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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

SHOP WINDOWS' DUTY REPORT.

The Vert Committee a►pointed to inquire into the
Duties on Houses and Windows. so fir as they affect

houses of which a shop forms a part, and to report
their observations thereupon to the House ; and to
whom the several petitions presented to the House in
this Session of Parliament, relative to the said ditties,
w.re referred, have, pursuant to the order of the Hour,
examined the matters to them referred, and agreed to
the following report :
That it app:ars to your Committee, from the evidence
of the ►utveyors of taxes, as well as of the shopkeepers
exunined before them, that a very considerable increase
of charge falls upon the retail shopkeepers, from the
nitwit in which it has been the prsctice to fix the rate-
able value of their houses in Ramming them to the duty
oil inhabited houses.
_ _

()oder the acts now in force for levying this duty, a
dwelling house, part of which is converted into a shop,
or to which a shop is attached. is liable to an assessment
upon the whole value of the tenement. It will be seen,
however, Flom the evidence taken before your Comntit-
tie,
that the soldision of the shop, on the converting part
of the dwelling-horse so that use. increases its value, in
utmost all situations, and in untie more than doubles it ;
so that a house, which, if occupied for the purpose of
inhaintancv, would be rated at SISI. perannuns, is rated
at Sol. in consequence of part of it being occupied fur
the purpose Of carrying on the shopkeeper's trade It is
therefore quite clear, that she tax upon dwelling-houses
acts directly as a Silty tax in these instances.
'llse lion ►ubject to which you► C
their attention was the effect produced by the present
El:11111e( of rating the lights in shops to the window duty.
%Vitae a shop is lighted by a large frame on each side
of the door, and a fanlight above the door, or glass in
the door, bimetal large she manures for ligh► may be,
they are rated at three; where these is but one large
frame, and a (loos or fan-light, they are rated at two.—
It amwars, however, to your Co e, that if such
part of the home as is occupied as a shop, was actually
used fur the purpose of iiihabitaney only, the same
number of apertures lor the admission of light would be
necessary in the saute space: so that the slaikeeper is nut,
generally spvaicitig, charged mote to site window duty
thou any other oceopier of a house of similar dimen-
tiMus ; while, by the exceptioit Sit his favour. contained
in the act for reatiLating this duly, he is enabled to ob-
tain mach moire light hoist the Sante her of aver.
toles, as lie is re led to It4‘e them of any sire, pro-
vided they contain one frank" only.
Your C 1111 l Untlee having slated what they conceive to
Le a well-founded it d of complaint upon the part of
the shopkeepers, wuhregard to the inhabited house duty,
Ormolu it light to iuyitire into the probable di: ll ill ution
of tin. retenttr• w this particular branch, if houses having
shops attached to them should be assessed at their value
as dwelling houses merely.
They base not, however, been able to obtain any thing
I.ke an accurate estimate upon this point; a calculation
of the loss, in case such parts of houses as are occupied
as shops n sere rxeatiptell tronadiny entirely, waseelivered
to your Cominntee by the Secretary of she Assessed
''axes, stating that loss at idiom 160.0001. per annum.
nal as your Cwoolittee do not contemplate the necessity
of an entire reeitiptioll f duty of those parts of houses,
such a calculation dots tun site the nectssary

✓lote 30, 181 9.

GUTIi AG E
OF A SPANISH FRIGATE lIPON A BRITISH
MERCHANTMAN.
--.0.-

The following letter front Genoa has been re•
(lived at the Underwritera'-room, Liverpool :

•• GENOA:JUiIe 14.

sti._...We must acquaint you, that the vchootter
Brunswick, island front y place, Alexander Fentitsg,
sa.wer,urrised yesterday in this port, and Wittig learned,
that Miring her voyage site met with a very tusfuratuate
titCilftenell of a must lamentable and shuckin4 nature
we hasten to communicate it to you, fur the information
ti the Committee. IVe Mink we cannot fulfil our duty
Letter nu this occasion than in transmitting a col y of
toe animates extracted from the j.ntrit.il on board ut said
%lino ter.

