Star.
London, England, 1819-04-20 00:00:00

the United Kingdom, that is not at th
•
e
snore than overstocked with hands. The
the distressing truth cannot be too forcib'
P. 71 on the mind of every well-wisher to his sour
n•
trade of the United Kingdom never
can re a,t"
date of prosperity in which we have Ite,d,„4,r
accustomed to behold it. It does not reqtire te
of prophecy to foretell this: there are various
that have conThduecefdonntoerthis:natrteihouftedthinmgast,:.
cipal of which are—MAcittxnav and roR,IG,c
sarrriox.
raise our Commerce to the highest possible aesit,
prosperity; and is now, by a notural te-aet;tn,
leratins its decline By multiplying the (mink,
manufactured goods so much beyond the :kw
:nand, it has not only overstocked the markets
rope, and every other qaarter of the globe, but •
our workhouses with paupers, our streets and
with emaciated and unhealthy human behlt,,
driven thousands of our countrymen to emi:;-,e,
order to procure that support for themselves and
milies, which they were unable to obtain (in
for the exercise of their industry) in their native
" Foreign competition has now certainly bee°,
amo serious and formidable rival ; and alt,
the *other nations of Europe, and our brenne,'.
America, may not for very many years be Ale
cope with us in the fineness and general excereac
of our various manufactures, they will so fir instN
themselves as to be enabled to supply their own ‘,41
in regard to all the coarser fabrics ; and, possell
of so many thousands of emigrant artists from i
country, I do not see what is to prevent them•fiti
being eventually (and at no distant date) enable
contend with us in the manufacture of thoseanki
which have hitherto been the peculiar boast eft!
kingdom. However much we may deplore tie
evils, they are too firmly rooted to admit of 21111
medy within the grasp of human wisdom or 1ee.,1
tive enactment.—Tempora Inutantur ! and we hi
nothing to do but to conform ourselves to the than
in the best way we can. " w. e

The Demerara Royal Gazette of Pei,.
contains an Ordinance published by his
Major-General J. Murray, Lieutenant-Governer,
the Honourable the Court of Policy, combined.l
the Representatives of the inheibitauts cf.the
Colony, for fixing Colonial Taxes for the servito
the present year.
It differs not in any one point from that of the Te
previous, with the exception of the Tax on Pro 4
and may therefore be dispatched in a summary s
n
WINE AND SPIRIT DUTYra CPlolliaLleVy of
Builders per pipe. containing 110 gallons, and so(
m proportion for larger and smaller quantitiso
all Madeira and other wine in wood- TWQ guilds
per dozen on all sorts of bottled .wine,:eXceßth
which remains at one guilder a ripzeb; ands (urth
duty of one guilder per galloo-00,0.ikr4,ndY, hpl
and Gin, imported into the Colorif; ' . drawl%
of 50 guilders per pipe tn be .410 we dpn expcniq
from the Colony. to theTniighbouTing fslands
Great Britain, all wines . subjese-as above, and
which the cotonial duty had 4am:fade been pile
wine so exported, and afterWuicis re-landed in ti
Colony, the full amount of the colonial duty toi
previously paid.
Tnx ON PRODOCETO be paid by all proprietir
renters, or occupiers, of any plantations, &c. %ride
the eblonyt Accbrding to the following mei: •
Often on eVery 100 Dutch pounds of 344.4';
100 rams
30 100 ditto Ifoluses.
wo Dutch pound' Co,o.
30 100 ditto ditto conic •
POLL Tax.—Four guilders on each Slave of e
description, to be paid by the owner, excepting 1
such Poll Tax all Proprietors and others who
Income Tax derived from the labour of such r

INCOME TAx.—All persons to pay a Tax on
gross amount of revenue made by them from the
of January, 1818, to the last of December folio
(and in proportion for any shorter period) according
to certain specified rates.
All are exempted from the tax whose income, for
the year past, has not exceedel 2000 guilders.
TRANSIENT TRADERS TAX.—An ad swims du
of five per cent. to be _paid by persons not residing
within this Government, on all goods of what valor
soever, imported directly or indirectly, consigned to
any resident merchant, for sale, or in any other way
to be disposed of on account of such transient trader.
This duty not to apply, however, to the m
&t. of vessels from the United States, or British poi.
sessions in North Amerist.

THE DUKE or Yoma.—Yesterday the followisg
statement respecting the health of the Duke of Yost,
was issued : wunpros cAsrit, •TSIL 19, 1919.
" The inflammation, swelling, and tension of the DLO
'foam's injured aim, are subsiding kindly, and ku Royal Ili)}
tress is in every other respect doing well.
" P. MACGREGOR."
Yesterday Hamilton-place. Piccadilly, was tl.rongri
with the carriages of the nobility and gentry the ulig
of the day, with inquirits after ;he Pule of Bzorono
health. The Bulletin issued was, That his Gracell!
had a gqod night, and was much better."
Yesterday the Marquis of HUNTLEY, accompany
by a select party of his friends, proceeded from Toe
Stairs, in his beautiful Yacht, down. to Wooiwk.S'
and in the evening returned to town to dinner.
. Viscount and \ iscountess Dowrie and family
rived at their house in Char les-street, Berkeley-squ3"
this morning, from their seat Cowick-Hall,
Amongst the recent emigrations to the Un: •
States, there are twenty-six persons belonging to 0
family (Quakers, of the name of THISTLETIIVAITI
lately residing in Meadow-lane, Leeds. These it.
dustrious and enterprising individuals are gone wr.
an intention of carrying, on the woollen manufacture
(in conjunction with others) on an extensive scale.
either at Philadelphia, or some other eligible scite
its vicinity. Several other families ace preparilg
emigrate from the same neighbourhood, as well
from Dewsbury, Bradford, and other places in the
cinity. It is true these extensive emigrations nal
some degree contribute to relieve our ovO'burth
population; but they must likewise tend in an eq ,
ratio to inippverish the .r.ation; as every indivibm
and family who eMigrate,setting aside the rev!'
wealth they carry Ukh then, take. What is of far tr
.consequence. to it commercial• nation-their
11114 le;1.11SHI-91110!h. at
,present, of c:mpar.c....
small valtie ir. titi, country !