The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-11 00:00:00

the relief they crave and actually require, ca„
longer come from the public, burthetted-as they
and looking for a diminution rather than an ken
of their privations. At this period when the to,
of war has ceased to annoy the Continent, aarl ,
corn is to be had there in abundance, n 6 doubt
petition will become more animated. Af gach a par
when all the skill and elpertness or the
manufacturers are scarcely sufficient to cor

for the comparative dearness of th'err subsists
already, a little addition to the price of corn, so,
must be the certain effect of any new restraint
importationeistiti is the avowed purpose for ul
socit'restraint is required, would turn the scale
exclude many kinds of British goods frmn. (heft)?
market. In this event the operatives, who now
their bread by those manufactures, a numerous!
will be no longer able to purchase corn, the efl;
demand will be lessened, and the motive for cultic,
ing corn will he weakened. The poor people in
case, no longer able to support themselres,
',migrate, which they may be expected to do in mi
tit udes, if circumstances do not alter for the ben
now that peace has opened every quarter of The gh
or become a useless load on public charity, or
the,* dis Contents lead to a state of thingi very mucl
be deprecated.

We say the farmers themselves now knolvitll
and as they see no augmentation of tiches but what
annually squeezed through their own hands to s.
tlte rentals of their tandlords, and have good re;
to believe that even the shutting of the ports wt
be converted into the purpose, of keeping up tht
rents, they are now in some places locoing their
to the proper quarters for relief—to their landhr
and the Government. To the former they are just;
in looking for an abatement of rent, and to the b
hot for coercive meastirea,*%Cialch; -if emicted,

hare a tendency to subject them, u well as
of the community, to a still further state of bun
some rack-rent and difficulty, but for a release
tuition, from the load which is bad . enough
self, and sufficient to weigh down the bbdy
we' e there . nothing eke pressing opus it,. bat
is made the foundation for a thousand otter
sions. .

No interests are more closely tontlected
those of the growers and .consumers of grain-4
base to attempt to excite a prpjorliee and an

sity between them. United, they comprise the
tire of the public. Let their united voices then
heard in a way becoming the dignity of Britons,
in unison with the nature of the Constitution, in
quiring attention on the part of the Government
the true interests, the wants, and wishes of
people. We gave yesterday the copy of certa'
solutions adopted at a Meeting of Land Ot
at Lewes, in Sussex, who conceive it their dot
state to the Lrlislature the impossibility of br
up against the heavy burthen of Poor's Tax, Ti'
Ilighway Tax, Malt Tax, Property and

Taxes, as well. as the other heavy outgoings ft
farm, even if no rent I,e paid. It is to crave relief
these that the farmers in general should petition, ,
their landlords ought to feel it to be their duty to j
them in the appeal. It needs no ghost to tell
country what is yreighing down its spirits.
does it require the authority of amALTnes, ti
Maurnus has said it, to convince os, that" the
neral principles of political economy teach us
buy our commodities where we can have

cheapest, and that there is no rule in the
compass of the science to which fewei justifiable
ceptions can be found in practice,"—a practice
which even the most strenuous supporters of
Bills and high prices will be found to adhere.
is still less necessary to repeat what that great poi
cal economist—the late Sir JAMES STEUART has
that " the price of sustenance cannot be raised hi
than is compatible with the lowest class of ma
facturers."—The price of food haring been el
raised to a pitch proved to be incompatible with
ability, it follows it can be raised no highei
Remove the cause of the pressure, and the effect
cease,—there mill not (yen be a pretext for um
or oppression.. The taxes lessened, as they
ought to be, rents must fall, if the humanity of
proprietors of laud will not allow them to be
nished sooner.

We are not fond of allowing our imsginetions
distress us more than we can help; but if th"
continue to go on in the progressively ruinous
they. are—if we are doomed-to perceive no better
position on the part of our Rulers, in regard
lessening the burthens of the people, and

ing •in veneration the safeguards of public
bertyv—we are inclined to apprehend, notes
standing' peace, universal • peace, has come
64 scarf up" the wounds of a twenty years

that unles the united voices of the nsiion be

against the syttem of taxation and oppression
perseveringly pursued acd apparently still

fated, there is some danger of .the
inbahitsofl
this free country being, at no remote period, i
situation resembling the black woman mentioned
an advertisement which we quote, a's a curiosi
from a Jamaica Gmette, wherein a• human being
publicly declared confiscated, and put up for
for non-payment of Taxes:
In connection w ith this "subject, we may direet
tention to the particulars we have given in this da)
Paper, of the meeting of freeholders, owners,
occupiers of land in the county of Somerset. ul*
it will be observed, some most highly honours;
and truly disinterested iustances of patriotic fell