CukT of THE MINUTES —.lust* I.—Light breezes,
and clear ple.oastt weather. People employed variously.
At live ti clock several sail in sight, Cspe St. Maria,
, distant about five leagues, under all po,sible
sail, studd *oils low and aloft. At lu saw a ship on our
larboard bow, outlet her topsail. At 11 p. ro. hose 1113
main top-sail to the Mast, And fired a goo-shot aihwart
our bow ; we ran. under his s.erii ; hr hailed us in Eli-
glish • %Vila vessel and where now ?' Answered • &sou-
mak, of laverissiol, and f Lit erpool; and several
questions,osnrr winch were ail correctly answered. lie
onlerecl its to heave-to and to tau to Leeward of hint.
NVe kook in our studding-sails, square-sails, &c. worr
and sea under lus lee, um the starboard tack, distal'.
limn Abu a aside's length. lie sent his boat
alouit-4.ide, wit the abuse sioestioiss were repealed,
winch we aitalleardas Wow ; likewise JAW the whoo-
um's add ru Asti is asess, whoa cargo and was answer.
l• 11 a getierA l am, fie Genes. largiaan, and Sill) rna.
A Will Illinueses AO his &WA kit Wit ON time WI. And
to.' tight Oil thud of wig his maim taking mg atm-
beloie the snails and while he lay hi 1114 t
sll u.Auoa, fired a ellit to the wake sof the foie-hi:ging.
which Nevetetl the hotly in NU. VV..lker, 'mi.:neer, dint
1100.t:,tie:l Iwo ',salvia. it :I:,tlV, A lixialtler
Inc i.:11.1 Jilts aii,l
toe, a•lu I harks Water-am, brdlll.lll, 111 the eye;, 31.4.1
blew se%erll itoks nt the oiJIO-,.11,1. I Id% mg .vii Fol tilt
veal: to get t tear of boo, they were on ule potat of tiring
Iwo other gnus, when we liaikd hint repeatedly, and
1441. tae ssl:44; %VS: kellhhatly hot clear

without his assistance: he never even sent a hand to
bear off, or satisfy us at all. We got our square-sail set,
and were proceeding on our course, when he hailed us
a second time, and ordered us to heave to; he then sent
a boat alongside with an officer in captain's uniform,
and endeavoured to represent it as an accident : he was
very civil, and apolosized, saying, that a Patriot brig
had taken a Spanish irigare with 500,000 dollars on
board. Ile offered us every assistance if we would lay
to till the morning. After finding the two wounded
men were not in immediate danger, we refused it.
Tried the pumps, and lowa' we made no muse water
than while foul of him We carried away our bul-
warks on the starboard quarter, boats, davits, and die :
suffered sundry damages in the riggiag and sails, stove
the jolly-boat in, &r.
" From the information we received from the boat's
crew, we learned, that she was a Spanish frigate. name
&wale, and was formerly a Russian frigate. We remain,
very respectfully.
" Your most obedient hemble servants,
(Signed) " GAET DIAGO and WALSH.
" John Conway, Esq., Secretary to the Committee,
Underwriters'-room, Liverpool."

Extracts from " An Account of the Gaols, Peni-
tentiaries, and Houses of Correction," just pub.
lished by order of the House of Commons.
No. of Iris hers each Greatest No. of
Gaol is capable of prisoners at one
containing time in 1818.
Bedford Gaol ss 51
1 htto House of Correction 24 54
Ditto 'town Gaol & It
Resaliag Bridewell and House of
Correction M 73
Middlewich House of Correction for 180
Bothnin New Prison ll4 183
Herby House of Correction SS V
Chesterfield House of Correction 20 fr 7
Ashburn House of COM:4008
Heron High Gaol 136 146
Devon Holm of Correction j Built in 1 ko9 to eons )233
I contain it persons
Dorchester Gaol as 176
Newport House of Correction 4O 43
Cokiiester Castle VS 31
Barking Howe of Correction 38 (oonreniently). 46
Colchester Felons' Ga 01.... a 12
Sdfrilli WBl4lOl House of Cor 2 s
Glaceoer Comity Gaol
Winchester Gaul . ... 129, 101
Hertford Bridewell 36 66
Maidstone Gaol 220 236
Dartford Bridewell BO 113
SI. Augustine's Gaol ' 41 76
Lancaster Castle 390 384
Salford New Bailey... ........
Leicester Cottony Gaol co 111
Spoldhw Gaol 24 34
Polidan. House of Cor 2O
31
Coldbath.fields Prison MO 472
Totbill-fields Bridewell l4O (136 exc-crowded.)
Monmouth Gaol 42 36
Norwich Castle 57 107
Wynridhasu Prison 2O 47
Wabangham Bridewell ls 29
Norwich Ge 01.......... .................. . 38 38
Northampton Comnino Giiiil 64 104
Newcastle Home :of Correction 3/ 39
Southwell House of Correction 3O 303
Oxford Castle Gaol 133 HU
Irelehester t;aol WO 226
llath Pt ison 3O 72 (all debtors.)
Bristol Bridewell

t Built for 170, about"
Stafford County Gaol j to be enlarged to 297
I, accommodate 224
Wolverhampton Prison 3O 104
Horsemonger.lane Ga 01... ...... 156 321
Guildford Bridewell 36 51
Ktuguor, Bridewell 5O 1;4
Newington Home of Correcnon 5:1 121
Southwark Borough Conuer 64 St
Warwick County Gaul 230 513
1011 WALES.
Glamorg.—Cow bridge Bridewell 50 Si)
rembr.—Haverford w. CAstle 22 39
Beverley House of Correetiot 42 (a :tll convenience) 73
Amount of Criminal Offenders under and above the
age of 17, confined in the several prisons of each
County in England, during 1818.
L'rukr 17. Above 17. Under 17. Above 17.
Bedford 9 97 Lincoln 31 306
Saks 5 169 Middlesex 239 1541;
Buckingbarn....... 5 139 Ntononouth 1 39
Cantbridge 9 131 Norfolk 47 V 77
Chester 34 219 Northampton 2 117
(7to r. wa;l 13 149 Nonhuniberhuid b 3 140
Cu.r,berka,tl ..... 1 63 Nutuitgluun '.:6 1111
Derby 13 163 I Oxford 3 170
Devon 33 305 Rutland . 6 IS
Dorset 10 142 Salop 3 117
ihuhain 7 74 Souberset. F.3 452
Essex 41 415 Stafford ... 27 343
Glocestet 41 326 Suffolk ........ ..... 19 197
Hants 42 493 Surrey 11) 496
lierelbrd 1 123 Sussex — 10 16
Hertford 7 1731 Warwick 42 4SI
Huntingdon....... 1 43 Westmorland o 21
Kent 44 sax Wilts 24 2/14
I .ancaater 204 1434 I Worcester 9 156
Leicester......... 17 167 York 22 333

An article from Rome, in one of the Paris papers,
mentions, that Rossini, the mlebrated Maare de
Chapelle, lately passim, through Pesaro, his native
town, appeared at the theatre, where be was reestg.
niaed, and honoured by his fellow townsmen with
the liveliest marks of esteem and admiration. It is
added that a
•p c;ga Prinee4s, who has titr some
years been travel ing in Italy, testitied some dimp-
probation, and that, notwithstanding her high rank,
she was instantly assailed by tieo spectators with cla-
mour and hissing.
A imam, Coi,NwAtus —On the 3th just. died
at his seat at lowlands, in the county of South-
ampton, Ile Ilon. Admiral Sir %V. Ganivaths, G.
C. B. Vice-AIM:4a &c.

JULY 11.

FROM LAST Nicurs GAZETTE.

CfOWN.OFFICE. Jvcr, 10, 11119.

„
=HIER TO SERVE IX THIS PRICS-EXT PARLIAXEXT:
Borgne fr Tiverton.
The Right Hon. Dudley Briar. in the room of W. Eitzburgh.
Eaq. who bas accepted the Chiltern Hundre.da
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
E. Radford, Strand. Tailor.
E. Peacock, East End. bliddlesee. victualler.
H. G. and W. Lang Ackorington. Lanceiter, calico-printers.
BANKRUPTS.
J. Cox. jun. Etneworth, chair maker.
B. Worrell. and Andrew Pope, Bristol, bankers.
J. Willis, Wardour Street. Westminster. conch maker.
T. Bell. Pineer's Hall. Old Broad Street, insurance broker.
W. H. Hayward. Manchester, cotton spinner.
G. Cotton, Andover, Hants, mover.
J. Wetherhil/ and K. Pay's, Dyer's Court, Aldermanbury,
fames.
J. Andras. F.dgeware Road, Mary k-bone. coal merchant.
K. Bryant, Old Broad Street, surgeon.
T Bennett. Dartmaith. Devon, merchant.
G. Brown. Broad Street, St. James's upholsterer.
W. Wright. Chipping Barnet. HertlW. fishmonger.
J. H. blulleneaux. Liverpool. merchant.
G. Patton, Plymouth. linen draper.
G. Law, Manchester, grocer.
J. F. Giblin, Bartlow, Cambridge, miller.
F. Hayward, sett Liverpool, merchant
.1. Ilenshaw. Stockport, Chester. cotton-manufacturers.
J. Bee, Worksop, Nottingham, butcher.
B. Dryden, bieweartleispon-Tyne, )(wet
J. Cummings. Chapel-yard. Spite/ Situare,ourchant.
J. G. Jones, Mark Lane, corn factor.
W. Wailes. North Shields, merchant maw.
T. Ainsworth. little Bolton, Lancaster, bleacher.
J. Myers. Yarmouth, Norfolk. merchant.
J. Lay, Southmoltun Strxt. hatter.
R. Reynolds, Gloucester Street, Middlesex. carpenter.
J. D. Gregory, Crown Street, Finsbury Squ.:re, silk manufac-
turer. _

Berry. J. Broadbent, .1. Wilson, sen. andJ. Wilson, jun.
York. manufacturers.
S. Wong', Pope, and J. E,..aonds, Bri.►ol; bankers.
DIVIDENDS.

