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about ten millions. The extent of the empire considered, and -the various services to be performed, he did not think it could <be expected that a smaller sum for those purposes could be sufficient. The reduced prices of most articles of consump tion had been used as an argument for the reduction of the public expenditure, but he showed that a very small por lion of it was affected by- that circumstance. The reasons which had influenced Government in repealing the Window Tax in. Ireland did not apply to the IVindow Tax in this country. The burden he admitted to be heavy, but it was one C) which the country had long bean accustomed, and it was by no means so unequal-and unjust in its operation as the Hon. Gentleman had represented it to be, as that and the House Tax were made, ia some sort, to balance each other.— The Window Tax had not been augmented since 1808, at ewhieh time the nation had to sustain a Property Tax of 10 per .cent. No .country in Europe, he would contend, had profited eee largely by the return of peace AS this country, as no other • country had experienced . so large , a remission of taxes. In et:ea:land nearly one-third of the taxes paid during the war had already been repealed. Such being the fact, he could not see the justice of the complaints raised on account of the non-repeal of taxes. Though under oche; . circumstances the Window Tat might well be taken into the ir consideration, he should for tee present give his most strenuous negative to the proposition -of the lion. Gentleman, and especially so, on account of the ereu.nents which he haq used in its sapport, and the principles , which he had advocated. ' Mr. MABERLY would never be silent when aspersions were thrown on that (the Opposition) side of the House, like 'those which had fallen from the Right Hon. Gentleman. He had accused them of wishing to overturn public credit ; this eharge he would repel. That side of the House had certainly 'been very anxious for the reduction of taxation, but not to the prejudice of any particular set of men, or to the injury of the Public Creditor. They wished, of the sixty millions taken from the people; that the Public Creditor should first take out his 30,000,0001., but they complained that the course which had been taken by the Government was inconsistent and unwise, and that the money which Ministers contended they expended in good Government, was not so expended.— He maintained that good faith ought to'be kept with the Pub lic Creditor. Had the battle of Waterloo been lost, where would his capital have been ? Since it was gained, he had a right to the advantage consequent upon it, as in the other case he must have sustained the loss. It was said the people did not complain of the taxes. Why, this was because they knew that it was useless to complain. What was desired on that side of the House was this, that more should not be taken from the people than was necessary. He, and those with whom he had the honour to act, were satisfied that the coun try might be better governed, and at less expence. The state the country was now such, that taking the average state of the whole country, he did not believe that any rent was paid on the soil.—(Hear, hear !)--The Right Hon. Gentlemen op posite might say " Hear, hear !" but (Mr. Maberly) was a farmer, and knew what he had stated to be correct. lie be lieved that what was paid as rent was in reality capital, and not properly speaking ' rent. The taxes nowt paid, he con tended, pressed more heavily on the present means of the country than the taxes did on its former income, before they had been taken off to the amount of 17,000,0001. The present expenditure of the country amounted to 24,000,0001. The dead charge, he admitted, could not be touched, but deducting this from the total, there remained seventeen millions and a ha lf to work upon, and he had no doubt that, if they went resolutely to work, some millions might be saved. In 1792, the whole ex pence of the country, Ireland included,. was under eight millions. 'fake that, and add the four millions and a half for the dead charge, and then it .would he seen that the country was governed at an expence of twelve millions more than was thought necessary in 1792. He contended that if the subject were considered, a material reduction might be effected. The Right Hon. Gentleman had spoken of the im portance of a Sinking Fund. But it appeared from his own papers that he had only had a Sinking Fund during the last two years. Since 1792 the real Sinking Fund had only amounted to akout 4,000,0001.. This was that which they were told was to support public credit. Those who sat on that side of the House were as anxious for the support of public credit and for a Sink ing Fund as Ministers themselves could be. But they wished for a real Sinking Fund, and not such a one as they had hitherto had. They wished, for a real Sinking Fund, and they had op ;nosed the measure of the Government which went to destroy that which had formerly been established. . Mr. C. W., WYNN was sorry to have interrupted the Hon. Gentleman, but he could not hear his statement that no rent was paid throughout the country, without expressing his sur _prise at the assertion. The Hon. Gentleman had said that he was a farmer and knew what he had stated to be correct. His .being a farmer might enable him to judge of the state of a par ticular district; but