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London, England, 1816-03-14 00:00:00

TtlE EVENINti >TAIL

LONDON. •
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THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1810.
PRICE OF srocici THIS DAY A I' I WE.I.VE O'CLOCK*
Reduced (shin) —Cons. mo. 6 -14 acc. 621.
4 pa. Critt.(alkut)-5 prr Cast. 90i1-.lionds u. Si. pr.
Omn. pr.—Do. pay. !LSI{ —Excli. Etna so. dm. la. pr.

Last night the Earl of LiVerteont. in the House of
Peers, and Lord CANT LEREAGH in the Commons.
gave notice that a Message would this night he s,..nt
Irom the PRiNcE REGENT to Parliament, relative to
the intended marriage of her Royal Highness the
Princess CHARLOTTE of WALEs.

The Tax on Income, as usual for some time past,
formed last night a promitent subject of discussion.
A number of new Petitions were presented against
its continuance in a time of Peace; and as a co.
lateral branch ist the arguments on this subject, and
the economy that is desirable in the Public Expendi.
cure to lessen the necessity for drains upon the indus.
try and Property of the People, the comparative
ftrtfigacy of different Administrations in increasing
the Salaries of Office, elicited some curious recrimi-
na►ion, which will not tail to produce a due effect
upon the People, especially nn those who have not
expressed their sentiments by Petition.
Men of plain understandings, on a question of this
kind, will not fail to ask, if the profligacy of any one
A.insinistratiou can justify another in pursuing a
similar line of conduct, or lessen its criminality in
wringing from the people, by inquisitorial oppression,
their own fair portion of the fruits of their industry?
—With Stares, the conduct of the Goveram:•nt
should ever be analogous to that of the prudent
head of a family, or the result will infallibly be
the same as with the improvident spendthrift.—
How stands the Land-holler, the Agriculturalist,
the Merchant and Manufacturer at this moment ?
I 'heir respective incomes are abridged and they are
cataftelkd to reduce their establithrnente. Have office.
holders an exemption from the effects of public cala-
mity ? Are others to be taxed and racked by the en-
gines of inquisition to compel them to contribute to
the upholding of the fall establishments of a particu-
lar class ? Is this bearable ? Is it reasonable, when the
prices of sustenance are reduced, and consequently
purchasable with a smaller sum of money, that pub-
lic salaries should not only not be reduced but be in.
creased ? that such men should not only be freed from
the effects of the general pressure, but be positively
benefited in proportion to the increased value of money.
This as to the individuals—but this is not all that is
required by the unerring analogy of the case we have
put: the Government, as the wise director of the
affairs of a large family, is bound to keep its expen-
diture within its means, and to reduce its establish.
meet in a time of general distriss-and poverty, if it
would maintain its solvency. There is no more rea.
son in a Minister, .in certain circumstances, stating
how many objects he wisbekto accomplish, and the
sum wanted, than in a private individual stating that
he must have a coach, a chariot, twenty men servants
for his establishment, and other things in proportion,
without first inquiring whether his income can sup.
port such an expenditure. tet the voice of reason
and prudence be perseveringly disregarded by the
Ministers of any people, and ruin-must ensue as cer.,
tainly as in the case of any imprudent individual who
draws upon futurity to meet present extravagance.
Every argument advanced by Ministers in support
of their favourite measureof a Peace Tax on Income
has been repeatedly overturned, and every new
ground which they have taken has only, served to
expose the feebleness of their reasoning. One of
their first arguments, when requested not to hurry
such a measure precipitately through the House,
has now received a refutation, which by their hurry,
they would have prevented. It was stated by Minis-
ters that their intention to continue this Tax had been
early announced (about twelve days before the night
to which we allude) yet the ionntry had shewn no
repugnance; there had been no Nam: against the
Tax.—a proof that the sense of the country was with
them ! Will they repeat this argument now ? Will
they follow that line which their argument inferred
—namely, relinquish the project, the sense of the
country being against them ? Time will chew.
The conduct of the.Honourable.General MATHEW
in reprobating the insinuation that the Irish Members
would probably Min the Minister in rivetdng the

^nerescive chains of tbi,t tux ,spon Xl;Mtlishinest. d•
serves and obtains MOtely* Praise: We lielisist, with
this worthy Member, that hishmea will net their
country being exempted from this imposititit, lend
their aid to fix it upon Others; We must, however,
except Lord Carmarasou be recommends and
supports the minium— but however honest .bis mo-
tives may be, let it be recollected that his Lordship's
paternal estate is in Ireland ; and therefore beyond
the reach ot the.op-ration of this Tax".
The argument which would distinguish between
the rich and the poor, ,tbough answered again and
again, is still pressed by the imprudent suppoiteri. of
this measure; hut, it would appear, with as little
effect as the attempt to persuade the Landed
Interest that it may be so modified as not to
affect them. Ercry attempt to prove too much
serves to expose a. fallacious argument. In
deiision of Petitions from Merchants and Manu-
Ititurers it was ttiid, that the Tax affected them in
only a small_degree, for their whale contribution-was
under three millions [by the printed return we find it
to be, for 1181 i, the sum of £2,776,800] t of course
the landed interest drew the proper inference—then
comes the plan of modifications to bribe the Land-
holders I but all classes' have had their eyes opened ;
And out of Parliument the general and universal
sense of the People is against-. the measure.—
In one word—lf the Commercial Interest is to pay
in future only one half of the former rate, and the
Landed Interest to be almost entirely exempted by
the efficacy of modifications, What is the. tax to pro-
duce I Would the Minister persist in a tax which,
by his own argument, is to be unproductive ? No!
no I Give him a pages precedent for such a War Tax
as this, and you will find to your cost, that by means
of /ware modykaiions he will make it productive.

