The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-01 00:00:00

I.c.E Of YORK'S LETTERS.

Mr. WYNNE stated, that in consequence of what
paoed in the Rouse on Friday last, be thought the
5t.4e6,1, which .had.,been then alluded to, was of a
nature that required that Parliament should express
its opinion upon it. He rather wished that the bu-
siness should have• been taken up by some man of
greater experience. He, however, telt so strongly
convinced of the neces,sity of sotne•retolUtion; that
b without losing any time, give notice,
that it *as; his intention to move a resolution, ". that

it was consistent with the duly and privileges of that
House, to come to a determination on evidence exa-
mined at their bar, without submitting the case to
any other tribunal." Although this question had_no
necessary bearing upon the subjea which was to be
discussed nest week, yet as it might have a col-
lateral and indire& bearing, be wished to defer
moving that resolution until the House should come
to a decision on the He hoped . the greit
importance of the subjea would. excuse him to the
House, for giving this notice in a moridetailed form
than was usual.

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The SenAtsa asked the Hon. Member. w,lntrdaY
he chose the notice: to stand for.
Mr. WYNNE replied for Menday se'nnight.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcitetaUkt thought,
that it would be a fairer way to have this resolution
brought forward before the discussion, in order that
the matter might be put at rest, and that there might •
not be a suspicion suspepded over the bead of his
Royal Highness that, in writing that letter, he had
aaect contrary to the privileges of that louse,, Al-
though he did not wish to multiply discusaions upon
this subje&, yet he was persuaded that this was
matter which could be easily explained.
Mr. BATHURST agreed perfealy with what had
fallen from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If
there had been any violation of the privileges. of that
House, the common course way, that coknPlitint' °f
breach of privilege took precedence of 111 other dis.
cussions. When the consideration and rank of the
party accused were taken into the account, he
thought, however, a great deal of latitude and in-
dulgence should be allowed. For these reasons, as
well as those which had been stated by
the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer--.
The SPEAKER here interfered, and stated, that it
war contrary the usage of the House to enter into
any di3cuision on notices given. There was, pert
haps, some little irregularity in introducing a notice •
with observations, but there could never be discus-
sion upon a mere notice.ola motion to be wade on
a 11.1 t nye day.
The nation was then :";,:i.ed for Monday se'nnight.
MALT DIsTILLEP,V.
The CHANCELLOR ofthe ExcaiauEtt, after se-
veral preliminary observations, moved that a Com— ,
. mince should be appointed to enquire into the re-
gulations by which the drawbacks and countervailing
duties on exportation of spirits bet Ween Great nr.i-
tain and Ireland were- regulated; as also to point
nut, what alterations were necessary in the intercourse
between the two countries, Sc) as to place'it on tile
.foundation of reciproi.ity.
Sir- JOHN Newvowr thought there were maNY
()tiler 'points in the Union in the, two.couti"
tries were not on the foundation of reciprocity.-
If then the people of Irelapd bad furgone many 00"
advantages, he did not see why the Act 0:: 11--"i°11
should be revised in this particular alone.
Mr. PARNELL could not pet:Cc:lye in the Act
,6f
the Union any such principle as that recippority
wh,ich is spoken of in the present iniW"' A ed
The CUANCIii.t.OA of the Exclieeeo wort.pr .
that tfiv tionouyable Baronet altouiti tn.in.k It nece'
sary to have a revision of the whole AA of -Union'
merely because he had directed the att. tion of the
House to that part. of- it whiCh related to the inter-,
comae of Evirits. The tad was, as the loterconiA
now stood, the inconvenience Was 'merely to Ili'
land, ands not at all to, this country. He, theretbre,'
did not expea any o?position from Meinterrs of t4t
part of the -United Ktngdom.
A Committee was then appointed, among whom,
were Mr. Foster, Mr, -liuskiason,.. Mr. Long, Mr.
Parnell, Sohn Newport, and the 44AdirOCato
of Scotland.

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Mi. PoNsolqy then rose to put two questions to
the Secretary for Foreign Atlairs; His ..hest clues.
tion was, whether the Treaty, • Which had heal
stated to have been concluded with Spain. was Yet
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ratified, and whether the ratification had comp over
He next wished.to 4e informed whether it was true
that a number of ow troops coming from Lisbon or
from Cork had presented theinselics. before Cadiz,
and been refused admittance ?
Mr. Secretary CANNING said, that 36 to the first
question, he could answer, that the ratification had
not been received ; but he could tiot pay whether it
had bethi ratified or hot. Tlia second question, was
one of greater delicacy, and even if the tad were $O,
perhaps it might not tie proper to answer it ; bal°
could declare, that he did not' know that uriPettc"
circutostanee had taken place:
Mr. GILES ASke?:i :the .C11,014:31.1.01t of the
CiIIsQUER it he Litt any intention of prOposing at
alteration .in :the Stamp Duties this year. I'l'l
particularly alluded. to the duty to Which drafts spot=
Bankers who resided more than ten miles from the.
metropolis• were !table ?
The en.mcrti.r.ott of the FY_CIIF:iUSIt answered,
that he had no intention of any alteratioti:
in this respect.

The CIiit.NOULLOR of the EXCHEQUER gare'HOtiCe,
that he should move for the introduaion 01a Clause
to prevent,Jor a time to be limited, the xt'°rt"Ci°l:.
of Spirits film Great Britain to Ireland, an-,t it"
Ireland to Great Britain.
• bi bc.:."
After a short. conversation across the to Sir
tweet) the ettaisroaccoa E the.xcHEug--t,
Ki JOHN Newpoitl., Mr. FosTrn, and Mr. [303 s-
sou, the Bill:went through: the Catmuittee With 3
few verbal alterations,

The Repurt was then received, the Amencl(nel44
agreed to, and ,the Bill ordered to be read 3 04
time to-inurrow.

SICILY.

Mr.Secreialy CA&NtNG rose to make some obser-
vations on what had fallen, On a former night, Iwo
an Honourable Member (Mr. W. Smith), mill"' he
was Sorry,not to see then in his place, upon 'a stlbj"l:
that it would have been his duty to have answered
him on that night, If he tad then been in the,
House. He could not help saying, .that the topi.
alluded to• was one of those that ooght, not upon
light grounds to be stated to the House. Although
it was stipposed that nothing was to be repeated that
passed in that House, yet% the tact was well known,
that what was stated in that House was nut only
read in this but in other countries, and the 40111#
mou enemy would derive great advantage final:
any thing which could tend to make jealousies
between his Majesty and his Allies.
~The state-
ment of the Hon. Member was, as he was infontwtl,
that the Sicilian Government and nation vv:ete
such 8 state that it was our duty to propose sotti''',
thing of political regeneration to them.' -He Could
assure the House, that there existed the 111 PAL CU..*

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