The National Register. — London, England, 1816-01-21 00:00:00

THE .NATIONAL REGISTER. back to boyish obedience, we are content to look upon them as independent trad.-rs ; in ,vhich character it shall naw be our hairless to state 0 , ,:r opinion upon the probability of a good result from the re-ol cuing of trade with A r, c In tl.at spirit of commercial ignorance which we have before alluded to, and which has so long bewildered nations, we have been very desirous of considering ANt cate A as an infant state. rude in all her arts and impoverished in all her means ; and only a desiraLle customer, because she wanted tbe ability of manu facturing for herself. For some years, we have had too little intercourse with her ; and, from recent accounts, we shall find, that being driven, by the embargo, and the war, and the conti nental troubles in Europe, to look to her own resources, she has begun to manufacture very largely, for home consumption ; and is almost as independent in fact as in spirit. In thinking otherwise, we have deceived ourselves; and whatever our read ers may think of our patriotism, we regret it not. Trade is always best preserved with independence ;and all our principles of trade are fallacious, if the richest nations are not the best customers. Whatever AMERICA has gained, she has gained en tirety by the freedom of her constitution, by the equality of her laws, and the absence of all privileAes or exemption from the law, and of all those prejudices of long-rooted absurdity end grovelling superstition, which debase and impoverish the fairest portions of the Earth in the Old World. AMERICA is free and rich. Rich in a vast and increasing, and a happy and a bold, population ; active in peace, and not timid in war. Preferring. thrOugh patriotism, to see its Capitol burnt, and its public buildings destroyed, rather than submit to an invader. Such also, we are assured, is GREAT BRITAIN, and from the same cause, the possession of a Constitution, which is, or with a little repair may be• made, effectual for all the purposes of good government; but impotent and ineffectual for all the ends of tyranny and oppression. In the actual state of taxation, and the division of property. ENGLAND and AMERICA differ materially, as the few following facts will chew. Poor's-rates and taxes are there very low; here they are very high. Meat and bread arc there cheap ; wages of labour very high. A farmer's servant, in AMERICA,. is paid 351. sterling a year, besides board. Here not la In both places the ex pense of a farm is, from recent accounts, nearly equal. The differ once is, that in one country the produce is all divided among the productive labourers ; in the other, it is chiefly devoured by the taxes and the poor-rates. We shall state the Account just received.— AMERICAN FARM, 200 Acres. The like in ENGLAND. JAN. 21. if we do not contrive, by PAP ER or by, some other means, to keep up the price of his commodity, how easy it will be to drive him entirely from his farm.and stop the growth of EN List( corn altogether. • We must, for the present, drop this subject, with this plain conclusion, that, from the short account we have just given, it is clear, the AMERICAN PEOPLE arc getting rich, whether their GOVERNMENT is rich or poor; and since, from that cir cumstance, it is probable,they will he able to pay for all we send them, we congratulate the country on a Treaty which will ena ble us to open a trade with a vast continent, where we are cer tain of never being paid in bills for subsidies, nor in diau,ghto on ourselves to supply the fuel of war and desolation. In this way, we know, that, without a pang or a blush, we can receive whatsoever AMERICA shall send us in exchange.— We are quite certain she will send us nothing for which she has not something equal in value received, or to be received ;. and this we hold to be the true and oily BALANCE of TRADE, and the great advantage of COMMERCE. 2e. _ _ s,Men, at 140 Dollars,or 35/. 175 Ditto, at 10/ 5O 0 2 Women, at 13/. 26 Ditto at 31• slO se. s Same Poor Tax Property tax - Assessed tax on horses,&cls 10 223 I Tythes • • :;6 0 SS 9 2 T.lboorers, exclusive of boa rd,201 Poor-tax . ..... _... 15 Direct. Tax Thus we see, that in AMERICA, the individuals concerned in agriculture t;et nearly all the produce of the land to themselves, while in EN Gl. AND the cultivator labours always very hard for others ; and as he cannot turn off his labourers without I sing his cro l ►, and can never shake off the ot::er mouths which he has to feed, nor diminish their claims, wetuay readily perceive. f SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. --fir-- This Gazette contains the Prince Regent's appointment of Cob. James Bathurst, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Virgin Islands, vice Lieut.-Col. Napier resigned. Also, R. Matthews, Esq. to be Consul at Cadie. BANKRUPTS. T. Clarke, Ilminster, Somersetshire, druggist, to surrender Jan. 3l s Feb. 9, March 2, at the George Inn, Ikninster. Attorney, Mr. C. Sauter, Chancery-lane. S. Adair, Bristol, haberdasher, Feb. 5,6, March 2, at the Talbot Tavern, Bristol. Attornies, Price and Williams, Lincoln's-inn. C. Mossop, Preston Hows, Cumberland, check-manufacturer, Feb. 15, 16, March 2, at the Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven. Attorney, Mr. Lowden, Clement's-inn. T. Pyne, klorselydown ' Surrey, leather-seller, Jan. 23, Feb. 0, March 2, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Buffer, Holborn-court, Gray's-inn. R. Crosby, late of Stationer's Court, bookseller, Jan. 27, Feb March 2, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Birkett, Cloak-lane. B. Serjeant, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, carpenter, Jan. 23, Feb. 0, March 2, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Barber Gray's-inn. W. Bolling and J. Sellwood, High Holborn, linen-drapers, Jan. 23, 30, March 2, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Parton, Walbrook. J. Wade, Alvaston, Cheshire, drover, Feb. 5, (3, arch 2, at th• Crown Inn, Nantwich. Attorneys, Atkinson and Wildes, Chan- eery-lane. M. Reader, Bristol, fancy dress-maker, Jan. 22, Feb. 3, March 2, at the Commercial Room, Bristol. Attorney, Mr. Thompson, 11, Gray's Inn Square. W. Lansdown, Bishport, Somersetshire, grazier, Jan. 25, Feb. I, March 2, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. Attoruies, Pool, and Greenfield, Gray's Inn Square. W. Wilmot., Plymouth, tavern-keeper, Feb. 2,3, March 2, at the Royal Hotel, Plymouth. Attoruies, Darke, Church, and Darke, Princess-street, Bedtbrd-row. E. Davis, Batcombe, Somersetshire. shopkeeper. Feb. 1,3, March 2, at the George Inn, Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire. Attornies, King and Lakin, Bedford-row. W. Cooper, Shepton Mallet, Somersetshire, stocking maker, Feb. 1,3, March 2, at the George Inn, Shepton Mallet. Attornies, King and Lubin, Bedford-row. T. Saul, Manchester, woolstapler, Feb. 7,9, March 2, at the Albion Hotel, Manchester. Att. Adlington & Gregory, Bedford-row. J. 3loorhouse, Chelsea, wine -merchant, Jan. 30, Feb. 3, March 2, at Guildhall. Attoruies, Lamb, Brutten, and Hawke, Princes street, Bank. G. Richards, Strand, furrier, Jan. 23, Feb. 3. March 2, at Guild hall. Attornies, Denton and Barker, Gray's-inn Square. S. Brinkley, New Kent Road, Surrey, corn-dealer, Jan. 27, 30, March 2, at Guildhall. Attornies, Clinton and Carter, St. 'f ho mas-street, Southwark. J. Lupton, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, tallow-chandler, Feb. T, 8, march 2, at the Swan, in Bolton-le-Moors. Attorney, Mr. Windle,Johu-strect, Bedford-row. • " V alr'NMllMad I k'vus~y