The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-09-12 00:00:00

. f • ,k I if , 1 1. 1 IR ELAND. COUNTY MEETINGS. The history of the last two ye.tr is an important one for Ireland—it shows what can be accomplished by union—by a firm and general expression of the public will. Had the People of Ireland sunk under the persecuting measures of the lntokrants—had they suffered, themselves to linve been silenced by the threats of Power, the clamour of Faction, or the calumnies of a hireling Press, the cause of the ,:oun try would have retrograded heir a century, and the evils Booing from division and party Wirit, would have continued to distract and disgrace the nation. The p *pie, warned by the Press, saw ,the danger— the People, supported by the Press, triumphed over the Faction—they were not only victorious in the battle with the ettemioa of Religious Freedom, but victors in a more glorious fight—viciors over their owe prejudices and passions—a victory that leavps no regrets behind it—a victory that fortifies the dear. est hope of the country—that holds out unconditional Emancipation to the Subject, glory to the Prince, and security to the Empire.—Would this have beeu the case, had the Independent Press of Ireland pur sued a neutral course ?—Would this have been the j case, had the People shrunk from the never-to-be-for gotten Circular and Proclamation? Would this bare been the case , had they fallen back in the ranks of slavery and hugged their chains it silence, No, surely not 1 All the Intolerants sought or sighed foe was silence on the part of the People, and not hay. lug obtained that by• terror, they would now moth and beguile them to them to their ruin—they prt mile, to deceive—they smile, to betray I The Receis vas to be passed in arts of kindness and concilia. tion, and we discover the kindness in prosecution by their Attorney-General—the conciliation in the calumnies, insult, and outrage of their Press !—But then, the Catholic Claims are to meet a fair and free discussion in the next Session of Parliament ; so the public were told on the formation of the Ministry subsequent to the death of Mr. Perceval. The same assurance was then given, yet, the Irish nation can not forget the lie—the Ministerial lie of the Courier, and the consequent result of the Marquis Welles ley's motion. The people of Ireland are also aware that, since llic recess, the ranks of Intolerance 'awe been again and ;gain resorted to, in the hope of find ing a pliant Lord Lieutenant for this long abused country. This is the promised Peoce--kbe kindness, and the conciliation of the men who have hitherto ruled Ireland with a scourge, and who would now betray her with smiles and promises—who would, in short, do unit thing, or every Wag, to obtain her silence !—Under such circumstances nothing remains for the people bet to speak out—to be more vigilant and active than ever. fat the County Meetings pre. coed with spirit—let Petitions flow from ever County, City. and Town in the Nation—let the Protestant Petition be framed as speedily as positble—the ene. rides of the Country's happiness are active-.let them be counteracted !—let them be once more defeated, and Religious Freedom and Civil Libiltty will be Se cured. The People of Ireland and the F l aspire are well aware, that the late Chief Seeretaiy to his Grace the Lord Lieutenant set up a Newspaper, awowedly the instrument of the Irish Akiliaigirdiee, bat support. ed by Proclamations and Expresses, paid out of the pockets of the people! The generator it this abomi nable and unnatural Journal, after a saccessless wir with the public virtue and patriotism of the land, re tires from office; and scarcely has his successor time to be seated in his Miuistry—scarcely has he time to look around him in Dublin Castle, when he discovers, not only dm folly, but the danger of thtssystem acted upon by his predecessor—he finds the - agents of this slanderous print so dove-tailed into the. machine of Government—he finds the Expresses to the Govern ment, and for the Castle Press, so mixed and inter woven, that the secrets of the State—the confiden tial communications between Ministers in London and Government here, are first