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.7..SCL! CCU:v.l'l2f OBSERVATION: (Iv THE PL AN Vett THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY. in' THE AUTHOR or THE REMARKS ON THE CAUCPS OE' THI WAR,WHICH LATELY APPEARED 'NTH'S PAPER. If there were any perfons who fer'oully believed the prefent AdMiniftration deficient in fpirit or in vigour, tilty will, we apprehend, be fufficiently convinced of their mlflake, by the flrong meafures of finance which the Miniller has lately adopted, and by the plan for the Defence of the Country which, on Monday night, Was fubmitted to Parliament by the Secretary at War. The advocates of Miniftry will indeed, we are inclined to believe, find it more need - dry to defend Ahem on the fcoce of what fome may deem a fuper. abundant aEtivity and vigour, than againft the charge of lupinenefs or imbecility. The excellence of the meafare in quefilon depends bn two points, fiat, that it is a prompt meafure ; and fecondly, that it is adequate to the prefent emer gency. It is obvious, that to increafyhe regular army by the common modes of recruiting, would have been too tedious an operation for the prefen: crifis b efpecially at a time when the majlrity of the young men, Who were likely to volunteer as foldiers, Were, by the aElivity of the Officers on the recruiting fervice, already engaged to make up the e^mplement of the regiments of the line. We moil cordially hope, with Earl MOIRA, that the Bill will meet with no delay whatever in its progrefs through Parlia ment t—imperfartion itfelf (were it likely to be the cafe) would be lets dangerous than delay. The ballotting may commence as loon as the AEI has paffed the Legiflature ; and a few weeks will find the Nation in poffeffion of a Defenfiv'e Force, exclufive of the regular ellabliffiment, of nearly 100,000 men— Exelnfive alfo of the Volunteer Affociations, which we underhand are to be put upon the belt and molt sefpeltable footing. This new force will alfo be admirably adapted to the prefent emergency. As the country is threatened with invafion (however impralticable fuch threats may be) It would be extremely imprudent not to have a defen five force fully equal to the purpofe of defeating any attempt that may be made upon us. How the French, in the face of our fleet, can poffibly effeEt the landing of toopoo, or even so,ooo men, confidering the length of time the embarkation and debarkation of fuch a force will employ, we cannot eafily conceive —but it is proper to be prepared for every poltbility. We are not difpofed to reveal to the enemy the • Rate, numbers, and condition of the regular forces at this time. It is enough that we pledge ourfelves to the country, that the army is at prefent in a Rate, both as to numbers and difcipline, beyond all corn parifon, fuels as it never was at the commencement of any preceding war ; and that if the enemy could land even soesooo men at this moment on our coalt, we are fully prepared to meet it, and to give them fuels a reception as they de not ape& to find. It is obvious, however, that the war ought not to be confined to defenfive operations on our part ; and the regular army, which is our proper difpofable force, mull from time to time be detached on foreign fervice ; and, if we are not mifinformed, they will be employed on Come enterprises which are likely to sefleet high honour on thetnfelves, and produce the molt folid advantages to their country. While im portant expeditions therefore are preparing for other parts, the new levies now to be railed will be trained ani difciplined, and ready to fupply the place of fuch troops as may be called upon duty elfewhere. This new force will be commanded by tried and approved officers; they will therefore be very loon fit for fervice, and will hold a middle rank between the militia and the regulars. Our militia regiments. whatever they may have been formerly, are now, it Is well known, as highly