The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-09 00:00:00

Shares..

SIX PRIZES OF TWENTY THOUSAND pouNns
FT unit Co. most respectfully solicit the. at-
-1,39 tention of their Friends And the Public to the Schei,,e
of the State Lottery, which begins drawing; on the. ith of
°
Next Month. It consists' of only 7,loo.N:umbers two
`rickets of each Number), and- contains, besides other Capi
talc,

Fl CS.

. . . , .
2....Prize5.0f....Z20,000 Money
2 20,000 Consols
2 • '' - -* 13,000 Consols
2 ...... 5,600 .Nowt'
Each of the 15,0001. Prizes, when drawn, to have 50001.
Money in addition, Making Two Vrizi:s of 20,0001.. more, pre-
senting SIX PRIZES of eo,ooot. !: a chanco unequalled in any
former Lottery. The advantages pf an early, purchase will„be
obvious, as the first.7,loo 'rickets drawn most-all be Prizes,
and n,7000f them will give the hdlders the optiodilf rereeivi
.121. in Money; or taking a-second chance, forl,the . Capital
Prise.; that remain in the Wheel the. lat,day„of,dr.awing.--,
Ticliets and Shares are Selling in the greatest variety at
SWIFT and Co's'ollicei,
No. 11, PoultrY, . I No' 31, Aldg-atc High-
-12, Chari ng-CrO.Sg, . Street;
where they sold, in the last Lottery, Nu. 42.1; a Prize•of 10001.
also, No. 7;895, a Prize of 20.0001. in the preceding Lottery,
and No. 2,056, a I'rizc of 9.0,0001. in the list October Lottery,
All in Shares .

SALINE AND THE .S.A.CCO Ain Nl;'

• The virti,es, and powers of Salt,:di-
mentary, stercoraceons, and 11l ,
minus ant! many uses and benefits to, inankkd,
ave been known and ailcnpwledged it: the earliest
" are the. Salt of the earth." wa.

said to those who were to amend and advance
the moral conditioti of man ; its 011-ysical.powers
justified, undoubtedly, the strength and propriety
the metaphor.- There .was a.Salt
_known for-
merly (about 2100.years,ago),_of which the name

has come down to us, ‘vith some few.4pecimens
of its happy effect, even on than delicate Qrgan
of production, the human brain. This was the
" attic Salt" of ancient Greece. Why is this

pree'roils--('-SrAine. lop-dressing" little sciVight,
and so rarely produced in these latfcr times ? Is
its importation prohibited ?—or is the native prd-
duction, and the curious chemistry of its forming
precipitation, too nruch checked by the heavy
stamp-duty, on our diurnal folios, the ready re-
ceptacles of hs smallist granulations .. •

To no one of the natural and universal elements
our nsesi is the " Ne quid nimis" ninreapi

plicable, or the caution required, than to'Salt of
every kind (the attic alone excepted). Salt 'is
;;glee for our appetites, and 'physic for our soils ;
not food for either. Used too copiously, it is
scurvy tor the. body, and stet-silky to the. land.—
'rile health of the inhabitants of the European
quarter of the glohe ; the absence of the, inter-
mitt ing pkgues by which they sere
f~y.r+rierly vi-
sited atif! ; the iffiretrenel:7, of 11ie 5C0.1.7
but ic habit; the reduced virulence of #ll the ,ya-
riolous affections, 'which yield 'llo.v so casily to
the merctuial and vaccine tehiethes, are all much
to he referred to the de..,iettide of.the too constant

diet of salted tneats and fish. The use of the eiher
Salts, which hasheenintiodticed or extended by
our advance in the seiences'othMedieine and Che-
mistry, and in partie,tilar of thit vegetable Sal tf of
iitcfAtlantie Jslands, " the S.,icellAribei" has con-
itibutd much to our health, comfort, 'and delec-
tation ; has rend: red our temperaments more
" fay r:ofding the blood and sweetening the

tices''-=it+would .be ‘i,Kll, did wit expellent:v.

allow us to say truly, that, they have les>etted
among us, as much as they have relieved
fretfulness, . and lessened " scratching." F9r
thotigh.we are not of opniott tlidt' sugar-candy
awl jp!lipop.s I;ave sbarpened our wit-s, they seen;
to &lye tendttl to swettelf We breath, duleify the
t-mper, and often our speech ; and with the Chi-
nese4eat, to 11,,ve smoothed the a,sociations.
our intercourse, eased the matrimonial yoke, and
to have r,lirred ottr females front much of the
offensive and stupifying effects of ardent spirits,
and tongue-tying tobacco,
Why then should the financial economy of the

Ides•take so ranch pins„ in the short-

reaching' policy of -an tit:reflecting imitation 0.1
Norman Ipid custom (the Gabelle), and a half-
inthdent adherence to the practice of long-pas,
times (.chick we most simply call the "• (Thiel
tittles," though, it is the last hour that is the oldest
it not the wisest, since the Creation)—to nett•

tralize, cramp, or annihila:e our peculiar advan-
tages in the abundant Salt of our sea-coasts and
springs, and its cheap conversion by our revq
and inexhaustible Coal ? 'Neglecting or prevent-
ing all.or.much of its great.tit,e and value in all
its chemical varieties of applicatib:) to our
food; lnanures, manufactures, medicine, cattle,
and corn ?

