Star.
London, England, 1826-01-14 00:00:00

BRITISH SPIRITS-ENGLISH MARKETS.

PROM THZ GLASGOW CoURIZR.
We are able to lay before our Readers a correct ac-
count of the demur that has arisen to prevent the free
introduction of British Spirits into the English mar-
ket. It proceeds from the Distillers putting one
construction-on the Act, and we think the right one,
and the General Board of Excise another. The °lett
is to guard against the chance of the Scotch distiller,
who gets a drawback of 2s. per gallon on malt spirits
in Scotland, from mixing these with grain spisitsrand
then sending the mixed spirits to EnglAnd, Zthe
the distiller obtains no drawback on malt spirits.. 1p is
satisfactory, however, to state, that the objection .was
not suffered to extend to, or interfere with, the grain
and malt spirits sea to Entlrird, and bonded during
the last quarter ; but the construction put upon the Act,
and the order issued by the B lard of Excise; in conse-
quence, has paralyzed the tra2e, and prevented thedis-
tillers, for the moment, from forwarding any more spi.
tits to England, till the difficulty is cleared up, and
removed, which it is expected will son be. The dis-
tiller conceives that, by the Act, he may clear out spi-
rits for the English mrrket from his warehouse, pro-
viding he has only the kind of spirits, malt or grain,
which he clears.out at the time, on his hands. The
Excise think differently. The following is the clause
of the Act on which the diffe:ence of opinion rests, and
'to it we annex the substance of the instructions issued
by the Excise on the subject :
" XCI X. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no
spirits which shall be or shall have been made or distilled in Scot.
I Ind or Ireland respectively, from umnalted corn or grain, mixed
or unmixed with malt, shall be taken out of any warehouse, store,
or place, for removal to England, unless such Spirits were made
and warehoused by some distiller. having, at the time when Such
spirits were so made and warehoused, no Spirits made from
malt only, or on which any allowance shall be or shall have been
made in respect of the duty on such malt in his or her stock or
possession, or in such warehouse, and which shall be so certified
by the proper officer at the time of warehousing, and also at the de-
livery thereof."

SUBSTANCE OF A GENERAL ORDER.
" ft appearing that, in some eases, the 99th section of the ith
George IV. cap. SO, has been construed to authorise Spirits made
from unmalted corn and grain, either to be deposited in duty.free
warehouses, or to be sent to England at * time when tht distiller
to whom they belonged had spirits made from malt only, on which
the allowance of the malt drawback bad been allowed in some
other duty-free warehouse;
" The Commissioners direct you to take notice, and apprize the
several Supervisors and Officers in your collection, for the insane-
diate information and guidance of themselves and the distillers
therein, that such construction is considered contrary to the mean-
ing and intention of the said clause, and, therefore, care is to be
taken that no spirits made from unmalted corn be taken out of may
warehouse, or removed to England, unless it can be certified by
the officer that neither at the time when such spirits were made
and warehoused, nor at the time of application for delivery thereof,
the distiller had any spirits made front malt only, or on which any
allowance may be, or may have been made, in respect of such malt
in his stock or possession, whether in any duty-free warehouse or
otherwise."

We are requested to state that the Memoirs of the
MAIICSAIIINg of ANSPACM, the publication of which has been so
long delayed, will be ready for delivery by the various Booksellers,
on Monday morning.
A poor half-famished female, found sitting on a
dwarf wall, in Portland-place, this morning, barelegged and shoe-
less, was happily relieved by the kind band of Alderman Bausoss ,
while two females in ladylike dresses, passed by with the coldest
indifference.

The success of Drury-Lane Theatre, during the last
three weeks, has bees so great as to present a fair prospect, at no
very distant period, of removing the difficulties under which th
lessee labours.

e Tempest was played last night at Covent-Garden
Theatre. Walton delivered the part of Prospero with judgment
wad effect, and the other characters were ably sustained by the
usual
.performers.
The entertainm-nts at the Olympic Theatre, which
has been long a favourite amongst the Minor Houses, are of a de-
scription to merit extended patronage.
The River is so completely choked up with ice, that
tle fishing boats, with fish, date not come higher up the
river than Limehouse. Ftom thence the fi.h for the
supply of tillingsg Ate maiket were cony, yed by land
CArli ige. Putney-bridge arches are completely choked
up with ice, formed by the ebbing and fiJwing of the
tide, to a gie .t lieig!it.