Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-06-03
Hatest foreign Retus.
LONDON, April Is.

night the commons till Tuesday week.
This short retirement from public ser.
vice will prove very acceptable to the
noble Lords, as well as the honorable
gentlemen, from the hardy duty which
has been recently required of them.
he acts which have heen passed du-
ring the winter months of this session
VIII not hereafter be distinguished for
Legislative importance in the statute
book, but the debates and discussions
which have In the mean while taken
place in both houses have been ardu-
Gus and protracted, much beyond any
recent example.
From the captain of vessel which
arrived yesterday from Holland. we
hear, that $4,000 troops have found
heir way into the island of Zealand,
French and Danish.
Ireland is still disturbed by some
local instructions, unconnected how
ever, with any question of general DO.
lltics, arising solely out of local op-
precision.
Parliament is now adjourned for
ten or twelve days. In looking back
to the several divisions which have ia.
ken place in the house of commons on
the different questions that have been
discussed, 1t appears that about one
hundred and eighty members have vo-
ted against ministers.
Stocks have been generally rising
for some days past. The mfax =,
money from the stoppage of all com.
merce, and the scarcity of stock, from
the large sums daily bought up bv tnc
commissioners, have been assigned as.
the only reasons for the ameIiorstiop.
Marshal Bernadotte had returned
over the Great Belt previously to the
10Th uit. and resumed his functions
IN Holstein and the adjoining districts
OF Germany. And il is certain tina
at that time Rot French soldier had
been landed on the island of Zealand.
Applications have been made to ths
Treasury for p EMISSION &c. export rice.
and other provisions, little used In
this country, now laboring under the
dreadful effects of scarcity.
Late letters from Calcutta are full
OF complaints respecting the unprotec-
ted state of the trade IN the Bay of
Bengal.
Lord Melville returns to Scotland
at the recess, reinfecta. He saws that
ne came mp to London only to attend
the Scots Judicature Bill. The Scots
people, he alledges, are too moral and
conscientious for Jurymen. They
would starve one another to death ra,
Their than agree in verdict.
There has been much intere sting
matter in the house OF commons du,
ring the last week. The new taxes
have been proposed, and in our usual
political article will be found an ex.
animation OF some parts of the Budget.
Some OF the new arrangements of the
stamp duties are to be condemned
but the new tax upon policies of life
is unwise and oppressive in the ex-
IRENE. The tax upon places in Pub
lIc Offices and under government, is
mere trick--a catch at popularity. 1t
comes with an Indifferent grace from
the present ministers.
The tax upon Patents Of Peerare.
and titles of honor, is another nisera-
BILE catch for applause--it meant to
carry shew that all must contribute
equally, high as well as low
What Is ten or twenty additional
pounds duty upon being made Lord
or Baronet! Nothing at all-And
what will it produce in the year? A
mere nothing-What is lit then but a
mere bait thrown out for delusion, and
tor the purpose of sponging on the po-
pular feeliug--if, instead of paying ten
pounds for their Stars and Garters.
their St. Georges and their Thistles.
their st. Andrews, and their St. Pa.
tricks, they were assessed a little more
equally on their incomes: if the scale
OF taxation rose as il assembled and
became more craving where its object
became more sufficient and if il de-
creased IN its downward ratio, as Il
descended from the curtailing Of com
forts to the abridgment Of abselut,
necessities, then indeed and not iii
hen, might the high and low Of soci-
ety be said to contribute euuallv.--..
3ut what shameless fallacv n ;e g.,