Star. — London, England, 1816-05-14 00:00:00

peal off' one of the inoet.preductivethathad ever been su ggested. No tit could fall more'unequal than the .erne now before the Nousel its being one that related ;o the protinctions of she earth made it perlectly ob jection onls question was, after the great and advantageous tar had been removed; what others the country could bear• pari in g with? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER who h ad very agreed with the Heneutable Member,k fairly stated the consequences of the ehnliii in of the properly Tax; built* could not think that in the present situation of the country it was possible to give a wee. r degree of indulgence in respect to the - Hor4 Tee dem whet was,now preposed., To a large . pro portion et ten.intis etiietield firms of less than .tl5O te y e er, it e. mild be a great relief; while, as thelarger farmers vivre relieved from the burthen of the Pro rely Tax, they could not require the indulgence of exemption fens this.. The House had already gone tt , the iitrenst extent it could possibly afford, by re- Lev's% ti.c country from about seventeen millions of annual taxes, and he thought . It impossible tO make osy turthcr reductions at present. Mr. P. MOORE denied that this tax was called f o r y and before it or any others were agreed to, it vets the bounden duty of the Right Hon. Gentleman add his triends to lay before the House the true state of its finencial condition, and the whole system of taxa tion, that it might bejudged what species of tax ation was necessary. He would oppose every mea . sure t this kind, till such statements were brought forward, when he was sure the House wobld not he sitate e t affording whatever aid was required. Mr. CUR WEN was ready to admit, that whet had been conceded by the Chancellor of the Exchequer woull he of great advantage to the small larmer and it was not to be believed that the whele tax could be given up. Every horse that was unneces sari./ kept required a share of ground whose pro duce secs sufficient for a human being, and it was, therefore, desirable that the number of horses should be diminished as mueh'•as peeesible. He objected te certai n vex itioes in the collection of the tee, .which he litiFee would be remedied, particularly that which subjected farmers to the duty tor riding horses, and the criat g,s her agroem. In one district 97 appeals had been made on this subject, and 94 of them been deemed inv a lid. This was a great oppression. Mr. J. P GRANT said nobody felt more than himself the neeetsity'bf raising money for the exigen cies of the State . ; but it was not possible for the peel ter' ttis country to pay the taxes that were already d on, • and the tax on agricultural horses we no thing morellielilis l ita i tt• a tax on machinery; like that of a weiver'slatim, The Right Hun. aentle. man deserved no credit fOr the reduction of the 17 millions of tan!' of Which he boasted, for he had been forced to give up the Property Tax, because the faith of Parliament was pledged to discontinue it on tae conclusion of the war. The Horse 1%14 in his opinion, was in opposition to every wind principle ot • ' .Sir E. KNATCLIBULL oppoied the Tax, on the ground that all possible encouragement ought to be given at the maient crisis to the agricultural interests, already borne doivrt by the pressure of tithes and other taxes. He trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman would not persist in it. Mr. WYNNE was also decidedly against,theTiq• which he declared his`intention of opposing jet 1. times, as he lied done when it was first proposed to be extended. He explained the pressure of its opera tion on the Welsh farmer's, who were obliged to keep many horses, for the parivse of bringing manure from great diseinces., Sir C. BURKELL complained of the tax on ac count of its inequelitios heavylande required double the number ot hersei to* till them, which .were sulk, cient for thecuitivation,of soil of e.ilifferent desirip lien. He would prefer an additional tax upon plea• one horses, or upop any tie that might. be cunsi &led as an article ofluxewr Mt. CURWEN wished the reduction about to be • made in the duty to be extended lrom farms or 415 U to those ot &MO