RESOLUTIONS ON FINANCE. (Presented to Hon. House of Commons, and ordered to be printed, 20th June 1809.) . [Compare Panorama, Vol. VI. p. 802.] 1. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt of Great Britain, Feb. 1, 1803, was 567,008,9781.; of which 67,255,9151. had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt, and 19,180,5871. had been transferred to them on account of Land Tax Redeemed; leaving untedeemed 480,572,4761. :-The Amount of Annuities charged on Great Britain (after deducting what had fallen in) was, Feb. 1, 1803, in Short Annuities and Annuities for Lives, 539,9791., in Long Annuitics, 1,015,4101. Feb. 1, 1809, was 50,094,000l.; of which had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt, 5,580,3891., leaving Funded 44,513,6111. with Long Annuities to the Amount of 91,2081. A further Debt of 3,600,0001. Capital Stock, and 13,2501. Long Annuities, has been created by Sums borrowed in the present Session in Great Britain on Account of Ireland. 8. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Emperor of Germany, Feb. 1, 1809, was 7,502,6331.; of which 924,2361. had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt, leav ing Funded 6,578,3971. with Annuities to the Amount of 230,0001. which will expire in 1820. 9. The Amount of Outstanding Demands unprovided for, Jan. 5, 1809, exclusive of Unfund annually voted, was 1,586,5811.;-the whole of which has been paid off, or provided for in the present Session. 2. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debted Debt, and of Anticipation of certain Daries created in Great Britain for Account of Ireland Feb. 1, 1803, was 22,348,000l.;-of which had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt 1,123,4151.; leaving unredeemed 21,224,5851.with Long Annuities to the amount of 9,7911. 3. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Emperor of Germany, Feb. 1, 1803, was 7,502,6331. ;375,1371. had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt; leaving unre. deemed 7,127,4961. with Annuities to the amount of 230,000l. which will expire in 1819. 4. The Amount of Outstanding Demands unprovided for, Jan. 5, 1803, exclusive of Unfunded Debt, and of Anticipation of certain Duties annually voted, was 592,6301. Deficiency of Ways and Means for 1802 was 171,4311.;-making unprovided for, Jan. 5, 1803, the sum of 764,0611. 5. The Unfunded Debt, in Exchequer Bills unprovided for, or charged on Funds insufficient, Jan. 5, 1803, was 9,827,4001. including 3,000,000l. in the Bank, which bore no Interest, in consideration of the renewal of the Charter. TheUnfunded Debt in Navy Bills Jan. 5, 1803, was 3,105,6481. 6. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt of Great Britain, including 18,072,000l. charged on the War Taxes in 1807, Feb. 1, 1809, was 701,229,5141.; whereof 141,808,1161. had been purchased by the Commissioners for the Reduction of National Debt; and 23,214,3951. had been transferred to them on account of Land Tax redeemed, and 465,9511. by Purchasers of Life Annuities, leaving unredeemed 535,741,0521. The Amount of Annuities charged on Great Britain (deducting such as have fallen in) was, on Feb. 1, 1809, in Short Annuities and Annuities for Lives, 98,0861. including 32,5141. granted in consideration of Stock transferred to the Commissioners, and in Long Annuities 1,047,4941. A further Debt of 21,278,1221. Capital Stock, and 51,2331. Long Annuities, has been created by the Sums borrowed and Exchequer Bills funded in the present Session of Parliament, out of which 60,8671. Five-per-cent. Annuities of 1797 have been paid off. 7. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Ireland, 10. On Jan. 5, 1809, there were 358,000l. in Exchequer Bills charged on Malt Duties 1807, to the Discharge of which those Duties were insuf ficient; 17,659,7001. charged on the Aids of 1809; 3,000,0001. held by the Bank at 3-percent. in consideration of the renewal of the Charter, and 3,000,000l. on which an advance was made by the Bank without Interest, in 1808; making a Total of Exchequer Bills unprovided for, of 24,017,7001. ;-of which Sum 7,932,100, have been funded in the present Session; and further issues to the Amount of 7,510,7001. have been authorized by Parliament for 1809. The Unfunded Debt in Navy Bills Jan. 5, 1809, was 7,221,1671. 