The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-27 00:00:00

THE -STATESMAN:

LAW. IN T 1 L L IGE NC E.

Te rim ipiron !►s r STATESMAN.

lessons for politics! What recollections for history !
Gilts! and suneutst accompany every step we take.
We think of the VIRTUES of a GOOD Kixo—of the
CRIMES of his latent:Rs—of the perishable grandeur
of this world, and of death, which levels all distinc-
tions and confounds in one mass the ashes of the
good and the bad—the subject and the Monarch.—
The grave of Louts XVI*. will render the Church-
yard of the Ruc .1' Anjou more glorious than the dome
of St. Denis, which could not preserve the deposit
which twenty generatio.is had entrusted to her."
There, M. Borroft ! I quote no more. D met.,
in his PEACE and REFORM Book, calls l'irrr the
I ARCH-APOSTATE ; but after this, let you or Couactr,
if either of you dare, retort the charge on honest,
{consistent DANIEL STUART of the Courier.

Mr. ioniser. then moved, that a Petition should
be prepared by this meeting, and presented to Par. I
liament by one of the Knights of the Shire, and that • COURT OF CHANCERY, Jail. 26.
ent,—The vile aed calumnious charges of venality
both of them should be requested to give the cnea- IN THE MATTER OY LORD tioneimou.rn, A LUNATIC.
and corruption against the London Newspaper
sure their earnest support in Parliament. The LORD CHANCELLOR this morning adjourned
Editors, So Often and so unblushingly advanced by
Comm will be found to be completely refuted in Sir J. H. ASTLEY said, he concurred most heartily this matter to a future day, none of the parties,
in the Resolutions. The necessity for the Property agents, or Counsel, Mies in etteridence when the
the following political Duet, said and sung in 1794 •I
Tax was now removed, for at the present time vast case was called on, at the appniumed time.
and in 1t315,by that pink of patriotic purity,Deet EL
sums were derived through the Customs, and we His Lordship continued to sit i-, his private
ercene, Esq. of the oracular Courier. On the cha- were reducing the establishments of our Army and room, and heard bankrupt and other petiiions,
rimer, spirit, and tendency of the French Covent-
Navy. No one felt warmer on the subject than he among which the most interesting were the follow.
wilt under Louis XVI. DANIEL, in 1794, draws
did, and whether his worthy colleague or himself ing, viz.:— s . .
eio subjoined amiable end interesting picture. To. .. .
presented the Petition (as might be most convenient), irs THE MATTER or unaerassom, A CANKRUPT.
tho-e, however, who have not seen the work about he should think it his duty to support it, and In this matter three several Petitions were tlO.
to be quoted, some previous explanation may be lie-
not let the question pass over in Parliament bra pending ; one for the certificate :of (1161 bankrupt,
c;isary. You are to observe then, that ARTHUR silent vote. i and two by die assignees of the joint and separate
Yoree. an old Gentleman of agriceltural notoriety, I am, Sir, your's, Mr. COKE said he concurred with his Noble assignees of the two commissions issued in this
elm has happily combined through a long life the i A CONSTANT REAOF.R. Friend in opinion respecting the Property Tax, ' matter.
study of the plough with that of pelities, and who!
.._ _es__ _____ _ es_ which he could never look upon in any other light Ties fist Petition was grounded on the fact of
has so ingeniously contrited to profit by both, i
PROPERTY TAX. than as a scourge. It was in fact every thing that there being no joint debts in the commission sued out
that lie has secured from tee one a lucrative place,
----"Illoo--- his Lordship had described ; and he thought the jointly, it cell) Baring that one of the several co.
and from the other a snug pension—this said AR-
NORFOLK COUN FY MEETING. sentiments of a Meeting like this, constitutionally partners had executed a joint bend for the firm,
*Pica 0' linAnt.f r,being a thorough-paced hack-bone There was a very large and highly respectable convened, and the united voice.of the people, ought which after much argument was ruled to constitute
l'iltite, had published a Bock, in which, among Meeting at the Shire-house, Norwich, on Wedties- to be heard with deference. The subject has been— only a separate debt, that grounded the Petition for
