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SUBSCRIPTIONS towards RAISING a FUND for the PURCHASE of FOOD and FUEL for e DISTRESSED PEASANTRY of IRELAND, will be l 7 iv eci at the Office, of THE SUN Newspaper, No. 112 , s 411 d, Landon, until proper Persons are appointed in Ireland I 1. ° receive and appropriate the same. • A Seeman of Cork £:5 0 0 AnOther Frecartan of Cork A 0 0 John Atkinson, Fore-street, London 1-0 0 A. S. A. - - 1 0 Jl R. E. - 1 0 0 TIIE Su y-Newspaper - 5 0 0 Joseph Pinsent - 1 1 0 4111°P() SED CHURCH or CHAPEL, in :the PARISH of WHITWICK, in the COUNTY of LEICESTER. TRE , attention of the Public in general, and of the opulent and well disposed Inhabitants of the County of Leicester in particular, is solicited to the following state- The Parish of Whitwick, althoutzh consisting of three popu lous Hamlets or Townships; viz. Whitwick,Thringstone, and 3 wannington, has at present but oce Church. Of these the 1143 ,nship of Whitwick alone, in which the Church is situate. bas a population of 1004:' for which the Parish Church ha hofficient, hut, it is conceived, not more than sufficient rooms The Township of Thrfnzstone contains 1181 persons, and that ° f Swanning:ton 541: and out of this joint population, it is es- . tlluated that not less than 1200 live at the distance of a.mile. "4 a half, and from . 400 to 500 hetween two and three miles f rom the Parish Church. To remedy this deficiency in Church room, as well as to af fi'rd increased facility of access to the National Church for . 11 'e Parishioners who are at present most distant from it, it is Proposed to erect a Chapel on a site to be hereafter ob . • gained, which shall be so far . Central to the Townships of Th • nngstone and Swannington, as not to be more than a or at farthest a mile and a quarter from any closely in habited part of either of these Hamlets. The expense of the und ertaking cannot be precisely estimated, as the extent to "1"e tl it is c • .arried will depend on the nature and degree of the • s uPport received ; hut supposing the building to be ex tended to the utmost Unlit proposed, viz. to be capable of ()rit • •ngir - apuom 350 to •400 persons, it is computed that a 35rn f rom Eight Hundred to One Thousand Pounds would he sn6 eivnt ; a n d s hould the building be contracted, the expense 'et:mid fall short of the lowest-of these stuns. rr ° meet this sum required, it is feared that no very de, - ;) rattl e sa,pport can he anticipated from two Towshis: both e ttl',T very poor and indigent. ThringStone bur n den p ed with 4 Population of Frame-work• Knitters. Swannington also im- Poterished by heavy demands from Colliers,whohaveformerly uhi elned Settlements there. The remaining sources from 'whence support is looked fur are, Ist, from Voluntary Dona tileos • 2d l y, from application to the Society for promot i ng t h e buildi ng of Churches and Chapels. It is to advance the for- Uter of these two modes of support, that the present state rnl respectfully submitted to the pub l ic. A nd when the e i:eguing facts ate generally considered—when. in particular, I t " suggested to the affluent members of the Church of Eng land thrtmghont the County of Leicester, that no prospect of Zsimilar (and certainly none of a more urgent) appea l to 14.'1" Char;ty immediately presents itself throughout the 'minty, it is hoped that it will not be for want of an ade ;rate share of public liberality that the Parishioners of hringstone and Swannington continue deprived or abridza of the inestimable blessing of worshipping Almighty God, 4e cordinz to the pure and Apostolical Rites and Ordinances of the Church of England. S ubscriptions will he received at the Banks of Messrs. Snow and Co., 217, Strand, London; and Messrs. Mansfield and `)., Leicester: at. the Banks of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinck- LoughliorOugh, and Melton Mowhray ; and by the Rev. Merewether, Cole Orton, near Ashby-de-la 'touch. , Nantes of those who have already Subscribe d. iNo, as Duke of Lancaster £lOO 0 H Beaumont, Bart. Lay Impropriator of Whitwi c k I lls Gra ce the Duke of Rutland, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Leicester - Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bi shop of Lincoln Ttarl Howe, Gopsall Hall '" r ge Moore, Esq, Snarestone, High Shcriff of the 10 0 10 0 10 10 . . , county of Leicester - I l'e Venerable the Archdeacon of Leicester D ev erend F Merewet her, Vicar of Whitwiek - ‘everend Doctor Wordsworth, Master of Trinity Coll ege, C an diridge - 5 5 Joshua.., Watson, Esquire, Clapton - 10 10 -,'e v L Way, T o pp e sfield, Essex - 2 2 kieorge Gipps,' Esq, MP, Howletts, Kent - 5 5 Nir Frederic .Fowke, Bart, Lowesby Hall, Leicestershire 5 5 IC(4 H H Norris, Hackney - 5 5 "lin Leech, Esq, Crescent, Bridge-street, Black friars, London - - - 5 0 1 i A Mersvvether, Esq Si Chancery-lane, London 2 2 V - Bayley, Sub-Dean of Lincoln - 5 5 i iev C Way, Great Yeldham, Essex - 2 2 ev G Wyatt, Curate of Whitwick - 5 & I\ll 's G Wyatt, Whir wick - - 1 1 :Nlrs Merewetber, Caine, Wilts - 1 I R ev Rob er t W e th ere ll, Newton Longville, Bucks 5 5 Robert Sayer, Esq Halstead, Essex - 5 0 4 , 0 1)11 Bowdl e r, E s q Elthato, Kent - 10 0 Rev J Piddocke, Ashby de la Zouch - 5 A I l b er Dr M a d an R ec t or of Ibstock - 10 0 Rep Spencer M adan. Curate of ieaie - 2 ' 2 a " W McDo u a 1 I , Vicar of Ashby de la Zouch Mr P. B Knight, Cole Orton - - 1 I I I .m 1, E Pares, Esq, Hopwell Hall, Derbyshire - 10 10 Re p 1- 1 Walter, Fellow of St. John's, Cambridge 5 5 w Jones, Esq, Ringwood. Hants 1 I setb J Walt o n, Rector of Birdbrook, Essex - 5 0 "' b ey Dr H awes , S a li s bury -' -. 1 I Rev Dr Hardy, Rector of Loughborough - 5 0 I t, Chesly n Esq. Langley Priory 2 2 tevW 'Madan, Vicar of . Polesworth - 2 2 /1 4 n eV . I' Buckl e y, Curate of Kegworth - I I -. et , R. Roberts, Vicar of Haverhill, Suffolk . - 2 0 ''''" E W Estcourt, Rector of Newnton, Gloucestershire 1 1 'baker Morell, Esq, St. Giles's, Oxford - 2 2 R ev Dr Ll o yd, Appl e by 2 0 : Rev T Adnult, Rector of Croft - - 2 2 r t rs Abney, .Ashby de la Zurich .- - _. 1 1 - ev "I' Slade, Rect o r o f Th ur l a ston - 2 2 R ev R Marriott, R ec t orf Cottesliach - 5- 5 Si G • u I Crewe, Bart. Catlike Abbey - 5 a Repkey W Cleaver, Rector of Wanlip - 1 0 0 4, •ey J Roe, Vicar of Rothley - - 2 0 N ._ .B• On the completion of the Bonding., a Committee of Sub scribers resident in the immediate neighbourhood will e requested to meet, and examine the accounts, so that they entsy be published under their approbation, signified by their li t'll4tures, in the Leicester Journal. 67'4' V4441.!,-1 THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1822 SNIIRKE'S SHAKESPEARE. In the course of Publication, LLUSTRATIONS of SH A fiESPEARE, from Pictures Painted expressly tar this WORK, ny ROBERT SMIRKE, Esq. R.A. and Engraved in the finest . style by the most emitrent Historical Engravers. A celebrated German critic has. said, that. the fame of Shakspeare, " forcenitnies to come, will continue to gather strength, like an Alpine avalanche , at every p eriod of its de • scent." Certain it is, that any work connected with Shah speare's name, and which has fur its object the illustration of his irtimitable productions, may confidently rely on finding favour with the world. His fame - is tl .t cause of fame in others. Commentators innumerable ,are been permit ted to inscribe their otherwise veris . Ale names on the eternal rock of his genius ; and ev :" Players have for yearsacquired opulence and popularit• ,by happy portraitures of his - living characters. In announcing, therefore, a serifs of engravings, intended as embellishments for any edition of Shakspeare's Plays, it is unnecessary to offer an argument. to vindicate, or an apology treexeuse, the undertaking. The spirit of poetry, which haunts every scene of the Plays of Shakspeare, beckons to her sister art to wander with her, and thus " make society the sweeter welcome ;" and it will now, it is hoped, be seen that she does nut call in vain. In the•whole range of the draMa, there ate no wt' ks its which ' characters so striking and various, or situations so romantic: and delightful, present themselves, to invite the illustration, and inspire the emulation, of painting. The editions of our'Poet's plays have for the most part been published without embellishments, or encumbered with en gravings so indifferent, as to make their. possessors consider them " when unadorned, adorned the most. It is chiefly to supply such editions that the Proprietors of the present Work have undertaken- it. Each Play will furnish subjects fur five elegant Engravings, in addition to a Vignette ; the aggregate number, therefore, of the plates will be Two Hun dred and Twenty-two. The name of the Artist from whose hand the Paintings fur this Work are to proceed, may fully justify, and will donbt less ,not deceive, the most sanguine expectations. The Ga nun of Sinirke has successfully displayed its power in his U. Instrations to Gil Blas, the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, and the late Edition of Don Quixote ; and the varied scenes Of pasSion and humour, in the Plays of Shakspeare, will afford a still ,more ample scope for the extraordinary skill and beauty of his pencil. The ProPrietors, refraining front the usual promises and flatteries of a . prospectus, content. themselves with referring the public to the tillinhers already pubiished of this Work, as a fair specimen of the care and ability with which the whole will regularly be produc6d. MODE OF PUBLICATION • 1. The Work will be comprised - in Thirty-seven Numbers ; each