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! ~~ ~ ‘ . FOB. 8.11.F.,„8Y AUCTION; By Peemistion ¢lke !fan the Contsosisziottees If kis Majesty's Castoms, For the Payment of Salv ,ge, At the Buildings over the Wall, DOVER, on Trivansav, the 27th irist: nt, at Twn o'Cinck in the Afternoon, ABOW' T.VELVE TONS - pi SWEDISH IRON. in ii '.P ' S. part of the Cargo aired from the Swedish Brig A 1 , 1 PH 10 N, Capt. E. A rrktdtesto, which *was w reeked near Dymehure,./., on the 11th October last. on a voyage from Stock holm. hound to Ileum-de (iraer. buy he viewed on the (I.Ly of Sale, by appliektion fo 'Messrs Factor and Co Dove: - .— May Is, 1324. LORD BYRON. nit a fine Portrait, finin a P.duting by Ilalitovre. 8,0. 14 / Ur i ENIOIRS of the LIFE and WHITINGS of the i Iliyht Hon. LORD BY RON. With` Anecdotes of some of frog C ntemporaries. Pulikhed and .4eld by henry Colburn, 8, New BOrlingeon-street. this day was puhlkhed, in Three Vols. post Bvo. 21s. 911.1 E ETONIAN. Fourth Edition. A Series of Essays, Criticisms, and Delineations of Life and Manners. Printed for Henry Colburn, No. 8, New Durlington-st:eat ; and Charles Knight, Pal'.rnall East. Thh Jay was published, Ih Sao. price 4s. AN ESSAY on the EFFECTS of lODINE on the DUMAN CONSTITUTION; with practical Obsetva tiors on its Uw in the Cafe of lltnachotele, Scrofula, and the Tuberculous Diseases of the Chest and Abdomen. Hy W. GAIIIDNE.II, Printed for T. and G. Underwood, 32, nett-street. S.l UV GUN Oh by die Author of the SK ETc II BOOK: In One ha.liorne Volinne i put Bvm. price 7s. bd. the Second Edition, of 1I MAGI - N 111; dr, the Whim-Whart►s and Opi nintls of Lawrcelot Langstaff, Esq. and others, by the Author of the Sketch romk. limeehridge llall, &e. London : ?tinted by Thomas Davison, for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside. • " Tilis work hears the most evident marks of being written at that happy age. when men of genius write from the fullness of their son's, from the ardent Lore of literature, and the inspiring influence of anticipted fame." RECENT t:I - ENTS AT LISBON. FRO): THE L!SL) ClAZirty:. , nisi 6N, APRIL 30. " This morning, at the break of day, there WAS seen la the square ' , of the Rotel°, a portion of the troops of the line in garrison in this city; and there were aft, rwards seen arriving all the other corps both of the line end militia. A report was at the same time spread through the cavital, that a con;piracy had been dhcovered, directed against the life of our august Monarch, and of his Royal Family. 'Hie certainty that the illui!rions Infant and Prince, Dou had placed himself at the :lead of the troop; as their Commander in-Chtef, :hid that he had, with his accustomed energy and activity, arrived In time to save such dear pledges together with his country, tranquillized the public mind; and wherever that tutelar angel of the Portuguese appeared, shouts resounded of View' to his Royal person, his august parents, and oar Holy Religion. In a short time, there was spread through the troops the Proclamation which we publish below; while the same most serene Prince gave the neces• sary orders that none should enter the Royal residence of Hein postas where he 'mimed troops, commanded by faithful Officers order* the arrest of many individuals who were considered as im plicated iu projects hostile to Royalty and to the Nation. There he waited for the determination of his august father, to whom he ad dres►ed the letter which we transcribe below. Iler Majesty (the' Queen) immediately proceeded from the Palace of Quehis to Hem /nista ; and the whole of the Royal Family being met, the Council of State being called, and all the Ministers of Foreign Powers, among the rest the Marquis of Campo-M:4,w (Beresford) being present, our Lord the King appointed new Ministers, with the ex ception of the Minister of the Interior and Justice, in the room of the Minister of Marine and IVar, Count de Subserra, who was arrested, and of the Ministers of the Treasury and Foreign Affairs. At the same time a new Intendant of Police was nominated.— Many individuals of the military class, some with titles, and a great numbis of others, were ordered into custody. The troops retired to their quart, is ..t two o'clock in the afternoon. Public tranquil. lity was not in the least interrupted by this movement : on the con trary, the proceeding was highly applauded, as tending to consoli date the legitimate Government of the most benignant and beloved of Monarch'. As we are nut yet able to give a detailed account of these circumstances, we lay befiwe our Readers the three following documtms in explanation of the events: N I'ILOCLAIWATION TO THE TROOPS. 4 ` Soldiers—lf the day of the 27th of Nay, 1823, broke upon us With a memorable lustre, the day of the 30th of April, 1224, will be no less memorable. Both of them will occupy a distinguished place in the pares of Luskanian history. In the former, I left the capital to overthrow a disorganising faction, preserving the throne of our exalted King, the Royal Family, and the whole nation, giving besides an example of virtuous attachment to the sacred re. ligion we profess f the true support of Royalty and justice; in the present, 1 shall accomplish the triumph of the great work which was then begun, gising it a seem e establishment, and exterminating at once the pestiientlal sect of Freemasons, which, in the silence of Its treason s projected the destructitm and total extinction of the reigning House of Braganca. Soldiers! it was for this reason I called yetti td arms, fully convinced of the firmness of your charac ter, of your loyalty, and of your decided love for the cause of the King. Soldiers, be worthy of toe, and Don your Com mander-in-Chief, will be worthy of you. Long live our Lord the King! Long live the Roman Catholic Religion ! Long live her bloat Faithful Majesty ! Long live the Royal Family ! Long live the brave Portuguese Army ! Long live the Nation! Die all in famous Freemasons! " Palace of Ilemposta, April 30, I fV24." " LETTER OF THE INFANT TO HIS FATHER. " Sir, my King, august Father, and Lord—Shuddering with hor ror at the most perfidious treason, plotted by terrible Masonic As sociations, which, in conjunction with those of Spain, overthrew the !loyal Manse of Ilraganza, reducing to ashes the finest country 01 the world, 1 illy, resolved (after heating the sincere and faithful wishes of all l'ortugues::) to call to arms the brave and im mortal Port ii . ntese army, to secure by its means the triumph of the great work the immortal 27th of May, 1823, which, by an unexpeci, fatality, has not had an issue corresponding with public expecritimi. Your Majesty, whose sublime virtues exceed the thoughts of mer.constituting the best of Kings who have reigned on earth, cmnot but approve of my heroic resolution, as it has for its Object to picserve your Majesty from else fangs of the infamous pursuits Wilti surround you, and who have conducted you to the brink of a precipice ; and by preserving your Majesty ft Orn so immi nent a danger, preserve likewise the ltayal Family and the nation. " The pi ociam,tion which I have the honour of transmitting to your Majesty %Yid prevent any false charge whit li,t ither at the pre sent moment or heteatter, the evil-disi;oied might endeavour in fit upon Mr ; I implore your Majesty to cast upon it your paternal eye, that you may recognize the pure truths which it contains as the only m, outs of doing justice to a son, who, to save his august fattier, hi- King and Lord, and to preserve uninjured the primitive rights of !loyalty, did not hesitate to expose his breast to the hazards or t , ,rtune ; but in the firm certainty that a Portuguese Prince, when be takes the field in so glorious an enterprise, must not sheath his weird till he brings to a conclusion a contest infinitely injurious to tho,c whit like your Majesty are born to reign, or before he rescues you from the chains which Freema miry has prepared. May it please your Majesty to approve of my noble and royal proceeding, making it appear to the nation that you sanction it : deigning to grant me ample leave for proceeding with it : thus removing every obstnk to the great undertaking in which I anletigaged. Anxious, and mire than impatient, I wait, expecting the royal resolution of yore Majesty, at the brad of the army, surrounded with good Pur togu:se, true trial& of your Majesty, who entertain equal hopes with myself, and confide in the sublime virtues of your Majesty, for the approval of my determination. Invoking your Majesty to remember that there is no time to lose, and that expedition was 0. vet more necessary. May the omidpotent Gon prosper the life of your Majesty during a bug course of years ! (Signed) " Palace of Bemposta, April 3% 1824." " PROCLAMATION OF THE INFANT TO THE POE. " MIGUEL TUGUESE. " Tnetuguese!