The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-11-19 00:00:00

U.l`, STA TES 11A N.

• PRICE,OF STOCK
Beak Stock 210 •
I per Cent.Ftedl77l
I per Dant.Con. 781
S¢ per Cor4t.
4 per Cents. 961;13
per Ot.Nnyy 1111/
3 per Cent.
Long Ann
Imp 3 per Cert.
HA 0 per Colt.

bAY AItONS O'CLOCK.
Indla,Stook 2121
Dittoßondil—s• 725.'7215. Pri?
South-Set Stock
South Sea Old -Ann.
Ex 8111,241. 1000/.43 65.45. p.
5001. 4s. 6s. 4s.pro.
Small 45.65. 4s. pm.
India for ditto
Con. for Acct 781
Lott. Tickets 221. 144.

Mall WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TO•11 miaow.
Morning 39 mid. after 10.—Eveuing 5 min. after 11.

ANOTIIER of 3nAm AT NINR O'CLOCK TO-
MORROW MORNING.

LONDON:

310NPAY EVENINO, NOTEMRER 19, 1821.

STOCK EXCHAAi;E, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is littte doing in the Market this morning.
Consols arc stationary ; the prices at present from 78
to !.

The application to the Court of Chancery on Fri
day, by some of the tenants of the Coopers' Company,
for a reduction of rent, cannot but have struck very
forcibly every person who read it. The ground on
which they rested their claim for relief was, that the
rent which they had paid was over-estimated.
The land they rented produced potatoes, which three
years ago were six pounds a ton, and now were only
two pounds. The other articles were about the same
proportion ; and the consequence was that in the year
1820, the petitioners had lost 10001. They prayed
therefore that their petition might be referred to the
Master to enquire whether the present rent paid by then,
was not too high ; and a strong claim appeared
on the face of their case for redress. But the applica-
tion, though not refused, met with little encourage-
mot. The LORD CHANCELLOR was reported to have
stated that he never heard of a farmer, when the ar-
ticles of prod lire were at a higher price than that
at which his rent was estimated, pay a greater rent to
the land-owner than he had stipulated for in his lease.
An order was given to refer the petition to the Master,
but it was understood the reference was only to en-
quire whether any and what reduction ought to be
made for the present year ; and his Lordship thought
it ought to be endorsed on the hack of the order that
the petitioners, when produce shall bear a high price,
are hound to refund any reduction in the rent, that the
Master was of opinion ought now to be made to therm
f a petition of this kind were not thus discountenanced
in limine, the Court, no doubt, would have abundance
of business. The pressure now is coining on the land-
owners; and the outcry is, that i f such applications were
to be heeded the most solemn contracts would be ren-
dered useless. But what other way is left for farmers
to obtain redress? Their property is.aapreciating at
a rate that was never before experienced ; they are,
as a body, "on the verge, nay, in the very
gulph of bankruptcy ;" they are deprived not only
of the prospect of providing for their families, but
id the very means of living. This distress dill not
come on a sudden. Its approach was stated and
proved to Parliament, and Committees were appointed
to take the matter into consideration. But what
was the result? After months of useless la-
bour, and a great parade of anxiety and concern'
the House of Commons was pleased to separate with
acquiescing in the declaration of their Committee
" that they have not been able to discover any means
which, in their estimation, are calculated immediately

to remove the present pressure !"
Is it likely if the House of Commons had been dif-
ferently constituted that they would have separated
for six months without discovering, and patting in
execution also, some mode of relief ? Would a reformed
House of Commons have forgotten, that they and their
constituents were enabled to live and flourish in the
year 1792, and for many years before, when the price
of the produce of their and their constituents' farms
was no higher than at present ? Could it have escaped
their notice, that the only material difference between
the situation of the farmer, the yeoman, and the land-
lord, then and now, was, that the charges on produc-
tion in 1792 were scarcely one fourth so great es at pre-
sent? And is it possible that they could Imee been ict blind-
ed as not to have seen that a complete remedy was talmob-
tained—and to be obtainedonly by reducis.g the chirps,
(the taxes. the tithes, the rates, and the rents,)-fit; an
equitable proportion? This, however, must., nttonly
be discovered, but be acted upon, before stay .ikkog de-
serriag the name of REMEDY will be obtained—:-:.And
it is very material that every one concerned should ask
himself whether such remedy is likely to be obtained
through a House of Commons, a majority"of 4Wif,h is
rewind, or influenced, by about two bundre4,xich
and powerful individuals, whose interest .in . thelre—
sent system, from benefitting by it in certain yaleirted
modes we need hardly now turn to the Nefi"Pirergy
or " nan•noou" of the Court to explain. ie`qttoitt as
to make the danger of this distress reaciilni:thcirs
remote ?

