The National Register. — London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

Irr7wo447tegmter7v — A•mk THE NATIONAL ttEGIsTEtt. The.irish Airool.Fot posiation*Prohibitiii BM went through a Committee, and wa reported. After some further routine husine”, when several Bills of a lac it and private nature acre forwarded through their various stages, the Howe adjourned until this day fOrtuight. • - HOUSE OF COMMONS. i' MONOtY, APRIL 11. Nir W. Curtis gave notice that on the 27th instant he should move for leave to bring in a Bill rendering child-stealing an indictable otreace. Mr. Calcraft gave a notice for the 3d of May, on the Papers produced respecting the sailing of the Rochefort squadron. SIR (7. Pate, in a speech of some length On the subject of the floNal 'Cava! As)lum, stated various abuses which had crept 1..10 the appointment of officers, and moved a resolution, that it was the opinion of the Howe that fit and qualified per-. sons only, such as had served in the Royal Navy, or in the Ma rines, should he appointed to of in that as Wm. The motion was resisted by Mr. Rose, who moved the pre lions question. After a debate of some length the House di vided, when Mr. Rose's amendment was carried—Ayes 71. — Noes .16. nuncirr. Tirr, 01.4yrri,LOR or ruE Evcrirgrrß suhtnitted to the Committee the annual statement of the tinaoces of the Country, v ith the exception of the terms of the loan, which is not yet rontraeted for. Having grated the coin' . rativc amount of the tuppltes, and Ways and Means for the %ear, the Chancellor of the F.‘chequer proceeded to state the Additioual Annual Charge created. The interest wanted for the loan of eight millions, and for four millions of Excloltwr Bills, would amount to something ahou X. 750,000. To cover which, there was Short An nuities fallen in Annual Savior on the management of the Public Debt Increase upon the As , esserl Tattr 125,000 Atri in order to make up the deticieury which still rem:tine:l, he should pro pose certain moditications; and ad ditions to the eNistim.; Stamp Du ties, which he calculated would pro duce 200,000 Total amount el annual rl►,arge 1/.750,000 Total amount of provision made for meetiug the an nuai charge X. 770,000 Pt n. P acrr4 t proceeded to state the outline of the arrange ments which he meant to introduce into the collection of the Stamp Duties, front w hich he expected that the r old ie were to derive an annual advantage of 200,000!. At present the Stamp Duties were collected under the provisions of from si xty 10 seventy different Acts of Parliament. These Arts he meant to digest so as that they might be all reduced to one general Act. Ile proposed that a duty of 20 1 . should be attached oily upon admissions to officers of the yearly value of NM/. and upwards ; and that persons should pay only 8/. 011 being admitted to offices of inferior value. Indentures and articles of clerkship to at tornies practising ia the higher Courts he proposed that a dut . of only 1 10!. he paid ; on indentures and articles of clerkship to attornies practising - in the inferior Courts that a ditty of out , 5.5/. shall lie paid : and also that the last mentioned duty shall he paid by apprentices to writers to the Signet in Scotland. On collations and donations he should propose to lay an addi tio..al tax of 2/. and it was his intention also that infefttnents. which at present paid a duty of 11. lOs. ',lntl! he subjected to a duty of 31. Ile hoped, also, that the Committee would see no objection to subjecting grants of honours and dignities to the same scale of taxation which they now paid in Ireland. He would also propose to repeat the duties in all eases where the leases on Crown lands were chargeable with a duty of 20 1 . where those were not considered as beneficial. It wag als o hi s internioa to diminish the tax on small pensions, and increasing it upon those watch were to a considerable amount in point of value. Policies of Im-taro:tees on Lives he thought ought to he taxed ; as well as Promissory N ot6t re-issitable hv people rarrvio4 on hanks im the emote} ; with this view he propose(' that persons re-issaing- promisAiry notes shall he obliged to take out a licence, for which they shall pay 201. a year, ;tad that all i”'IlIT, Is. promissory rotes re-issouble, arid whit+ at present paid a stamp duty of 3d. should pay a duty of 4d. and that when they were only payable in the place where they were issued, they should pay a duty of 6d. lie should also propose that transfers of shares in joint stock companies should he paid in future upon its real value at the time of the transfer, instead of its nominal value. lie should likewise propose, that a defy of one shilling should he imposed upon all summonses before Masters in Chan. eery. The existing taxes upon legacies, he meant to remove by the introduction of a new regulation for putting the resi duary legatee on precisely the same fimting with the others. Conveyances of land which at present pay a duty of thirty shillings, whatever may be the value of tho land, Isere also hi matter for arrangement. lie proposed, that when the con. vcvanee did not exceed the value of DO/. it should only pay a duty of it. ; that when it was of the value of from 1301. to 300/. it should pay U. 1O6.; when it was of the value of from 3 to 3001. that it should pay 2/. 106.; that when it rose to the value .1 10001. it should pay V. 106. and so on, carrying the tax in no instance more than 1 per cent. upon the consideration. The Chancellor of the Exchequer concluded with observing, that he had brought forward his financial statement to give Gentle men full time to peruse the schedule which had been prepared, and to form a judgment of its merits before they sera called upon to give it the sanction of their approbation. Mn. Rinortrn contended that there was no necessity whit e‘er for the Right lion. Gentlemen to have imposed any new taxes upon the people for the service of the ensuing year. After a few observations from Mr. Tierney, Mr. Davis Gidtly and Mr. Vansittart, Mu. ih:SA moved that the Mil of 726,0f:01. he issued crow the surplus of the Consolidated Fund fur the service of t:ie ear 1808, which Resolution being agreed to, the Mousy resumed, and the Report was ordered to be received tn-morro - .v. On the third reading of the Reversion Bill Mr. Whithre,ol stated his objection to the Bill, and deprecated the connivance of his Majesty's Ministers in throning the late Bill out of the House of Lords. MR. P 1 RCEV.4I. denied the assertion. SPEAKEtt than put the question, that the Bill he read a third time, when Lord Porchester rose, and with a etinlicimilile degree of animated argument. proposed an amendment, whicit went to alter the preamble of the Bill, and make it more agree able to the feelings of the public. Six Bun:JETT animadverted with considerable severity on the secret party which exi,ted hostile to Ministers and to the Blouse. lie said, we had kings dethroned, and States annihilated. by armies of merrenaties. We ought to be a peo ple united together, confiding in the present '.llinistry, hut not in the present (iovermnent ; and that was all this great Nation required. Ile did not think the Bill went far enough, and not going the proper length, he should oppose it entirely. The House divided, Vol . the original motion IN: for the Amendment, 60—Maioritv 5/. The Bill was then read a third time and passed.—Adjourned. TrrST4 V, A rnit. 12. Mr. Alderman Sha►v pre,ented a l'etition from the T)cbto►s in the Fleet Prison, praying relief.—l,nid on the table. ROMA %TIM I.lCs. Mr. Crattatt presented a Petition from the Roman Catholics of Ireland, praying relief from the they now endure, and that they may he restored to the free participation of the rights and privilegep of British subjects. It was, however, 163 duty to state, that the Petition was signed by a great 'norther of persons, and that there were a variety of names a!lixed to not written by the persons whose names they purported to he, but written by others, under their authority. Ile should there fore move that the Petition be received as the Petition of those individuals who had actually subscribed it. Srfincrot said, that the rule was clear, that a Petiticin so signed could not be received. The names of thow so pia down might, however, be detached, and then the Petition, be ing less , objectionable, might he received. Some conversation then arose, which terminated in Mr. (;rll tan withdrawing :he Petition, giving ,wt ice that be should pre sent it again on the 16th of May, in a less objectiona b l e form, :Id on that day he should move that it be taken into com.ide ration. nr.rrtcc•r. OF TYIE COVNTRY. Lona rasrtruc.snor rose, pursuant to notice, to state his new Itlttist Plan, for the Internal Defence of the Intintr‘. • omn►enced a most eloquent harangue, and said, to re-t meaty OD voluntary service, to deny Government the weans of ioaktvg 24 .`