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2O SHOP WINDOWS' DUTY REPORT. The Meet 'Committee appointed to inquire. into Ole Duties on Houses anti Windows, so far as they affici house• n( which a shop forms a part, and to report their / sham:ohms thereupon to the House ; and w Witolll the s:veral petunias presented to the House in tins Session of Parliament. relative to the said duties, were referred, have, pursuant to the outer of the House, examined the matters mu them leferreJ, mid agreed to the fitllowing report : That it appears to rout Committee, from the evidence of the stoveyo:t of taxes. as well as of me shopkeepers examined besnre them, that a very contolerable increase of charge falls nj:nn the retail shopkeepers. fnini the tootle in which it has been the prsctice to fix the rate able calve of their houses in assessing them to the duty on inhabited hotter.. Under the acts now in force for levying this duty. a dwelling-house. part of which is converted into a shop, or to which a shop is attached, is liable to an Ass:omen' upon the whole value of the tenement. It will be seen, 4 0 wever, bolo the evidence taken before your Commit tee, that the addition of the shop, on the converting part Ail the slw.elling.house to that sue, increases its value, in almost all ..titations, and in sonic more than doubles it ; sk) that a house, which, if occupied for the purpose cl iohahitancy, would be rated at ':3l. per anions, is weal et,;,01. it, consequence of part of it being occupied for the ptirkose of carrying on the shopkeepet's trade. It is therefisf.: spine clear, that she tax upott dwellio4.hosites acts directly as a shop tax in these instance.. The next subject to which you, Comusito e directed their attention was the effect produced by the present manner of toting the lights in shops to the it indow duty. Where • shop is higlued by a large frame sm each side of thettoor, and a fan-Aktlit above the door, or glass in the door. however large the apertittes for tight maw be, they are rated at three; where these is lost nue Loge frame, and a door or fati-4111, they are rated at two. — Is appears, howeser, to your Committee, that if sto:h part of the house as is occupied as a shop, was actually used for the purpose of inhabitancy only, the saint. ;minium of apertures for the athuission of liatu wool(' be necessary in the sante space: to that the shatkeeper is not, generally 'peeking, charged more to the window duty than any other occupier of a house of similar dimen sions; while, by the exception in his favour, contained in the act for regulating. this they, he it enabled to ob tain much-snore light from the same ntinther of aper tures, as he is permitted to have them of any size, pro s ii!et; they contain one frame only. Your "C tttttttt Mee having stated what doer : conceive to Le a well•limooleil tritium' of complaint mum the pitt.of site shopkeepers, withregard 'odic inhabited home dotty. tnought it right to irapine• into me probable diminution of revenue in tl pa...ci!ar branch, if l wi I s l yi ng 6/100 attaches' wakens should Ise assessed at their ualste ,I welling hones s merely. They bate not, however, been able tool's:sin anything IsLe an accurate estimate upon this point ; a calculation of the par, ist ease such ;saris of houses as are occupies' as shops were Ctt-1111)1011 from shiny, colirely, was delivered sa your Convomee by the Secretary of site Ascssed 'h axeg. station that lens at about toss,oool. ;ter a M is t as your Comotillecclo riot contemplate the necessity • ef an entire exemption from ditty of those parts of hssuses, such a calculation dues not give the necessary informa tion. June 10, I 3 ;9. OUTIVIGE OF A SPANISH FRIGATE UPON A BRITISH: MfiIICHANT3IAN. The following letter from Genoa has been re scived at the Underwriters'-routn, Liverpool :--. '•4.ir.NoA,June 14. "‘ Stx,—We must acquaint you. chat the schooner Brunswick, of and froiu }our place, Alexander lienting, inaster, arrived yesierilay iit this i ort, and hating !carnet!, that during her voyage site met with a tery ineforitutate occurrence of a most lamentable and c hocking swore we hasten to communicate it to you. for the visfurtnation of the Counniat►e. IVe think we cannot fulfil our duty better on this. occasion than in transmitting a coy of the minutes extracted from the journal on Ward oi scud acklmer. COPY or TIM . :%1 r.