Number containing. Fire Illustrative Engravings, and Vignette. ii. A Number will be published every Two Months, till completed. • 8. d. India paper, proofs, 4to 1 10 0 French paper, proofs, 4to • 1 5 0 Imperial Bvo 0 18 0 Royal Bro 0 14 0 * 4 * For the accommodation of those who may be desirous of posiessine a beautiful and cortect Edition of Shalispeare, it is intended to publish one in Octavo, (without Notes,) from the last corrected text of Johnson and Steevetts; and the Play illustrator; will be published at the same time with the Em bellishments, price Three Shillings each Number. • A limit ed number of copies will be printed on Imperial Octavo, price Six Shillings each Number. The Numbers already published are as follow: • 1. The Tempest. 'Diming of the Shrew. 111. Merry Wives of Windsor. • • • • • IV. Twelfth • Night, (in February 1822.) V. Measure for Measure, (in April.) VI. Romeo and Juliet, (in June.) VII. Henry the Fourth, Part I, (in August.) • VIII. Midsummer Night's Dream, (in October.) IX. Two Gentlemen of Verona, (in Der..emher.) ViTritetl'lor tteatwell and Martin, Bond-street sold by Colnaghi and Co. Coekspur-street, and the pritieip Booksellers in the United Kingdom. FOR. TUE SUN. AN INQUIRY INTO THE- DOCTRINES OF PRE DESTINATION BY. DR. COPLESTON., Ma. EDITOR . —The following quotations are from a criticism upon that work, in The Quar terly Review for December last Contro versy, however, has been at work, for fourteen hundred years, and whatever form it. may have assumed, however varied may have been its terms, the point at issue has always been one and the same: and it is stated with admirable clearness and precision by TUCKER e passage quoted by Dr. COPLESTO :—‘ 4 An universal Providence disposing all events without excep tion, leaves no room for freedom. But there is such a Providence, therefore no freedom ; or, on the other side, there is a freedom of the therefore no such Providence. Thus both parties lay down the same major, without which they would make no scruple to • admit the minor as sumed by their antagonists. But the more sober and considerate part of Mankind, induced by the strong evidence of both freedom and providence, have forborne to pronounce them incompatible, the only obstacle against the reception of either: yet look upon their consistency as one of those ,mysteries Which we are forced to admit, though we cannot explain."—" At the, same time it ought never to be forgotten, that since both•the prescience of Gob and the free agency of Man are truths distinctly asserted in Scripture, if there be an individual, who feels more of conviction and encouragement to well doing in one of these' doctrines than in the other, he is no fit object of cen sure, much less of abuse, as long as he holds the leading articles of the Christian faith, and makes his principles subservient to the great ends of the gospel. The doetrines of the CalVinists only then become a fit subject for reprobation, when they assert one truth to the exclusion or practi cal annihilation of the other ; when they press the doctrine of predestination beyond what is necessary for the comfort and 'encouragement of all true believers; and disparage, in the hearing of those whose religion must be chiefly practice, the necessity (we will not say the efficacy) of a holy life. Surely it must be by this time ob-' vious to the wisest men of both parties, that no good can result to the cause of religion, and still less to that of the visilile church, by the continua tion of a dispute, which, by its very nature, can never, be decided; but which does admit- of a compromise, viz. that each should acknowledge the doctrine for which the other contends ; as not being able to contradict it, but only to conceive its compatibility with his own, that both parties should acquiesce in the imperfection of human reason ; and agree in the paramount importance of those duties which neither party calls in question, namely,•faith and a holy life." A CORRESPONDENT. AM MICA. (Contiattedfrom the American Papers ofNesterday.) !HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DEC. 17. On the motion of, Mr. FLOYD it was resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be required to report to this House the probable increase of ex pence,. in causing air examination to be made of the different harbours belonging to the United States on the Pacific Ocean, and of transporting artillery to the mouth of the - Columbia River. The SPEAKER laid before thcf•House the two Messages received in an early part of the day from the President of the United States; the one embracing a statement of the progress which had been made in carrying into execution the Resolutions for printing the Secret Journal and Foreign Correspondence of the old - Congress ; the other transmitting papers to slim how the provisionS by law for the erection of certain light-houses had been carried into effect. The first Message was referred to a Committee of Ways and Means, and the second to the Com mittee of Commerce.—The House adjourned. FRENCH CI - Amis.—France, by her late claims on the United States, is disposed to avail herself of the provisions of the Louisiana Treaty, made with the late existing Government of that coun try. This is acting on a correct national prin ciple, that every act clone by an existing Go vernment is, under every change of circum stances; still a national act. On this ground ought the Government of the United States to stand, and demand of France compensation for all our property-illegally captured, almost with out cpretence of right, and condemned. Great Britain has acted on this principle with France, and has demanded and received in an ample manner compensation for all their illegal confis cations, as the following will spew : " Paris, 30th May, 1814 (confirmed 20th Nov. 1815). " Article 2. The British and French Govern ments shall name without delay Commissioners to liquidate, &c. The Commissioners mentioned in Art. 2 shall undertake the examination of the claims of his Britanni'c Majesty's subjects upon the French Government for the value of the property, moveable or immoveable, illegally con fiscated by the French Authorities. France en gages to ratify the Report of the Commissioners, and to discharge the sums due. " Article 6. The vessels, ships' cargoes, and other moveable property, which shall have been seized and confiscated either to the profit of France or to the profit of his Most Christian Majesty, in confirmity to the laws of war, shall not be admitted to the liquidation. " Done at Paris 20th Nov. 1815. (Signed) " CASTLEREAGH, WELLINGTON, " RICHELIEU." ANNUAL TREASURY REPORT. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, DEC. 10, 1821. In obedience to the directions of the ' Act sup plementary to the Act to establish the Treasury Department,' the Secretary of the Treasury re spectfully.submits the following Report : FIRST—OF THE REVENUE. The nett Revenue arising from imports and tonnage, internal duties, direct tax, public lands, postage, and - other incidental receipts,during the year 1813 7 amounted to 26,095,200 dollars 65 cents.—viz. Ctistoms 21,828,451 dollars 48 cents; arrears of in. ternal duties 947,916 dollars 33 cents ; arrears of direct tax 263,926 dollars 1 cent ; public lands, exclusive of Mississipi stock, 2,464,527 dollars 90 cents ; dividend on stock in the Bank of the United States 525,000 dollars, postage and other incidental receipts 65,348 dollars 93 cents. That which accrued from the same sources, during the year 1819, amounted to 21,435,700 dollars, 69 cents, viz.—Customs 17,116,702 dollars 96 cents ; arrears of internal duties, 227,444 dollars 1 cent; =ears of direct tax 80,850 dollars 61 cents ; public lands, exclusive of Mississipi stock 3,274,422 dollars 78 cents ; first instalment from the Bank of the United States and Dividend on stock in that Bank 675,000 dollars : postage and other incidental receipts 61,280 dollars 33 cents. And that which accrued from the same sources, during the year 1820, amounted to 15,234,546 dollars 29 cents. It is estimated that the grosi amount of the duties on mer chandize and tonnage, which accrued during the three first quarters of the present year, exceeds 14,038,000 dollars. The payments into the TreasurY to the 30th Sept. last, have amounted to 16,219,197 dollars, 70 cents, vii. :—Custorns, 10,068,394 dollars 85 cents ; public lands, 940.980 dollars 3b cents ; arrears of internal duties and direct tax, 69,867 dollars 26 cents ; bank dividends, 105,000 dollars ; incidental receipts, 21,581 dollarS 51 cents ; repayments, 13,373 dollars 73 'cents ; loan, 5,000,000 dollars. And the payments'into the Treasury during the fourth quarter, are estimated at 3,595,278 dollars 14 cents, viz. : . —Customs, 3,000 dollars ; public lands, 360,000 dollars; monies recovered out of advances made in the war department before July I, 1815, 120,000 dollars ; balances of militarY appropriations Carried to the account of the Surplus Fund, 90,278 dollars 14 cents ; direct tax and internal duties, and incidental receipts, 25,000 dollars ; making the total amount estimated to be, received into the Treasury during the year 1821, 19,814,475 dollars 84 cents ; which, added to the balance in the Treasury on the Ist of January last, of 1,198,461 dollars 21 cents, making the aggregate amount of 21,012,937 dollars 5 cents. Tlie application of this sum for the year 1321 is estimated as follows :—The payments to the 30th of Sept. have amounted to .15,665,283. dollars, 47 cents, viz. civil, diplomatic, and miscel:. laneous, 1,772,717 dollars 30 cents ; Military service, including fortifications, ordnance, Indian. department, revolutionary and military pensions, arming the militia, and arrearages, prior to the Ist January, 1817, 4,872,865 dollars 73 cents.; naval sr vice, including the gradual increase of the navy, 2,603,592 dollars 75 cents ; public debt,' including 591,611 dollars 30 cents; Mississipi 5t0ck,6,406,112 dollars 64 cents. During the fourth quarter, it is eitinsated that the payments will amount to 3,680,000 dollars, viz; civil, diplomatic, and miicel laneous,•69o,ooo dollars ; military service, 290,006 dollars; na val service; 700,080 dollars ; &Wit- debt, 1,900,000' dollars; Making the aggregate amount of 19,235,288 dollars 47 cents, which being deducted from the above sum 0f21,012,937 dollars 5 cents, will leave in the_Treasury, on the Ist of January next, a balance estimated at 1,777,648 dollars 58 cents. But of the balances of appropriations for the service of the year 1321, necessary to effect the object of those appropriations, exclusive of balances, which will not be required, and which have been deductedfrom the Estimates of the year 1822, or will be carried to the account of the Surplus Fund, there remains the sum of 2,268,611 dollars 28 cents; which is an existing charge upon the Revenue of 1821, and exceeds the balance esti mated to be in the Treasury on the Ist day of January next, by 490,962 dollars 70 cents. SECOND—OP THE PUBLIC DEBT. The funded debt which was contracted before the year 1812, and which was unredeemed on the 30th September, 1820, amounted to 20,570,627 dollars 12 cents; and that contracted subsequently - to the Ist of January, 1812. and unredeemed on the 30th of September, 1820, amounted to 70,654,933 dollars 65 cents, making the aggregate amount of 91,225,560 dollars 77 cents. Which sum agrees with the amount stated in the last annual Report as unredeemed on the Ist Of Crctober, 1820, ex cepting the suni. of 38 - dollarS 66 cents, which was then short estimated, and which has been since corrected by actual settle ment. In the fourth quarter of the year,- there was added to the above, the sum of 457,747 dollars 95 cents. viz. in 6 and 7 - per cent. Stocks, for Treasury notes, brought into the Treasury and cancelled, 3,280 dollars 29 cents. in 5 per cent. Stock, un der the act of May 25, 1820, 454,567 dollars 66 cents. ; making 91,633,30;; dollars 72 cents. ; and there was paid in the fourth quarter the sum of 383,892 dollars 21 cents., viz,—deferred stock reimbursed, 249,401 dollars 58 cents. ; payments on re count of the Louisiana Stock 139,490 d. 63c. ; making the pub lic 'debt unredeemed. on the Ist Jan. 1821, 91,294,416 d. 51c. ; from the Ist January to the 30th September inclusive, there has been added the sum of 4,739,776 dollars 33 cents., namely, three per cent. Stock on interest on registered debt, 26 dol lars 1 cent. ; treasury note, six and seven per cent. Stock, 4,454 dollars 7 cents. ; loan authorized by Act of the 3d of March, 1821, 4,735,296 dollars 30 cents., snaking 96,034,192 dollars 89 cents. ; from which is to be deducted the sum of 2,348,097 dollars 15 cents., viz. reimbursement of deferred Stock during the same period 276,737 dollars 15 cts.; payments on account of Louisiana Stock, 2,071,360 dollars; making the public debt which was unredeemed on the Ist of Oct. 1821,- 93,636,095 dollars 74 cents.; to which will be added in the fourth quarter, Treasury note six per cent. Stock issued, 390-40 ; making 93,636,486 dollars 14 cents. from which will be deduc ted in the fourth quarter,- the suns of 262,880 dollars 41 cents. viz. reimbursement of deerred stock, 257,322 dollars 26. cents. ; residue of Louisiana Stock 5,558 dollars 15 cents., making the amount of-public debt unredeemed on the Ist of January, 1822, as estimated, 93,423,605 dollars 73 cents.; the Treasury notes yet outstanding are estimated at 28,495 dollars ; the awards made by the Commissioners appointed under the several Acts of Congress, for the indemnification of certain Claimants of public 'lands in the. Mississipi territory, amount .to 4,282,151 dollars 12 cents. of which there have been received at the General Land Office in stock, 2,442,535 dollars 39 cents. ; and there have been paid at the Treasury, 1,734,490 dollars 35 cents. ; making together 5,177,026 dollars 24 cents. • ,and leav ing outstanding on the 30th September, 1821 , 105,124 dollars 88 cents. Till RD-OF THE ESTIMATES OF THE PUBLIC RE "VENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1822. The dinunution of the Revenue from imports and tonnage, which occurred in 1819, advanced with progressive force through 1820, and reached its lowest point of depression in the first. qu'arter of the present year. The duties secured in that quar ter were 727,000 &liars less than those of the corresponding quarter of 1820 ; whilst theamount secured in the second and third quarters