The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-09-14 00:00:00

it is generally believed to have been finally de-
termined by Ministers, to make another wort in
the Penbisula.---This, as Dr. Joig.vsos once ob.
served, is a fresh instance of the
Trial:ph of Hops over Experiescs."
ON the subject of
TAXES,
we have long heard not luad, but deep, and
very numerous complAiiits—th. se, who Wing
acquired wealth, are strangers to want of ever✓
description—avert their eyes, and close their ears
against every representation and argument on this
subject —to which tx, however, do introat the
most serious attention of onr Readers.

A very large portion of that dam of oar fel-
low-subjects who Mr.. Pf TT was in the constant
habit of insulting with th,.: epithet of the " less.
opulent orders of society "—cannot pay even
their assessed taxes—Alta we certainly aro much
nearer to a point of difficulty, and embarrass-
Acta than those who talk of our flourishing
stets, can be brought to believe possible—
of which we kayo the pain to adduce, as one, of
very many instances, the situation of this class of
persons in a parish close to tae metropolis, where
no fewer thin 2ao individuals have applied to
be excused from the payment of Otis Assessed
Taxes!! ! • •

It is generally kwatass that the Collectors of
h.be 104 Llt exircrodlkalt./ In making
their collection' ; aid we know that in the City of
London many CCltecters ere aboul to resign
the enormous crpenccs of Government •requiring
the collection of arrears, with a degree of rigour
which their humanity tells an insuperable aver.
sion to cicrci,c. Of the ri‘uur to which we al.
Isar, some opinion may be formed from the novel
nature of the notices that bare been recently is-
sued, of one of which the lotion iiicsis a copy,
suppressing, from delicacy, the

No. 10. Ant:Offi Tares, Ist Part.
*fo Mr. A. B. of toe Parish of
in
Your Asscument in my Duplicate for the present Year,
delivered to me on tit.. 13th day of Aught, 1.809. under the
Acts relating to the Duties of Assesan4 faxes, amount-. to ,
' the sum of LI), the poriientirs of which most le seen at mil
house es under-mentioned. If you hove any came to appeal
against the mme, %nu mast give notice lir writiag, tt obeli 28
' days after the slid 15th day of AqAust, 1809. to th- hur-
-1 veyor nr Inspector fee District, or to one of the Asses-
sors of this PAissit.
(Signed) A. B.
It siding at
N. B. Thpr Nikes are payable by lostalmeaftqnarterly,
via. the t:Jeti of Jute, this Slit. 9.:lth a nee. anti 111 h of
slarch, or within 10days after; awl the full rim 'not for the
tint half year. if not tomer paid as aforesaid, is ill lw col-
lected or levied on 100 f goods and clsatteh on the hltit of
, October, and the follansount of thinscrthrl hilt sear, is not
paid as afore:atd, will be collected or levied in like manner
en the sth of April, or tenthly) t n ens t -one days aftir those re-
spective periods; in default of distress adpaymenr. you will
be subject to profess for the recovery thereof from the Court
of Eacimemser with casts; anti if you recline.- fr‘rn this parish
witbast discharging the taxes doe, nr keying swariont goods
whereon dimwits .stay be made, rem will be liable m a pe-
nalty of treaty pastas.
MAT we be cxvised for oar presuseplio4 in in-
quiring (with all due defercaoe and respect) of the
sagacious Illuminati of the City of London,
whether the destruction of one English army ,by
famine, of another by pestilence, and the situa-
tion to w ncli the " /err op:acre" classes of so-
ciety are at length retlitccd, be amongst their rca.
sons for declaring to (he once /wpm/ people of
England tli.it a Juni i.EL is expedient, and i GEN
ILL I LI.O MIN.\TIOJt desirasle ! !

Tor ,Inselia 3fatildit, Capt. GRAHA3t, which
bad cleared at New-York fur taivorpoisl, was
stopped, with several oilier vessels that were I:.av-
jug that port, on the 12th Ang. and compelled to
eve bond that they would not go tv Great Britain
or her dependencies.

The efrolc, Captain LIGIITLEY, is arrived at
Liverpool, from Jamaica : she sailed from Port
Royal on tho 191 h July, in company with nineteen
sail, and from Negri! on the 20th, with the fleet,
consisting of 33 sail, under convoy of the lama-
rite sloop of war. On the 28th, saw several of
tie feet disiosated, and parted from them on the
47th ult. On the Oth September, spoke the Fa-
rourite, of Greenock, from Martinique for Liver.
pool, who had parted from the Leeward Island
fleet 27th August : seven of them had been dia.
masted.

The .1 asom F reach luggcr privateer, of sit gnus,
and 42 men (oat 28 days from Bayonne, and made
no capture), is taken by the Ilelenu sloop of nar,
and arrived at Cur k.
• c,eiters have been receTvcfl from the Cape of
Good Heppe to tbo beginning of June. 'rho
hlockado of the Miuritaiss is continued pith unin-
terrupted activity; but we fear the hopes which
appear to be entertained of the reduction of this
important settlement aro somewhat tuo.sanguinc.
Its means of defence are great, and its natural re.
sources very considerable.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED CAPE OF anon
PfOPE, NAT 30, l WU.
" We continue the blockade of the isles of France and
Bourbon with the whole of nor squadron, which, having
been reinforced t)y two sets liar frs4;ites, livery re.pectable.
We are in daily eareetation of the arrival of two others,
whea, it it expected, the greater part of the coeins's force,
if ant ttsecidiusds themselves* will Into one hands. Their
frigato and antigen ane.for the most part at sea.
".Tne•Nereide sailed :thaws three weeks since, with dir-
pat?hei to the French Governer De Cang, relating to an
etelmnite-of Pribdient and to a month ousts weeks we ex-
po:e,t a cartel.
His Idajests's ship Charlie!t has jest fent in a rich Bata•
etas prize, vensili at Nast *OM."
The intni.viiinber of teasels which have arrived
in the port of Bristol, from Seine 1, to August 1,
1109, amount) to no less anti 8081 Of these 217
were. American vowels.

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TzTAc
TM?, STATESMAN.

TB It COURT.
At twelve o'clock yesterday his MAJESTY ar-
rived from Windior at the Queen's Palace, where
he was received 13/ their Royal. Righneeees the
O'.kes of Yves, Kier, and Cistaatoets.
At two o'clock his MAIM? held a private
Levees which was attended hi
The Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Doke of Portland
Earl Camden, the Earl of Liverpool,Barl mherst, Earl
Windiest*; Lord titalciave. Lord HeathtielAd, Lott Ar-
den (in waiting), Sir David Dendas, Sir tephee Comet' s
Mr. Canning. Mr. Pereeval, ami Mr. Vasty (Groom to
voiting.)
The following had the honour of being Pre-
sented to his MAJL3EY :
Major-General Paget, en his return from Portortl.
Liesit.-Gee. Otoireoor. on his retire from forties service.
Captain Sparrow, Aid-de-Gasp to LOOL-GoMarnose•or.
on h 6 mono from furter] .sesviee.
Captain Bishops), Aid-du-Camp to Lieet.-Gen.Grosvenort
oo his relent from foreign service.
tiir tl. liAliord (late Dr. Vaughan), on being created a
Baronet.
Sir James Shaw, on his heinr Creates! a Baronet.
General RnSias.m, no bts promotion t • and Gem.. Despaidt
on his appointment to the Ste Can bon aattaliuo.
His MAJESTY afterwards held a Privy Council,
and gave audience to the Duke of pOILTLAIID and
the rest of the Cabinet Ministers.

- - ;
At SIB o'clock his MAJESTY itit Wro for
Windsor.
•
The Dukes of You, KENT, inetekinotoot)
aficr Itiaing received his MAJFSTY at the Palace,
retired in order t.e th..: Quatro, and Win-
CeSSCS ELISABET. 11, AUGUSTA, and SOenli, who,
with Lady IsAuELLA TuYNN'a, and other Atten-
dants, went to see the new 'theatre at Covent:
garden. The Managers having been apprised of
the intended honour, had the interior of the The-
rare elegantly illuMinated; and the address Wei re.
hearsed which is intended to be spoken 'on the
opening of the house. Their .Royal Highnesses
seemed much gratifietl With the tithe ; and a little
before (our left Covent-garden for the Duke Of
Youw's residence, St: James's, where they dined:
The Louß CBANGELLOR went to the Kixo's
berm, yesterday, in the Karl of Ltvtatooi.'s car-
der, his Lordship's servants not having peen in
attendance, as his Lnrdship had come to town ex-
press, to attend the Levee.
Mr. OSBORNE, son of Sir Gioaot OSBORNE,
'will- this day lead to the Altar of Hymen, the
accomplished Miss Davin, f ward uf 'the Earl of
,
LaiNFERFOOL.

