The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-14 00:00:00

Friday, May 19i

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Mr. Rose, porsitant to leave formerly obtained, broug'at in
the BM for enabling American Vessels to import Sug:lrs, Cotreo,
&e. from our %Vela India Uol.inies for re-exportation, at the
same rate of imposts and duties as British ves,els.— Read a tir,t,
and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next.
Mr. Iluskißson bruuglit in the Bill for exempting small Liv-
ings from paying the Land Tax—read a first, and ordered to be
read a second time on Mlinday next.
r: BU D G ET.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer nag happy to sate, 01'
the expenditure of the current year would require no new taxes,
though, at the same time, the continuance of the present war

taxes woniii he necessary. (;over.):nent have found it necessary'
to snake a small loan, to be able fully to meet the supplies
already voted ; but that contract the Treasury had obtained on
such reasonable term,, that he was confident it must meet the
approbation of the 11ouse. These contr::ct,l were to the amount
14,100.000:. the ial:.rest of which remained to be provided
f For the Navy there was a sum of 18,986,961 t. to be pro.
vidcd.

For the Army
Barracks
Commissariat
Excess
Eitraordinaries

16,247.1'2T
5'79,503
1,16'2,C51
`215,449
3,000,000

Total for the Army - 21,144,790

Ordnanct- for England - 5,::75,u459
For Ireland - 627;870

Total of Ordnance -
Miscellaneous services granted for England, 8!7.463t. voted,
hut he proposed to take them at 1,000,090:. Far E,l,eland •
and Ireland he toook them at 1,000,000 e Swedish subsidy
3..4)01001. Sicilian subsidy 400,000'. w , with the various
sums consti twine*, the
,joint charges of Great Britain and Ireland,
he eitimated 51.934,91 V. and the gross total for Englaad
at
'f he :owls already voted for malt, &c. were
3,000,001/. war taxes 11,001,0.11!. lotteries 300,000'. The
amount of notie a p hy fitadi.tg Exchequer Bills, and the sup-
of tie Was, s and 'Wails of 1805, was 2,761,8521. The
of E.'i Bits, parsu tut to the 49111 of the King,
was 3,151,000'. and under the it: ad of the Exchequer Bills
v ted tae 48th of the Klee. was 1,500,000% The Exchequer-
bills the: constituted a suin of 1,'_65,0321. Exchequer
fatiOed ,verc '1,93.3001. and there has been applied for the
leticiencie!;. or grants of last year 576,5 r/. It was proposed to
i .sue l'.xcheatter hills to the mnount of 2,000,000/. There was
a Levi of +3,.0,0)0!. for Portugal, and a loan, contracted this day,
or Eitel:led, of 11,003,1;00f. TheNVa)s and Means he estimated
a 132,1;00/. more Oli) the Supply, w ltich left a total for England
of 47,718,05 V. It now became him to call the attention of the
House to the loan of 11,000,000/. contracted for this mot-lino-
for lingland,3,ool,o;:ol fur Ireland, and 600,000 f. for_Portugar.
Ile stated that the terms were extrealely favourable. A part was
in the per cents a part in the 3 per cents. eeduced, awl a part
in the Lang Annuities, that is to say, 60f. in the 4 per cents.
aail 60'. in the 3 per cents. reduced, with an interest of Bs. 103.
per an :ant granted to subscribers for lOW. each. The amount
of the interest for every 1001. furnished by the Subscribers was
.11. 12s. Iod. per annum, a rate of interest at which no pri-
vate individual could get money to any extent. Of tire
*otal amount of the capital created by the Iran, 600,000%
V't as to be defrayed by Portugal, secured on the revermes of
; and where that was deli( lent, it was to be me le up by
Ruud, sent from the Brazils. And now he begged to c all the at tee-
ti oa of the House to a circumstance which arose out of the state
of the Coloineat, tool the situation of this country, and how-
ever desirous hi Nlajesty's Ministers might be to furnish assist-
;ince to Austria, thes did not hold out to that country any pro-
mise of sup p' y. G ivernment wishes; to have the Vote of Credit,
but there tvas tio treaty between Austria and his Majesty. In
the event of her going to war, she hail ventured to draw bills
on the •freasury withont notice, bat those which arrived were
o a limited amount, and he understood the whole would not
amount to more thin 3:)0,000!.
Th, arsolotion being then moved,
turd il. Petty rniv• say, that if there ever was a period in
the eirt toustaaces of Europe, when Caution in this respect was
n.Tessary, it was in the situation in which the Continent Wit 9
pl Ka-.1, particularly when emulsified with the situation of
our own country at the per-eat moment. ( Mare! hear !) Ile
ilmitelit also that the experienced inutility of the advances is hieh
we had mall; to t'ae Swedish Government was a proof of the oe-
eessity of cautiou oa our part. As to the general plan of tin:ince
adopted 1),, the [tight iluu. Getitlemao, he cordially concurred
in that part of it s.hich went upon the principle of 111)1
any additional borthens of taxation for this year; though he also
4;; apjit that the II sl141(1 carefully guard against' too deeply
nortgagiog the war lakes, W iiicit must WIN(' elfect of perpe4
mating theta in time of peace, whenever that period should ar-

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Air. Canning agreed with the Noble that it was ilo-
posAble to :town any ;Lester-al principle which could apply
eithet to the giving or withhuhling of foreign btablidiel is all