The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-19 00:00:00

LONDON •
MONDAY. APRIL 19, 1819.

It has glues vs pleasure to witness the pahletiem
sod talent displayed in many of the Provincial Pipets
of the kiegdev. It is manifest thet eloquence is
spreading, and this is one of the most solid grounds
'eta which hope obey rest for a reformation in mere
then one respect. Truth, sod the lore of liberty ars
the sutural food of eloqeence, •hicb may be applied
as well to writing es to spiking. It is a f We
omen of the change we wish to see operated in the
Gov/rosiest, to find that many of the wealthy in•
habitants of the counties prodering Jeernsls finger.
able to the stews of illehosest Reformer, tilting them
into their reading while in tow■ ter the winter
Moths.

Among the Papers which have attracted our peel-
liar esteem, it would be an enpardonshle omission
not to mention the Chester Guardian, from ego of
the columns of which we extract, with equal free-
dour end satisfactiess, the following leg.—
Although the *object matter is of a nature bat
little qualified for declamation, o► an► embellish-
ment rhetoric can give it, yet is the logic and plain
reason and letelligence it ys to its readers a
subject of deserved praise, and an admirable literary
libel epos the flimsy, flippant sophisms dealt out to
suck readers of the generality of the London Prints.
Whatever affects so reason, and has sot verisimili-
tude for its basis, can beat best bet 'taborets ver-
biage. The Editor of the Journal we have last al.
laded to, bath', pleasantly spoken of the many pro.
wises and equal number of failures of the BANK 10 peg
their stoles in cash, metaphorically bolds up to view a
bit of dirty rag. end then emphatically, with Ilawiet,
exctaiats—'• Let Minister'', Committee-men, end
Bank Directors point an inch thick, to this cam.
plosion must they come at list.'" Ile then proceeds :
" But tern we to another and • kindred subject,
that of Tuition sod Revenue; we say kindred, for
we are much mistaken, if, with • taxation op-
proachieg to three seme millions, the Bank can
ever sufficiently compress its issues, to pay either
in coin or in bullion.—The Courier has been (a-
vowing the political world this last week, with the
yearly stale of income and charge up to the Sib
inst. which we give a little transposed, for the sake
of clearness, in this Paper. It will be teen, that, as
compared with that of a similar statement of last year,
it exhibits an improvement of needy two millions in
fact, and three in point of hicreased Revenue. By re.
guiding another comparison of excisable receipt for
the two years, It will be found that a great part of
this improvement is attributable to the increased duty
on Malt ■nd Hops, which is simply accounted for by
a year of great plenty, following ono of greet scarcity.
This, however, according to the Courier, is a proof
of forthcoming national felicity, in the face of the fact,
that while the Reuses has increased, the charge has
increased else ; that the receipt is still unequal to the
expenditure; and that the Consolidated Fend is op.
wards of tie millions is arrear. The folly sad Isis.
lion of this Journal are, in truth, almost essesimil
'patio' of Imports and Exports, it exalts that they
emoent 10 several 0111110011 MOM they daring the lost
veer, while both the agricultural end mercantile
classes ore sinking under the embarrassment created
by that very fact. Need we allude to the operation
of the salt cern importation on agriculture, at this
very moment ; or the stagnation new •rising from
glutted and overcharged markets to commerce and

wsnefecture. In truth, the qeerterly chuckles of
this „Teems' at the increase of the Revenge, with.
oat ►eference either to charge or deficiency, ere be.

coming almost too coutemptible and tidiceleus for
remark : and we think, must seen begin to diagest
the most servile of partisans. IVhat is to be said
of three or fuer columns of Parliamentary debate
on ono side of a skeet, in regard to ackuowledged
ocergrown pauperism, t• Irish distress, and to egri-
cultural depression, followed by all serfs of con-
gratelation on national prosperity on the other.—
This kind of froth sod gilding, which is despica-
ble at all time', *my admit of some defence with
an enemy at the gates ; hot, in • season like the
;Resell!, it is esident that nothing can more tend to
urea the country, than a sorted and accurate dilly.
lion of facts among the active and enquiring por.
tines of the community. Knowledge is parser
says Lord BACON, we may add, that it ii also rec.
It/gallon; and of all the steps to political acetic-