The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-03 00:00:00

INDIA ACCOUNTS.

Ordered on the Motiou of Mr. CeEsvEv, that
the Home Accounts of the Bast India Company,
presdnted on Friday last, be printed.
. Mr.-CaruvEY then gave notice,
.that he should
on Friday next move for the. produalion of ce-
twin, Papers and AccoUnts, the objed of Which
would be to furnish-to the House a-more just .and
accurate statement of the situation of the East India
Company than was to be deriycd from their Home
Accounts presented last weel4 and also to ascertain
whether or not. their debt of thirty-two tuilUons
abroad, was payable at home.
On. the Motion of Mr. Alderman Cosine, the.
Child Stealing Bill was read a second time, and
ordered to be,committed on Friday next.
Air. BIDDULPLI gave notice, that on Friday next
he should'inove that a Committee be appointed to
take into consideration the case and opinion ~of the.
King's Attorney and Solicitor-General in- the year
t 772, relative to the application of .the rents and
tines arising (torn the demised revenues of the Crown.
'1 be Pilots'. Regulation Bill was, on the ttietion of
Mr. ROSE, ordered to .be recommitted on Friday
next; and, on. the motion of Sir A. ,WELLEsui
the Dublin- Pave Bill was ordered to be recbm-
mitted td-morrow.
IRISH CLERGY RESIDENCE BILL.

The House, on the motion of Sir ARTHUR Wr.L -
I.ESLEIY, went into a ComMitteeon the Irish Clergy
Residence Bill, Mr. WHAato:y in the Chair.

Much interlocutory discussion took place upon
.various Clauses in the Bill, between Mr, G. Ponson.
by, Pr. Duguenan, Sir John Newport, the Chancel..
•, for of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Pole, and Sir A.
Wellesley ; but the principal amendments made
were, on the 'suggestion of Mr. Ponsonby, to -sub-
stitute in the first clause, for the words, "who shalt
not Sufficiently reside," " wilo shall not reside nine
mouths in the whole within the year,"' whereby the
sufficiency. of residence to execppt from the penal-

ties of the Bill definetj and in A. Subsequent
clause; the introdu&ion Of the words,. c' provided
he shall be absent one *eel: after his return upon
monition," which renders any.Clergymait who may
be non-resident, if on his return to his benefice
Upon monition from his Bishop, he Slioiild wilfofly
absent himself for one week, sUbjea to the petral-r
ties of the A6l: The other blanks were then tilled
up, and the House"having been resumed, the report
was ordered to be received to-morrow.
Mr. WARIi preSented, pursuant ,to order of tll,
House, a list' of all Vessels, Cargoes, and parts of
Cargoes, that had been Condemned*ai prize to his
Majesty hi the Vice Admiralty Courts abroad
the year 1792, and other Aceountk.; which Wei e
ordered to lie oh and- tobe,priuted.
Mr. JENKiNSON presented an Account of the Et:.
feetive Strength of the Volunteer Force in (re tt
Britain, as far as the same, q,ottld besnade our.--a-
dered to lie on the table.

Mr. 1.,L0Y13, from the Stantp Office, piesented an
Account of the Annual Amount of the Duties ac.
since-theyepr Ipg. —Ordered to lie Litt the.

PETITIONS AGAINST ORDERS IN COU!ITCIL.
On the, motion of Mr. T)l{ltNitY it was Ordt.tred
that the onunittee on the Petitions Terpeaing the
Orders In Council should be deferred to Wecines.
'day next,- and also that several persons nainkod by
that Right Fion.,Gentieman do attend said Com-
mittee.
IMPROVEt) SYSTEM OF COLLECTING MOLT
A DUT I ES.

Mr. Hustussex rose to move for leave to bring
in a. Bill for the better colleelitig . the Duties On
Malt Made in Great Britain. The great and nai,
tnerous frauds prataised fur the evasion (if these du .
ties, and the extent and importance of this bkanch
df the reVenne, rendered it necessary to provide
some more effeaual meatus of preventing the for-
nier, and securing the latter, than the existing lawif
afforded. In order to pni the House in possession
of hiS Objea, lie deemed it necessary to state dui
nature of the previsions whiCh he meant to intrd-
diice into his Bill. The first was, to require a le-
turn Of the quantity of barley laid iti by Maltsters;
in order to secure that check upon the =taunt of
malt t.pon which the duty waste be paid. 'Xini
would not be any inconvenience, because everSes
inaltsterwho.managed his business regularly must
have an accurate account of the quantity of barley.
belays in. Another provisioe which he proposed
was, to prevent the frauds prOised by persons em,.
harking:in the Malting, business Whits:nit capital, in
evading the duty. By the present laws, sueli'per7
sons could not. be compelled to give seettrity.fdr the
'payment of the duty, so that if they could withdraw
from res'ponsibilit,y they had a premium of One imn-
dred`per cent. the present amount of the duty being-
equal to the intrinsic value of the malt. The pro.
.vision he had in view would compel the,payaietut-
the duty in six weeks instead of three months;
present,. if security should not be given for the d'ety.
in which. case The time for payment was' to be-en-
larged, so that it would n6l as n, relief itv- favour 6;
the'fair trader. The only other provision which hiA
Bill would contain was, one for altering the amount
of the penalties for an evasion of the Outies. These
penalties had not been charged since the reifl'u of,
Queen Anne, at which time the duty tin malt writ
but threepence-h.altpenny per bushel, and it 'Was
now bet Ween two and three shillings; every Gentle-
man would be aware, that penalties applying to the
former state of 'the duty, would not be adequate to
prevent frauds, under the present citcninstatites.
Leave was then given to bring in the