The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-28 00:00:00

men, however, would not, GOin variatoricanses, i
produree Inure 1 hin2o,ooDefficient. Everycifort had i
-lace!) nit tie to- iiscerdain the lowest portion of men. !
fi'ie• eaet garrison.. The nightly guard of Dublin 1
aloue • reouired 650 men. 'I he Hien lion. Pen. 1
tletoadi euteiedl ioto a variety of details to prose
that rift means had been taken to employ as few
troops, as possible, in any piaticalar service. Pm roue
'
1-',03 to 1807, therewas 33,000 regulars statiotted •
in Ireland, and since then an averageVot,less
that 3,5,000 ,was found necessary. il dal not-
mean to say that the same number was necessary
In peace, but '20,000 regolars were absolutely
SUccessfity ; and the whole nomin..al force in that
part ;of the Empire was POI now less,. 44 ail de-
scriptions, that.' ;15,000. lie. then proceeded to
idiom liOw difficult it was to Obtain the distritm-
Lion of a military tore, which was never granted
by the Commandieg E(H
„,„eer without the fullest
prOols by the Magistracy of the existence of dis-
order. Yet 5 n necessary was this di*.tri4ooo;
that no less tan 441 quark ers of troops,: syere
siew occupied. It: liffiW be allots et! , tli t it
Wes better to execute justice hy-,4l.j.*,,ifiary
force than not to execute it .at a1i534105.1 It
could not be denied that it was infinitelybetter
to deter from the commission of crime, by such
stiesus than to transport the criminal. In 1815'
' there were no less 1110111 One thousand eight bun
-
•441 anti eighty-five military parties necessarily
' employed to prevent illicit distillation. He res,
tell:wed' an iostimee Where one of these parties
seas obliged to file no less than 200 rounds in
then own defence. In short, no other. means
woold enable Itie Covet-mount to collect the Re-
venue. The excesses of; these robbers Must' be i
checked, or the whole frame of civil society in- i
Ireland mast be dissolved!, Ile was not, however,
without impea that the moral habits Of the people
might in time he improved, as' the lower orders
shoved the greatest desire and anxiety tfi obtain
ethical nin,-amfit .'could be far better to have an
enlightened .Catliolic than a bigot without any
edlueatioa at, all, Till this great end, Iniwever, could
be obtained, the rigid administration of, iiiitt,eei
even by torte .of, arms, would be humarmy and
mercy. , ' lbeettj?, 4
-. ME, WYNNE could not make up his mind tdi be.;
Mete ~lrefantl to he in the state in whiahl,if,,wai
described, upon the representation of any indivi-
dull 'Member. Nothing but a Parliamentary in-
quiry would satisfy him, and the-picture that had
'been drawn rendered it -the duty of every Mem.
ber,to demand such on investigation,
Sir Jotter NEWPORT alluded lo . the distressful
State of Iceland, for which it was much to be
doubted whether any adequate remedy e.aild he
found, He did not think, that under all.:the;'eir..-
eneustauces of Ireland,' a less force cookkhectoil-
fucient. , Out lie trusted that .other mearousvouid
be adopted to put don ti illicit distillation than a,
Military power ; the extent of the practieetias a '
Nom' of the badness 'of the system adoptedib-
snppress it. * ~' . . ,
Aisle F. Ft.OOD. concurred in, almost all that bad
fallen from the :Hight Hon. Gentleman
,(Mr. Peel),
as.th the general State of Ireland. lie.hrialy be-
lieVed that the pinion of troops .mentioned was
Issicessary ; bat all parts of Ireland were not itr it
state at disturbance or Alliaileetiam. He instanced
the Counties with which he was 'connected us be-
fug perfectly well disposed and tranquil.
Lord Foutstotts, On account of the lateness
-of the hour, moved an adjournment of the Do,
bate till this day, which, after a few words froth
the Chancellor of . the Exchequer, was put ' and
csitied..
Mr. LAMUTOtti gave notice that on an early day
Ile shonld make ti motion respecting an cetraordi.
'levy return which htd'heen made from the.Tax.'
Office. in pursnanse.of NU Order of the llouSet-14
(3;04, of TM ; Hoy:sig. ~,:ii i.,,,. 4
The CHANCELLOR of the 14X(AllEli EatY11411C;!0! i
few observetiona, which-mild not be di4tinotty..
heard, but Which we apprehended to relate ,to the',
Committee of Ways and Means. on Friday next.
As tar as we could collect„We understood! him to -
say, that as the protraction of the Alehate on. the .
' Army 4sti#l would .neeeSsarily create delay in
the Other business, and as the House Would not go
Into the Comrititree till Friday,. the Report could
het he. presented t ill Monday, which day would
be preferable for dittentsion and the intended call.
'The Motion for pbstpoping the Catll till Mon.
tiny was then put and agreed to.
Mr, Martian postponed his motion respecting
Ceylon till Wednesday sennight;
Lord COCHNANE withdrew his notice 0 ajnoc,.
tlori respecting Lord Ellenborotugh, and fixed no
duty 'for iti, reaewal.--Adjourned at Half-past One

• STEAM linderglilld that there Is an
engine and machinerly, in a forward state oflar-
_ rangement at the harbour of Portobello; to
affixed to a packet•boat belonging to the Barrow
/q;ivigation Company: The cinternetion of the
6tiqinv-engine, and* the machinery, is entirdy new,
and both are the invention of Mr. Tito".itas'CON-::
I(9Y Miebniiic Engineer, who'has noide
arctlitactiore his peculiar study for tn3ny
years. The steam-cpsine Consumes its own smoke,
atot is conivrebsed into a .small apace; the ma-
is totally ditrzrent from that_of the Ain e-
Vicuti boats, or front that of the Steam-vessels
melt in the United Kingdom. It possessys one
ilecoliar advantage—it may be attached to vessels
entistcnction, anti depends, for its t acy,
tin a propelling Hower, whiehis regulated ei
uAttlt. The safety of the steam-engine is 4111450,
iii a new and ingenious contrivance; andoiti the
vouileo this iiii•ctitit)ll, Sic are assured, «ill liltt:{y
I..liertiiie all otiieri ; but tve shall soon have
weans of -g.iving a partioll,ardescript ion, anal mail
thieu we shall avoi'd entering into t4etuiis.
kr,..ow,ktit4tivE, antleo. the Contiiictors tor
the have the plc.iitire to ennnittee to
ititi
,Frictidl, tiott they _stared and sold the' fol.,
i?Avii)i.; Capital Prints, which title drawn 14st
fiat orally, Yehrtoity
No. e,trrt a Prise of L..-5000, in ghat-el.!
.... .1,,1',000, in aIV hote Ticket.
L. 1,000, in Moues.
• 11,140 l .4000, iu Sharei,
Tin', t Art Day heft (due of Drawing 14411 be WEDNASDAY,
March, and the totiosvingls the
(;ranii,State of Ow : 1:
Turzo 34;00(I, Guiaens
Tod PI TICS o( 20,000 Pounds, ,
r' that Prize or 3,000
With Prizes of L. 1,000- 1.5000 &c, &c.
Ilacets anti Shores, %vat-ranted undrAvrti; lug selopg
,7.ootilictors , HAZARD, iiptt.Ng, and ca, ROYAL
NUL', iduildults ,

LONDON.
IPEILVESIMY,- FE B n 6% liglith

There are tn.-day no Foreign Arrivals, and the
Public is too much engaged with domestic affairs
to regret tbe absence of external news. The Pro-
.perty Tax was a good deal discussed test night
in the House of Commons, on the presentation of
various Paitions against that measure. The re-
Oar debate is postponed to Monday, owing
to the prolonged consideration of the Army Es-
timat es. or course many more Petitions will he
presented : for nothing is more easy in this Cann-
try than to procure remonstrances against taxa-
tion, and-nothing ►i►ore difficult than to procure
from the Opponents of GovernMent, a plan for
the substitution of any thing else that
.wills meet
the necessary national expenditure. Wq.sincerely
profess to deter to the popular opiniem as fer as is
consistent with the general safety, bill riti► re-
ipect to ;wpul•rr petitioning meetings„ they are
in general popular **m populous places,
,their nominal majorities will always be made

