The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-02 00:00:00

*is litpetlitic at-far is it regarded the and in 'the
„ calculated to ititiarne the winds of the

pe, •
Sir Knatchbull, Mr. W. Smith, .Sir T. 'Turtori, Mr. IT.
Thornton Mr. Polev, and Mr. Bastard, stated iliat they were
entreated their Constituents to oppose thiS tax,, but thi7
concurred in testifying their approbation-of all the ether taxes,
and regretted that they found, hemselves compelled.to oppose-,
this tax, from a conviction of the bad. effects that would result
from its being imposed.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to the ob-
servations which -had•fallen from several Gentlemen in re-
spect to the Tax on'Hides, stated, in corroboration of what
had been mentioned by hisi-lonourable Friend(Mr. 'Whar-
ton), that measures were adopted for relieving the Tanner
from4what he 'thought was a hardship, in being taXed for
the stock in hand—the relief so given would comprise, the
quantity of hides in process of tanning, and not tha rasa/
material untouched; because it would be Umost injurious
mode of prtkeeding towards the public, to allow the tan-
ners to put half 'a million of money into their pockets, ,
by extending the relief to Ale. whole of their stock in band.
.ICI many, places the trade had eighteen montlr, stock,
in others they had only five months. He wtnild liewantio7
in his duty to the Pubic, if he were to concede their demand's
'wholly and witliont limitation. No doubt the price of the
-commodity to the consumer would be raised; he hoped not
too-fa Mal. If the tanners next SesSion could make a ease
sufficient to call npOn Parliament for 'further relief, willies-
tionalAy it would be granted. There are softie other bene-
fits to be afforded to the trader. He should propose to
give an increase of drawback on articles exported In a manu-
factured state, but there would not be any as affecting the
trade Of Ireland. The-Hon. and Learned Gentleinau had .
said, that the Leather Tax was one of the blunders of Go-
vernment; if it ivas,so, it- bad the.effect like other taxes, of
filling the coffers of the Exchequer, and therefore was a tax
whet' must be satisfactory.
Mr. LOCKHART wished to know if any relief was to be given
to the Plate Glass Manufacturers ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied to the ques-
tion in the affirmative.
The House then divided on that part of the Bill which pro-
vides for the Impost on Leather.

Ayes
Not s

Majority for it

-.:8

The House, as we underitand, afterwards diirided on the
question for adjOurning the further discussion.

Ayes .
Noes .

• Majority against the M0ti0n..... —17,,
• The Bill was then read •I third time and passed. • •
The Exchequer Loan ACComniodation Bill, and the Army
Prize Bill, were severally read st.second time and coltmitted.
Oa the motion of Mr. GoutnsiT itr:, leave was g-,i•zen to !Jr .ng
in a Bill to amend an error in the Local Militia sic., so far as
it respects the fines. • The Hen. Member afterwifds hroug..;-rt.
in the Bill, which was read a first time.
On the motion of Mr. BitistAß7), an account of the, income
and expenditure of the Royal Caltal Company, tram the 25th
of December, 1810, to the same period in 1312, was ordered
to be laid before the House. •

cr-I,tna inoVed the previcons question? •iirbieh was
carried by a majority of One. The ilioticin of the
Mahfuis Ii'LLESLEY was, in substance, the same
as that moved by Mr. CANNING, in the House Of
Commons.

The followipg Bulletin vvas issued yesterday af-
ternmin

WAR DtPARTMEgT.
Downing-street, July 1, 1812.

Dispatches have been received from Lieut.
, .
Gen. CAMPBELL, commanding at Gibraltar, and
from Major Gen. 'Ross, commanding at Cartha-

gena.
General dispatch of the Bth ult. in-
,
cioseS a letter he had received from General BAL-
LASTtIIO, giving a brief a 'account of a severe
action foutflit between a body of SpanishtroopS,
and the division of General Counnoux. The
battle took place near Bornos; upon the Ist June.
'Tice loss of the Spaniards in killed, wounded, and
missing, was.not. less *than ,1009; including about
89 ()facers. General BALLESTEROS 'retired to the
ground. he bad occupied before theactioh,
'hag off his wounded, who have since arrived at
Algesiras, and the French have suffered so severely
that, they offered no molesiation to his retreat.
The dispatches from General Ross contain an
account of a successful eApedition against Al-
. • .
neria,.conccrted between himself, 'CaptainADAti,
of hi, Ship InvinciNe, and Gen, JOSEPII
O'DO/ZNELY.., ccamnanding the Spanish army in
Murcia.. Three hundred Spanish troops were eni-
barked_On board a small squadron under Captain
ADA::i's orders, and proceeded off Almeria, while.,
the Spanish troops under General FREYRE, 'at-
tabked and drove the Enemy from Baya, on the
13th of Maly ;. in consequence of-Which the gar-
rie--,n of AlMeria Was hastily withdrawn upon the
14th,. in order to unite with those.cif,:Motril, Gre-
nada, and other places, to make'head against;the
Spanish Army. As the Enemy quitted Almeria,
'Capt. ADA:Ws corps landed, and toyik posseSsion of
the. place. They captured 3 vessels in the port,
destroyed the batteries and works erected by the
French, and bleW up the strong Castle Of'St.
El-
mo, which had afforded securityto the anchorage
and protected thesenemy's privateers. All the ser-
viceable ordnance :vas shipped for Carthagena,
together with a quantity of lea*d and sulphur.
The inhabitants ,received the Allies with the
greatest enthusiasm: and as .the port, is no longer
defensible, , Gen. Ross hopes that the French 'Will
/ •
not re-occupy it.