The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-16 00:00:00

THE SrATL'SVAN.

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We rejoice in being Messed from the very on- - 7'llE BUDGE 74. pleasant task of recording any farther debates en
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as Private TO THE RIGHT 110 N. N. v ',fawning, CHANCEL-
the subject of Colonel bi'MAtrox's salary,
Secretary to the Parses RanexT. Lord CAsTr.o. LOH, OF THE EXCHEQUER, &c. Ss.
octal' last night gave notice of the intention of his . 5114---Various schemes are and to be in center"-
Royal Highness to pay that Other out of his Privy Ostlers, in order to raise the Purse.Ways and Means for the
new Loan. Among others, an addition to the Income
A splendid entertainment *as given last night by and Assessed Taxes has been suggested, and also a
the Marchioness of Hearronn, at her house In
Nlanchester-square, in honour of the late triumph. plan to render
Permute-Ist some of the war tures,—
CLIE4TER, JUNE 13.—A respite for ten days has The first of these, upon the seek they now operate,
just been received for three of the rioters in the would be highly oppressive; and the second, in our
Castle: Grcenhough, Ifatiwood, and Lozendes. The , present circumstances, highly impolitic. Public
other two, Tempk acid Thompson, will be executed i credit has derived much betreit from the plan of
on Monday the 15th of June.
tubing part of the supplies within the year, and this
The Mayor Elect of Norwich, who Is to be sworn
into office this day-, has expressed a determination I plan should sot be abandoned. But, without raising
not to assume the duties of his function having he, i a single new tax, I Conceive that a simple regtilatime
fore served that office, and not being chosen by rota- .iip •the Lead Tax would do more than meet the
tion. His plea is, that age and infirmities now in- dim
ads of the present neat: It is notorious,
capacitate him from performing the requisite duties that while many districts and parishes, both
of the station':
in town and count pay the full extent of
At the anniversary dinner, to celebrate the birth- Country,
;day of the late Mr. PITT, in Liverpool, the harmony flour shillings id the pound for this tax, many
of so glorinus a meeting was interrupted by a match others do not pay one larthittg in the pound!
at fisty.euff., f"i'llete a•as some consolation, how- Why this shameful inequill hoist) long continued
ever, in the reflection, that it was among the advo- I know not ; but it is high time to put an end to It.,
cates of, and friends to, " just and necessary wars." The [,and Tax
e is of very tong standing, and was on.
On the 9th inst. a marine on board the Fyen pri-
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doubted! intended to operate fairly and honestly.—
son-ship, tying in the river Medway, fell from a Y
stage into the sea and was sinking, not being a swim- Who then cau have any right to complain, if he, Is
mer, when a French Officer, of the name of GUILLON brought- up'to that point in fair valuation whereat his
Knorr, jumped immediatalys peith• his dears and. ,neighbours iteve contribritert‘ this necessities of the
boob on, from the forecastle, which is about 35 feet secte
fur a century past 7 Let, therefore, an accurate
high, after hire, and held him for several minutes at
nurse be made of the actual valve of all landed pro-
the risk of his own life, the marine holding hita
fast by the collar, which no doubt would have caused . Perty in the kingdom, and this tier, fairly collected;
the death of the French Officer if his strength had :and I will stake my existence, that the surplus will be
not sustained him till a boat came to save them ; the !a great deal more than .sufficient to pay the interest
marine was almost lifeless. Such a humane action, !of this year's Loan. Another very proper war tax,
which took place in the sight of the Glory, another {of 1 great produce, easily collected, and not to be
prison-ship, -deserves the attention of Government, crated
would be a tax upon all the turnpikes in the
who cannot do less than grant the liberty of the f
French Officer. _ , kiugdom, exactly doubling the toll. This would bring

Banta.—This day the LORD MAYOR and ALDER-
MEN, after inspecting the returns, ordered it to rise
'2d. per peck. Loaf, NINETEEN-PENCE! ! !
To-morrow, at eleven o'clock, the Charity Schools
will attend at St. Paul's Cathedral, to rehearse the
Music, previous to the Anniversary day, which will
be on Thursday next. To those who cannot obtain
tickets for the Anniversary day it will be a most
glorious sight, as every part will be performed (ex-
cept the Sermons) the same as on the Anniversary
day.
The HERTIFORDS, YARMOUTH', lIEADVORTS, SC.
who form the REG r.scr's Household, of course remain.
Lords Gast and GuzsvtzLE would, at this moment,
have oeen at the head of an Administration, had they
not annouaced their intention of dismissing from
office the husband and son of the Marchioness of
Ileterrottn. But of this dismissal Lord MOIRA
would not bear, though it was the usual practice ou
all such changes, because it would have given autho-
rity to certain rumours of female influence, &c. &c.
Does Lord MOIRA, however, imagine,that the mien. BELLINGHAM.
thus of such a Household will tend to stifle those re- --esms--
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kperte, or basolsb such Suspicions? Far from 1t...--* ' TM! EDITOR OF THE -STATESMAN.
iThe Rsorarr, who affects to follow in his Father's "`Bra,--I do not know who Mr. GEORGE CuaE-
iteps, should remembef, that his MAJCSTY never *us is, who resides at No. 3, James-street, Back-
.gave the Offices, immediately about his person,to de- I ingharn-gate; and as little am I acquainted with tha
graded debauchers, notorious gamblers, and convicted ! Mr. GEORGE CHALMERS, who seems to have volun.
adulterers.—(Examiner.) 1 tared his services in behalf of Bczaamom tm's family;
MELANCHOLY ACGIOF.NT.—On Sunday morning,' brit having read the generous effort of the latter to
the 7th instant, a melancholy scene took place near-
Jropposite the Red House, in Chelsea Reach. Mr. , alleviate the afflictions of an unfortunate widow and
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Robert Christie, a gentleman of respectable connec- R children, and found in those efforts strong proofs 9f
tions, and holding a situation in the Transport-office, : a feeling and well cultivated minds I was much sur-
went on the River Thames, with his.nephew, a fine I prised that any man should have thrust himself for-
lad, 17 years old, in a pleasure-boat, to enjoy thel
I ward to disavow what I thought every man would
amusement of sailing. They had proceeded up the I
have been proud to (newt 66 The Appeal to the
River as far as Chelsea, when the weather became ,
40 calm, that they fastened their main and gib sails, ; Generosity of the British Nrdion," published by
and remained immovable on the smooth surface of the i Mr. Jonas, is Newgate.street, seems to have been
water, which was then not ruffled by the slightest un- t the spontaneous movement of a hart alive to the
Idulation. In this situation they continued for some ' miseries of mankind; and great, as the
however,
time,.when a suiden gust of wind from the West filled
' apprehensions of the former Gentleman are, of being
the sails, iustantly upset the boat, and the unhappy i
'Gentlemen sunk, never again to ri.e. " mistaken for the author of the Appeal, he may rest
;
4 woman named Niamey, was killed in a pugilis- perfectly assured that nothing of the kind will ever
,tic contest with 'another woman, named Brookey, in ' be attributed to him, after his letter to the Editor of
ifiaittbridge-street, St. Giles's, on Saturday lest.— ithe Morning, Chronicle, on the 9th instant. It is
a
The Coroner's Jury not having yet viewed the body, very easy to discover, that whatever similitude there
it is not known whether the deceased met her death •
I may be in the exterior figure of the two men, their
sty a blow or by a fall.
Rivard Mahony, servant to Captain Northey,
of i respective writings prove their sentiments to be cons-
Welbeck-streel, was killed by a fall from a horse of ; pietely at variance; and supposing the Gentleman it
.Isis master's at Kensington, on Friday last, his sI41; No. 3, Buckingham-gate, to be a perfect Anonis, 1
having been fractured.
Monday se'nwight were committed to the gaol of !...1 cemfess to you, I would prefer the morals of the
lamer to the person of the former; and especially as
Monaghan, R. Clertrkin, James Skeels, and Ed. • ,i.,.. • the _,.. . . . Publisher
of
the
fitted Aoki, charged with the with! Murder of Ro- ! woes eurontery to toneless the
bet Hughes, permanent aerjeant of the Aughnensula i Pamphlet with a prosecution, for having prefixed to
Inn Yeomanry, on the eight of Saturday, the 30th i it, the name of the author. , Has this Mr. GEORGE
att. The murder was effected in a most cruel man-' CSALISIMS, at No. 3, James-street, Ruckingham-
Ser. i gate, a right to monopolize these names, or deer he
• The American Congress have just passed an Act t
' soppose that in the vast republic of letters, no other
putting a total stop to the barbarous practice of Bog- ._ 1 _
diALMEES than himself can legall turn gaf-
Iting la the American army. Their Military Code be-
fore 43/I°"S ly
was very like our own ; nowt they have sub- I thee, and give his lucubrations to the world ? Really,
stituted for the torture of the Dish, stoppage of pay, Sir, this Gentleman must have been very ill-advised
confinement, and deprivateon of part of the. rations s
to have held such a threat, and also tor'have very
allowed. This is a glorious triumph of humanity !
About 140 workmen are new employed in theists , much mistaken ins' importance, in this world, when
It is said to be in he supposed that a threat of that kind would pro-
' intended archway at Highgate.
iseontemplation to carry the read over the archway ; dace any other sentiment than that of contempt for
end in order to produce a regular and easy ascent, to the object who was indiscreet enough to make it.
raise the road an Inch in every yard, and continue A FRIEND TO MODESTY AND HUMANITY.
~the line through the hill.
The Marchioness of COMiIMRSTA, according to a
Spanish Paper, has presented to Brigadier DowstEy
Commandant of the Estreasadora Legion, she
sword Pizaksto, the compere, of Peru, (whose de-
' &evident she is), which bid bey preserved in her
family for a number of years.

in an immense sum, and would, in a great measure, be
voluntary tax. At first view, it may appear to
bear• hard on farmers and stage coachmen ; but no
people -on earth know better than they do how to
reimburse themselves ; and, in regard to private indi-
viduals, they can have no fair objection. If a man I
has the happiness to drive his curricle, chariot, or'
coach and six, while so many millions of his fellow-
subjects, as industrious, but not so fortunate as him-
self, are obliged to trudge it on foot, thisis but a
small tribute for the enjoyment of such luxury.
There are many other regulations in the existing
taxes, which, if adopted, would increase the revenue,
and supersede the necessity of any new taxes during
the war, which, at some future time, I may submit to
your consideration. I am, Sir, &c.
PATRIOTICITS.

The wretched state of the pavement of flack-
friars'-bridge, is a subject of general complaint, and
the sonsequent eccumulation of dust, aggravates the
very great inconvenience experienced by the passen-
gers. It hie been stated that the bridge does not
belongto any parish, but it shopl4 certainly best-
tached to sortie one or the other. Surely this may be
dose by Act of Parliament with as much facilit,
Malta by Act of the Legislature, wes siade a
part of Atrope.
, Capt. L tn‘s, of the Royal Navy, has invented a
chemical preparation, by which he Oates, the timber
of impels may be preserved ins perfectly durable
state treble the number of years that his hiAserres
ships now continue fit for service, on account of the I
present rapid dessg of their Pals timbers.

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N4V.41, INT'ELLIGIENCII.
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PORTSMOUTH, Jurra 16.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Priacess Caroline, after OMbe,*
East Indiamen to a certain latitude:
01.;AL, Aulta 16.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Chatham, sad will primed to joie
Admiral Your*, dr Mashing. •
TOR RAY, Jams 14. •
*Rol his Mati=waldii.p blame, wills die ships ander bet
charge for New