The Sun. — London, England, 1815-02-15 00:00:00

of giving up Spanish sot eets claimed by Spain from the garrison of Gibraltar, and reciprocally of Spain gising those deserters or others who -were claimed by the Governor of Gibraltar, it •woultfbe, in a considerable degree, an excuse for his conduct. " WHI:TIIRAD replied, that so fax from there •bein7... any such cus-tOtn, the contrary had been clearly proved. It mpeared, that so far from it - 'Leitig , the "case,. that every one *born the Spanish •;•C_lts.melumeot debstanded was to be given up to • theth, that even murderers w.l.na had taken refuge iil Gibraltar had been refused to be given up. As to - the . giving pp of deserters, that was a matter of separate regulation ,Atit he believed that even - • .ticserters had never been giy.en up without atr , ppcsri,otindition that they were-not tube punished. 'he conversation then - dropped. tOttN LAW% . •. . e hong were presented from Landholders in The neighbourbdod of Holbeach and other places'," praying for an alteration in the Corti .Laws:, Mc RovNsox said, 'tif;t't in tiy&r to . Out his :proposition into a regular course, lie shOuld ;n ow •move, that -the House should, on Friday nex6 re , :solve itself, into a C omm i tte e,' to take into con : .siplesatio n the Corn Laws.:. • ;.,• Lord- A. HAMILTON wished —to know Whether • be intended. to begin by bringing iii a' Bill at .• . • .1- Mr. Rosmsot4 tliat:bi the forms of the House, tlta,t could•u o t.b e dotie•l‘ he should pro __ pose siinte resolutions t o the Committee, up on if agreed to, a Bill - might beformed: • Mr. RoaxxisoN's /notion was agreed to. • • The CHANCELLOR the EXCElEcilli:it then aid that in consequence of the great urgency . Of the 'measure •to be pl - OpOsedby hiSltight Hon: Friend, , he should .postpone the notice which he had given . respecting the Finance, from Friday to Monday :; Mr. ,litoaNEß, after a few . . observations, moved ~ for - a teturif of all grain, meal, and .flour, import ed into' the: Cohntry . trom foreign parts, as also "from Ireland, since the 6th of July ; also, of the ,quautity v;•aretionseil at - Liverpool, Leith, Glas gow, and Ilnll, and also of the quantity . ,txported. Mr: ROBINsox observed:that thre.paptrs which 1 . it liiti:airLoy moved for would eontAin'the re 7 turn no CO the art,: of Jaimaillast:.. flVe Von. ..:Gent,leumn. would •d, returw,trom-lha... • - :time litest,perlod that the account c o uld b e n 1 i(• UT) he suoultt I•l4rveito obreCtifid.' • 1-16 RNEtt having apicU.;r r_d. motion pur 'sit ant t 7; stlktgestion.,;g• - ,3vas4.n.greed-to. 4 , . CW IMI , .SsiONEIIS .FOR''EXANS_IIII.; l'Fi.stl GOURTS•Vr - Sn' i tintt. . , Sir JN E %it pier 74. rytti'c'e;.m.•Ovectf6r • leaVe Mink urrn. -- tlicAt with greater-mver, than` lie tiiliftVoo(l7 ,them now to possess. • Soi:tCrfOtt:olol Efit•kt : opposed •th e tiotion, ;On the .giontut that this w6ittillie•thrOiving'aWijubt , on the auth or i ty :Of appoint... Com , - - rnizisidners'-'Under. the grezit hnd moi . ed'the preyions question. . • The nuitiriirwits•thitiptit;,and.negatived with out a division. . Sir J. NEwpntur postponed. his motiop_ relalivt to the Fe of CoUrtir of Yudi catur t'i n I re l and till • Tuesday' Fees next. '• LAW' OF FREEI1011) PROPERTY. .. ,_ ' Sir SANIUTL Romtt.LY rOse-to-give• notice ' of a trotion which had last SeSsion beep successful in that House, a nd ' w hi c h he had' no . reason to . . imagine, therefore, would bleet w ith an un„lit-, :.Vourable recepti o n a t present. His object wa's to move . for leave to bring. in a Bill to makethe freehold Property of persons 'who died indebted. liable, to their sinc - ile contract debts': The'preS-' - tion Was So simplif , iz..wlietli er debtors pOsseSs..- inn freehold propel pfl i llottld he 'Allowed; - or not, i to *defraud their credi s, that he 'should not have 'deemed it necessary to tr.'tsii.):ss on the time of the House 'With any obse.rvatlons'on .the present"oe ' e4loti, * lsilt Tor leirinie ,objections` Whi c h `lie' had :lately, beard: . ' e' begged to-remark, in the firstlX 'instance, tha - th . e law of lids country i n this . re. ' ip ee t :•iis,,tiie law of, no other country, not even o f u i i i.. oyni Qolonies—,it.:vas the law . 6f" Eitigland. Lind Ireland only. He proposed to extend to the s - 4111 . 4u contract creditors the s'anfe reniedq which . Avas,'al. present enjoyed by specialty creditor's,. Whi'cli remedy was available 'against - the heir or deilsec.AnotheF9bjection he had'heardtiiiis,th4t it would beimpossibletOsell:a real-eAale`ii thi'l3ill . sii;Ould paSs into a law.. He'Was start that such 'an objection, could snever proceett froin 'any lawyer, or person conversant with lire' ,:i'd'ini»iW a - tion of justice in this country:. It was 'iinpossible. there conbl"beany more :difficulty iildisPosing of' . an es,tate encumfiered.with 'claitifs'of This` kind,' than if encumbered uith . debis on 'boric! . Oi'co'nirc- , nant. . It was t rue 1 1 1 e remedy he rii•Optise4 Was. a remedy only in equity, and not itt laW... ' Tlii. iliS- tinetionhe had not'adopted;from any .preferenCel, to that depnra'nent of the profasioll'ittivhiehies. was personally engaged, bnvbeeitti4e, iti the ail ministration . of an estatz,--osnesuitqnZharneerY; . was worth twenty actions•at law. Ile mnstialte' theprest.:nt opportunity of observing, that'Alle. (lab or fa . y. of •England apilearitl' to hint to be fotinded on one very erroneous pritieiple-that.a, severity towards the person, anti great relaxation . towards the property of . the debtor. The law punished him for not paying, but ruftliccl to com-. 'pel him 'tq i nlttke any satisfaction [(till? creditors. :aViTpeared 'to bini to be ntlt only har s h, b ut IM - wise arid 'inconsistent. Pjrpetual imprison ment, whieh might . be inflicted on an'unforttinate debtor, vas not now by any criminal bode annex ed to any offence, however atrocious. - in thus talking of . the debtor law of his country; he must be undeistood as speaking of the law previous to the late temporary Insolvent Debtors' .Act. In his . opinitin, though that Act did not go far enough,. • andtiO oit - to he followed by o th er measures for the greater' security of the creditor as•well as - the dentoe;'yet 'as 'far as it went; had- been a wise: and salut a ry improvement., _H e was aw are t h at 'IP ii;(l' flee' i) •(!esci4C)C.(l- as prodiictive of infinite mischief :- If"Oligiht, perhaps, have produced partial inconvenience, because it was not a Inca -sure of a comidete nature ; ' hit feW, he +thought, could deny that it was a Tel - woad! to the country, 'to see shut' tfp in the same prison-a debtor perishing for want,rnbut for thelpittanee.al ,lowed by law, and a wan of fortune liyingin •splefl:- .., „. % uout %A(' ibuneliNt'e, rz!fs.ists %I'. - tisfaction to his creAitors. Indeed ; his 'Own °Pi nion was, that all those means of purehasitfik lay at present . existed, by appli , dtiolls.°lf course in 'equity, by sham pleas and writs c)f. - error, ! ought ti be aboliSlied=—(Hear; hear !). Whatever alteration it 'was intended to propose,' be tritsted . I that the late Act vvis not to be lepealcd for the purpose of bringingliack the law to its old barbar ous system. .S6Mething - more of legislation on this subject was undoubtedly "necesSarY; but then • it was of another kind. Some partial evil attended every general measure, but the. evil in this instance had, lie conceived b been much - exa4.7,geraked, ft had. undoubt e dly lessened the'' nuMber of actions, and of commissions of bankruptcy : -- it - might also have diminished credit;_ but if. it had, it . riot: that sort of Credit on which the comwerce . of the teountry rested;, but the credit furaisheeto in humble life.i.and-ivith more prejudicial ,to_ those whR seceived. than to those who gave it., He had thought this ; m it an unfitaccusinuto thrtiW out their feiviihseitiOns; and should conclude,,witlr - moving— - fkly -leaVq bring in a till to make the freehold prtifi'atyot , persons dying i n d e b t ed liable for their simile contract debts:--(Hear, Irea . i.Y- - i y 7 . •/• • • '4\ 1r.....