The Sun.
London, England, 1817-02-25 00:00:00

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SUPPLIES.

Mr. BROGnEN presented the 'Report of the
coinniittee of Supplies. The Resolution for
grontmlg 500,0001. on account of the Army Esti-
mateyas agreed to, and leave given to bring in
Timm presented a Petition in favour of
annual elections and universal suffrage, from the
inhabitants of Eldon, in Renfrewshirc.—Ordered
to lie on the table.
Mr. SHAW presented a Petition front the Sad-
dlers, Coach-makers, and Harness-makers, of the
City of Dublin, against the ta,t on wheel car-
riages and horses.—Ordered In lie on the table.
COMMITTEE OF FINANCE.

Sir 3. NEWPOKT had been placed, by the good
cipin;on of the House, on the Committee appoint•
ed to inquire into the expenditure of the country.
He felt that honour as he ought, but be found
the state of his hea I h such as to disable him from
becoming the effective 'Member which the Com-
mittee deserved. He could not answer the confi-
dence which the House had placed in him if he
!retaiiiitl'his seat in the Committee. Under these
irCiirit'auccs, it it were the will of the House, be
would that Stilt int() its hands.
Mr. CALCRAFT then moved, that, in conse-
quence of ill lie,dth, Sir .1. Newport should be
discharged from the Committee.
After a few words from Mr. DAVIS GILBERT,
on the loss which the Committee would expe-
rience in being deprived of the talents of the Hon.
lloronet, the motion was agreed to.
IRISH STAMP OFFICE.
Sir JOHN NawroaT moved fora summary re-
turn of the particular frauds and forgeries com-
mitted on the Stamp Office of Ireland for the last

five, years. lie understood that 100 or 150,0001.
a,4sar'llad been paid on that account for the last
fi•pp„,,yEitTs in that country. the Papers
010;41-711e produced, the House would see that it
wit.p,37cs mnamount duty to protect purcliAserS of
Four d:stritwo.s of the Stamp Office
in Ireland had been convicted and sentenced

e also moved for the restdt of the inquiries ►►ot]

prosecutions founded upon them, and i.he proba
hie amount of the forgeries &trim,' t"
mentioned-
Sir 3. NO./FOOT then moved for returns of the
amount of fees taken in striking Dockets Of Bank-
ruptcy, out of office hours, in Ireland, from the
29th of December, 1806, ,to the 29th of Septem-
ber, 161—Orttered.
;Ir. Good's presented s petition from Wood-
ford, for a change in the Ppor Laws.---Ordered
to lie on the table.
PROPERTY TAIL
• Mr.Gnocu wished to put a question to an Hon.
Mee of his now in his place. An Act bad been
passtul Wst Session to, give relief to farmers. .15)7
it, 49 whose farms did not exceed 200 t.. a..year
. ,
Av.ye.e'tripted from the duty paid on the Property
appeared that the Collectors of that
tuiptLt had added the 'compensation paid for
tithes to the revenue of the firmers, and thus in-
cluded many within the operation of the Prolierry
'rex, who otherwise Would have been exempted.
by the diet of the Act in question. What he
wished to knoW was, whether in spirit, tor cer-
tainly nut In letter, that Act could be interpreted
in the manner that heti been done. If so, he hoped
Ministers would correct their' own measure.
Mr. 141/81iINGTON WB5 understood to say, that
the case had been submitted to the Lords of the
'Treasury, but that no determination had .yet been
taken upon the subject.
PAVEMENT OF THE METROPOLIS.
'-AM' ;-11. A. TAYLOR Moved for le the to bring
in
Pliiiirfor better repaiting- the raveuient of the

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