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ieefined answering the question, under the circumstances - of the Mr. BROUGHAM had felt the difficulty pointed outby the Right Hon: Gentleman so strongly, that it was with some diffi culty that he made up his mind to give encouragement to the means employed by noticing the letter. if it had been one of any ordinary nature he certainly should have passed it by on that very account. It now remained for the House to consider whether they should proceed to any notice of the matter. If they did not, and the two individuals affected by it took no -steps on their own part, the country would conceive that this objection was the only one which prevented further steps. SALT TAX REPEAL. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Salt Tax Mr. CURWEN rose to show the advantage of taking off the tax altogether. It could not be kept up with a view to the revenue, but patronage. He was convinced, on the contrary, that it would be most injurious to the revenue. By removing the whole tax, and granting a bounty upon the importation of salt into Ireland, an adequate employment might be found for her poor in fishing, and her own consumption would be a suf ficient market. Then every Irishman would have a herring to his potatoe. The Right lion. Gentleman did not want the money, and by giving up the tax he would gain the thanks of the country. If it were retained it would destroy our fisheries and injure various other branches of our commerce. Ministers would incur a most heavy load of responsibility if they would -keep up this tax, when by repealing it they had the power of ;doing so much good. He concluded by moving an Amend ment, " That the whole of the Duties should cease and be no longer payable." Mr. LEICESTER contended that Ministers were prevented from giving up the whole Tax by the interference of interested persons. He considered this conduct to be any thing but the genuine essence of true patriotism. He thought it extremely - hard upon the country that Ministers should so press upon it in the, hour of its. distress. He was satisfied that within a year the Chancellor of the Exchequer would be under the necessity of completely repealing this 'fax, and the Tax also upon Lea ther, Tallow, and Windows. Mr. JOHN SMITH spoke in favour of the Repeal. He thought that the tax pressed most heavily on the poor, and that - the Revenue could afford to give it up. Mr. DENISON said he thought the tax was a most odious one, and he should heartily vote for its repeal. He could not however agree to suspend the repeal of the Leather Tax. In deed, since the Resolution of the House for repealing that tax, the persons connected with the Leather Tax had entered into new arrangements. • aIr.ILYTTLETON said he had originally op posed a mo , tion.for the repeal of this tax, 'because he wished to maintain the Sinking Fund ; but he considered the advantage to be gain ed by retaining the trifling remnant of the tax, to be by no means equal to the inconvenience attending the pressure of it. He should vote for the repeal. Mr. Alderman C. Smith opposed the repeal. The CHANCELLOR of the.EXCLIEQUER regretted that any arrangement which, wherr.first ,proposed, appeared .to give .general satisfaction, should now.be disturbed by the amend ment of the Honourable Member for Cumberland. He owed :it to the credit of the country to oppose the repeal. If the - - House should determine on the total repeal of this tax, he would be compelled to abandon his resolution of repealing a _part of the Leather Tax. He was satisfied that a partial re peal of many taxes would be more beneficial than the total repeal of a single one. He had been accused of a desire to retain the tax, on account of the patronage attached to it ; but the fact was, that the Treasury had nothing to do with 'the patronage. The officers were all appointed by the Board of _Excise. The saving, on the head of Collection, in case of a total Repeal, would be very inconsiderable, as the officers em ployed respecting this tax were employed also for other pur . poses ; and very few of them could be dismissed. The Irish Fisheries were under none of the restrictions which had been . complained of; so that the argument as to the inconvenience is that respect fell entirely to the ground. He dial not: much approve of the extension of Bounties. It would lead to the system described by Adam Smith, under which men fished for bounties rather than herrings.—(A laugh.)— When it was considered how great was the reduction al ready afforded, he really could not believe that the pub:x would be so much inconvenienced by thelremna.nt. ,e thought it would be scarcely felt, as the duty would not be more than _an halfpenny in the pound. Even if every man consumed as much as every other, the duty would not be more than two shillings per head per annum; but he denied that theisoor paid so much as the rich. The remnant had been called con- Itemptible, but it amounted M 200,0001. a year, and he could not consent to give it up. As he had already stated, that if the House were resolved on repealing this tax, he must retain the tax upon leather, he really hoped that Gentlemen who were anxious for the repeal of the latter, would support him on the present occasion. —(Hear, hear ! and a laugh.)—lle had reason to believe that the total repeal of the tax would materially in ' terfere with the kelp trade in the North, a trade which gave • employment to no less than 40,000 persons. He saw no reason for altering his first Resolution, which, he trusted, would be ap proved by the public and the House. At all events, those who doubted his judgment would, he hoped, give him credit for his motives.—(Cheers.) Mr. WODEHOUSE said, that he was happy to find the • situation of fac. country so favourably changed from its ap pearance, when the repeal of this tax was proposed on a former occasion. He had now no doubt of the flourishing state of our 'revenue ; and lie therefore could see no reason for retaining the remnant of an odious and unpopular tax. Lord ALTHORPE said, the Right Hon. Gentleman had thrown out baits to catch the votes of all parties ; but he would not catch him (Lord A.) He was known to favour the repeal of the Leather Tax ; but lie would not on that account support the continuance of the Salt Tax.—(A laugh.)—lf the House should repeal it, he was satisfied the Right Hon. Gentleman had too much regard for his own character to resort again to the Leather Tax. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER assured the Noble Lord he must do so ; and that he would not be doing any more than carrying into effect the substance of the resolu tions sanctioned by the House. SUMNER said his Right Hon. Friend the Chan cellor of the Exchequer had not been fairly treated. Ile thought the House would disgrace its faith by repealing the present tax, after agreeing to the Resolutions proposed by his Right Hon. Friend. Sir JOSEPH YORKE said, he would never take off a tax by halves. He would vote for the repeal. Colonel WOOD said the taxes had been laid on by halves, and increased during the war. He always should vote upon principle against isolated motions for repeal of taxes. Instead ef sweeping away different taxes, the proper way, in his opi nion, would be to lower all taxes to a certain extent. Mr. R. MARTIN said, that on the western coast of Ireland the people found no market for their labour, but in the manu facture of kelp. He stated this in behalf of the famishing population .of that part of Ireland, assuring the House that if this remaining duty on .salt were repealed, the whole of the persons in that part of Ireland would have no matket whatever fer their labour. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, that the question at present be fore the House was, whether they would destroy that financial plan which had received the acclamations of the House when promulgated by his Right lion. Friend ? The House had heard the various evils to different parts of the community which' would accrue from the total reduction of this tax, from other Ittanourable Members. He himself thought that quite enough of this tax had been remitted for the relief of the nation ; and in his opinion, there were many other taxes, the remission of which would be much more serviceable to the country at large. He should prefer _repealing the coal tax.---(Hear ' hear !)—He believed it was demonstrable that the removal of the remain ing two,fifteexiths of this tax would be productive of great evil to Ireland ; and it remained yet to be shown that it would be .so highly beneficial to Scotland. Under these circum stances ha called upon. the House not to disturb the financial re solutions thq had already come to, and to reject this motion. Mr. WETfiERELL opposed the repeal of the remaining duty upon salt at the present moment. Ile thought they were all oound to their constituents to repeal part of the Salt Tax and part of the Leather Tax, and they could not du this if they • zepealed the. whole of either. Nr. SCOTT thought that the time was now arrived when it was their duty to, take off some of the burdens imposed during thelate war. He thought it much better fur the nation to re peal-the whole of one tax than parts of two ; and in the pre tvalt case he was sure the nation would not feel the benefit to .the full extent of the partial repeal. This was the - first time . thathe had done himself the honour of addressing that liouse ; but he must observe, that he had never heard less said than in the discussion of the last hour and a half; and that Hon. Gen tlerner. did not deserve to carry. this question by their argu monts.—(Laughter, and cries of "` Question !") Sir FRANCIS OMMANNEY rose amidst cries of " Ques tion," to state, thatit was his intention to vote for the par tial repeal of this tax. When Honourable Members talked so largely of doing away with different taxes, he called upon them V) LOOK at the situation of many other servants of the Public.— He calledeupon them.to look at those who had shot themselves —(Laughter.)—lle maintained that many had shot themselves from the distress arising from losing their situations ; and lie contended that it was their duty, fairly, openly, and honestly, to support those ty.xes which were necessary to support those who n ad long served the State—( Renewed cries of" Question.") The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that it give him pleasure to see so many. Hon. Gentlemen on the op , posite benches as then appeared before lihn. He had no doubt that they would have willingly dispensed with many of those spee,ches made on his side of the House, in order to attain what aeenled`to be the great object of the evening; viz. to divide earlier.--(Hear, 'hear I)—Notwitlistanding this state of lion. Gentlemen's minds, he should not hesitate to declare the grounds of his vote en this question. He could not help.com paring the opposition which his Right Honourable Friend's Resolutions met with this night to the perfect unanimity which pervaded the House when he stated to them the substance of it, in hid general financial plans early in the Session. Bearing that in mind, he Asked whether, if his Right Honourable Friend's arguments had been. those now proposed, the House would then have agreed to them ? 'He had first considered what quan tum of Revenue he could dispense with consistently with the maintenance of faith with the_public creditor, and having done that, he stated to the House his proposed mode of disposing of it towards the reduction of taxation. With that mode and its details, the House and the Hon. Gentlemen opposite expressed themselves satisfied, and it would be a positive retractation of their avowed intentions, both as regarded the Salt Tax and the Leather Tax, to adopt the proposition then -before the House. He hoped his Right Hon. - Friend, with that manly firmness which marked his character, would withstand this attempt to draw him into a departure from his original intentions, anti defeat the object of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite, who, he perceived, had made an effort to carry their point. The Nolale Marquis proceeded to argue that it would be detrimental to the Fishenes, which had been urged as interested in this ques tion, to, repeal the remainder of this tax. He maintained that his Right