The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-06 00:00:00

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isojeriosa to the health of their resionsers. If any
timitlenian, indeed, would give lituseelf to taste
mho real good heer.was, such, for Inseams, as
that brewed its the county which be had tbe hn.
weer to represent, Shropshire, or In Stallitdshit,,
sad contrast it with the trash retailed by the ',troth'.
nese people in gemlike, he would very soon discover
the rest difference. The plied* of the wisest Bill
he trusted non* would object to; it was a Stew,
..hick would remedy most of the Mathis evils; god
he should, therefore, move for leave to bring le a
COI for the better It.gotation of the granting of lA-
crime, to Publicans.—Thu titivation was put, gad
lease granted.
PARTNE.RPRIPS IN IRELAND.
Mr. Aldermen WOOD moved for leave to brie(
in a Bill, 'hailer to that which be had introdoced last
Session. The object of it was to induce men of large
capitals to rest part of them le trade or manufactures
in Ireland, wittiest fear of subjecting themselves to
the emotion of the Bankrupt Laws. By this Bill,
sleeping partners might lame money in (redo without
being considered as actin pennon, or being liable
for more than the sews invested by them. The
'Worthy Aldermen concluded with moving for leave
to brkg in a Bill to promote the employment of
persons in the Fisheries, Trade, and Maeoketeres
of Ireland, by regulating and eneoeroging Partner-
ships in that port of the United Kingdom.
Mr. C. C. GRANT said a few words, whkb were
losedible in the gallery.
Mr. PLUNKETT wished to state his sentiments
on this measure now, as he might not be in tbe Holm
on the "need reading of the 0111. The House were
not, perhaps, aware that an Act had existed upwards
of forty years in behind, which had been acted on,
and had becomes part of the rya'', of equity in
that country, enabling persons to invest money in
(rode without becoming liable to the operation of
the Bankrupt lAuts. This was called all anonymous
prtnenhip is Ireland, because the names of the per-
sons who so invested mosey, and the sums they in-
vested, were registered.—( laugh.)—Theta snoop
moos partners, however, did nut engage in the trade
themselves, and bad no controol over it, bet were
mere lenders. Bet by the Bill of the Worthy Al.
derma, the mutes who admired mosey might litre
the substantial contras! of the trade. Now be held
this to be a dangeroes principle. Persons might ap.
point an acting partner entirely under their controol,
and with little or no capital, 1t.., the entire bitweit
of the trade, with • limited responsibility to the
Public. This was directly cnntnry to an established
principle, of mercantile law. It was Lbrioes, that
under this Bill men of straw would be appointed as
ariLle parttime, and the ',erten' who had the entire
contr,sul and direction of the trade would only be
liable to site 'stem of the tams advanced by this.
If ac amendment of the existing law were only pre.
posed, be should be heartily sled to accede to It;
bet the Bill of the Worthy Alderman would go to
repeal the existing law en the subject.
Mr. Aldermaa WAITIIMAN supported the mo-
tion.
Mr. Alderman WorD esplained.

The CHANCE i LLOR of n, EXCHEQUER ob.
rt, shot the principle of this Bill was satrowiely
',pregnant to the general principles of commercial
law in this sensory. Ireland had separate laws se
ibis 'shied, which were well eaderstood, sod which
were not without their @despises, in a ceeetry de-
ficient in capital In most coentries so the Conthseet
persons were allowed to vest stress is trade on a Si.
miler prirociple- bet a system of this kind required le
be acted on with great cooties. Persons might sc.
quire • false credit by a connectioe of this nature
with eepitalists, the extent of obese liability might
not be hoe.. to the Public. In point of fact. this
was an unlimited allowance of smell joist Stock
Compaisies. Companies of such a description were
tiered with greet jealousy is this country. This
jraloosy, believer. might be carried too for. He
thought the Bill of the How. Alderman might hope-
dorm,' of silvantsge, but it gigf avengery that it
should undergo considerable alterations.

Mr. FOSTER entered into a ►isto►y of the Law
in Ireland, respecting anonymous partnership,. It
was drawn up by one of the ablest seen of Ireland,
and was passed in the Irish Parliament in 1781. The
kle of it was taken from a French law.hnok. When
sent use► to England, it was subinitted to the Attar.
nay and Soltritor.General of that day, end by their
▪ tejvoted as Coliltify to the practice of Mk
Island. 0.. a remonstrance from Ireland that the
1101 was necessary for the rapeseed of the ma•
nui.ctures of Ireland, the Bill came back sad was
painted into a law, end he •ever had heard any coma
plaints against it ; but on the contrary, that it had
been productive of g.eat beerfit. He should ream.
way..ll to the Worthy Alderman to bring in a Hill far
amending the minting law, rather than to repeal it.
11 r. L. FOSTER said the Hill of the Worthy Alder-
man was well deyerving contideratioe. He was not
sere that he understood his Right Hen. Friend (Mr.
Plunkett) correctly. It seemed to him that his pis.
eipal objection was to • principle which already es-
i.ved. By the canting law, dormant pertains might
invest money to any mount, derives shave of Me
profits, end yet not be liable beyond the MIS ineened
by them.
Mr. PLUNKETT said bit objection was to tin
effective confront which this Bill would glee to sleep
big ;owner', without subjerting them le soy inns.
Mr. Alden','. WOOD acknowledged that the
principle of the Bill would give this centavo'; bet
then half the ornate woold rentals to be added to
the capital. Thus, if the profits were 10 per cad.
6 per rest. could gray be drawn by the parteen.
Sir J. NEWPORT thavglit it 'mild he better to
repeal the former Aet, and consolidate Its previa
aims, in the presvol, 'Wormer being an Act of the
Irish Pailiament. Per Me Introsetion of persons
is ibis country, it wild be better that alt the regale.
Won, on r'oe subject should bo isee►pnreted lets owe
Act of the Imperial Parliament. With respect to
what bed been said by the Chancellor of the Esche-
quer on the *object of these partnerships, that per-
sons might derive a false credit front being connected
with capitalists who were only liable to a limited en.
tent, he had to shires, that by looking to the It..
gister, any ~might see net only the Mars in the
partnership, but also thequantem of their liability.
Leave was then given to Minis the His.
°MUSE LAWS.

Mr. BOSSITLL obtained km to Wag io a Bill

to doclars Acts of Parlisostrat passed slime the Union
of linglasd and koilsorl, not to hate become obso-
lete rnm crowns., eineaso one! wort-obseresnce.
Th. LORD ADVOCATE thought that doctrine
bad boon universally hold.
The Committee on the Lord Justice Goners' of
Scotlsod's Bill was postponed to Friday stronight.

IRISH WINDOW TAX.
Mr. SHAW (of Dublin) said, that no question of
more importance to the inhabitants of Dahlia coold
come wider the mike of the Hoese or one respect-
lag which t►ere wee less difference of opinion in list
iietropolia. Upon every principle of good faith and Ise.
lky, Ireland waseolitled to the repeal of that tee. If
the Hempel, to the subject the calm consideration it
deserved, the molt mast be io f of his Conatito-
eats. The las was enequal, and ought to be repealed,
being against the health of the country. Even had
Ireland not dean all in her power towards the Es-
pith at largo since her union with England, that
would be no r a for the continuance of the tat.
Having on a former 'veggies addressed t►e Home on
the subject, he should not recapitulate the arguments
holed then employed. One objection had been mode
to the repeal of the tat that it would Injure the public
creditor; het that objection 'Tidied equally to all
lams, and the principle of it had bees aboodoned
when • redaction of 25 pee cent. on 'he lee had bees
made. TM tat bad been a War Tea; and it was
stared in the Hill, that it was only to continuo
tiering the war, for the purpose of keeping op •
military force. In 1800, the lac had been coed.
need for three years, In the event of the war teethe
so long ; and that enactment referred net to the re•
gelation of the tat, bet to the tat itself. The People
of Ireland always thought the tat was may to lest
during the war, end such a feeling on their part was
nut to be answered by quibbling se the words of
the Act. The lion. Member bear reed an sweet
from the sp►ech of Mr. Corry, the then Chancellor of
the Escbeq•er for Ireland, by whom the tat had been
originally proposed, and which, he contended, prey-
ed the tea to be a War Tat. The health of the Peo-
ple had also materially suffered from skottiog op their
windows in consequence of the as. In the liberties
of Dublin several large houses were occupied by the
lower classes. Government had indeed ordered, that
in t►e case of infection the *Woes ►hoald be open-
ed, and that in that rase ti • tee should not be en-
forced ; bet few windows had been opened from a
want of confidence in the Government, and from the
people being so p.or as to be unable to bear the et•
pence. The number of noires for discontinuing the
payment of the tat had, for the last three years, been
33,4241. end for the same period there had been a
diminelisn In the tat to the 'moult of 157,9151 and
that deficiency would ie progressively. At the
end of the war the Properly Tim had been remitted
to England, while nothing bad been done for Ire-
land. The Hon. Gentleman coneledftl by moving
for the appointment of • Select Committee, to take
into consideration the elpediency of repealing the Art
of the 28th of the IC*, imposing a lee on Wilt-
dews in Ireland. •

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
tbneght there was nn weed of a t;ommittee, as all the
facts of the case %ere fatly known. lie had hoped
that the liberal view formerly taken by Parliament
weld haw. prevented any farther application on this
subject. The reasons in f of the tat appeared to
him se clear, the t nothiag-but self-interest, or. feeling
of sympathy, could occasion it to be misunderstood. A
large debt bed been feaa•ted on the credit of the tax.
sad that alone made the tasiorinaneat till it should be
repealed by Parlistrient.Wbon thelncome Tax had been
tepealed,af•er the Peace ofAmiens, new tales had been
provided for the wilily of the public creditor. Was
he aware t►at any other tea could be imposed in the
room of the Window Tag, he should not object to the
repeal The faith of Parliament was not more pledged
to Ir►tand than it wee le England, for the repeal of
her Window Tea. The Orin of Ireland was 104
millions, arid her charges flier millions and • half.
and she was bound by her debt to the (.11 amount of
her legation. Parliament was not bound by the ori.
eine' declaration, seta allowing it to have been made,
as the las was the property of the public creditor.—
England lied been relieved from the pre'.
sere of stay tea, the same relief bad been eztended
to Ireland. lied the Property Tel been imposed
on Ireland, she would have beers relieved in the
same es England had been ; and she ought to be
thankful that no such tat had been imposed.—
Upon the peace In 1815, Ireland bad been renewed
from thi Malt Tax, from part of the Assessed
Tales, and from part of the as on spirits.—
Many have been relieved from the operation of
the hearth Tax, sad in 1818. the relief from the
A isesed Toast bad amounted to 470,0001. The Win.
do w Toe, in consequence of the modification made
en it, bad been reduced to half, and in three quarters
of a year oho reduction in t►e taxation of Ireland had
been 480,0001. Ilow could he be justified to Eng.
lend and Scotland if he made them my!' tart amounting
to two millions and a ►alf, from which Ireland had
beets relieved. Three-fourths of the boom in that
country were Map from the operatioa of the tat,
u no boom is Ireland soder aevee wisdoms was
heed, whereas in England houses were tuned under
els. The as 'tabard on Ilse poor, residing is large
houses ; bet the Irish Government had ordered that
apse the ',premonition of a medical man, windows
should beopseed without any additional as upon the
lehabitaate, the ow users and not the occupants meat beer
thee:peace. Thetas en lodging-hooves was a shilling
ow each 'window, and a house of 30 windows paid
only 30v. whereas, bad it been occupied by one fa.
wily it would have poirl 141. What could Parliament
do mere? In all eases of timeliest there was some
hardship, bet he must protest &glint say further re-
daction of the of irelarid.

Mr. CAREW thoeght the sea kid been Intended
to continue rawly during the war.
Mr. VEREK ER hoped the Hoene would lend a
favourably ear to Hie motion.

Sir G. 1111.1 could not rote for the repeal of the
tea consistently with his defy. Ilia constitution
were a portion of the inhabitants of Ireland, parti-
cularly entitled to relief if it could be sliordad; bet
be was wisablo to sepport their Petition. 110 denied
that any pledge bed been given by Mr. Cony; bat,
admitting it bad been Risen, it was done litany
by the new war. 'lb. People of Ireland errs not
entitled to en eaemption from s at that we, to be
,scaliest(' to England aid Seri d, r•rcially et the

Assessed Tagus were sods less in Ireland than is
Croat Britain.

Mr. COCKS contended this tat was fora limited
time. The continuance of the is. would continue
the slovenly habits of the people.
Mr. PLUNKETT made no doubt that the Chan-
teller of t►e Escheqser was compelled, by his sense
of public duty, to oppose the soden. If the pledge
was not binding, then Do pledge whatever by a pub-
lic men could be so. From the face of the Statute
Book, the tau was evidently a war tea, and t►at
only, es it had been imposed in order to keep up •
military force of 50,000 men. Ireland was actually
in a state of bankruptcy with respect to her lams,
as she had been made to go es et a ►ate of contribu-
tion to which her mattress were unequal. The tea
was true ups. civilisation, and calculated to keep
the people is barbarism. It was enequal end conse-
quently tiniest, as Dublin alene paid mere than one-
fourth part of the tat. That city 'offered much from
the Union ; as at that period one hundred Noble
families resided there, sod it provost not owe. Ti.
tart was aliminishieg daily, and thw►e hod been a gre-
deal; falling off Ur the lust tire, years. It was sot
fair to call epos the opposers of the tat to pro-
pose a subetitete. That wee the duty of the Niels-
ter of Finance, which If he could not discharge, he
ought to resign ►is die,.
Mr. C. GRANT defended the tar. No pledge
bud been given that the tea was to continue only der-
ing tbe war. Had mock a pledge been gives, the
question would ►are been decided at once. The
*Woof the remises of 'related were, by the Act
of Union, pledged to the public creditor. ►a the
year 1303, the Chancellor of the Eeclfhquer, who
had originally proposed the tie in the Parliament of
Ifeland, moved for itvenewal in the Imperial Par-
Hansen,. Ile theta denied that any pledge had been
given, and what was still more, Pediment was of
the guise opining. Had he the power, he would re-
lieve Ireland from a great pert of her lases ; but he
could not appeal to Parliament to grant that Ind*
gene. to 'reload, that could not be eatenried to air
land and ienr nd.

Sit J. NEW PORT contended, thst sine* tbe Won
of the two countries, ['eland hid barn made I. con-
tribtilw more to the @attend s lathe Stale than her
condition allowed. The tetra proposed to be (stied.
on her in that House, from 1803 t• JlBl7, emettlfri'd
to 3,500,0001. additional in mach year, while the
meant calculated upon in Ili(? beyond 11406, was
only 50,01)01. Wket.ce add tbirdae, bat front her
inability to pay ? The greet,Antly of the popnlinion
sate Got able to coalrilltkieits consequence of tie
number of absentee., sefifisber circunlatances..
Lord CASTLEREAGH could not support 41s•
motion. Its the last year there had been a dolectiod
et
so average of five cent. and at present the clines
was not for modification. bet right. Let them sl-
aws,. tell Ireland, that ilsoegh she might have born
disposed to fight the battles of the Empire, yet in the
mutual arrangement of the Treasedea of the two
countries, Ireland had been relieved from her own
internal expenses in a great measure, which she
would have had in other circumstances to have borne
herself. behind never raised a faro hill of Property
Tax daring Ilse war. while England and Scotland
raised 200 millions. He was as little disposed as any
man hi depredate the boomer or capability of his
country, or to place her lower in the scale than Scot.
land, yet the latter country did, deri,:g the war,
beer a Property Tea ; and ores now enduring a Win-
dow Tat at a higher rate than was imposed upon
Ireland. He was conainced, that this tat was not
severely felt in Ireland, unless it might be in the
Goy of Dublin.
Mr. WILBERFORCE said, that we had a long
a rrrrr of crimes against Ireland, which should induce
us now to acknowledge her as oar sister country,
and to show that we were disposed to treat her with
kindness. Still he considered the prevent question as
uotentble,in the present steer of oar own country.

Mr;C.111.1ICIIIINNON did not think that the
pledge hs.l been redeemed. shut Cris tee shneld be
purely a ear Ise. Ile denied that Ireland hod been
benefited by the Cnion; but rehee that every year
since that diabolical measure took place, Ireland had
been deteriorated more and more. The Noble Vie.
count might read a lecture to the Irish Members
•hone he bad brought her as lleprosenrotites of that
country, under promises which had
filled. H. could assure the Him. shot thole wag
but ono opinion in Ireland., to that toe, that it pro-
demi disease by Ms eaclusion of light. The People
could be moat thankful to the Chancellor of the Ea.
chequer, if he could devise some other las iu lieu of
this.

Mr. MARTIN (of Galway) ssid, that he should
Tote against that as.
Mr. GRATTAN said, that as a political marriage
had been brought almost between England and Ire-
land, the object, me doubt, was to make that con-
nexion as prolific as possible; but he read a statement,
to show that there were an immense number of losses
in Dublin shut up, or Inselviut, in cenoseqeence of
this as.

Sir N. COLTHURST thought his countrymen
would never attempt to screen Ireland from her fair
proportion of te mien ; bat be sever meld agree with
thi• tat, which bad been productive of the late form
is Ireland.

Mr. COICLOUGH gild, that this tat had in.
emend HI. semis's in relasel.—( Lang4ier.)
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Mr. MARRYAT said, that much had been sai.l
anal redeelni tales on feelings of philanthropy,
morality, and begun'', ; bat he thought that morality,
philan.hropy, and humanity, were in a much mots
tioarishing state than the Reverie. He would wilt
until our finances could meet the Revenue, before be
would men to the redaction of this tai.
Mr. CALLAGHAN would Tote for the present
motion, becalms it was so unpopular in Ireland, and
because she had not been reliosed of many lairs
which were to have been taken off at the continuum
of a general Twice.

Mr. FOICHES believed that on gestsiion of 1;e.
tense could justify • breech of faith. mad, therefore,
bo.wooltl vote for the Rolm! of this Iss.

The Hesse then divided—
Ftw 'vine 1.1. toe rifelMillte 73 I A mas it 151 I lltsjeras 77.
Sir J. NEWPOK t ter Ch.ine•ito: of the
Eseltegoer, whether soy steps hid tt.en tsite,i to
cheek the en/woos. charges wide for s,%rimr.re saw.
plied to the Government. antler • claim smog,
So obsolete rowel by iblderuseo bilog, of Lhtb-

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