The Sun.
London, England, 1813-02-04 00:00:00

Ittle‘ir to 4 nuthentio. it appeared thnt 'the Pro*"
ee:rty tak had fallen lilt' considerably in the quarter
'ending,Janietry, 6, 1813; :is compared with that
ending January 0, 180. In the quarter ending
January 6, 1812, the prodike of the property tax
amounted to 4,000,000/.. lii that ending Janu-
ary 6; 1813, its produce was lint-.3,100,000L and
consequently there was a deficit in 'one. quarter,
as'compared with the CorresPondingqinirter in the
last year, to the amount of
.600,0001. It might
be proved, and he was confident it woeltf be seen,
that land had not declined in value, that in fact it
bad increased, and therefore bethought it would
be found there way a deficit of at least 6t)0,0001
on trade. This was a most important point to
ascertainebut he ....hould have thought it one at-
tainable by simpler means than those re,iorted to
by the Hight non. Gentleman. The production
of the two schedules were, in his opinion, all that
was necessary. What he had forme' ly said to the
Right . lion. Gent. was, that he wished for the pro-
duction of all the taxes up to Oet,"s, last 'year.
'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCILE4UVR Said, no
two things were more distinct thou the accounts
or the 'assessments and the actual payments made
into the Exchequer. The assessments related
but to the current year, the payments were partly
made up,of the arrears of -former years. This
would account for, the difference in the produce
of the corresponding quarter; in this' arid the last'
year. In that ending in January last year, as the
flonourable Gentleman had observed, the pro-
duce of the Propety Tax was 4,000,000 j. in the
quarter ending January,- 1813, it was but
3,,100,000/.; but still solar from there being a
railing off in the Property Tax, lie had the great-
est reason to believe that it had considerably in-
creased, and that the apparent falliteg ow which
had been noticed, arose from the differdnee in the
amount of arrears paid into the 'Exehequer in the
last and present year. Teo ye'arS ago, the llou.se
would remember, great effoits weeepatie to bring
in the ;ore:Ars of tin' Property Tax; arorthe sue-
cess of these efforis occountfor the. falling
off of arrears in the preent. lief:tenet% The 'TIAN
in 1806 was assessed at 11,000,000/. het it ttc~t~er
I ill the' preSe'et year produced 12,000,0001, and a
wiarter. In years, it was trite,' 13,000,000/.
bud been paid into the 'but of this a
considerable, portion . was made up of arrears.
The Right Ilimosirabfe Alentivinan went ou :to
notice the apparent deficit in the &aurae of the
year. This =bunted to 2,400,000/. and it arose
from two ciretunstancel. The first Of these was.
the long Recoil uts standing bet we'eri the East India
Company and Government. It bad been'thought
that it would he improper to diitres's the funds of
the Conipany, by calling upon them to settle
their .account tip to January. This accounted for
f 300,000/. The other eireumstanee 'was a falling,
LA in the amthint of the clutieSmi to and beer,
and this aceminted for the remaining 16 or
1700,000/. -Those Gentlemen who had given
their attention to the subject, knew how short a
stock the Brewers and others hail kept on hand,
account of Cie high price of -grain, frotn klO
idea that the harveA would enable the maltster to
go to work with greater, advantage, which, bow-
ever, -front the wetness of the seinion had' not
been the,ease. shew,the falling ott was thus
to be aceimnted for, it was NS linen 0011 to move
for accounts of' the net produce of the duties
paid into the Exchequer on malt and beer in the
last year.
ctt,r,EvEY observed, that in the return for
the last quarter, of the state of the Consolidated
Fund, it appeared, that instead of a surplus pro-
duce, as compared with the produce of the con«
responding qtarter in the lust year, there appear-
ed a deficit of '400,000/. In the Excise, there:
Was a deficit of 700,000/. as compared with the
corresponding quartet' 'of last year. In the
.prO-
duee of the Property Tax, GOU,OOOI, in the ,An-
meal TaXes, 100,00 W. and in another branch of
the revenue, bet Wei!lk one and ttvo Of
money, so that there was a clear.• giving way in
our revenue iu every part,- When the Rightllonourahle Gentleman brought foiward his bud-
get, animig the ways and means of the year, he
calculated on 3,000,0p0/. surplus of the Conio-
lidared Fund, lie trihould like to know if he now
ealcidated oil deriHng 3,000,000/, from that
source—if, instead of a surplus, as hitherto, ihere
was not I kely to by a deficit ; and if it did not
appear probable, that they had arrived within a
year and a half of that unhappy period when the
Consolif fated Fund would not he able to pay the
!_,i,,,el;l(lder ? The Right lionowtable Gentle-
ne,!l, whorl there n,a,; 1.1 bad quarter, bid them
lool;. at the retieral produce cif the year, and when
a bad year, he hid them look nt the produce. of
611 e particular quarter. Thii time last year, at
ter a year, they were told to look to one par,.
tieular quarter, and that would Walt right again;
anti nests here was a quarter %yam than any
which had fart eeded it, and the 4ight lionontable
(kehtlenem turned. round upon them' anal
"i.L!re is a bad quarter,. but look to ,the _general
year." lie had formerly said, Look to the
lorut to the Property Tax," but this could
do no longer, .and now I,:aw, in one year,
deficit of 2,490,000/, Before they, taxed the
couotty day after day, to nay Spaniards, Pprtu-
pose, 4lciliaia,, Riissians, &e. for fighting iii their
0e,..n cause, it would he proper for them tn. look
it -they had the means of paying their own Stock.-
holders.,7-The motion was then put and carried,
Adjourned.

An inquisition was falcon last week before
A. flp.r.t., E.sq. on the hotly of Mr. Andrew
t% to was found drowned in i 4 three-
arched pond in Hyde-park, awl foelwbons a re..
ward of 20/, was otrered in a hanefirtill„, tti be re-
stored to his him's. The deee.4oei-liros an opu-
lent -West India planter, anti had been f4r sontii
time in a derange state. A sliort time-41;1:e, lis
proved in evidence, be was going out to the e. t,:
Indies,,ivhen be was.so tlisortieriql in mind
that his return to bis,friendw was deemed
'wiry far his safety. - resided afterwitedt at
Kentiolt town, where he made his escape -frinit
his friends. A boy found the hat of the
by tin side of 'the pi.ind, and this cfrennistaneo
led 0) the discovery' of the body. Verdict-40-
SW/ ily.