other things equally carious, lie thought proper to day se'nnight, on they subject of the Property Tax, so ably hnndled by the Noble Mover of the Resolu- the joint commission.
viand lin —`' 'Flint the example of the King of and at which most of the Gentlemen who signed the ! (ions, that little remained to be said upon the sub. The questimi has been long and often'd bated, hut
.r.,oe, (Louis XVI.) should deter all other Kings Requisition attended. ject. Ile had spoken out like a stout, firm, and Lis Lordship now devidedethet the joint cenueisaitin
item listening to the complaints of their subjects.— The Hien SHERIFF (11. 11. Henley, Esq.) having constitutionul Whig—he was sorry to say • there could not he sustained on such a bopd,- and allowed
.
lie %seemed to reform ; he was the :list Monarch who ' taken the Chair, opened the business of the day, by were not now many such remaining. Ile had the the certificate. ,
uac re iraus of inakiAg his tieople happy, and lie
`stating, that the occasion of titreH SIR LAWRENCE PALK
s meeting was for the misfortune to differ in opinion with toe onourable r •
:a
s .
BART. O. LORD ererose's
eel; for it in a scaffold." To (his piece of salutarypurpose of petitioning Parliament against the renewal . Baronet who seconded the Resolutions at the origin ; i
0r0.., art .easuielby.
e ndilressed to Crowned Heads, This was a Petition on the part of the Pleimitiif,
of the Property Tax, and they would now proceed of the war. He was happy to address him again in praying for an order- tb *elf or *extend -an Mari.
PANtior. makes the following indignant reply : :to the consideration of the subject. t terms of friendship, having in early life passed most of reference to a Master, made in this cause se inlet.
•• it is difficult to say., whether the falsehood con- i The Earl of ALBEMARLE then rose and said, that of his time in social intercourse with him. His Inn- ago as the year 48(02, respecting the accounts and
sliest', or the tyranny recommended, in this passage, in thus intruding himself on the notice of the Meet- gunge on the present occasion Was as constitutional dealings between the parties, under the bill of the
should most provolse indignation ! The falsehood
is ing, he yielded to the solicitations of his friends as it had formerly been. For himself lie could says, ' Plaintiff, in which was in controxeisy an iti-ut of
so well known, that none but Mr. YOUNG could rather than to the suggestions of his own feelings.. he had never voted for ally war—he had never 41,0001. raised by mortgages for -the use .uf (he
flare had effrontery sufficient to have asserted it ; ' —lle would, however, crave their indulgence for a I voted for any tax. He was glad that the coml. : Noble Defendant, while the Plaintiff was his ogent
met the sentiment conveyed is more dangerous to , few moments, before he moved the Resolutions he ' try had unequivocally declared their sentiments ' and manager, 6,0001. of which was charged to bare
the liberties and happiness of Britain, than all the . held in his hand, for a Petition to Parliament I against the Property Tax, for if submitted to in the I been lent or advanced by the Plaintiff, but which.,
works of Mr. PAINE and the Jacobin Societies.— • against the Property Tax; and he would first re- smallest degree, it would become a permanent one-1 with other advances, were not allowed to the Plaititiff
lite King of France did not die int the scaffold, be. turn his thanks to the High Sheriff for calling this it was the principle of it he condemned,- and if re- by the Master, owing to the narrowness of that or.
t new he listened to reform—it was because he would *
meee„- s:' thereby enabling the Proposers of it to ' newed, it would be again made use of in the same der in reference.
not liitett to it, till it was too lute— :11 he •vas cote- collect the sense of the county of Norfolk, upon a : way as ever to carry on senseless wars, from which There was much argument on the question of ma-
r/led. loctead of liasenitme to reform, lie listened to subject of such high importance. And it was a' England had derived no real glory, but taxation the verting interest money received by a mortgagee, but
