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

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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'AT,. NI ANNT.NQ obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend
tte.London Dock Company Act. .. ~ - ..
Mr..BI{.OG.TiEN brought up theßepott of the Pettvoaicers
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arid Seamen's Encouragement. Bill which was agreed to, and
th, i“ ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.. . .
Mr. SWAIN; gave. notice, that out Tuesday next, he would
more for. leave.to.,bting in _a. Bill to prevent bribery and cor-
ruption in the Barone-1i of gellston. ,•.
Mr. LUSHING'I'OIN7 obtained. leave to bring in. a;, Rill to
amthorile the appropriation 'of the Residuary Estates, be,
quiathed hy Anna Maria Reynolds to *e SiukingTund.

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IRISH GLASS DUTIES.
Mr. FITZGERALD moved that the House should resolve:
itself into a Committee on the Irish Glassboties Act.
Mr. D.GTDDYtook this Occasion to call the attention of
the,Right Hon. Gentlemao,to asubject of gre4 importance,.
which he had- Mentioned in: pie,course. of the last Session...
He' adverted to 'the propriety of 'Consolidating- the revenues
of England-and Ireland. He thought it would-he a measure
of great importance and corresponding henefit.. AS the two
countries were one, their revenues ought to he united. . ,
.Mr. FITZGERALD could not consent tb:gi.v- into the cora. i -
fideration of this.rinestion at present In theabsener; of-that
Noble Lord who had done.„su, ranch towards effecting the.
Union of the two countries, he thought it would be extremely
undesirable to attempt roakiagauch a change.
On t•.e House resolving itself: into the Corn,
mitten oa theirish dtaA Duties, •
Mr. FITZGRAALii said, it would be in. the re-
erdlectiort of the Honse,`that he had, in Ihdlast
Se Sion of Parliament, retottunended that a duty,
equivalent to that existing in Great Britain should
be imposed on GlaSs manufactured iu Ireland,
and a countervailinaaduty necessarily resulting on
the same article imported from this country.'. It ;
was rather an extension than a new measure of
Excise.. There baApreviously.been an Ex-else or,
Glass in Ireland, not, however, embracing those
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branches Of the manufacture which were to be
affected by•the Act he 'referred toe. He had now
to explain to the House the- grounds upon which-
Ile was about to propose thevepeal of that Act;
A period of 2one month from ithe passing of the
Act had been. allowed' before the duty was to ;
take effect. Previously to any mention being
made .in . Parliament of such duty, he was
aware that a gar
,e stock bad been imported
into Ireland, the B-i-itish manufacturer deiiving a
considerable, and he would say-indeed an unfair
advantage in the amount of duty, which he drew
back on sending his.manufacture into that conna
try. o,‘ ing to that circumstance a greater sulfa
pliT'than the average annual consumption was in •
store there even before the sth of January in this
year. A' still greater . quantity was imported in
the month that intervened between the:passing-of-
the Act and irs coming into operation. Not sa-
tisfied with the profit which would have resulted
the'm from 'the stock previonslyon hand, the
proprietors raised the price-or! the public as high
as if- the duty had been paid. He perhaps was
not called 'on to state what he understood to be
the quantity in Irelatd; it was 'sufficient; he pre-
, aca, I.li3Ua duty
.Which he had calculated upon as productive, must
„for a Considerable tulle ,be unproductive, while
the paiyhe were 'charged to the' :frill extent to
which they awould have been subjected, it the re-
venue had received the benat that he had 'hoped.:
Whatever observation' might fall upon him; lie felt
that he,okvedaa equal duty to the public .and the
Crown, anti he should deem himself acting a most
unmanly' part, if,' rather than rescind a measure
which he had himselrrecommended. to Parliament,
he were to leave the people of Ireland subjected to
a-heavy taxation, without a corresponding-benefit
vesaititig to the State:' The necessities of the
times here sufficiently urgent. He trusted he
should be able to provide against- the importers
sustaining' any loss. of which • they could fairly,
complain. He would recommend the repayment.
of the duty in all cases where -the high counter-
vailing duty_ had been charged.; the amount he
could state to be very intonsiderable. It would
he incumbent on him to `.provide" also forthe.re-
p'a,Y.trients, 'where a greater ad :val6re* duty. had
been charged on account Of the increase in value-
of the'article; which' was estimated at the pride
it, then bore, and if along with that a facility of
re-export were' given, he apprehended that he
should have done all which they'had a right to
expect, while- it would,- not be difficult to'prove
that they had, by the law under which they drew-
bat k the duty, as well as in the profit on the
stock previously in Ireland, even under the. cir-
eumstances-of this- repeal, not a disadvantageous
speculation. He 'concluded by-moving; that the
Chairthan shOttlikuove for leave to .bring in a NI
to repeal the Irish Glass Duty Act.
. Mr. PONSONBY certainly did not object to the
repeal of one of thoSe taxes which; in his opiniOn,.
ought to: bear the titles of " Acts to prevent the
fitrther improvement of Ireland." The price of
glass had not been' doubled in consequence of
.the
Act in question, but trebled. HeahoWever, Wish -
ed to'kttow how it happened; that this Act, hav-
ing.been passed on the 14th of July, to conie._into
operation oh the 14th of August„that on-the 25th
of the same month (July),' another Act• had been
pssed,,makingthe duties
.payable-frotti
eight days before the passing-of the first Act. He
emaliftaiy agreed to the reptal'of the Act, but he
tbe'elikettitence of driving,
off the public business till the monthOfJuly,-and
t(u_o hurryingiOkOt!Ail alhinly'atinded 1-lonse.
Sir 0: 11',IONL;N. COn t.
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ed, the Glass 4aanufacturers'who had inip•naul
glass into rreltiaad 001.te. faith of the"Aet, Were
eiitidtd to' itta4...iitruoat .COnaideratioti. ,
Mr. Frraoreaaeri explaihed the cirettlitsiances-
under ~viaiClit.iteawo Bills had been passed, which=
had hein-referreal'tia by a Right
i„ the last Session certain
ateis- relative to true EXcise Ireland. were
to take effect- 'in one calendar month after...thephs
in;.; of ,thern. TiteCnatoms Dutiesawere.to take
'effect frortfthe day on whieh the ReSOlutiOliii were
When' th4re4eht Aef-W4S- dr.awn tile; tie'
passm.
(Mr. Fitigtratd)' Was- 4b's6iit- front intliipOSirion,
vid it did nut: occur to Ulu to iukorm the profes-

sional person by whom it Was &me, that this was
a Bill qf Customs as well-as of Excise .)uty, and
therefore should take eSect. from the resolutions
on'whicli it was .fouUded. The mistake was not
discovered till this Bill W 34 in its last stage in,the
Lords, and he then introduced his second, Bill,
Aihieh-bad been referred to, and which, he hoped,
would re'netTy the evil.
After sciine further converiatiOn, in which Mr.
Ponsonhy, .Sir li. NV: Ridley, and Sir C. Morik.
Air ST EN, referring to' what a 'tight Hon.
-t-lentleiriati' Ponotiby) had-said, with re-
Spect to th&ituprppriety of putting off. the public
business. till July, pegged to obtrve-, he could not
tompre; 010,11,1 he clune worse in that
miinth thlin in" Apr:l or May, if by :shortening the
Session it became necessary, then to do it ia a
hurry. Did the Right Hon. Gentleman think
they were more likely ' to blunder. in JnlY—
sitting' in' the Ding-clays, than at an other,
time ? Did he mean to say Parliament ought
io,cease to legislate in April or May, and only,con-
tinue to sit to correathe blunders previously made.

Mr. 'PoNiso'Niri said; he must have a' happy
km-ick of inistatingwhat he meant to say, or the
'Hon. and Learneit6entlemon had.iiiie of misun-
derstanding him. He ‘volild advise him to look
at the Alipathiek I:efore lie- again set down the
Dog days' for JUly, as if helooked into that very
useful work, with which he was so well acquaint-
ed, he -‘vould find they did not begin till Augitst.--,4
(A laugh !)—W, 'hat be ltad meant to say tv,:l4, the
business ought not, to be defei rid, when
the Minister had .got his supplies till the season
was so far advanced that the House Was hltt'!4ioly
attended. .: ,

Mr. STEtnr,tieotildnpt help differing from the
Right. Hon: GOitleinan„ when he. -set' o(4n the
DOgs.DUys,for August., He d not .knotty, this
p6i:nt-Was'settled in Dublin, hot they eminnenet d
on the 3d of July, .accortiing to the Alm he
had in.hisveket,,H(A-latigh !) If, there;ore, the
DOg Star hatr any thing to, do w!th this in tine'siis infinence mi ht be situ:,osed to beftli in
July rathee than in Angukt. He_ cont(' not' see;
for his part, that the•busiue'ss of the,Hpuse would
be likely to be disimSed of with less' hurry fry to
shortening the. Session. -
After a few words from fir PEELS and M. C.
SMITH, the motion ,was agreed to. The House
resurned; ankleave w s gien to bring in the
The House 'Went into a Comtnittee on thit Ii isle
Customs Act. , .•