The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-02-27 00:00:00

NAVY FIVE PER CENTS.
TO TILE EDITOR OF TILE STATESMAN.
Sts—The deep intirest all the holders of Navy Five
per Cents, must naturally feel under their present
sitnatimi, will render any communication you may
' mike, very satisfactory, sod the more you simplify the
ellifeet Gm hotter.
Showed oil of therm 'sprees their dissent, Govern-
ment'', project is at an end ; bet as it is too tench to
e►.lrelate oil to do so, let as steppes* pert. The es.
p•tuatio• of being 'Arid, therefore, will be precisely in
proportion to the number who subscribe—that is to
▪ 100.000,0001. agree to take 41 instead of 5,
the Chancellor will more easily and readily pay off
the 41,000,0001.; but if the reverse, his difficulty will
be greater.
Government is playing a sure ga foe, for it will gain
by all who do nothing, and most manage as well as it
can with the rest ; but is say the worat to those who
bold no in Navy, when they are paid in cash, they
would net lose if they could buy 4 per Cents. at 951,
. ant as Stork is like every commodity, the more thrown
into the market the greater the depreciation its price;
so spite of all the bop@ held out by kiloliters (who
bare an object in view)! coticeive 4 per Crate. may fall
aftsr they bare succeeded in their plan.
Let your readers remember this ; the certainty of
those who dissent is 5 per Cent. or their money, sad
t. .e tiork—the getting into 4 per Cent. Stock, a', or
• under 951. A 1r Astmcgt) NAVY IinLDIER.

MINORITY
Or 60 WHO VOTED THAT IT WAS • BREACH or ?RR
PRIVILEORS OF PARLIAMENT TO OPEN LETTERS TO
AND FROM PRISONERS IN GAOL.
J. H. Allan, Lord Althorpe, R. Bernal, H. Bright, J.
Birch, H. Brougham, S. M. Barrett, B. Benyon, T. W.
Beaumont, C. Calvert, Sir W. Crespigny. S. Crompton,
Lac. Concannon, Sir I. Coffin, T. Creevee, John Cal-
craft, J. Carter, lion. H. Caulfield, CoI. Dailey, T. Den-
man, Vise. Ebrington, Sir R. Fergnsson, Robert Far-
rand, J. Grattan, Sir W. Guise, Ld. A. Hamilton, W. P.
Hollywood. W. HablimAnd, Hon. C. H. Hutchinson. J.
Home, T. B. Leonard, R. Leyeester, Sir E. Lloyd, J. 0.
Latribton, Dr. Lusli i ngton, J. fel aber Mabe* ill"-,
J. Macdoeald,S. Marjoribank., Peter Moot*, J. Martin,
Lord Norntankv, B. Newman, J. O'Callagliait, Sir H.
Parnell, Cul. Palmer, Lord J. Rtbsell, D. Ricutdo, J. C.
Ram•sien, Sir 4.1. Robinson, Rt. Hon.— Smith, W. Smith,
S. Smith, Earl of Sefton. Lord J. Stuart. D. Sykes, Sir
R. Wilson. Attires's. Wood, N. %Veen!.
Tellers—M. jaws; Hon..H. G. Bennet.

PRICE OP ST.3CKS Tlll9 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Reek Week 249 !edit Stock. ...... 249 947
3 per Cent. Red. ... —79 Ditto Roads s. 4165. 47e. pie
3 per Ct.Coe 791 9 9 . Rooth Bee Stook
St per Cent fill! 1 Smith Sea Old Ave .
4 per Cents... .... .. 991 7 ' Es. Bill W. 10001.15.91. le.pas
it per Cts. Navy.... 10111 i --6012. 04.0 e. is.pm
3 per Cent I Swell es.ts.44. pin
Loess Ann. 2013 , Coe. for Acet 791 9 tif
Imp. 11 per Cent 1 India for ditto
lrhdt I see Oust I Lott. Tickets lit 19e

WATRI AT

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" The Noble

WtTill " Till

care in his allusion

The French papers of the 24th costal*. bet littbe
news either (*mitts*" desteatic. The oneosetarelative
to the differences between Ruse% and the Aerie are
still repeated in the naval contradictory sooner. No-
thing of importance oecurredo■ Saturday in titiCiini-
her of Deputies, and the only matter t►at it homed,"
at Paris is a trial between Cows Bertrand and Mon-
tholon on the one side. aid ►t. Lefitte, the banker, on
the other, relative to their claims to receive from the
letter, in pursuance of a testamentary disposition of
Bonaparte, a large sum of money. witted' the Ex•Ens-
peror bad deposited in his hands. M. Witte refuses
to deliver up the money, not front any dishonoerahle
motive, bet merely to simile the &cities of the tribu-
nals for his indemnification. The most en►ioas circum-
stance in this trial is, that the Court, et the request of
the Law Officer of the Crown (in Pane! Ilse Crown
appears by Conosel es a third party in civic tenses be-
tween subject and sehject) ordered this cants tube
heard with closed doors. From this eireemetaitee may
be inferred what the French Government think of the
feeling of the people of Paris.
FRENCH FUNDP, Fss. 22.—Fireper Cents.B.f, bee.
Bank Stock, 1580 f.
[Sunday's Journals quote the closing prise on the
preceding day as above ; but private letters state it
at 91 francs.]

The debate in the Hons. of Peers, last night, is
more than usually interesting. It is plain that Lord
LIVERPOOL had ap,died all the industry fur which he
is distinguished, in a laborious search after argn-
mentc, to chew that taxation has nothing to do iwith
the present Agricultural distresses; and that. there-
fore, redaction of taxes is no remedy. His Lordship
observed, that low prices of the produce of land, and
ronsegnent Agricultural distress, pervaded all EttroPP ;
and therefore concluded, that excess of taxation could
not be the f the distress. lint that is not a
nteessary inference. We are more burthena with
taxes than other countries; hut all Oovernments
over-'ax their puhjevs, although not in the same de-
gree as that of England, and therefore the universal
AgriCultural Distress may be occasioned by taxation.
It has n been said, however, that excess of tax-
ation is the only cause of the distress of the far.
am. Excess of rent is also a cause. Bat the
relief which farther reduction of taxation will
give, ought to be administered by the Clovers-
'bent, even if the Landowner is •ignorant enough
to withhold the remedy w►ich lies in his hand, by the
reduction of rents. And reduction of rents will come
of sere:lily; for '
—lCsueiagall m. an*, 7. I rents, and

SPECI4L COMMISSION.—Cvax, Pts.l3,
CITY COCkT.
aarrrntso TiE WNITISOTS WITN GI:NPOWDPIL
The Conti was occupied this day with the trial
Roger Heiresses, a shop-keeper, who was elu
with selling gunpowder, 'mowingly and porpse,l;: to
Whiteboys. The Attorney-General addressed
Nr
Court sad Jury for the prosecution. By the 21th of
tieerge 111. jt was made criminal to take are,
or
levy nasoey, sad equally criminal to supply
time to these who entertained such a purpose, itTli
a crime punishable by death as in cases of fels„
without benefit of clergy. At first, he (the Alton,.
General) eatertaieed some doubts whether ti, n.
sonar's NNW tams within the meaning of the test.
but these doubts bad bees removed by his 'tank er,,
leagues. The difficulty arose from this--that
statute enacted that if any person shill lostiiril
and frotraterily supply the means of comm,
specified crimes, be is guilty of felony. Now theta
manitioa is question was sold to a was of the set,
of William Viewing, who was employed togs Wes
prisoner with • request to sell pose gunpowder;
it might be caste's...-. Alit the powder was not is reed,
rupplied to filo Whitsboy, bat given to these sheep.
posed them aid who had ao other view than Ars ,f
detecting liellerean. Ix opposition to this it et
compared with the tars of a pesos who sells hew
soles to soother, who is amnions that the seem
forged. The counsel for the pr loner stated thews
was the first case of the kited that had been trislosd
the Conn expressed its determination, is the evestef
a verdict beiag found against the prisoner (*Otte
the opinion of the other ten judges on the pat is
quest ion.

Wm. Fleming, a country shoemaker, Wig 414
stated his ping to the shop of the prisoaer,ug,
inseance of a gentleman whom he named, soder p“.
trace of purchasing some gad-powder for the 1► 4.
boys, and related the conversation he had tick
prisoner, when he bought the gunpowder, reepeedir
the schemes of the Whiteboya, nail the good Calor'
which the prisoner expressed for titeir success.
The Counsel foe the prisoner contended dm tie
evidence proved the witness to have been entrapped.
The prisoner was funnel Uoilty.
OLD 11.41LRY—Tina JIOIN VG.
Hoare-STICALING.—ThOMSI rrefpitl: Otis capitally
dieted fur steakog a bay gelding, worth 10/., 'Le F.
petty of James Winch, a curn-chandier, rexiiiingalStre.
ford-le-Bow. -
The prosecutor stated, that es Thursday tart. he di.
rectod his servant to take three gelding. to Epping Pv
rest, and daring the night, the horse in gargles au
mimed, sod the prisoner was stopped by twii thse-sion
pairole, near Mile-end, leading s bone, which NV
terwards discovered to be the property of Mr. Wiwi.
Oa the prisoner being asked where he was taking Kie
horse, he replied, to Mr. Lee's, in Whitecbapel; inn
enquiry, this was foiled to be a fictitiouf address. TI,
horse was seinseqnestly elaimed by Mr. Winch.
:The sie;- er said in his ilefeure.tism le gm &Ism
Named Lee, who directed bias to "keit
Whitecisapel, and wait there "Mlle
. summed up, and the Jay
Y-
.l Jeri recommeoded him to secy.
m. disdretee were indicted for swat
the property of Witi. Bean, ea*