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    Article PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. ← Page 9 of 12 →
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Parliamentary Proceedings.

of Grants he took at 745 , 000 ! . and agreeably to the usual statement , lie took the Land and Malt at 350 , 000 ! . Exchequer Bills to be provided for , 6 , ooo , oool . To be provided for in the Ways and Means , 3 , 400 , 0001 . For the Navy , 6 , ooo , oool . For various expenditures for the Army , making 11 , 000 , 090 ) . --Ordnance , 2 , ooo , oool . Total to be provided , 27 , 540 , 000 ! , exclusive of Exchequer Bills for the service of Ihe year . On the 5 th of April he should be more explicit , as then the Ways and Means will be wound up . Buthe had the satisfaction to

say , that the Revenue answered the calculation which he had stated on tiie former occasion . The joo , oool . expected to be paid by the East India Company , amounted nearly to the whole of the failure of the last year . The total therefore to be provided was 28 , 180 , 000 ! . He next adverted to the Ways and Means . The Land and Malt he estimated at 2 , 750 , 000 ! . He then , on an average of the last four years , estimated the produce of the permanent Revenue at the gross amount of 13 , 091 , 000 ! . He said , that in the last year there was a difference of about 126 , 000 ! . occasioned

by the delay of the Oporto fleet , wliich prevented its coming into the Exchequer , or being made up in the accounts . There was one important article , of an happy event , which he declined at present making any charge for , but would reserve for a separate discussion . If any thing were to be paid by the East India Company , it was to be carried to the consolidated fund . He next adverted , to 3 , 500 , 000 ! . Exchequer Bills , a loan of eighteen millions , amounting in the whole to 27 , 145 , 000 ! . If the East India Company did not make good the deficiency this yearit did not follow but that deficiency should be supplied by them

, the next . He , however , was persuaded , that the 18 , 006 , 000 ! . loan would be amply sufficient . It was his intention to provide for the unfunded debt that occurred in the year 1794 , when the debt of the Navy was increased to 3 , 594 , 000 ! . He thought it his duty to adhere lo the same line of conduct this year that he did the last , in providing for the probable excess likely to take place now . The terms and conditions which led him to think what , the people would agree to ,

respecting the present loan of 6 , ooo , oool . to the Emperor , was the necessity of active co-operation against the common enemy . On the general grounds , he thought that the Emperor ' s loan might prevent gentlemen from coming forward with the loan for the service of this country , but the terms held out by the Court of Vienna were such , as to facilitate the raising of the 18 , 000 , 000 ! . which would be furnished on such grounds as would be deemed satisfactory to gentle * men , and such as could not be expected , if the Imperial loan had not taken place . The terms of agreeing to the loan for 100 I . were one-half in the Three per

Cents , and 8 s . 6 d . in the Long Annuities : in this loan the subscribers were to get a bonus of 4 s . 6 d . Long Annuities in the Emperor ' s , if the measure were . agreed to by Parliament , as the proposition would , at a future day , be laid before thein . The loan of last year of n , ooo , oool . was raised at a premium of 4 ! . us . 2 d . per cent , but now , lie was . happy to observe , and the House must feel considerable pleasure , it being a matter of great satisfaction , that in the third year of a great and expensive war , the resources of the country were such , as that a loan of iS , ooo , oool . could be raised on such advantageous conditions as

those he mentioned , which was not more than an advance of 4 s . per cent . Independent of the event of a loan taking place with the Emperor , we could not expect the loan on the same terms for this country , the price of Three per Cents , at 6 4 and 3-4 ths , the Long Annuities at 81 . is . 6 d . being the price of the day ; so that the actual stock so given was near 100 ! . There was also a bonus amounting to two and a half percent , on the discount ; the value of the stock given for iocl . exceeded a half per cent , wliich would make together a bonus of near 7 percent , so that gentlemen would see that this was no unreasonable

bargain on the part of tbe subscribers . He next noticed the stock as it stood now , that the bonus of the Emperor would be reduced near two per cent . This arosefrom the pressing views of general policy . It was impossible to make bet- , ter terms on the part of ihe public . He said , that it was his intention , by additional taxes of one per cent , to reduce the capital of the national debt , created since the war . This should be used as a matter of precaution , in which tha Ee

