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TO FRENCH AND FENCING MASTERS. Salary One Hundred Guineas a Year, and Five Guineas for each Vacation. __ _ ------- - WANTED immediately, in a large Establish ment, a Person properly qualified to teach the French Language and Fencing. He must be a Native of France, and accustomed to public teaching. The attendance will not exceed four hours, daily, upon an average, and he will not be prevented from private teaching. Applications to be made, free of expence, stating reference as to character and abilities, at Mr. Murray's, 3•', Hi:ex-street, London. TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. WANTED a Youth of liberal Education, as Apprentice to a Surgeon and Apothecary. in a good Market town in Oxfordshire. Ile will be treated as one of the family, and obtain many advantages, therefore a liberal premium will be expected.—Wanted also an Assistant who is acquainted with Pharmacy. As he will possess several opportunities of im provement, a young Man, who ha 3 not finished Studies, will find this an eligible situation.—Direct (post paid) to Mr. Pring, Sur g on, Henley. CARMARTHEN JOU RNAL,and Sotrru WALES WEEKLY Any x it.risEa, will be published March 3, and continued every Saturday morning, by J. DANIEL, Market street, Carmarthen; and circulated with the utmost expedition throughout the Counties of Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Glomorgan, Brecon, Radnor, Montgomery, Monmouth, and the adjoining Counties ; giving publicity highly advantageous to every description of Advertisements, which are received by the Printer as above, and also by I'ayler and Newton, the Country Newspaper Office, No. 5, Warwick-square, London. PAPERS RELATIVE TO AMERICA. Many of these, or the substance of them, we find on a perusal, have already been before the Public, it therefore only remains that we select the nio6t mate rial parts of the Correspondence between Mr. CAN NING and Mr. EItsKINE. These relate to the instruc tions given Mr. EaNKISE, and the arrangement formed by :Ma Vial the American Government, without hay s ig obtaintd the necessary preliminary conditions, and are as follows : No. 4.—Dispatch from Mr. Secretary CANNING to the Hon. Davin ERSKINE, dated Foreign Office, January en, 1809. SlR—in your Dispatch, No. 47, among the other important Suggestions which you state yourself to have received from Mr. Gelatin, is one, the purport of which is, that supposing all the existing differences between the two countries to be done away, the system of their Commercial Intercourse might be better regu lited by the short and simple agreement, either to admit each other's productions on equal and reciprocal duties, or recipro c illy to place each on the footing of the most favoured nation, then by any more minute and complicated provisions. The sentiments upon which thin suggestion appears to be founded are so much in unison with those entertained here, that I am to direct you, in the event of the subjects mentioned in my dispatches being put in a train of adjustment, to endeavour to obtain from the American Government some more precise anti authentic exposition of their view upon this subject, to be trans mitted here for consideration, if possible, at the same time with their answers upon the subjetts of those other dispatches. It will not, however, be desirable that those somas should be delayed for this purpose. but you are authorised to assure the American Government off the readiness with which we shall be prepared to enter into the amicable discussion of the commercial relations of the two coun tries, on the basis of the latter of the two principles proposed by Mr;Galatin, whenever these obstacles, which stood in the way of the renewal of their intercourse, shall have been happily re moved. In this ease, as in respect to the subject of my other dispatches, yem will see that the sincerity of the good disposition professed by the persons composing the new Administration, is the point tae most important in the view of the British Government. If such a dispostion really exists, all difficulties will (as Mr. Ca la:in has expressed himself) be easily smoothed away. 11 unfortunately this hope should be disappointed, Great Britain Sae only to continue the system of self-defence and retaliation u?on her enemies, to which she his been compelled to have re ceursc, with the consciousness of having eagerly seized the first opportunity that appeared to be offered to her, of obtaining, througli an amicable arrangement with America, the object for which that system was established. I am, &c. (Signed) GC/O.GL CANNING. No. IL—Dispatch from the Hon. DAVID E SUN X to Mr. Secre tary CANNING, dated Washington, Aped 2.0, 1809. Ste—As the instructions contained in your dispatches, Noe.l and it, directed me to regulate my conduct in making propositions on the part of his Majesty to this Government, according to the general dispostion which might be shewn by them to conic to a ctee.plete and cordial understanding with Great Britain—l seem & .gly used all my efforts to discover whether the professions o'f such a diepositit et which had been so often repeated to me un officially, and lately in the most formal manner, were sincere.— T•ie result of further communication persuaded me, that the sen timents of this Government had been truly represented to me, and 1 was confirmed in that opinion by the favouralele reception of the reparation tendered by his Majesty for the affair of the Chesapeake ; the details of which 1 have given in my preceding tuber. With this conviction upon my mind, I examined, with the greatest attention, the tenor of your instructions, contained in your dispatch No 1, and particularly the three conditions upon which het Majesty was willing to withdraw the Orders in Council of January and November, 1807, as respects the United States. The first of them I considered would be of course officially re cognized by the American Government, since the 14th Section of the Act of Congress, usually termed die Non-Intercourse Act, provided for such a contingent proposition. The second condition named by you, I knew would be acquies ced in ; net only from the declaration, whick had bees made to Die by most of the Members of this Government, but from the universal opinion of,the Members of weight and influence of both Houses of Congress, that the principles and object sought to be established by that rule were equitable, and would ever be insist ed upon by Great Britain. I foresaw, however, that a difficulty must arise in obtaining a formal recognition on that point without any reference to other commercial arrangements, which would fortis the basis of a regu lar treaty. The third condition, it was obvious, could not be objected to, because an American owner of a vessel captured by a British cruizer, on account of its destination to France, or to any other country with which an intercourse was prohibited by the laws of the United States, could not complain to this Government of such seizure, as the only answer, would be, that the enter' rite being illegal, he had no claim to redress. Upon my submitting the these conditions to the consideration of the Secretary of State, lie made the answer to the first which I had anticipated, namely, that the President would of course as sent to it, and in pursuance of the power vested , in him by the Congress, would issue a Proclamation for that purpose, to take effect on the same day that the Orders in Council should cease to operate es respects the United States. • With reeird to the seeped, he said, that although he was per suaded that no difficulty would arise in the adjustment of that point, conformably to the views of his Majesty's Government, when the various articles of a commercial treaty should be brought under discussion, yet it was impossible for the American Govern ment to give an official recognition of that principle as a previous step. because there was no commerce of any kind, at. present, permitted by the laws of the United States, to be carried on with France or her dependencies: and that the question therefore must necessarily belong to another stale of things, or remain to be ad justed by treaty. • The third condition, Mr. Smith observed, appeared to him to require nu recognition, since it was evident that the interference of the Government of the United etates could never be recognised by any of Its citizens for redress for an injury sustained in come quence of a direct breach of the laws ; and that in the event of any such appeal being made, the only answer given would be, t h at the Government would immediately order the bonds of the l'esitioner tube put into execution against him for a violation of the laws. He stated, however, that the circumstance of the Government - of the United States stipulating that Great Nimbi should be allow ed to execute their Laws would be degrading, and attended with no advantages to the latter. England. T ' ¶ of Finance, of which he had the honour t o b e 2 M , v. PP bee, up to June of the last year, the . c. " l tinder these circumstance/it, It became my duty , t et i StIeSSAGN FROM 1113 MAJESTY. income tax from Scotland only can He irragined that the reason was, that rents Were n n; whether th e spirit of your instructions would be ace by The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then brought r my obtaining an of fi cial recognition on the part of , alas- trotts*Vßar a Nleasage from his Modesty, in nearly the follow returns of q ment of the first condition , and an understanding respelling gibe i l o g words i paid in Scotland ,so regularly as in England . down .e to 11,r J r.,. fact however was, that the taxes collected there two others, in conformity with the views of his Maiebtyiesenosh• 64 G. R.