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1 \ \ - PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. N. • . •` HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 2s. Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented six Petitions from Owners end Occupiers of Land, in the County of York, egged the . Corn Importation Act Amendment Bill.—Laid on the table. The. Earl of LAUDERDALE said he rose to present a Pe tition which described a case of peculiar-hardship, and which called for the serious attention of the House : it was that of as unfortunate debtor who was unable to obtain relief under the Insolvent Debtors' Act, and he believed this was the first case which had yet occurre d in which such s hardship existed. It was the Petition of a married woman, named Mary Deacon, who stated, that while she was a widow, and before her present marriage, she had contracted a debt of £l5O for medical assist auce ; that since her last marriage she and her husband were arrested and put in prison for that debt; and that when she ap plied to the Insolvent Debtors' Court for her discharge, the tommiesioners declared they had no power, by the Act, to dis charge her, because, she being a married woman, could. make no assignment o: property.—The Petition was read and ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of LAUDERDALE then said he trusted that if this case should turn out to their Lordships to be such as•was represented, they would feel the necessity of adopting some amendment in the present Att. Mr. IL G. RENNET brought up the Publicans Licensing. Bill, from the House of Commons.—lt was read a first time. The Assessed Taxes Bill, and some Private Bills were also brought up, and read a first time. Mr. ROBINSON, from the Customs, brought up the printed Ac counts of the importation and exportation of Gold Bullion. An Account was also presented from the Royal Military Canal. MARRIAGE ACT. The House again took into consideration the Report of the Committee on the Marriage Act Amendment Bill. Lord ELLEN BOROUG H moved as an amendment, that the Bill shotild not extend to any marriage contracted before the passing of the Act, on the validity of which a Court of compe tent jurisdiction had pronounced a Judgment. The LORD CHANCELLOR said the c:anse he had to pro pose would answer the purpose better. It was to this effect; that nothing in the Act should go to validate a marriage which, before the passing of this Act, was declaied by a competent tri bunal to have been invalid.—This was agreed tn. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had now to propose a clause which he considered absolutely necessary for the protec tion of property. Although marriages should be declared by this Bill to be valid, it did not follow that titles to property should be shaken-by such enactment. Many persons claimed property under which would not have been made, if it had been thought that such a Bill as this would ever pass. From the ex pectetion that a certain marriage should be rendered invalid, a man night sell what he conceived to be his reversionary interest in at: estate, for a valuable consideration. By the present pro visioos of the Lill these and other transactions would be dune away. A clause had been introduced into the Bill to secure to parties the property already in their posse-sion ; but a rever sionary interest was as valuable a property as any property in possession. Ilia Lordship then proposed a clause to this effect, that this Act should not affect any arrangements or claims re 'pectin reversionary interests, although the parties were nor in actual possession of the property ; but that all setts and pur chases of such interests should stand good. The Rails of HARROWBE and laveseaoe supported the clause, and after some discussion, the House divided : Contents - .. see Non-Contents - - 42 Majority against the clause - —l7 The LORD CHANCELLOR again contended that some provision similar to that clause which had just been rejected, bhould, for the safety of property and the quiet of temihes, be introduced into the Bill. Lord REDESDA LE moved a clause for the protection of executors and tru-tees against whom claims might be made, in consequence of the validity which this Bill would give to mar riages.—Agreed to. Lord El LEN BOROUGH said he should propose a clause to exempt the. ltuyel Family and Jews from the operetiou of this The Report being agreed to, the Bill was ordered to be read . a third time on Tuesday next.—Adjourned to Monday.. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. JAMES BROWN gave notice that, early in the next Soolon, he would submit to the Hoese a measure, the object of welch would be the payment of the Catholic Clergy of Ireland out of the Revenue of the State. Mr. C VIM EN presented a Petition from certain Manufac turers cf, and Dealers in, Hard Soap, setting forth that the par tie! repeal of the SAL Tax would produce much hardship, and praying tor its total repeal.—Ordered to he printed. The Thames Lastage and Ballastage Bill was read a second time, and committed. Mr. GRATTA N moved for Returns of all Ships that had cleared out of Dublin Harbour in the three years ending Janu ary 1, 182!, with a Return of the number of Ships that had come into Dublin Harbour in the same time, specifying the Port Duties received, Lau.—Ordered. The Assessed Taxes Composition Rill, as amended by the Lords, was taken into consideration and agreed to, and ordered back to the Lords. The Roasted Corn Bill was teed a third time. Sir itosEwr WILSON called the attention of the house to the case of those persons who had been punished for offering roasted corn for sale. They were unconscious of committing any offence when they did that fur which they had been .everel) punished, and their view of the case would seem to have beet not very much out of the way from the introduction of the present measure. He therefore hoped their case would be taken ' into consideration. Ile then moved a clause to authorise the reimbursing of those who had been fined, to the amount of the' fuses which had been levied on them. Mr. T. AV I LSON thought it would be a case of great hard ship to enforce the penalties against the parties who had bee; st.igsgt.d in selling roasted corn. Mr. H. SUMNER concurred with the view taken by the last speaker on this subject. Mr. W. SMITII thought the offence which had been commit ted-was most venial, arid supported the clause. Mr. LUSH INGTON (ejected to the clause, because It was wholly unnecessary, as the Treasury had new the power of re- I toittitig any fine. It was their wish to take the cases of the auffeters into consideration, and there was every disposition on their part to afford relief, where relief could with propritty be extended. Mr. C ALCRA FT said these parties had, unfortunately, in ignorance of the law, incurred penalties which would to them, though nut greet in amount, prove ruinoes ; hut, as the Right *lon. Gentleman and the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed inclined to meet them with liberality, he was inclined to leave them in the hand • of the Treasury, and should therefore advise his Hoe. Friend to withdraw his clause. Mr. Alderman WOOD wished the clause to pass. A discre tionary power being left in the hands of the Treasury would put It in their power to make a difference between those who bad politicaily off( oiled and others. ' Sir R. W I LSON said, as the Right Hon. Gentleman had all through thas business iisplayed a disposition to candour, he was willing to withdrew his ciausc ; understanding at the same time, that, should :my irii,ating correspondence hove passed be tween the Board 01 Treasury and any of these individuals, it shouel be forgotten in the decision on their cases. Tne Bill was then passed, after which a short conversation arose b itween Mr. W. SMITH and Mr. LUSIIINGTON on the sub ject of the title, which in the end received a slight alteration. After son.e oeservations front Mr. Home Lord 13resuirs, the LORI) Anvoceer, and others, the House went into a Committee on the Scotch Jury Bill.—Report on Monday. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the F.REHRQVER, it was ordered, that the House at its rising should adjourn till Monday. Mr. HOLi f OUSE. presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Taunton, ( tavourof the Boweirches, end praying that the notes of the Judges .aken in the prosecution against that family by Maria Glen should be referred to a Committee of the House of Commons.—Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Sir R. FERG USSON presented a Petition from the Corpo- ration of Hatomermen in the Royal Burgh of Inverness against the Bill for regulating the Scotch Burghs. A EtHrictRAIOTI arose on the merits of the Bill, in which the Loan ADVOCATE., Mt. HUMS, Mr. J.l. Gas" the Marquis of Loran , Lord A. 'leaner% and Sir G. Cases took part, aim which the Petition was Ordered - to lie on the table. Mr. MAXWELL presented a Petition from the Clerks of the Peace in Ireland against the Grand Jury Presentment BBL --Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. N. WODP.llolll3Spromated It Petition from a person . • (of the Attu of Pages, a thoUnfactutikai ikoeh Salt at Tat swath,. pritying.rellift,Orderied to lie. Oh the table. • HALV PAY. • . Mr. HUMB, Seeing the Hon. Baronet, the Paftnaster-Geno ral, in his place, wished to put a question to Man respecting a circumstance which came within his knowledge, end had caused muelasincootreahniee. lie wished to know when the military pensions of those on the half-pay list would be paid, and further te• ask why they could not be paid at the same time that the civil Ipensions were, instead of being withheld for a Inooth'Or six weeks. ak had of late Oren the practice? He was at a loss to guess why this delay should take place, which, to kis knowledge, occasioned severe inconvenience to some of those who were affected by it. Sir C. LONG, in answer to the first question of the Honour able Gentleman, had to reply, that the half-pay pensions he ex pected would be paid on the 10th of next month, and in future, he believed, there would be no difficalty in paying them on the 10th of the month following that in which they became due. — When the Hon. Gentleman spoke of its being customary to delay the payment for a month or six weeks, he begged to say that such was not the practice. It had, indeed, occurred in one instance. ' From the difficulty of bringing up the accounts, the payments last quarter were deferred till the 25th of April, but this was not usual. When the Hon. Gentleman said why could they not be paid when the civil pensions were, he had to re mark, that this was impossible. The numher of Military Officers on half-pay were 10,000, and this stated, it would be seen, that that which the Hon. Gentleman contemplated could not take place. The half-pay pensions he had no doubt *would be paid on the 10th of next month ; and neither the Hon. Gentleman, nor any other person, nerd doubt the interest he took in their being promptly paid, since, when he came to his office, they were paid half-yearly, and it was at his recommendation that the present arrangements had been made for paying them quarterly. PETITION FROM JAMES MURRAY BORTHWICK. Mr. ABERCROMI3Y presented a Petition from James Murray Borthwick, complaining of the hard.: ships, oppression, and persecutions to which he had been subjected. . The Hon. Member said, he was not aware this Petition contained any fact which he had not stated on a former night, except this, that when Borthwick was taken at Dundee, his repositories were broken open, and his papers seized. He has as yet received no reparation for the wrongs and injuries he had sustained by persons acting in the name of the King, and when such injuries, inflicted by such per sons, existed, to what quarter could he look for re d; ess but to this House? He might, perhaps, be told, Borthwick might bring his action against the Learned Lord, but to tell this ruined unfortunate man to do this was adding mockery to injustice—(Hear, Hear). The Petitioner (said Mr. Abercromby) I have never seen—of his former life I know nathing; but from the communications I have had from respectable per sons, who have had intercourse with him on these transactions, I am imperiously bound to state that he has been in the several parts of these proceedings most scrupulou, to restrict his statenients to the pie cise matters of fact, and that I could not be more studiot's to avoid misleading this House, than Mr. Bo' thwick has been to avoid misleading me—(llcar, hear).—l. beg leave to move that this Petition be , brought up—(Cheers). The Marquis of LONDONDERRY called on the House to suspend their of on this question till it came fairly before them. For his part, he (tl!‘' Marquis of Londonderry) was not prepared to say that some inquiry might not be ex pedicnt—( Hear,hear).. Lord litsxtso and the LORD ADVCCATE strongly urged the a; option of that course. Mr. BROUGHAM agreed in this opinion. He was anxious that the House should keep itself unpre judiced till the day of decision came. These indivi d iais were now on their trial, 'and let them have a fur trial; but that had been the object of his (lon. and Learned hi lend in the motion which he had brought tin ward on a former night—he had only for inquiry. But the fluw.e, in its wisdom, then 'ejected that inquiry by its vote. But he now understood from what had fallen from the Noble mid Learned Lord, he war happy to find, that notwith standing the decision which the House then came to, ce.tainly not by a very large majority, that inquiry was to take place._ _ _ _ The Marquis cf LONDONDERRY thought iltho House was to go intr. inquiry, the Hon. Gentlema:. h o urge) it should niove for the documents on which inquiry was to he instituted. 31r. C. WYNN was of the same opinion. Mr. J. I'. G ltA NT was c. iitent to adopt the course oroi:osed by the Noble Lot d, and the Right lion. Gen- - ternan. 11 outd endeavour to keep his mind tin ,nassA till he haA the evidence betiire him. The Marquis of LONDON DER:: Y repeated, that h.! Was ready to call tOr all the informatit-n which .uuld be given on this subject, but he wished to be understood as not being pledged to adopting any par. lcular course upon that information. Lot d A. HAMILTON wished to know if there was was not to be a mittee •m this subject ? The Nlarquis of LONDONDERRY said, he tm .l„,rszond the motion to be subwitted on this subject by t e lion. Member (Slr. Abercromby) would be for documents. • Lord A. El A MILTON said, allusion had been made to the verdict which he had obtained against the pub lication so frequently mentioned in these discussions. It was a maxim of wise and general acceptance, that a complaining party should go into Cow t with clean hands, but it was his own misfortune that he had gone into Court with clean hands, for the good ness of his character, and not the reverse, was insisted on as a ground, why it was not necessary to award him vindictive damages; and the Jury, acting on that suggestion, g.sve him one shilling—(llear, hear). — He would ask the House, therefore, whether he had not a right to complain ? He would ask the Learned Lord, whether he would now estimate the value of the verdict by the damages to himself (Lord A. fla iniiton), or the odium and disgust which the well suppoited charges had excited ?—(Hear). He was sure that the Learned Lord would not again commit his character by so gross a misrepresentation—(Hear). He had done so once, but he trusted it would not be repeated—(Hear, hear). 1 Mr. A BERC ROM BY said, the course he intendeA to pursue, as regarded Borthwick, would be to move for oocuments of a legal character; but still he was persuaded, should they be granted, he should not be able to make out his case without pat ole testimony ; without which, lie thought, justice could nut be done to any of the parties concerned. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said there was no disposition to withhold information on this sub ject. After that information was before the House in a documentary shape, would ensue the question of inquiry ; and the House would then say whether it was necessary or not. .. 1 The LORD ADVOCATE stated, that so far from 1 shrinking, there wa s no sort o f res p ons ibili ty w hi c h could fairly be imputed tohim which he did not covet. The Petition was read, and ordered to be prinsedo - - "t - • • WAIIIACRit CareltafirrAllS AT 1101/D. Afr.'W. SMITH tpalou a a question °Cabe Noble ' Lord, the subject of whirl nit only affecifa 006- tish Public, but all Europe. He understood that, certain rumours were abroad respecting a transac tion at Constantinople, which would till every man in this country with sensations of horror—(Hear). — He brew some individuals who were deeply inte rested in these events, even beyond the feelings which must agitate British hearts. He would ask the Noble Lord whether any official accounts had been re ceived from our Ambassador at Constantinople, or our Agents there, respecting the transactions to which he alluded, and upon which some opinion might be formed with regard to their truth ? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he knew that ten or twelve hostages had been put to death. It arose out of the atrocities on both sides. Mr. W. SMITH said it was nvt only ten or twelve, but eighty or ninety; and he had seen a person who had witnessed the empalement of six persons who were hostages for their countrymen—(Hear, hear). Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH wished to know whether our Diplomatic Agents at Constantinople I had sent any account of the new Slave Trade, when the markets of Constantinople and Smyrna were crowded with amiable and accomplished Greek fe males, •wllo were offered as slaves to the caprices of barbarous Mahommedan voluptuaries?--(Hear,hear). He. wished also to know if any of the persons exe- cuted were under our protection ?—(Hear, hear). The Marquis of LONDONDERRY considered that those persons executed were not under our pro tection, except as far as humanity was concerned ; and in that way Lord Strangford had greatly exerted himself. As to the transactions at the Isle of Scio, he could not speak accurately; but a future time would be better for debating the matter. His infor mation went to the execution of many more, but not on the same day. LETTER-WRITING IN IRELAND. Mr. BROUGHAM called the attention of the Noble Marquis to a most unconstitutional letter, con tained in a Morning Paper, purporting to be a letter from the Right Hon. W. Saurin, late Attorney-Genc ral in Ireland, to Lord Norbury, Chief Judge of the Common Pleas there. In this it was desireJ, at the suggestion of a Peer of the realm, that the Judge should tamper with the Members of that House about their Parliamentary duty. He stated this with a view to its being admitted or denied w•ithia a teasonable period, by Mr. Saurin 's personal friends. [The letter alluded to by Mr. BROUOHAW, appeared in the manner annexed:] " The following is a copy of a very singular document, namely., a latter from Mr. Saurin, while Attorney-General of Ireland, to Lord Nodality. It was picked up on the quay of public abcut ten days ago, and is now deposited with ?Ir. O'Gorman, as se curity to the Catholic Board. We are assured, from a quarter on which we can rely with perfect confidence, that- there is no doubt of its authenticity. It has made a prodigious sei.sation in Ireland : " Dublin, August 9. " MAR LORD NORDVRY-I transcribe for you a very sensible part of Lord Rosse's letter to me— .. • • • As Lord Asbury goes our Circuit, and as he is personally acquainted with the Gentlemen of our County, a hint to him may be of use—he .s in the habit of talking individually to them in his chamber at l'hilipstown, and if he were to impress upon them the consequence - of the measure, viz. that however they may think otherwi.e, the Catholics would, in spite of them, elect Catholic Members (if such were eligible); that the Catholic .Mern hers would then have the nomination of the Sheriffs, and in many