The Statesman. — London, England, 1822-01-17 00:00:00

• 'I . - . • al *sisal Opt i.esof British finance, hap, a .re that in year 1816; • Ministers foresaw a speedy end wodfd • of - ascii ppt to their Irish •system of finance and nanaial plunder; to bolster it up a little longer, ' • " to one the favourite expression, that it might, if pos • &ibis, " last apt, time ;" aad at the same time to minder the horrible abases of Air system lose ob motihrs topallic detection. the Irish burden was . treophreed• 1 the broad but bottakiog back of old . *sighed ; end, s olace then. the slightlf-hand tricks of the jugglers of the two Exchequers have beeti praeilawl bar the joint benefit of those concerned its • • boats censetriva: How Me public has been benellttad , • • suer, the abort furnishes a striking but by no meant it solitary loetance. For, besides the enorottoe deft-• :ficit annually seeming. we now know that the debt of Ireland, which, in 1792, was nothing, or next to ao. • thing. and which. is 1800. ausousted • to about 25 • Jainism', had Increased is 1317 to about 152 millitins, • of which 141,441,180/. was funded. • We are she faroishea with the means of judging for ' what [reload bite been taxed, cad Great Britain and ; iefse4 continue to be. iaxed, by the knowledge of the fact. that in several branches of Irish 'revenue the ex r ponies of Collection have amounted to a most mitatiel proportion of the totals collected; as, for instance, in the year 1811, when every 1004. paid into the Treasury under , the head customs, cost 351. 14s. 3J, collecting, and every ..1001. paid iota, the Tremniyunder the bead of post-of. . • ' gee, cost 1491. 19s. 10. I.!! Evidence of the figure of • • • the progress made since doh), in the lin'ocial depart • , meat of' this hopeful spstenrof tioveroriumf, is illitelied by the comparison of •*e ensountof the revenue of Ire „ .140.1 in the year" Late; 145..ai1d411901. the first being ••4,417.9901., the second 4,525,6991., whilst the last • ' amounted only to 3,414,446/.; notwithstanding that, ' dace INS, new taxes have bees imposed on that coun try, which our finaoco Ministers calculate would pro • duce dime millions and a half sterling; whereas, is • point of fait, they have not produced a single shilling; but. °tithe contrary, the old taxes have fallen off enor raously • • What a blessed picture of good and wise Goverassit* ••ic here! -What ease, comfort, and happiness, a system. 'each as this Ilion - integral part of, 'mast necessarily im• part to those who enjoy the euriajdedielia . mie., of living snider it! Rot it must be remembered this is *nip a • part (though a tolerably fair specimen) of the .whole. • time. on the face of those farts, we have only, or ehiedy, a •strildix illnstration of the filly of endeavouring •to raise additional revenue from an impoverished and ex boosted infantry by a mere imarease of taxation; but the privation., sacrifices, ruin, which such a Braga also im pose, sod the oppression to which it must give birth, • added to ether grievances more 'gulling, if not so so. vete, are written in the Mara. the wretchedness.. end • tisiiir of five-sixths of the people of Ireland ;in Lie atrocities committed, and. •the laws writtea is blood, whichlnecessary to restrain and punish) may exterminate, but will never iijoarn Whea.will test universal truth, that "seitheat g ransom! of the carat , the ePet will not ceare„ .l •ba practically received and acted appals politics as mil as other sciences ? Wilt so esperimme teach 'wisdom ? Will it never, be remited as a . rule- of coadutt is tiovernment, that a ...irrupt tree cannot bring fOrtb• good fruit. Signal • and repeated as have been tlie ‘ eramples which have ' -boa made in Ireland they hineiiesinced 4ittle.or so tams** of the horrid . entragestanwaisted ;beim the will be etbe...wisu. *tabsroneethey mutt people etiNsed ; to be eiriliied they west he wade eon* fortable ; and wanton and !happiness was • never yet either the attributes or conseqattacet of a bad. and cot rept systew of Cseierasoest.