—For the second time I appear before you, at the bud af the gallant Portuguese army, out to oppose the royal an d primitive rights of the Throne and of my august Father, lhan John the Sixth (tar from me be such a thought), but to give that toile and energy to the great work begun oil the memorable 7th of May, 1 044• which tined with admiration the whole of hurope, as you you. selves .re witnesses that by fatal misfortune that importance has not been ,:tvrn to the public cause which the order of things re quired. af.er d...troying that infamous Colossus which will raised on use detests-aX.6th of Aug us t. IS2O. Our exalted King and laird, .1) • d : oh.. I. surr.ruod e d by the factious, bas nut enjoyed free `not; cou the euth ,4 rY, hr has been kept in perpetual oppreinion by them, who, attending to their own interests, have forgotten those of the nation, and produced a violent reaction, which might have end. d in the destruction of the liouse of Bragans*. Thna they lorded it over the kingdom, converting fffeinselves into arbiters of the will of the Portuguese. TMs has animkted me with new forte to destroy this omit perfidious cabal, which has been supported by the Asithorhies etnployed to Oren it. Portuguese, do justice to yoir infant, I/on Miguel, the Commorter-in-Chief of the Portu guese army—recognising his language to be pure, anti proceeding from virtue. You have sufficient proofs of my singleness of mind, and the candour of my royal heart. The events which occurred et !the re-ntablishment of the Throne and the overthrow of the art,i -i trary Cortes, are irrefragable proofi of the good faith with which I address you ; and if my royal word is not a sufficient pledge to com mand yo(r Seliff, I iOvoki the Goo of Alpfionso, and before that Gorr I swear, With all my royal heart, that my views *re not am bitious—that my royal desire is only to smooth the road of virtue, to save the King, the Royal Family, and the Nation, and to sup port the holy religion of our ancestors! For au& just ends, in spite of all the sacrifices that might be required, I engage to establish the necessary means, as those which have hishetto been adopted have nut produced the desired effect. " This is a truth which in a few words I can prove to you. You see around you the . freedonsWbich the Masonic Club; enjoy, where they treat of the destiny of the King, the Royal Family, and the nation, while no measures are taken to abate the spreading fire.— You see that the laws, an object of the tint necessity, are not en acted as they ought ; you see that the administration of justice, on which depend; the public security, is in the last stage of decay ;you ace that the Criminal Commission, established to punish the ene mies of Royalty, of the altar, and of the nation, have left those ene mies unpunished ; you see that the finances are in the last state of exhaustion, the monopoly of Royal contracts bring increased; you see commerce in anguish, agriculture neglected, by want of means in the overburdened and impoverished cultivator ; you see arts and manufactures without activity ; and, finally, the loss of the precious possession of Brazil, with the absolute abandonment of the means necessary for its restoration: not that the Portuguese who exist on the earth are not descendants of those heroes who gained the conquest ; and it is only since parties have been increased, and a thousand misfortunes, that there conies to the light of day the perfidious plan of forced expedition in our Masonic Clubs, not for the r . :apse of turning the inhabitants of that vast portion of the globe to their former obedience, but to consummate the work of their complete separation ; thus opening the door to a new re action, which may be the crowning-stone ot our misfortunes. And in the midst of this terrible situation, what remains fat us, 0 Por tuguese? Either to perish in the glorious struggle in which we arc engaged, or to cut up by the roots the evils which oppose us, de stroying at once the infernal race of Freemasons, before they destroy us. 'flies let it be, Portuguese " The road of honour is open before us: to folfow it is virtue— to wander from it is to HI into infamy. Your lnfas:t, Don followed by the immortal Portuguese army, will never sheath his sword till he has placed you in security. Treat in me, who am con vinced of your loyalty. Remain peaceful, permitting the constitu ted authOrities to act, as the means of the best and most efficacious security. Long live King John VI. ! Long live the Roman Catho- 1 lic Religion ! Long live her Most Faithful Majesty ! Long live the gallant Portuguese army ! Long live the Nation! Die the infamous Freemasons. (Signed) " DON MIGUEL. " Palace of Bemposta, April 30, 1894." The following account,which relates to the subsequent ' events, is extracted from the Journal des Debals : " Nearly 2,000 troops of the garrison had assembled on the 30th of April at the I toseio, Prince. Miguel at their head. The greater part of the King's Ministers, several military officers, and other per sons, were arre.ted by order of the Prince. During these events, the Queen arrived at Lisbon. At the demand of the French Am baswor, the Corps Diplomatique assembled at.the King's Palace, which was guarded by the troops. The Commandant reftised them' admittance to the King, unless the Prince's order to admit them was produced. M. Hyde de Nenvifie declared that Europe Only knew the King. His firmness overawed them, and one of the Prince's Aides de-Camp introduced the Members of the Diplomatic Body Into the 1 King's presence. The King declared that what had passed had oc curred neither by his advice nor by his order, but that Ms son would shortly arrive. In fact, the Infant Don Miguel immediately presented himself, bent his knee to the earth, kissed the hand of the King, and declared to the Ministers and Ambassadors that a conspiracy against his life and against that of the King had been I discovered, and that he had taken measures to defeat it; that if the Ambassadors had been detained for an instant at the entrance, it was because he feared that along with them some malevolent per sons might obtain access to the King, and that he had come to re ceive his Majesty's orders. The troops retired to their quarters by the order of the King. It was night before the Ambassadors left the Palace. The follerWing day, the Ist of May, they again waked on the King, and afterwards visited Count Palmate, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had then been set at liberty. Oil this occa sion the Diplomatic Body has done itself the greatest honour; and the French Ambassador, In particular, has distinguished himself by loyal, decided, and courageous conduct. It is not yet known how this scene has terminated, but since ft did not produce, in the' first instance, all the effect which It was apparently calculated to produce, it may be considered as having failed in its principal intended results." PARLIAMENFABY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY la. Lord Girronn sat for the furtherance of Appeals at ten o'cLiek. Lord Glenna rose at four o'clock, and at twenty minutes to live the Lona Crwsceixon entered the liouSe. Mr. TRRIKATIIIt, Sir EDWARD ENATCIiRkILL, Mr. PORIMAN, Mr. Brno, Mr. Dartnroar, Lord G. , IP:VlEllsa'r, Mr. CAI.VERT, and others, brought up the Slave Trade Acts Consolidation Bill, the Kent Fire Insurance Bill, and the Australian Companies Bill, which were afterwards read a first time. The Duke of BEAUFORT presented a Petition from the Gas Light and Coke Company, praying to•be heard by Counsel against the General Gas Light Company Bill. The Earl of WESTMORELA N presented a Petition from the Churchwardens, Overseers, and other Inhabitants, of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, which was signed by 7000 names, against the Bill now before their Lordships for th e R e p ea l o f t h e SPitalfields Acts. The Noble 'Earl observed that he hoped the Noble Lord opposite (Lauderdale) would at least cont,in to post pone his Bill for another year, when the new law which had lately been passed would have taken effect, and their Lordships would know what was proper to be done, or, as he thought, whether any thing was proper to be done at all. The Earl of NV ESTNIOR ELA ND again put it to the Noble Earl, whether he was prepared to promote discontent among an in dustrious class? He should have thought enough might have been seen Amon , ' the persons in the avenues of that House, to induce their Lordships to consider it an improper time at least to introduce such a Bill. It was, in his opinion, impolitic to alarm the minds of men when they bad settled with their masters, and the trade was flourishing. Lord CA LTIIORPE presented a Petition from the Magistrates of Suffolk, praying their Lordships to introduce some amendment to the existing Game Laws, and thereby relieve them from the pain ful ditty which those liwa imposed. The Noble Lord considered the Game Laws, as they now stand, a moral contagion among the pea santry of the cot.ntry. Lord SUFFIELD supported the prayer of the Petition, and gave notice of his intention to present a similar Petition front Norfolk. Earl GROSVENOR expressed his opinion against the Game Laws and supported the P et iti o n.—Th e a b ove P et i t i o ns were read and laid on the table. SILK TRADE BILL. The Earl of LAUDERDALE then moved the com mittal of the Bill to repeal the Spitalfields Acts. The Earl of HA RROWBY expressed his surprise at. finding the Noble Earl bring forward this Bill. He Wai at a loss to know what induced him to adopt a measure this year u hich the House rejected last year. 1-le understood that a Noble Lord, who had changed his opinion since last year, supposed the late measure to open the silk trade had retideted the Bill then before the House necessary. He could not see how it was necessary to interfere with the present condition of the weavers, who wete settled, and in no want of employ , mein, under the law as it stood. The Noble Earl had said many had changed their opinions, but really, with out meaning any disrespect to the Noble Earl, he thought it too much for an individual to say, after read ing the Petition, that their opinions had been changed. The uniform quiet and loyalty of the class he had men tioned entitled them to the best consideration the House could give their case, and as one in that assembly, he could not see the necessity for supporting the I he Noble Earl adverted to disturbances in the Metro polis, and observed that on all occasions this class of manufacturershad strewn the greatest loyalty,and respect I for public o r d er . If it should he true that in consequence of taking restrictions off the trade, the mass of manu facturers. in London would be decreased, that circum stance would not interfere with public- tranquillity. The Noble Eatl, in his opinion, had come forward in support of free trade, to place this Metropolis in a state of discontent and disorder. He concluded by moving that the Bill be committed this day months. The Eati of LAUDERDI\ sail, the Noble Earl had charged him with wishing to change the decision the House came to last year. The fact was, he was one who stood forward to support the proceediags last year. The Noble Lord was mistaken in supposing he wished to change the decision of the House. The Noble Lord himself was an advocate for changing the opinion of the House. It was ell known that the opinion of the Committee and the House was in favour of the Bill. _ The Earl of HARROWBY asked whether the Noble Earl did not consent to separate the Bill of last year? The Earl of LAUDERDALE admitted that he was anxious, by that separation, to bring the Bill into ope ration in the following year. The Noble Earl con• tended, that it would be advantageous to the public to go into a Committee on the Bill. The Earl of WESTMORELAND considered the weavers entitled to some consideration. The trade was flourishing►. They were ready to submit to the JI igis trates, and he asked the House whether it mts propel' to risk the public peace by producing kiicontent and dis satisfaction among a body of persons so numerous and respectable?—The House then divided, For the Committee - - I:01'de Amendment - - - - ALjority The Bill then went-Through the Committee, and having been re ported, was ordered to be read a third time o❑ Friday. The Passage Vessels Regulation, and the Law Stamps Bills, passed through Committees, and were reported.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Kent Fire Insurance Company's Bill was read a third time, and passed. The object of the Bill kto enable the Company to sue and be sued in the name of their Secretary. The Southwark Gas Light Bill was read a third time and passed. Petitions were presented from various places in favour of the Gas Light Bill against the South London and St. Catherine's Dock Bills; from the Pawnbrokers of London and Westminster, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Equitable Loan Bill; against the Beer Bill ; for an alteration in the Duties on Scotch Spirits ; against the Oil Gas Bill ; and from several persons in Edinburgh, praying to be relieved from certain disabilities under which