The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-12-20 00:00:00

" r , MM. ~a - ., sent disturbances, has. we believe, been pretty generally • :hat there are other and unquestionable. We re the able and intelligent ;ng Trustee of this Estate, abatements of rent to meet established schools on the remote and mountainous llowanees for planting and 'ram-houses, and in short, an enlightened mind could end contribute to the hap pines, _ people—profound tranquillity reigned tbroughont. and content beamed on every coon tename. It was then deemed expedient by Lord Cour total!, tospptints new and vigilant set of Trustees, die , penults with thiese / rvices of his relative and friend, Mr. Courteiray. From this arraogensent, sprung the luaus picieos appointment of Mr. Hoskins, a London Atter te,ftry ; on the return of one year of high prices. Sad Sorting prosperity, this man called in the war Mots with arrears, did away all allowances for improve enotits, and in every way counteracted the exertions of Mr. Courtenay ; we know Gentlemen and Farmers, who were io a state of comparative affluence on his sr vital, who were Paupers at his departure —so much for Mr Hoskins. " Fighting factions at fairs, private distillation. ineE *elms Magistrates; electloileenng ; gross Grand Jury Alan, aid the habit of enforcing legal processes by • mood umentry or followers. have all eminently contri buted to the present disturbances." Is illustration of some of the foregoing statements. .. •we will natation one or two cases which have come • under oar own observation, to show the extent to which armed oien were employed in this country by their Landlords sad Masters. "About a year and a half sioce a gentleman obt ained • s Decree at the Quarter Sessions, against an individual, for two cows of his, which were insist unaccountably • taboo by the latter, in defiance of laW and justice. and apprehending that he could not execute the decree on the defendant's cattle, without force (the other's neigh bourhood being a lawless one, and he a popular man) the firmer sent upwards of an hundred men, armed with guns and other weapons, and brought off two head of the cattle. under the decree. The latter, on learning it, instantly sent sotne of the Peelers, or Constables placed under his-orders for the preservation of the Peace, to abstract the decree and retake the cattle, who, being ap palled by the overwheliniog force of the plaintiff, were afraid to make the attack and returned. On another oc casion a gentleman who bad to distrain some lands, and apprehended opposition, mustered, inspected and pre - parr!. thirty of his tenantry in a barn, at nine o'clock at night, armed with guns, - blunderbusses, &c. who, after being stimulated with a glass of whiskey each, were to join a like number of his tenants, similarly ap pointed, at a cioss.road, and then repair to the premises. where the previous removal of stock, grain, and pots toes, probably prevented a pitched battle, and the conse- queut effusion of much blood." Here we (D. E. Post) beg to call to the recollection of oar Readers, a Trial before Mr. Baron Penefather, at Limerick, in proof of the latter statements. We do so, because many doubt the existence of such a cause. The Learned Judge, in his charge to the Jury, ob served—" When it is considered that two Gentlemen gave rise to this transaction, each of whom had their re spective Partisans hostile to each other, arrayed for battle, it was melancholy to reflect, on the state of the country." The celebrated Mr. Hoskins was a party is this tran fattiest, which was a dispute about a boundary. The Trial was for shooting at one Woodburn., in the employ ment of Mr. Hoskins. The prisoners were acquitted. Foolish and inconsiderable people should reject, be fore they attribute the disturbances of this country to a Religious cause. Religion has nothing to do with them. The evil is deep-rooted, and, as The Courier re marks, In talking of the appointment of Lord Wellesley It is not in the vigour of the Viceroy alone we must look for a permament care of the many evils which Lave combined to produce the present disturbances." " A remedy," be continues, " must be applied, that shall I'M the sores of the past, and prevent a recurrence of similar ones in future.—(Dublin Evening Post.) ON AGRICULTURAL MEETINGS. LONDON.. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1821. —.pow— A file of American papers has been received this morning to the 24th of November, from which we extract the following : EFIOM Till GAZETTE OF TUE 220 OF NOVEMBER: NEW YORK CONVICNTION. The Convention which had been sitting for two or three mouths past at Albany, has just broke up, after agreeing to the form of an amended Constitution, with an unanimity rarely to be met with in a body com posed of so many parties. and with respect to an in strument embracing all the Cardinal theories of Government. The Convention consisted of 124 Mem bers, eight of whom only declined signing it, and 18 being absent. It is to be submitted to the Citizens, who are to vote in January next, for approving or reject log it. There can be no doubt of its proving acceptable. The Senate, according to this plan, is to be com posed of freeholders, to remain In office for four years. the Governor for two years, and the Assembly for one. The qualification of voters is twelve months real deuce in the State, and six months where he votee, pay ment of taxes, or doing military duty, or three years residence, and having worked upon the public high ways, or paid an equivalent No man of colour can vote, unless he pay tax, upon a clear freehold property of 250 dollars. All militia officers, under the rank of Major-General, are to be chosen ; company officers, by the company ; and those of higher rank by the officers of the regiment or brigade. The Governor nominates, and the Senate appoints. Major-Generals. No com missioned officer can be removed, except by the Senate, upon the application of the Governor, or by the deci sion of a Court Martial. The Secretary of State. Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney, Surveyor, and Cons missey General, are to be appointed by joint ballot of the two houses. All judicial officers are to be appoint ed by the Senate, in the nominatiirof the Governor. Justices of the Peace are to he appointed by the county surveyors and Judges of the County Courts ; they hold their offices for four years. The United States brig Enterprise, Lieutenant L. Hersney, Commander, arrived at Charlestown. Nov. 12th, from a cruise in the bay of Mexico, and seven day; from Havannab. GUAYQUIL. We are sorry to observe, that the independent Go vernment of Gasman, has excluded from acting as . conslgueee all foreigners, who are also denied permis sion to settle there as merchants, as they probably have little or no shipping of their own. The enor mous duty of 30 per cent. imposed on the general im portations in foreign vessels, must operate as a tax upon themselves, where it does not work a total exclusion of the article. It certainly will give rise to a great deal of covering of American botomry. The way to extend commerce and consolidate it, is to give it freedom. [taws THE COMMRRCIAL OF THE 19711 NOVEMBER.] Ain . NOTICE TO BIARINEES. Merchant vessels should be guarded in passing Cape Antonio, or Cape Cerieotes, not to approach the land so near as to be seen from deck ; those places as well as the coast of Cuba being infested by pirates. In . passing Cape Antonio, to prevent being surprised by open boats, it is adviseable not to raise the land in view as before stated—nor steer higher than N.W., until arriving at lat. 22. 30., or thirty miles north of the Cape. allowing one-half knot current to the southward in the calculation. Jamaica papers have arrived this aoreiag the 4th of November, by which we learn that'the Honour able Omni) and Assembly met on the Tuesday pre ceding, and that the openieg speech of his Honoar, the Lintesaat-Goveraor, gave 'Mensal satisfacdes .e legislature that had for so many years p reva i led 01TInfhdecPsfforlithliolsewgessiGnor is s ra a me n no n nted t t o rac f to t t h f e iron Du mn k n e o: of ernai M iningrasin anth e m,. By the schooner Bristol , we learn that the toOargr%- dfaersecrtaicounta:asaananwasmeroaulesetedprevpiorenssidenitst of all serelledee General Bolivar-left Moricailso ow the •eo the e lly M t a h r e q M ue "i ntre C ra leruses n ig "tdalynnninnlast,Le Sunday Is dapreiesee ef the King, asisiontei.. awe's he st data Marine, and that on the bib instant the King 'f s pa : with the Royal Family, returned to Madrid. r ani ,. r li i n w e n fo a r a t d h l e .eal ir passag aindlb e, aindii:itsit:teaddedf7lllll:l4 family made. their entry amidst the acclateatiees of immense multitude, who evinced their ' re the most ardestelemoustratioas of joy. Osk e • pa the Pe a r s s Ps i . b c: w o e f ve aflli gi ra ve in a otli ve a r r i pa lla r f t li s n o urabb "Mat st r a idle d.. France says, that intellgeea h as in i rei from Barcelona, dews to the 6th hut, gad ''several incendiary pamphlets,in witiemai on e et u sa ir' . 111 : aa a bl i r s een t a o ri f idk ß eil a ta r ri ce thbar loaa eslaill h it: u lbe a—a ei t tille4. him openly ic3 ; the Captain-General has , rather clandesdaely, Ju re ! the h ° c sol di erstdn sad Commandant a a e d in uc w e h d self up. As soon as this event was known, the tia caused a general muster to be souaded • and spears. neously assetnbled to the number of 4,000, shwds6 , Death to the &mike.'" It is added, Ass at tempt w failed ; u ma d e dti d in e to tth e n u po rpr p i n se i VI it. 9 M C a n are v ery but fist it had ti g openly avow their intention of repulsing the mehse . lies, should they present themselves to re-entee lona. At Sarria some violent comnsotions bad arises in consequence of the election of Regidors, ssi that all ryes are turned towards Riego, who had sheeshie• self in various points of Catalonia. By another jest. nal, it is stated, that feline had assessed a heavy en tribntion upon the middle classes of Oallicia, and et. pecially upon the nobility and clergy, for the seble ence of his troops. At the same time he has asst nated a Provisional Junta of Government, which has declared all the ports of °illicit' free to fureiga res. eels, upon payment of a very moderate duty. The symptoms of discontent which are aches,: hedged by the Courier Francois, to tasoifestibill selves on many points of Spain, are affirmed to Is exaggerated. Some surprise is at the same tine se , A pressed that the Cortes, whose voice would be homed to by the nation, has not pronounced , its al the present arena:emotes ; but the olkareeikieepne sion produced by the actual state of slain is said te be well balanced by the excellent resells St the else doss. Those who might have entertaieed 'pram. 