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HAMPSHIRE.

ELEGANT FREEHOLD VILLA and COUNTRY RE-
SIDENCE.—BERRY LODGE, near GOSPORT.
TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,

LL that truly deferable FREEHOLIi
VIL-
LA, pleafantly fitrate at Berry, within one mile of the
Town of Oofport, and twenty minutes walk of Stoke's Bay.
One of the belt places for Sea Bathing in the Kingdom; com-
manding an extenlive and delightful profped of Spithead, the
Me of Wight, and adjacent country (the property and late ra-
de/ice of Admiral Thomborough) ; comprifing a neat and com-
modious brick Dwelling Houle, with fuitable Domenic Offices,
Coach-houfe, and Stabling, Granary, Greenboufe, and a large
Garden, well Rocked with Fruit Trees, together with about
Eight Acres of Rich Meadow Land adjoining.
Poffeffion may be had at a very (bort notice.
N. B. The Land-Tax is redeemed.
To be viewed by Tickets which may be had, and particulars
knave (if by Letter pelt-paid) to Mr. John Gay Wilkinfon,
Solicitor, Gofport.

SOMERSETSHIRE.
TO DK SOLD IT •UCTIOK,
By Mr. RAINE,
At Garraway's Coffee-hook, Change-alley, Conlin% London.
on Thurfday the otk of April, at I a o'clock; In one Lot,
unlefs difpofcd of by Private ContraCt before the' tit of
April;
ACAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATE, thro'
which, for two miles, pages the Turnpike Road leading
from Somerton to llchefter, beginning at one mile from the
former town, and ending at a like diftance from the fatter
town; together with the Manor belonging thereto, known by
the name of Kingfdon : ceptaining about t ftecn hundred Acres
of very valuable Land, of which 330 Acres are on hand, or let
rally, , and the remainder let on Leaks -for one, two, and
three Lives, many of which are very old.
The principal Eftate, on which is a good Manton Houfe,
Gardens, and Offices, occupied by the Lefee Mrs. Jolliffe, is
held for only two Lives, but part of the lands ufed therewith,
well known as the firft gra.tilig Ground In the neighbourhood,
called the Nidenp, are hild only for one life.
John Reynolds, junior, at ICingfdos, will thew the Eftate,
of whom, on the s fah of March, printed particulars may be
had, and a plan of the Eftate ken; as well as at Mr. Ralne's,
Land Surveyor, in *Charlotte-itreet, Bloomlbut7, London.
Particulars may be hadat Melks.Ward,Dconetts, and Greayes,
Henrietta-ftreet Covent Garden, (who arc authorized to
treat for the (al; of the Eftate by private Contract,) alto of
Mr. W. Knight, at Arnsinfter; and of the Printers of the
hlierbontei Exeter, Salifbury, Bath Herald, and Felix Earley's
and Mercury, Drabs( Papers; at the principal Inns in the
neighbouring towns, and at Garraway's..

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Leave of abfence was granted tOTHOMAS BOWER
SIMMONDS, OWEN WILLIAMS, CHARLES WM.
WYNNE, Efqrs. Lord 1411v/soaouon, and RI-
CHARD TRENCH, Efq.
A Meffage orn the Lords required the attend-
ance of the Houle to hear the Royal AlTent given
by his Majcfy's Commillion to certain Bills.
On the return of the SPEAKER, he listed that
that Houle had been in the Houle of Lords, and
had heard the Royal Affent given by Commifflon
to the Loan Bill, the Bill for empowering the
Lords Commiflioners of the Treafury to iffue Ex-
chequer Bills for the fervice of the year tilor, and
feveral private Bills.
Mr. Rost moved, That there be laid before the
Houle various Accounts refpeeting the Taxes
which went to provide for the Expence of the
Civil and Military Ellablilhment in Ireland.—
Ordered.

Lord WM. Russst,t. prefied in an earnefl man-
ner the commitment of the Bill for the Relief of
the Poor, whole diftrefres he was feverely con-
cerned to obfervc were of the moil deplorable and
urgent nature.
Mr. Pirr hoped the Noble Lord would not prefs
the confideration of the fubjea at that time on the
Houfe, as the attention of Gentlemen was on the
point of being engaged in a meafure of very great
moment—the continuance of Martial Law in Ire-
land. He certainly felt as deeply as any man the
diflreiTes to which the poor were unavoidably ex-
pofed, and he trufled their-wants would be reliev-
ed with all poflible difpatch; but the motion which
was about to be fuhrnitted to the Houfe was un-
commonly momentous, and called for immediate
dircuflion. The Noble Lord would, he hoped,
agree with him in the propriety of deferring fur a
very fhort time the commitment of the Bill for the
Relief of the Poor, when he Elated that both the
Aft refpeaing Martial Law, and the feveral an-
nual Tax Bills, in, Ireland, with which the Public
Credit was fo infeparably conneCted, would expire
on the 2sth of the prefent month. He confequent-
ly trufted that no °Made which might delay the
confideration of them would be thrown out; and
he-was at the fame time extremely defirous to have
it underftood, that his own fentiments perfefly
agreed with thofe of the Noble Lord, in providing
every fpeedy and effeaual relief for the wants and
di ftreffes of the Poor.
Lord Ws. RossEtt. expreffed his opinion that
the Bill ought to pats the Lcgiflature before Eaf-
ter; yet he had no objeCtion, in conformity to the
wifhes of the Right. Hon. Gentleman, to papone
the commitment of it till to-morrow.

TEA.
The Order of the Day flood for the third read-
ing of the Bill for impofing new Duties on Paper,
Palleboard, Tea, &c.
Sir CHARLES BET%BI'RY raid, he role with Come
reludance to oprinfe this Bill. Feeling, as he did,
the difficulty of finding food for this devouring
War, he mull admit that the new Duties wete in
a great degree unobjeCtionable. They did not
bear too much on the poor, with the exception
only of the Duty on Tea, which he thought mull
fall.very heavily on that elate of the people. It
was faid that they were to pay but one penny in
the pound addition, but he was allured that the
geileral beverage was a mixture of Congo and
Bobea, which amounted to ss. the Ih. and on
which they would have to pay an additional duty
of 6d. He thought it derogatory in that Houfe
to give to the Poor with one hand, and to take
away with the other. Teas were now fcarce and
'dear, and die fupply from abroad was anticipated.
He fhould, therefore, move,—!! That the rum of
as. 6d. be left out, and that the new duty fhould
not attach on Teas under is."
Mr. PITT expreffed his conviainn, that this
tax would not.biar upon the Poor. Their chief
beverage was Dolma, of which, the quantity con-
fumed before the Commutation Tax, was more
than half the legal confumption of the whole king-
dom. If to this they added now ore third of Con-
gou, the encreafc of duty would Hill be no more
than td. on the pound.
Mr. HosßoosF faid, that !he Tax mull raife the
price, in proportion as it required from the dealer
an increafe of capital. He was of opinion, that
the new duty mull very confidcrably affeft the
Pool, and he Ihould therefore vote for the Amend-
ment.
After a few words from Mr. VANSITTART, the
Amendment of Sir C. Butibury was put and ne-
gatived.
Sir C. BUNBURT faid, that the price of Bohm
had ariferi to 2s. 7d. a art-Aunt} ancc which required
tome alteration in the wording of the A.
Mr. PITT faid, that this had arifen from a tem-
porary caufe, which could not be of long continu-
ance. Meatitres niufi iid,lubiedly be taken by
Government to mini.: an adequate fupply.
The Bill was then read a third time and paffed.

lITAIII PZ.

On the third reading of The Stamp Duty Bill,
Mt. SHERIDAN raid, that, by this Bill, a new
and heavy burden was to be itrpofed on Newipa-

pcis. He Should always be againft any burden
laid on there, or any other cheap. vehicles.of intel-
ligence. But he muff profs his prefent objeetion
the inure ftrongly, as, in a late inftance, a fair,
and, as it was underflood, a final arrangement had
taken place, by which the Proprietors were reftric-
ted from making any addition to the price cif their
papers. The price of paper had, fence that time,
been advanced by the manufaaurers full twenty
per cent. As an indemnification for the new duty,
they were now offered a difcount of 41 per cent.
but knowing this to be infufficient, he Should move
as an amendment, " that the difcount under this
' Al be 7 per cent."
Mr. Prry raid, that it was not his wiffi to 1131.•
poll any additional charge in the way of tamition.
1 and he was defirous to know. hether the prefent
allowance was not fully fufficient ? If the price of
1 paper had arils's. from other carafes, this, he mu(t
! obfervc, formed no part of the prefent argument.
He had been told, that a dilcount of 4} per cent.
! would be fufficicnt, and that 44. had been oiven
only for the purpole of covering fome of the coun-
' try printers, who made nfe of larger paper.
Mr. SH ERMAN faid, that the proprietors had a
right to complain of an exorbitant rile in the price
of paper, at a time when they were forbidden
to raiie the price of the article in which they dealt.
Either the difcount Should be incrcafed, or they
Should be allowed to add to the price of their papers.
• Mr. PITT raid that he hail no intention by the
prefent tax to.increafe the price of the article.—
If a reafonable ground was held forth, he had no
objeaion to delay the further confideration of the
Bill.

Mr. SHERIDAN laid, that he hoped he thould not
be, regarded as taking advantage of the fit of can-
dohr which appeared on the oppofite fide (a laugh),
if he Paid a few words on another of the new taxes.
He meant that on Hackney Coach Horfes. To
any man, who noticed the wretched condition of
thofe animals in the firects, the tax mutt appear to
be highly injudicious. It would furely be better to
lay an equivalent duty on Gentlemen's Carriages.
Mr. Pirr allured the Hon. Gentleman, that it
was in his contemplation to alter this taz, and this
for the very fame reafon which induced him to give
way to the lait fuggeflion—that the hackney-
coachmen were limited as to the fare which they
had a right to demand.
The further confederation of the Stamp and Hnrfe
Duty Bills was then deferred to Monday next.
The Poil-office Duty Bill was read a third timei
and patted.
The Mutiny Bills were reported, and ordered
to be read a third time tn.usereow.
. The Houfe in a Committee went on the Ameri-
can Flour Bounty Bill.—To be reported to-mor.
row.

Mr. PiERRE roiNT raid, that on aciount • of the
important bufinefs before the Houfe, he fhould de-
fer till Wednefday next, his Motion, for enforcing
•
a fuller attendance of Members.

MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS.
The Houfe was informed by a mirage from the
Lords, that their Lordthips had agreed to the frills
Militia Field Officers' Bill, to Sir Sidney Smith's
Penton Bill, and to feveral private Bills.

►RIVATE ►ETITIONS.

It was refolved, on the Motion of Sir. Maar
MILDMAY, that the time for receiving, Private Pe-
titions be further extended to Friday the Both init.

IRISH BUDGET.

Mr. PITT moved, that the Hook do refolve
itfelf into a Committee of the whole Houle, to
confider of the Budget for Ireland.
Mr. BAGWELL raid, that as the duty on Hops
was fufpended by an Aft of Parliament in this
country, he hoped that a iimilar meafure would
be adopted with refped to that article in Ireland.
Mr. PITT replied that as far as he could form
an opinion on the fubjed, the fuggeflion of the
Hon. Gentleman would meet with every atten-
tion, and be carried into circa.
The Houle then refolved irfelf into the Com.
mittce,Mr. BRAGOR in the Chair.

Mr. Purr Paid, that a great poi tion of the fup.
plies for the year, as far as they related to Ireland,
would be necetrarily difcontinued, particularly
thofe forming a part of the permanent Revenue,
were the Alt, by which they were provided al-
lowed to expire. He therefore moved, that the
feveral Bills by which fuch duties were impofed
mould be continued.

Sir JOHN PA RNILL OblerVed, that it was incum-.
bent upon the Houfe to proceed to a thorough
inveftigation of the fevcral ABs helot c they un-
dertook to difpofe of them culleflively. The Bills
for the continuance of which the Right. Hon. Gen-
tleman had brought forward his motion, had
been agreed to according to the peculiar circum-
fiances in which Ireland Rood when they were ref-
peeively palled ; and the Houle fhould, in his
opinion, confider them feparately in their different
caufes and operations, without voting them at
once in a lump. He thought it proper to re.
mark, that lad year the Duties in Ireland were
confulidatcd in conformity to the plan of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, and it became the duty
of the Houle to hallow the mod minute attention
to the objets of the Bills, in confequence of the
' pledge which had been helffout in the benefits
that Ireland was induced to expeft from the
Union. Although the• number of Ira Members
who then attended was but (mall, be was fully
convinced that the Houfe would not on that ac-
count be lets fulicitous to promote the interefts of
that country, and though his own fcntiments had
bzen inimical to the Lt.ni ,n, he was in every re-
fpca Cailleit in his withcs that the advantages
which had been predined from that event (bould -
be realized. The fyilcm of taxation in Ireland

was ttnquellionably very complicated, Ind of
courie difficult to be underftoock He confequently
deAred ihat the different Bills fitould be dillinttly
confidered, and not agreed to in a mark. In the
pretent ftate of taxation, the people of Ireland
were deprived of the means of afcertaining, to
their latish:lion, the nature or each parties:tar
tax. The belt way of affording to them a pro-
per and adequate knowledge of the fubject would
be in his mind to revile the bills fcparatcly.—
There were feveral inflanccs in which they were
liable to pay twice, both here and in Ireland, tt
duty for the fame article, and among them he
would allude to the Stamp Duties, by which in
their prefent Rate deeds were rendered ineffeelive,
unlefs Ramped in both countries. There were
feveral other cafes equally Rriking, and many
points that required explanation, with which he
would not then trouble the Houfe. Onc, however,
he *mild take the liberty of noticing, and that re-
lated to the article of fail cloth, which, according'
to the articles of the Union, was to havebeen im-
ported from Ireland into this country duty free ;
yet there exited an Alt of Parliament here which
made it necetrary td have the maker's name On it,
and of courfe defeated the object of that regula-
tion. It was altogether unjuft to convert tnto
perpetual duties thofe which had been clearly in-
tended by the Irifh Parliament as meafures of an.
nual revenue : and he trifled Gentlemen would
fee the proceeding in its real view. If the people
of Ireland were to be perfuaded that their interefts
would be better cultivated than before, it was ne-
ceffary to (hew them, though at a dhance and
ignorant of the proceedings of Parliament, that
every pofflble attention was paid to their jut
claims, and more particularly RI money matters,
in which every man was to a certain degree con-
cerned. In the obfervations which he had thrown
out, he had no motive to influence his conduct but
a fineere defire to promote the general welfare of
the Empire ; and he could fincercly declare, that
it was not his with to throw the flighteft °Made
in the way of Government.
Mr. Firs- raid, that it was with peculiar at-
tention and pleafure he had liftened to the obfer-
vations of the Right Hon. Gentleman on a cubic&
in which he poffeded fo much knowledge and ex-
perience. He could allure the Right Honourable
Gentleman, that he would himfelf as far as

be might have the power and opportunity, and
in whatever part of the Houle he might be, pro-
mote the execution of the engagements entered
into in confequence of the Union, as candidly
and religioufly as he poillbly could. However, he
believed, if the Right Hon. Gentleman underftood
him rightly, there would not appear to exile any
material difference of opinion between them. His
fentirnents were certainly mifconccived, if it were
thought that he meant to snake the taxes per-
petual.
He would clearly Rate that the Ads of
the Mill Parliament on thole hate,
could not
be refcinded. No man was precluded from con-
fidering each At fpecifically; but he merely wilhed
by his prefent motion to fecure the duties which
were indifpenfibly neceffary to meet the exigencies
of the public fervice. The objed was evidently
of a very preffing nature, for the Bills would ceafe
to operate on the 25th of this month. Every pro-
vifion limited by the Ad of Union was not to be-
come perpetual; but it could not be denied that
the public creditor, who had lent his money on the
affurance of thefe bills, had a right to be fecured, ,
and the Houfe was therefore bound to continue
them. It uas equally incontellibk that the Houle
would not content to repeal any of the coniblidated
duties without fubftituting others in their room.
He alto felt it neceffary to remark, that the Right
Honourable Baronet would not have had it in his
power to conclude fuch favourable loans for Ire-
land he had '.one in this country, unlefs the Con-
tractors perfectly underftood, and were indeed
completely latisfied that the duties were to be
perpetual. Upon that ground he would not re-
commend it to the Houle to ad otherwife. With

refpeEt to the modifications of the AEI of Union,
which had been noticed, he could only .1) Verve
that they were referred to the Committee; and the
°Nations (fated in feveral inilances, particularly
the cafe of the importation of fail-cloth duty free,
would he was convinced be removed. He fhould

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never refill the fuggellions of Gentlemen on what-
ever fide they might be placed, and he was happy
to hear that night the fentiments of a Gentleman,
• whbfe knowledge and experience in the affairs of
Ireland could not be too carefully attended to.
He fruited the Houfe would on all occations (hew,
s hither the number of the Irifh Members were
great or fmall, that their attention to the affairs
of that country was not in the 'call degree affeeted
by any circumilance of that kind; and he could
Rot belp•rernatking, dun in either cafe there was
always enough of that capacity to afford infor-
metifm, of which the Right Honourable Baronet
tusel,given fo excellent.* fisecimen.
S".- Joni Pflasem. explained. He !hid that
the complication in which tee different d aties
were involved required the molt minute invefti-
gation, and that each ought to be contidered in a
diftina view, in order to enable Gentlemen to
form a corset opinion of it. He contended, that
it had never been the intention of the Irifh Parlia-
ment to make any of thole taxes perpetual, and in
making the remark, he declared that be only
(poke what be ferioufly, meant, without entertain.
-ins any idea of captious oppofition. For his own
Apart he was, he trufted, free from all blame in
,)ceinging forward his fuggcition, as the Officers
of the Crown had a year and a half to prepare the
arrangement which he thought Cu deftrable and in-
deed neceffitry.
Mr. SMKRIDAN raid that he had heard with plea-
lure the information communicated to the Houle
by the refpeEtable Baronet. He agreed with him
in the arguments which he had (hued, for it was
undoubtedly contrary to the general principle of
the Union, to convert into a perpetual tax, that
svhich was defired by the !rah Parliament to be
but annual. the motive which produced the
meafure was a fainter? with to have a conflitution.
al check upon the Crown, and he could not help
txpreffing a deism that a limiter pratice prevailed
iu England. But here it was unfortunately diffe-
ter.f, tit ;Lc Laid and Duties were gm only

i4ll. annual Old mi..ers of the Crown the
depofitaries or the pub& creditor. •
Mr. PITT hoped for the indulgence otthe
while he felt himfeif called upnn tcrfay * fess;
words, in confequenee bf the itatethents advanoesi
by the Hon. Gentleman who (poke before hint.
When the Hon. Gentleman talked of the want (VI
a conilitutional check in this Country, he fee Med
so forget that the conflitutional check was fuffi.
ciuntly eftablifhed by the Mutiny Bill. With ye-
lped to the duration of the Bills in queftion, he•
knew not by what accident they were made an.
.nual in Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman had made
a very fingular diftinaion between this Country
and Ireland, as the Crown was always obliged to
apply to Parliament for the rums adequate to the
public fervice, and in particular for the expettees
incurred by the Army and Navy Eftablilhments.
An honeft Adminiftration, which conlidered in a
int' and honourable point of view the intereft of
the public creditor, would not fuller any tax to be
removed that Was effential to the fecnrity he bad
an undoubted right to demand.
Mr. StIBILIDAN replied, that he would anfwer
the arguMents of the Right Hon. Gentleman if
they were worth anfwering. The Right Hon.
Gentlermin had uniformly profefTed himfelf inimi-
cal to innovation, yet he did not temple to attempt
the introdation of it into Ireland, for he endea-
voured to render thole taxes perpetual which the
Parliament of that Country had declared to be
annual.

Mr. PITT faid that no fuch intention was mani-
felled in the Motion which he had lubmitted to the
Committee.
Mr. SHERIDAN obferved that he had not com-
mented upon the Motion of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man, but had merely replied to his arguments.
The Motion WAS then agreed to ; and the Houfe
having refumed, the report was ordered to be
brought up to-morrow.