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London, England, 1819-12-31 00:00:00

COMMISSION.

The iloit.e was thenrtiiWnoned In attend the
House or Lord.; on its return Mr. SMILER
cepa, that it had heard the Royal Assent given
/1. Commission to certain Bills—/jar which see
:it Lords).
CRIMINAL LAWS.
Sir J. MACKINTOSH postponed his notice of •
motion for the re-appointment of the Committee to
:squire intn the state IS the Criminal Laws, from
the 16th till the 24d Februnr).

PARISH ASSESSMENTS.
Mr. Cot:areas, moved fora Return of all the
A,,ea•menu in the different Parishes of Ragland.—
rderrd.

REVENUE.
Mr. NIADERLY said, he wished to pet a qnestion
to the Wl(lit Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of
int Eurheqner), whom he saw in his place, respect-
:er the li.nincial statements made by him the other
..Igliti He believed he had been right in under-
' twirling him to say, that there lied been ■ defi-
oecy w the produce of the revenue from the 10th
Qrtolier till the clay iu question. as conspired with
I,lt of the corresponding period of the last year. of
50,0001. ; end a deficiency in the gross r of
ne year, as compared with that of last year, of
401000/. Dui be believed that neither of these
estimetes included Ireland. Some misapprehen•
.-on, however, seemed in prevail on these points,
sit! as lie was sure the Right Hon. Gentleman did
CL wish that any delusion should exist on the sub-
ject thrnugh the county, he requested that he
dvold wee some more full explanation.
The CLIANcELLOR of the EXCIIEQURII said. that
. e I.a I no wiali but to be perfectly clear; he bad
. o ulikction to rettete what he load said. He iac•
i(nouteriged that there was a deficiency in the pro-
..cce of the revenue, kern the 10th October till the
14th December. as compared with the correepond-
i it; period of the list year, of 150.000/. He had
'so admitted, that taking the whole of the old and
t:ic new duties, there was a deficiency in the gross
r-slnue for this year. as compared with that of the
i 44.• cf about 500.0001. Since the night he had
‘-ede the statement. however, the receipts of the
iearri,ue had become something more favourable, so
!.:Itit it was probable that deficiency was now re-
aced to 450,000/. There was another point on
winch he had been misunderstood. He had nut
.7ede any statement on the former evening on the
.:ate c•f the revenue from Juae till October, or that
!,lere wuuld he five millions excess of income abo►e
expei,diture its the present year. The new taxes
rod been estimated to produce three nullities an.
ruslly ; but it was to be recollected, that that cal-
f4llllmi applied to the whole year. and that the
reliectinn of the new duties did not commence till
14eveirilier. Up to the sth January. therefore,
tisey could riot produce more then one million,
though, he had uo reason to ►uppose that for the
••:tire year they would not make up the suin at
%ankh they bad been computed. the Finance
ate 1• t of last year had calculated the excess aria•
hug from Cie old taxes alone during the present
..ear .t i ev,r ; that estimate would tern out
to te ',tot), correct; but balding this to the one
ti;i: vote caeca* could not in more thau
COLLECTION OF ti VENUS.
;ir U. PARNELL in risigg to move for the pro..
-no of -- gave notice, that after
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eieers,== reentry Avg eie‘a lest
theessad 'glands ; 350,008t00t *mai ha
Purulent of sbe aihries it thmuswowd with
the civil graleamest ;so the Shalt eigierreeef
the colleeifier of the revernee, with the ierremee
offices. and officers dependant on, or eamseeted
with it, stood the country in asst much Ism than
6,000,000/, The Hon. Baronet then moved fee an
!account of the rate per centum of the charge for
the collect ion of each branch of the gross revenue.
from Jsnuary. 1818, till J,usary, 1819; England,
Ireland, and Scotism!, being included.
The CHANCELLOR. of the EICHEQUEN mid, that
he did not rise to oppose the motion of the Hon.
Baronet, but that he would nod when he brought
it on after the recess, that there had heels e great
reduction recently effected in the rxillection of the
revenue, as well as the expenditure; and that the
Government was inclined to lessen the public bur-
dens to an greut an extent as was possible. The
motion was then carried.
The Hon. Baronet then moved for similar ac.
counts for the years 1792, 1813, and 1818, rapes?.
tively, which were also ordered.
CONDITION OF THE POOR.
Sr WW, DR CREIPIGNY said, that the plea for
improving the condition of the poor which he had
submitted to the House, had been resisted on the
grounds of religion sod or politics. He hoped to
be able to bring it forward again its a shape which
would obviate both these objections; and, there-
fore, I.e trusted, he should walk under the wings
of Ministers. He was the mote confident of the
successful result of his proposition, in consequence
of a communication he had received from that most
sagacions gentleman Sir John Sinclair. He should,
therefore. early after the recess, move for ilss ap-
pointment of a Committee to inquire into the best
means of ameliorating the condition of the poor.
ELECTIONS (IRELAND)

Sir 11. PARNELL brought iu a Bill for the better
regulation of Election. iu Itel Jud. which was read
• first time. •od fixed for a secoud reading on the
15th February.

• 6:4;C•101; cf certain papers, gave notice, that after 1
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I 1.. e rt.cts, he should submit a motion, with a view 1
s t•::/ante ,E,cf:isg 140151 e retrenchment in the es. 1
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pawn nt cotletsing the revenue; that a great sav-
ing iu slits respect was practicable. was Not owl,
vistcpis,:sso, bet en opinion strongly tatertniue4
t.srusaglsout. (he coustry. It was his Gros perms-
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a QM. slime if the whole system of the I:herges of
corrisscti.sg the reveese were reviord. a cassailtraUe
retrenchment might be produced: 13se charges, of
. litnon might weir be 'skew -altogether et
,000 t. The CommOtriaisiets far auditing the
kulait Ammo*, with tbeir qsaiblislosents sad
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