The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-03-10 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN:

Mr. TIVAN EY lad no objection to itsholog post-
poned till Monday. •
Mr. Pfltl.l.:l 'wish.ed thit thi consideration of
some of the new lases should be postponed for a few
days longer. lie was convinced that even the
Chancellor of the Exchequer could not be furnish-
ed with sufficient information so soon as Monday
next.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
observed, that thtre had been a greater interval be-
tween his stateinent of the new taxes and the time
fixed for the considerlhion of thisi, than at any
former period. During that interYti he had received
a good deal of information respecting them.
Mr. PROTHEROE having understood that the
!Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to propose
some modifications of the tax upon windows of pre-
miser used as• manufactories) wished to know what
those modifications were ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
stated, that he did intend to propose such modifica-
tions, as in those manufactories many windows were
necessary both for light and air. He should divide
those manufactories into two classes. Iti some, there
were a considerable number of windows of a small
size; in others, there was a greet range of glass ne-
cessary for light, hat hardly subdivided into different
windows. Instead of Sc. Od. a window, he intended
to propose Is. 6d.; and when the number exceeded
100, then he should propose to take the duty by su-
perficial measure, as in the case of hot-houses.—
With respect to warehouses, it was not his intention
that the ditty should increase in a progressive scale,
as with dwelling-houses. Those warehouses should
not be so much considered as criteria of wealth as
the instruments by which it was to be acquired. He
did not propose that the tax should extend to small
shops connected with cottages, which were exempted
on account of their poverty.
Mr. PHILLIPS still thought the Chancellor of the
Exchequer could not ha‘e sufficient information of
the opinions of the persons to be affected by those
taxes so soon as Monday.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER
said, that there would be many subsequent stages in
which modifications might be proposed.
Mr. W. SMITH considered that those taxes, com-
bined with another measure, which he hoped would
not pass (the Corn Bill), appeared to hint to throw
an undue proportion of the burthens of the country
on the manufacturers.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
deuied that they would have that effect.
After a short conversation between Mr. BUT-
TERWORTH and the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER, respecting the Assessed Taxes on
male servants,
The further consideration of the Report wart ad-
journed to Monday next.—Adjourued.

Flom rim LONDON GA:ETTE, M.lnce 7.

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

War-Office, March 7.

Royal Regiment of Horse Guard., Richard Rock, Geol. to
Cornet, by purnbase, ♦ice Watson, promoted.
3d Regiment of Dragonu Guards, Lieutenant Charles Grevi
from the 97th Foot, to be Lieuten►ut, vice De Daubra
ho exchanges.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoon, Lieutenant /oho Lu
from half•pay of the 4th Dragoons, to be Lieutenant,

Snow, wbu exchanges. .
21st Ditto, Cornet Samuel Carter to he Lieutenant, al
purchase, vice Buck, who retires.
22d Ditto, Francis Punally. Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase,
vice 13oyes, promoted in the 88th Foot.
3d Regiment of Foot Gicirdi., John Armit, Gent. to be En•
sigo, by purchase, vice I'oigndeslre, who retirrs.
Ist Regiment of Free, A. Stewart, Gent, to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Byerly, promoted.
fith Ditto,

ceased.
I 14th Ditto, Captain Thomas Langton, from the 99th Foot,
to be Captain of a Company, vice 'tanhope, who exchanges.
94th Ditto, Lieutenant James Wright. from half pay of the
61st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice H mt, who exchanges.
27th Ditto, John Alexander, Gent. to be Ensign, without
Ipur-
chase, vice Pentc;vre, who resigns.
29th Ditto, Captain Charles Scaolic,pe, from the 14th Foot, to
be Captain of a Company, vice 11-tillon, who exchanges.
90th Ditto, Captain JI:(1111 Finnucane, from the 101 d Foot, to
' be Captain of a Company, vice Craig, who exchanges.
Lieutenant P. C. Coekburne, from the Cape Regiment, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brydges, promoted io
the Portuguese Army.
46th Ditto, John Campbell, Gent. to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Moises. whose appointment has not taken place.
48th Ditto, Lieutenant H. J. Pounniey, from half-pay of the
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Steele, who exchanges.
49th Il3itto, Quarter-Master John Harpur, from half-pay of
45th Foot, to be Quarter-Master, vice Walsh, who ex-
changes.
51th Ditto, Ensign M. S. H. Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice
Blake, deeeas d.
Pryee Clarke. Gent. to be Ensign, vice Lloyd.
67th Ditto, Major William Percevul, from the 14th Foot, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Major-General
Gordon, who retires.
79th Ditto, Lieutenant John Ford to he. Adjacent, vice Ca.
meroo, who resigns the Adjutancy only.
Ensign ilieorge Harrison to be Lieutenant, vice MlGibboo,
deceased.
Donald Campbell, Gent. to he Ensign, vice Harrison.
86th Ditto, Lieutenant James Leckie to he Adjutant, vice fir.
kett, dismissed the service.
91st Ditto, Ensign Alexander Sword to be Lieutenant, with-
tit purchase, vice Bunbury, promoted in the Portuguese
Army.
97th Ditto, lieutenant E. B. De Danhrawa, from the 3tl

Dragoon Guards, to he Lieutenant, vice Ureville, who ex-
changes.
99th Ditto, Ensign William hi`Conchy to he Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Thompson, promoted.
Ensign Brian Caspoor, (ruin half-pay of the 634 Foot, to be
Euiign, vice Ml•Conchy.

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ADJOURNED INQUEST.

Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Inquest which !et upon
the body of Edward Vyse, who was shot on Tuesday night, op-
posite Mr. Rohinsnn's, resumed the examination of n itnesses,
at the Red Lion, Portland-street, Poland-street.
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Win. Hone, bookseller, of 53, Fleet-street, deposed. that
about nine o'clock on Tuesday he entered Burlington-street
from Vigo-lane, in company with two friends. Witness did
not see any crowd until he came opposite Mr. Robinson's house,
when be saw about 40, and not exceeding 50 persons, they
were principally boys. Witness and his friends went to Mr.
Robinson's house to look down the area, he then heard a voice
say, " come away (rain there:" witness went over the way itn-
nsediately, and about five minu•es after saw the boys laughing
and looking at the house; about a dozen boys were playing
amoog themselves ; no hostilities were offered, nor was the Corn
Bill mentioned ; 00 V or aggravation seemed to exist.—
A short time afterwards a stone or something else was thrown
at Mr. R.'s house, he pressmen it came from some person in the
crowd; io a minute or two another stone was thrown ; ssitness
then heard it said that there were soldiers in the house, lie he-
camealanned, and said to his friends, " let us he off," and moved
off about 20 feet toward, Clifford-street ; another stone or two
were shortly afterwards thrown at the house, and witness saw a
flash and heard a report from fire-arms at the window of •the
house, upon which the boys who had collected dispersed hooting
and hissing*• they almost immediately be.tan to re-assemble op-
posite the house, and Circe more stones were thrown. Wit-
ness saw a Gentleman knock at toe door of the adjoining
house, the door was opened, and the Gentleman remained
some time talkinF to a servant who opened the door; the
boys said, " go in and shut the door,' a stone was thrown
into the passage. After this there was more throwing at Mt.
Robinson's house. Something like a lump of clay or hard s.
stance was thrown against the shutters of the window. errs
other stones were thrown w ituess heard reports from th". • tic
arms, they were not fired as tt volley, but in suceessiri,:,
.he
distance of about a second. 'Flue crowd then disperse,: , w•. my
saw a man in the custody of five or six persons, f • b) a
few of the crowd, and about a dozen persons wi" wily,
cried, " clear away;" their swords were unshe :1, (1,4 they
were striking indiscriminately.—There cranial: were nit any
soldiers or peace officers acting during the t,. e: is• ;fl.• ss was
there; two Horse-guards might have cleared Joe ssb,.ie of the
persons assembled. Witness did not kw t,ttc ia was shot
when be wentaway, which wasa few r• i . pep,' . sea o'clock.
Mr. Kerrison, surgeon, stated, tk • : isonsequence of a re.
quest made by the Jury, lie had otev 4 f: :tours to examine
the deceased, assisted by tithes e • ssioessl ,mtlemeo ;he found
that the skull had been perfc •I large shots, four of
which het produced, and , 3-reapowled with the perforations
in the head, also with Ow I. the hat, He net his
death in consequence <it tiiri;,tiots.

John AUNT. um' • -b...,geg ... \ie. Robinson, deposed, that
about nine recto g !tiro. -.y nlght, hu woe sitting in the
houtekeeper's r - 1 ~.-..rd great noise and tumult in the
street; the ho• :din the same manner as preceding
evehine, wi• ml stones. Witness heard the report
of gun- fire . arlour : there were a corporal and fit
prism,. giou.e ; heard one of the ,oldiers say.
' tolle ' • Allen." In answer to some questions pot
by a - the soldiers were sent there by Lord Sid-
moat servant oas scat to him for that purpose.—
Nan - rs were taken after the event ; hut tone of them
were trtke.. L., eustittly,as they continued in /he house until six
o'sict-it •a- .text looming: there were no police g.ilicers in the
house, ; •4. r.• bad been witness most have known it.

