The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-04-07 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN.

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LONDON:

• TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 181&

, The Ministerial majority in the Howse of Com-
mons', who support high taxes and high establishments
of all kinds, was last night reduced to the miserable
"amount of eft. The ruinous consequences of the
kigb Duties on' Leather, by which a considerable
branch of our national industry has been transferred
into the hands of foreigners, hive been lamentably
snanifetted by the state of the trade, by papers laid
before Parliament, and by the bankrupt list.—
To repeal this tea a Bill was brought in, bat not by
Minister*. On the contrary their whole influence
bas been exerted to defeat the object of thicßill, and
continue the high sad ruinous duties. Lord At.•
moats, who prepared the way for the repeal Bill,
last night moved its mend reading, and after a
debate, very instructive as to the principles and

the prosperous effects of the policy by which we
are governed, a division took place, when
Ministers succeeded in throwing out the hill,

by 136 to 130.—The only reason that can
be given fur refusing the repeal, is • fine ex-
emplification of the 64 highly consolatory state of
the Revenue." This tax, small as the product which
it now yields unfortunately is, cannot be repealed
without the substitution of some other that would
press more diredly (which one would ?) upon the
Public. It seems also that such, is the unfortunate
situation to which the CHANCELLOR of the Excite-
stun is now driven, and our impoverished country
umleckily with him, that no diminution whatever
can be made in the list of the taxes, for they are all
duly recorded and retied upon in the books of the
State Creditors. Mr. GRANT, one• et the young
Lords of the Treasury, tells us this for Mr. Vag-
Smarr, who has not the same coerge• iti giving
emt disagreeable truths.• It Is, theterinre, eiresonse
to %pact any further reduction of taitatiofi, not.
wittitending all the blessings that peace has
brought us, and the improving state of the
!national resources, for " the necessity of supporting
• the Revenue and pa blic fiith, which woullbe shaken
and destroyed if the securities which the creditors
of the State held in their hands were thus gradually
withdrawn," must render the expectation of all such
measures hopeless and unreasonable! The cords of
taxation most continue 'veinal to the most L.:ern-

misting degree to satisfy the Loan end National Debt
Gentlemen, and to keeps up, an increased number of
soldiers to repress the discontent of the People against
the mildelt and most pious of Governments I Mr.
BUOUCHIAK very peoperly fixed en this points when the
impossibility of findings substitute was mentioned, and
instanced the repeal of the Property Tax,* subsitute
for which was dispensed with by revising and reducing
the Estimates ; he justly observed, that the reduction
of the 5000 or 60(X) men, as proposed by Mr. CAL-
cnArr, would do far more than corer the deficiency
occasioned by the repeal of the Leather Mr.
Huss:mots, however, closes in here, with this most
satisfactory piece of logic : the ohe tax, he

says, was granted to assist in carrying en the war
Lit Na also deemed pecessiry to carry on 'Le peace)).l

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while the other formed expert Of the Supply of the
year, bet iris gaveled twat Coissolidated Fend, foe
the-payment of the interest 'of the National Debt
so that as forty a e the whole. amount of die, rerma-
Weir Tuxes u mot wore has equal to their:44 the
faith of Parliament :144 cis pledged to ditaisestry not
to repeal any of them without introdudnir ethers to
Int equal amount. This is a blessed prospect foe the
payers of taxes, and the inheritors of oil* hundred
millions of debt.
Both Houses hate adjodetied to Wednesday, In
consequence of the Oatmeal ceremony of the Princess
EL:Zapata being appointed for this day. It takes
place, according to the final arrangement, et eight
o'clock in the evening at Iluckiugham-hoelle.
• By. she arrival of [Amboy Courier*, we aril it
length pet in possession of interesting details ref the
the lest engagement which took place, toil/reeds the he=
ginning of November, between the British troops
ander Colonel Brno, and those of the PSISIIWA. It
seems,tbe latter chose bin opportunity of Moving when
-the greeMe-perl of the British force sear Peereah had
detached for the useful peepoet et eshoOltmline
Wileigentral "suppression or the Pindarree pdilit:tdu,:-
Syetptonts of Millirem humility becoming prettk
manifest Officer consmaseling, and the
PRISUWA, emsegst other circumstances, having de-
clared his 'Ablution of retiring from hie capital to
the "cimp. where be had assembled Ais troops, Colonel , •
Bunn look a position io advance of Keerkee,
.end,
on the sth of November, prepared to receive the no-
my, who appeared in.his frost with. an army which
wet estimated at 20,000 cavalry, and about 10.000
foot. Mr. EcruresiONE," the British Resident,
repaired to our bead=querters, taking with him
his personal guard. The force under the orders of
Colonel Bunn, was composed of one (the Bombay)
regiment of European Infantry, and four battalions
of Seapoys, besides 64 men of the 65th Regiteeist.of
the Line, with a small detachment of artillery and
pioneers. The British advanced, but, at the sense
moment, the enemy's artillery opened upon their
• centre, while the Mahratta cavalry charged their left
wing, and forced two regiments which had upended
their ammunition to retire. A demonstration by
the British right very probably saved the retiring
body from a repetition of this attack, which as the
enemy bad almost surrounded our left wing,. might
have proved in no small degree destructive. The
Mahrettas likewise got into the rear of the British
right, so that the whole corps was enveloped by the'
enemy ; when, adopting the last expedient of brave,
and disciplined troops, our men faced about and gave
them some vollies, which threw them into confusion,
and put an end to the engagement. This contest was,
at one period of it, severe and critical; but superior
training, and the ascendency of European courage,
triumphed over disparity of numbers; and the result,
though not a total overthrow of the enemy, was ho-
nourable to the Company's arms. On the morning
of the 6th of November, a light battalion, with 1000
aoxiliaty horse, effected their junction with Colonel
BURR'S little army. General %MR Caine op with
his division on the 13th, and appears to have engaged
almost immediately, in a series of active operations.
The battle which bts fought with the Petsnws, net
the 16th, is said to have terminated in the de.
feat and dispersion of the Mahratta force. But
it ought to be recollected that, with en army so
constituted, a flight is not always decisive of its
overthrow, and dispersion is very different from
ruin. Pnonah, hosteler, has been abandoned by the
PruitwA, who is 'flouted to hive fallen back on the
hill fort of Saitarah, a place of great strength,
about 47 miles from the capital. It has been stated
that General SMITH was following op his advantages;
though no details of the battle of the 16th, nor of
any later movements, are to be found in the ;mein-
gence from Bombay. Much peridelity appears to
have been occasioned by the PEISIIIVA'S conduct
among the circles of political reasoners in India ; and
many questions are asked, though few conjectures are
risked, as to his motives. It is said, and may be
with truth, that he owed his re-establishment on the
Throne of l'oottab to British policy; and, therefore,
that he is ungrateful to fly in the face of his hene.
factors. It is also observed, that his dominions are
like
_those of e'er), other Wien Sniereign, ex-
posed to the ravages of the Pindarree tribe*, and
that it is therefore unwise in him to qoarrel with
that power which is now employed in attempting to
extinguish the Pindarrees. But the Pettnw.t may
not he so weak and miscalculating as some persons
imagine ; he is unquestionably a bold.and ambitious
Prince, and he may be under the influence of a
Minister whose spirit is of a restless, yet intriguing
and imposing nature. The PEISHWA may have thus
been persuaded to become a member of a vast con-
federacy, having for its object the annihilation of the
British power, and the consequent abolition of all
restraints upon the tyranny of the higher Chieftains
of India over their subjects, and on the aggressions
which, before the establishment of British ascend.
ency, they had practised, from age to 'gel evilest
their less formidable neighbours. Dazzled and se,
duced by such a dream, and impelled into activity
by the still more powerful instinctive motive of self-
preservation, from the further military aggressions
in contemplation at the British seat of Government,
a despot of this character, and much more a con-
federacy of such enterprising spirits, cannot bat be a
formidable power to contend with. No accounts
have reached us of the true relations subsisting be-
tween our Government aid the other great Palters
of India.

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' ilea& fir Riga
40446,4111.friltti.,einFik,. ;,. fr,.
Governing/4.bn deniatsdad,ditasi tbst. of uniNothed-
lauds the anoreedsr of tindidit French Referos,
to have been linplitirNrci In thii• tee attack -In the
Doke of WELLINGTON' hi Para: - Swordt eit' this*
exiles have been seized, add Confined at brussels.—
The Letters from the fronded of France state that
the soldiers of tin Allied Army have obtained per-
mission to assist the farmers in their igrictsitoral
boors. This account does not Waite an litefition
of speedily withdrawing the Army of Occupation.—
The Dutch letters mention that the GoVerntisent of
the Netherlands complains much of the: opt
smuggling now. carried in, And tbat•it I. ionesdeistii.
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lay new dein on sown articles 'nr osportortretire.t
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larly on Gcrepa. It world seem- that ntiw daths
are more likely to promote than prevent illicit node; ,
and as to legal ertosturrct, these heavy toles will as"
lioredly very mach diminish it. Another Law which
has been lately paned in Holland is of 'e more poll
tic charecter, thoogh apparently not much in orison ,
.with the boasted commercial, liberty of the Detch;:--
It is said to, be Goaded, that for the Uteri no Loan
for a foreign Government shall be raided in thdt
eientryr
advicet item the French capital inform is,
that Cantillwe it Still in close Confinement, bet he re.
Nees to make any disclosures. The Courts of Solis
and Portugal are deseribr:d ds in the same state of
exasperation. All the efforts of the five Courts, and
'by the Doke of WiLustcToir himoplf, to bring about
an agreement on these differences, it is said, have hi.
*hello been fruitless. It is a striking proof of the per.'
manent manner in which the Allied Sovereigns hive
completed the works of universal tranquillity, to tell
as, is some of the commentators on these dream.
stances do, that it is impossible, in the present state
of the political world, to contemplate without the
most painful forbodings, the consequences which
might result from the first cannon-shot fired in
Europe !

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The Prince of Illessa.flostanne, on his snits!
at Hampton on Sunday, inspected she coriosities of
the place, and afterwards dined with Sir BENJAMIN
BLOOMFIELD. who hail invited the Aostrian Ambits.
sating-, the Russiatt Ambassador and Lady, the
French Ambassdor and Lady, and Count MUNSTER;
to meet him. His Serene Highness returned to town
in the evening, accompanied by Prince ESTERMAET.
Yesterday his Serene Highness visited the QUEEN
and PRINCESSES, the PRINCE REGENT, the Duke of
NORTIMMBIRLAND, arid several persons of distinc.
lion.
The Quite bed a select party on Sunday evening.
The Paisca REGENT held a Court yesterday, and
previnesly a Privy Commit, at which the marriage CO
the Princess ELIZABETH with the Hereditary P,rince,
of flEssa.lionsuaG was proposed and sanctioned.
Mr. Hose, we nada:stand, was sworn in and took,
his seat as a Member.
The Baron de Germin, Envoy from the Lind..
grave of ileme7licineuno, and Baron Keane, Mar.
ahal of the Court of that principality, were afterwards
introduced with the usual forms, and were most gra-
ciously received by the Puma REGENT.
The Swedish Minister, Baron STIERIIROLD, was
also introduced with doeceremony, delivered his ere•
dentials, and was most gracinualy received.
Tne QUEEN afterwards held a private Court at her
Palace, at which the two Barons from Hesse.linm.
burg were presented, and were moat graciously re.
ceived by her MAJESTY, on their mission relative
to the marriage of her daseter. The Seedish Mi.
sister was also presented, and was must graciously
received.

IVETatowrit, APRIL 2 —Prince Ltopotto will
quit Weymouth, greatly restored and strengthened
by the change of air and bathing ; Isis spirits have
undergone little change, but la health is evident)
improved. His flightless quits thin place on the 6th
inst., and purpose, arriving at •Claremont on the
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Duke of WELLINoTov was expected at Calais
nn Sonday night or Monday morning. A• packet
had been ordered for his conveyance from that port
to Dover.

