The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-22 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNI il

The Royal Assent was given by commission to several
private Bills.
The Lords Commissioners were—the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Bexley.
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the Woolsack at
a quarter-past five o'clock.
The Earl of MALMESBURY, in presenting a petition
from Essex, against the importation of Foreign Wool,
asked, whether, in the event of the importation being
permitted, his Majesty's Ministers would consent to allow
a drawback on the exportation of alI articles manufactured
from Foreign Wool. The Noble Lord believed that suoh
a regulation existed in France.

Lord GODERICEI said that the question had been de-
liberately considered by the Government. At first he had
been dispetz,-,1 to look on it with a very favourable eye;
but, on. further consideration, its impracticability became
evident. fe was foreseen that the adoption of any such
regulation must lead to great evasion and considerable
fraud. Indeed, the difficulty of ascertaining the quantity
of foreign wool in manufactured articles was in itself enough
to deter them from making the experiment. It was usual
to mix Foreign with British Wool, and it would be a very
difficult 'matter to discover how much of each was used ;
there did exist a regulation in France, by which a draw-
back was allowed, but it was clogged by so many restric-
tions of an excessive onerous description, as made it quite
inapplicable to this country.
The Earl of MALMESBURY asked whether an ex-
periment might not be made for two or three years. The
greater part of the exported article was of a coarser de-
scription, and manufactured from British Wool alone.
Lord GODERICIL thought that such an experiment
might give rise to false hopes, and tend to defraud the
Revenue.

The Marquis of SALISBURY trusted that something
would be done to protect the British wool grower.
The Earl of MALMESBURY 'reminded the Noble
Viscount that tare loss to the Revenue, arising from the
drawback, might he made up from the duty on corn,
which, in effect, came from the pocket of the agriculturist.
The Earl of DARNLEY wished that some pledge would
be given to consider th. subject next Session.
Lord GODERICH thought that all pledges of such a na-
ture ought to he evoided.
Lord REDESD ALE felt satisfied that as lung as the
law remained as it was respecting the wool, the price of
eorn mast be increased.
Sir A. GRANT and others brought up a Bill to consoli-
date the Boards of Stamps in Great Britain and Ireland ,
a Bill for bu:lding a new Jail in the Town of Cambridge ;
a Bill to amend the Regulations respecting the conduct of
Trustees of Charities, and one or two private Bibs.
Mr. Titterer attended, to deliver ;a papers contain-
ing au account of the expenses incurred in redeeming the
Land-Tax.

A messenger delivered in an account of the expenditure
of the Doer Harbour.
APOTHECARIES' LAWS.

Lord MELVILLE presented a petition from a highly
respectable surgeon, which complained of the law as it
existed in this Country re►pecting Apothecaries, and which
prayed the House to alter it. By the existing law, no
surgeon was allowed to practice as an Apothecary without
a licence from the Apothecaries' Company, which the
Noble Lo:;si considered loudly called fel. alteration.