perused at the Office of a corrupt and hireling Newspaper ! Yesterday an Express arrived, with the dispatches from Marquis Wellington and with other communi. cations for Government—but, will the Reader credit ft—will the People of England believe it—the Es. press, before it had been opened, was conveyed from the Castle to the Newspaper Office—and not until the secrets of the State stared him in the face, did the Editor discover, that it was not exactly the Express intended for his perusal 0 . We doubt not but he will preserve an honourable silence; but look to the fact—the first intimation that the Irish Adminis tration had, either of the arrival of an Express, or of Marquis Wellington's highly-important Dis. Petite's, slay from a common Newspaper Office, in ao obscure alley! It will be said, that this was only a mistake—true, it was a mistake—bot then it was 0 mistabe inseperable from the s,ystens ! and, unless this system of giving intelligence, by Express, to a favourite Newspaper, so injurious to the Freedom of the Press, and burthensome to the People, be abolished, these shameful, disgraceful and dangerous mistakes wilt be consisedly recurring ; and the Ration wilt begin generally to think, what mme have already conceived, that the Government of the country is to be found in the Office of the Cesar Pros, .nd net in the Castle itself! The pub lic voice is loud against the system; and happy are wo to observe, that even a Cotemporary, who at oche time derived no small advantage hero Government Expresses, sow justly exclaims against the system, ea accouet a 4 g As nolegromi corruption enociated with " We mew). eessiede, erldsesi expressing our tip, Probation of Mr. Peele's prompt communication to the Lord Mayor yesterday, and for his ordering the Dubli. Goodie to be published without skisp--. (Debiks amain( Pest, Sept. B.) • Ail the Counties of (reload ttt ham met bare tie. Aired against the ircle-,they sopped the Resole. lions of the aelebralei Aggregate ee Ia Dublin. Rod assert digir right to smang4iffamd the eehaohbiag Coasties, 1 3411 , *boot 4 MP" 0 011 4 act oa ttke soma pritkciple, I. is said, that 7,40) WM, of time lately been brought.. luta Plymouth, iv American battage, A. contrast b heee made there, with the Nosy iloard, for 400 maim of sour, at the vatmose pieoi /Shp* *c4; tba bortostaystiwat Mt. pa tisk te .. % • 1 r' . ...• „-- ••• •-•. • THE STATESMAN. t =WEIL TAX ON CAPITAL. TO iiie Lo it a iG O U F T T R HE OS e . x te cti . V im Alfilt E TT ß. O .Z. T ax . C . a ff e A . NCIL- Sist,—lt is moat ardently you 411DW out; . o a tax upent7Cabe P h it 7.6ll , ottriltntyheatdilgeil mentation So' the Property Tax, ore Its present seals, surew w ou il l i d iot b nto e t t e:rri ee e l d eas in t el o o s u ffhtit o f t,haes skateaOy such at m ! r a y; and,the consequences ,might be very alarming. Al. ready the middling class of society, whtth, in every country, forms the mostvlrtuous pert of it, are borne down to . the owed by oppressive taxes, and can scarcely afford them reins the necessaries of life; it is nom high time that the upper rw!kf should begin to bear THEIR. FULL MARX of the pressure of the times —hitherto they have not : and although we are ever lastingly told that this war is carried OR for the pro-' tection of our lives and properties, the far greater part of the burden has fallen upon those who have little property to protect ; and if that little le filched from them in the shape of onerous taxes, what in terest can they bare in the contest, or of what con sequence is It to then who prevails, seeing that they are already deprived of almost every comfort of life? That this is the fact, AND WO that this mode of arguing - upon the consequences is side spread, every person having intercourse with thentiddling snit:lower ranks can testify ; perhaps Ministers, and bleadiare of both Houses of Parliament, who riot in luxury and profusion, may be ignorant of those things, and will continue to add- burden to burden, and affliction to affliction, till the bubble burst with eternal rain upon their heads; but if they wish to avoid this dreadful catastrophe, they must now relinquish their pitiful selfishness, and fairly submit to