The Sun. — London, England, 1847-01-23 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1847 Is .........................-..........-- the brewers to resume their consumption of malt. i that under all the circumstances, the probable claim had If it had been admissible to use plain sugar ' l n breweries, I been made out for Od. or 10 d.; but the Chancellor of the considering the present high price of malt, there would Exchequer of that period had not thought it ad nut have been any necessity to raise the price of . beer, a visable, from the state of the revenue, to g rant circumstance which was to be regretted in an the remission, and he should, be believed, meet the jus article which was so extensively used by the Lice of the case by making the differential duty ls. and labouring classes. Even in ordinary times, the Gd. This would give a difference of 6d. to the measure, he was persuaded. Ns oultl ,. piove of great foreign produce. The House was aware that the benefit to all parts of the 'United kingdom. In the duty was the same in the three countries of present state of the country, and the high price England, Ireland, and Scotland. A favour was of malt, he believed that had the use of sugar shown to Ireland and Stotland, and rum bore a less been allowed, the increase in the price of beer duty in those two parts of the United Kingdom, than would not have taken place. Recently the price when introduced into England. In England the duty of malt was 84s. per quarter, it had risen to 88s., and was 7s. 10d., in Scotland 3s. Bd., and in Ireland, 2s. Bd. he was informed last ni g ht b y a friend that it had risen Ile p ro p osed to e q ualise the duty.-(llear, hear.) as high as 90s. Taking it , howe v er , onl y a t 84s, the A paper had recently been laid before Hon. Me mbers, price of sugar NV a 3 475. per cwt. NOW 180Ibs. of sugar, which would afford them every information upon the at 475. per cwt., cost 755. 6d., and will produce a quantity subject, and if they would just take the trouble to refer of beer equal to that yielded by a quarter of malt; so by to the 48th page of that paper they would find an account the substitution one advantage would be gained, equal to of the rum consumed in Scotland. In Scotland the the extent of Os. upon every barrel of strong beer. At amount had beenreduced from 43,000 gallons to some few the present moment, therefore, the effect of the mea- 7,000 or 8,000, while in Ireland, from the commencement sure would be to have a considerable quantity of sugar to of the present century down to the present day the cone be used in breweries and distilleries, and the tendency suraption had fallen off from 1,000,000 gallons to only would be to reduce the price of beer and to increase its some 12,000. Ile thought this sufficiently made out consumption by the people. It was not his be- a case for the reductions he was about to propose. Now lief that there would be, in ordinary times, if this he proposed that rum should be suffered to be imported measure was permanent, a competition between into Scotland at a duty of 4a. 2d., and into Ireland at a sugar and malt. If they took 02s. a quarter, the price duty of 2s. 2d. ; but he also proposed that some differ of malt in ordinary years, there could not be a euceessful enee should be made in the duties on spirits dis competition between that article and sugar, unless the tilled in these countries, and runs made in England. latter was 355. per cwt. He was fully persuaded Ilk impreseinn was that the effect of these alterations that while the measure would have a tendency at the would be that the consumption of rum would be in present time of liberating a considerable amount of creased in the sea-port towns. He believed that the in grain for malting, cheapen an essential article troduction of a good wholesome spirit would prevent the of consumption, it would exercise no injurious manufacture of a spurious article. This introduction of influence on the growers of barley.-(hear, hear.) It a sound spirit would benefit both the producer and the was his intention, therefore, to introduce a proposition consumer. No doubt g rave objections might be urged that brewers should be allowed to use daty•paid sugar against the inequality of the Custom duty as levied in in brewing. With regard to molasses, he was not pre- different parts of the empire. Rum might be, for in pared to make the same concession as in the case of stance bonded in an excise warehouse in Glasgow, and duty-paid sugar. He found that all the Acts which had transmitted to any public warehouse in England by sea, I passed upon this subject prohibited the use of molasses, but only by sea. These regulations he hoped would ' and although sugars had been permitted to be prevent smuggling, while at the same time he appre used in the process of brewing, the duty on molasses hended that the excise revenue would not suffer. On was at present ss. 3d., and it was generally as- the whole, he did hope that this would be considered sumed that 2521b5. of molasses was equal to by the parties interested as a fair settlement of the a quarter of barley. Assuming, therefore, that 252 lbs. question. lie did not believe that he should gain or of molasses was equal to a quarter of malt, they would loose upon the balance of his proposition. 60,0001. was require to impose a duty of 9s. Bd. instead of ss. 3d. the amount be calculated he should loose on the reduc- It was very easy to say they did not know which article tion on the price of rum last year ; but the importation ought to be allowed to the brewers, for there were of rum during the last five months so increased that the various articles which the brewers were prohibited duty was more than made up, and therefore he was con from having, but they allowed them to have a vinced that the revenue would not be injured by the certain quantity of molasses. It would be very measures he had proposed. The price of sugar difficult to distinguish between that which they had had been lower last year than during the preced allowed to them and that which had not paid the Excise ing one, and there was an increased import duty. It-would be indispensably necessary, in order to ation of rum, during the thirteen months end protect the interest of the revenue, to establish those ing the sth December, 1845, was 635,000 gallons, minute surveys of brewers' stock which had been discon- and during a similar period, in 1846, it was 789,000 gal tinued for so long a time, but it was not necessary that lons, making an increased consumption of 134,000 gal any regular survey should take place in order to prevent lons. This, of course, made up for the reduction of the this evil, as it would certainly cause a great loss to the duty on spirit, and he was sanguine enough to believe, brewers. Therefore he did not think it would be a boon that any further reduction in the price of spirit would of any great value to the West India sugar manufac- greatly increase the consumption in Scotland and Ire turers. It must also be observed, that the process of land, especially in the seaport towns, the inhabitants the manufacture of sugar was daily improving, and the of which were principally in the habit of consuming rum. consequence of that improvement was a diminution in But in point of fact the distillation of grain was almost the quantity of molasses; and also the greater quantity completely stopped in Ireland. He held in his hand a of rum that was produced the less the quantity of mo- letter from an Irish distiller, dated the 14th of January, lasses, and theretore greater facility would be given to the which stated that by far the g reater p ortion of barle y West India planters by the introduction of rum and sugar. which would be used would be foreign. Never- He then came to the question of distilleries. By the theless, in the present state of circumstances there law at present sugar might be used in distilleries, were additional reasons for the passing of these mea at least it was lawful for any distiller to give notice sures, and he hoped that the House would do so with as that he intended to distil from sugar, but it was little delay as IV&S consistent with a due consideration incumbent upon him that some time should elapse of them. (The Right Hon. Gentleman was almost in between his distillation from sugar and from grain. He audible in the gallery, from the commencement to the could not use them nor distil from both at the end of his speech, so much so as to be repeatedly unin same time. It was necessary to make this arrangement telligible.) for the sake of the revenue, as, with a due regard Lord G. BENTINCK said that the great mastery which to its interests, it was impossible to allow corn and sugar his Hen. Friend had displayed over his subject, and the clear to be used together in distilleries. He believed that ho and lucid manner in which he explained it, did not leave it in should command the assent of every gentleman in that the power of any one to say that he could not understand it. llouse, when he said that spirit was an article on which 1h h T i he , proposalte usual objections of herjesty'siniste had ers did not often No % it was fair to raise the maximum amount of duty. namely, whichl l h stated t to the House,,against the remission of ft of taxes one was anxious to extend the consumption of spirits, paid by foreign produce, in detriment to the British grower. and the only risk in raising the duty was the 't here was anot h er reason w h y h e h a d n ot a ny great objection risk of incurring illicit distillation. In this country, to passing the present measure, as, according to the statement the present duty being 7s. toil, illegal distillation was of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, its tendency would be barely kept down, but in Ireland it was impossible to rather to increase than diminish the revenue. While they had maintain a high da,y, in consequence of the many heard a gloomy statement respecting one branch of the facilities for defrauding the revenue. Various attempts revenue, and considering the state of Ireland, it was some had been made to obtain a larger amount of revenue consolation to those friends with whom he acted, that those than that which was obtained at present; they had, how- articles with which political economy or free-trade doctrines ever, failed, anti the present result had been found, after had not meddled, such as tea and tobacco, had yielded an considerable experience, to be as high as consistent with- increased revenue, which, had they trusted to the out encoaragitig illicit distillation. And, therefore, duty on the articles allowed by the free-trade tariff, considering the vast amount of money which accru e d the Chancellor of the Exchequer would have come before them a bankrupt.-(Hear, hear.) He (Lord George Bentinck) to the revenue from the duty on distillation, h ad said he was prepared not then to follow theßight Hon. Gentlemen would see that it was of essential importance G ent l eman t h roug h all his details, and his friends (the Pro that they should not suffer it to he diminished.