The National Register. — London, England, 1816-10-07 00:00:00

274 row each. Not one of them receive any thing from the pa rish, even in the present scarcity ! 'Ulie system is much ap proved of by the Camels, as it is by the poor people them selves. They are declined to be the most hard-working, dili gent, sober, and indusitions labourers, who have 14114 anti cows : and a nnincrons meeting or farmers signed their entire approbation of the system. In the above-mentioned parishes, rates are,on an average, I 70. in the pound; and but for ex ceptions of 30.11 C families w•io have not laud, and of certain cases and expenses foreign to the enquiry, they would not be one penny in the pound. In nine parishes, where the proportion of the pour having COWS amount to rather more than half the whale, pour-rates ate Ail. in the pound. In t welve parishes, where the proportion is less than half, but sole-third, poor-rates arc !WI. in the r d. In ten parishes, wnere the proportion is something under a fourth, poor-rates are Is. Oil. in the pound. In seven parishes, where the pro portion is but nearly one-sixth, poor-rates are 4s. I ad. in the pound. And in thirteen parishes, where few or none have cows, poor-rates are is. lid. in the pound. The poor in this considerable district being able to maintain themselves with out parish assistance, by means of land and live stock, and to do it at the same time so much by their industry and sobriety, and consistently with an honest conduct, clearly marked by the entire approbation of this system by the torment, zee. their neighbours, is a circumstance which, well considered, does away a multitude of those objections and prejudices which we too often hear in conversation." . . . In the same county, .It. Barker, steward to Sir Robert Sheffield, has the remarkable declaration that " there can scarcely be sail to be any poor in that country, because they all have cows, by means of which they are in a comfortable state; and are generally equally sober, honest, and industri ous.•' Mr. Arthur Young, also, bears testimony to the highly be neficial effects of granting small portions of land to cottagers. In a letter dated Bradford Hall, September 2, I strong ly reco 11111 l ends the general adoption of the plan : " It is astonishing to me, that in the various publications which have issued from the press on the subject of agricul tural distress, none of their authors appear to have searched for eases exempt from the common calami.y ; one such case is worth twenty arguments; —are any such to be found? Now it is with great pleasure I have to inform you, that such cases do exist at present, have existed for ninny years past, and stood the test of the two scarcities; a most minute de scription of thew was published la years ago, in the Annals of A:zi iculture, by a Gentleman employed by the Board of Aga culture, expressly Mr the purpose of examining minutely into circumstance attending such cases, and who tra sh ;hrough an extent of_nearly 1O mires of country abounding with a great her of instances, upon the whole sufficient filly to ascertain the effects of the plan pursued. In ;lie counties of Rutland and Lincoln, the practice is, to at tach laud to cottages, sufficient to support that number of cows which the cottager is able to purchase ; they are tenants to the chief landlords, and not sub-tenants to tanners; yet these latter are very generally steady friends to the system : well they may be so, for the poor-rates are next to with*, when compared with such as are found in parishes wherein this admirable system is not established. In the late minute enquiries made by the Beard of Agriculture, into the state of the Labouring Poor throughout the kingdom, matt) , persons were written to who reside in the districts where this system is conmitm ; and it was found by their replies, that the pram-. Lice stands the test of the present distress, as well as it sup ported the opposite difficulties of extreme scarcity. It is much to be regretted, that so admirable an example is not copied in every part of the kingdom ; and should a Committee of the House of Commons meet in the next Session, pursuant to the notice given by Mr. Curwen, it will be strange indeed if they do not call before them the persons residing in those districts, who are most able to give them full information re lative to a system which has stood the test of such long ex perience, amid encountered difficulties of the most opposite tendencies. In those comities where no such practice is met with, it is very rare indeed to meet with a labourer who bag saved any money, their reliance is entirely on the parish, and their present earnings dissipated at the alehouse ; not so in Lincolnshire : the man who wishes to marry, saves his money to buy cows ; and girls wito design to have husbands-, toke the same measures to secure them. Sobriety, industry, and economy are thus secured : and children are trained from their iiifiney to the culture of a garden, and attending cattle instead of starving with unemployed spinnine-wheels. No °kir et am better deserve the attention of men of considera ble landed property ; if some change of