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Campbell WNW. the Marquis lA.-CoL Hash Percy Davison 7 0 , - ..dat, C. B. , Wdliam Douglas , E s q . M.P. 01. the Mart' Handy Commissary General. Jamas the E l td of Craw • Drationond l aid UndiaT ' Pau** Duff, Est of Commie . ' Swabs EEI of Rothes James Farrell, Esq. taxisen. • i i Ow. the Earl of . E.g. Peter Free. Esq. iK T. ' Maj.• Gen. H. Mackay Goss " no j b, g a d o r /Warms A. C. Grant, Esq. M. P. 1 5010. the Earl of Stair Dr. Henderson 1 , *Jim. Lord J. Campbell Benjamin Howard , Esq. •- is Salm birdies. M array John M i A rthor, 1 .. L.l.s. ot.lien.Vitc.Arbuthaot G. F. Mackenzie , E s q . o r A l• olt Boa. Vise. Palmerston iengrange OM Lard Diming Colonel W. M'Leod I , g t; Ho Vise. Kirkwall Neil Malcolm, Esq. Of nib& 0 Hos Hagh Lindsey lock l am Capt. Gordo's°, R.N. Alexander Milne. Esq. lase.Clas.Arbathoot, M.P. John Mitchell, Esq. h,Fis.W. Fraser of Sakoon W.Hasnikon Nishet,of Dbiton, W. Omani the Hon. Sir Esq. As Aloramnble Chad.. Ogiby, Esq. oa, of New:on, • William Tate, Bsq. ILO..Anthony Tod Therese', 114. gorge Dangles, Bart. of Colonel Charles Turner I cy campbc ood Pa rk LC B. , Gen.Wernyu,ofWernyes,M.P. JOHN GALT, See. ' Idea, One Galata each, to be bad of the Stewards; at the hilmOlfee ; as well as at dm liar of the Tavern. 1 . 1. kis bopped that Naval and Military Olicers will some N om; aid Gentlemen coining with Tickets. are requested sulisetknames on the beck. CORPORATION OF THE SONS OF 7:11t CLERGY. 110 ELECTION of POOR CLERGYMEN I i dig good Charavers and large Female... to weskit of Dr. rofort,lik.Myddeton, and Mrs. Apn Ca Benefactions the pow pr, wUI tale plate in May nest; Ink Minn way be hsd at the Corporation Hour, N.. 2, bonny place, London, any dtiy (Sundays .sated) between k lons sl sea sad throe o'clock. JUST-INDIA NOUS,. Fkea3 IS, lint THE COURT eDIRECIDRS K th. UNITED combuiremsitcHANTs e' ENGLAND, gaily otisLIDINDIZS,Iskreij gig* Jiggles Mg tie ChM will be ready to receive Proposals in weir is stay dos IN or before WEDNESDAY, tLe nth Myth 04 fru a a r me or Perso:s tae who may be /llling to Mild ' a , dba nsa l l ASOD Tons bertha:, to b il e a rl i ton itibtftrie mid Company's Service, for blz Voyages certain, ptifthe hi me Ma a permanent rate of peace freight for each (Mild Six Voyages. Threaders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the cover, ! teat, h meraily sealed up and left with the Secretary at this st or before twelve o'clock at noon, on the said imth beyond which hour no Tender will be received. JAMES COBB, Secretary. lispirticulars of the principal dimensions and scantlings, an Misty of the principal stores, the copy of the Charter-party ladt Voyage, as an outline, together with the other terms and ibis oo which the Ships are to be tendered, built for, and kid in the Company's Service, may be had upon applica its Mr. lobs Make, Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, niter Monday, the tatli instant. CUSTOM H3LISE, DEAL. NiE SALE which was Advertised on the 23d add nth Instant, to take place here on the sth of the en ‘Nontli, is POSTPONED until the following Day. Maury 24, 1816. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ICestom House, Dover, on To ssnAe the Sth of Marejs, 1816, at &If o'Cinek in tint Afternoon, :E GOODS UNDER-MENTIONED, Laa r Yards T ak hread Lace 1 Lace Veils 1 Pair Lace Sleeves lb Wisp Pearls I ikon= Clock Cases V (Wasted India Dravrinp 11/ Bodes Eau de Cologne S Pine! Cabinet Warn $ Mosaics Mt keg Bones Sett Boxes II Medallions 102 Carnelian Necklaces ISO Carnelian Ornament, 10 Copper Plates, engraved 12 Pictures Sundry Watcb-makers' Tools 1 Clock Movement 4 Pieces and, 11 Carnbrie 13sedkerekMb '- 21 Drawings •' 210 Paper Prints Yards Woodier' Cloth Sundry Foreign Books s Gold Rings, & other Articles Goods may be viewed tie day beinre, and on the Mornr ing of the Day of tiale. • 11.111. A Deposit of 225 pec i pent. will be MAIMING VALUABLE nom OF MR. FISHER'S MARBLY, IDOEWAR&ROAD, PADDINGTON. • (By order of the Asslgneco,) By Mr. COCHRAN, the Prendbes;an ONNDAY, March 11, 181 6, sad following , at E,leesn'o' Tra Cloek, ONSISTING Day of fine ined Peaches, Nee lathes, Apricots, Pears, and Plumbs, standard and dwarf hit Trees of Sorts; various i Shrubs, Flower Roos, and Boa !Oa; grog Freitng and succession Pb.. Plants, Gros-house mac, Mignonette and other Flowers in Pots. 'robe viewed by applying on the Premises, where Catalogues ity be bad ; at the Auction Mart, near the Beek; and the Prin. kiti Seed Shops in London.—Commissions and Memo to Mr. Nina, Auctioneer, No. 7, Duke -street, Orosvenor-square, 6ft4.- K. B. The valuable Premises, with the Cireen.houses, ate. are *tar Sale by Private Contract. Apply to Mr. Cothran, u LADIES WOOLLEN CLOTH WAREHOUSE. FOX, Woollen Manufacturer, continues to re- IA • 'elite Ladies at the same prices for ready money, as be LllPlies Silk Mercers, haberdashers , Lioen-drapers, with na rum to sell again; has always at sale all deariptions of "ma' Woollen Cloths andlierin oe ,in rrery width and quality, 01 la ell the most beautiful new allows; from os. to S td. per yard. Halts sod Pelisses, as heretofore, made by men who work on " her . aad who are now making Fashionable Pe "Mit anamentedwith a combination of Satin and Braid, 1 42 w before assigned, which can only be purchased at his Ware- G.s Ilk Mat street. Covent garden Folk met. Covent and Sofa Cowers, which elegantly cor• w ith nu/ kind of superb P su arttime, re l e id ieselle NM elsewhere P are will as usual ts TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1816. PAi2LIAMENTifRT PROcEEDINGS.• • • HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY ie. Oriel were heard finally. and in continuation, In the Scots Cause of" Balfour v. Luntsdains"—Jodgment post pmed. The Royal Assent was given, by Commission (the first this Session), to the Glass Duties, the Cochineal Imponation, and Lord Gower's Indemnity Bill. fhe ComMlssioners were the 1.010 COUNCILLOR, the Duke of Allowraess, and the Earl of SIAOTISIOII T. • On the Writ of Error cause." Doe, on The demise of Oxendon is. 8h Arthur Chichester, Bert Counsel were finally beard. when the Loan Culascat.Loa, arter some introductory observe does. proposed that certain questions arising out of a legal visit of the case, be referred to the cossideratina of the Learned Judges (who were in attendance) which was ordered ae• '3l"4lllfiff• TUNtaRiENT OF THE PILLOET. Earl STANHOPE, before the Judges withdrew, took an opporttnity to address the House npdn this subject. He observed, their Lordships.would recol lect that in the last Session of Parliament, a Bill had been broight-up to them from the House of Com mons respecting the abolition of the pillory. It was then suggested by a Noble and Learned Lord, and approved by theNoble•Earl on the Ministerial Bench, that it would be very proper to submit the subject to the Learned Judges, in order that they might draw' up a Bill upon it. The cause was generally stated to be a proper one, and that the Judges should be 'directed to form into one Bill all the laws relative to tligimunishment of the pillory, as on a former Nal eWoccasion all the laws that related to the penalty el' death, were proposed 'to be included in one Act. In the subject referred te, he thought it . peculiarly proper to have called upon the Judges to draw up an Act of Parliament for the House, so that all the laws moon the subject should be consolidated into one. Under that impression he had moved a resolution, that the Learned Judges should prepare and lay be. fore the House a Bill, to reduce into one Act all the laws then in force, which prescribed the penalty of the Pillory, or authorised the infliction thereof. He inquired, and had not found that any such Bill had been delivered. He was sure he should never speak of the Learned Judges of the land, save with the greatest respect. But when their Lordships made an order, and when, as he learned, from the votes of 1 the Commons, that the subject is now agitating there, he must be allowed to express his opinion, that it were better such a Bill had been prepared by ' Judges, and submitted to that House previous to a Bill coming op again from the Commons on the same subject. He merely suggested the propriety of such a cause, without making any formal motion nOw upon the subject. It may, however, be proper to know, what had been dune on the occasion, or whether such a Bill had been framed. No doubt a sufficient reason may be assigned ; but he had no doubt as to whatever was the duty of the Lord Chief Justice at the head of the illustrious and learned body in question, and as those Learned Personages were thee present. be thee& it right to say 4EI std[ its order that their Lordships may be informed if any mistake had occurred in the delivery of the notice, that it may be clearly known such an order was made, and that some hint may be given when it would be attended to. With respect to an opinion which had been given last year, that nothing could be more cruel than to heap additional trouble upon the Judges, who were already borne down by the im mense weight of btisiness allotted to them, be had to observe. he had more than once urged their Lord ships to have assessors of their own, for the transac tion of such important business as that referred to. For instance, if one of the Judges, a Master in Chan cery, and a sound Common-Law Lawyer, were to attend the House as its Assessors, and to submit to them various important statutes, erroneously drawn op, for correction, or for reducing various laws into one Act, upon a given subject, much more good would be done, in those respects, than had of late been even attempted.—After a short pause, Lord Viscount Sir-MOUTH reported the an swer of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent to an Address of the House for papers, that directions should be given accordingly ; and also that the Ad dress of Monday last had been presented to his Royal Highness, and most graciously received. Earl BATHURST, by command of the Prince Regent, laid upon the table certain documents pur suant to an Address of their Lordships. The Naval Courts Martial Bill was read a second time; the other Bills upon the table were respectively forwarded. tip proposed by the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the Ex. tier, but upon the merits of the queseinn itself, being per , flinty convinced that unless the.necessity of the case valued, his Majesty's present Ministers, or indeed any set of Ministers, would feel as little dsvesed to impose trirthens on the country as the country could be to receive them when solmposed. It bas been sugkested by an Hon. Alderman, that the best mode (erasing the supply : in the year would be by a loan ; I differ, Sir, from the Hon. Alderman materially. The effect of such a mea snre-watild be to depress a market already tooinuch depressed. and In my opinion; the only way in which we can extricate our- ' selves from our preient &Smiths, and I am sure the most speedy mode of alleviatink the distresses of that portion of the commu nity which is now so much depressed, is the support of the credit of the country; that once effectual and great into: of money would Sod its way Into the country, that Influrwould produce enterprise, and that enterprise is the life and soul of sericulture and all mercantile pursuit'. When I last year. Sir, had the ho. now of presenting a Petition similar to that now in your hands, I atinetly stated to my Constituents, that if could not have my i support, but that if the Continuance of the Property Tex was pro posed beyond one year, either Lathe, modified, or reduced, such proposition should meet with my opposition. At that time, Sir, we were in a state of peace; circumstances have since occurred which could not have been In the contemplation of thy one—we I have had a short, glorious, yet expensive war; necessities have necessarily arisen, end t hose necessities we are consequently' ' tallest upon to provide for, and I see not how they cad be better provided too, and se the middling and lower enders of todety, ash? the manner proposed by the Rie4Hon. the Chin- cellar of the Exchequer. I do. however, Sir, Oat and hope that when the permanent pease establialunent can be asfdy bled, when by retrenchment and when by a due, I mean not. Sir, a al economy, the limners of the country can be improved, the Chap cellar of the Exchequer will be as anxious to repeal the Tax, as the people can be to have that Tax repealed. It has been stated, Sir, and I believe by a Right Honourable Gentlemanwhons I do not sow see in his place, that be hoped the Electors Of the King dom at large would look with a jealous eye tweeds ne, thi their Representatives, who were found supporting the measure of the revival of the Property Fax, wham brought Into this House by the Right Hun. the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir,entertain ing sentiments as I do of the Motive duties of a Representative to his Constituents, I will never be restrkted front performing my public duty as my judgment &recta, and my conscience dic tates. Upoo all public and yodel matters as affecting the Srate, I shall ever consider myself as the repmen•ative of the nation at large, happy, however, to receive the opinion and advice of those who have vomited me with the great charge of their represen tation, but still more happy if, upon due reflection, such advice and opinion' an be made to assimilate with those ideas I may myself have forayed upon the subject. In all local matters I shall ever, Sit, consider myself as bound implicitly to follow the direc tions of those who have seat me hither." MONDAY, FEBRUARY 211. • In consequence of the Call of the House, the gal. lery was not opened till near seven o'clock. PETITIONS AGAINST THE PROPERTY TAX. Mr. BROUGHAM, on our entering the gallery, was addressing the House, with a large petition ih his hands, against the Property Tax. Sir FRANCIS BURDET I' presented a petition . from certain inhabitants of the City of WeStmins'er, against any revival of the Property Tar, the peti tioners viewing the attempt to renew it u a violation of the solemn pledge. of Ministers. The petitioners complained, in becoming terms, of the heavy and in. quisitorial tax, which the Government had threa tened to revive ; and the Hon. Baronet added, the -map *au of ti.lakiog seen--they were impatient at the continuance of war burdens, but it was an enlightened impatience. The petitioners also complained, and most properly, of the large standing army which it was proposed to maintain during a period of peace. Read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Sir JAMES SHAW presented a petition from Broad-street Ward against any revival of the Pro perty Tax. This Ward, the Hon. Baronet observed, had not assembled for any political purpose during the last 25 years, but the rumoured intention of Mi nisters to renew the Property 'l'az they could not view with indifference or in silence. (Hear, ear.) Read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. W. SMITH presented a petition from the City of Norwich. Mr. MELLISH one from St. Anne's Limebouse. Mr. HALE one from the neighbourhood of Swansea, Glamorganshire. Lord F. OSBORNE presented four petitions from the Isle of Ely, and different places in Cambridgeshire. Lord MILTON presented petitions from the town and neighbourhood of Doncaster, the Land holden and inhabitants of Northallerton, the parish of Cattingham, and from North Cave, and South Cave, in Yorkshire I all being against. the Property `Tax, the petitioners trusting that the pledge of Par liament and the Ministers would be redeemed, and that the impost would be allowed to terminate with the war. _ _ Severally read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Sir T. ACLAND said he had 26 petitions from aandry places in Devon'shire to present. The first' petition was from the North of Devon, which repre sented the distressed condition of farmers, that it had been considerably increased by the process issued for the collection of tales, and that many were in con sequence in the Sheriff's ward, from which distresses they prayed to be relieved. Another was from Ti. verton, which dwelt on the great increase of poor rates from the depression of agricultural employment. Others were parochial petitions ; but there was some difference between the prayers of all of them ; they did not all directly pray for the repeal of the Pro perty Tax. Some, for instance, prayed for the non renewal of the. Pr operty Tax—others begged that it might be modified—others mixing the Property Tax wi the . poor rates, prayed some relief from their pressure.; and one from the Coast, preyed that the duty on salt might be discontinued,' which would enable them to carry on an export that was now al most profitless to them. The first , petition from the North of Devon having , been read, and ordered to lie on the Table, Sir I'. D said he' did not wish to trouble r the House to ave all the petitions read, as he had described thecharacter of them. Those that were from the occupiers of land complained of the unequal burden imposed on them by the Property Tax, that the tax was not ten but seventeen and a half per cent. on them, and that they • were not able to appeal against the charges made upon them like tradesmen. He therefore thought it would be :Wicket to have W remainder read short. . PRICE SEVRv-!