The Sun.
London, England, 1818-04-04 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

/..,rd BINNING tare notice that he would more the se•
coact reading of the Scotch Lunatic Bill on the Ist of May.

ORDNANCE ESTIMATES.
'Mr. R. WARD gave notice that he would bring forward the
Ordnance Estimates on this day se'nnight.
Lord MORPETH presented a petition from the Parish of
Altus, in the County of Cumberland, complaining of the Poor
kates.—Read-and ordered to lie on the table.

Lord LASCELLES presented a petition from the Tanners
of Whitby, praying for the repeal of the last tax on leather.—
Head and ordered to lie on the table.
BLOOD MONEY.

Mr. BENNET obtained leave to bring in a Bill to repeal
the sereral Acts for granting Pecuniary and other rewards fur
the apprehension and conviction of persons guilty of highway
robberies and other offences.
The Bill, was brought in, read a first tin e, and ordered to
be read a second •

On the motion of the 'CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIE-
QUER, it was (uttered that the 'louse at its risiug should
adjourn to Monday next.

WINDOW T.X.
A Petition was presented from certain inhabitants of Bel-
fast, praying for the repeal of the Window Tax.—Read and
ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. MAY took this opportunity of asking whether there
was any truth in the reports which, had been circulated, that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer meant to repeal the Window
Tax in Ireland ? -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was
glad that the Hon. Gentleman gave him an opportunity of
correcting the report alluded to. It was with great surprise
he heard it had been stated in some of the Irish newspapers,
as from authority, that he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
had stated in this House that it was his intention to repeal
the Window Tax in Ireland. He could not understand on what
this report was founded. Those who were in the House on the
occasion alluded to, must recollect that so far from entering
into any pledge to relieve the people of Ireland from this tax,
that be had expressly stated that the state of the finances in
Ireland was suck, that whatever regret he might feel at being
obliged to oppose the wishes of so great a part of the people
of Ireland, he felt it his duty to continue this ti.x during the
present year. He was sorry that any person should entertain
an idea that the repeal of this tax was possible, under the
present circumstances of the country.
Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from disabled
seamen who earn their subsistence as wherrymen, playing
that the Rotherbithe Bridge Bill may not be passed, ur if it

tepasted. that they ntay rtceive sonic cotnpensatione—Rcad,
and ordered to tie on the table.
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Mr. Alderman WOOD also presented a Petition from Wm.
Augustus Gibbon, the proprietor of certain annuities secured
on 'Waterloo Bridge, pra}ing that the Waterloo Bridge
Amendment Bill might nut pass into a law.--Read, and
ordered to be referred to the Committee on the Bill.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose to coMplain that the Returns
4rhich the House bad long agb ordered, ietative to the Asses-
sed Takes, Customs, &c. of Ireratid, had notcyet been pi e-
santed. He therefore moved that These Retetrns 13t iltelerel
forthwith. sr _
Mr. I,USHINGTON said, e had ma.de some inquities re-
lative to the Returns nitride o, and found that the order for
them had been duly forwaf ea front the Irish Odic*.
The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. BENNET shade a similar complaint and motion rela-
tive to tire returns of gaol fees in Ireland, lung since ordered
by the Howie..
Mr. LLISHINGTON said the order to:Allis return had also
been forwarded. .

- This motion was also agreed to.
The House resolved itself into a Committee onthe Ameri-
can Trade Acts, the Report of which was ordered..to be re-
ceived on Monday.
CHURCHES AND CHAPEtS,
The Bill to authorize the Building of Chu elite and Cha
pets was brought in.—Read a first time.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that this
was a measure on which the House seemed quite agreed as to
its general propriety; but, us the details 4'4 must he various
and complicated, it would he desirable that the Bill should
he printed as soon as possible, and that then suflicienttime
should be allowed for the consineration of it before it was
!carried through the House. With this view, therefore, he
would move the second reading on Monday, antl have it corn-
inittedon Tuesday. It could then he printed, and he would
postpone the further stages of it for ten days or a fortnight,
that hill time mi4lit be given to consider the details.
Mr. GRENFELL, (m behalf of his Hon. and Learned
Friend (sir ).'Mackintosh), postponed the motion of which
lie had given notice relative to Forgeries.
On the Minion of Mr. BLNNET, there was ordered to be
laid before the House a Return of all Fees payable to Clerks
of the Peace and Assize,' for the last twenty years ; with an
Account of any variation in such Fees made duriog that tiaie,
and under what authority:
The It. port of the Bill to. make Private Stealing in Shops
no longer a capital offence. was taken into further considera-
tion, and after sonic verbal ameodments was agreed tu. The
Bill was ordered to lie read a third time.
The Report of the Irish Corti Duty Bill was received and
agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on
Monday.
The Report of the Four wheel Carriages' Bill was received
and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to lie read a third time on
Monday.
Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from one of the
Scots Royal Burghs, praying for Reforw.—Read and ordered
to lie on the Table.
Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from the Btugh
of Renfrew against the Scans Lunatic Asylum Bill.}Read,
and ordered to hie on the table.
Sir S. ROMILLY gave notice, that on Thursday se'nnight
be would bring forward a motion relative to the state of the
Slaves it: the island of Dominica.
Mr. J. P. GRANT presented a Petition from the Tanners of
Great Grimsby' praying for a Repeal of the Leather Tax.—
Read, and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. W. SMITH presented a Petition front the Inhabitants
of Glossop, in the county of Derby, in favour of the Bill for
restricting the Hours of Labour in Cotton Manufactories.—
Read, and ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. WILBERFORCE presented similar Petitions from the
Cotton Spinners of Renfrew and of Blackburn, which were
both read, and ordered to lie on the table.