The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-22 00:00:00

cession in question is politic or •iropelkic, hs a pa.
tional point of ♦iew, deeply involves the (kith and
honour of the country. Never was an observation
more creditable (and uttered with redeeming ell►pet and
propriety), to the independent Members of the British
Parliament—to the nation itself, than the observation
made by Sir J. MAKINTOIRAS to the sentiments of the
people on the Continent, from which Sir James has
lately returned, and of Europe in general, in regard
to the attempts made by the Minorities in the British
Parliament to support the cause of. freedom and
human right in all countries, and to preserve invio-
late our character for probity and justice. " The
sentiments," he observed, 44 delivered by the Mino.
city of that House, although they were despised by
Ministers, were not despised by Europe. They
were considered as speaking the sense of every honest
man in Europe—they were known and venerated
even in the recesses of the Alps. When he last vi.
• sited the Continent he was proud of the praises
that he every where heard bestowed upon England,
—and so must every Englishman feel; hat if the
source of this feeling is to be disregarded or wantonly
destroyed, farewell to this pleasing, this high gra.
tification—farewell to national character and ho.

twur."

Ministers, however, had their mijorkt. The
motion was lost on a division of 66 to 115.

There will be another important discussion in the
House to-night on- the Corn JAWS. Mr. BARING
does not mean to propose Counter-Resolutions, as
he first intended, but to submit an Amendment, the
object .of which will be, in the first instance, to
make the measure temporary, and secondly, to intro-
duce some gradation of. prices. By proceeding thus
he expects that -those who agreed with hint~ in the
principle, that any interference with the Coro Laws
ought to be temporary, may support'his Amendment,
although they could not concur with his elements,
had they been submitted to the Hope, its the form of
Resolutions.
We are prevented by the length _of, the, Debates
from going into any thing like is replar irk*, of
, Mr. VANCITTART'S new plan of. tawniest; bet we
cannot refrain from saying, never wos meth a la.
mentable deficiency of intellect and of proper means of
supplying the wants of the State exhibited by the
contents of any Budget, as that brought foroard oe
Monday night. Not one. of the Taxes or Duties
therein specified nil! yield any thing like the returns
expected from them. The addition to the tax cm
wines will render the vintage countries, which we
are now holding iu military possession at an
enormous expence, still more useless to es ; that oa
shops and warehouses was attempted ibpets ago
M r. Pitt, and after one year's experience, redirtquished,
as it operated upon an unfit class in society to bear
it ; and the. addition to the postage on Newspapers
is still more injudicious, and ignorantly laid ; for it
will fall chiefly on one class of pipers, unfortunately
for us the Evening ones. The principal circulation
of the London Morning Papers lies within the Bills
of Mortality, and this is carried into effect without
the aid of the Post-Office.—The Provincial Papers
are also chiefly circulated by their own servants and
agents. The London Bening Newspapers are,
therefore, the class of the public Pratt upon
which the tax will almost exclusively fall. To the
'inequality of the tax, then, we are to add the
ha-
policy of depressing a declining. trade. Jr the ex-
tinction of the Eveping.Papers were the object of the
Minister, he would.be „right Oa/at that, is net the
case. lie propoarts it, in a source of revenue, and
here he is obviously wr'ow The whol produce of
the tax he estimates at:V*ool4 bat the two or three
principal Evening. Papers produce that n)tich to Go.
vernment•from theStautp Doti alone. Mr. Nam
VALiin the heyday of the war,.the very nvidst of the
harvest of Newspapers, considered them. entitled to
relief, and granted them an advance of one halfpenny
upon the price.. It is strange, then, that The present
moment of peace should be considered tt fevourable
time for subjecting them to new hardens. If, however,
the Minister is determined to have resort.* them for
assistance, there is an in finitely preferable mode.—
Do not confine their circulation, as at present, to
Great Britqin and Ireland ; -anew them to be el-
ported freely to the Continent. This licence all in-
crease their sate, and with it the profits. to Govern-
ment, to 10 times the amountof the propesedl• tai—
aud with this further recommendation, it Will not he
a sum of money extorted from ourselves, but +ohm.
tarily contributed by foreign natiops.

141*).KITY4. •
ON R. LAMBTON'S NOTION ii ii mom Gros.
Wharton Ponionby -Scodassore
MonA Fremrwtre . • Oahe,
Ridley Mackintosh P. ht nage
Lord U. Cavendish Baring Martin
Dundas Rowley ' - N4ilkinS
C. Wynne . litanviden Bedlam
floatlicote ' North Gerry
t hilhps Ferguson Walpole
Lytttleton Milton Anson
I 1 brner Bennet T. Baring
Gordon • Campbell C. CalrErt
Langton Carew }totality
.f. P. Grant W. Smith J. Ilmiilt
Howorth 11Iorpeth • Daly .
Tierney Pym W. Prtissonby
Greacrell Neville Leader
Greetthiil Fitzroy Western
A. Hamilton 6. Langton Proby
Elliot HeronMucha
H. Martin Power Prittie
Abercromby • Bernard Acland Shelley
Newport Oitsubtone Talbot
W bithread Hurst

On the 16th instant, the wife of Mr. Metter, a
farmer, of IVhitchurch, was murdered try her servant
man, whilst Mr. Metters was attending the Plyinory h
market. The wretch struck her on the heod with a
round hook, and afterwards conveyed the body into
the outhouse, and 'covered it with loose straw ; he
then plundered the house of money, and some silver
spoons, with which he absconded. lie was,soon ap•
pretended at a public house at Dartmoor.
CORN-EXCHANCII, FEB. 22.—We had but fed ankrhh of
Wheat this Morning ; line qn .lity maim:lllld Mon prier..
—Barley and 0 N,l*. per quarter ebeaper.—lu Peas, p.m.%
and oflrr amen there ib uo alteratl,m.