The National Register. — London, England, 1812-06-21 00:00:00

374 water, they would become pampered, and would tend to unhinge the frame of s c&Lty !'—Now be had not uttered one word similar to the abovo, nor had tie ever r.clicum.l the distresses of the country. He therefore moved that the Printer of The Da!) newspaper be called to the bar of the House. A conversation ensued between several Members, who all agreed that yo such evidence had been given by Mr. Marryatt, but by another person, a considerable merchant in the city. Mr. Marryatt. conceiving all impressions had been removed of his having used such language, wished to withdraw his motion ; but some opposition being manifested, the House came to a division, when the motion was nezatived—Ayes, 110; Nocs, 116. Mr. N. CALVERT moved for an account of all Commissioned Officers, prisoners of war in Great Britain. with those who had broken their parole and escaped, during 1810, 11, and I::.—The motion was agreed to. Mr. Witri - ev EAD postponed to this day se'nnight his motion relative toithe Toleration Act. MR. SHERIDAN. Mr. SHERIDAN rose to make the motion of which be had given no tice, relative to his conduct during the late negociations, he having been charged with being the promoter of that secret influence which had de- , leated the late attempts to form a new Adm inistration. Mr. Sheridan 1 denied the charge in a speech of considerable length, and declared that on the contrary he purposely abstained going to C-,rltou House during i the negociation ; he knew nothing of the Marquis of Hertford ; and t'songh he was upon frien,ly terms with Lo: d Yannouth, yet they talked little of politics. It would he attectatiou to say he knew nothing of the progress of the negociation, having been fully informed both by Mar quis Wellesley and Earl Moira; but in the conversation he held with these Noble Lords, he had always laboured, as much as was in his power, to heal and remove all differences which could impede the for mation of such an Administration as was desired. He did not wish to discuss the merits of Lords Grey and Grenville, but his opinion was at the first, and still continued the same, that after all other points had been conceded to them, he did not expect they would have given up all for the sake of three witite sticks. He disapproved of their demand of the dismission of the Household, and he therefore equally disapproved of the intention of the Household to resign. The Ri.,;lit Honourable Gen tleman was now about to detail his conversation with Lord Yarmouth, • but was so much exhausted from illness, that he was unable to proceed ; the subject, therefore, on the motion of Mr. Jekyll, was postponed till Friday. The Sinecure Offices Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. WHARTON informed the House, in reply to a question from Mr. 'Ward, that the erection of barracks at Mary-le-bone Park, Liverpool, Bristol, &c. was for the present suspended. THE MIDGET. The House being resolved into a Committee of Ways and Means, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose, and said, that he could not perform the duty which, in virtue of the office he held, he was bound on that occasion to discharge, without the most painful feelings, when he called to mind the extraordinary circumstances of the vacancy to which he had succeeded—when he recollected who the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) was, whose papers he had then before him, the preparation of which he might consider as the last official act of that much lamented individual. He felt how comparatively inadequate be was to perflsrm, with equal satisfaction to the Public, the arduous task that devolved upon him—he was fully sensible of the difficulty of the situation in which he was placed, succeeding as he did to so distin guished a Member of the Government. Happy would it be for him, if, with his office, he could inherit his great talents to enable him to dis charge, with ability,the duty he had to perform. Equally happy should . be be if he could inherit, what, however, it was a satisfaction to know, was in every man's power—the steady and unblemished integrity which so peculiarly belonged to that distinguished person. He should proceed to state shortly, and with all the precision in his power, the amount of the Supplies of the year, and then a detail of the Ways and Means, by which it was proposed to provide for those Supplies. For the Ordinary of the Navy For the Army X. 19,700,000 14,577,398 • Extraordinaries of the Army voted last year, not pro. vided for ••• 00000 Eztraordinaries for Great Britain for the present r 1 for Ireland lance, including Ireland :ellaneous Services past, already voted of Credit for England of Credit for Ireland to the Government of Sicily o to the Prince Regent of Portugal 'o these sums, payable on the Enspire at Lrge, were to be added— : Loyalty Lcan . . • Bills • 11 .iequer Bills unprovitlet ;11equer Bills 4ischazcd, ditniniLlud, and outstanding 2,300,000 5 ' OOO,OOO n 7 OW 0( X) 2,280,000 ,365,000 3,000,000 - 200,000 400,000 Q.,000,W0 100,000 174:00 4,187,00 U 1 Lola• ' Army yea] Ditto Ordn2 IVli4ct Vote Votd Subsi Ditto To 1 % The • Exch Excll THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Of which sum for Ireland was For Great Britain . . . . . .. JUNE 2 T To meet this enormous charge there was The Annual Duties, amounting to Surphis of the Consolidated Fund War Taxes Five per Cent. Loan by the Subscribers to Exchequer Bills Exchequer Bills Vore of Credit Old Naval Stores sold Surplus of Ways and Means of last year Loan for Great Britain 55,3.:0,(4,t; 5,0P0 3,600,00; 40.000 occ' 6,i59,1;(0 3,000,e.Q. 44),((p) 2.200 ()CO 15,650,CC0, X 55,3905:c0 This was an excess of 40,001. The Right Htmourahle Gentleman then took a short review of the state of our finances, and from thence took occasion to argue, that the revenue of the country, instead of being in a falling, was ha a rising state. Owing to the state of public credit the loan of the present year had not been contracted for on tel ms so advan tageous a. had been the case last year ; yst the terms were better than those of former years. The whole expense and additional charge: up: the loon would be somewhat under 1,900,0001. which additional charge he proposed to meet by the following new taxes :—The first was a tax which would fill upon ncbody.—(A tough) It was well known that there was at present a bounty allowed on the exportation of printed linen, of 1-,d. per yard on inferior sorts, and 10. on superior. This bounty, amouliting to 380,0001. it was intended to discontinue. The next !ax i he had to propose was an increase of the duty on hides of 1:d. per :h. I which he calculated would produce 32.5,0001. The next source of re. venue he should propose would he double the duty on glass; which, Le calculated, would produce 328,0001. He should also advise a duty of ten per cent. upon tobacco, which he estimated at 107,0001. The fourth source of Ways and Means was not a new duty, but merely a regalia tion of an old one, namely, of the Auction Duties, which, at preseno were very much evaded. It was well known that estates and other pro perty were frequently put up only to ascertain their value, and st:er- I wards bought in when they paid no duty, and were afterwards sold ts private contract. He should propose that property bought in shcold pay the duty, which might be recovered, provided the property had net changed hands during twelve months. This regulation, he calculated, would produce 100,0001. He also had to propose an additional duty of ld. upon all letters going more than twenty miles from town ; this, he thought would produce 220,0001. all these taxes had been considered ar.d approved of by Mr. Perceval. He had aho, at the time of his death, under his consideration, a proposal of a tax upon private breweries; it had not, however, been digested ; and, upon consideration, he (Mr. I Vansittart) found it would be pregnant with many evils. He therefies proposed in its itead, to make an addition to the assessed taxes as fol lows, viz. For one male servant the tax now payable was two pounds four shil lings; to this he proposed to add four shillings, making on the whole two pounds eight shillings. The existing tax on occasional gardners was four shillings; this would be raised to ten shillings. The duty upon riders, travellers, and other commercial retainers sf that nature, was now only two pounds, and as considerable e in e hnneso were derivable from the eusployment of these people, an addition of ight shillings, making in the whole two pounds eight shillings, would not be thought too much. It was intended to lay a duty of 21 . on clerks and bookkeepers, and one of the same amount on stewards and overseers. On porters and persons of that class, except such of them as were en gaged in hashandry, on whom there was now a duty of twenty-tour shil• dings, it was intended to lay an additional duty of 'sixteen shilling:smok ing on the whole two pounds. The existing duty on waiters, ar.'ounting to two pounds five s hillings, would be increased to three pounds. On occasional waiters in taverni and private houses, there would be imposed a duty of twelve shillings The duty on agricultural servants, which was now four shillings. would be raised ,to six. That on four wheeled carriages, which was now eleven pounds five shillings, it was intended to raise to twelve pounds. On horses kept for pleasure, the existing duty was two pounds thirteen shillings anti sixpence; four shillings would be added to this, making Ul the whole two pounds seventeen shillings and sixpence. On horses keit for husbandry there would be a duty imposed of three shillings lied sis pence, and on those which were kept for purposes of trade, as there" considerable profit derived from them, the Impost would be hesvari namely, ten shillings. It had been suggested to him by persons, whose reassess were !', t known to them o selves, that the duty on grey-hounds should bc than that on other dogs.— ( A laugh )—lfgame-keepers were retaisee, s as necessary servants, they wsual be subject to a duty of tour shinnies if retained hut as servants, to a duty of half ,a-guinea. The amount of the addition to the Assessed 'faxes was 515.000 1 . this, added to those be had before enumerated, made a total of ,90:50'41..: It most be a satisfaction to the Committe e t o consider, that whette,. appeared to be approaching that period when the funds for taxation eve..:, I likely to fail, that it was still found possible to p rovide for the exigem of the State with so little pressure osi the lower orders of the Peqk The socount would then stand thus-- ■ =I ,