they laboured, from religious principles, and that they might be allowed the liberty of free discussion. Sir J. YORKE said he held in his band a Petition against a clause contained in the Saving Banks Bill. Ineergbt into the house by his Right Honourable Relative, the Chancellor of the Exche quer. It would be well were those who are the guardians of the public purse to consider what would be the situation of Friendly Societies if the Bill was so pass with this clause in it. The Savings Banks, or Benefit Societies system, was originated in 1772, by a worthy individual, lately deceased, the Cursitor Baron of the Ex chequer. It was afterwards taken up by the late Mr. George Rose, and he was followed by the present honourable Member for Exe ter, who, In 1819, brought in a Bill on the subject ; and now his Right Honourable Friend had brought in another Bill on the sub ject. 'The prevent Petition was presented on behalf of certain Be nefit Societies in the Cities of London and Westminster, and the clause of which they complained was that by which the deposits of Societies were copfined to 250/. instead of 500/. as was allowed by former Bills.—The Petition was brought up, read, and ordered to be printed. • Mr. ELLICE wished now to give notice, that on the Report of the Bonded Wheat sill; or on the third reading, he should move a clause to exempt Canadian wheat, of which there were about 50,000 quarters in bond, from the operation of this Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT wished to put a question to a Right Hon. Baronet, whether or not there were in his hands any documents which stated, that at any former period there had barn a fund, either in money or in land, in the diocese of Derry, which could have been made available for the repair of the Cathedral ? Sir G. HILL said it was certainly true that some documents had, since he withdrew his Bill, been forwarded to him from the City of Derry, front which it appeared that formerly there had been a fund available for the purpose of repairs of the Cathedral; whether it was available for that purpose or not, at present, he could not tell. At the time be made his statement, he certainly believed there was no other fund from which to raise a sum for the repairs of this building, but by an assessment. Sir J. K LIV . PORT gave notice that he would, on an early day, move for the production of those documents. On the ni.:ion of the CHANCELLOR of the EicirE. OVER, the iloti , o resolved itself into a Committee on the Bill. in which t,onie conversation took place on the proptiety of preventing wealthy individuals and public bodies from placing their money in Savings' Banks. The Chancellor of the Exchequer wished a stop put to the practice, but objected to giving the measure a retrospec tive operation. The blanks were then filled up, and the several clauses agreed to. The I louse resumed, the Report was received, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday. The Bill, as amended, to b: printed. Inc' House went into a Committee on the Acts relating . to Scotch rar oatial Stipendv. 'lie CI 1 A NCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated the arrangement formerly made to raise the low stipends of the Clergy in Scotland to have proved insufficient. He proposed that, instead of adhering to the valuation made in 1810, that a new valuation should take place once in every seven years. The sum formerly granted by Parliament to increase the stipends of the Clergy, was 10,000/. lie meant to propose an additional vote of 2,0001. This, however, would not be wholly an ad ditional expense to the Public, as three sums of 10,000/. each had been granted in different years for a purpose to which k had not been practicable to apply them, and these he pr oposed to take towards covering the new grant. The Right lion. Gentleman moved several re solutions to this effect, which were agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report of the Committee was or dered to be received to-morrow. The Assessed Taxes Bill went through a Committee.—ln the Committee, Mt. HUME complained of the permitting large balances to be left in the bands of the collectors. In the Kensington district alone there was a perpetual balance or 95,0001. Mr. lIERRIES admitted that the subject called for considera tion. It was not, however, under the controul of the Treasury, and must form a distinct measure upon which Parliament would act, and could scarcely be attended to with effect this Session. Mr. IIUME did not think the Session should be allowed to pass without the evil being remedied. After a few words from Mr. T. Wit.sobt, Mr. C. PILHAM, Mr. Alderman Woos), Mr. Hrttaiss, Mr. Mono s and Mr. 13111,11 yr, re lative to the Duty on Shop Windows, Mr. HUME said, that the annual publication of the assessments would be of considerable service, as it would afford the means of detecting unfair assessments. The House then resumed, and the Report was ordered to be con sidered on Friday. Mr. HUME moved, 1. " That there should be laid before the House an Abstract of the number of the resident and non-resident Incumbents in each county in Ireland, according to the dior,...an returns in the years 1822 and 1E33 ;" and 2. " for all. turn of the number of Parishes and Benelices in the gift of the 11i,ho1.s of the several dioceses—of the Crown—of the Universities—of the Lay I'roprietors, with the number of Churches and Endowments."— Both motions were agreed to. Mr. LEIGH obtained leave to bring in a Bill to secure the better examination of witnesses in the Court of Exchequer, and to enable the Court to receive affidavits sworn in Scotland or Ireland. Mr. GOULBUIIN brought up a return of the resident aHd non resident Incumbents in Waterford and Lismore.—Laid ou the table. THE LEATHER TAX. Mr. CALCRAFT rose to bring forward his motion for the repeal of this Tax. His intention was to con cluie by moving that all the Duties on Luther shout; cease from and after the sth of July, i8?.5. Ile should do this because he considered it the most unproluoit4 and inexpedient of any in our list of taxes. Tith ta x produced to the Exchequer only a sum of 300,0,,y .. but, at the same time, it took out of the pocket of the public above 900,000/. owing to the delays and loss es . occasioned by the Excise regulations at ising out of the tax. One reason for the loss to the public WAS, that by the Excise regulations two trades, which onght to h e carrieJ on together, were keot separate; the currier and the tanner. The fact being, that the currier d are d not trust the skin, nor the tanner the leather, after i t was tanned. Ile could scarcely express the a,trmish ment he felt at discover;ng that there was at present a Bill in the House for extending the English regulations to I. eland, where the slum produced by the ta! W. 15 not more than 40;0001. Yet for this paltry sum was Ire• land to be buithened with the expenses of this s y stem► and he could not refrain from censuring Gentlemen e n the other side of the House, who had the power wpm_ tect Ireland from this additional burthen. lle did nne expect to meet with general support in this measure, because he had been asked by several friends, is If w p take off this duty will you insure us that the price r/ Leather shall fall?" Ife would not undertake to insure any such fall—(Cries of Ilear,he , lo. But though 1::r price might not fall immediately, he was persuaded t:•:;• the rest; fictions being removed with this remaining part of the duty, the commodity would ultimately fall, the public get their shoes, harness, &c. cheaper. Be wou:1 detain the House no longer than to move t - leave to bring in a Bill to put an end to the Leather T from the 2.ith of dilly, 1825. . _ Sir R. FERGUSON seconded the motion. Mr. CURI'EI,B suppoited it. The Tax now was cer. wi l ily n o t very heavy ; but the restrictions being re tained did :blithe mischief. Mr. LEYCESTER also supported the motion. present impositions and restrictions were highly riots to trade. This was a tax highly impolitic, it fell 1;e -culiarly hard on those who ought to be peculiarly sparco, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob. set ved that his trasons generally against the motion, he could state briefly. It had be.. his Int since he had beer. in office to propose the reduction of taxes to the amount tour millions and a half stn ling, and it was natural to suppose that among the various objects that had pre sented themselves to his mind lot the operation of tl.s reduction, leather had been one. I .e should be able to go on in repealing Taxes, ~ rcra upon CGII-. sumption, or affecting trade, tii •t at it was de. sirablie they should go, he had n . in in saying that this was not the first which he ei propose to the House to deal with. He did not mean ta defend it upon principle. He was aware that the objection to it was not to the amount, but the re sislions upon trade which it imposed. It could net -sever, be levied without those restrictions. But 1.. • • were a great many articles open to the same tvi 6 which ought to receive the attention of Parliarneht en the means of reducing taxation were in then haia this. The English distillery question ntra lit sd ote it. The same might be said of tobacco, meal w.. ch duty of 1600 per cent. was levied, and which let to a great deal of smuggling. In short, if he conid now say, that the £350,000 could be reduced next year, the House would act most improvidently in agreeing to the repeal of the leather tax. The coal tax was also one upon which there was a general feeling in favour of a repeal. To agree to the !notion, therefore, wouls be tying up their hands most inconveniently, and pre• vent their looking at many questions which they be most anxious to do next year. The Honourahle Gentleman was displeased at the restrictions applied to England being extended to Ireland. But there was All absolute necessity fur this, if they would nut have the tax entirely evaded. The character and ca edit of Irish leather required that they should be placed under the same restrictions as prevailed in England. He had-al ways told the curriers that the only way to protect the trade was to retain the tax. As he would not, there ft); e, pledge liiieself to the repeal of this tar, he must oppose the motion. Lord ALTHORP said, by taking off the whole of ' the 'fax, he believed the price of the commodity would decrease, and he should therefore support the motion. Sir J. NEWPORT adverted to the restrictions as ap plied to Ireland, which the Chu cellor of the Exchequer had only defended as the least of two evils. While the article was bad, there was a diminished amount of re venue. He hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not carry into effect in Ireland the separation of the trades of tanner and currier, but allow things to re vert to the state in which they were before the Union. Mr. L. M A BER LY thought a substitute might easily be found for the Tax by putting it on Malt only, by which a considerable saving would accrue to the Reve nue. As a Tax on necessities it ought to be repealed. Sir J. YORKE said that he entered the House pre pared to vote against the motion, but he had changed his mind during the debate. All the speakers were, its fact, at the other side, and for the repeal—(A Ilis Right Honourable Friend (th: Chancellor of the Exchequer) had compared leather whit tobacco; he must complain of the comparison of an article Which they all wanted, and must all use, with one like to bacco, which was a poison to the stomach, the lung and the nasal organs—(A laugh.)—The whole Leathet Tax ought, be now saw, to be taken off. What had been done when the partial reduction took place one class in trade for instance, with u born they is e• e all conversant—he meant schoolmasters—(A laugh ) .—Let any Gentleman who had his son at Eton, Harrow. or Westminster, say, if a fractional rat t of .his bill was taken off by a partial reduction cf taxes; not x bit—the price wan still the same. Seeing, therefore, that cot of 900,0001. paid by the people, only 300,000/. went into the Treasury, it was time, lie thought, to take off such a Tax- - --(llear, hear.) Sir G. ROBINSON supported the motion, believing the Tax to be an impolitic one. Mr. Secretary CANNING thought it somewhat hard on his Right Honourable Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he should be called upon to shew not only that every tax which he thought it expedient to maintain was not peculiarly oppressive, but that there was something in it peculiarly amiable and lovely— (if laugh). His Right honourable Friend was called upon to shew, not that the continuance of a tax might be necessary in a financial point of view, but th-at its. as eminently delightful that such a tax should subsist among the institutions of the country. After his Right Honourable Friend had laid before the House his view of the finances of the country, and that view had re .ceived the sanction of Parliament, it was somewhat u unless the Hotise were disposed to rescind its form,: decisions, to call upon his Right Honourable Ft lend to remit, in addition to all the reductions he hrd pr '- posed, any tax which any Honourable Mensher pail hurl vim *PI •ai Ge of vie in thi ca