The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-12 00:00:00

CUSTO3IN ACTS:

' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
that the order of the day be now read for the House resolv-
ing itself into a Committee of the whole Horts: upol:, 4h;
, ~
Customs Acts.
Mr. I;.ENNEDV siitie-i•vekt, that he would take that op-
portUnifi of asking his Noble Friend the Chancellor of the
Eirchequer a question respecting the future progress of the
different Reform Bills. Ile was anxious to ask his Noble
Friend whether it was not the determination of his Ma.
jesty's Government, although the English Reform iiil 494
precedence of the two others, to let thg tw? Ether Rcfortit
13i1:9 proceed through the House \vithotAt aity interval or
cessation of P,o.liatoeri,
rf he 1-;IIALiCUI.OR of the EXCHEQUER said, that
gn a former night he had stated that it was the intention
of Government to let the Bill go through the House with-
outtiie tang;
irrkeubso the
n for such
S co Scotch h
determination ard , ti s l Bills
ja)as,r izatsis,u d
d
prevent confusion. It was decidedly ttirn;;;,tiartion of Go.
vei-intent to persevere ir, a-1:4 s 4. Marty through, the Scotch
ar(l ;rich dining the present Session. The Govern-
iticene would not be prevented by any delays, howeve7
in-
geniously contrived—nothing would prevet:l.t irom
carrying those Bills through the Utouße this SessioA,, ex.
cept a defeat by a majority hear')
Colonel asked ;.t question with regard to
the 4 ocean pri;e-rnooey, to whiolt the Chancellor of the
Exchequer pVe an answer ; but we are sorry to say that
both were put so partially audible as to be unintePlig4le

CASTLE POLLARD.
Mr. O'CONNELL asked wlAti.,;;;;.- the relations of the
persona killed at Ca:tl,2liard had not applied to Govern-
ment fo peirnissnin to prosecute the persons charged with
the oriel:Me at their own expense : and whether o-. Were to be permitted so to do ? l3ot
they

Mr. STANLEY was aware, that '4,eve so much party
feeling was prevailing, it wa.;:p,pessible for the Govern-
ot:fmtirfilooeent
from
he attorney
a.
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of lith` ee
et,4
4. Vt
et
.nlon
he public
~ rim, .s position
s wished
was not advisablc, for theitrol7
1e "o °bjrthem to
ll,riokati7M7k3.e;u.lii4ee'e:i7eynefelacsilitt,lyiey be
might think lit.— them of
(Ilear.)
'4lr. LIARON approve', of the deterzoinatioß of the
that it was tli gi
slaaraging. for it to allow the other party
j
alluded to to oin it in the prosecution,
Mr. SHEIL was Of 0ii4A4,1), t 1 tin former instances the
Gregegt arisen from the junction.
O.IBTQAIS.! ACTS—WINE DUTIES.
On%ntiop, of Loill ALT/1011/4, the H.--
solved a i*%ittee th,c c"t„,—• ..ass re-
c'aie p,rocee.kie4 ...is' Acts, and
4Cthe 6,kunitt-A submit his proposi-
At riP t+o,ll}lkaWvoiii...- ...awe to the duties on wine.
of the Noble Lord's speech, he was
audible ; xvlaat we heard was as follows :
Lord Avrtiont' said that the first point to which he
had to call the attention of the Committee was, whether
ligt that country had the right to make that alteration
;he wine duties which he was about to propose? The
treaties by which we were bound, and from which he in-
ferred the right, were, first, the Treaty of Methuen ; and,
second, the Treaty of 1810. By the Treaty of 181(,),„ r,nd
in the 26th Article, it was agreed and detv:,•cal, &Litt
all
the stipulations entered iatc,, l,r,,vn.sm the two countries,
concerning the ii--ortugal, on the one hand,
and 'o,:oolias of Great Britain on the other,
should remain as they were. This clause referred to
the stipulations concerning wines and wooll:ri,; ;94-
tained in the Methuen Treaty ; fur by yo othtll I;caty
were these subjects regya;t("a, e4th
the
therefore, of 14,'," raorred to the
BSetl_,yea rat'the gonsi;un was, what we
4r41,64. W fain to by the Treaty of Methuen?
:gild Article of the Treaty of 1810, he should
remark, that a power War reserved to the two coutreg
path s, at the end of fifteen years, to put aA end
treaty on giving due notice. T'oe t:s4;x 9g i4O only i
confirmed the 14;.;:i•k:;e:i 'veatx 41;16,t as to
the tra.dc ia.Mitional stipulations,
and if wild rec,:,:; z.i iay the Alethuen treaty before we
altecvl iLe ...lodes, bone could be required by the treaty
ttl' 1810. In fact there was no notice required by the Me-
thuen Treaty. Ile did not deny, that by the t1:4.-F.ty 04
1810 a notice was required to that, hot 7,4 do Otter
the regulAtions of tin 'Meths= 'lc'fasti: vsoza. 3,7-