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Untitled Article 1
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 2
A SERMON Article 8
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 14
DETACHED SENTIMENTS. Article 16
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION ON LAYING THE FOUNDATION-STONE OF THE NEW BUILDINGS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, Article 17
HINTS FOR THE OECONOMY OF TIME, EXPENCE, LEARNING, AND MORALITY; Article 22
A CHARACTER. Article 24
THE FREEMASON No. III. Article 26
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 28
SUMMARY OF ALL THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST RICHARD BROTHERS. Article 28
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 32
MR. TASKER'S LETTERS Article 33
SHORT ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. Article 34
ESSAY ON A KING. Article 35
THE IRON MASK. Article 37
VICES AND VIRTUES. FROM THE FRENCH. Article 39
CANT PHRASES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE EXPLAINED. Article 40
PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENTS. Article 45
DUTY OF CONSIDERING THE POOR. Article 47
POETRY. Article 48
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 52
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 53
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 56
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 67
Untitled Article 72
LONDON : Article 72
TO OUR READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 73
PRICES OF BINDING PER VOLUME. Article 73
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Parliamentary Proceedings.

of Grants he took at 745 , 000 ! . and agreeably to the usual statement , lie took the Land and Malt at 350 , 000 ! . Exchequer Bills to be provided for , 6 , ooo , oool . To be provided for in the Ways and Means , 3 , 400 , 0001 . For the Navy , 6 , ooo , oool . For various expenditures for the Army , making 11 , 000 , 090 ) . --Ordnance , 2 , ooo , oool . Total to be provided , 27 , 540 , 000 ! , exclusive of Exchequer Bills for the service of Ihe year . On the 5 th of April he should be more explicit , as then the Ways and Means will be wound up . Buthe had the satisfaction to

say , that the Revenue answered the calculation which he had stated on tiie former occasion . The joo , oool . expected to be paid by the East India Company , amounted nearly to the whole of the failure of the last year . The total therefore to be provided was 28 , 180 , 000 ! . He next adverted to the Ways and Means . The Land and Malt he estimated at 2 , 750 , 000 ! . He then , on an average of the last four years , estimated the produce of the permanent Revenue at the gross amount of 13 , 091 , 000 ! . He said , that in the last year there was a difference of about 126 , 000 ! . occasioned

by the delay of the Oporto fleet , wliich prevented its coming into the Exchequer , or being made up in the accounts . There was one important article , of an happy event , which he declined at present making any charge for , but would reserve for a separate discussion . If any thing were to be paid by the East India Company , it was to be carried to the consolidated fund . He next adverted , to 3 , 500 , 000 ! . Exchequer Bills , a loan of eighteen millions , amounting in the whole to 27 , 145 , 000 ! . If the East India Company did not make good the deficiency this yearit did not follow but that deficiency should be supplied by them

, the next . He , however , was persuaded , that the 18 , 006 , 000 ! . loan would be amply sufficient . It was his intention to provide for the unfunded debt that occurred in the year 1794 , when the debt of the Navy was increased to 3 , 594 , 000 ! . He thought it his duty to adhere lo the same line of conduct this year that he did the last , in providing for the probable excess likely to take place now . The terms and conditions which led him to think what , the people would agree to ,

respecting the present loan of 6 , ooo , oool . to the Emperor , was the necessity of active co-operation against the common enemy . On the general grounds , he thought that the Emperor ' s loan might prevent gentlemen from coming forward with the loan for the service of this country , but the terms held out by the Court of Vienna were such , as to facilitate the raising of the 18 , 000 , 000 ! . which would be furnished on such grounds as would be deemed satisfactory to gentle * men , and such as could not be expected , if the Imperial loan had not taken place . The terms of agreeing to the loan for 100 I . were one-half in the Three per

Cents , and 8 s . 6 d . in the Long Annuities : in this loan the subscribers were to get a bonus of 4 s . 6 d . Long Annuities in the Emperor ' s , if the measure were . agreed to by Parliament , as the proposition would , at a future day , be laid before thein . The loan of last year of n , ooo , oool . was raised at a premium of 4 ! . us . 2 d . per cent , but now , lie was . happy to observe , and the House must feel considerable pleasure , it being a matter of great satisfaction , that in the third year of a great and expensive war , the resources of the country were such , as that a loan of iS , ooo , oool . could be raised on such advantageous conditions as

those he mentioned , which was not more than an advance of 4 s . per cent . Independent of the event of a loan taking place with the Emperor , we could not expect the loan on the same terms for this country , the price of Three per Cents , at 6 4 and 3-4 ths , the Long Annuities at 81 . is . 6 d . being the price of the day ; so that the actual stock so given was near 100 ! . There was also a bonus amounting to two and a half percent , on the discount ; the value of the stock given for iocl . exceeded a half per cent , wliich would make together a bonus of near 7 percent , so that gentlemen would see that this was no unreasonable

bargain on the part of tbe subscribers . He next noticed the stock as it stood now , that the bonus of the Emperor would be reduced near two per cent . This arosefrom the pressing views of general policy . It was impossible to make bet- , ter terms on the part of ihe public . He said , that it was his intention , by additional taxes of one per cent , to reduce the capital of the national debt , created since the war . This should be used as a matter of precaution , in which tha Ee

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