The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-04-05 00:00:00

:: wA s `.‘ r . . , / • • f'*4;.:l;it,. , A,a k rig" TM tattooing le • copy of the maid l'ititrun:— To the Hasonrehie die C-ornmone of Or CDlt'd )(inf. dorm .I(ireat brittitrand Ireland in earliamerit as- 'ambled ?tie lit N5t.E eserreton or Ttil racenot Dlres. VIRMSM. Avn oni4Ks, intt.totTarti a or Alia CoUhrt I 40 . 1111:XI I! (amid. Stieweilolu That Tune petitioners, by the depression of 11.:Agricaltural and Landed Interest. are reduced to a etate•of great distress. 'heving for aerofoil years past • le en wog ttiew produce; not only writtiont a remount rsting..pficia, Met at a price km than the ripense at which it is tossed, In this, alarming state of thincv.l your pe.itiohera eon appreoesid nothiug hot certain ruin to themselves, to their families, and to the community at largi, unless an effectual remedy he speedily applle,d. That, conceiving the distress . so arise from 'Verdict.' taxatinti, a taxation greater than the . roantry is• able to bear, your petitioner" humbly pray fur a reduction of terra, a retrenchment in the expenses ofevery department of the state, awl a strict economy in the expenditure Of the .p. blic mosey, as the moat effeftiial and certain steam of affording them sobitantial relief. ruottcrutorr.that to prevent the same distress for the lime to come, your petitioners earnestly entreat your Hon. House to take into its most serioue consideratien urgesit necessity fdr a reform its Parliament, for a mon: full, fait;, and.equal representation of the pimple, tunably conceiving that it is to the imperfect end on. bepal state of Parliamentary representation that the Illihralint national debt, the overwhehning taxation, 5 . 114 • Mitscensequent evils which afflict the country, and whicas more particularly affect the agricultural and landed iu terrir's•are primarily awipexcipally to be ascribed: -lied row Petitioners will ever pray.. . • AIpNIIII6IITTS (from upder She gallery) said be bad not heard the resolotioos read, he had only heard the isetitlon. He expressed his opinion that mentioning r form in the petition did much more harm than good the cause which it leas intended to remedy.—(Disap peoliation, with cries of," come forward,' and room was made for him in the jury box.) Mr. M. continued ; be was fully awareof the existing distresses of the coun try, particularly alit respected the farmer, he was sorry that the more respectable part of the agriculturists* were nut in attendan..e to express their opinion upon the rub. ject.; he however thought that their petition might not ro mention reform —(Much hissing.)—They were in need of parliamentary aid, and therefore they ought merely to state their grievances, and leave it to the wit anto of the Honourable Dense to apply the remedy.— (Bursts of laughter and hissing.) Mr. M. continued ; lie expected to hare a fair hearing, hot it seemed that all were on one site.—(Applause) He considered that it was owing to a seditious and discontented spirit which 11 id shoo n itself amongst many persons, that we are in volved in the present distresses—(Disapprobation); it Atli through that discontented and seditious spirit the late war was prolonged, and Bonaparte's . power—by which nil lilt arils were entailed on the country. He again expressed his disapproba:ioo of the introduction of the word reform in the petition; he considered that a graduated duty on the importation of foreign corn, and on the exportation of British corn, were the only means likely to afford disappro b .Pon.) The .lucittrr observed, if the learned gentleman in t tided to Make an ateeadment be must tusks a distinct sia.tion on the ',Neil. Mr. Strome-I-vs said that he had just put his ideas on r.per, bat they were i's.too crude • state to be laid he ture the meeting. He should therefore move, that a CO1:l uitecehr appointed to draw up a petition expressive tf the eanfid.n se of the meeting in Parliament, stating the general distress. and praying fur a bounty OD the exportation of IL itish grain, and a duty ou the impor teihn or foreign. The Simentr.r wired if any holly seconded the amend ment, anti on one aoswerlng, the original resolutions were carried ; Mr. Margetta alone holding up his baud against them. Mr. S: Watts said, the elan lie entered the 11.111 be was fully aware of the