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mOit fOr this determination. He lAA given a noble
to which he was convinced that lie would al-
, lA,Jy.s. adhere. He governed i s proceedings by this,
sound principle—:-that a disposition. manifested by a
Government to attend' to, and to.remedy abuses,
was the best way of securing theeonfidencepf the
people; and of induCing them to' bear the burthens
which the necessity of the State impoted ,Upon
then),

Mr. 1108(E and .Mr. Fox severally explained.
Sir P. GIBBS corroborated the sta,ternent of his
Learned Friend (Mr. Perceval), as to the proceed-

ings, on the Repcirt of the-Commissioners appointed
to investigate the affairs of the West Indies.
Mr; HUSVSSON likewise confirmed the asser-
tion, that very•possible Means bad been taken to
inquire into and to check the abuses in the West In-
dies. Several of those abuses had aeldallybeenre-
'thedied,' among them was the extravagant premium
on Icing bills. ,He 'passed a high etilogitut On-the abi-
lity of•the Noble lord, and was happy- to hear him
give the House and Country a solemn pledge- and
assuFance, that the wise system of Finance formed
by .his Lite • lainented' friend would continue to be-
atted upon. The- pri&iple of this system• was, 'to
raise as large a :supply as possible within the year,
and thus to endeavour (o keep 'down .the debt. He
then entered' into an elaborate discussion of the ar-

tides conipo3ing the Budget, 'and though .he highly
approved of them in general,. yet suggested a
number of minute improvements. In the "state-
ment of the deficiencies of the Ways and Means
for the-last year,- he contended .there must be
some error; he defended the
,memory of his
ever-to-be-la :lented friend. from the impUtatiOn

:winch this. supposed deficiency naturally cast upon
it. Having thus completed his numerical statement,
he ;expressed his wish that he could add, that the
burdens necessary in order to defray the charges of
.the.year were light and easy,' but he felt the impos-
sibility. The Taxes proposed by the Noble Lord
were as little liablQ to objection as any others that
'could be laid on. The arrangements respecting the
Property Tax had his intire concurrence; and-what-
ever unpopularity might attach to the adoption of
them, he was ready to encounter his share of it by
giving the'measure his decided support. As to the
Three Millions due to the Bank, which would be
payable on the sth 'of' April next, and were to be
lent to Government at three per cent: the interest on
which would amount to gu,cool.- per annum, the
Noble Lord had net stated how he was to provide
for the discharge of thiS interest.
VANSITTART, in a' clear,.perspicuous:, and.
able 'manner, defended the statements, of his :Noble
Friend': 'he expected that the excess of the surplus
of the COnsalidated Fund, if it shodid exceed the
sum at which it. was :taken, 'would cover any de-
ficiency.that might take. place in_ any other. part of
the Way's andAleans„
.He was hvpy•w find, that
the Measure proposed to be aaoptes.l with respeft to
the exemptions frum the Property Tax, met the con-
currence of the Gentlemeil opposite ; and he would
put it to the candour, of those Hop. Gentlemen,
Who were acquainted, with ' the opinions of an il-
lustrieus -Person now no more, whether he had not
been sensible of great inconvenience from the man-
ner in which. these, exemptions had been alloW4d.
The H9nourab)e Gentleman also took, the oppor-
tutney of claiming for his Noble Friend (Lord
mouth) the merit, of having. originated, at least
since the covinencement of the, present War, the
system cur raising a great proportion of the SupplieS
within the year. . . •
Mr. STUB. GES BOURNE confirmed the statd,
ment of his Learned Friend (Mr. Percival) that the
late Board
.of Treasury-had taken every possible step
to put a stop to, and punish, the/rauds and abuses
that had taken place in the West Indies. • • .
Lard TEMP-LE was,, not inclined to impute any
blame to the. late. Administration on this subjea,
but could not omit to state what had come of,
ficially to his knowledge. Whatever steps had been
taken for the punishment of the offenders, none ap-
peared to have been taken .to prevent their' recur-
rence ; particularly as to the omission to bring the
premiums on Bills to the account of the Public, and
with respect to false vouchers: •.
Mr. HUSKISSON repeated his former asser-
tions, that every means possible had been employed
to prevent the recurrence of the evils, and,insisted,
that many abuses that were contained in the Re-
ports,of the 'Commissioners no longer existed. Po-
sitive instructions had been given to the Commissary
General not, to allow
.any,Bill unless accompanied
with a Certificate from the Governor or Command-
ing Officer, dtt64ed by three credible. Witnesses, that
it was drawn according to the then actual state of the
exchange. , •
Mi. G. ROSE•thought the Hon. Gentleman would
do well to search the RecordSof his office for Docil7
means' on the sunjea, The. 'Noble Lord by exa-
Joining his own office (the Army Pay-Office) would
find by the Mintites there preserved,. that:very of--'
fi!clualsteps had been taken to put.a stop to the _ex-
isting abuses. The preservation of these minutes in
the office was a regulation. made; by • him, (Mr..
Rose) ibr when appointed to the Pay .Office he. had
found nothing in it to dire& him. ;' •
Mr. HUSKISSON, Lord Th;MVLE, and Mr. PERCI-
VAL,' severally . said ,a few words in explanation.
Mr. Secretary FOX was.glad to/have the autho-
rity of the iHon. Gcutleman (Mr. Rose) to shew
that credit might be taken for the improvements in
office, without intending. to ,cast any , impqtations
upon their predecessors in office: The Right Hon.
Gentleman hid taken credit .for his ingproveinent
in the Pay-Office, without intending to throw any
blame on his predecessors. ',‘ • •..
Mr. LONG thought ,the •Noble, Lord had.not ac-
counted, for the mauu in which the .90,0061. a year
interest.on the three millions.dne to the Bank was
to be provided for. , • .
:Lord. PETTY replied, by txchequer Bills.
The 'several .Resolutions Were then put: separately
and agreed tog..and. the House being returned, the
Report, was ordered to be received to-e-tofroW.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this.(l4).

R 1).1 (YCK.)

YESTERDAY.

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