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PATENT BEDSTEADS A.ND TABLES.
:DUTLER's,Furnisliing.Upholstery, and 'Clibingt
Ware- roams'and Nlanufactorv, Nos.f.t3 and I.i, Cathe.'
title Street. - A large assortment ''or articles of
.the newest,
.neatest, and most oeconotineal Fashions, of Well seasoned
materials, and excellent workmanship, with several int.'
ptovements.
'BUTLER respedfully relies on the good discernment of
the Public, that-they will aee through the paltry devices
and insinuations opposed to him and counterfeiting his arti-
cles. It is well kkoWn that 13 tre Lett, has' two patents, one
for Tables,, the other for Bedsteads; the principle of the first
is applicable to almost all kind:: of .Tables, and:is allowed to
he a great improvement ; it senders them more convenient
for Houses, and much mare portable. The principle of the
other is applicable to most kinds of Bedsteads, as Tour Post,
Tent, Sofa, and Chair Beds, which latter are singularly use-
ful in sickness, and each 'when shut up, make a handsome
piece of furniture for a Sitting Room, Dressing' Room, &c.
The Four Post and Tent Beds go together in all pans with
brass, and are fixed with much ease without the help of
tools or tacks or nails in the furniture, and are very portable.
Phnicular kinds of the above, adapted for Gentleinen of the
Army and Navy, and hot climates, also portable Chairs, &c.
Bu 1-LEK'S 'Patent Nl.anufaetures have been graciously pa-
thinized by the King, Qieen, and Royal Family, and ,ho-
noured by orders from numbers of the Nt.kbility and Gentry,
and have been highly approved of in the East anti West
Indies : the merit of the Articles have tints met with la-
./curable encouragement, and for which he returns hisgrate-
ful acknowledgments, and cannot but notice the kind Of-
fices of some others, who fix up large Sign-Boards, with
Be TLER'S name inscribed, which may help also to promote
his Business, or should it, be designed otherwise, he, by the
permission of Providence, manufadures and sells his Supe-
rior Four-post and other Beds, excellent Dining Tables, and
Cabinet Articles as above, namely, Catherine-street,S doors
from the Strand, a Brick front House, where he has.cOn-
struded several Tools and Machines for working the saute,
and hay otherwise beep at considerable expence to bring them
to' that utility and degree of perfection at \vhich they now
are. At the same place may be had every Article for the
completely Furnishing Houses. N.B. For Exportation. -

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A NGIBAUIi'." LOZENGES of BLOIS are a
Most pleasant and efnelual Remedy for Coughs, Colds,
anti Disorders of the Lungs._
.By.their shcathimi quality they
quickly remove Catarrhs, or trovblesoine tickling Coughs,
And .ailard• great relief in Sore Throats, Soreness of the Breast,
and Asthmatic Complaints.
Sold by A ppointment.of the Proptiflor, in Boxes, price
is. i d. each, duty included, by Mr. Newbery; No. 45, St.
Paul's; Mr. Golding, No. 42, Cornhill ; Mr. Tutt, at Ore,
Royal Exchange; Messrs. Bayley and Blew', Cockspur-
street ; Mr. Wade,__ Old Bond-strect ; Mr. Jeboult, No. 150,
and Mr. I'idding, No. 76, Oxford:street.; Mr. Wahl, Np. 324 v
Holborn; and M. Clarke, No. 269, BUI-011/..11.

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IMPERIAL PA 'ZL,I_III,IENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS:

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3.
SIR J. COX Hi r PESLEY reported. from the Com.:
mittee appointed to try and determine the mcriis
of the Petition complaining of an undue Eietrtion
for the City of Coventry, that PETER MOORE,
was duly eleAed, and that the Petition Was
,not.
frivolous or vexatious.

The Report of the Mutiny Bill was brought tr,,,
and agreed to.
Mr. JOHN FANE reported from the' Committee
appointed to,try and determine -the Merit of a Peti-
tion complaining of an unclue,Eleetiin fOr the City
of London, that the present sitting Memb.ctrs were
duly eleeted, and 'that the Petition of Sir NTlLewis-
was frivolous and vexatious.