It is very evident that things cannot go.,ostirantb
Jonger :in their present train; there must be Many
and great changes; and to render these changes pro:'
lattive 'if. good. instead of evil, the anal., Ma:PP-1144
tiiittiiiitt4 Collective Wisdom" of the nation .will
be nceessoip. The ministerial hirelings may pos.foeth
mostementent,insreastd revenue (and from the ins/tailed
cigoar• [semiAux ENJoismo]
!retina of tatediElkforeed. there may be an increase
of. recta', • Japans, -branches, and 'a torrespoladint
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diminution of the means of the people), bat, we
would ask, who is to check these accounts ? and who
-vouch for the truth of them, but the same persons who
It ave for the last twenty years vouched for the same
things, bat whose flourishing statements have uniformly
terminated, year after year, in delusion, increase of debt,
multiplication of misery to the industrious classes, and
multiplication of wealth to the stock-jobber, the Jew-
broker, and the other locusts of 'Change-alley ? But of
what avail are increased means of bestowing pensions,
and paying dividends, and purchasing patronage on
the part of Ministers, to the Farmer, the Yeoman, and
the Landholder—who does not participate in their
produce, but who is called upon to pay d ,übled taxes
with reduced means

Accounts of the yellow fever in Spain, brought by
the Madrid papers to the sth instant, are less favour-
thle than the reports circulated on the authority of

private letters had led us to expect. Instead of any im-
provement having taken place in the sanitary state of
the infected cider., the number of deaths seems to he

as high, if not higher than before. Up to the 26th
of Sept. 7000 persons had died of the fever at Tortosa,
and since that time the deaths had been GO and 70 a

(lay. At Barcelunetta the desolation continued, and
in several places in the vicinity of Cadiz, where the
infecton was supposed to have ceased, it had sprung up

again with fresh rigour. The number of deaths al

Barcelonetta on the 24th, 25th and 26th nit. was more
than 150, and of new cases 193. The news brought
to Madrid relative to Saragossa is, that reports having
been spread that the Government intended to disarm
the National Militia, some of the latter, with their
Commander, proceeded to depose the Political Chief,
Don Francisco Murcia.

The Paris papers contain the most contradictory
accounts from Constantinople and the Danube. It is,
however, asserted, in several articles that the Greeks
occupy the entrance of the Bosphorus with their Beet,
and have sent back all the European merchant vessels
which conveyed grain to the Turkish capital, having
declared that city and the neighbouring parts in a state
of blockade. An article from Munich says that pri-
vate letters from Warsaw and Petersburg state, that
Russia will not take part in any Congress, but it is
nevertheless believed that a Congress of the Powers
of Germany will be held, at which England will
take a part on account of Hanover. It is asserted in

the Vienna letters that the Porte has received accounts
from Petersburg, which no longer leave any doubt

