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cigar than at any former period, and paid no less
than 16,9001. in drawbacks.
General TARLETON said, that though he re-
zretted the necessity of imposing such heavy taxes
an the people, yet be felt the necessity of the case
to be such, that he could not vote for the motion
of his I-ion. Colleague. He did this upon principle;
for when his constituents eleFted him, they sent him
into the House unfettered by any political shackles.
He knew their patriotic principles, and that they
'would not forget how much Liverpool has increased
in
.popAtionaßpulencs, and Strength during the ten
years continuance orthe 'W art- 4•• • •
General GASCGICATF. replied to both the last
sprAera.- • The' first,-14 inneiecl to have his bead
confused so much by frauds in'opium, and other
such imaginary feats, that nothing which he said
was an an,wer to his arguments. As to what was
said by Isis Hon. Colleague, or his lion. Friend (if
he would allow him to call bins so) when he spoke
of the increase of Liverpool, he could os.ly n.eaa die
town, and not the trade altogether. Perhaps the
ihm. General only spoke from report; for as to the
people of Liverpool he left them to themselves, and
having accepted a command in Ireland, did not
think it necessary that they should have a Repre-
sentative in. Parliament. For himself he would not
leave their interests to chance ; for, as it was to be
interred from the silence of Ministers, that we were
to have no Continental port open to us, the supply
of sugar could only be carried on by us as smugglers
or as pirates.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
thought it strange tha: the Hon. General should
have lately been so much in favour of war, and now
argue against one of the unavoidable effeas of it. It
could not be inferred from any thing said by his
Majesty's Ministers that no port would be open to
us during the war, or that even were the ordinary
channels of communicaticuahut up, others may not
be opened. Seme obstrnaion would undoubtedly
occur to tract.: while the war continued; but no
obstruaion r power whatever would obstruti the
exports of sugar, as the supplies whi,ls might he
obtained through neutral vessels must be 'Very in-
significant. Tile price of sugar had i .ncrease-.1 7c.
per cwt. since the commencement of hostilities
which would not have been the case if the quantity
in hand was greater than he demand. In the opr-
nion of many very sensible and weiltinformid per.
sons, instea&of 4s. additional, it would easily bear
a new duty of two or three shillings more, and the
reason which krincipally dissuaded him propsoing it.
was, the knowledge that the West-India trade had of
late suffered very severely. Alluding to his Hon.
Friend (Gen. Tarleton) he said, that he had al-
ready performed eminent services in. the field, and
in his command in Ireland would be performing.a
duty of as much importance •to his country and
to his constituents in Liverpool, as he could by his
attendance in the House of Commons.

General GASCOIGNE replied, that the Minis. •
ter had no great occasion to quarrel with his mo-
tion, which went only to give a discretionary
powe/ to the Right Hon. Gentleman himself as
his Majestfs principal adviser ; and as to the Hoh.
General .(Gen. Taileton) he was very sensible of
• his conspicuous merit in the field, where be certainly
was more capable of rendering himself useful than
he was.in the House of Commons. In what he
• had said, he assured the House that he was far
1 from saying, :my thing personally offensive to his
Hon. Friend.
General TA RLETON rose marely to observe,
that if all officers serving in the army or navy
were to be excluded from seats in Parliament. his
Hon. Colleague must himself be in the list of ex-
clusion.
• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
considered The motion as unnecessary: There was
a'clause in the Bill allowing Parliament, if neces-
sary, to alter the Bill in the present session ; and if
it should not be sitting, he conceived such si
pening power in the Privy Councl to be enconsti.
tutional.
Sir William Pul!eney, Mr. Barham, and Sir
William Younp were in favour of the clause. ;
Mr. DEN*I said, he should be satisfied if the •
Ministers would state that Hamburgh and Bremen
had not baen shut against us, as was very confi-
dently reported this morning ; but should the r-
port= be true, the storm would' sooa .li:tirst upon the
sugar trade. He said, • the reason 'sylry he anti
others disapproved of the peace, was, because they
were confident that at that time peace could not
be made with security..
Mr. JOHNSTON argued, that the Sugar Trade
would derive no advantage from the War. He ob.
served, that altho' it was not possible for the enemy
completely to shut us out from the Continent, yet
their possession of l larribur would Ouse a great
obstruction to the untie-of the country,r and therefure
was an alarming event. •
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, no man was ready to hear hig her testimony
than himself, to the public spirit-of the Gentlemen
of the West Indies. He seemed to be misunder-
stood ; he never intended that the tax• should fall
upon the Planters. If he had thought so, i.e should
have been unjustifiable in proposing the tax.' He was
persuaded it would fall upon the consumer, and it.
was his intention it should do so. According to his
view of the subject, the duty excited none of those
apprehensions by which some Gentlemen appeared
to be atftirated. He considered the trade would* not
be liable to any' difficulties in consequence of _the
duty.
.Mr. BARRON urged, that the Pla;:ters had
been losing, and it would have been better for them
to have, given up their estates rather than have culti.
vated them to disadvantage. He desired to enter
his protest against the Provisions 4 f the dill-
After some further conversation, Ceaeral
coigne withdrew his Motion.
The Itesolutions were agreed to. The House re.
firsitile time.
sumed, and the Report was ordered to be received
k to-morrow.
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was Agreed to, and the .Bill ordered to be read a
third time minor-row.
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-The Report of the Irish Parsonage House Bill
was reported;and the Bill ordered to be read a third
time on Tuesday.
A motion was made, that there should be 141 be-
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