The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-03-19 00:00:00

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LONDON:
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PRI:E EiF STOCKS, AT ONE O'CLOCK, TRL4 DAY.
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STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
There is a great deal of business doing this morn-
inz, and Consols have been done at 8011 for the ac-
cent. aid 84 for Money. The briskness of the
market is attributed to Government paying off those
persons who have dissented from their plan, at an ear-
lier periorithan was first appointed, which it i's ex-
P•ctrd will cause many to purchase again in the Con-
s,pls, not knowing what to do with their Capitals, is
several Stocks eve, at this moment, closed.—The Five
per Cents. are 1Q to 104.
FOREIGN FUN DS..
' X great activity prevails in the foreign market this
morning, and it is the general opinion that Spanish
Stock will rise to 70.
Prussian, ate atptesent . 00;
Banish.
Neapolitan 7Ol to
Spanish (now)
PROCEEDINGS IN PARLIAMENT.
Two matters, each of great importance, were before
the House of Commons last night! first the price of
porter; and second the efforts of Mr. HUME in the
Lusomittee of Supply.
The price of porter, our readers will recollect, was
brought under the notice of the House by Sir JOSIPIR
Vomits, oa Friday night last, for which it will also
recollected, that we offered the gallant slap-dash Knight
ar •ofeigsed thanks. Mr. CA EVERT was brought out
on that occasion ; and he gave die reasons why the
reduction of the Malt Tax should produce no rare-
tion in Me price of beer ! We exposed those mamma
pretty completely on Saturday ; we showed clearly
the enormous gains of the brewers, derived frill'
their monopoly of Public Houses ; and we cow
defied by earnestly calling upon the people,
itittall parts of the country. to petition for an
alietatioo of that monstrous system of Keene-

Ing publienhenisee which
poly; and which really has enabled the public brew-
ers to be a set of oppressors upon a level with the
Ausdls and Zemindars in the East Indies; while not
a few •of them pet forward pretensions to patriotism
and love of liberty, and while the really worthy peo-
ple of Middlesex think they have pined a great
triumph in electing one of them in place of a Bask
Director:—we beg our readers to look at Mr. Hue..
nissim's speech of last night; and when they have
read that speech with attention, if they do nut give
us credit for having produced Me sreci, they will at
least give us credit for having been the first to seise
by the throat this monster of monopoly. Mr. Him-
tos-ors oh d that he did not think the people
would submit to such a proceeding as that of keeping
. ttp the price of porter after the reduction of the malt
tax. But, what are the people to do, how can
they help submitting? It was much more sensibly
eluerveJ that the House was bound to i.iterpose,
and we, for oar parts, have little doubt, that this
ape-ch of Mr. BUNIEISSON will lower the porter a half-
penny in the por,—Mr. BUXTON, who we find to
be a brewer. and about whom we were long making
. enquiries in vain to know who be was; this great
pi ()lessor of the new science of prieen•discipliae, oh.
served that nothing could be more monstrous, than
that the sum about to be taken off the malt should
go into the pockets of the brewers; but (for he had
a but) " it should be considered, that the brewers had
" now on hand a large stock of beer made from malt
•' which had paid the full duty ; and, therefore, a rea-
" unable time should be given to dispose of it."
Mr. BUXTON must know, that the gains of the brewers
for the last three years have been enormous; he must
know that they have already received a hundred
times as much of over-gains, u they can possibly
lose by any stock in hand which they may have, and
if he does not know it we de, that the halfpenny a
pot ought to have been taken off long enough
ago. Bet, the most important part of Mr. Hca-
nts,ox's speech was, however, that which re
lated to licensing public-houses. He said that there
certainly was a combination amongst the public
brewers is this respect; and be added. " that
" ovary effort ought to be made by Me Magistrates
•• to encourage free public-hooses. even at the expense
•• of refusing licenses to those in the hands of the
" brewers." The object in view isvery right, Mr. Hue-
=sox; but if you think that it will be accomplished
by leaving it to the Magistlates, you have only to look at
the conductor the three Magistrates that were the other
day indicted and convicted in consequence of what they
did as to refusing a license to that public spi►ited and
most meritorious gentleman, Mr. Marrs. Recollect,
also, that brewers are very frequently Magistrates them•
selves; Bmkers,too.very frequently: powerful toes, in
abort, gainst whom the mass of the people have, as things
sow stand, no chance of protection. If the Parliament

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,; no,

THF.

