The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-09-10 00:00:00

- LONDON: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1814. 0. ; The came Journal from which we have extracted the above, contains a cut of the general seal of the Union, which represents a lion couchant, surmounted with the cap of liberty, and the date of 1810. It also gives the alphabet or cypher which the society employed in their secret correspondence, the insignia of the different grades of the order, and the em blems by which they denoted Poland, England, Italy, France, and Germany. RIM WHEEL, NO CAPITALS bRAIN. NEXT TUESDAY, Sept. 13,. ia,tbe Second Day• DRAWING, BEGINS AT NINE O'CLOCK. . . Arr. Mails. Doe adlce • • 0 1 0 • 1 - 1 1 - ; PRICK OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT 014 K O'CLOCK &ma tome. ANL S per Cent. Rid. IRAs Heeds 13 p 3 per Cent Cum 6511 gichequer MI6 par 4 p 4 yr Cemi. omit= if d 3 per CeetNavy 96f 6 Carob for Ace. 66 bt . - - _ THE STATESMAN. --ow-- The subject of the examinations into the state and growth of -. Corn in this kingdom, by the Committees appointed by . Parliament for that purpose, is of such 'Hal importance to the interests of all classes, that we deeus it out duty to make a few remarks on the statements and circumstances disclosed in the Mi- Antes of Enquiry. . . c previous to this, however, we deem it necessary to inks •an observation, which, we think, must ford-. rrur tO•every Reader in perusing the evidente. i . . sed with the magnitude of the interests af . 6 ibcc by the subject, and believing the dis *OW ccisens who conducted the Enquiry la be incapable of the smallest attempt to fkaiie . 44l4i 'lnvestigations subservient to a sel *ON or . such as could favour the whiles of *4,44 of individuals, we bad fancied to . . ~ . , , okentering on the examinations, that we rnairn • aiow in a. fair way of having ample information iligerdieg the reel causes of the present state of things; that, we were now in the presence of persims de *snis ttf eliciting the truth, prObing in order that khey,rnight heal, and of .those capable of explaining the:Owe and effects of the wide-spreading disease; M *hart, .that the great sationalquestion of it p&p, tole'olObsiitewca and comfort would be viewed not oOte•Upois the interests of those imme. • ' ',OO production and sale of i inielved the, existence and the . .pro , &Oa of the community. We; thatithe perionvcalled to le ! consist of fariners s awners of ' nd Corn-deelers,lfl,llinesses ! Il i ,tbe inierestol**4ble 1 :,-ag,,,t,hat :I he intarxplpipiea tar-Ahern would, be direatedl • Wats% solvency to pay his . , 'tit-641141'1;e5, 'and the'' hest; Atli to' itkintOge:ll6 liOtIVOril; rtl . " - .1• '• • I :•, I: Ipmtile.yresent'high prices lir 4W lam% hi,* occupation.* ' I .ii ..,,.y• hOalretier, .etiOntit ' ea:a(ted )4 .c i . e . l.istppli'fiste ergo et et those ad.: z elitienee, and the report; iemitvt/to prove the eapediency of . .iftligeto - keep grelki at a tsigh . iitirss, • Fp l .l otber ) arcortssfit v.Nv , ; rifflsla* to pi-91641;a . \ the salutary.,4ficrective4 , tmel ioffnitiogs, must disegteariike istixedniltd:it. We hope theCLegii . adopting any measure haying a partial.viv) a sub-' • .- l i v i oslNc , lhdnserves ttipl i stykst i unotassen atteptol em bi r golledingto mnite• the remarks we have to tiger, we feel outselves irretistibly impelled to direct a , fparticular manner to that part of klir from the Minutes, which is daz v s`frirnssuaN. • The person there ,tiir e Ative t , a, land - surveyor, one . of messes whom the Repoit denominates m isiguishorkfor :their knowledge and experitoce ;trontterted with' dee letting of estates:fig kiie : ' oi 1 . Blood surveyor may be due degree,. to Mr. Ditlixe, and wtr ,to detract from the results of .14 fltP this iNny; but we may be a, lowed tote As , far his advice should be followed, in re.; l 'ffitlintis liiieatary . to be atipetedi in ! ' atlgilafe now 'threaten the ~,/ .„ • o f r'Pl?t? P tt ions beyond the cap t abdity of the. llplk .qf PROW te-pey,- • • • .