'ions concerning public liberty and the stabilityeftle institutions, feel that a legislative assembly, tsts posed as the approaching Corms will be, nut triumph over every obstacle and every danger. Tbe day after the King's arrival in the capital, his Msjnty received very graciously, a deputation of 24 memben of the Cortes, to compliment him on his who, who gave a report of their reception to the asseethip A report was presented to the Cortes, Ii 111 Sitting of the bib, of the address of the P r oviseill Deputation of Cadia, in which they made ham the causes which induced them to think that the Mi nistry projected an attack against the Constitatisail system, and demanded of the Cortes to take iota cool deration the reasons which the authorities sod ale sena of Cadiz had to act, as they had done, in the rt cent circumstances. This Petition was referred sibs Committee charged to report on the measures aIW fur by his Marsavv's Message. A report on the Soi• tary Code was read, but the Committee not WhK collected all the information necessary to form a 0 0 upon the subject, have concluded to cc:retinae 0 take, as heretofore, all the measures of row° 's,. which bee 100 • b the medical ties, in expectation that th e su p erior authorities Cadis, Barcelona and oth e r p oi desolated by the scourge , w ill concur w it h men, to am means to discover the exotic or local or!. gin of the yellow - fever , an d whet her it be csonsust• k meted of Per sisted always or only sometimes b y t al coal. has continued the discussion ou the pro seas, or by that of articles of commerce. article, which foo The Draped Blanc contains an demi-official St its matter and manner, appears to be a French Ministry, trial planationof the views of the • abuts 51 regard to the laws for re:mining or be is, the Liberty of the Press. Its object s To ow" terra from the following extract which it AMP from the law Lb produce, the e The Cones with a certain It melt, to enlightened faults, committed faith, but isexorek .oaf the Altar . and wards attacks lies of social propagators of i destroy youth. subjected 10 . so away from them, relapsing. WIC Ministry will not that a censorship try that is feeble.' us , ettrd and believed ; but tll deep-roeted causes, is also no crate; - ti Mr. Courtenay, * Item , Exeter, was tinged , that istr two successive Ai • the eishPeir f times ; that be ti • Lanosteried plan, even in the &mitts ; that he made allow bean Feed Cottages and Fi that he did every thing that an dictate to bevels' the Eitate, al • tinns and comfort of the peopl les ut,.. e yi\_ct, ••••,. %. kik•A. tLA Wr a and afforded as asticipation of th e cont i nuance : held d o .ssuse tranquillity and unanimity among the bea ne h n c .he Oovern- of as legislature that bad for so many ves. . s. dee salutary effects wino' exe cution of it m ust be estrold' latitude as to the proportion of pssisl* toned Magistrates, indulgent torst. e d through inadvertency an d with god :orabie towards insnits on the holiwo a nd the Majesty of the Throne; perfidiously calculated on the towar pria6 order and publ ic morals; s° poisonous doctrines which corrept bet writers guilty of such crimes 0 ne severe a punishment, as to bis ism. as it were, even the polio I I ith such a law thus execs ed. Or el wee seed a cen sorshi p ; and it is W I sip will alosyi be employed by 8 310' de." THE STATESNIk, [FROM TIM ALFRED.] Again the Chairman of the Agricultural Associa. tion.tias put his factory in motion : again are our walls placarded with copies of numerous petitions to the Legislatnre, all in effect, though not in the same words, praying for an increase of price. No one who jnstly appreciates the importance of that interest--no use who duly estimates its value, can doubt that it is entitled to relief. But the simpleton who directs its movements says, increase the price, and all will be 'well.. This threadbare conjuror forgets to tell us how the people will be able to raise the means to meet the increase. The necessity of adding to the power of the purchaser, to give effectual and continued aid, never entered into the dark chambers of his brain. Increase of price is his panacea ; and, like Solomon, with his Balm of Gilead, and Brodum. with his Nervous Cor dial, be undertakes, with his catholicon, to remove dis ease, and cure all ills. The Charlatanism of these Quacks is not half so disgusting as the brutal ignorance 'of Mr. Hall. Totally unacquainted with the first prin ciples of political economy, and maintaining maxims that politicians have long since consigned to the vault of thecipulets, he sits in the chair of the. Association 'with his cap and bells on, and yet affects to be wise, like the owl. An important meeting of the Sussex Farmers has recently taken place at Lewes. Lord Egremont was iu the Chair. His Lordship candidly admitted that he could not ventore to decide on the best mode of reliev ing the agriculturist, now passing through an ordeal which requires no ordinary firmness to bear with pa tience. Mr. Ingram attributed the evil to taxation — Lord Egremont confessed himself at a loss to say what was the real cause of the distress.