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. i. - - ---s bin.* !loped ;tat thitiekrence would net leaf san.i gum* tilled'. to ,valciflatio",spoo melts. beyond the pe • t tcr .effeet. That Parliaitient had We . on . A* give • the most attentive con. tideriiidti 'Jo the distrrebses of the country, and to apply every practicable remedy, there coild.not be the dightestrdnobt. ,He was satisfied that no doubt existed in any *tarter as to that disposition, and that the public would. look to the decision of Parliament with every possible defeyence.— Whatever, indeed, might be sometimes said, he Wsb persuaded the people of England regarded , with the utmost respect the decision. of Parrhament, and. that even if no relief were afforded on this occasion. the proceedings of the House would pmdilee great satisfaction, especially from the solicitude which these proceedings would manifest to consult Alit most im portant object. the interest of the egriCullure of the. coontty. Upon this subject he felt a personal interest from the part which he took List Session with regard to the Corn Laws, and Fran what had since occurred respecting that much calumniated and misunder stood measure, he was sure that no individual who had then manifested any resentment, would now lie ,sirate to ask pardon Of those who were the objects of that resentment.—(Neer. hear.) The popular delusion of that day bad indeed become obvious to the whole - of the country; for the riteasurb . to which that delusion referred had occasioned none of the mis chief which was then apprehended, while. he was I to say, thatit was not Productive of the goof! 'vested from - its adoption. It bad not the power of ing the distress against which it was pointed. Er tli yet it that measure were adopted at an dailies period, he was convinced that this distress would at least have been more gradual—that the pressure of it would not have been so immediately mid so severely fele. He had, however, the satisfaction to think, that if the measure alluded to had done no good, it , bad done no harm and therefore the popular cry of the last year proved to be utterly groundless. The Honourable Gentleman concluded with observing, th{t he had the utmost satisfaction in concurring .with the motion. and that he should use every effort in his power to promote the object of the Honourable Mover. Sir F. FLOOD emphatically pressed upon the consideiation of the House the severe distress of the pehple of Ireland, which was so notorious, that he could not think it necessary to describe it. The Ho nourable Baronet, however, thought it proper to state the cause and the effect. with the remedy, for that distress. The main cause Was, he contended, the siOn-residence of the land owners, which evil had in creased to an alarming extent since the year 1801.— The principal part of such laud owners had, indeed, absented themselves of late from that country, leaving the lower .ord.rs to the government of merciless agents. This was, in fact, the radical cause of Ire land's misfortunes, and unless it were in some degree remedied. it was in vain to look for happiness in that part of the empire. Another cause of the mis fi-rtune of Ireland was, the amount of its taxation. the Assessed Taxes and the Tithes bore upon the Irish with peculiar severity, while they were subject to another grinding tax. from which England was entirely exempt, namely, the Hearth Tax. From the operation of those causes, *.fifths of the Irish people were discontented, and could this discontent create any surprise ? Fur what was their actual condition ? 'he landlord could not collect his rent, the tenants could not pay their rents, and the labourers could. not obtain any employment. What then was to be; come of those labourers is Why, in a country where there were no poor rates, the poor people must starve, and starvation was, of late, the fate of many.