Star.
London, England, 1812-04-06 00:00:00

adopted, the amendment would also. Dornibitie salt
he-considered as proper a subject of taxation as whis-
key. Whiskey is made of grain, which is produced
by great labour, but salt comes from the spontaneous
gift of nature. The materials cost nothing. He
would rather lay a direct tax, that the taxes should
be paid according to property, than lay any of these
internal•taxes. . They have destroyed one administra-
tion, and may another.
Mr. Kunio spoke against Stanford's amendment.
Mr. Snit,/ said he should vote for none of these rates
till there was an absolute necessity for them. Mr.
iiiiAcoe was in favour of the amendment, if the reso-
lution past—to that he should ever be opposed. Mr.
pone was in favour of the Resolution and against
the Amendment. Mr.CALHOLIN told them that taxes
could be laid only by a spirit of conciliation : if Gen- I,
Ilan& opposed each other, in different Sections of
she Union, on account of their supposed inequality, I
none would be Lid. Mr. GRUNDY asked, who paid
the Tonnage Duties ? a few owners of vessels : yet
the Gentlemen who oppose the Salt Tax made no ob-
jection on that account. Mr. WIDGERY said he per-
ceived that some of the warmest advocates of war
were the coldest supporters of taxes, if they affected
their Constituents.
After two or three hours debate and recrimination
the ayes and noes were taken on the amendment.—
Ayes 22, Noes 96.
They were then taken on the Resolution—Ayes
57, Noes 60 : thus the most fit subject of taxation
was thrown aside.
The. whiskey tax came next. Mr. SEYBERT said
be could not sit still after the vote just given. The
expected war was in support of honour, independence,
and agriculture, not merely commerce • it is not to
be supported entirely nor mostly by the !Atlantic and
Commercial parr of the country. The vote just past
would explain his reasons for saying No to the whiskey
tax, to many others, probably to all of them.
The House adjourned till Monday.
The 100:per cent. additional duty on imposts,
passed yesterday, ;1 to 40.

THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

MONDAY, APRIL 6.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS OAT AT ONE A•CLOCK
s per Ct. Cons. fur money 59t;—Do, for acc. 59/
a per Ct. Reduced (10 ex. div. 581-4 per Cent. 74
sper Ct. —5 per Ct. Scrip 4 pre.—Bonds 9s. 105. pre.
Etch. Bills as. ss. pree—Ditto (341.)

Dispatches were yest*rday received at the Admi-
ralty fsom.Sit RICHARD STRACHAN, brought to Deal
on SaiordaY by ib.e MARY cotter, which left Sir
lettantes fleet on Friday night, at eight o'clock, all
well, at anchor off West Capel, S.E. S. about eight
leagues, The fleet consists of the following ships cf
the line : ST. DOMINGO, ROYAL OAK, MARLBOROUGH,
ELEPHANT, ABOUKIR, Notice, and TREMENDOUS.
Sir RICHARD anchored his fleet the morning after
he left the Downs, and the MARY went that day to
receive the report from a reconnoitring %of:el, which,
however, had not been effected owing to the thickness
of the weather. On her making sail in shore she
perceived three boats, which she chased ; but, unfor-
tunately, in chase, lost her bowsprit, which prevented
her capturing either of these boats. They were evi-
dently the watch-boats of the enemy, set to watch the
movements of our fleet. The MARY having delivered
her dispatches, sailed again, immediately, without an•
choring, and proceeded to join Sir R. STILLMAN'S
fleet.

Admiral DURHAM arrived off Ushant the 23d ult.
with t!le VENERABLE, ELIZABETH, CUMBERLAND, and
PLANTAGENET, of the line, and OSPREY and,ComET
sloops of war, and made sail to the S. W. to look
after the French squadron.

Cortmna Papers to the 30th ult. arrived in town
this morning. With the exception of a repetition of
the report that the French were leaving Spain in all
directions) they contain littk intelligence of import-
ance. The patriotic Guerillas have been successful
in several siirrnishes with the Juramentados--the
name given to King JosErri's Guerilla.

Saturday we noticed the arrival of two vessels
from America, and this morning we have been favou-
red with files of New. York and Washington Papers,
the former of the 29th February, and the latter of the
4th March. The proceedings of the Rouse
of Re,
presentatives which are detailed hi our columns of.
4)-(4, although they drew a disposition to concede
to zorre of the propositions 5.f the democratic party,
to raise a fund (Or carrying on the war, yet do 'not
evince a continuance of that spirit of hostility to this
country which lately prevailed. The new taxes, when
they begin to operate, will have a due effect in allay- i
ing the auimosities of the popular party in America.
By the Washington official Paper of the 29th Fe- 1
bruary, we learn, that several resolutions for levying 1
additional duties, have been thrown out, on the f
gtennd of the great difference of opinion which- now
prevail, both in and out of Congress, en the subject
nt war with Great Britain. The Editor of the Na-
tional Intelligencer, who is of course Mr. MADISON'S
organ on the occasion, talks loudly of the inconsis-
tency of the first resolving upon war, and then
reusing the nesessary supplies.
In the
same paper we find it admitted, that there
is a prospect of an amicable adjustment of the dis-
putes between America and Great Britain.
The Constitution frigate arrived at Norfolk on the'
20th. February', in 40 days, from France, with dis-
Patches, which are openly stated to be of an unfa-
rourable nature. Mr. BAntotv still complains, and
with abund4ut reason, of the condemnation of Ame-
%can vessels in French ports.. The generalairee"f
the intelligence from Amerea is pacific.