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London, England, 1823-03-11 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Several Accounts and other Papers were presented from va-
rious Public Offices, and ordered to lie onithe table and, be
printed.
Mr. 'RENNET presented a Petition from certain Inhabit-
ants of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, against the Vestry Bill of
that Parish.—Referred to the Committee on the Bill.
A new Writ was ordered for Corfe Castle, in the room of
Mr. GEORGE', BANKES, who has accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds.

INSOLVENT ACT.
Petitions against the Insolvent Act were presented from Mon-
mouth, by Sir CHARLES :MORGAN; from Darlington, by Mr.
14,01BrON; from Burslem, by AIL LYTTLETON ; and from
acclesfield, by Mr. EoE RTON.—They were read, and ordered
to lie on the table and to be printed.
Sir E. KNA.'rCH BULL present .a Petition, from Greenwich
against the Dutty on Coal.
Sir J. COTTERELL presented a Petition from certain Hop
Growers of Gloucester Against the Hop Duty.
Mr. E. KNATCHUULL and Mr. CORTE is spoke in favour
of the Petition, which wag ordered to he printed.
Mr. C. DUNDAS presented a Petition from Hungerford
against the Beer Duty.-Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. T. WILSON presented a Petition from the unsuccessful
Candidate at the late Election for Arundel, complaining that
the Election was illegal.—Ordered to be taken into consideration
on the 17th of April.
SMALL DEBTS' BILL.
Lord ALTHORP, to correct a misunderstanding which had
gone abroad, stated, that the Committee on this Bill had no in-
tention to interfere with existing jurisdictions. He then
moved for a List of the several Courts holding jurisdiction to
recover Small Debts.—Ordered.

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Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a petition. from several
Gentry and Yeomanry of Somerset against the New Turnpike
Act.—Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Mr. LENNARD presented a petition from Ipswich against
the Insolvent Act. The Hon. Member spoke generally in fa.
your of the petition, and alluded particularly to certain de.
tails of the Insolvent Act which he considered as particularly
injurious to the commercial classes of the community. He
would not, however, advocate a return to the old law, giving
the creditor a power of perpetual imprisonment over the
debtor.
The petition was ordered to be printed ; as was another pre.
seated by the same lion. Member-from certain parts of Suffolk
in favour of the Small I)ebts' Bill.
Lord EBRINGTON presented a petition from Tavistock,
against the duty on Coal ; and another from the Duke of Bed.
ford, as proprietor of a local Juristliption, against the new
Marriage Act.
WINDOW TAX.

Air. IJUSKISSON presented a petition from certain inha-
bitants of Liverpool, against the Window Tax. Ile thought
himself, however, that no further remission of taxation could
take place, consistent with what was due to the public service.
—Ordered to lie on the table,
The Irish Grand Jury Presentment Rill was read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for a Return of the Irish
Imports and Exports, from 1011 to la:a—Ordered.
Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from Sussex, against the
hop duty.—Ordered to lie on the 1.11,1)122 and be printed.

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Sooff;H REPRESENT.ATION.
Mr. Secretary PEEL, seeing a Noble Lord in his place who
had given notice of a motion on the subject of Scotch Ilepre.
sentation for to-morrow, wished to know whether the Noble
Lord would consent to postpone tho motion, in consideration
of the absence, from illness, of his Right }lon. Friend the Se-
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Lord A. HAMILTON said he could not refuse the post-
ponement which was requested on account of the illness of that
Hight lion. Gentleman, and he therefore postponed the notice
until to-morrow sennight.

SCOTCH JURIES.
Mr. ABERCROISIBY, in the absence otitis lion. Friend
the Alember for Ayr, gave notice that that Hon. Gentleman
would, on the 22d of April, bring forward a motion for alter-
ing the present practice or the Trial by Jury in Criminal Cases
in Scotland He gave notice also that he would idumeic on the
29th of the same month, bring forward a motion respecting the
case of William Murray Borthwick.
Sir W. DE CltESPlGNYpresented a petition from certain
Inhabitants of Middlesex, complaining of the increase of Poor
,Elates. Ordered to lie on the table.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY moved for certain Returns Mat-
ing, to they Allowances made to the Peor. Ordered.
Sir IC W. ,BIDLEY presented a petition; from. Newcastle,,

against the Insolvent Act. The Hon. Baronet said, he had
altered his opinion on this subject; and thought, from expe-
rience, that the Act in question had been most mischievous in
its effects. If his Majesty's Government did net see the ne.
cessity of taking up the subject, he should himself do so in the
course of the present Session.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY presented a petition from the same
place against the House Duty. Both petitions were ordered to
lie on-the table and be printed.
Mr. RICARDO moved that there be laid before the House
an account of the number of persons who had 'received di-
vidends on the 3 per Cent. Stock due in January last, dis-
tinguishing the number of those whose dividends were under
101., M., 1001., 3001., 500/., 1,0001., and 2,0001. And a like
account respecting the dividends last due upon the 33 and 4
per cent. stocks.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not rise
to oppose the motion, to which he saw not the least objection;
but as the accounts in question would take a considerable time
in the making out, he thought the Hon. Gentleman would haveno objection to ive the house some idea of the purpose for
which he wanted the information.
Mr. RICARDO said he was aware the niakingUp the ac-
counts would take a considerable time, but he did not wish to
press for them in any hurry, so as to inconvenience the Bank.
Mr. DARIN°. proposed that the motion should be amended,
so as to distinguish dividends under N.
This was acceded to by Mr. RICARDO; and the motion, as
amended, was put and agreed to.
Lord A. HAMILTON presented *petition from the Royal
Burgh of Perth, complaining that the corporate allitirs of the
Burgh were mismanaged, and that the election was, in effect,
made by the Magistrates.—Ordered to lie on the Table.
DUTY ON COALS.

