The National Register.
London, England, 1813-03-28 00:00:00

WFDVTSDAY. IIARCtf 24.

On the motion of Lind CAsti.sriesott, at; Aderess of Condolence
was voted to the Prince fieuent, on occasion of the death of the Duchess
of Brunswick,
Sir F. Be a nrrr asked why a similar Address was not presented to the
Princess of %Vales?
Lord CA STLF.RE%C II replied it was wholly without precedent.
Mr. C. JousislosiE moci.d, that the Petition f Sir John Dow Alas he
leadi which !I:tying been d ne by the Clejk, the Hon. Nfeiniter said, let
was persuadeil, that the ;Lois& -agree with him, that this Petition
wrus flUthilag but an impudeu: attempt to gile the colour of troth to the
most notorious and ghring I.l,ehoods—aheAdy sworn to by tln pat tie%
in the prosecution of a foul conspiracy to fix a strong and deeile,cl mark.
;if reprobation on it., he moved --
" That the Petition of Sir John Douglas, in behalf of him-elf and of
Charlotte his wife, laid upon the Tab!e of this House, on the 17th i6lt.
is rex ird?ri by this House as au audacious eirqt to give, of the oyes
the nation, the colour of truth to the Casehoods before sworn to by the
Petitioours in the prosecuti-n of a foul and detestable attempt against
the peace alioi lutopi-e.ss, the honour and life, of her Its-yril Highness
the Princess of W.. 1 s. '

. Sir F.
.13vt: nv Er seconded the motion.
Mr. Wit trntir A I) Utitl several other Members said it was impossible to
vote for it, beciit:se the !louse wa,t in pos:ession of no evidence to sop.
dort the allegi,iti COlatailltql ill the ItcSuhit ion. A oli)tion ut adjourn-
ment was thtieture made, atti carried without a division.

ruttusnAv,
The Sheriff'. of London presented a Petition it4ainSt the Bill for erect-
ing New Docks in Isle of Dues ; and alio:her Petition if> support
of the Bill for eulargiug SinitL& eLd Alarkets.—Ordered to lie on Me
l'a bk.
Ttie Committee rn the P ,intfract Ele:-tion reported the sitting.
Niemhers dui!, elected ; the Petition., as tar us it regarded the 'Mayor,
frivolous and INK:11144/s.
A Committee was appointed to try the Ayrshire Election.
FINANCE.

Upon going into a Committee on the Chancellor of the Exclieqoer's
new plan of Finance, Mr. Ilesstsso i he had bestowed great at-
win ion on the snhject, and tlti result of the of his ingoirics and
reflection was, that Ow plan, if adopted, would expose the will:tit to tite
tanniurnt riLk of- 10-in„ tin tho fruits of its eaertions fa the last 10 year, ;
and, if' the war sltoull 14st much Longer, it would farther expose the na-
tion to the greatest f undermining noel destroying that public
eredir, by which it had held so high a ran;: among the nations of the
worn!. Compared with the vitistitp, ,ptein, the new plan would leas_e
us, in I 8.37, with four millions mote of ,mmtial taxes, upwards of
three hundred thillinn, MO. e of uaredi cooed debt, and nearly five ma-
tions less in the aniond revenue the Sitdditgl:tu:d, In the year sot,
a person put into his bands au its..entons scat (-went, in effect exactly the
.alt,c sort of' plan as that 11,:w proposed; was hiniself much) struck
with it, and gave the btateivert to Mr. Pitt, ‘‘ho returned it to him %%his
his poi:.ted Etla'aliation, as beiog both inr,p,.liennle Hod ruinous,.
There was therefore the authornv 'ii l'itt against it. The great
desideratum for 14:any yunFs, 11:1:1 been de. equiiization of the expcudi-
ore of the country waft Rs income. The hopes that had been enter-
, tained on that subject, would be d :shed away for ever if the preeut
system was verse% ered in. If so great a portion of the Sinking Fund
Was now broken in upon also. Ito wish.A to know, why his Right
/lon. triend might not lay oat 600,0001. of war taxes, ititead of the
kiaa 1111 W proposed. There were several annuities that would fill in
hirse of some years, and ti:ese might all go in bid of the public
barthehs. If a great nevssity-atoso, he should have no g, eat olketion
to come to this retvuree. )30 Ilitre were no such necessity at this

usinnent.
The CUANCALLOR of the ExcIiEQUIR defended the measure; he
denied it would be any infringe.ue•nt on the Sinking Fund, or that it
would have the evil effect anti,:ipated by hi, lion. Friend. Ile admitted
that, according to this new plan. th. unredeemed debt would
he
g.teilter ; but thus amount of t:►xes would not he an gre-at. The quebtitut
wh,ether we t,lickuld pay lases Liter the year 1830. Surely

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