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FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.) The lugsburg Gazette, of the 13th instant, contains the fo. lowing, of the 24th ult., from Constantinople, received by ex press :—" Yesterday a French brig arrived here from Alexan dria, with despatches for Admiral Roussin, at whose hotel great bustle was observed immediately after their arrival. It soon transpired that the Convention concluded between the Porte and Admiral Roussin had been rejected by Mehemet Ali. The French Ambassador, attended by his interpreter, went to the Reis Effendi in the evening, and remained in con ference with him several hours. The Divan was assembled in the night, and sat till the next morning, The greatest activity now prevails in every branch of the Administration; consternation is visible in the countenances of the high func tionaries ; for Mehemet Ali, it is asserted, will no longer lister, to any negociations, but will dictate peace to us In the capital. He is indignant at the terms of the French Convention, which he calls treacherous; hence he has charged his son to advance, to seize upon the castles of the Dardanelles, and there effect his passage into Europe. it is said that the Viceroy himself intended to embark at Alex. andria on board a ship of the line, and in company with six frigates, eight brigs, anti above thirty gun.boats, to join the Egyptian fleet near Rhodes, probably with a view to aid the passage of his troops near the Dardanelles ; but if he should find them already provided with the necessary shipping for that purpose, as part of the Egyptian fleet is sta. tinned near to Smyrna, he will, it is fifily expected, take possession of the islands which are still Under the Otto. man dominion. Affairs are coming to a crisis, the deci sive moment is at hand ; the Russian fleet alone, which is still at Bujukdere, can avert a catastrophe which threatens the existence of the Sultan. Admiral Roussin is said to be much affected; he sends off couriers in all directions, and appears to be anxiously waiting for the arrival of 3 French squadron, which he asserts has sailed from Toulon, Rea - Admiral Hugon has four ships of war Under his command, and keeps his station at Smyrna. Admiral Roussin has requested him to approach nearer to the Dardanelles; it is doubtful, however, whether he will comply with flee request, for since the departure of Count Guillerninot, the French Ambassador has had no authority over the squadrons of his nation, We are on the eve of important events. Peace, which has hitherto been maintained by artificial means, is again threatened. Should war ensue between the Powers, and the Ottoman Empire be subverted, Admiral Roussin will have greatly conti ibuted to these calamitous events. The French diplomatists still have great predilection for the old school of Napoleon, and cannot make use of the milder mode of pro. eeeding, which appears much less offensive to Foreign Powers. Admiral Roussin sought to take by a coup de main what was only to be obtained by the regular course of time, and lie rice; finds himself much disappointed." The same paper has the following of the 6th inst. from Trieste:—" A Greek brig, which has arrived here in eighteen days liesm Modon, an nounces that the French, of whom there were from 800 to 900 at Moden and Navarino, were preparing for their departure." Metallics 5 per cents, at Vienna on the Sth are quoted 91i Bank ac• ions 1,179. The Frankfort Gazette, of the 11th inst. contains the fol lowing ;—" Our town remains perfectly quiet ; but the posts are still doubled, in order to prevent any further disturbances. Screens have been fixed to all the windows of the prison which look towards the street since the confinement of the political prisoners This will not deprive them of light or air, but will only prevent their being seen from without. We learn that the frontiers of' the countries which border the limits of our town are occupied by strong bodies of troops. Hochst has been supplied from the Duchy of Nassau, Offenberg from the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and Bergen from Electoral Hesse. This affords a great advantage to our town, because it protects us from any attacks that might be attempted from without." (From the Quotidienne of Wednesday, April 17.) PARIS, APRIL 16.—A very extraordinary circumstance has taken place at Blaye. It has been remarked, that notwith etateling the regulation by wl.ich no one is allowed to enter the Citadel, a devoted royalist has had access to the apartments of the Duchess. This mysterious individual, whose name is kept secret, has had a long private interview with her Royal Highness, withoutwitnessete and remained in the fort several hours. Various strange reports have been afloat, and many surmises formed on the subject, in the town. The person admitted appeared to walk with difficulty, and amongst the names mentioned our correspondent particularly notices that of the Count de Chou_ lot, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the last of the Condos (From Le Temps of Wednesday.) BERNE, APRIL 12.—A column of 380 Poles,wearicd of their abode in France, left Besancon, and on the 10th arrived at Seigne Legier, in the district of the Franclies Martagnes. The Prefect immediately sent notice of their arrival to the executive Council, which yesterday sent a commissioner to demand an explanation of the object of their coming to Switzerland, and to inform them that if they wished to remain in the country, they would be distributed in different parts, and receive support from the Government. It appears that their arrival has alarmed the Government of Neufchatel, for on the night of the 10th it dispatched the Chancellor, Favarger, to Berne, to re quire from the Government a statement of what it proposed to do on the occasion, and to insure, if necessary, its support. We conceive that the Government of Neufbhatel would have acted with more consistency, had it applied to its faithful friends in Schwytz, for it may be sure it will find but little sympathy in the people of Berne.--(Patriot Suisse.) (From the Me.ssagerdes Chambres of Wed nes d ay. ) PARIS, APRIL 16.— Th e following little notice May be of use at the moment when the Chamber of Peers is going to discuss the law on augers:— " The import duties paid On sugar ,produced in 1832, 9,330,654 francs, at the Custom-house at Marseilles, and the bounties paid were 11 millions. Thus the Board of Customs paid 1,660,346 francs more than it received. In the first months of 1833 there were received at the same Custom-house duties on sugar to the amount of 2,744,021 francs, and paid on bounties 3,200,000 francs. Thus the bounties have again exceeded the duties by 455,979 francs, (From the Journal du Commerce.) PARIS, Amt. 16.—N0 precaution had been neglected to-day to maintain order in case there should be any attempt to dis. turb it, but there was no manitestatten,of a tumultuous dispo. sitiou in any pa - ft of the capital; the crowd was not consider able even about the Palate of the Chamber of Deputies. This day, so much dreaded, has passed over very peaceably, and at this moment (10 o'clock at night) all is calm, arid a heavy rain causes the street s t o b e altuolit deserted it is believed at Toulon that the expedition against Con atantinople will take place within a month (From the Constifutionnel.) PARIS, APRIL 16.—(After some preliminary remarks on the calmness that prevailed in the Chamber of Deputies, in the gal leries, and among the few peisons collected outside, awaiting the result of the debate, the journal adds)— " We frankly confess that this coldness within the Chamber, this calmness without, this happy absence of angry passions, in duced us to believe that the sentence would be light. Ow hope has been disappointed. The Majority of the Chamber has thought proper to pronounce the maximum of both penal ties. Notwithstanding our respect for a sentence passed, we cannot but lament the excessive severity, which must greatly lessen the effect of the example which the Chamber has in_ ended to give. " IMS opillioll is not peculiar to ourselves; w•e have heard it expressed by many petsons devoted to the Constitution. They observed, that multr the Restoration itself, the Chamber of 1826 had punished a serious insult by the • maxanum of the penalty (a month's imprisonment, and 200 francs tine) ; and they could not conceive hoW so exorbitant a sentence (three years's imprisonment, and . 