The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-09 00:00:00

DEVON CO 7NTY ERTI.VI

Yesterday a Neapolitan Prince, who arrived in
London a few days since, had a lung iaterview with
Lord Castlereagh.
The Stork Exchange accivint this week being one
of the heaviest for A number of years, the chief busi-
ness there this morn:og was the making of arrange-
ments preparatory to lleCt Thorsday, xhich is settling
day. The depression in the Fund ;'which took place
on last Saturday, was owing principally to several
heavy accounts being arranged by the different psr-
ties, who did not wish to wait the issue of next
Thursday.
A ittinisterial paper gives the following as an ex-
tract of a letter f,ton Paris, dated the -Ith instant
• The arrival of Count Nesselrotle has put all Paris
in ass uproar. Ile conies with a proposal from the Em-
peror or It ro,Lt to sutler the passage of a Russian army
of 11iti,1199 or .2iti1,0041, meets:ding to circntostanees,
through France to Spain, of which a certain 'mother,
some say .10,000, shall re.t in France, and be replaced
by an equal number of Fren.l troops, for the Spanish
campaign."
The insurreetion in Walachia and Moldavia men•
tinned its a letter frosts Vienna in the Paris Papers of
Thursday, is said to he of a serious character, and
connected with a general plan formed by the llreeks
for withirawitiw themselves front the Ottoman s
Porte.
It is asserted also that an ins 'myths,' of the iireek
happened at Constantinople itself on the btls of March.
the very day on which it broke out in Moldavia, mei
that Ministers have itsceived advice,* of this tumult.
I:er 3lajestv will bold a drawing-room, at her house,
as soon a' the alterations in it are ettutpleted.
The t4neett's 'guider WAS stopped last week at Lynne
en his way to 'tome, and had all Isis despatches seized
by the French police: Isis person w.s searched, &sill
his letters were taken fr 1111 l hit's. A seal was put upon
his bag, which was sent to Paris. The courier was
desirous of conveying the despatches to Paris. but
was prevented, when he retorted to England, and ar-
rived at Brandetiltstrgla-house on Saturday night.—
Lord Hood wrote immediately to Lord Castlereagh,
who replied that an instant communication should be
made to the British Ambassador at Paris. Her Ma-
jesty has sent a person to Paris with the courier, with
instructions that every letter should be opened.
On Tuesday last the freeholders of Plymouth held
a wetting. for the purpose of petitioning Parliament
for the restoration of the right of participating in the
elective franchise of the borough. enjoyed by their
predecessors. Ilse meeting was both numerous and
respectable, and the resolutions forcible and tuanly.
(mos" Tie* VrmiNAL INTELLIGENCCR, MARCH RI.)
The Session of Congress terminated on Saturday
night in good order. The bill to establish an uni-
form system of bankruptcy, did not pass. The loan
hill has become a law ; when it was under considera-
tion in the (louse of Representatives, a motion was
made to strike ont four and insert five, sa as to make
the loan 5,500,000 th'illars instead of 4,500,000, but
the motion was Negatived. In the Senate the loan
was encreased to 5,000,000. to which, with much re-
luctance the Bowie at last agreed.
Mr. Kean has closed his engagement at the Boston
Theatre, having performed 16 nights to crowded
hues's. The premiums on tickets sold at auction for
the last night, amounted to 640 dollars, making the
end of some lathe tickets above 5 dollars each. The
eseueet of peasisess dace the wetland of di.-
.0111,4 by auction was adapted,ls 3,015 dollars. whirl
la been distributed to carless charities.

{a.,tt. account of the
ricultitral distress
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We hat"e this tuairiliner recelvto
paper, r ,assi•les ircyb
cis aairon:h Elmer
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:n.iseetisoina%riwsligliee.h nATtrtewgerelst-e si'clods 11.17
statedu..t s ;to •st:l
rarloi appeared
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Is.
Itiisen:ge, and
01. r "anti,
pulitiral pri;lns'es were in unison with the
the Requisition : th.,s who entert.tined dilk°rietft
nions hallo! p-irpsely absented themselves. The:1:::,f:
aemblage according to this partial account, ansonntei
from one thonsand to twelve hundred persons.
wls.ellserlsea fetter
e.tlr. uatti: 11:iiiiirrj•ullet,u1sirrhalttadliebeen read, is
" Old Parliamentary Reform,"
littsirtire'ilisr:tirtZi4n'T;llNetTirt(i'L,er:sitriatil 111°A44:3attheaemin:inlealerd,,i11:::.
length anitualvcrted on the tirst ols:;ezt a the meetis
the consideration Of as:
his Lordship sail, he might
iPsretrqs.3maiotPs. bleleawtedpesrfeewsr;tl
ly Aware, he ailaionleilged, that if the House of Cow.
mous was it it professed to he, a real representation
of the people, the case would be desperate indeed; bat
wiicu its abanc.iity in theory was slistluctly
even by Ministers themselves, when the save of seats
though forbidden by law, was as notorious in
•fret 2%
that of bullocks in the market ; and when the over
grown patr.mage of the government afforded them
such means of outbidding all competitors in this un-
principled traffic, lie Mould nnhesitatiagly answer.
that there was no effectual remedy fur the evils in
question but snch a reform in tits. House of Commons
as would make it more dependant on the people and
less dependant on Minis:era ; and Ise said this with re-
ference not merely to those who now stood in that si-
tnation, but to all who might hereafter succeed thro,
for while the representation continued in its pre•
sent corrupt state, he considered it inipossible for an
administration honestly t., discharge their ante to the
people. Nome persons may say, this is very fate
talking ; btu let us see what sort of a reform TN
would bring about ? His opinion might not perk+
go to the cx.ent of what some would propose, tad
luny be thought by others to extend too far ; bat le
would not hesitate fully and fairly to declare it; In
would immediately disfranchise all those, boroughs
which, by their notorious bribery anal corrniatioa,lial
disgraced anal prostituted their elective privilege—ht
would 'll.ft:in:lliac also old Sarum and Batten sad
others, whose monldering, anal untenanted walls stud
the by-words anal caricatures of our Representative
system—he would throw open all corporatioa ul
close boroughs to inhabitant householders paybe
a certain yearly amount of taxation, anal what
taxation dial not amount to a certain snot, he wall
associate the unreresented householders of the neiri-
hosting districts itt the election franchise of nyls
places. Ile walla immediately rive to the torso
large unrepresented towns in the kingdom the right
of
sending Members to Parliament. Certain lie was the
such a measure would tend more than arc thief else
to quiet the dissatisfaction, which Was considered to
prevail in some of those towns ; anal the ;Alia of
forty such Aleuebers to the House of Comosoos Ina
be in every way a gain and advantage to it. lie would
disqualify half of the placettsets who now sit theereld
,
reserving only a certain portion of those who h
effective offices, and who must always he necessary
for carrying on the business of the governaesk—
lie would ale.; oblige every candidate at the mid
each day's poll, to take the same oath against teak-
lag, as was required of electors against taking a Wk.
Ile would moreover limit the duration of 'Juliano
W 3 instead of 7 years. This was the outline of tie
reform which be wished to see adopted ; but iu statist;
this as his own view of the subject, hr hypo mew
wished to pledge the county to it ; in the petities be
should have the honour to propose to them, he Ind
not even tuentioued any specific plan of reform; ass
hall Ise proposed ally measures of partial relief tout
class of the community at the expense of any other,—
(Hear, hear.) After a respectful and temperate state-
meta of the public distress, he had asked only dot
the legislature could safely anal justly grant for sub
retrenchmeuts as can be adopted consistently with the
necessary services of the country, and the reform of
such glaring abuses in the Ilintseoft:ommons as wok
render it more truly the organ of the feelings and ir
terests of the people, anal thereby cement that bond
ses-
of
union which ought always to subsist betweea repre
tatives and their constituents.--(llear, hear.)
Lordship then proceeded to vindicate the character
of the reformers front such abuse as was conveyed
the letter of Lori Rolle, and after quoting the spirited
language of the late Bishop of Llandati on a simile
occasion, concluded by proposing aletition cubes-
able to his speech.
R. Nan rise. Esq. M.P. for Exeter, whom:tuba
the motion, commented at great length on the •
titan proposed by the Noble Lord, a copy of "lell
held in his hand,
.anal stated his entire corvette"
with every part of it.
The Rev. Prebendary DFNNIS moved an ansuli#'
which he did not preface by any remarks, elol4'
request the privilege of a hearing, without WO!!
tion, whilst it was read. It was seconded by
tiol'
John Dennis, and was to the tbllowine effect -
" That your Petitioners humbly submit to thet-_,
aeration of your Honourable 'loose, the present sta.,g,
the agricultural, us inufacturing, and commercial
cos oldie 1 sited Kingdom, relying on the oil"
such measures of alleviation as the general olio
the country will allow."
The lion. N ter rots Fam.owas said he should
have attempted to intrude himelf on the ad*
otice
meeting, or in any way to lessen the (See
trarr 011
Lord's eloquent speech. lint for the es
amendment of the Rev. tientleusan. From whal;
Rev. tient. had stated, it appeared, that lie a.,cf"
three points, hut disagrees' as to the remedy,
he left them in the larch. Would he make
amendment ? If so, lie (lion. N.
eolir'''
open, and now stop.- --------
did Sot seem iodised to du so, and he therefore
, if
not add any thing in detail ; but he tho
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not say mesething, his silence and his apathy
be criminal. After what had faller from the two
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acquiesce ace which must be implied sot th
name
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what those Oral Day.
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