st affectionate and endearing attentions are slit.rtn by every branch of the litoyel Family, and Ly tu;ne ‘note than t:ue Regent, whose visits at Kew are: fregl cat, ant As im receives, every two hours, at Carltotitloose, iatelliaense respect- Lag his beloved Parent. .! • • . The Prinve Regent w l ,ll be one of the :spends at the baptig.tt of the young '4,ord 13rtx)ke, for which great preparations aro making ai ; Warwick Casio. The Duke. and Duchess, of Clarence have appointee. Monday, 4 o'clock, dnilA,the Duke and I/achess of Kent 5 *o'clock, for receiv the Addresses of the Lon don .Corporation. The Priuce and Printmi of Hesse Hombourg, it seems, were almost able step fnnn their inn at Frank fort into their 'own terrihilics ; a circumstance which it may be tidal to-same of cur. readers to know, for there I are many Amps of.Qennany in which Hombourg is I.nOt markei, _ The Gra:al 'Duke 111clutel, attendel by Baron Nieo lay, Sir W. Cintgreat. Gottcrul Paskervetch, General Kledertsky, Dr.:Nlichnelorsky, and Dr. Hamel, arrived ittßirmingh:nn on Mond r y evening. The next morn. ing they visited Mr. Thomason's establishment, at arbic;: numufactory they remained unto after flair o'clsk, witmr , sing, with the highest gratification, the inuracrons cbilkicat•and Mechanical processes for which it is so eminintly The Lords of the Treasury have refused a petition from Nt.,weastle upon 'Fyne, to be alinveetl to import goods from l‘nclia, on the ground of the unfit:dis of .t•te har -cur' for mooring ships with safety totEe re sere.,e. • • • A gentleman who has just arrivea from the North, trn+' tr,velle I throttgli Lancashire, Somersetshire, Har.loshire, Ste. describes the crops of all kinds as abundant stod in the finest condition. In many parts the ere:,. Itir2kidy begun to be cut down. A held of Nviicat, nu.:./ Salisbury,. %yea reaped on Saturday Monday, and on Tuesday a load of it *as sold at Salisbury market. The wheat Itarvott hae couttnenisod on different lands in the ncigh huurhwxi and,: we believe, with a prospect never to, •re ill: tering to the respective growers. The scythe, We underatmpl, has b.rn p.t holly applied.to oats 1 :4IV sown. A sample Of nit wheat M'S Tr:ail...tee:l a. Rest (;rinstead market on Thursday tv.sek. Now f•at . • were brought to Windsor market on ttlaturia . tvectr. PR. 90. WARD OF F.M.RINGDON WITHOUT. Fri Any a Wunlmote was licit' by the Idird 'Mayor, in St. Bride's Church, for the election of an Allonian in the room of Sir Clrar :rice,, Bart. demised. The Wardrnote was epnetl in the usue.l way by pre. carnation, arul the wadiag , of the precept. Diiptity herring than rose and tits •rverl, apt art the g , :ntl4arm. of the ward hatl b<eu thlt d.iy sulfa. me red for the cloctien of ii..rthlerinan in the mrait fir-it-bite worthy ffrigistrietrSffiXilftes Irriee; . he was about to take the liberty of nominating; h gerst!e . tnan•to supply the vacancy. The gentkmanic thcill.4 p 4 (pose was Sir. Waithman, one of the members for this r.i4 ; wh.,se character and qualifications were well known to all present. _ _ Mr. Reeve roso.to Pecond the motion, and said he mild :mare flua gentlemen of the ward that no circumstance of his life had ever given him reater plealcre than the perthrtuance of that duty. - The question was then put by the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Wuithman was, amid loud cheers, declared unun , - mously elected to the office of Alderman of the ware. Mr. Waithman then came . forward. Ile bad er.. peered be:bre his fellow-citizens on ninny occasions; but on no occasion did he ever experience so great a want of confidence in himself, and such an inability to express to 'them his feelings. The present instance of their flwour bmteffit to his • recollection so many past circumstances that he could net help labouring under a more than ordianry embarrassment. It was in that Church; and doubtless in the presence of maey wle, then heard him, that be ventured to ma c his first cf furl in the cause of the public. His friend:, were then partial enough to think well of his exertions, and to conceive that their continuance might be useful,. It was, therefore, a high gratificalion, to him to recollect, that though he first came forward in poll• fend life at a time when much violence and nert many prevailed, ho had lived to see the prejudices against him dinipated, apd that now in that cluirch, there he first addressed them, the inhabitants of the ward had met to place him in the highest situation they could boleti on any man. Another circumstance which afforded him great satisfaction was, that he should be proposed by the worthy deputy who had moved his nomination, and who had known him before he entered into business, or made his appearance in public life. Though proud of the honour, he - knew it was not n gift intended for the gratification of individual vanity, but an office of grave and imoortant responsi bility; and when he considered the duties he had to perform, and recollected all that he owed to the public and to his own family, he could not avoid being ins. pressed with more diffidence on this than on any other eccasion on which he had to ackeowledge the kindness of his fellow citizens. It would have becn a great it. trusion on the part of any individual, and much mere of so humble an individual as he was, to have put him self forward on the present oc:.asion. But the honour they had now proixised, certainly was not of 1119 seek ing, any more than that wide!' had recently been con ferred on him by the livery ; on both occasions valuel and much indulgent friends had proposed bun. When. however, he considered that in all the efforts he had made in the public cause he had always been supported by a mujnrity of that tvard ; when he considered olso • the weight that ward possessed in the City of London ; and that through his representing it in the Common Council he wax indebted for the honour of a seat in Parliament, he certainly felt that he could not decline ' this important office, if his fellow eitizenit should think hire lit to lill it. On entering on the duties of so hi. borious an office, he WWI aware that it was scarcely possible for a man so to condact himself as nut to ex pose himself on some occasion or another to censure.— Ile would only say, that whatever errors he might commit, they would be errors of judgment only, and all he claimed of them was, what he koew he should have, a kind and liberal construion of his actions. It would be the constant o'ject of his lifi: to maintain that con-- duct Which had gained their good opinion, and con. ferred an honour which was worthy tit be. t::e highest o b ject of his am bi t i on . He mull say no more, but he siheerelv and gratclidlv thanked them. On the motion o , fir. Thompson, a .resoluti oi, ex pres.ive of the estimation in which the late Sir C. Price was h e ld by the ward, was ordered to be recorded. I Thanks were then voted to ti.e Lord Nlaynr, and the ron:ler Deputies v. er , , on the .ecomnteadation of Mr. Waldman, radected, The Court was LIMA 116110114 XL 1",„t \ 4. ~,ev • ! 4 . 1 : 11 4