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LAND TAX AS AFFECTING' ROMAN CATHOTAVIL The following is a copy of the jterrt from the Still Committee on the Land TAX, as affecting *min Catholics. • . charged and continued upon them; and although, in some instances, Roman Catholics finding the clause which was professedly adapted for their relief, wholly inoperatiie, have resorted to the clause last set forth, with some effect; yet it is to he observed, that such relief could in no degree be complete. The relief afforded by the clause now tinder considera • That 011 TUIESDAY, the 26th Instant, they will be ready tow teive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for Two Thousand Fite•Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT AIEAL, The Select Committee appointed to inquire foto 'the SatiOd grievances of such Persons as may be charged with an increased; rate of Land Tax, in consequence of the Double Charge formerly imposed on Roman Catholics, and to Report their observations thereupon to the House • and who were empowered to report the Minutes of Evidence taken before them ;—haie, puratant to the Order of the House, fully considered the subject to them referred, and agreed to the following Repot t : The ancient assessments which were levied, under different denominations, upon persons holding lands, were all superseded by the introduction of subsidies, about the time of King Richard H. and King Henty IV. These were imposed upon persons, in respect of their reputed estates, after the nominal rate of 4s. in the pound for lands, and 2s. 6d. for goods; and. for those of aliens, in a double proportion. These subsidies were, throughout the reigns of Elisa beth and of James I. made according to an ancient ssr. luation ; and by .reason of the then diminished value of money, and the increased s value on the gem *fiend as compared whit the paimi when such ancient valrirt!ion had been made, the assessment was id those reigns ievied at a very moderate rate.. Five Hundred Sacks of FLOUR, Tour Hundred Quarters of PALE. MALT, Two Hundred Quarters of AMBER MALT, and Twenty Thousand Gallons of TENERWE WESE. - - tion is administered according to the folloiving principle: namely, that the overcharge of the person seeking- relief is to be taken from him, and dist: ibuted as an additional charge upon lands of all persons throughout the sanie district, including the lands of the party complaining; consequently, if he be a landholder to a large amount in point of value in that district, k is evident that a great proportion of the burthen from which he has sought relief , must, by the operation of the clau se, again revert upOn himself. To be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept ford, one half of each of the Articles by the 15th of September test, and the remainder by the 25th of that l‘lonth. Sam; ks of the Malt, of not less than one Quart, and of the Teneriffe Wine not less than two Quarts, must be produced by the Party tendering: The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this office. Each Tender Must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed ; and the person who rashes the tender, or some person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. K ir.ALL.glt CLIFTOIV: • . • • • This day was pobliqbed, price Sd. or per hundred, r.I I HEANTL•SLAVERY MOI4TOLtREPORTER, I No. 59, for AUGUST, 1888, containing a Review of the Discorions on the Slavery Question during the' last Session of Parliament. Published by Mesas. Hatchard,. 1137, Piccadilly; and Messrs. Arch, 61, Cornhill. PRIVATE CONTRACTS. SUSSEX. FURNISHED MANSION, And ONE HUNDRED AND TEN ACRES OF LAND. „ TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House. Regent•street,) A' BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE'of substantial and 1 - 11. modern &ructure, thirty-two miles from London, and Twenty two from Brighton, adapted to every Comfort, and Fur. Dished in a hand.ome siyie. for the occupation of the Owner, together with surrounding Grass Land, Park Grounds, and Plantations of • ONE HUNDRED AND TEN ACRES, Well Timbered ; Entiance Lodge, and good Offices of every description. To a 'Family wanting immediate Possession, without 'Matte, this Pruperty will be found particularly worthy of attention. TaLbe viewed by Tickets, which, with Particulars, may be had 11t. Whine, No. 170, Regent-anti. • • 2. . • , • MONMOUTHSHIRE. FILL/ABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE FOR RESIDENCE, AND INVESTMENT; • ' MBIE 31HQUSAND THREE :HUNDRED AND FORTT.FIVE ACRES, idnihf Mir jacet RF.SPDENCE and OFFICES, eligible ' _a FARMS, Rath WOO, &c. , • • • very fine property foc Investment, with plenty of Game. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE 'CONTRArr, By Mr. ROBINS, '(Or IVvratiek Haw" Regent-mom) VALETA BCE uwd HIGHLY IMPROVABLE CY - FREI/1104,D ESTATE, Situate between . . Mcnnsouth, Itosa, aud. A bergavanny, , About, Nine Miles from each—Cettsistiog r iit . " A Compact 1)W F.1.1.1"N G HOCTSI.... • • ' • etatrertittle, at a Mall expense, to a Residence for • • • ‘• A FAMILY of DISTINCTION,. indisiouble Coach House, Stable, Dog Kennel, Gardens, &c. hseptifelly situate on a fine commanding eminence, embratingvery ettesislie and lusCrlani . views in all (Mecums, scarcely in be init. plied ; a. • • Con.istlng of . •-. ON* TIICIUSAND . THREE HON DR RD AND. IVILTY FI V E ACRES 'Of Arable, Paluare, Orthard, and Wood ; • DOM Into 'Eligible. Farms, with 'Farm. Housasond all requisite Agricultural Boildinp, in exetllent repair; • let As respectable Tenons st wilt. . tfie Wood Lands, upwards of FOUR HUNDRED ACRES, art In hand, stored with fine thriving Ctiki; in every luxuriant state, %ad • Plantatitim of Larch: lii beauty of situatioe, this Rotate spit hardly be surpassed. and ass source of Profitable•ln. vestmentit can scarcely be equalled; the goodness of the Soil, sod the thriving state of the Plantations, repaying in an extraordinary 4464 initlitsihr belitiWed in the protection of them. A quantity elf Game h itch on the Property, which may he rendered a fine baser'', ; flenty-of gend -Water, and.Sfsects of Water stored with Fish; goad. Trout Fiehinc . at an easy distance; the new Road from Itoei io Abergavenny runs through the Estate. and the Pfapiit ha; tili adiantage of being coNnlgeous to the exclolent *Met Towns of Antirgavenn+, Ross, and Monwtoett, with good reads in. directions. pkwy of Lime; end. Coals Cheap. Pan, of. the Landis ~irtte Fri, the great Tittles of. a considerable pet n belonging to Estate, and there is a 'modus in lieu of sttrdr Tithe, over Breit part of the Property ; Poor, and all other iluitis extremely low. • The distance from Bath and Cheitenhant is fort}tuiles,ind only Ore Hundred and Thirty-five from London. The situation salubriima. presenting a very .eligible Property for a Gatliman fond of Agricultural pursuits, and a capital Investment fob mode*. • Toile viewed by•Tickell r Particulits may' be had of 11. W. 1°"*", Issq.Chepstow t 3- A. Manta" Bag; or Mr. Norton, llosmouth ; and of .bir. Robins, No. 170. Regent-Erects of whom Tickets for viewing may be had. . . FoTt PIIESEIrrING TUN 11111111 AND GUMS. IiCITLER'S - YEGETABLE TOOTH POWDEft . has so Unit been in general use, and an appendage to the fashionable Toilette, that it is almost unnecessary. to offer any farther recommendation of it. Composed of Vegetables, without Ike asinaisture of any mineral or pernicious ingredient whatever, it is free from the usual objection against the use of other Dentrifices. lii detersive power is just sufficient to annihilate those destructive pettitits which adhere to thi Gums and the Interstices of the Teetlr# healing injuries in the former, and promoting a new Enamel (*bare it has been injured or corroded) on the latter. It likewise Imparts a firmness and healthy . redness to the Gunis; and if regu larly used, will preserve the Teeth in a sound state to old age. 5dM Ur boxes arts: 911. by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Clieapside, comer of St. Paul's, London ; Sackviile-street, Dublin ; Princes street, Edinburgh; Savory sod Cu. 136; • New Bond-street ; and tke principal Medicine Venders. Of whom may be had, superior SOU' Wilms Vora %moss. is. each. re Mk for Betler% Vegetable Tooth Powder. 41n . ..11111.PET1G1 NES ; or, Solom on ' s D rops . F ew Fanailies are entirety exempt from diseases caused by Im. parity or the Blood and Depraved Humours. In fact, our artificial 'chits, and the vices of society are continually intr oducing such complaints where they were unknown before. Hence the preys. yes of Waists. Cutaneous Eruptions, Bilious Complaints, and Chtenic Rheumatism, not to speak of diseases more immediately costumed with an Infected System. The Anti.lmpetigines attacks this hydra at its seat, and by a' 11 4 bet effectual operation, purifies the whole .mass of bl o od, amil4ives new vigour to the v:tal organs. Onmsar two bottles have succeeded, when every other tneaos have been ineffectually re-, sorted to. Cares and illustrations may be seen in the Gums to Hu Li it, price 38. to which thelteader is referred for much valuable information on subject! most interesting to all cla,ses of Persons. Tits Arnlslotpetightes is sold by Mr. R. Johnstone, 68, Corn• MIII :11r. Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Mr. Ward, Holborn ; Mr. ISsradlatg, Royal Exchange; and ad other Medicine Venders, in kettlent lln each ; there are also Family Bottles, price 13s. each, cootairtiog the quantity of four at I Is. To prevent countet felts, the words!' Sand. Solomon,. Liverpool," are engraved on the Stamp, to imitate which is felony. Patients requiring advice, may obtain it by application to 61- koil &louse, meompanied by n remittance of a soverrigra During the troubles in the reign of King Charles I. and in the succeeding time of the usurpation, Vie prac tice of laying weekly and. monthly assessments of spe cific sums upon the several counties of the kingdom Was resorted to, the • levy being made by a pound- rate on land and personal estates. After the Restoration, the ancient mod, of' grahting slibildies was on two occasions only renewed; the levy by monthly assessments being found to produce.a more certiin revenue under the superintendence of Commis- siocers named by Parliament. These periodical 'assess'ments, the subsidies whieli 4 preceded them, and the more ancient modes of l'etri; first adverted to in this Repoit, were to all intents and. purposes a land tax; and the asseaments were sometimes espressly sn-denominated. _ _ . At a very early period ofthe reign of Mpg William 111. levies by Land Tit Act lver'e resorted In; aridin the 4th year of thXt reign (1602)' a bete ittsestinentistr valuation of (Matti was thrsile throughout the •kingdosits• Fre thcpurposst of Ifteertaining - the amount which, .by virtue of a grant of this nature , the,Goverument might in future bave a right to den!and h and Of a ppMticining justly to the sever al coiinties, the aniOntit'Or cisoPirtion of amount which each county and each distriersilbUld in future be considered liatiletirpay.. • 'According to this• - valtration,: froths tlielelt 169 t to the present time the Laird Tax has contitallosk, without ' intermission, apannuld charge upon the subject. vary, is/ in amount, as the pound rate Lmposesiby . the.annoal Land Tax Act 'ties occasionalfr traded; liaiirig'hein sometimes at 2s. in the poupd, twice at =IA allOritalf the rime at.4e bus whatever ;may. h,;,4l•4l,llt,,.ibt.valia trolls of the pound rate, the valuation liftable]; the rate was levied has still the's:rizie idintreiniirtihn iat ; and the proportion chargealtle sin eaCh - paSfictilet Co - ditty" and• on vath particular district his st , ll-coatinsed, and does still continue, the same as it was in the time of Kill William 111. aeregulated by the het .et - 1692..... AR-opinion, has generaligisrevailedAftg4hrassess ment and valuation made in .pritsuatreo 0,010.41.r:rye. recited Ati,' was not sir' accurate ii — Might hate been ex pected;fiom the operatidb Orli - statiite, ttimbd . Xi 'it -- appears with much cask add xrhitiveraireltvithitlrin= tended- to• converia its earmsrnents:the power of levy- 1 ing, insfull an aid grapted,pi.thucrpsyn. : at„;,petioil of 1 peculiar emeritelliTv• .. • z. -- '• 4‘.." - ‘, ...rs - • • Whether the valoatiesilbacte by virtue of Inc 'Ait of 1692, was a full viluatiodorliot, or Whither •irrirtiCtlie several counties nedistritteveereratettin fair propoisind. with reference tooaesanother; whatever ntayboveheess, the rate of araluatinshit i ierlear that.thelands.otpown Catholics were, by re , a,lott cf the *sk,ie, sp t e.s,ko . charged with air Assisiffn't 'double inensininiat co' pared with the isaessmelft ehargedfirpini iiMiflhrit *Mt owned by persons of the Protestant paroillaind;ind chat the counties and dhericts io tvhiels.llomau. Carhop lies were the holders ,ot lands, .beesaxne cirtgealslc pa, that account with a . higher'rate in proptntroken respect . of the gener.il as;e4mentlid 'the - kingdosh;4ll 4 ati . they would otherwi,i have beefiliable CO pit.".s.L • ..- ''. ''''' • : It occurs to your Cools-nit-ee to obseroe,.. , that the - , practice anciently reso k ied to of ygiug A lieos e zirk.a , double prop ution. vslicir subsidies. were •aae s . Ty possibly have suggested this double charge Appeltoutan, IC stholia subjects, which li:rinsed part of the insentient 7 lof 1692, and was Untanned in tier*, •sUbtequehrLteitt' Tax Act until 1794. • . A convenient mode of investigating the ku, I•, z re."-, ferred to this Committee, offers i tse lfhy consi . ~ rang.. First, How far th e penalty authorised bt the priivisiona'' of the Act of 1692 appears to lia:ebeetractually •iti.. - flitted. and continued so Ming as the imposition was sanctioned by law; and secondly, Flow falhAt penalty 'has been wholly or' iti part removed since the period when it became the - express intention of the : Legislatore 'that an imposition of this•description•ohould.no longer ' be pet mined to exist. . There is no reason to. suppose, that in' the fear 160, persons professing the rtoinanGathOliErini.experienCed particular favour or indulge-rite HOT:AIta . :I witosedetyl it was to carry into effect t're measures of thrGovern ment of that day; and the Act referred to appears to have given very sufficient. powers o( scrutiny and inves tigation to those who were enjoined, as well by the obli gation of an oath, as by the risk of severe penal respon. sibilities, duly-to discharge their functions as commis sioners and assessors. ' But if, during the earlier years of assessment under , the. Land Tax Acts, any difficulty was experienced in ascertaining precisely the estates which belonged to Roman Catholics, the statute 1 Geo. 1, which obliged all Papists to register their names and estates with the clerk of the peace for the county where they were situ-1 ated, must have removed all difficulty of that nature. I The penalty for non-compliance with this Act vitas forfeiture of the estate, which no Catholic would prS. bably have ventured to incur; and it is proved i evi dence before your Committee, that the proviainni of ibis Act were complied with until they were repealed io 1790. In consequence of the Land Tax Acts being toittinued from year to year, according to the valuation of 1692, and also according to the Assessments levied by virtue of that Act, it soon became ,necosary to afford Live relief 'to same parties, who. werit the holdtrs of -lands which' bid been in tbe baids of &mai% Caiholiti' when the . original -Assessment. had been made; but whiCh lands being .subequently transferred, either by descent, et by some other mode of transfer, to the hands 'Protestants, thej reasonfor the imposition of a double 461 had ceased to operate in respect of those estates. ~.- To meet such cases a clause was introduced into the )utnuel Land Tax Acts, early in the reign of Queen -• true. This clause, with some few verbal alterations Only, appears to have been inserted in every subsequent Land Tax Act, up to the. year 1794, and your Com mittee have considered the effect of this clause as wor thyof their-particular consideration. • At a period nearly following that in which the Act of 1609 was, passed, and in which the Valuation and Assessment by virtue•of that Act were made, it'is ob vious that the effect of this clause would have been to exonerate the Land -entire'' , from the double charge which bad-riven imposed upon it, supposing the valua tion by which the Assessment was regulated to htve been a full valuation, because at a period when no ma terial alteration had taken place in the value of money, or in the annual rentnfland, it would be easy fnr'those wht were holding lands assessed so receotly 'at Bs. in i the pound; to prove that they were paying according to the Assessment, more than 4s. and the effect of this, clause immediately relieved them from all the excess! above four shillings. But in progress of time, the effect of the clause now under consideration became less and less operative, by reason cf the gradual diminution of the value of mohey, and of the progressive increase of the annual value of land; so that those who had occasion to take the benefit of this clause at more distant periods, were enabled to l i obtain only a smaller degree of relief, in proportion as a I rise in .the rent of .land and variation in the value of money had augmented the annual value of that property on which the.assessments were fixed. The value by which relief was to be estimated,. was al ,says the value of the. day at.which relief was sought; and it is only necessary to bear this .fact. .in mind, for the purpose of understanding how,.ikhappeped, • that a clause which was fairly:framed: in the .. 9 tart, . Fps. eff e ct the objrct phi& ie. professed pa hive its row,hocame less-and less operetieeosottil, it Crossed te : hpve equeffect whatever. It ivootoripusithet:thuipeueselvalueof land had aug rnenosi greetii„lssirtrusen ehe t .yen4thitand the corre sponding. year r ie,ths I'ellostingreentary ; therefore, upon 8 u everFge t the. persons *4 were pa.ying Sr. in the pound, ia.l.6sl2,4ieroie 17* paying not mote, than as. in the pound a;—the.qmost, Alm the seal annual value' of tbe lame estates ;. and. it .mus; have been in vain for them, in -the . year 17,4 to haie sought.relief ty means of a clattse, which, as a first -preliminary, required proof of a payment uf.moic than 4s. in the.pound, according to the then full value of their estates.. It.cannot with fairneis be urged ; . that f no grieeance has been, or is experienced, by a person : repo, upon an assessment of Bs. in, the pound, snade ; re the days of t tinii. et W . s i'liamwas.ns,tie . t.-in 417 days of if Geor ge payorg op y . .in the ,pound ; tor the grievance consists.rie...* F retatiee . prerpot tiol Arh;ch he has been 'called . upou i ee :pey, as compared With the payment made by his neighbour:. 'The payrnent.of 2s. in the pound is a grievances, Kit be - in fact a double tax payable on,account . of the religious faith of• those who have preceded.theraseer. pir.sprietoy in tire possession of his lapd; and ir,itste,griesranee, that whilst_he is.pay log 2 6 ..0 tb 4 4 :P9 4 1"; t.PerSclsa-.lCsicling l'a the same oeighbourbood, Assidkug. laqds,of the -same value and description with : liis.ewn,.-but ~which have been traps. mitted throagh,Protestant,band‘ate paying ls. only. • In the year 1791, whets the repeal of several . , penal enactments affecting.lloman Catholics was in contests 'plation, a Committee was formed,. consisting of Boman Catholic Noblemeo and..9entlemen, who communicated wAlsiGovernment on the-subject of *legrsletive relief : then proposed tpfie Oven to Romeo Catholics ; of this Committee Mr. (lades Butler watsecretary. ....It was distinctly .understood in the cpurse of the eommunication .1040 -Inok..place between this Coto -0 Mitiee and the Government, .that•the Roman Catholic.; Aber- to be relieved from the double Iliad Tax, but in ,iionsequence of : the Lend Tax .Acts heng„then annual taxes only, it was considered that no prospective remedy wecrequire4,„- . r . r . . : Mlle mode. aclopted,for, reheyjngthe Roman Catholics sues not, irs fict z vesurted to, _ until the year 1794, when; rthelcle , Wses, to:voick,dwildubie charge had been cre atectinedreetiened uponlaods held by persons of., that faith Time the year Ift9e,seere.for the first time omitte.l, in the Land Tax Aca . o,Ltkat year (chapter 8), and the 'clause of Queen Atom's time, which his been already raoo l 4 . lo44Kev i e4 tri, was. 