Mr. ALEXANDER brought up die Reprirt of il.ft

Committee upon the Irish • . ,
The first Resolution having been read,
Mr, CORRY tt.se to submit to the House some
obserl-atiora upon the Resoltgions which ha:l beet: •
reported to the House. It appeared to' hint neces-'
sary to do so, in ortler to convey to the 1-I,,use
knowledge of the principle upon which the schedule -
was formed., He would ,be as, succinct in his stare,
ment as was consistent with deatness of explana-
'ion, because it would be itnpOssible to enter into
a detailed discussion upon the subjed, until the
schedule was printed and in the hands of the 1./lein:.
bers of that House. There were two preliminary
observations, which he wished w make, viz. that,.
the provisions to carry this schedule into effed- be-
longed. to the Bill into
.which this schedule, if ap.
proved of by the-House, would be afterwards in..
troduced; and here he wished to 'observe, that ac..
cording to the principle always, pursued with regard
-to the duties upOn certain articles relating to t Ewe
manuladures .of Ireland, partieuially 'the Linen
Trade and the Dyers'„ though it was intended that
all those articles-should remain in the same state to
which they were, yet the freedom from thoseduties'
was not contained in the schedule, liut would be
introduced in the Bill. The other observation he
wished to make was this, that the limitati,,n in
'point of time, if any such limitation should be
thought fir, would be the subjed of a clause in the
It would-be, ,therefore, unnecessary for him
to dwell •upon these points at present,. because the
proper time for discussing 'them would be' in the
Committee on the Bill. :This schedule, which was
•calculated to promote .the .convenience of the Mee-
; chiots, and to facilitate the better collettion of the
revenue, divided itself into eight heads. The Ist
related to the imports ; the zd related to the im-
port of American articles, pursuant to the Arne;
c.'n Treaty ; the 3d, the export duties upon all
native articles of Ireland; the 4th related to the
tannage duty ; the sth to the bounties on imports
and exports ; the 6th contained the Inland Excise ;
the 7th, to the drawbacks of Excise; and
,the Bth,
to the countervailing duties, pursuant to the Aft
of Union and the Ads passed since. The schedule
related only to the Foreign Trade of Ireland, and
(lid not touch upon the trade between Gte.at Britain
and Ireland, which was regulated by the MI of
Union. Pursuant to the principles of the At of
Union, all Foreign articles imported into Ireland
through Great Britain, paid the same duties as if
imported direaly /into Ireland. This was a de..
parture from the. old system in Ireland,: There
used to be a certain rate of duty retained in _Great
Britain upon Foreign articles imported through this
country into Ireland, therefore the tlutyq.9s less titan
upon the articles coming directly into Ireland ; but
this since the Union had been abandoned. He men..
honed this because the Foreign column in the old
. schedule would not appear in the new one. It would
be found in .this. Schedule of Rates, that many ob.
solete articles bad been omitted, some articles were

taken from the Znilish Book of Races, which were
110 C in the Irish Book—So Much as to 'the .form of

the schedule. The' objea of the schedule was a
tconsolidation of the subsisting duties; and not 'an,
increase of Revenue.. He did not mean to say, that
there was no increase upon some articles, and di.
minution upon others ; but thembjea of the sche.
dule was not an increase of revenue, but a consoli.
dation of the subsisting duties, with a view to the
case of the Merchant, and the better collection of
.the revenue. In cases whAelhere were two dutiei
upon articles, fur instance of sixpence each, they
were consolidated into one duty of one shilling.
On some articles there were duties ad 'valorem, and
rated &ties, in which case the Merchant was obliged
to make a 'double entry. To prevent. this. trouble)
the duty was brotight to one denomination, viz.
-either an 'ad valorem duty or a rated duty. AnOther
thing to be observed was, that all fractions of a
penny were charged to the. nearest integer, that is
to say, if the duty was 14.. d, it was reduced to id. ; if
it was a qd. it was raised.. to 2d. ' The duties of
Customs were those subsisting under the following
Ads, viz. the 4.0 Geo. 3d, pased in the Parlia.
meat of Ireland, and since continued ; the 4t Geo,
3.1. c. 33, which related to tea, coals, and sugar;
the 42 Geo., 3.1. c.. 117, which was the 32d. per
cent. At, laying duties upon the import of Foreign
articles into Ireland; and the 43 Geo. 3, c. 92, im-
posing of to per cent. Titese Ads contained the w hole
of the import duties. The second column contained
the drawbacks relating to the transit trade of I.re."
land ; he meant Foreign articles imported into Ire.
land and then exported. The amount of this trade
was very striAll, and did not ordinarily exceed
250,0001. or 300,0001. a year. Of this, 1.59,9001.
consisted of the artiels exported to Great :Britain,
and the remainder to Foreign conntries, The win-.
ciples adopted with regaro to drawbacks were. two:
the- first was it principle that prcyailed, in Irclanti