tea coon ('Hors : he suffered himself to be guided pleasing satisfaction that he could congratulate a i most oppressive. In saying this he did not mean paid back or lent to the mortgagereliqa an 'addition
by persons as imo lavished the Public money on Meeting assembled so unanimously ; for it was a in 'the least to disparage the gallant services of our Ito the principal debt.
useless 143" me" and Pe"sie""rseeen fereeritesi constitutional right of Englishnien, a right inherent ; Navy and Army. The influence of the Crown had I The LORD CHANCELLOR was dt.Orlftlibll that the
Fes ialtee, and the most pernicious of all traitors— iii them to assemble together, for the purpose ofibeen greatly increased—and could any one say that Petition, in its present form, coulornot be sustained,
regular-bred courtiers, who, to supply their prodi. publicly expressing their opinion of the proposed 'this has not been a bloody and calamitous reign ? since every prayer by it could have.been obtained uu.
gality, loaded the people with taffies; and finding, renewal of this tax. Their's was a voice never The counts'', was governed by corruption, and unless : der the former order, either by motion to aatend
at last, their profligate extravngence was on the eve raised in vain •, and when raised agreeably to law' the people loudly exclaimed against the system, the such former order by a re-hearing, or by taking ea-
of ruinin4 them, agreed to Reform, as tht-ir only and right, and with perfect respect and determine-' War Taxes would be continued. The Hon. Bart. ! ceetions to the Master's report. His Lordship felt
chance of salvation. 'They first threatened the Par- tion, no Minister, past or present, so long as Eng- (Sir R. Buxton) had said, that if Mr. Pitt was alive , himself bound not to enter into the question, of con-
liement of Paris if it did not comply with their land was true to herself, dare refuse to listen. It ne would not have proposed the continuance of the . vetting interest into principal, or other questions
tienialds ; did that look like a wish to Reform S--
was no part of his duty tiego through a detail of the Property Tax. His own opinion was, that lie would made on this Petition, at tee distant period, but left
They next tried the shift of' the Notables, and even . oppressions occasioned by this odious, unconstitu. have done as his disciples intended to do, who, if the Plaintiff's Counsel at liberty to suggest some re-
imprisoned some of the Members whb demanded a tional, inquisitorial, unequal, and unjust tax, for they could obtain the means, would apply them to gular mode for obtaining their object in another
Reform ; but, like the result of. their conduct to the it would he a waste of time to prove it such. He similar purposes. It reminded him of the lines of a shape, and. with that view, suspended his filial judg-
Parlintnent of Pads, these shifts and inenacee also . appealed to the pockets of those assembled, whether favourite poet (Cowper), intent till Tuesday next.
proved inefft.ctual ; aud, after many other vain ex- it was not a private rather than a public tax—for •• War is a game, which. were (he people wise, eant CTIOLMONDELF.Y AND LORD CLINTON.
peclients, they were at last forced to call the States what has the tax-gatherer left there ? and we might, Kim would not play at." • • • *
I TM Luau CHANCELLOR stated as follow. :—" In
Genteel, iii homes teat they would cover their past lie said, for many reasons wish to conceal the situa- Is there nny necessity to keep up our immense army 1 this case, in which a Solicitor has become concerned
iiiiquities, and grant a new lease for plundering the na- (ion of out' property even from our owu family ; but establishment ? We are at peace now,—what hate . for two opposite parties, I requested the ten Chief
tent. In that brew, however, they were also mistaken. can we conceal it from the tax-gatherer ? It was we to fear from foreign power ? But we see how ' Justices of the Court of King's Bench and Common
The people had long stnatted with patience under the oppressive, because it was unequal. It was ruinous .our money is expended, and that the favourite Pleas, and the Chief Heron of the Exchequer, to pro-
le/ninny of the Nadu and extortions -4 the Govern- as well to the higher as the lower classes among us. scheme of a Minister may be accomplished, no rnea- cure for me the opinion of time Judges. I have not
vim iit : they were now menaced with large additional It had been well observed, 66 it was equalled in no.: lore is iek neglected—he alluded to the job of send- yet had the opinion of the Barons of the Exchequer ;
burtlwils, and the general danger created a general thing but its injustice." Ile then made many ing Mr. Canning with a large stipulated salary, as but the opinion of the Judges of the Conrte of King's
claim. The spirit of the country was roused by the pointed remarks "on the duplicity of Milliliters, who, Ens yto Lisbon, where in fact there is no Court— Bench and Common Pleas was laie, before me yester.
infanty of the Administration; mid finding the by their evasive answers to direct questions, had but wie.ie, it had been observed, he could conse- day, and that opinion is,—' that no Solicitor is au-
Court only stooped to concession to hide its mis- evinced an intention of perpetuating this mode of quietly do no harm. As long as the County of - thorised so to act.' The same is the opinion of
management, amid insure its future robberies, rather taxation ina greater or less degree. His Lordship Norfolk acted in the firm manner it had now done, the Master of the Rolls, and of the Vice-Chancellors
than from a sineme si ish to reform aid make them concluded an animated speech with thanking the he should feel proud to represent it, but no longer. likewise.' When I shall have had the opiiiiJit
I aledy, the people resolved no more to trust to those meeting for the attention they had given him, and Ile renc!iided by saying, that he should present of the Barons of the Exchequer, I - shall let yea
ve o had iiivariehly h^trnyed them--1:)r cause of the plm-me-lerl to read the Resolutions. their Petition with great pleasure, and give it every knots."
poise, is:J.l)l4lNi ; dim' rapacious views of the Sir It. J. BUXTON, in seconding the Resolutions !melee( s i
Court! es were defeated, and the old despotism, of the Noble Lord, felt himself called neon in a Mr. JODRELL, in moving the thanks of the Meet.
st ii epee of it, riches and grandeur, was too fee/re particular manner to express his sentiments upon ing to the High Sheriff, said he hoped that the
trees. and come 'set, to protract its existence. Such this tax. As he had supported the War, he felt example of this great County would be generally
teas the commensement of the French Revoletion.— hirre-elf bound to support th, means for carrying. it followed, from which the best effects might be ex-
it ea, nbt the desire of the King to riform, but the on. But he always considered the Property 'Vex peeled, amid that this tax, which disgraced the name
d sire of his Ministers to rob, Mot brought him to tie inconsistent with justice, and therefore always op- ,of Englishmen, might by their efforts be discon-
seelle/d."— ride a pain 1 p.le t
, entitled Pcuer and posed it under every Administration. In that of tinned. B
furor ll,zninst War and Corruption, by DANIEL Mr. Pitt, this tax then appeared as an IncomeTase A Committee was then formed to draw up a Pe-
St i aRT —Let this opinion, thus energetically deli- He well remembered the answer of -Mr. Pitt .titiott foutided on the Resolutions, which having
voted, be compared with what Dto says on the to a question put to him respecting its coati- been engrossed, was read, and unanimously adopt-
same subject in Ins( Ssturlay's Loreier, and then let nuance, which was, 66 That he considered it only ed. It was first signed by the High Sheriff, and
any mart, if he can, doubt the consistency of this ,as a war tax, mid would therefore cease with the afterwardeby the Mover and Seconder of the Res°.
stern, imillexible pctulot. war." In the administration of Mr. Addington, lutions,, and by the Gentlemen present. Thanks
" The Geevre of Louts XVIII) and 111Antr, he (Sir R. B.) opposed it in the shape it then were voted to these who signed the lt-iinisition, arid
A eroleerre.— l'weroy.t wo yecas have elapsed since assumed of a Property Tax ; and though Mr. Fox . the Meeting broke up.
the mild and martyred Louis XV ith perished upon afterwards found it necessary to continue and in- .
a ,caffoid. This is the anniversary of his execution : crease it, yet Mr. Fox was ever an avowed enemy
