The National Register. — London, England, 1822-01-21 00:00:00

NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL MEETING. - A meeting of the Proprieturs aud Orcupirrs of Imnd in the county of No. folk, was held tut Saturday 1;1,1, itt the Shire-house at the Ci•ele of Nene ich, for the purpose of raking into consldi fllllllll the ;wowed depressed state of iigri• culture. The hour liscd by tee nigh Suesill. Sir J. Astir% , for the commencemem of the business of the day. was 12 o'clock at neon. A; ... nz the indiv idols ;arena were the Earl of Albemarle and Laid Suilield ; T. W. Coke and E. Wilde home, E-quires, members fur the county ; the Reverends Archdeacon Bathurst. (1. Clover, J Pres ..... J. I). Burton, and many ether gentlemen of fertuue mid respertrelidity. At a quarter past 12 the high Sheriff rose, and stated Rim he had deemed it Isis dory, in cuts-rewriter of the utlirtuJ /MO. 'llllllll which lie then held, le call a meeting of the county spun ■ requisition which he had received f unu crow. and respectable body of the landholders within it. He thei e fore came forward to declare that the meeting was noes le gally cone eded fur the ;impose staled iti the requisil lie should not Like op inure time than was sufficient to c pre'. a hope that gentlemen would confine their obser vation, to the objects for which the meeting had been called. After the Under Sheriff had rend the requisition, and the ugh Sheriff's answer to it, The Earl of A t.nENtkit LE moved, and Lord SD/FIELD seconded the proposer 1111 l , that the High Sheriff do take the elinir. It was carreel unaiiinsuusly. After the High She, dl' had I the chair, „Mr. Tile ItTELL rase and said, that having been one of the ludivieuals whit hod signed the reqiusitien which had been Ife esmitted to the High Sheriff, he felt it nosierithent Lire, as the dischriree iif his pubiic duty, to b, e amione pi n roW , r% of the causes which led to the pre sent Manning mid distre."!ing stub. of the agricultural interest Hr had Oven, us ails dti!y, his best consider:lli .... to that Subject ; and he did out hesitate to declare, utter such coo sidcration, that the pi incipal cane of the existing distress was the mairmous end over. helniiiig taxation of the country. (Loud applause.) It was said that the landholders bad the remedy in their win hands—they could reduce their rents, ant the clergy their teener. He would, honesee. lake ul hima If to miser, that, even if rents and tithes sheiilJ be re due. d to what they were in 1192, the cultivators of the haul would find it impossible to go on. (Cheers.) But would any matt be bold enough to say that, if the 'melee ds weir. to re duce their rents to what they acre hi 1192. that they email etippoi I themselves its the present state of thing-? Certainly they could not. Coal the clergy lire wuh their tithes reduced in a similar proper - 6.m ? Ceitaiely tad. Could the laberie log man, who received 10'. a meek, live now upon it ns he had dune in 011 Certainly lint. Then they ought to inquire into the cause of this (teat sod distressing wad if they slid so inquire, they would Mid the rause in the great and oppressise taxation of the y. The worthy eeetleroau " I. That the present ;thirstier:, und depic•sed stale of sgt i. culture in this kingdom must inevitably and speedily lead to the Utter ruin of the oecupieib of thesoll, and is ill esentualiy be most injurious to the owners of laud, unless eflectual •mensurrs lie immedinerly adopted by Pailiainent to art est its destructive progress. " 2.'Ehat it is the 11111 ll ill n of his meeting th it the most pre. bable, and tlierefure mesa wiper. means of rail-ding relief, is to restore the currency to the standard of stilue iii exist. cure, previously to and et the time of passing the Cush ltestmp►ion paymeet Art (commonly (MLA Mr. Peel's 11.11,) it, in reference 10 1 has et ;soda d of value nearly all the existing contrticts were made, ;led debts incurred, awl liar &permie from whirl It, it lenge, p. 1',1.141 ill, .l inevitably involve the eehole cisuuuun,ty in the coalition alto. 3 'Thant no meaeire of relief cut lie permanent and die ctuel, miless the anal rigid ecommiy he enforced in t very del. lenient of the stele, aud the expeetliture theleof, us wed naval us military, I the head of the exeunt lye duals to the lowest °thee lei of C....ern...1it. lie %cry materially reduced —measures, the velopt 101 i of w hick, a ill retiree all ' classes from the overwhrltuii i burden of laealtue %Well now oppresses them, enable lundlos d. to lower their rent, the clergy their tithes, and lessen the other heavy expenses incidental to the occupancy and cul -Ilieation