Star.
London, England, 1803-03-04 00:00:00

The Report of the Commktee 04 the Army Extraordinariet
'was agreed to.
The Ida Revenue Sear Dff.in...llfi..tian Bill was read a
third time and paffcd.
The Prince of Wales's Anntthy T .11 went through the Com-
mittee, and ordered to be reported to•nrorrow.
The Order for confidering the kith Malt Duty Adt, was dif-
charged, on the motion of Mr. Cony.
M . VAN SITTAIL r moved for an Account of the number of
vcffelt, with their tot nage, aniitsyed in the trade of Great Bri-
I min, which had, during three yr ire, ending the sth of J 1044•
ty left, cleared on, wards and inwards from the ports or Lon-
don, Liverpool, Brutal, Hull, Sunderland, Ace. He alto moved
for an Account of the number of men employed in the fame—
Alfo, for an Account of the monies paid during the fame period
as Bounties for the Importation of Hemp and Flax—Alto, an
Account of the number of valid: employed in the Greenland
trade, anl the quantity of Oil and Blubber imported into this
country—Ordered.
Mr. VANSITTAILT alto moved for an Account of the monies
apylicable to the payment of Judges' fairies, r. mining in the
Exchequer on the sth of January laft, after the fame had been
paid—Ordered.
Mr. Fox prefented a Petition from the Chemins and Drug-
gifts of Wcftmitiffer, againa the Me brine Att.—.Ordercd to
lie on the Table.
Lord Casrxea taco moved for the prodoalon of feveral
Batt India Accounts, which were ordered He then gave notice
that he Gould bring forward toe India Budget co Thuriday
next.

IRISH REVFNUI.
On the Report of the Refclutions perpetualing
the Ili& Revenue Laws,

Colonel &sown'. made the very fame objections
to the meafure which he had advanced on the pre-
ceding day, and
The Cumtcascoa of the Esc*'twat repeated
the obfervations that had fallen from him on the
fame occafion. _ _ _

Mr. Coeur obferved, that with regard to cer-
tain modifications in the Tax on Tenures, recom-
mended by his Hon. Friend, it would be impable
to introduce them into the prefent Refoluttons.—
They mutt be brought forward in force other (lupe.
Mr. Sultanas (aid, he underftood there was
now before the Houfe a general propofition to
make perpetual the whole of the Revenues of Ire-
land, which hitherto had been voted annually.—
' He objeaed to fueh a meafure in the firfi infiance,
on account of the ikon time the Houfe bad to de-
liberate upon it. And he waited to know what
pretfure there was, at the prefent moment, which
could make it neceffary for Parliament all at once
to go away from the long eflablifhed mode of rai•
fing there Revenues? If the time was fo very flort ;
if the Iri(h Chancellor of the Exchequer had been
detained on an Elation Committee, and was af-
terwards prevented from attending by indifpofi-
lion, what oblation could there be to follow the
old courfe of proceeding at prefent t Could not
the taxes be voted for another year, and Wert a
chute in the Bill to enable Parliament to amend
or alter it in the prefent &Eon ? This would
certainly be the moll fair and candid mode of pro-
ceeding. If this was not done, he would certainly
take another opportunity lit oppofing the meafure.
The CI4•NCILLOR of the EXCHFQI/1a Paid, the
principal objeft of making thele Taxes perpetual
was, that the public credit of Ireland %tumid reft
on as folid a foundation as it did in England. He
then re-Rated the reafons why this meafure had
been fo long delayed, and why it was neceffary it
fhould be fpeedily carried into effeft. He was not
aware that any oblation would have been made
to this meafure from principle. Perhaps the voting
of the Taxes annually in Ireland was a wife mea-
lure : under the circumltances in which the Parlia-
ment of that country Rood, it might have been a
neccffary check in its hands. I3ut he faw no rea-
fon now for having the revenue continued on that
footing. Its permanency was infeparable from
the public credit of that part of the kingdom. The
pradlice of Great Britain was now equally appli-
cable to Ireland. Why (hould there be a diffe-
rence betwes:n the two countries ? why fhould the
Revenue be permanent in one and only annual in
the other ? If any fuch thing was to be propofed
as that of making the revenues of Great Britain
annual infiead of permanent, the effat would focal
be felt in the depreciation of our public funds.
The &tam (aid, in the ufual form, a Mr.
Sheridan, explain."
Mr. on riling, remarked, that per
haps it was more neceffary the Chancellor of the
Exchequer fhould go on to ex plain—(4 hod laugh.)
That Right Hon. Gentleman had allowed, that
the annual renewal of the taxes might once have
been, of advantage to Ireland. In fait, that re-
newal was an excellent check on the Government;
and if it was a gond Conititutional check former-
' ly, he faw no reafon why it did not remain fo
' It was fingular that it fhould be Paid Ireland can
have no public credit becaufe her taxes are annual.
Were her debts not contraaed under annual taxes?
• If he were to (peak as an bills creditor, he might
perhaps fay that he would prefer having the taxes
annu*l. Did not the Brit& Parliament frequently

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repeal taxes without injuring the credit of the
country i The public creditor here relied on the
Wfaith-of the Houfe to fubliitute another t.tx
hat which was repealed ; and fo in Ireland
the public sreditor relied on the faith of the
Irifh Par'Repent for the renewal
of the annual
taxes.—The Ref°lut ions were then agreed to, and
a BiU ordered to be brought in on the fame.