The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-03-29 00:00:00

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SATUIIDAY EVEN I NO; MARCIi 29, 1823.

BOURBON-WAlt. •
The' French papers ;milt beyond all tioubt, that the
story of a conspiracy in tits French army, aas inveetk
by the stock jobbing press in London. The traders in
this press gained some pounds by it. we dare say. The
good of the joke is, that the lie will still go op unrcoara-
dieted by them; and, their readers will coolie no ;o think
that there is a conspiracy in the French army l We hare
read the French papers attentively ; 'and, as far as.we can
judge from them, the Bourbon., are likely to meet with
no hinderance from the people of Francc.—We have seen
gentlemen who have recently been in France. They
assure us, that we have, during the last five month.,
been very accurately describing the feelings of that peo-
ple with regard to England and the tear. Our stock-
jobbing press disfigures erery thing. In short, it lies. The
people of France know, that the war is, in fact, against
England; and they harbour against her those feelings
which they have bad ever since the year ISIS, when the
English entered France as the Allies of the French Yu-
lion, and when they dealt nith the pictn.ics and statues!
There are none but the political gossips, who bring over
accounts of the diseontents of the French people. Many
of them may dislike the Bourbons ; but, they dislike tits
English more. The idea of our stock jobbing press is
this: that the French pimple ought to destroy the Bour-
bon., because the Bourbon.; are pulling down our fends,
and are about to curtail our posters! Why should tlti
people of France destroy the Bourbons fur this? The
Bourbon-Government is spoken of as a despotism. Its.
it what it may, we imposed it on the French. But, if
that Government be a " despotism" we should like to
know what ours is! Yet, the French people and pros
do not call upon us to destroy our Government. We have
challenged time Morning Chronicle to show, that the
French are less free than we are. If it dare not accept
• oar challenge, with what face does it call upon ns to be-
lieve, that the French people must desire to overthrow
their Government's '

THE CURRENCY.
A Public Meeting has been held at Bakerell, is
Derbyshire, for the purpose of considering the const-
ipates of the INsh,Measu res. A M►. Joha Barker was
li`the Chair, and a stateleent was read by a Mr. lames
Taylor, anti ordered to be printed, and sent to the
Members of the Million Committee and to the Noblemen
and Gentlemen. This statement recommends the fol-
lowing measures to the consideration of Parliament:
" lat.—That Bank of England Notes be made a legal tea-
der, for all payments of the value of Oue Pound and up-
" wards.
" 2ndly.---That the Bank be required to pay their notes
"on demand, la gold, at the market price. AM in order to
" aseertain the market price,—
" 3rdly.—That the Bank be required to give perindicsl
" notice of the price at which they would sett their sotesjor
" gold, or give gold for their notes, or receive gold in pay-
" meat for the various securities lying in their hands.—
"Such notice to continue in force till the stated period for
" its renewal.
" And &thly.—l conceive it would be found beneficial to
" art the parties interested, that the present mint should be
" the minimum to which the market price shall at any time
" descend.—So that Foreigners, as well as Englishmen,
" weight always calculate with certainty upon a Severe:!/a,
"or 3 dwts. 3 grains of standard gold, heisig. west, sae-
" quote to the payment of one pound Eng,i.h."
That is all! Simply that f Just a return to paper-mo-
ney ; but, not such paper-money as we bed Wore; for,
we can assaro Mr. Taylor, that it would now be el-
sipsatc—Mr. Taylor is afraid, that the qnantity of the
currency will dinainieh after the Ist of May; that is to
say, when the Country Bankers shall be compelled to
give gold in exchange for their notes ! We are but at
all afraid of it. We know, that such diatittoti mut
take place. But, we think it a good thing. We 1!110+►,
that it will augment the gains of the tax reet►ocrs, the
mortgagees, the ctanttilanl lof all descriptions ; and, er
courses we know, that it will hasten the transfer of the
estates from the hare-and-pheasant gentry! We cannot
think of the Game Laws and of the It' ewe Law cf Tres.
pais, withoutreeling inexpressible delight at the eTerts
of Peel's Bill. If any man can read the exposition its tits
Register of this day, and not wish to see wheat at half as
crown a bushel, he must be in his very heart a tyrant...-.
Let Sir Jamei Mackintash say what be Will, cheap
wheat is the only reel softener of the criminal code.. We
have laughed at Mr. RICARDO'S plan for dividing'tke
parks aad estates: but, we cannot look at the laws, of
which we have just been speaking, without wishing to
or his plan adopted, and that quickly tosh—The late

rite in prices (now gone off, mind) gass new.bopes to
the top•bput and leather breeches brood. They thought
that the" days of Pitt were coining again ! It was.
alas! only what the nurses call "a lightening beforo
death:' just a little blaze previous to the going oat
of the candle !