The National Register.
London, England, 1816-06-03 00:00:00

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new silver, till the whole amount intended is coined. His
L-riiship tons:laden ny mowing an Address a the Priiitte
peat, thanking nun for his g*/43011S message, and assuring him
of rise desire of the House to concur in its ihii...tets.—The motion
Was agieen to, and tue rlinew adjourned.

EKIDAV, NIA% 31.
The Royal .40.‘ent was given by coininistiion to the Soap Bill,
'Vie Local Mihail Pay and (loathing )Sill, the St. Paaeras
uarcit Bill, the Malt and Beer Out) lteduction Bill, ndd seve-
I dl Boat.
Lord FA LMOL 111 presented a Petition from several Pnbli-
earls atiPeasarice agisouht tile additional dillies uu Publicans'
11,11.:tilt,tio.—'11AC House urtjuili lied to Thursday.

. HOUSE OF CONI NIO S. MON DAN, MtY 27.

Mr. }Littman asked, whether any further inteiferenee had
been made with the Government of Spain, respecting thaw
Patriots taken at Gibraltar, and afterwards given up to ate
vrugeoce of the King of Spain. In conseimenee of our inter-
ferdwe,•it was stated on a limner occasion, that all had been
set free, with the exception of Dim Diego Correa; and that
inrliv idol! v. as Inc most important, as he and his tat. 5d11,4 hail
•bunk; and 13,e,1 in the service of Spain during the revolution;
yet he then resumed confined in a thingeon at Ceuta. Could
the Noble Lutti state, whether Correa still remained in his
dungeon! - . .

Lord CASTLFIIF %GI( replied, that the Ministers of this
eoniitr!, haJ rrnent•ti thew rettreteuitittoutt to the Court of
Spain; anti that, act!tortling to the itt disyntelles received from
the itritkh Minister, Correa, iii COMMAIIIMICC Of such represen-
tation, 1,4.1 Lein litter:tied.
WAYS AND MEANS —THE BUDGET.