.This day Mr. HASa waited upon the Genthmen of
the Stock Exchange, and informed them that the
Bank had agreed to their Petition: that is to say—
ihe first payment of thirty per cen:. is to remain
as before, viz. the 11th of April—The second
payment, of 30 per cent. which w•{s to hive been on
the 26th of April. has been put ufr to the 17th of May ;
and the third payment of £4. p. r cent. which e•
to have keen the 10th May, ilits been Jefenreti to the
12th July.

We have received the Paris Papers of Snnday.
They entrain a continuati,,n of the trial of LIND!,
and BovEtt, whose conduct daily appears of a darker
hue. It these wretches had the smallest spark IA
honour or honesty in their compositions, they woulis
"confess their crime, and ask pardon of their injured
Sovereign and country. As to LtNots he seems to
have been like NZY, in a state of temporary insanity,
and now expresses something like regret at listening
to the seductions of BUYER.

A most interesting report. on the state of the French
Finances was made in the Chamber of Deputies on
Saturday. Economy and retrenchment are the orders
of the day in France at, present.
Washington Papers to the 11th ult. have reached
town. There appears to be si.me foundation for the
rumour that the Peace between America and the

Dey of Algiers does not promise to he permanent.—
That great hope of the Amer;can navy, Commodore
Decatur, has been cbarged by the Algerines with a
forfeit of his pledge, if not with a direct infraction of
the late treaty. This accusation does not rest upon
the authority of the Algerines alone, but is confirmed
by an American Officer present at the signing of the
Treaty of Peace.
The Amnit.an Officer in question has written
home from Port Mahon on the subject, and tells his
story as follow; :—That on their arrival off Algiers
on the 4th November, Mr. Shaler, the American
Consul, came off from the shore and informed them,
thal the Regency was very favourably disposed to the
Americans, but that the Dey himself had expressed
his great dissatisfaction at the prize brig not being
returned, as Commodore Decatur had promised
him. The Dey was the more hart on the occa-
sion, as he had made a more favourable peace
with America than any of his predecessors had
ever made before with any Christian Power.—
The Dey further observed, that the people were not
altogether satisfied at the terms of the peoce, and
that, as he was young upon the throne, the restoration
of the two prizes was absolutely necessary to his po
pularity : that he had faithfully observed and exe-
cuted all that part of the Treaty which related to
himself: that although the restoration of the two ves-
sels was not a specification in the Treaty, yet he con.
sidered Commodore Decatur's pledge to restore them
as sacred as if it had been ; and that he was truly
mortified, after a lapse of four or five months, that
Mr. Shaler could give him no satisfactory answer
whether the brig was to be restored or not, or why
she was, with her crew, detained at Carthagena.r--
On the part of the naval Officer of the United States,
tie affirms, that true it is, mid strange as it may ap-
pear, Commodore Decatur sailed from Carthagena
tor the United States, without communicating with
the American Consul at Algiers on• the subject, al--
though he had pledged his word of honour to do so,
and was in the very port where the brigs were detained.
The . Officer further avers as a fact, that when the
Dey was about to sign the Treaty, he °infected, with-
out the restoration of the brigs : the Commodore did
not object.; but not wishing to make any allusion in
the Treaty, he made the prcimise to do so, notwith-
standing, on his word of honour, and that -the ves-
sels should be delivered at Algiers in their present
situation. One of the vessels the Spaniards, it seems,
afterwards gave.up, but the other they refused to
surrender. The Algerines continued dissatisfied, and
a rupture with America was considered inevitable.
Some squabbling bad also taken place between the
Americans and Spaniards respecting the detention of
the Algerine vessels.
Lawn Ecaorios, MARCH 12.----The second day's
'Poll was most severely contested. Rectiminatiot.s
between both parties oceasitnally interrupted the pro
gress of the bushiest. At the close of the poll the
numbers were—Fox Sir Joint SIALIAST La—For Mr.
(lAtill.b.T 126.

rug- gni?:

The regiments
,of th • lire in England, Sentl.n
and Ireland, are to be reduced to 400 men eich, in
lone nut.
The 92J regiment of Hy,lll4nii rs, one of th most
distinguished in the blttle 1V Orrin's. is arrived at
Hull, and will in a tow digs em!, •rk for ilh•ri..en.
The Royal Ayrshir • Militia Ir
on Soturdsy se'iiniglit, on their route for Scotlind, to
be disembodied.
?ridgy se'nnight, the 1 •t division 4 the Ist batty.
lion Royal Scots marched
ghodee. where they landed on Wednesday preced-
ing, from Portpatrick
The British Isle transport is arrived in Waterford
irboar with three comp.inies of the 27t!', • r
killen infantry, u ider the common.' of Capt. Aiwa.

NitYAL INTELLIGENCE.

EAST-INDIA SHIPPING.

The country si.i;) LonD CASTLERSAOII ,rrived in
tile Downs yesterday from Bomb.sy, place she
left about the 10th November las., on which d4y it is
reported the DAVID SpnTT and CAHMARTIttti arrived
there. The Company's s!iir 'rriol4AS GnENVILIA
outward-bound, sailed from Simon's Bay the lst Ja.
nuary last.