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EXCISE DUTIES BILL.

The CUANCtiLI.OII of the EXIIIVQUER moved
the Orslrr of the Da) for the second reettin of the
Excirt Ditties Bill.

Mr. lia•t+D tack this oppnriontly In make • few

oh.rrsati•.os on the proporied increase of the duty on
,n .It—and, its using so, he hoped the Right Hon.
4;rotlesnan (Mr. Varsittart) would answer, as
pl tidy es possible, the notations hr m►ant to put to
bum. He haul born trimmed wiih a Petition Com
wine of the most respectable wialtstera irr. England,
against tire Malt Tax. He was aware that it wars
too tale to present it—hut he knew that the state.
u►ents contained to it were perfectly true.—
Those herons stated, that ►he malt stow on hands li
was nbmiihretirrerl from Kathy, which. at the time
is errs purchased, bore a h!gher pncr than malt did
rat present, thouLtlt the express*• of manrificturing
it war cousiderahle—atiol they averred, that, if
the Itialit Hon. Gentleman proceeded to tax the
stock rat 'hand, aid to raise by an early pryment the
slutseit fir now purposed, it would he totally itnpos-
silo'. for titian to meet the pressure. Therefore,
rewervir ti to liten,ell tire sight of hereafter opposing
the ptiociple of the Ilil4 he hoped the Right Ho-
pourable Gent4.einari woolit take this (mime ty
or •tattoo, as tlo.tioctly as he creild, whether he-
ir mild remit the payment of the duty on the
st. ck ou hand, until the winter senseii, namely,
D.er,,wher, January, Febrnary, and March, which
would be a great convemeoce to the moraultc.
turn There was another point on wind, he
1(1.11.41 to envi►r informatics!). Formerly, whet► the
dis.v on u►slt was decrreted, it was enstimutrY for
the Iltglut Hwi. Cheek... Tut to impose the full duty
(.1, pet {rand. Thus, when the wirr malt
duly was r tett, that temissian did net atreet the
net plaid sty cf malt nit baud, lie deducted froth
Jr u r foal amount of the nitre:used duty Which was
al.• sit to be otter' off. Oil Poole (iodates of malt
and 101 l others l 4 per cent. duty tsar, at that
;law, The maltsters were anxious to know,
%whether, r•li thty occorotr, taking into conlideration,
ahri, alien the tax •was remitted, he imposed the
lull duty on the stock ►n hand, he would not now,
ire else tlwy wait about to he increased, kiwi the
:Joh-wird charge en the stuck at present in
Mud 1 He (Ale. Brand) conceived it to he

iinpoi.ibli;, as the High', Honourable Get.flemin
hail made lux caleulsi 1111 l on one groolift, 8 year or
two ago, that he could. row %dont 'mother ground
of ealculation,-because it operated brio bi i4lle for
liwle►lf. The. flight lion. Gentleman' load taken
the divy at 1.400,00 tit, that 'lea% ihr amount of
ditty expected to hr •Itheil not the in.dr..ier,
tweeirJosly IFNI and July It 110: hut, tt the nitwit-
ster were obliges' to ti sy the ditty on all stock o. 1;
hand, he siosienstood it wrul•l merino to wit l.ss
tlos:s ,Z,OOO,OUUI. lie nursed Ilse Hight lbw.. Get -
tlrensit would take it into hi. conxiderarion the 'm-
ilder, ctreism•lalttes in Nh t:h the 'milt-ter% we. f!
placed, mom' that lie tousle! the tax as that
it should GI on thew o11:1 as little pressure as
porsinie.
The Cusuctxt.ott of the ExcinMut:a
with respect to the first question. he felt every wish
to allow the tualtsters to pay the duty by instil-
agents, es fur as it could he dunes 4'011,41101Y with
the interests of the revenue. As to the second
question, with respect to the proportion 1.1 which
the stuck in hand should be rated, he was not ready
to state that he !trimmed • distinction between the
mode now proposed, wand that which Led heels for-
merly adopted. lie owe however, ready to hear
every fair representation me the sashjeet, lie was
not ready to go into those circumstances at present
on a Goitre tseermiattie he would be prepared
to deliver his opinion.
Mr. IVtisauousa soak the noels revs had laid in
their September *hick of basin. at fiOs. per quarter
—and malt was, at preseat. tt.ly Ai.. per quarter—
being 4.. ltd. per ;power lee than the average
price of barley in dee lam ipsuipp.
Mr. C. CALVIIIIT INK whew the wee duty was
laid ou udo, there rim a rise of 21. per bushel an
the actual quantity in Ismael-...antl, when the addi-
tional duty was about to be taken off; the quantity
theta on hand was timed, accenting to Its quality.
from 51. to 14/. per cent. Complaint was mode of
this double tazatiou. and it was admitted that are.
ductien ought to he made. but that it was too
kale to allow it. He hoped the same answer would
not be given lion. This was a question of great
partancr. It was unfointiate that this Bill came
on, on a former ioccastun, at a very hate period of
the day, and now, at a very early one. Tills was
the more to he lamented, as the Hon. Member fur
&yet limit declared his intention of taking the seise
of u•e House on every siege of die Bill. He MI.
cesved that lion. Menober's objections *ere very
reasonable—and lie bettered he ortekl follow up
his idea and take the sense of the Hem on the mea-
sure. If he did so, it would est be no account of
the tax generally, but became the measure rims
lomat to apply to the stock on hand. The loss
oceseimwd by its ope►atiot. would be very considera-
ble. Their was s duty of is . led.—there toss a
loss of anticipated profit, whatever that might be,
on the article—sod, beyond that, the maltoter wan
called on to pay au addition of 9s. 4d. a gawks,.
H, hoped diet the Right Hon. Gs...demos amid
take floe owe of the otaltstato into etasoidosolllo.
and make some very toosislevoMs aboisinyst of
duty on the stork ow hoed. If he ores sollboidi to
indulge a hope of that bind, he would .induced
to say very little new ors the sasbiset--bua, if lie
got no such sasswasee. he would take the sense of
the Wan in this sod cooly odsev *toga of the

