The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-12 00:00:00

JO? Tax. If so, then the Right Honourable Gentleman must have is, view• some new plan of Finance; some provision fir the supply of the year, in lieu of the Property Tmx. •Oti a measnre-pf sMeb!nags, nitude, he thought it obviously necessary that the House should be furnished with some previous information as to the Right Honoural Gentleman's views, before it was called upon to decide. Mr. VA NserraßT declined to enter into any premature explanation of his object (hear, hear ! on the Ministerial side), but he would r► peat, that the measure which he had.in view required im previous Inquiry, lint would merely consist of a resolution, founded upon an ordinary statement, by which resolution, however, he did nut at all propose to lie the judgment of the House. Mr. PONSONBY it impossible even to•guess at the Right Hon. Gentleman'• object, from what lie had thought proper to state. He ished to know distinctly whether it was the intention of the Right Honourable Gentleman on Friday next to enter into the general establishments of the countby, or to state the probable expense of a permanent peace establishment. Mr. VANSITTART replied, that l►e had no intention of entering into any•statement as to the peace establishment. Mr. TIERNEY wished to know something of the nature of the Nays and Means %%hid' the Right Ilanottrable Gentleman proposed to bring forward, and what Vote of Supply these Ways and Means were to meet. Mr. VA NSITTART lamented that his object did not appear intern Bible to the Right Hononrable Gentlemen. His view was simply this, that as he had no intention of proposing the continuance of the Property Tax, he meant to submit a Resolution to the House, that another measure of financial supply was necessary. Mr. WHITBREAD thought it extraordinary that the Rieht . Hon. Gentleman should think tho House necessarily obliged, under existing eirctinustanets, to resolve upon providing a substitute for the Property Tax, which, according to law, mil4t conclude at a certain period after, the conclusion of the war. Such a tax, should not. ofconrse, require a substitute. But he wished to know from the Right Honourable Gentleman 'when that arrival was to take place, which must necessarily gratify the Right Honourable Gentleman's mutual anxiety to seal his month in that House, upon questions of general policy ; at what time the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) wa s expected, and whether he was likely to be present on Friday next ? lie also desired to learn, whether the Right Honourable Gent! , .onan i..temled on Friday to enter into any general statement of the Enances of the sear; whether he proposed to bring forward what was commonly called the Budget ? Mr. BA,t xd eetteeived, that it was not too much to expect some explanation of the Right Honourable Gentleman's views, in order t :.at the House should have the means of forming an opinion before it was carted upon todecide. It Certainly appeared extraordinary to apply to the BMW for the adoption-of any Resolution upon an important meant.e of nuance, without , affording it any opportunity evions consideration respecting its merits. The Right Honour able Gentleman 44 no_doubt, said, that he did tot propose on ri lay to bring forward any permanent arrangement, but still it must be inconvenient and disagreeable to clap House to he called upon iu a harry, and without any previous infstimation or inqniry, to decide as to 111 measure of such conseqnonce as the provision of a, substitute fin. the Property Tax. Wittipsotioy observed, that the usual course, on propoqn; Pi *fit ploantro of fifostacc vial to state the accenity whit!): L REGISTER. FEB. 12. called for it, and the objects to which its produce was to be ap plied. Hut the mode of proceeding announced by the Right Hon .oltrable Gentleman was altogether new ; fur he proposed to call upon the House to vote an important Financial resolution, without stating how or whether any financial supply was necessary—without stating what amount of naval or military force it was proposed to maintain—without stating what the expellee of the future establish ments of the country was likely to be. Such a course of proceed lug he had no hesitation in pronouncing as totally new and nupre. cedented, and he would appeal to those who were experienced in the practice of the House, whether they remembered any case whatever in which a supply was voted without any explanation of the object to which it was to be applied ?, Mr. VANSITTART said, that he required no farther cot:Hence from the House than was usually_ granted to persons in his situa tion (Hear, hear ! on the Ministerial side); and that if he should be found to propose any vote contrary to the usual practice, he would abide by the issue, lie concluded with repeating, that it was not meant t'► pledge the House to any financial. measure by the rests. lution which he propose] to bring forward. Mr. VANSITTART gave notice of a motion for IVednesclay next, respecting the exclusive Trade of the South Sea Company. Adjourned. ~- •J••• ;r FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10. Sir S. Roman , gave notice, that he should on Tuesday next move for leave to bring in a Bill to render Freehold Estates liable to Simple Couttract Debt'. Petilions against the renewal of' the Property Tax were presented from Exeter, Hull, Carmarthen (county), Worcestershire, Ashburton, Stockton, Sheffield, St. Luke'', St. Mary-le•Bow, St. Matthew, Betlinalgreen, Mallon, Abington, and other places. Mr. BEnNETT gave notice that he should on (we believe) 't4J. nesday next wove for leave to bring in a Bill to abolish Gaol Fees. BANK RESTRICTION. Mr. Hoesma said, he was anxious that inch information as the House was permitted to have on the suhject of the Bank Affairs, and which he had moved for yesterday, shonld be in possession of the House, before the discussion. and lie shooltl make a motion on the subject. It was a very extraordinary circumstance that so important a measure as to the econtintianee of the Bank Restriction should be proposed on so short a notice as that whieh had been given. Before a measure, which was, he thought, most injurious to the hest interests of the country, was attempted to be earned, the fullest inquiries should he made into the state of the country, and the ability of the Bank to pay in cash. But so far as information was open to them, he should wish it to be laid before the House on Monday next. The House had no accounts of the state of the Bank issues from March last, to the present tinae,,exeept of some particular day in Novem ber last, and them was an atteonut presented in July for that partk cular time alone. It was to be remembered, that ever since the Bank Restriction was wider the consideration of the House there had been* very strict watch kept over the Bank issues. Mr. VANSITTART rose to order, on the round that there was Ma question before the House. Mr. finnan* 4aitl, that hotbed iotended to costinde with a motiotz as he stated when he began. It was very lsard, that while the. House was to have suels a scarcity of iaforroation as to the affairs of . the Sauk, that the Chancellor of the Vtcheilner should throw impropci obstacles lathe way, wheu he had eadeavoured to give the