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During the troubles in the reign of King Charles I.
and in the succeeding time of the usurpation, Vie prac-
tice of laying weekly and. monthly assessments of spe-
cific sums upon the several counties of the kingdom Was
resorted to, the • levy being made by a pound- rate on
land and personal estates.
After the Restoration, the ancient mod, of' grahting
slibildies was on two occasions only renewed; the levy
by monthly assessments being found to produce.a more
certiin revenue under the superintendence of Commis-
siocers named by Parliament.
These periodical 'assess'ments, the subsidies whieli4
preceded them, and the more ancient modes of l'etri;
first adverted to in this Repoit, were to all intents and.
purposes a land tax; and the asseaments were sometimes
espressly sn-denominated. _
_

.
At a very early period ofthe reign of Mpg William
111. levies by Land Tit Act lver'e resorted In; aridin
the 4th year of thXt reign (1602)' a bete ittsestinentistr
valuation of (Matti was thrsile throughout the •kingdosits•
Fre thcpurposst of Ifteertaining- the amount which, .by
virtue of a grant of this nature, the,Goverument might
in future bave a right to den!andh and Of a ppMticining
justly to the sever al coiinties, the aniOntit'Or cisoPirtion
of amount which each county and each distriersilbUld
in future be considered liatiletirpay.. •
'According to this•-valtration,: froths tlielelt 169 t to
the present time the Laird Tax has contitallosk, without
' intermission, apannuld charge upon the subject. vary,
is/ in amount, as the pound rate Lmposesiby.the.annoal
Land Tax Act 'ties occasionalfr traded; liaiirig'hein
sometimes at 2s. in the poupd, twice at =IA allOritalf
the rime at.4e bus whatever ;may. h,;,4l•4l,llt,,.ibt.valia-
trolls of the pound rate, the valuation liftable]; the rate
was levied has still the's:rizie idintreiniirtihn iat ;
and the proportion chargealtle sin eaCh-paSfictilet Co-ditty"
and• on vath particular district his st,ll-coatinsed, and
does still continue, the same as it was in the time of
Kill William 111. aeregulated by the het .et-1692.....
AR-opinion, has generaligisrevailedAftg4hrassess-
ment and valuation made in .pritsuatreo 0,010.41.r:rye.
recited Ati,' was not sir' accurate ii—Might hate been
ex pected;fiom the operatidb Orli -statiite, ttimbd. Xi 'it--
appears with much cask add xrhitiveraireltvithitlrin=
tended- to• converia its earmsrnents:the power of levy-1
ing, insfull an aid grapted,pi.thucrpsyn.:at„;,petioil of 1
peculiar emeritelliTv• .. • z. -- '• 4‘.."- ‘,...rs- • •
Whether the valoatiesilbacte by virtue of Inc 'Ait of
1692, was a full viluatiodorliot, or Whither •irrirtiCtlie
several counties nedistritteveereratettin fair propoisind.
with reference tooaesanother; whatever ntayboveheess,
the rate of araluatinshitiierlear that.thelands.otpown
Catholics were, by re,a,lott cf the *sk,ie, spte.s,ko .
charged with air Assisiffn't 'double inensininiat co'
pared with the isaessmelft ehargedfirpini iiMiflhrit *Mt
owned by persons of the Protestant paroillaind;ind
chat the counties and dhericts io tvhiels.llomau. Carhop
lies were the holders ,ot lands, .beesaxne cirtgealslc pa,
that account with a. higher'rate in proptntroken respect.
of the gener.il as;e4mentlid 'the- kingdosh;4ll4ati.they
would otherwi,i have beefiliable CO pit.".s.L • ..- ''. ''''' • :
It occurs to your Cools-nit-ee to obseroe,..,that the-,
practice anciently resokied to of ygiug Alieosezirk.a ,
double prop ution. vslicir subsidies. were •aaes. Ty
possibly have suggested this double charge Appeltoutan,
IC stholia subjects, which li:rinsed part of the insentient 7
lof 1692, and was Untanned in tier*, •sUbtequehrLteitt'
Tax Act until 1794. •
. A convenient mode of investigating the ku, I•,zre."-,
ferred to this Committee, offers itselfhy consi. ~rang..
First, How far the penalty authorised bt the priivisiona''
of the Act of 1692 appears to lia:ebeetractually •iti..-
flitted. and continued so Ming as the imposition was
sanctioned by law; and secondly, Flow falhAt penalty
'has been wholly or' iti part removed since the period
when it became the-express intention of the:Legislatore
'that an imposition of this•description•ohould.no longer
' be pet mined to exist. .
There is no reason to. suppose, that in' the fear 160,
persons professing the rtoinanGathOliErini.experienCed
particular favour or indulge-rite HOT:AIta.:I witosedetyl
it was to carry into effect t're measures of thrGovern-
ment of that day; and the Act referred to appears to
have given very sufficient. powers o( scrutiny and inves-
tigation to those who were enjoined, as well by the obli-
gation of an oath, as by the risk of severe penal respon.
sibilities, duly-to discharge their functions as commis-
sioners and assessors. '

But if, during the earlier years of assessment under,
the. Land Tax Acts, any difficulty was experienced in
ascertaining precisely the estates which belonged to
Roman Catholics, the statute 1 Geo. 1, which obliged
all Papists to register their names and estates with the
clerk of the peace for the county where they were situ-1
ated, must have removed all difficulty of that nature.
IThe penalty for non-compliance with this Act vitas
forfeiture of the estate, which no Catholic would prS.
bably have ventured to incur; and it is proved i evi-
dence before your Committee, that the proviainni of
ibis Act were complied with until they were repealed
io 1790.

In consequence of the Land Tax Acts being toittinued
from year to year, according to the valuation of 1692,
and also according to the Assessments levied by virtue
of that Act, it soon became ,necosary to afford
Live relief 'to same parties, who. werit the holdtrs of
-lands which' bid been in tbe baids of &mai% Caiholiti'

when the .original -Assessment. had been made; but
whiCh lands being
.subequently transferred, either by
descent, et by some other mode of transfer, to the hands
'Protestants, thej reasonfor the imposition of a double
461 had ceased to operate in respect of those estates.
~.- To meet such cases a clause was introduced into the
)utnuel Land Tax Acts, early in the reign of Queen
-• true. This clause, with some few verbal alterations
Only, appears to have been inserted in every subsequent
Land Tax Act, up to the. year 1794, and your Com-
mittee have considered the effect of this clause as wor-
thyof their-particular consideration.
• At a period nearly following that in which the Act
of 1609 was, passed, and in which the Valuation and
Assessment by virtue•of that Act were made, it'is ob-
vious that the effect of this clause would have been to
exonerate the Land -entire'', from the double charge
which bad-riven imposed upon it, supposing the valua-
tion by which the Assessment was regulated to htve
been a full valuation, because at a period when no ma-
terial alteration had taken place in the value of money,
or in the annual rentnfland, it would be easy fnr'those
wht were holding lands assessed so receotly 'at Bs. in i
the pound; to prove that they were paying according
to the Assessment, more than 4s. and the effect of this,
clause immediately relieved them from all the excess!
above four shillings.
But in progress of time, the effect of the clause now
under consideration became less and less operative, by
reason cf the gradual diminution of the value of mohey,
and of the progressive increase of the annual value of
land; so that those who had occasion to take the benefit
of this clause at more distant periods, were enabled to li
obtain only a smaller degree of relief, in proportion as a I
rise in .the rent of .land and variation in the value of
money had augmented the annual value of that property
on which the.assessments were fixed. The value by
which relief was to be estimated,. was al ,says the value
of the. day at.which relief was sought; and it is only
necessary to bear this .fact. .in mind, for the purpose of
understanding how,.ikhappeped,• that a clause which
was fairly:framed: in the .. 9 tart, . Fps. effect the objrct
phi& ie. professed pa hive its row,hocame less-and less
operetieeosottil, it Crossed te:hpve equeffect whatever.
It ivootoripusithet:thuipeueselvalueof land had aug-
rnenosi greetii„lssirtrusen ehet.yen4thitand the corre-
sponding. yearrie,ths I'ellostingreentary ; therefore, upon
8 u everFget the. persons *4 were pa.ying Sr. in the
pound, ia.l.6sl2,4ieroie 17* paying not mote, than as.
in the pound a;—the.qmost, Alm the seal annual value'
