The Sun. — London, England, 1807-03-02 00:00:00

FILI ~4 VCC. The Flan of Finance proposed to Parliament by Lard HENRY PETTY awakened the. emulation of Opposition, whose ambition prompted them to issue Centre Pregets. The Resolutions, ihowever, which were submitted by Lord CASTLEREAGH, do not ap pear, after mature deliberation, to deserve the full. confidence of the Noble Proposer, who has expressed his intention of withdrawing his third Resolution, and who moved on Thursday night to delay the dis cussion of his Propositions to Monday fortnight. This demand of a furthetepause, coupled with the relinquishment of one of the Resolutions, manifest ly betrays the Noble Lord's distrust of his own statements, and the interval will probably induce bum to abandon his suggestions altogether, and to aisent, without further objeEtion, to the Plan intro duced by the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.— The new System-has also raised opposers, who, in their solicitude to calculate results unfavourable to the Plan, and to imagine evils which may arise from its future operation, have entirely overlooked the ac tual and immediate benefits which will flow from its adoption. Thetpresent state of the public bur s thens, and the heavy sacrifices, to which the loyalty and patriotism of the People have caused a cheerful submission, strongly enforce the present and obvious advantages of a Plan which provides for a War Ex penditure of Thirty-two Millions without requiring any additional taxes to be imposed.for three years from this time. New taxes of less than 300,0001. on an average of seven years will be necessary from 1810 to 1816, and the benefits of the Plan will continue for twenty years, during the last ten of which no new taxes will be required. The bene ficial influence of such a system must be universally admitted ; and it is recommended by this additional coesideration, that there is nothing in the nature of the Plan which can preclude Parliament hereafter from applying modifications, or even suspending it entirely, if its future operation, under other circum stances, should appear to be unsafe or impolitic. One of the obje6.lions urged against the Plan may be briefly noticed, as it will afford a specimen of the rest. It is observed, that the new System professes to relieve the Country from the increase -of permanent ii Taxes. It is then asked, " bow the new System proposes to do this i" To this question is subjcined the following reply :—" Certainly in rather a ques tionable manner, by making twice the amount of War. Taxes permanent." This unfair and untrue statement would not. be entitled to a remark, if it did not tend to expose the paltry artifice and shame less effrontery which conspire to oppose a most beneficial measure. , The point to be decided is, whether, under the present amount of the National Expenditure—whether, in the present state of the pressure of Taxation, and with a view to exigencies which will prObably arise, it is more expedient and desirable that the whole interest of the Loans, ne cessary .according to the present scale of estimate, should be defrayed by the creation of new Per manent Taxes, or that a specific portion of War Taxes, which already exist, should be mortgaged to the amount of 10 percent, on the nominal capital, for the purpose of paying the interest, and instituting a Sinking Fund by Which the principal will be li quidated in at least 14 years? To make good the defalcati'on from the available produce of the War Taxes in each year, it .is proposed to borrow a sup plementary Loan, of which it will be necessary either by new Taxes or other expedients, to supply t he interest and g Sinking Fund of 1 per cent. which will place it in the ordinary course of redemption. But for this purpose by the present arra ngement no ruses Taxes need be imposed for three years ; for seven following years less than 300,0001. of new Taxes will be necessary ; and for the succeeding ten years no additional Taxes will be required. If the Loans for tlse annual Expenditure should be raised according to the system hitherto pursued Perma nent Taxes must be imposed amounting in the period assumed to 13 millions additional Revenue. Each portion of the War Taxes successively pledged by the new system will be liberated at the end of 14 years, and may be again applicable if the War should coutinue so long. If Peace should take place before the expiration of that time, a less portion will be pledged, which will also be set free in the period assigned for the redemption. A Paper of Friday last asserts, that " we are to be fixed with the Income Tax for ten or twelve years (the average calculation of a man's life) after Peace." This gross and false assertion is daringly adventured in defiance of the assurance given on the introduetion of the P:an, that the Property Tax will not be payable • beyond the period fur which it is now granted by 46 Geo. 3, c. 65, but will in every case be in foree only during the; War, andkustil the 6th day of • April next after the ratification of the Definitive Treaty of l'eace and no longer. 'l2 . he continuance of the Income Tax, in part,has in deed been strongly recoMmended by Mr. ROSE and Lord CASTLERE*AGII j but its termination at the period YESTERDAY some DutcitsiWers of the 21st ult. and other Foreign Papers arrived, Nal which we have made some Extracts. It does not appear that any general action hai taken place since the defeat of the French at Mohringen, but it is stated, in private Letters from Altona and Hamburg!), that several skirmishes had taken place, in one of which a Corps belonging to BERNADOTTE'S Division is said to have lost 1400 men and nine pieces of cannon. The rumours of Negotiations for a General Peace are still current on the Continent. It is not singu lar that those who have felt so severely the calami ties of War should be anxious for the restoration of Peace, and that they should readily believe and ea gerly propagate those reports which are favourable to their wishes. The statements, therefore, in foreign Journals, or in private Letters from the Continent, upon the subje& of Negotiations, are to be reccivcA vAth srent - enution. It is Said. that propositions have been made to BONAPARTE, by Russia and Prussia, for opening a Negotiation, with the concurrence of the Court of London ; but that BONAPARTE absolutely refused to consent to any in terference on the part of Great Britain in the affairs of the Continent. If any attempts at a Negotiation have been made, they have, we are convinced, proceeded from BONAPARTE himself, who, finding himself suddenly cheeked in his vitto• rious career, may endeavour to extricate himself by artifice fro;n the embarrassment in which he is involved, and try to deceive those whoin he finds it impossible to conquer. Tuts morning two Gottenburgh Mails arrived, but the intelligence whiCh they contain reached this Country several days ago relates principally to the defeat of the French at Mohringen. Hostilities have Commenced between the Swedes and French. After several skirmishes, the former were forced, by a superiority of numbers, to retreat into Stralsund, which now closely invested. His Majesty's Ships .dca3ta, Virginia, and Helena, sailed from Cork on the 23d-ult, with the Fleet un der convoy, for the West Indies. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held at Lord How/cx's Office. Earls SPENCER and FrrzwaLtam were prevented from attending by illness, and Lord ELL ENBOROUGH was also absent; all the other Mem bers were present. They sat from one till near five o'clock.. His MAJESTY IS e . xpeacd in town on Wednes day, to hold a.Court at the Queen's Palace. The LORD CHANCEU art arrived at Windsor yes terday morning, and, had an audience of His MA JESTY fora considerable time. Yesterday Morning his MAJESTT, Princesses Au- GUSTA, MARY, Soria:„ and AmELIA, attended by Lady J. THYNICF, MIS. SNEY.D; General . MANNERS, &c. went to St. George's Chapel, and' heard a Ser mon by Mr. NORTHEY, from the 22d chapter of Romans, 23d. verse, and afterwards went to Frog: More to dinner. ner MAJESTY,and Princess ELIZA BETH, heard Divine Seririce in the Palace, and met his MAJESTY at FrOg - tnore. Saturday night's Gazette contains the Order of His MAJESTY ill Council, that, for the supply of the inhabitants anct Oiertnen