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London, England, 1816-04-13 00:00:00

661 16 11

DeratalOats of the British Asmy :erring ialtillia%
exclusive of the Sums paid under the Treaties sod
amvantioni concliided at Paris on the 20th Ilovoss.
ber last ; together with the dates of sad:Tay:nests,
and an Aotount of the manner iu which such Sums
have been applied:
SUM INOAGID TO BB PAID. Francs.
Foe the British proportion of the amount assigned
by the French Government to the Allied Ar-
mies, In lieu of the iteveaues of Districts occu-
pied by them ........... 10,000poo
For equipMents, &c. of that part of
the Allied Forces which served
undtr the Duke of Wellington 013,860,000
Deduct, appropriated to Foreign
Troops forming part of the said
Forces 6,860,000 7,000,000
Francs 17,000,000
• This sum is part of 15,360,000 francs, the amount osigi-
naN
ahsigned : 1,300,000 francs having been reserved by the
French Goverunieut as the estimated amount of maddens for
horses, &c.
ILICEITED AND AMIED. Value in step.
Francs. ling, at the cc-
18i5 change of 24.
10th of 0ctrber............. ........ 500,000
191 h
19th cf Decerabtr ............ ......... 5,000,000 •

Received into the Military Chest,
tow :ads the expense of the Br,- se. S. D.
tibit Army, in 1815... .... 10,000,000 416,666 13 4
21bt of Dec..mher, in Bond., payable
Muter ni January,l.°Lbo nary,
and M.:x.6,1816....

Francs 1,7,000:0u0 5e708,33, 6 8
Francs.

• Paid ont of the above, to the Chevaijer de Canova,
to be applied towards the espcnse of conveying to
Rome the Waits of Art 'toured to the Pope. 202,180
To ditto, to be applied as ascontribution of the Prince
Regent towards erecting a Monument in Rome to
the Memory of the law Cardinal York 30,000

• Francs 254,180
Leaving the total amount received Francs. Sterling.
into the Military Chest, as appli-
cable towards the expense of the
British Army in 1215 10,000,000 416,666 11 4
1116.. 6,747,810 311,159 3 4

Francs 16,747,529 5E697,6t5 16 8

In addition to the sums and trilierty stated to
have been received by Lord CASTLL:MAGH, bein in
two years 468,000, it appears from ti,e Civil List
accounts, that the following sums have been paid in
the year 1515 :

Lord FTEWAIT, Ordinary and Extraordinary 1C24,174
Lord Ct *WARTY, se Antbahsador and penal
Missions 18,914

Total in nrob year • 43,148
For Lord CAart.LREAno, in one year • • Sig*

In a Return made to P-rliamect, the following
appear among the places in the West Indian or other
Colonies, held by p.:r.o:'s u t resident there :

Secretary and Clerk of Eurt.lme.tts in Jamaica, emolument
,E2seo ; Deputy, lECCOO—NavaI Ofacerolltto, 500 ; Deputy,
£41% 74. 2d —Provost Marshal, ditto, aftllGO; Deputy, af1544.
1:14. 10,I.—itegistcr in Ch.tt,cery, ditto, Li 470; Deputy, £469i.
10.. I tid.—Chiti Clerk of the Supreme Court, ditto, 4:2stuz ;
Deputy, CI ;$B2--zit errtary, Regi-ter, and Receiver, in Dente-
.4lsoo; Deptry. £3444. I 14.--Vendse IlikAiera, ditto,
,e i4l u; Licputi 41700—Staetary, Register, and Receiver. is
13-41),ce, 4:1060; Deputy, es. '241.
Sortie of the places are, by the terms of the 4.
rointm,m, to be held during such time as the hdlders
snail discharge the duty in person, and behatie well
ther ell).

The following is an account of the number of
Transports sent, or about to he sent, to St. Helena ;
d;stinguishing the cpantity of tonnage, the time for
which taken up, and the rate et expense for the slime

Number of transports, 18; tonnage, 5473; probable length of
the voyage, 8 months; rate per ton per month, 195.; total
amount of eight months hire, 8E41,594. 161.