of tbe lame estates ;. and. it .mus; have been in vain for
them, in-the. year 17,4 to haie sought.relief ty means
of a clattse, which, as a first -preliminary, required proof
of a payment uf.moic than 4s. in the.pound, according
to the then full value of their estates..
It.cannot with fairneis be urged;
.that fno grieeance
has been, or is experienced, by a person:repo, upon an
assessment of Bs. in, the pound, snade ;re the days of
ttinii.etW. s
i'liamwas.ns,tie.t.-in 417 days of if George
payorg op y. .in the
,pound ;tor
the grievance consists.rie...*Fretatiee. prerpot tiol Arh;ch
he has been 'called . upouiee :pey, as compared With the
payment made by his neighbour:. 'The payrnent.of 2s.
in the pound is a grievances, Kit be-in fact a double tax
payable on,account.of the religious faith of• those who
have preceded.theraseer. pir.sprietoy in tire possession
of his lapd; and ir,itste,griesranee, that whilst_he is.pay-
log 26..0 tb44 :P941"; t.PerSclsa-.lCsicling l'a the same
oeighbourbood, Assidkug. laqds,of the -same value and
description with :liis.ewn,.-but ~which have been traps.
mitted throagh,Protestant,band‘ate paying ls. only. •
In the year 1791, whets the repeal of several., penal
enactments affecting.lloman Catholics was in contests-
'plation, a Committee was formed,. consisting of Boman
Catholic Noblemeo and..9entlemen, who communicated
wAlsiGovernment on the-subject of *legrsletive relief:
then proposed tpfie Oven to Romeo Catholics ; of this
Committee Mr. (lades Butler watsecretary.
....It was distinctly .understood in the cpurse of the
eommunication .1040 -Inok..place between this Coto-
-0 Mitiee and the Government, .that•the Roman Catholic.;
Aber- to be relieved from the double Iliad Tax, but in
,iionsequence of :the Lend Tax .Acts heng„then annual
taxes only, it was considered that no prospective remedy
wecrequire4,„- . r
.r. .
: Mlle mode. aclopted,for, reheyjngthe Roman Catholics
sues not, irs fictzvesurted to, _until the year 1794, when;
rthelcle,Wses, to:voick,dwildubie charge had been cre-
atectinedreetiened uponlaods held by persons of., that
faith Time the year Ift9e,seere.for the first time omitte.l,
in the Land Tax Aca.o,Ltkat year (chapter 8), and the
'clause of Queen Atom's time, which his been already
raool4.lo44Kevie4 tri, was. 'continued, with a recital
rhttod9f 01. Ait9 it: oa,;.s:;ipg
.trimake its application
genera-On' kilievaj_k 041410 sto Atever from the double
charge. yr Land Tett, Ord.' making' them. liable to a
singre,Akesswrit 0V7.„ Thimecital is in the following
words -e! WIT cwt. torvv*theAssessments.which have
been Mile byr‘istsie of IV,. said XCe"of the fosirth year
of their;:said Ate iticitiei; ,sign (4th William trod'
MarY);leveral,7lredi,. tenemenic.tents, or other here.:
,ditements Of peryaos refusing or:peilecting to take the
Oa ths,therein tontaitied,'Werejlefes-ted to pay double
the rates therein •
expreised; and whereas it
.is.ont hereby.
intended to impose or assess . any, such double rites
upon *O7 person or persons whatspeyer,"&e.(sec.ll4 )
It Would seem that at the time when it was thou in-
tende.d, to render .the effect of. this clause general, the
circumstance of its having, from,* causes already ad-
verted. to, ceased whims aa*:Oeratipn whatever, was-
not known, or pot ti'dierted.gst
It is be ObServed,„.thet the CoMmittee of Roman Ca,
tholic Noblemen and others jiad ceased to act from the
year 1792; ennceiving,th'it,the objects of their assem-
blage had been completed by the enactment of the Bill
which was passed in 1791, relieving the% from other
penal ,enactments, andby the distinct understanding had
with Mr; Pitt, then at the head of the Government,'
with re4eyence to their future relief from the double
I Lind Tag.