July 31..1. Said, Grey,toke Place, Fetter Lane, builder-31,.
G. Sizer. Holborn Hill, mercer—O. .1. Randall, I'ancraa Street,
Tottenham Court Road, auctioneer-31, .1. Simpson and %V. G.
Fairman, Old Change, factors-31, .1. Bell, Church Street, Spa-
talfields. bombazeen manufacturer-51, J. Hall. Chatham,
tailor-31. A. Brookshana and b. Moody, Long Lane, Her-
mondaey. tanners-31. A. Sammie. Hury Street. St. Mary Axe,
broker-31, S. Cater end J. Home, IVatling Street, warehouse-
men-31. J. and W. Watkin, and R. Careless, Aldennanbury,
merchants-31, G. Upton, Queen Street. Chcapeide. oil and co-
lour merchant..t 7, T. Herbert, Hanway Street, Oxford Street,.
haberdasher—Aug. V, C. Veva. Bishop Weamititeli, DurhAm,
block maker-3, M. %Yining. North Shields. ship owner-3, P.
I. ukey, Fowey. Cornwall, grocer-3, J. W liittingliam, Liverpool,
grocer-3, J. Cooke, Fareham. Southampton, tanner—s. T. F..
Esberger, Gainsbomugh, linen draper-6, T. and H. Whitney.
Macclesfield. Cheshire. cotton spinners-6, W. and A. F. Smith.
Stockton. Durham. bankers.
CERTIFICATES to be granted July st.
G. Berke, Stratford upon Avon. %Varivick, coach pmprietor—
S. Snow, Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, dress maker—J. thing •
north, Leeds. merchant—S. Bourne, Leek, Staffind, grocer—lL
merchants.-. 1. T. Dunderdale, Manchester,merchants.-.1. Slade, F...me
Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier—F.. lloitter. Whyte. Hen ford,
auctioneer—J. French, Fronte Schmid, clothier—J. Dixon,
Ivybridge, Heron, merchant—J. W. Bunnester and C. 1.. Vi-
dal, New London Street, merchants--G. llonthy, Liverpool.
merchant—l. and R. Cooney, Haat India Chambers, merchants.

Plitt

Mink Stf,ek
1 prr l eta. ai
I per Celli (...h,
per Crt,T. 76
I per trail. ttlij
5 prr Cesp. Nes,' 1011
LnX,luu. iti 1-1 G

f tracks.
oninium 4.
Ireip..3 per Cent.
ludic B i, Ob. die.
lia muck
Exchequer Bills 4s. sli3.
Cowl. tor Ac. ('nit
Liar," ticket, .Ll 9. IM.

THE NATIONAL itmcasTEß.

LOll4Oll.
SUNDAY, JULY 11.

Dutch and liamburgh Mails arrived yesterday.
The Danish Government has published an Ordon-
mince, prohibiting enlistment in the service of Po-
reigm Powers, and describing the penalties to be in-
flicted on persons who shall cantravene this probibi.
Lion. The anniversary of the re-establishment of
the Kingdom of Poland was celebrated with great
pomp at Warsaw on the 20th of June. It is said
the New Constitution of the Prussian States has
been laid before the King, for his examination -and
approbation.

We copy from the German papers an article of a
satistitctory description, dated Stockholm, June 14 :-

Srociotonst. .TUNE 14.—liefore the departure of the Kirg
for Saints, the negotiations respecting the Norwegian debt to
I)ennisrk, which have been so long carrying un, were amicably
concluded by the mediation of Great Britain. Lord Strangthrd
carried on the negotiatioas with one Government, ut the name of
his own Court and that of !len:nark. This elf ir, the tenpins-
tion of which the King always had so much at heart, would
doubtless. have been Ling since arranged, had not some of the
means proposed led to lung and intricate discussions. Now, as
we hear, every thin., is setiled in a way sati•fartory to all parties ;
a result winch is wholly to be attributes' to the spirit of Justice,
sincerity. and moderation, which prevailed hi the negotiations
between the Swedish Cabinet and Lord Strangthrth The many
strange articles which have appeared of late in many threign
journal,. especially the French. and which arc too absurd us
merit refutation, originate entirely in imperfect knowledge of the
true siateuf this affair.
. _ . . .

1 r the project tit the liquidation of die Norwegian debt should
also be accepted on the pert of Denmark. hi, Alajetj uor King.
witi: die generosity winch has alraidy induced him to make so
many personal sacrificsas, and with hini his august son, renounce
tier 10 yeas. the sums of 64,000 and 32,0•0 specie dollars, which
were assigned by the Storthing fur their !toward'', and apply
thi:se owns towards the liquidation of the debt, which is to ih:Araw
tluaily diacharzed by arausd
.paymet.t.s.