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Aow,tbe cent to ; to can

t,e 'way of a in lard eases. d'Cla -d:
h3wever, that . never known a Mi,!i ter iii ;tje
cituation of the Ti,rd ("e ty), who had not set
h's face against al exemptions.
Lord H.eNfl ;JAI .said, that the -opposi-
tion which ha t been' that night expressed to the
Bill it was 'not necessary then to ans':t er he did
not mean to say that the irr,..4sure was .the" most
equal, or the rnoit perfect,. that it-was paaibl for
human ingenuity to _devise ; and perhaps a TaX
9n capita 4 or a variation of the Tax, as applied to
:the different specie's of property, would. be,preferable ;
but, under the present gin u•nstances of the Country
it-vt ould .he wrong to relinquish a fried syStern for
the sake of embarking:into a new au& complicated
arrangement. The principle. of exemption,. he was
convinced, was one 'by which the individual. gained.
least, and the Public losr most—and,' in propor-
tion as the operation of an. AEt
by great and general rules, its produce was se,
cured. It would become' his duty, -however. pain
-
• ful,
,to oppose all exemptions proposed ; and When
Gentlemen 'were told that by acceding, as he hadj,
to •the representation made, as far as
garded small Annuitants, the ilos4 to the Country
would be 350,001. he trusted they , would Lo
longer press exemptions, which struck at'the root c f
the Tax. •

Mr. WILBERFORCE, Mr. Rost, and Lord,,,.
H. PETTY said_ a few words in explanation, after
which the Bill went through a Cominittee, pro

forma. Progress' was reported, and it was or Meted
that the :Committee should
,sit' again 'on. Mcznday

next.

The Committee on the Bill for the Repeal of the
Additional Force Aa wai postponed until to-mw-
row (this.day).
Adjourned' at half-past Eleven o'clock.

TITS Ili] IBURGIH 11TAIL.

AuossuaGn,,
.great part of, the
French 'Grand Army has left Ulm to Strasburgh ;
and it is hOPed that .tho reMainder will follow ~;.,ithin
a few days. Advices relived by the last post from
Italy make no mention of'the,evacuation of Cataro
by the Russians; "on the contrary; the Letters from
Trieste state, that the English and Russian Ships on
the Coast of Dalmatia increase daily. The report
circulated at this moment is, that .Marshal Souur
has received orders to march with his Corps with all
haste to Italy.

VIENNA, APRIL 23.-7!--Tbe French are at Bran-
nan the Regiment of STARRAY, and of the Arch-
duke FRANCIS,C4ARLES, hare quitted Vienna,-the
one for. St. Hippolite, and theother for Lintz.

Part of the corn and Money.. which have been
given to the Emperor by the. rich individuals of•
Hungary will be distributed among those inhabi-
wits of the Country which_ have suffered most ; the,
remainder will go towards forming de completing
the military magazines. The-Archduke Jon xis re-
turned here from the tour he made for the-purpse
of examining the,principal Fortresses of the. Empire.

FLORENCE,- APRIL 12.--Gaeta still holds out, by
which the further operations in Lower Italy are much
retarded. It is- about to be cannonaded by 100 ;great
guns ; but the situation of the Fort 'upon a bill so
advantageous,, that the bombardment produCeS but
little of eel, and it will be Very difficult to take it so
long as the communication by sea is open. It is
therefore, that a French and Spanish Squadron is ex.-
iieded to blockade it.. The Prince of I-lESSE PHILIPS-
THALL has sent away ill .persons who cannot be of
Use in the defence of the place.
ITALY, Aran: 16.•,-It is said, that the Icing of
Naples is about to embark for Barcelona, but that
the. Queen and Hereditary Prince will' remain in.
Palermo.

• HA.MBURGIT, APRIL 2.—According to accounts in'
the Franconian and other public papers, it is stated,
'that the Duke of .BRUNSWICK, in a formal deed, -bad
surrendered all his rights of succession to Hanover.
We can assert, however, on the best-authority, that
his August Highness never .entertained such a
thought,' but that the report is wholly unfounded.—
(Idan/burgh Correspondcnten.) '
CONSTANTINOPLE,APRIi 2.--The coolness which
subsisted between the Ministers of the Porte and the
Russian Envoy having become serious,' the latter,•
by, order of his Sovereign, transmitted a Note to
the Subline Porte; by the ReiS Effendi, in Which 'he
says,
"- That as the alteration in the disposition of the
Porte must proceed from a groundless mistrust, and
an unjust suspicion which it may
.have. Conceived,
that the military dispositions made by Russia for her
own security were direded against the Porte, he
again declared most solemnly, by order Of his Court,
:that His Imperial Majesty had never entertained any
such intentions, and that he pledged himself anew •
to fulfil all the Articles of the Treaty of Amity which
had just been conckided with the Porte, in their
fullest . extent ; and to give: the most convincing
,proofs of the purity of its sentiments, and the pro-
bity of its 'intentions, the, Court of Russia had de-.
.termined to remove every'objea that might be .ca-
pable of again exciting the suspicions of the Parte,
by withdrawing every Corps. which it .had on the
frontiers of Turkey, in the Crimea, Moldavia, and
Wallachia, and that it had already given the neces=.
'say orders for that purpose."
The Porte has replied to this Note :
" That all its Wishes were confined to the preserv-,

