The Sun.
London, England, 1828-05-07 00:00:00

CATHOLIC CLAIMS,

Petitions against any farther concessions to the Roman
Catholics were presented by .Mr. Legge, from. Banbury ;
by Sir T. Lethbridge, from the Clergy of Taunton, in the
diocese of Bath and Wells ; by Mr. Alderman Thompson,
from= the Clergy incorporated in Sion College'; by the
Chancellor
.•of •the Exchequer, from Grange, in the
county' Armagh ; and by • Mr: Secretary Peel, from the
Clergy of Manchester; also, a second petition from the
Bishop of timer'', and the Clergy of that diocese.
Petitiosis•in faypur of the Roman Catholic Claims,were
preeented by Mr. Littleton, from the town of Stafford and
from the parish of Stone, and from Stourbridge ; and by
•Mr. Slaney,'from' ACton-burnell, Shropshire.
'PAROCHIAL SETTLEMENTS (SCOTLAND).
'Mr. KENNEDY presented petitions froth -Glasgow, and
Eflinhu'rgh, in favour of settlement by residence! '
CURTEIS presented a petition froin the
.owhers'
. and Occtipiers of Land frequenting ,Hailakii&marliet, in
the county of Sussex, against' the Bill for the regulation of
the price of corn.
Mr. G. BANKES gave notice of his intention to-morrow
to present a•pctition.from. the freemen of East Retflird;
lative to the proceedings in Parliament with regard to their
privileges, • • • •
• ' • LAND-TAX COMMITTEE. •

.." On the motion of Mr. G. BA NKEg,' the following
Members were added to the Land-Tax Committee : —Mr.
G. Lamb, Mr. Littleton, and'llfe. Chichester.

1 - .- •' ' STAMPS.
Mr. HUME presented i petition from fifty-two of the
principal houses engaged hi the Stationery trade in Londnn
on the subject of the Bill ' nowin progress kelative to
Stamps, and praying, that in the event of. the Bill being.
'agreed to, the clause for the repeal of the existing allow,
once to dealers in Stamps be struck out. The petitiOneii
complained that the Bill, if passed into a law in its present
state, would interfere With their reasonable profits without
any benefit being conferred on the public by the change..
• ' h
Without going the length of agreeing the
statements
orthepetitioners, lie thought the present Bill inadequate to
effect the object Which should be held in view in any alter-
mby
ul:nploiitnntieese t, : rimfs
more
aoattetientifac... bringingo
n
'ation of the' pent system. No benefit could arise, from
partial measures the., Whole subject of the Stamp Acts
was one which, reqUired' iniestigatiOn: ,There had teen
P:
rre'suye4st'e
allowed to distributoM or ',damps in the last years sum of
71,3431. In England,loar .per cent. taus allowed to the
dealer; in Scotland'
and Ireland six per cent. He again
obaervibneg,
at that heto toh:vmeg, hlthiet
forward a partial' inad;trglingmeasitre, instead of making
deprecated the ttloiepto,otn,tthluec.te.ti
fwttreundpiiossiaibaletithtaiitethseublileenta,nc,ine
iCgo4mt.
tori.footing, and concluded,by
country a suns of thirty or . forty thousand•.in this
department.
. pounds
department. '
The petition having .been brotight•up,
• Sir J; NEWPORT wished to know Why, the. infornia-
' thin solong expected relative to the stamp departMent in
Ireland-,:and, he might add, the state of the oat-office in
the same country, bad not been afforded? He was appre-,
hensive that • such measures might only have the effeq of
prechiding the House from adopting others of a-
, More.ge-
nerriliand beneficial tendency. • T
-- ,‘
•'- This CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER 3 mild be
of himself if his conduct afforded the'llightest
ground fir the supposition ' that any measure which k'
bionglit for Ward was'lnerely intended to divert public at-
tention from others of a-More general and useful character.
Sir J, NEWPORT explained,' that 41e, I'llo not in-
tended to impute the: slightest blame to the Right Hem
Gentleman. • ,
The petition was then ordered to lie on the table.
Mr; HUME presented a petition frOrn a place 'in Scot-
land', ihe name of which did not reach the gallery, against
•
the registration of prisoners in gaols in Scotland •
- ' After an obserVation from the Loan AnvocATE, it was
ordered to. lie on the table. V .
to amend
.
-' The LORD ADVOCATE . brought a
.. , Bill.
the laws relating to the building and Management -of Gaols
in' Scotland, and the V registration' of the prisoners confined
thereir. , • ' .
- ' rt was read a first time, and ordered to he read a second
thire-ou Monday tieit; and in lie printed.
Mr, HUME moved for 'returns of the quantity—of
liritisl) Woollens of -.every description; and of Woollea-