- tectionists) wished more time to consider 'the measure. His (hear, hear.) There were three periods in the process object, therefore, in rising was to beseech the Right Hon. of distillation, in which the spirit was raised in price Gentleman, to pass it as a temporary rather than as a perma and it was in the option of the revenue to choose vent measure. His (Lord George Bentinck . s) friends had which they preferred, and which would be most every desire to support the Government in every measure re favourable to the revenue. One of those tests WIS garding Ireland, and though they might have some doubts as to the principle in the propositions for this purpose, they entirely lost by the process of the distillation of smear. Thus the oGicers wou1:1 be reduced to two test s , an d it intended t o throw no obstacles whatever in their way.-(flear.) Be trusted, therefore, that the Noble Lord was their opinion, as far as their experience went, that (L o rd John Russell) would, without prejudicing the policy it would not be s iSe, considerin g the interests which the Government might hereafter think proper to adopt, of the revenue, to allow both sugar and corn to be die- consent to pass the measure as a temporary one, and at a later tilled together. But this was not all; it was the opinion, period of the sestion, when the affairs of Ireland were settled, of some of the, most extensive distillers in this military, come before the House and propose whatever for a permanent that molasses and sugar coals! not be preatehly worked purpose they might l think most advisable. i. v llis ( f tird George t d i s e us p p r e e r s a e ie n d t together, me in other words, that they should be kept I " ' r e l l ' i " r n a c t k e .s o ) f malt, ".ll t stated li'n that r l'fl on ' e ' e n r , great e separate. Mr. Smith, in his evidence, said that hebar'elnZroha operations. If this were correct the effect of the thought that molasses or grain could not be high price ;was to diminish the consumption of fermented with advantage together, as it would ocea barley, so that he could not see how the tendency sion an abso'ine loes by perfect fermentation. of the present system would be to create a large consumption Other evidence to the same effect was read by the Right of grain for beer which might be used for food.-( Hear, hear.) Honourable Baronet the Chencellor of the Exchequer, The present malt tax was one isM ich did not fall entirely on the purport of which was that they did not think it the consumer, as had been alleged by the Chancellor of the would be advantageous to use corn and Exchequer. It was equally divided-one portion of it was molasses together. The Right Ilenourable Baronet i borne by the consumer, the other by the grower of barley.- went on to say that they never did so when they had (Hear, hear.) The operation of the measure now proposed the power, and they never would ; he did not thick in allowing sugar to enter into competition with barley in therefore that any real advantage could result from a breweries and distilleries, would add one to the many other provision for the use of molasses with corn. The real claims r which e the i t o n agricultural of t i,e o t int e rest en n, had a n h before o the ,e O h t Govern objection to the use of molassee and sug a r i n distilleries Tlo n n. Gentlei r na m n had told them ) that the prescri p t hig T h pric ß e of was the large amount of duty levied upon them malt had added a penny to the price of each pot of beer. if before tle y could be use d. That objection he pro- the Government woald take the duty off malt, he (Lord Geo. posed by the present measure to remove, anti practically Bentinck) was persuaded that not only would beer and ale be he proposed to allow the use of sugar duty free brought hack to their old price, but would be sold for a penny for distillation ; practically so, at least, except to this a pot less than that. His reasons for censenting now to the extent. lie would levy an amount of duty from the present measure, were in order that they might, without delay, spirit equivalent to that at consider other measures relating to Ireland, without resent levied upon malt. Its England the distillation of spirits was effected hindrance Lord o obstruction.r But he could assure the opposite, that if he was determined from - a mixture of various sorts of grain, in these to make it a permanent measure, at the present time, proportions-two parts of malt, two parts of hops, and he should be obliged to offer it every obstruction in his power. eighteen parts of barley; or to make that appear clear to Ile, therefore, hoped that the Noble Lord would reconsider the the House he would give them these quantities, 2 quarters matter, and consent to the course he had proposed. of oats, 2 quarters of malt, and 18 quarters of barley ; Mr. SMITH O'BRIF.N said he had never been more dis that would be a mixture of grain suited for the purposes appointed in any statement. He had hoped to hear how the of distillation. Now, it was evident that the ditty proposed measure would increase the supply or food, and dimi had to be levied in two different ways--first, it was nish the use of grain in brewing and distilling, but h e h a d levied upon the spirit, the produce of that distillation, been disappointed. In fact some of his statements would lead and it was also levied upon the malt from which them to infer that the tendency would be rather to increase than to diminish the use of g rain.-( Hear, h ear the spirit was produced. What he proposed to It was clear to him that if mollasses were introduced, the de was this -that a certain rate of duty should effect would be to diminish the we of grain, and therefore libe lee levied upon spirits, the produce of sugar or rate a considerable amount of food for the consumption of the molasses, equivalent to the duty at present levied people of Ireland ; but the Bight Hon. Gentleman the Chan upon spirits the produce of malt and grain, together cellor of the Exchequer, said he had no such intention. with the duty at present payable upon malt. Molasses were not to be introducel, but sugar was, in breweries. The mode in which he proposed to effect this-and he The same applied to distillers; sugar was to be allowed, but not believed it was free from objection -was this : that the molasses. The Right lion. Gentleman, in speaking of distil distiller should take his sugar from the ware- leriee , further stated , th at if malt was less in p rice than 545. a house upon paying the duty; that he should use it for the quarter there would be no inducement to use l sugar. They fr purpose of distillation, and that when he came to pay the t w h ere, the appalling statement. Y. spirit duty, he should have an allowance from G o e vei present nmo o hameasure.reall really meant the measure to do some good, they that spirit duty equivalent to the difference be• should have allowed the use of both sugar and molasses in dis tween the duty which he hal paid upon the sugar tilleries and breweries, and prohibited the use of gr: in altoge so taken from the warehouse, and that which he would ther. There was one point connected with the statement of have been called upon to pay upon malt. Now that, ac- the Right Hon. Gentleman of great interest to those con cording to the calculation usually adopted in previous nected with Irish affairs. The present measure would destroy Acts, is ls. 21 per cwt. upon sugar, which was equiva- the only manufacture at present in Ireland. He appealed to lent to the duty paid upon malt used in distilleries, the Hon. Member for Cork (Mr. Callaghan) if it would not Consequently, he would have an allowance or drawback occasion the total annihilation of spirit making-( Hear, hear) of 12s. 10d. on the quantity of spirit which was calc ut. -seeing that it was proposed to reduce the duty on rum from hundred weigh fated to be produced fr om one 9s. 4d. to 3s. 2d., which was the new duty proposed. It was of sugar, which would leave that spirit in iiii, not his intention to go further into the subject to-night , as he situation-that it would be relie ve d f rom a l l the dut ' • was not fully prepared to go into the details; but he could not paid upon sugar, and would have paid a duty equ i vale n t remain silent after hearinA such a dangerous statement as had to that which would have been pail upon malt. The bee i‘ n i made by the Right on. Gentleman.-( Hear. effeot r. of s A t LLAGHAN thought the measure would have the distinction between the duties upan beer and spirits was this-that the duty was levied on Ireland and Scotland, wuslemotf gr u a l i d n h indistilleries generally heitsEnglande the raw material in the case of beer, but in the would leave the protectionistsw would a case ;of spirits the very reverse was the fact ; so that would be able, by a few simple arguments, to ' show j g that the in the case of malt required for the brewing of beer, Chancellor of the Exchequer had not sufficiently considered the a larger amount of revenue than on spirits wa s pro - case. Let them take the article of spirits. The result of-the duced to the Exchequer, which, if not imposed present arrangement would be, that the difference between the on the raw material, would be lost. Eleven and a half duty on rum and whisky in Ireland would be only about 6d. a gallon ; and in Scotland, adding the duty on malt to that on gallons of spirit were produced from eight cwt. of sugar, ! r i e ir t its, t t i l l i e e difference would only be llt. or 9d.-(Hear, hear.) and, therefore, 12s. 10d. would be deducted from the spirit duty payable on that quantity. This might take India G r ov t er v nment proposed to allow the West some little tune to explain ; but he trusted he made sidering the vast amount of capital but would not prop r ie t o r „ t ie ') and Inolasses Scotch for distilling, embarked dist i llers.iotiistllin Con his statement perfectly clear.-(Hear, hear.) The result was simply this, that :a drawback of 12s. 100. could not but look on the present measure with dismay, fa , he would be allowed on every Ili- gallons. All sugars, with believed it would have the effect of causing all these great 1 establishments to be abandoned. Entertaining these views, he the exception of Muscovado, which paid a duty . of las. hat . l . b r een induced to address the Ho h use. ' would have paid a differential duty on their importation; 1 L BANKES would occupy House h in u t t ro a d s u h e o e r d t time. only He . triouent the measure would therefore our colonies would enjoy, so long as the I Chancellormeas o u f re ihe rather than as a permanent present low duty continued, an advantage over a, The temporary t'oreign possessions which produced sugar. He did one. a Exchequer had said that it not thick it necessary to go into detail. The pre- it would have been the 1 intention of the Government under any gent Price of barley was stated in one of the circumstances to propose the measure. However that might Price C urrents to be 34e I ~ but he believed that was be, considering the state of Ireland, he (Mr. Bankes) prayed leheo t lowtli present rate, which was as high as 635., but i the Noble Lord at the head of the Government to pass the c '''''' , t t e o4s, and sugar at 335., 1 measure . 