per. espnume After a fee; i nseielt i knt sir J . Matelonmetes, ;the House divided . oat the otiginal- queseiOrte wfieuetbe numbers weree—Ayes, 87—Nocs, When strangers were re=admitted, the House wee engaged in the cousideration ot .the other clauses eV the Bill. • Mr. CURWENproposed an Amendment on the chose for redib.ing the duties chargeable on tarns not exieecling theinnual value of 41.5U,,whic!, went to extend the - reduction about to be made .to farms ut. MO per annum, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER dechneti . givin4 any opposition to this proposition. Sir C. BURRELL was glad the Chancellor of tie Extheqiier ",lind acquiesced in the motion of the lion, Gentleman near him. Mr. CURL EN. acknowledged ? . with much satis faction, the great liberality with which the Right Ron. Gentleman had conceded that for which be, (Mt. Cursven) had contended, and expressed his Soong opinion, iliac by doing so, that clan of petions would be mist relieved who best deserved the mien tton of Parliament, and on whom the Tax had here tofore most seterely pressed. . • 1 The clati,e was then agreed to. Sir C. BURR SU; expressed a hope, that before the Bill was disposed of, some provision would be made with respect to worn-out mares that •could work nu nicre, and were kept but for breeding. It had came to his knOwlcdge, that Government in tinded to impose a tai on btood mares, and he thought that the most unjust of all taxes, which com pelled the farmer to pay al. IL for each mare past labour, after payi:ig a duty of 17s. 6d. on hot while tie was ahle to woo k. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the sObject deserved consideration. The several clauses of the Bill having been weed tr', the Horse was returned, and the report was or. , dtrel to' be received on Wednesday. ALIEN BILL. On the question that the House should go into a Committee on the Alen BM, General THORNTON reminded the House, that the Sokitor.Gcneral had contended the Sovereign hAd the power or spotting - an Mien out of the coun 'KY. He h a d a l so the power of recalling the subjects (4 this country from foreign parts,• and of segues "Virg their property it they refused to obey the man 'llk. He wished this 'power, with some modifica tittns, Were now exerted. He approved of the Prie• I .eTple dtLe Alieo IC. bet should still more approve of a tax upon absentees. • • Sir M. W. RIDLEY opposed the Bill as wholly inapplicable to the present circumstances of the coup= try, and lie therefore thought it his duty to enter his protest against it.' Mr. Alderman C. SMITH defended the measure as being essential to the security of the country. Mr. J. P. GRANT did not now mean to oppose the Bill, as he knew 'several of his friends intended to offer their sentiments on it when the Report was brought up ; he should reserve himself till then, when it was his intention to offer certain new clauses to be embodied in the Bill. The House thettifivetif into a Committee.. After a short conversation On some of the clauses, the 11,60 resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received on Thursday. ZUMErAL CERTIFICATE BILL. The Funeral CertifiCate BM was moved to be now read a second time. After a few, words from the ATTORNEY GENERAL, the House divided—For the Bill 3—Against it 82. The Bill was, therefore, rejected, Sir E. BRYDGE3 declared, that it would be better for him to withdraw himself and know himself better than to originate measures of such importance, and expose himself to Contempt. Mr. D. GIDDY thought the Hon. Baronet took the subject tooluneh . to heart. Mr. M. SUTTON trusted that the Honourable Baronet would not consiar himself too personally dealt with in• this measure. • The SPEAKER expressed a wish that the Ho. nourabl• l3aronet would not give up another measure of his (Poor Laws) still before the House. Sir E. BRYDGES expressed his willingness to at tend to the suggestran 4 , t the Speaker. Sir C. MONCK obtained leave to bring in • to confine the toll for the carriage of manur certain description otcarriages.—Adjourned. RUSSIAN TiIRLFP. No. I.—Silk goods of one *Aug, and plain, without gold and Alert, velvets, gros de tours, satin, taffetas, levatitine, and serge, to be imported to Petersburgh only, 25 per cent.; rib ands (except for orders), to be imported to Petersburgh wily, 23 per cent.; easalmere of all colours, 25 0-0; spectacles, tO per cent.; white crockery. ware, 25 per cent.; strings for musical insfruments, S per cent.; blankets and coverlets, white, to he imported to Pe tersburgh wily, us per teat.; mahogany, ICi per cent.; beech. wood, 2 per cent.; diamonds and pearls, 1 per cent. ; prints and paintings, 25 per cunt. No. 2.—Carpets, gold arid silver, to be imported to Peteniburgii 'only, s 5 per cent.; razors, :knives and fgrks, schwa, snuffers, penknives, &c. YS per cent.; files, saws, and other iron lustre . meats, s.per cent.; beaver and otter skins, and ocher foreign furs, 25 per cent.; French cambric., to be imported to Criers ' burgh only, 25 per teat .; twict, dyed and white, 7i silver rubles 1 1 per pa.; white kindacks, US per cent.; paper, all suite, wince, $5 per cent. ; ()aria. leathers, 20 per cent. ; apples, t 25 cu. prr V ankers; brandy, afrack, shrub, Is ro. s. per sober ; perfumery, 50 cu. prr bo. ; porter, 20 ro. ter barrel. - Ni. 2.—Cocoa, 123 co. silver per po.; cheenuts, 75 ditto; fruits, In liquor, 13 ro. sago, 135 co. silv.; rice, 13 co. per po.; hops, 125 co. ditto; dyed woolen yarn, $75 co. per par:; quicksilver, $5C0.1. ; soot, 25 co. idle.; sugar, i5O co. silv ; sugar In loaves, 375 co. silv.; salt, to be imported to the Baltic only,' 15 co. s.; cheese, 5 ro. s ; wisatebone, 250 co.; coffee, S ro.; in digo 250 Co.; cochineal, 750; wire, 3u co. ; vitriol oil, 150 Co.; Venetian soap, 1 to.; nuts, 1 ro. per pti. C63is, 50 cu. per br.; 1 logwood,soru.;•nicaragua. 1 rb. per bq.; wateties, (tatrept what are prohibited), I S pet ro. ; blacklegs. ditto ro.. 1 No. 3.—Cider, 25 co. per bottle ' • maze, Su ear . ditto ; French witty ro. e. per kW. ; c kisozo 1,- isles,ules, 2 et.i. per bottle ; hes rings, &Need. 25 co. per barrel; ditto Ligiisti and 1./..tch, co. ; vinegar, 625 to. per hhd.; cloth, except wha. is prohibited, 125 co. a. per arab.; birds, co. per piece; oraii,;es and Winona, .50 co. per 300 ; mare, and stallions, sty ro. even ; tin plate,l 25 ro. per . 45.) shwa; cocoa:nies, 125 co. per it) pds.; ides, t ro. per 1...800 p. ' The duties in roubles are understood silver, a 4 ro. 13. N. Ties per eeut.4 to be taken front the value, according to the exchange. SO Uril AMERICA. By the Jamaica Pactirs. And letters from Kingston, we learn that the affairs s;f the P triot party in South America begin to assume a mere favourable aspect. Notwithstanding the partial "success occasion d by . Murillo's large force, every succeeding account re ceived at Jamaica seeireJ to confirm the impossobi lity.of the ultimate irfiiynr4 of the Mother Country 'against the Colonies. '• 1511. var, the well-known General of the ininrifents, who by A lninA a miracle escaped assassination 4 short time ago at Jamaica, it is believed, is destined to ac comphsft the independence'of his native country. He sailed about the' 20th of March, from Aux Cayes, with twenty armed and from 2,500 to 3,((X) men, with an abundant supply of arms and ammuni tion, tolive vigour to the efforts already made by his brother patriots in arms in Curnana and Barcelona. Murillo, on summoning New Grenada, liad receiv ed in answer, that the inhnbstsnts were determined to resist to the last breath; and that the most hor rible of wan, that of extermination, would inevitably ensue. . By the latest accounts Murillo had been driven I back three times into his lines at Mornpox, and Was shortly expected to be obliged to retire to Carthagena. The Caraccat Gasettee; which had been received at Kingston to the 2th • of. February, draw a more favourable picture of Ferdinand's affairs up to that period: The Royalists . had gained decided advan cages at sea along the coasts; and whilst the Spank!) marine forces wete destroying upon the coasts all the means of the disaffected to obtain succours or tr, the insurgents, driven to despair, or in the hope of bettering their situation, rest , lved on a general attack upon the whole of the Spanish fortified line. On the 25th. at eleven in the morning, they with their whole force fell upon the •posts of Mamey Puente, and Cupey : the first garrisoned by the troops under Lieutenant-Colopel