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former in the peciportion mentioned by the T.earned Gee:tern:in. The tax Neer arpraisenient, he said. would b ra's d by a stand' duty ; and, he admitted, that the state of the audion duty was worthy of Brat conideration. circumstance of first set ting up Oliva to isle, then buying them in, and afterwards disposing of them by private contra t, he was sensible of being a great source of frauds upon the revenue. Mr PERCIVAL suggested, as one remedy for this, to deprive the principal of all right to become himself a bidder. He then, once more, reverted to the impropriety of voting Ways and Means be yond the Supply, which, he said, WAS repugnant to the constitutional principle of not laying unneces sary burdens upon the people. He also suggested, that, as the Exchequer Bills were, at present, very little ptodudive to the revenue, the tar upon them should be dedufted, at the Bank, in the lime manner ns the tax on stocks ; which, he th eight, was the only way of making every individuel pay his just proportion. Lord H. PET TY, in reply to the constitutional olijeaion of the Learned Grip lern4o, said he under s.eod tee true restraint to be, that the Ways and Means should not he applied by Government before the supplies were voted. Mr ROSE contended that they should not even be proposed to the House, till the Supplies were known. Mr. FOX said, he understood the constitutional , p •nciple to be, that none of the Way s an d M eans , - r beyond the supply, should he is the hinds of Go- Imam, at. What was now proposed. was some thine iii the nem- of the subsidies granted last year ; the i louse agreed to vote, though the Minieer tne day said, that they only might et applicelee trceties, in which, he confessed, that at thet lime, iiele p ogress was made. He admitted the: i , wa,, gene. eily speaking, an inconvenience,but h- dot ne7 conceive it to be againse any fixed princi p e or rule Of Parliament. As to the charge of censure upon the late Minister, he did not under stand his Noble Friend to have said a word to that effeet ; on the contrary, he heard him give well teethed praise for his plan of the Sinking rued.— Neither did he conceive it any eulogium on him all or his Noble Friend, to express a determi nation to put an end to frauds. It was said that the late Administration had made attempts to check them ; but it seemed the first attempt was made as far back as ten years ago, and be did net know why. during so long an interval, no progress had bean made in i t . With resped to the exemptions to the Property !'ax, he confessed he saw great difficulty in first taking, and then restor ing them : but then he thought it better than the present mode, which admitted of frauds, but af lorded no remedy when the party was oppressed. . —As to the Iron and Silk Trades, he should - othing of them now, as they wouid be subject: .utur. consideration He said he fully conetee in taking at MCI the full proanrtion of tea eel cent. upon the Property TAY. His Hon. Fiend (Ms. Francis) said. that after all there was no security against its being carried further. It was true, that there was no parliamentary security .geinst it, should the necessities of the c..arery again re quire it ; but neither wee: a :here be any such security, if it weritaignierted in a gradual manner. The *tale of We per cent. at once was a pledge that teen Was net aestie as enemata& of carrying it any father ; but eies tha t isitootien would not have been st.i:e.l, if it crevirtned wee enmeshed in a gradual ir inner. 1 he praise wl•ic:: his Noble Friend bestuwed upon hies elf, was that of a love fe economy, a determination to entenite i..to, and cerrcel reties of every kind ; and also, among other tbient, to follow up that inquiry into military 20)1 1 ,e 5 , Ix Inch had been institute.: by his Right. Hon. preJ' ce This was the pledge which he gave to etre 11.euse and the puolic, and was a pledge wilieh be was cre.f. 'era lie never would recede from. Mr. ROSE and Mr. FOX severally explained. Su V GIBBS spoke in corroboration of what was stated by Mr. Percival, relative to there not being legal evidence to bring the deli auders of the revenue, in the West Indies. to punishment. Sir W . Y'WNG said. he never objefted to a Colonial Tax, but he now maintained that the prices of sugar were not such as to admit of withholding the drawback. Hr stated, that since the year 1794, the planters in the West Indies never received with. in one-third of what they did before, and unless the drawback was continued. the sugars would not be exported, bait fall in this country to a much lowa price than ever they were at before. Mr. HUSKISSON, after Adverting to some of the topics which had been discussed before, said, that he was glad to find the Noble Lord following up the salutary plan of his late much-lamented Friend, to raise a considerable portion of the sup plies within :he year. But his principal °hie& was to chew, that the estimates of the last year were not deficient 5.800,0001. es stated by the Noble Lord and he entered into a variety of arguments. calcula tions, and obset rations. to chew that the deficiency was no more than 1,100,0001. He said. a great entharrassment arose, and pleat confusion also, from taking the estimates sometimes from the most pro deelive, and at other times from the most unpro ductive quarters of the year. To remedy which, he recommended that all the estimates should be merle up to one determinate quarter, and that to be the basis on which the Budget should, in future, be founded. Mr. VANSITTART took occasion, from what bad been said of the Property Tax, to advert to the conduit of a Noble Friend of bis (Lord Sidmouth) who had first given vigour and creel to the Tee, during the present war, and who bad thereby male a saving to the public, of 85 millions, and of 4 , 0 00,0001. of annual charge. Mr. S. BOURNE repeated the arguments used by Mr. Percival and Sir V. Gibbs, resPtelMß the frauds, &c. is the West Indies. which he allowed to have bees enormous. He would not have tinselled the Committee; but that he thought him self bound in duty to say so much, in vindication of the late Board of Treasury, and of himself. as a Member of it. Lord 'TEMPLE said, whatever steps had been taken to correct abuses. and to psiaisn them, In point °I lat, none had been taken to prevent a recurrence el them; nor to prevent the issue of Premiums on Bert<. err of false Vouchers. Nir. HUSKISSOei said, steps bed been taco . • , an 3 a suit was ne w pcn Cog to recove r the amount of Premiums nn Nils, and a regulation made, that. is future, no Bills should be drawn, but by the Quarter-Master -General. Mr. ROSE said, if the Noble Lord would look into his own office, he would find, that a measure had been adopted to put an end to the prodUce. He would find minutes to that effeet in h; own office, which were introduced by himself, da a to had ever been kept before he came to it. Ne Ap proved, he said, of all the Taxer, and wau!d be anxious to do every thing to modify them, so as to make them as efftaual as possibh.. Mr. PERCIVAL repeated, that every thing had been done, that was possible, to prevent both the abuses and their recurrence. Mr. Secretary FUX said. the public were then in a miserable wry, if, after 5 years of continual exer tion, nothing could he done effetual. His No!ae Friend had stated, that the present Ministers would do all in their ii:nver to put a stop to those abuses, and -tneiy Le might say so without meaning to throw blame on the last Administration. Else Right Hon. Gentleman had said, that he had been the first who had introduced Minutes into the Pay- Office ; and in having done so, he believed he did not mean to east any cenbure on h's predecessors The more difficulty there was in pleventil g those abuses, the mire necessary it was to bet abiuut it with a determined s t ;rit and After a few words from . il .rod Mr. Huskisson, the reeiclutions were Av,rally leAti, and agreed to ; and the Report orderer! to be received to-morrow. The Committee of Supply was postponed to Monday ; and the House adj•surr,e.l to t i-morrow. •• • For the Fere, l ol I,,telliience see the last Page. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY, MA ICH 2'.. The COANCILLOI of th. Excur quell last night brought forward the Sive' and Ways and Means for the year. He stet- the terms of the Luan castrated for in 0- • course of toe morning, which were as fall -r or every 1001. sterling sub., scribed, r cent. Consols, and 6GI, in the IteZ • • of the Loan was 19 millions for Eng two for lreland. The interot on the Ca -• I stock thu, created, aid to be borne by Eng land, is 1,136,0001 The New Taxes are : A duty upon anpraisements, to the amount of half the present tax upon Auctions. An additional 15 per cent. or Sb• per cwt. upon Sugar. As equalization of the Duties upon Teas. A tax of Os. a ton upon Pig Iron. A. small addition upon Tobacco. And the taking for a permanency the existing diodes upon Wine. Besides these, the I'.liiiiter proposed an augment ation of the Property Tax, to the amount of ten per cent. on all iiicome. above 501. per annum. The 101. per cent. is to be paid in the first ie. stance t and toe deduOtii ns are to be recoverable from Corn s to be appointed for the pur r,e of alinvring exemptinns. purchasers of the Loan are Messrs. Corn sm to and Co. and Messrs. CUILTIS and Co. who cualescedior the purpose. 