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London, England, 1835-07-08 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.

CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE BILL ( IRELAND) GEORGE ll.
By this Act all marriages contracted by parties under age,
without consent of parent or guardians, was declared null and
void—omitting, however, the consideration that the parent or
guardians might be of unsound mind. To supply this defect,
a Bill has been brought in, authorising the Lord Chancellor,
in such cases of mental incapacity, to consent.

BREWERS.—From an account moved for by Mr. Alderman
Wood, and now printed, we learn that in England there are
1,907 brewers; 53,207 publicans; 35,354 persons licensed to
sell beer, 25,483 publicans who brew their own beer, and
14,698 persons licensed to sell, who also brew their own beer.
Of MALT, the number of bushels used by the brewers, in
the year 1834, was 15,837,409 ; by the brewing publicans
9,373,206 ; by the licensed beer-sellers 3,734,288.
In Scotland there are only 217 brewers, who consumed last
year 997,771 bushels of malt ; that used by the licensed vic-
tuallers there (of whom there are 17,239) is 141,830. Ire-
land numbers 240 brewers, whose consumption of malt was (in
1834) 2,055,326. No return respecting publicans appears.
From the above numbers result this—total, taking the whole
united kingdom into the account-2,364 brewers, 70,466 pub-
licans, and 35,354 persons licensed for the general sale of beer;
who altogether used 32,139,650 bushels of malt in 1834.
The same account gives us 71,418 as the number of barrels
exported in 1834, on which a drawback of 17,8541. 10s. was
allowed.
SPIRITS.-23,216,272 gallons have been distilled in the
United Kingdom in the year 1834. The return for Eng-
land is 4,652,838 gallons; Scotland, 9,193,091 ; Ireland,
23,216,272.
The amount of duty stands thus :—England, 2,866,612/.
17s. 6d. ; Scotland, 1,007,5071. 3s. 4d. ; Ireland, 1,369,3181.
65., giving a fotal of upwards of five millions sterling.

IRoN.—In an account (just ordered by the House to be
printed) of the quantities of foreign iron imported and exported
in the year 1833 and the following year, we see that in round
numbers 18,000 tons, valued at 1,7061., were imported, and
rather more than 2,000, valued at 3801., exported in 1833.
In 1834 ups ards of 16 millions pf tons were imported,
valued at 3,4591. I Is. Bd. ; the number of tons exported was
three thousand, value 1,3061.

A BILL fel' the encouragement of the Voluntary Enlistment
of Seamen, and to make regulations for Manning the Navy,
was ordered to be printed the 24th June.
The first clause enacts that no person shall be compelled to
continue in the service more than five years, unless he shall
have voluntarily entered for a longer term, or desire to remain,
or if the ship be on any foreign station, or absent from the
United Kingdom, the Admiral is in case of emergency em-
powereci to detain on higher wages. hi the latter case,
fresh bounty is to be paid.
For two years after discharge, protection from service in the
navy is provided.
Seamen under arrest at the period which would entitle to
discharge, are to be detained till after trial.
A penalty not exceeding 201. is to be forfeited to any pro-
tected person impressed, or he may bring his action for trespass
and false imprisonment. To volunteers is offered a double
bounty.
Pensioners volunteering are to receive their pensions in ad-
dition to their pay.
Seamen may obtain their discharge by-providing substitutes.

A BILL to alter and amend an Act for facilitating the loan
of money in Ireland upon landed securities, was prepared and
brought in by Mr. Sageant Jackson, and Mr. Shaw. The
Bill repeals so much of the Act for facilitating loans of Wil-
liam IV., passed in the 4th and sth years of his Majesty's
reign, as gave the power to assimilate proceedings for recovery
of the money lent to those of England. By the former Act,
decrees were to be made on the same principle as here, and
copies of these decrees were to be enrolled in the Court of
Chancery, or other Court there, as the case might be just the
same as if instituted in said Courts in Ireland. Power was
also given to make Order upon process for payment. The
foregoing is proposed to be repealed.

A BILL (as amended by Committee) to extend to all parts
of the country the regulations under which Bread is sold in
London, and at other places within 10 miles thereof, was
ordered by the House to be printed 24th June.
The provisions protective of the buyer, especially those
which make it compulsory on the baker to provide in his shop,
or, if sent out, in his cart, scales, &c, and to weigh the Bread
in the presence of the purchaser, are demanded by the existing
practice of fraud, too frequently practised en the labouring
poor in the country. The poor, simple-minded, necessitous,
and often half.famished peasantry, are extensively plundered
by those of whom they purchase their daily bread. And on
almost every article of consumption the retailer lays a much
higher price than the same articles arc purchased for by their
wealthier neighbours.

A BILL to consolidate certain Offices in the Collection of the
Revenues of Stamps and Taxes, and to amend The laws re- ,
lating thereto, has been brought in by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. By an Act passed last session, the duties of the
Commissioners of Stamps, and those of the Commissioners
for the Affairs of Taxes, were transferred to a consolidated
Board, and the Receivership of Stamp Duties and Assessed
Taxes for the London District, aro now vested in one person.
It is, therefore, contemplated by the Bill to consolidate the
several offices into one office, and to regulate its duties. Its
official powers are to be the same as those given by antecedent
Acts to the former functionaries.
Office to be held during pleasure.
The Collector of the London District of Receipts to attend
at the head office, to make payments to the Receiver-General.
The Commissioners of the Treasury may annex any part of
the London district to any adjoining district. 'Bond and se-
curities not to be invalidated by this Act.
The 15th Clause is important, empowering the Commis-
sioners to commit to prison, in default of sufficient distress,
any person who shall go away from his residence without pay-
ing the assessed taxes, and such persons shall pay all costs of
commitment.
The Bill contains the ordinary provisions of indemnity, to
persons prosecuting for offences committed against its enact-
ments.

CABRIOLET Bat.—Mr. Alderman Wood has before the
House a Bill for the better regulation of 'cabriolets, omni-
busses, hackney and stage-coaches, used in or near London,
and of the drivers and attendants thereon. The worthy Al-
derman, no doubt, intends to get rid of the inconvenience
occasioned to a portion of the public by the occasional mis-
conduct-of the drivers of these vehicles. That by stopping
and loitering for the purpose of plying for passengers, a ge-
nerally-felt inconvenience to some amount is occasioned, few
will deny; but as to the'mode of dealing with it, some differ-
ence of opinion exists. • The cure, if not properly conducted,
may be worse than the complaint ; at all events, we are bound
to take care, in remedying the inconvenience and consulting the
pleasure and profit of a class, that we do not, by unwise le-
gislation, substitute a host of public grievances, and inflict
deep and wide-spreading injury on the whole community.
The following provisions appear Wholly unobjectionable.
Penalty, not exceeding 205., shall be incurred by any cab-
driver who shall sit in any other part of his vehicle than that
appropriated for him, or who shall allow any persons to sit in
any other place than that which is appropriated for passengers.
The clauses which fix the minimum pace at four miles an hour
when the vehicle is unhired and going to some stand, and at
five, when employed, cannot be thought too exigent.
The 57th clause enacts that if the driver pull up opposite
the end of any street or crossing, he shall forfeit 103. for each
offence.

Horses are not to be changed in the road.
A penalty, not exceeding 5/., is declared against any pro-
prietor, in case of accident, who shall use unfit horses or
carriages.

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SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT.—Petitions, 2 ; signature, 536
SPIRIT LlCENSES.—Petitions, 170; signatures, 11,676.
STAMPS ON NEWSPAPERS.—.-170P Repeal of Duty. Pe

PUBLIC PETITIONS.
22d REPORT, 17-19 JUNE, 1835.
leacii RATES.—Two petitions, with 228 attached signa-
tures, have been presented conditionally praying for the total
extinction of Church rates.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, in Support of a Grant--Petitions,
459 ; signatures, 167,667.
Against any further Endowment, the total number of Pe-
titions is 3012- of signatures, 126,112.
CHURCH ESTABLISHMENT OF ILELAND, in favour of a re-
tention of its Revenues—Petitions, 77 ; signatures, 43,735.
DISSENTERS MARRIAGE BILL.—The petitioners, after stat-
ing the objections which have so often been urged against the
Bill, pray the House to restore Dissenters to their original
equality with members of the Church of England, as it re-
gards the contract of marriage, and to render it a civil con-
tract, the parties being left at liberty to add their own reli-
gious ceremonies to it.
TITHES.—For Commutation, five petitions (with 138 signa-
tures) ; one of which, from S. G. Pechell, Esq., lays open a
case of clerical rapacity, entailing on the petitioner loss and
inconvenience to an amount quite startling. In some of its
features, it is not unlike the persecution Mr. Childs suffered.

tions, 33 ; signatures, 15,566.
TIMBER DunEs.—Against any alteration. Petitions, 4 ;
signature!, 1,054.
AGRICULTURAL DlSTRESS.—Petitions, 66 ; signatures,2B,soo.
DORCHESTER UNlONlSTS.—Petitions, 38; signatures, 51,279.
DRUNKENNESS.—Petitions, 28; signatures, 8,352. The
ostensible object of the petitioners is the diminution of Dram-
drinking—the suppression of beer-shops is also contemplated
by them.
FACTORIES REGULATION filLL.—Petitions, 37 ; signatures,
18,614.
HAND Loom WEAVERS.—Petitions, 60; signatures, 56,210.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BlLL.—Petitions, 4; signatures,
5,753.
BALLOT.—Petitions, 20; signatures, 9,923.

IRISH WASTE LANDS.--The Committee on pub-
lic Works in-Ireland recommend, that if a tenant for life shall
expend the amount of two years' rent in improving his lands,
he shall have the power of charging it upon the entail, provided
the money be expended under the sanction of the Board of
Works, and under the approval of a Master in Chancery.
The houses, says old Aubrey, speaking of the
Colleges at Oxford in his time, " that bad the smallest beer
had most drunkards, for it forced them to goe into the towne
to comfort their stomachs, wherefore Dr. Kettle always had
in his college excellent beer, not better to be had in Ox-
ford, so that we could net goe to any other place but for
the worse ; and we had the fewest drunkards of any house
in Oxford."