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on the 'same printille as ilr. Vitt in tl.e neat 7r-1.?, in the proportion globe tier cent. lilt the -amount.eif the Funded J).•ht, alit:it . did tint exceed 170,000.0001. sterling. debt, on rite contrary. was upwar d s o f eight hundred toil toil , and even the taxes strontt , ett would °llly raise the Sinking Fund to hve eizliths of tto,.t rate which :„ ratter had axed for her owia, With respect to the Consolidated Fund, during the thirteen years of warsi lee the peace of Amiens, it had preeinced an at al surplos of 3,524,0001. and an Act /tad been passed every Session for its appropriation. 13nt since the return of peace and the consolidation of the -EnZlish and Irish Exchequers, instead of any surplus, the Consolidated Fund had (e-en deficient to the amount of 1.855,00/./1. The consolidation of the two Exchequers had brought on this country ail annual charge of 1,,00,0001 eiy the accomit laid before the House it would be found that the produce of the Consolidated Fond for the leis preceding years hail s proved short to the amount of 1,174,0001., which, with he 1,s00,00“1. additional charge for Ireland, exceeded the whole of the taxes which his Right Ilion. Friend ti. The efficiency had bi.en hitherto made tip lay an Act en - tiding the liaak to lend the amount to Government. lint was not Vats placlog the country at the mercy of the Ilank of Eng land ?—(1-lear, hear, hear!)-;—Ile knew the patriotism of its Directors ;hut that sea;; not the situation in which the credit of a great country should he placed.—ft - fear, hear, hear'.)-- lie main/ :heel, that if io the year 1783 Mr. Pitt had not adopted a system of rignrOns taxatien, the country would not nave attained the state of prnspi,ity which it hart reached in 178 G, when the Sinking Fund had been established. It wa, the duty of (3overement to foll,tw ati example, and to place the country on a footing which would enable it to meet tftr perils of war whenever they "night arise. It w a s ()Wir,g. to the systrut adopted by Nil.. Pitt in 17'13 and that he had been ctialiled in 1 - , - ox to, remit the tour fullow,ing"" axes to the country: two Assessed Taxes, heone upon Free )leis Ser. aws,, the other upon Carts awl Waggons; the third upon Cot. ages ; and the last, an additional Tax of a Ad. upon Tallow Candles. The country had then teruoinated x exist nolo& tunate war by a most homilivi big peace. Now, indeed, the reverie hail lenrprited, Kett sad] we must look to the necessity of some day supporting the expellees of tsar, if they should become Osces sary. He tidies-e; that, if Parliament, as he trusted, adopt ed this night the measure proposed, the country would he in a tight course. Its revenne would well as the wealth of individuals, and the means lit paying taxes. It bad been asked how we were to provide for the loan (it next : or i,nswer, woo, toe thps,sl nos, demanded. As to the deprcciatinn in the ;mice of goods, il had been. occasioned by over tri,,iiiic:, and he thought their present price touch /relate that which they would hear if tl currency were festered. Let it not he forgotten girt the public had already enjoyed the benefit of 10 millions of taxes remitted. it'ith t espeet to tile proposal stated by the Honourable and :,earned Gentleman to have come from the e a tartl of Excise, it was totally unictutil“l. As to the saving. to be (led i , the salaries paid by pound age. tile, had already been reduceci =25 per cent., and_ he did yen think a to; ber diniinution stracticable. 'l'he Hon. Meneker concluderi by long engrosiinz he time anti pativere of the blouse. 11 • returned thank s far their hind indulgenc-, and eXprc-s,ed his sorrow, that front the pressure of the tints, he was ohlige.d to volt(: for addi• tional hutthem on the people. !Or. BROUGHAM exploited. Mr. SIITH (of Cambridge), condemned the Chancellor of the Exchequer for imposing three niilhous sit taxes tin the 1 - 1.