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r ~ - • • \ FRENCH Pi/Pao . ?AIMS, IAWARY , The Wing of Naples being indisposed, has thought proper tp quit the cominaod of thcanuy, which he l b: given up to the Viceroy: Thi s latter i s mo re apl fiiittved to a grand aiit inistration. ge possesses the entire confidence of the Emperor. After thp treason of General d'Yorck, the King of Naples judged it advisable to march upon the El -I?ing wad, and from thence on Posen, where his ilead,quarters arrived on the 10th ofJanuary. General Rapp, with a garrison 0f.30,000 men, oc cupies the island of Noyat, and pantzic ; 6000 men pccupy Thorn and its neighbourliood; 6000 Prus sians are in Grauden4; a corps of observation which the Prince of Eekmuhl commands is upon Bamberg. prince SFhwartzenborg and General Reynier are in adv?ince of Warsaw. The sth corps is reorganizing in that place, and the Duke of Tarentum has march ed upon Posen. Marshal St. Cyr has recovered from his wound. .Rd. • Tim Duke of PocUuna.has arrived at Posen: there has tip; been, since the affair - of the Duke of Taren tum upon the Niemen, in which lie made three Rue liar; battalions prisoners, any engagement whatever with the enemy : there have only been some rencon tres of little importance with the Cossacks. All the dismoupted cavalry has arrived upon the Oder, General Bourcier, who is at Berlin, writes that he has made contracts for 30,000 horses, 20,000 of which have already been delivered' at the depots, as well for the remounts of cavalry, as those of the ar tillery and military equipages. The cold, weather still continues. The King of Prussia is re-organizing his contin gent between Stettin and Colberg. General Lauriston departed yesterday from Paris, to fix h:s head-quarters at Magdeburg, where the corpeof observation which he commands is to arrive. General Souham will pass the Rhine with the van guard of the corps of observation of the Rhine, and will move on towards Frankfort. His Majesty has given to General Bertrand the command of the army of observation of Italy, which is to unite at Verona. A •trngu.lld composed of 40,000 fresh troops will unite at Posen, under the orders of Marshal the Duke of Elchingen, This Marshal is among the ntunber of those whose courage and strength of mind have mod the test. The King of Saxony is uniting his troops about The gmperor of Austria is assembling considera ble forces in Galicia. We can already count there an army Of more than 80,000 men. The greatest confidence and harmony exist between the Imperial Courts of Vienna and Paris, The King of Denmark is deaf to the menaces and intrigues orE - ngland, Russia, and Sweden. Dantzick is now an unattackable fortress ; thirty thou:anis good troops have been collected in it; good Generals command them, and the Governor of the town is General Rapp, a brave and intrepid soldier. &considerable number of evgineer and artillery offi cers are In. it The place is provisioned with every thing for two years. Xll the reports that have been circulated are false. There has not been a battle at Kuningsberg ; there bas not 13411 one at . glbing ; no General Pacer has been wounded ; and we repeat it, that no 44;4 has taken plats since that of the Duke nf Tarentum upon the Niemen. Ger'many has nothing to fear either from tl e intrigues of England or the irruption of the Bqbar ens, who only knew how to defend their country by devastating it, and their capital by burn ing it. to short, as soon as winter shall terminate, the Russians will be chaced and driven back—the quicker in proportion as they may have further ad vanced. We are authorized to make this exposee, to tran ,•quillize the good , citizens of France and Germa ny; and we adcl, that they may be certain, that if any events happen we will immediately nuke them known to the public, with the same truth and sim plicity with which were made known the misfortunes gf the army in the 29th •pulletin. :We do pot know Why the English attach importance tp inundating our coasts and the Continent with pam phlets filled with false accounts ; in short all the mis. , fortunes which the army suffered are stated in the ?9,h Pulletin ; but what the Petersburgh Gazettes acid, that Eagles and cannon were taken from ps in front of our banners Oandirres) is false, very false. 1 ---(pniceur, Jan. 26. POSEN, JANUARY 15, - Nis Majesty the Icing of Naples arrived here at pne o'clpcit this night, and alighted at the palace of the Prelecturate, M, the Duke of Abrantes, and the General of Division friant lave been in out city Or tile last *ea- MARIgNWERWR, JANUARY 8. Since yesterday we have had the head-quarters of - the French army in our town. His Majesty the King Of Naples, Commander in chief of that army, lett us yesterday to go to Bamberg . His Imperial highness the Viceroy of Italy ; and Marshal the Puke of Belluno, are still here. . • pmirrzic, JANUARY 17. We have here_ a corps d'arrnee of 30,000, under the orders of General Rapp. General Bachelth who commands a brigade six leagues from henc'e, atttacked, on the 15th, the ene my's advanced posti, and trade three gnss;a4 ofE- Cers, 100 soldiers, and 15 hussars, prisoners, .AUGSBURGH, JANUARY 17. It is calculated, that according to the measures lately adopted by the French Goiernment, 550,000 men will quickly , be disposable, without reckoning the grip) , Spain oy thg Grand Army VISTPLA, lANUARY 22. The Prince of Schwamenberg's corps &armee has liken its cantonments along the Vistula to the south of Warsaw The Russians have not yet passed the Upper Vistula, where their have three corps; one un der the orders of General Sacken, that of the centre commanded by Admiral Tschitschagoff, and that of Count Wittgenstein in the North ; all these corps are under the directions of Prince Kutuspw. At this se.s',n• of the year, and 'with the weather we now have, the couriers; go in four days from Wilna to St. retersburgh. The cold increases with great force in , • -• the u!ighhourhooll of the Vistula. 'nen rag% as we are told, great sicknesi ip the Russian any, and principally among the home. r is the militia and the IF vics 112* perform seri , Ice in * interior of 4u pia. Lnrszn nion pEzwca EUGENE V4POLION I TICUOY OF I UP/ TO T ii milasTFß AT W4L mytenverder, Antisry 6. MY Loan Dortz--rThe St. Petersburgh Gazettes have fallen into my hands, by which I perceive how unnatural and false are the relations which they con tain of the events pf November and December ; I will stop only at what concerns my corps d'armee.— It is stated in these papers, that on the Bth Novem ber, Platoff attacked me, and dispersed my corps, took from me 5,700 men, and my whole artillery. These statements are false—Platoff scarcely presented himself before my corps. He was repulsed in ever/ part. If he, has made some prisoners, he has not taken a single one with arms in his hands, but he may have picked up some single stragglers, who, l luring the night, to avoid the extremity of the cold, had sneaked into the villages. With regard to the "cannon, they have not carried off a single piece, al. though it is true, that I was obliged, by the loss of lily horses, which perished through the excessive cold, to abandon the greater part of my artillery e after having dismounted and broken it. I know that the Russian statements are quite false ; the extent of the country, and the eztrenie ignorance of•the greater part of its population, give the Russian Government great liberty in this respect, and they take good care to profit by it, in causing the most nonsensical re ports to be spread about. We were at the gates of Moscow, when that people believed us to be beaten. (Signed) " EUGENE NAPOLEON." LETTER FEOIII TILE MARSHAL PRINCE OF ECKMUNL TO TIDE MAJOR-GENERAL. "'Thorn, lanuary s. "My LORD—I read with astonishment, in the St. Petersburgh papers, that on the day of the 16th of November the enemy took 12,000 prisoners from my corps d'armee, and that they had scattered the re mains of that army in the neighbouring woods, , in such manner that it was entirely destroyed. It would be difficult to push impudence and falsehood farther, if all the Russian statements since the commencement of the campaign, and in the preceding ones, were not already known. Pid they not sing 'le ileum at Pe. tersburgh, and were not ribbands distributed there, for the battle of Austerlitz Did they not say that they had taken 100 pieces of cannon from us at the battle of the Moskwa ; and did they, not again, on that occasion, ehannt the Te Deum which filled Eng, land with joy ? How many difficulties did they not raise in acknowledging. the taking of Moscow Did they not likewise proclaim themselves conquerors at the battle of Malovaroslavetz, where we pursued them for the space of 4.0 wersts ? 