Star.
London, England, 1830-07-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS, JtLY 2.

The Rye harbour bill w.ts read a third time, and passed.
A petition was presented front Greenwich, complaining of the
hospital not paying a due prouortion of pour rates. This petition
created some discussion, in which Sir Edward Knatchbull,
Lewis, Sir It. Wilson, Sir J. York, and Mr. Slaney, took a part.
The discussion turned principally on a detect in the pour laws,
which do not impose burdens on establishments in proportion as If
tiny w.r onerous to the parish.
Mr. LITTLETON postponed the committee on the favorers'
wages bill till to-morrow, (this day.)
Petitions were presented front Galway, against any additional
taxes on stamps in Ireland ; front Broadstairs, in K:nt, complaining
of extra charges on the postage of letters; from Stockton, .31acelea.
field, and other manufacturing towns, praying that the house would
enact a law to prevent children from being employed more than 12
hours a.day in factories ; by Lord Monorrn, front the letter-pram
printers of London and Westminster, signed by 1100, complaining
of distress, in consequence of the heavy duties on newspapers. The
petitioners stated that, within four years, three Morning Papers lad
failed, the " British Press," the tt Morning Journal," and the.
•' Representative ;" besides hose, many Sunday Papas had failed,
and others were in a tottering cor.dition. They prayed that the du-
ties on advertisements should be reduced to 21. and those on stainp&
to 2.1. The noble lord had no room to hope that anything could
be done for the petitioners in this session ; he felt satisfaction In
understanding that, notwithstanding the heavy duties imposed on
newspapers, the amount of the receipts at the Stamp Oflice 14 the
last year for newspapers exceeded that of any preceding years. Ile
maintained that if the' mount of sta.np duties was reduced, the les:
ceipts would be greater.
Mr. S. RICE supported the prayer of the coition. If the lion
member for Dover (Mr. Thomson) had persevered in iris motion tt,
reduce the duties on newspapers in England to a level with those o'.
island, he (Mr. S. Rice) shculd support him. Ile (Mr. Rice)
had seen animadversions on his conduct in some Iri.h yet:Titian.
on which he should trouble the house with a few ob,erva:!ana.
did not question the right of the cress to criticise on :he conduct of
public men, but he deprecated their attributing a cc use of corttlun'i
to any man contrary to that which he practised. It was slat d in
on: of these newspapers that he (Mr. Rite) had said in that !:,:use
that the Roman Catholics of Ireland were unworthy of canlitience.
This Ire contradicted in positive terms ; it was an unfow.ded
!wed. Wnat he raid was, that when any qua tin reepa.eng the
1%-eicstant church of Ireland was brought Inward by a Catholic
menthol-, it would necessarily excite a suspicion, and consequently
:hat a Catholic member was not the most proper person to brio,
forward a subject of that kind. lie appealed to the hen. member for
Clare if these were not the sanks which he mud.
Colonel SIBTHORPE rose to give his csrtlial support to the
Petition p-esented by the Noble Lord. If he (Colonel Silithorpe)
should have the honour of a t.rat tn that Howie in the nt•xt Session,
he would bring forward, if no other Member did nut, a motion to
the better accommodation of Reporters. it was the opinion of many
eminent men that the publication of what taiAt plan in Parliament,
was more than anything rise calculated bilit filAtir: the Tonna... en of
i: was the fault
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.1/1s:-LiTTLETON expressed his approbation iT maorer in
which the Petition had been immdured by the Nohle Lord. lie re.
gretted that no person could t tke in a London dai:y pip r, order as
expense of 121. a-year. It was a political grievance. toa• Owe while
income was limited, were pr..cludcd from taking in new.rap ts, tD.
sceount of their expense. lle tru.:=l that a metettre would be
brought forward in the next Sea.toii, wettable al those *nu voila
read and understand the proceedings of that Home, to have r.ews.
papers:
Mr.-VC() N NELL attributed the misrepresentation re,perting
what fill from the member fur Limeiick to the elem‘y manner ir.
which the proceedings of that house were reported. lle thought the
house should have responsible reporters of its own.
3lr. 'DAVI:4N POnT thought the tussle should hare sworn re-
porters of their own. lie believed she reporters exetei-ed their
duty hiaestly and fairly. Pu!. s' • knew what !ee.stne of the re.
ports aria the reporters had portal with them ? Was it not pos-
sible this the proprietors altered them to their own sites ? lie felt
satiallettbat the reporters were able men, eke they could not give
the quabaisaa with such accuracy, or the matiuseats of members
with posh possiiss. He could fancy a ow st some capitalist.
hav iF of -their owe, t such reports
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