of the roil, " 4. That 'he present heavy and oppressive duty on malt operates greatly to the disiedvaiduze of the farmer, by re ducing the cunsumetiiin,mid cunsequently the price of barley; and that the total anuibiletiurl of that tax it of vital import ance to the agricultural interest. " S. That at petition, embracing all the foregoing objects, he addressed to each 111111-e a as curly us pos sible in the nest ressime and that the Earl of Albemarle, and the Earl of Orford lie requested to present the same to the Rouse of Lords, aud the comity Members to the (louse Of Cl/M1110111," Mr. W Amin se•ctinded the resolutions at considtruble len:Ate The Under shoot' then read the resolutions. After they had been read, The Earl of Menem ARIA', came forward, amid loud and long cotiiiiiiird cheering, to address the meeting. lie cumaienced las speech by obsei vine, that the Simi use 'which lie should make of the oppuriunity then afforded 1 1111 l to alhlri•sa the comity of Nor 101 k, 1/011111 he to return has sincere thaliks to the ieapectable gentlemen who had signed the requisition for calling it together—thereby eta bling him and his brother trerbelJers tot set ruse their aueirut wholcoone aud constittitimiel eights, of rattly, openly, and tearlessly, discussing aily - matters a limb they tosisidesed public gi ire cures Loud clime log.) His 'met o:auks we're tine to 'lie litgu ;Sheriff of the c y tar the ti-adiness atuitla he 11.111 Slolittll to meet the wishes or the reginsitionisis, :and rot the lottolsom , matinee in e.lii, h he• had elloided the sanction us' his 11101 office to the objects alike limy pinks,. it to Inter in stew: 0111 tu , ) lie load al.° to 'own his thou►.s lo tae genii,- of the coonly tor nut Itasllng allowed theitiselvee to he iiitleence4l by those pelsons, out, indeed, of limit east cul1111) (Mu 0 1 tolhels, why Melt . 114111100 s of lirevt•rtt -luL•. toy r...y 111 Ihros pow eu the exercise of the ancieno, aholesutur, awl constentiimal sights ill English tot n- -o:hut Nsii Ellsllll Ile yl.l 1 I'll iilll ftlllll 114.4111 • I.la wanks so Ihu• gersilenian ahu bad moved the reedit how, ...id Ito la 110.11 ht. haul 11111 1114' 11.ollotirt uI being known, (101 all' MAO ) uaaLlll•, Ito wllu•tt be' bed espressed lets sva !morn,s 1ee...114 , 45:: tie ie.; - awed be leave 001 l Of the 1 1 .1 ( .1' A r.tlio loth to a tram. oh 1111. OeCitaiUll his grata 111 l le se as 4144• ill. 11 to ...i Al.. W who Iliad PO 11111) aeeUlllleti 1 1., Selo* 14'5'.•11 Mho 1.44 bi,.tiglll forward the aiseitiese of ‘,„ ~a ). se e a ~01.1 1.1•10 1146 4111'11111A 111 r pie•s•ut saes rusk Ail hi 0.411 , 1M - 1101i, suit uud Ira I . Wry .hoist 11411114111 UP— ktoort.l•.) ants Ile 11 1111/1141 fo ~~~ =~. e 4 THE NATIONAL REGISTER . make a distinction, and to infoini the meeting that he shotild be given. The question was," How is the 'minaret addressed it more front duty than incliitation. To speak creditor to be putt 1 . " He se plied that he ought not to be the honest truth, he was unwilling to address them ilium paid at the sole expense of the land. (Cheers.) The the present subject, because lie found it to be too ints irate fientllsolsler might also to bear sonar part of the Femme ter him. If, in the pi ivaey of his own retirement, he %Melt aas now ocighitig dew ii all the rest of the catlike. could himself scarcely understand it, how much more , The Mai resolution was then put, and carted Illiillll. difficult would it be for him to make himself to be under- monsly. stood upon it ;midst the bustle and contusion which all On the second resoletion being put, Mr. TIIVRTILL ways naturally ctend at a public meeting. This was rose, and Wird) , explained the reasons • hich had induced fatly one of the difficulties *loch he felt on the present him to 'nowise it. He likewise added, thin lie had no uceesion ; lie lied also another of rather a deferent ha. a ish to oppose diet which hail been just proposed in its titre. It had bt•en stated by his worthy friend (Mr. W.) bleed by Lard Albemarle. (Hear.) that polities were totally irrelevant to the purposes for . The Eel! of A taessant.e replied, that his objection to which they were assembled; and with the strong feelings the resolution was simply this—that it slid nut fellow that, which lie( Los ti A ibetuark) possessed upon Etat subjeti, as the enactment of Mr. Peel's bill had done harm, the lie would pail it to the hon. gent. who stood near him (Mr. repeal of it would produce ti contrary effect. W eilehouse) whether he wits not putting a little restraint Lord SiFet eta) then came lOrWarli to address the meet upon himself when he determined not to permit himself fug, and was received a nth lutist clam:Meg, lie e tttttt mewed to utter even one mingle groan (laughter) against those his observations by stating that he le It considerable CIO- W hillit lie believed to bee the authors of all the calamities i bas reesment its addressing then'', nuacenst 1111 l ed as lie wall tinder which the country was at that moment sutierisig.