The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-03-06 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN. in the neighbourhood of Choisy, when he met a pea sant, who did qnt know him, and whom he asked the price of bread? The peasant replied that it was 3 sous a pound. " That is too much," replied the Monarch : " Frenchmen should eat their bread much cheaper." This wish, which that good King had not the happiness of seeing accomplished, has been realised on the restoration of his august brother. subjects, and the Italians generally. The French, however, are very desirous of having 4luttat posed. The Pretigh-puide cent's* rfse. They stand thus . • •, ' • Five por Cents. 20 f. 75 c.—Bank Bonds 1200 f.--• and to establish their claims to respect, will con tinue to act in .a manner to command and deserve it. And whilst we say this,. we will tnke an opportunity o f here i dling , that when a question of such interest it agitated , as that which now univer sally engages public attention, and which is so im- Spanish Dollars each, 5f.31 c. about equal to 4i. 7d. portant to the welfare of all, he *lto is indifferent or English money. I can give a silent vote on the subject, has but very questionable claims to the praise of patr iotism. The Corn Bill is to he brought up for committal in the Ilouse of Commons to-night, and will, in all Yesterday the Austrian Ambassador had an audi• probability, give rise to some further discussion.— i ence of the Pazaoa REGENT, at Carltoe•hoese. AT a very anistiious nntl most respoctable Meet ing of the WARD of FA RR! NODON•WITHOUT, held at ST. S I I RE'S Church, THIS 1)A V, to take into coosideration the alarming measures proposed in Parliament, for the alteration of the Corn Laws, Mr. Deputy' REEVFS in the Chair, . Resolved, That 11th Meeting view With deep concern the The P etitioit of the Merchants , Ball/len * • clad. s CiTir'Premost 'AGAINST .1111 CORM LAWS.--Thef. h ' v racasare übst hurrying Waugh Parliaments CO fq restrict the ith - Traders of the City * of London, signed, by et_OVO I crowd which Socked . to the Mansion-House on - Ss. portation of Coro, the obvions timdenc/ . of which mull be to increase the Price of the necessaries of 1(1., and effectually to fifty thousandrespectable names, more thanforfy thou- . turdsy, to sign th e - Petition tti.be' presented thii day deprive the People of those blessings they hose been k i ng allz- sand of which were affixed in the short space of ten Laws,. exceeded all calculation. toasty expecting, and which they have considered :attendant up. against th e Corn on a r e storation of Peare..aul relies jog them from the enormous hours, will also be presented this evening, as will Although every possible facility •was given for this purpose, not more titan one-littlf of those who went barthem and privations of a protracted and expensive War. doubtless many more energetic protests on the part Resolved, That the low price of Provisions And the smallness had an opportunity of allizing their names. None the British people against the Legislative measz. of Taxation in tureign countries, enable them materially to no-, o f . but persons of respectable appearance were ad dersell the British manufacturer, and that any Increase in the 'to raise the price of bread. The impalicy of . E!•mitted, and the gates were besieged by hundreds of prices of tom!. thereby . increasing that of labour, would totally, . drive us one of the foreign markets, and bring distress and' rain measure has long been apparent—the danger of pre- ' l •he lower orders of society, who were not less upon this country. cqutating it into ef f ect in defiance of popular depre- ',.enxious to add their names to a document which had Resolved, That the itgricaltnral and mercantile interests of t . . .foe . its - eliect the general reprobation of a meastsre England are inserarably united. and that in time of peace they e cation is every Itqur becoming more evident. The which they conceived would tend to rake the price must fi nd their just and natural loci , which alone, is henedrial ' „amid mindis in the highest state of irritation in con:. to thee mmunity at large; that while commercial and mann- I ' of bread. At five o'clock the doors of the Mansion.: faecal' at concerns have borne the bomber of the late awful con-) sequence of this proceeding, and it is not v , withaut bow wero closed against the multitude, who were test, and have heen eris en to the greatest losses rand distresses. , 0 Ittnplegroends for apprehen the Landowner has realized a tperwtit inure than double' big sion, tha(tht friend! of 'still anxious to obtain admission. At this period, fdrmer pt. tit, and fully equal to the sa hole of his taxatium • ! good order are seriously alarmed for the preservation the signatures amounted in 'number to forty thousand ' Resolved, That such a proposition would not have been al- i of pu bli c tranquillity. ;,five hundred end seventy-one : . th ese had beets all - templed by a Legislature truly representing the interests of i . mode in the short space of ten hours. every clam of the British People, and would only be received I We would- not feel justified in wantonly addlng . by a body composed of a majority of Interested Landowners. to this irritability ;but the advocates of thi s i ns , Saturda y • • there were three failures in the City, yiz. Resolved, That a Petition be formed upon these Resolutions, • ' a house in the skin trade, a sugar refiner, and a dis tort be presented to both Houses of Parliament, praying that a measure, and who are still setting public opinion at killer. The house of the sugar refiner failed for near swum so fraught witb evil, injustice, and oppression may , nought, cannot justly retort blame if thosew h o - never pass into a Lim. ti t . 2014001. Resolved, That should this measure pass oth hou s es of Pao. I approve of such conduct continue to arraign it, and The Corn Bill has been printed. It corresponds filament, this Meeting pledge themselves to Petition his Royal exhibit its extreme danger and injustice. It cannot . Highness the Prince Regent to refuse his signature thereto. I W l Mr. ROBINSON, which O the resolutions no te d by Resolved, That the Thanks of this Meeting he given to Mr be supposed that any one who has the power of we have already given; merely converting these rests. ! Deputy Breve for his able staid impartial conduct in the i.lhair; forming a judgment by comparison will believe that ' lotions into the form of a legislative measure. Blanks and to sir. 100n he Churchwarden, for bis ready compliance ; as usual, left in the Bill for the prices, which with the requiof ' the Ward in allowiag ea the use of this • there eit is • her *isdom or justice in any measure which are, ch,irrii. -I Is likely to have such effects as threaten to, this i we may I will he filled up night n the Committee. The Resolved, That these Resolutions be printed in four Morning I ay i first blanks which occur are for the prices of 80s. 535. attend raising the 'price of bread to the and three Evening Papers, and that the Mover, Seconder, and , . : : ill , I 40s. and 265. for ‘Vheat, Rye, - &c. Barley, &c. and Common Council of this Ward be a Committee for curryilig pitch apprehended, in the present situation of the t Oats respectively—and the last blanks relating to the them Into effect. country; or that the people of Great Britain can or I Colonial Importations with the several sums of G7s. ' Revolved, That one of the City Members be requested to pre-' Kill sent the Petition to the House of Commons, and that some eat bread contentedly (if they can procure it 445. 335. and 225. Noble Lord be requested to present the other to the I(ouse of Lords. at all) at 14 or' IS pence per quartern loaf, whilst The . allowing is the, report exhibited at St. James's ts • I i s • ople of France are eating their loaf (of four I Resolved, That the Thanks of this Ward Meeting are also due t h e pe op l e Palace yesterday : to Mr. Thompson, the Mover, and Mr. Corker, the SeConder pounds weig ht ) beloro five pence English; still less: •- of the Resolutions and Petitions, for their activity and ability . SA cons; ,cnonsly manifested this day ; aid to the Gentlctuen , will it be credited that the people of this country who si a ,ned the Requisition. Cats cope in the markets of the Continent, or any Sped by Order of the Meeting, A. BRADLEY, Ward Clerk. • where else, with rivals who have such dispropor . -- L - - I tied advantages over them in the article which To Co FIRES PONDENDS. . . • . nn makes all Others cheap or dear. The French loaf is We are much obliged to a Correspondent for his information I resvcting a Letter which appeared in a Paper yesterday, ! ottly five ounces and a half less than ours, and we and find it to he sae production of Mr. !helve CAstenzu., i have said the price. of it is below jive-pence of our nn wi•• se dishonourable conduct upon a former occasion I money, b ecause we wish to speak within bounds— row,iro•i us, we shall at present forte ir to comment. In the , preseot im!•ince we have no hesitation io saving, that his but we might, correctly enough, have said three pencr, to f.tr 41 the attack open ourselves, and a great political pence, for the present state of the Exchange between character, is a compound of tuisrepresentation and litkehond. the countries would justify us in stating it at this e . e may have ucc.iino s ery s:iortly to pay Mr. IIErTAR J low rate. By the Fren . ch Papeii rad& lie 'mire to,'" C vorset..t. a little noire attention. i day, it appears that dollars are in Paris 5 f. 3 cents. (about 4s. 9(1.) It is unnecessary to say what they ore here, or to adduce to tbose who know any thing of our relative situation, any other proof in support of our assertion. This speaks volumes about the Bank Question, and the comparative state of the two coon." tries. It applies no less strongly to the subject of Corn, and those who bring their arguments in favour of high prices from France! As it evidently appears to be the intention of both Houses of Parliament to pass the present Bill, what ever may be its coosequences, there is a'natural cu riosity in the public mind to know whether, after , its king so passed, there remains any constitutional means of averting its execution. We have not much hope of any burrkr being interposed to its threaten ed effects after both Houses hare given their sanction to the measure ; but if the public voice continues to be unanimous in its reprobation, we can hardly be- Here that the Legislature, who, though they have sanctioned the Bill, have not the odium of originat ing it, will feel justified in giving it an early activi. ty. If their honour will not allow them to postpone its progress through the regular stages, they may see the propriety of allowing the blanks to remain un. lillod up for a reasonable time ; or the Petsrce RE tessr, who cannot but be aware with what patience Mails. Mitita .0 I !)~:e Fis;ioce ilauthurgh • Got I entaurjill H pliant, . ' 0 PltlCg.olll rliGgii:T4llB &inn 9 per Cent. Wed. • . 9•per Cent, Com 631 4 4 per Cents. b Ces4 NVY ,9 t Si PAT AT (MY U•aibOClC I.Ang. Aon. India I)pads 7 6 p Eadterpiir Bills 4 4 p • 'L►nr.iao. • Com& far Ace. fief TEE ST4TE.S3f4IN: LONDON: 'MONDAY, )[ARCH 6, 1815. A Dutch Mail, and German and French Papers to the 4th inst. arrived to-day. They state, in letters from Vienna to the 20th, that since the lot of Po land and Sixony• have been fixed, 'the progrets of af. fairs towards adjitsiotent goes on smoothly. The points next in : importance are Italy and the Nether. lands. The latter, including• Belgium, we ate awacei hive been united to Holland. Inconsequence of this annexation tire Sovereign Prince is to assume the title or King of and Belgium. 'The province of I f exemburgh .is to be erected into a principality and given to the Youngest ton of the Prince of Oiange, The King of Sttiotty has declared that he will not ratify the treaty by 'which his kingdoin is di►ided, mans all etc mitnrbeti of his family consent thereto.' The Commissoners for examining the accounts of the Barrack.Nlaster-General state in their return to the House of Commons, that they expect the final examination of the accounts to the 10th of Novem ber, 1804, will be completed in two years' 'III The Moniteur of the 2d contains the following . paragraph, which seems to prove the inferiority of the French in one of the most important of arts : " A printing-press, of a new construction, of Lord STANHOPE'S invention, has been brought from Lou don to the Royal Printing-oliice. A Committee of the Institute has been charged to examine and make their report upon it. This machine appears to pre sent in its construction, an improvement very fa. vourable to the progress of the typographic art." DuaLtx, Fen. 28.—We have respectable autho rity for mentioning, that nightly outrages still con. tinue in the neighbourhood of Adore and Kildimo, in this county. A few nights since, a party of 100 fellows, mounted and armed, assembled at t3aybush, in the parish of Drehadtanna, fired several shots, and committed depredations. On Friday night, up wards of 200 ruffians, armed, marched into lid dimo, with fife and drums beating, and headed by a Captain, who wore a long vs hite feather. They fired some shots into the house of M'Mahon, a publican. and were near killing one of his inmates ; they tlr ► went into the house of Heebeet, a publican, wh* they demanded and got some liquor—from thence' they proceeded to the widow Mulqueeay's, where they levelled some uninhabited houses, and ended their outrage by firing muskets as they went along the roads. the people of this country have borne the high price of provisions and the excessive weight of taxes, for the last 20 years, may be graciously pleased, at the earnest petitions of the suffering and loyal subjects of this realm, either to refuse his Royal assent to this measure, so fraught with calamity to the nation at large, or to dissolve the present Parliament, and take such other means of defeating the scheme of the land lords and protecting the people, as are vested in the head of the State. If Petitions to Parliament fail, Addresses to this *effect ought to be s peared in from every town in the kingdom, imploring the interven." tio►► of Royal prerogative, which could never be better exercised than in favour of a loyal and enduring peo ple.—To be sure, this would place the Ministers and Parliament in an awkward situation, and, therefore use can scarcely expect it to happen ; but such an exercise of parental care and Royal in. euence would, unquestionably, endear the Prince to his people beyond every boon which his benefi cence has conferred on them. There are some letters on this subject from intelligent Correspondents in this day's STATESM.IN, which deserve attention, and we have others to submit, which want of room at present prevents us from giving. The lirit, result Of the late Saxon and Russian ar rangements is, that the Werta is now. entirely Prus. Ibili,and that Silesia and Prussian Poland are united. 2dly, Teat that part of Saxony given to Prussia, cons. pletesthe communication between the Marches, Sile sia, and the countries. on the hanks of the &sale. 3!iy, The Prussian piovinces in Westphalia are now per fpctly united. • • • From Italy and Naples we have it stated up to the 21st, that every thing remains in the most unsettled state there. itis now said, in some accounts, (but they are very contradictory)' that Murat is in a most dangerous state, and expects to be deposed. The ad vocates of the King Ferdinand are certainly bolder and louder. Ln the mean time King Nluntt is repre sented as indefatigable in his attentions public and private to every person individually, and to the ge neral good. It is said, that the Princess of Wales takes an active interest in his affairs, and is supposed to be the Mediatrix between him and the Court of Vienna, through the Empress Marie Louisa, Avith whom the English Princess has, as the statements say, a constant intercourse. On the other hand we ha►e long accounts and extracts from pamphlets, purporting to speak the sense of the people of Na p*: and Italy, proving that Waar has the general' g' o I wishes and attachment of the ►shole of his No common interest is attached to the Meeting which is to take I::.ace in Palace-yard to-morrow.-- Precautions against the effects of any tumultuarY proceedings, are not neglected. We hope there will be no occasion for Coercion. We earnestly trust, the British' public, met for Constitutional purposes, Thursday a female, genteelly dressed, attempted to drown herself in the Canal in St. James's Park.