-Seijeata BEs'r • did 'not vise tc c ppose,the mblion of 'his' Hon. and Lb . rne'd 4ay am, Or two'svoi..ers;':in conseluence of the . pd. slog Maihs to-the oI vent Debtors:. -:"agreeirs-‘iith theroptc)Eiit;ion3, that the law of this:contlitT•lias.-t9o's,evey to Wards the person,. and too indidgenttoWar ; property .of. a• debtor. :lie eOuld•itOt tirink‘vell the pr,inciplestf perpetual imprisonment as a ishinent for inability to pay a- debt, but tire` •e_. quent:lnsolyent Acts rendered' such a punishment almost impossible. : In proposing a repeal 'of the late Act, he did not mean to bring back the law to • itsformer state, but to enlarge the'perioil'of eon, finerneut beyond_ the' extremely limited period prescribed by the present Aet„ He agreed also': .that it :was desirable to introduCesoine enactment by which the property-of debtors might he. 'lmre eilectually'reached; He differed, - however, tdio . they fron t th e -lion..'aint Learnebil'"Gentlemalt p Abe subject of tllat~ kind of credit to which.h.e.had -referred, and'-i0 !Arch his'c)hitiuii, was necessary .to the,preSenystate Orsociety.t Mr. 1 .1-foin4ea laatrnagined, that when the.pre. sent , Act was...under' discinisiO'n in 'that ous merits of the - sprineiple'ou: it was ir.lined had be - en•adraitteil by' the flon..andtearned.(3/en -tientan: • WlNiieVer "defe4s':ora >utiOrdiute-na- I . tha t •Ko arviii6aS'ybuld 'a(liltice4 dispQve. imporciint iurtaViition-in the ipinneipal laws of thg*Ltuil.,,Far .frorieggieeilipr ‘yij. i ir' the n'on. amid ,Learned Gent ,lll-atrthe pritient - te . rthl'of tlemetit was. Lo© Aslun ws t4-, he aof• ()Pinion that the person ,oLihe debtor " . ought 'riot to be detained a sing,lesr.eck ,elterthe diselosni.e . of :liiipropertyh a d been made. With reSpect to credit on shopkeepers;_ his lion: Friend' did'not mean to destroy all cre flit between such •perS,tiiis and the lowev.orders of the'community, but to put an end to the inile& mite credit 'which . shopkeepers were iii the h bit" of giving . to `persons -Who oughtnot to ha' - longer credit than their'situation it sg. t.r,eptire. As to what the Learned Gentleman . h a d said in regard to th e ancieriestate 'of theraW, that itwas: ameliorated by :occas i onal tills for relief of kiisOl_ vent debtors, he (Mr. Horner) 'had agreed to the: passingof such Bills, merely upon the principle that the law was wrong; and that.he despaired of any better measures being adopted by the Legislature. He was persuaded that imprisonment for debt was extremely ,injurious both to -debtor and creditor, and that the Bill which had been passethtfor the relief of insolvent debtors was a most salutary aria useful • Mr. Serjeant REsr,.in explanation; Said, that he did not find fault with occasional Bilk: - foi7 the relief .of persous- were.embarrassetfin their circiunstances : He had stated.; and - lie would 're peat it egtin, that.heActested perpetual ituprisdii them. hle concciiedi however, that he hadsbcen misunderstood, as be liad : nevet-'said a word eithe r against. or. favour„ of such He !cut merely said thy; he intended to move for the re peal of.the.existing.Act ; and he had•reserved his :arguments against that Act till 'his . motion Should come before the.. House. What -he — stated on a forther occasion was, that he approved of. the .pri - nciple•of. the Act, but he could not appro ve o f the manner its which it had been carried into • LoT; ii.-n•Atti.gieed with the.Honourahle-And Le in GeutleinA (sir Samuel:- Roindly)-,that it cv - a•priclie . r to Make" that alterkition in ivfliclriie tl 'siiggested, .Pundpd..property,,-:and• every other species . property, ought to lie ject [o the payment of debts ; but with -respect to the:late Insolvent Act, he„was convinced that it - considerable' mischief to the toora4s: of , •the country, andevery maninbusiness accrse „ - it. • ::man ypersou§.hadcootracted debts , inere— .ly for he take of,fikking the.lienOt of : That law..p --and As to the - period . pf imprisonment it was goad Only•for misOlievous purposes .. . ..He,was peruit'd- f ed, That a's - 4S . .that people ,wotkii not hesitatc.to run into delat,ito..give.undue-y-re, :terents tei their creditors, and to•create-.fictitithis debts. He hoped . , however, that the 'llorvi'arrili , Learned 'Gentleman -would take a more ext*tisike - view of the subject*. The olddav v , which:Alltw e d . a creditor-to imprison his dehtor, was intended to' deter people from contracting .debts wholiad property : it operated a .priori. on. such :personSi 'lt was not againSt men whobadi mo p ertv that the: law should be'.subjected, hut. -against those wh-o -had property and had expended it, ',or. web . a 3 never had any property,.and yet ventured to - 0014, • .tract debt. Is4t.thisßill treated all personsaliltel eit gave only three months 'imprisonment to ci 'rogue, and-the eione period. to -aTerson..whose mis fortunes had made him emharrassed, whereas dif ferent periods. ought to be limited to different ere-• ditors. lie contended, therefore,.-that his 'Bill _liberated every perso*Who,had violated the gel)C.• cal riglkts of. property,.. i There Was •no. safety 'for - property under it, and though Gentlemen seemed 'to conceive, that its principal benefit, was -to nre veut-shopkcepers ving improper credit,: vet -its 'operation was to aff ec t ; all credit ,; for no • 'son in leis' senses would .at present give 'credit oh the' COntrarY 'he wonlitCilcinnicribe-if, and with',. . • • • La; it, *litre it *is re4lly tat fui. to the prosperit. of. the country. Li , ave was then gi'ren to bring , **Lich :was read a J . :I.:A tinA.; time, and Orderetrito be read a z..eco4 'on •AiontNy * '-` - .I'6 %S reach a sebbini - time,: and ordelki'd tCiTie 'conitnitted The C LIAW 'of' the Extt Oa. Elt m o ved that the fartkgr i y .repp.tt of the proceedings- of the South Sea Co l iv an should' be 1ai.1.1 before the • .Lionse. O r d e t e d:' . ,Mr. ,LpciutArr gave flake, -that he sholil.4 . make motion tcx-Anorrow respecting - the High Bailiff - of Westthijisier. The House then nil journc!l. FRENCH PAPEiRS. GE NVA'; FEE. 2.—According to the last news front Tt:trin, our city will, in. a fgw days, have the TiOniiur' of' a visit from our Sovereign Victor Erna-. Jpiqi. PARIS, E 1 B. 11.—Letters from Rome, of 25th ult. state that Lucie]) Suonaparte; who goes by the . • .. title of. Prince Canino, gave a grand dinner and ball Qn the 21st January... All the Frenchmen. - who were at Rome were Oisgnsted at this want of SideePgy• ' 7 We understnnd -that' Bison is about" to. be formed centre of tlict-Palais „,A1,41/11ECK., JA N ; .29 . — Tileitillifivingliers, which . Was at first,doubted, • it now confirmed : SWedvn.. has made a; demand upon Denmark for the ex - - Rence.of taking-possession of Nor Way, and Claims either to be indemnified in money, or by the ees.; sion of the Island of Greenland and one third of the Danish fleet. This dentand . has 'very Much astonishedthe Court of Copenhagen. It was said that Sweden had assembled an Army tocenforce.„ her demand ; but this is not confirtned,- ; , ,,: • 3. FaANKForiT,EB. 7.- 7 -The Prnssia e n State paper ; . .encreases in value, • while tha%pf Austria-de•rlihes... - There are apartments,,preparek a t , Berlhr ferkithe Eriiit;r6 - 1; and EmpKess. Russia.. LEI PSICK„, are assured :• the - Prussian iarrison will.quit Cur huu wit) return ,inso Saxony Rat. Prtissia . kelp the two: Lusatias,,and•the 7 fory beyond the, Rbv., „,, ' • VIENNA, FEE.; 2.-=-The Queen of Bavarisav,tet out yesterday to Tktiiii-e r 'ro . • • .• The`celiAir4'tecrnalitrali s t and a er ilir bC%T• •pl I • (pier has just died' Mere. FRoNTIF.Rs of AUSTRIA, FEB. Cold n•aS SO intense during the last Party of Sledges, that' the Emperor bf• - •Autriii 'instistmsed for some and \v as even confined to his Led, 1) he is now reeoveVed. •• . t PArth ;FEB. I.—Vice: Adtni'L i.Co..intTlievenard, ,aiPeer of France and Coitunander of the. Order of Lout s, and Grand ()Ifieer of t" e . Legion of erniinated his long career on the 9th tinst-- c ageci STi 've).trs. , . , • . .• . VIENNA, JrN. 20.—The receipt of the .ball ; given by Sir Sythwy,:2;mith for the relief Olc hris tiatr Sitves was' very conqiderttble, and linsftlyetnly been sent to Genoa, to he applied intlneditittly to that pnrpose. The two Emperors'• ent`''ti:tich a thoitand, ducats. oc - ehion, took the title of President of NobLe Knight's. •. . ' per • ' ' 7( , ) c. Ukiah .Ictioug .• • ...... ..... - • . . FitANKFORT AND lift'S.l.lll4S EaLANGF,;4, Grgvite,of. this place - coutains the,follo wing ex:tr-aet froinaTeeter,'front one. of its torreSpOriclents iii, 'Vienna. , my. neat; I shall at len ,, th he able, to communicate' to yoti severaLof, the grand re,sults, for the con cerns of Europe :are .fitiallt'settled‘;"lll 9 ,se„ o f 'Ger-- many on .i - ithei'lll"nid . 'fsecu t to he: protract ed . " (Frankfort, Post- Offiez.G uzette; Feb . .. 6.) 11031E,.:JAN..-25.-A part of 'our garrison has received orders,to march towards:rOrli. We are itrsmirant ',how the- Austrians -':will - act' in these critical circumstances.--(Journ'al de la Belgique, Feb. 11.) • COBLENTZ, .FEB. 3.-I'he Illteniqh Mercurypub . - 11s11.0 iii this seat of the Prussian Pickvi*i r onal Go ,'...vcrntnent, contains an grticle whieli" is designed 'to encourage . the friends of .peace tb hope .the ,best from the Congress , . " It is allowable," says the writer; "-to regret the y perverseness of the hoinan mind, the infatuation which, after such hitter experieure, cannot' resolve at once ' on w h at , is goal, but waits.till.it is compelled by netessi ty : but error, is'nur lot, and he who . meauly des • - • ponds not worthy e extrain dirptry times. The idck:t of "tiloSe, • (T.liielt is tjn happily•spreading),- is tinite objecti ona bl e, ' who, 'because all .is not speedily •settl§(l,- aqcording to their pre-conceived opittion, are dissatisfied with every thing, who in every thing tinkt passes see only the lowest self-interesrand the secret manceuvre .of cunning wii(?even regard the good _which the Congre/1 has . .Irkaty produced by the general Introduction of the States as a mere stra t-igem to appease, by illusions, the ferments of melts' minds. Such lan '-opinion is as blameable bind presumptuous d t tieb coutiact, Would be.-- I V.A - er; oifc Slinitici t6ti, • tiiCe whiek l le reluireslothiitiSele; r sii tlC7Oriecting do •it c"o Lis 'lift beforl,:hicould'betnasfi.i;Of not demand. .impossi bilities in such a cam a plict e busine!s in a sliort;.tigte.. The Princes have given SO . FORPTAtilegtliVOCal proofs of jr,ao'ilftitil boli° ur ' vihN dlivosi . tion,S, that We..stroulit Ili"' ti honour uittits4 do "' t seem to go foh"Varil ; I R the right way, not to • inififtte it t I l ti ovis .." o f men , but, ratlittr-to en ill-foilricletl;iiilrsili,:44Wn'tll;iii;od wilE be theitesnit,"...and which, i*Cerely follo‘vel , really lead to the - oaJ4cct, .th, auti 4,ll other Ineans:-.l , Such - itni3ortatit, interests as are no ' tt stake, are notf to_ fie ; settled precipitately, nor cart people's sentiments' and mode of acting-in such con cerns tie chanted in Et moment. The writer:then pro' ceeds, and finds the cause of the etnharEasSinen t4 in whieh'the Congress is, in the unexpectednes s of the victory which made. the Allies precipitlit e the peace, by which Franee,,obtained in sge . .ruing i r • uniniportant articles, great advantages, ...whi le ' they hound their own hands. Thus 'also wer e. made the Conventions with the Princes of th e Rhenish Confederation, and with Murat, whieb . ,•- the.worhl regards with astonishment." • , Pill VATE CORRESPONDENCE LETTER FROM BRU,iiELS, FE,B. -G. " We are now in the Carnival ; the• I.o ol° town is like Bartholomew Fair, but better ortlerea and more amusing; the streets and public