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st months? Besides, that worthy Magistrate, as
:well as every other Member, would have ample
opportunity of delivering his sentiments on that
very subjel when it came to he diseussed as a part
of -the .measure now proposed part of it could
pass Without being •canvas,ed, and the very step he
was now taking, was for the very purpose of atrord.-
ing a proper. opportunity of discussin every part
of it ; anti this he did the more readily, because
there was no point to which he should not wish to.
call the attention of the Committee, in the whole
Schedule which he was about to submit to its con.
sidt!ration.

Mr. BUR. DON said, he hoped from the import..
ance of the subjea, • sufficient time would be allowed
to consider it, bepre the House was called on to
.pass the tottethe best information. he could
.get on the subject, he thought some amendments
might be made relative to the Tonnage Duties : it
was highly necessary that the Schedule should un-
dergo a fair investigation before the sannion of the
House was given to the measure proposed by the
Right Hon. the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.
GentralG ASCOY NE said, notwithstanding what
the Right H,n. the CHANCELLOR'Of the EXCHE-
QUER, 110 said,' in answer to his observations, he
was surprised that the. present measure was pro.
posed .to the House, before some, account relative
to the state of the Country had. been given, in or,
der to satisfy the Public Mind, It had been said,
that Schedules have been cirthlated throughout the
kingdom, but he had only seen one, which had un-.
dergone many alterations ; and he had been inform-
ed by his Constituents that they had not received a
single, Schedule. He must again repeat, that he
understood the Right Hon, the CHANCELLOR of
the ExctiEQUe tt to have said, that he hoped to give
the House a satisfaaory • account relative to the
state of the Country ; and he was sure that many
Hon. Gentlemen had received the same impression,
from the language the Right Hon. the CHANCEL.
LOR of the EXCHEQUER had "used a. few days back.
But as far as related to the consideration of the pre-
sent measure, he thought it would •be better to
postpone the tiinc,for going into. a Committee on
the Bill to this day fortnight. .

The CH ANC ELLO R of the -EXCHEQUER
said, that the question now before the Committee
was, whether they would agree with the tesolu:
tion which was proposed ; and the period when the
Committee was to sit again, could only be deter..
mined after the SP BAKEK had taken the Chair. If
the Hon. Gentleman would assure 'him bona fide
(and he was sure he would not assert in any other
way), that the addition of a few days would enable
his Constituents more fully to investigate the sub-
jea, he would not be Unwilling. to accede to a de.
lay of a- few days. The Hun. Gentleman seemed
to suppo.c that he was desirous ofprecipitating- the
Public BtisinesQ, with a view of a speedy proroga.
rim of Parliament, but he could assure that Hon.
Gentleman that there was Public. Business enough
before the House to afford a prospea of its sitting
as long as he could wish.
General G ASCOY NE said, his Constituents had
certainly not seen; the Schedules, and he thought 'it
Was necessary that they shOuld have time enough to
consider the nature-of the Schedules, atter they get
possession of them.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he begged the Hon. Gentleman and the House
to understand, that he had in no degree varied on
this occasion from what he had said upon a former
day, respecting a Cotnmunieation. to the House--
The Schedule of the Duties had been made and cir.
culated three months ago, but some alterations hav-
ing been made in it', it was reprinted, and the last
,Schedule,had been in circulation above a month.
If the Hon.'. Gentleman's COnstituents had not Olen
it, 'it was not. the fault of His Maje.tv's Mini-
sters ; he would not take up 46 himself to'say with
whom the fault rested. With regard to what the
Hon. Gntletnanr had said about the Duties being
raised in some instances higher than to the next
tegral sum, the Committee nuts( be aware that he
(the•CHAMcttr,t.oa of the EXCH iQII R it) could Nave
no intention deceiving them upon the snlijeas
because the whole subject was- minutely detailed
in the Schedule. In some few instances the Duties
were raised higher than to the next integral sum,
and in other instances they, were reduced much
lower
,but in general the whole plan was founded
upon the principle adopted in 1787.
WI/ ANS ITT:4 Id' said,. there were only four
instances in which the present Schedule' varied from
the one which was printed and circulated three.
months ago. The four articles• in whiCh altera-
tions had been. made, were Pimento,. Sugar from the
East Indies, unmanufattUred Articles, and Horses
imported from the East Indies.
The Resolution was agreed to, the Chairman re.'
ported progress,-and the Committee was ordered to
sit again on Monday, seinnight.
The Report of the liish Revenue Law Bill was--
brought up anti agreed to, and the Bill was read as,
third time and pasSed.
A Message from the Lords stated, that they had
agreed to the American Commissioners' Bill.
• The Lunatic Property Bill was .read, a second
time.

Mr. .FITZCERALD said, he begged leave to
call the attention of the House to tee Bill now tit.
der their consideration. The present connection
between the two,Countries had induced him to ex-
press a wish, that the measure this Bill had for its
-etas should extend to Ireland. He hoped that the
Chancelimed' :Ireland .would take the subjed into
his coniideration,, and. that the Lunatic Bill would
have erred in that Country. He knew of no cha
racier si, well calculated to conduel such a measure
as the Chancellor of Ireland ; a Gentleman whose
great were admired by every Gentle.
manatqltllelift"B7irtiin"that Country. The Hon. Gen.
tleinan paid many compliments to the talents and
virtues of the Chancellor of Ireland, and concluded
by saying, he hoped the Bill usould have effdt in
both Countries.

Itir..PANSTITART said, he was sure the Noble
Lrn'. Would attend to any suggestion that cam-t
from that Non. Gentleman.

The :gill wai 'then oftiered to he committed to a
orriliiter.of tile whole HOuse.

Adjourned ae§ix o'Clock.