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PATRIOTIC FUND. Lloyd's May rs, t 8 6. CONTRIBUTIONS after Diyine Serifice pn the Day of Thanksgiving, for the RELIEF of the SEA- M EN, SOLDIERS. MARINES, and VOLUNTEERS, Wounded; and the WIDOWS, ORPHANS, and RELA TIVES of those Killed, in His Majesty's Service : Churches, Chapels, r Rev.. Clergymen and Aleetings. ;who preached. Amount advertisied • - k1i0,415 14 Parishes of Kernberton and Sutton Maddock, near Bridgnorth, County of Salop • - - Parish of Renwyn, Cornwall, ' H. Pooley of But nham,Bucks, transmitted per I .-Ro berts,_Vicar - • - - - Ditto of Felstead. Essex, . -,• I. Audrey - '2O ,z 9 Rev, H. Harrison, Brewood, Staffordshire - 5 5 Shareshill, - - Rev. H.HarrisOn sr 2 riSh of SydenhamDameral,Devon 2 II , of Bootle, Stewartry of Kirk cudbright, N. B. - - Geo. Maxwell 15 0 ,Church of South Cerney, , Glaucetershire, r t o Col leded by the Churchwardens of Burwash,Sussex z 6 rz Parish of New Radnor, South Wales - 9 o Parishes of Patrick: Brompton, Ilunton, and Newton in Wil lows, Yorkshire - • S tan wick, Yorkshire, St. john's Church', - - . •Jahn Thompson 20 0 Megavissey, Cornwall, Parish Charles Woollatn, St.A lban's, Herefordshire - 5 5 Parishes of Rilstone, Hilton, and Cracoe Chapels, Yorkshire - Bl2 Rev.. 'l', Methold, Stonliam, Suffolk - - 5 0 Parish of Wetheringsor, ditto t t r 3 Longstock• Church, near Stock •bridge, Hampshire, - - Rev, HL Arnold 4 0 Parochial Chapel, Great Harwood. Lancaster, additional • - Berwick, Scotland, per W. Mure Llandonfi Vicar and his Parishioners - Llangartock, V it.iir and his Parishioners - Parishes of Hinton Martel, Hinton Parva, and Chalbury, Dorsetsh. H. Petit Dissenters' Chapel, Cheadle, Staf fordshire, - - - Parish of Bideford, Devon, Ditto of Rud ford, Gloucestersh. . 'Ditto of Corse, ditto, - ditto of Hardwick, ditto, - R. Halifax - The Right Hon, the Earl of Dalkeith ,26 5 o Sir Jahn Mayvill, Bart. of Springhill - 5 S o Lieut.-Col. De Peyster - . 2 2 0 Maj,,r John Douglas . 2 2 o lohn Gilchrist - - 3 '3 . o SUMS cciktled. )7 9 4 J 4 I r 0 0 18 11 10 4 3 8 7 4 R. KOtes r 8 20 3 2 1 2 17 3 16 38 17 o • 0 2 0 Dedua Stamp 3 3 15 H. tegard.Esq. Beverley, in addition to 111. its. , • given' before ': - Parish of Radcliffe, Lancashire, Ditto of Rarne,CounryolCornwall, John Bate - Mittimi Parish, Northumberland, W Turner - Aherdecp,N n St. Paul's Chapel, A. A !cock - Wallington, Herts, Church, - T; Lisson . - Grange., N. B. Parish, - Mr. Forbes - Subscriptions received from Halifax : Messrs. F. and W. Ingram - - 66 o R. Swaine and Co. - - 5 s' o S. and J. Waterhouse , - - 5 5 b Rhodes and Briggs - - 5 5 o Mrs. Caygill , - - - 5 5 . o Buck and Kzrshaw - - 5 5 o Managers of the Theatre " - 5 o 0 Sowerby - -,, - - 4 1 3 6 Shercoat - OF .. 23 5 . 0 Elland - - - 17 9 0 R ippenOen . .., - 1 4 15 0 Wadsworth - - - . • 13 19 6 Northouram - , - - II 4 6 Raistrick - - - 11 3 0 0 venden - - - - Io 19 0 Shelf . - - 8 4 6 Siainlanri - - i - 6 7 0 Sundry individual Subscriptions lo 10 0 17 to o 12 o 0 15 0 0 69 5 o 2 2 0 4 4 0 255 r 6 35: 6 Wake's Colne Parish, Essex, ----- to Parish of St.Clements,Cambridge ---;- -,=-- to 3 Littledale, near Lancaster, E. Waterworth Iso United Parishes of Duthel and Rothiemurches, North Britain . - - - • ' - Abernethy Parish, North Britain, per lohn Grant, 'Minister of Elgin .. - - Parish or Branscormbe, near Ax minster, Devonshire, - ' Wasing Church, - S. Slocock 3 4 Parish of Sunnipg-hill, Berkshire, C. A, Stewart 34 it —of Thorndon,Sutfolk, addit.-- 1 -5 —.....: o f Wonstan, 'Hants, ' -----7,--- 3 6 -----,,-- of T wyfk, in, ditto —........ , 7 ----- of Mortlack, North Britain M Forsyth 7 1 ------- of Glass, North Britain J. Ctuickshaoks 5 5- t),ie :lay's pay of the Officers, Non-commisSioned 0 !licers, D (winners', and Privates, of the ArrAn- , ' -dale- and Eskdale Volunteer Infantry, Lieut.- Colonel Douglas, Commandant • - 44 ' 3 Parish of Lopen, Somerset. 1. Temple Man 5 7 S t.. J ustin, Roseland,Corn ' wall ' - - E. Rocld ,---- Bellelielwell, Dorsershire ----' Fiteheati, Neville, ditto --=-- S Erik eviiike; ditto i --- K iiigs!on6 Seaniour, So mertsiirre , ' - - oriivii,i,Cliapel,Wikeotear Leeds— - Joitti Boldei., Esq. ,' - . - - 'l'owis'ship ot l'reston Richard - . Copt. Scott's Company in the Kendal and Lansdale Volunteers, one clay's ply - - rarish ot Coult o, near Dlverstone, Lancaster : (cat S. iiptuil i'aitsti, Durham - - - parish ot I.adock,- Corn '. all, f . Collins ' Vitto pt St. Me,viiii, ditto, H. Hawker mortis 4rj.ing loon a CoiLert performed at Ports. impish, under the direction and patronage of the Harmonic society of POrlbtllOUlll, Purtsea, and t.:osouit, lief' Mr. Wm. Deacon - ra' t 1 of Fremington, Devon, S. Cooke )..i. , ,,, - Poleinouth, ditto,, S. Wells Ltsei pool Dissenters'Meeting,Ren. ' silaw-street, , , D. Bnlce Bristol, late Countess of Hunting. kn's Chapel, ' . . ----.—. Lawton Church, Cheshire, including a Subscrip tion truth the Officers,. and one day's pay of rite Non-commissioiied , Officers and-Privates of the (-laugh-Hail - Volunteers, j,. ,Gilbert, Esq. Commandant - - loath Ceirie)', Gloucestershire (additiopl) Parish of ouikingtpit, Warwick, I 2 2 4 3 i 6 9 o 10 o fo o 7 6 to 3 4 5 5 7 ►z 3 1 4 16 o 3 0 6 13 3 6 3 0 0 0 3 10 2 Z 6 - 1j 13 1 4 0 44 9 2 0 3 9 shire, . , , T - Mr. Nason Manchester, sundry Subscriptions transmitted by Win. Fox, Esq. CLairithin oftheCoionlitteg 5596 13 A. B. troirf Mamihcstrr, per W. Fox, Ebi. ' , io to IL c. (Cato - . - ditto - ' t o t o C. 1.). ditto - _ ditto ' , - 5 5 Copley Saunders, Esq. Bristol ' - T '25 , 0 Parish of 1. - 'aulton, Sornersetshire, ,R. Wright 9 8 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF PEERS. THU4SDAY, MAY )5. the' House'proceeded, as usual; to Westminster Hall, and returned about font-, when an order was made to: proceed further pa the Trial of Lord Vis count Melville to-morrow, and a Message "sent to the House of CoMmons to acquaint them there with. • , The House resolved itself into a Committee on the Insolvent Debtors' Bill ' • several amendments were made,• on the -Motion - of Lord HOLLAND, without discussion, it being understood that another oppor tunity, was to be given" for discussing the Bill. The blanks left for the commencement of the operation of the Bill on those confined, was filled up with the Ist of February, 1806. A Clause ivas also intro duced for the Relief of Bankrupts 'in certain cases. The House having resumed, the Report was re ceived, and the Bill, with the Amendments, was, on the Motion of Lord Holland, ordered to be printed. Mr. Calcraft, Mr. Alexander, Sir Jacob -Miley, Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Chaplin, Sir William Middleton, Sir, John Frederick, Mr. Shelley, and several other Members of the House of Commons, brought up the Additional Force Repeal Bill, the Mutiny Bill, the Irish Treasury Bi)ls Bill, the Irish Loan Bill, and several Private Bills ; which were read a first time. The Additional' Force Repeal Bill was, on the Mo tion of Earl SPENCER, - ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, presented the Thirteenth Report of that Board ; which, on the Motion of Earl SPENCER, w‘as ordered to be printed. , Adjourned till to-morrow (thi day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY, MAY 15. ADMIRAL DUCKWORTH. ' The SPEAKER stated to the "House, that he had received a Letter 'from Admiral DuckwOrth, dated the Ist of May, in answer to the Vote of Thanks of the House to himself and the Officers and- Sea men under his cone nand The Letter was to the following purport : '' SIR, Superb, off Cales, May ir.. " I have received your's 'of the 25th of March, 'conveying the highest honour that can be conferred on any Officer in His Majesty's service, the Thanks of the Imperial Parliament of his Country. HoW ever feebly I may , be able to express the high sense which'l entertain of this high and "distinguished ho• flour, I certainly feel it deeply. The best return I can make on this occasion thr 'the proud'distin6tion which the House of Commons has conferred on tne by its approbation /of my condnd in the Battle of the 6th of February, off St. Domingo, is to. request you to assure the House, that I shall show my'gra titude in the manner which shall - be most agree able to them, and that is, by using My best efforts in opposing.:he Enemies of my King and Country,•-•-• They have done Me a particular favour when they desire that 'I should communicate 'their Thanks to the Officers under my command ; and no lesser-fa your when they desire that the Captains of the se veral Vessels should communicate to the Seamen and Marines the most hononrable reward of ,their services, the Thanks and Approbation of the Re presentatives of the Nation. I beg leave . to return my particular thanks to you- for your Congratu lations, and the .very handsome terms in which you have transmitted to me the: approbat ion of the House. " I have the honour to 6e, &c. '&c. J. T. DUCKWORTH." A Message from the Lords announced that they would proceed farther in the Trial of Lord Melville to-morrow. -Mr. HENRY THORNTON presented an Account of the Money laid out for the Sierra Leone Company, pursuant to the Grants.of Parliament.—Ordered to lie an the Table, and to be printed. Mr. WILLIAMS presented the Thirteenth Report of the Commissioners of Naval Inquiry.—Ordered to be printed, and to lie on the Table. The Irish Loan Bill, the Irish Treasury Bills' Bill, and the Mutiny Bill were read a third time and passed._ _ -Mr. Comtir moved for an Account of the Balances in the hands of the ColleCtors of the, Irish Customs, Excise, and Stamp Duties in the years 1 £lO4, 5; 6, with the Amount due and outstanding.—Ordered. SubscriptiOns from the Parishes,. with the Presby tery of Irvine : I aro, J. Mitpbell - ' Dur.JURe, Thorn 4 Brisbane Sreventown ? :Yr. lames Wodrow Curnbray, James Ado ot ' , 13eirit, t4obert NPNey T Loudon, A. Lawrie .. • - Kilwenning, tames Steven - nalry, J. '1 iiimiSoll , - West Kilbryde, A. Oughterzn S tevvarzon, lames Dutista* - K:ilrnarnock, A ndrew ~rant - Ardrown, joint Duncan - Kilbirney, ,Robert Urquhart . . Irvine, lames kiendersoh niegitorn, Andrew Haldane 39 8 7 46 7 : 6 to o iz o 9 3 0 so 0 0 It 0 0 9 4 0 38 17 0 63 9 10 b ,5 3 to n 78 o 0 IA 5 0 • ss3 to Parish of Whittingharn, Northum berland - - E. f.aw - Workmen belonging to the * Dovyii4 Iron W0r44, , Clarnorganshire, per Win; Ttitr, Esq. 34 IS I Tipton, Staprdshire o Church, 1. iloweil .s -i614 0 yultmieers of ditto - . - .fl II o pubscriptiopsip the Parish of ditto - 22 5 o . . Subscriptions continue to be received at Lloyd's, ant; at al) the Noser§ in Tovrt; and Country. 2 7 4 I, f. wp.,sf9RD 4 Sec. MARQUIS WELLESLEY Mr. PAuLL ro%e,-nursuant to notice, to move for a peremptory, Order to produce the Bhurtpore Pa pers. . He complained of the delay which had taken place without any reason assigned for it. Mr. CR Eli: P. 63" stated, that all that the. Board of Controul had to do with it was, to examine whether the Papers could be safely produced. He had, how ever, written twice to the Secretary at th e I n di a House, and had received for answer, that there was a chasm in the Records, and that he could not say when the Papers could be produced. The Hon.• Gentleman. had already made ninety-eight Motions. fbr India Papers Of a minute nature, none 91 which had been refasZfd - him, and Therefore it was not sur prising if there was some delay. The regular Do cuments laid on .the Table, by the Board of Cotitroul, would best shew the state of India, and ,he adVised the House to .attend to theseparticularly. Mr. FRANCIS, said, that the Houe was obliged to him for his advice; but, at the same time, he must allow the Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Paull) to be the best judge of what Papers would best suit his own purpose. It was said, that there was a Chasm in the Records. He hoped that would be accounted for. We had bef6re heard of chasms in the Records; but he saw no reason why that should prevent the pro duaion of the. Papers: it ought rather to render it easier. Sir HUGH INGLIS exculpated the .Direaors, by stating, that the Documents had not arrived from Bengal, but that they were expeated by the first Ship. - . Lord MORPETH said, that it was no slight matter to bring a charge of wishing to .occasion delay against th e.Board of Coil troul.. Mr,'PntiLL said, that . he had brought no dire& charge and consented, for the present, to with draw his Motion, He also gave notice that tomor row he would move' that the. Order for the Protest of Mr. Bosanquet and others should be rescinded. Lord TEIV;PL moved for an Account of the quan tity of Sugar imported into Tortola from the Virgin Islands during three ..years ending the stll of Jan. 