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p ecedal him. Be onky hoped dee Right Hopp ara bi n baronet meld move for a COIL the Hou* foci** jay .to whick be had port .aced his motion. He laiktie) assured the Houser that it had been w ith the greatest struggle with his own feelings that lobed abstained from the commencement of the t Session to . bring under the consideration of ibt How the misconduct of a certain Magistrate in Land, thinking that the most proper opportunity would be when tbe'State of Ireland should come under consideration. It , was a case of the greatest injustice and oppression to the individuals concerned, a nd which he had intended to bring forward under 'lnform of a Revision of the Magistracy. He wished to ask a question of the Right Hun. Secretary for I re l an d, namely, whether the Lord Lieutenant of I r eland had given any answer to the Memorial of the Messrs. Egan, of Roscrea, a copy of which he had i n his pocket.. and meant to have produced, had the' e victed debate gone on. Ur. PEEL said, that the Memorial to which the Hoe. Gentleman alluded, had bees referred to the p r oper tribunals. Mr. PONSONBY, after recommending,, in con • m ews with the Noble Lord, a calm, dispassionate. an d impartial consideration of this important guts tioo, Laid, that he bird One earnest wish to express epon it, and that without luny intention of giving of fence to the Irish Representation in that House, *R ipely, that whenever it might be brought forward, t here might be a full attendance, not only of the , I r i s h representation, but of the British representation ; f or ti s conviction was,, that in the temper and spirit o f the pritish representation, exercised in the investi . • o f the evils by which Ireland had been so long oppres sed, would be found their best remedy. . PLUNKET again urged the necessity of the a doption, not of a particular measure, but of a new system with respect to Ireland. The system on which the Government of Ireland had hitherto been con. Mined was so radically erroneous, that the existing evils ueuld not be touched, unless the steps which had been takers were retraced, and the system which had been pursued was utterly destroyed. Mr. V. FITZGV i dtALD congratulated the House on the disposition so generally manifested on this im portant subject. He recommended the Honourable Baronet to move for a C4ll of the House on the day on which he intended to bring forward his proposition. Atter some further discussion, in which Sir J. NtwPoRT. Mr. SHAw Laravas, Mr. HART DAVIS, Mr. W. Sutra, Sir E. BRYDURS, and Mr.BAOWELt. panicipated, Sir J. Neurienor fixed his motion tor the' 16dt of April, instead of the 24th ; arid on that day it was ordered that the House should be called over. MALT DUTY. The House - having resolved into a Committee on the Malt Acts, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved a Resolution, the tendency of which *ls to allow a drawback of 2s. a bushel in England, and 18.1 in Scotland on every bushel of Malt in hand (having I paid the exisking duty), ou the sth of July. Mr. CURWEN recommended that the duty should cease instantly, instead of being continued until the sth of July. The AIWA() of revenue which would be sacrificed by such a measure, was a trifle, com pared with the benefits which the agriculture of the country would derive from it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the inforrnatien which be had received covinced him that a compliance with the recom mendation of the Honourable Gentleman would in. solve a much greater sacrifice of revenue than the Honourable Gentleman imagined; and that instead of £IOO,OOO ne less a sum than 7 or £BOO,OOO would be lost by it. Mr. CURWEN complained that the public had sit yet benefited in the article of Patter, by the low price of Malt. Mr. W. SMITH maintained, that although the pee of Porter had not been diminished, the quality bed been recently much improved. Sit M. W. RIDLEY contended, that it was useless to repeal a duty, to the great injury of the revenue , unless the consumer reaped the advantage of it. The plgic had a right to expect that Porter would be se dated in price a penny a pot. Mr. BRAND understood that it was the intention lithe Porter Brewers to lower the price of Porter as waits the duty should be entirely taken off. It an immediate reduction were to take place, it would be esanary to allow them a . drawback on the immense tort of matt sig4e il y had in hand. Mr. CURW • ght no brewer ought to be glowed to sell beei'cir ale under a certain degree of amegth ; and therefore, in case any alteration was made, it ought always to be in the price and not in •the quality. He believed the profits lately made in the trade were greater than they ought conscien tiously to have been. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHgQUER *led, that some relief to the brewer was necessary. Mr. W. SMITH said, according to the best in formed Porter Brewers, the proposed diminution in Ile Malt duty would not make to them a halfpenny *in difference—the nearest fraction was four.fiiths akalfpenny—it would therefore be very injurious *dm to have it go abroad, that the difference adverted to a penny. He was not sure himself that thfirst calculation was perfectly correct, but he was "re the calculation of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Curwen) "Is wrong. As to what had been said of the strength ak and porter, he hoped his Honourable Friend' ld point out what means there were of ascertaining 10elt strength, for he knew of none. Mr. CURWEN did not think there could be so ankh difficulty in ascertaining the quality and ttre allth of porter and ale as his Honourable Friend smiled to think. He had calculated himself the duty to be taken off at three farthings, though he s ught bi wrong. What was the price before the "Poition of the War Duty ? That duty produced aft enhancement in the price of one penny. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, said, in 1802 a duty was imposed on malt, &c. cal culated to increase the price. to the public one ha. " Il mr pet pot. In the subsequent year. after Ere neement of the war, the duty which was now :list to expire, and which was laid entirely on malt, 4 1 i!ewise calculated to enhance the price one I f 7. 11 . 14 WM. SMITH said be knew nothing of the himself-411 he wished for was, that it should Milo out to the public t hat one penny a pot was a filt sisduction. He knew ; by which the l• •. . - strength. 0r P . srte.td 0411. be tiiett but. tbat eniployed in the cicz of spirits, 4al this would nut, answer with .beer. - • - . . The Reinlotion was then agreed td, and the . Re., port ordered te be reeeivad to.enorrow. Mr. CUItWEN asked if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had in contemplation any modification of the tax on riding horses, in the case of small farmers paying less that) 470 telly? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he hope 4 to be able to submit some proposition to the. House on the subject of horses employed by farmers on Monday next..- Mr. CURWEN said, he did not mean to press the repeal of the taxes on horses employed in apiculture, because the fewer then were the better—lie meant riding.horses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he should also propose some abatement of the Tax on A ricultural H o r ses . . Sir C.MONCK said, the Tax on Agricultural Horses was not so much a Tax on the occupier of small farms as on the farmer of bad land. , • On a question from Mr. W. SMITH respecting the open sale of Spirits, not acknowledged by the. Reve nue Laws in Ireland ; The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he should be able to give some information to the Honourable - Geotleman on the subject to-morrow, when he should move for a Committee of the whole House, to take into consideration the Scuich Distil lery Laws.—Adjourned, A LIST OF THE MINORITY TUAT VOTCZ. It It Mt. TIIMNICY'II MOTION T 0 *ROLM ?II OSFICII or SECKITAIT Or STATE toll 715 WAR DIPAIIt! MINT IN TIME Or ?SACS. Abercr.,mby, Hon.J. Gordon, R. . Osborne Lord F. ithboipe, Vhiroont Oren,/11, Pascoe Palmer, Charles Amon, Hon. G. grain, J. P. , Peirse, 11. Brand, Hon. T. Hamilton, Sir H.D. Poosonby, Rt. fibs. Barham, Joseph F. Heron, Sir R. George Baring, Sir T. Hornby. E. Powlett, Hon. W. , Baring, Alex. • Howard, Hon. W.. Prittie, Hon. F. A. Baker, John Hughes, W. L. Pym, Francis Bennet, Hon. H. G. Jervob, G. P. Ramsden, J. C. Birch, Joseph Knox, T. Ridley, Sir M. W. • , Rolland, John Lambton, J. G. &moldy, Sir S. Brougbiun, Henry Langton, W. G. Rouell, Lord W. Burrell, Hon. P.D. Leader, W. Russell, Lord U. W. BYns, George Lemon, Sir W. Seadamore, R. P. Calcraft, lobo Lloyd, J. M. Sefton, Earl al Calvert, Nie. Lyttletoo, Hnn. W. Sharpe, R. Calvert, Charles Matsibitaid, James Smith, Samuel Campbell, Geo. Maitland, Hon. A. Smizli, Abet Cavendish, Hon. H. Markham, Admiral Smith, Wm. 1 Gaulfield, lion. H. Martin. John Fehright i Sir J. Carew, R. S. Methuen, Paul Ta v i stoc k, Marquis Cocks, Hon.!. 8. Mdtuo, Viie. Taylor, Chutes I Croevey,Thousas Molyoeux,ll. H. Tleniey, Rt. Hon. G. 1 Cursor° 1. C. Mooch , Sir C. Thomptoo, Thos. DiAllani:oo, Vise. Moore, P. Townsbend, Lord C. Dundas. Hon. L. Jdorland, S. B. Tremayne. J. H. Durant, Charles ?donnish, Vibe. Warn:, John A. Ebringtoo, Vise. Neville, Hui. R. Waldtgrave, Hoo. .Elliot, Right Hoa.W. Newport, sir J. Captain Fazakerley, N. Newm a n, Wm, W.lpole, Hon. Gels. Ferguson, Sir R. C. Northey , Wm. Weu.xn, C. C. Fitzroy, Lord Y. North, Dudley Wilkins, Walter Folkestone, Vise,. Nugent, Lord TELLERS. Fremantle, Wm. O'Hara, Charles Sitythe, J. H. Fyors, Henry Oseuiston, LA.rtl Wynn', C. W. DEITCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH SO. The reports mat the French army will net be vim pitted this year are confirmed. 'lke regiments of ca valry, at Lille and Arras, have not more than two or SOO men, and take no recruits—the number of horses required for them is comp:ate. Most of them are from the army of the Loire. the National Guards do the duty with the greatest seal in those fortresses where there is no garrison of the Allied troops. The first Aid-de-Camp of the Duke of Wellington is arrived here from Paris, charged with a special mission, the object of which is not known. It seems that the delay of the departure of the Duke of Wel lington frem Paris to review the Army of Occupa tion, which has been to often announced, is con nected with some affair of great importance, which is not yet sufficiently cleared up. All the French who are named in the Ordinance of the 24th of July must allsolptely leave this city. The necessary orders have been given to hasten their departure. Merlin de -Denny, who was already em barked, but wrecked off Flushing, is going to Ant werp, to embark again for America. General Excel mans is gone. Messrs. ilistrel and Bury de St. Vi men t, who wrote in the Nei* Jame, and who have staid beyond the time that was granted them, have beets conveyed out of the city by the police. The number of houses that are to be pulled down, for the purpose of fortifying Charleroi, is 160. Steps are to be immediately taken to indemnity the proprie tors, so that none of them shall suffer by this measure. CONSPIRACY IN SPAIN. A letter from Spain, transmitted by a private damsel, (for at this Moment all letters comicg through the' dire] du:ousels for France or England are intercepted,' to prevent the intelligence reaching any free Prue,) announces the detection of a conspiracy lariat 44 the, beloved FLRDINAND." The city of Madrid bad been for some time past more than usually resorted to by discharged Guerilla Officers 'without pay, who were known not to be well affected to the King and Govern ment. From this circumstance algae Government sus pected. that 'some plan was in agitation dangerous eb the peace of the city, and set about an inquiry for the Means of its detection, when it was found that a con, spiracy had been formed for the effecting of some great object, but which at the time did not appear. The Government, by pursuing their inquiries further, ascertained the names of the conspirators, and imme diately had them arrested. But the matter did not stop there ; for many of the persons arrested had the torture inflicted upon them, according to the former , custom of Spain, in ,order to extort from them the object of the conspiracy. From the declaration of some of the sufferers, it was ascertained that the con spiracy had in view the extinction of the prisent