Star.
London, England, 1803-12-02 00:00:00

TAX ON INCOME.

To raz CITIZENS or LONDON ENUAGED so CO*
MERCE oa PROFESSION.
01INTLONSII,
THE TAX on PROPERTY, fo called, is in fad!,
a revival of that melt hateful of all Taxes.-the Tax on In-
come, under more fcvere and objedioaablereftridions.andwhiek.
from the experience of three years, was found to be fo very op-,
prellive and obnoxious, as t* call forth the unanimous refolutieta
of the Citizens of London, in Common Hall ambled. for its
repeal ; and, it is worthy of obfervation. that not one of the for-
mer Commillioners have been prevallodupoo to refunic their dies t
Thole perfons, therefore, who arc engaged in comer-re; or
fubfiß by means of their profebion, and whore feelings jußly
volt at the cltablllbmentofsn Inqulation compofed of their Fellow.
Citizens, before whole Tribunel they will be annually itantrioned,
and required to deliver In an ma& amount of the Rase of their
Income miring from fuch Trade ur Profdlon, are hereby !litigated
that a meeting will be held at the London Tavern, on Friday,
9th of
&ration the expediency of prefen:ing a Petition to Parliament to
repeal to much of the T.: oo Property as relates thereto.

When the odious, degrading, and tnjorions nature of ads Tar
is eonfidered, the vexatious and tyrannical inquifiden It will give
life to, and more cfpecially the immorality of its tendency, by tea.
fon of the utter impollibility of afeertalning income of this kind,
but upon the mere declaration of the party, (an objedtion which
of Kelt' dote is fatal) it is carneitly hoped, rod enefulently exped-
ed, that the Citizow of London =media erennseree—the coop-
dation of oar ftrength and greatnefs, will, on this octal-ton, be trail
to dierifelves and to their polterity, and by their union let an en.
=pions every Commercial City and Town in the Bridal euriro
of their unqualified abhorrence of a Tax which,Patft'd an,
cannot fail to excite the molt general dlleontent at a time when.
above all others, it is mot anieody to be defired that there maid
be but one heart and one foul.

Should this Meeting be numeroully and rerpedably attended,
of which there can fcarcely mitt ■ doubt, it Is prepared to chiefs a
Committee for the forgoing purpofe. A (fired appual to the Le-
gtfiature from the Commercial and Proreflional part of the Cam.
munity, cannot fail to produce the defired al re

Should I be fo unfortunate as to incur the cenfure of my Fellow.
Citizens, in the Rep which I have now deemed it my duty to take,
and be furpeßed by any of them of difioy alty—kt can only proceed
from an ignorance of my principles and charaeter. My Captain
ambition is to decree well of my Country, and if in any degree I
can terve it, by being initrumemsi In removiag a fairing ground of
complaint, I hall fulacc myfcU with this relation, that I have DR
wholly lived In vain.—l remain, G, tulemen, with great mired,
Your molt faithful Fellow-Cilium.
qtreen-ltreet, 29th Nov. BENJ. TRAVER&
Property, real or perfonal, where It can be akertained without
fraud or mak" is totally difthsti from that which wires Rom the
uncertain and pteevi profits of trade (*.pectic:non, and which
cannot be eoofdaedas property until it be &dually realifed.

ADDRESS TO PRIVATE FAMILIES,
Particularly theft in the Country.
SINCE the incorporation of the two Neartpaperr.
called The WESTMINSTER JOURNAL, and The OLD
ERITItH SPY, into one Wetly Potslicorice, printed upon a
paper of a Remy texture, and ei fo large a be as to contain no
kis than Twenty Column/ of tinkly-prieted Letter-prefs,lts circu-
lation Ms continued regularly to inereafe, till the Proprietors are,
at length, encouraged to make vinGderable additions to their for-.
mer plan 6 and, they trutt, thelr improvements will fecare to them
inch- an inereafe of public patronage and fupport, as will carves-
fate them for the extraordinary toil and capenot. wiavaidalay in-
curred by their fpitited endow/ours to fund* the Public with a
complete Epitome of tin otentorahle tranfadione in all the dvi.
Sued parts of the Globe.

By~fuhfcribing to the mod refpedlabie of the Foreign Journals,
as well u our Colonial and Provincial Prints, they cannot fill to
have frequent opportunities of Meeting articles highly acceptable
to their readers ; and by giving liberal =courage-aunt to salve
and Intelligent Cone 'tors of Newt, they can fairly pledge thcas-
Lines, that no Occurrencrs worthy of notice, in sod about the
hletropolle, will drape having a place In their copiotts and diver&
Red Mifeellany.
hi the sc.:Judi of the Debates in the two Routes of Parliament,
they will oliferve the molt exact impartiality; and avoiding a te-
dious and dbitiliing prolixity, endearour to sive a dear sod con-
ch. rather than an ornamented narrative: and the fame conduit
will be °Mused wl, h regard to the legal powder's in the fermi
But, In both cafes, they will ~..venottally deviate from the
method ; for they will fometlosts commits into a ILITRIIIIM COMB. •
id.. ankles at inferior import, in order to yield a Juit tribute to
Moßelies inflames of the powers of argument, beteg enforced
and Inidtratcd by 'berries embrinitunertts of elocution.
The nintres.and ail other Pisces of Public Ertenalnme:st,wtß
claim a due than of attention, wheoder they challenge omit%
either en the fears of novelty, or other efpeelal recommendation.
The principal motive to this ortdrntaklog.btu fopply the Public
with a Milcelleriy, esserthintor 'VW informann with URN' IR
ansurcmcnt, adapted foe the perufal of prince familou, and pecu.
Marty dote reddeot in the Country : .and aged; 're, toe'. ••ettele. as
may have a tendency to inureqs. sturneltie of adc,,l the
car of delicacy, win be letup, o .ty tvjectsd.
The WESTMINSTER JCL:R.I4AL and OLD Altman SPY
Is plltalhed every trblay Afts room, (at the ittsil price of otier
Weekly Prints, though to south fespcsior ip hs Ate sod crsoterts.)
and circulated by the Pelt and ocher Conveyances within we
Miles ',London. on Santolay morning.
Perkins deirous of being (applied with The above Piper. are re-
quelled to laid Wit Addses to the Primer, D. BiIiWINAV,
Noes, OLD SAILS?. the CRAIN I 41 theeletho
of the affrrent Kelm* at the Polt-Onke ; or to the Neen-Cadiers

N.E. Moire!faucets for she above valuable Newel/moos (a raw
on iv of wbsctisse odoiltted) malt be feet to Me Paola/or 1146
dab tar infer:ion in the tare Ir.; Jay's Pars.