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REPORT OP LIEUTENANT-COLONEL TAXIS TO HiS IMI=EMAL MA!ESTY. Dated Inspruck, April 15. SIRE—I feel it a duty incumbent upon me to .ke known to your Imperial Majesty the testimo of bravery and fidelity which forraer subjects of M , jests have displayed, in proof of their attach .nt to your august House. '['he brave Tyrotrans, , en to despair by the extinction of their Constitu 1, which had been preserved entire and inviolate icr the dominion (1 your Molests and that of your igust ancestors, took up arms on the 10th instant, at :ked the Bavarians troopsat Stergingen; at Inspruck, Hall, and at the Convent of St. Charles, and after 'ing killed or wounded more than 500 of the enemy impelled them to surrender and capitulate. On the th, it body of about 300 men, composed of French Bavarian troops, presented themselves before itiau, near Inspruck ; sustained a similar defeat to e of the former, and a reinforcement of French ops which came up on the 13th did not meet with oetter fate. As prisoners are continually coming I am not as yet enabled to ascertain the number hem with precision : but there has already been eight in, end sent on their way to Saltzburgh the nch General Bisson ; several officers of the staff; om 3000 to 4000 men, of diffetent descriptions, ar iery, cavalry, light infantry, Sec. ; and likewise the ' , Arian General Kunkel, Colonel Ditfort, two Lieu 'ant Colonels, two Majors, about twenty officers, ' above 12,000 Bavarian troops. The loss of the eny, in cannon, colours, muskets, and money, is yet exactly ascertained, because the peasants, in enthusiasm of victory, have not yet brought in se. , eral articles of which they took possession. A con e-able number of prisoners are brought is every ter moment, who have been dispersed in the diffe it attacks. I can say nothing of the bravery the inhabitants, which must not sink below the lity. Suffice it to say, as proofs of their valour 1 intrepidity, and determination, that they did not .iesitate to attack, in the open plain, '2OO Bavarian . troopers, whom they dismounted and compelled to eirrender ; in fine, that they rushed in upon the iemy's cannon, of which they made themselves tasters. Their rallying signal was the sacred name your Majesty, and far from leering to brave death • the sake of their rightful Sovereign, they consider it only as the reward of their valour and of their !votion to the cause of their country. " On the 9th, at noon, I received from Lieutenant General Baron Jelachich orders to advance towards Tyrol, across the mountains of the Saltzburgh territory, shaping my march lire the Billerthal. My etchment consisted of a division of the regiment of :entry of Devaux, a battalion of the chasseurs of lezburgh, the formation of which is not yet com. «:te ; and of the first division of the 2d battalion of militia of Saltzburgh. Although we made a ruble march every day, we arrived only in time admire the victory of the brave Tyrolians, mad to !hold the great number of prisoners who bore wit s to the ietrepidity and decision of the attack. We !re received with enthusiasm, teed our march from frontier hitherto wore the aspect of a triumph.— ir warriors were deeply affected with the demon :rations ofioy of all ages and sexes, who hastened to , !et us, and with the uninterrupted cries of " Loeg e our good Emperor Francis !" Our emotions were und up to a pitch on beholding a great number of defenders of the country, who had armed them- Ares with every sort of weapon they could lay hold and who pressed forward towards Inspruck; in ler to put themselves in an attitude to encounter a !sh column, of the enemy, which were said to be ap melting. Every feeling of exultation had reached utmost pitch; the sound of the bells were mingled :h the discharge of artillery and musquetry, and di the joyous acclamations of our youthful war irs. It was an affecting spectacle to see hastening ound us men of extreme old age, and youths of 12 r irs, armed with whatever had fallen into th eir ° ids, and d'splaying before our eyes the trophies :y had won from the enemy. They flatter them- Ives (and I have only to repeat their promises) to able to present to your Majesty five or six thou id prisoners as a pledge of their fidelity and attach tent. I feel it my duty above all to recommend to it Majesty's imperial benevolence Mr. Straub, an ekeeper at Hall. He has well deserved this dis tion, not only by organizing the insurrection of country, but also by directing with equal judg .nt and zeal the three attacks, in which the Tyro is were happy enough to lose only 26 men. Thirty