The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-17 00:00:00

. owed by the Lord High Commissioner of the 11
Islands relative to the existing conflict between
Turks and Greeks. '
Mr. MAXWELL exp d his surprise that an
should be continued in a situation where he was
and detested by the people.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY begged to state
that be belt a very different opinion of the feelings of
the pimple of. the lonian Islands towards the gallant
officer.
•Mr. MAXWELL having had some knowledge of the
reptile, could elate what their opinions were. He lied
been told by one person that as they knew the gallant
OIXFer to be connected by family with the Opposition, it
was impossible they could receive justice from Idol.
Sir I. COFFIN had never heerd that the Lord High
Commissioner was listed or detested by any man living.
The Address wee then agreed to.
PVSSIAN T ARM. -
Mr. SYKES wished to pot a question to the Noble
Lord as to whether the Russian Tariff, which hail lately
barn published, was officially communicated to the Go-

vereocent.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY did not know to
which ropy the Hon. Member ailnded. There was one
shoat which a question was asked him before, when lie
stated his belief that it was not correct. A tariff siore
that period has been authentically communicated to the
Government.
.11. HUME wished to have an answer to the imes-
tion be had pat tl the Honourable Secretary for the
Mr. WILMOT said, that the work of settling the
botrodary lines was proceeding. The Hon. Member was
aware that the persons employed in that service were
kept up St a certaia expenre. Although the business
appeared to go on slowly, yet tl•ey were making all the
prorrees which it. nature would allow.
Mr: HUME pat another question to the. honourable
Secretary, relative to the prohibiting the importation of
stores.
Mr. WILMOT replied, that lie had stated upon a for-
mer occasion, that all stores shipped in ignorance of the
Proclamation would he admitted.
Mr. HUME remarked, that the Lord High Commis-
sioner bail done this upon his own authority, whereas
the Government itself would not do such a thing with-
out as Order in Council.
Mr. WILMOT said. that the act of Sir Thomas Mait-
land w•as one to be muctioned or not by the Government,
just as they thought proper. But this was raising; a
greet political question, which could not. then be dis-
cussed.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

hies CURTEIS presented a petition from the Select
Vestry and ocenpiers of land In the parish of Mayfield,
complaining of agricultural distress. The Hon. Mem-
' bee commented upon the subject of the petition, and said
that no relief conld be expected from the measures
now before the house. There were the two parties in
that house, and they both deserted the interests of
agricultere. The Ministers, and those who supported
the 3lioisters, were ready to sacrifice the landed inter-
refs tb political economy, manufactures, sod commerce ;
and the Opposition would sacrifice them to popnlarity,
with the cry of cheap bread and low prices. He hoped
that country Gentlemen would unite, and forma party to
protect their own interests.
Sir J. SHELLEY was sorry to be obliged to unites
the complaints of the petitioners. lie thought durstwere •
no other immediate means of affording relief than a re-
duction of the salt tax and the leather tax.
Mr. JENIi INSON attributed the distress of the peti-
tioners to the mad-administration of the Poor Laws. He
If girt this was the grand well that produced all the
difficulties of the country, and he hoped the house would
meet it openly, for they must do so sooner or later.
Mr. LOCKHART contended that the system of the
Poor LAW/ mast he revised. The present di s meet
have a remedy, or the consequences must he dreadful.—
Tile existing suffering was bat a spasm of a hods just
beginning to shew the incipient symptoms of a disease
vehicle must end in its dissolution amidst the most ago-
nising conen!sions.
Mr. C. "TCHINSON explained some remarks that
hat! fallen from him upon a former occasion. No man
was more ready than he to sympathise with the distrsu
of the English farmer, and no man would go greater
lengths to afford him relief. lint what be deprecated
was, the mixing up relief to England, when the mise-
ries and the sufferings of Ireland was the question be-
fore the house. When the Hon. Member who presented
the yetition talked of the suffering of England, lie bad
no conception of those with which Ireland was afflicted;
and when he compared them together, he compared
two things that were totally dissimilar. If the lion.
liewlenian's constituents suffered what the peasants of
the South and West of Ireland did, even in a time of
their prosperity, he was convinced that not all the force
of r.ngland would keep them quiet.
After a few words from Mr. Cuitrent the petition was
crdered to be printed.

ABIENTIM.
Sir T. LETII BRIDBE then rose to present a petition,
of which lie hail given notice, from the county of So-
merset, rigned IT about six hundred persons resoling in
the neighbourhood of Bath. The subject of the pe-
t', ion bad excited a great deal of attention in that quar-
ter. and lie was anxious to press it upon the attention of
his Majesty's alinisters. He did not expect that the pe-
tition would excite the displeasure of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, for it prayed for some additional taxes.
'fire Petitioners were persons who had deeply partici-
pated in the distress which affected the country, and
they looked to the matter of which they now complained
as our of the collateral causes of that distress. The
t•tx which they prayed for was one upon absentees.
They stated that many persona of high rank and for-
tree had gone to the. Continent to take up their resi
dente. In Paris they calculated that there were now
ten thousand families from the different parts of Eng-
ine& These they suppased to consist, upon an average,
oflive individuals, each of whom would expend one
g 'titles per lay: that was 5000 ounces a-day for the
u ole, ;;Zittdalt) a-week, and 16,200,000 guineas in a year.
Th.:s was only in• Paris; and the other towns of France
aed the Continent were filled inn similar proportion. la
Waste's. they had the testimony of the Noble Marquess.
in that able awl enlightened speech which he delivered
list night, that the English were so numerous as to Bite
the appearance of an English population to the streets.
And this was urged as a reason for our high expendi-
ture for Foreign Ambassadors. The petitioners also
complained of the practice of sending the youth of boils
sexes to th- Continent fur their education; thereby in-
juring our national se 11l ill aries, destroying the national
character, and, as in one recent and lamentable iostruce.
undermining the faith of the Established Religion of
the country. They prayed that the house would lie
pleased to lay a tax upon the property or income of all
absentees, to such an extent as shall make them fully
snare the taxation and burthens of the country. They
also prayed that the house watild prevent the payment
of all °dicers of the army and nosy, pensioners, or an-
nuitants, while they were out of toe country. tie was
snare that there was a bonus for going to other roan-
triet in the cheapness of living, and the difference of the
Exchanges was2s nr 46 per cent. in their favour.—(No,
no.)—He believed it was nearly as much if not quite
that.— (No )—But for his own part he would rather live
in this country with 50/. a-year than in any other with a
much larger income. lie hoped that his ilajeets's hli.
misters would turn their attention to this subject, and he
was sure that no tax could be so popular as this, herniae
it would prns upon the rich alone. The distress of the