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the public affection. There were constitutional,' grounds on which hbionnd it imperative to object to the principle which recognized in bls Majesty the, appropriation of the surplus to himself. He might ask. how could he dispose of these funds ?—utalta ppi y, his Majesty had no children—there were mine neater to hint than hii people . . Would he not, then, if well advised; have gladly given them up? It was said, however, that aneke casual revenues were Smiled:nes noilied to thct discharge of debts incurred by mem bers of the loyal Family ; but, whatever feelinr there might he in Parliament with respect to such iielAs. arid however it might in some instances op pea tliliberal. and in others to have an air of justice, at was His opinion that it was better to prevent the incurring of those debts, by removing the induce ment. Then revenues were uncertain, sometimes triding, at others enormous, it was the nature of man to csalcu'ate on the highest amount, and to trust to hisgood fortune for the most ample provision of a fluctuating income. The Noble Earl (Liverpool) had truly. stated that those Droita had, on former! arrangements, been lefLwith the etown. That could not prevent him, however, from objecting to a set tlement arowcd those casual revenues. to be confounded and mixed up with the certain revenues' of the.. Civil List. Ile looked upon that dcacieney in former arrangements as qn omission which ought to be repaired. NVlten a large Civil List B tablish inent was voted, the additional income of the Dwits rendered it excessive; for when the sum voted was amply sufficient for the expenses of the Crown, every beyond that was in excess. The basis'of the Civil Last um calculable—but here was an ammo . us additional revenue which baled calculation. It was, besides, contrary to the true spirit of the Constitutioqi and that alone was -a powerful ground of objection. The spirit of the Constitution was jealous, especially in pecuniary matters. The harmony of the entire State resulted fiomihe balanced opposition Of con. 'dieting powers. The Crown had the prerogative of going to war, and Parliament had the power of re fusing the subsidies. But what was the effect of Abe' revenue arising from the Droits ? Why, it contra dicted the fit.t principle of the National existence, and afforded the Supreme Magistrate the means and indUcement of going to war, not as an honourable math. but in the character of a pirate, and thereby exposed the Nation to dishonour and the most dread ful calamities. He did not object to the discretionary application of a sum on the statement of the Noble L'arl, as allowances for captors, and affording also the means of prompt restitution to neutrals ; nor did he deny that the general payments from the casual IMids had been made with propriety, but he felt it his duty to state thus much, to separate the practice and.the principle. Although abuse had not been comtnitted, the possibility of it should be prevented. ..Ile question was then put, and the LORD CHAN CELLOR declared that the sense of the House was against the Amendment. A division was however called for, and strangers were ordered to withdraw— Cactents 18 Pro;ies 3 Total 21 Votb-caiteats . 57 Proxies 24 "heal 81 • NL4orlty In faroir of Idrniiners -60 On the re.admisslon of strangers, Lord Elt..ENno- ROUGH was on his legs moving an Amendment, which was rejected withoo: a division. Lord LIVERPOOL then moved a verbal Ainend ment, which wa.s agreed to. - The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. • - • • • • Africa, which arts partly chat ererikand pas* so. vcteigpxan . o they conferred/to benefit whatever on thii ediaittr. •• - ,The CH Al•,le ELLO or le EtCH F.Qi.J ER sai.", that the prese.nt4 of t h is Petition *h had been delayed fur some tithe, li"&ause he wished to kOoW what was th on proper course to be. pursued respecting the • rs? In the meantime, a Report was to be ma the Board of Admiralty, respecting the se - I .F vera .naval stations along the coast ; besides, every other information that could. be obtained respecting the country would be sought for.. He should now in form the House, that it was the intention of Govern ment to lay before Varliament the necessity ot taking the sovereignty of all the ports and stations along the African Coast, and, taking away the powers of so vereignty which the Company now possessed. It *as, however, thought proper to afford relict to the Com• pa: y, in consideration of the sums they had expended in works and other improvements on the coast. But the administration of the Colonies Would hereafter bt ' under the direction of :he EXecutiie Government. Mr. GORDON .replied, that what had just been stated by the Right Ilonourable Gentleman seas per fectly satisfactory to him. The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table.' `~ .~ k... •. _ _~~ 'A%sag..& o ^.±,7tvo - .., -1 .. ~~. M . AGRICULTURAL DifirrEat • • „ '-4%fe to. his' Mt. HOWE SUMNER rase : ngreenn, s 4. notice, to bring thew it rof thg distres(2o Agriculture was reduce • throughoUt the: RintPrh, under the view of the House. He nished that *men queition of this ithportance bad been introdUced by a Member whose opinions would have had greater, aptharity than his ; that the Hon. Meinber for Esser! had brought it forward, and given it . the weight of his sanction. -For himself he would not have vett-, tured to undertake the task, had he nut felt con vinced that the Agricultural interests of the country were going. O ruin, And that unless Parliament in- 1 tertered to arrest that calamity,' it ronld speedily involve every class of the community in the same misery. Whenever this subjeCt was broached in the House, he observed it was said to be a gauntlet thrown down for controversy, and that those Gentle men connected with manufactures and commerce took it up as aimed at them, and gave every measure of proposed relief their most active opposition (Hear, hear).—He' declared that he had no design against them. No man could be more entirely con vinced than he was, of .the close and intimate con nection that subsisted anmng these three great branches, and of the truth that not one of them could be injured without injury to the others. He came forward, therefore, not to take away from them, but simply to ask the Government and the Legislature to take the condition of the Agricul turists into their consideration, as they had . before done in 1815 ? At that period, upon an inquiry into their situationnprotection had been extended to them, and it was agreed that nothing less than the slim 'given', namely, 80s. could make it possible for the farmer to go on and cultivate his land. The sole object of the Petitioners now was, not to demand on:ire than the House had-thus given them, as a re , muneration necessary to enable theM to bear up against the evils of their condhion, but to make it appear that the modes adopted to insure the desired result had utterly failed, and to beg the House to re-consider the question, and devise means for fill ' filling own purpose. They wished their case to be sent to a Committee, intending, no doubt, to fol low this up by proposing measures which should afford them in reality the protection contemplated in the first instance. The language of the Petitioners, he would here'notice, was' throughout of the most proper kind. They had beard of Boroughmonger ing factions, and clamours of that sort, but these do consents contained