King of Spain, and their Royal Highnesses his Brothers, etc. —Mr- RICHART was the' first whO underwent the tor ture. He confessed the object of the conspiracy, implicated many persons of. distinction hitherto not suspected. The torture was neat given to YANDIOLA, who confessed nothing. General .02::lonoomue Wei wlso distioed to bear the torments; bet from him the tormentors extorted no information beyond what they already knew. General Resovat,sl,. • who was tm plieated, beard of the discovery of the conspiracy in time to ; and. the brother of CAULTRAVA was equally fortunate. Many Officers of rank, and Sobel. terns, are impliested.and have been arrested. A few ,bouts Mani and the pasßitacz woßldbave susseeded. • , .• . • , • LONDON. -- - FRIDAY,' APRIL 8, 1816. PRICE OP $ lIICK4 THIS DA X A WEISE O'CLO;T • Reduced (Owl—Cans. mo. 6I fl—tor ace. fi IF} 4 per Cent. (shit:)-3 per Clew.. 00 , 13—Eond4 21. 2:;. pr. Oisso. pay. 17.1-.-Itzeki. Bab is. its. Is. pr. The question every where is, When is the grand system of Economy and Retrenchmeet to he broeght forward by Ministers, and what ate to bt its leading features ?" Some persons are so weak as to le•lieve that Ministers mean to hold the reduction of a small part of the Military Establishment, and of a few comparatively trifling Sahiries, as a complete re demption of the pledge given in the PIILVCE Racewr's Speech. Even these are important, for our large expenditure is composed of many items, none of which should be considered as too trifling for examination. We have pleasure in stating, that by the Returns to an Order of the House of Commons, relative to the Salaries, &c. of the Offices of the Secretarias of State, it appears that in the War Department; the, Office of Under Secretary of State, with w salary of £2OOO per annum, ceases on the sth inst. (this day); and that three extra Clerks, at salaries of £136. 17s. 64. per annum each, are also suppressed ; in the Colonial Department, the reductions are—one Clerk. at a salary of 4150 * year ; one at WI 30 ; one at ' 20 ; one at £80; one at 51136. 17s. 6d.; and one at MM. 15s. The Office of Precis Writer, with a salery of 11100 a-year, is also suppressed. • Two troops more are to be forthwith reduced in all the re giments of Cavalry : the Waggon Train, it is hoped, will be reduced altogether, as being of great expense, unnecessary in time of Peace, and easily re-establish ed in the event of War. According to the Accounts laid before the lisause of Commons, the charge of the Waggon Train, in 1818, amounted to £157,507. 17s. 90. • Wbatlas been effected we consider as merely pre liminary to more substantial retrenchment. It may 441 hoped the web of economy will not, like the spider's, catch only the little Hies while the large ones, from the weakness of its texture, tumble through by their mere weight; but rather, on the contrary, like the fisher's net, of such dimlmsions, texture, and . strength, as to catch the Leviathan and the.porroise though some of the small fry may get through the meshes. When oiLis a scarce article a useful, though small supply, may be expressed even from sprats, but the more prudent plan has always been deemed that of catching a few whales. The Public expect this—the Nation wills it. Their hopes may be deferred, but soon or late they must be substantially realised, for the plainest of all rea sons, the absolute impossibility of extorting moikey from those who hare at net. There are limits. to every thing. With all the omnipotence of Parlia ment, though by the operation of their acts they may render one guinea worth two pounds, they can never convert one guinea into two guineas. But the effect of all such laws ever has been and ever will be,t,hat the difference between the gold mut the papet wlfl be absorbed by one class to the prejudice of others. When this has cperated, till the fools have au more to lose, then the two come to par, because no more can be gained by keel:Ai - 1g up a diTerence— then the former wonder at their own poverty; and; call upon Parliament to make them rich !