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OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 4th July, 1831. PRINCIPAL , OFFICERS of his ,11.1JESTI"S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, a they will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, AT THE TOWER, on Tiszsvay, the 19th Instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon precisely, SUNDRY LOTS OF OLD STORES, Cor,ii.ting of Accoutrements, Harness, Sand Bags, Tools, -:sliti:mg Vices, Staves for Powder Barrels, Sealing Ladders, o la H o pe. Drums, Tanned Hides, Horse Shoe Nails, Les iva Cateuches, Pickaxes, Shovels, Flints, Fire Vood, and ririciy of other Articles; the whole of which may be % .e..;kl at the Tower, as exptessed in the Catalogues, during the week previous to the SAle, upon application at the Prin. c.p.d Storekeeper's Office, where Catalogues of the Lots, and Conditions of the Sale, will be delivered to those persons ',lto may apply fur the same. By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. COALS FOR ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS AND INFIRMARIES. I'ICTUALLING OFFICE,2BIhJune, 1831. rii F. COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING his MA.IESTY'S NA 1'1", 4c. do hereby I. ice notice, That on WIDNESDAY, the 13th day of July next, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply nn separate Contracts for each place) of all such quantities of one or other of the following de scription, of COALS, as shall be demanded for the use of the loyal Marine Barracks and Infirmaries at the under- mentioned places : PFSCRIPIION or COALS. FLACKS. Lambton's Walls Marine Barracks, End, Deptford ; Stewart's Walls Marine Barracks End, and Infirmary, Het ton's Walls End, Woolwich; or Marine Barracks Russell's Iletton & Melville HO,- Walk End, L pital, Chatham; Marine Barracks, IttFcell's High Marine Artillery Main, or Barracks,Bc Ma. I lobaresWallsEnd rine Infirmary, I Portsmouth ; Springwell's Walls r End Alain, Fromthe 15th of Marine Barracks I U,wnrth's Main, Sept. next un- Rus4ell's high and Infirmary, til the 31st De. Plymouth ; Main, or cember, 1832. Hobart's Walls End The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, and at the Office of the Commissioners for Vic tualling, resident at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Plymouth. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, nn.l be delivered before One o'Clock on the Day ap poimed ; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M. W A LLER CLIFTON. GENUINE WINES, &c. OF SUPERIOR QUALITY, AT REDUCED PRICES. ZIAYLER & Co. Importers of Wines, Spirits, Itc. No. lift, .Mary-le-bone-lane, Oxford-street, in consequence of their connexions in Oporto and Bourdeaux, en.ibled to supply the public with WINES of the finest ilicy at the wholesale prices. For the genuineness and , tiperior quality of their Wines and Spirits, they are autho. 7ised to give reference to the Editors of the Monthly Gazelle Practical Medicine, who have examined their stock. They have pleasure in laying the following Priced List of their Wines, &c. before the public : PRICED LIST OF WINES. per doz . Old Port. from the wood, per doz. Ditto, Lafitte and Chateau Margeau 635. to 72 Dame 58 Sauterne 56 Teneriffe 365. to 49 Vidunia 42 Miceli" (very fine) .. 42 Lisbon .. 365. to 42 Mountain ... 365. to 42 bottles ... 265. to 30 Ditto, 2 years in bottle 36 Ditto. 3 years in bottle 42 Ditto, 5 years in bottle, and upwards .. 48s. & 54 Sherry, brown ... 381. to 42 Ditto, pale ... Ws. to 42 Ditto, real Amontillado Careacella ... 50 Malmsey Madeira (pints) 30 Tinta Madeira .. (pints) 25 Fine IHd Tent ... 50 Cape Madeira 18s. 21s. &24 Pontac 24 Yin de Grave ... 65 Moselle 50s. to 60 Old Hock ... 725. to 84 Hermitage ... 84 Burgundy . . 725. to 84 ITS. and East India 50 Madeira, (direct)... ... 36 Ditto, (West India) .. 42 Ditto, (East India) ... 54 Ditto, Sercial 48 Ditto, 'Pinta ... 48 Marsala ... .. 25 Ditto, Bronti 30s. to 36 hainpagne 60s. to 84 claret, St. Estiphe and La Rose .. 425. to 48 SPIT per gal.i per gal. Cognac Brandy ... 28s. to 30 I Schedam Ronan& ... 28 Old ditto, superior .. 32 j English Gin, of superior Duo (White Champagne)36 i flay. & qual. Bs. lls. 10 &11 Jamaica Rum 14s. to 18 Gine Cordial Gin .. 12 Vint Orange Shrub ... 14 Nnyeau, Maraschino, Curacoa, Parfait Amour, Cherry Brandy, in eases or otherwise. ll'incs at the Docks, in Pivcs, Hogsheads, and Quarter• Casks. regulated by the London Price Current. SAterior Herefordshire Perry and Cyder.—Brrclay's Bottled Stout, and Scotch Ales, from 78. to Bs. The Marsala Wine is a very wholesome, pleasant light Wire for Summer, and for dyspeptic persons, superior to Sherry. vrEDICAL INSTITUTION, No 92, Phillips 4.1.1. Street, Kingsland Road, Shoretlitch, London ; for the safe and effectual CURE of DEAFNESS, NOISES in the HEAD, PURULENT and PURIFORM DIS CHARGES of the EAR, and NERVOUS COM PLAINTS! We earnestly call the attention of our Readers to the above celebrated Establishment, which we presume must prove highly gratifying and beneficial to the afflicted. The Nervous and Debilitated Invalid labouring under Lowness of Spirits, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Fearful Imagi nations, Palpitation of the Heart. Trembling of the Limbs, Painful Sensations of the Stomach and Bowels, Impaired Memory ; Debility, whether Constitutional or after any Illnes4. Weakness of Sight. Flatulency, Nausea. Mental or Bodily Decay, or the whole tribe of Nervous Affections that in niany instances render Life truly miserable, we are happy to learn, are very successfully treated, without the lost injury to the most delicate habits, as the many per sons restored to a good state of health have happily proved. The afflicted with any Detects of Hearing and Diseases of the Ear may also obtain the most essential benefit ; and fm. the satisfaction of Patients similarly afflicted, we feel much pleasure to select fiom among many other Cures, the following three extraordinary ones :--A Patient, residing with a Clergyman in Surrey, who had been deaf fifteen years, with !iiiich nervous debility, has been restored to hearing, the best delights of society, and a perfect state of health.— A Gentleman of fortune, near Reading, ucaf ten years, per. reedy restored.—And an Invalid, in Whitechapel, who had been deaf fifteen years, attended with purulent discharges' trom both ears, and most distressing noises in the head, and debilitated state of health, has happily been perfectly reeo. erred. Numerous testimonials of cures effected on persons of the highest respectability, residing in various parts of London and the country, may be seen. The treatment does not occasion the least paiu or inconvenience ; and from the great number of persons recently restored, we strongly re.l aimmend the most obstinate or long-standing cases, and those who from neglect or unskilful treatment have been domed incurable, not to despair of obtaining relief. The charge is moderate, and the hours of attendance, daily, from Eleven to Six In the evening, Sundays excepted. Patients who cannot conveniently attend at the 'lnstitution, on stating their cues by letter, post paid, inclosing £l, will have suitable medicines and advice immediately forwarded. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—Juts 11. IOTAL ASSIUT. The Royal Assent was given, by commission, to the Buckingham-house Palace Exemption Bill, the Deptvy Lieutenants (Scotland) Bill, and the Exchequer Commis sion (Ireland) Bill. The Commissional; were, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. Mr. BaRNAL, and other Members from the Commons, brought up the Forest of Dean Bill, and eleven private Bills, which were read the first time. Lord LORTON presented a petition from Fermanagh in support of the Kildare-street Society. The Marquis of CLEVELAND presented a petition from Armagh, for the extension of the Galway franchise and another front the Catholic subjects of Galway, to the same effect. The Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition to the same effect from Galway. A petition was presented from the county of Fermanagh, praying for the introduction of the poor laws to Ireland. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a petition from the Grand Jury of the county of Chester, complaining of the immorality and demoralisation occasioned by beer-shops. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented a petition front the free Burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyre, against Parliamentary reform. TITHE COMPOSITION BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY postponed the se cond reading of the tithe composition bill, until Thursday next, and moved the Lords be summoned for Thursday. Lord KENYON,understanding the second reading of the bill had been postponed at the request of the noble and learned lord on the woolsack, was desirous of proceeding with the discussion to-morrow. if it did not interfete with the convenience of the noble and learned lord, he should wish to proceed to-morrow. The LORD CHANCELLOR was sensible of the in. convenience of postponement, but was not aware of the me rits of another Bill on the same subject, which stood for discussion the same night. He could make himself ac quainted with the Bill by to-morrow, and had no objection to enter upon the discussion. He wished, however, that a Noble and Learned' Friend, a venerable predecessor (Lard Eldon), should have an opportunity to attend. As Thurs day had been named by the most Reverend Prelate, he thought it might be the best course to let that day stand for the discussion. . . The Duke of CUMBERLAND said he had seen the Noble and Learned Lord (Eldon) that day, and did not doubt that he would be able to attend the House on Thursday. The second reading cf the Bill consequently stands for Thursday. • Vbt N°. 13,833. 4 1 1, 44i %We ii\\ \ avtriomktab 7. 