The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-20 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TmussoAT, Arab 19.

ROYAL ASSENT.

At half-past three o'clock, the Mauves% of CHOI.-
MON DELCV, the LORD CHANCELLOR, and the Earl of
SnAuresnuay. appeared as hil4 Majesty's Commis-
sioners, and gave the Royal Assent to the tker Duties
the Innkeepers' Rates Bill, the Irish Law of
Treason Amendment Bill, and to i great number of
Road and Inclo,ure Bills.

Mr. llyt.tork, frotn the Treasury, presented an ac-
count of the Duty un the importation of I liar*, iota of
the afl,litions wade to the National Debt during the
last 10 years.--Laid on the table.
The London Institution Itegaition, and the South
London Gas Companies Incorporation Bilk, were
hronglit up from the Commons by Mr. Psi r, Mr.
31.iwt IN. and others, and read a first time.
The Douse then adjnui tied till Tuesday, the Ist
of May.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tmcitspkv, Aram 19.

The SPEAK FR Walt 4111111141 MM to the linnse of reefS.
011 his return he stated the liut•ai Assent to have
been given I►y Commission to certain Itiils (for which

see the Lords.)
Mr. H. SUMNER postpiried hi• motion respecting
the Itreliati's Fund till :Ifter the holidays.
This being the lit day of receiving Private Bills,
a ronsiderable number were bronglit up and received.
The Kensington. Hanevnersmith, Owl Iteeatfore,
H.e. LiOlt Bill. were read a third time and passed.
Lord AM I LTON postponed the motion of
lie hail given notice.ou the sohjert of Scotch
flepre,entation, Com the Ist till the 10th of May.
STEAM -ENUINES.
Mr. M.. 1. TAYLOR brought in a Bill for rev-
iati;ig ;lie Ilse of Fernaces and their Bngines.—litad
a first and ordered to be read a second time on Mon-
day se'nnight.
Mr. IIARBORD brought in a Bill to alter the Act
Affirm,' the Third. respecting the making an.l sale
of Bread.—Read a first and ordered to be read a se.
tonal time that day fortnight. and to he prin•ed.
ILLICIT DIRTILLATION IN IREIAND—PETITION

OF Tlll PARISI! OF CUI4)AFF.

General HART begged leave to remind the Hott)e,
that he bad' lately presented a Petition from the
t7onnt:- which be represented, relative to the injns'ice
and Ipppressiens which they are compelled to endure
tinier the presentftystem of distillery laws in Ireland.
hi the beginning of the present week, he presented
sia.• from the parish of Dossagh, in that comity, and
Ise now offered one from the parish of Cultist); a
parish which had suffered as twirls as any other in
Ireland nailer the severities authorised by those laws.
That the Earise Officers, u.aler the pretence of levying
lines on parishes or townlatols fir the &fences of in-
vlivisluals, seised what property ;hey pleased, and sold
it for what sent they thought proper. That the Peti-
tioners had lost the best part of their properly, and
many of them had been driven to destitution. The
(louse would observe that when the goods were seised
they were not sold by auction and the residue nom-net!
to the proprietors. On the contrary, they were in
many instances disposed of by means unknown to the
proprietors, from whom all accounts have been with-
held, nor can any information be obtained on Ow soh-
jert though it had been callei for by the Honsts. Nut.
withstanding the sniferings of the Petitioners, their
demand was modest anl reasonable, being only to ob-
tain the account of their proper:y, and to be permitted
to distil in a legal manner. On the necessity of
licensing small stills in Ireland he would speak
wish
confidence, as the pres.-nt laws prohibit all persons
except those of very large capital, front distilling
spirits. in consequence of which, and the wan: of
markets for grain, the peasantry are impelled to eons-
mit breaches of Ete Excise Laws; and this practice
is not now, as formerly, confined to the mountainms
districts, bat is ext:.n.litig itself to the most of the
counties of Ireland. Ole measure of licensing small
stills in Scotland lia3 b. en tried in those parts of that
country which were ad hoed to illicit distillation :
and on the.. first year in which it was tiled, vit. between
the years !! I 5 and 1!t Hi, it increased the Revenue
considerably. The llonourable \le:litter lamented
that lrclanil had not the advantage of each c
:ion and policy as had been shown toward.; S.totiatill, but
ilia!, on the contrary, the principle of raising the Irish
Itevenne was that /4 ft). I:A., 1111/11.01 it 1114.11 i it/ he evi-
dent that force never caa cha•sge the inveterate !whits of
411 entire pc.•ple. The House, he said, had born
weir occupied in the oliseus,iois of two -oast hurt,
tantmeasuees, tat:m:ie Emancipation and Parliament-
,r 'Reform and the oszle much had been said on the
conciliAory temkney of anise measures, y t be could
asburc Ihmse. that wore real L spisinwss and coo-