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London, England, 1814-05-24 00:00:00

outcry has

en raised against in it, gas

haihrian

the Meeting. of Millers. You have been taught
to believe that I am about to attempt, for my own
interest, to restore the former. exorbitant prices;
'•:y joining in a petition to prohibit the imPorta-
-
tion of meal and flour. •

" To such a chli•ge I am incluced to reply, both
for your sake and-my-oV.'ii=l-shall be able, 1 do
not doubt, to prove'to y?u, that upon this very
measure way, and,, in the natural course of things,
must depend your being saved from starving.(l.),
" First. Bear in mind that you, all of you,
'lusters and men work fur pay and profit. Take
away this pay and'protit, and none of you would
18' 0 rk.(2.)

" Now, then, 'let us suppose a Free Trade ; that
is, that foreign nations should send their corn
here when they please. The rents and taxes
which the English..farmer pays, you all of you
know, have arisen from long wars, wherein we
have not, like the French, lived. upon plunder and
robbery ; and these rents and taxes .prevent,the
possibility of his growing his corn at the price fur
which foreign nations can send theirs here.(3.),Of
course, if the foreigner comes and sells so cheap,
that the English farmer cannot pay his rent and
his taxes and his wages, he must be ruined. He
will not-grow any Corn at all, (4.) The hind 'will lay
waste—the poor of the country will lose their
employ—the 'soldiers' and sailors win are return-
ingto Seek employ in- the country, will firid;none:
A general ruin will ensue ; for-who is to maintain
all these 'poor people ?.
" Apply the case to yolirselves. How would
you be paid, if foreign wearers and foreign shawl-
makers were alloWed to come here •and sell cot-
tons, camblets, and shawls, for half prieel(6.) ,
" The same reasoning applies to-the millers.
" Now -let Its go a little further 'a few
years, on this plan, if such a plan could go on;
no,corii will he. grown at all in England, (and you
ivill depend on a foreign land for' the- bread you
eat. The price then at which they trill choose to
supply you, or whether they will supply you at all,
will depend upon them. It will he at any tithe,'
and at all times, in their power to starve you ; and
if you Went to war with them, they would do so.
But whether this happened or not, all the money
)11 England would not pay the exorbitant price to'
which a year of scarcity abroad would bring corn.
If in yorir own country corn has been dear_from
this cause, you will not doubt but it would be
raised much higher by foreign fanners and foreign
millers, when they had 'you in their power and ati
their mercy.

"-Let me thin ask, can Dngland he independent
or flouriS'hin.); if she cannot feed herself,?.
" Therefore, you see, my fellow-citizens, it is'
not for my interests, but for your existence, that
a restriction on importation is necessary. ',While
the present leases remain and the taxes continue,
corn cannot be 16wei than'it is now. As leases
run off, land, will fall', and the English falrmer be
enabled to sell as low a's the foreigner. England,
growing her own breakt and using her own ma-
nufact•ures and having- fought for and obtained
her owvh independence, will still, as befbre, defy
the world; am, my good Friends,
Fellow-citizens and Fellow-Britons,
" Yonr sincere Friend and Well-wisher,
" Cossey,* May 14, 1814. SIMON WI LKIN."

(1.)-Mr. SIMONWILKINS undertakes to prove,
that if there is not a prohibition Against, receiving
from Countries where Corn is cheap a supply in aid
of our own produce which is dear, the People will
be starved ! We shall see how he makes out this
proposition ; and be it ever held in view, that we
ate not answering the argumt:nt of a mere Miller,
but of all the suftorters of the measure.
WILKINS lays down the truism, that
all men who work, work for pity and profit—
which ceasing, they would cease to pursue an un-
rewarded toil.