—to per form miracles I.... Parliament cannot create money ! Parliament, by injudicidus interference, may derange • the relative value of property—may enrich one class at the expense' of the ruin of others ; lnit, we repeat it, Parliament cannot create property. Have you• not suffered enough by legislative interference in matters that ought to have been left to themselves ? Things will find their level, and the water will rise to a proper height to keep all the national machinery in operation, it you will only confine yourselves to the one labour of shutting up all the rat-holes and am. proper openings which divert the supply into improper channels. Estimates and Accounts of the expence of the Departments of the Loan CHAMBERLAIN and LORD STRWARD of the HOUSEHOLD have been priated. They are curious. It appears that for the quarter elided the sth January last, in the LORD CHAMBERLAIN's Department, the Estimate was £14,292 31.. Id. ; the actual sum paid was £16,557 7s. l ld.; besides the amount of extra service, £5,008 Os. 7d. ; and it is to be remarked, that in 'this the charge for works at Carlton House, and the other residences of the Panics REGENT, is £7,009 I Is. 4.1.; and for the Pil.tces of Kew and Kensington, 15s. 6d. The ac count of the expence of the PRINCE REAMIIT's living (as given in the LORD STEWARD'S Department) may amuse oar Readers • the following are the items of the quarter ended the sth of .Janoary last : Bred, Emits; Bacon, Cheese and Vegetables £1,121 19 10/ Butcher, Poulterer and Fishmonger - 3,411 IS Beet sod Cider - Grip 9 0 Wu sud Tallow Lights - • • . - 1,400 19 7 Grocery, Oilay, Lemons, &c. Tea, Milk and Cream Wise 3,43515 74 2,120 3 10 818 6 7; Lamps . ;Nubia, . Peel . stationa - Turner and Brazier China and Glass Linen - Kew Palace . Windage cottage Disbersaments and HerltootHichnsis the Princess Ctiiiiotte ti h. ~ eN 1146 STA 210 II 0 1,090 16 O. - • 96 19 6 375 1 Of • 259 19 3 101'13 3 HMO 14 8! 0 0 0 19/ 19 01 0,250 0 0 21,278 13 $ 2,614 0 9 4,575 5 04 go 10 0 Treasury and Exchequer Fan Salaries to Mews and Servants, including Wages and Board Wages to Dbad i r wance 44,1100 S in lieu • Ca o s t li rtr iti° bks - f1,14S Be°ll Moi ra*, 9 . Do. - - to retired &kers and 1,1911 10 0 o Poor &mots, sad Mood Boyany to Widows of . • dooloot Mora sod &roots 46.106 a i s . . • 12,444 le 0 441:001 S 61. I . • cT. JOIN'S, NEWFOUNDLdND, DESTROYE7) LY FIRE. ECTRACT 01 w LIST= /SON !LIMO:MR * 7) THE COSIMITTZE AT LLOYD'S. " Ptyrairoh, April S. " I am sorry to inform you, that a sbip islubt ar rived from Newfoundland, and trings tine avian. choly news that St. John's is burnt down. Report says, that some of the families are arrived in the vessel that brings the account." FURTHER PARTICULARS. The town of 'St. John's, being built entirely of wood, was consumed in a very short space, together with both the churches. Seme of the letters say seeeri.l perions perished, and those who were fortunate enough to escape . the destroying element, had nowhere to rest their heads, and were obliged to seek refoge on board the shipping in the harbour. The property consumed ern this ( tension has been imownse, and what is greatly to be ltrnent&l, the suz vi vors are mostly poor Es!..ttreen, who geoeta3y resort to that dreary region to cure the cod fia. We hope and trust that the accounts greatly esazgc.. rate the real lotis. NiI7AL INY'ELLICENCE. COVE Of CORK, MARCH SO. Arrived yesterday a trAusport from Portsmouth, with part of the 37th Regiment on board. • WATERFORD, MARCII so. . • Arrived pn the .47,h instant his Majesty's 'hi! SU. LARK, Lieutenant HELPMAN, from a cruize. FALMOUTH, APRIL S. • Arrived the French bbip Marta Lt,uisa, hem Bourdeaox for Holland t . and the Swedish ship Nor. den, Limn, from Palimos for London. Sailed his Majesty's ship Tar, on a cruize.—Wind S. E. _ PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 4. -. Sailed the Boyne, Ruasau., for Have de Grdee. HARWICH, APRIL. 4. Sailed at day-light the Castlereagh Packet, with a Mail and Passengers, for Cuthaven; Prince of Orange Packet, with a Mill and Passengers, for Holland, Arrived the Lark Packet, with a Mail and Passen gers, from Holland.—Wind E. A Mail from Holland arrived this morning. The KING of the NRTHEIMANDS has most properly in. sisted thatall the French regicides and traitors, who had insolently presumed to take up their residence at Brussels, should decamp forthwith. They will doubt. less proceed t- enrich the population of Forth Ante. rica with their amiable presence. The heart of the immortal. EDMUND BURKE .would have burst with indignation at learning that these miscreant, had been permitted to live. In his eloquent " Reinar ks on the Policy of the Allies," after recommending a sweep. ing amnesty of all offences strictly political or midi. tary, that is to say, after insisting upon a free pardon for every .4 offence of rebellion by counsel, contriv. once, persuasion, or compulsion. and for every thing done by open hostility in the Feld," this most lightened advocate for all that is estimable among men, thus characterizes the wretched assass:ns of toe Royal Family. 46 But where," lie asks, is are the objects of jutaice AncLaLexample, and fesne. se curity to the public peace ?—They are nitnrally pointed out, 'not hi-their having outraged and civillaies,:nbr their having rebelled against the State as a State; but by. their !raving r‘aelled agaiist the law of stature, and outraged man as than. —All those who laid tatrilegious hands on the Kusti, who, withot; ‘ t atij thing in their own relsqllhus snis. sion to the Convention to justify them, brought bin to his trial, ind unanimously voted hint guilty; add those who had a share in the crud murder of. the Quin; and the detestable proceedings with reg ar d to the young KING and the unhappy PRINCEBSES.._ all those who committed cold-blooded murder any where, and particularly in their revolutionaryaribu. nals; where retry -idea of natural justice, and even of their own abominable rights of man, have been trod under foot with the most insolent mockery ; all men concerned in the burning and demolition of houses — or churches with audacious and marked acts of uteri. lege and scorn offered to religion, and in general all the members of Jacobin 'Clubs—not one . of these should escape a punishment suitable to the nature, quality and degree of their offences, by a steady but measured Justice." Commits COUNClL. — Yesterday some routine Nisi. ness was transacted. Mr. NaLnsa, as well as Mr. HOLDSWORTH, resigned the office of City Marshal: A letter was read from the. National Society, thank. ing the Court for. their late vote of 0200, which was ordered to be entered on the :Journals. Sonar con: versation took place relative to the Address which had beers voted to his Royal. Hiontreas on the Pro secution of the Protestants in France. One of the Membert said, that he had been informed by the Se. • cretary of the Dissenting Ministers,' that Ginn th e i r • latest accounts the system of oppression continued, and that it had assumed a more Alarming aspect i that the Pinvotal Courts at Nismes had substituted their mock trials for the lawless outrages of the mob. Mr. FAvat. stated, on the authority of a Geutlem in just arrived from the South of France, that in the lan month, a wretch, called Weiss, who is nozoriousfor having murdered fourteen .Protestants with his own hand, was honourably acquitted, and some of his ae. cusers imprisoned.. Immediately atter, five Protest. ants, who were accused of some trifling misdemea. mai, were condemned to potsae, or pillory, to be marked with a hot iron ; three to ten years, and the other two to perpetual imprisonment. It WAS inously decided that the Address was still necessary, and should be presented. Lord ALTHORPE intends to bring forward his Mo. tion forthe repeal of the Taxes upon Leather, about the :?.9th of this month. We observe, by th 4 Resolu. tions of the General Meetings, held at Liverpool, Maidstone, Oxford, and in' other parts cf the king. dpm, without exception, that the Petitions resolved , upon correspond with the Noble Lord's Notice, that is, they art for the,Aepeal of the whole of the Taxes and Restrictions.• •, .001/1 EXCILANCirs APRIL had a very scanty supply' of all Gram to this day's market, and our prices's= nominally as on Monday ; but had any fine Wheat or barley appeared it would have met a ready sale s having a brisk demand for both thole acticks. :;~ - ,i . • J • 7 7-