The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-03 00:00:00

1 r. new silver, till the whole amount intended is coined. His L-riiship tons:laden ny mowing an Address a the Priiitte peat, thanking nun for his g*/43011S message, and assuring him of rise desire of the House to concur in its ihii...tets.—The motion Was agieen to, and tue rlinew adjourned. EKIDAV, NIA% 31. The Royal .40.‘ent was given by coininistiion to the Soap Bill, 'Vie Local Mihail Pay and (loathing )Sill, the St. Paaeras uarcit Bill, the Malt and Beer Out) lteduction Bill, ndd seve- I dl Boat. Lord FA LMOL 111 presented a Petition from several Pnbli earls atiPeasarice agisouht tile additional dillies uu Publicans' 11,11.:tilt , tio.—'11AC House urtjuili lied to Thursday. . HOUSE OF CONI NIO S. MON DAN, MtY 27. Mr. }Littman asked, whether any further inteiferenee had been made with the Government of Spain, respecting thaw Patriots taken at Gibraltar, and afterwards given up to ate vrugeoce of the King of Spain. In conseimenee of our inter ferdwe,•it was stated on a limner occasion, that all had been set free, with the exception of Dim Diego Correa; and that inrliv idol! v. as Inc most important, as he and his tat. 5d11 , 4 hail •bunk; and 13,e,1 in the service of Spain during the revolution; yet he then resumed confined in a thingeon at Ceuta. Could the Noble Lutti state, whether Correa still remained in his dungeon! - . . Lord CASTLFIIF %GI( replied, that the Ministers of this eoniitr!, haJ rrnent•ti thew rettreteuitittoutt to the Court of Spain; anti that, act!tortling to the itt disyntelles received from the itritkh Minister, Correa, iii COMMAIIIMICC Of such represen tation, 1,4.1 Lein litter:tied. WAYS AND MEANS —THE BUDGET. The hayinglfoilse i•-esOlv;;I itself into isCOillinittee of Ways and 31eaus, the CoIANCIII.I.IIII of the Exert nouen brought forward that ..general statement ut . • finances, which is generally termed the Budget. He said, the decision of the House respecting the property-tax 118.1 111.1;1Tiall) altered his views. His opinion on that questioti was unaltered --lint, bowing to the sense of the House, lie trusted it would be sect that lie had resorted to the next bed mem"s for nievtior the supply of the year. The pietni e w:114.1 4 lie should draw woe hi be lams(' consolatory— notimig wound appear th it evinced any thing like distress —ou the contrary, the resod would .slew hill as usurp prusperity av tie most sa „ inc could expect. '1 his first resolution which tie should has e to propose would he, that the Ct tttt 'suttee employe and accept the proposed loan by the Hank of - 3,h01f,60.11..at 3 per rent. This grant was to be made on the condition, that the Government during, its continuance re ceive .the notes of the dank Company for all purposes of sievellBE. 110 thought the at could not Mil to meet the approbation of the House. IL outs economical to lilt' •country, and it was just L 4) the Batik. By the arrangement of engaging to recede the s. instead of pressint them for -specie, on the resumption of cash paystienet the honour and , credit of the L:onipany would tie increased. As to the aim .mentation of the C pauy's capital, that he thought was au advantage to the comitty; and as to their profits, no one would question their right to them, or to divide them. The 'only question eolith! 1112 as to the 11181111t.r. 1.0311 from the Hank of 3,000,ii0411. would ise still be further advantageous ' in .being obtained without any pressure 0.1 the money market. He would now go into some detail of the suits voted amid •wanted for the service 01' the year, and the Ways and Means of 'fleeting such supply. For the Army, there would be wanted '9,16;,0001.; bet deducting tier troops in France, this country -would only be called upon to pay 6,331,0001. Extraordinaries and Commissariat 2.ta3,410tii. The whole for the Army 111,5111,0001. The easy 10,161,0c01. and the Ordnance 11,n86,0001. For the Miscellames, hr eland(' require 2,400,04101. Debt doe to the India tompaily 045,0001.—These grants Amounted to 25,140,0001. There were sonic additional elsirges. 4)n account of the Loyalty Leau 917,0001.; besides there *would be au expense respecting it new silver coinage. It was •iittficult to fix upon any sum, from the want of information; but , he had estimated the probable expellee at 5011,0001. The ovhole supply amounted to about 50,425,0001. deducting the ;Irish proportion, which was 3,14 the amount fur Eng amid was about 27,V79,0001. The next division of his state- latent was the Ways and Means. The ordinary Annual Taxes were estimated at 3,0aa,0001. and the surplus of the Contoli dated Fund '3,003,0001. The Customs .(and lie spoke from ac -counts made up to the sth of Aped last) Mere calculated ut -4",,000,01.10l. The War taxes added to therm viould produce ...3,50d,0a01. the Excise 19,200,0001. Assessed Taxes 6,3'17,0001. Bank Advances Ii,Uatt,COUI. Lottery or 3,000,0001. Surplus of :the unappropriated Grants for lb 15, 5,563,01101. brat,) ateisles these means, be had to state au appropriation Of tin aciainted Batik Div Mewls to the amount of 301,111101. and of small oatims remaining in the Exchequer amounting to 40,00111. These Ways aml Means met the sums required for the service -of the year within 2,500,0001.; and in preference to resorting to any other 'newts fir the two millioos and a h ill deficiency, he .proposed to raise that .be a small plessnre ripen the monev-inaisket, but it would be 'the only pressui e. It might be asd , cd, how he had made tip :that ailment which lie had lust by the abandonment of the Property Tax and the War Malt Tax, on which, in the early part of the Session, lie had calculated fur eight millions and a half. He thus proposed to meet the deficiency occasioned by the a b iiii d omfige r o f those 18:SCS ; to raise by Exchequer Bills •-2,10u.0.1t:1. The surplus of the unappropriated graces of List sear pi induced liiui about the sum of 20:63,0001 more than he had ca.cirlated upon in the early part of the Session. (Moe.) At that period, he estimated the amount of unapprepraited grants at 4,000,0001. ; lie had since, very fortunately, ,aiseavered -that the amount was 5,663,0001. I Hear, hear, and n laugh.)•— Stich discovery, ACCol(lingly, gave him 2,603,00.11. that he had nut calculated upon, the advance from the Hank at 3 per stout.' was 3.000,90,11.; the unappropriated small sums in the Ex •ehequer auiumileill 440,0001.; the unclaimed dividends 301,0001. Thee sums would completely meet the anuuiutt 8,500,0001. widen he calculated upon being produced by the Property Tax, ike.—but the amount was not inane op, its would be •seen, witliunt resurting to Loans, and to Exchequer Bills for The latter only would affect the moncy•market •the former were so ilegoc.ated as 110110 produce such select. The .tight Hon. liendematt said, that it had never before ne eo, red, that in one year after the proclamation of peace a rt tioa hid taken place in the public debt. it was the •pron,t digniehon the . present period, that it afforded a pre eerlent of lilE/ nature. It had gene abroad, that the season I d arrived fir alootuy apprelienstou; but the country would u •re. ive t h at it was the moment of hope. Lie concluded hi n .ving a Resolution, that the proposal of the Coveruoas and ,C., ..pany of ,he Rank 01' 11.:11g.d. d to approved of, !sic. V. FITLGBIIBIIII .1011 G to Make 8 siatement of the'finao• eui arrstigetacats with.respret to Ireland. In the course of his olssers a... s In. said..that in that country the assesrd to • •N. •••••^I• in :Lanark more eertam and a Atted.: toes Mat. :Lau 1...,m. nv, and he declatml.it to to. his Muldoon • ; Tiin NATIONAL ItEGISTEn• resist any diminution in the Excise duties as they now stand. 'l'u••re was, lit observed, considerable advantage to he de rived from the regulations with regftr.l to spirits, by which there was formed a powerful check to illicit distilldtion. He a:5O to congratulate the House upon the inc•l•cased produce of the revenue f•.r last year; a etreinustance A7lintlY I'lleX i.CCiNd and unprecedented, at•ter a series of warfare. In order to meet the proportion Or chu te• far Irelnd, which amounted to 3,145,6561. be proposed, besides a continuation of the 1151101 ENCINC with the exception of the Halt duty,• the repeal of winch caused a deduction of 350.0031. that re course he had to the sinking t•11nd; and to meet the interest of• that charge, which amt ))))) to 1r , 2,0.101. that a certain portion of the stock in the hands of the Commissioners for the te demption of the land-tax in Ireland should be appropriated. He trusted, that the application ot• the produce of the sinkitiz fond, nailer such circa ustanees of difficulty as those by which Ireland was marked, would out be considered nitwit isable; and be assured the House that it was a ease of extremity that caused it.. • Mr. PONSONNT said, he did net rise for the purpose of cx aminiug the particular items in what had been stated to the House, although the comparative state of our revenue and our expenditure was to him a very melancholy subject for einiti•in. photon, He ruse to cone ratidate the House upon the extra ordinary testimony borne by the Right Hon. Gentleman ' opposite ia favour of the propriety of abolishing the Property Tax. He had beciftelling the House all along,that, instead of ruin, prosperity had resulted fruni the destruction of Busk favorite, and that the natiimal vigour and prosperity, instead of de clining, was more tirmly established by the opposition sviiielt hail been so {iroudly persisted ill by the country. The consequence they bad been just observing was, that Gros eminent were able to raise as much money as they w.mted, and iu tlie 'winner they liked best. It was an odd way to prove the excellence of any measure of the state, try showing that the loss of it was an advantage to the community. He could not help deelarhig his admiration of that gland pc rseverance w hich oppo s ed, until it received the very sanction of its enemies. But the contest proved something betides that he had mentioned : the lieut. of England hail stews its abilities to lend to the public nine mil lions of money ; which argued down all the fears and emijeatures that had gone abroad upon the subject of all application to tbat quaricr. It was a proof of the solidity of tins country, and evinced in the strongest manner possible, that the Batik of Eng land, instead of being shaken, Was II:I:IC.1SO ill credit and capital. Lord A. HA MILTON condemned the negociation and the whole transaction with the Book ; contended, that Ministers had made a nue; t improvident bargain for the Politic. Mr. Bxelso defended the Bank, and repeated the arguments used by him on former ()evasions. With respect to the state ment attic Chancellor of the Exchequer, it had not given him the satisfaction which it appeared to have gis co to smite Gen- Omni. The Right Hon. Geuttemau liail acknowledged an ex penilii are ; Whilta all the perinauent revenue winch be had proposed to meet that expenditure was about 9,700,0001. all the remainder was to be raised in various ways, by borrow ing, ...cc. and from waives which next year might and would probably fail. • Mr. TiEns EY opposed the Finance plans of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 11l an elaborate speech. Mr. lilt FELL maintained his former opinion, that the Bank should advance its Loan to Government without any interest wha tev e r. The residatious were agreed to ; and ordered to be reported to-mor . Ti ESDAY, M,►v 28. On the mann of Mr. CUR WEN, a Select Committee was appeiuted to inquire into the present slate of the Poor Laws. He colleted into a detail of his plan ; the principM feature of which was, to make the labosweis themselves, as well as the rest of the community, subscribe to a National Hank, to be established in each parish, for the benefit of the poor. On the third rcading of the Alien Bill, Lord ALTininCE proposed a clause Inc exempting from the operations of the Bill vll foreigcers resident in this country previous to the first of January, 11+13. Upon this clause 4he House divided; when it was rejected by a majority of 13, the numbers being, fur the clause 33-4tgaiost it 7t. -N. • c.% 1 • • ". 7 . 21,*4 - .!.;"/„...`44.Not.' • ...04.5.N. .-*,:~ SILVER COIN. Mr. W. Vote presented a Message from the Prince Re gent, respecting the Silver Coin, summit* that lie had given (bisections for a new and extensive eni:.age of silver. (See Lords). Message ordered to be taken into further consideration on Thursday next. AUSTRIAN LOAN. Mr. Ilssisignst.rs , brinielit forward his motion , respecting the large sums due from Austria to this countr.-, on account of the loan made in 117 , J.i. The loon took place, on power being given to sue the Emperor in his own Courts on default of pay ment. The lir,t amount was X 1,609,0 .10, the second X:1,670,000, the whole stivek, &e. amounted to al tA' 14,itan,000. Since that period no communication had Lech made to Parliament. Was the country to continue to pay The interest of midi loan It was the debt of the Emperor; and who ought to pay the interest? At all events ought the House to remain without information? If the Court of Vienna had been induced to act under the impression that the debt would be abandoned, he w•euld not contend tOr the violation of engagements—but sure ly some Account of the state of the debt ought to Le mode. lint if it were to be a question of generosity, tile sum could not be abandoned on light grounds. The interest was £610,000 an nually ; and to be relieved from that sum would be most advan tageous. Sore arrangement ought to be proposed, to liquidate the amount by degrees, or other%i e. Whether the minim' slay received or not, lie trusted at the end of 21 years the Omit of Vienna would not remain willing debtors to nnwilling creditors. Re concluded with moving an Address to the Prince Regent, to take into consideration the Austrian I.4an, and praying that a ncgociation might be opened on the subject. Lord CasTL ER VAG H said, this was not an opportune moment tbr opening any such negueiations. After some further totoiservations, time motion was with drawn. TIIIII(911A V, M V 30.. Sir If. I'ARNET.T. vresenttni ; petition from the Roman CR thudiCANIS and Clergy of Ireland, announcing to Parhalm a their as rnt to the principle of tionititie nomination ; hot dip.- claiming any interference, directly or indirectly, on the milt of Government in the annoutuvent of their RiNhops.—Laid on the table. Hustitsmotii moved a new writ fcr Liver:mol, to return a member in the loom of Pit. Canning, who has aeceintil the ottim• of President of the Hoard of runt, out. MI . withilren hie iti.euded motion for the de emote., of' ;he Treasur, iii•vords Of the Income Tax, lip r .if haneell" ,- of ri •• E..ekeimer, that those of the . • • . •• •1; rise t. 4.hi Regent's • JuNr. 3. • Mr. WLLI.ESLEIr Poise (Muster of the Mot) cut us er nearly the same grounds as the Earl of Liverpool is the Lords the Right Honourable Gentleman, however, added a few tar titulars. He stated, that from the year 1717. there had been a coinage of silver only of 40,0001; and during the reign of his present Majesty, but n 1,11031. Gold was declared the standard of value by an Act of Parliament, 1774 ; but when that law expired, it was recommended by Lord Liverpool, that the coinage of silver should he prohibited : and in 1709 a sta tute was passed. which. in the first place made gold legal tender, and in the second prohibited the coinage of silver. It was estimated in 180.1, that at least 2.1 millions in gold were in the country . ; and it was a known fact that 00 millions bad been issued from the Mint in the present reign. What part of this large sum yet remained within saw shores, God only Urns. ! In 1095, with a velocity at that time wonderful, :10 *millions of pieces were issued in eleven months; (Mr. I'.) hoped, that with the present improved machinery, no 'Milieus of pieces could be delivered out of the Mint in seven months. 35 milliuus consisting of shillings, and 25 millions of sixpences. —During the seven months that wenild be required far stamping, regulations would be made, by which Govern ment would lodge iu all the principal towns of the kingdom a sum Ol UM money equal to the supposed circulation of the district and on the very day after the seven months bad ex pired (allowing that that would be the period neee.sary), pro clamations would be issued, appointing a limited time for the bringing in of She old money and the issue of the new. By this method the whole circulation might be changed in a few days. After a few observations from Mr. BARING and Mr. GR EN. Feet. in which the great hardships which the poorer classes would hutier by not allowing full value fur the base enrrency in circulation, was alluded to by the latter Gentleman, a reply to the Prince Regent's Message WAS 1111allI111011SIT voted. Mr. W. SMITE brought forward his promised motion ;. with the view of restraining the gross abuses which have of late prevailed in the issue of extents in aid front the Court of Ex chequer. The Hon. Gentleman, in the course of stiong and able speech, related a number of cases ( which we rage our limits preclude us from giving at full), where tarmacs of the Post Horse Duty, distributors of stamps, paper makers, re ceive rs of taxes, and others, had obtained extents aguint ; v. hich were granted, without Shore briny the slightest ground to assert that the revenue of the Crown was in danger. They were in fact applied for, to enable those individuals to collect their own private debts, by coming in betiwe all other creditors. The too following were. among the cases related by Mr. Western ntleman whom he knew applied fur -a extent, and was tollithat the form of it was, that by the danger of his proporty in the hands of his creditor he was less able to pay the King's taxes. The gentleman, conscious that he w:;s quite able to pay, rather demurred, and said he should prefer the words. " might be less nhle to pay." The turns was in stoutly altered according to his wish, and the extent was grant ed! A person who was called a country gentleman, not long ago applied to a respectable solicitor of his acquaintance, 6/1- in. , that he wanted to be made a collector of the King's taxes. The solicitor inquired what possible object he could have iu obtaining sorb au appointment.--" Oh!" replied the other," I shall then be able to get extents in aid, and collect all my own debts."—Mr. Smith concluded by moving that Committee be appointed to examine into the mode of issuing extents in Mil at the Exchequer, together with the abuses attend:ng it, and to• report thereon to the House. The Solicitor General, Lord Castlereagh, and others, opposed the motion for the Committee as unneecsary ; the law °dims having taken proper steps to prevent sash abuses in future. The CUANCILIAIR of the Exen Fast rat stated to the !louse, that the Treasury had given directions that no persons Eon. corned, either directly or indirectly, in csuntry banks, should be allowe I to act in the collection of the revenue. A division took place on Mr. Sitirth's motion--For it :id; against it, 05—majority against it, 9.,-Atuarned at half past one. FRIDAY, MAY 31. The Deputy Cher of the Black Rod sontnioncd the House to attend in the House of l'eers, to hear the Royal Assent given by eommist•ion to sundry public and private Bills.— Vice Lords.) A new writ was ordered for St. Michael's, Cornwall, in the room of Lord Dimling ; he having vacated his seat by accept ing the office of a Commissioner fur managing the Again of India. PAVEMENT OP THE ➢IETROPOLIS. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR brought in his 11111 for the better raga. lotion of the moans for keeping the Paving of the Metropolis in repair; containing chances particularly directed to procure the more speedy repairing defective pavement, tec. Bill read a first time ; and . . . . Mr. M. A. TAI Lon moved, that it he read a second time on Thursday next. He took occasion to state, that this Bill was the .result of the Report made by a Committee of that Hence about three months ago ; and in the Bill every recommend:ohm of the Report was complied with. It tad taken some time to prepare, on account of the immense number of clauses which it was found m cessary to prepare, in order to meet all possible eases. The report having been 111 the possession of all the parishes for three months, time enough had been allowed for its consideration ; and he was happy to be able to state, that it act the fall approluif of all the parishes, about 70 is number, with the exception of two or three. He did not wish the Bill to be printed till it came out of the Committee; as then the clauses would lie perfected, blanks filled up, &c.; and in such form the several parishes would be enabled to per ceive more correctly aad distinctly how far the measure would affect them. lie wished the Bill So pass this session t soul theretiire he would not throw in its way unnecessary delay; and as he was not aware of any effeetual oppositiou that could be urged to it, by not printing the Bill now, the time occupied for reprinting such alterations and additions as might be made in the Committee would lie saved. tie proposed that it should be read a second time on Thursday, committed on Friday, re port brought up immediately, and in surd form ordered to be printed, t h at it might be known to who would be affected by it. General THoRNToN highly approved of the Bill, as it was a measure that was much w amed; but he thought it would hs justice to the yanks to print the Bai now. . . Mr. M. A. 'rAVLOK Wilt+ obliged to the Zaltunt General for his approbation of the Bat ; hit! he remained of opinion Unit it would be inenrring unnecessary expellee in printing to ac qtvesee in the roposition at the Itreseut moment. The Bill ens iarge, and the r %pence& inri ads .nviirred ;his 1106141011 tor hinting must be pretty lare ( h .•• • ma he certainly deemed .t advisaine that the Bin i It 1:V a inure enitiphte and eumprehen-ible form p- eyn . priuted.-I.tillorderii to be read a second lane 01. t . :,0 %of.: ..eat. .ti iv" L rrtv.ftioi m r J. :I,e Awl! , -no "hid