The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-09 00:00:00

IRI SH lit) Di T.

The House hating resolved itself into a Commit- ,
tee of Ways.andMeans, •
Mr. Fostan said, it would. not :be necessary for
him to occupy miich of the time of the Conimitn..e
in stating the Finainial situation of Ireland, which
he should now proceed to do as briefly as he coidd,
taking it up from . the Commencement of the ye3r.
He should first proceed to state the ,Charge, and
then the Ways and Means. The Charge, on • the
ath of January last, was as follows :04Infanat..A
Debt, 29,5671. ; Treasury Bills, 400,0001. for In,
land. Canal§ there rernltined due a' sum of 2 i 5,4841.
How th Harbour, 60001..; First Fruit, 50001.-;...
There were some other articles to be provided4r,
but be could not with precision state the amount,
but which he would take at 200,0001. These !,everal
articles made together go 1,04 On the IA he, aide
of the account there was of the Loan of last year
87 2,9991. unapplied at the commencement of, the
presetit year, aftd...at the same time a balance tl;e
Exchequer of 225.iti:51., making together 1, i70i1341,

t, 410,

from whkin if the former sum of 901,0411. was de-
there %you'd retruno the kunt,of 259,0931. .?-
plicable to the Ways and .I\4ean4'of the present year.
The Charges upon Ireland for the present year were,'
Interest and Sinking. Fund of ith,e,Debt 3,409,9921.
,r.nd her quota towards the generali4penditure of the
Empire was, in Irish currency, 6,357,5581. making
t0gether'9,767,5501. a very large suns for Ireland.
Towards providing that sum he should take the Re-
venues and Extraordinary Resourses for the year at
4,800:001. This was the amount of the Revenues
y-ar, and .there was no reason to apprehend a
diminution this year; on the contrary, it. had rather
increased. There had been raised, by way of Loan
in England, two millions and a half, snaking, iu
Irish currency, 2,708,3324. and there-Was raised in
Ireland 2,000,0001. making' together 4,709,3321.
AB these sums, together with thesurplus 01259,0931.
which 'he mentioned before, would make the Ways
and Means 9,767,4251. which was as near as possi-
ble to the supply required. •
14e then proceeded to state that, the interest and
Sinting Fund for the Loans in Eqgland and Ireland
would amount to 280,4661. 'ITo provide this sum
he should nor, have recourse to a number of small
artic;es of taxation, but should go ,at once to a source
front whii h the sum might be raised without ma-
terally affecting the lower orders of society. It was
perlectly known that in Ireland it had been the prac-
tice of the distiller to evade the Malt Duty as much
as pi•ssible, by the use (gravy corn ; to prevent 'hit,
he should propose that all raw corn used by the dis-
tiller should pay as 'malt. This regulation be esti-
mated' would produce. 333,3341. He should also
propose an increase of duty upon the importation
of foreign spirits, which he estimated would pm-
duce 22,5001. These two sums, together with the
75001. Ira the management of the public debt,which
the Bank of Ireland had, agreed to give up, would
make 303,334 L leaving, as the Committee would
perceive, a considerable surplus.
`There were certain arrangements dependent on the
measure now before Parliament, relative to the Dis-
tillation from Sewn., w:th whicb,liiiiitauld not then
trouble the Committee,