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of Pegoaes fur carrying on that business. Now the
leather tax wan not in full operation for s comider-
able time--hut the double duty on malt had been
for 15 or 16 years. During on that time the own-
ber of licenses were decreasing. This the Noble
Lord might attribute to the war deity. But, irlie
looked to the old malt duty, he would find a much
greater diminution under it, of persona professing
the business of maltaters, thin of tanners, under
the leather tax. The old malt duty, for five
years, produced on an average 3,000,000/. per
was redo...ea, and iu the last year, it
anumuted to oak' 1,000,000/. 'llse Noble Lord
then, arguing no this principle of diminution,
*night have come down to the House, and, Biding
the diminution to have taken place, iii cosivieitatence
of the malt duty being reduced one-half, Call on
the Legislature to increase it. The Noble Lord
(Compton) said he would'vote for the repeal of this,
mid also of the salt duties, because he wished to
lay so a direct tax, iu the nature of the property
tax. But he ought Brit to know how his new
allies meant to act. Perhaps he might give them
his support on this occasion—but he doubted, whit-
titer, in return, they wounlesseSt him with their votes,
if any substitute, of the nature he had alluded to,
were proposol. AU that could be said with respect
to the burning busiams was, that it was a tredev.
mikh„like all others, hail suffered, but whiois
he,, like all others; was reviving. With reigted4
to the repeal of the tax, it was to the commuter, to.
the whole body of the publics they were to look.
rather thou to any particular body of applicants.
And he would maintain. that it world be for the
benefit of the public slat to repeal this tux—because
the consumer would not have the advantage of the
diminution of the impost. at the same time that he
would be obliged to pay some other tax, which it
would be necessary to substitute. The operation
of the tee wee, to oblige the termer to McNamee his
stock and copilot. if, tittits the tax were re-
moved, what would be the effect MAO the ca-
pital/sow employed timid he takes' from one branch
of its industry sod embarked in mindere, the mann-
filename would be obliged to make it charge 011 the
consumer, iu proportion to the capital he had em-
lurked in the trade, sad which be could spot imme-
diately transfer to soma 'Alter line of business.
Loral COMPTON explained. He certainly wished
for a direct tax—but belted never intimated that he
would vole fur the repeal of the salt duties.
The House then divided, when there appeared,
Fee Ow RI tesdios s. ISO
Aping It
Majority for Misinform
The New Church Bill was real a alikoud time.—
To be committed as Wednesday.
Sir JOHN N V.W POI? complamerl, that no return
had beet. made to an Address of that House to the
Prince Regent, calling fur an account of fees pay-
able in Courts of Jestice in Ireland, which bail
been agreed to before the recess. He sl 1.1 be
glad to know how delays of shit! nature were to be
obviamil /
Mr. BATHURST said, if any improper deist. had
taken place, the Hon. Batottetcould call the (*officer
to whom it was imputable to auswer fur his con-
dikct at the by cf the House.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, be believed that
OHM couldatat be posased where the Crow's had
been addressed fur documente—and, if there was No
otriel person, under those circumstances, pre-
test to wormer for the delay, he conceived that Par-
hament ought to take up the vubjrct.
Mr.
•I.VatINGToM presented a copy of the Re-
parts of the Commissioners authorised to inquire
into the fees payable in the Courts of Chaucery,
King', Bench, &c. io England, which. otter a few
I
words from Lord A. Hmett.Tow, were ordered to
be printed.
AIMOVRRMENT. '
Oa the motion of Lord Casri.sacion, it was
ordered, that illd House, on its rising. 'tumid ad-
journ to Wednesday next—that Crinimittees should
have leave to sit notwitlistatitlit.,;—aial thin such
Private Bills as stood for ase • I readind. ter.
morrow, sissuld be read a second time, on Wed-
nesday.
The Irish Corks Exportation Regulation Bill,
was, after a few words from Sir J. NkWPORT and
the CHANCELLOR of the EICHIAVER. read the
third time, sod pvmsed.
The Citatucet.t.o• of the EXCHEQUIR mnieil
the third reading of the Four-wheel Cerrtage Bill.
Sir J. Nsweoev, as we understood, expressed a
wish that a measure of similarly beueficial ihiture
shoold Ise extended to Ireland.
The CitaNdst.t.ollt of the Excnvoura said, the
introduction of such a measure in that country
would not *Word mach relief. But a measure was
111 coineinplatiou, with respect to the varriages most
commonly in use amongst the people there, from
which great benefit might be expected.
Mr. AasuTtfitoT prevented ion sea of the
Funded and Unfunded Debt—of the produce of
the Excise and Customs iu Scotland, &t. for the
year coding the sth iust.—Ordered in be pi toted.
SCOTCH COMMISSARIAT.
Lord A. Haut I.TON rose to more rOr remtaisi AC.
ennuts relative to the Commissariat I)epartment in
Scotland. to the production of which, he under.
stood, there would be no objection.
Lord CANTLERIAOM suggested that the most
proper course of proceeding would be for the Noble
L• rd to give a specific notice of his motion.
Lord A. iIAkIILTON mod, at saute Isiture period
lie would fix a clay fur bringirig on the subject.
11r..1. SMYTH prtkrut•fl si Petition against the
Coi.yright Bill from the University of Cambridge.
—Laid of time table.
Sir J. NEWPORT moved—
" Fee ao /teamed of thus somber of ratters decided, sad
iihrtlicr fur Plaioliff sod Defender'', is the Assistant Bar-
haters' Courts iu Ireland, trader the SIM of Geo. 111. toge-
ther with the number of Appeals kens these &idioms, per-
'nova suit lutliroal, and whether the said skciiours Were
affirmed ur reversed, up to the hi of April, 151$.
" Also, for nu Aerostat of else number of declarations
hl.tl in the Superior Courts io Ireland, is slick abs amount
st Mlle a arterial! Ng."
The Him. Buronet said, he moved for these deco-
meat, 11l order to know how far the 5G Ii of the
King hail removed the evil which it sac intruded
ludo assay.
Mr. L. Fosrea was afraid that no sotisficiory
return could be made to the linter motion—for the
declarntions were in general tiled fur much larger
sums of mousy than were really in dispute.
Sir J. N cis coaT expressed lais ansiety to ascer-
tain, as far as he could, how much the lu*er Quirts