V. Report from the Committee of the House of Com-

mons, on Laws relating to the Manufacture, Sale, and

assize of BREAD

VI. An Inquiry into the RISE OF PRICES in Europe,

during the last twenty-five years, compared with that

which has taken place in England; with Observa-

tions on high and low prices. By ARTHUR YOUNG,

Esq. F. R. S.

VII. On the LIBERTY of the PRESS, or an Inquiry how

far Government may safely allow the publication of

Political Pamphlets, Essays, and Periodical Works,

By M. BENJ. H. DE CONSTANT

VIII. A Short ADDRESS to the Most Reverend and

Honorable WILLIAM, Lord Primate of all Ireland;

recommendatory of Some Commutation, or Modifi-

cation of the Tythes of that country: with a few

Remarks on the Present State of the Irish Church.

By the Rev. Sir H. BATE DUDLEY, Bart.

147

165

205

239

IX. Report from the COMMITTEE of the House of

Commons on MADHOUSES in ENGLAND ...... 257

X. An Abridged Statement of the Leading Transactions

of the BRITISH and FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY;

with a Digest of the Views of the Society, and a

Notice of its Chief Patrons ...

269

CONTENTS OF NO. XII.

1. On the COMMUTATION of TYTHE. By JOHN

BENETT, Esq.

II. A LETTER to Dr. H. MARSH in confutation of his

assertion that the designs of the DISSENTERS are to obtain

for themselves the honors and emoluments of the CHURCH,

and to establish their own forms of worship.

III. Dr. H. MARSH'S ANSWER to the Preceding.

IV. OBSERVATIONS and REFLECTIONS on the BILL

for "Better regulating the MEDICAL PROFESSION as far as

regards APOTHECARIES;" Proving it to be a measure best

suited to the Public Convenience, and most conducive to the

Preservation of the Community from the effects of existing

Frauds and Abuses. By R. M. KERRISON, Esq.

V. History of JAMES MITCHELL, a Boy born BLIND

and DEAF; with an account of the OPERATION performed

for the recovery of his Sight. By JAMES WARDROP, Esq.

F.R.S. Edinburgh.

VI. AMERICAN ENCROACHMENTS on BRITISH RIGHTS;

or Observations on the importance of the British North Ame-

rican Colonies, &c. &c. By N. ATCHESON, Esq. F.A.S.

[Concluded from No. XI.]

NO. XII. Pam.

VOL. VI.

283

295

301

313

333

361

T

VII. A SHORT ACCOUNT of the CAUSE of the DISEASE

in CORN, called by Farmers The BLIGHT, the MILDEW,

and the RUST. By Sir JOSEPH BANKS, Bart. And a LET-

TER to Sir J. BANKS on the ORIGIN of the BLIGHT, and on

the means of raising LATE CROPS of GARDEN PEASE. By

T. A. KNIGHT, Esq.

VIII, The SUBSTANCE of a SPEECH on the subject of

UNION, delivered in the Irish House of Commons, January

1799, and now reduced to the form of an ADDRESS to the

PEOPLE OF IRELAND. By the Hon. Sir WM, CUSACK

SMITH, Bart.

IX. REPORT from the COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of

COMMONS on the KING'S BENCH, FLEET, and MARSHAL-

SEA, PRISONS, &c.

X. LETTER on the SITUATION of FRANCE; written

from Dresden to a friend in Paris. [Translated exclusively for

the Pamphleteer.]

XI. SECOND REPORT of the ASSOCIATION for the

RELIEF of the Manufacturing and laboring POOR, relative

chiefly to the GENERAL SUPPLY of FISH in the Metropolis

and the Interior.

401

421

473

521

541

XII. A LETTER to the EDITOR on REFORM IN PAR-

LIAMENT. BY MODICUS.

361

XIII. Outlines of a PLAN for BUILDING TWENTY-

FIVE CHURCHES or CHAPELS at an expense of 100,000l.

to Government; or at no expense to Government, if it

should be thought advisable to have recourse to the Fund called

QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY, for this purpose. By THOMAS

FALCONER, M. A. C. C. Coll. Oxf.

Index to Vols V. and VI.

569

577

SPEECH

OF THE

RIGHT HONORABLE

NICHOLAS VANSITTART,

CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,

In the House of Commons, February 20, 1815,

IN THE

Committee of Ways and Means.

First published with various

Revisions and

Corrections in the PAMPHLETEER.

NO. XI.

Pam.

VOL. VI.

A

SPEECH, &c.

COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS-NEW TAXES.] The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved the order of the day for going into a committee to consider further of Ways and Means for raising the supply granted to his Majesty. He also moved, That the several accounts presented in the last and present session of parliament, relative to the public revenue; and the Act of the 54th of his present Majesty, chap. 57 and 64, for continuing certain war duties, be referred to the said committee; which was ordered accordingly. The Speaker having left the chair,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer rose and addressed the committee. He observed that it would naturally be expected from him, to assign to the House the reasons which induced him to submit to its consideration the Resolutions he was about to propose, before the financial arrangements of the year had been completed, and could be distinctly laid before parliament. That statement he would make, as briefly as the nature of the subject would admit. The committee would recollect, that on the 5th of April next, the property tax would expire; and that, on the 5th of July following, the other taxes, granted for the service of the country during the war, would also cease and determine. It was, therefore, important for the House to take into consideration, as early as possible, whether the renewal of those taxes should take place, or