The Sun. — London, England, 1817-10-14 00:00:00

' , PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. P rimagi) wiitit We Live :in 'Paper, on prop 'Wndow Tax, was saris every rational Mind, yet ; testing to the people ail duty to take the followi 'bcrniun• eourntl of the AX • • Citizeits 'Of.l)tib "Look here upon this picture By the La* a% it now is, an Bowe ‘N•Orth 1)I. per ahn. will.pay`far 10 Wi S ,C: 0 S 201. per annum, t 2 Winduws -41 G 11i Du. I>o. 301. per annum, 25 Windows 15 Do. Do. 401. per annum, 18 Vinclows - 810 1 Do. Do. 501. per annunt, 20 Windows - 12 3 21 Do. Do. 601. per annum, .24 Windows - 15 15 DJ Do. Do. 701. per annum, 25 Windows - 19 18 11 Do. Do. 801. per annum, :it) Windows - 21 15 2i extracted from one Dub med commutation of the factory and convitwing to , fts 'the - subject is inte- Ireland, we deem it our Mg article from The iii- ATION. lin•bpen year eyes? art! on this!". By the nththr ncrw prapo , td and which the Parisi Ora. tors oppose, an Ilnilse 'Wort' 101. per our:, for 10 Windows 12 Windows -- Do. Do. - 5 0 '2 16 0 15 Windows - 3 15 0 DO. Do. l 3 Windows - 5 0 0 Do. Do. 20 Windows - Do. Do. 6 5 0 l 4 Windows - 7 10 0 Do. Do. 28 Windows - Do. Do. ff 15 0 30 Windom; Do. Do. 10 0 0 Do. Do 901. per annum, 32 Windows - 23 2 Ot} Do. Do. t 001. per ann'nn, 34 Window. - 24.18 4j 34 Windows - 12 10 0 " Before we said a word more on the subject of Taxation, we felt it due to the Public to lay the foregoing statetnent of facts beforeahein—they will find that between. the mode resorted to at present for changing the Window 'Tax, and the mode proposed in Mr. Hawthorne's Circular Let ter, that the principle of Taxation is placed on the most equitable basis, that in former as well as in present times, the public could have expressed themselves most anxious to have settled, namely, that of Taxing Property to the exclusion of Po verty !—Look at the facts, Readers—they are • extant and must speak for themselves, and you will judge from these, whether your minds should be governed by common sense or led astray by delasi , e speculation, and factious turbulence- 7 - From an house worth 101. per annum, to an house worth 1001. you will fired the commutation pro posed has reduced the Window Tax by degrees, until it amounts to less than one-half of what it formerly was. Is this no relief ? No reduction of the 'tl'ar Tax ? No exertion to meet individual iocompetence by financial sacrifice ? "But, you will tell us, that houses above the ratio r.e have taken will not be relieved err-01y with those under that suin—and that ahhough houses in Dame-street and Grafton• street pay higher rents than the housesjn James's-street and 'Thomas -st reet, yet the latter are nevertheless fully as competent to pay the Window•'l'ax. Then it appears that the objection) is not to the commutation propobed, bur it jealousy' which arises from a feeling that the rich are to be taxed in preference to the poor. . " It is really very hard, that in this country particularly, we can never argue fairly upon any subject. but.that the passions, for the most part, govern the undersa,andings. Hence It is that we can account for garbled extracts from Mr. flaw thorne's Letter being - reasoned upon as if they formed its general heating; and, that while this unlogieal system is persevered in, whole passages are either Overlooked altogether, or grossly mis represented. " We find, for instance, that be is accused of telling the public, that their hostility matters little, as the measure has been decreed !