The Sun.
London, England, 1815-07-07 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

_ The, House was•sunutioned into the
,House of
Peers to hear the RoyalAs,ent given by Commis,
sion to several public and private Bills, fur which
see Lords. . . •

Upon the return of the:SPEAKER, he informed-
the Hottse that he had received .a letter from his
Royal flightless the Duke of York, in reply to.the
_conntomication which had been_plade to. his Royal
Highness of the Thauks„of
,that House. The-
Speaker then read t!te letter, which express-
ed his Royal Highness's gratitude :and sAtistaction
at finding his services °ace more -thought worthy
of the Thanks of that flonse,,ltui ascribing-all the
merits to the native energy o(Brnish soldiers,- and
the distinguished talents. of. .that „pre-entioent
Commatnier by whom they were led to victory
at the saute dine his Royal Highness learned with
the
„greatest pleasure that the house; of Cum=
mons had attributed, any .share, to him of. those
great exertions which bad crowned the British-
arms with glory, and contributed to the,salvation
tit Europe.—(Hear, hear !)
,111 r. HuttsT,gave. putice that-he should, early
next Session, move for leave-to bring ilia Bill.to
make considerable alterations.in the 10th of Eli-
Zabeth, and the 49th of the King.,
The Vote of Credit the American Trade
Bill, the 'lrish Cotton Bill, the Seeds Bill, the
liAi'Llndia.l-)ostag,e Bill, the Salt Duty Bill, the
Charitable Donations Bill, and :the _Hackney-.
Coach Bill, were severally read a third time and
piissed. Ti the. latter Acts-. General Thornton
proposed two additional clauses, both: of which
were rejected.
_

Mr. W. COURTENAY inquired, whether any steps
had yet been taken to pros ide a proper Court for
theiVice Chancellor, in which he might, execute
the ditties entrusied to him by an Act which RaSsed
twoyearsagb ?
The CHANcaLLott.of tite EXCHEQUER sai4, that
he hoped to have been able.to submit a proposi-
tiort to the House upon, the subject; befor, but
some particular,causes had prevented hint "from
doing so. It certainly,
.however,, was the inten•
604,0 Go.verju4ieht ;to rov4ie at proper Court for

tlfe discharge of the business belonging to. the
office of Vice Chancellor.
The CaANCELLOR of the EN:CHEQUEit MOVC(I
that the Ifousei. on its rising should 'Adjourn till
Tuesday.

Lord CoduRANE gave notice that he should,
early in the next Si'ssion, move for the appoint
meta of a !elect Committee to intjuire into, the
eNidence 'taken upon the proceedings in -a late
trial and into the conduct of the Lord Chief
Justice upon that trial:

The CHANCF.GLOR oldie ExctipatiErttnoved the
usual Addresses. to his Ro at Highness the Prince_
Regent, praying that he shotild order certain sums
to be paid to. the Chairman-of. the Committeo.„ -
and to the other Officers of that: House, for their

ser►ices, and that the House would make good‘
the same.

Sir C....BURRELL. observed, that a Bill had' been'
passed in the course of the present. Session, to
enable the Government to erect signal stations in
different parts of the criuntry. He wished to
know, as it was. of importance to many indivi-
duals'who_ had land- in those parts where Chey‘vere
to be erected, •whether unik,r the present circum-
stances of the war it•would still be .thought•rteces-
Sary to apply the public money to those objects.
S r G. kVAItIIENRER said, the only answer which
he could give to the Honourable Baronet's ques-
tion. was, that the actual Circumstances must re-
gulate the necessity or propriety of acting upon
that,Bill.--Adjourned till Tuesday.

I'il RLI It M EN TA, it V PAPERS.

'ABSTRACT -OF 'IWO': CANT PARLIAMENTARN

PAPERS.—(7o he eon/blued regularly.)

BILL.for rypealing• the STAMP-OFFICE DIMES on AD-
. VERTISLMENTS;- • ALMANACS.S, 'U
PA NI PI I L ETS,' GOLD and SILVER PLVI'E,. STAGE-
. CO.-ICI-IES, and LICENCES for, hee.p4; STAGE-
COACLIES-now nt-Great Britain; and for grant-
ing new Duti,s in lieu thereof.- . •

This Bill, (which has been amended by the
Cominittee), after enacting the Duties granted
by. , the Act 44th Geo. 11I'. dhap. 98, shall be re-
pealed, and cea'se from the 31.4 of August, 1815,
excepting such arrears as shall be due up to that
date, further enacts, that' iu lieu of these, new
duties, shalt be granted, as specified in the Sche-
duk*,

The other provisions
,ofthe Bill are, that these -
tiew dnties shall,beunder the management of the
Commissioners- of Shinips, tlirit • the powers of
former I%cts shall helitit'in forte with regard to'
the new. Ditties ; tbat the•4orgery, of: Stani-ps,-
Plate-duty Marks, &c. shad be ,Felonv ,„ -, that. a.,
penalty. of 'lOl. sh:.ll he imposed on persons con-
victed_ of purchasing. Mistamped Ataanaeks'; as
also. a
.penalry three months imprisonMent on
Printers atiprentjegs, &c.- for printing Abnanacks
iwithotit-Stamps ; tka tt here sliall„ be. two .set s. of
Stamps for Netvpapers; one expressing the allow-
ance of. discount for prompt payment, and tire
other not ; that the price of Newspapers-shall he
printed on diem, and that there sbajl.be., apenalty,
or. twenty potinds linposed on persOns omitting
this., or selling Papers.at a higherlirice than-that
marked On them; that--Hackney Coaches• rchen
licensed- to be used as Stage Coaches, slialLphy..
the same duties as other Stage Coaches ; that
Stage Coachcs.sliall not be preihibiteil'from taking
up p4ssengers within the Bills, of .IVortality.----12':-
Hely, that the monies arising from these duties and
under the nianageinent "Of the Commissioners of
Stitups shall be paid to thelleeeiter-General,' and
by him into the Excherincr,swhere they are ..to'be
appropriated and set apart to defray the„annuai.
charge of the Public Dent of Great liritain.

*.jhis 6ebedule has not yet been printed.

- BILL FOR TIIE BETTER PROTECTION OF THE TRADE
OF TILE UNITED KINGDOM.
This B.illhas beep. amended_ by the Committee,
'antiits principal enactments are,—that no ship, Orr.
-vessel belonging to any Biitislr sulijeCt shall sail
-wiLbout cod-voy or separate- from convoy without
leave, under a,penalty of 1000 E, or if. any part'Of
the cargo, be naval..pr military stores,_ the penalty,
Shall be fifteen' htiMii:eil pounds ; that it a vessel
sailS without corivoyy'and .;separates' without
leaVe, the insurance.;.shall .void With re-
spect to *the property
.qf the -311as:er, or any-
person interested s-ho is privy to the offence,
and ..any person -effecting a settlement there
• on, or allowing any- money on account of
loss'; shall forfeit 2001.; and that .OfficerS of the
Customs vessels to be cleared out-
wards until-the Master gives a bond to sail with
convoy, and not to separate:. It is however pro-*
vicled, that the ACiis only to extend to vessels
. . -
which are required to be registered, and not to
vessels licensed by the Admiralty; that no fee
'shall be demanded or received 16r lieences; arid
that Masters in danger of being boarded by the
enemy, to make signals to the rest of the fieet„and
if boarded, to destroy their instructions on pe-
niiliS7 of 200/.
The Act is to extend to all vessels sailing from
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, and the Isle of Man,
after Ist Alugust, 1815 ;=from any port of Eu-
rope; on or after Ist September, 1815 ;--1-from any
port of America or the IVest Indies, Ist October,
18,15 ;—Asia or Africa, Ist November, 1815.
The Act is tii Owl-tin-tie in -force during the pre-
seilt hostilities with France: