868 State of Public Affairs in Odoler. 



times lias become so truly alaitnins, tliat 



[Nov. J, 



the citizen, ineclianic, and nianiifacturer 

 can lincl no en)|)loynient — the shops of the 

 trader deserted — the niercliaiit no means 

 of commercial pursuit with advantage — 

 the workhouses swarming with paupers — 

 the public streets with vagrants — the pri- 

 sons filled with unfortunate tradesmen- 

 gloom depicted in every countenaiice, pre- 

 sent to the eye of the observer one con- 

 tinued scene of misery and want. 

 * That it is not only the loss of trade, the 

 decay of agriculture, the increase of emi 



ratiiij; very prtjudicially to the develop** 

 nicnt of agricultural industry, and is the 

 source of much division and rancour be« 

 twecn the pastor and his flock. With a 

 view to those important objects, but more 

 particularly at this moment to the well 

 being of the whole community, it is re- 

 commended that tlip, tythes may be re- 

 deemed in the manner of the Land Tax, 

 which would create a handsome fund for 

 the payment of the rainisters of religion, 

 and by lessening the undue wages of th« 

 seivants of the country, enable it to pre- 



gration, bankruptcy, and pauperism, but serve its honour and faith with its creditors, 



the loss of character, in the corruption of Thus revenue would be obtained and peace 



morals, which the fri;j;htfnl addition of or- and !<ood will promoted, combining the in- 



dinary crimes unhaiipily proves, which has terests of God and man — the great end of 



been countenanced and encouraged by the the Chiistian religion. ■ 

 success of crimes a>:ainst the State, at the The Treasury has published a com- 



unblushing avowal of which the speaker of parative statement of the produce of 



tbe House of Coumions observed, "our the taxes in the corresponding quarters 



ancestors would have startled.' 



That the conditions of the Treaty of 

 Paris, and the terms of the instruction* to 

 the Duke of Wellington, prove that the 

 object for which those sacrifices of blood, 

 treasure, and morals, have been made, was 

 in violation of the ri;iliis of nations, or the 

 declaiatioK of the allies at Frankfort, con- 

 trary to the sentiments expressed by our 

 own miuislers, and dercgatory to the so- 

 lemn pledge continually given throughout 

 the war. 



That our negociator. Lord Ca<itlerea!;h 

 (as the representative of Great Britain at 

 the Congress), neglected to t-xert that in- 

 fluence which ourhii^h situation necessarily 

 commanded, in obtainiu;j; tiuise commer- 

 cial advantages which this cowntry had a 

 right to insist upon, and which she had 

 bitherto enjoyed. 



That our anxiety to remove tlioseoppros- 

 sive imposts which bear so heavily as to 

 deprive many t'amilies of the means of exis- 

 te.ice, does not arise from an *■ ignorant 

 impatience," but from a con-ciousness of 

 the immense resources of tliLs country 

 beins shamefully misapplied in rewardiiig 

 courtly syc.'piiants and parasites, who, 

 are at all" tunes ready to obey the maa- 

 dates of their infamous patrons. 



That at a period like the present, w'nen 

 all classes oi ilie coiiinunnty are over- 

 whelmed with ditiiculty, it was expecsed 

 that those who are receiving large sums, 

 as sinecurists, would have had patriotism 

 sufficient lo have aHimled a cousiderahle 

 portion of their receipts tov.ards relieving 

 the (hitresses of the people; but when we 

 see, at a late piiblic sabscriptioii, one hun- 

 dred pounds given by those \\ho are an- 

 nually receiving from twenty lo thirty 

 thousand, it can only be considered as an 

 additional insidt lo the feelings of a patient 

 jet sutfering people 



of 1815 and 1816, by which it appears, 

 that tiie same duties have yielded in tbo 

 latter period above 1,300,000/. less than 

 ill the former. The charge is also given, 

 but, as tiic dividends in this quarter ars 

 far less than in the July and January 

 quarters, tiiis part of the statement is 

 of course irrelevant. In truth, the «/t- 

 vual charges of the public debts are 

 forty-six millions, and here is a full quar- 

 ter's revenue producing less th.an lOJ 

 millions, 'llie war-taxes, including the 

 defunct j)roi>crty-tax, yield above four 

 miliioiis more, making the total reve- 

 nue, on this average, fifty-eiglit millions. 

 As, howevci, the War-duties consist 

 cliiefiy of arrears of the Property-tax, the 

 |)erniaii<:nt revciuic, as now collected, 

 camsot exceed forty-eight millions ; 

 and it should be borne in mind, that, 

 altliougli one quarter's revenue is similar 

 to another, yet it is not so in regard to 

 the charges, which are far greater ia 

 the January and .luly quartcrtt, than in 

 tiic April and October ones. Thus the 

 total of Ihe interest and charges of tlie 

 Kiiglish debt only amounted in 1815, 

 (and tiiey have been increased in 1816,) 

 lo 45,163,853/. making a quarterly 

 averasiic of 11,290,963/. (independently 

 of t!.o Irish interest of 6,800,0001.) ; but, 

 ii; tiie Treasury account, the charges 

 are set down in this quarter at only 

 7,856,7717. ; so that the pretended sur- 

 plus of 1,010,290/. is a gross error. 

 If, however, it be admitted as true of 

 this quarter, then the charge for the next 

 quarter must be at least 11,290,963/. 

 .f3,434,iy2/.=14.725,155/.; so that the 

 surplus of 1,010,290/. will then become 



That thf pavnient of the ministers of a deficiency ot at least 5,858,094/. ! ^^ • 

 religion bv the tvthing system, has become i>ave exhibited these facts, because tho 

 •ititmely oLuoiiouiWd opuicisivc, ope- Ttcasiui statcmcut oi' » surplus, filled 



with 



