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sortie of the Irish Mijitia Colonels who were now in toWLL ASSESSED TAXES AND EXEMPTIONS. On the Motion 'of Lord HENRY PETTY, the House resolved itself into a CommitteeOf Ways and Means. The SPEAKER having,left the I~hair, Lord HENRY PETTY observed, that after what had beerl_ already. said on the subje& to which the was now to call the attention of the House, it would be unnecessary for him to trouble the Committee at any length., 'He need do nothing more than 'state,- that according to the intimation Wlich he had given on a former occasion, it was proposed to raise 10 per cent on the amount of the AsseSied . ..Taxes. He would accordingly now move .a Resolution to that effe&., With. regard to the. other Motion which he had to submit to the HOuse,. it related to . the exemp tions which it was in contemplation to allow to persons having small incomes and large families.. The objeta of it Was to allow a deduaion of 4 . percent..forevery child .above two, cases of Assessment' tinder the amount of "401. ; As ..far as the - ratio‘eXtendecl, this would apply to incomes tip,to the amount of one thou sand;.or between one'and two thousand pounds. This would embrace the whole of, the exemptions that could have been claimed on this account under the Property Tat; and be4idei, it pesse'ssed the advantage of being more full, general, and permanen4 the ex emptions under the Property Tax being necessarily temporary.' By - this means he avoided all the inccin yeniencies which would attend the granting of such .eprnptions under thrfiropertyTax ; and when he resisted the exemptions in that foim, he had some thing like the present plan in contemplation. He concluded - by moving, That towards 'raising the Supplies granted to his Majesty, there be an allow, ance On every Assessment made or to be made by virtue of an A& of the 43d of the King, - Pfter the sth of April, 1806, of an additional, rate of 10 per cent. on the amount of Assessment. ' Mr. HUSKISSON expressed some doubtS as. to the produce of the tax. • He rather apprehended that it would not turn out so produdive as it was at first expeded. There was a difference between the sum'that might be calculated on in the assessment aid the sum that might be received in the Exchequer. •It; ought to be reeolleded that the Property Tax had bean raised from G 3 to 10 per cent. and the effed of this certainly *ould be to reductf their establiShments Bo as to be liable to a smaller portion of the Assessed Taxes. , • Mr. FRAIVCIS,having eLre ex ss e. ed bis opi nion that no' new Taxes were necessailifor the ser vice of the present year, and having poinie out a mode (taxing foreign property in the " Fads) by which a large sum might be procured, it could not be supposed that he, could be very well disposed to any tax whatever. However he had no particular objedion to this beyond what he would have to any other. Mr.DENT observed, that the principle of ex 7 eroption of Foreign Property in the Funds from the Property Tax applied to the Parish Taxes. He was proceeding to complain of the hard Ships under which annuitants laboured, when he was stopped by the Chairman (Mr. - Hobhouse), whO stated, that the only question at present was with regard to the Assessed Taxes. Mr. BAKER contended that the Hon. Gentle man.over the way (Mr. Huskisson) was incorrect his statement as to the effects whicirthe raising of the Property Tan on the produce of the Tax now proposed. The fad was, that every ouc must give an account of his establishment as it was the precedino - , year, and therefore could not avoid this tax for the present. Mr. BASTARD suggested, that the grounds and waste lands which were called public property might furnish a resource for the public expenditure. Mr. ,HUSKISSONnberved, that it would be proper to consider whether, as the balances in the liands'of the Collectors would be increased by the addition to the tax, they ought not to have less poundage-than before, or whether they should have any. Lord HENRY PETTY replied, that the batances had beed very much diminished. After some further observations .from Mr. ROSE, Lord HEN,RY PETTY, •Mr. BASTARD, Mr. nENT, and Mr. HusictssoN, the Resolution was agreed to, and the House resumed. Report to-morrow. Lord‘HENRY PETTY then moved, that the House should to-morrow resolve itself into a Committee on the At of 43d. of the King relative to the Taxes, with a view to refer to that Committee his Plan of exemptiohs for personS having small incomes and large families.—Ordered. ELECTION TREATING ACT, Mr. TIERNEY_ moved the third reading of .the Dalian Treating Bill. Mr. BLACKBURN observed, that this Bill was more than a Declaratory Bill, for it alloWed car riages to be provided for conveying the Voters to the hustings, which was more than wits warranted by the A& of King William.. He concurred with the Hon. Gentleman in his view of thi3 - subjea . , as it :was found in the Bill in its original state. But .the Hon. Gentleman had 'agreed to an Amendment, which altered the nafute of his Bill, and which would leave him without support from either side of the House. He concluded by moving, that the Bill be lead a third time this day three months. .Lord . A. HAMILTON i ffe. - ed entirely from the .Hon. Gentleman who spoke last. He had the strongest obje6tions to the Bill as it originally stood. Now he thought it .was perfenly nugatory, and on that ground he.w6uld.vote against it. _ _ - Mr. MORRIS' contended,._ that this was barely a Declaratory Bill; and that there ought to be no De claratory Bill except in cases of serious doubt. Now here, he contended, there was no good ground for doubt, for tie spirit and letter of the Act 'of King \Valiant was against giving money on any pretence. It was true, that Committees had decided, that .giv ing compensation for loss of time, and so forth, - was not bribery ; but no Committee had decided thht the giving of, money was legal. He opposed the Bill, therefore, as nugatory. Sir WILLIAMD - OLilENtbought that if money was.to be given, it ought to belodged by both Ca'n didatei with the Returning Officer, so that there. conld,be no bribery on either side. Sir ROBERT BUXTON expressed his surprise at what had.fallen from the respeaable Baronet, and contended, that no money ought to be given by the Candidate on any pretence whatever. Whoever gave money was not a .constitutional representative of the people. , . . . Sir W. 1)043 L::: explained.. : Mr. BAKER dwelt AipOn ; the inconsistency of providing carriaesfor the vote's, and not supplying them wj.th =Meat and dtink ki the and con . ... ;.road, tended,lhat those 'who '''ditt l Aot reside iii the'places Where their franchises lay would suffer no hardshipS though allowed no conveyance whatever. Ire-op poSed-the Bill. . --- - - , - Mr. TIERNEY, though not in an ; unpleasant situation, because. he was ,doing his duty, .yet felt . himself in an extraordinary one for having brought an a Bill to Which there were some obje6tions, by agreeing to remove 'which objepions, he lost the support he had before, without gaining any thing to counterbalance the loss.. He entered at some length into the decisiOns . Of the Committees, and drew the conclusion from the whole, that the principles on Which they decided Were very unsettled. 'He con tended, therefore, that there 'was a strong necessity for a Bill of this nature to set the point at rest. This, . was his obje&. . He himself had as little interest in thequestion as any body. He had often received letters on many subjeas which he brought befofe the House, abusing him in severe terms; but all the letters he received on this subje& were filled with thanks. If the House did not pass. this Bill, great mischief would be done, for it would be understood that henceforth money - might be freely given. Mr. FOX scarcely thought it necessary to say any thing, as this Bill did not appear to, be very favour ably, received. He opposed it, hoWever, on the principle, that it went to diminish the number Of Ele&ors, a thing which he thought ought parti cularly to be guarded against. The lemurs 'Which 'tie Hon. Gentleman had received on this subject .were probably from persons 'who intended to be ',Candidates. The Clause he did not conceive to be So uncertain as_ it had been represented, and at any rate he thbught it no great evil ,that some latitude 'was allow'ed, as the Committees ailing as Juries would eN.amine every case on its own merits. If, however, any thing was to be done in this case, something more would be necessary than mere ex anation. 6 - 4. . The House then. divided. ' il • - . For the third reading - - - 1 7 6 ik .. , Ac'ainst it - 12. C) - (25 Nlajority - The Bill was'accordingly iltiown out. - CHELSEA HOSPITAL BILL. When Strangers were adthitted into the Gallery, it appeared that Mr. WlNtSupt had moved the re commitment of the Chelsea Atospital Bill. BAISTARD mentioned that orders had been sent to the Secretaryat War , for theissue of the Jane Allowances to some of the Volunteer corps, anti that the issnes had actually been made: He wished to know, Whether it was intended to extend this to other Corps ? Mr. 11/1 MO II AAI replied, that nothing had been done but what wail - intended to be done according to, the Plan.which he had stated to the Hon*, which had notbeen altered in this-respeEt. The Bill was then recollornitted. In the Committee a conversation of some length took place relative to the propriety of Parliathent be ing called upon to engage-to make good the expences arising from certain regulations befOre they knevir what these regulations were. Mr. HustussoN, on the one hand; contended that this was not proper ; while Mr. WitiplrAm,tNr, Fox, and Dr. LAW RENCE; on the,other side, argued that- it was a rea sonable degree of disCretion to be allowed to the Crown, and a thing that had often been done before. • Sir JAmEs PULTENEY expressed 'his hope that Sol diers who misbehaved shOuld not have the penSions. Mr. WINDHAM - said; that, according to his present idea, this would be decided by a Court Mar , tial. At all events, this point might be discussed when the regulations came before the House. • After sOnie observations' from Mr. HusactssoN, General TAR LETON, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, and Mr. BASTARD, one clause was left out, and the others agreed to.—Report to-morrow. The Thread , Lace Bill was read a 2d time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. • , Mr. FOSTER said, there was an Order in .the Paper for the second reading of the Foreign Linen Drawback Bill. Counsel were to be heard on it; and he would be guided by the Gentlemen at the oppo site side of the House, whether it should be post poned or not; for his part lie thought that, on ac count of the state of the Honse,. several Gentlemen beingabsent who wished to hear the matter discussed, it would be better, to postpone the second reading until Wednesday next; to which day he then moved it should be deferred., Lord A. HAMILTON 'said, be did not well know what to say to the Hon: Gentlethan's Motion; but being convinced in himself, that the measure was not yet advisable, he would move, " that instead of Wednesday next, should be inserted thiS day three months`."' Mr. MAGENS made a few observations on the state of the trade, from the cm]sideratiOn of which, he said, he was very desirous of seconding the Mo tion of the Noble Lord. Earl TEMPLE said, he thought it necessary that. this business should be explained to the House before it was absolutely decided on. The Board of Trade had formerly come to a resolution to allow a drawback on the duties on foreign striped and' chequered linens, but not on plain ; the objed of this was, to increase the exportation of our own plain linens ; but, by a mistake in the wording of the AEI, the plain; as well as chequered linens, were inserted. Now, on the faith of this Act. of Parlia ament, the merchants here had sent orders to the foreign markets ; 'so that if this Bill was now to pass, it would a&, much to the disadvantage of these merchants. For - this reason he thought Parliament was ,pledged to hold them harmless; and, he there fore, conceived himself bound to suppat the Amend ment. Mr. MAGENS explained. Mr:STEWART was of opinion that Ireland Ws . a capable of supplying the 'foreign markets with linen of the best quality, and therefore would support the original Motion. Mr. -FOSTER thought the Noble Earl (Earl Temple) should have explained the matter more fully. Atter this mistake in the wording of the Act kid been ciiscovered, he had proposed that the Bill he had the honour of introducing should not take effect until every order that could pdssibly go from this Country to foreign Merchants should have been executed. By the Ist of :November he conceived that these orders would be perfeaed but if other Gentlemen did not think so, that was no reason why the Bill should be thrown out en tirely. It was a subjea.thai could be considered, and settled in a Committee ; and he, therefore, thought, that the Amendment should not be allow ed; but that the Bill should be committed, when a time might. be fixed on, to preclude all possibility of the merchants, who bad sent orders, being injured. _Earl TEMPLE, in explanation, said, the term from which this Bill was to have effe& could not be agreed on, and that was his reason- for. supporting the Amendmen►. Lord HENRY PETTY said, as it was agreed by all that there was a mistake, it should be redified as soon as possible. The Committee, he considered, as the proper place to deliberate on the term that should be allowed ; he believed it was required that until the Ist of March should be allowed, and he hoped his Noble Friends would consent to have the matter discussed in a Committee. Mr. ROSE agreed with the Noble Lord, and said, that the negle& was in a measure attributable to him, and he would be very sorry, on' that ac count, that every chance of readying it should be taken away. A Gentleman, whose name we could not learn, declared himself in favour of the original Motion. Sir J. NEWPORT hoped the Noble Lord would withdraw his Amendment, as, by rejecting the Bill in the present stage, it would appear as if the prin ciple was objeote% to, when, in reality, the only question was with regard to time, and he was sure the HOn. Gentleman opposite to him (Mr. FOSTER) would be willing to make every allowance. It was then agreed that both the Motions should be withdrawn, and the Bill, at the request of Mr. Foster, was read a . second time,:aiicl - orderebt to he committed on Thursday next. The, Committees un /he Excise Office, Stamp Office, post Office, ,and West India Auditor's 'Nils; were severally postponed until to-morrow,' and the other Orders of the Day being disposed. of, 'the House adjourned. Aax 1V D Dublin, 4 Watetford, Dar -3 Harnburgb, z Guttenburgb, i Lisbon, i Dublin, t Waterford. PRICE t) I STOCKS THIS DiuY AT TWRLVIL Consols . - - 6i Reck.: Ann. - 60, ` THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1805. WE have received American Papers to the 13th 'ult. from which we are sorry to find that the unfor tunate death of John Pearce, the American Seaman, has led to consequences much more serious than we at first apprehended. That a Party devoted to-France, and anxiously seizing every opportunity of creating . differenCes between Great 'Britain and 'America, should have availed itself of this ;unfortunate acci dent, and should. have prafaned every artifice to in flame the popular fury, might naturally have been expected; but we certainly could not suppose that the ExeCutive Government of America would have suffered itself to be so completely influenced by po pular prejudice as it has in.the present. itistance.— The President of the United States has issued a Pro clamation against Capt. WHITBY, for, Murder, order.: ing that he shall bt , arrested if he shall be found within \ tile jurisditaion of the United States. The Leander, the Cambrian, and the Driver, are ordered immediately to quit the Harbours and Waters of the United States, and forbid ever to return.---,„ The same prottibition is extended to all 'Vessels that 'may . hereafter be' commanded by Captains WHITBY, NAIRNE, and SIMPSON. This Procla mation is couched in the most decisive terms,. and seems almost to preclude any explanation upon the subjed. It is also stated, that the Congress, which had adjourned till DeCeMber, would be as sembled in the course of the present month. The other articles in these ,Papers relate princi- - pally to General MIRANDA, but they do not contain any intelligence respe&ing his extraordinary expedi tion of a more • recent date than that which we have already laid before. our Readers. TOM PAINE 'has published a Letter, the obje& of which is, to prove that General MIRANDA was consulted by . Mr. PITT at the time of the i diScUssions between Great Britain • and Spain, relative to Nootka Sound. WE last night received Paris and Dutch Papers, the former to . the Ist, , and the latter to the sth in stant, and we are also enabled to anticipate the intel ligence which mar be expeaed in the Hamburgli Mail due on Wednesday last. , The IVloniteur of the 30th ult. contains a very detailed account of an Engagement which took place between the Russians 'and the French, in Lessina, an Island in the Adriatic, in which it is stated that the Russians were defeated in an attempt which they made to obtain possession of the Island.—The same Paper _also states, that the British Squadron cruizing before Naples had made an attack upon Procida and D'lschia, two small Islands on the northern side Of the Bay of Naples ; but that it had completely failed. The particulars ace not mentioned. The F•:rtress of Gaeta still holds. out, and it is now said that the French will attempt to storm it. The Garrison Consists of .about 2000 men, , and has lately been reinforced. The discussions, between • , France and . Austria appear to be going - on with in creased aaivity. General ANDREOSST, who had left Vienna on his return to Paris, received orders at Munich to return to that City ; and M. TALLEY.. RAND, nephew to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, arrived at Vienna on the 20th ult. .with Dispatches for the French‘Ambassador M. RocHr- FOUCATJLT. YESTERDAY Lord HENRY PETTY propose& in the Flouse of Commons an additional Dlity of Ten per Cent. upon the Assessed T4xes, in lied of the Tax upon . Private Brewing. He also stated the nature of the relief which he proposed to extend to per- sons with large families and small incomes, under the Property A&, viz. a - .dedu6tion of 4 per Cent. ifor each child above two, to persons not being as sessed at more than 401 a-year. The Election Treating Bill, introduced' by TIERNEY, was' yesterday negatived in the House of Commons. We 'some time ago, in animadverting upon this Bill,. observed, that it would certainly tend to abridge the number of Eledors and it was on this very ground that Mr. Fox last night acknow ledged himself unfriendly to it. The report which has for the last two days been prevalent, that Lord HOwicx had been prevailed upon to accept the Governor-Generalship of India, was this day more confidently circulated. The ta lents of. the Noble Lord, the general estimation in which his chara6ter is held, and the independence of his situation, in point of property, render him not only eligible for such an important station, but amply quay him to discharge it with honour to himself and his Country.. The Racehorse S/OOp of War,: with a Fleet under Convoy for the Mediterranean, arrived at Cork on the 4th instant. • Sunday evening at . seven o'clock His MAJESTY and three of the PRINCESSES, came on the Terrace, to the high gratification of the numerous visitors. HER MAJESTY and PRINCESS AUGUSTA soon after. Lord CRANLEY and Lady ILCHESTER were among the company. Her Majesty's Band played, for the first time this season, - with the addition of kettle .drums, which lately came from Hanover; they were beat•in a masterly style by Master KELLNER. The ROYAL FAMILY remained till half past eight. Yesterday morning His MAJES rY, the DUKE of YORK and PRINCESSES, rode on horseback by Cran bourne Lodge. His MAJESTY iS expected in town to-morrow. Yesterday morning the DUCHESS of YORK left , town for Oatlands. The DUKE set off for Windsor on military business with His MAJESTY, ,arid after wards went to Oatlands, where he will remain dux ingAscot Races. - All the passebgers.on board the Lady li ; u7ges 'were saved, except Messrs MUNK, BUNNY, and KYD, Cadets ; Mr. Cock, Chief Mate; and Mr. DICK, Purser. One hundred and eighty-four persons were on board the Lady Barges, 34 of whom were lost. There was , not any bullion un board the Lady Borges ; the packets of dispatches and letters ere not saved, owing to the very great surf, which pre vented the Captain from maKing any effort to get them out of the Ship. The Boats of me Leopard made great exertions, otherwise more persons would have gone down with the Ship. _ A correct list of the Passengers, saved, and the names of the Ships they were proceeding to India in, are as follow, viz.— Per LORD NELSON—Mrs. Dixon Miss Dixon, two Miss Arnolds, Miss Harctwicke, Colonel Hardwicke, Coioncl Ar nold, Mr. H. Wakeman, Writer, Frederick De Cruze, Na. tive Servant, and Anthony Rozedo, ditto. Per Lo an MELVILLE—Mr. Stephens, Assistant-Surgeon, Lieut. Hook, 33d Regiment, Mr. Simson, cadet, Mr. t;eo. Ashe, ditto, Cowen, Native Servant, and Thomas, ditto. Per ASlA—Messrs. P. Brown, Askew, and Whillington, Cadets. Per WA t.rnAmsTow—Messrs. Pritchard, Stewart, Brad shaw, Foster, and Gennard, Cadets. Pet AL EX . e.NDER—MeSSI - S. Richardson and Marshall, Cadets. • Per SOVER EI Colebrooke, Cadet ; and Mr. An gou Assistant - Surgeon. In the 'Fleet—Messrs. Hunter, Wilson, and Bourg. Total. lost—Chief Mate,..a; Purser, z ; Cadets, 3 ; Ship's Company, a ; Soldiers, 3 Ditto Wives, 2 ; Ditto Child, t ; Native Women, 5-34. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR gave an elegant en tertainment, at the Mansion-House,,to Admirals Sir J. DUCKWORTH, Six' T. Louis, Lord NORTHESK, Captain Sir ft B. NEALE, and several other Noble men and Gentlemen. THE THEATRE.—The Hay Market Theatre open ed for the season last night, with Tie Mountaineers. The part of, Oblavian was performed by Mr. RAE, who has, we understand, acquired considerable re putation on the Bath Stage. Mr. RAE is a hand- Some genteel-looking young man ; his features are • regular and expressive.; he has b o ld pi erc i ng e y es , and he poSsesses altogether what - is ge n e r a lly called a good stage face. His voice has considerable corn pass.' The loWer tones are very deep and somewhat haish. His action is easy, and apparently prompted by his feelings. The charader of 06/avian was avowedly written with a purposed adaptation to the talents and qualities of the original performer, and his representation of it so fully embodied the design of the author as to preclude alibis successors from an oppor tunity of placing it in a new point of view.—Mr. RAE, of course, was, obliged.to follow the original model, but there seemed to be something,of enthusiasm in his manner that indicated native genius. He had a strong party of friends in the house,. but he was very w(t,ll received by the audience in general. Mr. WHITFIELD, an ador long known to the Public, and whose efforts were always marked by good sense, was last night properly restored to the stage, in the part of Beicaiim Muley, which he performed in a very respeotable manner. The Theatre,has received a great acquisition in Mrs. GLovEft, who performed the part of Florantlte. Her talents are certainly best fitted for comedy, but she always displays feelins and 'a just concepticin of charader. The Theatre was much better attended than is usual at the opening of the season.