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necessity, however tvplesisant. He felt the same necessity with Mr. SIIEKIDAN, that the Schedule he described should have been printed, and thought that the voluminous Papers often laid on the Table, . . confused, and without reference or arrangement, were ill calculated to give clear or satisfaaory in -1 formation. He then took an enlarged view of the operation of the Bill, upon the various pro. ! ceedings of the Civil Courts, ,nd observed, that in ! cases o f comi)laint between husband anti wife, where , the costs on both sides must always fall on the hus. hand ; in Prize Causes, where the parties ,on one side were that gallant set of men British Sailors, and on the other,. Foreign IVleschants, who were obliged to follow their Ships into Our ports, and vin dicate themselves it, our Courts against the charges on which they were seized ; in suits instituted on the subjeet of Wills, the' fees on the admission of Praetors, and a vast variety of other cases, the cx Pence of Stamps would be so enormous, as to deter ,men from seeking justice nr Yedress, and fall most heavily on those who were least able to bear it, and Mostly' on the injured party: • Mr. ADDINGTON said, that finding the:Sche. dole on the Table a counterpart of that which he in. tended to bring forward, he felt-it his duty to avow it as his, and to assume his spate of any obloquy that might attach to the measure. Fre thought the Babied Of the. Schedule very fair objets of Taxa tion; arid said, the Hon. and Learned Member who just sat down, had not duly adverted to. the Sche disk, or, he would, have seen, that on a' vast variety of prize causes, to which he had alluded, there was no increase whaitier. Another inarlvertencytintv. which another Hon. Gentletrian (Mr. StisittoAN) bad fallen, respeted annuity assurances of certain classes, upon which he would find that the charges had been decreased instead of being enhanced ; and with respect to the Tax on Law Proceedings, it was, for the most part, a mere consolidation of former Taxes under one Stamp, with a very trivial addi tion, Which was amply compensated by tl.e security and simplification of the, Duties, effeaed by reduc. lug various Stamps to one, and thereby preventing all possibility of invalidating such proceedings by the error of improper Stamps, an advantage of much importance, both to pratlitioners.and clients. He was against the Motion of the Hon. Gentleman, because he thought the Committee would afioid the fullest opportunity for discussion, and enable him to tis , ,ve for expunging of any 'Clause he di s lik e d, w i l i c h Ile could trot do in i the present stage of the Bill.' Sir &Al. PtiLtENEY objeaed tti the Tax on Law Proceedings, as utterly unconstitutional ; and said, that the plea of that tax originating in King , WILLIAM'. reign, was no argument in its favour. Many obnoxious takes were adopted in that reign, 'under the pressing ekigenciet of the times, which were since repealed, and would be scouted if they Were proposed at this day. Mr. Serfeant BEST very ably opposed the Tax 'on Law Proceedings, as absolutely barring the doors of the Courts of Justice agaii , st all the po' r i as well as the middling order of society ; and said + that no tnan could venture to seek justice for a moderate sum of money without an expence of a Stamp more than it was worth his while to pay. He denied that the costs of suit fell upon the losing party ; for that party frequently became insolvent during the eourse onitigation, and not only the Costs of prose. cution, hut the enormous expence of stamps, was to be added to the loss of debt already stlstained. In many cases the circumstances were'so equally poised, that no costs were allowed by the Court to either side, and in this ease4he incurr e d c h arge o f stamps would fall h eav il y op both. He considered it as in effea a sale of justice, and a measure which would deter Men from seeking justice. He always understood the fair principle of taxation to be, that taxes should be laid on those* who were most able to bear them ; but in this case the principle would be inverted, and the butthen of the tax thrown where it could least be borne, upon the indigent and clic. tressed. The tax a d va l orem on the transfer of Property was a principle equally oppressive, as it was a tax on the Property, and not on Annual In. come, which the distressed borrower paid, by fre quent transfer, while the rich possessor for twenty Yeats paid nothing. Upon the whole he consider. ed it as'a decided bar against public justice. Mr. Dicicssnib t s said, the Tax did not oppress the poor, nor debar them from justice, because it. did mu attach upon the prceimtlings before Magistrates throughout the kingdom. The ATTORNILY GENERAL salt', the whole of the arguments against taxi n g Law Proceedings were not against the present Bill, but against all the priced. 