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man had died by the negligence dt tint Geoid - , they we re bound to say so. air F. 13IIRDETT wished to mate a fe* obser. vations on the subject of Gaols, on which he had re ceived many communications, and thought it highly necessary that a general inquiry should take place. This inquiry, he hoped, would not be like that into the Prison in the Cold-bath Fielde. That had pro.. eeeded in consequence of aCommissionfesa the King, by, which the Commissioners were prevented from se eing any retrospect whatever of past transactions. Tee present, he hoped, would be a fair inquiry. When be came down to the House, he had intended to have made many statements, which whet h e h a d s i nce b ar e had rendered unnecessary. In the case of the eeel.beth-fields, he had wished to draw the attention of the House to the new system of solitary imprison mese This system was sanctioned by the high au thority of Mr. Howard, a name dear to every friend of humanity, but a more mistaken no ti on cou ld not be conceived. He (Sir F. Burdett) trusted they would r i ve n to the old system, and turn from one which gave so much power to a gaoler over his prisoners, an d against whom, upon the present system, no evi deice could be brought. As to the man who had died, their own surgeon thought him so ill, that he could not be expected to live till morning, and yet he had no medical aid. This sheaved a great want of f ee li n g and of humanity. He himself had a state- rent, signed by a number of persons, importing that the Coroner was in the habit of borrowing money f r om the Gaoler, and even the Magistrates. The Gaoler was said to he worth 020,000. The ordinary mode of examination in such a case as this was. a perfect mockery to the party injured. How did the effect agree with the ideas of Mr. Howard ? In the present ease, the whole area of the prison had been occupied by tho gaoler for a garden, a place to keep his cattle, and for a warm bath, which he had per suaded the Magistrates to erect. Mr. Howard had endeavoured to guard against those abuses, and had stated expressly, that there could be no use for irons in the care of men confined, that the sources of con tamination should be stepped, and access to vicious society be prevented. This, joined to suitable untrue lion, might do good. There had been instances of lately confinement inflicted for a year, 15 months, and even sometimes for two years, where all benefi cial consequences had been precluded. He should no longer trespass on the time of the House should the facts turn out not to be true, those who had stated them wouid be covered with disgrace, and if the con trary should be found upon inquiry, that disgrace trust light on a different quarter. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE observed, that the con duct of the Commissioners, in the case of the Cold bath-fields Prison, had now, for the tirsi time, been called in question. The Hon. Baronet, if he had any ileig to etiject to them, should ;lave brought forward is charge secuier. In his own case, if his conduct sere to be called it question, he always wished it might be as speedily as possible. The facts stated in the Petition, then presented from Cold-bathefields, had beer) completeiy negatived. On the subject of solitary imprisonment, ar.d the effects to be expected from it, he agreed with the Hon. Baronet. He hoped every Debtor in Lincoln Gaol would be brought before the Committee, an d g i ve his evidence upen oath. Sir F. BURDETT stated, in explanation, that he had imputed no blame to the Commissioners ap pointed to inquire into the state of the Cold.bath fields Prison, but only to the Commission itself, by which their powers were limited ; but it had been proved that Aris had borrotVed money of his pri. loners, to the amount of £1100; that he had beaten them, and sold them indulgencies, to which they were otherwise entitled. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE explained. Mr. WILBERFORCE observed, that Mr. Ho ward had mentioned cases where he had known soli • tart' imprisonment productive of good. So that it was not a matter of mere speculation. Sit SAMUEL ROMILLY should only speak to what concerned himself. A Gentleman on the oppo- Site side had said, leat he (Sir Samuel Romilly) had Calmed to himself all the humanity of the country. Bad any man, either in or out of that House, heard him talk of his humanity ? The man who would talk ofbis humanity must be the basest of human beings. The Honourable Gentleman had said, what' could be more mischievoiis than what he (Sir Simnel ko- Ink) was doing ? He had only presented a Pe tition, which no Member of that House would refuse. if t h ere were a man who would refuse it, he was unworthy to. rep resent the Commons of England. Th e persons who attempted to contradict the statement, and were unable, were they who did the mischief. A man had been confined eleven days because he had quarrelled with another. Was that a reason s b y a man sh o uld b e d e b arre d f rom a ll so ciety, and from the use of pen and ink ? Those who set up the defence did the evil.—The man with whom he had quarrelled had been also stated as a Iran /).r no credit and y et he had not been dismissed tilhe had wr i tten ' a letter of contrition and submission to hi s !PPresser, otherwise he might have been con fined,,en e leven d weeks. The Honourable Gentleman had 1 7, sa d . e . himself from the charge of eloquence, but w i• _d , that he (Sir S. Romilly) brought in a Peti ;.% _h o e b n the gaol was in a state of insurrection. Mle agistrate had said, why won't you apply to 6 7 1) e :: g Magistrate ? but here the Magistrate was n complained of. He concurred with the Ho nourable B aronet in what had been said of soli t▪ ary imprisonment, and he was desirous, at a future t nnei to move, that all the sentences of solitary con t:elaet.cnt pronounc e d at t h e Q uarter S ess i ons s h ou ld tCId before the House. What took place at the o ti ok p acte i t a ' .: Session . s ought to be known, as well as what e at the Assizes, as he, h a vin g th e hi g he s t _respect for the Magistrates who pronounced them, bt had hear d sentences at the Quarter Sessions, which, thought, wauld not have been given at the Assizes, lad therefore it was the more important they should be known. Lord CASTLEREAGH and Sir S. ROMILLY mutually eae vied. The SO LICITOR-GENERAL strongly depree ct.eatend.theacen_sure which the Honourable and Learned ete — " d u in ei g n w n w had cast upon the Magistrates ; a pro i.e.h he thought peculiarly calculated to eite sus ' v irerepieien and distrust in the minds of those Z. to be judged by them. The opinion of erable and Learned Gentleman was of great Weight in the cotHtt, an 4 tilettfdre It was the Owe incumbent upon him to be guarded in his expressions., The tribunals of the country he thought ought to be upheld He should not oppose the Committee being appointed, at the same time he thought it would have been a tnore adviseable course, to have had any necessary exatitidations and inquiries made upon the ',pot. • Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY explained, and con tended that it was farthest from his intention to speak with any thing like disrespect of the Magis trates, or distrust of their conduct ; and he appealed to the House, if he had said any thing that could be so construed. (Hear, Lear.) He could not allow such an imputation to be fixed upon him, even by one who called himself his Honourable Friend. (Hear.) Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) vindicated Sir SA muel Romilly from the charge of having intended to convey any disrespectful opinion of the Magistrates. Sir CHARLES MORDAUNT supported the motion, when the Committee was granted, and the following Members - were among those who were no minated : Mr. Brougham; Sir Francis Burdett, Sir Samuel Romilly, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Bankes, Lord Folkstone, and Mr. Davis Giddy. Lord CASTLEREAGH moved, that the name of Sir Thomas Plomer be added to the Committee ; to which Sir Samuel Romilly objected, not on per. sonal grounds, but he was against exceeding the ori ginal number 21, and of establishing an irregular and very inconvenient precedent; the nomination of 1 I the Members was usually l e f t to t h e person w h o moved for such a Committee. Sir THOMAS PLOMER was unwilling to have his name placed on the Committee. He was not in a situation to attend, and begged to be excused by the House.—The Motion was withdrawn. Lord CASTLEREAGH then proposed that the name of Wellesley Pole should be withdrawn, and that of Mr. Lygon substituted in its stead, because there was too small a proportion of County Members. The House then divided on the question of Mr. Lygon's name—Ayes, 36—Noes, 27—Majority, 9. After which the House continued debating an hour with closed• doors, on the motion for adding the names of Mr. W. Bootle, Mr. Home Sumner, and Mr. Hobhouse, which was at length carried without a division. STATE OF INDIA DEBT. Mr. HOWORTH, in rising to move for an Ac count of the State of the Debt of the East India Company, observed, that the Debt could not be considered purely an Indian Debt, as long as the Company stated that they could not go on paying the claims upon them in this country without the assistance of Parliament. It must, on the contrary, he presumed to be a debt for which this country was liable► He concluded by moving for an Account of the Amount of all Loans made by the Company in India from Ist May, 1798, to 14th May, 18t 1 8, dis tinguishing what part of the same had been paid off, what. part had been commuted, and what part was now outstanding, demandable in England. Mr. WALLACE had no objection to the motion, which was accordingly agreed to. Mr. PA Ltd RR'S compensation Bill was agreed to.—Adjourned. at,' The Bill to double the Tax upon every kind of Leather is fixed to be read the first time on Monday next. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TO CORRESPONDENTS. fn rept' , to our intelligent Correspondent R. M. we are an. thorked to state, that the Series of Papers relative to the Affairs of Sicily, published in the STAR, after the return of Lord WILLIAM Bewritscx., pointing out the measures which were requisite on the part of our Government, and which were in a great measure similar to those afterwards adopted, was originally written by Mr. GALT, the Author of " The Voyages and Travels in the Mediterranean"—We allude to the Papers which the Mooriteur commented on, as Official Documents, preparatory to our taking entire possession of Sicily. FRIDAY, JUNE 26. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 9 per Ct. Red. 56544 per Ct. 7114 9 per Ct. Cons. for money shut—Ditto for opg. 561 Bonds 81. Bs. dis.—Lg. Anns. —Omnium 44 pre. Eieh Bills. (34d.) par Is. pr.—Do. (9id.) 4s. 51. dii. The LORD NELSON packet has arrived with an Anholt Mail, after a tedious passage of 13 days. She has on board Count De BRUM and Count WINTE MESUA, with despatches from Sweden, said to be of great imponance. Hostilities have not yet com menced in Poland, but BONAPARTE is stated to have arrived at Dantzic. The French armies as well as the inhabitants in the North, suffer dreadfully from disease and famine. The German troops desert to the Russian armies in great numbers. The report of the death of Count ROMANZOW is contradicted in the letters from Anholt. The Letters from Gottenburgh are to the 9th inst. —They mention disputes between the French and Prussian soldiers, which have already been produc tive of personal quarrels among the officers and va. rious arrests, and which seem to threaten still more important consequences. " GOTrINBURGH, JUNE 9. gg Letters from Carlsham say, that the Prussian and French soldiers are continually cmarrelling.— An affray lately took place at Pillau, where the Commandant, who is a Prussian, arrested several of the French officers. Prince Eckmuhl and another French General are sent to investigate the business. It is also said that the Prussian soldiers have declared their intention to desert the first opportunity, on ac count of bad treatment and scarcity of provisions.-- The ill usage they have experienced from General Regnier, has caused a duel between him and the Prus sian General l'Estoe, in which the former was shot dead. - • ct The convoy, consisting of upwards of 100 ships, yesterday proceeded'for the Baltic, escorted by his Majesty's ships Cressy, Crescent, and Briseis. A convoy from Leith yesterday arrived, under protec tion of his Majesty's ship Snake.—Ships with colo nial produce are admitted into any of the Prussian ports, provided they are half laden with rice, and only half the ConUaental ARMY. 0•01•.1 The following official documents, relative to tilt granting of pensions to wounded Officers, have been issued, by order of the Commander in Chief: (CIRCULAR ) '• WAR-OFT:tt, JUNE P.O. " Sa a —IL, Royal Highness the Prince Regent having taken Into his considemtion the cases of those Officers Of the ArmY who have sestaine :1 serious :mei permanent injury in action with the evenly, and being dtssitous of marking his sense Of their Cervices, by eiv tending to them a permanent provision in addition to those al lcmances which are given under the existing regulaedlls, has been graciously pleased to order, in the name and on the behalf' of his Majesty, that Pensions shall be granted to such Offict - .3, accord ing to the regulation and scale herewith transtniztpdi and I have the sa:isfactian to add, that #aellament having, by tLeir Vote, given effect to hia Royal Highnesis liberal and beneficent views, these Pensions will commence from 25th Deember, 181 r, in all cases in which the injury mal. have been sustained previously to the f.'sth December, 1810 ; and (tom the eepitation of a year and a day, in the instances of wounds received subsequently to that date. " In executing these his Royal Highnesa4 eommanits, I beg to assure you, that it Oros me much gratification to communicate to you this additional and striking proof of his Royalliighness% meat gracious attention to the merits and services of the British Army and I reqttest that you will use the earliest means of making the same known to the Officers of the Regiment under 7our com mand. I have the h onour to be, sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, (Signed) PA ERSTON . " Colonel of the Regiment of —." REGULATION FOR GRANTING PENSIONS TO OFFICERS Or HIS MAJESTY'S LAND FORCES LOSING AN EYE OR LIMB ON SERVICE : " If an Officer shall be wounded in action, and it shall appear upon an inspection made of him by the Army Medical Board, at any period not sooner than a year and a day after the time he was wounded, that he Las in consequence of his wound lost i limb or an eye, or has totally lost the use of a limb, or that his wound has been equally prejudicial to his habit of body with the loss of a limb; such *Officer shall be intitled to a Pension, commencing from the expiration of a year and a day after the time when be was wounded, and depending as to its amount upon the rank he held at that period, according to tile scale annexed. This Pension being granted as a compensation for the injurt sustained, is to be held together with aay other Pay and Allowances to 'which such Officer may be otherwise entitled, Without any de. auction on account thereof. " Officers who shall have lost more than one limb or eye, shall be entitled to the the pension for each eye or limb co lust. " And as the Pension is not to commence till the expiration of a year and a day front tne date of the wound, it is to be indepen dent of the allowance of a year's pay, or the expellees attending the cure of wounds, granted under the existing regulations. " Applications for this Pension are to be Made in the same manner in which claims for the year's pay are now made to the Secretary at War, and must always be accompanied by the Cer tificate of the Army Medical Board, if the Officer applying is at home, and by that of the Principal Medical Officer on the station where he is, if the 01ficer is abroad. 4 ln the latter care, however, the Officer must, as soon as he returns Lome, be inspected by the Army Medical Board, and transmit their Certificate to the Secretary at War. " All Officers who mai have sustained such an injury as would intitle them to this Pension, by any wounds received since the commencement of hostilities in the year 179.1, will, upon the production of the proper Certificate from the Army Medical Board, be allowed a Pension proportioned, according to the scale, to the rank they held at the time when wounded, and commencing front the 25th December, 1811. " This allowance will be granted in general according to Re gimental Rank, but in cases in which, in consequence of their Brevet Rank, Officers shall have been employed at the time when they were wounded, in discharge of duties superior to those attached to their Regimental Commissions, it will be given by the Brevet Rank. 1, Given at the War-Office, this 20th day of June, 1812. 1, By Command of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty. (Signed) ratualsront." SCALE REFERRED TO IN TIIE PRECEDING REGULATION. Ranks. Rates of Pensions Field-Marshal; General, or Lieutenant-General, coat. mending in chief at the time, to be specially considered. Lieutenant-General Major-General; or Brigadier-General, commanding a Brigade - - - - - - - - £350 Colonel, Lieut.