full exposition Which would be melt% and therefore did not intend making any observe lions, as he was sure it would be well treated ; but after time extraordinary assertions that had fallen front the Worthy Alderman, his Learued Friend, be would trouble the meeting with a few remarks. The Worthy Alder /UM& had stated that all the evils now pressing upon the people were occasioned by a seditious spirit. Ile Imo* misfit his Learned Friend the Worthy Alderman meant ; it wan the terrible Reformers, who, because they op pasedkorreption, were stigmatized with the appellation of the seditious. Bat it was nothing new at different pariods to be called by different names; indeed the very dictionary segued exhautted. For installer., 16 years ago, when he (Mr. W.) first came to fluntiagden, be was designated a democrat, soon after he was called a jacohin ; then for about four years he was a lervller, and a referrner; till at length they invented the word " Radical," *ail here, said Mr. W., I now stand a con• firmed radical.—(Cheers, tea laughter.)—They all knew, that spe.mlmiug of county meetings a Noble Duke bad staid that they were mere farces ; but had he, its the plenitntle of his aplendour, been present that day, aid 1)..d is itemised the mirth, the extraordinary exhibition of his Learned Friend the Worthy Alderman, he would havir.vaalted this higher on the stage by designating it a ; .....)usedy.—(Maeh laughter.) The Learned Gentleman then went on to point out the defects in the rel%resenta live system. Sixteen years ago the two Members for the town, and the two for the county, were regularly mot by the family of Montague (Mr. Margetts—miereptions) stithont ever consulting the people they were scut to me resent, and for thus pending the four Members, that House bid teetfred 20040110/. (Mr. Margetts--.. Quite deceptions.") The Learned Gentleman might say de reptions, but if be would wait a little, be would prove it, from 1807 to 1817 the Eatl of Sandwich received 2,5001. a-year as Postmaster 0 three years previous he had annually a pretty round stun per annum for • snug pees. called the Keeper of the Buck Hound.. The Sable Earl was now gone, he (Mr. W.) wombed td say nothing ill of the dead, hut he was draw into the disressian by his injudicious friend. The meeting would, however, see that the Earl had drawn a very considerable sum Of the public money, setting aside time snug little patronage. Now it was generally known that the Earl, though a very good sort of man, was by no means a man of talents, at least of stick' talents as qualified him to become a mi.mister. He would asir.thea, if there had been a refer:a in radians's% would the country for so many years have been harshened with a minister without talents, who would rather encumber Glam. expedite public badness. In fine, it was for the service the Noble Lird's Totes rendered the minister, and not for the aid of his talents, that he received so m ich money. The Duke of Manchester, a branch of tto family of MoWague, rewired from ItsoB to 16241 10,011til. a year as Governor of Jashaies, which ought,ont *fits own proceeds, to have paid its owe Governor—his brothers. soon as he was burn, (ao, be had aline t before he was born, for the pla ce was got natty tor hint) said ' had a birth in the customs at 10 or 12 hundred a year. —(Applause.)—lle( 7 4r. Wells) thought that was the 'editions spirit which had brought ruin upon the .cout - try, and be wculd again ask, would these sums have been paid to this or any other family for doing Next to notiming.l at for the venal and corrupt boroughtnoager lag system? His learned relent had said that he wish ed to see a redaction in lhe.expenditsre. Mr. W. wish, ad Wawa Reform ; fee he walld skew that no remise- ,: r -MRI .•-- -- tie% is the expenditure 4 'of ; be bad stated this 4 he wont , ' semis repeat it. Isree• auillinns ; the geese ,Meath% to he trade) by f' presentative for the cosi sell, was five.millions, 7 - making a reduction of ing forlyohree *Minna she sense as; in Mt, et-04mM with agrictiltni certain the. reuse of the'" aaaelag the farmers. It vi. . thaw^ gentlemen that the distrems arose from extras:ire %station. Now, if the distress then maw from taxation, bow much the more, a fortiori. must laxatiou be the I Cause of present distreio, since Minister's tome Mil 01)3 ;millions of new taxes since that rwried.—(Applause.) —There have been a variety of opinion', coutinued Mr. Hammond, on the original cause of the distress. Many, were led away with the idea that it was owing to the j immolation of foreign corn ; he himself was once of that opiiiion ; hut it was the object of his life to divest hie mind of prejudice, and be now confessed his error. He was now lo rainadeal that • graduated import ditty could afford no relief: It *wild be but taking so much money rod of the pockets of the people to put it into these of the members of the government; and as taxation is the cause of the distress, they would thereby be but ewe rating the evil. In England, as a manufacturing country, previsions should be cheap, and the taxer ought to he so koy as to enable the former to obtain a resumer %ling price. Corn. being . an article of general con; simption • might nut to be ; butt-him. ftlois " 1 " . . NOS. sale many either things which were mere luxuries. might he proportionably taxed ; but a tax on corn he con sidereal not only cruel and unjust, but impious. _Provi dence in its bounty gives as every thing that our wants demand ; buy man steps in, and by his cruel taws de , priers us of the blessing.—{Appian--s.), Lord Liverpool lied said that agricultare must relieve' itself oat of its own resources; and so long as the money entail nued to pone into ;hi treasury, and they enjoy it, iittle will they think how that money is procured, and how hardly it is 41 by the sweat of the brow, and wrested from the hands' that herd %boor. Alitaisters will never reform se long as ens allow them money to squander at their plea. sure t for Lord Liverpool had the assurance to assert that the distress did not arise from taxation blame' over production. When his Lordship looked in hitepolitieal dictionary for this word, he *head have found teat word ewer taxation, which be considered would have been much more applicable. Ministers say again. that the 'Slams is occasioned partly by Peel's bill, hut this could not be as the bank had issued more specie for this last two or three years than beret :afore. It cannot he from the im portation of corn, as none had been imported ; the real cause, therefore, must evidently be an excessive load of taxation more than the country is abie to bear. Doreen went, by their collectors and receivers, pour the sums into the t 000000 v. thence it goes into private hands and returns no snore into circulation. Ministers have recourse M many and strange tricks to keep tip the taxes. The Dnkeof Buckingham lately put forth a statement:to' *how how inconsiderable the taxes were on a finis of Attu woes, and the persons employed thereon. Such misre presentations have a most evil 'feed upon the minds of the Istate, and ought to be set aright. This statement of the Deke's is full of misrepresentations. particularly %Loire to the tax on salt and leather, the tax on each of which articles would be double to that stated by the No ble Duke. The next trick was this; when the country met to dismiss their greirances and submit them to the legislature by petition, ministers called it popular cla moer. is this to he endured ? Are people to he deprived of that liberty which they Lave so long enjoyed under the Dill of Sights? These tricks tad sum-statements are taken up by Cie ministerial papers, and particularly, he tied observed, in Beira Weekly Moseeoger; which, though it pretended to be a friend to farmers, wag. In truth. a tool of mitiisters..aml its statements emoted a jealonsy between the landlord and farmers. Such syco phant editors of newapapersare. - iwerntlerwnwismice to ' the country, and ought not to breathe the same air. This same Bell's Mcssencer had asserted that the total ex pence on au acre of land was fit : he would appeil to any farmer, could an acre be farmed for less than lt.. i Ntrer was a man more out in his calculations than the Duke of ihickingbant: it reminded him of liudihras— Ile was in logic a great erih'e, Profoundly *LON in analytic ; lie could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side ; On al:ber which he would dispute. Confute, change hands, and still confute : ' lfe'd undertake to prove, by force I • . Of argument, a man's no horse ; lied prove a buzzard le no fowl, And that abseil may be an owl. The arguments of Lord Londonderry to