Star.
London, England, 1814-07-02 00:00:00

MRS. CLARKE.

Mr. BENNET, adverting to the Petition which
he had yesterday presented from Mrs. M. A. Clarke,
stated, that since she had preferred that Petition she
had been removed into one of the state apartments;
reserving to himself, therefore, the right of taking up
the subject at a future period if he should think pro-
per ; and more particularly that part of it which re-
lated to the unjust and highly criminal. practice of
taking money for allowing a prisoner to reside out of
the prison, within the rules, he should decline Oro-
cerchng any farther in the business at the present
moment.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he yin sire
it would be highly-gratifying to the House to know
that some time ago, the petitioner having stated. her
complaint to the Noble Leird„who presided over that
Court, in the prison of which she was confined, that
Noble Lord had deputed a most honourable person,
Mr. Law, to inquire into the truth of her allegations.
The lady had fancied (it seemed) that as a matter of
right she was entitled t,) what were called the state
apartments: She was, however, convinced of her
error, and told that the moment the best apartments
fell she should have her choice of them; but that the
Marshal of the prison had not the power to dispossess
any body for her accommodation.

[RIM 'BUDGET.
Tt.e House hiving gone into a Committee *WWII
and Means,
Mr. W. FITZGERALD, tile Chancellor of the ,
Irish Exchequer, said many of the difficulties
embarrassments- in the finances' of Ireland had been
considerably diminished by .the duties, which, in the
course of his duty, he had proposed to the House last
year. There was one difficulty which resulted from
a peculiarity in the situation of Ireland, a d:fficulty
derived from the preceding practice of meeting the
`necessities of a year of peace by the imposition of
taxes when Parliament had relieved England from
similar taxes. There had, however, been in the prac-
tice alluded to, certain benefits and advantages to
Which Ireland was perhaps indejted for her ability
*to bear those burdens which were now laid on her.
In the statement of the finances of Ireland which he
was about to submit to the House, he should endea.
your to occupy as little of their time as possible. The
following were the particulars of the Supply :
Deficiency of Contribution, 1813 - £4,466,471
• --ited 0.

Estintal , Quota of this year
Interest and Sinking Fund on present Debt

8,781,685
. 5,546,99

Total Supply - 18495,45!
Tim next thing he should advert to was the state
of the Consolidated Fund of Ireland ;
Ba:ance, January 5. 1814 ' .
licshuning of British Loan, 1813

• 1r1113,752
• 2,953,147

• 4,1196,90 S
From this there was to be deducted as Arrears:
Principal of Outstanding Treasury bills
and'Lot rt ry Prizes - -
Wald, Navizatiocs

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28,180
69,396
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98,076

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Oonsolidated Fund - • 41238,829
jet
'llO Total of the Supply, u he had already stated,
I.AutillittirtolllB,l9s,4ssr ~ .
. He Would now proceed to state thee Ways and
.011
'Means : • si ' . 4.__
;'Surplus of the Consolidated Fund - . 4008,820
',Revenues, estimated at - ... . sostpoo
Prdfit on Lotteries - .•' - ...' 120,000
Seamen's Wages - - - - • 71,000
Two-17tits of 2576,351 for Naval Stores, 1.5-17ths
thereof being takes credit for by England, £87,806
Brit. - - - -
I.oan in Ireland - - - 3,000,000
Loan in England, £5,500,000 Brit. 5,958,333
-----.-- 8,938,333

79,456

18,811,61 a
In advcrtins_t! the charge for the Loan. Le might
be alto-Verto state:Mit the turn-to:mowed in Ireland.
this year, was the great that

ttest ever yet rAised in

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country.
frith I.oan, #3.000,000 at £5. Ile. 9d. for money
English Loans 65,958,3153 at £5. les. Vid. ditto

167,635
355,900

521,524
Before he went into a recapitulation of the items of
the duties and ta;es to meet the above charge, he
hoped he might be permitted to I,,itate an opinion
which he delivered last year on a subject perhaps of
the g,reatest importance .of all those which grew out
of the-Act of Union, and that was, that the Union
could not be considered as completed till the conside-
ration of the finances'of Ireland was taken up in the
way permitted by the Act of Union. It was a satis-
faction to him to find that teat opinion had not been

