Star. — London, England, 1816-03-11 00:00:00

ing to this t they, I I Peutie I have the Dmb of al to the se. eat, ererr with the t from the lies alwa!t aerated the t unmixed ured ghee rld what transeeo. threw tii to be 01 . the,' the battles ughshasei som of his fringe and iered, not plain and It sow ! ;inward inns, 1 114 Wee! into d alter the contended le States f I force was ntenJed to F an enemy ,end on thit r ? Hewes ight new• lerable pnr. ew a lose nuldnes4 :e. InsteAi say recites! the Nob , - .thieve the i nieit we ring " that a 11:ge Mi. d in eveq WI .,(1 0. 10 take 1;1 m y h If M i dll ite the d' donment cvnjoineJ, iartlnetit ibn of . irit' int With 02 f our righ die pco ited, in yr , he boo e, the di ll to establish peace; ar. d refuse it 1 measures th s it he " gni vas c r its objet' t Tax. ty Tas ani litarl Est es to who I. t he Chimeßorie the Eactiquep to had recourse, something in the sitoation Lot s e llti theimht fp ere, was i wl that demanded the renewal of the H uR sT, M.P. strongly reprobated the Pro • pet ty Tat, aril opposed the proposod Military Esta blishment. • Sir Timone ApnWE said, that he had suggested plan to ,fr. Pitt, by which that Minister might bare r aised 200,000 men in a short time for the de fence of the Country, without incurring a single far. thine arose . Mr. Pitt had approved of this plan, so d had said t hat he (Sir Thomas Apreese) deserved v ell of his country. He should divulge this plan to mr.Dennicin, and leave him to use his own judg ment in its publication.—( Gies of Explain.)—The wort hy Baronet, however, declared that " the oracle b i g e rased to speak ; " and, jumping from the table, v i s a among the crowd amidst loud laughter. Mr. PALMER and Mr. TROTTER advocated the wo es of Government, as did Mr. I-loata Sussman. /Otter Gentleman, however, distinctly declared, &c if Ministers attempted to continue the Tax he rod two years, he would no longer support them. Lord KING, Mr. FREMANTLE, Lord ALTIIORPR, gr T. TUNTON, Mr. CRIPPS, Mr. WAITHMAN, and Mr. HARE TOWNSMEN% dwelt with considerable f o rce on the iniquitous nature of the Tax, and-of c ourse supported the Petition. The Petition was then agreed to, and, on the mo tion of Mr. Planar , sig ned b y all the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the County then present. The HIGII SHERIFF then reAd a letter from Mr. Samuel Thornton, one of the Memlicrs for the Comity, apologizing for his absence, ani attributing kto indisposition: He approved of the military ems. blishmetn, from his conviction of its necessity ; but with respect to the Property Tax, be consiiered it ob. jationable in every point of view, and as demanding amity material modifications. Until the moditica tines proposed by Ministers were brought under the consideration of the House, he should refrain from pledging himself daidedly on the one side or the . Irotba. Mr. DENNISON then moved a tote of thanks to the 'High Sheriff, for his itupaitial and upright conduct ja the chair, which was carried unattimiusly. The thou SHERIFF briefly returned thanks, and at bait past five o'clock the Meeting was dissolved. TH F. EV li; NI • e'l S A a. ) . J.O DON. MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1816. )?RICE OF S fOCK C S THIS DA Y I WE 63 LV E O'CLOCK R e duced (sbut)—ons. Imo. 61 if — A for aCc. 4 4 per erst.(shue)-6-.3 ptr Cost. 90}-11ond. JS. 4s. pr. 0m0.16i yr.—Do. pay. Zs. 411 s. i s. pr. Of the real ep:nion of the public, out If Parlia ment, respecting the Property Tax, there C4ll be an doubt : nay more, however theAuestion may be tbs. puede/ by the ultimate vote of the House of Com. mat, judging from the votes on the Army Eairnates, the sense of P.srliament, exclusive a those who as Ministers (or their dependants more or less) have a direct interest in the measure, t::e sense of the Howe of Commons is agaii:st the measure. Among the little mAjority of sixty-eight are to be, found the name: of only twelve Cninty Members. One of these, (Mr. Asnottsr. of Oxf. rtlsl►ire,) had. in the Committee, voted with the minority ; and there_ fore it is possible, being a new Member, that his