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g by ' endant Part o f C, All. I table. f glen , 3r, old Brown a door - 4 :•t\'‘ ' 10:1, /0 • _ . . - , .4 4 i ~,...•=l . ~,,,,..1.. ~ ~,:.- . .-- --, 1 , • '''''' ut '.- 4 - • . ,;.. .., , , ~ ... .. . . ~„„ ~, • _a.-- •., g - . •p • 1 ' VI • - i , . • , 1".1,44/ 1•C; c rj,IA • , 9 e.i • (fiv4;73T7- )1,,g .um Pt in the ts coll . icers to issued, AM ER 9358.] THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1822. —___ • le the }Err Of , y were _ A Ley hx" !RICE SEVi±Ni;h4 EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 21, 1822. THE REVENUE. the Pa' by the THE COURT of DIRECTORS . of 'the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES; do befiby give SECOND REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON .THE PUBLIC REVENUE. possess. In conformity to the'principle; which we keep in view, it should be well undersiood That the authority exercised by these ' branches of the general commissioners is intended to be entirely deiiyed froM the principal boards. The weight of their pro - - eeedings•woeld thereby beincreassd, while their own separate importance would be diminished. If, on the other hand, they consisted ofcommissiohers all of equal rank with those of the -Ito neral board, they might be induced, upon the groUnd of that equality, to assume a power of general regulation which, not.. withstanding the occasional change of CommisSionera, 'would probably lead again, in the course of time, to ail the ineeinve• niences of independent boards. The duties of these establishments would . consist so much in the enforcement and maintenance of rubes and directions not framed by themselveS, but emanating from the General Board, that persons possessing the experience of practical officers would be peculiarly fitting for the task of assisting as Local Commissioners in the dischar of them.' OffiCers. of" merit from the classes' next in rank to the Commissioners might, therefore, with great advantage to the service, be promoted to those situations— FOREIGN I NThl,LlGlii':Ndi.*. Notice, That-the present interest of four (44.) per cent. per an num on the Company's Bonds. shill, cease and deterriiine on the 31st day of March 1893. TO THE LORDS COIIMISSIONERS OF ISIS MAJESTY'S TREASURY. That froth and after the said 31si day off' Mambo they shat carry only an interest of Three Pounds Ten Shillings (k 3 10 per cent„ per annum. That the Proprietors of Bonds be allowed to'bring tlicni to be marked for continuation at the said Interest of ,CS per cent. `pet anntim, Until day of February 1823 ; and that such Bonds as shall not be marked for continuation as aforesaid, on o r before the: eatitAay of February 1823, shall be liable to be paid off on the said 31st day-of larch, 1823, with the interest ! due thereon, from which date the Unmarked Bonds shall not catty any intrtest. JOSEPH DA D, Secretary. • of the • We have been guided by the same general principle in sug gesting the number of the Commissioners for the Local Boards,, as in recomme n di ng t h e mo d e o f composing them. We. deem it of importance that they should not be more than : would be strictly necessary for the execution of their duties, making al lowance for the occasional absence of one commissioner. They would thereby he kept more decidedly subordinate, and perhaps more effective for their proper purposes, supernumerary mem bers at public Boards having rather a tendency to produce • de lay and laxity is the prOceedings, than to promote diSpatch. In suggesting that 13 Commissioners might be a sufficient number for the General Boards, we have been guided by the consideration, that 'to the nine now employed at cacti of the Boards in England, .an addition of four at the least would be requisite to enable them constantly to detach one mem ber to Scotland and one to Ireland ; and at the same time to provide for the additional business created at the General Board by the change. • .But we do not offer this opinion with entire confidence that such an addition . would be sufficient ; and although we are far from underrating the importance irs point of economy, of limiting the number as strictly as possible, the due collection and management of the revenue intrusted to these Boards is of so much greater moment, as to render.that a corn- - paratively subordinate consideration. We submit, however, that the salaries of those additional Commissioners at the Boards in London should not be higher-1,200/. . -.00 Considering the weight .of busi nes S an d t h e responsibuity which would fall on the Commissioners detached from the General lioarcla, and the inconveniences incidental to such a service, it might be proper to make some increased allowance for it, andyalso to _extend to them the advantage of official re sidences at the public eXpense. The. salaries of the four Loc a l Commissioners of each Board should not,exeeed.l,oool. per annum. Upon this.scale the permanent charge of the General Boards would - be. less than the total expense or the oeverail Boards now existing a the difference being upon the .whole, for the two branches of revenue, aboUt 5,0001. per annum. But we are aware that for souse time that difference might be absorbed, or nearly so, by the charge to be incurred for compensations to the Commissioners wh ose serv i ces wou ld b e di spensed with. I .. (To be continued.) CITy, WEDNESDAY • EVENING. star ve , s eYel 1 ifill ) , e ,; ,oft 'oi ict ~,`-' oeeD w ho an• tbij' T PI CTUALLING-OFF ICE, August 16, 1844. HE COMMISSIONERS f or • VICTUAL- N ° 4 ING Hi.s MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby , give 6 li e, that on Friday, the 27th ofSeyember ?sex t, they will e re ady to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), ,and treat " r fitaniity o f PRIME IRISH BEEF an d PORK, amount di n the agg regate to a b out S even Th ousan d Five H un . \ r ed 2Va vY Tierces of the former, and about Six Thousand s av Y i'iercer of the latter, all to be cured in the 'ensuing : 4 ", and to be delivered -into the Victualling Stores' at 7,infard, Portsmblith, and Plymouth, in-such numbers of 4, : "..'4( Barrels, and in such proportions as shall be Feb-enfter requi re d ; one half thereof on or before the 14th (~/ ka ry, and'th e ot h er h a lf on . or befoCe the 14th of April tiltet and to b e pa id for by B=M ills, payable, out interest, At da rts afte r d ate; b ut as a cons id era bl e p roport i on o f t h e j 7 'Y and Pork is intended to be applied to Me use of his Ma: t Po rces employed in the West India Colonies, and as t e e'4l Commissio s hate given public notice of theirin7 °ll ,l " receiving Proposals o n the sa id 27th d a y o f Sep tl,„a--4er' e from such Persons as may be disposed to treat f o r l ka ccd3 aial Supplies, it is to be understi-od, that whate v e r t o tirie s of the sa id Beef and' Pork may be contracted for Q "e deli vered at the said Colonies, will be a 'iatt'd from the S'.eg.are'quantities required for delivery at Deptford. ileliepn's"ate Tenders will at the same time be received for the i e sY into his Itlajeity's: Pictualling Stotel at Cork, of Fr+ t : tV `ti arty Pierces and Twenty Navy Barrett of Beef, 'and . 47 deJ`' 41 ','9 Tierces and Te n N av y B a r re ls o f P or k, o f th e 6eroiPtion above mentioned ; one half to be delivered en or 41.:: : he I st of FehrUary, and Me reniaininehalf on or be , . 7 , 4 e 4 ! ;if April next. Canditions of the Contract May be seen at this °fee, Piet a PPlS'ing t o .3:fr . : J. IV. Duiisterville, Agent for the to k 4lli ng at Cork, to the Colltctori of Ills Majesty's Cui -14 s e t Lin 'esic4, Belfast, Newry ; and Waterford, and to . l ibet: retnr y to the• Poem's' ster- . General at .Dublin, No . / An d "der for a less quantity than shall b e e qual to . Fite I ' l 4 b e red " T ee' of Beef, dtid Five Hundred l'ierces of pork, Qnd e4°4 ° "Tnitted (e xcept f or t h e quant i ty requ ir e d at C or k);, ow 6,2:lifer must specify the Price in Words at .Imtgth, gp poi e de iz'ored to the Board before One o'Clock on the day r ' and must be accompanied by a Letter signed 14ect: e s:sionsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the ; ;I tenater ing-,• in, th e penal Sum of 15 per cent. upon: . z.if;.for the duoperformance,of the Contract. 41 ~ Pef •'° 7 l.-triO . makes the Tender, or 2077 K Person on Must attend to answer when called for. M. /VALLE R CLIFTON'? it tP‘cy,v, , , „ , OFIWE, duput 16, Iflie. • ti? 4 CO.3IIIIIS,SIONEAS for VICIV:21.1: '--------,---,------7—__,...._, . . ~_ cr.. . , • . .--- . „.,. i,t, ' 4 /..VG Arfl4._ Atel .1 . E ST ' 'l ' "S V:eIPY - do hereby rip e ,V, 7 .: Zi a • • • • - N 4 to ; on Fr day , tie 47th September next, they will be Q 44 1 1 4 ~,t.ppteceive Tende rs i n writing (sealed up), and treat f or 1 Po ltt f : °?4 rep contracts, of what IRIW . .17 In 4 1 4 q: a l be :d arate emanded for Me uee of hie Ma BF EF jesty'. Tobago, Trinidad, A ntigua, latbadoo, .. . Berbice, b etuars tra , .P O ibinica, and J°,7,4, t Gr enada St. Vincent "', 7;41' Cl, e3fonth., certain, f rom t h e 44th June next. . 6 ' . clelf° ''' 1 of Me•Co:ltracts may fre seen at this Of:0P ~ 'cr apply. aalif„ .f. to Mr. J. y . f. Dunsterville, Agent fur the too, ,r at C,,,1. 111 .4, cf ` er t' , ' roust specify the Price in words , at lengt , h , , 1 : 41 pb: ' , 4t.e ' r 'd . to tw e m ar d /genre One o'Glcick on the 1, i::,0-"`"ee. and nitest be accompanied by a Letter, signed t .,, t4 P a 'r ,?,, b4l-41 e liersons engaging to become bound witA 'e N: t bi . nt ' ‘"as6lng. in the Penal Sum of 151. Per ceil. o n I /s4 t , pi„. .. for rh, dne performance of the Contract • h.,. "* .r. 1E., " 412.0 ratzke s the Tender, or some Person on : ''' attend to. cr^rswer when eettledfor. ar el Trif 4 - if' 177i1L LER CLIFTON: .. )tt ~ CI4I.4I.IVG7OFFIOE, dugzat 17, 13322 ! 4,.0 zitv‘s O,,IIfarISSIO NE R S for VICTUAL.; ''re • G -4 is .I.l,a s r 4-s,r s N I VY, 4-,.. do hereby give 7 . , I' 1,, , ,„ ....' A A nti hs ' " - Priclity next, the 93(1 Ins?ant, they will be 11. A 4:;'cejoe T ender s 'n wrling (sealed sap), and treat for ,10,, t ,, "1,:-ezd Sacks o l' t . KILN DRIED HOUSEHOLD ; t i i ,"`' tt;, b e twb,iect to the- u - suat warranty of Twefee ;;4,1;'! ci ) E 4 ~T delivered into Ilis Majesty's Victualling ~t1 „ ,4 a lopt e , P if ° ,Pd', one half in a ' week, and the remain i ng 'k: ' ,0 1 --- -t r r't from the day of the Contract, the Conti:- (1, gel, och n , , / 6 4„ / aft be seen at tfri.r O_ ice. PEt t f de?. ' e ? muse 'specify the Price in Words at . le . , ngth, -, (:, - ,p . P '''eD n e 6iffOre One t o on the daY appcnated, ' 74 a ejl-n laho makes th• 7'ender, or scme Person . 7 ; his n arrendto answer when c;:llect for. AL IPA LLER CLIF7'ON. 44 t G„ilitge Is OF'i.ONDONDERRY.' !,',tls : , „thi, pLY-FiNisif ED ENGRAVING of it`qe ~'attiented Si' r i -m Ncopie d (by permission) '‘' P ` a utif 1 . ' S. A • ' i t S te 4t : .sq . it . .L 1 Bust, executed in Marble, by F. C A.) .°4 i 1 _IA. will be given (exclusive of the Second Il••• til t 41 Fie —', Oa Itookh., from Paintings by It. Sruirke, Esq. 413;p, •ADY'S NIAGAZINE, or Mirror of the Belles peg t t, t, ipt,i tt e t ai ,, r ._ , ,-, is sec. - for September i, accompanied with i l ‘qi , i, 'Lethoir, drawn from authentic auurces. 4 ,44, 0nc1,,, rillted fdr S. Hamilton ; sold by 3. Andrews, 4r, rit44 reef ; j . (: 1; v r.r,,. , Miller, 69, Fleet. street ; S. Robinson, ' , li ed L .Wb ak - Anderson, jun. Edinburgh ; Cralignam. L‘lt 13rUssels; and ty all the Booksellers of the I.Nlorn. St. Lucia, St. Kitt's, P tift T ---------- ---------_____ 7 " -- Coll,h 111-4 RD NUMBER of t , t, iit ° l l ti,, 1,-,IIIL OF TEN .was j tj . b il .. 5,....0_ ~,etSl' of AUGUST, price 2s. t.hi. published ~ , 1141 t:,t.ie sy3t'."!r Present System of Political Writing— :ltr--ti.,41 StAnd,."‘‘!4 General ; 2d. On the Conduct of the 14:kt N 'i t ""rs . ,'' Yh '- paper ; 3d. On the Subscribers and :4 tu' ..:•,„Conclsion.---The History of Lieut. M. l t , tt it of G, , ! , er. Dr. Monk Dean of Pete' borough, tti k irt i ,._ o e_s. in the Universily of Cambridge, on the *tr.tril,,,filtitl'n,* b_t Gretee....—,...On the Art of Puffing —Eu 19p 4:,. tietits kjg...Meetig Of the Cuttncil...,....NOtiee to ttli ti t t,i;4 ed b ~Lines on the Monastery of the Cieat S. O t ! hd 8). lbotnas as" ilos, row n ilk:, 'e. , Longman, Hurst, Rees, Iv rQ i t t,. ‘s ti 4:l z r i - e i c t,,,„ :i ' ja,9Ananlvd,l3aldwin, - CraClock; and Joy, 47, ti,„ , ft,,_,(aldl y „.. arr!n, 014 Bond-Street ; James li tidr, pi 4 1 tj teti : ,, 7 I,l:arn Sams, Pall-Mail ; Janics Rich '', ''' tt tt-or ' z ury and Co., Leadenhall-Street; (;, ()E w"11, yQrk, Sat ; .4na the BooLsellers of Oxford, Curl sq,,i,:littlw,l4)ftt Haay b',st),Y, Exeter, Edinburgh, and Du b. ilq'id,"iteations are ' had N o.'s 1. and c 2 . 4 • 1 i a 0: ittehe el 1 est7pLeartteaectrry4tieys fteed thecbor uardjur e o s f s e ‘ d r , e n by a L t e t v. t e i r t : Since Monday there has again been another large arrival of Grain at Mark-lane for sale. A consists of 5,200 qrs. of Wheat, 110 qrs. of Barley, 7,600 qrs. of Oats, &c. .The weather con tinues as favourable for the harvest as the best wishers for the prosperity of the Empire could desire ; anclit is now put almost beyond a doubt that the landed interest will,in future, find the chief source of their prosperity to lie in abundance of produce, and in low prices. The best, indeed the only policy which can now be adopted by them is to encourage exportation, and an ad. ditional home-consumption, by instructing their Representatives in the House of Commons to support the interests of the many, against the selfish claims of a few, who maintain themselves either out of the heavy taxes imposed on the industrious, or by what • , they iniquitously cab vested rights. Ina free country trade should be open to all, but at presentin England, capital olariyamount Cannot enable an individual to become a brewer, or rather a seller= of beer. He must have interest to become a Magistrate himself, or to haie this office conferred on some of his depend ants, else he cannot obtain thos e veited rights in retiling hoiiser, which are absolutely necessary under the present sys tem, to enable him to dispose of his heti, for good' quainy and low price cannot be of any avail to him. 'The beer dirty of 9s. 2d. a barrel on the public brewer should be .res pealed, and, if the amount of this duty be necessary to the exigencies of the State, an. intefiti - e. - : on the Malt Ditty equal to the sum repealed orr the Beer - Ditty ihould be inoposed; • for it is - unjust that th e priVate" rewer should pay less duty io Goveenment than the industrious .man who from his poverty is forced to purchase his consumption from' the pub lic brewer. With equal GovanmentAtities,...and a free field for all who may be inclined to enibirk -their skill and capital in brewing, the consumption of barley Must. be immensely in creased, the quality; of beer must be eendered agreeable to the palates of the consumers, and the competition must reduce the value of it greatly .below_ the price at present necessarily charged by the public brewers in consequence of •the ex s ence of their vested rights in licensed : house: The tended interest wilL be much benetitteti by an unrestricted - sale in beer, and the con sumers will increase their comforts without addingany thing to their annual expenditure. Public morals also will undergo great improvement by 'the law allowing -well dispoied trien to aseOciate together in public houses obtained e not by the will and pleasure of an 'interested Magistrate, but."by securities given for good conduct and, regularity by thole who open them tor the general convenience of their customers. Next to the advantages which the landed'interest will :acqnire front a free sale, andiequal duties on beer, will be a complete alteration in the present laws, for regulatinkthe distilling of British Spirits. In England very littl e grain is consumed in' Spirits, unless in the article of Gin; and those who do not find British Gin agreeable to theist, are forced by the law of the land to coneurne Foreign . Grain, distilled into Geneva, of whi c h the great proportion rs smuggled into the country. That English Distillers are as capable of making good and palatable Spirits as the Dutch cries, there cannot be a doubt, and that their price would be very much lower is an equally certain fact. To increase the home consumption of grain as much as possible, ii absOlutely necessary for the farmers, and the Empire arlarge will reap equally great benefits froni it. There are not a few well disposed men who think that to encourage the con 'sutiaptiou of spirits would be injurious to the morals of the com munity. Spiritshowever in the humid climete of Britain will con tinue to be used, and it is better that the expence of them should be paid to British than to foreign landlords. At all, events, the experiment is worth a trial, and whatever May be its reiult, the" landed proprietors cannot find themselves - in a more depressed: condition than unfortunately they are at present. When prices decline farther, _the cultivators of the soil may also receive some relief' from exportation. There are scarcely any seasons ? , hoWever favourable, in which the southern nations of Eu rope do not require, supplies of grain, and' the field for exportation .has been greatly 'extended by the intercourse with the different free Suites of South America. Flonr under bond tram the United States is now wcrth 283. a barrel, of 196 lb. in Liverpool, , for, expOrtation, which v ; h e n the va l ue of the barrel is deducted, makes the price, of the best Dant , zic wheat about 38s; a quarter. It is deeply to be regretted that the House of Conintons did not adopt Mr. Castsrierd's clause to the Corn Bill tbr perthitting the manufacture of bonded wheat into flour, for little of the immense quantity in England would no* have remained, the capital invested in it would have been set free; xeconsiderable brisaness would have taken place in the barrel trade, and many ships, now tole, would have ob. mined fair freights on its. exportation. These benefits might all have been obtained without the slightest injury to the landed interest, tad it is an anxious hope wits all, that at the next meet ing Pf Parliament a liberal view, of all these great interests may be taken, anti such results peciduced by the Repre.sentatives of the people as are necessary for the general prosperity, of the Empire. Coital:li for the next settlement opened this morning at 804 and were extremely dull. The India Company has given notice that in March the interest on their bonds will be reduced to 3i per cents per amain, which caused them to de cline 8, and the Consols in consequence closed at 80i, being a shade dearer. ,A great deal of business continues tube trans acted in foreign securities, and they are a little dearer, particu larly the Spanish Old Bonds, which have been sold at 66 . , for the 15th September.. A n express from Paris brings the French Fives, on Monday last, at 93. 75.—Their prices here, and also those of all fOreign-aecutities are as follow French s.pez Cent. w i th Div. frem 22 March, Exch. 25. 40. 94. Prussian 5 per Cent. of 1818 in X. sterl. with Div. from I April, 88k. 89. Ditto, ditto, of 1822 in do. do. witli,Div. fron 1, July, 86i. Neapolitan .5 per Cent. with Div. from 1 July, , Excti. 4. 40. and 25. 65.-74 e. Spanish 5 per Cent. of 1820, with Div. from ?Mix - April, Exchange, 4. 3.-65 t. • Do. do. of 1821, in X. sterl: with Diy. from Ist May, 64g. Do: Si' per Cent. with Div. from Exch. Danish 5 per Cent. in X, sterl. with Div. from Ist July, 84 Do. do. in bunco marks, with Dii. front Ist July, Exch ange , 37. 4. 844. Russian 6 per Cent with Div. from Ist July, Exch. 11 82. Do. 5 per - Cent. metail. with Div. front Ist March, Exch. 3. 1. 80. Do. 5 per Cent. in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist September, 84. Austrian 5 per C e nt. meta ll. w i t h D iv. from lst June, ±lk change 10.4. 79. Coluinbian ti per Cent. in X. sterl. with Div. from Ist May, l;hhilian 6 per Cent. in Merl. with Div. from 30th March, 83k. United States 6 per Cent. of 1812.1815, with Div. from Ist April, Exch. 4. 6. $2. sl9.—( afiFTning Chrurci*.) The Second 'Report, of the Commissioners appointed by the Acts of the Ist and 2d Geo. IV. c. 90, and 3d Geo. IS'. c. 37, for inquiring into the Collection And Management of the Public Revenue arising in Leland, and into certain Depart- Ments 'of the Public . Revenue arising in G rea t B r i t ai n . Contiitued from THE SUN of yesterday.) In the year 1772, a considerable change took place in the Comrctissiotaof the Custom - a ' by the incorporation of the Boards cf ,England and Scotl an d,. An Act of Parliament (2.th,GeOrge L cap 21) was passed, giving poiver to the King to put' the , management of the C us t om s o f E ng l an d and Scotland under One or several commissions, as his Majesty Might, from time to time, judge to be most for the advantage of trade, or the se curity of the Revenue ;" and also " to appoint such a number of commissioners as he might deem necessary." The English Board at that time consisted of seven 'rtlem bets, at salaries of 1,000/. a year each ; and the Scotch Boards Of five Commissioners, at salaries of 5001, a year, inducting .an allowance of 100/. for'the management of the gut satiti.:?,s. The joint commission . appointed tinder the Act above referred to was composed of fourteen Com Missioners all at a salary of 1,000/: a year ; and it w as prescribed to them by the inStroe— tiona in their patent, that seven of then^ should have their cider residence in London,' and five in Edinburgh, and.that two Should be disposable for attendhig the duty of the Cuitorns at any of the outports, under the directien of the Treasury.- 7 - They were, however, all invested with equal powers and au thorities for the management Of the Revenue in all parts of . the kingdom' of ()Treat Britain. The Customs' continued to be. thus governed by one Com mission till the 'year 1742, When separate boards were again appointed. The English Board 'was then made to ..con.lat of nine Contrhissioners, at 1 2 000.1.' a year each ; and the S co tch Board . was restored to its original constitution, in respect to the number and salaries of the Commissioners: No al teration has since taken place, except in the augmentatir: of the salaries. . ' In the . Excise the re has been to. Change in the constitution and'powers of the CommisSionfroat the Union to the pi ent period. . • These proceedings and arrangements appear to have been directed throughout by an int en ti on o f establishing and riain taining the collection of the revenge in Scotland upon the same principle and. by the same regulations as - in England.. 1c rip- ' pears also that the Treasury have kept in, view tne importance of such an uniformity, and have from time to _time adapted Measures for preserving it It, is owing to that:rdispoation, we presume, in your Lordship's' Board; that practical o&ers front the English establishment' have been introduced into both' the - Commissions in ScOdattit. But, notwithstanding all these precautions in the formation a.nd during the Continuance of these separate Boards, we find by the letters from the Chair -Man of the Customs in Scotland,' annexed to the Reports of the'Commissioners of InquitY'into the. Customs of Enghthd, and also. from the evidence of the Chairman of the Excise in Scotland, and of the Solicitor of.that department M -England, that Considerable differences still prevail between their prac tice and that of the English Boards. • This affhtds a strong . proof of. ,the difficulty, if not the impossibility, of maintain, frig a complete Uniformity of rnethOd.thrOughout a System ad ministered in. different parts by practical authorities intinpend 7 ent of each,other.' ' In Ireland the Boards w er e originally . instituted tinder the authority of an Act of the 14th and. loth of Chatles./1„, by which the Crown was empowered to appoint - seiren COMMlS sioners of Customs, andlive Commissioners of Excise; two distinct ,Boards, containing altogether twelve eornmiSsioners, Might have been therefore appointed t but it appears that the Crown exercised the power, vested. in it, to.' the extent only of appointing by one patent seven Carnthissiondit'of Customs, free or whom were by the same instrument constituted sionets for managing the Eicile'Reventie also. • The two Commissioners continued - to he appointed in this manner to the year 1789„ when the number of Conarnissidriera wai.atigniented to - nine. The business of the Cust oms a nd th e Excise was then divided' under instructions from the 6O,4in meat ; arid the respective .11oardS were directed. - td sit and act separately, although still partly composed of the same members. Shortly atter the Union (in 1801) that. ditsiSidn of the busi ness was made more complete Under the ditectioris from the, Lord Lieutenant ;' 'and in 1807 the'Boards w e re enti re ly siepa fated, by .virtue of an Act of Parliament, - Which gave a power to the King of appointing seVen OrnmisSiOners for tLe manage meat of each revenue. Eirlally, we find , that after, the inquiries - into these depart ments in 1819, it was determined by the CioNinment to iedtice, the number of the Commissionets at eacli . Eoard to, Eve, as va cancies should Occur. In pursuance of this deterniiiiation, the Board of Customs now consists of that nuriXer, arid the Bdird . of ExciSe of six Coniinissioners only. These branches Of the revenue are thus at presentmanagod, throughout the united kingdom, by 19 and 20 Ceinrnivtioneis respectiVely. Continissidnifs CoiniiiiSsianers of Cu Sfoinl.. of Excise. England e,cbtland - Ireland 6 —l9 - —220 . ;Upon the krolfnds which we haie already so fall); explained, we propose that in lieu of the tWeritiCOmmisSioners of .tlyse, and 19 Commissioners of Customs. thus distribUced, two general Commissions, one fOr each bianch' d f revenue, should he appoin t ed for the m anageme nt o f t h e Customs and the Eie cite of the United'Kingdoin, under' a power to be granted to his Majesty by Parliament for that That each comMisSion should consist of 13 . Commissioners, having all the poWers nowvested in the ',Separate Roards of England, Ireland, an d S cot l a nd , or which may otherwise be deethed necessary for Managing these revenues respectively, throughout the United Kingdom. . . . That to each of these General Cominia.3l4s4, should be, joiricii four Local Commissioners, having all the powers requisite for acting in conjunction with any one or more of the members of the LTeneral Boards in Ireland and in ScOtland only. That froth each of th e General Boardi so constituted; one Commissioner at the l east s h ou ld a l ways b e d etach e d, and resi dent in Ireland, and.one in Scotland: That the same, General Commissioner should not in any case reside more than three years consecutively in Ireland or in Scotland ; the rotation of that duty being regulated among the Commissioners themselves, subject to the approb a ti on o f the Treasury. . . That the Gener a l C om M is s ioner o f ea ch Revenue, Teident.. in Ireland and in Scotland respecopely,..should be assisted ,by two Local Commissioners, with whom he shoUld sit, and form a Board. That the authority of Local (onithissioners of .each,revenue should be lirriited to Ireland and, ;Scotlara, and common to those two countries; fiorn one.to,the other of which they should be removable at the pleasure of the g er- 4 :W boards. That the boards, formed by the general and local corrirr4e, sioners in Ireland and Scotland, should , have powera to exeCAte all matters for the collection and management of the revenues, aS fully as the separate boards row have ;. except as to framing or general orders, rules, and regulations, which should, have no validity unless signed by a quoruin of the general board. That all acts of these local boards should. be valid by the signatures of any two of the . three ; but that the :eneral com missioner should h ave a power to 3tiiy the decision of the two local commissioners in any .ease whe_keon tie may differ in opinion from them, until reference may be had to the board in London. That. reports should be made periodically by the_.commis sionurs in Ireland and Scotland, to the board in London, exhi= biting statements of all their . proceedings, 2Jd copies of the minutes of their decisions ; and also, that copies Of all accounts relating to the respective revenues received by those local boardi shodld be transmitted for registry in Loo don. That the local boards should, be made, subject to the autho rity and instructions of the ,general boards, and be obliged to carry their directions into execution. That the, general boards should 'have the power of transfer ring. all officers attached to their respective reVenues. from one station to another th roug h out t h e U n i ted Ki ng d om . In this plan for establishing two general boards for the ma.. nagement of, these revenues, we have suggested. that the /Dell hoards for Ireland and Scotland should be partly composed of CoMmissioners h av i ng , a more limited. ,authority than the members of thegen e r a l b oar d s ; because we thihk. that such a ConStitution IVOUW be the most consistent with the subordinate . and - executivs: character which it is indispensable. that they should na Ask E , -•—• LP teq Uir d ,: TOS e I Ts LSD , A CP" W C ' A t did 13° ~ 0 4 ii., 1 ' , t e 'ell' rinotber :ice. ~,C of Pi, oiloo a b 11 MY ' an a I" %. be 51'1', ECCLESIASTICAL T2EPRIY.ATIONI The due course of law, in aii causes for de privation of a person actually possessed of a spiritual benefice or dignity, is said to be as follows 1..4 monition, or eitation.of the party to appea:, must be issued. ?. A charge (called libel) must be given, to which he is to wi/iver. 3. A competent time must be assigned for the proofr and ar.s wers. . , 4. He must have a liberty for Counsel to defend' hit' cause, and to except against proofs and witnesses. 6. And, lastly, flier& !mist be a sblerrin sentence, after hear.: ing all the pro . ofs and answers ; which sentence (if the party be found guilty) must be pronounced by the Archbishop in per sZon, Usually taking to his assistance six or seven Bishop% The last deprivation . which occurred was in the time of King. ~r%llliam 111 This Prelate availed himself Of every merirs of defence Which the faw, allowed, rot Only in the Archbishop's COtirt; but by appeal to the Court of Delegatei—by applcca tion to the King's Bench for nprohibition---and even by bring ing a Bill of Error before the House of Lords. It is hardly to be anticipated that the present offender will attempt to avail hiMSelf of these means of protracting the suit. On the contrary, by non-appearance, he will, in all probability, expedite the Proceedings- .- AMERICA: Extra'et of a triter fro k ¢ a Mercantile Friend ; of our's in Motile, dated .1117IC 3, .1822. : "We are now becoming naturalized to this country and more able to underatand the people, and more reconciled to the cli mate. AlthoUgh it is but the eighth of June, the weather is corieidered to have reached its utmost degree of heat. Imagitie the hotteit weather yen]. ever felt, continued for three months . without intermissi on , accompan i e d b y clouds of musquitoes and armies of fleas, and you will have an idea of our summer. We are enabled, however, to sustain it by the aid of the south erly breeze which lallaws in from the lea and tempera the air ; aad by adopting the manner of living which the Creoles prac tice. We retire at nine, for then the breeze springs up, bring ing coolness with it—but alas ! bringing musquitoes too !so we entrench ourselves behind the musquitoe net, or tar, as it is termed here, and sleep till sunrise, when we rise also and take coffee ; breakfast at seven, on claret and bread and batter ; dine at two ; . take coffee again at four ; and eat our last meal at seven. The constant advice of the natives•is, to take time and keep ourselves easy, and you may be cure we feel no inclination to do otherwise. We crawl - about like snails, and the very thought how you are hurrying and running in .N ew Y or k, sets me i n a lever. The luxu riance and quickness of vegetation here surprises a morthern• eye. The window at which I am sitting looks upon an old Spanish Court-yard, where the orange, the myrtle orange, the pomegranate, and the fig, are growing in all their natural beauty apd wildness. Corn reaches a height and richness that I never have seen, equalled. The soil to look at would be pro noUnced "flat, stale and unprofitable;" but that it is produc tive, appears ,from the fact of there being a fine vegetable market this 'summer, Mostly yielded from gardens, which last season were a rank sod. The woods are decorated with a va riety of wild flowers, such as the passion' flower, sensitive plant, honey:.suckle, myrtle, jasmine ind sweet willfam , be; sides many that have no name.—The roughness of aharacter ascribed to these new states, I heYe - rather heard of than wit nessed. It is not to be denied, however, that customs are sanc tioned here, from which a northern person shrinks with abhor-' rencea A few days since, two lawyers had some dithrenee, which proceeded to bkows e when one bit the other severely, and egeug , e d both his eyes so m uc h ; as to leave pretty sev e r e marks o f the danger they had 'peen in. Our diagast, when it was .related at the table, was laughed at as a prejudice, and the practice defended by gentlemen whose manners are as refined and pleasing as posaible. The bargemen who bring cotton down the rivers are a moStdissolute set, and are known -by the signi ficant name of is their general term ; but they are divided into classes, such as—Tasca:usa lioarers, 211aNitna Screamers, Caher....-ba Scroueers, and the like gentle • names. These fellois, whose meat and drink it is to fight, challenge each other by crowing like a cock, or neighing like an ass, from their respective boats ; and when these odd sounds are heard loud at niaht, there is certainly a fair set to in the-morning, and thank - Sao our excellent Mayor, a suite of apartments pre pared for them. in the powder house, •which serves as a city bridewell, and noes by the name of the Caliboose ; a word of terror to eachßowdie's ear. There is not, however, either in the lower or the more.vespectable classes, any disposition to wanton insult. A temperate but firm demeanour, anp on avow ed &term' • t e In a ion, neither to give nor take an affront, will carry a man %meet* through." . . ~:silts, A uc-, 19.--(Extract of a'...Le;ter froni Colmar.)—" After. a deliberation of four .:hours' and a half, the Jury left.the Chamber of Coitucil; As ,soon as their declaration had been, read,• the accused re-entered. The President pronounced the acquittal of ,nineteen of them, and directed that they should he immediately set at liberty. . They were preparing to quit the bench, but by.a spontaneous 'movement they returned, and all proceeded to . embrace Col. Dublac i and Guinand, whoa waited the judgment of the Court.• This scene affected .all who were present. Thti accused who were acquitted left the room, but they did not appear rejoiced at the liberty which had been restored to them ; many of them burst into tears,, and all seemed overwhelmed. with S'o'rrow.—The accused, who reCeived,the.,sentence ol'the Court, beard with tranquillity the maximum of punishment which could be inflicted on theni r. in consequence - of. the finding, of the Jury. Gui nand never lost the air of composure which he maintained dUring .the whole proceedings ; the countenance of Dublar was equally unmoved ; the - Colonel alone seemed somewhat depressed after hearing the declaration of the Jury ; he was heard to Mention his wife and children, but as soon as the sentence of the Court was pro - -; nounced, be resumed his ordinary attitude.—The, peciPle surrounded the accused as they left the Court, and testified their satisfaction at the result of the proceedings.—The pit Wit; peace has not. been far a • moment disturbed. The Mayor of Colmar, dressed in uniform, stood before the 'Court while the sentence was pronounced, haviii4 the Commissaries of the Police on each side,-and three Serieants of the Municipality behind hint." —(Le Constitutionnel.) .The Courier from . Spain has not arrived this day, it is said that he his been seized by. the • factiOns.at Salines, at the distance of two leagues . - from Vittoria. The accounts from the frontier' possess little interest. The only iMportant cii•- curnstance is the arrival of Mina in his Govern- - ment. The inhabitants place the utmost confi denCe in him.—(Le Constitutionnel.) 'VIENNA ? A COLIST —ltB is said that the Con r , tress will not be holden in Verona, but. in this 4,, pital ; their Majesties the E m p eror o f itu'ssia aim the King of Prussia are expect e d . here linrr) tl i diat 1 el.--;-(La 'Quaid/en:ie.) , FRANKFORT: AUG. l4.—(Extract Of a Letter.. .from St. Penr•sburgli.)—" M. de Poletica, our • Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the United States, having fur some kifpe. demanded his recal on account of .his health; the Baroin de Thuyk, formerly EtIVOY Extiii orditiary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lisbon, is about to succeed him." , FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. -- -Extract of a Let t ioc from Bayonne, l ,.eittg. 13.)—" Letters frac(' varre state that Advantages have been ob - ta,iue4. by the Army of the Faith,, and Opit i a Corps 24,, Constitutionalists ;has bell recently, 4eS,tated atatl e , short distance froin Parnpeluna. e opinionNf c „, , many persons is, that General Questda has acte4 with too much reserve, and that if he' hi 4 brpu g ht his troops into active service, - thro.;,prpvince s would have rallied under the Royal standard ft is said th a t th e Apostolic. Junta has expresse4., a wish to be re-organised, but nothing certain :As. knOwn ; and these rumours may probAhly spread by the Liberals, with a view of treating a division among the Royalists, who frequently.. disagree, not from a want of good will, but from the difficulty of communicating and concertiv, their operations. The letters which we have re r ,, ceived from Arragon and Catalonia state that the Royalists are masters of almost the whole of the, latter province. The Marquis de Mata Florida presides over the Provisional Government esta bli'shed at :;an "Urge', and Whatever the Liberals L may say, is on perfectly good terms with the Trappist. The object of all the movements of the it6yalists is to infest . Figueras and Gerona. A part of the district of Barcelona has raised the standard of Faith. Olot, Boldelu7' , and Berga, will be obliged to surrender for" Want of succour, and Orgarija has already surrenclere(L , ,, Puicerda, &tier, Urgel, which are in the poWer, of the Royalists, are constantly detaching troops which harass the Constitutionalists, so that they, know riot what points it is most essential to de- . fend."—(La Quotidienne.) BAya - k4V.,. Aua. o.—The courier wio-n we expected this day from Madrid has not arrived. We understand that he has been arrested by a detachment of the Army of the Faith but we are assured,that during the conflict main tained by his escort, the courier retreated towards Vittoria. We have. seen pass here a Secretary of the English Legation to Madrid, coming from London, and returning to his destination.— Although he staid but a few hours in this town, our Liberals have, neverth e less, ..had time to get all his secrets feem him. The Journals of their party will not fail to inform you that this discreet diplomati!t has communicated to them in confi dence, that he was the bearer of a treaty of alli ance, offensive and defensive, between England, Spain, a nd Portugal : Risum teneatis, amici (JoUrnaldes Debut 4.) The department of the Lower Rhine has been for the last four mouths afflicted With a scourge, which has thrown the inhabitants into the utmo-Ft: Consternation, and reduced them to a site nti en truly deplorable. The sufferings of this district have arisen from the incredible ravages of mice: The arrendissement's of Saverne and Strasburgli have been nlost exposed to their depredntionsc, These destructive animals haVe multiplied there to such a degree, that in the district of. Saverne . I,s7o,oCohave been take-n in a fortnight, andnearly ns many have perished in their holes. The-crops