Jaen a mind to
Hinkley ; for this is a matter for tbe Kites
to propose, let them do something of the son that is
done in America; and particularly in the -male of
Ne r York, where, though there are me Ezeiorasil to
tor on anyrcense; yet there is a name necessary to
the keeping of a house of public eatertaiamene, which
is there called a were. For, it is deemed to be a
segiect of duty in the Bove, gamut, not to take care,
as far as it can, that such houses should not be kept
by persons likely to suffer them to be scenes of bad
moral conduct. Therefore, the party tvishieg to hop
a tavern, mast have the previous approbation of a ma-
jority of the Lond•occopiers lade Tomas sip. It is sot
left to the justices of the peace, in the Towashipsl nor
to the Quarter Sessions. This would be to make it
a Invitee liable to the indoeare of political er
personal partiality; and, iadeed, to the iettenee
corruption ; for a license is a *log worth money.—To
leave it to the voice of the tows/ship at large Outbid-
int young fellows and people of all detcriptioos,)
would not be right ; because, tjais is a matter where
the passions would have a great deal to dol and
where, from the general taste of youth and drottibt
leasness. the selection ought to be legged itt die With
of persoee naturally steady from their habits and pur-
suits, and deeply iu t ted in the murals and welfare
of the Township. If the Ministry will propose some-
thing of thiamin here, we are quite certein that they
will excite great gratitude iu the breasts of the peo-
ple. We protest &pima any power, as to this matter,
to be lodged in the hands of the clergy. any more
than in other land-holders or other occupiers ;I
it is now the custom of Magistrates in the coun-
try, to requite the recommeodation of the yeti-
Jost Minister. Nothing can be reo.e danger-
ous than this. The public brewer has only to get
this Minister on his side; and then he is the Lord of
the parish. We have known some instances of oleo-
strolls injustice and cruelty to spring from this source.
Nothing can be more easy than to adopt an effectual
measure fur preventing partiality and corruption In
the licensing of public houses. It is a thing loudly
called fort and we shall be amongst the Iris to ellferN
to the Ministers the tribute of praise that It will merit.
to the Committee of Supply Mr. Homo premise&
several reductions in the Naval departnseat; oklof
which were negatived ; and, Weed, the House memos
to have contained but ninety-six members. 1111e14;
much more the affair of the landlords than it Is of sg.
Hume, as a matter of interest; and, for oar WM. dm
more we see token away by Seamen. or rather Sea-
officers, and by Staff people sad Barrack mle sod
Military Olfieners of all deice iptives. the I.oliiitee aro,

pleased. We wis/a—they may p an ins ,tie
the rents from the landlords; and this th ?
will do, males. the Landlords join the people *Waite
a Reform of the Parliament. Bat, Mr. Hoeflee cap-
sures are not the lees important, and bis media with
the people net the less great, on account of *a. He
stated, for instance, that four Amitelreet eisdittenty-
eight Andekipmen had bees promoted to the rush of
lieutenant since the peace; though (and now mark),
there were only four Innidred and eight afloat. He
ascribed thlito interest ; &odour readers know very well
what the 'word interest mesas! He talked of moving
for a list of the names of these 428 midshipmen.—
We wish he would, in order that the country might
see how large a number of these 423 'meritorious indi-
viduals belonged to families, corporations and be-
roughs, to whom and to which this happy eieuntry
is already so much indebted.—Mr. Hone said
that be knew that in these promotions " there was
" a Parliamentary influence exerted on Got* eider of
" the Douse"! We are glad that Mr. Ilona said
this. This was • stroke at the regiment, as Sir
Faarecie Minoan used to call it; and, that both Dot-
talioue will turn their fro on him there Gam be no
doubt Were it not to be prophaned we would
compare him to the middle personage on a memora-
ble occasion; except, indeed, that we are afraid
that neither those on his right nor those on his
left will ever be bailed by bias as worthy of approba-
tion. Mr. &Lice, who made a conspicuous figure
the other day amongst the Jews at one of Labelle cha-
rity dinners, said that it was with greet polo that be
had heard saveril of the motions of his s. Friend
(Mr. Iluma) that night ! What, be astod " was the
" country come to that state, that young amen, tater
" 15 or 16 years of severs ari ineritorioei service
" were to be told that it was impossible to afford'
" them any remuneration?"—le the Ors! place, Mr.
&hate, • man is not very young after I. or 16 years
of service of any sort. Its the next plan to sesame
ud meritorious service is • dowasight begging
of the question, which so Christie. dispotaat ever ad-
wits to be a legitimate anode of ergo' ng.tist admit it (for
the sake of argentent)„aad what weepy open earth be-
sides this ever promoted 428 Naval Otfficers in
eight years of profound peace. Here is, in this
promotion, besides the hundreds upon hundreds that
existed before one Lientenant to every Mlg's ship in
existence, above the streegilt of ten pest. But, mark
the monstrousness of the thing ; here are 428 Lieu-
tenants added to the number that related before, when
Ithe number of seamen is leas dila 2140118. Bet, what
do we want more than this feet; Oat • Navy oil
10,000 seamen and marbles, now, is a•seascin of pro-
found peace costs, within one million of money, as
tooth as a envy of a huaired thouesol wawa mut
pietikos cost le the year 17b2, when w• had to coo-
teed with the navies of Spank, reapers Holleed, and
with all that the Aimerisans could master; sad when

