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

A, pledge v.1,..L1t the House tOtsilLreartOnanly Tiont,
desire on the subject in 'question.- gave the. One at learnt thefitilaW 70 treaties and cOnventions,
strollgest declaration from the Crown to tnkc all of Which the Chancellor at-the,Esehetrier,t‘spOke,
possible measures-for producing "gent economy be:found:to have stipukted Yoe
,tore •tot:11
In the slate that were, consistent with the sitta.. • -AhOlitiou of the Slate Trade.. :As ot:se.
tion.of the' country ; and this was a point whiCh 'Sequence of the glorious contest in
Ministers and the House would never ceaSe'ta!; '*.isad been engaged, as one item in the pa'os-
keep in view. if it were possible to rev,ert to 'perky of the country, the property tax. was to ire
the state .of: trade end commerce at the' corn-
7eoutintted. This most oppressive tax not api3oo%-, tpr"
Incitement of the contest, and on the other hand, -'pertr, but upon income—this burden_ upon the
to show the glories- and triumphs and honoots "riffakiStry and the tesources of the' country, so, se- .
with which we had now-come out of it, he was surd'• Adefilly felt and so loudly complained of, was to
thete was not a British henrt which would lesitste' be eimtinued, as one of the consequences of .our
at preferring onr present situation. As Set many boasted victories, one of the sympromsof our Na-
OppertiMities would soon occur for the House': tionni prosperity. The LionourabJe Clentlemiut
maturely 'to consider what eould he done to trusted that •the declaration made by the Chatieer-;
prove the state of the country, he se„,tia
.touch lor of the riselsegiter wids! not be Idea upon the
but slightly on any thing relating to that topic. .country ; that it would he remarked by all classes ;
It- must be evident, that several circumstances that it would be attended by the cowithentS ,0*
tontributed to produce this stagnation, which such Metnbers- of the House as had constituents.'
could not possibly be avoided. For example, With regard to. the other topics alluded. to in the
a very considerable difference arose in all corn- Address, he would reserve himself for a florae op-
irercial transactions, as soon as the general portitnity. TIN distresses of the country h>ta
intercourse tens renetveil • with the Continent, been confessed by the Hon. Mover, mid i.e trusted
'which had been interrupted by the war ;
_this I that•the House would not' !coil deaf ear to coin-
'caused a reduction in the prices nt all articles si- 1 plaints so loud and so general. Lie hoped: the Right
toiler to those which were allowed to be import- lion. Gent. (the Chancellor of the &idoliser)
td, and particularly in those which formed the ne- Would find out some mode of relief. He had alluded
tessaties of hie. On looking hack to the year to it !eduction of the public hurt hens at present ill
ISO!, it would be recollected that apprehensions i contempletion. (The Chancellor_.ol -the E.:cc:he-
st/ere entertained of a great deficiency in the sup- . fitter said " No," across the table). Theo, etel.
ply of bread-corn, the produce of our own courts tinned Mr. Bethlehem, I am .mistalteo, amt .the
try ; and these alarMs at an approlciting scarcity, country will he di-appointed.—Were Alone of, the
were continued for several years following : tbsis j public burthens to he reduced I were none of the
the prices of corn and every necessary of life rose i taxes to be abolished ? was our overgrown expen-
rapidly and Continued at a high rate ; but when, diture not to he narrowed? Was. the War In:arta%
by the restoration at peace; channels of coot- not to he taken off,- which was felt so oppressive by
,nterec were re-opened, the prices necessarily the people ;or were we still tit bear, ti - tiring pence,
,round .their level, and wheat, in particular, was all the overwhelming imposts of it war. establish. •
reduced to the price it formerly bore. An- i 'neut.? Besides questions of this kind, which must
other cause was, the scarcity of money, oc- soon be pressed upon the Mese,' Litre were other
easioneir by the cootinental wars, now so glo- 6UbjeetS that Called loudly for its attention.. There
riously concluded. Very large sums 'had been - were laws that oppressed all chtss.;s of the commit-
ileawit front capital of this country by the 'lily,' which most be eX H tilt C d unel rCP VIA ( He
great loans of the last and the preceding year. In alluded particularly to enactments which prevented'
the last three years'the immense sum of 142 mils. the exportation by the most important class of the
lions had' been grunt!' for the expenses of 'the comm.), of -their staple comniodities, .and 'to the
war in Portugal, Bte.; of which about 42 millions state of the usury leas. Another sehjeet , still
only were in paper. The abstraction of so largo a more important, would require consideration—the
sum from the ordinary channels of industry of the state of the pour
,IaWS. He did not Wish to de-
country [mist necessarily have produced a great tai[ the House longer. at present, and made some
Butt. When the Papers that were pre- tqu.4oi,;ies for obtruding himself upon its attention
NI leg on this subject should be laid before the
~ so, lohg. -There was ossepert of the flow. Mover's
House, the wlo;le untidier would be clearly seen Spec, which ti Is• • .1 it en re ) cnnew r‘t that purl
into ; and all that was requisite would be tot Gets- ill %%16.01 he alluded to the necessity of economy.
m tleen not to consider them in the gross, hut sera- ; When the country Was.3o burdeuen; 'as it conie,s_
paimisly to examine all the' items, Had, after en ,
,hilly was at present,' the lowest farthing given to
attenti% e invest igat ion, to fortis their opinion as to !. all public functionaries; from the Prince down to
what pirts of the public expenditures can be pen- ; the oeituttni soldlier, should be calculated. •
peaty dispensed with, as well as how those went& NfterdrN that: the time would soon
ore to be met which - come when ate examination of 'the 'public eXpendi-
tare of country. flu ansil er 4) the question of tuts: would • tie ticeo,ssary. •TO give greater faci-
the N..ble Lot:di opposite, he had no hesitation to hilt. to tht examinations, different COmmitteede
avow the intentiou of Ministers to c ont.titte shoat(' be formed, which wight sit at the same
Income Tax, on the modified stale of 5 pet cent. the. Although he agreed that it was desirable
(Loud crie. of 'hear, hear, hear . front all Parts of.. that this most important business .of the country,
the nou,,e.). He should he able, at the proper, • should be almost immediately taken* into consi-
rinse, to stew, that of all modes that could be "I Aeration, he bad' an • objection to' the amend-''
thought of, none would be equelly•advaistegeous ment of the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Brand),
aunt economical, or less oppressive and .bortileu- that it held out a 'pledge .to`the country winch,
some tt) the .community at large:. tie was [Marc Ott-House Writilit'probably be tinalite to redern,
he should he told, that he could bort ow a large No pledge of this kind should ever he .given.—
stun at money, to supersede the necessity 01' this Mitch: Had been Said of the poke ; but its charac-
Tax ; but he should have ,no ditficuity in proving
.ter,collll only be determined tip it, a consideration "
shit! this ti[[[de would he tomtit notch more incon- tit the toms on which it was establiihed.and these
As.ri;.,iit and borthensome to °births the necessary terms cupid only be learned 'from the Treaties.
zupioy, bat there would, as he hall ulrendy ob- 'rhe Peuee of Utrecht 'had always been considered
set veil, so many occasions for "discussing • this -us disgraceful to this etinntrv.
tohject, that.he should abstain from any farther Mr. PuesTots complainetiof the great expendli-
rentarks at,. present, un>l nal§ declare, that ih!!, t wee- of the conary, and the heavy taxes under
whip!' it laboured; and drew a picture of the dis-
whole of the Address had his most unqualified ap-
'robin bin'. • •i tt'essing Situation in which' tht. commercial 'nod
,
13.1doo,ottast,-. in rising to support the agricultural interests were at the nresent nonneut
amendment, concurred in all that hail been said. l placed. •
of the tau. dabli—ioni of moderation that distill. 4. Rommel,' said, that the speech of..his •
!wished the Addre4s. Diu he could not avoid tak- Right lion. Friend, the ( hanCellor of the Excite-
mu; the earliest opportunity of correcting an error elder, would not allo,v him to remain. in silence, •
of the Right Hole Gentleman, who &Up:posed that lest he should,- by s.o'diiing, be supposed to agree-
his Eon. Friends, in approving of thi Address, in the sentiments of the Address. In several' of
baitgiven -
their approbation of the principles by ithese sentiments he 'entirely concurred, but there
Willie!! the. niemitores of h,(l been di- 'were ii; hers ttl which would never give his'assent.