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land. `That country
disapprovedop to.ssbe not
abrequtlaisonsetedrivnbl.ieth Metbne
ought to be broteght'up to a
nhtue rwesetrse olooked.
rate of taxation similar to that of England, at least
in those-cases where she possecel corresponding re-
sources; With this view, he shcald propose an equa-
lization of elttty on all foreign-articles imported iees
nexpectntiour.erhich In Ise oup last
year in proposing new duties, had been more than
realized ; for there was not one of thesi duties which
fitd 'not itl eollefram nente—tratrexceeded tie• esti:
mate. He could see grounds for Ireland loving ex-
empted from a particular species. of texatt.l. ;
with respect to articles liable to Custom-Louse duty,
he Zottld see gr?inalrititra -Mance of Me
should have existed:
had never yet been subjected to taxation. He shonld
lrriiiscs; rralntgwem4sein4t4s k*uotfelte.):;7gytielbCtiaeri:sf.euoermene tlaturlatitcinlesclute7thetlicni
propose a Resolution to impose a duty on several ar-
ticles used in thei manufactories' of Ireland.
.He
hoped that the gireundis by which cite was actuated
. Would satisfy those interested in that
these—duties were heeessurrto prevent • gross awes
against the revenue systeffl. Seviratarucles hitkerto
exempted front duty—such afasbes, barilla, and :11Sq)
a congregated Set of articles known under the name
of dye-stuffs, he conceived to be proper objects of
taxation. The truth was, that- a great number of
these articles imported into Ireland were never used
in the manofactures of that country, but were con-
veyed to England". to the great loss of. the revenue.
To do away tbisrolschict, and at the same time mike
a mimie te.lgelarld„ he should propose that the du-
ties on those articles' sheuld- be the same in Irelandss
in Great Britain: He-conceived it proper, however,
to allow a drawback for those articles used in the._
bleaching of l;nen ; and 'every facility therefore would
be given to the m4nufactur*:is to obtaip. the draw-
back. He should estimate the increase of Custom-
house duties, from the equalization of rates, at only
£200,000. The next minus of providing for-thc de.
ficiency were a duty "on spirits. This.duty, wlrile it
provided for the wants of the Irish revenue, Would
accomplish another object, that of facilitatingahe in-
tercourse: between the two countries. ,;;Tlr• duties
which he hail:proposed the former year had in .a great
measure prevented smuggling in Irel'antWen&weee.
not only beneficial to the revenue, but advantageois
considered in a national 'point of viewer. In
:come..
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qucnce of this duty,. Engtind ought to• give, on
every principle 'of sound policy and national.. faiths
every' fachicy to the intercourse In spirits: elin gait.
mated the produce of the new duties otknpitits at
+8900,000. The -neet Means wenethestamp duties.
The doty on legacies had not hoeniound so produc.
tive.in Ireland as was eipected, and in fact yielded
almost 'nothing. One source of revenue he should
propose Was a dhty upon letters of attorney, wt ieh,
whether it was productive or unproductive, leolig
.equallr.beneficial to Ireland, he hoped v ould meet
with. full concurrence. The resolution he :! ouid
movemoilld augment the stamp duty to set. 4
upon every letter of attorney for the receipt of £6 )'
and it would rise in proportion to the sure. The ef-
fect would be to decrease the number of factors or
middlemen in Ireland, who went between the owner
of the,soil and the occupant to receive the rents, By
means the 'landlord. and the tenant would be
appreet mated, and residence of wealthy proprietors in
'behind would-be promoted. Ti.e amount thm this
indease of duty would produce lie calculeild at
£15,000. A new excise upon glass, beyond the
countervailing duty, would likewise produce £1 5,000.
The next and only remaining item regarded the pos-
tage of letters. The Committee was aware that last
yeir an alteration had been made by augmenting the
sum paid upon letter's senodirect between the capital
and the principal towns of Ireland, and- his object .
now was to adopt the same regulations with regard
to the cross posts of the sister kingdoni, and, as in
England, the utmost extent charged-would be three
hundred miles. The produce of this dew regulattinn
would be about £5OOO per annum. The Riht Hoe
nonrable Gentlemati then proCeeded to detail the in-.
crease of the various sources of revenue, excepting
malt, which had fallen off at the-timeof the stoppage .
of the distillely. He also detailed the measures adop. ,
ted last yeir,•and the amount produced•beyond what ,
was calculated. The amount of Customs for the .
whole year had.been estimated at se2,so,ooofwhereas
in the first seven months the sum .obtained was,
i 8190,000. The duty of 3s. per barrel upon, 'pale;
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estimated at £115,000 per annum, .in,the first three,- -
months had given £60,000.• He congratqAted. the
House upon the prospect afforded•in anotherclivisiort"
of the subject—exports and imports.: Comparing the
produce of the twelve years preceding with the 12
years succeeding 1802, there was an Augmentation
on the exports of twelve thA imports.
eighteen millions—on ships, £l9,ooo—and on ton-
nage, 187,000 tons, proving an increasing pruspe-
rityln the commerce of Ireland.: •He adverted tia.
vett* of the objections made to.assimilating,the.Cus-
:_thtlnntuet.oi!sfatifoefthEinsgtltleierndselotsoayasestdierenallar7nT-scetp,,fetremaantododgtots.
wtestse:irolin)kos
years was only £2,474'AmA • giving an,tuessicicl"caopid
pgionr of
additional(
year.
i,adl
£2490,309, although 'it bad -laboured under.. greet
disadvantage& ' The axerage on the three-preceding
pgSFr.rolon6iho3f29Wipros. nesThperheitayds.uinehit:::dreedguldretilynaasuusuttlpyi74:73rs,hre7rieedPurtatts ,anadinOmutbif
l‘tvaidthalthsoe roilsereen
enpiltreonar.ttioclecsonatrobovveretntLeamedariowso.ar‘s
revenueies
335x0 Rained
. nyuei
enap on: to.
ebethv
mmt esiahndeeeecittioil loectoeUdi
entcin, the same
cite
etha
mereiou
nenues
texertions h d! not
of tlatscPsesnet-riauseventuue6bCt -
fore the Union, 39 millions, and the amount tor die
13 posterior to the Union, 116 millions, And he ar-
gued that the difference was to be attributed to the
greater activity in the collection of the reveaue. On
hoatdP expressed
sse
the only former occasion, on which it had been his
duty to bring under the consideration
the general state of Irish resources, he
-that opinion to which he still adhered, namely, that
it was mainly owing to the system on which we had
acted with respect to Ireland, that she had increased
as she had done in these resources, and had AdvaiAced •
so rapidly, in despite of the comparative augiiicia.:.
tinn of her burtliens, to wealth and to prosperity.-1
He had then Cautioned the House not to peess tool
strongly on these nascent sources of our strength

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whilst thoiio who joa4e f
Might errneiecitiOy think i 1
hose difficulties under ?el
!And must have succdetcte,
'id the Right Hob. n
Otte) I did not conceal to
t e ivohld be called upcirt
hoe which Parliament I
would not anticipate tbb ,
'4u anticipate, you crash
Mai in the propositions *
VA, t give no indistinct
bidet the difficulties of oui
iii Quit* through any p
imposition of such burthe
.tile to bear I and if, Sir,
eientful and triumphant
made ciseli sacrifices, ant
tilbutbd sash as were c
if Et gland bas set a spin
ins nations, ke sister I
backward in than ensile
Character has been raise
entibetiCe. Let us not I
been Wit a burtben to the
%V have contributed m
you him, whom you have
teen within your walls, si
wand whose presence sh
He could have told you,
her Most eloquent lions,
land bad been opened
Speak of any one who m
rsieed is patient, under
has been atcomplished,
hat been restored to its ,
and if Britain is justly
fought, Ireland claims a
Sir H. PARNELL
Gentleman in the view h
Prosixe;ty of Irith /Ina
that the teiources of a e
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