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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The House divided" on this , Ayes 13 , Noes 3 ' The other clauses in the bill were then gone mrough , and the House being resumed , the report was ordered to be received on Wednesday ifext . 23 . The House having resolved itself into a committee of Ways and Means , Mr . Pitt reminded the committee , that at the time of opening the Budget , he hinted an intention of re ' cotisieleritig the duty on Scotch Distilleries : from new information he hael since gathered on this point , he was ! ed to believe that a .
larger duty should be imposed on these distilleries , in order to proportion it more adequately to the duty in England . The duty he now wished to add would , he said , amount to four times more than his estimate at the opening of the Budget ; . for the produce , in his opinion , would amount to more than 90 , 000 ! . He would perhaps on a future year propose a further increase , in order to render the proportion of duty on spirits in Scotland and in England somewhat more parallel . Instead of levying that tax as he at first intended , he would levy it on stills , at the rate of gd . per gallon additional duty .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer next adverted to an additional duty on insurances . This , he said , should not only extend to property on board ships , but was also to attach to al ! property insured on shore , in the proportion of 2 S . on stamps for insurances under iool . and 2 S . fid . on stamps for every 100 I . additional . His motion was agreed to . The Order of the Day was read for the House to resolve itself into a committee on the Bill for obliging all persons wearing hair-powder to take a licence for the same ; when Mr . Pitt thought it adviseable to propose two exceptions ; one in favour of the subalterns and privates in the army , and all officers in the navy under the rank of master and commander . The other respected the clergy
whose benefices or private property did not amount to iool . per annum . He also proposed one alteration from his former plan , that of having the certificate taken out from the distributors of stamps , instead of being registered with the clerk of the peace , as in the game tax . The tax , he said , should commence on the 5 th of May next , and all persons exposed to its operation sliould-for future years have their names registered from the month of April to the same month of the ensuing year . , General Macleod suggested the propriety of making some exceptions in favour
of families where there were a great number of daughters ; and that no more than the mother , and two or three of' her daughters at most , should be exposed to it . ' Mr . Cazvthome proposed to exempt half-pay officers , am' was supported by General Smith and others . Mr . Pitt opposed this amendment , as repugnant to the principles of the bill , but confessed himself inclined to listen to that of General Macleod , in favour of families where daughters ivere numerous .
Mr . Dent disapproved of the Bill , as tending to increase the consumption of wheat flour , as a substitute tor powder , and thereby increase the price of bread . He called the serious attention of the committee to the present state of the country iu the article of corn , a scarcity of which was apprehended in all quarters . - « . Mr . Pitt deprecated a discussion so alarming , and , in his opinion , altogether foreign to the subject . He ? denied the situation of the country to be such as described by the Hon . Gentleman . A very long conversation ensued , in which several members spoke for and against many of the clauses , when the blanks being filled up , the House was resumed , and the report ordered .
24 . A petition was presented from Lord Viscount Garlics , praying that they would not attribute to any improper motive on his side the delay that unforeseen obstacles had occasioned to the conveyance of the writ for the election of a member to serve in Parliament for Kirkcudbright . The petition was ordered ta lie on the table , and Mr . William Dundas moved , That the Order of the day far his Lordship attending iu the House be discharged , which was agreed to .
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Parliamentary Proceedings.
The House divided" on this , Ayes 13 , Noes 3 ' The other clauses in the bill were then gone mrough , and the House being resumed , the report was ordered to be received on Wednesday ifext . 23 . The House having resolved itself into a committee of Ways and Means , Mr . Pitt reminded the committee , that at the time of opening the Budget , he hinted an intention of re ' cotisieleritig the duty on Scotch Distilleries : from new information he hael since gathered on this point , he was ! ed to believe that a .
larger duty should be imposed on these distilleries , in order to proportion it more adequately to the duty in England . The duty he now wished to add would , he said , amount to four times more than his estimate at the opening of the Budget ; . for the produce , in his opinion , would amount to more than 90 , 000 ! . He would perhaps on a future year propose a further increase , in order to render the proportion of duty on spirits in Scotland and in England somewhat more parallel . Instead of levying that tax as he at first intended , he would levy it on stills , at the rate of gd . per gallon additional duty .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer next adverted to an additional duty on insurances . This , he said , should not only extend to property on board ships , but was also to attach to al ! property insured on shore , in the proportion of 2 S . on stamps for insurances under iool . and 2 S . fid . on stamps for every 100 I . additional . His motion was agreed to . The Order of the Day was read for the House to resolve itself into a committee on the Bill for obliging all persons wearing hair-powder to take a licence for the same ; when Mr . Pitt thought it adviseable to propose two exceptions ; one in favour of the subalterns and privates in the army , and all officers in the navy under the rank of master and commander . The other respected the clergy
whose benefices or private property did not amount to iool . per annum . He also proposed one alteration from his former plan , that of having the certificate taken out from the distributors of stamps , instead of being registered with the clerk of the peace , as in the game tax . The tax , he said , should commence on the 5 th of May next , and all persons exposed to its operation sliould-for future years have their names registered from the month of April to the same month of the ensuing year . , General Macleod suggested the propriety of making some exceptions in favour
of families where there were a great number of daughters ; and that no more than the mother , and two or three of' her daughters at most , should be exposed to it . ' Mr . Cazvthome proposed to exempt half-pay officers , am' was supported by General Smith and others . Mr . Pitt opposed this amendment , as repugnant to the principles of the bill , but confessed himself inclined to listen to that of General Macleod , in favour of families where daughters ivere numerous .
Mr . Dent disapproved of the Bill , as tending to increase the consumption of wheat flour , as a substitute tor powder , and thereby increase the price of bread . He called the serious attention of the committee to the present state of the country iu the article of corn , a scarcity of which was apprehended in all quarters . - « . Mr . Pitt deprecated a discussion so alarming , and , in his opinion , altogether foreign to the subject . He ? denied the situation of the country to be such as described by the Hon . Gentleman . A very long conversation ensued , in which several members spoke for and against many of the clauses , when the blanks being filled up , the House was resumed , and the report ordered .
24 . A petition was presented from Lord Viscount Garlics , praying that they would not attribute to any improper motive on his side the delay that unforeseen obstacles had occasioned to the conveyance of the writ for the election of a member to serve in Parliament for Kirkcudbright . The petition was ordered ta lie on the table , and Mr . William Dundas moved , That the Order of the day far his Lordship attending iu the House be discharged , which was agreed to .