11. The variations in the Public Debt between Feb. 1, 1803 and Feb. 1, 1810, being sevea years of War, may be estimated as follows: The Public Funded Debt of Great Britain, unre deemed, which on Feb. 1, 1803 was 480,572,476. will amount to about 541,500,0001. after deduct ing about 14,500,000l. for the operation of the Sinking Fund and the Redemption of the Land Tax during the current year; and about 1,000,000!. for Stock transferred on Account of Life Annu ties; being an increase of Capital Stock of about 61,000,0001. The public Funded Debt created in Great Britain for account of Ireland, unredeemed, which, Feb 1, 1803, was 21,224,5851., will amount to 47,000,000l., after deducting 1,110,000!. for the operation of the Sinking Fund during the year; being an increase of Capital Stock of 25,775,415 The Long Annuities of Great Britain, which, Feb. 1, 1803, were 1,015,410., will amount to 1,099,7271.; being an increase of Annual Charge of 83,3171. The Long Annuities created in Great Britain for account of Ireland, which, Feb. 1, 1803, were 9,7911. will amount to 91,2071.; being au increase of Annual Charge of 81,416). The Unfunded Debt in Exchequer Bills, which, Jan. 5, 1803, was 9,827,400)., will amount to 27,000,0001.; being an increase of 17,172,6001. The Unfunded Debt in Navy Bills, which, Jan. 5, 1803, was 3,105,6481., will, supposu it to be the same as Jan. 5, 1809, amount to 7,221,1671.; being an increase of 4,115,5191. The Funded Debt, created in Great Britain for Account of Emperor of Germany, Unredeemed, which, Feb. 1, 1803, was 7,127,4961., will be reduced to 6,477,000l., after deducting 101,0001. for the operation of the Sinking Fund during the current year; being a diminution of Capital Stock of 650,4961. The Short Annuities of Great Britain, and Annuities for Lives, which Feb. 1, 1803, were 539,9791., will be reduced to about 170,000l., supposing 70,000l. to be further granted for Stock transferred to the Commissioners; being a diminution of Annual Charge of about 370,0001. The Sum applicable to the Redemption of Debt, which, Feb. 1, 1803, was for Debt of Great Britain, 5,834,9861.; for Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Ireland, 258,4341,; for Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Emperor of Germany, 47.9471.; Total 6,141,3671.; will amount to 10,524,0001. for Debt of Great Britain; 743,4321. for Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Ireland; $7,3181. for Debt created in Great Britain for Account of Emperor of Germany;-Total 11,334,7401.; increase 5,193,3731. 12. The Annual Charge on Account of Public Funded Debt of Great-Britain, after deducting Charges of Management on Loans redeemed by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt, and Interest and Charges of Management on Stock transferred for Redemption of Land Tax, Feb. 1, 1803, was 23,510,9671.; and Feb. 1, 1809, was 28 848,9991.; further Charge incurred on Account of Stock created in present Session, 1,143,5661. 13. The Sum Annually applicable to Reduction of National Debt of Great Britain, for 1803, was 6,311,6261.; being about 1-77th part of Debt existing in 1803, and may, for 1809, be estimated at 10,524,000l. being about 1-51st part of Debt in 1809. 14. The Total Net Produce of Permanent Taxes in the year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 28,246,6811. including 715,3231. paid for Bounties on Corn and Rice imported 1802; and Jan. 5, 1809, the Total Net Produce of Permanent Taxes was 32,380,2121. 15. The Net Produce of the War Taxes was, in the year ending April 5, 1804, Customs and Excise... £3,377,442 Property Tax 363,877 ....... 1805, April 5. 3,741,319 Customs and Excise.. £7,869,078 11,787,186 Property Tax Customs and Excise.. £8,496,550 ....... 1806, April 5. Property Tax ....... 3,919,108 12,978,508 4,481,958 16,305,881 7,000,082 19,835,820 20,086,322 Customs and Excise.. £9,018,225 Property Tax ....... 10,817,595 1809, April 5. Customs and Excise.. £8,806,899 Property Tax...... 11,279,423. Net Assessment of Property Tax, Average of 1806, 1807, and 1808, was 11,334,8381. 16. The Net Produce of New and Additional Duties imposed each Year, from Jan. 5, 1793 to the present Year, on an Average of two Years last past, or of two last Years, whereof a separate Account has been laid before Parliament, was respectively: 17. The Official Value of all Imports into Great Britain, in the Year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 31,442,3181.; and on an Average of Six Years, ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 28,419,6261. The Official Value of all Imports into Great Britain in Year ending Jan. 5, 1869, supposing Imports from East Indies (of which no Account yet made up) to be same as preceding Year, was 27,186,0251. and on an Average of Six Years, ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 28,735,8621. 