'NI, Bills for imposing such taxes, and which,the present Bill did no more than increase. . Mr. WINDHA M said, that if it was an evil ori. dually to tax Law Proceedings, as Ire fully agreed 'rage the it sure l y must be a still greater evil to me. the tax. He coincided with all the arguments urged against It , enrols, against li. as a tax on public justice, and de. _e maxim of Dr. Johoson, that to Itciriunagi tethrienspooforman and the ric h 00 e to meet on Justice, was the g reatest desideratum fn ou t ~,,,,,. of , of Witicii-hej..,si jurisprudence ; a desideratum always despaired, but which this sys tett.tris)ve ci ould . re nder , s t ill more impradicable. ‘ANCELLOR of the Esou Ea stated in "Planation, that the ro ot maw uld hve a it to full cos IS to the extent of nA theoStampli right Duty he admitt e d, however' that su c h costs would he in s ide. ( Pate to the exPences he should incur in the prose. Fution of Ilia t i g h t ; b ut he contended they would Include the whole of the additional duties. e After M r . WINDHAM had said a few 'worth in . aphtnation s sts angers were ordered to withdraw, beet the Motion was r negat•' .Iwithout division. When admi ss i on was again v g iven,lltefit a iuse was in ' ll ,,L,Cominittee on th e C lauses of the Stamp Duty Bill, Ivir. ALEXANDER in the Chair. Mr. SHERIDAN ob' q iiz , ll i I becom les et to t he ...t. e, u e in It part of the Sill, ait nothing had been anticipa t to the House by which its judgment could be formed on so material an addition. The CHANCELLOR of tit: Excncia,uta said, to leave ciut the Schedule, would be to omit one of the ltlust important anti efficient portions of the Bill.— . r the Hon.. Gentleman wanted information of the e , /t ilitihg Stamps, a list was printed, which was in Lie hands of every Stationer.•• He seems to negled ordinary means of gaininz intelligence, and CO him no explanation whatever. Mr. SHERIDAN was surprized to hear the sense and understanding of the Committee was thus to be employed on loose irregular Papers, instead of being assisted by the produdtion of authenticated instru ments. This Bill, which was to disappoint all iii: ends of Justice in the Country, was introduced un der circumstances peculiarly suited to its nature and design. As the Chairman proceeded with the Clauses, a desultory conversation took place, in :Itich Mr. Se.rjeant BEST, Mr. HUsKIssoN, Sir W. ELFORD, Mr. WM. SMITH, Mr. FoNBLANQUE, Mr. VAN. SITTART, and the CHANCELLOR of the Exclls. QUER, submitted some observations to the Commit. tee. The SECRETARY at. WAR conceived the Honour. able Gentleman opposite (Mr. SHERIDAN), had been guilty of many inaccuracies, in his fads and reason. ing, which he hail enjoyed sufficient opportunity to have prevented. Mr. SHERIDAN said, the Right Hon. Secretary had the happiness to belong to a Country where they possessed the Second sight ; he, unfortunately, was of a blundering race in the . West, and might reasonably expect some compassion for his heredita: ry infirmities. With all that respell he felt for the superior discernment of the Right Hon. Secretary, it was his duty to say the Bill was calculated to prevent the attainment of justice in our Public Courts ; it was not to impose large sums on Hack. ney Coaches, ()wick Medicines, and Lavender . Water ; it was not on the constitutional grounds connected with the use of Dr. Anderson's Pills, that he objeted to it ; .but it infringed the sacred principles of our Political Constitution, which no pharmaceutic remedy could subsequently restore. — Four or five hundred thousand pounds were in mul tifarious forms io be raised by these Stamps, and the Poor were to be deprived of that prole:lion of the law to which they were entitled. The CHANCELLOR of the ExClirQuEß thought the present not the proper stage to enter into the general principles of the Bill: the Hun. Gentleman seemed to have very soon forgotten, that his Mo tion was'not to abrogate but to divide the Bill. The figures he had also misstated ; and what was most unlucky fur him was, that he could not comet his arithmetic without stultifying his