The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-20 00:00:00

LUt4MM, BUhuAY, JANuArtY 20.

Sixteen County Nieetiog, are about t, be held,
and to assist those who intend to oppose any ',rope..
biLlini to defraud the fundbolder, as well as to cun-
vioce thme who are indined to advoca.e such*
measure, we again sulouit the f Mowing statement
ioutoled ,at incontiovertible facts, which, we gave
nearly a twelvemonth ago:—" A gemleman died
in 1788 peosessed of 2,0001. per annum, leaving
behind him two sons. To James, who was ti,
elder, he left his funded property of 1 0001. a-year.
To George he left his landed property, then on lease
at a rental cif 1,0001. which leases expired in the
year 1793. Each was satisfied with the arrang.
went, and from the Advtvice that took place in the
price of stocks from 1788 to 1792, James was
thought by many to have the best •f the arrange-
ment : but in 1793, the war broke out, aid things
took a different turn. James's income continued
the same, and as all articles of consumption during
the war advanced to double the price, and his 1,0001.
a-year, could purchase no more than 5001. would
have done in the year 17158, it was satual:y ti lox
of 50 per cent. upon his income. George wag
prudent man, raised his rents when the 'tines ex-
pired in 1793 at once 50 per cent. which he let en
ease for 7 years, and before the 7 years were ex

pired, was iintiortnneal to grunt an extension of the
term of seven years inure at an advance of 50 per
cent. on his then rental ..f 1,5001. a year, making
his income 2,2501. a year. When these leases ex-
pired in 1807, such was the demand liAr Lln 1, and
such the idea that the war was intertninabl., that
hr actually, at that period, let what iu 1788 was
1,0001 a year for 3,0001 a year fin.
from the )ugh prices obtained during the war for
agrienittral prduce, for the first seven years she
rents uere paid without a murmur ; but in 1814,
and since, Its the prices tell, the farmers begun to
complain, and George has been under the necessity
of making alutements; yet he .till receives muck
Inure than his original rental of 1,0001. a year,
besides the savings of what his income has been he.
wad his brother's. How, then, does this account
stand in comparison with his less fortunate brother,
the fuoilliolder Air the year 1814,

Seven ykarh• inertose of 1500 front 1785 to 1800...40,5n0
Ikven yeao.' din., of 1,250 front Um w 1807... 8.780
seven years ditto. of 1,000 from 1807 to 1814-14.000
..r.21;,150
and having had the prudence to invest this increase
in the (title, he has a better income by 3001. s year
than his elder bother from the fluids, besides his
estate, the • ..tital of which is more than :in 1793.
—Wit t is the inference from these facts! The
rase of James is, the case of the fundholder,
who is no better off than lie was iu 1793 ; and CHI)
he purchase any one oracle from the agricultnral
interest at a cheaper rate now than he could have
dune then ?. Taxation and tither articles of expense
press eipitaily on the fund and lisudholder. Does
James receive more thin 1,0001. a. year now f'om
his funds? and aloes not George receive, nutwitli.
standing his
.abatements, more dam he did in 1795?
If he were to allow a iebtet ion of 50 per cent, his
stwome wouldwill he 1.5001 a year."
Uotil this statemcot which we have already said,
»founded 'woo Vacs a shall be proved to be
correct, we hole iu hear no more attempts to justify
on principles of reetiltide, the spoliatioa of ono part
of the public to VIMt lie isAniem, smaller.

We understand that the Pers;an Envoy (Mirsa
Saulilt) hat !eft for France, on special bit.
sinetts, and is expected to return next tumult. We
have not yet heard whether lie has been honoured
with any tAcial or decided communication fun'
Mr. Canning on the sultject of his mission ; but we
believe we ni .y state that Mr. Willuck will not re-
turn to Persia: It is gill a matter of deliberation
who is t' lie his successor, and whe, her he is to he a
Charge d'Affaires, or an Ambassador. We lope
dud care will be taken that the choice do not fall on
any num who may have rendered himself odious to
ttie Persian Court, and whose appointment would
thervkire widen the breach, which it is the abate
(aud surelyit must be the wish) of the British Ca-
binet to close.

The arrival of two expresses Saturday morn-
ing from Paris, with the Monileur of Thursday,
amtaining copies of the respective Notes delivered
by the Austrian, Rtasian, and Prussian Ministers.
created a strong sensation in the City. As the
Language of the Notes appears to have been less
objectionable than was surmised, the subsecitent:
departure of the Ambassadors is inconsistent with
probalsility—yet, at a later period of the day, it
was confidently stated, that nut only the Ministers
of Austria. Russia, and Prussia, hut also of France,
bad all (pitted Madrid. The ineuence on the
Funds WI,I felt immediately, though to no great
extent—a decline of three quarters per Cent. The
rrevalent opinion is, thut the Freucb Ambassador
only, had left Madrid—but unless the definitive
of the Cortcs have been received, this cannot
but be cunsidered as improbable. Admitting even
that the resentment of the pe9ple should have ma-
nifested itself by open insult of the French Am-
bassador—the representatives of Austria, Russia,
and Prussia, would have felt themselves under the

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