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such district, according to those provisions of the said:
Act by which lists of such persons are to be made,
within each electoral division ; also return of the esti--
mates (made by the relief committees of each electoral:
division) of the sums needed from time to time for the,
purchase, &c., of food, under the provisions of clause 7
of said Act ; and also a statement of the rate per cent..
of the rates, whether struck or levied, upon the valuation
of the district according to the poor law valuation.
After a few words from Lord 1110UNTCASHEL,
Earl GREY said he had no objection to the returns.
The motion was then agreed to.
ARMY SERVICE BILL.
The report of the Army Service Bill, with amend--
ments, was brought up and agreed to.
NAVAL PRISONS BILL.
The Earl of AUCKLAND, in moving the second.
reading of this. Bill, said be did not anticipate th
he hat fo
irr
objection would be made to the principle, which ad.
every reason to beliecfl would operate beneficially.
any objections were made to the details of the measure,.
he should be glad to consider them in Committee. Be--
fore he sat down he would refer to a subject which bad
been brought under his notice by he Noble Baron op-.
posite (Lord Colchester). The Noble Lord suggested
that naval courts-martial should have the Power, in een
r-.-
thin cases, not of passing sentence of death alone.
go—
of such other punishment as the case might stlernA t. o
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serve. He entirely concurred in that object, 111;'" „d t
is
he'
Noble Friend would bring forward a Bill to ewe' e
law in this respect, he would give it all the assist:
his power.
Lord COLCHESTER thanked the Noble Earl fordo"
manner in which he had met his suggestion. With
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spect to the Bill now before the House, he had no doubt:
the principle was one which might be put into opemtithir
beneficially, and therefore he should not objeft,ht:
second reading ; but he should oppose some 0",,- the/
tails. His intention in the measure referred to Or. ts..
Noble Earl was to assimilate the powers of naval CO yf
martial to those of military courts-martial. As the la
now stood, with respect to the navy, certain offeneee,
proved to the satisfaction of a court-martial, they Inusri
whatever were the circumstances, pass the sentence o
death. He wished them to have the power of passing.:
such sentence as the offence might seem to deserves.
which would correspond with the practice in the arinf•
After a few words from the Earl of AUCKLAND"
which were not heard in the gallery,
Lord SALTOUN said the Bill was susceptible of
the
provement, but he should reserve his opinions till
measure was in Committee.
The Bill was then read the second time.
The Naval Service of Boys Bill was read the wool
time.
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The House then adjourned till Friday, the 28th inst*

HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 20.
BRITISH SPIRITS.
into a Committee of the whole House,
Mr. MOFFATT moved that the House resolve itself
adopt a Bill to permit British spirits to be rectified li
bond for exportation, and to permit rectified spirits an
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compounds to be warehoused for exportation.
VTL Sia
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQU!"—_,,,s,,kI
that the objection to this Bill was that it would
ultimately be impossible to rectify spirits at sP.rfte
if the duty was only to be charged after the Vivo
left the premises of the rectifiers, the Excise Mete
not have the slightest check for levying ,u/
with a view to.
duty on the spirits in the country. The Hon. Gentler'.
said that his Bill was founded on the Bill of an 1:1°1"
"AL
to the'
Friend of his, who some years ago was Secretary' l:
Treasury ; but that Bill had not been proceeded
from that time to this. Experiments had been insl
as to whether it was possible to ascertain the differel
state of spirits while they were in the hands of the rent!' ,
fier. If they succeeded he should have no objection:
but at present he did not apprehend any such teatte,
The adoption of the Bill would result in a loss to
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Exchequer, and he should, therefore, have to raise TT
duty to supply the deficiency, which the state of OP
country would not permit him to do.
Mr. LIUME said, at the present time large qua
ties of spirits imported from Holland were exported tf.
the Colonies, in preference to a better and scot
if this measure were scours.;
desirable spirit which could be exported from
more of his free-trade friends did not support the gi„,
motion. He was at all times ready to support the no..
nistry when they were acting rightly, but 10 "jolt
adopted. He was surprised Tot
ing this proposal they were stultifying he sr.)
votes upon free trade.—aleart aid
Heformer thought the best way to remove the difficulty sve; on
be for the House to resolve itself into a Commnt"'
the subject.
the tracte or
rightly, it appeared that a great portion of
Dutch-
this country found its way Into the hands of the b s
Mr. FORBES said that, if be understood the
.esse,
distillers. He really hoped that those NO.
and those*
who were in favour of the British distillers,
who were in favour of free trade, would give their support
to the motion of the Hon. Member.
Mr. BARCLAY thought so much weight ought not
to be attached by the Government to the objections of
the Excise. If those objections were always to be
raised as a barrier against fiscal improvement, the effects
Mem er
might be most disastrous to the best interests of the
country.
