The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-05 00:00:00

it bk,lt ,1!4,i1•12' the ai ti 1117,711 of the House t 4.4 the Jeep
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!once nt the snhie, t, and to the.condition of that most in-
jar, of our ruantactures. 'He did not pretend to
home, ,lid still lest to , %ill-flyer it coo,cl bear the alidi-
Voual diov of .ixiwnce per penny' ; but lie would declare that
this dm: lead heel) Inid oa last year without any considcra-
lion whatever of the su'iject. It bad bean proposed and
pscsed hastily, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer ',anted
to make t.h Isis Ways and Means. and ifSntfered to continue
one or two years !conger, might contribute to the formation
ot establishments abroad, which would get SO fat ahead of
that no future repeal coul•I repair the evil nroduced, rind re-
gain the advantages lost. Its continuavce, he felt convinced,
would only serve to defeat the very-purpose of Minister:, by
indicting on that great branch srl our manufactures an 41-,
jury twin which it wo.Ad ilreur receiver. He repeated that
be c,hiceiyed Parliament had never been more reioiss in its
duty than when it had parsed the present duty, and concluded
by giving notice that 011 Monday next he should present a
Petition from the. Merchants of the City of L9nd.n/ on the
subject of the general res;r-ictions upon trade.—(Hear, hear,
r

Mr. WILSON stated, that lie intended to follow up the pe•
tit ion by ruoiinz. that it,. petitioners should he heard by
coonsrl at the Var. lie objected to the appointment of a
Committee, on the ground that the whole 4.414111 woisI•1 lie
paiied before its report could b. received, and it should be
iiossilde to art ispoti it; -recommendation. The petition was
1 heti laid on the table, and ordered to he printed.
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CALICO PRINTING.
On the motion of Mr. li,:iOTLE WILIIIIAH.AM, leave was
,giv..ti t.. brim: in a Bill to extend oif• s oaf crrtaiti Acts
fir the encouragunent i f the Ai is of Dcsign in the Printing
of Calicoes.

LANDT.ORDS.
:kir. TENNYSON gave mit ice of a nnnlion for the IStli of
May, to enahle Landloriis noire easily to obtain possession of
their Lands.

M.III.I{T.ICF: ACT.
Sir M. W NIDERY presented Petitions from the Dissenters
of Newcastle-Ilium-Tyne, Blythe, it, Con,l,ei !and, and Tyne-
month, praying fto all aitcl :dim) in the Mai ri.ii;e
tiered to be printed.
WELSH LAND REVENUE.
Mr. CANIPRP.I.I, wished to 1,1,,tw cchrtlter. as the Grant of
the Othee of Cotnpoonderin the Court of Creat ',elisions of
South Wzdes now ,ettoinated (1!.- the death of tl,e iirantse, it
teat the int,otiott, wind' he hoot•tt it was w t. to confer t!rit
Otti,:e in a sio:ilar wanner. Ile trusted it would undergo
first the consideration of the sn •e-jOr ht, oh of the Crown
Land Reveal,. ail hare its ineltialtties keeled.
Mr. fiINKiSSON replied, that tie 011 ice having become
vai..atit, it was not intruded to renew it in the shape a a
gi;mt. The proceeds would in future he accounted for to
the Officers of the Laud Preenue.

ELECTION PETITIONS.
A Petition for au unit., return was pre.entril from Borough-
bridite„ York,,lnrv.—Orclertd to be 'alien into cunsidetation
on the Ist of Jane.

SCOTCH BURGHS.
Lord HASUT,TO7,,, after expressing his satisfaction at
finding; that his Niejesty's Ministers did not intend to oppose,
the revival of the 4..;,u3soittee MI Scots Burghs, ~nd tiusting to
the nohilgeoce of the House for leave to reply in case any
Gentleman should start any objettion on this most importapt
subject. mored that all petitions presented 10 181 R. 1819. and
1820, to the House from the Royal Burghs in Scotland, should
he referred to s Select Committee to consider the matter
thereof, and to repiv their observations to the House.
Lord /31X.V1NG been commissioned by the Noble
:t.ecrttary of State to exptuss his acquiescence with the motion.
only rose to add his testimony to the liberal manner in which
the subject bad been treated by the Noble Lord.' "
The motion was then agreed to, the Committee appointed.
and the Reports of former years order tul to be tefittretl to its
consideratiiut.

NE W POST- Of FICIL
Mr. Slier iff Rattly/ELL preseritepl'at the bar a Petition from
the Lord Mayor. Aldermen. and Commons of London, pray-
ing that the powers of the Sist Geo. 111., for buildiog a new
Post-ott a at the end of Chcapsitte, should he extruded.
Mr. Alderman WOOD moved that it ba.raferred to a Com-
arittee.
Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW could not allow this eppotrunity
to pass without protesting against the effect of this Petitio,:,
which was to continue the present duty on coats imported in-.
to London. It was in fact a local tax, alirctit4* Metro-
polls and It, home-count ire only, fora general and national
improvement; this was nianif.stl; unjust.
Mr. CALVERT H:so express. d its &termination to oppose
the prayer of the p: talon. His constant ots were considcra
ble sufferers by the removal of the Post-oth,•e from Lombard-
street, and ought nut to be compelled to pay for a positite
inconvenience.
M. R. GORDON reminded the House, that from the first
he has resi4e.‘ this measure. By the returns last ve..r it ap.
geared, that no less than 244,000 f. had In en expended before
a single belch had been bad; and the papers he had tooted
far yesterday would probably show l'iat notch more bad
bee. laid out in merely preparing the site. 'lle surveyors,
as usual, bad been gross 'y mistaken in their Original esti-
Drees.