— She had thrown herself into the water, but having I been fortunately observed by a gentleman passing over the Pagoda Bridge, be immediately ran to her assistance, threw himself into the water, and suc ceeded in bringing her to before the rite! spark was extinct. TO 11 IS Rorwc IllauNEss Tux PRINCE REGENT. SIRE,—As it evidently appears to be th e intereie, of the two Houses of Parliament t o pass a Bill, which will have for its object an in crease i n the price of corn, permit me to address yOur Royal ili g h nesl on this most interesting and important s u bj ect. Your Royal Highness must be well aware airy what patience and endurance the lower order s o f the people have bnitte the high price of provisi ons f or the . last (went/leers . , .and now that the long and sec. ously anticipated time, has arrived, when they expe ct . eld that with peace, plenty would be obtained at e modeinte'price—theie expectations are blasted, a,„l their hopes are vanished, by the Bill, whi c h still elhortly ; be the subject of legislative disc uss i on. ! The motive of the landholders to pr o c ure an Act Of Parliament, - the operation , of which would bet, ibjurious to the community at large, Is ob v i ous to the mist tippet kid observer.. Many of them huist doubled and trebled their rents * within the se l ast le ; years,' end others having bought land f or t h ree of four times more than its actual value, older an expftti. tioss, that during the Government of Itonapirte peace lever would be obtained, and conse4 iPitay care would maintain tl.e price for which it was sold, a short time previous to the happy•termination of t!,. war. They likewise imagines!, - that the Public Funds were insecure,and, therefore, gateau etioram i4o price for laid ; nod now that they feel' the efe c t, of their short-sighted and selfisitisolicy,•they are.calling upon Parliament tit :Ilford them a relief, which ash tend seriously to oppress the working Mechanic 'lad the indigent labourer. . . Another cause of the enormous rents, for which estates are now let, is owing to many individuals who have now become landholders who originally puriluised farms without possessing any prope r ty . whatever ; and the manner in which they mask their purchases, was briefly this : An estate tA. bliegi,t ftir.tsidthouttend• pounds, and to enable the spec,., latoe to pay the mount, he immediately mortgaged it for the : sum which he gave for it,—conseq , iently,' ns he was obliged to pay five per cent interest on the mortgage, he was under the necessity considerably to raise the rent, to enable him to clear a certain' sum, .for the purpose of gradually paying otf the mortgage. A farmer, therefore, who had rented an estate for 5001. was consequently required to ply " Wind,Or Castle, Match s. i sir, seven, or perhaps ei g ht hundred ;a id now the " The Ktsru continues in good health, and any public, forsooth, are likewise req sirectio indemnify deviation from a state of perfect composure, which this class of landholders, who obtained estates by had been observed in his MAJcsre during the month these sort of speculations; and it is a well-known of January, has entirely subsided for more than a fact, that country banks I are, I s some places, Not fortnight past." i established for the purpose of enabling sp c dators to Lord and Lady CAsrsEtte.tGis, accompanied by 'tarty on nith greater facility their ihtzardeei Lady STEw ART, arrived at their house in St. James's- . traffic. • . . ' . . . square on Saturday afternoou. They seemed in gooo "Stoutd . - Aneeestlity, however, exist,. of rellevi e health, b.ut had rather a foreign appearance. Ins file agrictiltwrist, it would be more adsliable &e land. Lordship wore the French cap, or travelling turban, • holders to !osier their rents, and this, together ail* trimmed with gold. He is expected to enter on his ' the abolition of the Property Tax, would enable the Parliamentary. explanations in the House of Com- grOwer to obtain a fair end legitimate profit, without mons, where he has long been wanted, to-night. ! any alteration in the present Corn Laws. The Chapel Royal, Whitehall,,was ) esterdav te. j I therefore most sincerely -hope, that yourßoyal opened for Divine Service, when the Bishop of Los- ! Ilighliess will not give your Royal assent to a tari. DON assisted in the performance of the duty. The sure which will be productive of so much calamity new alterations, decorations, improvements, and the and distress to nine-tenths of the population of do new organ, by ELLIOT / attracted a very crowded . United Kingdom ; and should the rejection oft e Chapel. . ' Bill be the spontaneous act of your Royal Higher ~ FROM A CORRE4PONDENT. It is hoped that the I yen' eili prove yourself indeed the Father and Pro- Parishioners of Lambeth, at their meeting, in con- teeter of yoor people, sequence of the Corn Bill, will not fail to take pro- With the most profound respect, I am, per notice of the