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London, England, 1823-03-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENT,

HOUSE OF LORDSS MARCLI 11.
US. Winchester, from the Post-offiee, presented an Account
of Balances in the hands of Deputy Post-tilaSterS ; Mr. John-
tont au Annual Account of the Receipts and Disbursements
of the London Dock Company ; and Mr. Spines the Tenth
Report of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges.
Ordered to lie upon the table.
The Assessed Taxes Repeal (Ireland) Bill, and the Ply-
mouth this Light Bill, were brought up from the house of
Commons by Mr!Brogden, lsumnes, anti other Mr-fi-
bers, and sent n tiryt utue.
The Scots Creditors Bill was read a third tuna and passed.—
AOUrned till tti-morrow (this day.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS. -
NI. BY NG brought in a Bill flir Lighting the parish of St.
Paul, Shatiwell, arid the Hamlet of Mile-end, Old Town, with
s.—Realthe Kest time.
• Mr. 1). GILBERT Presented a petition against the Shad.
well Church Bill.
• Mr. BYNG moved the second reading of the Shadwell
-Church Bill:
Mr. I) GILBERT opposed the motion, And moved, we an,
amendment, that the Bill be read a K.::cona tune :11)6 day six
months.
Mr, lIYNO argued in support of the Bill, which he said
WAS viewed in a favourable light by the. great body of the
.
parishtoners.
After a few observations from :tlr, liEweetv.T, Mr. S.
Wolter LEY, Mr. MAIIIIYAT' and Mr. U: 'CALVEUT, the
gallery was cleared for a division. The House did not, how:
ever, divide.
On our admission to the gellery, we found the "Sereeert
stating the custom of the House with respect to Private
The Mill was then read a second lime, end referred to a Com-
mittee,
Alderman C. SMITH presented a 'petition from the Rev.
Isaac —, A.M. stating that he was the holder of several
-share. in the Soothwark.bridge Company, and complaining
tint the Directors had exceeded the powers intrusted to them.
—Laid on the table. •
Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from certain inhabitants
of Limerick, complaining of abuses in the Corporation of that
eity.e-Laid on the table. • • •
Mr. ASIIURST presented a petition from: some part of Ox-
fordehire, praying for a Bill to facilitate the reeovertrof email
debts.
ellir R. WILSON todk that opportonity of asking the Right
Hon. 'Secretary for the Home Departmeutt whether a regale.
tion had not been made by thellagiStrates, in consequence of
which, individuals imprisoned for small debts in'Cold Bath.
fields prison were treated as felons, pot being allowed to see
their Mende except once a week, and then only for an hour ?
`He
,should bei glad to know whether the Right lion. Uchtleuran
tanctioned such a regulation ?
Mr. Secretary PEEL answered, that sonic complaints had
been made on this subject at the Home Office, and he was now
in a course of communication with the primer authorities, for
the purpose of procuring the necessary information.
'!'he petition was referred to the Committee on Small Debts.
Mr. R. COLBORNE presented a
,petition from Meldruni,
fn CAmbridgeshire, egainet the Insolvent Debtors' Act.-=•Laid
on the table, and ordered to be printed.
IRISH LEATHER AND .SPIRIT DUTIES.
Colonel BAGWELI, presented It petition froM the tanners
of Clonmel, in the county. of Tipperary, against the leather.
en the table.
Colonel BAGWELL said he Understeed it to be the inten.
tion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to .take some alteration
with respect to the mode of levying the leather.tax in Ireland.
It' such were the case, it would be extremely gratifying to the
tanners of that country to know what alteration was commie
platedby the Right lion. Gentleman. .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it was
his intentioreto assimilate the tootle of collecting the tax on
leather in Ireland to that which was at present adopted in Eng.
deride Ile meant to take that course>, in consequence of the re-
commendation of the Commissioners of Inquiry.
Mr. T. SPICING RICE asked the Chancellor of the Eit:
'chequer. lit . what time, it was proposed that the xeduction
of
• duty on Irish spirits should take place ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered,
that without pled ;ii himself to a day, lie conceived the retlue.
tion would nut he effected before the 10th of October.
Sir J. NEW PORT said a few words, which were quite in•
au4ible-in the gallery.
. Mr. CALCRA raid, if the Chancellor of the Eitehequer
merit to introduce into Ireland the same regulations with 're..
tret:Ct to the collection of the leether tax which prevailed in
kengland, the system would be just us objectionable as It was
ett. present. Ile believed the great ohjet;tion to he the inter.
ferenee While the collection of 1100,0001. which
tt.e ditty produced was placed under the excise, it must con.
Owe a Most' onerous tax. Ile now gave notice, that he would
on the Ise of May move for the total repeal of the tax.
FORE BIN TALLOW.

