The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-02-29 00:00:00

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Think the•keter of Mmtesson, in your last,
PPerea hilt a very abort eeply. lie dlseituntensfietse the
o ion that it it the National Debt which is the main
ansr of the presenfembarrassments of the nation, and
sit,riliiites our dillietilties tit a peculiar species of taxa-
whieh the recent impost oft the-importation of
riireirii Wool is a srcinien. •But sorely this is,a very
slitirt-siglited view of the -cam. It is allowed that taxa-
tion itemisers distress; Ent whet is it that proderes tar-
n ! The Delo, lie /rill acknowledge, but it is the
kida of taxation that he quarrels with. It is highly im-
politic, says be justly, to tax the raw material. in the
mannfacture of which so many of our labourers and so
notch of our capital are engaged, and which forms I
liege soarer of national wealth. So it is, arid therefore
I would be wise to remove the tak. But turn to the
azricnltnrirt, and heat it h equal justness amid indignation.
rtlaims against a direct tax upon malt, when he is al-
eaily w. lourthened u ith taxation, that he can with slit-
• eurty hiring his grain to ate market. uses at the price
triticb the corn laws have fixed. Apply to the vionter,
nod he perfectly understands, that by the duties els
ivies the Fresseit are presented from haying our ;mew
failures • admit their produce free, and they will pnr-
i h s • goods from us, which will employ many alithou-
• aml antis ins in their construction. instate, es might
e multiplied ad ittlfeitaim. But does not alEacrroa
know that our debt produces taxation, and the immen-
sity of uar debt impolitic taxation? Does he not per-
e.ie that every fair object ad tastatioui is overwhelmed
w.th it? And that, whether they choose-or not, Minis-
ters most tax the sources. drain the fountains, of our
wealth. It may be impolitic in a man dying of hunger
to rat his own flesh ; but tell him that if he pro-
c..rds preying upon his vitals he will be killed, anal he
it ill answer that without doing It he must die. The
Ministers, ignorant as they are, see the injurious con-
sequences of this taxation; their friends represent it to
theta ; the umarifacturers clamour; the agriculturists
t ruteo ; and the pour go, ns muse, to the parish. But
the debt they cannot remove ; their expenditure they
nitre not lessen; and therefore taxation must go on.—
flow many a tints hate the distracted wits of the Chan-
cAllor of tier Exchequer coursed rapidly from article to
:mirk throngh the whole list of national consutnption,
from the coronet and the carriage, to the shoe-sole and
the perwr-box; and how can Matioaroa wonder, if,
finding that every raft is laden almost to sinking. he
flings his I..ad without ceremony on any which has
a chance of supporting an additional burthen !

THE OLD LAIC' AND THE NSW LAW.

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Old Lae.-" No freemerishall he taken or imprisoned,
or theorised of his liberties and free custom., or put out
of the law, or passed upon or destroyed, or condemned,
without a judgment by his peers or by the law of the
laml."—Marra Charts, c. 21/.
New Loo.—" Any roan may be taken or imprisoned,
or disseised of his liberties and free customs, or put out
of the law or upon, or destroyed or condemned,
without any udgment by his peers, and by nu law of
the land."—G. J. Assort.
Ofd ---`• If any man be arrested or imprisoned
against the form of. the °rest Charter, that he be
brmsght to his answer and have right."--Beet. 2. lien. 4.
.New If any man be arrested or imprisoned
with ions or without lone by the iffeestia la:enesawnes
he is net to be homiest into answer t and Vise is brought
into answer, be is to have MO right." —Justices BAT/AM
and Bast.
- eied faw. the -elm, of whet-elate or evmlition
that be be, shall be put out of land or tenement, nor
taken nor ineprimmed, nor disinherited,'nor put to death,
without being brae ht into answer by due process of
Los."—Ster. 26. lid. 3.
" No custom can prevail against an express Art of
Parliament."—Lord Coax.
New haw.—" Hut Mr. Ilobliouse says he was not
heard in his defence. We cannot inquire into that—we
rause inquire into the customs of Parliament—the
House proceeded in its own forms."---12. J. .‘esto rr.
OW Ime.—" This imprisonment by the House of
Ilmennons is not an imprisonment whreb the people u
England should be bound by."—Lord Itelor, in the case ,
of " Regina r. Patv."
.few Law.—" When the House of Commons commits,
are mast be bound by that committal. Lord Holt, in
• &logien r. Paty,' was of that opinioa."--Justice Hear.
Did Loo.—" I did not say there would be we case
in which the House of Commons, and House of Imnis
ton, might carfy their privileges beyond' the law; and ,
when that is the case, and the subject rouses judicially
lol'ore a court of law, a court of law would,not swerve
from its duty, but would decide according to law."—
Lord Kean:ix— " ilex. e. Wright." ti Term Rep.
New Lae.—“ We cannot in say cam tomtits into a
commitment by the. House of Commons. It is a hope •
sior court, above all other everts."—Assory, HATIAT. I
HOL14•1111, REST.
tlld Law.—" Supposing then a power of commitment
for breach of privilege to exist its the ?lame, and that'
tile warrant itself discloses a setheieet ground of eons- ;1
mitment," &c.—Lord ELLannonouou.--Judgment,
" Burdett e. Abbott," 14 Eat, p. 134.
Neer Lose.—" It is eenagh that the commitment is
stated to be made by the House of Commons—we cannot'
enter into the ground of commitment."—Assorr and
Halm"
Old taw.--.." Writing is not publication." Act revere-
trg the Jedirmsesst ea A/tenses Sydisey.
" If publication be not mentioned fa the declaration
in actions for libels, the count is bed."—Chief Justice I
s.
delft', and all the Judges is the likteliewher Chamber
Rieektgoitee R. p. 37.
" if the paper had been printed with his own hands,
end had gone no further, it might not be a publication."
—Lord gta.arristsnocutr—" Burdett e. Abbott," 14 Nest,
1 XI.
4 Whatever the libel is, it could be no breach of pri-
vilege, nor an offence of any kiwi, unless it were pub-
lished • • • • ; and though it were stated to be pub-
lished,jet if it were not stated to be published by the I
plaintiff's authority, it would hare been no breach of
privilege. • • • • In the case of a warrant which is to I
take away from a man his liberty, nothing is to be in-
ferred but what the words themselves fairly and strictly
inspurt."—Houtovo's pleading, 14 Seel, i.
New bete.—" Mr. 'tollhouse rays there is no publi- I
cation stated in the warrant; but there is a pamphlet
useutioaed, and he is said to be the author. and to have'
acknowledged himself to be the author; is not this pub-
lication ? Besides, are the House of Commons bound to
observe forms ? It is enough that the House have com-
mitted: we caneotisquire. --C. J. AINOTT.
" The prisoner says there is no publication stated.—
The House is net bound to forms : we cannot inquire
into what the House thought proper and sufficient forms:
this was settled in Sir F. Bonita's case."—Justice Hot.-
soon.
" It is said there is no publication mentioned in the
warrant : but need there he any thing more said than is
said ? Besides, did not Mr. Hobhouse acknowlmige,
through a Member, that he was the author? We arse
bound'to believe a Member—we cannot doubt his Yew
rity."--Jaistiee RUT.
(NO Low—at Heirpsit Ter equck. Siptierdwg, F,i. 3.
"lint geutlenion on thot Soot oar be Indulged is or-,

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