• regretted that he saw to prosperity nor security fur the cottony. It wrt, impossible for any holiest and disin terested man to applaud suet, a measure. There was, in hie opinion, :t palpable defect in the original construction of the tuancial pia ~ He eartieslis iecominendvd economy and re. tienchment, and lie had no doubt that a cunsidtrilbie saving ne4lit he made. Mr. cALvERT, amidst cries of - 4 . ‘ Qiustion,luestion !" said, that lie would not detain the Committee above two mi. nutes. He wished merely to stlite, that lie wool(' net at that late hour enter into particulars, but he pledged himseif to ,produce such calculations respecting the profits of breweries as would prove that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to tally wrong in allegation's. Mr. SCAR LETT thought that the question now befOre the I-louse, was regarding the propriety, or imprnpriety, of im posing three millions of taxes upon a people already groaning under burdens. If t bey should be necessary at any (Abet time, they were not surely accessary now—because his Majesty's Alinisters had maintained, that the income exceeded the ex. penditore by two millions. If so, why call for three millions; when, admitting the truth of what veas alleged by those in power, one trillion wit- ought to he the utrtonnt? They were -also assured by the Noble Lord, that they might all calculate ()pact a permanent pea ce--at least a peace for a r'insiderahta - . rof years. With the ceitaiaty, therefore, of a perma nt :c, and with a surplus of two milV , ;ns beyond out ev.pop,.l •tire, impose three millions of a.2Jitional taxes on t lie v. ; he ? t very view of thesubject, be thought it in cumbent upon him to vote against the measure. Mr. IIANKES hoped for the iocluigence of Cie House for a few minutes, while he assigned his rearms for supporting the proposition of the Chancellor of the Excliegner. Whatever objections had been Made, he felt it his duty to vote for ad duitnial taxes. If it was a matter of atrocity," as some Gentle men had been pleased to term the measure, be took upon himself a share of the odium and responsibility. It was necessary measure, aced he cheerfully gave it his vote. A Learned Gentleman (Mr. Searlett), by a strange mode of rea soning, bad a et eged, that a Sinking Fund was of no use in time of peace. In k tinee of peace, buss -vee., a Sinking Fund was of a very great use, because it enabled them to prepare for war. All Statesmen—Mr. Fcx, Mr. Sheridan, and other en lightened men, had agreed with Mr. Pitt in the wisdom and policy of the plan, an& it was left for the Learned Gentleman to stand alone on such weak ground. The very measure had originated in time of peace, and was the chief and grand en ghee which bad supported this country through a long-, an exhausting," hot a glorious war. The present proposition Has Mot a matter of pleasure, but of necessity on the part of Mi nisters, and they should have his support. Mr. CANNING rose amidst loud cries of Question, and after seine remarl4 on the proposition of the Right ho nourable Member for putting the previous question, spoke at great length in support of the motion before the House. The wily way, he said, in which the Commit tee would abandon its duty to the country, would be by having the present question in suspense, and thus sub jecting the public mind to continued anxiety. He de nied that this additional burden been resolved upon iince the motion of the Right Houotsrable Gent.leinan (Mr. Tierney) had been discusS'ed ; and pledged his word of honour that it had been determined upon long before. It was, therefore, erroneous and unfair to suppose,. that it was now proposed as a test of the strength of his side of the House ; for his Majesty's Ministers had conceived the mea sure necessary, long before the motion of the Right Honour able"Genti•ein•th .had given them so triumphant a majority. After an able and a brilliant speech, which we cannot (from want of room) attempt to detail, he condemned Opposition for recommending a Lind of cowardly system, instead of an open and manly conduct; and ridiculed Mr. Tierney fur net probing or