we time tarrying our maritime wee is every r
14 the (Hobe ! What do we want more than this to
Vases us to applaud and support Me. Ilcuz
And, at to may partiealar admiratios that w.
ought to feel towards this particular branch of the
service as you call it; as to any particular gratitude
that we ought to feel in addition to the enormous
saes that we pay ;' we are very far from wishing to
make any subtraction from that gratitude; bat, while
we recollect, and wish not to beget the victories over
the French, Spaaiards and Dutch ; ant are not so hue
as not to recollect with some degree of shame the
figure that our Navy made when it came to he opposed
to the Americans. We cannot forget Lake Champlain
and Lake Erie; mar cap we forget our captured fri.
gates taken into the Ports of New York and Boston
sailer that hg, which Mr. CANNIING denominated, "a
bit of bunting with thirteen stripes eying at a mast-
" head." There was, to be save, neither Line nor
Unicorn, nor White Horse, nor Rose, nor Thistle, nor
Crown; but, as Captain CUMIN sail, "the fire was
tresseadwas!"—Wit will relate an anecdote of a mid-
shipman of our Nary. He bad been sent into the
Dalawarr with some men along with him, with a car
'tared vessel which his Captain had ransomed, and for
which ransoming that Captain ought to have been
moat severely punished. However, the midshipman
and his men got on shore and deserted. The Ante-
Ricans made them prisoners of war, took them to Phi-
ladelphia, gave them provisions and lodgings if they
bad a mind to stay in the city ; out at the same lima
gave them leave to rue shout like wild cats. The
midshipman got acquainted with a young fellow
of Lancaster County, went home with Lim,
and liked 'the Yankee life so well, that he forwed
the design of settling, and wrote home to his
Mends for money. Nut being able to get it
hi this way he cam* for it is person, and went
to Halif's to Admiral Orttverrits to get the Admiral
to give Was a passage to England oa beard a K1N4.11
ship, which the Admitsl very kindly did, but, in Mt
coolie, of a deeerter. This bright youth was tried
fet his life on board the Queen Charlotte in Poets-
-an* harbour, shout two years after the peace. 11114
mid!, a Ckrgegrava of the Chereh of England, swore
aims his trial, that he was considered to be deficient
beripoiet of intellect before he went into the service. the
.nth of which appeared to be strongly corroborated
:hi Imo sd the letters of the young Commander
whisk was produced in Court. However, he
wee ,found guilty of desertion mad sentenced to
bopot to death. It wash, bare been a sbameladeed
Mapill the blood of.paoW creature; and, accord-
TharetillirhpiliMa4bmoratasca ILIGINT par-
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le view) this was a emeasenefer of Men This was
as Officer of the Zaglish Navy! This was one of
those to whom *e•hottoar of Esgland was intrusted
in the war with the Amerietna, and it was stated at
the trial that Sir Wss. Cuatts bad got him into the
Navy!—The Americans do not promote in this way;
aid we wish Mr. &Lira to recollect, that, notwith-
standing the matchless espleits of their Navy,' they
have not made a single promotion since the peace. Yet
they have beets building ships ever since ; and who-
ever lives to see another war with that country, will,
we are coo vi need, sec but too good mamas for believing
that those Navies are the most efficient, which have the
smallest number of Officers, and that that Nation is
the wisest that keeps ■o more cats than catch mice.