The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-21 00:00:00

PAROCHIAL RATING.

Hox. MEMBER (whose name we could not learn)
Bre sented a petition from an union in the county of
rickingham, praying that a system of union rating
latould
.be substituted for the present system of paro-
chial relief.

NOTICES OF MOTION.
tnMr. FERRAND begged leave to give noticeor the Home
Department, that to-
,orrow night he should ask the Secretary f
epartment, if' any inquiry was tobe instituted into the
truth of a report now circulated in Sheffield, that the
I)°dy of John Darby, an inmate of the union workhouse
'thee, who died on the 10th of Dec., had been cut up
lino quarters, and sold for 9s. a quarter, and that the
etGovernor had refused to the friends of the deceased any
thspetethetiron of the books or any information. Also,
uamrby,
teath, a coffin
:n the 19th of February, five weeks after the
purporting to contain the body of John
niterr d the church of the district.
V.res-ern.PVART e innotice that to-morrow he should
a peongafrvoe the inhabitants of Newcastle, in
kAew South Wales against the present system of trans-
irtation to that colony • and also that on Tuesday after
l_ne holidays he should move for an inquiry into the salt
‘annopoly in India.
SCOTCH REGISTRATION.
jsr the d 4„ACKENZIE gave notice that, on the priler of
latin do going into Committee upon the Bill regu-
in Ons Y,,tine registration of births, deaths, and marriages,
tnonthZ4nd, he should move that it be read that day six
ITTT,
ttol h;i" ',IE gave notice that to-morrow he should
Majesty's Government if they had any objection
-ma tlyen the table of the House the instructions under
it -17 tee naval officers at Portugal at present interfered
the affairs of that country.
HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.
In answer to a question from Sir J. DUCKWORTH,
Lord
a Would. RUSSELL replied that on Friday, the
a 28th,
proceed with the Health of Towns Bill. Per-
aPs, on the same evening, if time permitted, the Govern-
ellt would proceed with the Loan Discount Bill or
C°lxiMittee of Supply. To-morrow he would state which
"these should have precedence._
zar. BUCK hoped the Government would not press
forward the Health of Towns Bill, as it was generally
opposed by the leading towns in the kingdom.
COLONIAL AND BRITISH SPIRITS.
Mr. MOFFATT, in rising to bring before the House
his Bill for assimilating the warehousing privileges on
colonial and British spirits, said that he should trouble
the House with very few observations, as this question
had been sufficiently discussed already. His object
was to assimilate the warehousing privileges on colonial
Ittld British spirits. In Scotland and Ireland the privileges
Of bonding and paying duty only on that portion which
was taken out of bond was already conceded, and he wished
that England would adopt the same rule. The principle
of the Bill had been recommended by the parties mostb.
interested and and therefore best acquainted with the su
ieet, and he thought that on the question of revenue
theePposition would be given by the Chancellor of
Exchequer. With reference to any defrauding of
revenue, he begged to remind the House, that while
there were 178 distillers in Scotland there had been only
v,67hi were
lodged within the last few years,
Cdoisn:rasiitthilsreslt:tned,
of where there were ninety-seven
tillers, no informations had been lodged. Let them
were few distillers and
latio informations. This regu-
things with England, where there
many
n only affected the manufacturers of spirits, and
her
therefore he was entitled to either one protection or the
Ot, and he believed that distillers generally, if they
Were left untrammelled, would rather distil from wet
corn than i
from sugar. On the other hand, they woulda
iiract f they had the oortunity to distil from barley,
be ecinsequently if that were allowed, there would
hei,a much larger quantity exported. It was generally
Wllle'red tha.t there were about six million gallons
hef
toilts consumed in the United Kingdom, and
Rae amount of the spirits distilled is nine
for; and
i.l", there are three millions to be accounted
s ia
by the trln°7.n that upwards of two millions are taken
them g ish and Scotch distillers, in order to keep
a iieut
3d.
of the export market, so that, allowing only
ga°e for the loss the English people are taxed to the
itztent
of 100,000/.
Chancellor
he must confess, to ascertain what reason the
per annum. He was, therefore,
sicancellor of the Exchequer had to allege for any oppo •
I, 1" te the measure. Whatever Whatever the article, uranci, rum,
or gin, the same evil was liable to occur to the
Zonvsurner of spirits, and he should therefore conclude by
th ing that the House resolve itself into a Committee of
e whole House.
fleThe CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER must
al!y resist the proposition of his Hon. Friend. True
IL !night please the English and Scotch distillers, while it
inw,tfieht not Prove injurious to the revenue ; but it other-
I.,,rclight Prove detrimental to the public service.
-'1 •
said, as to what would please or
"13P6ase the distillers of ±,:lisiand and Scot-
the Chu as.„ not the question for that House or
bEieo. the Exchequer to consider. The
J9ousettan, t)„1-> --,-idered was, whether it was right and
h6yourdu'ra.tciopnai ii,n,; ith.r(on,,ml,l
jbaemrauicta"psohlolutlldte
be
V, and rum coming from Scotland not, was most
extra() bse"auilorweee'dintt.
Jae flJaill.ary, and an anomaly he could not account for.
thought that the Roue ought to secede to the mo-