removing the evil at once, instead of postponing it for six months, that it might beewhe bitterly, if not alarm ingly, aggravated. He was about to state some few ohserva- . tions, but seeing the subsequent lion. Member on his legs, he declared himself well pleased with the Hon. Member's alacrity, and abruptly sat down amidst cheering and laughter ! Mr. CALCRAFT said, that during Ole whole \ time that ht! had been in Parliament he had never witnessed such a foul and wanton attack as that upon his Right lion. Friend (Mr. Tierney), • Mr. CANNINC; rose to order. Ire thought that the Gen tlemen on the opposite wide might act upon the principle of give ani talie. If they Wit%drew the expressions " indecent and atrocious," he would live no objection to retract the exceptionable expressions which he had used.—(Hear, hear!) Mr. CALCRAFT thought, that of all men, the Right Hon. G o al entmi should he the, last to use expressions of revilement and nnWarfallta irritatinn. He (Mr. Calcraft) would avoid reminding t/ie iiight Hon. Gentleman how he some time ago stood with those now near hint, and how he had attacked their character, and soffered by it ! Mr. BROGDEN, as Chairman, called to order, and r.tated that such personalities were unparliamentary.—(Hear, hear!) Mr. CALGRAFT confessed that he had been hurried away by the feelings of the moment. Mr. CANNING explained.—He censured alt arguments which were directed to 'a goading and dilatory research, and therefore wished tu dewonstrate to all'Eurcrpe, that instead of n nwt , .:ity tor postponing aro evil ti;r sit monthi, Wry Nets ably a 1 1 really tonndke an immediate provision against it. Mr M..at:TiONAtt) opposed the proposition of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer. Mr. M Awn>: supported the measure. A d'visiiin ensiled— • For the Original Motion ... 3'"9 -Against It Majority for 'Ministers ---,197. 'rhe Report of the Cash Payment Bill Wag brought up and agreed toocid ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. The other Ostlers of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at o'Clocts. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Perforaid Last ,W..trht. THEATRE ROYAL, Dltt/RY-LANE.—Pizarro: Rolla, Mr. Kean ; Cora, Mrs. Robinson. After which, The Day after .the Weddin ,, ' , To which was added, My , 4. Spoo, and 1. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARbEN.*Tilit ,Haunted Tower: Lord Williaru, Mr. limit; Lady Elinor, Mrs. Diekons. Ater which, Cozening, To which was added, Mother :.Goose. PRICE OF STOCKS IRIS l+A Y Al rwit.. 3 per rent. fled, Exch Bilk, 9d.. V.Oll. pr. 3i per l'cmt ..7g 7;4 Ditto CA.tu Erci3-. per 874 884 for 7ut 69i Ban!: Loots Arni.lB 18 3-;iit is 7044/ India Donis. ls. 2s. dis. M.lflN. ARtivrlt—l Dublin, I \%,tcrfurd, I Guernsey ;ell Jer•cy, I Ilf,llapd. France, I Oan,:ticil, 1 America. D'uE—l Got I Li,buji, l Malta,. HIGH t‘' ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-N101t11011,7. Morning, I() minutes after 3. Eveuiliik, $5 minUtes after S. TUESETN • SOLEM (VIS ' , MEHL FALSVM ALTDEAT ? LON DON, TUESIMY, JUNE 8, 1819. - - The following is au exact Copy of the HUI.- g.,LTI N. which by An untoreseen sccident, as we noticed yesterday, was nutuekily delayed His . 31/..tasri 114$ passed the last mouth very quietly, though still exhibiting the same conti nued marks of Di4order. His MAJEsTv's genre al ElealtL is unimpaired. "'HENRY IIALFORD. . 4 M. 8.-111.1,1 E .4 W. HEBEI-WEN. 1 ‘ ROB'!'