The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-22 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

• DUBLIN, Daei-:17. : _ ....,,_. _,,_. ,
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CITY Iq.ECTIVS. •i• TO A CORRESPOiVDENT IN AMERICA, - This, you will observe, is for every gotti; ithetheC
. . soldier, sailor, •debtors cos:Mats or othei
THFATRE-ROYAL , temP!-- ON THE EXPENCES. THE TAXES. &c. OF MOAT PouPors
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Yesterday being St...Thomas's Day, -Waerlinotei- i BRITAIN, COMPARED WITH THOSE Cite ASIX- crilmeal•
bolt night his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant nt and _. C '
On your side t still take the tiotiadiiitee of pier,"
the Duchess of Dorset having commanded a Play, were held in the weal Wards for the electionmf RICA;
Common Councilmen and subordinate officers laud* — ..... . „ description, at only f,36.0,00d, though UV nowt.;
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honoured the Theatre with their presence. The ensuing year, • Titieteltas been scarcely ever se little (Coneluded fro* yesterday!: Paper.) *tasty mock more. .lfeer.cniiti gilles •th 'sty earl
J)aenna was performed in a very respectable style, bustle as on chit erasion.' • r We will now return to the taxes, which we will amounted to 14.550,000. Merits 4hiell, ant, (Misted
.s. • take in the aggregate, on both sides .01 the Atlantic; amongst your 7,500,900 people; ita•pos.es—".4tilli Wit
end received the plaudits of one ofahe most crowded FARM/1(00DH WITH OUT,
At the Meeting of the aidW of Farringdon WO,' and then, taking the population of each country; we a little less than '.i. dollars; and if ilfadst the Niel
houses of the-season. The Dog of J3forslargis was ; out So St. Bride's httreit, Fleet-street, Sir 'C. shall see how much tee pay per head, and how much of the State Coternments, and the.lifiatly estimated
announced in the morning ; but in consequence of : ,'rice, the Alderman of. the Ward, in the Chair, Nom tatty per head. There must be a little confusion poor taxes, as above, retch, Mimi in •
.Y.
-some tl'Ptiblio
-Pune disagreement between Mr. J -
ones and the Dog's I Mr. Tueatesoe, of Holborn, previously to pro- i here. in our part•of the statement, because we have paid, last year, jualuding eveiy! species of, fat; qui
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Master, concerning woether Piece was endea- I c'eedolll to
terms, the election, thought that the Alderman i regularspoor-rates, by law; in England and Wales, :sup of 2. dollars and 50 curls, or' its. tid. of 'fibs;
Toured to be substituted. This produced such a riot I ought to explain why he had refused to call a meet- I while Scotland has no such law, though there are ;anneal; while, as we hare just seen there Wit lifiri
es we never witnessed at it Theatre., .eacept once, at ling of the Ward, in pursuance of a Requisition, to 1 eollections there also for the support of the pear.. iii. Great Britain, for every -Kul, isitilielline soldieisa
. consider the propriety of petitioning IMs cannot be accurately come "at.
parliament re-1 . 1 however,i.
. a . I . sailors, paupers, debtors, convictst isiorcrimirials its
the Opera-House,
in London, e. hnut eight 0! wine specting the Contemplated renewal of the Koperty ; will, therefore, leave it wholly oat, and look upon triasuri, the sum of 31 dol;ars autt 20 colts; or
years ago. We subjeitt the following account of this Ticinear !] I the poor-rates of England and Wales as raised upon .;/14161. ed. of our mower.
or i the whole of Great Britain. I Will here leave out . Really (for I must break out a -little here) M.
tumult, which is tolerably correct : . Mt. VAiTBMASI also agreed in the propriety
haeesse of disorder and tumult took place at the ; calling on the Worthy Alderman to explain, under- the shillings, pence, and farthings. . .Ikjiarliott does appear to have boasted betimes of the
Theatre last night, almost al unparalleled as the ; standing that the requisition had attached to it up- i Gll EAT 111.1TAIN. fortitude of your people ;of the cheerfuluess with
tempest of the mornista,sa•
.77se Forcst of Boa di, or, wards of 70 names. As he did not doubt that it ~i Amount of 'faxes paid into the Treaowy•...-*-: • 11174,0;7,583 which they bear the, burdens which the war impnses
ameetto.t "'gatherer' fur Et4ketl",nigialllllo' 9,505.938 ark tiem ;. of their give% the taxes, direct and heti.
the Dog of Mostargis, eras the After-p' , which I was io the contemplation of Ministers to propose I
had been given out for representation, but in come- ;the renewal of the whole, or part of the Property i Amount of Poor Taxes • 7,896,556 ,rect, with promptuess and alacrity! Let him, before
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quence of some misunderstanding between the Pa.. Tax, and as, he had as little doubt that it would be; .
Total 48.5.4419,077 •
tentee and the Proprietor of the canine performer collected even more oppressieely, whether continued I , .-
or • , au.
in the piece, as to the, terms, on which the service of .wholly or partly, be deemed it a monstrous abuse to.: Dollars 911,716,3011. Mips and child, paupers soldier, ssilor., debtor,
the Dog were to be had, the After. piece did not their privileges to attempt to prevent any Sleeting on '
gut now, id taking the aggregate of your taxes,. 2p mai mil, 0160 of two poise aeaiss! sea a
go forward, and' The Miller and his Men, a piece this or on any other .question. The value of the !
• you will see the necessity of my including those which half; and, then, let Nisi talk, if he likes; of their
of the same class, was substituted. ' The audience , public voice on such a question, knowing what the
it seems had not been sufficiently apprised of the.' universal sentiment was, would be incalculable ; and * are ritiserl upon the people in the several States, for fortitude and patriotism. Our Loa, and Gentlemen,
the support of the several State Governments, which in our Honourable Houses, talks' indeed;atith good
yet the people might rest assured, that as long as .
course, form an addition to the taxes paid grounds, of oar unexampleil patience muter our bur-
. chime., and would not submit to the disappoint- .
, went; and disapprobation in very loud terms ; they chose to pay. so heavy and unconstitutional a tales,
of
to the general Government of the United States. My dens. This compliment, which- Parliaments, in for.
truth, they
, and at last so strongly as completely to obstruci I tax, the
.Ministers would discover some means of
. materials for ascertaining the amount of these State mar times, seldom bestowed on our and your foie.
• the performance of the adopted. Melo-drama.— !expending the produce of it. If proper retrench.
taxes Is not quite so perfect as I could wish. Yet 1 fathers, and which; to acknowledge the
Some of the performers came. fireweed to address meots.hadlweit made the tax would not he required.
have means to do it to the satisfaction of any one, as seldom merited, is fay due,to us.. But, really,
Ike audience while the After-piece was in progress . [Wad of saddling the country with such scanda-
whose object is that of arriving at truth. In 1805. Mr. Madison hiss begun alittle tortannit to comeli.
i big :an would not he listened to-they were ob., i limis.jObs es that trick of State to remove a trouble-_
ilertjamin Davies, of Philadelphia, a matt of great mete his fellow citizens on their kluelity of bearing
1.404 to retire. and their appearance became at some Member from the House of Commons, the ap.
research and of great accuracy, published, in his Net: burdens. Their twelve and sissee' stay patience will
.saengtb a matter of, some peril, as they were assailed pointment of Mr. Canning at 14,0001. a-year, to re-
Systent of Geography, an account- of the revenues be thought very little of on this tide of 'the water,
„mita .every missile thing that, the gallery, and present. nor gracious Sovereign, whets there was •
ultimately the pit, could seize upon. The Stage Ma. ; neither King nor Court. [Great applause.] That ap- and
.expences of eight of the. States, correct ittfor- where we bear, taking paupers§ soldiers, and all,
for • motion from the other States, on this head, not be- eleven times as much, without even a. Whisper,
tothe
ointment drew in its train many other expenses,
r, espy, Mr:,Rock tame forward after a considerable "
thetot apparently at his command, or within his reach. way of complaint. There wars, indeed,
' ifriendsof M tannin must he ided
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H with an aspect of great apprehension, but he if its, however, is gene sunicsent t oar purpose; ago, a man of the ,tame of Carter, in Staffordshire,
~ shared the fate of the others who had attempted to ..to do the thing completely. Amongst the rest Mr. '
for no reasonable mats with supposes that these eight who published an article, which was understood to.
i,Huskisson had a place; and although he had for-
obtain attention. After several efforts to go throughtales, and those the principal ones, do not furnish contain a censure on his Majesty's Commissioners of
Inert), given them most gloomy pictures of nor finer,-
with the piece, without a chance of success, the a fair criterion whereon to found an estimate of the Property Tax, in that country ; but he was soon led
cos, and of the state of the currency, teling the
curtain dropped; and from that time until the iwhole. - His account stands as follows •iu dollars to feel sorrow for his conduct ; and, since that, the
- house eras cleaved by the interposition of the She- . "'Pura' that retrenchment alone collie cave them,
atal cents. or hundredths of 1 dollar: ' country has not been disgraced by one single soul,
• tilfa•-•atntmlnamtied by copstabtes and military, every 1 yet during the present Session he had never opened Taxes per bead oe found to follow the evil example, o? to be, ithe
fit a
Ilia month, nor need they expo tto hear any thine of STITga. TAXES. the Population of
Mischief that could be accomplished was inflicted like case, offending. Mr, Madison, says, that his
on the propPrty, lettearnag up the seats of the gal. ,Ilinls propriety
to support the Mielstess, or to detest' -
Doilors. the State.
Cents. fellow-citizens will proudly bear their burdens. But,
!the propriety of some new tax, such as the Property i .
lery, and throwiegAhens at the lamps, which ware. Vermont
Tat.---[LitstgAter and applause.] i Alas.acansetts.. . - r. • can they bear them soproudly a '
. et .. . . swe have borne,
with-. very little egstetion, broken to pieces; and Connecticut • 19.434 • • 7 • and still bear, ones ? Has he heard of the bonfires,
Sir C. Pam said, that hP had now nothing to do !dew Port
• on the stage, and Seto the orchestra, which, how.; Rich is Palate Farris, &a:
.4 the ringing of bells, the roasting of sheep and of
- ever, osedtp;tl with much less injury than might but with the election, nor would he listen to trey New Jersey 2;,000 , , 17 • oxen; the feasts, the balls, and the singing parties,
extraneous matter, and that he could not agree to any .rieistririssylvainn .... . sw,e69
have hems expected ; pieces of timber were also
Requisition till it should have first received the ar . Irirgiti, •
Aueg At- the performers, And in different directions.:$7;,ial •••• ..
lomo
.. 36 war, were here last summer? 11as he hoard of the
the Lortl Mayor.
probation of
It was a continent! i night, and his Excellency the • ...... joy all the algal .f the exhibition in the Green Park,
Mr. Mictea, of Skinner-street, and Mr. P - MEN, . '
L. 4111 loieUttitillit 'Mild the Duchess of Dorset, viith I . fI)SI3
.., and at that of the sham naval fight on the Serpentine
their suite, were in the Theaire.. Notwithstanding ; a Ludgate"' hills new Candidates, having offered I River, which formed so apt a representation of the
; themselves, vowing that they would support what 1 Average • ' 16'
the presence of these exalted personages; who may —.....--.. Lake of Champlain and its outlet ' Mr. Madison
; remained of our glorious Constitution,
be oxpeeted to exact some deference, fast clamour toreading It appears, from Benjamin Davies's account, that must come hither (and the Times newspaper expects
Sir C. PatCa,prOceeded to the election, these tamps
spigot the substiteted After-piece prevailed, without I axes, or rather these resources, arise, in many to have him here), before he can form the most dis-
the names which had been returned by the several 1"
key dissinotiosa, and his Excellency atsd her'Grace, . cases, from the interest of stock, of which the tint idea of the extent and value of patience a
our an
Precincts. • The Alderman declared the show of $ ..
after no small exercise.'of condescension and patience, ' grates are the owners, and which make part of the loyalty. The sum which one good farm pays here,
hands' to be in favour of all the names except that
• wisittefthe Theatre. The moat tumultuous part ofpublic debt in America. In other tl '°lh• k d f dif ea'
cases, ley nesse In t e various in s o taxes, woul , attempt--
of Mr. Miller, and that Mr. Patten had been elected
the sees, occurred after their 'departure—a large re- from the sale of lands belonging to the States. He to be collected in America, set a whole' township, if
in the room of Mr. Marriott. I
fleeting glees, forming a panne! of tem Vice-regalsoepresents New York State to be owner of 2,000,000 . not a whole county, of your grudging Republicans
1 hi Mil t et: then demanded a poll—Granted.
. bus; was broken by something thrown from the pit i N. ' •
• Alr Quistgave some explanation of his motives
•or gallery. .On the whole, the injury done Burin , •—• 9 r canals, &e. &e. But 1 shall suppose, that the whole the horse if there were any at his corn.
soldiers,
yr tea very : for not again somiting to be returned, and expressed
alias turbahlintebulliliee of reitmnt,received of this monet is raised in taxes upon the people, and I mend. Let us hear no more, therefore, of Mr. Mae
his acknowless•rte;iits for the support he had
serisseemstent. Some person were' taken into cum- i paid out of hair pockets. It will then come to this, d• •t 1 d • ' I hear
i non swe re-an .sispenny patience. .et us
on former eccasistus.
Cody
by the Sheriffs, against whom it was alleged . the that each in abitant of the American Republic pays, no more of his boasts of the fortitude of his Repub.
• i The poll then preceeded, and at its conclusion • . this
that they had been engaged in the commission of rms. , ill n way, and on this account, 9.6 i cents, or licans, till their fortitude makes somewhat of a nearer
; numbers were as follow, the contest being between
chief. shandredths of a dollar. atsprostch towards purs.
' Mr• Miller and Mr. Patten :
We enderstatod that the -Patentee bad ordered i ' You have also, in the great towns, some poor to If you will excuse this digression, into which, you
Mrssn. Vale - 19 Messrs. 'terrine - 14
some precautions to be used by the circulation of I Waithewn 18 .1. Reeves -19 assist. lam quite in the dark upon this bead, ex- will coofess, I was so naturally led, not to say,
hand-bills, to acquaint the audience of (lie change I T. Reeve 18 Grillib -13 cept as far as observation of some years ago cast guide dragged, I will now return to my statement of facts,
me. 'this item, therefore, I will take at a guess; proceedi ig next to a view of the crimes Rad punish.
of the After-piece, but his instructions appear to
have gees vefy grossly neglected by whoever it was 1 crook -IS
Young -16 Harper -11
Panes - 12 and, if I allow that the poor cost nearly as much as meets in this country. •
Blacket 18 Pontifez - • 12
intrusted to, to carry them into execution, for until! - Savage -16 Susi* - 11 , the State Governments, no one on this side of the As to our Criminal Code, you who are a limier
Miller - 15 St urrell - 11 I
the curtain we* drawn up, very few in the front of ; tiederi -11 l I water, at any rate, can complain of the estimate.—ls know full as much about it as I %Li, except' as le at
the house knew of the alteration that had been made The Ward returns 16. Messrs. Yale, Patteu, Millui: 11106 therefore, take the State taxes, including poor taxes, relates to the experience in cases of libel. tis
of the After-piece. The customary intimation from , s°
Dar:ge wreserieg new Candidates. Messrs. Qum, mar". °id lat 50 cents. or half a dollar a head upon the whole merely of the number and description of crimes and
the Stage, after the curtain had dropped on the con. 111SHOPSatTE. . lof your population. [know that you will say, that this 1
punishments that I am now about to speak • and
mews. Dep.Greenaway 8 meshes. White - 2 {llse mousarous over-rate as to your poor taxes. pot llas in other cases, I shall not deal. its vague surmises •
• chigoe of the Play, wag not resorted to, and to this
sir W. ftilt% lies 8 Jnilkins - 7
omission perhaps it is chiefly to he attributed, that Duetrett - s Davies _ I taint resolved not to be complained of on the other ;or observations, but appeal to authentic re-
. the transactions we have beau describing followed.— Day - 7 Yates -41 • ' side. As to road rates, turnpikes, watching and i ports, and build my statements on the unerring N
t.
Boinstead -7 I /mare - 4 '
lighting, and paving and watering, of the cities and. of
rules arithmetic.
It is the system of all Theatres, that if a per- Glover - 7 Barton - 4 I
formance, or even a performer Is to be changed, Vale . 7 Ham" .. 4. f to% lIS, Ido not notice these in either oountry, see- i has, for many years, been Labouring to effect aa*
sock a variation from what has been notified to, - ?huh - 7 Daddell - 1 lug that they are for the immediate benefit of those !
, softening of our Criminal Code, caused, in the year fr
tarns 11. Messrs. Hoare, Yates, Vale, and ,11811, an account to be laid before Parliament of
the Public, is ennouneed from thli.Stage, as well The
ilh+ddell newr
Candidates. blessrs Clods and Wiadus re- w'l la pay them. •,`
%Ve will now return to our comparison between ' the crimes and punishments, as far as they came be-
es by band-bills. and it very rarely Iseppens, when signed,
CANDLEWICK WA ltD. the distribution, per head, of oar taxes and of yours. 'lore the Judges, for several years preceding. Owing
the grounds for (hie departure, from the hat arrange-
Messrs. fawn - zi.s Messrs. Mott - Sri Our year's taxes, including poor taxes, we find Ito some cause, with which lam not acquainted, the
meet of the Theatre are reasonable, or proceed Kirby -34 Gale -95
- Walter -31 Coniston 24 amounting to 341,716,308 dollars. Our popula- account came no lower down than the year IS09;
from necessity, that the audience manifests any
liatupleby 90 Alander -9U tiou iu Great Britain, in. 1803, was as follows: I and it extended no further than England and Wales,
very marked displeasure. This custom, therefore, 1 Welch - 90
should in every ittstatice be adhered to—it mat- ! This Ward returns eight Members. Mr. Golliwog a new Eisend and Wales .8,1171.980 .leaving out Scotland, where, as lam told, there are
scostaeci 1 607,760 •
469,188 in fact, but very few crimes and.punishments, though
ten not to the Public what may be the pri- i Candidate.
CO RN 111 I .1, WARD. Army and Navy
.. 1,410 the Sheriffs and other Officers of Justice, in that
771te causes which obstruct the representation of a I
t Mr. Angell, sen. retires, and is succeeded by his son. Convicts iu theiltilks. •• ••
--- country, are pretty expensive, and are 'paid out of
QUF.EN Until.; WARD.
piece that has been given out to be performed, it is . Total 10,931.936
469,108 what is called the Civil List. The summary of
a duty to make some satisfactory apology, and at a Mr. Hancock comes in, vice Graham. who Mites- Deduct Army and Navy -- the account, of which I have spoken above, is as
11,482350 follows :
pl oper time, for any deviation from the Play nud Ea-1
which have had a public announceinent, Deduct Convicts on board the hulks . . 1,410
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because, II that obligation did not exist, a man I
~.. nom', vice Dicker* .1.........:...._
could net be sure of the Play he was to see repre• i
seated, 'sod he may give his money for what was to
him quite uuattractive, or possibly disagreeable.
..! While we lay it down that this is the course which a
Meitager4hould peruse towards . the Public, we are
. teennd also to say, that nothing can justify such an
excess of resentment—so-destructive in its effects, as
that which was exhibited at the Theatre last night.
Such a transgression as changing the After-piece,
can never warrant the retribution of breaking the
. c!notleliers, destroying the seats, and putting the
persons of the Performers, who are innocent, in
great danger, and every resource of this kind which
is piactised merits very severe reprehension and am.
p:e redress for the aggrieved party, if it can be ob-
tained. It is not a suffi j cient ustification to say that
the audience has no other remedy. The principle
would make theatrical property worth little, if,
• whenever the audience happened to be out of hos
moor with the manager, they could commit depreda.
we on the house. There-are privileges exercised,
however, towards stage representations, when they
• are il•iapleasieg to th en
e. audice, which e
ver manr
dbe his
of a Theatre is acquainted with, and [
should ona
g..ard to prevents A--•
..1 if be be not as observant as
he Tie chargeable with
he ottgat to he on the abject,
Niko Evening
S ''LP ~hate of the constsuences.-.-{
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VINTRY WARD.
Mr. Woodward, vice Spear, who retires.
1311.1.1 Misc.; TR WARD.
Mr. Aosrai, vice Dickens, wDo retire..
BRIDGE WARD.
Mr. Gye, vice Attwubd, who retires.
1.1 M E-S FR F.F.T.
Yr. Spews, vice Woodward, who retires.

Committed for trial

Persons.
9.721

10.480.740
Deduct Pauper 1,600,000
8,680,740

Coovieled

Sentenced to offer death

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I make no deduction for prisoners in oar jails, I --. to be transported
whether for crimes or debts ; though, as I shall with 1 to be impri.oaest, whipped, ____.
---- fined, Ste. Ike. Soo
sorrow, have to state, by-sad-bye, these are won. t
thy of very serious notice, even in the comparative Actually put to death
view which we are now taking. I suppose, that I
shall not be contradicted, when I say, that it is iin- 1 . Besides these, yen will obser e thv
errtere
Sess are all the
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1 possible, ,upon any rational ground, to include sol. ' persons oho were tried at the QUaions i
deers, sailers, convicts, and paupers amongst the ' the• several counties ; that is to ray, the Sessions
payers of taxes ; sad that, therefore, the deductions, , held by the Justices of the Peace, four times in
which I hare made, will be,alloweito be necessary : every year, whereas many of the Justices as choose
tothe correctness Of the comparison. .Bet to get rid ,to attend form the Court, baying one of theii own
of the chance of a cavil being ,raised ; or, to pat it out body for Chairman. At these Sessions the offences
of the power of any hawses being to object• to my !of a less heinous nature are examined into and pa-
basis, I will distribute our texas amongst the whole sidled. But the Justices can
se
Intence teloypciscan
of the population, and will eves take that poputa- ment, whipping, fine, and, helitieei,"ttley
,
that at its amount previous to the enormous essigra- , transport. This is the great Court for-Ike: trial of
lion of natives, and re-emigration of foreigners, persons charged with thefts of an inferior order ' •
vhich the peace on the Continent of Europe has pro- and, I should suppose, that the numbis er of
at criminahat
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The Governor-General in Council at Calcutta, ad-
verting to the establishment of regimental schools in
hl 111:rjesty's service, has, by. Order of March the
511, 1814, directed that schools shall he immediately
established in theirtillery corps, hero and foot, and
in the European regiments, Forty inert at a time,
of the horse artillery, are to be taught at Meerut ;
100 of the foot artillery at Dvm Dam, until •the
whole corps may be instructed. The serjeants end'
men who attend the. schools (nnd the attendance is
to be voluntary) are to be put under stopp3ges—the
serjeants 55. Bd. each, To' 4t. per quarter ; and the
privates 9.5. lad. to 25.4 d. each, per month.
We are sorry to understand that the Coyotess of
GLearcastax, in consequence of being run over mime
'weeks since, by a carriage, in Parliament•street,
contiques dangerously indisposed.
Anti-ifflrition, published in Plaits
, Popular Dances, for 1815, is the most
and the most sprightly musk of any '
consequently it is the greatest fay
most fashionable country dance of the
It may be bad at 320 A Osford•atreat.

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set!. I which the peace on the I.:outward es ruropw sm. vas,- ..—, --- - - • - ,-(
n Platt's Original and I diced. Taking the whole of the population of Great brought before these tiourts, is twice is great cc that :
the most elegant tigure I Britoil., therefore, at 10,9.51,338, it appears, that, of the criminals who are reserved for trial before the ,
if any in the whole list ; I for each person old and young, male and female, Judges, who go into some counties but once in the
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vat favourite, end the i there were tales paid, last year, to the amount of year, and into none, accept Middlesex, chars
:e of the pretest season.l3l dollars and 20 cents (throwing away, fraction); twice; whereas the Court of Quarter Seldom is hoe
rd-street. or, is sterling money of England, 71. 14146 031....- every duos mools. flowerer, as I dikaot *salt
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