Star.
London, England, 1802-06-12 00:00:00

WAYS AND SIAM&

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR. Of the Ex.
CHEELVER, the Hoyfe was ordered to refolve Weir
into a Committee of Ways and Means, and that
the Difpofition-paper on the table lhould be refer-
red to the Paid Committee. _

The lionfe having gone into the Committee,
The Cusacsstoa of the Excnsoysa rote to
move certain Refolutions. The firfl objea to which
he called the attention of the Committee was the
furplus produce of the Confolidated Fund, which
for the year ending the sth of April, tBo3, he
calculated at 4,500.000 L and the grounds of his
calculation were thefe—

Produce of permanent Taxes in the year ended the
3th April, tfioa, as per printed Account. - ,C.22,596,0c0
Deduct to pay Lich:quer Bills un Peados', Of-
fices, he. - - 2P30.000
50,566,0cti
Odd Stains paid far Bounties no Corn, and defici-
ency on Dißdkries -
Eftimatid Pri duce of Detlin 1802 - -
Eitlutated to be received from Income Duties
ImpreA and other Monies -

1.500,000
1.400.000
%%0,030

- - pOOOO
locate sfieb4Pao
'One Itcaes Produze of Land-Tax unredeemed zjoapoo
29.566P00

ESTIMATED CHARGE :
Charge for Fended Delof of Great Ed- L
twin as per account. No. 6, - 12,446564
Charge of Interdt and Management for
Loan, tBoa, OD 28,730,000/ 3. per
Cent. - - 873,437

Add Civil Lift and other Charges, as -
per Account, No.s, 1,2109751
Imperial Annuities as per Ace. No. 6, 197.196 C.
25p38,34
Surplus 4,527,65%
With refpee to the Imperial Annuities, he had
the fatisfation of being able to inform the Com.
mittee, that in confeqnence of a ftrong reprefenta-
tion recently made to the Auftrian Ambalrador
on the fobjett of there Annuities, an anfwer was
received, which the Right Honourable Gentleman
read. It contained the mot folemn affurances
that this debt would be difcharged as loon as cir-
cinnftances fhould permit. An opinion which
the Right Honourable Gentleman hoped would
receive full credit from the Committee,and would
excite a confidence in the fpeedy difcharge of
this debt, particularly when the wife arrrange.
ments now making to regulate and ream the fi-
nance of the Auftrian Government were taken in.
to confideration ; the embarralred Rate of which
arofe out of the great exertions of the'Coort of
enna, during the late war, and its endeavours to
preferve a Ready attachment to this country,
He trolled, therefore, that the Committee would
feel that that Court had Tome claim to indulgence,
and to confidence alfo, that it would not unno
cefrarily delay to fatisfy the demands of this coun-
try. The Right Hon. Gentleman defcribed the re-
folution he meant to fubmit. The next to that'
already mentioned, he Rated to be for 5,500,0001.
in 'Exchequer Bills, to be ;Cued to the Bank in
pan of payment of the film of 3,0c0,0001. advanced
by that body for the public fervice, in the year I
1798. As the amount of this vote was to be pro-
vided for out of the firft aids to be granted for the
year 1803, and as theft Exchequer Bills were not
to be put into immediate circulation, he had no
doubt of the concurrence of the Committee in this
prepolition ; till left did he apprehend any &fit-
rcnce of opinion on another motion, for the pay-
ment of a balance of 99,8861. due on the Porto-
goefe fubfidy, of 300,0001. voted in the csnrfe of
the laft year. The Lift vote he had to propofe,
was for the (urn of 114,0001. the appropriation of
which was fully explained in the Difpofition Paper
on the table. The Right Hon. Gentleman con-
cluded with laying, that he fhould not then detain
the Committee longer, as he propofed on Monday,
to lay fuch a Itatement before the Houle, as he
trolled would fully fatisfy Parliament and the
public of the fufliciency of our refources, and the
political advantages that were to be e peeled from
the arrangements which were making to retort
and to reinforce our finances. He then moved
refolutions purfuant to his flatenvent, which wave
agreed to, and the report was ordered to be
brought up to-morrow.
Adjourned at ten o'clock, till tomorrow. •

LONDON.