'continued, with a recital rhttod9f 01. Ait9 it: oa,;.s:;ipg . trimake its application genera - On' kilievaj_k 041410 s t o Atever from the double charge . yr Land Tett, Ord.' making ' them. liable to a singre,Akesswrit 0V7.„ Thimecital is in the following words -e! WIT cwt. torvv*theAssessments.which have been Mile by r ‘istsie of IV,. said XCe"of the fosirth year of their;:said Ate iticitiei; ,sign (4th William trod' MarY);leveral, 7 lredi,. tenemenic . tents, or other here.: , ditements Of peryaos refu s ing or:peilecting to take the Oa ths,therein tontaitied,'Werejlefes - ted to pay double the rates therein • expreised; and whe reas it .is.ont hereb y . intended to impose or assess . an y, such double rites upon *O7 person or persons whatspeyer,"&e.(sec.ll4 ) It Would seem that at the time when it was thou in tende.d, to render .the effect of. this clause general, the circumstance of its having, from,* causes already ad verted. to, ceased whims aa*:Oeratipn whatever, was not known, or pot ti'dierted . gs t It is be ObServed,„.thet the CoMmittee of Roman Ca, tholic Noblemen and others jiad ceased to act from the year 1792; ennceiving,th'it,the objects of their assem blage had been completed by the enactment of the Bill which was passed in 1791, relieving the% from other penal ,enactments, andby the distinct understanding had with Mr; Pitt, then at the head of the Government,' with re4eyence to their future relief from the doubl e I Lind Tag. Your Committee proceed to Consider in the remain in& patt of this Repent,' him far the penalty imposed by the Act of 1691 had been wholly or in part removed, since the period When it became the . eipreuediutenticin• of.the LegislatUre, that an impositioii Of this dektiption shiriald no longer be - petrnitted toeziSt. It appears that in some cases, per:4oi bolding lands which were burthened with a doge& cbar s eut Liana Tax, have obtained a . partial relief eithei in a treater or smaller degree by virtue bta 'clause in the Land Tax Acts.' -That this clause was not framed for the relief of 'Anon Catholics is evident, from the circumstance that this enactment was contained in all . those annual Acts which passed during the period when the penalty was . . • • It is worthy of attention also, that the increased charge made by this process upon other persons having lands in the same district, is hardly reconcileable with equity, since it appears that from the operation • of the Act of 1692,. dist ricts in which Roman Catholics were holders of lands became chargeable nn that account with a higher rate in proportion, as respecting the general Assessment cf the kiogdom, than they would otherwise s.. have been liable to pay. Consequently; it would seem but jest, thin:When ale. Legislature professed to remote this penal chulei Wet relief should have been effected by . ianenaCtment,whiCii would have completely relieved the ihditridual on whom it rested from all and every part of it; ivithdet :in flic!ing any consequent injury on the distriets Whitalt have now become subject,tO a burthen, in consequence of Roman Catholics having formerly held lands silo: ated within their precintts. , In 1798, the Land Tat was made perpetual by die Act of that year, cap. GO, and the power of redemption of Lind Tax as given in, that Act tended considerably to impede and pretreat ,eitrea that degree of relief which persons . snb*ted *toil* penal Charge might have par tially cibtarned•befo 4.':• In whatever disti Celt - 4 rechintiition of the Land TaA was effected, thelintia•of thedisttict became pro tank, circumscribed to the party seeking re,lief from the double to:, since no porthin of the sum to be taken froni the party complaining , of a double charge, could be laid upon land, in respect of which the tax was already re deemed. • It Appear; to your Commit • tee, that though. the Land ' Tai it a burthen, which, owing to the circumstance of alteredvalue in land and money, is at present lightly . felt throughout the greater part of the kingdom, •sinif those who now pay a double Charge of this :is, ace 1* fact paying. a stun much smaller : than that at which they are nominally assessed