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tti-ation to much credit ' for the teConomy Of

which th23y boasted, the Grant's now passed ought,
under these circurnststices, to carry them far into

the next year. He had offered these observations.i
not with a view to oppOSe the Noble Lord's propo-
sitions, but to do away a wrong impression with re-
spea to his late Right Hon. Friend; the Noble LorTs
predecessor. He complimented the Noble' Lord on
the vigour with *Filch' he 'Called forth the energies
and resources. Ogle Country, at a period requiring
so much exertion. He congratulated the Country
on its resources being such as to preclude every idea
Of compromising its honour for a false and precarious
Security: We should not trust for our security to.
any .thing but.our own strength and our own 'firm-
ness, never building, on that delusive forbearance, to
reckon upon which was a confession of weakness,
and to their foolish confidence. in which too many

Of the once independent nations of the Continent had

fallen victims.

Lord H. PETTY had not described the deficiency
it was necessary now to provide for, as having oc-
eufred last year,. but as being to be provided for at
the end, of the last year, He was sorry be bad not
been in the -Houie on Saturday wherysome discus-

Sion aroseon-this point.: He had hoped_ that
sthe ex-
planation given. -that; day, and the time afforded for
reflection since, would have preVented the • subje&
from being renewed on:Monday. If
,he had meant
to Make amattee of ,Charge of this arrear he would
nothaye enumerated the items of
.it, nor explained
how it had arisen : he would have brought it, for-
ward•in the apregate,•and included an it as he might
have-done 'much of the charges he: had compreheild-
ed in the Unfunded -.Debt, He 51-latild state the
arrears of grants for the service of• the . last-year re-
maining on 'hand, sth January, this year,, and the
deMands outstanding against them,; • and in doing so
he should still think himself justified in.what he
had said on- a former .night with respect to the
Treaties.' He might everehave put that in a stronger
poiht of view; for the calculation was made in the
prospea of success, and the' provision, which- was
not more than sufficient in the event of total failure;
mint have fallen;far.•shOrt• in the event of the ex-
pedted success. He then, summed up the balances
of grants on-hand, on stlr-Januark, which amounted
to .2,655,8031.3 and the demands outstanding against
them, which amounted lb-7,449,4001. being an ex-
cess of demand. of 4,793,5971. He. had• merely
stated; that these demands were outstanding, and
for be . provided for. The 'Right Hon. Gentleman'
who had preceded him, would have fell it his duty
to aft in the same way,- under the same cireurn-
stances. If arrears were to 'be provided 'for, he
Would 'have felt the propriety of stating them to the
House, as he had done; explaining • the nature of
them, and shewing • that they were not likely 'to
recur again. • The. Hon. Gentleman expressed a'
hope that the, grants now proposed would;. with the.
economy propcsed by" His Majesty's present Mini-
sters; cover the ,eXpences for' a long period. He
joined the Hon. Gentleman in. that hope;' bpt he
had to observe, that, the estimates, now brought
forward were principally. such 'as -had been found in
the Offices. The late Chancellor Of the,Exchequer
had introduced the system of War Takes great.
effect; but like every thing else, this system was
less perfedt in the 'beginning. Now the tTax was
Made to bear on double- the •number of persons ;
not poor persons; but persons Well able to pay, but
whom it had in Vain been attempted to charge under
the present A&s.
,He owed it to the Noble 'LOrd
(Sidmouth) who bad introduced the Pioperty:Tax,
to say,, that he had revived this great source of re-
venue after it 'had been absolutely worn out. The
Ini:ome:Tax had been mortgaged for eleven years
to pay the interest of debts - contraded during the
late War. The Noble Lord, had transferred these
mortgages, and the Tax on-Property was tetrad 'a
great and lutincumbered resource at the commence-
ment of the present war The only alteration that
was Made now was, to remove the great difficulty
that was created by the exemptions, , and to allow.
the Cot missioners'the proper means to make' the
Tax. produelive, It was an objea equally attend-
ed to, to afford the relief formerly granted. by
the exemptiont•With the greatest possible dare and
convenience. The small annuitants who were -the,
that objedts of thiS care, would bave only to go be--;
fore the next Magistrate and exhibit their proofs; the
Mtigis'trate would immediately grant the certificate,
on,the transmission of 'which the Commissioners
would immediately refund-. Small tradesmen would
be 'considered in the next degree to 'small annuitants,;
all those who bad the leaSt means 'of. repairing
any lOss would be the first considered. With
respect to the obsenYationS of his Honourable
Friend on the 'restridion Of the cash payments
at the Bank, he agreed that things 'could 'not be
said to be in their proper situation'; b,ut• oar
ation was very different from that of France at the
time' of the Mississippi scheme. He could not
take upon him to say whether it would •be right to
re-establish cash payments _at the •present moment ;
but- the'Gentleinen of the 'Batik had' 'never been
given, to expect by the present' Government tint it
. may not take place at any time'the public interest may
require or permit it. 'But he could not agree in any
part of what' the Hon. Gent. had said'of the Sinking
Fund, which had been, in the whole of its progress
a great national benefit. • He would not dire&- any
Part of the interest or principal of that Fund to the
purposes of current service, because that would be
to defraud, the Country of the vast advantages it
would produce' 'in the 'course of some years. •
tiler was. it the advantages, present or future, that
were to be altoget4er-looked to', but also that good
faith which was the best 'charaeleristic of this Coun-
try,. and its best resource in the worst times, and
Consistently with which nti part of this-Fund could
be diverted from the purposes for which it was
stituted. He hoped"for the assistance of- Gentle-
-men in- equalizing the. burthen; so thiat it may
fall alike-on all classes. lie •-assured the Honour-
Gentleman behind hifil (Mr,- Francis) That he
would listen with attention to every suggestion, par-
ticularly What should'corne from So respectable a per-
"son-aS he was.
HU.SKISSCENT explained.
Lord CASTLEREAGIrhati every disposition to
support the efforts the Noble Cord had resolved to
mak; 'to draw-forth the resources of the Nation at
a crisis ~yhenexertion was soreciuisite. He had no
I"6;e'Ction tooffer to the Noble Lord's Budget. He
should haVe buly a few of thoSe suggestions to offer,
at a 'future tithe, to''which the Noble-Lord had pro-
fessed so, willing a disposition to hearken to, With
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