vot ing with the majority in the House was occasioned by some misconception of the forms. But, however this may be, among these who voted with Ministers were evenipturo, who hold offices, awl I,urtren or fifteen of their sons or brothers : and as the question w ss military one, it deserves to be noted, that twenty-five &Farah ad Colonels of the Army voted with the Mi. outer'. We say, this deserves t.o - sce ; for, !merrier they may be satisfied that a large Amy EsLablisis rsent is necessary, an opinion in winch many c• *.cur, k does not follow. that therefore they er•: ft:endly to the Tax on Income. • Mr. VANSITTART has denied that be st..ncl pledged Ito continue this Tax in a time of Peace. Let Ile foaming extract from a speech of his own in June. 180 9, printed by bis own authority, and thertiore cortect, serve as an answer—" The Prouty Tax," said he, 6 , no one ha: pro/tared-to continue in time of Peace, esxs as an annual grant." It has also been alleged by the friends of the Tax, as a setoff, that by the Finance plan proposed by Lord Hunt( PETTY, the same Tax was to be mort fsged for fourteen years ; and that, therefore, bad a Peace in the interim been concluded, the Property Tax would have become a Peace Tax. That our Leaden may judge correctly whether .this was in contemplation, we give the Resolution moved by Lord CASTLEREAGH on the 26th of Febroary,.lBo7, von that plan of Finance, viz. "That the proposed System of finance, proceeds gradually %mortgage, for 14 years, the whole of the War Teem, for the laternt of Loan.; in war. ".:That that Taxes are not generally of a nature that an with Prorlett be L.) pledged, as several of them, such as the Tar on Exports, the Duties on Tea and on Spirits, must probably either be modified or reduced on a Peace, whilst It is proposed by the ilf.W Plan, that the Property Tax, asserviting 0 XI 1 ,tOO,OOO, 4:st:d, in that curt, bt entirely remittal. In which case (exc►usive of any mortgage at the time, affecting the residue of the War Taxes), the portion of them which might be continued without material prejudice to the Public Revenue, beyond the War, must be wholly insufficient to equalize the Revenue with the Peace Expenditure' Lard CASTLEREAGH not only forgot the foregoing Resolution, when ne asserted that the Finance Plan tf 1807 concern pl.ited the continuance of the Property Tax in time of peace, but to support that charge he had the rashness to produce a quotation from the table marked R. Now, a reference to that Table will chew that it WAS not till tke year 1826, and after twenty years of . uninternapted war, that a small part of **Property proposed that it shook! declare italf 4fletimpetett. I Tax could by any possibility be required to be pledgees By this he said be renounced the nal advantage of ind then only if Parliament refused to avail itself of 1 proving the falsehood of the allegation, and fully the means suggested by the pl a n it se lf t o a vt.id that justifying the character of Mr. GoetresAnt however, necessity ; and it will hardly be believed that the he proposed the declaration of incompetence, out of second and third parts of the same tables, marked IL respect for the office of 11. Von Sack, for if the cause present views of the subject, in which the difficulty is was pleaded at length, he should be forced to touch obviated, and spew, that after twenty years of unity' upari many very delicate points ; as for example terrupted war, not one shilling of the Property Tax whether the illegal arbitrary imprisonment of a citi. could have been requisite after the i conclusion of a nen did not make other steps necessary by which the peace.. authority of the Administration would be more hurt We turn now to another part of the argument— than by Mr. Goerres . ' letter, Scc. the necessity that exists for raising a sum . of money The public Procurator then declared that the Chiet so great that a suf f icient supply cannot otherwise be President, Von Sack, had given orders to prosecute obtained. If \ this argument be true we must be in a the affair to the end, anti he Omit therefore insist on very hopeless state after all our victories. To what the competence of the Tribunal. The Court then resources are we is apply in the event of a new war, declared that it would signify in the nest sitting (the if the Income Tax be necessary for a time of peace ? 