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England be paid into the Treasury, provided it does not exceed the
sum of 100,01101.
Mr. BRIGHT observed that the did/ on rum stood precisely
in the same situation as the duty on sugar.
The CiItINCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the Hon.
Gentleman was prejudging the question. It would be open to ob-
jections when the sums were voted.
Mr. BRIGHT said that his object was to keep the discussion
open, and not to du to-day what they might be called upon to undo
to-morrow.
The CHAIRMAN then left the chair, and the Report was or.
tleattl to be received on Monday.
RECIPROCITY DUTIES BILL.
The !louse again resolved itself into a Committer, on the mo-
tion of 31r. HUSKISSON, to consider of the repeal of the Re-1
cipeoeity Duties Bill.
Mr. Iit'SKISSON observed that a power had been given b
the Act to permit the vessels of any foreign state to carry British
meta:ant/ire on the same terns as British vessels. The Act had
been rendered necessary when there was, between the United States
of America and the N est India Islands, an extensive commercial
intercourse, in pursuance of the intention to contravene Anieri.
can duties, by placing ditties of tonnage on any vessel discharging
her cargo at the %Vest India Islands, of sixty cents per ton; and
the object was, to contravene other foreign powers by placing an
equivalent duty. The contravene duties were resorted to by his
Majesty's :Blowers, when these and other circumstances rendered
such a step necessary. His object was now to obtain their repeal,
which would be of advantage to all parties. They bad been only
adopted with a wish that they should be repealed when there was
no longer any necessity for them.
Mr. ROBERTSON observed, that a very different statement
had been •Tiljwthmadaetl;syenctheehbe
31 arrilyat tenolwioinnorAelthan. everember f"
regretted.
1)n /n a former debate it hail been declared by the Ministers, that the
Reciprocity Bill had been of the greatest utility to Ireland, for
that in tOnsequence of it additional vessels, containing 22,000 tons,
had dischargol their cargoes in the ports of England. But he
131 r. Robertson) knew, that all the small craft and pleasure.
boats had been included in this number. He confessed his sato-
nishment at the statement now made by the lion. Gentleman (the
Chancellor of the Exchequer).
Mr. HUSKISSON observed, that he did not expect to hear re-
vived the debates of last year. It was a maxim that all ships, whe-
ther American or otherwise, ought to be allowed the importation of
their own goods.
Report ordered to be received on Monday.
Lord A. HAMILTON asked a question relative to the Scotch
Under Commissary Courts, and wished to ascertain whether any
Acts of Sederunt had been transmitted by the Secretary of State
to Scotland.
Mr. PEEL said he should feel happy in giving the Noble Lord
the information he desired, as soon as he could obtain it.

DISTRAINING GROWING CROPS FOR RENT.
Lord A LTHORP rose, in pursuance of the Lotice which he had
given, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and alter so
much of the .'et of :Nth Geo. 111. which extended to Ireland, the
power of landlords to distrain growing crops for rent ; and he felt
assured that there would be no objection to the proposition which
he wished the House to adopt, as it wss not only a matter of policy
that should induce the repeal of this Act, but one also of humanity
to the poorer classes in Ireland, and he therefore could nut antici-
pate any opposition to his motion. N
Sir J. EWPORT seconded the motion, and argued against
the cruelty and injustice of the operation of this Act ; but his ob-
servations were made in so low a tone of voice as to render it im-
possible for us to catch the context of them.
3lr. GOI'LBI'ItN did not rise with a view of opposing the
motion of the Noble Lord ; indeed, on the contrary, he thought
the subject required investigation ; but although not now dissent.
ing from the Noble Lord's proposition, he must not be considered
as agreeing to support the measure to the full extent that the Noble
Mover seemed inclined t 0,.. .as he thought it would be a dangerous
principle to establish to deprive the landlord of the means of en-
forcing the payment of rent that might be due to him: it
would have the effect of completely destroying credit and confi-
dence between landlord and tenant, and be thereby prejudicial to
those interests which it was evidently the object of the Noble Lord
to protect ; but he thought that a partial repeal of this Act was ne-
cessary, and it might be well to consider if it could not be as bene-
ficially extended to this country as to Ireland.
3lr. GRATTAN observed, that the lion. Member who had just
sat down had rather mistaken the nature of the Bill which his
Noble Friend now proposed to introduce, as its object was not to
deprive the landlord of his remedy by distress, but to prevent a
keeper being set on his ground to watch the progress of the grow-
ing crops, and which keeper the tenant had to support. There
was not much of this in that part of the country where he (Mr.
Grattan) resided, but he knew that in some parts of Ireland this act
operated most vexatiously and oppressively.
Leave given.