—Light breezes, ais.l clear ;deacon' tvtiather. People employed variously. At kite o'clock several sail in sight, Cope St. )aria, distant about fire leagues, under all possible studding-sails low and alo: t. A,t ID saw a ship on our larismull bow, model her, topsail. At II p. ut. hate his ciaits top-sail to the toast, and fired a gun-shot athwart our bow •we rats-tinder his stern ;he hailed its En glish • Wltat ',met and where from r Answered • Bruits, I„se t e l mol, and from Liverpool, mid sevetal o t her questionsovitiels were all correctly answered. He antlered us to tacttee-to and to run to leeward of hint. \Vta tcnk in. oar lalltillillg•64.11% square-sails, Sze..wore and run tinder his. ler, WI the starboard tack, distant from hint a. good cables length. Ile seat his boat altni;4 . -sitle. when the above spestions were repeated, rt hich we answered as before ;. likewise asked the sch6o lives and. trartcr's halite, what cargo? and was answer ed 4 genera/ cargo bar Gents; Leghorn, and Smyrna. About five militates:lller his boat lest us, be bore up, and run right on board of us ; his anchor taking our gun wale before the main rigging, and while lie lay itt that situation, tired. a. gum in the wake or the fore-ri i :gi,,g, ultieh severed. the body of Mr. IV.tlker, passenger, and wounded twit others, namely, his SerVAllt. Alexander i‘reastle, in she right arm and bond. and likewise I is face, and Ch Irks Watersott, seaman. in the eyes, and blew seeetal. bolts itt the 111.6:I.:kali. iiavittg tweeted the peak to get clear of hint, they were out tot point of firing two other guns, when we baited hint repeatedly, and k a,' I we were English. ' We fortunately got clear s‘Mhottt 4ie assist:Luce he never .even scut a hantl..ta TILE NATIONAL REGISTER. hear off, or satisfy us at u!!. We got our square. sail set, and were proceeding on our course, when 1 . 15 i hailed us a second lone, and ordered its to heMe to; he then sent a boat alongside with an °Hirer in captains uniform, and ent.eavoured to represent it as an accident : he was very CIO, and apo'n4ized, saying, that a Patriot brig ht.l taken a Spanish fritrate wi It 500,000 dollars oi l hoard. He offered us ever, assistance it We would Ito to tilthe morning. After Muting the two wounded men were not its immediate danger, we refused n. Tried the pumps, and fotnal we niacin no more ii atcr than while foul of him. IVe carried away our bul warks on the statboard gitarter..boars, davits, and die : salered sundry damages tat the Rigging and sails, stove the jolly-bout in, Sm. " From the information we receiver{ from the boat's crew, we learned, that she was a Spanish frigate, name !twee, :mil wss formerly a Russian frigate. We remain, ivy respectfully, Your urinal obedient hemble servants, (Sign,.') "'GAEL' MAC() and ‘N'AI,SII. " John Conway, Esq.. Secretary to toe COMlllillee, Unittrwriters'-rooni, Liverpool." Extracts from " An Account of the Gaols, Pcni. tentiaries, and House.{ of Correction," just pub. lisluxl by order of the House of Commons, So. of 1 risonerst each Gr7.atest No. of ' Gaol is capable of prisonas at one containing tune in 1108. Bedford Gaol 53 51 Ditto !louse of Correction 24 54 Ditto Town Gaol 8 IA Reading Britlewell and Howse of . Corrsttion C.I 73 Sliddlewich I louse of Correction 60 180 Bodmin New Prison ll4 183 Derby 11 omit: of Correction.. 24 27 Cheaerfreld !Sous. , of Curiection 29 27 Al.hborne House off. Correctiou to 71 Devon High Gael 136 146 Devon House of Correcti 1 on. f. Binh in 1809 to con.) . j 33 Contain 72 petrol's ), 33 Dorchester Gaol 'BB 176 Newport House of Correction-- 40 43 Colchester Cantle 2B 52 Barking House of Correction— 32 (conveniently) 46 Colchester Felons' Gaul 8 12 Saffron Walden Iloux of Cor 2. 6 Glocester County Gaol ~ Wincilester Gaol l2! 104 Hertford. ltridewelL ....... Alaidstone Gaud 220 236 Dartford Bilden - ell so 113 St. Augustine's Gaol 4l 76 Lantaster Castle 390 584 Salford New Bailey 382. 752 Leicester County Gaol .. GO 91 Spalding Gaol 24 34 Folkingiumi 110U6C of Cor ' 20 31 Cohlbeth-lieldr Prison 4CO 472 Tuthill-tields 11;idewell l4u (734 exc-cro Wed.) Alotimotith Gaol - 42 36 Norwich Castle 37 707 Wymondhani Prison Yo 47 Walsingliani Whined] ta 29 Norwich Gaol 34. • 35 Northampton Comnion Gaol 64 104 Newetustie llint,c * of Correction 32 33 South weil llou.e sit* Correction— 30 103 Oxford Castle Gaol 133 163 Lveleliester Gaol 220 2'26 Bath Pinson 3l 72 (all debtors.) Bristol Bridestell 36 45 Built for 170, about ) Stafibrd .County Gaol to be enlarged to ,%. 20 I accommodate 221 I Wolverhampton Prison 3O 104 llorseinouger-lane Ga 01... ...... 156 321 Guildford Bride well 36 52 Kingston Iltideevell 5O 64 Newington I louse of Correction 50 121 Southwark Borough Compter 64. 82 Warwick County Gaol 230 515 FOR WALES. Glamorg.—Cowbridge Britieweß 3J 36 Pcsitbr.—Haverftird w. Castle , 2 59 Beverley House of Correction— 42 (with convenier.ce) 73 Amount of Crimival Oilinulers under and above the age of 17, confined ui County in England, du Under 17. Above 17. Bedford 9 97 Berk, 5. 1.69 Buckingham 5 139 Canibsielge. Chest./. ........ 34 219 Cornwall Cumberland ..... Derhy..... l 3. 183 Devon 35 395 Dorset 10 142 1 Durham 7 74 , • lis,ex 41 415 Glocester ...... 42 326 Hants 42 425 . 1 I lereford 1 123 I 11 ertford 7 173 I Huntingdon 1 43 Kent 44 538 I.atruote" 214 1434 1 Leicester l7 IE7 the several prisons of each gyring 1818. Under 17. Above 17. I .ineoln —.. II 306 Nliddlesea 239 13443 Monmouth r 39 Norfolk 47 217 Northimmtun 2 127 Northumberland 153 140 Nottingham 76 241 Oxfurd 3 110 }Jutland Salop 5 117 Somerset B3 4 I Stafford Y7 g 33 I 9.ltrolk l9 197 Satrey 3O 496 1 Sussex lO 1 wti IWarwick 42 witl %Vista's'laad 0 21 Wilts YS'. 1114 1 %Voir:ester— -1 York Vt) 153 A letter from Gibraltar, of the 19tia.alt says : " The Emperor of Morocco is about to take the field with an immense army against a large tribe of Arabs who lately defeated and wounded one of his sons,.und succeeded in making one of his wives a prisoner. Trude at Gibraltar continues in a most distressed state, and no demand whatever for any kind of produce." . . _ M;reaatile •letters received from Palermo, and other ports in the Mediterranean, to the Bth June, g ive th e same gloomy accounts, as to the state of trade, as those from most other parts of Europe and America. They, however, contain the most grati fying accounts of the uhundanee'of the crops of every description of grain and fruit, which are said to be great and luxtuiant beyond Xll former precedent. Jt7LY 19. FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. -.1, CROWN•OFFICE, Jots, in, ixl9. MEMBER 10 SERVE IN TaIS PIIEBENT PARLIAMENT: Borough of Met too. The Bight lion. Dudley tlyths, in the rotnn of W. Fitrbtugh. Esg. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. BANKRU PTCI ES SUPEItKED ED. E. Ratlfincl. Strand. 4. reseoelc. E.ist Fed, Xliddlesex Oh:Waller. 11. G. and W. Lang Ackerington, Lows:tur.calico-priuters. BANKRUPTS. J. Cox. jun. Emsworth. chair maker. K. Worrall. and Andrew Pope, Bristol. bankers.. J. Willis, Wardour Street. Westminster. coach maker. T. Bell, Pinner'a Hall. Old Bro.ll Street..inianance broker. W. H. Hayward, Nlanchester, cotton spinner. C. Co:ton, Andover, Hants, g-reer. J. W‘Bittl.ill and E.. Fayle, Dyer's Court. Aldermanbilry factors. J. Asldrons, Edreorre Bead,. Mary lc-bone, coal merchaut. E. Bryant, Old Broad Street, surgeon. T Bennett, Darunouth, 1)evon„ merchant. G. Brown, Broad Strict, bt. James's uphol , tercr. W. Wri,/ht, Chipping, Burnet llertioro, J. H. Mullenerurx, Liverpool, merchant. G. l'ador,„ Plyroutl, linen draper. G. Law. 3:enchanter, grocer. J. F. Giblin, Burtlow, Catubritlg:, E. 11a) ward. ren. Lit erpeol, machent. J. eIIP>H6W• Stockport, Chester. cottommanufacturerse .1. Bee, Worksop, Notting:l 4 t. butcher. B. I)ryden, Newcastle-upon.line, "tocer. J. Cutunrimr4 Chapel-yard, Spiral kluare,tucrellant. .1. G..lones. N(urk Lane. cora factor. W. 11'diks. North Shields, merchant tailor. T. Ainswonit, I.ittle llolton, Lancaster, bleacher. J. Myers, Yarmouth, Norfolk. merchant. J. Lay. Soutlinnolton Street. looter. R. Reynolds, Glowyenter Street. Middlesex. carpenter. J. 1). 4;lth-cry, CIUII/11 Street, Finsbury Square, silk manufar.. tures. _ _ . .. 11. Berry, J. Bruadbcnt. J. Wilsc4. scn. aadJ. jur. Yolk. it,:intitlacturns. . . . . . . . S. Wornill, A Pope, andJ. Edmonds, Bristol. bankers. DIVIDENDS. July 51, J. Saila. Greystoke I'lace, Fetter Lane. builder...v. Sizer, Hilburn 11111, mercer--51. J. Brindisi'. Panerm Steger, Tottenham Court Ilia:el. auetionter—::t. J. Simp.on and W. G. Fairman, Old Change, factor —3l. J. Bell, Church Street, Spi. bombruteen manufacturer-51. J. !ha. Chatham, ta il o r-31, A. lirookshank and A. Moody, Long Lane, Her. mondscy. tnnnem--31. A. Saimida, limy street, St. Mary Are, broker-31. S. Cater and .1. Home, %Vatling Stract, warehouse. men-51, .1. and W. Watkin, and It. Carelcsa. Ahlennanbury, merchants-31, G. Upton, Queen Street, Cheapsitle, oil and co. loitr•mereliant—.l T. Herbert, Ilanway Street, Oxford Street, halrenlasiter—Aug. 2, C. Vaux. Itiabop Weannotith, Durham. block maker-5, AI. Wilbur.. North Shields. shipowner--3, . uk. y. Fowey. Cornwall, grocer-5. J. Whittinghatn, Liverpool, grocer-3, J. Cooke, Fareltain, Southampton. tanner--4. Esbetger. Gainsborough, linen draper-10. 'l'. and 11. Whitney,. Alaccleslicht, Cheshire. cotton spinners -6, W. and A. F. Smith, Stockton, Durham, bankers. CFIITIFICATF.S to he granted July Si. G. Darke, Etratrard upon Avon. Warwick, coach proprietor 8. Snow, Albemarle Street, Piccadilly. dress maker—.l. Ming worth. Leeds. merchant—S. Bourne, Leek, Staff:ma, grocer-11. and T. Dundertlale, 'Alanchester, merchants—J. Slade. Fro.= Selwood, Sotricrsetshire. clothier—F. Holder. Whyte, Ilerefonl„. auctioneer—J. French, Frame Selwood, clothier—J. Ivyhridge, Devon, merchant—J. W. Bur:nester and C. L. Vi da, New London Street, merchants—G. Hereby, Liverpool. merchant—l. and IL Conley, East India Charithera, merchants. I;Atitt Hank Stock per tent. 681 i per Cent Cu,,.- 68 11 Per Cent. 761 per (Lem. 501 5 per Cell , . Navy 1021 Loot; A.m. IS 1-16 Otocks. Opitiottt 1. Ilistic 3 per Cent. 6(14 11..tutl; O. di*. lii Sink Exchequer Ktli• 15. 418. C. 1114. for Ar. tit)} Lottery rickets 4:19. ibi. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LOllO4ll, MONDAY, /AMY 12. Dutch and liumburgh Mails arrived on Saturday. The Dttnish Government has published an Orden-. nunce, prohibiting enlistment in the service of Fo• reign Powers, and describing the penalties to be in- flitted on persous who shall contravene this prohiLi. Lion. The anniversary of the re-establishment of the Kingdom of Poland was celebrated with great pomp at IVarsaw on the 20th of June. It is said the New Constitution of the Prussian States has been laid befbre the King, for his examination and upproLation. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Santiago de Chili, March 1 : it contains many par.. ticuhtrs relative to the state of vailtirs in that quarter, omitted in the accounts received by the way of Buenos, Ayres : " Since the Ontario mailed from Lima, htfornintian has been received thritu4h a *baler, 'Token %shit 1111 . ci.114.1 by a cruhter of this maw. recently revised from Valparaiso. ffial the torliais Os I, Colt ut ta ship, and 411±11 . 11% in the port of Callao, %vie diet itarAiiig their cargoes, and that loss at the instance of Capt. 1.-1' 4. of the odromache. whom influ ence, it appears, an.. sufficient to !Horne, this iiidulvenac, though be had sit succeeded in opstliaz the trade. Willi. mime Les just aresed here from Cuquinsfon, that• Lord Cot h. rata. had, as he expetard, met with the Emerald:l and Via • gang., ill:fairs in the Fort of At i. a, a few leagues to the south of Lima, and bovine taken ainc of them, he drove tho oilier ashore, and blew her op. Timm t nubs is rendered the more probahle, as it Wil% known that t h e Viceroy of Pens had sent to Arica. to embark al the diseosabh: force ut UsC vlact fur tlac tkfruce of -.