0 *stiliTt;:t TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1831. used the barracks in fa , our of the govertimsnt candidates; the answer is, that the same thing had been done under former governments. lie would pit the noble marquis's sin:erity to the test, if he wished to have the mailer inves.igated. lle would move that the barrack.mawer be summoned to the bar of the house, and the nobk marquis, if he were sincere, would second the motion. The Marquis of CH ANDOSaaid lie would act on his own judgment respecting the course he should take. 51r. Hunt's motion 111 , 1 being seconded was not put. Sir E SUG DEN t nquired whether it was intended to bring forward any bills for the regulation of the proceedings in Chancery, and whether any arrangement had been made respecting the retired allowances of the masters and other officers who had retired, and of th se who had been appointed. The SOI.ICITOIt.G EN ERA L said the noble lord who presided in the Court intended immediately to bring in bills for the regulation of its practice : the olliecrii who retired were to receive the usual allowances those who had been appointed were to conform to any future atrangement that should be made. Lord MORPETH presented seven petitions from pa rishes in Yorkshire, for the immediate Abolition of the slave trade ; also a petition from Bradford, complaining of the numbr of hours children worked in factories; and a petition from Bratifty d, for annual parliaments, vote by ballot, and universal suffrage. Ile could not support the prayer of the last petition. Mr. HUNT supported the prayer of the petition. He thought any man who was too poor to vote, was too poor to pa) and should make a motion to that effect in the Commit tee. Lo.d AIORPETH presented a petition from the owners of corn-mills in the neighbourhood of Halifax, against the imporiation of fort ign flour. /11r. PELHAM presentel a petition from Gainshorough, praying that Ale'? might be allowed a representative under the Reform bill. VERTOWNHARRY. Lord FARNHA 31 gave notice of his intention to move to-morrow for copies of all information received by his Majesty's Government relative to the affray at Newtown berry. Earl GREY intimated that convenient day. Laid FARNHAM bald the mistatements had been so gross, the libels had been so scandalous, the statements made in another place so foreign to the real facts of the case, that he should not do his duty if be did rot call for the •information received by Government, in order that he might disabuse the public as to unfounded statements. The noble lord wished to take the earliest opportunity, and on Wednesday should move for the information. Earl GREY had no objection to the motion being made on Wednesday. Lord FARS H AM consequently crave notice for Wedoes , day, and moved the Lords be summoned.—Ordered. Lord MELBOURNE postponed the report of the Lord Lieutenants in Ireland bill to Wednesday. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, when tie I report came up he should defend himself against personal attacks made on him in a former debate. Lord MELBOURNE thought the Noble Marquis would be out of order in alluding to a former debate. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY complained that he had been attacked by three Noble Lords, without the power I to answer those attacks; and it was his intention, when the repor t came before the house, to justify hit co :duct. Earl GREY concurred in the opinion of his noble friend, namely, that the notice given by the noble marquis that he ' should take an opportunity of defending himself against i something which occurred at a former debate, was of all things the runt irregular. The noble earl had never wished to see the house deficient in courtesy, but a practice had sprung up, Peers speaking more than once upon a question, t without regard to regularity. The inconvenience had been t overlooked, but when it reached an extent which impeded ; the proceedings of that house, it became a duty to interfere. It was not for him to anticipate what the noblemarquis might ' do on a future day. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY observed again, that three noble lords had spoken against him. An impression had been made which he was anxious to remove, yet be bad had no opportunity to explain. Lord PLUNKET said he should be the last person to Interpose in prevention of the Noble Marquis's speech. If the Noble Marquis was resolved to speak upon an irregular 1 subject oa a future day, he did not see why the Noble Mar ' opts should not speak instanter, and confine the irregularity •to the present sitting. If he himself was wrong, he should i be glad to be set right. 1 The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said he could show that the attack made on him by Noble Lords was founded in misconception. Lord MELBOURNE—Then the report would be made I t• .morrow. would be an in. The House then adjourned. ItOUSE OF C0241310N5. The House was summoned to attend in the House of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given to sundry bills. The SPEAKER, on 64 return, informed the House that the Royal Assem had been given by commission to several Bills, which he enumerated. Mr. TENNYSON having made his election foe Stam ford, moved for a new writ for Illetehingly.—Ordered. Lord DUNCA N NON moved for anew writ for Bandon, in the room of Lord Bernard, who had accepted the Chil tern Hundrtds. The Marquis of CIIANDOS presented a petition from the borough of Northampton, complaining of the interfer. ence of ministers in the last election. The petition set forth that the barrack of Northampton was opened for the electors five days during the late election. He considered that there was a strong case for enquiry. Mr. S. RICE observed that the statement was quite • surprise to him. The fact, however, was one for the Com mittee on the Election petition. Sir THOMAS FREEII ANTLE said the petition cam. ptaincd of the conduct of the barrack-master and of the go vernment, and not of the return, and was therefore fit to be presented to the house rather than the election committee. I He had no doubt the object of opening the barracks to the voters, and entertaining them, was to operate on the loyalty of the electors, by making them believe that they were sup. porting the King by supporting the ininirerial candidates. Mr. TENNYSON said, a representation had been made to the Board of Ordnance on the use made of the barrack* of Northampton, and the Board immediately reprimanded the barrack-master, and warned him to avoid any such miscon duct in future. Sir 11. HARI)INGE said it was a grave case, and ought to be investigated. Mr. SMITH observed, that he was surprised at the pro. ceediog. The Barrack was used withou: his knowledge.— The moment he heard of it, he prevented it, and he doubted not that former examples had been imitated on the present occasion, for the purpose of injuring his return. He, how. ever, was ready to meet the whole case in an Election Com. carnet, and without fear. He particularly referred to the Election of 1826. Mr. HUNT said it appeared that the barrack-master had OUTRAGES 111 IRELAND. Mr. O'CONNELL begged to be informed on what grounds individuals who had come forward and offered to prosecute at their own expense, in some case of outrage, had been refused to be allowed to proceed, when it would have saved the public expenditure. Mr. STANLEY in explanation said, that it had been deemed important by the Government not to surrender the right of proceeding on their own part, but that they should co-operate with the parties in the prosecutions. After sonic observations front Mr. LEPOT, Mr. Sul EL, and Mr. NORTH, the conversation was stopped by Lott' ALTIIOIII., who rose to order. CUSTOMS ACTS. The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Customs Acts. WINS DUTIES. Lord ALTHOR P, in proposing the alteration of the du. ties on wires, commenced with stating that a principal objection to the measure had been rested on the Alethuan treaty with Portugal. His Lordship recapitulated the terms of the treaty, which arranged that the wines of Portugal should he admitted into this country at a duty of one-third Ices than the wines of France, on condition that the woollen cloths of England alone should be permitted free importation into Pottugal ; but that if England chose to forego the privilege relating to her woollen cloths, she might do so, and submit to this as the penalty to be paid if she altered the tate of duty on the wines of Portugal. His Lordship proceeded to argue that the terms of the treaty left the government quite at liberty to make any alteration on suffering the above penalty, without incurring any charge of breach of the treaty between the nations. With regard to the policy of the measure it ntight be another question ; but the fact was, that this rate of duty had been preserved by England without having any equi valent, because Portugal had admitted the woollen cloths of other countries on the same terms as she had admitted those of England. It was true, that towards ; one branch of our trade Portugal had made a distinction in preserving a prohibitory duty in favour of the produce of the ' Newfoundland fisheries ; but should the policy of Portugal be altered in this partiaular, his lordship did not deem It of so great importance as the produce of these fisheries would sot by it be closed from the competition of other maikets. He thought the duty which he was about to propose might be adopted on fair principles, and would be the means of ac cumulating an increase of revenue. The present duty on French wines was 7s. 3d. per gallon—on other foreign wines 4s. 10d. and Cape wine 2s. 3d. He proposed that all foreign wines should be equalized this year to 55.6(1. per gallon, and Cape wine be rated at 2s. lid. per gallon, until the year 1834, when an indiscriminate duty of 5.. Col. per gallon should be laid upon all wines imported. His lordship stated the im. portation of wine to be annually 6,700,C00 gallons, which yielded an aggregate revenue of 1.340,0001. but by the equalization of duty there would be increase of 250,0001. lie was convinced that the importation of the wines of Portugal would not decrease by the addition of 81. duty on the gallon, while the abridgment of Is. 9d. of the duty on French wines would very much in. Mere se their importation. With regard to the Cape wine, which the equalization would most materially affect, he did rut deem that so very momentous, when it was con. sidered how small was the direct trade in Cape wine, and bow very different the article sold in retail as Cape wine at home front the real Cape, it was of very minor imror toner. But, besides the advantage to the revenue, the mea sure would be opening an additional intercourse with France (Hear, hear), which at the present time took but a small portion of our manufactures ; and it was a subject of regret that this commercial country should be so limited, and this would be an advantage in a commercial point of view, in re. lation to so powerful a country as France ; but in a practical point of view he considered it to have another advantage.— He did not anticipate any probability of war with that coun. try; but he always considered that war was to be avoided, for under no circumstances could it benefit a country—it always brought with it mischievous consequences; and this accession of intercourse with France would be the most likely means to secure an amicable understanding for a con tinuance, by increasing the commercial intercourse of the countries, and would render the prospect of war more im. probable, although at present he hoped that the prospect was improbable enouFb. Mr. ROBINSON was ready to admit that the proposi. den of the Noble Lord was quite consistent with any exist. ing treaty with Portugal, but he would oppose it because it was inconsistent with sound policy. The Noble Lord would have done well to consider what Portugal would do, for, in &commercial point of view, it would lead to measures most injurious. The lion. member did not wish to remind his lordship particularly of some measures which he had brought forward and then abandoned, but he hoped and trusted that he would in like manner abandon this measure. He might have looked, as a guide, to past experience, to see that it was a false data to suppose that by increasing the means of im. portation from a country, that exportations from this country would be increased. Theduties on gloves, silks, and other articles had been removed, and the importations from France had increased from Ito 3 millions, while the exportations (tom this country hrd fallen to six hundred thousand pounds The state of the French markets excluded exporta tion from this country, but not so it was with calumniated Portugal. He was afraid that this question had been looked upon with rather a political feeling by Hon. Gentle. men in the house ; but he was convinced that If it was adopted it would lead to commercial reprint's from the hands of Portugal, whose trade with this country was most important to the commercial interest. Ile would ask, then, why should the Noble Lord give an advantage to France by taking off the duty from Champagne, Burgundy, and Bourdeaux, and add to that of Port and Sherry. The advantage that would be derived in our domestic policy would be so trifling that it would confer no real benefit on those who were accustomed to drink wine. The present Ministry, if they persevered in measures such as they had proposed, would inflict more injuty on the country than any ministry that had ever preceded them ; but yet they had an opportunity of contetring greater benefits on the country if they chose, by providing means for venting the superfluous part of our manufacturing and agricultural produce. This was a question connected with Ireland as well as this coun try ; for there was a vast quantity of butter and other pro duce exported from Ireland to Portugal. He suspected that his Lordship had been led away by his love of liberal opi nions, for which be was famous in the public estimation. He (Mr. Robinson) was favourable to liberal opinions, if they could be made general, but he begged to be excused by honourable gentlemen present. He did not. approve of that liberality which was to he conducted on the principle of Irish reciprocity. America and every other country had not been even affected by any concession that we had made to them ; they had all acted on the prohibitory system, and none of them took as much of the produce of this country as Portugal. He did not oppose this measure from any hos- file fe eling t.•can!• the presort ledged that he hat: an interest in the N, ries, and proceeded to show that Portugal duce of these fisheries on liberal terms, and no other country could compete in that mail mended that bane any concession was made atioth:r year would be suffered to pass over, perhaps then have a more stable governme.it alt. C. PELHAM opposed the measure. Mr. C. P. THOMPSON defendtd the alluding to the slate of commerce with Poi member said dug s'te had done all in her that she did not value the reciprocal advbrr given her, and that she had beta regbr 'trances. He said that the 3lethoan trca in passing the p esent 173 moire. He Trot. particularly Adam Smith, to show that against all commercial treaties of that ra ure were foueded on false policy. The ho: curable in speaking of Portugal, had omitted a particula-, while he was speaking of the tugal, he had not noticed at all the Opt n° the treaty alluded to, the wines of Portugal mined in o this country at a third less du France; but did the hon. gentleman know as 1636 a Company had been formed at Op ago, Poised unbounded power, a power exceed: regal authority. The boo. member here few. their charter, which empowered them to net, ,0 0 lfli n i l l y eewu t . o gh a i cco ot u er nt should not be amenable to any tribunal w ho countries. th e i r Comp a n y s t trl i l o sac re t oi ti p a oll u in t s e c d:a: til i c ' i nage' direct from those who