Star. — London, England, 1824-02-24 00:00:00

wr • PP - • . i I I was 57,385.0001.. He would now proceed to the Expen diture for the year 1824. 'lie first item was a charge of interest on the Funded Debt, which amounted to 27.973,1961. The gradual accumulation of interest Exchequer Bills, 100,0001. Annual and permanent charges upon the Consolidated Fund, 2,050.0004 Half'. pay Annuities to 2,500,0001. The Sinking Fond to 5,1445 EL The total amount was 38,057,6541. He would now proceed to the . items on the Sapply. • In terest on Exchequer Bilk, 1,050,0001. The Army Es _ titnates were 7,490,9451. Navy Estimates 5,762;8931. 0rdnapce,4,410,0441. and the Miscellaneous account, 2,611,3831. The total amounted to 56,332,92-1/. De ducting this sum from the total amount of the Income, 57,355,0004 there would be a,sorplus at the end of the year of 1,052,0761. Having troubled the House with the figures of the accounts, .without offering any obser vations, he should now state what appeared necessary to him for their elucidation. He begged the House would compare the actual receipts of the Revenue of ISO. At the commencement of last year he had calcu lated that the Customi would amount to ten millions , and a half. He did not then think he was too sanguine in Iris anticipations, and the result strewed that his opi nions rote not fallacious. In point of fact, gfeat had been the increase of our harelips duties by a mote liberal po. licy, of which he had always been the humble advocate. —(Chrers)—and in which the House had always, in its wi.dom, gone along with him to complete his measures. He was not wrong in his anticipations; for the Customs did, in point of fact, produce no less a sum than eleven millions and a half—(Goers):—This was an additional reason for thinking that the course of liberal policy which had been acted upon would be an abundant rea son for the House-continuing it. Another 4ranch of the Revenue, the Excise, however, did not exactly exhibit the same result ; but'he hoped that lie should not hive ,any -difficulty in shevring, that although those Duties had fallen short of the amount of the preceding year, that although there had been some deficiency, yet that . deficiency did not actually arise from the failure of ar ticles consumed. He asserted last year that the Excise would produce 26,000,0001. but the actual receipt was '25.342,0004 , The difference arose from some circutn staoces which he did not then advert 'to, but which he should now explain. In the first place, a diminution was Or be made of the Malt Duties, amounting to ope =hundred and thirty thousand pounds. The Revenue would s have been greater had it not been for this circum stance. Owing to the distress which was represented to prevail in hop counties, his Majesty's Ministers did think it would be advisable to make a temporary post ponementof the payment of those Duties: consequently, the Duties 'of 1823, on the hop crop of 1822, which amounted to about 330,0004 were never received at all. There was only a sum of 47,0001. paid, which arose from former arrears of Duties on that article. In addi tion to this diminution, the Excise had suffered from another nseature. It would be remembered that a Bill had 'passed through the House last year relating to dis tillatioa. When that Bill was in its progres4 he ,as serted that the base of that measure would cause a great reduction in the Revenue. Hedid not state what parti- 1 cular amount the Revenue was likely to be deficient by I the.measure: suffice it to say, that a considerable reduc tion had taken place. The deficiency was not so - much felt in Ireland and-Scotland as in England. He believed that he wassiarrautedlp stating that the great measure which that Bill was intended to effect bad been accom phshed—it bad destroyed in a great degree illicit distilla tion. He believed, however, it would be found that the consumption of spirits would increase—not that he by any means considered this a desirable object—( Near) — but he considered himself justified in stating that the duty would increase in Scotland and Ireland. And, although a considerable loss in this branch of the reve nue bad occurred, yet he was persuaded, that at no dis tant period, the loss which it had thus sustained would not affect it. From a document which he held in his hand, it would appear that the diminution did not arise from any diminution in the articles used in the country. He could state, for the satisfacction of the House, that in almost all the articles which paid duty, there were very few in which a diminution of consumption occurred. And, with the exception of one or two articles, the Re venue of last year had increased, not only as compared ' with the preceding year, hut also as compared with the three preceding years. Thus it would appear that the Revenue had gradually been improving—(Cheirs), and the warmest hopes might be indulged in its continuation —(licar). To return to the deficiency arising from the - hop crop. Every one knew that the crop was very de ficient last year. Indeed, it was considerably less than the former year,- which was also a deficient crap. There was a diminution in the duties on malt, but in the du ties on beer there was a considerable increase. • He did not knew how to account for this--(Laughter). But be thought it might arise from the length ofcredit given for the payment of beer; or, in addition to that, it might proceed from the deficiency in the barley crop, which was well-known not to be so productive last year as the preceding one. To advert to the Miscella neous Department. There was an increase of duties on paper, pepper, and on, salt a considerable increase— (t ear, hep). On soap there was also an increase of duty, as also on Irish spirits and foreign spirits, likewise on tobacco and snuff. In . short, upon the long list of articles contained in the Miscellaneous Account, there were not more than fonr which sustained any diminu tion ; and upon aU the other articles there was a very considerable increase pf duties. Comparing these arti cles, not only with last year, but with the preceding years, there was a gradual increase—(Cheers).. As 11:s Majesty's Speech from the Throne asserted that this country was in a state of almost unprecedented pro sperity, so it was proved b) the flourishing condition of our Revenue. To revert to the last pears revenue, it would be seen that the duty on stamps amounted to 6,700,0001. in the present 'ear it was 6,800,0004 an increase of 100,0001. The taxes were estimated at 7,100,0001. last year, but the. actual receipt was 6.200,0001. The Post Office account was 14,0001. lie e.tisna;e3 it at 14,6001. and in the Miscellaneous Ac. comse dice was a small variation between the actual receipt and the expenditure. The Miscellaneous Ac count of the present year bad been increased on account of the payment of the Austrian Loan. On this salject he would address a few oessentations. How few there were in that House who amjcipatediberrimenrt of that of his ma j esty—Wear, hear). money into the Treasury It was but fair to say, that A itli.usit we were entitled to sell the Beads of his Impel ial Majesty the Emperor of ).did think, Austria, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequet in of equity , we should not have had •so . goo ti d a prospect of obtain:l the motley, if we had ris k ed re sum. The Emperor of Austria payment of thew • was a man of whose personal honour he had the highest °pill*. and whose disposition and private conduct ~°J a. A 11. -- ""IF" a • ~- were most praisewekthy. He Itietw . hlal 40 be as, who felt ausuons to tedfil his . atittsits where 11 4 , personal hasiour was conceialeL • seittrnent had to deal with a Sovereign, efirhoia listeri s haiph things had been said, both ea anctstut ofAili Houle; but he (the Chantellor of the Exchequeftlielievecrhiin to be a man whose virtues were hardly exceeded by any Mo narch ; and if he had unfortunately to govern in a coun try in which the Government was despotic, and which, perhaps, he could not help, it was hard to accuse him. There were great difficulties, his Majesty's Ministers felt, in the arrangement of the accounts between the two Governments. No doubt the financief of Austria. would not be very anxious to hand out so large'a sum of money as had been obtained, and that it would be a popular feeling in Austria to withstand the claim made by his Britannic Majesty's Government. The trans-1 action as terminated was highly creditable to the Em peror of Austria, and it might be considered as a God send to this country—Wear, hear, and laughter).— ,The Right Honourable Gentleman said, he thought that be had now explained all, that appeared necessary for ,the elucidation of the finances of last year'. He would, however, just state, that the Customs for this year , 4550,0001. exceeded the amount of the Customs of last year be 50,0001. A Commission which sat upon the subject last year, which his Honourable Friend be hind him had assisted in, bad contributed to the-eluci dation of the subject—(Hear).--He should offer a few remarks on the Excise. the duties of which he had yen tined to estimate at 08,025,0001. it was rather more than it actually produced last year. The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to the Assessed Tares of 1820 and 1621, and then compared some of the items orthe Revenue of the last year with the same items in the Es limate for the present year, shewing thereby a strong pro bability of improvement in thosV branches. He then recapitulated the Income, asset forth in the Estimate of ..the present year. After deducting all the accounts, ' there would be a surplus of 1;052,0761. The charges . emilthe Consolidated Fund amounted to 38,057,6541. in •luding 5,134,4581.0 f the Sinking Fund. The supply for the Army and - Novi Estimates had been *dread/ before the House, and the Ordnance Esilslates were 'about being brought forward. The House had already sarated the two former by very large majorities; and trusted they would not object tirthe latter when they me before them. -He believed it would be found that a considerable reduction had been made in the Ordnance Estimates, as much as could be consistently done. He then proceeded to explain -to the House the circum stances which induced his Majesty's Ministers to the dis ttibution of the Austrian Loan (already alluded to) '2,611',8881. He was of opinion that neither the House nor the Country would grudge the State the opportu nity of meeting some expenses net of ordinary occur rence, but which it would have been difficult for his Majesty's Ministers to accompliSh, had it not been for the sum of money paid into the Trea'sury, by the Aus trian Government. It would be in the recollection of the House'that an Act was passed a few years ago for enabling certain Commissioners to apply the sum of one million sterling for the purpose of building churches. No man who was, friendly to the Church Establish. *tent considered this an unimportant measure—(Hear). It was a vote satisfactory to, the. country. The disposi tion of the money had been most fully applied, and the measure was of great advantage to the community, b pecially to the lower orders. From the increase of the population it became necessary to erect churches ; but although much had been done, there remained in his opinion much to do. There could not be a more fit object in the appropriation of part of the Money ob tained- from the Austrian . Court than in building churches. He should therefore propose that £500,000 should be so applied.—(Hear, hear, from Mr. Hume). Considering the part which that Gentleman took when the interests of the church were introduced, it was a . matter of no surprise to hear him cheer on the present occasion —(Loud cheers). He (the Right Honourable Gentleman) thought there was another object to which some proportion of that money should be applied. He *Boded to the meditated repairs of Windsor Castle. - This noble edifice was one of the proudest in the coun try ; and. he -was persuaded that as the people of Eng land loved a Monarchy—a Constitutional Monarchy— and took a delight in the dignity of their Sovereigns, they would not perceive anything inconsistent to their in terest, and the welfare of the community, by the adap tation of a sum of money for the purpose of repairing that noble and venerable pile. But let not the House suppose it was his Majesty's wish that money should be thrown away in its repairs--(Hear). It eras true that the Castle required a great deal of repair ; it was requi site that some alteration should take place in the build ing to make it comfortable for his Majesty's residence, and as befitting the King of England; but there was no danger whatever to be apprehended lest money should be expended uselessly; as it was his Majesty's ex ' press desire that the disposal of the money should be vested in a Committee. He (the Right Honourable Gentleman) was not exactly at liberty to state how that Committee would be formed, but he would pledge himself that the Members of it would be selected without the slightest relation to party feelings ; and he was satisfied that they would discharge their trust to the satisfactiou of the House and the country.— The sum he proposed for this purpose in the present year was 150,0001. and that a further sum of 150,000/. should be advanced the two succeeding years, making in the whole 300,0001.—(Hear, end Marntursfrom the Oppo sition). He hoped that he made himself understood s- he meant to impress upon the House that the whole ex pense anticipated would amount to 300,0001. There was another object which he was about proposing to rthe Committee—(Order, order) —which might very pro- Iperly be called, and which was in principle, a national alfair.. In the course of the last Session of Parliament pitch discussion, it would be recollected, had arisen re specting the disposal of the King's Library, and a strong feeling seemed to prevail in the House that the Arts should not be neglected. With this opinion the Right Honourable Gentleman perfectly coincided, as with it all that was ennobling and dignifying in man's nature was associated. He thought that it was consistent and I worthy of a free nation to give as much encouragement as possible to the Fine Arts—((:beers). His Majesty's Ministers, finding a fund of this nature arising froterthe Austrian Loan, therefore considered they were perfectly justified in purchasing a magnificent and valuable col lection of pictures which was offered them;' he meant the cella:dime( the late Mr. Angerstein, for which the sum of 600CiLieikgiven. It was the intention of the Goveratient to make a-national concern of these paint- . ings, and tlace them in *gallery for that purpose.— Ii the-Moneta - should succeed, we must take a valuable collection of pictures its tits gross, which were in the possession of a respectable indifikidurd, and of $s bleb, should Government not be disappointed otfunds, would become TN' _ • mik"'4 RV', l "I' v ~~ foundation of, an important collection, and t., duildingin which they would be placed would form a receptacle for treasivie Of that kind—(fienr,*.ltee}+l and licshotdd hope that the example would be foil by evera . lietriotic Gent)etstsin ia the eountrl; by w vi h t il means thme would be established a collection in Ent land of the finest specimens of the Arts, in a manner eeculiatly worthy,of this nation, and not composed of, the pleader of palaces or the spoils of- altars—(Cheers). ; The whole sum requited for that most desitable. object would be at the utmost 60,0001. and to supply which it liewatweessary toast of Parliament a special vote out of 410415 e resources to which he had alluded. He thought , Moine would Sanction that expenditure, which would ye the surplus as.alreadfstated for the years 1823 and 824, namely, 2,763,0001. But before he proceeded to I state "to' the House the views of his Majesty's Govern ment of the mode in which that surplus should be re duced, he could cot avoid, indeed he felt it his duty to ~. enter into some detail, particularly as applicable to the Funds. The Committee was aware that the state of public credit was such as very much to facilitate the 'further reduction of 'the interest of our debt; and look ing to the present situation of the country with respect to her connection with Foreign Powers, there happily existed no grounds for expecting that that state of peace and prosperity would be interrupted—(Hear I) It therefore became the duty of Government to reduce the interest of that portion of the public debt on which the highest rate of such interest was paid ; and that the Committee would see was the Four per Cents.. The amount of the public debt which bore that rate of in terest (four per cent.) in England and Ireland was se venty-five millions ; and the grounds on which Goiiern ment felt itself entitled to pursue that course he should' shortly state to the Committee. In the first place, per haps, he ought to state how the law stood with reference to those securities ; because the law applicable to them differed very much from that which applied to the Five per Cents. which the holders of them had agreed to ex change for Four per Centi. a few years ago. In the former instance, the Five per Cents., Government were not bound to give any notice to the holders of those securities of their intention to alter or pay them off. It was competent to Parliament to enact, that any person bolding them, who at the expiration of four weeks did not dissent from the plan of exchange proposed, should be paid off; and everybody knew ale completely successful result of that measure.— With respect to the Four per-Cents. the law somewhat differed, ax a notice of six months to the holders was necessary of the intention to pay them off; and there fore if theoinciple of diisenting should be applied to elms iberfsold not be paid off until the expiration of ail weeikelt least, which would probably bring us to October ness. What, therefore, he should propose was, that to all holy of Four per Cent. Stock notice should be given that t;:ose securities would be paid elf; those held by such persons as should within six weeks from the date of such notice consent to accept of 1001. bear ing an interest of three and a half per cent. in lieu of 1001. Four per Cent. Stock, and that the proportion to be paid off should be one-third of the whole sum that should remain unexchanged; that is, suppose one-third of the holders of Four per Cent. Stock should assent to the proposed exchange, there would remain fifty mil lions to be paid off. . He should therefore propose that one-third of these fifty millions should be paid off in October next. Should, however, no assents come in, thee there wind(' be one-third. Of thp whole seventy-five millions to be paid off. In one case, there would - be twenty-five mahout (one-third of seventy-five millions); in the other, betweenn - sixteen tad "seventeen millions, or one-third of fifty millicins, to be paid off in October. The Option. intended to be given to assentors was, that the Three and a Half per Cent. Stock to be created for them _should not be paid off until October ; thus placing the (driers of this new 3i per cent. • stock on the same ' ..ting as the holders of the. old 31 per cent. stock.— In transactions of that important nature it could hardly be supposed that such an offer as that to which he had 'alluded would be accepted, unless accompanied by some advantage to the party to whom the offer was made; the certainty that such security should remain ocustand ing for a given time, was an advantage to the holder, therefore he (the Chancellor of the Excltequer) proposed' that a bonus should accompany the offer, by a stipula tion that those . securities (now three and a half per cent.) should not be paid off for five years, at least, from the date of their issue ; a bonus must be given of some kind -or other to induce men to accept of the-proposed offer, and he thought it more advantageous to the country that such bonus should be given in time rather than. in money—(Hear, hear). - Such was the outline of that portion of his proposed plan. With respect to guar dians and proprietors - of the Font- per Cents. who may be residing out of the country, care would be taken to secure to them ample time for recording their assent to it. If the result of this measure should be to convert the whole of the Four per Cent. Stock into Three and a half per Cents. or that all should be paid off, the con sequence would l a saving of a half per cent. of the intetest on the whole sum of seventy-flee millions, or 375;0004' per annum (Hear, hear). If, then, Parliament should ,think it right to sanction that measure, he had next to beg of the House to accompany him farther, until he should state in that supposition how we should be likely to stand in the year 1827. He trusted he shotild not be disappointed in the expecta tions he had formed; but, in stating them, he did not requiv of the House to rely fully upon those flattering prophecies; however, in the - prosperous state of the country, which he hail every reason to hope would con-, 'time should we remain at. peace, which he was justi fied in anticipating, and with the provident care whic 4 Parliament, he knew, would exercise over the public in terests, -it would not be too much to say that at the end of the year 1827 we must either find the Revenue ins creased, or if, unfortunately, the contingency of war should occur, and which would necessarily derange those calculations,' we should be in a condition to carry it on with energy itnd effect. He thought there was a great advantage in looking beyond the present year in propositions of this nature, as it prevented rash and pee cipitate tesolves. The view he took of the subject was this : he assumed that in the year 1825 the Custom, would produce 11,700,0001. the Excise, 25,475;0004 Stamps, 6,800,0001. Post Office, 1,460,0001. Mis cellaneous, 730,000/. In short, he might state, that the whole receipts would be pretty much as in the preseni year. The receipts of the Customs for 1827.w001d bp 11,7.50,0001. or 200,0001. above the receipts of last year. 'He should now explain how we got those £200,000. lathe present year he calculated on I.:50,000 on the reduclion carried into effect of the salaries of officers of the Customs in Ireland. But there were other items of 'the charge which intercepted the produce of the Cus toms in its progress to the Exchequer. 'These were. in the first instance certain bounties which Parliament had 7I: _ , for a number of yeafs 66stottel upon vatiotta of our trade or manufactures, and which he , should be discontinued. The bounty on the shery would expire in the present year. That ' he and the Members of the Board of Trade considered and found to be useless, as it boie too small tion to the capital employed, and the expenses in such an extensive undersalsieig as the whale produce the slightest effect upon it, and was _ fore an object o(any consequence to those engaged it. fiere were other botintiei Which he should " - dispose of in the same manner. These were ties allowed to the persons engaged in the hei other fisheries. These bounties might have well at former periods when encouragement sary ; but now—when our exportation of herri foreign countries was so considerable, yet incrr when we were not only able to compete wit' drive out of foreign mat kets our enemies, rather, the Dutch—these bounties had ceased necessity ; and he therefore thought they ougl suffered to die a natural death--T Heat, hem . Another class of bounties, which, however inexpedient , : they appeared to him, he felt the delicacy of apr ing with a view to propose their continuance—knowi, how strongly the feeling was in favour of them land—he meant the bounties upon the export linens. Knowing how desirable it was that should do nothing calculated to prevent the application of capital to manufactures in that country—knowinr that the want of employment was a principal - the disturbances in Ireland, yet he could not eyes against the conviction that these bounties longer necessary, and that they produced no whatever—(Hear). --It was clear, that if were paid upon the- exportation of any article duce or manufacture to a foreign country, duty which would otherwi,e be charged in try on its importation, that it only enabled soch State to impose an additional duty on the such article, equal in amount to such bounty. could be so blind to this natural consequence the continuance or creation of such bounties—( He was convinced, that so far from being ado be the manufacturer, bounties did harm; therefore propose that the bounties on the ► of coarse liiiens•shoold be discontinued, ank duty on finer finens should be diminished cent. yearly, until it should cease altogether. continuance of those bounties would , produce of 100,0001. altd wo uld produce that advanta; same time-that it would be Serviceable rathi jurious to that branch of our manufacture. spect to other articles of Excise, the Stamps, laneous, &c. h %%bold not be prudent to encou, !pope that they would increase; he should ther , iitent on that head. On the expenditure of s kowever, he filt it his duty to offer some rema, calculated the receipts would be the 'One 1824: and calculating that no other change wl place, except in one item—the rewards and al m pensions or half-pay to those who Pia& wounds or other injuries in the service of the resultpf these calculations, he said, wont the savings Would amount, for the year 1,710,9851. for the year 1824, to 1,052.076 1 - 1825, to 372,3461. for the year 1826, t 0477,8461. year 1827, to 522,3461. which amount altogether 4,135,0991. and which sum.we should have at at the close of the year 1827—(Cheer[).. Then question, «What will you do with it ?"