•
CTIRM'EN prisented a petition from the. glaziers and
farners of Wiltshire, 1-raying 'that an additional duty should
b imposed on foreign tallow Imported into this country.
Mr, RICARDO deprecated the system of' protecting- duties
enerally,
Tp ehe tition was laid on the table.
• INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.
Mr. BLACKBURNE 'presented a petition from Oldham,
against the Insolvent Debtors' Act. ' •
Mr../01IN SM ETU wa.s desirlotts of knowing, whether it
was the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to intro-
'duce any measure ti, remedy the evil operatinn of t'Ais act in
it 4 meat form. -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUER replied, that
le was certainly unprepared with any plan, although he was
tmist ready to pay his best attention to so extensive and import-
ant a subject.
:lir J. NEWPORT inquired, why the Law Officers of the
ON.wn bad not taken the subject under their consideration ?
Why should other °critical en be called upon to take pains to
ameliorate the htw, when, after all the trouble they could take
the subject, their labours were generally in the end tlis-
paragNl anti defeated by those who should them-wive:shave de-
their attention to it.---! Year, hear
Mr. ItIIIOIIT was entirely of Opinion that the Law Officers
iif'tha. Crown were the fit persons to amend the
The ArrMtNEY-(fII.INERA said, that it would be in
recollection of the House, that itt the cour,e of last Saiiion
he bad taken some pains upon the subject. All he simitild 'add
at present was, that he Was ready to attend '0 any v.,lggestion
'wloch could be made, and give every assistance in his power,
:to nmetly whatever evils ltad practically ari,m froM the opera-
thin of the Act.
The petition wait laid on the table.
Mr. 1 AISLII N6TON brought tm.Acc)unts of the Army
.Egtraordinari'at, and of the Commissaries tet Foreign Stations;
e.I Accounts from the Navy Office and Admiralty, according
to the order of the llou*e,--Ordered to be orintcd.
Sir-If. PARNELL presented a Petitionfrum Robert Smith,
ritak of the Peace for the County of Mom.;dian, Ireland, pray-
ing that if a salary should be sub,,titutcd for fees of office, his
case should he considered..-Ordcred to lie on the table. -'
On the motion of Mr. Ittcautio, accounts were ordered of
the number of country bank dote-; in gonland and Ireland,
`which were stamped, from thy ?ith of October, 1821, to the 6th
of October, 1W?!, and from the latter time to the t:h January,
103, distinguishing the number at each period..
Mi. A 111/ presented a petition'i'iem Ilridgwater against
,the Insolvent Debtors' Act.
• A rt,flott- ER, whose name we could. notlearn,lB,-
11001(C4I, that there was one part Of the get of which dui frau-
,4ll4l,tot debtor amply availed ithyself; it was that by which a
man in the country eottitl remove himself front his creditors to•
, town, and impose upon them the expence of sending witnesses
.after him to oppose his discharge. Ixuy escaped by that re-
anoval,—(.lletir 1)--The itetitimi was laid on the table.
LAND-TAX.
the motion of .Mr. lin at accounts were ordered, show.
the gross receipts of the unredeemed lantl-tax of Rugland,'
,SCAltind,.aral Wales, since the year 1/96, and also the amount
reduced each year by purchases according to- the provisions of
the WWI tie°. 11 1., and hew the money had been applied.—.
11:e flunourable Mrinteer observed, that it was not Ins inten-
tion to move for the ftecOttali from the Irish Post-office, as the
orritniasioners of Inquiry were about to investigate that depart-
ment,

'SINKING FUND.
'llle CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEquEn, moved the
MCICV of the day for ,the Committee oil the INatiomil Debt Re-
uction .Ilill.
4.IIINNFEI,I, said, that on several sncr sive occasions
lie had called the attention of the llot►sc to Whitt was called the
sinking Fund, but his former observations had chieilY applied
to one branch of that fund, which was very aptly ale& the
shunt Sinking Fund, a branch now abandoutsi, and he hoptsl
nevar likely to be renewed,. It was necessary., however to tie.
preeate it, because solltething lik,3 authority in its behalf (he
icatkiv, notintended as Midi, might be inferred, front observa-
tions which had fallen from his Hon. Friends near him (Mr,
.flaring and Al r. Iticardo.),-The history of , the sham sinking
,fund was shortly this:.--In the original sinking fund.ao of
.17116, !q r. Fox nowt providently end wisely introduced a clause,
the object of which was wallow the Commissioners for the re-
tlaetion of the. national debt to apply the whole, or any part of
tthefuntis In their disposal, to the subscription for any loan.—
Now, instead of Ministers acting upon that salutary clause,