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'Trish Chancellor of the Exchequer, denied the construction put upon what he had said on intro clueing the measure; and when the Peace took , place, in 1803, there was no claim made upon Mtn to redeem any pledge he had given, or was - said to have given, respecting the Tax, except by the late Mr. R. Dawson, who men'ioned the sub ject, and attempted to shew that Mr. CORRY was pledged to relinquish the measure ; but Mr. CORRY did not acknowledge that any such pledge Lad been given, and Mr. Dawson failed in his . object. " The original cause of the Window Tax is to 'be traced to the magnitude of the Loan found Ile erasary, at the time of its enactment, to meet the -current expenres of the year. All the usual modes .of supply were inadequate to meet the interest of that Loan and the charges of the year; and the Window Tax was, therefore, resorted to. It is 'not' necessary to say, that that Loan is still one _ -of the existing bnrcletts on the country, and tha the interest of it, with the interest of accumulated - Loans to the present time, are yet to be provided 'for, an 4 discharged. In this tact there is found an imperative, claim ion the public contributions, and one which must remain while the Public Deb is' undiminished., On other points., retrenchment tuay;. and will, take - place, and very shortly, we "preaume—ant the reaiction of the Taxes, will, of 'course, be proportionate -AO, and concurrent with it. But retrenchment Must be found practicable, • It - afore the Finance Minister can forego the usual 'quantum of Supply; and we have not the slight est-doubt; bus that theinoment Mr. VANsuriAtz,T ,„.fan relieve, with perfect security to the State, the Irish public from the Window - Tax, or the Tax which may be substituted for it, or any other Tax, ise will readily enter upon and dischargi• so grati fying a duty. He appears to be one of the last men who would derive any epjoyment from an un necessary imposition of burdens on the people, or 'who would resort to stratagem, or unworthy con trivance, to effect any object connected with hi s Financial measures • and when the Resolutions o f 'St. Paul's Parish called the proposed modification of the Window Tax, " a dangerous. disgraceful, and deep-laid plan, on the part of the Right Hou. NICHOLAS VANSITTART, Chancellor of his Ma jesty's Exchequer, aided and assisted by 'a mis guided, or self-elected individual, to entrap the citizens of Dublin, and the people of Ireland ge literally, into a voluntary submission to a system of taxation which violates the divine dispensa tions of the ( Creator, who has bestowed on his creatures the blessings of light and air; which, in - its continuance, is, also a violation of the pledge of Mr. CORRY, then Chancellor of the Exchequer iu Ireland, solemnly given in Parliament, to the people of this country—and which, from the no ecedented calamity of the times, haa become a burden they are not longer able to support"—they alleged what they could not sustain by any cir cumstance---what is totally at variance with the whole of that Right Hon. Gentleman's official character, and, consequently, what is offensive to truth, and not a little to decency. There is' nothing more commendable than a well-regulated expression of public spirit, when the affairs of the country appear to require it ; but that sort of li centiousness, which substitutes the vilification and abuse of men in office for sense and argument, is neither public spirit, nor any thing bearing an analogy to HAWTHORNE has no more es caped the Parish Orators- than Mr. VANSITTART— though, if 'official station were to be searched for a man . peculiarly eligible, from excellent talents, indefatigable zeal and industry, strict integrity, and a perfect acquaintance with all the details of business, to perform his duty to hie country effi ciently, one better valified could not be select ed. The fit of parochial eloquence, however, is nearly over, and neither Mr. VANsirrAttr nor ,Ir. HAWTHhRNR. will be an atom the worse in their own opinion, or in the opinion of those whose praise is a compliment, for what has been sa id of them. " To conclude this subject, at least until there shall be some further cause for renewing it, we will just remark, what we have scarcely a doubt will hereafter be fully realised, that the modified Window Tax is calculated to remove every thing objectionable or oppressive in the original Tax, without, at the same time, impairing the resources of the State—at least, in any material degree— and that it will throw upon the great bulk of the community a very trifling assessment , and upon the more prosperous and opulent classes, no greater burden than they can very