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he asserted that this was not intended by" his- late
Right Hon. Friend, 'who certainly Meant to propose
•its repeal at the 'end x)f the War. It haa-
affeded the',-e6nsu;uption of the article, and he vas
apprehenaive that-the Noble Lord would find that
the deficiency thus Created in the old and The new
.Duty • Would amount to two or three hundred
thousand pounds. Next, as to the additional Tax on
Iron : this was sort& time ago in thvontemplation cf
his late Right Hon. Friend. At 'that period very '
,great pains haa been.taken to-ascertain the quantity
that would be liable to the operation of an impost,
and at 20s. a ton it was then considered sanguine to
eStimate the probable produce at 120,0001. H,
feared 'that the Tax on Tea would- fall 11-6;...vi1y on-
the lower orders, many individuals of which t'-eie
accustomed to use it as beverage at --dinner,
well as fOr an evening refreshment. The „present
Tax on Tobacco would make the duties on that
article amount to foitir times its real value. It was
unnecessary for him to point out to the Noble Lord '
the temptation which this :circumstance 11::..1J out to
smuggling.- He entered into-a detailed history. of his
late Right Hon. Friend's regulation Oti•tl..;• Accounts
and Finances of the Country, and contended' that
it was inipossiblelor the Noble Lord to give greater
publicity to them than'that which they had already -
obtained. It Was in the power of every man in the
Country to know as much-about thew as the Chan- '= •
Cellor of the Exchequer. The projca of a Sinking • .
Fund had .been attempted first by Lord :oXfora, and
then by Sir. Robert Walpole; bat neither of - these '-
Ministers hail the -firmness to persevere, like-his- la=
mented Friend;: in thiS adyantageotis-system. His-•e•
Adthinistratidn -had, indeed, beeti—Most beneficial •
and most glorions to the. Country. 'ale niAinber of
Ships taken from the ditrerent Er etnies -of Great
Britain during its continuance was greater than the
whole-all-lease-captured between the Revolution' and
the commencement of that pericid.- -Almost all the
Colonial Possession's of our EnemieS In the East•and
WeSt Indies had fallen into•our hands, the I 3 itish
Flag-vas every where triumphant, and there was no
period in the History of Europe in which- the cha-
raa-fer of the Country ,•Stood, more highly- in every
part of the world.' Arduous as the 'Noble Lord's
situation no doubt that he would, find
the resources 'of the COuntry•adeqnate to its neces-
sities;
andhe hoped, that whenever he should leave
Office, be might be able to render as good an .account
Of his trust as •his great,Predecessen •
•
Mr. FRANCIS and Lord HENRY PETTY severally
explained.
Mr LQNG assured' the Noble Loyd, that in the
observations WhiCh heldd madebn Saturday, 'lie by
no means intendo' to insinuate any charge of want
Of fairness in iris statement, but merely to remove .
the' impression:_ which' ertainly had been made by
the--remarks of the Noble Ler& relative to the sup-
posed deficiency, -of ..r.,;oo;000l. •
Mr. JOHNSTONE Was conyinc&l that the No--
ble Lord would 'tfeeil:=e himself if he thought that
no:similar deficiency would take place,- as Inuch a 4
is certain Noble,lA)rd, not now a 'Member of this
House (Lord Sidmouth) had deceived himseif When. ,
heimagined'that the' war could be carried 'on hy-a
Loan of -27 millions for the current year: rlY:ei:ier
of these Noble Lords had calculated on Misceliantas
Services and, Expellees. - This appeared tollitir to be
a Pebate of Paradoxes. Were the Right Hon; Se-
cretary of Statea*the opposite bench, he was con-
vinced that, great as were his talents, nod
,powerful
as Was elaquance,.. language, wonid sink under
him in his attempt to ridicule the pr,bpi)::iition Which
he had 'this evening supported; namely, 'that the
People would prefer a Sudden increase: of the Pro-
perty Tax to 10: per cent.. to a moderate-and gradual
advancement.
Mr. HALEY ADDINGTON defended his Noble
,relation fro:n ,the imputation of false calculation cast
on- him by the Hen.: Gentleman. 'What the Noble
Lord had said was, in advertingto the extraordinary
and rapid increase of the Sinking Fund, that- in a
short time, aided by that' Fund, the war might be
• carried on With a Loan equal, to that amount.
Mr. JQHtSTONC explained. ,
Mr. STURGES BOURNE observed, that one
million five hundred theusaild-pbtilids 'was remain-
ing, at the. commencement of the, present year,- of. •
the money voted for Subsidies, -and wished to know
why that surn had .not•been: included in the Noble
Lord's WayS and Xleaus.? In his-opinion the Supa-..
plies voted would be found too large, and the esti-.
, mate of the produce Of the War Taxel too low.
Adverting to the-Property Tax, he declared that he
had totally misconceived the Right Horst; Gentleman.
opposite (Mr. Fox) on this subject last Session. He
then
.thought, that that Right Hon. Gentleman ob-
jo4led:to the.increase of the Property Tax; but it
seemed that it. was not so; it seemed • that •his ob-
jotion vas that Administration did.not double it.
Lord H. PETlT.rei)lied, that he was not at that
trioinent aware how the sum themtioned by the Hon.-
Gentleman had been disposed of.
Mr.:Bß9OKS:spoke at some length against the
TaX on' Sugar. The TAX would fall on .the Planter,
and not on oe Consurner. The first Tax was 3s. a
hundred .weight ; it was subsequently increased ;
and if,the presentduty were added, it would amount
to 13s. and yet the price of Sugar was now lesS than
What it was on the" imposition of the first duty. TheT
Operation of this Tax must be-deemed, peculiarly se-
vere, when it was recollected how much several of
our West India Islandi had suffered by the • visit of
the French last Summer.
Mr. VA NS I TMIRT , although he thought the•
discusSion of the. Taxes would be better timed when
the. Bills were brought in„would yet say a few words
in answer to' what had been urged against them. The
'duty on wine would not in•lns opinion fall short, as.
had been -prediaed by >the Honourable Gentleman
opposite. That on iron would, be very, adVantageons,
and he was sure that the produce had notbcen over-
rated. He could not see itytkie. case of the tax on
sugar, why, departing from all ordinary instances, the
burden should fall on the planter`; instead of the con-
sumer. It, was his intention inithe cuu,a of the'
evening to. move. for.some average returns of the two
last mentioned, articles,; which VN,4>uld 'enable the
flonse to judge better on the subjeft. - • •
Mr. ROSE explained.
adverting to. the statement that. had
been made by the Noble Lord' of the uncertainty,
which attended the Subsidiary Treaties,' said, that it
was impossible that any thing could be more simple.
I. was stated that 121. 10s. ptitintun ihou;d be paid
per man as soon as he took the field, to cease «h 4.1.: