Star.
London, England, 1801-03-31 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

SCY.CORRY moved for Accounts of the groft and net Produce
of the Dudes on Malt In Ireland, of the (tem:bk., its. and
Flne Sugar, Coals, and Tan, import: el into, and of spiritt tlif-
tilled In Ireland, with the eras ~mamir .d the illutivs lLver..lly
thereon, for one year, t nd 25th a Marc.,: oleo, which
were ordered, and (hardy art, rw.r.l, prof toted to the Houk,
and referred to the Cotno.itt,...: of Way.; and M, „„s.
An Account was prof. need tram tite Cullum, of the quanti-
ties of Grain and Rice, Sugar met Hunr, imported into England
and Scotland for one Year, whirls was ordered to lie ou the
Table.
Mr. Be Anne brought up the Report of the Committee ap-
pointed to enquire into the mars of the delay in fending the
'Writ Rifled for the oleetion of a Member for Callington in
Cornwall, from which It appeared the Writ had been 1,41,
The Report being read, was ordered to lie on the 'Fable.
Mr. BRAGGC then moved fur a new Writ ft.r the above Bo-
rough, it appearing that the Writ, liked the 13,1, infant,
been loll; which motion, after a Mort convorfation, was put
and carried.
Colonel BUXTON, by brave of the Houfc, brought up the
Report of the Poor Rote Colteetinn
Mr. BAleta prefented a Petition front the Overfeers of the
Poor of the Peri& of St. Peter, in the. Borough of St. Alban's,
praying for a Ch u& to be introduced in the Bill to relieve them
from certain embarraffments relative to the collection of the
Poor's Rate in clam Parilh, which st as ordered to lie on the
Table.
The Report was then read, and after receiving a great num-
ber of verbal ;amendmints, was agreed to, al,d the Bill ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow.
The poor Apprentices Indenture Bill was read a third time,
and paged.
EaR India Goods Land Carriage Bill was read a third
time, and palled.
The Millers Indemnity Bill went through a Committee, and
the Report w is ordered to be received to-morrow.
The Bill to encourage the cultivation of Potatoes in Fallow
lands went through a Committee; the Report was received,
and the Bill orderid to be read a third time to-morrow.
TAYLOR'S DIVORCII 111L6•

A Menge from the Lords informed the Houk
their Lordthips had paffed a Bill for divorcing
.--- Taylor, Gentleman. from his wife. On
the queftion for reading Taylor's Divorce Bill a
firft time,
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR role and adverted to tome
rumours now afloat that marriages with women
who have bccn divorced are illegal. He fiiid it
*as of the utmoll confequence that the point fhould
be fettled. Many families were extremely tinealy,
and a great part of the prnp:rty of the kingdom
was at flake. He himfclf was extremely furpt ifed
that a doubt Ibould have ever been enter tined.
Marriage was without doubt a civil contrad, and
Parliament had power to digfolve it. If a man
were indifted for bigamy at the Old Bailey, what
sewer would his Counfel receive if he were to
plead that one of the wives had been divorced from
a former hatband

The Honourable Gentleman was proceeding,
when Lord Temple II)oke to Order. A long con-
y-edition enfued upon the point of Order between
his Lordfhip, Mr. Taylor, Mr. W. llundas, Lord
de Blaquiere, and the Speaker; after which Mr.
Taylor was allowed to proceed. He again urged
the propriety of Petting the minds of the public at
reit, and obferved how injurious it was to throw
cut fuch fulpicions.
Mr. Witsaaroact was of opinion that in Come
refpeEts marriage was a civil contra& in others
fornething more !acted.
After Tome further converfation between Lord
de Blaquiere, the Speaker, Mr. Taylor, &c. the
mai was read a firit time, and ordered to be read
a feeood time.

RUSSIA.

Mr. Hosmousa gave notice he thould on the
isth of Apnl, bring forward his motion relative
to any Convention between this Country and
Ruffia, relative to Malta.

DANK OF ENGLAND.
Mr. IsItcI4OLLS have notice be fhould, Coon after
the Holidays, endeavour to call the attention of
the Houle to the conduft of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England.

HORSE DUTY.

