The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-01 00:00:00

oPposrrioNT TO MincriNc?s. Fit TITIONS.

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Mr. Law:Ton MOVed tot an account at . iit 111-
crease ire the Salaries 9f the Auditors. of fiN,ei,e.
Mr. BitouGH4s; hoped, that ,to same of thee
order, at least, the return would Ve found ni!iit,
He was the more anxious that should be the case,
as at the time that Meetings were celled for, iu
every part. of the country to petition against
the , Property Tax, -various. attempts were ,made;
by persons interested in the continuance, of
those taxes, to prevent thoie .•Mietings and,
those Petitions.. He should notice an instancoaf
this. The Mayor of a town, which he should not
now name, had lately refused to call a meeting to
prepare a petition against. the Property Taxi on
receiving a proper application from the inhabi-
tants of that town. tie had since. found, that in
that Mayor's family, it no( in his own per-
son,: in that of a very nearrelative to him, there
existed One.Of ,those !Auditors of .Excise, whole
salaries had just beta- increased-from GOOt, to.Bool.
In another place a Mayor had ased all his inGenee
to thwart a meeting and it Petition of the same
nature, which bad, bowever,.been carried throligh,,
'and on ,ingniry it appeared that he had four sans'
all in the service of GOverinnent--three of theta
in the Navy, and the other in the Victualling
Department. It was, no doubt, ninch better for
hitiyto support a tax of rIVC per cent. on property,'
than to run lfe risk oftlepriving his familyof profit-.
able eitaatinos. Several other cases of similar kind
had come to his knowledge.; ..one of them in the
Vest of. Engiaud, It those tti!tair exertions of
influence lust! been attempted and .had failed, in
different places, Gentle Men might he certain that'
they hail succeeded in others. But if the eOtin•'
try persistetl in doing its duty-, it wouldheatdown
all those means, and Ministers would at ust b,
obliged to relinquish their oppressive and odious
measures.

A aßtrrHslor disclaimed won iolemnly upy

knowledge of those ettentipts, or any encoursge-
went to them on the part of Government.
Mr. BROUGUAM did not charge the Treasury
with having directed those attempts, but corn-
"%Woe(' of the local atithoritiet by Which they had
been perpetrated. At the 'same time he had uo
do,lbt but whenever they had terminated success-
fully, the Hon. Gentleman opposite would receive
a private notice, perhaps front Membets.of towns-
:mil counties, that ,Mr. Such-a-one was a warm
friend to Government and their measUret.; that
be had proved it by' his conduct on such or such
an occasion ; and that any faVour that might
. want ate object could not be bestowed otLa more
worthy.
After scrum conversation between Mr. Poisson-
by, Lord Milton, Lord Althorpe,.Lord
,Sir MAtidley, Sir G. Warrender, Mr. Fergusson,
:Mr, Bennet, and Mr. Thompson, in the course of
itich, Sir G. Warrentler maintained that the
• persons alluded to, might have ac:ed as they bad
done through honest motives, their own opinions
being in favour of the measure, and contended
that the grossest mitrepresentations.had been re-
sorted to, to induce the people to petition.----The
Mimi was ordered to be made.

Sir Jon NEWPORT, on moving for leave to
bring in a MI to protect the 1,311(110'th Of Ireland,
stated his object to be; to protect the landlOrd itt
the obtainment of his rent, by a summary process
si;nilar to that: itt liltightn(L Ile, at the same
Mtallt to provide a lair protection, for the;
teitatit ;Who, .tts the law now stood, was itt cer-
tain eases liable to d
ruined .by being distraine
OpOti a second time. After several observations on
the trish Law, heouived f,,r leave to bring in a Bill
to'amend the La* of Ireland, respecting the re-
covery of Parma from delimiting Tenants,: and to
protect the Tenant from oinine distress.
• Alter a: few wor...s front Colonel Arerelter and
Mr, V. Fitz.geraid, and sonic explanations from.
Sir John Newport, leavewas eivh.
41'he' Weights !and Measures Hilt` was read a '..4d
time.—Adjourned,

,POLICIt INTELLIGENCE.

ROBERTS' CONIMIrrED for TRIAL.

