The Sun.
London, England, 1861-06-29 00:00:00

INLAND REVENUE ACTS.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR, of the EXCHE-
QUER, the house went into committee, in order to enable
him to move the following resolutions as the basis of a bill
to be afterwards introduced :

" 1. That there shall be charged and paid for and upon
every licence to be taken out by any person not being a dis-
tiller or rectifier of spirits, or a dealer in or retailer of beer,
spirits, wine, or sweets, authorising him to sell methylated
spirit in any quantity not greater than one gallon at a time,
the duty of two pounds and two shillings.
" 2. That, in lieu of the drawbacks now payable upon the
exportation of beer from the United Kingdom to foreign
parts as merchandise, there shall be allowed and paid iu re-
spect of all beer which shall be so exported the following
rates of drawback (that is to say) :—For and upon every
barrel of thirty-six gallons, and so in proportion for any
greater quantity of beer brewed or made by any entered or
licensed brewer of beer for sale in the United Kingdom, in
the brewing of which beer the worts used before fermenta-
tion were of the specific gravity of not less than one thou-
sand and forty degrees, the sum of four shillings ; and for
every additional five degrees of specific gravity, up to the
specific gravity of one thousand one hundred and twenty-
five degrees, the further sum of sixpence per barrel.
" 3. That no return of stamp duty paid upon any probate
or letters of administration in England or Ireland, or any
inventory of the estate and effects of any deceased person in
Scotland, shall be made or allowed in respect of any debt
due and owing from the deceased, which shall be voluntary.

" 4. That no allowance shall bo made to a successor out
of his succession, under the succession Duty Act, 1853, in
respect of any property which, upon taking such succession,
shall terminate or cease to exist.

"b. That it is expedient to amend the laws relating to
the inland revenue."

The resolutions were agreed to, the Chairman was
ordered to report them to the house, and the house re-
sumed.

EAST INDIA COUNCIL, &c. BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
CROWN SUITS LIMITATION BILL,
This bill was read a second time.
BOOK UNIONS BILL.

On the order for the second reading of this bill,

Mr. LAYARD stated that its object was to place books
on the same footing as works of art for purposes of distri-

but ion.

The bill was then read a second time.
THE WAKEFIELD WRIT.

Major EDWARDS moved that the Speaker do issue his
warrant for a new writ for the electing of a burgess to serve
in Parliament for the borough of Wakefield in the room of
Mr. W. H. Leatham, whose election had been determined
to be void.
Mr. Sergeant PIGOTT thought that at that late hour
the house could not do justice to this important question,
and moved that the house do adjourn.
Sir G. LEWIS observed that they could not dissociate
the case of Wakefield from that of Gloucester. He supported
the amendment.
Upon a division the amendment was negatived by 98
to 76.
Mr. W. MARTIN moved that the debate be adjourned.
Sir G. LEWIS said he felt a difficulty in taking the re-
sult of the division as a deliberate expression of the opinion
of the house in favour of the issue of the writ, and should
support the motion for adjourning the debate.
After some further discussion the house again divided,
when the motion for adjournment was negatived by 85
to 77.
Mr. CONINGHAM moved that the house adjourn.
Mr. Sergeant PIGOTT strongly urged delay, and that
the writ should not be precipitately issued.
Mr. 11. BERKELEY (who had voted with the majority
in both divisions) supported the motion for the issue of the
writ.

Lord PALMERSTON asked the house seriously to con-
sider the position in which it stood in this matter, and the
effect which the issue of the writ, in existing circumstances,
would have upen.the country.
Another discussion, which provoked symptoms of im-
patience, followed, and another division, by which the mo-
tion for adjournment was again negatived by 81 to 74.
Mr. LOCKE moved that the debate be adj3urned.

Sir G. LEW IS, in this state of the question, discovered
a doubt whether due notice of this motion had been given
by Major Edwards.
After further debate this formal objection was overruled
by the Chair.
Major EDWARDS ultimately consented to the adjourn-
ment of the debate till Friday next.
The house adjourned at five minutes to three o'clock till
Monday.

The iron-cased -frigate Magenta was launched a
few days ago at Brest with perfect success. The inaugura-
tion of the swing-bridge over the Penfeld, which will unite
the towns of Brett nd Reconvtanc,e, took place on the fol-
lowing day,