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la thought it a duty itterittibent on him to read one be had received he& thlt moet etuirienttM er in Drain n. The 'substance of which was SSA " That he had received teletter from Mr. Fos fir; re. Wive to the ititeimeddisty to be laid on malt. Thit • 'he had lost uneime in eiOliaig a meeting of the Most respectable biewees, awl they had, without a dis senting voice, agreed that the additional tax would be •moist btotetirial."• He then said, that the dote oil malt was tint raised, as stated by the Bight Hon. Baronet, to three shillings in oue year. but it progressed to that in a series of years. It was a couvineing proof, that the imeretiee of duty had nut injured the breweries, tar since it had risen to eighteen shillings a barrel, the importation of malt [Mu a. front England bed derireased; and daring the test four years the' importation of hops into Ireland exceeded that of iii', other period. He ' flatten fel that this proved, that Although deities had • been Mel on malt, the be eweriee acre not hattrad, but had ineretesed. He asked, was there ever any thing so preposterous us the suggestion of the Hem. Lavueet, that the. brewers would exact two-innee a quart is addition to the present price, when his proposition scent only to exact three shit bergs and sixpence additional daty on each barrel, which would not amount to a helfpenny a quart? And he was informed lay the breivers, they would not attempt to raise it more; and that it lied been in Their contemplation to make that rise if the duty had not beers inereased; in which cue, the State would aot have received any heuefit. II the. Right Hon. Baronet opposed it tinder powder ideas. he assured him he was mistaken. as he was confident there was not a yerson in the:countty would amok him, fur his Interference. Ile Con cluded by observing, that his telly reason for e Isis iiig it to be postponed to Thursday wee, that it. might have au opportunity of Mite.; more amply discussed; and the motives of the !tight Ili-miser able Baronet were, that it should not lie discussed this Session. Mr. MARRYATT was of epiiii en, that the amend ment would only °Woe the Chancellor of lexche goer for Ireland to bang in a stew Bill. At the same time he thought there were not sufficient reasons stated for the postaintemeat of the com mittal. Mr. PARNELL approved of the smetidment, and said he was of opiuuo, it we, unwise to increase the duty on malt, Ile then enterid into an ex planation of the del . ..rim ditties levied on the re spective proofs of spirits ; and contended, that that levieil on aver-proof saints bore oateressively on the distiller. Mr. FOSTER and Mr. PAIIVORLI. explained. Mr. Wiatatie Suirn said, .his ohjectioa to the istmisure being. pecipitateil through the House was, that a C.ominittee of Veri,t House bad been appointed "to inve raga. wfmt regulations were necessary to he male, as l'a he importation and exportatien of spirits hetween Engaged and Ire tet,l, stool they had not vet made their report. Mr. BARRA!' said, I,e was of opinion they ought to go into Committee, or to give up the measure altogether, and then to matte some re e t a a am a as to the ditties ass spirits. it had beau the practice of Mr. Pitt, and all other able statesmen, when any article was an over taxed ass to groan under its weight, to reelece it to the lowe s t point, stud give it ass opportunity of mean ant:dining. Ile cons eluded by stating, that lee did not kieliere the present duty on milt was ealieeted to the extcut of one-half, and if the preseut measure w as sailed lute execution, it would be more meided. Mr. I.esate Foster' sop ported the motion of his Right Honourable Relative, upon the groitaile that the tubjest was worthy of mote discussion, and but very few of the Iris's Getitletnea irtmni, while there were many of those connoted with the Went Wits. Ile put it Us thw caodotir and jus tice of those who opposed the measure, if it %mild not be better to meet the question with fair Jib emotion upon the day proposed, rather than at tempt thus to get rid of the sulijectealtogealme? Mr. lleaneu explaieed. The. CRAMeneLOR of the EXESIRQUER bail,. it was needless to enter