21.1) whether it held itself competent. or not, and with There can be but one conclusion. The Government this sittings were closed. ought to reverse the system they are following. In stead of estimating how much they can find means to expend, they should calculate what expendituVe their resources can meet, and reduce the scale accord ingly. For instance, why incur so large a . .. 1 expence in performing the office of gaoler for — lhniAPAlat ? Could not Russia keep him at much less cost in Si beria ? Could we not ::ecp him ourselves at a much less expense, in Nesegate or in the Tower ? Is the great military establi.!intent contrived to meet such necessities ? or are the necessities contrived to procure the large establishment ? However this may be, the result will be the same 60 the community if we ate to be saddled with the Inquisitorial T.. 1 on lacome. Are Ministers themselves aware (if the evils en tailed on the Community by this execrable Tax ? Do they know that people are often put into prison and kept there for years for a quota sometimes not ex ceeding 4s. We could tell them of a worthy Judge who himself, when on the circuit, liberated three poor wretches by paling the money for them out of his own pocket. They had been in prison fur years, and yet their whole taxes were under 30s. and the whole [AIM wish cons, only about six pounds. We 01411 not repeat the terms in which his honest indignation caused him to express himself on this occasion : nor shall we name the Judge. But the whole nu::►ber of Judges being but few, they have only to pat the question to each. The worthy ind.vidual alluded to will, we are sure, confirm our statement, and tell them a tale of woe which will harrow up their souls. B:Kruld such evils be endured by free men ? These poor creatures had not (nor has any man) the power o! appealing against the iniquitous decision of the Ccor .nissioners. Should men so poor as not to be ab:e to pay a tax 01.5 or 10 shillings a year, be by the ope ration of any law, subjected to insprisonmen: for years ? Abominable New York Papers, to the 15th February, arrived this morning. The following are extracts : 1,11011 Tat NEW TOLE UAZ [TT , " rata. IS.] SONETUING LIES A Itnerues.—The Chevalier de Onis, Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Spain, says our Baltimore Correspondent, under date of Fe bruary 10, left the city of Washington yesterday, !.travelled in great haste to this place, where he re .mained last night, and deputed gaily this morning by the York road to the eastward. lie appeared to , be much dissvtisfiedi and, we understand, expressed,, in pretty strong terms, his Isapprollation of the treat ment he received, in his offici il capacity, declaring, his determination nut Io return to Washington. Repot t adds, that the Soanish Ali-.inter and tl.c Se-, cretaryof State have had lately several iatetestity personal conferences, which terminated bti nenly, ar,,i not very sati.factorily, partictilaily to the Chevalier, ton t h e evening previous to the departure. We understand, from unquestionable authority, that the Speaker of the Low..r House of Assembly, being di,gnstel with the conduct of the Lower House in starring Allen to vote, has signified his intention of resiniag : and it is also repotted that several gen- I tlemen, who were waiting in Albany for appoint ments, have gone home in disgust, declaring that they woil!J accept of no appointment given them by A Cr until which was illegally appointed. We are glad to find that we haveamongst our political op. pnnents men who are actuated by a spirit above re ceiving offices of profit and trust to the expense of their reputation. It appears by a letter from New-York, dated on the ith February, that the Commeicial Treaty be. tween Great Britain and America had been acted ' upon. British vessels are now to enter American 1 Ports on the same termi as American vessels. A Mail from Namburgh arrived this morning. The German Papers announce the death of General &mow, one of the Heroes of Prussia, and to whom, nest to Btxcitan, Germany was indc!;ted for her liberation. The Iditor of the larthh Alatury i. (bider prosecution at Frankfort 1.. r a libel on the Prussian Government. Ilk Journal was long since , uppressetl. It was he who had the hardihood, in tote face of Europe, to decry the services of the Duke of WELLING•roN and the British Army et Waterlol! Perhaps, however, the Prussian Government has treeed him with. undue severity ;• all his calumnies nsir! , t have been pot down with the pen, and not with the sword of Justice. • K.UNIGSSETW, map CARY 25. Yesterday the Duke of Yomt, tke Princ'ess SOPIIIA of Gvitxt:stv.a, and a numerous Assemblage of the Nobility, visited the (2 - ceate and PitiNcr&sma. The rniscs: ItEoesvr is not expected in town before the middy, of nest week. Saturday evening the Is..llce of OLCWCRCTER ho noured Drury.!ane Theat:e with his presence, to see the revived play of I:',e Du le 1 Milan. The Loan CIInNCELLOIt% Levees veil be nn Sa turday next, the ltith instant, and the two following SaturdAys. Friths. Messrs. ItntNa, BURRGW, SCARLErr, and IVAIIIIEN, were sworn in as King's Counsel before the Loiw Cu/maw:a, in his .private room at the House of Lords. Titis afternoon, at one o'clock, died of an inn.' nirna Lion in the liver, Cre.:4 Bulow vnn Dcnnewitz, hay.: ;:.g hut jolt attained the Gist year of his age. As a Eno, aad one of the deliverers of Germany, he had a. t i l i n A rho summit of glary and fortune; but he was not alertly as :WO it the field, he w.is a tender hustmsd and I.ithar, and was become a father also to oor city; be hat joined the civic crown with the laurel wreath ; 4 is but si few weeks since he returned from the field to err. in the bosom of his faMily (and we were all his Family) the reward of his ex loits. The sound of the acclamations that hailed Lis return held scarcely died away, when our joy was converted into general mourning. , . Ile question of the Clerkship of the Pleas in Irelaud has h.en spec illy referred to the Comati:• sioners for Inquiry into the FtCb in the Courts of Justice. • Wednesd.iy last a most numeroui meeting of the Freeholders of the County of Berks, took ,place at Reading, when several spirited Resolution; against the Income Tar were unanimt►ously voted. Sir FRAN. us Bunnarr was present, and the thanks of the meet ing were voted to him fair his Parliamentary conduct. This day se'nnight a numerous and respectable meeting took place on the same subject at Edinburgh, of the 'Freeholders of the County. Similar resolu tions were voted. An Aggregate Roman Catholic Meeting was held at Dublin on the sth, at which certain Resolutions hostile to the Veto, and reprobating the Seceders from the Demagogues, were passed, in opposition to conciliatory Resolutions moved by Mr. PLUNIULT. COlOl EXCH A WIN MAuca 1 I. Having a short supply of Wheat this morning, that of fine qualities met ready sale at an advance of full Is. per quarter, but there is no amendment in the price of the second and ordinary descriptions. Although we had a tole 'Table large arrival of Barley from Suffolk and Nor folk, the chief part is disposed of, and last Monday's prices fully supported. Oats and Beans are dull sale, and Is. per cprarter cheaper. In ether articles there is no alteration. DRURY-LANE Tuzarns.--Satorday night there was revived the splendid Play of the Dais of Mikes. The Piece was got up with great care, and even magni ficence of dress and decoration. The powerful lan guage, the deep, continued, and renewed interest of the plot, and the animated picture of the excesses of love, make this Drama one of the most interesting - in our language; while the representatirm by Mr. KEAN / Mr. RAs, Mrs. BARTLEY, and the other performers who filled . the principal parts, make it a grand his, trionic treat. It was given out with universal ap plause for to-morrow night. • BERLIN, MARCH 2. Berlin has especial reason to lament the : death of the revered Count Bulow, and gratefully to