Star.
London, England, 1810-05-17 00:00:00

recessary to meet the charge of that year, in tea.
'mounted to. d provision for two years in one.--
'„ also another consideration .which weighed
,ngly upon his tnind_ in recommending this mea.
re,. By the exertions that had been made, and were
g,n progress, to call in the arrears of the property
id assessed taxes, which last year amounted to
6(10000, considerable sum had been drawn
I‘
,on, the public in addition to the regular receipts of
year. The Committee then would see that the
,od when such an additional collection had been
tee from the public, though on account of arrears,
not a time for resorting to new taxes if they could

avoided.
He begged in this place to call the attention of the
-ttee to .a resolution, which hull bent introdu.
b the Noble Lord whom he succeeded (Marquis.
Lansdowne) into his financial resolutions in 1807.
resolution directed that an account should be
before the House of the net ppdacc of all the
anent taxes for the three precedtpg . years, and
ever2ge should be made otAose not then in
Akin ; it also directed that 11, similar account
be made out for the year 1.80.§,,9, and 10, and
ere should appear to be any. excess.of amount in
)te last three years, that it shonr4; be at the disposal
parliament, and applicable to eciver the charge of
le In {,,reither year; but if any deficiency should
tie pace, that it was to be Made, gOod by Parlia-
lent. 'The principle of this resOlutipn was certainly
of that upon 'y:hich his proposition. was founded ;7
if he were to take‘au ave4age On three year 4
excess wauld be 40;(20cienore then be meant .to
;e for the service of the .present, year. adverted',
ho resolution only to sbew, .that his .prOposition
of altogether a novel idea in. ittat House,
L might het+, be material for the satisfaction of the
immittee to look to the stateog the trade, manu-
tures and commerce of the pantry, in order .toJ
;r that there was a just prospect.that their expects.:
would not prove unfounded sas to the stability
the means and resources of the empire. This
td most satisfactorily appear, from a reference to
lmparative amount' of the exports and imports
&rent periods. The official value of the imports
year was 16,245,209. The prosperous year of
(1802), was only £31,442,318, being an in.
last year of nearly £5,000,000 above the most
as year of peace. The exports of British
,actures last year amounted t.) £35,107,000:
)2 they were only £26,993,199, being a differ-
of between 8 and 19,000,000 infavour of last
The exports of foreign manufactured goods
last year £15,194,000, somewhat less than the
dm of foreign exports in 1802, which was
!,127,000. But it was most satisfactory to ob
that though the exports of foreign goods
decreased, the export of British manufactures
risen in a greater proportion, and that there
an increase upon the whole of £4,180,000,
mount of all the exports having been last year
"40.000, whereas, in 1802, they amounted to but

120,000. Upon an average of the two last years
trel with the average of 1802 and the preceding
the ad varnage was £3,168,300 in favour of these
of war over two years of peace. But if the
drantage had even not been so much in favour of last
r, the average would shew that the country was
stationary but progressive in prosperity. In
Irksll;re Anne the: manufacture pf cloth had increas-
'in the last year to the•extent of one million Eve
1 thousand yards.: But was not the growing
rospetity cf the country obvious in the great public
Cks which were undertaken throughout the country
_ great canals and extensive docks which were
all sides establAing ? The progress of such un-
ings, with as much spirit, activity, and enter-