` r • n. Mr. TIERNEY was of a diffeient wished all of them to be read, that the House might know what the petitioners really did s ty. According to all that had fallen from the Hon. BArt , net, there appeared to be a good deal of " of ignorant impa tience" in Devonshire to be relieved from taxation. (Hear, and a laszi.) Sir T. ACKLAND had no objection to the read. ing of all the petitions—he had only been desirmis save the time of the House. (Hear.) Mr. TIERNEY meant to throw tin imputation oa the Hon.. Baronet • he only wished the House to.rub tain some very us eful information. After about ten or a dozen of the 26 petitions had been read, Mr. CAATVIRLGT-IT rose, and submitted whe ther the House had not heard enough of the peti tions ? Hear, hear.) Mr. T/ERNEY replied, that his only object is desirin.the petitions to be read. was, that the attest. Lion o f the House might be called to there—bat it seemed no attention had hes;n, or could be paid to them. (Thar, aid laughier.) The remaining petitions were then fully read, and ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. PONSONBY ()burled, that possibly the Hon. Members opposite might now know som..thing of the contents of the petitions for their better information he would state, that 20, out of the 26, were against the Property Tax—the rest corapiainiag generally of distress and heavy taxation. Sir T. ACLAND replied, that late as the Peti. tions had come to him, he made it his business to read them, and notwithstanding what had fallen Irani the Right . Hon. Gentleman, he was inclined to abide by his original representation of those Petitions._ According to the fair meaning of words, and gene. rality of the prayers of the Petitions, the Petitioners complained of general distress, and mentioned the Property Tax ,as one of their burdens; but he thought the House would agree with him, after hav ing heard the 26 Petitions read, that in the fair sense of such language. not one halt of the Petitions could be said to be against the Property Tax. bear.) Mr. PONSONBY would not pretend to put the accuracy of his ears in competition with the accuracy of the Honourable Baronet's eyes, the Hon. Btronet having stated that he had read the Petitions, awl therefore ought to know something of their contents; but he nevertheless maintained the accuracy of his original statement, that 20 out of Vie '26 Petitions contained prayers against the Property Tax ; in some of them that prayer was mixed up with other mat ters, but twenty contained such prayer, or he had lost his hearing. Sir.T. ACLAND again rose and persevered in speaking, although there were cries of " Spoke ! spoke!" The SPEAKER stated that there was no question before the House. bin TIERNEY added, that the Hon. Baronet could not be allowed to petsevere, as there ready was no question before the House ; but if the discus. sion of this subject were deemed sn very e nteirtitiniug the House had better order the Petitions to be reed over again.—(A laugh.) Sir JAMES SHAW presented a Petition from Farringdon Within, against any renewal of the Pro, party Tax. On the motion that it lie on the table— Lord FOLKSTONE could net but express his astonishment at the way in whi:h petitions on this most important question had been brought, before the House, especially where one Member happened to have a considerable number to present. This was the first time that he had seen 20 or 26 Petitions in. traduced as they had been that night, and on a ques• tion of such importance that was agitating from one end of.the country to the other.—(Hear, hear.)