The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-08-13 00:00:00

g' II STATESMAN.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
7'u CLIANCISLLOft o• nrs EXCIIEQUSR.

Ste,—ln e dew of professed peace, with a motion
streedy onorotoos. whoa trade end ere de-
pressed, end oteltitodos of tie People ere deetitete
emplopovet sod of the Besse of sobsletenee—et
sub a time is this to resort to es ed,lilionel teso•

Row, Is That neither Iho WIN piney of Goverosient

geoid adopt, an the new et lonics sod bonsuity

approve.
Bet if soy thing an aggravate tie evil of the new
legation, It is tie particular hind of lases imposed.—
Permit se, Sir, to observe, that if in first propping
the mestere yee showed a leant et policy, still less
politic was the plan yew narked out for improving
the reveller. A wise alleister, wen in times of na-
tional prosperity, melt WON in periods of popular
distress, would take a►e se to model the sew Han,
that they showgirl boar easily on the lower tasks of
the People, sad prevail es urea as possible that real
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herder sod asesoisout disaffection, which are in-
separable from a hooey tea ea the poor. Bet, Sir.
year conduct has bees the very reverse of this—yea
hers betrayed a notorious west of jedgmeet, if ant a
formed desists of *preside( the People. The bill
lases yes have imposed are, of all others, the most
berdeesese to the peeler parts of the community,
while they bear lightly es the rich. Yes west have
been aware that malt sod tea are articles eel Ily
remised by the peer—why this did you impose aci-
dities's! dottier on them articles, shoo yes bed bet.

let means of improving the remelt ? Yo• tril•
with the distresses of the Norio by aiding to them ;

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et the same time Toe almost *tempt from the berde•
these who are but ably to beer U.

If, as you say, fresh toles were eeressery to the
amount of three sillier., why not hiss ;Imposed it on
these who roll in money ? Seth a trading sum, di.
sided among se easy wealthy ones, could not hare
bees an leceshreeco—they mild net base felt it;
whereas, by laylog It mostly on the shoulders of the
peer, it becomes a real grievers, ; and the same SIM,
which to the alffeest would have been a mere Iles.
bit*, swells into as esersoes amount when hid on
those who are so luckless able to boar it. Bet, per-
haps, you were afraid of alarming and affronting lb.
monied MPS. Probably yes anticipated a defeat in
the Hesse of Commoes, if you had proposed to take
111 peony frees their pockets. As far as loop speeches
will go we here pinny of Patriots ; bat the instant
it is proposed to take a trifle furs their wealth for
the good el their country, they stare, clap their
hands epee their pockets, and negative the motion.
Bet yes sight hale told those heroic Patriots,
there was Beeson fee alarm ; they need not be skid
to pay sees Is peopertioe thee the peer as the
ceetrary, let every ewe pay ie properties; bet them
this properties skald we well eaderstood. Some
say imagine a proportionate levities consists in an
Beal per enter es all property ; bet I deny it. I
pest that he who pay 4 Ire bandied pounds out of his
loses. of too theosamd pounds, sod he who pep
lee posed. est of his 1001., bath pay slier the
nee rate of five per cent ; bet still they de set pey In
proportion le their mean, : in that view of the ease,
the rich man actually pays the least : he een bettor
afford to double his 5001. this the other as even to
Tare his 51. Simone each of them to have a family
of children ; the sae whose ascot's is 1001. can
hardly support his children with it t hi. 51. therefore
beceses a burden for his to pay; en the contrary,
the 'kb sin may double his payment of 5001., sod
after ell have an income OGOOI. sad be still is a cap
&len Infinitely superior to the other.
A proportionate system of illation, therefore, eon.
sins not in lajing en equal rate per cent. on ell pro.
petty, bet in increesits the rate in proportion to the
balk of the property. Thes wry individual world
pay according to his means, and the revenue would
be improved is a great orient without creation ill)
real i idoce, either to the rich or 'h. pont. Toe
widow who payed her mite into the treasury. coma-
batted more than all the weelthy. ortn.se generosity
earielsed she Seteleh Bank; and by trashy of r n,
he who pays nee petted ram iif 100 t. rontribotor to
the poodle miser, as mesh as be who pays 5001. oat
.110 lAXII.
N •ve. Sir, why did yes net prep./0 a sederste
tea of this weer*. Instead of laying additional fillel4l
11411 malt, tee. itc ? Perhaps v-e will saucer, a Pro.
petty Tes is obwoaloos to the People, and therefore
meld nor here bees earried. .ven bed it boa pro.
bet that le an erroneous idea. I grant the
Cra Propeely Ten was *beatifies, bears it bore
Mogen ow IM middle 'ha lower classes of the
Poe*. This emir free the same rate being im•
posmi ow ell lottooses ; the little tradesmen and
shall capitellet, paid jest the same rate as the
dant see is the ration: whereas, the rate
shield bore iodised in properties to the bulk al
She propene t—the', incomes of 1001. should have
Mew Mead env pet ant. ; incomes of 2001. two per
1111111.; 3001. three per net.; and so en in proper.
deo sill the ratio came to 10 or 15 per eon,. or Some
proper degree where it might stop. A Property Tat
Ihos troodilied, far from being obnaaines like the last,
...id he the hest tag of any. Proportioned to the
ewes el every iedivideal, It would be berdeeseme
este, while it would greatly improve the public
Pr"'
Rot, greeting ler a mowed, that dressing's's
Tied you Is not prepense a Illnfletelf Property
Tee : why thee *sold you not have modified the
Assessed Tales, end apportioned the rate according
go the event of the establishment ? It any, perhaps,
leo objected to this measure that it would COON& fe•
dection in large esiablishmeets, and so defeat its own
object; bet U 'geld de se each thieg. The penes.