Lord A. HAMILTON presented another Petition from the
Coal Proprietors of Ayr, complaining of the Export Duty on
Scotch Coal. The duty to which the Petitioners referred, and
of which they complained, was, that which was imposed on the
exportation of Coal from Scotland to Ireland. lie wishod to
know from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite whether he in-
tended to propose any alteration of the Duty on Coals which
might benefit the Petitioners.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was
not his intention to propose any alteration in the duty upon
Coals. _ -

Mr. GIIENFELL said, that as this Petition was connected
with a question which had lately been much discussed in pub-
lie, he would take the present opportunity of stating his sen-
timentt on that question. He was not inclined to press this
Session for any remission of the duty on coals. Many persons
however were of opinion that the coastwise duty upon coals •
was extremely oppressive ; and he trusted, therefore, that
any further remission of taxes were decided upon, this particu-
lar tax would be well considered, with a view to its remission if
possible.
Mr. C. HUTCHINSON said the tax upon coals was gene-
rally felt by all classes of the community.
Air. RENNET thought the two millions which had been
i reserved for the support of public credit, as t was called, would
go a t,,reat way towards relieving the public from the tax in
question. That sum had, however; been applied to the Sink-
ing Fund ; and he had no doubt that Many months would not
elapse before the house would see las Majesty's Government
in possession of that very Sinking Fund.
Mr. Alderman WOOL) thought the City of London had
more reason than any other Place to complain of the duty on
coals, as the duty was but Gs. itd. per chiddron on the crisis un-
laden on the other side of Gravesend, while it was nine shil-
lings on those unladen on the city side. The Country Gentle.
men, he rather thought, were not aware of the importance of this
tax, as it affected the agricultural interest; for the duty on
coal operated as a tax of eight shillings an acre upon ground
manured with lime.

Sir M. W. RII)LEY concurred in opinion with the Hon.
Alderman. He begged to observe, that the coal-owners of
Tyne had nothing whatever to do with the high price of coals.
They often received but six shillings a clutldron for the coal
which was sold in London at 60s. ; and the highest price they
ever obtained for the best Coal was fifteen shillings per chal.
dron ; and this at a time when Coal was sold in London at be.
tween seventy and eighty shillings. The profit derived by the
Coal Owners was as small as it posssibly could be, taking into
consideration the large capital which they were compelled to
employ.
Mr. LYTTLETON felt it to be his duty
.to speak on be.
half of some of his Constituents who were proprietors engaged in
the Inland Coal Trade. As to the general question of the re-
mission of the Duty, he hail no doubt that its remission would
prove of very little advantage to the public; for ha amount
would find its way into the lockets of the retail Coal-dealers.
At all events the remission of the Coast Duty would be a se.
rims injury to the Inland Coal-dealers, unless the Inland Duty
were also taken off: These duties had been established nearly
a century, and the House would, undoubtedly, not take them
off suddenly. lie was satisfied the doing so would be attended
with the most ruinous consequences to those whobad embarked
large capital in the Inland Coal Trade.
Sir THOIVIAS LETHBRIDGE trusted the House would
pause before they pressed the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
take off' this duty. He was not, however, at all apprehensive
that they were likely to do so. The question as to this remise
sion of duty had caused a great sensation in the City; bathe
trusted the House would never consent to injure the vested In.
terestsof those who were engaged in the trade.
Mr. MA RRYAT said, that considerations respecting the
Inland Coal Trade would render his opinion unfavourable to
the remission of this duty, though he thought, in its present
operation, it was a great hardship. Ile had the means of
knowing that, on account of this duty, the sugar refiners of the
Hans Towns obtained English coal at a cheaper rate than' the
London consumers.

Lord A. HAMILTON, in answer to the observation of the
Chancellor of the Exchquer, explained that the present peti-
tion did not complain of the general Duty on Coal, but on the
duty which was imposed on the exportation of coal from Scot-
land to Ireland.

Mr. GRATTAN said a few words in favour of the encourage-
ment of importation of coal to Ireland ; and the petition was
then ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
WAREHOUSING BILL.
On the motion of Mr. WALLACE, the House went into a
Committe on the 'Warehousing Bill. The Chairman was di-
rected to move for leave to bring in a Bill to encourage the ware-
housing of goods, by exempting them from the payment of
duty"on their first entry,
The,House having resumed, the Chairman moved for, and
obtained leave to bring in the Bill.
The ATTORNEI -GENERAL brOught in a Bill for se-
curing to his Mkjesty, his heirs and successors, the property to
which he was entitled on his accession to the Throne.—ltead
first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday
next..