The hayinglfoilse i•-esOlv;;I itself into isCOillinittee of Ways
and 31eaus,
the CoIANCIII.I.IIII of the Exert nouen brought forward that
..general statement ut. • finances, which is generally termed
the Budget. He said, the decision of the House respecting
the property-tax 118.1 111.1;1Tiall) altered his views. His opinion
on that questioti was unaltered --lint, bowing to the sense of
the House, lie trusted it would be sect that lie had resorted to
the next bed mem"s for nievtior the supply of the year. The
pietnie w:114.14 lie should draw woe hi be lams(' consolatory—
notimig wound appear th it evinced any thing like distress —ou
the contrary, the resod would .slew hill as usurp prusperity av
tie most sa „ inc could expect. '1 his first resolution which
tie should has e to propose would he, that the Ct tttt 'suttee
employe and accept the proposed loan by the Hank of
-3,h01f,60.11..at 3 per rent. This grant was to be made on the
condition, that the Government during, its continuance re-
ceive .the notes of the dank Company for all purposes of
sievellBE. 110 thought the at could not Mil to meet
the approbation of the House. IL outs economical to lilt'
•country, and it was just L 4) the Batik. By the arrangement of
engaging to recede the s. instead of pressint them for
-specie, on the resumption of cash paystienet the honour and
,credit of the L:onipany would tie increased. As to the aim-
.mentation of the C pauy's capital, that he thought was au
advantage to the comitty; and as to their profits, no one
would question their right to them, or to divide them. The
'only question eolith! 1112 as to the 11181111t.r. 1.0311 from the
Hank of 3,000,ii0411. would ise still be further advantageous' in
.being obtained without any pressure 0.1 the money market.
He would now go into some detail of the suits voted amid
•wanted for the service 01' the year, and the Ways and Means
of 'fleeting such supply. For the Army, there would be wanted
'9,16;,0001.; bet deducting tier troops in France, this country
-would only be called upon to pay 6,331,0001. Extraordinaries
and Commissariat 2.ta3,410tii. The whole for the Army
111,5111,0001. The easy 10,161,0c01. and the Ordnance
11,n86,0001. For the Miscellames, hr eland(' require 2,400,04101.
Debt doe to the India tompaily 045,0001.—These grants
Amounted to 25,140,0001. There were sonic additional elsirges.
4)n account of the Loyalty Leau 917,0001.; besides there
*would be au expense respecting it new silver coinage. It was
•iittficult to fix upon any sum, from the want of information; but
,he had estimated the probable expellee at 5011,0001. The
ovhole supply amounted to about 50,425,0001. deducting the
;Irish proportion, which was 3,14 the amount fur Eng-
amid was about 27,V79,0001. The next division of his state-
latent was the Ways and Means. The ordinary Annual Taxes
were estimated at 3,0aa,0001. and the surplus of the Contoli-
dated Fund '3,003,0001. The Customs .(and lie spoke from ac-
-counts made up to the sth of Aped last) Mere calculated ut
-4",,000,01.10l. The War taxes added to therm viould produce
...3,50d,0a01. the Excise 19,200,0001. Assessed Taxes 6,3'17,0001.
Bank Advances Ii,Uatt,COUI. Lottery or 3,000,0001. Surplus of
:the unappropriated Grants for lb 15, 5,563,01101. brat,)
ateisles these means, be had to state au appropriation Of tin-
aciainted Batik Div Mewls to the amount of 301,111101. and of small
oatims remaining in the Exchequer amounting to 40,00111.
These Ways aml Means met the sums required for the service
-of the year within 2,500,0001.; and in preference to resorting
to any other 'newts fir the two millioos and a h ill deficiency,
he
.proposed to raise that
.be a small plessnre ripen the monev-inaisket, but it would be
'the only pressui e. It might be asd,cd, how he had made tip
:that ailment which lie had lust by the abandonment of the
Property Tax and the War Malt Tax, on which, in the early
part of the Session, lie had calculated fur eight millions and a
half. He thus proposed to meet the deficiency occasioned by
the abiiiidomfiger of those 18:SCS ; to raise by Exchequer Bills
•-2,10u.0.1t:1. The surplus of the unappropriated graces of
List sear pi induced liiui about the sum of 20:63,0001 more than
he had ca.cirlated upon in the early part of the Session. (Moe.)
At that period, he estimated the amount of unapprepraited
grants at 4,000,0001. ; lie had since, very fortunately, ,aiseavered
-that the amount was 5,663,0001. I Hear, hear, and n laugh.)•—
Stich discovery, ACCol(lingly, gave him 2,603,00.11. that he had
nut calculated upon, the advance from the Hank at 3 per stout.'
was 3.000,90,11.; the unappropriated small sums in the Ex-
•ehequer auiumileill 440,0001.; the unclaimed dividends 301,0001.
Thee sums would completely meet the anuuiutt 8,500,0001.
widen he calculated upon being produced by the Property
Tax, ike.—but the amount was not inane op, its would be
•seen, witliunt resurting to Loans, and to Exchequer Bills for
The latter only would affect the moncy•market
•the former were so ilegoc.ated as 110110 produce such select.
The .tight Hon. liendematt said, that it had never before ne-
eo, red, that in one year after the proclamation of peace a
rt tioa hid taken place in the public debt. it was the
•pron,t digniehon the.present period, that it afforded a pre-
eerlent of lilE/ nature. It had gene abroad, that the season
I d arrived fir alootuy apprelienstou; but the country would
u•re. ive that it was the moment of hope. Lie concluded hi
n .ving a Resolution, that the proposal of the Coveruoas and
,C., ..pany of ,he Rank 01' 11.:11g.d. d to approved of,
!sic. V. FITLGBIIBIIII .1011 G to Make 8 siatement of the'finao•
eui arrstigetacats with.respret to Ireland. In the course of
his olssers a... s In. said..that in that country the assesrd
to • •N. •••••^I• in :Lanark more eertam and a Atted.: toes
Mat. :Lau 1...,m. nv, and he declatml.it to to. his Muldoon

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Tiin NATIONAL ItEGISTEn•

resist any diminution in the Excise duties as they now stand.
'l'u••re was, lit observed, considerable advantage to he de-
rived from the regulations with regftr.l to spirits, by which
there was formed a powerful check to illicit distilldtion. He
a:5O to congratulate the House upon the inc•l•cased produce
of the revenue f•.r last year; a etreinustance A7lintlY I'lleX-
i.CCiNd and unprecedented, at•ter a series of warfare. In
order to meet the proportion Or chute• far Irelnd, which
amounted to 3,145,6561. be proposed, besides a continuation of
the 1151101 ENCINC with the exception of the Halt duty,•
the repeal of winch caused a deduction of 350.0031. that re-
course he had to the sinking t•11nd; and to meet the interest of•
that charge, which amt ))))) to 1r,2,0.101. that a certain portion
of the stock in the hands of the Commissioners for the te-
demption of the land-tax in Ireland should be appropriated.
He trusted, that the application ot• the produce of the sinkitiz
fond, nailer such circa ustanees of difficulty as those by which
Ireland was marked, would out be considered nitwit isable;
and be assured the House that it was a ease of extremity that
caused it..

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Mr. PONSONNT said, he did net rise for the purpose of cx-
aminiug the particular items in what had been stated to the
House, although the comparative state of our revenue and our
expenditure was to him a very melancholy subject for einiti•in.
photon, He ruse to cone ratidate the House upon the extra-
ordinary testimony borne by the Right Hon. Gentleman
' opposite ia favour of the propriety of abolishing the Property
Tax. He had beciftelling the House all along,that, instead of ruin,
prosperity had resulted fruni the destruction of Busk favorite,
and that the natiimal vigour and prosperity, instead of de-
clining, was more tirmly established by the opposition sviiielt hail
been so {iroudly persisted ill by the country. The consequence
they bad been just observing was, that Gros eminent were able
to raise as much money as they w.mted, and iu tlie 'winner they
liked best. It was an odd way to prove the excellence of any
measure of the state, try showing that the loss of it was an
advantage to the community. He could not help deelarhig his
admiration of that gland pc rseverance w hich opposed, until it
received the very sanction of its enemies. But the contest
proved something betides that he had mentioned : the lieut. of
England hail stews its abilities to lend to the public nine mil-
lions of money ; which argued down all the fears and emijeatures
that had gone abroad upon the subject of all application to tbat
quaricr. It was a proof of the solidity of tins country, and
evinced in the strongest manner possible, that the Batik of Eng-
land, instead of being shaken, Was II:I:IC.1SO ill credit and
capital.
Lord A. HA MILTON condemned the negociation and the whole
transaction with the Book ; contended, that Ministers had
made a nue; t improvident bargain for the Politic.
Mr. Bxelso defended the Bank, and repeated the arguments
used by him on former ()evasions. With respect to the state-
ment attic Chancellor of the Exchequer, it had not given him
the satisfaction which it appeared to have gis co to smite Gen-
Omni. The Right Hon. Geuttemau liail acknowledged an ex-
penilii are ; Whilta all the perinauent revenue winch
be had proposed to meet that expenditure was about 9,700,0001.
all the remainder was to be raised in various ways, by borrow-
ing, ...cc. and from waives which next year might and would
probably fail. •
Mr. TiEns EY opposed the Finance plans of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, 11l an elaborate speech.
Mr. lilt FELL maintained his former opinion, that the Bank
should advance its Loan to Government without any interest
wha tev e r.

The residatious were agreed to ; and ordered to be reported
to-mor .

Ti ESDAY, M,►v 28.

On the mann of Mr. CUR WEN, a Select Committee was
appeiuted to inquire into the present slate of the Poor Laws.
He colleted into a detail of his plan ; the principM feature of
which was, to make the labosweis themselves, as well as the
rest of the community, subscribe to a National Hank, to
be established in each parish, for the benefit of the poor.
On the third rcading of the Alien Bill, Lord ALTininCE
proposed a clause Inc exempting from the operations of the Bill
vll foreigcers resident in this country previous to the first of
January, 11+13. Upon this clause 4he House divided; when it
was rejected by a majority of 13, the numbers being, fur the
clause 33-4tgaiost it 7t.