Mercurii, 17 die Martii, 1830:
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Question, by leaving out from the word "That" to the end of
the Question, in order to add the words "a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the extent and
causes of the National Distress, and whether any and
what Remedies can be applied," instead thereof.
And the Question being proposed, That the words
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question:-And
a Debate arising in the House thereupon;
Ordered, That the debate be adjourned till To-morrow.
Indemnity Bill, ordered.
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have
omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the time limited for those purposes respectively; and to permit such Persons in Great
Britain as have omitted to make and file Affidavits of the
execution of Indentures of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors, to make and file the same, and to allow Persons to
make and file such Affidavits, although the Persons whom
they served shall have neglected to take out their Annual
Certificates: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Sir Alexander Grant do prepare, and bring it in.
Report on Excise Duties Acts.
Lord Viscount Lowther, by Order, reported from the
Committee of the whole House, to whom it was referred to
consider of the several Acts to repeal the Duties payable in respect of Spirits distilled in England, and of
Licenses for distilling, rectifying or compounding such
Spirits, and for the Sale of Spirits, and to impose other
Duties in lieu thereof, and to provide other Regulations
for the Collection of the said Duties, and for the Sale
of Spirits, and for the Warehousing of such Spirits
without Payment of Duty for Exportation; for providing
equivalent Rates of Excise Duties, Allowances and Drawbacks on Beer and Malt, and on Spirits made in Scotland or Ireland, according to the Measure of the new
Imperial Standard Gallon; to repeal the additional Duties
and Drawbacks on Leather granted and allowed by two
Acts of his late Majesty, and to grant other Drawbacks
in lieu thereof, and to secure the Duties on Leather; and
to assimilate the Duties and Drawbacks on Hides, Skins,
Leather, Parchment, Paper and Paper Hangings manufactured in Ireland to the Duties and Drawbacks payable
on the like Articles in Great Britain, and to equalize the
Measures and Weights whereby the Duties of Excise and
Customs shall be payable throughout the United Kingdom, the Resolutions which they had directed to be reported to the House; and the same were read, and agreed
to by the House; and are as followeth;
1. Resolved, That, from the 15th day of March 1830,
there shall be raised, levied, and collected and paid for
and upon every Gallon of Spirits which shall be distilled
in England, or which shall on or after that day be found
in the Stock or possession of any Distiller in England, or
which shall be brought from Scotland or Ireland into England, an additional Duty of One shilling.
2. Resolved, That, from and after the 15th day of March
1830, there shall be raised, levied, paid and collected
upon every Gallon of Spirits which shall be distilled in
Scotland or Ireland, or shall on or after that day be found
in the Stock or possession of any Distiller, or which
shall be taken out of Warehouse for consumption in
Scotland or Ireland respectively, an additional Duty of
Two-pence.
3. Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of July
1830, all Duties of Excise on Leather shall cease and
determine.
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the First
and Second of the said Resolutions: And that Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr.
Dawson do prepare, and bring it in.
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last of the
said Resolutions: And that the same Gentlemen do prepare, and bring it in.
Ardglass: Harbour Bill, passed.
The other Order of the day being read;
The ingrossed Bill to enable the Commissioners of the
Harbour of Ardglass, in the County of Down, to make
Contracts for Works, and to borrow Money for the Improvement of the said Harbour, was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass.
Ordered, That Sir Alexander Grant do carry the Bill
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence.
And then the House, having continued to sit till near
one of the clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned
till this day.
Mercurii, 17 die Martii; Anno 11 Georgii IV ti Regis, 1830.
PRAYERS.
Return of Law Suits in Wales, presented. No. 152.
THE House being informed that Mr. Dax, Deputy
Clerk of the Pleas of the Court of Exchequer, attended at the door, he was called in; and at the bar
presented to the House, pursuant to their Order,-A Return of all Suits commenced in the Court of Exchequer
at Westminster, during the years 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828
and 1829, wherein the venue was laid in some County
in Wales:-And then he withdrew.
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the Table;
and be printed.
Congleton and Buxton Road Bill, passed.
An ingrossed Bill for repairing, amending and maintaining the Road from Congleton, in the County of Chester, to
a Branch of the Leek Turnpike Road, at Thatchmarsh
Bottom, in the Parish of Hartington, in the County of
Derby, and from the Lowe to the Havannah Mills, in the
said County of Chester, was read the third time; and
several Amendments were made to the Bill.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass.
Ordered, That Mr. Egerton do carry the Bill to the
Lords, and desire their concurrence.
Whaddon and Nash Inclosure Bill, committed.
A Bill for inclosing and exonerating from Tithes, Lands
in the Parish of Whaddon, including the Hamlet of Nash,
in the County of Buckingham, was read a second time;
and committed to the Marquis of Chandos, &c.: And they
are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber.
Hockliffe Road Bill, committed.
A Bill for more effectually repairing and maintaining
the Road between Hockliffe, in the County of Bedford,
and Stoney Stratford, in the County of Buckingham, was
read a second time; and committed to the Marquis of
Chandos, &c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in
the Speaker's Chamber.
Member added to a Committee.
Ordered, That Lord John Russell be added to the Committee on the Bill for the better Regulation of the Affairs
of the joint Parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint
George Bloomsbury, in the County of Middlesex, and of
the separate Parishes of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint
George Bloomsbury, in the same County.
Wareham Road Bill, committed.
A Bill for more effectually repairing and improving
several Roads leading from the Market Cross, in the Town
of Wareham, and in Purbeck, in the County of Dorset,
and for making another Road communicating therewith,
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. Portman,
&c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the
Speaker's Chamber.
Petition against Chard Roads Bill.
A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and borough of
Chard, in the county of Somerset, was presented, and
read; taking notice of the Bill for amending an Act of
the last Session, intituled, "An Act for more effectually
repairing and improving several Roads which lead to and
through the Town and Borough of Chard, in the County
of Somerset, and for making and maintaining a new Road
from Chard to Drempton, in the County of Dorset;" and
for making and maintaining other Roads communicating
with the said Roads, in the Counties of Somerset, Devon
and Dorset; and praying, That they may be heard by
themselves, their counsel or agents against certain parts
thereof.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Petition against Breconshire Roads Bill.
A Petition of Edward Frere, of Clydach Iron Works, in
the parish of Llanelly, and county of Brecon, Ironmaster,
was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for
more effectually repairing and improving several Roads
in the Counties of Brecon, Radnor and Glamorgan, and
for making and maintaining several new Branches of Road
to communicate therewith; and praying, That the same
may not pass into a law.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Petition in favour of Leeds and Selby Railway Bill.
A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Bankers, Traders and
other Inhabitants of the town and liberties of Beverley, in
the east riding of the county of York, was presented, and
read; taking notice of the Bill for making a Railway from
the Town of Leeds to the River Ouse, within the Parish
of Selby, in the West Riding of the County of York; and
praying, That the same may pass into a law.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Petition for Leave for Little Bolton Improvement, reported.
Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the Petition of Trustees for executing the Act (so far as the same
relates to the town of Little Bolton, in the county palatine
of Lancaster), for inclosing, dividing and allotting a certain common or waste ground, called Bolton Moor, and
other the commons and waste grounds within the township of Great Bolton, in the county palatine of Lancaster;
and for widening, paving, lighting, watching, cleansing
and regulating the streets, lanes, passages and places
within the towns of Great Bolton and Little Bolton, and
for supplying the said towns with water, and for providing
fire-engines and firemen, and for removing and preventing
nuisances, encroachments and annoyances, and for licensing and regulating hackney coaches and chairs, within the
said towns, for leave to present a Petition; That they
had examined the matter thereof; and the Report was
brought up, and read.
Leave given;
Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, as
desired.
Petition presented.