15 a temporary measure. He knew that a strong which was th e a compete succesPsfruel'leynt wi p t r h ice, b and l woul . d, therefore, feeling existed =lone the agriculturistsithat the malt-tax should at the p e a ce at ar ey if it continued be repealed. It was ' only yesterday that a most influential But looking b ac k that when rum wart'atserses of years, and considering and the duty in questien, or . at least a portion of the duty • as low as 18S., and competition a h nf i e d ot 30s. sugar was then the Noble Lord also knows that considering the state of the country they consented to waive the be the slightest think there would matter for the present. Considering, therefore, that these sugar. When there Was a rise barley and parties consented to waive their claims, he trusted that the suctsaertinhthe price of sure a fall in the price of barley, e e a s r e i i n. sugar, and a Noble Lord would also waive his intention of making the mea price of barley, and a fall in the permanent one, and only pass it for a time. No doubt no competition. He believed that' the tre could be there was a difference in the present question and one in distilling from corn was so great that itac advantages of which all the advantages went to foreigners: their colonies considered, that either sugar or molasses coouldcb not b e would. no doubt, benefit by the measure. Still, in order that interfered with. He did not think, therefor e much it saittht be fully and calmly discussed, he hoped the suggestion distil from molasses would supersede thee, that to of 0 nthtz Noble Lord the Member for Lynn would be acceded to. system of distillation, and whatever small advantages present head t:i (a grounds he had stated, he hoped the Noble Lord at the the Government would have no difficulty in acting in might appear to result, he did not think that it was or e naznner desired by the friends with whom he (Mr. Bankes) sufficient importance to warrant a distinct provision for usuisat?..y ated......(llea r , hear.) molasses. Ire nOW Came to the duty on rum ; the sion of OII.ItOURN said, that at the close of the last ses duty upon Colonial rum last year was 9s. Gd. gentles aen Parlia mentwhowereh had taken on himself to advise those Many attempts, at any rate more than one attempt was to avoiml taking any rain,terested in their West India Col mies, made to reduce the amount of that differential duty, but s o a ut . of .cultivation, I3tli Tleuds' or to throw their estates they were always resisted by the distillers , and others we i r d e th t a c t b in consideration of 't‘heercing that advice to them, he who considered their interests would be injured by the sures which et.l'ilex'odvagainst a foreig n mgotition to which they reduction. Last session of Parliament he felt satisfied forward, he thought t e l ': ie n y ra M a had rt. in _ l ". a e o m dityabe the mea that the arrangement then made, was such as milted on terms which would enablerihoznyte oietiarttiownoctioucebraindg ought to have met the wishes of all parties. with other provinces, either int th a ern fairly to compete lie considered that it was such as to meet the wishes of or 5n the Colonies. He felt, Unitedthe Kingdom both parties, in this country and the West Indies. But he now lay under particular obligations r,etfc,ore, that he found that the remission was not such as to give cone c . ssions which ii the Government proposed to support the r ..1 cob ales. His on. Friend near him suggested grant to the satisfaction to the distillers of the West Ames. interests . this that were, in country who had equally strop • there These representations were made in the strongest terms,g claims upog the GOTC111111011t ) and be expressed A Owe that the ar sad the Iciaini9 l l Wei sacgi ITT 15. 4iti. Ile bolieTed rangements proposed by the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer should be only temporary. But the colonies had a fair claim on the country, because in the last session of Parliament, when their produce was exposed to great compe tition, there was an implied pledge given that their claims would be conceded. The House must bear in mind that they were not now for the first time discussing the question. They were now only fulfilling the pledge given by the Right Hon. Baronet who sat opposite, namely, that the question should be fully considered next session. With respect to the propriety of making this a merely temporary measure as his Hon. Friend had suggested, he (Mr. burn) would would wish to know to what period his Hon. Friend would have it extend ? ( Here Mr. Bankes made some re mark, which was inaudible in the reporters' gallery.) His Hon. Friend said that it should be limited to the month of September next, but his Hon. Friend forgot that this was not a measure merely brought forward with a view to the relief of distress in Ireland. It would have been brought forward had no such distress existed; it was a purely com mercial arrangement, consequent upon a previous understand ing, in order to deal justly with a great body of their fellow subjects. . (Hear, hear.) He would ask any man of any commercial knowledge, whether a measure limited to the month of September next was cal culated to benefit any class of men ? Why permanence and certainty were essential elements in commercial transac tions. What inconveniences would not arise if they stated that they enacted a law for the reduction of the duties on rum in order to assimilate them with the duties on British spirits, only to reconsider them again in the month of September. He would ask them what would happen in the mean time? They would have a great deal of speculation in the people's mind. Persons would calculate as to whether Government would be strong enough to carry their measures, and they would have a great deal of improper speculation, founded on current rumours, and information probably alledged to be received from some individual apparently connected with the Government. He did not believe that there was any one who would have the hardihood to embark his ca pital in the manufacture of beer, or the importation of rum. He could not conceive that any one would dare to venture their capital on the assurance of a law which would last at farthest only five or six months. He trusted that the Govern ment would take an enlarged view of the subject. It was a question for the House to consider whether the colonies were or were not entitled to share in the advantages afforded by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. After the pledge given during the last session—a pledge induced by the competition to which their produce was subjected, as against the produce of other countries—he thought that the state ment made by the Right Honourable Gentleman opposite had been throughout so clear, comprehensive, and so ably ex , pressed, that he (Mr. Goulburn) should only weaken the effect of that statement if he were to attempt to go through the argu ments. He agreed with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that as regarded the admission of sugar into the distilleries of this country, an extradagant view was taken by the colonies of the benefits to be derived. He entirely concurred with the view that was taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman, that they should protect the revenue, not only because that was essential to the growers of sugar themselves, but to the country generally. With this opinion, he thought the introduction of molasses into distilleries and breweries would occasion a loss to the revenue, which fully juseified the Government in the course they were pursuing. At the same time, he thought that the colonies which manufactured it had a stronger claim to the remission of the duty on another article. The Right Hon. Gentleman had just stated that sugar would not generally be introduced into distilleries unless there should be con currently a high price for malt, and a low price for sugar. He thought that this calculation could not be overthrown. But experience, also confirmed this view of the question. Experience had: shown that the in troduction of sugar had not excluded barley or malt. It was well known that private brewers employed nearly three-eighths of all the malt in this country. Private breweries were not now confined to the houses of gentlemen, but they were cone ducted by persons who employed large bodies of men, and who reserved a portion of their wages in return for this beer sup plied to them. These persons found it an object to brew for the smallest amount, and yet in no instance did he re member that su,gar had been employed. He re collected Mr. Calvert was being examined befose a committee of the House of Commons, and he stated that it was not admissable to use sugar in distillation. even if malt was 775. a quarter. He (Mr. Goulbourn) was not prepared that evening to enter fully into the question of the remission of duty on rum, .because he had not expected that the Right Hon. Gentleman would have brought forward the subject, be thought rather that he would have confined himself to the subjects referred to in the Queen's Speech, and he was not prepared, therefore, with documents to enter into the particular amounts of differential duties which he proposed to lay on the produce of the colonies as compared with spirits distilled in Scotland and Ireland. He was aware that there was nothing more difficult than to ascertain what inconveniences one branch of trade might sustain by the application of certain measures to the other, and to reduce that inconvenience to a pecuniary value was, of all other things, the most difficult. He would therefore con tent himself with merely giving his assent to the proposal of the Right lion. Gentleman on the present occasion, and he would reserve to himself the right of expressing his opinion more fully when the question was brought before them in an after stage. Generally, however, he might say that in this case he fully believed that the Right Hon. Gentleman had taken a course which was just as regarded the colonies, and politic as regarded the interests of this country, because it fulfilled a pledge given in the last session of Parliament. Mr. WODEHOUSE begged to remind the Noble Lord that all these measures had tended to put off to an indefinite period the consideration of the repeal of the malt dax, and therefore the House must be reminded that the situation of the growers of barley was most materially altered by the mea sures of last year. It was impossible to forget the great dif ference that was now attempted to he made as regarded the admission of foreign produce, and Government might be pre pared for remonstrances and resistances if a measure of this kind were to be brought forward, or if they attempted to extricate themselves from the difficulties of this period by I making this a permanent measure. \Mr. HUME wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he would lay before the House, in an intelligible form, the reasons which prevented him from giving the publc a great boon by the admission of molasses? It appeared at all ' events, that the remission of duty on sugar would be inefficient to reduce the cost of brewing, and that the only article which would have that effect would be molasses, and that was shut 1 1 up. He (Mr. Hume) desired to have some reasons shown, why they should not get rid of the Excise altogether, if they stood in the way of a good to the people. Let the Right Hon. ! Gentleman give them something in a tangible form to con / sider, and they would then be enabled to say whether his reas , ns did or