The Sun.
London, England, 1830-12-09 00:00:00

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The gallery way not opened till near Five o'clork.
On the 'motion of Mr. JOITNiKNO,K, a neiar writ Wai
ordered for the hottingli of Dungennoti, in the room of
the Hon: T. Knox, who hal Aectpted the Chilternlinn.

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Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a petition from the
inhabitants of the pariah of St. Jain a, in the city of
Waterford, pea,ying for a repeal of the Legislative Union.
The Hun. Bart/net tip moved for various returns eon-
neeted with the Church gOsiblishment of Ireland.—
Ottlsred.

• Pajama from a great number df plaesia wind Negro
Slavery were praelaterl by differer.t Members.

RYE ELECTIOX COMMITTF•E.

The following, ate the names ofthecommittee appointed
to try the merits of this petition :—llon. J. If, Vrolock,
Walloon Thotniwoo, ,lamest Johnoon, Gustavog iluehf*adi
Thome Aitken 'Cerny*, William Bony Miller, Abel
smith, Richard looking, Duo. William Gordon, Marcus
Iletti.ftwil, and the Earl of Dowry.
Mr. JAhll4s ,JOIINS'fON promoted it petition frum
the lueorporeual limit" of Stilling, praying for Burgh
Reform in Scotland.
141 c. IIYNG pregented peationo trots the pariehes of
lilington and High Croag, io the county, of libld)eseg,
against Colonial SlaYerY..-w;ro lionn,the toble•
The ganus 11024. IVltAxexa rewrapd a petition from the
pariah of St. John, Wapping, praying lor zimencimeot,
in the orgariiitaticin of the Notropolitin Police? and com-
plaining of the unequal opetetlett of the,,Loild.Tae„—To
be printed,
114 r. STIII/TT promoted a petition front the operative
mcologiice of Derby, praying fur the rep ,al of the Stairip
Duty On Newgpaperg. The peat,Wltois lotatoli Oita they
lid calablidted n small weekly publication, exclogively
upon atibjecto of tiodA and literature i but were ob)igod to
sliandon it upon the ;awl-nation that it was liable to stamp
duty. lie who Elul to gee the lion. Alember for Dover

on that side of the House, and other Hon. and Noble Per-
sons who bad so distinguished themselves as friends to the
diffusion of knowledge ; and lie begged to remind them,
that the country would expect at least a considerable re-
duction of this tax.

Mr. JOHN WOOD supported the petition, and pre,
Rented another to a similar effect from Mat:Wane.

Mr. WARBURTON also supported the petition.
The following, is a copy of the petition
TO THE 110 N. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED
KIN(i1)OM OF G RuAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN
PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED
4. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE UNDER.
SIGNED OPERATIVES' AND OTHERS, OF THE
TOWN AND NEWHBOURHOOD OF MAN.
CHESTER, _ _

" SHOWETH,—That your petitioners chiefly consist of
persons who earn their bread by their industry—the
labouring classes.
bat the enormous, unprecedented, and unbearable
amount of taxation which presses your petitioners to the
earth, together with the growing evil of Continual reduc-
lions of their wages,- originating from those grievous im-
posts which are weighing down all classes of the commu-
nity wlea are not maintained from the pub!ie purse, or
who are not protected by restrictions and monopolies, in
the shape of Corn Laws, which keep up the price of bread.
when the people are starving for want of food ;. and of
East India and other equally impolitic and unjust Marten;
and exclusive rights, which shut us out from the trade of
entire nations, while thousands upon thousands of us are
starving for want of employment.
" That the extreme poverty of your petitioners, arising
from the causes already described, entirely precludes the
possibility of their obtaining that knowledge of the affairs
Of their country, which every friend to the peace and hap-
piness of mankind and to the freedom and glory of his
country must desire; while an enormous tax is imposed
upon its communication, in the shape of a stamp duty,
anti which your petitioners are totally unable to pay.
"'That your petitioners, to remedy this evil as far as in
them icy, established a small weekly publication, which
was devoted exclusively to matters of trade and literature,
at a price which brought it within the reach of many of
those for whose benefit it was established. And when the
work had become a favourite with the workmen, and was
fast extending in circulatiOn, his Majesty's Commissioners
of Stamps prohibited its further publication, unless it
were registered as a regular newspaper, at the Stamp
Office, and a duty of 4d. each number paid on it, though
the price of the work was only 2tld.
That the mischievous operations of the stamp duty,
and the other vexatious and oppressive restrictions imposed
on the publication of useful knowledge, must necessarily
greatly retard the progress of national improvement, debase
the minds, and demoralize the characters of your peti•
tioners, and lead frequently to the commission of outrages
and excesses, which are totally incompatible with the wellr
being of the community, and dangerous to the trade and
commerce of the country.
" That while great obstacles and innumerable restric-
tions and burthens are imposed upon the communication
of knowledge to your petitioners, amounting, in ninety-
nine cases out of every hundred, to an erdijre prohibition,
it is both unjust and ungenerous to punish us for the con-
sequences of the ignorance which you have yourselves cre-
ated. On the one hand, you grind us down with an enor-
mous load of taxation, and encourage machinery to super-
sede the use of our labours; on the other, you demand
from us a price for knowledge which you well know we
cannot afford to pay. Thus, the great mass of your peti-
tioners are kept ignorant of the real cause of their mis-
fortunes. Is it to be wondered at, then, that those to
whom you prohibit the use of knowledge should

times be led .
to believe that the cause of their distress is
to be found in the machines which are daily throwing
them out of employment, and of course out of bread,
and wreak their vengeance.on them accordingly. What.
ever excesses may be itt:.:riny way committed, what-
ever property destroyed;' or punishment incurred, is
justly to be attributed .to those laws which prevent
us from acquiring knowledge ; and the whole responsi.
bility, of courpe, rests on those who snake or tolerate
such laws. Give us knowledge, and we will answer
for the peace of the country. We want not your aid in
acquiring it.' Leave us to ourselves in that respect, and
we shall educate ourselves. Though other States have
appropriated a portion of the public revenue to educate the
people, we require no such appropriation. But while you
refuse to allow us to employ the slender means which
paver ty has left us in procuring knowledge, do not be so
unjust as to blame or punish us for the consequences of
that ignorance which you have yourselves produced.
" Your petitioners, therefore, pray your Hon. House
immediately to repeal all laws, taxer and restrictions im-
posed on orritrecting ,thelibly of the press.
H And your petitioners will ever pray."'
Mr. IL BUGIIES deferred his motion, of which he had
given notice fer tomorrow, till after Christmas.

PRIORS OF STOOKA THIS
Bulk stuck
3 per Cent. ALA. "i
.3 per Cent. Cons. .....
.13,E per Cent :... OO% 91
Ditto Rect. 91% 91
New 3% per Cent.
4 pm Cent. 1826
lank 1.... Mm.
Ditto 30 years
Ditto 30 years -
India stock
htt Bonds ll 13 pm.

MOSS or PONNION FUNDS
Austrian Bonds
!Iran:llan Bonds 59
auenos Ayres Bonds
Chi Han ponds 193,
Colombian Ponds
Dato, 1894
atnish
Greek Bonds
!)itto, 1&1
GuatitnAla
'lex lean Bonds
Leto, IN7i 37%

HUM WATIR AT LOW110)111RIDOE Td-AMltitoW.
Morning.., 13 minutes after 10. I Evening ..41 minute. after 10.

TOROAD•NAKERS AND REPAIRERS, SCA!,

VENGERS, CONTRACTORS, AND OTHERS.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the True.
-1- tees appointed in and by an Act of Parliament, passed
in the present Session, entitled " An Act fur more effec-
.nally repairing and improving the several Roads, called the
Cannon-street Roads, the Commercial-road, the Horseferry
Branch of Road, the East India Docknßoad, the Barking
Road, and the Shtnlwell and Mile-end Branch of Road,
in the Counties of Middlesex and Essex ; and for
laying down a Stoneway ou the said Commercial, East
India Dock and Barking Roads," will at a Meeting to be
held pursuant to thesaid Act at the Commercial Road Office,
No. 5, Nicholas-lane, in the City of London, on Fainalr,
the 24th day of December inst., at One of the clock in the
Afternoon precisely, be ready to receive Tenders from persons
willing to contract for putting sad keeping in repair, watering
and cleansing, the said several roads, called the Commercial
road, the Horseferry Branch of Itoa,l, the Eatt India
Dock-road, and the Barking-road ; and cleansing the roads,
streets, squares, and passages within 100 feet of the said
Commercial-road, and for carrying away the 'Dust and
Ashes, &e. of the inhabitants within the said limits.

Security will be required.
Fur a specification of the several' Works to be
performed and further particulars apply to the Surveyor,
Mr. James Walker, Salmort's.lane, Liinehouse, or to the
Clerk, u under, on or after Monday, neat. Dated this
9th day of December, 1830.

By order of the Trustees,
wAr. BAKER, Clerk,
Ilnehouse, and 5, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street.

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