Hon. Friend was entitled to the votes of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite, in consistency with their conduct on the night when he proposed for their sanction that financial plan upon which alone any reduction in the faxes had been made. He hoped that Hon. Gentlemen who had shewn so inuch una nimity with his Right Hon. Friend on that occasion would not allow themselves to be led astray by the lion. Member for Cumberland. His Right Hon. Friend had included in his re ductions of taxation as large a portion of revenue as it was found possible, upon mature calculation, to give up, so that if the remainder' of this tax were to be abandoned, it would be impossible to make that reduction in the Leather Tax which had been announced. This would be a great hardship upon the tanners, who had been led to expect the reduction in question. Upon the whole view of the case, he thought it was impossible that the House could recede from the resolutions they had agreed to on this subject, to which the faith of Hon. Gentlemen opposite was as much pledged as any part of the House.—(Hear, hear!) Mr. S. WORTLEY said that if driven to an alternative, and called upon to make anslection betwixt the total repeal of the Salt Tax or part of the Leather Tax, he should prefer voting for the total repeal of the Salt Tax, although he did not think that the repeal of either of them would much benefit the country. The Gallery was then cleared amidst loud cries of question, and the House divided— For the original Resolution . - 104 Against it - - - 92 -Majority . in favour of - the Resolution —l2 On our re-admission' into the gallery , we found Mr. C. HUTCHINSON stating, that if one farthing more were added to the misery of the people of Ireland, he would, night after night, appeal against it. • The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, - that all the dif ference was-the difference of currency. Sir J. NEWPORT made some observations. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUUER acceded to the suggestion of the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hutchinson.) He had been quite unconscious of any injury or injustice to that country by the wording of his clause. Mr. CALCRAFT, after mentioning that the last division had been carried by the large majority of 12, begged to remind the Right Hon. Gentleman how the House increased in course of the debate, and' what took place throughout the benches around them before azid after 10 o'clock ; and how Honourable Members made speeches for any other purpose but to instruct the House. He hoped that the minority of the last- division would not despair of reducing the 2s. The only way of rea soning with the Right Honourable Gentleman was by a ma jority. They wanted, not the Sinking Fund, or 1,000,0001., but 200,0001. Mr. MABERLY said, the question was not whether this tax should be given up for another tax, but whether it should be taken out of the expenditure. 'Whatever was taken from the 30,000,0001. on the one side, was given to the 30,000,0001. on kto other. • The amendment was then agreed to. THE BUDGET. Some conversation took place between the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. Hu ME, respecting the propositions to be made on Monday; 'the latter asking information as a matter of courtesy, the former alleging that it would be in. convenient. TILE ALIEN BILL. Mr. PEEL rose to move the committing pro j:ormet. Mr. HOBHOUSE would stop its progress in every stage. 'f Ministers wished to stop the _debate, it was for their own purposes. • Mr. PEEL contended, that the delay had been at the request of Members on the other side. He would be content with one stage this night. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR asked, why the Bill was proposed at this late period of the Session ? It was not at the desire of the Opposition,'but of Ministers. He would not go on now. Mr. PEEL said, he had postponed the question twice, at the express desire of Members on the other side. Lord J. RUSSELL said, he should despair of having the Bill removed from the Statute Book, if it should be repeated there again. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH asked whether the Irish Police Bill or this measure would be first proposed ? - _ Mr. GOULBURN made some observations. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH said, he had asked only for information ; he had no choice. Mr. DE?MAN hoped that the Bill woule have every pos sible opposition, and even trusted that it might yet be defeated. —(Hear!) The Welsh Coals Bill was read a third time, and passed. BRITISH MUSEUM. Mr. BA NKES moved that a sum of 9,4251. should be grant ed to his Majesty for the support of the British Museum. The vote was 1,0001. less than that of last year. He was ready to give any explanation as to items. Mr. S. RICE entirely agreed in the Note.; but he wished that, for the credit of the country with foreigners, all public monuments, and other specimens of Art throughout England, were opened upon .the same terms as the British Museum. Mr. H. G. KENNET was sorry that he did not see added to the vote a pension for a man of great ingenuity and erudition who had formerly been an officer of the British Kluseum, and . who was now in a state of mental derangement. Application, he understood, had been made to Government for a small allowance of 1001. or 2001. a year to keep the unfortunate indi vidual from being absolutely a pauper ; but his Majesty's Mi nisters, with that judicious economy for which they were dis tinguished, had declined acceding to the request. A party of the trustees of the British Museum had benevolently done something to better Dr. 's situation ; but surely some small allowance in the of pension might have been given to him. Mr. BANKES replied in a tone scarcely audible in the .gallery. We understood him to say that something had al ready been done for Dr. D—; but he thought it would be a bad precedent if pensions were granted in such cases upon ap. plication to Parliament. Mr. ABERCROMBY moved for the Production of the Proceedings in the Civil Suit between Alexander and Borth wick ; the Criminal Proceedings by Alexander against Borth wick ; and the Erecognitions and other Informations by which the Lord Advocate and his Deputies acted in their Proceedings against Borth w ick. The other Orders of the Day were then dispose , ' and the House adjourned at TWELVE O'CLOCK. THE ARMY. The following is the intended distribution of the Cavalry in Great Britain for the present year :—King's Dragoon Guards, 'Manchester, Birmingham, and Coventry, from Ireland.