The Sun.
London, England, 1813-05-15 00:00:00

IRISH BUDGZT.

The House having I.esitlved itself into a Com-
mittee of Ways tnd Means,
Mr: W. FITZGEriALP said be had that morning
contracted for a Loan tb ttie amount 012,000,0001.
fqr the service Of 'lreland. lie had 'inueh
'faction in stating the conditions on which this
Loan had been obtained; and could not help con-
gratulating the Committee on having gained one
to such an amount, on such favourable terms. It
had been agreed, that tor. every one hundred
:pounds should be given in the 32 per cents. 201.
in the 5 per cents. and 11/..15s in Treasury' Bills.
The interest on every 1001. would be 51. is.
If to this it. 4s. for the Sinking Fund and ina-
nagement were.'added, the total charge to the
public for-every 1001. raised would be, 01. 58. 9d.
The stockereated 1204, exclusive of Treasury Bills.
He ought to remind the Committee,, that the
terms of this loan were not. quite so favourable as
. those on which his Right Honourable Friend had
had the good fOrtime to obtain the-last; !pit- they
would Observe, that, in thepresent ca5e,2,000,000/.
were raised in the manner descrihed; hi the foriner,-
but oneloillion and a half was so' obtained the re
niainder of the Loan having been. procured 'on
TreaSury.Bills. With the terms 'ort- which the
Loan, Itad been obtained, he .;thought the Com-
mittee and the public would have no reason to be
dissatisfied, as not- holy vas " the lonn raised tor
less than it coal(' be raised here, but in a'coutiter.'
where the regular interest of money was 61. per
cent. such was, the liourishing state pf. our pecu.

nitary-resotirees; that a loan of 2;000;0001. could
l,e:raised.at.s/.. 'od.- interest iiniait**Y 101/. be.:
ing bear I per cent. under the regtilar 'interest of
money in that country. In submitting to' the
CoMmittee certain duties -Which, he had to .pro-
pose, as a previous understanding had been had
that in any difference of opinion Which might
arise, it would be more convenient to diScuSs on
a future occasion, Ile- presumed they *mild not be-
debated, now:, He mention:A this, not that he
wished, sbould be se. for. -his own sake, but to
.
account tor his not going so holly tato some parts
of the subject as he might otht•rWise.have done.
.He should propose in some measure, to as'simi-
late the Irish duties to these .of England: His
Right Hon. Friend near him, in proposing. an in 7
Crease of 25 percent. on English Customs'lluties,
brought
,forward such reasons' in--favour .of • that
proposition, as had induced the House to eon-
cur
with him In thinking
kit ought to be adopted.
These reasons (with smite exceptions) were in a
great degree applicable to Ireland. It was there-
fore his intention to propose that an additiOn of
25 per cent.. should he made to the Irish Customs,
on all goodS, wares, and merchandise imported,.
With the exception of coffee, silk (raW 6r Manufao-
tured), tea, salt, sugar, tobacco, rine, and cotton
W 001... These he exempted from the generaljeso-
lotion ; but he bud it it, contemplation to increase
the duty•On tobicco. The addition he proposed
to make would amount to a penny and alraction.
(near a peony halfpenny) per pound. o 4 coffee he
should' propoe an , addition of one penny per lb.
The, Committee were aware' that the duty on tea
id England amounted 'to 961. on every 1001. and
to 93/. in Ireland. It had heed his intention .to
make the duty 'on tea im Ireland the same as in
England ; but, on reflection, conceiving the diffe-
rence had been made to cover the insurance and
and carriage' expences incurred in , conveying
it ,to Ireland, he had thought' it. would, be un-
fair to take this allowance away, and liad tliere-
fore abandoned the idea. The next article which
though left out of the general resolution, he orog
posed to make some addition to, he did not expect
would be carried without opposition. This was
an additional duty on wines imported. The ,'last
increase, of duty on wines was made in 1810,.wheu
tin addition of.lBl. 103. was laid. on Vrencli wines
imported, and of P2l. on others. It might he ar-,
goed, that-front the diminution of, the-prodirce of
this duty, it was clear the consumption had been.l
,greatly affected by this measure, and that there
fore aftirther increase of dqty could not be pro-
ductive. He,, however, was of opinion, that it
Would not be 'quite unfair to argue on the 'ether
side, that th.3se who, notwithstanding the increase
of duty in 1810, continued to consume French;
wines, mut be
,persons in such affluent circum-
staitees that it was not likely they would he de-
terred from taking them, oy the duties being ad-
vanced about one-third of the difference at present •
existing. between the Irish and British duties.-,--
The duty in Ireland was at present '321. per toh,
fir St. 10s. the hogsheatt of claret. The additional
duty, proposed .to be laid on, it was calculated,
would not be felt to be very considerable, The
present Consume' s he conceived to
.be a class of
persons *very different from thoSe who werede-
ti.-rred front consuming French wines.by the duties •
imposed in 1810. They Must be persons in af,'
.ffuent,circuntsiances, and it was but fair that the .-
burthens of the State should be thrown on the
consumers of luxuries, as far as this could be clone
without injuring the
,consumption of, the, articles:
which were taxed. The Committee would agree,
with biotin this, as such. had ever been' the prae-
tice and the policy of Parliament'. next prop
position was to raise Ole Tates of the ExeiseDuties,, .
He should propose an additional duty of ss. per,
.barrel on Malt. He was aware this would appear
ai that which would indirectly injure the Irish
Breweries ; this, however, he thought guarded.
iagainst by the duty imposed last,-year on Spirits.
Its etrect would be to make on Beer tin increase
of abrmt 113. '6d. per barrel, 4id. per gallon; -or
la, per quart ; while ,the duty. paid in England.
was 11. ss. per barrel, 91d. per gallon, or 44..
per quart. The whole of the English and Irish
duties were in the`'sathe proportion ; and While
in Ireland but half the ditty was paid which 'was
levied in England, 'he could .not think the Irish

