The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-11-19 00:00:00

TAE DIPPIPM7+ OP FOliAll.lrO A NEW ADMINISTRATION. (TROM Ttiz Nozwirtt atFnettan.) —lf, ,as is too well known to he questioned, his Majesty has frequently within the last few years not only contemplated but attempted the formation of a stew Ministry withont being able to effect his sintspolte, (Slott Aimee of success Is there in a state of thing:s so infinitely worse? Who would now as. some the direction of affairs? But even were not the condition of Agriculture so desperate—were not the fends of Ireland, public and private, •n deplora . able—were the finances more encouraging--tvere • foreign politics less threatening, there is in the very separation, in the repnlsion we might almost say, or,. at least in minute division of the particles which com pose the body politic, so much to attract, to reconcile, • anJ to combine, before any sufficient force could he colleeted, that we almost entirely despair of seeing the necessary union of elements effected, except by sonic sxtraordinary menstrunin, or preternatural power of ' condensation. All this division is the effect of a Slovernment weak in talent, strong in passion and pre . Jndiee, and bold in the exertion of its powers and the ..execntion of its intrignes. • For of what principles and interests are the several parties in the State composed ? Even the present Ad setisittration has scarcely a single basis of action iu common. The retention of office has hitherto been the only thing upon which they are all agreed. Can the (irenvilles then, who font) en intermediate grotto , lion between the high Tories and the Whigs—can they support the weight of business? Certainly not. Wor could the Whigs probably, single banded, re duced as they are in strength by the jealousy of the Church and of a great portion of the Reformers. — Upon this division and this weakness the present Mi nistry has subsisted, and will perhaps for some tithe longer continue to subsist. And to this may be super ntided that there is no other party who would accept sae(' without binding the King to unpalatable condi tint's—conditions made indispensable to their assump tion of power. by his Majesty's sudden desertion of his former frieitilsliips ; for whether the King acted jeatly or otherwise in this inst-:nce, it nevertheless mina sitloject hint to the distrust of those whom he abandoned. The maxim, divide et impera, was never p •rliaps so successfully, as far as appertains to their persooal interests, acted upon by any former set of men as by the present Servants of the Crown—so far as relates to the advantage of the Commonwealth never so injuriously. But as the force of such a principle and such agents Inest depend upon the matter on which they operate, ty we not in part account for the effect by the fact there has appeared so little of commanding i Wert upon the political arenasinee the death of Pitt and 1:os ? Or is it, that education and the advance of knowledge have really brought men more nearly to a ' , vet ? Or again, does it happen, that in proportion as wealth increases, the disposition to enjoyments pnrele personal, and the aversion to those auaterer qua lities. those %ter:ter:pursuits, and those severer labours which must be the stepping ladders to a noble ambi tion in such times, are increased to a degree suffi ciently great to deter even strong minds front the ne cessary acquisitions? These are curious subjects for philoatiphical enquiry, but one timing is palpable. viz. that under the present mode of debating in Parliament, no betnin constitution can bear, and no human temper will endure the long agony of attendance. Formerly l'i't and Fox would speak and would exhaust a subject —t little of illustration or of relief from other mem bers concluded a discussion. But now whole nights are consumed in debates and adjournments, yet the de termination of the question rests upon the authority of nnnihers, won by influence or party, and the House and the country are alike unenlightened and uncon vinced, so far as the eloquence of Parliament is con cerned. Committees wear out the day —mere talking the n igh! ; anti a member of the house of Commons is . a more toilsome drudge than the man whose miserable industry confines him to a desk or to a counter. It is not in the twine of persons of rank and opulence to snh 'tit to the privations implies!, and hence we see taxes rated or the liberties of time subject abridged, IN ripen., of one- fi fth or less ..f tie entire members IN Parli.mtent. Like soldiers in the field they become iodiiferent to all consequinen but personal f ee ling, and senaihle only to the r earisonteness of a life of in eessant fatigue. The history of public transictions and our acquaintance with individual members alike lead us to this train of remarks. It is not possible to stop absolutely the current of human action, and there fore the progression of labour must continually go on to change and accumulate. But it must, we think, be quite obvious that the affairs of England are rapidly approaching a crisis, (by rapidly we do not Mean a series of weeks or even months) of which it is impos sible to anticipate the results. All that we certainly feel is, and we deduce our future expectations from the past, that ander the present administration, the Conse quences, whatever they may be. will be precipitated— another direction of affairs might obviate the • evil this neither cannot and therefore will not. We have received a Newfonodiand paper of the 16th O: t. from which we extract the following article t His Majesty's cutter Inspector, coininantied by Mr. Win. Bullock, astronomical surveyor, bating on board Lieut. Bullock, ids brother, touched at the Island of Anti.o , ti, and found encamped there the crew, and passengers of the ship Esrl Dalhousie, to • the number of 110 persons, who had been cast away in that ship on their voyage from Scotland to Quebec. Those unfortunate emigrants, although they had plenty of provisions saved from the wreck, yet were in a situation truly distressing, owing to the uncertainty and despair of getting off that. desolate island for the winter. Fortunately the Inspector, in the course of the service, went there, and revived their spirits by *.promise, on the part of those gentlemen, to call at Sydney, and procure a vessel to take them to Quebec. On her way to Sydney the Inspector fell in with a large brig in ballast, bound to Quebec. the master of which very cheerfully and humanely undertook to eall fbr them in his way. It is therefore to be hoped they have, before this, been relieved from their dreary s tuition. Captain Denman, who served in the Duke of Wel lington's semi in the peninsula. with Lieut. Clappes ton. R.N.. Dr. °whiny. and a Naval Carpenter from the Dock-yard atMatta, have . atiivid at .11ibralta, on their way to Tripoli. intending tbeaca to proceed.to the ism:lw of Africa on 'newt:ink • 111. mok.__—.enno. U.l`, STA TES 11A N. • PRICE,OF STOCK Beak Stock 210 • I per Cent.Ftedl77l I per Dant.Con. 781 S¢ per Cor4t. 4 per Cents. 961; 1 3 per Ot.Nnyy 1111/ 3 per Cent. Long Ann Imp 3 per Cert. HA 0 per Colt. bAY AI t ONS O'CLOCK. Indla,Stook 2121 Dittoßondil—s• 725.'7215. Pri? South-Set Stock South Sea Old - Ann. Ex 8111,241. 1000/.43 65.45. p. 5001. 4s. 6s. 4s.pro. Small 45.65. 4s. pm. India for ditto Con. for Acct 781 Lott. Tickets 221. 144. Mall WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TO•11 miaow. Morning 39 mid. after 10.—Eveuing 5 min. after 11. ANOTIIER of 3nAm AT NINR O'CLOCK TO MORROW MORNING. LONDON: 310NPAY EVENINO, NOTEMRER 19, 1821. STOCK EXCHAAi;E, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is littte doing in the Market this morning. Consols arc stationary ; the prices at present from 78 to !. The application to the Court of Chancery on Fri day, by some of the tenants of the Coopers' Company, for a reduction of rent, cannot but have struck very forcibly every person who read it. The ground on which they rested their claim for relief was, that the rent which they had paid was over-estimated. The land they rented produced potatoes, which three years ago were six pounds a ton, and now were only two pounds. The other articles were about the same proportion ; and the consequence was that in the year 1820, the petitioners had lost 10001. They prayed therefore that their petition might be referred to the Master to enquire whether the present rent paid by then, was not too high ; and a strong claim appeared on the face of their case for redress. But the applica tion, though not refused, met with little encourage mot. The LORD CHANCELLOR was reported to have stated that he never heard of a farmer, when the ar ticles of prod lire were at a higher price than that at which his rent was estimated, pay a greater rent to the land-owner than he had stipulated for in his lease. An order was given to refer the petition to the Master, but it was understood the reference was only to en quire whether any and what reduction ought to be made for the present year ; and his Lordship thought it ought to be endorsed on the hack of the order that the petitioners, when produce shall bear a high price, are hound to refund any reduction in the rent, that the Master was of opinion ought now to be made to therm f a petition of this kind were not thus discountenanced in limine, the Court, no doubt, would have abundance of business. The pressure now is coining on the land owners; and the outcry is, that i f such applications were to be heeded the most solemn contracts would be ren dered useless. But what other way is left for farmers to obtain redress? Their property is.aapreciating at a rate that was never before experienced ; they are, as a body, "on the verge, nay, in the very gulph of bankruptcy ;" they are deprived not only of the prospect of providing for their families, but id the very means of living. This distress dill not come on a sudden. Its approach was stated and proved to Parliament, and Committees were appointed to take the matter into consideration. But what was the result? After months of useless la bour, and a great parade of anxiety and concern' the House of Commons was pleased to separate with acquiescing in the declaration of their Committee " that they have not been able to discover any means which, in their estimation, are calculated immediately to remove the present pressure !" Is it likely if the House of Commons had been dif ferently constituted that they would have separated for six months without discovering, and patting in execution also, some mode of relief ? Would a reformed House of Commons have forgotten, that they and their constituents were enabled to live and flourish in the year 1792, and for many years before, when the pric e of the produce of their and their constituents' farms was no higher than at present ? Could it have escaped their notice, that the only material difference between the situation of the farmer, the yeoman, and the land lord, then and now, was, that the charges on produc tion in 1792 were scarcely one fourth so great es at pre sent? And is it possible that they could Imee been ict blind ed as not to have seen that a complete remedy was talmob tained—and to be obtainedonly by reducis . g the chirps, (the taxes. the tithes, the rates, and the rents,) - fit; an equitable proportion? This, however, must., nttonly be discovered, but be acted upon, before stay .ikkog de serriag the name of REMEDY will be obtained—:-:.And it is very material that every one concerned should ask himself whether such remedy is likely to be obtained through a House of Commons, a majority"of 4Wif,h is rewind, or influenced, by about two bundre4,xich and powerful individuals, whose interest .in . thelre— sent system, from benefitting by it in certain yaleirted modes we need hardly now turn to the Nefi"Pirergy or " nan•noou" of the Court to explain. ie`qt t oitt as to make the danger of this distress reaciilni:thcirs remote ? It is very evident that things cannot go.,ostirantb Jonger :in their present train; there must be Many and great changes; and to render these changes pro:' lattive 'if . good. instead of evil, the anal., Ma:PP - 1144 tiiittiiiitt 4 Collective Wisdom" of the nation .will be nceessoip. The ministerial hirelings may pos.foeth mostementent,insreastd revenue (and from the ins/tailed cigoar• [semiAux ENJoismo] !retina of tatediElkforeed. there may be an increase of. recta', • Japans, -branches, and 'a torrespoladint . • - 3 ' diminution of the means of the people), bat, we would ask, who is to check these accounts ? and who -vouch for the truth of them, but the same persons who It ave for the last twenty years vouched for the same things, bat whose flourishing statements have uniformly terminated, year after year, in delusion, increase of debt, multiplication of misery to the industrious classes, and multiplication of wealth to the stock-jobber, the Jew broker, and the other locusts of 'Change-alley ? But of what avail are increased means of bestowing pensions, and paying dividends, and purchasing patronage on the part of Ministers, to the Farmer, the Yeoman, and the Landholder—who does not participate in their produce, but who is called upon to pay d ,übled taxes with reduced means Accounts of the yellow fever in Spain, brought by the Madrid papers to the sth instant, are less favour thle than the reports circulated on the authority of private letters had led us to expect. Instead of any im provement having taken place in the sanitary state of the infected cider., the number of deaths seems to he as high, if not higher than before. Up to the 26th of Sept. 7000 persons had died of the fever at Tortosa, and since that time the deaths had been GO and 70 a (lay. At Barcelunetta the desolation continued, and in several places in the vicinity of Cadiz, where the infecton was supposed to have ceased, it had sprung up again with fresh rigour. The number of deaths al Barcelonetta on the 24th, 25th and 26th nit. was more than 150, and of new cases 193. The news brought to Madrid relative to Saragossa is, that reports having been spread that the Government intended to disarm the National Militia, some of the latter, with their Commander, proceeded to depose the Political Chief, Don Francisco Murcia. The Paris papers contain the most contradictory accounts from Constantinople and the Danube. It is, however, asserted, in several articles that the Greeks occupy the entrance of the Bosphorus with their Beet, and have sent back all the European merchant vessels which conveyed grain to the Turkish capital, having declared that city and the neighbouring parts in a state of blockade. An article from Munich says that pri vate letters from Warsaw and Petersburg state, that Russia will not take part in any Congress, but it is nevertheless believed that a Congress of the Powers of Germany will be held, at which England will take a part on account of Hanover. It is asserted in the Vienna letters that the Porte has received accounts from Petersburg, which no longer leave any doubt that the Oreeks are to be abandoned to their fate ; but it is added this statement requires confirmation. —The French parrs bring a copy of a conven tion for the occupation of Piedmont by Austrian troops, which has been entered into between the Ministers of Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, and the Austrian Gene neral commanding the Occupant Army. The number is fixed at 12,000, with power to demand more if ne cessary in the juilgment of the Sardinian Monarch. It is ratified by " the Powers therein interested," as above specified : so that it would appear England and France are not considered as interested in the fate of Italy. As the revolution attempted in Piedmont was completely defeated, and the Royal Authority re instated in all its privileges long before the 24th of July, (the date of this convention,) not the shadow of a reason can be given to justify the measure now adopted. By this agreement all the fortresses of the country are placed in the hands of the Austrians. — The force, indeed, is placed, nominally at the disposal of the King,but the whole burthen of providing fur it, as well as all the other grievances that attend the yoke are thrown upon the people. What the weight of the imposition will be will be easily understoodl when it is known that besides supplying these 12,000 " Auxiliaries," as they are termed, with " Lodging, fuel, lighting, food and forage," the Piedmontese 1.10- vernment must furnish 300,000 francs, or about 13,0001. sterling a month to liquidate their pay. Such a sum, amounting to about 160,0001. a-year, for so small and so poor a country as Piedmont, is of itself an oppression intolerable to be borne. This conven tion is to remain in force till the month of September 1822, when it is agreed that the Allied Sovereigns shall assemble at Florence, to take into consideration the situation of the Kingdom. and to determine whe ther they shall any longer favour the Sardinian Mo narch with the blessings of their support..-41espeet; jai France there is no news worth repeating, except the very awkward explanation which will be found is I another column of our paper, of the esysteriews oKI cirrence which took place in the Bois de Boulogne. Nothing interesting passed in the Chamber ot 'Viet.. (Acumb l day or Wednesday. The death of General ./Ca ip,' which had been previously reported, is confirmet . .i j . FIMICH FUNDS, Nov. 14.—Five per Cent: ' i.." 119 f. 80c.—Bank Actions. 1595 f. • • A • ...Pal ~ . • [INTIIACT OF A LETTIER room OVAYQUIL, • The Ship Fanny, of New York, was taken posoisalis of by the Goveronient of ,thii place, for the ' potpObel of transporting..,Sroops from .Chen.. . Two . vein), arrived below last night, with 480 , troops 'from 'SW. -same place, and it it presumed that an eirpeilftion wiN woo march against Qnito, whichVfiN,ttiOMAtetNy.fail 'into the kOods of the Parkin. • , I Lenox maw onttaxa, sot T.. 111,1 ' Arrived the brig Clarissa .Aoo.ileout tifileemsook, cargo coals and dry goods. • Chptilis :thorns states, shot bis vessel was robbed of goods 44 s biro moist, probably 20,000dellara, by a saga piratitat schimter: off Cape &stogie: 'The sehOisifii sr*. sisianed with is 1 Sipsaiank. will , .•.twlc. for • F . • • ' tagOeijditietiiptaws nil %elctwns l o th,, in short, every article of value. The conilitei of the pirates was outrageous, threatening them with inst ot death in case of secretion. A few hews before, t i ; ,, schooner had robbvd the Pnglish be.? Neptune, f rom Jamaica, bound to St. John's, of 5,00 dollar s i n specie. QI.:EP::(7, Sm. ? . 20 . MIPPECTS OP THE NAVIGATION LAWS IY ~AD, OPERATING WITH THE co:N LAWS. The price of Wheat at New Y.krii furnishes a data ti , by which the effects of those laws ia Cauatia mi l b e ascertained. The price at New York is regniarell by the rletni n d abroad. there being in the United States no resteictione on foreign trade, but full liberty allowed to carer „f send it to the best existing market, anti 4:so t o !Nu chase returns wherever they are folami the cheape st . On the 10th inst. the average price of northern wheat was ss. 611. per bushel, this currenct•, or 011 dollar and ten cents. At the same date, wheat of allmt the same tpislitr, was offerei in the district of slontreal at 2s. 6.1.,n r half a dollar per tninot, which is something l arger than the bushel, at New York. and no s.iles. !Supposing then, the ratite absence of testrici te , from the Navigation L•ms at Qnrbee as at Neer* and that the cost of hringine. a ininot of Wheat f el% the district of Montreal to Qarbee, together with any difference of quality and increased freight, to a foreivi market, were equal to Is. per minot, which is stueli a sufficient allowance, then the operation o f t h e s ,, Aga. Hon laws and corn laws united, would be equ a l tea tax on each bushel of Wheat produced in Canals, b e . yond the quantity required for home consumption, o f two shillings per minot. The average quantity of wheat exported from Canis during the last fifteen