The Sun.
London, England, 1820-07-14 00:00:00

DISSENTERS.

- Mr. W. SMITH preseited a Petition froth the
`Dissenters in and about London. He enlarged
.upon the great respectability, the good conduct,
'and loyal principles of this body, hose object it
was to obtain relief from the Test and Corpora-
tion Acts. The Petition was signed' by,a hundred
persons; but those were almost all of ,them Mem-
'bers of separate congregations, whose united Sense
they spoke. Had it been wished that they should
trust to numbers, instead of to reasoning; he could
as readily have had 100,000, or any greater num-
ber-of signatures. But the Petitioners relied on
the justice of their cause, and thought the first
Parliament of a new reign a period peculiarly ap-
posite for restoring them to the privileges which
- they had surrendered for the public weal, when
the country was endangered by a disputed
Popish succession. All he should now do, how-
ever, would be to ask, that the Petition should
-be received.
Lord NUGEtIT seconded the motion, and men-
tioned that the British Roman Catholic Petition,
.containing an important clause, had been intrusted
to him, and as circumstances prevented -hiS pre-
tenting it this Session, he should offer it to the
:House at an early period in the next.
The Petition was laid on the table, and ordered
to be printed.

SIR P. MURRAY.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE asked Lord A.Tamilton to
explain a misrepresentation which had taken
place, in consequence of what he said on a former
occasion respecting Sir Peter Murray, in opening
the question on the Scots Barons of the Exche-
quer. An erroneous opinion, painful to that Gen-
tleman's feelings, had gone abroad in -consequence
of this misconception.
Lord A. HAMILTON, in reply, stated, that he
alluded to another quarter, in regard to the poli-
tical interests in Perthshire, and did not impute
*hat had been understood to Sir Peter Murray.

tained,,was unconstitutional, and had a tendency,
to destroy the right feeling between soldiers and
citizens. He spoke of the dangers of a Military
Government, and expressed some satisfaction at
the return which had been made to his motion
for the extra allowances to regiments employed
in tumults.. The 9d. per diem, thus distributed
at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, was
also in his opinion unconstitutional. The House
divided---
For the second reading .

... 98

Against it.
Majority -59
The Bill was then read, and committed for to-
morrow.

SCOTCH MALT ALLOWANCE BILL
On the 'motion for the .re-committal of the
Scottish Distillery Bill,
Sir J. MARJORIBANKS moved an instruction to
the Committee to receive a clause for the re-
duction. of the duty upon Malt made from Bar-
ley, as well as upon that made from Bigg or Beer.
The SPEAKER thought that this instruction
could not be adopted according to order.
Here -a short conversation took place, in which
Lord A. Hamilton complained of the delay of the
Chancellor of The Exchequer in coming to any
decision upon thiS subject, notwithStanding re-
peated applications on the part of the Scottish
Maltsters, and also of the Right Honourable
Gentleman's measure_ to promote illicit distilla-
tion in Scotland, and in which the Chancellor of
the Exchequer expressed his disposition to inquire
into the Honourable Baronet's proposition early
in the next Session. The motion was withdrawn,
after a few observations from,Messrs. J. P. Grant,
Abercrombie, and W. Dundas.
The house reiolVed into the Committee.
Sir J. MAR.) 0 rtIBANKs (in the Committee) said,
that the manner in which the debate upon this
question had been hurried on, was most singular,
His constituents Wished him to present a .Petition
to Parliament, but he 'had dissuaded them from
that step, because he .felt assured at that time
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would
yield to the .representatiOns which would be
Made in that House. The consequence of the
Bill would be, that the ScOtch grower would. not
sell a single bushel .of twit. ; but the barley
would be brought to England and malted, on ac•
count of the high duty. He had no doubt ,that
the effect of this Measure upon the consumption
of malt liquors in Scotland would be similar to
what had taken place within his recollection with
respect to claret. He remembered the time when
claret was 151. a hogshead, and Scotch Men would
indulge themselves in that beverage ; but since
the price had increased to 451., 901., and .1101., a
hogshead, scarcely a drop of claiet was drunk in
Scotland. The recollected some lines. of Mr.
Home, the author of Douglas, alluding to the good
old times--;

Flan-17 and bold the-Caledonian stood;
Old Was Lis claret, and his mutton good.
Let him drink port,' the English Statesman cried:
He drank the poison, and his spirit died."
If the poet was mistaken, it was only with re-
spect to the spirit of the Scotch having died. It
had survived through all other changes, and he
believed, had given during the late contest as
many proofs of its existence, as that of its sister
countries.—(Loud laughter from all parts of the
House !)—The. several clauses were then agreed
to, the House resumed, and the Report was or-
dered to be received to-morrow.