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eonvictions underlie?.
secutlons ordered by the
under whack
Crownwmrb
selling Breakfase-Powder made ot roasted grain. •
The Earl of LIVERPOOLiaId he bad no objection to the
_e„,, motion just made ; but he should cettainly
ware object to producing
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took the oathieria ago semt. Ills supporters were bads LasE. missioners acted. The motion now made was merely for the
awe and Kisenaineee . Recordi of the Courts where prosecutions bad been carried on, •
Voyles Dimwit MR was read a second dm, and.the Com- and persons convicted by Juries; and to the production of such
solace was, on the motion of the Ettl of Lamm, postponed documsete there could be no objection. There was nodes in
till after the holyday& the law as it now stood to prevent persons from selling roasted
Lord DIP HY presented three Petitions from the Anthill- grain ; but he asked if it was possible to allow them to sell it .
tuella' in Doramdllre, complaining of distress. when reduced to poter, in which case the Revenue :night be
Lord ERSKlNEpresented a Petition from certain Owners greatly defratided? Besides, the parties selling this powder would
and Occupiers of Land in Suffolk, praying relief from Agricul- commit frauds on their customers, by mixing with it misnames
tural Distress. different from what was held out to them. A prohibitor law
Earl GREY presented a Petition against the city of Durham then was necessary to protect the unwary from being ' de fraY
uded.
Paving Bill. It could not, therefore be called a harsh proceeding to 4. guar
'The Bill for the Lighting and Watching the City of Bath was agilnat impositions of this kind.—The motion was agreed to.—
read a second time. Adjourned.
The Irish Five per Cents. Reduction Bill, the Fever Hospital HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Bill, and the Stolen Goods Dill were read a second time.. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY preserited Copies of.
BOARD OF EXCISE, AND BOASTED WHEAT. Correspondence with foreign Powers.—Laid on the table, and •
. The of LAMIIDOWN isaveod, that Thos. Woodier, °t"ted to beltiilmd• ' -
bar
_of the' tigers of the Treasury, be called to the bar, Mr. SYKsto presented a Petition from the Clergy, Gentry.
and examiued. and Landholders of Kingston-upon-Hull, complaining of Agri.
Do you remember to have-carried an order. on the 12th ult. cultural Distress. There was hardly, he said, a person of re-
treat the Treasury to the Board of Excise ?-1 do. speetability in that town or its neighbourhood, by whom she
To whom did you deliver it?—To one of the Excite clerks. Petition was not signed. They all agreed upon the existence of
Do you remember to have carried another order on the 2ed? distress, and the necessity of relief; the Petition was couched in
—Yes ;on the 23e1 I took two letters to the Board of Excise. moderate language ; the Petitioners did not presume to point
Did you deliver them?-1 did. out to the House the particular means by which relief might be
The witrees wall ordered ret withdraw. afforded, they left that to the wisdom of Parliament, only sug-
The Marquis of LANSIXAVN then moved that the Seem- footing that a large and effectual sweeping of reduction: hy di..
tart'
d, the Board of Excise be called to the bar.—This was or- minishing the burden of taxation, would materially condece to
tiered, and he appeared at the bar accordingly. the removal of the present distress of the country.—The Pstition
Do you remember, on the 12th of last month, to have rce was brought up, and ordered to be laid on the table.
ceived au Order of this }louse from the Messenger of the Tree- Air. HART DAVIS presented a Petition from the Mer-
cury ?—On the 12th, in the morning, the Order of this House chants of Bristol engaged in the Sugar Trade, complaining of the
was delivered to me, and I lost no time in laying it before the distressed state of the Sugar }Market, in consequence of the-
Commissioners. It was not directed to me, but to the Board, West lodia Colonies being restricted from trading With the
and they opened ite-The witness withdrew. . United States, and praying that the Sugar Trade of the Colonies
On the motion of the Marquis of Leemoive, Lord George may be thrown open to the United States.---The Petition was
brought up and ordered to be printed.
Seymour, the Chief Commissioner of Excise, was now called to
the bar, and examined by the Noble Marquis. . A Message from the Lords announced that their Leri.sLips
had agreed to several Private Bills.