did not justify him in the course he was pursuing. Mr. FINCH said that the gentlemen of the county he be longed to, and he believed English gentlemen generally, were incapable of forming a sound judgment on this question, arid lie considered it was rather taking the House by surprise to bring forward this question, and to ask Hon. Members to con firm this measure, before giving them an epportunity of form ing an opinion upon it. If this were the case with English Nlembers, it was even more difficult for Irish and Scotch Alem hers to agree to a measure classing the duties on rum with the duties on British spirits, when they were not aware that the sub ject was to be brought forward that evening with respect to the colonial interest, he felt that they ought to be promoted in any way. He felt that those interests had been shamefully sacrificed. He felt that no part of the British dominions was so neglected as the colonies. But it struck him that this was no question merely of the English colonies, for it interested all foreign countries and colonies. He had read, not long before, in a paper, of the arrival of three ships with Brazilian sugar, and it stated that further arrivals were expected, and the article concluded by expressing a hope that Brazilian sugar would be extensively used in the distilleries. He would not say that the agriculturalists of this country intended to oppose the measure. All he said was, that they cught to have had some time to consider it. Mr. D. BARCLAY said that he would not dwell on that part of the question which related to the distress in Ireland. He deeply sympathised in that distress, but his object in rising was rather on behalf of the colonies. A pledge had been given by the Right Hon. Gentleman at the close of the last session of Parliament, and it was but just that that promise should he redeemed. He did think that Parliament, at the conclusion of last session, had given a pledge that when the protection upon the produce of the West Indian Colonies was abolished, and the protection which they had hitherto enjoyed was also withdrawn, that no restriction should be placed on their commerce with this country. He thought that this was simply a mere matter of right and justice, and one which ought not to enter into any political consideration. The imposition of a duty on sugar in Jamaica, was just the same thing as the levying of a duty in England. Wh a t wou ld t h e N o bl e Lord opposite say if it were to be seriously praposed to levy a duty on wheat in England. It was neither just nor right that the restriction on the com merce of the West Indies should remain when the protection on their produce was removed. His Right Hon. Friend only opposed the measure because it was to be only of temporary effect, but he thought that the colonies ought not to be thus subjected to such a capricious system of legislation. Their great distance from the mother country will prevent the mea sure, if it were of a temporary character only, from being of any use to the colonies; and he did not see why it should be limited to the first of September, Ile did hope that the dis tress in Ireland would not prevent the Noble Lord from doing justice to the Weed Indian colonies. Lord G. BENTINCK said the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), in the introduction of these measures, had expressly stated that the ground for entering upon them was the distress that pervaded Ireland, and when lie and the friends who acted with him, had agreed to assent to their passing, it was agreed, that his Noble Friend at the head of the Government should first settle the affairs of Ireland.— (Laughter.) He had understood from the proposition of his Noble Friend that this was to be the foundation of their present proceedings, and he trusted that this dis cussion respecting the potato crop would not cause the calamity that had befallen Ireland to be l'orgotten ; but that the introduction of sugar into breweries and distilleries would not prevent the case of reland from being fully con sidered. From the speech of the Hon. Member for Cork, he was lead to believe that this measure of the admission of sugar into distilleaies, is not to be taken simply as a remedial measure for Ireland. His Right Hon. Friend had, in some respects, misrepresented, though most unintentionally, he was certain, the observations of hieTriend behind him ; and when his Noble Friend, at the head of the Treasury, made his statement on Monday next, respecting the affairs of Ireland, he trusted that the circumstances would be made fully apparent, and the mode of relief that he intended to adopt. He could assure the Gentleman who had just sat down, that the Members on his side of the House were as deeply interested in the conservation of the colonies as he was himself. He begged to assure him that he and his friends acted in no spirit of hostility to the West Indian interests. Did his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, remember the evidence of Mr. Calvert, the brewer, before a Committee of that house? If be did, he should also recollect that since that time, that the cost of malt had risen from 755. to 80s., whereas the duty on sugar bad been reduced from 275. to 14s. per cwt. ; and the duty on slave grown sugars had been reduced from 635. to 9 13. The Hon. Gentleman asked how he would like to have a tax imposed on corn; why, there was a tax of 4,500,0001. on agricultural produce.—(Hear.) Why, was not malt a portion of agricultural produce ? And what would the Hon. Member for Manchesser, who had formerly been a Member for a county have thought if it had been at that time proposed to levy a tax on agricultural produce ? and how would he have co n ceded that which affected prices? When he asked this question, it should be recollected that, in fact, the introduction of sugar into breweries was neither more nor less than to occasion barley to be displaced. Ile thought it would have been better to have reduced the price of spirits. He found from the returns, that since the year 1823 the maximum of the consumption of spirits had been doubled. Lord J. RUSSELL was understood to interpose, and to re mind the Noble Lord of the increase of the population. Lord G. BENTINCK continued.—e Why, the consumption had increased from 13,000,000 to 26,000,000 gallons a year, and if any Gentleman would only walk down Oxford-street or Holborn, and view the number of the gin palaces which were to be found there, he would quite agree with him that the re duction of the duty had doubled the consumption. Now what was the case with regard to the consumption of beer ? It had not increased 25 per cent., although the population had in creased far more than that. And that evidently showed that the consumption of s pi r it s h a d i nc reased at a greater ratio than th e consumpt i on o f b eer . His Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer seemed to de s i re t h at rum hould take t h e p l ace o f n tive s p irit in Scotland , lie hardly expected that re. suit, for he was not at all surprised at any one preferring of certain Acts. Those employed in the administration Glenlivet to rum. This was a formidable question, of the poor-law should be placed more immediately which he would recommend to the attention of his Noble under the control of the House. Therefore he thought that Friend. But still he would express a strong hope that the this board should be differently constructed. There should be House would not allow their interests in the colonies to inter- one officer who should be styled president, and who should be pose before the affairs of Ireland ; and he begged to assure entitled to a seat in the House of Commons. He should not him and the friends who acted with him on that side of the have any more authority in that matter than his Right Hon. House, while agreeing with this temporary measure, he felt an Friend the President of the Board of Control.—(Considerable anxious desire that it would not prevent any remedial mea- laughter.) He should propose that there should be two sures for the affairs of Ireland. secretaries, one of whom should be enabled to sit in the Mr. P. BORTIIWICK conceived that an insurmountable House of Commons, and the other should not; but merely difficulty to the future prosperity of the colonies would be in- carry the ordinary law. Therefore it would be the case, that stituted if this measure were to be made the foundation of per- one of the secretaries would be able to explain the conduct manent operations. For it had been justly observed by his of the different officers under the poor-law. lie wished only Noble Friend the Member for Lynn ( Lord G. Bentinek), there to state generally an outline of the plan which Government were two sides of the question to be considered; there were desired to propose. With respect to the general regulations, the interests of the colonial producer, and the interests of the as they were called, he should propose that the rule adopted British consumer. When these measures were first introduced, by the present commission should still continue in force. fie it was with the express view of alleviating the distress of Ireland. proposed to make a different regulation altogether in the But if they interposed these affairs of the coloniesennd made administration of the law in Ireland from that of England. them the foundation of a permanent measure, he did not hesitate The administration of the poor laws in England and Ireland to say that it would occasion the ruin of the West Indies. would therefore be separate. Ile did not think it necessary to What would be the consequences? A merchant in the West make any further observations with reference t o the p lan which Indies would have invested his capital in the expectation of a he proposed for the adoption of the House. The plan had certain return, and when his cargo arrived in England he already been embodied in a Bill which had not, however, been would find that, through the conduct of the Pritish Parliament, finally arranged ; at an early day it would be ready to be laid it was rendered nearly valueless. upon the table of the House, and if it should receive its Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to say a few words in reply sanction, he hoped that the adruistration of the lase to his Noble Friend, who had shown so much moderation and would be perfectly satisfactory to all parties. It was, suc h an absence of party spirit, at the commencement o f thi s in his opinion, of great importance, that where session, that he should be glad t° grant any concession so much information as to the wor kin g of a law was desired which was consistent with s public duty, and by Hon. Members, it was necessary that its administrators do anything that he could to meet the wishes of should be always present in the House to give the required in the Noble Lord, and of those who acted with him. The Noble formation. If any lion. Mt rnbers were prepared with any Lord seemed to have no objection to this as a temporary mea- motion, or suggestion upon the subject, he could assure them sure. But since his Noble Friend had made this proposition, that it would receive the most serious consideration of her that this measure should be only a temporary measure, and not Majesty's Government.