The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-02-15 00:00:00

laseleg at ea' eillimase lea far s eilbella l Mach; .l 'Arey's alit Seem Cora fear oast 81r Timms i Chair. tad, that the SaloCoainittee, I at s previous Nada; of it several does, and the no vas, that they had wood l a Widen, for the adop ting, to be . beld Waterton, 1 was din rad, awl sill" Wets. thin took plate teoportlair t►o Pot Moo, and tiro did. rotatio• for t►at purpose, to rate Mertdog. sod ►p Mr. Hugh &Comm, t►e Earl. of Domairbototo Noma at a &wearable op odes. sited t►e mho!** Of:* dos." it as aasoaded ItorobatiOs as .41 W , I k mumaisi WS SUM ' * ides ANY bow is wady vise tie pt oNSI w et to the sties"! Rushdie, lir. °Tossed' to the int nineties of the wisli of tie r !elides presented without mead. for indirectly &nau sea Petition with the he- Catholic body, that time inds4 to the disturbs's:se , bad cut am impeutios seamptioa Mealy newer sib lespotados being is. deny. Why om this our eise. should it be dueled sod buena to petition? a• hay tipple, from the um forum meld by possibility misery intimated a wish or Mu Amid set pokiest at hihiw thee he empled the with the Cathode question ; ed himself es tally that no expect to his messing. Wby frame their resoled's es if outmoded imsitation pd by swing a sewed amead u early day is the present snot die Meal teselados, s ameodesest. 4r. Sessisa's modes, which, los, was pat from the Chair, li e the numbers Misr :—per oat it, V.—Majority. It. rodmend one dies pets it to; the asmbers Whig :--For lass it. 17... Majority for the eilftll2 WIT walk William' tam sesely. a called to the Chair. wises were voted to Sir Thomas nut's the Chair. &her which It public evriosity has ben t put late the heeds of the invesdpte the powers of the id for conferring the honour are the conjectures upon agree that the circumstance and that the opinion of the is perfectly erroneous.-- lonal honour. and there is to English sod Irish Knights; rho of the MI., according flte extioctioe of the king t of Ualoa, has therefore no rtion, which rests solely on esteem's's patent; and these embescing all sets of Sore l( the Klieg were present in the Irish bar, Including the ved, and an opinion directly lawyers, has been given.— e Royal Orders of the Garter, .aighthood, and no one can first being created a Knight Lord Lieutenant (if we are lighted by Lord Hamitricke, )rder of St Patrick, which he T with Fraser, wbilst Ile►ebaste god NOKIA bare he.. doing so with goods Netwitlastsediag this disadrastage, free portable mare of their property, led the Court in his !obeli. afterwards pronounced the Coen, fining Mr. Prelatic, osid in the course of eight to find security in 1001. foe e years. may % ship Canning, Cdptais lestosolen and China, is or. id, *be 24th instant, stay is the Downs the sth of • rat is lingland several sole tetra ; among these is the grans at the bottom of the of the figure and form of , the, itructure of its mont► eas►M lib and submarine all• like the whole stricture of the torgans, skews it to he truly hits Mod, or fresh water, list hen the water is two or three eel length is eight or nine d to awn, perhaps, the mist mil of the history of Ibis ssembks young her?, imittg • Psh. 11, ISM Sts—The avenge peieserllnglish 'wheat fee the' en yeses Indisl 1774, 1wi4116.41. per tplartsv. 621 ter the tee years stiles is 1794, 45e. rid. per quern ter. Derive the teener ported, by ea Act passed it 1773. !entire wheat sesid set be Imported mail the avenge was 48e. pee quarter ; and dueler part of the latter period. the Act of 1791 prenatal importation ascii the ;tient, roes to Its. Bd. per ;learnt. The 1795, and 1791. Whig years of eserelty. mere higher this for nee time before.bst fell le 1797; bust their terser avenge. Is 11l sad 1.01.1 the pelts of the hailed* avid Strum (at dwells! rue gibe other classes) were taextesee, se the shuiey is the crops was so great se to take the pdee Oa meet ROA, ratio than the preportioe betwiet t raft de4clsnt and an average atop ; wheat Matt Wale 1801, at 181 s. per quarter. or for fur tine, llfiteene pries betwixt 1774 sad 1794.