The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-28 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN

growers, as in the ease of hops and potatoes. will render
every supply redundant. s chesp.as it cats possibly br
grown in this country, and it is the attempt to ob-
tain any of our 'lmplies for less than this, that
unhinges the whole industry of the country, and
produces that interruption to nor labours of whirl,
every brunets of iminstry is at this moment totateptilde.
It is no part of my province to attempt to predict the
Imanner in which the proposed resolntions may immedi
ately wire; t all the operations of oar agriculture, and
occupations of nor soil t al:hongh I cannot conceal from
myself the most dreadfnl and horrid forebodings upon
this sobjeet : and I will confess myself muds mistaken
mom this miestion. if within the short spare of one re-
volving year, the Noble Marquess himself shall not feel
the deepest regret that he did nut, during the discussion
in the present Seaton, avail himself of those ron6 len-
tint, experienced, and faithfril communications he might
have enjoyed, and listen to those remonstrance', always
most respectfuly submitted. and dotifully expressed to
his Majesty's Government from this Committee, in the
name of that portion of his Majesty's subjects who are
seror,l to none in loyalty and attachment to his person
and Government, ant% one envied constitution, and who'
have never mixed political contentions nith their just
chtiois,or lent themselves to any party, or set of men. for
the purpose of emh ing his Majesty's Government,
hut have constantly rested their claims to protection
simply on the justice, as well as policy of granting
them, with reference to the prosperity of every other
branch of industry in the kingdom. as well as of their
own.—Sir, it must ever be a matter of pride and satisfac-
tion to the county of Somerset, that it has matonirgiven
birth to, hut selected that man to represent it in Parlia-
ment, who has alone dared, in a moment of visionary
delusion, and comparatively, petty pursuit of foreign
traffic, to raise his voice In defence of that most ancient,
most honourable, and most essential occupation to man.
Agriculture; and your exertions derive great additional
lustre no bring contrasted with those who could not let
slip the opportunity of endeavouring to create a Mer-
cantile Commission, out of agricultural distress, in the
vain attempt to palliate its %offerings by public
loans. That you may long, very long.. enjoy health
and strength to pros-cats the great question of adequate
Protection to Agriculture, which yon have commenced,
until it shall be successful; that your vigour and ability
may rim with the occasion, for it is the occasion that
wakes the Ulan you may hereafter become, if you finally
'veered, is the fervent prayer of a very large portion of
the whole Agricultural Community. in whose name, and
on whose behalf, I have the honoree to offer you them
expressions, and to subscribe myself, with the highest
personal esteem,
Sir, your ever obliged and most faithful servant,
Gao. Wens HALL,
Chairman to the Committee of Petitioners.
To Sir T. Lethbridge, Bart. M.P. Ere. 4,e. ice.

Whitehall-Place, May to, mt.
Sri—l have bad the hollow to receive year letter
of the 9th instant, conveying to me thanks of the Com-
mittee of Management for the Petitioners on Agricul-
tural Distress, of which yon are Chairman.-1 can sin-
cerely assure you, and the gentlemen of that Committee,
that the line of conduct I have latel punned, on behalf
of the 'offerings now endured by allyclasses of my fellow
subjects, who are connected with the land, has been dic-
tated by the fullest conviction of the urgency and cruel-
ty of their case,—and agreeing as I do, to the principles
your Committee have laid down, and acted upon with
so much temper, I should but ill have performed my
slaty to my constituents in particular, and Ai) my win-
try in general, If I had shrunk from giving all GMAT-
position in my power to the futile and nugatory mea-
sures recommended by ethers fee the future tegulatios
of the Cora Laws.—l entirely approve of tbe determine-,
t:on of
they
Committee to persevere In the same course.
which have hitherto pursued, believing that it is
impossible, another Session of Parliament should arrive,
without bringing with it, an entire persuasion on the
part of the country, and even a conviction in the minds
of the Government itself. of the obsolete necessity for a
fail and adequate protection against the undue prefer-
ence which a now given to foreign cultivators in our
markets. for the sale of all articles the predate, of the
British soil, wherebv a profitable employment of our
native skill and capital is almost wholly seperseded.—l
feel obliged by the handsome manner you have express-
ed yourself towards me, and with my best wishes for
success to your undertakings,
I have the honour to be. Sir,
Your faithful bumble servant.
T. Itycesett
To G. Webb Hall, Esq. kc. lie. 4e.

and sanctioned only by that portion tithe Bar attendant, i
on e Welsh Assize: and from hence it malt*, that per-
sons within the Welsh jurisdiction. Aerie/ causes at
issue, wherein roperty or rights of importance are in-
volved. feel themselves compelled (notwithstanding., by
Magna Charts, justice is to he brought home to evert ,1
man's door, whatever may be the expense, and whatever'
may be the inconvenience,) to resort for trial of their
causes to the. English comities and again, from this!
latter circumstanee. a further consethence else results,'
that trials of importance being seldom brought before a
I Welsh Court, its Bar is seldom attended by Counsel of
eonsiderabie %Lending.
4th. The Welsh Judges, being confined each to his
particular Circuit, can scarcely aroid,alter a few years'
attendance iherebnabrasing those associations frith par-
tkular individuals al therespective counties, which may
bethought incompatible with the high and dignified im-
partiality which not only ought to exist in fact, but to
be untainted coca with the breath of suspicion.
It is happy fur the Principality that,owing to the per-
sonal character of the learned individuals who now fill the
officeotkieJudges, that these objection, hare only a Con-
urtutioual application; but the case has been, and may
again 14, different. The priocipaliry has rapidly ad-
vanced in wealth, population and intelligence, and a
system of administration of its laws, so repugnant to
every principle of the British Constitution, introduced
at a period, and under circumstances. altogether differ-
ent from those of the present times, however sufficient
such system might then have been for the State and
wants of the Principality, has long ceased to be se, aod
it has accordingly been frequently brought under the
consideration of Parliament. t eculiar circumstances
on those occasions have postponed that full consideration
which it is hoped the sehjeet will now receive.
The objections already urged here been confined ra-
ther to the consideration of the system of the Ju•litt-
tore, in a Constitutional point of view, than to the form
of proceedings and the practice of the Court: these
latter are open to objections nearly as important as the
former, while they are practically attended with greater
inconvenience to the subject the suitor of it ;—but it
would far exceed the limit* now proposed, or the leisure
now afforded, to attempt to go into their detail; a Com-
mittee of the Bacot of Commous is the proper place for
the investigation, where, at the same time, soy advan-
tages which may be supposed to attend other parts of
the system (and souse there are) can be duly weighed
Reference will therefore be new only farther made to
the Court of Chancery, than which a Conrt more do.
feetive, or inefficient, for every purpose of
.protection or
redress to the subject, where delay, vexation, and ex-
peose are more inherent in its forms, are more the ret-
, mit Oilo practice, never existed in any sge ar country.
and these consequences will appear necessarily to resale
from simply stating
Ist That the Court is iii t with the dodge from
county to county; consequently, the respective Anoraks
of the parties to a suit must travel the Circuit at the es-
penes of their client,.
21.1. That, as the Court is open only during the Ch.
edits, or for Amid 30 days in each year, proceedings an
on the one hand suspended, and dormant for assethe
successively, and may be, and frequently are, es the
other band, while the Court is open, hurried with a pro.
*Many the least likely to be projactite of justice to
the ookon.
fid. That certain fixed intervals being by the practice
of the Court required to elapse between motions made
is a cause, distinctions are not, and perhaps
drawn between those motions which are frivolous, and
sad those which are important: is the former case. the
progreit of the snit ma be wantonly stayed till the
circuit is overt and in the latter, the adverse party.
however ituawares he may be taken, or boomer voleopi-
nous the required proceeding, is compelled, on pain of
being held its contempt, forthwith to proceed.
4th. The jerisdiction of the Court bring confined xo
the principality, it has no authority over persons living,
nut of it, however essential to, or connected with a cause,
sad the proceedings of those who are its suitors are
thereby frequently delayed, or wholly nullified. in,
cases of the death or bankruptcy of any of the parties to
a cause, from this want of power to revive it, all previous
proceedings are entirely thrown away.
sth. Two Judges preside is a Welsh Court; when
they differ in opinion, the party is leg without remedy.
6th. The jrnim, Barrister on the Circuit for the time
being is, ipso facto, the Mawr. in Chancery, an officer
of the highest importance is all Chancery proceedings, I
and in many cases he acts as Judge: the other officers',
of the Court are, in general, Atiornies proetiring in it.
It must be unnecessary to swell this enumeration, as,
from what has already been said, the deduction appears
irresistible, that a Court so constituted must necessarily
be defective and inefficient ; and that the delay, vexa-
tion and expence, are inherent in it. The questions
which naturally present themselves are—Have not his
Majesty's subjects in Wales a right to a better adminis-
tration of the laws?—and bow is it to be obtained ?

You. MAT 23.—We Lad a very great show of
beasts and sheep at the fair to-day, bat the supply of
lambs was but small. Beef sold at from 5.. to ss. 64.
per stone, to sink the Offal. Mutton (shorn sheep)
3id. to 4;d.; ditto. unshorn, 4141 to 54. ; and lawb,
(id. per lb. The noel-market was abundantly stocked;
a greater supply, at so early a period of any season,
was recollected. In the morning. the market
was pretty brisk, at the prices quoted; but towards
neon became Gt. and consequently a reduction in
price succeeded, The ire was—Good Hog Wool
15s. to I6c Hog and Ewe ditto I4s. to 15s. A few
samples of Scotch ditto were sold at f.om 7s. to Ss.
per stone of 161bs.
At Banbury fair. Beef sold at 3J. to 411. pvr lb. -
Mutton 244. to 30. Useful' Milkers sold mach bet
ter is proportion than any other stock. Three three'
shear Wethers, shewn by Mr. Meddatnes, of Hormone
supposed to weigh 4t:lbs. per quarter and ups ards,
were sold at two pounds each.
Wellington Fair. on Thorsda!, last, was thinly sup-
plied with stock, which sold at extremely low prices.
Discontent and hopelessness seem to prevail in every
mind, and there appears to be as little cash current to
purchase with, as there is spirit to buy argon the
agricultural class.
Hinckley Fair ea Monday se'oni,:ht was well sup-
plied with prime beef, which supported its price,
though many beasts were seat home unsold. Vat met-
ton was on the decline and scarcely saleable.
At Wells and Bridgewater markets, the price of
cheese Is lower by 201. per cwt. than lest year at the
same period. Fat elation is selling at Taunton for
311. per lb. Working *yen and steers have fallen in
price is Devoe fall 2/. in 101. during the present month.
Melksham market on Iloodity was well supplied.—s
Beef. 6s. to Ss. per score ; mottoes, 344. to 541. ; lamb.
64, per lb. •
Tallow ha. been selling by the market butchers. at
Is. lid. per stone, being the lowest price qaoted since
1772, when it was the same.

Notwithstanding Dion mad is Shares hods the Two
test Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds ever drawn, pet
we understand he feels a presentiment hr shall sell one or
both this Twenty Thousands which must be drawn Neil
Tuesday, when the entire Lottery will be decided, as it Is
all in One Day.