—( Cheers. ) a permanent measure, it appeared to him that he The motion having been put, had mixed up two subjects, the abrogation of the Mr. BANKES said, that had he followed his own in corn-laws, and the suspension of the navigation laws. clination, he should most certainly have proposed au If, therefore, they were to accede to the proposal of his Noble immediate repeal of the existing poor-laws. Ile felt Friend to continue the measure only for a few months or a convinced that in consequence of the great feeling year, and hold out a prospect of its ultimately becoming per. which existed in the country against the poor-laws, anent upon the principle propounded by his Right lion. the best mode of settling the question, would be at once to re 'Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it would be pro- peal the laws.—(Bear, hear.) When, however, he recol longing the doubts and anxieties which prevailed upon the lected that the present measure hail been sanctioned by two question. It would give rise to a good deal of inconvenience, Attorney Generals, and two Solicitor Generals, and a number and might lead to a good deal of excitement, being got up in of influential persons, he could hardly suppose that he should the country. H e w as, therefore, obliged to come to be able to succeed in his motion for that object, and he should, the conclusion that it was far better for Par- therefore, in his opinion, best secure the completion of his liament to decide, whether the question should be per- wishes by supporting the proposition of her Majesty's Govern manent or temporary. It was quite in the power of his ment, more especially when he recollected that an instruction Noble Friend at any time to raise a discussion upon the point would be given to the Committee to report upon the existing of proposing a separate clause limiting the operation of the law, as well as the recommendations of her Majesty's Govern measure to a given period, then if the House concurred with ment.—( Hear, hear.) A great number of complaints had, him in opinion, the clause might be inserted in the Bill. He, within these last few days, been forwarded to him upon the however, trusted that this would not be the result of the dis- subject of the poor-laws. One of those, and the principal cussion ; and although he felt much indebted to the Noble one, was from the constituents of the Noble Lord, at the Lord and his party for the assistance they had afforded him, head of her Majesty's Government. It was a report from a he could not help thinking that it would not be fair for them committee appointed by the guardians of the city of .London to raise any excitement upon this question. Union, to inquire and report upon the existing poier-law. Lord G. BENTINCK said he had no desire to get up any They stated in their report, that they found in the construction excitement on the question, and he would readily consent to of the Act the most opposite and conflicting opinions, which take the opinion of the House upon his own proposal at a later had involved in the different parishes throughout the City the stage of the Bill. greatest diversity, which was most detrimental to the interests of Mr. B. ESCOTT said the Noble Lord, who had just sat the poor; that many of the unions of parishes which had rated down, had long been an advocate of political economy, but with feelings of liberality towards the poor, were taken advan recently the Noble Lord had evinced the discretion of an old tags of, in consequence of the uncertainty of the Act, by politician in his recent political contests. The Noble Lord, it other parishes, who relieved themselves of their just burden seemed, was to be the friend of the Noble Lord the First Lord of by casting their poor upon those parishes which, influenced by the Treasury, till the Irish question and all its difficulties were humane feelings, allowed them to remain ; and they recom settled.— ( Hear, hear.) When that day would be he did mended that those provisions should be continued which had not pretend to tell ; but when it did come, he supposed been previously granted to the poor, without putting them the Noble Lord, the Member for Lynn and the Noble to the necessity of proving their titles afresh, and that in order Lord the First Lord of the Treasury would not to prevent the hardship which would befall the aged, the poor, be in the amicable intercourse which they now witnessed every and the infirm, by a withdrawal of their pensions, the night. With respect to the question immediately before the Committee were prepared to recommend an increase in the House, after what had oc curre d last night and on previous rates of the parish. That was a recommen•lation which did nights, the course he ought to pursue was clear. lie took the the board of guardians of the city of London great credit.— measures as the best Government could propose with the (Hear, hear.) With reference to the proposition of her Ma largest chance of carrying them. That better measures could jesty's Government upon the proposed altered construction of be proposed no one would pretend to deny, but he with others the central jurisdiction for the management of the poor-law, he questioned whether they would be carried if those better mea- believed that the measure would give general satisfaction. He sures were brought foeward at the present time. The Noble thought it quite right that the poor should have their repre- Lord the member for Lynn had let out another secret for the sentatives in Parliament, and the choice of those benefit of the farmers. In the last session of Parliament the representatives, which would fall upon her Majesty's Noble Lord told the farmers that they would find compensation Government, he trusted, would be made with re for the repeal of the corn-laws in the abolition of the malt tax. ference to the most competent persons in all respects There had since been several gatherings throughout the as well in regard to their diligence, judgment, and effect_ country, as well as sumptuous dinners, at which the (" And mercy," from Mr. Ferrand. ) If such persons were Noble Lord was an honoured guest, and at which the appointed, he had no doubt that the country would be highly Noble Lord promised to secure the farmers the corn- satisfied with the proposal of her Majesty's Government. pensation he had previously held out to them. Mr. HUME had heard with great satisfaction the announce- It appeared now, however, that this compensation ment of her Majesty's Government, that they were deter was to be abandoned by the Noble Lord. This was mined to change the rules of the poor-law.— (Cheers. )No somewhat strange, when it was remembered that the Noble man was more anxious to support the system than he formerly Lord was the president of an anti-malt tax association, was, and when he was appointed as a member of the to which he (Mr- B. Escott) certainly had not been solicited Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Poor-law to become a member. In fact, he could nut help thinking that Commissioners, he certainly had an opinion favour the Noble Lord had sold the farmers just in the same way as he able to them ; but when lie heard the evidence had got up a sham fight in their favour in the last session of that was then adduced, and the evidence of the Parliament, and now the promised compensation was to be put commissioners themselves, he could not but consider that they aside until some indefinite period. Now, he wished that the were most seriously involved.—( Hear, hear.) And there was farmers of England should know what was going on. They no wonder that so general a feeling of hostili yto the adminis were to have no compensation till the Irish question was settled, trators of that law should have been manifested throughout the and when that moment arrived, the Noble Lord would be ready country, when it was known, as was the case, that each indivi to attack the malt tax. dual member of the commission acted entirely upon their own Lord G. BENTINCK said, whatever opinion the responsibility, while the Act directed that noshing should be Hon. and Learned Member for Winchester might done without the consent of all.—( Hear, hear.) He had entertain as to the duration of the friendship which given notice of an address to dismiss the commissioners existed between himself and the Noble Lord, the First from their office ; but in consequence of the announce- Lord of the Treasury, he trusted as that friend- ment of her Majesty's Ministers, he would not now ship had subsisted for many years, it would not be so easily press that motion. With reference to the persons to be broken up as the Hon. and Learned Member seemed to anti- nominated, lie would impress upon her Majesty's Govern cipate. For his Noble Friend's private, personal, and ment the necessity of appointing persons wh o should p ossess political character he entertained the highest respect, the confidence not only of that house but also of the people. while he no less admired his Noble Friend's political con- It would require no ordinary amount of prudence on the part sistency, and his own battles showed not, he trusted, that of the Noble Lord to select proper persons for the discharge of when he differed in political principle with his Noble Friend, that office. He was formerly of opinion that Members of the he might still be able to meet him in strong opposition without Board, appointed to manage the affairs of the poor-law, ought any interruption to their private friendship.—(Cheers.) The not to have a seat in the House of Commons. He .was now, Hon. and Learned Member for Winchester had 2sserted that however, of a different opinion. lle thought that the Seers he was the president of an anti-malt tax association, tic tart' of State had too much business to attend to be able pro would not enter into any discussion upon that point, but lie pet-1y to superintend the operationsof thaAaw, and to give to lion could assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that lie might Members the information which they might require, from time i rest perfectly satisfied that whatever society he (Lord George to time, upon the various points that might be brought under L Bentinek) might belong to, unless he wished to have it be. their consideration, either in consequence of their own obser -1 tray ed, he would never invite the lion. and Learned Gentle- nations or the representation of their constituents. He had no man to become a member.—( Hear, and cheers.) doubt that many a time the late •:eeretary of State for the Mr. BROTHERTON was desirous of putting an end to Home Department had, ape: vrouldi admit the fact, made this personal discussion arid bringing the mind of the Com- excuses and apologies in order to disguise his real ignorance, mittee back to the subject immediately under consideration. end which, had he been acquainted with the facts and the The returns which had been so often alluded to during the bearings of the case, he would not have made.—( Laughter. ) debate showed that there were 27,000,000 gallons of spirits H should support the motion of her Majesty's Government. annually consumed in this country, being about one gallon each Mr. VERNON SMITH regretted to find that not one for every man, woman, and child in the United Kingdom. word had been said by the Noble Lord with regard to the law There was upwards of •I0, 00 ° , "° gallons of malt consumed in of settlement. • As the subject, however, was to corns before the same period, and he thought that upon a the Select Committee, it was not his intention then to say moderate calculation the malt consumed in spirits nything. It was always with great pain that he differed with might extend to upwards of 100,000,000 quarters. the Noble Lord on any public question, but he could not help Upon a fail" calculation , h e might reasonably state entertaining such a feeling when he heard the Noble Lord in that there were 400,000,000 gallons of beer annually consumed timating his intention of proposing that the law of settlement in the United Kingdom. Now the inhabitants of this country should be referred to a Select Committee. It was his opinion were considered an enlightened people, and yet they paid that the Government should deal with that question, and not 50,000,0001. in spirits and in intoxicating drinks. If the a Seh ct Committee. He could not understand why they House was really in earnest in its desire to alleviate the distress should refer it to a Select Committee, for there was nothing and suffering which prevailed throughout the land, it might which they might elicit in that inquiry that could in the least easily accomplish that object by doing away with that guide them in coming to a decision. With this ques - 50,000,('001. of taxation, which he considered as so much money tion eaery Member in the House was better acquainted thrown into the sea, because it produced not hi ng b ut pover t y , than with almost any other public question. At the close of crime, and wretchedness. He was, theref ore , conv i nce d t h at if last session, before the Com m itt ee , a pp o i n t e d i n th e H o use of the House wou ld only lend its o moral infl uence to t h e soc i et i es Lords, to investigat e the s p ec i a l b ur d ens on l an d, e v idence was established for i n culcating into the minds of t h e peop l e pr i nc i- gene into at great length on thi s s ubject, and were it not for pies of temperance , it would be doing more good than removirig the lateness of the hour, he would make some extracts from it. The facts which were then stated, made it quite unnecessary, Mr. B. PERI? AND had heard the Hon. and Learned in his opinion, to submit the matter now to a Select Committee. Member for Winchester charge the Noble Lord, the Member . And, if he recollected well, the Right lion. Baronet, the for Lynn, for having directly attendedi. there to-night to sell the Secretary for the Home Office hail, at the close of last session, farmers. At his last l e election lime Honourable and given a promise to the effect, that a measure on the subject the duties off intoxicating drinks. Learned Member literate into Winchester at the hea i would be introduced by the Government. His own opinion of a great procession of farmers, t to whom he pro- was, that union settlements were perhaps the best medium protectionist, and declared they could obtain, if it would not be considered better to abolish nounced himself to be their battles on the floor of the House, settlements altogether. He believed that no greater f th t a e h .i interest. Afterwards, when he curse could be edtailed upon the country than the present came e d l iin f etoint madehee h a grand speech in favour of his system of poor laws. There was another subject to which he stuck up constituents, and in whir. _Ops for protection to agri- he would refer before he sat down. He wished that the ques culture. He assisted the . 11 . and Learned Gentleman to time of rating should be also taken into consideration, along correct that speech, for the y o urpose „ of having it circulated with the law of settlement, for he considered that both subjects among his constituents.— IN 4entl no, fro , m Mr. B. Escott. ) were so intimately connected that they should go together. If The Hon. and Learned would prove it. • On readyha that defencethouse,o fight of a articularp occasion he happened to be he foresaw that they would protract the settlement of these li ne al', when the Hon. and Learned in the shop, b 9, Palineall, Member questions to an indefinite period, and every species of investi that he was there the H Hon. and Learned gation should afterwards arise, notwithstanding the resolutions came in ; seeirg d• I think of " What diet you my speech the other which might be come to by the present Committee. lie corn- Gentleman said , n o n. and Learned Gentleman that it was plained of the feebleness of the resolutions of the late Corn night." He told the but that he did a great piece o f oratory , not underst an d h ow mittee appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Poor-law would be able to construe • the Winchester farmers _ . his long Commissioners ; and if some better result did not follow the Upon that advice the Hon. and Learned labours of the proposed Committee, little progress would be Latin quotations. made in hit s e h pec , and had it made in the settlement of this important subject. Gentleman had alterationsd circulated among his constituents, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON wished to . express the great and published, an printedthe 184 ' In year 6, he freely quoted from satisfaction he felt at the alterations which were proposed to at his own expense. that powerful and lengthy speech, and even since then, it was be made in the constitution of the board of Poor-law Corn foundwer Now, he distinctly charged missioners, and at the tone of the Noble Lord in bringing the to be difficult to ans • with . d Alember selling his constituents; subject before the House. The evils of the old poor-law ren the Hon. and Learned and Leareed Member hash charged the Nobl e d er ed it necessary that some change should take place in the a L n o d as the Hon. rd the Member for Lynn with attempt i ng to sell the farmers, central board. He ag reed with the Noble Lord, that some i Learned Member that any Memb er mem b er of the commission should be a Member of that House , he must tell the Hon. ant not would in that House who cou ld sell his consititucnts hesi- and he believed that the proposition was one which would meet hear, and cheers.) with approbation.—(Herr.) lie considered that the proceed tate to sell himself.—(H ear, ' w hen his • ' ESCOTT admitted that, Mr. B. •the corn-laws underwent constituents had exercised a considerable influence in the House and the the subject of explanation. He gave that ex country. He himself was a member of that Committee, and had a perfect right to have some sio . Bill Passed last .ess n, and although he was bound to state, that he agreed with tlae Noble Lord that planation before the Corn l' etines of pia constituents • •of the largest me , the Commissioners had acted with the best possible intentions, he delivered it at one that he had ever attende d ; a ll of them bu t three expressed and had exercised the soundest prudence in their proceedings. conduct. At the close of the He could not concur in the regret expressed by the Hon. their entire approbation at his . tin I I a public mee g assem ) ed, and ber Northampton, that the question should be referred to a Mem session he met them again, at ~ e xpre..sed themselves sat s- Select Committee as the ,law of settlement was a subjent which for the second time his constituents eech, he could ^ only should be approached with the greatest possible caution and fled at his conduct. With respect to the l s o p have state, that when he thought it necessary __ any speech of consideration. His own feeling on the subject, confidently, was Member for Knaresborough that the result of the labours of that Committee would be amo his corrected, artainly the Hon. l to for this p - purpose. dification of that law which, more than any other, pressed upon would be the last man he should appeal f the Hon He had listened to one or two sp eeches o _ , that. ._ Member, the labouring classes. With regard to the Poor Removal Act and had heard one or two of his fr iends remark, if he had of last session, he did not concur in the censure passed upon it anreated them his b the Hon Member for Dorset lf studied those speeches a little more, y . s ire, and the Hon. Member and lau hter ' —( Hear, g .• ) for Northampton. He thought it a very good Act, and he oratory would have lost nothing. d to. hoped that the Committee, now proposed, would not depart The resolution was then put and agree On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, p Corn Importa. from the principles laid down in it, andwould ' - ' time and recognise an tion and Navigation Laws were read a third passed. industrial residence in a place as giving a claim to relief. SETTLEMENT. POOR-LAW Sir G. GREY had thought that the Hon. Gentlemen had to move that a Select had sufficient of Parliamentary Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged . experience experience to know • to the poor-laws of Ire- that no power such as that he assumed, would be delegated to Committee be appointed to inquire in l Act W' - ' land, and particularly the Poor -law Remove d. . ith one person of the committee. If the House wished to place regard to the law of settlement, there were certainly 'faculties him (Sir George Grey) on the committee, he should but be to be encountered on every side, and lee did not think that they an individual member, and at that moment he could not say could come to a just conclusion on the subject until they had what course he should adopt if he was so appointed. If the had the advantage of the advice o f persons who were House agreed to the motion, he should propose a motion to the acquainted practically with these matters, and who should effect, that the committee should inquire into the working of be called together for that purpose. He wished to take this the Poor-law Removal Act, and to report especially opportunity, as several questions had bee n asked with respect to u p on it to the House, as he thou g ht it very necessary that the inquiry instituted last year, that that inquiry had been very a committee of the House should have an opportu satisfactory. With regard to the proceedings that had taken nity of making an inquiry. He confessed he was rather place at the Andover Union, i t w as not the intention of th e led to entertain the opinion of the Hon. Member for Droit- Government to take any steps, unless it were introduced b y witch, althou g h he admitted in some instances that the Act some other Membe r o f the House. The Government looked induced considerable hardship, and though its operation he had rather to the general qu es ti on . The House w as well aware that, been contrary to the intentions of the Legislature. _ with according to the Act passed last yea r, the p owers of the q uestion of the Law of Settlement was not so eas y to deal it . i l lion. Poor-law Commissi oners were li m ited till the next session of as many Hon. Members seeme d to suppose. :I that the late Go- Parliament. In considering this question he must say that he Gentleman opposite (Mr. Bankes) stated that the thought it was absolutel• necessary to have some body which vernment had adopted three Bills on the subject, and us to improve, should have a central controul,. and which should also have a present Government ought to adopt some mea _ . r G. Grey) local inspection._( Hear, hear, from both sides of the House.) and to give more effect to those Acts. To him Si ( stood in Under the system which formerly existed there was no doubt it appeared that the whichdifficultieso.ao.,; he in the that great evils existed, and it was most necessary that the the way were far from easy of , I " his opinions mat-administration that existed under that system should be course of last session had s tated what d h t of Settlement, an t a exposed which could o n ly b e done by means of some Minis- were with regard to the Law part of the measure, he terial controul. But w ith regard to the manner in when the House came to consider that . upon it, and the which this contract was to be exercised or rags- should be quite ready to express his opinions .. that he could 1 for its better working; fated, there was the greatest difficulty in bringing plans which be proposer difficulties which toad presented it to the rule that would satisfthe House. The constitution see his way through all the v t the Committee would present a of the officials should be changed. With respect to his own themselves, and he hoped tha i _ go a great way towards recti part, he believed that those Commissioners had exercised their Bill to the House, which would , d ston. , rue question of rating powers to the best of their abilit • and, further, he believed fin g the evils of the presets se which were coming that their general admini s t rat i on had ' been successful, but he was inseparable from the other questions the Committee ; unless they could not say that in every instance that had been brought under the cognisance of • t of the subject, they would, i n before Parliament that th • had been considered this par en. powers rightly exer- deal with the whole matter in an cited. He believed that the want of success had been owing his opinion, Hear, hear.) to the circumstance of t h e con trol having been imperfec t way.—ecessaid ~ when he heard the Right Hon. id placed in different hands. I n one case th e y h a d to receive Mr. FERRAN' ) of State the Home Department the statements of officers under different circumstances. In Baronet the Secretary . _ Hoy-. f0 r`,„..i.,,,. ~.„ ~ clout. .. oon of the .•.--., - ' ‘.IOG inJ one instance it was necessary to act upon the adrice of the answer the qtv's inclined to believe that he was e late officials, and in another instance the Ministers of the Crown evening, he felt almost (lid te for the Home Department. B the had to state what were the circumstances under which, S ecre t a ry of S tate P s ej ect suppose, or the Noble Lord ut did at the and that were the ith59115 that led to ) the adoption Right I i " 11 61 r head of the Government believe that the people of this had to make until the Bill which the Right Hon. the Home country would thuds him or feel satisfied with the course Secretary had promised them should be brought into tke which they had marked out for them to pursue; or that the House. member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) had done his duty to the Mr. BROTHERTON said, that in the course of a late people by withdrawing the motion which he gave for the end session he had supported the Ministry in their Peser• of last session, and that the people of this country would law Amendment Act, but he considered that the allow the Government and its supporters to coalesce for the conduct out of doors had greatly aggravated what purpose of rescuing the Poor-law Commissioners who had not he might term the defective working of the eys hesitated to cast the blame which they deserved uporetheir tern. Ile was glad to find that the Noble Lord had taken servants during 1846 ? Did they suppose the people of England the subject of the law of settlement into his consideration. had forgotten the treatment which Mr. Day and Mr. Parker had In the township in which he resided there were very few poor, received from their hands? Why he had told the Noble Lord and consequently very small poor-rates. On the contrary, in at the head of the Government, that a rumour had been cir- the neighbouring township of Salford there was a great culated out of doors during the last few days, to the effect number of poor, and where, of course, the rates were very tkat the Government had protected a solicitor of the Poor-law heavy. Yet, near the township where he resided, a manufac. , Commission from that exposure which a Committee of that tory was about being erected, which would in all probability House would bring upon both, not becatise they were men of be assessed at the least at a 1,0001. a year. It was on the talent as the Hon. Member for Montrose had styled them— borders of the Salford township, and yet the whole of the but because they were connected with persons high in the benefit would be given not to the township, where the poor country, and he warned the Government that there were per- were most numerous, but to that where the poor-rates would, sons, both within and without the doors of that House, who in all probability, not be sixpence in the pound. He thought would speak more plainly if the House neglected its duty, it would be very unfair that the rates should be levied in one were they to lay aside the resolutions of the Andover township, and yet the whole benefit should be given to ano eommittee, which pronounced those men guilty of ther, and he trusted that the Committee would come to a re a great dereliction of duty, as having oppressed their solution to remedy that defect. servants, as well as having scandalously neglected their duties ; i Captain HARRIS had heard the statement of the Noble and they now came to the Government, who had a majority at Lord, he could not say with unmitigated satisfaction, for he their backs, to endeavour to rescue them. As the Hon. Gen. believed that the evil of altering the law was as great or tleman, the Member for Montrose, had withdrawn his motion, I greater than the evils which prevailed under the present poor he had given notice of a motion for Thursday next, to move law. These difficulties were now understood, but in the union for a Committee of the whole House to inquire into the whole where he resided they hail put their shoulders to the wheel, conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners in administering the and fully succeeded in obviating them. poor-law ; and, proceeded the Hon. Gentleman, I date the Mr. B. ESCOTT thought that this resolution proposed Government to oppose that inquiry ; if you do , you are afraid for the Committee would prove very unsatisfactory to the to grant it, because you are aware of the exposure country, and if the Noble Lord's statement were to be taken which awaits those men.—(Cries of Hear, hear.") For as a fulfilment of the promise hell out last session, of a revi doing my best to crush that law, I have been maligned sion of the whole of the poor-law, it would be but vein in a way most disgraceful; and I hope the time is not far ineffic.ently performed. The fact was, that the power corn distant when Isbell meet them in a court of law, where I shall mitted to the Poor-law Commissioner. was beyond the right of have an opportunity of vindicating my character from the the House of Commons, or of the House of Lords, or of the aspersions which have been cast upon it. How many poor Queen to confer. If they granted such powers, they must ex , have been sacrificed whilst they have been attempting to intro- pect to see it abused. They put it into the hands of men who duce their Malthusian doctrians, and who have died of their were reepon-ible for the exercise of it to no one. sufferings, rather than perish by the laws which they were Mr. VILLIERS wished the House to abandon the commis called t pon to administer ; how many poor have had their sioners and return to the real question before them, the law of furniture taken from their cottages ; and how many villages settlement.. There was no abuse or evil connected with the have been turned into desolate wildernesses; and is poor law system which did not spring out of the law of settle nothing to be done, but to screen them in their ment. He would not go further into the matter, ex disgraceful conduct ? Will the people of this country cept to express a. hope that in nominating the be satisfied, and do you think that those who support this law Committee, the Right Honourable Baronet would not suppose will meet their constituents at the next election ? They have that the opinion expressed by the Hon. Member for Salford, met with great obloquy, as you will find if you go into any and reiterated by the Hon. Member for Finsbury, was. at all society in England. You will find but one feeling of disgust general. Still there was a strong feeling abroad that the at the ,Conduct of the Commissioners. It is not my intention abolition of the law of settlement was requisite, and that all non to address the House at any great length, as on Thursday the oppression and abuses arise from the system of bandying night I shall have an opportunity of doing so, but I hope the the poor about from one place to another ; and he trusted the House will allow me to state what treatment I have received Right Hon. Baronet would take care that one or two gentlemen at the hands of the Commissioners during the last two were placed upon the Committee, who would represent that months. In August last the Committee of the Andover opinion. Union inquiry published the evidence taken before After a few words from Mr. P. Boesnewecie and Mr. them. On reading that evidence I thought it my CHRISTIE, duty to publish two letters in the Times newspaper. The motion was agreed to. For doing so, Mr. Lewes, one of the Assistant Poor-law Corn- Sir C. NAPIER moved for a "return of the line-of-battle missioners, thought himself bound, in justice and honour, to ships and frigates cut down for steam block.ships, and a eon' commence legal proceedings against me. When I wrote those of the contract of those cut down in merchants' yards."--• letters, I did so for the purpose of creating those legal proceed- Agreed to. ings, and I find no fault with him for doing so. But on the The House then adjourned, at Half-past Twelve o'clock. 24th of November, the rule was made absolute—this day two till Monday. months ago. Three or four days after, I attended a public meeting at Leeds, and there charged Mr. Lewes, and the late Secretary of State for the Home Department, to lose not one hour in going before a jury and giving me an opportunity of vindicating my character. I dared them—l challenged them to that ordeal—but they have shrunk from it. But let me tell the House what occurred this week. I considered it my duty, on Wednesday last, to move for certain returns with respect to the proceedings of the Poor-law Commissioners in Keigh!ey Union, which the Secretary of State for the Home Department has granted in the handsomest manner. By those returns I intend to prove that the Poor-law Commissioners have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty, and have committed a fraud upon the House. This day, at two o'clock, my solicitor placed in my hands a letter from Mr. Lewis's solicitor, informing me that they had this day filed a criminal information against me. I look upon this as nothing less than an attempt to intimidate me as a Member of this House. There has been time for these parties to have brought this rule to an issue, but they have de layed the proceedings until they had found me within the walls of this House, fearlessly to discharge my duty. Now, what I have to say is this—l demand at the hands of those parties who are mixed up in those proceedings against me, that they do not lose one hour in bringing it before a jury. —(Hear, hear.) Is it just, is it manly, is it honour able, to deal out oppressive proceedings piecemeal ? Let them meet now face to 'face, like men, in a court of law, and if I do not come out of that ordeal with honour, I will re sign my seat within these walls, and if these parties do not re tire with the same honour that I intend to do, they will stand convicted in the eyes of the country. Mr. ETWAL fe said that it was his intention to have brought the question of the Andover union under the consideration of the House, especially as it related to the conduct of the Poor. law Commissioners; but now that he perceived what course the Government were about to adopt, he would take an oppor tunity of bringing the subject before the country. Colonel SIBTHORP said that he considered the Poor-law Commissioners were a most useless. expensive, and tyrannical body, which he would be very glad to see completely done away with. Captain PECIIELL considered that some disappointment would ensue when it was known that the Noble Lord did not intend to take any summary mode of proceeding against the Poor-law Commissioners, founded on the report of the Andover Committee. Could it even be possible that any man who had read the evidence, would be satisfied, when they un: derstood that the Noble Lord was prepared to shelter a body of men who had acted after such a manner towards theie own subordinates. Without wishing to follow the speech of the Honourable Member for Knaresborough, who had no doubt some personal feelings upon the subject, he could not help expressing his opinion that it would not be satisfactory to the country, in general, if the Poen law Com missioners were allowed to leave Somerset-house, without any censure, dying away as it were like the flame of a candle. The • Government had insisted on carrying the' law of ettlement, • acting on the advice of those whom they considered the best . informed. lie hoped that it would be a lesson to that and , future Governments.—(Hear,hear.) Sir W. JOLLIFFE said that the law of settlement had done nothing but introduce contusion. Let them look at the opera , tion of the law of settlement in Hackney Union. He had in his possession an official letter, a copy of which had been laid before the board of guardians of that union, and it would give at once a positive answer as to the course of the method of relief. It said, " Of course we must give relief, and we are obliged to do so, in some instances, to hundreds of cases which do not belong to us in the present state of confusion and uncertainty arising from the late glorious act of Parliament." That was a clear sample of several letters written from and to many unions. He could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman of his belief, that in bringing this Bill under the consideration of the Committee it would not effect the object desired. He ought immediately to repeal the law, or to make such extensive alterations as would totally alter its nature. The inefficiency was sufficiently proved by the formation of a Committee to delibe rate on it, and he was persuaded that the system of rating unions would lead to a much better management. Mr. RICE said that the Act produced the greatest injury to the poor, and injustice to the rate payers. In his own neighbourhood many sudden and unexpected burdens had been thrown upon the parishes. It was not as he thought necessary altogether to repeal the Act of last session, for it was certainly a humane Act, but such alterations might be made as would make at opera!e kindly to the poor, and justly to the rich. A proper alteration of the law of settlement should be made. There was no longer a parochial system, but such a system as would, so he was told, do away with the parochial system entirely. As far as his belief went, soothing could tend more to, improve the character of the industrious poor than the ole parochial system. He was told that it would destroy all good feeling between master and servant. Would not a better feeling exist between master and servant when they ware bound by ties of mutual interest? He .hoped that the matter would be entered upon at once, so that an early report might be received from the Committee, and they might he enabled to legislate upon it before Easter, and some more effi cient measure be adopted by the House. After a few remarks from Mr. FIELDEN, which did not reach the gallery, Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBE said that no doubt the labours of the Committee about to inquire into the law of settlement would be most valuable, but it appeared to him that any in quiry into the law of settlement involved the question of the law of removal. He was told that the Bill passed last year had a most humane object in view on the part of the House, and for which he for one most strenuously advocated it, as it worked all for the poor. He believed that it worked well for them in some instances, hut only in instances where those whose duty it was to administer the law thought proper to administer it honestly.-- (Cheers and laughter.) . He had found that in Yorkshire the magistrates disliked the Bill, but when the Bill was passed it was done with the view of relieving the mauu facturing population more than the agricultural population, It was intended for the manufacturing towns—for those indivi duals who spent their life and strength in manufacturing em ployment, and according to the returns which he had had laid on the table of the House, some who had spent 10 years, and 15-20, and even :35—in this manner, were still liable to re moval, and had been removed in some places. The people generally were much in favour of it in the country, although it was opposed by the gentlemen representing the rural districts. It was due to the manufacturing Myna generally, to say that there had not been one complaint from any of them with re ference to the Bill. All these complainta, with one exception, came from the small rural districts. They would find it was so with the magistrates in the neighbourhood of the Hon. Member for Knaresborough. The rural magistrates, generally, could cot understand the law. The intellects of rural gentle men were sometimes very obtuse when their pockets were con cerned. This was the case in a great number of instances. The Hon. Member for Brighton said, that there were 1,450 persons supported by the ratepayers, and there were other poor supported in distant parishes. No doubt these individuals had resided five years at Brighton, and it was quite right that they should support these individuals. He wished that the Govern ment would allow the Committee to go at once in medias res, and say, if the law of settlement should be continued or not. They had discussed the other day the question respecting the poor-law gnardians refusi n g relief, and the blame was thrown upon the auditors. Now he believed the small farmers, who were guardians, were mor e to blame than any one, that they generally took advantage of every opportunity of grinding the poor.—(Hear, hear.) There were, no doubt, some humane guardians, but they were generally er officio guardians, who looked after the small farmers, and saw that they didtheir duty to the poor. lt was usual, when the guar dians were complained against, to throw the blame on the auditors, though the blame was more generally with the former. It was then said that the guardians were elected, but he complained that the franchise was not extensive enough. It ought to be enlarged. He would give the poor a right of appeal from the guardians to the petty ses sions.—( Hear, hear.) He would also give the guardians an appeal against the auditors to the quarter sessions. The pre sent measure would considerably increase the patronage of the Crown. They had already a paid Poor-law Commissioner in that House, and they were now to have a Poor-law President, with ibis secretary, for the purpose only, as far as he could see, of being badgered.—(Hear.) What salary the president was to get for the badgering did not appear.—(Laughter.) If this was to be the case, they might as well have the superin tendents of the Customs and the Excise, and the officers of other public departments, as many useful inquiries might occa sionally be made of them.—( Hear, hear.) For himself, until he saw or heard more of the Bill, he must look on it as an ex pensive and inefficient job. —( Hear. ) Sir THOMAS ACLAND felt greatly gratified at the statement of the Noble Lord, and th eight it would be ro dueiive of great good, but the point that. wanted ,mme‘ri.ttct legislation was the present law in regard to settlement, as litigation was now going forward in every parch in England. This was not the intention of the framers of the law, but such were the facts of the case. He hoped the Committee would inquire into the whole question, and that a Bill would be speedily introduced to meet all objections. 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Females at the turn of life, who frequently be_ r ip dropsical, would do well to take from time to time a little of r . generating medicine, thereby speedily removing all dangerote c;if ai t toms attending this critical period.—Soll by all druggists, Au Profefsor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London: BIRTHS. ill' On the 18th inst., at Willey Vicarage, W Bucks, Mrs. Georg e - more, of a daughter. aert' b 06 On the 18th inst., at the Knowle Sands Parsonage, Brldg lady of the Rev. W. George Leigh Wasey, of a daughter. „ b ooth On the 15th inst„ at Kingweston, the wife of F. IL Die' Esq., M.P., of a son. o°l On the 20th inst., at Albion Lolge, Stoke Newington, the -a _ ._ .-_ Robert John Swift, Esq., of a daughter. the On the 19th inst., at the Rectory, Clyst St. Mary, near Exeter• lady of the Rev. Edmond Strong, of a daughter. ce rr On the 20th inst., tha lady of Mr. L. H. Brsham, of C han. lane, of a son. _I 11.1t,'D. 0111. i Doi.(•ia At ticr, at Christ Church, :Montreal. ,a oar G , 1,11,1 Dttiny , 7 Regiment, to Euretta daughter of the late Ilou. J. Richardson, of Belle Rive , 31°I DIED. 66. On the 19th Inst., in Jermyn-street, Mr. John Bennett, ag,..-- aze i, of On the 20th inst., Ann, the only daughter of WiWa n "' Dalston-terrace, aged 19. On the 20th inst., Mary, relict of the late John Thon2o, riel °f " Crane-court, Fleet-street, aged 82. Ems" of On the 20th inst., Henry, infant son of Henry Simpson, Pond-street, Hampstead. NO A f 112 1 iltAitkt PUbliSited ILIAJUDO l'ree tee ` strand : Printer,sayo):. inat The Sun C nice, N 0 .11 2. Stra nd, in the J a • of the tho County of ALlticlielos, i3AtUldisto guary 23, 11347, f 4iL A 5 , 2 ketic, aP T th e , 4 Editlc hunQ ILLts Tit On I • )4 , O rkinal an' 111 1, and ei 0 U L` On Fri pßoz .);10, A r t e, TREVOR nITZEPI: ,LERay3, T wentieth . 'I RE agreeably t Dronouneed autbotitles. The I The] ORT. 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