4 ' The fact is, that his Majesty, knowing that the Russian army from Volhynia was marching towards the Beresina, was obliged to set out from Smolensk, notwithstanding the rigour of the season. By a sud den change in the temperature, the cold, which was but six degrees, advanced to twenty, and even for a moment to twenty-five, according to some of our hngineer officers, who had a therMometer. AU our orses, and our train of artillery, perished, His Majesty no longer wished to come to art engagement with the enemy ; he no Imager even wished to allow himself to be amused by petty affairs, desiring to gain with all speed the Beresina. When his Majesty passed through Erasnoy he had to drive back the enemy, who placed himself between the guard and my corps &armee. As soon as my core* had re. joined the army, his Maieity continued his march, and 'my corps was to follow, without employing itself in maintaining a contest in which the enemy would have the advantage of a numerous cavalry and ar tillery. But my corps never met the enemy that it did not beat him. It has suffered very heavy losses, horn fatigues, cold, and that fatality which caused all the cavalry and artillery horses to perish. A great number of my men dispersed, to seek refu ge aga i nst ' the rigour of the cold, and many were taken. 4 4 Your Excellency knows that I do not dissemble my losses ; they are undoubtedly considerable, and fill me with grief ; but the glory of his Majesty's arms has not for a moment been compromised. (Signed) I 4 The Marshal Duke of Auerstadt, Prince of ECKNIUIIL." I.ETTER EROS( THE MARSHAL DUKE OF ELCEHNOEN To • • 410 dri 'th_h"gb it-harnot ;hot when opr dra ft holies u 4 Sth.the cold, we wepe ohligeci to break our artillery, and lea", it behind as. To hear these reports from 4t. Petersburgh, it must appear, that we were all cowards, who Foul() not choose but , fiy before the terrible Russian legians! It is tree, that. according to their statement, we likewise fled at the battle of Ivloscow. Ind that they pushed us to the distapce of if wersts from the field of battle; — consequently it must have been in our Bight that we occupied Moscow. " The Spring will do as justice for all these vain- glorious bpastings. The Russians will every where find the men of Austerlitz, of Eylau, of Friedland, of Witepsk, of Srpoleasko, of the Moskwa, and of the Berezina. (Signed) " The Marshal Duke of Btatutcqm." r • .7 j • I • t tRENCII leff1" 0 ?Atm, 14. t • The Wing of Naples heii proper IP quit the 50=14 • %1 given up to the Vicar° fittitornecl to a grand a l ba the entire confidence of the After th; treason of Gei Naples judged it advisabl Bing wad, and from the . ileadfquarters arrived on tl General Rapp, with a g cu pies the island of Noyat pccupy Thorn and its ne sians are in Grauden4; a the Prince of Eekmuhl co . prince SFhwartzenberg fir adviance of Warsaw. The In that place, and the Dul cd upon Posen, Marshal St. Cyr has rec - The . Duke of laellunca-h has riot been, since the aff turn upon the Niemen, in Tian battalions prisoners, %vial the enemy : there ha tres of little importance v. All the dismounted cat+ Oder, General Bourcier, who has made contracts for which have already been • well for the remounts of c talery and military equil still continues. The King of Prussia i gent between Stettin and General Lauriston depa to fix hs head-quarters corpeof observation whicl General Souham will p guard of the corps of obsi will move oq towards Fra • His Majesty has given command of the army of is to unite at Verona. A vanguard composed unite at Posen, under the of Elchingen, This Mas of those whose courage at stood the test. The King of Saxony is The Emperor of Anstr bye forces in Galicia. W _ an army et more than 8 , confidence and harmony c Courts of Vienna and Par . The Bin of Denmark intrigues ot g - ngland, Rus Daiitrick is now an ur thou:an° good troops haul Generals command them, town is General Rapp, a &considerable number of