trick practised by the Commissioners Youe Royal Highness's • of the Income Tar, in issuing summonses, demand- Most dutiful subject and servant, ing the attendance on the same eery, of even those Feb. -- 17 , -18 U: AN ENEMY TO OPPRESSION. who are six months in arrears. Surely these are the needy and suffering' inhabitants, who, above all others, must be interested in the Corn Bill, meeting on Wednesday next. . . A meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Kent was held on Friday, at Rochester, to petition against the Corn Bill. The Meeting was . most nu merously and respectably attended, and the Petition was agreed to with the loudest acclamations. The farmers of this county admit, in the most liberal manner, that they think the restrictive price fixed by. Mr. ROWNSON, too high. They will be satisfied with a much. less price for their corn. Every wall from Dover to London is covered with the words, " No Corn Laws." To rax EDITOR or mg STATESMAN. I am really indignant at the little principle and less feeling which the House of Commons displays i upon every occasion when questions ,of civil rights come under discussion in Parliament ; and I am still more indignant when men holding seats at the plea' sure, not of the people, bet of the Treasury, orsome , powerful landholder, presume to mix in debate ' and place themselves on a level with Gentlemen °lack n ow. ledged rectitude and independence! • The epithet of " wretch," as applied to the sangti f nary monster who degrades the throne of SpaiN of fended, it seems, the fine-spun loyalty of a gentle. Man whose.legitimate claim to a seat in the House . 001111110011 might be very fairly disputed upon consti latinsniallprinaplea, and who would probably he In!. monied by , common decency to a most respectful silence, or.by an in•'ate sense of modesty,if he %Odd condescend to recollect his extraordinary rise its li'e, and the not very creditable uses for which he has been placed in his present situation.— I will make no c•sta ment on the arrogance of pretensions—l will forbear all animadversions on the insolence of Mr. Caneiti;s aspiring to be First Lord of the Treasury, and tier tering his companion and partner on the country 11 Chancellor of the Exchequer?--neither will I no:* the meanness of the former,acceptiag an official situ. ation under the man whom he denounced as 'soma. hie of the sitoetion he held in the CaLinet—mitat , ness, like avarice, has no bounds, and I have an doubt that if Lord Castlereagh had refused to itanlit.i and employ his ant rgottist, but he would have im plored it from the valet of his Lordship, if the vat had sufficient interest to have obtained it from hi master for the supplicant. Let the world make ii proper comment on all this baseness, and deplorctli corruption of the times and the decline: of , virtue sad of talents in the old hereditary nobility of the kingdom, supplanted by a legion of lawyers. — When men of the description of Mr. Canning aryl his associate, thrust themselves forward ;and chair , the fitst offices le the State, it is afflicting to,beho:ti the•fallen stite.of the Country.' , These ate not r kind of men who ought to legivlate for a neon " freemen, or. be allowed to place themselves on a level with the really legitimate Itapresentatlres of tit People. If:Ferdinand is not a etretch, he certaitti! is not a saint; but as Mr. Huskissoa seems to 'r prove of this thieg of a King, hp had better go and join the relative of that very amiable Gentleman. itle. Hart Davis. 1 t Ferdinxiad will not •Itc;.-eist the fiscal interests of Mr. linakissoW, that Gentl-- mats may offer himself as the Histerlographer of iht gallant General Whittingham.. . •* A I • NT. nitio n Price tr Ome n wiry )r St ,ir or the t a netC l itte i ht: Bat t 13 I will a A ct be 6 ,, Ii US 1 1 iPt g tit 1p 0? peace cam rl, a f t!. P ublic Pmci. o :t4 0 ; awl !Net t iluals nail . Pnty their ougi,l a Plgtd 1 otly,' the rably vain' f tlaP .d ato 1 pill 1 ethe miry 1 os by 1 'Owa beirt ors te ni Sand. with le rho thou 1 loyal 1 mite • t f e 1 ne Pro- -1 I dpie ably' ights stilt 1 get/ 1 ;ome and 1 igt:i. of'. rtte- nr Asti. 11.1 d li'e, ;tem ;its. bear tor- y at Mice tita• ' pa. imn• , I no dui! im• , ales hi' iu ti. rttte Of Anil Inite mid the n ot r vet tht 4 inlr Pr. and lath I di 1/4 It se to ~1 • st.: