Star.
London, England, 1824-03-16 00:00:00

p..MOORE preiriteditTetatioalrom 7,000 inhabitanta of
Gera sad Little Bolton, for the-se/Seal of the Combination Laws.
Petitions.were presented, by Mr. JAMES, fro'M the Boot
sr I 400emalters of Cailisle.;:by the Nish} Hon:.Mtntberfrothithe
rye and• Shoe-molrers; df:*Whitettasen ;wlaq' Mr.. kiesainust-, :frotn
.ieui ney men Printers of the City of London; laf -Mr. -Alder-
,- Woons from the, Boot!iind. Bhoe.bvtli;:rg of, Ashunr.uncler-
-1;„.; by -Mr.' -.Hrelk-froth-OV -Buor.lind• &lusennstiters or Ply,
fvuth and .De.agerort::-.stie*-IVtitions:werrneverallfeeferred to
tat Artisans' Coroptittit.
The Crornnatter on the. Judges fif Walis;Bill .IYR3 postponed to
onday nett.
'?jr. DAVENPORT-presented a Petition from•the Inhabitants
r 1 Congleton, praying for an *lteration of the Poor Laws.—Or-
drred to be penned.
Mr. DAVENPOAT•presented a Petition from the Innkeepers
I.ioensed Vternageri of Nantwicti,- praying. fer a repeal of the
aiditional duties On kxcite Licenses.
Similar Petitiona were.presented b Mr; WiIITDRILAD; from ter-
tin Licensed VieroallerS of the -county of A•litidlestr; another bY'•
Captain BASTARD; another by Sir CY. Isnit.sr, from the Licensed'
Victuallers of Exeter.'—These Petitions were ordered to be printed.
A new:Writ was ondered.for Qoeenboroneli, ifs the room of the
Eigat Hon, I. C. ViUiert, now Karl of Clarendon.
Lord. STANLEY presented a Petition from the Wool flatters of
Narchester, against the exportation of -British Wool.
Three similar Petitions were • presented by an ilon. Member,
from the. county of Suffolk.
Siaallar Potitioos %erre presented by Nl'. W. HOWARD; by 'Lord
s,a:s•..r, from the Inhabitants of Rochdale; by :%Ir. Lamieros,
from the. Worsted Manufacturers of the tow" of Darlington.
Sit J. SERCAD HT presented' a Petition from the Inhabitants
of Itoyst,;n, prayirg -for a repeal' of the Duties on Coals carried
caistwise...-Ordered to be printed.
:\dr. L. KECK presented a Petition from Thomas Thotupson,
praying.for a :repeal of the cloaca is; Probates' of Wills.—Ordered
to he printed.
'Air. A: CAMPBELL presented a Petition from certain Mer-
chants, dealers in rum, praying for *reduction of the duty oil that
aticle.-t-Ordered to. be primed.
The same lion. Member presented a Petition from certain Linen
3laiiefactnrers against the repeal' of the Bounties on lanen.
Petitions were- presented by Mr. LINDSAY-from
el..- Magistrates and Inhabitants of Dundee ; of di: [loyal Burgh of
cTar ; of the County of -Forfar ;. uf St. Andrew',; and of Perth-
shre.—They were severally ordered to be printed.
Mr. HOLIIIOUSE presented a Petition from the Inhabitants or
lircrerton, in favour of the Bill to Prevent Cruelty to Animals.
31:-. lilt 1G HT rre.sented a Petition from the Importers a, To.
1:::zo of the Port of Bristol, praying for a reduCtion of the duty og
n:t
The same Hon. Member presented a Petition from the Inha-
l.:.ant- of Bristo:, in favour of the Insolvent -Debtors' het.
rt tithing were ordered to be printed. • •
tlr. LAW LEY asked the President of the Board of Trade whe--
th-r his attention had been directed to the Hides and Skins Bill,
t.t.-v before the I louse?—( Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUSK ISSON replied, that the Bill had beets intsoduced at
piivaze Bill; that it was no such thing; that the promoters began
a: ;he wrong endeet(Hew, bear)—as-it would be better to remove
r..ther than to add to the rt.strictions ; and that he was of opinion
such IJiil might not to be entertained by the House--(Hear, hear).
Mr. W. SSIITII presented a Petttion,sivied by tinny thousand.
parsons in tint near Norwich, against Negro Slavery iu the West
Indies. Those vrhogot tspAheat Petitions were:ealled.mid-headed.
fatuticsi. if. they were such, he .was, proud to say he was one of them.
Mr. WA ISDN 'IA YLOIt spoke °Obese Petitions having been
i-.10uenc,..:1 by an itinerant orator. •
Mr. G. BOIN Kr spoke in praise of suchindividual, and sal

that thi! people ought-to be.aroUsed ou•such.subjects.
•Dlr. W. TANI:OR had no objection:Co .shah proceeding. only
he was azAinst that House and Ministers being overawed—(Hear),
GosnoN, Air. Itlanxuso, and several other Members rose at
the same ritut• ; but '
Mr. Stereary PEEL implored the Honourable Members to
postpone their remarks, as within twenty-four hours his .Right".llo;
nourahh: Friend (Mr. Canning) would fully bring_ forward the tub-
ject.-2.etition tzar!, and ordered to. be printed.
On foe Motion of an Honourable Member, fteturn• was. or-
dered of the number:of pounds weight of ground Stuff and Rappee
wi:hin one year.
Mr. Al 2, It ().%113 Y presented • a .Petitinit from the Chamber
of Conanierci.i and Dl.inufaelores of the City.of..Ellinburgh, praying
or a repeal of the Assessed Taxes, and .that none of the public
Liiiirey should be applied to the building of Churches.
BRITISH SPIItITS.

Mr. L7-3I E. presented a Petition from theßectifiers of I
B,itish Spii its, in and neat Loodon,complainingofceit tin
distillers being also rectifiets contrary to and
the ditficolty in the pre,ent state of the monopoly of
rttiO4 spirits. . The Hon. Member said he:amnia the
..ime permiision to use small. stills should. be. =tended
to England, which had last year been app4ied• to Scot
Lind in.d Ireland.
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Mr. ELLICE hoped the Chancellor of the Exehequel
would give his aucation.to. this. subject. ..The; price of
rein without the duty, was oily. ls.6d. wheteas tI4
price of 13i itish spirit, without the duty,.was 4s. Sd. the
gallon. The principles of- free trade, therefore.called
upon them to allow the West India Merchants to COMr
pete i.sitathe English spirit growers, that the 4onsumer
might have his fair chance between them. :-Tur this
purpose the English rectifier ought to,•have.the.privi-
lege of converting rum into gin.
After a few words from Mr. W. 5516711,.. Mr. HUME,
• and Sir It. FcaonssoN, the Petition••was -read and or-
dered to be printed.
DEER ADD MALT EluriEs.
Mr. M ABERLY sai' he had risen to-day .by the
courtesy ef Minister- before other business was-entered'
into, to thaw the atterrion of the House to'the subject
of appointing a Committee-tO inquire whether. the Malt
Duties ought not to he equalised, in their operation on
all classes of his Majesty's subjects. The poor. lie would
observe were the persons who now paid the highest
.;tity on malt. He only. wished these duties to be
equalised. The ordinary duty. on malt was only 25.6 d.
a bushel, and the private• brewer alone -paid this duty,
"11115 t the consumer through the brewer paid Gs. 10id.
'this was a most flagrant injustice. It was his object
to persuade the noose to abandon the present system
i collecting this duty altogether. The private brewer
only paid ss. 8d a barrel on strong beer. "'The libour-
cl4ss. bought their beer through the brewer at the
rate of 15s. Sid. a barrel, owing to the additional duty
levied on the public brewer. The total return of all
malt used in England. and Wales was 27,388,360
bushels; of this amount 10,532,523, were used in pri;
vale brewing; of the latter was used in strong beer
'6-m1.6.212,744 bushels. It would hence aliwar that
1(3,855,04X) bushels were used in public brewers' pre-
mises, whence the poorer -classes were supplied. There
Were us:d about 560,000 bushels in vinegar works and
other distillations. From all these returns the House
•.-/ould see how unfair a portion of those duties was
borne by the poor in the great mass of society. This
;night be taken at 1,974,8661. He would assert, that
it the great paid at the rate of 10s. a barrel instead of
!e present rate, a revenue would be treated of
1'2,052/. on small beer, and 1,9Q5,05/. on strong beer
94.) brewed, making 2,097,1071. total. Here, he would
remark, there was only brewed of• intermediate beer
C,EO2 barrels, and this inconsiderable quantity was only
brewed by tifty,five individuals. it was for such a
paltry object as this that the bt'ewers had been cum-
pelle,i to erect separate biewhouses, though they had
‘iitlicient spare room, and the whole principle
of 1-,i,latute had been violated. The total-amount of
the sums collected as duties on malt was-3;270AL/.
Sow it would appear that the rich were exonerated
.Juries to the• amount of 2,100,0001. Before he
down he hoped he. should be able to sonyince the
11:mse it was its duty to concur in his motion to appoint
Committee on the subject; and he was sincerely
L,,tvus that the Right Honourable-Gentlemen opposite