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London, England, 1815-09-23 00:00:00

STUTGAAP, SE?? EMBER IL

The Uric! Gazette of the 7th publishes} the fano w-
ing Reszript
" FRILDILRICIL, by the Grace of 'Gad, ike.
" Dear and faithful subjects, we have taken into
consideration the petitions which have been addressed
to us, as well as to our Ministers of State and of the!
'lnterior, the wish that they express for the allevia- I
don of the imposts and charges which weigh upon I
our subjects, and for the speedy re-convocation of
the States.
" The more that we have been accustomed to be.
stow a careful attention :o the petitions which our
subjects present, the more we are forced to express
our surprize, that in the framing and presenting of
the greatest number of those petitions, there has been
such a departure from the legal forms, that ; great
number of them have been adopted without assem-
bling those in whose names they are presented, in the
manner the Constitution prescribes; and as for the
rest, the signatures have been procured after they
had been already forwarded. We have reason to be
more astonished that an opportunity has been taken
from the imposition of the ordinary annual tax for
and 1816. not only to make representations to
us against the tax itself, but to beset us with deputa-
tions of all the bailiwicks, which are appointed to
meet at -our residence on particular days. We are
inclined to believe,, that those who have lent them-
selves to such measures have not sufficiently reflected
upon the abuses to which their conduct may give rise.
" Meanwhile, our duty as. Sovereign forbade us to
receive such deputations; and we have, in • conse-
quence, ordered our authorities to restrain the execu-
tir,n of such an enterprize, and to lead back our sub.
jects to the paths of lawful order. We have likewise
seen with satisfaction, that these irregular attempts
have not succeeded, excepting in a small number of
bailiwicks; that several, as soon as the information
was given them of the illegality of such measures,
had desisted from them, and that six of the deputa-
-tions which had arrived in the vicinity of our resi-
dence retired at the first intimation which was made
to them of our pleasure. The representations which ,
have been made to us against the tax of 1815 andl
1816, are founded upon the erroneous supposition,'
that it should not have been imposed without the
consent of the States. Far from being a tai newly.,
imposed, it has always been levied annually in equal
proportions on all different parts of the couutry since
their union tot the purposes of taxation.
is It was fixed in 1808 at 2,100,000 florins; in
1810, the union of several provinces newly acquired
raised it to 2,200,000; and lastly, in 1815 it amoun-
ted to 2,400,000, becauie the taxes of the places be-
longing to our Chamber of Domains were merged in
the public Exchequer. The extent of the wants of
the State for the present year would have authorised
us to raise the annual tax even before the establish-
ment of the Constitution of the 15th of March, con-
sidering that the oriinary receipts were not in a just
proportion with the necessary expenses, and that for
this reason a capitation tax had been imposed since
1808. It was easy to foresee that the payment of
the arrears occasioned by the war, the interest of a
considerable part of the debt of the ancient provin.
cial chest in the countries newly acquired. the estab-
liahrnent of a sufficient sinking fund, and other wants
of the State, would necessarily increase its expenditure.

" Nevertheless we have its those circumstances re-
stricted ourselves for the advantage of our subjects to
the suns which has been imposed up to this date, and
we have been ever disinclined to levy the annual ca-
pitation formerly established. We accorded, under
date of the 11th (if March. all those reductions in the
expenditure which. being compatible with justice,
enabled us to cover the most pressing wants by the
ordinary receipts. Among other things we remitted
to Exchequer of the State a sum of 95,000 florins,
which it owed to our Chamber of Domains and
Finance. In fine, in a rescript addressed to our Mi-
nisters of State on the llth of March. we irrevocably
fixed the annual tax at 2,400,000 florins. This dis;
position was scarcely known. when some payments
were already made; and if the complete
of the tax was postprnied, as well as its inscription in
the bailiwicks, that cirountstancit forms no just
ground of complaint to our subjects against an impost
established in conformity to Vie constitutional act,
befor its publication.
" Outside: ing the pressing and indispeniible wants
of the Exchequer of the State, we cannot diminish the
existing imposts. and we expect from all the authori.
ties and Magistrates of our kingdom. that they make
known this state of things to those under their autho.'
rity, and prevail on them faithfully to fulfill their
duties of subjects and citizens, by paying taxes which,
as they well know, are not emptied into our private
chest, but are destined to cover the most necessary
expenses of the State.

We therefore make our Magistrates responsible
for the maintenance of order in this as in every other
matter, reserving to ourselves, nevertheless, the right
of ulteriorly iustracring them, in regard to the levying
of the taxes, as to the mode of acting towards the
Payers, according to their means.
. " However heavy . may be the charges which our
subjects have to bear this year, in consequence of the
renewal of the war, they will nevertheless acknowledge
that we have done a great deal for their relief, by
obtaining throUgh our relations with foreign powers,
the means of relieving them *tom the sum of mil-
lions, which they would not otherwise have been able
to avoid, for the equigiment and maintenance of our
contingent of troops, fixed at 20,000 mu j an ex.
pence for which, in preceding years of war, other ex-
traordinary resources were resorted to, such as in 1800
the military contributions extended to the new acqui-
sitions of the country, in 1809 t he capitals of iniurance,
in 1812 an increase, by one half, of the ordinary taxes,
and, finally, io 1813 and 14, the two imposts on
property. .
" When the proper time comes, we shall lay befdre
our States an account of the rnduce and employ-
ment of these subiidies, as is'prescribed by the nth
Article sit the CoOstitutional Act, in regard to direct
.nd indirect Wes. We shall also give an account to
!he country, of the employment of the sums already
received, or still expected from the-Allied Powers,
for the supply of. the magaainis, and the maiatv-
liaime of the troops. .
" Our subjects, who have been hitherto clink.
.1;136411, ;Ike their ancestors, by .their fidelity and
.ttachment to their Sovereign, as well as bY their
obedience to the laws, will best with patience and

resignation the inevitable berthens, of whicb the
happy success which has hitherto attended oer 'forts
promises an approaching termination ; and will be
convinced, in the calm of reflectinn, that there is no.
thing but the entire re-establislipsent of peace and
tranquillity on the one hand, and on their part an
entire confidence in our cares and in the measures we,
have taken tor-their welfare, which can enable us to
procure for them those alleviate ns which We so
anxiously desire they may. experience, and thus.cen-
, firm anew in a durable manner, both by those awn•
tions and regulations calculated to secure to them
the free enjoyment of their property, thi;ix welfare,.
disturbed by 25 years of war.
i• In the mean time we will devote all our atten-
tion to every thing that is calculated to restore this,
easiness of circumstances. Wit► chit view we have
lettered the wishes and the complaints that have
beun presented to us by our faithful States, relative
to all the branches of administration, to be carefully
examined. Having anew recommended that this
examination be conducted with dispatch, and tl.at
the reports on the subject be spee►tily made to us, we
shall soon be enabled to fix the period for a new con-
vocation of our prorogued States. and continue with
them the discussions which have the general waltare
for their object.
"Given ■t Stuttgart", WI 3d Sep►ember, 1815."

TEL EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1815.
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AU rational men have bewailed the proceedings of
the Spanish Government since the restoration of nit-
DINANA it is hardly possible that any act emit:sting
from such a source can have qualities to recommend
.
it to the approbation of sound politicians. What
can be expected from a government which, in the
nineteenth Centery, can exhibit such imb;:cility as to
allow the reins to be seised by Priests I—which can
repay the labours of those Patriots who fought and
bled for the emancipation of the country from foreign
thraldom, with imprisonments, perm:all punishments,
confiscations, and death l--and, the 12nti:r to hunt
out and destroy the victims of supzumtion and
tyranny, revives the Inquisition in the Mother.coun•
try and throughout the Colonies

