The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-23 00:00:00

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poppor ng taco junior Lords of the Admiralty, and two
instead of one sinecure under the high sounding name
of Postmaster-general. Mr. MoggriJge con-doffed by'
radio' soil moving a series of Resolution, and petitions
to both Houses, all of whirl, excepting the 4th, were
unanimously adopted with loud cheers. -To part of thi-
4ili resolution, Sir 11. Protheroe snored an amendment,
the purport of which was to petition also for additional
corn latex or protecting tintiea, whereby a tax might be
imposed on corn. S;e: imported, equal to the difference
in taxes and tithes which the British farmer groaned
under when compared with the foreign farmer, and a
very animated debate took place thereon, which we re-
gret exceedingly our limits will not allow us to report.
Sir H.Pitorn ZRO e,after complimenting Mr.Moggridge
for the manner in which he bad opened the business of
the day, and for the very able and eloquent speech '
which he had concluded, declared his entire concurrence
therein, excepting only as to that point referred to in
his amendment. He also expressed his apprehension of
the uselessness of petitioning, and comm-eted, with just
effect, on the conduct of Lord Orenville Somerset, in re-
I gird to the last county petition.
Mr. THOMAS. of St. Alban's, and Mr. Lewis, of St.
Pierre, spoke in support of Sir 11. Protherne's amend-
ment; end the Vicar of Abergsvenny and Mr. Lewis,
of Lantillo, as strongly advocated the original resolu-
tion, which on a divisson was carried on a majority of
four to one.
On the succeeding resolution being separately read,
Sir H. Protheroe suggested whether a chain, for protec-
tion to the farmer against the netithed and untaxed corn
of the foreigner could not lie inserted, to which Mr.
Moggridge said unquestionably; that his sole objects
in what he had proposed were to redress the preseut
grievances of the servant and landlord, and to afford
them both an effectual, solid, and permanent protection:
but he objected to this beitig attempted by more corn
I laws. He readily assented to the claim for protection in
the general terms proposed by his worthy friend, and
hoped the meeting would have no objection to its being
engrafted in the words proposed by fir H. Protheroe oar
the resolution he (Mr. M) had tendered; which was
done accordingly, and stands part of the fourth rue-
lotion.
The Vicar of Ahergavenny then rose, and in a most
animated speech characterised the Sinking Fund, as
Statesmen call it, as a measure of mockery, delusion, and
oppression, designed really and only for the purpose of
swelling the enormous profits of jobbing capitalists, and
of bolstering up the fundhohler, already filled almost to
repletion at the expense of the property of the owners
and occupiers of land, by the sacrifice of the interests of
the country at large, and of affording the means of be-
ginning another war wheoever the caprices of Ministers
might so incline them, or the Holy Alliance call for
their aid in suppressing continental liberty. In a tone
of impassioned eloquence the Reverend Speaker called
upon the landlords, the clergy, the yeomanry, and the
tenantry of the country to tome forth to vindicate their
own cause and the cause of the eonntry, and to save
themselves, if possible, from impending ruin. His Re-
solution was greeted with the loudest cheers, and se-
conded by Mr. Moggridge, who expressed his heartfelt
concurrence in what had been so ably and effectually
advanced by his excellent friend. The resolation paned
unanimously, and the purport of it was inserted in the
petition to the House of Coinwns. The earnest thanks
of the meeting were also unanimously voted to the gen-
tlemen who had gigged the requisition, and a resoletion
passed that Earl Orey be requested to present the peti-
tion to the Lords, and Sir C. Morgan and Lord Gran-
ville Somerset that to the toininons, and that the mem-
bers for the county be desired to support the prayer
thereof in Pa:Hawes,