years, does not amount to 300,000 bushels annually, bn• the average surplus of this grain, beyond what is required for home consume. tion, emounted during the last and present years, p ro , bably to 500,000 bushels annually, or one million for the two years. This gives an actual loss to Canada, by the united opt. ration of the Navigation and Corn Laws, in the article of wheat alone, of fifty thousand pounds, equal to a tax of two hundred thousand dollars. _ The operation of this tax is, however. more injurioss to the colony than taxes to the same amount usually are. It is a tax upon production which it goes to annihilate, destroying the value of all real property, and taking away the best security against absolute scarcity, viz. the prat• tice of raising for exportation a considerable surplus of bread stuffs. In stating the operation of these acts on the ecology, we mention only wheat, for the facility of illustration but their operation equally extends to all other sorts of grain, and the evil is still snore extensive. Hit were to continue, it wools', in the end, entirely ruin ahuost every person in the colony. It is impossible, however, that it can continue, for such never could have been the intes• don of the British government. MINCITERVAL CHANGES.—The following commnni cation is from a correspondent of another paper:—lt is confidently asserted in the well-informed political cir cles, that the following Ministerial changes have been agreed on. The Marquess Wellesley to be Secretary for the Home Department. Lord Sidmonth to be Privy Seal. Lord Westmorland quits the Wllnet, au Vs to be the Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Canning is to be first Lord of the Admiralty, and Lord Melville% be Governor-Oeneral of I ntlia. The Marquess of Bali inghatu to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Her kisson to be First Commissioner of the India Boni, and is to have a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Stsrges Bourne is to succeed Mr. Croker at the Admiraltt. A report has also reached me, but for the truth of which I cannot vouch, namely, that Mr. Ceeker is to retire from the Admiralty with a pension, and is to hawk his residence, during his own life and that of hiserift, should she survive him, the apartments in liensingwe Palace, formerly occupied by the late Queen Caroline, together with all the furniture, &c. As a proof of the prosperity of the country, which since the pnblieation of the last quarter's revenue has been so grateful a theme to some of oar coteraperarin, we state the following fact, and we know it is by means a solitary instance of the present enownomd. predation of property. A farmer is our •market oa Thursday last sold twenty fit sheep to a bulher for twenty pounds, which nine months ago cost hire forty pounds. Out of this half of his purchase.money he has had to keep the sheep nine mouths, to pay rest, tithes, poor-rate, and taxes, without mentioning what they ought to have produced towards the tuaieteosoce of his family. And we say this is a fair specimes of the fate which awaits the Agriculturists of this row try.—(Bristol Merearry.) Recent letters from Malta announce the destractios of the Tenician fleet off Tunis, in a pie of wisa. wben, it is said, all hands on board perished, aulusst• lag to 2,000 persons. Letters from Amsterdam, received by th e Nub mail oil Saturday, announce the failure of an atm "sive Mercantile house in that City, for a very loge It is stated that several houses at Paris are 4(4ply — involved. ThrtHamburgh papers which lad arrived brill Jatilligynce. from Constantinople. bet of oo forth" iitOmt than what arises from the Whence h is Lord STRAZEOVORD is said to rassess t here. Is y" -stated that his Lordship has already dined st *leg with the Sultan, an honor which was Otter ytk Cu say other Ambassador, and that ht 1 1 Or. *suited by the Ministers of the Potty 9.n tit mien! critical circumstances. .14 lett., from Barcelona, of the e3l ultimo. Oa" tallaset . 'ag circumstance The other day the .- illnipst pal jests was informed OW a unmoor odour iv .front.a. house in Numkte,street, Abe a . ehi l d . . . wm,hasral crying within she house. Upea the bosh .ff-Yrlnltods there were felted the body. of ass gregreat!;ths ravagei of. the yellow +to. ,? who . had been dud four or five days.:-Ibsitietbi' .cogrierecrua ► woman "St expiring, and. lying *Pa le'. sac ag ittfint, which in the torment o f hunger Or ybON and gnawing the breast of its mother. Oa Saturday the 49th regiment of foot. under the eotuatud of Major Clegg, ;w elled ',googly the me: tropOl4si on. their rotate tat Vhathetn., w berethey tnift e fot the Cape 041 . 04 Wage. They were seeolorg"e4 by a_full bland,awl ate all of them yosai • Org. . - • 1 r- W 0 aro lbspey learn that the City Marb L e - .t irr • liir•Vecs ;no4l4.eit tsessae ly sreli under 41 lb* cl dtM. .I**NAti.o64lolorialifit rite; rta, • ••. • • ~~, ~ ~. 1 1 5S e tzteOntan. 'MP PSITISII STATESMAN " 1! INCORPORATED WITS 66 TB) STATESMAN." 1 1 IT S " i