bear their proper share of the burden; this cannot be done more ef-, fectually than by a fair and just regulation of the Property or Income Tax : if this tax was properly graduated, it might be rendered unobjectionable, and would also obviate the necessity of any'additional tax--on its present scale it is both oppressive and an ,just. If we are really fighting for our property, as you tell us, and of,course for those who possess itorhich, I sincerely .beliere, upon what rule of justice, or common seine, tan 'you then demand from an Indus trious tradesman, who has no property but what is the fruit of -his daily labour, and of course could never be taken from him wore the enemy 'this door, bow can you deatind him to contribute out of his hard-earned trifling *gains, in the same proportion with the pampered Capitalist or rich Noblemen; whose cause we are fighting; who alone have property to defend ; and who ought; properly speaking, .to.bear the whole burden of this war? Instead of which they bear little, and feel noise of those cutting dis. tresses which it has entailed upon the middling 'and lower ranks!. Wien a man 'weir& [wag or Afty' thousands seer, pays two or Iva thousand for Pro. perty Tanvbas•be: net left moric_Asau sufficient to indulge in afl'the luxuries of life?, Very different Is it with. the man who has a wife and family to support upon two or three hundred a gear—take twenty or thirty pounds from that little pittance, and he is obliged to relinquish one meal a day, and this, for: sooth, to protect the property of those pampered and selfish men of fortune, who neither know nor care one farthing about his sufferings and depri vations. Instead, therefore, of any tax upon Capital, or general addition to the Property Tax, let the latter be so graduated, that the bank,: may fall propor tionately uponthose who really have property to pro tect, for it is their war; whereas, if the middling and lower ranks are to be still farther oppressed, well may they exclaim, " What interest have we in this contest!" What was it but such oppression that has obtained for BONAPARTE so easy an admission into all the countries he has over-run ? and, yet our infatuated Ministry seem Killing to continue the same measures until a similar catastrophe overtakes this country. The gradation upon the Property Tar, to be fair and equitable,ooght teadvanee upon a scale something like the following, all income under 801. to be free of tax : • • D ub lin - Val*: , - ; '••410 t"•'•ce at Lisbon ri••64.•.1• 4 ••• • Cadiz • ' ' • Mait tenbnr a 0 Gotigtt • .....••.. . . '.• :I isEtICE Of STOCES THIS India DAT AT onds 4 ON 6 P. d (PCLOCB. Bank S per Cent. Cone. 61411 Exchequer Bills Sid; 1 1, h 9 per Cent. Rod. Ditto hd._6 4 p •, 1. 6. per Costa. • - - Ontolum 716 pr. S per Cent. Navy 91i i Contols tor Met. ID L. Au. Lottery Tiekels . . THE STATESMAN.- iloGyiihafanding the splendid Varpthimanea, and the adywntages with which i: '1;1%1;61 followed up.. --um.— While we are ma r ki ng t h e f ootsteps of the war, r and follo w i og th e destroyers of mankiA ti rough various scenes o f h avoc an d devara rim., let u s pause fur a m omen t t o contemplate the consequent miser, .that ethibit s it s h orr id f ront among our starving Ma. ttnfacturers at home. The sit u ati on o f that etten. sire and vital part of the nation i s rtfutly i,drrest. rlX...the low price of labour haralmost red u c e d t h eta -.• to the point of endurance, from 'wheece starvatio n or death, -without redress, must inevitably succeed ! To what arm can they Chid for protection 2—To what head Lid heart can they appeal for their preservat ion,wh famine and despair stare thee in the face ? Shot they supplicate the Throne, &WI the cense of Spa;„ and Russia beve superwded their claims. Should they ivy out. for Peace I sin War Ministers are too bu. s al ) , empl o yed in raising subsidies for ALCCANDraft Sweden, and Denmark (sheuld she deign to accept of the golden bait),toattead to the hungry cries of aa unarmed mob. Thus, while the pensioned few are riot. Ling in every luxury and indelgence arising out of the sanguinary coolest, the starving many are devised , to suffer every species of 'privation unheard