The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

Of all the classes of people in this country you
appear to me to have been, and still to be, thqvnost
misguided, as to all questions of politics, and espe-
cially as to the important question of peace, or war.
I will now do my best to enable you to, judge cor-
rectly upon this subject, as far, at least, as your in-
terests are more immediately connected with it.
Your great characteristic is anxiety for the safety
of your property ; but, though self.preservation is
the first of nature's laws, and though, in general,
men who are alive to little else, are extremely alive,
and even very skilful, In cases where their own iur
terests are at stake, you do not appear to me to
perceive bow your interests have been, or how they
will be affected by war.—You entertain, a sort of
vague apprehension, that, unless Napoleon be de.
strayed, you shall have your property taken away.
You look up to the Government, that is, in your
wise of the word, to the Minister for the time
being, a; the 4uardisn of your. property. Hence
you are always found on their side on the question
of war, or peat*. if they say war, you are for
far: if they say peace, you -are for peace.
Ott the subject of the Cores Bill, you were against
the Ministers ; because that was a question, as you
thought, involving no danger to your property. But,
le het, you were more iaterestest in the passing of
Ithe Corn Bill than any other claw of ,the commu-
nity a and, in explaining this seem] t paradox to
in,the easiest way, Introduce the re-
•airkrwitich t propose to make with ifgard to the
elect, which war has upon the quality. of your
property, sod upon your chances of eittarity, or in•
security.
What you most desire is, to km the interest of

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. - —-- ment, surrounded by hostile armies, though . is
your stook regolarly paid in full, and to prevent
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cect with an invasion by a million of men iki ' '1 ' 05 ! •
any ineecority to • your capital. Your interest is E.
arms, and thin, h millions of money are employed% '- ' "'' '" '' •
paidatniost wholly, and, indeed, entirely, by the' in all probability,g to excite dissensions in her cities • ' '-' II •-• ' -7,":___,_ •.--
land. You will start and swell here, and ask who- ,and eetitteet.a
lave you ever seen the matter to ITATT°N.PARPE7I'—aaaterI°Y Witham. 15;"afilill- ''
Pm commerce and manufactures, and trades, and ..._. P. 1. ) r . I. dit,e , venerable loOking men, about 80. years of age, bar...,
Ems light he ore • Is it not time, then, or y o •
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professions, pay nothing ?—Yes, they do; but.l•hooin to think ? ing much the iiistwarante of it cleegyeast, dressed In'
I ~a.esamt sass
they pay .precisely in proportion to the prosperity of '
.._ .'t's Such is the state, to which you bale been redosati 1 a a.- .r•-• 4 hincii's wilthlifs ho'hiNmirdeilliitWatt
111114110itSVS. That ,is to say, in proP"tion t° t" 'by the" Great Statesman now" no more," and his' Pat. t°tte° 41°71 'tilltiOd'4/ Marl Alin, et""lfeer
bid& of prices. U the land, out of which all the
successors of both factions. Such is the price that Geer"! SpeaCer, .broker, of 48, Red Lion-street, ,
1004 receive their increase, and all the farmers Holborn, .witb.felonieusly stealing a mahogany tea-
you have paid for your support of those men and their •
wig all the tabottrers receive their profits and
measures. Such is the fruit of those wits, which . cad.dy, worth half-a•guines. t
eitele• wages,. 4 ield little, little cau all these pay : a-00*mi,, on enquiry, that tbe Prisoner was
you were told Were to secure-you in the enjoyme‘t I It
to tiadesmen and manufacturers, little will be the from near Cromer, ill Norfolk, and was a reduced.;
of your property ; wars, which ended In plating tlite
P rofits of commerce- - and of professions. When months upon the Throne bf gentleman, of respectable connections, who, from* !
BoUrbons, for eleven
wheat was twenty. shillings a bushel, the landlord state of 1103004 X, through" Mb. vichatodes of for.
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France; in restoring the Pope" , the Jesuits, end tie
and the farmer had three times as mach money to
Inquisition ; and in erecting Holland and Hanover "eat was brought tea state of indigence. When
jay out as they have now. Hence the prtsent uni- apprehended by the coostable, end searched, he bed
into kingdoms; wars, the success of Which you hire
versa) out-cry violet the dulness of trade; hence the net the value of a single halfpenny in his pockets.—
numerousjoi in celebrating !
bankruptcies; hence the stagnation of coo- -Whilst 'Reeding at the bar, be was so overcome by
, But now, if such have been the effects of war
inerce and manufactures. his feelings, that he appeared rather like an inani-
' upon your
theftsropertyfact, you, who hod
Though, therefore, I agreed most cordially with mate being, being deprived of the power of utter.
estates in nds in 1792, have lost more than the
you in your opposition to the Corn Bill, the grounds num. Every person in the Office commiserated his
half of those estates, what are you all to aspect is
of our opposition were very different, indeed. I misfortunes, and tine Magistrates were feelingly
knew, that a Corn Bill was necessary to enable the
the consequences, to you, of another war? I shellmisfortunes,
touched with his situation, but their dory was impe-
lay out f`f account all the possible dangers from a
land to pay the sum of taxes demanded by the Go- rative; in shot, all present felt for him. Some
stoppaos ,f the Sinking Fund, or any ether deasure,
'aliment ; but I wished the sum of taxes to be di- persons in the .oillee hinted that the Prosecutor and
, to which necessity might drive the Minister for tire
milliebod. You %Fished to have Corn cheep, inn being;•time 1
'Mall suppose thstlBo dangee binoviler be. might withdraw. and settle matters, bet this the .
the sum of taxes not to he diminished. These arise
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00 by Prosecutor absolutely refused, on which the unhappy :
from internal commetien
two together wertitlihuote-Thlte Vie
_taiAbe Yre or war; bet, I Most bassumt; 1108."1- GPtti lemons was soletorted from the bar, and ooilleit-
and they cannot, , - If anti at' think, • •
you will allow the assumption to be 'co-teect
7 red for soother examination to-morrow- 17-, , 1
any time, what security you have for your pro-
that the thing will, at least, go on as it has del UmlosonAcs..—A respectable young lam was
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perty, do you not always answer, that your seen- brought before
.Mr. CHAsatits, charged by a mer-
and, of course, that your estates in the funds "MI
rity is en the land of the nation ?—Do you not say, daily grow of less aid less value china 1a the Borough, with whom he had lived some ,
the mass of debt is augmented. s s;ou are quite sore, in proportion is Hamm Cloak, with forging two Bills of Eaclitiose
gaged to you ?—This is a great mistake; for, it is that war will augment this • d be fa Theelarsl)l*•sum'
only the revenues which are mortgaged to you ; but, I. Prisoner denied the charge, and said if time
not your voices against war, on the ,
to obviate all difficulty upon this score, take it for
appear to bedisappointed, that blood fret
granted that zrou have a bona fuk mortgage upon allbeen drawn. •i„ •.- should be.abls to sooviiice the Magistrate of Ms in-
the land in England. Can it, then, be your lute- . . ' -.on- -
The certainty that your estates will Continue to norliwirt•-, • i'. *
rest, that the land should be unable to pay your an.