-Colonel, • Adjutant-General, 'Quarter- Master-General, *Deputy Adjutant-General, if Chief of the Department, 'Depute QearterrMaster-General if ditto, Inspector ot Hospitals, each - - .0300 Major Cott.manding - - - - - 8E250 Major, *Deputy Adjutant-General, *Deputy Quarter- Master-General, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, each £2OO Captain, 'Assistant Adjutant-General, 'Assistant Quer ter•Master-General, *Secretary to the Commander of the Forces, *Aide de Camp, • Major of Brigade, Sur geon Regimental, Paymaster, *Judge Advocate, Phy sician, Staff Surgeon, Chaplain, each • - - XlOB Lieutenant, and Adjutant, each - - - • £7O Cornet, Ensign, Second Lieutenant, Regimental Quar ter-Master, Assistant Surgeon, Apothecary, Hospital Mate, Veterinary Surgeon, Purveyor, Deputy Pur veyor, each* - - ----- £5B The Officers marked thus (*) to have the allowance according to their Army . f(attit, if they fader it. We hear it is in contemplation to give a third battalion to the 56th or Pompadours, in consequence of the unrivalled success of that regiment, in pro. curing recruits, they having raised upwards of 1,700 men within the last five years. Both battalions in India are above their complement, and their depot at Horsham, consisting of nearly 4(X) fine fellows, raised since January last, and chiefly Volunteers from the militia, are, it is reported, to be formed into a Battalion, for immediate service, in Spain and Portugal. The following article was received this morning from Paris, and we should think it had some rela tion to the account lately received by express from Bristol. Without vouching for its contents, we give it as we have received it : EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PARIS, DATED JUNE 20. " Our Fleet at Toulon bas been out again to manoeuvre,—A division of four sail of the line, consisting of the Boree, Trident, Sceptre, Magnanime, and the frigate Atnelie, sailed from that port 2d June, under Captain SZNza, when the four ships above narlied, were followed to sea by nine others, and seven frigates, under the command of Admiral Emsauto. " Our fleet kept the sea for two days, In presence of the Eng lish fleet, of 17 sail and several frigates. Our Admiral always kept the advantage, and neared the enemy several Outs, keeping them constantly in check without engaging, as the contest would hay, been unequal. The wind having *WWI toward* night, this ALM.. _U.,. saßhul A • MAP,ltllo.l4tell. irALMoirrH, ittyt O. itestektay arrived the kiarmott ; WejohttAtlLikll London. This day arrived the b rig Ptiehds; Stum m:4 from Liverpool ; Deters's; revenue cater, frtfM a critize ; and William, SQUIRIN from gessrptsrt....‘ Sailed the Princess El;zabeth packet, *fth Mails for Lisbon ; and Ann packet, for the Islands, vaith Mail also the Belizario, Roam ; and Jubilee. Foam. for Column; Hope, HAAVIIY, for Bristol; and gal 111100 y, WOODHALL, for Demerara. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 14. Sailed the. Heliton, 10 ins, on a ciuitst, Mora, Aston, hired armed brig, tor Swaim', with a small' convoy, Neptune (2) Tender for ; Mums. 18 guns, with it convoy for Newfoundland ; and York, of 74 guns, for the Eastward ; s4W HS be tined for the North Sea Station. Arrived the N tune (I) Tender from Liverpool, acid the Sealer 12 guns, from a short cruise, having:pi - dug bet bowsprit.--Wind West. 'PORTSMOUTH, JUNE go arrivals.—bailed his Majesty s ships rertAl for Lisbon; RosAtioxo, with r. convoy * for Quebec HA di ADRI D, ASIA, Hove, and VitIONUR, 011 cruize-.--Wind S. DEAL, JUNE 2S. Arrived this morning, and sailed for the River, Albion, WESTMORLAND, from St. Kitt's, out 52 days last (rem St. Thomas's.—Came down from the River the Prospect, SPENCER, for Afr;ca ; Isabella', Pzarm for the Cape tf Good Hope ; Hibernia, Limmos, fo Madeira; and the Sophia, —, for Cadiz.—Arriv his Majesty's ship CHATHAM, from off flushing. Sailed his Majesty's ship HouArto, IT off ditto. 'l' outward-bound remain.—Wind S. E. YARMOUTH, )UNt 25. Sailed for the Tetel the AQUILON frigate ; and the BEAVER, for the fleet off Flushing.—Arrived from Aaholt, after a tedious passage of 13 dart, the Lord Nelson packet, Captain DEAN, with M ;an ived also from Heligoland the Lord Duncan packet, Capti HAMILTON, with Mails and pa ss e ngers . '('h-abov packets have sailed for Harwich with the foreign patsengers.—Remain the Solebay, Vice-Admiral Mututay.—Wind W. S. W. The only remaining difficulty obstructing the int ; mediate shipments f or the United States, i n conse l quence of the late Proclamation revoking the Order in Council, was yesterday removed by the concessi t of the Board of Trade. Licences will forthwith be granted to American ships destined from hence to th Republic, and freighted with British naanufactnres the nature of a guarantee, or sate conduct against capture by British cruivers. These licences are tc be valid for such protection, whether the property be British or American. PROPOSED TAX UPON LEAtnln.—The objects o this Tax and its extent, from being mis•repnrted i most of the Newspapers at the opening of the Budget, are not, at the present, understood even by the Manu. facturers. It would make the duty upon Tanned Hides 3d. per cent.—upon all Hides and Skins dressed in oil, 2s. per cent.— upon Goatskins, dressed as Ma, rocco, Bs. per dozen : and it would double the duty upon all other kinds of Leather dressed in-Great Bri. min ; but it would not, in any way, extend to Ire land, where the Duties arc much lower than our pre. sent Duties. At a General Meeting of TANNERS and LEATHEI Facroas, held in London the ‘23cl inst. to take ini consideration the Proposition of the Chancellor of II Exchequer for doubling the Duty on Leather, it skN resolved unanimously, i. That it is the opinion of this Meeting, that the enormooll Dirty proposed, will, if carried into effect, be deeply Injurious to the Leather Tradewill operate as a partial and oppressive Tax on the Manufacturer—and will materially affect the interest of the Landed Proprietors. 11. That it will operate as a partial Tax on the Manufacturer, because the process of Tanning requiring for many Articles about Twelve Months, the Tanner must necessarily possess a large Stock, bought in contemplation of the Old Duty continuing, but for which he will now be called upon to pay Double Duty, with. out the power of remunerating himself, as Leather, heing sold in Public Market, the price is not regulated by the eipence of the ntanufacturing, but wholly by the demand and the supply. 111. That if the Outy on manufactured Leather be doubled, it will necessarily reduce the value of the Raw Materials, particn• lady of Oak Bark, and thus materially affect the Landed Interest. IV. That, if from any unexpected increase in the demand, of diminiplon in the supply of Leather, the price of Raw Material. should not be depreciated ; it unavoidably follows, that this pro. posed 'l'ax will fall peculiarly heavy on the lower classes—sinas. much as the Shots worn by the labouring Poor, notwithstanding They are of the cheapest materials and coarsest workmanship, yet, being double the weight, they pay double_the duty of those wont by the higher ranks of People. V. That it is obvious that an Increase in the price of Leather must tend to diminish the Exportation of all Articles naanufaos tured of Leather, particularly of low-priced Sho es an d B oots, which afford empl oyment to many thousand Persons in various parts of the Kingdom. VI. That, upon the whole, this proposed additional Duty en Leather, which ADAM SMITH calls" a real Necessary of Life; appears on this occasion not to have been duly considered, as is a Tax which, though often suggested, our ablest Financiers have always rejected, as contrary to the maxims of sound policy. VII. That for the foregoing reasons, this Meeting will. bf every constitutional means in their power, oppose the said Ta in order to prevent it from being carried Into a Law. VIII. That Copies of dies:: Rewilutinns be Inseeessl Newspapers, and transmitted to the Tanners in every District the Kingdom, requesting their co-operation and support. IX. That the first General Meeting of the Tanners of Engin be held at the Half-Moon Tavern, Gracechureh-street, London on Tuesday, the 30th June, instant, at Five o'clock in the after noon precisely, to take into consideration the most slime means of opposing the said Taz.—By Order of the Meeting. BER. DREW, Secretary. CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, JUNE 26. This day we have few further. arrtvah of Wheat, remaining supplies but inconsiderable, very Ut:le of fine quality, and this trade fully maintains the prices quoted—The same may be noted in Barley and Malt ; as also in White and Grey Peas--Beans each description rather higher—Owing to a continuance of short supplies of Oats, this article is again named strnewhat dearer. and prices of Flour at she late quotation. CURRENT PRICES AS vstara Wheat, 106 s. 1355. 1525. Beans 735, 794. Fine ditto, 1345. 1383. Tick. ditto, 724.783. Rye, 86s. 92.. Oats, 535. 365. 60e. Barley, 645.706 Od. Poland ditto, 625. 63a. . Malt, 965. 102 s. Potatoe ditto, 645. On White Peas (boilers) 82s Ws Rape Seed C 74. "O. Fine Flour, 11.58.12036-6eeonds, 110% to 11 glis 6Mi l'HFlELU—lvao 264 Beef Bs 4d to Gs 4d Veal 7 4 Od to Ss ad Mutton Si 4d to 6$ 4d ' Pork 6s Od to 71 adi Lamb 7s. Od. to Gs. Od. Beasts, about 540—Sheep and Lambe, 6,71111. Calves, 180—Pi., 2*o. PRICE OF HAY AND OTRAW 01 11301110U8116 Hal 41 Os to 51109 New Mein X . aaatILMMIL