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

THE STATESMAN

Amossempe,--_
As to the growing opulence of the kingdom, we ' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
should be glad to have better proofs of its reality
than this Report contains; for the wealth of thatlew Dear!. San. 8.-.7lPeoe dawn from the River the 4114 e.
into whose heeds the-initiate wealth of the nation - hilltabist 'Dwain* Mold to nwiwn'S Bay, with ttootkts St.
Ifeleaa, Asthma, fur Helena; sad the Barbara, Ord, for
has passed mount be taken as any very fair criterion
Quebee.--A Deal hoot is jail retoroed from the Quern's Chamseir
Of the prosperity of the country at large, which Is
the beauties
mete, dot
several
of
the West
between
eat
from
evidently and confessedly in a state of bankruptcy
their *odors this memelog, and proceeded for the River, in
and distress. The reporters seem to have come to eausequeere alit mowing very hard from the N. E.
this deduction, that if the farmer sells his wheat at i PO
iv, Su e. B.—Atrived his Majesty's ships Fame,
hiss than frem 725. to 965. per quarter (a wide dif- c4.0„1„1, 4„d wens*, from the wrdiurraaelia, aid are pal
ference of opinion, by-the-bye), he will be ruined, ander quaraistiae.-sailed hb Majetty's ships Forrester,
and therefore the price must be kept up. Those Charybdis, led lillateret, with a carve~ of transports for
Auctnations which attend all other sorts of articles, Cork, aid sappmeskimm thence s.o America.
most not be allowed to affect the price of grain, Haewrco! aurete.—Silled the Auckland packet, with a
although we knew it to be the nature of all
Mall for frollaad ; gar! Leicester packet, with Mail for Cox-
haven ; and the Active, with a Mail for Gotteaborgh—the two
disposable commodities to be regulated in value
latterheve doers put:bark. . ,
by the coarse of crests, the demand for them, and •
PLewleuzsr, Agri I.—Came in his Majesty's ship RAW,
the state of the market. We cannot see the justice womnark
and
, bloops of war, with &Alt 40 sail of
or policy of that proceeding, which would keep up vessels
ender .reavey• from Beemeeee
and
oilier
pods
the
the price of Corn in England so much above the Pty.—Soiled the P. ring transport for !reload, with part of
itandard of other countries. The effect of such a the south Cork Militia. .
Measure must battle destruction of our manufactures, Urea POOL, SErr. 7.—Arrived the Hawke, Llaingtoo, from
and the consequent dependence of all classes of the from Lkbon: sailed 10th Augest ender convoy of his Majesty's
,-*people upon the landed interest alone, whose ad. ship Kongaroe, and parted from .her on Saturday
tat --all
vantage it certainly is to avert, by moderation, such well ; the Malta, Bale, and the Catharine, Parr, for this Port.
a RA sl SGATE., seer. B.—A rri red the following treaiports 1
state of things. Those who could leave the country
in the event of a continuance of their privations Jane, nuked Bedford, 653; Fortitude, 67; thenaaa. Aik's
after peace has blessed it with the hopes of a speedy
Friends, DW. ; Rover, GL. ; and the Albion, JA.—Sailerfthe
v emu, CG. and the Land, AY. with troops for Ostend.
release from the burdens occasioned by war, would •
assuredly read the way to emigration, and an unna- • AMERICAN PRIVATEERS.' ' "
tural preference of foreign countries to ouj Oil i The four American privateers which hailall.4lol4
`and If,' as the Report says, a great degree of that frequently seen cruizing In the Chops of *then'.
encouragement which agriculture has derived ! no, continue to commit their dePredatioiii on our
from the increase of our population, be justly homeward-bound trade. To-day we have an account
attributable to that cause, it follows, of course, 'of one of them, the Chasseur, having captured two
that a diminution of the inhabitants of the , very valuable Brazilmen, viz. the James and the 4i.
kingdom must prove one of the most serious /antic, both of London, from Buenos Ayres;" s 4
impediments to the prosperity of agriculture, and has also taken the Christian,, of lElrciidy ; i4ttet
ought to create among the owners and occupiers of , vessel the Chasseur gave up as a cartel.
land a sincere desire to contribute to the ameliora-
tion of the situation of their fellow-countrymen.
It is a fact which the experience and information of
thousands have placed beyond doubt, that they can
live much'. cheaper, and far more comfortably,
merely by crossing the English Channel, than were
they to remain on this side of the water ; and
the inference from this must be, that the corn.
fort in the one case, and the privation and difficulty
in the other, are owing to causes of a political nature.
The period having arrived when these causes ought
to cease operating with an oppressive weight on the
community, our expectation is chiefly directed to the
wished-for diminution of public burthens; and when
we can perceive no sincere manifestation of a desire
to lessen the real causes of the evils so long
complained of, but rather, on the contrary, read
of intentions the object of which is evidently to per-
petuate without end the calamities flowing from this
source, can we wonder that general dissatisfaction
should prevail, and, wherever it is practicable, our at. I
tizans should leave the land, and other countries be..l
come enriched, *not only with pritigh gold, iss4 by I
the exorcist of British industry and talent. if lebs-
lative support is to be given to the traders in grain)
! why may not the holders of stock, or any other
marketable commodity, claim legislative Intefferencit
in their behalf ? The absurdity of thus eatsading the
band of power to support any particular branch
of commerce, is hence evident, and proves the folly
of its intermeddling with any, since all are equally
entitled to protection, and have their interest in-.,
separably blended with each other. The wisdom
of a Government is discernible from the degree of
parental care and solicitude which it evinces for all
the subjects of the State, and in the just discrimination
it makes in conferring the benefits of support to all
who lay claim to it. There are those who need it
not who will be always craving, and perhaps obtain-
ing, whilst the greater part are compelled to suffer
under real necessity, and vent their grief in un-
availing complaints. On the part of the British Go-
vernment, this just distribution of parental care is
pre-eminently necessary in order to restore the
vigour and just equilibrium of the component parts
of the State. The sufferings of the middle classes, a
class that has almost vanished, are but little known
to the higher, and deserve the peculiar regard of a
Government pretending to restore the strength of the
body politic. Far be it from us to say the task which
Ministers have to perform is an easy one. They
have not only the task of discovering remedies, but
of applying them to the wounds of the people ;
and unless the remedy is directed to the parts af-
fected, there is much reason to apprehend the cure
will not be a speedy one.

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A Treasury order has been issued within the last
week, exempting passage vessels, whether inwards
or outwards, having on board passengers and bag-
gage only; from the tonnage duties ; but if carsiages
are taken on board, the vessel • will be subject to
these duties. This is a seasonable relief •40, the
packets, as they have, many, voyage, sunk isisobb
owing to these heavy duties.
We have ad vices by the Cornwallis, from Tenerife)
and the unobstructed depredations of 'the American
crullers is shown in the particulars of her toyage..-.r
She h laden with barilla, and she has.been captured ;
and given up three several times by American print-
teers. Some of these being much incommoded.by '
their prisoners, put a great number of diem animated
her, and with them she was proceeding to the ,Brie
tish coast when she was take possession of • (the >Sist
August) by the Hyperion, Captain Caws", and seat
into Plymouth.
A detachment of the 19th Light Dragoons marched
on Monday from Maidstone to Portsmouth, test..
bark for Canada.

The petitioners against the return of. Mr. Corzzeei
for Grampoond, net havingeotered kilo the necessary 1'
recognizanees within the time primribed by Law,. the
70ions bamr folio) to the ern*, and that. gentle- II
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• man's election remises anqueetifoied ',,.-4-.. - !
By the custom-house hooks,lt appoint, that, from
the 3th January, to the sth April, there were 1m-
seed into this coustry 137,729 quarters of corn
1 and grain, and 38,575 cwt. meal floor. During
the same period there were exported,• of corn and
grain, 283,582 quarters, and of. meal . and floor
67,213 cwt.
Very rigorous pretentious have,been taken in tbe
, Kingdom of Naples, to prevent the admission, of
spies or disaffected personsaartizans of the late Go-
vernment. Among other ordonnances published by
the King is the follolming :—" Any Neapolitan or
Sicilian, who may come from Sicily to this kingdom,
will not be admitted, if he has not previously ob.
tabled a passport from our Minister for Foreign
Affairs, or the Minister of General Police."
ITALY.—The excavatiens of Yompel are pursued
with the most unremitting zeal by the Neapolitan
Government. The most recent discoveries have been
three new magnificent tombsadorned with sculpture,
and a hall which is supposed to have been the court
Id justice, and which is decorated with triple row
of columns. Bronze stoves were also found in the
someplace, of the most beautiful form, with a Faun
and a Bacchus, two feet high, and exquisitely formed.
Lastly, .a small bronze Gladiator, precisely similar
to that which has been already so much admired, and
which is in the attitude of supplicating life from the
spectators. - A short time ago, there was also found
a beautiful silver vase which seemed to have been
used in religious worship ; it is covered with figures
in relief, and resembles in form that of the Royal
cabinet of France, which has been published by
Caylos and Dom Martin.e There is a third vase quite
similar in the cabinet of the late Cardinal Borgia.—
There has been discovered in the cabinet of medals at
Milan, a Chinese work published in 1750, by order
. of the Emperor Kien Long, containing drawings of
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upwards of nine hundred antique rases resembling
French Papers have been received to the. 5404116..- • ihose denominated Etruscan. Several appear. to be
they do not contain any thing of sufficient interest td' ..-e very remote antiquity.
entitle them to attention, in preference to our own i A LANCASIIIRE FAMlLY.—Jonathan Andrew, ei,
domestic affairs. It is officially announced in the ;Waterhouse, in the parish of Ashton-under-Line]
Moniteur, that a navel armament with troops, was to and his nissesous, were lately engaged by Lieutenants
nil on the lit of September, to take possession of the Colonel Smith, of the Ashton-under- Line Local
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West India Islands, ceded to France by the Treatyilitia, to mow some hay grass. The father led the
• i van, and the sons followed according to their se.
.mf the 30th of May. An article from Berlin states, niority. When the work was completed; the father
that the kingdom of Poland is to be restored, and and Ms sons were respectively measured and weighed,
that Austria has agreed to surrender Gallicia.— i and their agereaken, which were found to be ezattly
'fhe Pon has published an inquisitorial Edict, sup• as follows :-s- ~•
yrs. feet. lark'. score. lbs.
pressing all Secret Societies, particularly' those of 3onathae Andrews 56 6 0 10 0
Freemasons. The Swiss Cantons, in consequence James -------- 39 ;. 6 1 .9 It
of the threats of interference on the part of the 81115,..14 -----•.. .13 3; . 9 5
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their differences amongst themselves. The accuracy yowl • vs '6 ,' l'" 9'' 44''
of the Intelligence furnished by the Paris Papers may Jonah —2l .9 10
be judged of by a line under the Paris head in the Wed 4-- AlO ' 9" o
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