The Sun. — London, England, 1820-01-18 00:00:00

FINANCIAL FEARS. FOR JOHN COMFORT. QUESTION. What is the NATIONAL DEBT ANSWER. A Debt literally National; being bor rowed from the PEOPLE of BRITAIN as indivi duals ; by the NorLe OF BRITAIN in the aggregate. Q. How was it incurred ? A. By WILLIAM, for the purpose of checking the Continental Domination of FPANCE. By ANNE, for the same purpose, and the defence of Euro pean Liberty. By GEottoe I , for the same pur poses, and the support of the Protestant Succes sion at home. By GEORGE. IL, for sitililar pur puscs, Tor the checking of Spani•li Outrage upon .13titisii Commerce, for the defence of our Oriental roscessioas front French ..-Ig.gression, and for the s.e ettlity of our North American Colonies against 1 7 ,eouh Lttrirrte and Outrage. By GkoliGE 1,1 , for tie reservation of Briiish Dominion over those Co- knies, tor it hose iv,: Ilarr nut blood and 1: eastire It,+d been laviitily expended in flee preceding reign; anti for the solcd , ioo of Britain, of Europe, 11,4 y of the WU? 111, clin thy thinoializ4tion rat French Berolnlionpy Principles, and from the ra pacity of bench Insult n,nd Q Whitt was its progress ? A. 0,)ly a few miliions at the (lose of the 17th century, but atnountm 4 neatly to 50 millions in the r. of GEORGE 1., it ,t as very coolly pro phesied, by th e Quittnunts of that day, that if ever it Jhould double that sum, the country nuts: be ruined. Yet in the reign of GEonot=, 11. it had more than doi,bltd during wars of n;,;ional en thusiasm and glory, when SuAME JENY NS first %clouted to hint, though api,,rently in jest, that the National Debt was a National Blessiag, At the cinse of the Americ,in c: , ntest, it was 210 mil- lions ; hot at the coo me icenieu t of the French B evolution, liAd been reduced t. 228. It now rt moon; g to ficelre hundred millions it) the agg e- goo, I1)a1 11, 11)C1lidi114 three hundred and ninety millions Et:deemed, leaving a balance of 800 mil lions 4 (or rather less) in round numbers, for Which about thir ty millions are annually paid in Dividends, besitles the interest of the Redeemed Debt, arnotinting to fifteen nziliions, eiqier for a Fond, or for :he a xv,•nct.s of the year. Q What proportion dots rile interest bear to the itmional capital and annual income ? A. I; has been said that the nation can never ber,nuo- 13,t krnpt Ithtii the Exch,cter receipts are less than the annnal in.erest ; but that is fdl- IJci-ns, for the tact is, that BRITAIN can 'lever b;.conie Bankrupt tool! absolute, property is less than lstr absolute Debt. Its answer, then, to the question, if we take the late Income Tax a t willio ns i n n,►nd ninnbers, it wilt give an annual income of 130 millions ; every one knows that one half ought to he added to that for deral carnw B tol concealment, and for the immense n-tnber of labouring poor, and even of well-paid mechanics, who escaped the Tax. This would give an annual income of 225 millions• It is well ascertained, however, by incontrovertible evidence —evidence which is adopted by tl►e Edinburgh Peview—that Agriculture and Fisheries produce 219 millions, Manufactures and Mines 1:4 mil lions, and general Commerce $8 millions of AN- )UAL PROFIT, amounting in the aggregate to 431 Mt woNs,.of which the Annual Interest of 30 millious is scarcely ONE FOURTEENTH PART, or equal to One Shilling in fourteen, of every man's receipts, provided all men used the same propor tiou of Taxed Articles. But as half t•of our Po pulation do not use Taxed Articles in the same proportion with the other half, it is evident that the Laborious Poor pay a very small proportion towards the Interest of the National Debt, so that a National Bankruptcy could afford them no re lief in that respect, s hatever Cobbell, Hunt, or TVooler may assert to the conttary : whilst its evil consequences would he the ruin of all Stock holders, rich and poor, the downfall of National Faith and Credit, the stagnation of circulation and of.industrious employment, and the doubling of the Moors' Rates, or rather the doubling of the number of Poor, who could died receive no as- Sklar:cc, for its effect would be not only to draw 30 millions from annual circulation and expendi ture, but to neutralize 800 millions of National Capital, of which the National Debt forms is rely important, nay, a very active part. For though the money has been expended by the Gorernment, it has not been expended by, or lost to the Nation, having , cansid improved tillage, made Roads and Canals, built ;Manufactories, Ships, and Houses, improved our Colonies, increased our Population, and extended our Commerce, n•hilet the whole of that value of Improvement is annually brought into action by the collection of the Taxes, and tl:e expenditure of the Interest. Q. From what source arose the Nazis:we! 1), ht A. From the aggregate savings on National c L. 721 ,1W7,313. Income, for the last 150 years, i 3 Rental, Manu factures, Commerce, and Labour. Q. Would not those savings have been more usefully expended, or lent to those %%Ito %Quid have applied them to better purposes A. I believe not : for without the forced ex penditure of warfare, the same quantum of lab Our would not have been forced into action ; so, that notwitharAnding the evils of vrAr, neither our po pulation moor our wealth could have increased to their present extent. Q. Do you then advocate war A. No ! but he must be a tool that shuts his eyes to Good, C., cu when it tesuFs from Evil: eTecially if that evil, in the na , nre of things, is nI)HV(pI Hl,ie. Q ,ve then seek for a change, or exert oorNelves honestly in(l indttstrionsly, and bear with things as they ate in hopes of better times A On a genrral vitw of the subject, the wisest to must certainly be, to meet our difficnltirs tu,,»lolly, because tve se,c, that they are not one tenth so bad as they have been represented, In addition to %villein we see rhat Tittles are getting b e tter ; so that it would be the worst of folly to leant, an approaching substance for a receding Mild(! ! 1. G. N. FOR TIIE SUN. Ms. Mit - ma—There are two passages in your Paper of yesterday which I could wish to see re published and brought into one point of view, that they may he the more easily compared to gether, since they now stand on opposite sides of the Paper, so that their extraordinary agreement way not be unnoticed. The Bible, it seems, is the grand stumbling-block which stands in the wAy of both Cardinal FONTANA, and of SWANN the Blasphemt-r. CARDINAL FONTANA. BLASPFIENIEII. SWANN. The Introduction of the Before the p e ople can be Holy Scriptures by a Pro- blessed with and receive a testant hand, is like sowing perfect Government, and a tares anoinot wheat - , &c. in pure and equitable Code Of our Saviour's parable, which Laws, they most reject the lie says is ne to the Bible as being the Word of great injury of Catholic Faith. Gud, &c. &c. &c. It has been suspected, that there is a.connec ,tion between the Papists and the Radicals ; whe ther there be or not I cannot pretend to say, but certainly there is a great similarity in their doctrines, which have no greater difference than there may he between the worship of the Beast and the worship of his false Prophet ; both are equally in contradiction to the doctrine of !kiln who bath said " Search the Scriptures ; these are they which testify of me ;" one rejects the Scrip tures, and the other withholds them. This Circular of the Cardinal's will, I hope, open the eyes of those great torn who favour what is falsely called Emancipation, t'Hat they may be come no less sensible of the clang( r of trusting the Popish Priesthood with the education of our youth, than the impious won►en of Manchester with the care of their children. The first sup press the second Commandment to make w4y for an idolatrous worship ; the latter openly deny the Faith that they may bring up their children in the