10,000 francs fine) could be pro. nounced against the press after the. Revolution of July 1" GERMAN PA t Etts. BERLIN, APRIL 6.—The appearance of a new disorder, called the white plague, which is probably only a modifica tion of the cholera, does not excite so much alarm as the latter disease did two years ago. This new disorder is said to have reached the Vistula, and in souse places to have passed it, and to be a diarrhma, which very soon proves fatal The in fluenza rages here in an extraordinary degree, and the small-pox and measles, which preceded it, abate very slowly. In the School for Cadets 90 boys are ill of the latter disease, but none have died. MUNICH, APRIL 9.—The Prince of Canino (Lucien Bo naparte) arrived here on Saturday, from Rome. He leaves us again to-day, and it is said that he is going to America. FRANKFORT, APRIL 12.—The city remains tranquil.— Frankfort Papers, April 13. VIENNA, APLIL S.—Accounts from Constantinople, of March 24, have been received here by express, and announce that the French corvette La Mesange, which took to Alexan. (lria M. Olivier, aide-de-camp to Admiral Roussin, with the convention concluded on Feb. 20, between the Admiral and the Porte, had returned to the Dardanelles on the 23rd, after a • fortnight's voyage, and brought the intelligence that the pro posals made by Admiral Roussin to the Pacha of Egpyt, had not been assented to by the latter. The same vessel has brought back to Constantinople the Cabinet Secretary of the Reis Effendi, who accompanied Hall Pacha on his mission to Alexandria. Immediately on his arrival he was received by the Sultan, with whom he remained the whole evening, and till late at night. Early on the morning of the 24th, all the Ministers of the Porte assembled, and the Divan was still sitting when the courier came away )one o'clock in the afternoon;. The Russian squadron was still at anchor off Boudjukere. Letters from Alexandria, of March 20, which have been brought direct to Trieste by a merchantman, confirm the refusal of Ali to submit to the terms proposed by Acnir4 Rouissin, and add that the Viceroy has declared that be will accept any conditions but those which he himself stated to Hali Pacha. The Egyptian fleet was still at anchor at Alex andria when the merchantman sailed.—Austrian Observes•. The Polish Count CZARITORYSKI is now on a visit at I B L ar E tm ,o. C c o E urt, alter h av i ng spent a f ew d ay ,. with Mr. NVE RECOLLECTIONS OF A CHA P'ERON.—" Ili is a work which will go f ar to raisettle productions of this school have of late yea rs a nda t e rd b y wi 'ic i The story of Eden Wareham includes several ,cedes judged. f graceful pathos, and the interest is mairvained th;ou o rh v o erY In our opinion, th e authorrss has produced two very bri: * liant tales, full of proofs that she inherits much of tt:e dramatic talent of her richls-Rifled mother, and affording' every promise of her ultimately obtaining a classical repu tation—either as a writer of novels, or of comedies, ac cording to her cboice, or of both.".- Quarterly Reviesa, April. EAST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 19. (Continued from our Paper of yesterilay.) Mr. RIGBY, in continuation, went on to say—lf such was the case, what would become of our property?—it would be taken from us, and our capital would be dispersed. Such a proposition was ridiculous,—it was frivolous,—(Hear, hear)—and with all the respect he entertained for the Pre sident of the Board of Control, he was astonished that any such sentiments should come from him. Such a commercial society as this in abeyance was absurd. The pro position ought to be put entirely out of sight, as it was unwor thy of those from whom it proceeded. The question then re duced itself to this, that either the Company Must make the best bargain it could with the State, or they must at once renounce the agreement, and say they steed upon their rights and privileges upon the statute of William, and upon the faith of successive Acts of the 13ritish Parliament—(Hear)—that they stood upon the statutes, which had for certainty not only recognised their corporate rights, but had from time to time ar ranged and settled accounts with them. A Company ; in his opinion, ought to have that granted to theiii which was calculated to content them as Etiglishineft. He did not know what the lbreigners, en important body, would say upon the sulleCt f but the Court, in his opinion, ought to stand up for the rights of foreigners, widows, and orphans, in any arrangement they might make with Government.—(Hear, hear.) They must take care not to give away their rights. To the PmprietCra he admitted it was a mere money question, aye Or no, were they to give up all their property—(Hear, hetir)—their rights, as much theirs as the property Of hit Grace of Bedford, or any other Nobleman In the itseal, was his.—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible, in his ripinion, for the British Legislature, formed as it now was, under the sanction of any Government to trench Upon the rights of the Company without putting to hazard and alarm the whole commerce of the country.—(Hear, hear.) A great deal had been said lattelly of the rights of the church ; in his opinion they were not more sacred, if so much so, as the rights of the bampany—(Hear)--who held those rights upon ancient and long established charters, deeds, muniments and upon the faith of the people of England—(Cheers) —and he trusted the British Parliament would Ova respect the property of the Company.—(Loud Cheering.) With respect to driving the bargain, he would go to Smithfield, or to the Corti Market, and state there, here are papers by which it appears we are entitled to twenty.three millions, what ought we have for it Y It had been said we had 101 per cent ; but we trusted that it would go forth to the public, that with a property aOtOtinting to twenty or thirty millions, they were net making more than '2l. ISs. per cent —(Hear.) Undet - these circumstances, lie thought the Last they could Consent to was to have their dividends secured not eon the inhabitants of India, that was not a fair mode Of taking them, but to have them secured upon Bluish funds.—(Hear, hear.) In the years 1793 and IPA, the company had sufficient to buy Consols to pay all their dividends—(Hear)—and what had the Company done since? They had greatly extended their corn inerce between the two countries, and after having done that, were they to be placed in a worse situation.—(Hear ; hear.) What had the Proprietors to look to but their money; Lord Amherst might look to his fame s Ina the Company must look to their money.—(Hear.) Why, he would ask, was the money of their ancestors phi into jeopardy but to obtain profit ? that money had teen employed in fair and honourable commerce, and he could not see any reason why it should not be secured upon the British funds. The Company had been told by the Directors that they were almost in a state of Bankruptcy, and that they could not go on without that trade, which was proposed to be taken away from the Company. At the very moment when Go. vernment were making those propositions which took from the Company all control in the Government of India, they were in sisting that the Company should go for security to that country, the Government of which they were about to take from them. The Company now stood *iron the edge of a crater—(hear) — and no man could entertain a doubt of that, if he would only look to the evidence taken before both Houses of Parliament. It Was scarcely safe to make such a statement, but when propo sitions such as had been submitted to the Court were brought forward, it was necessary that it should he known. Govern ment, after declaring the insolvent state of India, required the Company to take its security for their property. Some gentle men, it was true, held shares in the Company that were of very little importance to them. What shares lie held were of great importance to his family; but to some, the very thought of the condition the Company would he placed in wan agonizing. It was necessary, therefore, that the Cettipany should look to a more secure basis for their property than India—they must have the substantial security of the British fundholder.