—.. to public speaking, lie had to follow she Earl of Altos ( Lend cheering.)—On that subject, however, he would • mule, whose speeches never failed to ye std insis out sey ear more at preemie. With the resolutions whirls had all who heard them. It appeared to I • , that there wilt had just been proposed to them, as, from the respect dui' out) two reint•dies for the present depressed state ut age I to los worthy friend Mr. Coke, both as ii large landed pro- culture. 01 these, one was to iitcrease the price of coin pi hour, and their long tried representative, they had been by iespective ditties, moil it because a remunerative sent to him, he (Lord A Ihemarl ) was pre, iously acquitinted, pi ire; and the oilier to remove the causes which pre and he had therefere been enabled In give them a • • at- vented co en from leaching that price at pleas tit: aunt tender consideraC tbasi he should have done, had be now here lie mast be permitted to join with the noble Los il heard tlion tor the first time. His mistily to mask aoh who had preceded Met, iii se:Owing in slot ''saving heel el them had in as great number of poin ts - . any tame at that time of that stupid and ritheitlans doe tilted; hut it. s ome lie must say that it Mid been a little i trine, that selling corn at high proms would relieve the disappointed. His dietipi • ment, however, was rather as vain venue of the soil from the difficulties by w loch he was points of iimMiiiii, Mau to points en vs Melt au opinion was at present sus rounded. What, he would ask, would be was exiurtayed, lie rejoiced as a Nolhilk luau, that the the gilt-c 1 tit raising corn to a MO price? Why, that county e of Norfolk bud been the iiist hi es MO a (manly hie friends in the moils—tot lie had !Instils in Lancashire misting had here convened uia the drottess of mericul- as well at in Norfolk—would a usolutely starve. Did they tore ; and he further n joiced teat us that great agri- recollect the state of dusts es,s to *lnch the maistelact seers cultural comity, dietrtssed alb it %lib k stow') to be, they had of Lancashire bad been reduced by the high price of pro mo mod one %oral about a eiirll-bill, shirt the. had not sought visions? He 'ails sure that they diet ;he was tittle that relief from restrictive dairy, and that they Lail tint dreamt they. could not have forgotten how how those mmll'l4oll - supporting nu) measure that n e w ca l cu lat e d to gist. an rem had suet to consider of tile best thealls of itlieving artificial roe to the priee of coils. He fi It ;peel pleasure at their dish ens, and how they had laud their throats cut for sueli tin occurreece, bemuse the measures to %%his la he haul so meeting. (Lund Mures iiig, accompanied with bottle few alluded wet ein any shape mous: t no d a , see e could be hisses.) Between the meeting to which lie was alludiug 1111 l re interested on them than use farmers of the county of each the present, the only dittei race was, that the brewer .Norfelk, lie trusted dint in future they would not even be r oo k pl a ce i n a i nure populous district. lit the comity of cncoidered Iseneliciel. They acre not practicable, thee Nos firik, it was easy to ripply to the Hight Shedd, and to acre no, politic, they wile not just; but even if they were obtain a public ineeti•ig, at which grievances could be at mire practicable, politic, and just, he vial CuliV loved they I as eett e ee d (cheei a) ; but in Lancashire, ohm e heels ere ea. is not yield the agriculturists any erosible relief, in I test thousand iiiliebitante for every ten inlialoaiiits in semiudisig thi iii 01 the view u filch lied been taken of this Nes Mak, and where they wet e eel tautly less eulightetital, eubject Ity edicts, lie must beg also to remittal Ilion, till' , • the same facilities were wanted for the exercise of that while emu Was sold at 40,. a comet) in Euglen t, and at VO-. ; erect, tit constitutional rigid of all Englishmen—llse meet a coomn elsewhere, it was impossible by any restrictive . 01 discussing pe ek, gr i evances . duties to benefit the EngliM agriculturist.'(Cheers.) Ile Intuited power tit Pailiallient it self, 'relent as it was called, and had entered, %haat he had wished to say d lea WUltr, it. powerful as they all from sad experieuce knew it to be, to give - keti.4l". of ;tie „,„„j„ 1 „, ems et - Lancashire', a , a w ere him the slightest aid by the adoption of such a system. He hail quite as touch pia countrymen as the Limners tit Notions. English feeling enough about pun to condemn must severely the . But to toe d : he had, lie minted, shown that slue ut the conduct of such of his countrymen as, under the existing circum stances, scraped together the remnant of their property with the two ren P iedi:which lie l ' istel !mentioned fur die distress of intention of spending it among foreigners. If he was to be the country—namely, the übtaming a remitmeative priee reduced to the necessity of spending his last shilling, even diem fur the agrictiltiner by artatii•ial Illeill3—Wolllit be iltilte lie would trot quit the country, but would still mean the melon. inelleetnel. What, then, would be the other remedy choly satisfaction of spending his last shilling in it. (Cheers.)— I which lie thought might be applied with Motile hopes of Ile inuat now allude to another topic, and here, again, he must . success? He outlet tell them—they - t seduce the express his satisfaction that the tanners of 'Norfolk brut not at expe e diture by the alliOlint of ,000,000.. per nannies. or tributed their dietrees to the importation of threign corn. How , th e y oohed do ebsuletely nothing. (Cuero's.) Ttiongli that fallacy could continue so long to be credited, lie was at a loss , conceive, inasmuch as foreign corn haul not been in compett- he lamented as much as 111411 cou ld do the individual dis to tress which at 'when' prevailed—it had removed a film non with our corn for the lam three years. Them might have • been a little at market, but it could not have amounted to any s froni the eyes of Ulan) alio heretofore had been blind to such quantity as was ealculateui to affect the pace of British turn - 1 Having dins alluded to the points omitted in the resolutions, he I the outset - lea tit Car existing system. As their pockets had should now proceed to thee contained in them. Tile first re- • become lighter, thrum sight bad become clearer (greafap planet. and 141101.er), red lie had little doubt that it things nicely which they proposed fur eulaingaglicultore from its present I did nut speedily impairer, they would, before lung, be depressed state was the repeal of Mr. Peel's bill. Now, no ar- come even lynx-eyed onset vets of the abuses of Govern gammas had been advanced in favour of this measure, and he ' !elem.—The noble Load then proceeded to Mate, that must say that he ehoulu like to hear what arguments could be w h et , I se was i ti s cussitig the 'propriety and neceeeity of a advanced in favour of that repeal before he cuneented to make ' re tt. What he would ask, then, had been due great cause of all form, lie ought to have observed, that unless they 111 l ro the calamities under which they were labouring? Was it not dined tutu their pennon a prayer tor•r efociii, the y would abeultoels lie duisig ItUtlllllg. (Loud cheers.) Thule who the great eircultaton of paper which had formerly prevailed ?• •; were f ur pumpoimig it n ow, would not be for puelponing What were they now proposing as the renitaly for those udamie it long.—lie then proceeded to advert to the expense tit ties 4 The repeal of Mr. Peels bill, and a recurrence to a paper currency. What was the disease? A paper currency. What collecting the revenue, and stated, that St present at (*.At was the remedy proposed to be applied for it? Why, the very half toe amount of the rev enue ta "9" One potent disease itself'. The noble Earl then - .read his resolutions, of above every other multi:aril •• lie Martel gentlemeil which the first was the same as that proposed by Mr. ThurteU. spell' end again complatuitig in l'athaillent ul the buff- The remainder were as follows: drusome pressure of taxation, and yet Ile saw them always " 2.1 That the amount of public expenditure, and conse. voting fur the littlest eetahlisiiments. Then the% vicie jointly of public demands by direct and Indirect taxation, is the found voting against the supplies necessary for tae pay plain unquestionable cause Of our present sufferings; and That moat of those esteblistinielits; alial then agatit euting, if the only bate and practicable remedy is to be found an such a di- pi eeent at the dieciusetuit of the eStiusale,, agallibt the niinution of Close demands as may enable the farmer to grow his a m e ndment, ',reposed by Me. Hume to trance kneel, thee' produce a: a reasonable rate, and thus equally spread due benelit again they were found, at the tett of the :see:sloe, thank of its inducnce through every class of society throughout the I j u g yi,. hi . lon the „ty ,X,111,11, WiaCit th e) 1,,,,t d u ne kingdom. estay thing in their power te caisiiteteat. (Cherie).