doctrines of thit Anarchy, !bat nil/Very. of iniquity which exalted) itself alrove every thing that is called God or is worsl►ipped. Jail. 16. - A PROTESTANT. I'ERA R V REVIEW. E'S T OPE for 1320. lie that is discontented with himself, an d with tie works of Goo around him, will invariably be a Democrat in Politics, and a professed Reformer, though little inclined to begin a Reform in the right place : whilst he who calmly reflects upon the blessings of Time present, endeavours to grow wiser from Time past, and looks forward with hope and a laudable curiosity into Time future, cannot fail to become a better man and a better Citizen. In this point of view we hail with pleasure the annual re-apFearance of the little work before its which presents, in an easy popular 6 . tyk • judi cious ra it; l einem , clear and copious illustrations of almost every day in the Calendar, not only in regard to Saint's days, and holidays, bust also memorable events of the earliest times down to the passing year. The - peculiarities of Natural History tor , each month are interesting to all classes for their specific information, as well as for the pleasing view they afford of Gorr's Provi dence at all seasons. He who takes up this little volume must be wiser, and perhaps better, before he lays it down ; and our well meaning, butlinis guided Radicals could find more real satisfaction in tinning over its pages than they can ever de-. rive from thumbing the Red Book so indobtrioUsly placed in their hands. With great propriety it keeps clear of patty; but its truths are not the less deserving of notice, under the beads of CROMWELL. pp. 132, 278; PAINS, p. 153 picture Of REF, KMERS, p. 19G, &c. &c. A man Of the name of Andrew Kessen di e d at Pollok shaws on the :nth ult. at the advanced ag t 1 0 3. lie was confined to his bed a considerable time before his death ; but his sight was impaired little. Ilis bearin g wa s perfectly good, and he retained his understanding till nearly' his last. There are still living in that town lour men. whose united stgCs amount to T EAT Et ICA I. REGIS T Eli. Performed Last Night. Ttir.Al - Re ROYAL, Dar 11Y- NE.—Ki DIX IZlCilari! the Third : Richa: 1, t 1 r. Kean ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. l'unlyy; Eliza beth, Mrs. t'ilover; Lady Anne, Mrs. W. West. Ater which, Jack and the Bran Stalk. TME.-ITNE ItoYA L, CovENT-GAveN.—The Comedy of Errors : Drarnia at Eplien‘, 11 r, I‘ . . Firren Adriana, Miss Ste phens. .kfter which, liatlequin and 1)on Quixote. TENAx, I. G. N., AN OL BARRISTER, :and AN EGOTIST, with other Article, To-morrow. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS I)AY AT TV WLINE 4,"C1,1,CH. Bank Stocl - 2201 2211 5 , per Ct. Navy Ann..... 103 1 3 per Cent. Red. .... GB llll 102; 103 ;( tor' ( rut. toils . titi4 68 India Minds ... 9s. pr. 14 per Cunt. 4 eel . (ruts. naliL Long . Ann lb I Cons. fur Account.... 6:31-1.1! 51.A1L•. mai Dnhlits, 3 Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 France, Dus-1 Guernsey and .Ifrsc):,l 1 Gottenburgh, Lisbon, :3 lianiburgh. ‘VATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 1:0•MORROW. %Witing, 49 minutes alter 4. Evening, S unnntes atter 5. THE SUN. SOLE3I DICERE FAL,UM AUDEAr ? LONDON,. 711ESDA1', JAL\ UJR Y 13, 1820. We received this morning the Paris Papers (if Ft iday and Smuttily last. The Chom!)er of De puties astembled on Ft iday, when M. MRITADIER made a Report horn the Committee of Petitions respecting the Petitions for the maiutenanee o f the Election Law. The great object of Illy ice port, after denouncing certain tricks allegcd to' have been resorted to for the pißpose of obt.ioing signatures to some of Petitions, wAs to s h ew tb.it coliec;ive Petitions (as tbry lore cae0o1), signed by IA windier of individuals, ‘Vere co:luny to the Charter, a:'d atu invasion of the Royal Preroi,olive, with which rested the initiative of all Laws,, tumultuous Assemblies, for discussion, to which