argument. Mr. SHERIDAN made a Short reply ; after which several otherC:ause4 were read and agreed to. The House being resumed, it was resolved, that the House should resolve itself into the same Committee, and report progress on Friday. Mr. HusittssoN brought Up a Bill to enable Hts Majesty to raise a sum not exceeding Two,Mil_ lions and a Halt sterling, in Exchequer Bills, to be isoltd for that, purpose. It was read a first time, and agreed to be lead a second time to. notroia, Also a Bill for a grant to Hta MAJESTY our of the Corsolidated Fund of the year 180 4 , went through the same stages. Th.: Bill 'hir the Regulation of the Accomptant. General', Office, was read a second time, and is to he com;a:,:ed in a Cutmnittee of the whole House on Friday next. The ..;her Orders of the Day were then read. Tile Irish, Revenue Bill is to be committed on Friday next. The Bill for the better Support of His Majesty's Household was read a third tone and passed, The Bill for the Encouragement of the Leather Trade was read a second flux, and it was resolved that it be committed in a Committee of the whole House to.morrow : also the Bill fur cite Regulation of the Fisheries. The House resolved itself into C m.nittee on the Lottery Bill, and on the Chair it was ag reed to report progress to. oort The eport on the Circulation tit Bank Notes was brought up by Mr. ALEXANDER: tit,: Amend. rents were read a second time and agreed to. The Bill, with the Amendments, to be euzrossed, and read a third time to.morrow. The House will to-morrow resolve itself into a Committee on the Property Adjourned at Half past Eleven o'Clock. !IAI LS. PUS. AKRIVID, Hamburgh 2 PRICE OF STOCKS, ?NIP 1/8 Y AT TM/ &LYN O ' CLOCK. Consols -57 i I Ann. - 56 —thnnium - s T.H E SUN. 1101Z/4 QUIS DECIMAL FALSUM AUDIAT ? LONDON, JULY 12, ibo4. Br an American Vessel, arrived at Plymouth from Batavia, from which place she sailed six months since, and put into the Tile of France to refit, we watn that the Admiral Aplim, from London to Ben. gal, the C6killers of Sutherland, from Calcutta for China, laden with 6800 bales of cotton, anti an English Brig from Bencoolen, had been captured by /Wahl,' NO b ) Squadron, and carried into the Isle of France. The French Squadron touched at Batavia a few days previous to the sailing of the above Vessel from thence, and afterwards sailed on a Cruin in the Indian Seas. Several Privateers were fitting nut at the Isle of France, - for ,the purpose of eruizing to intercept the English East India Skips. ALTHOVGIi the French Papers have not (because they dare not) published any particulars respeeting the Ex , :cution of GEORGES and the gallant Men who perished with him, yet accounts have been received through private channels, which are extremely interesting, and the authenticity of which we have no reason to doubt. It is sum,' in the Letters to which we allude, that although, fur the sake of appearances, it was neces :Silty to have the fowl of a trial, yet the Sentence* ment of the Trial. In the case of Moientr, how. ever, the Judges ventured to change the sentence from death • to imprisonment, and the consequence has been, that three of them have since been de. prived of their offices, and exiled from Pads...—. It is not, however, supposed that if MOREAU had been found guilty, he would have been executed (at least not publicly) :—RONAP.SRTE would -pro bably have made a merit, as he did before in Egypt, of pardoning the icnocent. It is very positively affirmed, that a pardon was offered to Geortc but upon conditions which his honour would not suffer him to accept. His fate excited general in terest in Paris : as he passed t the place of execu.-• tion several persons exclaimed vive Georger, but they were instantly apprehended. GEußces wish. ed very much to address the people when he was on the scaffold, but he was prevented by General MURAT; he, however, declared that he died faithful to his GAI and to. his King, and that he forgave his murlerer BONAPARTE, and prayed for his conversion. GEORGES was at his own de. sire executed first ; before his hands were tied, he embraced his Confessor, and exclaimed wive le Rol vivent ler Bourt)ns! The other Prisoners suffered . with the utmist fortitude.—When BONAPARTE was passing through the Rogii de Roultgne on Midsummer Day, all the people who were walking there called out " Grace, Grate, Pardon, Pardon !" which so of. fended him, that he retired to St. Cloud, instead of going to the Theatre, as he before intended.