The Statesman. — London, England, 1815-02-07 00:00:00

'r7WqV'' nNlle intelligence of Vienna. Froth his Lady, it ilto be presumed that \Gut was stiil at Vienna on the 22d tng these appearances of harmony red Powers, the accounts from all ",ontinent partake much of a belli . All the South of Europe appears North. Austria, France, and Eng. Ilanover, and Bavaria are united in the outstretched wings of the Rus in eagles ; and even Spain, Portugal, ►resented as longing to mingle in the have not a crown to hazard. It Austria will not consent to the full and it appears as far placed be- Prussia will not abate one iota in An article which w.e quote from Papers asserts, that she will rather to arms than abandon her claims on accomplishment of which she coml. the most favourable opportunity that !r armies, therefore, are in very busy the other hand, Austria and King Lplea appear to be drawing closer the to the great disquiet and disappoint 'E, who has only the Most Christian pranches of the BOURBON family to As matters stand between the Holy NEAPOLITAN MAJESTY, we should to find the next arrival from Italy 'ant of the occupation of Rome by his Holiness fleeing to Loretto, or :uary, from the wrath that his vanity ;hed desire of temporal dominion seem ing upon him. particulars are stated, in the sub )f the conspiracy, as it is called, in n►t may be judged of from the gene prevails. "The Independence of catchword even of some of the re service of Austria. ig are from the French Papers re ►oon : JAN. 9.7.—Letters from Milan state it is the intention of the Emperor of pon his head the Iron Crown of Italy, ie preparations are already commenced >ception. The Italian kingdom will Atria as a separate and independent gary and Bohemia. rnplaints are made in the accounts t all at once the Austrian Cabinet ick upon the Pope and showed itself .he views and pretensions of King Court of Rome has therefore only to for support, whare his Holiness that his interests will be supported. he is satisfied, will lose no oppor ing Murat, whose continuance as a , they are extremely dissatisfied with. traces are in a most deplorable state ; its foreign friends may chose to favour /sirs, they do not send him a single JAN. 28.—Lord Wellington arrived ►n his road to Vienna. x. 21.—Those politicians who affect passes, assure us, that a great cold teen the Emperor of Austria and the ;ia. These ancient rivals are both increase of territory, at the same time out the dangers which threaten Eu randisement of the other. Alexander )e now a little in favour of the Em :ria, since his Prussian Majesty has obstinacy in regard to Saxony. r of Austria and the King of Den. tant interviews. It is believed that a ge is on foot between the Hereditary -ia and the Princess Royal of Den re both about 2'2 years of age. . I.—There k a constant debarkation ;, horses, and cavalry remounts, British army in Belgium. We are Belgians are extremely discontented it country and their fortresses occu lish army, the meaning of which they tend. It is said that a public decla astrance on this subject wilt be shortly incipal persons of power and influence v. 12.—Little doubt remains but that las succeeded in establishing a perfect ;landing cc ith Austria. The Emperor ;ortly assume the Iron Crown, and ill (as when Napoleon was in power) pendent kingdoms. The Pope, of :ome a new Spiritual Power; indeed ie wished that this arrangement was it will put an end to all little (Hs actions. France is not satisfied with Spain. It is well known that the agreed to use every endeavour to dis- Murat ;—the alliance of Austria, and of the Crown of Italy, will settle the icess of Wales realties at the Palace, and )eloved and esteemed. ►TEAS RECEIVED TUIS MORNING.] 11.—Since the day that his Excel .lier de Lebezeltern, the Austrian En ised to transmit to his Court the corn- Holiness ; it was observed that his Ea- eellency avoided seeing the Holy Father. Yest,,,L 7 he had the honour of paying his Court to the reign Pontiff, and announcing to him that : b !„, jesty the Emperor of Austria had charged hint to offer to his Holiness 1000 muskets and '2OO itor. es _ It is reported to-day, that this present is designed t o arm the troops that are. to be garisatnei in the Marches. CR uMONA, JAN. 18.—Yesterday two Austri.in regiments arrived here, going to the Venetian pm. vinces, where large corps of troops continue to h e collected. Yes t ndily three officers were arrested, supp o s e d to be implicated in the conspiracy - of Milan. V ERONA , J t v. 3.—The people inflamed by nu. merous arrests, which criminal connections with the authors of the conspiracy at Alilaii had caused t o take place, has broken out into open incurrec►ioe and opened the doors of the prisons. The pills.% did not make any opposition, but returned to quarters. Numerous arrests have also taken place at Maotn, which the conspirators seem to intend to make t h e centre of their operations. MUNICH, JAN. 19.—The -greatest prepsrat ions ary making to receive the Emperor and Empress of Russia, whpm we are now certain of seeing i n , t hi s capital. At x-LA-Cna PELLE ' JAN. 23.—Several moleinents among the Prussian troops in our neighbourhood, have led to conjectures that these movements were military demonstrations. This is not so; well in. formed persons consider them as mere changes in the cantonments of the troops occasioned by local cit. camsto!nes: for the rest, the relations of the Sove reigns at Vienna seem to secure Prussia against any war. A new conflict cannot take place unless foreign Power is allowed more influence than it has a right to, and the liberal ideas of Prussia should be offensive to others. Then, indeed, Prussia would rather take arms than suffer this and give up its right which are for the good of the country; but this cannot be supposed as likely. In the Report which we give of the Berkshire Meeting on the subject of the Property Tax, then, are observations which deserve the attentive consi s Aeration of every member of the British community. The speeches of Mr. MONCK and Mr. llar.t.rrr, are replete with sound argument, bearing upon topics, , which have a more extensive and intimate conuection with the prosperity and honour of the country, than those generally enlargod upon in Meetings regarding the Tax. To Mr. MONCK'S view of the causes which lessen our national prosperity, we would parti. cularly call attention. Undoubtedly, if a substitute for this great branch of the revenue, is , necessary from the manner in which our resources are squan dered by Ministers ; if the rich are to escape le. tirely from the pressure of the national burdens, and to emigrate to countries where they Can live at one half less expence—whilst the levy of Thirteen Mil lions which the Property Tax is supposed to produce, is to be added to the other equally burdensome and unjust taxes, which already press so heavy on the impoverished mass of the public ; if this is to be the relief afforded, the sth of April, however ear. nestly it may be looked to by some, cannot be anticipated as a Jubilee by the bulk of the people. It is, therefore, not merely against this Tax that the British nation should peti tion—Reform and Retrenchment ought to form the chief part of every Representation sent to the Legislature, and be breathed from every lip which speaks of the situation of the country. It is most essentially necessary to be known by the public, that unless retrenchment be insisted upon and made to a great extent, from six to eight millions at least in lieu of the Property Tax must be raised to meet the fair and ordinary expences, and to prevent a heavy commutation of debt. The taxes under the head of extraordinary resources are Cus toms, Excise, and Property Tax ; the first amount ing to upwards of three millions, the second to up werds of six millions, and the last to 13 millions and upwards. The next leading branches of the revenue are the Stamps, Post-office, Land and Assessed Taxes, the latter comprising houses and windows, servants, carriages, horses, dogs, &c. In the Customs lit is generally admitted, that a reduction may be ne. I cessary ; to the Excise no incroase can possibly take place; and it will be generally admitted, that the Assessed Taxes are sufficiently high ; yet this is the alternative looked to. The proposed addition would nearly double them. With respett to the Sinking Fund, we suppose the public know so little of its nature or the relief it has afforded them, as to be in total ig. norance whether it should be encroached upon or not, every establishment of whiell they have heard as the work of government for many years back appearing a sinking fund to them. From a full li. therefore, of the circemsta :ices of the country, and the intentions of Ministers a; far as they are evident, and from the past we may guess and fear" for the future, unless retrench ment arid reform are had recourse to, instead of laying fresh burthens on the people, the day of Eng land's trouble is not gone by. ‘Ve feel it tube our duty to call the attention of all sincere lovers of their country to the extraordinary situation in which it is placed, whether we regard its foreign or its domestic relations. All sides welcomed the return of peace, and hailed it as the happy ciglid for the restoration of our commerce, as an event which was to give full employment to our suspended et ee s • . e . .. . s. - .1 -- Fre" , , — - ' ! . .: .1 ..... . .. - ..' • ''''''• 40.. .--i. = ''' A i. • :?4 1 • ‘ Ai... ': 1 : • I •41 • . • . %`. . .• 1. 1 1-IE STATESMAN. ... . • . 4 •- ..... ...0....2.”....a.. - rev in greater difficulties and accelerating National dered an irtre 4 sien; by the many respectable Gentle- for the fashlon*bl 11eikruptcy That this tax mm as necessary for the . nien.that sat atrium, him, especially as it•ttas in cop- this men ti on o f hi • ealratioti of the country he could not believe, while sequence of whirt,hsid been said by Mr. Monck, re- 1 A t ....,•-• Lord ASTLEREAG t the money ens spent in useless Places and Pensions, specting, the Reading Petition. it was necessary for ult. • and all public decency, commen sense, and taste, Idm to dterect the gon. Getlemait es to the numbers, Notwithstandin outraged by idle gewgaws and gingerbread exlsibi- s i x hundred had • already signed the Petition, and 'kits ; by the building of the most absurd nrchitec- when he considered that little more than seven hue- among the Alike total novelties, of (he knew not which to call them) dred persions payed scot and lot, he conceived the quarters of the Ci nrignitieent Ctatages or thatched Palaces. As an sense of those whw paid, to be decidedly against the gerent character. evidence of their economy, vileness the 3111)0;11011mA Tax ; and if the Petition was thrown open for every opposed to the N , . of a grand Ambassador to a country %% Well had been person, he bad no doubt but 6000 would immedi- . deserted by its Sovereign, a Ito was, therefore, re- utely signit. Ile enlist again, however, repeat, that land, R olland, II erescutine this kingdom to empty walls !—Witness he lamented Ministers had given the country any oc- the desire to clip the enormous subsidies paid to every Court which casion to withdraw thes confidence reposed in them, sian and Prussian those to ratter and cajole us with promises of alli- and regretted, thiti=they should endeavour to co a ti- and Sicily are reps once and support. Frnin the first tyrant (Nimrod) nue a Tax which was in direct violation of the Con. fray, though they to Napoleon, or the magnanimous Alexander, did stitution, as appeared by an extract from the Bill of is certain that A you ever find one whose object was to extend the Rights, which the Ilou. Gentleman concluded with demand of Prussi fieedoin of the people ? Our money had been em- reading. i ployesl to place the lion's pew upon many unotfend- 1 Mr. Mertes explained. yond doubt that tog States, and fix chains on Saxony, Poland, ! Mr. DUNDAS said, from what was passing on his ; her pretensions. 1: and Italy, thus reducing the people to the most fru.% right and left, the old adage was verified, that when I the Frankfort Pi . , miliaiiiiis subjection. For all our supplies we had John Bull had no enemy to quarrel with, he dis- l have recourse to . , received uothittg but ingratitude, and the very armies agreed with himself. On the present occasion, be ; Saxony, for the a put in motion with our money were now arrayed was happy to find that all persons, with respect to , . n against uc, to aid unprincipled despots in the parti- this tax, appeared to be of one mind. It had been dery the present tl I ° tion of the Continent. lie was ready to sacrifice his custom regularly to attend the Meetings of the could offer. Hen his lire and hermit! for his country, to which every County to learn the wishes of his Constituents, and movement. On thin,; possessed he an Esig!isinnan belonged, but be- he bad the pleasure to say, that be generally agreed . JOACIIIM of Nap fore he made this sacrifice he had a right to know, with them. This Tax was, no doubt, most arbi- . 'ties of alliance, t i that it was not to be spent in aid of the designs of ' trary, and in its collection ill agreed with the 114uts meet of the Pori . ~ t) many, for the support of the het pies and blood.' and Constitution of Englishmen, and no exertion i seekers who were always found in the purleus of • should be wanting, on his part, in. following up ; and Catholic fir; the Court, or i , ) buy off • a voice hi Parliament, by' what appeared to be their sentiments. Every man , look to for aid. sending a troublesome Member in honourable exile had a right to speak his mind, and he perfectly Father and his to Lisbon. Let Ministers adopt a system of economy agreed with the Ilon General, that no one should be not be surprised 1 1 and retrenchment, disband the large standing army, condemned unheard. Mr. Canning, however, be- bringing an acco , the foreign troops, and leave the country to its na- ing a public character, it was quite correct to men- ti ,l , ''• turd defenders, the Militia and true British hearts, ' tion his appointment in that place; it was a pity for MURAT / and of l' ; . . and we will readily make every sacrifice that may he ' a man to sell himself as that Gentlemen had done ; some holy sanctu , ' •- required. This country was now brought to a situ-' his superior talents, if lie had remained in his station, : and unextinguish • attion very much resembling France before the Revolt'. ' might have been of service to his country, as well as calculated to brit tine, for aw extravagant Court produced that event; ,an honour and credit to himself; but, as it was, he I Some further ; but he trusted that Ministers by timely concession had completely disgraced himself. It was neces- ; joined extracts of end abandonment of the present corrupt system, and sary that complaints of such transactions should Italy. Its eaten lsi i ~, introduction of reform and retrenchment in every 'come from the people, or Government would never ' department, would save the country and produce think of redress. H I e would not waste their time in ; ral ferment that confusion only among the Placemen and Pensioners making observations upon what had been so ably dis-,; Italy," is the wi with which it was infested. Having, however, little - cussed ; he was the friend of all Constitutional Re- giments in the set I hope in the present men in power, being convinced form, wished to abolish all unnecessary Places, Pen ,a ~t '-- The following that the tax would do no good in their hands, but sions, and Taxes, and, therefore, should feel great . only be lavished with extravagance and folly, he pleasure in presenting their Petition, in which he had , cent ed this formic • . should support the Petition. I no doubt but his colleague, Mr Nasillar would Auesnuftce, , .. wi t h . ~ • positively, that it . - • Mr. Deese did not agree the opinion ex- , most cordially join him. i . , pressed by the last Gentleman, at the commence- Gen. Gowen, in explanation, sild,..tiuir the did i Austria to put up e• i • me at of his speech, though he perfectly did with • not come purposely to Reading to eased this Meet- , for which purport: . the conclusion. What he complained of was the ing, and that his objections arose merely upon hear- there for his ret iinjustice and inequality of the tax, in as much as it ing the Address read ; and, 'although he stood alone,' villade no distinction between fixed and permanent be did not find any reason to alter his opinion. lie •be united to Aus i . property and the incomes arising from precarious thanked the Hon. Gent. for the compliment to his State, like Runge 'and uncertain sources. This had been clearly de- talents; he had commanded English troops, and with ! Grievous coin ;'. fined at the Meeting of the Toe ii of Reading, and his least would still continue to do so.