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THE NEW INCOME nfix DILL.

It ISTANCE OF Tlll/4' SILI. AS A:AINDFO Ile THE
COM Ail I EF::: FUR GRANTING To lila MAJESTY
nits ADDITIONAL RATES AND DUTIES ON
A It ISIISC. 11105! FROPEATT, Pitll.ll-
- TRADES, •1411 ,:at•T set-
/ els.
After repealing the AR of ;he 43d of the King,
the Bill enuas, that duties to the .mount of double
dime imposed by that AA, eherged and
pid front an 4, after the Ste of April, teed ; namely,
two shillings for ev.ry twenty shillings of annual
profit derived from lan •ed property, professions,
trades, Annuities, pensions. Ste.; ant for houses And
lands charged in resee • of the occur trio.• thereof,
the suth of one.sltulli g and sixpence in England,
and dew AilLng iu Sco,iand.
The Commissioners for the general purposes of
the late Aa, aging as such for the yeei immediately
preceding the commencement of this Aft, may con-
tlnue in their;stfEce-, if Limy chute. Slew Commis-
sioners are to he et c• n front the Commis.: niers of
Land Tax, at a general meeting convenes: by She-
riffs.
Persons to be qualified to ad as Cnmtnissio'sers for
counties, muse possess a eleir lucerne of .2'../Ois.
year, derivable front lands or houses; or he pose
sessed cif personel t stet,• id the value of 50001. ; or
be the eldest son of s• me person rem shall he seized
of a like estate of 'Mice the velee. A motets of
the queTificetion i•t lands to be in the county. F
cities, (owes, 'Mt boroughs, the qu ilifica•ion of a
Commissioner is the poesessien of half the property
required fos'a Commissii ner of a county.
Additional Commissioners are recpared to possess
an e,tate of h ill the value recpiirea for a Commis-
sioner for general pm pates.
Provided always, and be it further enesfted, that
nothing herein cunt-ined smell he construed to re-
quite any qaelificetion of a Commissioner in the
distrh, of the palaces of WHi hall and St. James,
Westminster, for airy Office wh • shall have here-
Solute acted or may hereener ad as a Commissioner
tOr putting in excution the said 1..a..d lax Act in
the said sus rift, 0. cr than the possession of their
respea ; nor in ante shir, r stewertry in
aro la. i s :or a .y prov •st, b tithe, D an cf
tre.t r'r, m •ster of the en .thanes company, or
et. eau vet of ese trades, for the time being, of
aey Hire; tar 1. in 5- 'and. DOT A• y Willie, for the
time bein , a y h of regality or barony, in
S od tad.., • •••• • s i r the time being, on Lie
see ral t • i • •; _es tonexed to us- crown. by
aim .ad pissed in the • enty-fifth year of his let..
I;.jesty King George the Second, who shell be re-
.
tredevely aepain eJ Commissioners for executi g
cite said Land *lax Aab in any shire or cewartry
:Scotland.
All ads which may be done by any Commis-
;Meets, may he doi e by any two or more of them, or
by the major part of such Commissioners, where
more than two shall be present; and no fee, reward,
sit try, pay, or compensation shell he demaedei,
allow,. I, paid, or taken by any such Commissitt 'et,
on any pretence whatev.r.
