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laud to produce four qitatters, ttore wortl4l be a duty of .51. 12.5. upon every acre of Barley that was grown, independent of the tax for distilla tion and for Malt. NQW, he did notpretend tr; say, that the whole of these taxes pressed upon the grower, he knew they were paid by the con sumer. But they in part fell upon the grower, and he should be able to shew in what manner they did so ; namely, in reducing the consump tion. it was worthy of remark, that 'the duty of 10s. 6d. was never increased throughout the whole of Mr. Pitt's administration, with one single exception. In 1701 Mr. Pitt did propose to the House, and the House did enact, that a temporary advance of 3d. per bushel should be made in aid of the Spanish armament. .But there was a distinct understanding at the time, that the advance should be temporary ; and accordingly in the year 1792 it was actually repealed. The aluestion was at that time most fully and elabo borately discussed in the House of Lords as well as in the Commons, and it was admitted on all hands, that nothing was more to be avoided than such a tax, as it would, tend to divert the habits of the people from their natural industrious and contented channel, and prevent them from enjoy those indulgencies which rendered theiv,fire kldes peaceful and happy. This temp orary tax. was repealed, and in no part of that administra tion it - was -renewed. Then came the administra tion of Lord Sidmouth, and the tax was advanced in 1802 from 10s. 6d. to 18s. Sd., a`tid. in 1800 to the immense extent of 345. The effect of these high duties was, that in England, Scotland, and ireland, the consumption was reduced in a most material degree. He would go by the accounts Raid upon the table, and lake . three periods at which he would strike the averages of consump tion. He would take one period commencing with 1791, another commencing 180-1, and ano fuer embracing the last four years. He found eat in England the consurtiption of Malt in 1791 was 27,673,947 bushels. Then came the high duties of 1802, and his next average was taken in 1.1504 ; at which .period the consumption from - 17, 673,947 bushels was reduced to 23,450,000. , Then he came to the last period, where he found a still further reduction to '22,600,000 bushels. iliow if the average of the last four years was compared with the consumption of 1791, it would be found that there was a deficit of 5,073,947 bushels. In Scotland the averages were— Bushels. In 1791, consumption - - 1,875,000 1804, _ - - 1,031,030 Aning a deficit between those periods of nearly half. In Ire land the reiluction wag - still larger. Bushels. In 1791, ccnsu:ni Lion - -4.855,00 G 1804, 2.78'1,800 1818, - 1,780,000 . Taking the totals, it would he found that the de ficit of consumption in Great Britain, exclusive of Lrelancl, amounted to 5,574,000 bushels. The increase in oar population ought also to create as increased demand. Therefore, in point of fact, the reduction in the- consumption was still greater. lie would now ,sub.ruit to the Rt. llon. Gfmtlernan whether by taking off these taxes to a certain amount, and thereby causing an in- . creased consumption to the extent of 1,800 7 000 quarters, the extent of the deficit, the revenue of the country would not gain rather than lose. It would be openino-in our own country an addi tional market, ,and erecting a constant demand for our additional growth. Whenever it ap peared that taxation had passed beyond its limits oionaumption would begin to decrease, and then it was that taxation became prejudicial. If it were necessary still further to establish the policy r, - repealing this tax, he must go more minutely i. tEOie circumstances ; and it was really curious to see the immediate effect of the increased duties, ald•the progress of the reductions of consump tion. En England the consumption was - Bus'leis. In 1791 1304 , 22,421,000 11105 1808 1007 180 1 3 1801 In Scotland : In 1701 1004 1895 1805 1007 1308 Finch were the results of increased taxation. As the present distress pressed particularly hard upon agriculture, it was the duty of the House to re- Hew: that pressure wherever it could be dwna, ae he contend , -‘d it could in the present instance. The Act of 1815 had not given that protection to the agriculturist which the House intended it should. He would endeavour in a very few words to explain his meaning upon this point. lie be lieved that the intention of the Legislature was to protect 01.r7 own produce up to the price of ROC ; and when i exceeded 804. to call in the aid of foreign markets, t) prevent its going far beyond that price. But the effect of that Act had not been consistent with the viows and in ttntions of the Legislature. What had that ef fect been? Why, upon the admission of foreign grain, when the averages reached 80s. such an inundation of corn had been poured into the oountry, that every market had become abso infely glutted with it. By looking at the Re terv, it would be seen that in a space little less than twenty months, 2,600,000 quarters of fo reign Wheat had been imported ; a quantity of five- times the amount of the annual imports for the last twenty