The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-25 00:00:00

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peasant to aproirat Coolionenitere fin dee wpm of to-
gimes hits Ilia present state of tides in treble
The Report alb. Committee aro* tibia Highgate Archway
Bill was Mow& up, sad, %you the notion that the amend-
ments wale Is the Cosuuittee he eurrostmk; • division took
place, Ayes 39—.2tiees to—Slajorityl ; by which the Ball
was MM.

Mr. Hose's's,' moral sir, and obtained, leave to brksg
is Rill for explaining and anscading the Acts regulating tie
sake Coinaussioash for auditing the Public Accounts.
couNTY RATES IN IRELAND.
Mr. 11AURICE F1TZG1611.41.1) called the attention
of the Howie to a subject which he considered of
great impurtauce, and requiting the application of
a speedy and effectual remedy ; lie meant the
mode hitherto practised in the rooming, expeauliture,
and accounting for time monies voted by the Grand
Juries in the several counties in Ireiand—the latter
juirtieularly of *inch was become im mere forum, and
wholly inoperative. The evils arising front the
intiltiplicatiun of oaths wits universally felt und ac-
. kioraledged. Gh the case of treasurers for counties
in Ireland, the mode of accountiug was inertly
upon oath, before a single magistrate, end was
I found to be wholly nugatory. By the Bill which
' it was his intention to move to bring in, he pro-
postd to correct this 'evil, by making them, instead
thereof, to account irgularly, in open collet, before
the Judge of assize; which, he conceived, mtould
prove a cle.t.k upon them ; awl also that they
should site security for the trust reposed in them.
Another evil which he conceived to call for redress
was the way public works were carried on. By
the present system any work voted by a Grautl Jury
at one Assizes was necessarily executed, unit the ac-
comas :NllSltell at the ensiiiiig Assizes; this was at-
tended both with Irma and imperfection in the
execution of such work. The remedy he proposed
for this, was a delay of a certain period of time, ine
terveuing between tint execution of tuck work soil
the peeing the accouuts; for the purpose of afford-
ing leisure both for examining into the work itself,
and the aceounts of time expenditure thereon. With
regard to the levying, the money necessary for the
currying. on such works, lie proposed tint this
should, in future, be fixed at stated periods, that so
the persons called on might not le: tukeu by smir-
prise. He nlimo proposed- to introduce into his Bill
a power iii those interested to traverse either the
work itself, or the accounting for it, lip the mimes
of civil bill, before the assistant barrister of the
county, as 11 check before the passingthe accnniita.
As a further improvement, he proposed, that in fit.
lyre all proceeding* of ;nand Juries, on all bUli-
jects relative to presentnieuts, should become twit-
ters of mond, by being entered on their books, for
the inspection of futnre grand joule., thereby en-
" them to be acquainted with the past, nod to
be judges of time future. Auother iikeratioe he
proposed was, the taking the power of passiug the
uccomits altogether out of the hands of the magi.-
irate., and placiug it in those of the assistant bars
riser; subject. however, to ap:wal to the judges of
assize. He further proposed, that till persons mi-
dertuking any public work, should he compelled
to enter into a recognizance for the due execution
thereof. The present system. upon that' subject
was radically bad ; hy it, any person undertaking
any public work, when tininhed, and his accounts
passed, had no further iuterest in its preservation ;
end this, for the saving of a trifling expense. it
probably went to ruin. To prevent this evil. he
proposed that grand juries should be obliged to
contract With such person* to keep such works in
repair for s certain period after the work was finish-
ed. It was not his intention to press the passing
the Lill he proposed into an Act during the present
enlace), init merely to have it j tell, for the pur-
pose of its ',clog considered during the vacation, in
order to its amelioration against the next year.—
There was another subject, which he considered as
111 some degree connected with this, and standing ill
iice:l of li-olefin's—he meant tit• present mode of
usses.ing the Laud Tex in- Ireland ; bet its hie
kiiew that this had very much occupied the atten-
tion o. a Right floii. Friend of his (Sir J. New-
pnrt), who, he believed, had it in contemplation
to propose a new survey, for the purpose of reme-
dying the evil, he did not know lint it would be
better left in his hands rather than ineorporate it
in the present Bill. He concluded with moving
1.r.• leave to bring iii a Bill to amend the Grand
Jury I.4sts in Ireland.
Mr. FOSTIR observed, that us it was not intend-
ed to press any measure during the present Session,
he should, without pledging himself to ago eto
any thin specific. not oppose the bringing in the
Bill.
Sir Joos Ncivemer declared, that he had it in
contemplation to propose some new Regulation.,
relating to the mode of assessing the Land Tax in
/whim!. By 1110 priliVllt $1,...t111,1. the Tax was is-
se-ssrd by plough lands, some of which might be
only of three or four hundred acres, while others
contained as many as thirteen hundred acres, so
that it followed that some paid its much as two
acre, where others did not pay more
*ban us many pence. It was therefore certainly
desirable to uscertain time her of acres tpat
%honkd ire taxed, in order to aim equality of burden ;
and he intended to propose some measure for this
p ••••pose in the course ni the next Session.
Col. Balmy expressed himself adverse from anry
ineaseir of this kind, which lie considered as un
innovation upon those who hail purchased lands,
subjected only to the present cute, and as such en-
titld to call for rompeneatints.
The lb,. !knit ',Rower. coincided in opinion
with the Right !You. Gentleman opposite him, as
to the necessity of soole re-zi•lstioo in the mode of
levying the, at present gromoded
lemon elest• wits. cabled the Down Survey ; since
• !mil (lucre were ten acres for one in cultivation,
mind which,. by the oresent system, were exempted
hum the tax.—!.cave was iiveu to bring iu time
Bill.

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