difciplined as any troops of the line; and their condo& in Ireland evinced that they were as much to be depended on as any regular forces whatever. • With there new levies then, united to the Banding Militia, and loch troops of the line as will of necef fity be retained at home, and fome refpeelable com panies, which may be formed from the Out•penfion. era of Melte*, Acc. we flail have a repsiar defenfive force, continually remaining at home, of upwards of aso,ooo men; a force which may defy any attack of the enemy. We codas, however, that we are our. (elves partial to the Velostrer 4fwialiust, to whole merits we were pleated to find the Secretary at War, on Monday night, render the tribute of jullice. We know that Englifhmen will always fight, if they are only taught how to ufe their arms with advantage. We are confident they will fight with not lets ardour and fpirit than any regular troops whatever, when they are fighting for their families, their property, their laws, their liberties, their conftitation—when they fight to preferve themfelves from tyranny, per haps from alTarGnation, their wives and daughters from difhonour. and their fairly acquired property from plunder*. _ _ _ Under a proper fytlem, and wife regulations, then, we are confident the Volunteers may be retorted to with the happieß fuccefs. It will realise Mr. WIND. )I•K'S idea of riling ea ossFs but it will not be the riling of a mob, but of an army ; and this fyflem will give us an additional force of upwards of a million, or a million and a half, for the defence of our country! To return, however, to the meafure immediately • The Jiad•oat Wawa, of Freese &fled the Fen* OW realise to s ;9s. '.elate %s.— Duly ervei o!ijun;•.:ls hare Lien utzr.l again(! it; that !sVniaers were tardy in bring it for. ward, and that it might interfere with the recruiting krvice. The firft is an evident millake—Hiniilers have brought it forward at the wry paper time. If it had hen Incnight forward before, it would indeed have interfaced with the recruiting of the army, as wel as with the organization of the Militia. The former of there objeas has been palled with fo much fuc refs, that our eflablifhment is now nearly complete ; and the militia are embodied, and ready to take the Add. To the fecond objeflion we reply, that this is only a tempter . , meafure, and therefore as foon as it is carried into effe,l, it cannot poffibly interfere with the recruiting fervice, which is a flow and conflant operation, and which at all limes receives thofe young men who from circumflances or inclination may be difpofed to enter into the fervice of Government.— Betides, as a tenth of this new levy will, as we have been informed, be permitted annually to volunteer their fervices, we are perfusded that inflead of prov ing an impediment, it will afford an aaltual acceflion to the regular army. The Earl of MAESFIELD left Town yeftetday, to J in his Regiment in Scotland. The 3d Regiment of Royal Earl India Volunteers will have a field day to-morrow, when it will be in fpeeted by Colonel Rona RTS. The table of the Coort•of Dii eelors of the Eat!. India Company is idually loaded with offers of fer vice to Government from the Company's Officers, upon the prefent momentous occalion. A Volunteer Corps, of five companies, has been offered by the town of Workington. Since the departure of the detachment of the 24th regiment from Cheffer, that garrifon has been occu pied by a compan) of the Cumberland Militia from Liverpool. Friday fall, General Sir DAVID DONORS, attended by Major-General Ross and Colonel Ns m, Chief Engineer of the Chatham Difiria, arrived at Sheer nefs, where they minutely examined that Fortrefs and its out-works; and pointed out to the Refident Engineer (Captain HANDFIRLD) tome improvements at this moment highly • judicious and necetTary.