-2d Ditto (Bays), York, Leeds, &c.-3d Ditto, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle, from Scotland.-4th Ditto, from Scotland to Ireland.-7th Ditto, from Manchester, &c. to Edinburgh.—Royal Dragoons, from Weymouth to Canterbury and Ipswich.--Scots Greys, from Birmingham,' &c. to Glas gow. —3d Light Dragoons, from Ireland to Brighton.-9th Lancers, to Weymouth, xeter &c.-10th Hussars, to Ire land.--14th Light Dragoons, to Nottingham, &c.-15th Hus sars, to Hounslow.—The 16th Lancers are in daily expectation of embarking for India. A detachment of the 14th Light Dragoons arrived at Bristol on Sunday (23d inst.) from Ireland; and some companies of the 15th Regiment of Infantry marched into that city to-day (Wednesday, the 26th instant) from Plymouth on their route to Chester. The 3d Regt. of Light Dragoons has passed through Bath this week in three divisions, on their route from Waterford to Brighton. The two companies of the Royal Staff Corps, at Head Quar ters, at Hythe, have subscribed 471. 6s. to the fund for the re lief of the distressed Irish'. The other six companies of the corps are on foreign service. Government has at length determined on the removal of the Custom-house from Sandwich to Ramsgate, a circumstance highly satisfactory to that town, and there is no doubt will prove very beneficial to the shipping that frequent the Royal harbour. JAMES EDGCOMBE, Esq., Collector of Penryn, in Cornwall, is now there, directing the fitting-up of proper of fices, &c. to receive the establishment, for the purpose of con ducting the business of the port for the future.—( Kentish Ga zette, June 28.) PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Vener is, 28° die Jun ii, 1822. SATIS" NATURALIZATIO.N BILL J Read a second time, and THAMES LASTAGE, &C. BILL committed. 110 AD—Brighton Act Amendment Bill Read a third tinie, ROASTED CORN BILL an d passe d. WELSH COALS-BILL SALE TAx--Petition _Of Manufacturers of Hard Soap and Broad and Crown Glass, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for a total repeal thereof; to be printed. Petition of Edmund ,Preston, Refiner of Rock Salt at Great Yarmouth, against the repeal of Act 1 Anne; to lie on •the table. MIDDLESEX COUNTY RATES BlLL—reported, to be in grossed. ASSESSED TAXES Cozirosyr lON BlLL—Lords amendments agreed to. _MESSAGE FROM. THE Loans—That they have agreed to Military and Naval Pensions Bill, Cirencester Road Bill, • ,anal to Amendments to Doyles Divorce Bill, without amend- meat. MILITARY AND NAVAL PENSIONS (Payment thereof), Twelfth Resolution—The following riesolutions reported : I. " That, from and after the sth day of January, 1823, thirteen shillings of the.fifteen shillings chargeable and payable by Law for every bushel of Salt or Rock Salt that shall be made at any Salt-work, or yaised or taken out of any Salt-mine or Salt-pit in England.; and the whole of the Duties charge able and payable by Law for and Upon Salt or Rock Salt made at any Salt-work, or raised or taken out of any Salt-mine or Salt-pit inscotland ; and seven shillings of the nine shillings chargeable and payable by Law for every bushel of Salt or Rock Salt brought from Scotland into England • and one shil ling of the one shilling and sixpence chargeable and payable by Law for every 'hundred weight of Salted Beef, or Pork, or Bacon, or other Flesh, brought from Scotland into Eng land ; and sixpence of the two shillings and sixpence charge able and payable by Law for every bushel of coarse and impure Rock Salt delivered from any Rock Salt-pit or mine, or warehouse ? or storehouse, for the purpose of feed, ing, or mixing with the food of, sheep and cattle, or steeping seed, or preserving hay, or being employed' as manure " for land ; and thirteen shillings of the fifteen shillings chargeable and payable by law for every bushel .of Salt or Rock Salt imported from Ireland into Great Britain 4 and seventeen•shillings and ninepence of the twenty shillings chargeable and payable by law for every bushel of Salt which shall be imported "from .beyond the seas into Great Britain ;* and the several bounties payable by law on Beef or Pork salted in Great Britain, and exported to foreign parts ; and the whole of the duty chargeable and payable by law for and upon mu. riate of potash, delivered by any maker or makers of glass, for the purpose of being used in the manufacture of alum ; shall respectively case and determine, and be no longer paid or pay able, except as to any arrear thereof. - - 2. " That every maker of .Salt in Scotland shall take out an Excise licence, authorizing him to make or refine Salt in Scot land; for which an Excise Duty of 20s. shall be paid. 3. " That the Duty of 2s. Irish currency for and upon every bushel of White Salt, and also the Duty of 31. Irish currency for and upon every ton of Rock Salt, the growth, produce, or manufacture of Great Britain, imported into Ireland, made payable by an Act of the 45th year of his late Majesty, and which Duties were continued by an Act of the Ist year of his present Majesty, shall be and continue payable until further provision shall be made by Parliament. 4. " That a Duty of 2s. British currency, be charged on every bushel of Salt, not being the growth, produce, or manu facture of Great Britain, imported into Ireland." 