— Parliament might send an army of 25,000 men to a country so situated, and such s force might be requi site to collect the taxes. An army might be ;thane. cessary in certain disturbed districts, for there were, no doubt, some alarming constitutions in part of the • country—in a county or two, for instance. But be could affirm that, with the exception of those districts. Ireland was quite as tranquil as this country; and in Attics to the Government, to which he owed no' obli n atien, he could bear testimony, that every prac ticable endeavour was used to preserve that tranquil. lity. Ireland was indeed much indebted to the cow duct of Lord Whitworth, and to that of the Right Honourable Gentleman also (Mr.. Peel), who had brought forward measures eminently calculated to prevent the contagion of riot from spreading. 'the 'riotous spirit was, in fact, comparatively very limited. and this ought to be generally knoish. Fur the cha racter of a country was of the utmost value, and a whole nation should not be slandered from the mis conduct of a few, especially in England, fur such slander Was calculated to prevent the English from visiting Ireland, where they were always hospitably received, where their residence was uniformly de testable because it never tailed to be advantageous to the country. 'there might be Itibbon-men or other disturbers in particular counties, but such persons were not known in the country at large.,ln the West, the. East. and the South of Ireland, for instance, ouch a perms as a Ribbon-man was Mte be found. The people of that country had, indeed, already rut feted too muctsfronaseuch imputations. How often, for instance, were the Catholics at large implicated in crimes whichproperly applied only to a few of that body, and that too from the representation of persons affecting to be historians and judging of a great body of meritorious men from what happened to'come tin der their own immediate observation. But such wri tors had since recanted their errors in consequence of luether information. The Catholic body was now eicupletely vindicated, because its character and' loyalty was fully known, and wherever the general character of Ireland was.known it would not be sub ject to censure. The Honourable Baronet earnestly recommended the House to examine the State of that country, and to look to other remedies than that which a military force was capable: of affording, to remove the grievaudes of the people, to arcade to their just claims, and to begin the work of redress by repealing the Duty upon Malt, with s view to oa courage the cultivation of barley, and to impose a protecting duty upon Ole importation of f ore i gn b u lk sow this gauntry, with a view to encourage the Irish wide in that 'article. He concluded-with stating hit d:.position to took alike to the fairllairtis of every ti ,, rt io n of the United Kingdom; but impressing the iv • culi necessity of attending to the state of beheld, :r. .m the very severely distressed condition of its in. et.'icteats. 4 England glad inland," observed Hon. baronet -7 ‘ +nay he to nstiered ei two sisters. and should go hand in hand tortfier." Mr. RARING said, that he should tithe annthe. opportunity of statiees his *pinion upon the chanicte.. and tendency of the measures prop used by the Wit . Mover, but from an observation of that.Hoo.Gentle.l =isan. - he thought it proper at once to mention, that the opinion which he expressed last Session, with regard to the policy of the Corn Laws, had undergone a. change whatever. He was anxious as any man to afford every possible relief to the distress which so' notoriously existed among the agricultural classee; bat he was much afraid that any relief in the power of Parliament to devise would prove extremely ina dequate. However; he felt it the duty of the Home to inquire, and patiently to listen, to any statement that might be brought forward upon this important subject, with a view to see whether any thing could be done by legislative interference. The bovinity was placed. in an artificial state, and Parliament should gram every relief of which such a state might ,be found susceptibler At the same time, be must take this opportunity of saying, that the legislative Act of last Session had done nothing for the country. That Act was indeed completely a dead letter, for the country was just in the state is which it would have been if