The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-09 00:00:00

TRISIi DUTIES.

Mr. CORRY (die Irish Chancellor of the Exche-
(pier) said, that before he inov..d the Or.lcr of the
Day, he the iittht it neLessary to make a f_w observa-
tiews on the (..astottis and i..scse in Ireland. in the
Bill brought in, pursuant to the uotice he had givm.
ht: d st.rue additional duties, which he stated
et, fi•rmer night not to be worth enumerating. l le,
howiner, found from several Oetttlemen, that it was
tol,krFlood nothing nese should be introduced, and
thou, it should, be confined entirely to the old duties.
lie ,Lould be sorry it" any Member of that House. or
any rerson in the United Kingdom, should think
th.it the notice he had given did ei,t warrant the sub-
vegiient proceedings. lie assured the ,House, it was
mcastirc of accommodation, more than a measure
t eorensse, and he should regulate his condad so
tar by the intimations of the lion. Gentlewcu who
wi,,hed for further enquiry into the subjt..Cl, as to ap-
erise the House when any additionnt duties occurred.
tie suppmed no person who had the smallest know-
letige on the suhjeCt, could conceive the changing a
:sty eel valorem' into a rated duty objettionable. lie
therefore moved, that the House should on to-nior-
Tow res.•lve itself inte-a Committee ui the avhole
I louse at the Irish Wars I)tities.
Mr. Llit.. vbservesf,-.th:rt the l'ime given' was too
Abort far examining slab voiaininous accounts ; he
wiilled to introduce a clause into the bill, by which
those duties,,which depended on new calculations,
would be voted (or one year, during srbicit period
<;entlimctf mit& obtaip the most satisfttetory infur-
mnation diiik,c,.suloje4, and then, if it was thought
necessary,'untte them permanent. He observed,
that 4t wits the tustom of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer-in thrs country to rilow sufficient time lig
examining.calctilations4 aroittie submitted it to the
• riod wens 01. Gentlemen, it Irish Mem-
bers were not.entiged
.to the,•same adiiantages -of
time, for exatdiniftiz.necontiti of such importance to
,that part of the I)niterA 4lingtkom. He was far froni
'- ti ennhartiti iherdcoedings of his Right
i-iou. Poiand—But '11441,41a tiWec)
S 9 his conitituents, to ,iledt .to such precipitancy

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LON DON,
WEDNESDAY, M-'uc•u 9.'

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A Mcccagc front as,:sr .was delivered
last night to both Houses of Parlianient. The
language in -which it is conveyed, and the spirit that •
it breathes, are warlike. A corniunnication of such
a nature was not expeaed. h has conic upon us
by surprize, and cannot fail to excite a degree a
anxiety, proper.ioned to the magniinde of the
interests which •it involves. `peculation had
been busy for two days pas-, in seeking the
source of the recent depression of the funds.—
ft would be idle to detail tile various rumours
upon the sublet% new that we are in possession of the
real cause. —The nest Curse r, it appears, ismaking '
military preparations in ports of France and 11°1-
land, to an alarming extent.—They are stated in the
message ao be avowedly" for Colonial set rice; from
which we veto presume, that our Government have
remonstrated upon the subject, and have received an
answer to that area. The English Goverunwntiben
doubt the reality of the avowed purpose, or they do
• not. ltirom the nature of the prepiaatious, !tom
the circemstances attending them, car secret intelli-
gence, there be reason to suppose, that they have a
different objei2, then, indeed, we are come tothe very
momeat.of an awful and tsemeudous etrsis. Looking
at thi Royal Niessage in that point of vessobe ad•
ditional measures ofprecantion, for the sernrity i f
Lis Majesty's dominions, must mean pz-egairt,ionary
measures against the invasion of t.be Jutish do-
minions in Europe, and .ttot against her colonies.
But there is another view of the subjeCc, in which,
. wichota denyingthat the preparations are altion4ely
intended fz,r colonial service, ,we see lees appearance
of 'hostility, whilewc observe grounds esuatir strong
for additional intiv.llll4 of sreeurity GA the part .of

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