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

CE, NRY ace, 'the very isive be -1 th& e c{ B vel i C ntarl ' a xes. ad' in in ed he cl f itie ; ,ag e or/ L 0 01. 1 LO J 160 of° :• • •ir first years ; and would: renaer theimposition 'lny new taxes unnecesvry during that period : it seeMs desirable that the burthens should be degree more equally divided. For this 'Dose, instead of taking the whole benefit of the Piled Annuities in.the yezirs in which they suc fall in, the whole amount of taxes to be • "'ml within the, last seven . years of the first series `ThiY be more equally distributed, by an' Werage '''ken on ii!ose se . v, , O years. Thus we ma 7 avail '''. 7 4=ti , es of 'the benefit Of such part of the expired tl:lnuities as will be wanted for the first three years "t that period, and in the fOurth and six other sue years—(viz. from 1810 to 18 i 6, both in ""sisVe), we may take an average of the seven e ars, and raise an equal. sum annually by new xes .... Jpoo this average of 'seven years, from 111'0 to 6, taxes annually Unposed to the amount of 9 3 ,0001. would be amply sufficient to defray the ''':crest an d Si n ki ng F un d o f t h e Supplementary . ;')iti's 'for the whole period. The *Stun is larger in tirst'years than is necessary--but thereby a Sur- . i'°,l3 is obtained which Comes in aid of the latter efai6t to be. 'Produced by our being thus cm, '!ltd if) continue the present Wat Expenditure for (:,y4ears longer, without the necessity of resorting any' additional taxation whatever, will; as we said; afford great facility for such improve'. !'lent of the existing Revenue as might in its rt ..-')t either entirely preclude the necessity of any 'taxes in the succeeding years, or might at diminish the amount required, even. a ti below com - paratively 'small sums suppOsed in this cal on'. . PrOviiion may thus be made for 'ten years con- .` : . , q• 'tsince of the war, without imposing taxesin ,tri'on-e-year of that period to a greater amount ; f an '29,1,0001: And if Peace should occur.at any ' 4l- lier period than . ten ,years, the . burthens would of 'ours e be . Proportionably dithineshed ; no fartheY ., ''''ll-45letnentary loans • would be tequired -; the. Nitions of War. Taxes then pledged woeld . gra-, tiallv fall in ; those ; not .pledged might at once " , repea. , say what 11 4 be the future PeiCe Establishment. This . il 'aY , erve, hOWever, to sTiew, that we can carry ! l ' %Val - for a long c p s e r riod, and surely if we can carry bit peace ) , since other re- Zil jo war we,u 1 111 d p ay reient themSelVes for aff o rding ease t all ce o s i ii w° financial OPerations. Should, however, the )varb e . prolonged . beyond ten years, another arrange pieft p resents itself, which, in like Manner, affords t 4 t! Means of continuing the war fd r.a n e th er series o f years; With scarcely any addifibnal 'taxation. ' n the A-st 'establishment of . the Bink , i,ng Fund, 'e , .. , ‘. i' l ligh it might hardly haie apPeaied necessary to ,;t,,"ke 'any precantrOfla for preventing the mconve 4encies that may at a - future period arise froth '' .l #.! ten Opitt reduetiOn of the debt, .and too great en 'cumulation tit floating capital in the . , Money /la.r -'St"t ' r with -- a view both to these ineonve ien'dieyse, ' and to the holding out a , p thi rospeet of some ~htf to the Public froth taxes .. moderate b `ittan ee of time, the accumulatioTi l . Of . -n t l Eie Sinking ;IVA it compound interest bias limited to the ex kat of 4,000,0001. t. , ~Different arrangements were, iiiinireve*, adopted Pi this.subjeet in 1792, and in 1110'2. JAy the. first tl. Sinking Fund of tine per cent. which was thetic i e ‘,4,,ard to be p rovided for every new Loan, was tf, - ,14 accumulate at cduipolind . interest, until ic whole of the Debt created by such new Loan 1.•, „ Qt 'icl lie extinguished. And by the second .ar i"getn. t all the various Sinkitig Fundi existing 1,.. 1 , - `2B . o . ,2 en we r e 'consolidated, and the whole were „' r„Propriated to accumulate at compound interest % - ; til. the discharge of the whole of the. Debt, :.sc? '„ S tin in , 12 . 02: But the Debt oreated since v , v 2, amounting to about 100,060,0061 . . of nomilial • P i • tal; is still left subje& to the conditions of the '- 0 di 179 2 , w hi c h prov ide s f or each separate Joan .. ~ . ! Sinkini Fund of only One per tient. on the nominal ltat', t ,, his postpones all relief from the public bitrthetis i - ' a very remote period, while it tends to throw ii -il t c h large and disproportioned stuni into the Money ,'arite r t, in the latter years of its operation, as niay o er f ncluee a very dangerous dePt•eciation .of the value 1 ,- ",' nlnney. .Many inconveniencies might.alio arise , - , °o l the s udd e n sto p w hi c h w o uld b e put to the ap.:, rieatiOn of those hums when the whole Debt should t been redeemed; and from the do le.sa suddeti it,,• 'nge in the pri ce o f a ll co mm o di t i es which hulk , i'' ) W from t a ki ng o ff at One and the same moment 3 , 1 4 es to an e x ten t pro babl y t h en m uc h e xce e d i ng t‘ .1 ,?° 0 ,0001. These objeaioni were foreseen, and th e certain degree ackn o wl e d g ed, at the tiMe Wiled 4 7 Ad of 1802. was passed : And it w as then an i-here mein it might be obviated by subsequent 'ar -ge . h • I t Would be desirable to remedy theie. incOnve- CElce s If it con be done Without injury to the Stock 'ek!,de,rs, and without retarding the discharge 'of the r,,. i l,'g Public Debt beyond the period already pre -1)'.:,,,ed. by Parliament: This, it is conceived, may ii i ,'"ii.„'eaed by rendering the operation of the Sink it';,' u nd more equal hi its progress, ly increasing b e l f re i s entpowersi and by diffusing over a great num. eb - e - ,,, e '1: Years those - extensive effeets which would, i v e - , -r i u `ng to the p're'sent iyiteni, be odufitied to the r i `ast period of Its operation, it i s ... • • Mina tenposed fOr this purpose to apply a Sinking °f Otte o f Five per cent, oaf the Money Capital, instead pit p o t t i ot per i cent on the nontitial Capital, to a large of the Loans of the first ten rears. In purn for this advantage, when the present Sinking a t u ri rici s hall have so accumulated as to be equal. in its ° unt to the interest of such part of the present Debt_,...as shall remain unredeemed, the excesses of c i i, 7 6utking Fund above the interest may be at the shallshahParliament; 1 , never be made available to such an extent as t , (tiii,cteither prevent the redemption of a sum equal 8 , 1 4 e n9w existing debt, in as short a period', as the s,, lt w uuld be paid off by the , operation of the pre , aov i t s t Y..sten), - or postpone the final redemption of ,f4r that .r!oaii beyond the forty-five years limited 'la}' aiiPiuneP e hy the ~ a of 1792. Awl in this ~,,,: utr A Teased adva . ntage , is given to the S . iock flit, re . larger Sinking Fund will be applied to ~.,„..i,r, uetription of the present Debt. An amount t,i i t i c.l l , eto .the . present Debt will be redeeined at a till., l.( , iir l'er Peritxl,' and an amount equal to all fu itt,, ut , ( 9s to be raised aceurdiii. , to this pkin during ..1, . : .. muunce of the war, will, in any supposition . 'IV in the‘li'unds, always be redee:ued very considerably within for Cy-five years froth the (114.4. p the creation of every such Loan. Thus will Pari•!a . - went be enabled to afford ease to the public;', and IT liefTroni tax t ation, in conformity to the principle of th'ilot of 1 . 756, without.:Violating, iu the stntflest dttAree, the principles of the subsequent A62s of 179.2 and 1802, or trenching upon any right or interest etijoyc , d . by 'the Public 'Creditor. . ,The provision made for the first Series, Ts:inde pendent of any measures respecting the excesses of the present Sinking Fund. These excesses will not • bcome available in any re'spe& of the present Debt till the beginning of 1817 : the Debt created by the new Supplencititary Loans `Must go to its natural termination by its own Sinking Fund of One per Cent. on its nominal capital, and cannot be available until that period. And no excesses Ofthe,Sinking Fund can be available during the War ; but on the return of Peace, there could be no obje&ion to the consolidation 'of the War sinking Fund with the Sinking Fuici,of the present Debt, and to the leav ing at the disposal of Parliament the excesses of such Sinking FUnd so consolidated above the in terest of Ole Mrar Debt, and of the present Debt, which Weald in like imam* be consolidated for . thii purpose. These distinaions between Present Delit, War Debt and Supplementary Debt ) are, however, meant to be preserved, only by keeping separate, accounts of the payments Made from each of the' Sinking' Funds ; in order that the operation of the plan may distin&ly 'appear. But it is intended that in prac tice the whole of the present Debt shall 'be con sidered as forming one general Mass of Debt, with the future War Debts and Supplementary Debts, as they are successively incurred ; and that the dif-• ferent Sinking Funds shall be applied by the Commissioners for the Reduction cif the National Debt, iudiscritninately, to the purchase of any part of these. This has hitherto been the benefii:ial practice; It 'affords to the Stockholder a more certain market, and by consolidating the present Debt, which has a Sinking Fund of Two and a Half per Ce - tiL with the War Debt, which will have a Sinking Fund of Five per Cent. (or more if the Futile, should rise) the amount of the total Sinking Fund will be raised, and thus the Debts and Stockholder will be essentially benefited. From this it will be seen that this plan .will effec tually provide for the i - re4ent ekpenditure durinz the whole of the second series of ten years. With respect to the present Debt, the excess of Sinking Fund above interest, calculated on the present price of Stacks, will become available in the year 1817 ; but the whole of these excesses will not, on that cal culation, be wanted for the purpose of 'carrying on this plan, even supposing the continuance of the war fo the whole of the second series. A part only need on that supposition be taken in each year, and the remainder will be carried, as at pre sent, in aid of tfie accumulation of the Sinking Fund. The amount of such portion (if the Funds' shiauld remain at t3o) would, in 1817, be. 853,3331.; in 8, 'be g 60,0001. ;in 1819, be 1,466,6661. ; in 1820,, be 1,333,3331. ; and so in proportion to the rise tzr tall of the Stocks. The resi) lt will tben-be, that no new Taxes whatever Will be re,quired in the whole of the second series cf ten years; and after a period of twenty years thus provided for; no financial difficulties can occur for if the Funds Should, in seven years from this tftne, %• rise to 73, the Sinking 'und, in 1826, would be the adeptiOn of this sy.item, the War Taxes will successively be mortgaged in portions of one million two hundred thoUsand, one million four hun dred thousand, and one million six hundred thou baud potitids ; each of which portions will .continue payalj4e, in Peace as well as in W ar , f or a per i o d not exceeding fourteen years frorri the date of its being so mortgaged. The whole of the War Taxes will in no case conti, pledged . beyond the War. With the aid of the ex cesses Of the present Sinking Fund; Peace,-at what *ever period it may take place, must produce some immediate and Conside'rable reduaion of those Taxes. The excesses .will be applied to release, in each suc cessive year, a part of the War Taxes pledged for the inte'rest and Sinking Fiffo of the unredeemed War Debt; by the very tiattire Of the operation by" which the War Debt will have been raised, a fresh Portion of thOse Taiei will alsO, in every Year after the year 18W, tall itr by the redeMptiOn of their re- SpeCtive czipitalS: The release of the War Taxes will be much more rapid if, on the return of peace, the Sinking Rind of the War DehtS shall be Consolidated with the Sinking Fund of the present Debt; and the excess of those combined Funds shall be placed at the disposal of Parliament for in this manner, even after fourteen years Of war, above eleven 'millions of the War Taxes may be immediately taken ost while the rernainder will; in a very short time after, be - liberated by the application of the excesses of the cOmbined Sinking Funds. With reipe6t to the Property► Tax we may ob serte, first,' that it will not be pledged at all until after seven years ; even supposing so long a conti nuance of the present War. And, secondly, that although after those seven years the Property Tax will, so long as the War shall continue, be applied in part to the purposes of this plan, yet, on the return of Peace, the excesses of the combined Sinking Fund Will, even on the most unfavourable supposi alWays enable Parliament to repeal the whole of the PrOperty Tax within a very short time after that event shall hate taken place. ' If instead of tills plan we Were to go on by borrow ing on the system hitherto pursued; that ig; bor rowing eleven millions a-year in addition to the 21 millions of War Taxei, the public would be' loaded in 20 years with 14 millions• of new Permanent Taxes, while by this plan, the Taxes cannot exceed two millions. It appears, therefore, first—That this plan will af ford the means of continuing our present exendi ture for three years from this time without any ad 'dition to tbe present Taxes. Secondly, That, at the expiration of those three yelirs, if we should find ourselves under the necessity of continuing the war even for seven years longer, we may carry ow our present expenditure "for the whole of those seven years, by imposing 293,0001. only of new Taxes in each of those years. Thirdly, That, in case of a continuance of war, even for [Cu Vt.:4l"s loncrpr —4'.,... . . ditnre may be defrayed in those ten years-ztitlag4t any 4 1resit taxes 'whatever . Four.thly:, That m late addition. will be made, even bzthepresent year, to.the Sinking Fund. T m hat,aoklptequal to the 'present Debt will be sooner redeeMed ; • That during, the'peril previotl.to such redemp ;tion the proportion which the. Sinking Fund will bear to tly.! Debt will.he larger . , . . And that, consequently, the price of Stocks mp.st be higher, both noNV and in future, that 4 it would .Hoye been tender the present system, supposing all other vircuotances the same. Fifthly, That thoegh a pi\tt of the War Taxes must be continued beyond the War, yet.thi'S burthen will be rapidly diminishing every year after the turn of Peace. . Sixthly, That,there is no 090 Which can reason ably be supposed unfavourable as rit‘t tp admit of the immediate release of the Property Tax in the very first year of Peace. . . And, lastly, That by a more equal distribution of the powers of the Sinking Fund, : but without taking any thing from the Stockholders (the value of whose 15roperty,will, on the contrary, be increased both at i present and n future), the inconveniencies of ton sudden a change in our financial Situation at a future period will ,be avoided, and the beneficial etfigts of the Sinking Fund conlint\ed throughout the.whole period of its operation, by revertjng to the principles on which it was or4Y,inallyestablAlskl, But, perhaps the most important advantage of tfj plan is to be!hund, neither in the present relief which it afibrdsl;4 a season ofgreat and unprecedented die4culty, nor -in the 'prevention of those future evils which .the unlimitedloperation of the Sinking Fund must ultimately' produce; . Its principal benefit con sists-in the impression which will universally prevail, When it shall be seen that without adytarther material pressure upon the resources of the country ) and by a perseverance only in its atittialextttions, Parliament now hn lsitself enabled to meet with confidence all the exigencies of the present war, to whatever period its continuance shall be necessary for maintaining the honour and independence of the Empire. The power of accomplishing this great and important work re sults from the combined etre& of two leading princi ples of Finance, that by which the Sinking Fund was created and upheld, and that by which the \VarTaxes were established, and carried, by successive auginerr tations, to their present large amount. Both these Principles have required it, their execution efforts of great and laudable resolution on the part of Parlia inentand : the Poblic, and it is gratifying to have ar rived at the moment when the Country may now reap`the full reward of the wisdom with which these measures were adopted, and of the determination with which they have been maintained. It' it should be argued that all this Wan Is founded on the supposition alat our revenue is not to suffer any sensible diminution by the efforts of the enemy to abridge our trade, by the exertions of our rivals to undersll us in foreign markers, by the convulsions of the. world, or by the necessity of withdrawing our poptilation from produaivelabour to the use of arms; the answer is obvious-,,tha these causes of dimi nished revenue would more fatally apply to the old system than to the present plan. This unquestion ably holds out the 'probable means not merely of maintaining, !ant of increasing our trade, and conse quently our prosperity. For, ist, It wall tend, by the smallness of the an nual Loans, and the addition to the Sinkiug Fund, to raise the pike of Stocks so at. to give facility to commertial accommodation. 2d. By the confidence which it will give in 0)6 security 6 . 1 . British credit, monied mess of every cou nt & w ill more tha n *la be induced to trust capi. tal in cur hands. • -3d. By being placed above the chance of further taxation, we shall soon discover that all' produce and manufactures ham reached their marzmum of price, and therefore speculations.of every kind may be en tered into with safety. This also will tend to secure us against any advance in our annuarexpenditure. 4th. fly the Nit and eltse whieli it will give to the Government, as well a 4 the Parliaident, from the difficulties of finance ; we may expeEt such a vigilant contronl in " very department, ooth of the receipt and expenditure of the revenue, as will secure to both an increase in the collection, and ) what is better', an economy in the consuniptiOn. are persuaded that ttiuch may be done by an honest; active, and powerful Administration in this way) an d tha t i n the large and rnoit essential bratiches of.our revenue and expence. We believe that the disposition ex ists in th!.,! present ,Ministry to do it—and this ar rangeinent Will affbrd them the necessary time. It is ii grand and, conipreherisive Scheme; and mast have required long and laboriotit calculations. There are an infinite nuniber of Tables prepared, we undethtind, tci show the operations of the Plan in various pointS of view-,-and such is the felicity of the ideti, that it will turn out in every way, and in eery possible state of the Funds, to be equally fa, vourable to the intended results. . These Tables will satisfy the most scrupulous arith metician of the accuracy, as well asil the simplicity of the scheme : but they cannot be abridged, and they are too numerous ter a Journal. They shew the progress of the Plan for 20 years, and consequently bring us far beyond, the period when the amount of the Sinking Fund will be beyond the Annuities pay able on the present Debt: Fhien that moment, there Can be no difficulty in raising the Supplies. 'The original suggestion Of this Plan, we hear, was Made by Lord,GRENv ILL n, a nd f or th e l ast six weeks a number of the most able calculators in the King dorri have been confidentially employed in making and verifying the calculations. It is truly ho- . pourable to their character that a breath of it did not transpite until Thursday morning last, when several of the ntbSt eminent Monied Men in the City were sent for to bowning.street, to have it submitted to their inspection.—They expressed their unanimous approbation of the principle, and their entire confi dence In its success. We are happy in being able to state, on the authority of a letter from Malmac, dated the i ith of January, that her Royal Highness the. Dutchess of BRUNSWICK has recovered from her late severe ill ness. The Management of the Opera Rouse, it is said, is not likely to devolve to the late, Mr. OooLu's bro ther, without some difficulties, as Mr. TAYLOn, the former Proprietor of that Th s aoe, according to port, has itgoitid big 41tenti9. of Osuttiing the di. tent , price ;t in )01. the last, war ears; d fc'r year , ikior , anJ the-e to In' cage' ver it tst, ;an ie re' aiz b° word , 1 - 4 4 tIncl ital being ind 4 t o ts! h vP, WO° 1801° ,L4O O f ro with' th ti4 E 0 ; Of t he I f t 1 eayea, lo ttaS Lo 3ll 10°1' 113 5 c °6 t ii ild ft) , to '''ll 011 181 tl°‘ ceo he a l l . , c .