and we have de!nyed till this ,lay amintincing to oar to the principles of it; but such was the overwhelm-
snarlers a pee e of intelligenre which wo are quite big power of Fiance, that it was necessary the peo-
Porde
fire will come unexpectedig 'aeon our readers. It has ple should submit to it during the war. He (Sir
om hi
been gemierelly believed. that Loses X Vlth after his It. BO would read to them the words of the Act,
otwitl
execution, was thrown itoo a erave, and his body con- which expressed the time of the continuance of this
sumer' by quick-lime. that the precise place of his tax.--It would be found in 46 Geo. 111. c. 66,
iumbe
ere pe
interment could not be pointed out, and ' not a stone clauseel27. To commence from the sth of April, to
t who
tell where he lies.' But this is not the fact. In be in force during the present war, and continue un- R. N
the Rue d' Anjou St. Honore, Rot far fruit the til the sth of April after the signing a definitive
Madeleine, at Paris, there is a small nook which Treaty of Peace, and no longer. Sir IL was surprised an E
relented the notice of Liao 'HIES
ES of RELIGION and that the Minister
did not come forward for the sake iissioi
lIEMASIITY, and which *ill now be reveud as the of his own character, and reply in a bold end man-
Ancieets revered places that had been struck by ly manner to the various questions put respecting .two
Vehtniee. In this nook ate buried Louts X Vl.and the proposed continuance of this Tax. He still must
tied
e his ter Ere. A decreeee of the Convention ordered a hope it was impossible that Parliament could sane-
saw
quantity of trick-limp to be thrown into the grave, lion the continuance of it, when they found it so don
in order that thiee.tiiit,!,t remain no trace upon earth loudly opposed. It were equally impossible to or all
of the nu- T f,F N iNca. Tof he s'l7iire of terror reigned doubt the good will of the people(his country to the
round the ivave—tio OUP dated approach it. Hu., support its negessities when they were occasioned in cted
minit v kid the tears shed, and turned away her eyes. the service of the State, and if money was wanted, f Kn
itelieion alone ereved every danger. thenight In t , eof •no doubt it could be raised; and if the necessity
the 21st January, the Cure of La Mrukkine, with ; were made apparent, the people would cheerfully
lea Vicars, came to say over the body the prayers for submit to the i burden ; but that f they found the be he
the dead, Red sprinkle the grave with holy water.— public money was expended in foolish and extrava. Peril!
Ail these facts are attested by M. Desctoseeux, gant fetes, and in the erection of gorgeous palaces, I as.
who is still liner. In the September of the same do say.(added Sir R.) that the country cannot sup. .y of
year, M.kiti c A wro e ETTE. condemned by the Re- port it. The public expenditure must be strictly 3f tie
t
'watched, and every retrenchment made, however
volntionaryTribunal of Pads,intreated her BUTCHERS
high
f
to deposit her body near Louis XVI. ''Phis de-; the department might be; or without the
greatest economy and retrenchment, the ruin of this se or
mate! was granted, for the prayers of the . it ri•
feared would He trusted, h follow. e how- have en ascendency over the hearts even of country it isl--no
since the Representatives of every county in Eng- ricer
11%1111%111ANS! 'l'etity-olie years have elapsed . ever,
Id follow the example of this, and not suf.
XVI. have reposed latufwou
MARIE ANTOINLTTE and Louis 27.
iii the Church-yard of the Rue d'Anjou—no monu- fer Ministers to pursue these idle schemes, but re.
',rot has bee„ elected to them—the GOD of the sort to more salutary measures, and abolish the ne. eOh
L. icons Las alone taken came of the Royal tombs,1 cessity of such excessive taxation. ---
....
'fh Resolutions thus moved and seconded, were
%%Lich man had abate!oned. The humble patica, , e. , ‘ ....
I read again by Mr 1 aylov., officiating Under Sheriff,, • •••
the modest forget-ine.not, a few ether plants, am
powerful Monarch and who put the question upon each, and they were
-es cover the bodies of a
of all carried unanimously) by separate shows of
i' a &teen, who foamed the charm and ornament
.. ' What bands.
i: at ;.v.e. What contrasts in so short a space .

