2798.) 
a flight wound, at the root of the ttle 
toe, froma rufty nail. No fnconvenience 
was felt for fome days afterthe accident ; 
‘but it was fiaally fucceeded by-a locked 
Jaw, irregular convullive motions of the 
‘back and abdomen, violent cramps of 
the extremities, a very quick, {mall pulfe, 
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gor 
and occafional delirium. The patiert 
died at the end of a fortnight, being ex- 
haufted with extreme pain and irritation, 
from which the powers of medicine couid 
afford him’ but a flight and temporary 
Tetiite. 

STATE or PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 
In December, 17096. 
Great Britain. 
AFTER a fhort adjournment, the Houfe 
“~*~ -of Commons re-affembled on the 
z8th of November. Little bufinefs of 
confequence was, however, tranfaéted till 
the zd of December, when the Houle re- 
Folved itfelf into a Committee of Ways 
vand Means, and the Secretary at War 
Jnoved the eftimates, which yave occafion 
‘to much incidental converfation. The 
smoft_ remarkable points were, Mr. M. 
AA. Taylor's affertion, that the Cavalry 
Bill, was totally unintelligible, and Mr. 
Pitt's edmiffion of the propriety of .an 
Explanatory AG. 
Te next matter .of importance was 
ithe Minifter’s Budget. 
On the 7th of December, Mr. Pitt 
proceeded to ftate to the Houfe the pro- 
bable expenditure of the enfuing year, 
and the ways hy which-that.cxpenditure 
was to be defrayed. ‘He eftimated the 
expences of the Navy at the round fum 
Of 10,161,c00l. and thofe of. the Army 
At 10,013,000), ineluding.extraordinaries, 
‘Whe Ordnance‘he eftimated at. ‘7,623,000 
Mitcellaneous fervices at 371,000 
Deficiencies of Jand.and malt tax ... 350,000 
-Annual addition to the finking fund 200,600 
‘Farther {um -for extraordinaries .of 
"army = - - 3,000,000 
‘Repayment to the bank = = 1,923,000 
Sas 
‘The whole fum of the fervices 
was ES = - - 27,647,000 
He next ftated the Ways and Means 
for defraying the expences of thefe fer- 
NICES, Viz. 
Tand and malt - “ 257 ee 
‘Growing produce of ‘the -confoli- 
dated funds, imprefs “MONIES 
and bounties of corn in hand 

1,075,000 
‘Surplus of grants of 1796 - 420,000 
Surplus of the lottery nS = 220,000 
Loan by voluntary fub{cription 18,000,000 
Hixchequer bills - - 5,500,000 
The whole amount of the Ways 
and Means sw » = 27,945,000 
“The amount of the fupply which. . Le 
they were defigned to meet, 

was 5  - = = | 27,647,000 
Leaving, upon the prebable rifk 
of deficiencies, &c. -- . = 298,000 
Mr. Pitt next gave an account of the 
amount of the intereft ‘to be paid upon 
the loan of 18 millions. This intereft te 
be provided for at prefent, was no more 
than 51. 12s. 6d. per cent. per annum 5 
to which might be added the one pound 
sper cent. providet for by Parliament, as 
a finking fund for the difcharge of the 
capital. which would make the whole in= 
tereft to be provided for,yamount toabout 
él. rss. for every 10vl.; therefore, 
die 
The whole intereft of the 18 mil- 

lions would be ~ - = 1,215,000 
‘intereft on 5,500,0001. of Exche- 
quer'bills, would be - 275,200 
‘Ditto, of the excefs of the navy 
8,250,0col. = -= - = 345,000 
‘For the future.excefs of -the:navy 
5,702,000, - - - 2.77;COO 
Subititute for abandoning the col- 
Jateral fucceffion bill - 2 140,009 
“hefe articles would amount to 2)222;008 
From this was to be deducted the 
-intereft upon. the fub{cription to 
the lean of 2 millions, by the | 
att India Company = is 1123000 
And-the totak amount of intereft 
‘to be .provided for by , taxes, 
would ke - - - 2s TOYOOO 
Flis next and moft painful duty, he 
obferved, would be to “enumerate. the 
taxes to defray this heavy burden of in- 
tereft, 
448 a matter interefting to the public, 
we infert-the following ftatement of the 
new taxes: 
‘Tea—ro per cent. onl] tea above Tee 
zs. sper tse ais - - 240,009 
Spirits —8d. per gallon on Rum; 
tod. dittoon Brandy’ - = - 220,000 
Sugar—2s. 6d. per cwt. on fugar 
imported = = - - 230,008 
Bricks-—3s. 6d. per 1000,0n thefe 
5X a smported > 
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