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The Grand Choruses, " Blessed be the name of the Lord," " Hailstones," " Front the censer," and " Pied in his everlasting sest."— At the e.nr:nenct ment of the Second Act will be performed, Mozart's rklratcd Overture to Zaubevilote. p,),,rs to be opened at Six, and commence at Seven precisely. BIRCH MAYOR . COMMON COUNCIL bitkleu in the CHAMBIR of the GUILDHALL of the City of Loudon, on WEDNESDAY, the Vd Day of February, 1815. 116301 TED I'NANIMOUSLY, 'r HAT the Representatives of this City in Par meat be requested to movie, hi their places, upon as early ty, that the two Petitions from this Court to the Honourable le House of Comravos, the one for the Suppression of Mock .uctions, and the other for the Repeal of the Act " foe the ite vet of insolvent Debtarsin England," be taken into.-consldera on. WOODTHORIPL BIRCH, MAYOR. • COMMON COUNCIL, boMen In the CHAMBER of the GUILDHALL of the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the Day of February, 1815, KtSOLVED VNANINICILISLV, 111.IAT it IS the opinion of this Court. that the 11 unexampled high price to which land has risen, during' to late war, far exceed% the increase of any other kind of pro. my whatever, and does not, at this period, call for any Leeds., ye proceediug, to enhance still farther its value, at the expense t the Manufacturing and Commercial Interests of this country. 'Oat from the evidence given by Agricultural Persons before 'ommittees of both Houses of Parliament, it appear* the ex ,llses of raising Coss had been increased by the high wages of lour, and by the weight of Taxation.; the former of which tay be expecteJ to decline, and the pressure of the latter re. loved. It is, therefore, the opinion of this Court, that such in ;cased expenses cannot justly be considered as the basis upon 'Lich permanent alterations of the present Corn Laws,in favour f the Growsr, should be established; more particularly,as Irons le Official Returns made to the House of COMINIIIIN of the mponations of Foreign Wheat and Fleur, it does not appear hat the said importa: s, within the last rsn years,have exceeded .c amount of 17 days consumption in each year by the kabob!. ets of Great Britain, of those artici s of food. That it belle opinion of this Court, that the prosperity of this iirgdom, war its wise Laws and Institutions, has hitherto pro tete,' tram its commercial enterprise and the advancement of ti manufacturing system, whereby Its population has'inereased, tsluow demands arisen ter the products of land. It is therefore o lx 4 iTrehended, that the high prices of food will enhance ibe •rages anti consequent value of. exportable commoditLis, to their mous irjury in the competition which now exists wi:h the ma xractures of other nations, where the necessaries of lite Are c..nidtrably cheaper. That this Coact do forthwith present a Petition to each House • Parliament, praying that the Corn Laws may not be altised, (• 11 - as respee:s the reeelations for permitting the linportadon :1 foreign Corn for Home Consumption, until such time as the rLeions of Peace and Amittare firmly established between this clammy and the Posters on the Continents of Europe and Ante via. and until the effects of Peace on our commerce may be hater seen and understood than they are .1t present. W GO D' rHo It PE. OPP/C.is JP U UNALVII.L, 170r/oar . , I, lel 3. friiE PRINGIPAL OFFICERS of 1113 MA. JESTT's ORDNANCE, do limb give Notice, 11. at Proposals will be received at their °lnce in Pall-Mall, r:t or before FRIDAY, the 24th instant, (rout such Persons as P.l" be willing to undertake the Supply of Articles of CAS EtON end other Metals appertaining to Mill Machinery, for s :vice at the Royal Powder Manulactories at Faversham and a::ltham Abbey, for a period of three years, determinable after the rspiration of the first year, upon notice of three months, at the option of either party. . . Patterns of the Articles may be viewed upon application to the respective Officers of the Ordnance at those stations; and farther particulars, together with the Terms and Conditions tit the Contract, may be known at the Secretary's Office, ia Yalu Alan aforesaid, an y day between the hours of ten and four o'clock, where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up and endorsed, " Proposals for Cast Iron Work, Ihe.;" but no Proposal can It admitted after the said 24th instant, at 12 o'clock donna of the same day, neither win any Tender be noticed mks* the party making it, or an agent In his behalf shall attend. By Order of the Baud, R. H. CAW, &sugary. VICTUALLING OPPICI, Fed. 42, Hu!. THE COMMISSIONERS fa' 11cruALLIN8 HIS MAJESTY"; NAVY, b her* give Nadu, That on THURSDAY, the sd of March neat, Mr. Wis.- tun Reeks, their Agent at Portsmouth, will be ready to receive sealed renders, and treat for Seven I iinulred Quarters of ENGLISH WI itAT, (weighing 564 pounds per bushel) ; and also for one '1 housand Quarters of closo.dried AMBER MALT; to be answerable to sampks that will be exhibited at his Once; to be delivered in one month, and to be paid for by bills, payable with itattest ninety days after date. Nu reBard will be had to any Tender in which the Price shall nut be inbirted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered before 12 o'clock on the said Thursday the tid of March next, nut unless Person who makes the Tender, or soma Person i his behal, attend s to answer when called for. Fie Conditions of the Col tract may be seen at the Victualling otfice, Port.moutli. EAST-INDIA BOMA, larval gilt "It THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ONITAD 4. co:grim-1- g MERCHANTS of ENVLAND, Moltke tr the 6.147' IND! RS, Jo h,,ebri err _ , 1 bat a General Court of the said Company will be held at shit house in Leadenhall-street, on Thursday the 9th of March rtst, from twie o'clock in the morning until six is the evening, .r the election of a Director of the said Company, in the roan si Charles Milli, E'q. who bath disqualified. JAMAS COBB. &ovum. _ EAS7:IIMM NOUS 8, ?finger/ IS, 1818. 111-IE COURT of DIRECIORS of Ms UNITED cumrA.vre• MERCII4NT3 If A NGLANA, traits toe A,151 . INDIES, a herds gift seam, That tilt Qualttrly Uccerai Court of the said Company, ap polott4 to be litki at their House, in Leadeoluil•strmt, 00 EDNESDAY, the 294 March next, at Eleven *Tisch in the Fr.renuon, is made Special, fur the purpose of laying before the • riTrieturs a airport front the Committee appointed by the Cie. tral Court on tne std lune 1814, to Inspect the Bye 4awa. I . he Court of Directors do further give notice That at the . (Arleta! Cow t a Resolution of the C.bort of Directors of the I s:t% uff,permitni.g the Ito,. Dr. Hiwt.ty to retire from his kitc, as Nuicival of the East-India College, upon s Pend= of , •:,uo per Annunt, will be laid before the said UeneralCoartior 14t apprGbation, 3grreably to the 19th Section of the 6th Chapter ;4 the Company's iirr-Lawa. 411 , 1 a Resolution of the Onset of Directors of the let in. 440 , appointing Mr. Richard Catait GLIIII,Of the Bengal Civil Ince, a temporary Assistant to the Professor* in the Oriental ( i'lanment At the College, with a salary of £4ooper Anneal, and ci 411, iwasvesof £lOO per Annum for Home-rent, for the period et may act in that capacity, will also be laid before the said Cle tu r't Court for their approbation, event*, to the lob Seediest of 'lc 6th Chapter of the CooopoofeßTE 4 Awa. • iit.1(111,314 &raw!. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1815. PdRLMMEATARr INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OP LORDS, FEBRUARY 22. Counsel were finally heard on the Appeal cause," Sharpe and others O. Bickerdyke and Co.' s —Judgment postponed till Friday. Counsel were also heard and fully, on the Appeal." Stewart o. Kerr.—Judgment deferred vie Zs. The Petition of Mrs. Leigh against the Bill now pending be fore their Lordships, to dissolve the marriage between her and the Rev. Francis Leigh, Clerk, being taken into considscation; Lord MON rFoRT, after a short mime, in which he ad. versed to the commeudable jealousy and caution exercised by their Lerdships respecting the measure of divorce, sad observed, that what he was about to propose was herded in precedent, as appeared by the Records of the House, Moved, that the Peti tioner for the Bill, the Rev. Francis Leigh. do pay to the Agent of Mrs. Leigh, the sum of atSO to enable that Lady to appear by Counsel, &c. in support of her Petition against the said Bill. This proposition seeming to meet the sense of their Lordships, it was accordingly ordered. The Dnke of GRAFMN presented a Petition from the •County of Suffolk, against the renewal of the Property Tax, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUIVIIINOON from the Bank of England, promoted a Monthly Return of the Bank Notes lo elmulation, distinguishing the Dates and Amounts; together with the Priers of Gold and Silver &Wien. within a given period. which, were ordered to Ile on thimble J-Adjearned till tcsoloncno. ' • 'Corm LAWS. Lord GRANTLEY preseOted a Petition front the town' anti vicinity of Croydon, in the County of Surrey, praying for a speedy revision of the Corn Laws. On presenting the Petition. the Noble Lord said a few words expressive of his unwiningstess, though.he formally presented the document—to support a mea sure that would have the effect of raising the price of Bread. The Earl of HARDWICKE presented a Petition from the Bath and West of England Agricukural Society, praying their Lordships to tale into consideration the present unfavourable state of the Corn Laws, &c. • and to afford the Petitioners such relief. as to their wisdom s hould lean nest. The Noble Earl presented also four other distinct Petitions from various descriptions of Persons in the County of Wilts, for the same object. The Duke of NORFOLK presented a Petition from Hastings, in the County of Sussex, praying their Lordships' concurrence in measures to defend them from the injurious effects of the late extensive importations of Corn. His Grace also presented a Petition from the city and neigh bourhood of Chichester to the same disch These documents were severally ordered to lie on the table. The Earl of LAUDERDALE having obtained leave to with• draw a recent motion on the subject, moved in the way of sub stitution thereto, that there be laid before the House an Account of the quantity of Grain imported into Great Britain, from Ire land and other parts abroad, from the sth of January, 11114, to the Sth of January, IBIS; distinguishing the different species of Grain, the prices, and the places whence the same was Imported. Earl STANHOPE did not object to the motion, but observed, that an unfair inference might be drawn from the production, as it was well kno‘vn that speculators in grain had imported Im mense quantities under the idea that such an unwise and bnpoil. tic measure as that now under consideration elsewhere, would be brought, and eventually receive the sanction of Parliament, which importations otherwise may not have taken plate. The Earl of LAUDERDALE seemed of a different opinion, and observed, there was hardly any species of papers that could be moved for, from which, through the exercise of extreme inge nuity, an unfair inference may act be drawn. The question was then put, aad the Accounts were ordered to be produced accordingly. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Numerous Petitions were presented against anyy alteration in the Corn Laws; among them were those from Mid bunt, sad the leth and West of England Agricukund Society. The SPEAKEIt announced that the usual Judicature List of persons qualified to try offences in India, had been laid before the House. _ _ _ --- hir.aiSHINGTON brought up the Bank Loan 818, which was read a first time, and ordered to be printed. Mr. GIDDY moved for leave to bring in a Bill for procuring Returns of the Expences of maintaining the Poor of England ; and also for ascertaining the extent of the Highways repaired at the public expense.—Leave given. The Sheriffs of London appeared at the bar, with a Petition from the Lord Mayor and Common Council, against any altera tion in the Corn Laws. It was received and read. They also presented a Pet'tion from the same Body. on the subject of the Jail Fees Abolition Bill, approving of the principle of the Bill, but submitting that no persons ought to be erempted from its operation. JAIL FM ABOLITION BILL. On the motion that this Bill be read a second time, Sir WILLIAM CURTIS opposed the measure, on the ground of the injurious effect it would have on the City prisons. The principle of exemption, in favour of the three prisons, would cause the com fortabk jails of the City to be overloaded with deb tors. It was hard upon the City of London to be obliged to receive all debtors-; but although be was ready to give up his own opinion on this point, as an individual Member, he would deem it necessary is take the sense of the House on an amendment, that instead of now, the Bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. BENNETT entered into a detail of the rea sons why the prisons in question were excepted. He, for his own part, felt the strongest inclination to abo. lish these fees; but he bad not chosen to clog his Bill with any additional clauses which might end its passing. His former Bill was lost owing to is suffering the introduction of such clauses. But be had found that the most extraordinary exaggerations had taken place on the subject of the exemptions.— He was surprised that the Honourable Baronet did not know that prisoners were not enabled by law to transfer themselves from the King's Bench and the Fleet to the City Jails. But if they could, be was sure nobody in his senses would think of removing himself from these prisons to the gloomy dungeons of those in the City. He alluded to the Report which had come before that House on the State .of the Prisons in the City, and contended it bad been proved that the management of them had bemskla ringly disgraceful to the City. Sir JAMES SHAW insisted that the effect of the exemptions would be, that the City Prisons would become more crowded with debtors than ever. He was of opinion that the greater number of persons who now came into prison for debt were sent there by their friends, for the purpose of availing themselves of the Insolvent Act. Mr. HOLFORD said, the nature of the Bill be fore the House seemed to be entirely misunderstood. There was alleady an Act in existence which autho rised the Magistrates of counties to alter or abolish' the fees taken at prisons; and in many counties they had been entirely abolished. The only effect of the present Bill was to make that operation general which was now only partial, and to make the Magistrates give a general attention to the subject. If the fees taken at any prison were very great, this was the very reason why they ought to be abolished. Allud ing to persons in circumstances of inability to pay the fees on their discharge, the Bill would not leave them dependa n t on the humanity, or under the in fluence of the jailor, as was the case at present. The Honourable Aldermen need not be afraid that p•ople will be too fond of going to such a place as New. gate; although the Bill would not prevent them from transferring themselves there if they like it. How ever, these Honourable Gentlemen had done their duty to their Constituents, by standing up to prevent the progress of a very useful measure. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS complained of being misunderstood.' Mr. H. SUMNER said ,a few words in explana tion of the reasons for exempting the three Prisons alluded to. Alderman ATKINS made some observations upon the injurious tendency of the Insolvent Act, which lit loose profligate characters, who were supported by the most tadustnons classes. _ _ Mr. GORDON suggested to the Honourable Al dermen, that they would have as opportunity of moving for the expunging of the clauses they objected to, when the Bill came before the Committee. 1 Alderman C. SMITH defended the City against the allusions that their prisons had been mismanaged, and the debtors not supplied with provisions ; after which the question for the second reading of the Bill was put and carried. It was then read and ordered to be committed on Monday. Mr. PEEL asked, whether the Honourable Gen tleman intended to extend the provisions of the Bill r to Ireland ? Mr. BENNETT replied, that such was not his ntention. ABUSES IN COURTS OF JUSTICE. Mr. STEPHEN said, that he rose with great re luctance to notice a misrepresentation of his speech last night, on the subject of the Bill of a Right Ho. nourable Baronet, for inquiring into Abuses in the Courts of Justice. If the error in a Morning Paper, in which his sentiments bad been misrepresented, were suffered to pass unnoticed by him, it would be calcu lated to give offence to the feelings of others, as it had done to his own. He was much surprised on being told this morning, before he had read any of the papers, that one of them had reported him to have admitted the.existence of abuses in a particul it ,department, meaning that of the Masters in Chan cery, and to have said that he voted on that ground for the proposed Commission of Enquiry. The He- . nourable Gentleman then read the whole of the mis representation he complained of, and observed, that so far from having acknowledged the discovery of any abuses, he had said that no ground had been made out of the existence of abuses in that depart. ment, and if any Gentleman could prove their exis tence, the measure should have his vote. It must be in the recollection of most of the Gentlemen who now heard him, that this was the very reverse of what he had said in the last evening's debate, when, in con sequence of art allusion made to his vote on the for mer occasion, he had risen to explain the grounds of it. He had then, as before, condemned the enquiry, as not being called for by any abuses either proved, or distinctly alledged to exist, but gave the reason why he had voted for it, after having expressed that opinion against it. It was because, finding some insinuations which seemed to point at the offices of the Masters in Chancery, among those in which abuses were supposed to exist ; he had invited ex planation on that point, and bad declared, that if any Gentleman would assert the existence of abuses in that quarter, he would vote for the inquiry.— And an Honourable and Learned Member having, in reply, declared his belief in such abuses, though not as proceeding from the Masters themselves, he had thought it became him to vote for the motion. Such was the explanation he had given the last night, and it was, to be sure, a very extraordinary mis representation of it to state that he bad admitted the existence of the abuses in question. It was to make the challenging inquiry a confession of the charge ; it was virtually to make him impute blame, nat to himself only but to his colleagues, than whom men of purer honour were not to be found in his Ma jesty's dominions. It was impossible that he could pass over such a misrepresentation unnoticed ; yet as be did not suppose it to be wilful, be would content himself with having thus publicly corrected it. Mr. GIDDY said a few wards ' which we under stood to be his expression of a wish to vindicate the people-of Helstone from corrupt motives, and having done this, be had no disposition to go farther. The House then went into the Committee ' and the Chairman having reported progress, asked leave to sit again. • TUIS COMMITTER 01 WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having moved that the House go into a Committee of Ways and Means, and it having resolved itself accordingly, Mr. CALCRAFT asked a question respecting the Financial Resolutions, and The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply, expressed his wish to postpone the I urther consideration of the Report on them till Monday. Mr. GRENFELL wished to .ask a question or two on this subject. The Right Honourable Gen tleman, if he had understood him coriectly, had sta ted the necessity of having a loan every year, for four years to came, and that the taxes already sug. gested provided for the Charges on these loans.— What he wished to know was, whether these taxes were likely to be sufficient to provide for the charges on the loans in contemplation during the ;.vliole of that period, or whether other taxes are necessary to meet these expenses I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was understood to reply, that it was impossible for hint to give any other answer to such a question than had already transpired. From what he had said be fore, the conclusion must be, that the taxes might be , found sufftcient to provide not only for the charges PRICE SIXPENCE-HALFPENNY. on the Loan for the present year, but for those which might be wanted in the following years. Supposing, however, that it might he necessary and unavoidable to keep sip, from . the extraordinary circumstances of the times, a peace establishment, which might be pre. nutted to amount to nineteen millions a-year through the whole of the next four years, then it might his concluded, that it would be necessary to provide four or five Millions a year for the charges of the Loans during those years. Mr. TIERNEY said, that it might then be under. . stood, there would be not only A continuance of the six millions, but an addition of new taxes i• those just proposed, it would seem, must be made permanent, in order recover all the expenses of the Loans for the time .in question. But..what was to become of the other six millions %vat-it to be carried on as a part of the permanent estab}ishmert of. the count: y ? . The CHANC,ELLOR. oi : the EXCHEQUER replied, that this. would be r s-initiject l JOE trig wisdo.n of Parliament. to eonsider 0f... ‘• Mr. TIERNEY ivsullied. Meal this six millions was - crabs continued for, ort, yeaie, that ;he amquot of the loan must depend on the amount produced by the taxes-1 • . .; The * CHANCELLOR of die £CHEQUER rejoined, that it was not impossible the taxes might fall short,, in which case the amount of the loan must be increased. Mr. PONSONBY asked if the House were to an derstand that they were voting supplies for four years to come ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the House must understand that they were only . now.voting the Supplies for the present year. Sir GILBERT'HEATHCOTE wished to know whether any part of the taxes that are to be raised are intended to be expended in repairing the fortresses in the Netherlands ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it was not possible for him to answer .this , question. Mr. WHITBREAD moved for certain Returns . relative to the circulation of Newspapers, and the amount of their Stamp Duties. They consisted of . an account of the number of Newspaper Stamps- is sued in the last three months up to the 31 of May, 1814; 'and the 'same in the three months preceding the Pith of February, ISIS, distinguishing those for the Daily Papers and those for such as are published weekly, or at any other periods. Also for an account ; of the number of Newspapers sent from. London to . the country by the Clerks of the Yost Office, who act . as News-agents..--Ordered. Mr. POLE CAREW said, that as many !tom.' ing Papers do not go by the post, it Would prove an obvious benefit to the revenue to extend the tax ui on the Stamps, rather than upon the pilotage. CORN LAWS. On the motion of Mr. Rosmsise, that the Report of the Committee on the Corn Laws.be laid before a Committee of the whole House, • Colonel GORE LANGTON wished the idea not to get abroad, that the gen,:ral opinion of the people of this country was in any respect changed on this important subject. On the contrary, ft remained un altered, and they looked with tearful apprehension on any alteration being made in the Corn Laws. General GASCOYNE was convinced, that it was from the necessity of postponing the measure last year, that it was lost. An Honourable Member had stated, that this procrastinatioo had given an oppor tunity for a farther investigation of the subject, and that he thought it likely to be more satisfactory. He was convinced, however, that the people at large re mined much in the same sentiment as they enter tained last year, and this sentiment was again ex pressed by the innumerable petitions which crowded the table of the House. There was scarcely a large town in the kingdom which had not sent up its prayer that no alteration be made in the Corn Laws. They had seen no other alteration lake place, in con ,sequestee of the labours of the Committee, but an in crease in the price of bread ; and though it had been said that those who were guided by reason, rather than by feeling, were generally right, he was of an opinion directly the contrary ; for in whatever re lated to the subsistence of human life, those who were guided by feeling were sure to have reason on their side. The House being composed of the great body of landholders in the kingdom; and the repre sentatives of the people, must come to the discussion with feelings of another kind. He did not mean to say, that there would be any bias on their tziuds on this accoun:, but only that as having an interest in the land, theft feelings cannot be expected to be the same as these of the populace at large, who subsist on the produce of the land. It appeared a most ex traordinary part of the population, that the House was called on to prevent the importation of Corn into the country for three months, and that there was still to be an importation . going on under the warehousing system. But the time to which it was proposed to allow the importation to extend to at certain periods, could not possibly answer the pus. pose, as it would be impossible to import corn to the manufacturing parts of the kingdom, as far as the Clyde and the Mersey, therefore a longer time be came necessary to enable them in those parts to ob tain a supply. As corn is a very perishable comm.. city, he conceived that when it is imported into this country, to be kept in warehouses till the price attain a certain height, there must be some provision made for the importer, who would otherwise sustain a dead loss upon his property. Unless some clause were in troduced to this effect, the consequence would be most serious, and no person would be induced to import. But this might be said to be only one of the tedious of the subject. On the principal point, it would, in his opinion, be most judicious in Govern ment to reduce the importation price to 725. which would be a sufficient protection to the farmer. The first consideration should be the interest of the con sumer. The wain body of the people are the con.-