years. Irish imports had also increased fo a great extent. The importations from that coo.ntry, during • the period Ire had al luded to,-•was 400,000 quarters. There was now in Inland 743,000 quarters, and in the gra naries of England 2.60,000 quarters. Some mea sire ought to be adopted to prevent, this sort of inundation upon the country, yet to provide a sufficient check upon the prices of our markets. lie was sure that such a measure would give sa tisfacticn to the country throuzhout—not merely to the agriculturist, but to the merchant, the manufacturer, and to aul parties. Compatible with the original views and intentions of the le gislature, considerable alterations might be made in the Act of 1815, without materially affecting its principle, so as to effect in a degree the ob jects he had pointed out. • Ile really was net prepared to say what extent of duty would put the Britisli grower upon a footing with the Fo reign grower. With respect to what was gene rally called a free trade, he considered it as im practicable as the putting in practice the abstract doctrines of the Rights of Man, or any theory of that description; for, with the present load of taxes, it ,was impossible to put the Eng lish Agri cul tarlit upon an equality with the foreigner. Another circumstance, .which pressed; he thought, upon the industry of all classes, was the Act of 1819, vulgarly. called Peel's Bill. The effect of this measure pressed upon all clasSes to an extent almost in calculable. lle knew it was little shert of pro fanation to call in question the wisdom of that measure ; but he vas confident it was a measure which could not be permanent. The lion. Mem ber concluded, by appealing to the justice of the House in calling for their support to his motion ; which was " For-leaveto bring in a Bill to repeal so much of an Act passed in 59th year of the reign of his late Majesty, entitled, An Act, tee., as related to the imposition of an additional duty of is. 4d.per bushel upon British malt; and so much of another Act relating . to Ireland as im posed an additional duty of 4s. Sd. per barrel upon Irish malt." Mr. Macxtslztx, in seconding the motion, dis claimed any wish to shift any undue share of the burtheos of the country upon any chess of the community ; but he was satisfied that the tax in question pressed upon the agriculturist to an ex tent which must eventually dry up his resources. The tax as it affected Scotland had rendered a great portion of the Barley grown in that country unserviceable ; and it had consequently been ap plied for the purposes-of illegal distillation. The Scottish I.3arley was of a quality inferior to that of English Barley, and therefore could not hear the duty.. The duty was -in fact greater than the value of the Barley, and he considered no other fact necessary to show the justice of the present motion, The deficiency in the quantify of pro ductive Barley, had not even yet reached its head, for under the present law the distills .r was tax d, not upon what he distilled in the present year, but upon what he might have distilled upon comparison with the last year. The Honourable Member complained of the system, which he s lid ir.!vailed, of imposing taxes at the end of a Session, - without any inquiry, and without any reference to the :Members ,of that part of the Country likely to be affected by those taxes. — He intreated the House to sanction the present motion. He spoke, lie believed, the unanimous voice of the Magistracy of Scotland in saying, that this tax was dearly purchased. It gave rise to smuggling to such an extent, that it threat etsed to overturn the police of the country ; and yet nothing but an imperious sense of duty could bring the Magistrates to enforce the laws.—(Hear, hear.)—lie spoke in the pre sence of Hon. Members from that part of the country. If his statement was erroneous, .he called upon them to correct him, and if it was justified by the fact, be had a right to call upon them to support the present motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. ELLICE said, he should support the mo tion, but upon grounds different from those of the last speaker. Before he even consented to the repeal of the tax, he wished to satisfy him self that that taN could be repealed with advati ,tage. So largely bad we dealt with the Sinking Fund, and so little was there remaining of that Fund, that he thought the House ought to exert oselves to relieve the present pressure, in ;der to enable the country to provide an efficient sinking Fund, applicable to the purposes origi nally intended.—(Hear, hear, hear!)—He ob jected to the manner of keeping the accounts of the public debt, as it tended to the support of many useless offices, and because it made the state of the country appear darker than it really was. He saw no good reason for our debt being stated at one-third more than it really amounted to. lie asked whether, after all the trials which had been sustained by the country, was there a hope left of forcing the Government to eco nomise ? Would it be believed, for instance, that the collection of the Customs cost more than it did in the year 1807, by a million, although the amount collected was nearly the same ? He really thought an Honourable Friend was by no means wrong in his calculation, when he said that a million a year might be saved without any inconvenience. To address himself, how ever, to the tax immediately,under consideration. He by no means agreed with his Hon. Friend, the Mover, in every thing he had advanced. He (Mr. E.) thought the tax in question pressed most heavily upon the consumer. The consump tion had fallen off in consequence of the pressure of the tax, and this'alone convinced him that the tax had been carried too far. This was one rea sou for his giving his vote for the motion ; but he confessed that when speculative opinions were circulated very freely he was anxious to correct them. He agreed with his Hon. Friend that the Act of 1815 was inadequate for the protection of the agriculturist ; but he thought it would be better even for the agriculturist to repeal the Act altogether.—(Hear!)—The idea of keeping up prices was perfectly absurd, while the Act of 1819 was in force. All speculations of this kind he was satin led would fail. The Hon. Member for Norfolk had said on a former debate that the price of corn was the same as it was in the year 1792, and yet that rent, tradesmen's bills, and every thing else had doubled. But the farmer, he thought, should look for low charges rather than high prices.—(Hear, hear !)—The landholder must now pay the price of the sup port he bad given to Government in the" prose cution of infamous wars.—(Cheers.)—The holder was always subservient to the Minister, and actually supported the measure of the Right lion. Member for Oxford, under the effect of Which they were now suffering. It was this mea sure which bad brought the country to its present state, and the only - chance of relief was to', be found in the reduction of our expences within the smallest possible limit.—(Cheers.)—He consider ed it was the greatest injustice to compel persons ,who had entered into contracts in a depreci ated currency to make good their contracts in a full currency.--,(llear, hear!)--The lion. Member concluded by stating his determination to support the motion. The CiIANCELLOR of the EIGUE'QUER wished to - meal the attention of the House to the eines tion immediately before them.--e(Hear !)—The Hon. Member. for Essex could not, deny that %ihich was proved by the accounts on the table, that the produce of the tax- of JBl9 had .fully answered the expectation, and risen to the amount 1 which the Country had been led to expert. The Hon Member had contended that the consump tion of barley had-been reduced b3re4xatio,n ; but he (the Chancellor of the ErC:hequec) denied' that the Honourable Member had accurately ex hibited the accounts which were before the House or. stated a fair view of the subject. The inference which the Chancellor of the Exchequer drew froth these accounts was, that the repeal of the War Duty in 1816 did not afford relief to the Agricul ture of the Country ; and dile he proved by an argument of expressly the same nature as that used by the Hon. Gentleman himself in favour of the repeal of the Duty at present. The repeal in 1816 did net increase the consumption during the succeeding year, although not only was the duty then withdrawn, but that ,which had 'been advanced for the stock on hand had been repaid. The average quantity of corn, ou which duties were charged, between July, 1816, and Juiy, - 1819, when a considerable proportion of the war duty was resumed, was 22,000,080 quarters, making an actual diminution of nearly 3,000,0001., on - the revenue during these three years, as compared with the three years preceding 1816. Neither had the re-imposition 'of a part of that duty, in 1319, diminished either the con sumption or the:revenue since, that period. The quantity was in fact eincretsed, by 1,'260,000 bushels. The Right Hone Gentleman continued his reply to the propositions of the Hon. Mem bers for Essex, Rosshire, and Coventry ; but his arguments wero given in so indistinct a tone, that it was with ditliculty we could catch even 'a few detached sentences. The Right Hon. Gent. con tended,as we understood him, that the new duty , ort malt had in no degreelessened the consumption of strong beer ; and that, by consequence, the tax falling not upon the farmer but upon the consumer, was an eligible- impost, pressing fairly and equally upon the public at large. lie next proposed to meet the objections to the new. duty as they ape plied to the case of Scotland peculiarly. It was said that the imposition of so high a duty held out an encouragement to illicit distillation ; but it would not be found, he believed, that since the new duty had been in operation the extent of legal distillation had been diminished. On the other hand, it was to be remembered that Scot land hail a free importation of English Vain ; and if English barley could be carried into Scotland, there, at a reduced duty, converted into malt, and in that state brought back into the English market, what security was there for the English grower or maltster ? He certainly - could not consent, to a partial • reduction of the duties, therefore, wilich was to benefit Scotland exclu sively, at the ex pence of crippling the revenue of the country. There was another point on which the Hon. Mover had expatiated—he meant the superannuations which had been adopted under the system of 1818. Persons, he admitted, had been allowed to retire ; • but the aftera tion of circumstances rendered it neces sary ; and if any increase of expellee lied been the consequence, those circumstances could be fairly pleaded as a reason for it. Many persons considered that it would be far more de sirable to reduce some of the duties on foreign products for the ptirpose a effecting general re lief, rather than to remove such an impost as this ; but when lee himself proposed to remove the tax on one article, (we believe on the hn portation of certain descriptions of silk goods,) he found that persons_ nterested in the trade would not agree to such a proposition. If, then, a reduc tion of an impost on foreign articles would not be allowed, still less was it likely to be admitted with respect to a great internal duty, which fell equally, on all classes of the community, and the amount of which could he accurately computed. —(Hear.)---Under these circumstances he should Oppose the motion. Mr. MAGRExzis and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER mutually explained. _ _ Lord A. HAMILTON had, in common with the rest of his countrymen, an utter hopelessness and despair of prevailing on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to take of} any cluty.on Scotland, as to its growth or manufactures. lie thought it rather hard to lay on a duty last year of ~- tenth on Scotch grain, when the additional duty on English malt was hitt one-twelfth. The amount of the duty on Scotch malt was literally more than the real price of the article. flat he would say again, that he had no hope of making any impression on the utter oh.luracy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in matters of economy. Lord G. CAVENDISIV Said, he would vote for this motion, as one that would he of the greatest relief to the landholder and the farmer. The trader and the manufacturer 'could, (what was vulgarly called) keep their heads above water. But he would ask if that was the case with the agricultural interest ? -Something must be clone for the relief of the farmer ; and this was one of the first which would enable him to bear the bur dens which had been imposed upon him. The_ landed interest and the practical farmer could not be better relieved than by the. adoption of the motion of his Honourable Friend, the Mem ber for Essex. Mr. WoutuousE was decidedly in favour of the repeal of this tax. He considered it as a met/- Sure necessary for the relief of the agriculturist. The land-owner had been charged, with a desire to raise the price of agricultural produce, that the farmer Might be enabled to pay exorbitant rents. He denied the assertion. Upon a fair calculation, light lands would produce about 40 bushels of barley an acre. Such lands usually let for 26,5, an acre. He would put it to any Hon. Member to say if that was too high a rent for the land-owner to receive. An Hon. Gent.. had talked of the servility of the landed interest, to the existing Government. The Hon Member might have used a more courteous expression.— He knew not in what sense it had been used ; but he would say, in reply, that the assertion was wholly unfounded. The Hon. Member then proceeded to comment on the present st4te . of the country, and to urge the necessity of a repeal of the tax, though in doing this he intended to im pute no censure on his Majesty's Government for proposing to retain it. Mr. ELLICE in explanatititi said, he had used a term in the heat of argnment which he wished he had not used.—(Rear, hear o—He wished not to apply_ the word subserrients - o as to give the least ofence,• on the .contrary he was desiron4 of spealt.ing'qn the most respectfut terms or ale landed interest. Mr. R. SUMNER contended, that the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer was correct. There was nethiudin the situation of persons north of the Tweed, to entitle them to . indulgence - with respect to the duty. Much had been said against the late war, to which the pre sent state of distress was attributed. With other Members who felt pugnacious, he supported the, war, and he was convinced the Representatives in Parliament who voted:with him on that occasion, spoke the sentiments of the people. - IJe was ready to a►ford relief to Agriculturists', by voting for the repeal of the tax on husbandry horses ; but he could not vote for the motion before the Lord FOLICS9TONE supported the motion, but said he did not coincide in all the topics intro duced by. the Hon. Member for Essei. He did not agree with him in the proposition, that taking off this tax would relieve Agriculture only. lie thought manufactures would be benefited by a repeal of the tax, and therefore he should support it. Distress was not confined tctone class of the community but all. With respect, to the cause of that distress ; it was impossible for the country to go on paying the interest of the public debt. fu some cases .it might be a nittter of justice" to break faith with the public creditor. He thought it