Star.
London, England, 1809-05-25 00:00:00

COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS.

The House resolved itself into a Committee cfWay
and Means, in whiah Mr. FOSTER brought forward
TAE 4IUSH BUDGET.
Unappropriated Balances £1,759,381
Dedtict unfunded Debt 2?,050
Arrear to How:h ;:,814 9.24,687
Navigatio:is 191,793

1,514,694
Estimated Pa-venue
Loan in Great Britain, S Millions British 3,250,000
1,:03007
Ditto, Ireland - 1,C50,000)

. SUPPLY.
Quota for Ireland 6.,275,9E61. British
Interest and Slaking Fund

Excess of Ways and Means

CIO;: :1424

6,7!06,7%
:,60,4C4

10,487,901
27,0+

£10,514,694
Money to be borrowed 4,500,0001. Irish.
Interest and Sinking Fund thezeon 964,e001. (in 1809.) 412,600 T.

W AYS AND MEAN&

1, Prohibiting Raw Corn in Brewery 248,000 hall
114p.0
a-year -
2. Increase duty on strength of Spirits 130,000 2 atonal! 32,500
& Increase-work on Stills - f240,00e months 60,000
118,000 1216,5000
The only instance in which the Revenue had fallen
was that of the Excise,. which he considered as the
consequence of the Ait for Prohibiting Distilleries in
Ireland—be had anticipated the result, but the House
had differed from him in opinieft, and the falling off
in the Revenue, which he sphke of, was the coase-
quene. The readiest way to restore the Revenue,
was to repeal that Act, for he did not think the peo-
ple ought to be burthened with a new tax to make up
that defalcation. The Hon. Gentleman then pro-
ceeded to state, that the balances in the hands of the
Collectors had &creased mere than £lOO,OOO in the
last year. 'The Revenue, far from being neglected,
had been better attended to than heretofore, (except.
jng in the instance before alluded to), while the ex-
ports and the imports of Ireland were constantly in-
creasing. But were a proof wanting of the growing
affluence of Ireland, it would be sufficient for Gen-
tlemen to look at the Exchange, where it would be
found more money was constantly coming in than
went our. 'the national debt of Ireland he stated to
be 276,000,900 -at present, which by the end of the
Session would amount to £81,000,000. The Loan,
he had the satisfaction to state to the Committee, was
in the 64, which was the same as the St per cent. of
England, so that the whole charge to the country
was 51. 17s. lid. for the Loan of a million and a
quarter.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in a speech of some
length, controverted several of the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman's statements. He thouglit him too.sanguin •
in his expectations, but wished he might find himself
mistaken. He lamented that the orders issued by the
Duke of Bedford, when he was Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, had not been followed up. The Hon. Ba-
ronet proceeded to recommend economy in the affairs
of Ireland, and concluded by giving a variety if
statements to point out sundry defalcations in ti.t=
Revenue.
Mr. FOSTER replied to the principal points in the
Honourable Baronet's speech, and corrected some of
his statements.

l•

A short explanatory converm
Sir J. Newport and Mr. Foster.
Mr. PARNELL said a few
of the Post-office Revenue

amount of which he stated

£lOB,OOO, but in consequence
out cf expences on that establi.
different boards, the nett prods

not more than £39,000. ' the

'bated the influence which was

jury Board of Ireland by the

sation took placs between
Few words on the subject
in Ireland, the gross
to be for the last year,
ce of deductions arising
lishment, connected with
educe to the public was
le Hon. Member repro•
s usurped from the Tres.
Lord Lieutenant of thg