The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-05-25 00:00:00

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the lbco ;per annum, chaeged on those duties
te)(803,.a. the whole sum of 970,0001. for the
preseutyear,., there *odd be an absolute defici.
ency trf. ithotitno;oool. If tbe. Right Honour.
ibletiens *lmmo had chosen at once to take some
of the Wl:razes, as had been done before, he
perhaps, Auld lave Made. no objection. He was
not a' person that would object to strong measures
of Finance in'the pfesent circumstances; but all-
that he diel.claim, and which he thought he had a
right to.elaint, was, that . Ministers would act on
some plain intelligible system. If the Chancellor
of the Eicheqtter had condrscended to give reasons
for departing from ail the old rules and principlei
of finance, these reasons might have been satisfac...
tory to him. But as he had given no such reasons;
he must say that his plan fur the year appeared td
him to be altogether unjustifiable. • It was noi
enough to say, " I cats put my hand in the bat-
and get money ;" it was necessary to shew to the
House by argument, that nothing was taken but
what he was strictly justifiable in taking. If
the Chancellor of the Exchequer was jus:
fiable in laying his hands this year open
the Consolidated Fund, what was to • pre.;
vent him next year—what was •to prevent
him, as long as there was any surplus remaining?
If this principle was pursued from year to year,
the public creditor would have a muck worse se.
curity fur leis money ; and it :night happen that on
the return of peace, the country would have no
other income but the annual three millions for
land and malt tax. The course which the Chancel.
lor of the Exchequer had pursued for the present
year, was actually without precedent ; and he had
'adduced nu argument to convince the House that
they ought to depart from all former precedents.
IVhen it was claimed for. the-,Right liouourable,
• Gentleman that, hes•thad done so tench fur the.
.finances, *be must utterly 'deny it Every thing
had been done for him by his. predecessors. They,
at the risk of Oftpopeilarity, had ,given him about
four millions.atid it half by the iiterease.of the Pro...
petty Tax,, frnin of to 10 per ceet. •
Mr. ROSE am-item:eel, that an increased re-
venue might be attributed to the improvement of
the stamp duties in 1808, and maintained that it
*as no infringement on the principle of the Con.'
splidated Fund to take and afiply the -eicess er •
the taxes. Itlwas.the object to make that fund.
:adequate td the charges' upon it, and, leave any
eitesii to be apprinsrlaied at the discretion of the
Minister: Hu Preferred applying that excess as
'at pie :tit, to laying .netv burt hens u aoll they pee- •
ple. The' first editilderation was the national
safety, 'WI no• tetthrteltineet ought certainly to
be made which was ineettsistent With that. The.'
present retrenchment *AO; linweVer; not of ilett
• nature ; nor was ling eLtaoriginated by
Mr. Pitt, in the least broke in wpm.,
Mr.VIERISIET and:Mr. 11.03 E mutually cx.
plainest. s .
Mr. iIViIKISSON entered into a very detail,
ed stateritent of the system. IVe ought, in his'.
opinion, always to take care,. that what we take_
from the debt should be equal to what wC. add to'
R. This was a 'principle never to be lust sight of..
He fully agreed its the assertion, that the safety of
the country depeseled on the retrenchment of one
establishment. The Itinourable Gentleman thee
entered into a complicated %taunt:lit of our fitian.
cial difficulties . since 1797, acid hoped, in cede.
tiding its opPoSition to the Report, he should nut,
again %object himself to the imputation of mini
a gloom over the country.'
ThotIIANCELLOII. of the EXCIIMIUER
replied at great length to the argoments urged by
Mr. Tierney and his ion. Friend (Mr. Iluskissun)
and said, that notwithstanding all he had heard
from both of them, he was convinced the present
plan was the best that could be devised ; and he
could prove that Mr. Pitt, and all those who had.
preceded him (Mr. Perceval) had never been in the'
situation in which he then stood. Ile allowed
that retrenchment in our expellees was highly desi.
noble, and ought to take place as soon as possible;
but when Gentlemen talked of retrenchment, they
-must, mean hi' those grand sources of expence, the
navy and army; and while the war continued in
the state it now did, it was impossible to conceive
that any material tetrenchinent could take place.
Ile denied the gloomy inferences drawn by his
lion. Friend, that we were at the end of taxation,
and particularly •that our trade, commerce, manu-
factures, or agriculture, were depressed by the
weight of taxation. lle insisted, that Mr. Pitt had
always acted on the principle, that when the Con.
solidnted Fund was in a flourishing state, it was
allowable to resort to the expedient of loans.,
'('his principle had been actt'd upon by his noble
predecessor (Lord IL Petty),' and be was more
rand more conviueed it was the best that could 118
adapted. •
Mr. Iftiskissan, Mr. Rose, and Mr. Tierney,
severally explaiued. The latter Gentleman said
he was. ready to allow the charge of the deficiency
of the year to be placed to the account of the
Assessed Taxes, but not on the Consolidated Fund.
The qiiestiou being loudly called fur; a division.
; took piece :---Ayes 117—Noes 53.
Adjourned at half-past Two.

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- MARRIED.,
• On Thursday, nt Lewishain, by the lion. and Rev. thi.
Dean of Wiudsor, John, sun of William Allen, Esq. Of
Clidird's Inn.-to Mary, eldest daughter of Isaue Waiver,
, F#_q: of the Paeogou, Blackheath.
Irelitetdas• al St.* George's. Bloomsbury, the. Rev. Gen.
'Nowell Watkins, of Froyle, Hants, to Mary, the youngest
daughter of Thomas ASIOIIv Esq. of Iledford-place, Russell-
square. •
On Tueiday last, at. Croydon, William. Taylor.*Esti. (.l.
Citeshuat,4lerts, to bliss idaizy Anu Wcstenuau, of Cros-
don, Surryt ". • ,
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DIED.
On Sunday last. the 20th inst. Marv, youti4est thiughterof
the late Richard Alitpletoft, Esq. of Canterbury.
Of a de, line. ion Victim-I.day I..st, in the 2 .(16 ;s ear of his
age. Fitaistsen tienrge Skitters., I•.t+ late Commander of his
,Alksje,ty'ssloop, Tens...ado.

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