SUMNII wished fur some exp!atnitiln ria to the
cibject of the Cominittcc. In what way was any additional
sum to he raised )
The sPEAK Lit reminded the Home that the Petition
prayed merely fur a Private Bill, and it most, in the first in-
stance. br referred to a Conimittee, that it might be ascer-
tained whether the standing orders had been CUM plitd with.
Mr. Alderman WOOD remaiked, that the new Post-naice
was a public benefit with which the city of London had no.
thing particularly to do. As long as the tax upon coals con-
trilled, the chrporaiiim were annually oiiii„;ed in pay 12,:Ju01.
The Petitinn was then referred to a Committee.

SCOTCH COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
The LORD-ADVOCATE of Scotland wished to move for a
Paper tbat would throw c,nsiderahle light on a tut•ject intro-
duced by a Noble Lord on a former night. t•ts. the onpoint-
inent of one ~f the Barons of the Cntirt of Exiliepier in Scot-
land. He had to state, that he bad in,ole a report on the
question, and that report was founded on the opinions t.f the
Lord President of Session,. the Lord Chief-Justice Cleik, the
First Commissioner of the .lury Court, and Lord Chief-Baron
Shepherd, all of whom concurred in the fitness of the ap-
pointment that had been made. With these great autheritirs
in its favour, be could not hesitate as to the nature of his re-
port, and of f taut document h• wished the !louse to-he it)
possession before it came to any thing life a decision upon
the matter. He accordingly snored hut address to the King
to obtain a copy of it.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE did not mean to oppose the motion,
though he could not withhold the expre•sion of his surprise
that, in the face of the Report of a t oromittee of the House.
the ofic•e had been filled up : hi. Majesty had breet very HT-
advised upon this subj..et, notwithstanding the great Aut ho-
titles referred to by the Leath( d Lord. He Wall happy to
tee lit this motion a rcc,,gnition of the power of the Hous•
'to investigate the subject, and be hoped that it would ex.
-tend to a strict and thorough inquiry into the plesent finite
of the Court of Exchequer is Scotland. Nothing could be
more objectionable than for a judicial and peliticol.character
:to be united in the sante iiidiridual.
Lord BINNING obset red, that the inquiry bad not origi-
nated with the Lord Adrocate, who had acted on this subject
znerely ministerially.
Mr. ABERCROMBY fully acquitted the Lord Advocate of
all impropriety of conduct regarding this appointment. Hr
entertained the utußist'respect for the Learned Lord.
After a few words from Sir .1011 N NEWPORT and Mr.
JIUSKISSON, the Address was agreed to.

MAR lAGE- ACT.
On the motion of Dr. Irate wa• gistra to
'brio:: in a Bill to ainenii the Marriage-Act. fir otiserred,
lira his measure was in all respects tht same as that which
lie had introduced lost pear.

REVENUES OF GIBRALTAR.
Mr. Hume, before he proceeded to the subject
of his motion, explained, 'lost what be bad .aid
yesterday respecting tl,e 1376 . paid to the Master
of the Hawks, au office now unkncrvn to the
country, had been misunderstood as applying to
the Master of the Horse. He Load also objected
to the 15501. paid to Lord Robert Fitzgc! lid for
Joss of equipage, as contrary to the regulations of
the service, in order to show, that if all items
were produced, the absurdity of toting • Civil
List as it Was proposed: in the dark, would be-
come apparent. With respect to his present mo-
tion, it was one %shich he had made last Ses•ion,
end which he had withdrawn on the assertion nt
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the House
lead no right to i,,tet fere, and had never ,lon, so,
in the Revenues derived 1:r the Crown tr.m Gib.
;altar.. He now found, that in 1794, 95, 96, and
97, the mom,/ of tbo'e 11,von.es had been lain
before radiament. Ali he intended to ask was,