affected by the plan world be for the most part,
Noblemen end ethers of weelth mod elllermee: these
would hardly auridoe their comforts and their plea-
sum, end redact. their establishments merely to save
•very trilling anti insignificant addition of dety. A few
might posaihly do so. bet it cannot be sippOtied the
practice would be general. Instead, thergfory, of
the additional duties you have adopted, you eight to
have proposed either a modified Property Tee or en
improvement of the Alseased Tales. As the case is,
you have owed the wealthy end oppressed the poor:
as it °mkt to have ken, you might have wicks! the
Tr y without burdening any part of the People.
I would auk, Sir, what are year ono collections
on your conduct es an 'Cyr of the ostler f Con.
template for a moment, • CoArreattiout •f the Es
Cutout*, wise, prudent, at.d ecootemial id hit
plans, frugal in lasing the motions sod still mere
judicious in equalizing and apportioning the tales to
the moans of all ranks of the People; .her vie* the
contreat between such • man sod yeertelf: coo-
-1 temptlat• youreelf to every opposite quality, Imre-
dont and impolitic In veer plans, tratravagiel in
satiation, and still more iojediriues in we/ diti,liwg
the lases according to the necessities of the People.
To what ere we to impale 'oar conduct ? Are •111
to place it to the Koff of ignorance sod •ant of
; or 1111 the baser account of wilful correlation ?
Are yen l'• dopy, the to of wild designing men;
et is it to year nen toifibb fit*. Obit you sacrifice
the welfare of the People? Is it a fear of offending
the peat noes that dews you from • hold, vostila.
and patriotic discharge of the ditties of your Ate?
If )et a spark of lore for your country warm 'war
head, roe., youreelf le ao impartial and vigorous
discharge of the duties 0( year 'nation. If the Ad.
siaistration how art) real desire to relieve the dis•
tremr, of the &Pohl People, let thew not nutty be
economical in the politic ',auditor., bet also new
mods' the system of legation which at present presses
two hardly its the poor. la almost every necessary
wit'e of life 'hey (mil most bitterly the effect of •
gri vas; while the rich. sank in %every and
plersore, end too to all other tires bat their own
peraonsl agerandsaeseent, look with the eye of indif-
ference on those miseries whic% they have the power i
het aunt the Inclination to alleviate. The time,
alas! is now oat mete, when the se Stine of
parriwriam animated the breasts of those who were
both able cad willing to relieve their coon•r)'s dis-
tress. Ti. once heart-reeding scene of fellow-
countrymen groaning beneath a weight of legation,
poverty, and distress ceases to awaken the sentiments
of generics pity in the hearts of the great end the
el coat, who content themselves with • few cold es-
pension+ of meet, or in a long and studied s;teech
in Parliament profess a sympathy of feeling .arch
their practical ceedett declares they ass utter
strangers tea

F. JUNIUS.

INTENDED COLONY AT THE CAPE OF
GOOD DOPE.

The following official Circelar bay been issued from
the Colonial Department, In answer to applications
or information oo the subjects therein referred to:—

,
Stir,—la reply to year letter of tb• , 1 ass diere'ell by
Earl liatbrirst to arritaist you, !bat at the circular kite' die-
racily speckles the amine and cutest of she airframe which
sill be ranted to islirldisals who say be slowed to
proce.d as Settlers to the Cape of Good Hope. together RI h
ttreroodltiores smiler which alone that assluarsee eau be gives
to them. It Is only oeressarry to refer yore to 'ha* eleremoriet. sod
so aid obit ma prepaid can be accepted which to met femora
is coofemoet. wish dee offer of hie relajerry'r Goverommet.
Wit, ref retire to your 'wheelie eliettelliel reeprethig the
mode la •Itich the vie es of she whirr moo beet be obtaiord. t
hare to &egotist you shill It le eel Co I:141 dathdroes power to
emmoooleate to roe that sprigs of isforusaikla, which coo
wort properly he elfordeel by the practical agriculterist, or ob-
tained epos the met.
lb. settler* will be Wired its HP Interior of she (Mossy, ass
gar rump she erra.r g sad le rellottlog to thew she land* which
fleeter/war have egerel so grant to tbeot. home ;merest, awe
Mott eel*. will be cereel.e.l. awe wheeled to as tar as ce.y be
meemetese with doe palate Weems of the rolesery.
The •efflefli will he 'stabled to patchiest a limited ititarritr of
lwrlculltiral looplemele. le to • ...hwy. at pries. roc I Rh -.o.ich
they are owl cowered fro* ,ftaroe milli OW.* modems, ...pp.,
of the.. o.t.rle. s. orb a. orre.oheer mot •hey will Cid we
elli else Cu werille 1eg...4 mere I • ihe colony.
Toe ...den oe ell Ma GA locei wive. reedy fee their receptive,
the p-... 0. • der oho.. eliree•loil II p fly 41( order. prom el
I. a. Irwin r to 4erore 'heir weir.. by say legal ogreenest 'We
we. •h u)egr mew 'Mel ware ii. ewer.
The ewe eestlevieoe sill. of merit, be governed according ID
'he hs• • 04 f wee so she calmly.
he eonrimion. I b c to as oerwe. that it more be lets to the
pee.or eileireg ails rollers so firm oh. Ir sort opiaioa as to the
' e.o.m. of the p,ressisr) s-am wish which 'bey geoid he pro.
1
weird he order le ..pp.." she perm.. placed ureter their doer.
oleos, and eesere 'be -seen. of their sodertatios.
I oat. Sir, your atom ...edam *Toast.