The Governor and Direaors of the Company of
the Bank of England, in respell of the annuities
ray ,hle to ti.e sold Company at the receipt of Ex-
enever, cometeely called Bank Stock; the Direc-
tors or the United Company of Merchants cf Eng-
land, trading to the East-Indies, in reaped of the
eimuities payable to the said Company, at the said
receipt, commenly called East India Stock ; and the
Governors and Direftors of the Company of Mer-
chants trading to the South Seas, in respell of an-
nuities payable to the said Company, at the said re-
ceipt, commonly called South Sea Stock, or any
three or m-re of them respeaively, shall resped-
ively be Como i.siorers lot the general purposes of
this aet, so fa es r. seeds the duty on such annuities,
and the profits attached to the same. and divided
amcreest the several proprietors, and shall resped-
ively have autho. ity, as such Commissioners, to ex-
ercise all the powers of this ate, in relation to the
duty to be charged on such annuities and profits at-
tached to the same; but, nevertheless, separate and
distina from the amount of any other annual pro-
fits and gains in respell of the trade and commerce
or business of such Companies respeaively, over
and above such dividends and profits attached ;here-
to, and divided as aforesaid ; and the proper officers
or persons employed in the payment of dividends
on such annuities, and profits attached thereto, and
divided as aforesaid, are tespeCtively hereby autho-
rised to -min and deduct, out of such dividends
end profits, a proportionate part in respell of the
duty so assessed, except in suelt cases where a cer-
tificate of exemplios or silt ttement shall have been
granted to the party entitled to any such dividends
..r ptofiee, in which cases the excess of the duty so
tecssed, over and above the sum allowed by such
certificete, and no more, shall be so retained and de-
dueled ; and such ofilcer and person aforesaid, and
all others employed on behalf of the said com-
T•aslies, and the Governors and Directors thereof
e•espeflively, is and are hereby indemnified front
such deditetions, and the persons demanding such
dividends or profits are hereby required to al-
low such deduCtioes on the receipt of the residue
of such dividends or profits, anti shall give ac-
quittances toe the same, as if die whole of said
divideeds will profits had been paid to them re-
speCtively ; ind such Commissioners shall have au-
tenrity re use, exercise, and apply all the powers of
tem Act as ereeetually as any other Cepsmissiuners
SIC hereby auteorizet.l to use, exercise, nr apply the
sinie, so far as the same relate to the said last-men-
tioned duties.
file same persons who shall act as Commis-
sioners, in respell of the Annuities payable to tha
ternpany of the husk of England, shall have au-
thority to Imes. the said Company for and in respect
of all and eve, y the ptofits of the said Company
Imre sle by this A 3; and the said Governor and
Company shall came the sum assessed co be paid
so:,, His Majesty's recent of the Exchequer t and no
o her Commissimiete shall duet:ere in the assess-
reents of profits belonging to the SADIII Company.
The same persons who shell act as Commissioners
43 list aforesaid, shall also be ennimissioners for the
Purenses of assessM4 and charging the said duties
es annuities, dividends, and shares of annuities
payal.le oat of the men.. of Great Britain, to any
P ts^:i corporations or companies what-
ever, sad weich shall have been entrucci to the
Wel se:pedive Companies of the Bank of Enslend,

East India rnd South Sea emit/sallies, for payment
'under the regulations of this ed.
lh rented of the duties hereby granted on an-
nee ies, payable at the Exchequer, ct•inmoniv called
Exchequer Annuities, whether for lives or years, wr
depending on survivorship, die same ('nmm sinners
woo shall aCt in in:laden to pensions payable by t-li.
Majesty at the said Exchequer, as hereinafter men-
tin eJ, shall also be Commissioners for ordering,
raising, levying, and pry :lig the several sums made
payable on such Exeheqii,r Annuities, and shall
have authority to exricise all and every the powers
of this ad in relation to public annuities, and to
retain and stop the duty p.iyable thereon, in like
manner as is hereinhefore directed with regard to
Balk Stock or South Sea Stock.
Every prison entrusted with the payment of An-
nuities. er any dividends or shares of Annuities pry_
able oat of the public revenue of Ireland, or of any
foreign State. to any person or persons, corporations
or c impanies, in Great Britain, or ading therein as
agent, or in any other charaCter before described,
shall, without turt;;er notice or demand thereof, de-
liver er cause to be deliveted in.') the office for
Taxi s at Somerset House, Middlesex, an azcount,
in wri.ing, con.aining their names and residence,
and a description of the Annuities, Dividends, and
Shares entrusted to them fur paymen , *toile one
Calendar month after the same shall have been re-
quired, ny public notice in The Londm crazette ; and
also shall, on demand by the Impeder authorised
as aforesaid, de:ll,er or cause to be delivered to him,
for the use of the said special Commissioners, the
like accounts of the amount of Annuities, Divi-
dends, and Shares payable by them respectively, as
is nefore required to he deivered by the persons and
cut porations entrusted with the payment of An-
nuities, Dividends, and Shares, payable out of the
Revenue cf G,eae Britain ; and the special Com-
missioners aforesaid shall make an assessment thereon
subjed to diminution on occasion of any exemptions
to be ailowed by the Said Special Commissiorers.
giving ravice of the amount thereof to the respec-
tive ?arsons entrusted with such last-mentioned
payments, who shall respectively pay the duty on
the said annuities, dividends, and shares, at the rate
before prescribed, on behalf of the persons, corpo-
rations, aid co noaaits entitled unto the Sant, out of
the ivories in their holds, and they shall be ac,
%aimed of seen payments in like manner ; and the
rte pineeedings. hi AU respect., shall he had under
the said Spectal C as is before di-
reeteu in re..;,eet of adnuitie, payable out of the
public revenue of Great lirit.,ia : provided always
that the persons entrusted weft such payments, shall,
lions time to URIC, pay the duty so assessed thereon
into the Bails of England, to the said account of
" Danes cha ged ru purivanee of this AO." and
shall be AnStVer...le for such payment ; and which
duty asse.sed shad, in default of such payment,
be recoverable agatost tie persons ..!tatrasteti with
such ; mer ts, as other duties charg uon the , Jr-
, ties may lie -t.oveleu ..g.Ainst (hem ; end it Any Per-
' Ina, or p,.-sr, s, entrusted with the payment of any
such last-mrationed annual s, or any divid inds or
shares thereof, in tne manner herein memioned, or
deli og the, tin as agent, r its a y ther charadcr be-
fore described, shall ne.gled or rettise to deliver an
account of his name and teadence in the manner
herein dire fed, or after deinand snail neglect or ;e-
-' fuse to deliver an account, as atoms rid. el the amount
of such Arun:ides, dividend., and shares, as he or
they is or are entrusted with the payment of, or in
the payment of which he or they shall ad as agent, 4
or in any other charatner before described, he or
they shall forfeit the sum of 1001. over and above
the duty chargeable on such annuities, shares, or di-
vidends.

Commissioners for the Duties on Offices in the
Public Diaartments to be appointed by the principal
Officers belonging thereto.
The Speaker, and the principal Clerk of either
House of Parliament, the principal or other Officers
in the several counties palatine, and the duchy of
Cornwall, or in any Ecclesiastical Court, or in any
inferior Court of Justrce, whether of Law or
Equity, or Criminal or Justiciary, sir under any
Ecclesiastical Body or Corporation, whether
aggregate or sole, throughout Great Britain, shall
appoint Commissioners from and amongst the
persons executing offices in either House of Par-
liament, or in their respeflive departments of
office ; and the persons so appointed, or any three
or more of them, not in any case exceeding seven,
shall be Commissioners for smearing this AB, and
the powers therein contained, in relation to the
places, offices. and employments of profit in each
House of Parliament, and in each such department
respectively, which appointments shall be made, and
the names of the Commissioners shall be transmitted
to the Office for Taxes, or to the Barons of the
Court of Exchequer in Scotland respeflively, within
the time herein limited : provided always, that
where no such appointment shall be made of inch
last-mentioned Commissione: s before the expiration
of the time limited by this Al,f the Commissioners
far executing this Aa. is relation to the duties on
lands and tenements, shall. in their several distriifs,
on due notice of such default in the manner herein
dire Bed, also execute this Aft in relation to the
duties on such offices or employments of profit ex-
ercised within the same distrids respedlively.
Ti it Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, or
the Bailiffs and Capital Burgesses, or the principal
oSit:er s or miin.'rers, by whatever name they shall
be call, d, of eVely corporate city, borough, town,
or place, and of every Cinque Port throughout
Great Britain, or any three or more of them, not
in any case exceding seven, shell be Commissioners
for executing this A.% and the powers therein con-
Woad. in relation to the puulic offices or employ-
ments of profit its such City, Corporation, and
Cinque Port, and its every Guild. Fraternity, Com-
pany, or Society, whether corporate or ,not corporate,
within such Qty. Corporation, or Cinque Port.
Any suhje!t of His Majesty, whose ordinary resi-
dence shah have been in Great Britain. and who
shall have departed from Great Britain. and gone
into any parts beyun I the sera, for the purpose only
Of OCC4, iiialresrdenie, at the time of the execution
of this Au. shall be charged as as wally resident in
Great Britain.

Any person whn shall depart from Cleat Britain,
after claiming esc,ripti.in as a temporary resedent,
and shall again return to Great Britain ..re the
filth !ay of April next, ale.- such chum wade, shah
be charge-151e to the said dimes as a person residing

in Great Britain, for the whole of the yea's' in which
u •Ii claim shall have (Teen made.
Where any person, being trustee, agents or re.
ceiver, ginirdian, tutor, 'curator, or committee of in
for :tny p-r >on or persons, shall he assessed as here-
in:non :nominated, in reaped of such person or per-
sons ; or where any chamberlais, treasurr'r, or other
()Meer of any Corporation, Company, Fraternity, or
Society shad he so assessed in roped of snot Cot-
ation, Company, fraternity, or Society as afore-
said, then and in every such tine it shall be lawful
for every pi- rsen or persaus who shall he so assessed,
by and oat of the money which shall come to his or
her hands as such trustee, agent, or receivur, guar-
dial), tutor, committee, or curator as aforesaid, nr
as such chamberlain, treasurer, clef k, or other pale
cer, to retain so non-h and such part thereof, from
time to time, as shall be sufficient to pay such asses.
meat.
Every officer of any Corporation, Company, or
Society, nut otherwise to be charged as aforesaid,
snail prenare and deliver a statement of the progts
and gains to be charged on such Corporation, Com-
pany, or Society ; and such estimate shall be made
on the amount of the annuat profits and gains of
such Corporation, Company, or society, before any
dividend shall have been made thereof to any other
person or persons, corporations or companies, having
any share, right, or title in or to such profits or
gains ; and all such other person or persons, and
corporations or companies, shall allow out of such
.dividends a proportionate deduction in respell of
the duty so charged ; provided that nothing herein-
before contained shall be construed to require in
such statement the inclusion of salaries, wages, or
profits of any officer cf such Corporation, Frater-
nity, or Society, otherwise chargeable under Ors
Ad: Provided also, that the statements of the se-
vet ai Companies of the Bank, East India, and South
Sea, shall be made exclusive of the dividends, and
the profits attached thereto, and to be divided
amongst the proprietors of the respective cocks
belonging to such companies.
Persons neglecting to deliver iists within the li.
mi.ed time, to pay a penolty, not exceeding 201.
and to hsve the encteased duty added to the as-
sessment.
The occupier or occupiers of any lands, tenements.
or heritages, being respcdively tenants of the same,
and paying the said duties, shall deduct so much
thereon as a rate of 2s. for every 'lost of the rent
payable to the lantilord or landlords for the time
being, would by a put proportion amount unto,
which sums shall be dedaned out of the first pays
meat thereaf,er us be made on account of rent ; and
the receivers of .His Mnjnsty, Lis heirs, and socces-
sors, and all landiords, both mediate and :mme-
slfase, their respedive heirs, execurors, administra.
tots, and assigns, and their respenivs agents, shall
allow such ateduetions and payments -upon revnipt
of the residue of the rents.
Inspedors and Surveyors making vexatious sur.
charges shah forfeit a sum no: exceeding 501. to be
recovered by adios of debt.
The stock of friendly societies, of charitable insti
lotions, at funds in the name of CommiSsleners of
toe National Debt, of stock in the name of the
treasury, and of profits arising from any dividends,
minutties, hoita file belongi ig to any person not
being a • übj B Oa H's Majesty, and not beingnesi.
dent within His Majesty's dominions, shall be ex-
empted.
Persons falsely pretending that stock is the pro-
party of foreigners, to forfeit SOUL and treble the
duty.
Commissioners for general purposes may call
upon the party to verify their answers on examina-
tion upon oath, and may summon witnesses, Mid ex-
amine them upon oath.
In all cases where any salaries, fees, wages, or
other perquisites or profits, or any annuities, pea-
sions, or stipends, shall be payable at the receipt of
the Exchequer, or at any public office, or by any offi-
cer of His Majesty's honsehold,or by any of His Ma-
jesty's receivers or paymasters, or by any agent or
agents employed in that behalf, then and in every
such case, the duties chargeable under this ad, in re-'
sped of such salaries, fees, wages, perquisites, or pro.
fits,or in respect of such annuities, pensions, or stipends,
shall be detained and stopped out of the same, or
out of any money which shall be payable upon such
salaries, fees, wages, perquisites, or profits, or upon
such annuities, pensions, or stipends, or for the ar-
thereof, whenever the same shall happen, and
be applied to the satistadion of the duties out such
offices or employments, or on such annuities, pen-
sions, or stipends respectively (not being otherwise
paid) in the manner directed by this Ad ; and when,
ever the same, so payable, shall be assessed by the
Commissioners for General Purposes, in their re.
spedive districts, they shall transmit an account of
the amount of the duty assessed, to the Exchequer,
or office where the sante are payable, in order that
the amount so assessed, may be there stopped or de-
tained.
Duty charged upon the Principal in an office upon
salaries paid to his clammy or eke k, to be deductinl
out of such salaries. Payments on receipt of sa-
laries, &c. or in passing accounts, or upon the re-
ceipt of pensions, to be deduded. Assessors to have
access to documents, and may require returns.
Deputies to pay for Principals where they are in
the receipt of the profits. Officers receiving salaries
or fees, to be ansvverablefor duties.

Every person whose annual amount of income.
estimated according to this A.l, shall be less than
one hundred pounds, and who shall be assessed to
the duties charged en the properties or profits de-
scribed in the schedule of Particulars contained in
this clause, or any of them, or who shall be liable to
the payment of duty by way of dedultinn in respell
thereof, shall be entitled, on prneing as hereinafter
mentioned, toot such income doth not exceed fifty
pounds, to be exempted from the payment of the
duties charged, or such of them as shall have been
sharked on the pop-I-ties or profits so decried in
the said Schedule of Particulars, or anv of rl e n, and
from all payments by way of de du'lion in respell
thereof as aforesaid ; and us all Cases where such in.
come shall exceed fifty pounds, and shall be less
than one hundred pounds, such person shall be en-
tuttv4l to an allowance out of the duties charged on
the preperties or profits so described in the said
Schedule of Particulars, or any of them, or payable
in respell tiiereof as aforesaid, at and after the rate
of two will/jogs for every twenty shillings, by which
the income proved and allowed a.:coe'

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. . • .. • •
Ad, shall be less than one hundred pounds, amd iti
that propostinn for any lesser sn:n rl.”, tw-iv v
!ire,,'provided th.it the duties chiarged on :the
perties or profits so JescribiA or Fray-Aar in resold!'
thereof as Afores.id, shall be sufficient for toot ptir-
;sose, and so far as the•elid allowance can be satii-
ied out of the said duties.
And in order that due provision mty be mot*
for grasiting the exemption and allowances in thii
afl einh wised, be it limber enael Celt every per-
sen el:toning such exemption or allowanees, as mord-
said, in res;seel of the dies to In asses d opor: hint
or her. shall, within 'hr time limited by this me, tor
making returns f the duty Cl/41111C4hle as dti cited
by this act (or witfiii such 'o:ther tame as (fie sa•d
i.:nmtnicsi.iliers shall, tor special colic assiru J, al:
low) delivei or cause to be de:it's:red to the sale, of
or assessors of the parish or place where such elaireb
ants shall reside, and not C:sea•here, except a. rielo-
lather is mencitensla declaration in veering. sigiied
by him or her, of his nr her intennote to claim soca
exemption or allow tines.
' Claims to abatements to be edified on oath, if
required. '
,Parish to be answered.. for collesi wt.
Persons removing out of a perish or place, Wit**
out first discharging the assessment, or not sexy
eafficient goods to satisfy the smear, to Brien
twenty p• unds.
kersocs giving false evideece, or sw •aring falsely:.
liable to the penalties of pet jug y..
Persona guilty of fuegesg,or alterine certifieuuse
or receipts, gives under thiLdlet, to be Ira, spotlit
for a tern] of 14 Tears, :
Voluntary cono:buttims may be rece:ved at the
Bonk.
Bank to open an account with the Treasury.
Ti:a assessors •and eteleftors to have tens pence
in the pountion the money of the said darns ~aid
to the Recteisrad4ienerel, same to be divided among
them fest Met trouble, and the Clei k of the is."ense
mis•ionemsej have three pence in the pound of sec
monies. •ne
LiTtaAtir HUAI. •
On Friday, we made at eatraii,from a pensphleta
jest pukl.shed, entitltde ss An /Arne,/ into the Shah
ef Mahon." which was first injudiciously paged
siff by the Editor of The Afensitair Climate!.; ihep,
falsely stated to bare been received from the "
reign ()Mee ;" and, lastly. said to have been writ.-
ten by Lofst and, previous to publication.
read wi!h. apereoation,.by Itf-s Tu suppose
that the illestrious nealiteaff.altpuld suite, and the
sage St:nes:um Could appr‘lye.ol a party pamphlm,
which, hastily siftitie?se ahounde with false Enslielsy
is frattglit with contemptible political reaponfm,
and common. plaeU Nesvapiyagjetejligence ;
;abler. the author. cf atilicle triumphs in the slie.cess
of our enemy s'acpseciatet and slights the assistance
of Russia ; repre4er.ts .our co.p.ution such a cogs
of huntiliation, mto induce dee;) despair;'
.who, am
a word, '
rums France to' the h'ieh-est 'pinnacisa,taf
grandeur, and sinks England to the lowest stage of
depression; requires aodegree of credulity ape. of
hlinsinets, that could, it 'sliould seem. he oaly tog-.J
i s the in ist profound ignorance. We have thot!...ha
it necestry, thus promptly to expose this ar :osi-
don, because it is calculated- to be extremely Ur
jui iota; to our A Imiuis•ration ; and, fuviser,
warn the public :not to be misled by•7lll:viditals,
who are suppaied to possess confidential iofierma-
tion from our Statesmen; but to rest .assure I. that
they are a; bli.id as their brethren To tee Lond.os
Citizens, we particularly recommend, tto put
any ti ust in the political intei.igeuc • it !hose, wow
interest it may be to raise o. depress the Funds.
The part of it whi Is we seltßeJ Fr.day, eats
hornless ; but we thrills ;hese tebservatiors nes e• any.
lest the ;notice sshich we took of it, should be con-
strued iota an approbat'ion of the stri oar.
AD.VIRAL SIR ANDREW 4117rNELLog
01 Saturday, we received, vie Portsmotrih, let-
ters and papers from Bermuda, of the 9d ult. TAe
Game of the Ist, contains the following articl .
On Wednesday last, after a short iiness, dvd.
Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell, K.B. late Com-
mander-in-Chief of the squadron upon the American
station. He was buried this day with military
honours. The fennel procession (cousisting of his
Excellency the Gnvernor and Council, the Captains
and Of rers of the squadron. the Corporation and
Geatlemen of St. George) moved at half past eleven
o'clock, front the Admiral's house to the church,
through twn lines, formed by the Royal Artill:ry,
Royal Fireileers, Royal Marines, and St. George's
Militia, the ,'tree lest of whom, after the processioet
had reached the church, took post, and formed an
open column of fe - divitions, in the rear of eleven
field-pieces, upon the town parade. At the MA-
ment of interment, three founds were fired from
the field-pieces, by the detachment of Royal Art B-
l- The grenadiers, and bend of music of the
Royal Ft:sneers, trecedral the funeral procession.
while moving to the church ; during the whole of
which time, and the burial service, minute guns
were firing from the different ship. or the sqi.e.i.t.n. His great and unwearied attention to the offi ers
and seamen, while under his command, was well
known ; his humanity was peat g he was univer-
sally respelled, not only by the offieers and seamen,
but by every person who knew him. 'llse cern-
mend of the squadron devolves upon 9eptain Ss-
reelord, of His Majesty's ship (",,inhf.aN.' Sir An-
drew Mitchell had 'hewn Hmself a h ave and ex-
cellent oificar; his ltss is, therefore, a public one.—
He was made Captain in the year 5778, a Rear
Admiral in 1795 ; a Vice Admiral in 1799, and
and an Admiral in lens.

The Royal R ,giment of Eact London Miiitia at*
to h tee a grand feel .-day, this clay. in the Ar .1, -ry
Ground. Run ow. On this occasion it is said.
that the officers ! privates intend ptiNliely ts p•n.
sent their Colonel. Sir i•mIN F.A ,4 tit. with an elegant
,word, as a tcs:iniony of their tri...t A and ..t sat-
ment

Che him:: has been pleased to prevent the R. r.
Tools I..CLIS to the elriren and p. •s r t
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(From the Mentreer of March t 7
SIMOPE, JAw.l),.
The report of the victories of the Great French
army, which long since reached Constart;noplevtad
already resounded on the shcres of the Black Seh..
But we have just received'here the authentic confir-
mation, and all the details of the campaign, recently '
furnished by the immortal Emperor of the Fr, nch.
This news has produced an extraordinary sensation
in all the provinces of the Ottoman Empire, where
they seem to have revived hope, and to have dis-
pelled the gloomy presages of approaching dirsoin-
tion ; and an idea of the oeMion prevailing lire
may perhaps be formed, when it is known that this
intelligence has not caused less joy to the Turks
thin to the French, who ate at Sinop..
The Seraskier of the 'Turkish squadron hoisted
the Ottoman flag on hoard all the frigates and cor-
vettes, and the Captains of tly.se vessels sent
powder to the French ships to celebrate their vic-
tories. All those that were in the toad. hoisted
their flags at the same time as the fiigates ; and
sonic even fired their small arms. On this occasion,
the Seraskier had a very warm altercation with the
Russian Consul, who loaded him with abuse, and
reproached 'him with his partiality. The Com-
mander of the Squadron replied, that on all Mus-
snlman festivals, and on the appearance of Turkish
ships, the Consul of France had always taken
a pleasure in returning accustomed civilities, agreed',
upon among nations. " Why," added be, " worded
you have use, on this occasion, to he deficient in
romped to the French Government and its agents, to '
the oldest friends of the Porte, to those whom
treaties enjoin me to consider as the first of our
Christian hosts ?" To these reasons, the Russian
Consul replied only by abuse. This scene took
place at the house of Mussehm, whither the agent
of Russia had come to endeavour to temper the
public joy by some otficious falsehoods." For ex•
ample, he acknowledged the takhireb Vienna by
the French; but he declared that the Rbnians had
marched to the relief of 11:e place, attacked the
French army, and killed 60,000 men. This, un-
doubtedly, was no great thing for a Russian, at such
a distance from the field of battle. But it was ch-
eer ved to him, that the Mussulman Chiefs of the
arsenal, and the Consul of France, had received
letters, written the same day, and brought by the
rme courier, which contradided such an absurd
• le.
