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Sts per OS Bacon , 65 Od a • 1‘ a//Adli°l""v r / r ift E / • NUMBER 9830. EAST INDIA, HOUSE, Feh..ll, 1824. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS-of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give N ut i o , t T hat a GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be 15 ' 14 , by adiournment, at their House iniLeadenhall-street, ()It W EDNESDAY, the 25th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Proposition contained in the following Letter, viz. To th e CHAIRMAN, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, and DI RECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY. " London, Jan. 16, 1944. 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BISII respectf u ll y reminds his best Friends, T. the Public, but more particularly that portion of them Wwliich belong to the Sitter Kingdom, that the Nest Drawing '7thill take place on thy Anniversary of their Tutelar Saint, 1 , of NExT MONTH (MARCH) ; and as the First TWO ~,r lz et THAT DAY will each be entitled to 1:20, 00 0, il,ucli,tS that at Night many of his Friends, by obtaining those DISH tricks'l °s Will have cause to rejoice at the joys of '. St. Pa- Pi Dar in the Morning." There still remains to he ' aw o, Five Prizes of £20,000, and Twenty•nine other Ca- still itil (s * A few Warranted Undrawn Tickets and Shares are (; res in Sale at DISH'S Offices, 4, Cornhill and 9, Charing , , and by his Agents in the Country. iDiti'el-er.rhe Prices of Stocks are affixed hourly . against RISH'S t , . 14 Cornhill, by which the Public may see the Hue ; about. TO THE PUBLIC. T 4 „,-nd J. SI EVWRIGHT, Contractors for the eap ec . tfresent LOTTERY, respectfully acknowledge the !in that j. 4 Patronage they have experienced, at the same time q: nt .€7 have to express their Regret for the many . disap i, rjleats which have occurred to those who applied for of f - I°l e Tickets; the Reserve of which were every one disposed n, en r "te tha n Twenty four hours before the Drawing coin wiert4, Oa arose from - the unprecedented Sale and the Orders be C % rived in rapid succession from Agents in all parts of Tickets itry, Scotland, and Ireland, to meet which so many _e_ft a N 0 .r O la o v r e e ( .r v n tir e o ce i s 4 s E ity been divided into Shares, as to have totiaspppointm - TICKETS for Sale, consequently the O ---e ,itt lias been unavoidable, but the Contractors feel cabisd' determined to effect all that is now pyact.i -tlieviTl reoedy it, for the FIVE £20,000 which remain in 411.1 thr iie:J. SIVEWRIGHT have made arrangements . with for W N''!lce-Keepers, that any person wishing to purchase for tie Ticket shall be permitted to have Two Half Tickets traet o : s ante money, (as long as there are any left),. thneeCelol - . ni rd.dag up to the Office-Keepers the difference Publie's sacrifice on their part they . lia . ve_no_d r o e ubt the the Njlt,inr,duly appreciate. The 17th of when will be Pltjzi!,'-‘- - -u DAY of DRAWING, TWO more Priz e .s of £20,000 are again to be added to the Two First be ,; and the Last Drawn g l,ooo Blanks on that Day will .i:201',,,,t into the Wheel and redrawn. Many of these Five th e i r (7 Prizes, the Contractors trust, will be distributed at n 'kker . f ees, No. 37, Cornhill, 11, Holborn, and 33, Hay- .TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1824. PARLI AME NT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB: 23. Marquis CAMDEN presented a petition, as we understood, from some place in Somersetshire, praying for relief from the house and window tax. Several persons presented papers from different public offices , among which wer e th e f o ll ow i ng :—From the India-house, re gulations made by the. Government of India in the year 1822 from the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, the annual accounts ending the sth of January, 1824; from the Post-office, an account o'f the balances due by the dif. ferent post-masters of England and Wales, to the sth of Ja nuary, 1824 ; from the Tax-office, an account of salaries and allowances to the Receivers-General in England and Wales, to the sth of January, 1324 ; and an account of all cases decided by the-Judges relative tchthe asseSsed. :taxes, since the 4th of Geo. IV. cap. 11. On the motion of time Marquis of LANSDOWN, a variety of accoumits, shewing for a long series of years the value of the exports from Great Britain and Ireland to the Britiah Colonies, the United States, and to South America, were ordered to be presented to the House. The House in Lombard-street. Bill was read a third time, and passed.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. COAL DUTIES. Petitions praying for the repeal of these duties were presented from the following. places : —from Cornwall, by Sir W. LEMON; from owners of lands in Suffolk, by Sir W. RowLEY ; fro m Glamorgan, by Si r C. C OLE , from Hythe, in Kent, by Mr. MAJORIBANKS ; from a parish in Lincolnshire, by Sir W. INGILBY ; from Andover, by Sir J. WALTER POLLEN ; from Carmarthen, by Mr. IlicE ; front Barnstaple, by Sir FRANCIS OMMANNEY ; from Swansea, by Mr. IV. LEWIS ; four petitions from several parishes in Devonshire, by Sir THOMAS ACKLAND ; from Ipswich, by M r . L ENNAnn ; from B r id port, b y Mr. Po itT3rAN ; from Bury St. Edmund's, by Lord JOHN FITZROY; from Gillingham, by 11r. WODE HOUSE ; from Kent, by Sir Enw.krip KNATCHBULL ; from the inhabitants of the ward ofQueenhithe, by Alderman Woon. —All ordered to lie on the table. Alderman WOOD presented a petition, signed by between 3,000 and 4,000 inhabitants of the city of London, against the unequal and unjust tax upon coals. He had already said so only h i o c lo h s t e i r l e ve c , il t a h r i i i! o m ifn u tht c he : ese u s p ud o bu n iteie t: st i: w s e i: e bj n e o c t t, i that ,, tlw h he numbers I; oeld o r f i . Chan cellor of the Exchequer meant to give up, he (Mr. Alderman It'ood) should think it his duty tog:ye notice for a Committee s st a li g ) a p i o n r i t t o t f he th t o a s x e . M cm_ be who past when Ip'ereasnetnitceitplait:tlittin otl'ivosew Mr. BARING said, that when the Worthy Alderman moved for the Committee, he hopped it would be with a view of in quiring into the whole subject, as well the tax which was paid to the King as that augmentation of the price of coals which resulted from city management, and which, from the debates in the City Common Council, he was led to believe amounted (by the charge of metage and the delays of meters) to between 4s. and ss. a chaldron. Mr. LITTLETON said, that when the time should come that this tax should be proposed for repeal, it would meet with his most decided oppos i t i on , unl ess it were a repeal of the most gradual nature. On the question that the petition be read, Alderman WOOD said the Hon. Member for Taunton had swelled the charge of metagc, which was but 4d., to between 4s. and .5s- To the 118 meters already appointed, the corpo ration of London had appointed 40 more to facilitate the deli cyhezzrgoef to the for which there would not be any addition of public. Mr. BARING explained. GRENFELL said it was a little too much, when pe titions were pouring in from all parts of the country against these duties that the Hon. :limber for Staffordshire should rise and declare his opposition, because it would interfere with the in terests of his constituents ; as if the interests of the colleries of Staffordshire and Newcastle were to be every thing, and the in terests of the consumers nothing. Mr. LITTLETON explained. Sir MATTHEW Wll I TE RIDLEY said it was import ant that the whole subiect s h ould be inquired into, embracing the mode of delivery, b o th at Newcastle and London. Much blame had been thrown on t h e coahowners in the North, but on their part he would deny that they merited it. It was stated that the supply was stinted and kepd perused for th e l as t s i x t lower than the d e m a nd ; but from the returns Whi c h 11, hind months, it would be seen th at every market day there was 120 or 130 ships at market, and on l y 60 or GO sold. Sir HENRY HARDINGE pre sen t e d a p et i t i on from Sun derland,The_ieatgitoaiililistwtahs then ecoalreit;l, and o r d ere d t o li e on t h e ta bl e. Ditties, LEA TIIER DUTIES. Petitions were presented against these duties from the fol lowing places—from the curriers and shoemakers of Welling borough, by Mr. Cartwright; from the tanners and curriers of the Borough of Stafford, by Mr. Littleton ; from the curriers of Northampton, by Sir George Robinson ; from the tanners of Liverpool, by Mr. Ifuskisson. General GASCOYNE said, he had a petition to pr esen t, which be believed was different from all others, and to which he anticipated the support of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as it was for the continuance of a tax. It was from the tanners, curriers, &c. of Liverpool, and they stated that the public had no benefit front that part of the leather tax which had been taken off ; but the whole advantage of the reduction had gone into the pockets