Star.
London, England, 1804-05-01 00:00:00

15,200 ,COO
DitaPO.WWltin to complete Grazts,lB::3 760,c00

Vote of Credit, including Boo,cooL for irdand
blifeetlaneous (England) including aopool.
foi Services pot yet voted - 6r7,n00
Ditto (Ireland) including sopool. to bc voted
for Civil Contingencies - 166,000
183,000
Irib Permanent Grants • - - - 400400
joint Charge of England and Ireland 38,703,000
Add -England feparate Charges.
Tooloners Ships -116 S poo
Deficiency of Malt Duty,lBo2 213,000
American Avards - • 412,000
Eachesser NMI, V. C, 1803 - 1 ,soo,coo
----- 2,262400
Total Supplies Loo,sios,ooo
bedrod on Account of Ireland as below 4,111,632
On Account of England £.36,383,348
Irchequer (hills on Aids 1804, to be re.
by a like amount on Aids t Bos.
43 Geo. 111. c. 36, part of
4400,0001.

. .
3pW,000
'47, Bank, 1.500P00
93. - 5,000A0
L.9.300.0c0

tuba of the above Som of
Afogoacot ase to be ennui.
Mad by Ireland • 4,531.294
dd for Ireland 2-z7ehs of
1346,043LC1eil Llfl and
other Charges on the Confo-
lidated Fund. not relatill co
Public Debt -

1.01,358

44,711,651
WAYS AND MLANS.

Duty
.IPeobans,Olfaccs, SEC.
Way* and Waus, 18[3
War 'Fazes to Aprd 5, aos.
Calillasand Ez.tre
provaltTat

AMkleaal War Taxes

8,500.e00
7 .000.000

14440.020
i,oocpoo

OssiiiieWed Fund, to April 5, 124:4

750.0,X1
1,030,000
1,3 70.00 C

rE 16,5repna
The CHANCELLOR olthe EXCHEQUER then
that if the Committee felt the extreme impor-
of filch provifinns, they would acquiefee in the
...tit), of making an addition to the War Taxes of
~ooo,cod. It would be recolleCted that he had for.
r prdpofed a duty of 201. per too upon wine ;
in confequcnce of various rcprefentations made
on account of the failure in the vintage of the
preceding year, and other circumflance, the duty
arged was only 121. per ton. He propofed now to
irge every ton of wine with a duty of to guineas,
th,including the former ta ',would yield 2CC,0001.
Topored to double the tax upon imports, with the
ption of tea, wine, and cotton, inflead of impoting
.tional duties in a different manner. Thefe ad-
ional duties would yield Bco,ccol. making in the
ole, an addition to the War Taxes, of t,000,c001.
then Rated to the Committee that he had that
fing entered into a contrail with feveral canfider-
Bankersfor the Loan of the prefent year,arnount-
to 14,0ta0,0001. and a half for the fervices of Great
in and Ireland, t0,c00,0001. of which were for
:parate fervices of Great Britain. It had been
ated for in the 3 per Cent. Cor,fols and 3 per
Reduced Annuities. The terms upon which
Loan had been contraEled were : for every loc.)
'ng--,
too Three per Cent. Refaced, at 55
Sa 1 here per Cent. Cont.w, at t 6 -
teflified that the public credit of the country
high. and at the Ilene that it held out a roof!.
ble p•ofit to the Subferibers. The amount of the
•eft will he 546,.-d:;01. which, together with the
'dant rli argeb cu 17,ement, &c. would amount
sr), tsiol. Niw, as t.i the mode of difeharging
interefi, he rivt;lit rthfet ye, in the fitll place,
in u.r comic of 1.41 i lime arrangements
niat:le fa she purpofr of fimplifying die lead-
branclte:. t f the publo: resLitue. When there
:,,,emcce, were ad,,pted, it had been fund im•
dl:4 regu!a;ho, which tended to
:r tL. LtAnip duty left nrtrieatu ; that %las the
remainmg tof the duties which had unclei•
:oo 11111:, li!et.1:1011, f, as to rr,icr the
c•flion mote fiin and it WAS from !hat he hop•
without imp ding any conlolerable pr Sure upon
public, to nlJt•lii a fun' large enoo7ll to pro-
f-or rite 'meted of the loan. ~.v;i; :h 1:e lead
' to the Committ::. Do;ies were at prtfe,A

