The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-11 00:00:00

TH E STATESMAN;

to the parties who had been the means of convening yoked ; the troops already on the march are to return
this Meeting. There was a two-fold reason for doing to Italy. The German regiments in Italy are to
away the tax : firstly, the faith of Parliament was return to their garrisons to be completed.
pledged for that purpose ; secondly, it could not be
li-vied without gs indi the people. Ile quoted the
Accounts from Vienna of the 24th, say, that the
elegant Parke : —44 That great Statesman," said he, German regiments that were already on their march
64 declared, that- if any thing. distinguished, more home through lllyria, are ordered .to remain in Italy.
particularly than, another, the English Government, BRUSSELS, JAN. 4.—Letters from Ghent say, that
it was, that the Parliament most punctually ob-
which was sagements; one part of. the English Ministers there have received the ratiti.
eru.4l all their eng
cation of the Treaty with America. The two Lege-
composed of religious men, and the other part of
select gentlemen from England, Ireland, and Scot. lions are expected to go away next week. We
land."—Mr. I). then hinted at the attempts which, expect shortly the Hereditary Prince of Orange to
it n cold scent, are in the contemplation of Ministers return here from the Hague.

to continue it. This, he said, was alarming, and , -f-
-must be opposed. But, he continued, it is impossi- 1 We make some further extracts from the Paris Pa-
ble.that this tax can be levied. The London Met- pers, the arrival of which we announced yesterday.
chants were obliged to prematurely sell their goods
to pay it ; and the House Property had sunk in We have already announced that the advices which
value by being obliged to pity it. Birmingham and they furnish from Vienna are of the most vague and
Liverpool were peculiarly oppressed by it. At Bel- insignificant description. From Belgium we are in-
fast the cotton manufactures are gone, and he was formed, that a strong line of defence is to be formed
sorry to say, lie feared they had made their escape to on the Rhine, from the frontiers of Switzerland to
France. The farmer he considered as looking up v
% eset ;. and that a permanent army will be kept on
to the landlord, being unable to pay his rent; end
yet, by a strange fatality, we are giving a premium foot to insure the safety of Germany.—Marshal
to France by importing their corn, and destroying SUCHET, on assuming the command of the fifth Mili-
our own agriculture.—Mr. D. was glad to see so tary Division, addressed the soldiery. He congra-
much unanimity in the Meeting, and concluded by tulated them on their improved condition under their
declaring that he would do his duty, in conjunction • present paternal KING; but the earnestness and force
with his collengee, by presenting to and suppotting
of the arguments used to Gs their attachment prove
the Petition in Parlinment.—[Ckecring.]
Sir JOHN COXE lIIPPISLET said it was unnecessary the necessity there exists for the full exercise of his
for him to add much to what had been said. Bit, persuasive powers; which, by-the-bye, seem as much
on a subject like the present, he could not, as a man, directed to preserve and improve military discipline
or as a Member of Parliament, give a silent vote ; as to reconcile them to the changes of peace. In
and he declared, that when the Petition should or- fact, it is pretty evident
.that the French soldiery
rive at its point of destination, he would support the
cennot be conciliated on. the subject of the late
prayer of it with all his migt
The Resolutions were theei
read and passed unn. changes. The tope' of our private letters is still
nimously ; and a form of Petition was adopted, and more warlike. They say, the military are, generally,
ordered to be left in the Nisi Pries Court for sir,- full of the idea of being soon marched to the re-con-
tures, to be sent to other parts of the county for quest of Belgium.
all
signature, and to be prietedin the Somersetshire
--maire.._

Papers.
Mr. iltylkyr moved that the thanks of the Meeting i When the Landholders' Bill for keeping up the
be given to G. E. Allen, Esq.; the High Sheriff, (Or , price, of grain and high rents was brought into Par.
his readiness in convening the Meeting, athl for his !lament, and the Legislature seemed disposed to pass
gentlemanly and impartial crduct in presiding at it into a law, we were the first to show its ruinous
the same. This was carried by acclamation. tendency to the community at large, and to ask what
The Sheriff returned than in a neat and appro.
kind of Government is that which would persevere
prints speech, when the Meeting was dissolved,
amidst the cheers of the multitude, which amounted In institutions unsuitable to the times, which would
at least to 2000 persons. i add strength to those already too powerful, and be-

TIM. PET ITION hold its faithful subjects starving, that a few pampered
TO THE lilN. THE CONINIONs OF THE UNITED individuals might continue to riot in unrestrained in-
SiGDNIO OF Gal Al BlitT %IN, &c.
THE PETpSIOX or -rue enernot.cees AND dulgence. How much more we said upon the subject—
metres, ASSESSED TO THE PROPERTY TAX WITH.. how warmly we espoused not only the cause of that
IX THE COUNTY SIF SOMERSET, great proportion of the British public whose corn-
SHOWLII,—That Oaf VilbitiODPr9 have reason to
believe that it is in contemplation to propose a re-
forts, and even existence, are endangered by the
neaval of the Property Tax, which by the present
smallest addition to the already high price of bread,
law must expire on the 6th of April [text. • every moment which nature could spare from repcse
That your Petitioners having cheerfully endured being required for the purpose of earning the neces-
thc pressure, privation, and sacrifices, occasioned by sary quantity of food ; but also the interests of the
a war unparalleled in history ; and having, by their farmers themselves, the difficulties and dangers of
personal exertions, in a military view, as well as by
whose situation were not unknown to us,—our
supplies, voluntarily assisted in opposing the most
Headers will do us the justice to admit. In time
alarming tyranny that ever threatened the civilised
world ; now after that war has, by the blessing of the body of the people saw, in the injustice and
Providence, been gloriously terminated, justly, and Ocnpolicy of the proposed measure, the truth of our
with confidence, expect, under the faith of Parlia- observations. Corporations and Public. Bodies, of
mmt, the expiration of the Property Tax, originally
all descr.ptions, raked the voice of just condemna-
adopted as 'a temporary expedient to encounter diffi-
twit, ant. the parasitical, pharasaical Journals that
culties that now no longer exist. Your Petitioners,
deeply impressed with the necessity of an alleviation had at first launched into the praises of a measure
of their burdens, humbly pray that your Honourable that was calculated to starve two parts of the people
of Great Britain and ruin the third, and House will take the same into your most serioas
won-
consideration, and permit the Property Tax to expire dered how any body could be so stupid as
at the tithe fixed by law, nad to reject any proposi-
lion that nay be made to your flonourable House not to perceive both the justice and utility
for the continuance or renewal
,thereof; and your of sanctioning such a project,—finding how far
Petitioners shall ever pray, &c. ignorance and an interested zeal had led them
from the general way of thinking, and of com-
mon propriety, began to trim.—Some very gravely
unsaid all they had asserted before, whilst ethers
confessed their ignorance in their silence. The
public now perceive in what altered strains even the
Ministerial writers speak of Corn Bills, Commerce,
and Agriculture; and, in short, never was a measure
so universally reprobated as that now is which the
Landholders of this country had in view to establish,
and two-thirds of the Newspapers of the kingdom
lauded to the skies.
We say not this for the sole purpose of self-con-
solation. It is a preface in some degree necessary to
the observations we yet have to make on this most
interesting subject.
It is universally allowed that the agricultural in-
terests of the country are in a most precarious state,
and that the evils which from that cause menace the
general wellare,require a speedy and efficient remedy,

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THE STATESMAN.

LONDON:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1815.

A Dutch Mail arrived this forenoon, bringing
Dutch Papers to the Sth inst. There is intelligence
from Ghent, through this channel, stating that the
English Ministers had received the ratification of the
Treaty with America, and that the two Legations
were expected to depart in the course of this week.
Their Excellencies were giving splendid entertain-
ments to one another, which are represented as the
image of perfect reconciliation. Lord GAMBIER was
drinking to the independence of the United States of
North America, and the Americans were toasting his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent, and singing
" God save the King
Vie.f

for which purpose the subject must again come before
Parliament ; but all the wits of the would-be po-
liticians, who speculate upon the question, are sud-
denly stopt short, like pointer dogs at a fault, when
the specific remedy comes to be mentioned. In
cases of complaint, it is well to hear the patient him-
self, and when the cause of the disease lies deeper
than the hand of the common physician can
reach—" therein the patient must minister to
himself." We believe, there are farmers living, that
will tell you no corn laws whatever that can be
framed, if dependence is placed solely on them, can
remove the pressure under which they are now la.

The following are , _only other articles worthy of bouring; for as the cause of the pressure is not regu-
notice furnished by this conveyance:— lated by the law, neither will its effects be wholly
Bola-LE-Duc,JAN.2.—Private letters from Cleves • obviated by innovations in the laws that bear not
say, that they consider there the fate of the late de• directly on the question. Defective as the Corn
paitment of the ROf f as decided ; it will not be 1 Laws in their present state are said to be--.can it tie
joined with the Netherlands as we had hoped, bet proved, that agriculture has not flourished, uniu-
with Prussia; nay, in the Cologne Courant, we see fluenced by their operation, to a degree nnpre-
' the nomination of several Prussian Civil Officers for cedented in times when they were more strict—and
that department.

Ihave not rents risen in proportion, we may venture

FRANKFORT, Dec. 3l.—The Nurisiberg Court:is' to say four-fold what they were when the laws were
says, that the order for the march of Italian troops all in. (war of the corn grower ? Farmers are neither
to the German doutinioos of Austria bu been re. so prejudiced, nor so ignorant, as not to perceive