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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
purpose of being exercised ; but from the great distance between many of them in several counties , it was inconvenient for thenl so to do . It was his object to have a provision made for the encreased expences which those corps who went a great distance from home must incur . He would therefore move for leave to bring m a bill to authorize the billeting of such corps of yeomanry cavalry as should be desirous of assembling in large bodies , in order to be trained . —Leave given .
Friday , n . The Attorney-general brought up the Newspaper Regulationbill , which was read a first time . Among its enactments is a clause requiringthat the names and places of abode of the proprietors , printers , editors , publishers , and conductors of newspaperss , shall be registered upon oath at the office of the Commissioners of the stamps ; and that the service of a process at the place of abode shall in future be deemed good and sufficient service . TAX ON EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
. Wednesday , 16 . The House resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , Mr . Hobart in the chair . Mr . Rose said , that his Right Hon . Friend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , had on a former day informed the House of bis intention of raising some part of the supply for the year by way of a tax on Exports and Imports . He said the mercantile gentlemen had been consulted , and they had acquiesced in thelan . He then stated the nature of itwhich all exports *
p , was on to any part of Europe , only a duty of one half per cent , to Ireland , or coastways , no duty ; to America , two per cent . He also proposed a duty upon ton - nage . The duty upon imports was tobefixedat specific rates , at two aud a half percent , and tables had been made of the various articles of merchandize imported , at considerable trouble , and with great accuracy , which had been cor-, reefed by several merchants themselves . Mr . Rose moved a string of resolutions , which , from their complicated nature , were not read .
SHIP-OWNERS BILL . _ Thursday , 17 . The House having resolved itself into a Committee on this bill , Mr . Alderman Curtis in the chair , Mr . Peele spoke against it . as a measure highly injurious to the trading part of the country . Mr . Alderman Lushington presented a clause to limit the time of bringing any action for property lost to one year after the period of its being known , that the loss
happened . After a long conversation between several members , a division took place . For the clause 51—against it 30 . —Majority 21 . A division afterwards took place on the clause respecting the responsibility of ship-owners in case of aftual default . Ayes 44 . —Noes 19 . —Majority 15 . The other clauses were then gone , through , and the House adjourned . TANNERS BILL . Friday 18 . The House went into a Committee ( MrDoulas in the chair )
, . g upon the bill for tanning leather with elm instead of oak . Sir M . W . Ridley wished the House to consider the importance of the bill , and whether much consideration was not requisite before they changed so material an article in the manufacturing of leather , which ,. for two centuries , had proved experimentally successful , for one on which experience had not yet decided as to its utility . Mr .. RderMr . H . Brownand the Master of the Rolls said few words
y , , a ; when the bill was gone through . SALE OF THE LAND-TAX . Upon the motion of Mr . Pitt , the report of the Committee upon the sale of the land-tax was taken into further consideration . Several . clauses were brought up by the Attorney-General .
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Report Of The Proceedings Of The British Parliament.
purpose of being exercised ; but from the great distance between many of them in several counties , it was inconvenient for thenl so to do . It was his object to have a provision made for the encreased expences which those corps who went a great distance from home must incur . He would therefore move for leave to bring m a bill to authorize the billeting of such corps of yeomanry cavalry as should be desirous of assembling in large bodies , in order to be trained . —Leave given .
Friday , n . The Attorney-general brought up the Newspaper Regulationbill , which was read a first time . Among its enactments is a clause requiringthat the names and places of abode of the proprietors , printers , editors , publishers , and conductors of newspaperss , shall be registered upon oath at the office of the Commissioners of the stamps ; and that the service of a process at the place of abode shall in future be deemed good and sufficient service . TAX ON EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
. Wednesday , 16 . The House resolved itself into a Committee of Ways and Means , Mr . Hobart in the chair . Mr . Rose said , that his Right Hon . Friend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , had on a former day informed the House of bis intention of raising some part of the supply for the year by way of a tax on Exports and Imports . He said the mercantile gentlemen had been consulted , and they had acquiesced in thelan . He then stated the nature of itwhich all exports *
p , was on to any part of Europe , only a duty of one half per cent , to Ireland , or coastways , no duty ; to America , two per cent . He also proposed a duty upon ton - nage . The duty upon imports was tobefixedat specific rates , at two aud a half percent , and tables had been made of the various articles of merchandize imported , at considerable trouble , and with great accuracy , which had been cor-, reefed by several merchants themselves . Mr . Rose moved a string of resolutions , which , from their complicated nature , were not read .
SHIP-OWNERS BILL . _ Thursday , 17 . The House having resolved itself into a Committee on this bill , Mr . Alderman Curtis in the chair , Mr . Peele spoke against it . as a measure highly injurious to the trading part of the country . Mr . Alderman Lushington presented a clause to limit the time of bringing any action for property lost to one year after the period of its being known , that the loss
happened . After a long conversation between several members , a division took place . For the clause 51—against it 30 . —Majority 21 . A division afterwards took place on the clause respecting the responsibility of ship-owners in case of aftual default . Ayes 44 . —Noes 19 . —Majority 15 . The other clauses were then gone , through , and the House adjourned . TANNERS BILL . Friday 18 . The House went into a Committee ( MrDoulas in the chair )
, . g upon the bill for tanning leather with elm instead of oak . Sir M . W . Ridley wished the House to consider the importance of the bill , and whether much consideration was not requisite before they changed so material an article in the manufacturing of leather , which ,. for two centuries , had proved experimentally successful , for one on which experience had not yet decided as to its utility . Mr .. RderMr . H . Brownand the Master of the Rolls said few words
y , , a ; when the bill was gone through . SALE OF THE LAND-TAX . Upon the motion of Mr . Pitt , the report of the Committee upon the sale of the land-tax was taken into further consideration . Several . clauses were brought up by the Attorney-General .