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London, England, 1801-02-23 00:00:00

LOTTERY for PIGOT DIAMOND

Tickets are Two Gaineas each, and nujn.
bred from i to the .First Drawn of which
in the 8NG1,1,541 ST LoTTE RV, zd March,
%sill•reteive.tlie Prize, now deposited in the flank of Eng-
land, antkleseribed in the AEt'of Parlianient as follnws:
• " And whereas the said Diamond is esteemed by skilful
Laiiiiilsts to he but little inferior in weight, and equal. in
Water and Brilliancy, to any known Diamond in Europe;
" and the Value thereof is now estimated at a.Suni little
" short of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS.".

SWIFT and Co. No. it, POULTRY, Loudon (esta-
blished in the year 1759), and at their State Imftery Offices,
in Dublin and tilasgow, are appointed to aelLthe Tickets
of the above_Lottery.
A Model of the Diamond, may be seen at either of their
Offices. Letters answered, and Schemes scant gr;ttis.

NEXT MONDAY
The BRITISH STATE-LOTTERY begins Drawing.
LTODGES and Co. at their *ate - Lottery
I Offices, No. 49, Oxford-sircet, and No. 44, St.
jaires's-street, take the liberty to infOrm the Nobility and
Public, that the TICKETS and SHARES are on Sale
(as airrei qn as reasonable terms as at any Office of credit
in the Kingdom.
The fallowing CAPITAL .PRIZES, in the last and
late Lottcriel, were sold, shared And registered, by Hodges
and Co. vit.

No.ll2Ai a Prize of Clem* ALso
41650 a Prize of .lo,oeo 14 Prizes 0f,,C.z000
7,121 a Prize of :OA° 25 Prizes of 1000
36,030 a Prize of •5;000 43 Prizes of soo

1.2,!. &c. - . . .
N. B. Pursuant to Mt of Varliament, no Business
transaded before Eight °PC lock in au; lkiornin6 or alter
pr
Ei ht in the. Eveniug.
PRIZES to any amount PAID ON DEMAND,
ot di °niers itriCity attcutird tco.

" An Account sliming the State of the Exchequer of
Ireland; and how Morley has been there ont applied for the
Public Service; &c." •
" An Account of the progress made in the redo lion of
the Public Funded Debt on the Ist of Feb. 180, or to the,
latest period to which it can be made up."
". An Account of Artiezus due on the sth of Jan.
from Public Accountants on Accounts commencing
the Year 1780,.110W did, or out of their respeaive Offices*
distinguishing the different branches of Revenue to which
they apply, and the Amount of the Money due from them
respectively.", . •
" An. Account of Arrears and Balances due on the fiftlt
of January, 180 r, from- the several Nouns: whose
counts have beat delivered to the ffieers of the Itupreso,
Accounts, „since January 47?..0, .distinguishing the •Naniet
of such Persons, and the nature of their
.Service, and the
Money now remaining. due, 4rc." _ .
" An Account of the value, according to the Prices
Current in British cUrreney, of all Imports and EXports
of Ireland for the year, 'mufti; on the fifth of January,
ISO r, or to latest period they can be made up, (Latin- •
guishin the value of the Hope froin the Foreign ArtiC*
- Exported, tizu..", •
Ail theSe Mcitions wete carried:
Lord CAsTLEREAGH brOught up a bill for in.:
k
creasing the number of Field Officers of the seve..
ral Regiments •of Militia in Ireland. 'Read ar
first time, and oidcred to be read a second time"
on Monday' next:
Mr. ,Lo:to brought up a Bill to enable Corn;
MissiOners of the. Treasury to issue' Exchequer
Bills on ihe-credit of such aids as are, or shall be'
granted by Parliament for iBot.—Read a first.
time, and ordered to be read a second time on
Monday next. , '
The Twenty-eight Millions Loan Bill was'
read a second time, and ordered to.he committed
to a Committee of the whole. House on Monday
next.

The Bill for raising a certain additional Duty
of Customs on the several articles of Timber,
Pepper, &c: was also read a second time, and
,ordered to be committed to a Comm:are of the
whole House on Tuesday next.
The Bill for raising certain additional Duties
on Tea, Linen, Stuffs, &c. was also read a second
time but the Committee on it was deferred to

I

Wednesday next, On the Motion of MY. 'ROSE,
who said he had some observations to make on it.
• On the. Ouestion for the second reading of the
Additional Stamp Duty Bill
Mr. jjO'BHOUSE said he had some observa-
tions to make on this Bill, . which he would
not do in so thin a •House, but which he should
take up in some other stage 'of it,' of which.
opportunities would be. afforded.
Mr. ROSS obierved thatit was not usual to
debate the principle of a Bill after tha second
reading.. .
The Bill was read a second time; and ordered
to be committed to a Committee of the whole
House on Friday next.
On the question being put, for the second read-
ing of the Horse Duty Bill,
.„ Mr. JOLLIFFE sfsict, it was, not his dispo-
sition. to show any more -opposition to the Mea-
sures. of Governnient than
.was absolutely neces-
spy
,; as it appeared to him he must state_ what he
.really felt; as objeaions to. this Bill ; anti if they
appeared to Ministers, as they:appeared to him,
something instead of this Measure would be pro-
posed in a Committee : this had been done by the
CHANCtLi.OR of the EXCHEQUER on a former
occasion—this should ,be done in this case ; espe-
. chilly if this. Measure should•appear to be haras-
singto the individual, and of detriment to the.
Revenue, at one and the•same time. He was
confident it would not.: be'. the wish of the House,
that suet] a Measure should. be. carried on, when
more money might be raised, for the benefit of the
Community than was proposed by this,. in ano-
ther way. There were two parts in which he
had objeaions to this Bill :- thd one was to the:
increase of the Duty now subsisting on Horses ;
the other was to that which was proposed to be
laid on Horses used in AgrieultUre. The first
Would be very inconvenient to individuals, and,
he believed, of no-ultimate use to the Revenue.
This was called a. Tax on luxury—there were
bounds even to a Tax on luxury. All that could
be expected of any man, was that of diminishing
his luxuries, his necessaries of life he could not
diMinish for the benefit of the State.. This would
be the case in this Duty, but then the Revenue
would lose instead of gaitiing.money by it, Sup_
pose a Gentleman had four coach-horses, which
now pay 31. each the additional Duty is laid On
of 20S. each ; he puts by two of them,, the Re-
venue in that case will gain 4os. and lose 61.
This he knew .was the case, to a gi,ven extent.
When the last Duty
.Was imposed, he knew one
family ,in which.seven carriages were .laid down
at once : it would be more so now, and so 'this
Duty would only fret and harass individuals, and
at the same time diminish the Revenue, He was
confident that a lower Tax on this article would
bring more money into the Exchequer, as well as
lie infinitely more suitable 'to the individual—so
much for the Duty cm Pleasure-horses.• That of
the Duty on Horses in 'Asriculture was most un-
just. It was said that this Duty would have the
died of mdcing• Farmers use oxen instead of
horses, which was.mucli to be desired. He ad-
mitted that 'was much to be wished, but wishing

it was useless, for in many places the pradice
could not be adopted : such, for instance, as
where the land was full of stones and flint ; so
that thispart of the Bill was not a measure of
justice, cilling on men to bear an equitably part
in support of the State, but calling on 'a man to
pay an extraordinary sum of money, because the
land he lives on happens to be full of flint, for
that sort of land could not be ploughed or tilled
by the labour of oxen. This would produce par-
tial burtheni and more oppression than the pro_
duce of the Tax would be worth. He thought it

would be better that the Tax should. extend to
Tradesmen, such as Butchers•and Chandlers, and
others who used Horses in trade, as well as
Farmers : be thought they were improperly ex-
empted in this Hilt. 'There was' no justice in
this Bill ; every man who kept a Horse should
• actually pay.for it, orelse the Farmer should not.
Mr. ROSE observed, that the Hon. Gentle.
man stated; in the first place, that from the Duty
now proposed on Horses used for Pleasure, the
gevenuc.wOuld be diminished instead- of -being
increased, because a certain number of men would
lay down that pleasure. That would ben solid
objedion to the Duty, if it were clear that it
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would have that efre&; but he apprehended that
it would have no such effelt in general. Some
individuals might, possibly, lay down their use
of Horses ; but he apprehended they' would be
*cry few in comparison of those who would con-
tinue them. For instance, who would forego the
advantage and convenience of being drawn, at his
pleasure, in a coach and four horses, for the sake
of saving 41, a-year He apprehended there were
shot many who Would do that. The general ob.
servations of the Hon. Gentleman needed nOother
answer, than that they amounted to a general ob-
jeaion to any Tax upon luxury ; a species ofargu.
ment that did not require much to be .said
futation of it. -Ass. to Horses used in Agricul-
ture, the Tax, .as far as he had conversed
.with
others (for he did not pretend to have much km*.
ledge of his own .upon the subjea),_ tht general
opinion was, that it ought to go a good deal fur.
ether. The Hon. Gentleman underst'ood farming
better than he (Mr. Rose) pretended to do ; but
he understood there were but very few parts of
this Country %here oxen might not be employed
in tillage instead of horses : lie understood there
was a method of shoeing their hoofs, ao that they
might work almost any where, even amongst
gravel. and stones ; and he had heard that they.
went as quickly as, and in some cases, more so,
than horses. He was convinced, in his own
mind, that, considering the price of grain, and
the differentmanner in which horses and oxen are
fed, ancrthat the labour of the one m:ty be 'sub.
stituted so much for the other, this' Tax would
do a great deal of good, He apprehended, how.
ever, that this subje6 would be discussed again,
and therefore' he would not say .any mOre upon it
pow.

Mr.
.70LI,IFFE said, he had no desire to
dis'cussir again ; but he apprehended the Hon.
gentleman had norgiveri one word of real answer
to Ills objections against this mearae..

•
Mr. ROSE said, that the Sum proposed to be
raised by this Ditty wal 136,0001. but by' the
manner ,in which the Hon. Gentleman wishdd to
modify it, he believed it would not produce
30,0001.
The Bill was then read a second time, and or..
dered to be committed to a Committee of the
whole House on TucSday.
On reading the Order of, the DaY for the se-
cond reading of the PoOt-office new Duty
Mr.
,ALARDYCE objected to it, on the
• ground that distant parts of the Island should not
be made the subjects:of taxation, merely on
,ac.
count bf their distance from .the Metropolis:
That they should pay more for. the 'carriage of
their letters, on account of their distance, was an
unavoidable inconvenience to them, but why they
should.be additionally taxed, and called upon to.
contribute, to the 'support of the State in propor-
tion to: their distance from the Capital 4 he did
not comprehend. A letter was of .no more value
at Inverness than it was at slltzni'hesser, and, al-
though a arson _ought to pay, more for The car-
riage. of his letter to InVerness than, to Manches-
ter, there was no reason to load him with the
burthens of the State, on that .account. In that
view of the thing, and considering a letter as a
subject of taxation merely, the tax upon it, inde-,
pendent of the charge of carrying it, should be
no more at ../weera.err than it was at Barnet ; at
least he was unable, to comprehend why a distinc...
tion -should be made in this particular. He bad no
objeaion 'to an additional' Duty On the postage of
L,etters,,lnit as this was intended to be a measure
to support the State, the burthen ought to be laid
ori'His Majesty's Subjeas whits:Mt-any reference
to the accidental circumstance of distance from
the Seat of Government. This mode ought to be
altered in the Committee on the Bill.
The SPEAKER observed, that the Hon. Gen_
tleman would be aware, that if it was his objea
to alter the Rate of Duty to be imposed on any
of His Majesty's Subjeas, so as to make
thai could only be done in a Committee of the
whole House to consider of Ways and Means for
raising a Supply. If it was his objea to lower
the Rate of Duty already voted, 'that might be
done in a Committee on the Bill. In the Coin.
inittee on the Bill, it was competent to any
MeMber to propose that the Rate of Duty might
be less, but not that in any case it might be lager
than -the vote of the Committee el Ways and
Means, and therefore the objeCtWhich the Hon:
Gentleman seemed to have in view was attainable
only in a Committee of Ways and Means.

Mr. ALLARPYCE said, he did not mean to
say that the Rate of Duty of Postage of Letters
ought not to 'be higher, but that the hurthen ought
to be borne equally ; it would otherwise be an
injustice.
Mr. ROSE said, that the Hon. Gentleman had
suggested a new principle as, applic.ibleto

Rip; and one which might be lit to be discussed
in a Committee perhaps.'
The Bill was then read'a second time, and or..

ired fo be .committed to a Coltinittee of the

wlol.o }ionic on Monday next.
On reading the Order of the Day fur the second
reading of Sir SIDNEY SMI'TH'S Annuity INII,
Mr. HO B HOllB E said,le trusted that it was
intended that thiS Pension sltould, be made to
commence from the date of tfiv gioriotp Action

_ •
of Sir St ',way Smrrtt at Acre, and not from the
present period : he was not asking for that which
was withdkit precedent ; it was the case in the
Pensions of Lord;ST. VtwcUNT and Lord NEL-
SON. They were both made ;o commence from
the glorious Aetions of which they. were the
acknowledgment.
Mr. ROSE observed, that this was matter fit
fot discussion in the Committee. • .

The SPEAKER said there was in the Bill a
.blank, 'which he apprehended the 'Committee
might till up as it pleased.-
The Hill was then read a second time, and
ordered to be committed to a Commlttec of the

whole -House on.Mondair next. "
Mr. Pit AGG.E, reported at the Bar, that he had
presented at.the tar of the House of Lords,., the
Documents which had [ken ordered to he present-
ed to their, Loidships, in compliance. with their
request. .
Mr, BR AGG E then brought up. the Report of
the-Committee of Ways' and Mea Hs, the Resolu,
tions of which were read and agreed to.----As
also the Report of the 'Committee of Supply,
which was likewise read and agreed to.
.•

Sir GEQRGE SIIUCKRURGH EVe.4rN

presented a Petition frOm the Parish of .TO6lllll,
in the County of Warwick ; but before it wai
read,

Mr. TaBERFORCE BlRD.took occasion
:o observe, that this Petition exhibited but too
aithful a pitaure of the, distressed state of a great

part of the inanuladuring pisqias of this Coun-
try, ofwhicti the neighbourhood of Coventry was
a striking and. lamentable example. The Parish,
on the behalf of ivhich this Petition was offered,
contained 6+l houses, 0n1y,86 of which were
inhabited by those who were able to pay to,the
Poor Rates, and there were near 1300 Paupers.
'These persons, paying these Rates, prayed some
relief, for that otherwise they will themselVes.be
thiown upon the very Rates which they are con-

tributinito pay, and which are already twenty-
four shillings in the Pound von a rack rent. He
believed the .objet of the PCOOII was, '1 That it
be mferted, to a Committee above stairs," and
lie was sprry that a Right Hon. Gcrktlernan (Mr.
PITT) wit's not present. He irks apprehensive
that this Parish, unless it had solite'lWief, would
be, as the Petitioners apprehenciO, entirely
destroyed,
The SPEAXEIZ said, that What 'the Hon.
Member had observed, made it necessary ,that
titer( should be a recommendation '.groin the
Crown, before this Petition could be' read or
received, since the obje# was to -raise money
from the Public'.
I Icre a doubt being suggested • ..

SPEAKER said, 4 6 If it is the objea of
this Petition to raise any Public money, I appre-
hend there should be a recommendation from the
Crown before it can bt 'receivtg."

Sir 'GEORGE S liticrßUßGH
" I do not know that this is the object 'of the
Petition.' •
Mr. 110.BHOtISE, observed that the wordt of
the prayer of the Petition being far " Such Re=
lief as to the House .should s'em Meet; or clink
iit," or to that effect, he conceived to.be perfea-
ly unobjedionable, and seemed to require no
recommendation from the Crown.

The SPPIKER said, the H. n. Members ap-
peared to have mistaken the.. prattice. He un.
derstood the praaice of the House to be, wtieb a
Petition was couched in ambiguous terms--
_ _

Sir..GEORGE SHUCKIIIIRGII El/EDW.
" They are the common terms."—
The SPEAKER.—" Order I The common
pra&ice has been toiask the Member who presents
the Petition, Whethei the objed of the Petition
is to raise Public money.--The Hon. Membet
said nothing when he presented it ; but another
Hon. Member got up- be.fore the Petition was
read, and, as I considered it, took the Petition
upon himself.—lt then became my 'duty, as I
conceive, to ask Whether that was the object
of the PetitiOn ? it seems no longer under the
_adoption of that Hon. Member." . .• -

Sir GEORGE SHUCKBURGH EYELYIIT
" I
.did. not say—l, do• not knaw—Ahat it• is
the object of the Petition to pray..,for Public
Money—l have seen the Petitioners, rind they
• did not tell me the Prayer of the Petition, or the
object of the Petition to be any other than is e.t_
pressed. You know, or ought to know, that
praying Relief in general. terms, requires no re-
commendation whatever."
.
Order! Order! •
•
Sir GEORGE SHUCKBURGH EI'ELYN—
." .Order ! who- is out of it?" . •
The SPEAKER.7-r" The Honourable . Mem- •
ber will not sit down. It is the dtixy of the
House, as I understand it, to receive the State-
ments from the Chair,, with a degree Of:respeet,
not as due to• me, .but to the House, 'bOattse,
while in t4e. Chair, I represent .the Hpusei. and,
therefore, want of respect to me in that situation,
is want of respeet• to the House. I .know tfie
Hon. Member did not mean to shew any disre.•
sped to the House but it became me' to take
the notice I have taken of what has,happened ;
and the Honourable Member,,
.on relie4lions
Idate say, be sorry for any interruption-to'Order
which has hippened," -
Mr. WILBERFORCE,BIRD piofessedgreat
•
respect fbr the SPE/ARR. What. he said.-;-op
the Petition was only as aßindividtta),--.l.ticf,he
should say no more at plcScrit- .
Mi.. LONG said, that not .a *ord han'alien
from the. Hon.. Baronet himself,. :.which called. in ,
question the general pri4ice, as-stated- frOtntthe
Authority crf the..Chait. It was Usual tin „pre::
senting 'a Petition, for the 'Member presenting
it, to open the nature of the. 'Peritidn; and to
state distinftly, whether the- ohjea of the Pea:
tip!) was to obtain Publk•Money or not.. That
the Hon. Baronet' did not do, but' anr.sther_
Gentleman proceeited.to „stale the substance of the.
:Petition. Uildbet:;thes.
-ques-
tion• whether. the •Petilion couldebraught
up MK' Hid 011 the.Tabi,e, according tr.tba
of r the House -rrtliC:(M H. •B a ronel _said, .4i that
• •
the object of the Petition was not pecuniary rk,
lief," he knew of no.objedion to-the bringing it
up, and receiving it, and it might be heard.-
The petition vas then read, and it contained
what Mr. W. BIRD had stated in substance, and
concluded, "''That this Honourable -lousemay
take it into consideration,.and grant such Rif ie"f as
in its wisdom shall be deemed proper."

• The SPEAKER.---" What would file Hon.
Baronet move ?"

Sir G. SHUCKBURGHEYELYIY -" That
this Petition be , referred to the CoMmittee ap-
pointed to consider of the Hikh.Priet- of Pewit-
.
bions."

The Question was put and carried. , Acten
Minutes after five;o'Clock the House *adjourned'
to Monday.

Thelallowing is a correa Copy of the Form
in which the Thanks of the House of Commons
were communicated to,Mr. Ai)DINGTON, and of
his Answer ; as extraaed from cite. Votes of the
7th.ink.—The S? EAK E R said ;
‘1 Mr. ADDINcTON;

l'he,House have unanimously resolved, That
thC Thanki of . this. House be expressed in.the
strongest terms to you, Sir, for the exemplary
and distinguished manner in which you .have dis,
charged the duties Of-Speaker; during the whole
of the period in which you filled the Chair of the
House of Cominons,: That you be assured, that
.the. prods which you.have uniformly given of
Attachment to the Constitution, the Steadiness
with which you have.maintained the Dignity
and Privileges of this House, the ability, in-
tegrity, and unremitting attention to Parlia-
mentary Business, which have marked the whole
of your monad, justly entitle yoq. to their ap.:
probation, resiaeft arid gratitude; and it is my
duty to convey to 'you the Thanks of the House,
according to this Resolution. In diScharge, of
this duty, if I
.were to indulge my private feel-
,ings, I should 'easily •find topics on which to ex-
patiate. But lam to thank you for your condua
in this Chair, and,on that subject the Resolution
itself amply conveys the opinion of theffouse......-
If I %Trete endeavour to give their sentiments in
other worth, I should probably only weaken the
force of the 'expressions which they have , used ;
and I will not, therefore, 'attempt to convey to
you their Thanks in any language* but their
own."

Upon which Mr. ADDINCTO?4 said;
" Mr. SPEAXSR,

" It is with sensations of the most respeElful,
and heart-felt, gratitude, that I receive the testi-
mony ofapprohation, which you have communi-
cated teroe, in obedience to the CornmJnds'Of the
House. To enjoy theii good opinion, was. my
pride, and comfort, during my 'continuance in
their scriiiCe.; to experience such a: proof of it,
as has•been atforded Me upon-the present occa-
sion, is; indeed,,: the highest honour,. and the
most gtatifyank • reward. Being only. conscious

•
of hating discharged my duty with zeal, and
fidelity; I feel a satisfaition, whidl I am unable
to express, in being allowed to indulge the hope,
that the -Chair, in which you preside, has not
lost, by my conduit, any portion.of that Digni..
ty, and Authority, which are so essential to the
well-regulated Freedom of Debate, as well as to
the Rights;and.Privileges, of the Representatives
will ever be disposed to mamin, My bot.aem
Inowledgements, Sir,
,are dtie to you, ftir the
.manner in -Which- you liaie been pleased to-eater:
cute the orders of the House: 'I o the House it.
self I owe 'every obligation, which can bind the
dory;-. veneration, and . attachment, of an
vielbal-,- to the first Pdblic:Body in the World.ll,