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si di Ili I(1 .con. not place us within the reach. of tltt stror.7 an which h e possessed, then it might be 'said that our preparations were soperfluons. But if they were of a contrami opinion, th en t h e y wou ld tise their own discretion in enabling. the Exe cutive Government to provide proper means of security. Alluding to certain pointed sarcasms of in the lion. Gentleman, Which be bad thrown out the course of the evening, the Nobl e Lord o b - served, that. if he was only to be taunted and.pro hy the Honburable Member respecting in he mation, lie trusted vie Muse would feel that should best consult their and his own.dig ult.y by remaining silent, and not suffering him tell to he provoked. In split! of all the taunts and ..p.ropliteies of the' Honourable Gentleman, Mi- I.Usters had carried the country triumphantly !trou g h a war, of which the Hon. Member had 14()fe"ed his despair of ever being brought to a sue- IWO issue, amid had even feared- lest the liberties t his country might be laid at the feet of the treat mail, who ruled the destinies of the Con- It was a p rou d th i ng to say, that while !'" People o f E ng l and were making such great ;',erifiees, that th e resu l t Of the Income Tax had art to dOuble the value of the whole property of the conotr—qtlear !) And if there has been. a Qatporary reducti on o f l at e in the value of this i t n ' T cr tY, do not let the H on . Member endeavour 0 aiake au impression on the country that !its lal ue in ., ty not augment, if the presioing. wisdom •11(1 firmness of Parliament was only exercised as it hitherto ,had bee'', and if the House , was but trilc "" itself. Let them only pursue the same course which had already produced such glorious results, and he would venture to predict that they would sotto hive to congratulate themselves on *tinil'ar successes, as great as those which had so lately crowned their' follows% and perseverance— (l,oud and reiterated cheers from all parts of the Dous e .) ff Mr. WHITBREAD explained. Mr. PROTHEROE said, that in: his opinion it as Solids tax we were principally indebted for that vigour which carried us so gloriously and triumphantly through the war. Whatever bur -4503 it was necessary to bear, for the preserva tan of the honour and safety of the country, he It " "rt . the Pple would reily sub mit . e Zuuld n ot stopeo at pre , ent to ad ask abou tthe to probHa jilities Of war, b ut fro m the conduct of his Ma esty's' Minister, hitherto, h e was p r epare d to tli e Place every confidence-in Oulu. - He was snre that Powerful confederation for the presereatinn of filrope looked to this country for cordial eo-ope- Ntioa,•and he hoped this country would not be felted back ward. M lERNEY entered his protest against the Property Tax. He thought we might yet con tinue at peace, and he evold not agree that the • 111 college of uegociators nt Vienna should mete out I ' s- Property of the pZniple of E ng l an d at their , I " c aittre. He certainty did understand front the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the Tax was I l ti s st to be renewed without the re currence of war. 4 elf a Tax should not at least be, re z ilewed, and when the prhper time should arrive, he Would ' t hew a case for its renewal. : The Noble Lord had l aid,,th at a f ter i t was renewed, and wh en t h e prope r time should 'arrive he would spew a case, pitnil economy would be resorted to. He thought eace was within our reach, if We did-not th row ' It away. We should at least take tbe chance' of Peace,v and "'tot resort to the dreadful alternative `.! war. while-it could he avoided, He was not it lsPosed to. put over great confidence in Ntona rc'te, nor coul4 he entirely repose it in the ne- P' ciuti ng•tritonvirate, Prin ce H ar d en erg, rinc , t taleyrand, and the Noble Lord. Ile most so` - nattily protested against the measure. • The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER wished to avoid unnecessary discitssion. . He was studipui to avoid those points that had no relation to the mo ti,l'o l nitneiiiatelybefore the H ouse , an d regretted leaf many such points bad , been introduced nse !,NY during the debate. What was -the o bj ect o f " Present motion ? Nothing more than merely following up the Address to, the message from the P ' l "ee Regent. - There the' House hal approved Sn a ugmentation of his Majesty's forces by sea IL " ta , ; , l. Hoillf - conld this beeffected without the tteessary supplies ! and these were precisely what Uras'songltt by the present motion.