The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-04-13 00:00:00

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DISTURBOTCES 4moird-nig:tioNggs.

The present alerminttearcity of grain in Corp-
wltllt of arley, which forms a chief',
part of Bus sustenance of the poor, his for sem thee
induced an apprehension that the hliners, poetised by'
the advanced price of grain, and the difficulty of
procuring it, would be led to resort to undue Mea-
sures for lowering the price, and obtaining a sqpply.
These apprehensions have been in part realised, and.
the mining districts, particularly round Redrattit,
Camborne, dc. exhibit at this moment appearances
which would be truly alarming, but for the well
known. character of the Miners, aid the great peps.
larity of the. Magistrates who reside amongst thee!,
and in whom they have the fullest confidence. .0n
Monday last, the Miuers who reside between Red-
ruth and Truro, assembled in great numbers, and.
proceeded to the houses of several farmers, whom
they induced to sign'a written engagement So sell
them wheat at 30 shillings, and barley at 15 shillings
a Cornish bushel, of three Winchester bushels.—
' Where this engagement was signed, and corn
As, delivered in compliance with it, the Miners 0f...,
4 ' fered no violence, bit contented themselves with'
ues, to soliciting a little bread, an article of food which,
ea about ' some of them dsclared they had not tasted for
norm pro. several days. Where an reluctance to sign the
gagement was ma thereats were resorted to,
this riotous en
but we have not learned that they were in any in-
stance carried into effect. Acoounts of these pm:
felleriefi Ides:dings having reached Truro, measures were innate,
'elm, I dittely taken for calling out such part of the 3d or
,v• IN. C. regiment of Local Militia, as reside in. this
' teem-and its. neighbourhood ; by order of Lieut.!.
'CM. Warren, She drupes beat to arms, and the wee
assembled In uniform, but ..without muskets. Meow
time the Miners having received information that Mt.
Vincent, of Liskea, witbia two miles of Truro; bad
a considerable quantity .of unthrashed corn, sur-
rounded his heel'. in great numbers, and under-
standing that he was at Truro, parties were dis-
patched in search of him, in order to induce him to
sign the engagement to sell his corn at the pima
which they had determined on as a marensses.
These *ties entered Truro, and having found
Mr. Vincent, he signed the engagement, and promised
to carry it into effect. As the Tinners did not show
any appearance of riot, the Mayor very properly
abstained from coming to extremities with these well-
meaning but impetuous and mistaken men, and they
were allowed to apply to the inhabitants for food.-1
Some of them described the consequences of the pre-
sent high price of corn, and the impossibility of pro.
Curing it, in many instances, in the most distressing
manner. It is certain that the earnings of the gene.
rality of the Miners are inadequate to support them
at the present prices of grain ; and it is also tune,
that in many -parts it is not to be procured.—
On Tuesday the Sessions commenced at -Truro,
at which a number of Magistrates and the High I
Sheriff attended. Information was received that
the Miners had assembled in considerable bodies
near Redruth, and that serious apprehensions were
entertained of their proceeding to violence. Shortly !
after Mr. Magor, one of the proprietors of Redruth
Brewery informed the Court, that the Miners had
taken possession of the brewery, &c. for the purpose I
of obtaining the barley which might be there. Messrs..
Magor and Co. hare for some time sold barley .to;
the poor in their neighbourhood at a price cousider.
ably less alma that at which they bought it. Im-
mediately,a consultation was held ifin the-Bench,
and an order was signed by the Sheriff for
calling out a part of the Monmouth and Brecon
Militia, in garrison at Peadennis Castle. • Edward
William StackhousteEsq. of Pendarves, and the Rev.
llugh...Rogers, of Redruth, as Magistrates resident in
the_ neighbourhood, were deputed to Proceed to Red.
ruth and take the Military tender their direction.—
The order was received at Falmouth by seven o'clock
in the evening, and in an hour the regiment marched
for Redruth, where the Miners were found assembled
in great numbers, but without having done any mis-
chief. The Magistrates went amongst them and after
reasoning with them en the impropriety of their con-
duct and the cousequences likely to result from it,
they induced them to disperse, and all but a few re-
turned peaceably to their houses. On the next day
the militia, with the exception of 100enen returned to
Falmouth, taking with them the ammunition and bayo-
nets belonging to the Stannery Local Militia Royal Ar-
tillery which had been lodged at Redruth. On Wed-
nesday several parties of Miners proceeded- to the
f houses of farmers in search of corn, which they forced
- I them to deliver at the regulated prices. This the Mu..
A Russian Gentlemen, M. HET/ANGER, arrived gistrates exerted themselves to prevent, and with the
at the Foreign Office, on Saturday, with disptches aid of the Local Militia they succeeded in this neigh.
from St. Petersburgh. boerhood. The whole of the Mining districts hewn
A very active correspondence continues to be car. ever contheie to be much agitated ;—indeed the dila
tied on between the British Cabinet and the Courts 'tressthopeor in general throughout the county k
of 'Stockholm and St. Petersburgh. Not a Mail as-
very greq.,,Jand we have good authority for stating,,
rives or departs without dispatches being either re- that themes, numbers who are literally famishing
ceived or trinsmitted. in the county at this moment. This should induce
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Private accounts from Gottenhurgh mention the the tore vfeelthy part of the community to exert
themselvessisor&r to procure a supply of previsions
arrival there of Mr. THORN TON, whose mission to .
