The Sun.
London, England, 1823-04-30 00:00:00

DUTY ON STONES.

A Petition wax- prewntetl from Elgin,. praying. the repeal
of the Duty on Stones carried coastways.—Ordered to be
printed.
A Petition was presented from the Tuhabitants of the Royal
Burgh of Annan, praying.for the Repeal of the Duty on Stones
earned coastways.—Ordered to•he printed
:Nit-. HUME presented a petition,m- the same subject from
the Town Council and Magistrates of Aberdeen. • lie begged
to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if it was his intention
to give up the duty on stones ?-
The •
CHANCELIAMt attic EXCHEQUER, in reply to
the question put to him by the lion. Gentleman, stated it to be
his intention to propose the repeal of the duty on stones.
The petition was ordered to be printed. • '

DUTY ON COALS.
Mr. ELLIC'E (of Coventry) prey: ted a petition from the
Inhabitants of Watchet, praying for a repeal of the Duties
on Coals. He wished to ask the Chanecllor of the ExChequer
if he intended giving up this imPo , and hoped he should re-
ceive as favourable an answer as his Hum Friend the Member
for Aberdeen had just obtained. Ile should rot dwell upon
st
the subject, as if the representation, which luid been made by
the Hon. Member tin' Canterbury did not produce the desired
impression on the Right
•
Linm e tle an, nothing that he could
say would do so..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the
question now put to him was of inure serious importance than
the one which he had previously answered: The duties on
coals produced to the revenue little short of LWOW. per
annum • that upon stones did not give more than 2,1 or `23,oool.Thong); he could part with the smaller sum, he was not pre-
pared to say, that with respect to the duties en coals he could
offer any other answer than that which he had given on a former
occasion.—The petition was ordered to be printed.

LEA T /IE R TA X.
Mr. L. MABERLEY presented a petition from certain
Shoemakers, of Bainbridge, to Northamptonshire, preying the
repeal of the heather Tax.
After a few.words front Mr. CAt.c rtArr, the Petition was
ordered to be printed.
Mr. DOMINICK BROWNE moved for an account of all
schedules of Customs' tolls and other 'impositions levied on
certain counties in Ireland.—Ordered.
A Message front the Lords announced their Lordships' assent
to the Revenue Departments Bill, and other Bills.
Mr. CREEVEV postponed the motion of which he had
riven notice, respecting the Four and a llalf per cent. Duties
m the Leeward Islands, till the ',."2(1

GLASGOW AND PUlt'r-PA'tiUCK ROADS.
KENNEDY moved for the appointment of a Select
Coorrittee on the lines of Road established from Glasgow tti
Ayr, and thence to Port Patrick, to, consider the state of the
same, &e.
The CHANCELLOR of the.EXCHEQUER had no objec.,
don to the appointment of the Committee, but hoped it would
not be understood that the sums necessary- to. put the roads
referred to in repair, were to ,be furnished out of the public
money.
The motion was agreed to, and the following Committee ap.
pointed :—Mr. Kennedy, Sir William Maxwell, Air. Dawson,
Mr. Maxwell, Lord Arthur Hill, Lord Archibald Hamilton,
Earl of Belfast, Marquis of. Titchlield, General Dunlop, Sir
Arthur Chichester, Mr. Archibald Camphol, Earl of Mount-
Charles, Mr. Walter Frederick Campbell, Mr. Forde„ Mr.
y
Macpherson Grant, Mr. Frankland Lewis, General Mont.
gomerie, Mr. Chart-% Grant, Sir ltobert Sir Henr Par-
nell, Sir Ronald Ferguson, Mr. Spring Rice, and Mr. mniath
Stewart.