The Sun.
London, England, 1806-03-29 00:00:00

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Vote of Credit
nd
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60,27000 • 2„000,000

Joint Charge England and Ireland ,C.13,§69w0.0
Add .England's-separate Charges. • •
East India (.'..otriparty - - t,06a,003
Deficieriey-Malt thity, 0364 - -34,006
Ditto, Ways and Means, tBO5. -, 1,7:4.630
Interest on Exclictpret Bills - , t,erk.Y,6os.
To payoft:sl.pelCgots• ?
' 1797, at sth
• Ditto, loth Odober

jeD

.J,200,000

---------- 5.247,000

Total Supplies - - IS 9+1.000
• -
Deducton account of Ireland as olow . - 5.39 ~,L.

on account Of Engiznd ' - . -
Deduct on account of lrelaud, t7t It of the above
sum ‘,l 43,669,0001: ' C 5, 13745211
Deduct also 2- 'ply for. Civil List and
other Charges

43;611072,

16,,000

Z 5.3974518

WAYS AND MEANS.

Malt and Personal Estates Mities - - 2,75a,000
Grants worn Proceeds of Snips captured prior to
. the War - -•- 1,00.0,000
I oitery - - - - 380,0c0,
Surplus 'Consolidatql Fund tooth of April, 1237 ' 3,500 loco
tWar. Taxes -_ - 19,50,0,000
Deduct as likely to be outstanding
at 5111 Apill, 1807

I, 500,000

-18,ope,o'oo
iB,oso,noo

Loin

.4 ,3,-636,000
He wishedthat he had been able to state to the
}louse, that the btu-then-4 which he had found bin],
'self "'under the necessity Of Pi•oposin•T to impose
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•
tipon'the Country were light, but it ‘Vas-iMpUssible
-for him to do so. He.-was far from, thinking.
light -and • easy ; ' but he Should • think ill
of the rCoantry, he • should- think ill of 'himself as
belOhnig 'to' ttat'Conntry, if he could for tit rpo
that they.would be borne. with the con-
valley alidjortittide Which were the prominent and
'distinguishing features of the chara4er of the -Mita-
litants of Great Britain. If the People did • feel
•CheertuLinthe. present crisis, when; fthin the failure
of other modes of assistance, we were left to
iest on our -ow), • means and _strentli ; if they
;were firmly and unanimously determined-to carry
on the present contest with spirit until war 'became
'lolonger necessary, and until ,very thing van:tame
o •map Wai
,secured to theni, - he. most attrionte
that cheerfulness, and that 'detennination,, to the
confidence that they.ergertained that resources
'and revenuea of the State would be applied economt-
ically. He believed' that such a feeling of confi-
dence did exist in the Country,
.and certainly tf.ever
men were committed to abide-•by their principles,
• they were the present Administration, who, should
they be/it-Wilted to depart from the system which it
;vas their duty to' pursue, must retire loaded with
shame and disgrace: This, however, tie trusted,
:would be ,fa`r from toe .case. The labours of the
• 'Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, from which use
Public had already derived:so much•advantage ; .and
the labours of- the COMmissione,rs of Ntilitary In-
quiry, recently instituted, who, he trusted, would
.emulate the uilig-ence. and patriotism of the feigner,
pust atford to the Administration abundant op-
. portuoities •of shewing their vigilant attention to
.the proper administration of the public purse.!--
When he stated that Ministers were in the
liighest degree desirous of following the Suit,-
gestions of -those Boards, and wtien lie stated,
that in his department steps had' been already
4aen to_ prosecute for and reoover, the sums lost to
the Public in the West Indies, and to remedy the
abuses in that• Country; which lead' oten allower.i to
retrain a perennial source or fraud, rapine, and
misapplication of the public money—When 'he
made the i.e statements, he was aware that he only
state. oral ..‘l4,nisters felt their duty, and were re-
bolved to do -their duty. if he indulged any
pride in the financial detail which he had just laid
Wore the House, it
,was., this, that it was entirely
open and Without concealment. He had ever been
Of opinion, .that the publicity and notoriety of
the financial affairs of Great Britain had been the
'prime source of her strength and,success. He trusted
this frau kuess; and absence of disguise,
,Would never
be departed from. Like The old itoinan,tuo. raiist, he.
would wish. so to build his habitation that-every cor-
ner Shonid.be -open to.every eye, and every, passenger
become a. spe&ator of what was going on.
He believed if there were a. system in the world to
which this sentiment might be jtisily aoolied; it was
the, system of the Finance of Great Britain. If mere
was any point which he was more ambitious to attain
than another; _it was o. character of promoting that
(knowledge and publicity. He should look to it on
.all occasions, and. consider it as inseparably connected
the discharge of his duty, to tits Country. Tne
Noble Lord concluded With towing his first resolu
• tion. • • • ,
FRANCIS agave great credit to the. Noble
Lord for his accuracy and laboriousness'; he had•
even exceeded the high expectations which -he had
for Med Of him. There were two passages of the
Noble Lord's speech.to which he Wished to dired
'the attention of the House. The one gave hint-as
much satisfaction as the other did dissatisfaeLon.—
The first was, that he had been able to find means
to persuade the Bank DireEtors to deduct the amount
of the Funded Property at the Bank, which a few
years ago, under "the pretence: that .it would cause a
'derangement of their books, they had refused to do.
Tare last was the great increase- of .the tax on pro-
. verty,, which he. was convinced would ditTusezeneral
• dissatisfaaidn. did not think with the Noble
Lord, that it was desirable to make this sudden ad-
• N'ance frothsi3t, and a quarter to ten per cent. in pre-
Terence :to•a gradual.advanel and he Wished..it had
been defended on the score of, necessity rather -than
of policy. -Having nearly .doubled it, still, how-does
the irnposingtof the sum of ten per. cent. secure the
Country against a subsequent.gradual increase ? •
Lord RE A liY PE,TTY, in justice to the,Bank
Diredors, thought it hiS duty to declare, that be-
coming sensible Of the inconveniencies that had been
stistaingd.by the Public. on account of their former
refusal to deduct the amount of the • Property Tax
Irani 'the dividends, they had agreed to take upon
theinseles that office. With regard to what the
Hon-, Gentleman had said on the Property-Tax, he
could only repeat that in his opinion, the Public
would be better pleased to see 'it carried at once lo
that
,point
.bey-oncl.which there was. no apprehension
of its•being- urged, than to find it gradually, and of
.course indefinitely; advancing in atnourit.
Mi.: ROSE would not follow the Noble Lord
through his statements: there was no point to which