The Sun. — London, England, 1806-03-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. CIO USE OF PEERS. FRIDAY, IsIATICII • Ig the Appeal-Johnstone and others v. Scott and another, Mr. Grant was heard in behalf of the Re spondents. The 'further hearing N''as then postponed _„ • . till Monday. The ku . ,,30.0,0001. and I,soo,oool.Exchequerßilis' Bill, the Spirits Excise Duties Bill, and the Felons' Transportation Bill, were read a third time and Fused,. ancl.a Message sent to the Houie of Com- Mons to acquaint them therewith. , Mr. HAw TU - 0 R :IE, Mr. B A r.Dww.. and several other Members of die House of Commons, brciught up •the Expiring Laws Bill, the Cape of Good Hope Tradeßegnlation Bill, and a Private Bill ; which were severally read a first time. ~-~+ ✓ SIR 1. T. DIiCKWORTH. • Lord 'GRENVILLB presented a Message from the King; purPorting, that on account of the eminent 'services performed by Vice-Admiral Sir .i. T. Duck., worth, Bart. K.B.' His Majesty is desirous of grant ing to him a Pension of 10001. per annum, for the term of his natural life ;. and trusts the House will concur in any measure necessary to carry-such His Majesty's intentiops into execution. Qn the Moti9d of Lord GRENVILLE, His Majes ty'sMssage was ordered to be taken into considera 7 tion on Monday.—Adjourned till Monday.. . . HOUSE Or OokilloNs FRIDAY, MARCH 28L 'The Sheriffs of London presented - a Petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Cort i - anon ; Council, tainst the Coal Admeasurement Bill,. as touching on their Right.of Metage. Mr. BRIGGS, from the- Coturnisioners of Revision, presented ian Account of the intended ap- Plitation of vOO,OOl. granted this 'year uu4er the lead• of that Commission. . - _ - Person from.thel'ax Office presented ...M.. count, of. the Net Assessments of the Drity.'on pro perty for the year ending the . sth of April, 1804 and sevoral other Accounts on the same subbed, which were referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. • • . , Mr. M4NSITTART moved, that there be laid before the House arr Account of the quantity . of Bri-, tish Plantation Sugar imported and e...ported, for three years, ending the sth of January ; 1806 . ; an :A.. ctaint'of the produce of the War,Duties onoods and Meraandize, during the same period ; an Ac- chtint of the Amount of the Duties on Tobacco, for six years, ending January the sth, 1806 ; an .A.c &Alm Of . .the quantity of Foreign -Iron imported for the last six years, and the qtantity of British Un-. rnanufaaure.d Iron exported in the same period ; an 4cdount of the Net Produce of the Duties on Wine for. the last three years ; an Account of , the quantity of Tea above Z. 6d. a pound, sold at the East India - C.ompany's. Sales within the last 'Six- years, distin, guishing each year. Also an Account of the Net Produce of the Du ties on ..A.ne.lions' for the last three years.—'-The Accounts were ordered,, and the Inspeaor .Gene 7 ral of. Exports and Imports presented .them at The :13-ar.;Thxrherl - they_ were referred. to. :the Committee of Ways, and Means. ' - • - • The IriSlLTreastiry Bills . Bill, and the British Fishery, ipl,,-were read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. • SIR !MIN •,DUCKWORTH. Lord.HENEy PETTY-presented at the Bar a Mes sage from His Majesty, which was brought up, and read from the Chair as follows , --, • - 41,:GEoRGE • . . "'l4 is Majesty being desirous of confeiring a signal mark of MS favour and approbation on Vice.. Admiral Sir john Duck worth, in consideration of the service rendered by him, and. the skill and gallantry displayed by him in an engagement with the hr;erny's Fleet on the sth of February last, wherein the whole of the Enemy?s Force waslaken or destroyed, re commends to his faithful Commons to take measures for se curing to the slid. Sir john Duckworth an Annuity of 10001. for.the term of his natural life." On.the Motion Of Lord HENRY PETTY, it was ordered that His Majesty's most gracious Message be oaken into consideration on Monday. PROVISION FOR LORD NELSON'S FAMILY. Lord If. PETTY gave notice, that immediately af ter,the holidays he should submit propositions to the Frouse, for making a national provision for the Fa mily of the late Lord Nelson. THE BUDGET. . . .On the Motion of 1..,0rd H. PETTY ) the House .went. into a Committee of Ways and Means, to which the several. Publie Accounts presented this day were, referred. . • . Lorl H. PETTY: rose to : state to the House the S.uppiiey voted, and proposed to .be voted; and the Ways antligeaLs lie,ineant.to propose to meet them. Ile was fully sensible of the arduous nature of the task,::a his 'own inability to perform, it satisfaeto 7 , rily. lie trusted to the. indulgence of the House; and' he - tvaa - - Sure be required its fullest' indulgence, lu; submitting the statement he proposed to make, WaS not his intention 'to go much into detail lie was un willing to detain the House unnecessarily ; anti he, Was sensible how little important any (i - se6atiptis of his would be, when the fats be had to. state were, calculated to engage the attention-of every . On'e,present. But in proportion as-he meant to ab, stain -from Observation, he, proposed 'to go at' large info the statement of . fadts, Departing from the - cointhZ)n course; he shOuld lay before : the House a statement of the past, in' order to enable, it the better to 'understand the state in which the. Finances of the ,Country stood at present. He should first state the amountoftheburthens; that is of the National Debt, funded and unfunded, at the commencement of the laSt. Year; then the means of meeting that . debt, by &frayiner the- interest of it ; and what the liollse would 'always look forward and labour for, its ulti mite extinetion: STATE OF THE FINANCES IN igq. The amount of the Funded'Debt on the t st of Feb. 1,,805; was 493,127;004 the amival charge itpon which v*l'B,ooo,o7°l, :The amount of debt re- . deemed : up to that day was 11,797,0061. the annual, charge upon which NVAO_ 6,834;,0001. making together of de1.4,. : 44pr0ed and ,unredeemed, 60J,924,0001. ---- .an , i en ttnnual, charge of 2.1,90'4,00(4. In the ccuflse of the. yeat-, 1805 there w: made an addition" of`l 34,457,0001.creaiiit'anannhal charge 611,30,0001: 'hesiiieg 2,r20,00Tf0i c‘distharge of theTiLoyalty, j Loa a,at An annira char of 5' ,: O. Makin g a total: for that year aide') 6-,8 Ail)]. and.of.antittal: dial - 4e 1,445.,000L ---. , o ainSt :i44 - was to b'ciptit a: diminution% of 531,00b1. of debt,- and ti.i,tiotil. of annualcharg - e by the redemption .of the . Land Tax, and by, the Commissioners—for-4 lie--ret6Eti-on - of ,the'' National Debt; a diminution 0fde‘p10i112„344,0001.. Inaking a totardirnitiution of delic to, the amount of i 2,679,0001. and 'a dirninutien-oflnnnal Chirge . to the aniottat. of 380,0Ool: - • This presented at the rn cometement of the present year an amount of funded debt of 517,280,0001. The amount of debt 'rcdeemcd was 1,2,3,476,0001. , - • , ... 7 y~ _.~ UNFUNDED DEBT, aos. - . With respe& to - the Unfunded Debt, he , would follow the same co,A•sa, comparing the state of it •iti 1 1805 and 1806. • On 51 - 114 an. 665,. there were Out=standing Exchequer - . .Bills or the amount or 2 5, 2 53,5 0 9 1 . Of which were provided for . 12,389,400 Leaving unplovided•for - - - 12,56,5,(00 • Navy • Debt . " - - a -5, oa,ooo Treasury Bills - ' - - 692,599 Barracks,. . - !,537, 0 c 0 Ordnance Eitpences and Arrears of Civil List, making a total of 29,3e5,6801. On the sth Tan. 1806, the Out-standing Exchequer Bills were 27080.4001. .Of which, in anticipation of Aids - 12.080,400 Leavink unprovided for - Navy Debt . - - - 9670000 Treasury Bills - - 530,7540 0 0 with charges . for Barracks, Army . Debt, Drdnance charges, and Civil List arrears, mkigg . total v Ol 23,168,7.411. Thus there was an addiulon to the unfunded debt of 2,863,1611. MEANS OF MEETING - THE ,. OI3T. • • H. came now to . the Whys and :Means to .mcet this arnbunt of debt, which , he had - thought it neces- sary to state thus fully and fairly, in order that the Public may be completely aware of its situation, and that it may be prepared to Make the, necessary -exer tions. . The first of: tWse was the Copsolitinted Fund,. consisting of . perManent taxes -to the ~amount _Of 33,03.3, 011.. from which was to be ,dedueted for the arrears : of Assessed Takes, 1,10'0,9001. leaving a balance of 32,9:35:,59.11. 'The charge on the Con solidated Fund,were the charges of the debt,amount , ing t 0.2-3,102,73314 for paying off the five per Cents. making, with Civil List -.arrears of 9.58,0001., pensions \ ';o4,Btitil. miscellaneous services 4,93,i , 26,0001. interestof the Imperial Loan 407,4731.. • anci other lesser items; a total of 30,188,0001.; Irom whicii,,after'cleciu&ing --i„ ; =0,0001. for the purchase of the legal quays, there remained 29,758,0001. charge able onthe Consolidated Fund : so that on the Con solidated' Vutid there was an excess of charge of 3,177,5001. -beyotid the preceding year. • This . state of the Consolidated. Fund lie tirished .Gentlemen: to boar in" - rnind, as it .I,vas to the Consolidated Fund that we were , to look for the payment of the interest of the public debt. • SINKING FUND. • 13ut, he _wished theM 41so to attend particu larly :to ' the state of - the Sinking Fund,' 'as it was to .that we , were to - look for the extinaion Of the - Inthe year ending February 1, iBO5, there had -been redeemed by . means- of that Fund ,835,0901.; the unredeemed debt 'Was at that ,pe- Hod 480,572,13001. Thus tlie proportion of redeem ed - &lit to the unredeem.:d was as 1 _to 82. 'ln the year ending Feb. I; 1806, there had: been. Te, deemed :7,560,536.; . the Unredeemed. debt was their 5174.80,5001. making the proportion of the redeem ed to the unredeemed as Ito 68. 'After this itwas Unnecessary ,for,.him to -enter into any eulogiutn• on the Sinking Fund, nor to detain the House with.any panegyric on its-former effeas; or the hopes that may beentertained of its future`Operation. -The ad an Cage of that Fund was very sensibly felt in the priCis Of Stock, in conra&ing for Loans, 'Which it enabled the Public to obtain on much better terMs.. Indepen ddnt of this advantage, it was a pledge of good faith; and a security for the extinaioff of the debt of the • Public. Thus in clinging to the principle of good faith, which this Nation would always adhere:to as its first principle, we had the satisfaCtion of uniting in the Sinking Fund the advantage Of tripd utility : While it provided for the reduaion and ultimate discharge ofour burtheus, it strengthened our credit and Te- • sources; and. enabled' us to meet with confidence whatever difficulties we, may have• to encounter.—" Having made this statement with regard to the Pub- • lic Debt, and the means of meeting it, he would pro ceed to. put the House in possession of the exclusive charges of Great Britain,..fbethe year ending 805*. These charges were as folloW : Navy, 14,377,51014 Army, 17,181,9801.; Ordnanoi , , 4,036,5091.; Civil List, 458,1451.; MisCellaneous C,harg,es, '1;827,0001; Civil Government of Scotland, 2,785,14.; ,Interest on Exchequer Bills, making altogether for Great Britain, a charge of 43,639,8951.' for the year 1805. He thought itright to state, that in the tharge for Miscellaneous Services was included Dne• million to - the. East India Company, in re-payment'Of advances made ,by them. , SUPPLIES OF THE .PRES ENT YEAR. Having - thus laid before.the House a general state meat of the Public Debt, and the means of Meeting . .it, he trusted be, had put the House, and the Coun try in a situation to' form a correa judgment on the subje& of the Supplies of the present year, and the Ways and:Means he proposed to meet them.. :The , Supplies were,. for the Navy, exclusive of Ordnan&, 15,281.,0001.---for the- Army; for Gt eat Britain and Ireland, it was proposed to vote 12 ; 500,004 ; and here, though he was not able to state what he•wished he could state, the.pretise amount "of the Army. Es.:' timates;whick would hereafter be. more particularly submitted,' be trusted the House would be satisfied to pass a vote for this service according to the rent EstimateS, till the. particulars of the new Esti- • mates should be known. He was ,the more ready to take.a vote-for the iimminfof the current 'Estimates, as the - re was reason to hope, that whateverexCesses there May be in new Estimates, under some; heads,,_ would be:counterbalanced-br - savings under other heads which would , prObably leave' the total, .. , amout4.nearly the saMe..; , :fhe charge for OrdnanCe I . wats, for,4ngland.3,9l 1,6001. ,for It:eland 1307;0001. ;.• making. together 4,718,00016 The- charge for the lAsl year 'under this head . . was 4:,8469041.,.: '1 he ,charge for miscellanenuS'seyvices was;, for. England, 1,500,6001..f0r.1re1and 670,0001. ;-- making together 70,0001. In stating this charge for miscellaneous services, which 'would be übserVed to be very he thoqght 4 - ; right to that it was : renkred . So large by inc i ludingi the amount of twO grants, to which he was'sure.the House would cordiallyasset:t. One of these NSiilS a grant" for a provision for the family Of thel4.4s' 11,ord Nelson ; and the other, a - grant for the lint - pose of making an ample compen sation to the brave men who had conquered with him, in the losses sustained by, the destrnaion "the - Vessel i 'li ta'taf;en in the battle of Trafalgar. The next item of ';supply was the - Ote of credit, 1,400,0001011 r England, and 600,0001. forlreland, making together 2,900,0001. ; thus the joint charge in Great Britain and Ireland was 43,699,0001. The separate charges of '.ngland. Were another million to the East India Company. The House Would be • aware that- for some years there had been a standing claim of 4,000,0001. made by the Company on the . Government' Commissioners had. been appdintdd 'to investigate thiS claim, and,. hi consequence of their inquiry, 1,000,0001:r had been granted to the Company last year on account ; now it was . proposed to grant another Million on'the same aCcount. •The next item of separate charge for England was the 1 deficiency of the Malt Duty in 1804, amounting to q 40,0001.; defiCiency of Ways and Means of 1805, - amounting to 1,707,0001. • Interest 'on Ex- Chequer 8i115 . 1,000,0001 It had not been the prac tice to provide for the interest of Exchequer Bills in the year in whiCh they were issued ; but as the issue necessarily itivolVed the 'charge of interest, it . was. thotighf right to lay before - the House, - and the Public i a :full statement'. of that' charge,'as well as of every other necessary to. a corre6 view of the state - of our Finatices There was to be add ed to. this 706,00•01.. for• paying off the Five per Cents. and 500;0001: 'more to be, called for in. 9Cloben for. the Same- purpose, making together 3,20.0)(101. The whole' of these separate charges . , amounted to 5, 247,0001. - The total :amptint of - Supplies was • .48,0 t 6,0001. Dedu& on account of Ireland 2 7 17ths of the-Joint charge .of 4 . 33669,0001. being , 3: 3 1 1 i1 -;5?.81. - also 2.;.17th5.' of •Civii 'List and other charges, 160,0061. making together .5407,0001. which, being : rdetinetdd'' from 48,9 t 6,0001. left - 43,6 18,4721. to be provided for by Great Britain. WAYS AND MEANS FOR IEO6. We cOrnen6w.4o the Ways. and Means for pro thfit-:surn. The:first Of these was - ,the • Malt Duty, - wh'.:'ll he -Calculated at ',7:1i0,0661. the amount at which it had been granted in 18E1. Next . was the• SULU of 1,000,0001. (Trained, according to , His Majesty's gracious intention from the amount' pries talien before the'deelaration of War. He thought it-right to-state here, that though this stun 'was 'granted nOMinally to,England, it :Was - intended' that Ireland should .have, as it Was, just sheshould, .- 1 her share of 2 7 17ths. The next-item was the- Lot t tery, which .In, 105 . lad been taken at '3B/,0001. ,and,had produced so, that he felt himself warranted -in taking , it at 380,000 E Next Was the probable surplus. of the f vnsolidated Fund on tlro stii•Jailus . ary,.18(17- • 1805 it had-been taken at - 4,000,001.; ithad not , produced-so the , preftent guar tor-was-SO' preatitaiVe; as to give -roomitr - hopeir `would exceed. 6'calctilated for it. Next were, the Wat-T4kes, taken lass year at 'i4;.5'00 . ,6.101. .but. from -causes.. Which he would state , *sently,. he moula.take it • now at i,8,000,0601. • LOAN., Next was the Loan, contrasted for this , morning, The amount of the 14o•ati was 20,000;601;0f Which Is was for England, Taiid 2 for Ireland . . !me. teruts were such as when explained to the - HousewOuld , be found satisfaCtory,,as being advantageous to the pub-- lic, and donbly,satisfa,Ury, as: affording 3, fair . profit to the Contra&Ors-Of these 1 8 ,00b,000L the whole would not be applicable to the service'of•the Pre sedr year; . I,)cirig, to be . applied tO:make good the arrears oflastvear i so that only 12,200;0001. would .be' . ,applicable to the Service of, this 'year: The arrears he ; alluded' to consisted, of subsidies, of which he-found it difficult to submit to the House any account.' From the manner, in which the reaties had been settled, it Was difficult to say what sums may be claimed by any person, or what sums- it-would be right for this Country to allow. One However ; it' Was thought right 'to re: - serve for these claims ' • one 'million more Was ne cessary to make good the, like sum voted for the 'Eastjudia Company ; the deficit of the Malt Tax to be made good was 340,0001. ; the deficiency of Ways. and Means .f.h..stvcar.was 1,?07,0001. ; there . Was to, be ,made good on account of . Ordnance 50,0001., ; tb - pay oirfiveper cents. 1400;0001,.; making together 5,8'00,0 . 001. which 1eft.12,.1200,0001, of the Loan for Great Britain applicable to the ser vice of the present year: Ile would now proceed to the other items of NV'';.3•S and'Afcaus. The next, item was the W-ar TaxeS. .The• rise. and progress of the War Taxes were in thr recolleCtion ofitheHotise.. The reason .that indUced the establishMent of them now Dperaled more st rot - 103 , 10r the 'Continuance of. them, and for. carryiiig them to : as high ;In - amount as possible.. From the high antcYalit of the funded. debt in the year the Hon. Gentleman -w-Ito had preceded him in the otlic:o he had the honour to hold, reConr:ge; with t he roncurre'tlo''Of.the and of the Country, to the system of raising a large part of thesupplies within the year. Hhce War' Taxes were adopted ; and what \,: as the fn . lincijoal shape in which they could be ? not necegiiiiifto mention the differentforn in which . they bad been as Assessed Income Tax',"ancfa's'the T a , on Property. ft - .vas enough to State what was theelfe&t of having- r•Vt itie' to the system : lOoking - alwaVs to our debt a:; the'm - ost formidable - evil, lie would,statethecoMparative situ ation of it before-and more the 'adoption of this,sys tern, 'so as to chew its etfea. ' In the beginning of the: , ear. 1793 the amount of the Public Debt was 927,989,0001. At the close of the, late war it was' 4 . 80,572,0001 ; bring a total increase of 253,5:83;0001. and an average: increase of 2.5,35 ,0,‘131.., a-year. On ;the Ist Feb. 1806, the amcnnt of the Publi,c Debt : was 5 t 7,280,5101. and the average increase during Mlle pre4!nt NV 'as ' 1 . 2'036,0001.. Thus, through the. -benefit , of the War Taxes the-average addition to the Public Debt was now les",rthati half what. it hacrbeen before... : -The additional strength and .resources rived,frOnithis, cl.the . additional.security; 'and ho nour. in t ednsedoence of the increase, of strength; wcreinOst satistaaory teats of the adoPtion of ti-its ,system, and most irresistible airtnetits for . its 'cOn-!, tinuance. - ' It was iinnece4sary to state his opinion,of the' Property Tar. • The fa&of, its being estalliished -was sufficiev..kgronnd for proceeding upon it; I;vithout a ►iig rt SPeCIC3 ZrtrEei•i taxation, it certainly •appearecl,•when compared with • the taxes of a similar nature that had.preceded, sdcli , as the' Assessed Taxes an the Income Tax, lq far the most equitable and, pratheable, and that was enough to recommend it. He proposed to carry the Property Tax at once to the rate of ten per cent., He , • thringht it better to raise it to that amount at once, as a Inuit which it could not exceed, • than to . create uncertainty and apprehension of .uniirnite/d, though slow increase, by silenny and qUietly adding a-small increase every year. It was proposed besides to adopt measure's to prevent the delays; inconve niences, and frauds, Of . N'vhich a great deal had un questionably taken_place under the . system of 011011.. • InOtte Property Tax. hitherto made use of. Thilse . mischiefs, arose principally from the exeoiptions and difficulties thrown in the way of the Commissi oners. Nothing, hoviever , could induce him to withdraw the exemptions from ihe poor classes, which alone could profit laY them, if there were not room to hope that adequate relief may be. afforded to tliem in an other way. He should propose that ten per cent. be levied without' distinction on all prOpetty above .5101. a-year, but with a discretion in the Commissioners to order,the,re-payment, so as in Ageneral . degree ,to meet the , additional tax on the produdion L of *thee necessary documents. - There were two other poipt‘i in- which the Property Tax would he improved. The 06vernor and Company of the_Bank of. England had. consented to receive the. tax on dividend's at the . Bank - „,...which..weetild at once prevent frauds, and sa4 the ekpence of colledion. The-other hnprovement was-to authorise the Commissioners to :make - assess: , inpnts of.lands and houses. for two years instead of - -crne, w.hich would be a great saving of trouble.- Front theselncreasei and impcovements 11L Ltlculated on au itthrease of five millionsin the produceoftheProperty - TaX. :•''Cln the-Duties of Customs acid Excise, tt:w ms intendedtp•rnali.:e an increase which w 6 Uld"produce 1: $ 000,0401.; and when this addition was rendered . necessary, _it was some. satisfaion--that woubi • -N upon articles consumed by the higher - classes. 1-here Nvould..be auincrease in the Warputie which w0n14., rare them fl : tim or'tAvetity five per .Ceid. tb I-thii:d..-- 7 Thisi ; ps to ix) with an exeMption .cotton-wool, in conseiluence of a comprothise Govermnetit to tiike an export. ditty' on mane-, fadured _cottoo: instead of the import duty ciim the' raw material. - Wine was .als6 to be ex empted fiom, this addition,. Joecati„ie the,t4 on that artiele W4S p 4::" manent, and was, reserved to the interest -411 elle . ,oan. rl'hfee ing4. hundre&adAitionat .4]4,,y 4 Maid on sugar, the price-and coriStimirion.OfWhieh had increased sinee the-last additional rax;ation.._Suzar • Mr& ' a I leW t jO-S of tkleS Which ougllt ar‘yika , itra l t hiolced . to-in option riaturd =,-a473.1 security for_ its2c..:ly.e.ons titil Vtian s 4441:1= er,eated a dit. ficulty of snaugtling - ;,: 'Tire w hOle :iyiroase, under t head of Customs would amouniltozdo;oo6l,; -nhkr - the 'head of Excise he ,:.propQs:ea . an. ad4iticinil charge onTobace6,Which would :ado-:lilt'-•4o 00,0 p a The whole Rim 'be l frodtt6Of tCy War Taxe's would be tg;500,0001. ; of which, deducting 1,A)0,6001. as likely• to be outstanding .on :April 5, 'lB - 07; - 7. 