the debt of Ireland at the commencement of the war was, to the debt at present, in the proportion of one to fourteen: her debt at that period was to that of England as one to one hundred; but now the proportion of the debt of Ireland was to that of England as one to ten. The interest upon this debt amounted to a larger sum than those who were only accustomed to three per cents. would at first suppose; it amounted to 1,696,000. In this statement he did not include the taxes which it would be necessary to lay on in consequence of the. loan for the service of the present year. Of this debt Ireland had been under the necessity of bor-. rowing so large a sum in England, that the interest which she paid to this country amounted to nearly one million. The sinking fund of Ireland, which was included in the sum he had before mentioned of 1,696,000!., was founded upon the same principle as that of this coun try. The original sinking fund of Ireland was adopted in Ireland under the patronage of a right honour-. able friend of his, and it then amounted to no more than 100,000l. It bore a proportion to the debt of that country of one to seventy, whereas the sinking fund of Eng land, at its establishment, bore a proportion to the debt of one to 230. Since the establishment of the sinking fund in Ireland, it had paid off about a million of the debt, and it now amounted to 400,000l. a year. The next article of the separate charge of Ireland was the sum of 622,000. for the compensation for boroughs, which was all that it was thought desirable to raise in one year. The next item was 100,000l. for the improvement of the in land navigation. These sums together made something more than 2,400,000l. which formed the separate charge that was to be provided for by Ireland. The other part of the joint charge, which was for civil purposes, amounted to above 600,000l. making together something more than 4,700,000l. exclusive of 300,000!. for the vote of credit. This, added to the sum which he had stated as necessary for the separate charge of Ireland, would make the supplies nccessary for that country above 7,100,000l. He would now state the ways and means by which he proposed to cover this charge. In consequence of the act of union, the joint charges between the two. countries commenced from the 1st of January 1801, and consequently the supplies from that period to the 25th of March must be thrown into the joint estimate. The amount of the balances in the treasury of Ireland on the 1st of January 1801, amounted to 1,697,000l. besides 800,000l, the balance of the loans. The income arising from the port-duties amounted to about 2,500,000l. from stamps, about 150,000l. from the post-office, only about 20,0001. In estimating the revenues of the current year, he should form his calculation upon three quarters of the year up to Christmas last; they amounted then to 1,800,0001 ; consequently he should take their whole produce at 2,400,000l. It had been usual, in Ireland, to have one or two lotteries in the course of the year; he would propose one for the present year, the produce of which he should take at 150,000l. The sums applicable to the service of the present year would then be 5,247,000l. Balance From this sum there was to be a deduction of 230,000l. for the loyalists, in order to enable them to rebuild their houses, &c. There was also a sum of 70,000l. to be deducted, paid by Ireland to her forces in the garrisons of Great Britain, which would leave the sum remaining applicable to the service of the year 4,947,000. The ways and means being therefore unequal to the supply of the year, it became necessary to borrow the sum of 2,500,000l. He should now proceed to state the new taxes of Ireland, which he would estimate at 263,000l. ...... The new taxes were, 1st. on sugar, at the rate of { 3dly, An augmentation (from the reduction of the office 4thly, A stamp duty additional on all notes, bills, 5thly, A tax on policies of insurance Lastly, A transfer of the duty on coals, formerly collected in this country, to be now collected in Ireland, at 10d. per ton altogether ۰۰۰۰۰ This sum would be more than the supplies of the Mr. Corry then begged pardon for troubling the committee so long, and concluded with moving his resolutions respecting the taxes. Sir John Parnell said, he could not see how these expences could he brought so low as 4,600,000. The expences of Ireland in the last year had amounted to seven millions, besides an additional sum of 700,000. There was also the interest of the debt payable by Ireland of 1,600,000l. amounting in all to the sum of 9,300,000l. so that, after deducting that part of the debt chargeable on Ireland, there would still remain the sum of 2,300,000l, year. to be placed to the account of Great Britain. With regard to the expences of Ireland, he was sorry to remark that they were every year increasing. He concluded a long speech by declaring a wish that whatever the expences of Ire-, land were, they might be provided for as far as possible within the ycar; for, otherwise, to promote a system of increasing loans would prove ruinous to both countries. The question was then put upon the resolutions, which were agreed to. The house on the 24th of April having resolved itself into a com mittee of supply, Mr. Pitt observed that he should have no occasion to engage much of the attention of the committee, because the accounts would be found to be nearly the same as those of the last session, with the exception only of certain grants, about which there could be no difference of opinion. In the last short session, the public supplies were voted for three months to come up to June, and the remaining half year was all that now remained to be granted. It was, however, to be observed, that a reduction would be found in the amount of the secret service. In the year 1800, the sum allowed for that service was 150,000l. this year there was reason to think that no more would be required than 50,000l. of which 35,000l. having been voted in the short session, all that he should now ask on that head was 15,000l. For The house on the 20th of May, having gone into a committee to consider further of ways and means, the chancellor of the exchequer (Mr. Addington) said it would be recollected by the committee, that Mr. Pitt, who proposed to the house the ways and means of the year for raising the supply, proposed, among other things, a duty on printed goods; likewise on pepper for home consumption, and pepper for exportation. It was afterwards thought adviseable, that the duty on pepper exported should he abandoned. It was his duty to £. The propose taxes to supply the deficiency which would be thus occasioned. The duty on printed goods was taken