that the Oreeks are to be abandoned to their fate ;
but it is added this statement requires confirmation.
—The French parrs bring a copy of a conven-
tion for the occupation of Piedmont by Austrian troops,
which has been entered into between the Ministers of
Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, and the Austrian Gene-
neral commanding the Occupant Army. The number
is fixed at 12,000, with power to demand more if ne-
cessary in the juilgment of the Sardinian Monarch. It
is ratified by " the Powers therein interested," as
above specified : so that it would appear England
and France are not considered as interested in the fate
of Italy. As the revolution attempted in Piedmont
was completely defeated, and the Royal Authority re-
instated in all its privileges long before the 24th of
July, (the date of this convention,) not the shadow of
a reason can be given to justify the measure now
adopted. By this agreement all the fortresses of the
country are placed in the hands of the Austrians.—
The force, indeed, is placed, nominally at the disposal
of the King,but the whole burthen of providing fur it,
as well as all the other grievances that attend the yoke
are thrown upon the people. What the weight
of the imposition will be will be easily understoodl
when it is known that besides supplying these 12,000
" Auxiliaries," as they are termed, with " Lodging,
fuel, lighting, food and forage," the Piedmontese 1.10-
vernment must furnish 300,000 francs, or about
13,0001. sterling a month to liquidate their pay. Such
a sum, amounting to about 160,0001. a-year, for so
small and so poor a country as Piedmont, is of itself
an oppression intolerable to be borne. This conven-
tion is to remain in force till the month of September
1822, when it is agreed that the Allied Sovereigns
shall assemble at Florence, to take into consideration
the situation of the Kingdom. and to determine whe-
ther they shall any longer favour the Sardinian Mo-
narch with the blessings of their support..-41espeet;
jai France there is no news worth repeating, except
the very awkward explanation which will be found is I
another column of our paper, of the esysteriews oKI
cirrence which took place in the Bois de Boulogne.
Nothing interesting passed in the Chamber ot 'Viet..
(Acumbl
day or Wednesday. The death of General ./Ca ip,'
which had been previously reported, is confirmet . .ij.
FIMICH FUNDS, Nov. 14.—Five per Cent:' i.."
119 f. 80c.—Bank Actions. 1595 f. • • A
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[INTIIACT OF A LETTIER room OVAYQUIL,
• The Ship Fanny, of New York, was taken posoisalis
of by the Goveronient of ,thii place, for the ' potpObel
of transporting..,Sroops from .Chen.. . Two. vein),
arrived below last night, with 480, troops 'from 'SW.
-same place, and it it presumed that an eirpeilftion wiN
woo march against Qnito, whichVfiN,ttiOMAtetNy.fail
'into the kOods of the Parkin. •
, I Lenox maw onttaxa, sot T.. 111,1 '
Arrived the brig Clarissa .Aoo.ileout tifileemsook,
cargo coals and dry goods. • Chptilis :thorns states,
shot bis vessel was robbed of goods 44 s biro moist,
probably 20,000dellara, by a saga piratitat schimter:
off Cape &stogie: 'The sehOisifii sr*. sisianed with
is 1 Sipsaiank. will ,
.•.twlc. for
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tagOeijditietiiptaws nil %elctwns loth,,
in short, every article of value. The conilitei of the
pirates was outrageous, threatening them with instot
death in case of secretion. A few hews before, ti;,,
schooner had robbvd the Pnglish be.? Neptune, from
Jamaica, bound to St. John's, of 5,00 dollars in
specie. QI.:EP::(7, Sm.?. 20.
MIPPECTS OP THE NAVIGATION LAWS IY ~AD,

OPERATING WITH THE co:N LAWS.
The price of Wheat at New Y.krii furnishes a datati,
by which the effects of those laws ia Cauatia mil be
ascertained.

The price at New York is regniarell by the rletnind
abroad. there being in the United States no resteictione
on foreign trade, but full liberty allowed to carer „f
send it to the best existing market, anti 4:so to !Nu
chase returns wherever they are folami the cheapest.
On the 10th inst. the average price of northern
wheat was ss. 611. per bushel, this currenct•, or 011
dollar and ten cents.

At the same date, wheat of allmt the same tpislitr,
was offerei in the district of slontreal at 2s. 6.1.,nr
half a dollar per tninot, which is something larger
than the bushel, at New York. and no s.iles.

!Supposing then, the ratite absence of testricite,
from the Navigation L•ms at Qnrbee as at Neer*
and that the cost of hringine. a ininot of Wheat fel%
the district of Montreal to Qarbee, together with any
difference of quality and increased freight, to a foreivi
market, were equal to Is. per minot, which is stueli a
sufficient allowance, then the operation of the s,,Aga.
Hon laws and corn laws united, would be equal tea
tax on each bushel of Wheat produced in Canals, be.
yond the quantity required for home consumption, of
two shillings per minot.
The average quantity of wheat exported from Canis
during the last fifteen years, does not amount to
300,000 bushels annually, bn• the average surplus of
this grain, beyond what is required for home consume.
tion, emounted during the last and present years, pro,
bably to 500,000 bushels annually, or one million for
the two years.
This gives an actual loss to Canada, by the united opt.
ration of the Navigation and Corn Laws, in the article
of wheat alone, of fifty thousand pounds, equal to a tax
of two hundred thousand dollars. _

The operation of this tax is, however. more injurioss
to the colony than taxes to the same amount usually are.
It is a tax upon production which it goes to annihilate,
destroying the value of all real property, and taking away
the best security against absolute scarcity, viz. the prat•
tice of raising for exportation a considerable surplus of
bread stuffs.
In stating the operation of these acts on the ecology,
we mention only wheat, for the facility of illustration
but their operation equally extends to all other sorts of
grain, and the evil is still snore extensive. Hit were to
continue, it wools', in the end, entirely ruin ahuost every
person in the colony. It is impossible, however, that it
can continue, for such never could have been the intes•
don of the British government.

MINCITERVAL CHANGES.—The following commnni
cation is from a correspondent of another paper:—lt is
confidently asserted in the well-informed political cir-
cles, that the following Ministerial changes have been
agreed on. The Marquess Wellesley to be Secretary
for the Home Department. Lord Sidmonth to be Privy
Seal. Lord Westmorland quits the Wllnet, au Vs
to be the Lord Chamberlain. Mr. Canning is to be
first Lord of the Admiralty, and Lord Melville% be
Governor-Oeneral of I ntlia. The Marquess of Bali-
inghatu to be Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Her
kisson to be First Commissioner of the India Boni,
and is to have a seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Stsrges
Bourne is to succeed Mr. Croker at the Admiraltt. A
report has also reached me, but for the truth of which
I cannot vouch, namely, that Mr. Ceeker is to retire
from the Admiralty with a pension, and is to hawk
his residence, during his own life and that of hiserift,
should she survive him, the apartments in liensingwe
Palace, formerly occupied by the late Queen Caroline,
together with all the furniture, &c.
As a proof of the prosperity of the country, which
since the pnblieation of the last quarter's revenue has
been so grateful a theme to some of oar coteraperarin,
we state the following fact, and we know it is by
means a solitary instance of the present enownomd.
predation of property. A farmer is our •market oa
Thursday last sold twenty fit sheep to a bulher for
twenty pounds, which nine months ago cost hire forty
pounds. Out of this half of his purchase.money he
has had to keep the sheep nine mouths, to pay rest,
tithes, poor-rate, and taxes, without mentioning what
they ought to have produced towards the tuaieteosoce
of his family. And we say this is a fair specimes of
the fate which awaits the Agriculturists of this row
try.—(Bristol Merearry.)
Recent letters from Malta announce the destractios
of the Tenician fleet off Tunis, in a pie of wisa.
wben, it is said, all hands on board perished, aulusst•
lag to 2,000 persons.
Letters from Amsterdam, received by the Nub
mail oil Saturday, announce the failure of an atm
"sive Mercantile house in that City, for a very loge
It is stated that several houses at Paris are
4(4ply—involved.
ThrtHamburgh papers which lad arrived brill
Jatilligynce. from Constantinople. bet of oo forth"
iitOmt than what arises from the Whence h
is
Lord STRAZEOVORD is said to rassess there. Is
y"
-stated that his Lordship has already dined st
*leg with the Sultan, an honor which was Otter ytk
Cu say other Ambassador, and that ht 11 Or.
*suited by the Ministers of the Potty 9.n tit
mien! critical circumstances.
.14 lett., from Barcelona, of the e3l ultimo. Oa"
tallaset. 'ag circumstance The other day the
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illnipst pal jests was informed OW a unmoor odour iv
.front.a. house in Numkte,street, Abe a.ehild
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wm,hasral crying within she house. Upea the bosh
.ff-Yrlnltods there were felted the body. of ass
gregreat!;ths ravagei of. the yellow +to.
,?
who .had been dud four or five days.:-Ibsitietbi'
.cogrierecrua ►
woman "St
expiring, and. lying *Pa le'.
sac ag ittfint, which in the torment of hunger
Or
ybON and gnawing the breast of its mother.
Oa Saturday the 49th regiment of foot. under the
eotuatud of Major Clegg, ;welled ',googly the me:
tropOl4si on. their rotate tat Vhathetn., wberethey tnifte
fot the Cape 041.04 Wage. They were seeolorg"e4
by a_full bland,awl ate all of them yosai
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W 0 aro lbspey learn that the City MarbLe- .t
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liir•Vecs ;no4l4.eittsessaely sreli under 41 lb* cldtM.
.I**NAti.o64lolorialifit rite;

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