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London, England, 1802-03-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

MONDAY, MARCH 22.
SIR W. YOUNG brought up the Report of the
Committee% the Booksellers and Printers' Peti-
tion, which was ordered to lie on the Table, and

to be printed.
Mr, N. VANSITTART moved, that Mr, BRAGGE
should carry to the Lords a Copy of the Report of
the Committee on the Papers relative to the Civil
List, as desired by their Lordships on Friday last.

Ordered.
Mr. BRAGGE shortly afterwards reported, that
he had carried to the'Tords a Copy of the said Re-
port, in pursuance of the order of the House.
INCOME TAX.
Mr. Alderman COME presented a Petition from
the Lord Mayor, 41dermen, and Livery of the
City of London, in Common Hall assembled, pray-
ing for the Repeal of the Income Tax.
The Petition having been brought up and read,
Mr. Alderman COMBE moved, that it should lie
on the Table.

LaniTEMPLE wished to know how the Petition
was signed. It purported to be a Petition of the
Lord Mayor, and others, and• he wished to be in..
formed, whether it was signed by those whose Pe-
tition it purported to be.
The SPEAKER said, the clerk should read the
Signatures ; but he observed that Petitions purport-
ing to be Petitions of the Lord Mayor, and others,
had been received, a4hough not signed by the Lord
Mayor.
The Clerk then read the Signatures to the Peti-
tion.
The SPEAKER observed, that with respel to
the point stated by the Hon. Member, it would be
a satisfaaion to the House to know, that there were
then on the Table two other Petitions entitled in the
same way as the present, and sigof2d as this was, by
persons who did not describe themselves as persons
whose Petition it purported to be.
The Petition was then ordered to lie on the Table.
TR.EATING ACT, •

Lord BELL R.-:l'E said, that in pursuance of the
Notice he gave on Friday, he now rose to move
for leave to bring in a Bill relative to the 7th of
William 111. commonly called the Treating A.
Tile House would be aware, that the Aft in ques-
tion had two objects in view, one of them was to
prevent those riots and excesses at Electiors which
had taken place, and which were so injurious to the
health and morals of 1114 people ; and the other to
prevent those exorbitant expences which had at-
tended such oceaf,ions, and to preserve the purity
and freedom of EleEtions. There were however,
defeets in the Aa which he thought it incumbent
upon the House, before a dissolution of Parliament
took place, to attend to and remedy. He had in-
tended to move for an entire repeal of the Aft,
but upon further consideratioo, he thought it better
to move for the repeal of a part only, for the pur-
pose of introducing more efficient flauses. This
he thought would be a preferable mode, as the
framing of a new Ad would only involve
them in corisiderable embarrassment, and he
was persuaded there was no occasion to alter the
former part of the Act. There had been decisions
of Committees of that House upon EleCtions which
tended to strengthen and confirm the Aft, and it haul
also been decided in Courts of Law that the value
of articles furnished for Eleetion Purposes could not
be recovered. Still, however, the words of the Aft
were so obscure and mysterious that he thought it
necessary to propose certain amendments founded on
the decisions in the cases of Southwark and Can-
terbury, by which those Persons whose EleCtions
should be declared void, in consequence of their
offending against this ACI, shoOd he rendered inca-
pable
of being eteCted to fill that vacancy which
was occasioned by their own miscondua. There
was another point also, which he thought ought to
be attended to, which was, to make the provisions
of the Aft attach upon, the unsuccessful Candidate
who offended against it, as well as the successful
one. He thought it necessary that some measure
of this kind should be passed previous to the next
General Eleaion, in order that the subjea might
no longer be involved in a state bf uncertainty. He
concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill
to repeal so much of the At of the seventh of
William 111. as relates to disabling Persons offend-
ing against the said Att, from serving in Parlia-
ment, and making other and more effeaual Provi-
sions in lieu thereof.—Leave given.
SUPPLY.
Mr. N. VANS !TT A RT, (in the absence-of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER') postponed the
Motion:. relative to Miscellaneous Services in the
Committee of Supply, till Wednesday.

Mr. Couty postponed the Motion of which he
had given notice relative to the Civil Service of Ire-
land, till Friday.
Mr. RORSON said a few words, which we could
not distinctly hear, relative to some Accounts.
Mr. CoRRy said, the Accounts alluded to, would
be laid on the Table in due time.