—! 16 1904. whoa wheat was at 51s. per - quarter, se Let was pawed prohibiting Importation sail Menge rose to 61e. per quarter. la 1905. the crop Wei delleint, the average was Ste. per quarter ; la MC the price wee (stonily from U.. to 755. ITocciteeter ; 180 , 1 It averaged 955. 71.; is 1810, ; le 1811. 941.; in 1819. 1 15 e.; la 181 /4 b, but le 1814 trtitti to idb. trese,oll sputa; of a. Dutch pens. Geld I. 1114 wee sheet the nlot bet the learner& were dinatielled with 30s. per quarter more for wheat than they had obtaleed on as average betwixt 1774 and 1794. Acconingly. Ie a y 1815, TO IT passed an Act (even the Hoese of Commons must, by law, be ezelacively composed of landholders.) prohibitieg the imperndee of wheat, estil the price of British wheat avelessiies. per quarter. In 1815 the price confuted abut ids. and the crop of 1816 being defective, the average. during part of 1816. and all 1817 was se high as 105 s. per quarter ; in 1818, the average was 84e. g is 1819.785. ; Is 1810. about 705., Ind la 1821 about 60e. Betwixt 1816 and 1614. • pried eff yinfbrrad pace. the aggregate average has bees 80a. per quarter, or nearly bale the price bativen 1784 and 1794, the currency at both periods Wing also of areal nese. In 1816 and 1817 the importatini of Unlit wheat was oat-half /en thee le any on year betwittl 1793 and 1816. and although a considerable impostatlea took place in 1818 and 1819 the average Ise two years was Si.. per quarter. No firreign wheat has been krettght Awn the hooded merchants* tea 1819—yet we are deafened with the eatery spinet foreige wheat. The proprietor of entailed set Me had good reason for entering Into sad motioning the, late VI war. if, as they alleged it was really entered into and ceetioeed le strict eisfintes of these estates, and other latdoween knew, that if actual [nuke or internal fairObtfial had usereed. their leads would have fined few or ao yereheser•s—an could either clue have ties retreated with their 0- selealde acres to America, or other onstrien ettatiass.M k g u It abided them hiklkk rats has they werejostly ea xlaattinsdad with say greater risk of loth* thou thea *lista& They braid yieldiog th ree or fair thuds the previous rests.er at three or (oar times the peering prices. sod beedidelpi every day more valuable. from the auceselagineelmemtei of fresh capital, by their ladastriess sod skilful weasel, is agricultural improvemests. lo short, they were Dot only exempted from all the privation: of war, while affecting to grumble at the seminal taxes they paid, but dither rioteJ in extravaramee. or realised cm- grown fortunes, amidst the snlrerisp of the prodesetive and annuitant classes, so whom every rat teethes was oltimately imposed. These drones of society saw their fleeter, in 1815, astookkhrgly isprfled in predoe deems, Inclosed, sheltered, end ornamented, with no other exertions on their parts thee the annual coo. semption or accumulation, daring the preceding 90 years, of double or triple their firmer runnel con sumption or accntstalatioa of comaroditioe. They could sot premed that, between 1797 sod 1809, the paper was depreciated, in which they thee recei►ed three or four times the amount of their previous rents, for daring that interial gold was generally at or near the mint price. Betwixt 1809 and 1814, to account for the rise of gold to 10, 15, or 25 per emit. above its mist price, that paper was erspectord of being is. sued io excess; but the great majority of oar legible. ting landowners solemnly declared that this rise of gold was not owing to any over.inne of Bads paper, Notwithstanding that dsclaratioo, and their previous unprecedently high rental, they advaeied their rents ' suspected •ea had 20. per parliasispeary eea► *- rise n 30 or 40 per cent. was I elear addition to their previously' enormous gains. Geld caudated at or aem-the mint price "'IV. 17s. 10;d. .On as. betwixt 1711 and 1808, lad also betwixt 1815 and 1812. During tiee former ' period of eleven years of