The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-21 00:00:00

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thilfeiititstrous hazarded opan sea a tie
or Ith iffaire, and the expedients necessary for aver.
log a more disagreeable state of things. The who
amount of the Ilourivhing statements made of ti
Revenue, tad the Ciaecttaba of the &cutout"
Ways and Means, is that, after more than an
I years of peace, a deficiency of FOURTXIOI MUM
is discovered between the income of the State at
the demands upon it, and that this most be supplh
by some such projects as those now resorted
which are in effect nothing more than robbing Pei
to pay Paul, with the. additional and permanent di
advantage, that the war system of sixpence and le
rowing are to be entai;edetpon the country in tie
of peace. The additional burdens thus created
to be carried to the Funded and Permanent Debt
the Country by Perpetual Aehuities, granted at
very ioadeq este price; and to keep op the cheat qI
the misfortune the longer, the Interest of the Ni
Debt to beincurred by the creation of the NI
Stork and the expenditure; with ihat of the Ut•fue
ed Debt which most be funded, are to be chart
upon the Sinking Fond, which, if it had one go
Akin in view, was instituted for the purpose of
sniniviting the enormous debt already in eti
once. The Smitten Fuxu itself, believe% h
been Made nothing more than •n engine of dyes
tion, and in fart a nominal absurdity. It is a part
the deception to say that the means to be tbusss
plied will be so provided for, sled not by Taxes,
the Expenditure MOO either he reduces! or Tans
creased before the Sinking Fund can have any tki
like the ',MOM etpeciet from it. •

Paris Papers to the 113th have arrived, with of
communications through .the banal channels. 1
law respecting the Customs passed the Chamber
Peer. on Thursday, with only cne dissentient S4oi
The Chamber of Deputies were still engaged in d
cussing the articles of the Budget, On Wedness
last the Duke of WaLtaNcrox had another coma
nication with the Doke de Rummest and the Hal
MOUNIER, on the subject of the liquidation of
foreign claims on 'France. It is probable from
of the paragraphs, that a conclusion of the neve
tion, relative to the indemnities, writ & be snrootrt
on Monday last, by a Message to the Chamber
.Diputies. The Duke •f Wcra.tmcsiott on Tbt
day bad a conference with the Minister of
lice.---The Calais Mail was plundered bj
gang of routers on Tuesday last, a short
trines from Paris. The trial of the asses
of M. FUALDES still continues, but the must
begins at length to be removed by Madame MANS,
confessions. During the examination of the 8(1
April, Madame 141 ANsoN affirmed that BASTIDE
in BANCAL'i house at the time of the murder,
that Bas 71 DE is one of the assassins of M. Fusco
for she recognized him.
More Loans on the Continent are talked of.
IFrench Funds were 671. 35 c.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, it will be obterl
lost night gave notice of a bill to repeal the old
absurd law of Trial by Battle.
EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—DOEIPRIIN, AP

18.—The following ships belonging to this port t
sailed for America this season, viz.: the Jet
Williams, for Philadelphia, with 183 emigrant;
board, on the 30th ultimo. The Nile, Carswell,
ltichibucts, on 10th inst., with 30 emigrants on bo
The Elizabeth, sThompson, on -the 15th inst.
St. John's, with 135 Emigrants on board. The
gusts, Whiteherd, has this day sailed for Miram
with 55 Emigrants on hoard.—The Emigrant.
almost all husbaodmen, and many of them posse
of considerable property in cash. Until the last
the present year emigration was never thought c
this country.
NAVAL INTELLIGVICE.—The Royal gills,
cruising for a long time amongst the Paphian I
met with a most unfortunate occurrence a few
ago, in endeavouring to weather the Point of
lion, in the Bay of St. Stephen's, by missing .1
fell fool of tie Sumner, a hard, flinty rock,
mach damaged. Upon being ript up, and narri
overhauled, independent of the late accident,
Billy is found to be generally defective. The
miralty Secretary was of an opinion, amongst to
that no less a sum than 10,0001. would be tines
for en equipment of the Billy, for a time only;
more operative and practical men thought 61
woolsl be quits sufficient for such a job.
the meantime, the Billy is to be laid up in
ears, and as the name is illustrious, en doubt,
he kept op according to the present legitimate
tire, perhaps by contract abroad, or by new
dulling the eitisting regulationiconceroing those
tern at home.
We have received accounts from New South N
to the Bth Sept. last, and have the pleasure Is
nounce the safe arrival at Port Jackson of the A
rah, Capt. MAEssock, in the unusually short
of four months and one day from the Note. wish
victs and troops. Not a single instance of mar
had occurred on board, and all the convicts
landed ia health and spirits ; and such had b..*
excellent regulations of the Master and Surgeon,
the necessity of inflicting punishment had not as
The colony was in the most floerishing cord'
The Pilot, with convicts from Cork, for w (ince 9
some apprehensions had arisen, had arrived,
would shortly proceed to Van •Diemen's Lat
There were also there, the Matilda, Co:tads,
Dick, which had recently arrived with troops
Cork. The Levi Eldon, Capt. Lama, eras
expected, having been parted with by the Ala
' off the coast of Brazil, all well.
George Wood, one of the Hatton-garden oil
has been discharged from that Office.

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