*.. N ANNUAL TERASUE.T . itt:Poitr OF MB UsV,TED STATES. The Secretary of the Aticrican Treasury .has ad dressed to the Speaker of the Male of Represente 7 tire, the asaual Report 'oa the state of the , pfiylioi • litmus dated December 10,1821. TMs discuiseat esasists of three pails: First, of the Revenue; second, of the Public Debt : and third, of the Estimates of the • • Public Revetioe and ExPinifiliite for the year 182:. • From the latter iratameat It a t nears that the estimated Expenditure far the year 1/41 atoinoted to 21.503.599 dollars, or 4,838,377/. sterile,. and the eadosated : Itemise for itemise period to 21,012,937 dollars, or 4,727,9101. sterling. • The expenditure, therefore, for 1821, eiceeded the income "by . 490.962 dollars,; or • 110,4661. Sterling. For tbelfir 1822, the Income is estimated at the sum of 16,110.009 dollars. or 3,383,7501. 'ie.-11aq; and. for the same year, the ex• • penditswe is estimated at 14,947,469 dollars. or 3,363,221/. sterling. :•Far.the year 1822, therefore. ' it was estimated that dreloatene of the United States would be more than their ‘Rupeaditure by the sum of 1.112.339 dollars. or 361.A961. sterling, from which the'daficiancy for the.year 1821 of 490,952 dollars;•or 120,4871. sterling, being deducted, would leave. la • ali probability. a surplus balance is the Treasury of • , 17eited Sates.. on tie lit of January, 123, of .. • 671,377114 am or..lsl.os9Laterliug. R.-speedo( the dimbiettlori. of the Revenue in the, peer 1821, the reporters remarks as follows .—" 7m, • disitituarof the ifflnrite from Imports sad tonnage. eihetwed in 4 lBl,:?adraeced with progressive • • ..seugh 16M' and 'reached its lowest point of •derasina tbeAiret Alert*, of the present year. The dudes secured la that quarter were 727,000 del-. lees less than those' let the 'porresponding quarter of 2120; whilst the amount secured in the second sod third qaarters expeded that of the same period of the • recoiling ytur by 2,172,00 dollars ; this preseadag on the 30th of Septeobet last, an aggregate excess of 114..000 dollars for tbs are. One quarters of 1021, which sans, thee* is just raison to believe. will be con siderably anvnented at thi . end of the year." • Underneath are die particulars of the Revenue and elm Expenditure for the yeas 1822. ERTIMATRI9. • ..• . e : itpiAni • - POO* amiss - k - 4: Num. Sterile' Meaty.' 14.00,008 - - - 41.160.00111 .1.11 1 2),000 - - MOAN 816,009 - - - 114,919 • 111.r Mi 13,0114,7 A EIITUIATED MINDag. Starilrig 14Mr • ChM Ust. Ate. • • 11.861;1 1 IZ 7 - • • tinikestitlieit• . • 6.7VA6srI 1,11117.110 May 14101117 • • yr . imam **us. • • =. 4 . 1 9 • . •• 1304 • • • -• • 140171181 " 10,11111.5 t Oa this litigated [Marc It may hit aedsidwia 'yank Oboe Oa whets which corers the charges of .1 c; • 1 4. - ", 'D ;y. rl. I. - r -i $1 observed. : • 'l.l *. 1. " TIN he 4gaietie;, aaa: bead of Oat , anmuots N slonerie" nee - area scosacts as' 00,01/01.—not balfrs.o,ucb as the .coatothio.blajesty's own household'establisbment here , m4 disproportied • *bleb. after sashibg thae snow iness for the..eicess of pageantry, which always has existed, and some Of . which doubtless ought to exist, between a monarchy, however liuSitsd, and a republic. may still justly give, rise to very stripes reflections among the chinking members of this impute/risked and distressed eommuniiy. 2. " That the interest on the deht .of the United States, including 'also a sum for the reimbursing the holders of ircertain portion and description of it, does not exceed 5,700,800 dollars—or about. 1,270,0001. . . Thakbesides the above sum, we learn tbaick a clear end .reid.sinking fond of about 4400,000 dot , Pee,—equal to more than one•hrunb of the whole en anal expenditure t and equiealent to ene•twentietb part of 111e-misaleantedeerned debt : wherein Alm goal sinking . find of this triunity 'iloei imat, we apprehend. car on the higheit,calcuariort. nettclmiery#.l•Boot,b. 4. !sAgri", that the ntilitory self/pi t o( the United, States, including ordnance, forOleidpts k aml pensions l Is stated at a little more than fitellAkiefs of dellaii:— : ..actually.less, if we remember elgbli(- eetiontei alone. • • • ' And; lastly, " thalthe