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be laid in the same manner as on Banktri' Not es
,and not by cmrii,osition, of which, however, Ott '
produce would not be very large. The next was a
Stamp Tax on Registering' F.:eel:olds, which, though
it might be considered a delicate sul'jv't, yet he dirt
not see why it should not contribire to the public
exigency, 30001. The next Tax he would propose
was a revival of the 6 per Cent. Daiies, formerly
.payable by Retail Importers in Ireland, and cheer-
fully paid for a long series of years without a mur-
mur ; 'and this he estimated at 80001. The next
was a Stamp Doty upon Permits on the conveyance
of Exciseable Commodities from place tip place,
from 2d.-to is. according to the value of the goods.
so conveyed : this would afford a gr:od check upon
the fraudulent use of Permits, and be produCtive
but he did nJt es:imare the 'Finn. The next was
c regulation on the Distilleries, by increasing the..
number of Working days, by which a vast quantity
of home7made Spirits would pay duty, which would.
otherwise elude it. These were the whole of the -
Taxes he had for the present to propose ; but he had
to add a measure of regulation, which would notonly
he produaive to the Revenue, but lay the founda-
tion of another, which it Was extremely desirable
to establish ; namely, an equalization betweet'i the
Current Monies of the two Countries : to this end
he should propose that all the Irish 'Duties, internal
and external, be paid to their amount in British
Money : this he estimated at 290,0001. Taking
then the whole together, he estimated the

Produce by increased• TaxeS £.353,000
By Regulation 4•o;oco

Making an increase of )C• i,25.3,00
upon a Country, certainly not at this moment in an
improving state of prosperity ; yet he was happy in
making the statement in the hearing of many of the
Representatives_ of Ireland, with the aid of whose
zealous co-operation, he trusted the Country would
prove well able to beat her quota in the expendi-
ture of that .Empire with which she was now be.
come one. He next proceeded to observe,. that ,al-
though the Union with Ireland had been now four
years in operation, and though Committees had
been appointed to investigate the joint accounts be.
iween the two Countries, ye to this hour no balance
had been struck, to shew how the Countries had
been going on, or whether Ireland was paying more
or less than her quota to the common expence. .But
though the short remnant of the Session might not
afford opportunity to produce any satisfadory result
upon this head, he hoped, by the commencement of
the next, to have the Accounts in such a state of,for-
wardness as to be able to shew a clear statement,
and in the interim, he trusted, a given time in the
Session would be settled, for bringing forward the
Irish 'business, so that the Members fin that Country
might have an opportunity and timely notice'fbr at-
tendance. He then proceeded to , move the first
Resolution, when
Mr. CORRY said, it was by no means his in-
tention to throw any impedineetit whatever in the
way of the Right Hon. Gentleman, or in any de-
gree to obstruet the carrying on time business for
Ireland. Without, therefore, folloWing the Right
Hon. Gentleman in the Staoement he had made, he
should merely trespass upon the HouSe with one or
two observations, for which he hoped the rather to
be excused, because they were intended as a justifi-
cation of other persons, and not of himself. The
Right Hon. Gentleman had stated, that the Revenue
of Ireland was not well colleaed. :This was a faCt
with which he was perfedly well acquainted, and he
admitted that he had not made a broad statement
of it to the House, as the Right Hon. Gentleman
bad done. He had not done so, because he did not
conceive that it was necessary, and he would state
the reason why.—There did now subsist in the Go-
vernment of Ireland powers sufficient to enforce the
better., colleaion of the Revenue ; it had not only
,the power but the inclination, and he undertook
to state positively, that , considerable. exertions
had been made, and were at that moment mak-
ing, to attain this most desirable end. He then
adverted to the Right Honourable Gentleman
who fills the Office of. Chief Secretary for Ire-
land, who had, he said, during the short time that
he had beets in that Country, exerted himself very
much, and with very great SUCC'I,, for this purpose.
He thought it right to say thus much in justifica.
tion of his own condud, and of that of the Executive
Government of Ireland. He was glad, however,
that the Right Hon. Gentleman had turned his at.
tension to the -subjea, because he supposed it was
intended to follow it up with some parliamentary
provisions. With regard to what had been said
about the joint Account between the two Countries,
be begged to observe, that such an account must
obviously, from its niture, be very voluminous.—
With regard to the Irish part of the Account, the
money having been expended within Ireland, the
Account was certainly made up with compara-
tively less difficulty. But with respea to the
other part of the Account,•as Ale expences were in.
curred in every part of the British Empire, or, in
other words, in every part of the globle, very'
great difficulties had undoubtedly occurred. He
begged leave to appeal to an Hon: Gentleman at-
the other end of the House, ho he was sure would
concur with him in saying, that the greatest exec.
tions had been made to prepare those Accounts, and
that a very considerable progress bad been made in
With regard to what had been said about
large sums being left in the hands of the Collators,
he begged to
.state, that it to as absolutely, neces-
sary to do so to a very great extent., because the
Army and Yeomanry were paid: throughout Ireland
by drafts upon the Colleaors ; it was therefore ab.
solurely necessary that funds should be left in their
hands for that purpose. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man had noticed what he conceived to be an omis-
sion, respediug the Sugar Duties, which he had
stated ought to !laic been equal in the two Coun-
tries. It was true, that in the Colony Compact there
was a stipulation to that effed, but that Compaa
was entirely done away by the Union. He would not,
as he had before said, follow the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman through the general statement he had made,
but he confessed he was afraid that the Right Hon.
Gentleman would meet with mere difficulties in the
eXectition.of his plan than the seemed at present to
lac aware of.
*w(..)STE /Z.Flici a few.wordsin alhAon to the
pelted' of Lord :Etictz:NctiAm'3 Administration ICI
beiaod when :I'-:Iloy;r1 LlTrottp had