rkted. 'They agreed to tin: Address, siaiplv Ile agreed with the Hon. !Lim in that part of his
tilecanse it pledged them to nothing. It left speech. which referred to the distresses of the coun-
'open. every question relative to the conouct try he likewhte most cordially participated, as all
of Govcrihnott 'since the laic Session of Parlia. ,ides of the House seemed• to do, in that part of it
hielit. ()lie part, indeed, of it reqUiredi further ex- which so feelingly 'alluded to the situation otitis
plituat on-•--he alluded to the passap in Which the \Nest y. Ile rejoiced in the peace, but be could
Ifoorishine conditi niif the sit -conmeree, ma- not love the menner in which it was brought
iiiffitetaes, and revenue of the country„ had' been ' ab'out,. or the-events that preceded it, his •.lottisa-
mentioutd. The Right Hiro..Gentleinati, `lion
htielf approbsition. It would appear' strange it
ever, had admit ted in his, sire-0i thet there did the House should approve of the Manlier
exist presstire and CinharraOmetit among consider- widely the AdministratiOn hied acted, consider...
toe classys of the people. The Istided 'West ing that it approved of their pro:6stous
dud 'certainly coitiorliend u Very' 'considershle , were completely at variance with their 'conduct.'
class, mot their difficulties remitted unpalliutett They had, when they lest appeared before
h'y victory, and unrelieved by
.pace. Of the . Ment, and when the War with. Boonaparte Was in
state of tide revenue 'Ministers alone had any In- progress, disavowed distinetly,esplieoly, ;Old with
formation, and therefore, emdd alone joilges.. , the' gretoest solemnity, those pri.leiples Which
Their assertions on that siihjeet must at' pre-. 'stibierptently regulated their conduct. Tliey pro- •
sent be t,kken for gran'ed. 13ut they would ite.,„ ttsted against all interference With
the fait tool
f, Our pottins such affaira of Prance—against
'temPi" to lilt-
env a grave 'responsibility, i
expressions in their nesster'smontli,, id should be pose upoo that ;imam either a Government or
found that agriculture Must be excepted front this a fluter, in opposition to its own wislieu Or choice,
• flottrishing 'condition," anti that it stood in This trolley, so just and moderate, they had
need of rebel that the nomber of bankruptcies Wurds relinqttished as eirentliSt4nee. Changcl.,l
Wit% Wet easing, and that the home trade, no' ' British GOvernmenthatt ePeewards tint o,kly
'less that, the foreign, presented'onothermelan- employed a Pritish army to place the Bourbons
'chilly exception to the boasted " flourishing corn- on the Throne, but now. employs One to keep'
slitiots " • described :by the Address. - He might them there. Uiil tisk happen becanse the Allies
. tartly venture to say, that the homettatle, the then felt themselves, Ode
,to enforce principles
- substantial ground-work or natiOrial-industry; trots diametrically-opposite ttl 'those they bed pro-
'it it stand still. Shdipi w-ere every where empty, •fessed so,, where was the_ faith of the
and tradeemen's hooks Covered with dehts,':of • FrenCiltzipeople ? lky . had broken • their en...,
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aviiich not one per cent: could he collected. All • gael,einellts,--they had renotteeed their prores.
it-he conquerors and negociators at .Paris had not •siuns. -Int.!ad of corectirrihg its the praise
been able to save the country from a state of 'Ministers for their conduct. in hr caging about
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enth,Orl•assfaca tthat exceeded the difficulties Of thei peace, they deserved, the
181_2 t+tiil 1313. Ile lipped that coptcniptibie sgverot censure, fit having .comproinised the
honopr of the country. Neither slid he. imagine
TY/uut, Ferdinand, who had. bettered so
that' the Pcdtee would be more secure than it Was'
losmiody to- his 'hest friends ; who had treated
so ungratefully those it ho eeised him to a throne hoootirtehle. it was hot founded on the base Of.
srbien disgracCil, whine slightest .offence the reciprocal good-will,' but
,ore that of arbitrary
Blegitianne- usinlint ion of his -father's sceptre, power-74 must conlphlbien.
I_it•tttatkini., it, use:
would be inevented Irons extending the effects of t;;olplitut.vd the seeds.Of war, atill no V lei•e the
its rcigti into Africa. Fusco out' e onnexlott With stih es or 05c0,4.,
that gie,vt siAve-denier out a f;tirope:, and maker , Lordpfyr,ttat,Matin "opt 'wish to protract
_ot slates ithin it, aright be supposed, to have ditotissioit whiCia had beet) introduced an
pies Wbi9b had not,exeeeted,woold come under
smite illthuc tice over. hit[.Poilligld 14-411! Cie"
ind fruw.u4 446i,t00" w blab entitled 1.1,6 to SO.111,;e; he. dionitdeLldioti 41,0,14.4. e to the pretreat de-

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