The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-25 00:00:00

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SIR,—Observing that further attempts are making
to starve the Population of Great Britain,. I beg
leave to transmit to you my sentiments thereon,
which you are at liberty to insert in your Paper, as
they now stand, or to convey to the Public upraised
in any other manner which you may think better
• adapted to prevent a continuance of the Corn Bill
. '.last passed; which has reduced thousands in this
country to a miserable situarlen, not being able by
: ' '...beir labour to purchase a sufficiency of either food
or clothing.
Perth, Dec. H.
kis calculated that an scre-ef land produces about
four quarters of wheat. Before, the French Reve-
lation the average rent of land did not exceed one
• poond five shillings sterling per acre; sines that
time-the seseopoly afforded to the !turd-owners by
various elicutnstances, has more than doubled their
incomes; and, except from the tottery and dissipa-
tion attending the wealth which het scented to them;
they hove felt but little of the pressure of the times.
Would Government allow • free importation Of
grain at all limes. upon paying a duty of 10 shillings
per quarter on Wheat, and ou other grain in propor.
tion, the landlords would have a bounty in their fa.
your of about• 21. sterling per acre, and they, with
the other classes in the community would reap the
beoefi't of the sum paid to Government as duty on
importation :' that enormous douceur to the lords of
the soil, who have drawn so freely on the pockets of
their fellow-subjects, would not be so oppressive et
ohoo;ietre es the Bill in question.
A great deel hes been advanced about the late
Corn Bill being for the protection of the farmer, al-
though it is obvious that it is solely for the benefit
of the landlord and of those farmers who have long
leases ; these who have to take farms must continue
to do an at the prices the landlords may chose to put
' upon them, inconsequence of the monopoly they have
• for a time obtained, or quit either their country or
their occupation. A free export ion of corn or
Hour, the growth of this constrj obe allowed,
. without any bounty, seas to give the landlords every
benefit they can with propriety claim, and put a Mop
to their encroaching upon the rights of other classes,
twenty times their number, and who constitute the
chief strength of the State.

M. S.

NAVAL INTRLLIGENCE.

M. R.

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DEAL,' Dec. 24.—Arrived and sailed for the River
the Drummond' Collier, 33 days from Norfolk.
Five o'Clock.—Came down from the River and
remains the Clarkitett, Rose, for Demerara.
- Pontsmotrrit, Dti:24.—Arrived the Hope, Love,
'from Seville for Loudon ; on the 29A1 inst. saw three
lomeward.boond lodiameo off Ushalft.
FALMOUTIL, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Lord Clseetoro'
*old packet. with Mails, from Malta, last f, Gib-
raltar. in 14 days; I: Aigle, Poole, from the Sooth Sees,
out 17 months—a full ship—crew are remetkobly
'healthy.--Sailed his Majesty's ship tee, on a Pulse.
LtvearooL, Dgc. `23.—Arrived the Bridgos
from Bombay ; sailed the 17th August, in company
with the Bombay Merchant, for Liverpool; the Bow
'bay Castle sailed the 3d of August, for Lesslool
the Diane, for Liverpool, sod the Swallow) for Lew.
don, were to sail in 14 days ; on the 11th Novern-
her, in let. 6. 20. N. long. 22. 23. W. spoke the
'Centurion, from Calcutta, for London ; the Argo,'
Lyon, from Liverpool, arrived at Calcutta the' oth
June;' Eclipse, Winter, from London, on the 2d
July ; Briton, from ditto, on the 9th July • Essex,
from ditto, 10th July ; the Surat Castle, Walker,
from London at Bombay.
LYMINGTOM, DEC. 24. Passed by last evening the
Samuel and Jane, —, from Quebec for London,
having lust all her boats, and received other damage,
In a gale of wind off the Batiks of Newfoundland ;
obliged to work the pumps every hour.
lIARWICU, DEC. 24.—Reported to Messrs. Bit.
lingsley and Co. Agents to the Deputy Vice. Admiral
for the county of Essex :—A foreign anchor, weigh.
log about 13 cwt. marked on the crown T. No. 32
on the shauk,shank fiat-sided—swept into Rollesley
_ Bay.

The subjoined letter, with its accompanying gig- I
gig-
allure, has been sent to the friends of Minister. ;
" Poreign-office, Dee. ‘2l. 1818.
.rAs. upon the meeting of Parliament. which is fixed for
Thursday. the 14th of next month, the House of Commons will ,
immediately proceed to the choice of a Speaker, and to the eon-
siderati tttt of other matters of great impurtnnee' I take the li-
berty to acquaint you shat a full attendance is must highly de-
sirable at the opening of the Session.
" I have the honour to he,
" Your most faithful and obedient Senrnnr,
" CASTLERLACII."
LORD ELLENDOROUGII'S WILL.---Tbe property
left by the Learned Lord, we are told, exceeds
440,0001. To the present Lord, he has bequeathed
10,0001. per annum ; to the widowed lady 20001.
per annum ; end to each of the other children
15,0001. The house in St. James's-square, which ill
a freehold, is directed to be sold, and also the villa
at Roehampton. The late Peer gate 18,0001. for the
town residence.
Mr. KEAN left town, yesterday, on a professional
trip to Yorkshiro, where he is engaged to perform et
Sheffield, Wakefield, and other theatres in that
county.
A general Bill of all the Christenings and Burials,
from Dec. 16, 1817, to Doe. 15, 1818 :
Christened is the 97 parishes within the walls,lolB ; buried,
1204.
Christened in the 17 parishes without the walls, 5317; buried,
4078.
Christened in the 23 out.pari&hes in Middlesex and Surrey,
13,410; buried, 10,099.
Christened in the 10 parishes in the City and Liberties of West-
minster, 4458 ; buried, 4324.
Christened "ea 12'53° ?In nll 24,253
Females 11,703 )
Buried M 611" 9'883 lu all 19,705
Females 9,82'2
Whereof have died.
Tinder two years of age 5381 Sixty and seventy 1585
Iletneen Iltit and tire 1815 Seventy amid eielity 1171
Five tout tea''` 808 Eighty ;ld ninety -44
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Teu and taMite 703 Ninety Anil a hundred 175
Tiventy and thirty 1453 A hundred 1
Thirty and forty 18-4 A hundred nod one 1
Forty and fifty 2040 A hundred and two 1
iffy and sixty 1861 . A hundred and eight 1
Decreased lo the harirris this year, 265.