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London, England, 1806-05-20 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS.:

Lord HEARY PETTY moved the Order of the
Day for the House to resolved into a Comn*tee of
Ways and Means. The Noble, Lord thenrose, for
the purpose of hr,inging tbrward the tax he meant to
propose in lieu -of the duty whirl, had been abandon-
ed on 24.-iron„,
,He said it would be in the recol:-':,
leaion tbe House,. that' not many -days since he
had proposed to afer'the further proceedings in the
Committee of Ways and 'Means, for tliepiirpose of de-
vising soMe tax less objectionable to the House, and to •
the great body of theCoun try, than that upon Pig-iron,
which he had been
,induced, in ceMpliance with-the
prevailing sentiment, to decline. 'Hennw, therefore,
rose, to propose, in lieu of that tax, a substitute,which
he hoped would prove more acceptable. 'Heconsider-.
ed it properly as a stibslitute, beeauSe it would fall
principally upon one article, and one to which he
thought the least objeaion was likely to arise,• in
providing for the pressing eXigencies of the Country.
Mitwithstanding the popular error, that the luxuries
of the wealthy were the fittest: objets of 'taxation,
under such 'exigency, yet ,it Was a táa incontrovert-
ible,' that the produce of taxes, *Open, such luxuries,"
would be so very small, as to prove rather harrassing.
thanducrative, and therefore 'it 'became hiS duty to
look to one more connee:led•with general constnp-,
tion, and, of course, more likely to he .*:iciest. -On
giving an attentive consideration to tho,,e objeEis,',
which prorniEed to, be prodtiftiv,e, and were likely to
fall 'the lightest Upon ihose who were to be inimedi;
ately-übjeel
,to the• impost, he considered
Brewing as' one of the fairest that presented t Lent-
,seves ter adoption.; he Privatel3rewer,
standing that he paid the Duty. on Malt, had still,
considerable advaJtag,e over the Publicl3rewer, and
all,the consumers of the liquor he produced. ,

ylte, Brewing itvas,Earried on to such an extent, and.
produced so great -a saving to the individuals who
adopted it, for-the -supply of their larnilies,
it greatly' leSsened the consumption of other be-
verage,' the Duties on which • would add consi-
derably to the .Public Revenue; lie therefOre.con-
ceivecP the Country, under its present circum-
stances, had a right .to look to the Private BreWer,
as a fair , subject of tpation, and to bear his
part in the publib burthens.: but at the same trme
the Tax he proposed to lay would be so Moderate as
still to leave the object of it in possesSion of consi—
derable advantages, over the PubließreWer. With re-
gard to the produce to be computed froni this Tax, it
Was difficult to obtain any precise data upon which to
calculate with exaEtness: but taking the,best he-conid
find, namely, the hole quantity of Maltcharged with
the Malt Duties, and deducting from that the quantity
which appeared frOm an average of returns to be Con-
sumed by the common Brewer and Distiller, the re:.
rnainder would litlerd a tolerable. criterion of what
the private brewer; consumed.' The whole quantity
of Malt then charged with the ditties upon 'an avt-rage
of the last few years, , was about three millions of
quarters annually, -of whieh it appeared that the
public-brewers did not consume more than two mil-
lions : of the remaining million it vas. extremely
difficult to -ascertain what proportion was consumed
by the .distilleries: It appeared, however, from in-
quiries made during the last scat-City, that the average .
consumption of the distillers was about 250,000quar-
'ters so that-the remaining 75.0,000 (plat ~ers appear-
ed to be the consumption of the private brewer,
which, rated in the scale he was about to propose,
would produce about 500,0°01. 'a sum' adequate to
that at which he had estimated the tax. upon Pig-
Iron. The scale of inxation was estimated from the
most reasonable calculation upon the probable con-
sumption of each family, and their respeaive rank
and abilities in lite ; but, undoubtedly, as it was
the farthest wish from • his mind to expose the
Private Brewer to any obtrusion of the Exeise Offi-
cer into his family, he would shape the tax in such
a way as to enable every man, by paying a fair and
reasonable commutation, toavoid• a necessity so Ob-
noxious. The tax would be assessed upon a Scale.
of:,proportiOn with the other assessed taxes--:upon
the higher orders, according to: the number
.of car-
rages and servants,, and upon tlie lower in propor-
tion to their rank in life, and the number of indivi-

•
duals, who' composed their t.unilies, upon the4ol-
- scale, viz. •
Every Family paying the Duty on a hour-wheeled s. d.
Carriage, and one Male Servant, to pay a com-
mutation fur every-iviale in Stith Family, - r ► q
For every Female - - - cto 6
Families, n:4 paying for.a Four-wheeltd,Carriage,
but assessed for
.one Male Servant, to. pay ftir
each pixie- - ••- - - - o ;lc 0
Every Peinale - - -. o I 6
Families not assessed for a Male Servant, but pay-
ing tne for'every Male
Every FeMale -

o
o S o

Per.sns only p'aying the low. est.order of Assessed
Taxes, and charged with the Window Tax, Mules o 5 •
Females • - - • - - o 2 6
.A.,11 children under ten years Old excepted, and also
all the lower orders
,of the labouring poor, and all
personspaing 'Asessed Taxes,, and who may
chooSe to brew tbr themselveS;.to be exempt ; for no
person but the Priyate Brewer would have any part
of the charge to bear. The number of, pesons liable
to this Tax, he caieulatel upon
,the following scale:.
F S.
-,cas i lciLs - •
Third Class - • -
• Fourth Class - - -
• •
and the,;whole produce he estimated to produce a net
revenue of 500,0001. Hating thus briefly stated the
Tax he-,had to propose, he begged leaVe to observe,
thit, as nothing was Morerepugnanc to his wish than
that it should become necessary to collea theTaX in
the way of Excise, he hoped that all persons who
were averse to the Exciseman's visits would avail
theinselves.of the modification he .proposed, arid by
delivering in their Lists, according to. the foregoing
scale, enable the Colleaor tó ascertain their repeclive
proportions without farther trouble to theraselyes.—
Hebegged leave to repeat that, notwithstanding what
might be considered a fair impost upon the Private
Brewer, he would still hare many advantages over
the public one; and possess a degree of comfort in
the means of .supplying his family witiva wholesome

and cheering bever-age7consitieribly cheaper than. he
could purchase of tfie public Brewer or Retailer.—
The Noble Lorcl-felt still, more 16Ppy.that the class
of labouring poor would be altogether exempt from

the Tax ; aTia concluided by moving, That there be
laid upon every barrel of ale or strong beer • brewed
by private families, of the N:.lue of uGs. an Excise
Day of los. to be paid by the person so brewing,
extept such persons as should pay a commutation
licence-duty upon the scale before mentioned.
This produced a discussion of considerable length.
Mr. ROSE,thought the Tax highly objeolionable,
and said it was one, like that on Pig Iron, which his
late Right Hon. Friend had alsO in contemplation,
but abandoned upon the fullest codsiderationi because
lie knew there was an abundance of preferable
sources still untouched. •
Sir ROBERT BUXTON gave it his-decided, op-.
. •

pgsition, as founding an 'obnoxious systqm 43l excise
unpo,ts upon private families, -anti- as leading, -tbr7
aught he knew, to a future licehe-tax On baking,
roas.ing, and boiling.
Sir Wm. GEAISY also opposed the Tax.
Mr. PATT IS 0 N defended'it as a Tax' not new, but

adopted under Lord North, and as extremely fair ;
but thought that a still fairer mo would be., to
colle& the whole of the-Malt. Liquor. Tax through-
out the kingdom on malt' only for be was con-
vinced that a vast quantity of strong malt liquor
evaded its proper portion of duty, by being passed
•as of a weaker. denomination. He thought titat
Country G.,.ntlenaen who lived in cheap parts of the

kingdon-1, and enjoyed all the necessaries of life at
the first band, could infinitely better afford to pay a
Tax in this way on the malt liquor -consumed.in their
families, and brewed by their oWn servants, than the
inhabitants of cities and manufa&uring towns, ,who
had no such 'advantages, and were obliged to pay,
not only the highest
_Tax, but all the profits of the
Brewer and Retailer.

Lord HENRY PETTY defended the Tax ; and,
ju answer to the observation of Sir Apbert Buxton,
ohscrwd, that the Hon. B. was' in.an error, in
supposing- the
.principle of charging a licence to pri7
vat in commutation ibr excise duties, on
ar:icl; by diem for their private con
sumption, was at all new in this Country ; .on the
contrary, it Was one long recognized by that House.
it had btu adopted in a way similar ;o this under

Lard North's- Administzttion

ft s (lc) 1) t n

the Reign of Geo:ge upon tip.: private Manufac-.7
ture of candies; .and what, in, faa, were, all , the
Assessed Taxes on Carriages, Servants, 'Windows,
and Property, but Taxes. Or a similar nature?
Mr. HUSKISSOIV thought the Noble Lord bad
calcnlat?d the produtt of the Tax greatly beyond its
reality; for, even *admitting his own,scale of the
consumption of 014i1.t by. 13veweries and bistil-
Ines to 56..correet, of remaining 750,000
quarters a very great proportion niust be con-
sumed- by.poor families, whom it was the avowed
purpose of. the Noble Lord to exemPt froth the Tax'
altogether. .

ItosE, made some farther obje&ions to the
Tax, as baying been before abandoned, , '

. ,
Dr. LAIViiENC.4 reprobated the disposition ma-
nifesteebY the Right "Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Rose); and those Who supported hula, for the con,.
dud -thcy uniformly manitested towards the Noble
Lo`rd, and hiS Colleagues, to whom they boasted
cf having reigned " a Bed of Roses ;" but to whom,
in thd,.they had. left, ,nothing ,but emliarrasssment
and almost uusurtnountable clittiduity. Every
measure which 'the, present Ministers proposed for
extricating the Countryfiom its difficulties met with
nothing 'bat captious "objections, and vexatious op-
position, from their predecessors.

•
Mr. GILES thought the Tax, in effe&, would.be,
a Tax on Fethale Servants ; but since 4, Tax on the
home-made beverage of private families was to ,be
laid," he thought the inhabitants of the' Cyder Cou-
nties, who subStituted tbdt beverage almost totally to
the exclusion of malt liquor, shouid be subje-aed to
a licence also,:

• Mr. MAYNING was decidedly against the
Tax and raids he would forego the advantages of
Privaie bre.very altogether,
.sooner than submit to
•
'the obnoxious intrusions of an Excise Officer in hj,rl
family. • • • •

'Sir- CHARLES POLE objeaed to the Tc-Ax on
the Cyder Counties ; and also to that sort of cri-
terion of Gentlemen's circumstances that vas to be
drawn from their :keeping a carriage, which, to
many men of small incomes, was frequently more
a matter of mere convenience than of luxury. He
suggested, as a better succedaneuny of revenue. than
the beverage of poor families, the race of strapping
six-foot high men-milliners who crowd the shops of
the 'town.

Lord lIENRY PETTY,' in answer to Mr. Man-
ning, repeated.his own decided wish to prevent the
obtrusion of gaelsemen. He highly aliploved the
suggestion of
.Mr. Giles,upon subje&ing the cyder
consumers to the licence; and he hOped the Hon. 1
Baronet Who spoke last would.feel some c.onsola7-
tion iii refleaing, iliat those, strapping men-mil-
liners, who appeai-ed so-obnoxious to him, 11'ere as
much" sub jeet to the Mlx as any other persons..
MT 1 YRIVIIIT- 77()YE,S1 iliought the Tax
. . .
would, to all intents and,purposes, be a Tax on Fe-
male Servants, to whit') he was
,decidedly averse.:
better, infinitely, to tax those- „worthless animals
called men-millineit., to whom the Hon. Baronet
had so properly alluded.

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.
Mr. . SHERMAN had not the slightest objee,
tion to•the Mix proposed by the Npble Lord so..thr
as it affe6tea himself, and should cheerfully submit
to it : 64 be would not go quite so far Orr the be-
.half of his Constituents at Stafford, many of • whom:
were poor, but honest industrious men, who were
in-the habit of -brewing,a little ale for their own fa-.
mines : they certainly brewed a very good sort ;
and be must do them the justice to say, that, they'
did ample justice to their own brewing. He there-
fore could have wished the Noble Lord had com-
menced his scale of this Tax a little higher in so--
defy. And as toiae succedaneum proposed by the
Hon. Baronet (Sir C. PolO, of a Tax on Men-milli-
ners; he would not only agree to a Tai upon them,
but upon the whole race of those effiminate beings,
in the shape of men, who assume the employments
of women, and preclude so many thousands of de-
serving females from an honest livelihood. .
The PtCSOIIIOOIIS were then agreed to withoUt
division, and the Report was, ordered to be brought
up on Wednesday.

LORD NELSON's GRANT.
•
Mr. ALEXANDER brought, up the Report of the
Committee on this Bill, and 'the Resolutions were
agreed to rent. con.

PROPERTY TAX BILL. -
Lord H. PETTY' moved the third reading of the
Amendments in this BiA..

Mr.
WiLBERFoacs suggested, that the wording
in many respeas was incorrect. It was .stated in
the openino-, that persons having life estates under
501, shot3hr be totally exempt—but he saw no such
exemption in the 2W. •

Aft:. VANSITTART thought the Clause sufficiently
exprussive.

. .
The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Gentleman,
-that- t lie Amenthiients must be first disposed-of, and
then it would be open to any Gentleman to intro-
duce any additional Amendment or Clamp. '
_ .

On the Amendment about exemptions to labour--
ing men or artisans under certain circumstances,
Mr. SPENCER STAisMOPE considered, that this
Clause wv.ild be a mere mockery on the persons
proposed to be relieved. Jr would be something
like the allowance c•I Teplits granted last year,
which Was only.twoshillingsin an hundred pounds:
,he objeeted. to requiring Certificates from all the
Masters as proof.

Some farther conversation took place upon the
Amendment in this Clause, which was finally
agreed to.

-Mr. ELLISON objeaed to the Clause for requiring
.Masters to give returns of those in their employ
who• did not reside in their house : he stated the.
number of agents that many. persons employ of
'whom they have, no knowledge, and for whom they
ought not to he responsible.
Mr. VANSITTART replied, that the Honourable
Member gave too large a signification - to the word
employ. The persons that this Clause would bring
under the Tax were Bankers' Clerks, and pet-Sons
of that description, who would otherwise evade the
payment of the Tax.

- The Amendments were th,en read and passed.
Several new clauses were then brought up.
Mr. VANSITTART brought up a Clause for mak;.
'ing some deduEtion on that part of the property of
'persons under isol.•per ann. that is Jaid out in pre-
miums for insuring their lives. for the benefit of their
'

Mr. WlLBELFoßer...thought that persons of such
sm:111
_income could #eldom give any thing for hi-
sul.a3ce., •

I

i

Clause was aeTeed to.
,0
\Vl,Ltaironcg proposei a Clause for giving

11e abaleinents -to persons of moderate fortuues hay-
. families. He wished to divide those persons !rita
two classes : • the first from t DOl. to 400. per ann.;
and the second from that to 5' Owl. per ann.
The Clause was ,suppo;tted by Mr. SrENCtIC,
',STANHOPE, and,Mr. HuDrmEsToNE.
Mr. VAN ITTART thought it was necessary to try
the experiment of the Bill in the simple shape it
was ',low presented. He considered that it was the
dedu&ions and modifications" in the
,Jate AC that di-
, minished so much of -its produ6.tiveness, and which
caused it tp be so much evaded. He thought, if
there were abatements on account of children, it
should be as much to the' rich, where children were
an expence.and a burden, as to. the poor, to whom
they were an advantage. • .
Sir H. MILDMAY supporteJ the Clause. .

Mr. W. STITSI the-tght- the dedudion proposed
Wonld be, to many persons,' an objeEt.of the greatest
importance. Suppose a person who pad an income
of 2001., per annum, an-A ten children, a deductionof 101, out of 201. would be a must material objet
to Wan. We, ought not to' give up all considerations
of justice and humanity merely for the sake of
.Waking a new TaX simple or prodtidive.
Lord HENiiY PETTY found himself obliged to op-
pose the Clause introduced by the Hon. gentleman;
however he might join in his feelings. He had a
duty to perform to the Public, which was to make
the Tax produ6tive. If it should fail of being pro-
4udive, the House must then impose other Taxes,
Which would press as severely. The Hon. Gentle-.
man came forward .as the advocate. of a very merito7
.09us part of the Comrriunity ; but in opposing it,'he
Considered himself the advocate of the community
itself. The 10 per cent. IncoMe Tax only produced
live millions land a half. How then :were the re-

Maining five minions to be provided for ? He con-
ceived there were .no Gentlemen in the. House that
were prepared to offer any other. Tax to sUpply such
a deficiency:
Mr: BAicEES supported the Clause.
The House then divided-;= • -
For the Clause - 74
Against it. - - 26
• Majority -
Mr. TY,WHIT :TONES brought up a Clause to
punish those Assessors who made vexatious and op-
pressive Surcharges.
Lord H. PETTY read a Clause in the Bill to the
same effea.

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Sir H. Muirwi approved rather of Mr. Jones's
Clause, that gave the remedy before the neighbour
g Justices, whereas the Clause in the Bill gave the
remedy before the CoMmissioners only.
Mr. W.I. Smiali complained of the prevalence of
Vexatious Surcharges, by which many persons who
brought them forward got rich, particularly with re-
(Tea to Surcharges, for Assessed Taxes.
Mr. ROSE disapproved of the Clause asapplied to
this particular Bill. It might perhaps be a. good
Principle to adopt generally.
Mr. EralsoN, thought Government would -get
credit by freeing the Country from the vexations of
these persons, which were often felt more oppressive
than the burdens themselves.
HERBERT and some other Gentlemen were
in favour of the Clause. "Mr. VANSITTART replied'.
The. Clause was then put and UegatiVed. The Bill
Was then ordered to be read a third ~time on 'Wed-
nesday next.
The farther consideration\ofHthe Report of the
Ele&ion Treating Till was .po'stpdned till Thursday.
The 'consideration of the Petition of Chalmers and
Cowie .vas fixed for Friday. 'The ()diet' Orders of
the Day were then read.
Adjourned at Half-past Twelve. o'clock.

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MAILS.
RRIVED-2 1--tdraburgh, r MI F.-2 Gottenburgh,
.. ..1:13.abl in, 2 IVaterfurd'. . • , '

.Ova Plymouth Letter of this Morning states, that
'lrepoit was very current that theln:shore Squadron
°' Brest, consisting of the /mimtucus,, of 80 guns,
(apt. LAWFORD, the Pica. nond and the Latona Fri-
gates, and the llaught. y Gun-brig, having been be.-
ealnled under the French Batteries, the whole of the
*nerny's Fleet, Consisting of, ten Sail. of. the Line,
113 d slipped their cables, and caiittged them.

haVe the strongest reason tScloill;t_ the truth
•
this report ; • indeed there is a manifest contradic-
tionon the face of it, beCanse if
,Oar Squadron had
hen bPcalruecl; it would have bccn impossible
l'Or the Enemy's Fleet to come out. s‘Veare hapi)•y,
however, 'to state, in addition, that no account
Whatever of such an event having happened haS
' l''ehed the Admiralty, and that no credit is given
t there.

Sir RICHARD H STRACAN was expelled 'to sail
from Plyauouth this morning, with. the following
Ship% viz.
' The Cce.ear, Belleisle, Terrible, Montague, Hel-
lo'
'la, Triumph, anSI Audacious Men of War ; De-
- cqdc and Melampus Frigates ; and Moselle and Fly
loops: . ,

'rtits morning two Ifortiturgh Mails arrived,
which contain the .folJoviing articles of intelligeurce

'VIENNA, INIAy 3.—The late embarrassments int..)
which the Court of Vienna has been thrown, re-
tat
.11g to the affairs in Dalmatia, appears to take a-pa-
cif,
4e turn; and it seems fieyond a doubt that the Ca-
b
net of Vienna has thought it proper to yield to the
il.c.essity of preserving Peace. This conjea ure -is
r -°llticled on the following-circumstance : .

The French Cflumn4Lich lead made a tbove•
'ilAnt in advance ha halted, and the A,lstrian Pri-
sonef3 have ,continued theircfi.
12: The attetidants and equipa,,e Of tille,Elea.or of
Wurtzburgh have set out foi- that .City,, and the
Prince himself will follow.iminediately.

3. The Commissary " E has been pit on
his trial by a-Council of N.far ; and 'after eaCh Sit.
ting the Protocol and interrog4ories are.communi-
cated to- the French Ambassador.

It is said that the,,trial of the Prince DEAuEtts-
BERG IS ended, and that his sentence has been sent,
sealed, to St.Tetersburgh, to be submitted to the E-
mperor, to whom thit; satisfaCtion is conceived to be
,due. It is presumed that that SoVereign will recom-•
mend a pardon for him, which appears to be Wished
, .
here, as the Prince has in reality always been a faith-
ful subjeofand a' worthy man. •
M. DE FUNK, Field-Marshal, and Knight of the
Order of Maria Theresa, figmerly attached 'to the
Corps of Artillery; and who had served with diStinc-•
tiou under JOSEPH 11. remained 'here during the
stay of the French, and when they made their entry,
had even the indiscretion to appear on horseback in •
'the midst of their columns, in full unifor;n, not-
withstanding he- had • been forbidden to wear, it.—
Being
.afterwards arrested in Hungary, whither he
had retired under a false naMe, he 'was sent •to
Vienna,. where lie was imprisoned and Cashiered.
and the day: before yesterday a repOrt that' he had
been condemned to be hanged was ,so generally be-
lieVed, that more hail 3000 persons Were assembled
on the Glacis to witness the speeacle, •
The Negotiations which had-prolonged the: stay
of General ANDRkOssy, here,-being at length 'termi-
nated, lie has taken leave of his trnperi-31 .111ajesty;
who has presented him..with a gold box, with his
portrait, which is one of the
.most valuable that has
. .
been given by the Court of Vienna fora long time,
as it is estimated at 40,000 livres. • ' •
We are assured that M. DE Ls Itodurn,oucsuri•
has fixed the Atli of May 'for the latest time when
the Court of Vienna shall take its resolution vela-
tire to the affair of Cataro. It is probable that it
will give way in every point rather than 'enter into a
new contest with France. . .

FROM THE COURT GAZETTE, UNDER THE HEAD

T,LT It KE Y:

PASWAN OGLotr, against whom the hatred of the
Servians was principally direCted, has, since the

assassination of the Bishop of Winrs., and the arrest
of the most distinguiShed Rajahs, sent negotiations.
to the principal Chiefs of nation to appease them,
and terminate their quarrels in an amicable manner.
The Servians have demanded hostages- as security for
the promises of PASWAN OGLOU.
On the 3cl.` and sth of -April•the Insurgents gain-
ed new advantages over the Troops of the .Begler-
.
beg of Itotnelia, nc# Oskronizza., 'The news of
the taking of Shabaci was prenmture, but it is cerL
lain that the place is, reduced to distress, and that
the Chiefs of the Servians, ‘CiEM GEORGES and
GLAYAScII, have twice been into the fortress to
hear and.discuss the propositidns made them by the
Turks:- •

GENOA, Arlin. 19.—There are at Porto Ferrajo,
in the Island of Elba, nine French Ships of War,
which Nv ill sail ithtnediately for Gaeta. That For-
tress still defends itself with great obstinacy..