— "V. That the diminution is to a very great extent capable of , . a.l 1 . ' Allele was au Illetiliblbleliey 111 all this IIa us I l l y o being instantly male without any public detriment Whatever, by a rigid economy enforced in every deparment of the state, naval, tnilitary, and civil, front the executive clown to the lowest public notice. k;ven the made NliirtpllS Ur L h O e l e ki r i . ll )..... idl l ' i r i r d y t —llldt manager of du House of Commons (e .1i offices of Government, relieving all dosses from t e overwhelm. greet Leviathan, had (owned that the mammy ass mu t t Mg burden of taxation that so heavily oppresses them, enabling tilde sated to Mr. H ; rind he trusted that the piesem landlords to lower their rents. and clergymen and impropriators meeting would for once credit the 'ruble dlaugna,, mid their tithes, and by improving the situation ot the poor, lessening gave u s Mr . Home that approbation %filch the Mousier the amount levied for their subsistence; in short, reaming ail had nut withheld. 'flue noule Laid, idles some: creel 55- the heavy and intolerable expenets now incidental to the the occu pancy and cultivation of the aril. tiosie tomtit mtving Iris tomtit . ) , into the emoluments ul the Iteccisei-Ouileiai, which Mr. liume pal effected by " als, That though this meeting, disavowing all selfish lo- dud ~, hick he stated to amount to 15,0 b It. out of 1170001., fives, and anxious only for the genets! welfare and prosperity, is . willing to leave to the wisdom of Parliament the particuiar items e 'ea:hided his speech by upon which a reduction of taxation may be best made, yet n • moos ‘%llllll the L I __al. ut Albemarle lied pit/puled to the heal (sty secumtlitig the i t eoi II • feels that the repeal of the malt duties, together with the heavy meeting - - ( 1 -snad thee , lug•I i m posts upon soap. candles, salt, and leather, aniounaug to- Mt. LOWAHD 'l' a x CUR ietarned Ills sincere t h a nks to gether to five millions and upwards, levied upon articles c'osely the two honk Lard, Who had *idled she meal eatt,ea 0 t our connected with agriculture, and ranking among the indispensa. .11.15 eat', anti hash 110111 led out the talkie) to stns bating a t ble ne c essaries . 1 Jut', most L'll•Pec'allY tall far the most ottelime to the owe au •.a ut Mr. Peel's bah. Mi • Hume lied .ii consideration. tempted to shun how far I ets enc lituent could be nettle et at MM. That this meeting feels itself' compelled to urge its rc- alit cod, im,,,,,,y. and „„ a t „ ete ets.h in eate a t the , late , resolutions with the greater cameatness, trout reflecting that six the 6 how hill his dripllikeilla been answeted r %S as it sly ye a rs of peace, the usual mud only season in all countries Mr tas• , ...... ? No. B o hy repeated majorities of a troll hta reduction of tbose burdens which war imputes, and the nourish- ',_",'''' • .: naent of public pimperity and individual wealdi, have now passed LI if the ouse of commute... (Ince . seent app. tato%) I here "A' away, not only wititeet producing in this count!) , any adequate I tile mans "salt Ye of 01l their MO ri 2.01. ; he"""i's relief, but duet during tine long 'wood commeme has languished public had beets wally tee resented In th e "eh" of Cul". I have made their repreeen and agriculture declined from one degree of delete:aeon to , mato., then emustintents cord.. _ oust or another, till at lust it bee reached a crises, in which either I,ollle , taliVe a nisppo. I 'Air, lit iiiiiii lie toed hoped t ha t very important amelioration must take place, or a total denote. I to her of the 'mule Lou ds whu had addressed the ~s it t l e u ee tior g . went of the whole onler and relations tit society Ilirat ensue.' i a mold have pi or sell a it:m.11111ton deClaratOry 01 . "‘ hliSt the 41 " "'""l'ull W. " a V4.lfl'igi sit Ill&M'idn rri feet iv e state la the eepiesentation. As neither o a t t hi e f ,..i _ eaelainted—" How, de is, is the heliostat creditor to be paid?" which he lied attended that day, and should piopost It Alter Lord A ttito•nr.e. had read the reeollitione, and had douse it hr stitand corral to fulfil the obj; t i, c v hollowing resolnitusi : before they eerie put by the High Sheriff, " fit ii. 'I hat it appeared in die course of the last sees General WA! A e A! POLE ulster vied, that a gelitlellnell had iIISI mu i l u u si .esite pi educed by the meritorious labboia, cat asktA a quest:en to shah it was proper that du answer Mu, hoar , that there is out a bran ch of the pu i iiso::, . • r „ • 1 ~