'l'he Stock Exchange List bid 1001. Cons. and 6 Reduced. The instalments are to be paid in the following manner: 51h A,ut1....13 per Cent. 19th Sept 10 pet C'nt. 10th ‘1ay.....10 do. 17th Oct . l5 do. 24 , th June.... 10 do. 21st Noy lO do. 11th July.... 10 do. 19th Dec. IO do. 12d Aug...... 111 de I'th Jan 5 do. We yesterday received the Flamhurgh Mail, due on Wednesday, and Dutch Papers, up to the taiith. From their contents, it appears that the fate of Naples cannot,,yet be considered 24 decided. The English and Russians, who embarked at Naples, have landed in Calabria, and joined the troops with whom the Parsec ROYAL retired to that province. The Calabrians, whe have taken up arms in defence of their lawful Sovereign, amount to 70,000 ; and, if any reliance may be placed in their zeal for the cause they have espoused, that number would cer tainly be sufficient to oppose a formidable resistance to the French force at present in the country. Im portant changes are shortly expeeted in the Govern ment of Switzerland, and some of the Northern dis trias of that country will, It is surmised, contribute to the enlargement of the new kingdom of Wirtem berg. The condutt of the Porte, in acknowledging the imperial dignity Of BONAPARTE ' has produced a remonstrance on the part of the Rosst,N Nlsteisraa at Constantinople, who alleges that it is contrary to the Treaty recently renewed between the two Powers. The counter-orders sent to the Russian troops, which had embatked on the Black Sea, for Corfu, can scarcely' be supposed to have a re ference to this event, but are in our opinion, dictated rather by the wish to defend, than by the intention of attacking the Ottoman Empire. very lode light is yet thrown on the affairs of Germany. The new Sovereigns of the Werphalian l'iovi.ices are not yet known wah any ..legtca of certait.ty, and it woad . • eppeat the affairs of the South are not yet finally arranged. Orders have been given to the French troops retiring from the Austrian dominions, to take post between Passau and Ratishon ; and an officer dispatched by Marshal Atari-mu to Vien na, is said to have been commissioned to de.: mand a passage for French troops throtigh the Austrian Staters. If s u th a demand has been made, the reply of the Imperial Court could not have been favourable, otherwise no necessity for farther negnciation could have existed. The dignifid condiiet of Austria since the late unfor tunate events, affords room to hope, that she will not now be guilty of a dereliEtion of those princi ples of honour and integrity, by which she has hi therto been guided. Two Gottenburgh Mails, those of the 17th aid arrived yesterday, but bring nu intelligence. Yesterday a Court Of Direarws was held at the East llhit House, when Capt. CisaeLlJ La &ANC took hii final have of the Court, pi evious to depart ing fur Madras . id Bengal The French squadron which sailed from St. Jago nit the 26. h of ikeembtr last, took a S. S. W: .di re.ion, with a V'eW to cruise fur the homewaid bound E..v Wiz fleet. Ye , to at twelve ollnek, a Military Collegd .rd was held at the Duke of Yoß('s Office, which w is attended by the Dukes of YORK, K esr, CAStaNIDGI, and GLCUCISTCa ; Lords HARBING .t..F4 and Caruca tor. the Adj utant Barrack-master and Quarter - mater Genera ls, and a number of Officers. Thuesday the Russtaiv Ambassador had a con ference with Mr. Fox, from three till four o'clock. Extral of a letter from an Officer on board His MAJEsrv's ship the Theodora, 80 leagues West of ('ape Clear, dated 12th of March, 1806:—" I send this by a Danish brig, which was in possession of the enemy yesterday. She was from Nlessina, bound to Copeohar n, taken the day before by a Spanish schooner privateer, w'iiet. we also captured yester day. We have o:dered the brig for Plymouth.— file pt ivateer is namedthe Soma Christ., nut 14 days from liir.i'nite; she had captured a Hambmgh gall of from Li:taiii, bound to Hambro' ; and a Swerfsh brig fro 11 11 , Tes•ina, for Liverpool, under convoy of I I's ‘tafesrv's ships La thlranne and wt'icl , e yr. re ordered to see ipso this lati tude, bat u .-ortunztelv separated, in a gale, about 5 days since ; the convay I fear is much dispersed ; therefore it is fortunate that we fell in with the privateer." Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Privy Council met upon Li .utenant SreeHEPIS'S busin-ss, when a Lieu tenant I elonging to the Labia saarshship at the Great Nore, produced three men, formerly be longing to the Trident. who, with othsr witnesses, were examined till five o'clock. A party of the 26th regiment of foot, arrived on IVednesday at Chatham, on their way to Faver sham. The Fast Kent Militia are rape' fro:n Yarley barracks to Hall in month. the first regiment of dragoons of the King's Ger man Lerion, passed through Birmingham on Tues day and yesterday, on their route to Ireland. Monday morning, a large detachment of the Royal Artillery marched hom Canterbury to em bark for Gibraltar. On Friday last, the first squadron of the 11th Light Dragoons halted in Canterbury, and on Sa ttoilay eontioned its route for Chelmsford ; the 21 sradron followed on Saturday, the 3d nn Monday, and the 4th on Tuesday. This regiment has been cantoned at Deal, Stonar, Ramsgate, and the adja cent villages. The 9th Light Drago ons f rom Do ver, I ',the, Romney, kc. have marched to replace the I I tit, and the 12th Light Dragoons from Sussex to occupy the quarters of the 9th. to t The following is a list of passengers going out India : PASSVSGERS PER LADY SUROZO. pnr Rangsl—.Mr. H. Wakeman, Writer; Majors J wicke Anet J. Arnold; Mes‘rs. J.Stephens and A. HA, As ' sisiant.Surgeons; M ..ars R. S. Gotliard, H Ue Burgh, St. George A•il, R. Simpann, T. Marehall, G. P. Atomic, A. Wilson, R. Pritchard, R. Stewart, R. Foster, W. It .thaw, and .1 KO, Cadet , . Mrs S Dixon and &tighter, two Moe IllArdMlCkel, two MIS% Arnold's. ECM W. Wnittington, Writer; Merin, B-nny, J. G evlebrooke, W, Itietardben, P. kl.uen..., J. Asher, and J. Fluter, Cadets. PASCENCIRS fit At.tILANORII. Fnr RengalaaMessrs. C Wileoson, J R. Blake, and J. Fagan, CaAtt•; Messrs G. A Rogers, and J. Wile way, Free Mariners; and %Ir. G. Stuart. Far Mad.as—lr. W. A. Fraser, Writer; and Mr. T. T. Parke, Cadet. PASSE/40E1S PER LORD NILSON. For BantalaaMr. N. Wallace. Cadet. For St. tmene—Hr. W. Bra►.ano, Muter Attarylaat. tatorsoros PLR RARL ST. VINCENT. F.a Bombay Meeks. T Maedoriald and E. Lloyd, Wri ters ; Mr. W. M lnw.h , Free Merebent t C. J. Johnson and T. Pereiri. e, Free Mariners; Mr, F. Stoll ut Wises M. Sal.i.es and M Lewis. Fur virtras—Mr OT I. Haber, Writer; Mr. A. B. Pep pin, Aantout Surgeon. rAssareoues PeII SOVlltaterill. For Bengal--Wr. J. A Statipsno, Wanner M. R. Morn-- so”, Mae( ; Mr. A. Rums; Messrs. J. Bruadhunt, J. Fit. cher, 11. C. !VI-dwin, .1. Snitrh, R. M.Kenale ; W. C. DeWitt ■nd J Compnell, Cadets; Messrs. A. H.lhda• a d J. RarcLig, Ammant Smgeone; Mewl. J. S. Kotler and 11 Mathew. Free Mariner. I. H. and C. Marsh 11, S. Ante, and H. Inalach ; Mrs. lino?, Mrs. M. Jackman and tune daughters; tines M. A. Williams, A. Bateman, J. Fletcher, B. Camp bell. and L. Smith. For : Mitres—Moogra. W. Thaciterav and J. Monro Mitten ; Wawa tlilt.ifi slut G. Scutt, Cadets . For Ca, kro...M•as L. Coloorooko. Wednesday, in honour of the glorious vietory obtained by Vice-Admiral Sir THOMAS DUCK wourti, over the French flea, the union flag was eihibited, waving in triumph over these of France and Holland, on the pediment in front of Mount- Wear House, Exeter, which the Vice-Admiral has recently purchased of FCANC,S wtt.s:•M SPICER, Esq. It is somewhat remarkable, that the intelli gence of the 14-e glo►ious viaory should arrive there, anti the b..11s ring a merry peal, on the very Jay on which the Vice-Admiral entered trite tie possession of his newly-purchased estate. • • • •-• k ' t 1 141 . • , • ' • : VOCAL CONCEPr. ° • . • Mess HAirtsott, Blarteasam. and Gazer. . na Fa% Vocal COrKrrt was held last night, at the New Rooms. fianoyer•square, and was most numerously attended. The beautiful glee for four yokes, horn Bu alteS Poems, of True laetn.4 W 3, be, the *el swain of the Yarrow, was loudly atplanded. The concertante for violin, tenor, violoncello, Aut.. oboe, aad bassoon, 67 Messrs. WLiCIISZLL, S HILLD , L INDLEY , Assis e -1 Liao, and Hat re CS, was rapturously rtEeived,raii Islarlame •Ni:111, in the chemist% air (roil Altrave. •-•—• Grebes wawa & De; silio Waren 3 1 ••••; t r displayed much taste an d sc i ence , and was extreme. ly iateresting. The r•rom rang veldt applause at All. HA atisoN's executio n w i t h oboes, buns, saai balloons obligati, of too tidal nave to memo air saki It was truly cliarming. The glee 4 Cwee oat, etese vellow Maeda, And than take ianale, by Sir Jona St etrxit‘oa, af Dublin, was raptur ously tots, et The Concert concluded With the pa. pular air of Raft liritanwia, ece. with accompani ments by Mr. Gaiatoaax. Among the complus? were, Ho Royal inatin , .. the Prince d Wdss. • (Jake of Cambridge. Masehionew of I lesdfort Fad.--Footer me am! Instland . Lathes—Grantletho, Lambert, U. Naatiadt. Loos, se4 PT 'scot. leermnt !Middleton. -• Lnrd Mulgr , ve. 11,noutab'e G Paget. been of Raphoc. . THE DUCHESS OF miroNsinits. Her Grace had rather a cnmposed Tie* ea Thursday. and was yesterday considered lanuas , '• At a late hour last night: we are concerned toad% the accounts were not so favourable as we geoid His Rorl Highness the Duke of Ct•assics gone to Bushy park for the Holidays. The Marquis of STAFFORD will gin a grand din. ner on the Bth of April, to His Royal Higher's the Prince of Waxxs, Lord Gassi•it.i.e, aud a large party. Lord GRENVILLE will give a grand party on the gth of April, to His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK. Colonel, Mrs. Beat; most. and family, ler lowa - yesterday, for ltamsyste, where they iats..d re. 7 maining until after the holidays. . The Duke and Duchess of Aram., sod fag*, . . are daily expected at their house in Portman-sleet* from Scotland. Lady J ANS Lotto, who has beer. much indisposerk, is in a fair way of recovery, at her house, Map"! street, Berkeley-square. . The Bari and Collates* of Km* sae, errfwed yesterday, at their house in Portman-square, from Brighton. The PORTUGUESE ANIIIASSADOR it indisposed, at his house, South Audley-street, in consequence of the fall he had from his horse some time since. The Earl and Countess of CARDIGAN gave a rand dinner, 'yesterday, at their house in U p risen Gro.:venor-street, to His Royal Highness the Duke of CUStaERL ND, the Earl of DiREGISRI s_oN Lady C• ROLIP W•t.ntosave, and Lady C. Dastaas and in the evening. Her Lady's ip had a ntierseimis party, amongst whom were. His Royal Highness the Duke of CA Id lIRIDOR. the Duchesses of Not. THU NUL AND, Goanos, BOLTON, and DORSLT the Marchionesses of &tisanes', tleAorost, STAVFORD. DOWNIINIIIR aid DONLO AI. ; and all the Foreign •*ohiliry. The late Sir RotititT TAY Loa was the Arehitel of the two large and lofty houses, wlich are so very remarkable on the South-side of Lincola's-inn fields ; and on heiag asked, why he decanted the door-cases with judicial emblems. h • repl.ed. that he hoped a Lord High Chancellor would occupy the I one. and a Lord Chief Justice the other. 'this ea. peaation is At length aetnally fulfilled; on? of them was occupied by the late Lord Keseroe.. aim the other is the present residence of the Lord Chan cellor ERSKINE. I._ On the 10th of March died. at Vienna. of an in flammatory fever, in the 6nth year of iris age, Count FR INCIS COLLOREDO, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen, late Principal Chamberlain, Private State and Con. ference Mini.ter, and l'resident of the Court and State Chancery. At his death, eight persons were iil in his hotel ; among whom is his Lady, whose life is in imminent danger, and his only daughter. He has left two sons 1 ,, a former marriage, and above a hundred thou•and florins yearly revenue. During his illness, •Ibeit IV►ssiAL MAJEST I Ps, and the whole Lapse's'. FAssut,v, whose educa tion he had superintended, manifested their con cern by daily inquiries respecting his health. Died at Vienna, Count 1\ wistarias°, Imperial Privy Counsellor, and fnrm.rly Amf.assador to the Courts of Denmark and Saxony, in the 69th year of his age. Sir GEOR.Gt Yorroe's valuable coolleition of pic tures has, at length, been submitted to the power of the afhoneer. It contained some of the finest arc. cimens of the ss•orks of the old Masters in this country, and had long been the admiration of the coanoi.seur. Mr. Bo c Chile& Ct. save, a pewterer, in Cornhill, who had acquired a large fortufe, and possessed a degree of taste, not usually associated With such a profession, formed this superb collec tion. which enriched a gallery in his beautiful seat, tit Foot's• Cray. in Kent. It was built by hum, on the model or talladio's villa, near Vicenza, so well Item to, and so universally admired by all tra vellers, for the beauty of its arcniteftnte. Sir C. Yomoz married Mr. CLEIVeti only daughter; are! the piftures which are now distributed riy the ban.. ' met, to enrich other conofticns, formed a part of ..tr very lard- tuttune. 1 ~"