that similar aecounta should•be produced for the
ensuing years. He saw by a woe in the papers
on the table,- that the surplus derived from Gib-
raker had been • appropriated to discharge the
debts oUthe Civil List, as 'would he seen by the
returns. "Now nothing of the kind was to be
found- in the returns; he therefore trusted-that
his Majesty's Ministers would not refuse to make
good witat they stated in their own' note. But
what he chiefly objected to was, the principle on
which the Gibraltar Revenue was raised. • .He
,ronceived that his Majesty had no right to levy
taxes from his .subjects without the knowledge
and consent of Parliament. It appeared, that the
amonet thus raised at Gibraltar during the last'
60 year's, was not less than 124,0001. By the re-
futes laid before the House, the surplus remitted
during the fluor years alluded to, would be seen
to have been upwards of 40001. Naw, he consi-
tiered those who ordered the levying of tbose
taxes guilty of a breach of the privileges of
that House, which alone had the right of im-
posing taxes The Chancellor of the Excite-
goer had been unable to assign any other rea-
son for 'heir bring applied to the Privy Purse
than immemorial usage. He would prove ihnt such
uslge did not exist from time immemorial, and
could not be suffered to prevail cmasistently with
the laws. Ile had the original charter, eranted
by Q teen Aune after the capture of Gibraltar.—
In Iloilo docoment her Majesty le Council directed,
in order to encourage and promote ',elders, to
invite trade, and to make that garrison a grand
depot at the entrance of the Mediterranean; that
no duty or impost whatever should be laid on or
received from atov ships or goods proceeding to
that garris in. This charter had produced the
defined effect, and matoy In ilriduals had srtled
there. Ibis- chatter was, however, no longer
served, In 1774, the total amount ot the 4isess.
ments was 40001. The House would be surprised
to learn that it
.was now near 50,0001.
jest y's revenues in that garriion theti-consissted of
the refits of small portions of land and houses,
which having been originally Hopi property, had
remained so, end to this he bad no objection; bet
none of the taxes now existing had then been
imposed. He then alluded to the complaints pre-
fel red by the inhabitants three years since to the
House- Other grievances of a still more serious
!oose had since arisen. When Gibraltar had
been taken, Popery was the bugbear of the times,
and as almost the totality of the inhabitants were
Catholics, it had been thought proper to en-
courage the accession of Protestant settlers, by
depriving the Catholics of most of their
ties. In more enlightened days, under the Duke
of Bedford, and more lately under his late Royal
Highness the Duke of Kent, liberal represeeta-
tions had been made to his Majesty's Government,
displaying the impolicy of maintaining those re-
strictions, and the advantages which would ensue
from their removal. These representations had been
attended to; Jews and Catholics had been allowed to
transfer their property freely as they pleased ; and
Mr. Wyndham had written a letter expressing the
intention of hit Majesty's Government, that all the
ancient regulations should be done away, and
that all classes, and all religions, should enjoy the
lormectien and blessings of the British Constitu-
tion, What would the House 'say on hearing
that his Majesty's Ministers had lately laid a tax
on every Catholic anti Jew who chose to make a
will, and that all those not born subjects of the
British 'E: faire had been forced since 1518 to pay
a ion of tee dollars a year as long as they
res,tled within the earrison—a capitation which
only existed in 'flukey ! Ttris was a great griev-
ance, which had excited much diss4iiinction and
complaint. But, exclusive of these restrictions,
duties to the amount of many thousands had been
I,vied on every article imported ; every large mer-
chant ship which stepped to water paid twelve
dollars, in direct opposition to Queen Anne's
eharer. When be (Mr. H ) was at Gibraltar,
five thousand vessels had touched at that garrison,
so
that, if they I,„d only stoprd one hour, they
would have- p tits 7,5001. This was a violation of
he prolcipie of a free port; and was highly nit!.
rl sus to tlie trade of that place. What, however,
he considered still more serious, was the right as-
sumed, not ooly by Ministers, but by the Go-
verner himself, to levy taxes without the know-
ledge of Parliament. Tbis he might prove by se-
vet Prociemations issued by General Doe, bad
been done without any authority oven from Go-
vernment for the purpose. Gen. Don bad levied
a tax of 901. a year on eves/ retail wine and
spirit sloop in the Garrison. An eating-house
paid 20 dollars, and there was scarcely any thing
at Gibraltar which was not subjected to a duty.
Nay, he had even sanctioned the sale of lottery
tickets, and made an individual pay him for a
licence for selling tickets of the Spanish lottery.
And let it be recollected that all these sums were
not used to pay the expences of the Garrison, but
were in part added to the Privy Purse. The re-
turns for which he should move would shoW tite
application of the money ; what had been paid for
the expenses of the garrison, and what bad' Veen
placed in the Privy Purse. With respect to the
economy observed in the Gibraltar Establish•
ment, an idea might be formed by the following
list war there was only one Towa•major ;
in peace there were two. In war the number of
Barrack•masters was two; it was now raised to
tbrre : and whereas only one Native-master
load been employed before the peace, three were
at present in active service. Whilst the surplus
remitted to Ibis Country was applied to the Privy
PanSe, the people were charged, in the Ailey Es-
timates, with the expences of the garrison. He
had reason to believe, that at the accession
of lots late Majesty, no tax load been levied
at Gibraltar. The Royal Revenue was raised
from the rents of land and houses ; but
if there had been any such revenue, con-
Indere(' that it bad been given up by the Act
of George 111., by which all revenues bad been
abandoned. If it bad not been given up, it ought
to have been. He then cotnplained of so much
money being raised in so small a place, whilst a
whole million *had been granted (the Honour-
able Member .was understood to say), he thought
rattier unnecessarily, to build churches in this
country. In Gibraltar there was a Jews' Syna-
gogue and n Roman Catholic Church, but he was
not aware that there was any Chapel of the Esta-
blished Church. lie proceeded to notice several A