several of oho besot-bills and songs banking
thieves the streets of Dublin, a ring the vic-
tory of the Irish Chsoopion Donnelly, he is lerlicroo..
la styled Sir Daniel Donnelly —Me PRI‘Ct REGENT
having been gractuusl4 pleated to confer Me honorr
of Knighthood upon kiss for kit Bred ackieoeosente!
Bow stmt.—This morning a reopectible baker
of Lambeth was mistakenly charged oho onto •felly
detaining some clothes, the property of Mr. Lewis,
of that parish. The Complainant bad delivered two
bones or bandies to too ones to coney, from one house I
to soother, and they had never been delivered. A fee
tawdry rags had been seen in the p ion of Defend.
ano's children, end the Prosecutor recognising there,
hail inferred, that all the other goods mist be in his'
keeping. It t•rned oat otherwise; the Defendant
has lived reopectsbly in his present siteation for 20
years ; ho was taken from timber, and allovred to give
evidence against a fellow of the name of whe
happened very lockily for the Defendant to be jest
then pet to the bar, one charge of stealing the horse
from Cambridgeshire, which we related yrstortioy. to
was then deposed, that /tiddler had beta let loe Mit of
dodo' laborioes jobs for the Defendent,sed that ea one
of obis occasion of his beinot at the Defendant', shop,
he had given the Defendant's children the rags befote
mem inood. ack now !edged this,enci es there was
evidence besides to prove it, Riddler was committed
for stealing the clothes on otos decision, and for steal-
ing the horse on another. The coachman erlas bad
boo& the horse proved the pevesent of the looney,
bit could not and Smithey's. the person from whose ho
bee& It. Riddler was sworn to by the grooves of
sew stables la Tootoodsaon-coort. rued ao the ono
oho irst brought the horse there ;It MU flPteteed td
the pfOrkiet•

NAVAL INTIILLiGhP4V k

024 Avis It.—N•aa'.n in the I) •nt the Sea
tett, ffiaste, bitgence Esti India pilot yacht, sad
the Zephyr trabsporf, oohing for °Mem
l'oetslotrett, Atm. It —AttI..•I the 6-011.1,
flutist, Irmo BM. far I.•un+lnn, in 69 lay.. 0 e tbtl
1410 h of idly, la la.& 139. 114. long 31 31 sp .ItO 114
Walsistshoto, Noe %veinal' to I. mans; sod es the
teth I.ly, In lat. 43. bb. long. 36. sin to th► Citalle
frogs %old:deed for QNbkc.
Huts, Atm 11.—Attired th. Donenovhe, 1:1-10,4
halo Cheinland, olib 6th, 104 seals, end 230
hove. .

Fai.llobrit, Ault lb —Aftty.d eL All port the
ii.terprite, Weir, ham J O•it t fin I, nowt ; end
Weep, Wiid, fife Gils•alter rot funodon —Ar.
abed the ameba peekots with Mitt for Ne • Took
and nalifitaalled ft..* the former th• 9111. ant!
fie* th.lairk Or tit* .1• O. Y 6 h J•ly apcko,
' elf ll•lifitt the frot.l M twee.. tied ISA.* tr•sia.
port.; r... 0 Auge•t i 0 Ist. 45. 30.
N. lang. the leant—aat i 1 lays
from Dontio. (Of die Satoh 1'4..1 Ms.
rienne, ebtistieni for Ilsenberib ; end Fella [trate-
! region. Hollattai, I t Moralist.
layouts. AVG 11 —A• .tare the Wt.. WI•
lidelt•, from Ten y floe 111)1 inc. -he 0.9 run
foul of by a I.tig, which carried away the :.owsptit of
the Olive.

IATE uF illE CO U.% TRY.

