The Sun.
London, England, 1816-02-02 00:00:00

there not a general failure in each--a tiepression
In :Ili of them', urk.iing out of the fiaerifiees caused
by the war, and ivii,;,ittillinit' deCay in (he pros-
perity of ;.:11 clAlBcs to etc lamented which now
only re"sed'hpiiii'Vhece4liiriciikortil inttrest of this"
country, at:li.he ti'listeti,it would lie siteurn On a.
future .10'y t.d.:4 the', riutrjet came onzier the'con»
sideration ed, Oil!. I itinse,J proceeded from tertipo-,-,
rail causes;.;, 1 liaillbeen stale.d. in. the Address
'that the nthe.tif,letiretiz-, etromnerce, and. revenue,
Were in it fl•Uitisliing state. Tn, these " the arts"
had been 'it'difed ii 4 the Learned Gent lentil o (Arr.
Broughani):. 11 tt thilse were -not mentimned itt
the Aditre,,i, ii:ad, he resumed, had ouly been in-
troduced torthc purpose of amplification. The
aircanistaoces of the etuuttry suarranted the asser-
tion referred to: lie wished deft to enter into dc-
tails' at presclit ; all be wished w.:s; that the court-
iey •(.4111,tdd 100; with a 'steady manly resolution
at 'the difficulties with whielt they had yet to con-
tend, us the had done by those they' had to.
struggte with duritrg Me war. Doing this, they, -
would.lifive-31iniSterS tr.tly -to' go. hood itt hand
with them.; 6(ed not toleolort to those false expe-
dients which Ithd fortnrrly been suggeSted, and de-
..
termined to persevere in thote solid and jirdound '
treasures, which, founded it sontid principles; bad i
fnally broeght the war toe suctessfel termini'.
tion. Though not dispOsed to go into details on
this orcaion, he thought I' might be well that lie,
should il.?;cribe the present state of the revenue,
end by comparing tits aniouot of .I.iiitith goods
exported in the three quarters of a '4..,ar, ending.
Oct .10, 1814, with those'Of the 3.quarters,entling:
at the saute pernii in tlie,oillowit% yea') it woi:l4
be seen the pailrAge in the Speech,'which bed urea
so' much eoimirehied n , was luolie ont by 'facts.
The ilriti,li m mittact ores exported in the three-,
quarters of a year, ending Oct. 10, 1814, amount-
cil to 37,100,0001. Those- expo, ted its the iiireo
(platter:, ending October. iO, 1815, 84161mo:if to
42,400,0001. T)tli vies life ummoit of their offi-
cial 'value, umi tireir real value was iittie less ;
' and front this comparison it would be seen -that .
the increase which had halter place 'amounted to
5,300,000/.. This stldition to our external. com-
merce he considered 'of the greatest importance.
The internal state of the- 'country was such.
that, deducting.- the ' amount of the 'Property
Tax (whicirseavnently the same as in the pre..
ceding- year), the tares on the.hame "consumption,
down to Jat). 5 181 G., • not withstanding a filling off
to the aniount of 4 'or 500,0001, in the Costoins.
the increase in the! revenue npoir: the wholes
aninunted to a'aiillitm and a lolf,---if there Was a
falling tat in the Custion,,,• lie had-the satisfaction
to sate, the're wits alit ()illy no falling.off in the
l'ixcise, but the. excess under this head covered.
'the decrease Which had occurred under time for-
'mer. 'The' Wer,Taxe4 had kept steady ; they did.
not vary nitire-tlin 200:000/. from. what they.:
were last year. There then was a vast increase
of the external commerce of the country;- the
Excise einirmonsly increased, •ftnd the revenue .
generally in a flourishing state, which prove., the
'conimttnity generally poi.sessed, in as great ts.. .
,Acgree as tumidly, the means of indulging
thoie tastes and dispositions which caosed that
consumption ' from which this revenue arose.-..
Though he did not undervalue the depression,com.•
plained of by the Agricultural interest, lie was not
discouraged. at., it, as he trusted it. would prove
temporary. if the Agricultural interest had steedi..
ly provered for a considerable number of year,
[as it Was'Wdl kilOWll it had) while other classes.
of the 'community suffered severely, it was not a.,
matter of surprise that it ahould at length encoun.,ii
ter misfortune, and it might not to occasion de.
spondeuey, though a remedy, if practicable ought •
to be supplied. If Parliament met the difficulties
of the . country fairly, end joined to 4 'Main the,
credit of the conntry, this would he likely lei atinrit
the agriculturist the most effectual relief. `.,iiis
Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Ex-.
chequer,'had. announced his, intention lo propose;
the continuation of the Property Tax at five per
cent. Ile (Lord Castlereagh) should much re*-
joiee if the circumstances of the country were
such that
.this. Tax could be ultogether takcis
011. ' but Ibis cOidd .. not, it Appeared to Mini-
sters, be wisely , done. That propol.ition!,
however, which Iris Right Honourable Privott
mekiit' to submit to the [louse, on this subject,
which was brought forward•iii! the belief alit it
would proveolgreet iMportance, and even a relief .
to the country.: t•_ would be for the house to de
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Tide upon 'asi hay skonlii think proper hereafter.
While the Hon. tientleman opposite objected tp tit*
'Property Tax being continued at all, he hoped b
would ant: mler4altie the reduction in its amount.
which was ctiatetaplated. Last year, it wits asked,
by the Chancellor of the Exchetpter,., to wind up
the expellees of the late war. It %vie however
given tip, and his Right !lon. Friend had been con..
strained to have recourse to a mint painful opera-.
lion of finance, not to carryon the war, •hut to pro.
'vide for the peace•establishment.which was to be,
kept upend which could not be dispensed with, hut
at the risk of subverting all the greatness, all the .
security, and he would add, even all.the prospe.,
thy, of the country, itt all its branches. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman had said, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer intended to propose that this Tik;C: •
Shooll be permanent. He denied that he had ad»
vanced any thing to justify' 'lke assumption 'but
such was his drsign. Though for the credit, amt.
is hue had already said, even for the relief of the •
country, he: was disposed to recommend the achy.
lion of this measure at' the preterit moment, bet
hoped, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer
,carne to.bring this,question before the House, it
would be foittid.there was nothing in his plait
which when the (rinds should bear 'Such a price as
to make it practicahle to? raise the necessary stip•
ply by other. meens, ' -would precltide .
House front doing** 'But. he begged the
House would not
.be fat! assay, to endeavour to,
henifit one parrieulir or separate interest how..
ever -dear, by tithing any thing from the Sink-
ing Fond for that
.pnrpose,' it any other .way
could be found of meeting' the-difficulties with.
which we may have CO 'contend, , Wheuever.thie
seei‘eresorted'to, tie trusted it would be on other
than arbitraty pritielplek;and that the greatest
care would be taken' to Loam agiainst unnecessa-
rily trenching upon it. If they look at the ope-
ration of it, and trace its effect on the Foods
through 'the late 'war, they mat feel most attAiOirli‘
. .