—(Hear t hear! ) lle asked nothing- more than tile redemption of; the pledge alreadylaitl at the foot of the Throne— kilear ‘V hat was asked, he had no doubt, the country would grant with zeal and alacrity. Pre .l4tratiou alone could preserve peace, if peace could be pr eserved. He believed there, were few,: either 1 "Ile 'House or out of it, Who could entertain the same doubts as the Right Honourable Gen 11Catan (Mr. Tierney) appeared to entertain op " the 'onestirm of Buouaparte's room being eM attlity to Europe. All Nations must, itt con. ti"l t rerlee"of th a t event , b e f u ll y arme d . H e h a d " ee wadvised to preserve the tax hi some shape, before recent e,vents had occurred, and was I t 7 r. i ., bt . "battled of his want of foresight having a - "Jerent opinion. The present course he consi dered justified, even titlanut any. apprehension of 4.1 v • t, 8 4 r. by the practice of keeping up, Si al TaX ' one year, for the purpose of winding ttp the accounts. Even though he bad admitted to he exclusively tt )Var Tax, yet the extra "rdinary and unprecedented state . in which we irere noW placed, would amply justify its renewal r; ontinuance. He was not favourable to rely ng-slelv upon Loant,.by which the hostilities of e year might be provided for and with respect to the petitions, it was obvious that the ciremn- Istances in which the country was plaCed, the exi -s"cies of th e p g hli c services had been mate 'l44 'changed since the petitioners had made 11 , 11 their minds as to the Property Tax. The I (l °.ieet of the petitioners was, that it should not l e 'made a permanent nix in time of peace. (Hoar, Ife denied, in answer to all flan. Nem. taxed(Mr I Vhitbread) that he bad abandoned the , ~I " vt he had already proposed. Of the: Customs,. -"l"xelse Takes he had on ly given up the ooty witi e3 , withtl %it:At . ' to conithercial not financial treresta• He won't! certainly certainly not persevere in ll'e Assessed Taxes-, if the PriyertY Tax were re- • l ‘ v i ed tt , as it wou ld be" hardship to pay, botle- ', l ,V a ukh). He did not 'consider the Irish Chan of the Exet tegner as giving anypledge that 1 , 11 " tax should not equally extend to • lreland, and e thottglirthat it %%?' Id be the interest of both,. Si~tantrUg to unite their gr i Owins onelldlilue a nti bOttnion resources, instead ot. separate treasuries, as now exiited: He thought it unjust that a man should be one-tenth richer on- one side of the LChitnnel than on the da t er. ' Mr;TtERNEY in explanation, denied that he expressed a doubt-of the return of Baohaparte being an What he said was; that &lona partes' return being an evil or. not was not the question before the House, but whether a stA cient cause-Was laid by Ministers for. renewing the Property Tax. _The insinuation of the Right Hon. Gentleman was received as it deserved by the: House. :The CHANCEI.LOIt of.the..Excamusa - sitid a few words in explanation, which could not be heard distinctly in the gallery. Mr. Batici...sy thought it necessary that the country should be in a state of defence against the rapaciotts.aplrit of the French soldiery, ivho, front the mere love of foreign-plunder, .preferred Boo naparte to the the, The Property Tax was the only effectual mode of providing for it, but he wished and understood that some modification would be proposed in the mode of collecting it. I The Cussiciit..Lon of. the EXCHEQUER, to pre vent any misconception on the latter point alio& etlao. by the Hon. Member, stated that it was' his intention to continue the tax without any 'there : tion whatever.. • 7 , 4 Mr. PONSONBY said, he was one of those who thonght. that if the House should vote the Pro perty Tax without its being shewu. that war was ituavoidable, that tax would become perpetual, for every future Chancel lot oft he Exchequer