The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

•.. s e be wholly despised, The English Bishops (tweaty w ee, we believe, is samba) enjoy r 00000 es which Art equal, is the cam total, to all the incomes of the ciao of the Scotch Established Church (about owe thousand in Dumber), and therefore one-tenth of the ao will cat so despicable Agar*. The Deans, Arch deacons, and the whole list of rich incumbents. will, of mane, follow the ezample of the Prelates ; and vbe lames bat that every Priest, and every Layman, fki , h a , soy :king to give, will come into the happy sod scramble heartily for a share of the plea art sod hosier of the proceeding? Is another part of oar paper will be fogad, an ac cost of the proceedings at the Anni Festival of the Remerolext Society of St. Patrick, which was held to Saturday, at the City of London T .We the attention of our readers to this subject, with F amiliar pleasure, first—because the object of this So ciety is the Education of the Poor; and secondly be nor those poor are Irish. We are not converts to the opinion maintained by the friends of Ministers, the ether day, in the House of Commons, that an in crease of the influence of the Crown is , be. rote of that increase of knowledge among the No ?Lc, which distinguishes the present age. If the a dministration of public affairs be wise and good, it rill be loved and supported by the people in propor ties as the people are well informed. If you will have a corrupt and base Government, then Education in the Foot is jostly-to be deprecated by you, because it sill era their eyes, every day, more and more, to the wren of your misrule. We are Friends to the Educa tion of the Poor, because the prospect of reform in public matters, which we see increasing beady, we at tribute to the increase of knowledge among the hone. If the Lowest CLAIMS had not been taught to reams on their condition, and to trace their arrrichednen to its sources, the Gentry (even those ',knelt by (lovernment) and the middle claws, would have gone on for ages in the darkness misery int* which this country had bete unhap pily plunged. Soma men, whose pens were endowed rid the rare power of writing to the nwiltitaide, laid Scapa of knowledge open and bare befo►e the pets asd, from that time, a war, a sacred war, ranged with wicked Governments, and will be nrrikoa entil it is swallowed up in victory. We now, therefore, view such institutions as that of $l. Pat, irk with other feelings than those of the warmest admiration and gratitude. This ormiety, however, has another claim to our re rpm. They are the children of lataw Pooa, on ' shorn it bestows education, and many of the patrons end friends dale institution are English. England its iafticted iammierable wrongs upon Iceland. In fierier, opportaoities are offered to oar gentry to leek the lash, is their rising g ion, by girint mcnutien is dash' poor children. Some medicine is hnlladmisi►tesed to the wounds we have inflicted. &se Pattie papas of Thursday give eveoaata that &steward of Jonx Baowx, Esq. had been stoned •death, by the Whiteboys in the liberties of Lime kit, sod that one of the Police was beset and killed 6! a ihnilar party between kilbeggan and Ilorseleap. lase of the Irish papers, however, that have reached r ti-day make mention of the former murder; and , 11.eelt other outrages are stated to have taken place, tr Dublin Everting Poet expresses satisfaction that tot Jittarbacces appear to be on the decline. The Ilth Liberties of the City of Limerick bare been l' , erti ander the operation of the Insurrection Ac : and at the Special Sessions for that county, no terms have been found guilty, and twelte atz.titted. The proceedings under the hour om," Act have also commenced at Conk, and in such scar as affords a hope that it will socceed in ra h' pacifying the county. On IVednesday two men there found guilty, and eleven acquitted. Alaisica Mail arrived this morning to the 9th of id:ll7, from which we extract the following:— [FROM TUB COURANT Or FEL 31 ctnet of a Letter from Boranquilla, Dec. .12. p seConmitation of Colombia has arrived in the town et 5.11,44 from Santa Fe. I have not seen it, bat lus told itis very excellent, and similar to that o f Xotth America. By letters received from Santa Feef the 3d instant, I learn that the Spaniards have, "litttei about 5000 men, and were within 15 leagues l 0 Sam Fe yesterday ; and two English gentlemen, tskieth in the Columbian army, corroborate the abort, and my, that they e x pected the Spaniards Jai ly to ow l in and take po inn, and that Bolivar war lit,suailmin, having only 500 militia to prot:•ct the Pilo. The troops sent from this to the relief of that Atrium mostly died, or deserted. l I KTRACT OP A LETTER FROM navanman, vas. 16 .) Ntrrs from Vera Craz has been received, dated 2.1 1 " 1 . The greatest confusion prevails in that capi- Atesnlieg to the last accounts, a conspiracy was 114 '4 against the actual government, at the head of siLhh, era' einalaloope Victorie, one of the Chiefs of rrr dation in 1510 ; besides, 20 others of the 44e i 1 nr• Their intentions were, to establish a )14lIble Government, and to imprison all the mein tnottlie actual Regency; but they hate all been tangle, and their trials had begun. ( 550 M A $ 11 :111INCENT PAPER.) are imiented to contradict the contents of a t Inserted in our paper of yesterday from Baran- Wk. Dee. 22. Lett ers from Santa Fe, to the 7th 'kart in this city, and nothing can be depicted in STATFAM, stronger language than the present tranquillity there. With the force now under Bolivar, amottstisg to at least 13,000 men operating on Quito, there is no doubt that British commerce is in perfect safety. Extract of a letter from an aid.ele-eamp of Bolivar, dated Bogota, Dee. 22.--" COl=bib will shortly be without an enemy. In less Auk- s months Quito will be free." Paris papers have arrived to the 16th instant, but even yd, give no account of Berthon. Tranquillity, they assert, is now restored in the capital; but the cessation of disorder is confessed to be the effect of co• ercion. "The rigorous measures," says a paragraph of Friday, "taken yesterday and the day before, have so terrified the ill disposed, that they have not dared to repeat the scandalous scenes which have afflicted the peaceable inhabitants of Paris, for this fortnight past. This evening the Missionaries have been perfectly tranquil. The chorrlies were crowded with the faith ful, and yet no troops, except some patrols of the in fantry of the line, appeared in the various points, where they Late been posted for some days past ; and when the ser►ice was concluded, both the congregation and the Missionaries were able to return home without fear of being insulted. Messy:re, of precaution have been taken to preserve order to-morrow, both within and without the Court of As!ises._.No person will be admitted without a ticket from the President." Not withstanding ail the measures taken, it is evident that the popular irritation is far from being subdued. The night before, a small patity *attempted to disarm the sentinel, at the Archbishop's Palace; and it is reported there has been some troubkormaosg the students, in the Royal College of Poitiers. In the Chamber of Peers, the theprojet de loi, respecting the Journals, was carried on Wednesday, by 124 votes to 85. In the Chanter of Deputies, the same day, a very warm discussion took place on the law of the Finances. M. T.rnaux, with much ene►gy, attacked the extravagance of the Budget, and the revival of abuses which pro. diced corruption. But the most animated part of the debate arose from a speech of M. Benjamin Constant, in which be touched upon the slissiooaries. and the late disturbances among the Law Students. On this occasion, he 'Wassailed by the Ultras, with the most furioas looks and language :—" Yon are a rebel, a factious character, a promoter of insurrection, a friend of General Berthon, an apostle of rebellion in all couotries, and the blood of the rebels will fell upon your bead." To these charges M. B. Constant replied with unenbdued spirit : " the blood which has b-en shed will fall upon those who, by astacious laws, have robbed Frames. Of -all her guarantees—is will fall on those who have abused their power, to attain their ends—is a word, fall upon yea." The confusion was then as its height► and the President pet as end to the elitist. FRZSCII none, Malmo 14.—Five per tOeste4 , B6l. 75r.; Close sar. 70e. March 15.-88 f. Mkt. Close at 88f. • Mad:id papers which bare reached us to the 4th instant bring nothing either new or striking. The agitations that were lately attempted have bees easily suppressed, and tranquillity and order appear to reign throughout the kingdom. The Cortes have com menced, tinder favourable auspices, thepreliminary bu siness of the Session. On the sitting ef the al inst., they prepared a list of Deputies to present to the King their address in reply to his Majesty's speech from the Throne. PRINCE OT SIX E•COUUNG —Mr. R. SMITH grid he had heard that the Princeof Saxe-Coburg hadrequested that his allowance might be reduced to the level of that of the juoior Dukes of the Royal Family. Mr. Smith asked the Ministers if this were correct; and we were not at all surprised to bear Lord Castlereagh say that it was the first he had heard of the matter.— The allowance to this personage is fifty thousand pound" a y‘arfor ; that is to say, as mach as all the duties on starch amounts to in England, and one third as ninth as the duties on hops amounts to, or thereabouts. In short, it is enormous, and it is well known that it was granted at a time, whin money. compared with the prices of farm-produce was, nut worth half what it is now. Ile was, too, made a Field 3larshal ; and, of course, he is one now, though there is a provision in the Act of Settiemeat, which has never yet been repealed, that no foreigner, 1 1 though naturalised and ramie a denizen, shall be ea pable of holding any place of trust, civil or military. The same provision of the same Act, says, that no foreigner-born shall hold a pension or receive other emolument under the crown. But, the pension or emolument that this personage receives, he receives in virtue of an Ad of Parliament ; and, therefore, that Act, as far as it goes, repeals, as to him. the Act of Settlement ; but, as to the Field.filarshalaltip we are not aware that any Act has been passed to repeal the Act of Settlement in that respect. However, in the present circumstances of the country, It is the money we look at ; and, our feelings sport the subject would be inch as we should not much care to describe,- were we not comforted, as we really are, by the reflation, that the payuient of the money will now fall; in great part, upon the landlords and the parsons, who have the power to help themselves, and who, if they refrain from helping themselves because they cannot help themselves without suffering the people to obtain their due share of political influence, ought to suffer all that an enormous expenditure can inflict upon them. On Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock. a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office in Downing street, which sat till half-past three. The Joernal des Petals, of Wednesday last, as sured its readers that the King of England will visit Pane in the month of June next. On Saturday the amount of Five per Cent. stock, for which money was claimed, was abort two =Mimes. It will be recollected that, for persons residing in 'treat Britain, Satarday was the last of the twelve Jays allot ed for expressing assent to the plan for the redaction of the Interest. 7 / 4 '/ fTlrll PEriPiatBENRsS. TO Tit 'INTO* Or THE NORIOLK CHIONICLN. Si*—We have long been buoyed up with the hope that Lord Londonderry's Motion, in the House of Commons, would be productive of tome effectual relief to the mi serahle and distressed Farmers, and, I am myself toi. deeply interested in the question, not to have experienced considerable anxiety fur the result. But alas ! parts neat Monte., &c. I fear we shall perish in the Desert, be`ore we resets the Land of Promise. 1 ant myself, un• happily, a strong instance of the distress now existing among the Landholders and Agriculturists. I am the occupier of near 400 acres of the best land in this county, and I last week threshed out • wlwat stick of a large size, and inch as. even in moderate years, produced me three score coombs of corn. which I sold at 265. or 28s. per coomb. This year it has produced 21 coolish' of safeable corn, which I have been obliged to sell at 9s. This is one among a thousand instances daily passing before our eyes, of the calamitous state of Agriculture: and if nothing more effectual can be done for the relief of the farmer than is promised by Lord Londonderry's motion, the distress most be ruinous beyond all example. I am aware, that it is useless to complein of evils when it is impossible to suggest a remedy; bat if County Meetings were so conducted as to serve the purpose for which they were convened, instead of being the vehicles of faction and turbulence, the state of the country would be more faithfully represented to Government, and more active measures would be taken for its Relief.-1 am, Sir, your obedient Servant, X. Upon this complaining landlord (for that is what he mnat be) we have to remark, that we suppose, that, by •Vbeti4re and turbulence," he alludes to the endea .vouro:to carry resolutions In favour of reform. Now, what better mode than this can be pursued, in order to produce " active measures" for relief? This Mr. X. sees, that the Parliament, as now constituted, dors not adopt sects measures. He complains that it does not. He expresses his bitter disappointment at this; mud yet ha would go on in the same tray: As to his u ruin," then, is he not the cause of It himself? Yes, and we, for our parts, are convinced, that it is to such men as this that we owe the sufferings of the reform ers in the divers dungeons. We always told the Yeomanry Cavalry, that they were the enemies of their real and only friends ; and now, unless they be quite blind, they must see that we told them truth. If nothing, he says, be done, beyond Lord Cgs. tlereagh's plans, the consequences must be ruinous beyond example. And does he think, that any thing beyond those plans will be &me by the ficiuse as uow constituted ?If he do, he must be an idiot indeed. Does he not hear that Lord and his col leagues insisting upon "ores-prodectiou" at a time when X. says, that be has 21 coumbs where be used to have 60 coombs; and that he gets Os. where he used to get 275. And yet suck a man, while he is complain• ing of this, can call it faction and totr6ultace to attempt to make a change in that body which implicit. ly acts upon the views and suggestions of these lame Ministers !—Hoirever, since this is his choice, we give him joy of the fruits, and hope to see hips complete . . stripped of all his stacks and all his cooasbs • since i t appears that that, and that alone will' ope4is eyes! Tbeinsportaaes" which imprisonmenlkstid dun. paling gin Us Mr. Hunt seems now to be is bug. ant" .Tptis isistsald Lava been thought a a link attosser. lets rather late to make this discovery. The 41 appears to us to have foga its way through Bat, is it ex peend, tkag.tise talk Omit thimlneportance ; that the ' egleasekweetzzow at its eitsnmee, will tend to Imes lit? Is it hoped to prevent the importance by now, at this late boor, blaming those, who, by their nets of severity, have occasioned it ? Besides, what ran have given rise to this sew far ; this fear of persecution causing the persecuted to become of importance? There is nothing new in the cause of reform. It is what it always was. Aye, but there is something acry new in the state of its bitterest, because mostinterested, foes, the landlords. There is something perfectly new in their condition ; and, we beg our readers to bear in mind, that we are to ascribe the softened tone of this description of persons solely to what is called " Apical:oral Distress." &or or Bern.—lD ISM placards printed at the office of the Hue and Cry, and stock up all over Lon don by authority of those whom we need not name, stated, by way of mockery so the performers, that— " Reform would make Porter two-pence a pot."—The authors of these placards verified the old saying, that '• many a true word is spoken in jest ;" for Mr. Cal i vert now tells us, that be sells it at two pence a pot; that the tioverntnent gets lid. a pot, and the publican led. Now, ths publican's license, and his various taxes take the penny ; and klr.Calvert must, if the mo•opolyof pub lic-houses were removed, abateaboutfd. a pot. So that, Reforms rf Parliament, which would to a certainty take off the lid. that now goes to the government, would reduce the pot of porter to leer than two peace P r etitions should immediately be sent to Parliament for changing the mode of licensing public houses, in order to take the monopoly from the brewers, who are Dow, in fact, a sort of government agents. We understand the King has signified his intention not to embark on his aquatic excursions this year. Yesterday, in consequence, the extra exertions which hare been continued fur several weeks to expedite the alterations making in the "olio yacht, ceased, and t►o•work is proceeding with only io the usual hours. She will not note be ready to be taken out of dock fin several months.—{ Portsmouth paper.) In consequence of the King's liability to sea sick. was, hie Physicians have advised Isis Majesty to con• fine his future aquatic excursions to the waters of the Isle of Wight. The Gazette of Saturday announces a new commis. sion of the Hoard of Admiralty. Ministers have bad the grace toad upon the vote of the House of Com• mope ; and the reduced list of the commissioners are as follows :—Lord Melville, Sir W. J. Hope, Sir J. Osborn, Sir O. Cockburn, and Sir O. Clerk, making two Commissiouers less. Sir H. Hotham and Mr. Keith Douglas are the gentlemen whose services are thusdispensed with at this Board. The Gazette of Saturday also contains a notice from the Secretary of State for the Howe Department, ut feriog his Majesty's pardon to any person cemented in the murder of Mrs. Donatty, except such person who committed the murder; and there 1. also a re ward of 1110 pious offered to any perms who shall discover the culprit. Rewards are also offered for persons who set tire to stacks of corn and Musa, in different parts of the kingdom. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S'TATES.IIAsir y. have observed, that the Marquess of Drog heda and the Earl of Hmrronrt, have lately bee■ pro• •noted to the rank of Field Marshals. Now this na •iou is in a.' touch distress, I shall be glad to linow, what services they have rendered to their country, for this mark of royal favour. The pay of these two Field Marshals, amounts to as much as the pay of the sit Lords of the Admiralty ; about the reducthm of which, a great debate aid division took place in the Parliament-house. We now have eight Fist! Mar shals, the pay of each is, according to the last reduc tion, sixteen pounds a day; one hundred and nine full Generals, the half-pay of earh• is ooe pound eighteen shillings a day ; two hundred and thirty-one lieute nant generals, the half-pay of each is one pound twelve shillings a day ; two hundred and sevesty•nioe Major 0 Is, the half pay of each is one pound five shillings a day. We have twenty-six cavalry re ciments ; ninety-eight infantry English, and three West India regiments; in the whole, one hundred and twenty-seven regiments. By this account, you will ub hat we have near five generals to each regi ment : and, I 'oppose, this is all neoessary to keep up the influence of the Crown. Bet what influence does the Prince of Saxe Coboorg give the Crown for Lis salary, eb is more than any tw•o of the other Royal Dukes,'llkeinsive of his Field Marithalsbip ? Thirty thousand 'a year may be deducted from this Prince; and, then, his salary will beetled to any one of this other Royal Dikes. The expense of the whole of these officers, amounts to one thousand and fifty to•o pounds a day; that is, three hundred and eighty three thousand nine hoadend and ninety pounds a year. Here is inflarnee enough, I shoold think, to sa tisfy any reasonable man. I was merited, when I road about Sir Robert Wilms, asking the Marquess of Londonderry, if his Majesty's Ministers had or had not received information, tending to increase er dim"- nish the expectation held oat, in the King's speecli. that peace would be preserved, between Russia and the 'larks. Now, had I been in Londonderry's place, I would have said, Sir Robert, the sews was first pro niulgated by the Editor of the MorniNg Ctroniele: and, you might have guessed that the Editor did that, to deceive the people, and to actin the people in redneing the five per cents ; to pre►ent the people fr,ta transferring their property into the French funds. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Mmes. . There is a report of an approachihg marriage be tween the Duke of Bourbon auJ her Royal flightless the Princess Christina. of Naples. sEster to the D.icliess of Merry. This young Princess was born in the fear 1606. Accounts to the end of September have been re ceived from New South Wales, by a vessel arrived at Livcrpoel, which give a very favourable description of any settlements in that quarter. An es•Alishment had made at Port Macquarrie, lat. 31., about 3 de es to the northward of Port Jackson, and from the c ■ranter of the country between these two barb tuts, there was reason to believe that it would be quickly calooixed. Large plains bare been found, clear of timber, and possessing soil of the most fertile de scriptien. The climate is said to resemble that of Madeira. By letters from Calcutta, dated the 17th of Octo ber, we learn that Mr. Crawford, the author of the work on the India. Archipelago, was about to be em ployed by the Marquess of Hastings on a mission of a very important mature, as regards the eensinercial in terests of this country. ►ts object is to explore the coasts of Siam and Cochin China, to ascertain accu rately the productions of each inhabited district, and the species of produce from other countries which they are likely to consume and receive in exchange for their own. A vessel has been expressly prepared fur this purpose, and Mr. Crawford, at whose suggestion it was undertaken, has been furnished with fall powers and facilities for its execution. It was his intention in the first instance, to proceed to the settle nent at Sincapore, to obtain the information which the com munication with the surrounding countries and islands rendered easily attainable there. Mr. Crawford was to depart with the least delay possible. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex honored the French Giant with a visit on Saturday last, and expressed himself perfectly satisfied with his height and the intelligence of his miners. His Royal Highness, with his usual condescension, conversed freely with him for some time, and withdrew, testify ing his gratification that there was no deception, and his approval of the respectability of the rooms. Many distinguished personages of this Nobility conferred the like honour on hint in the course of the day. THU MLIMDIR Or M Rs. DON A TTT.—SCVeriI per. sons underwent examination at the Public Office. Hatton Garden, this morning, but their evidence was not of a nature to furnish any clue to the discovery of the perpetrators of the murder. CORN.F.:XCHA NOR, MARCH IS.--Owing to adverse winds, we have had very few arrivals from the Coast, but a good supply of Wheat by land carriage samples from Kent and Sues, besides a tolerable quantity which remained over from last week. Superfine samples ob tained last Monday's prices ; but there was but little de mand lift the inferior qualities, the price of Flour being reduced ss. per sack.--Fine Malting Barley being scarce and in demand is fall Is. per quarter dearer, and, there was rather more demand for the ordinary sorts far grinding.—Oats sold on full as good terms as this day se'nnight, baring had but moderate arrivals.—ln Beaus and Peas there is no alteration. Emmett'. I. S. I. s. Small 8ean5......... 24 Tick ditto . 19 91 Oats, Potato* .. 23 25 Ditto, Poland 2l/ 23 Ditto, Feed l6 2U Flour, per Sack 45 60 Rapeseed, per Last 301. 341. FOREIGN. Wheat, American Dautzic Baltic, Red Ilanthro' Red Wheat, Kent and Reset -- - New so 80 . Old Suffolk, (New) sro 66 Old Norfolk, (Old) 4O 48 Rye 96 28 Barley l7 26 Malt 44 SO White Peas 2499 Boilers 27 29 Grey ditto t _4. SMITHFIELD MIARKET.—There Wu a Brest quantity of Cattle at market this IDDrll . l, , g of all descriptions, and prime Cattle obtained last :d.)n.lay's prices with diffi culty; but the prices of all other descriptions of meat is lower than last market day. To sink theoral . per st. of 81hs. Beef.... is. 4.1. to is. Rt. / CATTLE AT masker. Mutton.. Wm 44. to is. tld. Beasts Veal .... 7s. lid. to 6a. lA. I Calves •• • • 21.1 Pork . 2s. 01. to 4s. Yt. Skew sod Lambs Lamb .... Us. lid, to Os. Od. I Pirs Karst sance.—No alteration in the etre of Hoy.— Straw and Clover as per IMF last. • • !I • , 1 t -I • • tt, Cs