Star.
London, England, 1801-06-16 00:00:00

DISTILLIIIIIIS.

Mr. S. Ttroanvon prefrnted a Petition from the
Englilh Diaillers, which was read by the Clerk.
It prayed the Houfe that a fnitable countervailing
Duty Mould he laid on Spirirs imported from Ire-
land, as, in conlypicacc of the drawback of the

Sugar Dnti being allowed to the hi
the Petitioners were under a diradvir

it was contrary to the purpofe and
Union to tolerate,,iclis the motion far

to lie on the Tahlai
Sir .1. PARMILL rofe, and commei
nature of the Petition, which, he ft

fecond attempt made, in,-the couife of
Seffion, to undermine the letter of tin

affecting a folicitude to maintain its
fuhjeEt of Countervailing Duties was
Rood to be already fettled, unlefs in
Excite Duties in England. Why thet
Petitioners apply for a change ? Tin
they complained of exifted before the t
the objeft of giving to Ireland that pref.(
one of the principal conditions of t
which was offered to reconcile that cot
Union. If it was to interpreted then,

forward now to do away that bargain?—
to the liberality and wifdom of Govern
hoped they would lay the Petition and ."
of Union before the Crown Lawyers,
how far they were compatible, previot
trocludion to the Houfe of any meaft
on thi Petition. He adiiled the H.

confent to any proceeding which migl
loofen that connexion between the two

which, though he lid originally
mould now endeavour, by every.poffibl4
ftrengthen and cement. It certainly -
juft that after the contraft had been
agreed to between the Parliaments.of
Ireland,. One of the parties lhould•n9l
to interpret that contra& in its own i
particularly againft the fpirit of the
ftitution, according to which thofe who
Laws had not the right of defining Or applying
them.

The Cuescittoe of the-Excasttoita Paid; the
Hon. Baronet wined the Petition to be referred
to the Crown Lawyers, and yet be thought pro.
per to bring the difcuffion of its merits before the
Houle. The Hon. Baronet could not be more
unwilling thanite was to put the fpirit of the Uni-
on in oppofition to its imperative letter, tror More
anxious to haie that letter treated with the roof
fcrupulous attention. He thought the moa eligi-
ble way in this cafe would be, to refer the Petition
to the confideration of a Committee. As to the
affertion that Ireland enjoyed the advantage of the
Sugar drawback before the Union, it could have
little force, when it was recollefted that the AEt
granting that drawback only paired the very day
on which the Union was enaCied. The Milt rm..
tiller had obvioufiy an advantage over the Dißiller
of England, by which the latter materially fuffered
in his own market, and ix certainly was not con-
trary to the Articles of the Union to relieve them.
In proof of this opinibn, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer read extraCts front the Articles of the
Union, and concluded by Rating, that the-objeft
of the Petitioners was, to be on an.equal fobting
with the hi& Di:tillers, by either laying on a
Countervailing Duty in England, or taking off
the Sugar Drawback in Ireland. It was a cafe.
he thought, particularly entitled to confederation.)
Sir J. PAR/Isla. did not think the Irifh Duties
ought* to be changed in order to correct ao error
in the original arrangement of the coinatervailiqg
duties in England. -
The CHANCIILLOR of the Bios/kola Paid, at
the Aft would expire on the ift of July, it could
have nothing to do with the permanent, arrange•
ment alluded to by the Hon. Baronet.
Sir J. Peewit:. was Rill Rronger of opinion that
merely to remedy a temporary evil, as the grie-
vance complained of would terminate on the tft
of July, the Houle ought not to tamper with the
Articles of the Union. He was happy the Millar
don from fugar was foon to end, as in his judg.
ment, no fpint was fo pernicious as that manufac-
tured from Sugar.
Mr. Timmer wilted that the jultice of every,
petitioner's application to that Houfe mould be
fairly confidered, without any reference to the
country where the petitioner refided. The peti-
tioners in this intimate complained of an extreme
hardfhip, but he fuggefted, that in order to pre-
vent any jealoufy on the fubjed of the Union, it
would be better to relieve the petitioners from the
national purfe.
The CHeacsttoa of the ,iClll9,,,pita approved
of that idea.

Mr. G. Pon sow ay contended that any advitn-
tage which Ireland enioyed, preiious to the Uaiont
and which that Union did not resuove, Ireland had
a right to retain • and the Houk could not infint tO
any aa in oppolltion to that rights without a careet
violation of the Articles of the Union.

Mr. Tmoairrom raid, he lhould wave his intern•
tion for the prefent, of founding any propofition on
this petition, but merely moved, that a fhculd be
laid on the table.

The CHAISCILLOR of the Excitsckpait (aid, that
if the Hon. Gentleman thould decline to btino
.for-
ward any propation for the relief of the Pomon-
a% it was his intention, in the conrfe of thx.pre.
fent Seffion to fubmit to the Hoife the propriety
of indemnifying them at the expence of the country.
Mr. VANSITTAST (poke in favour of the 'teti•
tionen.
Mr. Tauten Paid, as the difkillation frp .n Wiz
would recommence on the lit of Jusly ,iiitiritTrept.
material now to meddle with the
Mr. STEWART dated, that the • “vik„
had now no demand for their fpihti, so, conte:.
quence of the quantity and cheapnefs'of4f. kilt •
fpirits in the country, and that much Mite oi.tike
fame kind was expeded. This he hew to itrifes
feom the caufe affigned by the petitione4 wborc •
complaint alluded to the tpiriis at inefent kaktiand. •
The petition was ordered to lie on.tha table.

ways Lau steams.
The Houle having refolved itfelf into a Com-
mittee of Ways and Means, and an order having
been made to refer to the Committee an aicount. ot
the difpofition of laft year's grants, an accoudf or
the monies remaining in the Exchequer, and the
accounts prefented that day to the .Houfe,
The CMANCILLOR of the Excmagysa role CO
Rate the amount of the various Cervices required
for the enfuing year,and the manner in which-they
were to be provided (Qr. The whole arliQUllt of

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