'• In order to afford accommodation for the troops
from the Scheldt, the 10th regiment of the line,
tad the Royal Denbigh Militia, moved on Sunday
morning to Ospringe ; the 2,d West yotk
forßeading.street barracks; and the'East Suffolk
Militia toy Ashford, from Chatham. The 3d bat.
talion *of the Usth has also proceeded from Shorn:
elide to 113 the. • •
Private letters from Lisbon state, that all the
English surgeons had set out for Elves, and that
their places in the hospitals at Lisbon, were MLA
by Portuguese surgeons.
Considerable reinforcements art going out to all
the BMWs regiments. in Portugal--embiikatioits
of men and stores have been going on at Pons.
mouth for these two days. The drafts are pie.
tipsily for the Guards, the Royal Findeers, 45th,
4th, 87th, and 'BBth regiments. A Oreat nutsiber
of officers, among the rest, Col. litanoca, are
going out.
The 2d battalion of the 14th toot, the 2d bat.
talion of 'the 63d foot, and 31st foot, are now
lying in the Downs, waiting a fair wind for Ports.
mouth. 4 •

The 28th (2d battalion), also in the Downs, is
ordere4 to disembark at Harwich.
A part of Colonel CuCHII4%IIIOI detliChincnt is
also in the Downs, waiting a wind for the Isle of
Wight. .
The Ist battalions of the 9th and 44d regiments
disembarked at Deal, and marched fut Cantertitiry
on Suiiday last.
Many persons whose relatives wore wounded at
the victory of Talavera, are much disappointed
that Abe substance of the dispatches received on
Monday from Lord Wattivroirox, did not ap-
pear in the lase Gazette. Ills Lordship, accord-
ing to a Ministerial Paper, announces that he had
succeeded in transporting all the wounded, brought
off from Talavera, to Elves, while they were
aniply supplied with medical assistance and neces.
sary supplies. 1f such be •the case, why such
delay in communicifting a fact so consoling to
humanity mid British feeling ?
It was reported last night, that Colonel Got*
Doe, Secretary to the late and present Commansis
cm-in-Chief, has resigned his place, estimated at
1,0001. a-year ; and has humbly accepted that tsf
Chief Comusissary-General, at a muds higher
salary. To make way for this independent chattge,
the present Commissary-General Conte retires
ho(ppay.—We have not heard whether Col.
Gounost, in submitting to this humiliation, also
moans to retire to his celebrated Villa, at Chelsea
Hospital, there to do penance, in spite of the
Chelsea Pensioners.
11.:xtract of a letter from an Officer in Lord
WELLINGTOR'S army :.-44 The charges made by
the braved Dragoons saved us at the battle of
Talavera ; for although the French columns were
too solid to be broken by cavalry, still they werel
thereby promoted from turning our left flank,
which they had nearly accomplished, at the same
moment that, by their great superiority of num.
hers, they were on the point of forcing oar
renter. At this critical juocture, Sir A. Waz.
Loney was fortunately enabled to reinforce his
centre, owing to the successes. of the cavalry ow
the left. Ueutenant-Colonel SF:YiLOUIt led these
relterated.Cliarges in the must intrepid and deter-
mined manner: but he had only to give the word ;
he had formed the 23d by his own example, and
by the discipline which be had instilled had taught
them to sustain the greatest privations, and had
conducted thorn through the extraordinary diffi-
culties of the campaign with unimpaired vigour,
to achieve as desperate a service as was ever at.
tempted by any regiment.",
The Assizes for the Principality of North Wales
have concluded without furnishing us with mate-
rials fur a siugle paragraph ; not a cause of any
importance to determine, nor a single prisoner fur
trial 1 Such a statement requires nu comment, it
speaks most eloquently.—(flereford Journal.)