of Newfoundland, for the ensuing season Only, bread, flour, pease, Indian corn, butter, and lip e stbck, may be exported into that Island from any ofthe territories of the United States of America, by gritishr Subjeas, hi British built Ships, owt , e,l by His MAJEsvz's 4ubjods, navigated according to law, and which, tor the space of nine months previous to the time of such exportation, have cleared out tar some Port ortile United Kingll6in of Great Britain and Ireland, or other His MAJESTY'S dominions in Europe, tbr which purpose a license shall have been granted by the Comtnissione: s of the Customs, and such icense to be. - in 'force only nine calendar months. erigwQlly 117. CC., is a prOill1f11:111 Telt= 11$ MC ri.- n2acial , Plan proposed by Ministers. Unless the data of the new System shall be proved to be correCt, and its etfeEts shewn to be demonstrably prejudicial to the interests of the State, the Public will not forego, without the greatest reluctance, the palpable benefits of a Measure, which, in addition to the merit of preventing the difficulties and oicon veniencies which would attend a great present aug mentation of the Taxes, will better enable and dis pose the Country to bear, and submit willingly to, new burthens, if the events of the war should im pose the duty of raising a further supply. If such a necessity should occur, instead of the disappoint ment which the querulous voices of Opposition are eager to anticipate, the People will be duly sensible of the alleviation afforded by the adoption of the new System, and wi►l acquiesce, without a murmur, in further, sacrifices, if 'hey shall appear requisite to maintain the welfare, the honour, and the safety of this Country, to promote the Emancipation of the Nations of the Continent, and to restore the tran quillity of Europe. MAILS. Ann IVED - z Gottcnburgh, z Dublin, r Waterford. Gottenburgli, i Lisbon, t Dublin, t Watortbrd. PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWZLVE O'CLOCK. Conso!s - THE SU N. SOLVAI QUIS DICERE FA:f,LIM AV1)641.1? L 0 N D N, MONDAY, 'MAItCII 2, 1807. INAVA L IN W 6. From the LONDON GAzErfE, Feb. 24,113.;7 ildmiralty;;Ogice, Feb. 28. Copy of a Letter from the Ri g ht Hon. Lord Keith, • K. B. Admiral of the White, &c. to William Marsden,.E,sq. dated on board the Edgar, qy Rams:- gate, the 25th inst. SIR, I transmit, for their Lordships' information, a Copy of a Letter which I have received from Capt. Farquhar, of His Majesty's Ship the Ariadne, report ing the capture of the French Cutter Letter of Marque Le Chasseur. Vice-Admiral Douglas acquaints me that this Ves sel is a Privateer. I the Honour to be, &c. KEITH. • His Majesty's Ship Ariadne, at Sea, • MY LORD, Feb. 19. I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that I have this day captured a French Cutter Letter of Marque, Le Chassetrr, of thirty-two tons, two car riage-guns, and thirty-six men, commanded by Pr. ; twenty-four men only were found on board, twelve having been sent in Prizes. I have the Honour to be, (Signed) A. FARQUHAR. Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. &c. Admiralty Office, Feb. 28 . Copy of another Letter from . the Bight Honourable Lord Keith, K.B. Admiral of the White, &c. to William Marsden, Esq: dated un board the Edgar, off Ramsgate, Feb. 26. SIR, I have the satisfaaion of transmitting, for their Lordships' information, a Copy of a Letter which I. have received from Lieutenant Ramsey, commanding His Majesty's Cutter the Carrier, acquainting me with the capture of another French Privateer. I have the Honour to be, &c. KEITH. His Majesty's Cutter Carrier, at Sea, MN' LORD, Feb. 20. I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that having yesterday chaced Le Chasseur French Cutter Privateer into the hands of Captain Farquhar, of His Majesty's Ship Ariadne, I was this morning return lug to my station, accompanied by the Princess Au gusta Cutter, when at nine A M. Goree bearing S. by E. distant ten leagues, we discovered a suspicious Sail on the N. E. quarter, steering in for the Dutch Coast, to which' I immediately gave chace, and at two . P. M. came up with and captured the French Schooner Privateer Le Ragotin, commanded by - Jaques Jappie, mounting eight guns,' which were thrown Ovelboard in the chace, with a complement of twenty-nine men ;. eight days from Dunkirk without having made any capture, and this being her first cruize. I have the Honour to be, Bcc. (Signed) IL RAMSEY, Lieutenant and Commander. Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. &c. FALmouril, FEB. 27.—The wind having suddenly shifted yesterday morning to the Northward, the Towns4end Packet, Capt . . COCK, with Mails'of the 17th inst. for Lisbon, -and Lard Hobart Packet, Capt. HAMILTON, with Mails of the 18th inst. for the Leeward Islands, and which have been detained for some days by contrary wind, sailed; as did also the Brisk Sloop of War, with five Transports under convoy, for Cork His Majesty's Schooner 410 guns, on a cruize ; the Ann, ETTWOOD, and Jane, GALEPP (two Vessels from Dartmouth); with fish, for • Lisbon .; the Miranda Privateer, of this , • Port, on a Cruize and Sampson, PoKEN, for Chep stOw. Arrived this day the Good Intent, SnwAnn, Dor setshire, ,P,ETITT, from Dartmouth, for Lisbon ; and the Hope,HUMPHRIES, for Sunderland. Yesterday was sent in here the Spanish Schooner St. 'Domingq, with fish, bound to France, taken on the Coast on the .22d inst. by the Rapid Gun-brig. PORTSMOUTH, MAR CH.l.—Arrived yesterday, the Safeguard Gun-vessel, Lieut. BALFOUR, from a Cruize ; and to-day the Edgar, of 74 guns, from the Downs station ; La Fleche Sloop, from Guern sey; Devastation Bomb, from the Downs, with the Mau Transport for Sicily ; and the Soleh,•ay Frigate foul the Nore ; arrived also the Speedy, AfDRIDGE, Edward and Mary, ARTHUR, from London ; and the Happy Couple, BROWN, from Dungarvon. Sailed yesterday the Defence, of 74 guns, Capt. ERIN, to join the Captain and Ganges off the Western Islands ; Dapper Gun-vessel, Lieutenant GARDNER, with a Convoy for Guernsey ; and the Cracker, Lieut. LEACH, to join the Squadron off Havre. Propped down to St. Helen's the Blanche Frigate, Sir Tito Nits Laver, waiting for orders to proceed for the Channel Fleet. The West India Convoy will positively sail to- morrow, at noon. Gen. Sir G. PREVOST, Bart. arrived yesterday even ing from London, and resumed the command of the garrison. Gen. AtHITELOCK, Commander in Chief in South America, and Brigadier-General AcKLA:O), arc ex peCted here to-morrow morning, to take their pas sage for Maldonado in the Thisbe Frigate, Captain S!tErnEmtp.—Major-General L. GowEx goes in the Cormorant Sloop, Capt. HUGHES. Capt. RAYMOND appointed Colonial Secretary to the Forces. The s9th Regiment, Col. Lord BLANEY, embarked on Monday to - go ; and to-morrow a troop of Horse Artillery will arrive from Christchurch, to embark. Upward of 40 . 00 stand of arms - awl a heavy batter- 0 11ORK i out to command the Artillery, and Capt. ELPHIti- STONE Chief Engineer.—Major FORSTER, one el Gen. WIIITELOCKE'S Aids-du-Camp, is arrived. PLYMOCTII, FEZ. .—Sailed His Majesty's Ship Princess, of 28 guns, for Liverpool, having under gone a thorough refit at this port, to resume her sta tion for the defence of the Mersey. Arrived His Majesty's Armed Ship Lady Warren, having inider'charge the Porcupine, .a new Sloop of War, pierced for 22 guns, built at Exeter. Arrived the Savage Sloop of War, of 18 guns, from the E:stward. DEAL, MARCU 1.-T.-Arrived His Majesty's Ships Seagull from a Cruize, and the Phosphorus Fire vessel from Sheerness, and remain in the Downs with the Ships as per last. • SHEERNESS, FEE. 2.7.—Arrived the Orestes, with loss of topmasts and jib•boom, her foremast also rendered useless, being nearly chafed through ; the Urgent Gun-brig, with loss of topmasts ; and the Constance and Starling, all damaged in the gale. Sailed the Phosphorus for the Downs. This day was commissioned, by Capt. ELLIS, His iVlajesty's Sloop Spitfire. FE.I3. 28.—Arrived His Majesty's Ship Crescent, from Yarmouth, with loss of topmasts ; the Fear less Gun-brig, from the Downs, with the Arr©w Schooner in tow, the former having lost her top masts and the latter her rudder - in the late gale. This day was commissioned, by Capt. STEWART, His Majesty's Ship St. "Man's, of 64 guns, now in dock, repairing at this Port. The Cardigan Militia, stationed h ere , h ave volun teered their services fur Ireland, . , STATEMENT OF THE D TISII NAVAL FOE Lime In the English & Irish Channels - V) Downs amd North Sea 12 I Spain, Portugal &Gibral. 9 Alediterranean&l'assage is Coast of Africa - o West Indies anti Passage 4 Jamaica Station - 2 America &Newfoundland 2 Cape of Good Hoe 5 East Indies and Passage 7 ()xi an Expedition. &c. 5 STRIBUTION OP THE BRI- M TO THE IST INST. so's I Fu. I Spa. G. 13 25 58 47 6 ii i 6 i 6 i z a 0 18 a i 1 4 8 8 5 . o 2 4 3 .13 o 1 0 i I 12 2 I o $ 0 Jo Total at Sea - 861 In Port and fitting - 1 Guard-Ships Eiospital & Prison Ships 19 Total in Commission 135 I Receiving Ships - o I Serviceable and repairing o In ordinary - • • 4 8 I Building . - - • 37 Total 220 STATI OF til£ ORD Portsmouth - 13 Plymouth . - so I Chatham - - 10 Sheerness . . a River . 3 E xtraneous I 8 1 7 1 17 o 9 71 115 1 152 182 2 1 43 I 0 35 1 5 1 31 3 2 Q I 30 ,INAft 16x I is* I Tot. O 0 52 32 24; I AT S 24 3 7 2$ 54 2 . 159 4 5 Total 49 :6 53 0 0 54 35 I 279 ACFL r 9 2 4 12 0 239 j 253 ()RT. NAVAL A.PeOINTMENTS. 183 H 1034 • 18J CAPTAlNS—Honourable C. PAGET, to the arligth; SAMUEL li. LINZEE, to the illaida i THOS. GRAVES, to the Brunswick; SPENcE, to the Pandora; HART, to the Majestic; and WEST, to the Excellent. LIEUTENANTS—HITCHINS, to the Leyden ; MIT. FORD, to the indeliztigabie; HARPUR, to the Excel• lent; APREECE, to Ditto; MICK., to Ditto; and MAURICE, to the .dfricaine. • The Goliath, Alfred, Sanspareil and Vanguard, at Plymouth ; the Maicla and Brunswick, at Ports mouth; the Hercules, Leyden, and Inflexible, at Chatham ; and the' St. Alban's, at Sheerness, are fitting for immediate service, having had their poops taken off, and masts and metal reduced, according to a new plan ; which is, it is said, to be put in exe cution with all the old ships, when in a course of repair. On Saturday the dispataes were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Pursers of the undermentioned ships, viz. United 4ilgdom, C apta i n W. P. D'ESTERRE, and Worcester, Captain,- S. Noon, for St. Helena and Madras. - City of London, Captain J. YATES ; .Baring, Cap- , • tain J. CARNEGIE and Lord Duncan, Capt. E. C. BRADFORD, for Madras and Bengal. Metca(le, Captain M'IsAcKE, for Bombay direct. PASSENGERS PER CITY 0? LONDOI.—For Bengal: Gen. Wm. St. Leger; Mrs. and lour Misses St. Leger; Mr. For. rest ; Mess. Charnberbm, Furnraux, and Chalmer, Writers ; Mr. Thompson, h ree Mariner , Messrs. Fiarris, White, For. ster, Lane, Jackson, and M'Mahon, Cadets.—For Madras : Capt. Collett Mr. Taylor, Cadet. PA ssi.Nctas PER BAR: sic.— For Bengal : Dr.Roxburgh ; Messrs. I and I. K. Col's; Capt. Fry ; Me,srs. Goldie and Hogg, Assistant- Surgeons ; Mrs and two Al isses do ;g ; Mrs. Burgess ; Messrs. Mien,' and Forrester, Cadets; Mr Lane, Free Mariner.— For Madras: Mr. b rown, Assistant-Surgeon; Mrs. Brown ; Messrs. Mackintosh, Gordon, Donaldson, Macqueen, Storer, Keir, and Robson, Cadets.—For Ceylon : Miss "Futsleton. PASSENGERS PER UNITED KINGDOM.—For Madras:. - Mr. Creen, Cadet. PASSENGERS PER WORCESTER.—Fora St. Helena: tain Pritchard. Pass'. NG ERS PER Loan Dor:eau—For Writer enugpapla:geM;r:eosis... rester, ter ; Mrs. Yates Yates;; Miss Thomas ; Messrs. Torn. kyns, Smith Ilachet, lleptinstall, Chalmers, and Harrison, Cadets. For Madras: Lieutenant-Colonel c Gwynne, Batt), and Tulk, Cadets; Messrs. Price and, Faure. PASSENGERS PER MaTe.l.7l.—For Bombay: Robert Rickards, Esq. Provisional Counsellor; Mrs. Rickards; Misses?. and M. Brown, and Miss Traherne ; Mr. Remora, cadet. A fresh embargo has been laid open all the Shipping within the Batavian Ports. It is reported that the last Vessel of an Expedition intended to ad in the East Indies, under the command of Gcneral DAENDELS, has sailed from the Texel. Three Frigates had pre viously, sailed wi►h several hundred picked troops on board, and in order to keep the Expedition as private as posible, a quantity of military and other stores had been some time before sent off in American bottoms. The Mauritius is supposed to be its first place of des tination.