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London, England, 1826-02-14 00:00:00

IRISH DISTILLERIES.,

Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for a remre of an acrouot of the
total amount of claims made by distillers its Ireland upon a draw.
back of Is. per gallon on spirits exported (mar Ireland.
MR. KENRICK.
Mr. DENMAN said that as the discussion of this Gentleman's
ease had been postponed, he was anxious that notice should be
given that it would come on to-morrow; he meant it merely as a
formal notice.
TheSPEAK-ER said that he had better Wet it toe later period.
BONDED CORN.
Colonel DA VIES moved for a returnee !ha quantity of wheat
bonded since 11;19. the year of closing Shemin'.
TOBACCO AND SNUFF.
Mr. HIPME moved for an account of the limy received in Lag.
land, Ireland, and Wales on tobacco and.4ootr, *ince the year
1799, distinguishing the proportion of duty all each. Also for a re-
turn of the quantity of those articles which were seized by the Pro.
ventive Service and otherwise. since the same period.
EXPORTS.
Mr. HUME then moved for an account of the quantity of rum,
brandy, geneva, wine, and tea, exported from England, Ireland,
and Was, since the year I/105. Also for an account of the quan-
tity of rum which had been imported into England, and what re-
tained for home consumption, from 1790 to
LONG ANNUITIES.

Mr. HUME next moved fora return of-the number of persons
insured annually, from thw first opening onbi Office to the 3112 of
December 1823, distinguishing the numberof males and females;
2d, for a list of the ages of the annuitants; distinguishing then by
intervals of five years ; 341, for the amount el the Three per Cents.
transferred and bought in each year, and their value, at the *vases
price of the year, and alto their value in s e aggregate ; 4thy for
the amount of the annue) payment made 4 the annuitants, and
also the aggregate amount ; Sth, the number of deaths of the an.
nuitants returned or known in each year, u to the 31st Dec. INS,
distinguishing their wet by intervals of to years; 6th for the
amount of the • -taxi which fallen in by those
said 0

ant oi ... atm, payments ...
deaths, and their aggregate -mount. Thelloo. Member . that
in moving for thole returns he was anxious to possess as much in-
formation as possible, to guide him in the views he had taken re.
lative to those matters. Ile was confident that those returns would
bear him out in saying, that though the population of the country
had greatly increased, and was still continuing to Increase, the
taxes had most sensibly decreased. Those Annuities were received
under the dilth Geo. 111, chap. IV!. Eighty years had elapsed
since they came into operation, and nothing had been done to alle-
viate the weight with which they burdened the country. He was
convinced that nothing could reticler suck essential service to the
country as a redudion of the national duties. In the natural course
of events, where the population increases, the consumption of all
articles should increase proportionably ( but here, though the po-
pulation has increased, the consomptioe has diminished. There
must be some cause for this; and in his opinion they must be
very shortsighted who did not attribute it to excessive taxation.