The National Register.
London, England, 1811-05-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Bill, and fifteen Private Bills. The Corutnissioners were th e
Lord ChanceHor, I.ar' of Liverpool, and Lord Waliingham.
After some fortlx. routine busineas, the House adjourned to
Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
- MONDAY, MAY MAY 9a.

The Bill for imposing certain .duties on Potashes, acc.
ported into this coun,.4ry , was read a first, and ordertu to be read
a second time.
The Timber Duty Bill was read a second time, and ordered to
be committed.

CATHOLIC PETITION.

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MT. GRATTAN , on presenting a Petition from his Majesty's
Catholic Subjects its Ireland, said he should abstain from entcr-
ing any way into the ;tibject, till Fri,!ay, tee 31st inst. when ha
intended to teove the: e.e Petitie be referred to a Committee
of the whole Housc.—Ordered to lie on the table.
COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS.-.BUDGET.
Mr. PERCEvni, laid before the Committee the contract which
he had se:tered into for Cie Loan for the service of the current
year. By the Loan concluded this day, the contractors were to
receive for every 1001. one hundred pounds 3 per cents. Reduced,
201. three per cent. Consols, 201. four per cent. Consols, and 6s.
lld . Long Annuities, being equal at the market price to day, to
991. is. 4d. for every 1001. Tnere was an additional allowance,
however, at 11. fee discount, thus giving to the contractors on
the whale, a bonas of 11. is. on every 1001. He understood that
the Loan thus contraced for was selling this day at a premium
of 11. 10s. which was a proof that the prospects of the country
were far from discouraging. With the pleasure of the House,
he should propose a repeal of the. Stamp Duty on Hats, against
which there had been so many capital complaints. Originally
the duty amounted to 50 or 60,C.001. but now it amounted only
to 29,0601. having fallen gradually every year. It had, he un-
derstood, been productive of great vexation to the fair dealer,
there being persons who were found ready to buy, and others
equally ready to sell, in fraud of the revenue. Some other tax,
however, must be found to meet this, and therefore this a'9,onol.
must at present be added to the 1,215,8191. already to be pro-
vided for, making together about 1,245,0X11. He now came to
the Ways and Means for the year, being that part of the duty of
his office, which was in grneral the most unpleasant. But he
should not haVe to trouble them with many words on this point.
large sum Must naturally be produced by the additional duty
which the House had already voted should be imposed on home
made spirits. This would amount on a fair ctrnputation to
70tecool. being an additional '5 per cent. on the existing duty.
It had also been resolved to impose an additional duty of 12i
per cent. oh all foreign spirits, t cept ruin, of which he forebore
makine any calculations ; but, if token, it would amount to
about `b—'oo,oool. There were other taxes impost. d last year, and
which were expected to be productive in July of the present year.
The duty on cotton wool had been doubled, Which was calcu-
lated to produce P17,0.'01. Oii pet and pearlash, (25,0001. On
foreign linen, 71,6001. Tile whthe of the additional taxes which
had already !e'en brought efore the House amounted to about
1 ,806,5C01. '1 het-House would nut think iiim unjustified in tak-
ing these different additional duties at 1,400,0001. which did Con-
siderably more than covw the charge. He had now to submit
to the House another vitt important consideration. A Loan
for Ireland for the present.year to the amount of seven millions,
had beCome necessary. Two millions and a half cf this had been I
raised in Ire! old, and for the interest of this sum, he believed,
his Right Hon. Friend was now ready to propose new taaes to
be imposed on that country. The remaining four millions aeil
a halt had been raised in this country, and he had no hesitation
in saying, that it would not be expedient in the present situation
of Ireland, to impose taxes during this year at least, to defray
the interest of this tour millions and a half. He should propose
that, in the first place, the interest of this sum be secured on the
Consolidated fetid of tEnglend, which he trusted, would be
tound completely equal to the burthen ;
.and that by wey of
Loan to Ireland, this country should, in the mean time, take on
itself the burden of the interest of this sum.: He trusted the
House would not tefuse to step forward, and out of the ebund-
asice and affluence of this couetry, come to the aid of it:eland at
such a moment He concluded by moving that the sum of 1t
millions be granted te his Majesty, by tvly of aiMuities. - .
Sir 'T. Toe FON ohjected to the Property Tat, as utieval and
unjust; hut congratulated the Right I.lonottrable Gentleman on
the terms on which he had procured the Loan.
Mr. A. Beath a objected to the tax on cotton, a raw material
now so necessary to our manufactures. On the timber tax,
tending to enc Jurage the importation of timber from ounesern
colonies, be had no ollection, but he rather thongllt it would be
injurious to the revenae.

Mr. Forrta rose, and stated the Supplies for Ireland; and
proposed an additional duty on tobacco and hemp, and on tint-
uer imported from the Unittd States ; as also on cotton wool.
importedoin foreign' strips; and concluded that two millions and a
half be rased for Ireland.
He was replied to by Sir 4. Newport, Mr. Hutchinson, and
Mr. Shaw.
The sev, ral Resolutions-were then read and agreed to. The
House resumed, clisrlosed of the other Grders of the Day, and
adjourned.

TUZSDAY, MAY 21.
The Pauper Lunatic Bill, the Newfoundland Judicature
lill, and the Quarantine Bills ware read a third time and passed

MR. PALMER'S CLAIMS OF COMPENSATION.
Major PAtmER then rose. Mr stated, that in the year 1808,
that House had come to a resolution that Mc. Palmer was en-
titled to 21 per cent. on the net proceed; of the Revenue of the
Post Office, after deducting a certain sum, and in consequence
voted him the sum of 14,7061. being-the balance of arrears due
to him. nut at the close of the same session the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, for some reason wnich he did not uuderstand,
prevailed on the House to withdraw this sum from the Appro-
priation Act. He moved that the Resolutions be read, which
being done, he then put his Motion for an Address to the Prince
Regent. The motion being seconded,
Mr. ROSF. and others opposed it ; and after much discussion,
the House divided upon the question of Mr. Palmer's claim--
For the Address 107—Noes 42,-7-Majority in favouz of Lis
claims, 65--Adjourned.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22.
Mr. WurrnitrAre moved that a Committee be appointed to
enquire into the merits of an invention by • 'Mr. MaHinton,
for preserving the lives of seamen in case of shipwreck. The;
invention was very simple—it consisted me'rely of piece of
cork unit 'd by a strap, such' as tviys.often swam upon. He
had referred it to some naval friends, Captains Ballocyne and
Paget, who had tried it, and stated that it was effectual, for
that ne man who Lad it on could sink or drown.
After a tew wurds from Mr. CM/KER. and. Mr. Rose, the
motion was agreed to, and a Committee apointed.
Mr. Pesci:NAL moved the committal of the Cotton Wool
Duty Bill.
Sir R. Pert opposed it on the ground of the impolicy of irn:
posing a tax upon the raw material, especially at a time whet.
the cotton manufacturers were t:tarving. There was hardly an
instance in which a tax had been laid on the raw material. lie
hoped this tax would nut be persevered in.
Mr. A. 13Mw' o also spoke at considerable length against the
tax.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that an addl.
tional duty of id. per pound would have any prejudicial Mau-
ence on our manufactures; but atter some further conversittion
the motion .w withdtawn, and the Committee fixed for Friday.
—Adjourned.