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London, England, 1809-05-25 00:00:00

The Might onourable Gentle/tan took a VieWisf a 'ltlika.ibifueneo *l:7 'l' e':-as ustirpOtl froth -Y •
the state of the -finances _of Ireland, .maintainfigthat . Board 'oil Ir 'c 1
&and by the Loecl'Lie .• tCi ghat unstan f,
there was no fall in the revenue,..with the.exception ; Country; inr
of that which torift place in the Excise, and which the;Treosury
the Gtspesal of fines' and
revenue
. A
I- system ;in
in the revenue antis from
was owing to the operation of a measure which* he = thatcirivinsTtstancesand it.could not be prevented until
had uniformly resisted, namely, the stoppage of the sinter
its coinciernis‘
distilleries. In the Customs,, the Stamps, Ille Past efficient as that of England, or entirely abolihed, and
e Te Nry Board of Ireland was rendered as ~
Office, and the other branches of Irish revenue, there • placed„upder the superintendence of the
had been rather an increase than-a diminution of
produce. He had also the satisfaction to state to ng 1 i
.reasiiry. He did not mean to say-that
- Ireland °tight to be Ott on a system of taxation. .'
the Committee, that the balances in the hands of the
Ccilleaors, the amount of which. bad given rise to equal:to this country; but ifan alteration in the pte,..
sent disposal of Treasury influence took place in Ire
such well-founded complaint, had, within the year,
been considerably reduced, that amount having been land, he coriteived. it would. completely relieve that
country front the oppressive system of taxatietsunder
in January, 1808, 355,0001. anti in January last which she now laboured. The Hon. Geeileinatt
bitty 2,50,0001, making ~.a difference of 105,0001. conducted by expressing his doubtras to the efficacy
This reduaion lie ascribed to the propriety and ener-
gy'of the system aded upon in the revenue depart- - of those legislative measures which the Right Hon:
• Gentleman opposite so sanguinely waited the
t0,,10 r 1
ment, which was much superior to, any thing ever
amelioration of Ireland's interest.
.
witnessed before. With regard to the general. state . ,
. .
of the revenue, he was enabled to say, that the otti- ' Mr. FOSTER said, that the meesnre which lie pro- .
, ~
ctal value of exports and imPorts had materially in- pesed•fer the advantage of' Ireland, v.eis one- which,
wll3 prataiCally good •; while,:on the ,other :.h.--ind•
creased; and that Of the imports the principal article
formed the great staple of the country. Within the whatever benefits lay in the measure proposed <<i.
last year a greater tplantity of yards of linen had been . that Howe by the Hon. Gentleman,. could.' enlytie.'
exported fromlreland than for any preceding year seen 10:theory.
ratter a few farther observations from Sir-J,, New-
on record, with the exception of a
to
period, . „s , ,
PORT, 2/1d AU. VOSTER, the rtliOlUtionS, being pot,
in the
_course of whiCh, owing to casual enemas-
were'carried in 'the affirioative.• The House thee
stances, a considerable exportation had taken place.
The Committee must be happy to learn that the resunied,,and the report was ordered to be received
price of this article, and its consequent profit to the to-morrow, . .
manufacturer, involving of course the prosperity off The Coffeeßill was read a secpnd time,- endear:l—
-the country, had aka advanced. Ilan), farther proof.;' mitted for to-nrotrow. .
- ' "
of the growing prosperity 'of Ireland were wanted, .- The Gatti:ilia" Claims 13iil was read a second titnes •
•he could Cite the stale of the Excitant); which had and.committed for Friday.. , , , , .
been, for the greater part 'of the last year, even less .
'.., IRISH DISTILLERIES.
than par; _thus „flbrdiug .an evidence that ttioney. -
was rather going into the country than coming out !., The House haviegazonts nut; a Committee on the
of it. Therefore, taking the tea, sts.to the export' Irish Distillery Regolation'llill.
of the great Staple.. comtnolity of ,;tire country, , Mr. FO'STEtt teinaLltecl on the various a lauses of
together with the s'peculative point as 'to .:
the -enaartient in the Bid, and submit!ed to the Coin
Exchange, he felt himasif warranted ,in ose. i.l), , mittee an amendment whibli he wished to lotroduce.
ferences he had nientioned a..; to Ilib improved state le Sir J. Naweotur, after commenting on the °attire
pf Ireland. Still, as we were in a state.of war, it iof the Right -Hon. Gentleman's Anse:ailment pro-
was upon a fell consideration of .tits qoestion deem- ! prised another to the effect of d,scontiouing the
ed more advisable to raise the Supplies by. I.;oan, bounties hitherto granted to large distillers'.
leaving it to he provided for in a 'hoe of peace, than L. Mr. F.os•entes.Ainetidruent Was put and carried.
to take from the capital of the country which was so •
7
requisite for the support of it* agriculture and mann- , . A discussion ensued upon that proposed by Sir 1.
Newport.
factures, that which was required for thecuitent 1 Mr. koneissoat said, he could not agree with
expences of the -year. This system ol'l.oans must, .. the Right Hon, Baronet on this Aniencment, as it
ruidoubt, .serve to at gmcot the debt of Ireland,
which he was free to admit, was already stupendous. ~. would, if carried, iuspend all inducement to tiro
.great diStiller in the purchase .of corn, and collse-
It 4ould, in' fad, at the end of the_ present year fluently Ito prejudicial to the agricultural intelets of
ai•nisuetto no less than 'B9 millions, which was, in the country.
faa; a greater suns than it was once supposed; that . Colonel Haney, Mr. D. Browne, and Mr. MI,
Ireland could subsist under, lint its fesuurces
• time
spoke
.against the amendment of the Right flee-
had proved, considerably to exceed the calculatious Baronet. • ,
..'J. Latouche, Mr. Barnard, W.
of' its. friends or its enemies, and he had no doubt, ''
Mr.. French, Il,lr
that with attention Gild good management, those re- i Parnell, and Mr..o',Hara, gave it their supped.'
sources would be still further improved, while its 4 division then toek place. , -' - • .
-burthens might be ditninished. The Right Hon. For the Amendment -. f:, '" 21. • "' '
Gentleman bore testimony to the great at tention,paid ' Agaiust it ' 73
to the interests of Ireland within the present ties- _ Majuritj against - ..41
sion. 'He particularly instanced the case with te- The Committee afterwards divided oil a cl"°'
garcl to. the bounty upon flax seed, which was so D x
ivlr. vR 1,
proposed by aENCH, to exempt flee the parish
well 'calculated to benefit both the tigriculture and .
manufactures of Ireland ; rind alto the measure front double penalties.
Ayes : :32
adopted for reclaiming the brigs of !Lai country,
Noes
front which be expetted the mast beneti9ial reiitiltu,
Mujoi ity —lO
especially its the providing of-soil for the growth Of
hemp and flax: The Right Honourable Gentleman Strangers, were
..not again admitted. The Bill
congratulated the Committee, that *although- in a
,passed the Committee. Report to be received this
state of war, it was found practicable' to-provide for day.—Adjourned, at Two o'clock. • . ..- ..
. ,
the quota of Irish contribution without the imposi-
tion of any new tax. Recurring to the terms of the
Loan, the Right Honourable Gentleman; ashserved,
that although the legal interest. in 'lreland-was 61. per
cent. the Loan fat that country was . obtained at so
reduced an interest, as 41. 13s. to. per cent. This
the Right Hon. Gant. described at a most grateful'
-circumstance for the empire, , but especially for the
centemplation .of Ireland, as it clearly roattifestsd
the importance of its credit. -
The only instance in which the Revenue hsd fallen
was that of. the Excise, ,whiCh he considered as the
consequence of the Aa.for prohibiting Distilleries in
Ireland • ha. had anticipated. the remit, but the
House (lad. differed from him -in 'opinion, and the
failing off:in-the Revenue, which he Spokerif, was
the consequence. The readiest way to restore the
Revenue was to repeal that Aa; for he did trot think
the people ought to be burthened with a new tat to
make up that defalcation. The' Hon. Gentleman
then proceeded. to state; that • the balances in the
hands of the Collectors had decreased more than
one hundred:thousand poundslin the hist year. The
Revenue, far from being neglected, had baen better
at tended to tliil IV 1) ef 401‘)Fe;, (t: 4ceptiag ',in thei in-
atatice beforealteded to), -while the exports and the
'imports. oclrelatid wore constantly increasing. But
were a proof wanting of the :growing aflluenoe of
trelancf,it, would
,he sufficient Cur Gentlemen to
took at the "Exchange, where it .would, be found
'more money. was crow:4llly coming in than went
oto. The initioual drstri of Ireland he. stated .to be
, -
70,00,000,1. at . pte.6l4at,' which by the end 61 :the
, , „.
session w'uto amount to 8t,001),0001.. .Theloan,
he had the satislattion to. &lOW to the Committee,
'teas in the 64, which the ,011140. AS the 31 per cent,
'cif ;England, so that the whole charge to the country
was Lt. 17s. tad.lor the loan of a million 'and a-
,
quarter. . . . . • •
. .
-Sir JOUN NI3W. PORT, in a apeech.of some length,'
controverted several of the Right Hon. Gentleman's.
Statements, He thought hint too sanguine in his,
expeCtations, but-wished lie might find himself fins.'
taken. He lamented That the ordersiesued by tho
Duke of Bedford, 'when-he was Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, bad not been follotved up., . The. Hon. Ba-
ronet proceeded to, recommend economy in the ad
fairs *of Ireland, and concluded by giving as variety,
of statements to point out sundry defalcations in the
Riivernie.., . ,
. Mr. ,FOaTE;t: replied to the principal points in 'the
Hen. Balonet'a, speech, and corrotted some of bis
giatementa. , : . ..
A short explanatory conversation. took plate be.
(WCOII Sir Jr. Newport eras) Mr. Fester. .
Mr. PAltitit.4.l. aaid•kfew word% on the subjea of
the' Pest-office Revenue in. Ireland, :the gross .amount
of wI,,S lie stated to be for the.last year 108,0001;
but is cortequence of dedualons arising out of-ex-
.
peoces out .that establishment, conne.led withalifftsr-'
vitt boards, the nett produce to the public was not'
ine,c4Ra3,(l9stl. , The Hun. -Member reprobated

GIBIi4Z.I'AR.

Arun. 97.—IrestertOy *the Lucifer Bomb Vescel
arrived here in twelve-days' from Cagliari, with dio'•
patches. for England.-.4helalta convoy, of 30.533,
for England, is now in
,sight o'. the flock.
We have intelligenceirom Catalonia, of the lath,
which is highly favourable. Sr. C/a's 21111 Y h"
been iso harrassed and- reduced by a series of.11,1(011
.skirmishes, than he is prepaiing either fo.ev.tcuine
thatcountry, or to talteshelter in Barcelona.
MAY t..--The accounts from Catalonia coutia;'ll,'
to be'eitremely favour4ble. " Every day the
•aa'airs improve, and I am more anti "more con,ineo
that the French will ultimately .fail in their de'6os
upon alit country. The atrocities contittiltcd,ll
the French daily increase this deadly hatred.
they Spared. from, policy, but:ever -where else then'
abuse all the. women who have the miulbru'"e
fall in their way. They plunder every thjog tltaC
they can carry Otf. Most of the villages are, larA.
-ever, itserted as they approach. Tile men 01;
up arm., and the women dritc off the "tile t°

mountains.
The Supreme Central Junta has at length Os°
`on a measure which can hardly fail et entually to" 3
forth all the energies of which Spain is snieeptible
that of assembling the Cortez. This clarititotianJ
assein43ge, winch for more than a Ceillt/11 105 e/tt;
Wed hnt in name, having had no other tuu:.l►Ulis. St
perform Ina that. of registerng Royal
now, it is to be hoped, assert its power,,o.`
chic them tar the benefit of thalicunntry.

BIRTHS'.
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On Votulav, at Recigrave,liall. Suir4lk, the Lad)'
At of
h wo, at a Daughter.
-Oa i'Lwaday,' at Pimlico Ludo, Mrs. Elliot, of a V3Pgh-
ter.

fMRR/RD. of
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Lately, at St..Xlary; Newington,. Mr. .elmsti3n
ClAytop, 'near Manchester, to hi ary Ann, -ettlest cLinstit''
Mr. Samuel Dixon, of Will worth Terrao.

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