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matter propofed the following Ways and 
Means for bearing the expences above- 
mentioned. The whole fum to be railed 
he {aid was five millions and a half. 
WAYS AND MEANS. 
Taxes. 
Ten per cent. on impoft duties, £.260,000 
Six-pence per barrel on malt, - 26,000 
Stamps, additional duty, gtr 50,000 
Six-pence per gallon on fpirifts, - . 100,000 
Regulations on wine, ao §0,000 
Additional winiow tax, - - 60,000 
Additional game licer:ces, - - 10,900 
Surplus of funds, - - - 100,000 
Total by taxes, 656,000 
The general principle of thefe taxes 
met with almoft univerfa] approbation, ex- 
cept trom Sis J. Parnell, whofe oppofition 
to the window-tax was rather polite than 
ftrenuous. 
It is generally underftood that the loan 
wanted to make up the ways and means, 
will be £4,800,000. 
The attorney general introduced a bill 
into the houfe of commons for “ fup- 
preffing the rebellion at prefent exiking 
inthe country.’” This bill places in the 
hands of the [rith gevernment an abfolute 
power; the powerful plea of neceflity 
is advanced, as the only apology for this 
unexampled meafure. The attorney ge- 
neral contended, ina very long {peech, tor 
the co-operation of parliament with the 
_meafure of fummary punifhment, adopt- 
ed by the cxecutive power and interred 
from a continued neceffity, a continua- 
tionof power, but fo defined that the civil 
fhould not clafh with the military law. 
Mr. Barrington, in a long and fpirit- 
ed treech went through the claufes of the 
bill, commenting on their tendency 3 and 
urged with great energy that the three prin- 
cipal- features of it were calculated to go 
to the extin&tion of the conftitutien in 
Magna Charta, tie billof rights, and the 
Habeas Corpus a&t. He made fome fevere 
obfervations upon the meatures purfued by 
Lord Cernwallis,. «nd faid that they were 
fuch as would defervedly withdraw the 
confidence of parliament from hiin. 
General Hutchinion entered into a {p1- 
rited defence of Lord Cornwallis, and 
advocated the necefliry of che 
Among feveral others who {poke on both 
fides, wasthe new prime fergeant, (ier- 
geant George Daly,) who, asa motive 
for paiiing the bill, ftated that an crga- 
“nized rebeilion and armed body exilted 
in the province of Connought, and allo in 
Dublin. 
Mr. Dubbs oppofed the bill, and gave 
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notice of an important meafure which he 
intended to bring forward. 
The Lord Chancellor on the oth of 
March, the houfe of Lords having form- 
ed themfelves into a committee on this 
bill, moved, among other claufes, that 
courts martial fhould be empowered to 
punifh with death or otherwife, perfons 
fJapeced of aiding, aflifting or abetting, 
rebellion, or injuring the perfons or pro- 
perty of his majefty’s loyal fubjeéts, in 
furtherance of fuch rebellion. Lord Farn- 
ham approved the principle of the bill, 
but thought it was going too far to try 
perfons omfufpicion. The lord chancel- 
lor expreffed his regret at the neceflity of 
fo feverea claufe, which he yet deemed 
indifpenfable as a new rebel direélory 
in the country were inciting to maffaore 
and devaftation, by a promite of aid trom. 
France, for which the lurking traitors 
‘only waited, as a fignal tor general infur- 
rection. - The feveral claufés, one of 
which exonerates perfons acting under 
the bill from the operations of the courts 
of Jaw, pafled the committee, and on be- 
ang reported to the houfe, the duke of 
Leintter faid the executive had before 
pofleded abundant power and he was 
afhamed to (ee fuch an uncbnititutional 
act upon the ftatute books. Lord Alta- 
mont faid he was not afhamed of the 
bill but of the neceflity which called 
for it. 
GREAT ERITAIN. 
The principal fubjeéts which have oc- 
cupied the atrention of parliament’ fince 
our laft are the civil lift, an amendment 
of the income bill, the flave trade, 
the treatment of prifoners in cold- 
bath fields prifon, and fome affairs of 
finance. 7 
Mr. Pitt, on the frft of March, deli- 
vered to the houie of commons a meflage 
from the King, ftating, that his Majelty 
being defirous of making a competent 
provition for his beloved children Prince 
Edward and Prince Erneft. Auguftus, 
and-not being enabled to do fo from 
the money applicable to the civil 
lift, and aifo being defirous to make a 
provifion tor the Princefs Amelia; his 
Majeity relied on the affection of the com- 
mons, tomake fuch provifion as the cir- 
cumitances of the cafe required. 
This meflage was. taken into confidera- 
tion on the 8th, when Mr. Pitt observed 
to the houfe, that from a_perufal of the 
civildift it would appear that there was 
not enough to defray the accounts. In 
confequence of the arrangements madesin 
1722 under Mr. Burke’s bill, the-civil 
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