Star.
London, England, 1829-05-09 00:00:00

bat very valuable paper he held in his hand, five items,
showing the differeneeolaspsaditure in 1792 and 1828.
1a 1792 the interest on the public debt, funded and
unfunded, was 9,577.0001• and, in the year 1811. the
interest on the public debt amounted to 28,159,0001. so
that this item had increased just threefold. In 179?
the various charges ari.ing out of the civil list amounted
to 1.053.0001. and in 1828 that item had increased to

2.4.72.0001. The charge for the army, navy, ordnance,
and mi.cellaneous services in 1792 was 4,557.C001.
and in 1826 those various services cost the country
19.000,004. The aggregate amount of expenditure in
1792 was 14969,0001 and 1828 it was 49.781,0001

In addition to all this there was the dead %%eight, a, it

was called ; or, in other words, the charge pay-
ment of pensions and sinecures, now amounted to no
less a sum than 6,147,0001. Every thing had fallen but
pensions and sinecures, but the expense for these had
never changed but to increase. The dead weight was
unchangeable, and bung about the necks of the landed
proprietors whilst their properties were melting away.
When the dead weight amounted to such a turn a.
6,147,0001 was it possible tbit they could be otherwise
than in distress; and he regretted to say that every in-

West in the country was greatly distressed. notsvith.

standing the sta ernents which the Chancellor ot the
Exchequer put forth so ostentatiously as to the pr. 4•
pesky of the couritiy.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER s.iJ,
that, as many Honourable Members were anarous per-
haps to address the Howe, he would not follow the
Honourable Gentleman who had just sat down in
observations on different parts of hi, (the Ch ancellor o
the Exchequer's) statement, in which the Honour rl le
Gentleman was cheered by H ,nourable Men►be's also

Were not in the House when the sidtement w* made.

Ele seised the earliest opportunity, ho*ever, of reteni.l
to one mkteprescntation of the Hnoninable Gentleman,

which must have been obvious to every one who heard
his statement. He (the Chancellor of the Eschequei)
teferreJ to the increase of exports in 1828, accompanied
by a correspondent increase of the revenue of the Ezci.e,
and from these facts he argued that there was age eral
growth of consumption indicative of prospetity. Now,
these observation applied generally to the state of the
country in 1828, and the lino. Member for Aberdeen
4-plied r them to the present state of the Spitalfields
weavers, in a speech much better calculated for Spoil-
fi.ldsthan for that House, and which might answer there
to excite a feeling against him (the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer), if that was what was desired. What he had said
with leveet to one year the Hon. Menthe' for Aberdeen
applied to Another year, and then thougi t that he had
made out a case agaiiist him. N. w, he IT tested against
this system of misrepresentation, and hoped that when
the Hon. Member for Aberdeen quot d his ewes i.ins
again be would state to what those expressions applied,
and.not apply the n to what they were never meant to
apply. He did not mean, at this period, to follow any
of the Hon. Gentleman's arp,un.ents, but merely to
protest against misrepresentation. He was bound to
; resume that that misrepresentation had aot been inten-
tional; but it was certainly as ample a misrepresenta-
tion as he had ever heard iu that House, even from the
Hon. Gentleman.
Mt. HUMZ begged to say a few word. by way of explination.
He did sec intentionally misrepresent any thing. The Right lio-
mattable Geodesists talked of the present depression as a passing
Oared 'Ma would shortly blow over, sad leave the coontry in a
state of more transcendent prosperity.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER *aid the word
U transcendent" was the Honourable Gentleman's. and he 'tumid
sot Wok to rob lams of the honour of tieing upon it.
Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN next addressed the
House. He regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman
(the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had no: thought it
necessary to refer more particularly to the existing dis-
tresses of the counts y. or to trace out the cause of tt o.e
distresses. He had referred in his antic explanation to
the present state of the Spitalffelds 'heavers', which was
a subject well deserving of his consideration. He (Mr.
Alderman Waithman) bad taken some pains to into.=
himself of the real situation of those poor persona,
who were suffering unties distresses which could not be
described. In all his communications with them, how.
ever, he.had always deprecated their throwing any im.
potation on their employers, and had contended that
*hat the employers had done was no more than
oecessary for them to do under their peculiar circum-
stances. He professed himself the ardent advocate of
those WiloflollMll persona, and was most anxious that
they should be sestored to a state of prosperity, and be
gambled to live by their honest labour ; 6ut at the same,
rime he was bound to say, that he considered it a most
unfortunate circumstance that they should have resorted
to any act of violence. He hoped, however, that
the misconduct of son.e of those unfortunate persons
would not prevent the indulgence of humane feelings
with regard to the Spitalfields weavers in general, who
had endured aggravated distress w.th most exemplary
patience. The Right Hon. Gentleman had dealt very
largely in anticipations as to the expected proveriry of
the country, notwithstanding the passing cloud which
now hung over the manufacturing interest. He (Aid.
Weidman) however, had some short time ago looked
over the speeches of different Chancellors of the Excite-
quer fur many years past, and he found them all pretty
much in the same strain. The House was generally told
that the brightest and most prosperous prospects were
opening on the country,. an', if depression or dis-
tresses exisieJ, those were always stated to be merely
temporary matters; so that the language of the Right'
Honourable Gentleman might have been equally well
applied to any statement that had been made by a Chan
tenor of the Exchequer within the last fifteen years, or
to any statement that night be made in future years.
The Right Honourable Gentleman certainly mit,ht
have referred more satisfactorily to the present state of
our trade and manufactures. He disclaimed any inters
lion of misrepresenting what bad fallen from the
Right Honourable Gentleman, or of letting fall any
thing that could be consideieJ personally offensive;
but be could not give implicit credence to any
statement that was not founded on facts. In the same
spirit, he would say that he did not call upon Geode-
men to give him credit fur any statement which he could
not prove. Now, the Right Honourable Gentleman had
stated that the country was in a state of prostierit)
during the year 1828; but be (Mr. Alderman Waith.
man) denied that our manufactures were in a I,urasb-
ing state during that year. and he proposed to make oat
his case by documents. His Hon Ft tend (Mr. Hume)
had said something on the situation of the landed pro
prietoss; but his Honourable Friend did not conic to
the point. The I nded proprietors were the persons
moat deeply interested in those discussions. They had,
a stake in the count' y. and if its wealth was lost
its constitution could not long stand. It became every
Member of that Ht.use, therefore. to examine into,
and point out, the distresses of the country, and it was
the duty of his Maj .sty's Government, backed by that
House. to point out a temedy for the case. The evils
had now become so complicated that he confessed he dud
not feel himself competent to point out a remedy ; but,
swathe' ss, it was his duty to refer to those evils.—
Much had been said alkut the s)st, m of free trade, but