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No•rx.—=There are not at this time any transports under
orders for St. Helena. The eighteen transports already sent, as
above mentioned, were engaged only for so long as the service
may require. The actual expense- cannot now be ascertelned;
but estimating the nine for loading and unloading, and for per-
forming the voyage, rut and home, at eight months, the hire of
the tsid transports will amount to the suet of X 41,594. 16s.
The Committee on che Earl of ELGIN% Collt'ction
of M it hies, &c. have reportectto the House of Com-
mons, that £35,000 is a reasonable and J uffi c len
price for the Collection.

DISPENSING Powrn OF THE TREASURY. SMUG.
°LING PerAL•rtess.--The animated debate on Mr.
Ilitounnast's celebrated motion respecting the above
subject, has created almost as much interest in the
house as the present unexampled advantageoas Lot-
tery has cut of it. Every one is aware of the dis-
pensing power of the Treasury of Fortune., so long
entrusted to her old-established favourite Blab the
Contractor and Inventor of the present highly popu-
lar Scheme, the strongest proof of which is found by
the ineteased and eager demand for Tickets and
Shares (even at this early period) at No. 4, Cornhill,
and 9, Charing-cross.
LEATHER--While our Government continue to tax
the principal and almost the only article of remittance
for our manufactures from many parts of South Ame-
rica, at a rate that nearly prohibits its use in this
country, we know not how to give- full credit to the
declaration of Lord CASTLEREAGN, in the House of
Commons, on Tuesday night, that it was. the desire
of Ministers to give every encouragement to our.
commerce with that country. We allude to the ar-
ticle of Hides. They are charged with an import-
duty of' 13d. per hide, which is paid by ilia first Or-
chaser for home-consumptive, that is the Tinier, and
when they are tanned, before he can sell;them, he
pays a tax of 3d. per lb. which upon the *hole bide,
amounts on an average to 10s. per hide, tb which, if
we add the burthen of the restrictions upon the Tan-
ner necessary to secure • the tax, which is proved to
be equal to the amount of the Leather Taxes, the'
whole bnrthen upon the Tanner will be 21p. Id. per
hide. The price of the hides in South America, is
about a dollar each, so that the burthea is 350 per
cent. laid upon the Tanner the first purchaser of the.,
article in this country.
We would now ask, can We expect, at if time that
this trade is open to all the world, to maintain our,
commerce with that country. and.ereay we not expect.
the South Americans to retaliate, by imposing pro-
portioisate duties upon the manufactures, of Great
Britain? • Whatever view we take of the Taxed upon.
Leather, we are persuaded, compared with their
ansotuit as a revenue, sthey are the most
LIECb that ever wow ftapored.

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',Ante TE LitrrißS. -Aar
"VA*, APiti. S.
Ministers hive assitined more Confidence since
the letter of the Duke of Wellington to the King.
This letter has Made great sensation in Paris. The
ascendant acquired over his Majesty by M. de Cazes
is accounted for by the following circumstance, Which
may throw some light upon the late embarrissed and
mysterious proceedings of Government.
" -It May be recollected, that rumours of a conspi-
racy against the Royal Family were mnchin circula-
tion, about a couple of months since, and this con.-
'piracy was said to have been detected on the day of
its intended execution. Owing to some mismanage-.
lint or indiscretion of the parties concerned, the
watch-word, /6i/, having come to the knowledge
of the Police, many individuals were arrested on the
occasion, but none were brought to trial, and the
greatest care was taken to prevent the affair gaining
,turther publicity.
The reality of this conspiracy is now not un-
questioned, but the object of it has been hitherto mis-
understood. It was not directed, it appears, by any
revolutionary party against the Royal Family, but
by that Fainily against tit King. The scheme WAS
'to require abdication, or to effect the deposition of
his Majesty, then to obtain a renunciation of Mon-
sieur, whiCh had previously been secured, and thus
to place the Duc d'Angouleme upon the, throne t the
triumph of the Ultra-royalist Party would thus have
been complete, ind an attempt would have been
made to carry the counter-revolutionary system into
I final execution.
it is by defeating this project that M. de Cazes
has obtained the influence he enjoys with his- Ma.
jests, wll.l has perseveringly supported him against
all the attacks made against him of late by M. de
Kergorlay, M. de la Bourdonnaye, and others of that
party. Whether his Majesty will be able to main-
tain him and his colleagues much longer in office, it
is difficult to say. It is affirmed, that the King intends
proroguing the House the moment the budgettspassed,
but the Ultras distrust his promise of transferring the
reins of government into their hands, after the comple-
tion of the financial business. They are determined,
however, upon carrying their point, and of effecting
by violence what they despair of accomplishing by
legal means. As to the people, they view the con-
test between the two Royalist Parties with indiffe-
rence, if not with secret satisfaction. Whenever his
Majesty yields to the Ultra-royalist Party, from what-
ever motive, the period of his compliance may be con-
sidered as that of his abdication.
4. It was not improbably to this conspiracy that
the Duke of W. alluded, in that passage of his letter
to the King, in which he says, 44 V. M. pout regarder
consme certain, que 1 e plw grand anal (trend ,a source dot!:
son propre paluti."

