The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-07 00:00:00

MATCHLESS IMPERTINENCE.

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The Morning Chronicle of to•dar, says, that the Yea
manry of Norfolk have given " the best evidence of their
4.` ignorance and error. we have obtained the proof of '
this," says the wise Chronicle, shutting both its eyes.
" We have obtained the best proof of this, and the next
"step is, to administer instruction!" Oh ! yes, by all
means ! Bring us up some Scotch Schoolmasters into
Norfolk ! Let them not forget their mull and their horn
spoon. They will teach the Norfolk Yeomen how to
take snuff with a spoon. What instruction from old
Chronng! and from the Scotsman ; and from the Feely
siphers who swear even to this hour that the cash ;mea•
sures could not lower prices more than four and a half
per cent These are pretty creatures to give instruction
to the county of Norfolk ! However. from the shocking
cant of this article more will be said hereafter. The
Yeomen of the County of Norfolk will,in the mean time,
not break their hearts in consequence of the disappro-
b ition ofold Chronsey, when they recollect that this
paper has been for months past, congratulating it.'
readers on Mr. CANNING " hoeing thrown his shield
over the Peninsula." When it. now turns out (unless
this paper itself tells lies) that our Minister has just be.
gun a quarrel with the gorern,nent qf Spain, at the very
moment when the French are preparing to invade that
country ! I have only time, at present, to observe, that
one of the two things is n ndeniable : the Morning Chro•
nick has been for several months past, a most preyiiundly
ignorant journal ; or it has been tolling hundreds npnn
hundreds of falsehoods for stock jolibiag purposee.--
This is • pretty instructor of the Yeoinanry of
Norfolk. --I perceive that the leaches 0

Kerrey, and Kent are shout to assemble.--
I trnekthat the Norfolk petition . the whole of the Nor.
Yolk petition, and nothing but the Not folk petition, %%lit
be adopted by those cauntieg.—ln the next Itegi,te:
still challenge Old Chronay to come out fairly into the
field of discussion. I will take upon rne to maintain Ow
justice and necessity of the Norfolk petition;: and I shall
call upon the Ciro/tick, the Scotsman. and the Edi•
bare. Reviewers w answer me, if they can.

In our piper of yesterday we gave a copy of the
dal statement of the Revenue far the year and the
quarter just expired. By this it appeared that the
Revenue of the year 1921. exceeded that of list year by•
830,000/. The duties on malt, leather and salt havismr
been reduced, a diminution of rcrenne arising from
these articles, was to be looked for, bat nut in others
as the redaction of the taxes on theurmight he esiotamet/2
to enable the consumer to make a more extensive' are t •
other taxed commodities. Titer • is, however, a falling
off to the amount of 84,0901. under the head of Customs.
where there was no such ground fur expecting a dimi-
nution ; bat the Mercantile world need be under no
conrern on that account, for the Co:tricr satisfies itself
that the commerce of the country has increased and is
increasing In our paper tcoday is an account of the
produce of the Excise Duties in time last year and last
quarter, and of that of the two preceding periods. On
comparing time 102 counts, a serious falling off will be
found under the head of Assessed 'f axes. Time owners
of the land begin to sytnpathise with the occupiers, and
are evidently compelled to reduce their establishments,
The reduction of the tax on Malt, has, as was expectee,
promoted the consumption of Britibli spirits and beer.
In the latter article there has been an inesease last year
to the amount of more than 176,04)0/ , and in the former
to above 306,0001. What the whole amount of the
comparative deficiency of the revenue may be, cannot,
however, at present be ascertained, as the balances in
the bands of the receivers are supposed to be less than
usual, and the receipts in the Treasury larger than
common at this sesson . of the year.

Lord F. Somerset is gone to Madrid, in consequence,
it issepposed, of strong remonstrances sent by this
country to Spain, on account of some seizures of ships
by that Government, whieb, in a haughty tone, they re-
fuse to release.
P'ubllc meetings are incontemplatiou, we understand..
io the counties of Kent and Surrey.
A Requisition has been sent to the High Sheriff of So-
', otersetshire, signed by upwards of thirty Magistrates.
desiring hint, previous to the meeting of Parliament. T.'
convene the county, to consider of petitions to both
Houses of Parliament, praying some alleviation front.
those unequal burdens which now press upon all tbo4,-
engsged in the cultivation of the soil, or arein any mari-
ner connected with the landed interest.—(Gloucest

iferald.)
hewers that some doubt exists whether Mr. Pel-
ham, the new member fur Shropshire, who recently beat
the Tory candidate. Mr. Child, is himself a Wbig Of a
Tory. The Hon. Gentleman has been claimed by hotly
parties, and we Wy the votes of Parliament to decide
the trertion.—(Mid.)
Friday. Sir Jews Mackintosh was Ma*Met Tau )).•
,office of the 1.0141 Rector of the University of Glasgow.
..Sir James and - his friends afterwards dined with, the
Principal Professors in the front Hall of the CoUeze.
Tie atmosphere was more leallesi,with dense endgame-
charged clouds on New-year's day, than has been known
fur many years. ..The cergyman' in Tynemouth
church, with difficulty got through divine service with
the aid of candles. •
We nneleretelid;' that in consequence of the brewers
being obliged to golf& England for barh y this sensor.
*wing to the inferior quality of our own growth, they
have made an increase on the price of table beer, to
Si. per anker, for ready money : and that they are to
give no discount is future.—(Aberdeen Joursal.)
Hants I..amirs.—Mr. ',rapping, of Fingland, parish of
Bowness, has six ewes of the Brarnbroshire breed, that
have veined eleven iambs between the IStb Dec. an 4
the 2d inst. which are nitre and healthy.
Tug LATE FROST.—The frost continued steady during •
Tuesday and Wednesday, and enabled the amatenrs of
skating to indulge themselves without intermission. The
weather has been uncommonly line, and the wind gene.
rally in the south. Skating and Curling Clubs assetn-
bled at Dnddingstor each morning, and were visited
by Oloreladiesthan we ever recollect to bare sees on the
ice. We regret to hear that a woman fell during the
coarse of Wednesday forenoon on the loch, and had her
arm breken. A military band was present. The ther-
mometer has never Even lower than 21
buret Star of Friday.)
1 he frost has shut up the communication by the Union
Canal. On Tuesday un attempt was made to clear the
passage by means of ao ice-boat, with ten horses, but it
was relinguisked after proceeding the length of than
second bridge, the ice proving too thick, and threaten-
ing, in breaking 1., to damage the banks.—((itid.)
A letter from Manbeim, dated Dec. 2f, states the
Neckar and the Rhine to be frozen over. No person
remembers the latter to have been so before, when the
cold was so ineonsiderable, it being only 10 or 12 tie,
greet of Reamur. This is owing principally to the shal-
lowness of the water.
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FIRE ON WATER. —On Monday last, 30th alt. Messy.
(:.and IV. Hilder, and 'l. . Mcbardsen, imeoropanied
by a few otti r gentle Men, Went on a dilating excursion
to Bodi..m, Sussex, where the ire was particniariv invit-
ing, and so strong, that for the novelty of the thing.
they agreed to make a Ere on it, and diclso ; soon after
which Mr. Derricks, who had just shot a mallard as it
was winging its way over the moat, came along, aid
I offered them the bird, if they would cook it on the icr,
and on this condition, the in,aliard was received, picked,
cooked, and eaten with high relish, in the presence of
many of the inhabitants of Bedlam. The culinary uteri-
sil used for the purpose was a Dutch oven.
The late thaw brought to our Levels large (bias of
geese, and various ..dher desrtiptions of wild fowl, which
gave great promise to our gunners ; but on taking their
stations at what is Called aught-lim' e they had the
mcr-
tification to hear the wings of the birds whistle at 34
altitude which bade defiance to the range of their st ot.
and very few were in consequence killed, or wounded
so as tole brought to b, g. The Snipe shooters have
been more successful, bat few, we believe. having had
cause to complain of the want of sport.—(/.sines Paper.)
The extreme serenite of the season cannot be better
exemplified than by the transcendent melody of th?
thrush, accompanied by a clto;r of little warld, r.
heard on the tlth inst. on the Mate of Mr. Scott.
Saughtrees, Itmcastle, one of the N. E. parishes of thy:
county.--i II the same eists ict, the winter wheats hart a
luxuriant sod flattering prospect. The Rinterine
stock in the aforesaid parish and adjacent di•trieti,
note ithstanding the huutiJity of the last two nionti
have been more fortunate than rsight have been unbo-
wed. the mortality amongst the white stork heingresy
• trivial; and, should the season continue as ealahriaet
f and congenial, as of late, no doubt can exist. of
Iproving advantageens to the hreeders.