The Sun.
London, England, 1803-12-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.
MONDAti DEC. 5.
Titt, Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
shortly alter three o'clock.
Counsel Were heard at considerable length relative to the
Scotch Appeal, lames Christie, Deacon, and Others, v.
lames Proinifoot, And Others --nam.,iy, Mr. AD., st and Mr.
Ca Ater, on the part of the Appellants, :,nd Mr. 1t0)41L.-
LY, as leading Counsel for the Respondents. The further
bearing was postponed till to.morrow.•
Some private business was then disposed of, and at a quar-
ter after five o'clock an Adjournntent took place.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, DEC. 5.

MR. CHARLES GRANT stated, that an order hod
been made for the attendance of Mr. FRANC IS WM.
Gittavr in his place on Wednesday, in that
in consiiciiience Of his beirg absent from the, Wa.
wind Committeee :..that- Gentleman had arrived
in town, and -would, with' the permission of the
Moose, attend to-morrow in his-pidce.
DIsTILLATFON'of OATS IN IRELAND.

Mr. COkRY said, titat a prodamation of the
LOrd Lieutenant and Council in Ireland, dated in
OftOber last, Prohibiting the distilling from ,Oats
in Ireland ,' hid Been laid up4l the Table of that
House on Saturday. He had then' given .notice of
his intention to submit a motion to the Honscupon
. the subject ; but, first, he would -.state the cause:
and sub Stance of that prodamation—lt was issued •
in Consequence of the supposed failure of the crop
of potatoes in Ireland. It was pettedly well known
that potatoes formed a material part of the food of
the lowei classes of the people in that country, and
was as essential to their support as wheat was in
gogland, anO, as he had been inforined, oats were
in-the Northern part of 'the United Kingdom. -A
failure in the ertoi Of potatoes was, therefore, always
considered in Ireland as a most serious calamity,
The-Government of Ireland received accounts which
&tic reason .to belieie that there was a failure in
the crop 'of potables in three out of the four pro.
Vilices in liefand. That fad being ascertained, it
becamethe duty of Government to adopt the neces.
Wary measures for the sustenance of the People.i—
Aceordillly'a Proclattiati.,n was published by the
Lord Lieutenant in Coubcil, tti prohibit the distil.
lationliitin oat', Tie Lord Lieutenant in this in.
stance certainly did venture to risk a proceeding in
whieh he was not atithoriiA by law;but he c.m.
fluent when the motive was considered, the condo&
of the Irish Government would Meet With the
praise rather than the censure of. that House, inas-
mtich, as it Only prbereiled from their vigilant at-
tention ro the'warits. of the People. That the in.
formation Upon Which they acted was correffi ao.
pealed from the. quarterly • returns, by whiCh the
Export of Grate was regulated. On the loth of
NoveMber the return of the price of Oats was so
high as to prevent its exportation: this 'proved tl
rise in the price of that Grain, because on thefor.
mer returns it was at an eXporting price. The Pro.
clamation of the Lord Lieutenant did not interfere
with' the exportation of Oats, it went merely to
prevent its being used at home for the purpose of
being made inAo s,pilits. Under these circumstances
he trusred:there would be *no objedian to the Mo.
Lion with whieb,he should conClutte, vi:t. for leave
to. bring in a Bill to indemnity the • Lord Lieu.
tenant and coUncil fot having issued the Pro.
clamation, and the Officers who acird under it. And
if the House should think that the Irish Govern-
ment was just fled id adopting, that measure, he. was
sure there wank} he no objedion to the introdneti'ori
of a Clause To; the purpose of enabling the LOid
Lieutenant anti, Council from time to time, to pre'.
vent the distiilatton of Oats as circumstances Milit
require. He,then, after moving
.that the Procla-
mation should be read pp
_fo-rtia, moved for lave
to,brin4 irr a Bill for slit' above purposes. . .
FRANCIS aPproyed ofthe conduit of the
Irish Government, antlonly lamented that the pro-
hibition against distilling spirits from oats was not
permaneot instead of temporary.
Mr. CORIY, in reply, alluded to the sititian
of the Distillers, whose interests ought not to be
abandOned: arrangement's topetiing the'du-
ties would probably be proposed, and he
,took this
opportunity of giving this kind of notice, to'pre.
vent any uneasiness fiord being felt by that body of
• •

men..
,
Mr, S./.:.:re,tary Yo R K brought up a 'Copy .0f I.IIC
Convention signed between His'Majesty
.and the
King of Sw,:den on the 2tlt. Of July, 1803.7-6r,
tiered to lie on the' Table.
Lord TLrRsACH movid the second reading of
the Ea it India-Cotnpany4s Bond Bill.
GREGOR said;' it was not his intention to.
robin
ed tbis Bill, 6n the. contrary, he was- mucrbh
theNnble Lard, Or to any Other peotir
who undertake to render mote inteiligible the Pro_
wiiieh was one 'of the objecti of this
-I PM: l-le• then pr;:ceeded to make some observations.
upon the.Priperty Tax Bill,, which he considered as.
'being drawn up in such, a manner cs to tender it
impossible to be carried into execution vccording. to
.tr‘ letter: It it wa's cairied into Si, 'it'would be
by the arbitrary inietis,/etattons ot the Commis.
sioners, or the BArd of faxes. ,
Mr: PA 111,51774 RT thit as the-,klan.Gen-
'lleman had made no ob)ez-tion to the Bill then before
the flouse, he Would' tint tAke up the time of Ahe
Icruse b entering into, a dcfencc' of the Property -
ACI. It was not` to be expccied brit that in a Bill ers?,
coniplicated a nature, there tou3t be sortie ob,curities
,and perplexities, but. he hid no doubt 'but that that
Aft would 'not, upon experienee, •be found to de.
serve the epithets which had been applied. to it.
The Bill watt' then read a second time, and or..
dined to becoinmit tcti to.m

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