: "demnity, and this salary ex- his attention; for, it cannot be, "ceeds that of Catholic rectors, but others in France must have "who are very differently occu- their eye on the same matter. The "pied. We will not inquire, bold boasting, the impudent lying, " whether this is right or wrong- the endless and barefaced false" we will not attempt to decide hoods of our press, the base brag"whether the toleration of a re- ging about "liberty," when a "ligion which is not that of the man may be transported for seven "State, or even the protection of years for being in pursuit of a " it in the event of its being trou- hare, and another may be banished "bled, ought, in strict propriety, for life for uttering any thing tend" to extend to favours and direct ing to bring into contempt those who "support-we will merely report make such laws; this base and " facts, establish a point of com- barefaced conduct in this noisy "parison, and show the respective press, has long beaten the world " positions of the Protestants in out of its senses, as to" English "France, and the Catholics in liberty." The time appears, how"England. Notwithstanding all ever, to be arrived, for causing "this, and the liberty of the truth to prevail on the subject. I "former, France still passes, think that a little book, entitled "amongst English writers, for "English liberty," translated into " fanatical, intolerant, and perse- French, might make a winter's "cuting, and under this view, the good sport at Paris. There would "English and German papers need no declamation. A bare " are filled with invectives against statement of what is the law, in "her, while, notwithstanding the England, in about one hundred " state of oppression of seven mil"lions of Catholics, England cases, would put to silence for " passes, in the eyes of the multi- ever, all these bragging and lying " tude, for the classical country of publications. There might be " toleration, and the protector of a little description of borough" civil and religious liberty!"... mongering added to it. However, the work is partly done; and I do assure the borough villany, that nothing in my power shall be I agree with the gentleman in all that he says in this article; and I am very much pleased to see, that the subject has attracted wanting to complete it. : : : THE OLD HUMBUG, COMMONLY CALLED 1 "THE QUARTER'S REVENUE." "ing the silk re-payments, there " has been an augmentation of the "Revenue for the year ending "10th October 1824, beyond "that of the preceding year, of " no less a sum than 1,184,0401. "There is, it must be admitted, EVERY year, at this season, out " an actual decrease upon the comes this humbug. The "Quar- "Quarter of 12,500l.; but if the ter's Revenue" is always made " duties of customs remitted, espeout to be a sign of " increasing "cially those on the article of silk, prosperity," while even the Re- " be taken into consideration, ports, made to the Parliament it- "there will appear an increase self, prove, that the main body of " on the aggregate produce of the the people of this kingdom are the " Quarter. The net produce of most poverty-stricken, dejected, "the Revenue for the year is and degraded mortals upon the " 50,400,0921., while that for the face of the globe. The impudent "twelvemonth preceding amount humbug is first set on float in "ed to only 49,216,0521., leaving London; and then it is conveyed " a balance in favour of the last into every house in the country "year, of 1,184,0401. This af by those abject and stupid things, "fords the best proof that could called country papers, four-fifths " possibly be given of the increasof which exist only in consequence " ing prosperity of the country.of their being the ready vehicles "From the Tables of the Reveof such humbugs. From a slavish "nue for the last Quarter, it would thing of this sort, called the "Leeds " appear that the greatest increase Intelligencer," I copy the follow- " has been in the Excise. This is ing. "In another part of our "especially worthy of attention, " paper will be found a statement "as indicative of the increased " of the Accounts of the Public "comforts of the people in ge"Revenue for the Quarter just " neral" " ended, from which it appears, " that notwithstanding the large Stupid cuckoo! Stupid echo of " remission of Taxes which has the stupid creatures about White" taken place, and the repeal of a hall! It would be strange indeed "great variety of duties, includ- if there were not a nominal in crease in the revenue, when the seized by the Government on the paper-money has been depreciated ground, leaving to the wretched a seventh, at least, within the last cultivators only a few ears of rice year, in consequence of the issue a-day to live on? , The present " prosperity," as it is called, is merely the effect of the little indirect "Bank-Restriction Act," called the Small-Note Bill. It is hollow, it is false, it adds to the weakness of the coun try, it makes the Government less of small notes, which issue has taken place in consequence of the part repeal of Peel's Bill. But how is this to tend to produce general prosperity? It, in fact, has lowered the wages of labour; it has, in fact, broken the contracts between master and servant, to the able to venture upon war, it creates great injury of the servant; and, the greatest possible danger to the of course it must tend to increase State. These are what the Governthe sufferings of that class, who ment is giving as the price of their are already half-naked and half- scheme for obtaining a respite starved, and who are in such a from that fate, which they would state of deprivation, that, in the have experienced before this day, country, the proprietors, or occu- if they had dared to let PEEL'S piers of the land, form themselves BILL go into full effect. It is, into parochial associations, and however, let them remember, only bire men to assist them to patrol a respite. Their fate is sure to the parishes by night, in order to come; and, the longer it is de save their property from robbery, layed, the worse it will be for or fire! them, the "Quarter's Revenue" Are these facts to be denied? notwithstanding! I dare say that No man, who has a name, dares the French Ministers must laugh deny them. What! supposing heartily at this humbug. It anthere to have taken place no de-swers no purpose beyond the preciation of the money, does it coasts of this "tight little Island." follow that an increase of the collections of the Government must prove an increase in the well-being of the people? How is it, then, in the East Indies, where the rulers roll in gold and dia- notice more fully in the Register, monds, and where the crops are has, it seems, ended in his being JUSTICE HANSON. THAT visit of this Justice to FAUNTLEROY, which I intended to $ scratched out of the List of "Vi- Vi- | Mr. Conant has been called upon siting Magistrates" of the County either to avow or deny the public inof Middlesex. This has brought sult offered to me in my magisterial forth from him a public recrimina- capacity, and, until it should be either admitted or denied by him, that he tion on the Magistrates, to whom could speak of a brother Magistrate he ascribes his scratching out of in the discharge of his official duties, the list. This recrimination is full in the insulting and unmeasured lanof interesting facts. I shall, long guage attributed to him by the Pubas it is, insert this statement, and lic Prints, I was unwilling to believe offer a few remarks upon it. If, that he could so far forget his chawhen persons of a certain cast racter as a Magistrate and a Gentlefall out others do not get their man, as to violate that decorum and due, they get, at least, valuable respect which one Gentleman owes to information. MR. HANSON'S STATEMENT. nicle. another. But Mr. Conant has not thought proper to answer the letter that was addressed to him on the subject; and I, therefore, take it for To the Editor of the Morning Chro- granted that he did use the insulting and unmeasured language imputed to him. Sir,- Allow me to address you on a matter in which I have been very I must confess, Mr. Editor, I unfairly treated. A letter of mine waited with some impatience for the appeared about a fortnight ago in a last examination of the unfortunate morning paper, in explanation of my gentleman, Mr. Fauntleroy; for I did unpremeditated visit to the prison expect, that Mr. Conant, as he preroom of the unfortunate Mr. Faun- ceded a former examination with a tleroy, and in reference to the lan- sentimental apology for the intrusion guage used by Mr. Conant in respect of a Visiting Magistrate on the prithereof, on the examination of that vacy of a prisoner who is not suffered gentleman; and I was so far satis- to be alone, would have preceded that fied with the discussion that took examination with a tender inquiry, place, and the observations made whether the person named Hanson thereon in the public prints, that I had again intruded upon him, and should not again have presented my- an assurance, that as he, Mr. C. proself to the public upon that subject, if the insult offered me on that occasion had not been followed up most insidiously by the infliction of an injury. mised, care had been taken to prevent the recurrence of the circumstance, as the name of the person named Hanson had, since his offence, been erased from the list of Visiting Magistrates. I was absent from the false. But, Sir, there is something meeting of the Magistrates at the unkind and cruel in Mr. Conant's last County Court; and the reason attack upon me at this particular of my absence on that day was, that juncture; for he well knew that, for as obloquy had been cast upon me the last few weeks, I had been libelin the conscientious performance of led and slandered in many of the my duty, I thought it right to absent public journals, for what I considermyself until justice had been done ed the just discharge of my duty as a me, and the aspersions against me Magistrate. It is very hard, indeed, • had been cleared away. But I mis- Sir, that an old man, of seventy-two took the matter; I ought to have years of age, and one of the oldest Magistrates of the County of Middlesex, after nearly 20 years of indefatigable labour for the benefit of the county and the public, should be so insulted by so young a man. Sir, it was an unprovoked and uncalled for insult: unprovoked, because we have been always on friendly terms, frequently sitting together on committees, never opposed to each other, but always acting in unison; uncalled for, because Mr. Conant knew that I was a Visiting Justice in the performance of a duty. But the consequence been present, for the Police Magistrates of Marlborough-street were there; and, instead of the liberal and apologetical discussion which I expected would take place on the subject of my looking in upon Mr. Fauntleroy, a very different course was pursued; how instigated and carried into effect, the public will, in the sequel, I should think, be at no loss to guess. And this course was the erasing or leaving out of my name from the list of Visiting Magistrates. I have always understood, Sir, that a Justice of the Peace is strongly of my name being erased from the protected by law in the just execution list of Visiting Justices does not rest of his office, and that words, which there; for, by that act, I also lose spoken against persons of inferior my seat in the Prison Committee, of rank, such as tradesmen and others, might not be deemed a libel, would yet, when spoken against a Magistrate, be actionable; as tending to expose and hold up to public hatred and contempt, one who is not to be slandered and abused in the just execution of his duty. The charge brought against me by Mr. Conant has been proved by the unfortunate Mr. Fauntleroy to be which I had been a member for four- |