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t itland. The fame thing doh with regard to the iflands of Nevis, Antigua, Montlerrat, and St. Chriflopher's. In the ad 'dative to Barbadoes, there was a recital of the expences and charges as to that illand, but there was no mention made of the appropriation of any Turn to dilaarge them ; and it was well known that the whole of the Civil Ellablifhment of the ifland had been paid out of other funds It was alfo well known, that in every grant of monzy by Parliament to the Crown for the Ilipport of its dignity, the four and a half per cent. duties had been fpccially exempted in the fe. veral Ails, as being the exclufive property of the Crown. He mentioned this merely as a ground of obje9ion to fimilar motions, in cafe they fhould hereafter be perfifted in. Had it not been for the precedent in quellion, be fhould have Rated his reafons more at large, why fuch a motion ought not to bz adopted by the Houk. Upon the pre. fent occafion he fhould not make any objeaion. Mr. Rosso% Paid, the fund had not been applied according to its appropriation. The CNANCILLOI of the Exciisaysz Paid, he would jufi Rate to the Houfe that his Majeßy bad been gracioufly pleafed to appropriate 17 a,oool. out of this fund in aid of the Civil Lilt. The Paper moved for was then ordered, as was alio another paper moved for by Mr. Titimnr, being an account of all turns charged on the per cent. duty remaining otaftanding on the sth of April iBor, with the (urns applicable to the dif charge thereof. CORON Mi. Mr. MAtttwettttto moved the Order of the Day for the fecond reading of the Coroner's Bill. Mr. DICKENSON oppofed it on the ground, that Coroners were, by the anti:nt law, reconized by the Statute of Weliminlier, compelle S to Terre the office without reward. Mr. HOBHOUSE Paid, there was not a year in which perfons were not applying to be appointed to the office of Coroner ; which was no proof of the falary or emoluments being too (mill ; for if they were, why fhould there be fo many applica tions? Bcfides this, the Houle (hould paide before it laid additional burthens on the fhoulders of the public, which were already weighed down with accumulated taxes. Mr. BULLER was in favour of the Bill, becaufe the office of Coroner was a very burthenfome one, .11.1 deferved a remuneration. Mr. ELLison raid, that the maxim " The La bourer is worthy of his hire," was a jun maxim. But there was another equally true and wile— " That we Mould be jun before we were generous." In the County where he refided, be never knew of a vacancy in the office of a Coroner, without there being a number of candidates who immediately offered themfelves for it; and the contelied elec. I Lions on thefe occafions were carried to fuel' a pitch as to dißurb the tranquillity of the county. He knew one or two conteas of this kind, in which ' the parties thought it worth their while to fiend the rum of Boel. or wool. each, in canvafling for votes. If, therefore, it was confidered as an ob jet of fuck importance, lie wifhed to know what principle any Gentleman could propo(e an encreafe in the county rates, which were already fo burthenfome as to be borne with difficulty. He knew very well that the bufinefs of Coroners was generally done by Attornies, at very little expence to themfelves, over and above the expence they mull have incurred, in pnrfuing their prefeffion. Mr. DICKENS aid, he thould with to have a Committee appointed to confider of fit perfons to fill the fitnation of Coroner, which ought to be in ' the moll refpa; able hands. Colonel Et.roau conceiving that a queffion of this kind ought not to be dirculfed in fo thin a Iloufe, moved that the Houfe be counted. There being only 33 Members prefent, an adjournment tcok place of courfe. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24• MCI'. OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK: 3 per Cent. Conf. 691 i—for April aec. 69- 41. 5 per Cent. Ann. tost FR:CE (F STOCKS YSSTIRDAT‘ 3 pa C. enaC 69 68i 691 Imp. Ann. to 7.16 spa C nt. Ace. tuzi Emile* Bills as. a s prem. r.rae.s Sr. pram Cant for Ace. 69} COURSE OF EXCHANGE. Hal"burgh is 4 s,j U. Madrid 39/ atm Venice Altnna 3s 5 af V. Babas .14bon c r i Cadiz 31 in paper Letboars sat Oporto 6 94 Ditto PSI edidive Napier 45 Dubla 11 Madrid 31 in paper Genoa 4s* Difraein, MARC* 5et......3 per C. Gov. Of. Exchangc—laubtin oft Loathe szt LAI night we received Paris Journals to the roth inilant, inclufive. The aliniansr (fates, that the article refpeeking Englilh papers, given in that journal a few days ago, and from it tranflated into fevßal of the London prints, was not official, but c(.picd from the Bulletin de Paris, publifhed twice in each decade. The French papers contain nothing of tortreq, ence. The Tiers Confoliell are 57 E is cents. which is rather higher titan a few days ago. Yeflerday forenoon the ROYAL FAMILY came to town from Windfor. His Royal Highnefs the Duke of York came to town yeflerday from Bath. The Duchefs of Divon slf IR t is confiderably im proved in health. Her Grace returned to town on Alonday, from a vifit to her mother at St. Alban's. A bog fox was to be turned out before the Brook. fide hounds this morning, on the Downs, near Mr. &tray% barn, at Northeafe. A Luck was turned out on Monday fe'nnight be fore the Urukrbillhounds, that produced :he men. dance of a very numerous field of fpnrtfmen. Ile went off in great flyle, but had not rein far,l)efore, DI Lis crertiuns to efcape his purfiters, he brae Gr e of his legs, and thereby difappuinted the whole field of the hype they entertained of enjoying a I.lz and gallant clam "CUR N AMRKET; MAU-LANE, MARCt 24. • Saks of Wheat, and every mhcr fort bf Grain, are very dun this day. The prices remain, with out any variation, as mentioned in this Paper of Monday Lat. Bit AD.—Ye flerday the Court of Aldermen be ing attended by the Mailer and Wardens of the Baker's Company, ordered the price of Bread to be continued at t lid. the IZLiartern Loaf. The principal mutineer, who aided and Allied in the mutiny on board the HIRMIONE, was ap prehended on Monday at a Public-houfe, on the Point, Portfmouth, where he was dancing. After he was taken into cuflody, he confelied that he was the perfon who murdered the Captain. Yellerday a Court of DireSors of the Eall India Company was held at the India Houle, which ad journed to this day. A Special Committee was alto held. We learn by a letter received from Calcutta, that Colonel Oxiveß, of the Madras Eftablifhment, has been appointed Civil and Military Governor at Amboyna The Supreme Court at Madras was opened under a royal falute on the 4th of laft. The *allowing is a lift of the Gentlemen who compofe the Court : add Jullice.—Sir THOMAS ANDREW STRANCE. Puifne judge —Melrrs. Jußices Go [LLCM and Su LIVAN. OLCIII=S. D. TOTTAN, Efq. Clerk of the Cr own . an d Regifter of the Court of Ad miralty; G. RicKrrrs, Efq. Pro thonotary and Reglfter; J. Aasarr, Efq. Deputy Prothono tary and Reader; G. Lys. Efq. Examiner; 1.. H. ST CAI ING Efq. Sealer. ftrrifters—R. WILLIAM], A. ANATIVENER, H. COMP.. ' TON, and F. Dismay, Efqrs. Attornir. Prodors. and Notaries—Meffrs. CUALMERS,SA MN/ I. IVIIIIAHON, WALTF ES, and ORME. The Marquis WELLESLEY was at Monghir on the stlth of Si tember; having left the Prefidency on the 15th if Augur*. His Lordlltip was ex petted to flay at Monghir till fame arrangements' had been carried into effeet. Monghir is gene rally made a ilation for part of the Englilh troops, and is only 275 miles North Weft of Calcutta.