The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-05-31 00:00:00

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The Com Mains came this use rnieg to a derision,
*hit+, with the eset Otos tif the agricultural body.
will create the •tleqt-t alarm throughout the nation.
'I he Lye rletertnined that a Selet•t Commidee shall
be appointed to etinsiiier the 'elitism% of lan:lts-A altar,
at a time whets the distress which exists in the cone
menial and Matinbeturisig el:teems is arknowlellged tin
all aide*. far to eytTed that which presses on land eta-
tiVators. Hari the question Leen fur an inquiry into
the general stale of the country, with a view of :IN:ly-
ing retne.lles to 4 ye ry branch in which they were want-
ed. the issue woo id, no doubt, have beets nidely
timent! Ver, as the tibieet would have been evidently
proper, it %you'd, on that eery aecoitiit. have Piet with a
more deierreiiieil wia vigorous uppositi front au
alarmed blinistly. . lu tbe present justifier ttey eeriginly
resisted Mr. Mame St ‘INFICS motif:Ai, RS not only unneces-
sary bet mist hietuss r and y et. with a degree of nrnhi t.
shirk in cern exerei. turd wilding can hardly pass lot PR!.
: thine else thin rouniranre, they suffered a majority of 40
totem a point %%Melt they bad proclaimed to be most inju-
rious to the interests of Ihe eonntry ! question of the
Corn Laws' n thus momentarily re-opened, and when our •
stars int! popidatit n are hurried on to arts of outrage and I
insiwrection by the pressure of treat and misery, instead
of Ike relief to a Idch they Are entitled—instead of the bread I
wt iris they cannot prneure. by almost super-human labonr,
for their wises end children. they are to hate their sufferings !
increased. if it be possit•le. and famine made their companion
through lift. or their bastener to the gra% e. by a new Corn
ltin to pre% vet the import:ilea or foreign grain. and keep
rap tAr kjoh rod.. el rim/. F.,. lit the truth be told, the
present question has been agitated for ti 4 tither par- .
poses The object hes been but ill conteded; it plereee
throrrgh et ery disguise. Far are se from 'maintaining
ilia:. in a time of general distress, the sericulture] interest
does ni.'•,:liare a portion of the public sufferings. Equally •
far are rte tetra a isbing to withhold relief from those far-
mers who really wan! it. Let them hate relict, but let it be
proper aid dirtier. Let it no' proceed from a Legis:aii% e
enactment. which a ill only reunite their !milieu to throw it •
upon classes mil! less able to sustain its weight. and a illseb-
ject them, in its stead. to disgust and detestation. Lei the re.
ineily tow from the legitima c quarter. a roreplioneconthepart
.f fdrir lendluraz with tAr tire:mi.:outer and nem:dirt ;
of the tines. Let, in toct, sae ar.nertn. This is the
only panacea fur agriculture, and its application has been
ti o long delayed. Rents were raised, iu common withetPry
other kind of property, to an tweeters! height dining the .
war. Ere) it other Lad of property has since declined:
they base remained the sane. The force of circumstances.
after Inuerine other interests, now begins to operate 'Ton
than, and it is to prevent their sharing the t(r7111110/1 fate, that
the present cry is set sip. Ho is this just ? 14 it honest? Why
shouldtiericulturisis 1414.11 e be rentieled invulnerable by the I
!Alban i ? Why should they hot be Kart-red. tile trade and
manufactures, to battle with times and events, and to find
their own I.tel! In a State like ours, all interests must be
protected 'sir soar. Verniers obtained in ISIS whet end-'
passed hielr hopes, and was hertily Mir to oilier intetes.4 ;
vet they now ins Unit it has been of no use to them, and swine
fnrtrend rcr niaitioual protection. 11'e should charge them
wltb oubletshine insatiableness. if we were not confident that !
they hate been deluded by the land-ownert, who have pushed
Cent forward to effect emir own purposes. and at the same
time eoneeal their voracity. Let the farmers be costs ineed that I
the additional protection tildes they are made to claim,
would only lie a proieetiou against a *Reduction of flexile on I
the part of their Landlords. I.et their eyes be at last ,
opened t Thr last decisive etritgirle is commented. If the
Legislatere interfere. reads acid Seized at their preleta
rate jar ever. If thr Corn Laws remain unaltered. and ft is
egrtain Ant they red! serer to chaplet!. ends trill twat-
Manly be reduced. and farriers alit obtain that relief %illicit
I they Bun blindly seek where it cannot he gained.
A Leeward !staid Mail arrived this morning., an
letters of the 15th April, from St. 'I Ismnaes ; they do
' nut bring any fresh news from the Spanish 3t.-tin.
The rapture of Valdi via, and that of two Spanish timber
ships in the linayaquil river. has revived the project of i
an attack tin Peru, ender lieneral San Martin, and no-
thing but the want of money. and the &red of leaving I
the country withont troops, prevented another attempt •
being. tussle, though the late revolution in Buenos Ayres,
whirls was not known in thili on the 18th February,
j annul render the tenure of the present party governing
that country notch more precarious.
Besides the Atoll° and Viconiu. Lord Cedliambed ear-
lured to-alpanish ships of air, the Ps.ltella sad the Peso-
legion. The Orel. we underetalsi,, is a frigate of the largest
I class. but the latter Is only a brie. The following is as es-
, tract of a letter from Meatingo de Chili, listed the lab of .
' February. from which it should seem that the bleated. of
: Callao hail beets resumed by the Patriotic tqoadrett
ts—
'• We hate melted official information'thittita illatuka.
will positively gall to-morrow for delimits& of Calies..ad
Mai the eathatee will be taken el th boar* after itadirar. I
tore. The 'soothe of the blockade is N ostottiet the dislotheit
; of any Spanish nava force from that put Nisiadsht mbar- .
• elm; the expedition. milder the eciainisma It the M.O. frigate
against Purls. 'Me A e-Peeled beta
Vaiditia no tits Whist and the expeditlee. easter the cow-
* sad of Uellend Sea Ilatila, will leave with Itti pessibia
divatehk"
Another letter 'Skein the same plane dated tad PM of Pe-
tweary. asratiliaalkilth was reported that the I.lau squads*.
wee at sea, sad that the Beet would sail froth Yelps-
i rake is. the seem of a few data.