repel ,the at tacks (as be %pleased to call them) upon the faith and public credit alike coen;ry, are so futile that it was us necessary to repeat - Owen; he tells Mr. Hume that he takes harlequin leaps from one item to another, but he trusted the Caledonian champion would not he put down by flashes of Hibernian wit. If any thing is said about reform, his Lordship turns pale, anal scenes ready to give up the ghost: this reminded him of a sentence in a play. of a miser, who hid his treasure in a garden anal lost it ; on discovering his low, he exclaimed he was murdered, then his throat was cut, and other mail exclamatioutrt. so Lord Liverpool, if he were to lose the taxes would lose all Ills dependance, and wuuld exelaim with the miser, that he had lost every thing, he would he willing to bang alt the country, and then hang himself.—(Much applause.) —Lord Liverpool began his statement to the people by telling them of the improvement its exphrts and imports, and in the habits of the people, and that the duty npua tea had increased—that people more ge nerally partook of that delicate beverage instead of the vulgar botiteder•wed beer. He. however, was an slim. cats for keeping up the good old customs of o fote ; fac there—perhaps next year his lordship will CO i ratulate the people upon a further improvement in th habits, by baring left off eating roast beef and plum peddine, and taken to eating frogs and soap meagre. lie would only remind the usotoing, that the men who foneist and gained the ba•tle of the Nile. dial not drink tea, dr live upon frogs and soup meagre. His Lordship says, tee du not stand show in oar distresses for all Europe is dim - 1 tresowl—this is certainly very hientane anal very canto. limy, as mach as to say, if my home is burnt'down. I My make myself very easy because my neighlenrs i. burnt down also—this is certainly r e versieg Ile old, maxim,—" Weep with them that weep, and rejoice with them that rejoice." His Lordship's grand argument is. that thrum. distress exists in Switeerlonal—they hair so standing army, and but few taxes, therefore, that tax ation cannot be the cause of our distress. Mr- 1 H. would take upon himself to confute this argunient,for hiving, when young. travelled through Su itzer dead, he was conversant in its resources. Switzerland is 41 quell country, and its chief resources are feeding rat tle and making cheese, which they exchange foe rice, -wheat, Ea. With Italy and other countries, they have hut few mannfactures, and it must be observed, that it is the poverty of the countries with whom they had used to trade, who are now unable to purchase of them. which has caused their distresses. It is a lamentable thing that Ministers will not profit by experience as Wiwi. duals do ; let them, however, beware bow they se ei n the British Lion. the English are a patient people.- i t depressed and driver to desperation, they will se themselves so, anal like the Leviathan. I 'sigh at the s h-, log of a spear. Ancient Mowry informs es, tha t e ' , I of a long ascended the diamond his Mist, wise r Mr. VeIIOWIrR, the other member As the System of keeping up the .allioos, and no doubt believes such 'hen in reality.there is on loch thing ; ben the Government is now neg.). Istillions with the Bank, that they revenue? What would Mr. Pashler or • ikers, think of a person going to knowing the same person to have r from his surlptis income in his he could not find any use. Ile had expenditnre was 53 millions ' taking off remains 43 million-, and in 1793 the expen diture watt on!) , 16 millions, therefore he would ask, hoe could this increase of 27 millions since 1792 he paid at prices the same as in 1792: If this was all that could be done, farmers must go into the workhouse. The di vidends; ee are told, are alwayspiiii to the stockholder, &c. Tee, but bow are they paid Be forestalling, by mortgaging on the old lady in Threa'sineedleotreet for four quarters to come We owed this lady 9 millions last year which we could not pay. We owe 4 millions out of oar own pocket-snonev. We owe that bloated Cowpony, the East India Coinpany, two millions, for letting them have a monopoly on tea. And we owe in the Shape of notes of Land 35 millions, all obis+ is to tally onprovided for. He would explain to them the meaning of Dxcliegner Bills. Suppose a farmer could mot pay Lis blacksmith's bill, he .gave a note ahead for it, that would be as it were his exchequer bill, and must bepeid, and so must the mi Ilions of goveinineot exchequer JAM now out, yet Ministers talk of a turplui reveaoe alibi persist ie refusing to takeoff the tax ppnn which would afford relief to the farmer; under the pm, text of keeping up a sinking fund which does not exist. Mr. Wing, in an excellent and eloquent speech, bad ex horted them to be firm in pressing for a Reform; he would exhort them to reform themselves ; be would call upon every man who Lad the right of voting to lay aside all private expectation of Fain or patronage 'for their children, and instead of saying t o themselves " bow much ran 1 get for my vote," ask themselves 1 " what will this or that man du for the benefit of his I country"; let them consider, that in the act of voting', . 1 they tacitly take ail oath to discharge their duty as Ism. neatly as if they took it as j swore in that box—they would then reap the benefit of their iniegrity. So long as he, I (111r.W ) resided in the county, ha would endeavour to bring forward an honest man both for town and county; they should always have an election—so that if they chose to vote honestly they might have an opportunity ; I and if they voted otherwisethe fault world be their own. land if they fell, they would fall unlamented and appa tied. The distress of the country he considered had not yet reached its height ; May, 1523, would be the tria l when the Dank of England and the country Ranks would be obliged to pay in gold; since it was by the issues of the country banks they were alone enabled to carry on the exchange of business and the common intercourse of life. Mr. Al'. regretted the absence of Lord J. Russel at a meeting, which had for its of jectthe cause in wh!eh his Lordship wasso deeply interested; he regretted that his absence was occasioned by illness; but had he been there and seen hew hearty his constituents were in the cause, lie thought it would hare done him more good than the sea breezes of ant place Le could vi-it. After some fur titer observations, the learned gentleman concluded by saying he had nothing to du with the petition to the license of Commons, for he had ileteraiii c I not again to petition that house, as be did not recognize it. The Rest. D. D. Wi:ths rose merely, be said, to pro pose that the petition just read be presented to the House of Commocs by the mentLers for the county ; and inas timelt as the name of Mr. Fellowea formed a part if the business of the cloy, a letter front that tientleman having: been read, he trusted be slimild be allowed to say a kr/Nerds, rersedlnF Isis eonnuot. (The Sheriff here illie4ered. to tisk rf the Rev. tleatte7nan intended to conclude with any resolution on theeas of .the dor.) Mr. W. said the Reside liar Minfentadd to pro pose was what lie bad Meted. edit orpedriosthat the ridden be presented ter tire amply mem would not, after the excelleni speed; which the meeting had heard, trespass upon their time further this to make the observations he was about to do respecting Mr. Fel lowes—that lientleman, when a motion was made to re peal the salt tax, thought proper not to vote either for or against it; he instill ask did this show his attention to the welfare of tar agrieultnricts —it was in his power to have rendered then, a service by rutin< for the repeal of that tax which pressed su lieuvily upon that part of the community which be was sent to Parliament to re present. It had been stated by a Learned tieotlemen, - Mr. Margetts, that this meeting did not comprise the' mere resrctable part of the Agriculturists ; he would sat to that gentleman, in answer to this objection, that this meeting did comprise respectable Agriculturists,l and that if country gentlemen did not agree with the' proceedings about to take place. why did not they come forward manfully and state their dissent in the face of the county, whatever might be their opinion, however, be was decided that excessive taxation was the sole cause of distress, and the only reunify —A Reform in Parlia ment. Mr. Toon AS Div °hareem', he was unaccustomed to public speaking, i.e was a farmer, and was about to ad dress a few words to fanners. He wished to ask, what t are we to think, when we are told by profound statesmen sod lawg:vere, that an abundaut harvest is an evil, he would ask what are we to think of men who preach such doctrine so contrary to nature, so contrary to the pray -1 ers of every farmer and every poor man, whose hopes nee sliver placed on the expectation of having a good harvest and a tine time to gather it in. It was his opi nion that these profound politicians hail made a small mistake, he could not bat think they meant on abund ant crop of team, instead of alinnolant crops of corn had occasioned the evil. —(Langhter.)—lt bad always been his opinion that the landholder wonlit ruin the farmer; and he thought he was right; fot the landed proprietor seldom paid any attention to the welfare of the farmer. This was apparent to-day, for lie saw no landed proprietor present to consult with the experiemed agriculturist on the cause and remedy of the distress. Ile manta not detain the meeting longer but to express his opinion that the formers hope always Lad been, and always would he, be trusted, on the good ness of providence in sending a plentiful harvest. Mr. S. lYrt.t.s propnarl that the thank.' of the meet ing lie given to the Sheriff fur his readiness in conven ing. the same, and to the Under-Sheriff fur hiarourteons and manly conduct doting the prom-riling% of the day. Mr. PEMBERTON?. the ruh•Skerilf, returned thanks, and the meeting was dissolved. (ITS lII'SINEss.—A Conti of Aldermen was held ersterday at Guildhall. when the Let•• .1 'isyor deel.tre.! the Office of Kreorder vacant, by the desth of v•trJ .ho Silicate,. Hatt.; and it was resolved that the 0 lice should ee filled at the nest Court. which the Lord 3layor appointed for Wednesday next. Yesterday being Msondays'llurclay. the null' an nnal Rural donations were distribute/ at Witi.total: chapel to as many poor men and w nas the Kine is years old; fur it Web perp.we thete was a luni: temporary wooden ererlion, shed-like, against the side of the chapel in Whitehall•yard. The Cast India Company's ship Herefordshire is areirtd in the Channel ; she left China on the 211 ot :Nov., and St. Helena on Ili/ 6th of ?ohm try. All the Conspsey's ships of the scaatlll gime the Vsoiistart. • .... • . . • • 'Pe , #-I .• . • THE . TIVINAN.: . , ter, m ad . a. ai d.. ts e r a ; go y re.. wimanly 16 millions. Mr. Velloll/ this at tlw.latetitilton "sleet . and for the Pointe, impports the *tail ,rat it. The expenditure to n4ofty. Sinking . Fani of 5 iitillioas, and n • g redoction talked ...a. (as l a fund does esistotiten in reality: e) by Mr. Hume. and the wolthy' re • how uif likely, o hen the Goon e county of llontirgdon. Lord O.' Rua. I chitin* a loan of 4 millions with m sinkut x i. and the toad fire mnred have a surplus revenue? What it rtf ten millions I consequently lear.l Mr. Vessel.. the hankers, think Minns to he paid rah pace. of pro4uca theta V I borrow 40W. knotting tin 1702, when the Yearly expenditure 500/. of ready money from his s gricoltnrsl matter', if possible to as. , hands, and for which he could ant of the distress that generally prevailed i said lwfore the expenditnre was rs. It waa the common opivion of 10 and there remains 43 million., .. _...,_ ~. ______ .....—_ r... ......ire. dkuve was only 16 millions, there ? '• a : .1) ; e, on account of the great Swerve • of lie eirentaii, t ,p Tan STI TRONA ■:nee the arena 4: twat with Mr. rep. sere% it has been deemed expedient to remove Si, flier la mere Central nod More CO4feitielit Pro,pi iirc N 0.197, Strand; and that we delay be Vie (I. 4, t , rti o f the Papers may be aeraskoard by the aeldi;ional daily Sale, further measures a►e So contemplation. Goon FainAv.—Holiday et the Public Okra. Cte ttuttlinan. 'MR earner, nasal...At" at rnratinovkilll4 GPM " Tip ."erzsra.." I.4NDON• •..inne tVLNI NO. AMYL 7,, Ign. COUNT'' 31KET1NtA. Oar Testier* will 6r.1, ti another pie. of o.lr paper, a fdll report.of the procreAinds at the Cutaty' . . Meeting at HUN TINGPIN, OP In d4 , sfhy ; and 3 s h od account, which we hare jest received, and i s all " are able to girt to-dap, of the preceetlings of t;.e County-Meeting at Cambridge, yrarfrilay. We shi, • be able to irsert, to-rnerrow, we hope, a mere fall e count of the latter, to:ether with the Resolittiora, which by mote of the .metimg. are to he pab:isirl it the Statrenian, the .11ornidg Chronia•lr, and the 0 .1 Timer the last certainly the most aceesserp. wt. tie per- sons, late wbose heads Mgt paper fall., will tiles for otter, at 'numbing like rommore ' , lse, sad lot• and tbere a sheep may be induced to break oat of tue fo'd of folly. It it impossible to prai,e too highly the tenant of the Mee.ing at Huntingdon. is the procrediors n bleb, we are enre,-nir readers wiif find gre!. gratifi• cation. The conduct of the Mite or REDFORD at at Cambridge was no more than all would expect him. The other gentlemen who came forward on this occasion merit the highest romtnenivieas, which r. ' also due to the yeomanry and tradesmen of the coca: at large. We hare, then, at last, seen the Cothet;ee pwit:43 for reform of Parliament We were taunted, fa many years, with the sileAre of the saki 1k ecru en this 'subject and that silence was interpreted to mean fli.. appramtion of the cause of Ma'm. Lord lArzeraot, in May, IWO, used the siteece of the middle class, the "sowedmidella class", as a proof, that me reform was wanted. Oaght be not sew, thee, to confess,tbat their praying for rfform is a proof that it is wanted? he deny this ? Will be now fig of, and say, that he did not mean/inners aid tradesmen? — Will Le call batilcere, met chants, masters of sulenin.,:. jennies, big-brewers, and tacwaters, the middle ea,:s! Or will he amuse, with Lard CASTLERLAti:I, Cilia the " edecfstiost of the country" poly is to he beard on the stebject. and that that " (devotion" is to Le found only in the heads of thow: under whose tci. dance this nation has 'peen' redwood to socb a owe . that.-seiserstisif to Mr. Watteau (who speaks troth, two-thirde of die farmers in limes are in a state of insolvency? Will Lord LIVIIIIPOin now clung his tone, and assert this? Or will he frankly mem, that there is now ground f.r entcrtaiiiiag, at lease, this great question of reform ? We should oaly be deceiving our readers, if we seemed to suppose, 04,1 he would do the latter. Nevertheless, somvAi..g . mutt be dose! Vaio, indeed. Is the hope, that this thing can go cc in the prur:t way. The very thought is ma In•ss doworillit. And, all to Lord CASTLCREAMI . I exhortation to the Mem bers to go and keep the holidays. with their "minds " frcc from gloomy pictures and prognostirs," ani with " a resolation to coneinee their consti•nents that " owe condition is inaproring." who can find words to bestow on it a suitable portion of what (having six Act, before us) we will not at'empt to describe VeY convince the people of any thing ! of any Cain; at al% thoogh true ! But, to coeiri.ace them that eat tow diiion is ioproridg ; when the very report before the Wine suggests the at °Nee desperate and despicable measure of lending money ont of the taxes, on ram. where corn is to I.e the plrdge, and when diet ease r port declares, that the condition of agricnitare. wnich, with its dependencies, make nine-tentbs of the afrairs of the nation, is daily growing worse and worse ; to convince them, under these circumstances, that ON, etaidiiioa is improvi.tg, is c:rtainly what woold Nue been //sought of but by f e w non, and said by 0) on earth but this. We sus,met that quite Wier thon;hts fin the c,:nds of many. at least, of the Landlor s. The " rkantY •• prognostics" of the " prophvt" are ali f and at a very great rate. Events, tilde the stone dear' the bill, re , -ire additional velocity as they proceed. It is only thrift-et movements of the roning mass that we hive, as yet, witnessed. It has been checked I,t the olasfructions presented in the ha!irs, ofroalacig. edrita/ and credit of the Vnters. Mon !tree c• longer stand i 3 the a-as-, down esra;s the tete** thing and crashes all heneath it. While astern:wet. be it bad or good, is op,..ter nose, it is great; •• hew .IrrnIOSI it i• very little. And. let it he ohserv,J, the in proportion as it has hi*" extensive to int rill over the roisde. its lose of p weer renders itfeellh's Take f. the aeriasts rearrest bast ina porets, and it won, I !lordly be missal; but, would that he the ease in ibis king to is ? liver. lions of thin sort lead lig most arleetly .risk (we fain would ssy hv.) that a Reform !of rouse specdit and produce an uoi .0 ef I earl awl head, io al id , ssev, to save the cowry. the , 1 ,3 .1 itelPriu world he loofa:two-to. ase ie weak 1 . 0 effiei: :e for every al!siras,k purpose. We i.e Whellf Y ~' r ; ~ ,-1 ~-