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London, England, 1805-03-05 00:00:00

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:zngly reprobated the tax. We could cqllett from
, tat we overheard, that he maintained the effe& of
tax in enhancing the price of bread, an effea
Use propofition of the tax had already produc-
ed in the metropolis.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON alfo oppofed
the Tax, and alluded particularly to the baneful ef-
fetts it would produce on the Rate of the fineries in
the Northern parts of Scotland.
Mr. HUSKISSON maintained, that the tax would
lay no more than four or five Qtillings en each family;
This, indeed, was quite clear by looking to the po-
pulation of the country.
Mr. JOHNSTONE, on the contrary, vindicated
the Ratement of his Honourable relation (Sir Wm.
Pulteney ) that this rum moll apply to individuals
and not to families. In the Report of the Committee
on the Salt Duties it was Rated, that each perfon on
an average confumed fourteen pounds of falt in the
year, and this, by the old tax, made two Ihillings and
ft:pence. The new tax would make one (billing and
tl.l..e.pence more, being nearly the fom alluded to by
Honourable relation. He was clearly againn the I
tax, and maintained that it would hold out new temp-
tation to finuggling, which in the northern parts of
the ifland, was already carried to an enormous extent.
After a few words in explanation from. Mr. Parr
and Mr. Husatssow, the Gallery was cleared, and
the Houle divided..

The numbers were, for the original Motion that
the Bill be now .read a fecond time 93—For the
Amendment of Lord W. Refidt 6o—Majority for
the Ceased Reading 33.
On our return to the Gallery we found that the
Salt Tax Bill was ordered to be committed to-mor-
row—to which day the Houfe adjourned.

ELECTION COMMITTEE, MARCH 4.

Mr. Puma's, Connie! for the Petitioner. occupied
the attention of the Court from ten o'clock till two
In Contusing up and obferving upon the whole of the
evidence.

Strangers were ordered to withdrew, and the Cons-
goatee confuked about half an hour. Coonfel were
again called in, and the Chairman Paid, the opinion
of the Committee would be delivered to-morrow wor-
sting, at eleven o'clock, till which time the Court ad-
journed.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MARCH S.

PAIGE OF STOCKS T:IIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Confok, for money, 51 sll—for April,3llllHOntnium 31.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTF.RDAY.
Bank 1.. Ann. Mut
Short Ann. a 13.16
India Stock OW 184
Excbeq. Rills is. prem.
Omoium 4 31 prem.
CooL for acc. 3En

Bank Stock
S per C. Red. Ann alit
per Cent Cont 5815 g
4 per Cent. ant
5 per Cent. Navy 50414
5 per Cent. t7p7,mut

Advices have been received at the Admiralty of
the Rochefort fquadron having got into Breft.
Yeilerday two Gentlemen arrived in town and at-
tended at the Foreign Office, with intelligence from
France relative to the Enemy's Force in their Har-
bours oppolite the Britilh Coaft, in confequence of
which difpaches were laft night forwarded from the
Admiralty to Lord KEITH and Lord Gaszssa.

Some accounts are Paid to have been received in
town yellerday, brought by (hips arrived in the River,
which Rate, that in the ports of Holland orders have
been given within there few days for an embarka-
tion of troops which had lately arrived from the in•
terior; it is however added, that the veffels appointed
to receive them were very ill fopplied with Rotes, and
that the Dutch leamen had 'spelled themfclves very
diffatisfied with the feritice on which theywere about
to be employed.
It continues to be reported that Bowararrs ar-
rived about a week or ten days fince at Boulogne,
and was to proceed thence to Weft:

LaR night, in the Haute of Commons, there was
a difeuffion -on the Salt Duty BilL The ground
which the Oppofition took was the prefrore of the
Tax upon the Lowe: Orders : to which it was ant
veered, that it was very hard to find any preduCtive
Tax that would not in tome way prefs upon every
Clafs of Society. The confnmptiin of Salt is about
one Buhl annually to nub Family. The Tax will, there-
fore, raife abc.nt F,, Shill;nge a year frc.m each. It
was contended by the CHANCELLOR of the Baena-
cys lt, that in War like this, in which the Neceffa•
ries of the Poor, as well as the Superfluities of the
Rich, are to be defended, it was jolt that a fmall
!hare of the burthen fhould fall upon them ; and he
pointed one the number of Taxes which, finee the
year 1793, bad been laid exclufively and diredlly on
the Rich and Middling Orders. He could not find
any Tax that would be equally produltive and lets
objeltionable.
Lord WILLIAM Rossini. moved, as an Amend-
went, that the Bill fit-told be read a fecond time this
v fix months, which Amendment was negatived by
najority of 93 to 60.

The Tax, however, will no doubt, be amended
and modified in the Committee. Thus much may
be inferred from the following paragraph in The Li-
,loot advertifer, received in town yellerday :
44 The following is the copy of a Letter, dated
London, Feb. 27, from Gen. GASCOIOIII, relative
to the export dory on Salt, addrelled to the Worlhip.
ful WM. HART/11, Efq. Mayor:
am authorised by Mr. Pitt to inform my Coollitotots at
laverpool, that he Stall for the preterit year daft from preffing
it the Houle of Coounoos the propok4 Tax oc the export o
Salt to the Coalman."

On Sunday evening an Oratorio was performed by
her Majefty'i band, and the Gentlemen of the Choir,
before the Royal Family, and a idea party.