Curtin, and the second and third by those of Bcbastio and the Union. • At the post of Mamey it is admitted the combat was more obstinate.. On that point there, was a con tinned series of attacks and retreats until, three o'clock in the afterniapp. ; The gazette colicludea ea. follows : " At this,,time is ammunition chest blew up in the castle of Santa Ross, and they supposed this explosion bad been the destruction of the whole fortresses. They then mock another desperate attack, but a dreadful slaughter shewed them that they were . mistaken. At four o'clock the most shameful Bight ptit an end to the combat, in•spite of the threats by which, from his place of safety, the cowardly tnendi attempted to force Ova to return. Our lfttis on this day, one of the roost glorious for us, con sisted in two. soldiers killed and eight slightly 'wounded. The brass Urreistietsr and souse ;Wises were slightly wounded by the explosion.".. • ~._~ _ EVENING • loNifog. TUESDAY, MAY- 14, 1816. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK' Reduced 601.1 —Cop*. um. 62 1 1—tor see. 82i 4 per Cent. 744—S per Cent. 9411—Bonds H. 2s. pr. Omu. I t it—Eseb. Bids 2s. Ls. par. We have received the Paris-Papers-of Saturday, with private letters of the same date. Their 'contents ate more important, on account of their guarded lan guage, than what they ventbre to express, respecting the state of the public mint!, which seems to be every where agitated with the most fearful apprehensions; apprehensions the more painful and distressing, as every one is left to guess at the extent of the ramifi cations of revolutionary machinations and treason, without any clue to direct their views to those quar ters whence the chief danger may be apprehended. In fact, there seems to have been but too much ground for the various rumours in the private letters which have for some rime been transmitted from' Paris, of secret conspiracies among the disaffected of every description, who, however they may differ in their politic4l views on other points, are believed to Ise inclined to cu-operate in assailing the present Go .treritinent. 'At Grenolsle, at Amiens, and even at Paris, the discontented have manite.ted the most alarming in• tentions. At the erst-mentioned place there is, in fact, at this moment, an organized and open reb..l - though denied in the Paris Papers.—At the Prefect, and ocher civil And military officers, have been dismissed by the KINK; for conniving at the meetings of secret societies; and at eAris a number of individuals have been arrested, who are believed to ban had correspondence with the insurgents at Grenoble, and to have been planning means for giving them co operation in the capital. From what ha. been suffered to transpire, it seems but probable that the rebellion which has a:tually broken out at Greniiible, is but a pare of a wide plan, extending to eery distant parts of the kingdom ; and which the director* are only waiting for a favourable opportu nity to set it into general action. The following ate some p. rticulars that have transpired: , 6 Four thousand halt pay °dicers, disguised as pe.unts, collected' together nn the A vesnes /moun tains bordering upoa Daup`tiny), and watching for a favourable opportunity, attacked Grenoble, but without cannon. They were met by the Governor, with a regiment of the line, assisted by the gets d'armes, and the National Guards, with four twelve piunJeri. The Royalists occupied a strong position. The Insurgents made four distinct attacks upon the artillery, and attempted to carry it by a cottfr de pt without somas. The rebels were repulsed, and compelled to quit the field, but retired towards the mountains in good order ; they left bchind them 150' killed, and upwards of 200 . wounded. Tliese despe radoes issued proclamations in the name of NAPO. LEON 11. and fought under the tricoloured fl q." We make the following extracts from the French Journals t COURIER IMTRAODDIXARY AY SATURDAY M3RNING. . While a handful of factious persons 3nd brigands ',ere endeavouring to revolutionize some Communes ) the envEroo• of Grenoble, men not leas mad and not keiculpAble, were hitching plots at Paris, the "bject of which w.ts an.irchy, brigand.tge, and the return ul the execrable re .inte of 1-93 Tne Police watched ever all these movements and pursued to the most secret recesses, those miserable and obs Cure agitators. They had spread among the brethren and friends a printed proclam ohm and a cer tiin number . of cards stamped with a sign of rally. ing. In order to give some confidence to their pro jects, they filunded tl.eir plot upon the most extraor dinary rumours. Simple 'and credulous men, who always *hound in a great capital, began to give some credit to these reports, and it was then that the Police thought proper to act !Against the merilbers of this srecies Liconspiracys • The Printer of the proclamation; the engraver or sinker of the die, and those who assisted those indivi. duals and the chief distributors and agents of the en terprrze, were alrarrested at the same moment. • Alieady the most of them heve made a full con. Cession of their machinations, and they are to be de livered to the tribunals who will , speedily execute justice upon them. The accused, against whom the most serious charges exist, are for the most part men of the lowest classes of the people, ancient partisans of the revolu tion, madmen who hadlio means of execution, who were well convinced of their insignificance, very cer tain that they could reap no fruits from their crime ; but to whom disorder and anarchy are the necessaries of life. This plot, of which the Police now hold all the threads in their hands, has not occasioned the slightest alarm to Government. PARIS, MAY IQ The following are the details of the events which took piece at Grenoble, in the night between the 4th And sth of. May : - _ For some time, at Grenoble and the environs, l awn, known by their revolutionary principles . and the Active part which they had taken in certain circom stances, ran through the country around that city, 'and entered the town, with an air of disquietude, which necessarily called the attention of the Autho rities. These people, without employenent and of Itispi9ons appearance,. endeavoured to lead astray the• Multitude, scattered incendiary. writings, and in vited, by anonymous letters, -the soldiers on half-pay to meet at Grenoble NI Sunday. “ On the 4th, in the nioraing, the. Prefeet learned seat meetings were forming atlas& and La Muse,. • etimateas ttdJt it Grenolile. k General Donnadieu 1 - 4 'tlmitommandant of the department, imtnediately, took measures to disperse the mob and defeat their enterprizes. He distributed carts dges to the troops, who mani;ested the best dispositions, and ordered them is be in readiness to march. The National Guards of Grenoble demanded permission to fight beside the troops, who were composed of the Legion of the Isere, a detachment of the Legion of Herault, and a detachment of the Dragoons of the Seine. fc While General Donna lieu was making his ar rangements, Count Montlivant,.lent a Courier to jayons,s but this Courier was ieupped:neet Grenoble by a body of malcontents, and obtained with great difficulty permission to continue his route. On these occurrences, the seditious, am3ng whom were many disaffected Piedmontese, driven from their country, and following a vagabond life, had formed the mad project of attempting a coup de main upon the city, - under the cover of night. 4. At ten o'clock in the evening a 'patrol, of 50 men of the - Legion of the Teem: left the City, attd were immediately assailed by Inuit shots from all , quarters. At the same time there were seen nn the heights fires lighted from.: distance to distance, an.' which were, without doubi,rallying points. Without being intimidated by the number of theassailants, or b) the dreadful yells which they seettifejeth, the de. taChtnent having :fi:ed a volley, cher,..Oil: them with the bayonet, amid cries of Pirile 1611 At this moment General . Donnadien, after Navin; directed the inhabitants to place lamps at their windows, and to keep themselves quietly shut up in their houses, appeared at the head of the brave troops whom he commanded. A ftw discharges of cannon, !nada with grapeshot, were soffizient to put to Hight the wretches Who were collected at Elhin, t..) the number of 1500, and who took flight in all directions. They left on the ground a great nu.nber of killed and wound ed. The fugitives were pursued, notwithstanding the night, into their fortresses, and many were there killed. About 200 were collected. The troops re turned to Grenoble in the mi.rnir,g of the sth amid the acclamations of the inhabitants and shoats of rive le Poi! iivene ler Bourbon! Court was • . ; immediately assembled to try all the rebels whJ were taken with arms tit their hands. 