§ On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER it was ordered that the House at its rising should Adjourn to Monday, April 26th.
§ Returns ordered. The Amount of Profit or Loss arising from the Manufacture of Small Arms, Gunpowder, &c. for the use of his Majesty's Service:—Of the Amount of 2 Revenue transmitted from Scotland, and the Percentage charged:—The whole Amount paid as Salaries of Civil Officers, above 60l. a year, at New South Wales:—Copies of the Correspondence relative to granting Compensation in 1824 to the Collectors of Customs at Liverpool, Belfast, Cork, and Dublin, for the loss they sustained by the change in the method of remitting Public Money;—The number of Resident Jesuits and Members of Religious Orders registered in Ireland:—The Amount of Lay-tithes in Ireland:—Account of Machinery exported during the last Six Years:—Of all the Tobacco imported from Ireland since 1828:—Of the number of Yards of Calico Dyed during the last Three Years:—Of the number of Gallons of Rum imported into Great Britain and Ireland since 1826, the Quantity exported, and the Quantity remaining in Bond:—Copy of the Memorial presented to the Lords of the Treasury from the Distillers of Scotland, England, and Ireland, with any Report made thereon by the Commissioners of Excise:—The number of Bankrupt Cases decided by the Lord Chancellor and Master of the Rolls during the last Six Years:—On the Motion of Mr. FOWELL BUXTON, of the number of Persons executed for Forgery during the last Ten Years:—On the Motion of Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS, the Duties levied on the produce of our Colonies, with the Quantities imported and exported, distinguishing the Colonies:—And on the Motion of Mr. HUME, of the number of Acres of Land under Cultivation in Ireland.
§ An Address was ordered to be presented to his Majesty to obtain Copies of certain Letters written in March, 1827, relative to the Expenditure of the island of Ceylon, the Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope.
§ Returns presented. The number of Justices of the Peace in each County of Scotland:—The number of Bankrupts in every Month from January, 1825, to February, 1830:—Copy of Letter from the Secretary of State addressed to the Public Offices, recommending the use of Machinery in Sweeping Chimnies.
§ Petitions presented. By Mr. CHARLES CALCRAFT, from Mary Anne Lloyd, complaining that she had been defrauded by what were called Poyais Bonds, and praying the House to institute an inquiry into that scheme of fraud. By Mr. WILMOT HORTON, from the Manufacturers and others of New castle-under-Lyne, against the renewal of the East India Company's Charter:—By Mr. HUME, with the same prayer, from the Incorporated 3 Trades of Arbroath:—By Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS, from the Burgesses of Pollockshaws, with the same prayer. By Sir JAMES GRAHAM, from the Inhabitants of White-haven and Cockermouth, against the employment of Climbing Boys. By Lord CLIVE, from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the County of Montgomery, against any alteration in the Welsh Judicature. By Mr. DICKENSON, from the Licenced Victuallers of Frome Selwood, against throwing open the Trade in Beer. For the abolition of the Punishment of Death in cases of Forgery, by Mr. FOWELL BUXTON, from the Inhabitants of the Liberty of the Tower:—By Mr. F. BARING, from the Inhabitants of Portsmouth. By Mr. MARSHALL, from the Inhabitants of Craven (Yorkshire), praying for a Duty on the importation of Foreign Lead. By Mr. SPRING RICK, from the Grand Jury of the County of Galway, for extending the Corporate Franchise of Galway to the Catholic Inhabitants. And by Mr. RAMSEN, from the Clergy, Gentry, and other Inhabitants of Wakefield, for the Assizes to be held in that Town.