The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-23 00:00:00

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FUUM TUESD.9r N113111"3 GAZeTtii.

NANICROPTCT Z N AAAA BD.
W. Edwards, Chatham, linen-draper, from Jan. 22, to
Marti 19, at the Court of Conalssloners.

BANICIRUPTII.
W. Mono. Thompson, Norfolk, forgoer, to sarreeder Feb.
6. 7. March 6, at the Norfolk Hotel, Norwich. Attorney.,
Mr. R. Barbor, Fetter-lane; and Messrs. E. and G. Cooper,
East Derchato,Norfolk.. _ _ _

J. Thurbon, March, Isle of Ely. Cambridgeshire. draper,
Feb. 6,7, March 5, et the Grißu Inn, March. Attorneys,
Mr. E. Barley, March ; and Mr. S. N. Meredith, No. 8,
Lincoln's-inu. New-square.
T. Gallon, Leeds, stuff-merchant, Feb. 19.20, March 11 at
the Coort Hesse, Leeds. Attorneys, Mr. Makinsoo, Mid-
dle-Temple. L radon , and Mr. Foden, Leeds.
C: Lea, Haywood, Salop, maltater, Feb. 6,6, March 5,
at the Red Lion Inn, Newport, Salop. Attorneys, Mr.
Hicks. Gray's-ion-square, London ; and Mr. Brookes, New-
port, Shropshire.
A. Morcott, Warwick, draper, Feb. 11,12. Mirth 6. atthe
Swan Hotel, Warwick. Attorneys. Mr. Burbury, War-
wick ; and Messrs. Meyrlek and Broderip, No. 17. Red
Lion-square.
J. Buekland, Chad, Somersetshire, miller, Jan. 28, 20,
March 5, at the George Ina, Crewkerne, Somersetshirs.—
Attorneys, Mr. Hine, Essex-court, Temple ; and Mr. Ba-
ker. Ilminster. Somerset.
J. and T. R. Pier's.. Maidstone, Kent, grocers. Feb. 2,
0, March 6, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorneys,
Mess-s. Amory and Coles, Throgmorton-street.
C. Tatner, Horton Kirby, Dartford, Kent, farmer, Jan.
2i, Feb. 2, Msreh 5, at the Court of Commissioners. At-
torney, Mr. Collins, Great Knightrideesstre•t, Doctors'
Commons.

W. Fell, Workington. Cumberland, broker. Feb. 11, 90,
March 5, at the house of 11. Malkeld, inekeepor. Workington,
Attorneys, Mr. R. Falcon, Elm--court, Temple ; and Mr. B.
Thompson, Workington.
T. Edward., Brighton, Sussex, merchant. Jaa. 96, Feb.
2, March 3. at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney*, Mr.
Warne, Leadenhall-etroet,
R. Valentine, HatillsW, Hertfordshire. miller. Jan. 90.
Feb. V, March 6, at the Coen of Commissiouera. Attorneys.
Mr. A. C. Bond, Ware, Herts.