:e, as in a time of the most profound and prosper,
peace, was a certain indicationof the flourishing
.edition of our trade,,,manufaittires, and, commerce..
The Committee.wouWhitrustede excuse him for
ding thciFitfilitlnir to such topics which were so,
Kaatel7 ethinected with the subject .of that day.
1 lip of the hiOest ionsequence,.to shew thit the
ma' the industry, manufactures, and, commerce
4 at country was such .as to enable the nation to.
,ain the -tiSiriliens it had to bear. Though un-
itsettly the pi essure of the times may bear heavily
. some 'classes.of their fallow.snbjecti, ....pressure
irh they must 111.iment, yet it was consolatory to
t, that there wasmo ground for apprehending any
serial or extensive national calamity. But at was
lily in our internal resourceskbut. in our external
. and strength, that the progressive PrifaeneY
this nation was to be-traced. flit too had hap-
, been made out to the conviction Of our enemy.
,vas but a few years Since that enemy had,cliela.red,
61x all he wanted were, ships, -colonies, and corn-
bee. If-the attainment Of. such, objects were his
NI, what progress had he made towards their ac.
ylishmentl It was (tali by acquisitions from
xis country that he was to realize .any one of them,
- yet all the .commerce that belonged to his Erg, ,
'it had lost ; all the'colOniesithas &Id helowed for
411 he had lost ; and the
..:fesv gtl3(Kkii)ifikrer4l44l.l-:
ig were kept pent qp hi his ports without ever
dariag to put to sea.— (,HSFO.-M1rr...)771.44... was the,:
Curernment, too, Whose xneasureilirvti_lit t
inaded in wisdom, a-4til muted wit
1:;: 47? ...1-
474
tie Government of this .344s_xy,h4. , 1,-7"
,#,larged with wealcness..ignOranct, !illy, aniAm_, „
'-7. He should detain the Commlttee wtihibutj„ i
Iv
more observations to stew that Ile opesiipoi; ek
vie measure of the Orders in Cpuncqsi3 tvmucit app,,,,id in this country,,hadlliadtbe -effeCt ,91911,444flitagigicit
uceipts of the Customs in Vince, from .if?.1.590,04)0
t',l 400,000, 4-sths of its svhol. Anio pipparluf;.l
spewed how unavailing all the treasures 4 Lk._ .T*4l
Ruler were to the accomplishment: of laiciaxiim,o,
Pa. He should .therefor not take IT PPlele,lcititik
tine of the Committee, but, move. that the tetmsniAtt
which the Loan had been contracted for, slioplchittki
approved of by that Committee.
-.!''•11;)
r. HUSKISSON agreed with his Itightr:Volii,d
Friend, that the country was in a progressive *state of
rProvement. He never had stated the contrary,
I,44ever his opinions might have been misrepresented ;
but even from the speech of his Right Hon. Friend,
drat DO permanent taxes could be found to meet the
exigencies of the State, to which insuperable objections
‘'ollll not be raised, he was convinced we could not
go on raising one million or R 1,200,000 additional
yearlyHe was sure that neither his Honourable
rrimd nor any Minister could long support cur im-
t...erse annual expenditure. He wished to see the sub-
iect fairly stated ; he wished to see a permanent sys

OM established to catty On n Mloctedwarfire, even 1
foi an undetemined period. He could not bear the I
idea of thus going on year after year without provi-
dence or foresight.; and such a conduct reminded him j
of an answer of a French Minister, at the helm of
affairs in that country a short time before the revolu-
tion broke out, and who, to remonstrances on ap-
proaching and inevitable difficulties, carelessly an-
swered, 66 ditris nous as deluge." He would repeat,
that he was by no means desponding, but he would
have such a statement made, to convince the enemy
that we had full means to continue the contest.
Another motive for establishing a permanent system
was, the fluctnation of revenue, and the certainty
that some of the principal resources of this year
would not be found for the next. With a permanent
system of adequate taxation, a strict economy was
immediately connected, and he had expected to see
that necessary vfrtue practised in this year's expendi-
ture, as his Right Honourable Friend had manifested
his earnest intenticet to turn all his thoughts to that
subject. He thought it impossible that we could
long go on, if a few.millions alear were not deducted
from our expenditure ; and yet in this year's Budget
the expences were greater than in the preceding one,
without some of the principal items being sufficiently
accounted for. He adverted especially to the increase
in the number of seamen, which he thought unneces-
rary in the present state of the war. We could never
expect to reduce the enemy, asformerly, by the destruc-
tion of his fleets, or the annihilation of his remaining
trade. It had been said by his Right Hon. Friend,
that the darling object of his ambition was 44 ships,
colonies, and commerce';" that ambition, he believed,
however, had now taken a different turn ; and his
peculiar madness—for all conquerors were more or
less tainted with some—appeared to be the total de-
struction of trade. Of course it could never be ex-
pected that all our efforts at sea could bring the con-
test to an issue. The Honourable Gentleman next
adverted to the finances of Ireland, which he thought
far from flourishing. Once more, he was not despon-
ding, but he wanted to impress on his Right Hon.
Friend and on the Committee the necessity of a per-
manent system of taxation to meet the exigencies of
the state ; and of economy to husband our resources,
as he was confident that from that depended our pros-
perity, and our very existence.
Mr. ROSE perfectly agreed in every thing the
Right Hon. Gentleman said about economy—( Hear,
hear)—the necessity of which he had been one of the
first to represent; but he thought it rather hard that his
Right Hon. Friend should be called upon to provide
for more than one year's expenditure—a thing, he be-
lieved, which had never been heard of. He defended
the application of the overplus of the Consolidated
Fund, on die ground that the nation had a right to
expect that no new axes should be laid, as in all con-
science we had done enough for posterity.—( Hear,
hear.) In the present state of our affairs it would
have been unpardonable to have laid any new taxes.
This idea the Right !1011. Gent. took great pleasure
in enforcing, and remarked with exultation at the
same time, that every measure of the enemy to sap
the foundation of our commerce and prosperity, had
tended to increase both ; that they were progressively
augmented, and as long as it continued to be the case,
,we need not care what Bonaparte made of his vassal
:kings, or what changes he effected on the Continent.
• Mr. HUSKISSON explained.
Mr. TIERNEY had never given way to despon-
dence ; he had never depreciated the resources of the
country, although he had been accused of it; but he
thought that a goad deal of our boasted prosperity
was fictitious, and he would continue to think so, till
proofs of the contrary were adduced. He thought
the,suniming up of the Budget mortifying, as he saw
thaveconomy professed by Ministers,
and redommendect from the Throne. He objected
particularly to the Vote of Credit as enormous, con-
sidering that we had no allies to subsidize on the Con-
tinent, and that Portugal had been alreaay provided
for. In congratulating the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer on the unparalleled favourable terms at which
lie had obtained the Loan, he attributed that circum-
stance entirely to the quantity of superabundant capi-
tal which could find no employment, as he did his
former financial success, to unexpected good luck.
Here the Right Hon. Gentleman took a long survey
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's financial opera-
tions, to prove what he had advanced. He recom-
mended the appointment of a Committee for the esta-
blisbment of a permanent system of taxation. Once
more, he was not desponding; but he warned the.
Right Hon. Gentleman and the Committee not to
trust to the constancy of unparalleled good luck, or to
a shew of prosperity.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in
reply, agreed to what had fallen from the Right Ho-
nourable and the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Tier-
ney and. Mr- Huskisson) on the subject of economy ;
at the same time he warmly defended his statements
and hit measures.
Mr. H. THORNTON and Mr. TURTON made
tome observations, when the Resolutions were then
4greed to, and the Report was ordered to be received
Adjourned.