" PARIS, ♦PRIL 8.

66 The following is an account of a few of the best
autheaticated occurrences which have lately taken
place in France : •
66 The Prevetal Courts and the Committes of De-
nunciation keep pace together in the performance of
their task of decimating the nation : in ail parts of
France they are busily employed in tracing and pu-
'nishing the disaffected. Unfortunately, this system
does not always produce submission, arta much less
does it conciliate affection. In some instances it leads
to exasperation, and to the %sew mapilestation of
public opinion, which may end in a general explo-
sion. At At sur Aube, one of the Prevotal Courts.
had lately occasion to exercise their severity upon
sonic of the inhabitants of that place, selected from
Congregationa which refused to hear the Testament'
of Louis XVI. which had been ordered Lobe read by
the Curate on the Anniversary of his Martyrdom,
At Nismes those Courts display no less zealthan clw-
where in the holy w.,rk of persecution. A leiter
from that town says The late popuLer tyranny is
here succeeded by judicial tyranny. The assassins of
our friends and relations ate acquitted, while those
' who justly site for their punishment are, upon idle
pretences, prosecuted, and variously molested in their
persons and prverty. We fear that this town n ill
soon exhibit scenes similar to those of Tarascon,
Usez, ahu Avignon.'
tt Many symptoms of commotian had already ap-
peared at Strasburg. The Royal Authorities, heed-
less of such admonition, persisted in the execution of
their oppressive measures, which at length so exas-
perated the population, that the latter rose, and com-
pelled the Prefect, M. de Boutheillier, and the Mayor
to quit that city, and to take refuge in the Austrian
quarters stationed in the neighbouring country. As-
sisted by the Austrian troops, these Magistrates re-
turned shortly after to Strasburg triumphantly, the
inhabitants of which have since been kept in awe by
the presence of these foreigners.
" I must not omit an exploit of the regiment d'An-
gouleme. That regiment, on its arrival lately at
Grenoble.from Montpellier, signalized its devotion to
the legitimite cause, by pillaging the hOuse occupied
by the Usurper on his passage through that town,'
whet. coming from Elba.
" M. Laine meeting M. Pozzo di Borgho, the
other evening, at the Duke of Wellington's, was sa-
luted by that Minister with a reproach on the intem-
perate spirit of the Chamber of Deputies, of which
he is President. Fearful of committing himself with-
either party by an explanation, he eluded the ques-
tion, and turning presently to Sir Charles Stuart,
complained of its unseasonable mention, and of the
severity of M. Pozzo's remarks. Finding, however,
no concurrence of opinion in the British Minister, he
addressed the Duke of Wellington, whose language
on the subject running in the same tenor. with that of
M. Pozzo, he at length withdrew to a friend, saying,
6 I am now more than satisfied of the authenticity of
the Duke's letter.' . The Duke himself neither denies
nor acknowledges the letter, but he admits that, con-
' formal* with his instructions, he has taken the liberty
of offering his Majesty advice wherever he has con-
ceived it necessary, end . that the' occasions thereof
, have been frequent. •
64 The measure of transferring to Arles The -public
establishments of Tarascon, has given rise to repre-
. gestations on the part of that town. The Depute-
,. unit sent up to Pins on the occasion waited, Wednes-
, day lilt, on M. de. Vaublanc. the Minister of the In.
twine. His Excellency replied, 'that imperious cir-
cumstances required at this moment the adoption of
such rigorous measures; that. they were necessary, as
an example, to curb the seditious spirit of other places,
and to give the Allies a paid the resolution of Ga.