— Amongft many others, they dirated that efpecial attention fhould be paid to the foil forrounding the Magazine, and that all the baftions, without the leandelay, fhould be put into the moll perfat Rate, and kept fo for fervice. On the Ordnance and Gun-wharf are immediately to be ereaed anew fmithy and gun carriage Rorehoufe, both of which were much wanted. —They infpeeted with minute attention all the cafe mates, and bomb proof Magazine, the ovens and furnaces for heating {hot, and the water-works, tanks, eillerns, &c. and made themfelves fully nutters of every point about this very important poll General DONOR, reviewed part of four companies of the 7th Royal Garrifon Battalion, under the com mand of Major LORD, the only troops in the place, who went through their evolutions and manoeuvres with the firm fleadinefs of veterans, highly to the General's fatisfaaion and their own credit. The troops being deemed infutEcient, the General will caufe them to be reinforced without lofs of time. In their return to and from the Ordnance Stores, which are in the Dockyard, they examined it, with a view to the molt effeaual plan of defending it : while they were in the Dockyard, the Docks Rill under repair, and which now go on rapidly, fince the difcharged artificers have been re-entered, were attentively looked at. After a fatiguing day of real and minute infpec tion, and after paying their compliments to Lord KEITH, they took Tome refrefhment in Sir Jamas Matentses Barrack, and returned to Chatham, the General's Head Quarters. Lord KFITII, Admirals Rowzsy and Tmozmao touom, by their conciliating condusft, thong exer tions and example, are calling forth the attire ener gies of all defcriptions of perfons, and in the moll happy and effectual manner are rouzing them to a due fenfe of the danger with which the Country is threatened. Lord Kamm had three Batavian veffels, captured and fent into the Nore, examined very par ticularly as to their draft of water, which is very (hallow, and in all other refpeets nfeful in the defence of our Shores, they being very Prong and capacious good veffels, and well conftrulted to pats over (hoals, lands, and through (hallow waters.—By his Lord fttip's activity, mot! of the Block Ships are moved from the Great Nore to their deflinations ; and with a like praifeworthy insluftry and zeal, his Lordthip has in per(on, attended by tome experienced Officers, viewed and examined, with (crapulous attention, every eminence and height that can be turned to any good account, as a Signal Port, Telegraph, or other. wife, for a great diftance on the Kentifh and rife: fides of the Medway and Thames. His Lortlthip has got the Devises, Captain Gloaos HOPI, down from Chatham to Longreach, when the only waits for men.--The MONARCH is in great forwardnefs, and will join her in a very few days. mon of the Tranfports affembled at the Non were on Saturday difcharged the fervice with two months pay, by Captain Youmo, who was at Sheernefs for that porpefe: foch as were coppered and well armed are only retained, and they are fent round to the Wellern Ports to be employed as Convoys : all the difcharged Ships are gone up the Thames. Coati ear m-Citst r.—The weather has hitherto been extremely unfavourable to the encampment, as it has rained every day fine the troops took thefield. The foldiers all Teem in good fpirita. It is generally (up poled that the Camp will be very ftrong. The raft Middlefex Militia joins it on Saturday. On the Bth infant, the occupier of a farm was fined in the penalty of aos. for not fending a waggon and borks to convey the arms, clothes, and aceou• trements of part of the Cambridge(hire Militia, on their march from Bury to Stowmarket ; and a con (table of the fame parifh was convicted and fined 31. for wilfully hindering and froftrating the execution of a warrant for providing a waggon and honks ; and likewife a farmer was fined in the penalty of 31. for refuting to fend his waggon and bodes, though re quircd to do by t h e couliable. N.IU7IC" 1111 P1.1.166171E. NAVY APPOIRTNENTS.