Can good,men—can any other Government, look
with indifference on the conduct of such rulers ? The
interests of mankind are so hok,,al together, that it
hardly possible to conceive the possibility of the ex-
istence of a bad Government, the evils of wLich can
fall only on its own subjects. They always affect,
mote or less, the welfare of other cotntuunities ; and
this gives to others, if not a right to interfere m the
direct management of its administration, a right to
'adopt every measure calculated to lessen, if not en-
tirely to avert from their ossn people the effects of its
mismanagement or misrule. Nor is it sufficient that
the bad Government should be able to say " You are
my Ally, and, therefore, you cann3t interfere, or do
any thing calculated to thwart my views."
The intention of all lawful alliances is mutual pro-
tection and defence. No Treaty can admit a con.
struction that shall bind the parties to become asses-
:arks to acts of illegal oppression—or even to wink
at them. They only bind the parties to defend each
other against the common enemy not to assist in
forging fetters for the people of either.—To come
to the point : can any Treaty that may exist between
this country and Spain make England become an ac-
cessary to the re-establishment of the Inquisition ?
to the prosecutions carried on against the patrintsfn
Old Spain ? to the war of extirpation denounced
against the South Americans ?

The Allies, it is said, have rerun:mated against
some of the proceedings of the Court of Spain. Can
any single act of that Court, during the time that it
has been under the dominion of Priests—that is, ever
since the reign of Cilium', V. be adduced that has

not, in its very core, been revolting to the dictates
of reason and religion I But we must confine
ourselves to narrow limits at present—The Noah
American Revolution ! What was the conduct
of. the Spanish Government on that occasion ?
I The whole of the Bourboas and their Nobles—the entire
of the aosiabk French, and mobleoninded Spanish people,
with their pious hierarchies, labouring with as much,
zeal, though with less ability, as was ever exhibited
by BONAPAILTS, for the destruction of Great Britain,
united with our rebellious subjects. They succeeded
in establishing their independence. The soldiers sent
to North America-carried back to France the princi.
pies for which they had been fighting in America=
In six years after the peace of 178$, these principles
were called into action in France—the throne was
subverted—Spaia was involved in the vortex, nod
lost her independence !
Did Britain retaliate the cop she had been com-
pelled-to drink? She sent forces to South America
to counteract the machinations of the French and al
the BonaparteSpanillit Government, and to the Pa
ninsula she sent an army for its emancipation.
Great and generous people I have you succeeded
in i your pious labours I You have beaten, deteated,
overthrown, the Tyrant who occasioned so many
miseries to the world—you have humbled the French
to the very dust; buj jp, haws not succsakst in what
regards again and her Colonic.. You have bees.
Weed, discomfited, beaten, by men without at ms—
by mitres, by crosiers, by wooden dolls—by prim
and inquisitors, acting br the authority of the pew-
coat-maker to.tbe VIIICIII MAIO
What then or, *rather, what ought to be, you,
primpt ika! td. conduct f7Look hack to the sours

of all thew evils—the emancipation of your ot.
American Colonies, and you may easily pert,;,,
what policy and justice demand ,from you. yot
have born your own portion of the calamity, al.
you have no right now to carry the bold for tt,,,1“
who caused it. The present conll:ct in South Ark
rica, is a amsequence 'of the interference of Li;,
Iketueous in the war with our Coloniva. Let u
take the indemnity which it offers M. ... 1124,
pa any thing in the shape of gratitude to er

pect from any of the Bounows f Alas for the intt;
lects of him who can believe it. South America
be frees ao power on earth CAR now prevent it
Spain has no right to expect from you such si line r,
policy as would be calculated to throw the trader.
South America into the hands of the North Arne
rice's. Spain does every thing to insult and inoci.
.you for all the services you have rendered ber,_.
You have incurred a heavy load of debt by
%wain the Peninsula. Spain cannot herself Gomm in,
the trade of South America ; and can have n t.g
like the dog in the manger, to prevent otters It
eating. The South American revolution ID' 1!:; t.,
result of her own policy, directed on a P.m
occasion against you, she can have herselt
to •blame, not you, for any compensation it in
be made the means of affording you. Ttll
plainly, that having assisted in separating y 0..;
American colOnies from the mother country, ,
is now high time that her own should be set free—
that you will it—that you are determined not to al
low the trade of that country to be engrossed by mit
emancipated colonies.