Star. — London, England, 1816-03-19 00:00:00

. Ntr. -nu 9063 • PARLIAME*TitRT PROCEADINGS. • • HOUSE OF 1.0RD3, MARCH 18. crow ' were further heard on the Appeal of Sir Watkin • a at , Morgan. To proceetLagain on Wednesday, ft ',BROOKE presented two Petitions; one from br om en. of Deihl , and the tee and f rom the town of Hunger vointy. against the continuance of the Income Tax ar :a s uric eNtablis!iment in time of peace. presented Petitions against the Pro ultimo the counties of Aberdeen and Eigin, in Saa r./ a d ou r Nor t ' om the latter place, praying tot a revision of Thyriilery Lame Petition. were severally ordered to lie on the tables. jdl-10 ..XN I ) observed, that as his notice respecting a "(too the Committee of Privileges had expired, he sliouli r.,..t • tee .aid Conunittee do sit on to-morrow se'n at▪ he Onth uto toil or the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, 't was or. a e ...d, fur her t ofibider.vio: , of Sir George Barlow's Di . 1 0,„ whkh attired tor ,o-ntorrow, should be postponed to slay day ,e'irli4ht front the Commons by Lord Th e tenet:;seas broyht up PA Lia is us sad vtheas, an.! read a first time; as was the Shop. 'Mini. • nil, pps..ined.by Mr. I.usitisicsTore. An atest.d Copy of .'.e procee.duss in the Ecclesiastical Co - lts, in the et.se of Uyott o. Dy-nt, rehn.ive to the liyorts• Divorce bill, now peneing before their Lordships, was prevented at the Bir, anti ..l.itreirto tie on the r4bk. Lori GitLZ:\`ILI.E presroted u ['Tinian front the county of in oct,: land, against the PropiTty Cal; and another horn the rte. ton of t)swes,ty, :shropshire, to the sante eflee'. his Lordship took the opp.srtunity to give notice, that he should on Frhlay Lex t move for certain papers relative to the Ftsent situation, ...ill the existing Laos for the Rezulation of gates m the NV •-,t 'fee Earl of COVEN FRY presented a Petition from the No way, , reeholder:•;and • of the county of Worees • ter.:et in,. t..r.h :heir opitiaon, chat a tax Upon the pruf!urtiveisess o prxeei ty, equally laid upon all classes of the cnnimunity, was M ine:: .quitatk ; but tLat, as the present Property, or income vas tiot ot that &scrip:lon, and as it bore too bard upon &ow' iers ot Patti, &c they prayed that it might be repealed., Tbe Noble Eul ai•ss presented a Petition from the city of w i eeeaer, erlative to th, present depressed mate of agriculture, mar, sod COlititierCc, and ;laying relief. The abtrre l'etitioosweie respectively ordered to lk on the table. An Account ot the unciaimed Prise Money at Chelsea Col by trap presented a. the Lar. Viscount SIDhlt)1111 - 1 reported the Prince Regent's answer to diestordships' late Addresses, inipurtbg that directions would be peen attonhegli: upon the trifle (ciiitily private) being respectively fonvarsiedobe House adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'The Mutiny SIM era. 1-ca' a -bird time, and passed. The Liolkary listhour L.i4veclit through a Committees.--Re port tWriutTOW. • :it C. PO::: novel tne a nrw writ fir vice P. Car. w, E q. w'.o tied .cco, , ted the CLiiturn eds. Mr. P 4(1 it !,r. .t.sitrel a Peat:on the ISt iltol Jai Lib trust the Coq .r..t. , 41 of thc Lity. Mr. DAVI sail, w..stLe.r ut c, , it inn of tile Coes yorsnoti, that there was bitt o,:e .:Iv as et , e of a lieW J.ll 10 - I.z • •c." , •1 to ji ; :h o; ly dif:race between he Cot p , Atl-1) Li-it-Ls t,t lasatt.l brim St .o the moire' defray tz the txp sear. Mr. LEN NEI f bore testimo..y to ri.e: necestity Of a n:w the ; , reseut priar. hong moil Mr. LIVIs beg t ,r; ta add, that greet were the sea:intents of the C :4-ns of gaistvUr.i..r;i he 'on the : • .:Ne. s., se Su W 4 .o:serve! a •Petitioo :runt Vie. soarers u; :he to No : r, trt)i g reveal o: sac ret ‘. - um ..1 Dune.. ot be i.seise Nil of las: SL4Mll.—Rtai, as tinkled to a.: on the Mr. A \t'. 1i• prt.;‘ , ll:eil a Krit . on from I I.nley- , lpon- Times cocOitt: .1: t . 0: ji i llcultura! dibuce, :: um :ma% y mato, —l)r h• t, lit on tke Vale. , kir 111.OUG1 - 1.1.:11 . Ler any licional Surgeon had 11,zu appeaitc :At yur.3111011:h S;:lCe!Isi• ‘l . ? - . . Sate M.ii.l'.E.:4lihk 0 ;A crtd, it would he ;ern by the Iginuca LL..t s N.rgrtitt U.:ea appoultr4l wLeet .hips we; e hk as.d to ort4.:ary. 11.1.tr.ar ...It.tiny 13ii1 was react 3 tLir.! titre a: d passed. rt.‘v•ily; o; thc New R.re; k$ ; Weil:r.aday ri. 1 xt. PlipriAt I 1 TAX 11Ti7loNS. Si W;LE...10.N p.escr.ted a pelitio-i from sundry and otl►cr parishes, in Cfit n raj :cariplainiog I►.►rticuiarly of the Property Tax. fitEMAS,A spi , ke of the tex as particu. WI pressing ►iu the rant iqipertent classes of so. Ca , and expiessing the hope that economy would ten. testae (Asti unrec....ssat y, particularly the Ma lt Tax. `TM ts . l. l l . OitNEY GENERAL said he should E 0 it his duty to support the renewal of the tax, 16 4 king it the b e st di . at could be imposed. %Ma 11 - ILIEN believed that the Ministers had , ItslititlretA IlUflittoll to take off the Malt Tax,even ittlryclitried the rzoperty 1:41, And therefore hoped IltDOue %multi vote for the latter, thinking the tor. I act Itig!it Le alt;tottt,fle (1. keati,.atitl (4,'ex,:tl to tic on the table. Ir. FERGU;iON presented a petition from the ttlitilders of ziotstla :Igaiust the Property Tag.— ce N d to 'iv oil tli !Able. . . lire ...ii3 L. (O ~11.',1 i...: p,resentoths petition from Ildrailig, .•;ttirey, against any renewal of the Pro. ty Tax. I-k said, in consequence of the County Latkr. &airing their intention to support the tax, 14 Nihon hid not Urn 4:filiUSted to them W liQur to. the 11,use.—ittad, and orthaed to lie on to table. H. NEALE preriented a pet ti frcna the per. I tesikting iu n i, praying WA 4tonsit9rl,:li iiaLiCipatOni iu II:CI petition which! k l'ibi!t.n outvoted trurn that place azaittii; the ifto -1•;'Y :hey 'hot approving Lb,: l4nio4ge in it to • 1 1. 1 k 0 i.KSTOIN111, rising.to defend .he former •iati his surprise at this, Tile 61' t( oLet ved, the Now was not Iti h ni ct ca!'lya ul the petitions presented w •, t•krztl to iic on welablet 1 .-trd L.;;Y ptcsuntt;tl a petition . frim the agaitist any trenew.tl of the fio- L Y TAx t 4141) otw fre,in ttie uti.4hbottacuit of I g urbriOxe,, prailz thethe Insolvent btu's' Act ; an y d auoiht r r trout the cosinfl of Vtni• 4 ". Praying for a utochucd tax on proPerfi Or nti to ;le 1141.11"I'LETON sail , he had gocid reason to that liras portion by no tne.ins spok: t:Ao lan ttg!"i cquilty, 41. d tn.,* those win) atteiti.kd tire ' 141 1; tvrre taktu by snip 4 t i t MULIN rated a petition iron:, t i t , a r' 4l Cil Ltat.a .itos, 6 ., A L T:. that any tett , of 1 "licrl) I.tx. 0.d..e ; . u.i It Li\ LLL 4, ..11 , 4,:ine41 of the non -" td concla.n.clet.a4 Itculs the TO otii" re 'pectin the s Property Tax, for which he had moved on a former day ;—inquiring when it might be ex• petted ? Mr. LUSHINGTON replied, that the papers would be presented to-morrow. Mr.. LUSH I NGTON presented papers respecting assessments, &c. on the Property Tax in the City of London. Ordered to lie on the table. Petitions were presented from the borough of Hun gerford, St. Alban's, Broome, in Suffolk, and Staf ford, against the Property Tax. Ordered to lie on the table. Sir G.,HEATHCOTE presented a petition from Boddington, in the county of Lincoln, complaining (;f heavy taxation, the Property Tax, Poor Rates, arc. Ordere Ito lie on the table. .. Sir W. GEARY presented a petition from the county of Kent, against the Property Tn. This pe tition was agreed to at a eery large Meeting—there certainly was sonic opposition, but only six or seven hands were held up against it. He took this oppor tunity to state, that he entirely .concurred in the prayer of the petition. (Hear, hear.) Ordered to lic on the table. Mr. THORNTON presented a petition from some persons in the county of Sussex against the Property Tax. Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. ROSE presented the rtolen petition from Southampton against any renewal of the war tax on iimprrty. It came to him by the mail coach, from whom he knew not, and not being anxious to keep it by him, he presented it to the To the pet's. tion was attached a considerable nuniber of rnoct re speetahle naves, and there were names of others wlio neither lived in, nor had any connection wit:i the to mi. Mr."I3AItING was glad to see the petition, al. though it was bro4it up with great reluctance, and that it was signed by respectable persons. • Mr. ROSE adMitted the latter fact, hut said many of the re, - sons signing it welt: paupers, and persons who never had paid any taxs in their lives I Or : tiered t , l lie en the table. Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a petition from Berk shite ag4i:lst Cie Prop..!rty Tax, at the same time ex itt,:sug himself inimical to th,: intention of Govern ment respeclmg its renewal. The peopb hitt! home it w;thiitit complaint dming the war, admitting the necessity of heavy taxation to maintain the arduous strtigqle in which the country was engagesl, but tem fi leanly looking forward to its terioindtioo to affo:d reef iron) the pressure of this tax in particular. Mr. NEVILLE also expressed Lis dis.ipprobation of the TAx.—Or,h•red to lie on the talsk. Mr.WILLIAM DOUGLAS ruse t , ) put a quest tint' to an liottourble nJ Lear' 'd G-tiAtn.tn thorn he now saw in his place (Mr brotie,ll .rn.) He took this oppottonity to cNil uu,m the Ilvncur !)le and Leurit.a), c 7 n,iletpan to st. t. fAsaud)oritvf ,, tt.) setting fortio, on lay:n t : heft:re tti:lt 1-1 5,,, :::7 titicm; Irons 11;s constituents, 1:.-1 c e . e r et i l i ohe y s h.td flu lo:warded etem ity their Re-1 prcseotative, thAt tt.ey nto ')e properly preientt.d. Ile ItAd exp-es%ed to) onwil lingoes* to prt sent Lis Coosittaelit'.' : Le wwt ready to cotoely •nith t:xir cor.ot:at.d,, And in .t way tvilat he t w‘ttild irr.v.r °was in co tic e to complain ; boi he should :yect the H , t,•tirabie 'Member to ton 41 ttie molives to attack the' itoftvendeneA• an , tottr ; . .Itotibcr thAt 1 - 11 , ntse ; ..nsw..r I cit:ier in Oil; House or elsett Geier of L'air, and Urd,t, Order.) RCUG H A ti.1)1,,:d, as to the answers that would bu required thewltgre, h hid n.oy na. thing to say. With tespect to the Petition, I,rwarded to him froin 13 , roughs which returned t:le 1-11notri ab1u Ivlemb:er, .he had interred that they ve...rt: warded to him because their Rerreseotative was v.:- favourable to the prayer ; and he th:.ught suet' f.o.t was.'pretty go,,d proof. if the R present.ative were favour able to the object *might by the l'flitioners, Ire believed that the House would admit that the Petition. would not have found their way to other hands.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. 11OUGLAS complained of not having been informed about the Petitions. Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was not for him to refuse Petitions sent to him for such purpose—Lis sit:lation of having Petitions sent to him from plates .which be did not represent, was not peculiar to him, :natty were similarly circumstanced—but be thought tt was quite a new doctrine to expect that Mennen representing the places whence the Petitions came, most be immediately and fully acquakted with all ale facts.,-(Rear, Hear.) Petition orewred to Ye on the taLle. Mr. PELHAM pr.usented Petitions frOm Louth, Market Deeping, Spilsby, and the County of Liii• coin, against the Property Tax, the Military Esta blishments, and the prolusion in every departrmnr. Sir It. HEIZON said, had theNobleLorel (Castle reagh) been at the County Meeting fur Lincolt., he would not have rentained of opinion that the pro tracted debatcs had c.invinced the country of the necessity of the military establialiments. The County Petition was sined uy six hundred, it being agreed I to on Friday, and the number would have been Arcata., could the Petition have remained longer.— The troth was, after the Petition had been agreed to, only a small room was allowed for it to lay in to collect sign:awes, and many who were anxkui to sign it were obliged to wait three or fair hours for such purpose. It was then sent off so as to arrive in town previonsly to the meeting of the House. Theft: was someoppo%ttif.n, one pers“o havitig the audacity 'to attack hint. at the niertiiig, and to ihatge him with little less than having forged the R, quisitron•—' True, the whole was in his hand-writing, names, B.c.—hut he had attached no name to it without having authotiry t do so. Mr. CHAPLILNI complained of undue means having teen resi,rteii to tor the purpose of obtaining. tavouroble meeting. 6ltnisters of parshes haviug „dirtc(A. , ti all umicr them to attend aid support the ipropouttiME • • „4 s p V " • No . - 4 . • N k, 1 1 ° . :!.. • - 4 4 , ih JlA**6l4fN • , 4. 1 ) , • - r - 410 , w* . • . Obluitaa • $ ll S • t # r<l. II I "I* i t ( li t r r. Sir G. HEATHCOTE denied that other mean/ than those that were perfectly fair had been used to gain partizans. All were anxious, be their party Or cause what it might, to impress .their sentiments upon, and to give the support of others. He ap proved of the Meeting, and as a friend to his coun try. Ise had been anxious to collect the voice of the people. He was no candidate for office, he 'could assure the benches opposite; he would not be a Mi nister of the country—(a laugh) —no, not for the mines of Peru.—(4 largh, and Hear, hear.) After some furtlier observations from Mr. Bun- RFLL, Sir R. Hettom, and Sir C. Isiosicx— Lord G. CAVENDISH bore testimony to the truth of Sir R. Heron's statement, respecting the requisition, he having requested- the Hon. Baronet to affix his name to it. PRv•U book* at £lOO 2-year and uPwarls t Hen, ,1.-ar);•—• and every body knew that tbe eottuty of Perth tsar One of the mcst Wealthy in Scotland, at. I the met ing Was attended those Whu bard to pAy the T.tx, and consequently felt its oppression. A Member wished to know witat the object of the Prayer of 6is Petition was, as. he had not h for. tunate enough to hear it distinctly ? t!l2 pcorle of Perth wish to tike the burthen upon til ,, nsclres, or to throw it off ? A portkn of the Petition was rrtd aglin ; it te. presented the indigpensihle neceesity nr;difying the Tax in a manner suitable to the Income of tho Landitold,•r. Lord CASTLE - REACH observed, that Gentle. men opposite, while the Petit' .n was readiii, , „ p 111 no attention to it. He thc.tmtit this rry...de of receiv ing the Petitions of the people weis n )it decorous:— they ought to be listened to, wh item- they ought. That they m; 4 ltt tut:ler-4:1111 the sentiments of the one br4ore the I roost!, he should desire the Clerk to read it again. -- (Mt,. no, from the opt:mite side). It was however read again, when ire collected, that after stating the fortitude with w;lich the Peti. rkners had !rime the b trrhttic of the war, they es. pressed their conviction, that no impati•nce, or no. tions of false economy, woulj of anpt them to re;);:itt, under whatever neat scary regulations the war it;td entailed on thym —(llear, hear, from Lord Carets re.t4).-1t added, that the Petiti..ners would ' .va rejoiced if the return of 1•••• ace li id eoabled Govern. meat t.) reduce the burtheos of the country ; and they silould have been most g: Iteful if ether tneaos c. uld have been des is:d for relieving public credit ; but they apprehend?Li that no slich stilisitute coati be fount. —(Near, hrar.from the ,1171a.urcial side).—Tuey. would therefore diet-Lin:ly suhinit tt, toe ttec,.•+',t of the Tat, provi!ed kst s mold m fiCti as to reconcile its ogeration to the - nie:ms ef each :I,:i.t,dnal s so tl at essential relief he afford e d to the Petition ordered to lie on the table.. Mr. ATHERLY- pretiented a Petition from.: Southarnoton (not signed by paupers and children) against the Property 'rax, the Petitioners thinking their former pt•tation had bees lost. •Lord FOLKSTONE said, the Petitioners' were respectable people, not paupers, hut persons affeeicti by the Taz.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord LASCELLE3 presented a Teti: ion received in the morning Irorn expiessinp reliAnce on the wisdom of Patliainent, and praying for a modi fied I'az on Property, as the best means of Tatbiiig the sum requirod. L , rd MILTON &di, the Petition was not akvreed to at s fuer Too petition was prepared, and t!,e cryer went ~b-,n t d: siring the p:•,:p!e to go to the Hail to ;Agit tile p('ti.ion, to compel the Re presentaiives to pay far toe poor.—(Tar, hear.) Lori L.15CF.1.1.::.8 knew not:.i.t.; of the mears by v.hicb tht Psi I tilt Ih: been 4) 1- ..t:liiied, or signed. (Year, liewr.)—th•lercd to lie on the tablo. Sir C. pies..itei a Petition from Mot- NottOunibarlAild, against the,Privr l / 4 y Tax.