The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1805-03-16 00:00:00

', cr ies, be said, in the same proportion must be the number ofirosecations, which moldered the expenci o f the contaion something more than 1001. per cent. Sir J. NEWPORT and Mr. FOSTER severally ex- planted. Mr. ALEXANDER spoke very shortly in favour of the Resolutions. Mr. FITZOIRALD, Mr. FOSTRR, and Mr. BUR novas, severally explained. Mr STEWART said a few words against the Resolutions. The first Resolution was then read and agreed to. On reading the second Resolution, for the six per Cent Duties; Mr. MAY rose, and said, he had presented a Petition against these Duties, from the inhabitants of Belfast, and he begged the patience of the Hou .e till he stated a few observations in support of the Petition of his co stituents. They had rot, he said, desired him to present it, from any wish to exempt themselves from the payments of taxes in general, yet from a wish to have taxes imposed in such a n. eier, as to bear equally on all descriptions of e .'• .11 This tax was not so constituted, but bore e-t.teiy, and with peculiar hardship, on the retail .rnycrter, while the wholesale importer was alto. eetaer exempt from it. It therefore affefled great ly the commercial industry of the country, and, as such, be hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would agree to relinquish it. A long and desultory conversation followed, in which Mr. MAY'S objeCtion was supported by Mr. J. LA TOUCH'S, Mr. CARR ' Sir G. HILL, Sir C PAICL, Sir J. Islewrottr, Mr. HAWTHORNS, and Mr. Nieces., wbo all agreed on the same ground of its being a tax en the commercial industry of the country. That the tax had long been paid by the retail dealers, because, when it was originally im posed, and many years afterwards, the duties on all articles ware very low, and scarcely felt, but of late years they had increased so much, as to become very burdensome on the retail dealers. Many duties, which, till 1794, were only 7d. are now is. lid. ; and many others, nearly equal to the price of the articles on which they were laid. And this tax, having been repealed since the Un;on, the retail dealers think it hard the same should be again re newed. Mr. FOSTER said, the tax had been complained of from the time of Chart's II and therefore, in time of war, he could not agree to give it up. The wholesale merchants had purchased their exe.nption, by comma, with the Commissioners of Excise, and had paid ready money down, so that the six per cent. should be taken off. Whenever the country could begin to reduce the taxes, he would agree to relinquish it ; but he could not du so in time of war, such as the present was. Mr. CORRY begged to say a few words, as he was the author of the repeal of this tax, since the MI of l'uton took place, and his reason for ding so was, that he wish •cl to put the two count:Ls as much on a par as prisiihle in every respell, hut par ticularly in commercial egulations. There was, be said, no retail trade taxed in this way in Eng land, and, in consequence, the trade of England had greatly prospered, because it was an incentive for men to employ their capitals, arid to enlarge the-- as much as possible. Ho thr stem the renev• the tax was neither politic our necessary. . • . it, in his opinion, prove effea sal, 1. , :- direa tax on commercial industry, and v prove a bar to the English capitalist to en.! eking his money in trade in Ireland, when he rotted hat it was cramped by so Leavy a tax. For th , •;e reasons, he should objed to the Resolation, though he was sorry to be obliged to oppose any thing in the s'iep• of a tee at such a morneet is the present. The qv..• non being cilled for, a division took place For the Resolution 107—Against it 4k—Majo rity 69. Mr. PITT postponed his Motion respeding the Militia from Monday, on which day some oth im portant business was fixed to cons? on, to 'l'ues day, as the subjeet fixed for that day was not lik e ly to take up much time in discussion. LEeIaCY DUTY FILL. Mr. NTT moved the Or ier of the Day for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House on the Legacy Doty Bill, which beiag read ; Mr. FOX said, several objedions would he made to some parts of this Bill, ..ehich went to the principle, and would, in all likelihood, take up much time. He did not therefore think the Right Honourable Gentleman would bring •t forward at so late an hour. Mr. PITT said, whatever objedions there were of that kind, might be made in future stages, and the Bill was so highly important, as involving a tax or tfoo,onol. that lie thought it his duty to perest in carrying it forward immediately. Mr. - FOX asked when the Report would be btought up ? Mr. PITT answered on Tuesday, if the busi ness previously fixed for that day did not occupy ties much time ; if it did, he would then take the first open day afterwards. The House then went into the Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received on Tuesday. The Committee of Ways and Means was post poned 6'l Wednesday. The 1+ use resolved itself into a Committee • - f Supply. File Report was orderi.d to be received ra-morrow. Mc. WILBERFORCE moved for an account of the nunsber of ships, with their tonnage, and the number of slaves they carried, whi c h h a d arr i ve d f rnm Afric a w i t hi n the last ten years ; and also for an account of the number fitted out for Africa. Ordered. Mr. HUSK ISSON brought in a Bill to enable the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to issue Ex chequer Bills on t h e a id s o f t h e year I flue. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to morrow. Mr. ALUIAVIDEII brought in a BB for regulating , ee Duties on Spirits in Ireland. Read a first time, ald ordered to be read a second time to-morrow , :.It. &caesurae brought in a Bill f or regu l ic i ng %re Drawbacks and Bounties or, Sugar, exported Read a first time, and ordered to be time to-morrow. .ANDES moved for leave to bring in a Iteguletion of Trade.-.-Ordered. r. )N DON, SATURDAY, MARCH IG. Some of the Evening Prints of yesterday, alluding to our account of the state of the Catholic Question, say. "We think it necessary again to assure our Readers, that the very respectable Charaders who brought that Petition are anxious to keep it from all considerations of party, and will therefore apply to some independent Gentleman." Now if, by inde pendent Gentleman, some of the Evening Prints, mean Gentleman not connefted with Party, in con - tradidion to our statement, in which it was asserted that the Catholic Delegates, disappointed in their application to Mr. PITT, intend to apply to Lord GILD /VILLE and Mr. Fox, we venture to assert, that our account is correct. that it is form exthertty, and that some of the Evening Prints know nothing about the busines►. It was totally unnecessary for 'ome of the Evening Prints to add, that the Catholics have been anxious to keep the question from all considerations of party. No Paper in England, Ireland, or Scotland, has ever advanced any thing to the contrary. There are letters in town from India up to the 10th of November, but they give a very imperfect account of the military operations .inst Note R, subsequent to the 30th of August, nn which day the remnant of Lieut. Colonel Mossim's detachment had effected its retreat to Agra.—General Lord LAKE appears to have immediately marched from that place to Matuta, where HOLK AR was posted. He arrived there on the 3.J, but HOLKAR had pre viously sent off his infantry and artillery northward, and remained on the ground with his cavalry to cover their retreat: For this purpose he contrived to engage Lord LAKI'S attention, until the 7th, when, being attacked by the British army, he fled alter a slight resistance. On the 15th of October, Colonel Musa •v, apprised of General L A Kes ar rival at Mature, had advanced towards Ruttnn, from whence, it was supposed, that those two com manders, marching in opposite directions, expected to hem in HOLKAR between them. A report prevailed on Thursday at Dover, in 0:112. • equence of the arrival of an American vessel off that port from the Texel, that the Dutch squadron had put to sea. It was, however, shortly after wards contradiflod by another American vessel, which left the Texel last Sunday. She has brought intelligence, that when she left the Nieu Ilep the Dutch fleet was lying there with their sails bent, but tht• ships were not above half manned ; and that, inetcad of preparing to put to sea, they entertained apprehensions of an expedition from this country against them. Another report of an embargo having been laid upon all American vessels in the ports of Holland is, we are inclined to think, equally unfounded. In the existing relations between the two counties. an embargo could only be for the p 1-p sse of secrecy, but that could not be oktained, unless the measure embraced the ships of all neutral nations indiscriminately. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, which adjourned at six o'clock till We Inesday next. Private letters by the Hamburgh Mails positively state, that a strict embargo is laid in the French ports on all Swedish vessels. A letter on the 9th inst. received on Thursday from Holhan4, mentions, that all the French troops staii.. - ,ed on the coast are immediately to be with d: The officers and crew of the Spanish frigates de tained before the Declaration of War, are to be sent home immediately. Transports have been or dered to be equipped for that purpose. All remains ot the Fever having disappeared at Gibi altar, General Fox, and the troops under his c roman were landed, on the 30th January, and the ;tort was opened ; the G ;neml gave a grand be to which the principal inhabitants were invited. Every possible precaution has been adopted to guard against the return of the disorder. l'he Lnrk, NoaroN, from Newfonndland, for Poole, is captured and carried into France. The &iron, Foan, horn New•oundland, for Por tusol ; the Emblem Packet, --, from London for Lisbon, are captured by the Fawa Spanish priva teer, aid carried into Vigo. The Queen PAu Lsom ; the 17e/f, JUDESTIL j and a Danish vessel, from Leghorn, for the West Inlies, are captured by a privateer 'ielonging to 1 . .)rt01-4, carried into Antigua, and there con- .1.4. ul•os u ? 41. M. -- 41.M.' to Mr. PITT n al- House to resol the whole House or of read; ty- Mr. FOX If made to some c ar• principle, and sa- much time. F for Honourable Gc LEY !mean hour. on Mr. PITT s rre of that kind, rr it.... she Bill was so 1 At t of t.°oo,otlol. th ei carrying it forty ed, Mr. FOX a Ire brought up ? cal: Mr. PITT : 4 .., ness previously 1 ,, t much time ; if nu open day afters vas The House t all the Report was ide The Commit IA ported 6'l Wedi oil The H , use plt Supply. the 1 the to-morrow. SI. M. WILBE ui- the number of tk- number of dal to from Africa w mit for an account to Ordered. 'S Mr. HITS K I! Lords Commiss KY chequer Bills or ar first time, and r in. morrow. WIP Mr. ALLXAN illi Lie Duties on S ter' 4-id ordered to I MO Mi. ALIX4III sr i 1:1e I)rawbacks ial. intrn Ireland. DV "1.1 a second ti - Mr. AI.IZANI fidl for the Reg rob- A Ijourued. I . i- - -sit • IMPROMPTU ON THE YOUNG ROSCIUS. BY DR. BUSBY. - Dame Nature, the Drama's great mother, thought fit T. display in an Actor her aenith of wit To the work she applied, saying, " Mortals, obey— " A Garrick I send, en y 'lir parsions to sway." YIPt, crest as this and ler, she fain wined do more : But how, since her gifts were exha t u.ted. ti.ifore! " Happy thought !" she exclaied, and ea ultingly sinil'J ! " What I wrought in a Atm, produce ill a Chad. riitere.fon-itrest i , West. MARCNIONESS OF ARERCORN'S ROUT. This Lady's fashionable arrangements embrace every Friday night, which is devoted alternately to a rout, or a ball and supper. 'I he entertainment of last night was of the former description, and includ ed in its splended circle, Duchesses—.r Devonshire, Gordon, and Montrose. Maistininess of Salisbury. Countes , es—Cartisle, - Westmoreland, Mansfield, Sefton, Harrington, Cholmondeler, and ku,tori. Viscountessev—Castlereagh, Vdlan , Hinchinbronke, and Grim Ladies—.F.liet„ H. Bentin^k, A. 11,mar I, Perth, C. Stew art, G. Howard, S. Carpenter, and Cawdor. Mrs. Fa/sherbert Duke of Cumberland. Farl4.—Groper, Babout, Dnrrh• , ter, and Abenleen. Viscouuts--Caatieraigh, Duncamto.t, Hnchinbrooke, and A great number of other Peers and gentlemen of distinction. MRS. MOLIN - T - 41A"S CONCERT. Last night, the third S.shscription Night of Mrs. Mount kiss's elegant Music Party was held at her Rooms, in Rathhone-place. About sixty persons of distinction and fashion were present. The per formance commenced ssnh Shepherd., I have lost my Love, by Mrs. MOUNTAIN, Mr. MOUNTAIN, Mr. SIIITH, and Mr. Lanza. la the course of the evening. Mrs. MOUNTAIN sang the celebrated song of 30,,../d, in the true Scotch ballad style, and a charming Italian Song, by Cl/4 *MOS*. She executed in the most finished style, the de lightful song f rom Deaf one Dumo,with a harp accom paniment. which she repeated by desire of the Earl of ATHLONE, are. the Hon. Mr. ANSTRUTHER.— Mr. and Miss Wster Aar played a charming dues on the harp and piano -forte. YOC.il, CONCERT. Letters received yid Bussorah state, that the Fre-ch privateer La forome, which has been so successful in cruising against our wade in the East ern Seas, and hid lately taken several vessels in the Gulph of Persia, wal met to the Westward of B imbay, on the Bth November last, and, after a shwa re.istrtice, captured by flis MAJZST 'es ship, Concorde. privateer, it is said, has taken, dur ing the war, ne..r 20 sal our merchant-ships, se veral of them a ith very valuable cargoes. Last night the Managers of this excellent Con cert, Messrs. Gilt/11016ER. HA RIBON, and BAR -1 LEM AN, provided et most admirable seleclion for their Subsc. ihers. The room was uncommonly crowded. Earls DARNLEY, FORTRSCUIL, And DA RT- Rl'llir M, cat in the Royal Box. SARTI'S celebrated Trnscitu was most admirably sting by Miss PARK, M. HARRISON, And Mr. BA RIL IM AN, and they were de,trvedly encored. The , well-known Duet of Imee Phertu: the top of She' bills dors onkrn, composed by H4Nott., with Accumpaninvntai for horns and LIMO N by the Late Ds. A. was sung in the mist fini,hed style by I-haat:AlN And BART LEM AN, and way. ror , ered. MiSITENN•NI'L sweet voice WAS heal d ith the :most charming effeCt in the song of Let' have ila.er upon thr hr u lb, from ALicbeth. Miss PA RN sa:ig Mad Brit in her usual excellent style.