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could not sit down with^►ut expressing ,his thanks
to the Officers employed in this business, for the
exertions they inta made on this oCcasion.' •
Cal, BAOIFELL thanked the Right Hon..Geb-
tletnan for the explanation he. hod given, but said
it wits nut al together cpmhlettly sathfaaory : he
wished to know what were the additiorial Duties
that were laid on. He understood, that there was a.
great increase in the Duty upon the• Distilleries.
Mr. CORRY said, that the Ditty upon' the Li-
cences foFßeaifying Spirits, was in some instances
raised tr 3in t 9
Cava/ BAGWE LL said, he was then justified
in asking for 'further time to consider this subjea,
beCdtlSe it appeared that, some of the' duties were
doubled: The Distilleries of Ireland were carried
on to a very great extent, and were in, very great
perfeaion, particularly about the city of cork,
where they made brandy, rum; and even ligneuirs,
so as scarcely to be diitinguiShed from thOse. which
were. imported.. The Distilleries of Ireland were
therefore a .very. material ohjea.,, But there was
another subjed upon which he wished to say, a few
words, and that was with regard to the Tax on
Windows. The Right Hon. Gentleman had stated,
that the regulations tor the colteaion of that duty
were merely to subsist during the War, and that
they 'were of couraeno longer in force. He had
looked diligently over the different Aas of Par.,
liatnent enaaing this Duty, and he found that they
had been regularly continued in all the Aas, and
therefore he conceived that it was now in force.

,Mr. CO I: krin reply, stated, that the regulation
to which he allecled certainly was not now in forte.
When the Duty was first laid on, it was thought
necessary to propose this clause foi the colletling of
the Tax, because.tt was the 'avowed purpos' e..of the
discontenittPeople in. Ireland to adopt every means
in their power ,to injure the Revenue; but. the
clause containing these regulations stated, that it
should continue' in force for three years, provided
the War should continue so long. The Hon. Gen.
tleman might thertfpre snake himself perfettly easy
upon the subjea ; but at all events, this Bill hail no
reference to the mode of canceling the Duties.; that
would be the subject of other Bills, and when they
were introduced, the fulles,t time would be given
fur examination,

A. Mkt4ttEK 'rose to propose some questions,
. but the .SP-E. A leek. said,. he conceived they would be
more regular when the Bill was in a Committee.
The'Bill was then read a second time, and ordered
to be committed to-mottow,
Mr. Fox reported from the dommittee appointed
to try the -merits of the,,Pctitiim complaining of an
undue EliCtin
.14 • the Burghs of Stranraer, &c.
that the Committee had determined that the Sit-
ting Member wasduly ,elated, but that the' Peti-
tion against him' was neither frivolous Or vexatious.
Mr: CURRY moved the second reading of the
Irish Stamp .Duty Bill,: he said; that in Ireland
it was usual for the Stamp Duty Bills to contain the
regulation's for collating the Duty, that, however,
was not the case in the present Bill. The Bill was
read a second time, and WAS ordered to be committed
tci-morrow."

The
,Irish. ,Hat ,Duty Bill, the Triih Game Li-
cence Bill, the Irish l'i)st Office' Bill; and the Dnb-
lin Watch Bill, were read.a second time, and ordered
to. be committed 19. morrow.
ELECTION COMMITTEES.

• The. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
rose in purstiance of the.'notiee he gave on Friday
lost, to .submit to the, Honse. a Wtion,icsFeeling
Eledion Committees, He • belived it Was not the
general expedition
.of 'the House that there should
in future be proceedings upon, four Eledion Corn.
niittecs in each .week, though there .were orders to
that effect. . The great number of Members who
were noW serving• Upon Committees ; the difficulty,
of procuring romus.to_accononotlate the Members,
and the number of Gentlemen 'of the. Law who were
attending the Circuits, would render it very ineon.
i,cnient to execute those orders. He shOuld,.there.
fore, with the perinission of. the 1-lOUse, proi,cme
that there should.be but two Committees bahlotted
fur each eels, until the 'Easter Recess ; that the
s
other Petition should ,be. fixes!. for the first Thurs.
day after the Recess, and 'that previous to the Re-
Cess the House should come to a determination re.
speding these adjourned Connittess. He then
moved to 'discharge, the different orders-- which
was agreed to. and thc.Committees were fixed in
the following order : •
Ilchester and East Grinstead for the t7th March;
Glasgow and arkhampton for the 2ch March ;
Harwich and Berwick upon Tweed for the 31st
Maol;..and all the, others 'for the zist