— ()tiered to liq on the table. • Lord MILTON presented the Petition from i County of York, against the Property Tax. For th.. Last 36 )ears a County M. titng lutd not been called, as v... 11 titan Cie extent ot the Conaty, the great and coadieting interests witnin it, as from' the feeling that siich Meeti•!gs ow,Cit not to he called bat it2on de frio,t important o:casient. It was said them were b:;(20 Freehold. rs piesent at the Cazale. wits sure these weir ;those .ItXX). Among then! were atuly good friends ot the Government--but there we some dimientie:it voices, and a few hands held I di) against it. Lord LASCELLES thought it right to say, that wh avvvr 1;:e governing niutire of those pr. t.OIIJ Whf . t id away, the meeting was not attended by any Cyt Laic:lien on die opposite side. The Meet rrainly fteryllrlyet4l4reinett'andiiiiiiarir t . satr nothing more. than that the Petition was that ,•in Inc County o• York. Lord G; . ..OIiSIE CAVEND.MI-1 slid, the Peti. hi. opinion, ti:e feme of the whol e wh:ch could not have been more fisily•col• n•cted, s t'.e inec.ing to k place in the middle of the The l'etitirm was then read. Its prayer was, the I-I':ts.• vuuld 'abolish every vestige of the Property T. Z. and adopt, witnsent Lim; of time, the s'aictest ecorminy in every deprrtmen7, in purstritice nt recommend.it.on front tl.e throne. Mr. DRU:vIMOND moved for leave to present a Petition how the Lindholders, Ste. of the County of Parth. On being'brom;lit up ..nd read, its prayer s , emed to be, to obtain reliet far the I,•nded interest of that,contity, but ex;iressinf! an inefinarion to sub mit to the (pc rty Tax a; a measure of expediency, it no to :ttcr sub•tit•rie could be found. though he did not exactly 'add. ••••taiid the purport 4 , lthe Petition, supposed it to cont.iin sure apprehension, that the tax was about to be imposed on the people of that county. But he thought the H Buie should be set right as to the na lure of Scotch Petitions, of which this was a notable iiistlnce. In the populous county of Perth Mere were not more than 200 freeholders, and out of this num ber out more than 2...) or 3d had signed the petition. He , would put it to the House, wnether the opinion of these persons could be considered as the tense of 'the whole county ? Ir. DRUMMOND said the petition WAS signed by 41 - persons—( Wear, hear, from Ow orpositint benchet.) 3r G. WARRENDIA. said the Scotch meetings were always attended by as respectable Gentlemen as any in the kingdom ; and the oainions they expressed ought as much to be attended to as those who signed any other petitions whatever. They ought not to be spoken of with that ridicule which the lion. Gentle- Tließ.on the. other side were so crintinually inclined to t'irow oirt upon what differed from their own senti• mews. The pctiii uers appeared to view this tax as more likely to relieve them tit m the depression nn• der wiitell they laboured thin any other tax that could b: levied ; and the House ought to judge of petitions from the character and situations of the persons inte rested in the prayers of them. In this case, the peti tion eras front freeholders, who were persons that paid two-thirds t.f the tax. Central FERGUSON explained. Mr. BA Rlhl.; ttiontin it owns a Petition in favour of theyrop.aty Tax, provided it wa s so mo di f i e d as not ,olouch the Petitioncrs at ail. It nos rmark-, abbe that there were only two Petitions that the House, had -heard of at all in favour of the Tax, this from Perth, "id one from Sheffield. the meeting fer'which had been summoned by a belleman, and both of. which soy in effect. that they wish it to be levied as hard as you please on the people in general, so that they themsavea are excluded. Lord BINNING protested against the invectives in which the Gentlemen opposite continually indoleed on the Property Taz. He telt proud at th, spir t and patriotism displayed by the people of Scotland. wituld tell the .Honourable Gentleman oppostie, that the.. Commissioners .of SUpply iri Scod-nd in. eluded the *hole of the goitleman in that pa-t of the Empire, who had property used in the Kiusio • ~ t r:l:ltural Interest—(Hear, hear, fr9:7l ()Masi. regard to the assessments on the profits tram the cultivation of the toil. Mr. BURRELL