— The second act commenced with G a A :;S'A.celebrated Te Drum. Yesterday morning, about half past eight o'clock, His NlA's& r kit Kew in his travelling carriage for Windsor. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, Her MA 'MY gave a grand breakfast to the Princess of WALES. Breakfast was served up in the Grand Saloon. The grand service of plate was used upon the occasion. The Duke of KENT came from Kensington Palace to be of the party. At one o'clock Het MAJESTY and the Pei pa tassel left the Queen's House fur Windsor. The !epic!, headers complain they have been too heavily taxed already. Mr. PITT little knows at what an immense expewee of time, truth, and inde pendence, legacies are often purchased. This evening Lady ELIOT gives a grand route at her house in Downing•street. Mr. FosTLa's new tax upon fri.b been: is exped ed to diminish the number of bulls. Mr. :lute is employed upon a portrait of Mrs. BILLINOTON, which is cxpefted to prove a the d'oeuvre. The rum Roseita is allowed to be an abler finan cier than Mr. PITT. The Managers say he can fill the treasury without the aid of Rev taxer. Mr. Aset.sv, sen. we are concerned to state, died on Thursday at his house in Abingdon -street, Westminster. Mr. PALM[R, Member for Bath, left town yester day for that city. The Yowl Roma played Hamlet on Thursday night for his Benefit. A benefit performance is not considered a fair field for criticism. When he comes properly before the public in slat character we shall give our report of it. The Oratvrt• last night, at Covent-Garden, went off with great eclat. Mrs. A‘HF., in Ifolj, Holy, drew (firth enthusiastic applause; and, Come, it' voa dare, by Mr. Ba AII t6l, had an astonishing effe&. Indeed, every performer and part of the perform ance commanded loud and universal approbation. The Bath Harmonic Society have anaounced a Fete Champetre for the Ladies, at Sydney Gardens, on Tuesday, the 21st of May : Patron, His Royal Highness the Prince of WALIS; President, E. Gi R amis Esq. Vice President, M a j or N oel. . The Brest Fleet, under Admiral GAN Tut A van, is denominated in all official Orders, The freperfef Navel Army of the Ocean." Sir Sinner SMITH was at Dover, on Wednesday, inspeßing his new-construaed boats. Messrs. IR tra aoxa and B•RIERR'S beautiful View of Rome, which has long deservedly experienced the flattering and universal admiration and patronage of the lovers of sublime painting, is to be with drawn from the PANORAMA in the Strand, on Sa turday next, to give place to a Vino of the Say .qf Napier Moral rensysisz, and neighbouring °Nees ; but th e Painting of Sir SIMNIT SMITH'S liagagetaeat with the enemy's 4144 OthNd is to remain open for public iaspoition. • DUBLIN, MAUS 1 I . • PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. There has been a derangement at our Farming Repository. .The.breeders of cattle held their an. nual thew this . week, and, to reimburse them selves 501. which,they pay for the use of the pre. mises for the spew days, they charge the public a shiiling a head for each admission. This was resist ed by the servants, and others, who had hors s at livery in the same concern, and a scene of much al tercation and confusion has hence arisen. A rage for buying paintings, hitherto unkrviwn here, is now prevalent in this city. To attend Lectures upon Painting, is the most fashionable of all the amuse ments of the fair sex, and has almost thrown the dancing master and the music-master into the bark ground. Our concerts are over, and the theatre begins to flag. The Earl and Countess of klard wicke mix freely and generally in society. There is, it is said, to be a huge encampment on Hanger I)..wn,,,ear Plymouth, of 5,000 troops, this summer, a..t centrical position near the ea COA , t, and a very commanding situation. N. E. of Sla•+e. the seat of .1. Pone, Esq. and Stoford Lodge, the seat of H. Rivxsts, Esq and in the vicinity of Ivy. bridge, plentifully supplied with water from the Arme and Plym Rivers. This encampment. it is said, is the suggestion of General Sint ua, Corn. mander in Chief of the western distria. Several of the transports to be ensployed in the secret expedition, have saile•f from Portsmouth for Plymouth, and fourteen others have received sailing instructions. Five waggons arrived yesterday from Ports mouth, under an escort of infantry, l'iaied with dollars from the Spanish prizes The Hon. Auousrus CAVINDICII BIADSH AW has been the successful candidate for the Bornug t of Honiton. The poll closed finally on Wedne.day, when the numbers were, For the Hon. A. C Bra , l.haw 24' William Cotitteitay, koq . Islapr.ty I It is understood, that the borough of Knare ho rough will bewatmlycontested. The names f see gentlemen are mentioned as candidates, and nu-n r. uus eleftioneering squibs are already in circul stion. The town is all anxiety and hustle. pa-tly from ap prehension for the pit, and partly from expe,24tioa from the future. A Meeting of persons in the Corn Trade was bel last weelcat Leeds, at which it was resolve', th the MI of last Session, to regulate the Imperraqi n and Exportation of Corn, and the Bounties and Duties p.iyable thereon, had tended to advance the price of Grain, and that a Petition should be presented to Parliament, praying the repeal of said Aft. Wednesday morning, between seven and eight o'cl. , ck, twenty male convins, ender sentence of transportation, were removed from Nmegaut, in a long coatis, to Woolwich, to be put on board the hulks stationed there. I Last week, Mrs. CUNN I tet:Sl A SI, at KarrlallTS. Scot land, having risen during the night and a costae, it eremite hntd of part of her dress, by which het face and different parts of her body were to much burned. that, after languishing for several days, she expired in great agony. Thursday a man w.is charged before the magis trate?, at Batton Garden. with cruelty to his child, a g 1.1 el 12 years old. The witnesses who lived in the same house with the prisoner and his wife, stated that they weir both in r:n• habit of ill-using :he beating her about the head and loins with knotted cords, so as to cut her flvsh, then immerse bee in cold water, and shoe bee in a store yard for hcurs during the cold weather, and at th.n,e ours she was fastened by an iron chain to prevent her escaping. That by some stratagem she Jid effed her escape, and wandered about the streets several days Ard nights without food. Some women, who l iv ed i n Termill street, took her under their prate Rion, where her rather found her, took her home, anal iavented a new species of torture, by putting her hands into the fire, then putting her to bed, an d throwing a lar v•-1 full of hot cinders on her ; bee flesh bore enid. ne marks of the cruelties she had endured. The prisoner in his defence accused the girl of obstinacy and dis honesty, which WAS not supported. Ihe wife, step mother to the girl, who was also in custody, WAS dis charged, and the father committed to prison for want of bail. It is said he is an itinerant preacher, and wears an outward shew of sanditv, although in the humble station of porter to booksellers. On Friday last a Court Martial was held on one of the Drummers in the Third Battalion of Loyal Birmingham Volunteers, for a breach of the Ist ar ticle of the tithe sedion of the Articles of War, viz. Desertion, and inlisting into Oa. Royal Marines : he WAS tound guilty, and sentenced to receive 150 lashes ; but, being his first offence, he was strongly recommended to mercy. Accordingly, on Monday morning he was brought out with the battalion to receive his punishment, which, the Colonel, with great humanity, remitted ; but he informed the line, that though clemency was extended in this in stance, from several mitigating circumstances, the utmost rigour would attach to all future infractions of the ditty of a Volunteer. At Worcester Assizes, which began on non day last, Enoch Nfur:•hy, alas Evoke Ka4 fad, aims Enoch Ksnrelaugh, was tried for bigamy, ha having married Er. t•trea LUTIFTCH, wildr his former wifr was living. He was found Geese, after a trial of sir hours. This trial excited much atten tion, and the hall was immensely crowded to hear it. The prisoner aged as his own counsel, and pleaded for himself. While several Speculators cleared large Sums in the Last Lottery, by a resale of the Tickets they had early purchased, num:•rous Adventurers, fruits Procrastination, under an idea that Tickets wtailri materially fall in Price on the eve of the Drawing, subjefled themselves to the Payment of a consider able advance. Such Speculators have already begun to possess a Stock of 1 ickets in the present great and very superior Scheme, which will, consequently. tend to enhance the Price, and that speedily, of the Lottery Market. With such reiterated experience of the ill effeets of dela", as Adventurers have found in the List three of four Lotteries, can they longer pursue, with common prudence, the System of postponing their Purchases to the Igg Moment ? I • TO The Favours of Oae Klett, and nrearal other CommunKa tines, are excluded this day by the Parliamentary Debate. ••• For Law, arsd some other uncrossing Matter, see last ra`• . THE. BRITISH PRESS • Nei kit by Ity, Ott eft. 111.1 it'. 111.1 rot llh nt 11 • ile oat ich ie, bat or o d el di. die 11 tie la. o f he .nt to r