•
ing its Neutrality ; that it also pledged itself to. fulfil
the Treaty which had recently been concluded; and ''
in proof of its pacific views, it would iffirnediately
countermand all the military dispositions which it
had made, with the exception of thbse which were-
direEted against the Rebels in Servia.". •
APUIL 30.=:=We have an account

published here of the affair of the 23d between the
Swedes and Prussians.:—.lt states,
" That the Prussian Corps destined for the occu-
pation of Lauenburgh consisted of two Battalions
and.four squadrons of the Reesen Regiment of Cuir-
rassiers. On the 21st, the Swedish Count, La-
NyENHIELM, protested -against the advance of the
Prussian Troops ; but as the strength of his Corps
was not above five hundred men, it was not supposed
that, any serious opposition to the Pruss,ians would
be made. COMA' VON REESEN informed the Swe.
dish'Comrnandatit, that the Prussians had no orders
to.commit hostilities, and mentioned 'to him, that
'they had dire&ionslo proceed to the Cantonments in

the •Territory. cf• .7_,,iuenburgh, which they would
prOc:eed to occupy. As they, were advancing, how-
ever, the Corps on the road to Ratzeburgh, under
-Major Vag: 'QUIZ OW, were•attacked by-about thirty
S',veci;sh Troops, chiefly monnted Jagecs, but the
did not return their fire, Moving on to4oe-
pl::ce where the principal force, of -Count
511EL.:4 was' ass'embled. •Altho' the 'Prussian Troops
sign the Count to withdraw, he would not,
but kept up a warm, discharge of pistol-shot., At
A
1 tst a Trooper and Cannoneer being wounded, a
few balls were returned.- Meanwhile Colonel Vox -
RP,F.sEN had advanced by another route, and joined
-with that of Major QuTzow. He caused the Ca-
valry to deploy. The Colonel again sent a Trtim-
peter to Count LowFavnitmq, and after some confe-
rence, Colonel VON REESEN made his left,wing fall
back; to leave' ttie way open for the Swedes into the
Territory of Meck3,epbtargh. But after it was sup-.
posed ail hostilities had -ceased, the SWedes skewed
a disposition to 'Occupy a -height from, which, they
might have giVen some.disturbance to the Prussians;
it was found,necessary, to dislodge thern,by dire&ing
against them a- few dis Charges of grape-shot, by
which a few hussars-and a horse were killed. After
the exchange of a few shots of small-arms,. the
Swedes' retreated."--It concludes thus---" The
Prussian Troops had only three men wounded; This
however, aftbrded- them the .satisfaCtion.:to
have a close observation of the military appearance'
and Manccuvres of the Swedish Troops. • The order
and discipline which these Troops during
their star in this -DistriCt: is well known ; and the
resolution displayed by them and their Leaders me,
rlt; ample justice." ' • • '
• - - -

- - _
•BERLIN, APRIL, 29. The Court Gazette of this
day contains a brief .account from Aatzeburgh or the
aFrair on-the 24th; with the swedish Troops, which
concludes as follows :--- ,
The Swedes at lsst 'entirely-withdrewfrom the
territory of LatienbUv.gh .to GadeThush, and then pnr-
sued their march to Wieniar.. Sorne horses which
had run away from them were caught by the Prus-
sian TrOops,.and sent after Ithen,•a:•> the Prussians in
taking- possession of Lauenburgh had no hostile in-
tentions against the Swedes." •
• Gen. KALKI:EUTIII-uth received orders to hold his
corps in readiness' to march. i •
M. AI-oil:us; the Russian Minister at our Court,
received )esterday an Estalette..from the Russian
Consul at Stettin, whiCh bugs the. neWs• of the
Suedes having blockaded the Port of SWinertnnude;
the -S,wedish ,Government has also laid an Embargo
on all Prusiiiao ; it is thought that in con-
.
sequence .of these •das of hostility the- Prussian
Troops will enter Swedish. Pomerania. The Eng-
lish .‘,linister, although on, the &e‘ of his departure,
has not yet left Berlin ; it.is even thought that he
will be replaced by another ?Diplomatic Agent, since
Baron JACCUSI, our army at London, has not yet
been recalled.
•

Es., ‘A.;att, 2,—Persons \-Ito. have arrived
here from Corfu say, 'that, on the 1 Oth of March an'
Order arrived there :from St. Petersburgh, 'for the
greater part of the Russian TrOol.)s to embark and
Bail for the Dack Sea..

