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tsx tit cl- . 1.0 - rite per pournl tviii"cl; it • Ooght - tb "he'HottrgeO—Ol'the scale of rents proper: tot beloW "the hiininottn . id which the . t;-tx is not to operale. - --nor Of the exemPtiOti6 itr of aglictiltine or 45filgi:Wiie tiray lie 'ex , peotent to grato ; tor theie, piirpoles in thelkist iost mice 'the v have submitted tO the i• , :es ie;,s inteod'ed, and t:ie retOrn Of which not by any means .conclude the•trestion„ bit, ve it open for discussion is hefor'e, the'coffinintation ve,itild afford the relief if tvas4iiiteffiled rO'produce ? " tV)thltliect • 16 the valuators, . they Are not to he s‘voro, tto::•e being BO latvfor . ndininislering . arty 'tech thch, nor i's•t;tai I conceive material,. ch:r-rge I.votrld'he established iniy /11641u:41 widront httSi the opportimiry of riispiiting it, should he thi.'k fit„and, for the par inc,e I have aheady inehtion;:d, minute ace ar:)7 wow lit i:Ot be reqiiisite j supposing., 'thy efore,' a general valriar ion without reference to the pay ment of the existing taxes, there are few Parishes, 'a pp r hen d , that will not afford intelligent per sons competent to such a work, without the ne 'ressity of• personally inspecting, every.dwelling b,ffise. l'here is in) intention of establishing local Collifflissioners, as alluded to in your letter, this country, .1 am sorry to 'Say;ortvt being sufficiently . advanced for snbit 'UI • institution; the thities of tviiicit are in England discharged gratuitously, and hence may be seen how highly thu people of that count ty'valne the privilege of being their own assessors, the offer of which has excited such an outcry . in this. A u objection has been made against the pro : posed modtficatiou of the Window Tax, which I should not notice did I not find it advanred by the Maiquis of Downshire,ahrough the influence o f whose respectable Dame and high authority this parricidal' ground of OpPositibn to a measure (erhich I• must chn;cientioUsly bel:e've is.calcn f lite eli e to afford relief to those Classes of society who are most in tutl) has received aist,rength and cteOt which do not by any means belong to it. Thi s . Noble Personage is repeesented` as haViug stated, at a public meeting. in 'Hillsborough, that the Wiwilow Tax, "lieu originally propos ed, was, under a solemn pledge given by ill r. Corry, then in Office, (July to b(!'eotatintied as a War Td:x now were troy such pledge given it imist.be'ca pable of proof, and when- it is stated to be a. it inn pledge, and by so elevated ii persoo, it is to be expecteo that the evideoCe its support of that assertion will he clear and satisfactory, not Ca pable.of doubt, but suited ti the character and des.:cription of the transaction.; notwithstanding, e however, all my researchia, and - they haV te b een • F e diligent and extensive, 1 h ave fail e d to distover, in the history either of the tunes when it sltoadd have ,taken place or of those that succeeded, a tittle o! evidence sufficient to justify any reasonabl e thinking man', much less the Noble Lord, for whose talents and character I entertain'the high.; est respect, objecting in liraine to a measure pvo fessing to be one of.teliel to the public, which, if time Newspaper report be true, it vvas even ad initted by his Lordship he did not at the time per fectly understand. " The Window Tax, as is well known, was first imposed in the year 1719, and on referring to the '.leurnals &'r the House of Comomoni for that pe riod, and to the Statute, Book, the resolution of the Committee of Ways and Means agreed to by the finesse, and. to the Act of l'arlivimept. founded upon it, grant the duties upon Windows gene rimy. . without any test!, ye or coudition what soever;, which, it is to be presumed, Would not have been the case bad Parliament entertained this tax merelyas a cmitributiou for cart yiog on the ‘var, but that. the same . course would have been pursued, as on similar occasions in Eng . laud, and the limitation would have been dis - tinctly expressed in the Act. These records , theretore, b li:ekv, at least, there was no such Par liamenta! y pledge whielt anight be sufficient to free futimre Paeliaments, or