—CapE. COCHR AN is ap- pointed to the Northumberland ; Capt. Goowts to the TER PSI CHOR E ; and Lieut. BEDFORD to the COM. mand of the NIMROD cutter. PENZANCE, JUNE 2o.—Sailed on the 14th theGats- NFT (loop of war, Capt. Bass, and the ACTIVE Et cife Cutter, on a cruife.—Artivcd on the t Bth the BETSEY hired armed Cutter, of Fewey, Lieut. W. WATT, from a cruife of 12 days; and this day the PROVIDENCE Revenue Cutter, Capt. WORStL, from a cruife, without any capture. PLYMOUTH, Jolt, a t.—By the Colombe French corvette, which arrived here yefterday, it appears, that (he was the forerunner of a fleet confining of ose (hip of 74 guns, two frigates, and 6o fail of merchant fhips : (he left them in the morning of the 18th inft. and was making for Brett when the Es. DYMION Of 44 guns, and DRAGON, of 74, fell in with and captured her in the afro noon of that day, about 20 leagues S. W. of lJ(hant. The DRAGON inflantly made fail for the Channel fleet, ano joined them neat morning ; and on communicating this glorious in telligence, they immediately difperfed in all direel ions in quell of them, and there feems to be very little doubt that the greater part, if not the whole, may find their way to Britifh Ports.—Came in the RAN GER, HIND, and SPEEDWELL cutters from a cruife, the latter with the lois of her bowfprit ; silo the French brig la Sirene, from St. Domingo, bound to Havre de Grace, laden with coffee, fogar, and cot. ton, taken on the 19th inflant in the Channel, by the JAMAICA, of 26 guns, Capt. Ross; alto the Juarrs lt, of so guns, from the Eaftward —Sailed to join the fleet off Brett the CONQILROR, of 74 guns, Captain Lswis, and the LOIRE, of 40 guns, on a cruife.— Went down into the Sound to wait for further or ders, la Pozuz, of 44 guns. Came in the SCEPTRE, of t 4 guns, and her prize, a fine French National brig corvette, of 16 guns ; but as the tide Pets out prong, (he and her prize cannot be at anchor till ten o'clock at night. The ScIPTIII left the fleet all well fall Friday. Alfo came in, and went into Hamoaze, a large Dutch Eaft Indiaman, from Batavia, which arrived Taft week, prize to a London privateer. Laft night the GALOO, of 14 guns, Captain Dono, made fignal for her convoy for Ireland, confining of near fifty fail; as the Cato') and the convoy were going round 'the Penlee, the GaLoo, by the tide Letting ftrong, drifted to the eaftward, and made fignals for the convoy to bear up, but they could not obey the fignals, and kept their courfe weflward, wind W. N. W. The Cato(' made a long flretch to the S. W. and fetched the convoy before they got to the Ded man POint. This day an order from the Right Hon. the Louis Commiffioners of the Admiralty came .down here to Meffrs. Fuse and fon, merchants at ' this port, to take out of the Two Sifters, Dutch gal. Hot, captured by the Dot's, of 36 guns, Captain Psaasos, fent into Salcomb, and fince arrived here, 3500 dollars, with part of her cargo, confilling of oil, cinnamon, &C. claimed by a houfe in London, as Englith property. PORTRMOUTH, Just 'la.—Arrived the TYOIIIIIS and EARL SPINCER Eaft Indiamen, and feveral out ward bound vends, from the Downs; alfo the Ns sits's, of a 8 guns, Capt. SOISMILLI and the CwaawaLL (loop of war, Capt. Duarsessoz, from Plymouth.—Sailei the Eu1 , 2111E41, of 4+ guns, Hon. Captain Fiamtito ; and the Outlays, of 32 guns, Capt. HILL, for Guernfey. DIAL, Juts 22.—Cams down the BAULISIC gun .veffel, from Sheernefs, and remains with his Majef ty's (hips, and feveral outward-bound.—Arrived, and failid for the River, Progrefs, floss., from Domi nica. Wind W. S. W. YAIIIIOUt 11, JUNI 22....YefterdAy arrived from a fuccefsful cruise off the Dutch Coati, his bfajelly's frigate CLYDE and the HacL• bomb-veffel.—Re main in the Road, the Ansmvsr, Foam's, and Ct.yoa frigate ; Hscsa. bomb-veld ; two gun-boats; and a large Beet of merchantmen, bound to the Bat ik, under convoy of the Uatcoatt frigate, the Hou ND armed and a cutter.