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not think it'necessarvco' enterintn'the sub-
ject further at. this time, and concladed _by mov-
ing tie first Resolution for, granting the Loan—_.
cr That a &um of 24 millions be granted to his
Maj;:=sty, &c. &e."
After a question pct to the CHANCELLOR of the
ENCII2.-QUER, by Mr. Gry.:;,rht., mis to 'vhetbcr a
future opportunity would .be-given for the discus-
sion, and
.a reply in the afiirmatiye,.
Mr. Gitzsr-ELL said, that he •should nevertheless
wish to make a very few observations at present,
reserving to himself the privilege of adding other
observations on the regular day of tire discussion
'of those resolutions-: lie was much surprised
that his Right Hon.,Ersiend should not have at
least I;l.°c:tied-some part of the new loan to be
secured on•the sinkingifund ; he was still more
surprised by t'he manner la which' he accounted
for not doing so, by reference to the Opinions' of
the bidders for the loan. Did-he expect that they
Would advise him to apply to the sinking fund c If
he did, be was convinced that no other Member
of that House would expect it. This reminded'
him of a story. that we hod all read, when for-
merly a town was besieged, and the adviee'of the
inhabitants was asked as to the best means of de-
fending it : -the none-mason gave his opinion
that there could be nothing so effectual as a Stone-
; the carpenter conceived that wooden walls
were better ; but when th,e curricr was-asked, he I
said that neither stone or wood could be de fended 1
upon so much as leather. It was probmthiv the
same way in the present instance, where the pri-
vate interests of the bidders might be naturally
sippose4 to /have given a strong bia's to their
minds. There was, hoWever, on'e Gentleman
among the bidders wrie was inferior to no other
as a practical authority, and he had given his opi-
nion that it would be the hest way to secure a
part of the loan on the sink:ng fund.
Time CiIANCELLOR of the Ex CHEQUER thou it,
that when there was not the benefit of 'a- COmpe-
tition, it was the best way to indulge '(as far as
they could be indulged) the'opinions of those who
were to take the loan. -Ile had made inquiry whe-
timer the taking a smaller loan Would gke a better
chance of competition, aall he had found that it
would not. ,Such being time case, he thought the
best way of obtaining the mmumt favourable terms
for ihe public, was by consulting, in some degree,
the feelings of thOse who were to bid for the 1959.
Mr. IhisKissoN 'expressed his hope, that, /at
least before the enrof the Session, a general view
of the financial situation of the country, and of
its means to support its peace establishment,
would be laid before the House. He should ab-
stain from army observations at present, and con-
tent himself with putting in his claim to state his
opinions when the regular period of discussion
should arrive. •
Mr. 'PoNsoNnY observed, that the Right 'Hon.
Gentleman had said nothing at all about the Pro-
perty Tax, which by law existed till the sth of
April next. The Rightflon. Gentleman-appeared
to have. no intention of interfering wiih the law.
The time, indeed, of the signature of the Treaty
bad been most -lucky for 'the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman ; fur, if the Definitive Treaty had been
signed in the month of March, the- law would
have expired on the sth of last April, and he
would have lost his tax. if the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman thought it wiSe now to 'fake advantage 'of
the law that continues time property tax to the sth
of next April, be might undoubtedly do so ; but
he could not avoid expressing his -hope, that in
the ten Months that would pass Over before that
term, he would resolve \ not to continue the tax
any longer. He considered that there was an
understood-contract between Parliament and the
Nation, that this tax should only cumin" during
the war. He thought that, to induce the people to
pay their taxes cheerfully and with good humour,
it would be fcir the public interest that the com-
pact should be kept, and the tax not to be con-
tinued after the war. He trusted, however, that
after_ the sth of April next no more property tax
would be levied on the people of this country.
Tliellesolutions proposed by time CITANCELLQFZ'
Of the. EXCUIEGIVEII were tten adopted, and the
Report of time Committee was ordered to be reeeiv:-
ed to-morrow.
4 IRISH TOLL BILL.

On the second reading of the Irish Toll Bill,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT asked Mr. Peele for some e-plana-
tiun respecting the object of the Bill.
Mr. PEELE stated, that some years a7o an Act passed, giv-
ing to an individual a power to receive the Tolls on a certain
line of road, for a period of forty Years, and, under particul'ar -
circumstances, he was empowered to receive double Tolls, for
which he contracted, on the other hand, to put the road in,
good repair, and to keep it so. In pursuance of this Contract,
the Gentleman iti qaestioir did lay out large sums of money
upon the Road, and kept it in good repair ; hut in 1810 an
Act-passed, by which all double Tolls were abolished in Ire-
land. The consequence was, that this Gentleman, Who had
kept leis part of the contract, was deprived of the fair advan-
tage for which he had stipulated. It was to restore him, and
another individual in similar circumstancesito the right which
they had acquired Under an Act of Parliament that the pre-
sent fill was brought • .
The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted.
The Irish Insolvent Debtors Bill was committed, and the
Re‘pott ordered to he received to-morrow.
Sir. JOHN .NEWPORT postponed his Motion respecting
the Fees of Courts of-J-ustice.till this day se'nnight.
'The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House adjourned. -

We Mentioned some days ago that a mutiny had
broken out among the Italians in the Colchester
Barracks. The cause of theriot was as follows :
Some time before the conclusion of the Peace, a
number of Italian prisoners had been preyaild
on to volunteer their services, and to enter into a
battalion,_ to he called the, Piedmontese Legion-,
which, after being completed, cloathed, and ac-
coutred, xya§ to be sent to Sardinia, to be placed.
at the disposal of, his Sardinian, Majesty. These,
people, finduig that their 'comrades, 'whom they
had left in prison, were returning to their homes,
became dissatisfied, and refused to fulfil -what they
had promised, and about thirty deserted'in. the
course of two or three days. To prevent this
from extending, the Officer confined about 100 of
them to their barracks, -when •they set fire to
theta 'They ,were chiefly sailors, and there were
some French among tkem ; they had been very
troubJesome for some time. 'On the Sunday night
a party of seven of them. stabbed a man, about a
mile from COlchei.ter, whose life is now despaired
of ; but, by the timely stop put to their clamour,
we trust, •it is ?Al over. They are about 1700 in
all. They are to quit Colchester to proceed to
Forton Prison, klosport, there to embark. The
&Goner they are off the-betted?.