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Since these remarks were sent to the press, the 

 subject came under the discussion of the House of 

 Commons on Friday the 20th of May. It appear- 

 ed, by what fell from Lord Binning, the Chairman 

 of the Committee, on that occasion, that there was 

 an intention of making some change on the sug- 

 gestion in the Report, to suspend the 'distillation of 

 grain for one year from the 1st July 1808, by pro- 

 posing a restriction for some shorter period. No 

 variation of that kind, however, can influence the 

 grounds on which I maintain the following argu- 

 ment 