• ' . sh all mitice• seriatim the most striking of his the queries put to him. Mr. sets out tatt r ilk:',his experience to be of the Growth of ant : Ailtrrir YEARS, and to have been matured iltim,-t ) acquaintance with all the home awn also „sines us to understand, that he has very eztensive•valuerr and letter of land, qua hich, though they may have little weight with consideration o 4 Oft . :tropies we are shout to lust have the effeceolliionunendlog hire to s morel 4, a.* it , (rOie_2l . iis tl fli ti , a loscerr?rirl la q alle, li • ruiN i kt.us, it inisiet4l: -411 t* liPetiglfotti ether claps Mitstefrei;had lino idea! t ihriaimiluitt troirld alrine ci so ..ts bland • • . i. Hipp ? r sorreyors, an ;04 to be pictured ,13 i . from their 'professiong; . 0 ' • asliih ,yribuld , l be pot it e l ti 1011,46 • asiertain ther I 7' rep t ? • . #l , iter' "existing ' - eI 4iit it of criabliii4' ; bin I, lc, ..... t•-•.• . iffilkinThiti( . bY!keeirrt Cern, .004improving.th 41iireho1 , pest4 rate. t.-i, i .. * -'llite•lrCnt . tlf the , egn 'P v‘iiiNiAti6ii a 'm(34.1 1 nto ;rlo_oo pimio vo tov w c r itary o .oolii .:4 , otesitiri: this .01sundi..: 44 . .. . 44andeilitheitehn i tenati '•'-: .. 1 ialikivelittir'erettee 7 643 . Wital t g r i g % iii i . - _iturp hir ,,., .. ~.; t ......., Ell w ,if Witt° tr sidotharamteiral -tour soil 0 , 6 ban • h•erweibm,:lfeCElCil w ,, Ware will be slow in a -,. 4flifi l chitt7qotiinitiria •.!V.) N 9tttJ ie • iit h al Ifllicoefilig. 1 , 41 L 41, d • 811.9)04wis those witnesse ;fistionguishe4 ntlP4tits Isout r 'Jim a Oirse"oi °^' tletire aro wish ,tp th 4306.1100.10 , thi r. doubt how far 1 4 1 . 4 a 'to sitif RIR t, I , •g)ttlq fi t Pti 7 (?•T AI! of provisious t tee. peopWria.p 1 . .. We still. rot Riles t, the t l • stating .his ix arid ' t l - kgßa by au intimt. : 4 ) - He also :been a 'eery Oat ,rtits which, tl , lINOV Is in the consi notice, must h • TIIE grAirESMAN . . the owners of land who require the kind of services which he is so eminently . quali9ed to perforte. The Arst piece of information 'winch We deritie fro* Mr. D. .relates to the increase in dissent a land, which he states to have been doubted in - the last twenty-fire years. The causes of tfris rise is not the gyration which directly follows this information, nor are we very clearly made acquainted with them by subsequent *statements, although we have some reason to believe that the immense services of this eminent valuer of land, together with those of his fellow labourers in the same vocation, have n. t 4 41 a little contributed to occasion this extraordina. 1 increase. To the important question—" At whit rate should Corn sell at present to enable the tenants to pay the rents they pay in general ?" the reply is, " At the rents that were settled four or five years ago, Wheat ought to be from 251. to 301. per load, or 12s. 6d. a bushel." Mr. D. adds, WE have not set the rents so high lately as about that periodo— Thus, although rents are now on the decline, and it is confessed in the next rejoinder, that in setting the rent of land, " WE," that is the landlords, by the advice of these Prime Ministers, " do not take the price of the day as 'a guide, but consider both the liability of rising and of falling ;" and though the farmers, no doubt, do the same, or ought to do so, the price of Wheat in general ought to be kept up to the altitude of 251. to 301. per load, in order that a I few individuals may not suffer from changes which could not but previously enter into their contem plation. . . The courses of husbandry enquired into, and the particulars stated respecting them, are more calcu lated to make farmers than converts to the doctrine of the necessity of high prices, and the odd user-, Lion, that a great proportion of the land now in tillage would return to its natural state, grass, heath, and furze, if wheat should be be. low 201. a load, is certainly calculated, in our view, to afford more just ground for laughter than alarm. Those who knew any thing of the stimulus which industry re.thes from hunger and necessity, must beewarelblitAieoMe l fX, is in no great danger of becoming