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N4l, A,reir ••11)1.0/11 • •10 $ 000 1 by a so. 'llol I must r contr there Move h Cntsols, ant ‘ ,„ . .k for e a rse of th , k. And t sar 1()01• linearly IL I attribu te yokit.g Pr of eices of Jess' to much fs a main' s, I0(A *0 6ir, it In 1::1 Tri • • *s: the price r. nett 1 11111 i otaas the IP It 2 Red , asking leaving it only to rh once, and are the gh ft i, a gn abort spa, for, it has nit doe pd non that sa t'se tot, this loan. ash 7 F 1,37 6.00 1 account 1,550,0 0 TVIOP so pros , o4 , ' on the Po should mu e , ely •Lot yolli the Office. I *Memel b brought I ui these SALT addition 6%100, he hogs, eh! In month which (Foul thi ,g °oat La tation of uovsei • HOKS duty u. , “ .nod fix Il ldt An 34 • which lid hi. would sage po. w/ r 110,U0 . 1 vital. time ▪ Dumber enereav Upon e an env , raise 'IF EC; • %PM nn thing ha Duty of best roil h data. th a Probate. • on amen e ntieltt Jeer. doer a 1 Th.. modern cha 'Aped wh A I v-anger rrieesil tt s.: D. H , D. e Lt t'- Fmn tg be foul nt. A r h 1- year t, • the on is toura ▪ crease found nor g At a I • sea r :en Le v,:re Ise Aila 41 ' thOlit aa. basis. .1 . !1 Mr Ile °bier. ✓e Gend re- loan ; i t s built of the it ti.en I pr.e:: tier As Coati prese mock sou the V uot fures. 100 )00 ceedi a.° to h a lose .00,rrerra • 1,60n,p0e I ,o,Any. ant :Means • 8 10,000 . 20,000,000 will leave the total of the Ways and Means .0001. excee.ding the amount of the supplies of about 100,0091. THE 1...)AN• now state tc the (louse the terms of the ..ontratted for this day. her every 1091. been given 1501 stock, in the 3 per Ceot. and f 2.21 in the Reduced ; making 1721. - every 1001. in cash. Now. Sir, in the the last year, A loan wag, Made in the same And produced a capital in stock of 1801. for tool. The present, therefore, makes a capital • 101. per cent. le<s than the loan of last year. to this to the firmness of Parliatnent, in provision to such A liberal extent for the of the year within the year, and the growing •of the sinking fund, which has afforded facility to ft:Lancia operations. This 101. , Sir, to ono shilling interest upon every thin the year, and is so far a saving. But, niv be also natural to consider on what . a Lan has been negociated in respett to :of stock. It was negociated about eigh .illings under the prices of Saturday, and thug 871 15. we I ere. Com e ts . at sdi !educed at 57i ex. rhv. . . . 18 13 tri.c..urit • • . . 4 0 rO4l. Bs. lOr each 1001., and consequently bonus of 41. Ss. The bonus, however, is that amount ta those who can pay up all at id to those who cannot afford to do so, who great majority, i t only comes toabout 31,1,6 d. , great iatisfactian to me to learn, that in the page of time since the loan has been contratled has iisen to a premium. If it be fair and frugal le part of Government, it must be a gratifica that it should prove advantageous to the It remains now to be considered what total addition to the national debt, created by loan. The interest, calculated at the rate of 6 •• per cent. upon 20,000,0001. amounts to ',OWL making, with a sum of 144,0001. on ::,rant of the Loyalty holders, a total sum of ,0001. for which means must be provided. NEW TAXES. iVfOPENNY POST.w..Tho• first be should have proprw! was, small addition ler way of regulation the Postage of Letters by the 'twopenny Poet. He lid move, teat our penny additional be imposed on v •roiee letter carried be the Tsrop. iialf Post be- Use limits of the delivery of the General Post He ..lioulr! also prop•oe, that twopence ad- Al be charged on all foreido letters, arid letters brought by the ;rackets. He calculated the amount r . those iddirons - 230,0081. "X —The next article was Salt, on which, in a to the present daty of ten shillings per , he should :inmost the farther turn of five shil which he calculated would amount to - 490.00 0 raierehuo, at the -Anse time. of the advantage Hel:and particularly derives from salt exported this mouths. he could 1•• res•-e no objection r Living art sitditiona! restrxtioll on the IFICI.II - that article he 'hook; propose sixpence pro salt exnort rt, which hr estini:tell at OkSKS hid also to prOpOie J.•••ri Hones bosh OH those kept tOr :lemurs riliwoodri• (hi Meow, 11nr..rs 're would additiwi of one fifth, Sr. that for one h et', was now charged won a dirt* of forty sh.llings, iould add a duty of eicht end in The rireordi gto the present wale. This, a‘erage of Ow two last year, w rind anionnt to for he found that, ant ,i•• , ,,,tanding the rise is the duty the tears 111/14 and 1803, the weber of horses for which the duty wa• paid had veased Ipon Horses used in Husbandry he should propose encreas, of four-oftlis of the In• -sent duty, so as to re 'the present tax ft..,,, I2s 6d. to one pound, • 320,000 .Eao he iporioid to levy s s nail on that dincriptiort of l.eicaeits on which no t had hitherto been paid; he meant to rro;lute a of tine pro Get no Dim' L,e2acies From the oil I e hail received, aceirriling to certain eta. there were 30,000,0001. of capital, on wli eh Probates were ki l ometer, ; and, after every rkoloctioit • account oleo:lateral lancaeirs, he believed there be about 20 millions of c.iphll ill Levities di • The Duty on those now proposed would pro. a sum of . 200,00 , ) 1.. next Art.ele wls, with a view to supply so mentionaloairwion with reran, to Persoaal Lep .as charged upon Land. Thew lie proposed to totipct 1.. Cie saute proportion of duty al other Lega i,whieh would vied Alt.ttit . 100,000 , where I,exacies w , ,ie left to persons, absolute inters in blood, he priTosed 19 rata...the duty from ire-eighth to uoe•tenth per cent. in.iking . 30,000 R EC% PITUL ATI()N. ny Poo 11.4 S 490,1'00 Dm(' . . j 70,000 tor PI i ur 110,000 3m,000 ( 2.10,00 n lot ~ ,C4)O 330, 90,000 I>ten tor Ha.banoty . Levatigs erect . • • Ditto on l.And . • Ditto Stungers ut RI.. I . 10)0,000 From this annual eh are In- trimed, there soul I found a suftelancy to pay tile onter-it u. the '414 . : 530 Ono When he considered that we were nnw in the third of the present war, and that to soon following .e one preceding, he rru , t consider it As a truly en couraging circumstance that there was such an in 'lse of our natiunal credit, which would ever he id to keep pace with our extended commerce and growing resources. He trusted that the coms at large would fret satisfied, as well as be united sentiment, to m.ike every vigorous exertion, and to submit to every requisite sacrifice, which :adapted to the present situation of Europe the world, and the best calculated to bring ibout race upon an honourable and permanent The first resolution heing then read pre .f."" ; Mr. FOX said, that previous to his making any servatior... on the items stated by the Right - Hon. ulemen, in order to pay the interest of the ; he wished to know upon what grounds he had It his ass:rtion of the union of the country, as to means pursued fur ensuring our safety ? With ;ard to the budget of this evening, he could not cn be expeZted to give an opinion upon the pro .e:y of the resolutions proposed ; nor would he enquire into the expediency of entering into ComincntAl engagements. But what he rose tor at present was, to enter his protest against the new mode in which the House was called upon to vote the Ways and Means previous to the Supply. This he foresaw would create a difficulty in their future pro ceedings. In the regular way, the House ought first ltuve come to the dischssion of the eonduft of the war, and the formatitio of Continental engagements, And to have agreed to the sum for the establishment of them (say 5,000,0001.) in a Committee of Sup ply, before they adopted this premature metb,nl of voting the Ways and Means for the year Fot when the question came afterwards to he regularly discussed on the subject of these foreign engage ments, the House might thus be afterwards told, that, by not objeding, in the first instance, to the sum for which credit was now to be taken, they had given an implied pledge to agree to such a vote. Against any such pledge, he must solemnly protest. He did not, however, now mean to ehjet to the Right Hon•wrable Gentleman's providing for that sum ; yet, this should not preclude him or others, from objecting afterwards to the time or manner of entering into such foreign engagements, or the quantum of money allotted for the fulfilment of them. With resped to the particular taxes now proposed, there were one or two of them which ap peased to him highly objectionable. The first was that on horses employed in agriculture. 1 le could not help thinking, that the present tax was already felt exceedingly hard. With respect to the tax on salt, he also felt very considerable objections. Them was another view in which he differed from the Right Honourable Gentleman. He would not dispute the expediency of raising great war taxes, but he differed from him in tilt- general result ; for, excepting the tax upon salt, there was hardly any thing now proposed to be raised, in a strict sense, upon consumption. In ascertaining the permanent resources of the country, he thought the best crite rion to judge by was, tit.: articles of consumption. He saw already a diminution of 1,200,0001. of re venue ; and though that sum, out of 30,000,0001. was not of itself sufficient to alarm, yet it afforded ....._ .. _ . . ground to infer, that we were drawing nearer to the lionts of the taxes on dire& consumption than he could wish. He was also sot ry to hear an addition of 25 per cent. to the property tax. It seemed to approach the baneful principle of taking property diredly from the individual, and it would be difficult to see, where we were to look far an end of thissort of taxation of taking property im mediately from the subjea wherever we could find it. This tax, he was also of opinion, was levied un equally, for those whose property resulted from commerce did not pay in the same proportion wish those who paid ou land or funded property. He really trembled to think what would be the conse quence, if the property tax was to become any thing like a regular permanent mode of taxation, for if so, he should be afraid that, after a certain number of Te ars, it would come to be voted annually, like the Land Tax. He really thought he discerned the symptoms of approaching that r im where ordin try modes of taxation were almost exhausted. When this happoted, nothing would remain but to pro ceed to take the interest, and possibly afterwards tie principal, from the subjed. He sincerely wished, therefore, that some other tax, rather than such :t one as this, should be resorted to ; for he really thought that it would go to the absolute destrudion of property throughout the kir.!:doin. In this case the subjed could have no real security for the enjoy ment of hi, property. The present were taxes which he silvered would be found to fall exceed ingly heavy ; and that others, in lieu of them, must eventually be resorted to. These remarks were for the serious consideration of the House, and of His Malady's Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Pitt). The CIIASCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that he perfealy concurred in the first ob servation m tile by the Right Hon. Gentleman, for it never could have been intended that, by agreeing to the resolutions now submitted, any member 1 sacrild he pledged to an approbation, or to the ap plicazion which may hereafter be proposed of any sums of money for continental purpii,es. Such a pledge never was and never could, on any parlia mentary ground, be supposed ; but a hen the time arrived for a measure of that kind, the House would have fully befor e them the means which would enable them freely and fully to judge of the time, the a minim, the application, and the objets of any continental subsidy which may be entered into. At this moment no arrangement was formed, or in such maturity as to be laid before them, but it was, for many reasons, thought right that the statement of the Ways and Means of the year should not be delayed to a later period. Had the negotiation for the Loan been delayed, the conse quence would be, that much speculation would en sue, and that the revenue would be injured 11 the produce of the quarters being thrown hack, and the taxes be realised much later than the public , service may require. The consequence of that would be felt in the produce of the Consolidated Fund. For the same reasons, a partial Loan now would be of great inconvenience, and upon the whole, there was nothing which could be thought irregular in this early proceeding, except perhaps the vote of 5,000,0001. for Continental purposes, which would come in the proper stage under the consideration of Parliament. The Hon. Gentle man (Mr. Fox) appeared to compi tin, that the produce of these taxes was not to come from articles of general consumption. but an that he seemed to forget that there was an additional duty on Salt, than which there was no article of more general consumption. The duty was still less objeaionable which was proposed upon pleasure horses, which most be acknowledged to be an article of luxury. That upon horses used in agriculture was in no more than a fair ratio, worthy the improved cul tivation of the country ; and the additional duty in the Post Office only kept pace with the public con venience. These last, though net diredly taxes on consumption, fell upon the articles made use of for purposes of consumption, and out of the 1,500,0001. 