right to state his sentiments on thathead fairly. Mr. ilusKtssox was aware of the .unpopular task whiCh that man itad to perform who rose in • his place to oppose the repeal of a tax, especially when it was represented that the repeal would relieve the. distress of a great body of the people; but on this occasion ht felt he had a duty to per form, and that duty was to oppOse 'the repeal of the tax in the present instance. He strongly re probated the doctrine of the Noble Lord, as re garded keeping public faith with the public cre ditor:,. He contended. that faith oughtto be kept inviolate, and impressed with that opinion, he could not consent, in this time of public neces sity, to give up a branch of revenue amounting to upwards of .../.,000,000/. annually. The Hoe. Mem ber then entered into .various details; to shew that the Malt Tax did not affect the agricultu rist_ This tax was not like the Hop Tax; it was not taken out of the pockets of the grower, but was taken from the consumer. Speaking of the dis tress of the country, he apprehended no man would say that taxation had brought the present pres sure on America, neither had it here. He was ready to allow that the Poor-rates and,Taxation were heavy evils, but they were not the original cause of, our difficulties. The lion.. Member then read an extract from the RepPrt matte to Congress in America during the present Session of Congress, which described, the distresses of America as greater than those of this country, yet they had not thought of breaking , public faith; and he thought persons were disposed look at our situation with too gloomy and des ponding an eye. He was persuaded, with per severance, we should come out of the struggle with our honour unimpaired, and with increased strength. He considered our greatest difficulties as surmounted, and that We might now look for ward to a diminution of expenditure and a gra dual reduction of taxation. He concluded by moving the previous question. _ Air. Wir.ucn.ronci.-addressed the House in a low tone of voice. We understood him to sup ,port the motion for a repeal of the Malt Tax. Ile agreed that it was necessary to support Go -vernment to enable them to retrieve the affairs of the Country ; but at the same time he thought. they ought übt to lay any burdens on. the Coun try which were not absolutely necessary. They ought to beware and remember, that the posses sion of the good-will and heart of the nation, was in this Country the most valuable they could have, and if there was too great taxation, no oc casion should be allowed to pass without lighten 'ing it. Mr. MoNcK delivered his sentiments in favour of the original motion, amidst repeated cries of question. He thought that as the rent roll of the Country diminished the taxes, that burdens ought to be decreased in something like the same pro portion. Mr. LYTTLETON intruded on the time of the House to state his reason for voting in favour of the motion of the Hon. Member for Essex (Mr. Western). He was ready to vote for a system of more extended taxation ; but it must press more equally than this upon the country. Lord CASTLEREAGH assured the House, that if he rose for the purpose of arguing the question at that hour, he should. think he deserved theimpa tience which ,he perceived growing around lie entreated the House to consider what had been the situation of Parliament in discussions of this nature for the last five years. For'the three years preceding the last two the character of the Government had been run down because it de layed bringing forward some system ormore extensive taxation, which should restore the faith of the country and give support to the money operations, and during the last two years no less than three propositions had been made for repealing taxes. So that, after having SO lefithly resolved that it was necessary to sustain the public creditor with a sinking fund of five millions, when no one could lay his hand upon his heart and say that their sinking fund. was worth more than two millions, they were pro= posing to recede from their resolutions; and in stead of considering hOw they should make up the other three millions, they were trying how they should get rid of the two they had. He fully appreciated the benevolence of the views of the Hon. Gehtleman opposite (Mr. Wilberforce), but they were most limited, unfounded, and un fair.' If he were inclined to repiit any .tax, he certainly should not fix upon this tax ; fur its re peal would not fall upon the consumer. He conjured the House not to allow • its enlarged views of the state of the country', exifi'oi this subject, to be shaken by the false "arghuneuto which had been advanced that evening. Mr. K. DOUGI,AS stated, that in coutequenee of a tax upon Mailt having been laid upon the Scotch without their . I-tepresentatives being duly advised on the subject, the SCotch :Members felt themselves so situated on the present occasion, that tlkey should, -think'liktheic duty to vote for the repeal of tIXTdx.. The CHANdILLOR of the EXCiIEQUER explained. Mr. WESTERN shortly replied, and the House then divided. The numbers were For the Previous Question -Against it MaiorAyfor Mr. Western's Motion Mr. WESTERN accordingly wa.. 611.c:tell to bring in his . 