before the Union, which was a prinelple of a. full
drawback of all duties ; and so far as the duties
of 1800 were consolidated, -the old: principle of
drawbacks was adhered to. There was another
principle of drawback, arising out of the Union;
it had been adopted by Parliament as a otins
ciple of sound policy, that whatever regolao
Lions either Country. might make internally,
with regard-to its trade, taxes, or manufaCtUres,
yet with regard to their trade. with foreign coma-
trie.:, a principle of equality should he maintained
as far as it was prafficable, in order to give, both
Countries an equal chance for the transport of their
produce and ManofaCtures. The new duties laid
on since the Union were not drawn back, because
there were corresponding duties laid on in this'
Country. In the last Session there. was,a duty
laid on in this Country of tzi per tent. Which as
it was considered as a War. Tax was not drawn
back ; there was also a duty of to per cent. laid on
, in Ireland, which was a permanent tax appropriated
to the payment of the interest of the debt, and it
was proposed to give a drawback for this to per
cent. Without troubling the House farther upon
this sublet, he would now proceed to make a few
observations upon the articles contained in the
Schedule, and he had the satisfaaion to.thiok that,
With very' few exceptions, he had met, by antici.
pation, the wishes of the Mercantile people of Ire-
land. He had received communications from the
Merchants of the great Cities of Dublin, Cork and
Waterford, and it was a great satisfaftion to know
that, generally speaking, their wishes had all been
complied with, even by anticipation. He had
• already stated Where there was an ad valorem ,and
rated duty Upon the same arriclo, they were re-
duced to the same denomination; iu these cases the
skill of the Officer making the calculation had been
relied upon, and IT arty mistake should appear, it
certainly was open to conviction. ,Some foreign
mantifadures would be found to he raised, such as
cotton, muslin, and things of that sort, in order to
proted the'British' and Irish Manufactures in the
consumption of Ireland, There "was one article of
importance, upcn which he wished th say a few
words, he meant the Newfoundland Fishery, with
regard to 'which the import duties were greater
than those in 'this Country. But now the New-
foundland F‘ish came into Ireland not only cloy-free
till 1808, but received a bounty till May next.
The
,duties upon the ithportation of oil and blubber
were greater in Ireland than in Great Britain, but
they wereenoi, made the same, and ,ir was his in-
tention to propose
.that this trade' should be put
upon the same fonting with resped to both Coon.:
tries.. It would be. observed that the duty upon
coffee- was nearly doubled, but that arose from this
circumstance : the custom duty was 6d. and 'the
Excise duty 6d. but as the latter was badly col.
levied, the Custom duty was raised to t rd. leaving
the Excise duty only id. for the purposes of regu-
lation. Drugs were an article of great importance,
and from the smallness of their, hulk and the great-
ress,of their value, aff.rded great "opportunities of
smuggling : the duty upon them was from leo to
200 per cent. that duty' was now reduced in order
to take away the temptation of smuggling. The
drugs imported for the purpose of the manu-
fadures and the dying trade would, in the pro-
irisions 'of the Biii, be petfealy free , from duty.
With rcspea to the article of wood, the duties were
coosolidated, and not raised. The rates
wsre n o -s:-enaled. its point of duty, but in point of
toe so tiro st ions the d;m2nsicins. •In the article
o S..vts acre, w:s 'a rt-dufii,n, as it was much
usot in roe provistoo trade of Ireland. This trade,
lie was sotry to state, tow stood in need of assist-
aece, but be hoped that the languor of it Was only
occast anal, anti not permanenf.• With regard ro
the ride of Foreign Silt, the House would per-
ceive that the rate of duty upon Solt was charged in
Ireland by the bushel, which was less than the Win-
chester bushel. This mode of discharging that
• artic.e admitted orgreat variation indifferent Ports,
ard great advantage could be given to the Importer
. by Laving it pressed and heaped in the measure.
This Was, not only the case in different Ports, but
sometimes there was a considerable difference in the
• adtneasurement even in the same Port, perhapS from
the ineorreaness of the Offtser. It was ,now proa
posed that it should be discharged by' weight, and
not by measure. The weight of the Winchester
bushel was 841 h. upon •which there was a duty Of as.
It was, now proposed that it should be dischaTged
by the bushel of 561 b. in the same manner as the
British SAt imported into Ireland. It then became
necessary to redcce the duty in. the same proportion,
and upon the most •exat-t calculation it was found,
that by a proportionate reduaion the ditty ought- to
be Is. 7d. With resped to Saltpetre, it stood as
it did laSt Session, when the duty was reduced from
7s. 63. to 3d. the cwt. By the 43 Geo. 111. there
la as a duty laid on the article of Provisions going
to Foreign Countries of 4 per cent,. : to this ,duty
British Provisions were subjeEt. But previous to
this duty, there wan an old subsisting duty lipon
the extort of Provisions from Ireland, so that in
fat there was a greater duty upon Irish provisions
than upon British. This inequality it was now
• 'proposed to reduce, so as to put both. Countries on'
equal terms. Tlie'ohje'a of the next article of the
Schedule was, to carry into effed the American
Treaty, and the regulations were the same for both
Countries, with this 'exception, that the Counter-
. vailing Duties laid on Parnerican Tonnage in this
Country was not adopted in Ireland. The old.
Export Duty on the export of native Articles from
Ireland was made in general' the same to all parts
of the world, and the Bounties on Imports and Ex-
ports remained the same. With regard to the Draw-
backs upon Sugar, it was''necessary to observe that
• the Sugar Duties in England were made annual, in
• lieu-of the Land Taxowhich was sold ; and this
-was
done upon a Constitutional principle, to ensure the
'frequent calling of Parliament. The Sugar-Duties.
varied sometimes, and of course so did the Draw-
- bac4tS ; the duty upon this article in Ireland was,
founded upon the same principle, and was there-
- fore voted annually, and, could not be introduced
0 - Foto the Schedule, which related only to Per:.
ma.nen!
.Duties. The DOty upon Malt would not
be fotind in this schedule, because it was proposed
to vote it annually in Ireland, upon the same con,
atitutional principle to which he had before advert-
ed, and therefore must form the b-übjed of a sepa.

