The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-04-10 00:00:00

THE 'STATESMAN

T a Sleeting of the Merchant*, Factors, and others,
Aof London, tradint; in Wool and Woollens, held
the 9th day of April.lSl3,
lOILY MAITLAND, Esq. in the Chair.
Resolved,—That Petitions be presented to the douses of
Parliament. setting forth the hardship and injustice the Ma-
nufacturers of this country will suffer, If foreign Woollen be
allowed to be imported for sale to.foreign markets duty free
so long as a tax is continued on the importation of foreign
Wool; and praying fora repeal of that tax.
That the Petition now read be adopted ; viz.
That a Bill is now under consideration and in progress
through your Honourable House, which, if passed Into a
law, will allow the importation of foreign manufactures into
this country to be warehoused and re-exported duty free.
That the importation of foreign Woollen goods in transit,
or destined for sale to foreign countries free from duty, will
gratuitously give to foreign Manufacturers all the advantages
which the Manufacturers of this country enjoy, from their
insular situation, from the facility of communication' by
means of our mercantile navy, and from the enterprize of
our Manufacturers and Merchants, who have formed con-
nections in every part of .the globe, and thereby open the
distant markets of Asia, Africa, and America, to which fo-
reign Manufacturers have difficult access.
That your Petitioners have no fear a foreign competi-
tion, if placed upon fair and equitable footing ; but it would
be most unjust to oblige the British Manufacturer to pay a
tax of sixpence per Ih. on the importation of Wool, whilst
his foreign rival will be allowed to import the same article
in its manufactured state free from all duty.
Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly, but most earnestly,
pray your Honourable House, as an act of common justice
to them, and consistent with the principles that are about to
he adopted with respect to foreign manufactures, to repeal
the tax imposed on Foreign Wool. and thereby enable the
Merchants and Manufaoturers of Great Britain to continue
the foreign trade inWoollena, and give employment and sup-
port to an immense population, dependent upon the Wool
and Woollen trade.
And your Petitioners also pray that your Honourable
House ill Ye pleased to appoint a Committee of your Hon.
I House,w and receive and examine evidecce touching the sub-
ject of this petition.
And your Petitioners will ever pray.
That the Petitions lie for signature at Mr. Maitland's, in
Basinghall-street, until Wednesday next.
That the Earl of Harewood be requested to present the
Petition to the House of Lords.
That Thomas Wilson, Esq. be requested to present the
Petition to the House of Commons, and either move for the
repeal of the Tax on Foreign Wool, or support such motion,
if made by any other Member of Parlament.
That the Chairmen be desired to write to the Right 11)-
pourable the Lord Mayor, to Sir William Curtis, Bart., to
Alderman Wood, C. Smith, Bridges, and Thompsou ; to
John Pearse, Esq.. Richard Hart Davies, Esq.. Thomas
Divan, Esq., and those Merchants of London, who are
Members of Parliament, requesting their support, in order
to obtain the repeal of the tax.
(Signed) JOHN MAITLAND, Chairman.
Resolved—That the thanks of this Meeting be given to
John Maitland, Esq. for his conduct in the chair, and for his
long and enremitting attention to the interests of the Wool
-4 Woollen trade.

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She Abtatelonan.

THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1823.

BOURBON WAR.
This war appears, then, to have actually begun. The
French army entered Spain, it is supposed, last Monday !
We shall think it hard, if no one send Us wor I, whether
they pulled off their hats, and male a low baw to the
" conquerors of France!"—March on. Nionsieurs: so
that you work mischief to Osumi and Old Sarum,
you have our liberty to do what else you please.

COLLECTIVE WISDOM.
This body meets to-night: and, we hear, that a motion
is to be matte, in a few.days, which will bring out some
explicit declaration as to the grounds, upon which our
pretty gentlemen mean to remain at peace, while France
is taking away our out-works. The English nation
does not, as yet, perceive its real state with regard to
France. It does not yet see the depth of its degradation.
Like a wretch who is about to be banished from home
and friends, it thinks it sees its state in anticipation.—
But, it does not. It must hear of the French marching
to Madrid, of their ordering all things in Spin,
as if in a province of France: it must hear of
these things, and have time to see anti feel its own
insignificance, before it will know how to esti.
mate the system in its effects on war and peace. It will
be curious to see what course the " gentlemen opposite"
will now take. Will they censure the Ministers? How
can they, unless they themselves call for a reduction of
the interest of the Debt, or for assignats? Will they take
the Stern-path man at his word, and say: " Well, then,
" you say, that you are able to go to war, and why not
go to war?"—We do not think it imvossible, that we
may bear of the French taking possession of Cuba in the
name of Spain ! Will that m Ike us draw the sword? It
would be useless ; fur we should have the " bits of
" striped bunting" against us!—Olt !we thank thee,
Coo ! Liatton and Old Sarum are in a sweet mess: We
wish our readers to understand from us, once for all,
that we have but one single political object in view:
namely, the destr:wtion of the power of Gatton and
Old Sarum. We do not care what happens, either to
this country or to any other, so that it have a
tendency to do harm to Gatton and Old Sarum.'
We despise those politicians who talk about Reform,
and who, at time same time, want to see the present
TILING, able ter maiu'ain the honour of the country
abroad. We most cordially despise such politicians.—
We wish every thing to be disgraced and ruined that is
upheld, or that upholds, Gatton anti Old Sarum. We
knew well, that the success of the Bourbons in Spain
will work Garton and Old Sarum. Another revolutice
in France would work these two scenes of Septennial
purity still more. But, as the French people are too well
uhf fur us to expect that, we are willing to take the next
hest thing. If Gatton and Old Sarum could go on for
another ten years, we really think it probable, that they
would see the French in possession of the Isle of Wight:
They and the " Consols" will go on together. How-
ever, there is one comfort; one solid comfort; and that