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fora peace establishment. They .must .restart to a loan petit ,ps. The rtopeety Tax would expire on the sth 4pi Was itintended, in open violatiotiaol a tolenin , legislative pledge, to prolong that wont heavy impost ? _That tat legally expired withitX : six months after the war which was in existerwe at its enactment. No legal attempt at quibbling could affix any longer term to its duration without an open. and flagrant breach of public faith., It was time, therefore, .to require explanation. Aids expiring at the same time, those for instance relative to the Bank restriction, had been early provided for; and if the Property Tax was conceived at all tangible, was it not likely to h:ive been.included with them ? lf the House overlooked all those para Mount consi deration*, and consented to an adjournment at the will of the, Minister, they may not meet, as some per sons said, until rebruary, when it would be too late for the ceasideration of the petitions which would Now from ever quarter• against this infraction of a compact, which, if once 'violated, would fur ever de stroy every confidence in public security. It would be more candid and move hone,t to come forward and state the bold facts known long since to every inquir ing mind,. namely, that the finances of the nation were crit.e,il beyond example—that the. House and the c mirbt look them in the face, and apple a hold but steady.,rtmedy---(llear)—new taxes must be adopted and ettforced, as the only alternative—the House.must inqnire and report upon the evil—above ail they must see where retrehchiuents can be grasped, and rigorously avail themselves of its utmost advan. time—(Wear, hear!) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declined followirig the Right Honourable Gentleman through the various (Weis of his elaborate speech; the gloomy predictions it contained had more than , once been made with equal perseverance, and had ul timately been found surcharged and illusive. .He fully agreed that the financial state of the country was entitled to the deepest attention, and that any re. trenchnient would be a•practical benefit—of those views he trusted he would never lose sight. The /Height Hon. Gentleman, however, had thought pro per"to load him with two heavy charges. To the first, namely, that of concealing from the public any branch of its demands, he would at once give a de cided negative.—(Howe, hear.)—The circumstances which had led ,to the unexpected alteration in the grants, arose princip.:lly from the Navy Estimates besting fallen short an their application, owing to the urfareseen return of a number of prisoners with heavy demands, and also from the expense of the American war The army establishment was also upon a larger scale than had been at first intended, and greatly contributed to swell the present amount. To the second charge, which was of a more serious complexion, viz that of having falsified a statement for the Royal - ear, by mis-stating the revenue, he would also reply with an ec , t ually decisive contradic tion. The revenue had been progressively increasing during the last three years. The tact was indispu table ;—the quarterly returns placed it beyond a doubt'; they alwaved a regular monthly increase. It was true the Consolidated Fund had not much ex asOeded its charger: . It WAS the same at the close of the' foliar: . Ame rican war. The same predictions then ass tiled it.; and in a few. yearsb2w rapidly it race under the auspices of Mr, Pitt. (That, hcar,)— Jfpnce soul Spain were then equally powerful; and - he, therefore. hoped, that the pretent prospeci wnuld not be lin maimating in. its guise, and saoislactory in its result. : The Right Hon. Geutdetnan Lad salted rather niumphantly, • what bad become sit• the Lund, which he (the Ctrancellor of the Excise. maser') had formerly spoken of, as being applicable to the exigencies of a peace establishment ? : In.anstver to this he should Merely observe e that, though a part it bad been aperoptiated, in consequence of the, great loans that were negociared within .the last two years and a halo yet it was much more extensive than the Right Hon. Gentleman was willing to ad mi7. It amounted, at present, to obout setio,ooo,ooo. That thereallould be marry points, cornice:ocl wi t h the finances/at the country, which called fur examine. tior, at the end cf so long and expensive a war, ,was not surprising. • '1 he Property Tax . would expire on the Sth of April—the Bank Restriction Act in March .—and various •other important statutes about tlw sapre time.,—which was a sufficient pledge that they slaaild assemble at a reascro.bie period after Christmas. Mr. PONSONBY contended, that the Property 'Via expired at the end of the st ar, and that Parliament eoold not, in jusOce to the public, continue it longer. sr. W. KEENE reprobated the conduct of Ame rica in joining France against the liberty of Europe. The several Resolutions were then read and agreed to, Oa the Vote for the Ordnance Service, *Mr. 'WHITBREAD wished to know whence arose the difference between the calibre of Capt. Barclay's guns and those of the Americans, which occasioned that Officer's unfortunate failure ? Sir G. WARRENDER said, they had no infor mation. Mr. WHITBREAD—" Were the Admiralty not in possession of a letter from Capt. Barclay, stating that be had not less than eight magazines for the different sizes of guns, 01) board his ship." 