18,000 , ;001..c.OtAd be eowited. upan_ for the service - of. the THE "LOAN. , The Loan remainedtd he stated.. TlieiternlS 'would be ft?' utld U49st.adLilaptageotis to luaaji.cf was glad to sayif f beneficia for the ciihtraotors •Ternas-cere, • - • - For every 1001. 'advanced, IcCo7bree tiek Cap. • 14 0 Corisoli at 6o} -• * - 6 66 Three pecCents.lteduCedl9/ - 31). 3 9 . _ • Amount -of Discount on prompt matt II 3 7: 3 lb': Z . " i! o'3 1- So that the Interest paid by the public is uncles 5 per t eat. being 4 1 - 9 7 - The caplial Stock created by this Lohn, witllll,Ft s , cent: .Sinling.Fund,"cliarge mnuagement, would rec. - 161re provNon' te(be ill:a& for all it tereit ot 1,136,0001. • NEW - • , For the-purpose. of 'defraying :these, charges the \Vine. Duty niaae pernianenClasf ye.'ir_but not yet levied would yield suo,o0Q1: . Au additional''' . f ax. - 9f Cis. a ton oti British unwrouAht - irOn.- The core-, , - sumption. of : this article. had-tutu:lL-increased .sincix:- r 797. The flourishing state of the trade, the .abili tysof the manufAatirer and the consuMers,wiio_weTe„ generally tile higher classes, warranted the increask, which wol ild rai Se' the Produce of '.)''qo - ,0)"6 to - 5 00,q061, A proteCling. duty would be: laid on Ibreigniron,.and; d drawback Would be all Owe- on exportation: The 74 fte ne article was rather inti;lttn - e - ( 1 )f an eqUalizing - regulation. lc, wa3 to impose on Vie:coarser _kinds of tea,those soldunder 25.liti, a ilotlll , l <<t the India House, . the.same tinfieS ii id On 'the hlgifer kinsis, Jr this I egulalion • could- -ha‘ e • the eilk..t of burthening the Poorer f:tasie - <, It w,, he - ~. :1.1 be t last thing lie - wOrild.. think of p; oposing.. 1;:lt tbe ilia was, tile proeot es,- etuption afforded iil ;le benefit to tho•se'classes, wh,e, ther it ‘Vas front their Own - desire to haVea"bettt - r kinct of tea - , or froinll=-frit , .: l of - tiidti:ll - &S'; %:11Cal.11 Cd the coute teas with the iities, iti order to tuaKe a profit of the exemption. : The ,amount of the,i,ll- crease . ,in this article woad he, 76,09(4.---A. fourth . article,'. the - ,produce of which -WaS more dif:. : ficult to calculate, sVas . a :duty ~on aOrai-setrients: When au6lions were . .'i: barged so •It i'gli, it -wiistlfougU right ;to lay a proportionate duty on appraisetuctits,„ a, moile of tleterining 'the , aloe_ of properly tran.Sferxt4,_. very much in uie. , The rates at-which appraisemeti ts. would be charged. would, . bog - ever,, be very los3i ; . it was - expede% to produce 60,00 , ,)1, The:::tinount. Of these taxes alto. - _-thci• ‘voialdb: 1, i vi,,0001..-:---th,- . fore lit: sat down he would .fiailett .tk , on* thing ~ ..lii,_ i 1,. .: he had omitted. - Thi3 was , a kl-ctic4 0i . J . 58-,. - 146i. iff. 1--iis - Alajesty's Civil 'List, Revettn - ,:„ on the,;')th Ja4L, 1806. To nfake good,this deficit His :I,lajeSty had) : direatsd a farther surn to be applial from the pro— dpee. of . the captured Ships; but. the Howe ~‘ (dd. , , , .. agree Ay,itb.hir4._ol4 seine-eileM 3 .l tueasuEes suouht -be taken to prevent such excesses in future, or-to , in- CreaSe the a‘ii!. List - , if n'ecessarYi ,so as to enable :it A the charges.to meet charges. •tic ,-,A.w.11(.1 iibw _recapitulate,. 'briefly*, the heath of Supply, F.nd. the Ways and Aieans to Inderthein. .' • - -a Gas ' - ~.= , . T. 1.0 A P urtl.l..AT I 0 . . N.. tztni .....-....i.•'_-;i--' • ; * ', "-- •:- S U.P I' I, I,:i:: S. .-* ,* --,...-- - .- ,-....., 1 vy r exclusive of:0 idnanci. Sea Se 01K7e. ~. ii:.3 i k is r; 2 ',lT,Pp i . f ! • ' .. _c Engl;lnd - - ''' ' ?* ,-, 1 A rn)' ; . 7. i- . 1 rthual ... -. -.. _ , S 1 ~C.'- ' ,OO O ~ ' . • ' England; im [lading • - `oi - dnarite - , Se.a , Sdrvice. • r3;9 11 3130 ) .4418,00 , 3 1,- - -• I Mault ...I 7 - • 867,000 3,- - r% i, _ ... .,__ ,, ...: c England - . .... 1.,.5:0,0o0 ? 2 17- 030 "'"" "' ? Ireland - - 670, 0 ' • ' Arrears of Subsidies 1,000,0 ca ~= l~