The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-31 00:00:00

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brave, the generous, the thoughtless seanin.. lie t 0,.., T
with all his attributes, is to be sacrificed, to be throt a A
by as the worthless deteriorated tool, no longer necessary
,to your ambition oryour fears. Already is be the victim al
of deprivation in a degree far beyond any other grade
in society. 1 dare not draw the picture which I know P
to he applicable in but too mane instances, to the stag e,
of himself and his hapless family, the victims of vice, c
occasioned by hopeless, helpless poverty. To aggravate le
the distresses of these men, fee as undefined and incom b
prehensible theory, is ingratitude of the worst sort ; b .t 1
these relaxations will do more—they will annrailat
them. Few or no seamen are reared, sod the tutu:.
Nelsons of the world must choose their followers ia n
regions, where they are better appreciated than they a•.! i
in Britain.
The length of my letter admonishes me to conclude. ri
Every sentence I have written might be enlareed upes e
so as to swell the matter beyond all reasonable limits d
for a publication of this nature. I have freely used the F.
privilege of my birth in my address to you, as env err- Is
Yes! representative. I trust withov.t offence. To ro . h
chide—the ship-owners may say, with the Frog in :Le it
fable, it may be play to some, bat it is death to :m—
-illi, most be my apology, if one be necessary. ft
I am, with treat respect, r.
Your most obedient sernnt, 8
MERCATOR. P
P.S. Since this letter was written, I see it announce) a
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the tonnage
duty is to be taken off, as an equivalent n
for the inky y tt
he admits the shipping interest will sustain by the 1.,.. a
posed changes. How this is to be an equivalent 1 SIR i'
at a loss to find out : it appears to me like taking awn; c
a man's income, and then tell him you will remit the
• tax upon it.
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i PRICE OF STOCKS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. TIII4 DAY. I
; Ranh 5t00k.... —2391 40 India Stock.
. epr Ct. Red ?Sj Ditto 80111111 4.5 s 46r. las. per. r
a per Ct. Coss 792i South See Stook.: ....see; e.) r
, 4 per Ceet.. lll/1.1 South Sea Old Aim i
4 per Casts"... •• - • -941 El'llinid( is dis I •
New Fours 941 I 100 W. • • c?" 1. I d.s
• 3 percent I ---aOOl. Is.esps.ls.div 1
Long kon. 19 Ila-1111/ ! Small.. Is. be. pm. I
Imp. apr Ct - 771 fox. for Aoet Mail
Iris% 45 eer Cent I Lott. Thiess 191. Is.
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MOAT ETENINE, NAT 31, 1822.
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t STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. t
) Business is not very brisk this morning, as most •
e parties are at a loss how to act. in conseqsanee of the
acconots from the continent. which so materially differ. t,
I„ in regard to peace or war.—Consols remain steady, at 1
, 8011 fur the Account ; and for Money 79g.
i FOREIGN lI•RILET. 4
b All is confusion on 'Change this morning, and no- i
u• thing is thought of but the two new Foreign Loans. ti
e The most sought after is, that of Chili, for which 1
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there is a rage, owing to several persons haring waited
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on the Contractors early this morning, to purchase ;
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but they, finding that the demand was great for the it
I. New Bonds, would aot dispose of any, in consequence a
e of which, they are rapidly advancing. The New Ras- P
e sia Bonds are very deli this morning, and scaecely e
) aoy demand for them. t
Is New Russia Bonds - - 5311 t
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y Spanish, New - - 61—searee In demand
Ls Prussian - - . - PASI
,s Columbia - -
S• 11 MI
It New - - 1
tl New Chili - - -73 h
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at PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.- e
7 In neither Louse was there, last night, any thirg e
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,Cli that we deem worthy of particular attention. except vl
4 the great Bill of the great Mr. CANNING seems to a
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mil have received its warning of death, in the House '.l
're Lords. It was spoken to, as the people, who believe 1
ul is tokens and apparition., call it. The Duke of POS.- I
in LAM who brought it forward, wished to postp,,r,v 1
se
e- it without time named ; but, the other side held sits I
Of Grace up to the mark, and the 21st of June was
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id
a pointed. The Old Times (always a prophet Vie; tf.e
tl- event) informs its readers that the Bill has had its f:' e ,
"'" pronounced, which fate it was made acquainted with I
t 0 Hsr
1s
by THE STATesaN the very day after it was proposed I
It in the )louse. No such Bill wiil ever be carried with
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b out a Reform of the Parliamrnt ; and we are extremely
to deceived, if the Catholic Peers would like to recoci ,
he their seats by any such means! Though they Isar •
4e no seats of their own in the Upper House, they liar
ut many of those valuable things, which are of a nat.:: -
); too delicate to be named, lest we bring the uccupirt
Y.
of Wens
adinto contempt ; and, strange as it may app, a
lie to our readers, we hesitate not to give it as our de
ISt .
Ku coded opinion, that they would be very sorry that ti'
nol Bill should pass. %l e have only to add, that it is co
'fl- rious enough, that the most bitter enemy of l•fora 0
he
ef- the Lower, should have been the pareat of this li:'
ni- for reforming the Upper, [louse. [however, the till, i .
u•
as we said from the first, was a matter for Lill:, .0.
by
rid for outhing but talk.
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lie We 1).•g• leave to invite the attention of our reader
lb- 10 a letter 1., Sir 51. WHITE Hi SILLY, in another pat
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rld of our paper, on the subject of the Navigation Bill.
ta. .
.1., We have reel iced this mornin an,ther fie of .13. e
ricers papers, from which we .;ire the folloning cc
et., tracts:—
na- The [llll which virtually recngnives the Writer'
rag ence of the South Am.:iron nations. has passed I.,o:
a-
it Houses of Congress by unparalelled majorities.
h.! The fall in the limited States Bank Stork at Ne•
by York. is supposed to hare been occasioned by A IV:. I
&C. quantity being put into the market, on which di‘cout
ens had been made at the Carol:, payment being requite.'.
" :the New York advocate sap, there has not been
ry
lest treater scarcity of money in that city for twelve year
i, ;„ that banks are throwing out immense qu intitics of io
.ed. exceptionable paper; hut that the totes:one is ar:di
vole vial, and that one broker has obtained a Ica.' .
Ind 100,000 dollars from the hank.
; hi
de The Paris papers of .I.l,rsolay isbich have- tom" ' • •
'land, are Hill of a warlike chant ter ; boy the so 0
lOU
bu which, liner our last, has arrived Irons VISURA. IS ! •
ths lecidedly of an opposite desrriptior, and of • sa:e,;.
th, ittlbority, that it is seedless to Stale their co:. rats