— We further Darn that it is his Lordlhip'S intention to vifit all the interior parts of the provinces fub jed to Bengal, and that he means to proceed to Lucknow, in order to make fotne arrang e m en t s with the Natio' of Oune. The palace of the Nabob, therefore, which is feared on a high bank near the Gonmty, will receive his Lordlhip dining his continuance at Lucknow: The SWALLOW packet waived at Bengal on the 13th of March, isoi, after having been eighteen months from England in her paffage to Canton. and from thence to Bengal. The EARL OF MORNINGTON packet, Captain GEORGE SIMPSON, arrived at Calcutta on the 18th of 0:lober, and was to be difpatched for England in September following. The SWALLOW was to be difpatched loon after the MORNINGTON. The Marquis WttLastav, before he left the feat of the Suprrme Government to vifit the inte rior, appointed ParEa SPERE, Efq. to be Vicc Prefident in Council at Fort William. His Lord- Ihip was conveyed up the river in a yacht, pre ceded by the Commander in Chief. The 'following is an account of the progrcfs of Marquis Wast.sstss , in his journey from Calcutta to Lucknow : R Aug. zilith. Reached Chhnorah ; aimed with Mr. Mace, the edidatt. aoth. Proceeded Do his voyage, accompanied by Sir Home POMMY. abth. Remised Dowdpore. Sept. ift. Landed at Berhunpone; dined with Mr. PATTLC, Senior Judge at Moorilledabad. ad Infpeeted the troops, under the command of Livutenafit Colonel WOOD; breakfafted with the Colorki,and !mid a Dur bar ; dined with Mr. ROCKIC, Second Judge. 3d. Anchored nearly oppofite to the Palace of the Nabob of Bengal, to whom and to the Beguma his Excellency paid a vifit of ceremony, attended by his body-guard, and by a Captain's guard of European infantry. His Excellency is attended by the refpedtivc Jud3es, Magif trots, and Carden, of the (rectal diftriets through which he pares. A private letter from Bengal informs us, that a defcendant of Zt.maus SHAH, named SHAH As- DALLAH, had entered Candahar with a view to en force his pretenfions to the fucccillon of Govern ment. Previous to which SHAH ABDALLAH had cut off a vaft efcort belonging to the Sultan SHAH FAKEER, and difperfed;his troops. On Monday fe'nnight three men were apprehend ed on fufpicion of being concei IRA! in the hii. ; liway robbery committed on Mr.Goag of Liverpool, and two other gentlemen, near Prefcott, as lately men tioned in this Paper. They were apprehended by the naivity of two gentlemen, who refide in the neigh bourhood of the place where the robbery was com mitted, and there are ffrong groynds for believing that thefe men were the aaual delinquents. The following anecdote refpating Toussaint was communicated to us many months fence:— , Shortly after Bonavaitts appointed himfelf Fira Conful, he difpatched an Officer in his confidence to St. Domingo, under the pretence of commercial ',Miners, but an reality for the purpofe of learn ing the detlgns of the Negro Chief. This perfon, who loon became fufpefted by Toussaint, was invited by him to a grand dinner, at which all the General Officers and Magillrates were prefent.— When the deffert was ferved, Toussaint drew from his pocket two piflols, and placing them on the table before him, exclaimed , tt There is a Spy in this Affembly." dead (Ilene,: prefcrvcd. Toussaint then addreffing liimklf to the Officer, laid, " You are the man, and I thould be jultitied in blowing your brains out." The Officer riling with great compofure replied, t , You may if you ideate ; but it will be an ufelef, crime." TOUSSAINT, furprifed at the refulution of the man, after a lon patife, f ti.l to him, , t Give me your hand; you arc a Ltave feiluw. I know that Donataars, as loon as he ha. made a Peace in Europe, will fend an army to lubdue me, but I laugh at all he can do." The Judges of Pennfylvaida have determined that negro flavery did legally estit in that State. Judges of North CA10141:1 have decided, that be late ads prohibiting negron front being brought into that State. were conititutional. NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MA!!.S Tlils DAY—WIND s. s. W. ARNIVCD DV!. 1 Dublin, o f. Waterford, o u 1 iamburgh, 2 t french, o u Dutch, o FALMOUTH, MARCH 21. wed his Majelly'sfhipAMETX v rrof 38 guns, Capt. H. R. GLYNN, from a cruize; the brig, Jean, Capt. M‘I.A Cl 4 Lem, in 21 days from Lifbon, laden with fruit, &c. for this port.—Appeared off, and proceeded on for London, the American fhip Alexander, Captain KING, in 4 2 days from Nor folk, laden with tobacco, &c.—Yefterday arrived the PRINCE Eittusr packet, Captain PETRE, with Mail, from America, after a paffage of 24 days from New York; fhe does not bring any particular News; arrived alfo the Liberty, Captain WIN S• BORROW ; and Milford, Captain WI L L s, from London.—Sailed the Swedifh fhip Hercules, Cap tain ScHaLs, for Rotterdam ; the was lan from Baltimore, laden with tobacco, &c. alfo the Per lican fchooner, Captain P SIMMS ; with oats for Liverpool.—The Packet with the Leeward Hand Mails is detained by contrary winds.—For the brit time thele fax years, three French mackarcl• boats put into our harbour by ftrefs of weather. PORTSMdUTH. MARCH 23. Arrived the floop Symctry, HARBOUR, from Chichcaer with (lone. Yctlerday err;,•• d tb.• Seitern, HACRWOOD, from Waterford, with butte•. —Sailed the /hoot:mount floop on a cruise aft , n• fmugglers —Went out of harbour, the PIERCER gun-brig.—Owing to the tempefluous gale which continued the whole of yefierday the MEDUSA fri gate was obliged to put back to St. Helen's; the failed again this morning with a fine wind at N. E. HULL, MARCH 22. The Onion Sand, near Orfordnefs, has lately increafed much : two or three Blips have (truck upon it : and on the 9th inflant the Vine, Scovr, of South Shields, was wrecked by flriking thereon. Mariners thould be very cautious in approaching Ortordnefs, and when making into Hofeley Bay. The Nancy, SHIELD, coal-laden, is loft upon the We ft Rocks. The Rae!, MITCHELL, of Sunderland, which was lately funk in the Helder, as mentioned in our la% has been railed, and is now in laity, LIVERPOOL. MARCH as. The Governor Dowdfwell, Brunton, from Africa and Demarara, arrived on Saturday, went on fhore fame evening in a gale of wind in Bootle Bay, but having very link cargo in, it is expe6led the will be got off the next flood. TheVallor, WILSON, from hence at Demerara, fpoke on the t ith of January, the thip Leviathan, BRUCE, from Portfmouth, for Trinidad, lat. 23. 27. long. 20. 57. out 25 days, all well. Captain GiustiN, of the Fric-,dfhip, arrived at Antigua, the 29th of January, from hence, fpoke the Grand Duke, Ittvi N I from hence to Jamaica, long. 50. on the 2d of that month, all well ; - Aro fpoke the Bruntkill, HODGSON, from Whit e h aven for Alexandria, in long. 23. but does not name the day. FROM LLOYD's LIST. Drat., MARCu 23.—Came down the Robert, Andrews, for Montferrat; and the Farmer, Carnaby, for Lilbon, and re main.—Wind W. N. W. GRAVE/IND. MARCH 23.—Paffed by the Aaire, tt, from Martinique; Leander White, from Demerara • and Rambler, M`Donald, from Leander, the Mary. An derfon, for Africa ; Tiber, Stinmer, for Trinidad ; Robert, Thorne, for Leghorn; Henrietta Catharina, —, for Hamburgh ; Vrow Alma, far Rouen; and Groete Veen Wirer, —, for GLASGOW TONTINE LIST. Fortune, at ditto, front Loudon. Thomas, —, at ditto, from ditto. Grenada, —, at ditto, from ditto. Fortitude, —, at ditto, from ditto. Elbe, Henry, at ditto, front Bolton. Maria, —, Trinidad, front Halifax. Margaret', Swan, at Tobago, trom Trinidad. Eleanor, Crow, at ditto, from the Clyde. Hero, Fleck, at St. Kitt's, from ditto. Pilgrim, Steel, of ditto, from ditto, in a 2 days. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Phoebe and Kangaroo will be paid for the Nancy, other wife St. Joreph or St. Margaretha : the Phoebe on her arrival at Cork, and at No. 17, Ceal-ftreet ; and the Kangaroo, at Cork The hoop Kite, for the detention of nine Ming-vac's under neutral colours, will be paid on board the laid hoop, on the apth init. and at the Swan, in Arundel-itreet. _ _ The hired cutter Harciffus, for the recapture of the Hope brig, will be paid, at the fame place, on Thurfday, the eft of April next. Thc fehooner Milbrook, for the capture of the Spud& lugger privateer el Barcelo, will be pill at the fame time and place. To the Leander, a diftribution will be made for the Viow Holdrica, on the a7th init. at No. 14, Clunent's far. We have the pleafure to announce th e f a f e ar rival of the (hip INDIAN CHIEF from Bengal load ed with rice. She failed from this country as an American bottom, folely for grain, and has not brought a fin., , *le paper, the C a pt a in refuting to receive any, aledging, that fliould he he boarded by the French, the confequences might end in the detention, if not forfeiture of the (hip and cargo. Yellerday the Forcer of the Hon. Ea(l India ICompany's (hip the Loan THOR tow, Capt. JOHN DALE, arrived at the India Houfe with his dif patches from the Governments of Madras and Ben i gal. The LORD THORLOW is the &it regular (hip which has arrived of the feafon of I 80t. She faile.l from Madras on the ath of Oelober, arrived at the ifland of St. Helena on the 4th of Janolry, and failed from thence on the roth following, with the CaORGIANA, the arrival of which Ihip has been already advifed. The Lux!) Tri ti a cow has had a remarkably quick patfage, having been abfent from England only ;km mouths. crrr BUsmr.ss. • A Court of Common Council was held on Mc n day at Guildhall, preknt the LORD MAYOR, eleven Aldermen, Mr• RECORDER, the Sheriffs, and op. wards of 150 Commoners. The proceedings of the latl Court w zre read ar,d confirmed. Two petitions from the inhabitants of Dowg.re hill and Catcatou•flrcet for widening and improv ing the ftreets were read, and referred to the Com mittee for letting the City lands. The LORD MAYOR (at the regnefl of Mr. DAr ) laid before the Court a 1)06k containing copies of papers, &c. fubmitted to Pailiarnent, and the Sc. lea Corn Committee of both Hon f_s of Parliam2nt, which were real and referred to the Comtni:! , .e, to confider the high price of provifionli, to examine and report their opinion to the next Court. WILLIAM GRICE and ROBERT SLAVE, Efqrs, were appointed Governors of Chrifi's Hofpital ; and Mr. JOHN HA YDON, a Governor of St. Tho mas's Hofpital. Mr. WAITHMAN fubmitted a motion on the fob jlt of the Rcl•eal of the Income Tar, and from what took place there teems but little reafon to doubt that a majority of the Court will fuppo: t propofition for a petition in favour of the Repeal. Mr. KEIMBLE, in particular, obfl.rved, that though he was active in promoting this tax, he fhoold now vote for its repeal, from a conviaion of its being highly opprcllive. He wifhed Mr Waithman, how over, to pofipone his motion for a few days. The LORD Ma volt agreed to call a fpecial Court for the-dircuffion of the motion, and Tuell!ay next being tired for that purpofe, Mr. NV.iithinait cheer fully contented to withdraw his motion. INCOME TAX. As this fubjea engages at this time fo much of the public attention, we have crk..kvour;!d to pro. ;e a Copy of the Petition, on the principles of which the Itsfolutions and Difcuainn of the Com mon Hall on Thurfd.oy hitt were founded. TiIE HUMBLE ►ETITION O► TIIE LORD MAYOR, ALDERMEN, AND LIVERY 9r LONDON, IN COMMON HALL ASSEMBLED, ADDRESSED T./ THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OP COM- MONS,..SHICWItTII, " That your Petitioners feeling themfeives much aggrieved by the partial and unequal operation of the Tax upon Income, as well as the vexatious mode by which it it carried into exc. u don, which in their judgment militates in a moil eEntial de gree againit the free principles of the Conttitution, 14g leave humbly to reprefent to your Honourable Houic, lodic of the intolerable grievances under which they labour. " That your Petitioners conceive it to be an incontrovertible principle, that Taxes ought to be equita:o.e, and proportiona bly levied; and that property ought to be the bafis of taxation, more efpecially when applied to Taxes railed for the purpofe of carrying on a war, one of the avowed objects of which was the/qty . :mat/ • of property, it appearing to them to be founded in reafon andjuilice, that property ought to contribute towards its own fupport. " That in the opinion of your Petitioners the Paid Tax is a direct violation of this principle, Income not appearing to them to form a jelt criterion, tither of the property of individuals, or of their ability to contribute ; many perfons deriving an in come from their perfunal exertions in their refpedlive trades and prefelTions others from annuitit &c. who may, never thelefs, puffers lirle or no permanent property; therefore they trial that your Honourable Houfe will perceive