22. The Total Sum to be provided by Great Britain, for 1809, may be estimated as follows: Interest of Public Funded Debt, 18. The Official Value of British Manufac-and Charges of Management and tures, exported from Great Britain in the Year ending Jan. 5. 1803, was 26.993,1291.; and on an Average of Six Years, ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 22,942,8001. The Official Value of British Manufactures exported from Great Britain in the Year ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 26,692,2881.; and on an Average of Six Years, ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 25,076,4251, The Real Value of British Manufactures exported in the Year ending Jan. 5, 1803, may be estimated at 48,500,5331.; and in the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, at 40,881,6711. 19. The Official Value of Foreign Merchandize exported from Great Britain in the Year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 14,418,8371., and on an Average of Six Years, ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 11,651,3331. The Official Value of Irish Produce and Manufactures exported from Great Britain in the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 464,4041., and of Foreign Merchandize was 7,398,8031.; and on an Average of Three Years, ending Jan. 5. 1809, the Export of Irish Produce was 362,9521., and of Foreign Merchandize, 8,431,3321. 20. In the Year ending Jan. 5, 1803, the number of British Vessels entered Inwards in Great Britain, was 13,622; their Tonnage, 1,793,333; their Number of Men 108,659 :the Number of British Vessels cleared Outwards was 13,012; their Tonnage, 1,625,966; their Number of Men 102,427. In the Year ending Jan. 5, 1803, the Number of Foreign Vessels entered Inwards in Great Britain, was 3,733; their Tonnage, 480,241; their Number of Men 27,737 :-the Number of Foreign Vessels cleared Outwards was 3,352; their Tonnage, 461,823; their Number of Men 26,749. In the Year ending Jan. 5, 1809, the Number of British Ships entered Inwards in Great Britain, was 11,305; their Tonnage, 1,311,966; their Number of Men, 82,617-the Number of British Ships cleared Outwards, was 11,917; their Tonnage, 1,372,261; their Number of Men 89,601. In the Year ending Jan. 5, 1809, the Number of Foreign Ships entered Inwards in Great Britam, was 1,926; their Tonnage, 283,657 ; their Number of Men 15,540-the Number of Foreign Ships cleared Outwards, was 1,892; their Tonnage 282,145; their Number of Men 15,671. 21. The Number of British Ships built and registered in the several Ports of the British Empire, Sinking Fund, Feb. 1, 1809 28,848,999 809.000 495,903 1,301,139 Collections and Management of Re- Supplies voted 1809, Great Britain sively Great Britain of exclu 1,927,0781, and Ireland 51,934,2121, 1,240,193 45,660,246 47,587,324 Total £83,099,186 23. Funds applicable to discharge the same for 1809, viz. Gross Receipt of Permanent Re- .... to Jan. 5, 1810 .. £40,976,073 2,240,000 350,000 Total 84,545,342 24. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt of Ireland, Feb. 1, 1803, including 26,268,6671. Irish Currency, funded in Great Britain, was 39,541,2581. of which 2,146,7941. had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of National Debt, leaving unredeemed 37,394,464, the Amount of Annuities payable by Ireland, after deducting what had fallen in, was, in An $331 nuities for Lives by Survivorship, 48,9001. and innnuities for terms of Years 80,5251. 25. The Amount of Unfunded Debt and demands outstanding in Ireland Jan. 5, 1803, was 1,492,6871. 26. The Total Amount of Public Funded Debt of Ireland, including 56.326,8341. funded in Great Britain, Feb. 1, 1809, was 76,110,8561. Insh Currency, of which 9,008,8291. had been purchased by Commissioners for Reduction of the National Debt, leaving unredeemed 67,102,0271.; Amount of Annuities payable by Ireland Feb. 1, 1809, was in Annuities for Lives by Survivorship 48,9001. ; in Annuities for terms of Years 168,7261.; a further Debt will be created by Loans raised in the present Session, 5,400,000l. Capital Stock, and 14,3541. Long Annuity. 27. The Amount of Unfunded Debt and Demands in Ireland, Jan. 5, 1809 was 570,7441.; a further Unfunded Debt will be created by Luans Tased in the present Session of 114,0621. 