A Petition of the said several persons was accordingly
presented, and read; containing the same allegations as
their former Petition; and praying, That leave may be
given to bring in a Bill for more effectually cleansing,
lighting, watching, regulating and improving the Town
of Little Bolton, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to a Committee:-And it is referred to Lord Stanley, &c.: And they
are to meet To-morrow, in the Speaker's Chamber; and
have Power to send for persons papers and records.
Petition against Limerick and Charleville Road Bill.
A Petition of Thomas Flanagan, Gentleman, agent to
certain Landholders along the road from Newcastle, in
the county of Limerick, to the city of Limerick, was presented, and read; taking notice of the Bill for improving
and repairing the Road leading from Newcastle, in the
County of Limerick, to the City of Limerick, and from
thence to Charleville, in the County of Cork; and praying, That the same may not pass into a law.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Limerick and Charleville Road Bill, committed.
A Bill for improving and repairing the Road leading
from Newcastle, in the county of Limerick, to the City of
Limerick, and from thence to Charleville, in the County
of Cork, was read a second time; and committed to
Mr. Spring Rice, &c.: And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber.
Brunswick Square (Brighton) Improvement Bill, passed.
An ingrossed Bill for paving, lighting, watching,
cleansing and otherwise improving Brunswick Square and
Brunswick Terrace, and certain Streets and other Public
Places upon certain Grounds, late part of a Farm called
the Wick Farm, in the Parish of Hove, in the County of
Sussex, was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass.
Ordered, That Mr. Burrell do carry the Bill to the
Lords, and desire their concurrence.
New Chappel and Brighton Road Bill, passed.
An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing and
maintaining the Road from New Chappel, in the County
of Surrey, to Ditcheling Bost Hills, in the County of
Sussex, and from thence to the Town of Brighthelmston,
in the same County; and also for making and maintaining a Branch of Road from the Town of Ditcheling to
Clayton, in the County of Sussex, was read the third time.
Resolved, That the Bill do pass.
Ordered, That Mr. Burrell do carry the Bill to the
Lords, and desire their concurrence.
Wistow Inclosure Bill, committed.
A Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Wistow, in
the County of Huntingdon, and for extinguishing the
Tithes in the said Parish, was read a second time; and
committed to Mr. John Calvert, &c.: And they are to
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber.
Petitions in favour of Broomielaw (Glasgow) Railway and Tunnel Bill.
A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Common Council of the city of Glasgow;-of Magistrates and
Council of the burgh of barony of Greenock, assembled
in Council;-of the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures, established by royal charter in
the city of Glasgow;-of the Provost, Magistrates and
Town Council of the burgh of Airdrie, in Common
Council assembled;-of Proprietors of Steam-boats navigating the River Clyde;-and, of Merchants, Manufacturers or Burgesses in Glasgow,-were presented, and read;
taking notice of the Bill for making a Railway and Tunnel
from the Broomielaw Harbour of Glasgow, to communicate with the Canals and Railways passing by, or terminating at, the higher Levels towards the North and Northeast of the said City of Glasgow; and praying, That the
same may pass into a law.
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the
Table.
Forth and Clyde Junction Canal Road Bill, committed.
A Bill for making and maintaining a Road from the Cut
of Junction of the Forth and Clyde Navigation with the
Monkland Canal, to the Road leading from Port Dundas
to the Garscube Road, in the County of Lanark, was
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Downie, &c.:
And they are to meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's
Chamber.
Petitions against Renewal of East India Charter.
A Petition of the High Bailiff and Inhabitants of the
borough of Kidderminster;-of Merchants, Manufacturers
and other Inhabitants of the borough of Wigan, and of the
immediate neighbourhood thereof;-and, of the Provost,
Magistrates, Town Council and Deacons of Incorporations
of the royal burgh of Lanark,-were presented, and read;
praying, That at the earliest period allowed by law, such
measures may be adopted as shall secure to all His Majesty's subjects in the United Kingdom a Free Trade to
all the countries situated to the eastward of the Cape of
Good Hope, and the liberty of proceeding to and residing in these countries, under such regulations as to the
House may seem proper and consistent with the good
government, tranquillity and safety of the British Possessions in the East Indies.
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to
the Select Committee on East India Company's Affairs.
Petitions for mitigating the severity of the Criminal Law.
A Petition of Inhabitants of Colchester and its vicinity;-of the town and county of Poole;-of Plymouth
and its vicinity;-of the town and neighbourhood of
Kingston-upon-Hull;-of the Borough Bailiff and other
Inhabitants of the Borough of Malton;-and, of Magistrates, Clergy, Merchants, Bankers, and other Inhabitants
of the city of Norwich and its environs,-were presented,
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners wish to call
the attention of the House to the existing Penal Code of
this country, which has long been distinguished for its
severity, and affixes the punishment of death in a marked
degree to crimes against property; the Petitioners wish
especially to call the attention of the House to the infliction of the punishment of death for forgery; and praying the House to take this important subject under their
deliberate consideration, and to adopt such measures as
will promote the great interests of society, as well as the
honour and welfare of this enlightened nation.
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the
Table; and, except the first, to be printed.
Petitions for revision of Laws relating to Vagrants.
A Petition of the High Sheriff and the Justices of the
Peace of the county of Bedford, and of the Grand Jury
of the said county, assembled at the Assizes, held at Bedford, for the county of Bedford, on the 6th day of March
1830;-and, of the High Sheriff and the Grand Jury for
the county of Stafford,-were presented, and read; praying the House to revise the Laws now in force with
respect to Paupers of Ireland, Scotland, Jersey and Guernsey, resident in England, and to leave such paupers to
the ordinary operation of the laws of settlement, or to
assimilate the treatment of vagrants from those counties
to that exercised towards English vagrants, or if it should
be thought inconsistent with a benevolent policy to make
such a provision, until there shall be a system of Poor
Laws in those places similar to that now in force in England, that the expense incurred by the removal or passing
of such paupers through the English counties, be not
borne exclusively by the inhabitants of those counties,
but that they may be reimbursed from the general Revenues of the United Kingdom, or by those portions of
the Empire, to which such paupers or vagrants do respectively belong.
And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred to
the Select Committee on the state of the Poor in Ireland.
Petition to be printed.
Ordered, That the Petition of Inhabitant Householders
assessed to the Poor Rates of and within the parish of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Borough of Devizes, in the
county of Wilts, for assessing to the Poor Rates houses let
at rents not exceeding 15 l. per annum, which was yesterday presented to the House, be printed.
Petitions for repeal of Malt and Beer Duties.
A Petition of Gentry, Clergy, Yeomanry, Tenantry,
Tradesmen and Labourers of the several parishes of
Baginton, Bubbenhall, Ryton and Stretton-on-Dunsmore,
Princethorpe, Woolston, Brandon and Bretford, in the
county of Warwick;-of Inhabitants of Thornham and
Deptling, in the county of Kent;-of Saint Ebbe, in the
city of Oxford;-and, of the Hundred of Launditch, in
the county of Norfolk,-were presented, and read; praying for a total repeal of the Duties on Malt and Beer.
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the
Table; and, except the first, to be printed.
Petitions complaining of Distress.
A Petition of the Gentry, Clergy, Merchants, Bankers,
Ship-owners, Agriculturists and others of Kingston-uponHull and neighbourhood;-of the Lords, Deputy Lords,
Bailiff and Jurats of the level of Romney Marsh, in the
county of Kent;-and, of Gentry, Clergy, Yeomanry,
Tenantry, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of the market-town
of Stockbridge and its neighbourhood, in the county of
Hants,-were presented, and read; praying, That the
House will be pleased instantly to inquire into the causes
of the present universal distress, and grant such relief as
its importance demands.
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the
Table; and to be printed.
Petitions for repeal of Tax on Cider.
A Petition of the Inhabitants of Chard and its vicinity;-and, of Ilminster and its vicinity,-were presented,
and read; praying, That the House will forthwith take
such measures as to them may seem meet for the repeal
of the Tax on Cider.
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the
Table.
Ireland-Accounts, ordered: Coals. Spirits.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Account of the amount of Duty on Coals received in Ireland
during each of the last ten years.
Spirits.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Account of the number of Gallons of Spirits which paid
Duty in Ireland during each of the last ten years.
Petitions respecting Labourers Wages.
A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Sheepshead, in
the county of Leicester;-of Inhabitants, Ironmasters, Coalmasters, Nailfactors, Manufacturers, Retail Traders and
Shopkeepers residing and carrying on business in the parish and neighbourhood of West Bromwich, in the county
of Stafford;-of Merchants, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of the parish of Wednesbury, in the county of
Stafford and its neighbourhood;-of Shopkeepers, Workmen and Inhabitants of the town of Wednesbury and its
neighbourhood;-of Inhabitants of the parish of Kingswinford, in the county of Stafford;-of King Stanly and its
vicinity, in the county of Gloucester;-of Workmen and
Labourers of the town of Burslem, in the Staffordshire
Potteries and its vicinity;-of Magistrates, Ironmasters,
Coalmasters, Nailmasters and Manufacturers residing and
carrying on business in the town and neighbourhood of
Dudley, in the counties of Worcester and Stafford;-of
Workmen and Labourers of the town and parish of Dudley,
in the county of Worcester;-of Nailmasters, Manufacturers,
Retail Tradesmen and Shopkeepers, Workmen and Labourers in the town and neighbourhood of Hales Owen,
in the counties of Salop and Worcester;-of Magistrates
acting in and for the county of Stafford;-of Members of
the Society of Mechanics who have improved or invented
the machinery used in the hosiery and lace manufactures,
in behalf of themselves and others employed in the said
manufactures in the town and neighbourhood of Nottingham;-and, of John Livesey, Chairman of a meeting of the
Inhabitants of the townships of Great and Little Bolton,
in the county of Lancaster and boroughreeve of Little
Bolton,-were presented, and read; complaining of the
practice of masters paying the wages of their workmen in
goods instead of money; and praying the House to adopt
such measures for the speedy and effectual suppression of
this injurious system as to them shall seem meet.
And the said Petitions were ordered to lie upon the
Table; and that the two last be printed.
Petition respecting Game Laws.
A Petition of John Jepson, of the town of Nottingham,
was presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioner has been for many years a Licensed Victualler in
the town of Nottingham, and that he has been convicted
in the penalty of 20l. for game left with him in January
last; stating the particulars of his case; and praying, That
the House would be pleased to take the same into their
serious consideration, and afford him that remedy which
they may see fit, and at the same time to revise those
laws by which an honest industrious man is placed in
peril from the unprincipled, and his ruin effected, though
perfectly innocent of crime.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Petition for inserting a Clause in the Indemnity Bill.
A Petition of Walter Willett Harries, of Milford, South
Wales, was presented, and read; setting forth, That in
January 1821, the Petitioner was articled to Mr. Thomas
Peregrine, of the town of Milford, Notary Public, and
duly served the required period of seven years, to enable
him to act in the same profession; but Mr. Peregrine having been admitted a Notary forty years ago, long before
the passing of the Act requiring the registry of indentures in the proper Court, within three months from the
execution of the same, both he and the Petitioner were
entirely ignorant that such an Act had passed the House,
and consequently the Petitioner omitted to register his
indentures; and praying, That the House will take his
case into their consideration, and relieve him by permitting the insertion of a clause in the Annual Indemnity
Act.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Returns to be printed No. 153.
Ordered, That the Returns of Suits commenced in the
Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas at Westminster, wherein the venue was laid in Wales. which were
yesterday presented to the House, be printed.
Order for Return, discharged.
The House was moved, That the Order made upon the
3d day of this instant March, That there be laid before
this House, a Return of all Issues in Suits commenced in
the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer at Westminster, during the years 1825, 1826, 1827,
1828 and 1829, in which the venue was laid in any county
in Wales, and sent down for Trial at the Assizes at Hereford and Shrewsbury, during those years, might be read;
and the same being read;
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged.
Address respecting Law Suits in Wales.
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to
His Majesty, that He will be graciously pleased to give
directions, that there be laid before this House, a Return
of all Suits in the several Common Law Courts of Westminster, wherein the venue was laid in Wales, and which
were sent down for Trial at Shrewsbury or Hereford,
within the last ten years.
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His
Majesty, by such Members of this House as are of His
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council.
Smugglers Families Maintenance Bill, deferred.
Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the third reading of the ingrossed Bill for the relief of Parishes from
the Expenses of maintaining the Wives and Families of
Men convicted under the Laws for the prevention of
Smuggling, and sentenced to serve His Majesty in His
Naval Service, be now read; and the same being read;
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon
Friday next.
Petition against extension of Licenses in the Beer Trade.
A Petition of Licensed Victuallers resident within the
borough of Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester, was
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners
are loyal subjects of this realm, cheerfully submitting to
the laws, and contributing to the support of the State,
and exemplary for correct and orderly conduct in their
business; that the Petitioners cannot view with indifference the measure at present contemplated by Parliament
to extend the license to sell beer to private individuals
and shops, as the same will, in the apprehension of the
Petitioners, be exceedingly injurious to them, as well as to
the body of Victuallers at large, and be attended with no
advantage to the revenue or to the public; and praying,
That the House will not allow the above proposed measure
to pass into a law.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select
Committee on the Sale of Beer.
Petition against Reduction of Duties on Malt.
A Petition of James Rice Williams, of Lee, in the county
of Kent, Esquire, was presented, and read; setting forth,
That it is now some time since the lower classes, of all
descriptions, of both sexes, and of all ages in that neighbourhood, in London as well as throughout England and
Wales, have adopted the dreadful custom of drinking
spirits to such a degree as to promote the greatest excess
of drunkenness, and therefore criminality as well as pauperism of the country; as inquiry will satisfy the House far
better than the Petitioner can do, what has been that
excess, he will not presume here to speak to its amount,
but he will boldly venture to declare, that unless an essential remedy be found for these tremendous evils, all other
attempts at improvement will be vain; nothing indeed
can appear to him to be likely to prove more fruitless than
a taking off the duty from malt liquors, if these evils are
suffered to remain, since a complete reduction would not
lessen the attachment now formed to ardent spirits; and
praying the House to take these matters into serious consideration, and refer them to any Committee already appointed, or to be appointed, to make inquiry into what he
now takes the liberty to submit to its consideration.
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the Select
Committee on the Sale of Beer.
Petition com. plaining of Surveyors of Assessed Taxes.
A Petition of Giles Hoad, of Fareham, in the county
of Southampton, Inn Keeper, was presented, and read; complaining of the powers given to Surveyors of Assessed
Taxes; stating the particulars of his case, and praying the
House to take the same into consideration, and to adopt
such measures as will in future protect the Petitioner
and all others in the same line of business from the consequences of charges made by the caprice of Surveyors at
a time of such unparalleled distress.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Petition for equalizing Duties on Beer and Spirits (Scotland.)
A Petition of Brewers of Edinburgh and its vicinity,
was presented, and read; setting forth, That since the
year 1823, the consumption of malt liquors has greatly
fallen off in Scotland; that the reasons which have generally been assigned to account for the diminished use of
malt liquors do not apply to that part of the United Kingdom; that the sale of malt liquors in Scotland has been
and is perfectly free, so that the restrictive system of
licenses does not operate there; that the quality of
Scotch ale, so far from having become inferior, has within
these few years past been greatly improved; that the
real cause of the diminished consumption of malt liquors
in Scotland is the low rate of duty now charged on
whisky, and the consequent inducement presented to
the people to consume it in preference to malt liquors,
the duties on which have not been abated; and praying the House to raise the duties payable on whisky in
Scotland, or to grant an abatement of the duties on beer
in proportion to the reduction of duty on whisky, if such
shall be continued, or to do otherwise, as to the House
may seem meet.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table;
and be printed.
Accounts, ordered: Fire Insurances.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Account of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office for Duty on
Insurance from Fire in London and the Country, for the
quarters ending severally on 25th March, 24th June, 29th
September, and 25th December 1829; distinguishing the
amount of the Allowance made to each Office for collecting the same, severally, of £.4 and £.5 per cent., and by
what Offices or Persons such Sums have been paid,
together with the Dates of such Payments.
Marine Policies.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Account of the Sums received by the Commissioners of
Stamps during the last six years, ending 5th January,
for Stamps on Marine Policies; distinguishing what
Sums were received on Policies effected in London.
Power to Committee on Northern Roads.
Ordered, That the Select Committee on Northern Roads
have power to report their Observations, together with
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, to the
House.
Account of Corn Averages, presented. No. 154.
Mr. Courtenay presented to the House, pursuant to their
Order,-An Account of the Average Prices of Corn per
quarter in England and Wales for ten years, ending December 1829, in periods of five years, and showing the
price of each year.
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the Table;
and be printed.
Petition for abolishing practice of burning Hindoo Widows.
A Petition of Inhabitants of Alcester and its vicinity,
was presented, and read; praying the House to adopt such
further measures as may effectually secure the abolition
of the practice in India of burning widows on the funeral
piles of their husbands.
Ordered, That the said Petition do lie upon the Table.
Motion respecting Labourers Wages.
A Motion was made, and the Question was proposed,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend and
render more effectual the Laws prohibiting the Payment of
Wages otherwise than in Money:-And a Debate arising
in the House thereupon;
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To-morrow.
Game Bill, deferred.
The Order of the day being read, for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, upon
the Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws in England
relative to Game, and to authorize the Sale of Game;
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, resolve itself into the said Committee.
The Lords have agreed to Horsham and Guildford Road Bill.
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Cox and Mr. Stephen:
Mr. Speaker,
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act
for more effectually repairing and improving the Road
from Horsham to the Road leading to Guildford at Alford
Cross Ways, with two Branches therefrom, and for
making and maintaining a new Branch of Road to communicate therewith, all in the Counties of Sussex and
Surrey, without any Amendment: And also,
The Lords have passed Lord Ellenborough's Divorce Bill.
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of the Right honourable Edward Baron
Ellenborough with the Right honourable Jane Elizabeth
Baroness Ellenborough his now wife, and to enable him
to marry again, and for other purposes therein mentioned,
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House:
-And then the Messengers withdrew.
Galway Franchise Bill, committed.
Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the second reading of the Bill to repeal so much of an Act passed in Ireland, in the fourth year of the reign of King George the
First, for the better regulating the Town of Galway, and
for strengthening the Protestant interest therein, as limits
the Franchise created by the said Act to Protestants only,
be now read; and the same being read:-The Bill was
read a second time; and committed to a Committee of
the whole House for To-morrow.
Illusory Appointments Bill, deferred.
The Order of the day being read, for the third reading
of the ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Law relating
to Illusory Appointments;
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time Tomorrow.
Supply deferred.
The Order of the day being read, for the House to
resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to
consider further of the Supply granted to His Majesty;
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, resolve itself into the said Committee.
Ways and Means, deferred.
The Order of the day being read, for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, to consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply
granted to His Majesty;
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, resolve itself into the said Committee.
Bath Hospital Bill, committed.
A Bill for altering and amending an Act passed in the
twelfth year of the reign of his Majesty King George
the Second, for establishing and well-governing an Hospital or Infirmary in the City of Bath, and for constructing
Baths therein, and supplying the same with Water from
the Hot Baths in the said City, was read a second time;
and committed to Mr. Dickinson, &c.: And they are to
meet this Afternoon, in the Speaker's Chamber.
Return of Passengers by the Liverpool Packets, ordered.
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Return of the Number of Passengers to and from Ireland by
the Liverpool Government Packets, in the year 1810, and
in each year to 1829; distinguishing the Deck and Cabin
Passengers.
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow.