The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-03 00:00:00

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British remained off the' Bar Ct
the French Capta-in very prudently ideclitia,pUttirt•
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to'sea. The Star Sloop .of War wa's i‘o'theXaguS
when the l'opaze. sailed, and. would- have f:ollowed
and' engaged her, notwithstanding: the disparity .of
force, but was prevented by ,the Portuguese.
There is reason to believe-that the differences. 567
sisting between the DEY OCALGIEits and Mr. CAT-
WRIGHT, the British COnsulth'ere, have -been ad
justed, for it Is •stated, in Letters fipm
dated the 2d :of April, that Mr. CARTWRIGHT had
embarked on board the Porapk, Sir SIDNEY, 5~11T13,,
for the purpose of being conveyed bat* to Algiers.
The expulsion of, Mr. CAturwRIGHT from Al-
giers was obviously the result of French 'intrigue;
but with, the assistance of so able a .Negotiator as
.
Sii SIDNEY SMITH, there can be no doubt but that
the DEY will very soon besonvincedsl his_ error...

THE Trial of Lord Viscount-INIELvILLE proceeded
thi's morning at, the usual hour. The whole of the
'morning was occupied in
.the Examination of Mr,
EDGAR. The Court was crowded.

The House of Lords will not sit On the Ttial of
Lord MELVILLE on Wednesday, for the supposed
purpose of enabling the Loin CHANCELLOR and the
Ministers to meet Hts ,14111.1-TY.

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Yesterday a Court of Piree'tors was held at the
East India HouSe, when the Ships Sir• Stephen Lush-
ingto3i.and Earl Spencer were stationed for Bombay
tliteet. Capt. GEORGR GRAY was sworn into the
totnmand of the Ship Sir Stephen Lohington.—
The Court adjourned, at six o'clock, till Tuesday
hekt: . . •

The-East India Company have, dtiring a few
months, made a saving of 70001. per annum) by the
death of the following persons :
When granted. ,
1789. J. F. Erskine, for,disagpointment
March IL Of Cornpany's rank, expected for
his hating proceeded to S witzerland
to raise a Regiment for Company's
Service - 504
1793, Marquis Cornwallis, for his ser-
june•26: vices in lndh, as Governor General Sono
1796, Earl Macartney, for his services as
iz. GovernOr of Madras

7000

t'esterday a Court of Conimdn Couneil was held
it Guildhall, at which the LORD MAYOR, several
Aldermen, the Recorder, Sheriffs, and a great num- •
ber of Commoners were present. The proceedings
of the last Court were read and confirmed. The
Court adopted the Model, No. 1, for a Monument
to be ereae:d in Guildhall, to the memory of thelate
',Ord Viscount Ner.sorr;,and referred. it to the Com-
mittee to give dire&ions for carrying the same into
execution. The ThE,.,n%s of the Court were unani-
mously.voted to the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, .for his
Seinion On the firg Sunday in Term, and he was re- !
quested to print the same.
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We are muchsoncerned to heai, that that aCtive
and intelligent Magistrate,' Sir RICHARD FORD, died
this morning at his house in Sloane Street.
The Property Tax Bill;las amended upon re-com-
mitment in , the House of Commons; has been
,printed, and.was yesterday delivered-to, the Merit- -
bers. We lately gave a complete Abstraa, of the
Bill; as it then stood, and now subjoin all the
Amendments of any consequence which have been
made in it.
- The Governors and Dire&ors of the .Ban, the
bireaors of the EaSt India and South 'Sea Com-
panies, are -appointed Commissioners for charging
the Duty on all Annuities, &c. payable out of the
Revenue of England, Ireland, and, -.all, Foreign
States, entrusted to the said Companies, for pay-
InOot to any persons, CorporationS, &c. ; and shall
retain the Duty on the same from . the Proprietor of
the Annuities, &c. and pay it into' the Bank. Other
Persons entrusted with the payment 9( -Irish or'Fb-
keietn Annuities, are to doliver the amounts thereof,
Ixethin one month' aftera notice' in The London Ga-
zette, to the Comrnissioners for the Affairs-of Taxes
at Sornerset•honse. .

Where the income of any 'perSOn shall arise a.vbolly
from labour, at daily, Or weekly wages, and the
arnount of the Wages shall not have .e*ceeded; in '
Tiny one week in the preceding year, or in any sub
Sequent week previous to the assessment, the sum of
'thirty shillings, nor in any one
-day during that pe,.
riod, the sum of five shillings, and the saute shall
be proved, by -affidavit, on the oath of the party,
and by the Certificate of the, persons by whom such
wages haYe been paid ; and in case it shall appear,
that such party shall not be in the receipt of any
stitt~of money arising from any other source,' tbe
Commissioners may 'adjudge the income so arising
as not amounting ti.) ril. and grant an exemption
from- the Duty- accordingly. The Aatements are
not altered, cense:me:l4r, none are allowed fors
children.. A tp.W of abatement is' made for
all incomes betwe,:':: 501:and 1 501. at which last men-
tioned sum the- fall tax. of 10,per cent. commences.
• According to the new scale a dedu6tion of Is. is to
be allowed for every pound between the amount of
the income and the sum of 501.; thus, upon an
income of 601. aLyear qos. or 41. t Os. is to be al-
lowed,' which, deduded from 61. leaYeS the Duty
Payable 'on an intotne of 60. a-yeaf .11. 10s. ; upon
an income of 701. 80s. is to be allowed. 'which re-
duces the Duty to A. and so in gradation up to
1 591. This is much More favourable to small in-
comes than the on scale, by 'which the full Tax
commenced so low as t 001. a,year ; and: incomes of
601. and 701. Would have had to pay • 21. and
.4L
"respeaively-, instead of 11. fos. and 31. as we have
stated.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM YORK, Arm 30.
" This day a long depending match against time-
was,-decided between Mr. HARRISON and mr. RAY.
four hundred guineas to one hundred that Mr. H.
did not drive one of his horses; with himself and
anotherperSon, in a chaise, from London to York,
in 48 successive hours.• This he performed with
apparent ease in 46 hours-and 50 minutes j having
started from London at •six o'clock on Monday

morning, and arrived at, York ten minutes before
-#l;e- on Wednesday. He- offered to take the sLuffe
bet, to go from York to London in the
,same time,
and start-this day week with. thti same-boric,