The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-03-25 00:00:00

IRISH •MUSED TAXER.

The Right Hon. MAURICS FITZGERALD wished,
IT pnesible, to alleviate the distremes experienced
by the middle °Mom • of people in Ireland, by the
uneipial alisessinent of taxes for county purposes.
The Manner, he said, in which suck asummeuts
had been hitherto made was extremely inaccurate,
and sidieet to error, mud the application of the
money so raised commie* improvident and inju-
(liciono. He Loped, ou mowing the papers he was
uhout to apply for, he would be able to found some
prover:ling on them of general utility. lie then
moved That an account be laid before that
House of the different presentiments passed by the
Grand Jury, in the differeut counties of Ireland, at
the Spring Mod Summer Assizes of the year 1807 ;
particularising the purposes to which they were ap-
plied ; also copies of the query books of the Clerk
k. of the Crown, and the number of Joys each As-
size lasted."

Mr. FOSTER said, copies of the query books
would be extremely difficult to obtain, since in each
year there were upwards of lu,ooo entries on them,
eurh of which consisted of five or six lines at least.
Such copies would he ext:etnely voltunnious, and
could seareely he tiny consi lerable use.
Air. FertimaALD observed, the labour would
be equally divided in thirty-two parts, upon the
officers indifferent counties, a,slconsielened the in-
formation to be dented from t >is soaree al' the
most material importance.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT stipporte 1 the propriety of
his flight !loot. Friend's motion, end bore testimony
to the correctness of his statement, relative to the
unequal assessment of the county taxes.
Alter some obiervations by Mr. FOSTER and Co-
lonel ri.soov, the papers were ordered, to be fur-
nished.

Sir JOKY NEweore moved, " That therA be
given to thisilouse a Copy of the Letter of the
Secretary of the Treasury to the Trustees of the
ish Linen Board, dated the 7th October, leos,
n-parting the deficiency of their funds ; n Cope
of the Pt ix:ceilings of the Linen Board on the 15t1h
of October, isofi. when Mr. James Corry eras sus-
pended in the esecution of the situation lie then
held under that Board ulsq the Memerial of Mr.
Corry, and the Schedule of his Accounts annexed
to that Memorial, with several other private papers
from the said office. An Account of the several
sums of money paid up to the 1611 i of May, 1806,
into the bands of Mr. Etliterd Park, Architect to
the said Board, with the bahuseeof his Aueomit
.let remaining due to him by the Board." The
intention of the present motions the Right I lonour-
aisle Baronet observed, was to examine the ham-
per iu which the funds of that great natioirol itisti-
tutiou were applied, and hence to prove the pre-
seat constitution of that Board was totally, unfit
far the purposes of tootrouling and conducting
the affairs entrusted to its charge.
Mr. FreveLe said, the funds had been usefully
and eronomieally applied, particularly so far us
related to the transactions with Mr. Park. Ip this
instance the Board had applied lame slims of mo-
tley to extend the warehouses and (Allies of the
establishment, so that instead of $0 aoartinents,
constituting the whole of the Linen-hall, as for-
Merly was Of ease. there were now 5 or GOO, and
the Ilan had become the depot of linen to the
amount of nearly two millions sterliag.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT raid, he did not mean to
steuderon this system acted on by the Board, but
only to show that the fluctuating nature of that
Bound was such as totally prevented them bring
a tit body to govern and direct a grand national
concerti. The persons who composed the Board
this day were frequently not those who composed
It two or three days after, hoice the valtiab:c
commeneryl by the one, vim suffered
ahasetimes to decay, because the original promoters
were no longer Members of the Board which should
'harry them into execution.
the Papers were than ordered to be furnished.

Mr. liesitts•on obtained leave to bring in a
Dill fur upisiiiitins( certain Commissioners for in-
sretitig certain. Duties to he granted int Malt, be
s not, he said, hurry the measure through the
/louse, but should, alter it had been read a second
tune, more fOr its kiting committedsit some distant
day.