Mr. M. A. TAYLOR rote to call the attention
of the Houfe to a fubjeft of which he had given
notice, the propriety of exempting Curates who
kept one honk, from paying the Duty on Horfes.
It is perfeltly well known, that a great number
of Curates officiate at two different Churches on
the fame Sunday, and as there Churches are often
at the diftance of from five to ten miles from each
other, he is obliged to keep a horfe in order to be
enabled to do his duty. The Motion which he
meant to make was, that the Houfe fhould re-
folve itfelf into a Committee, to confider the Aa
of the 38th of the King, and then in that Com-
mittee, he meant to move, that Curates, whole
income does not exceed tool. and who keep
only one horle, shall be exempted from pay-
ing the duty impofed by that Aft. He could
not extend his Motion according to the rules
of the Houfe, to exempt them from the new
duty impofed this year, becaufe there is no
elaufe in the Aft allowing the whole or any part of
it to be repealed this ration. His Motion mat
therefore be confined to exempting them from pay-
ing the 11. 4s. impofed by what is commonly call-
ed-the Confolidation Aft. This 11. 43. and the tog..
additional duty impofed this year, form a Cum
which Curates in ordinary have no adequate fund
for paying. Many of them have not above 401.
a-year ; in Wales, many not above pl. and even
the belt Curacies, which require the performance
of ferriceat three, or even four different Churches,
feldom exceed 501. oc 601. a-year. For the fecu-
rity a/the Revenue, however, he fhould with that
a provifion fhould be made that there fhould be',
no exemption unlefs the Commiffioners for the col-
letlion of the Tax fhould be convinced that the
horfe was kept really and lona fide for the purpofe
of enabling the Curate to do his duty. He wifh-
ed much, and he was lure that the Right Hon.
Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer con-
tuned with him in opinion, that the Parochial
Clem/ could be obliged themfelves to do their
duty. In that cafe, they: would be no occafion
for the Motion which he wifhed to make. He
concluded with moving. " flat the Houfe do re-
FAIT itfelf into a Committee to confider fo much
of the Aft of the 38th of the King, as impofes a
duty of tl. 4s- on pc.fons keeping one boric."
The CIiATICALLOR of the Excusgyrs faid, he
thought the Motion of the Honourable Gentleman
might be much better worded, and at the fame
time anfwer the purport which be had in view.
At prefent, in his °platen, much too great a la,

• titude is left in the Motion. Ile, therefore propof.
ed to the Honourable Gentleman to fubflitute for
his Motion the following : " That the Houfe re-
folve itf•lf into a Committee, to confider of the
eved!errey of exempting Curates keeping one
}:uric, from the Duties impofed by that Ad."
' This Amendment to the Motion was acceded to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEO,yER laid, that
it was at all times molt difagreeahle to him to find
it his duty to oppofe any meafure which had for its
°Ned extending relief to any clafs whole fituation
teemed torequrre it. But he felt himfelfcallect upon
to be cautious of fandioning any meafures which
went to let bole the fources of the public revenue,
and more particularly if doing fu on fuggeilions of
hat dillips felt by any particular tats cf men. He
did not with however to carry this principle into
uniform and rigid pradice. He allowed that the
Curates are a vials of men who have the ftrongcft
claims to indulgence, and that perhaps there is no
eats whore means of living are lets adequate to
what they are entitled to from their education,
their manners, their chart. lee. and the rank
which they ought to hold in Society.—But
he conceived the Motion to be largely
expreffed, as it is a well known fad, that there
are many Curates in very eafy circumfiances. For
his own part, he recollected feveral cafes in which
perfons who had an inderumdent income of 5 or
6001. a year, held Curacies. To fuch there could
be no intention of extending the propofed exemp-
tion. He, therefore, would propofe, that inficad
of leaving the cxprcflion in the Motion general,
" to Curates," it fhottld he iirid, "to Curates in
certain circumftances." He wiihed, however, the
grounds on which he would agree to the motion
to be clearly underitood. He would only agree to
exempt Curates from the payment of the Tax,
who do not contribute to the Income Tar. On
this ground, and on this alone, would he agree
that the Houk fhould go into a Committee. Ile
was anxious that there thould be no appearance, in
this meafure, of any inclination to let loo's the
fources of the Public Revenue, and that it Ilrould
not be confidered as any precedent for the admit=
Pion of fuch pleas of hardthip to a particular claf,
of men astioft the general earning of racafures
which it is found necelTary to adept for the fu ply
of the demands of the State. Applications of this
kind had often formerly been made to him, but he
had always found it his duty to refill them.
Mr. M. A. TAYins agreed that the Income
Tax was the belt criterion that could be ado7te,i
for afcertaining who Ihould be exempted. and rtn;,
to infert 'after the word " Curates," the words
" in certain circtunftanees," in his Motion.

The Motion thus amended was then agreed to,
and this day fortnight was fixed for the Motif,: re-
folving itfelf into a Committee.

CORIMITTIR OF SUPPLY FOR. IRELAND.