would do all in his power to make it so. As to modiii• cations, it would be impossible to make any con sistent . with the efficiency of the tax. Another, objection was, the facility it affoi'detl to Ministers, to enter upon ivar MO other .expensive measures to which it was an absolute provocation. He askid if thii Chancellor of- the Exchequer, would say that he might not advert to a loan as well as the Property Tax, and if lie could, not.say no, why not take part of that loan iww, and thus 'supply, the present exigency? The Noble Lord complained of stone things that had been said this, night, he also complained, that it was impossible to tell when the Noble Lord would think it a proper day to lay . before the House all the Papers relative to the pro.. ceedings of the. Congress, though they were daily making their appearance through other channels. The Noble Lord's Letter to-Prince Llardenberg was true ; he also thought his letter to Prince Talley rand was true; and that the letter of the Plenipo tentiaries'of the King of Naples. was true. He was induced to think so because none,of them had been denied ; and from the whole of these he t nought from his soul and -conscience that the No • ble Lord and the Congress had 'been the means of now placing Buonaparte on the throne. The let ter of the Prince Talleyrand was a jesuitical pro duction, aS it related to Naples: Nothing was more natural than for Murat to look to what ap ,peared his best security. Had the agreement 'with him been, executed could have bad no pretence nor temptation to act as he-is stated to have done. .Indeed, it wai generally understood, that he , had no predilection for Buonaparte ' , who wished to 'add Naples to his kingdom of Italy.— If the Noble Lord Could chew hint (Mr. I'.) that . be . was wrontz., be should be happy, boll' for the bottom ,of this country and for the interests of Europe. ,He had given his reasons already against the Property Tax, which he never could look at in a favourable light. The CHANCELLOR of the• EXCHEQUER stated the object of his motion, which was to enact the Property Tax for one year. It was said that an emergency would never be wanting for, the per petuation of the tax ; but it ought to be consi , dered - wbether such circumstances had ever oc curred as those of the present times-. The re sources and energies ofthe country, he was happy to say, had gone on with the increased demands. The House would judge whether all the energies of the country.w,ere or were not required in the present crisis. No new mid untried system was now proposed ; but one which had been expe rienced, and which, with its inconveniencies, had been pursued without detriment to the public in terests. The Committee was only asked for that night on the question of principle, and, lint for details. Respecting the question of a large Loan, there- could. be no doubt of the propriety of check ing the increase of the Funded Debt, which tend ed to impair public credit. There was tin wisdom in . burthen-ing posterity by measures which would at once endanger_ posterity and ourselves. Mr. METHUEN and Mr. FRREMANTLE ma de some remarks. • Lordi‘IILTON was not 'disposed to consent to plunge the nation into a war, in order to ascer tain if it. could not . have remained - at peace. The course pursued by this country must neees, study be in a great measure shaped by that of the other Powers •of Mtrope. He should vote 'for postponing the proceedings otl .this subject till farther informAtion could he commuoicated to the house respecting our foreign. relations. Lord LASCELLES thought this country should not spew any backwardness, if war should be ne cessary:. He should be sorry. that this country should appear to be at all influenced by the insi thous letters and de - clarations of the present French GOsernment. He might hesitate with respect to. the question of a war ; but he felt that the with holding of the present request would be injurious to the public literests 9l Europe, and to our own • defence,. should it be necessary to - resort to hos tilities. . The House divided on the amendment - I:4pes, 183—Ayes, 5 3 - - , Majurity, , liii. On re-opening the gallery, th e H ouse was in the Committee,. and the resolutions proposed by, the Chancellor of the Exchequer were passed.. The Rep or t to .be received to-morrow, and the ComMittee to sit again on Friclay.—Adjourned. One of the Paris Papers contains the follow ing :—" A Colonel of the Imperial.thlard placed a wolf. which he had carried off,' about a year since, at the: Menagerie. This Col one l w h o ac conyaniell the E.kmunott, during -his visit to the tiarden cat Plants . , was recognized by the woSf, who beeatue restless in his env. By the doire the Colonel the cage was opened, and the:grate ful animal expressed by a thousand signs the joy occasioned by the presence of his beuefactor..' FORE IGN INTELLIGENCE. HAMBURGH MAIL. '‘,IENNA, APRIL 5.-The news which arrived here on the all from AMMO, where Murat was I in person, was of a very agreeable nature ; and besides this, his negociators, who are here now, had - Oftcially annottpced that they were antha;. rised to declare to the Allied Power's, that the. Kin ! ;, their master would iminediate!ymake_cont mon cause with them, if, on their side, they would guarantee him his dominions as they were deter mined in former treaties. This proposal was well received', -and couriers were dispatched to Berlin and other Courts to bring the news of this turn in , . the negotiations. - The statements of Murat's military force_ are very far beyond „the truth. The Neapolitims•are nut much attached to,him ; and it he should place himself in a state of hostility With the Allies, he Would be forced to leave garrisons in all the cities, and strictly to guard the coasts, by which his army in the field would be so much reduced, that it would cease to be fat midble. Buonaparte's sister, Paulina Borghese, his mother Letitia, and his brother-in-law Bacciochi,' formerly Prince of Pioinbiiio, have been brought from Italy to Hungary. . Filo N'T! ERS OF ITALY ; , APRIL 3.----Soine accounts say that Murat has taken possugsion of Rome in th , e name of the pretended King oflrome. VIENNA, APRIL s.—Murat was, by the last ac counts, at Vesaro.—We -expect every day the re opening of the German Committee. Since Austria has-given in a declaration to the united Princes and free cities, exactly similar to that of Prussia ;.: 'Tolland will now probably take n part in the German Committee, on account of Luxembourg; the same is hoped of Denmark, .on .account of Holstein : Baden, and Darmstadt, who did not sign the note of the Princes of the 22d of March, had previously offered their contingents. Siuce the alliance between the four great Powers, se ! . vend conventions of the same tenant have been concluded with other Powers. Denmark gives an army of 25,000 men ;--and has offered 40,000; if it can be assisted by a subsidy in .the equipment and maintenanca of such force. On the receipt of the very first news of Buottaparte's landing, Alexander said, " The thing is trifling, if we do not treat it as a trifle." . . BERLIN; • APRIL 1 I Sunday evening, Field-Marshal Prince Blucher, Who set off yes terday. for the army; was complimented by torch light with a solemn Vivat•by all the.garrison, with Prince Charles of Mecklenburg,: ComMander of. the guards; at their bead, accompanied by the e hands of all the regiments here. Luis Royal Highness the Crown Prince had before paid a visit to the Field-Marshal to take leave of him ; a great many of the principal inhabitants came to con gratulate him and wish hint success on his new glorious destination. Even the Royal Princesses surprised hint with the honottr of a visit, , BRast.Su, Amt. 8.---Tile Russian army of reserve of 80,000 men, which will be stationed in Bavaria, is to march through this city at the end of this month. The march of troops by Torgau and Steinau has continued already above eight days. The whole army that will pass through our province is stated to be 245,000 men. DRESDEN, APRIL 5 - 7 -Some papers having spread a report of disorder in Dresden, which had ceased vigorous measures to be necessary, this re-, port is formally and officially contradicted by the Prussian General Government. WARSAW, APhIL 6.