The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-12 00:00:00

taxer titan were ur cestery ; but that they u win d the hPellilittire Of the (Intl c money. lie insnever wished Mi nisters wois!ti undertake that curt a;ltroestt and retrenchment whit ta Wele pravtica!,:e ; becaum• fi'ntn their knots ledge if the uttriis of sotice limy were better elnatilird for sm•tri mlees.mirrist be s nr.sht be retrettelted iris(' to see what routti he slime, as nett as what had bren, was the of jest of;ltis motion. rave rise to a long and an;inatell debate, which termi• mated its the rejectiten sti the tite.isas I' t there Ireisag, (.11 ....it, IN fur the motion, and 169 a^ oust it. WEnitesnxv, MAY K. Sir SAMVEL-ROMILLY gave notice of a motion for Tuesday sod, nu the situation of the Protestants in the South of France. Mr Ctmwati. in moving fur th e lir certain papers , relativr to the subject of tithes, wished to explain to the House taat be hail Otte ior objects iu view. In the tunnel ons peti tions lai.ety presented to the House on the AAriculluntl Diil• tresses, there was scarcely one in which the Petitioners did tat comp'ain of tithes, and prayed for a comnintatiou. 'lhere was na class io the commonly which had so direct un Interest as the Clr rgy themselves in the commutation of tithes : sad it was to he regretted that any discussions should have had the effect rt . en acing an alarm in that body. It coil,' never be interlard, not to give the tithe-holders of every description a 1. iti remuneration. He did 11. , t mean, however, to bring the great question of cotionutaColl at present before the }loose. 'the first motion whirls 1:e should submit would brine to view the eiiiiduet of the Courts of Equity, which had assumed to themselves for a course of years the power of directly deciding In matters of tithes. He conceived this was contrary to the law of the land a n d the principles of the British Constitution. It' tithe causes had come before Juries, a number of articles would never have been made I Womble ; pine-apples for instance, %%Melt were no more the pr o duction of the ea Wt.:than the web *lithe manufacturer. It was high time to restore tithes to the trial by Jure, that a proper security might be aflOrded to the subject. At this moinehr , there were lOu tithe causes depcml iu,iut the Court of Exchequer. paper.raroveil for were ordered. A new writ was ordered for Warwick, inthe room of Lord Brook, now. Earl of Warwick. M 1N O. The Committee on the distressed state of agriculture was postponed till to-morrow-selmight. A number of petitions were presented against the Publicans' Licenee Din y, against the Leather Tax, and against the pre sent Distinct y Laws. Mr. VANSITTART, in reply to a question from Lord Stanley, sybether houses, formcrly dwdling-honses, but now used only as immullictories, were liable to be taxed as du ellinu-houses said, he had no in sita holt in stating that such holies did not come n ithin the meaning of the Act.— (Bear, licur,lfrar.) LE VI lIER TAX. Lord Auriton en, in rising to make the present motion, felt It liceesSaly to State, that he should not have stood forward on this occasion, had it not be."ll that his constituents were eatly and particularly iaterested in it hat so strong ttas his opinion of the nece,sity of the repeal of this tax en ono of our greatest staide commodities, that let whoct et wound have brought it forward, the inotioa would ha , c had his soppoi:o Formerly we had always been able to meet our opro tient., and to undersell them in a 10ie.gli market; but now, owing to the additional , dirties laid tipoa the trade, it Was in the greatest state or depression. If, however, the aluty were takenonl, the price of the oracle would fall, and 013,export would, in his opinion, increase in propoi thin equal to the late elniStlinpl ion of the army; trade would increase, and employment woold main be roomd for our ilhdressed Jrinneymen. Thus much the re peal of the tax would do towards the rciief of the trade ; but still more ..voithl be dote fur the tanners by a relief from the vexation attending the collection of the ditties. The Noble Lord then entered at length into a sletail of the nodes of col lecting the duties on leather. In Nt, the duty was only 814,0.191. and in the present year there must itnavoidibly be a still greater filling inf. The Noble Lord concluded by moving for kayo to bring iu a Biil to repeal the tax upon leather. Mr, W. swive l_ would feel its very serious measure, in the present situation of the country, to take off a tax producing COU,OJOI. a year, tinless there Was a prospect of reimbursing the Evellegiter almost to the full amount. lie thought, however, this might be done, and many inconveniences avoided, by doing away the stamping of little, and obliging the tanner to eater to a book all hides sent into his yard, and all sent out; awl upon these hides he should psy a duty oi two shillings. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQL ER tuna, tf the Noble Lord and the Honourable Gentleman had contented theniselt es with Mao ving for a Committee, to which the petitions on the table might have been referred, to enquire into the subject, he should pot have opposed the motioa.,—He thought the plan by Mr. Reath worthy of consideration ; with regard to the depre%sion ender which the Leather Trade had laboured, the Noble abed had answered himself, by saying, that every other trade was a(so depressed. The Leather Trade must 1137 s felt an extraor• binary depress;op in consequence of the pews. Within the two last years, after the opening of the rivers in the South of America, the imperialism '4. hides hail greatly ins!rease.d, in consequence of the cheapness and good quality of thw e hides, in piefereuce to those of the Coutinent. The Noble Lord haul mid nothing of the effect of the tax upon the consumer. Hut it would be a satisfaction to the House to know that the gene ral prices (ilia:at:ter erre lower than beforetlie hope .ition of the tax. Tile pi ice was then Ithlt. now it had decreased to Ibid. If Mum, es obtained thoin raw materials cheaper, it was hut reason:ll4Mo suppose that the cons/truer would reap the benefit of the diminution. Bark, in. fedi, was under S3I. in 1813, it was 361. iu the present year it bad deureased ;Alike to betweose 2A. aid 211. thus falling one third in pries, or 15 per cern': upon Leatke,.. 41.1 upon the article of Bark. 30 per cent. Raw Ludes were 1i0w441. to sd. per lb. on the average. This year they ha I Callen from 2,1 to 3d. making a difference of 25 per cent. With respect to thetas, the House must be aware of the necessity of maintaioing the revenue entire, it' it could be &we without real injury to the country, aild at the same time afford an adequwe protection to trade. It was his duty there fore to abandon the tax, for the reason he had slated. A Com nom e loud sat in 1813, and au inference was to be drawn from the emptily before them, nata:ly, that }self measnres would not do, tor the Noble Lord desired the repeal °film entire ,Tax— a repeal of half of it would not have mow ered the ohjerrrof tl:c ptlitioners. Wishing, however, to give every satisfaction, he should move for an enquiry to see mutt (mold be done, ao:I object to the e f the Noble Lord her the repeal.--- 11c then moved an atnenulmeee—. , For a Coalmine.. taeonsider the state of the laws relatia* to the maitufactuty of, and duties ay, Leather." Loud COMPTON 'sea in favours: 111 e oriellual motion. The fall in the price of leather arose from the depression i!strade. 11:e eltjections which he loud to the tax were, that it was most aapensive in its collection, fell heavily and equally omthe poor and aperutrel to, the Mittry of uiricultarrik . THE NATRINAL REGISTEt._ Sir J. YORKE thought wilt e relief ought to he *lien to tile enmanu•t; tier if the tax was to be tukro off, he tl,d not think there woo hl be any disposition to lower the price of shoes. An enipt liache•quer, and the people walking, in trigh.pt iced nhne•s, wax not Ix very iv:rev:tide prospect for the commtry.—Se verat other Mendu is spoke on the treAtion. Lord Ar.Tttwit thin replied, and the Howe divided—for the Committee. 121—for the epea I. Sli Majority 33. A Select Committee was then appointed, and the petitions were referred to tree slid Cotion:ttee. ('..tio t iel Moon gave notice that lie should move for a Coup eto enquire into the propriety e. legatith,g the vale• of game. —Adjourned. Fit MAY, 10. Mr. LICTTLETON gave notice, that he should, 0111 the 30th of ,ley, Mlbuiit a II) the llou•c On the evil tendency of Lotteries, and propose •omc motr to l'nrrect the evil. IRISH 01:AST.4. Mr. Ferzoenst,n moved for the House to go into a Com mittee of Supply. 41,0091. was enlisted for the e‘pence of the Charter School --51,0901. fur the Foundling Dospital---40,0091. for the House of Indisstrv—D44Bol. for the Lunatic As: tum-8,9321. for the 14ibernian . Soeiety —3,9011. for the Orphan llouse-9.0101. for Westmorland Hospital-3,1001. for Om- Hospital -10901. for Stephen's kir the Fever Hospital -9,6731. tOr the Roman Catholic S • WWI. for the Edu cation of the I'ossr-21,72:11. for the Secretary's Office, in re spect to stationery—P.',9ool. fur Proclamations, Oze.-25,0091. fur Criminal Prosecutions-2,5001. for the apprehension of public offenders-90001. tOr the Non=conformist Ministers -3,9001. for the Seceding Ministers-1,2501. fur the Public Oftiets —31,1701. for the Board of Works-21,6001. for the Trading Maniiiiictures-14),0001. for the Commissioners al Streets in Dublin-1u,0901. Mr the Dublin Society---4,9191. fok the Fann ing Society —2,1001. for the Cork Institution. The Report was brought up, and ordered to be received on Monday. The Home went into a Committee on the Malt Duty Bill, in which some amendments were made. l tie Report was ordered to be received on Monday. Mr. 11. t Nisi!: Bate notice for Friday next, of .11 nankin re specliag the Eight Marbles. ALIEN BILL. On the second reading of the Alien Bill. Lord A. HA Mlurox oh:served, that in the present Bill, there appeared a total inconsistency; for it motile no distinction be tween alien friends and alien enemies.. He noticed the power given to the Secretary of State to send these Aliens without distinction out of the country, as inimical to the present Mr- • ennistances of the country, and unlit to be trusted to any tti nister. The principle a the Bill was also obnoxious to the recognized amenity given to strangers, and therefore met his decided disapprobation. Stich u power was unnecessary, fur the only reason to justify it - w as the apprehension of danger. Did Ministers epprehend any danger? lie thought not. They had not given any grounds for such apprehension. On the contrary, he conceived, that England, in the proud sins:llion in which she stood, was least liable to such opinion, and therefcre he should propose that it be read " a second time this day three months.' Mr. H. ADDINGTON said, that this Bill was formed . .on the same principles as the Bill brought in two years since. If it was expedient then, it certainly was so now; and for this rea son, that there was now .a considerable increase of Aliens. which had added to the number of 20,000, originally supposed to he the amount of that desctiptiou of persons resident in the country. Mr. Brew:miss, could not agree with what had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentlemen, that the measure now proposed was not a new tnevnre. The Right Hon. tient. hod said, a similar measure was adopted two years ago. He (Mr. B.) highly disapproved of that measure; but when the situation of the country then - and now were compared, it would he found that the present was indeed new measure in every respect. The Sottetrou-GENgusr. could not but consider that gen tlemen who professed to think this measure no longer neces sary, took au.arroneous view of the subject. He trusted, that the revolatiouary spirit was overthrown and broken ; but mis chief still lurked in the minds of many individuals, and be could not consider it as wisa, to give up all precautionary measures at once.. It had been stud, that this was a against alien friends. He thought differently; it was not an act against alien is howls, but against alien enemies under the mask of alien friends, and therefoir he should stiprort the Bill. Lord CASTLEREAGH aft - Wed the Bill ou gronndsof general policy. Mr. Hoeaste said, that no man could say but that a state of danger would warrant such a law ; but we were not in such a state of danger now as w ould require a measure of this violent nature. —..... SirJ. Macastsposu considered this Bill (..s he always had done) as a wanton deviatien from the *stoutish law of the land. The secresy of the accusations a •utinst Aliens was only to be equalled by the proceeding of the Court of I loly tion. I low could we boast of our free and equal laws, when, by this Bill, we condemned 20,000 Aliens resident in this coun try to a state of shivery ; for it was equivalent to shivery, to be obliged to live in this country at the sufferance of a Secretary efState. Instead of enjoying the proud boast that the soil .of England gave liberty 10 the slave, if' this Bill were passed, we should in future only possess the miserable distinction of en slaving the free. The House then divided. For the second reading of the Bill I ll—Against it , 11—Majority The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half rp.it Twelve othiek till Monday. CONVEYANCE OF FNII T.O THE INLAND couvrins. Oleo:in, MAY s.—The new fixlmnarket in this city eras open ed vesteiday. hundred weight of freAli sea-ftsh were exhibited, and sold at very moderate prices. The novelty of the scene attracted such crowds,. that the place became a complete Billingsgate. The Coestaisks and tither Police-Of lieers; were called in, and had nu small d!illlenity in dispersing the ninitit tide, amid giving the pure hirers an opportunity of getting into 1114.11i:11km . . A riangeiccr.ts will shortly be made for Cie supply - to arrive exactly at noon. Mr. M. l'hiltinst, LLIIWN rit till and said Ml initch on the fisheries is here, and has received the sanction mid support of the ;leads of the UM% ei sly to this Grand Sot vey. Mr. I'. as.;crts, and his as sertioue appear MCI 4 founded, that every hitt.)••iii England commetanelivity, . he st.pplied in the middle of the day, v. kb abundance of fish ta Len lion, the sea on the pi cce;l• lug evening. Thi3 neighl.t14111100(1 1161 P.; fall he r from Rile ,ea coast than almost nily otii;:r part of the.klogilutu, tient proof of. the prar!i; alaility of ttlic iirgititittot ; and, as thousands of person; might fn;d.entplopment, It cw.euraircinent oil! be given to. fsmililate tW A4l):oCL•iii. Meiji 'peat impurta ace. 11 1 /17 . EIZLOO. " Qais larlafoidu teniperd a gamliii." INTIMESTItic A N FCDOTEerAi thehahlenf Waterloo, ee the min 3 o neeressivras e Major rett the 42d• ligialandeN, preferring to titht•en foot in tirefeont of his mote !Ned given his hors Void to a little dru 1111 l ter.bsy of the regiment. After staae severe fighting with the French horse cuirassiers and lancers, eficl alit rreceiving severe wounds,he fell from the lots of blood . mar a brave private, Donald Mackintosh, of his craps, who nns_nualnily. wounded at the same instant. The little drummer lad had left 'the horse to assist poor Donald; a lancer seeing. the horse, thole: ht him tair nod made a dash at him. This did not.corilf s r 6 lll.2' Watchful and been eye of the lying llighlardreVlHM`,•• Itz t ell the provident spirit of his country " ruling strong even in iteitb,' groaned out, " Hoot man, ye inanna tak that beast, 't belongs_ to oor Captain here " The lancer, understuading little of his hre.ze, and respecting less leis writhing gestures, seized ml the horse. Donald loaded his musket mu e more, shot him dead,—and the next moment fell back Rad ..erspired content. An Officer pf the cuirassiers, at this time, observing our poor Major still bestirring himself, rode up. and stooping from his charger, aimed to dispatch him `with his sword; our resolute Major seized his leg, and stilt grappled with hint :4) stoutly, ti;:lt he pulled bins..ati his horse mans him. Another lancer, observing this struggle, galloped up, and, to relieve leis Otheer, attempted to spear the Major, oho, by a sudden jerk and desperate exertion, placed the Frenchman, in the nick of the necessity, in his arms hefore him, who received the mortal thrust below his cuirass, and is this condition continued lying upon him, with his sword he hit Weil, for near ten minutes. The Major, unconscious that he had received a death-wound. expected all this time to receive his own at his hand. At last the French Officer raised himself, tan or staggered a few yards, and then fell to struggle or to rise no more. Another Inhale of his regiment now came up, and asked his Major what he could do to assist leins?—" Nothing, my good friend,. but load your piece and finish me." "But your eye Ptill tanks lively (said the timer fellow); if I could tame you to the Kel, fighting hard by, I think you would yet do well." With the aid of a fellow soldier, be , was moved us — the man proposed, and soon seen by an intimate friend, Colonel • Cameron, conmeauding the tied, who instantly ordered hien • every succour possible. A blanket and four men carried him a little in the rear. While they were raising him, Colonel • Cameron exclaimed, " God bless qua.; I must be off—the devils (meaning the lancers) are at us sagain—l must stand up to them." He did so, and in a few mikates, stretched dead on the bed of honour, finished leis mortal career -of glory in the bold defence of his country.—lt is a pleasure to add, that the brave Major is still alive, wearing the honourable decoration and-- marks of 'Wait severe wounds received in this unequal neat . arduous conflict, and lame too from a severe wound Recited before, at the storming of Badajor. WAN Hoßns.