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London, England, 1822-05-22 00:00:00

DUTY ON TALLOW

Mr. DENISON, in the name of his Hon. Friend, the
Memberfor York, withdrew the notice. of a motion for the
repeal of the duty on Tallotti Candles. He trusted that after
the holidays it would be found that that &icy was one, the
repeal of which his Majesty's Government would propose to
the House.

• POOR RE3IOVAL BILL.
Petitions were presented' against the Poor Removal Bill, by.
Mr. BYNIO, from the Select Vestry of St. Pancras; by Mr.
MANSFIELD, from the. .Churchwarden and, Overseers of the
Poor of four Parishes in the Borough of ; and by
Admiral SOT 11E11.024 from the inhabitants of Mansfield.
SCOTC.H POSTMASTERS GENERAL.

Sir R. FERGUSON postponed'until the 4th of June his tato.'
tion respecting the Postmasters General rif Scotland.
SCO,TGII WHISIcEY. •
Petitions were presented,praying for the repeal of the restri:.
lions on the Exportation of Whiskey from. Scotland,- by Mr.
IRVING, from the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders of the
county of Dumbarton; by Mr. RUCHANAN, from the Barley
Growers arid Cathers c 4 the. county of . Ayr ; and by Mr. H.
DRUMMOND, from the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders of
the county of Stirling. - .
WAREHOUSING BILL.

Sir J. ASTI2EY -presented -a. Petition from the Woollen
Manufacturers of the counties. of Wilts and Somerset against
the Warehousing Bill.
AIORIAR: ACT.. ,

Petitions were preseptetl againsi_parts of the Marriage Act,
by Mr. R AMSDEN; from certain _Protestant Dissenters; and
by Mr. MT. from the Unitarian Christians of Liver-
pool.' - . •
. • . PAUPERS IN SUSSEX. . .

On the motion of Mr. CURTEIS, returns were ordered to
be laid-before the.-House from several Parishes in the county of
Sussex, shewing the -number of 'paupers who were receiving Re-
nd from the Poors-rates, on or aboth the Ist ofJanuary last ;
together with the amount of the Population in each Parish re-
spectively, according to the last• Census ; as also the Sums as-
sessed in each Parish for Poor's-rates; for a series of years, be-
ginning with 1752, and endinewith 1822.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PEERS.
Petitions were presented against the Bill for the admission of
Roman Catholic .Peens into the':l4 Ouse. of -Lords,by Sir T. Leth-
bridge, from the Arcbdeaconry Of Taunton ; and by Mr. But-
terworth, from the lndepenaent-Protestant Dissenters, in the
Connection of the late Mr. Huntingdon.
TAXATION. _ '

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE postponed front the 3041-1 instant to
the sth of June, his motion relative to the pressure-of taxation
on the Agricultural Interest: • '
.LEATHER TAX..

Mrt ELLTCE presented a Petitions frorn'the Farmers and
others of Roiburgbshire, praying for the Repeal of the Leather
Tax.
Mr. B. WILBRAHAM moved for an Account of the Ex-
pences'and Receipts-Of the Post-office Packets on the Dover:
Station, from the-.1-et of January, 1017, to the present time, and
also an account of the Expellee of building and fitting out Of
Steam Packets. - _

Mr. sBUTTERWORTH seconded the motion..
Sir I. COFFIN w:.*l convinced that Dover must suffer the
same fate with' Margate. The superior convenience of a Stearn
Packet must give it, the preference to every,other mode of con-
veyance. Besides, the Dover people were notorious for swind-
ling their passengers.
Mr. GLADSTONE thought it would be expedient, if steam-
Vests were encouraged, either to limit the number of passen-
gers, or else to oblige the vessel to carry a sufficient number of
small boats to save the passengers in the event of any accident
occurring on board.
Sir I. COFFIN explained, and the motion was agreed to.
THE LATE DUEL IN, SCOTLAND.

Mr. seeing the Learned Lord (the Lord
Advocate) in his place, wished to ask him a question. It

would be in the recollecion of, the House that he (Mr. A.)
yesterday asked the Learned Lord, as the public prosecutor for
Scotland, 'when' 'Mr. Stuarts trial was to take place. The
Learned Lord replied, that as far as depended on him, the trial
would come on on the lid of June, for which day it was fixestl ;
but that the Judges had the power and might postpone it.
After this statement, the House would learn with surprise,
that the trial had been pOstponetl-7not by the Judge:—rot for
public convenience—but for the convenience of the Solicitor-
General, who had only arrived five days before from England.
The Learned: Lord must have been in communication with the
;elicitor-General, and therefore he (Mr. A.) was at a loss to
know whether that Centleman took upon 'himself to postnone
the trial, or whether it was done with the concurrence of the
Learned Lord. If the latter were the case, he did not know
how 'to reconcile it with the ansvet.r given by the Learned. Lord
yeseaday; Mr.- Stuart had done every thing in his power to
bring on his trial, but from whet had taker: place; he had not
now any security that it would take place on the 101 It June, to
which 'nay it Was•postnoned,
The LORD ADVOCATE answered in so low a tone that.
lee was for the most part inaudible in the Gallery.• We tinder-
ntood -him to say that, •as far as dependod on- him, tha trial
would take place on the 10th June.
• PUBLIC CARRIERS.

Mr. T. WILSON moved for 'leave to bring, in'a Bill to re-
gulate the responsibility 4f carriers of gold,,siiver, jewels, ard.
orifer valuable ar.icles:

aIr.'BRIGHT opposed the 'notion, and•expressed his deter-
niinatiou to take' the sense of the,flouse'npon
The Gallery was cleared,
.but no division tools place, Mr. T.
Wilson having consented to withdraw his motion.,
VAGRANT Lth WS AMENDMENTBiLL.

Mr. CHET WYND moved the Order of the Day for receiv-
ing-the Report on the Vagrant Laws Arnendinertt )1)1.
Affer some•obServations by Mr. JONES against, and Mr. H.
G. BENNET in'favour of the measure,
The Report was received, the Amendments *creamed to,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on Friday.