— (Hear.) The present Company had been called a monopoly, Was it so ? They were bound by their charter to have a three years' consumption of tea in the country ; and Were also bound to put it up at certain prices and times. Would that be called a monopoly ?—(No.) He considered that a monopoly meant something like what had been seen in former times, when a million of the people of India died in the streets of starvation, in consequence of some persons buying up all the rice and other articles of food. That he called a monopoly ; but where was the analogy between that ease hnd the tea trade as carried on by the Company. The Company did not, as in former times, on the. retiewal of the charter, call out for an in creased dividend. They would be content to have the present one secured. That demand was so moderate, that he trusted the Court would be unanimous upon it. It became them, not only as proprietors, but as Englishmen, to look whether the plan, as proposed, with respect to the patronage arid political power, would not, if carried into effect, Overbalance the constitution. If the measure passed aS proposed by the Government, the Ministers would be paramount in India. They proposed to secure the dividends on India for 40 years ; but they also pro posed, that all the executive powers should be taken from the Directors and Proprietors at the end of 15 years. That was the first proposition, but the after one was not only much worse, it was almost infamous,—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Grant in his letter said, " If the arrangement be adopted, I shall of course be happy to be favoured with your views on the propriety of fixing any, and if any, what period, to the political authority of the Company, as well as on all other questions which regard the administration of our Indian dominions, It is the more necessary to reserve this point at present, as I conceive it will hereafter be a matter for grave consideration, whether the in terests of India and of the empire at large will not be better consulted, and whether the Company will not in every respect be more strongly and advantageously placed if the duration of their political functions is left indefinite, than if they are put under the invidious and perhaps delusive protection of a speci fied period ?" Did not that passage place the whole arrange ment as proposed by Ministers in a very doubtful point of view ? —(Hear.) Were they to suppose that that high tribunal— Parliament, would bind themselves to a plan of arrangement which any man could apply the term delusive to—(Cheers) — delusive—how could such a term suggest itself to the mind of any British statesman ? After such a passage, which was the more and more suspicious, as it came at the end of the corre. spondence, would the Directors of that Court trust the IV nistry any farther than they could see them.—(Cheers.) How :ong would Una indefinite state last ? He would tell them—no longer than till the next budget came out, when the country would be told of the great inconvenience of having two esta blishments, besides the vast extra expense which it en tailed, and then the country would be called upon to throw the Directors overboard; then what was to become of the Proprietors because it must be borne in mind that in the meantime they had got the whole of the Company's money. When one man wished to take advantage of an other, lie would try to make him powerless. If he wanted to keep a man from biting him, would he not draw his teeth —(A laugh) —and that was the plan now being pursued by Government. He called upon the Court to make a stand, a firm stand, and have no delusion upon the subject. When the Company was first established, the Court of Proprietors had much more power than they now possessed; of that they were stripped in 1793, when it was found that they were a most cor rupt set, because they asked for an increase of dividend. He had great reliance upon the Court of Directors, and he had no doubt, from what had taken place since that discussion began, but that they would be well supported by that Court. He should have wished that the Directors had formed a Court of Justice long before that time, where all cases, such as were attended to by the Hon. Proprietor (Captain Gowan) might be referred; it would have saved the Company from much slander, and from immense costs and expense. A man might come from India rolling in wealth, which it was known was got by the greatest rapacity, but still there was no tribunal before which he could be brought, except he was pub licly impeached, which could not be done without such a ruin. ous expense as saved such a character from any prosecution. £hey had no proper court or tribunal for the trial of Indian delinquents; they were so remote from Indian justice, and they had no judges who perfectly well understood the subject, how.. ever well intended they might be. All those things required rectifying ; but it was lamentable, now that the time had ar rived to take into consideration the Indian empire, that every species of reproach was to be cast upon the Company, and that the President of the Board of Control was to be impelled forward by it ; the press, too, in all parts of the country, at tacked them with statements, some of which were known by the Directors to be true, but they had no means of redressing them. The press was tr.ly said to be a mighty organ, and the tongue of the country.—(Hear.) The Times of the 26th of March, speaking of the Bank of England and the East India Company, said " there can be no faith reposed in general principles—there can be no reliance placed on the soundest maxims of enlightened policy, if a more general participation in the benefits of both trades do not lead to a great increase of our national prosperity, and a considerable addition to the gemeral comforts of the people." That was one of the many cries on the Ministers for a great and serious in terference, not only with the exclusive privileges, but with the chartered rights of two great Corporations, and therefore much allowance should be made to Ministers for the course they were pursuing. If those arrangements took place, and took place as he hoped, on the basis of public justice, he trusted that Mr. Grant, in his late negociations, whether he was actuated by am bition, vanity, or by a just, patriotic, and philanthropic princi. ple—from whatever motive, if he acquired the Government of India (for that was no doubt what his exertions tended to ac complish), he trusted that the commercial, manufacturing, and and mercantile interests of England would be greatly benefitted ; that not only might all our labouring population be employed, and those new sources of wealth which the Company had carved out unfold themselves, but that prosperity and comfort would be brought home to all classes. He hoped that the changes would have the effect of improving the condition of the Indian population, and that the Christian religion would be ex. tended thither, not by the sword, but by the wholesome effect of ~gnododseuxeamphle--(Hear, hear)—that such would be the laws, of to ch bee risu o a m n e m re e ad n ;e i sz s t e ir; t :l 3 :er an e, d induce such the po e c p7l d a u tit their wretched and baneful, idolatrous Tea:oe temples;_ and that we might no longer be participators in those unwholesome gains f, oin their idolatry.—(Hear, hear.) He should be happy to see such a golden era, and that it would still be the province of history to record how much had been done by the Company. Captain GOWAN begged to reply to an observation that had been made respecting his stating a fact from an anonymous letter. He certainly did state it was anonymous, because he had no authority to use the names of the parties to that cruel transaction ; but he pledged himself, if a commission were sent out to India, to prove the statement made in it.