fees are In it The place thing for two years. Xll the reports that hat . There has not been a bat bas not been one at . Elbinl been %winged ; and we r taken Ow since that of t the Niemen. Ger'many from tl e intrigues of F ng Bt.rbar 4ns, who only kJ country by devastating it, ing it. 1.4% short, as soon tie Russians will be chat quicker in proportion as t weed. We are authorized to ,•quillizc the good , citizen py i and wc add, that th any events happen we wig known to the public, witl plicity with which were if the army in the 29 • th .p MVP dp pot know ti . hy tio tp inundating our coasts a phlcts filled with false acc , fortunes which the army 99th 13ulletin; „but what that Eagles anti c in front of our banners (64 7 —(4lleniceur, Jan. 26.) POSEN, JA . is Majesty the King one o'clncic this night, ant the Prelecturate, M, the the General of Division Or tile last week. • MARIp4WERIN 'Since yesterday we hays - the French army in our to of Naples, Commander us yesterday to go to Bair His Imperial highness Marshal the puke of Bell pAbiTzic, J We have here a corps • the orders of General Rat General Bachelg, whq leagues from hence, atttat my's, advanced posti, and Cos, 100 soldiers, and 15 4ku GSBURGH, It is calculated, that lately adopted by the Fre • men will quicklj be dip the army in Spain or the 4 VISIVLA, The Prince of Schwarty taken its cantonments alor of Warsaiv. The Russia! Upper Vistula, where they der the orders of General corm:aided hy Admiral ' r Count Wittgenstein in the t • und;:r the directions of / season of the year, and have, the couriers go in ft) retetsburgh. The cold is THE MAJOR-GENERAL. " Ellling, January 10. if MowszigNEnn—l have read in the retersburgh Gazettes, that on the 17th of November, at midnight, my corps, 4,000 strong, sent a flag of truce and laid down their arms ; that I saved myself, alone and wounded, by passing the Burysthenes over the ice. I cannot believe that the General of the Russian army could, in his reports, have given place to such nntruth ; and although I know the little confidence which in Europe is paid to these reports from the Russian Ga zettes, constantly discredited by the absurdity of their tales, I nevertheless take the liberty of writing to your Excellency, and I entreat you to have ;ny letter printed, tp give a formal contradiction to the state. meta, that my corps laid down its arms, and that I alive passed beyond the Dnieper. Very far from that, on the 17th of November, ;I alone sustained all the enemy's efforts. I had at that moment but 8000 men under my orders, and in consequence of the unfortu nate circumstances in which we were, I had no artil lery. The enemy had a numerous one. I halted all day. I then discovered that it was not the same infantry, for they several times attacked me, and not withstanding their great superiority of number, could make no impression. " At ten, p. in. a Colonel, with 4 flag of truce, was sent to propose I should surrender ; tp this im., pertinence I replied, by making the officer prisoner, and carrying him tp the other s i d e o f t h e Dnieper, to which I made my troops repass, and the next day conducted him to the head-quarters of his Majesty, at Orcha ;---when I arrived there with rpy corps, I scarcely wanted 500 men, who were killed in the battle of the preceding day. 64 All the Russian reports are romances. There is nothing tine in what they say, excepting the loss of my artillery; and your Highness knows that it was not in human power to bring it away in the midst of frosts, and over the ice, all my horses having fallen under the fatal !unreality occasioned by the rigour of the cold. During the whole course of the campaign the Russians have not taken, either from me or my comrades, a single piece of cannon in tlw face of pARLIAIffEATAItr ricoc.vpiNG.T, HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY s. The liouse of Lords mg thjs day, forthe brat time after the recess. Lord Oardner, Lord Mount gdgempbe, Lord Stanhope, the Marquis of Bath, the Archbishop of Yoik, the Bishop of Nor wich, Bishop of Bangor, Bishop of Chichester, and others took the oaths and their seats. The Earls of W ESTMO a rt.auD and Haatwoop appeared at the door in their robes, for the purpose of introducing the latter in the usual form, upon hi. new dignity. Mr. Cooper, the Clerk, however, informed them, they were too late, as it was almost four o'clock, and the oaths must be taken, according to the rules of the House, before that hour, which could not then be done,— 'This business was, therefore, postponed. CATLIOLIC CLAImg. The bishop of CHICHESTER presented a Pe tition from a number of the Clergy of that Diocese, against the Catholic Claims. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a Petition of a similar import from the Dean and Chapter of Ely. Earl NELSON presented a Petition to the same effect from some of the Clergy of the Archdeaconries of Norwich and Norfolk. The Bishop of NORWICH, after expensing his regret that he should have had the misfortune to differ in opinion on this question from so many of the Clergy of his own diocese, observed, that he thought this a matter in which it would have better become the Clergy not to have interfered at all ; but to have left it, like other great State questions, to the wisdom of the Legislature. He adverted to the effects of the outcry of " Church in danger," in the time of the riots under Lord George Gordon, as an instance of the danger of such improper interference. That out cry had produced outrages, which were really dan gerous both to Church and State. He hoped now,' however, that the people of this country were too es lightened,.to be misled by the weak or wicked cry of 64 No Popery 1" and that those prejudices which were giving way in other places, would give way here also. It was for the Legislature to decide upon this, as a great measure of state policy ; auk it was not to be supposed, that the Legislature would do any thing incompatible with the security of the Esta blished church, The Bishop ofSALISBURY presented Petition; against the Catholic Claims from the Dean and Char. ter of Sarum, the Arch-Deaconry of Sarum, and the Dean and Clergy of a peculiar jurisdiction in that diocese; and from certain of the Clergy of I3erks,, Wilts, and Exeter. All these Petitions were read, and ordered to lie on. the table. The puke of NORFQLK, adverting to certain expressions in some of these petitions, complained of the misrepresentations of the tenets of the Catholics in some of them. if these had been contained in any of the petitions which were jeft in the ale-houses for signatures against the Catholic Claims, they would have required no comment ; but coming from a learned and well-informed body, he could not forbear calling the attention of the Hpuse to them. The mis representations of which he complained were, that the petitioners ascribed to the Catholics of this day, some of the most objectionable tenets anciently held , by some Catholics at least, as to the power of the, Roman Pontiff. The Pope once claimed the pow er / of deposing Sovereigns, and had actually attempted to depose one of the Sovereigns of this country. This tenet was, in the most pointed terms, disclaimed both by the English and Irish Catholics. Another misrepresentation was, that the Roman Catholics were subject to no further exclusion than that which existed as to the Protestant Dissenters ; an assertion which was notoriously without foundation. It was fitting that the public should be put on its guard against Such misrepresentations. Lord HOLLAND adverted to another point * on which the Catholics had been misrepresented by the Petitiones, namely, in regard to the infallibility of the Pope. This tenet was as.,solemnly disclaimed as it could be by oaths. It was certainly proper that the country should be aware of these misrepresentations, and he was happy that his Noble Friend had adver- ted to them. His Lordship also wished to know, or at least put the question, as to how many composed a peon and Chapter? and whether, in order to do a corporate act, the attendance of the whole, or only of a majority, wasisecesiary ? It was proper the pub lic should know this also. The Bishop of SALISBURY, in reply, stated, that the Chapter was composed of seven members ; and that a majority only was required to do a cor pprate act. The Petitions were ordered to remain on the table. Lord SIPMOUTI-I presented a Petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, &o, of Leeds, Yorkshire, against the Catholic Claims.