conveniently endure. Besides having these effects, it will re move the necessity for the Inquisitorial visits of the Tax-collector, at present so much complained of, and front which the most private parts of a dwelling-house are not exempt. There will be no opportunity to circumvent him by the new plan, and, therefore, he will have no other duty than to call for the sum assessed. We are per fectly certain, that a great portion of the better classes of society would readily pay an advanced rate, to be released from the Tax-collectot's pri vilege to visit their houses, in order to make his own charge for Window Lights. Air and light, upon which so muchimpartaocc is,, justly placed, will ion then be circumscribed or limited ; and, iu short, the removal of these secondary subjects o f grievance, will co-operate with the primary merits of the measure, to render it acceptable to every description of the community. These are oar impressions on the subject. If the Wi n d ow Tax could be extinguished altogether, we should be glad of it ; b u t, as that cann o t, f or th e pre sent, be the case, we must take such re li e f f rom it as we can get. It should not be forgotten, that the expenditure of this part of the UnitedKing dons is not likely to remain at its present amount . A considerable portion of it i s im p osed by the ge neral state of the country, and will be les sene d as that improves. It should be recollected further, that a reduction of the Assessed 'Taxes is not on l y c ontemplated, hot arranged, which will very con siderably diminish the suns of existing taxation. On the whole, the Finance Minister is doing e ery thing in his power, consistently with the caims of the State, to reduce the expenditure of the country, and its Taxes, at the same time ; mod he will not be obstructed in his views by cla mour,or intemperance, through whatever ebannel they may vented.", 'THEATRICAL REGISTER. Per Armed Last Night. TOEATRE ROYAL, CovEtiir•GAßnK,N.---The Wonder : Don Fe lix, Mr. C. Kr:Ale ; Violante, Missflriinton. After which, lonthfal Days of Frederick the Great. MAILS. Anatvitn-1 France, I" Flanders, 2 Gottenburgli, 1 Dublin Due-I'Liibon, 1 M alta, 1 Holland, 1 Dublin, 3 Waterford PRICE 0 •S'rvc;Ks TRI3 DAY AT T Rant Stock, shut 3 per'eent. shut 3 per Cent. COW; 4 per Cvnts. shut 5 per Cent. Navy Ann... 1091 'ELVE o'cr.ficic. Bank J... inn.... shnt Imperial 3 per Cent. nn. 81i India 80nd5,...1145. I pr. Exch. 8i115,..195. 265, 345. pr. Cons. for Account.... 82i 83 HIGH WATER Al' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Stunning, 20 iuinutes after 2. I Evening', 45 minutes after THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUNI AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1817. We received this morning the Paris Papers of Monday last. The following are extracts : ," Prot's, OCT. 6.—The King receivqd yester day the Duke of Orleans, the Neapolitan and Spanish Ambassadors, the MStshalS,, Cardinals, Ministers of State, &c. " They write from Bonrges, that on the 25th ult. the body of a man, horribly mutilated, was found in the wood of Tlioux. The assassins have not yet been discovered. " The Gazette de Lausanne of the .90th states, that there had been several storms in Lantern Switzerland. The lightning had killed a woman in the Canton of Saint Gall. On the 16th, in Turgovia, it destroyed several dwel ling-houses and barns. A number of vines have also been destroyed in the Canton of Schaff hausen. " The Registers of the Province of North Hol land, for 1816, present the following results : Births, legitimate—males, 6,308, females, 5,868; natural children—males, 686, females, 682; total 13,544. Marriages, 3,557 ; divorces, 35. " The Count de Chabrol, Under Secretary of State in the Department of the Interior, yester day took the oaths in the presence of his Ma jesty. " The ten persons charged with being impli cated in the affair of l'Epingle Noire, and acquit ted on Saturday in the Court of Assizes, were set at liberty at fire o'clock yesterday morning. " The King and Queen of Wurtemberg have set out from Stnttgard for Schaffhausen. They pro- pose to visit some Cantons of Northern Switzer land, and the Barks of the Lake of Constance. " VIENNA, 'SEPT. 25.—1 t is not only the Mi nisters of Sweden and Sardinia, but also those of Spain and Naples, who are demanding of the Turkish Government the privilege of navigating their respective flags in the Black Sca, It ap pears that the Divan attach to this privilege a very high value, and that they will not grant it without obtaining very considerable advantages in return. It will be very difficult, however, to make an arrangement of this kind satisfactory to all the parties interested. " The Baron de Strogonoff, the Russian Mi nister at Constantinople, had, on the22d nit. a conference with the' Reis Effendi, respecting the definitive arrangement of the frontiers. This con ference vas held with the greatest possible so lemnity : the Minister had given orders to a cou rier to bold himself in readiness to set out on the 26th for St. Petersburg!). BERLIN, Szr-r. 23.