said a few words. He described all the persons who bad signed the Petition withiii tour miles of his estates, to be bankrupts, except otie. Mr. PONSONSY said he bid itstmed carefully to the reading of the Petition the fi:st tita ::n..1 he thought he understood it ; but scull he ;lid not know on whom the Petitioners would wish the T.:a to be levied. He hope 4, however. very shortly to see in what respect the Noble Lord really held the opinion of the people :it large; for he could see at present. by the Noble Lord's conduct, in cheering the pas. rages of this Petition, what scale henthooght prepon derated ; but it remained tb be ascertiti:led whi-Jtet.' Vie Representatives of the country would vote for or against the measure. Sir G. CLERKathought the Honnorable General opposite ((kneral Feigitsoti) had thrown out !mite general insinuations against the people of Scotland than were justifiable. Tice Petitiln was most re spectably signed. He &Mei that the object of the Petition was to remove the burthen from their own shoulders. . .. Mr. FORBES was opinion that the Petition wat as niucti against the Tax as for it. The Tat was as severely levied in Scotlsnd as in Eiglandi and the people r a:d it there as cnnscientiously. After a few words from 4r. BARING and Mr. R. ABEiIeItOMBY, the Petition was ordered to lie on thy Table, as was one from the town of Lowth. THE PETITION FllOl4 THE CITY OF LONDON. Sir W. CURTIS, from the Opposition side, said he rose to move for leave to- present a Petition from the Islet chants. Bankers, and Traders of the city of Lend...). It was a week or ten daps ago since the Petitioil hid been left for signature, and it was ki the recollection of many Gentlemen in that House thai there never was a meeting so respectable as.that which took place at the Mansion House, nor one at which the attendants were so determined to pederast their duty in petitioning against this odious tax.— This Petition, it ought to be recollected, was the work of the same body of people who, in 1795, came forward to encourage the Government of the coun try at a mast awful crisis, and who, by their resolu tions, revived the spirit of the capital. The same persons held several other meetings in the course of the war, as at the time of the mutiny, and on other occasions, and by their loyal resolutions, gave con fidence not only to the minds and spirits or the Gen tlemen in that House, but to the country at large.-:-• In 1798, when this tax was proposed, and,when stocks were so low that a loan could not be raised with advantage,. it was unanimously resolved that great bcne6t would be derived irons raising the sup plies 'within thelear ; on which tl:.; Right amour able Gentleman, now no more, had founded hi s s bill for the Property Tax. He declared it to be a war tax, to continue during the war, and no. longer. He was therefore ast , aiished to hear the manner in which his Right kl , nourable Friend opposite had made use • of the words no longer," which he considered as a paltry trick. He would not disguise that that Muse and all the people in the country looked upon it as a war tax ; they never would hve, allowed themselves to undergo the oppressive inquisition which no Bri• ton could or ought to bear, if they bad not thought it was to be abolished in peace. There never was a more respectable Meeting, and out of the twenty•two thousand persons who had signed the Petition; there 'was not an individual who did not Gel and know his own situation. Why should not, the motley be raised by other means I What was the dill, fence whether it was raised by loan, or taken out of the pockets the people who could not afford to buy stock. There was not a Mercantile man who did not feel the tee .null as deep as any oth r ahongh they mad* shift to pay it, because they probably had more• means than other people. But, after all that could be said, 'it was an o:uacxious t4x, that the .peorle . 4. this country ought not now tc bear. He (Ns WM. Curtis) Was moo Sit the Himissiti, 'Cuomo tibia ! TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1816. 11, 1117 lie P! 94. l at in I co :Lire ••; is sys• ctall ,eth :iog ell :utah a re given uder it for ___-...... GUS -~