The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-10-23 00:00:00

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" it will not be long before the ligaidatiou of the
'debts of the Communes is entirely terminated ; the
establishment of municipal imposts awaits to be corn•
ipleted and iererali‘ed, only the law which will be
laid before your High Mititine4ses relative to the
renalties of transgression%, end the mode of prosecu-
-66 the regular elocution of the law upon the mi.
Nis meete wittitivr—li no irlfificoliWys rait- Is-ospw-
tialty owing to the good will with which the militia.
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ti is necessary to Wilmot; to complete the contingrts
becomes smaller every year. With the intention,
ilowevor, of reconciling mare and more the safety of
the kiegilom and the interest a the Eschewer, some
inodifications of the.esi.tipg law will •ite proposed
to your iligh ightinesMs. . .
" The confidence with which your Assembly
sanctioned the Nit laws on the Finvices, has Rivet)
'ere's% titisfeetico. The opening of, a considerable
Loon has been followed in the space of a few days;
by offers which weeded double its amount.
" Sensible to this proofs of good will and ability
sit pyridine ou the perfectly re•ostablished credit of
the State, at ea.e tespeciing the state of the Tres.
eory ; certain that all the obligations contracted
cl*ld be pencteally performed, I have been ?moo.
reed to introdece even new all possible savings,
and to prepare those which may be so in the sequel.'
" The Budget for the next year will show your
Mighty Iliglsoesses how far the efforts of the Gri.•
vernment have succeeded in this respect. I'ou will
And in the formation of it the Weeps already en-
:pounced of a division of espences, into ordinary and
.estraardioary ; and though it contains new mos
onbich are placed on it, in consequence of the nek
-Wattles of finance which you lately adopted, the{
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suns total is Weiler to that of the current year.
" It is agreeable to me to be able to announce to
yoo, at the same time, that according to the account
'phial will be laid before ions. ,High Mightinesses,
and admitting an equal @Wootton in the produce of
the tales to that of the cerrent. year, the boni of the
. anterior eserc4 es is sufficient to place the budget of
receipts oo a Wei with the disbursement of the en.
yeu.
46 in 'rd.,. to obtain this desirable result, sore
Legislative measures will be proposed to your High
expect the adoption of them with
the more confidence, as they are of a nature to
vince all those Who are interested In the situation 41
the finances of the State, that the measures already '
taken, and those which remain to be taken on this
:ph**, most be counted among the. first objects of
. our solicitude for the public good. These laws will
also concur to realise my elterior views with respect
.rge what remains to be done, to balance in future the
I 'apogees and the revenue. In a filed or regular stae
of things the greater part of the sum; required is in
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, dispensible, to attain the knowledge of those which
are of arioiher nature, I have felt the necessity of
baiing all the details examiued. Tliis
s however. requires much time ; Ind if we will have it
*tide with the wished.for care and attention, all pre.
capitation would ha dangerous: it is carrying on with
activity, and by perseverance, I hope with cotifi:'
Idetioeibit it will be perfectly
.milered, and flat ly
express desire on thie head wilt he accompilsbirC
.64 Other iiriportant' subjects ;sill likewise be, laid
before you this Se. ion. I hope in the nest to pre.
sent to your high Mightinessei the Project of ti COde
• ctrfisi&s for the Netherlands.
" And now, High and Mighty Lords, I open the
present Session, esi,ret.sing my ardent wishes and my
entire confidence, that it will present more and more
the character of, a conformity of views between the
Ring and the States-General, the most proper to in.
crease the prorperi,y of the kingdom and the wel-
fare of its inhabitants."
irtied to his Palace in the same order

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