msi:nces, rr:lars of the Judges, and that the Protestants would be put in the back ground, as the Catholics were fut- ' nu: tly ; I think he would bring the effect of the measure home to themselves, and satisfy [hens that they ceuid scarcely submit to in the country if it were passed.' " Su far Lord !fosse; but what he suggests in another part of his letter, That if Protestant Gentlemen who have votes and influence, and interest, would give these venal Members to understand, that if they will purchase Catholic votes, that by betraying their country and its Constitution they should in:Ullibly lose theirs, it would alter their conduct, though it could neither make them i;otiest nor respectable.' " If you will judiciously administer a little of this medicine to the King's County, or any other Members of Parliament that may fall in your way, you will deserve well. " I spoke to Moore relative to the O'Brien suit : he must get fee fur the brief, and be satisfied I shall take care of it. " 6 Many thanks for your letter, and its good intelligence from Moro Bore. „lebb is a most valuable fellow, and of the sort that is much wanted—Affectionately and truly yours, (Signed) " WM. SAURIN." Mr. PEEL felt himself called upon to say, that he could neither admit nor deny, as one of Mr. Saurin's personal friends, whether it was genuine or not. He would ten times sooner have been the person writing a worse letter, than him who gave it publicity. Mr. BROUGHAM conceived that nothing could ever justify the obtaining of private letters for public put poses ; and he confessed that he believed that this letter was obtained by foul means, w hen it was stated to 'iave been found on the Quay of Dublin. Mr. BENNET wished to know whether the letter was genuine ? Mr. BIZOUGHAM felt it difficult to ascertain that fact. If the person aggrieved did not proceed at law for the aggression, the country would know from what cause it proceeded. SALT TAX. Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report of the Salt Tax BID. Mr. CURWEN resisted the continuance of the duty on the fisheries, and called for a repeal of the tax altogether. The Dutch draw ten millions from their fisheries, while we draw but one million ; and there fore they ought to give every encouragement to our fisheries, especially those of Ireland ; and by taking off this tax and granting bounties to the extent of £lOO,OOO or £200,000 a-year, they would enable the Irishman to obtain a herring to his potatoe. There were 28,000 tons of salt used in the mines of Potosi, in smelting the silver ore; and, if we could use salt in our iron smelting, we might derive the greatest benefit from it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer should also take off all the duty on salt for the benefit of the farmer, and the general consumer also. By doing so the Right Hon. Gentleman would receive the thanks of the country ; and if it was not for the patronage, it was for the benefit of the revenue itself to give up the whole of this tax. He then moved that the duties on British salt should cease and deter mine after January, 1823. Mr. LEICESTER supported the motion. He was sure the salt monopolists did not wish to have the whole tax taken off, because then they could not have enormous profits on their articles. He suspected that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had taken ad vantage of the advice of a French politician, never to . give alga tax, because if they did not want the money, they wanted the patronage. Mr. J. SMITI4 said, the Public would not be able 4n derive the benefit to have been expected from the partial repeal of the Salt Tax. Mr. DENISON thought the remnant of this odiou s tax should be done away. Mr. LITTLETON also supported the Amendment of the Hon. Member for Cumberland. lie regrett e d the resolution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to extend the period of paying the Army and Navy P en . sions; because, though it was paying but little a t a time, yet its tendency was to break up the Sinking Fund altogether. This measure was intended to pre. duce a monopoly is salt to those who were now p os ., sessed of salt-mines. • Alderman C. SMITH was no friend to taxation, but if this tax were taken off, they must find som e substitute: besides, if it were totally repealed, it w ou ld throw a great many poor wretches of Excise o:licers out of employment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re gretted that it was his duty to the public cleaitor to keep a surplus revenue, without which he could net have reduced the interest of the Public Debt. It this Resolution should pass, it was his intention a haie proposed a partial repeal of the Leather TAX ; but if not, he must stop short. He denied that he had arq view to patronage in keeping up this tax.' He did not believe that the Lish Fisheries wou:d be !call / benefited by the total repeal of this tax. lie rather sus. pentad, that extending the bounties on I: ish Fisheries, would have the effect of bringing back he period spoken of by Adam Smith, when they fished fc, r bounties, and not for herrings. The quantity of'alt used by a poor man must be extremely small, corn. pared with that 'of large families. This tax would realize 12400,000 a-year, and he could not give it up, because then he could not affordany repeal ri thr i Leather Tax; and he therefore hoped, those who wished for a relaxation of the latter duty, would give him their support in this instance. Mr. WODELIOUSE wished to do good with as little evil as possible. By taking off a little from or.e and a little from another tax, was perhaps pleasing all, but doing no real good ; and he was of opinion that it was impolitic in Ministers to cling to a wr:tehed remnant of this most unpopular tax—((leap, hecr.). Lord ALTHORPE was a great frie:)d to the re peal of the Leather Tax ; but he would not consent Ito the continuance of any part of the Salt Tax, 03 the Chancellor of the Exchequer's promise to repeal a part of the Leather Tax. Mr. H.•SUMNEIt declared it impossible to repc: , l the whole of this tax, with a view to faith to r!.e public creditor. There was no tax more even in its re-partition than this. Sir J. YORKE said, that were he a Chancellor of Exchequer,, he would not take : off a tax . by halves. Ile would be the last to lay on a tax, and the last to take it off. Colonel WOOD said, that many of the taxes had been laid on by halves. lie had no complaint from the County he represented, of the tax on :3.tit. The House had never been guilty of x more fatal error than by the repeal of the Property• Tax. The best way was to lower those taxes that pressed mos: heavily on the People. Mr. It. .\1 AItTIN stated, that he had attended a meeting of Gentlemen concerned in the manufacture of kelp, and it was there asserted, that if the pro tection was t;:ken away, 10,0Q0 persons would be thrown out of employ u.ent. Mr. LUSIIINGTON said, that the plan now pro posed would disturb .hat system which had been re ceived by the House with acclamation. If there were to be no half measures, then there would be no Sinking Fund. Mr. WETHERELL was against the total repeal ef the tax, in the present state of things. Mr. SCOTT sal .1, that if the tax were wholly taken off, the Public woul,i he n.uch more benefited than by deducting the same sum from two taxes. Sir F. O. , ;MANEY said, he would vote only for the partial repeal of the salt tax. Much had been said about distress ; but did Gentlemen consider the distresi of our public servants—men sho bad passed thirty years in the service of the count! y ? Let the House look to those people—let the House ,o: , k to some of the people who shot them elves—(Laughter). 'Those faithful servants having been removed Irons the public offices, thought fir to destroy them elves— (A laugh). He thought it was the solenin duty of the House to support those tales which Ateve reee,sary to support the public servants-,-(coulinweil luudee r). The Marquis of LONDONDEAtY. said, the reasoning of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and of the Secretary of the Treasury, appeared to him conclusive. If the salt tax was wholly repealA, than the tax on leather must be continued ; though, from what had taken place . in that House, the persons con cerned in - that trade hid every reason to expect they would be partially - relieved. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was entitled to the votes of Gentlemen opposite, after what had formerly taken place. Mr. S. WORTLEY, if forced to make an election, would chuse rather that the whole of the Salt Tax should be taken off, and the Leather Tax.be kept on. ~The House divided: For the Amendment Against it - - Majority in favour of the Tax - —l2 On the return of strangers to the gallery, Mr. HUTCHIMON was addressing tl:e House, stating, that by :he plan of the Right Hon. Gentle man, the provision trade mould sustain a serious in jury, and numbers be thrown out of employment. He should resist the measure with all his might; and should the Right Hon. Gentleman add a farthing to the burdens of the people of Ireland, he should state such facts as would make one's hair stand on end. 92 104 The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would recom mend his Right Hon. Friend to give up the paint, as the whole turned upon the difference between Eng lish and Irish currency. Mr. CALCRAFT said, that the amount of foreign salt consumed in Ireland was much greater than any other, and upon that species of salt a heavy duty had been proposed to be laid. Mr. MABERLY said, that had a reduction been made of pensions, places, and taxes, the duty on both the Salt and the Leather Taxes might have been taken off.—The Resolutions were then agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be brought in. BRITISH DIUS.RUM. Mr. BANBESiWeTti;;Ii 4 iillt? of £9425 shoul be granted to his Majesty for the support of the Dri. tish Museum. The vote was £IOOO less than that of last year. He would give any explanations as to items. Mr. S. RICA entirely agreed in the vote; but be