The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-04 00:00:00

CAUTION TO F:IIIIGRANTS.

As many persons are from time to time induced by
various circumstances to leave their native country and
emigrate to some of our ; °lonia' settlements, it is
highly necessary that they should be car.fnl retire-
ing the vessel in which they embark, aid that the re-
spectability of the owners. together with the proba-
bility of the conditions stipu'ated being realised, should
be ascertained. The events of the snhjoioed staletnent
have suggested the propriety of the present coition.
A considerable number of persons during the last
summer engaged a passage on board the ship Hope,
hound to Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales,
with the intention of settling in these colonies. They
converted the whole of their property into such ar-
ticles as were likely to be most useful in the various.
I occupations to which their attention would be di-
rected. It was "stipulated in the written agreeusems
between the passenger, and the commander of the
'ship Hope, that the ship should leave the port of
London on or before the 20th of August, 1821, and
that from that period till their arrival in Van D .•
man's Land they should be furnished with roc
Isions. The Hope, however, did not quit London
till the 7thlnor- Gravesend till the 31st of October.
Previously to the 17th of October no provisions what-
: ever were distributed to the passengers, and the supply
I then granted was very inferior to the description of
food which bad been stipulated. Many persons were
actually on board, or had quitted their houses and
occupations by the 20th of August, and, being prin-
cipally mechanics, were reduced to great difficulty by
the unavoidable expenses thus unexpectedly incurred
for the support of themselves and families from that
time till the 17th of October. Their money being
exhausted, they were compelled to dispose, to great
disadvantage, of a part of the property purchased for
the market to which they were going.
Owing to a violent gale of wind, which contineed
for three days, and placed these deceived people in
imminent danger, the Hope was, on the sth of
November, driven into the harbour of Ramsgate.
where she was seized and detained by the Custom-house

officer, for baying on board 50 passengers more than
the number allowed by law. It was neat discovered
that the vessel itself was totally unfit for service.
sod the store of provisions was so entirely in-
sufficient for the persons on board, that the
greater part was consumed before they bad remain-
ed five tenets at Ramsgate. The owners. after baring,
by various representations, induced those unfortu-
nate persons to pay nearly 3000/. for their passage,
were ted for debt ; both prior to. and after the
arrival of the Hope at Ramsgate. The passengers
were thus left without any means of proceeding to the
land of their destination, or any prospect of soppart-
ing themselves in their own. His Majesty's Govern-
ment, taking into consideration the peculiar nature of
the case, have since determined to grant a free passage

to Van Dietnen's Land and New Sontls Wales to the
whole of the passengers.

We lately stated that requisitions were preparing to
be presented to the Sheriffs of Norfolk and Suffolk.
severally requesting them to convene county meetings,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the de-
pressed and distressed state of agriculture. The
Norfolk requisition was forwarded to the High Sheriff
of that county on Saturday last, who It is expected
will fix Saturday week for the required meeting. The
intended Suffolk meeting will not take place. Its
abandonment is thus explained in the Bury of St. Bl-
amed's paper :
" We are sorry to announce the abandonment of the
intention to call a meeting in Suffolk for the purpose of
petitioning Parliament on the one great subject of pub-
lic distress. The failure of the design is attributed to
a correspondence which has taken place between some
leading men in the county. Of the nature of that cor-
respondence we are not apprised, nor can we conceive
any subject of private communication which could he
au adequate reason for relinquishing so necessary a pro-
ceeding. Personal convenience, we are satisfied,
would opeVate with none at the present period. and poll
tical feeling we should have thought out of the ques-
tion. But it will be seen in a letter of Earl Stanhope.
which we have inserted, bow many reasons have been
devised in another county for refusing to unite in calling
for relief, and we do not think it imprpbable tkat some
of them may have operated bete. Tien • • of
a general imitation of this ex •
affected doubt on the p La the ex-
tent of the evil, t 1. according
with the finely tar of last par's
committee, that thing, ,
in the coarse of
time. This is the mere r tone, *caw,
if the statements publish be lame, the Uoverninent
yet feels no diminution of its fiThe letter that
ire have referred to should be rich articular at-
tention. It confirms the opinions that aye express-
ed of our present condition, which itsatis HI testes
to the true !source ; and if it be too late emulate
this county to assemble, we hope it will prodo an ex.
tensivr adoption of the petition which is subjoined
though in a manner to which less ' weight and cooed..
national influence' is attarbed."—Orry paper).
Cons Excitanos, JAN. 4.—The supply of wheat thi
'reek having been much less than was expected, that of
fine quality sold full 2s. per quarter higher, thin on
Monday, and the ordinary sorts were rather more in de-
mand, lint without any improvement in prices. Fine malt-
ing Ha rley supports Monday's quotation, although the at-
' rivals have been very considerable, but the chief part
being of inferior quality caused a brisk sale for fine sam-
ples, whilst the stained and ordinary sorts were offered
on lower terms without being able to effect sales.—
The arrivals of Oats have been very large since iVed-
nesday, yet fine fresh Corn, sold at Monday's prices,
but the inferior samples are Is. per quarter cheaper.—
In Beans and Peas no alteration.

SIIITIIVIIILD MARKET.—Theri-WILS a middling upply
at Market this morning of all descriptions of Castle,
which supported last Monday's prices.
ulceration in the price of Hay,.
Straw and Clover as per our last.

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