The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-22 00:00:00

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I IILPETIZTO.
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On Thirstier,' reepectable Meeting of the NoblAse. rr,
Freebildera, dtmensissioiers of• Supply. AMMO of the
Peace, and Magistrates of Towns is the County of Rei.
hew, was befit at Rotsfrew, to take into consideration the
distress of the Farmers. Among the Gentlemen present
were. Mr. Maxwell, ALP., Sirs. Maxwell, Mr. Smers of
IghlersliN Mr. Orr of Ralston, Mr. Campbell of Blythe.-
ebood, Mr. Alexander of Soutbbar, Colonel Fulton, Mr.
• • Wallace of Kelly, Mr. Wilson of Co*glen, Mr. Wilson
of Heeler. Letters, apologizing for the absence of Sir
. M. Shaw Stewart, Sir W. Milliken Kepler, and Provost
• Canine, were read to the Meeting. Sir Michael Shaw
Stewart; io d letter, stated that be would be happy if
the Meeting nould fall on any plan of relief; but in his
. opinion the /remedy must be left to time and dream.
. sitaoces. Provost Celine, in his letter, regretted that as
. Thursday was the market day at Paisley, be could not
attend ' but at the same thus he approved of the object
of
the Meeting, and in his opinion economy and re.
• teenchment were the most likely means is afford Mid;
and esdecially a repeal of the Assessed Taxes.
On the motion of Mr. Maxwell, Colonel Mere, of
,ColdwellOras unanimously called to the Chair.
• Mr. Maxwett then addressed the Meeting, and con-
elided with reading the followinglissolations:
- I. That the prodomions of the alt ere below the price
:they maintained at the period of the Bank Restrictiou Act,
and that many of the changes incident to oulticattee, have
not been subjected to similar alteration..
, V. That Is consequence of this Wawa,' In the wet and
value of farm produce, the farmer is ones jellnd Allechir",
soblljpitleits Of • much heavler naturaisie he eontemplateit
Of EOM elpect, or can continue to *kit goad, without an
esormoes Sacrifice of property.
. 3.. Theta greet minority of the farmers of thIS county are
merely occupiers of land, and hales under pi oprlotors, who
;in semi iestanees burden themselves with annuities and
debt eentrieted daring the Bank Restriction Act, in others
under the controul of trustees abseql from the county, or
ignorant of husbandry, are preveutedfrom contributing to
the relief of the farmer by suitable reduction of rent.
4. That•canals, roads, bridges, and similar communica-
tions with markets, mid in some cases markets themselves
being subjected to the payment of interest of debt, incurred
at tittle formation during the Bank Restriction act, and by
levying very high dues and tolls, and cense:Neatly greatly
deduct from the Proceeds of (aria produce.
b. That io addition to direct loss occasioned by the alter-
*tine effected in the relative value of money and agricuanral
property, the farmer suffers by the want fpr such great sales,
sac by payments peremptorily enforced, require the contin-
gent exciusion of foreign produce, and the defective crop of
oats for the last tlii•ee yearsmot having hitherto re-establish-
ed the proportion between supply and demand.
ft. That a reduction of the price of Held labour, equal to
th.: reduction of geld produce. while the taxes affecting
13 ritish barley-meal, skins and tallow, in the row or manu-
factured state remain, will be felt severely by agricultural
labourers; and the teidesmen, the mechanic, the artizen,and
propietors of houses dependant upon them.
7. That the residence in foreign States of British statki eats,
not diplomatic or commercial, Is greatly encourage/I by the
-Immunity from such taxes which that residence afford., and
in evading burdens imposed by the State, their expendi-
:tura withdrawn from the country, diminishes the employ-
ment Milli people, end the consumption of ferM produce.
S. That such measures ou;ht to be adopted as will give
rider to the farmer, by lucreasing consumption, and reduc-
in&_the expenses of cultivation. '
• These Resolutions were seconded by Mr. ORR, of Ral-
'Von.
.• • Mr. Spiess agreed most cordially with the proposer
.of the resolutions. Well did K. remember in his
.yenngerdays how happy and comfortable the workmen
lived, and what a contrast to the present• times. In
those days the Yeomanry were the pride of the country,
but now they are nearly extinct. The army must be
greatly reduced. All pensions, net merited by eervices
rtmleroll ds• pablio, roust be inettaiett, oust Oust fruitful
source of evtravagaoce, the collection the revenue,
u hick at present costs from fire to seven millions, mast
'be reduced to two or three millions. That most oppres-
eve load, the assessed taxes, must be taken off. The
.text was* tax he had the most decided objection to—it
stems the tax upon malt, which he thought must be wholly
•takert off. It had produced most demoralising effects. A
'person cannot walk into the country near a moor ,a glen,
or sequestered spot, but they are sure to find still upon
•Viiis and it is Solely on account of the temptation from
'the heavy duties AM so mane run the risk of smuggling.
_Formerly every farmer timed to brew beer sufficient for
his own use; but now there is not a farmer, on your
entering his bow, who can eve yon a glass of his
own brewed strong ale. The window tax should
.be taken off. It has caused the abutting out of
the light and air from many houses, bees injnrions in
'health, and has disfigured the country, Another cow-.
.quence of high duties is that the people in this country
par higher for tea than any nation. In France, in Hol-
land• and Hermany, the people drink their own tea much
.cheaper and better than we do here. He had been in
,Ireland, and had never experienced more hospitality. It
posseued a good soil, and an active people, anti were it
not for misrule, it might be the finest country in the
world. The present method of governing :Ireland
:should be abandoned. Look at Scotland, where the
Aimed effects of education are conspicuous. Here not
-wily almost every man, but lie might add. almost every
.women, is well educated ; and the effects are apparent
,in their outward appearance, for notwithstanding the
long and severe distress they have suffered, their good
clothes they are not yet worn out, and on the Sundays
,they ate like so many gentlemen of the State.—(A
laugh.) Mr. Spites, in conclusion, stated that the Re-
.solotions should go further, for in his private opinion
it would r. qnire a reduction of at least twenty millions
to aff~rJ effecteal and permanent relief to the country.
.lie sat down in the midst of applause.
Mr. ALEXANDER was of opinion that the resolutions
would not answer the impose' and were deluding the
'starters with hopes of relief that. wosidd not be real-
' ia. d. lie Considered that the best relietfor the homers
was to make them pay grain rents according to the fair
prices as they did in the olden times.
• Sir. Kt Ds tdt was of the same opinion. He said that a
measure had been introduced into Parliament last Ses-
sion, respecting heritable bonds, which, if carried, he
thought would have given great relief.
BiAxwELL said, lie approved of a great reduction
•pf the taxes, but as they could net get all they wanted,
beltad at present propesed to offer only what he thought
they mould get. As a landlord, he intended to adopt the
plan of grain rents.
• Sir J. Al axwEtt. said, with respect to grain rents, it
Would be difficult In all cases of minors and trustees.
He thought the resolutions were so moderate, they could
not offend any men of any political party, and the 'Mi-
nisters might attend to it as coining from this great
'agricultural an I commercial county.
Some discussion then followed respecting the form in
'which the resolutions should be passed. The letter ad-
• sldessed to Mr. Maxwell, by the Renfrewslitre Agricul-
'total Society was read. It was in substance. the same as
the resolutions.
Mr. Swans approved highly of the letter, which lie
considered a most constitutional application. It was
much more commendable than calling large meetings.
and in his opinion the Society deserved the thanks of
"the meeting.
Mr. CAMPRE4I. moved that the resolutions be read
seriatim. If ;boy did no good they could do no
harm.
Mr. SPISIUBjedd he was precisely of the same opiaion.•
(A lauirh.) •
Sir Jomx MAXIVILL said that a petition that wasens.'
dense wisahl inset with more- attention in the House of
Coalinga: than one that was violent.

LONDON:* •
WEDNESDAY IVENING, JANUARY !2, 1223.

TO THE YEOMANRY OF THE COUNTY OF

HEREFORD.

(Concluded from our Paper of Yesterday.)
Mr. Unmet:rum is represented, by the reports in the
newspapers, to have said that he lamented that the
proposition made by me, bad not been made by soirte
gentleman better known to the Covnty. This he did
say. He said, further, that the country ought to agree
to his propositions, in preference to these of Mr. Cob
bett ; because he Mr. Charlton was better knolls to the
County. When he spokqa second time, this wee, Weed,
his only argutnent. He affected, indeed to disapprove of
the mean conduct of Smithies and Davis; but still he
urged the Meeting not to take my Petition,because it was
proposed by me. He further said, in one part of his
speech, that he could sty that it was Mr. COODETT*I
own opinion that it would be better for a petition to
come from some gentleman better known to be connected
with the County. It is clear that he formed his coati=
Lion with the Pittites to avoid what be called the disgrace
which would fall upon the County, if my petition were
adopted. and if (as must be the case) the world were
left to believe that no gentleman in the County was ea-
lalphof drawing up a suitable petition. o •

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Now, all tLis might pass, if ibe►e were nothing be
hind ; but we shall soon see, that Mr. Charlton ought
not to have said this without saying a great ilea more.
The trading company of the Old Times, not instigated,
possibly, by Mr. Charlton, has, from these hints, wadi
out the following story :

" Nothing can show more the scorn with which Cobbet
" was received at the meeting, than the fact, that though be
" made curry effort upon his arrival in Hereford .0
" Thursday eight, to conimnniertte with some of the coma-
" try gentlfmen, whom he thought maintained souse
" o Anions at least in common with himself, and even
" offered, that if any of them would take up his PetillOn.
" he would quit the turn without waiting for the meeting
" at all, none of them would hold any communication with.
" him."

If Mr. Charlton should find any inconvenience to
himself, arisiug out of these transactions, lie
will soon see that lie has himself to thank for it.—
The facts are tin re: soon after my arrival in the Hote I
on Thursday evening, the waiter came with a message,
to me from Mr. CHARLTON. Mr. Charlton said at the
Meeting that be had never seen me before, which was
not true, and a man should always speak the truth. The
message was that Mr. Charlton and Mr. Knight, n•ho
were in another room in the Hotel, wished to see nee•.
Mr. Charlton I had never heard of before. Upon
enquiry, I found that he was a man famons on the turf
and that lie was a landowner in Herefordshire: but I
who am not at all acquainted with tLe turf, never had
heard of him More. Upon asking Mr. Palmer what
Mr. KNIGHT it was, 1 found it was Mr. KNIGHT, to
whose horticultural inquiries the country is so much
indebted. I remembered having seen Mr. KNIGUT once
at Mason's, the seedsman, in Fleet Street; but I had
read his writings on horticulture and had great respect
for him accordingly. I had no objection to confer With
those gentlemen ; M.% they were landlords : they wetv
in some sort, of the aristocratic class ; they were persons
to whom tLe vulgar notions of superiority would give
precedence before me ; and, though I am always ready to
take the first step..and to be the first to tender the hand
of friendship to every one who has no pretensions to the
superiority which is built on rank or wealth,never in the
whole course of my life, have I suffered rank or wealth
to obtain from me the first step or the first tender of the
hand. I, therefore., in a manner as civil and polite as
possible, gave Mr. Charlton to understand that I should
be happy to sea him and Mr. KNIGHT in my TOM. Mr
CeenL•roN came, and brought the draft of his iotende
petition, expressed a wish to read it to me, which he did
in the presence of Mr. WM. PALaiER and my son. He
asked me to suggest any alterations or improvements
that I might think useful. This I declined to do ; and
after:some time, lie went away. This is trot much lik
making efforts to have communication, and having the
efforts treated *sills arbrn! Mr. Coasteon mast make
some pretty stout efforts before lie will clear his friend
the Old Times newspaper, from the lie which it ha;
palmed upon the pnblic.
After Mr. Charlton was gone, I proposed to Mr.
Farman. that we should put the Petition which I had
prepared into the hands of Mr. CHARLTON and Mr.
KNIGHT; let them move, it, if they choose ; being of opi.
. aims that it would be much better for them to do It
than for ns to do iri--..Aceordingly we sent

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ligt"i
..-Clsai, 'WhO—catao;;liir sei jive' hit!,
tioz
IC- telling him what our wishes
,Were.-
61i Mr. Charlton came back with qie Petal: 0
sal tali Sas that Dir.
.Kaight could not adoysti.t. /maul!
r ed t ?" fe
its rellidi.ser. thait iril- LicateaarTrot
Wa het wit fisfrotill e' qiieitiis of Pailio
nuastary Rvbror• liww,- step iienr for, s -misrute-tw,
observe on "the' repave of. Mr. Knight's speall6„ The
trading maims)/ ottlea.GM- riots make bias ser .that
he "reishad vormuch Mot Mr. CoBHITT had shows
him hit Petition
.14et night." The" Morning Herald
wakes Me. KNIOUT sal e• he wishcd Mr. Posurrr had
shows him the Petition before he submitted is to the
"Sleeting." Now then, gentlemen, do these new/Spews
.tie? Dkis MO: 'Csass.*oit sptek ibe tratkto os..when
tiii'l4:- a! ibai C41114:4 Opo thoseidott to Mr. if Ntoirr ?
'l.tx.-tlto I mesh bat which is /1416.. awl .eall upon your
Most respeetable brother YeentiM Mr; Wm. Psyusset, to
witness it &ells riSth ? If Mr. tataur dicb atter these
wards at: the Mietingv then Mi. Cuaat.totr- agar
ideasmd .Ithit ter:Petition. Deer eights and then M!,
Catania.** told .to me, to Mr. Wm...PallaW6 'to If.
Wakes Palmer; also. (who had new,j6ined us), and.. to
'sty ma. M. which was mot true. Let Mr: CnARLTON
espial/1'1W! matter, if be can. If the two newspapers
were giving; soy account about me, I should. allow;,a/
once, that the thence' could be in krone' 61.1iiiii
telling a lie; but .they are giving a report ' ,rk.i..
KNIGHT'S Speech; tied, therefore, agreeiog 69 ezacily
as the two reporters do, it is most probable that Mr.
KNI GOT tittered these *oral!, If hi did, I pledge my Wm.:
ence he never saw the petition the night before ; and,tbMt,
I seed pledge nobody's existent's-se to.what ought to be:
said of the conduct of Mr. di ast.t9a, who will • Sad
that, though loch things assy:
.pso s aj vs* Jockey.
Club, and upon the Turf, they will pn witboat ten°. •
bation nowhere else..

Thus. then. the trading Company of the Old Ti AP Is
pretty completely answered. litre is trite proof enough
of the infamy of that concern. Upon the argument of
Mr. Cnanklem, that the County would be dig raced, if
it were to go forth that it was necessary to bring in a
stranger to draw up a petition for them ; as to this
argnotent, I migfit.show, by a comparison of the two
document., by an exposure of the various errors, the
confusion, and other bad qualities in the shockingly it.
literate production of Mr. CHARLTON ; I might pally
show that disgrace might have been avoided by the
keeping of his pen out of the concern ; but, upon bisowil
showing, combined with his own conduct, he had in•
curred all the" disgrace" that he could incur ; for lie
liad submitted his Petition to me ; he had asked me to
suggest alterations and improvement* ; that is to say,
to draw up a Petition for him. Ile was very willing to
Ili al aallerleorkar aye, and he told me, too, that all
shatlie knew of stick raged: he had learned from ate.
Yet not a woad of this did lie, say at the Meeting ; but
then formed a Coalition with the Pittites ; talked about
the disgrace of receiving a Petition from the hands of a
stranger ; and condescended, in order to get his ow■
illiterate pe►formance palmed upon the county, to lend
himself to a sort ofJockeying contrivance, by the means
of which. the real sentiments of the County were pre'.
vented from being expressed •in as authoritative
manner.
I have no. time for any thing more at present. gentle
men; but, in the way of conclusion, I hereby call upon
Mr. CHARLTON to declare before the public whether he
did or did not show any Petition to Mr. KNIGHT ; and
whether the reporters of the trading company of the Old
Times had or had Sot his authority for saying whet they
bare said about my having made efforts to get communi•
• cation with bins.

1 am, Ilietiemen.
With the greatest, respect, And apt*, eitmere feieaelabip,

Your mind obedient, •-
-And most ballads servant.
Wm. Conserv..

TO THE YEO3IIM COUNTY OF

NURFULK.

GENTLEMEN,--111• the paper of Barks and Kinder-
brook,uftockey Lane, in their Paper called the Mercury,
of Saturday the 11th. iastant, there is a very outrageous
attack upon your Petition by a person of the name or
D+RitELL, who calls himself a man of Kent. He appears
to be raving mad at your Petition. He calls it horrible
and damnable thieving. Now, Gentlemen, pray listen to
me for one moment. This very man was for the motion
in favour of reduction of the interest of the debt ; but
mark the fraiky of human natore! This same man is
the lucky teasel of a very nice piece of Crown ',ands
He has (for I dir;nbt not that it is the same identical mai)
no less than fourteen houses in the Haymarket, in Pall
Mall: end in blirket Lane, in the Parish of Faint Jameat
Westminster. These Houses cannot be worth fess than
about three thousand pounds& year; and Mr. Darrell
appears loaraf, or rather to have paid for them, for a
great.sanaher of years, .only about two hundreCast4i
tweittyjilste'pounds a year. Thus Mr. Darrell bat awwwg
:little estate, which he would certainly lose if yoiti
Petition were'carried into effect. Mr.. Darrell is, there
fore, naturally in a very great rage. Mr- Darrell natar
rally abhors the idea of your Petition, but I submit, that
this is no reason it Ity you should abhor it. Ile calls Mr.
Cockey BACON, " Aly deur Sir." He appears to be in
great distress 'of mind, and thinks, apparently, that
even Colthey may afford him some little assistance
Alts! Mr. Cot key liacost can do nothing but storm
and rave like himself—Your Petition is a very tr)ing and
searching thing: It is like one of those potent drag,
which we apply to the bodies of cattle infested with ver-
min. Before we apply the drug, the vermin are not seen;
They lie hidden under the hair. They are close down
upon the skin, sucking tile blood of the poor creature.—
But the moment the potent dreg is applied, they are dis-
lodged, and they come creeping out. You see them in
all their filthy deformity, and you wonder not that the
poor animal has bec.ome nothing-but skin and bone. 1
is just thus with your petition. ft disturbs and dislodges '
the vermin that have so long been sucking the blood of
the nation. They become offensive to the eye, and they
are troubl..sotne for a while; hut if we persevere in the
Application of the drug, the whole race will, be de-
stroyed and the carcass will once more behealtity and
fat. I am, lientlemen,

Your mot obedient
n.t
bediient
And hum
servant,
Win. CORBETT.

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TO 1 ettut AND INI-)EPLN UENI
OF THE CITY IoF PEI EKBOROUGH.

22nd Jan. 1

• GENTLESIEN—Since the date of my last whirrs., Sir
Charles IVniesley has addressed you. The wort
Bireeet-has had the gaminess to say, that he is ready to
give up Ws pretensions in my favour; and, tnostassaretlly
If I had the honour to represent you fifty such bands as
' the University Of Cambridge consists of,would not be Life
Ito tempt me from your side. The hope of haiing
lan honour, however, I cheerfully resign, at present, se,.
lin • as I do, and with the greatest pleasure, that ry:r
excellent neighbour, Mr. SamusuWittn of Hunting-
don, has offered his services to you; services that I
know you can rely on.

Sir Charles iVolseley has promised to be present at
the Election. I make the same promise; for it is the
duty of every honest man in the country to endeavrtr
Ito keep Lasers!' SCARLETT out of Parlilalleatin a
Address, I shall lay before you his project for prce,..t-
-' lag tke taboarimg classes from Marrying. Ile al)peo%
to me to be dearly pointed out amongst those whom the
Holy Apostle rays will rise nit 10 plague the earth in
the latter times. Saint Paul, in his first Episti t., 1..
mothy, tfiserth chapter and first verse, says, " now the
"ipirit4peaketla expresely, that.. in the tatter time.,
,:"rmuste4sUlill depart from the faith, giving heed t.,
"erdaeiogsiopleits and doctrines of devils: speak :w
'" lied is hypocrisy ; having their cOnseiersces scowl
", with a hot'iron ; fortiddiag to marry." tirlattl,.,
your Isaviree SCA RLETT has had his conscience seared
with abut iron I cannot say ; but this I know, that lie
did his hest le cause to be put in force those doctriars
width forbid to marry.
Ores the great activity, zeal, and talent of yocr
seighhour, Mr. %Velma, I have no doubt, that due pre-
parations will be made for that contest, which I think
the Lawyer will not dare to enter upon ; and which, if
he should enter on it, will, I am confident7end in his
disgrace. You are aware, Gentlemen, of his having
voted in the House of Commons for an enquiry into the
conduct of the Manchester Magistrates; and yon are
also aware, that lie went afterwards and acted as Attar-
hey-General in prosecuting; inlitusuing with theutmPst
rigour ; in hunting down, with the utmost fury ; in
calling fur aggravated punishuiteat on the beads of
those who bad been dispersed by those Magistrates.
However, plenty of time there will be for a full sle-
tail of these matters. At present, I base an appeal to
make to you in favour of the poor dogs of the city. I
Lear that the boys, since the writing of my first asktres.,
have keen tying tin kettles to the lathe the slogs, send-
ing them through the, strut% led hallooing out
" Lawyer ! Lawyer! • Oat with him ! Out with him : '
Now, in the first place, this is unjust, for l would cid
no dog by such a name ; and, it is wrong in the bight tt
degree to indict upon one creature that which is due tto
another. Besides, if we leave this matter of justice and
injustice out of the question, it is bad policy to bestow
the tin kettlesia this sort of way, for they will, every
one of them, beirtntted at the election, if Scarlett flare
' come. Some weeihalThave to'pet atones into, to rattle
in his ears; others to be played open` with sticks sir
bits of iron ; others to kick along the road ; and at
least five hundred to meet him with, half a mile from
the town, and give him a grand entre. Therefore, let
me beg of you to husband the tin kettles. The election
will be about the 20th of February. However, l shall
know the time precisely ; arid I will go down, and have
the honour to reside amongst you some days before the
beginning of the election. in a short time, I shall do
myself the honour to address you again, giving you a
full view of the public character and merits of Lawyer
Searlett. In the mean time, hoping that you sill 11/446*
a grand collection of tin kettles,
I remain, Gentlemen, your most obedient,
and most bumble servant, Wx. COBBETT.

SECRET INTELLIGENCE.
Our friend the Chronicle is famous for getting at
scerets especially such as relate to the intention of ti e
Ministers. How it gets at those secrets we do not pre-
tend to know; but, somehow or other, the intelligence
always turns out to be false. Within this twelvemonth,
our friend has discovered three or four new Cahint t
arraagementa, neither of which has gone into effet'.
by means of its spies at Verona; we do not mean spies
in the bad sense of the word, bat sharp sighted people;
by Means of these sharp sighted people, It discovers that
his Grantref WEntirrortre, had pleaded like an angel,
trumpet-Moped, in favour of the Spaniards, and it dis.
covered that Mr. CANNING had thrown his shield over
the *. Pcninseta." It turns out, however, that the Holy
Brotherhood have pretty nearly as good as declared war
against Spain ; and that, just at the moment when they
are doing this, :our shieldientkinon has sent them a
pretty tart message about .111)01c millions of money
that they owe to us for depredations committed on our
commerce!' its is Much about as friendly an act as
that of the tinker, who, when he saw his neighbour the
butcher about to he sued by the grazier, and disteained
upon by the Landlord, CARRIED IN HIS BILL! In.
stead of a shield, our dignified Secretary of State, semis
in the Spaniard a long bill. But, we have diverg,d
from the object we had in view at starting, which object
was the secret relative to a plan for making silver the
standard, instead of gold; and thus silently to redo, e
' the interest of the Debt five per cent. This mea.nre,
our friend the Chronicle says is to be brought forasto
by Mr. Huskisson. This intelligence we are sure is
false. Ido not impute the falsehood to our friend; hat
to his informant. his Sir John Sinclair's project. To
adopt it would be to abandon the only money standard
that the country has ever known ; and it cannot be
done without a repeal of Mr. Peel's Bill.

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