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Oltfi'S.E.‘7.-.114/30•Ay, MAY 17.
finAfoirwiL'a N.—iloTiday at the Exchequer, Stamp-
I =-:?"•4241116,- Banks and South Sea House.
rir NUM OF:STOCKS YESTERDAY.

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. 245ti66 ' ': ..- ' . tadia Stock
71S:perfaptt•lovan:s.A,240114491i . 4Enxdci.a
isßonds,,,sl 761. pre.
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4 yer Cent. 85-1 gat 1054
...
„Lottery Tickets £24. Qs.
S'perC. Navy 10144 101! Cons. for acc. 70i 71 701
• • .3311b0- 4 13 - •:^-
o'TAiltailleikcitnCold at Plymouth from Morlair with
rtifnfert, his brought a report that NaPo-
I w .-r;q-' C' l•-•L .1 ..
vicolithiss issued a violent decree, ordering Americans
•, .
a ever,y,desctipsion to quit Fiance without delay,
under pain of_ confiscation and imprisonment. It is
possble tli,ac thislecree-arty have'been issued, in cor.
sequenietif the recett. of intelligence similar to what
is stated in 04..fp1is swing paragraph :
..! On the-Sth and 9th instant the Jamaica packet met
at sea with the ship William. Tell, WILLIAMS masnr,
by which she was infcrmed, that the Non-intevccor-se
Law was to cease on,, the Monday.subsequ:.nt to h
departure of the latter from tl.l-.• coast of the Ur. to i

States, The William Tell was loaded with tobacco
and "yes, from Norfolk, in Virginia, had been out
2,6,cl;y4'iti that her Infortnation is to the 17th or
18th Ash. front that quarter.

SPAIN An PORTUGAL.