1 , It was remarked that at the moment when the insur_ents were attacked so briskly and as the troops were pursuing them, the fires cn the belghts were suddenly extinguished. • Many officers on half•p ty offered their services to General Donnadieu. I , The- city of Grenoble was perfectly tranquil during the event. If the seditious had partizans there, which is not likely, they did not shevithe:nselves." An Ordannance of the Ling, dated on the 9:h intr. 'sears as follows An ocermor having been rye demi to us of a secret ar.d p secie , : having met at Amiens, for the last three months, without the Authorities opposing it ; a•icl cur Procureur-Ge. neral at the Royal Cant having even - consented to make one of them, and the Prefect informed at the first of the erristence of this meeting, did not give am account of it to our Ministers, while Colonel Clouet. Colonel of the Departmental Legios, _was one of the chiefs and foundets of this society. We have ordained as follows-7.1. Morgan, our Procureur, and M. Le. Ruler, our Prefect of Amiens, are dismissed ;'Colonel Clouet is placed on half pay. (SiZoed) Louts." A Hamburgh MAil arrived this morning.. but the Gerrnaa Papers which it eu bioneit,ssaqtatn sto iO. telligence of interest. • • Purl • Hiiiiii.s.Papers, to the 20th April, arrived this mining, and Charleston to the 1:::zh, but contain no news. Saturday last ZNICAS M.Minin g Esq. Proprietor of the Main Chroxide, v.s &melt up for judgment in the Court of King's Bench, Doh and rectiv,-d sentence of six months' imprisonment; with a title of 41()O. The whole of the Veteran Battalions are to' be dis. embodied on the 24th instant. A troop of the 23d Light Dragoons is directed to ! be stationed at Radipole. ttikon,eptence of a spirit of tumult predi)minating among the labouring poor at Bridport and other places adj scent: DIVER, MAY 13. Arrived early this morning the Princess Charlotte packet,. Captain HALL A sins, with a mad and several psssettgers, from Ostend. Between 20 and 30 vessels are now coming fiom Calais with cavalry. CUiTOM-HOUSF. - , MAY 13. Snips r turge to otrrirna us —General Murray, 13..nj. Rob/rte. for (iodate; Fanny, Wm. WestsnorlAnd, for Dainerary ; 30144 Emanuel Turat, for,Havre—.3oth April for Antwerp ; Earl 1%14i, a, Charles B.trarr, for Baltlmrtre; Peace, Win Crow, for Coo, ; Alitiney, Eljah Iteed, for tiainburgh ; Fredirick, Wm. Sid:l,:p Shephard, for Rourdraux; I.illa Matilda, Carl WenJt, for arral sand and WolgaAt ; Hirondel'e, Nicholas Rose, for liavrv. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1816. MONDAY, MAY 151. Lord D.trlington's Paulo% Bst.7lb beat Mr. Curtan's Medora, eat. 1111. T.Y.C. 10 , 4,-3 to S on Paulus. Handicap Sweertakes of I Sga each, 3 yr-oils and upwuds. Lord Stowell's-Golden Leg, s•tri•old, Bst. alb. Lord Jersey's Slender Billy, abed, Ist. 21s. . 2 Duke of Grafton's Scrapsit, 'a-yrs-old. tist 4lts. Seven started—One paid— the Judge paced but three. 4to 1 agar Golden Leg-6 to 4 apt Scrapail. Mr. Thornhill's Phosphor, sot. 91b. best Mr. Vans:au:es Equator, tist. Ab. M. IGOgs.-5 to 4 azst Phosphor. • Hkdicap Plate or Xso, tors yr-ultls and stimuli 1. Mr. Wyndham's Wanderer, 5-yrs old, sist,rith: . Duke of ltutlaud's chesnut horse Conan, s.yrs•cll, lit. 211 s. 2 Duke of Grafson's bay filly Minuet, 4-yrs-nW, 7s t. mib. 6t04 on Wanderer—l to t ajar Osman. .bir.lllevities sir Jos h ua, vet. 2 1b. bat Lord Farr* %bases" , ads, sK. elb. D.M. 200 gs. h. ft —2 to 1 on Sir Joists, - BETTING ON THE D4RBY. The same as last Monday. Dun rnsvariven.—This .snoriiing, between srx and seven o'cloct, two Gentlemen, accompanied each by a friend, were observed to have met in the Re. gent's Park, with the intention of 6ghting a duel, b,st were prevented (on their second, attempting to stab ont the ground) by the inteoferenee Offieess, who had been • - i 4 If ltOfernee et cif Uwe waning that arm