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COUNT.JAN.t.i6.
UNION DIPENTING CHAPEL 'Ari,SLCNUTON.

S flip LAUNCH.

A fine new 71 gun-ship, called the fledoubfable,
was launched yesterday, at two o'clock, from his
Majesty's pock-yard, at Woolwich, and, notwith-
standing the severity of the weather, a great number
of elegant females, and persons of rank, were pre-
sent to witness the beautiful scene ; amongst whom
we observed Adm. Taylor, Capt. M. Smith, R. N. ;
the Baron Werner (Secretary to the Austrian Em-
bassy)and suite; and the family of the Commissioner
of the Dock-yard, &c.
Sir Henry Peake and R. Seppings, Eqq. two of
the Surveyors of the Navy, superintended the
launch, and a more majestic one we never saw ; it
was managed with so much order and precision tat
not a single accident occurred either ashore or afloat.
This being the thirty-fourth ship of the line
which the Master Shipwright has-constrocted dur.
jog his ollicto, he is to receive the honour of Knight.
hood.

ItARIVELt. a. -
This was a most interesting Case, wrising'en the
Annuity Act, respecting an annuity, greeted. by .1
Mr. Cowen, lessee of the Earl of Nprtll4,loo, and
builder of the Union Disselting Chapel at lalington,
erected by his Lordship's direction, fOir the' accom-
modation of all the Dissenters- -of 'e'iery description.
Two other houses were built adjolningiband belong.
ing to the Chapel.
An annuity was granted of thelehole.to. the Plain..
tiff, of 4501. per annum, which was, by a Wise-
qoent contract, in which the knituitant concurred,
reduced to 3001. a-year, by. sale of nue of the ad-
joining houses, which, of course, had.diminished the
orighal security of the annuity. There 'wait an
omission' in not duly registering-the bitimoviaha this
new-marshalled and reduced annuity, as required by
the Act, which, with a variety, or objections, was
contended on behalf of the Plaintiff, to be-selficient
for violating the contract which the bill sought to set
aside.

A Meet* of the County of Essex will be held on
Mond,ty nee, at Chelmsford, to petition Parliament
.;
against the ontinuance of the Property Tax.
A Recital ion fur a Sleeting of the County of Kent,
to petition against the renewal or revival of the Pro-
perty Tax, is already numerously signed.

Coax Excusvrein, Jam. 27.—The continuance of the fern:
having so completely stops the a tvigation of the rivers from
whence oar supplies come, all business is lit a stand—not it single
sole has been elected this morning, and our prices must be
quoted nominally, as on Met Wednesday.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.—JAss. 27.
To sink the Offal, per stone of ttlh.
Beef ... ss. 0.1. to Gs. Oil. Head of Cattle this day s
Slutioa . ss. OA. to fis. 24. nellati
Vert: ....7s. Oil. to Bs. 01. Sheep
Pork ....Gs. 0.1. In 7s. 41. Calves
Lamb ....Us. Od. to Os. 01. 1 Pigs .. . 240

HAY-10 ARK FT.
Hay
Clover
Straw

After much learned discussion on both sides, by
Mr. FUNBLINQU M:. LEACH, Mr. BELL, Mr.
Straosinta., and Mr. Titcst.uv e,
His lioNoutt adjourned the further consideration
and reply on this new and intricate question, which
was rendered still more complex by the not havin4
made the pew-owners interested in the concerns, par-
ties either to the annuity contract or to the present
proceedings.
Judgment was postponed.
--aw•-- • .
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jaw. 16,
1.1611 ER V. D4NSEY, SQUIDNv AND Cp.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for. a rule .to
show entice why the verdict for the Plhintitt shoidd
not be set aside, and a new trial granted. The,
action Was brought by a bona fide .holdervf.e-,bilt of
exchange for 1..5741. 176. dated 27th of February,_
1813, ajtairtst the drawers and indorsers a the Tomer
Brewery, PlYmoutb, Devon. The bill was payable
at six months 'to the drawer's own order. There
were other facts-in the case; but thus upon shish
the Court decided the premnt question were, that
Air,. Thomas Max, being clerk to Defen;latv.,
was in the habit of drawing hills in tafank.,fpr the
'l' •mar Brewery, to be remitted to Messrs. Hallett,
Hardie, and Co. of London, and that the Wend-
ants used to sign stamps for that purpetelit blank :
the Defendant Dansey had been dead' long •btiCove
May drew the bill, and there had been a dissolution.
of partnership, we believe, as .to , Mr. Cock, .which
was not advertised in the Gazelle, and of which the
Plaintiff had no notice. May net having fay signed
stamp of the new firm, drew the bill 'eptitt the old
signature, and it was remitted to Mem% Hallett and