by a single Assessinetit ot 4s. in the pound,. so that a grievance of this description has, by many persons, been considered a matter of little, consideration; yet, in addition to the circumstances 144 ready adverted to, there is a highly important view ilk . which the existing grievance is.to be considered, as tee ' luting to the power of redemption given by the Act, of the 38th Geo. 111, It is to be observed, that a person whose .larkkil,' doubly' charged find himself under the serious' disa4-• vantage (should he desire to exonerate his land) of 'being called upon to redeem the Tax according to.the tatesef such double charge; ,he must therefore. ptoyidelotlble the amount 6f stock that would have beep . requir4it the land . which he desires to exonerate ho .rcirl,r.Afro in the tenure of a &mart Catholic. It . , catuk . .5: doubted that this circumstance will prevent;, 440 q_ arethus situated frets redeeming iheir •Lan4 . :lfix ys ii 1. i tbefsball biplisettin ;more equitable sitoatioviitk reference to the terns of their purchase' 7 : I ' ,. . Z . Your Committee, therefore, being satisflea t frogUit evidence they have Oamitined, and' the JieiritkimmiNry Order of the ifopse (cif wlicls a. pottion onli ere siSj* printed), that the coaseqnencei er the pen. statute, te l lacing to the,double Land Tax, remain 43 (crce to'a ;On side:able extent, conclude their'llepert, by temincling the House of. the declared intention_Of the. pegiA?rum to repeal these laws; and they recommend, asp:l44cent •with.the justice and good faith cf ParliaMebt4h6t a IA ,hodld be passed, which may mote effectually: reliev'Or estates (excepting such estates as may be fairlyVteilyne4 ;to have been transferred by purchase on lowii terMl,si reason of such doublechargel from. the increased charge. that Was impo sed on account oi:religious opielot..'" 4. . • • o " • •:( • tr f• At FRENCH TAPER& ie.; * Aria* ITO*. tikw . Gpistitwas; tit*, . . • • Tatkrtii, Ans. 41 . le•MII • not to bave:intandidl4 • . go to Corlu, . but. to confer with Ibrahim ,av 4ba a Isrus varbs, with the Admirals of the, Allies.at witb . General'Cbureb at Lesina, to wfilat.platebetaL returned from Poros. It is: that his viiYas' bit; nterviewa Ibrahim 'Paella had 'for - their .O.SA , ef to persuade sthe EgyptiaititeitMal to leave, the jea belle the departure, or' tit . French ewpeditiisn, and tai get all the fOrtreises otettpied *by the Arabs and M ba ` . niansdeliyered wp to Abe Greeks.. It cannot be ids** rent to ' . .the.Oovernmept t.i!swe •.ase ArdagesttirtOsses in" the cOOstry'in the oirciegitiois at fcireignilrodik; Sl) s hSt aleffdifferent Bence. _ Admiral Sir E.TOdtiOkisk"Orkfis.tOoPrttr!..49.lo- to Franke iinnvdiZtely• - citi . .the a;ftal of his saidceisor.. It is said that among . .tlitFreaaissik•WlSieh have induced his rccal, is the 'indifference- with' which he saw the Greek prisoners transported To 'Egypt, sytrom,h‘sipo vernMent is:noty . endeavouring. to re;ease.. : - The conferefices at Corfu will begin in the mitl'at .. e i t the month. 'People are very curious to see whether 't - will send ••tt Plenipotentiaiy. On the part or Greece a depitatlog ii ezpeFted, oi.the Presidebt hint. self. The nomination of a coMmislioiiiiif Govern - mink at Poros, consisting ,of .Couchiriotti,-4030; Ki i r rom i,• chali, and .tbe COnot Ifialio'Capo f dl'strlai.to transact business in the abienciot the Fosideat, readers' thelit... ter conjecture very.iirobable.** 7 r According to all that we learn, 'the Greek firia'ncei' are daily improving, arida nevi Government miy 0 - On, be able to meet its engagements ; this would be one of. the greatest services that the President could render to his countrymen.. Another, 'equally important, is the intrOduction.of Courts of Justice and anode of lais in 'Greece. A commission, consisting .of lawyer s , is said to have been already app o i nte d t o draw up.the code. Whatever progress the Greeks may make in civil insti. ,tutions, it seems but little disposed to submit to military organization. The ttocips, as far as military discipline is concerned, roam better than childieu. Those who . r . r ...