Our readers will perceive...
The Times, 1824-03-02T00:00:00

Our readers will perceive that a Requisition has been at lengtfi Eigbed, calling upon the LoxD MvYox to- sum- rnon a ComTnmon Council, for the purpose of petition- ing Parliamert against-tbe proposed plan offinance.; and that Fridayiext-is* appointedfor-the meeting.. It is un- viecesJary to say that we approve of this -trst motion of Ea public bddy--."' vires acqtirat eumdo," IV bave bef6ae discusaed the Subject upon -its 'own merits: we sbal now arguse it, though but briefly, on -the .21egstions'. i, our adversaries, :or 6dMinisters them- eolves. They sSY tthat ibaving recenziy brought for- zrd -easuirss calculated to relieve the landed and agri- cultuzal b?die. they' now think it their duty to as 5ist the comrnie'idal interests of the country. '*Ve are glad of the concession,. thaugh it -be but a. jxst one, that they whva have,suffered. nogt ,hfve most 'right: to in(1emnity or compensation. And now.we.put it, in tsranquil assurance 4 th rce of 9 U p,ut it tc the ge c-. tLt sense and fithlful recollection ot the cotlntrl, who they were tlhat suffered mo -ltiuring. the last pro. tracted contest for our existence? -Vere they _no; Utntiversa!ly tIhe`nddling and l'-wer cases sc"ety- ? The lan(ded interest ivas iipheld.Tm pride atnd isplen. dour by the high pric-oftgra!n-the commercial in- terest by the moniopoly of ihe seas; wbhi,e, upon the Idwer and Tniddlitug classes f0l tbe Nvholc weig,ht 4ni burden of the war; and these wvei gotaltally sinking, and did sin!k, lowfir, and loiwer3 and lower. To them, theTefore, relief attd conncet)Satiotn for their sufeuings is ntorethitn ordina. i riiy Oue; and how that cormepcsation or relief is to be af. fordile, but by the repeal or dihninLi6ii of the ass'essed taXes, and more espnecially by the removii of tlie win-r dow,tax, Nwe kn6w not. It is also to'be. observel, that the repeal of the assessed taxes, at the same timne that it woalul most relieve those who have mnost occasion for relief, would likewisc af'ord ease to all in a reasonable and prooortionate degree. It would be a general anid diff,sive blessing; vwhilst the plan offinaniee adopted by the CHAIsci.CaL0R of the 'ExcitEQu.-R is calculated only to affcrdL unneeded luxuries at an easy rate to the rich, and st6ps'short before it reaches tte. poor and middling classes. WVhat eff&ct can- it h'avt upon the countrv shopkeeper, thiat the price.of silk is lowered, except it be to injure the sale of hiis priiitedt stuffis and calicoes, andl to ruin the manufacturers of those articles ? How many country towlisare therein Englai:d, upon which the al mission of obroign silks in to our ports can have uo effect whatever, except it be a miisclhievous one; and to everv inhabilaint of which towns, the repeal of the as- scss.,l taxet ivould be a mnst subsmantial benefit? We are. sU"pYisec1 that these people dlo not see the Advantages wvitlin. their reach, and call upon their county members to re- quire of Miniisters a pilan of finance calculated f'r the re- lIef ot the pc.or ; andl not to siffer a schleme to be realized, which ihas nothing English in it, and does not extend to the bo6ly of the l?icglish nation, That i now or never," to use the homely exprcssimn, is the timre for moving-, is but too clear, both because Parliament is draw.ng to a conclus,on, and because the CnANcrLLoR oF the ExcucQbuEt pluaiuly d cdares that he means no change for three yeacs to come, it his present plan be suf- fere(d to go down. That no beneficial cflange will occur, if a new Parliawelit be suffered to be chrsen in the interval, we lo tnost confidettly predict. One might almost be arnusei at t::e calth a;surante with which Mr. RosiN- so- calculates upon Iiis future gains and losses. '- I shall " lOSf," says he, " by this my new silk, and rttm, and coal, an(d wool experiment, 1,060,000!. Multiplying this sum " by thrice, to come at the loss focr the years 1825, 1826, "and 1827, combined, antl addfing half for the loss of the "curcent year, 1821. the to al loss Nvill be 3,717,0001." Admirable arithmet;cian ! Hlowever, we do trust that the CIIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQuER Inay resemble old Mr. SJcandy, in the roinatice, who, whilst he is unsuspiciously calculating th, expenses of his eldest son Bobby's future tour through Europe (icibject to some provoking interrup- tions, no doubt), is at length overwhelmed by the tidings of his sudden dcatt. WVhat the nation wants, and that also to which it has an inilubitable right, is a plan calculatcd to aIford ease to the grcat tuass of the people-nct a schelmec that -merely coqitets witih tlhe artificial wanis of the opulent.