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A NOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT TO A ROYAL DUKE.
—Rumour says, that the Princes4of fictsa.CANSFI. L
has declined the proffered band of the Doke of CLA-
HeNcs, and- that a anion is on the lapis between his
Royal Matrons and a Princess of the House of SAXE.
I LORGURGUAUSEN. •
Viwoontrlti'M rLBOURNE died last morning, et nine
o'clock', at Melbourne-noise.
Produce of the Revenue of Great Windt). in the
Quarters ending the sth April, 1817 and 1818.
IRI7. 1818:
Customs . . £1.911.596 . . c50m,164
E. rise . . 4,511,05 i . . 3.15141 5
stamps . . 1,494611 . . 1,588,7511
Poo olive , . 343.000 . . 196.00.1
Aff•rst•ed Tau% . 868.104 . . 917.444
I.aad Tuxes . 154,550 . . • 178.55
Mimellmseuns . 98.:95 . . 73.170
.69,510,211 . ,C 10.149,44
Arrr:iisnf Properly Tax £1.029,718 • £2511,190
Our readers might prohably be pleased to receive
comparative statement of the net Revenue foi the re.
spec, ire.gearters ending the sth of April, 1816, 1817,
and 1818—vii.
Nit he A pril. 1818. 1817. ' 1818.
£15.0141900 J10,553,9/9 5e10,509,397:
NORTH POLE,--Olpfliri VA MCCHIVER used to say.
that be had been nearer the Pole thin any other man,
for that when Captain CooK, in lat. 72, was stopped
in his progress by impenetrable mountains of Ice, and
watt preparing to tack about,. he went to the very
end of the bowsprit, and waving his bandiesclaiesed
—ne plus ultra.
Fottocom—By a return made to tfro HOMO of
Commons, it appears that the number. of persons egg.
cuter' for forgery within the last 28 years, amounts
to 223. Of these 76 wets for forgeries on-the 'Book,
of England.

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asoruing, got a-back of Opt „North Pair,. lasi( Aiii
ktaared will not be gut• aff„mplin; as, lc, ii Irfarbio4
tory atroitg and a great deakoffirra rientsing.,: A:lNgit
aadeavouring to bring a rope oa abate (rum her up•
jostiod one man was drOirood. .
titIISGATt, APRIL 6.—Tiiii Hannah; Flcluisirds;
Ms huge oil' the. Dyke, ,in the night tide, sod via:
keeseled for the Kiser.. We bar frets Masses% ssc
She is riding off the Sand-head.
MARGATE, Aran. o.—Salted tb• Crooltnisithiti
fet. tAtotharn.
FALISOUTtio Arai t. 4.—Sailod the 040 Cotters sit
a cruise. . , ..
NOIRTII SILIELDS, AVatt. 4 7--,Tire brig Lilly, Wet.
ion, which was on shore, on the fiend Sand, bus beeri
got off after landing her carp of Kriodstoovs, butt
heaving overboard nearly tho Apia of bet coils.-;-
Shit al itriogwiirto duck to aelaßair44 .