1.31 it. The other Orders of the flay were then dis posed of, and. the Ilonse adjourned at HALF.. PAST TWO O'CLOCK. SO UTII AMERICA.. V.XTRACT 6F A LETTER FROM THE SIIIIGEOY of TAM GENERAL SAN MARTIN, DATED CALLAO BAY, DEC. 11, 18'10. 44 I. embrace the opportunity of his i3ritannit. Majesty's ship Hyperion of writing to you. did not till this P oment know of her sailing soy soon, otherwise I shotild have wrote to you alerts fully. ' arrived all safe in Pisco, which is onry -50 leagues distant from Lima, and met-with a.fa vourable reception from the inhabitants of the neighbourhOod, many of whom joined us in arms ; wad most of the villages in the.neighboarhood swore the independence of Peru. We left in• Ica, The principal' town in the neghbourhood, a Li'ent. Colonel,. to be Governor of the province, and Commander of the troops, with about 200 sol diers, who, by the last accounts which. we have had from him, was very successful in recruiting. troops. General San Martin, at the same tialf,?, -- sent the first division of the army, which consisted, of about 1000 or 1200 infantry and -cavalry, under the command of General Arenalis, into the interior of the country, for the purpose of cutting off all provision from the South, from Lima; ' in both: of which he has. completely . succeeded. We had dispatches from him a few days ago, giving • , an account of an engagement with the enemy,. which . he completely defeated, all o-f whom are prisoners or killed. The General is advancing. towards Lima, by an. order from: Gen. San Mar tin.; he is noW within 30 or 40 leagues of it. We embarked the remainder of the troops at Pisco„ and sailed for Aucou, where in. two days we ar rived, and remained 4 short time, for.the yarpose - of deceiving the enemy. We then sailed for Guacho, at whiCh we arrived after a few days' , sail ; disembarkation or the troops inanediately took place, and,head-quarters established ; they . are now at Iluaro, four leagues distant from Guacho. We 'have met the same 'teceptiort here as at Pisco , and in fact much better.— In this neighbourhood the • villages have . , declared to maintain their independence with' - their lives. We had, while laying at Ancou schooner from Guayaquil ; she brought us dis patches of the Revolution there, and . its- having declared from the Spanish yoke. The principal heads of the Spanish Government there were oft board', aft,' these we have exchanged as prisoners: of war, for ever, at Lima. The subsequent: :day - we had' dispatches from. his Lordship (Cochrane)",. of the culang out of Callao the Spanish frigate Eimeralda, by the boats of the 'squadron, under the immediate command of his, Lordship ; a most brave and gallant ent,-irprise,' • and one which was sufficient to have placed his name, bad he never done any thing. wonderful be fore, among the first in the age.. lie who has seen the batteries, forts, castles of Callao, I am sure can scarcely give credit to his success; how ever, it is not the less true: His Lordship was se.' verely wounded in the thigh by a pistol ball, but is now nearly recovered. We have dispatches, a few days ago, from General San Martin of the most favourable nature; the Vice King's Regiment of, Numancia have passed over to the Patriot flag,. Officers and Men indiscriminately. This is the .only regiment in which the Vice King put ans , - confidence, and which formed his advanced guard. We have almost every day joining us Officers and men who have deserted from his Vice Majesty's army," Jokts KEATS, ESQ.—The admirers of poetry will regret to hear that this gentleman died at Rome, on the 23d ult.; at the age of twenty-Eve- His work, entitled . ENDYMION, displays strong proofs of imagination, Inhpregnated with know ledge and .genuine poetical spirit. This work induced Messrs. TAYT.OR and JIESsET to bring forward a Volume of his Miicellancons Poems, the chief of which are.entitled LAMIA,rSADELLA, TUE EVE OF ST. AONES, and a fragment entitled HYFERION.—Mr. KEATS possessed aw.-V, OTscri: - : tive powers, which are so strongly manilesteA i. 14 the fragment of 11.YrEraoN, - that thcro is addi tional cause for lamenting that the ingettioug author did not, live to conclude it. -\Y should not mention Mess:-s. TA - 1-Lon. anft HE3sIT -frith out a tribute of praise to their taste, libera iity, and benevolence, in drawing the talents of CLARE from rustic obscurity and hopelevi drudgery, enabling him to support his aged Parents, and placing him in a state of . hum:4l! independence, which affords him the !Reims of his mind, and of giving full expansion to the powers of his genius. This conduct bold' - forth a goad example to the higher ranks, who might do honour to themselves, and, by encourag ing- unfrionded•talents, augment the literary WO of their Country. There is an old man living at this time of the • 't name of Aloanis I).avns, w ith his Iv ife at Llewyn fledw, in Carrnartheushire, who have alive one hundred and thirty-four descendattu) viz. 10 children, 66 gra;,_,-children, and 56 great grand-children ; one of the great grand-children • is '2O years of age, and another IS. The vettg. rable pair have beep married G 4 ,Te3rs,