The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-20 00:00:00

IRIS!! SALT DUTY.

AIL C. HUTCHINSON presented a Petition, which he
stated to be nurperously and' rospectably signed by persona
tre-
ed in the provision trade, at Vork, conip.aiiiing tat the etTect
which the repeal of the Etigliih Salt Di4y tied tool ul%on their
Trrole. `.Grits would at once be pereervod %vb.. n it wus found
that before the repeal in question the English bore a proportion
to the Irish Salt Duty of )58. to 2s. This inconvenience had
also been ninth increased by the removal of the Orawback,
which hula been taken away by the Repeal Bill. He WAS well
aware that the Chancellor of the Exthequt,r last yt.ar, who was

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now a Noble Lord in another plat.,e, ~.bli
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manner towards Ireland on the otieetetglUin, quo OW tipht
he hail no intention to 'cause tin= ingal Ifllktb Iltto ga4., , i Nificr,
out, IL' trusted the Right .lion. • tietttlemen oppteeitew.on o
see the necessity of.reetoring the Drl"r"CT
Sir Jf)IIN NE s
WPORT old, 004 NI e. should leave A ei-
milnr Petition to tirent, betook this ookortierti of 414itii.74:hri
concurrenu in whet Lail fallen from his lion. frieed. ,
The CHANC}.I 1.11,J0R of the EWEN lik4 44, Ae ,`4. air.o
anxious to give the. most faveurable cot tlefl/ClOn tiq trC4'g
of the Petitioners. He WO* PsrfeCtbt W I aware liikt . • .iti-
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duetion of the Salt Duty would itepseondiehtitoeeme. . . ',,,
and it WAS his desire t 0.1414111 to. OPPIi Ore*, -PPOi4e b- ...: ' -at-,
A difficulty, however, had presented it t". in the' f.ise 4112
Petitioners, principally arising out of the 1id0n..„,0,,
could.be get over. he should be glad to rendet.eltery 4ai , A
st4o-il
to beet Irish Provision Tratito-- flear,thevei i)
The Petition was ordered to lie an the table.
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• - • IRISH POSTAOL
Mr. C. lIIITCHINSON Preset/led a : ition frot? fer,t+4ll,
Merchants of Cork, complaining of the. vy rate o poatage
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on lettere between .tlreat Britain anti 'vela The postage-
a letter front London to Cork, he believed; was li• 104- h. •••*.4.
that for an equal or a greater dietenee in England WAS bUt S:li*
teen pence.. lie hoped this grievance would his remedied by hie
Illateety,a tievern,nient. '
Air. F. LEWIS said; that poetage Auld liof be concliaraii
all a mere taIX. • The tax -voristeted '-dier Ifi 'lnt- dif!.renl IP
tween the sum expended and that received—a tliff'oraucti War-Olt
was much lees in the Irish than in the Englieh post-office.
. • Sir JOHN •NEWYORT conceived that this was of no con-
sequence as applied to the present +question. In consequence of
the poverty of Ireland it had lescof communication by fetter;
but on that account the grievance pressed more heevily on these
who received letters.,
Mr. 13OULBUIlN said, the rate of postage was neeessarily
higher upon letters from England to Ireland than front (rip
part of En land to another. The expenee of shipping wasvery
considerable, and this being taken into account, the. present
rates wai,not to be conceived too high. . .
The Petition was then read•opd ordered to lie on the table ;
as were one preiented by Mr. SehtNo RICE, from Tiperary,
against the Coroner's Bill,,end one by Sir Jolts: NitwetoiTe
hoot Waterford, respectipg the Irish Salt Duty, similar to that
presented from Cork by ilir. C. II trrentiNeosi.
• •''' - SOCITIIVI'ARK PETITION.
Mr. C. CALVERT presented a Petition from the initabie
tent Householders of Southwark. Iticomplained 9f exctiesive
taxation, occasioned by art overpaid 41inistry, and an exces-
sive list of unmerited pensions and sioecuro, fit prayed for the
' repeal of the 'Septennial Rill, for the repeal of the Asseseql
TaxeS, and that the House would pass a Hill to reform itself,
in order that it might truly represent the peole.
Sir RO 11E112 WILSON paid, that if a Petition . detinved
attention in proportion to the respectability and temper of the
Meeting- at which it was resolved omit, this would claim the
highest attention of the House. Every branch of thi pub*
interest mat- suffer undoes taxation were considerably (limo-
nished ; and in order to this being done effectually, the Pei,
tioners thought, and lie thought with them, 'that a Reform 0'
the Parliament was necessary. The demands of the Petitioners
were not made from any temporary or local excitement, but af-
ter due and temperate consideration.
The Petition was then Nought up and read.
Mr. C. CALVER.T was ptefectly aware that the usual
course.would he that the Petition be ordered to lie ou the table,
and then that no further notice, be taken of it. lie should,
therefore; in discharge of his duty, have moved that the subject
of the Petition be referred to a Committee of the whole. House;
but that lie was uware he shOuld, by doing so, . open the whole
question of Parliamentery Reform. With .this opinion, he con
ceived it Would' be better for hint to leave the subject in better
and abler halide than his own ; and he should wait until a
Noble. Lord (lend J. Russell) should bring forsvard his pro-
raised Plotien on that subject. •
ThelPetition was the ordered to lie on the table and ha
printed;
INSOLVENT ACT.
Mr. IIEATIICOTE presented a Petition from the trades-
men and inhabitants of Boston praying fur a total repeal of the •
Insolvent-Act.
Lord ALTHORP observed that much complaint had been
made against the principle of the Insolvent Act, founded upon
certain returns, by which it appeared that the debtors who had
availed themselves of the Act had not paid three farthings in
the pound. He found that these returns were made under the
old Act of 18191 and the evil, thererOre, ID its full extent wets
not fairly attributable to the present Act. it wee also to be
remarked, that a debtor watt frequently under the necessity of -.
inserting in his schedule, some of his itches three or four times
61,er; tometit the possible claims of different individuals, aris-
ing out of the same transaction. This, in many cases, swelled ~
the nominal amount of the debts, and affected the dividend
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which heti been coloulated upon them.
Mr. II EATIICOTE, in explanation stated, that the Peti.
tuners distiecily refe.rred .to debts, amounting to eleven mil-
lions, the dividends uptee which had **mounted to only 60,0001-
The Petition was reed, and ordered to lie on the table.
Lord A. I.IA.MILTON moved for certain Returns connected
' with the Elections for &iota BurglisOrdered.. -.
POSTMASTERS GENERAL
Lord .NOIIMAN.BY wished to ask his Alteiesty's Ministers
' what steps had been taken in 0030qm:rice. of the Resoletions
• of the House last Session, for the abolition of the Office. of one
of the Postmasters General. He understood that although the
Salary of the Office in question was taken away, no alteration
had been made in the construction of,the ()dice. If this were
the case, it appeared that'lt Public ofileer was allowed by N. .
sisters to g 0 Without that remuneration to which they cousider-
aidhim entitled, or that a reflection had been thrown upon the
vote of the !louse. •

Secretary PEEL said. he could only answer, that in cons
sequence oldie Resolution of the House, no Salary: had been
paid for the performance of the duties attached to the Office in
question. .
Lord NOEMANRY.said, this was precisely what be had
alluded to. He thought this arrangement printed somewhat
invilliuusly at the Resolution which had been coins to by the
House: -