and us. pitted Mt • ' _ LONDON: sarvano.r. =MINIM 12 6 ISIt A Maki Mail reached town this teething, by which w• received the following intPlligenk MALTA, JOLT!!: On the lids last, a most 'Meat and unnatural tempest of lightalag mad thunder took plate at Hessian, sad the violent rain with which It was accompanied did tonsiderahle damage to the heaves. The ensile of Scylla who struck by the lightning, and the powder magazine blew up t the Commandant and SO soldiers were killed. The Ire communicated to the magazines and the houses is the fort, sad horsed ter three days. This se. eident oeassloood a es iallerable loss to the army. It appears to be certain ' that Peace has been concluded h as tweets ftesela mad the hurt s, though the pub:leatfon of it has sat yet been °Relay =aim Bevan kindred Remise prisms havq been act at liberty. The lithsek Sea is entirely free, entail vas Skew go Wand out Withaorbelig subjected to any eontribo non. The itooksa Mistier, the Llietralier Iritissav, arrived at Constantioopk an site Stith ult. Mr. Lazar, Ambassador from his BRITANNIC Marvery, had 017111011 two days before. The Ambassador from Sweden had also arrived.--(t ernats de Malta, July V.) MALTA. JOLT 94. Lemma from Smyrna state, that the plague still, continues its ravages there, and rather increases. Read-quarters, Gibraltar,,Aug. 11. Whereas, I.telligeeee having been received that a enntagious disease, marked by black vomit, has appeared at Merma', his Excellency, the Lieotenant-General , has been pleased to di- t wet, that all communication between this fortress as Spain should cease till further orders and that a quarantine 14 days shall be laid on all Spanish, ships coming from all • Spaniel; ports to the eastward, and tan days on all those canting from the west, as far as Ayamonte ; and all ships having cantina 'deaths at see, with vessels coming tram the above-mentioned ports, are to be subject In similar otsservatine. . His Excellency enjoins all his Majesty's loyal subjects, residing ' with this garrison, to assist the Health 011icers is; the execution of such orders as may b • (leaned necessary to issue for the pub lie safety. ispecidUy reporting theappearance of any sospileus distemper. His Excellency also further directs, that all persons sot having regular permits of residence do forthwith quit the garrison. All limy, plying, and hours-boats, as to be laid up, except those required by the Prateqae . Department, and these are to have Health Gnarls. Night fishing is to be discontinued, and the &hawse and boats, this at Catalan included, are to be mustered, night and morning, by the Prateqac Master, lad to be accompanied by Health Guards. By'llik Excelleney, the Ueutenant-Ciesieres caseload, . . 99 . 141,. Spa, _ (Gibraltar Orontes, 4.g. aIIikARLESTON I ARA SC We have been favoured briCeptain.Masaiutort 4 of the ship Cerfoak, front Ilivannah, with is kaoam nab •Diary, extra, of (hell& list. from which the following translation 0 The followleg imposes ass anti have been received front Don Plume °urea; they wee, received hi Campeatty cm the 29th June, by the Spanish 'chaser Esparatiza; RIMY silted from Vera Cruz on the snot; mouth. iaroints ' his Excellency, the Viee4Etitir, that on the ethyl May, there FS, fished in Cloaco.de-Amilpos, about 0300 hisargents, by fag and famine; 700 were wounded, sod a vast number of pdamers were made; amongst the latter are nine Priests; and that al though they took several magazines full of provisions, tory found a number of dead, who must have perished of huuspr, and other bodies that bad bees conveyed into dud skeletons. The cruel Meatus has paid no a tentioa to his troops; misap plied them with the necessary articles of life. General CALL* , JAI made prisoners, near IC Gabriel, the two lafribilS PISDRA and BRAS°. and Col. Pmts. with ID met, who had thrown away their arms, and were endeavoaries to make their escape. These captures were made by the Volonteers of Taboade and We call the attenSon of our Readers' to the Letter this day inserted, slimed PeLlTints, addressed to the Right Hon. N. VAKSITTART, respecting the prope,„ sition of a Tax apoa Capital-, and recommending a modification of the Income Tax in lieu of it, th e operation of which has lately become insupportably oppressive to the middling class of society. Oar Correspondent, from the best of motives, we have no doubt, recommends to Ministers a more equitable system of jieecing the ehorn lamb to the skin, which, *hile taxation continues Ito tepid progress towards a climacteric, is humane, as it will tend to lessen the evil, by a peoportionate adjustment of the burden. There was a report in town yesterday that JOS£Pii BONAPARTE had been taken prisoner, but wo could not trace it to any authority. The tone of the most furious of the war-partizans in America has been lowered, by the disappointment of their first expectations. They had prepared the public mind for a greet blow against our Jamaica, etuebec, and Leeward Island lee's, and the harbours of America were to be full of the fruits of C omae ,. JOH. Roocras's cruise. But the balance of captures Lima .peen enasiderably against him, and of Comma. core' froDerns and his squadron no certain intelli. ••gerde had been received. But, from the exultation expressed at the safe return of oue -of -the Ameriren frigniere. the .Conslilatlion, we may infer that they 'vitiolti be glad to -see the same pod luck attend the 'lisiiiitftder. It teguite as likeie+however, that Roe. oils will be carried - . into Rallis', as that he - will effiSerhis retreat to.*ew.Yost. - 41 e - war very near our dipiadron ; and, huleed, finetiecoantstales, that th e y we re i n eight of eseh other about the loth of August. Se.deeply in unisott with the feelings and wishes of the people were the Government of America in declaring war against this country, that a • week scarcely had elapsed after the declaration before Go. veniment were besieged by remoustrances, couched in the, meet bitter terms of censure end reproaches+ Alrqpily, have they prodsiced the eject of lowering thaSopyof the American official Paper, and it noir &Stares the people of America, that 66 Goveremeet Are disposed to accommodate all differences on the most seasonable terms." Upon the heels of thistle tertion, nay, the very day after it was made, the diet patch announcing the repeal of the Orders in Comte cil would be received, and would put the sincerity of rite American Ucireennient to.the proof. if they still persevere in the war, their etipopalarity will be aggravated, std each succeeding day (welling the amount of captures made from them, will force theta to feel that they - might have remained at peace with. out dishonour, whilst in prosecuting the wit they most have ail its miseries without any of Its glory. The Extraordinary Parliament of Sidly was open. ed at Palermo on the 22d of June, when the Hum REDITART PRINCR made a speech, recommending s Reforin of abases, and proposing to the MemnerS the British Constitution, as a pattern which they should follow. Accounts from St. Domingo, dated about the end I of Juue, mention, that Prrsow had obtained the A Paris Piper was received in-Town last night, of ' complete superiority over his rival Cnairrorec, whit . . the 7th inst. but it contains no official intelligence bad: fled to the mountains. Pertom was about ti From 80 is •M. per aneets, II per wet, from the Arley in the North. There are, h owever ' establish the seat of his s'overnment in Cape Tows. 130 to XIX,. . 3- • some farther details reepecting. the baffle 14 Srao-, .- Illis Majesty's,ship i the Poulenc . . f ßi ... ,!_r di siant elf ke to w .-..„- ~ esseakeint-of•tbe :Bank of lee* oun an , m th e . ' • Lo tt - 5 14° ,00D :: '''''" - . - --- Leask° .;• a " P rim " kat. " stil ' e 'the- ' l ": ° ' !" bop* of falling in with an American frigate which French, on t he 19th, to have beenfinmense, tsawhteh - JP . had (Line some mischief among our shipping off the 5,000 to 10,0001. we are inclined to give some credit from their Bank. - 10.000 is. 40, 001...: 10 20,000 and all above B5 own statement in the.. Bulletin, but still they . The ship Lonjce Family, SRATON, which sailed This is something like a laid scale; tad even the the 2002 of February from Batavia, for Bombay, was at sea on the 25th, succeeded in their object; and it is again assert .. . met . highest upon this scale, when they devote ode-fourth - ed, that the Russians are le fall retreat towards Mos ROBINSON, acrived-at Philadelphia from Canton, 10 by the ship Lance/kr, of their income to protect the remainder, do not ea. c0w....