—Now, what Mr. Hawthorne said, is what Mr. Vansittart said, and which the Parish Deputies fully approve of, who are Dow designated sham Deputies, with Mr. Straw, an Independent Member of Parliament, at their head. The financial circumstances of the country did not admit of the total repeal of the Window Tax—rod that he would readily . , listen to any suggestion for modifying the 'fax, and'ren dering it more equal in its operation.' Now this . did but satisfy the Parish Orators, although tire Parish Deputies were tally satisfied with it—for no sooner had Mr. Hawthorne informed the peo ple that they were to be their own valuators, and that he knew, although he could not go into par ticulars, that Mr. Vansittart, in all financial ar rangements, was actuated by the most liberal views towards this Country—and that all the other branches of the Assessed Taxes were under con sideration, than they cried down the proposal al together, and demanded nothing short of a total repeal of the Tax. " Now, could Mr. Hawthorne say more, to raltu the• fears of the Housekeepers who pay high rents, than that he could not go into particu lars, and that the most liberal arrangements were to be made as to the application of those 32 Windows . 11 .5 0 Do. Do. Taxes. - " What right, then, bad the oppulent Shop liceper to cry out in opposition to a modification before he knew what was inteaded for him But no ! The dreadful spirit of discontent and jea lousy which lives only in this country can never subside. Its body is of too troublesome a system ever to get calm ; and it has ever been the scourge of Ibis unfortunate Island. • " An objection, for instance, is started against Warehouses—which -were never in the contempla tion of the proposed system. No Warehous e i s to be taxed, unless it is bona Fide part of the Dwel ling-house. ‘• In short, the Parish Orators have been so hood-winked by prejudice, as not to see their own interest ; for instance, we hod one of those Upper Dominick -street, whole Taxes, were the plan adopted which he now opposes, would amount to 61. ss. whereas they n ow•amottnt to 91. Ss. 6d. !—and another Orator on the Quays, whose Taxes are 121. 3s. 2d. and which then Mould be only 71. 10s. Let them call on us and we shall feel pleasure in proving this to them to a demonstration. " We wish now to have done with the subject. Our . object from ,the bev,iuning was to coDsi der the sn'hjecf on i't's own rner - its ; and it is on such - only we wish to:consider it still. Mr. Hawthorne's Letter, then, be put out tzf -tl►: question rtltogether, and will any man deny, 111:1t we - have gnfficiently proved this Tax to be .not perpetital Tax, as' ii is impudently called, but a Talc so modified, - ;as to have its original - amount reduced nearly one-half. " One word more as to tl►e charge of its being originally a IVar Tax, and that as s►►ch it sho►tld now. be repealed, because the War Taxes in Eng land have been so. At the peace of Amiens, all the War Taxes in England wcre repealed, and not ope:sixpence of tl►em taken off in Ireland. No., nor even a single word spoken of them. Mr-. Isaac Corry, too, was then Chancellor of the Ex chequer in Ireland. Surely ,that was the time to apply for a repeal of ,this same Window Tax, if it originated itt the sante Way as our parish Orators Would insinuate it did. But Mr. Corry was then alive, which made every difference with time Ora tors, for it is only now they cry out, when Mr. Corry is no more able to defend his own mea sure! This is like those from whom such oppo sition comes. " But is it not hard to misrepresent Mr. Haw thorne for originating a measure which is calcu lated to relieve the poor and accommodate the rich. We again declare our only desire to be that of serving those who appear to us so unwilling to serve themselves. We wish for peace and tran quillity; and as we know that taxes form a matter of imperious necessity, we defend the mode of fered, as the most equitable, being the least op pressive on the subject t and that we are not aware of any substit u t e b e i ng even o ffered fo r i t . " We have only clone our duy in thus exposing the folly of intemperance, and we feel that we should not have done so had we acted a different part, and been silent on such an occasion. Ire land requires the protection of a Military Force ; that force can alone be supported by Taxation ; and it all Taxation be done away with in Ireland, but which the British Legislature can not do, Ire land is lost."—(lliternian Journal, Oct. 1.) *..* For an Account of the late Carlisle Canal Meeting, see Last Page.—For Provincial Journals, see the Second Page. TH EATRICAL REGISTER. PerF.rmed Last Night. THEATRE RoYAr„ Thtußr-LANE.—King RiChard the Third Duke of Giocester, Mr. Kean.; Lady Ana, Miss Boyce, After which, The ‘Veathercock. THEATRE ROYA COVENT-GARHEN.—Guy Ntinnering: Fleury Bertram, Mr. Sinclair; Lucy Bertram, Miss Stephens. Al ter which, The Russian Festival. To which was added, 'he Youthful Days of Frederick the Great, MAILS. Auttven— t France, 2 Dublin. Due-1 Lisbon, 1 Yalta, I 1;nel - use,' and Jersey, 2 Dublin, t Nate►ford. STOCKS 'WELVE O'CLOCK. India 5t0ck,.......... 343 '245 I u Bontis,.. 1149. I I 5;. pr, Exch. L1i11i,..205. 295. 355. pr. Cons. for November, —834 g- PRICE 0 THI3 HAY AT I' 3 per. Cent. Red. . 3 per Cent. (ions ..84/1a 4 per Cents.... S per Cent. N. Ann, 107 i 108 ban* L. Ann. 20 15-16ths II.; FIR3I-1 wATER AT LoN1)0:si BRIDGE TO-Nloltlto Mai aing, 35 minutes after 5..1 Evening, 40 minutes utter 6 THE SUN gOLICSI QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1817. This morning we received three ►lays Paris Papers to Saturday last inclusive. • The Moniteur of Friday contains a Royal Ordonnance, for plac ing Lithograpl'►ic printing under the same restrict tions as printing in general. The following are extracts : PARIS, OCT. 11.—The Duke d'Angouleme sets out for the Coast on Monday. " The Duke of Wellington, after hunting in the forest of Compiegne, has set out for his head quarters at Cambray. " it is said, that in consequence of the disclo sures made by Madame Manson, two individuals have absconded from Rhodez. " Letters from Rome, received yesterday, con firm the intelligence that the state of the Pope's health affords no ground for disquietude. " The horrible mania of suicide seems to pre vail in Hanover. A German Journal states, that in the course of seven weeks twelve rrsons drowned themselves, three blew out their brains, and one strangled himself. " TWelve battalions of the Royal Guards and other troops were yesterday re-viewed in the plain of Villiers, by Monsieur, accompanied by the Duke d'Angouleme, and the Duke of Orleans. " The Duke d'Angouleme in his tour will, it is said, visit the maritime establishments of France, concluding with the - Ports on the Western Coast. " M. de lairille-Gontier, Prefect of Allier, is appointed Prefect of the Department of Ilk an d Villaine, in the room of the Count d'Allonville. " M. Fumerou, Master of Requests, is ap pointed Prefect of the Department of Allier, in the room of the Count de la Ville-Gontier. " The Committee of Legislation of the Conn '6l of State has been (or some time occupied with the arrangement of a profit of law respocting the Liberty of the Press, and which will, it is said, he presented to the Chambers in the ensuing Session. M. 141. )34ncacioro . and PirtfiLi, Apostolic At leg,ateS, arrived st Charniiery the 29ih ult. aild c''rktinued the'i'r t'oute the n'cki 'clq for Ronk.: " The case tspeeting the iltsasination of M. Fitattis, at IChodei, Came on byappcal before the i Court of Calsation on Th 7 U'rtda,y, ‘vhen in7conse -of a detect ill point of form, the Coin t-annulled the tentenee of the Court at Ithodez ; and directed that the're should be a new proceeding instituted before abbiher Court, such Court to be designated by an amt Of the Chamber of Council. " M. de Senneville, Master of-Requests, Lieu tenant of Police at Lyons, it appointed td the sane situation at Str;kThurgh ; and M. de Per !now, Lieutenant of PoliCe at Sti AoAirgh; is ap pointed Lieutenant of Police at Lyons. • " The vintage presents a very unfavourable ap pearance. " The Prevotal Court of Basses Alpes has con demned to deportation a man of the name of Am-; . bruise, a disbanded soldier, convicted of ,having circulated news, and held conversation, tending to the overthrow of the Legitimate Government. " A violent storm, accompanied by hail, on the Ist instant, destroyed the vines in several Com munes of the Department of Cher. " They write from Colmar, that Madame de Krndener had appeared in the Department of Haut Rhin, with a suite of fifty foreign mendi