The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1809-05-25 00:00:00

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laws, .t tan& them eiortmlent and diJoyal. He
hoped that the peinciple of "till tines would litter • a
be given win in irellind. If Gentlemen did dot ex- 1
ert themselves to preirentt private distillation in their
counties, it was flea' thd &Mona should be pu.
united. • ..... _L.
Mr. rattan contefttied that all the small "tills
Would be clestroyvt. lie hod put theninestion 16
several distillers, uhebtlier it opted be
; limsteible in
leridteft
any oay to encourage ilm, it", ,the bonnty
was afforded to the was informed that
it was inipMiable. W. • -to the VS.' tines
of the country ntlenieZervas sure they were
not delicieot. tie kel liiinself destroyed many
stills in his own eointy.
Mr. LATOUCHE supported the eneendineut.
Mr. 8111011110 did rot think that the prevalence
of private distilleries was the fault of the Irish gen,
tleiticia, but of the law. A different system was
adopted in Scotland, and had produced sdiffereut
effect. The amendment of the lion. Lorunet
would have a tendency to inerease the fertilise ;it '
would also operate to put down Aim illicit
_trains - • '
by enabling the fair dealer to drive the Mica mot
out of the market.
Mr. I'AANELII. vid, that there terprosed at this
time to be many lrish distiller.' in town, of wheat • .
he had asked, whether, if that Bill wee I.) panto the ' • .
small stills could continue to work ? the answer he
had uniformly received was, that they could sot.
Ile regretted that the Chancellor of the Exclaimer
fir England did not state his opinion or the sutler.%
The tieutlemen of Ireland felt that. small nine ' •
were uetesaary to keep down the illicit trade; yet, e
necessary as they were considered, they weir .s. be ' .....• ,
ed from wetting.- if &a Chaucellor of the
presented
met held the contrary opitiiou, and was die-
posed to waiiitain that the effect of the Bill would
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not he to prevent them, he (Mr. P.) would be hap-
py to hear Ins reasons. It was stated, that the
agricultural interesets *mild be served by it, hut
many of the most flourishing counties bail no dis-
tilleries.
Sir J. Nitneoar agreed that in the greaten til-
lage counties there were no such thinto its great
stills; it therefore was not fair to attribute to thaw-
the prosperity of sock mintier.
Mr. 011 ARA supported the amendment.
Atter a few wordalkien Sir Join N lily rove. tint
I louse divided, whew thlWeserPr4lool—
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now
Majority spinet the Aineudiasst....
01% been;, re-admitted, w.• found Me. ragnit.Al on
his lens, speakiii,,,, to an amend neat wiiicli had
been peopested while strangers were excluded, to
patent Pitishel frinn haiii/K double tines impoasd
upon them. fie sir/ea tirkt the Ell with' alt
it. :morisions ltail.necie to punish officers who act-
ed fraudulently. fist disapproved of that clamp
which proving!, Bat if a still, or any . art, of a still
wns found in a pari•li. the %mile 1,4ri,.1. -Vault! he
filled. If they wished to quit Ire!and,they..linidd
permit her to enjoy the rei.ards of tier industry.
Mr. MiLiultlri contended, t4tit it. was intocirsitile
to take as iy the poaer or ti•ltinc, witoutti uottt4 aio
injury to 'the cetiotry. I heir were imouteto of
town !mods betii
ig fined thrt e tones over for she
same stilt.—The nienner .h..uld I.e ii.ves.-.lstf,
otherwise no dercoverrwieukt Me ~. de.
Mr. FOSTSIII said. that there .t, ce a he al-ewlra
by which the nosewishectoolkMcvrt - yaw wevirretyr— •
punished; which :rosined it mower...miry t.l mitce
do e sty clause t., •:tst'fleet into the. Bill. The tact
we., t'e ,l %eine ii. , -
.and by illicit distilleried.,
and the tuts Is of di': people corrupted. Tbei
were arrive i :. 'inch .1 IlaCh as to ;IN sire WWI'S'
esinetaltats. 4; (3-tntletnen did sot exert them.
"elves to put the,:r tl ostr, the stveritir of the lam
w.,.11.1 not be the faith ; their own conduct Amin
.., ••• i to • liable to the charge of liming given theta
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(:otonel &mai said,,that the proposition was to
fine the vicinity where app, usateriAs
ry were discovered. Ise was set agmost lining
a guilty individual, when he could be found, b..t it
was not tit that any Gentlemen Osnultl he tided for
offences committed while he was doing Ins dnty in
that House, That the law to priveot collusion
hetween officers of excise and illicit diet ;Hers was
not enforced. was sufficiently proved by the tie-
comets nee of 45 applications 'acing been made
to fine the county of Cavan, at L..: quarter sessions.
for illicit stills, while not or.e prosecution was Midi.
tuted fora misdeineauour to punish collusion.
Mr. D. BROW,IF. thought the proposed dense
feaaible ; but did not approve of the manner in
which it was supported.
Sir Jodi NIMPO&T said, that he helieved the
Right Het.. Gent. the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer for Ireland, was mistaken as to the pimish-
talent of officers for collusion. The evistink laws
went to punish them by a *lie of 104. or to ren-
.Wr them incapable of retaining their office.—
The fines proposed upon the parishes amounted to
301., while the tine for the officer, if guilty of col-
lu.ion, was only tul., which shoold be 501. at least ;
otherwise fines would be levied on parishes. and
officers rocreened. The finer levied 'limn the edatite
of Calais were so great that at smash" use igtpo.stLre
to levy them. and he erni.vssell Ike was very much •
shaken in opinion as to the efficacy of tines; insteml .
of having the proposed effect its tliiit coutity. Obi it
distilleries bed increased. He thought the: system
of fines ought to he taken into the coninieratn.n • f
the Houve as early in the ne:.t Illokiletl as talcum-
stances would admit.,
Mr. PERI./ vat. said. that where collusion warn
practised hj 11fficiers. he thought an 'holm dilate re-
medy should be sought ; and that there ess ari
ne-
css.ion to 1014 it off till nest tv.sion. tie rdwouo
have little hesitation in proposinz, that Officers. vo
iffsmding, should be sithj.a:t eo de:Utote ta.e pigno'•/
if town lands; tile halt' of which ahoold go to a
off:inner, and the other half to be appibpesated. .o
some other porton*.
After a tine words from Kr. Dff)fle eltVs, ty•
• iod Mr. Formes', a divieloo Levi piece. iieu
here oppeinid.—
For the Agosodiecrit'
Against It__

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Ithijotity •
Stragglers were not ati.;iiiit std fitted. b•rt we Ita•
derstand the Bill weastbrough the COMII. &ICC) /01.1
dba riPpOrt wq* ordered to be Weal?* .'p
Th. alba. order, of the day weeittben disc. a
liotstilbuit &tot:toed it TIMO fiseLo4:4.

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