Mr. MOFFATT replied, and the House divided, and
the numbers were :
For the motion ... ... .. . ... 56
Against it . . ... ..,

Majority against the motion ... —7
CASE OF MR. DILLON.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved for copies of the follow
ing papers respecting Mr. John Dillon's claim for prise
O'Connor,StatemctsEosfq?., eaosrgtoe
theF . Young,chance
G. money out of the proceeds of the smuggler brig Peru;'
agreement in Mr. John Dillon's case. The decision o:
Admiral Sir E. Codrington on said agreement • aud t!lj,
opinions of Admirals Sir C. Martin, Sir R. 63011 f th
°7,
'Exchequer.
and the late Sir P. C. Durham thereon, aud
legal opinions of Justice Sir H. Maule and tua
Chancellor of
and Fergt?.
late Sir William Follett thereon ; also the affichilr.i
of Mr. William Burt, then chief boatman of t.ne
Coast Guard station at Milk Cove, county Cork, witire,
reference to the Peru ,• and likewise the affidavit 0
clearance from the Custom-house of New York by
Mr. James Hitchcox. master of the Peru, and the
manifests of the cargo of the said brig, and the affidavit,
of Mr. Patrick Monaghan thereon ; also for a return'
of the quantity of tobacco seized in the Peru, and the,
officer at Kinsale, as prize-money, on account
or
amount paid to Mr. Henry Masters, Custom-housn
such seizure ; and, lastly, for a copy of the
letter addressed to the Lords of the Treasury b
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Mr. John Dillon, dated the 20th day of March,
have
The Hon. Member went into the particulars, which have
already been several times before the House, and
tended that Mr. Dillon had been badly used in regard to
this matter. It was said that he was not the actual,
captor of the brig in question, or directly engaged ne
business ; but to that he would reply, that it was gene-
rally admitted, if it could be shown a party was in any
way a party to such a capture he was fairly entitled to
his share of the rize-money. That Mr. Dillon
had been so engaged had been satisfactorily
proved by high authorities. The Hon. Member
share
thenra
rwe r
treatoef f e rp rrtei
hzdet, to.
claimantseveraloe
y.
wnHaal and
He had
fully
andyneonl
teiignt
lateeldn at
ituootnhhotirsoi t
pi
follow
this sthis out,
whichb ut thheenooffiwc
laboured,
ua
rs
ed,
and exceedinglythathes
desiroushould thatrece
receive
cuhnadrearcter should be cleared of the charge of cowardice
some remuneration fur his loss of and
p
He trusted, therefore, that the Government would take
the matter into their consideration, as the petitioner, he
believed, had expended money
much aycharacter.
and time too, andwas, he believed, in very reduced circumstances.
Mr. PARKER said that on the art of the First
Lord of the Tresury, he had to say that the p
papers
were now in so different a shape that it was impossible tO
render them as they were desired. The original papoarB
trough te meium of Sir Edd Codrintont
had been returned to the memorialists. Lord Spencer,
bad
already dehcided the question, andwar he could.notg consent
to have it re-opened. The question had been decidel
over and over again. All that were really Puiblie. but
official papers the Treasury were ready to routic" to
those that were copies of private documentsp returned
Mr. Dillon himself they must decline.
Mr. WAKLEY said that he could not help thinking
but that Mr. Dillon was an injured man; at one time I.lis
request was refused because he was charged witn
cowardice, but when that is challenged and found to be
inaccurate, then they went upon another tack. Why,
then, was the question of cowardice raised, unless it was
intended to be relied upon—it was unbecoming the
Minister of the Crown,
_ or the conduct of a great de-
partment, to act in such a petty manner. Now, he would
ask the Hon. Gentleman was be prepared to refer the
question to a Select Committee if he refused; he was
quite confident that he did so, because he did not feel
thoroughly impressed with the justice of his case.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that he had not any objection to grant the returns
moved.
Mr. F. BARING said that he hoped justice would be
done ; and denied that there was any indisposition on
the part of the Government, to which he had the ho-
nour to belong, to render Mr. Dillon, or any one else,
all that justice or propriety demanded.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD thanked the Bight
Hon. Gentleman for the courtesy which he had morn;
fested towards him, upon the present occasion ;
be, of
course, should remain satisfied with the concession whi_l..!
had been made to him, but the impression Must sti ll
remain upon his mind that Mr. Dillon had been hardly
treated. He would, therefore, withdraw his motion.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
Mr. HAWES moved for leave to bring in a Bill en-
-01
,
titled, " An Act to render permanent certain parts
an Act of the fifth and sixth years of her presentiment
:
jesty, for amending the constitution of the Govern?
of Newfoundland, and to declare that the rest ?f the
said Act shall thenceforward cease to be in force."
Mr. HUME desired to know whether there were erY
other colonies included in the Bill ?
Mr. HAe
aWS said that the
utio objn
ectwith of the
some Bill
few ex
V/
restore hey Encient
ceptions.
ADMIRALTY COURT
HOPE. AT THE CAPE 01'
GOOD
Captain PECHELL moved for returns of all fees s V"
1
th
able in the several Vice-Admiralty Courts at
of Good Hope and St. Helena, with a return of all ,
cars and persons holding appointments in the said Conn
with the nature of the duty performed, and the anio
ofttn
JpriJ
salary received by each, and, if paid by fees, h.".
at ann_.„:
amount received by each since the lst day
of breaking up reef the hull and of the sale of the .c,
ralty Court at the Cape of Good
1842 ; of the registrar's copy of the marshal's certiheatl
Har and trailsn3lsw"
of the slave vessel Diana, condemned in the
by the agents for the captors to the reasttry Dad