cants, who have been sent to the frontiers. Madame de Krudener herself appears to have since quitted the French territory. " Willa has been attacked by deafness, but his physicians give hopes of his cure.. " The King held a Council of Ministers on. Wednesday, which sat from one o'clock till five.. '' Three boats are to arrive on. Sunday under the windows of the Thudlevies, laden with fish preserved in its own element. " Nineteen houses and 11 barns were destroyed by fire in the night between the 26ih and 27th ult. at Schweiz, in the arrondissement of Sargue miues. " FIVE PER CENTS. Wednesday t;4 f. 35 c. Thursday 64 f. 65 c. Friday " PP,TERSBUIiGH, SEPT. 16.-,--71t is understood that the . Grand Duchess Alexandra is pregnant. " AUGSBUIIGI4, Ocr. 3.---The Journals of Southern Germany state, that-the Diplomatic As semblages, which have taken place at the baths of Carlsbad, have been more iuipcirtant than was supposed, several subjects of great interest were discussed in theta. 44 BERLIN, SEPT. 30.—The prosecution of Col. Masseubach is to be confined to his infractions of the rttlss of military service, and it is :expressly ordered, that every thing respecting political views or-Opinions shall he excluded. " CaAcokv, SEPT. I7.—The Plenipotentiaries appointed by the three Allied Courts for the or ganization of onr free city, exchanged, on the 2d inst. the ratification of a Convention, by which each of these Courts consents to a change in the 13th Article of the Constitution of this City. " VIENNA, SEPT. 30.—Their Imperial Majes. ties quitted Constadt the 20th, to return to Her manstadt, from whence they were to set out the 224, to continue their journey. They trill em ploy the greatest part of Octriber in travarsiug Hungary, and, will not arrive at Gratz, in Styria, • till the Ist November,. " The Regency of Lower Austria has issued a new Tariff of Duties. The exportation of cotton is prohibited. LAUSANNE, OCT. S.—Tiie Xing and Queen of Wirtumberg arrived at Schaffhausen the 26th ult. under the titles of the Count and Countess de Hohenheirn. They set out next day for the ca- taract, and proceeded the 2Sth by Hohenwiel for Constance., " PETERSBURGH, SEPT. 25.-1 t IS understood that the definitive arrangement between England and •the Porte has been hitherto delayed, both by the apprehensions arising from British domination in the neigiibourhood of Greece, :end by alp enmity of Ali, Pacha of Epirus, who has contrived-to render himself formidable to the Porte. The Porte in consequence insists on the cession of the Continental possessions which have heretofore formed: part of the territory of the :Seven Isles, and principally on th e cessi o n of the fortress of Faro. Ali Paella cannot forget, that t is England %sho has hindered him from seiz- lug this place, .by herself occupying it with his troops. .Since that period Ali has, .it is said, sworn the deepest .hatred to England, and he makes use of his influence to thwart the views of that Power at Constantinople• It is known that Ali Pacha is intimately connected with the present Grand Vizier. He has obtained, in a great de gree, an independence in the Provinces under his Government. He has assembled several European Officers, who have organized his Army, a veil) , considerable one, on the same Aooting as th o se of the great owers of Europe. The Gra;',d l'.Seigni6r, .16 :?pp ears h'e behaVe's tbWardS hitli with tic: greate'st 'cautibii. It ! , ..3 beiidea illiOWn that tli Grand 'Seignior hai Orkinlied a !militia of troops c'n the totting of thoSe of the whet 'States of Europe; awl that he has for some time • emplOyed several fdreign Officers. It is true that these corps are not yet well ili.sciplined, and that at present they could not render the Bailie service as ether goad troops. They will give; how6 , er, to ilia Porte tl new strength against its external eneinie - s, and they inay, (indef• certain eir;curn' stances, influence its poliq; particularly if it can reckon upon the aid of the puissant Ali-Pacha , " The invitation that is to be given by our Cabinet to all the Powers of Europe, respecting the measures to be taken against pirates aria privateers of all descriptions received, it is said, the signature of the Emperor before his departures and will be transmitted to our Ministers at foreign CourtS. " FRANKFORT, OCT. 3.