The Statesman. — London, England, 1810-05-31 00:00:00

couragement given to the English manufacture. — Hitherto he bad spoken merely.of the official value. In the year 1800, We seal value of the exports of Irish manufacture amounted to 5,000,0001. ; in 1802, to eight millions and a quarter ; and in the years 1808 and 1809, on the average of both, the export duties amounted to twelve millions. Here was en increase of from nine Millions to twelve in loss than, nine years. The ratio of the British ex.• ports in the same period, was in the same progres. aiun. In 1800, 4U millions ; in 1802, 48 mil. lious ; in 1808.9, upon the average of both, 45 and 50 millions, so that the increase upon the ex ports of British ware was equal to one 9th, while that of the Irish amounted to net less than seren.tifths.— , Ile.then stated the sum to be provided for the, charge of the interest upon the debt, and the sink. . ipg fund,.as amounting to 331,2691. ; the interest and charge of management for this, he stated at 51. 13s. 3J. per cent. The taxes to raise this sum of three hundred and thirty odd thousand pounds ) he thus enumerated as follows : First Tax—Upon the Post-otlice Revenue, an in crease of One Penny upon the Postage of each b e tt e r—which would produce 433,000 The next Tax was an Increase Upon the Duties and t atoms of Tea, Raisins and Corrantswhich would produce 70,000 - (This one item produced to the English Revenue 270,000/.) The next Tax was an Tnerea , e of the Stamp Du ties, making Newspaper Advertisements, which now paid but Is. Duty, pay Is.—which would - produce 30,000 Tne next Tax was An Increase of the Duties on Portugal and Spaui-h Wines, of 12 Guineas per Tun, and of Is Guineas per Tun on all French W Ines —producing 160,000 The ties( was a small Tax, to be levied by Regu• !align' on the C u stoms.Storage—produein,T 18,000 Tile next was an increase of the pre srut Window Tax, by Sot. per Cwt.—producing . 85,000 With respect to the Window Tax, he stated that no house having . less than seven windows was subject to the Tax, and that even after the proposed increase, the Tax would be one-half less than what it was in England, and even leis than what it was in Scotland.• The whole of these Taxes . together .wi.h some items of small import, the detail of which was unnecessary, would produce a gross amount of 335,0001.• w hiek..wai 72691. above the sum required for the charge of debt and Sinking Fund fur the year. The Right Hon. Gentleman then concluded, 'by moving his first, , Resolution,' for the Increase of the Postage ou Letters. . The first Resolution being put, Sir JOHN NF:WpoRT rose. He contended that it was full time now, in the 10th year of the' • Union of Great Britain with Ireland,_ to - look the actual state of the latter country fairly in the face. He protested againit taking the comparison from the exact period df th e Union, when the country had just emerged from a violent state of commotion ; and maintained that an era of peace, previous to the breaking out of the French Revo. lution, when none of these drawbacks operated, was the fair period from which to draw the com parison. trt the year 1794 the amount of the debtl of Ireland was only 1,642,0001. and in January, 1810, it amounted to $1,000,0001. At the for - • mer period Ireland had no interest to pay in Great Britain; at the latter she had to pay thereinterest, • to the amount ortwo • m illions an d a halt Ever since the year 1800 her debt had increased in a retina seven to•two, while her revenue, witkin the same period, had only increased in the pro. portion of three. to two, yet the expenceof nagement had increased - nearly as five to two. — He was apprehensive the statement of the Right Honourable Gentleman, as to the Revenue of Ireland, proceeded entirely sin a fallaty.• the Exports of Ireland, in the yira t r 1800, were 1,900,0001. less than in the year 174 ) . sod in the year 181 Q, were only 400;0001. Mitre than they had been at that period. To expect lot increase of half a million, therefore, yrithits t i U year, was rather too much: He .was far, Itopr• ever, from wishing to represent Ireland at tibt . highly productive, and as ministering, in a rat • degree, to the necessities of Great llrttain:' Ytl grain, particularly, the increase had exceeded all expectation, and had been live times more than it had ever equalled in any former year. Last year • there had been imported into this country from Ireland 782,000 quarters of Oats, Wing seven . tenths of the whole demand for this country. He proceeded to go through the different items from Which it was proposed to raise the interest of the Loan, expressing his' apprehensions . that they would not be equal to the desired object. He al hided to the balances appearing to be outstanding id the hands of dismissed and deceased Collectors of the Revenue, and contended that the sums owing by these defaulters ought to be collected be fore Government put its hand any farther into the pockets of the people. Mr. SHAW (Dublin) alluding to one of the . names mentioned by the Hon. Baronet (Sir John Newport), as In arrears in his capacity of Collec tor, stated that the balances arose solely front old surcharges ; that o ff ers had been 'made to pay what eould, be'' bewis to be actually due ; but that the Widovi and relations of the deceased Col. teeter elludell to, had been advised that they might with equal justice be called on 'to pay the Na. Moira, Debt, as the balance charged against them. Mr. W. POLE corroborated this statement, and expressed his upipioti that the balance alluded to was not due. Mr. FOSTER in Prod that the Revenue was sow at least strictly Collected,' &Ought it not amiss that 'the House should 'know that on the 12ih of this month the ithole s revenne due In the, Customs 'amounted only to 174001. of !?inch there Was remitted in two — days afterwards. 11,0001. ; and in the Excise the whole snot due was 26,0001. of which, in two days therewas remit. tel 22,0001: So that there was not in the hands of the Collectors, under* the present system, more %than the amount of half if week's esitlleciion. • Sir J. NEWPORT explained. • Mr. - A. BARING' considered the practice of uniformly raising the Lotus for Ireland in till 64.- try a very grievous loirdeo on the litter. :Itirisa from the want of those 'strong exertions unionist the greavlanded and commercial interest of that' country which were so strongly exemplified' ,in England. The 'consequence to be dip rcc. ted . wep, that lathe coarse of time , when talation was im r . ♦ '~ .t. i • j/Uka4.i.io;iNkt-oil ~ t ;' I . ' • i ; • , • , I 1 • • • T H li STAI posed commensurate with the Irish debt, tfie peo ple of Ireland would feel that surk-additions were thcn made only Co poi British creditors. Iloder the impression that DO gobd will was to spare be tween the two countries, it Was. his opinion that the terms offered by the liish bidders fur raising the Loan, though there'sves a difference of a frac. lion or so against the country, ought to havb been concluded. • • . After some farther obgervitions front Mrs Fos ter and Sir John Newport / the Rest:dugouts were agreed to, and the Report 'Ordered to be received to-morrow. ' :. DROITs OF ADMIRALTY.. Mr. TIERNEY rose to make his promised motion upon that subject, - to which he was in duced to call the attention of the House In conse quence of its grant of 70001. annuity to his Se rene Highness the Duke of Brun's"lek. Upon, that occasion It. was never once objected that a suitable prevision ought not to be made for that distinguished individual, but it was Said that there existed under the euntroul of the Crown funds fatly sufficient' for that .purpose, without an in: 'crease of -the burdens of the people. To aim. Min that fact; lid bad on a former . night moved for the productiiitot an account of the sem aliS. ing from the Droiti of !the,,AdmiraltY saw undis. ,vosett of, and thereforewholly under the con. trout of the Croin. It appeared from the pa. 1 per that night Presented, that the amount of those Droits, now at his Majesty's disposal, amounted 1 Ito no less a 'sum than 142,0001. The trouble of the present discussion might . have been spared, if liis Majesty!, advisers had thought proper to re commend that, to obtain which, it uas his ht= tendon to move on that night an Address to Ms Majesty" Such a course, from uniform iisage 3 J it was lideral to expect they would . have idopt 'ed, after they hail ascertained that their pro., position 'for a pant out. of the Civil List,te the Duke of 'Brunswick, was only carried by a map rity Alf 17. Thdiv was:then, as there was now, no objection to make an establishMent suitable to the. 1 tank and character of tiffs 'Serene highness; hut 'many were impressed with the conviction, ,that no. ,grant for that purpose could'be more expedient, as there could be none more grateful to his Ma jesty than that .which was settled upon. funds fully adequate, solely at the disposal of the Crown, and which added nothing to. the'burdens. of. the people. Such an application ot the Droits of Admiralty had beta already made to the Duke of Cumberland and . tu others of the Royal Family. What objection could arise to prevent such an' application in the present iostance, he was unable to ascertain. 'lle. stiould therefore recommend that . .a sum of ulubey arising out of the eodisposed-of Droits, should he paid into the Consolidated Fund,• in order to answet the paytpent of the annuity of 70001. per annum voted to 'his Serene Highness the Duke it Brunswick.' Computing that annuity at ten years purchase , the sum required to.go in aid of the Consolidated Fund would be 70 3 0001.. ,The Right Honourable Meinher concluded with moving an Addresi to tk.Thrtine, adverting to the late Message and Grant DE.7000. and *expressing the garprise and ,regret of that House that his Ma jesty should be advised to apply to that House for e Grant, when such a sum as 342,0001. Admiralty Droits remained at the disposal of the Crown, and , - 'praying his Majesty that, he would be graciously pleased to, apply out of such undisposed.of Druits the sum of 70,0001. to answer the annuity voted to his Serene Highness the Dukeof Brunswick. The CHANCELLOR of. the EXCHEQUER intreated thellouse, that if . it was inclined to ad dress his Majesty upon the application of These Droits,. it would mat connect such address with the grant lately voted to the Duke. of Brunswick; but that the application should be made to Alm public service generally. Ile believed' that ,the last deciaiob to vt,biely the House. came on that ' question was under , very different impressions 'from those which no Must influence that House, possessed, as it WW I o f the necessary information. The Right Honourable Member then read an ac. count of the various applications of the Droits of Admiralty, and contended that there was no impro. per application of theos t bat . were either directly or indirectly appliedtor the • public service. The Consolidated Fund, he statml„. was at present fully iosufficient fur the expoixditurela a dad ency of near 30,0001. a quer*. The last Ad. Ministration must have felt that . , gciencyi when 441itthey *voted out of the Dr .;of Adtninillyi 160,0001. to pay the deficiencies of - the Civil List up to March, .1806, and 10,0001. out *of the Scotch Revenue to defray its deficiency during .the period of their own. Government. Mr. FREEMANTLE supported the motion. Mr. ROSEopposed it, observing, that If at any future time it should appear that there should, be a surplus in'tke Droita of the Admiralty, that sur plus might be applied to thepuhlicseriice... •,, . Mr. CREE-VEXebeervoif t Aiet there was no question it this time is to the,r&ght of the King to the di- Per cent. find, but it was a point which,'at some ether tinse l would well deserve the serious attention of the House. • It hip been's:lid:that the surplus had beenapplied io.aid of the Civil List. He coal& not enter into the propriety of the *Mi. cation of this money till the_papers should be ' printed; but the 4-} per cent. fupd had beep ordered out of theOroits for the pensions of Sir H. Pop. ham, Mr. Long, and several other ' Members of Pirriameßt; connections of the Ministers., When the Droits of the Admiralty were thus disposed of, it was not too much to say, he . thought, that out of these the King should give 7,9001. a year to one ,of n 4 own family. [Hear,. hear . !] The Duke of 'Groutiester had an annuity. from. the 4 per ceogi r and fheee not being .sufaclentt he came Ou.thfs ConsOlgatiO Eolith, but the Duke of Glou , 'cester b eing remoped,' then these Gentlemen V4UIIO .bison the Droit.s . ot the Admiralty.to make up the deficiency ifsthetitsilowancep. .He thought it very &liana that 40,o9o). &lipoid! be taken. out of the 4,„d i,ihis 'ta t :l44o At. !as said, 4hat it enuitil of glivd 7,001. Or •„, 3 .lDulte • of, liconswicki,' e n ext advenef to ‘,„, _,1.. granted to, Sir . Popham, which li f , 4;140 a. wet, improper .. sues. , .. . I'I ) P 4 F 'Mr. L ONG , content I! Oat the King .bad a coulkto pdwer et 4 ivit - .4 . over • Ibe 44 go , Cuit. 'INMAN. s fund, ana remarked upon the manner in which the Hon. Gentleman who spoke last turnedAllese .things into pertolthl-glie'stioill; • He tiaa mentioned, Mr. Long's pension ; but he defied the Honour. ahre Gentleman to skew that any one Who had been so long in the Treasury had been lesdireutunerated than he had been : he had been tetC years in the Treasury before he had received any pension. The last subject on which he would haft spoken to Mr. Pitt, would have been the procuring of any 'thing for himself ; and Mr. Pitt knew him too well to suppose that it would have been a favour to confer on him any thing he didsnot deserve. Sums ;had been granted out of the 42 per Cent. Fund, in aid of the Civil List v and it:was but reasonable that when a deficiency took,plaie es in the former, it should be aided by the Droits of the Admiralty. As to the grant to Sir Home Popham, it had been discussedin that House, and approved. Mr. CREEVEY, in explanation, observed, that he never said the Honourable Gentleman's pension was unmerited. lie had only adverted to the es . I traordinary qlemand which had been tirade on the Druits of the Admiralty to pay his pension and those of others. Mr. BROUGHAM, after 'observing that the real question had been Mixed with extraneous mat ter, remarked, that he felt none of that scruple as to addressing the Crown in the manner pro posed, which seemed to have taken possession of some others—because lie held it clear, that tip. thing personal to the reigning Sovereign either was, or ought to be considered as intended, because l he held it to be clear that, though in point of form they were addressing the ,Crown, they were , in fact addressing the Ministers. The paper laid 'on the table, did, not, ho admitted, contain any men of gross misapplication of the fund, which misapplication, though considered as not impos sible,; had nut been alleged actually to have taken place. He could not, however, agree with the Right . honourable Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) that the numerous minority on the last discussion of this subject had been owing to any cause which this paper served to remove. The principle had been, that as the people were hea.. vily burthened to support the war, they should be relieved as much as possible by this fund produced by•the war. Mr:- B. then adverted to the several heads of demand stated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the unappropriated part of this Fund, and shewed that after all there was a sum of from 90,0001. to 100,0001. fur which there was not even the pretence of . a demand, lie next adverted to what.had been said respecting the pre sent Civil List, which, considering the depre. ciation of money, had been held to be less than that of George Second. Ile advised those who held this doctrine, to consider that no less than three millions had at different times been grant ed ,in aid of this List, besides a new grant of 270,0001. which appeared on this paper. lie de sired them to recollect, that though the List.had been increased, a great many of . the Pensions op. on it had been stationary, and that while every other property had been taxed to such an extent, this had paid no tax. It appeared from this paper that seven millions had passed through the hands of the Crown, without the contralti of Parlia. ment. Three millions had been granted to the captors—but this was voluntary. It was sin. known in the Seven Years' and American Wars, and 700,0001. had accumulated in the hands of his late Majesty, which had not been touched till his .tleath, when the advisers of his present Majesty had brought it in aid of the public. However much honour this had done to these ad. risers, it did very little honour to the ministers of his late Majesty. This circumstance proved with what jealousy the Fund ought to be watched. There had been 470,0001. paid away by the Crown, without eontroul of Parliament, and there still remained a very large sum. Was not this Fund then to be regarded with jealousy ? The plain question, cleared of the incidental to pics was this—Was the Fund adequate to supply the amount of the annuity, or not ? The Chan. a:eller of the Exchequer had answered the ques. lion, when he had been compelled to admit, that there remained from 90 tb 100,0001. fur which there was no pretence of a demand for any other purpose. Mr. STEPHEN called upon the House to consider that these Droits of Admiralty had been applied in an unexceptionable manner ; and par.; tictilarly with respect to the sums granted to in.', &ntify meritorious officers (Sir Home Popham and Captains Woolley and Spedding) who might have otherwise suffered a material loss through means which the law could not redress, and which he was sure the country would regret. The ,balance on hand ought not, in his opinion, to be I touched fur the purpose, because there was no probability from the state and prospect of the war that . any additional Droits would arise, while there was much probability that other claims might offer to his Majesty's bounty similar to those which had already occurred. Mr. WHITBREAD denied that the motile ie. volved any attack upou his Majesty periooally,. but.contended that it referred to Ministers atom . jest in the way in which comments were made upon the King's Speech. As to the Civil List, hii was glad of the expirsure which this discussion has pro duced. .It now appeared that the deficiency of the, Civil List had been supplied from the Droits of ,Admiralty. That instead of bringing the expen. diture of that List within its income, 'as the last Administration .had intended, the present Ministers meant, to allow the expenditure to go on uncoil trouled, while it blinded the public and that House by a misaPpropriation of the Droits of Admiralty. If 'ltch a misappropriation and consequent increase of the Civil List, were to be defended upon the ground of the depreciation in • the value of 'notify, what answer, he would ask, could be given to the claitne •of the Naval and Military Officers, the rate of whose pay 'had been so little advanced since the reign of QllOll Anne; but in point of fact, the 'depreciation of money ,could form no plea for any advance aoplidable to the greater part of the Civil List, which referred' tosalaries that were fixed. With regird to the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Long), he observed,• that that 401 Non. Golden= waslnot tn.enjoy, the pen. dot;. at 0601. paid out of Ibis. fund, If he h e ld an `office ileiding above 20001. a-year ; now it appeared, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had 20001. a-year from his , office, and a house be. sides. Was this, then, a compliance with the terms of the grant respecting the pension ? The Hun. Member concluded with the expression of a 'wish to know what was become of the interest upim the Droits of the Admiraltyi 'Which, he un. dorstood, amounted in one year to such a sum as would suffice to purchase an annuity for the Doke of Brunswick ? Mr. 1.01,G, in explanation, stated, that the exception alluded to, respecting the pension. was Introduced upon his own suggestion, and that the addition of the House, was owing to his Ma, jesty's pleasure. Mr. T I ERN Ei r replied. He maintained that the Civil List had not suffered by the depreciatiud of money, and that at present it was, all cirtunia stances considered, more productive than upoit his Majesty's accession to the Throne. It watt then but 800,0001. a-year ; but, from its aagmen: tation since at different periods, and from the transfer of many charges upon it to the Coffsfill.. dated Fund, it was now raised to about 1,200,0001. a.yoar ; which being 50 per cent. was surely more thaft.enough to meet the alleged depreciation of money. If the Minister would pro rise that the balance admitted to be on hand of the Droits of Admiralty should be applied to the relief of the public, by paying the antinity of the Mike ist Brunswick, instead of saddling that annuity upon the Consolidated Fund, he declared that he had no . disposition to press his motion. But if not, he hoped the Rouse would concur With faun in adopt. ing that motion. Mr. ROSE explained. The Mime divided. Fur the Motion 75—Against it tut—Majority fur the Minister 26. _ _ While the Opposition were in the Libby, Mr. Ponsonbyregnested their attendance to.morreq (this) evening, as Mr. attikes's motion would be certainly brought for►rard. Upon our re-admission to the Gallery, the other Orders of the Day were disputed of, and the !louse adjoirned. It is reported that the Lords of Trade came to a determination on Sethi day to permit the ea w. tation of cotton into the ports of France, without enforcing the observance of a late Order in Coun cil, by which that article can only be landed at specified places, and under particular restrictions. Sutct DE.—Tuesday afternoon Thomas Jennings, 70 years of age, charged with uttering counterfeit money, hung himself in Clakenwell Prison, by means of his bed cord. Ile remains for a Coro ner's Inque;t. This is the second act of suicide which has occurred at that place within a fort. night. Tuesday evening, as a gentleman of Dunhill. row was coming front Watford in a gig, the horse took fright in Edgware-road, and ran against a• lamp-post and broke the gig. The gentleman was seriously hurt, and conveyed home in a coach. Fortunately he left his wile at Watford, or most likely she would have shared the same fate. 09 Monday, the 14th instant, died Elisabeth Cobbet, of Full Sutton, aged 7 4,4 maiden Lady ; and on Tuesday, the 15th, while her trustees were consulting her brother, W. Cobbet, ofStren. sail, how she was to be buried, he died daring the consultation, agod 74. They were buried at Full Sutton on Friday, both in one grave. By their frugality, and• narrow *ay of living, they have scraped together about 14,0001. They have both made Kills, Ind left 22001. to the poor of Strensall, Full Sutton, and High Cation, and about 20001. more in small legacies. 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