3•:,••• :.).y, butler to Mr. Robinson, corroborated the
str.esue•it amer witness, as fkr as regarded the assailing of
th-• !allse ; i:+e corporal and privates came there at the request
of itsii,,, son and Lord Buckinghamshire. In the course of
V • V 1 C..' the soldier; came into the house, and between eight
ai,.l tile they were at supper, there was a violent knock-
'or, and straws and brickbats were thrown in at tbe
wi: is then railed the corporal, and asked him what his
• I He replied, to tire with ball cartridge if they
• .s.ed and it became necessary. A stone was thrown
latter, and a musket was fired from the window.—
this there was a violent attack upon the house, and
soldiers took a pistol front witness's hand, which had
ed the night preceding, and fired it nut of the window ;
Wed with large shot. Witness heard a scream, and
• ••• lancing towards the window saw, as he thonOst, a man
.4; ion the ground, and some persons came and lifted hits
.tn officer came. and put the soldiers under arrest.

v,litam Sutton corroborated that part as to the house being
••,;ml, and said he saw the pistol taken from former witness's
by the soldier.
+'o ward Davis saw a few persons at nine o'clock assembled
.!, I.srliogtow-strert ; there was no riot or disturbance. Soon
1. he gm a brick or stouc thrown at the window-shutter;
. tier appeared at the window, and fired a musket ; after
bey had thrown other stones, witness saw a musket levelled
the Window, which was discharged, and he saw a man fall,
rd a scream and cry of murder; the person fell into the
; of another, bleeding very profusely, and was taken away;
soldiers then came out of the house, and after knocking the
mouth of the barrel against the ground, they stooped and picked
op something, which witness believed to be a ball cartridge.
Ile saw a person whom he,bclieves was a peace officer with one
of the soldiers.—Who gave them orders to fire? He replied. a
man in the house; that they had no orders from their officers to
tire. There was no riot or disturbance while witness remained.
At this late hour (half past nine o'clock) the Jury thinking the
evidence of the soldiers necessary for the further investigation
of the ease, ordered an adjournment, which was agreed upon;
and atelier was ordered to be sent to Lord Sidnioutb, to beg his
Lordship to produce the soldiers who were in the house before
the Jury to-morrow (this day), at one o'clock, to which time
the Jury adjourned.

By recent accounts from Cadiz we learn, that the
vaunted expedition against Spanish America has ended
in the troops being landed and ordered to their old
cantonments in Port St. Mary, &c. The pretext
is, that some of the transports must be refitted, but
the fact is, that the Minister CEVALLOS thinks it a
pity, under existing circumstances, that 8000 men
i should be sacrificed when they may be wanted at home,
and could only serve to strengthen the patriots. In
the mean time, the religious FERDINAND, in the fulness
of his heart, has got all the Spanish American patriots
excommunicated, and obtained a Bull from the POPE to
that effect. This excommunichtion has been announced
in the parish churches in Spain. There is some truth
in Sir Jont4 DOWNIE'S being destined to go out in
the expedition. FEaniN tND was sending out a new
Inquisitor-General, and a whole army of Priests.—
These assembled in Seville. where they became ac-
quainted with Sir JOHN, and actually recommended
him. He accompanied them to Cadiz to embark,
and, poor man, all his hopes have been frustrated. 1
Meszuntous CIRCUASTA NC E.—A circumstance of '
a mysterious nature, attended with a violent suspi.
cion of murder took place lately at North Berwick.
—A person who had recently establiseed a brewery
at Haddington, had gone down to Nortk Berwick,
for the purpose of obtaining customers. Having j
been in company with several of them at dinner, and'
having partaken rather too freely of the bottle, he
became somewhat boisterous, and a scuffle ensuing,'
he was turned oat of the public-house. From thence',
he went to seek redress at a 'neighbouring Magis- j
trate's, where, having created alarm by his appear-
ance, he was driven from the house by the servant,
and, shortly after was found in the street with one of
his legs broken in a most shocking manner.—
: Being carried in this state to the inn, he was,
I visited by several people, among others a person i
whom he recognised, it is said, as the man who had
given him his death blow. After this a delirium took I
place; when it subsided it was found necessary to
amputate the limb ; before this was done, he again I
charged the same person with his death blow, and I
died under the operation. Much investigation has
taken place, but nothing has hitherto come out to
criminate nny one. Attempts have been made to
show that the accident was occasioned ty a fall over
some stones in the street; but the evidence of the
medical people Roes to prove, !hat nothing btlt a
blow from some heavy weapon could have fractured
the limb in the manlier they found it.

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