. _
• Surely revenue, in its largest receipt and ge-
neral results, can have no permanent ant! im-
proving root or source, but in the produce or
riches of • the seas and the' soil,, by Industry,
economy, and skill ; by that- cheapness which is
the consequence of ;Abundance, not of the misery
of ill-paid labour, and /ow.:priced land, grain, or
ruanutactines.; the-se,.pii,lied too far, are in no
long course the very.opposites to wealth or ease,
to the improvement of r;?venue, or the security
of the Creditor, of the State.
Oct6ber7.

The LORD MA•vott attended on Tuesday at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital_ to receive the deprisition
of Andrew Lumsbury, who deposed, 014 lie was
attacked in Hornsey Wood, on Saturday evening,
by two men, who knocked him down, and ,that
One of them knelt on him anti cut his throat. His
Lordship having attended hint again yesterday
afternoon, he declared all that be bad stated on
Tuesday was false, and that the following state-
ment ~.as correct :—" On Saturday morning, the
4th
.of October, 1817, AndrewJannsbury came
front Islington .to Smithfield, to get a job, hut
could not find any thin;; to do; lie. Walked b•Acit
to the Sluice-house, had a pint of beer, and Went
from thence to .Hornsey-wood. He took with
him two razors in a case, with one of which he cut
his throat twice 5 he was on his knees y% hen he.
committed the'act. fie could not get work, and
as he did not like to beg or steal., lie had resolved
to destroy himself. This .be declares to he the
trite state of the case; and tout his former de=•
claration before the Lord Mayor was' false."
SunDesz DEATIIS.--4.Th the 29:h 'of last roconth
Mrs. Bailey, residing at Queen';-place, Kenning-
ton', burst a blood-vessel in her head, of which
site expired in a few hours ; the: distresing
cir-
cumstance was communicated to her next:duor
neighbour, Mrs. Pit ts,.who was nitwit affected ,at
the solemn event, and, singular as it may appear,
Mrs. Pius was seized on the 2d instant with the
very same malady, and expired on thy. sth,

• •

PRUVIN Cii! L. .7.OIIaNA

the prdpoiseA,"Co;nicluiti:t jot) ;of the Wiudow
;';:x iii Yrelantl 1,1,1 i:ot excited much clamour

HIpOR., those whp;,,;(lichnot. un,ie;s;t?kfisf the subject,
-of fltose-whei: *ere elVt ermine-4 i !rep et.e t
bec,'lnse it was a theaSure of Go.vernnenr, we have.
extracted,the following•artiele f.r.orn The (Dublin)
Correspondent,- which, we :conceive, will satisfy
those discontented people who "err merely through .
igliorauce,,and have at heart the welfare of the

CO UTI rrs

" MODIFICATION OF. THE WINDOW TAX.

" In the different :discussioot: that have taken
place on the. projected measure of 4,,,Thodifie4
Window :Tax, .som e points have been assumed, as
among the" principal -grounds.,of argument against
it, which are not-paly ealCulated to mislead public
opinion gieatly,-es co its teal 'merits, but which
have, infact, HO reality is hats,oever.
I.t i,iasserted.tH its opponents, that it is an
aeditionaL hurt hen. on the people—a Tax suiper-
added. to the t:lri,i)dow 710, which..must increase
the oppressiveness.. of that impost, and operate,
therefore,, quite to the contrary of relief. No"
thing can be more unfair or mainst than this re-
pre;-,.entation.of the subject. The proposed mea-
sure bias fro
.operto, ion. of this kind—it is no.ad-
ditional Tax7-ic is..to act only in substitution of
the Window Tax, and .-cannot, cons.quently, be
engrafted ttpon it. Wherever it may. hate elyecto
it is calculated to give relief to .a very great ma-,
jority of those who, have been subject :o the Win-
dow Tax ;, awl those whom it will not relieve, as
to the'amonnt of the cliirge to be levied, are. of
a class, generally speaking, that catinot feel I:5.
ptessttre,eyets if it exceeded die old impost. 'There
are,. no doubt, some copes in iihich,it may visit
apparent }'or real opulenge.. The man in business,
wlio.ptlys a, high rent for siluglion,,morc than for,
any extaaordinary
..accoprnotlation his house
afro) ds, will, if. l,e
.speculate unfortunately, feel
some 'disadvatragc from the effectg of the. men.
sure ;-
,but, "if lie carry ou tritde prosperousiYo
which is the fairer supposition, he has no right to
complain of it's operation : at all events, it wotibt
he exceedingly absurd,for a financier to stiller It is
plans to be governed, by supposed etnbarrassment,
or even by real ones, where they ate but contingent
upon the: good or bad fortune which every matt, is
liable to _encounter who embarks io business.
'Though there should be twenty or ti:•ty shows.
abandoned in.the course of the year, ill Dant:-
street, mid West coot:laud. sl i eet , and Grafton.
street,, it proves nothing %Try material, one way
or the other. Ignorance of trade, or injudicious
speculation, or too adventurous a system, may
i:
produce re'suit of this , kind, kyilhout attributing
them to ansolioe distress or povettY.; hut it sel-
dom happens li.Rt telleMelltS, so deserted, 'are not
soon occupied by fresh capital and fvesh spirit of
adventure—so that, if there be adversity on the
one hand, there ti prospei ity on the other. As tar,
therefore, as the Tax. is ohjected to, upon imagi7
nary cases of incapability to meet it, there is no,
thing urged, that set ionsly claim any defer-
coca from' the financial Minister.

There is another. alle,ration male use of,.h.
those who oppnse,the modified Tax,, equally
tions ccitil that of its being an aggravation of the
pressure of the Window Tax. It is said, that the
appurtenances to. which the Tax will apply,
conjointly With. the DWelling,liotte, includes
Store- hoases, Manufactories, and all concerns of a
similar description; but
.there is . no good rea-
son,. nor,'indeed, any reason, for supposing that
it is meant to have-this extensive open lion, or to
affect, any part of a concern or tenement not no'
subject to. the Window Tax. -It is rig4it to pre- ,
some that the example of England will be follow-
etLin the application of the Tax ; and the Law;
by whirl! the -House 'fax is raised in that coupe,
try,• especioity exempts." 59ch warehouses as are.
distinet and separate-.buildings, and not pits or
parcels of such,slwelling-hituse, or the shops at-
tached thereto, , but employed solely for the p
pose of lodging goolls, wares, and merchandize„
or for carrying on some manufacture, notwith-
standing the same may adjoin, or have some com-
munication wish, the, dwelling-house or shop."
Undersuch a regulation as this, the modified_ fax
would ,he confined to the same sort of hollse-•
propert y as, the Window Tax—and neither Mer-
chant, Trader, nor ManufAtorer, would feel its
effects with any additional inconvenience, or be
obstructed in any degree, more than at present,.
in his business or- his avocation.
" Tl'ese two circumstances—namely, its being
an inttuase of •the ‘Vindow Tax, and its being
particularly sever,e.in its operation on the trading
and nnintaticturing ciasses, have beep selected,
'n'itlt peOuliar significasiou, to leo-nit opponents
'fax, and. to render it venerally
unpopular, but with what justice, may be inferred
From the piTceding remah 1 in recurrence to
which we shall repeat, that it is not to act, in any
shape of degiee, as an addition to the Window
Tax, or a second Tax, as has been said in sortie of
the Parish orations—nor is it to include, judging
from what the Law of England on the same sub-
ject prescribes, any part of the appurtenances of
a dwelling-House, which may he appropriated to
tbepurpose of " lodging-goods, wares, or MM..
Chandize, or for carrying on-some 11130 ofactore:"
Y.Another of the objections---arid it is a mat's
one iu.the Parish cs lu tions ,- and the Speeches
which preceded them—is, that the Window T„x
wca Tax, Ott the solemn pledge of its origi-
nal framer,
and, therefore, to cease upon the con-
elusion of a Peace.—We more than doubt this
fact, strongly and unqualifiedly as it is asserted.
Mr. Colin-, the proposer of the Window Tax, as

'Trish Chancellor of the Exchequer, denied the
construction put upon what he had said on intro-
clueing the measure; and when the Peace took
,place, in 1803, there was no claim made upon
Mtn to redeem any pledge he had given, or was
-said to have given, respecting the Tax, except by
the late Mr. R. Dawson, who men'ioned the sub-
ject, and attempted to shew that Mr. CORRY was
pledged to relinquish the measure ; but Mr.
CORRY did not acknowledge that any such pledge
Lad been given, and Mr. Dawson failed in his.
object.
" The original cause of the Window Tax is to
'be traced to the magnitude of the Loan found Ile-
erasary, at the time of its enactment, to meet the
-current expenres of the year. All the usual modes
.of supply were inadequate to meet the interest of
that Loan and the charges of the year; and the
Window Tax was, therefore, resorted to. It is
'not' necessary to say, that that Loan is still one
_