u i ess arid waste. Self.interest will alone prevent any such monstrous. ' apprehension being realised. There are lands which deserve to be thrown out of cultivation, as well as otheris which would better repay the occupier, at present lying waste, considered of but little value; but the chief encouragement to agricultural improve ment and extended exertion on the part of the tenant, is kept out. of view, and a system of a direct con trary tendency is recommended for adoption. - This, is coinprised In Mr. Thileries *Commendation of short -leases. Mr. D. says, it 4, r never recommend , itl leases longer than for seven years." Thie we believe, knowing that the Ihesseeet renewal leases gives en opportunity for a job to .the 1 surveyor Ad land valuer ; and ire •can as readies believe \ that no leases at all 'aright be a rol% j ' _. l._ more likely to meet with Mt. p.'s apprevii4 annual . job cannot but be conaidered as preferable r -- 1 So'a lept4unia,l one: But we cannot so tatiiril4l. Caere ofAbpinion that this is the best mode filieliii. prOving•cnltivation, ,il'and adding to the prosperity of our agriculture . reitnires negreat depth of ob- ' servation to prove,"tbat short terries Wad" out but : little . encouragement :for the'eutlay of Capital, or tlio exercise of. mere thatrilthr ssecesierry quantity ,of labour' to kiep a fareit lA' linage: ,Where there li but little hOpe , 'of reigen t eration: the 'dept.. , _ .. sit Mill .be as • iius4l 4 . as , possible. • 'We are %,,, less called upon. to...Asitice . the.. mischievoits. sinuation that smelt ; formers are art injury to country, by their requiring greater profits than the 0 .Witi• occupy* a ittrgif quantity land. Mr. D.,' and, those of his opinion, have no doubt heard: tif the ' issued Vililike l and have* doubtless readrof the 1 eagseeal the emtgriktons of the useful but mOitcholy iiiik it s,sliop i cifstiett to melciihe fields of Al.Merici, .14liter , l,hao till their own under thaceverittes,or Ihe!I lisser• system of Wing-land. These are twenties on . ' - This iitbjeet, wiiiiiiiireiwill quote—. ' " Tbm wdia ilvaSeoi inoinniri ries tegni: -" .' into every . 04iiterosind mainialeed its ass " These ware theiewlien small farmers were names.. ona, and when theieum of hornet' happiness was much ,larger than., we for, at present. -We need not be -told that large ompiers are more likely to have the Ineans of extenille'ltnprovement in their hands than Smaller ones ; but we presume that capital alone will ;not produce the deslied 'effect, or "ripply the 'Oll, .sin industrions.peasantrb 46 a country's pride; which t ests destroyed can never be supplied ;" and, aYter all, (*bat is it we are endesiouring to discover, it human VtiPpittess be not the object? '... Our gravity almost deserts as, when pilteinttbis I:1 . topic, and wishing to come at the anioetA l of the great benefits conferral- upon society. by . the )ite .changes in our agricoitural system, we cern* to (be following questions :—.." Do you conceive that a landlord, with a rentdouble what it was in 1792, is . iu possession of a bitter income, having reference to the value of every, thip ?—Taking into considers. .lion the price, of esewpAsticle he must purchase, I :do not think be is.. •Without reference to what he I ftnothasea for his living, how• mach do you think a. iandloid pots into his pocket now, in cottparison with what he did 25 years ago ?—Nearly double. And the repairs are very much in the same pro portion as they were , then ?—Yes, certaisly."