of individuals, and that if the remainder of the duty were taken off the public would receive as little benefit. After a f©w words front Mr. MARTIN, the petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table. Sir 'WM. INGILBY presented a petition from Kingsbo rough, against the duties on Excise licenses. RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS. Lord ALTHORP brought up the Bill for the more easy recovery of Small Debts. Mr. HOBHOUSE suggested that the clause limiting the re covery of debts to two years should be altered, so as to extend the term on the creditor's tiling an affidavit of debt. The bill was then read the first time, and ordered to be read a second time on this day se'nnight. GAME LAWS. ;Mr. STUART WORTLEY brought up a bill to amend the laws relative to the preservation of game, which was read the first time, and ordered to be read the second time on this day fortnight. WOOL DUTIES. Mr. STLTART WORTLEY presented petitions from the merchants and woolstaplers of York and Huddersfield, praying for the repeal of the duty on foreign wool. lie did not think it necessary to go into the subject at the present moment ; but if the Matter was not noticed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he (31r. S. Wortley) should feel it to be his duty to bring it before the House. The petitions w ere th en rea d , and ordered to lie on the table. Sir THOM Ab LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition from a parish in Somersetshire, against the wool duty ; also a Peti tion from the inhabitants of Bath, praying for the repeal of the remainder of the Assessed Taxes. As it could not be imagined that the prayers of all the petitioners for the repeal of taxes could be attended to, he expressed his hope that this last would be the winning horse. Mr. 11011 HOUSE presented a Petition from the journey men hatters, praying for the repeal of the Combination Laws. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a Petition from Owners of Land in Westmorland, complaining of the introduction of foreign hides ; also a petition against the duty on shepherds' dogs ; also a petition front certain persons, complaining of a clause in the Act for regulating the salmon fishery ; also a pe tition from Sligo, for an Act for the more easy recovery of small debts ; and a petition from Mr. Flanagan, praying the House to investigate his case. The whole of the petitions were read, and ordered to lie on the table. r. FIUME brought up the report from the Artisans' Com mittee.—Laid on the table. IIUSKISSON presented a petition from the Shop- keepers of Liverpool, praying for the repeal of the House Duty.—Ordered to lie on the table. A Message from the Lords here announced their Lordships' Assent to the Post Office NEW FOUR PER CENTS ACT. Upon the motion of the CHANCELLOR Of the the House went into a Committee upon the above Act. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then rose Arid said, that in times when war was proceeding, so that Ministers could not enter into prospective financial arrangements, it was obviously impossible that the Government should be able to present to the House any calculation of the supplies which they might be called upon imperatively to ask for the service of the year, But in time of jaeace.no such obstacle existed, and he thought the Committee would agree with hint in saying, it was a great public advantage that at the commencement of every Session the House and the country should be in full posses sion of the finaneialarrangements upon which Parliament would be called upon to exercise its judgment, It enabled the House to watch with more vigour and jealousy—and he was the last man that would complain of that power—it enabled them to watch with more rigour and jealousy any proposals which the Government might have to make. He was anxious, on the contrary, that they should enter into the detains and examine all the great branches of expenditure and revenue in which the interests of the country were so deeply involved. He felt, there fore, that in making this statement, he was doing that which was his duty, as well as that which was most convenient and advanta geous to the House and to the country. Acting, then, upon this peinciple, he should proceed to give the fullest explanation in his power, of the finances of the country as they now stood, and of the measures which his Majesty's Government intended to propose for the sanction of Parliament with reference to the future. lie should proceed in the first place to state the re venue, expenditure, and surplus of last year; and, in the next, the revenue, expenditure, and surplus of the year to come.— He should then proceed to call the attention of the House to those observations which arose out of the state of all those sub jects, and to the measures which he should have to propose.— By documents now before the House, the Committee would Perceive that the surplus of last year amounted to 6,710,000/. It was necessary to deduct from this a partion of 5,000,0001., under the Act of last Session, which provided for the applica tion of that sum to the gradual diminution of debt. The sur plus, therefore, which would be available to any immediate purposes was 1,710,0001. The Estimates which he had to pre sent would shew the revenue, expenditure, and surplus of the present year to be as follows : Customs - - £11,550,000 Excise - 26,626,000 Stamps - 6,000,000 - Taxes, including Land Tax and Assessed Taxes 5,100,000 Post Office - - - 1,460,000 Miscellaneous - 7,30,000 To that must be added the portion of money to be repaid out of the repayment of Austrian Loan 1,500.000 Half-pay and Pensions - 4,620,000 'The total being _ _ - - 37,385,000 year 1824, he would take as follows : the Consolidated Fund, which was a with the interest and management of permanent eil l er i l ( e el lial expenditurenrNationalset llt charge expenditure,D e i ,u o t of o the n - - - - £27,973,196 Irish Exchequer Bills, or what were called Defi. ciency Bills - ' - - _ - 100,000 Annual and Permanent Charges upon the Conso lidated Fund, under the bends of the Civil List, Pension Act, &c. - _ . 2,050,000 Ilalf-pay Annuities _ - - . 2,800,000 Sinking Fund - - - - 5,134,458 Total - - - - £38,057,654 - To. this was to be added the supply of the year which he took as follows :_.interest of Ex chequer Bills - - - - - 1,050,000 Army - - - - - 7,490,945 Navy - - - - - 4,762,893 Ordnance - - - - - 1,410,044 Miscellaneous Services - - - - 2,611,388 Total - - £56,382,924 Deducting that from the amount of revenue, namely - 57,385,000 There would remain a surpluss at the end of this year, after applying 5,134,0001. to the reduc tion of the debt of - - 1,002,076 The surplus then, on the two years, would be - 2,763,000 He should now proceed to state what appeared to him to be most essential to the House to consider. He would first pro ceed by comparing the actual receipts of this year with the Revenue of 1823. The House would recollect that he ven tured at the beginning of last Session, to calculate upon the amount of the Income of this year. He calculated the customs at ten millions and a half. He certainly did not think he was taking a sanguine view, but he considered himself only warranted in stating a reasonable amount, and such as might be fairly expected to be realised. But in point of fact, such was the foreign commerce of the country, such was its augmentation, owing to the facilities which had been given to free trade and commerce, by the adoption of those principles of which he had always been the humble advocate— (Htar, hear !)--and which the House now seemed determined to carry into operation—(llear !)—that he had calculated far below what the actual result had proved. Owing to these cir cumstances, and to the increased ease and consumption found in every part of the kingdom, he had the satisfaction to state, that the Revenue of the Customs, which he had taken at ten millions and a half, had actually amounted to no less than eleven millions and a half. lie flattered himself that the state of things, which he should more fully explain by and bye, grew out of the liberal policy which had been adopted, would furnish the House with abundant reason for persevering in the same course. Under the head of Excise, he could not congra tulate the House on exactly the same result as that which he had shewn in the Customs ; but. he thought he should have no diffi culty in satisfying the House, that though the actual receipt of last year had fallen short of his estimate, the quantity of excise able articles consumed in the course of the year had experi enced no diminution, but had on the contrary increased. H. had estimated the produce of Excise Revenue at 26,000,000/e The actual receipts had amounted to 25,342,000/. This differ ence arose from circumstances to which he had not adverted when forming the estimate. In the first place, he had omitted to take into account what remained to be paid on stock in hand, when the 1‘ felt Duty was reduced in 1822. On that head one payment remained to be made, amounting to 130,000/.-- In consequence, the Revenue of the Excise was reduced by that amount. In addition to this he had to state, that owing to the distress which prevailed in many of the districts whtre Hop cultivation was carried on, Ministers thought it right to allow a temporary suspension of the payments of that duty._ COURT OF CHANCERY—('futs DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. CONST V. HARRIS. The Court was crowded this morning by per sons attracted by the interest which this unfor tunate subject of Chancery litigation has excited, and on which the CHANCELLOR had announced his int ention of deciding this day. However, on a motion for the further postponement of the de cision , made by Mr. Heald, after hearing Mr. Hart against the application, the Chancellor de cided, that the case should stand further ad journed till the 20th of March, in the hope that, in tile interim, the parties might be able to effect an a imicable arrangement. COURT OF KING'S B E NCH, FE.. 21. ',TIMIS v. BAILEY. 7 'his was an actionhiihe - proirle;;;of an Isleworth stage aga inst the proprietors of a Brentford stage, to recover damages for injury done to a mare by the negligent and immcderate de sing of the coachman of the defendants. _ _ _ The — case, as represented by the witnesses for the plaintiff, wets as follows :—About 7 o'clock in the evening of the 21st of Jane last, the Isleworth coach was drawn up to the curb-stone, w siting for a passenger, and a cart was standing on the oppo s:,te side of the road; leaving a space so narrow, AS to require g teat caution in any one attempting to drive a carriage through it. At this moment the Brentford-coach was driven furiously I hrough ; the wheel came in contact with that of the Isleworth. stage, and drew round, by the concussion, one of its leaders, which was struck by the splinter bar and received a serious in jury. It was agreed that, in case the plaintiff should recover a verdict, the amount of damages should be 101. Mr. ScAntEvraddressed the Jury for the defendants, im puting the action to a feeling of resentment against the defend. ants for extending their journey to Isleworth, and stating th a t he should be able to show that the injury resulted from accident, and that if there was any blame, it was on the part of the plain. tiffs themselves. The Loarned Counsel called witnesses who represented the defendants' coach driven at a moderate pace, the plaintiff's horses as being restive, and the accident as aris ing from an attempt to force back one of the leaders which had started towards a lane into the right line of the road. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury to determine which of these representations was true. The Jury immediately returned a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages ill/. OLD BAlLEY—('t'uts DAY.) ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.— , Sarah Amelia Mil ford was put to the bar on an indictment, charg ing her with stealing, on the 24th of December, in the dwelling-house of her master, Thomas Farley, in the parish of St. George in the East, property to a considerable amount ; and Mary Young was also indicted for feloniously receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Justice BEST, in SUrntrling up the evidence, intimated that it was possible 'feting might not have known the property was stolen, but that was for the Jury to consider. After a short con sultation they found Young Not Guilty ; Milford, SPORTING INTELLIGgNCE. BETTING-110031, FED. 23, TL-STATE OF THE ODDS. ni. 9 to 2 agst Swiss 6 to 1 agst Reformer 10 to 1 agst Agnes 13 to 1 agst Banshee lb to 1 agst Reticule 17 to 1 agst Jessy 20 to 1 agst Don Carlos 22 to 1 agst Hurly Burly 25 to 1 agst Cressida 25 to 1 agst Bess 25 to 1 agst Skim colt 30 to 1 agst Pantina 32 to 1 agst Corinne 35 to 1 agst Sir Grey 35 to 1 agst Dactyle 4 to 1 agst Prudence 6 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor 7 to 1 agst Lyrnessa KS. 9 to 1 agst Barossa 12 to 1 agst Pope Joan High odds agst any other. WORTH. 12 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor 15 to 1 agst Lyrnessa 16 to 1 agst Cressida High odds agst any other. ST. LEG ER. 20 to 1 agst Ringlet 23 to 1 agst 31iss Cranfield 25 to 1 agst Young Tinker 25 to 1 agst Equity 30 to 1 agst Streatham RIDDLEs 2 to 1 agst Reformer 4 to 1 agst Prudence 9 to 2 agst Quadrille 7 to 1 agst Don Carlos IioNCASTEIt 10 to 1 agst Swiss 11 to 1 agst Altisidora filly 14 to l agst Rosanne 17 to 1 agst The Miller of Mansfield HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN THE PRESENT WEER. The Earl of Derby's Stag Hounds, on W e d nes d ay , at Far thing Downs. Mr. Littleton's Stag Hounds, on Saturday, at Aldridge, near Birmingham. The Surrey Fox Hounds, on Thursday, at Addington ; and on Saturday, at Pratt's Bottom. Lord Anson's Hounds, on Friday, at Seal Wood ; and on Saturday, at Sibson. Lord Anson's Hounds had a severe run on Wednesday from Narborough Bogs ; they met at Whetstone, and did not find ; indeed it could not be expected from the very great concourse of people assembled before the appointed hour: dismay and dis appointment was for the moment depictured in every counte nance; and the hounds were afterwards thrown into a small osier bed, when Reynard made his appearance almost instantaneously, and faced the whole Field. He was not to be stopped or headed, but brushed along, with a full determination to make no joke of it, and traversed over Enderby Warren through Tooley Brake, nearly to Kirkby ; then turned about, ran through Peckleton village, nearly up to Newbold; turned to the right by Mr. Grundy's almost to Tooley Park, bending his course still further to the right, skirting Peckleton a second time to Newbold Plantation, leav ing Desford to the left, through Lendridge Wood, and was ran into in fine style in Osbaston Field. The run lasted one hour and twenty minutes. There were hut few up at the death. It was calculated there were 800 horsemen present, 250 of them in scarlet, which is supposed to be the largest Field since the days of I%leynell. MATCH To WOODSTOCK AND BACK COMPLETED. Mr. Abernethy, the amateur pedestrian, completed his match to go from London to Woodstock, Oxon, and back, be fore twelve o'clock on Saturday night. The distance is 124 miles, and the pedestrian engaged to perform it in 30 hours.— He started at six o'clock on Friday afternoon and went on to Wycombe without stopping (29 miles) in six hours. He reached Oxford (54 miles) at six o'clock on Saturday morning, and touched Woodstock parish at eight o'clock. He travelled—at the rate of more than four miles an hour back to Wheatley, where he halted an hour. When at Gerrard's-cross he had 20 miles to perform in G hours, having halted an hour only during the journey. The match, one of the greatest on record, was per foraled in 20 minutes within the given time. LONDON MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—A very numerous assemblage of the Members took place on Friday night, at Dr. LINDSAY'S Chapel, in Monkwell-street, Falcon-square, to hear the inaugural address of their President, Dr. BIRK BECK, and the first of a series of lectures by Professor MILLINGTON, on the elementary prin ciples of mechanical science. From a state ment made in the course of the evening, it ap pears that the number of persons who have en rolled themselves as members is little short of 6 34s Od —sod _ , 401 Od , 40s od• Od 34s Olt are. i 4$ ed li 6s Od boll--• 18$ 04 5$ odr r -, a Beang , v 5 s 64 11, 5 i: 1. " 1) , •w• is t; Os n "Oats I Os OA 71 O& i tis 0(1 larkei latot a. per rather s and to al. ISs Oi !0$ Od 6s Ott —$ Olt a so a 406- a ns. a ...-6 a 54 0 • .t and ,)* 7, '7 = •*. S U t~ ~L ''~ . v PRICt SEVtNPENCt• I • That duty, amounting, to about 380,000/. had, in consequence, not been received at all, and the only eum.paid into,the - Xx. • ' chequer in the last year on account of !Hops, via that , of 47,0001. due for arrears. In addition, the kacise.hati sustain., ed considerable diminution from 4 measure which passed last Session. That measure was as satisfactory to the House ail ' it would prove ultimately beneficial to the country. He al _ luded to the measure relative to the distilleries of Scotland and Ireland—(Hear, hear !)---At this moment he knew not what particular defalcation in the Revenue might be occasioned by the new system. It was, however, obvious, that the Revenue, in that respect, would not be diminished eventually so much as it might be in the firk instance. '.l`he falling Off had not been so great in Scotland anti Ireland as in England. It was nafu ral that the distillers here should hesitate some time to witness the effect of the new law. But one of the objects, however, which Parliament had in view when that measure was passed the destruction of illicit distillation, had been completely effected. It was on this fact that he built when he calCulated that by-and-bye the revenue would not suffer the loss which it first experienced when the charge took place. He was satisfied that the present loss would at a future period be fully compen sated for. not by the increased consumption of spirits, that was . not by any means his wish—(lcer !)—but the spirits used in Ireland and Scotland would in future pay that duty which had hitherto been evaded ; and thus the Revenue would ultimately sustain no loss. Although there was some deficiency in the last year, and might be in the present, he was confident, from the circumstances he had just stated, that the revenue under this head would ultimately recover. The Excise, as he had already stated, had not produced what he estimated as its amount for the year just closed, but he thought the House would feel sa tisfied that the deficiency grew out of the causes which he had enumerated, and he could prove by documents, which should be laid before them, that the quantity of exciseable articles consumed within the year had not diminished, but on the contrary in creased, with every prospect of their consumption being still further extended. Of all the articles of Excise which paid . duty, very few spewed a falling off as to the quantity. That was the best criterion by which they could form their judgment; and in quantity it would be found there was an increase over the last year, and not merely over the last, but over former years, as the last exceeded the average of the three preceding years. There had been an increase under the heads of Auc tions, Beer, Bricks, Tiles, Candles, Coffee, Glass, Hides. In Hops there had not been an increase. Gentlemen acquainted ' with the subject knew that the cultivation of that plant de pended so much upon the weather and other circumstances beyond controul, and that last year the season was peculiarly unfavourable. On Licences there was a very small diminu tion of 8,0001. upon 300,000/. Upon Malt there was also a small diminution for which he could not precisely account, because the duty on beer had considerably increased.—(A. laugh.)—Perhaps it arose from the different periods of pay ment, which had prevented the ditties from coming into die Exchequer at the same time as last year. In addition to this, the Barley Harvest had not been a very productive one, and the prices were not s o low as th e y h a d b een for the two or'three preceding years. Nevertheless, he could state that the consump tion of malt in the last year, as compared with preceding years, gave a considerable increase over many. For paper, pepper, printed goods, soft soap, and starch, on all these articles there was an increase. There hud been a reduced consumption of English spirits, but there was an increase on Irish, a diminution on Scotch, and a diminution on foreign spirits. Th ere was an increase upon all the other excisable commodities, of tea, tobacco, snuff, wire, wine, and stone bottles. In this long accouut there was only a falling off on about four articles, but a considerable increase of consumption on the mt.-- This increase exceeded not only the consumption of the last year, but that of preceding years, as the last year exceed ed them. This shewed a gradual increase of consumption, indicating, beyond all doubt, the truth of what his Majesty stated from the Throne, and in proving that additional com forts were enjoyed by all classes; and that, in short, the couxtry was in a state of almost unexampled prosperity. —The Stamp Duties he had taken last year at 6,600,000/., they had amounted to 6,800,000/. This increase shewed that a general spirit of activity prevailed throughout the country. —Last year the produce of the taxes had been 7,100,0004 in the present year they gave but 6,200,000/. This diminution, however, was not to be regretted, nor did he grudge it to the public. It was occasioned by the repeal of a large portion of the Assessed 'faxes, and the relief which had thus been af forded had diffused universal satisfaction, and given very ge neral relief. The Post-office had given less this year than in the last, as the revenue under that head was a little above 1,400,000/. ; last year it was 1,460,0001. The next and last head was the Miscellaneous, which amounted to 2.611,3881. being a great increase over the production under that head in the last year. The excess was to be found in some of those items which were of annual recurrence, but principally it was owing to that portion of the Austrian Loan which by the negotiations lately concluded became payable in the present year. That was a matter in which he would offer a few obser vasions to the House. He believed that when the Austrian Loan was formerly the subject of discussion within those walls, that very few persons expected that any portion of it would ever be paid to this country. It was fair to state, that the question was not one of easy adjustment ; for though it was most true that we had a right to sell the bonds of his Imperial Majesty in this country for what they would fetch, yet considering what had occurred since that Loan was contracted, it would have been exceedingly hard to have pressed on Austria for payment of the whole. Few, as he had said, expected that any thing would be paid, but Ministers were certainly more sanguine, as they happened to know that his Imperial ilisjesty dered it necessary to his personal honour that a settlement sa tisfactory to this country should be brought about. Whatever might have been said of the Emperor of Austria, and some very hard things had been said of him, there was no Mo.. narch upon any throne of the world more distinguished by personal honour and honesty. His Imperial Majesty had what we, living under a free Government, might consider the misfortune to reign where the power of the Monarch was abso lute. Placed in this situation, it sometimes became his duty to exercise powers which to us, under our happier form of Go vernment, appeared to deserve reprobation. But his Imperial Majesty deserved the praise he had offered, and had felt his per-. sonal honour implicated in the adjustment of this loan. Some difficulties were in the way ; as, in the first place, the AuStrian Finance Minister would not be very desirous of handing over a sum to this country which it was impossible to pay without pressing heavily upon the interests and resources of Austria; and the people by whom it was to bspaid, in such a case, could hardly be expected to enter very nicely into the calculations of honour and fair dealing, which would require them to rnake so considerable a sacrifice. He therefore considered, that what had been agreed to was highly creditable to the Emperor of Austria, anti that it would be generally viewed as a God send by this country.—( A laugh.)—lle had now explained all that appeared to him to grow necessarily out of the state of our finances of last year ; and must beg the House to accompany him through his Estimates for. the future. The Customs he took for the present year at 11,560,0001. lie added 50,000/. to the produce of the year. He did not think he was too sanguine in doing this. His calculation was not founded on the expectation of any increase in the revenue, but from various changes made by the consolidation of the Customs of the three kingdoms, by which at the least a saving of 50,000/. in the expence of collection would be made. This arose out of the, arrangements made at the different ports, recommended by a- , Commission, at the head of which was an Hon. Friend of his,. whose labours he hoped would yet be prolonged, as he was sure they would greatly tend to the benefit of the country. The. Excise he took at 25,625,000/. ; the Stamp Deities at 6,800,0001;; theAsseised Taxes and Land Tax at 5,100,0001.; the amount of these in 1820 and 1821 had averaged, before the repeal of one portion of them, 7,510,0001. Since a reducC,ei had taken place. of the Agricultural Horse 'fax, amounting to 480,0001., and of other Assessed Taxes to the amount of 2,216,0001., these tee. gether amounted to 2,696,0001., which, deducted free' what .he had stated to be the average produce of the years 1820-1821, would have left, not calculating on any future increase, their probable amount, 4,814,000/. In the present year he took rather. more for their amount, as there was an arrear of 300,0001. due before the reductions took effect. The Post-office he stated at 1,460,000/. The Miscellaneous at 730,000/. The sum to.be paid this year on account of the Austrian Loan is 1,500,000/. and that to be paid by the Trustees of Half-pay, &c. 4,620,11001. The total surplus, it would then be found (deducting 5,000,00 We already applied as a Sinking Fund), would amount to 1,002,076/. In alluding to the surplus, he had gone a step too far, as be ought first to have called the attention of the House to the esti mated expenditure of the present year. The charge for the Consolidated Fund was estimated at 38,057, 6541. This in - - eluded 5,134,458/. for the Sinking Fund. Under the head of Supply, it was not necessary, on the present occasion, to ,remark upon the votes already agreed to for the Army and Navy, and about to be proposed for the Ordnance. 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