—The day before yesterday the Polish General Krukowrecki arrived here from Vienna, with the news, that. the existence of the kingdom of Poland is finally d ecided. This un expected an d agreeable news caused uncommon. joy here. ' new piece was performed at the Theatre, taken front the Polisi t history ; and at those passages which, suited the occasion, there was a general cry of " Lung live. Alexander In the evening the' whole city was illutainaterh We do not know .yet what are to lie the bOtin darks of the kingdom of Poland ; General Km kowrecki was littvly in Englund, whither be was sent to receive the Polish prisoners of war. BERLIN, Arm 1 Majesty has' signed the letter,: -patent fur the taking possession of the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine, the7Dne'hies of Cleves, Berg, and Glielders, the Principality of Moers, and the Lordships of Essett and Werdeu. FRENCH IMPERS, PARIS, APRIL TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH. THE DUKE OF ALBUVERA TO TIIRMINISTIIII AT WAR. " Pionx, 4pril Ili, 1 a 15, "On thel2d, the city of Alay . scilles, on the invitation of the '4.llarshal nince Essling, and without waiting for the `the arrival of troops, hoisted the tri-coloured flag. It flies since the 10th .at Dragnignan and Antibes." At noon, this news was announced to the ca pital by the discharge of 100 cannon, fired by the artillery of the Invalids. His Majesty this flay reviewed the National Guard of Paris, composed of 12 legions, 'form 48battalions : 24 battalions were drawn up in the Court of the Palace of the Thuilleries, and the 'nther.24 hi - the Place du Carrousel. 'When the 24 first battali6ns were reviewed, they closed ; the others- eot \ eyed the court, 'anti faced in their rear. The emiperor passed in 'succession through mil the rank!, and stopped fOr 'some - time before each bett49 l l, The officers at length forming a circle, his Majesty ;lath et , sed them nearly in-these [ er iIS 4* .S.hiirsof the Natiaoul'Ousrd of Paris, I am Very glad An see you. I,fortned you fift,,:a usontlis ago fu r the tuttitt tvoattue of pub4irai,quillity in the c3pital, and for its ,sc ctir;tY• YoU fular.ed uly expeetatiOa. You shed your blood for the (Ithaca Of NO, and if enemie4trOops entered our Walls, the fhult was not in yon, but in treason, and especially in that fatality which adhered to our affairs under .Bose un fortunate circumstances. ". 'elle Royal Throne was not suitable for France. It gave , no security to the people on their must precious interests. 16 'had been imposed on us by the foreigner.- If it tut d existed} it Would have been a monument of shame and calamity. I t aha arrived, armed with all th;!. force of the people and of the army, to eirice this stain, and to restore all their brightness?. to the honour and glory of France. " Soldiers of the National Guard thii very morning the ' telegraph of !lops has informed me - that that the tri-coloured' flag flies at. Antibes and at Marseilles: 100 rounds of cannon, fired on all our frontiers, will acquaint the foreigner that our civil dissensions are terminated. I say the foreigners, for as yet we know not any' enemies. if they collect their troops, We will collect our's. Onrarmies are all composed of heroes _ Who have signalised themselves iu many battles, and will pr Rent e the foreigner a fronlier of iron; while numerous bat. talions of.grenadiers and chasseurs of the national guard's' will guarantee our frontiers. I will not interfere with the affairs Of other nations ; woe to the goveruments -interfere with our's. Reverses hare re-tempered the charac ter of tho French people : it has recovered that youth, that vigtiur, whiCh 20 years ago astonished Europe. Soldiers, you have been forced to wear colours proscribed by the Nation r but the national colones - were in your bearts. You swear to tale them always for a rallying signal, and to 'defend that Imperial Throne which is the only and natural guarantee of oar rights, yedswear never Co suffer that the fo• . reigners, among whom we have many times appearyd as ma,. 