The National Register. — London, England, 1819-07-12 00:00:00

•• 1 • Ant, JL afirctil Lir, it ;464 Our ging, Cut:Mutton anti it alma. No. 119S.—VoL. XII.] ON : . RADICAL REFORM. We this day give a circular wkitl has teen ge• lien(lly published, calling a meeting?rofessedly to promote " Rolisal I?ff.rm," 'though, we presume, if we juAle' from the complection of the :names uttaehrl to it, with a - View to promote revoluticto. 'Before, however, we - proceed farther 'upon tho sub ject, we owe it to the esteem we have fur the private tharacter 'ONme of those whose nem:slave been cppended to that notice, as well as to the reverence %vc fla:1 for -the.•uhnost unequalled ability of the gentlemun 'in question, to 'vim out to out readtbret 4h:it:Mr. Edward Taylor, of Norwich, with whom \ve boast of having an intimate acquaintance, by vt letter especially addressed to us; which will be found 'Attached to the circular, has declared that his name has been tosefi• without his ?emission, and that he has no interitiott whatever of attending the meeting. We know how far his enthusiasm may curry a 4nan at' lively imagination and energetic mind; but wllen we first son the; " Circular," —ye hoped anti fer rtrmtly trusted (which Las turned out to be the fact) that Mr. Edward Taylor could never lend his name san associate with sudi a set of ---. That a ll—, a IV—, a I'—, a and such a dabs et' desperate chaructenv, men who hating nothing to Lope fur, (unless their hope 'originate in t 1; antici lention of the arnuihilation•of property, rerreetabllity, and honesty), slbould coalesce to forwar.l the destrue- tion (if every thing Ike law and order isnolot wonder. ftd. We-tauy be allowed fo quote an•old song vn fli:s score, % . vitielt says— "'That rogues are for leveling's no wetA.ler, 'Tis easy to ;mess at their views ; 'Tis they who'd get all by ilte plentler, they who have nothing, to Jose," But we believed it impassible (and our 'pleasure is lryond expression in being convinced of the Guth of our belief) that a man whose ptnyt=rs of utind create admiration in all throe nlia hove the lonvt...r to know iihn, whose sitnwion in life all that a man ef uninardirmte inclinations can with, who is yirrounded by all eee•inexpressitil.: endearments of are amiable wire mid a fiseinatirg yeting ti•oni which he -has Wry rcasmi to rely upon corn tbrt and ridoyme , 7t, daring his priine, and solace, and support in his age; we did believe it impossible that a mar so thante (wild be found who would P.arter ill of gu he had inherited and proved Tor the dvbperate chance Of annething bettor which flay prctniac.•• Now for the circular. Who the r..enileman is by whom it is i,sued, we have not been able to discover. By the " non-represented people of the British metropolis" mist clearly be meant the Dregs of Society; for looking at Westminster as the capital, every body knows that there each house-holder has a vote; the parties, therefore, who are convened must be only those who would be Lenefitted by the superaurmated Nl.jor'.: plan of Universal Suffrage ; and most or the :ignatuves that follow that of the S.Nrctary, are worthy a fin‘;ard situation among such persons. As to the meeting itself, with the remembrance of tke sitni:ar meetings held at Spa-fields, we doubt nut but 'Goverment will take strong tuemairz:: to restive that pct.ce, the disturbance of which is, probably, the of ther..e war! Irg gentlemen. The law, as it is, is ti:ltieitut to do this, and we believe the civil power will achieve it without the intervention of the Ltilitary. We dare tek:clict there will be as conwlettAan exhibition of treason-srouting •tti waa MONDAY, JULY 12, 1819. ever witnessed, and we hope, 'if sual-shouldtbe.the ease, that punishment will follow delinquency. We are averbe to despotistnornd are conviteed that no thing is so likely to produce it as the licentious liberty which these people would promote. We beg leave to-draw the itten i ion of oar readers to tee Stilton of tiro Mg of do jourageten yea* tnaken and tithers-ef that trade, fora etworpita4.--7 The wicktainess - Of 'lnch cotnbinaticos, cad the danger attending item both to the employer and employed, is •somaniftn, tlazt we sincerely rejoice in this cheek to their progress and trust that the present example will operate upon -the minds of other workmen, and induce them to remain satis fiad with a fair remuneration - or their labtsur, and with reed*r employtaent, rather than be led away by the designing end profligate, to the adoption of measures Where the gtillt is apparent, and the punishment certain. At the same tit it must be confessed, that firmness on the part of the employ ers, and a steady determintition to resist the -unjust tlemanfis of the employed, would niattrially check the nascent spirit of disaffeetitm, mul greatly contli bute to t4:-: mutual •peace and •&:cority of-both the parties The trial of these idisguitleil men is full of importance, and wittbe read witlritsterest ; anti we devoutly wish, that it may not be our task for matly years to crone, to record another; ectanee of an association so nefarious. I:OMPOSITMICON ASSESSED TAXI"!. The act fur allowing a•certain corrspositien on the A ssesserf axes has now passed, and a brief account of it may be useful to some of our re.ulers. It ap pears that the assessments Made for the year ending on the Zit)! of April last shall - remain at' the same amount, to persons who 'shall compound for the payment thereof, for the term of three years. 