melt
awn
y as they have melted}, as, one would ,
nual demands ?—The land, upon your own princi- . SAMAR& • I,
quite sufficient to make you deprecate the renewal,of ' dao.;e't •-at I -vet rd•boi sid. m•
pie, is partly yours. Can you, then, be gainers by , .rmso4y,re mg
war.- Having lost 50 guineas out of every. 90 guineas Lifts"'"
its produce being depreciated ?—A certain farm,
that you possessed in 1792, in the first restoration of , e Q'rea-street Pacoluill-loP•944111, was su
for instance, pays a hundred a-year towerds
year • the Bourbons, one would • think, 'that yol would miinced op information !or a,quantity.c4. bread very
annual demands. If produce fall so low as to dig- "tept in, weight.,
send some alum found. on his
dread a second " success" of the kind es yod would
able this farm from paying you more than fifty doeretnites. There ;cep? 24 quartern items, some 4,
dread the hour of death. The late vier lasted 20
,poutols a-year, how are you to be paid your diet -
years, e'zilit sive of the peace of Amiens. Another -iiihtltnt..aauting !il•Pa'.'ea ~and threii":"rters; 11 half"
deeds in full ?—Hence, it is clear, that the Corn . one wanting tel, ounces and a quarter;
lo yearsl of war, at the same rate, would take away !'‘u4tra-- ru'
Bill was more for your protection than for the pro- the reiiiiiiiing -it) guineas. So that, even in case of . plc! le twopetitty, yeey.short, but much .burnt; the!
tection of the farmer, who really. eats and drinks of penurilyliole deficiency ens 140 ounces and an ball. The;
a second'" success," you would be without a the blame. on his : but the Magis4l
his own produce. Your expeuces
.of living would .
Bat, it iti not thus that tbp thing would travel. Thgt,.,l4,:!"that any negligence could oe-
keep pace with (he price of the pride*, of the land. _stones that tolls down a hill,. everi 'if the surface 1244-170-do-n-soclftcrig• not
rgce admit
deficiency. To mark. their
In the end, the thing might be the same; but, if smooth' gOislirifter and 'Witter
.as it approaches Al
one-half of our dividends was deducted, on se- lissom of it l, they should convict in the penalty of
bottom '•
ea, if" it meet with robs la *its way, i 1:r Dance; and their judgment on the alum
count of the fall in the price of produce, you would bounds ..,
and to its velocity till, Ft last it comes, tali i' a.:1,11.
soon discover, that a Corn Bill, or any other such
single jump, like a ball front the canno'n's mouth. SO ;.1".‘..7' - deferred to abide the baker's future con-
measure, was more for your security than for that of it luq!—Pettelty and costs 241. 10..
it will be; because, so, from the nature of things,
the farmer. i :friday, the 19th inst. William Crowson the
. must be with funded property, it we now enter on 4 of
Bet, what is it, which has rendered high pricesicf_. war of any considerable duration.
have out driver the hackney-coach, No. 1081, was con.
tided by the Commissioners in the penalty of 201.
necessary to your security ?—WA R. War, renaca i To be satisfied of the truth of this, you ha
has augmented the taxes on the land, to be able to i which he paid, for exacting 3s. for driving Mr.
• - `to look at what has taken place in other countries.
St. James's-street, from his house to
pay those taxes, must now have a high price for its i Where there have been funding systems and at thipl. ""ere of 53'
produce. War, therefore, has been your great sues k
increasing force of the Debt in England.' Since the; "Mancliestet•-square, on the 9th inst. The fare is
sty, and not the landlords and farmers, as you have funding system began, we have had seven wars.— Is. 86' which to avoid trouble Mr. Glover ordered
been taught to suppose.
, his span-servant to pay him at his door in St. James's*
The debt created by each war is as follows :
To go no farther, therefore, .you, above all peo- 14 war, tibia ended in 169/ £21,00).000 sf ' . - The servant did not attend his master to
pre, ought to regret the renewal of war. You cry . 21 War, which hegliii io 1;02 uo,si ow . natlster-square, so Jarvis thought he might try
3il War, Don. 1739
out against those who ate opposed to war; you cc- 48,i (IWO , or,aninber Is. 6d. which he did and would sot leave;
-4th War, Dino 175E3 52it109.0'Q "
cuse them of seditious, and almost, of treasonable -gsh war, Dim, 1775 -- la nmona ••• , e. 1.1111 he pat , him again, saying the servant did
motireoYou call them enemies of hot and of sods' •• ~ i -eth War, Din.. 17e3 297:000,00 sot 00, -him. tie denied the job altogether; but un-
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7th W LK, Ditto DIOS
413A090,0 , tostlinetely for him,ll4i. Glover swore to his Person
order. And for what? Because you look upon wee
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against Napoleon as necessary to the security of ! '•' a 3€994000,000 ! . lis Welt as hit.number. '
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your property; when the fact is, as I will, alert pro-1 There are, pert), p5,.,30 or 40 millions of floating'. Ma eiretar-efqpiii,..