23. The Annual Charge on account of Interest, Management and Redemption of Public Funded Debrof Ireland, including 129,4251. for Annuifies, Feb. 1, 1803, was 1,997,451. and Feb. 1, 1809, was 3,663,3211. including 217,6261. for Annuities; further Charge, incurred on account of Sums borrowed in the present Session 264,0001. 29. The variations in the Public Debt of Ireland between Feb. 1, 1803 and Feb. 1, 1810, being seven years of War, may be estimated as follows: Public Funded Debt of Ireland unredeemed, Feb 1, 1803, was 37,394,4641. Irish Currency, will amount to about 70,700,000l. after deducting 1,800,0001. for the operation of the Sinking Fund during the current year; increase about 33,300,0001. Untunded Debts and Demands outstanding Jan. 5, 1810, supposed equal to Jan. 5, 1809, will amount to about 684,8091.; diminution 807,8781. 30. The Sum applicable to redemption of Public Funded Debt of Ireland, which Feb. 1, 1803 was 464,1981. being about 1-86th part of the the nunredeemed Debt, was, Feb. 1, 1809, 1,282,3541. being about 1-52nd part of the un redeemed Debt, and. may be estimated Feb. 1, 1810 about 1,396,0001. 31, The Total Net Payments into the Exchequer on account the Ordinary Revenue of Ireland, in the year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 3,314,2931. and in the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, 4,571,2501. 32. The Official Value of all Imports into Ireland, in the year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 6,087,7411.-And, Official Value of all Imports into Ireland, in the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 7,129,5071. 33. The Official Value of Irish Produce and Manufactures exported in the year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 4,876,0701. Real Value 8,276,8171. The Official Value of Irish Produce and Manufactures exported in the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 5,696,8971. real Value 12,577,5171. Official Value of Foreign Merchandize exported from Ireland in the year ending Jan. 5, 1803, was 212,2081.; in the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, was 235,6941. 34. In the year ending Jan. 5,1803, the number of Irish Vessels which entered Inwards in Ire land, was 1,408; their Tonnage, 98,101; their Men 7,001; British Vessels, 5,826; their Tonnage, 535,819; their Men, 31,805: Foreign Vessels, 366; their Tonnage 58,560; their Men 3,791. In the year ending Jan. 5, 1809, the number of Irish Vessels entered Inwards was 1,583; their Tonnage, 111,614; their Men 7,485 :British Vessels, 7,189; their Tonnage, 696,403; their Men, 38,426 :-Number of Foreign Vessels, 159; their Tonnage 25,356; their Men, 1,580. 35. The Total Amount of the Public Expendi ture of Great Britain, exclusive of the Charge of Loan raised for the service of Ireland, for ten years, ending Jan. 5, 1803, comprising the whole period of the War terminated by the Peace of Amiens, may be stated at about 503,378,5401.; whereof 178,520,4541. arose from the Charge of the Public Funded and unfunded Debt, and 324,858,0861. from all other Services; about 241,909,9531. was raised by the Ordinary Revenue and Incidental Payments of different kinds; About 32,679,000l. by Extraordinary War Taxes: 220,095,6071. by Additions to the Public Funded Debt:-3,000,000l. by an Advance from the Bank without Interest, in consideration of the renewal of the Charter;-and an Advance of 3,000,0001. from the Bank in 1798, of which 1, 500,000l. was repaid in 1803. 36. The Total Amount of the Public Expendi ture of Great Britain, exclusive of Charge of Loans raised for the service of Ireland, for six years, ending Jan. 5, 1809, being the six first years of the present War, may be stated at about 395.945,5991. ; whereof 166,445,0521. arose from the Charge of the Public Funded and Unfunded Debt, and 229,701,6471. from all other Services; about 224,403,2221. has been raised by the ordinary Revenue and incidental Payments of various kinds,-92,240,000 by extraordinary Public Funded Debt, and,-3,500,000l. by an War Taxes, -81,168,4181. by Additions to the Advance without Interest from the Bank. 37. If the Sum raised by War Taxes previously to the Peace of Amiens, had been added to the Loans of each year, and raised at the same rate at which such Loans were actually raised, in each year respectively, a further Charge would have been incurred, of 48,678,0001. Capital Stock, and 1,850,000l. Annual Charge to be raised by Permanent Taxes. 38. If the Sum raised by War Taxes during the first six years of the present War, had been added to the Loan of each year, and raised at the same rate at which such Loans were actually raised in each year, a further Charge would have been incurred, of 132,969,000l. Capital Stock, and 6,755,000!. Annual Charge to be raised by Permanent Taxes. he had yet seen in France." We must Travels through the South of France, and state, for the information of our readers, in the Interior of the Provinces of Provence and Languedoc, in the Years 1807 and 1808, by a Route never before performed, being along the Banks of the Loire, the Isere, and the Garonne, through the greater Part of their Course. Made by Permission of the French Government. By Lieutenant-Colonel Pinkney, of the North American Native Rangers. 4to. pp. 282. Price £1. 1s. London, Purday and Son, 1809. WHAT a dissatisfied generation is that of the Critics! The very volume before us, although we have perused it with pleasure, cannot escape a reprimand; and even perhaps may be deemed censurable. It is certainly as impolitic, as it is unpolite, for a book to thrust itself on the reader without a single word of introduction, preface, apology, or address. this instance, we know not whether the present be an original edition, or reprint ed from an American copy; nor, if it be the former, for what reasons England is In first favoured with it. In this we blame the author; but, we confess, that we no less blame ourselves for wishing to find in a traveller information which we that Madame Younge was the niece of our friend M. Lally Tollendal, so well known by his tragedy of Strafford, his Pleadings for the reversal of his father's sentence, in which he succeeded, some years after his father's death; and lastly, for his eloquent Plaidoyer for the unfortu nate Louis XVI.-We understand that he is now a Préfet of the Corsican!!!.... The route taken by this agreeable society was by Chartres, Nantes, Tours, Blois, Nevers, and Moulins, to Lyons: from where our author's tour terminated, and Lyons to Avignon, Aix and Marseilles, he embarked for America. be better selected than the route, the comFor a journey of pleasure nothing could pany, and the season; for a journey of information, we should have chosen ano ther course. the close of the excursion, when our au Unluckily, too, towards thor enters on provinces the state of which we particularly desire to know, his time is shortened by events; and he travels most rapidly, where we could have most earnestly requested his stay. For so long people is affected by the scenes they have witnessed. sustained scarcely any perceptible variaIn truth, however, it has tion; and Mr. P. informs us, that it is a standing rule in France to forget as much as possible the blessings of the French Re volution; and to waive that discourse which might lead to the recollection of them. With this rule we also shall com ply; and shall avail ourselves of the deli a time have we been excluded from the South of France, that descriptions of that country are now recommended by their novelty; and we are curious to be inform have no reason to suppose it was his objected to what degree the character of the to obtain, nor was it, probably, in his power. The condition of the people in the South of France, or indeed in any part of that kingdom, so lately as in the years 1807, 1808, excites an interest which is highly favourable to a writer. Happily for himself this traveller pursued a route through the most enchanting districts of France: districts proverbially known as the residence of health, and amenity; as the abode of the goddess of love, and gaieté de cœur.neations of Mr. P. (which we know by Mr. Pinkney left Baltimore in America for Liverpool, in April 1807: from Liverpool he visited London; and, the vessel having some connexions in Calais, he entered France by that port: whence A stranger, whether Briton or Ameri he travelled by the direct road to Paris. can, would naturally be startled at the high At Paris he remained a short time; and value of money, as expressed in the rela quitted that city in company with Mr. tive cheapness of land, and of the necessa Younge, the confidential secretary to Mr.ries of life (produced on the spot) throughArmstrong the American ambassador, the lady of Mr. Younge, herself a French woman, and her niece Mademoiselle St. Sillery, who," with the single exception of her aunt, was the handsomest woman recollection to be faithful), to furnish materials for an estimate of the present state of that part of the kingdom of France. out France. When Mr. P. tells us, that, at Angers, he found the prices of beef and mutton to be about 2d. per lb; a fowl 5d. ; turkies, when in season, from 18d. to 2s.; bread about 1d. a lb; and vegeta❤ |