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MONDAY, Al'itL 6.
Wit. Laliaper Parashaw, or Hiarnslth*, War indicted fott
At A letter, entrusted to him as a letter-currier, rat
wrier Well. lea. lid.
Mr. 130U4N0 ..peued.the picisdings.
Mt. Rowe staled the Case to the Jury, and called the foll Sir.:
Big evideroce:— •
llama A rosistruig, wife a? liobert Armstrong. of Bridme...la
the isle of Wight, teat two 11. notes to the Post-oeicf by a
neighbour, for the puniest of being *Masotti ted to London. Tlia
Past 'Mee pre her au order fors* meaty, a bleb was inclosed
in the letter sent by her to Ann 'fa Aar.
Mrs. Serainger said. that On the lath of December she
Maltthe lawn, iii the Utlice, and wit the order for it Put la the •
.letter.
Mr. Edward Sweetinne, Piistaaastei at Ityde steeeired the
leenettie which gave sla order for It. The letter in ;hicli it Was pot
roar addressed to " ADP Taylor, Edwards-place; Seymeara
place. Mary-le bonne. Landau." Witness sealed the knee,
sad put it in the bag hiM.elf. It shoild hare arrived In towd
seat inortiltig.
• Several witnesses proved that the delivery.? the lettete in that
district was in the round of the Poisoner. ,
The order being butted not td be a valid one, the rebottle
was acquitted.
Ile ear again indicted for recrelieg four Bask notes, d the
r"uJueleal4ll b.
I:ocartir,trutler to Sir W: Pews, *rated, that do the
i9th of November he remitted tone notes to his wife in Loa-
d****, the numbers of which he wok down at the timer put (hest
in a letter, sealed it, and addressed it to his Wife iu Mary-lea
bootie, 'modest; paid the portage for it. Being rhowu one
of the outer, a uuc., ideutilied it tram seeing his baud-writing
on it.
Several st itnerseS were Called, who oreted the Manner in which
the buster* uf Ilse Puat-Odicet. conducted. The 11. note iden-
tified by Ford was paid by the Prisoner w a Mr,. id
Hanover pilitare.
After a very lung trial; the Ptboaer was acquitted on shit
and two other charger. lie is &twilled in !gaudy rut meditag
suave clothe..
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Robert Belford, ff. Marg Mentor. V. 3; Saida 19; 'hut
James Boiler. vh, were severally areught io sue bar, and plead-
ed to the m' r utfonce of having forged uutet in their
purser, , know ing them to oe forged. Tins slibjects them to
i 4 years transpoi tattoo.
m,,tvti a, ,t,aaer, ±2, also put to the bar OP the PIMP charge.
lie was evidently tumor. a..d beliarect is a veto autrateecit
manner. lie was trolled strongly, to prevent hie doing injury
to nimeaelf ur othei it. floe .Court ..ireetea the am Id stand over
till the text Ihht the :+hertif, .114:11d, in the incriq
tune. all and every I*.ieellty to medic:ll moons, fur the purpose id
'lsseerial sssss g has Mate Ow& d.
Ymilig was capitally convicted fora burglary in the
dwelling-hoot:, or Wi I ham hi •and strati. g a blAlt.
wltkowa,sit while otimlia grower. .nod other articles. A. Whig
W 11114.11 I. e•Niaiii, fur brea king add miteriag the d ell i ug-forov-4
of Itio .41.1 Woo a, and bit:Wm' it quakily df meat, two tu..vel
of brad, &c.

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Judgment was gisee yetterday, hi the Preregotite
Court, in thi Important cote of litaitiont r. Ilaa%
rims. Sir ions NiCROL pronounced for the tali.
di'y of all the contested codicils of Aanttsw
,boy's Walt, bet did not Wok himself justified in
'allowing costs. *Ve regret that se are not able, tb.
day, to publish at length the elaborate judgment, or
the able speech of Dr. Lusafporos that preceded b.
thous appears to be .abosit to retradk his forties.
,etept :—three years age; in the ortroth of April, he
'sold the Three PrizeJ 'of flO,OOO, end then, es hi
the present Lottery, the first woe drawn upon the
Second Day. This account(for the eager demand at
his Offices i 6 town, and hole: his Aientot in Ns
country, at the ether Trio Prizes of k 30.000 Most
be duets neat Thursday, and fiery body anticipates,
and not witlidet reason, that he. 011 follow op the
sale of the fire., by selling the temdining i'tsa, at 14
the fortier instapce.
• From.—About eight o'clock on Sander. Morning,
the house of Mr. lioneysett, oilmlfn, flockneproad,
was di&cosererl to be on fire, during the absence of
the family. The florae Was obleried through a front
windoW by a person roosting, The
isifoi and the li!e was very
little properly was destroy,
Another fire broke net )
lee o'clock, in the preedtes
ICherch-road,. St. George,-
time the *hole interior of t.
end bore en alarming appearai._
confirmable (natter on the premises.
,fortunately time to evespe
without receiving any perortem
anions of the Bream, thefluites
rind Kr. Lees', bogie.
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soon ettingsfshed. Very
red.
yesterday morning, 'bola
Tres of Mr. L.'s. oihnlins.
's in the East I io a short
the building eras in s blase,
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The *bole of bis Ad*,
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