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London, England, 1814-09-03 00:00:00

ljt mere gitable.deshatiott *halt the extfustios of the

debt.
M. DE PRUDIELB (Deputy from Finiaterre) was hos-
ts.
Ole to the plan of 'Oiling the forests, :end aocreaeiog
the interest to eight per cent. ~He proposed.hat the
interest should be fixed a, five per cent► and that five
interest should be fixed a, five per ceut ad that five
er cent. upon the amount of thedebt, sho‘ild be...ap..
propriated for the gradual extinction of thi debt, glut
that chance 'should decide every six' or thine nilinthi
'which of the creditors should'be paid off. Aeciird:
'ing to a table of this operation, it would be found,
that in the course of fourteen years and slew motobi,,
by the mere sacrifice of ten per cent. per annum, the
whole debt would be extinguished. If two per cent.
spore, ere added, the extinction of the debt would be
effected in eleven years and a few days. if fifteen
Per cent. the debt would be extinguished in eight
years aod a few months. This Plan would xequiro
no extraordinary resources, and would involve the in-
-1 estimable advantagitif preserving the forests.
This speech was ordered to be printed.
M. RIBOUD regretted that the Budget, which seem-
ed to him to contain three very distinct divisions, had
not been divided into threteprojets of laws, and pre.
'maned separately to the Chamber; ,for their union
would embarrass the assent which might have been
given to each, of them individually. The. former
Legislative Bticly frequently experienced, the incon.;
ventence of this complication, which at once forced,
Eland checked their votes.—Wiis regard to the gene►
ralquestion, he was of opinion that the creation of a•
new paper, and the sale of valuable domains, were
,ilait
indispensible measures. But the article, the pro-
jet, which he considered as lia'ble to the greatest ob-
jection, was, the alienation of 300,000 hectares of
woods belonging to the State. He argued against
the alienation, chiefly upon the fact that these woods.
must inevitably pass into the possession of private in-
dividdals, and that it was only the State and great
Corporations that could safely be entrusted with those
precious possessions. He thought the consolidation
'of the revenue a measure much kss dangerous : 25
millions, according to his estimate. would be sufficient.
He conjured the Chamber, in the dame of the public
good, to abandon a plan which would rob France of
many essential means of defence, and which could
only favour the policy of foreigners ; for, added he,
the woods that you would alienate do not belong to
you, but to the country. He concluded by voting
for the adoption of the projet, but with numerous
amendments. .
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This speech was ordered to be printed.
M. LETURIER Da r.a MARTEL deprecated any thing
which might tend to excite new 'doubts respecting
the projet which was then before them. He thought,
on the contrary, that all objections should be studi-
cusly avoided which bore upon the general object of
the projet i and that they should grant to moderation
and equity that. which other Governments, not like
thi Government of France, hereditary, would impe-
rioosly demand. After vain efforts to acquire. a colos-
sal preponderance, to which Paovioans. .had not
destined them, they now reposed in the Anna of a fa-
ther, held forth to receive them; like prgigal child-
diem In return for the tenderness which he s'iewed
them, he only required that they would restore order
to th'.ir finances. Hedithinded of the Representa-
tives of a loyal and generoutnatilin, that which each
of them would blush not Iciperi9iS,i: he demanded,
that they should pay their deb's, and his Ministers
suggested to them the means. ~
The orator then made an analysis of the account's.
acre by presented, and of the means of discharging
the nec.:s. ty debt. 11c noticed tie threatened ruin
of Franck.. by the dlsor.!er of. the finances at various
periods of her htgory, and concluded by the adorti-n
of the third title of the projet.
He afterwards adverted to the ifittptality in the
personal and movable contribution. The five De-
partments of Normandy paid` 056.,875 fr. while the
five Departments of Brttanny paid 2,“1,320 franks.
Out of the 333,255,809 fr. r isf;cl by various taxes
upon movables and personals, upon, whidows, doors,
and the free Departments, Normandy contributed
37,100,181 fr. The speedy amendment of this irre.
gulatity was recommended, and referred to the State
of the Departments of the North and Lower Seine.
where there was an immense disparity in the poptsial,
Lion, yet the smaller number of persons contra:kited)
the Luger sum.
The orator proposed, in conclusion, the rejection
of the 14th and 15th articles, as unconstitutional and
dangerous.. The speech of M. Martel was. 'ordered
to be printed.
M. LADDER DE POMFIERES objected to various parts
of the projet. He disapproved of the latitude given
to the Ministers in the disposal of the public Monies ;
for .this reason, he wished the Ist, 2d, and 3d Ar-
ticles to be rejected. It was unconstitutional to give
the Ministers power to raise an impost of centimes
for extraordinary occasions. He was sorry to find
nothing respecting the arrears in the Report of the
Committee. It amounted to 13,187,309 fr. He,
examined the state of the accounts of various Minis•
ters, seriatim, comparing them together. It is impos-
sible to enumerate all the objections made by the ora•
to to the means suggested for raising the supply ;
but he prognosticated the renewal of many of the in-
coovzotenctes formerly found to result from such sys-
tems. He concluded by proposing amendments to the
projet, to the number of seven, referring principally
to tilescentimes, and the mode of liquidating the ar-
rearts.--tt was ordered, that the foregoing speech
should be printed, and the sitting was terminated.
PARIS, AUGUSTee.
By an Ordonnanee of the King, of the 18th Au-
gust, 1814, his Majesty has granted Letters of Nobi-
fit!, to M.M. Jean Baptiste Couchery, Deputy to the
Council of Five Hundred in 1795 ; Gaspard Lemerer,
do. ; J, P. Andre, do. t L. Borne, do.; Camille Jor-
dan, do. in 1796; J. B. Leblanc, Mayor of Viuy le
Francais.
We arc assured that the pqmentsof direct contri-
butions atone amounted to thirty-two millions (about
41,300,003) in the month of July. This is the
strongest roof of the confidence of the French in the
paternal government of Lewis le Desire, and in the
excellence of measures adopted by Goverment for
the prosperity of the State.
The Chamber of Deputies decreed, in a secretait-
Ling, the day before yesterday, the amount of the Civil
List, The Chamber voted unartimously 25 millions
foy the King three milliom pr d oil) a ins; and. eight
milliOni for the Princes, to be ,distnboted according
to hisfieasure, The expences of the Military House'
hold we not efaitiristd in theie three sums. -

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