The Sun.
London, England, 1817-04-30 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS

The SPEAKER was summoned to the House of Peers. On
his return be informed the House that the Royal Assent bad
been given by Commission to several public and private Bills.
For which see the Lords.
Seijeant ONSLOW presented a Petition from certain
inhabitants of the parish of Christchurch, in the county of
Surrey, against a lliil now in the House,. for enlarging the
Church-yard of the said parish.—Ordertd to lie on the table
till the second readin:r of 0.. Bill,
General THORNTON postponed the motion of which he
had gireu notice, for leave to bring in is kill to abolish she
punishment ,if Whipping on Female °Senders, to the I.llh
of May.
Mr. H. ADDINGTON presented an account of the number
of Persons confined in the Prisons of England and Wales,
under the Game Laws.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. ABER( ROUBLE postponed, till Moodily, his raOtints•
respecting the Clni.nants on t heritable Sock ties.
Mr. CALVERT presented a Petition -ft oui the parish of All.
hallows the Great, against a Bill now its the I louse for.in•
creasing the Tithes in the City of London. He observed they
had been doubled its 1804, and it was rather too much that
the Gentlensen interested in the Bill should come to PA-lia-
na:fa so soon its the year 1817, to get. them doubled aptio.--• •
The Petition was react, and ordered to' lie ace the tit:fle
also presented a Pitition fro a the united parishes of St; Mi-
chael Paternoster Royal and St. Mi.riin %Int, to the same
rfrect.—Ordered to lie on the tank, as were several s'Olii:tr
Petit :iota front differeAt cs in the City of London.
Mr GRA ;TAN present,., a Petition the Oirp.oratlhe
of Dublin against tin Dublin Gas Light Bill.—Ordered•to lie
an the table.
On the trothin. of Sir EDWARD RNATCHBULL.,the
Report of the Game Preservation Bill was taken into further
consideration,
,and tins Sill ordered to. be read a third time
on Monday.

SALT Du nEs.

On ,the. Order of
,tie 1).1 being . resd for the
second reading ot the Salt Unites
Sir C. Pout oppoied thc Bill; and contended
the effect 9t it would hv chive the li,hernico
out .of the trade they Are at prescnt followed, and
force them to employ their capital and ind .stry
agamst the la sot their country, as the proba-
bility was, that those who were thus compelled to
abandon their present c would become smug-
glers. Tl,e,persons at present occopied in the
fisheries amounted to 20.000, All of these might
be retitle. d to beagary by the Bill noN before the
Hour 1, and whits, be Vynitill it 4 , was the good
to he derived taint the plait iironglit forward
yesterday compared with the evil which would
t bus he produced ? At all events, the sub-
ject wit, one which ought to be inquired
; and this inquiry mold only be properly
conducted by a Collimate up stairs. He would
riot oppose the second rcPding 44 ti-e Pill, if•tltr
who brought it forward ssr..ie disposed to send. it'
to a Select COMMittee, instead of riferring it in
the usual way to a Committee of the whole
House ; ,but, if. this were: not thole, he should he
disposed to move, as an antenorneui, that the
Hill
should he read a breinni OW On that day six
Months.
The SPEAKER ill(lliked It the [lon. Baronet ill:
tended to move wu h an:ausendineni
Sir C foie then itio%;ed.that rile Bill should be
read a seeond,timeon that slay six months:
Sir W. Lawton seconded the amendment, and
contended the Bill, containeol ceriatn regulations
which would make it impossible tar the trade tine
caeripl on to he continued, if it should pass into
ttle,t.
Mr I.4v3HINGTaN said, the real übecC,Of the
Till was to give the 'fishermen, by way (it exPe-
riment, tilt opportunity (it wiing rock salt in the
curing of fish. This' had been tried tVith,sneCesi
in the Isle ot Man, and it was thotighs desirable'
that our otVit fishermen should have an app(irtii-
nity of doing the ,same. Till he success of the
experiment had been ascertained, every—facility
would be given to them, and the me +sure was in-
tended to benefit those very persons against whose
best interests it was supposed to be directed
A further discussion took place, in, Which Mr.
Egerton, Mr. rremayne, 'MI. 1). Gilbert Mr.
:Grenfell, Sir T. Arland, Finlay, Lord Covii-
rane, and the Chancellor of the•Exchetpter parti-
cipated. Sir 'C. Mr, in the end. withdreW his
Amendment, at ,!:be suggestion of the Speaker,
that instead, of sending the 401 in a'CommitiT
up stairs,'the more convenient coutse would he to
refer it to, a Special CoMmittce
CAt..CaAIFT took this occasion to, express a
hope, that by persei•ering in his opposition t*tlle
Salt Duties, which he was determined to do, he,
and those who acted with hint, Would eventually'
Succeed, and at it period not More remote than the
next Session of Parlimmieut, in relieving the public
from the . harden of Which they had at present to-
'complain. He Confidently looked forward to see':
k not committed, but abolished altogether.
The Bill was then read a second time, and ot.-,
dered to be ewilmitted on Monday se'nnight.
• FINANCE commiTrE,E.,,,
Mr..PEL-mrived that. the several Estimates of
the Mistellattemis Services of Ireland-be referred
to the Fi,lance Committee
Mr.fhattNair understood that during the present
Session there was not to' be proposed any Lint
or issue of Exchequer Bills. It was importini,
therefore, to be informed what the new svorm
for meeting the public. exigencies Was
new system there utmost he. A large aunt must •be
wanted to Meet the difference between the public
revenue'add the piiblic expenditore. The Budget
would nett be laid before Parliament till a late pe-
riod of 'the Session. He was afraid from the pro-.
gress which the Finance. Committee had hitherto
made, the House were hardly warranted in ex-
pecting to derive any tuaterial information front
them for some time, with respect to the financial
prospects of the country. It 'was Most material,

theref.a.c. know' svbat the ;Alt) WLICI) the
Chaneellor or: the Exe;ietprer.intekded to adopt ?
Mr• DAVIES GILD-EU+, after a sfarment nt the
different subjects which had hitherto occupied thr
Committee, stated, that it was in their-contem-
plation to direct their attention is soon as possib!,
to the'subject of the Inconteand ILxpenditnre
the ensuina year.
MT. TIERNRY wished to know what was Ow
probable produce of the Revenue
for
t.te coming
year The HOuse were coinidetely 'in 'the dark
With respect to the financial 'operations of the
Right Honourable ,Gentlernan -
The CHANCELLOR of the Ex'citeauErt, in his•
usual low tone of' voice,'jnstified the plan whieh.
had been followed by the 1.4'41116e Committee in
their investigations. It wits necessary, while a,
particular service was before them, that they
stir-told confine their attention to that, and it was'
not ill they had gone through the differen! de-
prtments, that they could proceed to' the cond.-,
deration of the whole. When the Committee
had proceeded so far in their labourg, they would
then he enabled to lay a satisfactory Report before
,t be' House.
llr. PtattNEY said, he had no doubt that the
Comnittee would give in a Report, but Whew
would it come ? The material examinatiOn Was
not yet begun. And yet how much was he scouted
when he proposed that tut) separate Committees
should be appointed, one to inquire into the Re-
v;enne, and the other into the Expenditure. Had
proposition been, however, adopted," 'they
would now have had a statement of the Finances '
of the. Country on the table of the [louse—
teticaik6 they could not expect any such statement
till %Nue at least. ;
The motion was then agreed to..
LEAD

bord LASCELLES pstponed his motion for ren-
dering the Proprietors of Lend Mines liable to the
poor-rates, until to-morrow.