Bow-s-rn Et.-"YesterdAy Buteri Bober's, whose
name' has lu;en sir often before the public, was
hr ought to the ()Alec. mud underwent a second
c?; nritrA before Co.NAN•i,, he has trig
;iipprehentied on 'Monday at .Kennington by
Tltttnion and Vanghan, they knowing him to
staudjtadieted on ncimige on suspicion of rob-
bing the Windsor Coach of bank-notes
%iik.ri.Me amount. A certificate of the indictinent
of I,', obi_ t t Roberts MIS- produced, and George
Vati4han swore that' the prisoner was the man
named in the indictment. -
Mr. 13EtrAsatteutled for the prisoner, and ask...
ed the•witness lionateknew,4k prisoner to •he
the. man .named in indietinent
Lite Magistrate objected to a cross-ohnnination
in this stage of the pro,ceedifigs, and said, if the
witness had sworn falsely-, they could prosecute'
••• • .
him tor perjutYk.
Bst.t.is applied then-far.the prisoner-to be:
admitted to bail, to xvilich-ININ Prim-the soliettor
for time prosecution,'" consensed ; .but the :;kJul,,,,is•
trate considered Wain amptecedented. ion,
and expressed himself:, very indignant tit, it ;
be
Could not TeOMICCt that 110 had
.ever admitted a;
person to.bianpon tin indictment elkrging hint
with•felony, and he did, not knoni but Of 'one
course to pursme,,, and Ilr!it was, to commit the
prisoner to the 'eotite.,y prison for trial, which must
Le Newgate.- •
pr loner said, he trusted the Magistrate
•
wordtl banish all Prejudice ageilst him, and allow
hiin: to go to Tothill-fields Bridewell, and not
send him to Nerrgate, ws, it he went there, be
should consider his- life in danger. from certain
persons wholverr,,eonfined„there. lie also urged
that he had never been conamitted on the charge,
and.tiperson was bound. over to prosecute him..
The Magistrate assured loin he was not hlo
enced eitlice,' lint he nmit, in the regular
course of _proceedings; go to i'..-gate: but di-
rected a Letter to he sent, that he might .not • Ue
pot Inn9ng tno'se pt rsoils of vOlom he was atraiti,.

AGRICULTURE, tic.

"I'kfONTITLY It SPORT FOR FEBRUARY.

'Tic lands have. wrirked kindly since the deep
lima.. went, for -tieans and Peas, 'considerable
hreatiths‘of° whicit are already got in in Kent and
• Essex ; 'but In.sevend ,oithe caber home districts,
they are very backward, froni the reduced strength
in horses for buibandy, which the distress of the
times has unfortunately, occasioned.. The early
sown Wheats continue their healthy appearance,
but the severe frost in the middle of the mouth has
cut those that plautell late. Clover Seed, in general,
filea to a full average crop, but the large impor-
.tations from Holland. are oppressively felt by the
English Bantu.r even in the produce of. his article.
The Norfolk aLd many other of the Turnip coun-
ties, have lost the reutarnder of their spring feed
from the extreme severity of the t wo nights frosts,
On the. 9th and 10th instant. 'lke forward Win-
ter Tares and Rye sti fered materially at the same
time, The Dairy farmers' complain of the large
quantitit‘ of Dutch Butter daily brought in, to
the great depression of the home market. Hay is
getting tip in price, from the general scarcity of
succulent fcmd. The_ Flock-tnasters' report of
their lambing,. down in Wilts, Dorsetshire, and
part of-the Sussex Downs, are lavourable. The Hop
plantations in Kent and Sussex begin to work
.kindly, and promise to throw out a strength of
bine. The Meat market continues stationary, ix-
cent for Veal and House-Lamb, which are dearer.
Lean Stock, both in sheep and beasts, are lower.
The Wool Market is dull, and scarcely maintains
the last month's prices.

On Saturday last a most daring attack was made
by the prisoners in the Devon County Gaol,
on Mr. Brown, the keeper, and his turnkeys...—
Their conduct was so riotous and alarming, that it
became necessary send to the Barracks for a
party of the lithiskilling Dragoons, who soon
succeeded in quelling them, and,securing the I irgs
tatters, who have slue been doubly frond.