The Sun.
London, England, 1802-04-14 00:00:00

Mr. JONES seemed Oill to accuse Mt. PITT of
tvishiog to increase the• burdens of the People.
PITT—" The }lon. Gentleman has mis.
• understood me—l said nothin like it."
motion was then put that the House go into
A Committee of the whole Howe on the Bill ; upon
which a division took place :
Ayes
Noes

- 83
I 2
:Vijority - -7

On bei:'g re-admirted to the gallery, we found
the House in a Committee, and ivl r. WH IT BR EAD
Tepeating his former argun,uas against the Bill. He
concluded by moving an amendment, that the words
" one shilling," he substituted for " two shillings."
. After a conversation of some length between Mr.
PITT and Mr. WHITBREAD, the Hume divided upon
r. WHIT BR E AD'S amendment.
The numbers on this division were :
For the amendment
Against it
Majority

II
•6z
-7.5_1

•Tlie discussion in the Commiltee.cOn-iinued for
some time, previous to the gallery being opened; on
our admission, we found

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER upon
his feet, observing upon -a proposition which we
understood had been urged by Mr. Alderman
Coaiuc. Ile said, he certainly should.considdir the
proposition of the Hon. Member, at the same time
they were-not to expect that he should decide upon
the point without farther information and inquiry.
What he now observe' -was, tocrely on the ground
of acconunodation, reserving to himself the right
of deciding hereafter as he should deem proper, ac-
cording to circumstances.
Mr. W HIT B READ made a variety of obser-
Nations upon the Clause, which he,contended would
operate detrimentally- to the English Brewer ; -and
he said, that under the existing regulations, the
Scots Brewer could dlford to sell his Beer .in
England upon much lower terms than the English
Brewer could. This last observation, he said, he
merely threw out for the consideration of Gentle,.
men opposite to him.
After a few words from Mr. VANSITTART, the
Blank was filled up in the way proposed by the
Framers el the Bill.

With respect to the operation of the next Clause,

Mr. FOSTER" entered into some calculations, to
prove, that the proposed Duties would operate in-
juriously to the Irish Brewers, public or private :
One of the results was, that the proposed Duty was
7d. more per barrel, than it fairly ought to be—
and nth respea to its operation on the Irish Pri-
vate. Brewers, he calculated, that it 'would also be
injurious ; but this etreet, as we understood the
Right Hon. Gentleman, was only in case of the
Irish Gentleman, or Private Brewer, exporting his
Beer-to this Country : and this idea seemed to pro-
yoke some risibility in the Committee,
Mr. VANS ITTART answered the observations
of the Right Hon. Gentleman who spoke last, with
great ability and effeEt -; and this part of the discus_
sign' led to an explanatory conversation between
these two Gentlemen, of-some length. The blank
in 'theClause was then ordered to be filled up in the
way proposed. •
' In the next Clause, the word " Merchandize"
was, on the suggestion of Mr. FOSTER, and the
CHANCELLOR Of • the EXCHEQUER saying he had
to-objection, ordered to be omitted.

The Hill being entirely gone ffirough by the
.nrtlitlittee, the Chairman was direeted to, leave the
'chair, and the House tesuming,ordered the report
to be received to-morrow.

Air-. V ANS ITTART presented a Bill, for grant-
ing to His. _Majesty certain. Duties. on Goods im-
portedand exported from Great Britain into Ireland,
acid from Ireland to Great Britain ; and on the ton-
fairge of Ships, -Vessels, &c.
'the Bill was read a first time, And ordered to be
Arad a second time to-tnorrow.,
The Eletlion Bill was ordered to be read a third
time on Thursday.
- The Order for the second reading of the Bank
.Restriction Bill being read, and the question put,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ob-
served, that all the objedions which he understood
were intended to he urged against this Bill, could
,only be regularly discussed in the Committee ;
theSe were principally on the propriety of giving
power ,o the Directors to open payments on their
own .*thority and likewise, with respeff to
the period to which the oneration of the Bill
was to extend.—These objeatiom could, therefore,
with propriety, only be made in the Committee ;
and also from the consideration, that to the principle
of the Bill no objeation whatever applied. With
respeat to the point of arranging these discussions,
as important business stood' for to-morrow, and also
for the day after, he thought it would be best, to
appoint the discussion on a day on which no other
business stood—on this ground, though he Ht the
importance and urgency .of giving every pra6licable
degree of expedition to the progress of the Bill,
he was disposed to submit the propriety of corn-
;pitting the Bill for tomorrow se'nnight.
This, on the Question being put, was ordered
accordingly.
The Report of the Servants' Tax Bills was or-
dered to be roccived to-morrow.—After which, at
half past eleven o'clock, the [louse adjourned,