that Ac t had never p assed; therefore, such an Act should not have been passed, especially against the voice of the public; for it afforded no relief to the' distress of the farmers, while it outraged the feelings of all other classes of the community. Mr. HITS K ISSON 'animadverted upon the absence .of the majority of the Gentlemen col the other side, from the consideration of this Wowing subject; but the Honourable Mover, whom he ventured to call his Honourable Fr lend, proceeded in a tone of mode ration, which probably did not suit the taste of these Gentlemen. He (Mr. Huskitson) was aware of the distress of those to whom the motion referred, and their case should receive 'Lis must diligent attention. That Parliament would do all th-it could be accom plished upon this most inn nrt,nt question, he enter tained the fullest confidence—and with a vie* to pre pare the_mind of the House for the Lull consideration of the measure he suggested to his Hottodrabk Friend, the propriety of having his resniutioes p; inled with a view to their circulation among the Members, and that he shoal.: fix upon some convenient day for the discussion of their merits—to some of those Resolu tions, be (Mr. Huskisson) had a very decided objec tion, but he should reserve the declaration of his opt pion for a more convenient opportunity. Mr. GOOCH expressed the utmost satisfaction from the candid and able manner in which this sub ject had been brought under the consideration of the House. '['he speeches of the Mover and Seconder %ere indeed completely free from party feeling, and had nothing in view but the good of the country.— Such speeches were, therefore. peculiarly calculated to secure that unanimity which prevailed, and which ought not to be interrupted by any such observations as those which lie had heard with pain from the last speaker. On such an occasion, when the interesCof the country was so much at stake, nothing ought to be said that had a tendency to provoke party animosities. Lord CASTLEREAGH declared that he never heard a speech in Parliament in which public prin ciple so much prevailed over every other considera tion, as that of the Honourabk Mover. The subject referred to was, no dnubr, full of difficulty, but he assured the Honourable Mover that no one could feel a stronger disposition than he did to promote the im portant object which the Hunourabk Gentleman had in view. Therefore he should give to the Hon. Gentleman, with the greatest pleasure, all the assis tance in his power. After a few words from Messrs. H. Davis, Woce, LOCKWART I WESTERN, and the CHANGiLLOK of the EXCHEQUER, the Motion was agreed to; and it was ordered that the House should resolve itself into the proposed Committee on Tuesday se'nnight. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Halt past Twelve. LIST OF MINORITY --- -- ----- The following — is a - List of the Minority on the Motion of Amendment for reducing the Standing Army in time of Peace 10,000 Men under the SUM. her prop6sed by Ministers : Abetromble,Hn.J. Fishy, Kirkmay Neville, Hon. R. Althorpe, Viscount Fitzgetald, k.d. W. Nugent, Lord Anson Hon. Sir G. Fazakerley, G. N. Osbaideston G. Atberiey, A. Ferguson. Nr R. Osborne, Lied F. Ached, Sir T. Fitzroy, Lord J. Ossulstos, Lord Ashore, W. H. Franks, F. Pelves, H. Arkwright, R. Fellows., W. H. Piggott, Sir A. 1 lanai, Sir T. Foley, Thomas Phillips, George Baths, Met. Freemands, Was. Ponsonby, Right Bennet Hos. H. Fyne* Henry Has. G. Birch,Joseph Ciardtia, R. Poosouby , Ha. F. C Beard Hon.?. Grentell, Poem, Pyin Francis, Burrell, Hon. P. A Claim, Sir W. Pewiett, Hon. W.V. Burrell, Walter, Grow, J. P. Preston, Richard ablution, The . Grosvenor. OM . Prittis, Ition.F.A. Banks., Henry Hammenhy, H. Price, R. Beach, W. H. Horner, Francis Frahm's*, L Boisghey, Sir S. F. Hughes, W. L. ?Weer, Hon. P. B. Broughani, H. Hanalboo, Sir H.D. Rancliffe. Lord Browne, Dom. Hornby, B. Russell„ Lord O.W. Brig, Goings . brushy SAL Ramsdas, J. C. ollins, Knot, T. Ridley, Sir M. Chalons., Rot*. Kock, G. A. L. Readily, Sir S. Cohort, C. lambus J. Rowley, Sir' . Calvert, N. L emon , Sir W. Smith, John ' - • cam, T. Lewis, Frankhad lOW Abel Coke, B. Lloyd, Sir B. Sibith, Sanibel, • Caulfield, Hon. H. Leader, W. Soak Wm. Campbell, Moo. L Lockhart, 1. 1. Smythe, J. H. Cunpbell, Ges. Lester. J. L. Sabo 1, Sir J. . Llorendisb. 14. G. ' ppm; R. Treeops, J. H. thivendisb, Hon. iI. • I. M. Tierney, Rt. Hen. li Cavendhk, Has. C. ma:XS. B. Wright, J. A. Cocks, Hon. J. 3. Maceitald, Jamas Wane, J. A. Cocks, Janus Markham, Job. Winter., C. Dundee, Hon. L. Madocks, Wm. A. Wharton, John Maeda., Merles, • Marsh, H. Williams. Sir R. Dolmans, * Martin, Jelin Wynne, Sir W. W. E=l W. Mikes, Vise. Wynn, C. ,D 8. Mo ore ' Sir C. Wakiegnes, Hob. B.lhoti tt. Hon. W. ore ' "? Captain Ellison, C. Whoosh: Sir L Whs. - force, W. Shriagum. Viii. Newman, At. W. Wortley, 8. A. S. Foes, J. Nerds, Dudley Tastaa—Calaatt, Jobs STTE LERY. ALL 111847 blierfB A 1182 T SATUIDAT, MAICII 18 I The Lottery will then !Ma. A Wand Prise of WOO Walla load EOM other Capitals, with WOO other Prim, Un lo tho Whoa Not Two Batiks to a Prise, and no mall Lottery to him I--A few 'lndrawn 1 ichete and Mares may yet be °Winds( H 2.2228, fleasia, and Co. Conuactan, front Oats, Royal EzdsalliPi. vibe shared and sold No. 842, a Prise of Atotopoo! No. 10,005, ■ Prise et &MOO ! die. &e. &c. drawn last Wednesday ; and a Prise of £5,000, with three Prises of rel,ooo sate, drawn no Swag% labium sto •REkcFI Pa Alia bre PARIS. MARCH • The King published an Ordonnance relative to :he examination of the Marine, anu creating a Royal 'College and Compaaies of Naval Students. The Commercial Relations in t'le Department of the Meuse, have resumed their ac , ivity. At Bar le Duc the Inhabitants and the Prussians reciprocally evince for each other the kindest feelings. ' &awes have been ordered to the memory of Ge nerals Moreau aid Pichepu. General Lewiston will sit as President of the Court Martial which is to*Ary the traitors, General Boyer and Admiral Linnis. Colonel de Sesmalsons will be Judge Advocate. The Duke de Lusenkburgh will set out to-morrow for the Brazils: he will pass through Rennes, and embark at Brest. Among the Dignitaries at the Thuilleries yester• day were Princell9rAnd. Marshals Macdonald, Oudinot. Victor. &c. M. de Villedeoil, Minister under Lnnis XVI. who has arrived from England, was yeqerdAy at Court. ROME, FEBRUARY 20. A congregation of Cardinals was held yesterday, in the Palace of the Qoorinisl, at which his Holiness presided, on the subject of the negotiations with divers Colitis fur the establishment of Monasteries.— Austria has refused to establish them in the Italian Provinces. The departure of Charles IV. and his family appears certain. His Holiness has written to Ferdiivind on the subject of the departure of his illus trious guests. It is believed that the Queen of Etruria will follow King Charles. She iswrich chagrined at parting with the Prince, her infant son. It appears also certain, that a distinguished Prelate will accom pan), King Charles IV. to Spain, an secure the mea• sures resolved upon respecting the Spanish Monks. FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, MARCH S. The plan of the works to 'artily the town of Char leroi having been now definitively adopted, those works will be commenced immediately. It is affirmed that above 8,000 workmen are v, be employed on them. Several pieces of ground and about forty houses belonging to private persons, have been pur chased by the Government upon terms highly advan tageous to the proprietors ; all these are to be included in the new works. Charleroi will become an impor tant fortress apd will cover the Sambre. Experience has proved that the French have almost always en deavoured to penetrate into Belgium by this point of our frontiers : there is not in the world a plain that has been more frequently washed with blood than that of Maxus. LIEGE, FEBRUARY '26. The passage of foreign troops through this city being finished, and the Belgic garrison partly lodged in barracks. the Governor has published a Decree suppressing the Committee for the quArtering 01 troops. BRUSSELS. MARCH 4. M. Belfroy, formerly an Officer of Cavalry, deputy from the Department of the Aine to the Convention, where he voted for the death of Louis XVI. after wards Member of the Council of Five Hundred, Captain of the Veterans, and lastly, Administrator of s the Military Hospital of St. Denis, ,has just arrived in this city. ANTWERP, MARCH 3. His Majesty having been in/wined that among the persons who have been sufferers by the measures adopted in the beginning of 1614, for the defence of Antwerp, there are some who are in very .great dis tress. has been pleased, with his usual solicitude. to relieve them, and his ordered a sum of .58,600 francs to be immediately divided. among the most necessi-1 tons among them in pdrt of the indemnities to which they are entitled. VIENNA, FEBRUARY ia. It is pretended that Madame N•y has received * letter from Prince Metternich, announcing to her that the Emperor of Austria restores to her Children the estates which her her husband possessed, in the coun- tries lately ceded to Austria; and that his Majesty has offered her an asylum in his dominions. IXTAACT OF A LITTER FROM PARIS, DATRD FM 27. a The Janus! des Debate contains a long eulogium on the discourse of M. Laborie, relative to the dote tion of the Clergy. This may surprise persons of good taste, but will not surprise persons of good sense, when they are informed that M. Laborie is proprietor 'that Journal. “ Since M. Tanen-tend haseeased to be Minister, he frequently lets confessions escape, the ingenuous ness of which is truly figainst. He lately said in a company, that the faculty of speech was given to man to disguise hb thoughts.” VIENNA, FEISIMULT EL It seems to be more and more probable that the Imperial Court will soon leave Italy, and .return to Vienna. The Archduchesses Leopoldine and Cle mentine, who have been waking for some weeks for tbe first notice to depart for Italy, will now not go, there at all. No farther preparations are making for the depar ture of the Empress Maria Louisa to Parma. The damage done in Hungary by the immense quantity of snow and of item storms of wind, is mach !greater than has yet been mentioned in the papers, or I than the public have yet had as opportunity to learn. L A whole squadron of .Velites, that is, above 100 men %litre missing when the last accounts came away, which is not to be wondered at,' since the inhabitants of adjoining houses could not get at each other, for days together, without rtinaing the risk of sinking in the snow. In the county of Bough 20,000 sheep are lost ; and a farmer in that county, whose loss was 'perhaps not the greatest, bad A. 200 fat ours frozen to death. We look with uneasiness for turther ac counts. • ,~~ T H Alr '5 LO N DUN. .FRIDAY, MARCH 8 , igit PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY A I IVELVEc Reduced (shut)—Cone. :no G 1 if —toe ace. 6211 4 per Cent. (shut)—; per Cut. 9(qi—jk kst Omn. 174 e pr. —Do. pay. 17 —Exch. Bits 454/101. The debates in both Houses of 1 3 0 14 1114 i night were more than usually in.cre st i ng 4 10 Upper House, Lord GREN vat. g most distinct, 61 • that it was not t h e intension o f the GI erta ?RN 1806, of which his Lordship formed 4 part, to the Income TAX any part of the Peac e E itabiiih... ll4 In the House of COmmons, eArinu s addth om r, tions were presented a g ai nst the Tar, and their sal gave rise to an interesting convert:4 64. P') is probable, Flom what fell from the Ci k, rof the EXCHEQUER, that a farther da l tit place, previous to the final . discusbi.ln t ro th e iiv i Lel additional time will thus be given to 1 5 4.72 we trust the opponents of th e measure wilily: in their efforts to add to th e num b er of OIL: 'trances already on the Table o r the HK ik' Mr. Ilaouostast, in the course of the conr eth . stated, that great and blameable negligeo."4 among those entrusted with the assrue esteit. Income Tai. The returns were sold as sni t p le, and the incomes of individuals were thus //poste their neighbours. Mr. WESTERN afterwards called the ettlet i a, the House to the depressed state of the Aerieslh. _ Interests of the Country, and a Committee w as pointed without opposition to enquire into th el means of meeting these distresses. Ma % w arm