exceeded that of the same period of the preceda nig year by '1,172,000 dollars ; thus presenting, on the 30th of September last, an aggregate excess of 445,000 dollars for the three first quarters of 1821, which sum, there is just reason to believe, will be considerably-augmented at the end of the year. Whilst the duties have progressively increased, the deben tures chargeable upon them have considerably diminished ; the amount of debentures issued from the Ist January to the 30th September last, being 952,000 dollars less than was issued dur ing the same period of the preceding year. The same causes which,au 1819 and 1820,,effected so great a reduction of the revenue arising from imports and tonnage, were. felt, in an equal degree, in the sale of the public lards. Those who, from an anticipation 'of their resources previous ly to those years, were unable to purchase foreign merchandize, were eqaally incapable of purchasing public lands, or of dis charging debts contracted with the Government by purchases antecedently made. In the annual Report of the Treasury at the commencement of the last Session of Congress, the receipts from the public lands for the year 1821 were estimated at 1,600,000 dollars, if no change should be made by law affecting the obligations which the purchasers were under to be punctual in their pay ments. But at the close of that Session, an Act was passed for the relief of . the purchasers of public lands, which so far impaired that obligation, as to induce the Connaittee of Ways and Means to estimate the proceeds of that source of revenue at only 800,000 dollars. It has been shewn, however, that the receipts to the 30th September hit haVe exceeded 94000 dollars ; and those of the whole year are now estimated at 1,300,000 dollars. , This result in relation to the public lands, and the improve ment which has taken place in the Revenue arising from im ports and tonnage; indicate a favourable change in the condi tion of the nation ; from . which a progressive increase of the public Revenue may be confidently anticipated. Independently, however, of any such increase, ' the facts disclosed by the fiscal operations of the year, some of which have been enumerated, warrant the conclusion that the receipt of the year 1822 may be estimated at 16',110,000 dollars viz.— Custom, 14,000,000 dollars ; public lands, 1,600,000 eollars ; Bank dividends 350,000 ; arrears of . direct tax and internal duties, 75,000 ; monies recovered out of advances made in the war department, before the lit of July, 1815; 60,000 dollars; incidental receipts, 25,000 dollars. The expenditures of the year IB22are estimated at 14,947,661 dollars 80 cents. viz. :—Civil, Diplomatic, and illiscellaneena, 1,684,2a7 dollars ;- Public Debt, 5,722,857 dollars, 10 C 2 Tit. ; Military Services, including Fortifications, Ordnance, India Department, Revolutionary. and Military , Pensions, arming the Militia, and Arrearagcs prior to . the.lst of January, 1817; 5,108,0 W dollars, 52 cents.; .Naval Services, including the gra dual increase of the Navy, 2,452,410 dollars, 27 cents. The receipts . of the year will, therefoee, exceed the estimated expenditure by 1,162,,338 dollars, 20 cents. hieh, after discharging the difference between the balance in the Treasury on the - Ist January 1822, and .the balance of appreprations chargeable upon it, will leave in tie Treasury, on the Ist of January I'o3, a balance estimated at 671,375 dol lars 50 cents. , • • It is, however, proper to state, that, in the estimate for the naval service only, 200,0,00 dollars of the annual appeopriation of 500,000' dollars for the gradual increase of the navy; is in cluded; but that, of the amount estimated by the Secretary of War, a sum larger than the balance - of that appropriation is' for arrearages for Revolatiohary _Pensiona, and the Indian Department, which will not be embraced in the estimates for the year 1823. The expenditure of the two succeeding years, it is believed, will - not exceed that of the year 1822, unless a further experaii tare shall, in the intermediate time, be authorised by law.—• But in the expenditure of the year 1822, and also of 102.3 and' 1024, no part of the annual appropriation of 10,000,000 adollars, constituting - the Sinking fund, is coMprehended, except what is necessary to discharge the interest of the public-debt; and the reimbursement a the 6 per cent. deferred stock. On the Ist of January, 1825,.and the three succeeding years,•the debt con traeted daring the years 1812-18134814 and 1815, becomes re deemable at the will of the Government. Than sums greatly exceed the amount of the Sinking Fund, applicable in those yearS to the redemption of the public debt. As the current value of the 5 per Cent. Stock, createdaduring the last and present years,. eaoeeds that of the 7 per• Cent. Stock, and of the 6 per Cent. Stock of 1812. and 1813, it is presumed . that the, holders of those Stocks will be diapoted to exehange diem for an equal amount of. 5 per Cent. Stock, redeemable at such pe riods.as to give full operation to the. Sinking Fund, as at pre sent constituted. According, to 'this view' of the . liubject, 24,000,000 dollars of the Stocks which will be, redeeMable in the yearn )320 arid.. 1826, 'may be.exchanged Par • five, per Cent. Stock, redeemable, one third on the Ist January, 1831, aad cnte third on the same daYs.of 1832 and 1833. This exchange of six per Cent. Stock, if'effected on the. Ist January, 1823, will produce an annual reduction of, the interest of the public debt, from that time to the first mentioned period of 240.000 dollars, and an aggregate saving through the, whole Period of 2,160,000 dollars. If the whole. of the seven per Cent. ,Stock should be exchanged, the sating will be considerably thcreasell. If such an exchange of Stock should be deemed incipedi:mit or impracticable, a saving of equal, if not greater extent, may be effeeted in the years 1825, 1826, 1827, and 1828, by borrow ing at the rate of five per Cent., in the first and each successive year, a Sum equal to the difference between the amount re deemable, and that portion of the Sinking Fund, applicable _to its redemption ; Five per Cent. Stock, so created, to be re deemable at such periods as to give full operation to the-Sink ing Fund, until the whole of the Public Debt shall be redeem ed. If the five per Cent. Stock shall, during those yearS, be above par, a saving beyond that proposed to be effected by the exchange of Stock in 1822 will be secured, to the extent of that difference, by the latter process. But, it is possible, that the progressive increase of the Reve nue, which has been anticipated, and which is necessary to the full operation of the Sinking Fund, may not be realised. 1a that event, the public expenditure, authorised by law, now, after the Ist of January, 1825, exceed the public Revenue. The remedy in such case must be—First, an increase of the public Revenue, by an addition to the existing impositions ; •oz„second, a reduction of the Sinking Fund. . 111 . k—A general revision and correction of the duties rm - posed upon foreign merchandise seem to be required. --:Many of the articles which pay but 15 per cent. ad valo. em, ought, in justice as well ad policy, to be placed at 25 per cent., which is the duty paid upon the principal articles of woollen and. cotton manufactures. The same observation is applicable to some of the articles which pay 20 per cent. ad valorem. A correction of the existing duties, with a view to an increase of the public Revenue, could hardly fail to effect that object to the extent of nearly 1,000,000 dollars annually. It is highly probable, however, that an increase of duty on some of those articles might eventually cause a reduction of the Revenue • but this can only take place where similar articles are manufactured in the country. in that event, domestic manufactures will have been fostered, and the general ability of the community to con tribute to the public exigencies, will have been proportionably increased. Second—lf it should be deemed expedient to reduce ths Sinking Fund, in preference to the imposition of additional duties, it may be satisfactory to know, that an annual appro priation for that object of 8,000,000 dollars, commencing on the Ist January, 1825, will extinguish the whole of the public debt, exclusive of the 3 per cent. stock, in the year 16a9. Should the Sinking Fund be reduced to 8,000,000 dollard, an exchange of 36,000,000 dollars of six per cent. for five per cent. stock may be effected in the course of the year 1822 , if tl:e pre sent price of the latter stock should continue, without diminish ing, in any degree, the operation of that Fund, in the redemp tion of the public debt; such an exchange would reduce the interest annually 360,000 dollars. • The loan of 5,000,000 dollars, which was authorized by the Act of 3d March, 1821, has been obtained at an" average pre mium of nearly 5,59 per cent. ; upon the issue of the 5 per cent. stock, redeemable at the will of the Government, after the Ist of Jan. 1835.—A1l which is respectfully submitted, (Signed) W. 11. CRAWFORD. Treasury Department, Dec. 10, 1820. BOSTON, DEC. 22.—Amon o o• the documents transmitte.4 to Congress with the report of the Secretary of the 'rreasuty . l is the following, sheaving the amount of the funded debt of the United States, on the Ist of October, 182 J D liars. C. Deferred stock, unredeemed amount - 1,753,146 38 Three per cent. - - 13,295,928 04 Six per cent. of 1796 - - - - - 80,000 00 Exchanged 6 per cent. stock of 1812 - 2,660,974 Louisiana 6 per cent do, amount unapplied for 5,550 1 Six per cant. stock of 1812, loan of 11 millions 6,187,006 84 Six per cent. Stock of 1813, loan of 10 millions 15,521,136 45 Six per cent. loan of 7A millions - - 6,836,n2 • Six per cent. stock of 1814, loan of 25 and 3 millions - - - - 13,011,437 - .'44 Six per cent. stock of 1815, loan of 18,482,500 9,490.099 410 Treasury note 0 per cent. stock - - - 1 ,464, 893 107 . Ditto 7 per cent. stock - - - 8,608,355 :27 .Five per cent. stock, subscription toißank United Stakes - - Six per cent. stock of 1819 - - Five per cent. ditto - - 'Ditto, per act of March 3.1, 1821 - THE COLONIES. CANADA - 7,000,000 00 - 2,000,000 04 - 999.N9 1? - 4,735,296 -Z.w4 93,tia8,u25 PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT OF LOWER CANADA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 13'21. This day at three o'clock, his Excellency, the Governor in Chief came down in State to the Legislative Council Chamber, and beihg'seated on the Throne, the Gentleman Usher of int. Black Rod, was sent to command the immediate aftendanei' of the Assembly, which being come up, his Excellency was.pitasp ed to open the Session with the following speech : Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, . I have met you under the flattering : hope that the Sristi- ments which I felt it my duty to express to you on closing. the last Session of the Legislature have received your most sr rious reflection. I now again bring under your consideration the state ofthe province ; and, as a part of the subject above all others the most important, I recommend to your immediate attention the tinazi r cial affairs,. with a view to making a suitable provision for: the support of the Civil Government. Gentlemen of the Assembly, Under the difficulties in - which I found myself placed at. the termination of the last Session of the Legislature, it became my duty to adopt a course for the payment of the current expellees of Government, as nearly consistent as, possible with .the exist ing laWs, or to the practice hitherto observed. I have 'directs.! accompts to.be laid before you, shewing the amount of the te -1 venue which has come into the hands of the Receiver-General, and of the expenditure under my warrants. 1 trust, upon ex amination,:they will be . found correct. 1 have ordered that the estimate for the ensuing year should ! also be laid before you without delay, and I have it again', in [ command from his Majesty to acquaint you that his Majesty I Still has the fullest confidence in your loyalty and affection to wards his person and Government, that he rests assured cf your disposition to provide for the necessary expences of his.l,4vil • Government, and those also equally necessary for the honour of his Crown. And lam further commanded by his %,ajeity to recommend that such provision as shall appear nee ssart, for these purposes should be granted permanently, during his Majesty's life.. Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, . ~• . , _ It has been established in the British Parliament as a prk . ciple of the Constitution, that the Civil List should be granted during the life of the King, and I am commanded'to impfess upon you on this occasion his Majesty's recommendation that sects principle of the Constitution should be adopted and observed in future as the practice in this Province. 'lt would be presumption in me .to add any words to what is tbus • stated to you by his Majesty's authority :. it is a. fresh an stance of his Majesty's paternal care, and of the interest he - takes in the welfare of his AMerican Provinces. I donfladil i tly rely on your well known loyalty and attachment to ,the .pf . i 4-1 - ciples of the British Constitution, and cannot doubt, that ,t i his ; his Majesty's recommendation 'of the measure will have iti due weight with you. • 1 .hall not advert to any of the various topics of great put,ll.: • interest, which in the course of the. Session I. may have to :sob : I mit to you. I consider them of far inferior importance to the • subject now comaanicateff to you by the Royal cornmaiid; and I haye. .therefore thought it proper to postpone them for the 1 present. PROM UPPER CANADA. KERCSTON, (kJ. C. 4, DEC. 7._ here is alair proopect tt ot this SesOon,6l ParAament will ba short and tranquil. Ecsiaes the cobsideration of our financial concetns with Lcwer `Canada, we lea:* that the question respecting the 44th - Of' OW. 111. is revived in the House of Assembly. JO theLegislat:ve Council a Judicature is 1,244er , consideration, wide 4 tf said; he Nand very taatary. • • 50 0 26 5 20 0 15 0 it`jr , ,, , ,T . _ .. .., 4 . ' . ... 0 - Pluct SEVENPENCE: !It/ Ze- If a on. itee itlet trig ,lovt onA fore Por t ZtA, for enl - v n' A , r- ,rao ,at nd rich sir! cti , 4' -- c t 're 60° 0% p . r_._ ro a . ber rnW' Faro e. )00 I C a " tbe .~-~ Tar' 6f ea 75 t fy . le Re- ,f trce'i• iS, 0 ,