118 ANNUAL REGISTER, 180% 
CHAP. X. 
Proceedings in Parliament, after the Easter Recess.—Committee of the 
House of Commons, on the giving Facilities to mercantile Transactions. 
—Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Plan, jor the Consolidation of the Duties. 
Proceedings on the Report of the Ilchester Election Committee—And on 
the Coroners’ Bill—Lost.—Lord Folkstone moves for Papers, respecting, 
the Cape of Good Hope—Kefused —Debate in the Lords, on the Irish 
Bank-restriction Bull—Lord King—Eart of Limerick—Lord Auckland, 
—Nottingham Election Bill, carried unanimously.—Clergy Bill—And 
Mr. Markham’s Divorce Bill, — Sir Henry Mildmay’s Motion on naval 
Abuses.—Debate.—Irish Bank-restriction Bill,—Clause agreed to, in 
the Clergy Residence Bill, allowing the Rector three Months’ leave of 
Absence.—Debate in the Lords, on the Insolvent Debtors’ Bill, —Re- 
trospect. 
MMEDIATELY on the meeting 
of the house of commons, after 
the Easter recess, pursuant to ad- 
Journment; on the 21st of April, 
The chancellor of the exchequer 
moved, that the house should re- 
Solve itself into a committee, to 
consider, that part of his majesty’s 
speech, which related to the giving 
facilities te mercantile transactions. 
General Gascoyyne declared, that 
he thought it absolutely necessary, 
for the house to know, whether 
these reguiations applied to a state 
of war, or peace? On this point, 
he asserted, ministers had been 
most unaccountably silent; and 
yet, he thought, it was intimately 
connected with the question, Al- 
though the professed object of this 
measure, was the consolidation of 
duties, yet he found, by the sche- 
dules, that a considerable increase 
of revenue was intended. He there- 
fore thought, he had an undoubted 
right, before he should give his vote, 
to ask, in what manner this in- 
creased revenue was to be applied ; 
whether to a state of war, ora state 
of peace? 
_ The chancellor of the exchequer, 
in reply, said, that it was impossi- 
ble for him, consistently with his 
duty, to make any communication — 
to the house, at present; but he 
denied, that the principal object of 
the proposed measure was, as supe 
posed by the hon. general, an ine 
crease of the revenues. 
The house having then resolved 
itself into the committee, 
The chancellor of the exchequer, 
proceeded to detail his plan for the 
consolidation of the duties, which 
were now raised, under no less than. 
170 acts of parliament; he stated, 
that the principal object of the bill, 
was to simplify the mode of collect- 
ing the duties; although, ultimate- 
ly, it might lead to an increase of 
revenue, 
