The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-01-17 00:00:00

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*sisal Opt i.esof British finance, hap, a .re that in
year 1816; • Ministers foresaw a speedy end wodfd
• of -ascii ppt to their Irish •system of finance and
nanaial plunder; to bolster it up a little longer,
' • " to one the favourite expression, that it might, if pos-
• &ibis, " last apt, time ;" aad at the same time to
minder the horrible abases of Air system lose ob
motihrs topallic detection. the Irish burden was
.treophreed• 1 the broad but bottakiog back of old
. *sighed ; end, solace then. the slightlf-hand tricks
of the jugglers of the two Exchequers have beeti
praeilawl bar the joint benefit of those concerned its
• • boats censetriva: How Me public has been benellttad ,
• • suer, the abort furnishes a striking but by no meant
it solitary loetance. For, besides the enorottoe deft-•
:ficit annually seeming. we now know that the debt of
Ireland, which, in 1792, was nothing, or next to ao.
• thing. and which. is 1800. ausousted• to about 25
• Jainism', had Increased is 1317 to about 152 millitins,
• of which 141,441,180/. was funded.
• We are she faroishea with the means of judging for
' what [reload bite been taxed, cad Great Britain and
; iefse4 continue to be. iaxed, by the knowledge of the
fact. that in several branches of Irish 'revenue the exr
ponies of Collection have amounted to a most mitatiel
proportion of the totals collected; as, for instance, in the
year 1811, when every 1004. paid into the Treasury under
, the head customs, cost 351. 14s. 3J, collecting, and every

..1001. paid iota, the Tremniyunder the bead of post-of.
. • ' gee, cost 1491. 19s. 10. I.!! Evidence of the figure of
• • • the progress made since doh), in the lin'ocial depart-
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meat of' this hopeful spstenrof tioveroriumf, is illitelied
by the comparison of •*e ensountof the revenue of Ire-
„ .140.1 in the year" Late; 145..ai1d411901. the first being
••4,417.9901., the second 4,525,6991., whilst the last
• ' amounted only to 3,414,446/.; notwithstanding that,
' dace INS, new taxes have bees imposed on that coun-
try, which our finaoco Ministers calculate would pro-
• duce dime millions and a half sterling; whereas, is
• point of fait, they have not produced a single shilling;
but. °tithe contrary, the old taxes have fallen off enor-
raously
• • What a blessed picture of good and wise Goverassit*
••ic here! -What ease, comfort, and happiness, a system.
'each as this Ilion-integral part of, 'mast necessarily im•
part to those who enjoy the euriajdedielia.mie., of living
snider it! Rot it must be remembered this is *nip a
• part (though a tolerably fair specimen) of the .whole.
• time. on the face of those farts, we have only, or ehiedy,
a •strildix illnstration of the filly of endeavouring •to
raise additional revenue from an impoverished and ex-
boosted infantry by a mere imarease of taxation; but the
privation., sacrifices, ruin, which such a Braga also im-
pose, sod the oppression to which it must give birth,
• added to ether grievances more 'gulling, if not so so.
vete, are written in the Mara. the wretchedness.. end
• tisiiir of five-sixths of the people of Ireland ;in
Lie atrocities committed, and. •the laws writtea
is blood, whichlnecessary to restrain and punish)
may exterminate, but will never iijoarn Whea.will
test universal truth, that "seitheat g ransom! of the
carat, the ePet will not ceare„.l•ba practically received
and acted appals politics as mil as other sciences ?
Wilt so esperimme teach 'wisdom ? Will it never, be
remited as a. rule- of coadutt is tiovernment, that a
...irrupt tree cannot bring fOrtb• good fruit. Signal
• and repeated as have been tlie‘eramples which have
' -boa made in Ireland they hineiiesinced 4ittle.or so
tams** of the horrid. entragestanwaisted ;beim the
will be etbe...wisu. *tabsroneethey mutt
people
etiNsed ; to be eiriliied they west he wade eon*
fortable ; and wanton and !happiness was • never yet
either the attributes or conseqattacet of a bad. and
cot rept systew of Cseierasoest.*..
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ANNUAL TERASUE.T. itt:Poitr OF MB
UsV,TED STATES.
The Secretary of the Aticrican Treasury .has ad-
dressed to the Speaker of the Male of Represente7
tire, the asaual Report 'oa the state of the
, pfiylioi
• litmus dated December 10,1821. TMs discuiseat
esasists of three pails: First, of the Revenue; second,
of the Public Debt : and third, of the Estimates of the
• • Public Revetioe and ExPinifiliite for the year 182:.
• From the latter iratameat It atnears that the estimated
Expenditure far the year 1/41 atoinoted to 21.503.599
dollars, or 4,838,377/. sterile,. and the eadosated
:Itemise for itemise period to 21,012,937 dollars, or
4,727,9101. sterling. • The expenditure, therefore,
for 1821, eiceeded the income "by. 490.962 dollars,; or
• 110,4661. Sterling. For tbelfir 1822, the Income is
estimated at the sum of 16,110.009 dollars. or
3,383,7501. 'ie.-11aq; and. for the same year, the ex•
• penditswe is estimated at 14,947,469 dollars. or
3,363,221/. sterling. :•Far.the year 1822, therefore.
' it was estimated that dreloatene of the United States
would be more than their ‘Rupeaditure by the sum of
1.112.339 dollars. or 361.A961. sterling, from which
the'daficiancy for the.year 1821 of 490,952 dollars;•or
120,4871. sterling, being deducted, would leave. la
• ali probability. a surplus balance is the Treasury of
• , 17eited Sates.. on tie lit of January, 123, of
.. • 671,377114 am or..lsl.os9Laterliug.
R.-speedo( the dimbiettlori. of the Revenue in the,
peer 1821, the reporters remarks as follows .—" 7m,
• disitituarof the ifflnrite from Imports sad tonnage.
eihetwed in4lBl,:?adraeced with progressive
• • ..seugh 16M' and 'reached its lowest point of
•derasina tbeAiret Alert*, of the present year.
The dudes secured la that quarter were 727,000 del-.
lees less than those' let the 'porresponding quarter of
2120; whilst the amount secured in the second sod
third qaarters expeded that of the same period of the
• recoiling ytur by 2,172,00 dollars ; this preseadag
on the 30th of Septeobet last, an aggregate excess of
114..000 dollars for tbs are. One quarters of 1021,
which sans, thee* is just raison to believe. will be con-
siderably anvnented at thi.end of the year."
• Underneath are die particulars of the Revenue and
elm Expenditure for the yeas 1822.
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Num. Sterile' Meaty.'
14.00,008 - - - 41.160.00111
.1.1112),000 - - MOAN
816,009 - - - 114,919
• 111.rMi 13,0114,7 A
EIITUIATED MINDag.
Starilrig 14Mr
• ChM Ust. Ate. • • 11.861;11IZ 7- •
• tinikestitlieit• . • 6.7VA6srI 1,11117.110
May 14101117• •yr. imam
**us. • • =.4.19 • . ••1304
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