The National Register.
London, England, 1816-02-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

INGO E TAX.
The Common Council of the City of London•on Thnrsday
unanimously voted a Petition to Parliament against the coith-
nnance of the Property or Income:Fax. Mr. Waithman, in
his opening'speech, ably set forth the many objections which
•exist to the measure, and particularly dwelt upon thehardship
to gencially complained of by those who pay to this tax ; we
mean, that which arises out of the circumstance of casual
.inconic being taxed in the s -me proportion as permanent pro--
pertv. In this he was cordially supported by every member of
the Cmu t who thought proper to speak on the, question ; and
the re•ult was, an unanimous vote in favour'of the lesolutkas
against the tax.

On Friday the Liverymen of London also .assembled at
pursuant to a requisition, to consider of a Petitioß
to Parliament az,aitiAt the continuance of the above tax ; wben
various resolutions %Nere unanimously assented to against the.
said tax.

ORIGINAL POETRY.
THERE is a Power whose potent 'pal
If a 9 reig:l'd from earliest day,
ETC Adam from his Elm fell,
Or Eve was led astray.
It reigns from north to southern polo,
Despotic rule it holds;
O'er seas' cxpame it holds control,
And to earth's deepest folds:

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And to yon distant.rolling sphere()
hitt:olds its rapid way,
Whmie circles w^ should count in years
Etc they-h,eo'niark'd.a (*.ay.
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•• Awl-farther ytt it-takes its flight,
And.tinds new worlds to sway,
Far streteh'd I)4unit all human sight,.
Or reach of solar ray.
It .10;ringuiti course through highest Ain%
• • 'And *tile* very licavn;
There to the sacred throne it plies;
Bliss ne to mortal given.
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It'gujtlett pt?; _ Power, •
. ''And•foye its golden sway;
' Mtird"fifttite than' the-
• - :Aisl'"pleasautcr than May., •
It etreigs-my patlt'w. ith daisies fair,
And wa-ds all, etnnia4 *: -
It blunts the sharperid points of care,
And smilct and beckons still.
It wafts me through the ambient air
Sirifter than arrow's flight,
To where my b?st all!ctiens are,
objects of delight:
It paints the scene with burnitli'd gold;
l'is Fairy land to view,
Whero ceaseless Springs their influence hold,
With verdure ever new.
What Talismani pow'r. you ask,
Can yield such store of bliss %
I'll tell you then,—a pleasing task,—
'Tie FANCY does all this.

We understand tint a Message will be brought down to the'
House of Commons in a few days, announcing the intended
marriage of the Princess Charlotte, and calling on Parliament
for a suitable establishment for her Royal flightless.
The Moniteur of the Ist instant appears in its new shape, di-
vided into an official part and a non-official part; the former,
however, contains nothing but matters of mere form.
By a Flanders Mail we are informed, that the differences be-
tween Austria and Bavaria, respecting S.iltihurgh and the Inn-
viertal, assume from dal today a more menancing appearance.
It appears from the 'I reaties of Subsidy with the minor States,
that Great Britain had in her pay, and actually brought into
the field, exclnsivelv of her own troops, a force
.exceeding
200,000 men. The different bowers thus subsidized received
11/. 2s. per man per annum.
It also appears from the Convention with Portugal, that we
have not been sparing of pecuniary sacrifices for the abolition of
the Slave Trade. No less a sum than 300,0001. is paid as a
compensation fur Portuguese slave-ships detained by our crui-
ZerS.

A Mclanchol.y Occurrenre.—About a fortnight ago two pohr
shoemakers, and a woman (the wife of a shoemaker,, went from
Elgin to Granton mar ket, Scotland, a distance of 33 miles, with
a few shoes in wallets on their backs. I laving sold their goods,
on their return by the Mannocti-road, they were overtaken on
that dreary and desolate hill by the terrible snow of Wednesday
evening the 17th ult. : exhausted by fatigue they ciowded to-
gether in a hollow place on the road side, and sat down be-
' numbed with cold: here they were overpowered by sleep, and
Ideath came to close the terrible scene l A countryman passing
along the road the next morning, observed a hand eind foot
pointing through the snow, and obtained assistance to dig the
three unfortunates from their dreadful graves.
Most commendable Obits are making to establish markets
in carious inland towns, for supplying the poor with fish.