The Statesman.
London, England, 1814-12-13 00:00:00

CRIPPLECOTE WARD 'WITHIN.

A T a GENERAL *id BET, NG oT the robabttat.
ofthe WAR!) of CR CPPLEOATEAVITIIIN: in'the
'City of London, holden at St. Alphage Church. in .London•
'Wail, on Monday, the 12th day of December,lBll.(purssinot to
a Ilegniaition), for the purport of taking into eon9t&ratiutt the-
unconstitoliottal nature and severe openttinn of the Tax apart-{
Income, common! called the Properk OPt v Tax, af lilnprirtY•l
of Petitioning P • it againtt the continuance or ronewall
thereof.

b. A TTREW WOOD; Esti. Alderman, hi the Chairx
It was Resolved Unanimously,
Thot this Meeting kaveloog lauicoled the Odic ions prinet• '
pieof the Tax upon Income, commonly called 'the Property'
Tau, to which they have hitherto patiently sobronted sump*,
tar for she prosecutiou of a long protracted and eventful wart,'
'under an assurruice that it wool!! tie discontinued at llaAfed I
period after the restoration of Peace, according twAtt ist PO.
Ihmoent.
That the good filth of Purlitunent has beta hitherto held
sacred, and this `,ll,..eting fed great surpri:te at thee; idea of at-
temptieg a enoti 'l ante or revival of the .said notivith-
standing the nowt solemn pledge thrlt it should expire on the
6th day of April next, after the conclusion of the then exiitiug.l
War.

That this Meeting is fully convinced of the 'ontonstitutloral
stapes, mut Wive experienced the oppressive operation of the
laid To*, rind c•n no longer submit to its,rbitrorV•rind rigorous
eradiates, witlwat seeking relief from so intoterabk a burthery.
That a Petittot, founded on the firegoitig Resolutions, he
presented to the lionourable the House of Common+ ; aad that
the Representatives of this City, with sorb other of our Fellow-
Citizens as have seats in Parliament, be requested to support the

That a Committee' conflicting of tke Alderman and sin other
of the inhabitants of this Ward (three of whom arc to form a
Quorum), be appointed to prepare the said Petition, and to at-
tend to the signing and presenting the same in such way. ws they
atuy deem most proper.
That the Thanks of this Meeting be Liven to Matthew Wand,
Esq..the Aldermen of this Ward, for his readißess in convening
this Meeting. as well as Ur the prompt attention, strict itoptir-
litility, and distinguished ability of has canduet.evlsoCed Gashes
and all public oecasitms.
That the foregoing Ii esohtiotis be signed by the Ward Clerk.
and is serled in three of the London Morning Newspapers, and
,three of the London Evening Newcomers..
WILLIALI PAYMF.,•Yiartil Cierk..

AT
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. A T a MEETING of the: 'INHABITANTS or
the WARD of CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. London,
convened for the purpose of taking into consideration the op.
pressiveoperatioe of the Property Tax,- and the propriety of
petitioning Parliament against the continuance thereof, held in
dm Parish Church of St. Giles Without Cripplrgate, on Mum-
. day, flee. 12,
~ MATTHEW WOOD,- -Ems. Alderman, iu the Chair •
Lg.. The following Resolutions were severally put and curried
1. That it is the opinion afihis Meeting that the Tax upon !
ltscome, commonly culled the Property Tor, was, under etr-
enoistonees.ir peculiar stational difficulty.. resorted to at a War
Tax only, and its enactmeas accompanied with the most solemn
pmrisions that the same should continue to the 6th day of April '
next after a ratitimuion of a Definitive Treaty of Peace, and '
io longer.
4. That this Meeting hat, neverthelets. sawn reasons to op.
yrehend;that it is In the comemelation of his Majesty's Ministers
to attempt the continuation or renewal of the said- Tag; after
' its legal expiration oil the 6th day of APrllnext.
• 3. That having endured, with mahatma loyalty, Patience, and
-fortitude, the partial and oppressive operotton of the said Tax,
through the late lung continued war—partial and oppressive be-
cause no dirtinetion Is made in it hoween annuities. the pre-,
cartons mid Ourtuatiang Weenie derived from tratle,and Other no-
tertain SOilfrel, and the income derived from Axed and pet-
mimeo property, together with the vexatious, inetisibnialiand
rigorous mode io which its contributions are levied, which coin.
pals to so sake the most petpl,•tilig and .humiliating exposure
of our private concerns and itrimristances before the Gianni,-
Metters; egahwt whose derision we have neither'reutedy oar up.
peal glue do now, that the itleasiegs of Peat-care test/red to us,
misiddeatly looks° the termination of the said Tax at the period
M which, ever since
.ils first enactment, it has been assured
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to as. •
4: That Is appears to us that the said Tax Is incompatible
with the nature of the British Contatution, inconsistein• a iih
mold policy. degrading to a free and loyal 'people, nod
calculated, by reaming permits In embarrassed circum-
stances, to return incomes witch they deem possess nt:her thlh
earns their real conditions to inmate themselves and their fa-
soaks In rain... '
6. That the Tax epos isemise, emstailmly celled the Propesty
Tax, la bad in principle, wad has banyr:Mutate of su many

Writers denowsinete views that teem* onertai:
Atlantic friends; thellgTilhey seem to knnw bet veie
little of the mitten sod_ there is still less grounder.
forded for believing (bet q °lir 'ambition" to demi
from the dominion of tbi grOwingieeerey such is>•
portant. parts of hip territory at appear vulnerable to
our armris abated:--Accounts from Bermuda tette
.11th ult.itiform us, that all the' disposable shipping k
tltad qUarter. learn. been sent off. to Lb. Mississippi.
—Sir 41.3netionis COCURAIrt: lift Halifax
latter end of 'October. for the same destination;
and a large body of troops from Jamaica,
expected to assemble at the same point:
we are taught to leek for' the success of
expeditions against the shonis'or ihe United
'tray Heaven they may not meet with the fate
cent descents in that quarter, which will Ic
in ass imagination the name of espedition
of disaster.
By the Liverpool frigate, arrived at Port:Mood
-from the coast of and the Penelope,'
Halifax, we have various and contradictory
On th,o one band it has beenreperted that an
lice had taken place between the-British and
can troops on the Niagara frontier; on the
that General Isansemosso kid defeated his oppoornat
Generals BROIIN and Islam, with great loss,
forced them to blow up Fort Erie; and retie_
the shattered remains of their forces to Sackett'
Harbour. We cannot place the least reliance.
lon either of these reports: the latter we
wish to believe, but there is'too much imprebabilitY
rte It. But theses misstatement is rather too
In the Treasury style of reporting fee as in phi
plicit credit in it, we are happy to have grounds .
.believing that there is ne truth in the disagreeable
rumour of the retreat. and surrender of our
countrymen in the vicinity of the Niegara. to a .
whom the hired defames are bestowing so many
temPtuous appellations. Sir J. Yon was nen, ar
venturing to takea pap intoCilauxcxy's moo
but he had not ventured to go in end turn the
'lsadore out of his berth. The American navy
*easier the contest with the greatest naval pow.
ever. existed. What a reflection A -statement
the 'naval means of America, in another cola(
speaks' volumes to our ears--let the Naval
nistmtion, under whose guidance the proud
England has been hassled down by American
look to it : men and guns are not wanting shell
Crioxest ; and, remember, that it is by such
that battles ard*on now-a-days.' In this rem
iation ihere is n 78 efts:Alp, mounting 98
tans; and liniativOieltlt. 1000 Seamen ;. and of
mounting' 1 lilirjegisnevnnd manned with C

