Star.
London, England, 1823-03-15 00:00:00

WAYS AND MEANS.

The House then went into the Comsat-tee of Ways, apd Means.
On the motion of theC 11 A NCELLOR of theEXCHEQUER
the following sums were voted
059,199—A39,000 to cupply the deficiency on the Irish Con-
solidated Fund for the year 1817, and the remainder foe the
benefit of the Poorer Clergy of the Church of Scotllind.
X 7,800,000, being the amount of monies in hand to toddy eie.
Lain grants of former years. -
44,800,000 to be paid out of the Exchequer to the Trustee' of
Naval and 31ilitary Superannuation. Also the amount of dtg.
Unclaimed Dividends and Lottery Prizes in the hands of the
Bank, exceeding 4190,000.—RepOrt on _Monday. .
The It iih Yeomanry Bill was read a third time, and passed.—
Mjourned to Monday.

. It is January BENTIIMII, we believe, who proposes that no man
shall be alitrwed to vote for lf. P.'. who Waist able to rod sad
write. We were happy to have unThursday to annotmce that the
' principles of this great Reformer had found their way even bid*
Army of the Faith. Ho man, we understand; Is heneefirdt to
be an officer of that distinguished body who is ignorant of thee
' two fundamental arts of life; and tist officers who have not yet
' learnt their A. a C. are to go back to the ranks till they base at
' least got the horn-book by heart. We congratulate the world on
this improvement, as thesevaliant soldiers do now stands chance of
learning on what account they are murdering their fellow-citizens,
and laying waste their native land. We understand also, from
this fact, why. these bands bppoie the Constitution ; it "deprives
them of-their rights, by having adopted the prindille of the en.
lightened Reformer we have mentioned above. ,,
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I'oBl'4lollBE' DUTY.---RAMSDEN AND SHARMAN
' V. HODGKINSON.—This was an action n 1 debt, tried
at NVestrninster before Lord Chief Justice AroOrr, 'at die: Sit.
tiags after last Trinity Term, and a verdict was found for thq
plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the Cote t upon the foll'oning '
case. The plaintiffs were the Farmers and Contattois of the
Post-Horse Duties for London and Westminster. rkg, Atka&
ant was a Livery-stable-keeper, and licensed to let horses to hire.
On the 2d df April, 1822, the Attendant let a saddle-horse to go
'to Brentford add back, and charged a specific sues, viz. TOG. 6d.
for the whole distance, and not after the usual, or any certain
rate per mile—that th:defendanc was assessed foe the said hone,
under the Assessed Tax Acts, and paid the rat for -the same—
that the defendant did not enter the said hiring in his Stamp of;
Tice weekly account, or pay to the plaintiffs a fourth port of the
'said specific sum so received.' That on the 5d of April, .1844,.
• the defendant let to hire another saddle-horse by the day, for
one day,- the distance for which the horse was- to go net- beissg,,
at Achim* of hiring, ascertained—that the defendant alai paid
the Assessed Tax for this borne, that the defendant did not enter •
the said !sit-mentioned hiring in Ms SranerOfficeoreeklyisceeinne,,
or pay the plaintiffs the day duty of Is. Dd. for she same, That
op the sth April, he defendant lei to hire another saddk;hatae
by the day, for one day, the distance at the tinie,of hiring bping
-ascertained to be 21, miles, that the defendant. also paid the 49-
sessed 'fax-for the said hors:, but he 'did Hirt enter the said 'last-
mentlohed biribg in his Stamp Office Weelltaccown, or pay to
'the plaintiffs the day of one. peenttahneuly per mile, That
the whole of the duty payable to thep!Ontiffs,Fn the above three
, hlr:ngs, amounted to 7s. -Middle questidn for the opinion of
the Cotet was,. Whether the defendain • tiecqine chargeable With
I the said debt of 7s..oratij part•theieof,s-or whether the Aidessict
Ta% paid for dm. staid hordes, as daddle.htatses, eirepted the de..
1
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le,ri:cseiereth b 1 ,het pre.„ssis,*;nra., I(. the- Cijuil should be of
erihion .ttit the deTegitileif 'did so-becothe !Itafgeable' fifth the
, *hole of the add debt. of %is.; Clio the veisijetfwarta saw.. mot
lit'the'•Ctirt woo, of opinion _the dainilait% did not beams
ehatgOilt.siith",the said ate, then -tineVerdicp.was_Ao hip.:ake .
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'LONDON.

SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1811
faz am DS.

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STOCK =wards" TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Commis opened Moulin*" no. Rhitio if mad lit* Waimea
doing. '-Tipe Expreows arnived ddi Swift liebig die French
Funds of
FOREIGN FUND&

Spanish lionds opened this nursing at 14, I, 28 at
which price they seem to be study, owing to this being settling-
day in the above Stock.
current Priees: Milian 71. New Spanish 9.11/0 Old r, *few
Erma= 701 to 77,, Old 81, Russian 71, Danish 7jl, Gliotabian
118 58, New Spanish &rip 38.
The last price of the French is quoted at lOC Inc.
PRICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK.

S per Cent. Consols 733/s 1/4 3/s 'A
4 per Cella. New 931,4 IA 3/8
Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, 123.115.
Ditto Small 12s. 1 ls.—Bank for Acct. 236
Consols tot Payment 731/4 1/s

In the discussion on the Navy Estimates last night
Sir BYAM MARTIN observed, that at no period of our
naval history could England boast of such a fleet as
she now possesses. We find this to be the concurrent
opinion of men of all parties ; for though Sir ISAAC
COYSIN made some complaints on the subject, they
did not, la e.believe, relate either to the number or to
the quality of the ships, but to the proportion of sea-
men which it has been thought fit to keep in pay, for
the purpose of manning them when occasion shall
require. Mariners, however, as good as ever " braved
the battle and the breeze," can be got at•any time, on
a moment's warning; and surely Government, or
rather we should say Parliament, cannot be to blame
that it has spared the country the expense of retaining
more than are necessary for the purposes of a peace
establishment.

Sir Isaac COFFIN talks of " grinding the Navy
into dust"—that is, we 'presume, the Officers and men
of the Establishment ; but we would beg to remind
the Honourable Baronet that there might be such al
thing as grinding an industrious people to the dust,
by obliging them to support, in inglorious ease, men
s ho oughe to live as others do, by the active exer-
tion of their own talents.
Sir JOSEPH YORKE, with that manly honesty which
characterizes the worthy Admiral, expressed his asto-
nishment that assertions so grounaless should have
been made, at a moment when it was of such im-
poitance that the French should be in no mistake as
to the real power of Britain to maintain with honour
to herself whatever part she may take in the present
crisis of affairs. Sir Isaac COFFIN, with a pertina-
city and unyieldingness which, reserved for another
theatre, would have done him mole honour, since it'
would probably give the enemies of his country no
cause to rank him on their side, reiterated his assertion'
in the face of the House"—in the face of num.
bets of Members, all as well acquainted as himself
with the Teal state of the fact, but hot one of whom
chose to give him a word of support. •

The Courier retailed the other day a report cur-'
rent in the City, that the Government had ordered a
.number of ships of war to be fitted out, meaning
evidently that it should be inferred as for a warlike
purpose. The real purpose we explained. We have no
doubt that it will this evening, with equal knowledge
.of the fact, help to spread another report which is to-
day current on the Exchange—namely, that Goiern-
ynent have entered into " farther contracts for the
Navy," for the supply, of course, of the fleet which
the City Oracles were pleased to Out into commis,
sion the day before. We need scarcely warn our
Readers to be slow in their belief of such rumours.—
The Public may rest assured, that, up to this mo-
ment, nothing has in reality occurred, to give room
for the least apprehension that the Government are
deviating from that line of strict, honourable, and
beneficial neutrality, which they have in so many
ways evinced their determination to preserve.

The Morning Paper to which we alluded eysterday
as condemning the Warehousing Bill, before it was
acquainted with its provisions, defends itself to-day—
not against our accusation, but by making cther
charges. It does not pretend to have read or seen
the Bill at the time it was so ready with its condemna-
tion. "The fact is," it says, " that the framer of this
Bill, who gave it to Mr.WALLace and the Board of
Trade to push through the House as well as they
could," &c. " thought it wise to conciliate the Irish
interest, being fearful of losingthe votes of the Irish
Members." Here we have another barefaced imputa-
tion, that Mr.WALLace and the Board of Trade
are acting merely in subserviency to the framer
of the Bill, whoever he may be. We have no inte-
rest whatever in this measure, except that ofa Public
Journalist, watchful over the interest of the Public,
and anxious that the characters and motives of no
Gentleman should be unjustly attacked. We are un-
• acquainted with the secret history of this Bill,'and are
warranted in believing and asserting, from the general
character of Mr. WALLACL and the Board of Trade,
till some distinct evidence is brought to the contrary,
that they are incapable of acting, in such an impote-
taut matter, from any other views than those which
they believe will promote the publicinterest. Buthow
• dogs lads as accusation of others relieve the writer From
eur done? If be had looked further into the Dill he

would have found that other B itish manufactures were
protected as well as linen. We only mentioned that
one, because the writer coodeseassUlsemeasure on the
,ground of iti expbaisig. the glib itspan'manufactiiiit to
wleti the fait` I,' thOiit Is iiihtected by the re-
, gitietions of the Mil. a itiiing difst fact, *e did not,
as the *tip* in the Fleraki supposes,
.fall into any
'blunder, and give up, by adraission, the principle of

