Star.
London, England, 1824-05-11 00:00:00

"on which he thought he had given a satisfactory expla-
nation last year; but as the Honourable Member had

again referred to it, he would testate what he had then
said. It had been reported to him, that in many parts
of the country the House Tax was unjustly and un-
equally levied, houses of the same size and quality, in
the same street, being differently rated. This appeaied
to him to be the very es.ence of injustice, tit, ugh no
one WAS charged more than the law allowed ; and lie
had consideied that, on a survey, the increa cnt
the total annaunt would have enabled biro to have pro-
Ped a general decrease of taxation. In that viex he
•w
load directed the re-survey ; but when he heard that it
has complained of, lie gave directions that no sur-
charges should he made. Certainly there conld be no
injustice in !Waking a man, mho had been paying less
titan lie ought, pay the proper amount ; and on that
point he thought his convince had not merited the ani-
madversion of the Honouraillt• Member.

Mr. HUME said the Right Honourable Gentleman
had made some observations which had much sorprioal
Ile had on a former occasion stated the retitle-
non of debt to be 24,000,0001. but he had now ad-
vanced it from that sum to 39,000,000/. but how he
had arrived at that conclusion it was impossible to say,
for there was no document on which he could have
founded himself. The whole amount of surplus from
ISI6 up to last year, was only 7,000,000/. and the LIU*.
Terence of figures must arise from the change of the
denomination of the stock. During that petiod, also,
we had been bortow•iug money on deferied annuities,
which the Ritiht Honourable Gentleman bad not taken
into the account. But he would pledge himself to
cve that the assertion of the Right Honourable Gen-
tleman, that thine had been a reduction of 39 millions,
and a con esponding reduction of interest, was emit ely
unfoutn:ed. The Right Honourable Gentleman bad
hoped ti;:: House would not be so inconsistent as to ac-
cede to 1 is Honourable Friend's motion, but the House
had already snnctioned greater inconsistencies, for they
had declued that not a shilling of taxes could be re-
pealed, and )et the Right Honourable Gentleman was
how taking credit to himself for the amount of taxe,
bcen taken off. Taking the Sinking Fund,
x. Lich the Right Honourable Gentleman called the
st,ri.las fund, at three millions, he would :Lk was it to
11. at it should be employed in paying off sloe three I•et
ceLts. at 96, 97, and 98 ? lle (Mr. Hume) was quite
satisfied, that if the Right Honourable Gentleman would
extend his liberal views on commeicial subjects to the
-,:ff.iirs of fiva•ue, he would find that the 3,000,000 f. it
left in the pockets of the people, would be productive
of ten times the benefit they were at present. On the..:
giounds he was anxious to support the motion.
Mr. Alderman HEYG ATE opposed the motion. He
the Assessed Taxes as much as any one, and
khew the people of England were better pleased
with a partial !eduction of those taxes than with all that
had been done besides. But, notwithstanding this, he
thou:Olt the Sinking Fund necessary to the credit of the
country; and that he was bound in honour to support it.
:lie also thin:e,ht the Ilouse was bound to maintain this
hind, which it so many times pledged itself to do.
Mr. N. CALVERT said, he was no friend to the Sink-
fond, as :lie Hon. Member who spoke last was, and
;It he should come to the sickle conclusion against the
reo:ion. He thought the surest pledge of prosperity
that tics country could have was the establishment ot
cheap labour. To this he thought all reduction of taxa-
tion ought to tend, and therefore he could not vote for
the repeal of these taxes until the tallow, soap, salt, and
other similar taxes, were repealed.
Mr. PELHAM said a few words aoaiu>t the motion. Ile had
full confidence in the Chancellor of the Exchequer cuatit:g turw:,rtl
'with some plan of reduction.
Mr. MA BERLEY replied.—He thought the argument of the
Worthy Alderman too absurd and disgraceful even for an Alderman.
Lord MILTON apologized fur 6j-caking atter the reply of his
Hon. Friend. He could not, however, let the question go, without
stating that bis reason for voting fur the motion was, that he was
satisfied from experience that there was no more means of obtain-
lug reduction of taxes, but by forcing it on the Ministers by such
tutors as that of his Hon. Friend.—The numbers were
Ayea 78
hoes. • 171
Majority against the motion - —93
COVitTi. BILL.

The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the further
camideration of the Report of the County Courts' Bill.
31r. SCARLET'!' declared that be 'lever could agree with that
part Of tle Bill which went to appoint twenty-one places with sa-
laries of XBOO a-year each, which were to be placed under the op-
poirunent of the Chancellor. He would not, however, divide the
Committee upon Clause was agreed to.
51r. SCA RLETT gave notice that he would propose a Clause
fer cur-opting the County Palatit.e of Lancaster from the opera-
don of this

The I louse then resumed, 2rtl the Ch:tieman obtained leave to
tit again on Thursday.
The other Orders of the Day were then dispo,;ed uf, and the
House adjaurnid at I half-past One o'Clo.A.