—Laid on the table, EAST INDIA COMPANY. Lord MELVILLE presented Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, the Conven tion of Royal Poroughs in. Scotland, and the Town 'of Stirling, against the Bast India Monopoly.—Laid on the Table. The Duke of NORFOLK wished to know when Ministers intended to bring forward the question as to the renewal of the East India company's chaitt.r, in that House ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL was not prepared to answer that question at that moment. Parliament would p;obaply think it right to wait till the com pany petitioned.—r4djourned till Friday HOVSE' OF COMMONS. A uew Wcit vos or4eryd to be issued for the Borough of New Romney, In Kent, in the room of Sir I.'l'. Dueszwottru, Bart. who has accepted the Chiltern Htindred;. Eleven Members took the Oaths, and their Seats. Mr.IINLAy brought up a retition trout the Lord Protest e mid ivr A gistnigesAfGlaagew, apipat the renewal of the excic,.. o , Chanty of the Bast India Company.—Ordered to lie on the tati Mr HART DAVIS presented a similar Petition from 'Merchants, &c. of Bristol —Ordered to lie on t h e table. * Mr. WHARTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to emron n the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to grant a small allow. ance to Prisoners confined for fines and penalties, in consequen t of disobeying the Revenue Laws. Mr. ROBINSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to extend the powers of a former Act for allowing the Exportation of Copp er , Mr. BENNETT moved for an Account of the Duties on L ea ,. then, for the last two years.— Ordere i. Also, an Account of th e .Dilties on all Articles of Worked Leather, during the sam e period—Ordered. THANKS of THE HOUSE. Lord CASTLEREAPH rose and said, that in the Vote of Thanks of that House to the Marquis of Wellington and the Army, for the glorious battle of Salamanca, the f ortugue4e Army had, from load. vertence, been omitted to be includ,d. He felt it his duty, therefore, to mention it to the House, and to move that the same thanks as were given by the House for that memorable event, be extended to Marshal Beresford, and the several Generals, O. cers, and men of the Portugu e se Army ; which was ordered accordingly. a GOmew, apjuet the renewal of the rxti c , Bast ladle Company.—Ordered to lie on the DAVIS presented a similar Petition from t!.. c. of Bristol —Ordered to he on the table. TON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to emr o les lf s e o • r s e r i tli fi btc e n a t a e duri Customso enr:d,a f or allowingw le ave ast fines d t E a noxtbcdhoi the en Also, grant the ,rm an o g in a Bill t n c o 7r : : t s : e le d la 1 : p er E'rr moved for an Account of the Duties on 1,, a . art two years .— Ordcre L Anides of Worked Leather, dung the wte LSTLEREAPH rose and said, that in • Thanks of that House to the Marquis of and the Army, for the glorious battle of the ortugue4e Army had, from inad. een omitted to be includ..d. He felt it terefore, to mention it to the House, and at the same thanks as were given by the that memorable event, be extended to Tesford, and the several Generals, Pc ten of the Portuguese Army ; which was tordingly. AMERICA. dship then brought up certain pape r s. ' T . p discussion of the differences between the rernment and that of Americir, and I.ro. the taking then; into consideration on to. tnight ; which was agreed to, and the no. I accordingly. BRITJSU PRISQNERS. (I'PBREAD brought up a Petition from len, masters, and mates of English vessels, era in France; which stated them to have five, some sir, and others seven years con. an allowance of only 29 francs per month 'ench Government, and that their situation colorable. They therefore humbly pro fed the interposition of the House. The lion. stated, that the Petition had ouly come s the day before yesterday, though it %% lc icember, 1811, so dust it had been thirteen slaking its way to him. While he con A ment deeply the miserable situation of so 4r unfortunate countrymen as were now France, he should abstain from any com- e present occasion, not knowing to which it was attributable the blame of no ex. ing taken place. He should