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. • • • • • ; • • ^ - • • • ." ... 4 7 .L • te 45.1 k, ' i • . . . • v,„ t . _ • X ". s • _ ) .S• . 0, i 2• • . / e . 01" I E 0,005. " TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1819. PRICE SEV,KNI.P77iTeL EAST-INDIA HOOK Mend 3, IRI9. OE COURT ?f DI R ECTORS 9fthe UNITED I ray .111:11C11.1NTS ^p E.VGL.IND trading wk., ;rive Noire, rot de Quarterly (leneral ('ourt of the said Company, ap ad to be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on NgSRAY, the 24th instant, is made Special, for the pur dbying before the Proprietors, for their approbation, a p o ion of the Pour: of Director:, of the Pith ult. granting )ties Wit.sts.eu, tinder the circumstances therein stated. O. ^lOO Sicra Rupees, at 2s. the current linee, with 0 , 3 e, •• yo u thereon at ti per Cent. per Annum, from 11th October, l ucto die day when payment shall be made. co of the Papers relating to the case of Mr. Wilkinson, id, the ikport required by the liy-Law, Chap. 6, Sec. 20, Ab e ready for the inspection of the Proprietors, at this House, 1111 DAY neat, the ;:tit instant. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH 22. testants of Ireland. Difference of opinion, as he had mid already, was to be expected on such a question; and it was from the feeling that conscientious diffe rence of opinion ought in all cases to be respected that he supported the claims of the Catholics. The Noble Marquis concluded with presenting another Petition in favour of the Roman Catholic claims, signed by the principal Protestants and Protestant Dissenters of Belfast. which they had sustained, they ware menaced with immediate ruin—unless they formed the union or compact proposed by the other Companies. Instead of bringing in a new Bill to remedy the grievance, the Horiotirable. Member recommended some enact ment to limit the profits of the Companies; or he had no objection to repeal all the laws now extant on 'the subject—to call the patties - before the House—. and see if some arrangement could not be suggested, so as to meet and to satisfy the wishes of the Com panies and the Public. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, that the object of the Petitioners was to make the Water Companies supply water at a moderate rate, and at such a price as they had themselves at first promised. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR felt that this was a subject in which the whole Metropolis was interested, and it was one of the greatest interest to them. He should feel himself very happy in agreeing with the so Lion of the Honourable Member for Surrey, relative to a Bill for the Repeal of the Acts of the Water Companies, as their junction was certainly improper. But the House well knew what was the cage with private Bills of this nature, and that but for special circumstances, he as an individual would have been The Duke of Alsa‘soaostaat, the Earls PLynourn,and Gass'. and LordCsivooa, took,the oaths and their seat& Counsel and eviaence — were heard as some length relative to Ilalford's Divorce Bill, and on the portion of its second reading, the farther hearing was postponed. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented Petitions from Sheffield, Leeds, and Dewsbury, against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act in its present shape. Earl GREY presented Petitions from Berwick upon Tweed, first from the Corporation, and second from the Inhabitants, against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act in its pre- , sent shape. The Noble Earl also presented two other Petitions from the same town and parties, against the apprehended Equalization of the Duty upon Coals. The Earl of ROE EBERRY presented a Petition from Shatter bury, in the County o( Dorset, to a similar effect. Ihe Earl of BRIDGEWATER presented a Petition front Bradford, against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Att. Lord AUCKLAND presented a Petition from Spalding, iu Lincolnshire, against any Equalisation of the Duty upon Coals. The Usher of BT. ASAPH presented a Feebler-from Stkasb port, to the same effect. The Earl of D(GBY presented a Petition from Meicomb Regis, against an Equalization of the Coal I)uties. Viscount GRANVILLE presented a Petition from Chelten ham to the same effect. The Earl of DARNLEY concurred in the obser vations made by the Marquisses of Lansdown and Buckingham, respecting the non-resident landed pro prietors, and also expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which the spirit of conciliation which ani mated the Protestants had been met by the Catholics. In proof of the conciliatory conduct of the Catholics, 'he referred to the same Resolution to which the Marquis of Downshire had alluded, and expressed a hope that their demands, for which justice, huma nity, and policy, equally pleaded, would be granted by the Legislature. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM suggested that the Petitions should be printed, but made no motion for that purpose. ALIGN/ AND - DENIZENS . BILL. EAST-111 r DIA 1101181!, March 10, 1010. CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. The Rai of LIVERPOOL moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Aliens Ind Denizens' SW. Lord HOLLAND complained that this Bill was dressed to its last stage without any of the Ministers condescending to ex plain what was the actual state of the law upon the subject. The Bar was cleared, but the question was finally carried without a division. The Bill was then passed, and ordered to be returned to the Commons. COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED CVMPAIkr q AfERCIIAA TS of ENGLAND, trod* A Iffr-INDIES, Jo her* gay Mike, n it t he Quarterly General Court of the said ronipiilly; t d to he held at their House in Leedenhall-street, ea )NESDA V. the 24th instant, is further made Spacial, for' Fu tivt.: of submitting fur confirmation the Resolution of the e.r..lCourt of the Pith December last, approving the Run t ~,a s of the Court of Directors granting a Pension of E2OO , onem to Wit,' VI W. Doveroo,Fsq. now Sir \Vamp aW. 1, late of the St. I lelena Establishment, and also for the 4 of laying before the Proprietors, for their approbation, :solo-mentioned Resolutions, viz. A ft:solution of the Court of INrectors of the 30th Doesen lot, granting to Lieutenant-Colonel JA31,4 SALMOND, the goy Secretary, for conducting the 111ilitary Correspondence ledia, an addition of £5OO per annum to his salary. A Ile elution of the Court of Directors of the 27th January I, proposing the formation of a Fund for the Benefit of the otos/sad Families of deceased Off cers of the Home Este ., under certain regulations, and the Grant in aid of same of the sum of (C 4000) Four Thousand Pounds per -,from the General Fee Fund for the House and Ware ,; also the sum of £6OO per Annum from the Company's , wiih a view to relieve the funds of the Company in fu ,from all charge by way of pension or annuity to the rela se( the said persons; and a Resolution of the Court of Di as of the 19th ult. proposing the formation of a Fund for &refit of the Widows and Families of deceased Elders, Clerks, and others therein mentioned, of the Home tier , seder certain regulations, and the Grant in aid of the oaf the sum of Fite Hundred Pounds per Annum, from tGarral Fee fund; also the sum of Five Hundred Pounds :Annum from the Company's Cuh, with a view to relieve Jodi of the Company in future, from all charge by way of sir or annuity, to the relatives of the said perions. leffies of the Papers relating to the above-mentionedsubjeats, her with the Reports required by the By-Laws, now lie at this House, for the inspection of the Proprietors. JOSEPH DART, illogramp. GLIM OPERA HOUSE SHARE, ROCK. ASSUR BCE, GAS-LIGHT, STROUDWATER, DUDLEY, WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM, LANCASTER, AND WILTS AND BERES CANAL SHARER TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SCOTT, thaw, April 2, at Twelve, at the Mart, unless any of the Lots shall be previously Sold by Private Contract, 'TROUDIVA'rEIt CANAL ; TWO SHARES I is this estahlighed very improving Canal from the River Se lo the Thames and Severn Canal, the Dividend for 1518, Lit per Share. A Share of £250 in the English Opera w, or Lyceum, in the Strand, for 57 Years unexpired, pay- L 12.10". inr annum, with a Free Admigslon transferable ;. ck Assurance, 100 Shares ; Gas Light, Dudley, Worcester I Birmingham, Lancaster, and Wilts and Barks Canal Shares. 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HE COURT or DIRECTORS of the UNITED TMIPAINY e M ERCIIAATS of ENGLAND, trading as EATINDIES, Jo he gine Mike, , n it t he Quarterly General Cottle of the said ('ompany, ap- I • • o f to he held at their House in Leedenhall-street, on E IiERI) AS the 24th instant, is further made Spacial, for • • tr , of submitting fur confirmation the Resolution of the ! Court of the Stith December last, approving the ROM/ .; of the Court of Directors granting a Pension of At 00 ninon to WWI lAN W. Doverofe, Esq. now Sir \Vamp a W. IN, late of the St. Helena Establishment, and also for the of laying before the Proprietors, for their apprnbation, :cad:l-mentioned Resolutions, viz. A Itsolution of the Court of I)irectors of the 30th Damn- dast, granting to Lieutenant-Colonel JA3tal 5A1.310141*, the • art . Secretary, for conducting the Military Correspondence India, an addition of £5OO per annum to his salary. A Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 27th January ,proposinp the formation of a Fu nd for the Benefit of the A in/sand Families of deceased OfFcers of the Home Eats- tat, under certain regulations, and the Grant in aid of same of the slim of (C 4000) Four Thousand Pounds per •aum, from the General Fee Fund for the House and Ware- , a ses; sho the sum of £6OO per Annum from the Company's ah wi:h a view to relieve the funds of the Company in fu- ,from all charge by way of pension or annuity to the rela- es of the said persons; and a Resolution of the Court of Di. of the 19th ult. proposing the formation of a Fund for shish of the Widows and Families of deceased Elders, =Clerks, and others therein mentioned, of the Home Ser- a, alder certain regulations, and the Grant in aid of the of the sum of File Hundred Pounds per Annum, from Gam, Fee Fund ; also the sum of Five Hundred Pounds Annum from the Company's Cash, with a view to relieve Funds of the Company in future, from all charge by way of Al or annuity, to the relatives of the said perions. farieiof the Papers relating to the above-mentionedsubjems, sad with the Reports required by the By-Laws, now lie as at this House, for the inspection of the Proptietore. JOSEPH DART, lbereftry. GGLISII OPERA HOUSE SHARE, ItOCIE. ASSUR- ANCE, GAS-LIGHT, STROUDWATER, DUDLEY, WORCESTER AND BIRMINGHAM, LANCASTER, AND WILTS AND BERES CANAL SHARES. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SCOTT, auto, April 2, at Twelve, at the Mart, unless any of the Intl shall be previously Sold by Private Contract, TROUDWATER. CANAL ; TWO SHARES I/ is this established very improving Canal from the ltiver Se- to the Thames and Severn Canal, the IMvidend for 1010, in per Share. A Share of £250 in the English Opera- , or Lyceum, in the Strand, for 57 Years unexpired, pay- Ll 2. Ms. per annum, with a Free Admisaion transferable; Awzrance, too Shares; Gas Light, Dudley, Worcester lirtratinglinn, Lancaster, and Wilts and Berka Canal Shares. 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The Noble Marquis observed, that among the Petitioners were' several Noblemen of the higher ranks, and of the most extensive landed properties in that county. The prayer of the Petitioners well de served their Lordships most favourable attention.— The subject was one in which the important interests of the United Kingdom were involved. He was quite convinced of this important consideration, and at the same time he was aware that this was not the regu lar stage for entering into any discussion upon the general subject. Yet he could not avoid offering these leading opinions to their Lordships. There were, he knew, different opinions upon this great question in Ireland, as well as in this country. But he begged leave to say that when he looked at the present state of the two countries, as well as the pre sent state of Continental relations, he was pleased to see that the general opinion was assuming more of a liberal and benevolent character ; and, as far as his own observation arid opinion went, he was led to be lieve their Catholic fellow subjects were as sincerely well disposed to the Constitution and Government of the United Kingdom, as any other set of men could 'be ; their sentiments in which respect could not be, he thought, better or more clearly expressed than by two of the Resolutions lately adopted at one of the principal Catholic Meetings in IMand.,—L - These the Noble Marquis read as part of his speech.] These were the sentiments by which they declared them selves actuated as men and subjects, and they were cetainly such as deserved to be treated with every mark of attention and respect. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN entertained very dif ferent sentiments from a great part of what had fal len from the Noble Marquis, on the important sub. lect referred to ; and he must be allowed to say, that in the County to which he had the honour to belong (Fermanagh), he believed there was not a single man who was favourably inclined to these claims. In a few days he should have a Petition to present to their Lordships, which would declare their senti ments—.a Petition which would be signed by a vast body of Protestants, in one of the most Protestant parts of Ireland. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE observed, in re ference to one of the Petitions alluded to, that he be lieved there were very few of the great landed pro , prietors, not resident in Ireland, that would not have signed it, if a longer opportunity had been a ff orded. lirevery circumstance under which the Petitioners came forward was duly considered, no body of Peti tioners ever deserved, or were entitled to more atten tion or respect ; they came forward for the purpose of soliciting those few remaining privileges; the with holding of which from them was mischievous to the community at large. One of the Petitions came from a large body of the resident proprietors, princi pal merchantl, of that City in Ireland, emphatically called the " /Protestant City of Dublin,' the City where the memory of that most tolerating of Sove reigns, King William 111. was idolized. These Petio tioners prayed for it as a boon, that these disabilities should be removed; this bore evidence of theribeing among them persons, who thought and felt that,thetr Catholic fellow 7 subjects were in a state of degiada 'tion, in which persons of that persuasion were not placed in any other part of the world. There were many who might have entertained rather unfavour able apprehensions as to the consequences of admit: sing a number of their Catholic fellow-subjects into the Legislature, and into offices of trust and autho rity under the executive Government ; but he cer tainly thought the number of persons who had re nounced these apprehensions was considerably. The prayer of these Petitions, he thought, when he con sidered the circumstances of the case, or the impor• tance of the subject to which they related, was every way entitled to the most favourable consideration of 'Parliament. The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM rose to declare, 'on his own behalf, that if it had been thought ad visable for non-resident lanti-owners to sign the Peti tion, be should have readily subscribed it. He also expressed the great satisfaction he experienced at perceiving the spirit_of conciliation which actuated the parties in Ireland by whom this question was brought forward. The Marquis of DOWNSHIRE . explained. 114 Petitions hehad.presented mast of course be regard-, cd only as the Petitions of those who had stgned them. He could not have presumed so far as to state that they expressed the opinion of all the Pro- NEW IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEER. Mr. Homer, from the Office of the Clerk of the Crown and Hamper, In Ireland, presented at the Bar an attested Official Copy of the Return of the Election of a Peer to serve on the part of Ireland, in the room of Thomas, Viscount Northland, deceased. The Documenta being taken to the table, and opened, pursuant to an order of the Mouse, the Clerk read the Return, that Somerset, Earl of Carrick, was so elected to serve. MISCELLANEOUS. The Marquis of L.INSDOWNE presented a Petition from St. Mary's, Rotherhithe, against the continuance of the Insol vent Debtors' Bill in its present shape. The Earl of C.IRNARVON presented a Petition from Wel lington, in Somersetshlre, against any Equalization of the Du ties upon Coals. The Marine Mutiny Bill, the Indemnity Bill, and the Plate Glass Bill were read a third time and passed. Mr. BROCIDIN and others brought from the Commons copies of further Reports respecting the Drainage of Bogs in Ireland ; also the Portugal Slave-trade Bill, which was read a first time. The Nassau Salt Bill, the British Wool Plantations' Bill ; and the Irish East India Goods Bill, were read a second time. The remaining Bills upon the Table were respectively for , warded, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. A new writ was moved for Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, in the remit of Marnuiduke Lawson, Eaq. who.since his election had accepted the office of one of the Stewards of Chiltern Hundreds. Mr. .701111•011, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ire land, presented several Papers in pursuance of the orders of the House, relative to the Names, Designations, &c. of Persons employed in the different departments of the Government of Ireland.—Ordered to lie on the tabte. r A. Hoses, Esq. obtained leave for three weeks, he havlits Arcady served on a Committee. Heart, Esq. obtained the same indulgence for one week. Mr. FINLAY moved, that there be laid before the House an account of the number of Gallons of Spirits distilledin Scot ian:: for the last two years (1817 and 18184—Ordered." Lord CnaaLzs Maesaas obtained leave of absence for three weeks on private affairs. CM the motion of the Arreasre-Gseram., Sir William Curtis and several other Gentlemen conversant In trade were added to the Committee on the Bankrupt Laws. Mr. STUART WORTLF.Y presented it petition from Shef field, praying that no Bill might in future be passed for the pur pose of raising money by Lottery. The Hon. Member ob served, that be perfectly concurred in the prayer of the petition, but would not now detain the House, as an Hon. Gentleman had given notice of a motion upon the subject. Mr. CAMPBELL presented a petition from the inhabitants of Perth, against any alteration in the present coal duties. A Petition was presented from Mr. John TbelwaU against the Bill now pending for the repeal of the Law by Battle, as an in fringement of the right of Appeal.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Report of the Committee on the Mary.la-Bonne Petition relative to the Water Companies, was brought up. WATER COMPANIES. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR, in allusion to the Report he had just presented, said, he felt it his duty to make a very few remarks on the conduct of the Water Companies. They had of late, at least within these few years, divided the town among themselves, under a promise that no increase of rates should take place on that account. But the public unfortunately felt that this promise was not realized, that in truth no regulation was entered into for the general good of the inhabitants, but that they were left totally at the mercy of the Companies. The rates charged by the said Companies were also most oppressive, particu larly considering the very extraordinary rise they had lately made. The injury arising from their oppres sive conduct was peculiarly felt by persons who hap pened to come into houses in the room of old tenants who had left those houses without paying their rates ; the consequence was, that the Water Companies de manded' payment at once from the new tenant, without any regard to his condition, and unless pay ment was made, the water-pipe was cult off. He highly censured such practices, having known the in jury resulting from them, and sincerely trusted Par liament would interfere to prevent this going on. Mr. HOME SUMNER had no hesitation in affirm ing, that the various Water Companies had violated their compact with the public ; and therefore some remedy ought to be adopted to remove the serious grievances. At the commencement of the later Com panies, they advanced as a specious argument in favour of their charter by Parliament, " Let us come but once into competition with the other existing Com panies, and you will see that the public will be better supplied, and at more moderate rates." Instead of this, however, being the truth, the public were left; as the last Honourable Gentleman had well observed, at the mercy of the Water Company combinations, greatly inconvenienced, and in some instances even ruinous to certain individuals. Ten or twelve years had now elapsed since the experiment had been intro duced, and the consequence was, that the competi tion which had at first been so promising to the pub lic, liad.terminated in an active combination against it. 110Honopta416 Umber stay well remembered, that as an excuse for that cOmbinatian, the junior Companies maintained, that by the incredible losses subjected to 4or 4:5,000 expenses on the Metropolis Paving Bill. If the different parishes however would unite together and support the measure—Wear, )rear) —he pledged - himself he would introduce a Bill to the purport suggested by the Honourable Gentleman, from a deep-felt conviction of its vital importance to the inhabitants of the Metropolis--( Hear,hear, hear). The Report was laid on the table. The Petition from Mary-la-Bonne was then ordered to be referred to a Committee, to inquire into and report on the subject. COPY RICHT ACT. Mr. LAMBTON begged to state the substance of a Petition that had been intrusted to him by the Booksellers and Publishers of London and Westmin ster, praying for a Repeal of the Copy-right'Act. It was enough to mention the names of Messrs. Long man and Co. Messrs. Rivington, Mr. Murray, and Mr. Mawman, to secure it attention ; in shOrt, it had been signed by all the respectable Booksellers of the Metropolis. It appeared, that between the years 1814 and 1818, the house of Longman and CO. hai lost, by the operation of the Copy-right Act, no less than £1,885 ; while Mr. Murray had lost in the same period £1,275. It was stated that the delivery of eleven copies of only five works, including Dugdale's Monasticon, and the• History of St. Paul's, would occasion a loss of £2,198 ; and eleven copies of Dods well's Scenes, at the trade price, would be worth £275. Under these circumstances,, the prayer was the Repeal of the Act. The Petition was brought up, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. DUTY ON COALS IN SCOTLAND. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Aberdeen against the equalization of the duty on coals. Mr. Alderman WOOD took this opportunity of stating, that it had never been in contemplation of any Member of the Committee which in the last Parlia ment had sat upon this subject, to extend the equali zation of the duty on coals to Scotland. There was, in fact, an understanding that the duty 'on coal had been entirely taken off there by a former ministry, and a duty on whiskey (which was, he believed, much more productive) had been substituted by consent.— He saw by the Scotch papers, that the inhabitants of the north began to be alarmed, and he was happy thus to remove their cause of apprehension. He hoped that the Chancellor of the Exchequer would indulge the citizens of London with a similar substi tution, for any tax could be better borne than one so materially affecting the comfort of the lower orders. Mr. H. SUMNER begged to assert most broadly, that of all the objects of taxation none more improper could be devised than the impost upon coals. It was his intention to bring under the consideration of the House the propriety of repealing the duty on coals throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland,—/tear. BANKRUPT LAWS ANIENDMIINT BILL. Mr. J. SMITH brought up a Bill to amend the Laws relative to Bankrupts, which, after some obi.er- . vations from Mr. MICHAEL ANGELO TAYLOR, WAS read a first time. • COMMITTEE ON TIIE STATE OF VAGRANTS. On the . motion of a Member, the -names of Mr. Serjeant Copley, Sir William Curtis, and Mr. Ma.. berly, were ordered to be added. to the list of the Committee for inquiring into the state of. Vagrants. IN TIIE MATTER OF MR. W. QUIN. Sir ROBERT WILSON rose to inform the House that the Minutes of Evidence in the matter of Mr. Wyndham Quin, being only from the printer's hands that afternoon, would not be ready for delivery to . the Members until to4norrow morning (this day).— He should therefore move that the order of the day On this subject be now discharged, and that it stand to that day sennight. The question was put and ?greed to. Lord CLI•VE then moved, that the Speaker do not. issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a New Writ for the Borough of Barnstaple until Monday next; also, that the Repot t of the Barnstaple Election Committee be brought up on Monday next, both which Motions were agreed to. Mr. BENNET oly.erved, that a Bill which he had had the honour of bringing before that house, rela tive to the Chimney-sweepers and Climbing Boys,. had been, lost in the other House; he now rose to give notice, that he should on Wednesday, the 31st instant, move for leave to bring in a BiU for the bet ter regulation of the Trade of Chimney-sweepers. Mr. THOMAS WILSON presented a Petition from the inhabitarts of the Parish of St. Giles in the Tields, Bloomsbury, against the renewal of the In solvent Debtors' Act.—Ordered to lie on the A Nfessage from the Lords brought their ships' assent to several private Bahr and ar ' he'fornished with a copy of the Report made Committee appointed by the House of GoMmons, • . . use :n- -he table. keir Lta 1- request to ade by t:te ruezonl, ul 1 . I • 1 . ! • $ • is 1 , ! I I