—Duritir the battle of Waterloo, some of the horses, as they lay on tie gemmed, leaving recovered from the first agony of their wound, full to eating the grass about them, thus surrounding themselves with a circle of bare ground, Um limited extent of which showed their weakness. (tellers of these. intviesting animals. to whom man so strongly attaches himself, weer observed eptietly grazing in the middle of the field, between the two hostile lines, their riders having been. shot off their backs, and the balls that flew over their heads, and the roaring be hind, end beliere, and about them, caused no respite of the usual instincts of their nature. When a charge of cavalry went past, near to any of the stray horses already mentioned, the trained animals would set ott', fore , fiamnselves iu the rear of their mounted companions, and, though Without riders, gallop stremounsly along with the rest, not stepping es flinching when the Oat shock with the enemy took place. PUGILISM. ANOTIIEI2 FIGHT. One will take place on AVednasday, the 20th of June, twee vi Harry Harmer and Sheltou, tat) well•kn(.vn goer! men (who have before hair:lit), for 70 gnincas a side, and a purse of • 29 guineas given by the pugilistic ainatems. It will be a stand ing fight—half minute time. A deposit of 20 sainicas a side has been made, and the money is to be made good: en the 1211 a June, at lleleher's, Castle 'favern. Holborn, where the articles • now are fiainspection. It must pose a fight of considerable interest to the amateurs of pugilistic exreltence, the wen known characters of both the men. 'llse eapabileiie a of Har mer tire great towards victory, but notwithstanding his lief cheronion knack of hitting, the odds were so changeable and 'various during his late contest with Shelton, that sum( times 3 • to 3 were sported thickly on Harry, null at others Z mid 4 to k against him, that it is but fair to state, he was it the conqueror by dui mere tam of a straw. Shelton dors not want for game nor saience ; and as it aiivars, that hr lest more by chance, that. 'loam 'alit miliiog, lie thinks hint:ail fairly an- - titled to another trial of skill—Neither boxers is a ithout ; plenty of farads, and the sporting men will be somewhat pus sled to bet with any thing like a certainty upon this.fight. ' Joseph and Itiilmaan, the late two 1111hIlerl!fiS1111 Mack mill. ing Lerma with Carter, it is confidently teportcd, are deter mined to try avkieli is the Lost sun lA' the two. and a match is making tier that purpose ; great disputes a tasting at present beta tem the above /lieu of (Wow, respecting the possession of superiosity of boxing attainments. Robinson having rather prentatua ely boasted, pre% lous to his late-fight uilh ter, that Joseph did not come from the tight pia(' for erein,r—thee erten from Joseph now ,proves severe holt ; Ile having ton limited the conflict with Carter fur forty win - gr.; Islidc, on the contrary, Robinson %vita completely vanqiiished in less tlrta. renal Joseph! 4s the favourite, and bets have been titre rial mom him wheal:ter the event occurs, of oto 4. The only cur -0%1110411;re to render the battle complete 6, to provide of Coloer to act us seconds teal buttle•liolders, team whigh the fancy could nut :lid of deriving no small source of amine wait. Carter, It appears/las offered to fight any teas in England ; and, float his receut coaquests, consider• lie has uomplea ly lint an viol to any more Mock oppreitium He is snitch improVad as a scieatifie pugilist. which he clearly evioeed in his late hat- Cc% wit it Robiusoa—there was nudging haerivil it: his mania r of :At:As—lie viewed his aalogonist with much foi diode, nod scarcely made a hit wilhuttuloina material execution ; tending perhaps to remove many doubts that might hithei to have ex isted rta peering his preteiaion as a tii , ta at e boxer. In a severe contest with that !tour °flamers, the late Jaals.l'inver, he Kt oved nut deficient in game; and ha c.bor ; ay ; ! ,54“), if but ;none, ly a:lsl . :rd. o:iv er is tie:: the 'nest likoiy cnsiorese upon the li•r far this e I.( iu—btu Vireo amain( &misting at 14 art, it is 'AU:II4'4IA 1W Dome than •11111, - 1141t to Mama him to Id.. lntglhslic state, .such it, he ass who stri, prod at Sliep:atton. Yore ia.also a Data , : ta..exubs.o between Scroggina. sod 1414:5. . MAY 1 e.