at 140,000l; that gether the sum of 232,000l. It on pepper at 92,000l. making tofor that deficiency that he now was for the purpose of providing first tax he should mention was was about to propose taxes. that of an additional stamp-duty on probates of wills, or letters of legacy or otherwise, where the vaadministration on property, left by lue amounted to more than 600l.; and rising gradually from that amount up to 100,000l. There was a duty already up to 600l. and up to 10,000l. He proposed to thence upon a scale of gradation all these duties, excepting the make an augmentation on almost quests, &c. up to 10,000l. upon smaller sums, viz. upon all be100,000l.; for it did not appear to a certain scale of gradation up to him equitable that the larger bequests should pay a smaller proportion, with reference to their own amount, than the smaller. It did not seem to him reasonable, that the scale of gradation should stop at 10,000l.; he should therefore propose to pursue the ascending of stamp on the probate of wills series up to 100,000l. and by way and letters of administration, in the following manner; but he should propose no new duty where the property should not amount to 600l. £. 600 and under. 1000 1000 an additional tax of 3 10 2000 5000 20 5000 10,000'. 30 10,000 an additional tax of 50 10,000 and under. 15,000 80 15,000 20,000 100 20,000 30,000.. 150 90,000 ... .100,000... And for 100,000 and upwards He should estimate these additional duties at 120,000l. The next duty he should propose was that of an additional stamp on all deeds of 2s. where 38. had been laid on in the last act of parliament, and this tax he estimated at 62,000l. The next duty was that of half a guinea additional stamp on every license to sell ale. The number Taxes to be relinquished of licenses were 60,000; the produce of this duty he estimated at 32,000l. The next was an additional stamp of 6d. on every pack of cards, and 2s. 6d. on every pair of dice; which he understood would produce more than 20,000l. Mr. Addington proceeded to recapitulate the new taxes: Taxes proposed in lieu of them: It was not his intention at present to propose all the remainder of the ways and means of the year for raising the supply in the place of other duties abandoned. He then moved the first resolution, which passed without opposition; as did all the others, except that of the duty on ale licenses. When that resolution was put, sir R. Buxton said, he knew that the last tax which was imposed upon ale-houses put down some of the small ones; the consequence of which was, that a number of houses sold ale without any license. It was extremely difficult to get at these houses. He did not oppose this tax, he only wished it might be made as productive as possible. Mr. Addington admitted £. • 232,000 120,000 62,000 32,000 20,000 £.234,000 that, to a given extent, there was force in these observations, but he hoped that the evil alluded to would not be very great. Mr. Addington on the 10th of June said he was extremely sorry to find that the public service would require that there should be given to his majesty a power of raising 2,000,000l. on exchequer bills, as a vote of credit. In consequence of the northern confederacy, and other causes, he found that the ad- . ditional expence of the navy, victualling, and transports, in all amounted to 1,686,8711. The question being put, Mr. T. Jones said he hoped the present chancellor of the exchequer would see the necessity of stating to the house the time of his accession to office, in order that the public might know when the late administration ended, and when the present began. For his own part, he rather felt this proposed two millions vote of credit to arise out of the deficiencies of the late administration; because the right hon. gentleman alluded to the armed neutrality, which certainly did grow out of the measures of the late administration. Mr. Tierney said, when the budget was opened by the late chancellor of the exchequer, he demanded a vote of credit for 500,000l. and this was a subject which required some explanation. He understood, however, by the statement of the right hon. gentleman, that nothing concerning the army would require any further estimate. Mr. Addington replied, he should be extremely sorry to pledge himself that the vote of the army estimates would be sufficient for the army; he said no such thing. He was, however, not aware of any difference in the expence from the estimate. With respect to the application of the two millions now proposed, he begged to be understood as not pledging himself to apply the whole of it to the naval service, although it was to the increased demands of that service that this application was owing. He was not aware of any other observations necessary for him make, except that which referred to the vote of credit of 800,000l. that was 500,000l. for Great Britain, and 300,000l. for Ireland: 300,000l. were since voted for the assistance of Portugal: so that there now remained, out of that part of the vote of credit which was applicable to Great Britain, 200,000l. Mr. Tierney replied, that Mr. Pitt, to at the time of proposing the last vote of credit, expressed some concern that there was no possibility of sending out any money to Por tugal; but now the matter stood thus. The original vote of credit proposed by the late minister for this year was 800,000l.; that was 500,000l. for England, and 300,000l. for Ireland; and now it was proposed to vote two mil lions more. Mr. Addington observed, that the two millions now proposed to be voted covered the 300,000l. for Portugal; so that the difference was not now to be computed at between 2,300,000l. and 800,000l. for the 300,000l. was comprised in the 2,000,000l. Mr. Pitt took credit for only 800,000l.; that was 500,000l. for Great Britain, and 300,000l. for Ireland. He did not imagine that Mr. Pitt then foresaw the subsidy to Portugal. Mr. Tierney said, that, according to the present statement, there would not be, out of the whole vote, for the real purposes of supplying any exigency that might arise, (the true spirit upon which a vote of credit ought to be adopted) any more than about 100,000l.; a sum that would, he feared, be very insufficient. After Mr. Steele, sir Andrew Hammond, and Mr. Grey had spoken, the chancellor of the exchequer proceeded to move the following resolutions: "That a sum not exceeding 2,000,000l. be granted to his ma jesty, to enable him to take such measures as the exigency of affairs might require. That a sum of 200,000l. be granted to his majesty, to be issued and paid to the governor and company of the bank of England, to be by them placed to the account of the commissioners for the reduction of the |