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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Mr. JoSEPH PINSENT'S Letter to-morrow.

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LONDON,
MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1822.

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1 Evening, 34 minutes after 6.

SOLEAI QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT

The French Journals of Thursday, and Spanish
Papers to the Ist instant, have arrived since our
last, from which we give extracts in a preceding
column. The report of the acceptance of the
'ltussian ullintatom is not confirmed,and the same
uncertainty still exists respecting the issue of the
negociations at Constantinople. k Trieste ar-
ticle announces the reduction of the fortress of
Arta by the Greeks, so that the whole of .Acar-
PaUia is now in their- power. Coron still holds
gut ; but we hope soon to hear of the capture of
that, fortress, which will leave the Turks without
a single fortified position-in the Peloponnesus.

New York Papers arrived this morning to the
17th Dec. The following is an extractl—

gc ROYAL BLOCKAD K.—(National Advocate,
14th Dec.)—The New Orleans Paper of the
12th Nov. states, that the Spanish Authorities
had declared the whole coast of columbia, ex-
cept Porto Cabello, in a state of blockade, their.
„naval force consisting of one frigate, two brigs,
four schooners, and six or eight privateers ; that
they have captured six American vessels, which
were going into the Republican ports with provi-
sions, as well as a British cutter from St. Tho-
mas's, and a British merchant ship from Barba.
does, all of which had been carried into Porto
Cabello, and condemned. The markets for
American produce were very dull both- at -Cu-
l'acoa and St. Thomas's, during the blockade of
the ports on the Main."

• • We think it is pretty evident, from the'
'o9ns presented at the various Agricultural Meet,
. .
. 'ings, throughout the country, as well as from the
. • 'whispers which are current in the Parliamentary
circles, that in the ensuing Session of Parliament
there will be a considerable reduction of taxa.r.
_ One good, at any fate, will arise from this.
.11 a diminution of taxes be not followed,—as we
Ilieve it will not be followed,—by a:diminution
(3'' the public distress, the people will at least be
'gratified by the trial.; and if it he found that
between taxation and the .existing distresses-
; :there really is not the relation, as has been so•
generally supposed, of cause and effect,. the dis-
covery or universal acknowledgment of the true
causes will be accelerated.—On Saturday a meet-
irng..e the Land-owners and occupiers of the
•‘-ounty of Norfolk was held in the Shire-house at,
• Norwich, which was completely filled by a mime.:
l'9lls and most respectable assemblage of the Nobl-
' litY, Gen try, and Yeomanry of the county, includ-
ing the nigh Sheriff, the Earl'
of ALBEMARLE, and-
Lord SurFIELD, and Mr. COKE and Mr. I\V ODE-
• the Members for the County.—Mr.
14ILTIITELL, before submitting to the Meeting a
Series of Resolutions, which he had prepared
for its adoption, said, that after the fullest-consi-
deration, he was convinced that the principal
.'cause of the distress was, the enormous and ever-
: `,thelming taxation of the.country. :did not
to announce this publicly, that with . regard
--(o the conduct of the Administration in-the ex-
. 'Penditure of the country, his. opinions had un-
dergone a most decided change.- He did not
think that. the expenditure could be cut-down.
(0 the, level of 1792, but there. was much
ePence, which, after four .years of '.pretencl,
economy and retrenehthent, might be and
ought to have been got rid of. It- had been
'ad that the landlords should reduce their
I"ts, and the . clergy their tithes. He would,.
lowever, take upon himself-to assert, that, even
i
. rents and tithes were reduced to what they were
)792, the cultivators of the land would find. it
."'Possible to go on !—We are not disposed to
'carrel with this Opinion.:. On the contrary, we
ie...disposed to think that it 'is cOrrect. Mr..
iiiilunTELL, however, "who thought- 'that so int.
"se a reduction of rents and . tithes could -not.,
die the farmers, proceeded to contend that their
t, tresses arose from great and oppressive taXa-
-1„11.--But though his speech he seemed to
rk. for relief 'only to a reduction of taxes, his
oe,selutions proposed the obtaining of that object
„efly by the repeal of Mr. PEEL'S Bill, being,
NJ.. That the present alarmin!l and depressed state of agrl.
the "tre of this kingdom must iii stably and speedily lead to
be utter ruin of the occupiers of the soil; and will eventually
141 lost injurious to the owners of-land, unless effectualmea-
. 44,654Pe• immediately adopted by Parliament to. arrest its de-
, ,;'.ve progress.
' • 4112. 'That it is the opinion of this meeting that the most pro-
rese2 and therefore most proper, means of affording relief, is to
liZrie the currency to the standard o value in existence pre-
to and at the time of passin the Cash Resumption pay-
th,lt 4ct.(commonly called Mr. Peel's Bill,) as in reference to
Nanandard of value nearly all the existing contracts. were.
1 and debts incurred, and the departure from which, if-
til°r'er Persisted, in, must inevitably involve the whole agricul-
ial community in common ruin.
3. That no measures of,relief can be permanent and
Partali unless the most rigid economy be enforced in every de-
Tent of the State, and the expenditure thereof, as well
lowa' as military, from the head of the Executive.down to the
41 est ofßces of' Government, be very materially reduced—
veaBtlres, the adoption of which will relieve all classes from the
4bZwlielmins burden of tax. ation which now oppresies them, en-
le_!•andlords to lower their rent,.. the. clergy their tithesy
and-
the resent enormous poor s rate and
.other heavy. ex-
ces incidental to the occupancy and cultivation of the soil..
aD:I. That. the present heavy and oppressive dutfori malt
tl;s:Les greatly to the disadvantage of the fttrmer, by reducing
-tha. 'O, asumption, and consequently thc price of. barley. and
•th„.ttle total annihilation of that tax is of vital importance to
-4gricultural interest."
wehe.A esolutions having been seconded. by Mr.
4Tsorr the Earl of ALBE*AItj.E argued that
the distresses' of the agricultural interest, and of