hoiinue his memory, for it was he who defended this capital from the French army that was advancing against it la 1813, on the 4th of June at Luckau, on the 234 of August, in conjunction with the corps at Grose Buren, and on the Gth of September, in the same manner at Dennewhz, on which account he received the title of Count Bulow, of Deonewitz. On the 18th of June, 1815, his corps had the greatest share in deciding the victory at La Belle Alliance. The news of his death has caused a pro. found impression here. It is said that the whole Prussian army will go into mourning for three days, for hs revered General. COBLENIZ, FEBRUARY 19. The trials of Mr. Goerres, Editor of the Rhenish Mercury, came on the day before yesterday before the Correctional Tribunal (as it is called). - The crowd was so great that the Hall could.con taia but a small portion of those who desired to be present: Mr. Goerres appeared at length with his Counsel, Mr. Korbach. The latter proved at the outset that the action was brought before the wrong 'Court, and the Tribunal had neglected to decline the 'trial of this cause which 3t should have done; he now HUNTING. The Quint Bawds—MA this day at Stollettotie, wt l meet DO Wednesday at WidmerPao& hw. and Friday st Ayiewone. the Cortismore (Lord Lonsilale's) bounds—Met this day at Stocking, will meet on Widnesday at Burley, and Thursday at Aunby Lodge. The Rockingham Hounds—Met this day .at Dry Stoke Wall, will meet to-morrow at Wakerky Wood, Thursday at Bisstoo, and Saturday at Allen's& Lord Yarborough 's Hounds—Met this day at Hotinhorn Town, will meet on Wednesday at Crouton Moor, Friday et Roston Wood, and Saturday at Kennel. Mr. Osbaideston's Hounds—Meet to-morrow it ASH*. OD LOraily it 3c4rnalt Math s and thituday at Dater* MR m!". 1 The dattliOn of rennoy at went consists of the 16th and 62d Regiments, South Devon Militia. Royal Surrey Militia, and a detachment of the Gorisan Battalion.. 'the En glish Militia Regiments ere abtbut to leav e ' Fermoy for England, to be dis. embodied. A detachment of the 27th Regiment marched through Fermoy last week for Ballyshannon. Tuesday, at Rathkeale, Major MAYNE, and the Offizers of the 74th Regimens, gave a splendid ball and nipper, to celebrate the battle of Orthes, in France, in which enfagement that • brave regiment behaved gallantly. the ball was opened by Major MAYNi; and Miss BLIINNIMHAVISZTTIG NdrAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH it. Arrived yt,nerday the Rapid packet with a Mail (tom Malta and Gibraltar-42 days from tb- latter place. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet with a Mail for Lisbon. The Rapid packet fell in wi•h on Mon- day last, in lat. 47. 5. long. 11. S 6. the Antericn ship Baltimore. of and fat Baltimore, from Liver. p':4l. Batten master, in a distressed state; the head of her fore-mast gone, and the ship very leaky. The crew (221, ir•.cln!ing the Master, abandoned the ship and came on board the Rapid, when the Mate and nine of the crew of the packet volunteered to bring her intO pert. The wind is at present against her. but we expect her in to-morrow. PISMDUTH, MARCH 9. Sailed his Majesty's ship MYRMIDON, on a cruize. ..1 • PORTSAIOUTH, MARCH 10. ."Arrlved his M tjesty's ships ROSARIO and LAMP., from the Etstseard; the General Graham and Crisis transports, from Gibraltar; Wanstead transport, from SI tha ; and the Iris transport, from the Mediterri neao, and are tinder quarantine. Sailed his Ma. jest)'s ships Mt owtsy„ for Plymouth; TVRIA): and HAtti•v, Eastward; and the Albion East India. man, for Bengal. and several other ships. Wind N. DEAL, MARCH to. Arrived the MlA's sloop of war, from Plymouth. Remain. in the D.,wsts his Majesty's ship GANYI , 4I6DE, Lsommit sloop of war, and LisrznpooL frigate. On inq airy respecting !he latter, we find the injury she has snitained from being on shore is very inconside.. abk-from what has been stated : she only makes eight inches water in four hours. Sailed yesterday morn. ing the Cambridge, Coldstream, and Lady Castle reazh, for St. Helena and China; the Java, for Cal. cotta; and the who', of the