—His Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the House ment,• though not given In a formal manner (for roasonabdord of Commons that his Majesty has authorised the issue of some pr- paid the rents . were p a :a Sir PETER MURRAY supported what h e a re d veiled very slowly into this country. detailed), .or whether it was incumbent on me to forbear irola euniary advances to the Portuguese Government, in support of making any proposition, as I could not obtain a compliance with its military ekertions against the common enemy in that coon- tea. the exact letter of your instructions. try. His Majesty being desirous of continuing that support, has * mr. y Ho le all or E d ß Ad th v o o u c g at h e t . varioes considerations of great weiet urged me to endeavour directed that an arrangement shall be made for the maintenance to bring about an adjustment of :he differences between the two of a body of Portuguese troops not exceeding 30,000 men ; and said b die L countries, upon the points entrusted to my discretion, as far as it his Majesty trusts that his faithful Commons will enr.b e hilts to , ' WAS possible, without departing from the orders I had received. ful fi l that engagemont." as regularly in - Scotland as in England ; but thattl. The strongest inducement was derived from the communica• Mr. HU I'CHINSON gave notice for Monday, of a motion deficiency of collection arose from —e tions which I hadlately received from Mr. Smith, of the dissatisfac- relative to a g allant officer, who had distinguished himself at the a bad system assessment. e i tion of the French Minister here with the Non 4 ntercourse Act , head of a l'ortuguese corps . , i the particulars of which l have given in my No. 17, also from the Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose to tnove, That there be laid ! TheSOLICITOR.GENERA I. for SCOTLA'' ''.1 general aspect of the relations of this country with Great Britain before the House the Minutes of the Court Martial upon the b a d t h e sat i s faction ,;atth to inform his Hon.Frind tl .) and France, as detailed in my No. 17 and 18, and In some p revl- Hon. Warwick Lake, late Captain of his Majesty ' s ship Ulysses. . subject had attracted the attention of ous dispatches. He did not know whether any objection would be made to the Goverrat e: , The circumstance of the Congress being about to assemble motion • but if there should, he should turn his motion to a no- • under the ' .t, and was at present consideration of his M.,. very shortly, was another reason for wishing to have an amicable tice for 'Monday next. jesty's Ministers, arrangement concluded, since the majority of both Houses had After a short conversation between Mr. WA an, Mr. Cm at.i. Es Mr. IIUSWISSON assured the House th at pledged themselves to a resistar.ce of the restrictions upon neutral A CHANCELLOR of the ...DAMS, Sir FRANCIS BORDEIT, and the lat, viiiie he had the honour of holding an commerce, if it could be pointed against either of the two great Exentouca,the Motion was a g reed to, on its being understood office order ti• . 4 Belligerent Powers separately, and that it was only on account of th a t th e p aper was called for by Sir FRANCIS BulLDETT,vrith a Board of T u ' T eas ry, Its attention had bf!en called t ( the impossibility of any successful effort being made, that they view to make it the foundation of some ulterior proceeding in the subject, in consequence of the :.mall renl.ttai tr were prtivented from ascertaining their rights against both during th at House. .. • received from Scotland on account of the r . ..c ~ It. the last Session. On the motion o f M r . TIERNEY, a Message was ordered tocountr y. that - ''' 0 .NER ex lained. . As this Govt-rnmesst thought that any long delay in the time the Lords, to request that their Lords hi ps wou ld g ive leave to M r for the renewal of the intercourse between Great Britain and the John Earl of Chatham to attend, on Monday next, the Commit- • HO R p United States would deprive suck an arrangement of many of its tee o f that House appointed to inquire into the conduct and po- The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND mutual advantages, and as fully agreed in that opiniqn , a da y c:r- bey of the late expedition to the Scheldt. answer to the call of the Honourable Clen tl email sis co. tain (the 10th of June next) was accordingly fixed upon. . Captain Codrington, of the Royal Navy, was, on the motion posite (Mr. Horner), stated, that the tardy 'The notes which passed between the Secretary of State and of Major ALLEN, ordered to attend the same Committee. c o lle ct; myself, and which I have now the honour to inclose.(marked A, ' On the motion of General LOFTUS, it was ordered, that a _ of the revenue in Scotland arose from two causes. The B, C, D) will explain the course pursued in the arrangement that humble Address be presented to his Majesty that he would b e first was, that they had not had the advantage of th e was concluded. • g raciously pleased to give directions that ther e be laid before that same system of parochial assessment, nor of CCMlllis. Should his Majesty's Government consider that I have exceeded • House the Copy of a Paper or Narrativepresentedto his Majesty sioners fGr the Affairs of Taxes, when the P roperty, made on .b y J ohn E ar l o f Ch at h atn , relative to the proceedings of the army . a e. _ instructions in the engagement I have . _ . ax was imposed there, as existed in Enzland. Tv the limits of my .. _ _ his Majesty's behalf, I art aware that no advantages which migkt be derived from it to Great Britain could jurtify my conduct. I therefore rest my vindication upon the reasons detailed in the foregoing part of this dispatch, for believing, that I have adhered . . in the late expedition to the Scheldt. - The instructions which had been laid by Lord Gardner before the Committee inquiring into the Walehrren Expedition, were, on the motion of Mr. ABERCROMBIE, referred to a Select had consequently not the same MaCliticry for 11., ready collection of the tax, when supctiatended by only a single - pe rson in each county. Anoth er tau; to the spirit, and, as far as I could, to the letter of my orders : but place my chief reliance on the well known liberality of his Ma jesty in appreciating the conduct of his servants. I will only beg leave to remark, that the agreement has been concinded in the persuasionthat an amicable understanding would he settled by the special mission, and with a view to promote so desirable an object. Should unexpected difficulties occur in forming a Treaty, or should his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary find reason to doubt the friendly disposition of the United States, it will then rest witk his Majesty to take such measures as may be deemed proper, as cording to the actual state of things. In the mean time no injury can be derived, i conceive, from that conditional agreement. I have the honour to he, &c. (Signed) D. M. ERSKIN E. arose, not only from the slower payment of rents, from the adoption of a more strict and rigid mod e( ascertaining the rent and value of property, accor4n, to the Property Tax Act for Scotland, than existed i England. Sir JOHN ANSTRUTHER admitted that rent were paid more slowly in Scotland than in Englar, but that was no reason why the Revenue should a be collected with more dispatch than it actually was He paid his Property Tax in Scotland within tsv. months after he paid it in this country. He had hesitation to state that he could see no reas, n the revenue should not be collected with the SJ regularity, strictness, and accuracy in Scotland as England. The subject was under the considers;.. of Government, to whom he was persuaded nob .. attached. The motion was then put and agreed to ; as al was the next motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, `i tln there be laid before the House an account of a. amount of the net assessments of all the Duties calk Assessed Taxes in Scotland, from the 24th of Mar, 1800, to the latest period to which the same could be made out, distinguishing each year." LORI) WELLINGTON'S PENSION. • The House on the motion of the CHANCELLO •of the EXCHEQUER, resolved into a Commit • on his Majesty's most gracious message relative to grant of a pension of 82000 per annum to Lord V • count Wellington. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUE rose, and said, that in consequence of his M4- , y most gracious Message, recommending to that H. the grant of a pension to Lord Viscount Wellingt. it would not be necessary for him to trespass 1 upon the time of the Committee, in order to impre them with the propriety of adopting the motion he to propose. He ci.uld certainly not anticipate objection to the motion, which would have the ef of inducing the House to withhold its concurrence; but in order to render the grounds upon. which hi! ' Motion was founded more clear, he should, in the first place, state to the Committee the circumstance under which it was brought forward, and unless tin House should depart from its uniform and establishe practice in all similar cases, he was persuaded would not dissent from the proposition with whichl should conclude. The facts were these, his Majesr, as soon as the intelligence had been received of 6 brilliant, glorious, and decisive victory of Talavet had conferred upon the gallant officer who comma ed in that memorable action the honour of a title--; honour to which all those who devoted their talents:u lives to military pursuits looked up with the most ; dent and laudable anxiety, an honour the proudestd tine tion that can be conferred on a brave soldier—: highest object of his generous ambition ; and the same time the best reward of eminent s vices. ( Hear, hear.) In conferring this mark of Royal approbation and favour, his Majesty thought it right to recommend by his message to Committee, to examine their contents, and to report what Parts were relevant to the Inquiry pending before the House, and what ought to be printed in the minutes. The ground upon which this motion was brought forward, was, that the ins: ruc tions to Lord Gardner were comprised in various letters from different officers, and must, necessarily, contain matters conjec ted with the Inquiry, which it would be improper to publish in the Minutes. Ordered, on the motion of Mr. HENRY MARTIN, that there be laid before the House an account of all the Exchequer Bills now outstanding, as far as the same can be made out, speci fying the several Acts under which they were issued, and the funds upon which they were charged. Mr. WHITBREAD, after a short conversation with the CIIANCY.LLOR of the Exert nevus, on the propriety of making the motion initasPe, gave notice of a motion,• fur Copies of all Instructions which had been sent to Lord Viscount Wellington, relative to the conduct of the campaign in Portugal and Spain i— also Copies of all Dispatches received from that officer, from the 111th to the 28th of July, 1809 ; and Copies of all Divatches re ceived from him, dated Talavera, August 1,1809. SCOTCH FINANCES. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND rose ' in consequence of some observations made on a for mer night by a Noble Lord opposite to him ( Lord Mahon), respecting the.collection of the Property tax in Scotland, to remove the unfavourable impression made in the House by the speech of the Noble Lord. and to place the subject in a just point of view. The Noble Lord had stated, that the produce of the Prh. perty tax of Scotland was much smaller in proportion to other taxes, than the like tax in England : but thel Noble Lord had drawn his conclusion from erroneous premises. For instance, the Noble Lord's statement of the amount of the Scotch Property tax was taken from the returns cf the year 1806, when the tax was collected at a rate of 6 per cent. which he contrasted with the amount of the Property tax in England, c 01..; lected at a rate of 10 per cent. Another ground up-A on which the deficit of the tax in Scotland arose, not. taken into the consideration of the Noble Lord, was, that a very considerable part of the tax assessed on Scotch property was not collected in Scotland, but in England, and carried to the account of English collection, and thus appeared in a double proportion against the credit of Scotland. But he should move for documents which would prove to the House that in the year 1809, when the Property tax was I laid in Scotland at 10 per cent. the amount of the I collection was £BOO,OOO, which, with the amount lof taxes upon dividends in the English funds be-1 ilonging to Scotch proprietors, would add another 10200,000, making together :21,000,000. Formerly, it was true, very little Scotch money found its way lint° the English funds. But from the increased and !increasing wealth of Scotland in latter years, there was a considerable influx of money from that country into England, and large sums were vested in British ' funds ; the whole Income Tax upon which being de-; ' ducted in England, kvas carried to English ac-I counts, though paid by the inhabitants of Scotland. The tax on military pay and allowance to Scotch Officers was ab:o deducted in England ; and there were a number of manufacturirt; houses in Scotland, the )prietors of which, living chiefly in England, liament, that it should be accompanied by - a grant' some pecuniary pennon, in the same manner as in usual in all such cases. In considering the profile' and estimating the justice of the advice which lu been given to his Majesty in both instances, it mil perhaps be proper to confine the House to the simp ceinsideration of the distinguished and exalted me