The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-02-17 00:00:00

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800,0001. the return lald 'aspen the tabin stated the.
collection to be only 324,0091. The Noble. Lord
thought the subject of Scotch Reventle was high-
ly Impel-rant, and celiac' for the notice of the I
House. There were several important objects of
taxation, fur instance thwartiele of Geer, ui which
the difiertmee between the apparent comunootion
of Scotland and Englaod was so enormous, and
so oat of all apparent probability', that he thought
a Committee should be appoilited to Unpin: into
the extraordinary difference between tk:: revenues
of Scotland and those af England.
Mr. H. THORNTON said, that the collections
in Scotland proceeded so slowly, that in the Com-
mittee of Finance, of which he had the humour
to be a Member, up to June of the last year, the
returns of the Income tax (ruin Scotland only
cam dawn to 1806. He imagined that. the reason
was, that rents were nut paid in Scotland so regu-
larly as in England. The fact however was, that
the taxes collected there travelled very bluely late
this country. • •
Sir. P. MURRAY supported what had been
said by the Lord Advocate.
Mr. HORN ER, thought, that the rents were
paid as regularly in Scotland as in England ; but
that.the deficiency of collection arose from a bad
"systota:of ass •ssment.
The SOLICITOR•GENERAL-Aor Scotland
had tie
.i.itiafaction to inform his Hum. Friend,
that this subject had attracted the attention of Go-
vernment, and was at present under the considers..
lion of Ministers.
Mr. HUSKISSON Ramiro! the. House that,
while he had the honour of holding an office under
the Board of Treasury, its attention had been
called to the subject, in consequence of the small
remittances received from Scotland on account of
the revenue of that Country. .
Mr, HORNER explained.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND,
'in answer to the call of .the llon. Gentleman op-
posite (Mr. Horner), stated, that the lardy col-
leation of the revenue in Scotland arose from t wo
causes : the first was, that they had not had the
advantage of the same system of parochial, lISSCiti
raent, nor of Commissioners for the Affairs of
Taxes, when the property tax was imposed there*
as existed in England. Thoy had consequently
not the same machinery (or the ready collection of
the•tax, when superintended by only a single per-
son in each county. Another cause arose, not on-
ly from the slower payment of rents, lint from
the adoption of a more strict and rigid mode of
ascertaining the rent and value of property,
cordiug to the Property-tax Act fur Scotland, than
existed in England.
Sir JOHN A NSTRUTHER admitted that
rents were paid more slowly iu Scotland than in
Elogland, but that was no mason why the revenue
should nut be collected with more dispatch than it
I actually was. lie paid his Property Tax in Scot-
land within two months after he paid it in this
country. He had no hesitation to state that lie
could see no reason e by the revenue should not he
collected withalie same regularity, strictness, and
-accuracy in Scotland as,in England. The subject
was under the consideration of Government, to
whom, he was perseaded, nu blame attached. • •
The motion was they put and agreed to ; as
also the next motion of the Lord Advocate—
" That there be laid before the Rouse 1111 Account of the
Amount of the net aNse3smeuts of all the, !Pities called As-
wiled Taxes In Scotland, from the '246301 May, AA to the
latest period to which the same could be made out,
visaing each year."
A Message from the Lords informed the. House,
that their Lord hips had agreed to the Malt and
Pension Duty Bills without any, at:minim:ma.
PAPERS. _ _ _

ham tri attend, Of% Monday next, the 'Committee
of that House ap-poluted to inquire into the con.
duct and policy of the • late Expedition to the
scheldt.
Captain Codrington, of the Royal Navy, was, on
the *nation of Major ALLEN, ordered to attend
the seine Committee..
On the motion of General LOFT, it was or.,
dared, that an humble Address be presented to hit
Majesty that ho wontd be graciously pleased to
give directions that there be laid before that'
House the Copy of a Piper or Narrative pre.
seated to. Isis Majesty by John.. E trl of Chatham,
relative to the proceeding of the Army iu the. late
Expetklion to the S:heldt.
The instructions which had he: n hid by Lord
Gardner before the Committee enquiring into the!
Widcheren Expedition, were, on the mufion of
Mr. Nhereromhie, referred to a Select Co;ninittee,
to examine their contents, and to rel.ort what
parts were rekrant to the Inquiry pen:;ing before
the House, and what ought to be printed in the
minutes. The gnome upon sa hich This motion
was brought forward, was, that the instructions
to Lord Gardner w ern rem in eariutlS
Iteri from diferent-Officers, and must, necessarily,
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Feistrain matters unconnected with the Inquiry,
Which it would be improper to publish in the mi.
notes.
Ordered; on the motion of-Mr. Henry Martin, •
that there be laid before the House au Account of •
the Exchequer Bills now outstanding, ass far as
the same can bu made out, specifying the several
Acts under which they were issued, and the Nita
upon which they were charged.
Mr. IVIIIITBREA D after skirt cunversa.
tit)* with the Chancepor the Exchequer, un the
propriety of making the motion instanter, gave-
notice of a motion, for, Copies of all Instructions'
which had been sent to Lord Viscount Wellington,
cdative to the couduct of the campaign in Porto.
gal and Spain ; also Copies of all dispatches re.
ceived from that Officer, from the t4th to the
`2Bth of July, 1809; and Copies of all Dispatches
received from him, dated Talavera, August Ist,
1809.

Lord G. 1,. GOWER observed, that the Pa-
pers, for which he was about to move, were neces-
sary td be brought under the consideration of the
H.riise, before it could conic to a decision upon
the Army Estimates; and as he understood that
un id,jection would lie suade•to their production,
he should content himself with simply moving,
" Tiizs there be ttid before the House a Return of the
Nonther pull [Unita the 011e?rts employed on the Military
Stag• in the different Districts in this Country, specifying the
Amount of their Staff Pity and Allowancei, toother with a
Retorts of i!se Number of Trno,., in each Di:rtrict."—Also
" Copies of nay Reports which may have peen received by
his Majesty's Secretary of State relative to tke services and
discipline of the Manx Fencib les."

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER
'spresented evrtain Papers relative to the Loan
granted last year to the Prince Regent of Porte.
gal,ll cemmand 'of his Majesty.--Ordered to lie
on the table.
MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
then brdught up from tho Bar a Message from hist
Najesty, in nearly the following words :
" G. Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the
Hott.e of ('ommon!' that his Majesty Yas authorised the issue.
of some pectiniary advances to the Porlitimm‘goveromeati,
In support of ftFin ilifitielt;ilius against the common delay
in that country. His Majesty being desirous of continuing that I
support, has directed that an arrangement shall be made fur
the thainteriance of a body of Portuguese troops, not tweed-
log thirty thousand men ; and his Majesty trusts that his faith-
ful Cuinsaora will enable bias to fulfil that agreement."
Mr. HUTCHINSON, as we uuderstood, gaye
notice for hiuuday, of a motion relative .to
n gallant Officer, who had distingilished himself at
the bead of a Portuguege corps. ,
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT rose to move,.
" that there be laid before the )rosese the Minutes
of the Court Martial upon the Honourable War.
wick Lake, tate Captain of bis Majesty's ship
Ulysses." He did not know whether any ob.
jecsion, would be made to the motion, but inhere
should, he should turn his suction into a notice fur
Monday next.
7t After a short conversation between Mr. Ward,
Mr. Charles Adams, Sir Frantis 'Burdett, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the motion was
agroelk.to, on its being understood that.the Paper
was ceded for by Sir Francis Burdett, with a view
to make it the foundation of some ulterior pro-
ceeding in that noose.
On the motiots of:lbtr. 'HEIM EY, a Message
was ordered .to.,tia, Lprds, to request that 'their
Lordships w9uld
Ts leave to Jelin Earl of Chat-
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