—(A His answer was, 14 can do a great deal of it ;" and be had not the least dodbt that he the House very ready to suppoit and eoable fect that good—( Hear!)—The most obvious dealing with that surplus would be no doubt to go towards the reduction of the debt ; but could look at the state and amount of the revenue, of the consequences that had resulted from sive taxation, without feeling that it was the the House to seize the earliest and every possit tunity to revise that 'system of taxation--(Cheers and to place the revenue in such a state that shout , ' arise,,our enemy should feel that it would matter to grapple with us. He therefore establish with that surplus a ground for and fiscal regulations ) which, he had not doubt, would leive us at theexiiiration of foul a more prosperous and flourishing state than First he should notice an article of considerable The Committee would perhaps recollect, th the last Session of Parliament a vote was certain annual duties upon foreign spit its, a qs arisen respecting the propriety of reducing if, upon rum. His Majesty's Ministers were pressed at time by the Hon. Member for Bristol and the Member for Aberdeen to propose such the Hon. Member for Aberdeen specified a sum, which he proposed as. an amendment He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had time made up his mind as to-the best mode , such redtiction; but he thought that it would that the permanent duty should be reduced, which was annual, and which was voted el he had not, however, wished to propose it, lore had prevailed uppnabe Honourable-Coe withdraw it. He now proposed to reduce , rum, so as to relieve the West India produce from of those heavy duties under which it at boured—(Hear, hear.)—He felt, at the same it would be unjust to reduce it below the ,upon the manufacture of British spirits, and proposed' the reduction of Is. I id. per gallon which would place it, with respect to duty, equality with Biitish spirits. He 'knew th, Lion would arise to that, proposed reduction, of the difference in the strength of the two the House would recollect, that the ditty calculated upon the strength of the spirits, tisli spirits also paid by-the duty on the mal it is distilled. He considered the reduction p the result tif a sound principle ; and he felt due to the West India proprietors to give , tage which their pressing wants and the jnsth case entitled them to demand of Parliament 4—(. That reduction would cost the Revenue about The next article of reduction which he Omni was one which applied to a subject of whi," had lately heard a great deal in the course sent Session of Parliameot, particularly from Alderman (Wood), one of the Members for ' . ILondon : he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer ho the Duty on Coals. It might, therefore, sary for him to Calare his sentiments on because it might be expected that, from his the topic, the whole of the duty upon that o. be repealed. He heard from the Honourable for Staffordshire an objection even to the the duty, but he was sure that because from. .: • • branche s 1 1 1 ‘ e proposed the whale hat Lounty T considered • a pope!. Es incurredi fa e fishery to fe not there. fo engaged in• fa uld with to' ip e the boon- • lei ling aril be (hum very eo was netes- - berrings to' acreasing--; lot tall, but to ;, or 'ink ed t* be of tight to be ear, hear).- inexpediene tot approach. tat !—knowing hem in Ire. A i rt of B:itish be Parliament application •—knowing otiti gal cause of wh of shut his fat ies were no At 'advantage f a bounty .ds icle of pro. t pa beyond the to such own- sal uch foreign ey import of 111 r. No man e as to wish es—(Hear). i fs Ivantageous eat he should ,to exportation od that the ill I by 10 per r. The dis. Ai ice a saving tage, at the td ter than in- I Widi re. cps, Dliscel- It courage the to therefore be those years, al marks. Ile as those of • woutitaie 1 allowances id - incurred e country rI meld be, that _v r 1823, .to tl for the year ti A 441. for the ther came to ti our disposal Al en came the A laugh.)— of good with t should find e. him to ef- otrs mode of 11 st to allow it but no man revenue, and such eaten- , the duty of ssittle oppor- '1 -(Cheers)-- .1 t should war if be uo light proposed to commercial the smallest :our years in, Ln at present. -able interest. hat when in proposed of question had that levied ceased at that id the Hon. reduction—. • a particular to the vote. id not at that le of effecting old be better NI, than that every year— t, and there- ientlentan to. e the duty on ce from some at present lit- tle time, that the duty paid and therefore on upon ronli , on an exact .hat an objec- n, on account 3 articles; but y was always , and that 810 at from which proposed was At it thelefore that advan- jt\stice of the • Hear.) — bout 150,000 4 - lin& LI propose ich the House se of the pre- own the worthy For the City of vrtuer) alluded Ire, be necei. n that subject, 'cis mentioning article would. rable Member diminution of Som. the long