tusand florins of public money have been stopped ich were coming from Munich, and which were :ed at Imbst. We are not yet enabled to state amount of the other sums of public money of ich we have taken possession. As in consequence these adv nteges the functions of the Bavarian ithorities have ceased, I thought it indispensable i establish a provisional police, to maintain the sta- ' cy of internal tranquillity. (Signed) Texts, Other reperts having already announced that the '.thorn part of the Tyrol was in the hands of the Lstriaits, this latter event completes the recapture the whole of thet interesting province. The nearer of the Dispatch of Lieutenant-General xis. M. Zemrrocr,• .eleo was himself engaged in if. a fie; reh ad ecei ved 'rem his Imperial Majesty the and Cold Medal, the usual reward of civil merit. Their first seccess is the more grateful to the heart , ,is Irnpetial Majesty, es it is owing in a great , ase r e t o the loyalty and tile devotion of a province ease att ichnient to the House of Austria has not rn relaxed years of a foreign domination. This spontaneous rnevernelot of the Tyrolese af -ds, at the same time, a new reef of the necessity ' the justice of a war, whit lr the wishes of the dif- :nt eateons of Germatiy have invoked as the only :ans of their liherateet. scbarawi;, April tl, iK)9. WAR SAW, A('ittl. 10. All the Polish, Saxon, and 'ereech troops have, on oiiiit of t h e eeellirentee received, th at the Arch-1 ; Ferdinand Was a dvanciniT against this re s id ence . n %t i t !, an army of 40,()00 men, falett back to Ka- I, in oriFr there to t; , ke itp a strong posi t i on fir the p eeet , The yap of the . Aieerian ni my a rr i ve d h ere .es and the centre amid re ;r are expected to. morrow, and, after t.,-morrow, in o ur environs. The quarters of the Archduke are eosaiwielly csta 'Whel in this.plaCe. VIENNA, APRIL 26. Bulletins still continue to be published in this earl pital of the operations of our armies, although it is al ready obvious that our affairs have already taken a very unfavourable turn. The ith, Bth, and 9th Bul letins give an account of the actions and battles which cook place in Bavaria, from the 19th to the 23d of this month. They state that our loss has been very severe ; that several regiments have lost all their field officers, and Major Generals Maurice and Lewis Lichtenstein and Lusignan are said to be among the wounded. It is alsc acknowledged in these bulletins that we have lost much baggage, ordnance, &c. ; but it is asserted, that our troops have fought with the utmost intrepidity and valour, and that our want of success is ent;relv owing to the unaccountable measure pursded by the 'Archduke Lewis, who made a very untimely retreat, and thus 6: oke our line. On the 22d the Archduke Charles endeavoured to repair this error by the battle of Eck muhl ; but finding in the brunt of the action his rear threatened by a French corps, which had been in pursuit of the Archduke Lewis, be was obliged to retreat across the Danube. The Emperor finding, that in consequence of the late occurrences in Bavaria, the frontiers of the here ditary dominions are threatened by the enemy's troops, has called upon all the inhabitants of Upper and Lower Austria, and Saltzburgh, able to bear arms, to rise in a mass, and repair to the banks of the Inn. Positive intelligence has now been received of the renewal of hostilities between the Russians and Turks. At Trieste twenty-three English ships have again arrived with colonial produce and English manufac tures. PARIS, MAY 6. The following Bulletin was this day published : THIRD BULLETIN. " Wad Quarters, Burghausen, April 30. 46 The Emperor arrived in Muhldorf the '27th inst.' in the evening. His Majesty detached the division I of General Wrede to Lauffen on the ialza, in order to overtake the corps, which .the enemy had in Tyrol, and which was retreating by forced marches. General Wrede overtook the enemy's rear on the 28th, near Lauffen, took their baggage, and made many priso ners ; but the enemy had sufficient time to cross the river and burn the bridge. " On the 27th the Duke or Dantaic arrived in Wanesburg, and the 2Sth in Altenmark. 64 On the 29th General Wrede continued his march to Saltzburgh ; about three league. from the town, he found the advanced posts of the enemy's army.— The Bavarians pursued them closely and entered the ' town with them. General Wrede assures, that the division of General Jellachich is completely destroyed. That General has thus been punished for the scanda lous proclamation, by which he put the dagger in the hands of the Tyrolese. " The Bavarians have taken 300 prisoners, 'and found consic'erable magazines in Saltzburgh. 46 On the 28th, at break of day, the Duke of Istria arrived in Burghausen, and his advanced parties took post on the right bank of the Inn. The same day the Duke of Montebello arrived in Burghausen. Count Bertrand exerted himself to the utmost to restore the bridge, which had been burnt by the enemy. It was completed on the 30th, and the v: hole army crossed the river. " On the 28th a detachment of 50 horse chasseurs, commanded by Captain Margaron, arrived in Ditt- , moiling, where lie fell in with a battalion of the fa mous militia, styled Landwhes, which, on his ap proach, retreated into a neighbouring wood. Capt. Margaron summoned them to surrender ; after much ; deliberation, 1000 men of that valiant militia, posted in a thick wood, altogether inaccessible to cavalry, surrendered to 50 chasseurs. The Emperor wished to see them ; they really excite compassion ; they are badly armed, worse accoutred, and commanded by superannuated officers of artillery. " The cruel and overbearing temper of the Aus trians fully displayed itself during the moment of ap parent success, when they occupied Munich. The High Bailiff of Muhldorf was arrested by them and shot. An inhabitant of Waldorf, of the name of Starck, who had obtained a badge of distinction from ! the King of Bavaria for the services which, during the last war, he rendered to the army, has been taken up and sent to Vienna, to stand his trial. The High Bailiff of Burghausen,Count Armansperg,has also been sent to Lintz, and from thence to Vienna, because, in the year 1805, he did not comply with a requisition, addressed to them on the part of the Austrians. " The Bavarians will no doubt give a minute and faithful account of the acts of wanton cruelty, com mitred by the Austrians in this country, that the me- , mory thereof may be preserved by their most remote posterity, although it is extremely probable that this was the last insult which Austria will be able to offer to the allies of France. The Austrians have endea voured, both in the Tyrol and Westphalia, to invite I the inhabitants to rise in rebellion against their So vereigns. " Austria has raised numerous armies, divided into corps like the French army ; her troops are mov ing by forced marches, to imitate the French troops ; her Generals are publishing bulletins, proclamations, general orders—all in imitation of the French. But the ass is not ennobled to a lion because he is covered with a lion's skin ; the long cars betray the ignobler ; beast. " The Emperor of Austria has left Vienna, and, on his departure, publi,lied a proclamation, drawn up by Gentz, in the style and spirit of the most ridicu lous performances of that kind. He is gone to Scharding, a position ;:y.iremely well adapted for a Sovereign who wither wishes to be in his capital to ; govern his dominions, nor in the field where he is ; known to be merely an encumbrance and dead weight. ! When he was informed of tlie result of the battle of 1 Eckmuhl, he '.dyed it prudent to leave the banks of ; the . Inn, and retire into the intei joy of his dominions. " The tosea of Scharding, which is ;yaw occupied by the Doke Rivoli, has suir , red much. The Austrians on their retreat set tire to their magazines and burnt . halt the town, v.-hich beloni;ed to them. They had no doubt some presentiment of their future fate, that what belonged to Austria shall no longer belong to her." It appears by this Bulletin that the Austrians are evacuai. ng th e Tyrol with the utmost precipitation, in co nee of the vrtori_ns gained by our troops in Bavaria, and of the signal advantages obtained by General S. Hilaire in LI:a: Lillian part of the Tyrol. P.dRLIiIMEN7IRr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY ie. The LORD CAANCILLOR, Earl CA hIDTN, and Lord BA THEM ST sat as Commissioners, and gave the Royal Assent to the Local Mi litia Amendment Bill, the Admiralty Droits Bill, the Scotch Re cords Bill, the Sugar Bill, and a variety of other Bills, mostly pri vate, in all 72 la umber. SCOTCH APPEAL. Mr. HORNiS. was bend at the Bar in the case of F. auk v. Frank. Several Private Bills were brought up from the Commons, and read a frt. time. Wit understand that Marshal Davoust is immediAte7y to advance into Tyrol, with a considerable corps of French troops, to restore tranquillity and order in that country, and open a communication between the German and Italian armies. MADRID, APRIL IR. The following General Orders were pnblUed at the Head-quarters in Madrid, on die 2d April : " His Catholic Majesty has given orders, that' information shduld be given to the army, of the new victory gained on the 28th of March, by the first light corps, under the command of the Marshal Duke of &Uuno, at Medellin, over the army of the enemy, under the command of the Spanish General Cuesta. " Ten thousand Spaniards have been killed, and 4000 made prisoners, by our light troops, the rest saved themselves by flight in the best manner they could. The whole artillery, to the num ber of 25 pieces, with six standards, fell into our hands. Ihe greater part of the upper officers and the staff officers were left on the field. The Spanish Lieutenant General Don Fransisco de Frias was found among the dead, severely wounded. " The army of Curate, and a part of that of A, usia, are by this fortunate event annihilated. The Marshal of kielluno gives the greatest praise to the Generals and , as well as the troops who served under his command. Our less, in compa rison to that of the enemy, appears incredibly stuaftas this glo rious day cost us, in killed and wounded, not more tiNfta 300 men. We are indebted for this advantage to the violence of our attacks, and the force with which they were maintained. " This victory secures us the conquest of Andalusia, which will shortly be all In possession of our troops. (Signed) JOIIADAN, Marshal of the Empire, and " Major-General of his Catholic Majesty." MR. FREW?. Lard DARNLEY adverted to what he had before mentioned respecting Mr. Fru', whose appointment to the embassy to Spain he disapproved of, on account of what happened during his tirbt mission, and whose conduct recently he thought ought to prevent hi:appointment to any simfar situation; but, under.tentling that he was not to be nominated again to such a situation, he forbore to make his intended motion. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that he knew of no such on derstanding. He, it was true, disapproved of tile conduct of Mr. Frere in some particulars, bur bore testiniony to his services on other occasions. His former residence at Madrid did not create any objection to his late appointment. Lord DARNLEY said, that he should reserve his Motion, and wait the event of some new appointrui in 01 that Gentluniati. SCOTCH JUTHCA TOH E. BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved to discharge the order for reconimitting the Scotch Judicature Bill ;and in ur.Lr to love time to the Commissioners to report, his Lordsh , p then moved, that this Bill be recommi:ted on the second day aim!. their Lord• ships' meeting subsequent to the Whitsuntide holithtys, n hich was agreed to.—Adjourned at six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Committee on the Woollen Manufacture Bill was postpo ned till Monday, as was the Report on the Irish Beer Bill. r The American Trade Bill was read a first, and ordered to be tai a second time on Monday. Mr. Fosr Elt brought in a Bill for better collecting the Taxes on Horses, Dogs, Carriages, &c. in Ireland. PLACE SALE PREVENTION RILL. . The Place Sale Prevention Bill wu read the third time, passed, and ordered to the Lords. BILL FOR THE PREVENTION OF SMUGGLING. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a Bill to amend several Acta for the better Prevention of Smuggling. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN GOODS. Mr. ROSE presented a Bill for permitting the importation of Foreign Goods into Great Britain and Ireland, from countries in amity with his Majesty, in neutral ships, under certain regula tions.—Read the first time, and ordered for the second reading on Monday. STATE PAPER. Mr. CANNING laid before the House a copy of the Conven tion between the King and his Swediph Majesty, concluded on the SW h March, 1808. He said this Convention had been alluded to in his Majesty's speech on the Opening of the sessiotc, and would have been sooner laid before the House, but that it was necessary to accompany it by some communication which, under the existing state ut circumstances between both nations, it was necessary to postpone. He had now to state that no part of the stipulated subsidy MO been paid to Sweden beyond the first three months' instalment, nor would it be requisite to propose any vote more in the Bud g et of this day. The exiting state of cir •umstances between both countries was such as did not enable him to make any definite communication to the House at this time; but it was necessary to lay the Paper before the House as a ground for the vote to be proposed. . . _ . . Mr. WHITBREAD declared himself perfectly satisfied by the explanation upon this subject. FoREIGN CORPS. Mr. WHITBREAD moved for an account of the Names of all Foreigners in