Your Committee proceed to Consider in the remain-
in& patt of this Repent,' him far the penalty imposed
by the Act of 1691 had been wholly or in part removed,
since the period When it became the .eipreuediutenticin•
of.the LegislatUre, that an impositioii Of this dektiption
shiriald no longer be-petrnitted toeziSt.
It appears that in some cases, per:4oi bolding lands
which were burthened with a doge& cbarseut Liana
Tax, have obtained a. partial relief eithei in a treater or
smaller degree by virtue bta 'clause in the Land Tax
Acts.' -That this clause was not framed for the relief of
'Anon Catholics is evident, from the circumstance that
this enactment was contained in all. those annual Acts
which passed during the period when the penalty was.
. • •

It is worthy of attention also, that the increased
charge made by this process upon other persons having
lands in the same district, is hardly reconcileable with
equity, since it appears that from the operation •of the
Act of 1692,. districts in which Roman Catholics were
holders of lands became chargeable nn that account with
a higher rate in proportion, as respecting the general
Assessment cf the kiogdom, than they would otherwise
s..
have been liable to pay.
Consequently; it would seem but jest, thin:When ale.
Legislature professed to remote this penal chulei Wet
relief should have been effected by.ianenaCtment,whiCii
would have completely relieved the ihditridual on whom
it rested from all and every part of it; ivithdet :in-
flic!ing any consequent injury on the distriets Whitalt
have now become subject,tO a burthen, in consequence
of Roman Catholics having formerly held lands silo:
ated within their precintts. ,
In 1798, the Land Tat was made perpetual by die
Act of that year, cap. GO, and the power of redemption
of Lind Tax as given in, that Act tended considerably
to impede and pretreat ,eitrea that degree of relief which
persons.snb*ted *toil* penal Charge might have par-
tially cibtarned•befo 4.':•
In whatever disti Celt- 4rechintiition of the Land TaA
was effected, thelintia•of thedisttict became pro tank,
circumscribed to the party seeking re,lief from the double
to:, since no porthin of the sum to be taken froni the
party complaining, of a double charge, could be laid
upon land, in respect of which the tax was already re-
deemed. •

It Appear; to your Commit• tee, that though. the Land
' Tai it a burthen, which, owing to the circumstance of
alteredvalue in land and money, is at present lightly.
felt throughout the greater part of the kingdom, •sinif
those who now pay a double Charge of this :is, ace 1*
fact paying. a stun much smaller :than that at which
they are nominally assessed by a single Assessinetit ot
4s. in the pound,. so that a grievance of this description
has, by many persons, been considered a matter of little,
consideration; yet, in addition to the circumstances 144
ready adverted to, there is a highly important view ilk.
which the existing grievance is.to be considered, as tee
' luting to the power of redemption given by the Act, of
the 38th Geo. 111,
It is to be observed, that a person whose
.larkkil,'
doubly' charged find himself under the serious' disa4-•
vantage (should he desire to exonerate his land) of 'being
called upon to redeem the Tax according to.the tatesef
such double charge; ,he must therefore. ptoyidelotlble
the amount 6f stock that would have beep. requir4it
the land. which he desires to exonerate ho .rcirl,r.Afro
in the tenure of a &mart Catholic. It. ,catuk. .5:
doubted that this circumstance will prevent;, 440 q_
arethus situated frets redeeming iheir •Lan4.:lfixysii 1.
i
tbefsball biplisettin ;more equitable sitoatioviitk
reference to the terns of their purchase' 7 :I',.
.Z.
Your Committee, therefore, being satisfleatfrogUit
evidence they have Oamitined, and' the JieiritkimmiNry
Order of the ifopse (cif wlicls a. pottion onli ere siSj*
printed), that the coaseqnencei er the pen. statute, tel
lacing to the,double Land Tax, remain 43 (crce to'a ;On-
side:able extent, conclude their'llepert, by temincling
the House of. the declared intention_Of the. pegiA?rum
to repeal these laws; and they recommend, asp:l44cent
•with.the justice and good faith cf ParliaMebt4h6t a IA
,hodld be passed, which may mote effectually: reliev'Or
estates (excepting such estates as may be fairlyVteilyne4
;to have been transferred by purchase on lowii terMl,si
reason of such doublechargel from. the increased charge.
that Was imposed on account oi:religious opielot..'" 4.