CU,* C IL
I. of the Pasalievsa. as Ire
usosleeiMisd, estograted shut oprosultwitiss would be
offorded tot Eton. Mesabi* ma a future stage of
the Isll,to propose whwesssantr ampadmellts he pleas-
ed. Aar tNst part Odle Wyse to %hick he allud-
ed had bora noon (121.0erfered.
Mv. CALVIIIIT sis objection was to that
put of the 13111 4 visited the s‘ek on hood
with the additional duty. If that were removed, or
essisitro modified, his objections would be
lessened.
The was thew read • enema time, and or-
dered I. be ceswaittwi On Frailty/ swat.
Final murs, Mint*.
Ste 3. MOlrtGowEaT paulpessed, until tnis
senenght, his intended maim for papers relative
to Mr. Pi iteh4rd's Petition, complaining of acts of
ointrewinn committed on the Red River settlement,
British America.

LOTTERY DILL.
On the motion or the CUVICELLOIt of the Er-
CIFIZQUER, the lottery Bull went through a Cow-
tnittee.—Reuort to-morrow.
PUBLICANS' LICENSES RCGCLATION BILL
Mr. Dewy crr moved that the Reitort ut the
shrive 8,1 l hr Liken into further ertusideritiort.

Several f the dowse• were agreed to, after r few
oho rvations from Mr. E.:court. Mr. C. Calvert,
Mr. Bennett. N 4141 Mr. Cnurtenay.
On the clothe being read, aaa i t the right of
appeal on notice being given to the Magistrates in
nouns and boroughs, having separate jurisdiction,
in elves where licenses were refined to iudividuals,
Mr. EsTCOURT oppos.d the clause, which. if
carried into effect, would be productive of great
evil. in different 'parts of the country. Such a pro.
Vltkiltll might be called for in London, Werhait)-
ster. and Southwark—but be felt that it`would be
wrong in extend it generally. Ne, therefore,
moved, that all the words of the clause should be
omitted, oiler the words "Southwark, in Sur-
rey."
Mr. BEtwatErr said. he was ready to give up the
port of the clause objected to, in order that he might
preserve the remainder. But ho would state the
reason which indaced him to wish that the clause
shonlil be extended to et:glop:et of the country.
In various parts of the ki , persons acting as
inconsiderable • •

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ptrsonss who were tradewasen. DI will as Migisttsiss.
wad who, in conocquenee, irlt interebted in she con-
tintionee of abuse. To exemplify • what he had

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taubtie
brewers forwaed no inconsiderable pottier, of
the different corporations, Red, in many instances,
were absolutely Magistrates-Ilse necropsy/semi' no..
-that they became the proprietor, of. pubisc-bosoes in
'their immediate districts, wed' were intetaft'd in
keeping up a monopoly Of the heft Iride.e-
AN their profits taint ire proportioned t• the
*sale or IMtsor in the booties owned 41 Am. 41e
'believed, in many instants, they peronitrd anti
species of licentionsintsi te 4re practised, in miler to
,troure an enlarged custom. Tbis he stated without
tire fear of contradiction. Therefore it ass that
he conceit-id it to Ise orsfit to limy, ibis licensiug
power in the hands of such a clam of prisoner-
'Nay bearing in mind, that ibis remaik did not
apply to the rreptctable country wristlenien vibe
tiled the situation of Magistrates, but to those