The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-18 00:00:00

THE WfATESMAN;

"It is understood that every thing is now cow
pletely and definitively settled. Lord Wes.mxwrox
will sign for England. The great points of Saxony
and Poland being settled, all the smaller concerns
will be soon arranged. Rinsia gets almost all Pe.
land ; Austria the new kingdom of Italy, and an
Ci arrondinement" in Germany, in rotund, &c.; and
Prussia the Two Lutiatias, and the country et
Saxony, which she requires for her " !arrondisse-
ment." England for 'consenting to this, gets am.
Qver erected iuto a kingdom. Thus every thing Is
now completely settled, and Lord CASTI.MiEI4III
may go to the English Parliament without difficulty."
Rows, FEB. I.—Murat is straining the utmost to
detach from the Pope all his best friends. His troops
surround us in all directions, and live at discretion.
—We expect hourly the entry of the Neapolitan
troops.

garded with extreme iousy and care, and should
not be allowed to be confounded amidst mysteries
and difficulties by those whose interest it is to
throw a veil of impenetrable delusion over the
public mind. The ports are shut at 635., and the
agriculturists will have the entire monopoly of the
musket for three months. The Property Tax is to be
taken off, the wages of labour have fallen consider-
ably, and yet corn is to be raised to SOs. per quarter !
The Eroding branches of the community, who have
been the real sufferers during the war, are yet in a
state of depression, and the agriculturists, who have
benefited by the exclusions that have impoverished
the rest of the public, are now to be protected to an
extent which cannot but be highly injurious to the
Other traders !—And this is the time when a system
mast be found to give permanency to this partial and
unjust policy ! The business of the Committee
opened by referring to the Reports of the last Ses-
sion. This was rather unfortunate for promoting a
conviction of the policy and justice of the proposed
measure. We would make the same reference.—
The Reports in question are self-declared to be
deficient in point of adequate information. More-
over, the circumstances of the times are much al-
tered since the evidence in these Reports was given.
On a consider ion of these circumstances, we really
do not wonder at seeing a reluctance manifested to
a new examination. The reason of this is plain.—
A new enquiry, even if managed entirely under the
Influence of the Landholders, would prove that the
whole assumed basis of last year's Report no longer
twists ; that the expences of agriculture are greatly
diminished; that what 4ould have been a fair price
to the grower, labouring under the pressure of War
' Taxes, would now be altogether unjustifiable; that
do proposed price, if established by law, will
ieventually ruin the manufactures, and (which some
ebert-sighted politick's,s may not see or be
willing to confess) the revenues of the State,—and
endanger the peace and safety of the empire.—
All this, we repeati would be rendered *vides* by. t
Dow examination. We have already declared •that
wo think the agricultural interests should be'ro•
imised tested, but not to an extent to endanger the general
welfare. If the general comfort is deeply struck at,
the general safety most be placed in jeopardy. The
price of the Quarters Loaf, under Me intended re-
Oise, cannot be Muds under Eighteenpence! This
'sill, indeed, be placing the poor upon regimen;
aid this at a time when they ought, in the natural
poi* of things, to be enjoying the bletsings of
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