The Statesman.
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'ERIAL P. 4 R LIJMENT.

ROUSE or LORDS.—Eamar, Fia. 16.

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It was near the o'clock before the Lord Ceasietra.olt
tame Im the House.
Lord WALS I NI: II AM presented Petitions, preying (alt
relief; from the Debtors eundoetl I. the jails of Halifax, aid
KinZslonotposi-141111.
Two moods 'Were prevented at the Bar, by Mr.. Big-
ham, Prow the Commissiouers fur the Reduction of tile Na-
Olnal Debt.
The Malt Doty Bill was read a third time, and loused.
blarqui. WELLESLEY Isrimaht dont) a message from
Iris hlajesty, desiring the concurrence a their Lordships
In enabling Ms blaiesti to extend further aids to the
Goverousest of Portugal"; which were to contist partly of
supplies Lt money, and of a force ont exceeding Won°
Lei
• After slant explanation between Marqnis Wct.t.est.tir
and Lord Gain y t 1.1. E, his Lordship 'nosed, and carried a
motion fur the production of certain particulars connected
INith his hiajesty s message; and the fart:ter consideraliou
of t)r message was fixed, purse:tot to the wish of Lord.
Grenville. for :Stoma:is next ; a 'lieu, his t...r.ls.iip s4id, he
. should go folly jut., the mature of our presto t .•11i trice with
l'ortmal; as it we. one of those subjects ;stitch had long
pressed op II hi• mild.
Wittlessdiv's Divorce Bill *as reported to their Lori-
' 'hips.
(lathe Order of the nay beiug rind,„ for lb.! second read-
ing el the Reversion Hot,
The LORI/ CH A N CLI.LOR left the Woo'sack, and said,
. that he had something rath..r.jeopleamot to communicate fo-
llicle Lordships. It was ahanlwely i 1 vo.iiihle, ow iiig to the
si ordiur of the Rill, that their Lord‘h could pass it. p 4
liar) tiILOSVF.NOk had learned, into the rumantor the
day, thu objection avoid be taken to the ni-tine which he
had brought before their lair hitips. Still he should wait t•.
hear what were the obi-Ilion?. that would be taiteu t. the
jii 'dile aim, teeniest Lord nit the Woolsack.
The Lt/it I) CH AN CE I.Lt)lt, quits Mg the Woolsack, 4iiii!,
that their Lordship, could nut enter into the second sending
of tie Bill, even thistle' they tlit4ht feel frietelly to it. Re-
. ferring to the .lit of 18114, which enacted the Suspension of
finials in Reversion, it would he soea that this Bill, hots ever
prostswettly beneficial, strut to tejaler that perpetual, which,
la fart, a as nobly temporary, is !tams 1111(111.121.0: to the priori-
sinks of the Sulwinting Ileversion•Ae:, which was esen)et in
• twee. lie shou:4l he ashamed, strong thoti:zli the phrases
, Were, if the Noble Earl considered (*an, to his part, as a tech-
, a.c..1 übirction.
E.til GttOliVENOll cnul.l nsk coincide stifle the senti
turbo Aeluvered by the Noble Idyl Learned Lord. The coun-
t', rolled for the Itesendon Bill ; stud after all that had
• . Leen uroed a;:timt the Bill, still deference was due to the
, other•lksu•e of Partiament, is here it had originated, and
, through whit,' it had pas.:ed.
Tar Ottl.heistg negatived as to i:s second reading', Earl
: Gravelciederl fired his intentioa to brio.: forward some mea-
Soh without delay, in place of the Bill that ltihi now 1.».t.
Upea.the 4,0i1D CHANCELLOR. dzclaring the Bill re-
jectol,
Lora froa‘NlXobjea-ted to its rejection.
'pats LORld-CHANL:ELLOtt, white be wished In abstaia
(rem deliveriag ins opinion- upoa tae Buil, referred their
Lo.-dships, to that of IIh)8. -
. •At ahout 2, tinitatcs oa.st six ts:clock, the Reversion, Bill
Illas throwu out ; and toeir. Lordships adjourned till three i
, o clods au lUsnuta)..

TIOUSE OF COMMONS, FRIDAY, FEs.l6.

A Person fines Treasury presented an Account of the
• 360 t year's Exp..i.titture of the ContaiisNioner, for Redrew-
'titxt of the National itch,. Order.ft to lie on the table.
Mr. W ILA furoN presented an .aernuAt of the Surplus of
the %lat. Tars for the hist year o%or t'' sum of 19 mil-
-li•in at which they were estimated. o.l.reJ to tic un the
tank. '
SCOTGIIFINANLES.
The 1..03;th ADvoc.tTE of SCOTLAND
Vase, ill consutpietice of suate (.1).47 varioos inatle
on a (crater night by a Noble L list opposite to
him (Lord Mahon), reap t cling the collection of
the Property Tax in Scotland, to it-loose the un.
haunt-dole impres.irti matte in tho !louse 'by the
speech of etc Noble Lord, and t place the sub-
ject in a just point of tieiv. 'Elie Noble Lord
had stated, that the produce of the Property
0r Scutlapil nag much smaller in proportion to
other taxes, than Alio like taxi') Esiglottil ; but the.
'Noble Load had drawn his costiltoion from errn-
peons prentini.s. For ittsCatice, the Noble Lord's
statement of the amount of the S,•otelt property
taa was taken from the returns of the year 1806,
IA licit the tax was collected at the rate of 61 per
seat. which he contrasted with the amount of the
property tax in England, collected at a rate of I()
percent. Another groood upon which the dead, of
the tax in Scotland arose, not taken into the cunsi.
deration of the Noble Lord, was, that a very
considerable part of the tax assessed on Scotch
property was not collected io Soutland, but in
')gland, and carried to the account of English
collection, and thus appeared in a double pronto--
tiotk against the credit of Scotland. But he
should more fur documents which would prove to
the llonse that in the year 1803, when the Pro-
perty Tag was laid in Scotland at 10 per cent. Om
amount of the collection was SOO,OOl. which,
With the amount 'of taxes Nom' 4E1.41(114 its the
English funds belonging to Scotch proprietors,
wood add another '200,0001. maijog together
1,000,0:)01. Formerly, it was true, very little
Scotch money found its way into the English
funds. But from the increased and increasing
wealth of Scotland in latter year., there wall
coasiderable influx of money front that country
into England, and large stints were vested in Bri- ,
tish foods ; the is bole Ito:cone Tax upon which
being dud acted in England, was carried to Ear,-
lish aceunnts, though paid by the inhabitants of
Scotland. The tax no military pay
.and allow-
ance to Scotch Oiluers was also.deducted in. Eng.
hod ; and there were a number of manofacturing
houses in Scutlaml, the proprietors of which, liv.
i.s. Eughweltr paid thu Pruitt:sly- Tat
there fur convettictice ; so that the:tax 'assessed in
Scotland was mere If upon the local property., It
was very difficult to ascertain the pre'cise
which Scotland did pay under this head ; but
comparing the sum of 500,0001. returned for
1808, by the documents on the table, as collected
fur Sea:Alma, and allowing only 230,0101. for tax
no Scotch funded property, both would amount
to more than one-eleventh of the sum paid by
England; which was bat 11,073,0001. without
deductions; and this would be a fair proportion
for Scotland to pay, whether as compared with 1
the amwiit of the tax in England, or in cornpa.
risen with the total of other' assessed taxes col.
lectud in Scotland. The Learned Advocate con-
cluded, by moving for an account .of the net
amount of the Property Tax in Scotland,: from its
commencement in 1803, to the latest period the
same could be made up, distinguishing each year ;
and also thewm•unt of aimed taxes collected in
Scotland from the commencement of 1800, dis.
ttnguishing in like manner.
Cord MAHON expressed much satisfaction at
t!te stateaunit by thelearned Lord Advocate. But
a thumph ballad stated that the Property Tax was
stet cotleolsd at tea per cent. in Scotland, until
t=o6; and that • its python is that year
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