'lBO5, After a few words from Mr. Rost - and Mr. VAN. SMART, this was agreed to.. ARMY ESTIMATES. The SECRETARY AT WAR brought . up the Army Estimate's tbr the year. He would move them on Wednesday, as it was desirable to forward the mea-, sures of Administration , about which the Gentlemen, on the other side were so anxious. He hoped a week would be thought sufficient time for the con sideration of these Estimates.-:---Ordered to lie on the Table. On the Motion of General TARLEToII - the Ab stra& of the Estimates were ordered to be printed. The further consideration of the Report of the Tortola Free Port Bill was postponed till Monday. The Report of the Committee of Supply, rela tive to the'.grant of 10,0001. to, Bethlem Hospital; was brought up and the Resolutions ftgreed to. PROPERTY TAX. The Property Duty Bill was committed. The Chairman having come to that part which related to the interest on Exchequer Bills, a•. short conversation took place on the ditticult)% of colletting that interest. ' Mr. Alderman PRILVSEP said, that it' was no slight consideration how Government was to procure the interest on a sum of twenty-seven or twenty eight millions. He objeded tO the system of Ex chequer Bills altogether ;: it was throughout an il legal, an impolitic, and unconstitutional mode of anticipating the supplies : he thought the 'greater part of them ought to be funded, - when - the chasm would be supplied by Bank Notes, .and much more money would go to promote the adive commercial interests of the Country. ' Mr. FRANCIS said, that the question was of particular importance : but he saw no reason why the Bills should be funded,,as Government was in the habit of paying them off at par, and they . might be paid in -as taxes. These things, with the facility .which" they afforded in commercial transadions, would always keep them at'pr. Mr. YANSITTART contended, • that the system of Exchequer Bills was neither impolitic nor un constitutional ;, and mentioned, that it was intended to brina up a new Clause on this subjed. _ _ After a iew words from Mr. Jon Ns 7 ioNE and Lord. HENRY PETTY, the. Clause passed. On the Clause for raising the sum of 10 per Cent. on Property in the Funds, a very long discussion took place. . Mr. HOLFORD thought it extremely hard that a person who had an income of 50i. or 601. a year arising from Property in the Funds should be under the necessity of paying 51. or 61. annually Out of it i he ;would think it more advisable that the Tax should' be increased progressively on the higher orders to a greater extent than it now is, than that the Tax should be leißed on persons in such con fined circumstances. Lord HEIVRY PETTY informed the Hon.Mern! ber, as 'he had uniformly stated before, that it was his intention in the formation of the Aa, that a ma terial distintton should be made between those who were in possession of any permanent property, whe ther fro'm Land, the Funds, or any other source, and. those who had only .a casual income derived from manual - labour, or any other source tithich must ne cessarily vary, and which was hardly worth two years purchase. The reason was, that a mechanic, when he had raised 501.. 601. or perhaps 701. a year by his industry, he had exhausted all the sources of his subsistence—whilst those that ,were in possession 'of landed or funded property could by their in. : dustry, or perhaps by a redudiou of their capital, be placed in circumstances which would. admit of their paying the Tax with but very little comparative in convenience. The Hon. Member had recommended to him to adopt a' mode .of raising the, taxes of the rich, and exempting the poor. 01 all the dangerous doarines that could possibly be. held out in a Le gislative ASsembly, there was ,not one that could possibly be more mischievous in its tencielicv than that of equalizing all ranks of society; 'by re hieing the higher orders . to a level with those of a dif ferent class, and depriving them of every comfort which they had a right to'exped from their exalted situation. , Mr. WILBERFORCE stated an' hypothetical case of two men ,supposed to have died . the one left his widow - 20001. in the Punds, which produced an in come of. 601. per annum, and the widow was obliged to pay 61. a year duty ; the other left an estate, out of which an annuity of 601, was to be paid to his widow, and she would pay only ten shillings yearly. He suggested that the further consideration of this measure' should be postponed, in order that Gentle- Men might have more ample, opportunity of turning the subject in their minds. • Sir _HOBERT "BUXTON was of opinion, that the Tax would-press .most partictilarly harition the Landed Interest. If a man had 10,0001: tolay out in land, it would not produce hint more_ than 31. per cent.7—whereas, if . he purchased •in the Funds he could be sure of 51. per cent. He would wish to see the' two classes brought to an equality. - Sir CHARLES PRICE, Mr. SPENCER STANHOPE, Mr, JOHNSTONE, Mr. BABINGTON; and Mr. FRAN cis stated different cases of hardship under this Clause. Mr. FOX observed, that according to the ex tent of a man's • income in many different situa, tibns, he 'might have it in his poWer to make such alteration in his expenditure as that the Tax would not - entirely crush him ; he might be able, in some measure, to relieve himself : if he was on the first floor, for instance, - he might remove to the 2d, and so lessen his: expellees ; he was on the 2d already, he might be driven 'to the attic story; but, where a man was found 'to be already .in the cellai, where. could he ,be sent to—what resource could he have ? Mr. aUDD LE STONE asked, if a person should have the interest of 6001. in the funds, which, in the 5 per cents. produced him 301. a-year, should that person be obliged to pay 31. tax, although it was not in his power to sell (Int ? Mr. FOX observed, that there was a general prin., ciple on which the Bill was founded, namely, that all should be bound to pay something towards the, exigencies of the State, in proportion to their means of subsistence. But there was another, and a very different, principle in the exceptions to that general rule--that was, that care should be taken as far as pbssible tha . ; no mln be driven to the necessity of seeking, parochial or accidental relief in consequence of the ,cpamegts of the Bill, Any person who should be foUnd to be , pesFessed of capital in the. funds which prodticed him 301. or any other such . yearly, should be bound to pay in the same manner as those who had property in land were obliged to pay, because in that case the Tax towards the sup port of the State could he paid without lessening his 'capital, or in any material degree trenching on his income. But, where there was only a life interest in the funds without any claim on the capital, there the exemptions would extend. He was fully aw are that there were many just ohjeEtions to this Tax • and, unless one had a heart o f stone , i t would be impossible to hear the many cases of extreme hard ship which occurred, Without being moved by them: But it was to be recolleeted that the first Plan of Assessments ,was very bad-,then came the. Income Tax; that was not quite so bad as theformer—now the Property Tax was under discussion, and that he would not Say was better, but 'he would maintain that it was less bad than'the measure which pre ceded it. He was far from, entertaining auy idea of casting the slightest degree of refleetion on any per son whatever, but the measure had been found to - be produ&ive before it came into his hands, or those of his Noble Friend (Lord H. Petty) ; the general circumstances of the Country required that some thing more than the usual modes of taxation should be resorted to, .and though the outline of the former system,might be said to be adhered to, it was as much modified and prevented from being vexatious or oppressive, in its, tendency as it was possible to do, and at the same time retain the aelually pro- duEtiVe part - Of the measure. In fact every where he vvent ; he heard cries of " You know that great exertions arc necessaryoii know that you have a large fleet to upport—don't let your pacific- dispo sition lea - d you into any laxity -of conduia." Yet, when the honour and the safety of the Empire may be said to be at stake, Gentlemen objeEted to every provision of - an Aet.Which had formerly passed the House in a far more objectionable shape. If one man was made a little richer or another a little poorer, It might, be. so ; but it was ,impossible to avoid it. It Was something like; if yOu grant Mr. Thi s or Lord Stich-a-one a favour, there may be some jealousy be tween them and some other persons; but-it was im possible to fix the scale with that degree of:, aced racywhich might be wished for. The House then divided. • Clause— - Contents - Non-Contents For the Original • • • Majority - _- 40 , - The Other Clausesin 'the Bill were then gone. through. Mr. VANSITTART brought up several nest' 'Clauses. Among others, a Clause exempting 'per sons from Penalties for not making-Returns .- under theAel where it appeared that they had not been re gularly served with Niitices.; and a Clause, con formably to the suggestion of Mr. Francis, for levy ing the Tax on Exchequer Bills and other unfunded Property, in. the same manner as it is appointed to be levied on funded P.rOperty—the Regulation in this'respeca' to commence from the I oth of October next. . . The House then..resumed, and the Report was. ordered to be ,re.xei , (:l 'this day, it being under stood that the Clausei were not to be debated - till Monday. The other n: - (lers of the Day were then dis' posed Df.--Atiiol.lrlled At Half-past Twelve o'Clock, • ARRIVED-[ Dublin, 1, Waterford., Hamburgh, I - Gotteiburgb, t Dublin, iWatOrford. k)1 STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. _ Consols _ 6o k THE SUN. SOLE:VI QUIs DICERg SALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 18Q6. Trip intelligence from 'lndia contained in the fol• lowing Gazette Extraordinary must be highly satis faCtory to the Public, particularly as the most gloomy predictions have been frequently made re., speaing our Possessions in that quarter.' The cha• ,ra&er of, Sir GEORGE nattLow is held in high re. sped for sagacity and caution, as well as for know ledge and experience, and we may be assured that he would not speak so favourably of his expectations of the future, unless upon the fairest ground Of pro bability: Hence whatever may be the malice of BONAPARTE, and his desire of disturbing our tran qUillity- in the - East, he has little temptation to ven ture upon enterprize in that quarter, while we are likely to establish a. p.ermanent pacification with the Native PowerS: • THE " LONDON GAZETTE EXTR/fORDINA RY, FRIDAY, MAY 16. Whitehall, May 15. A Dispatch has been received at the Easandia, House, from Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bart. dated Illababad, the 4th December, 1805, of which the following is an Extraa : have now the honour to inform your Honour-. able Court, that, on the 22d ultimo, a Definitive Treaty ,was concluded between the Right, Honour able Lord Lake and the Plenipotentiary Agent of Dowlut Row Scindiah, upon Terms which appear to me to be calculated to establish the relations of • amity and'concord between the two States upon the most secure and permanent foundation. Your 'Honourable Court will also have the sa tisfadion to be apprised of the ecpe&ation which - I confidently entertain of-a speedy and favourable ter- .i -mination.of hostilities with juswunt Row Holkar, and of tae C94seqw:lt inlortapi rccludion in the