Star.
London, England, 1821-10-18 00:00:00

TOILTOSA.

This unhappy town, which is filled with death in
all its parts and its vicinity, especially Las Roquelas,
where the contagion commits dreadful ravages, is
worthy of the greatest compassion ; and to an hospital
of convalescence, confided to the direction of the
sisters of charity of San Vincente Paul, and young
dives, who have offered themselves for this service,
compelled by feelings of humanity, the Committee
of this Junta has, for the second time, given the as-1
sistance of some vinegar, chocolate, and rice.
The greatest care continues to be taken in main-1
taining the cordon, and two unhappy wretches, who
had the boldness to pass it, have been stopped, and
given up to the rigour of the laws. An instance of
the same kind carried the contagion to Mequinenza,
which is now surrounded with a cordon. This fact,
and that some persons from Tortosa and its country
houses have entered Saragossa and Fraga, has caused
the Junta to declare Mequinenza infected, Saragossa
and Fraga suspected, and persons coming from all
parts of that province in general subject to ten days'
surveillance. The port of Malaga is again declared
suspected, a person having died on board one of the
vessels, though his illness was not contagious.
An article from Saragossa, of the 26th September,
says there was no fear of contagion in that city.

Accounts from Lagnira of the Ist September, state,
that three Spanish vessels, richly laden, ran in, igno-
rant of Laguira being in the possession of the Pa- ,
tricts, and w ere made prizes ; after which Laguira
was blockaded by a Spanish squadron.
Letters from Santa Martha state, that General
DEVEREUX is at Santa Fe, where he was received
with the most flattering cordiality, both by the in-
habitants in general and the Government.
M'Carthy, the drummer, and two privates of the
Guards, detained for the riot in the Almonry, on the
last anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, in which
tumult the unfortunate COOLEY, of Orchard-street,
lost his life, were brought up to the Sessions-house,
Westminster, this morning; and no persons appear-
ing against than, they were discharged.

RECEIVERS-GENERAL OF LAND AND
-ASSESSED TAXES.

The statement which we published yesterday
te.
specting the intended reductions in the office of Re.
ceivers-General of Counties, though Correct iss its
general substance, was, in some of the dew
tiro.
neous. The folios% ing explanation comes, we heisees,
from the pen of the eminent individual to *land
Public are indebted for the origination of this at;
sive scheme cf retrenchment
It will be recollected that the Chancellor of tie
Exchequer agreed to the apponitmeut of a Cosa.
mince in the last Session, on Mr. Hume's p •
Itheirs to reduce the expenses in that branch a 2
collection of the revenue. The Committee, although
the majority of them generally support Minister;
office of
agreed unanimously to the abolition of the
Receiver-General, as executed by deputies, and th...
they should be reduced as speedily as possible G.:
65, their present number, to 44, the numbecte c'oss,
mittee considered fully sufficient to do the duty,' he
Committee unanimously recommended die abon.
Lion of the permanent balances of £367,000, which
had been allowed very improperly to remain io the
hands of the Receivers-General for the whole year,
laid out by some in mortgages, by others in the Thies
per Cents. and employed by all of them for dint
private emolument.

The Committee were perfectly satisfied that die
duty of the six Receivers-General in London, now
performed at an expense of £lO,OOO or EU)
a-year, might be performed by one Receiver-Gera,'
at an expense of about £1,500 or £2,000 a-year, mg
they therefore recommended that course. Manyd
the county collections had been divided to serve ;4,
litical objects, or; in other words, to divide theta,
luable patronage; and the Committee considered(
their duty to recommend these divided collections%
be re-united, which would, with the London redrs
tion, bring the number to forty-four. It was alw
satisfactorily proved, that the consolidation couldli
made with advantage to the revenue.
The Committee, as appears from their Repcsi,
recommend that in no case shall more than an
a-year (and that sum to include travelling expense,)
be paid to any Receivers-General; and that the
larks should be reduced in general to the mum
which it was proved the deputies had receivedfe
performing all the duty. The Receivers-General lute
all had the offer first made them by Governments
continue their office, ts if they will perform the duty
on the conditions recommended by the Committee:
and in case of their refusal, the offer is then madea
those Gentlemen who acted as deputies. Moisten
are endeavouring to get that duty performed fade
minimum charge. The deputies have stated that*
would do all the duty of the Receivers-Generalkt
the allowances they received as deputy ; and Aide
allowance of the principal will be thereby sandal
the country. The only condition they required war
that the security should be proportionate to the amuse
of money to be collected and pass through their bags
The evidence before the Committee shews, thus
of the greatest objections to the office was the lase
and disproportionate securities required from thite-
ceivers-General, whilst the deputies, who alumina
the risk, gave small and proportionate security to the
principal. Real security is in all cases oc the new
system to be taken, amply sufficient to cola every
pound to be placed in the hands of the Receiver.
General.

The plan of remitting the Taxes as soon act&
lected, to the Public Treasury, as is done by the
else, is to be adopted with the Receivers-Generi,by
which the Public will benefit by the Taxes axe
as collected, instead of their remaining, as hithm
at considerable risk in the hands of the Recap,.
General, or his Deputy, to speculate in the Pit
Funds, or make other speculations daring each,"
ter. Mr. Hums proposed to abolish the lDistriek
ceivers-General altogether, and by means cid&
spectors and others now employed, to have theta
paid to the Collectors of Excise in their cimi
through the country every six weeks ; but findiegi
Commissioners of the Tax-office and some ell
Committee altogether adverse to that radical amp
he acceded to the modified reform, in order to
it unanimously in the Committee. The only
difference of opinion in the Committee was w
the largest allowance to any one Receiver-Ge
should be £7OO or £6OO a-year, and the latter as
was carried by a large majority.

The advantages which will be derived to the Mc
by this reform in one department of the collection
the Revenue cannot be better explained than by :11
subjoined copy of the estimate of the saving AO
to be made, as stated by Mr. Hums to the Housed
Commons, on the 27th of June last:

COMPARATIVE ESTIMATE
OF 1112 MONO Or TUL ROCLIVSIIII,GENIRAL Or LAND AND

SAABS, awls, 1821, AS STATED AY 111. HOSII, IN FHA AGUSSO
COIMMONS, ON THE 27rn aux; AND OF TDB SAVING TO ss
TACT= ST TIM REFORM.
The poundage now payable to 65 Receivers-Generalist
Land and Assessed Taxes, amounts yearly to - AIIN
The interest on Z587,0t0 of permanent balances left in
their hands, at 5 per cent. - - 1411
The current balances in hand,equal at least to two months'
interest, on the whole amount of Land and Assessed
Taxes, £7,898,896 - -

Total - - -
The Select Committee of the House of

£
-1---'17,5.1

have recommended unanimously that these
should cease to be sinecure offices, or to be el

by deputy ; that the duty should be done by re/
dents iu person, with a salary of from £3OO to IV
each, and from which the expenses attendant on
duties of the office are to be defrayed ; that the say
ber of Receivers-General be reduced, as soon as po
sible, from 65 (some of whom now receive fro
£2OOO to £3OOO a-year) to 44, and that none offAo,
shall receive more than £6OO, thereby if called!'
effect, producing a saving to the Public of g 16.11
per annum, viz:
Taking the largesoexpenditure for 65 Itte:ivesr-Gene•

ral at £6OO on an average (instead of 44, the nun-
Der to remain) at £5OO on an average - - 1-7"
Expense for bonds, audits, and incidents - - •;01

(Future expense) Total - C4O
Present expense, and loss by interest of money in the d
hands of the Receiven-General as above, about - Zit.
The proposed expense as recommended by the Coss-
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