The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-13 00:00:00

piyl RCASS'iL called die attention of the
Upose o .the which he had brought in for ex.
empting certaio Persons from the Payment of the
feors..s4te. He considered it as 4 Jilin of the
reAtast impostaneP," and-one thatsitube delayed, he,' therefore, Aland, " That the
obuse;should now resolve itself into a Committee
',von that ,Bill."
nil said, he hope d the :Noble Lord
fix ouhil not persist
.in his Motion, because he
would re.colleet, that ; Noble Lord had given
notice of a Motion Ofihe highest importauce, and
one too that was limited in point of time, for it
Obvious that the Bill which the Noble Lord
lig4 expressed his intention of moving for, thust
vas, through both Houses of Parliament, and re.
cave the Royal Assent, heftire the zsth; of
Viatelt, to answer the purpose for which. it was
oret.lded. Another Motion' of considerable im-
portanee also stood for this day, viz. a Motion
for continuing the Annual DUties in Ireland,
which wool& also expire on' ihe 25th. of March.,
Xobody could be 'more anxious than he was to
'sive _his support to any measure which appeared'
to ~iim calculated..to afford any 'relief to the
Lower Classes of Saelety,.:but the Noble Lord
must be aware,. that-his
.Bill was not of so .press_'
ing a nature as the. Other measures to
.which he,
lad alluded.
tortl WM. RusStt. consented to -pospone the
COmmir,tee upon his Bill till yi..nrorrow,
Mr. PITT then moved, '6 That the HouSe,
should resolve itself into\ a. Committee to take
into consideration certain Duties payable in
Ireland."

Mr. BAG WELL begged to call the attention;
of the Right Hon. Gentleman. to a,subjett which
had been staled to him by sum Metohants in
Ireland ; in England it had been found necessary
suspend the Duties upon Hops, but- in /rebind
thqy were not suspended ; now as the saint rea-
son
,prevailed its Both- countries fOr..suspendinc,
the.D.uties, he hoped the same 11.1easute would be
4dopted in Ireland. • •
11r. piTT said he could answer for
.nobody's
opinion but his own, but the suggestion of the
ilOn. Gentleman appeared to him so reasonable
that he did not thinkc there could be lati' any oc.,
'ion to it.
_ The Motion Lot going into a Conunittee.
agreed to, awl oe .seteral
.Ads imposin and
J continuing the rktties, and the Ad of IF
MOO,.
*ere referred ro ihee Committee.
'I be House then:it:solved. Itself into a Commit.
tee, Me. rtakcacsx in the Chair. •
Mt. Pirr role to mote a Resolution, the
oa?Atof which was to continpe certain Duties
much were .pianually grastted in Ireland.. ,As
i 8 was the extent of his ,Motion, it would not
netessary for him; unler4 (what ‘he did not ex,.,
00) there should be auy difference ,of opiQion
tolgoVY the time of the Committee, any farther
than to move that the several Duties mentioned
4) the Sslid Ads be continued. . ;
sir 7. PARAuti t.ai4 be was far from wish-
i)4.lo. throw., any obstacle .in the way , of •. public
business, but be could not amid noticing that.
bus wes the first time of introducing this mode,
tOtint the Duties generally the lump..
The mode abed upon former occasions- was to
vote the Duties separately arid iistinally, and
then there was an opportunity of discussing them
011 Y, hut if they were to be voted in a mass, such
4 discussion would he impyadicable. It was of
great importance that they should be voted klis-
ttnaly, because it would enable Merchants and
others who were,-to pay ~the Duties, to know
exadly what thty'wereto pay, and this was, the,
principle upon -which the Right Hon. Gentleman
acted, when lie pryposed the-beriacial regulations
which took place in. 1781, One consequence Of the
Mt of Union was, that a' great proportion of the
Duties were varied,- aria 'counteryailing puties.
were enaetcd;nd the ivliolebuginess was, in point
of fact, socomplicated; that everyefort‘Ought to
lii4t ;44'4 to Make Thum aV simp!a and ifitr4ligiblvas