-of the existing bnrcletts on the country, and tha

the interest of it, with the interest of accumulated
- Loans to the present time, are yet to be provided
'for, an 4 discharged. In this tact there is found
an imperative, claim ion the public contributions,

and one which must remain while the Public Deb

is' undiminished., On other points., retrenchment
tuay;. and will, take- place, and very shortly, we
"preaume—ant the reaiction of the Taxes, will, of
'course, be proportionate-AO, and concurrent with
it. But retrenchment Must be found practicable,
• It-afore the Finance Minister can forego the usual
'quantum of Supply; and we have not the slight-
est-doubt; bus that theinoment Mr. VANsuriAtz,T
,„.fan relieve, with perfect security to the State, the
Irish public from the Window- Tax, or the Tax
which may be substituted for it, or any other Tax,
ise will readily enter upon and dischargi• so grati-
fying a duty. He appears to be one of the last
men who would derive any epjoyment from an un-
necessary imposition of burdens on the people, or
'who would resort to stratagem, or unworthy con-
trivance, to effect any object connected with his
Financial measures • and when the Resolutions of
'St. Paul's Parish called the proposed modification
of the Window Tax, " a dangerous. disgraceful,
and deep-laid plan, on the part of the Right Hou.
NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Chancellor of his Ma-
jesty's Exchequer, aided and assisted by 'a mis-
guided, or self-elected individual, to entrap the
citizens of Dublin, and the people of Ireland ge-
literally, into a voluntary submission to a system
of taxation which violates the divine dispensa-
tions of the( Creator, who has bestowed on his
creatures the blessings of light and air; which, in
-its continuance, is, also a violation of the pledge
of Mr. CORRY, then Chancellor of the Exchequer
iu Ireland, solemnly given in Parliament, to the
people of this country—and which, from the no-
ecedented calamity of the times, haa become a
burden they are not longer able to support"—they
alleged what they could not sustain by any cir-
cumstance---what is totally at variance with the
whole of that Right Hon. Gentleman's official
character, and, consequently, what is offensive
to truth, and not a little to decency. There is'
nothing more commendable than a well-regulated
expression of public spirit, when the affairs of the
country appear to require it ; but that sort of li-
centiousness, which substitutes the vilification and
abuse of men in office for sense and argument, is
neither public spirit, nor any thing bearing an
analogy to HAWTHORNE has no more es-
caped the Parish Orators- than Mr. VANSITTART—
though, if 'official station were to be searched for
a man . peculiarly eligible, from excellent talents,
indefatigable zeal and industry, strict integrity,
and a perfect acquaintance with all the details of
business, to perform his duty to hie country effi-
ciently, one better valified could not be select-
ed. The fit of parochial eloquence, however,
is nearly over, and neither Mr. VANsirrAttr nor
,Ir. HAWTHhRNR. will be an atom the worse in
their own opinion, or in the opinion of those
whose praise is a compliment, for what has been
said of them.
" To conclude this subject, at least until there
shall be some further cause for renewing it, we
will just remark, what we have scarcely a doubt
will hereafter be fully realised, that the modified
Window Tax is calculated to remove every thing
objectionable or oppressive in the original Tax,
without, at the same time, impairing the resources
of the State—at least, in any material degree—
and that it will throw upon the great bulk of the
community a very trifling assessment, and upon
the more prosperous and opulent classes, no
greater burden than they can very conveniently
endure. Besides having these effects, it will re-
move the necessity for the Inquisitorial visits of
the Tax-collector, at present so much complained
of, and front which the most private parts of a
dwelling-house are not exempt. There will be
no opportunity to circumvent him by the new
plan, and, therefore, he will have no other duty
than to call for the sum assessed. We are per-
fectly certain, that a great portion of the better
classes of society would readily pay an advanced
rate, to be released from the Tax-collectot's pri-
vilege to visit their houses, in order to make his
own charge for Window Lights. Air and light,
upon which so muchimpartaocc is,, justly placed,
will ion then be circumscribed or limited ; and,
iu short, the removal of these secondary subjects
of grievance, will co-operate with the primary
merits of the measure, to render it acceptable to
every description of the community. These are
oar impressions on the subject. If the Window
Tax could be extinguished altogether, we should
be glad of it ;
but, as that cannot, for the pre-
sent, be the case, we must take such relief from
it as we can get. It should not be forgotten, that
the expenditure of this part of the UnitedKing-
dons is not likely to remain at its present amount.
A considerable portion of it is imposed by the ge-
neral state of the country, and will be lessened
as that improves. It should be recollected further,
that a reduction of the Assessed 'Taxes is not only
contemplated, hot arranged, which will very con-
siderably diminish the suns of existing taxation.
On the whole, the Finance Minister is doing
e ery thing in his power, consistently with the
caims of the State, to reduce the expenditure of
the country, and its Taxes, at the same time ;
mod he will not be obstructed in his views by cla-
mour,or intemperance, through whatever ebannel
they may vented.",