- -It appears from this, that notiithstanding the strong - elosii of this acute surveyor of the iodine of things mike ... . to out for Lis pairoosi Otte oilisoestabie co . .1 ceseity, and althaagh it is unquestionablx allowed, that the pocks' of Avery other class of persons hate. been emptied,. and patiently viewed in that empty state, for more than 20 years back, the landlord . has been all that time filling his, and when he now comes to take stock, he finds that his income is double what it formerly was, and the encreased burdens upon his estate proved to be little or nothing at all ! It matters not to the public from whom this advance is obtained, whether this double rent is expended or not. The question now to be deter mined is simply this, Whether the landlords are to' be protected by a legislative measure, in continuing a system incompatible with the preservation of the general welfare of the kingdom, and in spite of the examples of a return to the just order of things afforded by other countries ? An article which we quote from the French Pa-. pers, hekded " Observations of the Chamber of Commerce at Nantes on the Slave Trade," must make a deep impression on all the feeling and ho nourable part of the British nation. 'l'hree.fourths of the ships employed by the French Slave Traders were fitted out at Nantes ; and it is most in teresting at the present period to know the opinions of the commercial path of France on the subject of this traffic. This trade in blood, which, but for the late change in affairs, and the most unfortunate concession that ever was made by a British negociator, would never have been open to them, is beheld with an appetite most wolf-like, and the prospect of its discontinuance, after it shall bans been five years re-established, is regaided with a horror which we thought the traffic Itself could alone . mite. DESPERATE ACTION BETWEEN THE AVON BRI TISH SLOOP OF WAR, OF 16 GUNS, AND THE WASP AMERICAN SLOOP OF WAR, OF 20 GUNS. MILFORD, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 8, TEN O'CLoce.--Nie have just been informed that an ac tion took place betinen his Majesty's sloop Avon, and the American sloop of war Map, of 20 guns, `near . I(in — sale, whe n, after two hours and twenty mi nutes desperate fighting, the Castilian sloop of war hove in sight. The Wasp" endeavoured to make off, but the Castilian got up, and poured in her broad. side, and immediately discovered • signal of distress from the loon, and had scarcely time to take out her crew before she sunk. Air loss is her First Lieutenant killed, the Captain and several Officers wounded.—lt is at3pposed the Wasp . also sunk, for after the broadside from the Castilian, she was ob. served water logged, and..wes ant afterwards saes. This may be relied'on. P. S. The 'action took place between Cape Clear and Kinsale, on Sunday night last.—The Captain of the Avoil and At Second Liefitenunt wounded se 7 verely. Hon. JAKti ARBVTIIIIOIr, Cftptain of.tbe Avon Um* IfAxvitir, First Lielitenatit of do.; Joan PitesiDcatmse, *oast Lieutenant et do, ; JAMES A Lt.si. blaster of do. • Mr. STRATIORD CANNING, 'Ambassador from England to jibe Helvetic Prinfederation, arrived tat IS, at Geneva. • A report 4 current yesterday afternoon, thlit the &wen sloop w4rr l . on* American station,. had been capturesi t .t A letter from Parit;SetetfSept. 5, says, yesterday praym were read in the Hotel Borghese, now °c c.) Jied by the Duke of Wer.urroToN. The English in Paris, to the amount of one hundred; assembled in ?I.:. great Dining-room : the Service was perforated i the : Chapldlo, to. the Embassy in full canonicals ; : a kj?uke of WELtalloToN attended. Titepeace, it is calculated, will finally throw out employment 25,600 naval and military,otficers ; k;1000 Government Clerks ; and 280p00 non-com missioned officers and privates; , • kowsGineral ANSON'S , Regiment, the 23d Dragoons, commanded by Lord K. MANNERS; lefor - the present to be stationed, at Manchester, previous, as Slip ;posed, to their relieving the Bth Dragoons in India. It is now understood; says an evening paper, that the intended grand expedition for America, under Lord 11 a., does not sail.in this yeaf, the season he • ing too far advanced.. Arils further reported in the , military circles,sikl4he gallant Lord is, for the pre- Mot, to be placed On tht dome Staff, as Commander of the forces in Scotland. The apedition ender or dercat Plymouth is still expected to sail; the troops belching to it are estimated at 7000 men, Incddingy eat suppose, those ready for embarkation at Ports-1 fah. fate distinguished defaulter in Ornnium ie dis ,ng of all his valuable effects to satisfy, so far as , VI is-his power, the demands of his creditors. rise on teas f 2d in the pound f will produce urge of sixpence on the consumer. manufacturers of yarn at Manchester have we I regret to state, come to a determination to desist f ( iiiin spinning that article until they can obtain the • . rew ; material at an inferior price. At Bolton, all .the factories are asid to have stopped except one; and 14 'many other places the example will be followed. -This is an unpleasant domestic occurrence, if it con tinues, but need not be considered in a worse light. In France, whenever BONAPARTE had a more than ordinary demand for men, it was his habit to order manufactories to be shut up, in order that necessity might drive the workmen into,, his , service. In England manufacturers and their families must be maintained, when work cannot be procured for them. .r • •;• Mr:Pam:tut, who is appointed Consul-General at Bourdeaux, was sent out to his destination from Ireland, in a frigate on the Cork station. Mr. PA a- NELL is father-in-law to Mr. CaoKra of the Admi ralty. The Cork station is precisely that to which the merchants look for protection against American depredation ; and yet from that important point a frigate is withdrawn for the conveyance of Mr. Caoan's father.in-law 1' ititha, NAVAL lATELLIO. DEAL, SrpT. 9.—Put back the Nautil Ostend, with part of the 2d line of King hoard, there not being water enough for' bour, and the wind blowing very fresh down from the River, and sailed to the store ship; and the Henry, Gill, for Quebec, Downs his Majesty's ships as per last, and ports, most of them bound ; to Hornig!, and the wind is fair, viz:: Mary - A.111,11410N Prince William, Britannia, Jane, Symmetry British lsle, Venus, Duchess of Richmond, Bedford, Tyne, Economy, Cambria, Henry, •CORE;, SEPT. .5 .—Arri ed the 14dia transport, with detachments of different regiments . under convoy of his Majesty's sloops Lights with 17 transports in company.—Arrived ' Magnificent, Amphion, and Rinaldo, for number of ships under convoy.—Sailed his ratio and Derwent, with the convoy for Quebec, PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 9.—Arrived the the Downs: Blessing, Thoma:. Jannatt, _ lot, and the Diadem. Also arrived thti Betsey, and the FlOra, Meares, from BourdeAux. EALMOWiII, SEPT. 7.—Arrived the Grace Mail from Gibraltar and Malta, SS days from rick packet, with a Mail frOns St. Thomas' P. S. The Arabella packet, from Lisbon, off this harbour, butt will not get in until PLYMOUTH, Suer. B.—Catue in the N the Mary and Norfolk transports, ait h board ; also his Majesty's ship Artnade, —Sailed the fleet of transports for Portmeetb Bourdeaux yesterday. Ilmtivlcn, SEPT. 9.—Arrriwed the Lord a Mail from Hottand ; Alliance packet, tenbargh ; and the William, Goddard, her foremast off Lovestet. The 41bion, Farquhar, from 14* bec, was taken and burnt 19th uli .Neufchatel American privateer. LIVERPOOL MEMO. . . . In consequence of the Resolution , itered• the Public Meeting held in the Town-helii , co Mon; day, the 20th ult. to forward a Petition to the Prime Regent, in place of a. Memorial to the Admiralty, praying for protection to our trade on the West Coast and Channel, a Memorial similar to that %Alert tray then. then yejected was afterwards.prepared, and famed ed to the Lords of the Admiralty on Thorsday,lhe Ist inst. *Mr. Croker has, by their I.esrdsltliArdt.' rections, returned the following answer ('Corr.) " tlty-Olice,•SOpt. 3, 1814:, 66 have received, and communicatedmy Lards*Commissioners of the AdmirUlty,.the - Mea' moriat of the Merchants, Ship-owners, and inthery. of Liyerpool, requesting further protecilon - .firr the trade of St. George's Channel, and the western and northern coast of the United Kingdom; and in reply I am4oinmanded to•coevey to you. • for the informs,: flan of the Mensorielists, that the•prt4ection olthe trade in those quarters had already 'breußied theft Lordshipy particular attention and thOugh. (as the Memorialists will feel) it would be i t ighiy itweonswtsi-. eut and prejodicial to the . public ;arrests - to - enter into any detail of the amount or‘devcriptien of the forge now, or hereafter ,to be empleymi in this service, my Lords see no inconvenience in stall i ng, that a very ample force has been under the orders of the Admi• rals commandjug the western stations for this pur. pose, and that, during the time when the enemy's depredations are stated to have taken place, net less than three frigates and fourteen sloops were actually at sea, for the immediate protection of St. George's Channel and the western ar,l 'noithern pntts of the United Kiugdesi. , My Lords further command me to express their hope, that the ready and 'effectual protection of convoys t whieh his been, on alt occa. sions, given to the western trade, Will convince the Memorialists of their Lordships' readiness to attend to thelir interests, and of their desire to employ this .public force in the manner the most conducive (in their judgment, and according to their intelligence) to the public advantage. • 66 I am, Sir, your most humble servant, (sired) "J. W. CRO,KER. "To T. Itodie, Eirci.• Liverpool." • • • Some interesting Anecdotes, retains to thwAttro, are now in circulation. During tiselist mon* It said, his MAJESTY his esperieuded frequent luicid tervals, and has conversed on general topics with all his Physicians. lie expresitetrgreat anxiety to have an interview with the Dike of. - WactiViointi:! acrd Appeared to be affected' in the 'highest 'degree Vibe subject of the marriage of his granddaughter brit itis singularly remarkable, he gave directions that a farourite horse shoold.be destroyed on a fixed day, having etiv - rkicd a certain, age, in conformity with a written inemorandom made by himself some years ago, which was found in the place pointed out by his MAJESTY, and which proved in :I,4 l7 .. r evims-4, 1 , 41 . 1 ,_ respond with the period prescribed. Drury-lane Theatre cannot open on Toesday'Dest, as was originally in the contemplation of the Pro. prietors. The fact is l it has been discovered the the whole interior of a Theatre cannot be made arm* in a few (lays, or a few weeks ; we had, in common' with the public, believed the only alteration was the removal of the Proscenium, whereas, upon enqUiry, we find the Theatre is in the interior an entirely new ono ; it has been magnificently decorated throughout; and we are assured by those who have seen it. (and on whose judgment we can rely), that it will nom he decidedly the most splendid and convenient Thea tre in Europe. • The Theatres at Paris are Much inferior to those M London in the elegance of the decorations, and the brilliancy of the chandeliers: A very light and pleasing effect, however, is produced by means of drop-cloth, emblazoned with the arms of the coun try, which is used instead of the heavy dark green curtain, and is painted to harmonize with the rest the house. The Covent-garden Proprietors !nu adopted this improvement, and have prepared a cirtl of this description, in perfect.onison with the orris , menus of the Theatre, whic.h will render the coup ,d'reil of the interior compiettv • • } .7rENCE. Bus transport, from et :lag's German Legion 00 ir her to go into the her- from the N. E.—Came e westward, the Buret° tiebee.—Reinnin in the Ind 10e fel km jaw tram. and will mil as soon at ;wipe, ft•ri+ l 2 7 i --- allov 'messy, arist2L9viz, adnd, Janies, Duke 1 !ivy, 'and Albion. .ansport, from pastagryi on board. She ",ailed ghtaing and Goldfloa; ;ed his Majesty's ships? for Portimouth, with a his Majesty's sh ps Ha. Queber, &c. 1 E. following ships fried , '.lector Barbara, 114 .: Betsey, from Passages; x. Grace packet, with a from the former; Frede- nas's in $.3 days. • ion, is uow (niue P.M.) til uezt tide. Norge man of war, with the Rocket Bs ignite on , 74, from the mat ward. mcietb that arrived fiats :Ard Nelson packet with , with a Mail from Got- in ballast, baring lo.t . . do qv!. to Qle. it. 'Wale !'rinse • ; . •, :ion entered into at 'oven-holioto Mots, • 1t..1 A \ 4 it Fl t re - tes, to • ot hi ) 1 , .w t' nd ,z 9 of he a 10* yen of Ito r t tlt 1 18. 1 lap