The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-12-06 00:00:00

•LONDON.
TIWIIIIIIItAT iltilflNG. DURUM 6. 1821.

STOCK KICHANGK, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is nothing stirring this morning on 'Change.
Consols at this time are 78 buyers to 8 sellers.

Very -few of our readers, we think, would peruse
with much satisfaction the proposed Resolutions of
the Agricultural Meeting as reported in our paper of,
yesterday. The Farmers are now in reality beginning
to move ; their murmurings have risen to Clamour, and
a hubbub .is about to be created through-!tho collate*:
by District Meetings, County Meetings, ,and Petitioned
to Parliament. The Farmer calls aloud for protect,
ing duties, remunerating prices and monopoly. Yet
high prices begun, and high prices will work the
ruin of the country. The effect of high prices was
comparatively little felt by the labouring classes dur-
ing the war, when our manufacturers found a ready
sale in foreign tnarke:i for their goods, and when
foreigners were compelled to purchase them, because
they could not provide themselves with. them at home.
But who now can pay high priies ? Surely not the
labourer with a shilling a day ; not the mechanic out
of employment; not the manufacturer without trade?
Willhigh prices revive our commerce ; will they ena-
ble us to underseil.cour competitors in foreign mar-
kets ; will they 'redoes the poor-rates; will they lessen
the number of paupers ; will they enable us to pay
the interest of the national debt ? If they will not
do these things, they will at all events enable the Gen-
tlemen Farmers to keep their hacks and their hunters,
to send their daughters to boarding-school ; but high
prices will. certainly hasten that crisis which prudence
and managesuentalone can avert.. Who can ;Tad with-
*ndignation the selfish propositions offered to the
consideration of the meeting at Lewes ? Wby is the
landed interest to be protected to the utter destruc.
Lion of more than three-fifths of the nation, of the
melon of the inhabitants too to whom we are in-
debted for all thW"wealth and prosperity which this
country ever enjoyed ? To our commercial interests
ssut.-;
alone pre owing our very name as a greet nation ; without
commerce we should never have arrived at that pitch of
pre-eminence which enabled- us to meet mad subtle* the
combined efforts of all Europe in inns against u 5...-1-,
Abut' wealth gave us power. but that wealth did oak
*ice from the farmers; they then participated in the
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'prosperity of tb. ;knee. and now, they would exerts-
ileely be protecteilillee coloetetint of al .I 11,1! Shot'
tidstaloed. Such wiseserts as Messrs. Rieman, was!.
Wu., ike. would reduce all our mantifectureis and
artisans tea state of pauperism. nod reader tbeir own
kiateresis paramount to every other consideration. In
Vitas wisdens they called, for a Cons Bill. and 'ram,
they call for a direct tax which will • operate to *.
entire exclusion of foreign grail. The. fanners Will.
possess a monopoly. . and the poor people may starve.
They have too seachrreason to hope than their its::
future will *wean. is Parliament. The •004•140-1
dui eadra ~ 0411 of the P"Per4144:4111 we
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taiktifilik Ptia' 4.110-1. 14010'.4***.
Lord Itiottaxox7 Akin on.. Mpf . . ,
' emotive measure. High rents and large incomes !kr-
ford irresistable temptation, and but too often glee
1 as impulse where isterestested motives should Is
prevail. Would we, it may be asked, consign tliet
farmers to beggary and ruin ? Would we propose'
nothing to • help them out of their depressiira
and wretelsedams ? We woold. tieeist tliesk we
Ant -,1•011,- se- rfply., bee lir it tette,
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the. other industrious slew liail
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come from the • - . seo
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State paupers live in splendoer.. se • •
creatures ars compelled to contribute all they posiess
to support them. Let the system of extravagance, so
long persevered in, be abolished. Let the army be re-
diced ; taxes diminished ; the expenses of state cur-
tailed ; let the passion list be revised ; and let all use-
less burdens be removed. It is the taxes—taxes res-
isted necessary by a shameful waste of money that
press upon the fanner ; be Las to sail srt the Parson,
the Poor, rep* the Roads, pay County Rotes,
Church Asseemorntts and a variety of other oppres-
sive delis! ;...isigivisprice would enable him to meet
till his deman4a and live well besides; hot who, in
those times. can pay high prices ; surely nothing can
mere plainly indices the deplorable state of a country,
in which thosseads of instances occur of -persons be.
tag compelled to follow more tradestben one, to ebisia
a peer pitteuce,whish seareelyettables them to live.--
To sonvinse *ethos a Tas on Cora will remedy all our
1118,, we eertaluly shall regain something more than the
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pgifinewa affilametsb of my Lord Ens o. *T. His Lord.
ship ilueisisiosea the national debt. ale not likely to
Owes a very milled idea et his latelleetnal rapacity,
.4 Oporsk. we way give his credit tei sincerity. Mt is

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