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IRISH DISTII.I.ERIES RILL.

Oa the motion for the. House resolving itself into
Committee ou this Bill, _ _

Ma CHKIIIISTIR said that be would oppose the
further progress of the Kill. - Ne worentifideot that
its provisiocs were cootrisry to tl:e wisher of the
greater part of•the people of IrelAnd. How the
'tight H ui. Gentleman made It out to himself that
the revenue was likely. to be improved by• it he
could nut conceive. if the lull should be pressed.
however. he ws, determined to tering that question
to a decision, for hi would move fur a Committee

to inquire into the Excise Laws, so fartits2,4*. '
toed *Dike regulation of the Irish SlMrtt
11r. Hs- 11 Wrest', moo* *II
of the Hotisse . theurgutne** wine% Willett***
in. the last discusdou on the Bill.* .1/04104-16.6
*lf lout attempt.) to shew 7hr effects of thst Stl*4ll
alloyether oil thf trade of Ireland. By the debate
of 'be not :couceive that-all had
hero gained to whielo'he and his friends were entis
+4l; but lie considered that they had, by that he.
hale. tomed one tioint-411ey'liad at least prevented
the, Right lion. Gent. (whoinfie was very far from
sir.pecting oT sloth. a deliberate intention) from
further infringement of the Act of Union. The
ground upon which lie had stood upon that even-
tog had been the Act of (Joint', and the Act of
Uilion only. He had argued that by that Act the
liish distiller had as much right to bring masnifac.
tared spirits into the British market as the English
manufacturer had to bring torts or shoes, or any
other commodities, into the Irish market. He ar-
gued on the great source of danger that it would
be to Irish manufactures and trade army infraction
' of the terms of the Act of Usiion should be at-
tempted. It might no; be of any great import-
! ante just at present, because there was very
little commerce of any kind stirring; but if
circumstances should alter so as to offer an op-
portisiiity fur reviving the trade of Ireland, such
a disposition to infringe the principles of that Act
must bring injurious and ruinous consequences to
the whole people of Ireland. He hoped, therefore,
that the Right Hon. Gentleman would not Kotler
himself to be induced to tusks any such attempts
from the representations of persons who were either
inirresteil, or otherwise prejudiced upon the ques-
tion. •Adverting to the preview debate, he thought
that the Noble Lord (Castlereagh, had asserted that
it should not be required of the lrislj distillers to
reduce the strength of their spirits to 9.2 degrees
below proof, as reqnired by the Bill. He thought
that the Noble Lord had declared in substance, if
not in terms, that they should have the Act of
Union, and nothing short of the Act of Union.
He complained of the injury inflicted upon Ire-
land by the Spints Intercourse Bill, which con-
tinued the only objectionable clauses of the 54th
Geo. 111. Ile complained also of the injustice
inflicted by the effect which the Bill would have on
all spirits extracted before the 9th June last ; he
was sure it was now too late to apply a remedy.
There were two modes by which Ireland was in-
jured-by restrictions imposed on the admission
of spirits here. or by regulations at home. The
,first wa. 'initially repealed, but he was sorry to say
that the other seemed to be attempted in the prin-
ciple of the Bill before the House. He would
object to it its every stage as a measure most un-
just, and he hoped that not only this, but all other
impediments to a free trade, would be removed
early in the next Session of Parliament.
Lord CASTLEREAGH explained his observations
upon the debate of the 12th. He intended it to
have been understood, that in his opinion the Act
of the Union ought to be given coapled with the
English Law as it then stood. As lie understood
the question, Irish whiskey had never been allowed
importation, lint at the reduced rate of 24 degrees
below proof. Undoubtedly if the law was cramped
by the Act of the 54th. that might be a fair subject
fur discussion in the next Session. A legal proce-
dure, which was then pending. had been alluded
to, and the decision had been referred to as a mean
of determining the question, whether the reduc-
tion of irish spirits were legal and necessary or not.
If the decision on that case were still unsatisfactory.
on account of the existence of the 54th Geo. 111.
perhaps the best way would he to repeal so much
of that Act as related to distillation and the trade
in spirits. and, then wait the result of • legal pro-
cedure.. by which a decision might be obtained as
to the fairinterpretation of the Act of Union.
The SPEARER then left the Choir, the Bill
passed the Committee, and the Report was brought
up and agreed to.
Mr. ettletiEsTrat pressed-the necessity of grind-
ing full time fur the parties interested to petition
the House. if they should deem it necessary, against
the Bill.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER signified
his evillinguess to give time for the Irish Members
to consult their constituents upon the Bill.
Mr.-CuicilisTEA suggested that the farther con-
sideration of the Bill should be postponed for that
purposes till after the Christmas recess.

The CnAlit ELLOR of the EXCREQVIR said.
that Its bad no wish' to proceed with the Bill, till
the nowise should by fully prepared for the discus-
-1 sion. Ile would therefore move the further consi-
derelict!' of the Bill on that day three months.
The Report was ordered accordingly to be taken
Into further consideration that day three mouths,
and in the mean time to be printed.
The Small Stills Bill went through a Commit-
tee, and the further consideration was postponed to
the sante period.
The Licensed Stills Bill went through the same
stage, and the Report was referred to the Ivillle
petted.
....A Atemage from the Lords announced their op-
tical. after several amendments, to the Insolvent
Deno& Bill, and the bolt Court of Chancery
Bill..
, . PETITION FROII TIIE CITY OF DUBLIN.
Lord thtScatcvott presented a l'etitiou from
certain Inhabitants and Freemen of the City of
Dublin, cosuplairtiog of several acts of military yip-
lente*perpetrated by the horse police, and part of
the civil force, during the late election. The Peti-
tionera•stated the proceedings, as they have already
gppeored in oar Paper, and more particularly de-
scribed the classing of the Sessions-house, mild the
• arrest and imprisonment of Mr. Robert NVilliarus
fur endeavouring to allay the tumult. They com-
plained that these acts were committed to aid the
pretensions of site of the candidates, viz. those of 1
T. Elks, Esq. Master in Chancery, and to intimi-
date the friends of the popular candidate, Henry
Gretteu, E. from appearing at the hustings. The
Petitioners eamplented of these proceedings as vio-
lations bf the freedom of election, and besought
the House tis 'take such steps is. were calculated to
remedy the grievances complinied of, inid prevent
their recurrence. On the motion that it should lie
on the table—
Mr. ABERCUOMBY suggested • doubt as to whe-
titer It most tint be considered as an election peti-
tion, iii which case it was too late to receive it. It
eerteinly contained other allegations ; but it was

ed of military outrages. independent of its ailega-
lions respecting the election.
The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
On the motion that it should he p►inted--
Mr. TIERNEY mid, that it would scarcely be
possible to mime a day for taking it into considers.
lion in the present state of Parlisinent ; but he
hoped there would be a distinct understanding that
it should be taken up on some future occasion.—
The House were bound to examine into the matter.
to decide which party was tight and which wrong,
and to which the discredit of party violence did
really attach.
The CHANcELLoR of the EXCHEQUER doubted
whether the Petition, being an election petition.
could be received.
Mr. TIERNYY knew that in all matters relating
to elections, lietitiorss must be presented within 14
days after the dose of the election. lint that sure-
ly ought not to prevent the Home frogs taking
other serious matters coutained in the Petition into
consideration.

Mr. V. FITZGERALD thought the l'etition en-
titled to consideration.

The Petition was ordered to be printed. .
Mr. Alderman Wouu held in his hand a Peti-
tion signed by one individual, nn beliilf of the town
of Birmingham. It was, the -Petition of one Ed-
munds. Ile knew that he could only present it as
the Petition of an individual. It was very long,
but he had not had time to read it. Ile under-
stood it stated many grievance% especially against
the last Parliament. • He could not pledge himself
as to the character of its language, though Ise bad
reason to believe that it was respectful. If read,
the House would be able to determine for itself if
the Petition were fit to he received.

The Cita:scil.t.oll or the EXCHEOVER suggest-
ed that the lion. Alderman lisd better withdraw
the Petition, acquaint himself with its language and
contents, and if he thought proper present it again
to-morrow.
Mr. Alderman WooD was not aware that the
House were to meet to-morrow, or lie would not
hare troubled it now. lie withdrew the Petition.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, that the
House do agree to the Lords' amendments to the
Insolvent Debtors' Bill.
Mr. AnettcaostitY thought it hard that the
House should be at once called upon to agree to
these amendments, without an opportunity of know-
ing in what they consisted. Fur aught the House
knew, they might seriously affect the principle of
the Bill ; therefore, lie judged it proper to sue that
the House, by agreeing to the motion, did not
pledge itself to tlie-vvßitual 'approval of these
amendments, and that the subject would be n pre-
per one for the consideration of Parliament, next
t;ession, if it were necessary.
Mr. THOMPSON also objected to the hasty man-
ner in which the House was called on to agree to
the ameiiiiments.
The AvVousi ET-6 FNMA f. ellpfeligelil his belief
that the aineudinents slid wit go at all to the prin-
ciple of the Mll, but merely to the details ; and
he thought that sonic of them bail been adopted
old that day. He had made the motion because
he wished that the country should nut be lett with-
out an bisolvelit Debtors' 11111. The subject
would be open I'r the consideration of Parliament
in the ensuing SCIO.IIIII, but certainly in the niters
val. some Bill was better than none.
Alter a few words from Mr. W. S3IITII,
Mr. W. CouteresiaT observed, that so for as be
understood the amendments, they did not go in
contravention of the principles of the Bill, bet
merely to the mode of currying them into effect.
He looked upon the Bill, as it 11(41, PLUM to be an
improvement of the law, rod that it was too much
to say that the :imendinents were a complete alter*.
tiun of the B•l1.
Mr. CAkcaser haeingsat on the Conmaittee ott
whose Report the Bill bad been founded, could not
but say that it was too much to expect the llouse
to pass the amendments without knowing the na-
ture of them. But tokens for truth the statement

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