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London, England, 1836-02-10 00:00:00

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LONDON,
'WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 183,3.

We uncle stand that a deputation, consisting of a
number of the most liberal and influential Members of
the House of Conn-nous, will wait upon the heads of
the Govcrnine.ty'L to-morrow, at Downing-street, for the
purpose of mcommending measures for the reduction
or abolitisjr of the stamp duty on Newspapers.
is very important at, the present u:omcnt ; a;11.1 we du
hope that the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER 101
ava:j himself of the assistance whch the deputa-
6ort is so well capable of rendering him. It is
c•-viclent that the Ultra-Liberal party has no wish to
cnbarrass the Government in any way whatever ; and
that the leadeTs of that party are desirous of impressing
2+iinisterx 'with views, the adoption of which will pre-
vent the possibility of collision.
Wr have already dwelt upon the notice given by the
CIE% ::CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, of slthinittlng
the question of Stamp Duties to Parliament on the
.Bth of March. On the occasion alluded to, we re-
gretted that so much time was allowed to pass over,
before calling the attention of the House of Commons
to a measure of the first importance to the• coun-
try. We are still of the same oninion. There
is not the slightest necessity for delaying
the consideration of a Newspaper Stamp Re-
duction Bill. If it be the intention of the
Chancellor of the Exchequer to reduce or abolish the
Stamp Duty, the Government has only to say the
word. and it is done. We have heard, indeed,
but we cannot credit a rumour so absurd, that
the Government proposes taking the whole question
of Stamps into consideration, and making Newspapers
and all other stamped papers the object of the same law.
This, ilideed, would be most absurd. First, because
the Newspaper Press requires a law only applicable to
itself; and again because, such an attempt, like the
Custom's Committee Reports, would consume in use-
less preliminaries at least two more Sessions of Parlia-
ment. To be dealt with in a proper spirit, the News-
paper Stamp duty must be viewed as an impost entirely
unconnected with all other items of taxation—as a tax
not imposed on material, but on the mind.

A Bill for the Commutation of Tithes in England
and Wales was introduced into the House of Com-
mons last night by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. For the
details of this very important measure, we must refer
our readers to the debate—our limited space not al-
lowing us to do more than to give a brief outline of
the Noble Lord's plan. The tithe-owner, whether
lay or clerical, is henceforth to have nothing to do with
the collection of tithe, which is to be converted
into a rent-charge on the land. The amount
of this rent-charge is to be computed in the following
manner :—lt is proposed to appoint a Board, consist-
ing of three Chief-Commissioners (two to be nomi-
nated by the Crown, and one by the Archbishop of
CA N TERB uRY), who, assisted by sub-Commissioners,
are to value the tithes in every separate parish.
The owners of one-fourth of the value of tithe
in any parish may enter into an agreement with
three-fourths of the owners of land, and this
agreement being made at a public meeting, shall
be binding on all who do not appeal against it.
In case no amicable arranaernent is concluded within
six months, then any tithe-owner or landowner may
call upon the Commissioners to interfere, who shall
then investigate the state of the tithes in that parish,
and declare what has been the amount paid during the
last seven years. If it shall be found that the amount
actually received shall exceed 75 per cent, of the real
value, then the future payment shall be fixed at that
rate ; if the amount received fall under 60 per cent.,
it shall in future be raised to that extent. Thus the
difference in the amount of tithe throughout all
Eng-
land and Wales will never exceed 15 per cent., ranging
between the points 60 and 75 of the titho-metrical

scale. The Commissioners are also to estimate and
fix the quantity of corn which, according to the above
scale, shall in future represent the tithe hitherto
paid in various commodities, and the value of this
corn converted into money at the average price of the
last seven years, struck annually, shall be the amount
of the landowners' rent charge, payable to the tithe
proprietor, and recoverable by distress and entry on
the land.

Such are the principal provisions of this Bill, from
which it will be seen that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has
adopted the Scottish tithe system, with some modifi-
cations. We should have been glad to have found a
clause for the redemption of the rent charge by the
landowner, which, if we mistake not, was contemplated
in one of the Bills brought in by Lord ALTIMIP.

A discussion took place last night in the Lower
House on a motion brought forward by Mr. HUME,
that it be an instniction to the Committee to consider
the propriety of selecting a new site for the proposed
Houses of Parliament. The debate on this subject
was no otherwise of interest, than as it enabled Mr.
KEARSLEY to divert the House by a most grotesque
attack on Mr. HUME, for which he was called to
order by the SPEAKER, but not before he had made
such an exhibition of his powers of absurdity, as is
not often witnessed, except when the Hon. and Gallant
Member for Lincoln is in the full flow of his Con-
servative eloquence.

Mr. HUME brought forward a motion last night in
the House of Commons, for the purpose of discon-
tinuing the gratuitous fees hitherto given by Hon.
Members to certain officers of the House. The sense
of the House was decidedly with the Hon. Member on
this occasion, and accordingly his resolution was car-
ried ; with the understanding, however, that compen-
sation should be made to those whose interests were
liable to be affected by it. This is worthy the liberality
of the House of Commons. Old servants should not
be forgotten ; though at the same time there is no
earthly reason why they should be remunerated for
their services to a degree beyond what justice and com-
mon sense demand. The fees at present given to the
various officers of the House are preposterously inor-
dinate, and stand greatly in need of the pruning-hook.
After all, however, the question is one rather of a pri-
vate, than a public character.

Sir R. MUSGRAVE'S motion for leave to bring in a
Bill for the relief of the Poor in Ireland, was agreed
to by the House of Commons last night without a di-
vision. Although we think the Hon. Gentleman
would have acted more wisely in postponing this mea-
sure, upon hearing the explanations offered by the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and after receiv-
ing a distinct pledge, in the name of the Government,
that a well-matured Bill would be. brought forward in
the course of the Session ; • yet we do not regret a per-
severance which has served to call forth the opinions of
all parties in the House with respect to this great
question. Even Mr. O'CONNELL admitted that the
time was come when relief must be extended to the
poor of Ireland; and that his impressions of the salu-
try working of the new Poor Law Amendment Act
for England and Wales led him to be persuaded, that
the provisions of that Act might be safely extended to
the sister country. But the Tories could not suffer such
an opportunity of endeavouring to embarrass the Go-
vernment to pass over in silence. The Learned Recorder
for Dublin, Mr. SHAW, could not see the necessity of
waiting for the Report of the Commissioners of In-
quiry ; and Mr. SCARLETT was surprised that Mi-
-1 nisters should recommend any measure in a KING'S
Speech, the, details of which were not at their fingers'
ends. The first of these Hon. Gentlemen is rather
noted for the extent-of his intuitive knowledge of
all matters connected with Ireland. He delights
to substitute fancies for facts. He has a horror of
all detailed inquiries into the state of that country,
and prefers legislation based upon the feelings and the
prejudices of certain old women, cased in indispensables,
and frightened out of their wits by the terror of
Popish ascendancy. But the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER was not to be caught in the snare of
the Recorder. Such a course as that recommended
by the Orange Judge to .a Liberal Administration,
was by no means withput a precedent. The Tories
(such was their love of economy !) instituted no trou-
blesome and expensive Commissions to inquire into
the probable effect of a law before enacting it. They
did issue Commissions nevertheless ; but then their
object was to make out a convenient mode of distri-
buting a portion of the public plunder, among their
supporters out of doors. When the lawyers were not
to be bribed, there were no Commissions of Inquiry
instituted ; and when there were, the object was un-
derstood by all parties, so that Parliament took no
notice of the reports. The Whigs inquire, that they
may legislate for the welfare of the people.

The whole of the Paris papers of Monday hav::
been received. They bring no domestic intelligence of the
slightest importance. Nothing is yet known as to the
re-arrangement of the Cabinet.

" P.A acs, FEE. B.—Our letters from the frontiers bring nothing
interesting," says the Memorial Bordelais. " There is nothing new
on the frontier. Letters from Madrid, which we have before us
speak of the influence which the secret societies exercise at this
moment. It seems that all the efforts of the Ministry and of these
societies are to be exerted to hinder the re-election of Tortmo and
Martinez de la Rosa."

According to the last accounts from Spain, 12,000 recruits from
Galicia are assembling at Santander, who arrive both by sea and
land, in order that by the middle of March there may be 16 or
20,000 men on the coasts. Rodil is going to take the command in
Arragon, where he is to organize another corps of 20,000 recruits,
and Mina in Catalonia has begun to restore order, which he will
know how to preserve and consolidate.
The accounts of the insurrection towards the frontiers of France
are very satisfactory. The movement in favour of the Queen had
already extended to Valcarlos, and 1,000 muskets had been deli-
vered to the Spanish agent from the French Government.__ Con-
stitutionnel. _ _

Don Carlos has just issued a decree, which has been published in
the provinces, ordering all the inhabitants possessed of arms,
whether in good or bad condition, to deliver them in a very short
time. It is said these arms are intended for the late levies.

The Carlists are in want of arms ; Aybar and another manufactory
are ordered to furnish them.

The Viceroy of Navarre is gone to Valcarlos with a division.
Sentinelle.

Cordova, content with what he calls a reconnoisance, remains
quietly shut up in Vittoria, and suffers the insurrection to gather
great strength. It is difficult to discover the motive for such
inaction, which doubtless cannot long remain a secret.
It is affirmed that the brave Colonel Conrad, who commanded
the French Legion of Algiers, having attempted to question Cordova
respecting the motive for such extraordinary conduct, received a
haughty answer, after which the Colonel quitted him much irritated,
and throwing down his epaulettes. What is certain is that the
Colonel set out for Madrid immediately after this conversation, and
that the Algerine Legion has received orders to proceed to Galicia.
—Memorial des Pyrenees.—Messager, Feb. 8.

We learn from the German Papers just received that
Frankfort has joined the Prussian commercial league.
What will the anti-free traders of Great Britain say to
this ?

We learn, by the arrival on Thursday, at Ports-
mouth, of the Nautilus, from Santander, that the cutter
Paddy from Cork, which was detained in November
last, by the Reyna Gobernadora Spanish steam-ves-
sel, is still in the harbour at Santander, under surveil-
lance ; for although condemned by the authorities at
Santander, the case was referred to the Superior
Court at Madrid, and remains still for final adjudication.
From circumstances which have come to our know-
ledge, we have reason to believe that this vessel has
been very harshly dealt with by the Spanish authorities ;
as there appears no sufficient ground for the assertions
that have been made in the public prints in England,
that she ever was in the employ of Don CAlt-
LOS. On the contrary, it is asserted that her
cargo was intended to be employed for the benefit of
her Majesty the Queen of SPAIN'S cause, and that

her detention has been more at the instance of parties
interested in monopolizing the whole of the exports to
the northern ports of Spain, than in consequence of
any instructions from her MAJESTY'S Government.
Whether this assertion be correct or otherwise, we
have no means of knowing with any certainty ; but
we do regard the detention of the vessel, under all the
circumstances, as extremely impolitic on the part of the
Spanish authorities. The object of the blockade is
not to rob British subjects, but to prevent succours
from being conveyed to the Pretender. Now, with res-
pect to the Paddyfrom Cork, that object has been gained
by the detention of that vessel—even admitting, which
we would not be justified in doing, in the teeth
of a statement directly to the contrary—that she was
employed to convey military stores to the Carlists. Be-
sides the Spanish authorities ought to bear in mind
that Great Britain has mainly kept up the coast
blockade, and that in so doing, it could form no part
of her intention to confiscate the property of her erring
subjects, with a view to enrich the Spanish treasury.
The question should be brought under the notice of
Lord JOHN HAY and the Madrid Cabinet.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).
CORN EXCHANGE.
Our arrivals are moderate this week, and the return of Flour is
fair. Theie was very little fine Wheat at market to-day, and
Monday's prices were fully supported. The Barley trade was
rather dull. Beans, Pease, and Oats are unvaried from our last
rates. Flour remains as recently reported.
AR RIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour.
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