—(Hear.) Mr. SALMON asked the Chairman when the discussion was likely to close ? The CHAIRMAN said he could state nothing satisfactory upon that point. It must depend upon the discretion of Hon. Pro prietors themselves. Mr. GOLDSMID was of opinion that the correspondence with the Government did honour to the Court of Directors. It was manly and candid. On the other side—without meaning any offence—Mr. Grant appeared full of ingenuity. He should look on the correspondence of that Right Hon. Gentleman in a diplomatic style, if he had put " high consideration" at the foot of his letters, but as he had not shown any " considera tion" for the Company, it was properly omitted.—(A laugh.) The statements of Mr. Grant, that the Company had not enough to pay off their debt were merely such as would frighten old women. He (Mr. Goldsmid) would not submit to be frightened, he would rather risk what he had.—(Hear, hear.) He was con fident the Parliament and the people of England would never suffer the Company to be robbed of 5 millions of their capital._ (Hear.) He was sure if they threw themselves on the protec tion of Parliament, that protection would be conceded to them. As to the resolutions, he trusted they would not stand, because he was convinced they would do better if they left the whole case in the hands Of the Directors, who, from what he had alteadY seen of them, would do them ample justice, and protect their rights. Mr. FIELDER said when he first looked at the propositions made by Government, he began to fear that in all he had heard, and in all he had believed, he had been hoaxed and imposed upon, and that the Company were not only in a state of beg. gary, bat that they were actually a second set of Algerine cor sairs, and that they had abused their trust for the last 150 years. Such a set of Algerine propositions (without offence to the Right Hon. Gentleman) he never heard of'. If they looked at the evidence given before the House of Commons Committee they would see that greater talent, ability, and integrity hail never been displayed before any committee. From the best calcu:ation he had been able to make, he found their assets to be about 24 millions, including their landed property and all their effects. He did not come forward merely for the purpose of getting a dividend, but he looked to see whether it would be advantageous to the subjects of India and the nation at large.— (Hear .1 He would contend that no colony ever subsisted with beneficial results, unless it was managed by an inter. mediate and protecting power.—(Hear, hear.) For the evidence of that, he would call upon the Court to look at English America She was of great service to this country, so long as she was managed between merchant and merchant; and what was the consequenee when that Ceased to be the case ? why recourse to taxation—(Cheers)—and the taxation on tea led to the loss of America to this country.—(Loud cheers Nothing had procured and continued India to this count'', but the good management of it by the Company.—(Hear.) He could not believe the statement that had been made of mismanagement in that country, as he was sure if there had been, there would have been Volume upon volume of repre sentatitins to that etre, t to this country.—(Hear.) And it would have been impossible for the British nation for one mo. ment to have tolerated it.—( Hear.) He looked upon China as a secondary object to this country; the great principle with him was to secure the affections of the Hindoos, and then we should be placed upon a rook On which we criuld not split.—(Hear.) What, he would ask, had the Company done with their money? why they had encouraged the manufactures of India. Had Government done anything for India ? (Cheers.) Had they encouraged its manufactures—had they done anything in the sugar trade ? Just the contrary, they had issued a prohibitory law against the Cultivation of the sugar cane, and was it not for that the Company could fill every Indian ship with sugar, a quantity nearly sufficient to convert the Thames into a syrrup.—(Laughter ) India had never been the nursed child of England, but it had contributed greatly to the support of it. What had been done for all this by the Government ? why the Company had been Called Upon to de. liver up all their property, and to be content with their present dividends, from an uncertain security.—(Loud cheers.) They wanted only to be placed in the same situation as the gentlemen on the Stock Exchange. When Government wished to borrow money there, they said—as it is for the public good, give us security for it. The plea on which such a sacrifice was now asked of them, was that it was for the public good, there. fine, let them have the same security.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Msaarcrr was almost ashamed to address the Court, when it was almost tired of the long debate, but he felt that the public —not that of Bristol, or any interested place, but the Christian public, had a right to ask, what the Company had done in order to raise up the native of India from his present degraded state—they would ask whether it was possible that the Company could yet be in receipt of that accursed pelf, the tax on idolatry.—(Cheers.) He had no objection to leave the pecuniary matters to the Directors, but he trusted that Parliament would not let the moral ob jects be lost sight of.—(Hear.) CHAS. BILLER, Esq., M.P., then rose, and said he was glad to hear, on the fourth day of the debate, that one or two Pro. prietors had the temerity to address them in favour of the Government plan, seeing that the feeling of the Court was so much the other way. He was glad that they had even arrived at that point—it was something towards an assimilation to the public feeling, and he trusted that if the debate lasted a month the conversion would increase. He was of opinion that the best plan for the Court to adopt was at once to close with the plan of Government, which he considered to be the best bargain that they could possibly expect. With regard to the China trade, it was his opinion that no Government could have introduced any plan of which the exclusive right to that trade formed a part—the public mind upon that subject had long been made up.—(Hear, hear.) He did not, however, wish to cast any imputation on the Government of India ; but he must say that it had been as careful of the money intrusted to them as a man would be of his own. Not only for the Proprietors, but for the people of India, did he consider that that Court should as speedily as possible close with the Government. He would vote for the resolutions proposed by the Gallant General, not because he agreed with them altogether, but because they left the question open for sego. elation, which none of the amendments seemed to him to do. The next terms that might be offered might not be so favour able. By rejecting this plan thay gave many chances to the Government to deprive them of the Government of India. By showing a spirit to treat with the Government there were many amendments to be made which would be readier got than if they were to fly in their face.—(Hear, hear.) Why should Indian produce be taxed in coming to this country, when British goods were pouring into that country free. Another demand they might make was, that if a few English in Calcutta wished for English law they should pay for it themselves, and so relieve the natives from that curse—the Supreme Court. There was another source of ex. pence which might be reduced. If the English were so anxiou for Religion as to require a Bishop of Calcutta, they should pay for him themselves,—he would then have a greater opinion of their sincerity. He called upon the Court to agree with the Government, so that they might retain to themselves the power to benefit by their rule the millions in India. Mr. RowLs addressed the Court next. After going at some length into the manner in which the Company had carried on the tea trade, he recommended the Court to agree to the origi nal resolution, and then to make as good terms for themselves as possible. Mr. WARDEN then addressed the Court at some length ; but at five o'clock, fee ing rather unwell, he moved the adjourn. ment of the Court; which, after some discussion, was agreed should be till Monday. The death of Lord FOLEY will, it is said, be the moat forinidable blow to the insuranc' offices wi ich they have experienced -ince the demise of the two senior member, of th. present Royal Family. His life was ensured fur 200 0001., and he died at the age of 53. THE MODERN CHESTERFIELD.—A series of papers has bee❑ commenced i the Court Journal, under the head of " Chesterfield in Land in," which is calculated to excite much attention in the world of ton. They are designed to exhibit a complete code of mantier. -M•ed to the present dab—to establish a complete system of etiquette for the safe guidance of those who triad the difficult mazes of fashionabl e society. The third pap. r, tinder the head of " Riws, Curtseys, and Salutations," will appear in to-morrow's number. MARYLeBONE ASSOCIATION.—We at tended a o eeting of this ass , elation I.tely, held in th- central committee-room, D rata street, GILBERT AINSIE YOUNG, E-q. in the chair, and we , e sionewtia , surprised at the regularity of the commun•cations for warded by the district committees, and with the general method observed in the price-dings of the evening. It appears that this association is formed of upwards of 800 residents of all pirties, and thi a their chi-t obj , ct is to secure the return of the most competent persons to act in the vestry ; so as to counteract, un the one side, the siforts of the old vestrymen, and, on t h e other, the dictation of the _parochial comm ittee. W e shall, from time to time, report any proceedings of public interest. The shock of an earthquake recently felt at Horsham spread great alarm through that town and neigh bourhood. On every side the inhabitants were seen rushing to their doors, expecting each moment to see their houses tumble to the gi ounih A magnificent man sion, about two miles beyond Horsham, on the London road, newly erected TREDCROFT, Esq., at a great expense, was shaken to the foundation. Mr. Tim) CROFT has since deemed it pi udent to obtain the opinion of an eminent London surveyor, who has inspected the building, and assured Mr. "fitxncitorT of its safety.— Brighton Gazette. ANOTHER BONE CAVE.—The Rev. Mr. WILLIAMS, of Bleadon, who is indefatigable in his pur►uit of geological discoveries, has, within the last ten days, commenced clearing a new deposit of tos-il bones in his neighbourhood, which has already produced mammo•b, horse, bog, elephant, and byenas' remains, in the best preservation, and has sent a few for• inspection to the institution.— Bath Herald. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 19. On the LORD CHANCELLOR taking his seat on the Wookaek, at five o'ekek, The Eirl of RODEN, presented various petitions from Ireland for the Marquis of RUTS. The Earl of WINCHELSEA presented petitions from Canterbury and its neighbourhood, Dover, and Spratton, in Northampton, for the better observance of the Sabbath ; from Woolpitt, in Suffolk, and from Spratton, for the abolition of slivery ;,And from B,inbridge, in Yorkshire, for the substitution of other laws for the violation of the rights of property, instead of those which exact the for feiture of s man's life, Lord ROLLE presented a petition from Exeter for the better observance of the Sabbath and against the Beer Bill. The Noble Lord said that the present Bill had been attended with the most evil consequences, and hoped his Majesty's Government wool.' consider of the subject. Lord MELBOURNE said that the matter would receive the serious consul. ration of the question, and every effort would be mad e .0 orevent the evils complained of. Lord LYNDBURST wished .to ask the Noble Lord opposite (Melbourne), whether it was the intention of his Majesty's Government to repeal the law with respect to sheep-ste .ling, at present a capital crime? The present law was very def ctive; the pow. r of mitigating the sen tence was in every case taken away from the Judges. Lord MELBOURNE was not prepared at this moment to answer the question of the N..ble Lord ; but the princi ple on which his Majesty's G-vernment had acted was, that by mitigating the punishment tl:e gre 'ter would be the certainty of its execution. His Majesty's Government had introduced that law from the general repugnance the public bad t:• the former punishment, anti from the con viction that it was impossible to execute it with any certainty._ L , rdLYNDHURST would in future always state to the Jury and to the Court, in pass,ng sent• nee on the prisoner, that he was bound to do so by the law of the land, and that he had no power whatever to rnitig,te the sentence, lest he stiould he supposed by them to be in - flirting an unnecessary hardship and severity. Tue B shop of LONDON presented a petition from St. Sepulclture's for the better observance of the Sab bith. The Duke of RICHMOND presented various petitions from play.. in D rhvu ire, or the ato , lition of •lavery. T ,, e Maiine Mutiny 8111 was read a third time and passed. Lad WYNFORD pres-nted a petition from Camber. well, praying their Lordships to pass a measure for the am • litnation to the poor. The Hitu,e then adj 'timed . HOUSE OF COMMONS. APRIL 19. The StEAKEIt took hi Seat at 5 oclock. Colonel DAVIES moved for c rtain pension return.. Sir A. WILMOT brought in a bill to amend the LW of Larceny, which was read a first time. The Secretary of Rankrupts brought up certain returns. Mr. W. PAT TEN ~r ou.tht up a rep to . . A message from the Lords stated, that their Lordships hail agre , ll to the Mutiny B Mr. HUNIE moved for a return of the number of per son-, w.th dietr names and re-pective aecourits (and when er mted), receiving pensions under the 57 h of Geo. 111. Lord ALTHORP stated, that before moving the order of the day for the House to resolve itsel into a Gunmittee of Ways and Me ns, be wished to ask the Hon, Member opposite if it was his intention to persevere in the notice he had wet n. Toe reason he asked this question was, that that motion was so important, the. , it would he de sirable it should corn- on early, and therefore it it was his intention to persevere, he (the Noble Lord) would next move the order of the day. Mr. M. ATTWOOD su p ai-1 that if he brought on his motion to night, it would tie said he did it with a view to embarrass hi+ M ilesty's Minister, and that probably hr would labour therefore under great disadvantage. He, most distinctly disclaimed anything like an intention to throw difficulty in tt e way of his Map-sty's Ministers, but he had beard nothir g from the Noble Lord why his mo tio n should r.e put off, except that the Noble Lord wanted to-night for a debate on supplies, and he had asked for that in so imploring a manner, that he (Mr. A ) was very touch disposed to think, unles• it were granted, there would scarcely he the means of miking the puolic payments after to-night. —(11i-ar.) He could not but refer back to the manner in which other important motions had been treated by his Majesty's Ministers; When the Hon. Member for Birmingham brought forward his motion for the repeal of the malt tax; the hearing of that motion was interfered with by a Catholic motion respecting Ireland', brought forward by Ministers. He could not see how anything but contusion could be the consequence if important motions of long st ending were to be continued to be treated in this way.—(Hear, hear.) It was probable, however, if he brought on his motion to-night, that tie might receive only the reluctant support of many Hon. Mem . .ers, whose support he knew he would have, anti who also were desirous of supporting Ministers. Under these circumstances lie was prepared to defer to the Noble Lord, should it be the pleasure of the House that he should do so--on the other hand I.e was perfectly prepared to pro ceed, [should that he deemed expedient. Lord ALTHORP would ft inkly tell the Hon Member that the ground if his desire to make his financial state ment before the H in. Gentleman's motion was discussed, +v 8 that he really thought it desirable to show that the state of we finance of the country should be known before that motion was brought on. He was obliged to the Gentleman fir giving way on this occasion, and he could assure him that as far as he (Lord Althorp) was concerned, he would be most happy to give every facility to the bringing on of the Hun. Gentletnan's motion. Mr. A. BARING said, that as the discussion on the Budget was nut usualy very long, probably the House might be able to hear the Hon. Gentleman's motion about nine o'clock this evening, after the discussion on the No , le Loid's statement was at an end.—(Laughter, and " No, no.") All he meant to ary was, that it was of the greatest importance to the country the Hon. Gentle m motion -houid be heard at an early period. Mr. M. ATTWOOD made an observation which was inaudible. Lord ALTHORP s+id, that he did not think the orders would at all interfere with the Honourable Member's moving on Monday night. If there was not the c,urtely shown which w..sld enable the Hon. Gentieuian to move, he would have an opporluoity of In ring his motion as an amendment in the Committee of Supply. An Flon. GENTLEMAN said Fe had a motion standing for Monday, which create► considerable merriment in the House. He complained very much of having had to de fer his motion no less than three times, as it had been stated in con•equenee of the pre•sure of public business. Lord ALTHORP said it • was impossible the Hon, Member's motion, whatever it might be, could take pre cedence of the orders. THE BUDGET. The H. , u.e having resolved itself into a Committee— Lord ALTHORP rose and s,id, in calling the attention of the H use to the statemen I have to make respecting the pr event state of the fi fiances I shall take liberty before I en. ter upon that p ,rt of t , e•ubj .ct, to recall to the I" collet i of t' e House the stitement which has been made at dil l. rent times, by different members of the Administration, with respect to the course we have put-sued since com.ng into office, with a vi• w to the reduction of the expenditure of the country. In thus tresoassing upon the House for a short I do not think I shall be considered to he doing th it tv ich it is not fair for rue to do. Because, when we enter. d into if e, we did so with the p 1 dge, that we should apply ourselves to economy to the utmost of our p•iw er ; anti because this is the first occasion on which the finances of the country have tnrmally and at large been r.itight before a RetorKied H use of Common~. For these reaw.ns, I am anxious to take this opportunity of sta i ns th e p: ogress which we made in the redemption ..f our pledge. The number of of es we have abfilished, and the aliount of salaries we have r. duced, will, I think, be stifficit n to show th it we have endeavoured seriously to apply ourselves to this obj , ct. The noinher of places we have atio;ished amaiints altogeth.r to 1,387 ; the sa.aries of which were 2314061 From this sum, how ever, must be deducted 38 0001. per annum for re tired allowance s before the House can active at the a mount immediately saved.—(H-ur, heir.) We thought we acted wisely in abotishin, z useless plat s, although part of the salary was nut saved. The amount of immediate savings, however, is 192,000/. under this head—out of 21,8941. W s ior Parliann , nt ity offices and places held du: it g p eoiure. The saving in the salary and xpenses of the diplomatic departments amounts to 91,7551 We cannot, however, claim merit for the whole of this saving. 34 000. of it having been effected by t egulations of my Lord Aberdeen, and 57,0001. of the amount is to be ascri) et/ to the credit of my NA!e Friend, the present Secretary of State for the Foreign Department. There ha., besides. been saved, in the shape of pensions on the consolidate i fund, the small sum of 1.1811. The reductions of places in the years 1831 and 1832 wand thus :- 1831 1832 This does not make the whole amount of 1587, which I mentioned as having been abolished by us ; but the re mainder have been abolished either before or since. The average of the salaries of the places abolished is 1731. 101. per annum. I have stated this to show that we have really applied nurselves to the reduction of places and salaries we have thought useless. I can only say, with regard to the future, that it is our int-ntion to con tinue in the same course, to abolish every place which can be dispensed with, and save in every way we possibly can. I should add, that 506 persons have been taken from the retired list, and employed by the Government, saving their retired allowances to the amount of 28,000/. I Sir, I have thought it desirable to make this statement, Itefore I applied myself to the state of the revenue itself. Under that department Isbell begin by stating what has been the amount of the income and expenditure of the country during the last year, ending sth April, 1833, as compared with the income and expenditure of the pie ceding year. The amount of the income during 1831, was 46 853,000/. ; the amount of the expenditure was 45,366,000/, leaving an excess of income of 1,487,000/. In the estimate I presented during the last session, I stared the t robable excess of income much below this amount. I stated that I then only calculated on an excess of 800 000/ , but in consequence principally of the reductions that have taken place in the expenditure dui ing the last year, the excess of income has amounted to net less than 1,487,000 , thereby more than coveting the deficiency of the preceding year. The deficiency of the precedine year amounted to 1,200,0411., and with the excess of the present year an actual improvement has been made of 2,728,000/.—(Hear, hear.) The mode by which this has herr' effected has not been by any great increase of the income of the country ; but, in conse quence of the considerable diminutions which had been made in its expenditure. In the year ending 1832, the income w-s 46,618,000/. ; during the poit year the income was 46,852,6501, and the expenditure only 45 356 000/ , giving a diminu ti.in in the expenditure in last year of pretty nearly two millions and a half. Therefore, Sir, it will he seen that the mode in which the revenue has been placad on a better footing, has not been from any accidental hie ea-e in the finenct ,1 department, but by an econonsirel manage meta, by means of which these savings h ,ve been effected. I will no w state more in detail the income and expendi ture. Last year the Customs amounted to 16 769,6211., the excise to 16,529,1311 , the stamps 6.857,5401., which, with the taxes, peer-. Mee, and miscellaneous, amounted to a total of 46,852,6501 The expenditure with the debt, including the interest on exchequer bill., part of which was not charged on th e con solidated fend, 28,225,991/. other charges 1,859,248/.. making a total of 30,085,239/. I will new scare what the exper.diture has been tor the preceeding year, the army 7,551 0241 which I ist year was reduced to 7.006 498/ , the navy 5.842,8351. last year, reduced to 4,505,0001, miscellaneous tor 1832, 2,009,4301., and fur 1833 2 133,953/. Having stated what is t e h dance of the pa-t year, which is a surrlus of 1,487,1431, I will now caletrate what is likely to be the state of the ensuing year, suppesing that there will be no a'teration of the Male., but that they remain as they are. I calculate. that the whole amount of the revenue for tee ye-ar wi 1 he 46,491,1281., and in this year I do not calculate t.e amount of the income to be so large as it was last year. I think it sere to do so. It is not likely to be so large in the Excise, because at the eose of last year the Lir . rear of malt duty nas more than it is now. I the , e fore, take the income of the present year at a lower rate. I calculate the expenditure charged on the consolidated fund to be 41.922 219/. which deducted from he incame ,if 46,491.1281 nil leave s surplus of 1,571,909/. The Committee a e aware of my anxiety, and celivicti n that it is en st desirable to reduce the surplus. I have always held that it would be desire le to do so ; but I I ave already reduced it perhaps lower than it ought to be ; but I am afraid of venturing to do so at the present moment. But taking into considera tien the whole situation of the country, I am of opinion teat it is desirable, as far as it can be done with safety, that a reduction of taxation should take place. The surplus inceme I have already mentioned to amount to 1571.9091 With respect to the reduction, I certainly think on the principle on which I have always acted, that a reduction of taxation may take place—(Hear, hear)—hut I am, at the same time quite aware that the reductions which I shall propose cannot, by any passilflity whatsoever, . . be to that extent which I have heard spoken of in this House, anti out of doors. Ido not pi loose, Sir, a reduction of 30,000 0001. of taxe-, or of 20,000,0001. of taxes, that would be impossible, but the tax s which I propose to reduce, if properly ap plied, will tie of some considerable relief to the country. Bef 're I proceed further, 1 think it is necessary to apply myself to the taxes which have been proposed by Hon. Members to be reduced, as In easing very much upon the people of this count' y.—( Hear, hear.) The first tax is tl.e tax -otl m ,It. An H , n. Fri-no of mho-, the Member for Lincolnshire, has given notice that he will bring forward a mteion for the reduction of the malt du y. Sir, it may le, perhaps as well that I should state what the real produce of that duty 11 is been in the past year. During the past year its produce was 4 825 128/. A total !eduction, therefore, of the amount of the mat duty, without the stu , stitution of any other tax, would be inconsistent with the state of the revenue. I hove stated that we ought to look at what has b en the course of the malt duty, in order to con-i• der whether it is necessary, as it presses on the industry of the country—on every class of the community, or as a financial question—whether it is necessary that the malt duty should he one of the taxes which, in the first instance, ought to be r duced. Now I will state the produce of the Malt Duty in a few preceding years. In 1830, it was 3,813,3041 In 1831, it was 3,436,271 ; and in 1832, after the removal of the Beer Bill it had risen to 4,459,3321., and, at the end of April, in the present year, it was 4,825,125/.—(Hear, hear.) Therefore the tax does not appear to press on the article so as to prevent its consumption. Looking at it again, in an other point of view, I ask whether the price of barley has not remained the same as it did previous to the tax. LoAing at the tax, therefore, as a financial ques• tion, it does not appear to me to interfere with the consumption of the article, and looking at it as it affects the producer, the producer is not defray led, as far as I can a-certain by it, of the value of hi , commodity. Looking et it, therefore, in all thin points of view, I do not think the Malt Tax is the one wltich ought to be reduced.—( Hear, hear, hear ) The next tax, Sir, is one on which I feel much greater doubt. It is one on which my own opinion his a great tendency to make me doubt as to the propriety of the decision to which I have come. That tax is the stamp duties upon newspapers. With respect to it, I have already s ated my opinions frequently. I think it a bad tax (Hear, hear). I think it a tax productive of much evil, because I consider the effect of it is to give a mo nopoly to persons who ct•rtainly do not care about offending the law.—(Hear, hear.) It gives them-a monopoly by evading the law, by publishing cheap pub lications, which is a sys•em I wish to see abolished; tint it can only be done by abolishing the whole tax, because as long as you give a premium to persons to evade the ;he law, however small it may be, they will be taken advantage of. The question, then, I have to consider is this, whether in the present situation of t':e country, and I tm sorry .0 admit th tt there exists great distress at preseut—the question I consider is, whether in taking off a tax of 440.0001. a year, it can be jus tified as giving immediate relief to any class—(Hear) — id' the country. I see my Hun. Friend (Mr. Bulwer) is taking notes; and I admit that the tax being removed would give relief to a certain extent; but the tax on newspapers is not one which presses on the industry of the country, and which would by its removal give a gre at relief. I know that it is argued that the re , tuction of the taxes may be compensated by another mode of taxathm, and that it is not fair, in reducing the tax on newspapers, to calculate the loss to the revenue at 440 000/. I a 'mit that it would not amount to Via., because something 4 ould be gained by the increased con sumption of paper, and than, in fact, the loss to the revenu• would be consider bly less. I wish to shock it is not without consideration I have come to thi e,•ion. I have examined the question as aecur.tely as I could. I certainly thought, in the first instance, that pat might provide for a considerable return of tin loss of the revenue, by laying on a stamp of postage— that is a penny poq - ge on each Newspaper. Notv I be- . - lieve the Government might gait; considerably by such a thing—gain, bec•use they would receive iu this way much more than it could possibly cost for the car rying of the Papers, but, unfortunately, Government w-ulo hive rivals in this 'rerew, and the stages would carry titern much cheaper than they could be conveyed by the loads, therefore 1 believe that so far from increasing the number of newspapers carried by the post, by the re , uction of the duty on the patio, it would reduce the number of them considerably, and, in .1, 01 1, take away the carriage of newsnauers by the mail altogether. The Committee c uld not but be ,wa:e that vie great mass cf papers use d in the country were carried to the large towns to masses, and a. I. .)uted thete and to the reighbouriog towns by the u rge newvaper venders ; and in !hi.: way they vould be continued to be sent and distributed, if the ,tort' were taken off, and .itnout paying atiy postage Nhatever, because the expen.e of conveyance by coach .otild be next to nothing at all. The question then simply is this, whether I should take off the tax ne ctilit ife on newspapers—as some may say , in a or - m obs , but I think on well founded grounds, val s pislo v the reasons I have rated—and sacrifice the 40 the revenue arising from them , 440,000/. !'ilitoffe which would arise from the increa sed consumP;: ejo or whether I should apply this slim t" tea Of of some taxes which press more heavily it i, munity.—(Loud uheering.) regret that I have come to theSior'p myself hsving upon helcl I t, — u t l ex a p e e m c t i a t t i o o n n s d — ise t u l i s o s i u i : l g n i h: c , l l : Bla . f i i li : l4 :ll2 di 1 : session I did incline—l may Pe l bsP B ha" ; prudent—but I did incline to of w ta hat j king 1 real intention at the tim e, ' b tax, and I wish to state that frankly to ( „ e r ite Now, Sir, I do not think it is necessary 401 apply to any other tax at t he present 1::clo discussion. Now, Sir, the first tax to 1/_.., call the attention of the Committee , is one olvf' amount, it is the tax on tiles. T his tax wilt to 37,0001. a year. Thedutyon slates hav in g I, I I also think the duty on tiles ought to be taken . $ OO l always felt, the tax on tiles having been P ll/ , , I lieve, to counterbalance the tax on slats, ss s i o. to take the fist pportunity of toe loch as well as the oth r o er. The next tax to w or y whit to apply myself, will not be of s l3 _ 3 '; t he amount; indeed, I am not quite sure ‘vils, e „ will b-, but I think it very likely to afford _,,,,,,, relief, and that is a tax, with respect t° ~..; i O, Ol With respect to the tax on advertisements, 111 ' io it at present stands it is injurioue to trade di' branches, and its reduction will be most beee 10 0 productive classes.—(Crieere.) At present thief vertisement., as the committee is perhap s 8 0 4 61 on each advertisement, every t i m e it is rereeitis must operate as a great check on the i r e advertisements, and must, as I said before, int rel f se t every branch of trade. Now, I propose t°,,,,,,P tax on the first inserti o n of a n at i ve rtiserneo t "o, o to 2,, on the second insertion to Is. 64 '' 00 future insertions to J. I think that fide' will see that this plan will h a v e the advantage ° l . g e ' little of the rev e nu e , e hil s t it will greatly re ' l o - 1f,,. (Hear, hear)—end encour age those who (or' n°W-P use once, to do so frequently, as it is clearli h ;tlls terest to do so. Indeed, I think we may sal t " t i - f to probable effect of this alter ition will be, freq ul' . C e j advertisements, which otherwise would not Ito Sn'' it will enable the proprietors of newspar " e ° jested advertisements at a cheaper rate th s ", -, the sell a single advertisement ; fir by ke e P ai rgion; standing they are saved the expense of cow,- „,,,, though, therefore, I do not think we Ir ; . 1 , 1 3 w' r much lore of r e venue by this change, 1 t ''' . • safe— tare 1 from adV A,w P r L i , a 0 sate at calculating m, L S rita i r r rrd ß iii tbilt k - 0, 1 : — to t h T l e s b O e r , e w o d o h u t o ) c / i t e i , o r a i e l n v d e a n t l u e 0 7 11 - 1, 7::: or tine half. 'fire next tax to which I shall sPr-:1, Inc the removal of which is much desire' "1 E aTl E .,llio L io: r n — nß.tp: W ? hat is the present Woo" fol) marine insurances.—(ll-ae, h ear .) Sir, I he inge" wahout airy large sacrifice of revenue this 1 0 1, s ion t° Such a manner as to giv e gre at accommoos cog shipping interest, a nd th e t ra de of tb _. ‘ e till; generally. The pres e nt r a t e o f d u ty is on the C n Is. 3d. per cent. when the pierniu ° 04 3 exceed 205., and 2a. 61 per ce p `' de ' dues exceeed 20s. O n th e foreign 1.-0,00 higher, being 2s. 61 per cent., when tb' Pret, nut exceed 20.., and 5.. per c nt. when it ea r° 20s. The amount of revenue yielded by this ra' bn O A right 220,0001. Ii is, however, for ror,'7 hi'"' this tax has am,runted to at a former period II :0 0 1 6 House will see an effect similar to that whic h 'l o l o ' Oder as having taken place in the case of Malt . 0 ,0 l a gloss amount o f thi s tax ( certa i n ly f r om Y s Z,,o(' it was a large year), was 452, 00 000 1 * Whe eas, as I sated before, it is only 2 ": t .' 0 0 I am afraid I must admit, under these °'" c i ,i o II ( that the effect of the tax has been to drive 1-1.- of trade out of the ceuntry.—(Heara he , h " , , 6 Therefore, Sir, I do think that this is one 01 th e sig' which the principle on which I act. ought t4 ,,,,re , " / i The proposition I have to subunit to the Cote ,(teas sairj.to will, I believe, he acceptairle to the I % oa 1111 , o nie , i. It is not proposed to alter the ° I : tb i. ties to the coasting trade. My proposition * all policies far the foreien trade, in which th a, el fel °. under 155., the duty shall be reduced from 2 "' ', IA 9 and under policies where the premium. is 11 0 `;.g$ rib, ve 155., I propose to reduce the duty -00 When the premium exceeds 305., I prop" ie .. ,(t . presets. duty alkali continue to he 10 1 1 1 '0 From what I have already head, I ''' srs this arrangement wili b e sat i s f a ctory to the in'e ri tt i, if corned. Of t ourse th ey wou ld be better saris° 01 reduction were greats, but ttre reduction of in .d., falls on tho.e punch's, in the nas e ' ;‘ , o o f relief is most required. I calculate the reduerietar r venue which may t .ke place from this c ausest t 0 00 There is another class of taxes to which 1 W i g' nar vent—l mean the assessed taxes.—(Hear .) ''' ° o l 011 respect to these taxes, the pressure on the al 0 1 , on the G.rvernment has been fur the total rrr J oe . firs tot.tl repeal of them would m ake a I '-‘, orr 2,594 0001. I confess, that however 1 11/ ; r e accommodate and relieve tie town and no° 0 0 than, I should not be justified in sacrificing s ll , l aet '' of the revenue fur that object. I have.; 11 to consider it some mode could not be adoi 1 " -- ,.' p the productive industry of the country may fee il f 1 while this tax might remain upon those w,eat,, able to bear it ; I mean, whether an arras:W-0, 1 net be made, by which the shoploop er° lo t J relieved from the duty, whil e houses g o t r;st not converted into shops should be rig a , CO. Il i chargeable as at present.—(H ear , h e ar.) 'trea e "A l V may proliab'y be aware that acc o rding to the I' el; regarding the window tax there is an allowal bet: 4 i Which three windows are struck off from es ° I , Fri ail. which a shop is attached. I think this /' , i t ;I V upon which we may proceed. I do 4:0 0 : 4, 10 0 confine the windows for shops to any si ) ` •c- . 0 1117 ,1 : but would propose to take the duty oP ; 0 1 1' 0 ; i all shops employed as such, or as ware rooms. A t o tl'' if a house had 15 windows, and five are alofi lie , d "sel' r i and different warehouse rooms, the duty Isr° lh k - 0 raliat i willnvvo With t hu be e o n re l ssptbiereetetione-thirdi but u t p oo o f n t l th O hoo . w house window that swo t tax, c :x a 1 ,...... e t‘ t 0 ": 0 0 . y .0" , f I , gpt(wia t 1 to iv,eriw,le.t, apply iLot,aon,i,ni nu:a i:rayedeeov. ednfe t hueTctshae one-thirdc.ion ve hi d l pf i te ol irlioe a i e t e i n : y k d e °a e ts u nh p hn ph e eeod ,o - : pd n t u bu s i i i e n ta t rya b dnr st isel o :l; :c . : r.t e for:6 , : l : °l r ° , l o a • 1 gii m appliede described , p't shops,hwu applied because I h m av m e itte r e eli w ev il e l d ace ;he t in hat ":611 : 0 ' 1! '„( ( r J , to l e i r a e ti l ib i l e o window ,r t fo o drw s ell ing. The reuaufo , thus effected I estimate at 100,000/.. --(1- is "I, Now, with respect to other taxes, the 14(iu : e c see. ',, 0 the debates that have taken place in conseq - seofj rj alteration made in the duty on taxed carts la'' oper have explained, that air hough it may ha ve eedSilr,,, seine measure as a fresh tax. it was, in (flatfot _Jr' f l the • tax, but it has undoubtedly pressed P p KO", who were nil charged with it before. 010$.$ pet ierwever, produced much to the revenue, an d /r ii I - r:f e i , affect the amount of the assessed taxe'' Itlti tli o that all carts which would be subjected th th e • es $ i i ire entirely freed from that duty. This will 1 tiO W notion f 30.000/ —( Hear, hear, hear.) nose s o f, p..se that another duty which has bve ° a o lip ° ''lP;; planned of shall be taken off—it is that u r I I.) ifle l . ; warehousemen, porters, 86,1. (Hear, nineofr— is, will make a further reduction of 45 ,u ; l eito t Is, near.) There are other persons connec'eued,ol an I agriculture, who may fairly be re lic ,: rea l ,101 onount is nut very large—l - mean the on"T e 'P e t , era and riders, the duty on whom is 4, 500- to C a d d o, .rn commercial clerks, &e., 1 also oroe e ta k, os b - oll,' mounting ro 55,000/ I next propose t° ..o „rs, ` r ( b'. .up.,11 stewar s, bailiffs, m imagers, and "Vet ' - , ,0 1, te o r i rut of small 41110110 t, namely, 9 500/. T he , , 0 111 ;10 e Auctions in the assessed taxes ain dl r t to 41 _, - 0 , of 244,000I.—(Cheers.) The next Pl" ° ' 0 e ertr4 „ dial' address myself is one to which I a p a ce "i n otto lb o'l gree pledged. When I laid the tax 00 O , , 01 :1 bat it was contrary to pr incipie, autl Ill" ;: e ' l r - e itoc,` ( 0 /, iornunity that presented it.ert it o ught to d ow , ni ~I mink that opportunity has now a risen , n i n ioo ,l do 0 1 eurshent on the Htiuse to take off the add.' NI" li ° I 'V v .!: s ' the la t i i , d o c u i nn g re h u i t a n i b - 1 y t 8 . 3 , i c t i e: 3 l§ , s e T u l ; : d a e e n r C d t 7; i h y ln i o i t h t i t : ‘‘e i e n t a r i l' II: . ns I , 6 :t i j i. a t° ‘ ,2 ) Ij / re: ll co . tar ar Y PI/ should I, d e es t i a t k a e b. n le 0 ff tehotitirelyt,heas tax . o o pie , brat the dory on ra i. , " b :7, n i g e w o : . fi WI; :° / . i tp j rose to remit this tax, it ' 8 -" an y I's" br7 ~ principle as the tax ~ n printe , d ca n l ia t has, at the untie time, an - rerun to o lo i-c ...9 l' etc is danger in taxing the raw hem_..ufoito",, ecan' e A r ~ii ends to prevent the importation of t do : to ... 4 , s , ele. Now, Sir, this danger f the c' et . of e at pa , .srow itself, but remains dormant t not a ,,,,5r .., tenon of foreign manufacturers is , " - lus' ~ it is too late to be tetnedied..---( Hear.)