The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-06 00:00:00

be secs th'it illicit Ylistillcttlon was rarat'd On to
u vet y gee-.t extort. It the legal diirillers were
stopped, an additional inducement would be given
to illicit distillation, and a greater consumption
0' grain in diJtillation would be the consequence,
at it was calculated, Iron') want of skill, and from
imperfect inachinery, the illegal distiller consumed
one-third More grain dial] the legal tlistiller, to
produce le given tplantby of spirits. Under these
eircumstauces to go into be inquiry proposed,
could answer Ito good purpose; and any Bill the
lion Gentlerrrrn might bring in would bar useletZs,
unless it pas'sed tliroirgb all its stages at once. As
one proof that the 'ptefent scarcity bad been fore-
seen, and in some measure 'provided for by the
Government, he begged In Lly corn froni America,
Hotter an order front the Treasury, was permitted
to be imported into, frelaud.
Sir J. NEWPORT bad no difficulty sayiog, if
it could he sitewn that there was any doubt of pro-
curing a sufficiency of provisions for the people of
Ireland, all-other considerations, however im-
por.aut in themselves, ought to give way till this
danger bad been averted. Before he heard the
Right Honourable Gentleman, he had had some
doubts on the propriety of permitting the distilld-
tints from grain to go on, because he did not know
what quantity of the year's stock hatl been distill-
ed ; but, after what the Right I Inaionr4ble Gen-
tleman had blared, he must agree' with hint, that
any such measure could not materially increase,
but otigt.t considerably diminish the quantity of
human food in Ireland. The difference beivveen
the prices of corn in Ireland was indeed quite
conclusive on this point. Such 4 Vriritiy us had
been stand to exist' could not have been found, if a
large petition of the grain in the country was not
unfit for humito food. To stop the distilleries,
therefore, would he to deprive the lamer of
the only Market now open to him, and this
tt ould put it out of his power to sow the saute
dttnritity of swing wheat which lie rnight othtr-
Wore commit to the ground, and thus prove the
cause of Ittritte scarcity. •
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sir A. Ft.:amiss/a,' e-alled the attention of his
Mrtlesty'sGorcritment to the inhaltitunts of the
Highlands of Scotland, who were almost afraid
a to Was gpproirching, and who,.wishing to
sacV their siaing wheat, knew out where to find
any good .enotigh to put in the ground.
ThcCuatacaLt.ou of the Excnectitot said, the
Covet nment 'would have been very much wanting
in their duty, if -they had not,. after so extraordi-
wiry a season us they had !fad the fiasco' tune to
experience; efideuvoured to inform.themselves of
the situation of every pint of the country. With
respect Co that part of it which had been mention-
ed by the gallant Officer, he had had rely dis.
tinet accounts, and he hoped it very moderate sup-
ply would suffice to afford those of whom he had
spoken tel In 1111 Such cases, almost the only
good that tiovernment could do, was to keep or en
the contintmleations bet ween all partS of the coun-
t; in order to tin" 0111 the greatest possiWe facili-
ties for conveying the surplus, produce of one •dis.
Wet, to cover the deficiency of another. Parlia-
ment anti the Goveinment, he was of opinion,
hatlfortrierly beet., too ready to interfere on such
occasions. The Scarcit y complained of in Ireland
was Oot, SO -111Och aCCOutlt nt (IMMO" y,as on
acc,Atnt of the quality of the wain, which sva.s
such that,- if not consumed in the Distilleries, it
could not be used at

13rattr,to said, the augmentation of the price
of grain in this kingdonr...—was not great, when
cotopared with the rise that had taken place in
France. There its price had been but half what
it was here, and now grain was sent from this
ronntry to that, lie thought the defence of the
Right lion. Gentleman had principally turned on
this point, that to prohibit the distillation front
grain would be useless now ; but why was not
this looked to before ?

General MITCHELL contended, thtit to Still the
legal di4tilleries -would do great harm,Has, in Iliac
case, those on whose- hands, grain was left
must turn illicit distillers themselves or starve.

CALVIIIIT did 110 t think to stop the distil•
!cries would he so completely unavailing tts the
Right How. Gentleman h..d supposed, as Much' of
the spirits manufactured in Ireland was produced
trom grain which might be converted into huMan.
food.

Mi. PEEL explained.

Air. V. FyrzGERALD Sheaved, that touch of ,the
rain used in the distilleries could nut he convert..
ediuto human fond, and that to stop the distil.
'cries would not be of the sliglitc,t use. The
difference in the prices of grain ;nude the distiller
desirous of using the batl in pretereuee to tho,
good.

r. I3ARING 091.1illed, 01)(I Wl,llCli to know
wily Ilse DistilitileAs had not been fitoppeti in Oc.
talon ?

141 r. PR L. soid they did not begin to work till
December. To hove prohibited' listillation from
grdits in Ireland would hove heels useless, without
suspending the fret~ inteetoirse between EnglOnd
and Irtkod, tvhich Qviss secured h the Union
Act, and this the Irish Government were not
Anthorisyl to sovend.

Air. NI, FITZGRIIALD in reply, svated the object
be had in view to have been partly obtained sjoce
be had valled the atteatiim of Ministers to the sub.
ject, and obtained candid explatiation of their
tie admitted that barley might .be malted
in consequence of an apprthension that (1.1,61186 mi
Ivoni gram was about_ to he prohibited, hot notch
attic distillation iu Ireland, he b'eggell to observe,
Wits from new grain, which covld ant, from oily
Slid) Hrpreliewioo, be put. in a state from which
it could not he reclaimed for human sustenance.
`Pic i ton, Gentivinan concluded, by offering to
withdraw his Motion.

Tut lot) pt.rmitted to lie withdrawn.
Lord CAST!. REA On i roughs up eerti,in p,,pers
relative to the Lisbon Linbasy.—Ortlercil to lie
an the t,bk.

, qua .
ME. o
iLs
RING moved for cronnts tne ntsty
of wines imported how the Cape of Good dope,
doting the five years ending It) January 1817, di3-
tingnishiog pleb year. Also of the doties'prtid un
the same, grid of the value 'of nll imports and ex •
ports from the Cape of (out! Hope, duting the
some period.---Agreed to.

stt.vrat coLNAGE.
Mr. liltouonAm toorcil (or copies of till I°l°lB
from the Chilheelhq of the Exe'hy(itter to Nlagis.
It ties iu the Country, relative to the New Coinage.