The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-09 00:00:00

'b'HM. StATKSMAN.

To the EUM7II .f TUE ST.IIIBSMAN.

Sta—The Pmclamation for assembling the
Spanish Cortes (to use a common expression) has,
in my opinion, conic a day after the fair. Bet as
some of the passages have struck me very forcibly,
Ind as I think they are applicable to the pre■eat
situation of this country, I have transcribed Am,
in hopes you will re-publish them in year pa.
biotic Paper. The application of the gaseeedues
is so evident they hardly require any case -u ;
shall, however, make an uhser►ation or two on
each passage, as I write it, and I trust that the
extracts I shall make will serve as a theme to
y.wurself and other more able writers than I am,
to enlarge upon, and re-publish at intervals, till
sentething is done to remedy the existing abuses
in the Government, which abuses, if not put a
stop to, must produce the same ruinous eons*
qttences which are now deplored in Spain.

SeA2III•RDS!...-11y a cnsabiaation of events as singular as
fortunate, it has berme-deed to Pnividenee, that is this ter-
ribly crisis you shall oat advance a step Inwards independence
with rat likewise advnacing one towards liberty."
QUERY :—Do not Ministers themselves tell us
that our very independence, as a nation, is threat.
ened ? If, therefore, domestic liberty is the
road which leads to independence, should nut we
see, if any encroachments have been made, on our
liberties atid rights, by any acts that may have been
passed, daring the present reign ; and if any acts
shot.ld befound to have been passed, subversive of
our liberties and rights, should not they be re.
pc...tied, and the authors of them (if living) be
brought to a proper account etillecriiitig ththn ?
" The Central Junta was installed, and its first care was to
announce to you, that if Ilse expulsion of the enemy w is the
tir•t object of its attention. the interior and permanent feli-
city of the State was the princip.il in iutportance: to leave
it plunged into the dime of nbii-es% proposed for its own ruin
by aria teary prim cr. n fluid have been iu the eyes of your pre-
sent Gorman:mt. a crime as etsoruious as to deliver you into
the Isunits of lionuptute, therefore when the turbulence of
nar permitted. it call:4'110 resound in your ran the moue of
purr (:iirtt., which to a- bate Imes the bulwark of Cavil Li-
berty and tat: Throne of National Majesty."

QULItY :-11 to leave a nation plunged in the
flood of abtisub is " a crime as enormous as to
deliver it into the hands of Bonaparte," is nut
the call imperiuu, upon the English nation to put
a stop to that torrent of abuses, nhieh is, and has
for a long tune been, bearing down all bef ire it.
" But the Junta liad expressly declared to the Nation,
that it, tint attention would be oerupied with the number,
mode, ani claw, with which the meeting of this august as-
sembly in the present situatibn of atttir., should be cAtried
into edict, and after this defile:llion, it is quite 'operations,
out Ins.'s' malice sus. in sevect ih..t future Cortes ore to be
etuditstil to the rigid and exclusive forms of our ancient ones.
Ye,, Spo.iards ! )oer are going to have year Cones, and the
mamma represeination will in thews be as perfect mud full, as
it can cod ought be in an assembly of such high importance
and eniiiii-at

We hart, iu the above extracts, been shewn, the
causes of the dimesl of the Spanish nation, and
been told, by those whom misfortune has made.
wise, the only means to raise a fallen state, viz. a
ri.sturation of liberties aad rights, a reform of all
abuses, and a full and fair representation of the
People in Parliament,
Let us, fur ouce, profit by the ezpi.rience of
nthiss, and before it is too late, save the Nutting
fabric of the British Constitution, and with it our
threatened country, by a timely recurrence to the
means pointed oat ; which, if deferred, even for a
few months, will, I fear, as has been the case in
Spain, be rotated to, too late.
I am, Sir,
Your very obedient servant,
A CONSTANT READER.

4GttitUL7VRE.

—rob.
DRAYTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
At the annual ineetisig held at the Talbot Inn,
Drayton, on Thursday, the Milt of November,
Sir j 91114 11111,But. President; Bev. Ofitey Crewe,
Vice-President.
The claims of the several candidates for pre.
whims were considered, and the following di.
ruled to be paid :
To Mr. J. B. Harding, fur the brit dairy of diefte, Surer
ay
e John Watkin, dal-labourer, fur 47 yews'
setrice - - ----- L. S 9 0
Yu Joho corield, few 37 year. ditto - 2 V u
To Robert Hams, data°, fur bringing up a fa-
alt. (lV children) - - - - 3 3 0

The match between 0. Crewe and W. Jellicoe,
the former to :hew a one, two, and three-years'
old hult.bred Merino wcther sheep against three
New Leicester', of the same sort and ages, fur
two guineas ; Mr. Crewe received the forfeit, one
of Mr. Jellicoe's sheep having unfortunately died.
This match is continued fur two more years.

KELSO, Dec, S.
Sir John Seinelair, the President of the Board
of Agriculture, has been spending some days in
this neighbourhood, in completing his Survey of
the improved districts in Scotland.
He commenced his examination at Fleur:, and
visited some fine farms on the estates of Rol.
burgh and Mackerston, in particular Redden,
possesses! by Mr. Nisbet, of Mersington, and some
farms occupied by Mr. Walker, of Wooden,
Mr. Niaiker, of Mellingdean, and Mr. Bogartli,
of Haymount. lie afterwards proceeded to Mr.
Robertson's, of Ladykirk, so celebrated for his
management of stuck, as well as the cultivation
of arable land, and then spout the day with Mr.
Low, of IVoodefill, whose skill in valuing is so
universally acknowledged.
After examining a well-cogstreeted set of offices
at Mersington, he then proceeded to Sir John Rid-
dell's extrusive improvements in the upper part
of Roxburghshire, and returned on Friday, to at.
tend the weekly market held here, where he had
an opportunity of meeting with several intelligent
farmers, some of whom were invited to meet him
neat day, at Sir James limes Ker's, previous to
his return to Edinburgh.
At Sir Julin Sinclair's desire, some experiments
are trying here, to mix the bearded spring wheat
with new wheat, instead of the wheat of the pre-
ceding year, so hich is not always to be had, par-
ticulat ly whets the former crop is deficient.
Thelearded spring wheat is of a hard and dlnty
quality, and will Frobably be found an excellent
mixture with new wheat, which alone, is in gene-
ral too soft fur grinding ur baking well, till it has
stood sonic tune in the amok.