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lie' ' 6. Taat the continuance of such a Toy. after Its _iron
9 With whßh it has heen so long endured, •:ild die 44,41,
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1, ticeeso.ftwitosuribie attihoilgryyoinndittabilapplerloint whiten, it 144ityatjw. 6
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he people, -end productive of public dissatisfa?ttut.4l4 444°44 ":
is 7. That a Petition be presented to the Honourable liven
.of Contmons. praying them to reject, any proposK,o„ that "mw t'.. •
/•' be Introduced for the pnrpose of osolinuing or sow f„ 41 •
lii' any modifilation the said luctaillilat,
causustim, i'cilitt4l4eti.
to Property Tat.
I._ 8. The Petition was then r 051.148. eafishi:ol,l ai,,.,
he and it was resolved that the same be fairly tnutscril,isO'L% • •
s; la the Quest-house for-signatures, that ode of the City 04.4
be requested to present the same. and that the tdemhets ft
to ' said"Clty, and such other'Memtiers of Parliam &eilt bit:, soil: 3.. the Corporation, be requested to support the Petition. ""
is • 9. TilXqth
jetkpanaks of this
tii Martina be gsveli to musit.
IP toW sec4rd:onfoodote himself to theewriesahtneote ablerule,;„„",ll4.4;l
[WI Worst upon thiP occasion, and. For his intimpitled '''''" ewe •
Asa 4,1
er eeet:cift.l,lltthltill3 during the buslttess,
A. IU. That the Tlninks or thus Meeting he element Mr. tn._
u" ley, andihe rest of the Common Comoeil. fur sho-i,,,-Z,
P. very able winner in which they brought forbad sod - """
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••- . :, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1314. ' 4.1
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rg • 'lVnars unable to congratulate the pubtic Wile
3r : accuracy of the reports circulated yesterdayili.
Id spectiag the signing of Preliminaries of Pe•Orkikh
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,America. Though there seems to have'
batikehlet.
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ter foundation for the belief that a (sheen 0
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D., Peace bad been agreed non by tie .
to iat Ghent than the assertions is-tbie letters* •
7 1 yesterday gave from the Dutch !tail, poliokOi;:illit'
reolasats4
1:. :peace. with America would be slips* Wire the sod
el' e(,• the current month, were yestetieyrdane is tin
it itCitY 'ho high as. thirty garnets. to return unkind•
Id : and forty to return one- hundred, it. such a. Cods
I..i.naution took place on or btfore the 14-th haravy. k
In was; 'Ten asserted that tie Preliminaries had ritth4
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, :race:Ted. the. signature*. 0/ tbe commisroners; iti
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the speculations on the. halm met were co*: •
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• this morning. But theieriktitik.ltitatness • itiseillijii .
r, •
ca the Underwriters, and tlii`idventetwis who 10,4'-',
r.... lute on peaee; we fears wilt sons 4udithe tourist*
lof their hopes not. quite oe,aolid as or.ight be wished.
i-.. The preparations in this Country for 'active oaths
i are continued in a manner which leaves nslitt'a MAIO
!II • to supposnthat Minister! Will give in, es.lfis.ald
,7. ! they have dorre, andlerre the field to the " bbavd.
tilese ambition of the,4lpecigansf_ as. their. ;while ._
'O4 .lnitiii:.-(117‘11100-411i.liews that *Mete ou'ehrai. ~
aIY., Ailanikrr'iehde; o,4.ft:they-see' tato kno.w battery' ~.

Max at tbs
destinatiov;
amities, wY
ess of freit
ited Stater:
e fate oil*
long conpk,
a wilt
Portmtiood
sekpe, free
ory advises
it au stride,
and Awed•
the otter,
opponents,
t loss, sod
retire !id
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st reliance
we reed
probability
r too much
le place is"
rounds for
lisagreeahle
our gallant
to a foe on
many Coy-
and then
moorings:
n the Coa' •
nary Poo
power that
,atement of
sr colon/14.
tral Ada&
roved gag
scan hands,
there,
nett m..tris •
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; 98 her')
a f) i!aie'l •
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pen. Not in the situation of Capt. PIING'S men,
ma may 'Wore to suppose; the American seamen
know one another better; they know also, not
merely what s gun is, but they know what " the
tapiain of gun" means ; and this hi, perhaps, more
than Is known by some of die dry.land Secretaries
whom we could mention.

Paris Papers to the 10th inst. have come to hand,
.and among them is the Journal de Paris, which bad
been suspended. This sespension, the cause of
which we noticed yesterday, seems to have been for
one day only ; and the boasted liberty'of the French
prim ►s again evinced in the permission given to the
Publisher of the Journal de Paris to exercise his
calling, slid in the silence of the other Papers on the
*abject of the coup d'iluiorile, which gave such an
unfortunate contradlltSlott to the effusions of their self.
-complacency regarding the terms on which the Editors