The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-06-29 00:00:00

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LONDON:
FRIDAY EVEN/NO, PINE 29, 1821.
The House of Commons was occupied last night
chiefly in voting the minor articles of Supply. None
wecastionitil such a difference as led to a division, ex-
gepting that which related to the claim of General
DesronNEst x, which was, however, carried. On the
*ant for the repairs of HENRY the SEVENTH'S Chapel
being read. Mr. BRNNET took occasion to advert to
rbe state of the monuments of art in Westminster Ab-
icy and St. Paul's Cathedral, and met with no re-
'marks that did not concur with his own in reprobating
the meanness of those beings who were earnestly ob-
taining profit from the. exhibition of these splendid
works, which they were at the same time consigning
to neglect and ruin. it is, indeed, difficult to decide
which is most disgraceful—the condition of the mo-
tontents or the avarice of their exhibitor.. With re-
spect to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, at
hose conduct Sir CHARLES LoN• said his
MAJESTY S Ministers mere particularly morti-
AeJ, they, perhaps, may plead a prescriptive
right to pr,!'er the welfare of the living to the credit
of the dead. They have long been distinguished for as

prudent a concern for the things of the present world,
as they ran possibly have for those of the world to
ccme. The polite Lord CUESTERFILLP, who hail ,ome
experience of their vigilance in this respect, bequeathed
thert an acknowledgment to that effect in his will,
when he appointed them receivers of a penalty he
thought proper to impose upon his heir, in case he

should at any time run into an excess at play. But why
should not Parliament proceed relative to these works
of art, in the same tiv4nner as it acts respecting the monu-
ments and rarities in the British Museum ; and why
should those articles on which the- public money has been
so liberally bestowed, become the occasion of an addi-
tional and vexations tax n hen the public are disposed
to view them ? mirr the liberal and careful manage•
went of the Trit,tees of the 3luseum, the curiosity of
many hundreds of individuals is gratuitously gratified,
every day that edifice is opened ; and the ends of that
institution are thus extensively promoted while the
monuments themselves are preserved in the most ex-
cellent condition. " They manage these matters better
in France :" we nit an with respect to places which belong
to the rblic, and are intended fur public exhibition.
It Is this facility of access to places of amusement and in-
struction, u hick renders Paris so agreeable and attrac-
tive to foreigners; and it is the reverse that is expe-

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rienced in places of as' 'lar kind in London which
renders onr metropolis so repii!sive. If a more liberal
policy sc.s observed in this respect, even the views of
gain might be more completely accomplished, by
making Loudon woe inviting and accommodating to
strangers.

in anmlter of our pages will be found an Address
of Mr. Ctlttu ex to his Constituents, and to those who
intrusted petitions to his care. This address has been
called forth by the character of the Report of the
Agricultlral Committa-e, and by the melancholy cir-
cumstances in which that Committee has left the
Agricultural interests to their ftte. It is an article
that cannot fail to be read with lively interest, even
by rrsons of other classes, and of views that are
opposite to those with which the Committee was
contemplated. Act ording to Mr. CURWIN'S state-
ment the Report of the Committee was only labour
lust. 'I he difficulties of the country were at-
tributed by his Majesty's Ministers to any thing else
rather than to the erect of taxation. What Mr.
C. observes respecting the curtailment of the circu-
lating ineilinnt in aggravating the distresses of the
farmers, it. worthy of remark, and is of unquestion-
able weight. The change in the relative value of
money w!,ich it brought about was, he alleges, a pre-
cipitate measure, ..vhich ought not to have preceded
but to have followed a reduction in taxation. " When
the circulating medium was thus reduced in amount,
the nececity of proirling for the sante weight of tax-
ation is of itself sufficient to account for no small part
of our distresses. The money price of our Agricultu-
ral produce is reduced seventy millions annually : the
transactions between all classes of society have been
consequently deranged, whilst the State continues to
make the same, or even increased, exactions."

The foreign jonrnals which have arrived since our
last are of greater interest than the preceding. By
them it appears that in consequence of orders from
the Aulic Council of IVar, the cordon established
along the Turkish frontiers had been reinforced by
troops from Gallicia ; and that an extraordinary cou-
rier had been despatched to several regiments in Hun-
gary, with orders to hold themselves in readiness to
march at a moment's notice. An article from Lune-
burgh, dated June 4, says, " Our accounts from
Moldavia are more uncertain than ever, and the Greek
accounts agree so little with others we receive, that we
eau as little believe the fht when they speak of victories
gained by their Generals, of the taking of 30 cannon,
and of two Paellas, as we can the assertions of the lat-
ter, which speak of the beheading of Theodore and the
eight of Ypsilanti." This letter may be take. as an ap-
propriate preface, although not se designed, to the fol-
lowing article frous Vienna. It is dated hoe 16. and
eoqtains the most recent intelligence from Wallachia.