such Petitions led, or in which they must originate, being strictly forbidden, tthilst the iwerests of the people in the different local jurisdictions were pt (Teri)! taken care of by the Municipil Councils and other 11.,dies. The lie- port was ordered to be printed. A projet wets then piesented by the Minister of Finance, ie. specting some modifications in the tat ilf of Cus toms, which was ordered to be printed. The dis 's cussion 'Was then taken op on the Repott of the Committee of Petitions. M. de CH. U vELIN pro posed an adiournment till Monday, which was negatived. M. DUPONT (de l'Eure), spoke at considerabl e len4th against the conclusions of the Committee, contending that the article of the Chatte r , w l,i c h co ,"„„ ( „1, the right or petitioning, limited neither its extent nor its Wject. The Baron PASQUIER, on the other hand, contended that the great object of the - Chatter was to establish the free dlihere.t ion of the Chas►bers, and that this would be airobctl►er defeated, if Petitions like these allotted tv, were encouraged, the put pose of which was to overawe their deliberations. The discussion was continued for some time, and after as ineffectual entleavotir on the part of the right, and the centre of the right to have it closed, an adjournment was agreed upon till Saturday. The following are Extracts:--. " PARIS, JAN. 15.—The King transacted busi ness on Thursday with the Baron Pastinier, the Minister fur Foreign Affairs. Yesterday his Ma jesty transacted business in his Cabinet. " The Minister of IVar yesterday had a con ference of three hours with the Duke WA's gouleme. " A number of accidents have been caused by the ice at Paris. Several persons have had their limbs fractured. "The Eith inst. a large wolf, pressed by hunger, entered the kitchen of the post-house of Val snzeu, in Burgundy, and seized the meat which a female servant had just brought in. The girl had the presence of mind to close the door on running out, and the peasants assembled and killed the animal. " The Duke de Fernan•Nuncx, the Spanish Ambassador, gave ti !Fite on Tuesday to the Pope's I\Toncia, at which several of the Mini- sters and Ambassadors were present. FIVE PER CENTS. Thursday f. 70 c. Friday DEFERRED STUCK 'l':iur►day. Fa May. Of the Usi March, 181;....9.4 f. 40 941. yS c. 22d Sept. 1817....9-?. f. 40 c..... 92 f. 9.5 c. 42d Iatet),1818 .... 901. 4ac.....90f. 9‘; c. 224 'ept. ISIS. ...98 1. f. 95 C. 9-2 d .larch, 1819 .BG f. 40 suf. 93c. 9.2 d Sept. 1819. ... 84 f. 45 S 5 f. Ssc. " MADRID, JAN. 4.-71&e Gazette of this dry contains the fyllowing official article, respecting the stale of health at Cadiz, and in its neighbour- hood :-_.. " At Cadiz, 23 persons died froni the 24th RI the 2Ctlt, all but of orditiary maladies; of 'ix iodivi- t duals attachLd by the contagion, one Las re covered. ' At San Fernando, Iron, the 22d to tl►e 24t1i ult. six &Adis of ordinary maladies. At Port Saiut Mary one death. At Rota, out of a popalation of 8000, fifteea day► had elapsed Without any death. At San Lucar de Barraineda there had been only one death of ordinary sickness during three days.' STUTTGARD, JAN. B.—Prince Paul of Wura temithrg is expected here immediately. " STOCKHOLM, DEC. 28.—There is much ttlk here of a note transmitted last week by L o rd Strangford to our Court, respecting the Commer cial Relations between Great Britain and Norway, and the stizures made a short time since in Nord land, of merch4ndize claimed by English subjects. " BERLIN, JAN. 4.—New negociltions are pro ceeding between Prussia and Sweden, which are said to relate to commercial regulations. " FRANKF(iE T , JAN. 6.—lt is said, that as Coostitotion of Prussia will be published in the mouth of February." This being Account (16y in the Consols, they °pellet! at 691, aud got up to fs9. A west tleta of business has been minsaeled ti,is morning, alai it appears to be a hear account. Two failures ,tere declared this morning, but they were mete ducklings.