charge; tot the Americas Navy, which includes not merely the Is building, solonnidable for their site aid force, big the squadrons' which keep the sea is parts of the world, and which manikin with so much vigour aid efficiency the com mercial-Tien, of American chinos, ,ind the honour of the national flag, is estimated it the modest sum of 2,450,000 dollars, of less than 700,000 f. sterling." -The Editors of . the Aatitmel fleilligracer, speak ing of the Report. among other things, observe— " The Treasury Report, now before us and our readers, is a document which has been looked for with unusual interest, readily accounted for by the consideration that on its complexion depended the question, whether, in order to make hoth digs meet, it would be necessary for Congress lb curtail greatly the nationat or to resort to direct taxation. We are, very glad to find, from a perusal of this honest and perspienolts: exposition of the skate of - the Treaairit e tbst 'both al ternatives may be avoided, without resonlog to loans. Not that we are averse to auy'ireduction of the national . expenditure, which can b e made withrin t derogatin g from the efficiency of the several departments of the Government. On thetontrary, had the resources fal len aunt, we should have been disposed to strain a prfirtti this particular, in preference to borrowing mfility, and decidedly in preference to laying direct 1101spbsitions, at a time when every body know y that titers 'ls not, in some of the States, money enoikh (of specie ',aloe) to allow il.e people 'elk . to pay even their own postages in it. We rejoige. ',sloes, to learn from the report, that there is eery little apps- rest probability of a deficiency in tbe revenue for the ordinary purposes of Ocivereinent;ip to the year 1825. By ode calculation. that is alma the tiOis when some *bilk/. healibfal . eutrancy will %e reatolhd in nearly every State in the Uolltii." : Among the dOcuments transmitted to Congress with the report of the Secretary of the Treassry, is the fol lowing,'.showing the amount of the funded debt of the Uoital States, on the loco( October.432l : ~~yqylan, e. Deferred stock, imisoleented amount ( 1,138.148 118 Three per east -13,9016856 04 Six par coat. of 1106 . 50.000 00 Exabemod 6 per cent. stock of lOW . 2,1184,914 OD • f.Atilslano 8 pa sent. ditto, amount snap "."kpliod for 8,338 ID El per obit. stock of 1519, loos of ohm* IP • • • millions • • Six per seat. Stock of 1813. loan of al:peek •ftlloes..., K 301.136 45 Six per emit. loan of 75 million • - 4 4,836032 30 Six Per cent. stock of 1814, bas of 94 mod 3 ' Iriimeas..: • • ,•e:111.011407 63 Si: pot emit. stock of , 181 4 kai tt 0 4ti • 18.48000 10 Tieleisry motet Illittroest. Nita ll 7, Ditto •.7 par mot. list It • Ue4slloB 97 M. per coot. steak; embedded.* ID ;fir •!. • . ••• United States OO/ permed. stock ot Five per cent. ditto ........ IS Ditto, per actor March 111, Ml. , '• • . 1 4.• lk •SO • • • • • P 2,816,4103 SO . timmtemen• STATE OF HEALTH ATBAHOELONA. B AAAAAA NA. Dec. 19 ? -1.7pon oakilleg the city ten days ago. first after the cordon was relied, it was moat affecting to sae those few who w4eistprieg 'at the .same time. embraced by their Muds aid aoluaintance. who bad : osmosis them for tour muths. as if they bad some from a far distant country. after u abscise of lousy years. Mohave had here quite*ebctclire of pity- Belidttetbe resident practithateri, who ire across, !kayo had Ail •comuliiiteAte .tram 'the French Goveutateat ;Loci Awe do tar B gcnoMt . at War otat4(Mr. Lassie) Abe asklue a respecta ble work agitate contagiu. sto his smist,vsfigssat.*F oR &cultist of the Preach duality s 49,g, ce,griii4(ti oll Pere from Cartbagens. seat by . the Spisqt gyiernment ; onelroni Madrid (Mr. Leynterie4pttufmt to the French or American legation tberes..o4. ewe volun teers from Loudon (Drs. Mules, 'it'd trillalloran.) The,two latter geotleetia were called let•iitit ons of the physicia ns of B ar ialens, a very prontiteng your man of the Dams of Dynan. who had been attended by all hie colleagues of . the city * load -bees de-' Spatted 4. and. as is customary. ie. sack cases.l had received the sacrament and extreme autism. He is now in an adnaced state 4 convairsceecs. nese two gentlemen hive been reeved by the constituted authorities, and ("adage io be treated' with the most method distinction. They hive bees directed by superior orders. to * , wilt every information tbry may reiniee.. Dr. Maclean cams hers from Madrid. by the orders of the !Beg of Spells. He is andan " .teN peparittr a bletorycfspidenty. His works spa epidemic eases bees laid before. the .seppiiir ate Health of do sioutpolis ; and Ike ) 1 4 4 1-1* .havesupeaded theuesideutiested* lain alisiOh., its messmplenie of the, impuelon wide& they bait 'wed% wit men ample igoetesttlue. shell base boo obtained. It is expected that the report Odell he Ii D. °liana's. is also pre _ sObjeet. .11k kat aistiogvisir opieb hie dirsedennerirkt present limiViet is noldheta amongst the siedical taco of note 411aieeloai, including the chief irliyeicians of thep is 'Clad all the weighter facts and argeweots, are decided. the stale of noweentegion. A warm dispel, viog lately arisen between two of the opposite ironies, they proceeded to stronger arguments than .weirde. Mid poor Doctor farmed., an befits' elder. .1, sty, was throws over a well by his younger tionsire athletic cootagionist adversary. and so numb as to cosfine hint to the Lou.. About a week ago died of the prevailing malady. a priest, who, alter having* resided for some time is the ertatry, visited Barcelosa. ea, as he was a good deal known, his death bas occasioned many of the fugitives to suspead .their iatention et returning for some weeks longer.— The communication is however, entirely free ; and both contagionists and noocootagitinists consider the city a perfectly We residence. at any rate until the next 'stump. But not so the French Government. it seems ; for it is said they hare no intention of rais ing their cordon or troops until the surnatir; a report which. aonfinos a great proportion of .•tie people el Spain in the suspicion that the Freseb cordon coati ,anc to be. as they believed them originally, a Voliti stratagem, directed mere against the contagion panish principles, titan of the fever of Bareeloaa.- If so, and they should smitten, to make any attempt r egeiost the Constitution of Spaia. I feel myself au thorised from all that I have *senor heard it, that coua try, to predict that they will find themselves egregi-, cooly mistaken is the result. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rank - Stock. 3 per Cent. Red , Ditto Bonds 77s 78s 3 par Chron. slier rant B7 ;Smith Sea Old Asa. 761 4 per Cents 4 per Cents. Navy... 1014 109 , =BOOl. Ss. Ss. pm 3 perCimt. . -Small 4a. 8. pas Long Ann ssi 7.16, India for ditto. imp. S per Cent Irish b eer Cent I Lott. Tickets....... 191. 18s . . . • ..:JE ..-• - ...' ' ...• . .•• .'• "t • ' TR g 7 T '"- . 1 14 • , _ 1 in do, ,4. ,Ftl.l . vi!. lig . p . , • Navy, mad tki intim* Of i td i s seeteeKerteelMa tie! oirfratoath part ollthe -tel ' aPidemie disc as fil" aausal Outlay of , the niiiah fihreerasnent, oodor the asoally circumstantial. r, a. aim ..haid,s 4 .. h &wending to , particolooLieloop be parist•igreft apes the ibtattsSman. "ifs minus rrirrsalase" 11 lITATOSIAS." wrrs " ism LONDON: TM: USDA! rVINING. JANUART 17, 1822. STOCK RECUANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The market this nsonai r ag is excemlingly heavy.— The reasons &seisms,/ for Ibis state of things are. that to-morrow is Settlierday. anti that there is a heavy Buil Account. Comets at this time are 7711. The Irish papitis te•di; contain extremely oaths elioly details. Besides the account of the " Fatal Mistake " inserted is mother colons. there aro va rious instaoces of outrage stated, for the purpose of takisg of arms. Amos% tie most dariog .wa■ one which Ina place is the seighboinhood of Lord Do- Ssisstaioss. His Leriskip was set at hose at the time. The " Animal Treasury Report." of which we have given an Abstract in somber column, presents a Pascal view of the Figures of the United States. To a chime of those States. the statements they sem tale caanot fail to be patifyiag; to as Eagkiehmpal • whatever honey they peedace. they nay be 11111114.1 useful. They prove hew cheaply the busieess of gm verament, end of a eleet excellent and vigilant go. remnant can hi curia l * ; and slue mammy i various deputesents of am mammoth new, (it will be observed . in the "Treasury Mettle." in mistier part of oar paper.) the rirder . vrf the day. it imPfujitell Vet sheet Akre . esfereiog it. to we the male twVolash it Ys 46 0 6,4. by our American brethren. noir •.. seer appoitree•iiijoilicions mid rapoelebie. 