The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-15 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGICNCIL

DEAL, MAY 14.—Arrived and sailed for the River
the Castle Forbes, Fraser, from Bombay ; Emperor
&Unmade'', Milo', from JlllllBeal ; and Woodmas,
Hear, from Batavia.—Came down from the River,
and sailed, the Aid, Bailey, for Qeebec; Rhoda,
Crosier, for Trinidad ; Seedlig, Nicholson, for
Bombay ; Selina, ---, for Limerick ; sod
Ab.ons, Lewis, for Detslio.—Rernaius the William
Mills, from Bengal.—Sailed the Java, Smith, from
Batavia for the River.

Filo P. M.—The Swallow, for Bootbsy, has come
to an anchor again.
PoaT•Mootu. 11i.tY 13 --Arrired the John Es-
daily, King. from London for Jasmine; and Linnet
rimer, from a cruise.—Sailed his 11•j•+ty's ships
Galatea and Hotspur, soder jury•masta, for Dept-
ford.

FALMOUTII. MAT It—Arrived the Princess Eli.
sehmh pocket, with Moils, from New York, lest
from Relifae, he 21 day.; spoke the ship Bowen,
inlet. 48. 56 long. 25.4 K. enderjorpotests.
Cowes, MAT 14.---Smiled the Triton traesport,
with troops, fur Quebec.
HARI/ICI., MAT 14.—Arrived the Lord Nelms
picket, with Mails, acc. from Cosbsven.
Liraseoot, MAT 13. re. Awns Maria, Jammu,
from Rostock to Liverpool, with sheet sod barley,
am to pieces t►is morning ow the North Beak; she
Ceptsio drooped, the crow consisting of sis mew sod
the pilot saved. The M.ris, Cameron, from !mote for
St Andrew's, N.Q. was spoke with ow the 30th of
Much, in lit. 40. 33. long. 00. with loss of redde►,
ea I short of provisions, by the Lavinia, arrived at
Yotk from London.

NATtONAL DIM/DC—Sir Ittcwaon PHILLIPS, in
late members of the Monthly Mayazine. has analyzed
the causes of the present distresses, and pointed oat
practical means of correcting them. TN population,
of every healthy community ought, be m inisins, to
consist of three agricultural for esee artisan, or trod.
lug family ; bet its England, it tippers, by the Po.
pelation Retorts., that the just proportions are re•
versed. The late calls for menufseterieg labour,'
and the sionultaneove engrossment and consolidation
of farms, have combined so to nogreent the nember of'
the manefscterers and artisans', and to diminish the'
number of faring, that on the invention of additional
machinery, and us lib* Whig-aid thee:port trade,
the menufsetering end peeling population have been
left without resource, and hence the accumulation of
misery. Sir Iticnaao Greta, therefore, the 'dap.
Lion of every variety of policy which sends to ens.
meta the number of families I:siog by the iodepend.
ent resources of agriculture; and, as one meows,
►e proposes that the Poor Hates shall be assessed oft
farmers, in proportion to the quantity of land which
they occupy, sod that landlords Anil pay a Land
Tea, in proportion to the quantity o( laud aster.
twined to be in the occupation of their torment. Thet,
occupiers not exceeding lOU acres, emelt! pay a sis-
al. rate, and the owwsrs no Land Tao ; but from
100 to ISO acres, they should pee a half•rate retro,
and the °weer ts. per acre Lind Tax; from ISO to
150 UM, a doable rate, and 3i. per acre ; from
150 to 500 acres, a treble rate, and N. per erre;
and, from 54X) , upwards, a geadruple•rate sod
10v. per acre. Poor land, to be taken a third in
quantity 'higher ; and small farms, not exceeding
live acres. used solely as such, to be liable to no rate
or ter. This plan, its projector conceives, would
diminish the incentives to landed monopoly ; com-
pel landlords to consider she interests of the comma.
oily, es well as their own ; provide for the pour, by
the very mesas which now aggravates poverty ;
double she present number of farming establishments ;
draw 300,000 families from the over-peopled towns,
leasing full employment so the reerisiolog wizens
sod traders; and, in floe, sebstirete eirivetsal hap.
piness for that state of hopeless misery which now
pervades the empire.
New STATEN or PUNCTUATION !—At a dinner
table, a short time ago, one of those nondescripts
called a dandy, wes sealed at top, sod a honest plain
dealing farmer, et the bottom. During dinner time, a
great many af►ctedly polite speeches were made by
Hess, and a itteat many cotta. 011011 by the farmer.
When cheese was introduced, the fop, in an affected
mincing tone, asked the company whether they
would take cheese, and whether they preferred
the pyre or impure. On asking the farmer this
que.tion, the old man replied—D— is your pure or
impure, give me some of the rotten! Sir, says the
dimly, I must bog leave to tell you, that you have
mad. many very ialsolent speeches doting dinner, aura,
Sir, if 1 have any m 1.1116111 of your insolence, I shall
place my thumb and Gilder, one *wench side of your
noseorid make a Parenthesis of it.—A Parereilietir !
shall you ! says the old use—then 1 shell put my
fist In year face, sad make efoil stop: