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• k . • 1 ...A ; F. tetigi:' : e I. 1';'. t ..01 —7 - 40APT. 4 Sitiohl* v. — ' . . •. .. ~ . It Z 1 ..• 1. C ' '.. • • .. • . ~, • ~ ! e• - •441.•".••1.1m. . • 4C,,, - 11 14; Ot e ,‘LTo -,) le • ... 4 , 4 „,,,,, ~.. . . . _ • Oh , Ni' - oEb a 646. - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1814. PRICE SIXPENCE-HALFPENNY. /NGS. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. PARLI/1111ENTARr PROCEEDINGS. ' time it was firs t vi imposed l tj 1 HIS PRESENT EVENING, their Majesties' _ pletely in the w rong. It Servants will nerform the Tragedy of . :omplete eipasure of the pr THE FAIR PENITENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, NO VENIBBR 17. Mr. JACKSON presented a Petition of twelve Egtra Deal individual took . place. At Calista, Miss WALSTEIN, (From the Dublin Theatre), being Pilots of Ships of War, praying, as a reward of their long ter- void of that objection. No 1 her second appearance. vices, to be put on the same routing with respect to emolumentsto declare at once the whol To which will be added, the new Comic Drams., called It might be derived 'from JEAN DE PARIS. u the re tar Pilots.—Ordered to lie the table. Mr. I.LISHINGTON brought up the Accounts of the Un- and the charge would be m To-morrow, Macbeth; with the same, , footled D. hf, and of Exchequer Bills outstanding on the Ist i THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. /41.)ven.11.-r, i a 14.—Ordered to lie on the table. of these apart, without re '. Mr. H L:•inga, of the Excise Office, brought up accounts of the *h o l e . Wh en k wa s pro ," T HIS PRESENT EVENING, will be performed imt:bc.. 01 gAlions of Spirits in England since the Manufacturers new tat was three times gre the Tragedy of btliiii to work, from the SOth September, 1819, to the 30th Sep- ._ • . . well _ . _ . . . ISABELLA. . tember, telt. —Ordered to lie on the table. it • mignt be interred An. Isabella, Miss O'NEILL, Mr. Hutchinson, from the Bank of England. brought up ac- fully paid, and was cheref (Being her third appearance in that character). counts of the amount of Bank Notei In circulation on the Ist of thensome. Respecting the . November, 1814 , and of Unclaimed ' met Dividends and Lot* parties who presented the To which will be added, the new Comic Opera, called JOHN, OP PARIS. eeryPrizes for the sth of January, the sth of Aptll, the stlsof July, and the sth of October, 11l 4. —Ordered to lie on the table. Treasury, he spell recolles To-morrow, :John, of Puristwith Tba Mayor of Garrott; and Th e M ar i ne ! v i s i on Bill was read a third ante. and rased* in the power..of the Lords tumor, the Tartar. ,_ ____ , ,- .. • ~ . th A .BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Committee of Ole. relief 'skid , for, becaui jij0nimycr. 4 46N .. 4 . 00 ,,, 340 4 ~, s sno iiii M It was recilved and agreed to, apd Bills or- it m a de the * coinmissior abteiritibilutjaas. ..1 ;0.4 • • ; A L TOTIC..ga-Ae1n4,~110 440 8 1 540 1 440 is:_. • It frota.the t egs , sic A.‘ 1•„,, r ,;,,/ /1 4 ;/ bilivery, fi r t4e TA,hf °Amu inn was received and agrpe Ql.lllli l i tl P a l ft aßt in noose- 6 a. - . - .:, . . .., ~ quence. Th e - Report of the Committee on East India Bonded / Mr. BARING consider Ik ohs Irki Seals svahh thiorisOdiam eth 4"irdSl f Ll f ida s Goods was received and agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be timers as one of extreme lu talk held ot Janice Hokin Ms Old Balky, Loidia,ws Tuesday, brought ia accordingly. which had given it birth w the 1 Sar of December serve, a / eight @Wed is As esereing. ASSIZE OF BREAD. e . d .. i . n ., a s h str . tli a lLie, he w o e p u , J. cr. CROXER. Serjeant ONSI.OW, perceiving an Honourable City Member . .. . . . . _ . . . . . time it was first imposed by Mi.. Pitt, he was com pletely in the wrong. It was under Mr. Pitt that a complete ell:insure of the private circumstances of an individual took place. At present k was, in fact, void ot that objection. NO man was now called upon to declare at once the whole amount of his income. It might be derived 'from .twenty different sources, and the charge would be made and received on each of these apart, without revealing the secret of the When proved that the pioduce of the ;renter than that of the old, ~that it had been more cheer. therefore found to be less but the application made by.the the Petition to the Board of ,collected it. But it was no* Lords of the Treasury to grant because the Act of Parliament missioners of the Taies totally p not being appointed by the Idered the case of Yeti- , hardship. If the odious tax , was not likely to be remov. „ would have thought it neces sary to have referred the Petition to a Committee, to enquire whether there was not something in the manner of collecting the tax, which in itselt was a great abuse ? He trusted that as the present war was inferior in magnitude and importance to the last, the tax would not be co.extensive with such a petty contest. He trusted this contest itself would shortly be terminated. As to the Commissioners (or the Property Tax, though not appointed by the Crown, they certaiqly were placed under its influence ; and as to the tax itself, he wished its fate should be decided at , once. If it had the prospect of lasting two years longer, he should think it necessary to adopt some measure to prevent the evil of its con tinuance. Mr. WESTERN had hoped that before he sat down, the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor ot the Exchequer) would have explained the grounds on which he intimated that it was possible the Pro perty Tax should continue. The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table. by persons of greater experience, that it was neces iary, and he appealed to the House whether it was not, that he should recapitulate the evidence and the charges, inArder to make a sufficient ground for his motion. He then read a letter written to Colonel Quentin, from Macoy, by the direction of Lord Ed ward Somerset, in which his Lordship referred Co. lonel, Quentin to the General Orders respecting the precautions to be taken for the protection of foragers. He considered such a letter as in itself passing a se vere censure on the conduct of the person to whom it was addressed. But Colonel Quentin stated on , the trial that he had no recollection such a Intl: c.-- This for;etfulness appeared to him to be the result of total insensibility ,• or else Colonel Quentin had been so long in the habit of receiving suc!i letters, that this had produced no impression upon him, and -eth • bad not seemed to him worth a seat in his meniory. —The Honourable Member then read the second C haige against Colonel Quentin ;,' the sentcnce of the P400 4 .1ya bi walk hot filiAtiLA644•Polen4.. ri defence; and his own r eply . to' IC - Fie leas really sorry to be under the necessity of tseging a sylitble against Colonel Quentin. 'ln the part which he had , percei._ in his place, requested to be informed whether it was his inten tion to bring torward the measure of *bich he bad given notice at the close of last Session, respecting a new mode of regulating the Assize of Bread ? TIORNSBY and Co. respectfully acquaint the Public, that the Lottery will be drawn the StOth of thi. Month, consisting of only 4000 Numbers, Two Tickets of each Numb•r. Tickets and Shares are on rale at their Office, No 26,CORNHILL. HORNSBY and Co. divided among their friend• in the law nine months, One Hundred and Thirty-three Thousand Pound+. Scheme contains: it Prizes of X 16,000 I 2 Prizes of 52,000 a SAO 4 • 1,000, ice. Alderman A IKINS was not aware that he had given notice of any regular plan on the subject in question; big u he felt the necessity of some new regulations, he should be disposed to re commend the adoption of some measure of the nature alluded to. R. LUNN respectfully informs the Public, that h s CATALOGUE of the CLASSICAL LIBRARY, in HO-SQUARE, in Pour Parts, price ss. in beards, Is now com pleted. The Fourth Part may be had separately, price Is. and the whole will be found to contain one of the most choice and largest collection of looks in the learned languages that were ever offered fur sale in Europe. •.• A List of Books published by W. H. Lunn may be bad gratis. ARNIY IN THE LOW COUNTRIES. Mr. TIERNEY requested the Chancellor of the Exchequer would give him some explanation respect. ing the execution of the Supplementary Treaty, as far as it regarded .the arswr - Whi7.l2 England was to maintain in the .I.ow•Countries, and the manner in which it was paid f He understood that it was to consist of 75;113Q. Men. lie wished to know how many of these were to be furnished in men, and how many paid for in money, and also whether the .H.l - troops, now in Belgium, were at the charge of this country, or that of Llanover, or what arrange- InetTifirlsertrhride, • Of' ifftrnld Iniiielir—Me 'No Mtsn will subject The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intended to-morrow to enter into some details re- . specting nor Subsid'ary Treaties, and would there fore defer giving a lull explanation till then. Mr. TIERNEY would not have troubled the Right Hon. Gen6man hsd he known what he in tended to do tn-morrow. MORTGAGE, fir.c. A GENTLEMAN, who will have about £22,0110 /X in the course of the next year to lay out on unexceptionable Landed Security, but who cannot purchase, would be willinglO Invert the whole in a Mortgage of an Estate, a part of whicn he could have a long Lease of, and which part must consist of a good sized subnormal modern House, with Offices, Gardens, &e. cosi• plete for a respec: a le Family, and in thorough repair, and from 80 to zoo Acres of Land, with good Sporting Rights, particularly Fishing, in a dry situation, where there is a moderate respectable Society, and a Market Town at an easy distance; not less than 80, or more titan len miles from London.; preference will be given to the Counties West of Town. Any Perkin having such, . end being desirous of raising Money on Mortgage, will find the Advertiser ready to give reference to a most respectable Solicitor in Town for Information on any point regarding him; and should this meet the eye of any Nobleman or Gentleman who mai want Money en ouch terns*, end be without an Agent on their Pro perty, and who would 'be willing to appeiht the Advertiser, on ba gies‘g every seasaimp titer oaerberropsired, she - be adiranceil ti less tire. Address to T. K. H Post-office, Cheltenham-- be received, unless the pm - age is paid. WESTMINSTER ASSOCIATION, FOR THE FURTHER RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS BY • THE WAR IN GERMANY. ROTAL HIGHNESS TEE DUKE or TORE IN THE CHAIR. T a very numerous Meeting, attended by his 1 - 1 Royal Highness the Duke of Surliest, the Archbishops of Conspasuar and YORK, and assay of the Bishops, Nobility, mod OW rem" IT WAS ONAIIIIIIOIISLT assottrzo, That a Committee be appointed to solicit and receive Sub scriptions for this purpose, and that all monies se received be placed under the =anaemia tad cantroul of the said Corn. mine, ; that the Committee do consist of the following persons, with power to add to their numbers, or to unite with the City Committee, If they deem it expedient : CASIIIITTILIS, Archbishop of Canterbury Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. Archbishop of York R. H. Inglis, En. Bishop of London Joshua Watson, Esq. Bishop of Exeter Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge Bishop of Chester Henry Thornton, Esq. M. P. Bishop of Salisbury Rev. H. H. Norris Bishop of Ely Sir J .Mackint oh, M. P. Lord Kenyon Hon. F. North Lord Calthorms , Colonel Bathurst 'Lord Wiley Rt. Hon. Sir W. Scott, M.P. Rt. Hon. Sir J. Mean, M. P. C. Grant, Esq. jun. M.P. Right Hon. G. Roee,M. P. Right Hon. J. C. Villiers Sir Motna• Arland, M. P. R. H. Marten, Esq. IL Willbraham Bootle, Esq. W. H. Hoare, Esq. M. P. J. Round, Esq. M. P. Committee Room, Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen-street, where all communications may be addressed, and where Sub scriptions will be received; as well as by Messrs. Hanunersley's and Co. the Treasurers ; and by the several Banking-houses in London and Westminster. Signed by Order of the Committee, JOSHUA WATSON,r/ Secretaries, pro R. ACRRRMANN , S tempore. SIISSCIIPTIONS SINCE IItCSIIISD I At Coati's sod Co.`e A Lady - AO 10e. dd. Mrs.Graha n, Clapham At the Tabernacle, Common' ASS 5 Bristol,per Mr. 0. At Harnmersley's. Josses - Rif 116.9 A At Titchlielsl Church, Rev. T. Paddicombe, Huntsora Moakley- Raisseomb, Devon, S II .ing-day, per Rev. A. At Falkingham, Lin. A:Kiddie £29. Ts. 6d. ookshire and neigh- Lady 14.Danumood SO 0 boyhood, per Mrs. 3. C. 55 0 Dawson - l'F 0 Parish of Wookey, So- At Princes Rirborongh, Backs, merset, per Rev. J. per Rev. Mr. Mtade. Phillott 14 0 Captain Grubb 3 5 M. G. 3 o Rev. R. Meade 1 1 A Lady 1 0 Mr. J. Smith - 1 1 Rev. Richard limn, . Mr. Winslow 1 1 Rector of Limber- Sundry un t il Suboalp- don, Abeyotith 1 0 dons - . 4 1. 6s. Ild Parishioners of ditto 4 3 At Eslyedon, Essex, per Fragment per A. P. 1 1 Rev. Charles Dalton Ail 0 Ay Ackerrosaa's. Mrs. C. Bradford, tot Mrs. Harwood, pee Mr. the Orphans 1 0 0. Bennett, for the The Misses Woodroidfo 1 0 Orphans S 0 Mr. W. Friend - 3 0 By private Collection isi Misses Bushell, liver parish of liegwoeth sE 15. 4s. 7d. pool • S 5 At Salon, after a Ser. A Lady at FalrSeld 1 0 mon by the her. E. A Friend. per Mr. NI- T. M. Philips .Ei s. ‘;.s. lid. cholay - Several private subscrip- Anonymous. by the doss 1 4 Diss Bank . S 0 F. E. B. It $ A Young Ladyat Haver- At CalneChurch, Wilts, i fordvsest, per Mts. on Thanksgiving -day, firsinkapilf - for the o_rplume, per A Friela s bY tb° Rev* Rev. W. My* As. Is. la I. T. Sanger, se Ws. lir. kyaer iaft ft eel - - e ite 5 • 1 0' PROPERTY TAX. Mr. WHITBREAD held in his hand, a Petition signed by certain persons, who complained of having suffered great grievance and oppression under the operation of the Property Tax. They had been as sessed far beyond their fair proportion, and had been compelled to pay much more than they were by law required to pay. 'l'hey had already appealed for re dress to every quarter pointed out by the Act, but ineffectually. Their last appeal had been made to the Lords of the Treasury, who told them they could grant them no relief. Under such circumstances they. threw thi.mselves on the consideration of that Haute. The persons who petitioned were those concerned 'in the building. called The Auction Min," which opened in the year 1810, 2nd which had been regua larly assessed beyond the profits which were actually made. Mr. Whitbread then stated the profits of the Auction Mart for three years, with the assessments made each year. The result of the statement was, that although their profits for three years only amounted to £6,304, they had been assessed at £9,625, leaving'a balance of ,8321 actually levied on them beyond what they were by law required to pay. Instead of 10 per cent. on their profits, they had been thus eons led to pay 15. Thi Pietal h, - Vfttati a stated particutarrff ith7 l 'case, having been read • Mr. 'WHITBREA D said, that he should only move that the Petition be allowed to lie on the table. He should, at the same time, make another effort to induce the Chancellor of the Exchequer to express his decisive opinion on the time when the Property Tax, that source of so many hardships and abuses, should expire. Whether it was to Continue, or natur Lily to cease on the 25th of April next ? When first intro duced, the Right Hon. Gentleman had appeared to tally ignorant of his own views on the subject : last night, though 'he pretended to have discarded all doubt himself, he had insinuated that some hesitation existed in some other quarter. .If such was the case, it would well become him to state it ; if not, he ought not to withhold the declaration of his own sen timents. As to himself, he conceived that nuihing could be clearer than the expiration of the Property Tax at the time which he had mentioned, and he hoped no attempt would be made to renew it, either wholly or in part ; and he trusted that without any inch, the Crown would not dare to levy this odious tax alter the 25th of April next. It was an impost which had been productive of many acts of injustice towards individuals and commercial bodies. When first laid on, ander Mr. Pitt, it had been even less offensive than at present. Instead of the horrid ex. posure which it now made of the circumstances of every individual, it was then conducted with secrecy, and respected the sacredness of private transactions. It had, however, at all times been a grievous burthen to the nation ; and if it had hitherto been cheerfully borne, the time when it would be so supportkd would expire with the natural termination of the Act. The House was bound to keep its word, and not to disap point the expectation of the public. This measure WAS one of oppression, and it was rendered still more oppressive from the manner in which it was carried into execution. The way of collecting the money was still more painful than its extortion. He would be glad that the Chancellor of 'the Exchequer should at last condescend to be explicit on this important subject, and if any intimation were given of an in tention to continue the tax, he trusted the country, 'if it were awake to its true interests, would peti ;ion the House against it, and not rely for its na tural expiration, on the terms of the Act, or the libe rality of Ministers. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no objection to allow the Petition to lie on the table. As to the arguments used by the Honourable Gentleman respecting the Property Tax, they would not prevent him from the execution of what he thought right. He should no more shrink from his duty, it he should , conceive it to be such, in proposing to continue the whole, or a portion, of the Property Tax, than he was convinced the people of this emir). try would, from cheat fully bearing hs weight a little longer, if its necessity were made apparent. As to its natural termination, he would not hesitate to say, that, like all other,war taxes, it would expire, not on the 25th, but on the sth of April next, unless it should be renewed or continued by the authority of Parliament. As to the contrast which the Honour able Gentleman had made between the manner in which this tax was collected at present, and at tins COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL QUENTIN. Colonel PA LMEK, when he first introduced the subject of the Court. Martial held on Colonel Quentin, into the House, was not in possession of a copy of its proceedings. He had now I•rocured one, and should beg leave to read the partieultr passage to which he had then alluded as the chief ground of his present motion. The Hon. Member then read the following extract from the opinion expressed by the Court- Martial at the close of its sentence : " The Court, !Inv/ever, cannot conclude these proceedings without expressing their regret. that there appears to have existed such a want of co-operation among the Officers of the regiment, as to render the duties of the Commanding Officer much more arduous than they otherwise would have been." —He begged leave to state, that this opinion, which cast such an imputation on the Officers of the regi. ment, was not founded in fact. Its expression was pat ticulariy hard, as it had been the ground on which a severe censure and punishment had been passed on those Officers. H. had origittally intended to put off entering into and details until the minutes of the trial should be befOre the Hous e; but, in order to substantiate the necessity in which he found himself to bring forward this motion, he should go into the whole merit of the case. He should, on this occa sion, have felt happy had he not possessed a seat in 'that House, because he would then have put the sub ject into the hands of another Member, of superior talents. But holding, as he did, a Seat in rarlia• ment, and connected, as he was, with the trial itself, he thought, that had the motion been brought for ward by another, it might have been conceived that it was without either his approbation or his concur rence. He therefore upon himself a task, to the proper execution orthich he feared his abilities were unequal ; but the House would excuse him, l and he hooped would honour him with their patience. He should read the General Order which accompa nied the Sentence of the Court Martial, and comment on the charges themselves in their order. He re quested the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. Manners Sutton, the Judge Advocate) to fa vour him with his attention, as he considered him, though how far he was right in so doing he knew not, as responsible to a certain extent for the nature of the sentence which had been passed. The Honour able Member then again apologised to the House for the portion of their time he should occupy, though he should endeavour to confine himself within the narrowest bounds possible. [He then read the first Charge against Colonel Quentin, with the sentence of the Court Martial upon that Charge ; the evi dence produced in its support, extracts from the Co lonel's defence, and his own reply, which have al ready been published in our Paper).—He wished to have laid the evidence before the House, which would !tare spared it the trouble of now following him through its particulars, but he had been informed; taken in the Court Martial, he had done his duty, and no more, and it was cnly on accf.unt of the se vere censure and punishment passed on the Officenr who supported the charges, .that he•thonght ft neces sary to say something further on the subject. They bad only wished, as well as he, for an inquiry which should relieve their own characters from the blame cast upon them. That was all which they erigioalls wanted ; but they had been since compelled to bring forward charges: The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to read part of his opening speech to the Court Martial, in which he declared that the prose. cutors were not impelled by any unworthy motive, but solely by the wish of doing justice to their cha racters, and called upon Colonel Quentin to do the same if it was in l.is power. He had thus challenged that Officer to produce instances of his good conduct, but he had not availed himself of this opportunity.— Had he (Colonel Palmer) been more severely dis posed against him, he could have brought many other instances in which he had displayed the same inattention and incapacity as in the previous charges. He did not wish to interfere with the sentence of the Court. He.hadnothing to do with the acquittal of Colonel Quentin. The Court had a right to form an opinion of their own ; but he wisbedly•e:ndicate the Officers from the charge of having withholden their co-operation from their Commander. The Honour. abie Member then read ;he 4th Charge against Colo. nel Quentin, thy sentence of the Court, and his reply :o the Colonel's defence. He afterwards proceeded to read such parts of • tlte evidence as tended to excul pate the Officers from all blame. Amongst these were tber Cavalry Vgdk of. Febtuary, , tsm-siur the' ICiter - Taid 'the 13th cf March, 1811., sent by the Adjutant• General to Lord Edward Somer.et. He apologised for reading the whole of Lord Combermere's evidence, but it was of impor tance, as it steteil that befbre the arrival of Colonel Quentin he had never seen a better corps of Officers, and attributed the alteration which had afterwards taken place, not to the fault of the Officers, but of the Commander. He then went through a consi derable part of Lord E. Somerset's evidence, and that of Colonel Gardner, who had also stated, th.►t he con sidered the discipline of the 10th Hussars exemplary previous to Colonel Quentin's arrival, and had re marked a considerable difference consequently,— Brigade-Major Jones, who had been attached to the brigade both before and after Colonel Quentin had joined, had given testimony to the same effect. -On his trial, Colonel Quentin had not produced a tittle of evidence to refute all this. He had here to remark, that the Serjeant Major of the regiment and also the Quarter Master, would have been some of his principal witnesses, but when he saw them after they had had an interview with Colonel Quentin, he found that he could no longer depend on their evi dence. The only defence which the Colonel had produced was a reference to various regimental Or ders, inserted in the Orderly Book of the Regiment. One of these, dated August 13, 1814, related to 0 e state of the arms. With respect to these, i t :,ri g : t be conceived impossible that they should have been issued without a cause. This, however, was ~.cc tact, and he was sorry that he had not explained that at the time on the trial, but Colonel Q ientin's defence had been so ling, than it had not been in his power to notice every point. These antis (carabines) had long since been found useless. and on coming home, had been rep rted at head-q'.l tilers as totally unser ♦iceable. When the reg;men: had gone abroad, he (Colonel Palmer) had applied to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, and obtained new arms, and until their arrival the former could be of no use. The or der was therefore ridiculous and unfounded, and is sued at a time when the men were allowed to appear drunk even on parade, and could not be made to at. tend to any thing. Another older directed the offi cers to visit the squadrons twice a-day, and examine their arms, Sm. There was no foundation fur such an order. It could not be executed, in the manner In which the regiment was scattered when on service abroad. It was not the same thing at home: all that could be done would have been to tell the command ing officers to make the Captains responsible for their troops, and the Subalterns for the privates, and to report every offence. The same order also directed that they should be visited whilst they mounted guard; and all this at the very time when the want of discipline in the regiment was so great, that the men were in the habit of breaking into and robbing houses, without being punished. Orders of this kind, he repeated, were ridiculous. It was impossible to go at ten o'clock at night to visit the men, and Cap. tains ought to have been suffered to have acted in their own way. He then quoted Caoain Lloyd's evidence, by which it appeared that this officer had not been supported by Colonel Quentin in several in stances in the punishment of offenders. These or. tiers, pretended to have been issued for the welfare