into the meats of the grgu-. menu that (tad been userhat the questioni% as merely relative to Lisa propriety of odour ..... cot. The unfortunate eombioation of the duties upon malt, and tho s e upon spirits, was the cause of this Bill being introduced, and it was surely unfair es the Right Hon. Baronet, and 'those oho sullies tell him iu his amenditteett, thus to eat:rapt taking t se matter out of his Right Hose Frieted's bands. It Wall nrither usu:il nor parliamentary to pretls tastier fnrsari at a tinsu not suitable to the wishes vial views of the nrigitual mover. This matter bad Lech already frequeotly postponed, On uceount of the pressure amber leusieess, and now the torw.ef:4l - of the night had en-mached so far u p on their time, that it was ateiaglit advisable to postpoue it to Thuratho.. This was reittlered.net!esiwiy too front the *brine:. of Members co:met:tea with the subject. It was quite irregular to propose Clueing out one Bill for the purpose of briegiu; in two best the meet regular mode would be, to let the BiU go_into a e i nnaitiVe..ailid.then.proPitse Mt he iug divided, if thought proper, mid there was even tin pactiad object:ou to staiktica off the whose of the ditty on 'oak. It had beers deemed meessary t 6 ley an ailditinnal duty upon malt, bet at the same time to put a propo:tiotall one upou vials, so us to posluce an equality of these duties, leaving out ;hie.. which related to spirit. distilled frOSO sugar; and the moat proper mode of dung this hiati•beett tlieught to be by including the ehele itt one Lill. Now he believed, that iso,ohe person in the Milos was prepared to suggest a iliptia• that would better suit the object in view ; so that if they went into a Committee that night, they would be all deep poicted. He should therefore recommend, that the Lill should be all o wed to proceed to Its present stage up ou the day states'. Mr. HISBERT ruse for the purpose or asking the Speaker, if it were.consouant to the custonr of the !Pease, to exclude : 6=lmnd' a Bill the malt duty entirely? or to divide it into two, the Sugar Dill, and the Malt Deity Bill? The &PLASM& observed, that if the Bill were leoirstretted, it might thee lie subjected to any anmodusent; for tether the whole or any part of it might be leit out. If it were to be put off for six months, at would amount to setting it elide altogether; the rule Min, that the same 'ursine. question, oriall, should mot be agitated twice in any Soutoa of riarlianseue, Should YU. ..• . - ~.:~_ other Rill he afterwanis,prorsed, it would be fey JIM 'noise to d e cide whether it was sulartinithilly the same with that now wider discussion, so as not to he dixcordant in their proceedimo. Colonel Ilirrcilursom was willing to agree with the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Erie - and, that it was neither amid nor decorous to force a Mem ber to bring on the discussion of a subject he wished to postpone, and with that view he would vote with the Right Hon. Mover, and not with the Rt. Hon. Baronet who had proposed the amendment; but when he eunsidered the increased taxes upon malt, rital to the promerity of Ireland, it would only be postponing the fate of the measure for a few days, for nothing could, in his opinion, make it palata ble. Even although the brewers of Dublin did not think the ariditisinal tax objeethinable, their concurrence in it would not tend to do away his objections to it. He knew that there were also some brewers in Dublin who would not agree to it ; and what be had to lament WAS, that (I IICA . IOIIO of taxation are brolight forward with so little notice, that Members of great towns had no opportunity of consahing with the trade. This malt tax was evidentfi so oppressive, that it would enable the illicit trailer to drive the legal one entirely out of business. He considered the encouragement of the brewers as what ought to he the first object of &very statesinsn. Upon these grounds he should vote with the Itie,lat Huuuurable Baronet. 'Mr. ei,TTAN said, his intention was to vote for (he ulterior postponement ; not because he disap proved of the Bill, as to the regulation of distilla tion, but Isecailae he disapproved of that part of it which went to impose a duty of At) per cent. upon malt. He was far from asserting that such a duty would injure the brewer ; but be was afraid it would have that effect; and be considered the 'breweries of Ireland to he of snch vital itioportstive to that conutry, that he should he afrnitl to hairard the experiment, on uccuulit of its apparent dan ger. He had nut received any sort of minartioi cation front those of the trade in Dublin ; but he would acknowledge, had they communiented to him their acquiescence in it, he should have voted for that tax. It was surely perfectly right to keep that proportion between the tax on spirits, and ou the brewing trade, as to give the latter the su periority. Si, far he sg•reed with the Bill; but as to increasing the Malt Tax, he could not consent to it. Mr. Alderman Cotton approved of the Amend. meat, as he thort.:lit the tax oumult would certain ly prove injurious to the brewers. Mr. Huse isiax thought it surprising that any Gilt. should be itichned to vote with the Right Roo. Baronet, after what had fallen from the Speaker, it bring perfectly competent to any one afterwards to move in the Committee for expung ing every thing that related to the duty upon malt, and leave the Bill merely to equalize the duties upon spirits. Those who objected to the measure at present, would more speedily attain their object by letting the Bill • s to in:o a Committee. as there would be no difficulty in rettiorhig the objection able clauses, a hich Ft enie4l to lie those relating, to the duties upon malt. It aAs , ertainiy necessary to equalize the duties upon spirits made Irma sugar with-that made from gram, en: duty upon auger, as it existed at pre4ut, being most unsatisfactory to Ireland. Mr. Vo , :ert spoke to a point of order. He thought this Bill was not like the ordinary sort of Bills introduced upon any given .siihjes t. hut it was a Bill introduced upon the Result:l64ns of a Committ;.e of Ways and Means. If, therefore, this Bill were rejected. he 'int it to the lions-, yhether it would lie practicable t t brine in another Bill upon the Resolutions of a Committee of WAys and :Means, oitliont having again the Resolutions of another Committee of a similar nature The Haase being inipati,nt for the question, they trvided upon the Amendment of Sir .John ! Newport, postponing the lid: for six months. The numbers Iktrt Fur the A initudnien t 43 Against it Majority agaiutt Ministers -.13 Wheo strangers were excluded, the other orders of the day were disposed of, and the House ad journed at HALF FAST TWELVEO . CLOCIC. COL' • • ,_ I i The following is the sentence of the Court Mar tial. lately held at Chatham, upon the Honour -able Captain Dundas, of the Enryalus : The Court is of opinion, that the puo;sliments ordered by Captnia INIOJAS have not been inflicted with cruelty or severity, that the people have not been ipipremeily kept aloft Jay Captain Iln.iitsm's orders. without their hats and jackets, arid that arisen ceutiwels have lint been kept on guard overtire people, as set forth in the Petition wide, reed to the Lords t'inninistionc." of the Admiralty. But the Coact is of nroion, that the conduet of Ce plain D 111142/ is highly censurable in stirkin i : ti'illiatoStepheasort, althou4h it appears to them it slid nut originate in a shopasitisat to comity or upp.ession, but fro.n the ieritetion of the mo ment, occasioned by Wiil,4ua Slr pbensult's condom. And whereas the case of Rkli.s.J Cii•ondor has hero brought for weed upon this trial , the Court slues think it right to es press its clechled.opinion, that his swath was nut oceasioned • lar his bring kept. aloft to Antis; sins, but it was is come (moire of an asthmatic complaint us very lung stood's* , and likewise that an reresentation was ever made fa Cap. lain Dumas, by the said Richest! Coombe, or auy Other per so t, that he lids unerimil to the duty of guidg aloft. And the Count do* fortherbetim, with very great regret, that &Rhona the several witnesses who have been tstaasieed, lsie•set faith various cases of supposed grieraisco on the part or themselves and the ship's company of the Carrillo, thee have not, at any tin*, * any one itistaoce, mule the smiths, repreeentetion to Captain timid* on the sahj rt. 'file Conn, therefore, t...king into its consideration the what, 41111thltK circumstances ' does smanonosisly acquit the floussorahle Captata Luudas of every thae‘e exhibited ii,,atost him, exeept that of Waring "truck William !kerma sun with a oppetase, fir whieb the Court adjudge hiss to be highly mowed, sod admonished to be more circum spect on slab eacasiuut :'Or the future; sad Captain Lau dos is hereby se eneverwi ateradnigly. Clio's the above atiiteuee, we must observe, that the Court lltirtial was demanded by . Capt. Dun dos. Finding that representations hod been made to Isis difailettistu4e, he lost not a moment to bring liss Character before the public. The Admiralty, while it granted his request, regretted that it could 'not be refused. Benjamin West, the n 1441 who we stated was in custody on suspicion of being en 'Lisp rebel, and haviii;; usurtler in Ireland, was bronght from prison, and liberated, upon his own recogniusnee of 1001. to appear at the neat *seises for the county of %Vett:two: I --~ tliS Ast Kt* • ov Kr lieret.vitt Natio*, as Fridey, gives is Me Paper yolterday, the 'Muss of •Mr Benj. Waist* ssd Kr. K. Wintsoby, sere sreideutally omitted. THE BRITISH PRESS. • LON DON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22. A Paris paper of the lith anuounces the death of the gallant General PALAPDX. at Saragossa. The report report of the loss of the Lively frigate we'understand is without foundation. The Papers laid before the 'louse of Commons re lating to the Expeditions to Spain and Portugal have been printed.—They occupy 95 folio pages,•cnibrac ing 109 official ktters, ill of which, except 13, are from Lord CASTLIEREAGII. These papers are " Copies of, or Extracts from, the In structioas to the Commander., or other Officers, .of llis M•szstat's Forces to Spain and Por tugal, rn the year 1808 ; together with such ,Cominunications as have beet received from the said Commander,, or other Officers, relating to the execution of the said INSTRUCTIONS, so far as the saute igey not be attended with public inconveni ence." It appears from these papers that Ministers considered Spain us full of enthusiasm, and its in habitants ready to eo.operate jealously with our ,treops, and supply them with provisions, and every thin;; the country uffords, and that they, wished Sir Joni Meow to piocecil to the point to which he did ' , mere'', calculatiug that he would have a Bri tish force of at least 40,000 men, and that BLAKE'S and RONIANA'S would amount to 60,000, making to an efficient and solid army of 100,000 twat. The option certainly was given to Sir Jowl MOORE to Proceed to destioation by haul or by water, aril it appears from these papers that lie chose the former course. But mark the result : lu page RB, No. 102, Lord CASTLEREAGH admits that Sir JOHN Mootte, who had marched into the North East of Spain, relying upon so great a force, states his whole army at "only 28,000 men ;" that from 7to 8,000 cavalry would be necessary to enable him to. do much," and that " certain comideratious precluded him from forming* any sanguine expectation with re spect to the issue of the contest." Under these civiumatanees, Sir JOHN Mooac commenced his I retreat to Coruna ; and Lord CASTLEREAGH, in his letter No. 103, page 91, boasts " that the great advantages which Sir JOHN Mooaa pro ptilitsl in thus hazarding His MAJESTY'S army against a superior force, and in drawing apnea them the greater part of the French armies, was to Wino" time for the Spanish anti Portuguese nations to make efforts for their own defenee."— Urprin the sweatinesa of this reasoning it is altnost idle to observe. It was not neerssar to ha rm' twenty-eight tliciusaucl British troops in the centre of Span for any such purionee.— Tive whole of Portugal, and three fourths of Spain, have even now " time to make efforts for their own riefeuee," if they think proper. We have not time nor room for even ow analysis of tl.e MHO of intelligence in these papers. We shall only ob serve, that in a twins. of lua letters, purporting to In a correspotalc.,ce with the. Commanders in Spaiit and Portugal, there is not our letter, or an extract of a letter, from either Sir DAVID RAIRD or •Sir dons Nlooas, the two principal Com. mini leis ; of whom one advanced from Corunna, and the other through Portugal. ; s His MAJESTY is expected in town, this day, to hold a Court at the QuEsses Rnee. Dutch Papers. MS well as pris•ate letters from Holland, annoulice the capture of His Majesty's frigate Prolespine, in the Medit erranean , by two French frigates, La Penelope and La Pa/inure ; from 'Toulon. From the French official accounts, it appears that the Pruserpnie had been very auda cious. frequently standing so close to the: shore am to look into the port of Toulon. This provoked • the French Admiral, who sent out Tr:Unit her the ' two übove-inentioned fil4ntes. Once she escaped by flight, hut on LI ICI:01111 occasion her pursuers eaine up with her about half-past four o'clock in the morning. An engagenjent ensued, which was fought close alongside for three quarters of an •hour ; at length the Proserpine •struck to her two opponents. The enemy states the Proserpine to have had 11 men killed, and 15 wounded, awl that • both the French frigates came out of the action, without the loss of a 11.11111 killed or wounded. Accounts have been received of the Spaniards lin.:roz forced the French to evacuate Vigo.* The seirit of resistance, it is said, has revived in the North of Spain. And we understand that an im mediate embarkation of cavalry has bees. ordered by our government. The 16th Dragoons are un der orders her foreign service. Yesterday, Sir DAVID DUNPAII transacted busi ness at the COMMANDER-1 Y-('uteri (MI T . Capt. HOPE, it is expected; will leave his house, in the Admiralty, in about ten days, for Scotland. It is not yet settled. we understand. who is to suc ceed him as a Lord of the Admiralty. Colonel Goa Don, it is expected, will resign his place, as Secretary to the COIMANDER•sh-CIIIRIP, in a few days. • The KIMI has been pleased to order a Lettcr to he directed to the Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, recommending itisto them the Reverend GEORGt; GiLLTTOW, Doctor in Di. windy, to be Climate, into the place of Dean of the sci.l Cathedral Church, the same being void by the death of the Reverend Wee. Luton. late Dean thereof. THP4TRE. ;, '• • • 4 tfAraitatt. 1, •ne inimitable coined/ of Speed the Pi mp% wits perliamed, lain night, and airlifted an overheat.— I ' 111 r. MUNDV4 never displayed the eccentricities of 1- Sir Abel Handy with happier effect. The Bob Heady of Mr. Jonas excited peals of applanse ; he EMS lively, natural, -and interesting; mid in his dancing admirable. WS. 11. donarroxi: was an excellent Mies Bl..ndford; she derived every sup port from Mr. C. KIMBLE. all her lover. Miss Burrow's SUMS& Ashfield. end Mr. EMERY'S Farmer Ashfi'eld. -displayed great merit ; and the piece was crowned with complete success. TO TILE EI) It PRESS. Sem—Having mow done w %Mewers and their under strapper', I feel ta s sel( at Ilitserty to speak my *collimate freely to• class of men who earn their nouothly bread, either as occupiers of a Aral Ooor or of a ,geziet. Though person ally liiikuosim to any of them, I have been perm:lolly attacked by must of them, in gross and indeceut language, without baring given may cause for censure. The Editor of The British Critic bast gave mouth, mud others, but with less acrimomy, followed their impudeist !artier. Boehm sow set t lcd uty account with these atialcroen, the Author of 3lms and Mammy*" Is thaiihful to so indulgent Public for permit ting no t, ss than four impremunts of the ‘lork to be pub lished; mid there is every reason to child' that the Indul gence will be continued, fur the Am thew ten assure the Public that he lass not introduced any tbiug with a w,altvubatia tentiun, though many things ul.ty be eustlinverltAue May be thought too severe, though true. TIM A UTIIOII or " MEN Alf MANNERS." Yesterday inurishig, Lady, the. Duke of Yong arrived at Windsor, and *aim after rode 011 hori - back with His MAJESTY and Princess AUGUSTA. accompanied by the Earl of CUESTE&FIELD, 1 .3c1y A 1.8141 A CV )19En1.4 ! , 1 R. General Prrznov and Col. 'EAT I.oa, in Windsor Creat-Park, and returued aft half-past twelve to the Castle. e are sorry to say the Princesses SOPHIA and ANIELIA are ilidisdosed. Sir FRANC:I9 51 ',AKA x we, sent for expre4s, and orcivert at Windsor ies• terday, to his thni-e a n d low, to attend theta. Yesterday mottling, at tell o'clock, died.' at her house iu Grosvehoc-svpiare, her Grace the Duchess of huhruts, relivt of Harms, the sixth Duke of BOLTON. The Earl of CARNARVON is dangerously ill, at his house in Tenterden-street, Hanover-square. The 111archioneas of tia itv's grand rout, last night, was attended by nearly the whole of the fashionable world. The Countess of CARDIGAN will hav e a grand party this evening at her hustle Grosvenurratrect. Mr. KESIBLE wai sitchleuly taken R O Monday. with a complaint on his lungs, but was yesterday considered much better. The Countess Dowager of EASES had a party, last night, at her house in Curzou-street, which was attended by the Countesses SEFTON, CAM• DEN, CLAIM a n d CLERMONT ; and several other persons of distills:4o, Earl Forrascua gave a grand dinner on Mons day to the Earl of Essex, Lord CAARINGTON s Lard (jAwoott, and Mr. B. Kirin. Earl PERCY arrived yesterday at Northumber land House from Alsiwic:k. Castle. The NI Imola and Marchioness of LANSDOWN , returued, oil Sunday, to town, from houthanipton castle. Lady MI:IX:RAVE is much recovered from her lute indieposition. Her Ladyship is so much betti:: as to be wile to take an airing doily.. Sir HOME Putt tit coutinues dangerously in disposed. He bad a very bad sight ou isiluntiey night. 111 r. HoLczorr, the author, is dange,ronsly The license granted to the Performers of. the late Theatre, Drury-lane, will net be remised sifs. ter to-morrow night, and the liberal wraps"! which they esperieuced the first and second night of their performance at the Opera-Howie, in behalf of their poorer brethreo,willdistiliguisluit is hoped, the close of their career probably in this city. The individual aud. aggregate claims of that excellent and populist company, now that it is out the eve of being separated, make us lament, more than tear, the dreadful calamity that occasions them at pre seat to make stn appeal to the liberality of the public. Yesterday the Lout, MAYOR. after examining the returns of the Nreol weighers, ordered tbe price of Bread to be reduced half ass assize, which wilt take place to-morrow, when the sonatern loaf wheaten will be sold fur ls, 41. and household Is. 1 ;d. Monday se'rinight, about ten o'clock, as Mr. Wm. Stoma, of Derby, was returning home from Weston-upon-Trent, he was stepped near Lit. church-lane-end, on the Loudon turnpike road, by a person on foot, who seized his horeeNs bridle, and Presented a pistol to his breast, ex claming, " Daum you, stop, or I will shout you." Mr. STORER instantly hod hold of the pistol, and threw I .1f brine his horse upon the man, and both fell shown to;;etlt.r a violent struggle ensued, during which time, two Gentlemen, who were nu this it return from Derby, came up, and assisted Mr. STORER in securing the footpad, who is cum misted for trial. His mime Jaw.' .7447. by trade a butcher, and livestat Aston-upon-Trent. On the F2th instant, Mrs. Davies, of the Edishergli Then' re Royal, of • sou. MARRIAGE. At Springfield, near Douglas, is Scotlead, on the loth inst. Ideut.-Coliniel a ßobertl bowie, of the lion. gnat Company's Bengal orstabPshmeot, to Mil 4 Elisa Cueeutry, daughter of the late Janie, Registry, Erg. DEATHS. • At 'Narrate Park, on the fith instant, Mrs. Ferriirr Cot ter, of throhniel, the Lady of Major. General Ferrier. On the sth instant, at his boss in St. Patrick's-sq u are, Fdinl•rgh, after • long illness, Mr. Willies& Drown, the Projector and Editor of Tire Fdiab•rgb Weekly !partial. PRICE OF sTOCICS TIVITERDAT 3 per eent.Consols ell 7 5 per Cent. Navy Imperial a pap Cents Ditto Aulanities 7 9 -1 1 G 4 prem. bolos Hoods 7 a int.trt. Exrlutieer Ding , , 6o 4 ..preen. F.ugluai At 'cry Ti•ketn..• oil. trot. Coooolo tut T. 111$11, Ignekbrilikeo• 1, Corobill, wd p, Charneg•rrano. LONDON:` Printed by D 4.1"11160N. No 19,•011 Doswell -court, .Carey • still -t mut. publislicd a the (Ime., No. Is, Dark of St. Clrtarties Church, Stmt, by I. WRITP, of wow. rlaer —others, he. Ow ?W. Psperi emos to an Wage, !port poW), sin Is de* lotmodhl to.