The Sun.
London, England, 1823-06-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

A Return was presented by a person from the Treasury re-
lative to the operation of the Stamp Act.
A Return was also presented to the order of the House rela-
tive to the Steam Packets plying
between Portpatrick and
Dublin.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. BUCHANAN presented a petition from persons in
Scotland interested in the :Celp Trade, against the Barilla Bill.
Laid on the table.
Mr. MACPHERSON GRANT presented a petition, from
Sutherland County, in favour of the Duty on Foreign Wool.
The Irish Elections Bill, anti the Recognizance Bill, went
through Committees of the whole Ilouse.—Report to-morrow.
IRISH LINEN TRADE.
Mr. V. FITZGERALDsaid he had received a petition from
persons in Ireland interested iii the Linen Trade, praying the
House to grant out of the Public Money a premium on the cul-
tivation of flax. The Strict forms of the House, he feared,
would not allow him to present this petition ; but he hoped,
that as the prayer was that the House would take such a grant
into consideration, that it would not be objected to.—The peti-
tion was then read and ordered to be printed.
BEER BILL.
Mr. BROUGHAM moved that the dropped order for the
second reading of the Sale of Ileer Bill be appointed for to-
' morrow. Ile should certainly bring it on then, and had only
postponed it so long on account of the absence of the Hon.
Member for Weymouth.—Motion tweed to.
POOR LAWS'
Colonel WOOD obtained leave to bring in s Bill to amend'
the Laws relating to the Settlement of the Poor.
Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from the Stairoid.
shire Potteries, in favour of the County Courts' Bill, for faci-
litating the Recovery of 'Small Debts.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from Owners and Oc-
cupiers of Land in the neighbour of Lewes, in the County
of Sussex, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying
that no measure may be resorted to tending to increase the duty
on Malt.—Ordered to be printed.
SA LE OF GAME.
Lord CRANBORNE asked, whether there was any objec-
tion to the Sale of Game Bill going through a Committee pro
Anna, postponing the discussion on the subject to the next

stage.
Mr. BROUGHAM thought such a course very convenient
and very usual, and certainly had no objection to it, so long
as they had. another opportunity of discussing the principle -of
the measure.
The Bill then went through a Committee,. The Bill, as
amended in the Committee, was ordered to be printed, and the
Report to be taken into further conideration 011 Monday.
BRIMSTONE.
On the motion of Mr. Ilmtnazs, the House went into a
Committee on the Brimstone Act.
A Resolution was adopted, appointing a drawback an this
article used in the manufacture of Sulphuric Acid.—Report
to-morrow.

IRISH CHANCERY COURT.
The House went into a Committee on the Irish Court of
Chancery Acts when various Resolutions were adopted rela•
tine to the granting of Retired Salaries to the Officers of the
Court.

11Ir. GOULBURN stated, in answer to Mr. S. Ibex, that it
was the intention of his Majesty's Government to propose
compensation to be made for the losses of certain Officers of
the Irish Government —Report to.morrow.
Mr. ABERCROMBY presented a petition from Invernessin favour of the Bill regarding Trial by Jury in Scotland...—
Ordered to he printed.
Mr. BENETT presented. a petition from an individual in
Wiltshire, complaining of Parochial Relief being withheld from
her children.—Ordered to be printed.
On the motion of Mr. It it:Minn, a Return was onle.red to be
made relative to the Number of the Crews of Vessels trading
to China and the East India for the last two years, stating the
tonnage, and how many British and Lamas.
POST HORSES DUTIES.

The House went into a Committee on the Post Horse Duties'
Farming Act. The usual Resolutions were adopted...4lqm
to-morrow. - -

GOULBURN stated, in answer to a question from. Mr.
BZRNAL, that it was his intention to bring on the Tithe 4111

the first thing to.morrow, and move the remainder of the Sup-
plies on Monday.
Mr. DENMAN prmnted a petition from certain Coach
Proprietors against certain provisions of the Game Bill ram-
ing to the search of coaches for game. The Honourable
Member stated, that although he had voted fur, the second
reading of the Bill, if the arbitrary clauses for search and
seizure in coaches were retained, he must vote for its final
rejection.

Mr. BERNAL observed, that the Noble Lord was to be ex.
cured for these clauses, inasmuch as he had found them in ear.
Tier statutes.

Mr. BENNET said, that if the Bill were not changed from
its present state he must vote against it.
Mr. S. 'WORTLEY liked the Bill better on account of those
clauses which were objected to. There was no greater encou-
ragement to poaching afforded than that which sprang from
coach proprietors.
• Sir M. -W. RIDLEY concurred in the statement of the Hon.
Member who had just sat down.
Mr. RICA IWO observed, that the real poachers were those
who seduced the criminal to his nefarious trade by keeping up
a demand for game, and illegally purchasing it.
After a few words from Lord CHANISORNE, Mr. DENMAN,
and Mr. BENNET, the petition was brought up, and after be-
ing read, ordered to be printtxl.
BARILLA.

Mr. DENISON presented a—petition from several Mer-
chants engaged in the importation of Barilla. These individu-
als imported annually many thousand pounds worth of this
article. Last year, the duty on Barilla was lowered, and with
it fell the price of soap. But, in consequence of the Kelp
Proprietors of Scotland having petitioned the Treasury, the
duty was again to be raised. ti!lie petitioners, under .here
circumstances, prayed to be allowed to proVe their assertions
before a Committee, and that if the duty should be again
changed, favour might be shewn to those merchants, who were
engaged in speculations ,on the faith of the immutability of
the duty.
Lord G. SOMERSET thought, that favour, if any where,
was due to the large population of Scotland, employed in the
Kelp Trade. Barilla was not so necessary to the Soap-makers
of London, as was represented.
Mr. BERNAL contended it would be unfair to existing con-
tracts for Barilla to make an alteration in the duty now, as well
to the Merchants engaged in them, or to the Revenue, which
would be mimes the duties anticipated upon them.
Mr. RICARDO blamed the vacillating policy of Ministers
which induced them to impose a duty one year, and take it off
the next.

Mr. C. GRANT observed, that if any injustice was now
about to be done to the Barilla Merchants, gross injustice must
have been done last year to the Kelp-growers. Naturally the
effect of protecting duties was that or fostering one particular
trade, and creating great warehouses, only to have them after-
wards destroyed. Thus it was, with reference to the Kelp
question, dependent upon which was a vast population for its
support. It was, in his opinion, a question of injustice, that
the Kelp interests should be restored, es soon as possible, by a
gradual return to the old duty on Barilla, to the situation they
were in before it was lowered.

Mr. 11. GURNEY thought it would be a most unjust thing
to raise the duty on Bar►lla.
Mr. ELLICE thought it would better become the Right
lion. Gentleman opposite if he would doubt and hesitate before
he imposed or removed restrictions, instead of afterwards. The
system of fluctuating in this way in commerce had the effect
of disjointing all the interests of. trade. lie hoped that what
had passed this evening would be a lesson to be acted on for
the future.
After a few further observations from Mr. I.llAxwEra.,
Mr. P. GREW FELL, Sir M. W. BIDLEY, and Mr. BENNET,
the petition was brought up and read, and ordered to lie on the
table.