A message from the lords announced their lordships' assent to the Irish Customs Regulation bill.—The house was ordered to be called over on Thursday next.—The following members were appointed by ballot, to try and determine the merits of the petition, complaining of an undue election for the borough of Liskeard: sir Charles Pole, sir Charles Mordaunt, E. R. Portman, esq. John Maitland, esq. Michael Sims, esq. Joseph Cripps, esq. John Hudson, esq. John Leveson Gower, esq. hon. Courtenay Boyle, Richard Trevanion, esq. Edward Long, esq. Charles Edmonston, esq. R. H. Bradshaw, esq.: Nominees, Thomas Creevey, esq. right hon. Charles Long.—The following members were appointed to try the merits of the petition, complaining of an undue election for Sudbury: lord Brooke, Michael Hicks Beach, esq. hon. sir A. Wellesley, hon. Robert Curzon, lord Grenville Leveson Gower, Jas. Graham, esq. hon. W. Augustus Townshend, William Mellish, 826 esq. sir C. M. Burrell, bart. lord Archibald Hamilton, Henry Swann, esq. hon. A. C. Bradshaw, sir William Paxton; Nominees, sir John Doyle, bart. Robert Hurst, esq.
A petition of the tanners of Ulverstone and its vicinity, in the county of Lancaster, was presented to the house, and read: taking notice of the bill for indemnifying persons who have incurred penalties for regrating and engrossing Oaken bark; and for repealing so much of an act of the 2d year of king James the first, as prohibits the same; and praying, that the same may pass into a law. A petition of the tanners of the district of Armagh; and also, A petition of the tanners of Gorey and its vicinity, in the county of Wexford, were also severally presented to the house, and read; likewise taking notice of the said bill; and setting forth, that if the object and clauses of the said act of the 2d year of king James the first, to prevent the regrating or re-selling Oak bark, should be carried into execution, the annihilation of the tanning trade in Ireland would be the inevitable consequence; and therefore praying, that the house will not permit the provisions of the said act to be enforced. And the said petitions were severally ordered to be referred to the consideration of the committee, appointed to take into consideration the act, made in the 2d year of king James the first, intituled, "an act concerning tanners, curriers, shoemakers, and other artificers occupying the cutting of leather."—Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the committee, to whom the bill for extending, to sums of greater amount than forty shillings, the provisions of three acts, passed in the 5th, 6th, and 10th years of his present majesty, for the recovery of small debts within the hundreds of Blackheath, Bromley and Bekenham, Rokesley otherwise Ruxley, and Little and Littleness, in the county of Kent, and of Wallington, in the county of Surrey, and for amending the said acts, was committed; that the committee had examined, and found that the standing orders of the house, relative to bills for the more easy recovery of small debts, had been complied with; and that the committee had examined the allegations of the bill, and found the same to be true; the report and amendments were read, and agreed to.—Ordered, that the bill, with the amendments, be ingrossed.
§ Sir Charles Mordauntreported from the Committee, to whom the petition of 827 several inhabitants of the town of Birmingham, and the hamlet of Deritend thereto adjoining, in the county of Warwick, was referred; that the committee had examined the matter of the said petition, and had directed him to report the same, as it appeared to them, to the house; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered it in at the table, where the same was read. Ordered, that leave be given to bring in a bill to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers of an act, passed in the 25th year of his late majesty, for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the town of Birmingham, and hamlet of Deritend thereto adjoining, in the county of Warwick; and that sir Charles Mordaunt and Mr. Dugdale do prepare, and bring in, the same.—Resolved, that when the house shall have proceeded upon Thursday next to the appointment of select committees for the trial of the several petitions which are appointed to be taken into consideration upon that day, and the names of the members shall be drawn and called for that purpose, Mr. Speaker do direct the name of every member so called, who shall be absent from the house, to be set aside; and that a list of the names of such absent members be reported by Mr. Speaker to the house, at such time as the house shall think fit to appoint.—Resolved, that, upon the report of the list of the names of such absent members, the members for whose non-attendance, on the appointment of the said select committees, a sufficient excuse shall not be made, and allowed by the house, shall be forthwith ordered to be taken into the custody of the serjeant at arms attending this house, and shall not be discharged out of custody without the special order of this house.—A petition of the master, wardens, and commonalty, of the art or mystery of the curriers of the city of London; and also, a petition of the master, wardens, and commonalty, of the mystery of cordwainers of the city of London, were severally presented to the house, and read; taking notice of an act, made in the 2d year of king James the first, intituled, an act concerning tanners, curriers, shoe-makers, and other artificers occupying the cutting of leather;' and setting forth, that the petitioners are interested in many of the provisions contained in the said statute, and the more especially in such parts thereof as regulate the well tanning and dry 828 ing of leather; and therefore praying, that, before any alteration is made in the said act, they may be heard, by themselves, their agents, or counsel, in support of such parts thereof, as they conceive to be beneficial to themselves and the public at large.—A petition of the master tanners of the city of Waterford; and also a petition of the tanners of Stradbally, in the queen's county, were likewise severally presented to the house and read; taking notice of the bill for indemnifying persons who have incurred penalties for regrating and engrossing Oaken Bark, and for repealing so much of an act of the 2d year of king James the first as prohibits the same; and praying that the same may pass into a law. And the said petitions were severally ordered to be referred to the consideration of the committee, appointed to take into consideration the said act.—Resolved that an humble address be presented to his majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be laid before this house, copies of any commissions issued by his majesty, for the Sale of Lands in the British West India Islands, between the years 1765 and 1775, inclusive. Ordered, that the said address be presented to his majesty by such members of this house as are of his majesty's most honourable privy council Earl Temple reported from the committee appointed to consider of the expediency of permitting the use of Sugar and Molasses in the Distillery and Brewery, for a time to be limitted, under the circumstances now affecting the trade of the British Colonies in the West Indies, and to report the same, with their observations and opinion thereupon, from time to time, to the house; and who were empowered to report the minutes of the evidence taken before them; that the committee had considered the matters to them referred, and had directed him to report the same, as they appeared to them, to the house, together with the minutes of the evidence taken before them; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered the same, with an appendix thereunto, in at the table, where the report was read. Ordered, that the said report do lie upon the table; and with the appendix, be printed for the members of the house,.—Mr. Hobhouse reported from the committee of the whole house, to whom the bill to provide more effectually for regulating the Drawbacks and Bounties on the expor 829 tation of Sugar from Ireland, and for allowing British plantation sugar to be warehoused in Ireland, was committed; the amendments which the committee had made to the bill, and which they had directed him to report to the house; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered the bill, with the amendments, in at the table, where the report was read. Ordered, that the said report be taken into further consideration upon Friday next.—Mr. Hobhouse reported from the committee of the whole house, to whom the bill to amend several acts for the sale of his majesty's Quit Rents, crown and other rents, and of certain lands forfeited and undisposed of, in Ireland, was committed; the amendments which the committee had made to the bill, and which they had directed him to report to the house; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered the bill, with the amendments, in at the table, where the amendments were read, and agreed to by the house. Ordered, that the bill, with the amendments, be ingrossed, and read the third time to-morrow.—The bill for extending to German Yarn the provisions of an act, made in the last session of the last parliament, for permitting Prussian yarn to be imported in foreign ships, on payment of the like duties as if imported in British ships, was read a second time, and committed to a committee of the whole house, for to-morrow.