The Sun.
London, England, 1804-05-22 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

May_ 11, 1804.

MAY I beg the favorer of you to insert in your
Per an observation .on_ the Property -Taxi or at
lea it -that section of it respedirg the abatenTent on

4cc,,tint of. children, about -which there seems to
_ _

baive beFrigenerally fOr,rned an opinion; which, upon-
ex trojamion, I think must prove erroneou.). , The
rerhon assessed, says theritd, is entitled to have his
deducted out of his assessment,. that is,
our_ toe. tit& duty which the. assessor Xr;
p )inted him to pay ; then it-goes on to say what'
that abatement OW' be4;vii. 4. per cent. on the ag-,
greeate
Tramount'of. his ,incorne,..supposing it to be
t•: , • -
2.;0,„ i'year, which, of course, must be 81, and his
iasocbsinf..,:t must be tol. Therefore if it is intended,
tolai4t.s3-and abate according to the letter of she
.A.VP'Of.'f'itiliatront, the 81. abdtetnent_roust be tle.
duded fro? the., Lplrasse.smient, leaving the party
to-nlyri.lie:diffe,renee of zi: . .
_ It has been ohjedeo„ that a person having four
children will ha veAo'n'ey to'-i‘e,i've;acciording to this
• con:,tritaion-; :so if he,can, instrqd..the. sot
vcyor how to dedud from,lol., he may take the
retitinder.' Ent what say the Board'?
.• '
assert, •that the 4.. per cent. or 81,' is
be deduded..frorn.the aggre_gate amount, 2601.
ary.itrtitettiaining 1421.. is ro be taxed at is.
'.pcst6.4, leaving The party with the paltry
' al;i,teinent; of .85...3.0ich I cannot think Govern-
mom • ever intended; and which is a construc-
tion the words or the Ad will not bear, for it is
de,ludins, tiot from the assessment, as the Atc:t di-
reaF, bu! frcrn the aggregate amount, which it does

not ditea.
The-ohlturity-of.the,clause seems -to lie in this,

01=i1 it 'states' how the= abatement is to be allowed,
• netore it .s-taq!§.wha,flbe ab-atewnt is to be. If the
sense wai not-thrown so far forward in these long
clauses, but regularly dispo4, that the reader, might
ti;l:e it as he went on, our Aas of Porliamentikould
be much more intelligible than they are, and half
the bilmber of •ivords now used would answer the
pure, se better.—Quxre, Ate they paid for by the
word ?

Yours, &c.

DUE.

MAI LS.

Hainburgh o

THE SUN.

ARRIVED.
I

SOLZIA QUIS DICERS FALSUNI AUDEAT ?

LONDON, MAY 22, 1804.

Ovt Le:ters from the Coast of Kent state, that
a very heavy firing commenced yesterday 'morning,
about eieven .oklbek, in the direttlionof Calais and
Boulogne, which was supposed to proceed from the

usual cause, viz..opr,Cruiiers endtavoutir!g► to pre_
bent some of their FlOtilla from entering Boulogue,
At haq' past four, however, the firing still conti-

nv.T.:l_ with great violence,, And at that hour, every
in the Dwns was unmo4lring, and preparing to

under wejgh. There were yesterday morning
1.1:7, of the Entrny's Gunboats in the Outer.har.
bur of Boulogne, and we shall he, happy to find that
ti-,ey have at length made an attempt fairly "to
coma out to 'sea, because we have no doubt
that it wf.;;lld end in the destruth9n pf the greater

part of the 'FI itilla, as we have not had since the
commenament of the War so large a Force
_off
.13'ul.gne as we have at present.
. .
We knowthat .the oscers in our,• Eloclpding
Squadrons, on both the Dutch and French Coasts,
have fir some days past entertained strong hopes
khat. the Enemy, • from the movements they were
ivaking, were about to put to sea.
We this morning received a Letter from an Offi-
cer on hoard one of His M jesty's ,Ships at anchor"
off the Texel, which states the Dutch Force in that
Port to amount to six. StJil of 'the Line, three Fri-
- gates, at,d ab ut one 'Janda('
_large Transports.
There are 7:5100o men alreaay einharked; and about
the same number encamped on Kjtiforum, ready for
embarkation, The English Fliet, consisting of
N
eig'.t Sid of 015. Line and two F7igate,3,_ is laying
at anchor, clear for action, witii;ri a le,.;'" miles of
0 er. road of the Texel. The achy in the
saili!.g of the Dutch Fieet_is supposed to have arisen
r to the circumstance of thcirwaititig for a new
'Lite' of-Eat:Le Snip, which came down from Am-
sterdam about the beginning of this month,- and
vihit.h is preparing for sea with all_ possible dis-

parch.

' he strong easterly winds and thick'.fogs which
Ire. aiied • at' the beginning of this month, were
✓ery fav,;urable for the Enemy, if they .had been
'disposed to make the attemPt. 'Admiral THORN.
BOROUGH, bad, however, taken every, precaution
-to prevent tbeireScaping him,. by placing small
-.vessels in vhrious direuions, to watch their mo.

Lions.

'By the IlamburghM;git which arrived last .night,
we have the following important State Paper :
RATI'EON, MAT To.f:lay the 'following
htnperi.ii Declaration, delivered yesterday
t, 'the Mini,te: Resitleni, M. KLUPFELL, to. the
••.
ilsrun W./NY-5 tNt, was communic.ated to the Diet.