'Mt. CROKER said there was such a letter, but there was no information by whose order that ord nauce was put on board. • 'MI. W lin BREAD said, it was very strange that die letter was not produced on Captain Barclay's tiial. He hoped illtre would be no objection to pro ducing it now, as it would foam an important charge against the Admiralty. Mr. BARING wished to know why the Admiralty had not a sufficient force on the Lakes ? The Ame e'c,ns began the war with as bare a naval power on the Lakes as we had. They have now beaten us off two of the Lakts. CKCIE,Ett said, that all the statements, with regal,: to the naval affairs on the Lakes, proceeded fro m misreOresentation, Government would be found ready u. art any charge. Ti c CHASCILLLOR of the EXCI:ItQUEIt then moved, .tut, f 1,690,0(.0 be granted to naake so pa do : T t eati at;tl At' Erupt:tor cu Russia, &c.; sel‘soo,ooo to pioWide f r putt tandieg 4zeroquer Ull ; ao.l £1541000 tot it purpuse. e lialeft-OSSOV I I.Y . w isl.ed to 'know the amount of Pciwque , 1411s,sioss putstanding . ,tbk C or the EXCHEQO,4R saideobla fla ayl4 a ! v. l l e aecounts in iolew dila; but t! . .e num rah vety I ; about . 4 44 r. t 0N49441T. MY, there lak! Aavef.biefore THE EVENING STAR. LON DON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1814. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE Wt.. LOCK: Reduced 6913-4 per Cent. per Cent. Navy 961 i Consols 64t —for account, u 4 a—Wu:tutu 3il Batik Long Aons.l6 1 -16th—Indta Bosidris3. Lbs. pre. Exchequer Bills to sn. prent. This morning we received Paris Papers to the 13th. Theo- contents are highly interesting. We informed our Readers yesterday, and on gcocl authority, that a general Constitution was preparing for Germany, founded on principles calculated to se cure the happiness, safety, and independence of every individual State; and on such b.ises as would frus trate entirely the hopes of restless and unprincipled men who wished the elements of imbecility to be per petuated in the Constitution of Germany. Our limits do rot allow us to dwell on this subject; but the extracts which we hate this day selected from die Continental papers, will partly explain to our Readers the arrangements to which we alluded.— ' It is impossible to contemplate the opening prospect without emotions of the most pleasing kiwi. In one word—The Rulers of Europe, now convinced that tlttir own true dignity and independence is insepara• bly connected with the rights, privilegfis and inde pendence of their subjects, are incessantly occupied in devis'ng and organising those institutions which may best promote these desirable ends.—Happy prospect ! It rpay pvt ipstantly tle realised : but if kept steadily in view, die day may be /laded as not vety distant. when “ town ►hall learn the art of war tr, more)' HANOVER, OCTOBER 28. The folio wing Proclamation has been published here: " CARLTON HoOSR, AUGUST 12, 1814. CZORGE, Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, our Father and Sovereign, Gaoling ill. &e. " The principles, according to which our ancestors have, for centuries, governed our States , are a su ffi cient guarantee to our subjects, that it has never been our intentan to profit by the overthrow of the Germanic Constitution by the restriction of their rights. Since the deliverance of the Dectorate,the military circututtances in which Germany found herself placed, and the continual presence of foreign troops, have still farther prevented us hoot forming regular deliberations with our faithful States, as the measures which it was necessary to take would not allow of the least delay, and as most of the arrangemetiu which they commanded, were necessary to be executed according to the resolutions agreed upon between the Allied Sovereigns. Never theless we have deliberated by ourselves alone with the States of the different provinces on the affairs of the country, as often as possible. Although the State may not have a complete Consti tution befire the issue of the Congress of Vienna, which, we hope, will be fortunate; and although the resolutions which may be _adopted at it may have a decisive influence over the internal relations of the German Provinces of hii MAJts - rr, yet we have wished not to defer any longer the entering upon discussions with all the United States of those provinces relative to the dif ferent objects which concern each in particular. It is natural, as has been proved by experience, that the separation of the different provinces should render extremely difficult the concurrence of the States, on questions which relate to the general affairs of the country, and that this separation OlUit necessarily cause a consi derable loss of time. But besides, the difference of opinions has hitherto rendered it impossible to have an unanimous resulnti tit on the part of those States, either because the representatives of each province in Particular did not possess the right of deliberat ing on the relations of the other provinces of the country, or because it was impossible to have an absolute majority of voices on account of the distance of the different countries from each