—Paffed through to the Northward a fleet of light Colliers.—Yellerddy it was currently reported, that in confequence of all com munication with the North of Germany being cut off, fix Packets are to be efiablifhed at this Port, to fail for Gottenburgh, and that the Am am yrr frigate is to fail in a few days, to open the communication. Summits., Juni 1.---Arrived his Majefly's (loop Houten, Capt. KEITN MAZWILS, from Yarmouth : the parted with the LIDA frigate, Admiral Tnoita aottouan, and a number of gun vac's and armed cotters, this morning in the Swin. The ETHALION, Captain Slum, has failed, as fuppofed, to join the Lana. Great exertions are making here to difpatch a force to Admiral Totoassozoticm, as a report pre vails that the French have got a line of battle fhip, and fume fmall veils, in the North Seas. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. Cash. I ND. ye MI as —.Patted by the Two Friends. Vile Rom New York.—Se ltd the Hamilton, Hardiest. and Samaritans Ham Boon, for Trinidad ; HAW. Wood, and Indefatipble, Weir, far Jamaica ; Padden, Goer', and Drie Gebeodess, for Rot terdam. •RRWED. V the Downs, Pitt, Mamie, from New Prowideate; sod GM: pen, akimbo&la, from Virsinio..-At Portfromoh, WlRimy Dozfreid, from Venice—At Liverpool, jam, Ciro, from Ham borgh-M Hull, Rochdale, 'rocker, from Codla—At Dobbs, Art, dither, from Codis..-At Heathen Th. Poet Marv, Collin, from Lsodoo—At Havre, Wallington, from Pldladelphis —At Fecamp. from Chorieltoa—At Noma, 'Mom, Warren ; from clarlefloc-wAt Smyrna. Woodlond Caf• tie, Smyrna, from 'Anion—At New Provitlvece, Stott, Dr.. ft. , m London—At Plymouth, Suppif,---,from Penfac.ta—. P-Imouth, Ant:lon, ! , 1;:le. from Nom—At tratol, Minor Gardner, Irons The Lapwitio is under orders for the Newfound land Ration. The VESUVIUS tender, eir.t. RonFt? O'Bitum, hag captured and fent inrn 'tile river L. In A very VU luable Hamburgh brig, laden with Ftench propert. valve 30,0001. from Lifbon to Harnhurgh, taken oti the Vlee. Captain CURER, of his Majefly's fbip RoraL S. lIEREIGN, UMW' tying at SpitheaJ, is aainted to the PRINCE GEORG' , o f 9 8 grins, at Port finnuth. Tt.i (hip to be fitted for the flag of Rear-Admira' CAMPBELL, and is to join the Channel fleet. The ex ertions of this meritorious Officer are well known. and we have nn doubt but that the PRINCE Gaoaus Mill be foon ready for fea. Every wellowifher to his country muff rejoice at the appointment of Admiral Sir JOHN Cnsrors to the chief command at Plymouth : is undaunted fit-te nets, in an hour of the greateft danger, when com manding the Los nos, in the unfortunate mutiny, will never be forgotten. The fuavity of his maniter 2 s goodnefa of heart, and extenfive knowledge of natal cal affairs, render his appointment highly advantage ous to the Navy, and rcfleet honour on the Board of Admiralty, in again bringing into fervice this excel lent Officer. INCOME TAX. An Account of the Croft Afreltment and Net Ptodnee 40 the tlkfd COME DUTY in Great Britain, for the year ending the sth of April, t Bot ; dillingulbing the Charges of, Colledtion and 1,0- dualons, and diftinguithing ale Returns made to Commercial Commiffiriners. Z. s. By Commilßoners for General Purports - 4,6A491 sJ 94 By Commercial CommifOoncrs. On Income from Trade On Income from other Sources 45t5,136 s 6 4 4 , 59,t05, a it. Total 6,34/4ss 10 Charges of Colledlon 162,825 o 0- • Amount of Dedudions on Ac count of Children - 371,040 1 7 31 Net Produce An Account of the Grofs Affern April, t9ot ; datinsughing ti Itll. 1.7 ,0 47) 13 6" lit for the Yeitr endltiv the 14 Of Number and Amount of Atka cliff/. of No. of locome. Affc(Smatts. 6o and under 6s 34,35 t 63 - 79 24,7 28 70 . 7S 23,913 75 •80 9.311 8o 89,639 8 5 - 9 0 7,3 04 9 0 11,403 9S - 100 7.335 too - 105 244;1 805 - 110 44 4 1 110 zts 6,136 11$ - 120 4487 120 • IS$ 1.581 115 - 130 4.365 170 - 135 5,760 1 35 1 4 0 3.646 14 0 1 45 5,784 Mires of - Incoinc. Ajousuang. C. C. ' • ' 545 and mier ago • • saii) 150 • 1 5; v .100 0 3 ;Li - :67 165 - 575 • • ~s,eit* - Il' - it 5. 