the measure : we did' not- wafts that Irish linen
could not compete in the market with German. We
merely said, that the writees objection to the mea-
sure for this reason, had, in fact, been met by the
provisions of the Bill. But even if Mr. WALLACE
had found it necessary to except halt a score other
commodities, would that have proved anything
against the principle of the measure ? Certainly not.
It would only have proved that his Majesty's . Mi.
nisters, whenever they bring forward any measures
to relieve our commerce from the tramping fetters
with which ignorance and self-interest have loaded
it, have to conciliate and appease the avarice of
numerous monopolists, who care nothing for the
general welfare if they acquire wealth. We
deny that it is good policy, as a general prin-
ciple, to protect, as it is called, any manufacture
whatever. If it cannot protect itself it keeps a
cheaper article out of the market, and levies a tax to
the amount of the difference in price, on the con-
sumer, for the benefit of the monopolist. A system
of pi otection, or monopoly, when once established,
needs to be constantly bolstered up. It is against the
interest of the community, and most soon fall of itself
if not supported by new restrictions. It is invaded, as
knowledge and ingenuity increases from so many sides,
that new fortifications must continually be added.
Our commercial policy has hitherto been framed on
this principle, and the consequence has been that all
the various classes of producers have a sort of asono-
poly against the censumers and against one another.
Law has been heaped on law, and restriction on
restriction,4 till our commercial -laws have become so
extremely complicated that no man knows what they
are in fact. His MAJESTY'S present Ministers are
acting on an opposite system. The whole of Mr.
‘VALLACE.3 measures, as far as the conflicting in-
terests of monopolists would allow him to carry them
into effect, have been intended to remove commer-
cial restrictions. The present measure is of this
description, inasmuch as it permits, for the purpose
of re-exporting them, the importation of several ar-
ticles hitherto absolutely prohibited. It will enable
the merchants of all countries to complete their as-
sortments for foreign markets in our rarehonses,which
they are now obliged to seek in different places. Ap-
proving, heartily-approving of all such measures, we
have, and as far as our power goes,we will support them.
The paragraph in our yesterday's Paper was not sent
in, as the Sri iter insinuates: it was our own, and we
are equally ready to defend our arguinents, and to
repel, the injurious insinuations against public men in
the Morning Paper in question. How well shewriter
in that Paper understands the'spirit of the measure,
may be seen by the sort of clap-trap allusion, at the
end cf the article, to John Bull building arid hiring
warehouses for the ealribitiou of foreign commodities.
The fact is, that the measure merely permits the
portation of certain commodities, and none will be
imported ; no warehouses will either be built or hired,
unless our own merchants find it for their interest to
do so. We now leave this writer to correct his own
blunders, which would probably be quite as edifying
to the Public as imputing to us one which we did
not make.

In -a preceding part of our Paper we have given
copious extracts from the French Papers of Wednesday
and Thursday, as ■•ell as from private letters of those
days. The system of altering dates, perverting facts,
and fabricating intelligence, which the French Jour-
nals have carried on to such an extent as to render
many of them of little authority, is still pursued.—
One of the }stench Journals professes to have re-
ceived advices from Madrid up to the 6th instant, in
which it is stated, that the Krxc had signed a Decree'
by which he restored, and confirmed in their func-
tions, the late Ministers; that a Proclamation had,
been published through. Madrid, announcing that
war was definitively resolved upon ; and that another
Decree ordered the transfer of the Government, the
Cortes, and the person of his MAJESTY, to Badajos;
It is unnecessary to argue on the probability or ins-
probabliity of these rumours, since they rest on no
authority; for, up to Thursday afternoon, no Courier
had arrived in Park, with intelligence from the Spa-
nish capital, of a later date than the 3d. instant ; up
to which- period we had intelligence exclusively, on
Thursday, although some of our conterraporaries pro-
fessed to give news from Madrid of two days later—
a proof that fiction, as to intelligence, does not belong
exclusively to the Journals across the-Channal.

lamm.i••=imer•••

We have private advices to-day from Paris, dated
at a late hour on Thursday evening.
The Preach Ultra Journals are constantly repre-
aenting Madrid as the save of considerable agitation,
bat the fact is, that neither the threats of France,
the change in the Spanish Ministry, nor the repara-
tions for transferring thc Government from the capital,
have excited so much sensation in Madrid, as the ex-
pulsion of M. Maslow, has done in Paris. Party
spirit has seldom been move active thatt it is smise pre-
, sent moment in the Preach Government; sed it is not
.. • .
yet certain that France, will Amp beiroliflialvar

a ,

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which threatens to involve her internal
—The *port of a defection in the French atmy was
veeriprevalast in Paris on Thursday afternoon, end
tothis cinamitance, and the strong feeling which an
arbitrary stretch of poiver on the part of the Cham-
ber of Deputies, in expelling one of its Members, is
to be attributed the decline of the French Funds.

Dutch Papers to the 13th inst. Frankfort Journals
to the 9th, and the Piedmontese Gazette to the 7th,
have reached us, but they contain no intelligence of,
importance. An. article from Cagliari (Sardinia),
states, that the Police has been improved by the in-
stitution of the. Royal Carabineers, and that the 40 re-
storation of the Jesuits, which is preparing, will pro-
cure the incalculable advantages .of a better system
of education." We certainly ought •not to quarrel
with the Sardinians on a point of-internal arrange-
ment, but we should not have thought a military
power the best means of executing a civil duty, or a
Jesuits' College the most desirable medium of extend-
ing education.