The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1822-05-20 00:00:00

the Right Honourable Geistlemon to on important
disadvantage which this Bill .sold inflict upon the
Irish distiller. and he was persuaded ,t when thli
Bill was lased to have such an operehp rMaliveseeld,
he altered. He could assure the Righpifoludps.
demon that he was about to injure. the iII t
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as lens. The object of this Bin wto 'mike,
tsed
duty on melt from sixpence, the ditty il in
lath, to founpence farthing per gallon of spirits.
afki="2/14,410-bosedieceeNtginurbariag :erten. :.
.
in Teets„when the distiller exported his spirits to
Zsiglend, he was entitled to drew back the melt
dates whitit..by.-tbe Mit or. #llBlhretairvartted- is sit=.'
pence per lollos. The !merit of .such a draw.
',bock was sow takes away by this Ball bet thee it
was said as tqaivaleet wee-given for it by a recluse.
~ tiooof theeountereading. &style the same amount;.
that is. that the coenterriiiliegiaty;whichthe Irish
distiller, bad tOpey iirEnglaud, waa to be reduced
frtm I Is: to 105..6d. The Euglish distinct. had,
• however,- this Weenier —Abet insteed 'Of pajieg
• rispint4igellbriiialt,daty, as the Gish Menefee- •
IsserAstl. paid, he wes oily charged foorpenee belt-
' penny, bythe late redaction; es-. that. brtaein . that :
umoust sad the sixpence; the Ilish distiller wit'
• . • inimeedia esstipMiesa with the English me,nalita
tom 90. spirits made in Begland Vida the 45,1 i. of
• -'February: under the dectioord defy, compered wiib
irieh spirits brought into the English liaiket subset..
._•queistae•Febtaary,. but maaufeeterid in Ireland.
under the 'melons high,doty. They eetteltify had
..i. ti rlghtlisitle plated' iplaii a per, icconlipiLte every
._ principle at fairness sod justice. 'This difference,
smell as it approved, ..sPeted the I.ish distiller at
the rat* *rues: e peneheod, link iroelil:ampont to
nti Itrei sum dpiii 10.904 upon the presi.at mock eft
Irand, 'Sheol(' 'Ube hie pleasure trie?pott,llie whole's .
Xottlood., tie keep it saiebt be ustd. that formerly;
_- when 1 he additional hie woo laid on, the:stock on baud
•• ' 1'1,4e:14010d t but•td this he hid itiebieti4,4l hat the
• - Arirti distittet at that period; i ,
_9
•ePPINI. tam the
. r`Rriglish market, paid the incteifett. coootertatusg
...., day w Inch he there footed te %Sista : He bad also to
. , ~obeerre, that the question awe ridetedrto wdifferent
atock,and te diffeveet hold's,. The Irish distiller had
,iiiivifoeinly tbconiplain of the severe operaiionpf the
Vglfsh excise' regulations, !which: ip elfett. di-
' ' .""vrcils, counterietied the articles of Eloise: At this
• ...we assorneat the spirit trade ef Ireland was sus-
pended, owing to a *II harsh excise regulation,
• •whinh tegoired the Irish manufacture to bt reduced
sod weakened, ras in fact to lose its ioresiglh sod,
1f.7.4),-isc", befoie it- wyl-pei,initted out of the docks.
It noir beeline a question of law, about to be
erved in the English. Court of Exchequer, whe-
•fher the Irish manufacture was to be vendible in its

original state, is the British Merkel.. The solemn
Ca"! ISO "Nek- was to peeve the taupe between the
•. trio COUnktim, was by the *petition of this excise
relP;lolierleal this Moment suspended" and the bens-
, fit 4Mended to be secured, end whiyh the Legisla-
lure had in fret perleidad for the birds trader, was, on
thiLtireseut occasion., most astjuetifiably abrogated.
The Irish Porlienseat never could have dreamt at the
Union, that they were legislators not for so. Irish.
but a British manufacture. for such the spirits of
that coontry heCame, when. the Excise imisited upon
adulterating it with Thaw" water before its sale in
the English market. Nothing was more uufair,
both in principle and sprit, than the manner in
which the Irish distiller had been throughout
treated by, severe' excise regulations. contrary to
!tktitit of the IoW, awl by vacillating systems,
aod'above all, by high Autism, which antouated to
bounty upon. lit? demoralising system of illicit die-
tillolion, alike . tooting the fsir trader and the re-
venue;
~ Irish distiller did oot iu fact, know at
this moment wbether the Chancellor of the.Esche,
• r
.quei was to, permit the large or the small stills to
Work; and this want of mformatiou.was a great-
source' of isiCiroveoience to the Irish distiller, for he
did 461 know how. to act,.
.He upderstood that the
Chalicellor of the A:chequer had made some pro-
, ritives,tnihe Irish distiller, for which he knew the lat..:
ter was graieful; but he entreated, that et more liberal
spirit would be p united towards the trade of Ireland.
The House must know, thrt,except the lieu trade,
11.-is.spir,it manufacture was the_only one in !rebind,
wifkli, since the Union, had found a market here,.
The clause aboitt to be brought up granted the
drawback ou the stock in hand when taken out for
flee Irish tinnket; and teen fur this he was think-
ftif. Bel the House world recollect that what he
corik/o4ed for wat,edmission for the Irish trader into
the Elgliihmarketap espial terms; that granulise-
toreWas materially conoected with the imerests of
agrieUffore, and a say. large revenue was derived
ri-om it alone. If it were conteoded, that the quality
of 1.1), Irish spirit' could be altered by the English
Excise, the same might be done with their butter,
or with' auy other cofismodity—..it was a glariug in-
convenierice....Nenr.)
Mr. LUSIIINGTON assured the Hon. Member,
that his. flight Hon, Friend, the Chancellor of the
Excheiser, wee most anxious to act with kindness
and indulgence towards the Irish distillers. and that
when the measure was perfected he would see on
inequality in its operation, both the Irish and the
• English distiller, would stand precisely the same.
If the measure ..ahould hereafter be found to work
any injustice; he could assure the Hon. Member
who had taken
.so active an interest in the subject,
rime the muter should he attended to..r.(Hear.
Sir Gsoaos HILL said, that the case was simply
this: the sixpence per gallon malt duty was rem-
pror4lly repeeled for both countries, and fourpence
halfpenny was 'to be the drawback on export from
ri! her country. The Hon. Member (Mr. Hutchin-
son) had been ripeitedly with him urging the case
of the Irish distilleis. anl. he could assure him that
no inequality of operaOtkp would result from this
arrangement.
The Bill was 'then read the third time and
pissed.
The Sheriff Depute Bill was ordered to be read •
second time on Monday nest.
The further consideration of the Report of the
Receiver.' General Bill was deferred pistil Tuesday
neii,
The Committeei of Supply and Whys and
Means were ordered to alt on .Monday, ee. mho were
the Committees an the Distillers of Scotland, end
art th'e Cocoa Nut Shell Acts, t•s,
ILCHESTER GROL.
Mr. DAwsorr presented the Repeal of the Com-
im.srioners ou the situation of Ilchester Gaot, which
was laid on the table.
On the motion or Mr. Floweralkste, accounts
were ordered of the quasitisy..of Btilish and foreign