The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-23 00:00:00

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worse state than what they are now. Is conclusion,
Dr. Tacker pro.sosed that in.tead of the present meet.
Ins!' entering into resolutions, they should present ,
trquisition to the Sheriff for calling a County Meet-
g to consider this great question, and apply to Pr
'lament for the remedy. lie would go a little furtht
here use Lord CAstlereagb had said that the county
A iewww•rwrirldm wan "Iffbinffi Thals an Iht first ; he

would,nottonemasd -sopeastft.petitions from every town 1
in tim- musty 4 . them. eoppouled be nor
Comity Members. must have weight. Dr. Tacker
then stated his motion in forts for convening a County
hismisg:
CALMAST P. flawavx, Esq. seconded the motion.
He conceived that protecting duties were of little am-
:rice, for it was in vain to bring their goods to market
if there were no buyers.
The Rev. T. CLaca thought the hest muse tvoald
the for the Chairman to prepare a Requisition.
. Colonel &Timm* said the Meeting could confiae
itself to a petition to Parliament fur relief.
. W. Samosa. Esq. said, that it was desirable that
so great a county as Devon. the second in extent in
the kiegdoel, should come forward and express its
opinion in a body. One class of men ought not to be
saerificed to the interests of another; and if wgricill-
garish were expected to lower their rents twenty and
twenty-five pee cent. funded and mortgaged properties
should be imbued in the same proportion.
The Honourable N. FELLowes wished to know from
whom the Resolutions were supposed to come. Were
--tlieyfrom certain individuals in the neighbourhood of
Exeter, or were they to he supposed to represent the
county of Devon ? With a few alterations, they
would have his concurrence ; but be thought the
weight and inflame of the Resolutions would be in-
creased by emanating from a County Meeting con-
vened by authority.
Sir THOMAS ACLAND mid that he came there with
a disposition to bear and be informed on a subject in
which be felt himself deeply interested. By a consi-
derable portion of those present a County Meeting was
desired? Deriving what little cousequeses ha pos-
sessed from the freeholders of the county, it would be
strange indeed if be attempted to lessen the import-
ance of a County Meeting; and be was persuaded
n-itlsei the Sheriff nor any other Magistrate would
ioterpote to prevent them from assembling.
Th. Honourable N. PaLLosvet, in the absence of
Dr. Tucker, then proposed, " That a Requisition be
'signed by the persons now present, and be sent to the
Sheriff, requesting him to convene a County Meet-
The motion was carried by a large majority.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman for his
impartial conduct.
The Requisition was immediately prepared and
signed by many gentlemen present, including the
Proposer and Seconder of the original Regulations ;
and., we have since heard, has also been signed by
'Vide Rolle and Graves, with many other highly re-
'erectable and distinguished persons.
• &TAM OF THE GOUXTRY.
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(FROM THIt NORWICH 11[11{Ulti.)
Tice country at last begins generally to awakes to
the tree state of things, and even the Ministerial
Arousals are now furred to admit, by the universal
expression of public feeling. that it will be matter of
%rave consideration far Parliament to adapt the de-
mands of revenue to the changes of price. Taxation
it is no looser denied is the all-consuming evil, and
however a few shallow- thinkers sill perplex them-
selves by classing the existing rates of rent and tithes
amongst muses instead of effects, it is now come to be
generally understood, principally because it is gene-
rally felt, that taxation is the grand component of ex-
pense which, while all the other parts of price have
sunk, has remained unaltered or rather risen in its
amount. Hence the landowner now joins the occu-
pier in praying rescue from that monster, which when
It has eaten up the tenant, must next devour the laud-
lord himself, and of course his destruction will happen
the sooner, became common justice as well as common
policy now compels him to forego a portion aid a
considerable portion of his income to the fanner. The
weight therefore will now begia to crush him as it has
done the farmer.
That Ministers will make some effort at retrench-
meat (Lecrese they must) is not to be doubted. But
we have ever been of opinion that no remedy Can
reach the evil that dues not contemplate a great in-
crease of production as well as a vast diminution of
taxation. The interest of the national debt (exclu-
sive of the otherwise appropriated sinking fund) swal-
lows something wore than thirty millions out of a re-
of fifty-three. If it be admitted that Mr. Iluine's
economical provisions could be carried to their extent,
ten millions could be lopped off. But there is a de.
preciatioo of agricultural production alone to the
amount of at least one hundred and eight millions,
and probably price may go still lower. Oar com-
merce is greatly diminished, not only in value but in
the actual bulk of artic'es exported and consumed at
home. To restore the country then to a prosperous
condition, it must be necessary to re-produce a portion
of the value this abstracted, for taxation cannot, with.
out a breach of faith with the public creditor, be cut
down sufficiently to answer the purpose. That is to
say, if the production of the kingdom be lowered
one-half, taxation must be lowered one half, or by
whatever less amount it is reduced, in such a pro-
portion will the country remain under the pressure of
distress. With the reduction of taxation then, we still
insist, must be connected some grand design for the
abolition of pauperism, or the end will not be effected.
A society of which such vast numbers are permanently,
or become occasionally the spoilers of the rest, can-
not go on happily or prosperously. The puor's rate
must be abridged, and indetinitively abridged, we are
persuaded; but it is vain to meditate any efficient
alteration, unless the change be combined with some
qatiimal plan for employing those who cannot find
subsistence from the ordinary means. Aoy other
course will bat add to the list of crimes and to the in-
habitants of the jails.

GIBRALTAR, Dice. .29.—Ateurdiag to a decreeof the
Buenos-Ayres Ouvernment, dated the 6th of October.
u.t letters of marque were to be from that time issued
•without the cause being previously published. All
privateers at sea were to leturn as soon as the decree
c.me to their knowledge. or they would be considered
as guilty of piracy. The privateers continuing to
cruise tight swaths. from the date of the demi, were
to be Ueated as pirates.

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TO-MORROW.
Mondale 13*. after 3.—Evenisg ?Om. aft S.

be gul.lefi bet the Iron 4.
who benow‘d
.1 airy, insalte4 every nowt in L.
sense. Bat these. staw...4l-416 ibt

dread the jots 0
newt forget their former insu
knee. flow, indeed, can they forgd the awful
persecutions of that martyred Princess, in wh
was conceatrated all the fortitude •f her sea?
She was net of that miserable and ambitions class that
would sacrifice any thing fur base leere—who would
Not make eternal seer upon those she disliked, nor hold
bask-stairs' Levees. She was neither unforgiving nor
intolerant, and her last prayer was offered up to for-
give her enemies. Those, her enemies, her perfidious
persecutors, are the very men who have caused all oar
misfortunes; who, under the mask of sanctity and re-
ligion, have openly violated both, and whose conduct
for the last 30 years has coveted the nation with pan-
porism, after a shameful sacrifice of human blood. We
may well complain of those who hold the helm, and
7rWisave so hog helped to destroy the constitutional
rights and privileges of the people. Yet we may, ask,
who would have the hardihood to take their places ?
Nose but birds of their own (ratter. Their patched
up cabinet, with all their new acquisitions, will not
molar* long. They will have some trouble to
their ausourreas ; the LORD/ of the SOIL begin to
feel that there mast be a change, or their parchments
will be consigned to the Bulls and Bears in Berths,"
loonew-lase.

The Dublin papers received his morning contain so
account of disorden, except among those who are ovt-
regeouefg loyal. In the city of Kilkenny, as well as in
the city of Dublin, the Corporation spirit appears to be
aroused against a spirit of concord. The KING's
Letter, which was to have rivalled the miraculous
power of St. Patrick in banishing every venomous
creature from Ireland. seems already to be treated as
a dead letter, and dimension and strife assume the
places which were to be consecrated to conviviality sad
harmony. The dinner proposed at Dublin to celebrate
the accession of that King whose presence, • few
months before. bad beta bailed with 'ululation and en-
thusiasm. is new obliged to be postposed, for fear it
should be perverted into an occasion of disorder and
uproar!!!
" To langb were want of goodness or of grace;
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But to be grave exceeds all power of face.'

.iab .
Paris papers of Soaday last here brought us tits
report on the sew project against the jot:roils, and'
lleglesdeg of the debate oo M. de SeffIVII project
spine the press geoetaltr. The folio whit are ex-
tracts :

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