The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-02 00:00:00

ite hex silver, till the whole amount iiitentled is voiiied. Ills Lordship by moving an Ailnirass to the Mince 1t•- gent, (kinking hu t for his gencious Message, and assuring him Ms the desire of the Howe to concur ICI its übjects.—'r lie illation was agreed to, and the Douse adjourned. FitiOAY, MAY 31. The Royal Assent was given by commission to the Soap Bill, the Local Militia Pay and Cloathisg Bill, the St. Pancras Church Bill. the Malt and Beer Duty Reduction Bid, and seve ral private Bills. Lord FALSOUTA presented a Petition from several Pobli tan? at geatance against the additional duties uu Publicans' Lieences.—The House adjourned to Tbnrsday. HOUSE OF COMMONS, I‘IOAN, MAY 27. Mr. HUItNI-It asked, whether any further interference had been made with the Government of Spain, respecting tho:e Patriots taken at Gibraltar, and afterwards given up to the vengence of the King of Spain. Iu conseqUesee of our inter• fertnee, it was stated on a former occasion, that all kid been sat free, with the exception of Don Diego Correa; and that indit itinal was the most important, as he and his two suns had fought and bled in the service of Spain during the revolution; • yet he then remained confined in a dungeon at Ceuta. Could the Noble Lord state, whether Correa still remained in his dungeon% Lord CMITLEREAGII replied, that the Ministers of this coantry had renewed their representations to the Court of Spain; and that, according to the last dispatches received (ruin the British Minister, Correa, in consequence of such' represen tation, had been liberated. WAN'S AND MEANS—THE BunGET. The House hating resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, The CU ANCTLLOR of the ExcuEOLIER brought forward that general statement of our finances, which is generally termed t:,e Budget. lie said, the decision of the House respecting the property-tax had materially altered his views. His opinion . on that question was 'motto eel —but, bowing to the sense of the House, he truste I it would be seen that he had resorted to the next best means for meeting the supply of the year. The picture winch he should draw would be found consolatory— nothing would appear that evinced any thing like distress—on the contrary, the result would show full as much proverity as the most sanguine could expect. The first resolution which he should have to propose would be, that the Committee appi ow! and accept the proposed loan by the Bank of', 3,00;1,0001. at :1 per emit. This grant was to be made on the condition, that the Government during its continuance re ceive V o le notes of the Batik Company for all purposes of revenue, He thought the arrangement could not fail to meet the approbation of the license. It was economical to the country, and it was just to the Batik. By the arrangemelit of engagiox to receive the notes, instead of pressing them for specie, on the resumption of cash payments, the honour and credit of the Company would be increased. As to the aug mentation of the Company's capital, that he thought was all adtiantage to the country; and as to their profits, no one world question their right to them, or to divide them. The euly question could be as to the foamier. 'five Loan from the Batik of 3,000,0001. would be still he further advantageous, iu being obtained without any pressure! on the money market. Hu would now go into some detail of the sums voted and wauted for the service of the year, and the Ways and Means of meeting such supply. For the Army, there would be wanted 9,161.000 i.; but deducting for troops in France, this country would only be called upon to pay 8;1:31,0011. Extraordinaries and Commissariat 2,133,0061. The whole fur the Army 10,IG-1,0001. The Navy 10,16t,0001. and the Ordnance 1„086,0001. For the Miscellauirs, lie. should require 2,400,0001. Debt due to the India Company 915,0001.—Thcse grants amounted to 2i,144,0001. There were some additional charges. Oa account of the Loyalty Loau 917,0001.; besides there would be an cxpence respecting a new silver coinage. It was difficult to fix upon any sum, from the want of information; but ice had estimated the probable expence at 500,0001. The whole supply amoiwited to about 30,425,0002 deducting the Irish pro,sortion, which was 3,111,6561., the amount for Eng laWl was about 27479,0001. Toe next division of his state &at was the Ntays awl Means, The ordinary Anneal Taxes were estimated. at 3,900,0001. and the surplus of the CollbUll tbtul Fit,l 3,'10',0001. 'Fite Customs (and he spoke from ac counts made op to the sth of April last) were calculated at 13,0110,091 .1. 'Fite War taxes added to them would produce 1,890,0301. the Excist 19,400,0001. Assessed Taxes 0,327,0001. Bank Advances 0,000,0001. Lottery or 3,000,0001. Surplus of ibe nrcippropi iated Grants for 1815, 5,563.0001. ilear, hear.) Besides these means, he had to state au appropriation of un claimed Bank Dividends to the amount of 301,0001. and of small ABMs remaining in the Exchequer amounting to 419,0001. Timse Ways and gleans met the shins required for the service of the year within 2,500,0001.; and in prefereuce to resorting to soy otbcr means for the two minima and u half deficiency, he proposed to rake that sum by Exchequer Bills. This would' be a small pressure upon the money-market, but it would be the only pi essure. It might be asked, how he had made up that amount which lie had lost by the abandonment of the Property Tax awl the War Malt 'f ex, on which, in the early pert of the Session, he had calculated fur eight millions and a Lair He thus proposed to meet the deficiency occasioned by the abandonment of those taxes: to raise by Exchequer Bilis The snrplus of the unappropriated grants of kest year produced him about the sum of 2,1;63,0001 more than he had calculated upon in the early part of the Session. (Ilene.) 'At that period, he estimated the amount of unappropriated grants at 3,000,0001. ;he had since, s cry fortunately, discovered that the amount was 6,663,0001. r lie cc, hear, and a lungh.)— Sat:l discovery., accordingly, gave bite 2,66.1,0001. that he had not calculated upon, tlie advance from the Bank at 3 per cent. was 3,000,0001.; the unappropriated small suns in the Ex chequer amounted 440,0001; the unclaimed dividends 301,0061. The- e sums would completely meet the amount winch he calculated upon being prodheed by time Property Tax, 61e.—hut the amount was not made up, as would be seen, a itliont resorting to Loans, and to Exchequer Bills for 2,2la,nlitit. The latter only would affect the money-market— the former were so uegociated as riot to produce suer' effect The Right lion. Gentleman said, that it had never bethre oc curred, that in one year after the proclamation of peace a reduction had taken place in the public debt. It was Or prowl digioction of the present period, that it afforded a pre cedent of :hat natnre. It had gone abroad, that the season bad arrived for Lloomy apprehension; but the country would per:' ive that it ens the moment of hope. He concluded by Resolutiom that the proposal of the Governors sod Cointesay ot the :Sank cf I , apnoea ne approicel of. Mr. V. kYI'ZI:EC sun rose to make a statement of the tin: -n rill axranleincats with respec' In Ireland. lu the coarse of his °brier +atoms he said, tiro io that country the ease-a. it..ses were reill-ried in hi nt'te . !, Mite and expuditm.... audiwer than tine •iiy,aud lie declared it t' be his iuteutie,u to THE NATIONAL REGISTER. resist any diminution in the Excise duties as they now staled. There was, be observed, considerable udvautage to he de rived from the regulations with regatd 'to spirits, by which there was formed a tiquerfel check to illicit distillation. He also to cougratulate the House urea the increased produce of the revenue fsr Let year; a circumstance wholly unex pected and imprecedented, after a wipes of warfare. In order to meet the proportion or charge for Ireland, which amounted to 3,145,6561, he proposed, besides a continuation of the usual Excise duties, with the exception of the Malt duty, the repeal of which caused a deductiast of 350,0001. that le course he had to the sinkin,o , fund; and to inert the interest of that charge; which anuntated to 1e2,0301. that a certain portion of the stock in the lentils of the Commissioners for the re demption faiths. laud-tax in Irelaud should be appropriated. He trusted, that the appliestiou of the produce of the sinking fund, under such circumstances of difficulty as those by which Ireland was marked, would not bt considered neadvisable; and he twitted the House that it was a ease Of extremity that caused it. Mr. PO 4SONBY said, he did not rise for the purpose of ex amiuiug the particular items in what had been stated to the House, although the comparative state of our revenue anti our expenditure was to him a very melancholy subject for contem plation. He rose to congratulate the House upon the extra ordinary testimony borne by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite in favour of the propriety of abolishing the. Property tilt. He had heenitelling the House all along,that, instead of ruin, prosperity had resulted from the destruction ut their favorite, and that the. uatiooal -anti prosperity, instead of de er g, was more firmly established by the oppo.ition which had beep so proudly persisted in by the conutly. The consequence they had been just uliserlting was, that Government were able LO raise as much money as they wanted, and inithe mummer they liked hest. It was au odd wry to prove the excellence of any measure of the State, by showing that the loss of it was an advantage to the community. Ile could not help declaring his admiratimi of that grand perseverance which opposed, until It received the very sanction of its enemies. Rut the contest proved something besides that he had mentioned : the Bank of Luglarel had shewn its abilities to lend to the public nine mil lions of money ; which argued down all the fears and conjectures that had gone abroad upon the subject of an application to that quarter. It was a priest' of the solidity of this country, and ev; need in the strongest manner possible, that the Bank of Eng laud, instead of being shaken, was increased in credit and capital. Lord A. H.Hairron condemned the necociation and the whole transaction with the Bank; and contended, that Min:. tees had made a most improvident bargain for the Public. Mr. BARING defended the Bank, anti repeated the argemenls used by him on former occasions. With respect to the state ment of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it had not given him the satisfaction which it appeared to have given to sonic Gen tlemen. The Right Hun. Getttleman had acknowledged tin ex • penditure ofg7 milkons ; whilst all the permanent revenue which he had proposed to meet that ex penditure was about 0,700,0001 all the remainder was to be raised in various ways, by bonow ing, Sec. and trout sources which next year might and would probably fail. Mr. 'ft ease v opposed the Finance flees of the Unmet nor of the Exchequer, in au elaborate speech. Mr. GRENYELL maintained his former opinion, that the Rank should advance its Luau to Government without any interest whatever. The resolutions were agreed to and ordered to be reported to-morrow. Teesn•v, Mw 2B. On the motion of Mr. CORWI:7O, a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the present state of ihe l'oor Laws. He entered into a detail of Ins plan; the principal feature of which was, to make the labourers themselves, as well as the rest of the community, subscribe to a National Bank, to be established in each parish, fur the benefit of the poor. On the third reading of the Alien Bill, Lord ALTHORPE proposed a clause for exempting from the operations of the Bill all foreigners resident in this country previous to the first of January, Isis. Upon this clause the House disidcgl ; wen it was rejected by a majority of 43, the numbers being, for the clause 33—against it 76. SILVER COIN. _ . Mr. W. PoLE presented a Message from the Prince Re gent, respecting the Silver Coin, announcing that lie had given directions fur a new and extensive coinage of silver. (See Lords). Message ordered to be taken into further consideration on Thursday next. AUSTRIAN LOAN. Mr. HAMMEIMEY brought forward his motion respecting the large stuns due from Austria to this country, on account of the loan made in 17 u 6. The loan took place, on power being given to sue the Emperor in his own Courts on default of pay ment. The first amount was X 1,600,000, the second 43,870000, the whole stack, &c. anumntet' to about .144,600,000. Since that period no communication bad been made to Pariiamcnt. Was the country to continue to pay the interest of such loan? It was the debt of the Emperor; and who might to pay the interest? At all events ought the House to remain without information? It' the Court of Vienna had been indocid to act under the impression that the debt would be abandoned, he would not contend for the violation of engagements—but sure . ....„... ..... ly some account ot the state of the debt might to be made. iliit if it Were to be a question of generosity, the sum could not be abandoned on light grounds. The interest v.as selitUJMO an nually ; and to be relieved from that sum would be most advan tageous. Some arrangement ought to be proposed, to liquidate the amount by degrees, or otherwise. Whether the motion was releived or not, he trusted at the end of 21 years the Court of Vienna would not remain willing debtors to 11100611; creditors. •He concluded with moving at Address to the Mince Regent, to take into consideration the Austrian Loan, and praying that a negotiation might be opened on the subject. Lord . rd CA%TLER r AGH said, this was nut an opportune moment for openin; any such negoeiations. After aurae farther observations, the motion WAS With. drawn. __ _ Tntinsotor, M. :10. Sir 11. V4nnett. presented a petition from the Roman Ca tholic Bishops. and Cieray of Ireland, onnoitnciani, to l'ai eminent their assent to the pa inciple of domestic nomination ; tint ins claiming any interference, directly or indirectly, on the part of tiovernment in the appointment of their B.sliops.—Laid on the table. Mr. flusaisloa moved it new writ for Liferpool, to return member in the room (X Mr. Cannaga, who has accepted the of cantr.mi, M . Bunt-diem wi,ladrow his intended motion for, the di. 5 , ..0.•11- . 1 01 the 1 r•-;00.1 Reran d• of the Income Tat%, iiro. pro -. if the Chaiseell-ar of the EACIII ( 1 01 T, that those a ti. a - • •,, IN de 04111111e11. a C:ontuitta. - c cu the Rejcbt3 T; r ,1 . gone .t ~. • k 1 C.J:lletj,C, sal \Tr, t. d Mr. 1% eia.esaus Puce (Master of the AGM) went over near!y the same grounds as the Earl of Liverpool in the Lords; ,the Right Honourable Gentleman, however, added a few par neuters. He stated, that from the year 1117, there had been a coinage of silver only of 460,001.11.; and during the reign of his present Majesty, bat 61,0001. Gold was declared the standard of value by an Act of Parliament, 1774 ; but when that law expireoLit was recommended by Lord Liverpool, that the coinage of silver should he prohibited : and in 1799 a sta tute was passed, which, in the first place made gold legal tender, and in the second prohibited the coinage of silver. It nu, estimated in lB3a, that at least 25 millions in gold were in the cauntry ; and It was a known fart that GO millions had been issued from the Mint in the present reign. al hat part of this large RUM yet remained within our shores, God only knew! In 1145, with a velocity at that time wonderful, millions of pieces were issued in eleven months; but be (Mr. I'.) hoped, that with the present improved machinery, GO millions of pieces could be delivered out of the Mint in seven months, 33 millions consisting of shilliuge, and 2.i millions of sixpeacea.—During the seven months that would be required fur stamping, regulations would be made, by which Govern ment would lodge in all the principal towns of the kingdom a FM in new money equal to the supposed circulation of the district; and on the very day after the seven months hail ex pired (allowing that that would be the period necessary), pro. clainations would be issued, appointing at limited time for the bringing in M . the old money awl the Issue of the new. By this method the whole circulation might be changed in a few days. After a few observations front Mr. BAT:ING end Mr. Cu EX FELL, in which the great hardships which the poorer classes would suffer by sat allowing full value fur the base currency in circulation, was alluded to by the latter Gentleman, a reply to the Prince Regent's Message was unanimously voted. Mr. W.SMITII brought forward hi, promised motion; with the view of restraining the gross abuses which have of late prevailed in the issue of extents in aid from the Court of Ex chequer. The Hon. Gentleman, in the course of a long and able speech, related a cumber of cases (which we regret our limits preclude us from giving at full), where farmers of . the Post Horse Doty, distributors of stamps, p:•per makers, re ceivers of taxes, and others. had obtained extents againt ; which were granted, without there being the slightest ground to assert that the revenue of the Crown was in danger. They were in fact applied tier, to enable those individnals le collect ;heir own private debts, by coming in before all other creditors. The two following were among the cases related - by Mr. Western :—•A gentlemen whom lir knew applied for au extent, and was told that the fatal of it was, that by the danger of his property in the hands of his creditor he wa's less able to pay the King's taxes. The gentleman, conscious that he was quite able to pay, rather demurred, and said he should pre far the words. " might ec less able to pay." The form was in. stantly altered according to his wi.ll, and the extent was grant ed! A person who was called a country gentleman, not lung ago applied to a respectable solicitor of his acquaintance, say ing that he wauted to be made a collector of the King's tales. The solicitor inquired what possible object he could have in obtaining such an appointment.—" Ohl" realied the other" I shall then be able to get extents la Aid, and collect all my own debts."—Mr. Smith conelided by moving that a Committee be appointed to examine into the mode of issuing extents in aid at the Exchequer, together with the abuses Attending it, and to report thereon to the House. The Solicitor General, Lord Castlereagh, and (Alters, oppiea-d the motion fer the Committee as unnece.ary ; the law of having taken proper steps to prevent siell abuses in future•. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEatLit stated to the House, that the Treasury bad given directions that no persons con cerned, either directly or indirectly, in country banks, should be allovve I to act in the collection of the revenue, A division took place on Mr. Smith's nuition— For it 56; agaiust It, tic—majority against it, 9.—Adjourned at ball past one. FIIIDAV, MAY 31. The Deputy Caber of the Black Rod summoncd the Home to attend in the Haase of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given. by commission to sundry public aud private Bills.— [See Lords.j • A new writ was ordered for St. Michael's, Cornwall, in the room of Lord Binning ; he having vacated his seat by accept ing the office of a Conansissioner for managing the Affairs of India. PAVEMENT OF THE METROPOLIS. - - --•- - - Mr. M. A. Tavtain brought in his Bill for the better regu lation of the means for keeping the Paving of the Metropolis in repair; containing clauses particularly directed to procure the more speedy repairing defective pavement, Sc. Bill read a first time ; and Mr. M. A.Textoo moved, that it be read a second time on Thursday next. He tool: occasion to state, that this Bill was the remit of the Report male by a Committee of that Hones abort three months ago; amid in the Bill every recommendation of the Report was complied with. It had taken sonic time to prepare, on account of the immense number of elegises which it was found necessary to prepare, in order to meet all passible ease , . The report having been in the possession of all the parishes for three months, time enough had been allovied fur its consideration ; and be was happy to be oble to state, that it met t h e full approbation of all the parishes, about 70 in number, with the exception of two or three. He did cot wish tile Bill to be printed till it cattle out of the Committee ; as then the clauses would be perfected, blanks filled up, &c.; and in such form the several parishes would be enabled to per ceive more correctly toad distinctly how far the measure would affect them. He wished the Bill to pass this session; and therefore be would not throw in its way 'unnecessary delay; and as he WAS Out aware of any effectual opposition that could be urged to it, by not printing the Bill now, the time occupied far reprinting such alterations and additions as might be amide in the Committee would be. saved. lie proposed that it should be rtad a second time on Thursday, committed on Friday, re port brought up immediately, and in such tbrni ordered to be printed, that it might Le kuown to al who would be uliected by it. • General TnonNTON highly approved of the Bill, es it was a measure that was much wanted; hat he thought it would be justice to the parties to print the Bill now. Mr. M. A. Tay too was obliged to the gallant General for his approbation of the Bal ; but be remained of opinion that it would be incurring mittecesAsary expense iu pr.otiog to ac rtuotsce im the proposition at the present motto at. The Bill wasJsi , and the expenses Mired) jammed this session for printing nao,t be peen:, large th.w ); and lw eel taiuli d. stied a advimide that the Bill should as vine a more colni:kte amid romprelwnsilole, fm-nt peeyiolifiy to twine ptiutetL—.Bill order ti be read a second tame on Thursday next. ALIEN BILL. Lord CASTEL:RI:MiII Mos Veil th:tt the debate an me t1:11 Exuding el the .U4;11 Bill bt +tsunll J.