Does your Lordship remember to have received, on the 12th
Mr. WESTERN presented a Petition from certain Aericel-
of Itt month, a communication from the Treasury, containing an •
Order of this House ?-1 did receive it ; and it was laid before twists in the neighbourhood of Witham (Essex), complaining
of distress, and praying for relief.—Laid on the table, and ix-
the Board. • tiered to be printed. •
Did the Board direct any steps to be taken in consequence of _r. Alderman
oi WOOD gave notice of a motion fur Wednes-
that communication ?—lt was directed to he reported ,to the
day, the 24th instant, respecting Behest r • •
different persona whom it concerned, the different branches of
Mr. F. BUXTON wished to know if it. was intended to
the Excise, the country Correspondence, and different offices.
place the Widows and Children of
Did it appear to you that there was anything in the nature of . .
with insane Officers on the same
that Order which required delay ?—Yes • the greatest possible tig those of Officers who had been slain in the service
o the country?
delay, in discussing and pointing out special orders which had I
The CITA IS CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that
been sent to various individuals. • they were to be provided forprecisely in
Will your Lordship state why the delay took place ?-11t arose .
were to have equal allowances.
from this: orders were given, under special circumstances, to
various individuals, and we wished to get answers frtim all, be- , EXTRA POST. •
fore we gaveany general answer to the Ordeeof this House. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from an individual
This, we are to understand from the Noble Lord, was the named Henry Burgess, the inventor of the Extra t'ost, praying
cause that the return could not be made without delay ?—I did that the House would allow him some indemnity, as his plan
consider, before the return was made to this House, that an- had not been adopted. The Honourable Member expressed his
ewers to the several cases should be given. Reeky case stood intention of moving for a Committee on the subject to-morrow.
upon its own bottom; and I did not think that a sweeping an- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the
SWIM would be sufficient. subject was now under consideration.
Did your Lordship think that any discretion was to be ex- The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
etched by the Board iii returning an answer to the Order of the . SALT TRADE.
House 2-1 certainly did understand it so, and do now, until I General GASCOYNE said, that though on pie-
am
set right by the }louse. A sweeping return Would not have
tenting Petitions he was not in the habit of tees} ass-
been sufficient.
Does your Lordship recollect having received an Order of this ing on the time of the House, yet, from the import-
tionse on the 2nd ulr. requiring that the Order of the 11th be ante of the one he held in his hand, he could not,
nude forthwith ?—I do: consistently with his duty, sit down v ithout saying a
What steps did you take inconsequence ?—Two hours did not few words. The Petition P • •on was from a very respectable
elapse before orders were given to have the returns made out : Mass of merchants of Liverpool, the exporters and
but, front the circuitou mode in which the returns were to be
made, they did net reach the House in time. dealers in salt ; they complained of the great hard-
Did you receive a letter front the Treasury; desiring to give ship under which they laboured, in consequence of
an explanation respecting the nature and CituSt of the delay which the heavy bonds they were obliged to enter into en
had taken place?-1 did. . the ex ortation
of salt, by which they were subjected
Did you send . . ,
an answer to that letter"—No • and I must
take bleme to myself for having been the cause why the answer to vet y :eve: e penalties : they stated, that front the
was not sent. decision to which the house came in the eitily part
By Furl GREY.—Was not an order sent for the return of of the Session, on the policy of continuing the tax on
certain papers ?—Yes. salt they despaired of obtaining any effectual relief
How long would it be after that order was received before the ,
return could be made out ?—A considerable time must elapse, in iln Mediattel y ; but they, however, prayed the House
consequence of the various and circuitous means by which the to review the question again, and they had no doubt
necessary information could be obtained. it would see the neces,ity of repealing this tax. It
lethere not a record kept in the office of all the orders re- w as generally admitted tO he a most obnoxious cue,
reeved from Parliament for papers ?—There are records kept ;
but different entries are made in different cases. and that its repeal would have afforded much more re-
Was there not an entry made of this order ?--No ; as there lief to the agriculturist, the merchant, and the con-
were different cases to be referred to. sumer, than the reduction on the malt duty, which,
Is it not the practice to make an entry in the books of the he d iia the authority of a very influential Member in
office of each special order ?—Yes, but for the reason already
that House for stating, afforded no relief at all. lie
stated, it was not done in the present instance.
By the filarquis.of LANSDOW N.—Was there, between the did not see any objection to renewing the subject
time of receiving the first order and snaking the return, any again this Sessit,n ; it was fresh in the :ecollection of
communication made to the Treasury respecting the cause of the the house that
delay which took place?—No. because the execution of the or-
tax was not negatived—it was met by moving the
der was supposed to be in a state of progress.--Ilia Lordship
then withdrew from the bar. previous question. He wished to learn front the
Earl GREY said, it was very evident that the delay which , Hon. Member for Wareham (Mr. Calcraft) whether
had taken place in this instance. was not sufficiently explained; it was his •
intention to ()lino this tax under the coml.
and that it would be necessary for their Lordships to euferce a P
deratios of the House aain this Session, or early in
due obedience to their orders in future. Their Lordships had g
just been told that no regular entries were made of the orders of the next? He would sit all events recommend him
Parliament 'at the Board of Excise. It was most extraordinary to propose a resolution which would pledge the House
that a Board, which, In all other respects, was conducted with to its consideration early next Session. It was a tar,
the utmost- regularity and strictness, should have neglected to
. lofwhich •
the repea would give general satisfaction
make such entries. The fact was not satisfactorily accounted
for ; and it was the duty of their Lordships to mark their sense and considerable relief: he therefore thought it would
of such conduct in some way or other, it they wished that their I be wise in the house either to reconsider it at once,
orders should in future be obeyed. or, at least, pledge itself that it intended it.
At the suggestion of the Marquis of Lemoows, Lord George
Mr. CALCRAFT bore testimony to the rcspecta-
Seymour was again called in, when he was thus addressed by
The LORI) CH ANC E L 1.0 It—" Lord George Seymour, bility of the Petitioners, and the difficulties under
lam commanded to acquaint you, that this House expects that which they laboured in consequence of the penalties
in future all its orders shall be punctually obeyed, and at present to which they were subject. He trusted, that if we
dismisses you without any further attendance. I remained at peace, and everything went on well, this
BREAKFAST POWDER. would begiven up next year. But if Ministers
tax
The Marquis of LA NSDOW N said, it his wish that
I did not come forwaid with some me:ourc for re-
there should be Led before the House a return of the opinion
given by the Attorney and Solicitor-General, as to the construe- 1 lieving the distress of agriculture, he should certainly
tion of the Act of Parliament under which -the Commissioners . bring the subject aglin before the House this Session.
had ordered the seizures to which he had already alluded. lie 1
1 Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, that if the *Hoe,
begged to call their Lordships' attention to this conduct on the
;Member broug Ist forward the questi •
on of the Salt
part of the Board : the Act of Parliament gave them a power j
to prosecute for frauds upon the Revenue, but they exceeded this i Tax repeal again, the country v ould he , ally
power, and took upon themselves to prosecute persons who were I obliged to him. After the very small majors
not guilty of any offence, or of any fraudulent transaction, except i white/ the proposition was befoie rejected, it
that of selling, as substitutes for coffee, certain things nut probe- become the Government to give up the tax.
bleed by law. The Law Officers of the Crown might have given
such a literal interpretation to the Act as made them suppose ! Mr. GRENFIAL said, he would give
they were justified in what they bad done; but in the i iof
spirit port to a motion for repealing the Salt Tax,
the Act they could not be justified, because the Parliament terence to any other which existed.
never intended to give them auch 4 power, for the Legislature
I Mr. DAVENPORT thought the
never could have given to aat of Commissioners a right to de- • r., .
tyrosine what articles ought to be taxed or prohibited in this and injurious. Its repeal would incr
coo' y. So far tram its being right or expedient to prohibit the of fisheries, and by that means give .
ankles in question, he contended that no greater benefit could ' eot .mem ,
pl to the poor in time of peace,
be conferred on the country than that of allowing the produce to . w
en . ,
seamen for war ft they were want,
be converted into articles of food s and that in such a proceeding
no set of Commissioners had any right to interfere. The Parlia- Sir I. COFFIN said, lie hoped they
meat, therefore, ought narrowly to watch such conduct and not firing broadside after broadside at hi
elute anything to be dune to the oppression of individuals further niaters, until the tax was repealed.
than WA. terceteary fur the security of the Revenue against frauds. „„ /fit,—k •
said, that some
The sale of roasted grain was a fair open trade, and did nut pre- I Mr. ''"

.tlon of the watt •
ould he greatly
mall majority by
ejected, it would •
the tax. •
ild give his sup-
Salt. Tax, in pre-
e tax oppressive
the outtber
considerable ern-
ace, and prepare
ntcd.
y would be found
his Majesty's Mi-advantimee. were
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