The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

449 CMIIIMMOININAIWNOLM What thcv had so often favoured them with before, and to that added some observations, on what they were pleated to call a hint v;iven by the 01.1 . 11.cv.,!..7 , ! , of the EXC las t t'iat it vs his iutention to a tr.:: ,:t•-0n capitil. it watt to to obcrrie the eftl;,;t -.ilace:l by Cie ,peeches made sAs,et i _oe Alek.a.:,gesttestrers. They,. poer ciea l ts'res I after all, .(11 , 1 not seem to uialer•taod what they wels atA. many .at last retired v iii w: ether the -.13\ u pi; c'arit:i!,. was to be a tax upon ?Ili•riticrs in New . -vat-, ot . on the capital pri:cs in the next State.Lotterv. pciecipal :.ctors in this scene most 'have found it dif ficuit to luep Weir countenances white. ahey contemplated the grotesque appearance of their.gaping auditory. if there hid been any ground for the statements they made, which we shall presently :hew there. was not, still it would have been rather bard on -the trimly group, who attended, thus to be detained in Abe rain, when the business going on could not at all : concern them. The moving representations sub - Mitsed to them respecting a tax upon capital, by .the capital osi tie hu - stings,. was like a pathetic address from an Al derman, on the advancing rice of turtle, to a gang of beg- Ors starving for want. of bread. NiSthing is more easy than to make a most alarming state. Ment appehr very pier' 'Me, if facts are in the first instance mistattd r nothing mo....easy, if We set out with false assump tions, to come with an imposiug show of fair reasoning to conclusions in themselves perfectly unwarrantable. If, in the first instance, we.admit that the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- OR sr:weft has intimated an intention of imposing a tax upon Capital, and it be also admitted that it is his intention to con tinue that tax for a series of years, nothing can be more clear Olen that *by taking 10 or 20 per cent. from the capital of the ceuntry,,year after year, the whole of that capital must be ultimately absorbed. That such a prospect would be truly alarming, we are as ready to admit as Sir F. 11 RDET 'l' and Miler CA ftTWILIGIIT, but we are not so ready to take leave of eommou sense with them, as to suppose such can ever be the design of any Minister, who is not a traitor, anxious for the destruction of his country, or a madman impatient for the annihilation of his own resources. Such a project is in compatible with the views of human ambition; and that such aortic has ever been a favourite with the'present CHAN CELLOR of the EIiCK-E4UF.R we distinctly deny. We posi tively agsert that he has never given us auy reason to suppose, thatit was his intention to tax the capital of the country. The fact is, what the CUANCELLOR of the Exentaavea said Ott - this subject has been tnisrepresenied. When he speaks in his place, his voice is unfortunately too weak, for that which fills from .hitn, to be distinetli heard all over the Mouse ; and 'this makes it impossible for those who report what eases in Parliament, at .811 times, • to give his speeches cur . reetly The friends of Sir FRANCIS seem eagerly to have taketi advantage of this circumstance on the present occasiosi, and ensaiiling to let slip an opportunity of inflaming the public mind, assumed.that to be his intention which he had dhsolutely disavowed. In the debate which took place on the Resolutions of. Finance, the CHANCEL LOIt of the Es-• err egte a was certainly understood by several members to 'Kite tn intimation like that imputed to him,' and Probably Sir F. IluanFur.syas one of those who so Misunderstood him. •s4tdtnittina this, however, we ,are still at a loss to conceive . c•lfisw.the subsequent exelanatiob of the CH*NCIL LUIZ of the • lEkoltegt. - err could tie znisundersfoOti or forgotten, in which itediaelainted auy intern jou of resoiting to a tax upon caps- tell lle stated that lie . bad merely mentioned it as a resource wpie.l)..other, nations had, been driven, and of . which this country, in a case of exti eine necessity, might avail itself. it is true, he, Tailtrionfl• to how that the siperation of such a . f ' :"Ofi /~ 1 .. 1 ; : :i• • Trin NATIONAL REGISTETZ AUG. 9. t ax i n 71f,nand, coutitieed for eight yer.r:;, had not been 93 deAVOCti‘e to the com1)10:*(te of the country, as th ose who en the stcined to think it must neces,a rik pro , e, but he cvi need no Bete: mina ion to try the es pc riment in this country. In a case of extreme uecess i tc . ro avert an invas'on, or to ward off some calamit; of mo.e than oi din:try magnitude, such a tax may he justifiable It is hut easonable to expect ilea those who have the greatest stake in the country, should contribute most largely towards the wcseivation of that in which they arc so much irceiested, Aid therefore on an extraordinary occasion, the Capitali.ts may fairly he called upon to furnish extraordinary supplies, in proportion to their ahility. We have, however, shown, that no Minister can think of making such a tax permanent, and we deem it unnecessary to say any thing to prove, that the present Chancellor cf the Exchequer does not consider the country as being yet in a state of extreme nece sity. Under these circumstances, as Mr. P EItC ex- At. once appeared disposed to make the Bank note a legal tender, .which, it was said, would lead to tha maximum of pi ices, the Parliamentary Reformers, on Wed nesday, might as well have connected with Parliamentary Reform, a discussion of the policy of the law of marimuni, as an enquiry into the effects of a tax upon Capital Having thus exposed the false wounds on which our Re formers proceed, we shall conclude this article, by giving it as our opinion. that that Reform, which applies a specific re medy to a specific evil, is that which can alone lead to any practicable and beneficial result. It is vain to hope,that a Parlia ment so corrupt as they insolently declare the present to IT, will ever vote itself to be so, and therefore to go on as they do, is merely to keep up a miserable farce, for the purpose of occasionally treating the mob with an inflammatory speech. This line of conduct, however, they find it to be tl eir in terest to pursue, and we are not sanguine enough to hope, that they will adopt that which we would recommend, merely because it afliirds a prospect of doing good. FOREIGN INTELLIGENc:r. SIXTH OF THE 611 A 1) _IIIIIY. • Wika, July 11, The King of Nap!es continues to follow the enemy's ft a l.: I I;;,;•il• On the sth he met the enetny'S cavalry m a position upon ill'. Dzi;:iiii Ile caused it to he charged by the brigade of cavalry. c al:el:a:dui by General) Baron Suliervie. The l'ressian regiments, e 1': irtcw b'ergers and Poles, which form a part of this brigade, cin:reid ,ti ill the greatest intri•pidity. They overtnrned n line of Ittissiau Li u ' and linssairs, and took lon prisoners, with * their horses. ‘S, heti the:: arrived on She other side of the Dziatui, they broke doer' the briil ,, ,rn and showed :t disposition to defend the passree of the lirer. Genet"l Count Moistbrust (lieu brought np his live batteries of light urtiherv, hours, which, during several carried destruction two the ranks of tilt enemy. The loss of the Russians ha: bees considerable. tietteral Count Sebastiuni iirtivini on the same day lit whence the Emperor of Russia laid departed the preceding crenirig• Our advantied godrit is upon the Dwins. General Count Nansouty was, on the .r.ith of Jilly, at I'o~racuru. En order to pass the Dziana, hr prtcee.ded six miles tionlicr I iglu of the king of Naples. The General of lir:gadin llousse!, the 9111 regiment ji Polish light cavalry, and the td regiment ofsal:te Pre" sian hussars, passed the river, overthrow six R ussian s q uadrons, a great number, mid tool. 45 prisoners , with several Officers. Gen d e' rot "I,lr ',sooty praises Ilse conduct Of General ltoussel , an d mentionr with commendation, Lieutenant Bor: , e , of the Prussian hussars, th d e . 1 Sub officer Grange , and the hussar Low. his Majesty has gtoratie the the insignia Of the Legion lionourto General Roussel, to ok 13 , 0 . Ofliofi and Suh-officers rs above datneit. General Natisouty Ritssian mounted hussars and dragoons pi irone rs. Ou the 3il - ot• 'July the communication was opened bete/cell Credo and Wilit, by Lida. The Platoff with 6000 CossCossacks,drivel' out of tirodito Moved towards Lida , and f ound there the rreinii and • II to [vie on the 5 t osts p fie di-scowler' h i General Count tir oucliY • ••sot oceitpiesi Witclanew, Trabuni, and Soubotninkl. General Boon rt qu vi • on Ti RR tin in