THE EV EN IN(

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MAY 11, 16'24.
T 111.:
STOCK EXCII .1 GE. TWELVE t.Ye
Ct•esols opened this mort.irg at. Lgal fur the ilecutwt, and, up
-0 :al,l3our, they are 96} ; atal tar Monty B;.-4.
There has been a great bust:e i.. the spattisli fiends this morning
—they opened at 21, and low. afteewards want up to 25, but
dipped again to 21 a 12.
11 is reported that the above sullen rise was twin to the
;TAMA Ambassador making inquiries, through ii :3 A3ent, it a
!nail could not be raised for Spain, which he found was
.:hour lAng something for the old one.

FOREIGN FUNDS.

"Ikeze has teen a good deal doing in the Market, particularly in
trovida, which had taken a sudden rise, but have failen to 1
Current Prices : New Spanish 16i to 17, Old 21;', to
4A:l6i/es Flit to I, Russian 961 to Cl 7, Mexican Scrip 84 I, Austrian
", ireAfy !8!, re i, (,retk 1 dis. Alliance Shares 17 to Co-
f:.*:, 1, Colombian Scrip T to 2 pre. New PrusEian 991
!r) 1O t), °id !Mil a, Trish Shares Ito Paladium 4.

PKICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK..
3 per (.t. ltekkiced 953A3 V 2 3/8
i 3 per Cons. 9614 96-3 i per Cts. 101 7/8 1021/2
t pet. Cts. Old 10W,4--1 per Cts. N. 108 :y8 10777;
1 Per Cents. Assented 1011/4 %
Long Aims. 227
.!!tdo Stick 299—India Bonds 803. 82s.
t:lls ;€1,000) 4.25. 40s. 455.
4)4tc) Small 4.1 b. 45s.—Do. (£500) 395. 435.
C0,i,113 for Acct. 96% 1/8 1A•

Active eiv4rations are making for reinforcing our
force off Algiers. The INteetNAL bomb, Cap-
13.tacr.AY, is preparing at Deptford with the utmost
ti4alc!), to follow the TERROR, which has proceeded
to the rendezvous at Gibraltar. 'fhe latter vessel, it is
be ready for sea in less than threi weeks.

Three other vessels of this description are also equipping,
(supposed for the above destination), therefore it appears
mote than probable the attack on Algiers will ulti-
mately take place, provided our proposals are not ac-
ceded to by the Dey.
Letters of a late date from Algiers, state, that the
harbcur is still under the strictest blockade, and that
the city has been abandoned by the merchants, but
oilictlier from apprehensions of a bombardment, or in
order to be prepared for it by filling the town with
troops, seems doubtful.

The Constitutionnel, Pat is Journal, has renewed the
rumour of there being six French ships of war at Rio
Janeiro, and we find the same report re-echoed in an
article from Lloyd's List, inserted in cur Naval Intelli-
gence of this day. We know ivell the fidelity of the
agents to Lloyd's, and the credit due to them, but be it
recollected that the intelligence does not rest on such an
authority; bur on the statement of the master of a ship
which had arrived at Jersey; and neither this statement,
nor the repetition of the stale intelligence of the English
Papers iu the Constitution/ref, ought to weigh for a mo-
meat against the very satisfactory explanation of the
French Government, and the assurance of the Right
Honourable S,:cretary for Foreign Affairs, that on the
Brazil, and on every other station, our fw ce outnumbers
that of the French or of any other country whatever.

Frankfort Papers to the 4th instant retched us this
forenoon. One of them contains a speculative article
on the independence of Greece and South America,
which the writer seems to think contingent on one
another. According to this account, the Emperor of
Itttssin has declared that he will not recognize the in•
dependence of the South American provinces, even if
an exalted rersonage should place himself at the head
of the revolution—alluding, no doubt, to Br azil. The
Frankfort writer considers such a declaration as decisive
against the independence of Greece, unless, indeed,
which he thinks by no means improbable, the succe.s of
the Greeks in the ensuing campaign shal induce even
the Ottoman Porte to put 411 end to the conte.t by
an equitable arrangement with the Greeks. We are far,
however, from considering tire situation of Greece and I.
South America as the tame, or that the decision of the
Court of St. Petersburg!) can prevent the independence
of the latter,which it is impossible can ever permanently
return under the government of the mother country,
even although a temporal y dc,mination over it might
be assumed.

It appears that there has been a strong disposition in
Germany to emigrate to Brazil, which it is attempted to
check by accounts of the disastrous state of those who
had already arrived there. An Englishman, with an un-
Eirlish name, is said to have enticed the adventurers.
liheos, where the letter is dated, is a province in Brazil,
and one of the four Captainships of Bahia. The fol-
lowing are extracts: