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.TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1824.

PARLI AME NT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB: 23.

Marquis CAMDEN presented a petition, as we understood,
from some place in Somersetshire, praying for relief from the
house and window tax.

Several persons presented papers from different public offices,
among which were the following :—From the India-house, re
gulations made by the. Government of India in the year 1822
from the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt, the annual accounts ending the sth of January, 1824;
from the Post-office, an account o'f the balances due by the dif.
ferent post-masters of England and Wales, to the sth of Ja-
nuary, 1824 ; from the Tax-office, an account of salaries and
allowances to the Receivers-General in England and Wales, to
the sth of January, 1324 ; and an account of all cases decided
by the-Judges relative tchthe asseSsed. :taxes, since the 4th of
Geo. IV. cap. 11.

On the motion of time Marquis of LANSDOWN, a variety
of accoumits, shewing for a long series of years the value of the
exports from Great Britain and Ireland to the Britiah Colonies,
the United States, and to South America, were ordered to be
presented to the House.

The House in Lombard-street. Bill was read a third time,
and passed.—Adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
COAL DUTIES.

Petitions praying for the repeal of these duties were presented
from the following. places : —from Cornwall, by Sir W. LEMON;
from owners of lands in Suffolk, by Sir W. RowLEY ; from
Glamorgan, by Sir C. COLE , from Hythe, in Kent, by Mr.
MAJORIBANKS ; from a parish in Lincolnshire, by Sir W.
INGILBY ; from Andover, by Sir J. WALTER POLLEN ;
from Carmarthen, by Mr. IlicE ; front Barnstaple, by Sir
FRANCIS OMMANNEY ; from Swansea, by Mr. IV. LEWIS ;
four petitions from several parishes in Devonshire, by Sir
THOMAS ACKLAND ; from Ipswich, by Mr. LENNAnn ;
from Bridport, by Mr. Po itT3rAN ; from Bury St. Edmund's,
by Lord JOHN FITZROY; from Gillingham, by 11r. WODE-
HOUSE ; from Kent, by Sir Enw.krip KNATCHBULL ; from
the inhabitants of the ward ofQueenhithe, by Alderman Woon.
—All ordered to lie on the table.
Alderman WOOD presented a petition, signed by between
3,000 and 4,000 inhabitants of the city of London, against the
unequal and unjust tax upon coals. He had already said so
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Mr. BARING said, that when the Worthy Alderman moved
for the Committee, he hopped it would be with a view of in-
quiring into the whole subject, as well the tax which was paid
to the King as that augmentation of the price of coals which
resulted from city management, and which, from the debates
in the City Common Council, he was led to believe amounted
(by the charge of metage and the delays of meters) to between
4s. and ss. a chaldron.
Mr. LITTLETON said, that when the time should come
that this tax should be proposed for repeal, it would meet with
his most decided opposition, unless it were a repeal of the most
gradual nature.
On the question that the petition be read,
Alderman WOOD said the Hon. Member for Taunton had
swelled the charge of metagc, which was but 4d., to between
4s. and .5s- To the 118 meters already appointed, the corpo-
ration of London had appointed 40 more to facilitate the deli-
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for which there would not be any addition of
public.
Mr. BARING explained.

GRENFELL said it was a little too much, when pe-
titions were pouring in from all parts of the country against these
duties that the Hon. :limber for Staffordshire should rise and
declare his opposition, because it would interfere with the in-
terests of his constituents; as if the interests of the colleries of
Staffordshire and Newcastle were to be every thing, and the in-
terests of the consumers nothing.
Mr. LITTLETON explained.
Sir MATTHEW Wll I TE
RIDLEY said it was import-
ant that the whole subiect should be inquired into, embracing
the mode of delivery, both at Newcastle and London. Much
blame had been thrown on the
coahowners in the North, but
on their part he would deny that they merited it. It was stated
that the supply was stinted and kepd
perused for the last six
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but from the returns Which 11, hind
months, it would be seen that every market day there was 120
or 130 ships at market, and only 60 or GO sold.
Sir HENRY HARDINGE presented a petition from Sun-
derland,The_ieatgitoaiililistwtahs then
ecoalreit;l, and ordered to lie on the table.
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LEA TIIER DUTIES.
Petitions were presented against these duties from the fol-
lowing places—from the curriers and shoemakers of Welling-
borough, by Mr. Cartwright; from the tanners and curriers of
the Borough of Stafford, by Mr. Littleton ; from the curriers
of Northampton, by Sir George Robinson ; from the tanners of
Liverpool, by Mr. Ifuskisson.
General GASCOYNE said, he had a petition to present,
which be believed was different from all others, and to which
he anticipated the support of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
as it was for the continuance of a tax. It was from the tanners,
curriers, &c. of Liverpool, and they stated that the public had
no benefit front that part of the leather tax which had been
taken off ; but the whole advantage of the reduction had gone
into the pockets of individuals, and that if the remainder of the
duty were taken off the public would receive as little benefit.
After a f©w words front Mr. MARTIN, the petition was read,
and ordered to lie on the table.

Sir 'WM. INGILBY presented a petition from Kingsbo-
rough, against the duties on Excise licenses.
RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS.
Lord ALTHORP brought up the Bill for the more easy
recovery of Small Debts.
Mr. HOBHOUSE suggested that the clause limiting the re-
covery of debts to two years should be altered, so as to extend
the term on the creditor's tiling an affidavit of debt.
The bill was then read the first time, and ordered to be
read a second time on this day se'nnight.