places are filled with masques and characters. Itlaor . • groupes of - Officers, chiefly Guardsmen, accoutte t and ma - Sked*as jockeys, rattle over the pave teel l is all the majesty of mud. .The French Tliestr. is Converted into a grand Saloon - for masques •• they have turned iNfor.rsag's inimitable Coweel of Le illalade Imaginaire, into ,a inerry DritO • 40 Doctors ] in full costume, armed witl,rpills, bc P. lus.ses, phials,, glister-pipes, and all the dreadid •'ittiplements of t!, profession, torsue the vain through , tvceSsCS of the ho use : vain jumps„itato, ,the parterre,, in vain he Seeks refug e in' the boxes, in vain he scrambles up on the oti t , '' 4 4( . le ; .'.tti - the gallerie s an d pigeon -holes, the rack 4ttre after him until they run hint down. , . ",'this evening a very supe r b Alasqued 1 01 tvitl be given . by the PRINCg of OaANGE hilt ° 5 , it is - Th•be strictly li m i te d, an d as e very indivitto 3 is-tn on mas k f or a moment, to b e recognised `l"it entering, it,is . th ou gh t t h at m idi of" esprit evapor4te for want of bett er ma t er i a l s an d keepillg: 4 .` In the midst of this di ss ip a ti on , no one of the' situation of the cotintrv. The Prossiosl onr.neighbours, are in gret force in our neigh; boarhood. Why wiil you not give them Saxonf It would be truly desirable, that the finest di 6 l l trict . otGez any—the .parent sail ot . the : 7 --511904,1 the dominant coantry, as Englandof the British I s les. But since Berlin has Defter pretensions th an D res d en or Koningshorg to b, - the capital of three kingdoms which are too' e approximated in sod, climate, manners, urn! gion, than Our three kingdoms, 'why riot eous°' date them The Saxons themselves, in six mouth 3; like:4lle Norwe;.tians, would be a.stoni - shed 0 14 they should 'prefer 'remaining a little State, g c) .-i veined by an old devotee, without heirs; which must, whilst it remains.sn; be ever the sea t of war ; to be united to a powerful kingdom, tr f ' - der an able Monarch;ht the prune of life, :the sante religion and people, with ScarcelY . . shade of diarence, as, themselves." THE SUN REVIEW. fNo. LXX.) , . .STRONG itEAiC7 , 4 for the eosriNuANci of the PoorEtri4 l; " Xli to which is added, an Estimate of the National Income r ': crud) , made by P. Cohrtbonn, LL}). By a Fiend to 111 Countiy. ' Pp. 110. price 4s. _Aloyd, Harle".street t_l - L' tel'-' ard, Piccadilly; Booth, Duke-street; and iticharclt O" Royal Exchange. ~_ • This is' a bold, Pamphlet, recommending Xp double instead of discontinuing the Property 11.°Yci _ So extreme an, expedient is we believe ti u ' necessary; but far as the anthor's Arg" ° merits are applicable to th e re-ena c tment o f Tax in a modified shape as a permanent mea sure' of revenue, they are in our mines unanswerat*. That 'a direct tax upon Property , is preferably to any tax upon articles of e‘onsumption wit&not , the enlightened period at which we live, tig.4 4 '.; , med. All that is nec essar y i s to ren d er t h e f t ?. teeth - in thereof . as .palateable to the feeling., 0f 11. free people as . is p oss ibl e cons i stent l y with ftieT prevention of, frauds. This being done, tbefe no impost which will so effectually reach t 7 ~ highe- i classes, most able to bear the load of tax i ' lion, and at the same time replenish the . pt l " -- coffers. Favourable as we are to this Tax, we are I/ot prepai'ed to go the length the author pro Va se s! viz to abolish all others except the C u stot° sl " . aud rely on these tWo alone for the SuPP lif*. - Still, however, there is much_ of .originali t Y. 'thinking and force of reasoning in l'.;s book ;1- an4 • though t h e present a b an d onment of the th e 5! ore by the Government renders it unnecessary ". to enter minutely into it a t thi s ti n i e , we shall CC: turn to it again *h e n th e su bj ect come s, 3 ' - c 01 13 must do, to he re-discussed, and in the in" - t recommend it to the a tt en ti on o f the p9liti world. ;