;:Yesterday John, /foodwas fun.,
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seal to show, that war has been, and must iiii,ruin- ►
;debt, besides the amount of the arrears of the last corinnitted*fut:, itiOty the EfORD MAYOR, charged
ous to that property, which, though no part has been Mar, so that about eight years of war would, in all ! with steedies a Orcel from the White • Horse Inn,
violently seized on; which, though you have still human probability, bring the debt to 1600 millions, I which bed coma thereby* Manchester waggon.
continued to receive your dividends to the full est- at which point it *Geld render the funds possessed COUNTERFEIT ToKENS.
tnitial amoont, has imperceptibly pissed sway' from in 1792 winth nothing at all. But, the Nog would I l'hemee f!litlfains Wis'eharged by a City Officer
you to the amount of more than en, ball, of what hardly proceed; it would hardly get along, at any with uttering counterfeit Ss. pieces, and committed
you really possessed in the year 1792. Your pro. rate, to this length. An additiod of :three, or four !for further elimination'. '•
perty has passed from your possession in two ways: hundred millions, is, probably, as much as it would'
~ ' FOR4Ett, It" AND FRAUD.
first in point of credit, or the value of the
,capital ; bear, before the whole thing would -be blown,oe ; i Johnlcicksoiunderwent Militia! examination, and
sod neat, as to the currency in which the interest is 'for, by that time, the price of the guinea would be ' was folly' committed, he being tharged'with defraud-
paid. This will clearly appear from the following
,so.high, and the alarm would become so first, on ; lug' different personiof money given him to purchase
statement of the price, the settled peace price, of yea' KA; (hoe jino, would ,sell your stack tit iny tfink, tntome of
,Wltritit he gave forged receipts.
aliree per cent. stock during the peace, previous to the :Price, till, at last, 4era
,vegeld be nobody ct 'Fur- ---- --- ----
first war against the Republicans of Frage, and of Alba". • , • • ' ' MARRIED.
toe sohsequent peace prices. -• ousel 4 •• ' e, • '
- not this the' afield of yes.riottaiert ' ' 116 kat' Ur' Ibb4" StePbens"' at CanktieWeil• t°
i.i .ii • •Y • 1.10-Ackephnse it Owlet, ascionl daughter of the lam Daniel
id lin. before the war asalact ember; the steady peace --,.1i there any one -of xiiii, whirl Wlffeitt his face ' Itabanci,E.n. of llooonermsitb,
price nl the Three per Cents. was - •09' • • • be;
n liogionst-t . fact, vihich j keei 4,004. t. If wars *-- • ___
Dorioc the 'Peace of Amiens in MX was . . . . •
Afire- Ow Peace of Paris, in 1914, it was - fie laver gone on adding 'tn. the ,debt-. Ofne 4441 inst. hlrk. An,
This statement exhibits the fall 111 the value of the manner,' why should not'llie sortie hiltri: 41111111? 'Ham"v
412 Willa,
capita); the fall in the .value Of any estate in the --If the value of, yoprl floater "? . Allem itt
funds. That which was worth 951. in 1792, was the proportion of froM,R4lo.4o,Auring'ilts a:raison
worth only 771. -in 1801, and only "6111. in 1814. of 790 millions of Debt' 'sill 'not atiother's. or, 600
t,
But, far is this view .of the matter short of the tear. Millions take eveity the 'isliole of your estitirsi ff you

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