The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-17 00:00:00

Tilinpt -A Cr.

Mr. FITZGERAIdayO4ei pursuant to notice, to
propose a modification of an. Act of last Session,
as few as related-to the ditties on Peals and Staves
imported into Ireland i he mndifiCation he' meant
to proptise.bad been in
.fact already adopted by
tilt Irish Government upon its own responsibility,
and his object now was merely to make that the
law which the Government had thought a neces-
sary regulation' for the relief of ,the stiject... A
great. sensation -had been held upon "the subject,
under an impression that these duties bad had the
effect of raising the price niTitnher to an enorm7
otii'-Prite.- 5o far froth the ditties .of Timber be-
ing' too.' high, it. was' a fact .that they are not
sufficiently high.. to admit the import front the
British Colonies- hi' America ; the freight and in-
surance •on the latter. -being utOre• than the
dr.TErOice: bet.ween ,the -duty. on.. Metnel and
otifer European Timber, and- that ofour own Set-
tlements. The greatest misunderStanding had
prevailed. with respect to. the. late dtities.! It had
bien siiid that an - advance of 1200 per tent. had
been made by the dutieS. What was 'the fact ? That
the existing duty does not amount to 35 per cent.-

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on the sale pricy S of timbers ; for Swedish timber
sold at present in Dublin -for 91. 10s. and Memel
timber for lat. 10s. the ton ; so that the 1200 per
cent. was reduced to 35 per cent. on'the
Again, it'was asserted, 'thatAn consequence of the
high. duties the building trade is totally stopped.
It might have given it a check. This was una-
voidable to a, certain extent ; but it was well
known that tbe p-riceS of titriber were much lower
than they were during' the
.five years preceding
their enactment. Timber could not -have been
' pUrchaSed.at less than 10/. to 121. the ton; and
:Norway deals nine' feet in length, and one inch
and three quarters thick, were sold at from' 201.
to 25/. per hundred. Some inconvenience attended
the strict assimilation of the duties with those paid
in this country as to this article.. Deals were here
charged with an equal impost, whether of eight
or twenty feet long. The modification made
under the direction of the TreAsury; consisted of
the adoption of a gradual scale; according to the
.several lengths, between eight feet and twenty
feet, at proportiopate duties, according. to the
• actual quantity of 'timber. This was instead Of.
I, one rate for all the lesser' dimensionS to twenty
feet in length ; and the individuals who had made'
shipments previous to the increase in the duties,
and who; had they been aware of the change,
might have imported the deals-of the largest di-
AtensiOn, which pay not more 'duty than those
containing only one half their contents in'timber,
were-just entitled to be admitted at the rates in
the-modified scale. He concluded by moving, that
ditties-and drawbacks Ort deals.and timber import-
ed into Ireland should cease.
.and. determine:‘
Mr. PONS6NBT was desirous of modyfying -the
duties, but require duff to detertnine oil the me-
rits of the scale propOsed.
:The resolution was agreed to, the House re
sitmed, and the report of the Committee 'was-or
' dere& to he received to-Morrow.
An Account of the. Monies. raised by way.- of Taxes and
LoOns was ordered to be referred to .the Committee of Ways
and Means.
The CiiANCEI:LQR. of the t XCHEQUER soh) he should
n9w only more "certain grants ‘,.,11ph been regularly votedfor a great-mitOrwr of years, and propesed the "issuing of
1225°0,09UL in ,Exchequer Bills, which the House had resolved.
should, he faid'ofr---and also a grant of .15',000,000/. for a:si-
ntilar,purp.use: ,
" lia thf:tt moved, That the Duties on Malfshould be furthei-
eontrnued froukJune Atits: to .June motion wag'
earriAd. , :

WHITBREAP,- as the Chancellor of the Exchequ!T
had ou a fornicr ntht doubted whether the Properti, Tax, ac-
cording to the law, expired orithe 25th -March, desired to be'
ittfbrmed, if he had satisfied hiMself on this point?
;The:CHAM;P,I4OII. of tbp ,EXCHEQUER,without giving
a deffn4ive opinion, admitted the words of the Act might
bear the construction put upon them. qe Honourable'
Gentler:lin,, • •

W.III'II3II.EAD skid this, answer was rather evasive. If
he
,would'girt a decisive auswer, it would give the Public
'smith .

The CLIANtELLOR:of the ,XCHEQUERAIitI not reply,
°tithe :notion of the' CHANCELLOR of the
QUER, it was resohed, That the Duties au PCUSiOL/S and

rerspriaT ts;Fate..3,' those 'on Sugar,- the INLIIt
.Excise Dates,
and thosiiou'Tobaceo arid Snuff, should be furt(iuv continued.
,1

In answer to. Mr. PoNsoNny, the CHANCELLOR of the
Ii:XCHEQUER said, that it:lv:64lot his intention to Aninlate
for any eten:;itin of the War To,xes: he was only proceeding
t,o move the usual annualltesointions: These were then' se-
veraliy read and agreed, to., Aniongst thein wai one „for
granting lift:2ewmiliion.; out of the W.,r Taxes, now in the
Treasury,. or to be received, .W "cdraplete the twenty"millions
not vet made good.
Ti) tinkh,,i i'icf"tpte'stitni Mr.PM4soNifv, the CHAN-
CELI.OR of the EXCHEQUE,Rstated his intentionof taking
a part of the sum inipilrbklat6d fo'r thd service of 1814, to
apply to th.:t of the visnintyear.
The Report.
of the Resolutions wits'in•deredtO be received
to-nuirrow, and committed on Friday:
The I.:,st India Goods l)uty Bill went through iiCounnittee.
Adjourned till tomorrow.