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• IMPERIAL PARLIJIMEIvT. ROUSE OF COMMONS. ---WiIDIiESI).AYL, FEB. 18. ROSE moverljor a variety of Accounts respefting Duties upon -Ttai- togas, Pepper, R,tisini, 'Oil, tioric.• t .,&'aper,tjtl4 and Prpmissory Notes, and also /Or ' route ocbutits troin theVost'-'0 dice, all. of 'which. were u4..sented to the House: by• per‘oits from the atter - era • • meet:. ' Upon the Motion for the third teadingof,the 7 Pill for re -9 /healing the.br.own Bread Bill, „ • Laret3`FlEPF/R-41) said; that as he apprehended that conciderable inquiry would ensue from the repeal of the ' • question, he shortln take an early opportunity of ,protiosing some measure upon this subject. '1 he Bill was road a 01114 time and passed. . Mr: PITT moved l ", that the should resolve itself into a Committee, to take nab Coitsjduration His Majesty's itlesSageteEpe6ting,the Pension to Sir . Stowsic .Sms tit." • The Housq. havingresoivediy;ll 'into a. committee, Mr. as, in .the . • . 7‘ The Message having beep read, .. Mr. PITY' Said," that the.subjea recommended - to the consideration nithc House in His Majesfy's:M.essage, was cone on which he believed it was not necessary for him to bay . Thu teeollec:tion which was sure. the ComMittee had of tile }great services of that gallant Of t ccr, tut procure: their. appmhation of the Motiog with which he should conclude. - .He had . onl only to say, that this recompense - W 4; IVA 'Wrier •••pro posed, because it was • thought More advise able the :debt of grmitude witiehthe- Publowecl.to that Orlicer should he paid about the time untat his command was about to close. As. possible tliat any dittirence of (pinion could exist - upon • . this .subjetit; he - Should now- eonclute with-moving, That the Smin of One Thousand Pounds per Annum he • allow‘ed to Has Es . 79v, to bsi settled upon Captain .Sir S1011E? Sat 1 T ti, clurin4 the term .04'hisilatural Mi.:TA:RAW said, he did not . see why' the ricom tolse had-been delayed so long; and he should • have been Viter p)eased if, some notice had f):.341 taken, in the Mes . Sage, of the. ieal and ability' which Sir StzNr.Y SM I II H;: t displayed as a. Negotiator, •as well as of his skill and , - bravery arlOiftLer. . PITT said, he did kiot-think this ih . e time to discuss that point-,there.would ntidoubterily be proper opportu , ilitieg for that purpose, and he would then state his opi nion:upon that suujeCt, and his reasons •for tmturtaining it. .The. Resolution was . agreed tu, and the Report ordered .• to be ret.eived to.morrow. • • ' BUDgET.' TI e , House then resolved itself into a Com ' rnittee of Ways and Means, Mr. BRAGGZ its the Chair. Mr. PITT said, " Sir, in submitting to the Committee the Estimates of the Provisions which will be necessary for the serViccs ,of the present year, it will be iny duty to call their attention, first to those pOts-of them. which, under the ar. rangements which' were made at the time when the Union bet Ween the two Countries was hap . pily effeaed, are . to be jointly defrayed by the two Countries. I shall, therefore, in the first place, state the charges for_whieh it is necessary to provide, and then the anatiner, in which I pro.: ose they should be, defrayed, and in doing this, I .shall conform, as heady as possible, •to the Usual mode, and begin by stating the stIP . PLY. • Under thiihead, thefirst thing to be noticed are_ the sums which haite been granted for the service of the Navy. There has already been voted for that .service, the stun of z 5,800,0001. which.exceeds, by, 14260,0001. the sum %%Lich was last year voted fir that-service. The reasons tor this inere.ise lalluded to Upon a fernier occa. sion. In the first place, the number of Seamen • .. had been, considerably augmented; . it Laving been judged nece.stiiiry, under the . present circutn. stances, to eitrry.this part Of the Force of the Coun. try to the greatest extent:l d&not mean to trou• ble the Committee by,going.ipto all the separate articles which contpdse, this kind of service, as I think it would . cboxenient .to diem, as well as to myself,: to state-ii generally, at. the same time I shall be happy to give any explanation upon this ox any subject Won this ar ticle• there was nothing to be added . ..lbt Ireland. • For the Army,:. the sutra alread y voted was l,617 ) 0001. for Great li`4 tu tain. "Ilie:sn voted • ist year for this Service, *as 8,543,d001. This increise in the mum arises from an Augrnentation„ which it was judged necessaryi.under the present circumstances, ',to make in the Army. ...,There also a. sum : voted last, Yeat s -'before-haed, of z,5 ,- ,0001. for the. Extraordinaries, and the iarnu sum had been estimated at necessary for the pre ens year. lis' , would make the sum neces sary to be provided. for the Army,' on the part of Great Britain, I 2 ) !7;0601. " The sum sieces. nary for the, same , service for Ireland, would be 3,785,000 L, making the' whole sate to frayed ob the United King4otn, for the Anny, te . ,902,0001. The next article was the 'Ord. mulct!: . for'this branch of the Service, the -charge foi Great Britain, was 1,639,0001. ;IA for Ire land, 299,0°31. snaking together for the Ord. nance Service, for the United Kingdom, the 'Wirt of '5,938,000. • The next head was that which was called Miscellaneous Services, which the Committee are aware include: the Plantation Services, the Sums granted-by the bounty of the . Country to the44'tencli Refegee,Clergye and other Articles. The suns necessary for . this branch of the Service will be for Great Britain geo,oool, and for Ireland, 207,0001. making together the sum' . .01757,6 . 00 t. It has been the usual praaice to grant a sum Of Money under the titre, of a Vote cif Credit, far extraordin.d - y emergencies that might occur, and which could. not be foreseen when the - Estimates- were forming. • The sum which shall.ptopose to : vote for this purpose, is :not so great as those 'which . Parliament has thought pruner to grant on fQiintr occasions. I do not thcit:-. there will be any 'occasion at this :time for Subsidies,• as the present situation Of f:urope, as fit As I can ;venture to form an .opinion upon the: tUbjed, will not adriait of our • doing,,that which Par liament ha; so'frequently • eanetioned with its ,approbation, ankfrorn which ' this Country has, daring the course of this 'most • arduous contest, derived: such signal benefit. I will not now., elite; into any, argument upon this • - SObjeet,,,br mix- it, with the very important Mat ' ter that calli for the attention of the Commiftee, im c. l4. shall be happy, one riper occasion, to • - the point 'r,ith any GetitTeman whatever. 6%6 . . •r, wills the eideptinn c;fOne'artiete, are These, J 4 to be jointly <lefrayed by the, two all that art • - article I allude to, are the Irish Countries. TN. ,- i Permanent Grants, which amount to 390,.f01:1e l the _whole; therefore, of the SUM which N AO. h . defrayeA by Great Britain-;d Ireland- for the service of this lyear,' , will 4 as follows . 5 • ' . . Navy . , - i. . . 4. 1 5 ,800,000 England - - -0,617000 Z , T T , „„,, s Army Do. Extraord, 2,500,000 5 ''''''f' --- r5,902,(, , .. , c, Ireland .. • - , , - 3,785, 0 00 ~„ S England - - ),639,000 / n -8 01.4411 ' 2- - i-troland • . .• - -299,0 q," '7.) ' 999 . noo - Miscellane9u Miscellaneous r‘ r i g n i g i i : 1 5 4 - - '. . 757,0:-,p 7,00.) • . Vote of Credit E. I c 'f I Z I : n':;: ° ' i Soo;ooa .) , vo Irish pei:maarnt Gr.lat4 ~ - - - 390'42 making altogether the sum of 38, e 87,4021, — The reason why I have stated the Charges which arc to be borne by the two Countries, jointly Un der a separate head is; that by .the'ACl of Union, of those Charges which are to borne by both Coun tries, Ireland , is to defray is r7ths, 'and the other ts:t7ths are to be borne by England. have thought it right to state them distinctly before I ~.• e to those Charges which are to be. borne li ' at Britain only. , Of this sum, therefore, th''- .. it to be-borne by Great Britain would be ts- t7ths of 35,5874621. which would amount to the suns of 31,400,7021: and by • Ireland, 2- 1 5 ths of it, or 4.,186,7601. There, is one pisct of a Charge which will fall partly upon 'lreland not enumerated; and that is, the share . which Ireland must take . in Our. Peace Establishment. The per manent Charge in 'this Country for the Civil List, and' other Charges on . the Consolidated Fund, not relating to the Public Debt, must be allotted in its due proportion. - This sum amounts to 1,170,0001. of - course .the sum which will fall upon Ireland, being , zi- t7ths, of that sum, will be 137,0001. , This added to the former sum which I stated, of 441g6,0001. will Make the - whole burtheo . falling upon Ireland; amount to 4.,324:*,0001. Whatever else remains, with the exception of the. National Debt of Ire land, remains to be provided for• by G i reat Bri tain, and I shall now proceed to state those charges which fall'separately upon her,- and these are such as arise from causes before the' tst day of January, 1801, the day on iisvhich the Union be- : tween the two Countries took place. It is, Sir, with very great concern that I state, i that these charges are from causes which are; unfortunately, but, too notorious, extremely heavy. I mean, Sir, the effett which has' been produced by the unfavourable seasons we have experienced, and which must operate strongly in particular articles of Public Income and Expenditure, as it has been felt severely by private individuals. The defalcation in the Revenue, arising from these causes, I do not think it right, under a fair and liberal construftion of the Articles of Union, to call upon Ireland to bear any share in ; 'because it appears to me that if any separate charges are brought forward, which originated in causes exist. ing before the Union took place, they ought to be borne by that part of the United Kingdom in which that separate charge arose. And though I lament this circumstance; yet in one point of view I am glad this opportunity has arisen to enable us to mapiltist our disposition to amt in the fairest and most liberal manner, and to take our full shareof the barthen.-0( these defalcatiuns froth the Public Revenue, -the first which 1 have . to state to' the Committee is, ' the deficiency of the Income Tax, which I last year stated asbeihg likely to produce 7,000,0601.. and - accordingly took credit for that sum—Though when I'made that. estimate I conceived I had' very . good grounds for the. calculation which I. made, yet I do not ,think I 8}0.11,1 ' now be justified,' after examining' all the Returns as far as they could be procured, ' in 'taking its , produce at more than 6,00a,0001, the difference.therefore hetiveen that sum and the sum at which it Was estimated. will be a deficient y for the pear i Soo, which is to be inade good, ,The next sum to be Made good . is the.Dsiscoant allowed upon die-Loan and upon the Lottery,. which amounts to zoo,csool., . The De- ficiency of the - Mitlt.. Duties, for ' trti year, 1799, up !Q the ph April 1800, amounts t0.400,0v01. There were Exchequer Bills issued 'tiro the Cre dit of the Additional Asses 4 Taxes of i79A,,0f theiptuies.on Exports and Imports in 1799, and of, the -Ineoine.Duties of 1799. A.considerablc part of these. Duties having not yet' been paid in, it is iinposs4e to judge. how much of th:.ni may be ultimately - satisfied; therefore, I think the best way will:be to co the Assessment, - • mparessesmen de , ' Ling the charges of management, with the - sin - ' t latch had been satisfied, and to provide for thedeficieney, and for this purpose I shall propose to vote a, sum of 1,350,0001. The next deliii_ slty, Sir, for which we have to provide, and the most material one in point of amount, 'is .th de; ficiency in die Estimate of . the growing produce of the Consolidated Fund, voted for the service of last year. I know, Sir, it is under the Fresent circumstanea, ~'a discouraging thing to state a deficiently ill the growing produce of the Con solidated Fund, but that impression will eea..e when, it is stated that the-deficiency arises merely from temporary causes, which must be obvious to' t, .r, t , rimittee, and which have caused the defal : , . . . ; ' . of the duties upon Malt and Beer, and by a ?',-.' the Legislature, made with a view to a11,!.',,,k-•; . 'tli k e' public pres Sure, the Revenues, had b •'' ....Aiminisliect by a considerable deduetion • from the duties on British - Spirits. The- i: causes, Sir, hare' not only. decreased the Pub lic Revenue in this direct manner that I have stated, but they must have had a ' consider able effeCt upon the other Taxes. From. these circumstances, Sir, the Committee cannot be sur prised, that there has been a'considerable failure in the 'produte of the Consolidated Fund. In ad dition to this, there were certain, Sums includ,sl in 'the produce of the Consolidated Fund, which have not been realiiett—such as theltiteresi• due from Grenada, &c. . I think upon this. subjeti, Sir,, it 'will be proper to adopt a line of conduct, which was adopted upon former oecasions,, and vote the:wliole of the Deficiency, which, . under these heads, wilt fall due on the sth April next. I. shall - therefore," propose, ' to make an efreaual Pros,' tsion for . . it, by voting the Sum of 3,000,0001. forlbe payment ofthese Exchegner Bills, - It will also be necestary 'to provide'a Sum of 4.60,0001. ' 1 for the Interest of the Exchequer Bills, The last tom which I bale to notice, a; part of the Charge ; which is to fallopvately. upon rtiglamt, is one which this House. has continued to vote for many years,:under all the pressure of thks , expensiviwar. I mean, Sir, the sum of zoo,obol. to.the Sink. ing - fund for the ReduEtiOn Of 'the - Debt, a sum at which, I trust, it will always be continued. I have ,now, Sir„ stated.all_the .Chargck whictt ong exclusively fo Eng - land, tra - t - ITlErray; To ni:ik . e -godd the deticibucy % o Income Tax tot Mast Year- . ,C 77- dh cr loi e o . D cunE upon the Li4fi:lncl'r l ottry 7 4 ;4, 9 01 Deficiency of Malt Dutie4 of 79 g '.loo r o To payAttU,xchequer Bills issu:d . on the ore.: Tiq dit of the Assessod e. of 1798,. the Im ports and - Exoniti; and the Income DUties of 1799 ,. Interest 0, the T. )(chequer BTU 460010) For the Sinking Lund - - zoo,ooo m To piy oil ' Exchequer Bills an the Coo- solidatepfund -3,000,00 b, Making altogether the sur_n2of . 6,6t0,000i '' g Tlk whole Charge:W - 6TE two goutpies forl the servKe l pf,the, year will then. amount to +2,197,0001. which. will be divided between thci two Countries thus t Great Britain for its fifteen' sevenreenths of . the joint-xpdice, ..and :thos,e charges which belong .separately .to her, will haVe ttidefray routidnurnbers.37,B7o;o6ol. and the charge fallingiupon Ireland will be 4,3.24,68.01. , Having, Sir, stated all the 4iims : which . ..ar¢ .re-; quisite for the Supplies of . .the year,' .and the manner in tvhich .they ,art - to 'be borne by the twcreountries, I am now to to ;the Ctitn. Inittec the : • WAYS AND MEANS first article l'have to state is the Land tax, and that on Sitgar, Malt, and Toba6co, which . I. -shall estimate at the usual sum - of z, 50,0001; ..The next is the Lottery, which I estimate . at 300;0061.. The next . is :the i; Duty before stated-, that I do, not feel myself justified :in taking at more than 6,000,000 l: FroM this if we deduct the amount of the interest of Loans charged. there- O 4 'which amount to the sum of 1,740,0001. there: will remain a sum of 4,260,0001. ap plicable to the Service' of the year. The next is the Duties upott Exports and Imports, and• which is: estimated at 1,250,0001. It might" be expe6ed That this .year these Duties would have produced a larger sum but as Lin tend ..to make tlie.Duty op Sugar a part. of the Permanent Taxes, that must make a considerable decrease from the . amount of the Duties of-Ex ports and 'lmports. -Notwithstanding, however, this defalcation, .1 think I. am 'juitified in still taking those` Dutiei 'Ot 1,250,0001. The next is the produce of the Consolidated Fond, from the sth of April 1861,10 the .sth' of April 1802, which, after cleduding the' arges for the Civil List, and:some other chlitges not relating, to ,the Public Debt, will- leave a sum applicable to. the Ways and Means of this.. year of 3,300,0301: In order to' explain to the Committee hOw this sum Simply s,tate, thin Me - esthnated. Income of the year ending the s.th of April t 802, is 22,044,5001. and that the permait6nt charge is 20044,50°4 con s equently lcavio a - surplus of of t . ,900,000. The 'faxes of thelast year, from the short time.the-y !laic been in - operation, - cin- not be supposed to .have reached. their full amount=-they 'were estimated ..at '3so,ocia. for the firSt three quarters ; they were likely. to pro (him less 'than the estimated amouni ; but in point (1* fad 2,80, tool, had been received, and I do not think• , l„.expetted tua much when I calculated ' the retnainini Sum to be received -at ;60,0001. The Contrnittee *lll recolleti; that in conse quence-of a glut in the Market Of West -India comniodities, there - was a -remission .of duties .14-anted for a time, but . as . cireumstances no longer granted remission to be continued, there-will be duties cominx - to the Pablic on West India goOds tOntled, which duties will amount to 338,0001. There •are some other articles to hieh Lhave aiready:alladed ill a fo"truer, part . of what I have had the honour to submit ro the Committee, The Revenue' arising 'from them ipt4st in their nature be, uncertain,. but,•after the misfortu-ne of two seasons, so unusually unpro-, dudiver I feel no ground upon . which 1 can sup_. pose that the great articles of natural produce should yield -less thii year after the harvest---I allude to Malt, Deer, and 'British Spirits, The deficiency- upon the article of .1.-er :has.- been above 400,0001'. but upon every i.nquiry.l can make, I haVe no reason to think that the quantity consumed this year will - be less than the an Inge quantity of former years. Great facility has been given to the:Brewers - by per mittitil4- them to rise. Sugar,. and therefore I think I may safely take the produce- at as much as former years. • -Without - dwelling' any' longer upon this article; I have no difficulty in .stating, that this article is one which; after the increased price IN hich'has been put upon it, may, upon some furore occasion, be made. the Means of 'great ad vantage to the Public, and 'whenever h is sistent with justice, it ought 'not to be negleetect On Malt and Spit-its the deficiency has been very great, and as it is impossible, as I have • before stated, tocalculate with certninty.,• I will only take their produce at 500,0001. These sums make..id gether the sum of. 3, z38,,0001. ; 'from this. is to be deduc'ied 2,80r,00ci1. foe the Grant remain ing unsatisfied,' as• per . Estimate for one quar ter, to the sth -April, 1801, ,whidi will leave 34.7,0001. to. which is: to be added 300,0001. which_l propoit to vote for the purpose of pa);- ing off the Exchequer • Bills, and. there will re main the sum of 3,347,0001. applicable to the public :service. For the sake of clearness- I will shortly-recapitulate these various articles, resped ing the-amount of the Consolidated Fund. " For the sake, however, of round Numbers, I call this Only 3,300,0001. The nexearticle of the Ways ands -Means is, the Money which was - granted last . year for Subsidies, and which was not amounts to soctqoool. "1t pre sent, I do not see any claim that can attach to that sum, and therefore I consider it as-dispen sable for the service of the resent. year. The next article is the Surplus o f Grants t" before I. state the Loan, I have only to add the sum which I befiire stated, will be to be _defrayed by trohtnd as her 'shalt or the mint Contr►bti'tiori and the' Ways and Means will then stand thus t Sugar, Malt, and Tobacco - L. 2 ,75 0 ,060 Lottay , ' - ' - - - - 300,0,40 _. income Duty, &dueling the Interest with which It stands chafed -- Duty upon Exports and Imports, Surplus of the ConmAidated Fund - To be provided by Ireland 541,01.4itu,sagigAL 1 - tirplus of 'rants r - 4,26000* ,230,000 3,3 0 010 , 00 4,324P0ix) 99 .60,QQ0 , ! , ; 160,44,000 I. There would then remain-a sum of . 2 ;6'00,0004 • • to raised by way of -Lo a n,,, and I .have now conse . iiently to s:y.te the - trtns or thvfj e oan ;sand I cordess I . do feel no', inconsideralTe satisfaLction in stating the terms upon' Which this Loan was mad; because I 'think they are a full proof of what I have often: 'seen, the.firinnessolte,.man. "line-c, and good sense. whiCh ha've ,ever:diStin. , • guished the people of England, whatever situation • they may . be:in,' and : which hal- been proof against all the attempts to. alarm' an d di stur b „ them. I have pot - gun .these.qualities displayed more by any class of men, : . than by those who . have beentheobjeas ,of much unjust obloquy, I mean those'who are called, the Monied Ihterest. - , They' kjiow, Very well, that whatever. nqy be heir- private. individu4 Inte l ests i they arc inse parably conneEted and bound.up with thosii)l the Country. .I . hey have the.same CorninoktOlingn with the test of their Countrym*f thify!knotb that in moments of difficulty, firtnnes3 ancl:4eter mination ate the only hopes they .have•to4 . nairt. tOt . WhateVer is dear - to ilikinselV'es or valuable to the Community of Which,tliey are a part. In times like the present, wleti'tkE,e ate • persons . who indulge . thcritsel . ves'inliOidtgl4 • .(perhaps that. is not a proper word) in inSylling • unfavourable expedations respelling the prospeti ty •of thia•Country; I cannot but state thelnunner in which thii.-transhetion has been - conelt.l4o, as a decisive proof of the. confidence of, the Aeople, and of the general opinion of 'the — .meat); and resources - of the Country : .It 'is a prtof . what the Country: can. do, ,in the nusst am - dnous, contest in which' it : ever was . entixagetti • • . if it remains true to itself. The Committee will, - • 7 I am sure, 'concur in opinion , with tne upon thii; .• point, when I stite. to them, - that under•ill r 1 various Uncertainties, fo'reign and dtoestie, which • belong to the moment wben this was concluded, • .• when .1 ,State ,that•this bargain was made with out the usual .incidents by which the Funds are depressed, when Loans are about to be taken ; the Committee, I.• say,' will agree, I am sure, with .me opinion, when . .1 tt-11 them that under,. all these circumstances; there was - a larger number of great and opulent persons dis posed . to be C,ontrailors for the - I.oan, than ever I had the good fortune •to meet upon a .similar occasion siuce 1 •have be©n in -office. It g'i'ves me great satisfaaion to observe,..that this ednfidence was norplaced in any individual, but, ,mibit is much better, is founded upon the -.known Strength and Resources of the.Country; . "-The i v was aaually a rivalship bet* en . two great ‘.Parties_whoieli should take the Loan, es•citinating_ the Stocks above the mkrket price.. 1111,.y taken it withotti" premium :or banuq, except thik,,: • discount upon prompt payment. The term s tvigilkka which the Loan was made, were - . - 125 Consols, , • , • • ler every. toot. • . . 5.0-15 Reduced, ;„ I 1 't • • .. The niscount: to those who may be in a sitjta.- tion • omake prompt 'pa . i,•ment,' is 31.. - its..; there::: fore, upoo. the - Whale, they. have taken. it at z profit of not:abOves t per Ceirt4 i•believe; niter the long a - rittrlrtl s Irtitrrgle. in hich :•;' I).e.ta engted---aiter the many 'sinister progn*_ tics that have been} :made reveding this Coon.; try—after the gr eat Scale of Expense: whkli we have beedfoiced to incur, from , the nature oc 'the ive are engaged— a f ter the great. pressure we have - experienced `from the great increase in the Price of PrOt;j*Sions4arter• alt these circumstances, it will be fburici, that the no., , minal Price of this Loan, inorefavofirZle any of the Loans made. in the _last NY'ar, except the one, which 'wits made 'in the first year of that War i for, exclusive xif the • Sinking Fund, the Interest upon this - Loan is per Cerit":' These' arc all- circumstances.. upon which, tie time like'the present, When' difficulties canner . be disgniSed,..and when resources ought not to be forgotten, I have a right to congratulate the Committee l•and the CosuntrY. •I come now, the discharge of oue .p*4 of my duty, which is particularly - tne , .1 mean the Manner in which 'we are' 'to defray . this burthen, I do' not think it right at pre sent to . occupy . the • tune of -.the Comini t tee b y stating the reasons why I think it right to pro vide Permanent Taxes for the whole of the Loan, because I think I comply with the wishes of the Cominittee . by 'gratifying the ire-, . patience I know they.must feel, to know the burtheni Which are to laid upon their Con- - stituents. lam not, .Sir, .sanguine enough ,to hope that in•the 9th year of SwexpetisiVe a: War, 1- . . • • NEW TAXES to solayge ap amount can be 'proposed without being felf..seiikrely; aid meeting with consider. 'able objeesren vino I do,hope', that they will not be .found likely to interfere' with the public proSoerriti if& bear hard upon that Class of the CoMmunity.4.ltose interests, were' always watch. ' cd. over , with tender ,conern by the House, and never more titan- at the present period.— The first aftielei upon .whicli: I ,shall propose any increase, -are', those. that are , collected Under the Exc;.e. I will itav 'them 'accorcling to the branch to Which thtly belong, ail think it will render the, subjest more clear., The addition which I propose to make .to ;the..artieles coining under: the Excise„ . amount to -86 0001. The , first article is that of •• • TEA, which has.vefy 'often , engaged the attention of this House., At a very distant period, 'I had the honour 'of submitting' to the House a measure s, known by the name 'of the. Commutation Tax, :the abjed of which was, tly loVering\the Duties upon Tea, to prevent Smuggling, and at the same time affording a great rums of: Revenue at a fu.