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litsour, and had introduced the p.
weidersellieg, which in the absence
had produced great mischiefs, great
houses, sad oecasioord manifold b-
titiunerswould be 'sty happy to n.
1792, hat under all these engrafted
coolie leapeacticable without the
satisaett oa their Isla a,
sorted lithe best remedy they meld
meat at the Clotabinaliun Act, if at
available ass jurisdictiou fur assay
wiesteiopritem Mr. Memo said, it -
end mollialsie to trails to repeal .
other, and he formally wished to sea that Act repealed.
Ka begged leave also to Lam it noderstood, thatlow rates of
rowiiiisaratioe lie the operolive weaver did net setrearat eos-
eolepliabe,sed OM the inflator< fell pate die heed of WWI-
- tiho were not liable to the released Mirages of the e'y.
• ELLICE powerfully supporta" the Pirtitioa to dl its
ItHagelioes, and bore ample testimony to the lageowity. iM
elessey, and wale, of the ribband aisnafseturers, aad the
• protection which these artisans smelled from the State, as
the morn of the "hots city of Coweeitres. as sire in evi-
dent. before the* Home; sod he agreed with his molls,
• Colleague that in truth aid subsume this Petitioa mpg hos
toroOlotdered as the Petitirm of the whole city of CorreftlhoyM
:11111, sem all all* depeadasit on the prosperity of the Abbate',
and be sincerely lisped, that if for Combination 40
vas cut repealed altogether, the eery reasonable prayer iel
this Petition of his worthy couslitueute for so 'impeachments('
• It world be granted. He said, the SlNSiall was too far 041
reseed to go halo as isvadiption at present, but he imaged
the Haase would sppoiot • Committee early is the Root ties-
ty4se of Perthuneol fur that purpose.
. Mr. RICARDO, Mr. HUME, and lie. G. BENNETT
followed up the same argumeats.
THE BUDGET.
The Order of the Dry being read, the House
' vesolved- itself into a Committee of Weys and
Means.
• The CHAIIVILLI.OII of the Excuersuea, in COOP
I.,fiarosity with previous usage, and the natural
pectstion of the House, rose to give a general us,
of the Finances, before the House should be callesl.l
▪ ;elpon to vote the last supplies. The statement had I
.seen delayed by the extreme lateness of the Am.',
sion—a delay which bad been charged by either
side of the House to the other. lie would not
.enter on the question as to where the blame should
lie; but it became desirable that be should have •
• rreser.t•opportunity for submitting his statement.
Vit was particularly desirable, because the operations
„.sqf the sinking fund were reckoned from July to July •
mud if the accounts were not sufficiently forwarded
Peithearliament by the 5,11 of July, it would be ins-
without a great deal of difficulty and irre-
,*igistsrity, to prevent the Commissioners from losing
ebe benefit of the operations of purchases for the
pooliming quarter. Besides which. a great part of
•, Übe produce of the sinking fund was applied to
• she services of the year ; so that if there were any
delay beyond the quarter ending sth July, there
„,-would be a necessity for making good three or four
an•knillions from other sources for the services of the
sear, which would be lost from the 'nuking fond,
and its operations in the next quarter. At any rate,
if the opportunity of making their usual purchases
were lose to the Commissioners, the defect must be
made good by purchases of stock in other manners by
co means so desirable. He proposed in all he was to
-'s submit to limit himself by that Parliamentary prac.
"'lice to the amount required by the services for tke
gear, so as not to place any resources at the entire dis-
posal of the Crown, without the uses 14ing assign-
ed, according to the jealousy of the prerogative in-
herent in the Constitution. The only exception he
proposed to this rule was, a vote to cover those ser-
vice', foe which no particular vote had passed.
/laving premised thus much to the House, he
would proceed to state what votes had been taken,
and what resources applied as the means of paying
tla curious services. The military services already
voted for Great Britain and Ireland were 6.530,000/.
in the papers which he had prepared, the whole
miliftry services for the year, including 220,0001.
extra expenses for Ireland, were taken at 7,9.25,000/.
which loft a remainder still to be provided of
1,395,0001. The naval services, 5,480,0001. were
wholly voted. Of the ordnance services, 1,200.000/.
the whole were voted. Of the miscellaneous,
1700,0001., there were already voted 764,0001. for
Great Britain, aid 50,000/. fur Ireland, besides
100,0001. which were voted by the Committee of
Supply for extra expenses in Ireland, though the
House had not yet come to the Resolution. So
' that there remained about 790,0001. yet to be
voted of the estimates. There were, besides, new
expenses for out-pensioners of Greenwich Hoe.
pital 310,0001. Interest on Exchequer hills
1,200,0001. Total services voted were 15,300,0001.
These remitted for services to be voted 2,500,0001.
. and the grand total would be 17,1500,000/.
lie next came to some items which were coo-
sleeted with the reduction of the debt. The
charges on the sinking fund to provide for Exche.
quer bills. 200,0001. ; to pay the difference on their
capital to the holders of 5 per cents. 2,801,0001. ;
deficiency of Ways and Means voted last year,
t90,000/.—in all 3,381,4551. The total would now
be 21,196,4561. Some of these latter particulars
might require explanation. It would be recollected
• Altai he had foretold a deficiency which must happen
this y ear on the out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital.
The whole expense of that department had fallen
lapin funds supplied by contributions from prize-
mooey iu the war. These funds had failed subse-
quently, and the whole of the charge asust now
fall upon the public • they had been so diminished
last year, that the Council of the Hospital deter-
mined that this charge could be uo longer defrayed
out of them. He was only able when be stated
this last Session, to offer it as a probability, for
which he proposed a vote of occasional credit, to
enable the Treasury to issue Exchequer bills to
cover the deficieocy. The total services to be pro-
sided, therefore, would be, as before stated,
21,196,4561. To meet these charges be had to
submit the following wals and means. He took
the usual annual taxes already voted at
3,000,0001. They were 4,000,0001. last year; and
Ins reason for taking them at three millions was
the deficiency to be anticipated from the release of
the annual malt duty which had taken place.—
The next item was the tea duties, which, taken
as in last year's budget, would be 1,500,0001.
The next item was the lottery, 200,0001.
(Hear, hear, from the Opposition Benches.)—
Ile earnest; his readiness to commute this tax for
any more eligible which lion. Members would
point out. The next item was old stores, 151,0001.
one which had grown leis from year to year, ac-
eliding to the duration. of peace, but which must
Must sink to a general peace average. There was a
deficiency felt by the loss of the next item