Speech win be read with great interest. A Flanders Mail arrived this mornin g . Ti e pensive system of fortifying the frontiers of peii, k going on. Among the fAshionable ani fa h nonnced at Brussels ) we observe the addition M. BEIMROY, one of the murderers of his Sotocifn This personage is well known at Brossels, bard been Superintendant of the Military Hospi ta l ler tinder BONAPARTE. He was a Member of the N I tional Convention, and participated in all the attscitc of that memoratle Body of Reformers. H e am . ;Nulled BONAPARTIt in his camp.tigns in Italy, 4 , kind of spy from the Directory, and has siact bre eployed on a thousand petty offices, which nark a regicide would undertake. NAVAL DITELLIGEA'CL The Swift, Captain Canvas, from Womb London, was run down on To,sday, off flange Head, by a heavy Newcastle t oilier, and we ue• to add, that the Captain, the Mate, Ririe and eight passengers, went to the bottom with vessel. One seaman only was saved by leaping a board the collier. FALMOU rH, MARCH s. Arrived the Ceres, HUNTER, from Lf , ndfss foul& tigua ; Cambridge. Evaws, tr frr St. Domingo ; James Banks, McLain os, from Lea for ditto; Duke of Wellingt(ta, ApsLy, trasCets for Jersey ; Isis, DAVIS, from Charles!own form* Jane, Surrn, from Liverpool for Fr 10C? ; Fat I. Liam, Isms, from London (or Calcutta. Sikhs Enterprise, HOCKILN for London. and Ruse, Ws , L1A646 1 for Milford.—Wind SAW. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7. Arrive the Etheldred West-India:nen, past from Yarmouth Roads; Porthumous, Wool ke :ea.—Wind S.W. DEAL, MARCH 7. Arrived anal salted for the River the Brilliant Stu, DiNA thirty-Due days passage from Maus. Came down from titills the Mat ia, TA& r. for St. Lucia; the Briton, Mauro ems, for New York; Garthland, Capil, for Jamaica; Her°MOM for Teneriffe; Messina, Marley, for Barcelona—and rensil the Downs whit the wbole of the outward-baund. MILFORD HAVEN. MARCH S. Arrived his Majesty's brig Mosttistro, from lirerted fir Plymouth; Kate, FEAZta, front Bristol fur Dominica; labelk MITCH ILL, from Liverpool far Lisbon ; Jane, MUM; hi Liverpool for the Brazils; Flora, WI,IIMAM, from livered for Tortola; Woodland Castle, Femme, tram Literi fg Cork ; Speedwell, Diligence, and Bat kerenUe Cad" W. their respective cruizes ' • Gower packet, with a Mail and too gers twain Waterford. Put in for shelter abuut fifty alio , hers and coasters, bound to different ports in the Chink' Sailed the Camden packet, with a Mail and pa..eugers kr, terford. It has blown very hard all day, the wiud squalls froth W. N. W. to S. E. .esterday a Captain arrrived at the Foreign 064 about one o'clock, in a chaise and foir, rich V 1... patches and Treaties. He came from Paris intlittP nine hours. Soon after a Gentleman arrived at thrO the War Department, in a chaise and four, wai l ' patches from Genoa. Yesterday morning between twenty and 01 packages were removed from the Secretary oiStige'l Office for the War Department, to proceed to Par g tj month s to be put on board his Majesty's thip cmaut, bound to St. Helena ; they are soppeted! contain books and other property for NaPegAll P WAPARTS. A fresh order has just been received at Calaiski acting that no foreigners or strangers shall beal k " to proceed from thence to Paris without a prict from their Ambassador or Government. persons have been obliged to return from the $ ll Inn, at Dover, to Landon, in order to procure passports becore they embarked for Calais. arcasaasoo, Goorii.u.EE, and Co. have the WOO ineoueelng to their Friends end the Public, that Na the (limed Capital of 25,000 Guineas, drawn on Wederde ing: was sold at their Offices, in eleven Shun.—Ricaa a OmpLOgLs and Co. have on sale Tickets and Stem, war:' endrawn at their fortunate Offices Condull and Cbati *hero they anticipate the sale of the rents Hiss Ca:44 010 ambilik Which must be drawn the 16th of tilts mouth CORK EVcRAINOIt, MARCE B.—We bad no fresh strew soy grain this morning, yet the trade commute very Neff. but tew buyers of Wheat, the price of which at qcle WY by Mitered she same ea on Monday. 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