the extreme hirdesip and partiality of taxing Incomes arifing front filch temporary, precarious, and fluCluatii.g rotates, in the carve proportion as the Income proceeding from funded and landed property. "'that the (rid Tax has already produced the most fcrions and alarming confequencus; and by operating chiefly upon the middle claffes of the people (who can have no refouree in re. trencliment), has had an obvious tendency to check indult ry. " That the laid 'fax has been one.grcat caufe of the c>ceflivc h'gh price of all the neceffariei of life, and of the rapid and en ormous increafu of the Pear Rates, throughout the kingdom, to the great grievance ,Ind diftref- of thole of his Mai& y 's faith ful fuhjuda, who contribute to thole Rates, as well as of the many deplorable and ailliacel objects who are fupported by them, and who have her‘to:ore mdataincd themfelvcs with decency and comfort. " Th:t great end exceffive as there evils may appear, they form but a (mall part of the grievances of which your Pc iti„u er4 now complain, compare.l with the manner in which the laid Aii it carried into excet.t.on, whereby the free principles of our once envied Conitittrion arc violated and n tinged up on, by the t ftablifhmcnt of an inquifitoriel power, before whom your Petitioners are comperwd to difelufe the moil mi nute and private eircumftances of their trade and families— a circumitance hitherto unknown in this country, and v. h:ch has never been exercifed, except by creditors in cafes of in folveney. . " That power being vetted in Commiffioners, who may either be their rivals in trade, or with whom they tray have commercial intercourfe, fuhjedts your Petitioners to endlefs trouble and vexation, and may be attended with the moil ruin ous confequeoces. " That your Petitioners are well allured, that, under the aprrelienbon of there evils, many petfors in a Cate of info!. veney have heal induced to make a return of incotre, to the great injury of ;Iv it creditors, and o:hcrs, to a larger amount than they have actually poifeffed, to the impovetifitment of whilft by many the Tax has been coAfiderahly evaded " That the laid Tax will not admit of any modiflc..ti.m whatever; and that were it attempted to render it efficient and productive, It would, in the opinion of your Petiti,tiers, he the fource of fo much oppreffion and vexation, as would tend to endanger the pease and quiet of his Iklajefty's dominions. " They further reprefent to your Honourable lioufe, that this Tax is highly injurious to the morals of the people, by holding out a reward to deception, and even perjury Ufa; that it has a direct tendency to fubvert the principles of liberty, and to deprefs that independent fpirit which has ever been time charaderiftic of Engbatmen, and the (urea lupport of nation..l profpewity. " For there and various other redone which your Petitioners could Rate, no principle of taxation can be fo revolting to their fee intro. " They therefore humbly pray that your Honourable Houfe taking thefs matters into your ferious confideration, will grant your Petitioners relief, by an immediate repeal a the faidTax. " And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c." Es G L I 314 STATE-LOTT ER li:TWCTltitth Dar.— No. 50431, a prize of tool.—No. 5u,278, a prize of so!. Twenty-firtl day—No. 4,068, as firtt drawn, a prize of zo,ccol. We Qtould never defpair i; a maxim truly veri fied in the cure of Mr. Ivloa row, an eminent cheetemonger, Wellclole ilinare. This Gentlrman was very leverely affliaLd with a Rheumatic Gout, fo as to be unable to leave his ionin, after having il:effollu.dly had recourti: to a variety of other re• medics, he was in 170, induced by the advice of the Rev. Dr. WILLIAMS, to rake Gardner's rills, five boxes of which completely cored him. This unrivalled Medicine may be had at 75, and 76, Long. Acre, in boxes, at 215. los. 61. or ss. -- :J. . B. 6s. laved in the gninea--boxes for the poor rs. 3d.—Sold by molt Medicine Venders in the United Kingdoms.—Advice every day till three 'clock, by letter, with fee inclofed.