— Orders were issued that night fur 10,000 men, who were quartered within a few miles of Paris, to march , into that City, and on the day of the Execution there were not less than 28,000 men under arms. The way from the Prison to the place of Execution was lined with Soldiers,. and all the Streets and Bridges in the neighliqurhood were occupied with Troops and Flying Artiller)% There were 2000 ./)/liar Grenadiers drawn up in the Place de Cyvvi, round the Scaffold. Mort s AU is allowed to rake all his property with him to America ; and it is even said he is to have a Pension. He declined the Office of Governor of the Isle of France, as he declared he would never ac. knowlettr BONAPARTE as Emperor, or serve under him as such. MOREAU', Brother, and Generals SOUHAM, MACDONALD, and Ls cot] kB 5 have de. termined, it is said, to settle in the United States; but it is not very probable that BONAPARTE will sofTer some of the ablest Generals of France to escape out of his power. Yesterday morning, about half past ten o'clock, TRIZIAMAJERTM anti the PK INCENSEI AUGUSTA and ELIzABETiI, attended by the Countess of AYLE3BUItY, arrived at. the Qieen's NJuse. In a short time after, the Nits of ,Ycitx had an au. dience of• His IVIAIesTY. At half past one His MAiasty held 'a - private Levee, which was attended by the Loaf) CHANCEL. LOR, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the SECRETARIES Of STAIR, the Duke of IVloNTnosE, Marquis of HERTIORD, Earl R!veßs, Viscounts CASTLEREAGH and M LV 11:1-R, Lords MIJLORAVE, 1 - IARROWEY, and J. THYNNE, Sirs H o B. NEALE, S. COTTERELL, E. NEPEAN, and M. Ginus. The following Presentations took place to fits MAJESTY: VICAR Y GIBBS, Esq. by the LORD CHANCELLOR, on his being app.iinted Chiet Jus.. tice of Chester, in the room of Sir JAMES MANS. }IEI.II. IVlarquis of 1-1 E aTr D, by Earl lt v EttS, on - his being appointed Master of the Horse, in t h e room of Earl CHPSTER . EID. Lord JOIIN THY NNE, by the lame, on his being appointed Vice Chambor lain to the KING. al which occasion, they all had the 1:0:lour to kiss Nis MA J EsTY's hand. At three o'clock, Fits MA JESTY held a Privy Council, when Lord Joie„Tit Y was sworn in, and took his seat at the Board accordingly. Afterwards His MAjgATr gave private audience to Mr. PITT, Lord HARR owns, and Sir EVAN Na. DEAN, till half pas t fi ve o ' clock. Sohn after six o'clock, the Rovi t t. FAMILY left the Queen's House for Kew. .The Elenion fur Middlesex is Coxed by the She. riff for Monday the 231 inst. Lord 11l e LYI LLB tad yesterday a long interview with His Royal 1 - Ugliness the Dolce at CUME LAND at St. James's. . Yesterday morning the following persons waited on the CHANCELLOR of the EXCI-INLIE it for the purpose of lealning theeooditions of the New Lot. !cry : Messrs. 1313 H, CC:Writ and Co. Messrs: So MILL, EL 3..1, 1 OW GOOD ad Co. Messrs. CoPX and Co. Mr. l'Aur. 6 MOVFit. ~ Mews. 1 - lENsLxy, 1'431.1. It Y and Co. ' ' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER EOM them that be proposed that there should he tbree Lotteries for the service Of the year, but that now b e wi s hed them only to hid for the first, a Lottery of 2s,cco Tickets, value tol each, the number not to hi in. creased, as has been the custom of late years, and the drawing to commence on the last Monday in Sep. tember, He Wished to see them to-morrow morning, to make their - . On Thursd a y la s t, Lo r d CHAtt LA's Somamar, who had vacated his Seat in consequence of being appointed Joint Paymaster of the Forces, was re.. eleded Representative in Parliament for the Borough of Monmouth. On this occasion, an elegant dinner was given at the ideaulott Arms Inn, which was honoured with the company ofJ•lis Grace the Duke . 01 BE AurnaT, Lord MtTHUR ScndltgoitT, G !net at . I RooKit, kc. ; and the evening was crowned with' t)ie greatest fe4dvity and hatl3loGl. N.YMOUTII, JULY 10.---Arrived Arnflit%.r. Ship Miss,:uri, Capt. RE AD, Liden With St)gar, &c, from Batavia lyntad to Cu,wes for orders, detain4A by La Loire Frigate, Capt. N 1 sailed Batavia six months since, and put into the Isle of France to refit ; found there the ftillx.viYg CiJantry Ships, which had been captured and carrie•l in bi LtNots' Squadron, viz, the Airnirti Apiin, out: ward.bound from London to 81-ngal ; the Com/al-sr of Sutkertind, from Calcutta for China, laden with 68-:.o bales of cotton, and an English Brig fmr r i Bencoo!en. Admiral I.lNot,' Squadron touched at Batavia a few days previous to the .frThrogri's saiL ing thence, and shortly' after ds ~ailed on a Cruize in the Indian Seas, Several Privateers were fitting QUt at the Isle of France, for the purpose of cruizini to intercept the English East India Ships. Arrived La Loire Frigate, from a Cruiie cfr (1 1 Coast off Ireland ; and Seagull Slop of War, hotti a Cruize in the Channel. PORTSMOUTH, JULY I I.