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Imprisonment. upon the person oho diapered of
such offices, mid that the tine should he pate to
the perms who should iiitorm and sue for the
same, even although that person should be the oue
who had actually purehased.the office.
The CIiAnCEI,IIoR of the EXcnr.QUElt said, he
apprehended the Committee would nut go this
length, for he thaeght the Bill would halm a suf..
ictent elect without rue', a clause. He would not
wish to purchase the object in view by Inch wales,
as would exonerate a person who get the situation
from any pain or punishinein, sod not dismisses"
him of tile piece he had so irregillarty procured.—
The wan alto obtaiiird the office might be induced
to do so more for the sake if ohtaicing the tine,
than for the emoluments of the ck:e r.ear. Ih
short, he might be a most iatfamous 'ironwarel
that might lay a snare to entry!) the meg Mout:reit.
Mr. TIRP.X CT atipprntvd the chime, as. the only
means of detecting the g•iilty.
Lord FOLKSTONE Rtishod, that without .11001 a
clause the Bill would only fir.:d out art
mein to such traffic as woulif render the Bill p, r.
feed), nugatory. He 'lever thought the 1311 aouid .
do a great deal of good, lint without a clause of •
this penal nature, it would do a emit deal of
harm.
fhe CIiANCELLOII. of the EICHRQUER ridded,
that he had really ho other view than to carry the
measure into effect, but he slid not approve of
this plan of obtainiug information. A person
might obtain air office who might have give., money
to the person applying to Man (tile Cheneellor of
the Eecheeper) entirely without his konwtodge,
would it not be .unjust to impose a doe, ooder sot It
circumstances, upon the person ismocent ty
such an office ? Besides this, every individunl in
the least acquinoted with the fact, might be liable
to the penalty.
Lord H. PI,TTY supported the clams upon the
ground that the same objection as had !been urged
against it, might be apill:eablit toinformers in gene-
ral; and it NIA ell known that many were envoi' sag.
oil by bribery and other acts. lie thought Ma(
the Bill, without such a clause, would have no
goad effect at all, for nu inducement to •!isisevery
could only be furnished by giving the penalty to
One of the parties concerned in the traffic.
Mr. Hose, the ATTORREY-GENERAL, and the
SoLICIToIt-GESERAL, argued against the clause,
as they wished to prevent the guilt without expos-
ing the innocent to a greater danger than the law
thought proper. It etas sell known how feeble
defence that of character is when opposed to that
of positive testimony, and that po itive testimo-
ny toe, given by one who had no other object in
. view than that of ruing the money specified as a
penalty. The Hume might tremble for the come-
wires after what they had lately *ern at the bar 4
that House. If was holding out a great temptation
to perjury, while.there were many other mows by
which a discovery might be effected without having
recourse to each a mode se that proposed.
• After some further conversation upon the. pro.
priety of adopting this clause a divisiou tooh•place—
For the ',toilet' • 3l
Agalset it
111inotity
.4f,he other tinsel' were then gone through,. the
Howie resumed, and tile report was (Mitred .to be
received to-morrow.
IRISH DISTILLERY BILL.
Mr. FOSTER moved the second reading of the
Irish Distillery Bill.
Mr. B liP4111:111 opposed the further progress of the
bill ; it was framed contrary to the iuterests o Ire.
land, sod contrary to the opinion of theCcmmissioies
era of Inquiry, who recommended the encouragement
of small solidus the best means of encouraging legal
distilleries. and the isicreitee of the revtuues. But
contrary to this the of jest of the bill was to increase
the peualtiee, if not to tlceilile them ;—there could
be no necessity for this one, ity, for in the county
of Cavan. in one year, fines to the amount of
ee,oool. had been lo ice', while WM. only could he
collected ; immense 418419 were at the same nine
paid its rewards. He would have wished to post-
pone Ms objections to the tail , till it went into a
Committee ; but the principis Of it was so bed,
that he should move, " that it be read a second
time this day three months."
Mr. STUART, in recommending the Bill to be now
read a second time, said he did not, wish to be tin.
ders:ood as expressing his 'unqualified 'approbation.
but would elect to souie clauses wheu the Bill
went to a Committee.
Sir GEORGE HILL eepressi d his surprise at the
Hoo. Gentleman opposing the Lill—if he had paid
due attention to it, lie would have been couviiiced
of the propriety of its going o a Ciimmittue : he
could say with confidence that there was not out
objection but might then be fairly settled.

Mr. PARNELL rose to support the amendment
be said this B:II was for the purpose of amending a
Bill to secure the better collection of the ditties on
spirits io lrehmil ; it went to uphold laws which'
had been Meffectu.d ; that Bill had been formed
on had principles and another might be introduced
iu its stead. The t r3minittee had recommended 10
assimilate the laws of Ireland on this subject.
to those formerly made for the low lands of
Scotland, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
for Ireland might to have brought in a Bill con-
fortnahly with their opinion, or have explained
where that Committee was wrong ; and although
the pill contained * clause to license small stills. •
it was founded on a wrong principle, as the reve—
nue hail loot from a million to a million and a half
Mt the het which th.is was to supersede. An Holt.
Jirinher behind hint hnJ thought th:s 11,i1 could
be amended to the Committee. but lie was of
opinion that it could not.
Mr. FOSTER said, it was admitted that theslaws
on this subject wanted amendment : he knew
that they did. and it was an object that the. bill
should go to a Committee ta tied nut the best imale.
There was not one Henze in the Bill contrary V, i;!*
opinion of the Committee; there was a ciao, tea
prody for the encoMagement ofeinall stills, am' if
any Bent. wished tor rhe clawse, he would seed it
to latighl. The Ht. linn. Gent. then read
the clause, and arguerrthat it *us one of the lend.
cat rriticiples of tlie bill to license small stills. Hie
obiect fur isitradocin it was, that it would •tfiirel a
market throng:loot the country for smell teenier, to
s:4l their corn. Whether the dittos went raised by
surrey or licence, he was sure they cowld 'lever be
es,llceied without the co-operetion of gentlemen


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