rate-Bill. The DUty on- Licences was in some de,
glee changed. The Grocers', Licences were for-
merly 31. for Cities, 21. for Market" Towns, and
fl. for the rest of the Kingdom. It was now pro..
posed to make them 31. for Cities and Towns re-
turning Members to Parliament, and 21—for the
rest of the Kingdom. Factors dealing in home-
made Spirits were subjea to a',Licence Duty ; it
was now proposed to extend that duty to dealers in
foreign spirits. The next article of the schedule
related to the drawbacks of Excise Duties, and
upon these there was no change proposed. The
next head related to the
.countervailing duties, it
was proposed to consolidate the duties under the
Aia of Union, and tho4'Of the 43d Geo. 111. cap.
9.2. He 'had now stated the principle of the mea-
: sure; and he hoped it would meet with the approba.:
tion of the mercantile people in Ireland; which he
Was sure would he a strong recommendation, to that
House. Any proposed alterations or amendments
he should be very ready to listen io, and he was
sure that that House and Ministers would do every
thing in their power to guard and protea the trade
of Ireland, which they had always watched over
with the most paternal and tender solicitude.
,He
concluded with stating, that he hoped. the printed
ichedules would be in the hands of the Members of
that House by Monday, and that in a few days he.
should be..able to bring in the Bill, or Bills, upon
these resolutions,
Mr. FOSTER said, he did not mean to enter
into any observations upon the subjea then, but he
wished the Right Hon. Gentleman would lay be-
fore the House • a List of the 'Duties as they now
stood, and also a List of such obsolete articles as
had been left out of the schedule. He was glad to
hear that the Merchants of Ireland were so well
satisfied with this schedule, because he -inferred
from thence, that the duty upon the export of linen,
which had been so much complained of in Ireland,
was abandoned. ,
Mr. CORRY said, he should be very happy
to have it in his power to inform the Right Hon.
Gentleman, that it had been 'found pratticable to
take off that duty ; but the Right Hon. Gentleman
must himself be sensible, that it could not he taken
off' consistently with the principles adopted by the .
House in the last two sessions of Parliament. 'lf
this duty were taken off, the Irish Linens going
from a port of this Country in
.the same ship,, in.
the same entry, and to the sable port with British
Linens, would be free of ditty,
,while the British(
would ba subjea to the export duty, which As'as
laid on all British Manufadugs.. This would give
the Irish Linen a decided r eference over British
Linen in foreign markets, and would be inconsist-
ent with every princ,iple of justice. He begged
Gentlemen fur a moment to consider the converse
of this proposition; and suppose that British Linen
could be exported from an Irish pott free ..of tor,
while Irish Linen was subjecA to an export duty ;
and he was convinced they would immediately see
the injustice of it. It might be said, that the duty
might be taken off in this Country; but if the duty
was taken off the
_Linen Mandadure, the persons
concerned in the other great rnatitifaflures of this
Country, such as woollen, pottery, Se,:.. &c. would
have an equal claim to have the-export duty taken
off from their msnufaCtures. Arixiou., therefore,
.as he was, from duty as w-eil as trona inclination,
to give every possible support to the male of Ire-
land, he could not propose a measure which would
be inconsistent with every principle of justice.
Mr. FOSTER aria Mr, CoRRY severally explained.
Mr. D4WSUN said, . that the satisfaction he
felt at the very able and candid statement of , the
Right Hon. Gentleman was much diminished by
finding, that_ this duty on the export of Linen was
not tAen off. He lamented that one of the first
measures of Parliament after the Union, was to lay
on a duty of four per cent: on the export of tie
staple commodity of Ireland.
Mr.- ALEXANDER said, he,could not conceive
that the good- sense of the people of the North of
Ireland 'would let them expeft an exemptiOn from a
burthen which was laid on them. in common with,
the rest of their fellow.:subjeds, tti sustain the,
great and important contest in which we were en-
gaged. He was_ well acquainted, with the Linen
'Trader of. the Norfh of Veland, 'and he did 'mat
think it suffered,by the TaX,: _
Mr.,ATKINS said, he did not think there were
any grounds for taking off this duty : there were
between thirty and -forty articles employed in the
Linen Manufacture of Ireland, imported duty-free,
which was not the case with English Manufadures.
Mr. HAWTI-I.ORIVE said, he understood this to
be a War Tax, and if it was' thoroughly understood
in Ireland, it. would not he opposed.
Lord DE BLAQU i ER e concurred in the same opi-

