The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-09-14 00:00:00

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et necessity or self-preser;l nto he
ne of these Surveyors, Mr. EDWARD WAKE.
Irinn, a very learned person, for he says he has
written a statistical account of Ireland, where, in
many counties, he tells us, they knoto nothing of
wheat, states it as his opinion, that the rise of rents
Is owing to the depreciation of our currency. This
is the most vague way of all of justifying the addi-
tipnal demands for rent; and such as were we to
'enter into the consideration of the accuracy of the
Islateutent, might lead to as much bewilderment as
teems to Have confused the brains of all the specula-
tbrs on the subject of paper currency. Lord KING
tertainly stickled a good deal 'for payment in
gold, for his Lordship is not without some pot.,
tion of the wisdom of the Jews; but since Lord
.Sx*Nuores Act, we have not heard of any te-
inantry who had pletity of Bank-notes to tender
being much annoyed on account of the depre-
-.elation •of tint sort of money;'- :IFt,:wes wontlerw
fu!, if this was the real cause of the rise of rents,
that the other classes of the community did not
urge an equal right with the landlords to a rise
id the prices of their commodities. But all this we
rye to suppose took place silently. We have ever
thought with IIUDIDRAS, that " thebvalue of a thing
is just as much as it will bring," and getting the same
quantity of an article as formerly ,for a pound note,
we have allowed onrselves to think the said pound'
note, wherever it would pass at all, was equivalent
to twenty shillings. We will just observe on this•
bead, that gold and silver coins, as used in the essen.
tial character of money, the law preventing their
being melted and circumscribing their value, no
more than paper have any other than representative
situp. The use of money consists in the facilities it
gives 10 the exchanges of property, and as by its
abundance its-power must be increased in facilitating
these exchanges, the facility of which is so essential to
the operations of trade and industry,the more just con-
clusion must be, that the abundance of money, whe-
ther paper, gold, or silver, so far from enhancing
has tended much to keep down the general prices of
things below what they otherwise would have been.
Whatever trivia's injury has resulted to the country
fawn thh abundant issue of paper, has undoubtedly
lowed from the injudicious use of it, and the avidity
with Which.tiie exiiedtioi of piper credit has been re-
sorted to by a venturers to supply the place of real
ailTlll7* Cdilld'irnjuarld'ilitenTlorehlwrregi
obtained the same consequences would have fol.
lowed. The landlords have assuredly Po reason to
Complain, except in, cases whir., they themselves
flare been' to blame, of 'the .chilrige in the cir.
•on"lating snedium: Bank credit bas poen' a powerful
leaver working in their favour. 'The stimulus which
agriculture has received from tints it by no means Jot-,
coneiskorable; many of thts improerents which haVe
bwen made and projeEfed may be tracertn this entice,
n• -•
and it is'because many lof the issuers tremselves were,
of beceaae grain speculators, frq ...Ong the great
profits made by -it, thet a gped-desil of the present
otaharrassment and alarm it Maras, bowl
eviiri so strongly I,stilleilohnOdlirldersriind
inlipending the sun Of inftstrf;Aliti tirfttve in:
tgsfrence.iiirt har„aga.liwcea;ai aLtiaiLisiLen..

suing, by. securing the, general interests from the
4glistions consequeitees.lef a sinisterplic ~As„'.,As„'
ilea much more mifbt the just siarm,look 50.,7: t,
asientemong the manufacturing and !about** chessesc.
iiiinisile the ground of protecting them from the
foidltalti4biew teciheir interests, which 'the centi-,
seets..the high prii4rof provisions cannot fail to
itia;-arbig tilliy`livi every right and reason to ex-,
St:tibirce9teiry.
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FEVER AT GIBRALTAR.

'lnk* SO*. 11.-Zl'll9 owners of the sloop 3farka,
!,K Ibis-Tort, have received a letter from abb
l'abis;' 464 Gibraltar Bay, 18th ult., .staiinc:
rbeliril.apbs• vrlde its appearatice,Vtokt.:,
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- The Orals of lest*lgirt netlfitis, that the PRTNC
ECRT:Ci has been grtarously" pleased to command;
in .consitkration of the distinguished services of
the toopti engaged in the battles in the Pyrenties,
.of the Neville, capture of St. Sebastian, at Roluia
and Wiesierst; Comma, Busaco, Feentei de Ovtor,
Bettatits,;Badajos, Salamanca, and that
the btheees, of whim a long list is givers from Fieklw
blattettol 011'Wet.t.tNbroY down to Ms-
locsit.present epee-044 oc4sions, abet! elki4.l, the
yviellege of bearing badges. of distinction. The
badges ohich would have beep conferred upon such
blh-cers es fell, in the above battles, and have died
Owes had they survived, are, as a token of • ro+
Jiro, to he transmitted to their respective familiei:
The Pitt/4C RECENT, in his tours is expected t
visit Benudesert and Trentham.
Tho Duke of Ittcmaoso 'has taken a house at
for two years certain.
iy afternoon the Earl of CATHCART left
Calais. His Lordship, after visiting Paris
lajor CATHCART, his Secretary, will proceed
iiately' to Vienna, to be present at the Con-
• after skids be will repair to St. Petersbt,Vgh.
Parliament wilk meet for the dispatch of businesk
or about the 10th of November.
Lord CAUTIRERGH is reported to be on his way
l'arsaww imerlbusly to his going to the Congress
Vienna. At Warsaw the fate of retaad is es-
to be aliened.

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