. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. ll put his hands in his pockets,and paid the bill, ;^990,053—all which had been contractedsince the passing of Burkes Bill on the subject, and exclu-sive of the sums paid in 1784 and 1786. The Prince ofWales was not so lucky with his application at this Chancellor of the Exchequer could not stand twoheavy pulls upon his purse. Well, as a sop, John got rid of the Income Tax. Likethe Old Man of the Sea, which we have to carry on ourshoulders, it was originally proposed as a war tax ; but,unlike ours, faith was kep
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. ll put his hands in his pockets,and paid the bill, ;^990,053—all which had been contractedsince the passing of Burkes Bill on the subject, and exclu-sive of the sums paid in 1784 and 1786. The Prince ofWales was not so lucky with his application at this Chancellor of the Exchequer could not stand twoheavy pulls upon his purse. Well, as a sop, John got rid of the Income Tax. Likethe Old Man of the Sea, which we have to carry on ourshoulders, it was originally proposed as a war tax ; but,unlike ours, faith was kept with the people, and, withthe cessation of the war, the tax died. A very amusing 48 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. (1S02.) satirical print, given here, is by Woodward, and shows thedeparture of the Income Tax, who is flying away, saying, Farewell, Johnny—remember me ! John Bull, relievedof his presence, growls out: Yes, d—n thee; I have reasonto remember thee ; but good-bye. So thourt off; I dontcare; go where thou wilt, thoult be a plague in the landthou lightest JOHN nULL AND HIS TAKING LEAVE OF THE INCOME TAX. The negotiations for peace hung fire for a long were ratified, as we have seen, in October,but the old year died, and the new year was born, and stillno sign to the public that the peace was a real fact ; theycould only sec that a large h^rcnch armament had been sentto the West Indies ; nor was it until the 29th of March, thatthe citizens of London heard the jo)ful news, from thefollowing letter to the Lord Mayor: ? Doivniiio- Street, Ilfare/i 29, Lord, Mr. Moore, assistant secretary to MarquisCornwallis, lias just arrived with the dcfniilc tre;il\ of (iSo2.) CONDITIONS OF PEACE. 49 peace, which was sii^ncd at Amiens, on the 27th of thismonth, by His Majestys plenipotentiary, and the plenipo-tentiaries of France, Spain, and the Batavian Republic/ I have the honour, &c., Hawkesbury. It must have been a great relief to the public m
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