The National Register.
London, England, 1815-06-11 00:00:00

JUNE 11.

THE NATIO

On ,t► M tion of Lord CAsTLErtzwen, an Address was voted to
ttrc Pr nce Regent, pray ing that a monument mien be erected in
St Paul's to Mftjor-General Sir Edward Pt,ket►hxn, who fell while
stor.i.ing the etternyfs works in front of New• Orleans, on the Bth
!actuary last.--Adjourued.

TUESD4‘, JUNE 6.
On Mr. Ftme's Motion, dr- House went into a Committee on an
Act of the 41s' t the King, in which Mr. Prete proposed to increase
the salary of the Irish Master of the Rolls 700 i. a year, which would
make it amount to 4,2001. a year ; also to make an addition of tiool. a
yea t the retiring pension of that officer, wluclk would then be
2,5001 a year.
The Motion was opposed by Mr. Hoftnnt, as uncalled for and eX-
t►avagant, but after-a short di,cussion it was agreed to.
Mr. Wtsrles, atter various observations, moved tOr a Committee
to coosider cf the Acts imposing duties on British Wool sold by
Auction.
The Cuarrcataotc of the F.x.cutraur a would not object to a Com•
snittee to enquire into the propriety of reducing the Auction Duty
from five to one per cent.—The House having then gone into a Corn.
r!ittie, it w.'s agrr d that a Bill be brought in for reducing the Auc-
tion Dutv on re sale ot Sheeps' Wool, the growth of this country.
'ft ER Nev enquired whether it was in the contemplation of the
Right Hon. Geniknian to propose any new mrasiires of fioame, in
the p ace of these taxes which had been abandoned. He Wished also
to kn w, whether, in case of necessity, it was his intention to resort to
the Sit-k Fund ? _ _

The Cssosicact.oit of the Exclireuxit said, that supposing the
HOUNtto approve of the Schedule of Duties as they now stand, it was
not h s intention to propose any new taxes to make good the deficiency
of inkiest. For whatever deficiency might arise in the Ways and
jbleakii already before Parliament, it was the intuition of his Majesty's
Government to yropose resorting to the stock now in the hands of the
public conlintssioners.
Sir Ronny Text called the attention of the House to the e*pe.
diency of oine legislative regulation, tor the purpose of restricting the
amplo% went of young children in manutactuiing labour. He detailed.
a-number of instances, in which a great want of feeling was siiewn by.
parish officers in apprenticing children. whose >ears and strength did
not leant of it, 11.6, the citudyAry-of ace pitions often severe and some-
times unhealthy; and concluding with moving for leave to bring in a
Bill to fix the a..e under which the children shall not be admitted into
iunitifaciorirs;. to limit the hours in the day beyond which they shall
;sot be worked ; and to secure some portion of useful instruction to
These little beings.-I,eav given.
The East India Shipping it 11 passed through a Committee, after
Considerable opposition, by a division' of; against 22.iii,-Adjowned.

WEDNESDAY. JUNE 7.
Mr. Serjeant.Best's Arnelotted Dist/Ivens Debtors' Bill was with—
strawn 1... r the present Session.

'purr. ON, NEWSPAPERS AND ADFIRTISENI:N-73.

The Citaticsi.Loa of the Exciirottatt began his observations by,
'marking that it had been proposed to fix an additional duty upon ad-
vertisements, and also an additional halfpenny on the paper. /ors dif-
ferent papers, however, had• a very ditkrent degree of circulation,
voith a view to equalize the burtlien UM. ngst them, he should pro_
pose that there be an increased disco:int allowed to those proprietors
'mho sold their papers at:74. He had had sever;-.I communications
With editors of the London newspapers on this subject, and he found
iliatihey were not ready to coincide with this arraogcmcnt for an in.
mascot a halfpenny in the,price.of the paper. He must, however,
say, that he did not know any additional duty which could be levied
en the public, which would, in all probability, be paid more cheer.'
fully than this additional'halfpenny.on newspapers. The Committee:
must be aware, that the great sa e of n•wspapets depended almost!
wholly on the state of public atfiirs: Such had been the stave of.pub,
/ic ants for many years past, and so rapid had been the succession of
great evens, that public-curiosity was naturally and strongly tatitedi
C. obtain information on those subjacts. Such a state of thugs might
continue for some years to come; and a state of things wind' cscited:
Whltc curiosity so powerfully, was undoubtedly: for the advantage of
the proprietors of.newspap.rs, anti increascd.their circulation 4-mist-
elerably. He concluded by propos:ng 4 resolution for a stamp duty of
SC 6d. on every advertiseine:n.
Sir W
JOHN NEPOAT felt a radical. objection to the system of pro-
gressive taxation up ,n the means-of ilifitising information throughout
the country. How was it trfat• public curiosity was. s" strongly ex-
cited ?—tt was by the increase of • public calamity. It was by the
natural doxicty of every, per:om to kuow. what new bu.rthens were
likely to fall upon them. This isittiral atotirty for informso ion ought
not to be considered as mere curiosity, upon wl.ich it would be fair to
Jay an additional t,,g„ It appeared to him that the more important
Were the evet.ts communicated by the press, the more necessary it was
that they shruld be generally known, and the more unfair it would he
to tax the diffusion of that knowledge. So far from thinking that it
would le a tax diet/fent ht did nut think that there was any,
which, for the airnOiallt of it, would go so tar LO sour peoples minds.