The Sun.
London, England, 1817-03-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr, Hoax tssoN brought in the New. Street Bill,
which Was read a first, and ordered to be read a
yecond time on Friday next.
Mr. LUSOINGTON presented all aCCOOIIt Of the
-duties on rice imported for the year ending the Ist
January, 1817 ; and remarked, that as some
misapprehension had gone abroad with respect to
the continuance of the suspension of those duties,
it might be proper to state, that the suspension,
OS applied to America, would cease on the sth of
Awl. 1818, and, as applied to the East Nines,
at the end of the year 1818.
The Naval Stores 11111 was read a third time,
and passed.
On the motion of Sir M. w. Runts:. returns

were ordered of the number of Pursers in the
royal Navy, on, !be list lu July, 1814, and of those
subsequently.rerpoied.
DfKTNSON movc(l for leave to bring in a

No to crot.ole J flees Of the Peace to ascertain
settle table& of the fees and other allowances of
the Clerks of the Peace in their revective corm.*
ii!ti, In aniwer to an obiervatinn front dig op.
I),.si-e hide of the House, the Hon. Ale,'.)e.r
that his object ut prt.st:trt was merely to
bete the 13,1; teed a first time, and to defer the
s cowl realitig till after the holitlays.—The bill
teas then brought in, and read a first time.

LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN SCOTLAND. ,
Lord BINNING rose, putsnant to his notice, to
mo,eitor leave to bring in a Bill td provide for the
onre and proper treatment of Lunatics and Idiots
in Scotlisnd. He observed, that this Bill Was
fotn,tled on the .Reports.:of the :committees of the
House appointed. to inquire into the state of
Private Madhouses. As soon athe was acquainted
t\vith de•dreadfol abuses which existed in Bags
hod, and which were so folly developed by those
Reports, he was• anxious that .a gimilar inquiry-
bhould•he made its Scotland. With that view, he
caused circular letters and queries to be sent to
Slierifts.and others in different parts of Scotland.
`.i'he answers to these qperies convinced him of the
weesity of introducing a Bill which should ex-
(cid to Neotland the beneficial enactments of the
Bill which hail-been passed, through the efforts of
his Hight lion. Friend (Mr. Rose), but which,
extended only to Logland. 114 object was to
iiivile Scotland into six districts, in each of which
should be erected, and that the lunatics
.ls carte ot the counties included in these districts
sisoishl he scot to the asylum, tinder the direction
Nla,:.istrates in each county. lle elso.pro.
poNA that Coaimissioners should be appointed to
in, oage.the dhision of the country into these dis-
trirts, and the other details at the measure.. Ac-
cordi •g to his Olin, the e,Npence WHS to be borne
liv melt county in proportion to its population ;
iih,esstnetit to be made by .the Commissioners
ot Supply (-Avec!) county, and . to he levied, one
'half trutn the proprietor, and the other half from
the occupier of the land. • Re also intended to in-
sert a dupe to regulate the, treatment oferiminal
Jimmies. Ile expressed lihnseif much indebted
to the Shetitßof the ditferebt en reties in Scotland
14,e the infortnatiou .aotl taeilities which they had
ntrordcd him. The -Noble Lord, concluded by
moving for leave to bring in time Bill. •
The Motion was agoed to, and the kill ordered
to be brought in at:cot dinghy,-
• The .Exebetwer Omits 13i11 went through.a
Committee ot the whole, liOnse.—Report. to-
;norm VV.