The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-30 00:00:00

he had said was piohably enotteh far Honourable
Members to infer what his general opinion was
with respect to a property-tax, but that question involved
questions of such magnitude, that he should abstain from
entering into them till to•morrow evening.
Lord ALTHORP said that an Hon. Friend of his had
objected to the shortness of the notice he had given for the
motion he intended to brine forward, but when his Hon.
Friend considered the situation in which the affairs of the
country were placed, whilst a question of the kind
stood over, he was sure he would see that the
notice was any thing but too short.—( Hear, hear.)
The resolution which he had read to the House most dis•
tinctly stated, that it would at present he inexpedient.
An HONOURABLE MEMBER, who spoke out of
sight under the gallery, said, that as a sincere
friend to the Ministry, he would intreat them to
come forward oftener, and state more at large their views
on great public questions, especially as there were so many
of the new Members who were not so well acquainted with
the hearing of such questions as older Members.
Lord EBRINGTON said the Noble Lord opposite could
not have heard the speech of his Noble Friend below
him (Lord Althorp) on the occasion to which be
had alluded, for he bad then most distinctly
expressed his opinion of the inexpediency of a property
tax. —(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He (Lord E.)
had had the advantage of sitting next his
Noble Friend on that tYening, and the impres-
sion on his mind of what fell from him, was that in his
opinion such a tax would he most inexpedient.—(Hear.)
Although he (Lord Etirineton) certainly understood what
his Noll Friend said, his Friend did not, perhaps, wate
what he had to sly in terms sufficiently clear, hut cert •inly
not so ambiguously as to bear the construction that had
been put upon it.—(Cheers, and cries of " Question.")
On the question that the House do resolve into a Com-
mittee of Supply,
Mr. O'CONNELL postponed till this day week his
motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to in-
quire whether the entire county of the city of Kilkenny,
or any portion thereof, was at the time it was converted
into a proclaimed district by the Lord •Lieutenant of Le-
land, tinder the statute 3 Vim. IV., c. 4, in such a state cf
disturbance and insubordination as to require the applica-
tion of the provisions of the said Act.
Mr. M. ATTWOOD moved that there be laid before
the House a copy of any communications addressed to the
Board of Trade, regarding the state of the country in ge-
neral, or of any particular towns or districts.
The Return was ordered, after a fetv remarks from Mr.
P. THOMSON, Mr. WYNN, and Lord ALTHORP.
Mr. A. BARING inquired when the Members of the

Committee upon the Public Distress were to be appointed ?
Lord ALTHORP mentioned to-morrow evening ; and
in answer to a question put, we believe, by Mr. M. ATT..
WOOD, whether he had any objection to the appointment
of the Committee by Ballot, the Noble Lord ohjected to
such an arrangement, because it was unusual.

Mr. O'CONNELL did not understand that the objec-
tion against the Ballot in general applied to that species of
Ballot which was sought on the present occasion, and
which was of the same nature as the Ballot for Election
Committees.

Hotr. MEmmEs. (for Reading, as seemed by some
expressions made use of afterwards) asked whether in the
inquiry about his (the said Hon. Member's) election, any
imputation bad been thrown upon his conduct?
Dr. LUSHINGTON replied in the negative.
Sir JOHN WALSH inquired whether it was the inten-
tion of the Noble Lord (Althorp) to introduce his measure
for the commutation of tithes this Session?

Lord ALTHORP, as far as could be collected, replied
in the affirmative.

(Much noise and confusion prevailed in the House du-
ring the greater part of this !Ist de-ultory debate or rather
conversation, so that the speakers were imperfectly heard,
and indeed could hardly be recognised, in consequence of
the briefness of their olrervation-.)