The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-04 00:00:00

Ha Eta was

" A comhiaation and a form in deeils,
Where every god did seem to set his sent,
To give the world assurance
His 'Lordship concluded by moving-- ,
That iiiho isms. ;4. ii! tesolve itself into a Committee of
the Whole House, to consider Ifle twit means of arranging
the Stilt-ate Law of the C.ountry under distinct and proper
heads."
TNe Loan CifAtTCELt.oit could not enter upon
tlif: whole of the Noble Earl's- }tegument, yet he
was ready to admit that elas4ifice
tion, under some
ads of law, would by useful. in that view he

gboula not object to the appolntment of a Select
Committee.
After sonic further :_.onTersation between' Earl
Stanhope, the. Lora Chancellor, an Lord Hol-
land, the Molio:, amendetl,by the Lord Chan-
cellor, who intro,inced the words ‘;;Select Coin-
mittee" instead of a Cotnriiittee .gut the whole
House."

Alotion, thus amended, Was put and agreed
to without a division.

Lord STANHOPE then moved, that the Peers
preSeut should form the .aid Committee...which
was ordered.—Adjourned.

MUSE OF COMMONS.'

, .
A Peraon from the Bank brought tip a Return
of 'the Foreign Gold and Silver deposited in the
Bullion Office in the last two years.—Ordereil to
he printed. . • ,
Petitions against the Leather Tax werie'pre:
sented from, Boston, Guildford,. Mnsselburgit;
Kent, Newark, and Radnor.—They weie read,
and ordered to lie on thesTable.
Mr. CALVERT presented two Petitions from the
Commissiooers for lighting and watching South.;
work, against the GAS Lights. .

POOR LAWS.
Lord MORPETH presented a► Petition from MI
Saints, in Cumberland praying fora ropeal of the
duties on Lead, and also for the revision of the
Pool-Laws.
_ _

Mr. Cuttwetl supported the prayer of the Pe-
titiOn, as far as it regarded the Poor Laws.. He.
observed-, that the distress of the country, from
their operation, was in many instances extreme,.
And. he mentioned an instaw7e of one parish,which
bad to pay 2sB. in the pound for such rates. He
should on an early day bring the subject wore.
fully before the Howe.
The Park,' Apprentice Bill was read a second
time, and ordered to be Committed on Monday.
Mr. SwASN brOliOlt up the Report of-the Hel-
stone Election Bill, which teas agreed to, 'And
the Bill ordered to ,be read a third time on.
Monday..
. Sir C. MoNcK gave notice, that on this `dry
Week he should move for a Committee to enquire.
into the Estates of Greenwich EI OS Pit di •He also'
gave.notice, thq du the 2lst instant be should
submit it motion respecting thtlonian
Mr,.*NsuNG rose for the putpnie of correct-
ing a inistahe.which'had been- madain the report ,
of his speech on ‘Vedneiday evening; given in
One of the Morning Papers. The words. which
'he had' been made to' ute4.ore, " that,the Bank
was thankful for the—restriction.,Bill, as i 4 felt
that ca,ll payments.couldAiot, be
,v.esunied for trio
years:" -He was in-the.recollection ache Elniisi
in what he had said, and had dot used those words.
What he .said was, that the measure 'wll nut con;
fined exclusively:to the Bank; but that it aifected.
the interest of .the public. ,
Sir Jotini.NEWPOKT brought in a for the
better enabling landlords In, Ireland, to recover
their lands from W tenants, which,' after it few
words from Sir 11. PattNet. 111 favour' of -it, .was
read a first. time, and `Ordetedlo be read a.second
time en •• • •
The 'Customs pett;tllol, and the Cork Untyllill
ivere• each read .4 third, lime and passed. • .•;:q
Mr. LitlslllN4i.oii.' brought, in the Soop,Diity,.,
:Bjll, Which was read a first time, and orderedfor.„
a'second reilding.un Monday. . ,
PhOPENTY TAX ASSESSIONTS: .

Mr. BROUGHAM rose to move for 'theprectlocl
tiun of certain lettere,-addressed,by. the:Board of
Taxes to the Surveytors of the different districts,..
calling upon them to transinitto .the Board, exact
copies of all.the assessments •of the Pt opertyTax
made in 1815. Last year,in the months of March, ,
May', and. August, siinilar letters :had been atl-
dressed to the Surveyors calling for the Assees
ments made up to the year ending April 5, 1815.
Then, these were understood to relate-to the' bet-
ter enforcing of the payment of the Tax, but note
that the Property Tax had been put an.end to by
Parliament—when it bad been hoped that even,
the nauie of that Impost would -never be heard
again, 'it naturally excited surprise that this cot--
respondence should he discovered . to have taken
place. He complained much •of the tpublicity
which the copying these Assessments wou'ltre-
cessarily give to them, MI should he. glad to hear
from the Right Hon, tientlemau opposite, that
o'rdims for making out copies of them had not been
given; or that if given they had been issued with-
our the knowledge of the Trensirry. Ile Mined
for the production of the circular 'letters sent to
the Surveyors ache Districts respecting Copies of
Assessments of the Property Tax in the months of
March, May, and Angnst 1815, and for a similar
letter, dated April 1816.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had no
objection to the production of the Papers-called
for by the motion. Such Circulars as the lion.
Gentleman had described had certainly been issued
by the Board of Taxes in the discharge of their
'duties. No new orders bent been issued on'the
subject ; but it was obvious if some step of this
kind bad not been taken, many irregularities Artist
have occurred in the collection of atears.
Mr. BROUGHAM thought, front the manner in
which these copies of assessments had been called
for,, it did not' appear that they were required
merely for the purpose of 'collecting arrears. 13y
the direstions given to enter them earthily in a
neat book, it should seem they were:to-he made
out for purposes of reference, that ..ny "lumber of
;years hence it might be seen that Mr. Such-a-one
paid un such an assessment hi chi, years 1814 and
1815. He now gave notice, that he Should
shortly move for the production of all Records elm-
nected with the Income Tax.

After a few words. from Arr. Baring, General
Ferguson, and, the Chuncellor of the Exchquer,
which could ndt he diitiottly heard In the Gallery,
the motion was agreed to.