The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-02-19 00:00:00

.00,rrerra • 1,60n,p0e
I,o,Any. ant :Means • 8 10,000
. 20,000,000
will leave the total of the Ways and Means
.0001. excee.ding the amount of the supplies
of about 100,0091.
THE 1...)AN•
now state tc the (louse the terms of the
..ontratted for this day. her every 1091.
been given 1501 stock, in the 3 per Ceot.
and f 2.21 in the Reduced ; making 1721.
- every 1001. in cash. Now. Sir, in the
the last year, A loan wag, Made in the same
And produced a capital in stock of 1801. for
tool. The present, therefore, makes a capital
• 101. per cent. le<s than the loan of last year.
to this to the firmness of Parliatnent, in
provision to such A liberal extent for the
of the year within the year, and the growing
•of the sinking fund, which has afforded
facility to ft:Lancia operations. This 101.
, Sir, to ono shilling interest upon every
thin the year, and is so far a saving. But,
niv be also natural to consider on what
.a Lan has been negociated in respett to
:of stock. It was negociated about eigh-
.illings under the prices of Saturday, and
thug
871 15.
we I ere. Comets. at sdi
!educed at 57i ex. rhv. . . . 18 13
tri.c..urit • • . . 4 0
rO4l. Bs. lOr each 1001., and consequently
bonus of 41. Ss. The bonus, however, is
that amount ta those who can pay up all at
id to those who cannot afford to do so, who
great majority, i t only comes toabout 31,1,6 d.
, great iatisfactian to me to learn, that in the
page of time since the loan has been contratled
has iisen to a premium. If it be fair and frugal
le part of Government, it must be a gratifica-
that it should prove advantageous to the
It remains now to be considered what
total addition to the national debt, created by
loan. The interest, calculated at the rate of 6
•• per cent. upon 20,000,0001. amounts to
',OWL making, with a sum of 144,0001. on
::,rant of the Loyalty holders, a total sum of
,0001. for which means must be provided.
NEW TAXES.
iVfOPENNY POST.w..Tho• first be should have
proprw! was, small addition ler way of regulation
the Postage of Letters by the 'twopenny Poet. He
lid move, teat our penny additional be imposed on
v •roiee letter carried be the Tsrop. iialf Post be-
Use limits of the delivery of the General Post
He ..lioulr! also prop•oe, that twopence ad-
Al be charged on all foreido letters, arid letters
brought by the ;rackets. He calculated the amount
r. those iddirons - 230,0081.
"X —The next article was Salt, on which, in
a to the present daty of ten shillings per
, he should :inmost the farther turn of five shil-
which he calculated would amount to - 490.000
raierehuo, at the -Anse time. of the advantage
Hel:and particularly derives from salt exported
this mouths. he could 1•• res•-e no objection
r Living art sitditiona! restrxtioll on the IFICI.II-
- that article he 'hook; propose sixpence pro
salt exnort rt, which hr estini:tell at
OkSKS hid also to prOpOie
J.•••ri Hones bosh OH those kept tOr :lemurs
riliwoodri• (hi Meow, 11nr..rs 're would
additiwi of one fifth, Sr. that for one het',
was now charged won a dirt* of forty sh.llings,
iould add a duty of eicht end in The
rireordi gto the present wale. This,
a‘erage of Ow two last year, w rind anionnt to
for he found that, ant ,i••,,,,tanding the
rise is the duty the tears 111/14 and 1803, the
weber of horses for which the duty wa• paid had
veased
Ipon Horses used in Husbandry he should propose
encreas, of four-oftlis of the In•-sent duty, so as to
re 'the present tax ft..,,, I2s 6d. to one pound,
• 320,000
.Eao

he iporioid to levy s s nail
on that dincriptiort of l.eicaeits on which no-
t had hitherto been paid; he meant to rro;lute a
of tine pro Get no Dim' L,e2acies From the
oil I e hail received, aceirriling to certain
eta. there were 30,000,0001. of capital, on wli eh
Probates were kilometer, ; and, after every rkoloctioit
• account oleo:lateral lancaeirs, he believed there
be about 20 millions of c.iphll ill Levities di •
The Duty on those now proposed would pro.
a sum of . 200,00,)
1.. next Art.ele wls, with a view to supply so
mentionaloairwion with reran, to Persoaal Lep-
.as charged upon Land. Thew lie proposed to
totipct 1.. Cie saute proportion of duty al other Lega-
i,whieh would vied Alt.ttit . 100,000
, where I,exacies w,,ie left to persons, absolute
inters in blood, he priTosed 19 rata...the duty from
ire-eighth to uoe•tenth per cent. in.iking

. 30,000

R EC% PITUL ATI()N.
ny Poo
11.4 S 490,1'00
Dm(' . . j 70,000
tor PI i ur 110,000

3m,000
( 2.10,00 n
lot ~,C4)O 330,
90,000

I>ten tor Ha.banoty .
Levatigs erect . • •
Ditto on l.And . •
Ditto Stungers ut RI.. I .

10)0,000
From this annual eh are In- trimed, there soul I
found a suftelancy to pay tile onter-it u. the
'414 . : 530 Ono
When he considered that we were nnw in the third

of the present war, and that to soon following

.e one preceding, he rru,t consider it As a truly en-
couraging circumstance that there was such an in-
'lse of our natiunal credit, which would ever he
id to keep pace with our extended commerce and
growing resources. He trusted that the coms-
at large would fret satisfied, as well as be united
sentiment, to m.ike every vigorous exertion, and
to submit to every requisite sacrifice, which
:adapted to the present situation of Europe
the world, and the best calculated to bring
ibout race upon an honourable and permanent

The first resolution heing then read pre .f."" ;
Mr. FOX said, that previous to his making any
servatior... on the items stated by the Right -Hon.
ulemen, in order to pay the interest of the
; he wished to know upon what grounds he had
It his ass:rtion of the union of the country, as to
means pursued fur ensuring our safety ? With
;ard to the budget of this evening, he could not
cn be expeZted to give an opinion upon the pro-
.e:y of the resolutions proposed ; nor would he
enquire into the expediency of entering into
ComincntAl engagements. But what he rose tor at
present was, to enter his protest against the new
mode in which the House was called upon to vote
the Ways and Means previous to the Supply. This he
foresaw would create a difficulty in their future pro-
ceedings. In the regular way, the House ought first
ltuve come to the dischssion of the eonduft of the