It was added, that the news of the triumphs of
the French army had been brought more than
twelve days before by a vessel from Constantinople ;
that it had been confirmed by other ads ices received
by way of the Crimea and Bafra,; that, lastly, a
Telsocadar, who arrived she•clay before, brought
-official intelligence of the defeat of the Russian
army. The unshaken Consul replied only by fresh
abuse, and, on returning to his house, ordctcd the
Imperial flag to be hoisted, and gave orders to the
Russian Captains to fire their guns, and to ring
their bells, in celsisratton of the vidury of Auster-
hts.
AN. 3.
In consequence of orders which arrived here last
night, M. Concuhenco, the Russian Consul, abrupt-
ly quitted this city at eight o'clock this morning.
He was accompanied only by one Janissary and a
single servant, and the orders he received relative to
the observation of secrecy on the subject of his de-
parture and his journey, were so rigid, that he had not
permission to take his interpreter with him. His wife
remains here, and does not herself know the place
of his destination. M. Coneuhenco was so enraged
at the orders he received, that in opening his dis-
patches, he is said to have thrown three of them into
the fire, cursing both his mission and the Minister
who gave it tom.
Many conjectures are made here upon this jour-
ney. The following appear to be the best founded.
It is thought that the Russian Consul is charged to
find Jussuf Pacha, to mature-in concert the project
upon which be made overtures to him, and to gain
him over to Russia by new promises. He is charg-
ed to demand of him succours and prenisions for the
Georgian army, to sonud him on the means of re-
placing him at the helm of affairs, or to induce him
to remain in Asia, where he would powerfully as-
sist the Russians, in case of a rupture with the Porte.
As a secondary object, he is charged to demand an
explanation of the past, and. perhaps, likewise to so-
licit the dismissal of the French ; for, it is recollect-
ed, that he was once sent on a similar mission to
Tayar. A nun like Jussuf, always possesses the
means of injuring foreigners, without appearing in
the business himself. Brit, if his measures hitherto
have heen unsuccessful, it is matter of doubt wile-
'ter they will suceed better, even by means of as
serredion.
The mission of the Russian Consul may likewise
have for its object the reconciliation which the Go-
vernor-General of the Crimea appears to have com-
menced with Tayar Pacha, by promising to rein-
state him in his post, and to double his former reve-
nues. if he would keep the promises he has made,
repair his past faults, by a conduct sincerely de-
voted to Russia, and not make use of the fears, or
the pretext for fears, inspired by the Porte, to op-
press the Moscovitea It is not known whether
'Tayar, weary of his life, and placing but little con-
fidence in the savages, whose disagreeable guest he
has become, may not have listened to these perfidi-
ous proposals. But so much is certain, that his
broths ..in-law, having bcen desirous of rejoining
him at Sohkoum, the Court of Russia refused that
permission, which it had at first granted. 'she
Muscovites possess the means of recalling and sup-
porting Tayar, in spite of the Porte; he has so mail,
friends left, and the people are so wearied out, that,
with a thousand purses, Tayar would, in two days,
effect a revolution from Sinope to Erzerum. The
Russians have, for a long time, been seeking, in
case of a war with the Porte; to secure free coin.
munications with the plains of Asia Minor, and pro-
visions for their army in Georgia. It has long bees
asserted, that they have taken possession of the town
of Bayellxid.
When frigates were seen arriving, to act against
the unfortunate T.iyar, it was immediately surmis-
ed, that he was abandoned by the Russians. The
'harks, at that petit' f• !opt have ventured,
without the cons t ' * ;aps.,. to send vessels
is to the k e e lettle Russian
Consul to sialu _ . i t
the Cap-
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