The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-02-01 00:00:00

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for two yeses to collie, ioithe jecojarrtirn already e4eriMceti
for the feta two yetis.
" Your Petiti-mers humbly bnt earnestly recommend that
,the establishments of the country, both civil and military,
lie reduced as near the scale of the year 171}2, as may be
found consistent with public safety.
" That all useless places, and all pensions and sine-
cafes obtained without acknowledged public services, be
abolished.
" That the strictest economy be oh d in the collection
end management of the Revenue, and in every department
of the public service.
"That the Taxvs on Malt, 'fops, Leather, Soap, and
Candles, and also the Assessed Taxes, be repealed, and a
modified Property Tax be substituted in their stead, and
that personal property be made liable to contribute with the
landed interest towards the support of the poor, so that
money may bear its proportion in the maintenance of that•
poor, alike usefel to every class in the community.
" And lastly, that you will be pleased to reduce the legal
interest of money to Four per Cent.; and to postpone the
total resumption of Cash Payments beyond the period now
fixed by law."
The SHERIFF called for a slew of bands, which were
held up by all the ltentlemen present for the Petition,
with the exception of two. The Hon. Mr. Rice, we be-
lieve, slid not vote at all.
The SHERIFF read a letter from John Jones, Esq.
M. P. for the Borough, lamenting I:is inability, from se-
vere illness, to attend.
Mr. liwyx we moved that the Petition be preseated to
the House of Lords by the Right Honourable Lord
Dynevor, and to the House of Commons by Mr. Rice,
and that the Members for the county and county borough
be requested to support the same in the Commons,
The Hon. Mr. Rica proposed a vote of Thitnksuto tbo
Hlgh Sheriff for his alacrity in calling the. Miejidg, end
for his impartial conduct in the Chair.
The Meeting was one of the largest and most reeves!.
able we have seen for some time to this county, and
throughout a strong desire was manifested by the differ-
ent Gentlemen that unanimity should prevail.

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O O. & Jersey I 0 France
O Lisbon 0 0 Flanders
• Gottenhure - 0 0 Brazil

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LONDON:
SATURDAY EVENtNO, YEDDUARY 1, 19t3.

• ROL' RBON WAR.

The papers of this morning announce a dreadful erath
upon the Stock Excliauge.—lt is said, in the way o
rumour, that it is the great devil of all. We imagine/
however, that lie has been toe cunning.—We beg our
readers to observe that all this ruin, which, let it be ob•
served also, has arisen from gains niade by the French ;
we beg thew to observe, that all this would have been
prevented, if the STaresstax bad been attended to, in.
stead of the .Ifm.niag Claro:tiele and the jobbing stupid
Old 'fines. This vile old thing of yesterday :attempts
to defend ittel against the skergeslsish—we.satly ?re'
ferted against it the day before. It says that it was not
it'sji/u/t:if it was in error. What, then, it will blame
God Almighty, I supposeh for having made it stupid.—
No, no It is not it's fault for being stupid, for being
ignorant, for saying that there would be peace and not
war. It is not it's faith: the fault is, in t hose who read

it; and are stupid enough to believe in it. The Morn-
ing Chronicle does not pretend that people ought to have
read it. It holds it's tongue upon the subject, and that
is the best way. The Morning CAronigle and the Ca•
vage Old Times appear to be in a great rage with
the King of France. And they do not spare terms
and epithets which they bestow on the Om Gentleman.
Tailcr. Stewart and Barber Mudfurd of the Courier re•
commend the French Ambassador to have them prose-
silted by the Atiornsy General: Oh ! no ! Leave them
to the public! The delusion which the Old Times has
practised as to this matter; the ruin it has occasioned,
will be a sufficient punishment to this erasy old paper.
As for the Morning Chronicle, we pity it. But the au-
dacity of ilia Old 'Times, in pretending that it did not
predict Peace, surpasses every thing: That old paper of
yesterday morning quotes one of it's paragraphs to skew
that it did not predict peace. But,in the first place, the
shuffling 011 Thing refers to a paragraph of thefourth
of Dec. This paragraph itself only says that France
was left at liberty by the Congress to du what she
pleased, and that her inclinations were to go to war.—
But. after this, that paper put forth falsehood upon
falsehood, second edition upon second edition, and
worked in all manner of ways to the ruin of those, who
held stock, and who held upon an expectation of peace.
Up to almost the very last moment it laboured to lead
these n retch?* beings on to their ruin. We have here
a practical proof of the terrible injury done to the public
by a newspaper like this. Let the public now look
back at the conduct of the STATESMAN, during these
three months of deeply interesting political speculation
This paper, really worthy of it's name, first began by pub-
ing a concise, comprehensive, clear and correct view of
the state of France. This was done in August, as soon
as we saw the Congress about to assemble at Verona.
Theo, as soon as the views of the Congress began to
leak out, we showed our readers what were the interests
of the Congress and what were the interests of France.
We showed them also, the want of power in this mill-
stoned Nation,to prevent the pursuing of those interests.
The conclusion we drew was, that the French would
.invade Spain: and for three whole months we have had
to combat the fully and the obstinacy of the other public
prints. Those Stockholders who have believed us,
have been saved. Those who hare believed the Old
Times have been ruined. This Old Paper put
out one second edition, for the express purpose of show-
ing that there would be no war.-ob, no ! There is
no need of prosecutions by the French Ambassador:
the public will take care to inflict the proper punish-
ment. It is not the fault of the Old Times that it is
stupid, or that it's stupidity produces ruin. The fault
is altogether is those.that read the Old Thidg.

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