1,100,0001. may be fairly stated as laid upon con sumption. These articles had. for the three last years, been subjeaed to many new and unavoidable butthens; but it was no slight argument in their fa vour, that the encrease was not attended with any diminution of the wealth, prosperity, or the con venience of the country. He should not, however, at all enter into the subjea now, as there would be ample opportunities of doing so, when the different Bill, should be brought in, and come distindly under the consideration of the House. As to the Proper ty Tax, it must be acknowledged, that it had many advantages over the Tax upon Income; and though it was natural enough, that direa tales should be more unpleasant than those which were otherwise imposed ; yet it must be allowed, that they were much more cecouemical, and highly beneficial too i 70,000 110,000 230,000 .AO,OOO 430,000 . to the public, ai they, for a great part, feTh in this instance, upon persons who were exempted from al most any other species of taxation. It may be,. and he believed was perfeftly true, that they did not produce in many cases all that they ought to do, but they were made prodetive wherever pro perty lie ascertained. With regard to the remark made by the Hon. Gentleman, that this tax may be enc-eased or even doubled in the next, or ensuing yews, it was impossible for him to fore see what sArritices circumstances might require in any future case, ; but the same observation would equally apply to any tat, which, in cases of ne tesity, the Parliament might think proper to aug ment. 'raking the preperty, however, as far as re garded land, there was one subjea of great eenso- I won resulting to the nation from it already, in chewing that landed property was much greater than it had ever before been estimated at. When he first introduced the Income Tax, he only calculated the landed income at 21,000,0001. a year, whereas by the last assessments, is appeared to be of no less an amount than 34,000,0001. Mr. FOX explained, that in stating the hardship of this tax, compared with consumption, he was not answered by any thing that had fallen from the Right Hon, Gentleman, for no man could be forced to pay an encreased duty on Wine or Tea, because it was in his own option whether he drank it or not ; but he had no option in the case of property, all of which might be swept away by augmentations of.l this tax, or at least reduced to such a state, that the country could go on with it no longer. This pro- ceeding reminded him of a story told by La Fon. tains, of a woman, who fell in love with a Ca/J; which she continued for some time to caress and dandle in her arms, in the supposition, that habit would enable her to do the same when it grew up to be a large fat Mika; and he believed, if this tax should be made the calf of the Ministers, as it grew up, the would find themselves as mach disappointed as the silly woman had been in her calf. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that to realise the cakulation of the Hon. Gentleman, he must suppose the war to continue without intermission for ninety years to come. Mr. FOX answered across the Table, 'e Oh, I'm not in the least afraid that you will go on so long at this rate." The different Resolutions were then agreed to ; the Report ordered to be received to-morrow, and the Committee (as well as that of Supply) appoint ed to sit again on Friday next. LUSH HABE AS CORPUS SUSPENSION. Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of the Irish Habeas Corpus Suspension Kill, which was agreed to, and the motion being made by Sir Evan Nepean that the Bill be read a third time to-morrow; Mr. K INNAI RD asked whether there was not an other stilijea likely to produce discussion, fixed for to-morrow, because in that case, he should suggest, whether it would not be right to defer the third reading of this Bill to a future day ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that the subj..d to come forward to-morrow and to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded (the bringing up of the former Sheriffs of Middlesex), was not, he believed, likely to be produaive of such delay, as to make it necessary to postpone the third reading of the present Bill. The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time tomorrow. Mr. HUSKISSON, by order of the House, brought up an Account of the Outstanding Exche quer-Bills unprovided for by Parliament 1804, and charged upon the aids of the year 1805. Ordered to lie on the Table. —Adjourned. THE BRITISH PRESS LON DON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19. The CHANCELLOR of the Excecciura Last night brought out his budget. The addition made by it to the national debt is 1,550,0001. a year, for which provision is made by the following taxes ;-- Upon Postage of Letter. Ulan Salt D.tto, exported Horses fur Pleasure . . Ditto for Husbandry . . Legacies Direct . On Land . L 230,000 490,000 70,000 110,000 320,060 200,000 100,000 30,000 Strangers in Blood . . T 1. 1 r ir.'o,ooo There is, besides, an addition of one-fourth to the l'it)perty Tax, and the CUANCELLOR of the Escitraiturt ihtimated his intention to make the duties upon Wine permanent. The several parties who proposed to bid for the loan, have coalesced. It rose yesterday to a premium. On the loch inst. the Mr tamper frigate, and the Rhoda and Frirk hired armed cutters, fell in with a squadron of the enemy's gun-vessels, off the Saintes, and succeeded in capturing eight sail of them ; another was taken afterwards by the Growler gun brig. Two of these gun-vessels arrived in the Mount's-bay, on Thursday last ; and three more of them were brought into Falmouth on Friday. (See Falmouth letter). We hive received a Moeller. of the 6th instant, but it brings very little intelligence of importance. The Deiianre, of 74 guns, is arrived at Plymouth, from our fleet off Brest, which she left all well on the 14th ; of course the report of the sailing of the Brest fleet is, AS we suspected, unfounded. On Thursday evening a cartel arrived at Ply mouth from St. Makes, with dispatches, which were ordered to be landed at Portsmouth ; bet the ship could nut make that port, and was obliged to bear for Plymouth. The dispatches were immedi arelLfbrwarded to London, and tha cartel sailed for St. Maloes on Saturday. . ftorAr, .11111111111 The deer hunted by His MAJESTY on &Saida* was a retnarkably fine one. At starting upon Stoke speed tow inclosures by green, he went off with great j towards the right of Langlee, through the in Ansuresby Slough and Clayey, where he ran with very great speed across Chavey•fichis. making towards the Thames, where it was exiiefted he would have crossed the rivet, but he made a double to the right by Darcey Common and Broney, and crossed the Thames op pos:te Bray. The Royal Sportsmen made for Maiden Bridge, which they crossed; when the deer having taken to the inclesures, the sportsmen poi sued it, and the chace was renewed to the left of : Maidenhead Thicket•and the Heading road, and was . taken near Mr. VA ssIT r•RT s Park, after; cbace of about three hours and a half. The deer was bred at Swinley, and 'hewed excel lent sport. M. 4. TAILOR, Mrs. ORAND BALL. On the 743 instant, a most splendid ball was g:vnt at Ledstone, near Leeds, the seat of MICNAIL An io Tav Low, Esq. to a large party of the most fashionable families of the neighbourhood. 'fle . arrival of the company was severally announced by the band of the Regiment of Volunteers, of which Mr. T. is Major, who ushered each party into the festive mansion, which was decimated with great taste and msgniflcence. Alter nine o'clock, the dancing commenced, and continued, with little in termission, till near one, when the company were called from tripping on the " light fantastic toe," to recruit their strength and spirits by the hotpitable refreshment their generous host had amply pi r , vi.ied. In the great Hall, four tables were spread and dee,- rated, not only with the utmost taste and magnifi cence to gratify the eye, but with exquisite skill and profusion to please the palate. The band, an ex cellent one, played many of the most