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London, England, 1810-04-18 00:00:00

BLACKFRIARS TOLL BILL.

Sir W. CuaTis moved the Second reading of the
Bill'far granting-to the City of London a Toll on
Blacptim!s-bridge. The'Hon. Baronet stared, that
The only object which the Ciry of Lon.dTl 1).(i iii
view, was to raise a Sinai] sum of money to defray
the charges of light,ing, watching, and repairing the
bridge; they did not by any means wish to.establish
a peroianetiC Toll. He wi,lud, therefore,.. the
Bill to be read a second time and to go into a Cotn,.-
Mittee.
Mr. StneNER nbjeSte&to the,Bill, on the ground
that it. would go the length of tixingaverinanent
burthen en the public. He cowended and shewed
from statements, that the City had sufficient ft-Inds
for all the purposes of lighting, paving, and I.l.7.ltch-
.ing the Bridge, which funcl,i were granted by ieyrrii
partiCubriy one which gatie them a .duty on
coal and cultia imported into London, on which they
originally desired to raise:3oo,oool. but -Which had
produced them, in the space of t4ty-six years,
no less a. 'sum than 1,600,0001. He therefore
moved that the Bill be read a second time.this day
six months.

Mr. Herbert, Mr, J. Thornton, and Sir I'. Tur-
ten, siworted the Amendment, and Mr. Alderman
I'Combe,. Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Giddy,' and Sir C.
'Price, were for 'the going into a ComMittee.
The Hou'e••dMd4on the. Amendment.

,For the Amendment
. ' For the original Motion
Majority against the 13i11
The Bill was-'Of course lost.
' . PETITION%
Lord GO6III4NE rose ;Eh! siated thw he- held in
his hand a Petition-:signed. by of
the City of WeerninSter, on behalf of the 1,•:',10clors
of the said cit-34. :I,i;hich. he was desired to present to
the' I.loose,—The Petition was brought up by the
Noble Lord, -and 'delivered in at the table,-and read
by the Clerk. . -
Mr.' WARD (on the question. being put that -it do
lie.on the table) declared that he was not conversant
with the forrfis otthe:Bouse with- respe6t to the re-
ception of petitions', guthe did conceive that the mat-
ter contained in thi4Prtition 'Was so gross and. in-
sulting to the diu.ity• of the House, that it ought to
be rejeded. • ; •
Mr: HALL expressed asnwe understood, similar
sentiments.
Mr: Citalrly,s could.not see any objedion to -the
Petition 'belt% ji'd on, the table.-
Mr.. CtiOv-a-ric suggested to' the Noble Lritd to
'withdraw -the Petition till to-morrow, io order if the
EleCtors were sincere in wishing to gain their point,
that the House might come to a discussion on the
'subjed: With respe4 to the allegation in a Peti-,
tion presented in 178 againit an undue return, that
seals were bought and sold, that was true, and it wt4s
a pradiee highly indecent, at the same time be did
. not quite approive Of the Petition.
Mr. LUSHINGTON conpeived, that, althoti,;ll the
'House were bound to receive petitions,' still the y
were- not bound to receive' insults. •.- •
Mr: WHITBREAD was. sorry Gentlemen shou!ct
. express an opinion that the Petition ought not :to be
received. He had-hoped that the Right Hon. Gen-
.tleman (Mr.-Petteval)vveoldhlve given lt isopin ion ott
the subject; hoWever as he hadnot, be -must say; that
although-he wished the language of the Petition had
been conched in -other terms, yet that _diel not ope-
rate aw°ainstits reception.
.The House_nf Commons
would, by refusing to receive it, do Ito a& of violence
to theEledors of Westminster. .The m,:etiog
been, regularly convened, and as he understood
(for he was not prespni,. being attending his
duty elsewhere) 'was c!mduded with the ut-
most order and decortanCand was ,constituted ac-
cotiling to law. The bhjectiOn to it was, that it
purported to be a remonstrance as well as petition ;
that circumstance; hot**everi ought not to prevent
the House'frem receiving it.. What *as there ob-.
jectionable •in the word remonstrance 1" It was
used in Addresses to the Throne, why might it not
be used to this House) • .The Electors of Westroinster conceived that an indignity had been offered
to their Representative, Sir Francis 3utdett, in the;

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