The Sun.
London, England, 1815-04-05 00:00:00

IMPPAUAL PAULIANIENT.

nousr. OF C0111.M.01•-::4; Tv DAY, APRIL 4

`Str.:MCMMOND I,re.l;sitk.,.l' a Pc.titiot; fr.•ll;7liunkeid,
,2gain%l the Scotch .Ttlry
A Petition tr, ii r sainc tiarct tva.s pre;enteil fronilehleeti.

A Vetiti,m was presentett limn the nigh Stn.:rid' atilt Gr:ind
51.0. y of the ('entity ni I,4ncostel', praying that the (:oiiiity
It„te Bilrrn;zht into 4 low.
The FUrvizn Wine Duty'Bid %vas ordered to be read a third
T:Alrs•ct•ty next. _

'oii ittt a tke Seamen's Wills Bill *as postponed
to tlAa.l :Jay se'uniglit.

A ...rAti froni ttie London Flour Company presented an
Account of Itucipts anti Payments, pursuant to an Order of
the IL.!,e.

The farther consideration of the Report on the Count•
Rate DitL-w,ls postponed to rvidaY nest.
The frith To.bittico Importation Rill was -read a second
time, ::nil ordered to be cointoit”.4l to-morrow.

'rite Committee on the Southern Whale Fishery Bill was
postponed till to-morrow.

ASSIZE OF BREAD.

Mr. FRANKLIN LEWES rose to move for a Com-
mittee to inquire concer.ing- the Assize of Bread
in the City of London. He said,- that when the
Corn Bill had been before the House, the Repre-
sentatives of the City of London had so often and
so positively asserted, that the result of the Bill
would be to raise the price of the quartern-loaf to
16d. that nobody in the House bad ventured to
contradict it. He thought that a good 6%1 nay
be attributahle to the Assize Laws-of the City of
London, for in many places where there was no
assize, the loaf was'cheaper than in London. In
Birtnrogham, when wheat ut-is 655. the quarter,
the i at of the qualitv of what ;vas called " Stan-
dard Wheaten Bread," was only 84d. He therefore •
tvould- wish for further information on the subject,
for peilhaps much may be owing to the manner of
taking the assize. By. the ancient assize law,
passed in, the reign of King John, the assize was
taken from the average price of wheat. By an
Act passed in 1797, the assize was taken in Lon-
don front the price of flour, and to the change
much of the e‘il may he owing. He concluded
by [roving for a Select Committee to enquire into
the different laws concerning the Assize of Bread
in London, and to consider whether it be expe-
client to continue the Assize as it is at pieseut
taken.

Mr. G. ROSE said, that great advantages may
arise front the Committee ; but that he thought
there was much misunderstanding relative to the
mode of taking the assize. He did nut think nor
believe that taking the assize front the average
price of wheat would !mice the quartern loaf
cheaper than taking it from dour. • He never ad-
mitted that the tvirtern loaf should be Is. 4d.
when wheat was 80s.

The Motion was agreed to, and the_Cgrutnittee
appointed.

PRESENT CRISIS.

Mr. WitITEREAD ro3e and said, that an Address
to the mice Regent had been voted by the House
before' theholydays, praying for the production of
certain Papers riative to the proceedings of Con-
gress. hose Papers, however, had not yet been
laid betok,e the House. Ile had understood from
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that a Message
from the' Prince Regent respecting the present
state of affairs would be brought down to-morrow
(this day) ; but as some Members conceived, that
the Ugh Hon. Gentleman It.id mentioned Thurs-
day, he should be glad to.know on which of those
day b the counnunicatiun would be made.
Utt the rime the Chancellor of the Exchequer
was not iu the, House, but entered immediately
afterwards, Mr. Whitbread reprared his question.]
11, Cif ANCELLOR of. the Excit2stuett said, that
the Papers to AVilich the Hon. Gentleman had al-
luded were ready, and would hive been presented
yesterday if his Noble Friend had appeared in time.
As to the ,message trout the Prince Regent, it
would probably be communicated to the House
on Wedneiday.
Just at this period, Lord 'Castlereagh entered
the House, When Mr. 'Whitbread repeated his
question respecting the Papers, and bekgld to
know, whether the message front the Crown
would be delivered for certain on Wednesday.

Lord CASTLERAGH stated, that with respect to
the papers, he had merely left the [louse in order
to enquire whether..they had arrived. He would,
Lowever present the Papers on the Slave Trade,
and some other Documents, that evening ; and
those relative to Genoa, in the course of the week.
The 111essage from the Prince Regent would be
Vrought down on Thursday, in order to be taken
into consideration on Friday. In consequence
of this arrangement, it Would be necessary that
the American Question should be postponeafrom
ursda v to Tuesday.
Mr. XV7'IIITBREAn then said, that when the Noble
Lord produced the papers, the House would see
whether they contained that full information
which the Address retpxsted.