nothing allied to such outcries. The Petitioners were loyal and well-affected men, willing to bear their full share of the public burdens, and to the utmost limits of their power. They knew that if the war had entailed these burdens upon them, it had also saved their lives and liberties, and all that was left to them. If be thought they entertained 'different principles, they must have sought el.ewhere for an advoCate. But it was replied by the manu facturer, our wants are equally pressing, and would 'be aggravated by a rise in the price of the products of agriculture. Unless bread be cheap, we cannot be able to speculate in foreign markets, and meet the competition of foreigners. This cry of cheap bread hai been the source of the greatest evils to the corm ' try-, and to the manufacturers themselves. If they looked for the cause of the general depression, and for the remedy, it would not be necessary for him to dwell on the distresses of the agriculturists. These were notorious. Irony Gentleman observed the coun try from 1806 to 1814, he would notice, that during that period, there had been a progressive improve- Meat ; energy and activity were the sources of a greatly increased cultivation and augmented pro. duce. From the year 1814, the reverse had been the case ; there had been a constant deterioration, and last j'ear the decline was most rapid. This was attributable to the same causes'as had induced the' distress of other classes. A diminution of the war expenditure, including fifteen millions of taxation annually, besides loans, was one of considerable un portance.. He was surprised that an Honourable Member, whose talents on subjects of political econo my were so well known (Mr.' Ricardo), should have advanced an opinion, that the Agriculturists were not peculiarly burdened, and were consequently not entitled to any peculiar belief. Was it not obvious that the whole weight of the Church EstablAment., lay upon the laud-owners and cultivators? Of eight-tenths of the poors'-rates they also bore the charge. The county-rates tell Upon them, arid the expense of the highways (exclusive of the turnpikes). He 'wondered the Honourable Gentleman could en tertain a doubt on this matter; still, however, they would be able to, stand their ground if not borne down by the laws.professedly enacted for their pro tection. They only required to be protected against foreigners, whom the burden of taxation pre vented their meeting fairly—(Hear, hear, hear!). — Gentlemen may cry "hear," but he would not flinch froth that debt which had been contracted res cuing them from the worst that could betel a. people. It had been conceded on all hands that Wheat could! nothegrownat less than 80s. But it could be 1 im ported from mosfparts of Europe at 365. or 375. and might be obtained at one half the cost at which it sou_ ld be produced at home. Then it was argued, cfhere you-can get it cheapest. Was any Gen mattprepared' to 'look at . the consequence of t hi s 'chi- trine acted upon? That consequence ould be, that all. the capital - employed in agriculture must be thrown into other channels, we would become to tally dependent on foneignirs for the support of our existence, and the country, a garden, would be con verted into a desert. Was this a state to wh:ch any party of men would say we ought to be driven ? It had stated that the average price of wheat had been 78s. since the adoption of the measure of 1315, but he maintained that these averages were lot:need on fraud and deception from beginning to end. Every person engaged in agriculture knew that when , they were made tonippear at 735. tliey were obi-:- . ,mg no more than 12s. in the Marker. The Pezi timiers induct prayed-for any specific remedy. They had • only stated a• general grievance, and pledge themselves, if admitted t o th e ba r e l t h e House-, Cr , before a Committee,' to strew that tic provisions of : the Act of 1815 were totally inefficient ; and that; they had not been more relieved by that measure than if it had norpassed. He should not pi entitle to point out what means might allevi.ite the vifferings of the Agriculturists, but would lease the important task of devising them to the House. He tiien con tended, that the Petition lately presented by the Aiming: for Taunton (7lr. Baring), coma; sic man -) - - -r•-4. ,raisins and principles not Applitable to the subject. lie could not much preiee the way in which it had roes introduced to the House, for he considered that As Cole object was to prejudice its oeinion, art! to serie as an antidote to the Petitioe's presented by the A: . r ,i icultural Interest. If the Honourable Gentlemea . fiy whom that Petition had been presented wished to d se his objects he had badly succeeded; tor, whenever lie had made any allusion to the Subject of Agriculture, he had so far lost his discretion and temper—(icar, hear, front the Oppo.s;:ion)—.hat it had been impossible for him to neat those topics ;snit civility.. The distresses of the Agrlculturists di. en( have screened them fink: such treatment: Ile wa s sorry he had trespassed so lung on the time of the House, and feared he must term appeared tr have lost the connection of what was more perfectly ese ranged in his mind when he had entered s bnt he should now at once come to his motion, which was ; 'I That the several Petitions presented to the Houseoa the subject of Agricultural Distress be referred to a Select Committee to consider the matter thereof, and report thereon," Mr. GOOCH having the honour to represeet a great agricultural county, Thought it due to his con stituents to state the grounds on which he should en cond this motion: He conceived that nothing conll be more mischievous than an attempt to seilrate the interests of agriculturists fano those of other cheeses. He did not deny that circumstances might have im pressed upon his mind a bias in fr.vour co; agriculture, but he should be the last man to injure one class of individuals to put money into the pockets of another. The Bill passed in 1615 had fixed the importa.iOn price at eighty shillings, but it was e, iini:erative, that, instant of producing an average of eighty shillings, the average did not rise beyond ses enty-two shillings. This was occasioned by the average I , ei.:g taken from the merchants who bought corn. and not from the farmers who sold it ; by the adniissien of certain districts where little corn was grt.wa, and by the addition of the freight to the price of corn. Al he should demand was, that the Bid of 1615 should be made complete to the purposes for which it was passed. Agriculture was now cetined to the same attention paid to it by our ancestors. But how w:ts it possible for British farmers, labouring seder Ihe weight of taxes—{Hear, hear,froat the OrpositioA to compete with the foreign farmer who paid no enni taxes? He did not pretend to decide on the p:.:- piety of heavy taxes, though, in his opinion, tine were necessary, and the coontry could not do win,- out them ; but he was certain that they could not ire paid unless some protection should be given to In mers, or the rents should be lowered—(Hear, hear). Without some remedy the agriculturists would be ea able to afford env share of support to the Revet:ue. Mr. F. ROBINSON regretted that it should be tome his duty to address the House, under a degree of indisposition which must prevent him from doing to the subject that justice which its importance me rited—(Heer, hear).—He heretofore threw himselfc a the indulgence of the House. Amongst the multn farious questions which arose in these times, there was none which he conceived ought to he treated with more caution and less frequency than that which his Honourable Friend had this night brought before the Howe—{Hoer, heart)—ln all questions cornice ted'with the subsistence of the People, - them was so much of interest, so mach of prejudice and appre hension, that it involved a most important considera tion, whether such a topic should be entertainer.' ? He confessed, that he felt 'great regret that his Ho nourable Friend should have introduced the subject to the House. It was not yet two Y e ats s i nce !tiled felt it his duty, and his colleagues in the tiovern meat had been of the same °Onion, to state that he did not think it • necessary to alter the Corn Laws. He had said so, because so unequivocal a declare tion on the part of Governtient would, he though:, prevent any interference with the subject. Such, in deed, had been the result obtained last year; but a different course had since been adopted. It was known that great pains had been taken in all parts of the country to impress farmers with the opinion that the Corn Bill had not been operative. Associations had been formed, to collect, as it were, the whole Agricultural' mind into one focus, and to induce it to send a Mass of Petitions to that House. But in the Manifestoes, for he could not call them otherwise, issued by an individual whose name was sd conspi cuousia those transactions, the case was stated in a most aggravated manner—(Hear, hear). lie did not say, that great distress might nth exist, but he might be allowed to express a doubt as to the universality of us operation. He had lately heard with pleasure a Noble Lord (Lord Lascelles) declare, that in his county such distress did not exist. Round !tinned lie did not see it. lie did not see tenants leaving their tarries, rents in arrear, or Poor Rates increasing—( Hear). — But because he did not 'see all this around him, he did not deny its existence in other places. Thet would be as absurd, as if it was for those who wit nessed the spectacle of distress in their neighbour hood, to assume that it was universal. Not denying the existence of distress, it became necessary to con sider its cause, and the remedy which might be ap plied. Its immediate cause was certainly to be found in the reduction of price, and tie diminutica of demand; but the House would err in the appli cation of a remedy, if it did not look narrowly at the cause which had produced- that reduction of price. It could not have been created by any defect 'in the Corn Lawn and therefore could not be reme died by their. alteration.. The extent and the nature of the events of the late war were,: he conceived, the first cause of the present rctinction of price. The conse qnences of that war had,in some countries, destroyed capital. In this, they had produced an accurna-* Ilation of it, which created a fictitious incite:se of trade, manufactures, and aerie:thane beyond all natural proportions. Capital had thus been applied to the cultivation of t h e so il i n ' a matner which would never haee been done under other ciecria:- ' stmces. The result was, that land had beets euiti nrated, the bad quality of which would not hey:, ' paid in other times. there ergs no lan:!, however inferior it might be, which could not be made to produce corn, if stifficient espense in n o saure ens incurred. tint would any one say that Legislative enactments should be passed - to retain stunt land ia cultivation? this lion. Ft iced had charged the lee: of 1815 with hiving prov e d ineffective , beceuse it had' not produced a pa ice of 80s. to tie nerirets ; but this view of the law was very different nom that which ire (Mr. Rubinsonl entertaiaed when be i to- • ' '• : . •s 1 . " • .. • .. .. • . 7-"-"----"" Africa, which. isms partly cotirnerm l lkand Par* iti:: , tae public affection. There were constitutienal vereigregated they conferrestto tette& whatever • oti grounds on which hkafoand it imperative to object thtti eMantrg. •• - to the principle which recognized in bls Majesty. the apropriation of the surplus to himself. He might ask. how could he dispose of tliesefunds?—utiliappil ,The CH AIs,ICELLO that the present • . a . or le E2tCIIF.Qi.JEIt. sai?i, . ~. . AGRICULTURAL DiffIPESIE - . • Mt. HOLME SUMNER Me: . notice, to bring the its it tlf dig distress's° . et..c ' Airicaltnre was reduc l et thiougho6t the: Iffintibvh „it 1 . . • oft is Petition had been delay ed 'Under the view of the House. He Wished that it ' • . „, • . •. • ktruisms and principles not applicable. to the sublect. fa h "been introduced to the House, for he considered that d y, for some tittle, li&ause he wished to krtow what was qu.estigo of this ithportance had been introduce by . , a - p . m .-ark to , hi s lie could not much praise the way in which it had , Its colt object was to prejudice its oeinion, tee! to serie as an antidote to the Petitions pi e , entod I l sy the Agricultural Interest. If the Honourable Gent,eman that Petition had been presented wished to .* 0— . 1 1 $ his Majesty had no children—there were none neater t h e n p r oper course to be . pursued respecting the a Member whose opinions would here had greater , b a Y wh om . he had badly succeeded; for, to him than bii people . . Would he not, then, if well ' rs? In the meantime, a Report was to be antharity than his; that the Hon. Menthe: - for Esser! -chsgtrise his object, advised: ham gladly given them up? It was said, ens . the Board of Admiralty, respecting the se- had brought it forward, and given it the weight of whenever he had made any allusion to the Subject of however, that tneke casual rebenties were Sometimes very naval stations along the coast; besides, every his sanction. -For himself he would not have vets- • . Agriculture, he had so far lost his disc:etion and • nOplied to the discharge of debts incurred by mem- other information .that could. be obtained respecting tured to undertake the task, had- he nut felt con- _temper—(icar, hear, from the Oppo.s;lum)- - ..hat it • hers of the loyal Family ; but, whatever teelina the country would be sought for, He should now in- vinced that the Agricultural interests of the country ha d been imposs ible for him to treat those topics ..sit-ii there might h . .: in Parliament with reepeet to such form the House, that it was the intention of Govern- were going .to ru in, A n d t hat unless Parliament in- civility.. The distresses of the Agilculturisti sh. aid have screened them horn such treatment: Ile wa s • • •• sigiAsl. and however it might in some instances ap• ment to lay before Parnament the necessity of taking terfered to arrest that calamity,' it wiaild speedily • • . pear Illiberal. and in others to have an air of justice, the sovereignty of all the ports and stations along the involve every class of the community in the same so rry he had trespassed so long on the time of the it was his Opi2loll that it was better to prevent the Mikan H an Coast, and. taking away the powers of so- misery. Whenever this eubject was broached in the House, and feared he must hate appeared t( liav- iticitrring of those debts, by removing the induce- vercignty which the Company now possessed. It Was, House, he observed it was said to be a gauntlet lost the connection of what was more perfectly as , • s ment. When revenues were uncertain, sometime however, thought proper to afford relief' to the Com. thrown down for controversy, • • •• and that those Gentle- triding, at others enormous, - it was the nature of pars y, in consideration of the sums they had expended men connected with manufactures and commei ce , man to csilcii!ate on the highest amount, and to trust in works and other improvements on the coast. But took it up as aimed at them,and gave every measure ratified in his mind when he had entered; bnt he should nOw at once come to his motion, which w as; That the several petitions presented to the House oa the subject of Agricultural Distress be referred to a 1 ', to his . good fortune for th e most ample provision of the administration of the Colonies Would het eafter be of proposed relief their most active opposition— a fluctuating income. The Noble Earl (Liverpool) under the direction of :he Select Committee to consider the matter thereof, asid Ekccutiie GOVernment. (Hear, hear).—He• declared that he had no design i had truly. stated that those Droitt had, on former Mr. GO.RDON.replied, that what had just been against them. No man could be more entirely con- report thereon." arrangements, been left...with the Crown. That could stated by the Right Ilonourable Gentleman seas per- vinced than he was, of .the close and intimate con- Mr. GOOCH having the honour to represeit. a not prevent him, however, from objecting to a set- feetly satisfactory to him. nection that subsisted annlng these three great great agricultural county, ihought it due to his con- tlemeut Which :allowed those cAana f r e v enues. to be Th e P et i t i on was t h en o r d ere d to li e on t h e t a ble. branches, and of the truth that not one of them stituents to state the grounds on which he should ni- i confounded end mired up with the certain revenues ' CIVIL LIST. • could be injured without injury to the others. lie cond this motion, He conceived that i nothing cte.,ll t, be more mischievous than an attempt to sepgrate tire: of the Civil List. He looked upon that deacieney A Message from the Lords.announced their Lord- came forward, therefore, not to take away from interests of agriculturists fano those of other te-saes. t in founts!. arrangements as qn omission which ought ships' yr-mt.:ll:a to several P r iv a te Bills, and to the them, but sim ply to ask the Government and the List He did not deny that circumstances might have iiii- ' Legislature to take the cond iti on of the Agricul- to be repaired. ' \Veen a large Civjl List It. coldish- Civil List Bill, with an Amendment. • . pon his mind a bias in favour o: agi icultu re, Ment was voted, the a ddi t i ona l income of the Dwits On. the Motion of L or d CASTLEREAGH, the twists into their consideration, as they had . before pressed u but he should be the last man to injure one class of . rendered it excessive; f u r when the wen voted was Amendment was read. It consisted of an addition of done in 1815 ? At that period, upon an inquiry into iindividuals to put money into the pockets of another. antis. Su ffi cient for the expenses-of the Crown, every seven hundred pounds, to a sum total errodernisly their s i tuat i on, prot e ction had been extended to them, . at e The Bill passed in 1615 had fi xed the importa.kon Flii lintv beyond that n - as in excess. The besis'of the ad&ed torrctlier in the schedule, but without making and it was agreed that nothing less than the slim Civil Litt u% calculable—but here was an enormous arly alteration in the items. given, namely, 80s. could make it possible for the p rice that, instuai eighty shillings, but it was s•i iini.etative, additional revenue which haled ca l cu lation. 'twos 'Lord MILTON doubted if the House should agree Lanier to go on and cultivate his land. The sole of producing an average of eighty besides, contrary to the true spirit of the Constitutioqi to this as a mattes' a coarse, and without a rave object of the Petitioners now was, not to demand shilljngs, th e average did not rise beyond se% enty - twO atal that alone was a powerful ground of objection. communi c ation with ; the "Lo r ds- The House w a g '. more than the House had-thus given them, as a re- shillings. This was occasioned by the average I-•ei.:g The spirit of the Constitution was J ealous, especially ieonstitutiimally very jealous with regard to :theme, muneration necessary to enable there to bear up taken from the merchants who bought corn. and not • in pecuniary matters. The harmony of dm entire tions in a Money Bill„und it would be well to guard against the evils of their condition, but to make it from the farmers who sold it ; by the admission of State resulted from. the balanced opposition Of, cell.' against may lax precedent. appear that the modes adoptod to insure the desired certain districts where little corn was 14 town, and by . 'dieting powers. The Crown had the prerogative of Lord CASTLEREAGH toil cided in this• prin. result had utterly failed, and to beg the House to the addition of the freight to the price of corn. All going to war, and Parliament had the power of re- ciple , but did not think itlavolimid' what was evi- re-consider the question, and devise means for fill- he should demand was, that the Bill cf 1615 should l fusing the subsidies. But what was the effect of the' dently a mere clerical error. - Any objection, how- Rill:lib Own purpose. They wished their case to revenue arising from the Droits ? Why, it contra- ever, would be obviated by making an entry to that be sent to a Committee, intending, no doubt, to fol- passed. Agi dieted the firat principle of the National existence, , ef egt in their Journals. . low this up by proposing measures which shoeld be made complete to the purposes for which it ins; icultnre was now ciii.h.led to the same attention paid to it by our ancestors. hat how w.is ) 1 and afforded the Supreme Magistrate the means and Mr. WYNN having expressed a similar opinion, the afford them in reality 't h e protection contemplated in it possible for British farmers, labouring urdr ;he 1, • indUcement of g oing to war, not as an honourable SFEAK6II explained the nature of the mistake, and the first instance. The language of the Petitioners, weight of fazes—{ Hertz, hear, from the Orpositio4)— 1 inau, tut in the character of a pirate, and thereby the Commons' agreement to the Amendment was re.. he would here - notice, was' throughout of the most to compete with the foreign farmer who paid no -1:::i exposed the Nation to dishonour and the most dread- corded accordingly. I proper kind. They had heard of Borouglimonger- taxes ? He did not pretend to decide on the p:.:- . priety of heavy taxes, though, in his opinioc i tllc7 ful calamities. He did not object to the discretionary , SCOTCH LAW COURTS. • L ing factions, and clamours of that sort, but these do- cunients contained were necessary, and the country could not do will-, tipplication of a sum on the statement of the Noble Lora A. HAMILTON said, that he believed lbe CoMMIs- nothing allied to such outcries. L'arl, as allomances for captors, and affording also ,;on ii i ,pointed to inquire into the state of the Law Courts of The Petitioners were loyal and well-affected men, out them ; but he was certain that they could not inc the mewls of prompt restitution to neutrals ; nor did Scotland had ceased to exist, somewhat prematundir, and with- willing to bear their full share of the public burdens, paid unless some protection should be given to a:- hef out exee . utin g its duties. 'He wished to know front the Noble and to the utmost limits of their power. They knew mers, or the rents should be lowered —(Ho ar, hearl. deuy that the general payments from the casual Lord (C.astiereagh) If this were the fact, and if Goverament that if the war had entailed these burdens upon them, Without some remedy the agiiculturists would be n::- his fuUds had been made with piopriety s but he felt it his duty to state thus much, to separate the practice 411 . d the principle. Although abuse had not been comMitted, the pritsibility of should be prevented.. The question was then put, and the LORD CHAN- CELLOR declared that the sense of the House was , q aiust the Amendment. A division was however ' estion to him to-morrow. he wonli answer Sir JAMES ° ls B l called for, and strangers were ordered to withdraw— second rending „ Cantents la Proxies 3 Total Li Von-contents ST Proxies as Total Si • Mi)ority In favour of ildrniisters On the re .admission of strangers , Lord ELLE. moon was on his legs moving an Amendment, was rejected withou: a division. Nee- which counc'c- Lord LIVERPOOL then moved a verbal Ainend- were inclined to lay before the House the correepondence be- tween the Secretary of State for the Home Department and the Board ? If trot , he should feel it root imperative On him to submit d a motion s for , the production . of thine i papers.. the u t . C . r TL . 1.1,11..16 II said, if the Noole Lord would put - T A Pg ic ti l l: N alEl s T ri OT 'MOTIONS. . postponed till Monday the of his three 'Bills to alter the Criashial Gab. 01 On that night he would take the whole subject into view. Lord CA STLEHE A G H postponed till to-mornaw the second —6O reading of the ' Alien Act. . FINANCE. Mr. M ABERLEY Wished to put a question tb tie Illiabt• Honourable Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ile was desirous to it bad also saved their lives and liberties, and all that was left to them. If be thought they entertained 'different principles, they must have sought etewhere for an advocate. But it was replied by the manu- facturer, our wants are equally pressing, and would 'be ae ravated by a rise in the price of the p roducts r bg agriculture. Unless bread be cheap, we cannot be able to speculate in foreign markets, and meet the competition of foreigners. This cry of cheap bread hai been the source of the greatest evils to the coon- - • tins and tothe s , manufacturers themselves. If they looked for the cause of the general depression, and be informed what was the state •of the balanoe.on the Co. oil- for the remedy, it would not be necessary for him to dated Pond np to Jannaty, and how the Right lion. Gentleman, d we ll on the distresses 1 • of tle agricu tunsts. able to afford any share of support to the Itevci:ue. Mr. F. ROBISON regre t ted that it should be- `come his duty to address the House, under a degree of indisposition which must prevent him from doing to the subject that justice which its importance me- rited—Weer, hear).—He heretofore threw himselfea the indulgence of the House. Amongst the mult farbus questions which arose in these times,. there was noae which he conceived ought to he treated with more caution and less freqoency than that which his Honourable Friend had this night brought befoi e the House --(Heur, hear])—ln all que/tions tedWith the subsistence of the People, - them was so i • Th ese much of interest, so much of prejudice and appre- hension, that it involved a most important considera- spent, which was agreed to. - bag:Usti to provide for the interest of the Lomas of which no.' were notorious. Ifany Gentleman observed the coun- 1 'The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. lice had been given? . from 1806 to 1814, he would notice, that during tion, whether such a topic should be entertaine2 ? The CHANCELT.OP. of the EXCHEQUER replied,. that try Ile confessed, that he felt 'great regret that his Ho- i • . EXTENAIobT or voariee TRADE. the first question was a matter of account which the Honourable that period, there had been a progressive improve- Thil Marquis of LANSDOWN moved for a varies; a Do- outman might readily ascertain ; acrd with regard to the meat ; energy and activity were the sources of a nourable Friend should have introduced the subject to the House. It was not yet two years since he ad es-e-gs nastive to the existir g Proldbitions and Ihnies 02 the ud he begged to be excused from ans w er i ng a question of ereatly increased cultivation and augmented pro- - .• h i c k of Foreign Merchoudize, and on ctruiu Exports, teat ki n d, especially ousc.. when a very few days would !midi it fully .. felt it his duty, and his colleagues in the tiovern- -1 which were ordered. before the it duce. From the year 1814, the reverse had been mein On the Motion of the Noble Marqui. Lord Hillsborough and Sir . MAR-JAMEY thought it important that the state of the the case ; there had been a constant deterioration, , , , did not think it necessary to alter the Cm-n Lases. had been of the same oeinion, to state that he Lard Beauchamp were :radix! to tin. Select Cenuttittee, and th en r midoted Fund sien.i. be distinctly uuderatood before the and last jean the decline was most rapid. This was He had said so, because so ueequivocal a declare- . the House Adjourned . - Right lion. Gentleman brou g ht on his anneal measures, and attributable to the same causes'as had induced the i HOUSE OF COMMONS. tion on the part. of Govennient would, he theu e alg, would move certain Resolutions to that eifecz. distress of other classes. A diminution of the war Prevent any interference with the subject. Such - , in- . lay.i, 31airriN. of Galway, and sevtral other Members, took Sir JOHN NEWPORT complained that the Accounts rola- , the oaths And their siots. Live to Ireland were not yet before the House, though they expenditure, including fifteen millions of taxation P deed, had been the result obtained last year; but a As soon os thin; were 100 Members present ; the House pro- ought to have been produced in March. annually, besides loans, was one of considerable urn- deed, course had since been adopted. It was ceded to ballot for Committees to try the merits of th e*Petitious Mr. MABERLEY then moved for account of the ortance. .He was surprised that an Honourable known that great pains had been taken in all parts esalase the Returns fur bishop's Conle, Galway Town, and of the Consolidated Fund on the st hof J anuary , 1817, of th u e s member, whose talents on subjects of political econo- f the country to impress farmers with the opinion eallington. The panics of Members appointrd to constitute shang,,,,, and o f th deficiencies , e any ; or like accounts for these Committees appeared to be as follow,: the years ending the sth of January, 1138, 1819, and Imo- my were so well known (Mr.' Ricardo?), should have P Foe. Risuoe's CAsil.t—Sir J. P. Cotterell, Sir G. Feather- and for accounts of the Total Funded and Unfunded Debt ' at advanced an opinion, that the Agriculturists were that had been formed, to collect, as it were, stone, 7Thomas Glover, Esq.. S. Wortlec. Eq. Lord Stanlvf, t h e um; p ..,,,,!. • not peculiarly burdened, and were . consequently not the Corn Bill had not been operative. Associations Agricultural' mind into one focus, and to induce it to V. E. asow s a, use. Hop. H. WestonraY, H. Brewett, • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEIZUER said, these entitled to any peculiar telief. Was it not obvious the whole send a mass of Petitions to that House. But in the It, lintc4,El. lion. It. Fiz•ihbor.. W. Lewis. Es q . W. . Ac-olults s: are all new &Imre the House. . Stourhy, Esq. C. Brunulow, ° E.sq. Sir . M. W. Ridley, Rig t it ti • Mir. . is LEY rep lied, that they were not in a form that the whole weight of the Church EstablAments Manifestoes, for he co uld lion. Sturges &wine. sufficiently distinct to satisfy him on which no further oppod- lay upon the laud-owners and cultivators? Of issued by an individualwh n o clot call nam name .vas o d therwise . , • I rue tauear—a. Russell, Esq. J. &staid, Esq. T. Whit- more, II:4 1 ., T: Corfield, Esq. C. Chapman. Fosq. -IL Macteith, .ticu was c.re`" red to his motions.4Agreed to. eight s tenths of the poors'-rates they also bore the cuousia those transactions , the case was stated in a charge. The county-rates fell Upon them, arid the as s cotsspi- , PETITIONS. most aggravated manner—(He.ir, hear). lie did not rag. Ttesnaas Wilson, Es q . Sir F. Knateahull, T . Tyrwhitt, The House wafocctipied for more than an hour in receiving expense of the highways (exclusive •of the turnpikes). say, that great distress might not exist, but he might I ' Esq. W. 11. tinton, Esq. C. J. Grenvihe *Esq. .13C:c1 Mont- Petitions from various parts, stating.the distrese of the Agricul- i gumery. Esq. Hon. G. Towilshend, J. Id:Barry, Esq... coral l i zserers, and praying foeconslieration and - relief. Others He wondered the Honourable Gentletnan could en- be allowed to express a doubt as to the universality of 1 , Foe Cautaircron...-Sir J. W. Powlett, J. Wells, ha" W. irons . ; ii t ou_actairing Districts and Commercial Bodies were also tertain a doubt on this matter ; still, however, they its operation. He had lately s Marton, E s q. General Gascoyno. Ewf Bective. R. Hare. Es 4. Noble Lord (Lord Lascelks) declare 1,: A. I.lleberts, Es q . J. A. Hodson, Ea t Sir E r O'Brien, . Pre" !% 1 ' Cl.t. PnYeft °I . were ba ihe t'etn 6 " l °f tra 4lll 4 would be able to, stand their ground if not borne down by the laws.professedly enacted for their pro- heard with pleasure a i ; Mackenzie, I:sq. . Alpon, lase. J. th nil., Esg. W. Burial, rest ric tio n s!". an d Klaca.t any attaratkitis in She Corn/L.IITM— ! Th e following were in &vow of the Agriculturists: pre _ not see it. He did not seetenants 1 •' , that in his county- . .L,s' q, Lord Folkestone, 11. Goulburne t!sq. ' . hit. Sh e riff borilweer. pretented a Yetition freer the Contoion . From Farmers and Landowners in Sussex; prmented by ttEtiOn. Mr. Ceauts . . They Only iced to be protected against such distress did not exist. Round himself lie did foreigners, whom the burden of taxation rents in arr' e ar, or Poor Rates increasing—( Hear).— i (snarl] _ of the City of London. praying for Parliamentary From similar classes iu Benvickshire, complaining chiefly of Yenta their meeting fairly—(fiear, hear, hear .9.-- But because he did not gee all tearing theirt:in/Is, I , Reform..-. The Petition was teal, ordered' to lie on the table, did not deny its existence in other and to be printed. the ininner in which the averages were made our ; presented by Gentlemen may cry " hear," but he would not flinch would be as absurd, as if it was for thane Another Petition was presented from the Cominon Council Lord Bi " LNICI. . this around him, Inc From various Hundreds of Essex ; by Mr. Wismar, Mr. front that de)st which had - been contracted - in res- nessed the spectacle of d istress ' i ; against th: Grand Junction Carol lii'd. ' cuing them' from the worst that could betel a.people. places. That .111 e Vssex Q.aarter Sessions all, which has for its object the Srelarr. and Sr Itu- 43 'lbeat". • From Derbyshir e , Halleigh in Sidrolli, Caqihriiiiiiihire, It had' been conceded on all hands that Wheat could to assume that it was universal. Not de -• ose who wit- • • • it;vision.of the Quarter Sena ota between . Colchester and Chelons- in their neighbour- ogst a s d ag uo s read a first anst see sad time. In•the course of a *bort F.Q r v i " ll l 9` l F e4 gcra t ;re' " din g tc,itire ti ___•*" ners . eglaare i. notisegrownat less than 80s. But it could be im- I hood to the existence of distress, it became necessary to con- sider its cause, and the remedy 1 C.lall . 3 \Alia, took Ooze respectior It be Mr. Mtn. s ' N u .t' we rt : ) .3 l , k * r p r bi .' c a h gc eet r i c' er rth , W . ;th f ikatir °e6 e l :P lc i d h ento, a , o 4 m l i eryadre '` lgr e es g it i Land ik i lter u : ported from mosfparts of Europe at 365. or S':s. and der. is • l• , sox. Mt. 1). W. Massy, and Mr. Watsicas, the two latter found in the reduction ofp rice, and ,; i; ti.s.thmen'doclared astir intentlee of opposing the Bill i n it , fire Potions -from Berks, th e Wagers of 14,000 Acres to might be Obtained at one half the cost at which it could be produced at home. • Then it was ar ued Plied. its i ediate cause was certainly to be of demand; ix.% stc..ges, at illy.' contrary Ida the wish of the majority of Surrey , from EccLshall; iut'velre4 h3P.Sir 'J. - Soeculke.• Ike. get it where y ou c an get it cheapest. Was any Gen- g , but the House would err in the appli- tue . ...aeasteites and inhabitants of the Count of Evi ct . al wine: were received, and ordered lobe laid.on the table. at . the consequence of this . , Nl's. IntoucitA m btesseat imp a Bill for enabling certair. The Petitions Gran Opposite nature were,: . tie diminutica it ► I Ph:metals the Island of Auti s ua to remove a censin number'oflemaa prepared ' loot One from Great Tanneuth, prayieg thit the resided:ma upon doctrinet grade sho::.d be removed.- - - if acted Upon ? That l i i isair Slaves:rem that Island to the Continent of Synth .i...nc-consequence . would be, cation of a remedy, if it did I . i.a.--Road a first time. 4 ... Pea . tion pr e sentcd.by Ir. Rim/Igoe from Wm. Anderson, that all the capitahemploved in • • agriculture must be the cause which had produce 4 that reduction of . .‘ll. BROUGHAM postyoned his motion on tie State of of Norw'th.. thg IrtkF: of which was, that all the laws proldbi- thro - ' into 'other channel' s, we would become to- price. It could not have been created by any defect I , ..ilizatiaii =one the Poor till Thersday fortnight, by Will'eli tire of th e free br.portAkin order* sLould he repealed. •- ! i.lte the Report of the Committee would be printed. The Hun. • A Fititlozi L frira Wolverhamptor, t irisentedby Mr. tans. tally dependent o n . fofeignirs for the support of our -in the Corn Laws ) and therefore could not be rerne- -3 .4;:lahrr also postpo n ed his 100t100 on the subject of the Scotch Test+ cc- -op:sizing of the distress of the 'lron Trade, add praying existence, and the country , a garden, would be con- died by their -' alteration. The extent and the nature ..:6 ,. ! t. ... urt till the tQtk mi June.. Au oriwon has: tune ahrultd, tae.Hou comaeke iato considenition a liberal system of tante- verted into a desert. Was this a state to if h of the ss g any events of the late war sere, •he conceived, the tan: in this moSon he intended an nun:. on indivialuels lirl‘mg. stral C 4 rce• tag to tht.i.! ousts ; he now ditclatincsl any such intention ;be A .sishilet; Polder. from Walsall. . party of men would say we ouaht to be driven ? It ,ht first causeof the - •.. . 2 . 14 nut ere , memi , nt the namti , o f thew 1 ,,,,,, 0 , i ,, di „ i . A Petirion'from the Parish of Kithheaton. presentkdby Lord had been stated that the average price of wheat had craences of that war liad,iii some countries, destroyea eials. Ills motion was aka.- 41 iialast the coaduct of kla Oia. Mitant, which,:kii Lordship stated, sotiminet a fact well worth' been 78s. since the adoption of the measure o - ISI -c apital . ln r a, this , they had produced an accumag • i via ausisters may.. • the ant:miens:if Parliament. It was the .Petition of en families, but he maintained that these avera ges were f oaa a a a lation of it, which created a fi ctitious increese of • AFRICAN' COMPANY. . consisting a l 725 indis . duals • sad it stated, that such was the s ,0 II: - Mr.GLADSTONE presented a Petit' ion from the e o r n paay of bletchauts trading to the Coast of t w:ct c caccine of il 0.. I' their conditicr owirs to the decline of the manufactures ill which they Vt . " "'rated , that he on fraud and deception from beainning to end. Every person engaged in agriculture knew - that when , natural pro * 'venire of their eafaingi ft: fuer - years - had been no mnre Than they were made Lo s e. ppear -at 'r 3s. they were obt•ue 'to the cu ltivation trade, manufactures, and agriculture portions. Capital h b.. - d all ~ -.son had thus bee; applied of the soil in' a manner which • Afric.s, trayiag for pecuniary aiti, den revere threrfilifinset Per 'tl^l . 1 HIS . LordshlP asked the ing no more than 1 0 s. in the in • Mr. GORDON said, he hoped that, before the tietittlenaen Who hid laid In ricnk-ral 'tete:fleets of distress. be- !. - arker. The Pcii- would never have been done under other circita:- fnee tile volts,. irth etittid ,iee.„ll2.liiin to o . a . ttio tio n e rs had not prayed•for an y specific remedy. They seances. The• , result u as, that land had been , ciiiti- I fon.* took any step towards a ,compliance with thc A Petition ' PT I •''• g " 1 •d ' l . brac ed .d ' from. Gulasltiela a Eleeten from - Diiedee 'and 14 un y stat a• gener grievance, and pledge voted, the bad quality of which • P won ‘, not h.tve F riper of this Petition, that the Government would another from the Linen 'Manufacturers there. d sinltat l Pkti- themselves, if admitted to th e bar ' . the H - paid •other ' et ouse, er , , in times. there lyres no San' , however ' tie' it to baits duty to give the subject the most se- 14 1 i hoed lizbefae- Upon these .Mr. MaSent.e. intimated that before a c • • ' ommittee, to spew that the provisions of inferior it might be, which r; :;L:i consideratieb. Time Petitioners wanted no less , b e s h " td- PrTes" a uleilturs an Willa faturedall, to aid th• the Act of 7015 were totall • i a s um than 1:25,000, out of _ th e public' money; awl. tides Linkls Trade she protection to which it was entitled brae . Ar.. of the Union. they had not been more relieved WC ICI 'eta •• that i reduce torts if suffi i - • ieved b • that measure . and i , 1 • C cat es cox in or:inure s..is incurred. But would any our sathat y Leg islative i. would be fi t to determine how far they were en- A' Petition front tivErPeol, Prtsentrti I I Genial Gaitorkita, thad if it had nor as!cd. He should ) t :led to it. The factories on the Coast of Africa, with whi mentioned, tlatstlet Mil bad devolved upon Lim inn 6tise- point out w hat :taus might ' His Ito alleviate the atilierin g s cultivation. lion. Friend had charged the hiv: s.hich these Petitioners were eenpeeted, had for a ' c' 2 " " i t '' "'"l'divc*itima of big iti g l i t Lb ° . C4li ar°' of the Ag riculturi s ts , b ut would lease th • . (Mr. Catmint). IS lies rite &last client as Om Ltiatioli Ner-•,e i m p ortant .of 1ta1.5 with hiving proved ineffective, because it • i see t:me .b:en managed by persons who were ie no s a l, .task of devising them to the II ,c .an:, c om e s, an d opt • • ' riled &free trade to India euse. He tiuen con- ha/ not produced ap • I lice o 80s. to tne firireis ; but P • 3 ..-s f ect I....d'er the ccratroul of Government ; they ~., a d el : ra s k . object. . [tended, that the Petition lately• presented by the this view of the law was very different nom that t• at ete, a: ta.: setae time, exercising an authority la tell these Pe.iitosis were received, eat laid en the table. Alern'oer for Taunton (7ilr. Baring), coutaist , l ' many which he (fir. Rubinson) ente rta i ae d when be i to - • .... . , .. 2 a . „ . . . . • 'oc • • ~..: r . . , . . • , -. . :-.: -- • - b- ... . . . _ : . -• . EXTENSION or vouricx TRADE. Ilk* 'Manilas of LANSDOWX roved for a variety ef Do otiskuu e g iuqee to tbe existiug Pri•Libitiulla and DarleS Olathe lar;ortatinu of Foreign Merch..iuirze, aud oa certain Saporta, which were ordered. On she dodos of the Noble Marquis, Lnrd lllllsborough and Lard J.k.urchamp were addad to the Select Committee, and then the liouse Adjourned. HOUSE Or• COMMONS. AFRICAN . COMPANY. Ix , r il l ‘ ~. mAinN. of L;Jiway, and ser‘ral other 'Members, took oatl,s anti their u..tts. _ _ As soon as tht re were 100 Members present; the House pro czeded to ballot fur Committees to try the merits of the * Petitious ugainst, the Returns tor bishop's Castle, Galway Town, and eallingtoo. The name: of Members appointrd to constitute these Committees appeared to be as follows: Fos Bisuoe's CASTLi—Sir J. P. Catterell, Sir G. Feather stone, -Thomas Glover, Esq.. S. Wortley. Esq. Lord Stanley, V. E. Powell., Esq. Hop. li. Westonray, H. Brewett, /I, linicq, EEsq. lion. It. Eiz•ilsbon.. W. Lewis. EN. W. Stourky, Esq. C. Bruivulow,E.sq. Sir . M. W. Ridley, Rig t lion. Sturges &mine. Iva Gaswav—J. Russell, Esq. J. Bastard, Esq. T. Whit. more, Curfield, Esq. C. Chapman. Esq. •IL Monteith. Esq. '.tones Wilson, Esq. Sir E. Knatellhull, T. Tyrwhitt,' Esq. W. 11. tinton, Esq. C. J. Grenville ' . I:sq. JaC;cl Mont-, gumery. I:sq. lion . lie Icovr.sbend„ J. M.llarry, .Yea Cal.uxototi-.-Sir J. W. Powlett, J. Wells, ha, W. Ecertoo, Esq. General Gsscoymt. EEI &drive. R. Hare. A. J.. Roberu, Esq. J. A. Hodson, Ea + Sir E. O'Brien, .T. Mackenzie, Esq. J. Alport, Es J. H. Blair. Eiq. W. Burrell. Ls' q, Lord Folkestone, H. Goulburne Esq. Alt. Sheriff boriurzu. presented a Petition Frain the Coalition (lsiasca_ of the City of London. praying for Parliamentary lteforzna-.The Petition was teal, ordered - to lie en the taide, and to be printid. Another Petition was presented from the Common Council against the Grand Junction Canal Bel .lase Vssex (barter Sessions all, which has for its object the il;clsion of the Quarter &Was:s between Colchester and Chelrns itirdeas read a first an.; iecond time. In•the course of a short convMation which took TLce respectior It bet Ween Kr. wk.- ... Mt. D. W. Ilaarsir, and Dlr. %Casinos. the two latter li.s.thrneniloclared their intention of opposing the Bill in it; sta.gts, at is was contrary is the wish of the majority of toe . ...agastottes and Inhabitants of the Comay of Ems. urtoualiA brouglit up a Hill for enabling certainl Planters in the Island of Autisua to remove a certain number's:ll tr.,:ir Slaves :trim that Island to the Cuntinent of &nth .inte tt.u.--Road a first time. sit. BROUGII.IM postponed bis motion on the State of l''..lncotion among the Poor till Ttuirsday fortnight, by %villa t.lte the Report of the Committee would be princes!. Tte iluo. M:mbir eau, poi:paned his MOIIOO on the subject of the Scot,* u7 - y resort till the t3ltla to June.. Au oyinlon hat: tune abroad, tea: in this motion he intended an ntteel us: individuals larlong. ig to talt.i., i:01111tS; he now di:claimed any such intention ; he *natal.' no: even incision the names of those I ionourati!e ....al.. ills motion was aimed aiainst ate conduct of his j :ty's Ziisisters only.. • Mr.GLADSTONE presentel a Petition from the e o r n pitni of Merchants trading to the Coast of trayiag for pecuniary aid. Mr. GORDON said, he hoped that, before the I tome took anT step towards a compliance with the proper of this Petition, that the Government would tie' it to be its duty to give the subject the most se ;:;L:i consileratiab. The Petitioners wanted no less sum that' £25,000, out of _the public" aioney; and' i. would be 6t to determine how fAr they were en t :led to it. The factories on the Coast of Africa, with these Petitioners were ccnneeted, liAd for a • 1 bee time .b:ennianAged by refrains whiz :core in no 3...-s f ezt the ccii:trotil Geretnntent ; thcy e: e, a: :.:ale time, exercisin3 an authority ite tjA , CIVIL LIST. A Message from the Lords.announced their Lord ships' arcz.:ll:nt. to several Private Bills, and to the . Civil Lust Bill, with an Ametuhrent. • On. the Motion of Lori CASTLEREAGFI , the Amendment was read. It consisted of an addition of seven hundred pounds, to a sum total errotiernisly ad&d tnrrether in the schedule, but without making any alteration in the items. 'LO N MILTON doubted if the House should a§ree t» this` as a matter of coarse, and without a rave communication with i the'Lords. The 'lnns* w4ti.. l , constitutionally very panne with regard to altera.l.l tians in a Money Eill.-and it would be well to guard against lay lax precedent. Lord CASTLEREAGH coincided this-ptin- , ciple, bat did not think it-.involved' what was evi dently a mere clerical error. Any objection, how ever, would be obviated by :nuking an entry to that ef ect in their Journals. Mr. WYNii having expressed a similar opinion, the SFEAKER explained the nature of the mistake, and the Commons' agreement to the Amendment was re corded accordingly. • I.COTCH LA* COURTS. Lord A. HAMILTON said, that he believed the Commls sion painted to inquire into the state of the Law Courts of Scotland had ceased to exist, somewhat prematurely, and with out executing its duties. 'He wished to know from the Noble Lord (Ca3tiercagh) if this were the fact, and if Government were inclined to lay before the House the correspondence be tween the Secretary of Smtc for the Home Department and the Board ? If not, he should feel it to be imperative on him to submit a motion for the production of these papers. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, if the Noble Lord would put the qu'estion to him to-morrow, he wcrali answer It. rOsTrotitti4NT or * NOTIONS. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH postponed till Monday the second retclings of his three Bills to aster the Criminal Code. On that night he would take the whole subject into view. Lord L'A STI,TIIE A G H postponed till to-morrow the second reacting of the Alien Act. Mr. MABERLEY Wished to put a question to dm Alibi Honourable Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ile was desirous to he informed what was the state •of the balanoe.on the Coo oil dated Fond np to Jannaty, and how the Right lion. Gentleman. intended to provide for the interact of the Loans of which no.' tire had been given ? • The CHANCELL.OIt of the EXCITEQUEE teplied;thit the first question was a matter of account which the Honourable Gentleman might readily ascertain; aud, with regard to thz second, Le begged to be excused from answering a question of that kind, especially when a very few days would britijit fully before the House. Mr. A1:111 - Elil,EY thought it important that the state of the Cnotolidated Fund slrmld be distinctly understood before the Right lion. Gerniem.ai brought on his annual 'measures, and would move certain Resolutions to that cEecz. Sir JOHN NEWPORT complained that the Av.-bunts rela tive to Ireland were not yet before the House, though they ought to have been produced in March. Mr. MABERIXY then moved for an aerostat of the Surplus of the Consolidated Fund on the 6th of January, 1817, of the charges, and of the deficiencies . , if any; for like accounts for the years ending the sth of January, 1818, 1819. and 1820; and for accounts of the Total Funded and Unfunded Debt at the 11=i! pez 1425. The CHANCELLOR of the EXC,HOUTER said, these Accounts were all new befefe the House. Air. NAISERLEY replied, that they were not in a form sufficiently distinct to sati4fy him, on which no further opposi ticu was ciiered to his motions."--Agreed to. PETIT/ONS. The House wseocctipied for more than an hour in receiving Petitiota from various parts, statics the distresil of the Agricul tural Imerests, and praying for consileration and relief. Others from !Manufacturing Districts and Commercial Bodies were also presrcteil, the prayers of which were for the removal of trading restrictions, and &picot any alterations in the Corn Laws.— The following were in Want of the Agriculturists: From Farmers and Landowners in Sussex; presented by Mr. Craws. From similar classes its Berwickshire, complaining chiefly of the ininner in which the averages were made out; presented by Lord 1.3i.Nm.V0. From various lituidreds of Essex ; by Mr. Wanton, Mr. Smart. and Sr lituasawartr. • Frupi Derbyshire, tiadleigh in &dont, Cambridgeshire, Corpiecli Queecccrshire, kfaddingtonshire, ,Scanersetshire, Norfolk, bridgeriorth;theCleitipicis sif 47,00.Acres•of ILand in Sia.ves, Chichester Wiltshire, Montgomeryshire, Vbitikester, five Petitions -fron: Berks, the Otttiplers of 114,1:100 Actes In Surrey, from Eccicshall; prevented by,fsir J. )3osornikr,• &c. all whir!: were received, and ordered lobe laid.on the table. The l'eritioas cr an sippleite nature'werg,: Oae from Great Tarn:south, praying that the reitrittions upon trade sho:::d b.! removed.. • - E : Peati,on prsseated by >lr. Roantwat, from Win. Aoderson, of Norwich, t h e ?rake: of which was, that all the laws proldbi. tiye of the free itr.port;nicio of gain sLott4.l be repeck4. A Pttithz. , friia WOlverhamptor, tirisented'by Mr. inns complai.lirg of the distress of the Iron Trade, add praying t4e.lfouse to tale tato coosltamtioa a liberal system of unte straimed cadr—^eree. A .shifitai Petttkr . from W.;!salL A Petition 'from the Parish of Kirk/lc:ton. presentka - by Lord Mit./ON, whick,:kLitordship stated, contained' a fact tee 4 wattlf the atteatien.of Parliament. It was the Petition of en families; consisting !.1 1725 Ltdaviduals; a::4 it stated, that such was the wretchecincis of their conditier, owing to the decline of the Lynches of manufactures ill which they Wsre ehralled , that the average of their eafaingi Vex four - years •baet been no mare than elewn Place doreyfelitlnnet Per *toflk ! Its - Lordship asked' the Gentlemen who had laid liLrictat..:ral statements a &arms be fore the lionse, it they enuld pret!!;re Urtiiing to equal this? A Petition from. Gulashiels a Ileetion . from - Dfitdee, . and another from the Linen hlaftufacturers there. it sinllar tits - Whom fbaliok. these "-Mr. 14kStom.. intimated that bialunthipropose a iostinue, du sepia futureday, to .ford tho Llae Trade the peoteetion to which it was entitled bribe Az ' tides of the Ulnae. NlPetition front tiefrionl, presented ty General Gaibeirits, Ilk; mentioned, tlsatsibt last bad devolved upon Lint in Anse. gunner of the wvereininspositio• of bit Risk lion. Cothisette Canning). k ago toil': passt effect us the tAladpas ffass,j char i I'etiuos l / 4 and particuLuij spgclied afar; trade to bada :s a des:raMe object. 101 l thew Pe-a:tufa were received, eat laid en the tab k. 7 ~ ,