They write from Leghorn, tha't all English,mer-
chandize is there severely prohibited.
The GovernMent of Etruria will not in future pay
the 60,000 livres it had engaged to advance, per
month, for the maiutenancepf the French Troops.
VENICE, APRIL 26.—Ail the EngliSh, some of
whom have resided here ten years and more, have
removed ; some voluntarily, but the greater part in
consequence of orders to leave the city. .
TRIESTE; APRIL 27.—The Lady of Mr. ,S.EN CEP.
SMITH, by birth Baroness of HERBERT, who resided
at Venice,' and thought herself in .perfed security
there, has been arrested, and concluded to Milan.

ST. PETERSiiiIIIGH, APii,ll. 20.-A great 46tivity
is remarked ire our /_,*abinet,' and there 'are, confer-
ences daily' lx.ktween our Minikers.zind the English
Ambassador. It appears from the last Declaration.
of this Plenipotentiary, that the Change of Ministry
Which 'has lately taken, place at London will only
strengthen the good .understan:ling- between our
Court and the .Cabinet of St. James's.

Mr Cabinet has refused the mediation solicited nf
it to terminate amicably the differnces subsisting
between England and Prussia, ,because it fears to
disoblige one or other of those two Courts. .
M. DE Aim', Ens, Minister from Russia at the Court
of Stockholm, has received. orders to make represen,
tations to his-Swedish Majesty;which have for their
objea tore-establiSh a good.- uqerstanding between
Sweden and Prussia. His Imperial Majesty has
lately ;-litten tO. the. King of • Sweden,• and .po-•
sitively
,asSured .him, that he will give, him, cone
formably to Treaties, all the succour-he shall de-.
mAnd. He has besides guarmteed to him, we are
assured, the possession of his territories.
APRIL 'l4.—Oh the Gal inst. Rear-Ad-
miral.Sit SIDNEY &Mini sailed frlith Gibraltar, with

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ti Po. InthJe, Friptc:3, arid 7:frari-
spoyts.• 1-I,e.- has a considcir:lble number of on
board; and is it,tendcd by a bomb-ketch.. - His deg--
.• _ .
tit):ifi niS tbiSicil;;but first lie• will, pay a to the
PE-f or ALGiI;ES., atid, by the' Clifeat. Of a bombard-
for,:e thq Engclill Consul.

• We received last night American Paped:s 'to the'
17th ult. frOm which We have made' Some very in-
teresting extraak. it appears that the-differences
which have for some time subsisted
,het‘yeen Spain
acid' America are on.the point ofbcing.adjusted, but
in a way. not ;very hot-kin-I
-able to • the- latteri
the statements in the 'Papers ,be" correEt. it is

asserted positively that •RON'APARTF, has succeeded`
in extorting fro7n America two millions of dollat-S,
as the price of his mediation betweeh Spain and
America. This sum is • advanced by the latter, no-
minally for the ptircihase of the Floridas,; but, in.,
fist, the money has been shipped for 'France: The
comments .the American Pape-rs upon this extra-;
ordinary 'transaction are, as might beexpeaed, un-
Commonly strong. The following obseri'ations are
exeruaed from the 'Boston' Centinel
. " is to be hoped,we shall hear no more of the
" independence of the United States Qf ,America, after
• the prompt, *disgraceful, and dastardly compliance
the Majorify.--Pf Congress with the demand of
" Two mti..r.roxs of •DOLLARS made: by BONA-
" PART E, through the, medium of his 'Artillery
• Oliicet, General •TURREACT, Under the pre-
• tence of .purChasing 'the' 'Floridgs] Yes) the •
word independence ought -to be erased from our
" records, and the declaration thereof sent 'off
• With our tribute money=-lest we become a by-
• word and a reproach among Nations ! Will'. the
" world believe that the EMPEROR of the FRENCH
" has had the insolence to inform our Government;
" by a Military 7...:obleman, that, unk-ss. we; ~sent
"'him; to.help to-support ,the pomp and parade of
" his TEIRMC, TWO MILLIONS of 1301.4,A.R5, in see-
.cie, Spui4should go to war with the. Unit ed States
" resPeaing.l_,wrisiana,' and that France, as her
Ally, would assist her in -the•sWar ? Yet such is
" the haa.—Anct more : such has been the trepida-
" tion with which the whiskers of'this Warrior Mini-
" ster have struck the AthninistrAtien °f our Govern
" meat that the Congress haS complied with the de-
:
" Mand, and the bach.stairP,u-asites of the ExecutiVe
a have been called upon to clOse the' doors of Con-.
" gress,.t6 vote this immense sum of none: in secret
Divan, and sena if oft 1() FrauiTLnot to Spain—
" with most infamous haste ! —Tell it not in Europe!
" publish it not in the streets of AuitYrica!,! !" • - •

• LIE objeaions urged against the proposed Tax on
Pig- Iron Avere deemed so.‘Arig-jity by the Cif A
LOR of the EXCHEQUER, that,. having . maturely
considered them, he last night, sug-gested, as the
best substitute he could find, an impOst,upon Private
'Brewing, the amount of which he declared himself
not fully able to calculate for want of proper data,
but • Which he, ventured: generally
..to estimate at
500,0001. The,Noble LorS.Was fully aware of the
dislike that, would generally arise from the introdUc-
tidn-of Excise. Officers Mi.° private families, 'arid the.
odium .which would naturally attend such a mea-
sure:: He, therefore,,propoSed a composition, which
is to be adapted to—four- different classesof persons
. .
who will be subject to the Ti,x. but N've ~have the
satisfaetion to find that it is not to operte at all
upon persots who are not liable to the Assessed
Taies.

YeSterday being the.real Anniversary of Her MA-
JESTY'S' Birth-day, it Was celehrited• at \Vindsor
Castlewith the most splendid festivity. 'His Royal
Highhess. the PRINCE of WALES :set off from_ Carl-
ton House at eight o'cloCk in the morning,. in order •
to pay his dutiful Congratulations to Their IVl.s.jEs-
'rim on. this occasion. He went in his barOnche,
drawn by four bays, in order to take doWn With him
his young and lovely daughter, file Pkin,.icEss CHAE-
toTTE, accornpanied by her Governess, Lady DE
.Her. Royal. Highness was, seated by the
side of .her Illustrious Sire,' in sprightly orqersatiOri;
as they pasted through the Park.
~/‘. selet Ball Was'
at Frogmore iu the eveninff, tinder .th taSeful
•
direCtion of ,Pitt.vca3s 'ELIZABETH ; 'at' WhiCh the
PRINCESS,CHARLOTTE'daIIted, for the first time, at
-Windsor.; The Pat ScE,. and several of the .116 At.
DuK,Es, were present at the Ball:
Their MAJESTIES, the Dutchess of YOtti4., Prin.=
cesses AUGUSTA, SOP-HIA, MARY, and' AMEIIA,
ac-
cowpanied by Generals GWYNN and nizaoY, Col.
DESEROW, &c. walked on Windsor Terrace, On
Sunday, for the first night this season it was ex-
tremely full of Nobility and. persons of distindtion.
11.1 K! Duke of SUSSEX
,arrived nt •WindSor on Sun-
' day night, at nine o'clock', from town.

• -liisTMArEsTY, the Dukes or roim a d CiPg•
BERLAND, the Princesses SOPHIA and.ANlELLA,ac-
cominied by Count.l\loi,lsrEill Lord CAtUICART;
and Generals GwyNi,.: end' FITZROY, took an airing
on horseback by Cranbourn.. • •
Yesterday 'morning.flor • MAJEF,TY, the Dutchess
of YORK, Princesses and MArt-4, took
an' airing, to Frogrnore.—His MAJESTY iblloived
them soon after, and dined there. .., •

A Letter from, Weymouth, A:AM .Sunday Morn-
ing, May 18, says, 'List night was landed at the
CttstotrOtouse the last chest of dollars from the
wreck of the Abefgewenny,,vhich completed the 62.
chests recovered py_ Mr. BrzArriuwAlTE, who, with
much -perseverance and great in has. sue-
ceeded, • The total of .the sixty-tWo chests is about
70;0001.1-aloe. He is going immediately to pro-
ceed on the cargo,"

Y 4 [7.4
Lt.
It` Le" tl•

• it; IVIAV i E.1.7-:::-21;_ report, his
reht.eireulation here to-day, of the eftptiire ^f the
114-shore Squadren cruizing- off Brest, corisistiOg of
the imp-etuertx-, of 80 guns, Capt. LA wroii.Dl the
Diamond, of 38 guns,. Capt. ; Lat.andi
of 38 guns; A. WOOD j. and the Ifazyglity
Gun-brig, by a Squadron of 10 Sall ef the Eticiny's
Line bf Battle Ships; which slipped fr.oln the In: er
Road ,OF Brest, on finding the,abovebecaliried, and
within reach of Pie -Batteries. 'Though there is some
`reason to fear that some diSaster of the ',kind hag
taken, placle, it is hoped it wilt not iurn'ont to the
'amount stated-,

DOVER, MAY o.—HPassed by the. LishOli and
Oporto-Meets, for the DOwps.

FALMOUTH, MAY .17.--Arrived. the Danish Brig
Didna, Capt. PETERSON', frOill Trieste, for Copen-
hagen, with fruit, '&c.; Danish Brig -St. Paer;
LisToN, on the same voyage ;- and .the Danish
Ship itfarg,eurethe, Capt. GROOT, from Sake,' for

Altona, witli brandy, &c. all detained by the Hero
Privateer; arrived also the American `Brig Rover,
Capt. WAITE, from Messina.,-

Sailed the Amm'iimn Ship Rose, HATIIMAY, fot
Philadelphia ; and the Elizn 4;ine, RICHARD.iON,
for Bristol; ,

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10.-Arrived the Saracen
Sloop .of War, Capt. PREVOST,. from Madeira, hay-
.
,ing captured off that Island a *4i:ill FelaccA, which
is not yet arrived ; arrived' also-file
,lileteer Burnt):
from the Downs.; and Oceanus Gailiot, &oin Bour.
deaux, bound to Bremen,. laden with • brandy, de-
tained by the Minerva• Privateer..

La Marengo and Bale- Perde are come' into thd

Harbour:

DAL, MAY 0.---Came ilorYn from Sheetheis
the. Vestal. Frigate: • . '

.Arrived the Giinnet Slop of,War, with a convoy,
from Oporto; Trompeusv §loop of War, and the
•Minx Gun-brig, from a cruize:
.Sailed the ifinaranthe. and Tromficuse. Sloops of
War, and the Szeallbu, Cutter, on a cruize.
The.ZeTra Bomb has a signal for n c n..-oy to the
‘,Vest %yard.

.
The Peidniontwse Freud, Frigate, of by g:un; from •
Toulon, withPispatches, was'4go.ing into,t.te. Care qt
Good Hope, hilt being infornied by rt.Daite that it
was in possessioh. 4. the English, she proceeded' for
the Isle of France.

COmmodore Sir fie Kt Port hill the add et to_
secure /\(tiliral L,i.OIS
on board Le. niontaire;-wil.:6 noVe b,
by that vigilant !Comm:tinder to cm: flo Ird of
and received with 'his last I)L:ya,ciles.

Capt. PERRY, of the Lady Shaw Stewart, taken:'
end burnt' by, the French 'Sinadron ii ider t he- COln-:
nand of A.dmirals VILLIP,MEZ and JP. ROME 80,.
PART, is arrived in OS put bri
board the *Union Cartel, arrivea .tram the'Cape, frinn•
the Foudr64ant Man .of War, on the nth of March,
in lat. I 45.-$,. long. \V. Ile was on .board 15
weeks, during which petiud the' Squ idron had taken
six: Sail, : viz. Accliz;e Transport, HEtLAHT, from
Gibraltar; Susannah, olLiverpool, bound to Fayal;'
two. 'Newfonadland Vessels ;-S. Privateer, 'priZe to
the'.2Vdrcissu.s Frigate, . and the Lnrly Shaw Siewari;
09'e'of the Nre-wfOundlaria Vessels \Vita gig en up to
the people—the rest we're destroyed. The Squa-
dron, during it. Cruize, had been to lat. 33. 36. S.
lOng. 14.30. 8. On the 20th 'Or Mal-ch it. bad only
live weeks -Water and four months provisions on
board. 'Captain
,P. supposed the Squadron WOUld
Proceed to the traZils' for water, 640,. and from theilce
to the West .IndieS. On the ofFeb Am
rican arrived at the Cape, which.had. a few days ago
'fallen in with the Regulus,. bf so; President, of 40):
'Sybelle and Surveillant, of 13 gabs, on their way
to the hie of France: •

Mi. T. SHirtlDAlc has -purchased, the ' beautiful
Villa, near Tunbridge We 11,,. which belonged' to the
late Mrs. ByN.G, mother of the Member for Middle-
sex. It is, for its extent, one. of the prettiest place 3
in the kingdom.
A melanpholy occurrence yesterday took place At
the AdMiralty. Sir. MICHAEL LE "FLEICIINd,'MCITI,
her for Westmorland, in the morning Waited' upon
the first Lord on busine3s,. Inc had scarcely en-
tered the room when he, .suddenly : 'dropped down
ands,expired, -as' is supposed, 'of an apople6tic
Every assistsznce. was pro Cured, but in 'vain. The
Coroner's Inquest sat this day on the 'bOdy, and
brought is their verdict—" DiLd 4 Me Visitation
God." .

-:-QUICK is, as usual, engaged fora few nights at
Cheltenhani, in the ensuing season. It is mush .to
be regretted, that such an admirable Performer, of
thoold and true. School, is not seen upon the Lon=
don Boards. ;.,--

Master BETTv takes a wide theatrical circle hiring
the summer, to places where he,' has not hithertb
performed.' He precedes QUICK for. a few nights at
Cheltenham.' '•

1
• To-Morrow morning the first five Tickets drawn
'out or the Wheel will receive 0001. each, over and
above any other Prize from '20;000i. to twenty-cne
which may happen to he drawn.against them. Un-
drawn Tickets and Shares are selling at SWIFT .and
Co's. old Ottce, in the Poultry.

Should the five first drawn Numbers to-morrow
morning, entitled to 10001. each, turn out to be sold
in shares, as most probably will be the case, above
fifty individuals may' participate of the blessings.
This is a circumstance of no SMall interest-.to such
as can purehase .but small shares, and it is not yet.
too late for those who have not •hitherto pwisessed
themselves of ehanco, to obtain the requisite quali-
fications for participating, not only of. the above-
mentioned Prizes, to-morrow morning, but of the
immense Caphals
.whish will so speedily suceted
them.,