Breweries would he in danger.of The pro-
pOsed increase of duty would not make the duty
more than half what wa-slat present paid in Eng--
hind, therefore he was satisfied the measure could
not be dangerous. He now came to propose some
additioual Tegulations of the Post-rates in Ire-
land. In these a defalcation. had been experi-
enced. It was impossible to argue that the 'great
towns could be so much affected by the rate of Nit-
age as to have caused this falhog off in the revenue,
and in fact it had been discovered, that it arose from
the communications,by the post between the capital
and towns not very, 'emote from it,- being les!
frequent than formerly. This probably arose
from the facilities their situation afforded them of
sending letters by private hands, and by. various
conveyances. To conoteract this, he proposed to
reduce the postage of all tenets to or from towns
nearthe capital, so as to bring it back to what it
was at the thue of the Union. The lowest rate
of postage was two-pence, and this he intended
should be the rate of postage paid on all letters
within ten miles of Dublin. His plan was to'
tom"' the rates of postage progressively for fifty
miles round, and beyond distance to increase
them in proportion. The Nit subject with yespect-
to which he should propose any addition or alte-
ration, was what were called the Assessed Taxes
of Ireland ; he meant the rates paid on wißdows,
male servants, horses, and carriages: At'present
bouses, containing six windows were taxed in
cEonngtlaiinnuls;evinn a
Ireland, no boase which did'' not
taxed. - He, did-not at present
intend to alter, the scale in this respect, bat a
house which had. seven`` windows and which at
present paid 15s. 9d. he proposed to make pay
17s. 6th 11. being paid for the same-lumber iii
England. Those having eight- Windo'ws paid at
present I/. is. He proposed to athiance,this rate
to V. 45.; 11. 13s.,being paid for the same in this
Country. Advancing the rates thus progressively
up to fourteen WindmVs, he, as houses having that
number were generally held by perans mostymm-
petent to pay taxes, should propose to raise the
rate, at present 31. Bs. 2d. in Ireland, and in Eng-
land 61, 3s. 7d. to 41. 4s. He wished the rate to.
be thus nth,' auced in Ireland, always being In the
.

• itame proportion under that paid•in Englabd. *This •
increase of duty, he calculated, would produce
.25 per cent. on the whole -tax, withoth.toriehing '
houses containing so few windows as, six. With
respect to; male servants, the rate at present" paid-
.on one inlreland was 1/. Is the rate in England
being W. Ss,' He did not think the poverty of the
country such that it was necessary but I/. ls.
should be paid there foraa servant; while 2/. S. -
.was paid in this country. In
,England, the rate
paid on two.serVants was al. 2S. in Ireland it was
1/. 118. 6d. ' He proposed to raise the rate for one
servant from 11. Is. to 1/. tOs. ; for,twO.servants„
from 11. 1 Is. 6d. to 2/. anti so on tii eleven
ser-
..vants,, on which the rate was at present 41. which. •
he proposed to' adVance to ;74: now came to
describe the increase of dilty which he bad to
propose on Horses.. On this subject,. ti.t
Hon. Gentleman observed, that In England, the
rate paid on one horse was 21.175. 6d. in Irelluld
it was but
.15s.- The dtity on two in Ireland was -
1.75. in England it, amounted. to 4/. 14s: He
thought of advancing the rate to be paid, for one
to 11. 10s. for,two to 21. and so onin proportion
keeping the rate always far below that paid in
Great Britain, and of this alteration, no man who •
• considered the.subject fairly could,complain. For
carriages, the arrangement he had to propose Was
this.: -At present, the tint), paid on 'one carriage in
Ireland was .81. 8.3.' he .should propose to rai,e it
to 101, 10s. which was mtach less than was paid in
England. While ,81. Bs, was. paid .for one cur-
riage, of two paid but 71. s. mch.
This ;Ind been so atranged with a view to increase
;fie duty,,,as if any one were likely to set up, a se-
cond carriage for the advantsage of Paying 71. is,
on two, instead of„$1.: Bs. on One. 'al.'s; how-
ever, was the plan on which the author of the tax
hail wished it to proceed, and in purstian6e of
it, the owner of three carriages paid only. 61. (is.
each, the owner of tour 51.013., each, and all who
kept above tour, ~as if the means of -paying taxes
dimiuisheci in proportion. as ability, to keep car. .
riages• was 'developed,. paid but. 4/. 4s. for each.
carriage ! • This, he thought, extremely unfair;
and the regulation wbich should propose to,
remedy the evil was simply this, that a rate of
10/. lba. should be paid on every carriage. This.
was the general purport of the resolutions he
to propose. They woultLbe found more distinctly •
to explain his view's. He should abstain nt present •
from enlarging on,the subject. He concluded by,
moving his- first Resolution, ".1 hat a sum not ex- •
ceediug 2,000,0001. be raised,, by way of loan,
for 'the serwiee of Ireland.." .

Sir J. NEWPORT ,expreised satisfaction at the
terms of the loan, hut objected to the new atities
on tobacco, wine, and malt, which, as wellas the tax.
on carriages, be thought it would not be found,
productive.

Mr. W. FITZGERALD thought it would not be
quite right to oppose, the propositions.be had to
sUbinit to them, because they were objectionable;
it could hardly he expected thati in, the present
state of things, .any man could propose.' taxes
which Would be whqly unobjectionable ; it -was
sufficient for him if .he could spew the duties he
proposed were less obnoxious than others would
be, and he thought they would prove More pro-
ductive than the Right Honourable Gentleman
.expected.. . •
Mr. TIGHE spoke against the duties on Malt
and' Wine.

The 'Resolution was then agreed to, the. House
*resumed, and the Report of the Committee was
ordered to be received on Monday.
Mr. Lustit'goTow brought up the Report of the
Committee on the Sugars of Martinique. The
Resollitions were agreed to, with one alteration,-
(ten shillings being substituted for twelve shillings
and sixpence on clayed sugars), and a Bill was or-
dered ad6ordingly.

On tlic motion of Mr. GRVDTAN, the HonsA
went into a Committee, pro forma, on 0* Ro-,
man CathoJic Relief Bill. The Chairman .-
parted progress, and obtained leaVe to sit again
on Monday.
The Report of the American Prizip‘ Bill was
brought up, and the 13111 ordered to be read a third
time on Monday.
Mr. O'HARA' postponed his motion respecting,
Irish' Finance to Wednesday. AdjOurned.

His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has
been graciously pleased in the name and on the
behalf of his Majesty, to give and grant unto Sir
James Craufurd, of Kerse, in the county of Ayr,
Baronet, and alsO to his only surviving uncle,
Quintin Craufurd, Esq. 'and to Charles Cratifurd,
Esq. a Lieptenant-General in the army, only stir-
"viving brother of the said Sir James Craufurd, and
to Charles Cranford, Robert Cranford, and Alex-
ander Cranfurd, minors, sons of Major-Generar,
Robert Crauftird, late brother of the said Sir Jame!
Craufurd, who fejt glorionsly as lie was leading his
division to the assault of Ciudad Rodrigo, on the
19thjanuary, 1812, his Majesty's Royal License
anthAuthority, that they and their issue may re-
spectively assume and use the stn name of Gregan,
in addition to and before that of Craufurd ; in me-
mory of their descent from Sir Gregan Craufurd,
(which Sir Grcgan was descended from the ancient
'Lords of Craufurd, in the county of Lanark,)
'the celebrated., Scottish Chieltahi of the twelfth
century, the friend and companion in arms of Da-
vid I. King of Scotland, whose life he saved
On Holyrood Day, ;A. 11. 1128 ; in commemora-
tion of which action King Dlivid founded Holy-
rood A:bbey,.now Holyrood House, as appears by
aeerteiotiteiaatn, bearingtheedantler rfit t On 2.2(1ee Lord Lyon
of s,
recorded in his Majesty's College of t ,
l'Andon.

- • T Polacca on the
single and double Ilugeolet, .on Mr,- PARRY p.3YeG a very s
night,
j3llVille aeAditinliimse'nstiY,6
t e
ed quite charmed, particularly with- his exquisite
skill apt' execution on the doable flageolet, which
we understand vv•it;,s:e.
had no
o BMtt'Dconception GI nhatitisloci
soft an instrument could be so distinctly heard in
so large a place as Drury 'Lane is,—Mr. P. 'was'
accompanied on the-piano-forte by Mr. BaanAm,
and the Violoncello by Mr MASON, in a very ex-
cellent manner. The audience testified their op-
probatipn by repeated•barsts of applause.

We this day lay before the 'public copious ex-
tracts from French Papers tothe 12th, received last
nio-ht and wntaining details of the military ope-
rations on opening the campaign, andof the battle
tnzen, as reptn ted by the enemy, Consider-
ing the superior iniportance of misrepresentation
sad dereptien to BuovAPARTF, at this moment, it
is not too flinch to say, tbat these ttpcn nuts ought
to be rifeeiveti with even .greater allowances for•ex-
agg..cration than are generally tine toTaidlic re) acity.
Eat taking his statements As sernething resem-
bling truth, the fallowing- Nil ill he found to be the
utmost of his claims ; and referring to fOrmer oe-`

- LOtit)ON:
At the titim OlrYl

An.interestiog debate took place in the fionge
of Lords yesterday ; we shall offer a few observa,
tions npon it On Monday.

,otEd 115, ThONTAS WOOD, of No. 112, Strand; and Puntisli
ics, NO; 112, Strand, where Adrixtisements, Prden