At the Anneal Meeting, .at week, of the Wmlt.
noon Arksltatal Society, Mr. Cur wen. hl P. 4
the Proeideet, made a long and ?torpors, Aildry.s so
the Society es the State of the Coootry, i.. 1 the
aeons of relieving the distress ender which it lab. ors.
" The People of kneleocl," said the llossair.ble
Geallessan, " are eilligh.innel and generops ; they
may for a se.son be misled. but they have that solid
good sense, that they will not long continue in error:
It it impossible to contemplate the soi-rinp sad
imitations of a great proportion of the Wheeling
ClUilits without the deepest commiseration. Greatly
did he regret themeasures they had morns) to fur 111.
!Mating their distressesseenresealculated to seg.
mon', and n.. 1 to lessee, the evils ender which they
laboured. IWhilst he rood...toed them, he could not
but pity sad compassionate their eeferioge
" It was ensvlliwg to leek hack ; men dell eider;
Wl•Ig sad Tory, were at that imototnt honestly
zealous to find a remedy for the evils under which
the country seffered. The difficulty was great, cud
they most submit to great mad heat, prirailions.
" Daring the war we menufaciered for Einem
now we are reduced to a share ; awl he would ask,
coold say one wish the prollowity even of his intim
land to be Needed on the misery of alter countries ?
Could we ask that Europe should limit. popeletion
0
idle end unemployed, is order to .1 es a munepuly
of trade?
" It believer, ei to 'et olen lesoracra, to
endeavour to improve every larerwel anon, of seen.
Here he hoped that welted great renames, sod that
, melt might bedew,.
" Labour wee •soeree 4 arises infinitely beyond
all anon. It had been Os limes shore in eminent
thee the wheleof the foal property of she Empire.
The demands of lahour cneW only he Pepplied by
it. being made predurftee. The whole ineome of the
country wergild not feel the working closers for
I three tettethr. N.. men Pliorittiont Pout., tronorrly th.
evil. To employ the People, they west be prqfkmby
emplateds
" Cheep bread and want Of *elk was ten thou.
and tithes mere 'envoys thou dear bread and yet-
ipinyon...so:
t •s The Cats Bill, •Isich hod been so tndisitripoely
cried doss, Lad wend no security to 111.
It was net sant it porpormd to be. Had the ...rage
been fairly taken, the port had not been open sn a
greet portion of she groin which 11.41 imosid.ird the
country. He thought SOs would lip u pro.
...dims if she avenge were fairly taken. Nnorg hu
retold level the question honestly, end admit .1 once
that this would enhance thy p ire of bread. Sopp...e
it dirtied an advance of do.. quarter before she polls
could open, how wild this affect thy interests of she
labourer ? Suppe** a limit, of five per.ons, COMB..
lug each a striae of doer in a week, the mimeo, would
be 21. and a fraction in the sinew, or In. per week.—
In retire, whet would be the prospect of gain?—
The corn imported in she last 12 months had gives
employment to 200 000 individeals is foreign cause
hies; to supply ourself.s would require at least
this number of hands, in addition to thou* who art

Mill occupied in .Rricsitere ; 1,000.000 of •• pw.
pulaiius .o•id be fed by sanity I00,1:00 hands lain
salvo employwente
" All seemed to agree that a• sogesulailes
Moor could only be I.soked for frost agriculiose.—
To hope for it in its present unprotected state was
visionary. He offered it as his honest and can't-kw.
linos opinion, lII'S it was for the interest of all to
Concur in earioding foreign groin, and in devising
means to feed oorselees, owl to gigs langur, sad b 7
labonr happiness to thn•ssnds

At t.nnellinitef Q.torteit Sermons, a ban was ton.
tviic•d to via witiollto imprisonment far basics vs.
pried his wits for SW is the public market of that
town,
Conn ritcwaylis. Ate 13.—Tb- VIA-. Isis sh...Avit
ow shires sropesni 1•41, %twit. snit Asogle Illassotair
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pie/IL—Fir Marley twit' ',ors t o tw swortired ootirt. Iwo Owl*
it Hide twos olensiosol for Well •
rie4,..nli A ain. ang rem lon
Smtlennt.o. Ans. 13 —T
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'fire. were loogooro.nr4letonoo,
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negroorn in shit H.
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esk Vint. and Nth bee ri.ess
.n 91 lie. this Norma( Wi• Mao
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