any suceedioge Cell'or of the Exchequer from time charge of tread) of faith for nut repealing the Tax on the return of peace, because, supposing the pledge to have, been offered by Mr. Corry, it does not appear to have been accepted, or acted upon by the Legislature, and therefore in no respect bind upon • ",Following the inquiry, however, somewhat further, fOr tire purpose of ascertaining on what grooticf the clamour that has been raised . on this point actually stands, it appears from the newspa pers of the day, (there being so far as I have been able to discover no compilation of thej)e hates of Parliament for that period) that Mr. Corry, upon ~introducing the measure of a Win dow Tax, which was' quite novel here, and after 'Teo:emending its . adoption to the House of Coin-. mons, made , utie of the following expressions : and upon the return of peace if it were found grievous or burdensome it might be take') off by railiament."lbis is the only passage to be found to the History of those times, as far as I am informed, bearing Lyon the subject under dis cussion; and surely Mr. Cony might have said the same of every oilier Tax iu existence without constituting them war taxes; namely taxes which were to continue only during the war, and then absolutely to cease, or of subjecting himself to the charge.of having given a solemn pledge that they should he repealed on the retort) of peace ;- his words cannot be understood'io that sense, nor ciutl,l they have been so, intended by hint, because Ise would have falsified his own acts, and those cif Parliament, already teferred to, by which it a'ppears that the Tax avas imposed Wiihout any limitation or condition whatsoever, subject for its cOnrinuance only to time will of Parliament. In estimating the produce of this tax, Mr. Corry, as informed, at first took it at 30,0001. min af terwards at 60,0001. both sums• too tosigoificaet to- merit the appellation of a ts , ar. contributio n . There being therefore no such condition express ly annexed to the grant; or that can be fairly im plied, it must be taken as part of the ways and means for defraying the annual charge - created by the loan of that year, which amounted to 35.0,000/. aft(' consequently the absolute repeal of the Tax, without a substitute, could not have been in contemplation. " But, if there were a shadow of doubt . upon this point, the proceedings in the next year clear ly manifest the sense and -understanding enter tained by Parliament of this transaction. lu that 'year Ole nniOn't tie two, tool; pl o co., and in I.be act for carrying that mrosilye into 'el..' feet,' 'after fixing the propoition eaCtiCountry was: to coffitihute to the general ocpenditure of /th e ; United .Kingdina, it is ,provided, 4 that for de frwying the -said expeoniture actorditrg to tilt' tides above laid down, the revenues of Ireiand hereafter constitute a consolidated fund, ap plicable to the redtiction Of the said 'debt, and the remainder sh;•;il be app),led towards ditthayit4.l, the proporti on of die United Kingdom, to,whielvira land may he liable each year.' " By this 'clause of t!,c Act of Union, the whole of 'the revenues of Ireland, of Match the Window: Ta x f,irmed a brattelt, are expressly appropriate'd to special piirposes, totally inconsistent \vit ft the supposed pledge of Mr. Ginty, and from which: no pair of them could 'lie divested, •so - bulk as' any demand for them continued, Unless-some-sub— stitute were provided in their place. there then we have the clear and distinct ()pinion of Parlia-, meta on the point at issue, at a time when the pledge, if given, mtist be fresh in every man's' recollection ; for if this Taxhad really been, in-, tended as a contribution towards carrying on the war, and to cease with it, Patliament ' would never. have appropriated it, to permanent pur poses, but would have distinguished that ditty front the other brancheS of the revenue, and re served it as a temporary Tax, to be repealed as soon .as the occasion which called for it ceased to exist; With the solemn pledge attributed to Mr. Corry, this conduct of Parliathent, therefore, cannot .be reconciled, whereas it is perfectly con sistent with the words he is reported to have