The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-02 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL. REGISTER.

CUSTOMS' CONSOLIDATION BILL.

The House having resolved itself into a Committee,
The CuANCFLLOR of the Extnuitocrt proposed to the
Committee to extend the principle of consolidating the duties,
and removing all fractional parts in the collection of them, ;,y
raising the duties in such case, to the next integral number. Ile
Wished that this systeM, frog which much benefit had been de-
rived, by Its introduction into the collection of the taxes, which
rormed the consoliaated fund, should be also extended to the war
taxes, which were now about a third part of the amount.
_Among a number of regulations which he mentioned, he pro-
posed to place Spanish and Portuguese tobacco on an equality,
in point of duties, with tobacco coming froth any other place.—
lie also proposed raising the duty on Turkey carpets according
to their size, on which their actual value principally depended.
Ile also should propos-ea greater equality on the duties of brim-
btone, whether it came in the rough state, in roll., or in flour.
Ile calculated that by the dillerent regulations which he wobld
propose, the Revenue would gaiit about 220,00 W. a year,
120,0001. of Which would he from the alteration of the system. in
the collection of the war taxes.

He then proposed some Resolutions hi that effect in the Com-
mittee) n hick were agreed to. Adjourned.

Wednesday, March 20.
REFORM IN PARLI ANENT.

Mr. MADDOCK:4 gave notice that he would, after the Easter
recess, bring forward a proposition on the subject of reform in
the representation of the Commons in Parliament.
A new writ was ordered to be issued for the election of a
Member to serve in Parliament for Newport, in the ISle of
Wight, in the room of Sir Arthat Wellesley, who has accepted
the Chiltern 11 undreds.
DILL, ran. THE AMENDMENT OF' THE BANKRupT t.A*5.

Sir S_t.MUet. ROItIt,LI moved the Order of the Day for the
Peen ad reading of the above bill.
M r.. 1 AColi rose and said, he approved of the bill ; at the
came tune he did not think it went far enough. It was a singu-
lar phenomenon that the Commissioners had power to sumrtion a
banhrupt confined under a simple process, and had not that
power when he was confined tinder an execution. Ile then al
luded to a circumstance of commissioners being lately obliged to
go to Hull, to receive the surrender of a bank rupt, lie beieg con-
fined under an execution. He then adverted to the small com-
y.nisation allowed to commissioners for their daily attendance on
each commission, which caused them to appoint the one day to
hear a great number, which made Guildhall, during their sittings,
More like a bear-garden than a Court .of Judiciary.
Sir S. Roar Lt.'s- said, if the House had any objection, he would
be happy to hear every suggestion and it•struction. As to the
Commissioners not having power to summon Bankrupts confined
tinder execution, it was his intention, when in Committee, to
propose a clause, giving them that power. lie never
professed the Bill would remme all the defectg of the Bankrupt
Laws: He never was knight-errant sufficient to suppose he had
ability to remove them. lie conclude:l by saying, he would feel
happy in the assistance of any Gentleman who would bear part
of the labour and trouble with hitn, to make the Bill more com-
plete. The Bill then read a zecund time, and ordered to be
committed this day fortnight.
Adj o u rued.

Thursday, March ;W.
Howse adjourned to Tuesday se'nuight.

,S7' 13_1 PE It.

TREATY OF PEACE, FRIEND:AIM', AND AI LIAN'CE, BE-
TW ,1 HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND ills CA74IOLIC
MAJESTY FERDINAND vu. stancp AT LONDON THE
I4TII OF JANUARY, 1809.
in the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity.
The event; which have taken place in Spain having terminated
the state of hostility which unfortunately sttbsisted between the
Crowns of great Britain and Spain, and united the arms of both
against the common enemy, it seems good that the new relations
which nave been produced between two nations, now connected
by common interest, should he regularly established and cot:-
Armed by a formal Treaty of Poate, Frieni,hip and alliance :
Witt:refine. his tae hint. of the Cnited kingdom of