The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-09-21 00:00:00

vilify a Revolution which bas been the cane of thel
,rogetaination of Inch doctrines as are contained in the
Report. It recommends iconomf aid artRINciMENT,
by the destruction of sinecures, and undeterred pea-
lions, land by the diminution of exorbitant salaries ;
and it states, as a self-evident consequence of an atten-
tion to this

the decrease of tales, and
the increase of human comfort.
Comment upon this document is unnecessary. It
in itself, an answer to all the vulgar abuse, which, for
'ant of better materials, has bees heaped upon the im-
mortal patriots who have set the example of resistance
to grinding tyranny. Comment, we repeat, is unne-
"miry ; for comment upon clearness must obscure it;
and if the people of England are not now convinced
that the cause of the hatred of freedom which has so
openly shewn itself in England and on the Continent,
that that cause is the fear of that fearful word, " Re-
form ;" if the people, we say, are not now convinced of
this, then they are unworthy the name of rational
creatures ; we should waste oar labours upon them,
we might write our pen to the very stump without pro-
ducing the desired effect.
As a contrast to the Report In question, we have
the painful, the gloomy task, of laying before our
readers an official acccount of the Revenue of our own
country, for the quarter, ending the sth of July last ;
sod, from this Account, it appears. that, notwith-
standing the weight of taxation under which we
groan, notwithstanding that ne are taxed for every
thing we eat and drink, for what we neither eat nor
drink, and almost for what we think. still there is a
deficiency is this one 'warier @nig, of .e I ,660,794 I Re,
Sd. ; and, to meet the deficiency of these frightful
figures, ninst we be taxed spin and again. The de-
ficiency, for the present, has been supplied out
of the sacred fund set apart for the payment
of the dividends which will become due next
October ; that is to say, out of the money which belongs
to the national creditor ; that is to say. that unless the
Bank advance their paper ea loan, the national credi-
tor, on applying for his interest next October, will be
turned to the right about, and told that his money is
applied to meet the deficiency of the last quarter !
In fooling at political events, there are certain ex-
tremes, which the human mind is incapable of grasp
ing. Such is our case in treating of the condition of
fair unhappy England, as contrasted with that of
thriving !mighty Spain. If we were only to attempt
the filling up the outline of the two extremes, we should
shrink from the view orate own work ; we should lose
ourselves in language which might inflame our country-
men to madusss,and we should consign ourselves to a d u n-
von. Weiganil therefore endeavour to observe the nar-
rowed metes kW bounds which are marked out for our
shackled press; and, in one expressive sentence, we sac
to our countrytien ; " Look at Spain, and look at
England!"

'l'o suppose that such a state of things can continue,
would :rgae a want of the common faculties of reason,
which nature has given to all who are permitted the
exercise of their loco-motive powers. Something mast
be done, and quickly done, by the temperate and re-
spectable part of the country, or we shall soon become
a prey to the horrors of Revolution,—of Revolution,
not of the character which has given happiness to
Spain an I freedom to Naples ; bet of a description which
will involve n 3 in all the appalling scenes of the year
1793, in France.

It is reported titAt Lord Beresford has arrived at
Lisbon, witli orders to use his influence to induce the
liorernmrnt to convoke the Cortes.

The Marchioness of Sangrati, the lady to whose ar-
rival we yesterday alluded, as having come to offer evi-
dence in behalf of the Queen, has, with her husband,
the Martinis, taken up her residence in the house of
Laity Ann Aamilton, in Portman-street.

We have received New Brunswick Papers to the
%hoe August, of which the following is an extract
rar.nsucerrown, JULY 18.
Yesterday n.orninz,, the inhabitants of this place
Were thrown into a state of alarm by s number of low
characters (m-stly Irishmen,) who commenced a riot
which had been plotting for some time past. About
wOO% they began to assemble in considerable force at
the lower end of the town, and immediately commenced
a barhuons attack on several usoffending passengers
st 4 mechanics at work, whom they beat in a shocking
moaner 1 brat our lox nsmen being er.:ly apprised of
this most daring outrage, immediately hastened to the
scene of disturbance, when a rencontre took place.
which ultimately ended in the dispersion of the mob,
and the commitment of the ringleaders to gaol. We
are entirely unacquainted with the origin of this dis-
turbance or of the motives of these deluded men, but
it is evident that a spirit of disaffection has crept in
among us.
The shameful evasion by the American officers of
their own Navigation Act, evidently passed for the
purpose of excluding all British colonial vessels from
entering or being within their limits, plainly demon-
strates the necessity of Plaster of Paris in America,
sad affords a lesson to the British Provinces from
whence Plaster of Paris is exported.
By Mails which arrived yesterday we have received
Brunel, Papers to the 13th. soil Hansburgh Journals
to the Pith instant. The following is an extract from
one of the former :

Our printe eorrevondenee from Frankfort, dated
.7th September, informs us that the Baron J'Anstett,
Minister Pleuiputentiary from Russia to the Diet, has
just made to that assembly, in a confidential sitting, a
gommanicatioa of which the following is the substance:
• The Ernprter of Russia does not recognise in any
.mower the rig of interfering in the akin of other
1111seso, oh secatet of innovations introduced into the
11pewompee stibeet States. His Imperial Majesty de-
. 10111111111 appeemehing interview with Ms Ally, the
ttf Muria, is far from having for its sifdet to
imam use &wastages' leading to sapprra *ow
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