The Statesman.
London, England, 1823-01-15 00:00:00

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,naol esti tes'of a whimsicarns3n, the na
sh to shos;, that stir eaa now"icerr a Mathias 01l
five millions a year! You will observe, that, in 1790,
ifes did neYarsoli7dtiaisiare than Reeler Mitithes a'
year.. Yoe *lll alio* obsler4 that forte produce .ii xi
4eur nom ire it eras then.--Yen know that farmers did not
roll in money in 1790. How, then, are you to believe'
thatraeitA thspriers of 1790, you can pay your share of
1 forty fiestmilliests of taxes ? but. now let us hear what
Ceekey lan...says in sepportof this: —.. •
"'This 019 w of the mum 'lrby no-means so deepest. as
"our rerohetionary politicians would have the Iyoormst
" believe. ft Records very nearly indeed with ewe "weans.
"eased opinion—Mat It is quite within the-power etindos-
" try. itscreased by a better coestanediew ft/ Mesdames of
"stealth—by the coaversion or eur.paupers into productive
" " labourers hy wens of capital, and by economy in Uter-
i" doctionof ear establishments. to bring our resources to
" a eery sheet lime even abore.enr additional bordelm..' •
What can. this Corkey mean? Whet eao be mean by
" a better conthinetion of the elements of wealth ?"
Where is the "capital," that he talks about, to come
from ? What does. he mean by " redaction ofeititMich.
" meals," and, that, too, you see, when, in the came,
breath, he talks of bringiag our "resources enettobore
" oar borehole. that is to say, making tie. able, to-pay
all, and !more Man all, of the present tares! :Wile,'
does ell this meinithen ? 'Why, it means eriellitit; ir .
it 'steeper/Wad roguery 'in Cockey Lane. itltnehil‘t .
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meaning it all ; or it mean' bidding for the a
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the •4X-OMOTR, by accusing of revoltoienory deal all
those who wish to put a stop to that which:Mr. W,,Arrano
truly callsthe " confiscation and robbery;' whieleare
now going on against the landlord and the :fartiser.--.--
filen are daily losing their estates ; sabers their capital ;
the fandlielders and other tax receivers are taking the
estates and capital away. Thedrones are devoaring the
honey, and thelbees are on the point of perishing. A
atop is wanted to he put to this: and at this moment
Cockey Lane sends fortbits doctrine of "better iono-
" binations" to enable the coafiscators to go on! ' It
says (if there be meaning la words) that some trick can
he found out to make' ea' tear even more tares than
we now pay; though Mr. nannies resoltitioop. of
which Cockeye appeared, said the present taxes.were
net to be borne! • . .
However, this is a fine spekhken 4Am/teaming stupid-
ity. It is pure inaaity. ' The London press is bad
enough ; but that of Cockey Lane beats it. I dely.eqy
human being to anderstarld whatthis writer means bore
Whigs and gowns (for:snen, I mean) were invented to
hide the ignorance of the wearers. Corder BACON has
no wig or gown, and therefore be resorts to obscurity kr
language. He thinks, like theficolchfcelostjere, tbttl/4
writing in a way not to 6e 104r/toad. he shall woan.
you to look upon him se AornweeL Whoa the brook la
clear, you see the &atm.-mid tad it &below. ".I'll
" make my puddle ortaitir",' isrt-Bir.OSE.' " anfi'tkelo
".they will think it deep os qtft gei,". This old receipt
Of DEAN Swirr is, however, unsuited to the present
times. Men have not money to lling away spot writ-
ings whichgthey ciihient ettelftstand ; sad, gentlemen, I
beg you to be assured, Olaf, wen yoairead any thing
attentirely,:and cannot onderteMO, it Is tlio offal)**
of ignore/see. One object. al awirrate.t:tat klabSottler.
ought to,be to wake his readertiluedsretosselAilk' 114
fail in that, of what as art his writings 7. Aad itth*g
bent no wee, why threw Wily "NOW apes rlaili -fs*td,
espeeially, when he is (as far ii he' Ili' pittOvVoidta:
vouring to completeyour ruin, and is abasing yore Into.
Ihe bargain.

The &venue is the next Sepia la 11Nssnual review
of Cockey Lane. •
" Aed as it has been shown too safisfectorily to admit the
" smallest doont, that our system of i sinking fund has en-
" tailed a vast loss upon the public. sod that there is every
" reason to ■nth:ipste that the calealations of the Chancettor
" of the Rxeltereer in the last Session will be foend to have
" no more truth than the promises of the former years, it is
I. plain that our system- of finance Must. to be efficacious,
" undergo some new and extensive modification. by wbieh
" it may be made no; only to bear more equally upon the
" monied, the manufacturing, and the landed interests, beet
" larger in its available reressate. The deficit of the quer-
" ter ending Oct. Jo was 1413,39:41.; the deficiency of the
" list. ending Jan. 6, was 306,9761. as compared with those
" of last year."
This is a sheer falsehood. There is no deficit ; that
is to say, according to the accounts published front the
offices. i never believe in those accounts any more
than Ido in Dr. EADl'll advertisements. The tacos
put forth just what they please ; and who, -except-41r.
BACON, ever voluntarily put forth any thing ab►ginst
himself? However, (Jockey Lane gees upon thisq ac-
counts; and these accounts (allowing duly for taxes re.
pealed) make out an increase. Ido nut see why there
shOuld be a decrease. This weak creature is bothering
his head about " extensive modifications" of finance ;
but, then, he prates about making the finance "(mind
hi m !)" larger in its available revenue!" Good. Hod !
What doei the man mean ?, He must mean roguery, •it
does not signify talking:: • ,
Gentlemaa„.as-to reucattis thelact is (u ,was, 0160. n
last heir, le my ten lettere to Intllords) that eveitty, 400.
lord aid every fitriner in' the kingdom may be totally
ruined, and the revenue may keep OA increasing. When
the farmers of France were (before the revolution)•were
vassals; the revenue was greater them it is ?mit, •ln
the East Indies soldiers are planted roomd the farmers'
fields and in his homestead, to Saks' all the crop away
except just enough to keep bins and his labourersfrom
starving. But, this gives a monstrous revenue•
At present the estate of the landlord and the. ca-
pital of the farmer are taken away in reve-
nue; and, if the whole of these were to be
taken away, the government would, like those in the
East Indies, become, in fact, the sole proprietor; but,
the rercuue might still increase, instead of falling off
This is the plain common-sense view of the matter.—
This is the answer to the government hoantings about
increase of revenue. But, what answer da these boast-
ings find in the " extensive modifications" and larger
" available" of Cocuev llscow ? The fact is, the man
knows nothing at all about the matter.
In Ireland Cockey sees, that the Marquis 'Wel-
lesley " has already given proofs of his vigorous
mind." In what, (jockey? In the answers, the
pompous and childish answers to addresses almost
from companies of washerwomen, about a bottle,
flung at his head in the play-house! Never did
mortal man before witness such vigour of mind!
Why, the Addressers themselves seem to have been