The Sun.
London, England, 1819-12-04 00:00:00

HQUSE OF COMMONS, DEC. 3.

Mr. HUTCI-11N-BoN, frinu the Bank, attended at
Bar -Tiresented the. Actounti mdted for
n'e'fortVtrr clay by. ttdr:l3rentell,-of Bank ,notes
itkeircrtlation.---ordrred to be printed.
111r.Scrieent Otistolv presented aPetition froM
tb!-Gritlittlitttitui!of (Tie 'Count y ofDevott,*:pray;.
ittg; that .'the .boundaries. of •certain- Districts in
that connty.migltt be inure prnperly ascertained.
06 the motion of thirCitA;NCELLoR of the 'Ex:
ctt F'lltlP. ft, 'di—Supply Vitt 'post"-
polled 'anti! 'llllonthty:' ' '1
• •
Mt.".CALLAGRA-N moved for an Address to his
Itnyal Highness the Pritice Regent, fdr a'llettirn
of all Indictment", Appeal "Ciuseit`, Eject:
tnentr, that bad been ht ottOtt hetnre the several
Courts in-Ireland, from 1786 to 181.9.—Ordered.
WAYS AND MEANS,

The CHANCELLOk Of the EXCTIVOVErit moved
the Order of the' riai. f tint .Hoil-de• to resolve
into a Committee of IVaya and Means. '
Mr. KENNEDY said, that the 59th -Geo 111.
had been passed to equalize the Dwy on 1110 r;
IA.I its' 'end 'had • heel!' defeated int.-7s, subsequent
, clc
tvbiUt • had encouraged distillation, and
thereby materially injured the Revenue. lie
wished to know whether any resolutiint was 'lke-.
to he Made.' r •

The Citit46lttoit of the EXCHBQUERi we tin-
rterstond to say,,that,,representations had been
made to 'the Board of Excise, who had not yet
made their Report.
'lige 'House- went into the Committee, on

•
which -
The.C.IIANCELLoit of the ExCtieo.tiEtt moved
the ostial Aiito4l 'l'axei on MAt , Tobacco and
Snuff. SOpir, &c. 'ieveral Re:ol'll6ons were
it-greed to; anti Mr, litogden was or:dered to re-
port to the House on ,Monday.
ADJOURNMENT.

On OR motion 'of the'Cluxcet.Lott of the Ex.
CiEGIURR: it Was agreed that the House oil its
risiug should adjourn to Monday next.
IRISH DUTIES.

Mr. V. FiTzciiznAt.i) iaiil, he had. a (weekly
somo impiirtance, upOn which. the Right Hon.,
Gentlematt..might be enabled to give hint some.
information. By the Acts of Union, certain
taxes had been' imposed on Bri'ish produce And,
mtrinfacture's •iMported into Ireland, for-a limited
time ; as that time was now about to expire, he
wished to,linow if there was any intention on the
part of his Majesty's Ministers to 'retest,' .the
dates'

The CHANCIIVLOIt of the ExcHEoussr..replied,
that .in the present state of the country heir con-
tinuance was Unavoidable ; but he'ciiitld not pledge
himself that eirchnistancesi might" not occur that
wohld'occasion-ati .alteration.
• Mr. V. FITZGERALD said, he had another.
question to put to the-Right Hon. Ge'ntleinan. It
contrf Le' recollected that at the end, -the last
nssion the •Rikht- Hon. Gentleman stated to the
Tiptoe that he intended to introduce some regula-
tions as to Irish
_Distilleries, he tvished. to know
whether any thing was
_intemleil to he done dur-
ing presetit.Session, and_of what nature?'
Sir HENRY PAIINRLL 'said, that as the Acts
pissed- at: the Union Were about to' expire,
hoped some arrangements would be made for the;
co)venkence of Irish Members, tlfit much of the;
matteri Might be done tit Ind hre
tensted that the exp'etisive pieceOf pageantry, the,
office 'of Lord Lieutenant, woidd 'be dispensed;
With. j!.:. •

The,CtaNcEpLott of the EXCHEQUER said, that
-to° the iluestiiin the- Gentler tali he was'not
exactly prepared to give an answer; but for the
,tyatnre of the measure that might perhaPs be in-
irsOduced, he could only refer him to- what liad
;been stated in the:last Session:
'CESSION OF PARGA.

Sir C. Arotick nistred • to know, whether any
compensation wal'intended to be given t•o the in-
lobitnnts 'of- t'Arga, who he: understood• were
now' Uri sothe amain islands, and experiencing the
trtinosr dimcts;s: ' '•

"' Lord CifILER'EAGII replied, that • instructions
ben gi'vn the' he'ceisary• information' •on
sifliject,•bilt the Aispatelrea had that yet been
'iteeivt(l. 'z ' •

SEDITIOUS MEETINGS BILL.
Lord CASTileifilii4H, out moving the Order of
111 Dar,for)thr.tiouse to resolve :itself into a
tCommittee,opon the 'Seditious Meetings
Bill, ob-
eer thatite' would wish the debate to be ad-
jonrued till Monday night. -
' Mr. TtEattey wished to know, whether the
'Noble ',ordial an intention' to make, any ohm.
ktiolyirt 'the Rill. •: . •
-Lord CAStLEREACH said, he must decline giving
Buy explanation at that time, because it would
,only•tend,to eicile a debate without producing
any beneficial result.-
-Mr. M. A. aYt,ott understood, that the Noble
•Lrird intendedlo give' some general outline•-•-(NO,
40:0--LIve thought at !east the Huns; 'ought to
kit/twits extent.
Mr. TIIIRNEr said, Etc should on Monday night
Move in the Committee, that the Bill should be
temporary,- and not permanent, when he hoped
the Noble Lord- would come down to the House,
with less' math against the people.
Loritt.easTLealmott replied, that he had no
wrath -aziinst the people.
Mr. -,LaMaTog said,; lie intended to have offered
some observittionsto the House last night, but for '
the latctveseof the hour'; it h-ad been stated by a
"Ndhl'etEarl -in another place, that there were
14,000- or 15,000 -persons -on the banks of the
Weir in -it state'of rebellioni,and that they only
wanted arms to- commeuee an open resistance.--
iteiiding.•all.re• did in that • neighbourhood, and
entployingf many of the people, he felt it to be
his duty to declare, that there was no foundation
for finch. an assertiotr.. He must now 'advert to
another fact.-r-At the Meeting,. where it had bee

'•rani-t•hati the- people hail attended with arms, hd

believed, front all the information lie could' co,P

,freit,f.rtnit such wet not the fact. A foreman to tl
manufattorer had declared; that it +vas impossible
thar•itlee ienn used in, the manufactory couhl he
stoled,,beo4,oe it,Was always weighed out to the
workmen,:aud-vrhett they brongla it back, it wall
re.wrighed ; none had been colen from that ma=
nufactory, and Ale people were in too great a
state of poverty to be ambled to buy it. He bad

no doubt the Noblg„Ek!ri believed what he. h
stated from the inforrnatioti hr bad received. Ile
writila earl, tlitit ii.tit3/44ver entlaishistlially the peo—►
pie might be *attached IQ; Ittiorin,. they were no,l
'at all anxious to effect ashange in the Constitu-
tion.

, Sir M.W. Old, be had been requested
inhaliitantrot Xevcastle fti state, that at
the meeting held on the, Aloor,neat.. that
.of, the, residents of that ton bad at?endid.
The nupiliets. WhO'Were 'present attliir fleeting
'Might be'thirtsi or forty thoassitd, 'out of which
there were .not more than seven thooisand R,adi-
7he majority attended from motives ou-
rioaity.; arriVi4l; 'there,' and not finding
atboto the orators those* they' expected"to have
Seen; they left the meeting and went to their
homes. The Hon. Member then read an extract
front a letter Le had that- flay received frOm-the
SCeretary of the Society of: Political Prtitestants,
in which that Society challenged any person to
Grove that they had ever committed an
.act of
dis-
lo}'jai}'; their rneeti4;2 were held stran-
gers wi!re'itilmitted, and ti eyhad .been visited by
bffi ers 'of the police; lheirboolts anti papers were.
Open to inspection, 1t
,they had thought it ne.
'repsary.to, be provided with arthl,' they tv7titilif
hive brought them Opeitly';. theirobjett-!was'nOt
lteroluticifi fur Reform T bat ociety, thcjion.
'lldronet proceeded_ to. say, were itpleed advocates
of Anntial,,Parliamenti and Oniver;al
'Sitffin e;
those nets doctrine's;-ht eiiintatiOit, were' Most
perhiefoui; and:he should be, happy in exerting
infitience in suppressing them.). But be'. Durst
'declare, he did not believe the persons who had
attended 'Witt. meeting went'armed.'

Lord CASTLflititAcH replied, that it was not
ioateriat wlictlier7they attended the meeting arm-
ed, 14) apply to the present question. .The
Genileman had 'admitted 11)4(30 or 40,000 per-
- sou 'bad. attended the meeting, and -that among
them were 7000 organized men.
The. House then went into the Committee, the
Bill was committed pro funiut, and Mr. Brogde'n
was ordered to'report pl'agress; and ask leave to
sit again. The House'resumed,-when the Report
was received, and the Bill with its Amendments
was ordered to be printed, and to 'be taken into
fnither .consideration. on Monday stay.