5. " That on the exportation from Ireland of any Salt made in Ireland from Rock Salt the production of Great Britain, a Drawback be allowed to the maker of such Salt in Ireland, not exceeding the Duty paid on the importation of such Rock Salt." The k int Resolution being read a second time, an Amend ment was proposed to be made thereunto, by leaving out from " 1823" to the end of the Resolution, and adding the words, " all Duties payable on Salt in Great Britain and Ireland shall cease, and be no longer payable," instead thereof : —Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Resolution :"—The House divided; Ayes 104, Noes 92:-- Resolution agreed. to. The Second and Third Resolutions being read a second time, were agreed to by the House. The Fourth Resolution being read a second time, an Amend ment was made thereunto, by leaving out " British," and in serting " Irish" instead thereof :—Resolution, as amended, agreed. to. The Fiftir•Resoaution being . read a second time, was agreed to. Bill ordered to be Vrought STAMP Mr LEs Ac v—The following Resolutions reported and agreed to, and. instruction to Committee on Stamp Du ties Bill that they have power to make provision pursuaat to the First Resolution ; and Bill ordered to be brought in on the Second Resolution :- 1. " That there shall and may be raised, levied, collected, and paid, the Duties of Stamps hereinafter mentioned, for and upon the following articles, matters, and things, in lieu of the Duties now payable thereon That as to say, _ Letter or Power of Attorney—made by any Creditor, or several Creditors constituting one firm, to do any act in the place of such Creditor or Creditors, in voting in the choice of Assignees, or in the signing of the Bankrupt's Certificate, or to do any act for such Creditor or Credi tors at any public meeting or public meetings to be held by Assignees and Creditors relating to any Bankrupt's estate - . - - - - 5 0 Letter or Power of Attorney,—for the receipt of any sum or sums of money not amounting to 20/. - 0 2 6 Amounting to 20/. and not amounting to 50/. - 05 0 Amounting to 501. and not amounting to 1001. - UlO 0 Amounting to 100/. and, not amounting to 150/. - 015 0 Amounting to 150/. and not amounting to 2001. - 1 0 0 Amounting to 200/. or upwards - - - 110 0 Letter or Power of Attorney—of any other kind or Commission or Factory in the nature thereof - 110 0 And where the Letter or Power of Attorney, toge ther with any Schedule or other matter put or indorsed thereon, or annexed thereto, shall contain 2,160 words or upwards, then for every entire quantity of 1,080 words contained therein, over and above the first 1,080 words, a further progressive Duty, equal to the original Duty, where the same shall not exceed 11., and where the same shall exceed 11., then - - 1 , 0 Exemptions from the preceding and all other Stamp Duties, Letters of Attorney for the receipt of the Divi dends of any definite and certain share of the Govern ment or Parliamentary Stocks or Funds, producing a yearly Dividend of less than 31. ; Letters of Attorney fbr delivering or receiving seisin of any Freehold Lands or Hereditaments, or for accepting Admit tances, or in making Surrenders, or doing any other acts of or relating to any . Copyhold Hereditaments, where the instrument containing such Letter of Attor ney shall not contain any other matter or thing, except such as shall be incident to such Letter of Attorney, and where the value of the Freehold or Copyhold Heredita ments to which the same shall relate shall not exceed 501. Policy of Assurance or Insurance,—or other instru ment,by whatsoever name the same shall be called, where by an insurance shall be made upon any ship or vessel, or upon any goods, merchandize, or other property, on board of any ship or vessel, or upon the freight of any ship or vessel, or upon any other interest in or relating to any ship or vessel, may lawfully be insured, for or upon any voyage from any port or place in Europe, with out the Straits of Gibraltar, but including the Port of Gibraltar, to any other port or place within the same limit, If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 100/. 0 1 3 And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 1001., then for every 1001., and also for any fractional part of 100/. whereof the same shall consist - 0 3 And for or upon any voyage to or from any other port or place whatever, if the whole sum insured shall not ex ceed 1001. - - 0 2 6 And if the whole stain insured shall exceed 100/., then for every 1001., and also for any fractional part of 1001., whereof the same shall consist - - 0 2 6 Double the amount of Duty which would be payable upon a single Voyage. Double the amount of Duty which would be payable if the Goods had been shipped on board any Vessel spe cified. Policy of Assurance or Insurance,—or other instru ment, by whatever name the same shall be called, where by any Insurance shall be made upon any ship or vessel, or upon any goods, merchandize, or other property, on board of any ship or vessel, or upon the freight of any ship or vessel, or upon any other interest in or relating to any ship or vessel which may lawfully be insured for any certain term or period of time, not exceeding six calen dar nionths, if the whole s um insured shall not exceed 1001. 0 2 0 And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 100/., then for every 1001., and also for any fractional part of 100/., And for or upon any double voyage And for or upon any Insurance effected upon goods, wares, or merchandize, or other property, by ship or ships - . whereof the same shall consist PO 26 Not exceeding twelve calendar months, if the whole sum insured shall not exceed 1001. __ - 0 And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 1001., then for every 1001., and also for any fractional part of 1001., whereof the same shall consist _ _ But in all the above cases, if the separate interests of two or more distinct persons shall be insured by one Policy or Instrument, the said Duties of is. 3d. or 2s. 6d., and the said double Duties, as the case may re quire, shall be charged thereon in respect of each and every fractional part of 1091., as well as in respect of every full sum of 1001. which shall be thereby insured, upon any separate and distinct interest. Policy of Assurance or Insurance—or other instru ment by whatever name the same shall be called, where by any Insurance, commonly called a mutual Insurance, shall he made, or whereby divers persons shall insure - or agree to insure one another, without any premium or pecuniary consideration, from any loss or damage or misfortune that may happen of or to any ship or vessel, or any goods, merchandize, or other property on board of any ship or vessel, or the freight of any ship or ves sel, or any other interest in or relating to any ship or vessel which may lawfully be insured. Upon any voyage from any port or place in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or Sark, or the Isle of Man, to any other port or place in the said Kingdom or Islands, or Isle of Man For every sum of 1001., and also for each and every fractional part of 1001. thereby insured to any person or persons - - - - 0 Upon any other voyage whatsoever, or for any certain term or period of time, not exceeding twelve calendar iuonths, For every sum of 1001., and also for each 'and every fractional part of 1001. thereby insured to any person or persons - - Policy of Assurance or lnsurance,—or other instru. ment by whatever name the same shall be called, whereby any other lawful Insurance whatsoever, not hereinbefore charged, shall be made upon any property or interest whatever, from loss or damage of any kind, for or upon any voyage from any port or place in Europe without the Straits of Gibraltar, but including the port of Gibraltar, to any other port or place within the same limit, If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 1001. And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 1001., then for every 1001., and also for any fractional part of 1001., whereof the same shall consist 0 2 6 And for or upon any voyage to or from any other port or place whatever, If the whole sum insured shall not exceed 1001. 0 5 0 And if the whole sum insured shall exceed 1001., then for every 1001., and also for any fractional part of 1001., whereof the same shall consist - - 0 5 0 But if the separate interests of two or more distinct per sons shall be insured by one Policy or Instrument, then the said Duty of 2s. 6d, or ss. as the case may require, shall be charged thereon, in respect of each and every fractional part of 1001., as well as in respect of every full sum of 100/. which shall be thereby insured upon any separate and distinct interest. Diligence or Incidental Diligence Letters,—of a Pre cept in the nature of such Diligence in Scotland Where the same shall be a proceeding in the Court of Session, the Commission of Teinds, or High Court of Admiralty - - • 02 6 And where the same shall be a proceeding in the Con sistory Court of Edinburgh, or any ofthe Inferior Courts." 0 1 3 2. " That there shall and may be raised, levied, collected and paid, the Duties hereinafter mentioned on Carriages or Vehicles let to hire, according to the number of miles such Car riage or Vehicle shall be licensed to travel ; that is to say, Any Carriage or Vehicle with two or more wheels, not being upon, or not havin g the aid or assistance of any spring or springs of any kind whatsoever, and which shall be kept, used, employed, or let out, for the purpose of conveying passengers for hire to or from or from and to different places in Great Britain, and drawn by one horse only, for every mile that any such Carriage or' Vehicle shalThe licensed to travel 0 0 1 Any such Carriage or Vehicle as above described, drawn by two horses only, for every mile such Carriage or Vehicle shall be licensed to travel - , 00 2 _ _ Any Carriage or Vehicle drawn by one horse only, be ing upon, or having the aid or assistance of, any spring or springs of any kind whatsoever, which shall be kept, used, employed, or let out, for the purpose of conveying passengers, for hire as aforesaid, for every mile that any such Carriage or Vehicle shall be licensed to travel 0 0 ORDERS of the DAY, for MONDAY. 1. Superannution Act Amendment Bill—Further Considera tion of Report. 2. Bankruptcy Joint Commission Bill—Second Reading. 3. Bankruptcy Laws Amendment Bill—Second Reading. 4. Constables (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5. Gas Washings, &c. Bill—Second Reading. 6. Supply, (Barracks, Public Works, and Law Charges),— Further consideration of Report. 7. Coroners (Ireland) Bill—Committee. 8. Prison Laws Consolidation Bill—Third Reading. 9. Fees of Courts Bill—Committee. 10. Weights find Measures Bill—Report. 11. Five per Cent. Contracts Bill—Further consideration of Report. 12. Metropolis Police Bill—Third Reading. 13. Juries (Scotland) Bill—Report. 14. Aliens Regulation Bill—Committee. 15. Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill—Further consi deration of Report. 16. Supply—Report. ' 17. Supply—Committee. 18. Ways and Means—Committee. 19. Prison Laws Amendment (Ireland) Bill—Report. 20. New Churches Bill—Report. 21. Land Revenue (Ireland) Bill—Third Reading. 22. Small Notes Bill—Second Reading. 23. Growing Produce Acts—[s9 Geo. 3, c. 19, and 1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 95]—Committee thereupon. 24. Scottish Spirits Exportation—Committee thereupon. NOTICES of MOTIONS for MONDAY. 1, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer,—Budget. (In Commit tee of Ways and Means.) 2. Mr. Robertson, . Correspondence between the Court of Di rectors of the East India Company and the Board Control concerning East India Trade. 3. Mr. Wodehouse,—To repeal Excise Licences Act [c. 27 of the present Session. PRIVATE BlLL—Second Reading, for MONDAY. Kirkintulloch Roads. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 20. The Court was occupied the whole day in hearing Nis, Prius cases of no public interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, AtNE 28. COUPET V. Isi‘CARTHY. , In this case the plaintiff, a merchant, brought an action to recover the value of a house in the island of Mauritius, which was consumed whilst in the occupancy of the defendant, who was the Deputy Paymaster General of the island of Mauritius, and also of the forces at the Cape of Good Hope. The da mages sought were 70511. 9s. 2d. Serjeant BosAXQUET and. Mr. PARK were for the plaintiff; Serjeants LExs and VAUGHAN for the defendant. The circumstances of the case were, it appeared, shortly these :—The plaintiff, who is a merchant, some time in the year 1815 married a Lady who had some property in the Island of Mauritius, and almost the whole of it consisted in a valuable house, with its appurtenances, which was in the occupancy of the defendant, who was the Paymaster of the British Forces in that island, and also at the Cape of Good Hope. The plaintiff's property at the time of his marriage was at the Island of Java, but he sold it, and converted it into rrierchandize, which he shipped for the Mauritius with a view of enjoying it there with his wife ; but the ship which contained his all was shipwrecked, and the whole went to the bottom. Still his wife's property remained ; but the house occupied by the defendant was con sumed by fire, and the whole utterly destroyed. - It is the law of the Mauritius that the occupier of a house shall be liable for destruction of it by fire, and it was held for the plaintiff, that, knowing this law, the defendant ought to have insured the pro perty. A suit was instituted against him in the Mauritius for the recovery of the amount, but he did not appear, and judg ment went by default. Commissioners were appointed to assess the value, and it was the amount of their assessment, and the interest upon it from 1815, which idthe Mauritius is 9 per cent. that the present action was brought to recover. The facts were proved, but some legal objections were taken as to the miner in which the declaration was laid, and also to the interest charged. A verdict was taken for theplaintiff, sub ject to the opinion of the Judges upon those objections ; but the Chief Justice expressed his hopes that Government would pay the unfortunate plaintiff the demand. The defendant., when applied to for the payment of the sum in England, pleaded his inability to pay it, and expressed his hopes that the Government would, as it would be extremely hard upon him to be the sufferer by the calamity. A MANIFESTO Which circulates confidentially at Madrid, and which presents the Views of the Spanish Government for conciliating its Interests with those of the other European Nations, and with the true advantages of the Spanish American Provinces. His Catholic Majesty, in calling the attention of his august Allies on the state of the revolted provinces of Spanish Ame rica, deems useless and unseasonable the examination of the • e causes which excited in those regions the desire of separatlllr' themselves from the Mother Country. It is enough for his Majesty to be convinced that it was *neither the abuse of power nor the weight of oppression which inspired the desire of this separation, and that a disunion so melancholy between t he 'members of the great Spanish family has been the effect of a• traordinary circumstances, and of the terrible crisis which 'SP IT/ encountered in protecting its Throne and dignity from the raPe city of foreign domination. Since that epoch of glory and misfortune, the political aspect of various of our ultra-marine provinces has often varied. 31 ' litary successes have been divided.between the contending Ps!" ties; the cause of the Insurgent has assumed a differen t fac. ' in each of the chief portions of the Spanish American Nata nent; and his Majesty endures the most poignant distress iu se,e ing these interesting regions exposed to all the evils and all tna dangers inevitably attached to a revolution. His Majesty desiring ardently to terminate this painful silos" tion of anxiety and uncertainty, and to execute the benevo lent disposition of the Cortes, has appointed Commissioners, who, by proceeding to the Insurgent regions of America, are t o hear their propositions, to transmit them to the Spanish Government', and to establish a frank and sincere correspondence, the and the results of which will be the advantage of Spaniards 'n. both hemispheres. lt is not as a Monarch irritated against his wayward subjects' that his Majesty presents himself to the insurgent Americans' it is as a father who wishes to act as a peace-making m ediam ° in the dissentions of his children. He throws a veil on th past, the better to see the Present ; and considers their existinig situation in all the relations which bind it with the future- The common good of, the provinces of the two worlds is the great object of the negociation, its only basis, and the cenann ° centre towards which all arrangements shall tend. Never were transactions more important, but at the sam e til l never will a Government in similar circumstances show inure integrity and sound faith. His Majesty cannot persuade self that the interests of the provinces beyond seas are opirr, to those of European Spain ; and this sentiment, worthy ar paternal heart, urges him to seek the means of reconciling w; common advantage, and inspires him with the consoling hel l of finding them. a ri a His Catholic Majesty flatters himself that fit , t hi s frank wenerous conduct he shall be able to save the American regn,ll4 hole ages of misery and misfortunes—to prevent any b oun d being set to the progress of civilization and knowledge b y war and anarchy—to avoid the depopulation, misery, and l "1: morality, the inevitable consequences of long political n,c, lations, which condemn to misfortune the present geneeatioe: without securing the happiness or repose of future generatio His Caholic Majesty thinks, at the same time, that, is f lee greatest blessing which he can procure to Peninsular t , to put an end to a devastating and patricidal war ; and t, , t placed in the midst of brethren, united by the ties of reli c the; of blood, of language, of habits, and even of interest, tn voice will be listened to for the advantage of all. His Catholic Majesty carries his views to a more distimr hh,°- rizon, and considers this question as an European question. , ee longdisco discovery of the new world wereaceoftimeelapsedbefor felt in the d ethebenefi o c l en: effects of fi t ! nobo dy cow . foresee them, or calculate upon them ; it was an immense, 'lilt, known, and unbounded career which determined their exten His Majesty thinks the same thing may be said a b o ut thegrt events which agitate America, the effects of which must neceo sarily influence the fate of Europe, even in a very rapid In : ner. is impossible to calculate either the degree of fo al. fluence, fluence, or the alteration which it must produce in the mu to relations of the two worlds ; but his Majesty is not afro' ee affirm, that the transaction which will fix the fate of ti . _ Spanish American provinces, and arrest the blind and imp, s ous course of revolution, will be one of the greatest blessing for the civilized world. Wants, commerce, habit, and relations of every nature has! multiplied the ties which unite two hemispheres ; an d it Ma?, easily be conceived that a vast continent, drawn into a co ntll l of the passions, and become the theatre of a revolution, the e „ 11 ,, of which is not seen, must exercise a pernicious influence,„.", the political and moral relations of Europe, which is beg ina ' to repose after 30 years of convulsion. reeted There are, perhaps, superficial minds who see a cones nation, and a solid and a stable Government in each of the eti,„ vinces which have declared their independence, and who, w: ,b, out regard to obstacles of every nature, to the principles of It'ng right, and the most known maxims of the law of nations, tr that a province legitimatizes its independent existence , anae ;,,, re , quires the right of being recognized as a state by othe r pon,it by the simple fact of its being detached from that of via' formed a part. nts ti le But a sad experience has demonstrated to Governm ent effects which such an overthrow of principles foi duces; they foresee the consequences of its propagatio n as 701 to legitimate Governments as to the integrity of nations;a be they examine to the bottom the consequences which won, 0 , occasioned in Europe by a sanction of the indefinite right al surrection demanded for America by some persons. , t ea Thus, then, his Catholic Majesty not only deems intere_io, in this question the nations who possess ultra-marine 01°.1e.1 to which the same 'theory 07,-00. to may be applied which it is 7,-00. to legitimatize in the Spanish American provinces, but it et' siders this affair as being intimately connected with thos e Irtho dian principles which form the safety of governments, an guarantees of Society. All other considerations disappear in presence of the laa r er t: and, therefore, his Catholic Majesty does not wish to ree 1 1- ea r the less important reasons which in ordinary times pnlicY ploys for the support and the defence of justice. In further looking at the question, under a new point of I f .g iot Spain presents in all her relations new and powerful hinttr,htl determining other Powers to preserve the strictest iininui ete e• regarding her. Exempt from every kind of ambitio us mon—placed relatively to other nations in an i no ff e nsive tion, and exclusively occupied with the establishment an ,`,Le solidation of her internal hfippiness, she cannot proY a 7yeten t jealousies of rivals, nor excite a desire to dismember th„to, parts of the monarchy with the object of weakening her. ' o f. tbe whatever may be her force, cannot menace the repose hell safety of other nations, butrich and flourishing, she iris o f to an advantageous influence in preserving the equilibriumth e Powers. An instinct of honour and integrity . has uni te t en' unknown elements of her force ; and, engaged in them °,,sost equal struggle, she afforded time to the continent to rise "0 0 , the common enemy, and destroy his oppressive yoke' eiess one fact renders every other reflection and corninentall.,„ us i o we s it is sufficient to inspire interest in favour of a maga': gene, nation, and to announce that its influence shall be altgaj",,atar e ficent and never offensive. This is the position whi ch tie and policy assign to Spain among the nations. Europeanthel vernments acted upon this great political principle wn, ell tor ° saw the colossal power of Spain destroyed, which clo r l centuries had alarmed Europe. After a long conflict , w elter i considered how to fix the lot of this kingdom, which wa s en_," upon as connected with the federative system of EuroPe,L, at that time the advantage was foreseen of consolidn7ieh. power by securing for it in America a point d'appu i l,,,ted by increasing its consequence, rendered it better calcuee, maintain the equilibrium of the European political bah °, the This consideration of the general interest appeared s in tbe portant, that Spain was bound not to alienate in anY fil e r Isl e smallest portion of her territory in America; and to re t, on e possession of it still more secure and inviolable, at l '"„ - c ecl th r time that it took away all motive for distrust, she renone uoje power of granting to other nations, by any means a. r o thos e any pretext whatever, the advantage of trading in regions. ianr 2 , o !' Time has nevertheless produced on this point a very tent change. A less restricted policy, changes necu. nc jile s ' commercial relations, the notification of economical pia , so lo and a multitude of othercombined causes, have convince,,noplft that to aspire to a preservation of a commercial , 13 %,, i d which formerly had been regarded as the prinetr u joa - fircil; union between the two great parts of the Spanish Peninsula, es would be as injurious to the Interests of the e those of the American nces. e r • • On the contrary, hisprovi tile da Catholic Majesty thinks th at m en -„, no durable ties except those that are founded on et e dY l 7 o terests ; that peninsular Spain can obtain commeref . , to rages by her industry and her marine, without asp ire Abe co o , exclusive privilege ; that new wants and new desires , pry; sequence of civilization and riches, render necessary an d tha' vinces beyond seas, a more frank and liberal systemj,,, 0 0 4 0 ; instead of struggling uselessly against the mercantu': o f m i which exercises such influence on the political syst em t i,g dem nations, the true interest of Spain consists in adt. e enc" spirit as an useful ally, and in, converting it into an Irif able enemy. To obtain such important results, all the laws andar r :/ v ooYer,:i e made posterior to the restoration of the ' Constitution orae ment have had a tendency beneficent, generous ar i l fi ' a ed . 1 ,1 to the colonization of foreigners in Spanish Anial ca 'The tr i o freedom of commerce with those distant regiona.,einoastra made in the island of Cuba has bean su fficient to a