Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
ration of the people pursue me , and may the great Creator pour down his heaviest curses upon my apostate head !' Lord Borrington said , — ' Had the noble JDuke stated the situation of the Batavian Republic , of the Spanish Monarchy , or of the neutral maritime powers ; or had he talked of the tranquillity of Italy or Switzerland , or had he expatiated on the happiness enjoyed even in the French Republic , it was impossible for him not to have known , that adverting to such topics Would '
have had the effect of raising the general opinion in which the house and the public held those Ministers , who , amid such a general wreck of empires had ' by their talents been able to preserve to this state a'degree of prosperity , ¦ which in no former period it had enjoyed . If such a sum as 16 4 . millions had been added to the public debt , together with all those other Calamities which had been so eloquently enumerated by the noble Duke , during a period of general tranquillity ; in such case he should have' considered , the Ministers
under whose reign it had happened , not only weak and wicked , but the system pursued by them radically bad ; but the contrary was the fact ; that debt and those calamities had been the natural , the inevitable consequences of a ' war which had desolated the rest of Europe . . - .- ¦ : _ The Marquis of Downshire , Lords Romney , Damley , Mulgrave , and Grenville spoke a ' so at considerable length against the motion : " the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Holland for it . After which the house divided-Contents 13—Non-contents 113 . - - ' - ¦ ' "
HOUSE OF COMMONS . MONDAY MARCH 19 , 179 8 . MR . PITT wished to state the outline of the measures he intended to bring forward as a substitute for the tax on clocks and" watches . " The first object of the tax . was to be the windows of inhabited houses , upon which ar _
increase was to be made proportionable to the sums at which they were already rated . The whole amount . of the duty on windows alread y exceeded 1 , 2 . 00 . 000 ! . The addition he meant to propose was i 86 , oool . He would also propose an additional tax on inhabited houses of a certain description- which would produce 12 , 000 ! . and these two sums , together with a saving which was expeftcd to take place from an intended alteration in the mode of collecting the tax , would amount to the sum of" 205 , 000 ! . being 5000 I . more than the tax for which it was meant to be a substitute . The house having then resolved itself into a committee , Mr . Pitt moved certain resolutionpursuant to his statement , which were agreed to .
AR . Vir . VG nit COUNTRY . Tuesday , March 27 . Mr . Dundas said , that notwithstanding the naval ancl military strength of the nation was greater than at any former period , something farther was necessary to be done , to defend the country against the menaced invasion of a powerful and enterprising foe . He would therefore move a bill to that effect . One of the objects of the bill-was , to give legal powers to ascertain the national force , and to make an estimate of those who ,
in case of invasion , could aft as waggoners , pioneers , or drivers , to facilitate the operation of the army , a number of " whom would be wanted , particularly in an invaded country . The next objeft was , that in case any persons were inclined to withhold any articles necessary for the general service of the army , and in c : \ se such should be seized to suit the emergencies of the times , that indemnification should be made to the owner . Another , of less extent , was , that in different places , in particular districts , it may be necessary to make an encampment , or e . 'eft fortifications to repel the enemy . In all
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
ration of the people pursue me , and may the great Creator pour down his heaviest curses upon my apostate head !' Lord Borrington said , — ' Had the noble JDuke stated the situation of the Batavian Republic , of the Spanish Monarchy , or of the neutral maritime powers ; or had he talked of the tranquillity of Italy or Switzerland , or had he expatiated on the happiness enjoyed even in the French Republic , it was impossible for him not to have known , that adverting to such topics Would '
have had the effect of raising the general opinion in which the house and the public held those Ministers , who , amid such a general wreck of empires had ' by their talents been able to preserve to this state a'degree of prosperity , ¦ which in no former period it had enjoyed . If such a sum as 16 4 . millions had been added to the public debt , together with all those other Calamities which had been so eloquently enumerated by the noble Duke , during a period of general tranquillity ; in such case he should have' considered , the Ministers
under whose reign it had happened , not only weak and wicked , but the system pursued by them radically bad ; but the contrary was the fact ; that debt and those calamities had been the natural , the inevitable consequences of a ' war which had desolated the rest of Europe . . - .- ¦ : _ The Marquis of Downshire , Lords Romney , Damley , Mulgrave , and Grenville spoke a ' so at considerable length against the motion : " the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Holland for it . After which the house divided-Contents 13—Non-contents 113 . - - ' - ¦ ' "
HOUSE OF COMMONS . MONDAY MARCH 19 , 179 8 . MR . PITT wished to state the outline of the measures he intended to bring forward as a substitute for the tax on clocks and" watches . " The first object of the tax . was to be the windows of inhabited houses , upon which ar _
increase was to be made proportionable to the sums at which they were already rated . The whole amount . of the duty on windows alread y exceeded 1 , 2 . 00 . 000 ! . The addition he meant to propose was i 86 , oool . He would also propose an additional tax on inhabited houses of a certain description- which would produce 12 , 000 ! . and these two sums , together with a saving which was expeftcd to take place from an intended alteration in the mode of collecting the tax , would amount to the sum of" 205 , 000 ! . being 5000 I . more than the tax for which it was meant to be a substitute . The house having then resolved itself into a committee , Mr . Pitt moved certain resolutionpursuant to his statement , which were agreed to .
AR . Vir . VG nit COUNTRY . Tuesday , March 27 . Mr . Dundas said , that notwithstanding the naval ancl military strength of the nation was greater than at any former period , something farther was necessary to be done , to defend the country against the menaced invasion of a powerful and enterprising foe . He would therefore move a bill to that effect . One of the objects of the bill-was , to give legal powers to ascertain the national force , and to make an estimate of those who ,
in case of invasion , could aft as waggoners , pioneers , or drivers , to facilitate the operation of the army , a number of " whom would be wanted , particularly in an invaded country . The next objeft was , that in case any persons were inclined to withhold any articles necessary for the general service of the army , and in c : \ se such should be seized to suit the emergencies of the times , that indemnification should be made to the owner . Another , of less extent , was , that in different places , in particular districts , it may be necessary to make an encampment , or e . 'eft fortifications to repel the enemy . In all