Star.
London, England, 1828-02-20 00:00:00

HOUSE OP &0/1:11024

Imnlediately after the SpeAkar had talseu..ths Chair, the llouse
Was siumnoned by the Liaher-of the 11lack• Ilod, to attend in Ric"
House of Lords, and hear the Royal Assent giecp ,by permission
to certain Bills_
At his return, the .Speaker. accordingly acquainted the Hansel
that the Royal Assent had been givei.to.the'FachequerkLidis
mid the Transfer of Aids 0111. •
.'►lr. SriCER, from Liaises Hovital,prcsented at the bar certain
.nsoUrntennuetted with that charity,
Me. STURC.43 gave in certain returns front the Insolvent Deb-
tors' Court. .

Mr. DA NKIF,S moved the mead main of the Doreetehire
Lunatic Axylrnuliill. .•

Mr. BERKELEY. PORTMAN observed, that al-
though he was well -aware howeestti' suil k irae testy a single word
on the second seeding of the Bill, he could not forbear observing, on
tie present nccasioa,that tbeneesseity for a Rill was .a very painful
one, under the circumstances of thecae*. Ilene was a munificent
who,,in csrder•tea accomplish a noble work. of charity,
' had made a present to the County of his wank house and estate, and
had even offered w.defray the tiecespery expences of obtaining the
.act. The case was so peguliqt, that.hejilr. P.) could wit help eel-
ling the attention of a Right lion. Gentleman • (Mr. Peel), to the
hardship which the law of Mortntain.„o the laudable desire of pre.
venting individuals from alienating their own property, might sume•
times induces.

The Bill was then read a second time and committed.
Several Road and Enclosure Bill 4 were then proceeded in.
Mr. Alderman WOOD brought up the Report of the Era India
VeMI Dock IP; * to provide further accontmodation at
kwall for Ran India Shipping.

Mr. Alderman WOOD brought np the Report on the London
Railway Bill, a Bill for a Trant.road from VVhitechapel to the
Lea Iron-bridge, and the roads branching ther•frOm.

CORPOKATIOKAND TOT ACTS.

Petitions for the repeal of these Acts were presented by Lord
Watusat PowLerr, from Stockton, South Barnard Castle,
And another place • by Mr.. Baartsr.o'r fromSberkerwe,
Doneolaire; by Mr. G. P. WILLIAMS, from Great hlsrlow ; by
Mr. CMARLIM DUIIDAS, three from Newburg, and one from Bo-
lingbroke; by Sir G. RICIMARiI PHILLIPS, from Haverfordwest ;
U 7. Ur. Muenv, frees Derbyshire; by Mr. TALMO?, from the city
of Warwick Sir Tg Mown, from Flintshire ; by Mr. DAM,'
roar, from Stockton ; by the Earl of Servos, from Fortteth, in the
county of Lancaster; by Mr. Stratooe, from Fulvrood, in the
eoenty of Somerset; by Colonel Dawtres, from Boroughloridge ;
by Mr. PMT.'S, from Chkbester; by Lord Elmore. from Bury St.
almonds; by Mr. Hoteswortme.from Pomfret; by Mr. Ciroatu
Patorea. front Walworth; by Mr. Diceseson„from South Merl.
Tale, in the county of Somerset, of which he observed, that It was
signed by churchmen and dissenters; but there was a majority of
the latter among the subscribers. The same Hon. Gentleman pre-
sented a similar petition from I larton.

Mr. KENNEDY presented two Petitinns ; one from
a parish in Scotland, praying assistance fame Parliament far the
purpose al promoting Eanigrat.on ; and the other Bum an indivi
dual named Murdoch, complaining of the severe tax upon com-
merce, which was imposed by the Stamp Duty on receipts, and
praying that the law in that respect might be repealed.

Petitions against the Malt Acts of last Session, were presented
by Mr..hlussor. frum the Maltsters of Dartford; by Sir 'l7. Nos-
tra, (tom the Meitner* .of Flintlhire; by Mr..Davviroas, from
the blak•ters of Ctiester ;. by Mr. B. WALL, from the Coonti of
Southampton; and by Mr. Dicasmsox, from Tioyil,Somenetibire.l
_.._.._

CATHOLIC aIIANCITATIOS.

•
Mr. CRA DOCK presented a Petition from the
Catbotics of Kilmury, praying for a repeal of the. Test Act, and the
ungratified entamip.ition of every clam of religitmists from the db.
ahiiities arising from religious opinions..
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Mr. HUME, in presenting three Petitinns from the
County of Cann, praying for C,itholie Emancipation, toli occasion
to enlarge upon the folly of continuing the distinctions which arise
frosn religious spiniops.

SirJOIIN BRYLVES condemned the practice in.
dulged in by Hun. Gentlemen, of haranguing upon the subject of
t•ery Petition they present to the House.

Mr. 1' ALLA C (of Y .rmouth) addressed the House
for the first time. Ile said it was
.desirable that the
fullest information should be given. on every subject
.p,ainected with the digresses of Ireland, and the ma-
nifold evils which .grew out of those distresses and ag.
gravated them. 'thing's could not go on in the way in
they now were•in Ireland ; and every occasion
"should be taken both in season and out of season," in
eXprgiating on the wrongs of that coonti y, and of the
Urgent necessity of redie.sing them,—(Hear,lear). He
could not, therefore, concur in the
,observation of the
Honourable Baronet (Sir J. Brydges) that these Peti-
;joss should be presented in silence. The pre,entation
of these Petitions was a proper and constitutional one
for expressing the opinions of Members on the subjects
to which these Petitions referred. If the Hoof,e was not,
rerniuded,of . the evils complainectof, they might forget
them—Wear, heat). The mere laying of Petitions.
•
upon the Tabled the House in the manner in which
they •were laid, could answer no beneficial purpose. For
twenty•five years Petitions had been laid upon the
itable of the House, and yet the evils complained cf
siere not redressed. The Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man concluded by enforcing the expediency of fre-
t:l:trent!, teminding.tlie House of the grievances cow-,
piained of in the/ Petition now, btforethe•HOttire;'itsd'
,thanking the Mese for the .attention ..with• which his.
topsetvarons• had been received--(Hear, hear).
'Mr. HU.ME presented several Petitiqns from Ashton,
.Bslth, and me other places, from the Proyestant
fru; ing. Jo; theJlegeril, of thX Teskimi.
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. , STAMP .DUTY.. •
. i hit; 1.11.151 E presented a Petition from Brecon, cora-
pleitiing of the rwnpenny Stamp Duty, which brought
jin,iccoirbiderable reverses, . which ,was unequal in .its
(sper Ilion, and was attended 'with vexatious litigation.
The Petitioners alsOtompliined cf,the Legacy Duty,
which was attended in itatoperation with great inequa-
4isrp and Isardshipii‘iits.easctisa. When a poor person
.died—a person, for instance, who may not have more
than 201.3—it was necessary that this should be
.heavily
Natal, and that all the articles about him, even to the
• t-tap and aborts of the deceased, should be taxed
by this Act, for the repeal of which the Petitioners now
prayed. Again,. a man who may have assets to the
litautint. of 1,5b01. though he owed :that sum, and Alien .
illillf *Omaha.. yet befece these assets could be touched
they were sultietted to sheduty of 6QI. The Petitioners
abet enr*Onad of 1 practice that prevailed in Scotland,
• it no persda could ninstitute a Suit for the recovery of
'of war atuate too guisteas,,oithoot being subjected
ho
a fine el,4e6d. The 'favourable Gentleman stated,
that all thesechnievere levied with great hardship, and
wlto 'ithe *mown Wirtth they brought to the revenue, it
ould tSd'entird 'thin ttittrisensaled ty the reduction of

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one useless regiment of cavalry, or one useles regiment
:4'f ininntry.
Vlr• BRIGHT concurred itt the opinion of the Hon.
. •
tesitleman, Oat those small duties on stamps were an.
du •
ct.
proive to the Revenue, and ettrernely vexatious on
'the poorer classes. He considered' that these duties
were more vexatious in their operation than the Salt
Tax, which was repealed two SessZeit. ago: oOe-sor
the hardships of these small Sesnip Omits, that the
Stamp. Office ad r ert ised. for informers, to_ discover arts
thine who infringS4 "the Statute. ; •
Mr. SYKES. said, that the ptesint law sport this sub..
ject was extretnely oppressive to the population of the
,town ittull). which he represented. He thought rt a
;severe hardshilithat the Stamp Office should adirernme .
forinfinniers, in the ;manner svbich. they notoriously
.did. He hoped the Legislature would direct its atm&
'tion,to the Subject, in reference to Which be had some
Petitions ,t 'present...
Mv.,I3ARING,was of. opinion that the 4 informers* •
did not 'dryers* the censure with which sortie H'isifi
Gentlemen were dis;:o ed- to •visit them.,- Informers'.
%Vele the only means Which the Legidature bad foe
enforcing the observance of the laws which it enactedi
-and after they had .encouraged, these informers, it was
not fir to-turn round upon them, and to upbraid them
with the wiium of their. Ocitrimtiort. But for these
informers the law would be evaded, and their services
wete required in order to prevent the'more harsh and
oppressive course ot intruding on private families. lie
thr‘ught those Members spoke. very rot lisfilY who
talked of the rapacity of Goecroment, because informers
were employed to carry into. effect what could not be
carried into effect without. them. However severely
the penalties may sometimes be felt,_those penalties
protected the honest trader from the dishonest one, who'
violated the law.

Mr. WARBURTON concurred in the opinion ex-
pressed as to the Oppiesirt character and nature of the
Spi me referred to, which pressed with unequal hardship
on the humbler aisses, '
Mr. Alderman WAITI,MAN said, that both (corn
'he City of London and lritti Vaiious pas t. of the Country,.
complaints had reached him of the oppressive hardship
And cruelty pf the duties mentioned in the Petition.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY and several other Members ex-
pressed their opinions to the same effect, altor which the
Petition was brought up.