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HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tnummiv, Fru. 5.

Gearrnl TINORNTON postponed his motion for lence to
bring in a 13111 fur the repeal of 1141 much of the 23th and
26th of Charles 11. no in-laird to the belief in the doctrine of
Transubstantiation, Si, 'Formluy the 2711 i of I:thin:ore.
Sir Lee►.RTON Bit VOCE' gave uoi ice, that lie would, on the
18th of Fehr's:try, inure for leave to bring in a kill, to alter
and amend the Copyright Art —lle himight in a 1101 fur
enclosing laud in ernuford, in the County of Middlesex.—
Read a first, and ordered Su be rend a second lime.
_ _ _

Lord Lemet.T.rs hroneht U) the 11. I of the committee
no the York Gas Light UM, *Licit war Unit:red to he laid on
the table.

!RIM! it'INDOW TAX.

Mr. %maw presented a Petition' from the Househol4lcrs or
the City of Dahlia, praying 61e the repeal 41f the Wioilow
Tax. He assured tbe Il44use, that the Petition was of the
most respeetable him'. It was ',ivied by several tlimoiami,
every tine of wh wua a leowteholiler. He !Mould HOW
merely state, that the subject W 11.4 title OLI WlllOl the citizens
t
tt
titwyD,irtiltrleist fell
essiit tledlie lurtivhc:t
etit-arit nw4rit:ticq, 116114, eniirincrti
the i.oc, 51 well us of the
general ueeessity of alleviating the Intrdrns of that country.
It was intention to lie no est ly iltc for in.tkinE a specific
motion to the lionse, rd.iti re to the Petition. as ',VII as to
set hers, from flillerem pirl. of 1re1.4.441, optnt the same subject.
The Illetitiuu was Ho a read, and ortturril to lie au the
tabk.
Mr. SHAW then r :me notice, that lie wroth!, on tlt 23111
iotstssit, cull the :mention a the it.... 1., on. solitet.
Me. Hics.r•r•wf u tit ion ft ton the lotieti

THE STATE (SF THE REVr.NUE.
Mr. Ctittwcia said, he lard 3 qiit.tints to pot to
die night I Inn. Gre,tle ni ass ~/,posite (the Clam-
eelliir of the (iselitsiiser), ti, ishieli lie isnsied lie
ilie,wer that wookil he inure satis-
factory to the public limn those the florme Was oc..
costumed to ea. occati,nis relating to the public
expenditure. lie d tl any idea of making
assertions in %%Inch he was tint irorne out by the
strongest evidence, ;pot therefore, prepared
itims, If whit the particular items in the account of
the 11utfstcr, horn whicii he hail u•certained, that
although it was declare,) in that livoue last Stile
Pion. and the Session heroic, that a considerable
reduction had taken plat:, in the natimial debt,
there was but a weak foundation for such a state-
ment. Ile begged to be uuderstuoil as not having
any desire to represent the state of the country us
more deplorable than was the fart. His object was
to receive a decisive answer; as little resembliug
those upon former occasion-, which proved wholly
groundless, as passible: By the 1' mince Account
it appeared; that though the Right Hotiouralale
Gentlemaii last year had given a very fl ittering
account of the state of the revenue, there was at..
Wally a deficieucy of 17,030,00 u/. How different
acs tide front the declaration, that the natioiral ex.
iwildittire was redhead, iii 1 t 7, 50,000,P00tr that
W 3., ti •tn 110,000.0001. io 70,000,000/. ? At the
enact meld of lest Stbslolllt WiLSSIIIIed,IIIIIt sufficient
laroviston had beet' made for the emergencies of
the year ; hot its what manner tests it made up
There were 3,000,000/. on one account a itli the Ban k
and 6,000,0u0/. on another, whit* W:th two ad-
111'101131 SI(17111111IN made up 17,60u,0n0/. It was
observed by a Right Hun. Gentleman on his side
of the Hour, that torte was no put-phis ite the Coo-
solidified at the petitsd ailuded to, and there
appeared some grounds for {llia ollOrrVatiflll, for the
claaiger ou it were 44.'251.985/. 7s. 1011.; the
come on it was 43,642,11ti1. lit. 4 1. ; and the defi-
ciency 609,872/. 1,.6.1. Tbr Lcalar. including
that for Ireland, which were paid into the Excite:.
quer, amounted to .5,939,802/. The deduction for
Ireland was 2,481,148/. leaving the Loans for Eng-
land only 3,358 634/. Out the sth of January. 1817,
the amount of Unlituderl Debt, and ontatatoling
dentailds, were 50,047,1881., Mid ma the sth of
January, 1816, the amount was 48,725,359/. The
increase was 1,321,7291. Tile Husk advance on
bills was 6,000,u00/., and the charge fair increase of
capital amounted to 3,500,000!. '(lie surplus
grants of 1815 were 5.663.723/. :The 110 n revelred
3,358.6541., and the isscreast of Unfunded Debt was
1.3i1,7i9/. The net amount was 19,844.138/. and
there was paid to the Sinking Fund 13,432,603/. The
deficiency then amounted to 6,591,5384 Notwith-
standing this great variance between the assurance
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the accounts
laid before Parliament. the country was called upon
to believe that the revenue was in a flout Wittig colt-
dition. The expenditure of Ireland last year Wad
14.000,000/. acid her annual receipts amounted to
no inure than 6,000,0001. This was an extraordi.
nary defalcation of 8,009,000/. Under circum-
stances su calculated to street the general statement
of our financial prosperity, he woodd sick the Right
llmmutable Getatlenum whether the country was to
expect that the income exceeded the expenditure
of the country in the present year 3,000,000 L ? whe-
ther the revenue of England and Irelund was to
that ))))) otint a reduction of the uatioual debt?
The CiIANCKLI.Cia of the ExCHEQUER.who spoke
inn very low tune. said, that upon a comparison
it hail beets ascertained that there would be a di-
minution of the stational debt; amounting to
3,000,000/. after discharging all detuauds in the
present year.
STATE OF JUDICATITRE IN THE NORTHERN
COUNIIE.4.
Mr. MticitsEL AriGEI.O TAYLOR, in rising to
call the attention of the Home to the mode of dis-
pensing ittblive in the Northern Counties of Eng-
land, said, he was satisfied the (Jose would agree
with hilts in the opinion of the propriety of making
some very essential alterations in the system. lie
had simile numerous inquiries upon the subject, the
result of which was, his determiitation to submit to
to Committee it plat) he which the greatest 111t1111.•
VetIICIICIVII us fluid lie obei.lo-11. lie wits e„„vinctiri,
from the state of the population of the comities of
Cumberland, We,t mot elati.l. Northumberland, and
Durham, and the town and county of Newcastle-s„
opott-Tyne, as well as limn the advanced condition
of their commerce. that the Courts of J testier were:
tint sufficieutly aupplivil with the means of decidrug
the cases brought before them with facility. The
Judges of the Assizes went no more than once
a-veur to any of those eallatieil. The consequence
must strike any one as most iiijurions, bring an ay-
iodate defeat of the ends for winch the Courts weir
established; for individuals who were committyt
were compelled to lie in gaol several mositlis before,
their trials could take place, and very frequenfly
were *v.:Pitted, alter a confinement that would have
been ample plitioliment for the 10-ri:?trulioll of
criturs. In the case of a malt tried for inatislungli..
ter. the famishment by law for which did cot rk.
read beyond iiiipsivoilitient for twelve month.% it
might 11.11opt.ii that thirteen rounds likte,ltri e
I between cootwitim mitt burl. lit the convactiett
that justice should not, that it could not be admit.