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888. Incidents, Marriages, and Deaths, in and near London. [May 1, 
To the quota to be furnifhed by the 
counties, one-third is. to be added ac- 
cording to the returns now exifting, though 
they are far from being corre&t. This ar-- 
rangement ig to continue for what number 
of years Parliament thal! thirk fit, till 
proper returns can be obtained, and a new 
_ apportionment can be formed. Some 
important alterations are to be made in 
the article of enrolment. None are to be 
enrolied, until a furgeon has examined 
and reported tne fiate of their health. 
There is to be a divifion into clafles—r. 
Unmarried men, under the age of 30— 
z. Thole who have no children—3. Thofe 
who have but one child— 4. Thofe who 
have more thanone. Thisis to be done in 
order that, in cafes of the firft neceffity, re- 
courfe may be had, in the firft inftance, to 
tho fe who are young, and without children. 
‘Phefe are the heads and outlines of the 
meafure propofed. Mr. Sheridan thanked 
the Hon. Gentleman for the able ftate- 
ment he had given, “and exprefied his co- 
incidence in the greater number of his 
opinions. The Secretary at War con- 
cluded, by bringing up the Englifh Mi- 
litia Bill, which was read a firft time. 
On the rsth of April, the Royal 
Affent, by Commiffion, was given to the 
Loan Bill; the Window and Houfe Duty 
Bill, the Trith Revenue Buiil, the Bill for 
regulating the Corn-trade between Great 
Britain and Ireland, the Dundee Ale Bill,, 
and feveral private Bills. The Malt and 
Beer Bill was read a third time and pafled. 
~ The Affefied Taxes Bill was read a third 
time and pafled. Thedifferent Bills, relative 
to the propofed taxes, have been fubmitted to 
both Houfes, ahd are on the point of pafling 
with but little modification. The brewers 
are to be allowed a drawback of about 
one quarter of the tax, ag at firft fated; 
and the duty on all journeymen refident 
in the houfes of their matters, is with- 
drawn altegether. 
The Houfe, on the 14th of April, 
having refolved itfelfinto a Committee on 
the Sinking Fund, the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, after a fhort fpeech, moved 
the following refolutions :—Refolved, That 
it is the Opinion of this Committee, that 
the fum applicable under the 26th and 
32d of the King, on the 1ft of February, 
1802, to the extenfion of the National 
Debt, together with 20,0001. per annum, 
would, without the annuities, which will 
expire, extinguith the wiole in 45 years, 
being a fhorter time than the two fundsy. 
if kept. feparate upon. their prefent efta- 
blithed footing would do, tegether with. 
20,000]. per annum, and one per cent.. 
upon the 97,000,000l. funded this Seffion — 
of Parliament.—Refolved, That it is the 
opinion of this Committee, that the fum 
of 20,0001. to be paid annually, under 
the 26th of the King, to the Commif- 
fioners for the extinétion of the National 
Debt, from the sth of April, 1803, be 
velted in Commiffioners, to be governed 
by. other regulations.—Refolved, That it 
is the opinion of this Conuatee that the 
funds under the 26th and 32d of the King, 
fhould be contolidated, and be continually 
laid out at compound interefty till the whole 
of the National Debt is extinguifhed. 
INCIDENTS; 
MARRIAGES anpD DEATHS IN AND NEAR LONDON, 
Wiub Biogr aphical Memoirs of diftinguifhed Charadters recap deceafed. ~ 
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The Committee of the Grand Jundtion 
Canal, under the authority of an At of 
Parilament, have lately ere€ted, and intend > 
toopen a market, at, and adjoining to, the bafon 
of the faid canal, at Paddington, for the recep- 
tion and fale of lay and ftraw, all forts of corn, 
grain, feeds, and pulfe, malt, meal, flour, 
and bran, potatoes, and other vegetables, and 
cattle of all forts. The market for hay, &c. 
_ will be regularly held on Monday and Fri- 
day ; the market for vegetables, on Tuefday 
and Saturday 5; and for cattle, on Thurfday, 
in each week. Standings will be eretted, as 
foon as. pofible, for the fale of meat, fowls, 
_ fifa, and ether provifiors. It is intended 
that the market tolls and dues, fhall be as 
low, if not lewer, than thofe of any other efta- 
blifhed market within the metropolis 5 and 
means will be taken to reguiate the charges 
of the falefman, uponterms that may preve 
reafonable and fatisfa€tory to the falefman, 
the feller, and the public at large. 
A meeting was lately held of noblemen 
and gentlemen, chiefly of perfons employed 
in the improvement’ of the national agricul « 
ture, at the hoafe of Sir Jofeph Banks, bart. 
_in Soho-fquare, when it was unanimoufly 
_refolved, that a coloffal ftatue in. bronze, of 
the late truly noble and illufrious Francis, 
Duke of Bedford, fhould be ereéted in the 
center of Ruffel- dicts and that to give 
an opportunity to the whole people, to mani- 
feft their veneration and- re{pe@ for his me- 
mory, the faid monument fhould be ereéted, 
by a voluntary and general fub{cription. 
From an eftimate in the report of the Com- 
mittee of the Houfe of Commons, appointed 
‘to confider the effets of the laf additional 
duty on paper, it appears that printing papers _ 
of 211b. weight per ream, have advanced in 
price, from 1793 to 1801, 4 period of eight 
years, 148. per ream,’ Viz. ae 14s. to 28s. 
which is a too per cent, of which 6s, 11d.7 
is aGtual duty. bias aii writing papers of © 
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