The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-12-21 00:00:00

-

~~~

=

-

•

. .~"`"~

them into Scotland, and sohjecis them to

-.

'S; r;
a,

7

- ,

.a

tare of the Civil as well as Criminal Courts by a pro.
tracted, expensive, and calumnious Th.
John consider him an officer acting bona file, anti
no act of oppression with them, ever operate in ob.
taining a suitable redemption for the loss of their pro.
petty, or for the oppression of an unlimited confine.
meat. While the party concerned chooses to supply
him with private and latent information, there is no
end to the distresses of the accused, or reporatiota
(or the injuries sustained by him.

.

SCOTUS.

NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOINT.
IVRN74S.

The following Lieutenants base been promoted
to the rank of Commander:—lion. G. Barrington,
Alexander Borthwick, M. Stackpoole, F. Brace,
R. Boyle, W. J. Purchase, W. Grim., Bon. Fred.
rick Noel, and Wm. Richardson (a).
Captain Caulfield, Lieutenants 11. Price, R. Teed,
G. Pierce, and Joseph Pearse; Mr. Thomas Cole,
Purser, and the Rev. Mr. Ki►hy, Chaplain, have been
appointed to the Windsor Castle.
Lieutenants Cheseman and Goldsmith, and Mr.
Petre, Master, are appointed to the. Superb.
Capt. Martin White, recently advanced to the.
rank of Post Captain, is to continue in his employ of
Survey of the British and Irish Channels, in the
Shamrock ; a service he has hitherto performed wittt
incomparable skill and perseverance.

.

J

I

.1

CONSEQUENCES or rum L.4TE WAR.

The origin of the tate war was the hasty and peo
totem desire of Mr. Pitt to put down the efforts of
the Ffericts notion in their rigt:sful use of reistancct
to certain acts of unconstitutional despotism in the
Government of their country, it sour!' after settled
into a delprmilled hostility In 1);:e mat:, whose over-
throw was at last occasioned, more by his lie
lisle thirst of ambition, than by the FIT; I Die
e,
opposed to him. The Consistent erns Mrs by Eng-
land to assist in iris destruction, and sfrir a lona.,
arduous, and doubtful struggle, this man; our most
powerful foe. became our sopplisot •captire. and is
still our ptisoner on an insulated I oclt in the Atlantic.
The object iif the war was therefore obtained tseynnd.
Ilse reasonable expectation of the meat sanguine, but
the effects of it are indelible stamped, in the dis-
tresses of the People of England. The Minister who
sounded the trump, and lighted the blaze of wits
sunk iota his grasp, exclaiming, as it is said, " Ott
Say country," when that country was compare.'
lively happy and Nourishing ; he left, as a legacy,• a
set of Statesmen, bred in his school of arrogance and
precipitancy,—the war was continsed (except for qt
short interval) on his " immortal principles," it!di
terminated in the adoption of those principles to'fhe
fullest extent, by forcing an unpopular family on the
throne of France.

1

At '1

, '

0

England has obtained, by her groat success, an ac-
cumulation of debt, the interest of which she cannot
pay. Peace, which formerly produced her the choice
blessings of prosperity and happiness, has found her
impnverkhed and miserable; taxes collected by ad.
ditional eneroion,—Ponrs' Kites swelled to a fright.
ful estent,—a metallic currency substituted by au in.
flux of paper,—general wealth, *thing from the file
produce of labour, and the legitimate sowers of mer-
cantile transactions, has disappeared, and magnificent
fortunes speedily obtained by those who base dabbled
in the Debt, have resulted in its stead ; in short, po-
i verty to the many, and riches to the few, is the
frightful and alarming consequence of a victorious
war. The hscknied argument, that our distress was
! temporary, and solely occasioned by the sodden
change from war to peace, is now disproved beyond
the possibility of doubt, three years experience is
sufficient for the more sceptical, and we must now
look, prospectively to see what the wisdom of the Mt*
Parliament, with the old Ministers, wilt devise, to
amuse the People into a belief that, although now
cheerless and desponding, they will soon be happy
and comfortable. For many years past the Nation
has been accustomed to a fine flourishing theory, and
WP dee no reason to doubt, but that Mr. Vansittart
will adopt, or rather continue, this practice of de-
lusion, which his predecessors so unwisely main.

The Ministers of Finance, for many years past,
have constantly referred to Capel-Court far proofs of
the flourishing state of the country; the facility of
raising money there, and the price of the Public
Funds, have triumphantly been adduced as positive
evidences of the prosperity and riches of the coun-
try, when, if any thing were wanting to make the
absence of real wealth moreapparent, it would be
the multifarious transactions of that place ; the
greater, or at least, a very large portion of the PA-
tic, are become jobbers in the Fonds, and the soil of
the country, the original source of all true wealth,
has ceased to claim their attention. This is altogether
an artificial state of things, and requires no common
share of wisdom to guard against the evils that may
result from it, till England can make her revenue
equal to her expenditure, the public creditor is not
safe, and if this is difficult to accomplish in peace,
what is to become of our finances in war ?

The whole of the horses, the property of the Isle
Qutem, ere to be removed to the King's Mews from
Windsor, for the purpose of being sold.
Coax Esctia ant, Dec. 4l.—There was a good supply of
Wheat ibis marking, but dull tale at a reducti..a or 9 a. from
last Monday's prices.—Fine English Barley I*. cheaper.—Gab,
Beans, at.ii Pea, 2., lower.—ln other articles no alieration.
Wheat (English) .... 70 78 Grey Peas 66 72
New ditto
Ditto (Foreign) .... 70 84 Old do. . .
Rye 54 56 lick do 37 40
Barley 64 69 (Oats
New limed*. .. .
Malt 64 6t) Poland d 0..... ...0. S 9 36
Waite Peas 46 52 I Feed do 92 34
New ditto.... ...... Fine Flaw 6O 611
Ditto Boilers .... ..... 64 68 Seconds......
SMITHFIELD MARKET. Ditc. 21.
To sink the Otral, per stone 41 Blts..
Seer ... C. Od. to bs. 4d. i Head nt Cattle this dot •
denim . ss. ud. to 6s 4d. Beasts
Veal ... 6. 81. to is. Od. Sheep acid Lambe
1
Pork .. 64. Od. In 6s. 8.1. Calves l6O
Lamb.— Os. 0.1. to Os tit. pi"
HAY-MARKET.
Hay ... ~ 51. Os. Od. t b 31. 00. Od.`
Clore? .... 61. Os. Od. to 91.1 • el.
• Straw .... 31. 10,. Od. to SI. es. . .
. . ..ill