The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-05 00:00:00

What contitikeni lipon intniati effaire brit the
World had been thrown intb site) aitiite Of AO
that it was in•vain for Oentlemett,to stonosr. thtv
eoulttlaydoWn all at once in peaceiundirt eir vines
and fig-trees, and distill's all expellee: •A•thilltary
'• force was also, as neeesSaryfor the bottle as the ft.
reign service; there tV'as no civilised country in
the world that did not reneire a military force to he
ready to aid the power, as there were napeo-
ple on earth who did not at times Show syniptonis
of impatience. Certainly any danger of this kind
was less to be -Apprehended in this coUntry"thatt
in any other, but the laws ought to,haate the'ne-
cessary sepport. He ridiCuled the idea that, the
troops in Englend were interided to garrison -
Dover Castle, anti nrm every other fortification
cap-a-pie. It was local duties they had to per-
form, and out-of the twenty.- five thoosantf; there
were not to.be expected inure than eighteen thou-
, sand fit for duty. ' Ile justified the employment of
the military in the prevention of smuggling, here
'anti in Ireland, Obsetving, that a very small de-
fect in the revenue would be more than equal 10
the pay of -a very large body of troops': he
showed how the whole itmoinit:of force was
dispersed all over the kingdom, and deeldred•Ott
his conscience, that be believed no brandy of
the Establishment would bear sifting to the
bottom more than that employed at. home...,
Adverting to the force maintained in Cannda, he
took an opportunity of paying a high tribute to
the loyalty cittl: fidelity of the people of that en-
lony, nod .eloninented, in pointed terms, on its
vast commercial importance, teltieh was equal to
a fointh of. all our tonnage and trade. After
sheiviog the reletive ,importance of ell our other
foreign possessions, lie said lie felt that the Sav-
ings so much talked about cOuld not be-Made tit
the present moment, without• incurring- the. great-
est risk, which might affect ererY'man to the last
hour of his He, fie would not quarrel with the
Gentlemen_ opposite about the sinallness Of the '
savings ; but when they ASserted. that we were b. t.
• ter without our Colonies than to be at the expenca
of protecting them, it was necessary to awaken the
country, from such fallacious arginnerits anti deCti:
sions. persinde the people that the-I+llcl they
will experience by the savings la the, present ycar,
is a trifle which ought tobe spurnq at„ Was cruel-
ty and injustice. He would • say it wits a prOud
triumph for the country; that they found them,
selves now, at the end-ofa most ardeous struggle,
more extraordinary ~adardeous., indeed; than they
had encountered in any former war, not merely
victorious, not covered only With glory; bttt witha
fixed character beyond:any .Whiclr they hod here.
tolore obtained--a character wllich was the ad-
miration of the world. Every, body -knew. that.
peace must be -a period of revidsion; but instead
of trailing for years under hitter taxation, as was'
' the case at the end of theAnierican war, when it teas
necessary to create a revenue, what was,the situa-
tion in Whichwe now stony! ? The Government, iu
.
the first year of the 'peace, was enabled to, ••gite
boon to the people, by the remission' of not less.
than 8 millions of taxes ; and yet, suels Was the no.
velty of our situation, that the Gentle Men npposite,
held thiS triumph cheap !—(1-lent, hear I front bill
•spirts of tite House.) That small diminution of',
our expenditure which cottld sae effected by the
reduction or, our military force. se,Uotll:ltended by
the-Gentlemen opposite, was-not an abject of int:.
, por.tuuce when compared with the v;11.oe of those,
dektusire 'establiAin..nt-6, which !oust he given sup
if this course
.were tudoptet'. lis did not Recap to
snz that il.tb,e,-eiren.getnvots luirdc by Ministers
with respect to. the force tobe kept up were wise)
it naturally tnilw.vetl.that the Properly Tax must
'be renewed ; hot he gave 'it.as,trik Opitthin th,st
this Inuit be One (an the reduced scale propnsed)
ifthetionse wiAetlito relieve the present tlisitet;
the emnitry. The modifications which
be made inirlyone of the form,ar woeld be sock'
-that theie, combined with the relaxaton of the
duties on. hosts 11901 In hoshainle.y..,Avonld make.
th.c reoak.oel. as if, he paid no' Property at
all. Thethaticellor of the Exeheipter wool!' 't hos, ~
ivittiont at till uttering the genius otof character or::
,the Tax, which nottody cola& more.whnire theta
Guottemen onposite, es they had ptoved whett
in pOwer hyraking 4;610 per pent, (lieut., heat!)
would effectually relieve from itspreutre,titose tot
1010111, it had been feared its Oper,ition would be
most severe. lly renewing the Property Tax, wa
ehOuld*wind, up the wat:
which it- had.,hcen coßslncted, attd this woulk
bring' ease rosperity home to :.every malt,
sooner than they..cooldpossildy. he ,
atiaiiitut it
a .different course. ensti'ed ; and if, iustead, of
;netting the exigencies of the year in the Ivo)?
prOpimed, : we, eiehped them' for the present, by
buying.. recourse to 4 loan. lle ennOdered tiiw
resew ijOestiou tea heone of the largest in till
its, hearings that could. ever come murder discus-
sloth Hs widiuti it to be fairly Met, mid folly
investigated, and be was coundent the Flouts;
would' not take up 09seghiomy viovt wkieheone
Gentlemen weie.ilislinsett' to.entertoin of t he ,state
Of resourCei.: }le trusted,' :by humidly meet-
ing the difficulties which were yet; to he encoun-
tered, • it would be seen -that we proudly conlion'
rtl, in ,',
pepce, tfli adhere to those principles which
had borne trimphantly through the war... Ti
by .renewing. tie; Property Tax -.lst five per .
they did notartiticially sitpinirt the, credit of the
Country; Washe• tonv•itited the public interes't
would loafer, hut this done for two years, he could •
-tirieeive a vatietypf ways,- by which, without
descending fronrour high •sittration, we might be
enabled tti give up the prOPeVty tax: The Sinking
Fund-might be in such a state two or Ihtie years
hence, that'that which :would be a most danger«
6'os:experiment now might be safely ventured upon
then, and its immense operation might ?ethnic of: •
-some relaxation, without at all operatiog to the
injury ofnpublie credit. He hoped it would be
plain to every Englishman, we had within ,Dili
selees•the means of sustaining .ourgreatness.
would go along with the Hon, O'entieman °Km•
site in reducing the present establishments, sto
tar as this .could be done consistently' with our
national security; but he would oppose that lithe:
economy, which,, to effect a small 'saving, would
Ohre up establishments .witiols he .bald to he ititi.•
nuttely connected with-, the best iaterests of the

country.
Lord Alitt.Tow rose to.spehk to the question ;
but tituadinurunilnt being- proposcd; the C
uLtion of the Excipalau inquired if there wits