£55 0 0
45 i 8 9

•3eable tip

ufcd

rt,cLc.iirgs

The 1.-•inler,-111. n‘C

••:cado,:; t!.:f d,•tics on n tinin con.rnet-
prucee..lop v.••rt .r• .11 known, and th,ir number
intricacy had bec••n,c f^ ;711.At that they Alreat:y
About three hundred ,i,.tetent louts.
di IA he ptopofed to elaft in fuch a manner
~ery pea n m.ght eAlily know what wit
teal atuutiut of the Stamp Day he ought to pa),

and to facilitate them by at arrangement of that
c.lefcription, that he hoped would tend to counter-
balance, in a great degree, any inconvenience which
might atife wan the additional duty. He did not
propafe to make a 'very confiderable addition, be-
cattle he conceived, that whatever tended to allz-
viate the eNpence of a Court of Jts(lice, was a matter
of great importance to the pablic ; for that reafun
the addition to that fpecies of (lamps (hould. be very
ts itling , but he thought that fhme confiderable addi.
Lion might be made to infiruments of feculity, and
transfers of property. At prefent the Stamp duty
bore a relation rather to the extent of the inftrnment
than to the value of the property. He Ihould prerpofe
Come alteration on that principle, and fhould adopt fume
regulations as to the lamps neceffary for the transfer-
ence of commercial property and legal conveyances.
i He hoped that all the inn icacieswhich were at prefent
complained of wculd thereby be avoided, and that not
left than 80o,cool. would be derived from the intend-
ed additions and regulations. He was convinced that
fuch an additional duty was the moat eligible taxation
which could be propoled, in order not to bear hard
upon that chefs of the community, towards whom it
was the duty of Parliament to be lenient. He could
confidently Rate to the Finnic, that after the moll
-attentive confideration of this fubjeft for a long time
pall, and convetfing with men who were able to judge
of thofe affairs, he was affitred that Tome loch con.
venient arrangement might be made, which would
add thus confiderably to the revenue, without caul-,
ing any great degree of inconvenience. The Chan-1
cellor of the Exchequer then entered into a fhort
recapitulation of the whole Supplies and Ways and
Means, and obferved, that confidering the amount of '
the accumulated debt as being under 4,000,000 L
and as he wi(hed to Gum making any further addi-
tions thereto, be had propofed the meafures he had
jull then recapitulated, which, he conceived, was
an average amount of the charges of the war. He
had endeavoured to exclude temporary charges. If,
however, it fhould be found neceffary to continue
any of thefe war taxes at their prefent amount, dur-
ing three years, the Houle would perceive that at
the end thereof, all addition to the debt would ceafe,
when they included the amount of the fum in the
hands of the Commitlioners for the Public Debt.
The debt would be diminifhing, even during the war.
The fum provided for the Ordnance in the year
itiot, was 2,036,000 t—in round numbers. The ex.
cefs for the year 1804,6 no kis than 1,63t,000l The i
caufe of this increafe, under the late circumttances of
the war, would immediately occur to the Committee ;
and Gentlemen would alfo be aware, that this charge
would not be permanent. Likewife the extraordinary
expenditure for arms and cloathing would not to the
fame extent be incurred. It would be recolleeted that
a prodigious quantity of arms had been delivered to
Volunteers, which need not againbefupplied ; thatthe
cloathing already furnifhed would ferve for the apace
of three years ; and it would be for the Houle to deter
mine, what inducements fhould be held out to Volun-
teers to continue their military engagement, and on
this would principally depend the additional expences
in that department. To the conftruaion and in-
cidents of barracks, 2,183,0001. had been applied.
In this refpea alfo, a very large diminution would
take place, unlefs it thonld be deemed neceffary to
make a confiderable augmentation in the national
armies; when accommodations would of courfe be-
come expedient in proportion to this increafe of the
public force. The extent of the provifions now made
would not include Inch contingencies, but the account
was regulated by the ptohable amount of the future
expences in the prefent Rate of our hoftile prepare.
tions. So that if we purfued the fame fyftem, we
fkeuld, at the end of three years, arrive at a point
when we fhould perceive the debt diminifhing, and
without any further burthens we fhould be able to
continue the fame efforts to refill aggreffion, and to
promote the fecurity of the country. He had to
thank the Committee for the candid indulgence it
had Ihewn to him during his progrefs through the
ftatements, and with the fincersit pleafure he con
gratulated with Honout able Membets and the nation
at large, on the competency of the refources to meet
all the difficulties of our fituation. While he bad
been taking this review, at every additional Rep he
had advanced, the Committee mull have been more
and more impreffed with the opulence, power, and
fpirit of the country: it was from thefe we were en•
abled to rely on the ability of this country, fingle
handed, to perfevere in the contelt with an enemy
urged onward by the molt extravagant ambition, and
by implacable animofity. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer then concluded, by moving the feveral
refolutions adverted to in the courfe of his Cpeeth,
which, being read from the chair, were agreed to in
the Committee—ta,yoo,o,Dol. were to be railed, for
for which an increafe was made of r0,000,00c1.
flock in the 3 per cent. Confolidated annuities, and
8,:oo,cool. in the Reduced annuities, agreeable to
the- terms of the contra& with the bidders for the loan.
Mr. FOX Paid, that he underltood for Come reafon
which was not explained, it was the opinion of per-
lons high in office, that it was not proper at this
time to &Coifs quetlions of great importance to the
fecurity and advantage of the country. He was in-
formed, that in another place a debate of confider-
able confequence had been pollponed, and he wifhed
to know, if it were the intention of his Majefty's
Minifters, from the fame motives, to defer the motion
he had propofed ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—
" The conliderati nits to which the Honourable Gen-
tleman has :adverted, undolibtedly apply to the mo-
tion he intended to bring forward, as well as to
many ("their, wlach fume Honourable Members had
fuggefted. He hoped, theiefore, that Gentlemen
would abftain, jutt at this moment, from dictating
motions on which warm political contells might be
expcfled ; and his Majeily's Mtnillers will, on their
part, be difpoted to exercife the fame forbeatance."
Mr. FOX hoped that the caufe of delay. whatever
it might be, would not opet.oe long, and affcnted
to poll puning his motion to this day le'imight.
Lord PORC HESTER, deferred his mution to
HAT ; and after a few words (torn Mr. C &raft,
ti.c Houle being returned, refolved Welt into a Com-
mittee, when the Order r.f the Day lot rending the
amendments in the Army r f Refer ve 1141 was put off
to this day fe'unight. The other Orders of the Day
being then difturkd of,
I Mr. V ANSITTART propofed that there be laid
before the Houle an Account of the Drawbacks
allowed to Common-Brewers.—Adjourned.

'LONDON: -

TOESVAY; MAXI.
ST. PHILIP AND Si. ja4at.7=Holiday at the Pulage.Ofaces.

The interefting converfation which took place yet
terday in the Houk of Peers, previous to the poft-
ponement of the Marquis of STAFFORD'S motion to
Friday next, will be perufed with deep attention by
the Public. LOrd HAWILESRURY requcfted the port•
poncment on grounds which he faid it would be
inconfiftent with his duty to explain—he could only
pledge his credit and charatter for its propriety and
neceffity. Earls CARI:ISLS, Firzwictasm, and Lord
GaesviLcs preffed the'Noble Secretary for a further
explanation, which was firmly refufed. It was fur-
ther urged, that no bufinefs relative to the Defence
of the Country should be brought forward in the'
interim, which was partly conceded, Lord Hawses.
suer promifing that nothing fhould be prefented of
a nature likely to occation a divifion of fentiment.
The above circumftance, combined with a great
bufile in the morning among the Minifters, produced
a variety of reports. Some faid, that a Regency is on
the tapis ; others, that Mr. ADDINGTON is making an
arrangement for his immediate refignation ; others
aligned other motives. We do not know which of
them deferves moil credit ; but it appears that Come

important event is near at hand. Mr. Fox's motion
in the Houfe of Commons, relative to the Hanoverian
troops, which flood for Wednefday, was alfo pat-
poned upon the fame ground.
Looking to the prefent critical fituation of the coun-
try, and to the heterogeneous combination by which
his Majefiy's prefent Official Servants have been fo
embarraffed as, in the opinion of many, to leave them
no other duty to perform than that of retiring ; we
participate with our Readers, in that fentiment of
anxious and painful euriofity which all of them tuft
feel, with refpeit to what perfons his Mail sxy (hall
be pleated to appoint as their fucceffors. May tliicir
condua be as honetl, and their meafures as well cal-
culated to promote the bell interefts of the Country;
as thole of the prefent Minillers have been, and there
will be lefs reafon to regret the refignation of men
to whom the Nation is under many obligationo
In the Hoofs of Commons the CHANcebtoi ofd
Exciesety ea opened the Annual Budget. H% con-
gratulated the country on the terms of the Loin con.
eluded on the fame morning; the leer: to the Lenders

being only 31. 121. 6d. for each tool. was a proof be-
yond all argument of the folid refourees of this coun-
try. After enumerating the articles of Supply and
Ways and Means, as dated in our report, he pro.
ceeded to recite the New Taxes. Thefe were,
An wended Duty on Wine /MAI 12k. to 19 guineas

per ton , - - Z.aoo,coo
Twelve per Cent. on all Imports (ezcluave of Wine,
Tea, and Cotton Wool). The Duty on Sweep to be
partly transferred to gams, which arc to pay a
double Duty - • - - £ &wpm
There, however, he defired fhould be confidered
merely as War Taxes. He had in contemplation to
propofe a Bill for the regulation of Stamp Duties,
when by diminifbing fame, augmenting others, and
confolidating the whole, he hoped to vaife a furn
equal to the intereft of the Loan for the prefent year.
The refolution for this purpofe hu would not now
profs on the Houle.

Lord 'Jammu( has within there few days
written a circular letter to the different Foreig;.
Minifters, in which his MAJESTY'S difavowal of any
knowledge of the plot attributed by the French Go-
vernment to Mr. DRAKE, is unequivocally expreffed;
but his Lordfhip at the fame time ;Mills, that with
refpea to the general principles, there are certain
cafes in which a Government may employ irs agents
to diflra6l an enemy and &nitrate his pl4ns, without
any violation of the ellablifhed law of nations.

i was innate
preliminary
pnrpole of ji
1 had adopted
for the purg
porting and
fyllem as th
of confident
that convie
tot to be el
feel difpofe
=crate the
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Navy (exclafit
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American A,
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Exchequer 11
placed by a
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4P00,0004
Ditto
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38.703Pc<
bated by
Add for IF
5346,0431
debar Chi
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the Publil
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