Star.
London, England, 1816-02-13 00:00:00

Hilineitihertit dint Stiftht he e%
4iftrismte th WWI' star*
of the Government. Every man must hare is hi*
Mind howUnnecessai y it is that in time of profottnel
.ftette we sheield• Ifie•burthened with so many Louth
of the Aelmiraltys :If seven tordennly were neer*.
,savy for t‘e dun's/Willa ..ofllce in. the times whelk
the ots (ler nary was .emplieyed in getiie tat:
vice, sureiy four Were neva fidlY adequate, When we
bed only two huncired vessels •he tonitttitson. rEirr
:;i§ own p in he elleuld trot lid disposed hi Votes,
lifts till Nioisters would fay what reason existed why
Loird.Melvi 10,m:0 two or three loos& to assist him;
might not do ell the business that would in freerre re-
main upon weir handr. it such a nuirgeo tf..:l-e not'
competent now, seven roust have beet a most inedfoo
quate proportion indeed in time of war, when. the
number of ships itt commission being ten tittles as
great _as at present, it was reas nab'e to suppose diet
ten times as Rlany Lorde.end Secretaries weriertqiii.
site as now. He truoed this night would not pus
without Hon. Baronet opposite-being called noon •
to chord seine means for understanding le v it is
that these seven Lord; have sUr vived the letteuet !era
might to hive occupied seventy. The country tee elit
to be satisfied by eeeinq an inquiry made into; Oeta
after item befere the House were called epon to vote
single shilling. Reopetting the Peace reetablishment,
wZiere were the reasents for its enorino,:s arneont t „In
the whale of our establishment aneointed to
little more than five millions. How then (lid it hap-
, pee, that new we focird ourselves in a state of perfect
tranquillity —now. that the power of France was re.
dueed and brok-n, while we were told that offer power
eirentinott untoueLed—how was it, that when-e,:ults.
;ion was manilcsted st :lie:ng .its scrte of more
pro:.ound peace and tranquillity even than we were
a'ter tte peace of -Utrecht, the result should be, that
instead of an establishment airtoinitin3 to five mil-
eicrue we should h; told that it-was neceetety to keep
.up one at an merest of from twenty-5 ve to 50
t The Right Honourable Gontlethan had de-
need that paper-money aas - depreci.ited he would
fake him at his:1,100 ; he small also. greet him that
gear' thin bad wily doubled and trebled in value
during the weir; stqlie would maintem that good
reason ought to be. s'ievre, why, az this !twee:fed
thlueettee peace establishment ought to ccet pulse
than ten thißilos. The enormous expenditure given
nit aliected.eyery mot in the country; and every men
must demand to be satisfied this such an 'estehlish.
' meat ought hot to be kept up, ualess Ministers can
give a triunap!iett ensue., to all the objections that
ere urged agz.zo.,;t it. As to the Ways and Wens,
ail the-relief.thet •the Right Hpo. Gentkmau had
:proposed to the agricultural interest .wes the taking
off about a million e year. The tax on husbeedry
horses was One nt whole amount, perhaps
,
toe smallest that eeisted,• it ought to be taken off ;
but to My that ibis weuld operate as any relief.to the
1.0'41101.1er% was a mere jape, .Ey the repeal of the
lea,lier tax, which, when. it tray proposed in that
House, Ito rememeored, .was lost "by a majority of
one, sonic real -then small relief wou:d he expe-
rienced by the farmer; aellte weuld venture to say,
that i% a.iy Honourable Member were again to pro-
pose it at this time, the Ceanceller of the k:echequer
vouid not he able to rasi,t its ebolitien. The war •
Malt Tax was eserious and crying evil! it Affected
the. barley grower to the cetera almost of anniltd ► •
tion, while it went direct!; against the very meet eel
Jriuti eye the latouseiog classes -of the people.
Last of all carpe the obnoxious Income Tax, which,
even in the way it was proposed to be continued, teso
..by iteeinquieituriel made ot execetion, most oppre.siee.
and injerious, and coild never produce the benviite
expected from it, The case with which it had t,een
hitherto mired, might spoil the most economical Mi.
eigers, even those who reight be more economical
Oran the present. Bat thoegfi we Were told that, in-
stead of ti whole, we were only to pey Leif of ft, ire
w say to the gi.;;lit Bon. Gentlemen, that this
fax never would be passed by Per-hem:no. . Every
usae in the country would %Aire by voice against it ;
Petitions would pour in open tae House from every
pert of the kingdom, and he had no doubt e4itt io a
few weeks the Right Hon. Gentleman would co:.te
dewti and $ that instead of continuing it, be teri o 4
talk i; preferable to tike a small. Loan, 'Diem
was title cf our old and ftithful Alliee, she wes
called, who he thetrOtt it. high time should be
called on to assist us iii our difficulties, by paying
us tome small portion of what was our right.—
He meant Ausitia. ritis Power had obtained great
advantages by the peace ; she had been enabled to
maintain her armies abroad inflater .conntries, and
thus to repay herself for a part. of the expettces
correct by the war, Sha had gained a great part of
Italy, and every beoy who knew the nature of an
Austrian army, must be awes' what benefits ;be de.
rived from quartering her troops in that 6ne cpuntry.
Why, thee, d:d not this faithful Ally of ours come
forwerd add repay us be money we had lent her 20
years ago t We had beard muchof the good faith
• and honour of this Ally, though he recollected that
:the good faith on her part only lasted .* year or two
after-the money was obtained, before it was broken,
We heel leht her seven millions almost twenty yeats
ago, and she had not only returned none or ebe co.
pita!, but bad not paid any of theeinterest. • If: she
Fquld not refuted the principal, she ought WM, rate
p 3 lip called on for the payment of the interest; :the
sue) at four or five millions only of this interest would
be highly acceptable to the country, and be- a -most
agreeable and oppertune acsistance to Ministers in
tkeirpreseot eetigencies; it would eoable Government
tb give up the Woe Melt Tax, tutd the ruiners'
,Ploperty Tax. But. no sec!) etatement was to be
.lOund ha the Budget, and he would venture to say,
that pet attempt w sekl be teade,don of the House
ro detuonithis tii-
butt of justice. He begged pir
for taking qp ix, much of their time, but be could
nor conceive that he should discharge his ditty, if he
did not notice those points whit!) ought to attract the
attention of every thinking man, in order that some-
thing' by dope for the_genteral relief of the •
country.
Mr. ItO.SE could see no reason. to repeal the @fist-
ing usury laws, as such repeal was never proposed
by any one beforsi—i Neer, from the Oppositioa
Benches)—tn times Of moiler diffispitie I. With regard
to poor rates, it was useless to; inveigh generally
against them, hs they had been so often already in-
quired into whiff:lo(4lfeet. lie contended- that bey
were of service In a certain degree to okeeagrioyttnrist,
as they tended .S 0 diminish the price of Jaboui. As
to tithes, therWirt ofd cnasidered by ibs win;