111.01t2tit.frt,: APItIL•I 2.—On the Bth inst. Marshal
Jo-O4DAN pased :this City on his way to. Naples.
Hie staid here one day, lut did not appear at Court,
excusing -himself.to" the ,by the urgency of
his busines's. ,
The day,.hefore.yeSterday the Prince BORG,UESE
,arrived here froth Rothe, 'and has had several long
conferences \vith the I.,'rench Envoy. : It is Bence
corie-Ctiarjd that his jc-durney relates to .sonie
of importance, espe.cially as so many reports are in
circulation of great,ehanges that may be shortly ex-
peffed in Italy,.
It is said that a papal 13u111 permitting the eating
of flesh onFtidays 'and Saturdays, will -soon make
ito appearance, and be followed by =other still, more
important, rolatiYe to, awiculat confession. -
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THURSDAY,' MAY, 8, 1806.

THE' Haml rtrgh Mail due yesterday. arrived last
night. The Answer. Of the Court of St. Petersburgh
relative to `Cataro - and Castel Nraovo has not yet
been received, conseqUently the French still continue
17 .possuision of .13i,atinau and we are strongly.
IncEncci totiiiilk„th:-It even if the F.:MrEROIi of Rus-
srA should comply with t 1 c Solici?aticns of the. Ca-
binet of Vienna, and order his Troops to evacuate
Cataro, the. French will find some e-.:cuse for re-
taining the possession of Brannan, because it aftbrds
snc,ll an-easy access to the Hereditary States.

of Austria.
The Prussians have not yet 'commenced any °pe-
titions against Swedish l'omerabia;but the. energetic
pleasures taken by his Swedish Majesty, in eor,=:e-
, quence .of their Invasion of Lauenburgit, will corn-
_ pel the Cabinet of,Berliii to adopt a decisive line,of
condu&. An Embargo has been laid upon all the
Prus.ian Ships in the Swedish Ports.
Letters froM Constantinople state, that the coolness
-which the French have 'laboured to excite between
the Porte .and Itussi4 has been removed by mutual
•
plaßatlon,

WE feel ranch satisfa.aion in annontAcing, that
MI latches have been received from India, which
state; that a Pe-linitlve Treaty. of Peace has been
i;ne.l wiz h SyNDIA, And that there *l4 every reason
. ,
tO the Sabi-P.lOOll of POLKAR,

•
',Yesierday Sir JeHN ?.lEwpor,T, the Chanceler
of the EN.eh?oter for Irelaml, opeuect the Itish

Budget: in the Hwase Commow. The Right
Pion: Baronet, in the, course of a most able Speech,
dreW a N-er),, favonrable piEture of the increasing re-
sources and coin 41ercial prospgrity Of Ireland, and his
, • .
Slatemeut fully • corroborated ,by several other
Gentlemen who spoke on thesubjea. • •
The .I)ebate that took place last 'night in the
House of 'Commons -respeeling-the Property Tax,
did not produce any new.light On the subject. It
seemed :o be allowed on all hands; that the Tax was
prope*,.. in its,Trinciple, though , it might of
modifications which would mitigate its operation, in
the inferior classes:. LoO. HENRY PETTY' signified-1
that he ,Was'by no .means inclined to admit 'of any
more exemptions, as, by those already 'allowed,
350,0001;;Were lost-to the Revenue.

.Txrs forenoon at eleven o'clock the Peers entered
Westminster Hall' with the usual cerergonies..,—
The Court, after being opened, proceeded in the
examination . of:Witnesses. Messrs. AOBERT. and
AL-EXANiiER'T#OTTER, Mr. ANTROBUS‘, and some
of • the Clerks belonging to the House of Messrs.
Couris and Co. were examined in the course of
the forenoon. The Flail was more crowded, in the
Galleries and Boxes particularly, than on any day
since the first. The Peeres,sei' Gallery = Was; .buff
thinly occupied.. .'

Yesterday, soon after twolve o'clock, His MA-,
JESTY came to the Queen's Palace from Windsor.
At two o'clock His MAJESTY held a nrivvteLeVco,
which, was, attended by
The Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of. London, the First
Lord attic "Treasury, the thiee Secretaries of State, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord
_of _the Admiralty,
the Ntaster.General dt the• Ordnance,', the President of the
councii„ the fudge Advocate, the Lord Chamberlath, the
Duke of -Sormerset.
tar/r.—Moira, Spencer, •Winchilsea, Dartmouth, Ayles-
ford, 'Fitzwilliain, Carnarvori, Stitiolk, Grey, arid herkev;y.
Lorric-H. Petty, Grenville, Flowick, St. Reign's; Cath-
cart, Beauchamp, and Hutcliinson.
Sirs —1 ohn Sinclair and Stepher; Cotterel.
Generals—Don and Gordon. •