`"reo,l . • •, PASHIONS FOR FERRWRY, AS DESCRIBED AND REPRESENTED BY PRIN'Tt.Tri 'rut ,THIRTEENTH NUIdBER - OPHLA; BELLE Assgm,i3LEE ; OR, BELL'S courugAllll FASHIONABLE DAAGAtINE, EtTBIASHED THIS DAY. ENGLISH - CO§TUtifE.:, • A•Nny SiENCER, ,WALIO.NG .14 as. —dilC(l7,ll c .Tl hat of rrenchgrey,oringeon's wing, formed of sarsnet, yayet, or the Georgians cloth. tassels and trimming or t ve l . vet, or Trafalgar, contrasted agreeably to th e taste Uf, the wearer. A . Tuseanspeneer, the same dolour, lbrnied with a round lappel, continued front the bac4;, and round the bo s om on once stile, with a tull flowing robin on the tit des‘end ing a liolb below the knee, and terminated with a rich tassel'. A chcmisette, with high Standing collar, fastened s.ith a brooch at the throat, the w,hole twinned to'coriespond with the hat. The hair in loose curls ; gold hoop ear-rings ; York tart gloves:: 411pe the colour.of the spencer, The hat, as worn by,,Miss 141m:in, is of pink sarsnet, trimmed.. veithblick ;. but the colour is necessarily changed by those .fair fashionables who have selected it for a walking dress to shades of less conspicuous attraction, mitts+ which the most esteemed are those mentioned in theabove description. Fo ft ss.—A Roxboro' jacket elsoft w bite satin, flow. ingopen in front,and down each side the figure, in regu la r ett drapery- A_plain full sleeve, and short jacket fl a ps ; black and gold Tiirlitsh ril t bagid A -owtt the back, trimming aril tas sels ofgold. A toblidirmindressot the finest India muslin over a satin petticoat - 6 ' . ernbroMered tounifilie bottom in., light pat tern Ofgold4The hair twisted in a latkirui form, and short ..ork screw curls flowing at the temples, and in 'various direction's from the crown of the head ; a rlifi4 of tine peal Ia plenut.-ct with the hair, and placed rather towards the left side.. oily row of finepearls forms the necklace, which is fastened in front with a diamond brooch. An armlet of hair, in the new patent plait, wit*, a row of the finest pearl on each side; bracelets to correspond. Ear-rings of pearl, with a diamond in the centre. White satin shoe;, with grid trimming. Fat t . aiian crape, with gold spangles, and devices in transpa. rtoctes. Erench kid 4iOyes. OPERA AND PAtiISiAN COSTUNIE. MADAME CA 715. r. A t.—tk lott4 'wing ve.ire dr , Pery of crimson velvet, lined with write s.sr.lely rnented with a Turkish border, i,. gold; the through a cetrus for.ned of gold and Naphire, co' t , :ratill- , te , l with a large gold tassel, confined la front ~t the .rigitt shoulder with a. ttrooch to correspond, deice tlow4 another point of The, vet, finished wan a s:o l .at tassel.. A double :unique, or trnlzr-Oress, ut French rt::,..with louse i r ,n g sleeves, and . runnd 005 0 , 0 ; „ A n low, spotted; and most snlendidiy vitthroidzred in guld at 01.2 Sortui t.. Winte satire petticoat einbruideied to correspond. A (~;K:ci.til tliarl.m of gold and brilliants. A square lir , ssels ui tha most.tran sparent text:lre, lightly embroidered in tise,.i at the WO; of the dianern, and bowing negl4;eittly a^er the lett artn,— Flair close cr..o.behind, falling in close irregular coilsereky ringlets in front and on the sides. The hick key, One row cpc tine Orilliana, set transparent, and tastened in the ,centre; with - a long square brooch or saphire and g,,ki.l,;* ear: rings to correspond. White satin shoes, triittnicd, 404 eul iroidered at the toes , in plc!. _ . . . . . ,• . . - . ~. . PARISIAN WALKING DA ESS:-A tine tniPed . erseyrnert? Opera coat; of a sliver grey; .