(3.)-T4 this extent the argument is
founded. Our .Manufactures arenll protected by
duties on- foreign. Amportation,
,and the Agricul-
turist has fully as good a right to the supeiintend-
,
ing care of the Legislature as the ithindacturee.
But it is to the carrying this argument to far
that we object. We do not want importation to
ruin the Farmer, but to ameliorate the condition of
the Poor : We do mot want to be dependant on
Foreigners for oar supplies ; but we can see
no objection to ,be helped by them, while time
and opportunity serve, with so much of
their superfluous produce as will come in aid,
and moderate the price of. that which is raised at
home. Oar aim, in short, is to equalize the price
of provisions. Surely we' shall not he told that
Corn and Bread. ought to remain at their present
prices—at the high prices to which a twenty years
struggle has raised them. There has not been. a
Speaker in Partiainent ; there has not been an
Orator out of Parliament, who has had occasion to
address the Public; therebas not been one Writer
on Political Economy, during all that time, who has
not dwelt with peculiar emphasis op the sufferings-
ol.the people, and longed ardently for that auspicious
-era when Peace should relieve them. Nov, we
-are.notAo wild in our expectations as to imagine
that'Pethee should at onee„.as if by magic, release
us from all our heavy burdens—we only think it
should lighten them a little, and act gradually
till the most oppressive of them are removed.—
The distresses of the Poor 'came glibly and easily
from the tongue- of their patriotiej friends—the
Poor felt the truth of their doctrines heavily
and sorely. It is not, therefore, to be wondered
at, that the Poor should be more, impatient at
a • continuation of these distresses, than- their
pair:vtic friend are to relieve them ; that they

isappoin
COKE, a staunch ,Whig and great Reformer, ve-,
commends, with all his iniltience..;
theperpetnation
-of a measure which must in its elYttct continue the
war rice of bread ; that they should feel disar-
pointed when such men as Mr. Pir;sortnY,
tiIaTTAN, Sie H. PAItN'ELLi Sir J. Nv.wronT,
aiird" all th Irish Patriots (wit() arrived late t 0
their Parliamentary duties, but seenAto have ecnnt
to some purpose), should so strenuously ad vocge
a Bill to give the Corn-grower of IrelatiO))
poly in the English market, and; without berte=
• Lif
fitting- the People of Ireland, lay the esPe!'e,c
their augmented rents npon the People Flag4t
en—This assertion is pretty clear evidence n'
the kind of reasoning employed on the other sidf:
Its absurdity scarcely merit's refutation; hat vcc. •
are not to be frightened from the fair and equitl
.
able miple-course, by the chimeras and bughe''''
of extremes. There is no danger of the
lying wkiste. Ra titer than this should ensue, tl'e
Landlord must, and would, reduce his demands"'
the Farmer would pay less, and cultivate more--be
cause, at lower rents, the same capital tvoold "11
able him so to do.
i• of
(5.)—A continuation of the same era to
argittneva, and a very . a2lie`t.,‘,r.
our sensibility.—`.` Pinch the Poor now (-saYs
WILKANs), to prevent their being stared
tf t, .etr
lifter—Make them pay a shilling for every
eat, lest some time or other they should Ore°
loaves at all." We 'consult history, and svc
our. eye
,over the globe ; and we can disc o'er is
i,:stanee of a People, in a temperate cliritate,beit4
starved from a moral cause. lo short, the 'l-
tion thus put tvould reduce it'3Plf to this---"
tt
Mr. COKE, or any other L'.,:,1.0rd (for they are
,‘r
much interested in the solvency of the f3rfl"'-i,
as any other class can be), would die): r3fil'
have noirent than a moderate one The
tive is easily obtained.
It is said that more ground would ,be
into pasturage—we do not think' it ‘4.01-11`1'
cause the SpeculatOr would here be Met by a °I :
sequent reduction in the price of Meat, 3EIOE
of
tltenion w, in London,ereasedsty Beef, n
and we should 'll
w 3
have,o t
as artqn, 'll
Veal at the shafully (I.lofillOUs rase of fr9Pl 11 11.
•

iibn

waz

to Isd. per pound. e
.(6-.)—lt is evident, that in, both cases the
11 Iv:
of labour must also ditninish—and this
contend for ; only 'take care th..atsuchproP'f°lof
shall be preserved, as shall make the condiro,,,
the lower orders better now than it has be"
the War. But se will also teal
lair. 002,
that the analogy between; Agriculture ii"`
facture is not goad, and does not. apply. 141.
ac"
factures and Colonial Produce varlrawv-I'Y'
State
cording to the supply, the demand, the itopl
the market, &c. &c. ; •but in Ivrricultute.
0 du
that is exactly' what they. are now •Nvanting; L
with us) the prices are entailed by the core° t,t
once, of leases ;- and now that these prices Itc
the highest pitch, it. is not endurable that 1..1c/
th
should' be fixed. of
-rts

M.7e have not space for the concluding r',105
this letter, or for the further arginnetr°l:..eri
our intention to addtce, The fOrmer, liocve:sd,
advances nothing new, or previously Lil't°l:c/illoo't
IV
We cannot,/ however, lay down our pen IL
IS
protesting against the use of the word FA°lsll,;lie
implying the whole, agricultural interest' I be.
Farmer has, of all m en, the least to do witn) the
question. Ile is the mere medium be°:c47.-- goti
eg
Landlord and, the People. With low Prje:
oinP
low rents his emoluments may be the, (ore,
with high prices and high rents. It is, 'tere
the real cultivators of the soil who
the Hind, and Ploughman,. and `.
L'-1 °qv'
.The difference. is to •them, not to the r:l;')eic
The reduction, if any is made, will 3.d"
l of th-
comforts, without detracting from oos -- e
If
,1
immediate employer, the Farmer--the t,'°
should unhappily be done, willfall, 11°',
latter, but on-
A bold Peasantry, their countr'y's PrW' /

and on all the inferior classes of society'
One remarlt. more, and we are ,:nrie fo• t.li iaga'
r arc:
:"Ielltt• . Look at Pauperism througliala .il'e ,:oat
here is our proof, thatthe lower orders ''''- slu,
been in a state which ought to he entaed
.111e'r
them—on that we t
;oueni nur claini, t;
_,,,
tic'''.
perpet"3 •„,i
Strongly-
name, for an alteration, ititead of 9.
~,;t le-g" .
impressed with the Irog".-11( co-0•
of our own incompetency,
difficulty of this subject, and feeling, Critil 3 St
for
the decisions of Parliament, • Anot belP ;e„i
we ca' finia..;
rueas9;6
PreSSing 'a hope, that, before the
1-100urIble
passes the House of Commons, some , e it/
Member will* propose a Call of the. rlo"st'ive;
'Ender that the full sense of all the gepresen,l'
of the People may be had,upon 1:•
the bigheSt YeSpeC
c....

e 7s h a
ye7iiri v C
No Frerich Pap to-claY.
ts fr°rl.l
We give, e3ctroc
in another column,
American Papers, which fully eonsrm the

oy
an TneSl
(ay
last- We have devoted so much of our space
a vital, domestic subject, that %re have no space
for cOannent. As we would nit be bi,llieil -out
"f our rights by B
1 U.ONTAPARTE, heither MA-
b'oow and his Gang sneak us out of them.

give, from a Morning Paper,some-Elbaise
entents, Which , it 'not a hoax, are evident de-
-1%4'
strations of the insanity of BUDNAPARTE.

•
11 confident's; rumoured in the higher circles,
1"e matrimonial negociations between a
.Fo-
Prinee and an Illustrious Female are at an
tDo
aod it is added 4hic, that the latter is likely to
tv
-
eci
to a branch of tic Imperial Family of
si
z(us ~

V'es. ,
%,.'''Thry, at noon, Major CHURCHILL, of the
„f. olv. of the Aides- du-Ct'imp to the Duke
p
-ToN, art ived at • Earl BATHURST'S
tam 11'411 dispatches from his Grace. They cou-
ilet„:/i'llee, that the British Armir, nom entirely
re4dn'en from the Allied Forces, is in perfect
Itrtus'-lieos% to proceed to England, and require in-
The trap, " he embarkation 'of the troops.—
the it is expecticd, will rendezvous 'in
'Ph below Bom•deaux.
boo es-akePf CAMBRID. GE was introduced to the
tera.:-s:4OLDENBURGH at Poltency yes-
iiigi:" 'll doe form. Major DUKES,I .I}l.olyal.
illess's 'Principal Equerry, attended at n te-.
HilteY,..l„-atel On Sunday, to announce his Royal.
- s Con I
11cr
mn
Iroetless i.„ inerial Highness re-
t from Brighton.
•17.1,,„ town on Sunday
Dike of CAMBRIDGE, it IS reported,
,is to
pRU Sited to the Sister of the late Queen of
(44( •
•
11.4,p artsiTo had an audience of the PRINCE
511:1\..-r on morning.. Sunday morng..
Lao •W wn ARREN arrived in to yesterday, anti
l'alt.;1°11i; conference with the Board of .A( tut-
-14.4 rtrITBREAD brought the subject of DE
Coot i.F••I-{'S arrest again before the House of
tee °nous last night. His motion for a Commit-
. Cs lost by a majority of 157 to 32.
114°,:d HAMILTON, the only son of the Marquis of
Ett,--meet, we are concerned to state, lies clan-
,fisY ill at his house, in Upper Brook-street.
tile'ill)e last time that fireworks were exhibited in
11(11`'Irk, which was on the peace of•Aix-la-...,ha-
p0:.' above 300 persons were killed by the pies-
-I\i"d confasiOn.
Ciiii'tkvithstanding the -dissentions at WHITE's
114,;,)) the Fete operations are carrying on at I 3 ur-
'
Ciardens with great activity
ate ?n,LE'S, yesterday, was
,a scene of violent de-
ilec"ieh terminated in nothing more ehau .
rt'solutions.
41terat',:n for the-enstiing week to remain without
Lie•lna in price;
SIRTHGBP WilS on t 1 21st
f
‘ll' 1-C„ reed'Nl- fi
iaaber n. Lincoln city, in the room o
,
:(11)WaWithin „
3000 persons have been discharged
n
~-00111,11 a :aort time from the Royal Ars,enal at
The
that
._
Ist 'uNIMANDF:R in CHIEF -1 is ordered, it)g •for further service is to as be paid
rot. a lln Y~nttted periorof service ,C. 45 0 0
n d Period of seven yea
Aaa to be-re-enlisted who:. is rs
above thirty-two years of
t Guartisare not to re-enlist any man who is below
nod ht incites in height.
tEe irl -
f4nrver fire feet' six inches are not to be re-enlisted by
girlle'leit:for.e.going regulations do not apply to re-
Yo the ,"Iployed at the Cape of Good Hope, oz.
l• of that settlement.
is (i• Rini. ORMSBY, of the Westmeath Regiment,
of lnlissed rite service, agreeably to the sentence
eLa,:(4ueral Court-Martial, of which Colonel
/"re•':,zrs, of the Leitrim Regiment, M.P. was
lariil:,l!nt, and which sat at Athlone, for irrep-
'4 accounts whilst on the recruiting service.
to first first diviiion of the North Devon .Regt-
(110„ fiF ILlttia Marched yesterday morning from
theirrt to Wickham and Bishop's Waltham, on
f
-';'-oat'te to Plymouth ; and the first division o
;%Ss *lnceolly Regiment arrived there froth the
distri t -,„ C
•
-`4as
t _cent Militia, passed through. Cliti-
-4ertili,°ll the march to their .own county ; t
retur-n have also marched, through their
to
A _re It eland.
seat IL at auruher of French prisoners have been
rorto.:)nie during the
Who„ '5 week, from. Porchester,
zt aud the prison ships. Not' more than
11l b 0 remain at Porchester Castle, which
\'"• "rilPietelv cleared early in the ensuing
ted the purpose of being immediately con-
' 1.131f1:-Iek a":1(5; -..te.iti.porary hospital, for the reception
ilenioTiiiipwoonded soldiers from the army under
the -rtlets•,,..l"f the Duke ,of WELLINC-ToN.
Wllit,:-aine down yesterday, per telegraph, for
I?,rnhabl,,.°?"-sehooner to prepare for sailing—most
t 91j tv,th d•Plymouth
sorer
for A-Amei
jPije itEAR . •
rai,viaAlTß! PLYMOUTH.—This
T 1 • magnificent
auvanciwz to completion, and parts
the poralt, Pialuly visible from' the eminences around
!:),F stont, beforelow watei. Eleven thousand tons,
mr°Pped and upwards, were carried to it and
p-ran.l the coarse of Thursday.
ct or a Letter, dated Calcutta, Dec. 11, 1813.
dial,' !lerday Captain BARCLAY, of the ship In-
-141i-i eel here With dispatches from Cauton,
•Pa4,ls nel left the 28th ofbctober. October. All the Com-
tion.arris:?ills had safely arrived in China. The
the war,/d,lof Americans there (in 'Consequence of
,cash. "ad occasioned a temporary scarcity of
1112 Since Lord
MOIRA'S arrival here, the cere-
, umes at
tiroy
re Government-house have been Cll..
aPPOillt Sir 'WILLIAM RumeoLo been
cotitit:( Chamberlain of the Establishment : the
less
than
has two or three pages, and the Earl no
strati%su eight Aides-de-Camp. These demon-
Calcutta of Royal state induce the kood-folks of
Thisrs,ol settled
" 'll he to
believe, that so swirl as the Charter
his Lordship will open a Cain-
e-, 1, constituting Ids authority equal to that
viCeroy,"