111,:ssr-s. —Fox, Baud, Greville,and

The following had the'honour of bcilig i*esented
to His MAJESTY upon 'their" seVeral app•ointments
and promotions, and had likewise
,the honour to kisa
Hl6 MAJESTY'S haiid :

Sir !ohn Sinclair, by Earl Moil!, on his being elcaed
ident of the 136ard or Agricultuie. , •
General Don, upon his being appy)nted Governor-of lerSey.
Earl Grey upon his creation to that title.
Lord Beauchamp (laic Mr. Lygon upon his creation to his
• „ •
•it
Lord Hutchinson, upon his being apFinted Governor of
-Stirling Castle, in the room of the late Gcrtffil Grant
Earl Sutiblk; upon his being appointed .o',.'crnor of:Lon-
donderry, iti the room of Lord Hutchinson..
-11iShop of.Loadon presmted His MAsEST,Y Vyith a
book. . •

After the Levee, His I,,Ts.TZSTY :held a Prll.-,7
Council, at the clost of which; His MAJxsTy gave
private audiences to. Lord 'Earl SPEN^
CUR, Lord' How c 4, Mr. WINDIIAM, Mr. Fox,
Lord H. PETTY, Mr. BoNn, the Duke of SOMERS:ET:,
Earl BoI,;RKELE, and the Hon.T. Gr.VILLE.

At half past five His AIAJLSTY set of for
Windsor.

YeSterday the Duchess of You completed her
39th year„ Her MAJESTY iind the PRINCESSES, ac-,
cordin-- to annual custom, spentllie day with their
RoyLe.HighneEsc.,s, at 'Oatlands ; the Dulles of.KENT
and CAmniunGE were of the floyal Party. The
Coldstream Regiment's Band attended,, and played
during the'day.
SPLENDFD MarChiODOSS of STAFFORD
last night ga've---a magnificent Eutertaininent,- in,
Cleveland Row. The rooms were illuminated and
decorated :in the 'mbsf elegant and beautiful style.
The PRINCE of WALES, The DUKES Of CLARENCE
and GLOUCESTER,: and a'Nery large assemblage cif
the first persons in the kingcloin were present, to the
amount of near tWo thousand. The' Corps Biplo-
matique also attended; and the Whole has been very
seldom exceeded, for the classical beauty ofthe place,
the liberal hoSpitality that maited•the whOle Enter-.
tainment, and the splendour of the company.
EAST INDIA HousE,—Yesterday a Generil Court
was held at the East India House, made special on
the :Requisition of nine Proprietors, •
• All 6. the usual forms; Mr. Roc!: brought forward
his Mcition for amending the Bye-law relative to
Grants of Money, and-restriaing theM in future to
~30001. which Was seconded by Mr. YOUNG.
After a Debate of some length, the previous ques-
tion' was moved by Mr. CIJMING, and seconded by
Sir R. INIGRAM.

But on the ,stfggest;on of several Proprietors;
the .Origipal INdotion, and the previous Question were
withdrawn.
A Motion was' made by Mr. JOUNSTONE for
printing a variety of Papers relative to the Admini-
stration of Marquis Wtr.r.E.H.Eir, for the use of the.
Proprietors which was carried in the affirmative.
The Court adjourned at four o'clock Cal the 1
instant.
Colonel Sir Wm. liWt, the newAdjutant-Gene-
ral of the Forces. in India, embarked yesterday • on
board His Majesty's Ship LiQq, WhiCh is expc6ted to
sail with the East India Convoy to=morrow froM
Portsmouth.
,We understand that the Marquis of BUTE, is ap-
pointed Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Extras a of a Letter from an 'Officer on board. his
Majesty's Ship the London, dated Port Praya Bay,
St.lago„ April 6, 15,06 :—" Our Fleet have arrived
here to water, aftex. the capture of the French Ad-
miral 'Fin Ship Marengo, and the Belle
, 'Joule 3 but as we find water only tar .the necessary
consumption of the d.il, we haye orders to sail to
the Western Isles to in the necessary supply.
Our late capture was accidental ; the French Ad-
miral fell in with, and almost on board us, in the
night of the ilth,
_of. March ; and supposing us
to be an East India Convoy, did not perceive his
mistake till the London, which Was well to wind-
, ward with the Frigates, came,iwith every sail set,
,alongside-of 'the filerengo before light of dx.v.n, ,on
the 13th, and puureci.a• broadsic'e into her ',i,lefere.
she found her el-Ter—otherwise must e
escapee, frorri her greatsiapericriy in sailing.—
I.,n.iots appears' a welkhred. Ciiiicer; he is but
slightly wounded. Be had numbers of Lascz,trs and
Indian Marines mboard, which we have.(WriL;tcri
„
through our