—Tlie Price at one o'clock was IVe heartily wish that the London Journals - would cease 11'0111 their rancorous and frivolous controversies respecting the State of the Revenue, which mutt be dis t oisiing to their Readers, by their silly repetition. general (listless of the lower, ostlers, which has excited the zeal of Mr. flicK.s, and the benevolent Coturnittee whc) acctpted his charitable propos,il, ()Weis a far nobler topic to the Conductors of Ne‘‘spApers then tical squabbles upon stibitcts Mild; none of theol seem competent to discuss or fully to understand. In fact, these peevish Competitors do not appear to ssisli to understand the argil:news Of their op- ponents, or purposely misrepresent them, in order to furnish new matter for the following day. We should out indeed say new tauter, for there nirthing but a tiresome rtpetition of the same things over and over again. What information or amusement can .he ople at large derive from reading every day, that The Chronicle lays this, and The Courier says that ; that The Old Times accuses The New Times of one o:Fence, and Th.e New Times charges The Old Times with another ? Are there the purposes that should employ the Public et e,s, which ought to be the channel of solid information and Tatiana! amusement ? We are really astonished that the Readers of this contemptible warfare do noLaanitest their indignation against sodespicahle a prostitution of so valuable an instrument as the Press, which, under wise and honest guidance, might improve and delight mankind, and transmit instruction and entert-ainment to the latest po stern v.—The Country, thanks to Heaven, and to the wisdom which it has bestowed ou our Rule, a, is now secure from the attempts of Radical Re formers, Traitors and Rebels. Let the Con ductors of the Public Press then support, it s dignity, and the moral and religious bless itil.;9 which we enioy, guard against the re tort) of- danger, and while 'the People in gr.- neral are safe, increase the stream of benevolence among those class whose distresses power fully call for relief at this trying and inclement season. We are sorry to learn that Air. FondEs, M. P. for Alalinsbnty, has been seriously indisposed. Ills friends have now, however, the satislitetion of hearing that he IS in a convalescent state. This gentleman k one of those independent Sena tors, awl we regret there are not loci many, who, thong!, firmly attached to Government, act front. real 'nitrite spirit, and not front a servile devotion to Alinisters. l‘latichester Quarter Sessions commenced yes terday, and several trials for political offences were expected. Among others, Witon's for sedi tion, and sc%eral individuals for assaults on the Yeomanry. The intretment found Against Mr. MANN, ra dical hoyksellei, of Leeds, at the last Quarter Sessions, has been removed by a wilt of certiorari into -the-Court of iiing's licocb, and it will, oi course, be sent down to be tried at the next As sizes for the County. , \Ve lament to state, that advice was received, s t Kensington Palace, on Sqnday, announcing that his Royal Highness the Dnlie of KENT'S ,had assumed most liirtrililOg SVIIIIOMS, It is all it‘tianitnation on the chest. Yesterday morning Sir DAVID- DUN b-AS set Off express to S . 11111loot1), to attend on his Royal lurgbileSS.—(Morning Chronicle.) Some account, from the North of Europe men tion a report of threatened hostiiHes between ltu,:si,t and Tior key, in constlueoce (if the incur. niOfl made by the latter twit the Southern yiinces of the former ; but we btlieve there is no tootudaticut tor this suateuvent.—(ll4orning Post.) cootiotte to be fl,wered with the prospect tpeed±, - reiv,tl of tidde. The indicittiouts, yo, nue not stioog butt we. do 001 think Iheult utowoutby ttf coofidruce, Awl trust liay et least, nut moderate expect atioos it efficacy in relict ing die distre s ses of lire coun try.— (Greeno.ric 4dcertizer, Jn. J 4,) i