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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

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LONDON: Article 2
TO CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY,. Article 4
PROCEEDINGS OF A GREAT COUNCIL OF JEWS, Article 5
HAWKESWORTH ON ROBERTSON'S HISTORY. Article 10
COLVILLE. Article 12
THE LIFE OF XIMENFS, ARCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. Article 18
WISDOM AND FOLLY. Article 26
LONGEVITY. Article 30
ORIGIN OF THE LAND-TAX PLAN. Article 31
HORRID EFFECTS OF DISSIPATION. Article 32
RULES AGAINST SLANDER. Article 32
THE STORY OF APELLES. Article 34
SISTER OF MR. WILKES. Article 34
SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 35
THE COLLECTOR. Article 39
THE FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 42
A SERMON; Article 45
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 50
POETRY. Article 58
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 60
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 64
OBITUARY. Article 69
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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

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