. WILLIS." " Wsl4/36011 CASTLE, STH JUNE, 1819." We received this morning the Paris Papers of Saturday. W' have barely room to notice briefly their Contents. The discussion on the Budget of the War Department, in the Chamber of Depu ties, was continued through great part of the Sit ting of Friday. Au Amendmint, moved by M. DELIMERT, for making a reduction of 12,000,000 francs, was rejected ; but another Amendment, moved by M. de SALts, for making a r e d uc tion of 8,000,000 1., was agreed to. The discussion was then proceeded itt on other parrs of the Puojet, respecting the Estimates for the service of 1319, which was adjourned till Saturday. The King, it is said, was expected to go out in the course of the present week. The projet respecting the financial accounts was presented to the Chamber of Peers on Friday, and ol tiered to be reterred to the Bureaux. An article from Stockholm, dated the 21st ult., says—" Tie KINo returned nuexpectedly to this capital yesterday evening. There is a report' of some interesting communications received from the Court of Vienna, but respecting which no thing has yet transpired. There is again a talk, coupled with it sort of mystery, of the letter writ ten to a Great Sovereign, which was returned un answered." PIN'S PER CENTS. Friday 6R 1. 95 e. DicrERRED STOCK. Of the e2d Mar;! , 1417, . RG f. 85c. 22(1 Sept. 1817, , !At'. 85 c. 122 d Nl3tch, 1811, .. Si f. /45c. 22d Sept. Isla, .... f. 85c. 22d AIM/0819, ......781. /30 e. (Frans The Jamaica Gazette of the 17th Accounts, received via Maracaibo, represent • the Royal Cause in Venezuela to be most prospe rous. The Independents were defeated in every direction. MostiLLo's Army was 'composed of 22,000 men, a great proportion of whom were Creoles.--Au altercation has arisen between Bo r.-11'AR and Colonel ENGLISH, respecting some cir. cumstances in the management of the troops, which were deemed to be insubordinate on the part of the latter, and he was allured to a certain district, with a promise that his wishes would be complied with, when be was tried by a summary Court Martial, composed mostly of foreigners, and sentenced to be shot, which was carried into execution soon after. By letters received yesterday from New Ymk, it appears that upwards of forty homes in the cotton line failed in the course of seven days, 'and the greatest distress prevailed throughout all the great towns in Auto ice. The Financial Resolutioos, previously announc• ed by the CHANCELLOR Of tie EXCHEQUER, he last night submitted to the [-louse of Commons.— The subject was so fully discussed, and our Report is so ample, that we will not presume at present to enter into any hasty remarks. The articles on which new Taxes riete propuied, viz, Malt, rLs, J4CCQ, .CutT.et, Cocos, Tea, Pepper, and Foreign Wool, may he generally approved, though in some particulars they will nut, perhaps, pass without strong objections. The Times of to day says, that " last night produced the unami able tio'velty of New Taxes."—Unhappily Taxes are no notielly ; but the People must console them selves with the consideration that Taxes, heavy 'as they are, enabled us to put aortic! to the mise ries of war, that they are temporary burthens, and that they brought about the peace and security of Ettrore. The 'Writing Chronicle is totally .silent to-day, and therefore it may be inferred that it bad no striking objec tions to make ; for otherwise its vigilance and acuteness would, most probably, have been vehe mently apparent. But, as to Taxes, we are afraid that the critic:4l - state of France and American atnbition afford little hope that we shall soon be teleased from the hurthen. I.'l The oh.servations of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex CHEQUER, list night, upon the present shame fully It;gli price of Buse deserve notice. We have had a bounteous harvest. Hops are not one-third the price they were at last year, Malt not more than two-thirds, but Beer is kept up at the highest price it ever attained in tittles of scarcity. The Patriotic Brewer vehemently exclaimed against 'false itnputatiocs, as lie %vas pleased to tcrna them, and pledged himself to disprove their truth ; but be teas equally vehement last year upon Mr. BARERR BHAV MONT for mAing a similar disclo sure, and, in hke manner, pledged himself to dis prove their fru b - also. We still wait for the.pro tnised re:utation. THE FUNDS.