the Court of Stockholm was expected to be attended suffering neighbours, and wears-happy to
. Ibe able to state, that every exertion has been made
''frith the happiest result. , for their
_.; to alleviate the unavoidable pressure of the times.—
It is stated, in letters from Jersey, that severat
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armed vessels lately escaped into Cherburgh, ' '
Wed Briton).
the late thick weather, from Havre ; anal, from lhe,ir 1.• wage* Exhibition of all the Memel he has
-construction, little doubt,can be entertained but they ipoeirea, including several which have never appeared
are intended for a feigner or real attack upon the I before tee alublic, will open, at No. 87, Pall-Mall,
Channel islands. on Monday, the 20th of April.
The Paris Journals triumphantly anise:mice the :
success of the. Conscription for the present year.— The Travels and Memoirs of the celebrated Da
CUMTEAMIRIAND, have bees for some time the theme
"It was," say they, 46 raised with unprecedented of admiration in the literary world, and we are glad
Celerity, admirable order, and without the least seen.
!eq." The final returns were ilsade by the different Ito see announced the new French edition in 8,0.,
departments on the 25th ult.- which has so long been sought for: It may be I
- had of Mr. Comma's, Conduit-street, sad a few of
, The next fleet for India-will be dispatched early in :*the principal (Booksellers.
I May, to be composed of the following diips :-- I Suraeserriox.—A farmer, in the 'neighbourhood
Princess Charlotte of Wales" Maria,
Lord of Blain., near Glasgow, had some calves which died
Duncan, Apollo; Juliana, Mom, and Sir Godfrey holy . and, as he had suffered repeatedly, he Was
Wehster, for Ceylon, Behgal, and Batavia. I cosset:ma that his cow-house was bewitched. He re.
The Agents of Ministers have been every
where i sorted to a -remedy, held by traditious superstition
actively employed to obtain .Addressee against the
to be effectual in such cases—that of burying alive
Catholic Question; bat in no single lastaace, in no
one of his best calves.
one rotten boreugh, however doerept, ie EAgland, Curious FACT, AND NO LOTTERY •Purr.—lt is
Ireland, pr Scotland,
have they succeeded' 'Not I even betting that the-joyful news. of the bate( Hada-
one " No Pepin " Address has been-yet
. ..Pre.Nult•a jos will be made known the same day that CARTER)
to the Pelee% REGENT) 1/0/* yet wiser= um to.
of No. 8, Charing Cross, informs the public he has
lumns of the Gecelts. • sold the 11010001. via. the 30th April.
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From Cork we also learn that,on Saturday se‘nnighti
a co osid‘rable mob assembled in that city, and proceed-
ed to break open the stores of a starch manufacturer,
in consequence of its having been rumoured that he
had. purchased and laid by a quantity of potatoes,
I.fix the prosecution of his employment. The ma-
chinery...was entirely destroyed, and the potatoes, to
1 the amount of oboot 1001. worth, scattered about
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and taken of: the timely arrival of the Sheriffs pre-
,Arsited any ,farther ill-consequence from this riotous
11044tPblagei
.As ..s simple and certain Ines* relieving,
_fbry caustry from these accntsulsitik, distresses,
= •43n.by the present war, we wo*td earnestly!
.► rnittnert tint- loaseinved.apbeasit
issehosre WI. It is allowedl4l-44VAsio6in-Creat
*Wain twenty millions of acres. of Waite land/
lilting the population at ten millions, .this gives two
aci."es for tedh igdividual, man, woman, and child.
It"
.ow s well known, that two acres of-ordinary
laajth •e
asoreaz than sufficient for the support of any
inslividnal- Here then, thouth we have had of late
years a constant cry of scarcity, 'is land allowed to
lie waste su, jjicietet to feed every human being in the
country! Let the Legislature instantly pass this
bill. The swarms of starving weavers and other
• mechanics who are now out of work, will get
immediate employment, and that of..`the most
healthy, useful, and beneficial kind—the cultivation
of the earth. At no time could this Bill have passed
with half the advantages as at present. By it we
would have in another year not only a sufficiency of
corn for ourselves, but abundance to spare for oar
armies abroad; and the country would be brought
a point of culture sOfficient to obviate the dread of
_famine in any ordinary case id future. Every India
aidual, man, woman, and child unemployed, or In
'the Workhouse, would find work; the poor-rates,
Iwhich, in some parishes (Coventry for example), are
now at 253. would soon be under ss. in the
pound ; the squalid and miserable looks of the
half-starved poor, would assume the tint of heal
and vigour; and debauchery and dissipation would
s?ve place to Morality and regular habits. The
bill 'should be accompanied with a proclamation-
'tr.; be read from all pulpits, EssablOW aawroli as
Dissenters, inviting tho labour of evert rilois un-
employed. The silly objection, thitit will prevent
the poor villager feeding an ass or a few geese, does
not deserve an answer, as every body must see, that
his advantages will he a hundred-fold increased. The
equally absurd objection, that it will occasion a lan-
guor in the cultivation of the already-improved land,
is quite as ridiculous. What man Is there tbat neglects to
cute.: atea farm he already possesses, bedew a friend
dies and bequcathes him another ? The objection of
the strutting, purst+ proud farmer, who feasts on ve-
nison and wine, .while the poor cannot get bread and
weer, that it will reduce the price of corn, Is the
strongest Argument for the measure, and the very
object in view which may by this means be effected,
in spite of all the forestallers in the country. The
questions of Catholic Emancipation, Orders in Conn-
cit; or the East India Trade, compared with this, are
as dwarfs to a giant ! !!

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