The Sun.
London, England, 1804-07-18 00:00:00

yo LuNTE CRS.

Tht ATTOINEY GENERAL flied, this. 4$ An
priniorrilad one iihrentd, justified ih a.gteat gra.
acre by lyords ,fthe Lite Volunteer At, tli.tt Offi.
of volunteer Corp ho receive the wilt bine,

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tot cacti_ guiiisilt pCinijllCll I UUlyt u.L. 1V

to.be considered as public accomptants, and there.
Foxe .liable to be called on by the Cunienissioners for,
Auditing PUblic Accounts, .which must be attended
with great inconvenience to those Gentlemen, he
fel.r it his dory 'Co Move for leave to &ring in a Bill
to explain the Att alluded• to upon this point. . •
Mr. GILL'S suggests 4 to the Right HotiOtirable
'Gentle:Man- the propriety -of-introducing into this
At some Clause to remove
.the .doubts Which 'pre.
wailed as to the power of assessing. the quota to be:
furnished by each Parilh under, the Additional Force
An. According. to the provisions of the Supple.
mentiry Militia, and Army of ,Reserve-Ans, a de.
dunion was to he. made in the quotas of Parishes,.
according to the:number of ballutted men belonging.
to-Volunteer Corps in each Parish. "Flielt-ddittonal
FoKe An, Which professed to bi.founded•upon a
similar principle, although it stiverseded the opera-
tion of those Acts, was, in his judgment, delenive,
and required. an alteration upon the point 'he re-
ferred to.

Tht CHANCELLOR,' of the EkCIIEQUER.
thought there was no necessity whalevei. for the al.
which the Honourable Member recom.
mended, ai it must appear from a full consideration
of the, ternis of. the Ail, that in fixing the quota,for
each Parish, reference was to hi always ltad.tO the
numher of Volunteers it furnished.

The Motion was agreed to, and a Bill was brought
in to explain the said MI,. so fat as it- relates to
money recelvettby the °Meats of Nr,oluntser Corgis,
for the use of such Corps, and that such.Oilieers shall
not be deemed Public Accomptants, &c. This Bill
was read a first and second time, and committed for
to-morrow.

STAMP DUTY.

On the Motion of Mr. liusictssow, for the third
reading of the Startfp Duty Bill,
'Mr. FONBLANQUE said, that hisobjeftions to
this measure, particularly to the increased taxation
upon, Law Pruceedingss, ImAirsod unaltered., lie
had heard nothing whatever from- those who pro.
i
fessed to support t, to induce any change in his
opinion.
Mr WILBERFORCE stated, that he bad re.
ceived a Petition from some of his •Constitueets to
present to the 1-louse against the. Provisions of this
Bill, respeding Promissory N rtes and Bids of Ex.
change of a small amount ;. but he was aware that
he could not present any Petition against a. Tax
Bill. He would; boweVer, read this Petition as 'a
part of his Speech.
The SP E4IICIiR submitted to the judgment of the
Hun, Member, whether it would be competent to
any Member, according to the established usage,
to read a Petition which he, was lust permitted to
pt'esenr. Such a proceeding did not appear as at all
consonant to the substance ef the Order which pre.
eluded the admission of such Petition.
Mr. WILBERFORCE resumed, and sta ed,, that
the Petition he referred to was from the Trailers of
Yorkshire, whose Capitals were small, and whose
transatlions would be much impeded and injured by
the propsed advance of taxation;. an advance which
by no means applied fairly, as the,tax upon hills of
from too to 2001, was to be only 0. while that
upon bills of from sto 301. was to be.fs;' 61. The
Kilt..Pentleman strongly recommended to Minis.,
tern to reconsider this suhjeet, and not thus to ag.
gravate tjte difficulties which the small capitalists
in the Wodlen Trade had to contevd with.,
The CHANCE4LOR4f the EXCHEQUER was
sure that, upon a farther Lonsideration ut this sub.
jeCi, the objedions stated by the petitioners alluded
to, however respeCiable they were, would be found
erroneous. Promiatiory Notes, he said, would not
he affetted, as would appear from a review of. the
Schedule, to a just examination of which he relerted
thole who were dispo,ed to objet to the tneasitre.•
.
Mr. WILBERFOLTE sa;d, that the appreben.
.sinn of the ylischievoul 'tendency the Tax be re.,
ferred tr., was very generally felt among the Indus.
ttious and respeaable persons to n lean he alluded,
1 A/IMAM emnrilewedwith his osnal.p,,int
;IA hum Our upon the tax on Law Proceedings, and
the Licence for Attornies. The apology w hie], he
understood to be generidly made for this otrangement
was, that it was a matter of regulation. Thus two
things which had nu nathrd which ought
net-er to be brought together, namely, taxation aed
regulation, were combined, in order to defend a me,.
suit width was incapable of justification. Ile- did
not mean to condemn the wish expressed to prevent
any facilities .to litigation; but the law, itself,
w idiotic the addition of 'those penalties, „furnished a
sufficient check upon that, for the whole tribe of
lawyers always took ample care, th,t ifa man would
litigate and go to law, he should suffer by it. It
had been said that there was no good reason to com-
plain of those taxes,' as no Than would be affetted
by them whose cause were jo.t, as those alone who
failed would have to pay iht-m. This argument
might have some rorce, if it were a mitter.of
tai.nty, or any thing like it, that justice would
always succeed in a law suit : the contrary was
too frequently the case, ail therefore he could
not attend to that argument. Those taxes he sin.
cerely thought would have tte effed of shutting
the door Of Justice against the poor and the. Week,
whom the expence of . Law Insist intimidate from
any appeal te, a Court of Justice--for although such
Courts were generally said '' to be open to all,"
,they
must be considerrsi open only in the same sense' in..
which the London Tavern was open—to those who
had a long purse; The objett ut the modern sys.
tem of Legislation. was to produce a summary decision
Upon all cases 'where the criminal' law wait) heap.
plied, when punishment was to be, loilVied; hut
when a man sought his right, when he lookcd for
his property, every impediment was thrown in his
way. On the whole, the Rights Hon. Gentleman
pronototeed this a must urjustifiable measure--•one
which seemed to be.: framed upon a riociple most
ciontletely inadmissible in taxation, namely, that
instead of calling upon men Ay cnotihnte accord.
ing rte their means, the in •ney Nhuultt he seized
wherever it could be found. instead of taxiog
men indireetly, according to lair tu'es, thy C)l.“,i-
CELl.Oit of ExcH SQL, ca settned, to dais instance,
to snatch the cash directly it Lerever tt
,was come.
at.able. Perhaps the .Bight 1-lottourable ()co.
tlernati had a craving Exchequer. Perhaps he
whs, importuned for minty; if so, he should
sympaihiz e with him, and act Ville woulti 'with

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fie would sympathize with the distress which
prompted in .both cases; but it did not follow that
he would approve of the robbery in either. In the
latter he would certainly say, that the outrage was
Afore excusable than in the limner because in
the former the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
'might contrive, by the exercise of judgment and
justice, to procure money, anti he should not stiffer
any pressure to urge him to an ad of injustice.
After a Clause was adopted, on the Motion of
•Mr..l-litszissoN, to exempt from Stamp'Duty any
Commissions for the Officers of Volunteer Corps,
the Motion was agreed to, and the• Bill was passed.

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• LOALTY LOAN.
The Report of the Loyalty Loan Bill was
brought up, and on the Motion that it should be
agreed to, .

—Mr. Hu,Ktssou rose, "and stated, that since this
Bill had been in the Committee, it had been found
advisable to alter the arrangemen:s respedirsg the
'time at which the holders of the Loyalty Loan
should declare their wish to avail•themselves of the
terms of this Bill, and the period when the Lords
of the .Treasury should signify the description of.
Swck, in which their claims were to be satisfied.
In theformeecase the blank ivas-filled up with the
lath of. August, and in' the latter with the ma)
,of
aflutter. it' was now proposed, that the Lads of.
the Treasury should d!clare the Stock into which.
the Loyalty Loarishould be convertible, On or before.
the loth of September, and that the L9yalty Loan
Holders should have until the sth of oaoir, to
signify their assent to the terms •propOsed. The
Honourable Member concluded with proposing an
Amendment agreeable to Isis statement, which was
adopted.

The Motion was agreed to, and the Rill was or.
tiered to be 'cad a third time to-morrow.
On the Motion of Mr. Hu:,Xissort,,the adjourned
debate on the Financial Resolutions of Mr. Jon N.
STOKE, which stood forthis day, Was pOstpulied till

A Return of the Qualifications of the Deputy
Lieutenants of Militia ; an Account of the Militia
Captains who have not the usual Qualifications;
and an Account of. Arrears and Current Balances of
Excise, due from 'the several Officers in England,
on the sth of January, t 834, was presented. by- Mr.
Account; were ordered to lie
on the Table, and the latter was ordered to be
printed.
The Consolidated Fund Bill was read a third time
and passed.—Ad j 'med.

From the LONDON G,IZETTE, July .7.

War-Officr, Yu& 17, 1804.

_ .
13th Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant.Ceneral Alex. Camp.
from Hall-pay of the late 7th %VW India Regiment,
to be Colonel, me General Ainslie, deceased.

GARRISON.

Major-General Edwin Hewgill, of the 19th Foot, to be
Lletocoant-Govenior of the Scilly blows, vice. Geacrul
deceased.

STAFF.

h! or P. Carey, of the Fabt, to he Deputy-Inspeetar.
General at ihc riny ut Reserve, with the Rank of Lieu.
tLitant-Coluti:l in t he'A rt iy,

MR.MOitANtfflt(

The Appointment or Lieutenant Thomas St. George Lys-
ier, tram the 7a.1 Foot, to he Captain of a Company in .t}►e
loth Battalion of Iteseree, :is stated in th Gazette of the
Inst. hits not taken place.

OrdN4l OgCC, Jul. t 4, iSo4.
Corti' of Gunner Driver, ire the Royal Regiment o/ Artillery.
Geotge Stare, Geitt.• to be- Secorut Licutenatit-Contattsary.
Dated duly t, rB:4.

Conmisdont Jived /,y the J.or•d Lieutenant cf the Como, of Kent.
I?)6vendel- Yeoman," Cavak y.•
George Elwick jeinoictr, Gent; to be Comet, vice Min.-
s11:111, resigned. Dated July 5, 1804.

11111der.tb.sve Volunteers.
•
Ensign Thomas Ladcl to he Lieutenant, vice G. W. Crosve-
am, reignett. Dated as above: Richard Leggatt, Gent.
to be Ensign, vice Ladd. °dull as abuve.

North .1.1.4.rj0rd Legion.
U. IL Lynch, Cent. to be 'Adjutant. Dated as above.
Rochester and Chadian:top:.
Francis Patten, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Best, promoted.
Dated July &, tfte,F.
Commits:ion' signed 4y the Lord Lieutenant of the Coneo ofeTher-
,decn.
Peterhead Poluntiert.•
First Lieutenant 'Mackay to, be Captain-Lieute-
nant, vice Jameson, appointed a Surgeon to •tlie Navy.
hated July 3, 180 .1. Quarter-master William Arbuthnot
to be Lieutenant, vice'tobertson, deceased. Dated June
Is, /804, Second Lieutenitmt lames' Cooper to be First
Lieutenant, vice Mackay,•promoted.- Dated fitly 3, 18(.4.
Charles Simpson, tient. to be Second Lieutenant, vice
Cooper, promoted. Dated as above.