—ln the towns of Si , . leSia, where the greatest industry prevails, asso' ciationi are forming to exclude English met . ' chandize. NUITEMBEIi6,Oc - r. learn from Berlin, that in . the light of the 24th ult. there was an affray between the Grenadiers of the Guard of the Regiment of the Emperor Francis, and some per , ' sous of the Land wehr, with the Buurgeoise.--- One of the latter had 'his . bead cut, and several 'were grieviously wounded. " VIENNA, SEPT. 28.—We expect here in a few weeks the' Duchess of Parma, who will pass the winter at this Court. " LUBEC,..SEPT. 24.—Inte1ligence from Stock holm states, that the differences between Sweden and England have been arranged, and intimate relations between them restored." [N. B.—These PApers contain the Prochmiiiori of the Emperor of Itnisia, already mentioned, dated 25th August, stgting, that there is no nc—, cessity for any- recruiting for the• At my, during the present year.] Extract of a Letter front the .Igert to LLOYD's at Sierra Leone, elated 18th July. " The Portuguese ship :4melic arrived here on the 10th inst. with the Expedition that was in tended .for the interior of Africa. Its return has been owing to the deaths of Major PinDtE and Captain CAMPBELL ; but I understand that it - is intended to proceed again, under the command of Lieutenant Tilos. STOCKOE, N.,. when 1 trust, from some new plans, they wit) succeed. " By'intelligenee from the Settlements of Go-- ree and Senegal, the Slave Tngle is again reueNcti by the French to no serail extent." [From the ClearleAton Courier of .-lugu.7t 30.] A. company of United States troops, under the, command of Captain M. M. PArterE, embarked on Sunday front Fort Johnson (S. C.), in the sloop General Washington, Captain CAMPBELL. We understand they are destined for the protection of the frontiers of Georgia, and are to he statio - ne4 at Point Pet re, near St. Mary's. The nuwber of troops from Fort Johnson amounted to GO. The General Washington will touch at Tybee, take in 20 more, and proceed immediately for Point Metre, The Morning Chronicle perseveres in asserting, that alarming discoutents.prevail in the Prussian' States, and accuses the King of having ‘` violated his promise," in not having given to his subjects a representative Constitution. Dues the sago Writer in that Paper suppose, that the Ps ussian Nionarch or his Ministers have as many pigeon holes filled-with new Constitutions as were said to be in the memorable bureaus ofthe Abh6, Srp.ys? It is an easy task for Jacobin - Writers to frame - 'a new Con stitution, and the mode is siaiply to overthrow the Legitimate Government by a (~up de mai and let the leaders of the'mh firt tAe the tuatia i :;ement of affairs into their own hands, amt then commit the people to submission. Such, we presume, is the mode recommended by The Morning Chronicle to Prussia, a mode perhaps that'it would recommend to the adoption of the people of this count ry , as well as to those of Prussia. Tie Chii;nicleadmits, that front the " variously constitute:l" pi pnlation of Prussia, a general representative system is necessary to amalgamate its subjects. But a po pulation so variously constituted, requires more time for enquiry, and :1 greater exertion of political wisdom, in order to produce such a system as may blend the whole into one harmo nious mass, and produce a common uniformity of manners, principles and sentiments. It is there fore highly indecent to accuse a King, who is well know 11 to be highly regarded by his people, of haring " violated his promise," because he wishes to have the New Constitution prepared with due caution, and such a system fram, d as w ay promote and secure permanent happiness to his people. It is therefore also egregious folly, as'well as a shameful' want of decent respect,, to &Douai- •