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dogs, clocks and watches; the other for 
thofe with horfes, fervants, &c. In the 
plan aes now modified, ir was his with to 
make a more precife deferiptioa of each, - 
and to give two diftinét tables, without 
blending or mixing therein any cafe. As 
to clocks, watches, and dogs, they were to 
follow’ the gradations of windows, and 
hhoufes. As to hovufes, the modification 
would be found to be coniiderable, on ail 
defcriptions; but h: propofed a much more 
confiderable abatement on retail fhops, 
and houfes thar let lodgings. He then 
brought to the recolleétion of the Houfe, 
the gradations of his former pian of modi- 
fication, and then ftated that which he 
now propofed, and which ftood as fol+ 
lows: 
Perfons occupying houfes, not having 
fhops, or ufually letting lodgings, if the 
“amount now paid to the above duties, is 
under 11. are exempt from additional 
duty.: 
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ara > 8 
From 1 0 to 2 9 to} more 
2°9 to 2 a to 
. Oo to thee Mae OE 3 
§ ° to ope f | to one more 
7 10 to % 0 torf 
‘Ib *"O tp 12 O° ftotwice. 
sc Rae Saka 15.9  to2t 
15 0 to 20 9 to 3 times 
20° © to 30 0 to 34 times 
302,60 to 4o o tod times 
40 oO, to 50 3  to4é times 
50 o and upwards to 5 iimes. 
“Tn adopting this fcale, he faid, there 
might arife the inconvemence of tie bur- 
den falling too light, but on the other 
hand it would be compenfated by che 
charge on the other claffes of duties, care 
riages, fervants, &c. There were farther 
mitigations prop»fed, for the clafs of re- 
tail fhopkeepers, and thofe who let 
lodgings as a means of fubfiftence, 
Publicans, ftable-keepers. and a variety 
of others. would likewife have relief. 
Coach-makers, and cabinet-makers would 
be confidered as retail traders. Boarding- 
houfes likewife would be entitled to abate- 
ment. 
The feale of payment, for perfons oc: u- 
pying houfes in which there are thops, 
or which: are ufually let to lodginys, if 
the affefled taxes now paid be under 31, 
that perfon is to be cxempted ‘from the 
new tax: 
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Frm Zliguto 5 in addition 
5 ta |+ 7a1@ 
7 10 to 10 
IO. 0 .to 
& 
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2% 10 to a5 @ re 
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From £ of 
15 to 20 x rate more 
20 to 25 1% More 
25 to 30 is 
° to 35 z ‘ates more 
He then proceeded to his laft and 
hivheft table of taxation, namely, that on 
horfes and carriages, in which he intend- 
ed there fhould be no abatement, but on 
the contrary, in fome cafes increafed rates. 
In fixing the. criterion for» this tax, he 
faid, he would take up the houfe aff. 
ments juft atthat ftage of the firt {cale, 
where three rates and a half. additional 
take place, viz. where from 20l. to 301. 
aflefled taxes are now paid, and then it 
would ftand thus : 
Perfons keeping any male fervant, horfe 
Or carriage, to pay in all cafes, a fum equal 
to three times their prefent payment, 
on thofe articles, 
£ 
» RE ag! 
Ifthey pay from 25 to 30 
34 more 
39 to 4o 4. times 
40 to 50 4% 
50 and upwards ¢ times 
As to the horfes in hufbandry, “he faid, 
he propofed the tax on them to be doubled. 
Having thus laid down tne outlines of his 
plan, the Chairman reported progrefs, and 
ge leave to fit again, on Wednef. 
lay. 
Tn the fubfequent ftage of the Bill, the 
minifter propofed, thar its duration fhould 
“be frém the sth of January 1798, till 
the sth of April 1800, that is to fay, 
two years and a quarter, 
IRELAND. 
The critical and alarming ftate of this 
ilefated. and unhappy ifland, was ably 
_pourtrayed, in the Hovfe of Lords, by 
Earl Morra, on the 22d of November. 
A, more heart-rending recital of faéts than 
that fubmitted to the copfideration of their 
lordthips by the nobie earl, perhaps never 
arcetted the attention. of civilifed. man. 
Men, his lordfhip faid, were forced from 
their families, thrown inte prifon, and 
put to tue moft horrid tortures, upon the 
bare fufpicion of an offence, the narure of 
which they were not even made acquainte 
ed with. [t was a praétice by no means 
’ncominon for men to be hung up till they 
were half dead, and then compelled, 
through terror of being hung up again, 
to the cenfeflion of crimes of which. they 
were entirely innocent! Y, 
Belfaft, the once. flourifhing, happy, 
and virtuous capital of the, north of Ire- 
Jand, was now, he obferved, only known 
by the oppreffion of its inhabitants,- the 
extinction of all trade, except plunder and 
Se maffaere, 

