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London, England, 1826-11-29 00:00:00

m;ttets. Tie Approved of the present Itesolutions as an experi-
Mental measure. _ _

Upon the SPEAKER putting the Resolutions from the Chair,
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Mr. MABERL considered, that the best mode
of proceeding would be by the appointment of Committees in the
same way that Election Committees Were chosen.
The Resolution was then put and carried, as were the second,
third; fourth, and fifth'Reseilutions.
Upon the sixth Resolution being put (see conclusion of Mr.
Littleton's speech), •
Mr..l-lUME asked whether the party complaining
should have the right of petitioning at once, or subsequently to
the Report of the Conunitte,
Mr. LITTLETON said that no petition should
be presented until after the Report of the Conithittee..
The sixth, seventh, and eighth Resolutions were then put and
agreed to..
Upon the ninth Resolution .(calling: 'Upon the tomplaining
parties to deposit_the !Mil of 5001. in the hands of the Clerk of

the Fees for the Payment, Sce.) being read by Mr. Speaker,
,Mr:G.,LAMB suggested the propriety of post,
poning that Resolution fur the present. He thought that the
House ought to pause, and consider whether they had the pOWer
of enforcing wresolution for the payment of such t sum.
Mr. C. W. WYNNE thought that the House had
the power 'of deciding, that its certain specified cases,,no petitions
should be presented to it but on certain conditions, and then the
party petitioning against the vote of a Committee would be hound
to do so under those 'conditions. •
Mt. LITTLETON. felt the propriety of postpon-
ing the Resolution for the p'resettt ; and, with the leave of the
House, he would withdraw it.
Mr. Secretary PEEL mid a few words across the
Table.

Mr. SHADWELL (as we understood), said the
party petitioning might be obliged to tip n document, by irhich
he would bind himself `to abide the awatil and regulations of the
lfouse.

After a few worilt. from a Member under the Gallery,
Mr. tirrnoroN said, that Us the 'Resolution
trot likely to come into immediate operation, he shotdd most
willingly postpone it for the present —Resolution postponed.
The next "Resolution, naming the Knighted the Shire, &c.
ke.; vilo were to compose the " Committee of Appeals," pur-
suant to the Fifth nesolution, was then put and agreed to.

DOMINGO:. POSTAGE DUTIES.
On the motion of Mr. HERRIES, the House
resolved itself into a Committee upon the St. Domingo Postage
Duties. The Hon. Member stated, 'that in consequence of the
increased communication between. South America and the West
Indies, it became. necessary, in the course of the recess, to regu
lute the rates of. postage -.between those countries; and his Ma.
jetty's Ministers now sought the assent of Parliament to these
regulations, by which the Postage Duties were assimilated to"
those with Buenos Ayres.

Mr. HUME wished to• take that opportunity of
noticing what he considered a very great, and, he conceived, un-
called for inconvenience to which our colonies were subjected.—
Last year an Act had passed in which be had some share, declar-
.ing that all newspapers Should be sent to our colonies upon pay-
, went of three-halfpence, and should be received froM thence, if
unstariiped, upon payment of 2d. But there existed a,clause by
which, unless the paper was sent on the day it was printed, it
,was charged the full postage.. This he conceived was an unjust
regulation ; he, himself, for instance, often received from the
country, papers containing information which it would he most
desirable to send abroad; but he could not do, so without in-
curring the full postage, as he colds! not Bens( them the day they
were printed, and it wa diffieult, if not impossible, to have
the matter they contltincd reprinted iin London papers. if
there was any inconvenience or expellee incurret° by their carriage
the case would be different ; but when We bad vessels of 150 tone
and 209 tons, employed in carrying a single hag of letters to Ja-
maica and other islands, it was too nuich to make the overcharge,
or else deprive our Colonies of a rriassof useful information. He
thought it would he better to adopt the principle acted upon by
the United States, and allow' the free transfer, not only of news...
papers, but also of pamphlets and other periodical publications,
through lice territories.
Mr. 4ERRIES thought, that the observations of
the lion. Member would come better under the notice of ,the
House when the Bill .was introduced ; he (Mr. lierries) should
then be prepared to answer him.
After a few remarks from Mr. HUME,
: After a few. words from Mr. U. U. DAWSON,
~, • ,
Mr. lIERRIES said it was • clear, that if papers
were first sent from the different parts of the country free, and
afterwardsltOutto!the the same way, it
wax clear
1 *somber of points iwitild be' circulated,
close allow
a Allowed
nto,a
and thereby both the revenue, and the interests of the newspaper
`proprietors would be injured. He should be ready to enter' more
into this subject on a future occasion.
Mr.
WAItI3URTON thought the greater number
of readers the Newspapers had, the snore advantageous it would
be to the Proprietors.,
The .ftesolutious, were then agreed to, and she. House having
resumed, read a first time, and
ode'lleedfltoillbeofpiriiindteetirity was brought 0,
Adjourned at a Quarter-pant &rep o'Cloek.