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ANNUAL REGISTER, \805. 



CHAP. "VI. 



I'arliamenlarij Proceedings continued. — Irish Budget. — Division in the Ilovse 

 of Lords, upon a Clause in the Mufintj PulL—Mr. VitCs- Plan for the 

 Reducl/un of the Mililia brought forward. —Read a first Time, after some 

 Opposilion.^Sappkmeittary Budget. — Dixidon on the legacy Tax. — 

 Bill" brought in to restrain the Issue of Paper Monci/ in Ireland — Jndfor 

 the Repair of /he Post Roads., in tliat Countrij — To regulate the Pozcers 

 prescribed to the East India Company, in their Nomination of a Commander 

 in Chief. — Proceedings in the llousc of Lords, upon the Reform of the 

 jVrtr^. — Motion of Mr. Martin, (if Gahcaij,) on the Attainder of Corne- 

 lias Grogan. — Debate on the Second Reading of the Militia Enlisting 

 Billy in the House (f Lords. — Division thereon.— Mr . Francis's Speech on 

 the McdiriUta H'ar, and Motion relative thereto. — Debate. — Division. — • 

 Motion lost. 



ON tbe I3tli clay of March, Mr. 

 Foster, (the chancellor of the 

 Irish exchequer,) brought forward 

 the budget for that part of the 

 united kingdom. He began by 

 taking a view of the exports and 

 imports of the last, compared with 

 former years, Avhich he said pre- 

 sentcd a very consolatory prospect, 

 particularly as far as regarded the 

 exports. In regard to the debt of 

 Ireland, he shewed that the progress 

 of the increase of it was stopped, as 

 it was last year ten millions, and 

 •would not be half so much in the 

 present. The whole charge of the 

 year 1805, in Ireland, to provide 

 for the interest of her debt, and 

 lier quota of contribution, was 

 8,464,983/. In order to meet this 

 demand, he took the revenues of 

 Ireland at four millions. A loan 

 lind been settled of 2,708,3x33/. 

 Irish, or 2,500,000/. English, and 

 a further loan of one million. He 



would also bring forward a residue 



of 800,354/. Irish, of the loan of 

 last year, which had not ) et reached 

 the Irish treasury. These made 

 S,50S,6S7/. to meet a charge of 

 8;4f)4.,y<S3/. The next thing was 

 to raise the ways and means for the 

 interest of 0,500,000/. English and 

 on(; million Irish. On 'J' millions 

 at tj/. 17.V 7d. per cent, the British 

 charge would be 17 2,Gt52/. oa ono 

 further million, at the same rate, 

 68.000/. making in the Mhole a 

 charge, including the sinking fund, 

 of '255, '255/. 1 le then stated various 

 modes by Mhich the revenues of 

 Ireland might be materially im- 

 proved, and dwelt particularly on 

 the duties on distilleries, which ho 

 said were not jierfectly collected, in 

 any one city or county in Ireland. J 

 In Dublin there was scarcely a dis- 

 tiller, wiio did not candidly andj 

 hoiiestly avow to him, that he had 

 defrauded the revenue, and in thol 



books! 