war the landholAers'permitted the impoetatioa of wheat whem % The average exceeded 10s. per qr. In the latter pacific period of soma year*, (daring which the sufferers by the war have liken pees signally rewarded by gettiag wheat Si the price of 1111 e. ma qr.) the landowners have been itinerantly regretting their own generosity permitting foreign wheat, by the Act of 1815, to be imported when the average relied 80e. per quarter. Mr. Webbe Hail and some DV their leaders have, therefore, at lad come for- :pardloritla a proposal for a fixed ditty if-4k Per qr. 4 forlign wheat, imported, to be payable, ailliough the rice or wheat shook' rise again to 181 s. per qr. This jay would, of itself, k seedy equal to the amenity IPsocis whert,froos 1784 to 1794. Others, affecting equal 'moderation, would, beserotently allow the ad asksion of foreign wheat, upon a fixed duty of 10s. per qr.. whenever the average price bete MN to 80e. per qr. : . lif realtotwist lOW and 1814, wises many thought our corneal, f•fleprocisisd 11.3 per rest. (tbo 114:0100 tax ing a lso is fell operation) tint had-amen porsaltaed ▪ qr. liztY ihinitirt 0 surnsey, dipledotld tie we wet. Wing maul to 440. of the r.arreneg listwint 1816 , mid 18S2. 'bey would bun 'toyed the same protection, is they possessed from 180 to [Bl4. if the twerp im Wog price bed been fined in 1813 it 4k. per qt.— lane the supposition of the currency bans: beet knnerly depreciated. If it was depreciated, the pro Medea of NM per quarter. during the last semi years, is equal to a mediae' of JOU. Bd. duties the sup posed &doe, or 465. Sd. more per qr. than thy rotation of its. per qr. they were then contented with. The sophistries by which landowners try to excuse the omen law of 1816, and their presort attempts to raise their rests and the priee of British wheat to a permanently higher. instesd of a sorb lower, rate. their they have hoes at doim 17* are insults to the British nation. I remain. with much remote.. Sir, your obedient ser vant, K. TO Tat EDITOR OF THE ST4TESMAX. is these deguirmage times.r. Editor, seitinterseg A the rating panne. sad few of us have credit fee UMW lateations.-1 am not a yeas, mss; I hue iii some experleace in the world, and I Nei myself esible so a mach higher power than this world's 'pluton. The present posture of oar affair, leads every as to reflect—emu to act, *then to write. If yea onside: the few words I am about to address ; worth a place in your iatelligeat paper, let them before the public, such u tliey are. Ragland has for loam time appearaul to me. to be Ilke a vessel which has beta long tossing shoat wish ing redder or compass. and is at last agrolinail sud the pareses who bare bad the management vi this vowel sea suable to her get off—or tomes her cargo. Is this view two considerations present themselves; ore wee look oat for fresh pilots, or let the retest oink ? To be brief, in whom are we to plate oft& less. at this moineat of peril ? My Lord Londonderry. is llooday sight. (as it seemed by his reply to Mr. Illroogiam) demands for himself and colleagues, the some onialesee which a confiding Parliament has bighorn reposed is them. Will the Parliament was to give it them ?—" That is the question." For a series of years, I have watched a set of men.' who, is my bumble jodgrent would have a search higher claim., the eosideses of the country. time ney Lord Loodonderry and his colleague., ever can hang' a set of men who have sever relinquished any of those I high prioeiples, upon which they hare acted through life, aid which they bare stormed to barter away for phew or Mr power :—a set of men, who I feel unfideet wesid look well into the detests and euremine of the State; approaeblog its tasks ae they would the wooed. of a father. with pious awe and. solicitude. Asir object being wet to promote reformation by rob rersin, though they well know. that the true " priaeipl• of conservation" does not nand' the " prinsiple of improvement"—a set of men, who would improve the Representative system, byjadirionv, praetiseble. sad hottest provisions. alike coogeakal to the 'vim which we lire, and to the name sod the spirit to effect rodoctloos lo eve ry depart- mint the , _ set of men who bare more *am soot gives as earnest of what they CONsiiler the tette principles of taxation, via.--" That the taxes to remala la should be those the least likely to bear beseyl4 the active capital employed in the geseratien offilsat private wealth, from whiten the public volatilities's& be derived"—a set of men who, fee a number of years, have been lint and foremost in their endeasser to extinguish all our religious COD treversistivlivir liberal extension of the " benefits of the Coosa Onion to every class of persons in the rKiagdons, actuated by the grand principle, ellgtos is the basis of civil society," the soarer of all good and comfort. Feeling also that the con aerate**, 4he state by a religiose church establish• meat, Aosta not oily operate as a wholesome moral ,awe, Malabo be a KEENS of preservieg oar freedom set if tees who have ever skeins themselves most IsaastSwe of all these " laws," privileges, usages, aid 41111. a. of the coestry, which have grown out of chi prejudice of ages, and income a part of our very satuee—a sot of Ines who, on oat of the most important *evasions that ever occupied the attention of a British Parliameat, evinced their determination to hoed down to posterity the inheritance which a spirit of freedom had entailed upon them, by not '"hat the " Constitation to be wounded by a mer ' a prostituted jadgment." If you are at a these men, search the journals of Perlis subscribe myself, Mr. Editor, A FREQUENT READER. 6 14, len. - - i PORTUGUESE NAVY. la one re the late sittings of the Portuguese Cortes, a er_viet was prenatal blr the Special Committee of the psito which a memorial from the of of that de = had given rise, joined by those of the brigade of . In this document they state, that although promotions had taken place in the Army and Erv i r Departments. after their long and arduous services, Deill hod been made among them, with the exceptios of Amato belonging to the division which bad accompanied this Log. This memorial led the Committee into a ge 'Mal examination of the state of the Poringurse Navy, who's it appeared that in 1'493, the most flourishing Pe riod thereof, it consisted of one ship of 110 guns, one of 80, fear of 74, and six of 64; total 12 ships mounting 870gena : two frigates of 46 guns, one of 44. one of 40, and eight of 36, making 12 frigates, mounting 464 guns : alp 10 corvettes, brigs, and cutters, mounting 222 guns, and commanded by 2 Admirals, 3 Rear-Admirals, 10 Commodores, 19 Post Captains, 11 Commanders, 4is First Lieutenanu, 36 second ditto, and 2*2 third ditto, being total 143 officers. In 1821, the total of serviceable ships was 4, viz. Don Jobs VI. of 74 guns; St. Sebastian. 61; Infante 1) Pedro, 64; and Alphonse de Albuquerque, of 64; of which the two latter require great repairs. Resides the above, there is a 74, called the Queen, just arrives.' from :D./satire, bat in so bad a state. that the repairs would t mere than the building of a new vessel. Also eleven frigates. mounting 428 guns, three of which are yet on the stocks; 7 corvettes, mounting 176 guns; 6 brigs, monatiog 152 guns; total, now service able. 111 vessels, mounting 992 guns. The number of oavy °Seers. from admirals to midshipmen, is 300 if , Lisboa, aad 285 in Bratils, making total 585 *liken. ' Dauerlatrt....-it 06104140 Is gee Rel. * Gadded Lore Is flosslik Lfen was plaided 4 ibis TimNre tee the first time last night, oil assobasosely Abased lbe approbation it merited. Tim hieidesee seieo eat if lbs constancy of a young landlady to tbo MOO ef hoe 44 • effective. even alter the hberality of a rival liservehm. • Orr to comparative allaeace, from the humble mos& tion of -Noste!ses. (Mr. GlPOPERpthnirs amt, generous soldier, arrives os a march at the little isa 4 of which Christi"' (Miss S. Boors) has become mistr3 by purchasing the eitibliabismit, in consnonce of ;Anonymous donation of IMMO crows,. Mrs mesa 4 ' covers