HC Deb 16 March 1831 vol 3 cc481-2

Bills. The Sugar Duties, read a first time. The Waterloo Bridge New Street, read a second time. The Canada Lands, and Canada Revenues, read a third time.

On the Motion of Sir J. NEWPORT, the Nineteenth Report of the Commissioners of Judicial Inquiry in Ireland, on the subject of the Prerogative Court there, was referred to a Select Committee, and the Committee appointed.

Returns ordered. On the Motion of Mr. GUEST, the Population, according to the census of 1821, of each County in England and Wales; shewing against each County the annual value of real property and of income, respectively, upon which the Property-tax in 1815 was assessed:—On the Motion of Mr. Alderman WOOD, the Duty charged on Hops grown in the United Kingdom in 1830; distinguishing the old and the new duty, the several districts, and the amount of duty charged in each district respectively; the total number of statute acres of Land in the United Kingdom, under the cultivation of Hops in the year 1850; distinguishing the number of acres in each parish, and in each collection; the quantity of Hops exported from the United Kingdom to foreign parts, in the year ending 5th January, 1831; distinguishing the countries to which the said Hops have been exported; also, British from foreign growths, and the quantities to each country respectively, and the date of the year in which the said British Hops were grown; also, an account of the quantity of Hops imported into the United Kingdom from foreign parts, to the same period, and distinguishing the countries from which the said Hops have been imported, and quantities respectively; the total number of barrels of Beer exported from England and Scotland to Ireland, and from Ireland to England and Scotland; distinguishing the number of barrels so exported to each kingdom, from 5th January, 1830, to 10th October, 1830; the total number of barrels of Beer exported from England, Ireland, and Scotland, to foreign countries; distinguishing the said countries, and the quantities to each country respectively; and also, each Kingdom from which the said Beer was exported, with the amount of Drawback paid thereon, from 5th January, 1850, to 5th January, 1851; the quantity of all the different sorts of Beer made in Great Britain, from 5th January, 1830, to 10th October, 1830, stated in barrels, the rates of Duty per barrel, and the total amount thereof; the number of barrels of strong, table, and intermediate Beer, chargeable to the Duties of Excise, brewed in Great Britain, from 5th January, 1830, to 10th October, 1830; distinguishing the number of barrels brewed within the limits of the chief office, and within each of the several collections, particularizing the quantity brewed by public brewers, licensed victuallers, intermediate brewers, and retail brewers in each, collection, and shewing the quantity of Malt used in each collection in making such Beer; also, the number of Brewers, Retail Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, and Intermediate Brewers, in Great Britain; distinguishing the number of each, within the limits of the chief office of Excise, and in each of the several collections, and setting forth the number of Licensed victuallers who -brew their own Beer, from 5th January, 1850, to 10th October, 1830; the number of Brewers, Licensed Victuallers, and persons licensed under the Act "to permit the general Sale of Beer by retail" in the United Kingdom; distinguishing the number of each within the limits of the chief office of Excise, and in each of the several collections, and setting forth the number of licensed victuallers, and of persons licensed to sell Beer by retail, who brew their own Beer, and shewing the total quantity of Malt used for the brewing of Beer by such parties respectively, and particularizing the quantities used by brewers, licensed victuallers, and persons licensed to sell Beer by retail, in each collection, from 10th October, 1830, to 5th January, 1831; also, the total number of gallons of proof Spirits of the manufacture or distillation of the United Kingdom, that paid Duty for home consumption, in each kingdom, in each year, from 5th January, 1828, to 5th January, 1831, the rate of Duty per imperial gallon at proof, and the total amount of Duty at that rate for each kingdom, and shewing the total number of imperial proof gallons of such Spirits, and total amount of Duty thereon for the whole United Kingdom, for each of these years; the total number of proof gallons of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and all other foreign spirits that paid Duty in each kingdom, in each year, from 5th January, 1828, to 5th January, 1831; the rate of Duty per imperial gallon at proof, and amount thereof; and total number of gallons of all kinds, and total duty thereon, for each kingdom; and total number of gallons of each kind, and total duty thereon; and total number of gallons of all kinds, and total duty thereon, for the United Kingdom, in each of these years; also, the amount of Duty paid on Wax and Spermaceti Candles, from 5th January, 1850, to 5th January, 1831; the amount of Duty paid on foreign Wax, imported in the last three years; also, the number of Bushels of Malt charged with Duty, and the amount of the Malt Duty, between October and January, 1829, 1830, and 1831, and The whole quantity of Malt made between 5th January, 18.10, and 5th January, 1831.

Petitions presented. In favour of the Ministerial plan of Reform, by Mr. Alderman WOOD, from St. Botolph, Aldgate; Cripplegate Within, Cripplegate Without, Bishops-gate, and Langborne; Wards:— By Mr. C. DUNDAS, from Hungerford and Haddington:— By Mr. O'CONNELL, signed by 5,000 persons, from Drogheda:—By Mr. T. DUNDAS, from the Mayor and Corporation of the City of York:— By Mr. Alderman WAITMAN, from the Livery of London in Common Hall assembled; from the Parish of St. Dunstan; and from the Inhabitants of the Artillery Ground: By Mr. C. TYRRELL, from Stowemarket:—By Mr. STRUTT, from Belper, Swanwick, Dugfield, Holbrook, Heage, and Lea, Derbyshire:—By Lord MORPETH, from Sheffield, signed by 13,000 persons in two days; from Huddersfield, by 7,500; from Leeds; from the Freemen of York, resident in Leeds; from Whitby; from Bradford, Eeeleshill, and Tadeaster: —By Mr. HODGES, from Chatham, Tenterden, Aylesford, and Gouldhurst:—By "Mr. WEBB, from the Mayor and Common Council of Gloucester: — By Lord LOUGHBOROUGH, from Dysart:— By Mr. PAYNE, from Chipping Norton:—By Mr. GUEST, from Merthyr Tydvil. By Mr. Alderman WAITHMNA, for the Repeal of the Coal Duties, from the Ward of Bishopsgate; for a Duty on foreign Cordage, from the Hope-makers of the Port of London; and in favour of the Vestries Bill, from St. Paneras. By Mr. W. PATTEN, from Wigan, against the Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter; also, a Petition from. Warrington, with between 11,000 and 12,000 signatures, in favour of Reform, but requiring the Vote by Ballot. By Mr. CAMPBELL, several from the Hebrides and the Western Islands of Scotland, complaining of severe Distress, and praying against the Removal of the Duty on Foreign Barilla; and from Dunoon, against the proposed Duty on Steam Navigation. For a Reduction of Taxes and a Commutation of Tithes, by Mr. C. TYRRELL, from Benshall:—By Mr. GUEST, from Newcastle (Glamorgan):—By Sir W. GUISE, from Berkeley:—By Sir W. FOULKES, from Middleton and North Walsham. By Lord MORPETH, from the Grand Jury Sessions of Wakefield, praying that the Assizes might be held at that Town; and from Guisborough, in favour of the Local Jurisdiction Bill. For Abolishing the Punishment of Death for Crimes against Property, by Mr. BRISCOE, from Ashford and Charing; and from certain persons confined in the Marshalsea, against the Bill to prevent Debtors defrauding their Creditors. In favour of the Grants to the Kildare street Society, by Mr. Sergeant LEFROY, from Moydow, Roscommon:—By Mr. MAXWELL, from the Clergy, Gentry, and Freeholders of the County of Cavan:—By Mr. SHAW, from the Inhabitants of Donegal, in the County of Donegal. By Mr. O'FERRALL, from Navan, against the Grand Jury Assessment. By Mr. MAXWELL, from the Clergy and Inhabitants of Ballymachugh, Cavan, praying for a General Fast. By Mr. SHAW, from the Shipowners of Dublin, against the new Timber Duties:—By Lord M. W. GRAHAM, from Dumbarton;—By Lord LOUGHBOROUGH, from Kirkaldy: —By Sir G. CLERK, from Shipowners of Leith. For the Repeal of the Union, by Mr. O'CONNELL. from the Parish of Munchin, Limerick; and from the Lathmakers and Shipwrights of Dublin:—By Mr. O'FERRALL, from the Tradesmen of A thy. By Sir R. FERGUSON, from the manufacturers of Stockport, in favour of the Bill for regulating the Hours of Work in Cotton Manufactories.