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Decade, from Guernsey. Put back the Mangles out ward.boUnd man, not being able to get out with the Culhden Man of War. The Indefatigable'Armed Ship, is brdered round to Hull. • SHIPRNESS, JULY 11. Arrived froni the Blockade of the Texel His Majest}.'s Ship the Prikcess of Orange, Capt. Rocems, to refit. Came down to Elackstakes His Maje'sty's Ship Adamant, Calif. GEO. BUrtLTON. Arrived the Braddick, Hired Armed Ship, Cwpt. R. B. CAN:I.II,IA, and the Raritra Hired Armed Ship, Capt. F. ROBY. The Glory, of 98 guns, Capt. GEO. MART fri g will be paid bounty and two months advrinee to_ morrow, and sails immediately to join the Channel Fleet. Limn, WHEATLy has been appointed to 14 Ceres Convalescent Ship, at the Nore, vice Jo'cv., SION, removed. His Majesty's Docic.yard was this dny paid. Arrived a Transport with 200 more of the West Essex Militia, which Regiment is encamped here. DPAL, JULY the Fury Bomb, anti Haughty Gun brig, for their station Off Boulogne. Arrived the British Fair, lnnes; Brothers, l'ellgar ; Thetis, Mackie; Rambler, Richards; Sprightly, Elder; and chiles, Buns, troth the South Sea. It blew a heavy gale of wind last night in the Downs, at ao!th northeast the Spanish Ship Atm , ' BOLLETTIE, parted from her`anchlrs, and drove to sea ; a 130 at from Deal launched this morning with' an anchor and cable, and went in search of her. • in the Downs.--Motinh:l), Utrecht, Veteran, Infie4ible; maonininre, Castor, Champion, Tartarus, Zebra, CullStitilt, Flatlica, with the Defence Ships and Transports as before. The Hon. Captain BENNETT is appointed . to the command of the OW/ Sloop, at Plymouth. Captain LAWFORD is appointed to the commana of the Po6phemus, of 6+ guns, At Chatham, .at'which Port that Ship has had a complete repair. - Lieutenants NAIRNE and GLEN are appointed to the respettive commands of the Croder,and,Ctimker Guu.vessels, fitting out at Woolwich. "! Yesterday a Court of Direilors was hem at the • East India House, when the follo w i ng a l t erartonv, were made in the destination'uf the uoder-tnentipned Extra Ships, viz, Former r4nsignmeNt. Aker& to, Lord Keith - Bengal, - Madras and rettgal. Ocean - Ditto, - Ditto, ditto. Flartiet . - Ditto, . Madeira, Madras, and Bengal. I luddatt - Ditto, - - Ditto ditto, ditto. DevayneA . Madras, - Madeira, Bombay, and Mitclnki. Skr:lton C:3tIC Bombay - Madeira and 1lo:0!)ay. CITY MlSlNESll.—Yestertlay the LORD MAYOR held 'a CL , :rt of ComtnOn Council at Guildhal, 'at wliacli were present seven Aldermen, the Sheriffs, the Recorder, the Towti.Clerk, and cpwaras of 'so Commoners. JANIES EPHRAIM LUKE NEALSON, Est). present. ea a Petition to the Court, praying to be discharg. ed from the office of one of the Sheriffq of this City (to which he . waselefied at the last Continuo -Hall), on account of his being a Protestant Dissenter ; which was read, and referred to the Committee for General Purpose*. to examine the allekation, thereof, and report their opinion thereon to the next Court. THE THEATRE.--7h6 Comedy Of The Good.rta. turd kart, reduced into a piece of three ads, was last night represented at the Haymarket Theatre. It has been retrenched with judgment, and the best scenes , arc retained. The fable is, hOwcver, of course, not so clear as it wart in its original State.— The chief charafter now is Croaker, Which- war very well performed by MATHEWs, wifarexCited much,applayse. The part of Ilenexweod was support. ed with gond sense by Botart.ty: but not with suffi.. den; weight and interest. It.PALIVIS.R gave a•di. vetting. self -importance to Leffy." He should keep to such charaelers, and not hazard his reoitation by attempting pathos and .reftlentious morality. Miss iiii-kland was repteseidtd With elegance and feeling by - Miss Garmort, who well deserves to be trims. !erred :to - the Wintei Boards, The Seen in which the 13,1;Iffp Are intro, dueed, and which nearly the Piece when was originally brought toeward,'ivas 'fist night 'one .r. the must successful of thi - verhnie:- The' tburre'was , Yery well attended. At Sir FERDINAND POOL R'3 Side, his Caw - us s Worrhj was told flit '866 - guineas, and tuasht 1:r Op . 144 comp Any.