—The Minister of State, M. de Klewitz, has been sent to Silesia on an irn- portant mission. " AUGSLURGH, SEPT. 27.—8 y private letters from Parma we learn, that the contagious ma lady in that Duchy has almost entirely ceased. " DRESDEN, SEPT. 23.—The marriage be tween the Princess Maria Anne and the Hereditary Prince of Tuscany is to be celebrated the latter end of next month. Prince Frederic of Saxony, eldest brother of the Princess, is appointed the proxy of the Prince of Tuscany. The Princess will set out immediately after her marriage for Tuscany. " The last conferences between the Saxon and Prussian Commissioners were of a satisfactory na ture, chiefly owing to the mediation of the Au strian Commissioner, who has neglected nothing to bring this negociation to a desirable result. " BERLIN, SEPT. 23.—Reports respecting changes in our Ministry have been for some time generally circulated, but we believe they arc without foundation, and that our Ministry vvill remain composed as it is at present. . " Rumours have also been circulated in foreign countries of disturbances in the Prussian States, insurrectional movements, &e.;—they are all un founded. " The great vestions respecting the rcpresen• tatiou, the changes in the financial system, and other objects, which divide the opinions of our Statesmen, are not yet decided upon. Materials .are collected, and in October and November there will be important deliberations, fiom which we elpect a satisfactory result. Political pamphlets have for some time in creased among us, and some of them abuse the liberty of the press, and declaim against the Go vernment, which, however, despises these attacks. " FRANKPORT ON THE ODER, SEPT. 18.—Let ters from Stockholm state, that the King of Swe den has caused to be made by the Swedish Con suls in the Barbary States very serious represen tations against the appearance of Tunisian Cor sairs in the North Seas, and against the attacks which have been made upon vessels under the Hanseatic Flag." A letter from Liverpool, received in town this morning, states, that accounts have been received there of the sailing of several vessels from Barba does with supplies for the Patriots. MORILLO IS said to have been completely defeated. 'Tits FUNDS.---The Commissioners for the Re duction of the NatiOnal Debt, this morning, gayi 82i. The Stocks support yesterday's rise—Con sols opened at S2l 83 for money, and many buyers at those prices. The triumph of public spirit and good sense in the City of London was yesterday manifested in the investiture of Mr. Alderman CH RISTOPHER SMITH with the highest honour which it has the power to confer. The clamour and commotions which marked the progress of the election, strong ly tempted us to animadvert severely upon the subject, but we shall follow the liberal exanlple of the LORD MAYOR ELECT, in recommending an oblivion of the past, except so far as to repeat our regret that low, vulgar, seditious Orators should have been suffered on this occasion to out-, rage the City, and insult every thing dignified in the Country. The obtrusion of such men, however, affords a lesson to the higher characters of our great Capital, and will, we hope, induce them to come forward in future; and repel the presumptuous ruffians who may strive to raise themselves into notice by riot and faction. All we know of Mr. Alderman CHRISTOPHER SINFITII, whose person even we never saw, is the respectability of his character ; but we acted upon public principles, and conceived it• to be our duty to stigmatize with scorn and contempt the democratical defamers who attempted to injure his reputation, and de feat his just pretensions. We now heartily wish him health tr . ) undergo the duties of his office, which, we doubt not, that he will then discharge with honour to himself and full satisfaction to his fellow citizens. '/NDSOR, OCT. S.—This morning her IMIA JESTY, accompanied by Princess ELIZABETH, at tended by the Countess of ILCHESTER, lode ont in a coach and four, in the neighbourhood of Datchett, Slough, &c.; she returned to the Cas tle to dinner. Princesses AUGUSTA and Sornett rode on horseback, accompanied by their at tendants. We understand that the QUEEN has been ad vised by her Physicians to drink the waters at Bath, and that, according to the present arrange ments, her MAJESTY, accompanied by the Prin cess ELIZABETH, will visit that place early in the ensuing month. The QUEEN, we are happy to say, has no acute disorder ; the waters are re,; commended for their general utility as tonics.— (Herald.) Letters from St. Petersburgh state; that im mense quantities of hemp, flax, and tallow, can not be shipped on account of the scarcity of ves sels. The Sound List, which is just receiytd, mentions the sailing of from two to three 'hun dred ships, mostly British, for the higher ports of the Baltic. They will, no doubt, he immediately loaded. We are sorry to find that the letters mention two or three failures to a considerable amount : they were ail Russian houses. Yesterday "Viscount CASTLEREAGHIIad an au dience of the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-bouse, as did the Earl of 'LIVERPOOL. On Tuesday Count MUNSTER had an audience of his Royal Highness. Last night arrived at Whitehall from Dover, Baron FAGEL, the Dutch Ambassador. His F.;?c celiency changed horses on his way to London, at 0-lama's Bull Inn and Royal Hotel, DartfeYrd. - . The Dublin Evening' Post has thought proper fo attack Mr. OGLE, Member for Drogheda, on his late Address to his Constituents. Hence we may conclude that Mr. OGLE is attached to the BRI TISH CONSTITUTION, and is a loyal subject. General Naßonam, accompanied by his second son the eldest is in Italy), has lately paid a visit to his Constituents at Newry. He went round the town, called at every house, and introduced . his son, but made no canvas. Lord CLIFTON, accompanied by EDWARD TAY LOR, Eqq. of iiitrons, who formerly represented the City of Canterbury in Parliament, on Tuesday commenced a canvas of the Freemen, for their support at the next General Election. The public character tit Liverpool, who is im plicated in the .late nefarious transactions at that port, and who is stated to have planned and car ried into execution the extensive frauds in ques tion, has absconded. The letters received yester day say, that it is feared all trace of hirn has been lost. One of the letters mentions a report that he has gone to join a worthy associate i n the United States. THE ARMY. COURTS-MARTIAL. Horse-Guards, 25th September, 1817: At a General Court-Martial held at Whitehall, on the Ist August, 1817, and continued by ad journments to the 7th of the same month, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel JOHN PIPER, Major in the 4th (or King's own) Regiment of Foot, was at raigneti upon the under-mentioned Charges, viz.: Ist. " For highly irregular and unofficerlike conduct, "v;"tx 5. , " - frr-INlaster-Sericiint Bernard Doran, 6f the Depot of the 4th Regiment,. t. 4) pr,q 4 are Weekly Retorns l, fur the issue of Coals and Clndies,fy i r an Officer's Mess, a" Deal Barracks, between the lath of ,Tanuary, and the 24th of March, We, and for signing such Retufns, whereby the said Coals and Candles were issued regularly within that period for such purpose, and directing the Coals and Candles, 5° issued, to be divided amongst, and apportioned to the indivi' dual use of himself, and the other Officers at Quarters, in their own Rooms, no Mess of - the Officers at the Depot having been established within that period, altNiugh there was , sufficient number to have one established, being contrary tp the Rules, and prejudicial to the good of the Seri-ice, and defeating the intention for which such issue is allowed to bi made. 2d. " For highly irregular and unofficerlike conduct, id having directed Paymaster Christopher Hantorne, of the DepOt of the said Regiment, to estimate for, and include itf the Accompts of the Depot, from the 25th Pecentber, 1 8 15f to the 25th March 1816, the Sum,of Eighteen Pounds, Fifteen Shillings, or thereahorits, as an allowance in aid of the Mess, granted under a Circular War-Office Order, hearing date th• 19th March, 1811, no Mess of the Officers of the DepGt haf' ing been established at any time within that period, and which Sum, namely, Eighteen Pounds, Fifteen Shillings, of thereabouts, so estimated fur, and drawn, was divided by tlic said Paymaster Christopher Hancorne amongst the Officers, he, Lieut.-Colonel Piper, receiving a proportion thereof; th'% same being contrary to his Royal Highness the Prince B gent's gracious intention under which such grant is allowed', contrary to the Instructions contained in the Right Honour' able the Secretary at War's Circular Letter of the 15th Aprifo 1812, and prejudicial to the good of the Service. 3d. " For highly is - regular and unofficerlike conduct, in di recting Quarter-Master Serjeant Bernard Doran, of the DepOt of the 4th regiment, to bring the Return for Coals and Candles for the said Depot, from the 2ah to the 31st March, Isssi, tar his Quarters, Deal Barracks, on .the. Morning of the 44th March ; and which Return, in which his, Lieutenant-Colonel Piper's, name was included, was then signed by him, althougit on that day, he, Lieutenant-Colonel Piper, went on Leave of absence idr Two Months, with the sanction at his Royal' Highness .the commander-in-Chief, and which Coals and Candles so drawn-on his account for the period abcrie-mea tioned, were delivered into his Quarters, occupied by a wir man, bimsel(not being present any one day within the period of that Return, the same being in violation of the Rules, and prejudicial to the good of the Service. 4th. " For conduct unbecoming an Officer, in haring sent for the Aging Paymaster, Lieutenant John Bushell, o f the Dept of the 4th Regiment, on or abotit the Gth June, 1816, to his Quarters in Deal Barracks, and there holding a conrer` sation with the said Lieutenant Jun Basket), with a v i e w to influence and induce him W mite a false Charge in the -U . " counts of the said Depot, under the head of Postage ana Stationery, for a Sum of between lino_ and Three Pounds; which he, Lieutenant-Colonel Piper, represented as having expended for Logs and a Black Jacket, whilst is cos:main! 0 1 the Depot, thereby holding out an - iticouragemeut 2hesaia Lieutenant John Bushell, to act contrary to the Rules, and prejudicial to the good of the Service. stb, " For holding a conversation with Captain Charia .James Edgell, commanding the Depot of the 4th Regiment , on the parade of the South Barracks, Deal, in the presence of Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant John Stavely of the sail Depot, on or about the morning of the 10th June, 1216 r with a view to induce and influence him, Captain Edge'', to omit his, Lieutenant-Colonel Piper's name in the Returns 0 1 that day, although he was present and living in Barracks/ and included in the Return for the Issue of Coals and Candles for the ensuing Week, viz, from the 10th to the 16th Ante inclusive; thereby wishing him to conceal from the Adjutant" General the circumstance of his being at the Depot, contras*/ to the Rules of the Service. 6th. " For holding a correspondence nitro emptain Edgett' commanding the Depot of the 4th Regiment, at Deal Bar" between the period from the 9.6t1i. June, to the 11 . 0 August, 1916; with a view to induce: him to authorize a charge of Three Pounds Six Shillings, or thereabouts, helot made against the Public as an, Allowance in lieu of Forage for a Horse, between the 2d May, and the 4th June, 1816, COn" trary to his, Captain Edgell'sjudgment, and conveying to hie* a positive Order to authorize such charge being made, bi which a Sum of Three Pounds, Five Shillings and Two Pence, or thereabouts, was charged in the Accounts of the said De' VA; the same being in his, Captain Edgetl's opinion, eon" trary to the Instructions under which such charge is alloy to be made, in breach of the Articles of War, and prejudicial to the good of the Service. 7th. " For having acted in an unwarrantable 'manner, highly unbecoming an Officer, in addressing to Lieut. Johll Bushell, of the DepOt of the 4th Regiment, a Letter, dated 9.,15t March, 1817 2 conceyi►ig most imploper,Language, in a 9 much, as therein adverting to the subject matter containe& in the 4th Charge, he expresse% himself as follows :--4 If ever you did make such an asscrti.on:cuncerning me, your s ir perior Officer, I now tell you, Sir, and will tell the World, that you asserted an infamous falsehood.'—The same being; prejudicial to the regularity and good of the Service." Upon which Charges the Court came to the following de' vision " The Court having duly weighed and considered the Eve' dence adduced in the Prosecution, as well as what has beet! offered in Defence, is of opinion, that Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Piper, Major of the 4th (or King's Own) Regiment of Foot, is Not Guilty of the First and Second Charges, as it has appeared that there was . a Mess established at the Dep6t is Which any of the Officers of the Regiment might have gone, and does therefore Acquit him. With respect to the Third Charge, the Court is of opi" Il i o n, that Lieut.-Colonel Piper is Guilty of so much of till' Charge as imputes to him irregularity in signing the Returfl in which he himself was included, between the eCtli and ::itst March, 1816, on the 24th March, when he Was going on learn of absence, but the Court does fully Acquit him of any ins' proper motive, and of the remainder of the Charge, the Court does also Acquit him. " With respect to the Fourth Charge, the Court is of °pi' nion, that Lieut.-Colonel Piper is Not Guilty of any improptr xi 0 'cei fro ins tht Cul bef Col _il al litil of 1 tlie rer s 1 4e the 4tl the et tox, trail lilt, ' 4:11i,