The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-04-27 00:00:00

Rev. John Devereux.
Jef=lab Reny. Esq.
STEP/IF:PI THILIAPS, Esq. Treasurer.
JAMES AIWANN,I li
JOHN AIWA NN, J "en" B.4l‘tailes.

Anthony Wildobotti, Eon.

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AT a General Meeting of BCOTTISII DISTILLERS
working for Home Consumption, held at Edinburgh, 13th
April, 1824 ; the following Resolutions were submitted to the
Meeting, and unanimously approved of :
First—That under the present Distillery law of Scotland and
Ireland, 4th Geo. IV. cap.ll4. it is the opinion of this Meeting
that the Duty is fairly paid, and illicit distillation in progress of
being put down.
Becorwl—That although Spirits are made under the same law in
Scotland end Ireland, under the same Rules and Regulations in
every respect, and are allowed to be put into Bond in both coun-
tries, free of duty, yet Spirits so made in Ireland are permitted to
be sent front the Bonded Warehouse into consumption in Eng-
land, en payment of the same rate of duty which is paid on Spline
made in England, while the Spirits no made in Scotland are en-
ti prohibited from being sent into England.
That the intercourse in Whisky betwixt Ireland and
England is thus open ; and whilst Brandy anti (Jim the produce
of France and Holland ; Rum, the produce of our Colonies ; and
Whisky, the produce of Canada_ ; are allowed freely to be im-
ported into Oreat Britain and Ireland, and put into Bond and on
payment of the duties to be taken out of Bond, and sent into am-
sumption in the I 'nited Kingdom without any limitation as to
strength, this Meeting is at • lops to understand, why Whisky
made in Scotland from Barley, the produce of our own soil, should
be alone denied this privilege, notwithstanding the constant appli-
cation and great demand from England.
Fourth—That owing to the superior quality of home.mole Spi-
rits, the smuggling rif Foreign ;tints, which was formerly earned
on tag great extent in Scotland, is new nearly unknown, and were
Spirits of a similar good quality allowed to br used in England, the
great extent of foreign smuggling now earned on would be mate-
nally lessened, and • most extensive market opened up for many
thousand quarters of Barley.
Fifth—That it appears from the Paribunentary Papers, No. 84,
and No. 186, of this Satsuma, that there was shipped of Barley end
Malt front England to Scotland, from the
10th October, 182 e, to the 15th February, 1821, 44,428 6-13th
quarters.
10th October, 11121, to 16th February, 1822, Stllell 3-Bth
quarters.
10th October, 1822, to 15th February, Mi. 28,1148 quotient.
lOth Ocuiher, 11123, to 15th February, 1821,un,797 1-11th
quarters.
'l'hus showing, that the im anent of the Distillery Law of last
Session has been most bertetisial to Agriculture, by affording a great
additional COtlMl:uption of Harley.
Sixth—That the price paid to the Distillers in England at the
present time for raw Spirits, exclusive of ditty, exceeds by 2s. lid.
per gallon lime price paid to Distillers in Scotland, thus affording to
the Proprietors of Fifteen Distilleries. who supply the English
market with Fire Millions of Italian, upwards of 600,0001.
annual!, more than is paid for the name quantity of Spirits
Scotland, inand this sum beyond the asnount of duty in both
countries.
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Seventh—That two year. experience of the present English Dis-
tillery Lew, under which the Distillers in Scotland worked from
October, 1811, to N.irmiilier. 181$i, enable this Meeting to state,
that the Revenue wet not so well secured by it, as it is now by the
Distillery law of Scotland and Ireland.
Eighth—That a tree trade in Spirits over the United Kingdom,
Is on!y in unison with the sound and enlightened principles ex-
pressed and acted upon in other branches of manufacture by his
Illstestr's tiovcrnment,—is in acconlance with the report or the
Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry,_—agreashle to the spirit and
principle of the union betwixt England and Scotland, and pledged
to the Scottish Distillers and the Public by the Right Honourable
the Chancellor of the I:xchequer in l'arliantent, at the end of last
Session.

Ninth—That the Meeting will use erny exertion to obtain this
object so timi!able to Sentlaml, and so desirable Mr the Agrind-
ture of the (*need Kingdom ; and they resolve to petition Parlia-
ment to grail that •:cotlanil may enjoy a fair and just participation
in the trade of iliatillution throughout the empire.
Tenth— That a copy of thew resolutions he sent lathe Conveners
of the confine* of Seot.nnil. with a rettorit, that the attention of the
I Ounty '3let:ings, to he held on the 30th April, may be called to
this subject ; and, also. that copies be sent to all 3lembers of Par-
liament, and that they 1w published in the dtfli-rent newspapers.