the British Military Servile, together with the allowance paid to them. He complained of the extrAme parti ality shewn to these persons. r‘ t a time when the Duke of Bed ford was retus,.ti permission to raise a corps of Lis own tenantry, numbers of foreigners were receiving commissions in the British service. Lord CASTLEREAGH said the disclosing the names of these Foreigners might expose them to dangerous consequences. MI. Will CEREAD thought this ;as no inset:. whatever for refusing to produce the accounts. The names were already in a list published by authority. He could not help again complain ing of the treatment which the Duke of Bedford nad met with ; and besides that, Lord Petre was refused permission at the same time to raise a volunteer corps, because lie was a Roman Catho lic. As he saw no ground for opposing his motion, he would take the sense of the House upon it. The House then divided:—For Mr. Whitbread's Motiun 29; Against it 54. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The House then went into a Committee of Supply. 1 he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the sum of £400,000 be granted, to enable his Majts:y to makegood the engagement entered into with his Sicilian Majesty. Ut this sum JEloo,coo w.ts for an arrear upon a former subsidy. Mr. PERCEVAI. next moved the sum of £sOO,GOO to make good the suns advanced to his Swedish Majesty. In consequence of a question from Mr. PONSONRY, Mr:CANNING observed, t►at no part of the subsidy had been paid but this, and that the state of Sweden since that payment was not such as to warrant the sending of any more money there. The Resolutions were agreed to, and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday next. WAY'S AND MEANS. Mr. HUSKISSON moved the House to zo into a Committee of Ways and Means; and that Accounts relative to the War Taxes be referred to the Committte. Mr. PERCE.VAL proposed that the Budget should he post pont d till :he House had an opportunity of examining the annual accounts of last year. Air. 'RISK IS:iON said, that the Budget had beer. already de layed longer than usual—and it had never been the practice of the House to wait for the accounts, which were oi,ly to be produced by the 23th of March. They were now printing . Sir JOHN NEW PORT saw no reason why the Accounts should not be produced at an earlier period, since the Accounts of Ireland were, in tact, produced much earlier. lie contended, that if these Ac • aims were to be taken away to be printed jllB' at the moment Vicy were most wanted, duplicates at least ought to oe laid en the table. . The SPEAKER informed the I lon . Baronet Oat duplicates bad ueen laid ou the table. PERCEVAL. said that the Hon. Baronet must now see that the wisdom of others had provid .d the remedy which hat been sul,;gested by biol. He athrint.d that the production of those must operate as a check, although not produced in every yea l fore the Budget was brou s lit forward. Mr. ROSE ob.erved, that it was . only by the severest gence that these Accounts were produced so early as the 2.51:1 March. The motion for going into the Committee was then agr ee i to THE 1,3U1H;12.T. The Speaker having kit the Chair, _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, and observed, that in proceeding to submit to the House Resolutions, to certify the Contract which hail been made this morning by the Treasury, for the Loan of 14 millions for the service of the year, h e would not take up much of the time of the Hou se by any long introductory remarks upon a sub;ect which already attracted the attention of the natioa. He would, therefore, without further prefice, the Supplies of the present year, with the correspc, u 6._ ing Ways and Means. -SUPPI.:EO Navy Army Ordnance i Er g larrn Ireland - Miscellaneous England lt eland Vote of Cntdit. Ireland Swesh Subsidy Sicilian Subsidy • Rpscx. i 21 ,149,774 627,1476 C,903 , 1 74 1 , 1 73,751 t 7 26,e4 9 1 ,9G0,0r4 :100,000 C3,V,1, 30(v,44 %Om% Total Icint Charge 51,954,917 SEPARATE CIIARL:LS DE ENGLAND. 26G,?-11 /•:; 00 , 00 0 7 ,429,179 (..0,8C7( Malt Duty, 1807 Interest.on Exchequer Eels - 5 per Cents. 17 4 37, Lobe 1.a.1 cff • Total Supplies L'I,RG 1 ,95 , 1 Deduct Irish Proportion Supply and Civil List - 6,7354€6 On Account of England 47,15t,e21 WAYS AND :WEANS. Duty on Malt, Pensions, &c. - - 21C0000 .stimatcd Surplus of Consolidated Fund - 4Ccemo Surplus Ways and Means, 1868 - 27 ;73Ct War Taxes - - - 1 3,t 60,CC0 I.otteries - - - 5C.0,04 Excess of Exchequer Pills granter! per P. ct 411 h of Geo. 3, after reserving sufficient to ray off 9,443,2001. issued per Act 48th Gio. 3, the re mainder having been landed 2,154,6:1 Excess of ditto, voted in the peesert s . 3s i on, a f r „. reserving sufficient to pay off 4,644,1(41. i-med per Act -oath Geo. 3, tin remainder Las ing bnn funded - - 1,3%5,n'. ixchequer Bills on Vote of Credit - :1,C00,(V) Re-payment of Sum advanced to l'crtugal .. ri t o t; Lenin .. - - - 11,C;'. , & Total lig%ls and Means - 4:Jia,c;l • Suprbes - - 47,$ 6,C:! Surplus Ways and' tlcans . 1:)C,C.13 - - He then proceeded to state the terms on wlteli the Loan had been contracted for. The Loan altogether -was £14,600,000. Of this sum 511,000,000 had been raised for Great Britain, £3,000,000 for Ireland, and £600,000 for the Loan to the Ring of rtugal. It gave him great satisfaction to be able to state the wry favourable terms which had been obtained for the public. The Loan bad been contracted fi . r partly in fhb 4 per cents. partly in the 3 per cents. and partly in a long annuity. For every 1001. lab. scribed, there had been granted 601. 4 per cents. (.01. 3 per cents. reduced, and in a long annuity Bs. 10d. per annum. The amount of interest upon this Loa was no more than 41. 12s. 10d. per cent. a rate ;-t which money had hardly ever been borrowed by ..F.t country—la rate at which hardly any individual could borrow money upon the most sufficient security. total capit tl which would be created by the Loan to Great Britain was about 13 millions. He should ha'e stated, that the Loan of £600,000 to Portugal h:.d been furnished upon the security of paying 5 per cert. on the sum fur the reduction of the debt. The Re venues of the Island of Madeira, as had been already stated, were to be mortgaged for the payment, at d their was also a contract to furnish a certain porticn of Brazil produce, with a view to the same object. The Right Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to state the charge upon the amount of capital funded for the Loan, including also the capital created 1 v the funding ofEichequer Bills. The charga-upen both these funded capitals would amount to X 1,14-6,666. He next, for the sake of crmparison, stated the rates at which the Exchequer Bills and the Loans had been funded, for this year and the lest. Last year only four millions of Exchequer Bills lad bun funded. In the present year ne *rly eight millions had been funded. Yet, notwithstanding this difference in the sums funded though the amount in the present year was nearly double that of the last year, the rate for the present year WAS more favourable. Rate of Interest upon Exchequer Bills funded last year - - ! Rate of Interest on Exchequer Bids funded in the prerent year - - C C 10 j The Loan which had been contracted for last year, amounted only to eight millions, while the Loan in I I the present year for Great Britain was e l e ven million, i yet the rate was more favoufabie in the present year. I Rate of luturest upon the Loan o 1 tight millions I funded last year - - Rate of Inter: sr upon the Loan of eleven millions funded in the present yt-hr - 4 12 10 The comparative advantage which the public en joyed in the Loan of this year, could not tail to afford the highest gratification, as it affiTded the strongest proof of the stability of public credit. It famished the most convincing proof that the pressure upon tl:e resources of this country was not such as to prevent it from making those exertions which the circum• stances of the times called fOr. It proved, that all le :•measures which bad been rendered necessary in come. quence of the line of policy adopted by the enemy, had not depressed, but rather served to advance pub. lie credit. Shewing in truth, that these measures . had been favourable to the country. The total charge upoh C•ie Loans, &c. of the last and present years, including Sinking Fund, &c. was as follows : Charge for the last year - £5 18 9 lhartie for the present year - 517 11 The total amount of Stock created last year was up. wards (.f 13 millions. The amount of Stock created in the present year was upwards of 21 millions, and though the-amount of the present year was higher, vet the rate of interest was lower and more favour.,bie to the public. In addition to this, he had to state, that the Con tractors too had made a favourable bargain, for they were selling at a premium of one and a half per cent. He was now to state the amount of the charge upon the Stock created for the present year. That charge was, AS he had already stated, 1,14.0,0001. A Bill had passed the House, or was in its progress, far the c..nso lidation of the Customs, from winch it was ~..),pcc• ted that 103,0001. would be saved. Whets he tout £6 5 :(2.114 6