—To him such manner was extremely unsatisfactory. If any Member chose to adopt such course towards his constituents, that was his business ; but he should be sorry to see the day arrive when the petitions of the people of England were to be regularly received in such way. If petitions by the score and hundred were to be smuggled into the House in such manner, what probability was there of their having a fair chance of effecting their object According to such system, when one or two petitions 'were presented, they must be read ; but when they poured in by twenties and hundreds, a proof, of how much more importance they were, then they were to be smug. gled into the House without being read at all._ According to such practice, neither the House, the public, nor the petitioners, would know what became of the petitions. There was another practice of mo. dern times, of which he must also complain, namely, that of only printing in their votes the n.twAs and ,prayers of such petitions as were presented, instea I of the leading features of the body of each petition. In future he hoped this practice would be amended, and pirtieularly that all Members would refraiu from presenting Petitions in the mass ; he trusted that they would separately notice ►nl present them. Petition ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BARING presented a Petition from Dirking, In Surrey, against the Tax. At the same time be expressed his hope that Members, who might hay' . tght. _Jr Petitions to present, would impartially notice their contents, and not give to such contents the colouring of their min impressions. The Hon. F. ROBINSON vindicated the Hon. Baronet (Sir T. Acland) from this attack, as he it was that was meant by such intimation, although be had not been particularly pointed out. If ever there were an unjust attack, this was one—(Hear) —for he believed the House would agree that the general del scription given of the mass of Petitiods was correct, arid that such description was not coloured by iml pressions or statements which they did not warrant. —(Hear. Lear.) Mr. BARING could not retract what he had stated, and he thought the House would agree with him, that hod the Honourable Baronet ielr as the Petitioners did on tbis subject, be would have lame. . CEYLON. Lord HOLLAND,befbta the, House adjourned, expressed his wish to know if it were the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to communicate to Parlia ment any further information respecting the very im l'portant and questionable transactions which had taken place at C.tyloa. The papers now before the House afforded fiery inadequate information in a CMS where so many changes were effected or proposed in a once powerful empire, and an ancient and esta blished dynasty set aside. The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, he was not aware of any iateation to communicate any other papers on the subject than those already before Par liament; but it was undoubtedly competent to any Noble Lord to move for any information "he might, conceive to be necessary.—Adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. FRIDAY, IZIRVART SS. The following short but argumentative speech was delivered by Mr. Larne, the Member for Great Yarmouth, on the Petition from his Constituents against the Income Tax being presented by General Lorros. By mistake, all mention of Mr. Lacon's speech was omitted in Saturday's Paper: " Sir, having just beard read tbe Petition of the Inhabitants of the Borough of Great Yarmouth, against the revival of the Pro perty Tea, as presented by my Honourable and Gallant Collages, I trust the House will very shortly allow me to give my reasons win' I must dissent from f though requested to assent to its prayer. If it is not, Sir, front the confidence whit's I feel justified, sod t hink the country too, in placing in his Majesty's Ministers, that I shall give my vote in favour of the revival el the Prepeny Tax, aimegiC.A&Le.la re aid M IR! 44 I Per,. d...:: . r ed :2 t 0114' itel. ikuk, * 41 ti.,. `. 4 . 1 1 . • /RC N 44 4 --" ; at ce i t Mom m l ~. aad I et fa Baud art 0( I, Many 2 Will Ady et i O,ltlD ruln, pq r.11144‘; kr: 4 :god I Web - ,- hmies A ;at iito ,aged ri 1100, p r of iriet 'Cr age, ud Ti 4 udy, ice I lit em thee] diem krti ckbp' ~~~ loP2) , w a ds 1 I WO le al," viit cologe' . ri al r is iiii tige 1. 4 I 0.1 rAS " tad I I.;gs•-.1 Deli' :•;.:~. ..... 011•- • _a