The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-03 00:00:00

LOUSE OF COMMONS.-(LAST

The Rye Ilasbour Bill was read a third time and
Sir K KNATCHBULI4 presented a petition from
Orr/mulch, complaining that the Hospital 41.1 not Con-
tribute a fair proportion towards the poor-ratos of that

pariah.
Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS at great length di:froth:a
the system on which the 'lnvite) was conducted.
After a few observations from Air R. Wit.sott, Sir .1.
YORKS, and Sir 1. KNATCHOULti the latter of whom
hoped, on some Noire oemion, the eubjeet would be,
brought under the serious consideration of the House, the
petition was ordered to be printed.
Mr. LITTLETON gave untie, that he should proceed
with the Labourers' Wages Bill to-morrow.
Mr. CORDON begged to remind the lion. Member
that to-morrow was Saturday.
Mr. LITTLETON was SWAN of that, but umlarstood
that the House intruded to *it to-morrow.
Mr. DAVENPORT presented a petition from Chester,
and two other places, for the protection of children ens-
played in the reanufactorita.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
Lord MOUPETH root to present a petition, In doing
which perhaps it would be unnecessary for him to take up
much of the time of the House, but there woe some circum-
stances connected with its prayer which made it incumbent
on him to make a few observstions. The petition which
he had the hotiour to present was from the letter-prees•
printers of London and. Westminster, and to which OM
signatures had been attached. He believed this wee the
first tune that body bad ever approached the Legialetutewith
their complaints. But their distress was at this time
so pest, arising, as they principally coneeived, from the
heavy duty on paper and tire high price of 'stamps, that
they could ao longer remain silent. Sorb had been
the
injurious consequences of the present high duties in the lest
four years that severe! Sunday newspapers bed stopped, and
four daily ones hard been diseentinued ; lea meant the Nom
ing Jouraal, the .11ritish Press, the ilepristssiallet,
and the Tractile. Ile slid hope the House would
never sanction any restrictions on the diffusion of useful
kuowlidge. The petitioners then stated, that there was a
great loss to Governnarut by the high charge on Advertise.
went duty, and compared it with that charged on foreign
journals. They further preyed that the duty On newspaper
stumps might firs reduced to twopenee, and on advertiaemente
'to two shining*. lie (Lord M.), as the Chancellor ()film
Exchequer meant to abandon for the present Seasion the
rpoiliution of the damp duties, would not now enter
Into soy lengthened atetement. He hopeq, how-
ever, that when the subject again came under
consideration, the higher duties would be lower-
ed, and not the lower ones be made higher. Ile
knew that no step could be taken by the Parliament he
then had the honour to address 1 It would be better,
therefore, fur him to reserve what he hail to pro-
pose to a future opportunity..(Hesr, Lear.
But he must call the attention' of the House to the heavy
titre levied on the Press. Every newspaper was obliged
to by printed on a stamp which cost fourpenee, front which
certainly was deducted twenty per cent. But when
the duty on paper was added, it would be found
that Government actually received more than fourpenee
fur every single newspaper that was printed. Now when
it was coneitlered that they get supplied with newspapers
at sevenpence each, out of which the Government duly
was to he paid, and likewise the profit of the newsmen,
there was but a small proportion of the sevenpence left to-
wards defraying the expenses of the establishment. le
'Titograd from a paper fail before that Howie, that the
Thus newspaper alone paid more than severity &n-
-atiod pounds per annum towards the revenue.—(Hear.)
Minty read newspapers who read nothing else, and from
reading those they were brought to read other works,
which otherwise they would not thiuk of, and in this way
bath the working clews of society and agrieulturiete were
greatly benefited ; notwithetending, this advatitrige was
nothing like what it would extend to were it nut for
the high rats of taxation. Ac to the comparison that
had hero instituted with respect to the proportion of sir-
gelation of newspapers in this and other eountries,
hr (I.ord Morpetli) found that in Francs, where
the ttsation on each newspaper was only a heir.
peony, and the pries of the paper about twopeure-lialf-
pansy to the subscriber, tire circulation was tough greater
than it was in We country ; while in the United States,
where there was no advertisement nor stamp duty, and
where the average price of a newspaper was three half-
pence, tire cireulation was five limo* more then it was in
England. Added to thie, it was to he observed that,
with the exception of London, there was scarcely a town
in England or Scotland where a daily newspaper was sup.
ported, while in almost all the towns of any impudence
in the United State* there were two, three, fonr„or, five
deity papers. These were facts that ithuntlantli proved
that a reduction in the high scale of taxstrrn in
this country would necessarily greatly increase the
number of newspaper readers and greatly increase the eir-
ealetion, greatly (Wks* the procedure of boldness, and
thereby greatly imireasis the reeenue.—(Lowl eheees.).—lt
was Always to be borne in mind that the benefit of the
matters pealed for,by the petitioners was not to he ratineated
by the innucliete benefit sought to be obtained. Unit
the objects, largo and extensive as they wires the
Honourable Member felt confident would be pro.
meted by the measures recommended by the petition,
which though in the hot instance were wholly directed
to matters of relief in point of revenue, would be found
4) he of use to the rouse of liberty, and not without use
tea that of fiefdom...4oldd.)
Mr. S. MCP.' was anxious to have the honour of second-
ing the petition, not only beguile it aecerded with his
hut 'became on a farmer occasion ho bad been thtsirona to
414 torwanl a similar subject with'regard to the Irish Pres*.
45 611 arson a remark in two of the newspapers of Ire-
landurn which log witched to take the liberty of making
a fixes "4"460114, With reaped to aunuailversiotw
upon the conduct of any Member, lie should be the last to
comPlein. The emotion of the Members of that House
was public propeety*fand h wee, for *la who noitelkd
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