The Statesman. — London, England, 1814-11-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL P fItLIAME,N7I 110USF. O Ltoiti/g. N0v.16. In the Efih Appeal Robertson r. Duke of Athol, Sir S. Itn tuilly and ,‘lr. Leach were heard for the Appellant, and-Mr., Dinner nod Mr. Adiuts for the Itespondew.—Further hearing on Friday. CONVENTIONS. _ . The tarl s of LIVERVO6Cprese substance of three Conventions. supplementary to the Treaties of Chaumont and Paris, concluded betu een Great Britain, A tbiria, itussin, and Prtassiti s and also Copier of certain additional Articles to these Conventions s old* were laid on the table. The Earl of tivioiroot. al.o , in answer to a tlocel.top • front Ls& I)osoughlwere.stais:d. that no pnblie business would be brought forward without due notice.—Adjourned till Friday. NOUSE OF COMMONi. - :: LONDON 'DOCK COMPANY. • • • • Mr. MAINVPIG obtained leave to bring in a Bin atikatead • the Loadon Deek!AaL SEAMEN'S BILL. • Mr. IMlXlDE4tbrought ea the Report on the Bill td Uarid Vowed Peliy.Officers ‘ Seamea. and Marino« Iller aadAddtfalseilleea..,—Ortlereil to be read a third litairte. BOROUGH or lIELSTONE. Mr. - SWAN gave notice, that on Tuesday next he should move ter leave to•leave to bring in a Bill for the better prevention of Bribery and Corruption in the Borough of Be!stone. SINKING FUND. Mr. LUSHINGTON obtained lenie to bring in a Bill for the due apportionment of the residuary personal estate of; Mom Maria Repoli& to the use of the Sinking Fund. Mist' GLASS Mr. W. FrrZGERALD then moved, that the .nnuse should go into a Committee, to lake into con sideration the Repeal of Duties on Glass imported 'We Ireland. On the question being put that the . Speaker do • heave the Chair, Mr. D. GIDDY rose and said, that he had al ways admired the political union between Great Britain and Ireland : he considered it' one of the happiest effects ever produced by the illestriess.ta lents of the late Mr. Pitt ; and he trusted that the Howie would consider the propriety of a consolida tion of the taxes, and an approiimation of the system of the two.coantries. Mr. FITZCERALD agreed, that it was very a _pediencto consider - this .measure; but that, in the absence of Lord Castlereagh, who was best acquaint. v ied with ill the details, it would be advisable to pos‘• pane it. The House then resolved itself into a Committee. - Mr. FITZGERALD stated; that in the Act which had received the consent of the House in the last 'Session of Parliament, it was provided that one month .sheuld elapse beforelts operations commenced. Owing to the particular circumstances of the case, a .considerable quantity of glass had been exported from this country to Ireland, and an unfair advantage had 'been taken by the dealers' in getting a drawback far exceeding the duties. There was now,a greater stock .un hand than could be used in three' years; and the pike was doubled, owing to the monopoly. He 'should therefore recommend the repayment of any .duly which'had. been paid by persons in Ireland since ..the - t4th - of hugust,•tbe - day on which the ditty com. .memced according to the operations of the Act, and sheuld move to, bring in a Bill to Repeal the said Act. . blr. PONSONBY would not object to the Hon.! Gentleman's motion, but thought it necessary to say I a few worth on-the outiesiltbat had been imposed last Der on timber and glass exported to Ireland. The 'best title that could have been given to the Bill ins .petieg thaw Matins would Use been " ta-prevent lopristerneutt in - 1 reTandr..! - All the thicchiefs • pro *iced by 'this had bees occiiiotted by the hurry that naturally mutts from putting off busitiess to the • end of the Se sign L.anst If we continued ,this *node of proceeding v as littfivattentieniceisid be paid as on -former. occasions. It loattionieut ras to meet before Christmas, then, to be adjourned for a considerable . time, and after Wards to do nothing till June or July, there would be as thin an attendance of Members, and as great a want of attention, .as during last Ses sion. The effect of this mode was evident. enough from what had occurred on the present occasion ; hat if business was conducted as it ought to be, these things could not possibly happen. By the first Act to which the Right lion. Gentleman Wi tt alluded, the 'duty was nut doublet), but tripled ; het, by that Act, the operation of the law was not to take place till one month after it was passed. That Act was passed no the 14th of July; but by the subsequent ,Act, which was passed on .the 25th of Italy, only eleven days after the former s that claim which postponed the operation of the law was, done away, and the duty imposed NM .the Bth of July. lle was not desirous of pressing hard' upon' this subject, bet he begged (4entlomen to tete nottee and to reflect upon the mischievous consequences of a thin attendance of the. Hattie. Sir M. W., ItittlAY did not rise to oppose the Motion, but could not help making a few observe .oons• to the Coinnvittee: an what took place on • this fill during.4l4, tis Session., A very considerable quantity of glass had been imported to Ireland be fore the Act passed'; ihen the vessels arrived, the officers refused to-hand' the goods unless the ~ d u: ties were paid. The'vessels were, therefore, obliged to be detained; ii 11 4 .10 proprietors could. auks 4* She ComMissionera. That correspOndence produced a letter from the Nett Bon. Gent., stating the' ale, iias then lit ptegress i alitl th at thaalattwoubi - bireli; tereed-oult ellfrrof lily. This he conceived s con siderable injustice to tbe4eaters,. who, on the faith AI ate Alt, hid inipoibut the glass before the duty Was tolnte p_4tce. '' • sircuptr.p VONCA. 'observed, that the ar qcle o f Itelpdwas very material in the manufacturing tirghistr,", hoped that tho duty 'ou that article . ouid tie repealed. • a I •V• .• Mr. FITZGERALHati lytlait!• this :Clrleretsta nces I attending the wising .!iif _the , Thert were certain Excise duties its Ireland, to take effect in one month . ; end when thli Bill was in .virogrels through.the Lay's, the time had been altered to cfir.. respond with them.' Ile was then eoh4eed by illnets, and misfile to-attend the House, and was not there fore aware of die alteration. • Mr. PONSONBY could not help rising again to show the mischievous consequences of postponing the public lousiness. From the late period at which this Act had been passed, it was impossible for per sons to make application to Parliament to correct the' blunders they had committed; whereas had this Act been passed in due time, the mistake might easily batr been rectified. lie then adverted, to the duty on timber, and stated, that Ireland might be fairly said to be a country without any home trade at all : c ik THE STATESMAN.. there was no timber in Ireland spplicabieto In Il of .home consumption, and therefore tit that article ought to b i grrgealed.— ..e.l Mr. STEPHEN (Aiter*tal; that . he wit pu, at what the Right Hon. Gentleman had said, , ,card to the sitting of Parliament. 'According to A. opinion, the House ought to continue to sit, that it might receive an account ofblunders ; but it had sat till the end of July, and' he did . not know that the dog-days had sropparticular operation nu the Bill.' Mr. PONSONBY did not know wiwther he was most unhappy in stating his meaning, or the Hon. Gentleman in comprehending it ; but this was the first time he had ever heard that the dog-days com menced in July. If the Hon. Gentleman would re fer to a certain little hook callect.the Alrganack,,he would find that they did not begin till August. This Bill was pasted on the 25th. of July, and the House rose on the 30th, and therefore there was. no time for the people in Ireland to apply to it. Ills object; was to have proper times and season! for the 'sitting of Parliament. Mr. STEPHEN replied, that .he did not know what difference there might be in almanacks, nor. was he astronomer enoegit to say at what time the dog-star raged in Ireland -‘, but hawing exiinitted an , almanack in his pocket, he found that the dog.daysi commenced on the 3d of July, and not in August ) as. , the Right Hon. Gentleman had s t a te .. • Mr. PEELF - wished to justify the conduct of .the, Irish Treasury, and observed, that every, relief . had been afforded by it. Every appliCation that had been made to the English 'Treasury on thiesilbject had been referred to the Irish Treasury, and the greatest attention had been paid to it: After a fdw words from Mr. Alderman SMITH, leaie was given to oppose theimitLact. • T. QUE sc , PAPERS. - . AMERICAN ACCOUNTS. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GENF.R iL VA TINAM. . Iluttatt, Sept. 13. • DEAR. 8111,-oot gallant little army on this fron ' Het has again signalized itself by gaining a brilliant victory over a part or the enemy's forces pear Fort, Erie. Two of the enemy's batteries sows, carried., the guns spiked, lyunniqns broken:4lk and tbeir magazines blowtt up. action lasted .more tit* I hours. We took nearly 4PO prisoners, among whOhs .are twelve officers. Our loss, except. in officers, 46 small.. The enemy's loss could net have been less than 800 men in killed, wounded, .and taken. We have to lament the loss of Cot,, Gibson, Lieut.-Colonel Ripley, .Col. Aspiittvall, Major-Tritabel, and a few subaltern officers wounded. Gen. Davis, of tit* Militia, was killed ; Gen. PoxiirAightly woundetX; besides some officers, names .nat known: Upon the whole, it was one of the most brilliant sorties ever' made, .and. - succeeded beyond one most sanguine ez pectationS. I am , &Ci • To M. Hitchcock, Esq. S..ls. TARNAM. .11dir.,.....m EXTRACT •I A LETTER FROII 'GENERAL BROWS TO GENERAL GAIN,Es. Head-qnstrters, Fort Erie, Sept. 18. MT DarkaGaNaaAt.,—The sortie that 1 have been coatemplating ever since my return to this place was ordered. yesterday. It succeeded. We carried the enemy's battery, destroyed his battering cannon, and blew up a strong new work which he had erected with ItivieW of destroying Fort Erie. fie resisted manfully,, bit was promptly overpowered : his loss —say 400 prisoners ; his total loss cannot be less then 300 men. I have to lament the loss of many gallant Officers. Our loss is not numerous, and our strength is but little impaired by the splendid achievement. General Ripley is severely wounded '•, Colonels Gibson and Wood killed ; Colonel Aspin wall has lost an arm; and Major Timbrel is, I hear, mortally wounded. RRI - TIST! ACCOUNTg. DISTRICT cexcnir, ORDER. Head-outoters, C;tirp hcfore r.,rt Erie, Sept. 7. Maj or. General De Wet tern le ha ‘i ng been directed to detach a party yesterday evening to eadeasoir hi cut off the enefity l s aqqat, No. 4,- ro . parts - : thitt !lift - mem VMS - 0106 by a ccrinphtly of thi Vtla . yestimetit, and,ono• of •tbe Glengary Light Infantry, joined by theinfantry piquet at Plati4rs,.. and th e detachment of Hie igth 'Light Dragoons , *wider Cape tain• Eustace l the 'bole under the co m mand of Capii I yaw Paterson, of the 6th regiment, and condopted by • Captain Powell, Deputy Assistant Quarter*Master- General. • The enemy'', talccipet was surprised at day-light this morning; of itaidvanced party, which consisted of 4 20 men and an Officer; not one escaped ; 14, Including the Officer, being killed, and seven wounded and taken prisoners. The main body of the Owlet fled towards the forts, purgued by our troops close under the guns of the place, and most have antlered very considerably from our fire.—Our loss has been only one killed thecae slightly wounded. . i The conduct Of thlifittile enterprise raids . great credit hot only on Captain Paterson, commanding the detachment, and on the whole cif the officers and soldiers of width was composed, but on Captain ! Powell; 10 , whom.the enterprise was planned. Ser jealt Powelti. Igth Light Dragoons, has been named to the' tieiatenent-Cloneral% as having again distin h•' • f • guished amsel on this occasion. J. HARVEY. 14 - .1 Col. Dep. Adj.-Cleo. GENERAL ORDER. • /lend•citituters, Monireal, Sept. 29, 1814. •llialgucellency the Commander of the Forcei hay kg reiceiied the official Report of Lieut.-Gen. Drum !goad,. onbeedfair which took place at Fort Erie on 4he.l7th inst., in, which very superior numbers of the enemy were repulsed with loss, entirely. coin cides with the Lieutenant-General in the just tribute of praise he bestows on the intrepid, valour sod-41e termined discipline evinced by the division of troops ender his command, as detailed in the District Ge neral Order - Q(11m 18th Wet. which his Escellency is pleased to order to be published for the general in formation Of the troops under his command. ' (Sigma) 1D W. BAYNES, Adj..Gegt. N. 1 . DISTRICT GENERAL ORDER. tt Ilcad.ouriers. Camp WEk Wore Fort Erie. pt.. 18. ;:. Lieutenant-General Dcumasond having received the Reports of the General Officer in the immediate laisectiOn of the troops engaged yesterday, begs to • .1* his best acknowledgments for their very gal l Lea conduct in repulsing the attack made by the enemy on our batteries with his whole force, repre sented to codsist of . not less than five thousand men, , including militia. The brUlant style in which the battery No. 2 was recovered, and the enemy &key's beyond our intrenchmen'ts by seven companies of the 87d Regiment, under Major Proctor, and three corn. win of the 6th Regiment, detached under Majot Taylor,. excited Lieutenant-General. Drummendle admiration, and wattled these troops to his partici. lir thanks. *-- • _ . . . On the right the enemy's advance was checked• by the Ist 13ata lion of the Royal Scots, supported by the 89th l under tti tiltittillon of Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon of the Royals; and in the centre he was idriveli back by the Glengary light Infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Batteriby t end directed by and w u. i s x h ed e fi fo r EQsome 3tTo u tdh te uee t s t le a tatst troops .• a C l os also ot the e l I P , ir e ee a utn rio ni i n t: d , l net n r.G s o pec ernte t h i ret ch,hatlbeen risked f o rthe.,.itieutenant-Colonel Campbell, consi, ,, rt had not been yet re. 'omitting ompanies of the 6th Reg!, Itetrolutititt was only to compani 04itte 41st and the Incor' apply to the service of the year 1815 that part of which su ported the troops engaged, those war taxes already voted, but now intrepived. The Lieutenant-General deeply The Resolution was then agreed to. • • • fortunate circumstances of weather iv% The next. Resolution. was for making the sum of enemy to approach unperceived cloie_ 15 millions in the Treasury, and owing •on ac- the. position, and tiuutort t a. aipoderabica v count of the Property Tai and War Taxes applica- - , Ot ' the reginietil EP Walt erifie.stiriUlierai thee4lin ble to the same purposes. ~ T he severe liss_ in killed and.....wa • -"IL This Resolution was ;Ilse ewer, 49., •• . I Bth, or Kiti's• 'and . Wititesille-- • Mr. LUSIIINGTON mOseiT:a4Lesolution, which . sutraved„Afforclsincontestilite proof , Iris agreed to, for giiing the private Traders to India (eq. avai not gained wi thout wvigorout greeter facilitiwwith respect - to bonding. is equally olivine:: that !Nr bloik.ll o , The Report was then brought up l and agreed to.— was .wellAgended by the !sixty of the Adjourned. r stationed in it,. . ;,,. , • • . • „, • Lienteriantageneral 'Drtrestnond debted to MajoriGe'rierild'e . Wdtevi eivas araststgement.s,asie! htr lifoto dintl th ll l l oo l e , reliMlC9,i . C 4) ,.. R0413' rd' ling tee elliatirts oyal Artillery and Engineers,' fbi Situlii:Generat Storin, whir jn short time hetore the•Atacik the Liti is debted 'for'hieissisfswee l and iii of the General &WWI& persoaki .Lients.-Getreral` Drateatona 'vets wounds which have &pared titters* of the services of Col,' fitcbeeltlitif son and Gordon. • 11 ' ' Litint-eokreels ' Fitche'r; hive peripiggia to propel WithisA very of their wounds. . . (Signed) J. HAMMY; Cleat.-0 , . MonTitgAL, A QM. 1.-Ofilr King I dent writes on the 27th nit- that ak received from Fort Erie of the 'M. mond, apprehensive alto attack by soperior.ntimbers, had fallen hack a a new position, said to be very str was in high spirits, notwithstanding" We understand accounts reached stating, that the American squadrot Sackett's Harbgar,rith 3000 regebh litia, proceed to the head of the Is the troops 'll. Twelve-mile Creek. intelligence is unfounded. tau El*, Ms...L-4n the Cana& strength has lately been so great,.*' ments hare scarcely been more tit cover the casualties, particilarly i , :ion. If, at any time,- ie . can bot Must be admitted that on laurels 1 a Ie Bonaparte, by overwhelming reitunately for u•s, such :has lately judq.-of the European wars, tlest a American States, et this. day, rep the attention of ,the na ' • is 0 L( puny warohat the Cle it is said the prayer appropriated to a time Molts. - .7 _ . - . . A Yet; pony as.ano war Is, our wasting by ihoftsfindif, end .that wi able to prevent the enemy:from sir( wive:renal :taking root an *British . ihriVelltatitte as one regiment( is equal rto a xigirtiriit, - istilnother, a, sent to, MI tire vacancies. „Great. II a certain : oMM- of troops onlfoot— they most be, wherever they away br not; ilitert; double or treble the num are most wanted. at the' station wit the tug of war 2 Because the Caned. quered af the commencement of the were ecarcely any troops in the ceui lion iadrawn, according to spiwarongtar thousands additional are more than' elusion egregiously erroneous. Ai Ike wi‘r the Americans were much titere . iiecidedly oppOsed to hostili were - • 'arms not yet 'become soldiers. mained uneenquered, we had to tha divisions; Weakness, and want of than our obyn strength. Ite'case at .present is greatly at, are the'Americatts now become sold but they the much more united, as ed, when, instead of being assailant their defence. - If the war be to he certain it is, that it will become n troops shouLd be greatly reitiforci enabled to act with weight and effect which they may he led. If these suggestions be not the si litary men, they are those of commt oat of a stete of things that must be Great Britain, if shecontinue the we, view it as a purty.war,'but as a COW my by no means to be treated with tempt. She' will find it as nccessar! strength in Aitterlca as she-did-iet-t) - 71(ii Europe her purse, PreCluded th , sending armies to the north, by her tfie supper: of nations, Iv puse with her. In America she ht few Indians. - In•an American war, •,_ not only open. her pekrie,, but her, ~ fought by Britoni; and that at .ever More eatensive coast thin the shorts then, it be her wish to vanquish r ehe a few, but many-mat' her • thous*? thousands; but her hundreds of must crush, and speedily, if she w °way. She must not be tprned fro! American minding, or delusive art found•in Mr. Monree's deceptive Cochrane. 'Misrepresentation, eve aion, are the common weapons. of men. Inadequate . as has been our for Americans from Upper Canada, or to ment of a ny other ohlect t yeti. on late rein forcemeniilree tki Conti the embarrassment . saernett to . Imt 1 them: as a proof , thf hth.battalion ► disbanded, though:ctiatellion that racks. Perhaps, it from itnow be a burthen, thitAltnetextuivk relieved us of a few thousands , ktui new corners may tralliii ) bratttimOt t thaws ) room ; we take, it s Insist be 11114•1.M..M... rPOWS the Right lion. ,Qentlernan t lutX ou further.expla 't - The ClikN 11.011 of irprized said, thaiotabe . Ilexes with in re- year ifil4,,N cortildirable pai ig to his mired. The object of the I t ing Field ON *.:44 vat **ha* fit' Thihapernarreerinihednra,b4temi T istsii: Prat's best think; O' isting of ttbe .f' ;invent, the to fa se to tho di iriderable•suggh, 4g inrd V at !he pet it 6"his klko. 0 ,'s regimen( its 'Ol r that N 0.4 4, .ti one resistantefi t - ii nose on the riot al le King's rtgihe tt lfe tl feels gpiifty it. ! ' a virile, for hhj o l. '0 dahlia tt . . off e it i I'o ll ol :at bit 11 1 rand Nen %oh 111 sr ltrpiii iise a nin idilli.assey i .1 utenaat‘two i v If he to the offk oi • al staff. it .qtly regrets the .F my for them, * -.j, tt.-ColonelsPre t .' •It , n, and Gard' rs .• ' h a tar for the Nts. ;:.! . .. 4 I ;0: Dep.-AdjLth: :i '.I gston Corrtipi f , .0 tecounts'had WI 't td. Gen. Dew . .1 y the enemy xi* . j a mile, and take •/ Tong. The au, AI the sickly sew s ° 1 rown last emir, I m had 'ailed Ink t ars and 2000 ill, st Lake and humid • I .—We think lib -1 . 1 alas. the waste of ' that thnteillotttl 1 flan adequatiA- ' in the right tli* : a s . r u t e o am n C o be t tli r i 1 11 . .4.10 Y bean the mt4l4. a contest with l'a R tea reply call . ay treated as such a wi l scruple to rent le of war ,14 . WI .. • and s pi a te i gn t , fd t , t s o ligo u hnne re f s t re n gth dia.y o iH u s: r i mit i s :n h t di t , i ti them. ; Y r: . Britain .toast keep —fed and clothed Ise statics* ; why nbers, whole they bete most be trbd dai were notcar ,e war, when there antry, a roods' !once', that a I'v i . e „ cog o. A ros• ,t the beginoittg of i divided. Mane ities ; the few in s. If then wen- ank the Amerina ' discipline, non leered. Not only diers by pradicel edre e: p a u pet iotes„ : o 4 l e en ta c s e(tec c ign . iik o i ,e i t C i s t ts t i: : ha r o t i re i y u ba p.atsohi_fasitttos.oui SuggeStiOnt of . son sense, 2 e obvious tow .. 'or, Mustno Isar 'diet teltirlut ent" 1 3 or held lit c''' ll KunTP,, / Is ertrs . i i e.gev • byo i cit. an o rintoplltin p tocr ; i sar ini t i utrbl. mi f :ometo f o suo i 1 I r uit, o t s 0 of. must•. sh. o Ilia mast' 14 " sands; or tens • f thousand's. • would end gi 5m ter purpose , such es matt answer to Adah vasion, and deko American stunts` • i i tree to impel to the acoompi the arriOl of Fr :Went 01 Built?' what to do 4 0 tof inilita has heti . t required no Ittt_• wing our " cut l l! . re very eharitakil lurthenceme M,* I t ji . ile k *ltr 41 - bi '11;14:0 * Alf 4‘ l1 0 1 : 1 • I . i . ! TIMBER ACT. On the motion of Mr. FITZGERALD, the House went into Committee on the CustOm duties on timber, deals, and staves, imported into Ireland. He stated, that his object. had been to assimilate the revenue of Ireland as much QS possible to thai of ;England. Ireland had been called upon to make .great pecuniary sacrifices, and hence arose the ne cessity of making a direct taxation. Ile had thought it, proper, therefore, that there should be an equftli. zation o f duties. Great misconceptions had, however, gone abroad upon this subject. It had been stated, that the duties on timber had been raised 1000 per celif. ; whereas the fact was, that the price of Swedish timber la Ireland was 91. 10s. per ton, and Memel timber 101. 10s. • so that the duty was not more ` 35 per cent. on th e entire price,of the ar ticle. Persons had complained that the duty was an interruption to the building trade ; but it was only such an interruption as every other tax imposed by Pirliament. Part of the duty, however, was not intended to continue longer than the war; and therefore he shiiiuld move, .that the duties now paid on timber, deals, and staves, should cease, and other daties subfttitsted in their room. Mr. FIONSONBY said, that the law pressed more paiticularly on deal., as the greatest portion of the timber imported into Ireland consisted of that article. It would be necessary, therefore, that the House should have time to consider of the modifications which the Right Hossestablo Gentlenian had to pro. pose to: there. 12. v. 1-- - Mr. ilitflt KAM) state, that he hat considerable attention to the 'object, and hordL i - stilted se‘eral merchants, who were satisfiedisstb the scale of charges he had made. He treitedoe fore, .that the House would approve'cf the modidca- Bons of his Bill. It was then agreed, that the present dutliaaltould cease, and new duties be imposed; and theli4ort was ordered to be received to-morrow. i. COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS... „ s The House having resolved itself into a Cam mittee, The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER said, that the first Resolutions which he would pro pose were merely those annual taxes which' had been customary to vote for many years. He should after wards proposea Resolution for issuing EiclAuerßills to the amount of twelve millions and a half, to re place the Exchequer Bills stow payable. • . On the first Resolution being put for . the Confide. since of the Malt duty, Mr. PONSONBY said, that he did not rise to Oppose the motion, but he took that opportunity of saying, that he wished to know when the House nitiuld beinformed of the whole amount of the ex penditure? The ChjANCEtLOR - of the 'EXCHEQUER said, the each a statement would very-solo be made, probably in a few days. . Mr,.IVIIITBREAD wished to remind the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of-the Exchequer) that he, a few days ago, had expressed a doubt whe t !her, .by the existing law, the- property-tax would not expire on the sth of April. He wished to know Whether he entertained such a doislotit present, after hiving again read the Act i The CHANCELLcaottbe EXOWECI — ' — ' 15E4t - tlid net wish te'ritrry Opinion of bia• aria as to the point of law; but it appeared to him,-open rending the Act, that the obvious construction of it with as it ippearetrto the Hon. Gentleman. • Mr. WHITBREAD_ wished that be would state more decidedly what the opinion of Government now was respecting the tegal•ftaration of this tax ! -- , Such staternenewohld give ',considerable satisfactiOe to the public. . . 3: he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER . give no answer. . .... -, ~ , , - The, first ResOlation.respectiog the tax on Malt, iiha, if he i lie l Aiiirreipecling the tax on Pensions, were then agreed to. : ~ , ' The thirditesofistiOn was for applying the amount etcertaiii ditties on Sugar and Malt, as well as cos.. tain duties-4 Skase on Tobacco and 0 3nuff I to the service of tO s yleat 1815. Mi. PO ONRY wished to know whether it was intended, bt this Risnlution, to continue those war taxes for another yeas?, i . „ .. The CHANCEIsLOA .4.1• the•XCHEIIVER implied, that the abincePf the Reinlki4 vr e 4 not to give any extension to the war - s, ~ t taxeetZt t iii ivelp to apply what had beat al . alit,44* seal the .. ensuing year. ' ' • ' '. ' .1 : ' " •A. ri . • Mr. PONSONBY did not 7 - -4 .1., • 8411161141 reaftestimis -4 • -.