—With respect from Rome, that • no person had now the hardihood to dispute it : yet to the mischief which Marshal Augereau might have has turned its bat in, , ~ .he did not object to the tar, if it could be modified effected, he had been misunderstood, —lie meant only : favourable to th in lieu of some of the Assessed Taxes, knowing it the town of Plymouth. 1 Joachim. The ( to be a grand source of revenue, but the present ' The Then Snreirr then put the followsng Reso- : tat ought to be immediately abelishcd. The landed lutions, and the Petition, which were tarried, with France to look 1 1 '0! ", , interest were particularly oppressed, for instance, a only two die, - ..ntielita : I i feels confident tl ; I . farmer reining '2OO acres, at 40s. per acre, would . That the Petition to Parliament againt the coniitiu. ' The Bourbons, .pae 4001. per annum lent, to stock such a farm re- once of the Property Tax, which has beewad, he .tan i ty of opposii i quires teool., now if he placed that sun- in the adopted. ' King, of course, ij fueds he would pay 101. Property Tax, while try' That the High Sheriff be requested to sign the Pe- nv , The Pope's finan Ll' eeloying it on the farm he pays 301., from which Wien in the name of tee County, and that the : imposition, although he may lose part of his capital . Members for the County be requested to present the I for, however hi - , . . . on the isirm, which is generally admitted this year, same. 1 him in other wa 1 lie can gain no relief , from the Commissioners, t issioners, who A letter dated Farringdon, Jan. 30, 1815, and , crown o f m on ey i were not invested with sufficient powers. It was addressed to William Ballet, Esq. signed by Daniel v ~.. ARLSRUUE, \ true he might apply to the Exchequer, the delay, Bennet, Esq. and . twenty-eight other respectable here yesterday on expence, and uncertainty of %hien was so great, Inhahitants of that place, having been read, it was n ' it induced all to ague , with the words of the cele- resolved, VIENNA, JAN bratcti poet, it was better . That the same be published ; and the Meeting areito know all that . . , • . " 10 tier the his they have, 1 of opinion, that the respect't e Towns in the Countylness exists betwe li ln Than tiv to rotten., that they know not of." would do well to follow the example of the Town of Kin of Prussia Thislax was stated by the Honourable General Reading, by transmitting separate Petitions to Par- r strivin g ror an in hare been the silvation of the country, enact i hat !lament. each is poi it presented Marshal Augerean with eighty thou- ' The Thanks of the Meeting were then moved to tiling a sand Fi•enclimen from laying it waste ; but he was the nigh Sher 4 for his great attention and impartial rope in the aggra :$4 strangely mistaken, if such a force under Monsieur conduct in the Chair. is supposed to ba Angeieau wooed have been more than a flea-bite: The Mon Seraitre having returned thanks for peror of Austri ! i indeed, lie could not tell what they might have , the distinguished honour, the Meeting adjourned. n s shown so much I p done, if they had hear commanded by the Honour- _ _._ _ .. _. __ _ _ The Emperor ' 1 ' able General himself. But, Sir, has not this court- , Arr, Mails.. Due I I ( 4 ' t i..• ' l i try been engaged in former wars, amid does not (lie i 1 page of our history gloriously resound with the 1 names of a Mai 'borough and a Drake ?-- Did not our 1 0 ancestors cheerfully contrihute to the exigencies of 0 those times, and middy par their taxes to defray the . France 11,i9tum Dainburgh Holland 1 ..I I Matta ... ........ ... SHROVE Tmvotv.—Holiday at the PuMe ggiees _ mark have coast: treaty of mortise. Prince of Austri mark. They ar , CALAIS, Fs:e. Il' expenses of these wars, which terminated so SRC- ; t''l Cetinfuiiy for this country--but our forefathers were' . - . here of officers • v never vexed mid plagued stills these rude interferences TIIESTzITE S NI AN . i destined for the ; assured that the on their property, which had really disgraced the pe- riod in which we lived. - • - - --- , with seeing their An abominable fierure of this tax was, that any LONDON: 1 pied by an Engli person laeoteitig under a surcharge, was obliged to - furnish the proofs necessary for his own conviction. TUESDAY, ITEM:ART 7, 1815. i cannot coinprehe —ewe— i Be like% ise greatly objected to the' ax, RS it sap. ration or remote 1 : Tied the very soul and foundation of credit, for under We have to-day French Papers to the sth instant, `made by the print / 44 Cie operation of this most obnoxious measure, every and Frankfort and Brussels to corresponding dates. in that country. '1 trwiesmais an d countieeshouse was su l ect to an b ie. , •The accounts from Vienna are of the 21t1i. In the ' NAPLES, JAN 1 I 1i.11 , 111M1, and emery pesats• house beset by spies and Kin g Joachim h; informers— ed shall it be loniser endosed, that the i absence of authentic information on political sub- J -e , jeets, the Vienna Editors are indulging in lengthened mid firm underst h 1I.i): t i c s sa.d to he loom! no where but isthis coun- t - try, shall that sot:r . ,• of earthly iny--the cements descriptions of the Royal Sledge Party, which we Francis will sit . il of an Englishman's fire-side—be rudely assailed and yesterday briefly noticed as having astonished the thus all Italy wi roughly interrupted by the f ra pe r ii ii e li e intrusion of natives at Vienna, and on the road to Schomihrunti, form two hide; common informers—under the authorized, but new- the Emperor of AUSTRIA'S country palace, on the ° course, will beg tangled terms of Sarre) ors and Inspectors. , 22d. We shall leave the further detail of this mug-' it is much to In , 1 No. Sir, let us away with the Property Tax, an d r ~ 1 with it, assay n ith its aide's and abettors, and as to nyirent occurrence to the gold-leaved fancy of the completed, for , Surveyors and Inspeetors, in the annals of a free Murning Pnst, whose neck being a little better fitted pules and contei ' country, if he might be allowed to usean auctioneer- I for the harness, may draw out nt full-length (" so ' this—neither is ing phrase, he had ever considered them as a lot moves the sumptered mule in harnessed pride") . Bourbons have a out of catalogue, and the sooner they were removed this picture of the great ones of the earth trailed over possess King Al the better. ,her assumption a the snow like Lapland witches, disregardful of the He concluded an animated speech by declaring, he business. storms and the shipwrecks which their orgies are considered the Property Tax aei overgrown monster, , . a and he hoped unanimity would he displayed on this causing to the world. We shall merely add, that a The Princess occasion—that no means might be afforded to restore list of thirty-three of the party is given, among i s universally be • the beast in his expiring moments, whom it appears, that Prince EUGENE BEAURARNOIS, Mr. WIDOWS GOLMNG rose, end observed, he w h om th e Times is so displeased to see treated with ' CouTcu PA joined in unison with his Brother Townsmen in the civility at Vienna, took precedence of the Areh- ' • Rome, JAN. Petition against the renewal of the Property Tax, duke Cifeates! and that Lady Carreettearan was tans y the Cheval he felt liimss•lf called upon again to address them, in eanseguence of what had fallen fr om Mr. Nlonek, driven by Count Feeects ZretiY (if any body knows vox, had refused and Wired what he had to say would not be consi.' him), the last but two in the procession! So much plaints of his LI , ... ~• • Pi 3 ,13, 100 g to r the t o tutu was to and Ihz firm beet tan ban tm. c hat eset pro .;ed ti , ,d u.I nu. me. the full (I to wit title our 15.4 apt flea clil tn, the b the tan thr s of tar this •• pu las [nit It tea, • re tt Were in. tat the • it cit. to nye. WE any wt SS 11, Pe t has • ra d be ati ould ' Co right this ihirq et hens tt nity. are ti pits,. :thus tl than a ding .uses arti. itute 11 nary 16110 ,and one. lure, and 1 n the e the ear- anot of ,ainst peti- form the 11iCh most that to a ist in meet event ender Cus- Dont- o up• a and venue essed lows, itoms e ne- take t the is the ,•ould '0 ttd, ature al ig- -1 r not, heard y earl From es of ES ei tnny ettett-, id of. Eng. of all litin y rd its