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lIISN EXCISE SECIYILITY

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The Report of the Irlth Excite Security Bill was brought ups--
On the queftion that the Amendments mould be read a [Mood
time,
Mr. HUTCHINSON obfereed, that it was fume difadvantage
to Ireland that they were not allowed to fend fpirits to England
In rtff I, under too tons burden, whereas from Scotland it was
permitted to (tad fpirits In veffels from To to sco tees burden.
The fame prtvikge was alto allowed to the Colonies ; and there-
fore he • thought that It might to be extended to Ireland. He
thought alto, that a longer time ought to be allowed for ware-
houring the fpirits.
Mr.• ORMSBY replied, that this was a fulled upon which
Govemaactst could not come to a cif:clam till at had confulted the
Enallila Traders. Something would. however, be does catty now
Scffion with rcfped to the Tads allowed for the importation of
fpirits front Ireland.
The Amendments were then agreed to, and the Bill was order-
ed to be read a third time to morrow.
INDIA MIDGET.
On the Motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH, the farther tend-
d 'on of the Report of the India Budget was poltpooed till
Tlaurfday. His Lordihip Rated that fume differences had arifen
between lahnfelf and an Hooourable Gent emao whom he did not
fee is his place, upon certain faits. It was of importance that
thefe faits mould be clearly afeertained, and therefore on •I'burf-
day he would move for fume Accounts relative to the facts in
queltion

•DDITION•L FOICI •MINDMINT BILL.

On the motion that this Bill be read a third time,
Colonel CRAUFURD role, he laid, in order to
at a quettion of the Right Hon. Gentleman oppofite
to him. This Bill had been introduced in order to
remove all doubts exilling in a former As relative to
purchafing lands for the purpofe of ereaing fortifica-
tions ; he waited, therefore, to know if, by the in-
trochation of fuch a Bill at this late period of the
Seffion, it was intended to proceed to the ereltion of
any particular fortifications or military works, againfl
the next Sefflon of Parliament ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
raid, that the Legiflature had already thought pro.
per to grant powers for that purpofe ; but there not
being fufficiently explicit, the pretest Aa was intend-
ed to amend and render Ibis more effeaive. Thefe
improvements were therefore introduced upon ge
neral grounds, and had no reference to any particu-
lar procedure.
Colonel CRAUFURD then Paid, that if his Ma-
jay's Minifters had any objet in contemplation, he
Ibould certainly think it his duty to move, that an
account of the expences thereof thould be laid before
Parliament. It was certainly the ditty of Minillers
to inform the Houle of their intentions, in order that
the neceffary expence might be provided, and the
public money not voted away without the confent of
Parliament, upon a proper sairnate, fo far as the

fame could be made up. He furpeCled that fowl*
works of that nature bad already been ere&ed during
the prefent war, without any fuels eftimates being
put in.
Sir WILLIAM PULTENEY 'laid, that as hie
Majelly's Chancellor of the Exchequer had jolt now
told the Houfe, that the prefeut Bill was brought in
only upon general grounds, he was led to imagine,
that no particular exertion was to be looked for before
the meeting of Parliament next Seffion. He thought,
that from the condo& of Minifters themfelves, the
general opinion of the country had been of late
greatly relaxed, as to the apprebenfion of location.
His Majefty's Minifters, unlefs they had really good
reafons for thinking the dangers not fo preffing,
ought, on the contrary, to have endeavoured to have
kept up the zeal, public fpirit, and energy of the
country. We certainly had already been making
great prepartions, but he might At, had not the
enemy alto been making raft preparations, fo as to
keep pace with us in every particular ? On the whole,
he was led to imagine that the country was not at
this prefent moment properly awake to a juft fenfe of
its dangers. It was a fall in his opinion that the
country is at prefect in very imminent danger, and
he was -glad that the Honourable Gentleman had
pot fuch a queftion to the 'Vest Hon. Gentleman,
as he (Sir W. Pulteney) had thereby an opportunity
afforded him of expreffing thefe his fentiments, but
he confeffed himfelf at the fame time fomewhat lorry
at hearing the anfwer that had been made.
Dr. LAURENCE Laid, that be underftood tome
months ago that fortifications were to be made, and
he thought them very neeeflary for the defence of
the country. He would with to know why fuch
plans as had been formerly approved of by the Right
lion. Gentleman himfelf, had not been carried into
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Paid, be had never meant to alert (as the Honourable
Baronet infinuated be had done) that all danger of
location was over. He certainly thought, that con-
fiderable progrefs had been made to bring forward
our force to a Rate of as great perfeetion as panble;
and he trotted, that our means of doing fo were yet
increafing. He fbould be lorry to find any perfon
imagine that our prefent &nation did not Oil' require
our utmoft energy and exertion. Upon the very left
application for a Vote of Credit, the country had
been reprefented as in very great danger. He could
adore the Honourable Gentleman oppofite to him,
that he had not changed his mind as to the necelEty
of tiling every means ht had formerly approved of
for the defence of the country, and that every thing
that could polfibly be fuggelied by the molt &ilful
military men would be attended to.
Sir WILLIAM PULTENEY in explanation laid,
that he never intended to alert that the expreffion of
the Right Hon. Gentleman went the length of lay-
ing, that the country was in no danger. What he
really meant to fay was, that when the prefent mea-
lure was Rated to proceed only on general grounds,
cnough was not held forth to aroule the country to
a proper degree of vigilance and energy.
The ATTORNEY-G.VERAL brought up two
additional claufes, which lire added to the Bill by
way of rider. The Bill was then read a third time
and paled.
IRISH SPIRITS.
Sir EVAN NEPEAN moved the order of the
day, for a Committee of the whole Houfe on the
Irith Spirit Warehoufing Bill.
The Houfe havingiefolved into a Committee, Mr.
AIfFRANDIR in the Chair,
Mr. HUTCHINSON Laid, fence this fuhjea was
difcnffcd before, he had received communications
from Diftillers in Ireland, Rating that they were lie.
ble to be aggrieved by the meafure. Many had, finoe
the Union, (peculated on thole advantages which
ware now about to be taken away; and one houfe
had vetted the fum of 30001. in fuch a (peculation ;
perhaps it might hereatter be fit to confider how far
thefe parties were entitled to a compenfation ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
(aid, if perfuns had thought proper to (peculate in
tutus of money, on the llrength of what they might
gain in confequence of the Aa of Union, that was no
ground why any unreafonable advantages which they
might have enjdyed, fbould be continued any longer.
Colonel LONGFIELD, in addition to what had
been fo ably argued by his Honourable Colleague,
Rated, that the very high price of coals in Ireland
would operate to the great injury of the frith Dif-
tiller, if he fhould be placed by the operation of this
Bill on terms of equality, in other rcfpefhs, with the
Engin Dilliller.
The Houfe then reiblved itfelf into a Committee
on the Bill. •
Colonel HUTCHINSON then propofed to have
the commencement of the operation of the Bill ex-
tended fix week. alter the reth of July, the term now
propofed. Mr. Ollnfbyarguedagainft this propontion,
that the warehoufing of fpirits, duty free, for expor-
tation, was a boon to the Irith diltiller, which ought
not to be deferred.
This was oppofed by Mr.ORMSBY, who obterved,
that the advantage to the &tiller, of warehoufing his
fpirits, was one which ought not to be delayed a day
longer than could be avoided.
Mr. KINNAI RI) and Mr. W. SMITH fipported
the Bill, which paled through the Committee, and
the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
Sir E. NEPEAN poftponed the committal of the BEI for ap-
pointing COMMURCHICII to enquire Into the lea of Public
in Ireland till to-morrow.
The farther coax:Wake
Bill, was poltpuned till t,

of the Stepan on t►e Layalty Loco
oorTow.—Adjoarned.

LONDON.

TUESDAY. JULY t 7.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE, O'CLOCR:
Cont. 3711—Reduced 56-1--Ontnnalmf St rim*
Matta, Jett tt —Gov. Deb.s pet Cent. 194
Entsan;e--Dublln ea Loadoa

Our letters from the coaß mention a heavy firing
having been heard on the oppofite (bore on Sunday.
Some infer. that there has been a flcirmilh of tome
kind with the blockading fquadron. But the opinion
expreffed in our letter from Deal Roads is Ante pro-
bable ; fur the enemy do not teem much inclined to
hazard an action. Accounts from Dover, however.
Rate, that in the courfe of Sunday. three dour beige
were becalmed newly within reach of the French

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batteries, from which a number of bombs were
thrown, attended with a heavy cannonade, but with-
Ott doing the flighted inju, y •ta our veil-ls.
A neutral veffel, jail arrived from Dunkirk, has
brought advice, that before the left that place,
25,000 troop► had marched from the camp at Bou-
logne. fuppored to he deftined for Holland and
Hanover ; and other accounts concur in flaring that
a great numSer of troops have lately been marched
from that quartet. If thefe ftatements be correet,
the movements alluded to may have been occafioned
by the recent hotille afeadt of affairs in the North.
On Saturday fe'nnipt the Ceres, of Arundel, ar-
rived at Oak, in is days from Bourdeaux.—The
ufital tranqui ity prevailed in the latter city, but the
grea'et indighatinn was apparent at the elevation
of BoNawas to the Imperial dignity.

Sunday evening. their Maiscriss and the Pail•
Cause took an ailing through King(lon. •
Yellerslay morning, fnon after breakfaß, the ROYAL
TAMMY walked in Kew Guldens.
The Duke of Cow AAAAA NO. We are lorry to hear,
was on Sunday night taken ill, and obliged to have
medical attendants. He was at the Opera on Satur-
day, and appeared perfeetly well
Yeßerday difpatches were received at the Admi.
rally how Lord Nassau. Earl Sr. Vtac►t+r, and a
number of other petfons, received letters from his

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Lordlhip.
Difpatches have been received by Government from
Botany Bay, dated left (Maher, which elate the Ce.
Inny to be in the mesa profperous condition, and pet.
fe&ly tranquil. A new fettlement has been made fin
Van Diemen's Land : it is called Fort Hobart( and
is already in a thriving fituation.
Yellerday morning Count Virfentorssow, the itaffiats
Ambaffador, received difpatches from his Court.
The Aylefbury Eleaion is concluded. Mr Gaya.
errett's friends declined the come( yetlerday morn-
in, and at 12 o'clock Mr. Cave sous was chaired.
The t st,l amount of the Stamp Duties for the yea:
ending the sth of January lan, was 3,316,6401.
• It appears from a general view of the finances for
the current year, that the total Cum to be railed in
Great Britain, in the year 1804. is 77,846.1 791. and
the receipts to anfwer it 760273,93 a leaving a defi-
ciency of 1,773,2491.
By the new Stamp Duty Regnlation $lll we no•
derlland the annual certificate is to be rated for At-
cornier as follows :-51. for thole who have not been
in the profeffion three years; col. for thole who have
pralifed three years and upwards ; with a minor
charge on perfons praaifing the fame profs Con in
Scotland; and an additional duty of 3d. is to be
laid on every (beet of paper employed on law pro-
ceedings.
The transfer of Stock in any Company, Society,
et Corporation whatever, not being Bank or South
Sea Stock, or Stock in Government Fonds, when
the amount to be transferred null not exceed tool.
is to be chargeable with a (lamp duty of ii. cos. ;
tool. and not tool.-21. ; tool. and not 3001.-
21. 106. ; 3001 and not 4001.-31. ; 4001. and not
5001-31. ect, ; cool. and not r000l.—;l.; moot.
and not 242021. 71 los. zoool. and not p 001....
Id. ' • 30001. anJ not 40001. sal. to• t acrool. and
sot 50001.-.- a 51. ; cone. and not t 71. sm. ;
and if it exceed. ichnool..-4/21.
A letter from a gentleman in Leghorn to his friend
in Leith, dated June t. lays :—•• I dare fay before
this gets to your hand-, you will have been alarmed
by accounts of the Englilh n erchants at Leghorn
Laving been pat into a fortes& t if fit, I can only
confi.m the report as one of the sufferers; hot have
the latisfaaion to inform you, that we were yetterday
liberated. This rigorous meafire proceeded from the
report Cent ft, m hence by General Vittoria to the
General in Chief Pourer, that three of the Englilh
prifoners (N. B they were three C. oilcans, Eughfli
penfloner.) nut upon their parole, had left the date.
the General in Chief wrote an anfwer, that alter a
feareh made in all the bureaus, he could find nn note
arf Englilh prifoners, but that he was furprized any
Zuglifh prifoners (hould he out upon their parole,
aid that, as three had &aped, he defired the others
thould be fecured. We immediately applied to the
Queer REGINT, who tent off a courier to the Spa-
tab Minifler at Milan, with orders to prefent a re-
monarance to the General in Chief, who, furprixed
to find that the partners were all merchants, and not
as he had fimpored Englilh, taken in a (;ate of holli-
lity agarnfl France, promifed to give order s to Gene-
ral V. for their teleafe, which accordingly took plate
yeflerday, as I have already Rated."
By letters from Bufrorah, we are infbrmed. that a
large body of Wahahy Arabs, not content with hav-
ing plundered the tombs of Kerbella, previoufly re-
garded as facred, but believing that they fill con-
tained a quantity of hidden treafure, had made a
fecond attack on the place. The afrault was made at
night, and a dreadful malfacre of the inhabitants took
place. After plundering the Ironies, tombs, ac. the
Arabs let fire to the city, and retired in the morning,
carrying away with them a number effemales of dit-
tinaion and immenfe booty.
The late accounts from Cochin China Rate, that of
the 30,000 rebels, to whom the King had granted
an all of amnelly nn condition of their retiring to the
northward, 34,000 unable to tuppurt themfelve., had
again taken up arms and committed great exceffes on
the frontiers r.f Tonquin and Laos; others had pof-
feffed themfelves of fume Prong pofitions nn theWef-
tern coati, where they had fitted out piratical proas
to the great annoyance of the country traders.
A treaty has been concluded between Scindea and
the Peifhwa, under fatultion of the Biitilb Govern-
ment.

HOLIIAR has dillsanded a large portion of his army;'
ali differences are apparently rccuncilcd between the
late contending Chieftains, and mutual profeffions of
friendlbip have been exchanged, with what degree of
fincerity we will not pretend to determine.
The natives of Agra. particularly the mantsfaftu-
rers. who had tied on the approach of the Brittlb
army, Mere filently attet to%itc,l to return ; and the
greateft care was taken to preferve their property.
triathinery, &c. in order to its being rc:lored to them.