The Sun.
London, England, 1815-06-17 00:00:00

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':at :115,04i.. If lie hail -not gone I, farther, teas
trom ao apprehension that he might defeat
the:lit-venue, instead of add to it.—(Hear
:toot wit,. on di at priaciple, but Email an opinion
too. inipoliev Of swelling the expenee at legal
sfrOceeding-s, he had avoided any interference with
lancetamps ; ,hirt -prisons with had looked into the
Acts Which had been lately carried thrOngh, Would
see that great pans lord been taken to Make the
_cheeks more effectnal in the Offices of Courts of
justice thaw they hail, hitherto _l3-eel) Frotn the
a.tacration of these checks, he Iniped for a very
good return, itud he r epeated that the incleased
datita alone lie should estimate at a low valita-
lioaeas productive of 45,0001. Villten,in the last
to he had the honour, on an occasion like the
reseat, to submit •to Parliament those -
Li'
which he thihight best to meet the }amid
irx•zaitcy, he ha:l, as the Committee would recol-
raised the Custom Unties of Ireland- to an
'equal rate with the permanent and wair duties of
#treat. lira-lit united. There • bad been but one
CNCIII %doll made, and that on an article whiCh lie
did oot expect to he very productive—that article
r,a silk. He had been of opinion, that in con-
sideratioa of the stare of the manufacture in !re-
lator, if would have been inexpedient at dial tittle
to have equalized
.the duticS. Ito the Act that hail
just passed, a rovision for their grpdual augmen-,
tatioo had been matte ; an additional duty of 2s.
;01. per pound only would attach in 'the present
-tear, heieg one-third of the difference between
the British and Irish rates; and a duty equal to :
.that now imposed will attach at two successive
periods, namely, in 1817; and in 1820, making
the whole Import Doty as it now stands in Great •
Bri'ain. He hoped that this progressße arrange-
w=ould satisfy the silk-inerchants and manu-
facturers_ in Dublin ; he had in some degree do-
parted from -the principle upon which he was
aware that Parliament had wished to act-e-with
the protection, however, which th,e increased
coUroervailing duty would afford, besides the ad-
telorem ditty n•hk7 WOUld still he paid in Ireland,
he was confident that those concerned in that
blaucihof ttade had eo right to fear apprehension
pr to complaint. Perhaps he had dwelt longer on
ioeicahan tnight be deemed necessary, but he
wished to give th s explanation on account of. the
failaeies which had been circulated in Irelaiurre-
Sp,ettote it, and the Committee would see that he
vas more anxious for the principle thanamreason-
able in his estimate of the produce. He had also
.proposed to make the Import Ditty on British
Bops equal in amount to the intcried ExcisePtityi
in Great Britain. The do! on roreivi Hops is
nearly eggiealent to a prohibition, they not being
allowie!" to go into consumption in Ireland, except
when British llops.are at a very high price. :rile-
additice, this year is hilt three farthings per pound;
etc did not expect that the addiitional duty on hops
and silk would yield him more than 15,0001. He
had follo.ttri the example of- his Right Hon.
Friend-(Mr. Vansittart) in the Act which had
kept the duties On tobacco in Ireland concurrent
with those in this courtly. The increased Custom
Vey out this article he estimated at 67;5001. that
of E, vise at 72,5001. This estimate he. took on
an average con,umption of five millions and a
half ptsunds xveight,beio'g the quantity-upon which
duty was paid on an average of the Ist three •
year. Six millions had been the cotoomptioo in
former years, but he preferred being within limits
in eltis sta'ernent. It will be seen (and it is no
unirJnort,oi consideration), that even with the
iuertased duty the price to tiL2 consamer is less
than it has heeo for the last two year 3, owing to
the reoenell of ooreuimiroinications with those
State. from •iticlotve derived mil. sepply. Ho ex-
peered that the increased Ditties o Tobacco
won d yield an animal revenue of 140.0001. The
Pets which-had passed for impos;ife, An additional
'Mali Duty_ were already in operation, and he
hoped that the success of that meaore would not
be less than resolted from the former. increase
Which he nod the luniour to propose. 'lle Malt
Duty in the year 1812 had yieldcd3o4,oool. ; in the
year ending sth Jan. last the, produce had been •;
590,0001. being 191,0001. above what it bad been
estivrated to yield. By the Act of the present Sessiou
an additional ilittj, of 4s. 4d. per hand, had been
impoyd, making (on a calculation of corresponding
tyleasures) the Ma-lt Duty the same in England and
Ireland, which the Committee arc aware exceeds
the Scotch Ditty. He thought he might fairly esti-
mate the produce of this Tax at 150,0001. The
ateKt source of supply to which he had to recur,
was the Distillery. The House probably would
riot have acquiesced, and he, was sure the country
wound have objected to so great an augmentation
of the Malt Duty, if it told not been intended to
preserve that relation bet Ween the Duties affect-•-
ing malt and spirituous ligt;iars which had hither-
to been the paiiey of Parliament to- preserve, and
which Oil every public principle, he was anxious
to adhere to. It had been truly objected; both
by the trade and a Right Hon. Friend 'of his,
whonhhe saav opposite to hint, that without a pro..
portionate increase of the duty' n spirits, this in-
direct tax on the breweries must 'operate to their
discouragement, and to that consequent consump-
tion of spiritous liquors which he certainly should
deprecate in comparison with,that which was so
mach more salutary for the people. He was, in-
deed, only deterred by the fear of offering too
bigh, a premium to that worst, and unhappily too
lii evalent bane of his country, (he meant illicit
distillation)—(Hear !)—from imposing additional
duties on spirits far higher titan those which are
Proportionate to, the tholes on malt. He should
move in the Committee a resolution of sixpence
per gallon on all-spirits distilled in Ireland, mak-
ing the entire duty Gs. British per gallon. Act-
ccoefing to due present low price of grain ia
land; that quantity may be still sold at 10s. and
yerhap if that price were to continue, he, should
be the 'first to.sity that it was
.greatly lower than
it ought to be, at hen we looked to, the morals and
the p:acelid habits of the people. He believed the
consomed in Ireland, to
number of gallousaunnaily
be, 011 apt average, 5 millions and an half, which
'would vield a revenue of about 140,0001. He would
estimate, however, its yearly prodnce at I 10,0001.
thereby m:-thing full allowance for any decrease in
consumption by increase of price. To his next
prhpositiou he was sure there could he no ohjec- •
lion, not even trom the trade, whom it would.
immediately affect. The act of last year imposed
ins all stilts an increase of 23 per cent. on the