The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-28 00:00:00

HOUSE OF commoNs:

IDO: IL. . •
The House was sumNmolneUNd tcrlT
the Boon se of Lords to hear the
Royal Assent given by Commission to the Annual Indeni.
nity Bill.
A Paper was laid on the table by a person from the Fleet
Prison, of the number of Prisonersilischarged from that Prison
in the course of the last year.
RAMSUATE HARBOUR.
Mr. KIRKPA'CIIICK presented the Annual Accounts of the
Commissioners of Itanisgate Harbour, which were laid on the
table.
Mr. MANNING took that opportunity to observe that it
*as an unfounded report that an 110nourable Baronet', Mem-
her for the City of London, had ever held balances on account
of this Harbour in his hands. On the contrary, he had on
one occasion very liberally advanced money to meet the exi-
gencies of the moment.
Mr. MANNING moved fur a Return of the Balances in the
hands of the Treasurer or Trustees of Ramsgate Harbour,
since the appointment of the Commission relative to it from
1791 to 1822. ,
Mr. WALLACE bore testimony to the irreproachable con.
duct of the Hon. Baronet, the Member for the City of Lon.
don, in his connection with Ramsgate Harbour.
The Return was ordered,
Mr. CURWEN preiented a Petition from Ship Owners and
others interested in the Greenland and South Sea Fishery,
praying for relief from the burdens which pressed 'on their
trade.—Laid on the table.
Lord FRANCIS OSBORN presented a Petition froM the
County of Cambridge, complaining of the undue burdens to
'which the land was subjected, and praying for a liberal reduc-
tion of Taxes, retrenchment in the public Departments, and
Reform in Parliament.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be
printed.

ANUAL BILL.
The House resolved itself into aDUTIES Committee on the Annual
Duties Bill, which was read paragraph by param.—Agreed
to ; and the House having resumed,flie Reportg was ordered to
be received to-morrow.
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The Exchequer B iIIXCHEQUER , and the Transfer of Aids Bill went
through the same stage.
SCOTCH CREDITORS BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE brought up a Bill, entitled the
Scotch Creditors Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered
to he read a second time to-morrow.
BERKSHIRE PETITION.
Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS presented a petition from the
Freeholders of the County of Berks, in public Meeting assem-
bled, praying for Relief to Agriculture, and a Reform In Par-
liament. The Hon. Member strongly supported the senti-
ments of thepetition, which was that of the gentry and most
respectable portion of the County.
Jr. F. PALMER said that the sentiments of the petition
were those of every class in the County.
' Mr. MONCK concurred in the prayer of the petition, parti-
cularly that for Reform. The House of Commons; he consi-
dered, was not a House for the people, but against them It
was dependent where it ought to be independent, and inde-
pendent where it ought to be dependent, when subservient
to Royal favour.
Ordered to be printed.
HEREFORDSHIRE PETITION.
Mr. PRICE presepted a similar petition from the Free-
holders of the County of Hereford.
Lord FOLKESTONE supported the Petition. He oh.
served that he had heard a great deal of abuse against the pe-
tition from the County of Norfolk, and of this County ; but
until he heard some refutation of the opinion and doctrines of
these petitions, lie should oar' no argument against the ob.
jections to them. _ Something of the nature prayed for by these
petitions, was evidently what the country wanted. Laid on
the table, and ordered to be printed.
Lord FOLKESTONE withdrew a notice of motion he had
for Wednesday next, and postponed it to the 12th of March.
Mr. DA L's .presented a petition from Galway, complaining
in Agricultural Distress.