—Considerable fluctuation has taken place this morning in the price of Stocks ; Consols opened at 69k, fell to j , then rose to 70h, again declined to 64, and at t welve o'clock were 701 ; they afterwards rose to 70i, and then fell to 74. Much business has been done, but the Market hoks heavy. The Commissioners were served in Reduced at 691, by the Elo,ise generally. We are sorry to announce the failure of ano ther greet Mercantile House in the City. PARLIAMENTARY RPFORM.—The rejection of the Electors' Oath Bill has made a strong im pression on the Public Mind, unfavourable to the GENERAL body of the Oppositioly—lt is now evi dent that they advocated such a Reform in Parlia ment, as they knew would never be conceded by the ELfLECTING part of the community—hut the moment au opportunity is afforded to them by the disinterested and patriotic conduct of a few independent Members, who were anxious to ob tain a rational Reform, and to place the Close Boroughs on a footing, in point of regulation, tvith Counties and Cities, and Towns which are Counties of themselves, they shrunk from the vote, and left these respectable individuals in a minority, though the night before they had ral lied in the support of the Reform of the Scorch Boroughs, which they carried. But the vYil is drawn aside, and the Public now know how to appreciate the sincerity and consistency of the Opposition, who are sunk lower in the estimation of the People than they ever were at any former period. It is, however, satisfactory to observe, that the. Country at large are feelingly alive to the r importance of Mr. WILLIAM IN ILLIAMS'S Bill, a nd we have no doubt but that io the next Ses sion o f Parliament, the Electors in the Close Bo roughs will be put on such a footing as to prevent in future OCCASIONALTY, and the other corrupt practices, which have too long been allowed to prevail in them. The Constitution and the Go vernment do not require aid of Cot nature ;—to prosper;, they must be supported by the good sense and loyalty of the People, which they will always enjoy, so long as they maintain , the purity of the law and the genuine principles of freedom. The silence of the Opposition Prints on this portant subject is easily accounted for—Arid in the course of the summer recess, we shall submit to out Readers some observations on their - patriotism and consistency, and reviv e th e Cousiderat'oo of this great question, with a view to its enlarged discussion in the next Session of Parliament. TIMBER DUTIES ,---Considerable anxiety is felt at the Out Ports, lest there should he an intention to impose a duty on Wood from British Norlt Ame rica, titan shied we do not know so impolitic a suggestion ; not only as it affects the interests of those loyal Provinces, but as it will most even. sive - ly injure the British Shipping and Navigation. The present duties were, on mature reflection and consideration, recommended by Lord BATHURST, and the late Mr. Rosa, in order to countervail the diffetence of the distance of the voyages to British America, as compared with those to the Baltic; and we wish to know, with reference to the actual state of the Timber Trade from British America on both sides of Great Britain, whether it can brat any taxation wit'aleyer It' the exi.; , ncies of t!'e State require further taxation, -there probabli would he no objection to the duty mew itmed ou Colonial Timber, if a correspondent increase 01 duly was impoaed on all Foreign Timber imported; but to tax Timber from oar own Colonies, to gra" tily the Northern States of Europe, would be an act of political Suicide, more to be deplored than some of the unaccountable sacrifices which have' recently been made to the United States. To the' King's Colonies in America the Timber; Trade is A secondary object ; its importance arises from the annual employment it affords to one thousand three handled square rigged British Vessels, atul the Exports it gives rise to on account of ,the's.mall charge of freight out wards. If any duty is impos' ed on Colonial Wood, without an equal advance 00 Foreign Timber, the English Ship-Owners n►u't abandon the Trade altogether ; for it is owing to the present duties on Foreign limber thatihcy arc capable of carrying it on at the present rate of reight. We trust that the Members for theMaritimo Comities and the Out Ports will look to this sub' ject, and -not suffer their political partialities to .prevent them from supporting, in times of de pression like the present, THE SHIPPING INTERS of Great Britain. EXTRACT OF A LRTTEIX FROM TRINIDAD, APRIL " Let me hope that the advice 1 have so unceasa ingly giVen you with regard to the Spanish Main, • has been attended to, as, be assured, that inevit" ab:e ruin must follow every person who places confidefice in the people of that country. An elavcs are equally bad, Royalists as well as Indepeo' dents ; and if the Government of tl3e latter was composed of good people, has it' not in its power to pay its engagements. In place of being a sera vice to this Colony, it has played the devil with it. A number of shiPs have some days since gone from hence to Margaritta with troops, tinder a Coloacl ENGLISti their object must be to approach the Carraccas ; but should they succeed, what benefit are they to derive by it ? There is 11 0 '; a dollar to he procured in the Province, and the long continuation of war has drained it of evert description of property."—(,',Morning Fog.) THE THEATRES. DRUEY-LANs.—Tloe Tra4edy of Pizarro, with the support of KcAN's 'R0114:1, drew an overi/ow . ing audience to this Theatre last (light. a v plauded, and be had a very interesiiog Cora, in Mrs. RoatssoN. They pi ly weut very well. COVENT-GARDEN: The flaunted Tower, onr!c so popular at the othrr house, was revived at ( I ) Theatre last night, and attracted a numerous at}' dience. iUr. IIuNT was the Lord Warn, toti both in acting and sincing he was respcciatde. Miss STFPII RN'S was animatrd in Adela; aud s ung ; F IRREN was quite at home in the ON Baron, and tt,e whole passed off with sphited effect.. Erst - ;Lisa ()rms.-Mum—Miss KELLY'S bfn?fi: took place last night at this very commodia 1 g Theatre, in which the - public can both h- -r 001 see to the fitivantmge of thernse;vel and c. c per-- formers. The play was Lionel and ('larissa, which was well sustained in general. It is lic,rtilj? ; ,054 sihle 14) describe the warmth with which Al's' Ke4:s• was received in the pirt of Jenny, aO ll DowToN to that of Colonel Oldboy, nor was it possible that either character could be better, if so well, supp,rted. Miss CAREW was very i n to. , resting io Mrissa. At the end of the play * Dialogue' in rrynte took place between Dow Tog and Miss KELLY. It was written with humour►. arid chiefly adverted to the unfortunate ft MC a Drury-lane Theatre. After , some interreniog soup, The Maid and the Magpie followed, anti Miss KELLY most powerfully interested the feel' ings of the audience by the genuine pathos of bre acting. Tice public will be g l a d t o fitrtt Om( 80 meritorious a character in public and private U was so warmly patronized on this oceasiou. BETTING ROOM, JUNE 7. 13P,T7'11:G ON THE OATLANDS AT ASCOT. 2 to 1 apt Manfred I 4 to I agar Skim 7 to --•tipectre 6 to• I Quadrille. BETTING ON THE ST. I,F.GER. 6 to 1 asst Powootiraolte AO tot apt Cardinal Wolsef fi to I Si6tan :0 to 1 Pierse. 7A to The Laird Betting was rathvc,hy, 01l which have su hotly hcc:nrrtd account of the great default! Last night, the PAIN C 2 REGGNT left town for itl3 cowlge in Windsor Palk, where his Royal Highness is expected to remain a i . e‘v days. CommoN • COUNClL—Yesterday a Court of Common Cmined was held for the purpose of petitioning Parliament again,t the Foreigri Enlistment DixoN objected to th e shortness Of the notice ; but Mr. FAVRLS , proceeded to the business. Mr. Dix . )l4, in conic' Teener, moved an aoionrnment, upon the prin ciple, thati the Court was not duly constitutear there being only one Alderman present.----This being ascertained to he the case, it became ini ° prrektive upon the LORD MAYOR to dissolve al . Court. 111,11:11I ED. At Dover,. on Monday, the 7th instant, tiy the Rev. T• Morris, .7ohn Henry Lit.ltani, Esq. Stringer, only daughter of Edwin d Brc ( dt'rip, Eq. 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