The National Register. — London, England, 1818-08-03 00:00:00

/1 7- Z, bt .4p 'Yk 0. XI. RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY. TOSPORTION OF TIE% DEBT AND RESOURCES OF THIS COON' TRY AT THIt PRESENT AND FORMER PERIODS. (Ft ?at Mr. FE Lows' Tract of The Right: of Pmperty vindicated agait..4 the C.:airtsof Universal Suffrage." I Upon the accession of George the First, in 1714, the debt araaunted to 5 t,143,8631.; the same debt, as it stood on the Ist of February, 1817, had accumulated to 819,531,9371. The reign of George I. embraced a period of 12 years, 10-months, sal 10 days, during which the whple sure prc,laced by the Customs was 1,63.2,9851.,,and by the Excise 30,421,4511. Now the articles subject to Customs and Excise are such ae the aajority of nation never purchase till they are yrovitied. with other commodities of more indispensable recessity. The blame of the former keeps pace with the increase of the national wealth, ani exhibits a cer 'ain demonstratior of that increase. " The Customs fir the year ending January the sth, I gl6, ammtated to 10. ki7,5221.; the Excise duties, 'during the saute interval, produced 26,562,4,32 h—the then existing war duties are included in this amount. Here the Customs for one year will be found to have produced nearly as much as they did in six years of the ..rcign - of George I ; and the If.!:zise, during one year of - the present reign, tuninitited to a sum equal to about five-sixths of the total produce, during a period of more than twelve years in the abwc.mentitmed reign The produce of the Stamps may not be thought to furnish so sure a test of national wealth, as that . of the Customs .and Excise; but yet as they are an index of a multi farious class of dealings betwixt man and man, they may serve to elucidate the amount of the circulating wealth during any particular period. If we compar e the urnotint of the Sta.up Daty in Geoq,m I. with that in the present reign, wa shall be forcibly struck with the disparity, I)aring the latter part of George I. the Stamps produced the annual sum of I 32,6651. ; whilst b'tweeo the sth of Jim. 1816, and the sth of Jan. /417, they amounted to 5,65,4;;1.1. or near six mill. lions sterling. Notwithstan '3 as the immense increase in the scale of the Stamp Duty, which has taken place in tLe present reign, we must recollect that it i-; the in creased opulence and multiplied dealings of the country which have enabled it to bear this increase; and it must at the same tine be considgred, that though the ply anent of the. duty is comptilsory upon particular legal and commercial transactiims, those transactions them. zebras are optional; and that titereihre the payment Of the duty itself being so far spontaneous, the increase on that duty em be owing to nettling but the pttrrdc . rity et the.conntry. The inerewi.-1 revenue of the Post tlfßee furnishes a signal proof not only of the increased rivilisati m, but of the increased wealtli of the country within the butt ceatary. In the fair last years Of Searge 1. the Post Office produced an average of 75,5451. in the year. Li tie year ending the 51h of January 817, the sum a saunas of revanue yielded no /esx Cato t ,d• :1,6,0001. Ilere tie have much more than a clecuple increase, and in a species if voluntary pay ment, witteh farnishes a striating criterion of affluence. ./; natiunal debt non* be considered great or aril, ac r vtlitig to the %ca.:tittle the people by whota it has been ci i . ineurrei', awl 'Ont . 0 r ::::1 it is to `0... , paid." A itt'lat of ... c.!leiroirvn to a pear cluntry may ha more than a deb. . rat t a, antes to a r;es ; us or: individtial may be • right leas distre ss ed by iilb abt of a thousand, than al:O -ther ma:: by a da'ut of tine hundred, or even oi:ly tea ronne.s." By titis it stpliPtint, t; ..v:.ereatithe national th:bt has site. the rt;i t to nearly sixteen tirar•:.... it tlic...tt was -- t!t 3 CI•09:111SVC is:crewel to tun ' ; US r 1- the ?...t C to ocrnet::ing more ti►an ten :;. • :citna ti:aa their f %,..r' gabonnti. alio Itit Mtttw. Our Ling, Con6titutton anb it aluO. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1818. CONGRATULATORY ADDRESSES. Monday about two 0'c10t.4, - . the Lord Atayor, attended by his Household in full state, and accompanied by Sir John Eatif,T, Sir James Shaw, Sir C. S. Hunter, Mr. Alderman Seim/ley, Mr. Alikirtuan Wood, Mr. Al derman (ioodb,:here, Mr. Alderman Bridges, Mr. Al derman 'Thorp, tiu: Sheriffs, the several City Officera, and fifty-seven of the Members of the Court of Cotu mon Council, scat off from Guildhall and proceeded to Carlton house, where, shortly after their arrival, they were introduced to :lig Royal Highness the Priace Re gent sitting on the Throne, and presented the fidlosving Address as agrot'd to at the last Court, upon the Mar riages of their Re . ,•nl Highnesses the Dukes of Clarence and Kent : To his Royal Highness the Prince of Woks, Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Ireland. Tile humble and loyal Addresi of flu Loot Mayor. man, and Ceannuns of the City of Louder., in Colutuon Council asseatblecl. May it plank your Ito) al Highness, We, his - Majesty's most dittihil and loyal Subjects. the Lortl Mayor, Aldermen. and Commons of the City of I.ort , lon, in Common Council assembled. humbly approach your fiord - Higntl:ss with unfeigned congrattilLtions on the recent marriages of your Royal Brothers—the !Vie of Clarence with he Princw oi save Nleiningefl. eldest (I.tivittrr of the tate rei.:;ning Yale of Sama Meiningen ; and the hake of witlt the Princess of I.,:ittingen, Cuwort of the late l'eincc n: Lei:liven. 'incr of the reigatol Doke of 55...! Cultatrg. an.l of his lava llijilnass Prince Leopold of Saxe Wa rejoica in evary oreurrance Ithich strangthe.o oar reliance in the prey rvation am: yonatitowe of the intAtimahle bit sings we eo. joy. soda the auspisious Government of alehouse Ili Bruu a wk; and we confidently home end trust that these ha?py rlli toes - 4 , 1!1 imae se dray and loyal szniclimtait of the people of tilt remnis to hit M 2. je.11.) . :: Crown an t Govonimtit ; and that your Royal Highness derivemueu additional felicity fro:n the:c propitions events. Sigma) by Order of the Court. HENRY Wot)hrflOßPE. To which his Royal Highness was plaasei to return the following most gracious Answer : I t!I:1i von for ya.ir and dutiful Addrer —it is highly Slltis. fll;;Lroty :ll^ to reccive this testimony of your scutUr.ents tin an 01:- C3Siell SO interesting to me and my fatally, and ►o important to the nation. The Lord Mayor and the Me.nbers of the Corporation afterwards proceeded to the residence of the Doke and Daehess of Clarence ; whore the Recorder read the Ad dre.,ses of Congratulation on their present marriage ; to which they returned suitable answers. They next proceeded :o Kensington Palace ; and on their arrival, were conducted into the North Library, whers! the Ddie and Duchess of Kent. were in readiness to recoive them ; and the Recorder read an Address to the Duke ; to which his Royal Highness returned an appropriate re ply. The Learned Gentleman then real an Address to -the Duchess; and, previous to her Royal Highness making a reply, the Duke addressed the assemblage, and said, the Duchess did not read the English languagr very well, but she would attempt it. I ler Royal High ness then' delivered her reply in a manner to be clearly understood. They were must graciously raceived ~ y all these august Personages, and had the honour to kiss both the Duchesses' hands. THE QUEEN —The following painful statement pre pares us tUr a loas which will be deeply felt by all who know how inestimable a blessing to a nation, it the ex ample of female virtue on the thni•re. flt is assorted, we believe on too good authority, tiiitt the illresa of her Nlaje:lty is a total decay of nature, and a daily in creasing morbidity in all those parts, the energy, or at least the re , rular motion of whii!:, is nemswary to the functions of life. What usually occurs in thiedisease, and which is always the last stage of it, has some time since commenced in bey Majesty. A quantity of water has already accumulated in the chest nail Ltonzach. Tnestlay a Mee.ting was held at the Privy Council Mee, for the purpose of .opening the Cfnuntia.ion in- . st toteil for the Erection of New Churches. 'roc COM.. rills:timers are :—Thy Archbishops of Canterbary mu! York ; tin; Bishops of London, Winelitstcr, Lichfield, Lincoln mil Chester; Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westnin ster ; Dr. Pitt, Archdeacon of London ; the Rev. G. O i Cambridge, Archdeacon of Middlesex ; 3. li. Wol4 laston, Arch:lea:ion et" Essex ; J Eyre, Areluleacon of Nottingham : E. Outrato, Arciudeacoo of Derby ; Drs.. Nlant, Wordsworth. and .D. Whitaker ; and the P.lr. J. Heitilum ; the Lord Chancellor; Lords Ilarrowhy, Liverpool, lisrawicke keoyon, and I..ird Colchester ; tut iueaker : Sirs W. St tat and J. Xicholl ; and MeAgss. Vifisittart, son, Burton, Stcpl i r.po, abi Watson. The Earl of periun lilt 'y to seemed Sir Ur • es. attar: as i;rhialf. Auilfa....l.itha Paris. • 4 , * • '.l"7t, PRICE 94d. AoßlcuiivßAL REPORT. • The charm is dissolved, a re-actian has succeede , !,. and, itt despite of the ice islands, and the conjectures of the learned, we have at lenth and in turn enjoyed Pk summer as high in temperature ns any, or most of those, which us.el to warm our encextera. Harvest comment , ed, some ten days or a fortnigllt rince, in the south wes tern counties, and will &XIII become general. Thu lorg continued drought has greatly injoired all the crops,--- wheat, h is to be hopeil, least of all, as mast able to endure drought, and generally productive, in dry sea • sons. In seine, perhaps many parts, the wheat will b' undoubtedly a welit crop : in others, middling, an average ; and, upon scalding gravels, and weak ar: ::oils, the produce will be light. Tho wheat plant ha. , betel universally tinged with =lcor, in consequence t t yr atmospheric vicissitude and drought and consitteritde..• quantities of blighted and smutted wheat may be cx petted. The whole of the spring crops—barley, vac!. beans, peas, will be rhort, throughout England ; Norm, parts the barley will t arely return secs. On Or' other Land, letters from various districts in a:otla!: represent barley and oats as probable to be the belie; crops, the wheats unt promising to reaeh an average.— Hay, of every species, well got, but universally light : and green food never more scarce, affording a amok." prospect 1.,r winter. They w h o, haying land ada•:,ted, stocked it with lucerne, will have ample retr ' sen to applaud their f.ireNi:tdit and ecoingey. Litde re gress it:ts been yt.t made in turitip sowing, fur want o: cola ; and great part -1 the plati:r, already above ground, have perished, with the execytion of soree of the northern counties, wlicr:? :vale sllo;rors haw; (TPA-- tuac:y fallen, large breadths of turnips have been sown. and are in a healthy and flourishing state. Hop+ :vet fruit, particularly the orchard fruits, promise to be pipit abundant, c•pral to the most productive seasons . ; pears and plums are said to he exceptions. Many hop plantati,ms are as clean and pure, in loamy' , •itir, us the old.•st Canter has witny.,.ied. The potatoe crop greatly in want of rain. 'File 'weather bats been ex tremely favonrable for the :Jive? slvraring, and the clip 'will be most valuable, as woe! is perhaps higher in priee. titan ever known bef.ire, and still apparently alvaneinee Both fat cattle and /eau somewhat lower ; steres derably so, on account of the want of tiiod. Pigs seam and dear. Mitch and in macaws greatly in request ; and horses, of good quality, at extremely high price.. The demand front abroad for English well bred mares has ken greater, within die last twelve months, th_oi ever before experienced.—Middlesex, July tfO. Letter ~ dated Monte Video, the 11th and I`.2tli at' April, state, that " the Government of us.Ayres had marched a diVl.4Ol) of about `2,trio mew under the command of Ilalearcel, to attack and destray the force. w hi c h A t ti ; ,nis ointment:ea at Biouida de Santa which expedition was completely routed awl defeatict by the free of Artigas. Baleaceel, having left I:it; artillery and heggige behind h!an, retreated, with unk; 700 men, to St. Niculay, abant 5 leagues distant f-eau the capital.. To this infordtation is added, that Bie people of 4anta Fe hate declared theinse/ves thiee of Buenos-Ayres; that the troops of Belgru.:), havia_g revolted, had taken Gnomes, which. was picd by hotly of the patrints, wh e r e , it is also at:a. ilelstrolso was taken ; and that this force, haying units with Artigas, had r reparcil to oppose itseif to the t: +- vernment of Cocaos-Ayres. This news has.tiecasioLc , i the greatest sorrow to some, and the greatcse coasLa•- nation to others. Such is the state of stoorehy in tl:(: revolted provincel of Spanish America. though the pa:-- tisztrs ut . 41'..,0r.1er and insurrection eantimie• tr ass.,•!•: that independence is firmly ai:r.blisheil." • The Einlierur Alexander has it in irastemplit:on to destroy several of the ilessiolt fortresses tan a:•+:, the Tiiriish frontier; jusily conceiving. the grolic.r portion of then not woroh the expenge of keeping up. 03ttitts era even co.-stained a.; to the e:yetlieney I'i:storing the ruitusl waks of the eelelsratevi coif, to aeioiro w!sich cost the 4> many thousands Or its bravest soldiers. It statel, that Mr. Canning le eznsfine.l attach of the gout. whie ( ! ... i a t i ts :„ s et pre th e is en % t: ee l the 'l :!; l l l . e vi rt s w ile et t i t n eTitl 4. bo le his feet. v.r. tforrey, that played the- trick on tile 1 - ` ,, ntev... maks, was I:usle.l at Brest. •lie had with hi!!! , y14)40. anti u largt goontity of f4)rcigo„ 44,4 k ; t o ! r ive .11v.rat Spurt:. alto6(.4lAvis. .:' .1 t i 4 ... V tr t . N. 2 ' A ; • - A e