The National Register.
London, England, 1814-11-20 00:00:00

NOV. TO.

TIFFI-NATIPIS

Order!)--Much bad been said about the influence of forouritiant.
Now Aire yit was more rational to suppose, that such an inflaence
should be exerted in support of 26 young men of family and fortune,
titanic' behalf of an old worn out officer.
Mr. Vyse and Mr. Serjeant Best followed on the same side as
Mr. W. Pole.
Mr. Brand and Mr. P. Moore spoke in support of the motion, as.
did also Sir Charles Barren, who considered the officers a harshly
treated.
Atter Colonel Palmer had replied, the House divided, when there
appeared—Fur the motion 37; against it 144.—Adjourned.

NOV. 18.
HACKNEY COACHES.
Mr. LUCHINGTON rose to move for leave to bring in. a Bill :to
alter the Hackney Coach Act of last Session, by abolishing all that
part of it which related to the delivery of tickets by the drivers of
every fare. Repeated efforts had been made on the part of pertain.
proprietors of hackney coaches, through the medium of the. Cons.,.
missioners, to get the sanction of Government to bring in an'Act,
'which might have the effect of cm reeling the abuses, andpreveorting
the frauds that look place amongst the drivers ; and the Act ot-lst
Session, introducing the ticket system, was suggested as beiog -
likely. to effect that desirable object. Thus originated ;that lull,
but it had completely failed, particularly its chief regulation. There
lags now no way of allaying the ferment which that measure,had
occasioned, except by abolishing all that part of the Act relating to
tickets; and that was.the object-of the preliminary Bill that he pro-
posed to bring in. When so nincli of the Act should be abolished.as •
related to the tickets, what would be Kt was only connected with,
the licensing of hackney chariots, and the 'norther of persous•to be•
carried. At some Koine period he should propose the introduction
of other measures, to regulate not only those object's, but the gene-
ral mamigement of hackney emlches.
Leave given to bring in the Bill accordingly.

PROPERTY TAX.
The Cflowerttav of the EXCHEQuER having inoved that the
House do resolve itself into a CommittreofSopply,
Mr. GEENFLLL rose to *tate, ai it wits acitnowledged that the
odious.avd n1(1111.406:11 tax on property expired on the sth of April,
that *lmuld any attempt- be made to renew it, hard Government
would introduce such climacs, as would have the effect of softening
the severity of its inquisitorial .power. He also trusted that some
endeavour would, in such cave, be made to render the tax less une-
qual, and therefore less unjust; for, as it now stood, those persons
in the middling class of life were compelled, to pay as much as the
possessor of twenty or fifty thousands per year. Where was the.
equality of taxation -in this?. If the Ministers, in the event of ap-
plying fur any renewal of the Act, failed to make the amendments
which he had suggested, he should feel it his duty to propose them
to the House—particiduily that the Commissioners'shoulsl be bouval
terseervey respecting all irritate circumstances and fortunes of those
individuals who might appeal to them ; which secrecy was not re-
quired as the law now stood.
SUPPLY—ARMY EXTRAORDINARIE4.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, the
estimates respecting the Army Extraordinaries being ordered to be
referred to the said Committee,
The CHANCELLOR of the li XCHEQUER,. after observing that the
whole arratint cif Army Extraordinaries for 11314 would be about
ten millions, and that he did not propuse to ask for the whole
amount now, betamese as yet he was unable to lay beforethe House
all the accounts, moved that a sum not exceeding 8,000,0001. be
granted to his Majesty to meet the extraordinary -expellees of the
army.
After a discussion of considerable length, in which Mr. Tierney.
Mr. Baring, the Chancel:lr of the Exchequer, Mr. Gordon, and
Mr. Rose, took part,
Mr. WHITBREAD felt it his duty to ask the Right Bon. Gentle-
man whether there was any truth in the report, that Ministers for
the last 48 hours bad been in possession of dispatches from Sir G.
Prevost, communicating amongst other things, that 2000 of our
troops, not of the militia, but those bearing the name of the Com-
mander under whom they had served, the Wellitigtonians, hap! 4
serted the standard of Sir 0. Prevost
The CHANCELLOR of the Exeuvoutm replied, that Government
had received dispatches trout Sir G. Prevost, but he was not pre-
pare- to go into particulars at present.
A!r. PaNsoNBT could not withhold the expression of his ,nrprise
at the condnet'of the Right Hon, Gentleman, who (lodine(' to art
the mind of the lionSe at rest When such disastrous intelligence was
rumoured abroad. It was not or* said, that the Wcilingtonians,

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to the smastnt,ot *O9O, Bard olcseritetitfeedi out' stairderd‘ but** wets
added that navartuy hatrbeen tottifteillt4l tit'uthlt4etipVieipitate
.treat from .Fort.Erte. Was there any trntlt in these things? and did.
the dispafehoes.also•detaii the:pirriitillett‘ of • etnlSidetiabee'defetet ott
Lake Champlain ?
• The Cnitter wing of the 11NscHltItim.n said, Aar the dispatches
did not contaitsany aceonot of the desertions alluded to. With re-
spect to Fort Erie, it was true that General Drutoinond found it
necessary tc retire from that Port,. but-not under circumstances to
justify its being called a Ce.sasirnits'reireAt • • •
Mr. W. POLE observed, that the' detail of the failure on take
Champlain, which was very inconsiderabli.,—woidd not be published
in the Goietteof to•ntorrnw,-eitly the lwt iif and wounded.
kesolution. Par the fr,ooooool. t» tneet,the AttuylEgtraetdi
sulkies, was then agreed tn.—Report on Alouday. •
T:se other Orders of the Day king dispobed of, the House ad-
journed.

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SATVRIDAIti IllOttfilliEß 19. _ .
, The report of the Committee of Supply 41te hronght • tlp Ahdrt.
agreed to: • .
Mr. LUSllll4cgrpti brought up the non-Owing bills‘aaa bill forsns-
prattling the (Toronto' of ceitina Prortristaty Note arils; the forVikit
Wopping, bill; the Irish Woo.' Imoortalion bill ; and. the West In-
iill4l Smith America Wool botwortiatidti Wee& all real'
s first time, and ordered to be read a second nine on Monday.
The other hills before the House NVErelbratarded a stagy,. unit the
House adjourned.