The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-30 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The C,IIANCELLOR of Exotni,auzst.,'moved the
Order or the Day for the House to resolve itself into
a ,Cominittee of .Supply, :for, the. puypose of'taking
into consideration' his Majesty,'s Speech. -
Lord, M A HON said, ,he availed himself of the pre-
sent opportunity to Observe; that it was destrable
that the taxes of the conntryshould be collected
equitably, and not partially, from the whole of its ,
populaicon;"but Yet,a-great difference existed in the
amount -collected .in :.Great Britain and Scotland.
According-to the repoit of the Finance Committee,
while the amount of taxes. in this country exceed-
ed 3g.300,0001. in . Scotland thsy,did not produce
more -than '31000;0001.'; and the. IriCome -and Pro-
perty 'Pax, while it produced in- this 'country ,
il,ooo,oool.'did not produce- more than 300,0001.
and. he therefore wished to- obtain,some inforMation
on the subject.. , •
The CKANCELLO R. Of the •EXCIIEQUER said, if
there was any- defect pointed. out in the Collection of
the 'taxes Scotland, he would be very happy to..
have it-remedied: So far from thi3. being the'case,
application had been made &Om that part Of the
United •kingdOm, for some alteration to be made in
the 4-c-ale of-the-Property -Tax with' res-pear te-it re-
Auction. Directibn•had been given to obtain in-
formation on the .subjt'ct, ari,Much- had been col-
lected, but he was not yet enabled to give any de-
cided information on the business. -

Mr. HORNER was of opinion that Ike subject
should be taken into consideration without delay.

• The CHANCELLOR Oftlle- Exc EQU BR moved that
a Supply should
.be granted to 'his Majesty, "
Sir JOHN NE'W.POUT sair.4 he rose" for she purpose
of offering a few obserVations on the subjeta of the
Supply, as he i%vould not wish id have if understood
that those Who•ebted for the address, or for a sup.-
ply being granted -to his Majesty, were considered
bound to, suppom the application of the money
voted according to the whim or caprice of Ministers.
Itwas evident from the-speech of likMajesty, that
it was the design to prosecute the war in Portugal
on a large scale. Now • he-rose to offer his objec-'!
Lion, and to enter his protest against. the disposing
of any, money to be voted- in-defending Portugal.—
Atter all the rage for exp'editinns., Spain has been
given op, and he understood that there were more
troops undet:, orders for Portugal, which .we could
not retain; for when the French advanced, the
troops- must retire to their ships, Subjeaed loan the
hardships, -losses, and inconvenience, that unfortu--
:,lately occurred -to the British previous_ to their em-
barkation at Corunna. It :Was evident ,from the
dispatches of Sir John Moore, that the country
could not be defended on acconnt Of the numerical,
force of, the enemy. He was therefore against the
prolongation of the war in Portugal,. because he con-
sidered its -being continued merely for the purpose
of- obtaining the assent of a Nobleman in power,
that another Nobleman might. be considered as a
kind of Viceroy over that country..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed,
when any mOney- for that purpose was moved in a
Committee of Supply, the Right Hon. B3ronet
would have an opportunity, if he thought fit, to
move an Address'to his Majesty against its applica-
tion. There was no pledge whatever on the part
of the House, because the address was voted, or
the present motion Carried, to agree to the carry-
ing on the war in Portugal, or. for any other
purpose.

The motion was then agreed to, and Cie House
resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, Mr.
Wharton in the Chair, and resolved that a supply
be granted to his Majesty; the report to be receiv-
ed to-morrow.

Mr. WnITURRAD deferred his MotiOn for Ameri-
can Papers, and fixed no precise-dly for bringing it.
forward, in Consequence of more urgent business
being before the House.