The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-28 00:00:00

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PROPERTY nix. I
With regard to the tat itself, it Would be a Waste of 7411 &e .1,
f--sem.-_ time towapatiate upon its injustice and opptessions 1
DRURY.. LANE.—lltittiogedy b( Ricked tile :Ilia - . , .
A Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Ward of Every man knew, every man a -
every man felt, b
Faringdon Without was held yesterday, for the per- horred them. .It was equally unconstitutional too ; (Richard, by rr. Ketsr) preceded the.4-steleVatito'- *.•
Pose; of coming to certain Resolutions relative to the and so unconstitutional indeed, that were it levied
with ,the utmost impartiality, and no man paid' more mime last night at this Theetre.,, It, Wes tint a• little
meditated continuance of the Property '
fax. After s
some unimportant preliminary proceedings, Mr. De- towards it than WM . his fair proportion, it was flattering' tO the pride, nor a little credit)* to; tte
talents of this pewit:bi- actor, that his.eseesioses cure-
pu.ty Ili:Immo, who presided over the assembly, gill iinnoesible to deprive the very principle of the mended Sifent' attention, and drew forth itialicious
frees the Chriettnas sisitersh He.played the
briefly stated. to them theohject for which they Were menspre of its inquisitorial and hateful qualities.— applause
m• • part ietheiiii.ionastueras mini, ;and receited the
sailed together, and recommended that the discus- [APPlewic.], -He would defy any • mister, or any ,
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sion should be carried ou with moderation and set of Ministers, .to make such a tax even tolerable. same. 144.11-,0! licrebetionr • ne {ahoy tif Dia'
temper. ; . In its . progress too it had only, become more and molds; ori Ilarlequin-Siiidimdr underwent gone
Mr. Titomesox then rose and observed, ~titat the, more oppressive, by imperceptible degrees ; and he beneficial alteratiosts..teissee the niglit before. The
news
which had
arrived
\of the
signature
et:
peace therefore most earnest!y besought his fellow-citizens Priucipul of these :sm.*" \omission of
,a rev our
with America was very unlucky far. him, es he hid' not to leave the battle to be fought bt- others, as ersonification, or rattier personation, of 'the three
nothing but a strong expression of tke public wilt potent spirits of liie MIN 9 anti branidy, There is
prepared the speech he• meant to addiess totee!, some of the- more complicated part of the machinery
-tire. would deter Ministers from attempting to continue
-and the topic, of the American war was- to-
formed a leading feature of it•-iLaughter.)-s- it; and if the people manfully stood up, and with which may yet admit of a little mitring, UWO4I it be
However, that war might still be of some ese , one voice unanimously called for its abolition, there found, after- the experiment e a few farther at-
was no Minister who svirld dare to disregard that tempts, that they become .more niseageable to the
to him, for he would venture to affirm, that
ceammod echoed from every qaarter of the kingdom. hands of the scene-shifters. With only a little states
thoogh the peace was a source of joy to all who
beard him, and to the nation in- general, it was a —[Loud Applausee.] . : merit for sonnefailures of thisicind, the Pentesnime
, The several Resolutions were then carried, and a went off extremely well. ~. •
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day of mourning to Ministers and their adhrents.—
I etitien framed open them, was read by Mr.Thonisp.- ' We noticed on a former occasion thelideodeur bf
He firmly believed too, that the-ever fermi still
son, which was likewise unanimously approved a. • tine scenery, and instanced d few of Me: mot meg-
•continued, had it not been for the determined oppo-
sition which the people were msking to the continu.l Mr* Thompson else stated, that a note had been , nificent ones ; to those we Would roar had that to
: which the Queen of the Fables appears Sinattif,
once of the Property Tat ; tear must they suppose 1 handed up to him from Mr. 'Smith, their Vestry
I,Clork, stating one instance of the manner in which , after his fall from the nl°l'olll'l. •./t. is hot se/-
that because the war had ceased, their exertions
iehe Commissioners assessed the Tats: The had Sc- I passed by any thing .of the kind. Another scene,
should also cease. Ministers would' still, If I-
i tually assessed the earnings of the pollee( that parish ; *MO attracted very general admitatiou, was the
Isle, find some pretest far continuing that most hate:
in the yearly amount of 5001. whit:lt-bed lints paid .transformatiOn of a watch-tower into a ship. The
NI and oppressive tax ; and , he sinsisid therefore '
for the last two years, though it cost the parish '
tchange was very rapid and successful. Nor did
have the honour of proposing a series of- Resole- .
!above 40001. during the same period for tine mainte- i the • Choen's -sagacity desert him 99 ibCD Harlequin
lions upon it. ft had been justly called the British I embarked and -put to sea. He jumped' Into -a
Inquisition ; and if there was any truth In the pro. i uance of the poor. . .
After the usual forms of voting the thanks to the boat immediately, while Pantaloon, hi' the at-
verb, " Gil* a dog an ill name and hang him," he 1
Mover and Seconder of the Resolutious, and to Mr. tempt to follow- him, was ovenset in the Wlter.--z-
-hoptd this ill name thus bestowed upon this detest- Herring for his conduct in the Chair, the The- Ins".l‘er i" u'llich h" sriss haril(4l sii* board'
able tat, would be found sufficient to hang it : he ; Depdty
meeting was dissolved. . i gave rise to a great deal' et mirth. A itidicrnus
was sure if its own weight would not be enough, - isdance by the Gloria was-rety well received. • Atte-
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the people would lend their assistance to pull its legs
A Meeting of the Freeholder and Inhabitants of i.ther touch, that took extremely well, and .really
tell it was fairly dead. It was in vain to talk of
, the tiondreds of Bereteble led Cbalfords end Liberty liras very ludicrous; ss as the shooting of harlequin,
modifying it inn any way ; no modification would when he teas at last hunted down.. The tilt shot
of Havering-atte-Rower, Essex, was held on Wed; i
rectify its inherent vices; the principle was odious, • i,took such an- etteet, that Ise was immediately trans.
nesday, on the Property TeL
and the principle therefore should be abolished for t formed into a skelettnno7bit the vengeance of mashie
Roquisitions have been signed for calling Meetings
ever. Much abuse and censure Was thrown upon • ion i Clown was Cot to be its- easilY appeased-40 fired
in almost every town inn Somersetsliire, to petit
the Commissioners employtol to levy this impost ; „again, and the effect Wes.stitl more extraordinary than
Parliament against the renewal of the Property Tax, i•
but he always thought it was unjust, as it led them the former—llarkquin revived egate, end danced
but these have been postponed in consequence of a •
from the cause which constituted the real evil, to the , About with as moch-ereivity ain-ravet. the dance, by
County Meeting being called. .
effect, which was the only necessary consequence ; ,Miss.ClLtoutt,t, II 'child only five years old, was
of that capse. The Commissioners only exercised ' , - • performed with a surprising degree of activity and
LOUIS BuNAP/ItTE'S FAMILY.
their duty, and if the people truly consulted their i grace. On the falling of the curtain there was' some.
Interest the- would direct their efforts against; . --eo-- - o . Idiesppr bati on, but it was completely overborne by
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