The Sun.
London, England, 1802-06-16 00:00:00

The Report of the Trish Tea and Coff:.:e Bill was
brought up, anti the Bill ordered to be read a third
time to.ir.orrow.

On the Report of Committee of the whole House,
leave was given to in a Bill to Bette[ the con-
slition of the Scotch Schoolmasters.
A Message from the Lords announced their
Lordships' Assent to the Irish Yeomanry Bill, the
Woolwich Ordnance Bill, and several private Bills.
The Smuggling Bill was ordered to be read a
third time tO-inorrow.

!'be Report of the Irish Controverted EleEfion
Bill was tai-ert into father consideration, the
4mendments agreed to, and the Bill ordered to ,b,e
read a third tiinc to-morroir.

. . .
. The Report of the Selea Committee on the
,Amendments made by the Lords on the English
Militia Bill was brought up by the Sic RETARy•at
WAR, who stated that one of the Amendments was
rejeted by the Committee, on the ground of its
unnecessarily inflitling severer peualtics on disbaud-
ed Militia-men for desertion.

The House having rejeded such of the Amend.
ments as had been rejetied by the Cwiimittee,
The SECRETARY at WAR moved That a Com-
mittee be appointed to confer - with the• Lords on
the rejedion of these Amendments ;—which was
agreed' to, and the Seleo Committee appointed as
the Committee of Conference. .

The Report of the Mutiny Bill was brought up,
and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.

The Report of the 'Miners' Militia Bill was
brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third
time co-morrow.

The innkeepers' Allowance Bill went through
Committee, and the I&eport was ordered to be re.
eeived to-morrow.

The Report of the Land 'Lax Redemption Bill
was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a
third time to-morrow.

Mr. WESTERN rose to state certain oppres_
sions which had taken place in colleaing the Malt
Tax under the late Aft, the Excise Officers having
assumed a power to levy:that Tax on persons who
did not fall under the provisions of the Ad. This,
.abuse arose from the vague use in the ACt of the
word f‘Malt-maker,'' which was construed by the
Revenue Officers to apply to all who caused Malt
to be made for their own use, farmers, private Gen-
tlemen, &c. as well as those who aaually made the
Malt and prepaied it for sale.'• The terms Maltster
and Malt-maker had formerly been applied only to
those who kept public malting houses ; but under
this Aft, it had been construed to apply also to those
who sent their Malt to be made at the-se public
malting houses. He stated, that in many parts it
was as common for Gentlemen to send their barley.
to the malt house to be made into malt, as to send
their corn to the mill to be ground. He himself,
among others had been•in the praaice of doing so,
and the Excise Officers had, in consequence requir-
ed him to pay the duty imposed on Molesters by
the late AEI. This demand he had resisted, and al)_
plied to the COmmissioners of Excise for redress.
No answer, however, had been returned to. his re-
presentations, though he had repeated them again ;
but he had learnt from another quarter, that orders
had been given to proceed against. him.
Mr. VANS 177',4R7' said, that it was impossible
by the rules of. the House to amend the Aa this
Session ; but any. vexation to which it gave. rise,
might be regularly obviated next Session. He was
/Sorry for the inconveniences stated to have arisen
from it : he .was sure, however, that these could
not have arisen from a true construaion of the Aa,
had not been intended to extend the Excise
Laws to any persons not afFeaed by them ui.der
former Mts. The great latitude of provision,
which it was found necessary to make to prevent
secreting from the operation of a new tax of mag.,.
nitude, could not indeed but give rise to some un-
foreseen inconveniences which should be obviated
as soon as possible. Redress, however, could cer-
tainly be obtained at present by applying to the
Counnissioners of the Excise, or, failing them, to
the Board of Treasury or Excise.

Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE said, that, better care
should be taken to prevent the molestation of the
subje&s.
Mr. V ANS ITT ART replied, that orders had
been given to all Officers employed under the Piet
to execute their duty with the utmost lenity, and
to give every fair assistance to those who might be
unjustly assessed.
Mr. WESTERN' said, be did not know what
orders had been given, but he had certainly applied
to the Commissioners, and had received no answer,
only he had learnt that the Supervisor sad
.received
orders to proceed against him.
The CHANCELLUR of the EXCHEQUER
said, tha't the lion. Gentleman might depend on an
inquiry being instituted into the grievance corn-
plaiped of. it was found necessary to annex many
Clauses to Excise Laws, which it was never in-
tended to put in execution, except in cases of frau-
dulent concealment being susle4ed: If any griev-
ances from these had arisen, they should be re-
dressed.

Lord GLZ NB ERV TE brought up a Message from
His Majesty, presenting to the House a Paper,
containing- the Proceedings of the Loafs. Commis-
sioners for the Redemption of the Land Tax.
The Excise Hydrometer Bill, Lord Hutchinson's
Annuity Rill, the Southern Whale Fishery Bill, the
Paper busy Drawback Bill, the Blubber Oil, &c.
Bill, were read a first time, and ordered to be read
a second time to-morrow.

The Irish Lottery. Office Bill palsed through a
Committee of the whole House, and the Report or_
tiered to be received to-morrow.

The Resolutions of the Committee of Supply
were brought up and agreed to.
Mr. WICXHAM, by His Majesty's Command,
presented to the House a Copy of the Orders which
had been issued from the Adjutant General of Ire-
land's Office; on the 19th of May last, respeaing
the discharge of those serving in the Militia : also
an Extra6l of the General Orders issued to the Mili-
tia, from the War-Office, on the sth 'Of May ; 'and
also a Return of the whole Militia of freland, on the
sth of November last, distinguishing those ‘1";16
Were bound to serve for four years, and those only
bound to serve till three months after the conclusion
of Peace. From this last Paper it appeared, that