only move, rr leave to bring up the Petition, which was the Petition ordered to lie on the table. MOTION FOR PEACE. fITBREAD then gave notice, that he Thursday the 4th of March. brig forward s the subject of Peace. COMMITTEE OF SIMPLY. mmittee of Supply, Mr, WHARTON I 4 sum, not exceeding F 963, be granted ers, Esq. for his trouble of investigating t relative to the Public Works-414)O. 4s. try for the Public Offices-462059, for de. expenccs on the Impeachment of Warren ;sq. Several other sums were then voted ineous services. Ise being resort ec4 the report was ordered ed on Friday. LOCAI I TOKENS. ;se went into a CoMmittee on the Local :t, in which LAhICELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hat notwithstanding his disapprobation c: once of Local Tokens, yet such he was would be the inconvenience of putting there ire a sufficiency of some circulating me• 4 ver or gold coin, should be provided by t, to answer the public exigences, that be :essary to continue them for a short time :e was in hopes, from the more favourable h had lately appeared relative to bullH rse of exchange, that six mouths would be r the above purpose; and would therefo:e at the Chairman be instructed to move bring in a Bill to continue the said Act jod °t time. • ew words from 4slr. WHITBREAD zni I lAMILTON, the House was re' ; airman obtained leave to bring in 4 i he said Act. LSTLEREAgH moved, that the' House, cicrattiourn to Friday.—Q4cred.: rROPERTY TAX. :ANCELLOR of the gXCHEQUER s rising to make the moOork he was about o the consideration of the WM; ACfe4 • to advert to what bad fallen from as leman opposite to him (Mr. Creevey) )04 1 aljournment of the House, relative tolbt to x t That Hun, Gentleman had moved papers, which would not, if produced, n the information he wished for, because y-tax, since it was first introduced as as • had undergone so many changea as. 4 is as, that nothing but a most complete ac• for several successive years, could silo" A bearings. In the year 1803, it produced ti zillions and an half ;—in 1805, upwards ms ; and last year it produced mqg •bas f 1 ions. One year it brought in, he beTieved• st illions, bnt that was in consequence ry exertions to find cut what it could be oduce. It was his intention, however , v e subject fully before the House; and f, 1 '4 1 curate judgment might be formedapt di letermined to have the account as fullo T He, therefore, would move , 4 for an g: tit e annual value of lands, tenements, II 13. nts, and the profits arising from Mae' c ions, and the duties laid thereon, ;hewing nount cf the - property-tax from the veal tti 1807 incluiive, with the several dedtie . 81 rom, and the various classes of exempting' api EEVEY said, hP thought it necessary (' It: produce of the property-tax, arising aid that arising from trade and rot tit ler to see which was most productive; an d ids ant now moved for would shew' that , he fe l no objection to it. The motion vast en 1111 ItEstpur. lANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE I 1 41 is concerned 10 state, that there aPiga rej . Lii cit in the revenue of last year, anrountl n f 4 4 too • but it was, at the same time, one ink, that the cawere uses'of it not petl9 kLly to occur again. Ope cause was, thi AMERICA. His Lordship then brought up certain pape r s, k. lative to thy discussion of the differences between the British Government and that of AmeriAr, and Fro. posed to fix the taking them into consideration on to. morrow fortnight ; which was agreed to, and the no. tice entered accordingly. PRISQNERS. M r . WHITBREAD brought up a Petition from certain owners, masters, and mates of English yesstls, now prisoners in France; which stated them to have been, some five, some sir, and others seven years con. fined, with an allowance of only 29 francs per month from the French Government, and that their situation was truly deplorable. They therefore humbly praied - relief from the interposition of the House. The lion. Gentleman stated, that the Petition had otily come to his hands the day before yesterday, though it wi s dated in December, 1811, so that it had been thirteen inlooths in making its way to him. While he not but lament deeply the miserable situation of so many of our unfortunate countrymen as were now confined in France, he should abstain from any com ments on the present occasion, not knowing to wlfkch Government was attributable the blame of no ex. change having taken place. He should only move, therefore, for leave to bring up the Petition, which was given; and the Petition ordered to lie on the table. MOTION FOR PENCE. Mr. WHITBREAD then gave notice, that ha would, on Thursday th:. 4th of Munk bring forward a motion on the subject of Peace. COMMITTEE OF SIMPLY. . In a Committee of Supply, Mr, WHARTON moved, that 4 sum, not exceeding F 963, be granted to G. Sanders, Esq. for his trouble of investigating an Account relative to the Public Works-4100. 4s. for Stationary for the Public Offices—ao.s9, for de. gciencies in expenccs on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Esq. Seyeral other sums were then voted for miscellaneous services. The House being resorgecl„ the reran was ordered to be received on Friday. LOCAI I TOKENS. The House went into a CoMmittee on the Local Tokens' Act, in which The CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHEQ UER observed, that notwithstanding his disapprobation the continuance of Local Tokens, yet such he was convinced would be the inconvenience of putting thew down, before a sufficiency of some circulating me. r dium in silver or gold coin, should be provided by Government, to answer the public exigences, that be Found it necessary to continue them for a short time' lcmgts; He was in hopes, from the more favourable aspect which had lately appeared relative to bulli'l and the course of exchange, that six months would be sufficient for the above purpose; and would thercto:e propose, that the Chairman be instructed to move for leave to bring in a Bill to continue the said Act for that period of time. After 4 few words from 44r. WHITBREAD zni Lord A. HAMILTON, the House was re' sumt2, and the Chairman obtainect leaye to bring in 4 I; !I to amend the said Act. Lord CASTLEREAgH moved % that the' House, 04 its rising, cicrattiourn to Friday.-04ered.: rItOPICI‘TY TAX. The CHANCELLOR. of the gXCHEQUER said, that in rising to make the motion he was about to submit to the consideration of th e House, he tee{ it necessary to advert to what ba d fallen from an Hon. Gentleman opposite to him (Mr. Creevey) juts before the atijourninent of the House, relative to, the Property -tax. That Linn, Gentlentan had moved for certain papers, which would not, if produced, have given the information he wished for, because ;he Property-tax, since it was first introduced as as Income-tax, had undergone so many changes asd modifications, that nothing but a most complete ac. connt•ot it, for several successive years, could she it in all its bearings. In the year 11303, it produced only tour millions and an half ;—in 1805, upwards of six millions ; and last year it produced mqii this twelve millions. One year it brought in, he be iered. fourteen millions, bat that was in censeqnence extraordinary exertions to find cut what it could be matte to produce. It was his intention, however, to bring the subject fully before the House ; and l, 1 ; 11 the most accurate judgment might be formed up; it, lie was determined to have the account a; full $1 possible.—He, therefore, would move , 4 for aq count of the annual value of lands, tenements, ass hereditaments, and the prof is arising frogs trades . and professions, and the duties laid thereon, sheWlng Vie total amount cf the -property-tax from the yeg 1803 up to 1807 incluiive, with the several dedue* tions therefrom, and the various classes of exemption' from the $ irne." Mr. CkEEVEY said, hP thought it necessa ry t, Separate the produce of the property.tax. aris ing horn land, aid that arising from trade and prot sions, iu order to see which was most productive; 2l' if the a‘i.uunt now moved for would shew that, Is could hale no objection to it. The motion svas th en agreed to. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHETLEI said, he WAS concerned to state, that there to be a deticit in the revenue of last year, amounting to 42,40 t ,ttud ; but it wAs, at the same time, oils' latory to think, that the c.tuses'of it were not pert ncnt, no; likLly to occur again. Ow cause "