neon.
Lord CASTL ER EAG H contended, that the Irish
Linen Trade had, not suffered from the Tax, as the
Export• was greater last year than before.
After a few Worth from Mr. FOSTER and Mr.
CORRY, the Resolutions were agreed to, and a Bill
or Bills ordered to be brought in upon them.
Mr. Coitity then moved for the produaion of the
Accounts suggested by Mr. I;.osteit, whit,th ,was
agreed to.
Mr.FOSTER then moved for some Accounts rela-
tive to the real and official value of the Exports and
Imports of Great Britain. to and from Ireland.—
Agreed to.
Mr. FOSTER moved, That there be laid before
the House 'Copies or Extrafts of the divers Procla-
mations which have been made in Great Britain or
Ireland, respeCling Corn, Meal, or Malt, Indian'
Corn, Rice, or Potatoes, &c. since the Union, to
the latest period the same can be made up.—Ordered,
Mr. DAWSON moved, That there be laid before
.the House an Account of all Linen imported from
Great Britain or Ireland, distinguishing that Which
was manufactured in' Ireland since the Union to the
sth of January 1804, distinguishing each year,—
Ordered.
The Royal MaririipuYtinitill, went throUgh a
'Committee. of the wlio e -House, and the report was
ordered,to -be receilieS.ini Monday.
Mr..A LEXiN,DER presented .a l)etition on behalf of
certain .Burgesses of the Borough of Liskearci, pray-
ing to be heard on the sub'jea of the Eleaion now
depending belOre the House.—Ordered to be taken
into considetation. at the same time as the otlier.
Petition on this subjea.--:Adj Jutried at, six o'clock.