21,7 atewet.lnk Wedlk:liertet Weespy thewnelves fat Wis p-4014 fsrl4 4 1 ;4491411 , 014" Mehl .att4 isteenniental sad tdiset,ne M dieshnegst aid nednee to I beggary the sleek Ants is @Saki: In abridge their narrow Weenies. fir the PUP". db 1 6 81 1 1•1 1110 re teenchosant of a few hundred pound% while the re venue of the chiefs, the menet of one of whisk in equal to the salaries of a handfed of the eta.% re-, mains unabolisbed and unlatched. They do net oaks the idle and invidious distinetio• betwees theif saki and their established clerks, for the purpose of m aiming or rewsrdlag these of the favorite Ginn wbn say have entered hat a twelve wee* to the prejediee pf sash as easy have feithfelly served a doses ram Thayer net sake 4,snrade of the nosebag of indivi• duals where they turn adrift or strait.* t th•Y *AY Mai the mount of public weary they can save. They have "wither favourite servants nor &vestige services. Their army, which in tili field one army well knew was de• servlag the respect of ens the victors of Waterloi. makes es each figure upon paper. is the time of free, es • - oars does. They regard a needing army 90.ansidtrable numbers, a ageless. if mot a dummies saisimac ; sad by foregoing that they save the public mosey sod the public liberty too. The whole expense of their army. at a time it will he remembered when, Asylum been extending their territory. and taking posressien of lands which bad been ceded sad die paled. does sot exceed the amount *firmly one arm of .aer military leers--the ordnaace. This economy, how.' ever. does sot is any manner cramp the astiou4l de: feats:not isericaa Bag is respected sot only ea its do. snide shores, but .oa 'the coast of Penh as well 04,111easil.:aad iatinikkites the hateasens of the Offset Wink Welke l protect! . its trade in the Levant ; let. After all, she navaLetiffliates for the 'Gesta l t year. do sot sweat to two thirds of ' a These things mast be the gee of or public - • t Men ; they cannot conceive by what means they ar e achieved. Yet they are effected without the isrer. studios of any miracle ; unless it be a miracle to have the business of a nation carried on with common teas e and common honesty. The same sound, useful pri n . ciples which they bed is best policy ire private ly e , our American brethren Weed to their public affairs ; sad an ealighessed economy. formed net on arm, but on sompediessive Ours, appears to superieteeel the whole. What presides is the chief seat of power, extends tbrersgh every branch. We are aware tint much of this spirit moat be ascribed to the natare of their Government. The Repablicas dispenses with the pageantry that attends the Monarchical form; and :he President of the United States affects no more parade time is in this ciliary amused by soy Magistrate of the emitter order. We roselleit to ham heard on (pa authority that when Mr. JIIIPV2IIIIION proceeded te Washington. to *pew the int Congress that was bud in that city, he travelled several hoodred miksea horn. back,attendid bys Mogi. servant; and the muter as ail as the man was Mee to carry his cloak-hg, behind him. Is fact. so anosteitatiens was his style, that, 611 his arrival 'at Washington. his importance mold not be easpeeted; and it was not till after he Ind ' been there two days that he was discovered by some Member. of Congress, at as inn is an issalated put of the infuse city. Sub style, it is obvious. is osly calculated for the meridian of the United States. It is not stated with a view to reconcile it to the ideas of English