The Sun.
London, England, 1822-05-10 00:00:00

SALT TAX.

Mr. GOOCH presented a Petition from the inhabitants of
Lowestoft, praying for a repeal of the Duty on Salt.
SEDITIOUS MEETINGS AMENDMENT BILL.
The Report on this Bill was brought up ; and the Amend-
ments having been agreed to, it was ordered to be read a third
time on Thursday next. •
CATHOLIC PEERS.

Mr. COURTENAY presented a Petition from- he Mayor-
alty and Citizens of Exeter, against the introduction of a Bill
to empower Catholic PeerS to sit in the House of Lords. He
did not concur in the sentiments of the Petitioners in this case,
but he was bound to say that he believed they expressed the
feelings of the Inhabitants of the City of Exeter.
Lord EBRINGTON said, that he believed the Petition last
presented did not speak the sentiments of the majority of the

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FRIDAY, MAY 10,. 1822.

The Order of the Day having been read for resuming the
adjourned debate on the Report of the Agricultural Committee,
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY moved that the
Speaker should leave the Chair. '

Mr. DENISON wished to say a few words on the subject.
In his opinion none of the proposed Resolutions hall any ten-
dency to remove the existing evil, which arose out of un-
bounded taxation, and the rapid restriction . of the circulating
medium. With respect to the latter subject, as his Hbn.
Friend (the Member for Essex), had given' notice of a motion
on the subject, he would postpone any observations upon it
until that opportunity should arrive. With respect to taxation
it was pressing agriculture down to utter ruin. If Government
would turn their attention to that subject, he was persuaded
they might keep faith with the public creditor, arid yet repeal
two millions and a half of taxation. That would be only half
the sum now appropriated to the Sinking Fund. If the Taxes
on Leather, Salt, Tallow, and Candles, were repealed, it
would afforcl a considerable relief both to the grower and to the
consumer of agricultural produce. He was sorry to see a pre-
valent disposition in all the various classes of the community,
the land-owners, the fund-owners, and the ship-owners, to
shift the burthen from their own shoulders upon the shoulders
of others. If Ministers would consent to give relief by a re-
mission of taxation, all classes would with more willingness
bear their remaining burthens.
The House then resolved itself into the Committee.
Lord ALTHORP said, that although he yesterday troubled
the House with the-general view which he took of this ques-
tion, he wished to explain more fully his view of the situation
in'which the question stood. The question, then, was this :
His Honourable Friend, the Member for Portarlington, had
moved a set of Resolutions for imposing an import duty on
foreign wheat, of 20s. a quarter, to descend by Is. a year, until
it fell to 10s. ; and for giving a bounty of 7s. a quarter on _the
exportation of British wheat. The Amendment which he pro-
posed was to impose an import duty of 20s. without any de-
scending scale, and to give a bounty on exportation of 18s. a
quarter. He had yesterday detailed to the House the calcula-
tions which convinced him that the lowest price at which foreign
grain could come to this country, with a duty of 20s. was 655. a
quarter. On the other hand, he was of opinion, if there were a
bounty on exportation of 18s., that, on the average of years,
corn could be exported from tis country with advantage when-
ever the price fell to 435. It followed, therefore, that under
such a regulation, the lowest price of corn in this country would
he 435. a quarter, and the highest price 655. Among the re-
solutions which had been proposed to the Committee, there was
one for admitting the foreign corn now warehoused in this
country, at a lower price than corn from abroad. Of that pro-
position he very Much approved ; for he was persuaded that it
would prove highly advantageous. The farmers would not be
exposed at one and the sometime to the importation from foreign
countries, and to the influx from the warehouses. To admit
the foreign corn warehoused to come into the market in the first
instance, might, perhaps, by the effect which it would have on
the market, prevent the foreign corn, direct from the Continent,
from coming at all.
Mr. RICARDO considered the argument of the Noble Lord
to be at variance with some of his admissions. Notwithstanding
what had been said of the property embarked in Agricultural
pursuits, he doubted if it were greater than the dead capital of

Town from which it purported to come.—The Petition was or-
dered,to lie on the table.
COUNTRY BANKS.
Mr. GRENFELL moved for a return of the number of
Country Banks in England and Wales, and of the number of
Partners in each, as far as the same. can be furnished. He
wished for the return in order. to enable the House to judge
how far the proposed extension of the number of partners was
judicious.
'Mr. BRIGHT seconded the motion, and observed that in
his opinion,the proposed extension would be productive ofgreat
- inconvenience. •
-A message' from the Lords announced their Lordships' assent
to several private Bills. -
Mr. It. MARTIN postponed the motion for the second read-
ing of the Capital Crime Amendment Bill, to the 17th inst.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in
a Bill to amend the Act of, last Session, for the expediting of
business in the Court of King's Berich. The Hon-Gentleman
was happy,to say that the provision of this Act did not appear
to be requisite.
PASSENGERS' REeTT.4 ITION BILL.
• Mr. LUSHINGTON obtf.ined leave- ter-bring in a Bill to
alter and amend• tha laws regulating the passage vessels of the
United Kingdoni.
The Recognizance Regulation Bill was read a second tim ,
and ordered to be committed on Tuesday next.
Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up copies of the correspon-
dence between his Majesty's Government and the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England.—Ordered to be printed.'
FOREIGN CORN.

Sir T. ACLAND presented a Petition from Devonshire,
against that part of the Agricultural plan which.proposecl to
take bonded corn out of the warehouses when the price rose to
655., as highly injurious to the interests of the native farmer.
TAXATION.

Sir T. LETHBRIDGE gave notice that he would, on the
30th itlst. submit a ResOlution on the unequal state of Taxa-
tion, more particularly relative to the parochial and county
taxation, as affecting the.landed interest—(Hear, hear!).
DUTY ON TALLOW CANDLES.

Mr. SYKES said he rose, pursuant to -notice, to move for
he Repeal of the. Duty on Tallow Candles, when he was inter-
rupted by
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, who appealed to the
Hon. Member to defer his motion, in order to allow the ques-
tion which occupied the-House for several nights to proceed to
a decision. If he had the goodness, to waive his claims, and
allow the main business to proceed, he could take any other day
for his motion which might suit him.
Mr. SYKES said, there was no one more willing to oblige
the Noble Lord, and to consult for the disposition of the House,
than himself ; but the fact was, he had twice already post-
poned his motion ; once when Members did not choose to come
down to discuss it, and again in deference to a motion of the
Right Hon. Member for Liverpool. Besides he really thought
there was-no qUestion now before the House of superioram-
portanee. His motion went to relieve the" Agricultural interests
by the remission of part of the taxes, and he must say, that if
he did not take this opportunity to slim why the tax to which
his motion referred should be remitted, he should most pro-
bably. have no other opportunity during the time of his attend-
ance in the present Session. If therefore it pleased the House,
he would proceed to the discussion.
Mr. Secretary PEEL begged to submit tosthe consideration
of the Hon. Member, that although he should be of opinion
that his motion for the repeal of the Duty on Tallow was as
important as the one now before the House, yet surely the latter
must have become more important by having undergone three
nights' discussion, and it was of,greater moment that it should
proceed to a decision that night—(Hear, hear !)—lf the Hon.
Member perAisted in his motion now, it was probable that the
Agricultural question must be postponed to Monday night, as
the discussion of the Bill on the Catholic Peerage was to come
on to-morrow (this day), and it would probably occupy a long
time. He put it to him, therefore, whether he could wish to
postpone the decision on a question so long, which involved
so many, and such important interests, and which was con-
nected with so much speculation. He hoped that in this view
of the subject he would allow the House to proceed to the dis-
c ussion—(H ear hear ! ) •
Mr. BRIGHT, said that he believed a question of great
commercial importance was fixed for Monday.
Lord LONDONDERRY observed, that the Right Hon.
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a
_proposition to submit
relative to a remission of taxes, and he thought it but reason-
able that Hon. Gentlemen should wait to hear the general state-
ment of Government on this subject before they moved for the
repeal of particular taxes.
Sir 111. W. RIDLEY entreated his Hon. Friend to _ post-
pone his motion.
Mr. SYKES said, in point pf fact, there was ro difference
as to the bearing of his question and the adjourned one, as
both were proposed for the relief of the Agricultural Interests.
He believed that if he postponed his motion now he would have
no opportunity of bringing it on within the limits of that time,in
which-it would be convenient for him to attend his duty in that
House.—He however knew the difficulty of addressing the
1-louse on any occasion, and he knew that difficulty was in-
creased tenfold by addressing an unwilling audience. Having
been addressed by both sides of the-House to postpone his mo-
tion, he would accede to so general, a request—(Hear, hear !)
—And he would therefore put off the question to the 17th of
May.
After a few words from Lord Althorp, Mr.- Sykes, Mr. G.
Bcnnet, Mr. Peel, Mr. Curwen, and Mr: Ellice, as to the
propriety of the day, it was finally postponed to Friday, the 17th.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.