.

• • o " • •:( •tr f• At
FRENCH TAPER&
ie.; *Aria* ITO*. tikw.Gpistitwas; tit*, . .
• • Tatkrtii, Ans. 41 .
le•MII• not to bave:intandidl4
• .
go to Corlu,. but. to confer with Ibrahim
,av 4ba a Isrus
varbs, with the Admirals of the, Allies.at
witb.General'Cbureb at Lesina, to wfilat.platebetaL
returned from Poros. It is: that his viiYas'
bit; nterviewa Ibrahim 'Paella had 'for -their .O.SA,ef
to persuade sthe EgyptiaititeitMal to leave, the jea
belle the departure, or' tit. French ewpeditiisn, and tai
get all the fOrtreises otettpied *by the Arabs and Mba`.
niansdeliyered wp to Abe Greeks.. It cannot be ids**
rent to '..the.Oovernmept t.i!swe •.ase ArdagesttirtOsses
in" the cOOstry'in the oirciegitiois at fcireignilrodik; Sl)shSt
aleffdifferent
Bence. _
Admiral Sir E.TOdtiOkisk"Orkfis.tOoPrttr!..49.lo-
to Franke iinnvdiZtely•-citi..the a;ftal of his saidceisor..
It is said that among..tlitFreaaissik•WlSieh have induced
his rccal, is the 'indifference- with' which he saw the
Greek prisoners transported To 'Egypt, sytrom,h‘sipo-
vernMent is:noty. endeavouring. to re;ease..
:
- The conferefices at Corfu will begin in the mitl'at..eit
the month. 'People are very curious to see whether
't
-will send ••tt Plenipotentiaiy. On the part or
Greece a depitatlog ii ezpeFted, oi.the Presidebt hint.
self. The nomination of a coMmislioiiiiif Govern-mink
at Poros, consisting ,of .Couchiriotti,-4030; Kiirromi,•
chali, and .tbe COnot Ifialio'Capofdl'strlai.to transact
business in the abienciot the Fosideat, readers' thelit...
ter conjecture very.iirobable.** 7 r
According to all that we learn, 'the Greek firia'ncei'
are daily improving, arida nevi Government miy 0-On,
be able to meet its engagements ; this would be one of.
the greatest services that the President could render to
his countrymen.. Another, 'equally important, is the
intrOduction.of Courts of Justice and anode of lais in
'Greece. A commission, consisting .of lawyers, is said
to have been already appointed to draw up.the code.
Whatever progress the Greeks may make in civil insti.
,tutions, it seems but little disposed to submit to military
organization. The ttocips, as far as military discipline
is concerned, roam better than childieu. Those who

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are assembled at Eieusis. to the cumber of 7,000 men,
under the command of Ypsilanti. referable a hors"! of
Nomades, and have received with General Church no'
idea of military discipline. Those who are distributed I
under the commanti of Colonel Heidegger, at Corinth.
Micenr. and Napoli di Romania, ate the only ones
which have a regular appearance.
Acct. JO —The French and English Admirals had
on the 24th of Jul!, at Ztinte, another inlet view with
Count Capo d'lstria, who tet out the next day for Po-
int. The Admirals then saile I for Navarin.
PARIS, AUGUST 22.