3haif meddle with our Constitution, and our Gtivernment. severer, in short, to sacrifice everything to the honour and independence of France.' H4‘ WC swear it," was the unanimous cry of all the Not ionkl Gored.. This discourse was - frequently interrupted by marks of the most lively_ enthusiasm, which burst forth at the brginning, and manifested itself tint - . ing the:tt•hole time. Although the Nation4Guard Marched at qpick pace, it look more than ttvo hours to defile helot*, the Emperor. WAR .DEPARTMENti Oti the 7th of April, the day preceding that' when the: Duke d'Artgoulenic capitulated at Pallu, with General tiilli, General Ernouf tried an attack . upon Gap, occupied by the troops of General Protean, Coininandant of the Department of Ilia Upper Alps ; the leading column of General Pro, lean, commanded by the Chief of Battalion Chau. vcau, of the 48th, was on tpeDuranee. The troops uncle)• the immediate orders of Ge neral Loverdo, having tinder him a chief of bat• talion of the 58th, who had long been d etac h e d from his corps, made their appe a r ance to attvcic an ndi.anecd post which guarded the defile of Ls ()ti tlie first information of their approach, Co. loncl•Cliauvean advanced to t h e assistance of his picqact.. Having arrived to within .a few paces, he ad. vanced between - the two columns to attempt to. parley, having prohibited his troop to fire first, He, vas shot at ; his troop then vigorously turned the.fire, and darted forward to the charge. The,assailantS, though thrown into disorder by • the first shock, rallied and made a new attack, still more unsuecessful . than the first; 150 of them were killed or thrown into the Durance ; a great many were Wounded ; among others, General 1;0. verdo, severely. `The troops of General Porteau did not exceed 300 men, and a company of artillery. Their as. ,, midwife were 2,000 in number, with two pieces of cannon. The enemy left in ' our hands a white standard, on which were embroidered' in gold! the words;-, " The Bourbohs or Death." Next day,,the Bth, the insurgents attempted , ft second attack ; but this time the National Guards . of the 'village of Vitro Hes alone sufficed to repulse them on the Sisteron, whither they retired in dise order. it was on this day that the, Duke D'An• goitletne ' capitulated, Gener a l D'Asltanne, his Chief of Stuff, arrived here this morning, the 15th, and presented himself to 'receive the ordeis -or his Excellency the Minister at War, who seta hint under dole arrest to his residence in Paris. COURIER EXTRAORDINARY, MONDAY MORNING, The project of thEnew constitution will appear the day after to-morrow. 1n .a vhort time there will be in Provence an army a : an hundred thousand men. The Duke of Dalmatia, Marshal Sault, has had a particular' audience of his Majesty. It is said that i►► case of war, Marshal Soult will occupy au i►up►matt post i►i the'arpy. PARIS, Asir, is reported that the King of , Naples, after having bad an affair at Placentia with tl u Au:oolms, from whom be made many prisoners, has en t ere d Mil an , an d t h at a l l L out • hardy is in a state of insurrection. This news wants cnnfinuation. It was asserted this morning; during the review, that the Emperor had received satisfactory .news froth :England. We may then still hope that the repi4se of Europe will not be disturbed. The in. tendon of England, it is added, ,is to became & mediatrix, in case differences should arise between - France and any Continental POWer. Letters from Italy announce the entrance of, the King of Neilles into Bologna, the 2d of this month. His harbinger was a Prolatuation favour cif independenee. - The Pope arrived on the 3d et Genoa. M, cle Vitrolles, arrested at Tonlose, arrived on Friday last at ‘ Paris. ' There is long 'article in the liforiitear of Sun heatlet! Vienna, as it it came front the Ger man press : th - object of it ia to slow that pence s n i e rn e i d s naontlatt7 l gtie:eitkitliVid of, ei, t,heol 4 vL I .a c n e t ‘ Tf nt fa (l n f ds ti t i o e firo seen(e tire war, and the n to,leration of France, too gether with its-unanimity. It is speciollY that such is the opinion of • BAYONNE, Amur, 8.---Thc:l)ticiteTLeAngou. lewe 1 0 , 1 landed a r f3ilboa; rit her request tw o re esnftrsolt)vicirleosureet o t: x . Fl a i n g d ei76 o . but. uio ti t : i l l v) q nl.B o ,,, n v:oi 4 tt:t s o(:):lt t . h inet :e ; fitte!frroartvielednoc'erdteoriretpoairfatlol,9hadieliticia.