of the Noble Viscount upon the particular occasl But it would neither be just to his Majesty nal Lord Wellington, that this should be looked upon' the same light as the case of an officer for the fx time presenting himself, by his services, to the of his Sovereign and the admiration of his conn men. In estimating the claims of Lord \\Tel:in to the distinction conferred upon hiss, and the e sign proposed to accompany it, they should I, what he had been—consider his past conduct, iindl rive, from his former distinguished services, stmeel cessary grounds for his present honours and reW2t (Hear, hear.) But tried even by the test of his latest vices, how did that fallant Officer present himself, his Sovereign and his country? He had, by theg rious operations he had conducted, and the rioter he achieved, he could not say raised, but entail most eminently sustained the military renown or army, and the unfading lustre of the British tial and character. He presented himself to his Nfeig 4 as the distinguished Commander, who had aird„ extended the glory of the British arms over peninsula of India ; he presented himself conqueror of Souk—and the General, who Is b_f, signal victories he g -'ned in Portugal, expell e d French from that country, and rescued a kin the rightful inheritance of our ally, from the of the enemy. In short, he presented him his Majesty with such an accumulation of ...such an aggregate of eminent services—su unvaled 'career, an uniform teaour of Tic tor i t riumph, as could not fail to obtain for WV P4RLIAItiEN7'.4Rr PROCEEDINGS. HORSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 16. Lord WAI.SINCHAM presented Petitions from the confined Debtors in Jails at Hull' and Halifax. Ordered to lie on the tabi.e. A Person presented Reports from the Comntissiouers fur the Reduction of the National Debt. HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE. Marquis WELLESLEY brought down a Message from his Majesty, informing their Lordships that his Majesty had entered into an arrangement respecting Portugal, by which he had agreed to advance pecuniary succours for the support of an army of Por tuguese troops, not exceeding 30,000 men. His Majesty's most gracious Message was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday next. Lord GRENVILLE rose, and, after some prefatory observa tions, moved for an account of the time when, and the parties with whom, this arrangement bad been made. Marquis WELLESLEY expressed his readiness to give the de sired information. Lord GRENVILLE stated, that on Monday evening, on the hisavconsideration of the Message, he should take the opportunity of eritoj his untiments as length on the policy of our conduct towards Portugal; as It respected what bad taken place, was now going forward, and the future line of conduct we ought to pursue. 1 REVERSION PREVENTION BILL. Earl GROSVENOR rose to move the second reading of the Bill to prevent the Grant of Places In Reversion. The LORD CHANCELLOR rose to request the reading of the Bill passed last Session, previous to the discussion of the pre sent Bill. The Clerk accordingly read the Suspension Bill passed last Sesson. His Lordship then observed, that it was impossible, consistently with what their Lordships owed to the dignity of their proceedings, that the present Bill could be read a second t dam Their Lordships had passed a Bill, suspending for a year, and for six weeks after the next ensuing Session of Parliament, the granting of places in Reversion by the Crown. In the pre sedge to that Bill, there was a recital of the reasons why it was passed by the other House. His Lordship would not irregularly I allude to what occurred in the House of Commons ; but when 1 the proceedings of that House came hefare their lordships in a re guise shape, it was competent for any Noble Lord to remark up on them. The Bill stated, that it was expedient, during certain inquiries pending in the House of Commons , that offices should not be granted for two or more lives ; and, generally, that they should not be granted in reversion. Upon this ground, the House of Lords had pasted the Bill for suspending the granting of such places in reversion ; waiting the result of the proceedings upon such enquiry. Their Lordships were now called upon to convert the Act of Suspension into a permanent Bill, for the abo lition of the 'practice altot ether, of granting places in reversion, to which they were not, certainly, pledged by passing the Sus pending Bill. He'had as high a sense as any Noble Lord of what was due to the other House, and to their Lordships; but he could not see how this Bill could be read a second time, under the circumstances he had mentioned. He wished to avoid studi ously, on this ground, the giving of any opinion on the merits of _ _ .. the question ; ink when ever that question should come before : paid the . Property Tax there for convenience ; so that I their Lordships in an unexceptionable shape, by a new Bill , he : the tax assessed in Scotland was merely upon the local should give his opinion on the merits. Earl GROSVENOR could not see that any technical objections I property. It was very difficult to ascertain the pre- i made by the Noble Lord on the Woolsack applied so strongly as i cise sum which Scotland did pay under this head ; ! to prevent the progress of the Bill. It was sent up regularly from but comparing the sum of £BOO,OOO returned for , the other House, and he was sure that the voice of the public i called for its enactment. The object of the Bill was to make that, l 11808, by the documents on the table, as collected iOr 1 perpetual which the last Bill made only temporary. I, Scotland, and allowing only 4200,000 for tax on The question on the second reading being put,it was negatived... Scotch funded property, both would amount to more : The LORD CHANCELLOR4then moved that the Bill be re-.; than one , eleventh of the sum paid by England ;which ! jetted. I Lord HOLLAND observed that he and other Noble Lords was but se 1 1,073,000 without deductions ; and this who voted for the Suspension Bill, did not so vote under the opi- I would be a fair proportion for Scotland to pay, whe-1 flies that the Bill ought nut to be permanent In its operation. ' ther as compared with the amount of the tax ou I The motion for rejecting the Bill was carried. . England, or in comparison with the total of other 1- Earl GROSVENOR then stated that it was his firm intention at . 1 assessed taxes collected in Scotland. The Learned i to bring before their Lordships another Bill to the same effect, as early a day as possible —Adjourned. Advocate concluded, by moving for an account of I HOUSE OF COMMONS. A person from the Treasury presented an account of the last the net amOUnt of the Property Tax in Scotland, from its cxnmenccment in 1803, to the latest period! . the same could be made up, distinguishing each year ; year's Expenditure of the Commissioners for Redemption of the 1 and also the amount of assessed taxes collected in National Debt.--Ordered to lie on the 'fable. ! Scotland from the commencement of 1800, distill; Mr. WHARTON presented an Account of the Surplus of the . . . War Taxes for the last year over the sum of 19 millions, in l i ke manner. which they are estimated.—Ordered to tie on the table. at , gllishin I ' Lor d MAHON expressed much satisfaction at the A Message front the Lords informed the House, that their statement.by the Learned Lord Advocate. But al-1 Lordships had agreed to the Malt and Pension Duty Bilk with- though he had stated that the Property Tax was not!, out any amendments. PAPIIII9. I collected at ten per cent. in Scotland, until 1808, and Lord 0. L. GOWER observed, that the papers, for which he that its produce in that year was xBOO,OOO, the re- i was about to move, were necessary to be brought under the coast- turn laid upon the tal,le stated \the collection to be i j deration of the House before it could come to a decision upon the only £324,000. The Noble Lord thought the sub- ' I Army Estimate.' ; and as he understood that no objection would jes t of Scotch Revenue was highly important, and .be made to their production, he should content himself with barely moving,That there be laid before the Nouse a Return of called for the notice of the. House. There were se the Number and Rank of the officers employed on the Military viral important objects of taxation, for instance the Staff in the different Districts in this country, specifying the article of beer, in Which the difference between the amount of their Staff pay and allowances, together wkh a Return apparent consumption of Scotland and England .was of the number of troops in each District. Also Copies of any re- SO ' ports which may have been received by his Majesty's Secretary enormous, and 90 out Of ail apparent probability, of State, relative to the services and discipline of the Mang Fen- that he thought a - Committee ihould `be appointed to t ; cibles. ' enquire into the ertrsiordinary difference between the' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER presented cert• revenues of Scotland and those of England. . tain papers ' relatiYe to the Loan granted last year todto Prince . ' Mr. H. THORNTON said ,thet- th e collections in Regent of Portugal,bg command of his Majeetg.—sOttireitl to s lle en dui table: ' . ' Scotland proceeded so slowly, that in the Committee 11 ;