The German Journals give no positive and direct in-
formation from the theatie of war. A Aureinierg
tiazette says that the partisans of the Turks at Vienna
affirm, not only that Schumla has not been taken, but
that the Grand Dike Michael has been cut off there
with his corps of the army. On the other hand, a Ber-
lin journal affirms that news has been received of the
taking of Schumla by the Russians, who are said to
have purchased this victory with the loss of a consider-
able number of men, but to have found there a great
quantity of provisions, which proved a very welcome
supply to the Russian army, which began to be in want.
The second part of this piece of intelligence gives
reason to doubt the authenticity of the first ; for all the
accounts from the Principalities and from Constantino-
ple, which we have teceived for the last fortnight, agree
in representing the Turkish troops at Schumla as being
in great want of provisions.
PROM THZ MESSAGZR DES CHASM'S.
=TRACTS FROM GIRMAN PAVER& _ _ _

The post from Constantinople ot the 25th of July
a.rived stt Vienna August 18th. According to the
commercial letters, the attitude and appearance of that
capital continue the same. The Mussidman remains
c• 01, calm, and indifferent. Nevertheless, besides
the activity of the measures taken to defend this resi.
den e ot the chief of the empire fr om the double aggres-
aisn which threatens it by sea and land, it is evident
that the Government no longer calls in question the pos.
sibility of the enemy's arrival with an imposing.force;
and so much impressed are they with the idea ot being
ob iged to fight, that every preparation has been made
to receive other words, to endeavour to repel
and destroy him.
S arse foreign journalists have entertained a very false
idea of the character of this Turkish population, whom
they fancy they behold flying, with the sword of the Mu-
scovites at their back, vi the extremities of Asia, at the
bate approach of the first Russian legion, abandoning
th. it firesides and their mosques to the conqueror.
Those who have resided in Turkey think very differently
on this head, and the successes of the assailants, besides
being greatly exaggerated, cause more anxiety to the
Franks domiciled at Constantinople, than uneasiness to
_ _ _ _

the subjects of Sultan Mahmond. They may cherish
slam strong dissatisfaction at several acts of his reign,
ea cute the innovations he has introduced, call down
upon him the anathema of the Prophet, and lay plots
against his life; but the infidels are, in their eyes, not
less infidels—a race despised by them, and devoted to
tlitir hatred, whose entrance upon their holy soil is an
odious profanation. When the Sultan summons the
true believers against these infidels, they will be seen to
rise, pre.s round the sacred standard, throw themselves
under the impulse of fanaticism before the enemy, and
perish rather than submit to terms dictated by him in'
their capital. The Grand Seignor has published a new
fireman, commanding all the people to take up arms.
He orders the Paellas, as they will answer fir it, to
make the most obstinate resistance; and, what is re-
mat kable at the present moment, after all that has been
said concerning the intention of Ibrahini's evacuating
the Morn, the firman of the Sultan enjoins him by
name to maintain himself in the Motea against every
otk and never to abandon the Peloponnesus.
It is also asserted, that this Pacha has intimated to
the Admirals of the three Allied Powers, that it was
impossible for him openly to intringe the formal in-
struction! which he was constantly veto/ring, but that
he would not be displeased if a military demonstration
esten,ibly imposed upon him the necessity of doing so.,
Many persons think that the object of the French expe-
dition is partly to meet this intimation.
Entrenchments are making at Adrianople, the second
city of the empire, which is well known not to be forti-
fied, and to have very scanty means of defence.
There, also, they expect the Russians, and Hussein
Paella is not a man to give way to them without dis-
patting the passage to the utmost. The heads of all the
commanders ender his orders, who display the least
4saptom of feebleness in their defence of the territory,
Will fall under the steel of the executioner, before it enters

•tw bis own to capitulate in a cowardly manner.
It is•known at Constantinople that the Russian army
bas,anarcbed upon Schumla, and has perhaps arrived
there s but in 1810 an army of that nation was quite
as sear for two whole months, at the end of whirls they
were obliged to retrace the route of the Danube, thinned
by disease and famine. The fleet of Admiral Greig
has not yet effected the descent which is to furnish the
• besiegers of Schumla with reinforcements of men, and
to poor abundance into their camp. The plague, un-
happily, is not yet extirpated in Wallachia.
The preparations for the defence of Constantinople
require a prodigious sum, and in order to contribute to
the aid of the imperial treasury, every possible exaction
is put in force, principally against the Christians do-
miciled in the empire, and in the first instance against
the Armenian schismatics and the Greeks, who pay

triple taxes.
The capital is well provisioned: large purchases of
grain have been made in Hungary and in the Buirsat,
on =scant of private individuals and the government.
Foams Finiee--Passi, Auseer 11%4-Five per Cents. 107 f. 20e.
—These per Cams Tit. ice...-Bank &tiek,l,ll7oL—Naples Stock,
$26.--Seyal Specials Loan, 7311.—Isiebange on London, one
1120111‘, !SL 115% time mouths, 251.15c.—Cours
BRUSSELS PAPERS.
TRIESTE, Aug. 9.
AKotaing to the accounts given by Captains of ships,
Ibrabias Pacha has received from his father permission
to evacuate the Molea, with notice that the tranTorts
necessary to fetch him and his troops have already
sailed from Alexandria. It is therefore believed, that
before the French expedition arrive Ibrahim Paella will
already have left it.
CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 45.
The accounts from the theatre of war, which the Go.i
vetireitesst has merged to itself the right of publishing,
are all very favourable to the cause of the Turks, and
inspire the Porte aids fresh courage. According to the
first Turkish bulletins, three was an action near [Lazard-1
jilt with a division of Russian cavalry, au which the'
latter had great difficulty in keeping the field. Tire
Joildsring bulletins, up to the 20th of July, • ad which
treat of two attempts on the 15th and - against
Varna, which is defended by the Capital is
which the ititsimis are stated to have been
with great loss, and also to have suffered w
vyikichn, Rod,chok. Schumlat and Giordano, has • d
the pr lie Witt enthusiast, satittenerpre4 the geniis*
levy much mi ie easy. Above sig.,* thousand men
have already inserted their names as lb. lists of Chore

aeres Pacha, lord hundreds of artisans daily come to
'titer then sei vice>. The resolution of the Gases outwit
to expel the &inks from the capital has Too yet been
executed, but seems to he only defer red, as the Porte
looks on tyre Greeks with distiu,t, though their chiefs,
and especially the Patriarch, eliclesvour to show the
gre.te,t fidel.tv, and a prayer is 'earl us all the Greek
chutches for the hAppy f the ear.

BRUSSELS, Atm. 22.

NEWS PROM THE ARMY IN TURKEY, FROM TIM 2$D TO

THY 27TH JULY. • . •
The head-quarters of his Inalierial Majesty, and of
the two corps of the army, were on the 2616 in the
came' near Vie village of Bi►tnktyk,ant far from Achs
On the sime day they were removed in the heightsivhich
the advanced p tits of the 7th corps had occupied in the
batik of
.the 20th. We were then within cannon-shot
of the fortress. The enemy does not show ant resist-
ance. Lieutenant Notokaw repos ts that on the 20th
the Turks attacked the right wing of the corps besieging
Varna, but that they were repulsed with great loss.
Admiral Greig reports, that he has arrived off Man-
gali w►th the squadron under his command. having on
board the third brigade of the 7th division of Infantry,
and that he was proceeding to Varna.
Genet al Roth, commanding the six corps of Infantry,
arrived on the 21st July. near Silistria, at the distance
of six weists (four English miles) from the fortress. He
fell in with 4,000 horse, who immediately weie attacked
and driven buck, with the loss of 200 killed. and a great
number wounded. Our troops invested Silistria oir the
23d; the girt ti‘on ha► bet n ►ncreased to 221000, exclu-
sive of Vie armed inhabi(acts.

Major-Generdl Zvrow, commanding the troops of
the Dm, who was Ltetdched on the 25th to lidzhrad,
Annuu Ices that he found in that town 150 the enemy,
of wh,cr, forty were killed, and the others were driven
out cf the place.
Vuoo,d, Aug. 12 —Sletalliques 93 94 6ths; Mak Shared 1,066.
We have tto further arrivals from Batavia.

LISBON PAPERS.
.LISBON. AUGUST 4.

The Gazette contains a Royal Decree to the following
effect :

" Various civil, military, and ecclesiastical autho-
rities having reptesentcd to me, that notwithstanding
the orders given, and the measures taken, to disarm the
Guerilla., which united in defence of these kingdoms,
there have lately appeased ill-disposed men, vnemie.
of public tranquillity, who. going about in arras, attack
the peaceable ii.babit.ant., ill &leasing them, and cop.
milting various excesses—thus reviving the wicked pm.
ciples of rebellion and distraction with which the military
faction.which declared itself, on the 16th May this year,
in the city of Oporto desolated the provinces of the north ;
andsucbcr raise! proceedings requiring prompt and ener-
getic measures to put an end to such disorders, and re-
store peace and tranquillity to the inhabitants of these
kingdoms. by delivering them from such detestable
enemies, I am pleased to order, that all persons taken
in arms, and committing hostile acts, shall he, arrested
by any civil or military authority, and immediately sent
to the Generals of the provinces in which they are taken,
wbo shall, without delay. have them tried by a commis-
sion of seven members, theLGeneral as President, and
three Magistrates of the highest rank near to the head-
quarters, and t.f three military Officers of the highest
rank at the head-quintets. Those who are found guilty
by a majority of votes to be condemned to death, and
shot within three days, and their property to be also
confiscated."'
LISBON, Auaarr 3.

On the 27th of last month his Majesty, wi,h the in-
fantas his sisters, went to the Royal palace of Alfiete,
and on crossing the Tagus the English men of war and
others fired the salutes usual on such occasions, the yards
being manned, lac. We ment on this circumstance,
though rather late, because we have learned that some
individuals, pertinacious in their antinational ideas, have
reported in company, and among foolish people. that
this was not the reason of those naval salutes and civilities.
Auttual-6.—His Majesty, who with the greatest so-
licitude attends to all the important business of the
State, went on the 9th of this month on board the ships
intended for the expedition for the Islam! of Madeira,
where he examined every thing that he thought proper,
and yesterday he reviewed the troops destined for the
same expedition, and was every where received with the
greatest enthusiasm and joy.
His Majesty went on the 4th to reside in the Royal,
Palace of Necessidades, while some necessary repairs
were making in the Palace of Ajuda.
Yesterday arrived the Princess Royal f ;gate, which
was sent to conviiy the Captain General to the island of
Madeira and the Azores, and from which it has re-
turned, because the state if Madeira and Terceira did
not permit the landing of the two new Captains Ge-
neral. All the rebels were punished.

• LISBON, Meese B.
(OFFICIAL.)
It being necessary that the property which has been
or may be sequestrated, belonging to persons implicated
in the proceedings which I have ordered to be instituted
on accennt of the rebellion which lately took place is
the city of Oporto, and other pasts of my kingdom,
which has been happily quelled, and also to those indi-
viduals who have, without my leave, absented them-
selves from the Portuguese territory, should be pre-
served, so that they may be restored to their owneis, if
they should be finally acquitted, who ought not to suffer
loss or injury to their property, which world be mani-
festly contrary to the rtriet administration of justice
which I always wish to be observed, l am pleased to or-
der [here follows various regulations for attaining the
end proposed.]
The same Gazette contains an order addressed to
Francisco Antonio Monteiro, Disenvhargador of the
Casa do Supplicacao, commissioning him to ge to the
Isle of Madeira, to institute proceedings against the
persons, military and others, who have darer( to rebel
against his Majesty's authority, and are thus guilty of
high treason, which it is necessary to punish with all
the rigour of the law, and to vindicate the majority
of the inhabitants of that Island, who have always
been distinguished for their loyalty to their sovereigns.

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UNNIMMIMI