ori of the least informetielass. • This' majority is
usually caught in the clap-trap of some demo.'
gogne, who sacrifices their senses to. his passion:
for popularity. Surely the vote so obtained, earl
he fairly considered only as that of a politic indi—
Nidual, with Whom the. merits of :the question at.
-issue, form hut a.secondati object at 'hest.---(' Let
those (says the Conductor of an 'excellent pro:.
•viocial Paper) * who witnessed a late Meeting in
Exeter-to •petition against the contieumice of the',
Property Tax, in which a Mapirity of those .whose
votes carried it were really never assessed, or paid
a shilling.. towards it ! and who thus assisted
others equally purblind to pull doty.n upott their
own shoulclet.i, its the steitd of it, 41,f1e.w budget
of Asiessed Taxes ; 'pause before they exhibit
themselves anti these poor,people ogainqn so lu-
tliernsts a light,t

Of a piece With this picture are mnst of the
Meetings-Which have originated Petitioos,agaiust
the Nome TaX—the eoivrivers 9f
all similar political. expedients have set them on
font ; and, we lament to observe, hare, in this in.
stance, been 'more than usually successful in
covering their own baldness by the alliance of
better men.'. Ilia still the immense majority
of the people hive shewn, by their discaunte.
nancing these proceedings, that they are.in :favour
at this in preference to any other Tex. It is true
that our proof of this it of the negative,kind,
while that on the other side is rositive, and the
enemies of Government know well lanes to vapour
and exaggerate this apparent advontlZge. -
The.. following paragraph, Wildest . to us this
morning, describes the nature otanother Petition- .
log Assembly : •
" The Parish of Lambeth inelyesterdayßoom
not half full, though at the/ km! I—Those wha
pay the tax absent ; those who attended more for
curiosity and fun, than feeling or vexation—Three
or four harders at :most, had ail :wit ant! dry 3. but
the meeting was temperate and lational—,heard
alt, anti more than enough, on both sides, anti:
stopped short, and rejected something PIOUS than.
the Petition, which a Gentleman, who had for.,
ennui for once the 44 tie quid hustle," profited'
strongly, and mere than -prudently, ot his fellow,:
parishioners.!'

Western Lurninarp

Sound tlte Tocsin !*--The ft cedom of Old Eng.
land, , our glorious Constitution, our liberties,
and our lives are in danger !—Whence are we
menaced ? Att Old Woman or an Old Admiral
"has tijscovered the latent plot it is one of the
portents " coupled with other signs of the Tutu."
Listen to the horrifying tale ; a standing Army
and the influence of the Crown are nothing to this
new Volcano :—Countrymen, there is a Military
Club! Terrific name--CLue ! Pam at Leo, and the
•
Comitterots of Waterloo milt into, yand fill the
imagination with an indefinable apprehension
of evIL. The nation is in a fearful mess, front
`this mess of. Officers. Rump steaks at their din-
.hers must revive the Rump Parliament, and what
after that, could the people do, against these
heroes pourittg in' their grape
We-must rouse, in time against this fatal Coin«.
!gustier. for already, as we loam flout untittes4

rOnable authority, has It etitiierl into tit,.
intercourse with, Foreign Stat 4, talculated
to subvert the understandings of its Nltmbers
and consequently yin. 'liberties. With. France,
Portugal, Spain, and Germany, it has formed a
decided and tinti-tanititutionat connexion ; and,itu:
its dangerous meetings, Claret, Port, Slit.;ry:',,
and Hock, are " coupled ivith the other kiesiof
,the times." There gulping, social' hampers, they
truly lay the foundation for unhinging the frame
of society. There they will naturally " fight
all their battles o'er again ;" and surely we,
need not warn the public how' terrible. they
are in these battles. We know not What
guards to propose to shield our cortntry from
the threatened calamity. Too strong is the Mb'.
aleeatly, to he put doWn by force of arms. Oh „titilt
sollle'l/ROIJOHAM or TIERNEY, some disappointed
Lawyer or twitted Placeman, could bring info;',
Parliament a Bill to cut down this Association.
But what sort of Bill . . BM to prohibit the
manufacture of scarlet cloth ,which, like the garment
of Nessus, transforms the noble Champion of his
Country's rights into an envenomed demon, the'
loyal Subject into the ruthless Rebel, the peace-
ful Citizen into the raging Tyrant, the Man into
the: Devil. it

We have long known the hatred of Bulls to
red, hat the sympathies of natural science were
never before so obvious as now, when honest
JOIIN BULL is made a party to this antipathy,
and is called upon, for no other colourable pre.
text, to gore those who hive bla for him..
• Another wit to render it high tycoon to toast if tbe
Duke of York and the Alloy" right have a good effect, wait
would coma with good grace, us against iStooiriirrg stetnyi
from a Fiction which always desired that our:Array nsigpt,
fall before the invincible Napoleon !s+-Sodretliing injuriane
to the Puke of Wellington Would he'ait invaluable addition.

The Organ of the Opposition says, this rnores•

ing—.

It h wholly eeroneotts to call the preient u
COliiiHtlaiioll of the laciate Tax, The old Tax ex-
itited with the war. That:which is now propied
is anew Income Tar." • •
" This is perfect!) :trrect, and we ask the saluent
Writer then to tell us, in what consists the breach
of faith of which his ,Faction accuse Ministersi-
-11 it is u new Tax, and not the old one continued',
%climbs has the Comnry b(:en deceived?
~Bitt,
says this !Amulet er again, the. new iucbmeTax
is levied for the need purpose of supporting a •
standing army in time of pe,ICC" ?fors he mean
by this, that we never had- a stattang army in
time of peace before ? We thought he was 3C•
gitainted with one CUARLES Fox, sSho, atnong his
lAt-ministeri.tlact3, kept on Taxes to mui:lthin a-
standing army in time of peace,- only 7000 meti
short of the L'otablishment now, and duly ttnu-
porarily,. proposed Joe our widely extended Ern.
!sire ! As for the Income Tax being: specifically
for the purpose stated, it is too absUrd-a po,..ition •
to merit reintition. Parliament appropriates the
consolidated produceof all our Taxes. Folly goes; I
on to state, that

Its amount, indeed, at first %rill, it is said, be
less k. but no man is so stupid as to suppose it will
,coutinue ses; the very slightest pretext of .foreign'
or domestic trouble will be sufficient to enable
Ministers to take it fora foundation, ,and balld
thereon a new tax Of &r•e'at ten per cent. more."
a
The word " Oppobitinn,"' bus been accident.
ally ()Witted its
,this paragraph before the worth,
Man,"—as for the prediction at
,its conclusion;„
it is like.all the prophesies of the Party, and Mi.,.
nisters are not so. fond of following die: example
of their,opponents, as. to raise. " this obutoxious
impost" as they did to its per ceiit. !! ! •

TADZIALITT AND UANnottit.—" The Earl•of
CLANCMIITY, choosing to retain his office 41$ Am.
hassador to the Court of the Netherlands,- has
placed at the disposal of Government Ills domestic
appointment of Joint .Post. Ntister Genets! for
Ireland. It' will, of course, be 'mod to obtain
support for the-Property :fax ."--(.4tornin,; Chro-
rticle.)—The Editor, of course, joilges frinu the
experience be had of kis own triettils when in
office.

A report is said to have reached town, in pri-
vale letters from America, that the President had
sent down a message to Congress, of a very hos-
tile complexion towards Spain.
The _fast-sailing vessel George Canning is arl,,
rived from the River Plate in 58 days; she is the,
bearer of letters front Buenos Ayres to the 23if
December. Nothing had been heard Of BitowN
up to that period by the government, since he
left the River Plata soine Months ago.
Someof the letters float the Spanish Main cont.
municate the intelligence that the affairs of
-independents have,gone wrong also its the vicinity
of the River Plate ; that RANDEAV, the Buenos
Ayres general, not being aware of the dug-
=Madan of the Royal Army under the command
of PKZUELA, the Limo General, had sent part of
his force too far in advance, when they were met,
by superior numbers and defeated. This reverse
4011tpellitd RONDRAU to abandon Potosi to the
Royalists.
,No, official intelligence ,had reethedi
the Buenos Ayres Government on the subject ;
but belief ittlite fact had mead ;mid:rabbi
uneasiucas at Buttoi Apo: