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such cases where such ground shall be allotted , indemnification shall be made to the owner , that no private individual may suffer by the public service . The iiext subject which , it embraced was , that it may be necessary , on the landing of the enemy , to remove property from village to village . In such cases ' the pioneers should be employed in removing the same , and carrying off the siock for the use of the troops . In calling the attention of the house to circumstances of this nature , it must feel that there would b = a considerable
cruelty , if provision was not also made for removing the aged , the infirm , and children . On the whole , the Bill was calculated to give the Lord Lieutenants of Counties , as necessity required , the power of " carrying into effect the whole sp irit of the provisions of the Bill—a Bill that would call into exercise the entire spirit of the country , and give the people an opportunity of di . ;) laying that vigour and ardour which has raised this country to that decided pre-eminence iii which it stands in the midst of the oceanabove all others in the universe .
, He avowed liis intention of discovering who were willing or not to form a part of that great system necessary to render the nation impregnable against the attacks '' . ot ' the enemy . If it should be said , as he heard without the walls of that house , that it would be dangerous to put arms in the hands of certain individuals , he would say that those to whom such objections might be made were considerable ; yet they were by no means a large class of men . He next proceeded to call the attention of the house to the misfortunes of those
who had submitted to the embraces of French fraternization : they must naturally cast their eyes towards Rome , Naples , Genoa , Holland , & c . and then let them turn with disgust to the Swiss Cantons , whose only crime was inviolable neutrality , and whose fate every man must lament , who admired a brave and independent people , and a nation of great but unfortunate heroes . He concluded by moving for leave to bring in his Bill ... No objection being started to this measurethe Bill was accordingly brought
, in ; and on being read a first time , the clause respecting the age of voluntary service was fillet ! up with the words from ' fifteen to fifty . ' A clause was also added , to enable his Majesty to call out the Volunteers on certain occasions . Various arrangements were made for the accommodation of the farmers and inhabitants on the sea coast . After which the bill passed both houses in the course of a few days .
PLAN FOR THE REDEMPTION' OF THE LAND-TAX . Monday , April 2 . Mr . Pitt said , he rose to propose to the House a subject which had occupied much of his consideration . He had no doubt , from the adoption of the plan which he had to propose , but the country would ultimately derive the greatest benefit , and the most important advantages . He would say nothing to recommend the principle of his plan , if he could shew that the measure in itself was practicable , namely , of endeavouring to absorb
a large quantity of stock now in the market , by transferring it to the purchase of the land-tax , on conditions not less eligible for the purchaser than beneficial to the public . The wealth and industry of the country , he was aware , was subject to fluctuate in local instances ; but looking to the general state of the national prosperity , in an aggregate point of view , and from carefully examining into the internal situation of the kingdom , he had the pleasure to state , that we had now a greater command of capital than at any former period
known in the history of Great Britain . He would then , in the first instance , simply state that the amount of the land-tax was i ,+ oo , oool . per annum . For near a century this tax did not exceed the uniform rate of 4 . S . in the pound ; so that gentlemen could not have any great expectation of any diminution . By his plan the public , in point of revenue , would gain 2 , 400 , 000 ! . He proposed , when the 3 per cents , are at 50 , for instance , that the value of the land-tax should be rated at twenty years purchase ; when at . 52 one-half , to be at the rate of 14- years purchase- at 55 , at the rate of 21 years purchase ; at
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
such cases where such ground shall be allotted , indemnification shall be made to the owner , that no private individual may suffer by the public service . The iiext subject which , it embraced was , that it may be necessary , on the landing of the enemy , to remove property from village to village . In such cases ' the pioneers should be employed in removing the same , and carrying off the siock for the use of the troops . In calling the attention of the house to circumstances of this nature , it must feel that there would b = a considerable
cruelty , if provision was not also made for removing the aged , the infirm , and children . On the whole , the Bill was calculated to give the Lord Lieutenants of Counties , as necessity required , the power of " carrying into effect the whole sp irit of the provisions of the Bill—a Bill that would call into exercise the entire spirit of the country , and give the people an opportunity of di . ;) laying that vigour and ardour which has raised this country to that decided pre-eminence iii which it stands in the midst of the oceanabove all others in the universe .
, He avowed liis intention of discovering who were willing or not to form a part of that great system necessary to render the nation impregnable against the attacks '' . ot ' the enemy . If it should be said , as he heard without the walls of that house , that it would be dangerous to put arms in the hands of certain individuals , he would say that those to whom such objections might be made were considerable ; yet they were by no means a large class of men . He next proceeded to call the attention of the house to the misfortunes of those
who had submitted to the embraces of French fraternization : they must naturally cast their eyes towards Rome , Naples , Genoa , Holland , & c . and then let them turn with disgust to the Swiss Cantons , whose only crime was inviolable neutrality , and whose fate every man must lament , who admired a brave and independent people , and a nation of great but unfortunate heroes . He concluded by moving for leave to bring in his Bill ... No objection being started to this measurethe Bill was accordingly brought
, in ; and on being read a first time , the clause respecting the age of voluntary service was fillet ! up with the words from ' fifteen to fifty . ' A clause was also added , to enable his Majesty to call out the Volunteers on certain occasions . Various arrangements were made for the accommodation of the farmers and inhabitants on the sea coast . After which the bill passed both houses in the course of a few days .
PLAN FOR THE REDEMPTION' OF THE LAND-TAX . Monday , April 2 . Mr . Pitt said , he rose to propose to the House a subject which had occupied much of his consideration . He had no doubt , from the adoption of the plan which he had to propose , but the country would ultimately derive the greatest benefit , and the most important advantages . He would say nothing to recommend the principle of his plan , if he could shew that the measure in itself was practicable , namely , of endeavouring to absorb
a large quantity of stock now in the market , by transferring it to the purchase of the land-tax , on conditions not less eligible for the purchaser than beneficial to the public . The wealth and industry of the country , he was aware , was subject to fluctuate in local instances ; but looking to the general state of the national prosperity , in an aggregate point of view , and from carefully examining into the internal situation of the kingdom , he had the pleasure to state , that we had now a greater command of capital than at any former period
known in the history of Great Britain . He would then , in the first instance , simply state that the amount of the land-tax was i ,+ oo , oool . per annum . For near a century this tax did not exceed the uniform rate of 4 . S . in the pound ; so that gentlemen could not have any great expectation of any diminution . By his plan the public , in point of revenue , would gain 2 , 400 , 000 ! . He proposed , when the 3 per cents , are at 50 , for instance , that the value of the land-tax should be rated at twenty years purchase ; when at . 52 one-half , to be at the rate of 14- years purchase- at 55 , at the rate of 21 years purchase ; at