other. " This separation has produced as many different systems for taxation, and the modes of liquidating the debts of the country as there were different States. It was necessat y to consider as separate countries particular provinces of the sante country, and this has interrupted, here and there, a free communication be useen our subjects. The change of circumstances, and the injury done to the country by its occupation by the enemy, Ti quire ameliorations in the forming of the Administration. We do not propose in any manner to change the Consiitt.ttou, in those re :peat, which guarantee the rights and reciprocal relations be tween the Sovereign and the subjects. We shall, in this respect, retain the Constitution of the States in the different provinces, with such reservations and modifications as may be deemed ne cessery or useful. But as the rights of the States are confined to their respective provinces, and as the authority of the Sovereign extends to all the country, which ought to be governed accord ing to uniform principles, we ate couviisced that our faithful sub jects will regard as a benefit, and as a proof of coalidence on our part, that we should decree, as we do by these presents, that henceforth ail the general affairs of the ceuntry which may be brought under discussion with the States, conformably to the constitution wiach has subsisted to the present cline, shall be submitted to an Ar:sembly or the States of -all the Provinces, which shall adopt on such subjects a general resolution. " As the circumstances above mentioned, and even the tin , certainty as to tl.c extent of the frontiers of the eountry, do not permit, at the present time, a filial determination as to the mau -1 ner in which the different Provinces arc to concur in forming a General Assenibly, we decree, for the present, that the States of all the Province* which now compose the Electorate shall form themselves, by means of Representatives, into a General stet, on the 15tb of December next, at Hanover.. We expect that these Deputies shall appear with full powers on the pert of their Constituents, to vote on the subjects which shall be submitted to their deliberation, without requiring subsequent instructions.— Thus these Deputies will be regarded as the Representatives of the wkule country, and•not as the delegates of particular pro vinces or corporations. Aud to the end that the Charters, aware of the limited number of their members, may choose sneh per sons as enjoy their perfect confidence, we permit them to elect their Deputies freely, without being obliged to confine them selves in their choice to the members of their own body. The towns will have the same liberty in this respect, according •to their particular constitution, and they will not he compelled to elect their Syndics or Magistrates. We reserve to ourselves to determine in a mere precise manner, when the Congress at Vienna as well as those primary States General shall be termi• na.ed, the mode of representation e and that of the election of the President, as well as of the Deputies. For this time, the Depu ties will choose from amongst themselves a President, a Syndic- General, and a Secretary. (Signed) " Cumin ri, Prince Regent." , VIENNA, OC roBEIt 31. Sir Sydney Smith is charged with two very impor. taut missions to the Congress : the first is, to demand of all the Powers of Europe the abolition of the Slave 'Trade ; the second is, to require measures to be taken for the subjection of the Barbary Pirates, who suc cessively insult all flags, who desolate the coasts of Italy and the Adriatic, and who must be attacked and reduced. It is said that the English Commodore has received considerable sums of moaey from dif fcrent philanthropic societies in London, for the pur pose of pursuing these two objects. Indeed, no man can be more capable of accomplishing such a purpose ; his talents, his activity, and the consideration which he enjoys, will have a great weight. But the Con gress has so much business to attend to, that it may be unable to turn its attention to matters of this kind ; and it is feared that no decision will be taken on these great questions. been. more than S 4 millions, but he was afraid they , I would be found now to exceed 59 Millions. • The House then resumed, and the Report was or dered to be received to-morrow. 10NUMENT TO GgNERAL TOSS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to call the attention of the House to the gallantry displayed by the late General Ross. He had served in the campaign in Holland, as Major of the 28th Re giment; and in the attack made by the French on Sir R. Abercrombie's lines he distinguished himself, so as to receive the thanks of the Commander in Chief. On that occasion he was wounded severely, and on • his recovery. he accompanied his teginiet,: to the Me diterranean ; and was present in the expedition to Calabria ; and at the battle of Maida his regiment charged the enemy in flank, which greatlycont:ibuted to the success of that day. He next served in Sir J. Moore's expedition, and at the battle of Corui?na he again appeared with distinguished lustre. At the bat. tie of Vittoria hesignalized himself so as to be imme diately appointed by the Duke of Wellington to corn : . manda brigade. He next appeared at the battle of the Pyrennees, where his regiment charged four times, and he had two horses killed under him, in leading his men to the charges. He afterwards greatly dis. anguished hintsa at the siege of St. Sebastian, at the battle of Orthes, and the crossing of the Nive.— He was next sent to the coast of America, where he brought the lustre of his achievements to the highest pi tch,but soon closed his glorious career. He was there called on to punish tke Americans for the cruelties they had committed in Canada, in thaexecution of which his moderation at the attack on Washington was praised by the Americans .themselves.. With that vengeance, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) hoped all necessity for like measures would cease ; for instructions had been sent off to our Commanders on the American coast to pursue retaliatory measures no more, unless the Americans should give fresh cause fora renewal of them. The gallant General led off his•troops from Washington in safety ; but soon after, in a similar expedition against Baltimore, while making his dispositions for the attack, he was killed by a rifle-shot, in the 40th year of his age. All that now remained for his country was to shew some marks of its gratitude, equally honourable to itself,' and gratifying to his relatives. He then moved an Address to the Prince Regent, that he would be pleased to direct a monument to be erected in St. Paul's, to the late Major General Robert Ross. Mr. WHITSHED KEENE seconded the me. tion. He had known the family of General Ross more than sixty years ; his father had been a most meritorious officer ; he had trod in the steps of his parents ; he had been bred in the school of Welling. ton, and no officer in the army was more likely to have reached the great model before him. He never said to his soldiers go and do this —he always said come and do this. He had exposed himself to every privation, and was altogether a practical soldier. Mr. PONSONBY knew so much of General Ross's character, that he could not give a silent vote. Nu man ever acquired greater confidence and affection from those with whom h..: served, and, in private life, he displayed every amiable quality-. The Right Hon. Gentleman had talked of a provision for his family, but he (Mr, P.) could state, that they did not wish to become a charge upon the country. They hoped the House would not be troubled on their account; but this modesty furnished auidditional reason to protect them. He . lamented, that he had pursued measures at 'Washington which civilised nations must abhor; it was pos,4ble they might have been provoked, but he was sorry it fell to Gen. Ross to execute them, as no man was less inclined to destruction. In other respects, he was glad that Gen. Ross had been ap pointed to this ditty, because there was no man who cootd cxecate. it with more moderation. • • The CHANCELLOR of - the EXCHEQUER sa'd no applications had been made on thevart of the Lundy ; what had been stated was an additional mo tive to protect them. . Mr. WHITBREAD observed, that though not acquainted with Gen. -Ross, except as every other person must be acquainted with such a man, he was. persuaded that the task which be had to perform could not have, been executed with more moderation. He deserved the approbation of his country. Mr. CHARLES GRANT accorded in all that had been said in favour of Gen. Ross, and heartily approved of the motion which had been submitted to the House. The question was then put, and carried nem. con. Mr. TIERNEY postponed his notice respecting the Civil List, till to-morrow (this day.) VIENNA, NOVEMBER i. The result of the crinferences between the Mi nisters at the Congress, tip to this moment, is but partialiy known. The affairs of Germany authorise a hope that the issue will be as fivourable to the people as to the Princes, if we may judge from the projet, which has hitherto served as a basis in the conferences of the German Committee. This pro jet guarantees the independence and the constitutional rights sf all classes. Each country is to have a Con stitution and Provincial States. The whole of Ger many is to possess certain r;ghts relative to the Ge nerdl Confederation. This projet, as I have before informisd you, has been submitted to the consideration of the Ministers of Amnia, Prussia, Bavaria, Hann: , • verb and Wirtemburg. It is confidently asserted, that the two first Powers have adopted the projet without the smallest alteration. 16 The Hanoverian Minister has given in a very re. markable note, in which he declares that he gives his consent and accession to every arrangement which tends to secure the constitutional and•persond eight: of all German subjects ; that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Great Britain and Hanover cinnot recognise the principle that the Sovereigns of Get. many possess any rights purely despotic over their subjects; he believes, on the contrary, that the subver sion of the general Constitution should not necessarily and cannotlegalkyoverturn the provincial Constitution. The reciprocal rights of Sovereigrs and their subjects must have continued notwithstanding the Confedera. tion of the Rhiae, the principle of Sovereigoty not including in it necessarily any idea of despotism. The King of Great Britain, says the declaration, is Sovereign as well as any other in Europe; but the liberties of his people 'strengthen his Thane, in. stead of weakening it. Therefore it is necessary in the first place to re-establish the rights which the German subjects possessed in ancient time: ; secondly, to declare that the Territorial Constitution founded on Laws or Treaties, shall be re-established, and, thirdly, it is necessary to establish Provisional Constitutions in places where there are none, and to give them the power to raise taxes, to make laws, 4c. Brussels and Frankfort P4pers have also aniirci: BRUSSELS, NOV. U. Pt irate accounts•from Vienna state, that the Kirr, of 'Prussia will take the title of Emrrer, to pl himself on an equality with the Sovereigns ui Ans. tria and Russia. The Chronicle of the Congress announces that Nu. rcmberg is to be the seat of the German confederation. Bavaria has been the first to lay its Constitution be. fore the Congress, for its approbation. Baron Stein, who was outlawed by Napoleon in 1509, has just published a very importtat Memoir, on the manner in which he governed Germany, in die name of the Allied Powers. His Royal Highness the Prince Bnvereign has con. ferr:d a new benefit on the inhabitants of by granting a very consider Able increase of salary to the Judges. CASSEL, NOVEMBER 4. On the 3d news was received at Hamburgh byez. press that the Diet of Norway had recognized his Majesty the Kiag of Sweden for Sovereign, and that on the 24th of last month they proclaimed Charles the Twelfth Kix: of Norway. NAVAL IN7ALLIGENCIL VAST INDIA SIIIPPINOTbe Batavia extra ship from Boos bay, art ived oil the We of Wight yesterday; sailed from St. He. ' lens with the Marchlobew of Exeter, Lady Ludington, and Ulan's, under cnnvoy of his Majesty's' ship Dannernatk. and Stag frigate, and parted company broth them about the 4th instant. I , :a.scv AND Muatscs.--.Tba Anna, falcooi, from Malaga to Naples, was taken puswessiun of on the gG.h September, by three of the crew and two passengers (who threw overboard the hl..ster, supercargo, and two other persons) and carried her into Bastii. Losses.—A large sloop, supposed to be Scotch, ftdt an Thursday night, between Wales and Biakentry: the Minerva, Lather, from Falmouth to Norway, was driven on snore the 9th instant, near Boulogne, and went to pieces during a +violent ple on the iotlowing night the Auguste relecite, rbebault, front Havre to Ct.diz, is los: off Oporto ; crew and passengen saved: the Swiftsitre, from Drogheda to Livarrsol, was driven on shore near the Hoylake, on Friday. PORTSIV.OIiII - 1, yrovrABER 14. The following transports armed yesterday and to. dAy,trom the Med iterranean, and Ate under quarantine: &An? orth, Elizabeth `larch, Per.eus, Emma, Dominica, Warlord, lord I rafalgar, Baropa, Eliza, Glory, Joon, Emerald, ped a lo., Diadem, Progress, Fairies., Kate, Hector, Ann (40), Wellington, bellona, Ann (1:), Traveller, Admiral Gambier,taily Hamilton, as.d several others--names not ascer tained in tim- for post. Alto arrived the Harriet, Moose ; At-. las, TuaNBULL; and a fleet of transports, from America. We yesterday noticed the report of the divorce of MARIA LOUISA from BoNAPARTE. The French Pa. pers, received last night, repeat the rumour, and state, that she is afterwards to be married to the iCaxo of Pttusst A A long note is understood to have been lately deli vered by the American Commissioners at Ghent to ' the British Plenipotentiaries—in consequence, it is said, of dispatches received through a French port from America. The note alluded to was immedi ately transmitted to London, and was taken into the consideration of an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet on Sunday last ; but nothing of the contents bias transpired. It is reported in the City that the American Government has rejected the terms of Peace taken out by the John Adams, and mace a coulter-proposition. Lard WALSINGDABI retires from the Offic? of Chairman of the Committees of the House of Lords with a pension of 2,0001. per annum for life, and a reversion of 1,0001. a-year to his daughters. A long list of New Baronets is on the anvil. Yesterday an answer was returned to the Memo rial presented by the Committee of Merchants, stating that the Lords of the Treasury could not depart trout their Minute of the 27th of October last ; but that if from the season, or any other cause, persons who had given notice to export should not be enabled to make such exportations within the time bunted, their Lord. ships would take any application on the subject into their consideration, provided that the Officers of the Customs and Excise had first taken an account of the goods, and the duties had been regularly paid on any deficiencies acciumg thereupon. The Rule calling upon THOMAS LEYLAND, Et+ tO take upi,n himself the office of Mayor of Liverl , oo4 was yesterday morning made absolute - in the Ccurt of King's Bench. George Houston, the author of a blasphemous hock, wis yest.:l day sentenced to he imprisoned two Y‘ in Newgate, and to pay a fine of 2E'_'oo. Thi: is Ee person given up as the author of the infamous t% , in questi,n by ti e lite D. Isaac Eaton, who wa. victed as its putdisher. BRKAP.—N • niter ition in tht. oric.• 'hit wo.-"• LONDON ftthiltted then, ni at the Kt? Mice, Tempos Biz.