readers; it is mentioned only to suggest tin effect which such as example mast have in every branch and Amer of Government. lastssd of it being matter of wonder that the American Go cerement is distieguisbed fee economy, it meld be a greater wander were it otherwise. In Mosatebiel the splendor of the threes is, unfortanately for their subjects, deemed eseeitial for exciting their respe... When a roan Prince was uses advised to retreeele expenditure. sad acemodate it more nearly to hit it. come, he is said to have observed " my friends inform u e that the spirit . of the times is so denturatical the I must not regard espouser, bet even gild double if to usury." Such essosel is too flattering and amiable to the taste of worts ; and the extravagance it eagle. ders will extent. !It should not, however, be fur. gotten that to public profusion, and its rensequire, corruption. that .most of the grie►ances soder which we st present pew, must be ascribed ; and the point at Isaac is abroder that profusion and eorrepties ought to be corm: flit h retreechnseat and reform, or be allowed to cooties* tilt Me cautry be reined. Extracts twatiened from the American popen ft , ceived yesterday : HOUSE OF REPREEENTATIVES. Die. IS. Mr. Hill, of /Maine, peesented Oho fallowing lia•18- . don, which was laid on the WWl— That the SawalamatElo Treasury be dissosi an min to this Moons, altalbsi-1110 Malin 550. has kw eSdajoilihnd by Ow United States to any leads, As debt al sae is NM* has bean. err is tiaload by any pastiest's slats. and If en, the conditions span aphids the sass has boa si tioplebed. Gilmer sabaiittod tie 16110,18 g 10411117". 41st die several treaties math by libe limited 51410/0 I* lift loess tribes obialt may A.ratr =awes br Iseleiallaii be Ilr mosidarotioa of Cosines. bo referred tbi Colladelee appobtsi to enquire fete the empoittesei ocampyiso, ibe Colombia Slyer. &a sad of ressimlog insta WO die Ladies mibos. HOU= :if REPABISIONTATIVES. Bac. I 0 L • the motioa of Mr. Floyd. it was rerolrei. That the Secretary of the Navy be required to report I. tits House the probable Increase of stapes* I. quasi/ lan eleesiestiou to be made of the diferest Writers, frolsogisi le she United States, Ise the Pa. 11 1610 0 1411 of Wii4lll4ag artillery to the meth Clii4 . ll • fiv:re ' VOW : held Ishii err* the tire on' says gillthled Liebe early put aired/. fres die IPreilikt of Ase United Statii;ibe eke embracing s' sesteeseet of the progress wide% had bees made. in sac rgieg late sweatiest the resolutions for pried/ the secret journal and forties correspcodoeue of the a - Cisigrfts, the ether trausetittiog, papers to tats her rirlidetes by law for erecting of *Mein lied. lllNflataihet teen tarried lot, am; the hest per segerVill tieftreed to • esammitese of Ways ad jlllll the second to the committee of Comment htSflie 'Heine eijostreed. ..f. • FaRNCIT CLAM(. reuse, by her late claims oe the Vetted States, disposed to avail herself of the revisions of as Louisiana Treaty made with the letteeziatiag Gorey . ment of that country. This Is acting toe a owe National principle, that evert act done by an rxiiti 9 C Government is antler every change of cirtermstasm still a national act. On this grated might the Won• meet of the United &rem to stand and demand Frame, compensation for all our property illegs4 captured, almost without protect*/ of tight. and cur.. demised. Great Britain has acted es this princir with France, and has demanded and received is sit ample manner compensation for all their illegal 04. fiscatious, as the fullowieg will stew PAM% MIT 30. telt coxistsmen Nov. 20, It 4ll. Article 9.—The Briti.b and French tiovers*W . shall name without delay t:oinenissinaers to hisiela ,. . 'Ste. The Commissioners mentioned le Art. . 1 . 111 enilertake the examination of the °Weis of his liri tannic Majesty's velvets epee dew Smi t h tiderrt meet. for the vitae of the prepeety. aweeeht• or moveable. illegally esenSersted by the rtritch cities. Free,* engages to ratify the report et Commissioner's. and *is disebaige the man tine. Art. 6.-1 he vessels, ships, cargos', an : -- i I 1 1