- .By a vessel which called off Plymouth on Tuesday,
we have received the following Letter, from aft Offi-
cer attached to our Army in Portugal :

“ LISBON, MAY S.
ge I apprised you in My letter of the gd, (See the
STAR Of Tuesday), that a great battle was daily ex-
pected between our army and the French ; and we
yesterday received intelligence, by an officer who ar-
rived here from the army, to ethbark with dispatches
for England, that both Lord WEt.r.moros and Gene-
ral HILL, who had advanced considerably beyond
the frontier, have suddenly fallen back, and taken up
advantageous positions. These movements are in
consequence of the rapid approach of a strong French
reinforcement, consisting of several thousands, who

are reported to be within three days march of the
frontiers. We are here, however, in perfect apparent
security, our force being equal to any the enemy can
bring to act against it. The Portuguese troops are
well disciplined, and appear to act with our troops
with the greatest cordiality.
46 I need scarcely tell you, that we have received
very unpleasant intelligence from Cadiz ; but we
hope matters arc not so bad there as represcnted : if
they are, we may almost conclude the affairs of Spain
as verging to an irretrievable crisis.

My next will, no doubt, convey to you the clews
of a battle as obstinately contested as any during the
course of this eventful war ; but, should the Portu-
guese troops behave as there is every reason to expect
they will, they will not be inglorious to the allied
army. One circumstance augurs favourably for the
Portuguese—there have been none of those instances
of treachery and disunion here, which have contribu-
ted, more than the arms of the enemy, to ruin the
cause of the ill fated and infatuated Spaniards.

"6 Our cruizers on this station have taken several
prizes—two of them are just standing in, and appear
to be large French brigs.
I send this by a merchant vessel which is now
getting under way for England, and will touch at
Plymouth. You shall hear from me again by the
First conveyance, should any thing occur worthy of
being communicated."
By the ANIMIA frigate, which has arrived from the
coast of Galicia after a short passage of four days,
accounts have been received from the northern parts
of the Peninsula to the 11th instant, containing some
particulars respecting the siege and surrender of As-
torga, and its abandonment by the French troops after
the destruction of the works:

" CORUNNA, MAY 4.

" On the 22d April Junot began the attack of Astorga, and
continued it on the 23d, but seeing it was defended by 2500 men,
and resolved to take it, the 24th he made a covered way on the
side or the Bishop's Gate, situated on a part of the wall which
was weak. At break of day he began to play uponle, and made a
breach seven yards wide, as if it had been cot with a knife. Three
times they renewed the assault at this opening, on which the val•
liant Governor Santolices ordered an °has to be planted there,
which swept down the tanks of the enemy, but at last this brave
officer having no more ball, and seeing Junot determined to ob-
tain possession of the city, he reluctantly surrendered it, and on
Easter Tuesday General Junot entered the place at the head of
two bodies of artillery and some cavalry. He was met by the
noble and generous Santolices, who presented his sword to the
Frenchman, which Junot desired him to retain, telling him that
he knew well how to employ it, and that be might keep his
Government if he would exercise his authority in the name of the
Emperor Napoleon. To this offer he replied, that he was a
Spaniard, and that he should acknowledge no Sovereign but
Ferdinand VII. After this reply, he was ordered, with the other
prisoners, to be conducted to Valladolid. The killed on the part
of the enemy amount to 3500 men, and on our side we bad only
comparatively a small number killed, and 1000 prisoners.

" Our prudent General, when he capitulated, introduced e
condition, that the troops of the enemy Are not to be distribut-
ed in the adjacent country, assigning as a reason, that he could
not answer for their security among his indignant countrymen.—
Having, arranged this matter, he or.lered all his soldiers, that
could procure the means, to dress themselves in peasants' habits
and in that disguise escape. By this device, a prodigious number
were enabled to join the Spanish army in the neighbourhood.
" Junot had with him about 10,000 men, and having effected,
his purpose, i.e sent scco to Ciudad Rodrigo, 2000 to Asturias,
and the rest remained at Astorga, who were employed in demo-
lishing the walls, and in the sequel, only 300 were reserved to
finish this work.

Those who proceeded to Asturias, when endeavouring to
pass the Narona, were attacked by Porker (el Marquisito), who
beat them and put them to a disgraceful
r
" CORO NSA, MAY n.—News by last nignt-s mail inform Ins,
that the bead-quarters of the British ai-niy4s:Ve,reMoVed from
Viseu, and that ft is advlanchig towards tilanianca."

4

FALMOUTH, MAt 14.
Arrived eat KA IS 8100 r of war with a brig having on hoard
stores, ammunition, he. for Cadiz; al.d hie Maj...st s's skip PER*
Stitt, 22 guns, from Purtsm*.tith ; the Am-ries-1 ship Herald,
Captain BARRON, late Commander of the Chesapeake, United
States frigate, from Norfolk for Tonningen, 54 days passage.

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