him to hare bees her aroteriels bessefossmi.llll&;• receives his soldier-him ileciaratios of love with se alm.;y harramment, which leads to her avowal of a former ~. lachniest to a coosio, the companion of bit mentblo et/ ~. sports ; but, who, she coalmine, bar not *weed • situ mei flame, and from whom Arta* net braid for it cast • siderahle deo. This calls:forth tie getierimity 011080 laws, who mains her prides same to marry witheetts his coomat. lo themes* timeCirlibr (Mr. Kura dr , tavola rite cousio. arrive's' the ion, wherpos ariarisis, be discovers his, owe latest • 11 40/1 1 .4eR. her, which has been laid as li dkombithtge„lpage of promotion which itislwa ht teethe. sti ff Mt re iii:7l4 torant companions. bail 1 ,_ Th ree Oita, Vow ever, are dissipated by a passjrfff the' eesms , AN rifle him of all he oaf talkie far slate leas reaches his fair ashes las. dltslrale seeing UM is checked 17 the 904 1 1akratae . slight, and to punish les tardy doclerodektif t ,r B.ll4ll ._ receives him as the wife of . ffrggitea. rib • ‘6,,:, r l ill* . bet' motive , agrees to Wear KC is eads to a very assimieg same. 'lit WA& 4114 ..., him that she 411 return ids affessids WU OW her hosbasci's opprobaties; and, Met UMW amok situations, well calealotiet to , 4 aimielowers of the actors aboveistefla . 2 concludes, as may he Penetlig ti li +Ai in: , 14 ** . rs love. accompteied by the Ita . 'igroevoes hot alooppoloved m odiwg ,s .7 rpm_ . In This wimple sketch has bees teresting lade entertaiesseste slitlitelt:lllffeletet °B4 ,4 well sustained dialogue, sad a sZliillti_ _ . __llk le mur. It was announced for repos iiimpubliip. plaint. COVENT GARDEN Teta ' . ' we i. .. Montrose; or, tAe Children irlifir 6-41tV avr ls . at this house last night. It met e s` Alb . li• the audience, and has been warmlyenielised by enter temporaries of the day. As we differ is opt i m a = them all, we think it bat proper to give out that difference of opinion, sod shall therellea jellindie our remarks until to-morrow. .~ fir. d~ a ' .(1 BETTING AT TATTIIIIIt#LLN • TM: ' 4 • Des sr.-14 to f apt e. 48%41 frottax4-1/ to e out of slaw to Cootasoo—litel • I alpti ri lve Aq IS to 1 mat e. oat of Plotof-rl4 to . to # • lb to I apt e. out of Lasitespo— tb b art o, 4. log Stamford /00 to I agst MareoUss. 0A1,.--4 to l test f. out of Folisol-11 to #Alt G M s Itrservo—q to 1 apt 'f. oat of " .it of Cat. • RI DDLIMWOITZ-7 Id 4 gest DONC UTZ, ST. Lae Ra.—l 7 to! Itta Swap-10 to I asst Ajax-100 to .. - Ts . 1. .aid he, "that the Goverament beialacquaintedidth the real state of things, by the nemereas petitions ad dressed from all quarters, *ill soon comma to place the care trade under proper restrictioas. It is the only means to prevent the total rola of our wirloch infer; and the urgeat necessity of the ousoare grows more evident, as foreign corn, which is excluded from England aid Frame, by wise prohibitions, over6owo our kingdom to such a degree as to deprive re of all • hopes of supporting the competitiou ; and oar farmer, are so little encouraged, that even in onr public mem blishments--for instance, at Vilvorde--eorn of one • own growth is no longer used." Count Hogendoef objected that the measures proposed could net lead to the expected result. N. De Stimuli said the question s as esdlelently important to call fora thorough invea tigation. Until it could be discussed, he proposed to have the Report printed in both languages. The mo tion was seconded and adopted. A DISTINGUISHED TURK TURNED CHRISTIAN..-OE. mai Aga, a Turkish Grandee. late the Chief Miter of ' the Viceroy of Egypt, being disgusted with the dog mas of the Koran, O ermined to embrace Christianity. and has lately arrived at Rome for that purpose. No ' is accompanied by nice domestics, four of whom arn the !West looking blacks ever seen. On the Como the gread attraction is this Turkish Nobleman and his suite; for his black and white servants, all su perbly habited, generally accompany him. He has brought a considerable treasure with him, which eon. bins him to vie with the richest of the Romans. 00 Easter Saturday, the ceremony of christening him and all his household will be performed in the magnificent Church of St. Peter% in the presence of his Holism, the Pope, and all the Cardinals. Nantucket contains about 8000 inhabitants; a third part of whom are Quakers. On the Island are owned about a hundred vessels, which are mostly en gaged in the whale trade, giving employment to up wards of 1600 seamen. Thee voyages are considered extremely bat trdoue, owing to the many accidents to which they are exposed ; and it is considered a proof of courage to embark in an undertaking so dangerous. •, `; CORN EXCHANGE. FEB. I3.—We had a good supply of Wheat and Barley fresh in this morning from Sat folk, and prime samples of each sold at Monday's prices; but there was scarcely any demand for the inferior qua-, Mies, of which descnption a considerable quantity re- • mains on hand.—The Oat trade was very Leavy, and dui' ordinary samples were offered at an abatement of 13. per racer ; but line fresh Corn obtained Monday's quota tmn.—W bite and grey Per are rather cheaper. [bother articles there is no alteration. SMITHPIIILD-MARE tr.- 7 There was a nsiddlinsr supply of all descriptions of Cattle at market this morning.. and the prices of p! Ease Meat the same as last live day, but the inferior coalitics are 'mantilla in price. 'test.... 21. 6d. to 4,. 1.11. 1 Mutton.. :is. 6i. to 4s. tl.l. 'Beasts Vert .... 3s. 01. to .51. 61.1 Calves Park . 2i. 61. to 4s. 0.1. 'Sheep and Lambs.... 1,6111 Lunb.... Os. tld. to tit. Od. ! Pigs 11141-UARIILLT. —No alteration in the price of -S:raw and Clover as per our last. at. 10s. to 41s. as. I Straw —I/. Os. ter 1/. 1 , 14., Clover 41. Os. to 4'.1 3 5. I irder of St Patrkk,whlch he inwece d. nt l y hi g h fes t a l, they advanced their rent b.' " 11 10 .: Garter; eo that if the Lord r - -4 big right, the alorquess twist 1809 and 1814, folly own than any suspected or or of the Knights *1 St. even real depreciatioa of the earreocy amid bare sane- ad 1.1.11 A 1 I'. e. aappeeing ohs mummy to have hese then p.r.i i Ms amid '4 ,*, t .' . • . List thoi 1400 *Lk 0100 4- 2 1 aides co do I ~,,. caw" w-i -4,lFreestans'e Jo r-:* - ' 1.. " ___.",, "k - thik arnesat batmen 1717 loon would be still gainers of 10 et 20 per ...Ili ra Deviszaw.t , --0" Tammiii ••• HP' , 4-- • David Premien, you t h., 4 eebt. But, according to their own parliamentary sew kr: I brought before this (ngirt) tendons tad roadsides' respecting eurrwoop, lids rise O f prl . . - - - - - - - - m i d m o b t bd, in , toe age to wawa weave. inn so roe name atm ins swot vemmmtememe ' " of esseti k e as p of the British ettaidtatlen t admitting that nothing is AGRI cvirvici IrcTsserrit.—k IP ihmetripor yodel mid an &Api* repreenotadon of a State. that dos not that the Agrleullmisos of nebitr countries ate at pro- 4 1 Beds . termini its ability as wall as property.at the same seat - . as well as drone If ear own. Am $ *, fees 1N esesse . time swam. that property 'nut and ought to 'coding , ft omits Wm din Matt% them was among ' gy , t h e i ss a urow , predoadame. laasmaeh as the former is . baoorn: the petitions promoted la the titilag , of the Seemed ear theirar ikriss- autis a upggemo _piadipilli6 -lig* ahr 41111111VirimPitte Ito* Illailer let =Aida. Awn riMA:: — '-' tbs. a ?Wiwi for -, oh , --. met-of, mew who the &Firth of Zealaad. who draitild that • marlirudo 4 " „ t i t l e d u 4 so d mu hams An sad /Arta proved that monomy and and misifesnm be fixed for she regoindow of dm UM' • o f lo w oolos of re ". retresahillowa are am mere idle word.. and who trade. M. De Stassart moved that the Report ei tils ; , r fated their lauds is Or IS; Medea of Parliameet gate ample proof Petition be printed. " Them Is every reason to hope,"' , : ,i,„„ ese ", ig ul og of a disposition to effect rodnetioos is every depart- ,aid he, "that the Goveremeat heists acquainted with .aais.sied be .de mo o of th e Statea set of men who bare more the real state of things, by the nornereas petitions ad- lj .:' I , 4 A _~