—Mr. Ekren, jun. imputed the greater part of the pressure to im portation.--Mr. Hutchins was of opinion that the primary sense was to be found in the resumption of cash paymentse.—Mr. Blackman saw the danger rising from an unsettled currency. They all agreed in the existence of the disease, but all differed as to its cause and the care. if the Noble Chairman had stop ped on admitting his Incapacity to disentangle the in tricacy, and his inability to provide a remedy, he would at least hare merited respect for his madam. Bat what are we to think of his Lordship's sagacity, when be dealers* that the national debt is sot a great evil ; that it lane loss to the nation, as it is bat the transfer of prepetty from one class of the community to the other— (robbery is bat thetraasfer of money from one parse to esether rem) ; that, is bis opinion, the debt Was a mho of wealth, and much evil would result from its ram lion ? Cursed with such absurdities as these, it might • fairly be presumed , that hie Lordsh i p could net" psalms clearly either the nature of the cause of the distress of the farmer, or of the remedy to heal his wounds sad soothe his griefs. It is probable that his Lordship's mind bas•been misled by the monstrous positions of Mr, Malthus, who loves to deal in parade/sea, and terrify statesmen with ideal dengees, and fictions wrongs. if the national, debt were paid o ff to-morrow, the capitals of the creditors would become soirees of employment; the tax-gatherer would no longer extort from society the enormous sums which be demands; prices weeld fall, or, in other words, commodities would be ebeefer I cheapness would increase consumption ; increases of consumption would increase demand for labour; de mand for labour would produce increase of means to the working class ; increase of means to the Wooster* would. diminish the rxpence of the farmer ; and the present prices. Low as they ,ffre falsely called, would, as peace prices, be high indeed. la what sense his Lordship conceives this fund without wealth, to be a mine of wealth, wonld puzzle himself to explain : bow the transfer of productive capital to unproductive consumers makes no difference to the nation, bemire it is only a transfer. What evils would resoh : t,fig s reduction of the debt his Lordship should trayed ; however terrific they might appear to Sim they would be but as shadows of a shade to the WINN- , pber. If the agriculturist believe that cheap predic tions and great demand are evils, and can iaduee the Legislature to art,upon his folly, he will teethe day oe which he listened to Lord Egremont, or to that man of far inferior mind, the weakest of the weak, Mr. HAIL: —There is not a political tenth more jest than that national wealth is increased by cheapness of national productions. One suggestion ought to be marked by the country. Mr. Hall insinuates, that the (lovers- wont intends to impose a dwty on the importation of forei ,, n grain, which duty, my Lord Egremont wisely considered, would be paid by foreigners. and this mon strous absurdity was received with *shout of applaise Of all the silly projectors past and present ;of all the simplest Charlatans of olden or modern times ;of all the quacks that ever disgraced science, and disgusted philosophy, we verily believe that Mr. Webb Millis snpreme ! Unrivalled in shallowness, and without a peer in presumption. Read his trash—examine it—sift it—and after all the rubbish is removed, we at length discover the panacea in 40s. a quarter to be imposed on foreign wheat imported into this country, to cere all our ills. It would remove the hectic blush from the face of agriculture, and invigorate the heart's blood of commerce; it would calm the ferment of discontent, and breathe the breath of life into the dying system of poli tical economy ; i t would heal our country's wrongs, and stifle our country's sighs—so thinks the sagacious Mr. Hall. Does he know, or does he Rota that, for the last 20 years,.th is country has not produced core eatougA for its consumption ? Does he believe that out recent harvests are become more productive ? Does be think that price has decreased on account of extraordinary' abundance ? Does he suppose that the people have decreased, and therefore demand has diminished ? Does be complain of price as Low ? If low. without relation, or comparatively ? If comparatively, with times of peace or war ? I f with times of peace. can he give credence to such a position ? if with times of war, bow can peace prices be fairly compared with war prices ? If duties be imposed on the introduction of foreign corn into Great Britain, what will the mas ters of the Vistula, of the Elbe, of the Weser, ssy to the attempt? Will they not endeavour to counteract the check by a check in the shape of a new duty on British manufactures which reach theirshores ? And a tax on these commodities will operate, in despite of all legislative enactments, to depreciate the price of corn. To presume that the nation eau pays war price fur corn, in tune of peace, is just as absurd as to talk of 1 6 Polish prices not paying English Debts." As sume that the Newfoundland merchant petitioned Par liament to give a bounty of 10s. a quintal on fish, (bounties have often been offered for the encourage ment of this fishery ;) that he should show that he cannot afford to send his cargoes to market for the 121. or 13s. the present price. the utmost extent of the expenditure would be trivial ; and ?et, in these times, would be fairly regarded as an improper tax on one part of the society for the benefit of the other. — Suppose that the long ell manufacturers should cont-' plain, and demand a bounty on their productions, which are now unproductive of interest on the Capital employed, would not the agriculturist complain of tfie impositions on them to support the interests of the merchants and the manufacturer ? We might ask an hundred of such questions. The imposition of 40s. a quarter on foreign wheat imported, would operate, if it produced the anticipated consequences, as a tax more oppressive than the interest of the national debt. Is this a time, when the empire grottos beneath an intolerable burthen, to render it more intotemble ? The farmer is entitled to relief j. 10 rellet,iieeited from public economy lad decrease of taxatios-4rom reduction of the interest 9f the national debt— from the diminution of his berthens by all possible means. Not by heaping heavier ills epos his suf fering brethren, under the absurd belief of relieving himself ! if EXI CO. fily.his Majesty's ship Raleigh, letters were re eeived yesterday from Havaonah, dated the 12th ult., containing ads ices from Mexico to the 13th of Octo ber, and from Vera Crux to the 29th. Their contents are extremely important, since they leave no doubt that the independence of Mexico is fully established, and in the form prescribed by the treaty •of Cor dova. The liberating army of the Three Oaarantees, ander the command of Senor Don Augustin de liar- Mde, made their entry into the capital of New Spain se the 27th of September. On the same day, under the Presidency of iturbide - , with the title of Generalis simo by sea and land of the empire of Mexico, a re gency, composed of five members, was' appointed.— A Supreme Junta was also crested, of which the Bi shop of Puebla was declared Nat West. The eats• I blishment of the Government w Billowed by the no mination of the differest Minletere and Authorities : the oath they were required to' hike shnply pledged thee to adieu to the stipulations of the treaty of Cordova. The only spot that still adhered to the nether country, was the Castle of St. Jam de WU% shish consmandsetie city of Vera Crnzgrhate which by a garrisrpervf 300 men only, whir were e surrender wises called upon to do ; io by ti meat established at Mexico. General O'Donejo,' wholatui mascot Coy _ figure in the ton sac tions which have preceded the settlement of affairs in New Spain, Ceti in the city of Mexico on the Bth• October. Tie difficulty, there fore, of obtaining a chie to his late conduct is much increased. It appears that be was present at, and shared, the public entry of Iturbide into Mexico, en the 27th September, sod wag treated with nearly the same marks of distinctioa. Vatic*, reports of the causes of Ms death were ia circulatPut at Hsvannah, some directly ascribing it to poison, and others to in disposition brought on by chagrin. . A commission had been formed in Mexico on the affairs of commerce, who were employed in arranging the terms of commnnicatiou with foreign countries. — But few restrictions were meant to be imposed, the design being to come as near as possible to free , com merce with certain clauses more favourable to Spain than to other countries. By the details that appear in the Mexican papers, the enthasiam of the people is extremely animating. pfucg :OF STOCKS 'run Ralik Stock ll3i 1 $ per Cent. Red ..... mit 3 per Cent. Coe.— .... . per Cent 4iii 4 per Cents 5 per Cents. Navy....... • • • • 3 per Cent. Long Ann Imp. $ per Cent Irish S ear Cent DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stock. .......... Ditto ponds ..s 715 s. pm. I South Sea Stoek.... • • ... • • • South Sea OW Ann. I Ex. Bill ed. 1000 L par 2s. pm. AOOl. par. Is. 2s. pm. --Smell es. Is. pm. India for ditto. .. Con. fur Acct.....7Sk Sit Lott./Ticket5.......01. Os. MGR WATER AT LONDON-RRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning 36 as. after I I.—Evening 12 o'clock. Atategman. " TUB 1111T111111 STLTUMAII " IS lINCORPOIATILD WITS " TSB STATION/00