. .
the country, arose from excessive. taxation, but
objected to the Resolution which proposed the
repeal of Mr. PEEL'S Bill. A paper currency
had been the source from which .the public mis-
fortunes flowed ; and .to repeal . Mr. PEEL'S Bill
would be to attempt a cure by the restoration of
the disease. He did not think that a corn law
would do any good. It was a fallacy to attri-
bute the depreciation of produce to importation,
now that the ports had been so long .shut. In the
substance of the third Resolution he most cor-
dially concurred. The fOurth Resolution al-
luded to the repeal of the malt duties : to
that he had no objection : but these duties
were not, the only duties which he deemed
it, proper to have repealed. The distress was
general,.and so also ought to be the relief.. He
would include the duties on soap, candles, salt,
and leather. He would not-pretend to say that
the repeal of these duties would be sufficient to
alleviate the distress ; but it would be sufficient
to begin with. Without a total change in the
system of Administration, no relief could be
either permanent or effectual ; and that change
could. not.be brought .about without a reform in
the Commons House of Pariiament. The Noble
Earl then proposed that the • following Resolu-
tions should be substituted for the 2d, pd, 'and:
4-th, proposed by Mr. TIIURTELL

" 2d. That the amount of public expenditure, and conse-
quently of public demands by direct and indirect taxation, is the
plain unquestionable cause of our present sufferings; and that
the only safe and practicable remedy is to be found in such a
diminution of thOse demands as may enable the firmer to grow
his produce are reasonable rate, and thus equally spread the
benefit of its influence through every class of society throughout
the ki9gdom. .
. .

" Bd. That the'diminution...to a very great extent capable of
being instantly made, without any public detriment whatever,-
by a rigid economy.enforced in every department of the state-,
riAvkl, military, and civil, from the head of the executive down
to the lowest offices of. Government, relieving all classes from
the overwhelming burden of taxation that so heavily oppresses
them, enabling landlords to lower their rents, and clergymen
and impropriators their tithes, and by improving the situation
of the poor, kssening the amount levied for their subsistence ;
in short, reducing all the heavy and intolerable expences now
incidental to the occupancy and cultivation of the soil.
" 4th. That though this meeting, disavowing all selfish mo-
tives, and anxious only.for the general welfare and prosperity,
is willing to leave to the wisdom of Parliament the particular
items upon which a reduction of taxation may be best made,
yet it feels that the repeal of the malt duties, together with
the heavy imposts upan soap, candles, salt, and leather,. amount-
ing together to five millions and upwards, levied upon articles
closely connected with agriculture, and ranking among the in=
dispensable nscessaries o life, most especially call for-the most"
attentive consideration.

sth. That this meeting feels itself compelled to urge Fits
resolutioni with the greater earnestness, from reflecting that
six years of peace, the usual and only season in All countries fox
the reduction of those burdens'which war imposes, and the
nourishment pf public prosperity and individual wealth, have
now passed *away, not only without producing in this country
any adequate relief, but, that during this long period commerce
has—languished, and agriculture declined from one degeee
of depression to another, till at last it has reached a crisis,
in which either, some very • important amelioration must take
place, or a total derangement. of -the whole order and. relations
of society must ensue." - .

Lord SUFFIELD thought the evil arose entirely
from taxation. They must reduce the taxation
by 5,000,0001. a year, or they would do nothing.
The evil, however, could not be got rid of with-
out a Reform in Parliament. The cultivators of
the land, he was afraid, had still greater distress
-to suffer. Unless they introduced a prayer for
Reform into their petition, they would absolutely
be doing nothing.—Mr. EDWARD TAYLOR pro-
posed as a Resolution, _ _

" 6th: That it appeared in the course of the last Session,
from documents produced by the meritorious labours of Mr.
Hume, that there as not a branch of the public expenditure, fo-
reign or domestic, in which retrenchments to a large amount
might not be effected • but that all the propositions made by
him to attain such desirable end were negatived by a large
majority of the House of Commons. Therefore it is our
decided conviction, that the corrupt and defective state of our
representation is the true source of our present distresses ; and
:that until the people are fully and fairly represented in the
,House of Parliament, no permanent or adequate relief can be
"expected."