IL UK Corrotrpeoert, Haymarket, grocer, Feb. i, We

46MA s fres 'wiry peelsh awl district is England and
Weise. it is expected. will be natty fret &Beery soon
after lb* meeting of Parliament.
At the latter end of the Session, an abstract of the
iatelligroce gained by the retorts to 1820 inelnsive—
that to March, 1821, could not be prepared—was laid
on the table of the House. it has since been printed.
We shall give as outline of its carious and valuable
elm:tents.
The first account shows the " amount of moneys as-
sessed and levied to England and Wales. at the sere
rel periods for which returns have been required by
Parliament;" and this would iscludes twelve differ-
ent periods since 1748. The total sum expended for
the relief of the poor at that period, the ge of three
years, 1748-49-50, was 689,971/ ; that for the years
1819-20 was 7,329,594/.—including sums expended
in law during the latter year, the sum total was
8,672,2321, What an enormous increase in the course
of 70 years! But some of the intermediate periods are
so curious as to merit to be quoted. to show how sir•
pidly the expense advanced when it began to rise :
relief of the pour in 1776 cost 1,521,7321., including
law expenses, removals, ice.. 1,694,4581.; those law
expenses, therefore, being 172,7261. The relief for
1783 was 1,912,2411.. including law expenses, fac.
2,167,1481.; for 1803. the expense of relief was
4,077,3911.. with law expenses, &c. 5,302,070/.; and
for 1813 14, the relief expenses was 6,294,5841., with
law expenses, fce. 8,511,863/4 the law expenses. re-
movals, &e. being 2,2l7,279l.—considerably more
than one-third of the whole of the enormous cost of
maintaining the poor thus having been expended in
law charges and removals! The sums fur 1819 20 are
given above.
The next account abstracted (that is, sums total
only being given) is of the money expended fur the
maintenance of the poor in England and Wales in the
several years from 1813 to 1820 inclusive, distin-
guishing the amount expended in towns. from that ex
peeded in country parishes, sad stating the number
' of parishes in each county, in which select vestries
have been formed, or a ant.sverseers appointed.
The result of this account is, that in England and
Wales. the expense of poor-relief (exclusive of that
of law charges, lee.) for the year ending March 25.
1813,wa56,656,105/.; expended intowns 1,112,291/.;
in other parishes 5,543,4141. Fur 1819.20, expend-
ed in towns 1,371,495/. 10s. ; in other parishes,
5,958.098/. 10s.; sum total, 7,322,594/. The sums
fur the intermediate years need not be quoted ; those
already given will tend to shoii the expense in towns
and in " other parishes." But to come at the exact
difference must be impossible, or nearly so, as cousi-
derable proportions of town poor are not maintained
in towns. The remaining portion of the information
contained is this Abstract etates the number of Se-
lect Vestries to be 2,04/6; of Assistant Overseers to
be 2,257.

The next ahstract is highly carious ; it is a state-
ment of the moneys expended on the poor only 'a
England and Wales, in the I periods commence
tag the middle of last century, sad reaching to Mart b
25, 1620. with a table of the number of people, ac-
cording so the enumeration of 1811, and an account
of sae property assessed. ander schedule (A), in
1815. It tees all the counties. wish the suuss t .tal.
illustrative of the above heads of information for each
loamy"; these. of coarse. are too boatman, • ►e
quote,' here. Those for Middlesex sad Isaacs* er.,
however, will be peculiarly Interesting, at the la see

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Dr. Tcnasa (of Ashburton) began by saying that
the gentleman who opened the proceedings bad stated
six causes of the existing distress:—The first was a
transition from war to peace, and that other nations,
almost exclusively, enjoyed the benefits which peace
should produce; the second was the impprtation of
foreign grain ; the third, a return to cash payments ;
the next, our heavy taxation—and herr, when be had
got hold of the monster, he treated him very mildly,
gently, and delicately ; though the monster was
the •6 Old Man of the Mountain " on the shoulder, • f
Sinbad the sailor, who, if they did not shake him oil,
would drown them; the next, was the re 'tiction of
wages, and the increase of pour rates, lie then pro.
posed his remedies, the first of which n as, a further
tax un foreign grain ; bat be hail not gone frr en, ugh
—he had nut stated what a fair and proper tax a or.
The genii, man a ho seconded had told thrum, that no
great hawk could be derived from a reduction
taxation ; a greater mistake could uut have been made,
and bad he compared the difference between the
pen.' of governing this country in 1792 and 1830,
he would not have ventured to make seeds as Laser.
Lion ; in the former year the total charge was
7,714,5901. and in the present, 19,159,51171. Ent
so long as they were willing to pay, the government
would he willing to receive, instead of bringing don it
the public expenses to their pockets and purses. It
would not be amiss to examine a little whether our
taxation could not be lowered. In 1820, the Army
Expenses were nine millions, and the Navy e-vex sul
lions; hut touch neither the army nor navy, and a
reduction may still be effected.—Mr. Webb Hall, IL*
Secretary of the Agricultural Association, rbo t ad
learnt even the horn-hook of political liciritre,
and whom the veriest child may confute, had told time..,
that if they could get an additional impurtamion duty.
all would be pleamant and easy ; but this was a Priori..
as wild as that of tue wise men of Clothes, endeasuu,
lag to hear ir the cailtoo without 'arm( slows. the
roof. Their only reietly was in mincing the es-
p odium of the emoostry to the prices of the agrical-
mural prodsee; or if they coalition!' twelve menthe
longer without such reduction, they would be in a

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