The Sun.
London, England, 1814-05-10 00:00:00

:EXCISE AND CUSTOMS.

. .
The House neXt" resolved itself into a Com-
mittee on the Excise and Customs and the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIEdtiEIt moored two Re-
solutions,_ that the present Duties should remain
till the sth 'of -July, 1815, except an goOds %Ale!)
were .carried. constways, Oboerved, that
though he moved these Resolutions, it was pos-
sible
that the Duties might be removed earlier,
'though the time could not now be fixed.
• Mr. WIIITBREAD-'‘iished that some ,definitive
time were named.

. . • HIDES.• ,
There was then a Committee on.thellide,Acts.
Report to-morrow.

INCOME TAX. •

' Mr, WHITBREAD. rose to ask, whether the.ln,
come Tax would be- removed on :the sth of April
next ? People would certainly take it foe granted
that such- would be the .case ;:and it would be
right; therefore, to' give thein the proper in--
formation.

The CHANcsm.oa of the EXCHEQUER said, that
perhaps it might be in the power of,Goliernment
to remove part of the tax before that time but
whether a part or the whole of it would be
moved, were. questions- which -be could not now
ailswer,.,depending, as they did, on,a variety of
Circrinistalices and contingencies, which could not
now-.be;takeil -into consideration.

The Sugar Bill- was -read a second time, -and
ordered to be committed to-morrow..
The Dover Debtors Bill' was re-committed.
• '• • - -ELEGTION EXPENCES, DILL. • "
Mr. DoUGiAS moved that the .Speaker. 3huld
leave the Chair.

Mr. CALcnArr said., he was not disposed to re-

aolog, intO•a Coultriftfel
it-came out in a shape very different from' tbaA
.‘viiich•it at present blare; lie stiOuld Certain y op-
:
Mr. held It to be - duty to OpPo-se
hill Which, in his Mind, %winld have' he effect of
,
u;stranchising- a large portion of. the 'constituent
haitr Me country.. Ile, was 3 urpriced.that it
1-.Bd not occurred to the c'omprch'ensive Mind of
• fhe \lover, that a result, and no Very distant One,
Of this:measure, would' be to alter the yery con-
stitution: of Parliament ; • for it- ri.rtist be evident,
that if Elections were Made to depend entirely On
local interests, a very di:foren't set of perstins'
would 'be sent to 'that Ifi;use. ,•.11e:argued, that
the 13i11 was•rntece:ssary, inasmuch as all the,e6-.
sential part of it was already enforced by the. Act.
of . sand what %v•as. rulational to
that enactment was', lie thought; unwise.. The
Act of Wiltiam limited expences' to -the con-
ditions of the voters, and made it -criminal to
'expend upon them, more than was _absolutely
fitting for their condition and unavoidable expence.'
Ele lect; however, eVer.y.ease open to beiudged• by
its ,own merits whereas the present meapre,
runtler, pretence of giving a Stcadv certairnade;'was
prepared to 'visit as criminal every disbursement of
money, whatever might be the'motive of the party.
dispensing it, or the' conditiou of the party. receiv-
ing. Contrary to. all the maxims of legis'lati'on,'
tae mere act was to be prOnDuncell guilty, *what-
ever nr4lit 'be the 'aim! and intention of the incr--
son committing it. These were. song of the ob•-
jections to the Bill, w4ich„he had thus cu-
riously thrown out for the- cOlisideration 'of the
HouSe in the liitine stages'of the Bill"; .• • :

Mr. Rosk thought the suffering a discretionary
power in any C'oinmittee. to decide
•I.4lections
was very wrong._ One man's tine Might be
worth 20s. a7day, another's •'-not Wo-rth half a
clown ; and then, as,.to voters going Auto the,
country to attend: elections,, it was well known
there were always crimps leaking' on the war;
anil -these non-rysident voters were waylaid 1)*),
them, and generally went to the highest bidder.
Mr. W. ‘VYNNE spoke'very shortly•in favour, of
the Bill.

Mr. Alderman C. SMITH said he was against •
theßill, though he.wished it ,sitcces.7-7-(A-laugh.)
Serjeant BasT thought the Bill +vas n0t.,14
declaration of what the law is, but a tiew law on
the subject- of ElectiOns ; and if it passed in 'its .
present form; would disfranchise.a gre:at punther
of electors. It that was intended, let it be done
openly and manfully,, an 4 not. by A side-wind,
He would not, however, Object to the Bill going-
it; a nnitti 'in order to remove all doubts oti.
the subject. • .
'Sir.J.:NEwPoRT would not wish to disfran-
chise any elector who could come independent and
give his vote;' but .when 'men could not .come

without- -being an ~exp.ence•to,the •candiilaiwe, lie
(ii(l not come imlependent ;"anti •in the cases 'of
such voters he thought it woad he better that this
privilege should'he natto•med.
Mi'; VVROTESLEY thought- Ow Act would not
have the- effect it was
.iptended to have, "and,
therefore, he felt it h s dutv to oppose it in every
stage.
The House then went into a Committee on the
Bill. • ---

In the Committee, Mr: Jr.tistuNG:rox argued -a;
some:length against the 13ii1,;, as tending virtually
to disfranchise a coOsiderahlo),,,ty of ele6tof
He thought an allowance of so much a mile, for.
example,. a ,shoo.ld he paid, to noil7rel4-
dent electors, and that the provisions of the 'Bill
should extend to counties.
Mr, TIEinIEY. was in favour of the Bill. He
himself, pt 'a former period „.liad introduced 4 J.IiU
of ,nature with the,prs,ent, the
.prOvi-
sionS of which extended to counties ; and' it was
then said lie had gone too fur. The Bill of his
IliniOuraide Friend did not extend. to ,Coinities,
.and it ,way now said .he clid,not a far eubugike—
One great source of coriution tll-0e from Min-
resident electots coining to vote -at 'die expence of
a candidate.; and atter reaching-the.place, intorm-
iug the candidate at whose extAnipe they had
come d'oWn,lhat they wished to min:link-or sonic
days .to look about them ;. the consequence of
which was, that they-ultimately voted against
the: candidate at whose expence they had been
brought down. In the Borough of Southwark
lie himself had been instrutriental in. bringing
about a considerable reformation. On one occasion
the candidate Opposed to h tu had.expended 18,0001.:
latterly the Election'had been carried on at art ex-;
pence that; if stated,:woiad scarcely appear credible
to the House. Was he to be blained if he wished
to introduce a similar reform.into other Boroughs
(Hear !).
Mr. WYNNg' was of opipion that the expence of
the non-resident eleCtors should be paid, not by
the candidate, but by Abe public. , .

Sir C. MONK, Mr. CALCRAFT, and Mr. PROTHE-
ROE, also delivered their sentiments on the subject.
Sir F.- FLoon and Mr. Alderman Smmi ob-
jected to the-measure.
Sir J. NEwrottT supported it ; as did Mr. H.
THORNTON, who'observed, that it was not liable
-to any of the iibjections knade against general
plans of reform, on the score of their tendency to
too • much democracy.
Mr. WROTTESLEY oppoied. the Amendment,
and was replied to by Mr. BATHURST. ,
Sir .I.MAcKtrrostf argtied-against the.Amend-
-tricot, and in favourof the Bill, all objections to
which; from friendly: quarters, .could be easily
obviated, by' slight • amendments which •he sug-
gested. ••
After some words from Mr. BAT.IIURST, the
House divided on the Amendment,—.
Ayes, 50.----Noes, 5.--Majority, 45. •

After some 'other .Amendments, • the Bill-passed
through the and was ;ordered ,to be.
reported on Monday next.

' POOR LAWS HILL.
Mr. KENRICK moved the further consideAtion of this

Sir C; MONCK considered, that a,measure +of such import-
mice should not be brought forward in so thin a House (there
appearing not to be forty Members present):.
The further• consideration of The Bill was then postponed.
till to-morrow,

The _Slave Trade Ships Bill was read a third time, and
passed. •
ENPICK presentectaTetition front Newington against
the Poor Laws Bill, which was referred to the Counuitteelor
that purpose. ►
The other Orders of the Dty were then disposed of.—Ad-
journed,

• ' •., , - COAL .mAREKr, 'MAY. 9. • , .
Ships at Market. Ships sold , . Pcic.
144 Newca.stle • .
2 Simderland '' ‘lss 04. to .545. tla.

Bow-STREET .r—lr estcrday John Hickey, the
man who. had • been detected altering a one
pound Bank of. England note to a five pound, byr.
pasting the word -five on the word one on the
lower left corner of the note, and obliterating the
words one in the body Of the note, was brought
up far another examination. It is supposed die
word, five has been taken int of a cancelled coun•
try bank-note. The prisoner was Committed fo.t
.Inrth-er2examination.