management deci sive in its nature dues not take place, poor-rates will continue to increase, till they will absorb the whole landed revenue of the kingdom ; at the present moment they are rising in a manner that ought to alarm every proprietor of land; dud this, not to assist or support such objects as were described in the lad of Elizabeth, but hearty strong men in the full vi gour of life ; which molt be considered as so absolute an abuse of the system, that not one Session of Parliament ought to pass without souse effective remedy being applied." PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING AT NOTTINGHAM, SEPTEMBER /5. An unnsaai degree of anxiety was displayed by the inha bitants of this town on Wednesday, to attend the meeting .I,,nseued by C. L. Norley, Est the Mayor," to deliberate the propriety of petitioning the Prince Regent, to assem ble the Parliament of the United Kingdom." As soon as the gates of the town hall were opened, the place was immediately filled. The Meson being unanimously called to the chair, shortly addressed the meeting, in a speech winch opened the pro ceeding% and met with considerable applause. Mr. then said, the present alarming state of the country', and the gloom which hang over our firth' c prospects, ought to arouse the exertions of every real friend of hi.. coml. try. Should we indulge in apathy, when the nation was rapidly sinking into decay and ruin, and all overwhelming taxation and poop' rism, were spreading their desolating in fluence through every part of the kingdom? Ought we nut rather, as Englishmen, to s train every nerve, to use every means in cur power, in ortlertoavert such dreadful calamities? —(Apphivse..)- -It was their inalienable privilege, as Britons, to make tle it veices heard at the foot of the throne, and to petition in him but respectful language, against those evils they considered the eatn: of their present sufferings? He made no pretensions to the character of a politician, but it had now become obvious to every one, twat an excessive taxation, and the eorrept a d ministration of our national re sources, were the presciit cancane of oar miparalle led distress. —(App(ouse.)—Our taxes had increased in Xs y ears front 15 mill . to 70 millions a year. During this perio d, the fruits of our industry had b., it sipianderi to keep the world at war, and had been expended on objects fureiiu to the true iuteicsts THE NATIONAL REGISTER• of the people. In Ft coca-, anti especial.. uu Spain, our in terfei Niro had reitewed the most odious ty rattily, both as it le-totted the civil and religious rights of mankind. The Pop, , whose influence Englishmen had long been accustomed to regard with alarm, had i nvn 1 0110r1 . 11 to fits former dig nity. In Spain awl in Italy, the inquisition had been aj c a!ii resorted to, to suppress the rights of conscience, and to ex tinguish the rising flame of liberty. Since I AHII% X's 111. had been re-seated on the throne of his ancestors, 1, and Castle reagh ha 1 been compelled to acknowledge in the House of Commons, that upwards of loon protestant subjects h id been murdered at Nismes anal in the neighbourhood, and it did not appear that any efforts hal been made on the part of that Got eminent, to discos er the perpetrators of such atro. cities. If the meeting considered tht effects of the injurious policy of oar own Government, 011 the commerce and agri culture of the country, they would see the most gloomy re sults: the farmers were tailing in every part of the country, whilst the artizaii, tradesman, and manufacturer, were rapid ly approaching to complete beggary ; neither could they ex peel any material relief from their difficulties, bait by a re ducting of the taxes.—" Let us have a considerable re duction of our burdens—give its a fair chance for the exer cise of our ingenuity anal industry—and above all, give us our natural rights, in a full and free representation In the Commons House of Parliament, anal England might yet be come a great independent nation.—( ,Ipplasises)—Gentiemen, (said Mr. G.) we are told that England has arrived to a pin nacle of glory which she never before attained—what n dreadful delusion—what wicked sophistry is this!—Look at the sacrifices we have made of our blood and treasure; at the privation of our accustomed enjoyments, anti say, where is the glory? Have the evils of war led to that great military establishment which we are called upon to support—an es tablishment which endangers the liberties of the country, for in the hands of ambitions ruler*, it has been often made the engine to oppress the people. He hoped, however, that tile day would at rive, when Government would feel itself secure in the affections of the people, by meriting its support oil the ground of its integrity, a security more firm and durable than 150,000 bayonets. War is the harvest of a faction, the minis ters and minions of a court may fatten by it, but we know by painful experience. that it strikes at the root of our enjoy ments, and dissolves the most endearing connexion, a Mist it demoralizes the whole social system (Applause.). Britain, dim ing the reign of his present Majesty, and that of George 11. had been enraged in a war nearly fifty years. a fact of Weil sufficient to stab our national character. We may boast of our moral and religions institutions, and call ourselves a christian nation, but what will posterity think? will they not call us a nation of evil doers?' Mr. Gill concluded what we understand to be a maiden speech, and which was frequent ly interrupted by applauses, with moving a string of resolu tions, attach he read over to the meeting. Mr. T. W treue seconited the re,olutions, which were read over by Mr. Enfietd, the To% it Clerk, and being put from the chair, were carried unanimously. The nainber of people having by this time, very min h in greased, so that it was calculated there were more out of the hall than in it, atifi atter considerable delay and interruption of the proceedings by the cry for adjournment, the Chair man adjourned the meeting to the hall steps, and the assem blage, computed at upwards of 41000, stood below. The te solutions having again been read Os er, and agreed to with out one dissenting voice, Mr. It %ILK% addressed the meeting as follows : Mr. Chairman—l now beg to move, that the document held in my hand, and which is founded on the resolutions jest passed, be adopted as the act of this meeting; but before submitting it to the consideration of this numerous assembly, it may, perhaps, be necessary to explain the course which the Committee have, on this occasion, thou lit it advisable to adopt. Our object then, Sir, has been, nut merely as sub ject+, to petition the Prince Hegent to summon Parliament, but as men who feel we are aggrieved, frankly to address him on the state of the nation, and in firm, but respectful language, to remonstrate against that system of policy which has brought our country to the verge of irremediable ruin. Such, Gentlemen, has been our object; and it remains with you to sanction or condemn our proceedings. In either ease, we shall be well satisfied, consideling ourselves, for the time, as the servants of the public.—ln acting, Sir, upon the plan we have down, we have I am necessitated to extend our document to greater length, and induced to assume a firmer tone, than ordinary circumstances either require or warrant. But, I believe, Sir, that yon and our fellow-townsmen in general, will agree with us in opinion, that this is nut the period for political tergiversation—that to etlect any sub stantial good, the throne must he addressed in the language of truth. That we must cause the cry of our poor to echo through the walls of our palaces, and make the voluptuous pavilion of Princes to vibrate with the remonstrances of an indignant and suffering people. For what reason, Gentle men, have we to suppose, that our complaints will receive any attention, (or, in tact what regard arc they entitled to,) thIiCSS we state them with honesty, and enforce them with firmness. No Mall can examine the present state of British society without being convinced of the necessity that exists tbr such a proceeding. See our PEF.tts wallowing in pen sions, and our Pima pining in alms- the ministryaill con fidence, and the country all despair—a supe. b military, and a ragged population—the court NH of feasting, and the cot tage full of wailing—and say what can be espected in such a state of things from sophistry or dissimulation—surely nothing but disregard, contempt, or insult. To speak with honied lips when the heart is bill of bitterness—to M. rely supplicate, when their duty calls upon them to remonstrate, may agree with the timid policy of slaves—but is derogatory to the dignity of Esiglishufm, and oppo+ed to the uniform practice °four illustrious forefathers. But, Sir, I shall refrain from any longer trespassing upon the tithe of the meeting, and concluded by requesting your permission to submit the document to the consideration of my fellow townsmen. Mr. Bailey then read an address, remonstrance, and petition of the town of Nottingham to the Prince Itegeut. The reading of the Petition was frequentl: . interrupted by lead plaudits; It. Denison, I:sq. seconded it ; and a lieu put by the Chairman it was MialaMOUSly adopted as the act of the meeting. Votes of thanks were passed to the Mayor, and also to Messrs. George Gill and Thoimis Bailey—and the meeting broke up in the most peaceable manner. The Magistrates for the Hundreds of Bullinz•lnn, Der. Chester, and Titanic, in Oxfordshire espresned their deter mination at the late day of licensing public-houses, that if, in White, any complaint Will made against any publie.heu.:e in the hands of a ',rower within their tlivi,ion, ut the badness of the beer, they would, at the next licensing tlay, grant a li cense to the pur.on, and uot to the holse. CieTnIITTI 7. IIiJiL. We have already stated; that a letter from Madras, dated the I 7th of April had met) timed the plundering of the Guntoor Circar by a hotly of Mahratta cavalry. Some txmfirmation of this disastrous new , has, we are sorry to learn, recently reached town. Nothing official has yet beets published; but the private information goes to state, that a ninth:Ye tore.! of many thousand horse men, proceeding front the Mahratta territory, had at tacked and ravaged the dominions of our Ally the Nizant, and thence burst in upon the Guntoor Cirear, one of the most tranquil and prosperous of the Company's possessions on the coast of Coromandel, in the direct road between Calcutta and Madras, ayrovince of the latter Presidency, and distant from the capital not more than 200 marg. This unlooked-for irruption seems to have been accom panied by the most horrible outrages. The cruelties perpetrated, and the desolation piixhiced by the savage enemy in this attack upon this detimeeless province, are said to have exceeded those with which Hyder Ally visited the Climatic in his memorable invasion of 1780, the traces of which are still manifest at the end of near 40 years, and of which Mr. Burke, who depicted it in such glowing and appaling colours, said, "that it was a scene of woe, the like of which no tongue can adequately tell. .4117 he horrors of IVar heibre known or heard of were mercy to that new harock. - It appears that the Mahrattis carried oat' a prodigious booty, after sweep ing across the whole Peninsula from East to West and track again, without being brought to action by any British corps. Colonel Doveton, however, was at one time within two hours march of them as they retreated. This irruption is said to have taken place soon after the termination of the Nepaul war. KILLING OF A TIGER. A Letter from Pondicherry, dated April 12, gives the following account :—A Tiger has been shot this morning at Gondichern, in town, and in Mr. de Bans sett's house. You will think this a fable, or that, under the denomination of tiger, I speak of the least animal of the kind, but you will be mistaken. I mean a first size panther, measuring within the tail 4 feet 4 inches in length, and 2 feet 4 inches in height, as every one here can give evidence. It seems, that this animal came astray into the town last night, and it was found this morning entrenched in an half decayed earth made shelter, generally used in this country to keep paddy in, which was placed in an old open magazine situated in the centre of the town. It was customary to close therein a few geese ; and the boy who came in the morning to take them out, missing one of them, looked into the palaili to see if it was not concealed in it, when the tiger at his appearance, made a start : the boy ran away in the street, and happily has only been sligiitly wounded. The tiger came out also, and ventured at about ten yards into another compound, by • a large gate half shut, much injuring in his road an old woman, who was standing on the threshold; she received two severe blows, one on the shoulder, the other on the back, and seems severely hurt. The tiger crossed the yard, and by the means of a heap of fire-wood lying close to the wall, scaled it, and fell into Mr. de Baussett's garden ; he then entered, close to the main house, a small bathing room, the door of which was sheltered by a wooden staircase, leading to the top of it, so that nobody could approach to have a sight of the animal.— Some of oursportsmen, and four invalided Sepoys, gather ed in the house, and tired several shots at the tiger, when once or twice he made an attempt to escape, and each time returned unhort to the same place. A Nacoda of u vessel in the roads, who was present, pretended that he could magnetise and tame the tiger like a dog. He therefore boldly advanced I)efore the door, and began his wonder, when the tiger 'mule a howl, which the old Nacoda interpreted in his favour, and said was a sneeze of good omen, and that a second would be a sign of entire submission. But the tiger, beginning perhaps really to feel the effects of the me , :7netism, or the ascen dency of the neigncti.icr on him, s , rted on the Naoxla, and made him retire with a seratcl , 2l back. We now endeavoured to get the tiger out fr.) a the room by the means of sonic straw, &c. - which we 9artit from the top of the room, by an oval aperture in the wall, about seven feet from the ground ; and it is most extraordinary, that this animal, pressed by the heat, ratite: than come out by the door, which was opened, prefer• l jumping out by this hole, which he did with all the • iimbleness and swiftness of a cat, although the opening only just affiml ed a passage to his body, and although he was obliged to elevate himself perpendicularly at that height from the ground ! Several shots were immediately fired, with out much success. The tiger ran away from us, and tried to jump over a wall opposite, 12 feet high, but he only reached part of the height, fell down, and again return ed upon us with increased rage and fury, when Mr. C. Krusse, who happily had still his musket loaded, fired and killed the animal, when it had fully approached him, and he was only two yards distant ! A MOST ATROCIOUS ACT OF BARBARITY. A female of the most respectable flaunty in Cuinana, for uttering some invectives ap,uinst the Govenunent, and speaking in flivour of the patriotic party, wakon the 12th of June tied on a jack-an attended by a gut.rd of 10 soldiery, led through the streets, and at every corner and opposite the houses of her dearest connections, received