when it was known, though in many places great distress was felt, there were parts of the country where farms were let at a rack rent, and when one was to be :let there was au active competition , for it, to him it seemed an .absurdity to saw That no rent was paid throughout the country. fie wished the military establishments of the country reduced _as nearly as possible to what they were in 1792. It should, however, be remembered, that the army had now been brought Jeerer than the lowest amount which the Committee of 1817 had thought would be consistent with the security of the country. In what way could the expence be reduced ? Was the Honourable Gentleman disposed to bring forward a mea sure to lower the pay of the army ? He, for his part, thought it ought to have been raised sooner than it was, and he was now of opinion that it could not be reduced without injury to the character of the country. Mr. MABERIX explained. Mr. ROBERTSON compared the rate of interest, formerly paid on the loans raised for the service of the country, with the - higher interest paid for loans during the last war, anti lamented. the unfavourable -terms on which the latter hail been nego ciated. He disapproved of the arrangement made in the course of the present Session, by -which the Public Debt had been aug mented, and our burdens put in -the way of descending to pos terity, as our ancestors had unworthily handed down theirs to us. He looked with much apprehension to the consequences of serne of the measures which had been adopted; and was of - opinion that it was not by a further reduction of taxation that . , the difficulties of the country could be removed. • Mr. HUME did not take the gloomy view of our situation which had been taken of it by th.e Hon. Gentleman who, had just 'sat down. He believed the resources of the count!) , were sufficient to make it rise superior to all its difficulties. Let • those resources be properly managed, and, this might become the happiest country in the civilized world. But with this • statement he must couple the declaration, that our affairs were not so administered us to promise to conduct us to such, a result. The system acted upon for the last twenty-five or thirty years had brought the country to its present situation. He com plained of the manner in which its finances were managed. The confusion which prevailed with respect to them, was strik ingly exemplified on the preceding night, when three or four Gentlemen, who spoke on the Budget, had all taken different views of-that-which ought to have been so plain that no men who had learned the common rules of aritlunetic.should.be able to dif fer about it. He however congratulated the House that next year the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to put an end to the sham Sinking Fund, as he culled it.—(Hear!)—Hitherto a sham sinking fund had been kept up, and it was only in the -present year that it was admitted, a real sinking fund was only that sum by which the income of the country exceeded its ex pendinire. The system acted upon through the last thirty years 'was a complete humbug upon the country. As the Presdent -of the Board - of Controtd had contradicted the assertion of his Hon.' Friend, that, looking at the country generally, no actual rent was paid, but that which was given as rent was in truth a, ~ deduction from capital, he (Mr. Hume) wondered he had not combated the statement . made by the Agricultural Committee -c):1 this subject. Either his lion. Friend was right in what he had . advanced, or the Committee -was wrong. lie contend ed that the Right Honourable Gentleman had made an un :fair statement when he said that four millions of taxes had been reduced.. The fact was, that two millions of them would not be repealed until January next. The taxes which were. laid on in 1819 were not, yet taken off. . The Hon. Member for Abingdon had justly said that Ministers were always talk- , ing of upholding public credit, whereas they were the first to : pull it down. It was true, as the lion. Member for Penryn had said, that not one of their acts had done any thing but help to destroy public credit. It often appeared that the greatest sinner wished to appear the greatest saint. This was -the case with the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer upon this subject. He was always crying, out against injuring public credit, while he had been the greatest-sinner against it that ever sat upon the Treasury Bench. -The Honourable Member then proceeded to contend that no satisfactory . reductions had been made, and that various -arrangements might be made in the army to effect savings. 'With regard to the Tax before the House, that was the Tax which sent people to live abroad. (Hear, hear !)—The House and Window Tax were involun tary taxes which no man could avoid but at the expence of, his health. If this measure was good for Ireland, it would. he good for England. Ile called uuon every Member for Ireland who voted for the repeal of the Irish Window Tax, to give his vote for -the present motion. If he did not do so he was no Irishman.—(A laugh.)