The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-10 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Marti:, 90 die Mardi, 1824.
FLEET MARKET (North Road)—Petition for leave to present
, a Petition for a Bill reported, and leave given; Petition for
' Bill referred to a Committee.
Itups—Alston and Burtryford, Barton Bridge or Moses Gate,
East Retford and Littleborough, and Scartho and Lowth—
Bills ordered to be brought in. Penrith and Cockermouth,
Gisburn, and Thirsk-and Yarm—Bills read a third time,
and passed. Stow-on-the-Told—Bill reported, to be in-
grossed. Kensington—Bill read a second time and com-
mitted. Radnor and Hereford—Petition for Bill reported,
Report to Ea on the table. Newent-_Bill reported, Amend-
ments agreed to : Clause offered, to empower the Trustees to
defray expences of making a Road to Aston. Glebe Lands :
Motion made, and Question proposed---" That the said
Clause be brought up :"—Debate thereupon adjourned till
to-morrow (this day).
POOR—Newton—Bill read a second time, and committed.
Tunstead and Happing—Bill read a third time, and passed.
IxcLosueE—Tarrant Hinton (Dorset)---Bill read a second
time, and committed.
IMPROVEMENTS—WaIsaII—BiII read a second time, and
committed. Evesham—Petition for Bill reported ; Report to
lie on the table. Plymouth—Petition of Owners and Occu-
piers of Houses and Lands, against, referred to the Com-
mittee or the Bill.
Nay IGATlON—Medway—Petition for Bill reported, Report
to lie on the table.
CMllllGH—Roundhay—Bill ordered to he brought in.
BRlDGE—Burrow—Bill read a first time.
COAL DUTlES—Petitions against the Duties on Coals, from
Antrim, and Lambeth—to lie on the table.
COMBINATION OF WORKMEN LAWS—Petitions of Artizans
and Work-people of Tewksbury, and of Journeymen Wea-
vers, &c. of AV ymondham, against, referred to the Select
Committee on Artizans and Machinery.
FISHERIES (Scottand)—Petitions from Dundee,Cupar, Forfar,
and Montrose, for the regulation of the Laws applicable to
the Salmon Fisheries, to lie on the table.
TAY FISHERIES—Petition of Merchants of Edinburgh, pre-
sented March 4, to be printed.
PUBLIca Ns—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers
of Newbury and Speenhamland, and New and Old Brent-
ford, for ,the repeal of the increased Duties on Licences ;
to lie on the table.
HOLYHEAD STEAM PACKETS—Petition of _Merchants and
Traders of Dublin, complaining of the inefficacy of the Post-
Office Steam*Packets, and the state of the Holyhead and
Chester .Roads ; to lie on the table.
Wisrpow TAX—Petitions of Inhabitants of St. Andrew Hol-
born and St. George the Martyr, and of Merchant's Com-
pany of Edinburgh, for the repeal thereof; to lie on the table.
ROMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION (Ireland)—Petition of Ro-
man Catholic Bishops, to adopt measures for the Education
of the Roman Catholic Poor, to lie on the table.
FREEMASONs—Petition of Freemasons of Carlow, complain-
ing
of Act of last Session, which prohibits the meetings of
certain Societies to lie on the table.
SlLL—Petitions Of Silk Manufacturers, &c. of Reading,
against the importation of manufactured Silk ; to lie on the
table.
GOODS AND IVARES (CUSTOMS) ACTS—The following Re-
solutions reported and agreed to, and Bill or Bills ordered to
be brought in :
" 1. That from and after the 25th day of March, 1824, the
several Duties and Drawbacks on the importation and expor-
tation of the several sorts of Silk hereinafter mentioned shall
cease and determine ; and also, that from and after the 6th day
of July, 1826, the prohibitions on the importation of Silk Ma-
nufactures shall cease and determine, and that the following
Duties shall be paid in lieu thereof; that is to say,
On Silk, front and after the 26th day of March,
1824, viz. on raw, or knubs, or husks of Silk, or
waste of Floss Silk, the lb. -
On thrown Silk, not dyed, the lb. -
On manufactured Silk, from and after the 6th day
of July, 1826, for every 1001. of the value thereof 30 0 0
" 2. That from and after the 6th day of April, 1824, the
Bounties on the exportation of Silk Manufactures shall cease
and determine, save and except on any of such Manufactures
as shall have been duly shipped for exportation, or shall have
been w .rehoused for that purpose, on or before the said sth
day of April, 1824.
which the Duties
shßa"l6l3shThat have at
been upon all Silk imported, upon
paid, and withal shall be warehoused on or
before, and remain warehoused until after the 25th day of.
Mang, 1824, there shall be granted the following allowances,
viz. :
On raw Silk, imported f arme any part except the
Territories in the East Indies, the lb. £0 4 3
On Silk thrown from raw Silk, so imported, the lb. 0 10
On raw Silk, imported from the British Territories
in the East Ladies, the lb. - 0 s 9
On Silk thrown from raw Silk, so imported, the lb. 0 4
On Foreign thrown Silk imported, not dyed, the lb. 0 7 2
"4. That from and after the sth day of July, 1824, the
Duties on the importation, and the prohibitions on the Export-
ation of Sheep or Lambs' Wool, shall cease and determine ; and
that on the Importation of any Sheep or Lambs' Wool (not be-
ing the produce of of any British possessions) imported directly
from thence, and also on the Exportation of any sheep or
Lambs' Wool, there shall be charged a Duty of ld. the pound.
" 5. That the Duties on Coals, Culm, and Cinders, brought
Coastwise from any port or place into the Port of London, or
by Inland Navigation to certain places in the Counties of Mid-
dlesex and Hertford, shall cease and determine, and that the
following Duties shall be paid in lieu thereof; that is to say,
Coals, Culm, and Cinders, except Charcoal made of
wood, in ease they are such as are most usually sold
by weight, the ton - 40 4 0
In case they are such as are most usually sold by
measure, the chaldron, Winchester measure - 0 6 0
Brought by the Grand Junction or Paddington Canals,
nearer to London than the stone or post at or near
the North-east point of Grove-park, or brought down
the River Thames nearer to London than the City-
stone placed on the West side of Staines-bridge, in
the County of Middlesex, the ton - 0 1 0
" 6. That one tenth part of the Bounties now payable on the
Exportation of Linens shall, on the sth day of July, 1824, cease
and determine and that one other tenth part of the said Boun-
ties now payable shall, on the sth day of July in every suc-
ceeding year, also cease and determine.
7. That from and after the sth day of July, 1824, the fol-
lowing Duties shall be paid on the Importation of the Goods,
Wares, and Merchandize hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of
those now payable on the like articles : that is to say,
TABLE A.
A TABLE of Duties of Customs payable on the Importation
of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, except on certain
Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, being of the growth, pro-
duce, or manufacture, of any place within the limits of the
Charter granted to the United Company of Merchants of Eng-
land trading to the East Indies, and on Goods, Wares, and
Merchandize, imported from his Majesty's Settlement of the
Cape of Good Hope, and the Territories and Dependencies
thereof. Duty.
Cobalt, the lb. - £0 0 3
Lemons and Oranges, the chest or box, of the

- £0 0 3
0 7 6

city of, and not exceeding 5,000 cubic inches,
imported in a British-built ship - -
- - in a ship, not British-built -
the chest or box, exceeding the capacity of
5,000 cubic inches, and not exceeding 7,300 cubic
inches, imported in a British-built ship -
- - in a ship not British-built .
the-chest or box, exceeding the capacity of
7,300 cubic inches, and not exceeding 14,000 cubic
inches, imported in a British-built ship -
- - - - in a ship not British-built -
For every 1,000 cubic inches, exceeding the
above rate of 14,000 cubic inches, and so in pro-
portion for any greater or less excess, imported in
a British-built ship - _ .
- - - - in a ship not British-built .
Loose, the 1,000, imported in a British-
built ship - - - - -
- in a ship not British-built -
Magna Grwcia Ware, for every 1001. of the value
Wood, viz.,
Lathwood, in pieces under 5 feet long the
fathom,6 feet wide, and 6 feet high, imported in
British-built ship - - -
- - - - in a ship not British-built
5 feet long and under 3 feet, the
fathom, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high, im-
ported in a British-built ship -
- in a ship not British-built
in pieces of 8 feet long and under
12 feet the fathom, 6 feet high and 6 feet
wide, importedin aßritish- built ship -
_ _ - - in a ship not British built
12 feet long or upwards the fathom
6 feet high and 6 feet wide, imported in a
British-built ship - - _
- - in a ship not British-built

Zaffre, the lb. .

TABLE B.