‘,,il)l)eo pliinroti,;(l the figorc :n front, and buttoned gown the lert s lue ; scitiaire Lapvels, i.d rolled collar of black velvet; (1:eli cape A it 1.40 //It. ; Pell ' ,, ,tT toned in trout ; double, ered,Vandyf' e 160, pl nted .:". f2wen Elizabeth.. I-lunting -bonnet sinhlar witii the coA, uouna with black velvet, how; and endsin ooin until:len to corre-7 spond. I-lair in co;:tined curls ; innber or,riiiAs. tinticule of crimson velvet, with gold-ctiloutetl silk fringe:tad tassels. Crimsdtt velvet slices. . .At the Elecclion of a Knight to serve in Parihrnent for the County of Sus'lex, in the roan) of Lieute-, nant-General CHARtzs LI4NNox, ilU‘kr Duke of ThiplusloND, holden at theTO‘vn,l-lall of 14-svcs, th 29th day of Janunry, 1 1 -.::07 i • __ The 1101 Sheriff in ti' Chair; ...... The HO. CI-lARLE!4 WI!.Lf vins. unanimously elected Knight to ,ierve in Parliamqut for the Said County ; and after.vards: GEORGE SIIfITNETt i Esq. Moved, thM the ShLritf too requested to. convey to our let:: Representative, CHARLES, Duke of Rfonmoso; the unanimous Thanks of this Meeting, for his upright and inde• pendent condu& in Parliament, and at the same time to express the grateffil sense 'we must ever en tertain of the long and indefatigable sc..rviees of hisi illustrious relation i the late Lord Lk itenant of this County; which Motion being secondol by the Rev: Sit HENRY PooLn, Bart. was carried unanimously. .. 1 Vitt-Li/or OORRIDJGE, Sheriff. The Thanks of this Meeting were then unani t . mously, voted to the Sheriff, for hiti impartial con., duet in the Chair. A Letter from Bourdeauk mentions, that an Eng-'• lish Frigate, of ijo gunii, supposed 'to be the hoe rieuse, 'comiDaWed by Lord CocnitAzi, at eight ig the morning of the 4th ofJanuary, detached ito Men and 3 Officers, in three entters i to take a bat, tery in the territory of the Commune of La Teste. The. eighteen men stationed there, perCePiing that •the - Enemy seemed to manifest-an intention of snr , rounding them; abandoned the battery. The Eng= lish hastened forward, .burned several huts near the battery; and spiked the guns ; after which thiy im , mediately embarked; ,and when the National Guards of La Teste, headed by the Nlayor, w•ho tie- hayed Mar great bravery, repaired to the spot, they fbund that the Enemy had alieady mturned.. The name of the man who cut his thp , i,t in the King's Mews on Wednesday laSt was Ilenr) Cdok. He was, one of the helpers. He did not die till Fri , terday morning. It is not trite, as..stated in the Pay pers, that he was threatened with aprosecution by Mr. Parker, Clerk of the Stables, for paWning hit laced livery, as Mr. Parker never saw the man, who was simply desired to redeem it iii due time to at. , :tend his duty. The unhappy man was involVed in great pecuniary difficulties, whio urged him to the desperate at. The Thirteenth umber of La Belle AsSemblee; or, Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, is pubes lished this day, and most certainly will answer the' highest expectations that may be formed in favour of if. The Embellishments are more than usually numerous, interesting, and splendid. The Literary Department, in addition to the accustomed yariety of Scientific Information and Elegant Literature contains also a fill and accurate account, from perk sonal observation, of all the Court Dresses and Drawing-Room Costume, ac worn and observed on Her Majesty's Birth-day: . The Lottery ContraCtof has been so successful as to dispose of all the 'tickets—a circumstance which has not happened for many years past. A few Tic kets and Shares remain to be disposed of at HORN SET and Co.'s, 26, Cornhill, , s2, Charing-Cross ; and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough. Wednesday morning the First-drawn Ticket will be Thirty Thotrsand Pounds. The Wheel contains two Prizes of 30,0001.. one of 20,0001. two of 50001. four 'of 10001. and six of 5001. Many adventurers are felicitating themselves, that their nutnners in the present Lottery are not yet. drawn, as the Two momentous Prizes .of 30,00)1. each, with other Capitals, are still forth-coming. IR consequence of this great interest ? many fresh 44: venturers will deem themselves happy likewise, on being able to obtriin any Tickets and Shares, 4.!for: net Weditesday's Drawing . , 114 the reinaining. most'