London Country Journal (Newspaper) - August 4, 1733, London, Middlesex c CO By CALEB y ER U N T K Y JO U T H E F Ti S August 4, 1733. LIE VE general I made my laft Paper on the Frauds in are to convince any Man that the had it been put in would not have the freeholders of a Shilling Pound on but as This which is very much laboured by the and his I wilt examine it a little more particularly in. the following Every Body knows that a of one Shilling is laid by Parliament Jive hundred Pounds fo that this Sum extraordinary have been on tobacco and in order to take it off from Hut before we admit fuch an Improvement of the Revenue to be it is to two Thir gs that the Frauds in the Duties on two do actually to five hundred Pounds a Yean that an Exc fe would have effectually put a Stop to The Writers pretended at that the was really the fo the latter would have been the happy of their the was not fo on both Points in the famous Letter to bis with that unlucky Magna eft & He to 200,000 elf this annual Sum on and 366,000/. on But when this AFair came under the Deliberation gf the Ex and hs Computation Him fo full in the as to put Him out of for it upon that the whole net - Duties upon Tobacco did not upon the to much two hundred Pounds a and that the Seizures upon this Branch of the Revenue did not exceed fourteen hundred a at a Medium of from 1724, to 1731. It by the Accounts before the i that Seizures have continued .to very the which Time the Government was put a Method of detecting and preventing Frauds in this Trade by that very Body of who have been fince treated in fo a both with Regard to their and Is. it therefore to that the can amount to as much the whole net hath for Years paft or that an would have brought them all to No even the was fo far from infilling upon this Point within that He did not pretend to advance the Duties upon by the Alteration above thirty a Tear j and it Was proved by ether that it would not really be advanced much Part of that fame Importation an Stop put to all But let os His own Computation to would have the Duties upon Tobacco thirty Pounds a in that I there would been wanting four hundred and a to make up the Jive hundred in Lieu of the of one This therefore muft have been by an the Duties on which was the other Branch it to the by the laid before that the whole Duties Commodity came to little more than 500.000 per at a Medium of from 1724] to and that the for the fame Term of did not amount to hundred Pounds per fo that three hundred Pounds a the remaining Part of the faid five hundred muft have been by an extraordinary Importation of no have been of infinite Advantage to this in of our or by the wonderful Operation of this in detecting all the Practices of the a Stop to more open and daring the As. Way of may feem and really it. contains the whole Force of the which have been advanced and continue to be in Favour of the late But us finking Men are apt to catch at any the Projector is at his Wits End to pacify the general the for his late Attempt upon their We cannot wonder that He work up the landed Men a Belief that his only was to eafe Them of their and that all this Load of is upon Him their They been fo very as not to enter into his Way of Thinking even to join with their Countrymen in the trading no muft be a great Mortification to a Gentleman and is enough to put any upon Earth a little out of - For my own .I am always inclined to deal derly with Men in and to argue with Them upon their own or when the gument will admit of as the gentle Method of their Let us all moral that the late unhappy Project would have the whole Sum yet the old will whether a who expended above two hundred for Support of rheir within Years and continue to pay every on the fame ought to them up at laft for the Sake of faving five Pounds a. Year in their national Expences when the fame faving might be perfectly with our by a proper Reduction of the the of and the of exorbitant It a that not a Farthing of to be by an Improvement of the Duties oh Wine and could have been to the Eafe of the as the Laws at for the Duties on Commodities being appropriated to particular the Application of them to any other would have been a Violation of publick but as this Doctrine is grown too old to have any Weight with the Friends of the I not enlarge upon it any and if the Publick be of Opinion that there is no Weight in fuch an I muft on that a Million might have been taken out of the finking Fund for the current Expences this as without an as. well as with an had the really intended but This was only the Shoeing-Horn made Ufe of to draw the landed into the and had They been fo the of if not the would foon have by the Diminution which muft have been the inevitable of making Commodities and the I might add that the Pretence of Frauds and in the Collection of the Land the Writers have often hinted at would have been made an forne Time or for converting that Duty an I am very far from tp recommend the of the finking which is appropriated by Acts of Parliament to the Payment of our and was formerly by the Title and which ought not to be diverted other even in Cafes of the This was the Language of a Book about Years intitled an oh the publick which met with tie Approbation certain that Time the Father of the finking Fundi and pretended to be fond of his He hath been nibbling at it ever and drawn many a pretty Sum out of yet He commonly did it of and under fome Pretence that the Money not property belong to the finking But at length He feems got over all and publickly took half a from this without any or Pretence not therefore be very much if Hs 4emana the whole of it next for the current Expences of the I am fure may do it with as much and with his former But if it be proper to this Fund bom the of the publick I muft beg Leave to offer my Opinion that it will be much to the Reduction of which are on the of Trade than to the Seivice of the This will give the effectual Relief to the by rendering and Labour enabling the Farmer to pay his Rent and in to advance whereas the other Method of tiling the by taxing only a nominal Relief the which will certainly end in a more grievous Burthen than my f for let the Advocates endeavour to flatter the Landed Gentlemen as much as They the Locke always hold thai however or out of Hands immediately do in a where their great Fund is in for the terminate in it found that which haft to a feel will of all others fall I. therefore conclude with a very pretty the wrong Policy of laying Burthens upon Trade and from de which hath been by * another iri the of this The fays compared People to heng to live on the Fruit of an found the of the Trees and were of good fo (i They made bold to eat of them by which means the u for want of being their lefs and of Them told the others the of but were believed by the and greedy who and devouring the Root i in the following trie which had loft many of their Roots were either blown down by the or killed by the the wife Mice did thereupon once again warn their imprudent Brethren who that it their undermining and eating but the fierce Storms and fharp that wef e the Caufe of it fo that They continued feeding on the till the Trees were fo that both the wife and Mice muft either dye of or feek a better ' ' Though this little Fable is very well adapted the Point in yet I thank God it plicable to our at for the and greedy have their and I hope the Country Mice will always on their Guard Attempts of their Brethren at Court to draw Them the fame * Some Thoughts general &c. j. FOREIGN | July 26. The Report is that reign Troops are enter and the de Monti keeps Couriers ready to dispatch away to his Court upon the Meanwhile the reigning arif putting a Condition to the faid Troops with all the gence We are informed the of the Crown has given his that he will bring an Army of 50,006 Men next Month into the It is that he has already fent for fome Troops to march to the Frontiers of an into tint in cafe the enter The fame Party expects a powerful in N E W S. July 14- here Mr. Baron Carter and Mr. to the Affixes being met by the German our High attended by a great Number of Gentlemen and on The Evening before came to Town the Right Hon. the Lord James one of our worthy Representatives in as did on Sunday his Grace the Duke of and on Monday Sir Nathaniel and Godfrey two other of our Worthy in and a great many other neighbouring fame Day the Appearance of Gentlemen was perhaps at there was a very grand - After the was Grace the Duke the Lord James and of the Nobility where a fine Entertainment was prepared for at- which they Four o'Clock in the ' July 28. On Friday the 20th Sir Edmund cf the and who will Candidate at the next Election of Knight of the the County of upon their going to the of Were met by near 500 holders with playing and the