6 41 175 - iBo SsklJ 11142 ISS 3.7 - 58 185 . 190 I,H I 1 9 0 - • i 95 aPm 195 - sae MO 200 SCO 4140* sco - two 14.76 A loco 2000 6.927 2000 5000 3As z 5000 and upwards =PBO Brea& forwanl sisp74 2 - 7 . 15.076 320 Aft Yeßerday a meeting was held at the London Ta, vern, of Merchants and Traders, to take into_Apnll.: . deration the propofition for reviving the WOnW . Tar, and confolting the bell mode of legally ono, Ping its adoption. The meeting wai wawa numeroully attended. Mr. TIMOTHY Bemire'', Brewer. was carted Ito di( Chair, which was taken at half pall one, and thk bufinefs was opened by Mr. Taavaas,' who Rated to the afrembly, that it was at his inßance the prefect; meeting was convened ; that he was Induced to take; meafures for convening this afembly, by the als4 nouncement given by the Chancellor of the Etch.* quer, in the Houfe of Common*, that amonet other parts of his Syllem of Finance for carrying on the . War in which this Country is now engaged, he pro. poled to revive, on a leirer kale, that odious, oppreffi ve, unequal, vexatious, unjull, and unconflitotional Unit poll, the Income Tax; a tax which bad heretofore been felt with the deepeß aflifilion by the whole Country. and more efpecially that part of it which attached upon incomes, arifing from trade. Ha fated that be had written a letter on this &Wet to the Right Hon. the CHAIM asLoa oldie Ears topes, Rating his fentintents, together with the objects of this meeting being called ; and referring that Right ' Hon. Gentleman to Mr. Hoasousa , who knew frea intimately, for any enquiry be might with to scathe. as to who, and what be was; that, in coaformaeo, he had this morning received a letter from Mr. Illnet noose. which he would, by have of the Chairman, read to the afensbly, and which was read according. ly. It Rated "that Mr. Aeratuerron bad received Mr. Taavaaa's letter, but not having binifelf time to write, begged Mr. Hoanousa to convey to Mt his fentiroents, which were, that he and dos • alrernbly mould fufpend their opinions until the Bill mould have paled the Committee, when they would find fuch claufes were is contemplation as would oh. viate the apprehenfions of commercial men as to the operation of the tax." Mr. Taavaap then read g firing of refolutions, which he intended to have pro. poled at the time the meeting teas fommoned, ex. pre(Eve of the Rrong difapprobation of the merchants and traders of the City of London so the principle of the Income Tar under any modification, and its ten. dcncy to create general difcontent in the Country s and he faid, that if it Ibould be the hale of the Af fembly that the Refolutions fhould be pat, notwith- Rending the letter of Mr. Hosnou sit, he would move them.—Here there was a general call of «am, stow." Mr. Wairsit•it then propofed to preface the Re folutioas with a motion of thanki to Lie CH•NCILLna of the Excusayea. for his prompt attention to the communication of Mr. Ta akr zits, and for his-promile, through Mr. Homan, to obviate the apprebenfion• of the merchants and traders of the City of London, with refpea to the Income Tax. This, after Come dircuffion, was amended by omit. tins all the words, except thofe which merely thanked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for his prompt attention to the reprefentation of Mt T and the motion. thus amended, was agreed to am as. 1, Mr. Tunas then read his other Refolutiooa, which were fpperfeded by two (toner Refolutions to the fame died, in condemnation of the Income Tax, propofed by Mr. WAITHMAII, and which helm , amended by the omit:Son of fume terms which were conceived to be too Aron, were agreed to, Mg Oh* meting adjourned. IL i , , .), i .4... 1 .. 1 . : , 1 . I I 1 . i , , , I. I !. I) . , I. 1 k , M I f I, k 4 4 . 1 i 1 .1 ~~