in the state of trust, dignity, and emolument, a course of policy which the petitioners cannot help considering at the least extremely questionable at all times, but more particularly so when the very independence of the united kingdom becomes the subject of national contest; and that they deem it unnecessary to enter into any refutation of the several calumnies and misrepresentations which have been circulated respecting the doctrine of their holy religion; the solemn pledges they have given, the revenue they have contributed, the blood they have shed, and the lives they have sacrificed, in support of British policy and British connection, supply abundant contradiction to the malignant assertions and insinuations of their misguided enemies. The religion they profess is maintained by every one of his Majesty's European allies; it was the religion of every man in England, when that colossal pillar of British liberty, so justly entitled her Great Charter, was raised by her trusty sous; and they beg leave most humbly to remind the house, that the Catholics of Ireland contribute very largely to the supply and reinforcement of his Majesty's forces on sea and land; and that they cannot disguise the feelings of disappointment and dissatisfaction with which they are impressed, on finding such attachment and support on their part met by a system of cold and jealous reserve, which excludes the Irish Catholic from rank in military command; and those feelings are raised to a spirit of indignation, when they observe that confidence which is refused to the petitioners, in this their native land, reposed in foreign mercenaries, strangers alike to their soil and their constitution, and not naturally interested in the defence or prosperity of either; and that, fully impressed with the conviction that the extent and degrees of their grievances are already known to the house, they deem it unnecessary to resort to a minute detail or recital of them, as such a particular recapitulation could only tend to impress more forcibly, and, if possible, more painfully, on the minds of the petitioners, the degrading consequences resulting from their present wretched state of exclusion and humiliation; and praying the house to comply with the prayers of so many millions of their fellow subjects, and not to suffer their claims any longer to remain disregarded; the extent of their supplication is, that the house will secure and consolidate the real strength of the nation, and excite a spirit of enthusiastic loyalty in so large a portion of his Majesty's subjects at a time when every arm and every sinew is valuable in the defence of this insulated empire; the petitioners ask for no favour, which it is not in the power of parliament to bestow, or which they are not entitled to enjoy ; restore then, they most humbly pray the house, the Catholics of Ireland to a full participation of all the blessings of that constitution, to the support and defence of which they have so essentially contributed." Arrears of Income Duty, &c. Lottery, Net Profit-one third for Ireland. ... Monies paid on Account of the Interest of Loans raised for the Service of Ireland 137,753 2 23 2 62 6,759,165 13 4 99,730 I 84 3,100,594 16 10 6,709,985 15 13,492,215 44313,216,863 17 913,216,863 17 11,789 11,666 4 94 11,666 4 471,250 0.0 450,615 I 6 2,448,470 10 9 2,448,470 10 9 450,615 1 6 2,448,470 10 9 Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices 136,398 13 11 Surplus Revenue of the Isle of Man.. .... 8,254 7 9 85,000 0 O 85,000 On Account of the Interest, &c. of a Loan granted to the Prince Regent of Portugal. Imprest Money repaid by sundry Public Accountants, &c.. Loans paid into the Exchequer, including the Sum of £1,400,000 raised for the Service of Ireland, GRAND TOTAL. Land Taxes, 1798 to 1810.. Total Income of the Consolidated Fund; 5,508 5 9 24,016 10 71 CHARGE. Total Charge for Debt created prior to CIVIL LIST..His Majesty's Household. Do. per Act 44 Geo. 3. ..... COURTS OF JUSTICE.---Judges of Eng- ...... William Baldwin, Esq. Receiver of the Ditto.. .... John W. Compton, Esq. Chief Justice Annual Payment out of £ S, d. 24,158,233 I 7 24,150,329 898,000 898,000 0 1 101 5,843 4 84 } Uncertain. of the Vice Admiralty Court, at 32,196,088 12 5 Alexander Croke, Esq. Ditto, America DUTIES pro Anno 1805. on Assessed Taxes, Duty on Horses ..... Total.. 306,020 0 O 331,333 6 52,313 16 81 8 Pensions..................... MISCELLANEOUS-For the Encourage- ... Total of Incidental Charges upon the Consolidated Fund, as they stood on the 5th of January, 1811..... |