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than the richest; had been asserted; that this 'tax would fall upon the landlord, -not on'the fa't flier ; but he thought it would be proper that any new tax should he, inakto Qperate directly on the class which it . was intenklibitt it should affect ; on the whole, be 00;104: flits: tax very prejudi eial to the agriciilttiral interests_ of the country, and;in this sensy, 'So; important, that he begged the aouse to take it . into very serious considera-L tion. - Mr. SYTRIbAN said, that he, was Member for a town where this taxl . woUld he most severely felt, and - thought that any other Member in asimilar situation would, frgm motives similar to his - own, feel di posed to "object to this tax, which was one calculated to preSs most severely and heavily upon poor labouring people, while it affected the richer classts of society but lightly; and the tax being laid on the leather by yeight; would make it still more oppressive - on the lower .classes, as the sort of leather Used .by them is of the heaviest and coarsest kind ; 'he was surprised that any al:- lusion should hate been made regarding. the length of "time that has elapsed since any addi tional tax haS been laid on this article. When he was in the Treas ur y, a proposition was made for a tax on this very article, and the reasons for its . rejection were So very strong, that he did not think it would ever again be proposed. the Committee then divided— . . For the Amendment 4O Against it . _ Majority —26 The Report was then brought Up and agreed to, and the 'Bill was appofutcd to be read a third tithe on Wednesday. A message from the Lords announced their Lordships assent to 'the Blackfrian Bridge Bill, and the Irish Grand Jury Bill. 7, A person from the Victualli ng Office, presented an 'aecount .of old naval stores sold in 1811.—Or ' dered to lie on the table. • Mr. SHERIDAN presented a Petition from ~ Mr. H. St. John Mason, stating that he h a d seen a ,•-• letter 6one-the-Lord Lientenant'of Ireland to Mr. 'Ryder, cotitaining eahnhilieS and falseb oods against him, which., as. lie could not at present find means . to 'clear' himself, he therefore . pOyea the, House -to afford 'MM . an opportunity" at some future pe -riod of 'Nitta - eating his character. . Ordered. to lie on the table; THE LATE RIOTS. Lord CASTLEREAoII observed, that it might be for the convenience o f Gentlemen to inform the House, that he hoped to be able, either :to-mor row or on Monday, to make to the House a com munication-, reldtive to the situation of the Coun ties which had' recently been in a state of dis turbance. The communication would not be such as would be calculated, to excite any dis cdssion. On the report of the Assessed Taxes Bill, some c6nversation took place between Mr. H: Smith and the Chancellor of the;Exchequer, respecting a verbal error in Schedule C. which it was deter mined should be corrected on the third reading ,of the Bill,. ' M. GILEs, objected to Schedule F, in the Bill, imposing an increased dUtY On Husbandry Horse:i. This increased duty must fall either on the con sniper; 'Aar on the farther. If it fell on the con sumer; a tax would- be imposed on a commodity which 'ought ne,ver to be liable fo taxation, name ly,- a necessary of life ; if on the farmer, then be IVas . triated very .unfairly; for: as by compact, three fourths °lbis rent was the sum Oitivhich he was charged the - incothe tax, it Would be 'a breach of that compact; as'it would leave his,income tax at its present rate, while . it actually diminished - his 'income. - Ite - intendedtojake the sense of the House on this clause. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that although the farmer's' income was estimated at three-fourths of the rent which he paid, yet that in most cases it was pinch greater; and there fore the trifling increase of expense which the.pro posed increase in 'the duty 'on horses used in bus handry would occasion, could not be very material. As well might the Hon. and Learned Gentler n . urge an mcreas.e of parish rates, or any other cir cumstance of that nature, as a reason for charg ing the amount of the paid by . the farmer. . . Mr. LAMB objected to the tax, on the principle of its being a direct,tax upon agriculture. Mr.GOLBi/RNE stated, that the ox was not new, and that the principle w as - o f course a l rea d y recognized by ,Parliament. The. proposed . addi tion to it was necessary . . .Mr. A. BARINd regretted that the gentlemen .who came forward to oppose_ such taxes -. as' were recommended by Ministers, should. feel no bur.- then. on-themselves to suggest others.. All must agree that.the sum:should be raised, and he thought knot rigttio consider agriculture on the ground of separate interest, in a case where all interests were alike concerned. • After some further observations from Mr. Tay lor, INTr; Western, .Sir F. Burdett, Si - riG. War rende'r, anctMr. Wharton, the House divided—, For the - Clause, :Against it, 23. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. Mr. WALLACE brought in the East india'Debt Transfer Bill, which *as read a first.tirn€, and or dered to be read a second time on Monday.. Hon.. Gentleman for calling the attention of Par liament to this subject. The looseness of morn's displayed by the French Officers of'late had grown to a pitch unknown in foriner wars. Tilt! frequent breaches of parole were unexaniph!d. It was grateful to exercise not only the rights Of hospi tality, but of , general benignity, towards tho , e who were plaCed•in our power by the fate of war ; but-if things went on in th e i r p resen t state, an d" breaches of c parole cOntinued to be so frecntent; the British Government must impOse additional .restraints upon those who did not acknowledge the restraint of honour. GOvernment had every disposition -to consider this subject, anti to give , effect and vigilance to the Police, in order to. prevent the evils arising from the intercourse. of • aliens. Mr. A. BARING observed, that - great cl;fficulty was experienced in the commercial world from the strictness already adopted by Government on this subject. Ile - censured strongly the French officers who had ,so disgraced theinselveS but though, he could have wished for a more favour able moMent,. be should mention the case of an officer with whom he was acquainted when abroad; ivho - had lately written 'to him, mentioning his conditiOn. The individual to whom he-allud ed had attempted to make his escape twice ; he had known Bain to be. aigentleman and a scholar, and the punishment inflicted on him was confine ment in a prison-ship, among four hundred of the common men. The letter stated; that if the same attempt had been Made by a-British .oflieer in France, lie would be put into close confinenient; hut not subjected to such privations; - and be de scribed-him as living in the hold of the vessel's co vered over with dirt and.verwin. (Mr. Baring) thought a great severity, if it was true, though he hymo means wished to justify, o r e v en to palliate the off ence f or which,it Was 'inflicted, and he hoped that means. would .be taken to pre vent it in future.' Sir J. BRABRIGHT maintained, that if an ()facer Could not be trusted on his parole,. he ought to be placed in the.saine condition with .the common soldier. If any hardship • unnecessary severity existed in the prison-ships where they were con fined, it was a fit subject for reformation - on their account ; but 'certainly:the (Meer who would break . 'his parole was the last person. to be pitied. Mr. CRoicrn sa)d, be was aware of -the case alluded to. The Gentleman, he begged -the par don of the House : for calling him by such- a name, had sattenipted, to" escape, anchwas taken, upon which he was remanded to the same custody with the common men. He had stated such .excuses and palliations to. the Transport Board, as in duced thernit6 give him his parole again,:which he again attem pted to break.' Such, i n d ee d, was the case. As to the complaint of being covered with dirt ands. vei min, if it was true, he (Mr. Croker) would undertake to say that, it must be his own fault. Ile had lately visitedthe prison- Ships at Ports Mouth, amt. found, after personal inquiry, .bait One Just ground of complaint, upon which sueli - an.explanation took place as rendered it unlikely to occur again. He found that so far froM being thrust into' the hold, those who bad broke' their parole were carefully separated from the common men, having a lighter cabin, and even billiard tables : for thei r amusement . : Th ey were not sent to the prison -ships As a punish ment, but merely as aylace of-confinement,. they haying' forfeited the:indidgence of-being at large. The Board of Adiniraltyhadadopted a rule not to adthit any one to'his :parole ',again who had once broken it ; but there was scarcely any one, who, after such conduct, could not get Gentlemen; otherwise highly respectable., to sign their peti tions. Ile hopedwhat. had happened that , night would render diem more cautious in f u t u r e , as th e i r readine:ss to interfere had createda spiritof insolence and discontent.. Ile could assure the House, that no Jetter was received frotn.thein at the Admiralty which was not immediately attended to.. 1.40 rd CASTLEREAPH stated, that he did not knOw a single instance of a breach of parole by a British Naval or Military Officer. If there was one, be was sure the person was not afterwards employed. Mr:CROXER said, that the case of a young Midshipman who. had escaped from his parole came under his notice- yesterday: Immediately on his return to this country, in 1808, it was sig, nified to him that hei was,not to expect to rise in the naval service,, in cons - pi - pence of the breach of his_ parole, and a .minute was made in the Admi- raltir.that he should not, serve his Majesty. Yes terday, however, his. friends, .and, great friends he appeared to have, applied •in his behalf ; but, after mature consideration, this minute was eon firined. .Mr.llAluxo said, he had not attempted to jus tify the conduct of the individual, and he was proud, of the avnwals made so•bighly to the ho nour .of, Great Britain. Tie wished indeed that the Honourable Gentleman could have stated' the same facts with respect to the prisOnLshiPs at Cha tham, as he had with respect to those at Poits mouth, In that • case the representations made to .hitn_would appear immediately to be. false. lie hoped the Hon. Gentleman would take.the trouble to inquire into the subject. CROKER said, if the Hon.. Gentleman would give hiu! the letter, he would take care that every satisfactiori should be given. -. - -• Sir G. WAARRspEa said, he had been lately at the prison -ships at Chatham, and he found.them clean,, and. affording all sorts of amusements to the .persons 'confined, whose gaiety and happiness he could not help observing. • mr. GOLDBURNE -attributed the great influx of foreigners,.'in a great measure, to our conquest of forei.m.colonies. - . . Sir P. BURDETT thought nothing .could more reprehensible than breach-of parole ; but be wished to call the.attention' of the house to the. "subject of the exchange of prisoners, and thought he should move for some Papers, before Parlia broke up, to shell , upon what points the negocia tion between the two countries in that respect I •was woken off. • `Mr. RoslN•soN-observed, that his Hon. Friend, the Member for Hertfordshire (Mr. Brand), had already moved for such Papers ; and that the .Opinicr. of th itGuse was, that tjie Ecitish Go= vernment was not chargeable with the rupture of the negOciation. That rupture proceeded from th& eiident indivolvitibn of the French Goverri, nient to come to any amingement. Sir F. BUTZDETT *-hied to know, wileth.er any communication had been since received from that Go vernm ent ? - • Mr. CnoKEß2stated, that no such communica tion had been 'received but that the Bitish vertnuent hal t attempted to renew the negociation without 'success. Mr. N. CALVERT said he had a list'of t•il'entv•- • Eve General•Ofticers,' five of whom had attempted to eScape, a circunistancewhieh , hewed,fhat the se se of honour was not More prevalent in thi, higher than: in • the loWer •classes - . The french .prisoners were hi a much better conditioh in this country than our prisoners in .Prance ; for the former were Only responsible: to Government.; while: the letter were subi to the. -- tranny of the municipal Officers. • . The SPFAKER observed, that upon ritiqhiry lie found the paper had been . already•ordered 'to be printed. On the motion of Mr. ABERCROMBY; a copy of the warrant of the,, Commissioners appointed for tle purpose of investipating the'Lai'vsand lations of tie Tile of 'Je5-sey, f4e as rel..!L‘s . to he election of Jutats, was ordered to be laid be fore the House. The Hawkers and Pedlars' Bill went through . a Committee., the Reportof Which , vas'received,, and the Bill ordered to he read' a third tithe to morrow. The Douse went into a Committee of Ways an, Means. The CHANCELLOR of the ExCHEevEk pr4pOsed a duty' on Stone Ware Bottles, of 4s. on every hundred weight. Tiita ite;lolution was agreed to, and the . Report rdered to be receive 4 to-morrow. It was ordered thtit the House shoulcrtoLmor, row resolve itself into a Comthittee on the Auc tion Duties. The Committee on the Local Tokens' Bill "'was postponed to Monday. . . Mr.II 7 r,TAnToN brought in a Bill for raising, 5,000,0001. by. Exchequer Bills for" the present year: Read a first, and ordered to .be 'read a se cond time to-morrow. The Es;chetiner Bill on Aids went though a Committee, the Report of which was ordered to. be received to-morrow. The Scotch. Assessed Taxes itl went through a Committee, th e R e p ort ofw hich was ordered to be received to-morrow. - The Auction Duty Bill went through a Committee, the Report of which, fl as of dered to be received to-morrow. On the Order of the Day being moved for - go ing into a Committee on - Sir. Palmer's per Cent age Bill, . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER protested against the intended grant. A division took place on the question, " that the House do resolve itself into a Committee," when the numbers were— For going into the Committee A gainst it - -31 Majorjty. The Bill then went through a Committee, the Report of which was Ordered to be received to morrow. In a Committee of Supply,•several .annuel grants were voted. The Report was order&l to be received.to-morrow. The Report of the Pleasure Carriage, Bill Was brought up, and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be: read a third time to-morrow.. *.• On the report of the Chelsea Pensioners', Bill being brought up, Sir F. BURDETT adverted to the case_ of a young Man who bad been severely wounded in. the ser vice, but Who, on account of his having been but a short time in the service, received but an.insig 7 nificant pension of Gd. or 9(12a day, while others, who had been a longer time,in the army, but who had 'never been on dangerouS service, and were able to do Much more towards gaining a liveli hood, received is. Gd. 2s. or 2s. 6d. a day. fie wished to suggest the propriety of altering the_ scale on which penSi ons we r e gran t e d, so as to grant those who Were severely wounded a more ,adequate remuneration, though they Might' not have been long in the service. . The CitAN6ELLo4 of the ExtrrEour.R, in the absence of the Noble Lord, to whose department the, coniideration of the subject belonged, stated it to be I k k opinion, that the sulrgestion. of the TIOn. Baronet was well w or thy of 'Serious consi deration. Mr. COURTENAY stated a similar representation to have been already made by an Officer of high rank. The Report was then 'agreed td, and the Bill ordered to he read a third time to-morrow. • ,The Irish Light-Houses Bill . , after nfew . ivords from. Sir J. NEWPORT, Mr.. WitkaTox, and. Mr.. ltOE, was read a second time, and committed for to-morrow. Sir F. BURDETT postßoned' his motion on the Petition' complaining.of the conduct of the J 4 or of Lancaster' Castle, fo Tuesday;—Adjourned. . . Thursday last, about half -past twelve, at noon, that handsome '61(1 . delightfußy-situate house, called the High, about four miles from Cocker mouth,, and, overlooking Basenthwaite Water,' was discovered to be on fire. It was pecupiqd by. Aliss - Benson, and her sister, Mrs. Whez.tley, and family. ~There were none but females . in the house, at the time, 'nor are any dwienink - , very near it. The alarm, bovever, was Isoon'Spr6d, and numbers floCked to the place, to render Wtiat assistance they coulAl4 an engine' was `a so pro cured from eockerniouth, but every' elli)rt to pre-; terve the building proved ineffeCtuo.:lt Ivas, ire - slort time burnt, to the' ground, .and a great part of the furnittire, plat e , u- e h l j u i. , apparel; was destroyed.' There is no do.tibt of the fire having been. accidental, but: how it originated,,we believe is not exactly knou'n: The day was very tempestuous, and thewind so high, that after`the fi:lines burst out, it was utterly ithpossibie to . stop their progress. BREACH OF PAROLE. Mr. N. CALVERT moved, that the paper litely presented from the Transport Board should\ be printed', and took that opp or t un i ty o f ca l l i ng the attention. Of the Honse to the great increase' in the number of French Officers *het had broken their parole. Be could nothelp alluding also to - . the extraordinary number of-aliens . : ,at present in this country. He did not mean to infringe the rights of hospitality; he would havens still con tinue to afford. refuge 'to those, who. were driven by; misfortune to seek,Our protection - , but such as had' come among us' since the peace of Amiens ought, he thoughti-io be immediately sent away. He should even prefer something Jike the system. of positive non-iiterconirse adopted by tbe Go ‘:ermilentof fatian to, the . present ca,se,.and d riminate admission of all'straugers • ' • ,Lord REAon expressed his thanks to the LONDON: Printed by THOMAS:W:OOD, 0f.NQ.25-, Maidpn-Mite, and Published 1 1 4 Y WILIJAM ARMIGFR SCRIPPS, South Mo ltoi tLe• SUN WTI NGIf L. 12, stran whexc 4dvcriisement„7, 0“,ic.24 for tile Paper, Letters tier the Ldit.oi,&c..(post v ail), n L&W REPORT. COURT 01 4 IfilNq-B , ENZ:!-T, JuNr. 2C. S/TTXSGS AT VirSTYI7.NSITrt-iiALL. FOZSYTH V. VICKARS. • . • Thl.3 was an action for infringing the plaint.iff'e patent Tight By the mociei produccd, it appeared -that. the iunrovement to produce fire, 'without ir.t or steel, by percus ion only. The defendant, it was also prove ,- , had made similar lochs, amid he justified it on the. ground that it was not-the plaintiff's crigiz.7lin-- - vention, it had preyiously.been used by oth.err;. He failed howe:vee, in shewiag the seine app,lic:- tion. of the r;rinciple. The, pl•tintiff; thcaeforei - obtained a verdict and nominal THE KING V. TilE MAYO, Ci LLAVERFORDWEET. . This was another question upon the-• rights of the Etirgessei of -Haverfordwest, .namelt,• whe ther marrying a freeman's daughter gave theright of freedom to the - husbund: After many docu ments and ninch extract reading, from :die Cur riratiophooLs, the Jury determined that it did not. - JONES. V. SEWELL .AND . This was an action brought by the ylliiirii%tra,- tors de bonis non of the Pate Sii VRE-IPIII:Cei:Lv, under the dirt:,•t;o'n of a rilgster i.I c! , :alica.iiy, ll:cover s;.-pral large sinus of money,' liy; William to two young gentlemen, =l;ir'li , hpiu he purchased a flax-Mill'at J46 . 1'1100;7, and established in business.:' Ther . c wti • aii. nt tempt to prove that Sir a *placer in -the trade, because' he reeOminended eie dren of Mr, Pettie to the honour of •t1•e410i.,!.4-. • dants, when they came to 'divide the-profits',` but; Lord ELLENBOROUII over-rtlltAti;C d;efC'llte, the debt was acknowledged .in aletter froin the , defendants. There was also another action, _MURRAY V. SAME... For monies recei‘,ed after Sir William's death,, in the Counntess.-of B4th's tine; found' for the plaintiff, damages 90971. Ms% pd. in the first action, 25001. awl 1Q00‘.,; in.the seeord, together with .the interest for the whole 349.51 set-oft. of 2000/. paid on account of the first action. • Mr. PAI and' Mr. 80 - tit.N• . for : the plai'ntikJ Mr. GAR - Row and Mr. SELWYN fur the defenda4tti. RING . V. ...-• ThiS was an ex-gbieio irnrorrnation, filed against= Messrs. Leigh and John Hunt, 4clitor and Printer • of The Examiner, for a libel on the Prince Regent. Only six, Spedial . Jurymen-- answering •to • their . • names, and Mr. GARROW rho led for the 'prase cutiqn .refusing to pray :a tales, the cause stan , is over to the Sittings after next Michaelma.s Te - • ! COURT OF CO 4 i) lo NytzAs; tv;,LE JOYNSON EXECUTO.E.S OF 13AP:NE3.' This case occupied the 'attention of the Court the whple of the day, and posseseil-no interest , ;t all. It was an action merely to recover the of 9601., for,money advanced to tlie'd4ceil - sed, and - fo'r services performed as fll aliager of his full) for seven years... .The ,pla:ntiff faiitql in making oat his case to the satisfaction of the Jury, an d : they foundibr the defendant... The rewaid for aprirebendingdeserters from the • lalld7 . foreeS bas been inergas:cit Awn trictkty •-• Zings .to :three - pounds 3 - the addition tataiie frimf the.Bth of 'Tune fast, under, an , ord er frqio the War-Office. . BIIiTHS. ' . ' - Qn Thurftlay eveniog hot; at. , Lower Claptp, a, Mrs..„Mre tam, of a:Sob. . , Lately, the wife of Mr. Willialos;of Wiiodsitte, Croycit./ 11 ) of a Daughter. , - . 1,111 I Y. D On Saturday last, at St. Mary's N o z:a liroollcoMbe, Ashbui.y„ in Devon -t;; Eleanor, eldest daughter of the. I:tfe to ryas Louis, 'Bart, of Cudeweil, in that Odutity..' • • On Mohday last, the . d 'Alexa,n.Car Duien, nister of Paaace-street Me . etirip., Pimlico, to Miss eldest daughte r of Mi. DaWscrt, ,Easter - of Clarencelllcr*Es Academy, Stockwell. ' A fewday3silice at Paddington - Chrirc, Crigtijit of to Idim. t. - 2 , 4,5,;i115, et Pada : s4l,ston Green. • ' On Friday the . 9.4tb of April -latt, in the Island of St. 'Chris topher's, Lieutenant It. J. Shipley; of the Royal Engirxe.er,s• ' youngest son to the'Very Rev. the Pean, of St. Asaph. l'hurqday - morning, last, ,Mrs.,Robert Brow*;. of BOA- - dere-Honse, Aroadlthirs. , . . The same day, at Is/Ington,. nged .63, Mr. Ttatray, third Principal Land Coal-meter tor th e City o f L ou d on , • On the 25th inst. at tier hen:;,e Ccrlt-slreet., Burlington . gardens, Mrs. Stapleton. PRICE .OF SToC] Bank Stock, • Navy 5 ixer Ceot. shut :4 ptr Cent. 71 3 • ' $ per Ceiit. Rea.• 554, Cent: Colis.sbut Bunk 1.. 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