Excerpt from The Finances and Trade of the United Kingdom, at the Beginning of the Year 1852 This large sum of being in dis charge of a national obligation, solemnly confirmed by acts of the legislature, and being moreover in the nature of an equivalent paid for money had and received, may be considered as practically out of the control of Parliament. The only wholesome control over this expenditure which the representa tives of the people can exercise, is by adopting such measures, in the way of diminution of the rate of interest, or of commutation of perpetual into ter minable annuities, as shall alleviate its present pressure, or provide for its ultimate extinction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.