The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

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fTlrll PEriPiatBENRsS.

TO Tit 'INTO* Or THE NORIOLK CHIONICLN.

Si*—We have long been buoyed up with the hope that
Lord Londonderry's Motion, in the House of Commons,
would be productive of tome effectual relief to the mi
serahle and distressed Farmers, and, I am myself toi.
deeply interested in the question, not to have experienced
considerable anxiety fur the result. But alas ! parts
neat Monte., &c. I fear we shall perish in the Desert,
be`ore we resets the Land of Promise. 1 ant myself, un•
happily, a strong instance of the distress now existing
among the Landholders and Agriculturists. I am the
occupier of near 400 acres of the best land in this county,
and I last week threshed out • wlwat stick of a large
size, and inch as. even in moderate years, produced me
three score coombs of corn. which I sold at 265. or 28s.
per coomb. This year it has produced 21 coolish' of
safeable corn, which I have been obliged to sell at 9s.
This is one among a thousand instances daily passing
before our eyes, of the calamitous state of Agriculture:
and if nothing more effectual can be done for the relief
of the farmer than is promised by Lord Londonderry's
motion, the distress most be ruinous beyond all example.
I am aware, that it is useless to complein of evils when
it is impossible to suggest a remedy; bat if County
Meetings were so conducted as to serve the purpose for
which they were convened, instead of being the vehicles
of faction and turbulence, the state of the country would
be more faithfully represented to Government, and more
active measures would be taken for its Relief.-1 am,
Sir, your obedient Servant, X.
Upon this complaining landlord (for that is what he
mnat be) we have to remark, that we suppose, that,
by •Vbeti4re and turbulence," he alludes to the endea-
.vouro:to carry resolutions In favour of reform. Now,
what better mode than this can be pursued, in order
to produce " active measures" for relief? This Mr.
X. sees, that the Parliament, as now constituted, dors
not adopt sects measures. He complains that it does
not. He expresses his bitter disappointment at this;
mud yet ha would go on in the same tray: As to his
u ruin," then, is he not the cause of It himself? Yes,
and we, for our parts, are convinced, that it is to such
men as this that we owe the sufferings of the reform-
ers in the divers dungeons. We always told the
Yeomanry Cavalry, that they were the enemies of
their real and only friends ; and now, unless they be
quite blind, they must see that we told them truth.
If nothing, he says, be done, beyond Lord Cgs.
tlereagh's plans, the consequences must be ruinous
beyond example. And does he think, that any
thing beyond those plans will be &me by the
ficiuse as uow constituted ?If he do, he must be an idiot
indeed. Does he not hear that Lord and his col-
leagues insisting upon "ores-prodectiou" at a time
when X. says, that be has 21 coumbs where be used to
have 60 coombs; and that he gets Os. where he used to
get 275. And yet suck a man, while he is complain•
ing of this, can call it faction and totr6ultace to
attempt to make a change in that body which implicit.
ly acts upon the views and suggestions of these lame
Ministers !—Hoirever, since this is his choice, we give
him joy of the fruits, and hope to see hips complete. .

stripped of all his stacks and all his cooasbs • since it
appears that that, and that alone will' ope4is eyes!
Tbeinsportaaes" which imprisonmenlkstid dun.
paling gin Us Mr. Hunt seems now to be is bug.
ant" .Tptis isistsald Lava been thought a a link
attosser. lets rather late to make this discovery. The
41 appears to us to have foga its way through
Bat, is it ex-
peend, tkag.tise talk Omit thimlneportance ; that the
' egleasekweetzzow at its eitsnmee, will tend to Imes
lit? Is it hoped to prevent the importance by now, at
this late boor, blaming those, who, by their nets of
severity, have occasioned it ? Besides, what ran have
given rise to this sew far; this fear of persecution
causing the persecuted to become of importance?
There is nothing new in the cause of reform. It is
what it always was. Aye, but there is something acry
new in the state of its bitterest, because mostinterested,
foes, the landlords. There is something perfectly new
in their condition ; and, we beg our readers to bear
in mind, that we are to ascribe the softened tone of
this description of persons solely to what is called
" Apical:oral Distress."

&or or Bern.—lD ISM placards printed at the
office of the Hue and Cry, and stock up all over Lon-
don by authority of those whom we need not name,
stated, by way of mockery so the performers, that—
" Reform would make Porter two-pence a pot."—The
authors of these placards verified the old saying, that
'• many a true word is spoken in jest ;" for Mr. Cal-
i vert now tells us, that be sells it at two pence a pot; that
the tioverntnent gets lid. a pot, and the publican led.
Now, ths publican's license, and his various taxes take
the penny ; and klr.Calvert must, if the mo•opolyof pub-
lic-houses were removed, abateaboutfd. a pot. So that,
Reforms rf Parliament, which would to a certainty
take off the lid. that now goes to the government,
would reduce the pot of porter to leer than two peace
Pretitions should immediately be sent to Parliament
for changing the mode of licensing public houses, in
order to take the monopoly from the brewers, who
are Dow, in fact, a sort of government agents.
We understand the King has signified his intention
not to embark on his aquatic excursions this year.
Yesterday, in consequence, the extra exertions which
hare been continued fur several weeks to expedite the
alterations making in the "olio yacht, ceased, and
t►o•work is proceeding with only io the usual hours.
She will not note be ready to be taken out of dock fin
several months.—{ Portsmouth paper.)
In consequence of the King's liability to sea sick.
was, hie Physicians have advised Isis Majesty to con•
fine his future aquatic excursions to the waters of the
Isle of Wight.
The Gazette of Saturday announces a new commis.
sion of the Hoard of Admiralty. Ministers have bad
the grace toad upon the vote of the House of Com•
mope ; and the reduced list of the commissioners are
as follows :—Lord Melville, Sir W. J. Hope, Sir J.
Osborn, Sir O. Cockburn, and Sir O. Clerk, making
two Commissiouers less. Sir H. Hotham and Mr.

Keith Douglas are the gentlemen whose services are
thusdispensed with at this Board.
The Gazette of Saturday also contains a notice from
the Secretary of State for the Howe Department, ut-
feriog his Majesty's pardon to any person cemented
in the murder of Mrs. Donatty, except such person
who committed the murder; and there 1. also a re
ward of 1110 pious offered to any perms who shall
discover the culprit. Rewards are also offered for
persons who set tire to stacks of corn and Musa, in
different parts of the kingdom.