Mr. TnuRTELL'S 2d, 3d, and 4th Resolutions
were in favour of Lord ALBEMARLE'S ; but at the
suggestion of Mr. COKE and Lord SUFFIELD, hay'
the Malt Duties were asked to be repealed, in-
stead of the whole. The Resolution in favour of
Parliamentary Reform was carried with about
twelve dissentient voices only ; and a Petition,
embracing the various'objects of the Resolutions,
was unanimously adopted.—Mr. COKE attributed
the distress to taxation ; and the only cure was
a full, fair, and free representation of the
people in Parliament.—Mr. Wonr.nousE said
he was fully sensible that their only hope of re-
lief was to be found in mitigated taxation. He
was aware that this declaration came rather late
from a man who had advocated every measure
that had• made taxation necessary. The opera-
tion of Mr. PEEL'S Act might be a scourge ;
.but it was only the operation of retributive juts-
tice ; and to repeal it now would be absolute
spoliation. He condemned the Agricultural Re-
port for its stupidity, absurdity, and chaotic con-
fusion of ideas. He was hostile to any measure
for raising the price of corn ; and he also differed
from the Resolution which expressed the neces-
sity for a Reform in Parliament.

Thanks were voted to the High Sheriff, &c. and
the Meeting broke up at five o'clock.

According to a letter from Munich the-Bava-
rian Privy Councillor, VON BOHE.y, i charged
with a special mission to Stockholm, which, it is
said, relates to the approaching marriage of Prince
OscA tt, son of King CHARLES JOHN, with a
daughter of Prince EtTGENE, Duke of Leucl.,
tenberg.

It would scarcely be imagined that the Com-
mander in Chief of the Greeks would be made
the subject of a waltz ; we learn, however, from
Hanover, that Ypsilanti waltzes are selling in all
the music shops of that city.
On Christmas-day an extraordinary spectacle
was witnessed at Venice. In consequence of the
high tide the square of St. Mark presented the
appearance of a large basin surrounded by por-
ticos : gondolas were with ease rowed round it.
This phenomenon has only been seen once within
the memory of the oldest persons, and that was
ou Christmas-day,_l794.'

The Duke-of YORK was in close .attendance
overy day' last week,Ot the Commander-in-Chief's
Office at the Hoise GUards.

.!--The Marquess of LONDONDERRY came to town
on Saturday inorning, and transacted business at
tfieForeign and Home Offices.

Earl BiTHURST dud the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
transacted business at the Secretary of State's
Office for- the Home Office, on Saturday morning.
..There will'be a grand master of the Opposition
at Holland House next week.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The Marchioness of Exeter, at Whitehall;' the Archbishop
of York, in Grosvenor-square ; Mr. Vivian, in Portland-place;
Captain Drummond, in Holles-street, Cavendish-square ; Cap-
tain Hawkins, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards, in Piccadilly ;,
Lady and Miss Robinson, in Baker-street ; Captain Porter, of
the 9th Lancers, in Vere-street, Oxford-street ; Mrs. and Miss
Greville, in Park-street 9 • Colonel. and Mrs. Osborne, in Park-
place • Hon. John Tollemache, in Portman-square ; Lord
Deerliurst, in Piccadilly ; Captain Hay, in Cork-street ; Major
and Mrs. Henderson, in Conduit-street; Captain and Mrs.
Nelson, in George-street, Hanover-square ; Captain Bailey,
in Grosvenor-place ; Sir Thomas Carmichael, from Scotland ;
Colonel Elphmstone, of the 16th Lancers, from Manchester ;
Count and countess St. Antonio, in Hanover-square; Lord
Melbourne, from Earl Cowper's seat, Pansanger, Herts ; Earl
Pomfret, in town ; Colonel Pepper, ;it the Claremont Hotel ;
Sir. Robert and Lady Liston, at the Royal Hotel, from Scot-
land; Sir Henry Fane, Bart. at ditto,,from Apthorpe, North-
amptonshire ; and- J. Fitzgerald, Esq. at ditto, from a tour.
DE P AlVf IPRE S. —Lord ICensington, from Fenton's Hotel, for
Wales; Lord Charles Fitzroy, for Sussex ; Viscount Maynard,
for Essex ; .Hon. George Agar Ellis, from Hanover-square, for
Viscount Granville's, VVhenstead Lodge, IpsWich; Miss Slater,
from .Hakes's Hotel, for Sidmoutii; Captain Anstey,from ditto,
for Englefield.

Thursday the Bishop of Chester gave a grand dinner at his
Palace in that City, to the Mayor, the Aldermen, Sheriffs, and
Town Clerk, and several of the Clergy and Gentry of the neigh-
bOnrhood: Earl Grosvenor attended as an Alderman of Chester.
On Sunday last the Rev.- Edward Davison, jun. M.A. was
inducted to the perpetual curacy of St. Nicholas, Durham.

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