• Mr. Cony faid, that he Mould now move the
Houfe to refolve itfelf into a Committee of Supply,
and that the feveral accounts pi-dented by Mr.
Crofton, of the Irifh Treafury, fhould be referred
to the (aid Committee.
The Houfe then refolved itfelf into the Com-
mittee, Mr. BIAGGI in the Chair.
Mr. Cour Paid, he fhould now have the ho-
nour of Rating to the Committee the fums necef-
fary for the Civil Services of Ireland ; thofe for the
Military Department had already been Rated.
The Refolutions which he held in his hand, and
which he fhould have the honour of propofiog to
the Committee, were thefe which were annually
voted in the Parliament of Ireland, and (with a
very few exceptions) contained nothing new. Re-
lying upon the confidence of the Committee, he
fhould think it unnecelfary to enter into the details
of the particulars for which the Sums were re-
quired, unlefs the Committee expreffed its pleafure
that he fkould do fo. If, however, any Member
required explanation upon any part cf the rub-
jed, he would give it with pleafure. If no filch
with was expreffed, he fhould referve the °bier-
vations he had to make, until he Rated the Ways
and Means. It was, however, necefrary for
him at prefent to Rate that, on account of the
circumflances of the times and the deamefs of
Provifions' the Grants, to thofe Public chari-
ties which had always been the objceis of the
bounty of the Parliament of Ireland, (and which
he trufted this Parliament would Rill continue),
were necefrarily increafed, hecaufe the children in
the public fchools, and the patients in the Hofpitals,
mull be fed and taken care of, and as extraordinary
eapences had been incurred, the grants were need-
Cully increafed. He fhould not trouble the Com-
mitt& further except to move the Reiblutions.—
He then moved, that there be granted to his Ma-
jetty, for the Proteliant Charity Schools, a fum
not e_kceeding 18,2131. 4s. Sd. being 39,7311.
'rah Money.

121111/. !NOUS&
For the Foundling Hofidtal 15,000 0 e 13,346 3 1
Marine Society . :,coo • 0 1,346 3 1
Hiberiii.iis Society for Soldier.'
Children - - 3.960 0 • 3,615 7 9
Weitmoreland Lock Holpital 6.ag9 o 0 6,131 13 10
Roman Catholic Seinitury 8,000 0 0 7484 13 4
Society for dillounttnaming
Vice - - 300 0 0
57613
6
Female Orphan Houle - 300 0 •
461 9
Houle of Indußay - 16,394 • 0 15,,194 9y
Pratiquc Port - 3,047 10 2 944 13 7/
Appr handing Offenders - 2.5t5.) 0 0 2,301 13 10
Civil Buildings - - 0 0 29,638 9 3
Criminal Priifecutions 25,0c0 0 0 23.076 ill 6
PrintingtheStatutcsoflreland 4,000 0 0 3423 6 a
Printing c;az,ttc - 74.26 00,4 if :o 9
Treafury Incidents - - • 0 1,846 3 s
For working the Wicklow Gold
Mines I,neo 0 • 913 • 6
For the Battle-axe Comas 740 0 0 633 3 6
For Heralds' inw (loathing 1,086 0 0 1.003 9 3
For Stationary. Ste. for Dublin
Calle, and Public 011ecs I 7,6:0 0" o
To the Accountant General 340 0 0 313 16 It
ITo DeputyAeenuntant Goleta! 240 0 0 221 /0 9
To P.iymalter of Corn Bounti.s 800 0 0 731 9 3
To the P.z.uninator of Corn

Bounties - --
20 0 0 zs4 1$ 4
To the Infpeetor General of
Enorts and hornets - 100 0 0 as is 4
To the firft Cl. to ditto - too 0 0 129 4 7
To the IlLsininstor of Excite sso 0 0 777 4 7
The Linen BOWltki - 214C3 0 0 19438 9 3
Fieft Fruits SPos o o 015 7
Dublin Society - 5.5 o o sp76 tit 6
Paving - - 10p00 0 0 9,2.0 SS 5
Wile Streets 5,500 • • 4.153 16 as
Truing Bills . iss,soo o 0

The Refolndult being agreed to, the Houle was
Mimed, and the report was ordered to be receiv-
ed to-morrow.

Mr. Coaav raid, he nnderflood it was neceff.try
to defer tilllWednefday the Motion for the Houfe
to refolve itfeif into a Committee of Ways and
Means, which he intended to have brought for-
ward this evening. He therefore rofe to give no-
tice, that he &mild on that day, as earl; atter four
o'clock as might be confluent with the public bu-
finds, propofe the faid Committee, and fubmit
to their confederation filch means as he had devifed
to cover the fupplies for that part of the United
Kingdom called Ireland.