outward-bound, with a fine breeze from the N.E. POOL, MARCH 10. _ _ The Ifaibinger, a cAlier, is seized at this port. several tubs of liquor having been found on board of .her. It is said the crew picked them up while the ship was at anchor in Stoke's Bay, and when the master was on shore at Portsmouth to sell his cargo. The Master and his two apprentices have been admitted to bail, but the crew have gone to prison for want of sz:curities. MILFORD HAVEN, MARCH L Arrived the Unity, Gibbs, from Liverpool for Antwerp ; Sur prize, 'Evans. and Mary, Jones, from Loudon for Caernarvon; Lard II:11, Davis, frost Dublin for Cadiz; Rebecca, Band, and Freedom Swafan, from Liverpool for Havre-de Grace; Ameri can ship Baltic, Wlitintoo, front Liverpuul for t!orfolk. Sailed th e Scipio, Moutionsery, from Barcelona fur Bristol; Utrica Christina, Evans, irons Swansea for Gibraltar; A lulu Van Duzu, from Bristol for Cortiona; Mitchell, for Lisboa; Jane, Murphy, for the Brazils; F:aira Williams, for Tortola; Wood- Joni Castle, Pease*, fur Cork; Lioisa, Ards, for Lohtloo ; honta4, H arris, far Rotterdam, all Irons Liverpool; Draper, Sinit ' from Waterford for Bristol; Lori Hill, Davis, from Duhlin for Cadiz; new sloops of war Valorous and Ariadne, and Mosquito sloop of war, for Plyrnouth.—Wind ti CAItLISIR ELECTION.--The contest for this city ended on Fiiday, and Mr. CURWEN was declared Jul/ elected. Bona amtre.—Extract of a letter from St. Helena, dated January 12: ~ Bonaparte has at length hid,a differenee with the Admiral, arising, as you may easily suppose, from his bring so well watched. He did not like Captaiq Popplewell : (53d Regiment) attending him in uni. form : he considered it quite unnecessary, and that if he were allowed to wear plain clothes, it would take off much of the appearance of his being considered , as a prisoner. T suppose, to try what effect a little relaxation may have upon him, this wish was com plied with. and Captain P. attended him in his rides in plain clothes. He soon assumed the most haughty demeanour, and actually desired Captain P. to fall had in the rear with his attendants, for that he knew nothing of him as a companion ! The next day be sent to Captain P. to say he intended to ride; to which Captain P. replied, it did not suit hiin to go nut that day, and that therefore he could not go 1 The, day. following Captain P. attended him, but in ' hisnuiform, and in-that station which became him as hitittif charge of a prisoner. Captain P. guards him at night,. by sleeping in the room adjoining to the room he sleeps in, and he nest go through Captain P.itereciat to go to his own. Bonaparte's conduct to .P'Oniinski; the Pole, lately arrived from Plymouth, airotila a Irk specimen of his real character. , 6 The enthusiastic devotion of this man to Bona. piles fortunes is well known ; he holds the rank of .1 Polio. Count; but when Bonaparte was exiled to Elba, he actually entered the ranks as a private sal. diet; purposely that he might be with him. Previ ously to this, he had been long serving under him, and, in several extremities, proved himself to be a most devoted and heroic soldier. But, wll it be belitived, when he went op to Longwood, he actually affected not to know who he was—and, turning round with the majestic air of an Easpereur, he asked Las Cases who Mat man was ! The poor fellow was thus not only most indignantly insulted, but, had it not been fur the kindness of the Officers in camp at Lopgvrood, he would have been in actual, want ; they cook him into their mess : it is imagined he must be seat back to England. I must mention, that when the Missionaries at the Cape heard of Bonaparte's arrival here, they addressed a letter to him, iecummending his attention ta.the Bible, which they enclosed, as containing principles through which, it embraced, even an may obtain future mercy: The Admiral so far sanctioned the deed, as to let the packet pass en to him. Bonaparte read the letter, and having done so, he shoved the book aside, saying...o I know all about it.'—His conduct to the poor Pole is a fine practical comaseat oa Ibis expressiorl. ! . 1