The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-15 00:00:00

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slaves,' oho have ruined their country,
immedittely goptmeastirrs, exactly
ofAfratthey putsue.'• The War Taxes,
apTecially the Property tax, as it is call
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boo as frost inabiliky to pay thorn,
er cause, they must inevitably soon '
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M,,i. pn the.ground of common policy, ,
of Artery consideration of justice or feel,
eneiny is fast approaching, and it is nothing
of insanity torecien upon suCh-resistar
the part of the people, as will protect '
pcndence of the kingdom, until their 7

greatly diminished, and consersontl;
have much more, I say, much more,
present to fight for.
1 am not insensible that such a propositii
state will encounter from many vir

persons a great deal of hostility. It
flounced as a violation of the good
country to the public creditor ; and a partial At.
jack upon one species of property, while another
remains untouched; because, it will naturally be
support
ofof
thetlt war taxes be with,
drawn. But the question cannot any longer tie
public funds must
decline,inferred atth the
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up
settled by a reference to any such considerations,
which are comparatively light as air : the question
is nothing more nor less than whether you will re.
lievo the great bulk of the nation from the intolt.
rabic oppression of the taxes, and the tyranny by
which they are enforced, or prepare for the worst
consequences to be dreaded either from the hoe.
rors of internal comfootien, or the yoke of the
most formidable (limpet that ever meditated the
subjugation of this or any other country 11
With these impressions on spy mind, offer
to the placemen, Pensioners, Contractors, and
every other description or persons who Subsist
on the taxes, and who derive more income there.
from than is necessary for their positive wants,
the qdvice that they 2 on alt occasions, are sc,
ready to give to the people ;-4.6 fie content to
4t part with a large portion, as the only poll
44 Mc chance of securing the remainder."
AN ENGLISHMAN OF THE pAap SCHOOL.
May 11, 1810. •
Ndrdf, INTEL LiqgNcs.
• poirsmovim, hfror 14.—Sailed tlia "(fee India carray,
protected by the Thalia feliate, Capt. yealing, with a fair
wind; the Cotirneux. 74 gees, Caps. Places, for Pip!
mouth.
Cow, into *hoar the Calypso tad

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Sailed several transports , Lisbon, seder the Linnet,
Lieut. Irma", with troops on board; %hf Coquette, im
cruise; and the Hardy, for Guernsey.
E A 1., !L&? l4.—Fire English Captain at mereksaten
landed here this morning, who made their allape from Va,
lenclennes prisdo on the Slst March. They batten amount
of Bopttpotte and his Empress arriving at hildiebargli on the
Sib inst. and after stopping ooe night, they proceeded with
their retioue,on their route along the coast,
Sailed his Majesty'sship Blake, for Plymouth,
came down from the River, his Majesty's AM lipid% Ittat
Sailed to the Westward.
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It appears that. there is a atriking analogy be. •
tween the. Privileges of the Houtte of Commons
ind the Bond of Shylock; neither of them kid •
their foundation in lag, .and therefore the lap.
...Cannot enforce the illegal part of their construe.
Alen. As Portia is there willing to. allow Skylark,
his Bond, so ire the People willOrg to alloW the
Wiese its Privilwgee; but as the lair di, not allow
Shylock to spill blood' kn the execution of hit
Bond, neither will the • !swallow itself to hest.
peneded by any illegal stets of violence against the
safety or libeity of -the People in the enforcement
of *their Privileges.
Mr. LANCASTER hss been -at Windsor for three
days, 'accompanied by his boys, and had the he..
nour of an audience .with his hbizsyt on Satur.
day last. It is with pleasure we observe the Aoyal
Family patronize an establishment which •hold 4
' forth the advancement of knowledge among the
lower orders of society.
Lord COLLINGWOOD, for some time pnvions
to his death, was so sensible of his applroaching
dissolution, that he ordered a quantity of lead on
board at Minorca, for the purpose .01 making a
Coffin for his conveyance to ilngland.
A Gentleman of the name of Ssu.' was held to
bail yesterday at Nlarlboroughatseet °Ewe, foe
sending a challenge to it. Baronet, to provoke him
to fight a duel ; and a Mr. SMITII, who had altatul
in the business, was held in sureties also.
SIIOCICING ACCIDENT.—SMiday evening, as a
party of ladies and gentlemen, eight in number,
'were returning to London from Twickeoliewi
where they had spent the day, the boat is which

Y they were ran foul of a barge below Hammersmith,
til and had nearly been mink. A lady of the mono
is of Stebbs, the wife of an artist in Argyleatrect,
iy was forced uverhoard by the shnek, and imme•
diatcly sunk. Her brother, who was in the boat,
re •
jumped after his sister, but she never rase.
el body has not been found. 'rho deceased has lift,

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faith of the