beautiful and favourite tunes during the repast. After supper the dancing again commenced, nor did the company se parate till eight o'clock in the morning. Among the company present were, Lady Ransidmi, Lady Turner Lord ?Anions, Sir G. its voltage, General MACketWAS , 6 .lonel, Mrs. and KAI M:4l Lowther, Colonel and Met Seutheron, Mrs and M...; Sta. peltoo, Mrs C. Wilsno, Mrs. and Miss Stands, Mrs. rus Lane, Mrs. and Mu Dixon, Mr and Mrs. Dawson, Colonel and Mrs Campbell, Rev, Mr. Ike, Mrs. and KO Hay, Ms. , and Mrs. John Ramsdell. Mr Kaye, lion Mr. Fred Lumley. • Mr. Manes, Mr. Rhodes Mar s, Mr. Wybrrgli, Cut. Myers, ' - T and Capt. Cuthbert. AMATEUR THEATRICALS. On Tuesday last, the Amateur performance of Mahumet took place at Chichester Tneatre, for the benefit of the Charitable Fund for Coals in that city. The charafters were cast as follows : • Mah . t Capt Sober Al La n oc Mr Tit.•tnas $ Za;.hns Mr. Skelton M:svatt Auk Fur Coiling . P..aron K.11111t3 M:s. Kelly The dresses, arms, ornaments, Bcc. were in a stile very seldom seen, even in similar selet amusements. Mehemet was decorated with the robe of Tspßo• Soltau and the sword of the De* 0 Teeis t the matchless Oriental shawls which composed this dress were alone worth 3001. Nor were the other Turkish habiliments of farther inferiority than in gradation of rank. The turbans were particularly fanciful and elegant, and jewels to a large amount were worn in collars, bandeaus, belts, Bcc. The deception of the scene was also well preserved in the numerous citizens, guards, etc. Of the :Laing, Mr. Simms, in Zllsna, evinced considerable and prac tised skill in the histrionic science ; the deck nation of Capt. SOIL& and Mr. THOMAS could not he bet ter ; the inferior personages did justice to their cast ; Mrs KeLty never eppeared.to more advantage than in the delicate, innoceut, and love-lorn, Palque , a. The audience was elegant and -eleet, and 761. was thus produced for a mast laudable purpose, by the amusing and philanthropic apfitication of dramatic talent. blesses. SWIM ELT oft, and THOMAS, are of the King's Dragoons ; Mr. COLLINS of the 83d Regiment. An opening address, written by Mr. demesne, jun. of Chichester, was ezcellently de livered by Mr. SZBLTON. Yesterday morning His Meiaste, accompanied by Count MINSTER, Generals FITZROY and MAH eaas,inspeded the Oxford Blues in Windsor Greet Park. Princesses SOTHIA and Await a, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. kloaatoe, took an airing on horse back in Windsor Great Park. The Roe et. Femme leave Windsor for town to-morrow after divine service. The Duke of Ca stations arrived at Windier 1- es terday morning. 1 Her MaoistY and the FRI scents took an Airing in two carriages and tour, by Langley, 1. The Row Al. Feline will go to Covent Garden lF Theatre on Friday neat. The Lou, MAY oa, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, will meet the Honourable Artillery Company to-mor row at St. Paul's Cathedral, when a Sermon will he preached by the Rev. Mr. Woon, Chaplain to the Loan M you, being the Fast Day. 4 Dispatches of importance are stated to have been, received at Lord Miu.uaav a's (Mice on Saturday from Petersburgh. Those celebrated Painters, Messrs. Reim toes and BARKER, whose works have already classed them with our meat eminent artists, are now preparing a Grand View of the Bay of Naples, taken by Mr. R. R. Raineois, on the shore of Vico. `I he scene, we understand, is strikingly neau:iful, and includes a View of Vesuvius. The Feinting, when finished, is to be exhibited at the Panorama. in the Strand, in lieu of that of Rome, which is to be withdrawn in a few days. The accurate View of Si r s, Dt .. g y SMITH'S Engagement with the Enemy's Flotilla will colunue open. The great and general objek of present enquiry Have you a chance yet remaining in the Lot tery Wheel r —Well, indeed, may such an enquiry be made, since it is unprecedented in the history of Fortune's Whim), that above Sev ter v THOU.. SAPID Potions, as is row the case, semaioed in it in Capital Prizes, when the Drawing had arrived to the last POUF Days. To this may be added ano ther momentous enquiry, viz —ls It possible still to purchase a Ticket or Share, to give a chance of • • • of wealth"' ! .7; s lal 8311114 TOT I gm •- particiluting of loch ao weitlth it' 1 , ".• .