used on the introduction of the measure into the [louse of Commons, for it was certainly competent to Parliament at, any time to typeal the Tax in ques tion ; only in doing so,.publie faith would require that snflicient, ways and Means should•be provided for the purposes .of the appropriation to which 1 have just I eierfed ; is tOrtiitj to be obser v• eel, tnal supposing 'Mr. Corry, in the year 1799, to have given the pledge alluded to, and that if given, it would have been binding upon Isis suc cessor, which I deny, the very appropriation made by Parliament in the yea,r 1600, would haVe relieved them from tht ir obligatitin,,the one being totally inconsistent with the other. Every . thing that has occurred since, corroborates the' view J have taken of this transaction. Ott the Peace of Amiens, when, according to the argil= occur, this Tax ought absolutely to have ceased, not withstanding Lord Sidmouth relieved the pet?... pie of England from the burden of the 1:1come Tax, the Window Tax was continued in Ireland, and I do not recollect that this country made any complaint, or charged Parliament with it breach off faith on that account. In some time after the' war recommenced, and it haVjug bee n th e pr, F . rice in Ireland to continue. the several brandies of OA. revenue by annual Acts, though applicAle to wrmaneut purposes, in the year 1807, - . Sir Jol . . . . Newport being then Chancellor of the 1-F.xch,Aper, the Act colotAining-the..Ditties 011 Wintrows was passed without any limitation in respect to tint!, since which, also, the rates have been considera- Idy increased ; and all tl►is without any cora►lslaint Or allegation on the part of the people of this country, that these proceedings_ tve,re contrary ill the solemn pledge of Ur. Cot ry, now so much insisted upon. , " Front what I have Said on this subject, I beg it n►ay not be inferred that I ►►m in any respect adverse to relieving the public from !lie hur ►len of, Taxes, on the contrary, not could afi'ord me more gratification that have it in my poser to do so, or in any way? to iillevia►te their operation, hot having heard, it declared by the biOiest financial anthority,'that this branch of the revenue could not be dispensed with, I have felt it my duty to encounter an ►abjection to the proposed commoution, which, though as I conceive fo%►r►d eti in error and want of drke infopnation, is eaten hoed, especially when upheld by high rank an station, to delude the public mind, and lead i away from the deliberate consideration of a !flea tirt - t intended for the immediate relief of those classes of society who may be supposed less able. to hear taxativw without subjecting any to op- ptCSSIOII . " 1 have the honour to he, Sir, " Your most obedient, " And very huml►le servant, " CHARLES S. HAWTHORNE. Jobn,Stewart, Esq. &e. Wilpiont." G!tEECE.—The 01 Greece is making a, regular progress. The municip.il authorities of many Grecian cities have established, for the in struction of yOuth, Lyceums, where they teach iireek, Latin, modern languages, rhetoric, ma thematics, &c. The pupils, when completed in their education, proceed to finish their studies in _ . different capitals of Europe, unless preyented by filling some office at hOme. There they connect themselves with the learned men, and become their assistants, especially in superintending edi tions of the Gteek classics. Often they find, in their countrymen, who are scattered over different countries; enlightened patrons ; 'among whorl' may be named, the brothers Zostm arms in Russia, Ivh6 dis . titigui:ll themselves by defraying the ex pence of many fine editions of the ancient Grer•k authOrs. The fallowing circumstance, as coi►- nected with this subject, deserves to be mentioned. A Grecian Lady, named BAS KAKI, has dispos6l of her fortune (ationt - 100,000 fra►ics) 'in favour of Siatiste, heritative city, to establish there a school for the sciences and polite literature, under the protection of Siratta-v, the Patr►arch of Constan tinople, a Prelate of great acq►►irements, and distinguished by his love for Greece, his 'native country. • On Wednesday last, a yonng gentleman, when walking the streets, had his arm taken hold of .by female, who canied hn to a house of bad fame. On coming into the light she burst into tears; but what was his surprize when he recognized in her the daughter (only . 18 years of age) of an 01(1 and intimate acquaintance, who hFid abscond ed from her father's home about six months ago. The young gentleman had the happiness of re storing and reconciling her to her °filleted parents next moruing.—(J.dinburglt Courant, Nov. 10.) Otte of the Eilinnorgh New s papers menzion the •• discovery of an egg tound ita the centre of a wall, (milt, of stone anal-clay in the year 1648 ; colse quently the egg, the shell of which %vas entire, must have been in the 170th year of its aae! - - .C.QTT;I",.' . 0 4 1=':(:):1:':;t:E.it: - . 1 . , 'Nov. 13. Thc CoUrt lankr . upt p i atltions ot.(Lo s of- 'no jtohlic iotrre.t until al)oitt two o'clock', 'when t!ie Lottr; the leading .Coonsel if t.l . ;tv h;o1 motions to 'wake, hein:z * anoyeretl,in mite oe. , ,ative, his Lyrdship luseauti the Court' brol , .e tip. COURT •OF iNC'ti BEN U, Nov.) 13. ALLE.f;M) BLASPHEMY AND SEDITION?. THE KING V. VV-ILLI,OI CAJILISLIt. Inc' delentlant, !ke .bookseller in Holborn, was brought nr„ on the n)oti.ui of \lr. Richard . son, to plead to '..our s.evcral crintinal infortna t ions, ,each containing several counts, filed againSt hint by - his Majesty's A:torney-General. Three of the informations chart:ed him wit huulawfully, wilfully, and maliciously denvi.sing and contriviug to excite impiety and irreligion in his Majesty's subjects, by publishing, on the 12tli of Atignst last, Parodies on the Litany, Sr. Athana3iuS's.Creed, flit:Administration of the Sacraments of the Church, .of England, the Protestant Catechisms, the .Apostle's Creed; the Ten COmmandnients", the Lord's Prayer, and the Sacranient of the Lord's Supper ; and the fourth information charged him with publishing on the 2d of August, varion4 matters, in letters purporting.to be address ed to the Prince Regent, tending to bring into scandal and contempt the kingly otlice of this kingdom, and the whole machine of his Majesty's Government, The 'defendant's plea beinti derrianded to the first informatio n, , he replied, th a t h e w a s no! a cif publishing libel. Lord ELLENIIO . ROVGII7—TheII your plea is Not I 3 ten:lent—Y es. • To ali the other hitormations be pleaded Nut Guilty. The tirne of the Court was- occupied nearly an hour and a half in reading the informations, which covered several skins of parchment. Neither his Mpjesty's Attorney or Solicitor-General was present doting these 'proceedings, The pleas being recorded, the defendant Was remanded td the custody of the Marehal. A FAMILY CHALLENGE. me. (..;tfasieY moved for a Rule to spew cause why a. criminal. information should mit he filed against three brothers of the name. or Nichols, residing in the comity of Cornwall. The motion' tints grounded upon an affidavit Of a Mr. Iciest, which stated, that the deponent Midi on a certain evening, been at supper. wit4.the three Messrs; Nichols, the elde,t (.1 winim.was a Captain in the Nay,y., and the.turp,Others Lientemants; and that, thOtighnot:aware of any thing being done on his .part' in course etf the 'evening ‘lllich could be construed into an htrence, on tlte toi lowing morning be. yeeeived a challenge in-the • name of the yotpgest Mr. Nichols.. The depo-, pent being a family Man, and in pie middle stage of life, did rot think fit to set his existence ag ainst one so yOung, and therefore declined the 'dial lenge, ulledg,ing the youth of the challen;.;er reason for so doing. 'The•next brother then stepped . forwards, and iii•ged his claim to satiilae- Oat), which being refused OR, the saute grOwnta, the eldest called for his privileges, in the. citielto, urging, that as a Captain in the Navy he must be of an age and rank', to neither of which . Mr. Kirst, he presumed, could reasonably ohiect". Niest, however, entertained a. very difkerent opinion of these family arrangements, and shewed his ;;Noel sense by claiming the protection of the Conrt.- Rule granted. SOURT OF CONpION PLEAS. "Vester s la:y the Sit t lags at Nisi Prius commenced before i‘.lr. Justice PARK. BUTLER V. RHODES, This was. an action brought by a Mrs. Butler, late of Tavitock 7 row, Covent-garden, to recover the amount of a promissory note, payable one month afier date, given by the defendant, ho keeps the Gai r hole Tavern, Strand, so long ago as May, ISO 7. The defendant pleaded. the statute . Of limitations. Mr:Serjeant BasT, as Counsel for Mrs. Butler, called a witness to prove the defendant acknow ledged. the debt in OctOber last. • The defendant 'said on that occasion be did not owe Mrs. Butler any (tang% He did . not deny having received the money, and 'admitted that he ;.eveanote of hand for it :' hut he said Mrs. Butler had ieceived the amount from Mr—Sbetidal), by taking it in sc. count for some shares of Drury•lane Theatre, which she had from that Gentlentan. Mr. Ward, Secretary to the Proprietors of Drury-lane, was called to- prove Butler's Shares, to the. value, of 5001, were .purchased hi 1312, A Clerk front the- Banking-house of Wright anti Co. Bankers to Drury-Lane Theatre, wove(' three payments, amounting to 2501. made by Airs. Butler in I'l2, ou account of her shares in Drat y- Lane Theatre. Upou the - above evidence, Mrs. Butler's Coun sel contended, that they had proved an arknow ledgonent on thepart of tlte detendant, ►vhich took the case out of the statute of liihitatious, and also falsified• the defendant's as , sertion that the plaintiff's claim for the 151. had been licridaied by the purchase of shares. The Learned Judge was of opinion he ought to put the case to the Jury. Mr. Sedeant VAllGuatl, for thedefendant, no debt subsisting within six years had . been proved, and consequently it was not taken out o f the statute of limitations. The e.4113(2 of-action arose out of the election 1807. Mr. Itlp,l,s received the money on a .Icount of Mr. Sheri: an. During the election, when money vras'much wa.t ed, the .detendant went to Mrs. Lint ley's house, and, in the naine; of Mr. Sheridan,-uslied, fcrr 151. The plaintiff said, give we your protaissnry note , and advance it ; he did so, and tl;e money was advanced. What pretence could the pi,tintiff have ten years after for suing the defendant ,? derendant bad, never . absconded,. kw had been living solvent on the spot. The July Ibuzict a • verdict (9,r the dejetikti L I,t h INTEL I, I G E'NC E. LAmESTABCF, 'eAsE. -Mitt Daniel • Nathan Gittl INrit lt4iy . s.,, were qhar g t: : (l upon sn,pitioir of having-. "ell , tered the house of •I isa:ab'f.srael', father to the last - named prisoner, and stealing 'the'rein a set of pearl Ornaments, tour told rings, a quantity of .wearing apparel, anti other articles, Id the rtmonnt ot 701. bps resittes In Cutierstreet, llciunds appeared witch affected while relating thC circumstances bt the case. stated, that on I:nes:ley evening t!te front-dour of his house was by some aceldetll kft open fora short time ; an() sin 'discovering ke immediately imagined that Soniepe s rson might have got in for purposes of ptundr. lie commeoced a ‘Searloir thro.:gliont the. hott,e, and nn ('oming to kite room in which most valuable part of his prOpert y was deposited, hi discovered everything turned upside down, and the .:, articles mentioned missing. .Having too muth rea sun to suSpeCt that his sob was concerned in the rob. bery, be gave informatiOn to tin officer, and search being made in the neighbourhood, be was found in company with the prisoner Nathan, and ~two other boys, sleepiu in a room in an empty house. The priioneri at first stOutiy dcnied° any know ledge of the transaction ; but the officer, on exa mining the 'pockets of Israel, found :t duplicate of part of the stolen property, which had been pledg. ed at a pawnbto:ier's by Nathan . . The Loan MAvott asked Mr. Israel if he meant to pi ocecd his Son. Jsrae).—My Lord, it is melancholy that a father shOnlil proceed ctiminally against his own off spring j but justice to the public:and to myself compels me. His dissolute habits, and deter mined perseverance in vice, obliged me long sifted to dismiss him froth my houSe, since which many kind offers have been" made to him, provided he • would amend his life, but all my efforts were of no avail, a n d l ie h as now arr i ve d at t h e climax of 'villainy by the robbery of his father. • • Tile LOKI) MAYOR- observed, that case was one of a most lamentable nature, and he realty felt the deepest commiseration for the unfortunate N. rents of the boy;—=The prisoners were" t mantled for farther examination 011 'Tuesday. LAMBETH STREZT. Yesterday the sirgeon, Richard Willard, and his__ man Joseph Edwards, were brought up for final examination, charged by Mr. John Martini landlord of the - King of Prussia public-houcr e in Manor-row, Toiver-hill, evith feloniously tering his premises, and.stealtng thereout pro— pert y to a considerable EMI °um. Edwar'ds dis charged. Richard Willard was committed to New bate for trig]. - - , litrnatT, ac.---On the sth instant the. Presby tery of. (flasgow gave frlgrrient in a can; e'of 'Ye; great import ance to society. Lady ' . 1•.; ALIT, of Ca4tlemilk, and FlumPitav EwtNo M'LAE, of Canitkin, as heritors, am! the Hererend PA- , .4 TRICK CiASO I N,-Millittl : of the 1131'1.01 of Camaro. nook, lately raised an action ag-tiust David Dry burgh, , ehoolmastef of thitt aeCtiSitig 111111 of impiety-and contempt of our holy teligipo iii its most solemq ordinances, tlesertin of 0,11: Wished churcu, sairsing afar! swearing, and moral conduct in repeated acts of drunlitqane: , s, accompanied with improper and offensive deport ment and behnviour, , and concluding; that l'ta terms nf 'the Sew tish Acts of l'alli.onent, passed birlie reign of King Witt.tam and QUIOIN•IIIARY., and of a la (C' 'ot Pat liamerit of his present 'Ala. ! jesty, the defender ought to be neposed from the . /Alice of-parish schoolniaster. Alter examining a great nuMber of witnesses, and ,hearing parties, the Presbytery passed sentence, unanimously find-- Lug the charges proved av,airst the defender, de priving lino of his ()glee, declaring the Parish, School of Cat munnock vacant, and requiring the beritots to proceed.to the election of a nevi SCIIOOI-. waster in terms of law. 'This-decision is• final, it being declared by Act of Parliament, that the Sea- , tunce of the Presbytery, ,in a ease of. t his kind, shall not be subject to the ieview•of any Court, civil or ecclesiastic, 'in the kingdom,. A few days since Messrs. COOPER and Co. Stir. geons, of Charlotte House; Great Charlotte street, Blackfriars-road, gave an elegant .enter t aintnent to several of their friends among 11:e company were Six Gentlemen who assisted in ex linguiShing, the late fire at' the Medical Board.— The dinner was at Mr: Cleveland's, Dog and Stile 'tavern, St. George's-fields. ()Allaying his health drank by the Trea'surcr of the Board tvloy presided,- Mr. C. expressed himself iii handsplue terms, declaring he was under' the: Ovatest gation to the, Medical, Board' for_ the cure.. of it dreadful rupture, seventeen inches -round, wilich' he had been afflicted ,tunny years, 'and deeMed incurable by ewin . cnt Surgeons. Several Medical Gentlemen present (one-from the York liospital) expressed their pleasure in witnessing; so good a case. 1)r. "CooPEL,'s health, was theta drank with entlitsiasm. The dinner was excel lent, served up in the first•style, and the:evening concluded with hilarity. BIRTHS. On ALnidav evening, at hi; Ciia'ce's seat, - Cbereley, near Ncytr>til:[t, the .IJucheis of K;ttlau d, oi n Ga. ' Po kl'eo.,,sday. Intauiug, st his 1 , 01 0 ,1 1'1;S house hi Sr. Jalife's's,-,qua , e; Lady Or:loth:In:, of a Stij1,1)0111 child. • NYos'stht, I ill) instant , Mrs. Atoolkl 'Cuttage, Francis-'street, ewl:lgtuit; of it italigbter. M:IRRIEJ). On the t2th inst. John Levier, Esq. of Durton-crescent,. to , Mat y, fourth dau-liter of the late Igtyaban). Guldiyii.l, Esq. DIED. On Ttiesby, 2St!) ult. Mr. Alfred Giles, of Judd-stkeet, aged On the 1l IN inst. ;it Coombe ilouse, Rosa, youngest daugli- ' ter of Ilse tun Lorix, 0.1 11i7111 ilvit , tut, Eliza, wife of the Rer. E.- Ado'', of DoPitt, ()it last; at his house in 11 - wley-street, Thoutas F.- thegiH, Esq., 011 Toe,day la , t, at T.iplow, Seeoati cl:angliter uf the Lite Abialului, he!Jui Li,. of Low e r , vvniii•-street. LONDON: Printe 0 1;y I. F. CAI:ST.)IILS, of No. 12;), Grcir. d '.Ormon-street, Qat,:ll-stptare; publi4.liedWy %V. SCRIPPS, (~f No. 7, Synitti NJolton-streci, at , Tim ON Oihce, Nu. (12, Strut:o; Acirvi Lvtiers, (post-paid) must he adtirvbsd.