—He then statetL the amount of this Tax to have increased 900 per cent. and argued, that as the, increase had been occasioned by the continuance of the war, it ought in jestice to bereduced in time of peace. The only means of obtaining relief to the landed interest, vres to reduce' general taxation. The repeal of this tax would afford much more relief to landed Gentlemen than the repeal of the Malt Tax, and- he trusted the House would compel Ministers to take it off. Mr. 11ONCK con tended that the reduction of taxation, instead of having an injurious operation upon public credit, it NQuid uphold it, and be as beneticial to the fundholder as to. any other class. He expressed his intention of giving his ' strongest support to the motion. ' Mr. DENNIS BROWNE agreed with the , Hon. Member for 'Montrose, that the taking off the House and Window Tax would increase the revenue by inducing the 'return of absen tees to this country ; but at the same time he must object to it at the present time, because the reduction of such an amount of income would go to shake Ole public credit. Mr. CA LCRAF'f thanked Iris Hon. Friend for having I brought forward this motion in so very able a manner, and with so full a displ.l of its impe:taxice. It was, he was awttfe, a reduction of 2,700001., and would sensibly interfere with the sinking fund ; but he was well aware that the only means of relieving the distresses of the country was by a repbal of tax ation. He was ready to maintain that this sum ought at this moment to be reduced, without any fear or apprehension of shaking public credit.—( flux, hear.)—To maintain public cre dit, in the strongest sense of the word, was not only just, but wise. Feeling this, he would contend that the reduction of taxes was tile best means of improving the foundation of pub lic credit.—(Bear, hear.)—The same objections that were now made, had been often repeated against the repeal of the duty on salt, on malt, on Irish hearths, and : Irish windows. lf his Honourable Friend persevered in the sensible, moderate, firm course, which he had taken this night, he might be assured that the whole, or a part of this odious and oppressive tax, would be reduced. From the year 1815 nothing had come spontaneously—all had been wrung from Ministers. In the army and navy, he was free to confess that little could be re duced in the present state of this country; but in the civil and colonial departments much could yet be saved. Mr. MAXWELL rose, amidst loud cries of " Question." Representing, as he did, one hundred thousand constituents, he thought he was entitled to make a few observations on a question so materially affecting the comforts of the peO.: ple. Government had brought themselvei and the country into difficulties by what they called a sound currency.' The reduction of this tax would bring back many to this country anti so increase the demand for the supply which now glutted the market. To reduce taxes was the remedy for " the dying, starving, and rioting" classes of the people. The eau male, called Peel's 'Bill, had thrown the distress on the pro-' ducer : by relieving the pressure of taxation, the demand of the consumer would increase and alleviate the difficulties Of the producer. Mr. HOBHOUSE replied. He thanked the House for the indulgence they hail granted him, and for the support which he had received. There was one portion of the House, holever, generally known by the description of Country Gentlemen, who, he thought,• might at least have expressed the grounds upon which they did not support his motion. Ile thought their conduct upon this occasion very likely to con firm the public in the suspicion with which it had been accus tomed to rep* them: Be could not help contrasting it.with the noise and clamour which they set up, both in and -out of that House, upon all questions which they considered as affect ing their own immediate interests.—(Hear, hear !)—He thought the Right Hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer had not answered the strongest Rafts of the argument winch he had submitted to the House. The House then divided:— For the Motion - . 59 Against it - - - • 146 Majority against the Motion IRISH INSURRECTION BILL. Mr. GOULBURN rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the Irish insurrection. Act. On account of the lateness of the night he would not enter upon the discuision, and therefore he trusted that the House would not think him wanting in respect if he expressed a hope that Members would delay till a future stage of the measure any observations they had to make on it. With this understanding he would con clude by moving for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the Irish Insurrection Act for alimited time, to be afterwards de terthined. Sir R. 'WILSON hoped that, as the measure was one of very great importauce, the Right Hon. Gentleman would fix a day for the discussion of it. , Lord FOLKESTONE would, notwithstanding the Right Hon. Gentleman's not having brought on the discusSion, detain the House for a few minutes. He had come up to town for the express purpose of stating his opinion on this measure ; and as he should not have a future opportunity of doing so, he hoped the House would indulge him, while he expressed, as briefly as he r uld,. his objection to the measure. The House would bear in mind, that when at the very opening of the Session this mea sure was introduced, the reason alleged for its introduction was, that Ireland was in a state of insurrection, and not of insurrection merely, but of actual rebellion. Now he would take the liberty of stating, that the suspension of the Habeas Corpus had not been carried . into effect in a single instance. The information upon which the Act had at first been passed, had been meagre; and the Noble Lord OppeSite had pledged himself that the whole state of Ireland would be gone into. Many Members of the House had, no doubt, voted for the measure upon the faith of this pledge, which after all had not been redeemed. The Noble Lord and others had said that Ireland was in a state of absolute rebellion. This had, however, been denied by the Hon. and Learned Attorney-General for Ireland (Mr. Plunkett), who had described the whole disturbance in Ireland as being contemptible. The House had thus been induced to pass the Bill under false pretences. The Noble Lord then re ferred to the papers on the Table of the House, and par ticularly to the dispatches of the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land, of the Ist and 21st of May, in order to shoW that the state of Ireland had, instead of improving, become abso lutely worse under the operation of the measure. The tur bulence and violence ha'_' no doubt been put down, but then the putting of them down had been only temporary, and under the pressure of the .measure, and the spirit of the people had 'not been corrected. It would be dangerous to render perma nent a measure which conferred such powers, and which after all had not been found efficient.—(Mr. Go» LBIIIIN said, it was intended to continue the measure only for one year.)—One year . Would not lie sufficient for ascertaining whether the measure was to be beneficial or not. It had al ready been in operation for five months, and it had not done any. good ; there was, therefore, no presumption in favour of a mea sure which should'continue for a year. He thought it wrong to delay the discussion, as the Government,' or at least several Mem bers of it,. were welfacquainted with the state of Ireland: It was true that MerquisWellesley was new as Governor of Ireland; but it was equally true that the system of Government was not new. Lord Liverpool and Lord Westmorland were well acquainted with Ireland; and even the, Noble Lord (Londonderry) knew something about the mode according to which it was governed. That Noble Lord had, before the Union, introduced a measure with regard to Irish tithes, a subject to which the. feelings of the people of Ireland were very much awake. A great deal had been said about the cause of the preSent - disturbance in Ireland ; but that cause must be sought either in the tithes or in the Catholic question. With regard to the latter question, it was know» thAt one half of the - Government was for it and the other half against it. At one time they had an Anti-Catho lic Lord Lieutenant and a Catholic Chief Secretary, and now it appeared that the state of things was just the reverse. This could be no inducement for him to agree to the measure—a measure which appeared to be quite ineffectual. He thought they should introduce some real radical measure which would ameliorate the condition and correct the spirit of the Irish. Mr. PLUNKETT begged leave to set the Noble Lord right as to the charge which had been brought against himself. He had never said that the state of Ireland did not call for the mea sure in question. lie had only said, that the disturbances in Ireland were in no way connected with religious feeling. When the state of that country had been represented as some thing far more serious, than it actually was, he had called it ' contemptible, and that word, though he had used it in the warmth of debate, he had thought not inapplicable. Colonel BAGWELL referred to a Petition from 85 Magi strates of Ireland, who stated that the worst consequences would ensue if the Bill were not contiraied.' Mr. PEEL thought that it would be better for the Houite to adhere to the suggestion of the Honourable Secretary for Ire land. The statements of Gentlemen on one side naturally produced replies and additional statements from Gentlemen on the other ; and, as discussion could not now be fully gone into, it would be more convenient to refrain from it altogether. Mr. ABERCROMBY also deprecated discussion ; and at the same time suggested that the question should not be argued till the Irish Constable Bill had passed. Mr. GRATTAN recommended an early day for the discus sion. Mr. GOULBURN intimated thaf Thursday next would be ad vi sable. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY denied having given any pledge as to discussion relative to Ireland. Mr. DENMAN complained that the measure would be put ting Ireland for ever out of the pale of the constitution. He thought the clause which refused costs to those who'had been successful in actions against Magistrates under the Act, was peculiarly objectionable ; and that for the purpose of removing that and .other offensive clauses, the Bill should be entitled a " Bill to continue and amend the Act in question." Mr. G. 'LAMB wished to know bow the Petition, to which an Hon. Member (Colonel Bagwell) had alluded, was signed ? Colonel BAGWELL said, by Clerk of the Peace in the name, and by the authority of the Magistrates. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. Mr. GOULBURN then moved for leave to bring in a Bill for amending an Act relative to the appointing pe.Commis sioners for Endowed Schools in Englancl.—Granted. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House Adjourned at ONz o'CLocr.z. Win- Duties. Duties. Addition Rent. dows. 1797. 1017. per Cent. s. 11.!. s. d. s. d. On Houses of - 50 0 25 1 9 0 022 10 2 150 , Ditto - - 50 0 30 'lO 0 0,26 14 2 167 Ditto - 50 0 35 .11 0 .0,30 18 2 180 Ditto - - 50 0 40 .12 0 0;35 19 2 200 Ditto - - 100 0 25 11 10 029 11 10 157 Ditto - - 100 '0 30 12 10 0 1 33 15 10 172 Ditto - - 100 0 35 13 10 0:37 19 10 181 Ditto - 100 -0 40 il4 10 0 1 43 010 196 By this statement the first four houses pay from 9s. to 1 . 48. 44. By this statement the first four houses pay from 9s. to 14s. 4d. in the pound duties, or on the average 58 per cent. ; and the other four houses pay from 6s. 7d. to Bs. 10d. in the pound duties, or on the average 36 per cent. ; and the higher the rents are, the less, in proportion, is the duty, so that the dower order of housekeepers, by the present scale, are burdened the most. Also, it is evident that the war increase has been from 150 to 200 per cent. on the house of the ordinary number of win dows ; but when, accidentally or by necessity, the number of windows is more than usual, the increase has been Trzster. WINDOW TAX. The following is the Statement referred to by Mr. Hob house in the course of his speech yesterday evening : LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S Bt NCH,• JULY 2. • Sittings after Trinity Term. This morning the Lord Chief Justice sat at Nisi Prins, and disposed of some Common-Jury Causes of no public interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 2. Sittings before the Chief Justice and a Common Jury. HARPER, ASIGNEE OF THOMAS FITZGERALD, A BANE- RUPT., V. PASIVIORE. This was an issue directed by the Vice Chancellor, to try whether the Commission of Bankrupt issued against Thonias Fitzgerald was a good- and valid Commission ? No dis pute arose concerning the trading, and. the act of bank ruptcy, but the defendant contended there was no legal pe titioning creditor's debt. It appeared, that the bankrupt was the owner of a vessel called The Grace, which he had nomi nally chartered for St. Thomas's, on a trading voyage, the real object being to carry out persons to join th e Patriot Army. .--The ship was lying off Portsmouth, the bankrupt and commander being on shore, and James Fitzgerald, the supercargo, being on board, when the crew, without the know ledge of either the Bankrupt or, the Captain, and against the will of the Supercargo, carried; her off to Grenada. On her arrivc,l there - the Supercargo, whose orders had been to do the best for the vessel, borrowed money from Messrs. Harper, Bruce, and Davis, of Grenada, for the purchase of stores and provisions, and other necessary- expences of the vessel, and then transferred to them by agreement the freight of the home ward bound cargo as a security for the repayment. As Messrs. Harper and Co. at that time wished to consign a cargo of ruins to the house of Campbell, Harper, and 'Bayley here, they loaded them on board the Grace, which immediately after wards sailed for England. —When she arrived 'in London, Messrs. Campbell, Harper, and Bayley (Mr. Harper being a member of both the firms); applied for the delivery of the cargo, and offered to pay the balance due to the bankrupt, after deduct ing the money advanced in Grenada.' This offer was refused, as it appeared that while the vessel was on her homeward voyage, the bankrupt had assigned his right of freight to Abrahams, a Sheriff's' Officer, who refused to deliver up the cargo without the payment of the full freight. Messrs. Campbell and Com pany were therefore obliged to pay thewhole of the freight due, and this, they contended, formed a good petitioning creditor's debt. The defendant attempted to chew that bills for the advance had been drawn by James Fitzgerald, and accepted by his brother here, and that the bankrupt had been arrested on their being dishonoured, and was actually in prison when the Com mission was issued againk him. Lord Chief Justice DALLAS summed lip the evidence to the Jury, and left it to thein, to - say whether, under the circum stances, they thought James Fitzgerald had authority to con tract this debt, for if so, it woul.d bind the - bankrupt, and form lgood petitioning creditor's debt. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff, affirming the Commission of Bankruptcy against T. Fitzgerald. Serjeants PELL and TADDY, and Mr. TiIIiTOST, were for the plaintiff; Messrs. Vat; Gri AN and II tn. Locx, and Mr. F. POLLOCK, for defendants. BOARD OF EXOSE. Mr. Andrew Anderson, who carries on the business of a bis cuit-baker and soup-rooms, at No. 79, Lombard -street, nearly opposite the Post-office, was charged oh an information, with retailing British wines (sweets) and spirituous liquors, in his rooms, the same not being regularly licensed. Mr. Anderson pleaded that he was not liable, because it was the act of his wife, who carried on the business inLombard-street on her own account, and was privileged so to do according to ancient custom of the City of London. The C'bunT said, that according to the custom and privilege alluded to, the wife alone might be answerable for her debts, but this was an illegal act, and they were-of opinion that the, husband was liable, the privilege of the City of London not ex tending to illegal acts ; they therefore ordered the defendant to pay the mitigated penalty of 51. in each case, subject to an ap peal.—The defendant signified his intention to appeal. INSOLVENT DEBTORS'. COURT, JULY 2. - William Johnson came up to be heard on his petition to be discharged, and was opposed by Mr. Pollock on behalf of the Trustees of the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch. • It appeared by the insolvent's examination, that he had been ten years collector of the parish , and that he had lately become ' deficient in his accounts in the sum of 38.51. which lie had ap plied to his own use. He gave security to the Trustees at the time he was appointed. Mr. Pox. Loci: submitted to the Court, that a clear case of embezzlement had been made out against the insolvent. • Whe ther the securities were good or,.bad could make no difference. 'The Trustees were bound to issue execution against the Insol vent's gOods as they had done, or they could not substantiate their claim against his sureties. Mr. HEATH, for the insolvent, strenuously contended that no case was made against him. The insolvent's deficiency at the end of ten years' Was nothing but a debt, as between two in dividuals dealing together: Ile had given sureties to the Board • of Trustees, and was not their servant in any sense that made his deficiency embezzlenient; nor was there any instance of the Collector of a public body being indicted for an embezzlement, though there were many instances of their being deficient in their payments. - The Crown had particular rights, which Boards had not ; and the Board of Trustees had, in the present case, taken every thing the insolvent had in execution as lbr a debt, and had also,his sureties to look to, but still not content, they came into Court to oppose his discharge. The insolvent, to come under the penal clause of the Act, must have fraud in his mind at the time of contracting the debt, and surely his being deficient in his accounts at the end of ten years could not be considered proof of such intention. The CdultT said, the money collected by the insolvent was received by him in trust for the pi blic body who appointed him their Collector, and when he - applied any part of it to his own use he violated the trust, and contracted a debt fraudu lently. The judgment of the Court therefore was, that he should be remanded for eight months from the ate of his Petition. The following is a memorandum of supplies of provisilns . which have heen,dispatehed and or dered to the Western and Southern parts of Ire- land : About 5000 Tons of Potatoes. 1000 Tons of Oatmeal. 450 Bags of Flour. I • 2.900 Barrels and Bags of Wheat. •21 Tons of Barley Meal. • • 1100 Bags of Biscuit. Yesterday the Clergymen and Churchwardens of the parishes of Mary-le-hone and St. Anne's, Soho, were actively , engaged g9ing from house to house soliciting Subscrip tions, for the Relief of , the Distressed Peasantry of Ireland, and collected considerable sums in the course of the day. The Churchwardens of, Great Waltham, Essex, have instituted fresh proceedings in the Consis tory -Court against the Rev. Dr. CLARKE, for a series of irregularities in the discharge of bi 3 duties—the articles wore read in Court on Friday, when Dr. C. replied, that " he had,done as much Church Service as he was able. lie had done the duties of the door opener, bell ringer, and clock winder, as well as that of Clergyman, for these last 20 years."—(Morning Paper.) We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday. The intelligence from France shews that the march of troops towards the Spanish frontier continues, and it announces as certain the defeat of several Corps of insurgents, in the Provinces of Navarre,. Biscay, and Guipuscoa.— In the Sitting of the . French Chamhei of Depu ties, on the 29th ult. ; the discussion of the new Custom Duties was resumed, and, after a Icing debate, the proposition of the Government, posing a duty of 50 francs a head on the im portation of oxen, was adopted. The following comparison in M. DE LA BORDE's speech, between France and some of her neighbours, is not without interest :-- " Animal food, Gentlemen, is an object of luxury in France —(long and noisy interruption on the right) ;—little of it i s consumed out of towns. The price is too high, compare d' with other things, and people are in the habit of consider ing it as not an article of first necessity. From the state ment, published by M. Montalivet, in 1812, it appears that the French consume annually on an average only twenty pounds of meat, while the English consume two hun dred and twenty pounds—(laugh); —but as in this state ment Belgium and Piedmont, which have much more cat' t le, are included, we ought to limit the consumption of th e country to fourteen pounds for each. The butcher, Sauve' grain, who wrote in 1806, and who had collected good docu ments, limited the consumption to 14 pounds. From the state ment of cattle entered at the CoMmunes; subject to tilt! (Oral 't in 1820 and 1821, we may see that the six.millions of inhabi tants, nearly,who compose the towns, including Paris, consum ed one with another only 62 pounds a &ad, which, divide over France, and supposing four millions more to eat the sam e quantity in the country, which is a high estimate, the average would be 20 pounds and a half per individual. The same co incidence has place between France and _England, with respect , to the number of cattle, &c. killed : in France the number • was from seven to eight thousand, and in England it amounted,. in 1817, to twelve 'millions. France is unfortu- nately one of the countries of Europe in which the lower classes of inhabitants live the worst and labour the most. Countries very inferior to it in civilization, such as Bohemia, Austria, Bavaiia, the Palatinate, Upper Italy, are superior to, it in culture, and overflow with cattle. The Frenchman i 5 placed on a dear soil on account of the great population, and moreover on an ungrateful soil, from the want of capital or shil l to derive advantage from it. Agriculture, though. i m proved since the revolution, is still in its infancy—(Laugh on the right. ) —The north alone, a part of the ,west, and a few basins of great rivers, have the garden culture, and raise cattle ; but the great table lands, and the half of the rest of the country, are ab • solutdy in want of them, and consequently follow the shame' ful rotatiqn of rye, oats, and fallow. how then can we speak of superabundance of cattle in a country which does not con tain the tenth part of what it could feed ; when the third of t he , inhabitants only consume animal food ; a nd w h e n we see the Custom House entries the enormous mass of five millions of hides imported ? We ought to give the people a taste f° r animal food by allowing them to have it at a rate at which the! , can purchase it. The increased demand will naturally induce our own cultivators to cultivate artificial grasses, &c. so that , their present sacrifice may ultimately be of a d van t age t o the With respect to the state of the, relations be-. tween Turkey and Russia, we have no additional information. The news relative to the Greel' s is 'somewhat interesting. It is admitted in a letter from Vienna of the 19th ult., that Chours." chid Pacha had been severely worsted in an en' gagement with the Greeks out the 27th of May' and that Trieala was retaken by the Christian s (as the Greeks are at last called in Austria) by assault.- The same letter states, that the Gen' ral Government of Greece has declared all the Turkish coasts in a state of blockade, and tha t they have already taken five European vesselg 0 their way to the Ottoman ports.—The are extracts : PARIS, JUNE 30.-- : The 3d battalion of the 39th Reg : *Ol en ; of Infantry arrived at Perpipan the 18th instant, and marc h the following night, part of it for. Collioure, and the other Pa rt tor Banyulo-sur-Mer, to join the Sanitary Cordon. The Echo du Midi, a Toulouse Journal, quotes letters from the frontiers of Spain, statingadvantages gained by the Royal° in Catalonii, on the 15th, lUth, and 17th instant, and that on the 20th they had seized the two most important forts of three which defend the Seo. Our Augsburg correspondent informs us that a nuttler ° promotion has been made by the Emperor Francis in ale Austrian army, comprising Field-Marshals, Generals, Colooelh Lieutenant-Colonels, and Majors. This extraordinary,prof o ; tion has caused some sensation among the speculators in Public Funds, who regard it as a prognostic of war.--(Jctur # de Paris.) FUENCII FUNDS.—JUNE 29. • Five per Cents 9l f. 55 c. Bank Stuck 1597 f.. 50 c. , fl FRONTIERS OF ITALY, JNNE 17.-It is currenupzer orteti 1 that a corps of Piedmontese troops will be assembled in ° next month. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) 10 , " VIENNA, JUNE 19.—1 t is said that the Russian OP matists suspected of being in favour of a war with the W e i :, will be dismissed from active service. M. de Golowk it '' Vienna, and M. de Panin, at Warsaw, are amongst tlie number. 44 It is stated that the Courier sent to Constantinople afte•. the arrival of M. De Tatitscheff, is the bearer of a new ir' cit , 3 : tion, in polite terms, addressed to the Porte, to send a Corlo-' sioner to Kaminieck Podolski, to negociate direct with a guise sian Commissioner. The answer will not be here before end of July. • r scbi a " The intelligence of the check received by Circ' u Pacha, on. the 27th of May, from Odysseus and DiarnantY'l' confirmed. The Christians have retaken by assault 'Pi°l ' and killed all the Mussulmans and Jews. The Alb elli3u discontented with the had faith and treatment of Chou rsehla have for the greater part abandoned him. „ de' " Letters from Trieste state that the Hellenists jlhelo3.' Glared Which have in a state of blockade all the coasts of Turkey'. ch have already captured five European vessels, two of ye were on their passage from Alexandria to Pritole. before us the Decree of the general Goveinment of dated Corinth, the 13th of March, 1822. It is signed by Sel 4 l : Arch-Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs, and rocordato, President of the Executive Power. towar ds tc This is an imprudent and even insolent measure tile the European Powers, who will not allow the navigation 0! Turkish . seas to be interdicted to their subjects by a soi"11183 Executive Power which they do not recognise." . , (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) • 4 ' BAYONNE, JUNE 23:—The accounts of the defeat of :r e ; veral Royalist Corps in Navarre;Biscay, and Guipuscoal certain. of ," Yesterday . evening a large 'chaloupe enter ed' the 15011 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Martis, 2 0 die Julli, 1822. ORPHAN'S FUND BILL SALT DUTIES REPEAL BILL Read a second time, SALT DU TIES (IRELAND)} Bills to be and committed. STAGE COACH DUTIES ff printed. LEATHER Tax—Petitions of 'fanners, &c. of Preston, for repeal thereof ; to lie on the table. GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS (IRE LAND) BILL Read a third time, JURIES (SCOTLAND) BILL and passed. FIVE PER CENT. CONTRACTS BILL NEW CHURCHES BitE—Third Reading deferred till to-mor row (this day ). ECCLESIASTICAL DUES (IRELAND) BlLL—Second reading deferred till Thursday , next. INSURRECTION (IRELAND) BILL—" to continue for a time to be limited, an Act made in this present Selsion of Par liament, for suppressing Insurrections, andpreventing Dis turbances of the public peace in Ireland," presented, and read a first time ; to be read a second time on Thursday, and to be printed. . . ENDONVED Sen . s (IRELAND) BILL—" to amend an Act of the 53d year of the reign of his late Majesty, for the ap pointment of Commissioners for the regulation of the several endowed Schools in Ireland," presented, and read a first time,-to be read a second time on Monday next, and to be printed. GROWING PRODUCE BII,E—" to continue an Act of the 59th year of his late Majesty, for rendering the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom arising in Great Britain availa')le for the Public Service;" presented, and read a first time ; to be read a second time to-morrow (this day). NOTICES OF MOTIONS for THIS DAY. I. Mr. Western,—Resolutions,—descriptive of the distressed state of the Agricultural part of the Country ;—the effects of the altered state of the Currency ;—the general amount of Taxation ;—and the relative situation of ,the Public Creditor and the Public under such altered state of the Currency. 2. 111 r. Attorney-General,—Bill to. enable the Court of Exche quer to sit elsewhere than in Westminster Hall. ORDERS OF THE DAY for THIS DAY. 1. Royal Burghs Accounts Bin—Third Reading. 2. Burgh Magistrates' Residence Bill—Third Reading. 3. Gas Washings, &c. Bill--Second Reading. 4. Ways and Means—Committee. 5. Bankruptcy Laws Amendment Bill—Committee. 6. Coroners (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 7. Prison Laws Consolidation Bill—Third Reading. 8. Fees of Courts Bill—Committee. 9. Supply—Committee. 10. Salt Duties Repeal Bill—Committee. 11. Salt Duties (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 12. Stage Coach Duties Bill—Committee. 13. Register Office (Scotland) Bill—Report. 14. New Churches Bill—Third Reading. 15. Bankruptcy Joint Commission Bill—Third Reading. 16. Scottish Spirits Exportation—Report thereupon. 17. Growing Produce Bill—Second Reading. MINORITY AGAINST THE SMALL NOTES BILL SECOND READING. Duncannon, Visct. 'Lushington, Dr. TELLERS. Leonard, T. B. Mackintosh, SirJ. James, W. Folkestone ? Visct. MINORITY AGAINST THE ALIEN BILL.-JULY 1. Abercromby,Hn.J. Gurney, Hudson Prittie, Hon. F. A Althorp, Visct.' Hamilton, Lord A. Palmer, C. F. Barnard, Visct.. Honeywood,W.P. Ramsden, J. C. Bennet, Hon. H. G. Hume, J. Ricardo, D. Benyon, B. Hutchinson, Hon. Rowley, Sir W. Bernal, R. C. H. ' Robarts, A. Brougham, H. Hill, Lord Arthur Robarts, G. Benett, John James, W. Rumbold, C. E. Baillie,John Jervoise, G. P. Scarlett, J. Cavendish, IA G. • Kennedy, T. F. , Scott, J. Cavendish, C. ' Lamb, Hon. G. Sefton, Earl of 'Colburne, N. R. Lockhart, J. J. Smith, MT. Davies, T. H. Maberly, J. Stewart, W. (Ty.) Denman, T. Maberly, W. L. Warre, J. A. • Duncannon, Visct. M‘lntosh, Sir J. Western, C. C. Denison, W. J. Martin, John • Whitbread, S. C. Evans, William Maule, Hon.W. R. Williams, W. Fergusson, Sir R.C. Milbank, M. Williams, J. Fitzgerald,LordW. Moore, Peter Wood, Alderman Fitzroy, Lord' C. Marjoribanks, S. Ward, Hon. J. W Foley, J. H; H. Newnort,'Rt. Hon. Folkestone, Vise. Sir John Forbes, C. Nugent, Lord Graham, Sandford Powlett, Hon. W. TELLERS. Hobhouse, J. C. Wilson, Sir R. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a Reply from JUSTUS to ./EQUUS ; but as it is evident to us, that )EQuus is mistaken with regard to JusTus, we decline inserting the last Communication of the latter ; but , give an extract from his Letter, which will assure • ./Ectuus "that JUST US "made no observation on his cha racter upon any personal knowledge of him. As an anony mous Writer JUSTUS answered QUU S'S former Letter ; and it is a very mistaken idea that imputations upon the character of JEQUUS were intended." •• * For SIDNEY, Letter XV., see the Fourth Page. PRICE OF STOCKS - THIS DAY AT ONE 0 - CLOCK. India Stock shut India Bonds 445. 465. South Sea Stock shut Old Annuities New Annuities shut 3 per Cent. 1751 shut E. Bills 9 pr. par 2 pr. India for Con:Acct. Cons. for Acct. Bank Stock 242 3 per Cent. Red. :AO 79j 80i 3 per Cent. Cons. shut 3. per Cent 904 91 4 per Cent. Old 974 I 1 New 9841 5 ,)er Cents. 1797 Bank Long Anti. 90$ Imp. 3 per Cents. 78?2, PRICE of FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JULY 2. French Five per Cents. 91 75. Prussian Five per Cent. Bonds, 87. Old Bonds, 1001. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 83. 1 Ditto Scrip, 833. Spanish f Five per Cent. Bonds, 611 I. k New Ditto, 61$ 3. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 85. Neapolitan Five per Cent: Bonds, 701. - Russian f Six - per Cents. - k Five per Cents. (Metallic) 771. Austrian Five per Cents. (Metallic). Chili 791 78i 3 80 79i. Russian 82i. AMERICAN FUNDS. LONDON. July 2. £22 I nothing f done. 95 }nothing done. 95 Ntw May 23, 1822. 104 73 nothing done. Ditto. 102} 104 102/ 107& 109 10 104 Div. from April, 1822. Bank Shares . 3 per cents 5 percents. 1820 1821 6 per cents. 1812 1813 1814 815 7 pet' cents Divd. from April, 1822. Exchange 9. pr. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW, Morning, 40 minutes after 2. 1 Evening, 5 minutes after 3. TH.E SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM 4UDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1822.