-.The same Paper states, that m --ASSENA is : Whom she gale the following information ;—" ill crifice one-tenth part so much of the comfort' of life, to take the command of hteitiecimes army, and his B r ieish t r oops h av e se mero eo leas from disease at as the inferior classes who pay only 5 per cent. - passed through Bayonne with 10,000 men, and Batavia. An expedition, under the command of Ca p . 1 1 I helm, 811, yob . Or you( successor will take the w e tame Owes, of the Cornelia - frigate, had sailed a 40,900 more are immedistely . eo fellow him. . . . , . from ilstaee, above hints into yqur serious consideration ; feat is may,:tberefore, Ben expect to hear of the French few day . s.hetore the . Family, • to take possession of Pekmbang, and the island . - f rmy in Spells Weight a w i ry formidable state, and now become absolutely necessary, in order to region -- a Banker. The British intend destroying all the for t cite - the great body of the people to a contiunation of they will probably over batilit‘;Slareuis IVesalsak i tificetions on the island of Java, considering encamp , the war, that the Landed Interest, Nobility, ancllfes.• ••"" g * • . . f .- 1 swots more healthy than harvacka' Their forces ialtad.Dietb, &mid etnneforward in a -fair turd howler- I - • • To speculate open the result of a general ingage. s . , . wertetben . t t 8000, chiefly Benplemt.a" • :t.: limit, d--the French should he:able to concentratie • Ike may, to -mintribute their fall propodien • ttsees , in a haist'eff` tha SChehlt, who otitis that he was a g_ • , ~ . ~. A. Deserter from the French ceasel:wie picket' up Laptain ha. the Natio - real ORRI4, kicking ordered to sailloses of w , /,,..,. 71iitht,.. ais these calamitoee tiosellits:,-. c 01itr.....f.t.r . eel, wou ld be hatardnus, as we do knot yeti :410eiTliala, . now what accession. of strength the - Allied Army',.- a rc ht ie c i ppet t l i oes i o d etw i, potaboree dg e fil Eng. n v .• • • has received ; but the Well.earni4 tuna of Martinis :land. lee_ ' this( thlt tfeeendolm order was • -s- - ;.alettat Ormrcline.44/.4.4. -Wietzesitertse, and tie bravery of 'bk troops, is eleeeaaillif biome NAO .. 30: 111 $ 1 11t... leComiteLetwe aWW . 4 1 04 1 14 1 . Si" lallieleut to justify the most tenpins - impede.. rigrote..: 1t t. eel,' PalalmeSlS# this' Pwas i mil in !".%; =.r t , S ! . # l ,**SPlls at Dateriffe IMO 190 'n o m ; ft' - thaya . i ' have kaMtite.coue Pa.ewAhl lodeedte benne r wh ich M aux „mon Mai an equeity in , - , tip sods rowans float It Ilfielezecotieg with • ' *Oft ofitistports from the Trot tejc—'.._ weistiveov ! .14 • 0 6 " 41 3'. raised for VisibtrWilte wn 64t4eis c i ' . ~ , , .. l e li „op,„ bewevere . .W Mar a' 4. :p. flo aliereeejl We ex 1 eiot . trod Irish Roman • Ai. s teer ti oos le e iseephisig a, . ~.. :W, -- I rortaappage lakitil *dm setiew put , ai t i t Mice ; ole i ire j*siti 6 fieifei of Pereira for French -pew V ires ti am 4 k itletst i ts to;ois sot spow la thiatvotise di e m -ally:. 40 , , - 1 01.0 f , c a ti tq jjet,.irrlpsidoul nor oilli tha-treleharouitd•the4 MSOINIO4IIIOI/•• : . -...- iv.. • .: --, - a •••' - .. 44 .4 lebsia lit par loilitorilft.rse giv .. , . . -fpo . - Pim ./AviA* l . . , i i -,., ,: • ... , .• . '' t '''''. . ' ~.7........,10. ;.... ,-,:,_. • • . • ,A, •-•,.**::VA',.l: •:. " Amongst the papers taken at Clone°, from Mutruis. was found an official one from the Junta of Citactiaro, :Welting the people to ackoowledge FERDINAND ell. as their only object was to occasion a division between the American, and Euro pean. The Gairtte Extraordinary of Me: km, of the 11th of May, contains another dispatch from General CALLMAII to the Vice Xing, dated at °tombs, is which he informs him, that Monona had made his escape, that all the towns had come for wud "ad declared their repentance of what had bappcoed, and Implored forgiveness. " These accounts were odleinlly communicated to the inhabi tants of Vera Coop from Osuea." ~.!'~~~ 6 ( .„ 4 ,4 b•. , 3 ■ ~~ Ii 1 4)