'fhc composition izan•additinn of 5 per cent on the pre sent immanent ; and the advantage rosultiog from it is this—that if last year a man paid for window tax five pounds,' he is by ske act allowed, for five shillings more, to open double or tmbk'the number of windows, tot ids own discretion ;'and in the same way for horses, carriages, and other assessed articles —with this proviso, that 'the increase in estn. blishment be made in articles of the same kiwi. A person.. fin• instance, may, after paying his'tomposi tion-money urn tine horse, keep two or more with out any additional charge of tax ; butif to his horses he adds a carriage, Ile is stilt.lishle to -the carried tax. No ectuposition can be enter-41 into under the act with nity. - person who has become clustrstisle. it the present year, brteason of any difilvent er.c..dili tional establishment sot up before the of. L.s April, to a greater amount of duty than hat.' :men charged upon him in his last year's assessment, without including as well the amount Of duty so charged in the said assessment, as the increased amount of chit! , xa becoming chargeable by reason of such different sir additional establishment. If a person wiz:: to tato tuivantago Of the compo sition only fur three years nt.er.ltuging• his establ iz,h• rent, he is required to give six months' previous notice rif his intention to discontinue the mune, and mitt aetutdl7 have ceased to keep the some mic calergtir motitil prior to the expiration of Coe said p er iod o f threz. 3.ears. This -la a•point -which we would rcco•.utacn;l to all eactitatintiont to bear in "Ottr+ [Pvizcis :93d. mind, otherwise they may find themselves unwarily involved in a very serious cynic?, greatly exceeding their means or willies to pay. Compositloni - on dwelling houses are to cease et the end ofihe year of removal, and on other articles by the death of the party compounding. The monies to Arise by virone of the composition L 'uotered into Wader this act, tire-al bet payable at the same - timer, in the same proportions, and , to the same persons, iu the duties •of Assessed Tuxes arc now payable 'DT the said act, too, any person may by pa)•ing Lis composition in advance, gain•the ad vantage of is discount Of 3 per cent. per annum, cal culated fir the perial dr 'periods by which 'each respective sum shall he paid POODer tlran the period prescribed for • the payment thereof: But a moiety of the annual stun payable •by the composition tattred into, is to be paid within ten slays after the date of the certificate of composition ; which con. position cannot be entered into after the 31st of October, 1819. state stated the leading features of this a±t with a perepicuity sufficient, we trust, to mile thcni perfectly uatlerstood by those who have no opror tinily to read, or patience to examine, the act itself. We are-not very sanguine in our expectations that the revenue will be greatly 11:1u:fitted by the adop tion of this plan ; though it is manifest that much accommodation will result to individuals by n.•i arrangement which will increase their comforts with out burdening their incomes; and we doubt not many who have no idea of enlarging their establi,h meats will enter into composition t neevely to avoid the trouble and vexation of repeated surcharges, and he be rid of an evil almost as great as that of the as sessed taxes themselves—that of appealing to the Commissioners front the uniirst 4teutands dun in terested ant overbearing surveyor. A Sorel VEX or TlO TIMEF --.Fifty•tvrt, clothiers have, during 'the last 20 years, carried ter busbier. at a borough town in Wiltshire, and at their various munutiictories afforded employment ton numerous population ; but now, tne inbialittAatstf 'the Once are wok into pauperirtu and wreechethiess, fur of their 52 employers, 9 are desub•J7derve failed, 24 have dti-Pried, and only 'two revaain id business. Nor a singular case,' fur there are within . t 3 miles of the above _place, 4 *Ater manufacturing towns, in each of which thettlaretsian of trade has been equally severe. An article from Rome, itrotte of the Paris papers, mentions, that -"Rossini, the celebrated Madre de Chapelle, lately pass;ng thmugh Pesaro, his native Ura - a:appeared at the theatre, where he was recog nized, and honoured by his fellow townsmen with. the livelitsa marks of esteem and admiration. It is added that a fbreisn Princes!, who has for some years been travelling hi Italy , testified - some &lap probation, aft: that, notwithstanding her high eau::, she was instantly assailed by the spectators with cla mour and hissing. Lately a Privy Council was held at the Treasury <Umbers, presidtsl over by Lord Harrowhy, and tousisting of the Lord Chief Justices of the Coarts of King's Bench and COMIIIOII Pleas, and the Loki Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Sir William Scott, and Sir William Grant, and amended by the Attor ney General, &c to inve.aigate the circumstances attending the death of a Maltese at Athens, who was shot lay Mr. W. Kinnaird in January List. Mr. Kinnaird had presented himstlf at Malta fora and was sent home a priamer to England. Arter-a foil investig-rtion and examinatioa, Mr. liirmaird was &se:l:wiz:4l, lacing batilurably acquitted of any charge agaitrat. him. It appeal\ d by the evidence transmitted by the Ceasuls of tl.c Levant, that tI Brent of firing cr. the deocesei' IVit3 . 4:1 absolute mi.& dtfcacc. • *SI ... Li ,. , t% i r 1 1 0 ,•• • ' . 1