had it for sale, ket could only be supplied through the . Oporto Company ; anti it bad been stated by in that house, during the last session which he sat in it, that this circumstance alone had raised the price of the wines ot Poringal to Faiglish purchasers 161. per tun. Mr. Pitt, in 1787, declared, in a letter to M. de Pinto, the then Porto. gucee miniver in thie country, that if they did not relax in their commercial syseiu, and above all .it. an end to the abuses of the Oporto Company, he w as Bete mined to equa lize the duties on Portuguese and French wines. His steps to this etieet were stopped by the breaking out of the French war. ‘Vthen the treaty in 1810 was entered into, it was sup. pored here that ample steps had been teken to retires, the grievances : but that not being the case, itt 1813 expel.. or ders were salt out by the government to declare to the Por tuguese government that unless redress was afforded, mca. sures would be proposed to parliament to ei courage the planation of the wines of other foreign counties. Since that time no material diminution had taken lilac a in the authority of the Company. What was then to be done ? to ren. w negotiations so protracted and so often violated, or to adopt at once legislative measures, taking on ourselves the tie - natty, while we received the benefits of an equaliest on . f the 'duties on foreign wines ? What was the penalty under the treaty of 1803 ? That Portugal would prohibit, it• t our woollen goods specifically, but all foreign woollen goods. The whole amount of the declared value (winch was grea:cr than the official value) of woollen goods int• ported from this country into Portugal in 1830 was 214 0001 be. ((tear) The whole of our woollen goods ex ported, independent of those to Portugal, was 5,500.00f8b5. ( Hear, hear.) Thus, suppo•ing that the Portuguese Go vernnient would prohibit all foreign goods, a hardship to which he denied that the Government would subj• ct the habitants, the penalty would amount to 214,0001bs- But it was said Portugal would break through the treaty of 1810 also. That treaty had DU connection with the Methuen: it was to continue in force for fifteen years, to be prolonged or not, at the pleasure of the parties. The trade of Portu gal had, for a series of years, been in progress i ve dee el. In 1816 it amounted to 2,9:!3,3001. and In 1828 to 1,018,00a1, He denied that our New feu ndland fish (on which, instead or a duly of 15 per cent. as agreed in the treaty of 18.0, the Pee tuguese levied a duty ot 18 per cent ) would be subjected to a heavier duty. The Newfeurdland esparto( fish amounted to 788,000 tons, of which 300,100 •on. went :o Portugal—a large amount certainly : but would Portugal tax her own consumers ? In the late Cones such a preposition had been advanced, but the public demur had prevented its being executed. The house of Braganca was wont to ingratiate itself with the people by lowering the duty on ealt.fish.— (Hear, and laughter.) But, supposing Portugal had the impolicy to prohibit our fish, we coo el send it to other foreign countries, since in tbo e markets where we bad to compete with the Americ. n ..nd Norwegian fish, we had the supply by preference. He then adverted, in answer to the argument that Frost ce had Inc eased het duties on our manufactures, while we h.d dee eased the duties on her exports, to the absurdity her sy-tem : the augmented price wh.ch her Inhabitants lad to pay for their manufactures ; the capital rashly Loth: eked fm th. if promo. tion, and the distress which had eve; tak.n them engaged in the wine department. He felt contidtnt that England had but to show the example, to induce France to follow a coo. duct similar to hers. (Hear, hear ) Mt. ATTWOOD said, the nal truth was this: we mimed an additional tax of 188,0001. upon our countrymen ; is a conimercial point of vie es, we tranefetted to France part of the wine made of Portugal, and, in the course ot a few years, the whole of the wire trade to the tape. (clear.) 1,700,0001. augme; ted .o 1,848,0001. tax on (outgo wines was the unfit% thing of all these tortuous and myna. rious statements by which it web mint to make the house believe that what was in fact simply an augmeetation set the public burdens, was the result el ministerial dexterity. The duty of Os. 6d. a gallon was to be imposed on all wines, that is, the same duty was to be imp. sal on wines of 2s. as on the wir.e of 6s. or a duty of WO per cent. on the one land, said 50 per cent. on the other; and the wine on which this bounty was to act was that of France, and that on which the dia. couragements. the wine of our own country, the Cape ! The measure would ensure the destruction of British it dusay and capital engaged in the Portuguese wine trade. An equal augmentation of duty on all foreign wines would have se. cured a greater revenue without deranging the existing re lations. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the epithets of indirect and tortuous, would rather apply to the comerehension I f his hon. friend than to the noble lord, who in his tint sentence had stated that the object of Guveenment was to raise au additional import. It was objected that an additional tax on French wines would have been preferable. But he considered that the presets. opportunity should not be loss of extending our relations with a great country, capable of furnishing at a low rate our own waren, and of con. suming our manufactures to a large extent. Commercial treaties he objected to as causing much him of time, and exciting jealousies. With respect to the Cape wine, the protection of that commodity was to have expired ill 1833, when an increase of 7d was originally to have taken place. Now the Noble Lord deferred en increase on that duty till 1834. What had been the effect of the present protection ?—ln 1827, the Cape wine imported amounted to 698,000 gallons; in 1828, to 652000; in 1839, to 579,000; in 11130, to 537,000; showing that it was a corn. nsodity which no protection could sustain, and that a timely notice for the withdrawal of the capital engaged in its pro duction was no less advantageous to the colony titan to t h e revenue of this country.—( Hear, hear.) He considered that the increase of taxation on the aggregre of foreign wine, balancing the decrease on the Fre..th with the increase on the Portuguese, was so minute, as net materially to di minish the consumption. Therefore there was an addi. tioaal revenue arising from as article rcost fit tot taxation, while sound policy was consulted by (spades the trade with a counry in an article in which that country employed a large proportion of her inhabitants in producing; an open. ing which, he trusted, was the dawn of an trended com mercial intercourse with that great and adjoining nation.— ( Hear, hear.) , eer. BERRIES said, the Methuen treaty secured rights and advantages to the British in Portugal, such as had never been conceded by any other country. He admitted repeated violations of it on the part of Portugal. But our ancestors had considered our connection with the Peninsula of such importance, that they had never sought redress but through negotiations. And the time which government chose for de. pat ins (tom this policy, and for distressing Portugal, was when she was threatened by an enemy, against whom be was not sure that we were not bound to defend her! (Ileac.) The hon. gentleman went on to say that Mr. Canning scouted such a system of policy as that contemplated in the prepo. sition before the !louse; he begged to ask the House under the present circumstances of Europe, it were a wise and politic course to pursue ? Madmen might avail then.. selves of one clause in the Methuen treaty ; they night act neutrally as respected Portatpd, but that was a mode of get. ring over a difficulty which could not be acted ou between two amicable parties. Tke proposition of ministers would have the efect of substituting French wines fur those ot Portugal, or at least of very considerably reducing the trade in the wines of that country..—(Leud cries of " question.") The 188,000 L intended to be raised by a charge in the wine duties he contended would be raised in a much less objee. tionable manner on any other commodities both polaicially and commercially; the noble Lied could sot have chosen a `SO Pe , • --..4. 4 y. . tt l . government. lie •:. t. . -.- it the Newfoundland Iterrifi7t j • Portugal received het ro• • - terms, and on that acc too he; in that market. Ile mom- . , an was made to Fran e, tit t , t P* o pass over, when it mig t governmeo , t. .. he measure. rendid the measure. After .. • 1 e with Portugal, the hon. I all in her power to show . . meal :Aran:ages that were - 1 beat reps - Arts of rettion• t i ilium, treaty was no restraint -t , He quo:. 4 luthoritits, and show that judgment was that ra ure and that they The ho: ourable gentltman, • • ontitttd a very impor ant b Us ..' t %, ing of the conduct of Por. the Opi.rto Company. Hy 1 of Portugal were to be ad- .. 1 1 tird less duty than those of Altman know that as early 'i• ‘. rmed at Op•trto, which pos. 1. , I met exceeding even that of y '.l, aer here rea.l an extract from them to act, and that they ... :'144k''11'..i1.1.1'.1'..1....1‘... ' :'41.'. 1 '1'.:1'.' tribunal nit tever, but had Lions to their ftlleCtl4lol3 in pained as it had done, and purchase the wines of Por. l ' • it for sale, the English mar trough the medium of the een stated by Mr. liuskisson t , •ll' • wino %Oaten he sat in it, that red the price of the wines of 101. per tun. Mr. Pitt, in de Pinto, the then Portu. that if they did not relax in .. i 1 drove all Fit. an end to the he a as tit te mined to equa. 1 :,1 id French wines. His steps e b:eakieg out of The French : '•• was entered into, it was sup. al been taken to redress th e t,. i the case, itt 1813 express or- .1 anent to declare to the POT- : t ‘ • I redress was afforded, nu•a. lament to et courage the it::. orrign counties. Since that .1 - 1 I taken plae r. in the authority 'l . . I then to be done ? to ren. w io often violated, or to adopt :eking on ourselves the fe- enetits of an equalizat on • f : ••••,. What was the penalty troth r etugal would prohibit, o. t y, but all foreign woollen . . f the declared value (winch due) of woollen goods rm. 7 i: • , ito Portugal in 1838 was i ale of our woollen goods ex- t Portugal, was 5,500.000ib5. ' ig that the Portuguese tio. i foreign goods, a hardship to mama %moil subj• et the it.. mount to 214,0001b5. But A through the treaty of 1810 t union with the Methuen: ifteen years, to be prolonged suttee. The trade of Punta. een in progressive die it. In l '': 11. and in 1828 to 1,018,0001. nd iish roe which. instead of a og; urns PARK. Mr. ROBINSON asked why carriages had been refused admittance into Hyde Park that day. Lord DUNCANNON said he had not known the fact before, and was not prepared to give an answer. Mr. ROBINSON hoped some iuqulry would be made. WATERLOO-BRIDGE WEiV STREET. Lord DUNCANNON moved the on►cr of the day, for the further consideration of the Waterloo-bridge New Street Bill. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said, he claimed the attention of the house to the bill which had for its object the expenditure of 60,0001. perhaps trouble that sum, without any purpose useful to the public. We bad in this country two Chancel lots of the Exchequer. One who brought forward the ge neral expenditure of the country, the other the Chief Com missioner of Woods and Forests, who had a property of the value of 20,000,0001. under his controul. • A property that produces from 600,000 L to 700,0001. a year ; and yet, from the year 1813 not a farthing of its revenue was brought to the public account ; but the whole was squandered in build- I lug palaces that were a disgrace to the country, and other wasteful projects : (hear.) He thought when there were so many claims on the public money, opening a street from Waterloo-bridge to Bow-street was not one on which 60,0001. ought to be expended. Look to the state of Westminster Hall—et the manner in which the public records were kept--at the state of the Judges' ChamL•ers, in Sergeants' Inn, and then say whether public money • was not more wanted for other purposes than this street: (hear, hear.) He believed few of the new members had seen the bill. The Duke of Bedford was said to have given 4,0001. and the Marquis of Exeter 12,0001. but the noble marquis was only to exchange property of the value of 120001. he in fact gave nothing. The estimate for the new street was 60,0001. but who could say it would not cost 100,0001. They all knew how small a part of the expense of the Palace and Strand improvements was given in the estimate. It was said by some that it was but the be ginning of a new street over Long acre to Tottenham-court road ; and who could say that such a plan would be com pleted fur 2,000,0001. The public had no property in the vicinity of this new street that could be improved by it; and that being the case, he would ask the noble lord whe her he had 60,0001. or 6,0001. to give away for what was of no public benefit. He hoped no money would be given fur such purposes by di.: Woods and Forests, but that every such grant should be brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ile would move that the bill b: lecoomei led. ....... Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Ile had understood that the new street would make an opening to the north part of the metropolis ; he now found it would only make a short blind street, and could not agree to it without further in quiry. Ile thought the Chancellor of the Exchequer should bring the revenue of the Woods and Forests annually before the house. (Ilear.) Lord DUNCANNON said, no shilling of the land re venue could be laid out but under the controul of Penis. ment. No public servant could pay more attention to the duties of his office than Lord Lowt bet had done. ( Hear, hear.) He had himself misled the house on a former night, by stating that Lord Exeter had contributed 12,0001. he had since learned that the noble lord had not contributed any thing, being informed that it would rather be inju rious than beneficial to his property. The parties inter ested in the new road that had been mentioned, had been expressly told by Lord Lowther, and since by him, that got ailment would not contribute to the extension of the suet farther than Long-acre If it was the wish of the house that the bill should be referred to a committee he should not object to it. Illt. WARBURTON .aid he had originally supported the bill, but could have no objection to its being re-commit ted. If a new street were made from the Strand to the nor thern part of the town, more would be received for duty on bricks and timber than government was giving towards .t— -(A laugh.) He had property that would be benfited by the new street, and if the improvements were valued he would subscribe that sum. (Hear.) Lard A L CHORP said it was a general opinion that a new street from Waterloo-bridge would be an advantage to the public, and on that consideration he had agreed to go. verameut tffording it acme assistance ; but could have no objection to inquiry. Mr. CROKER said, when it was said the public would derive no advantage, pecuniary advantage alone could be meant. Erny great nation, however, had an interest in having its metropolis healthful, beautiFul, and convenient. The improvements of the Strand were allowed to be a public advantage, and it would be poor economy which would re. fuse the sum now asked for one of the greatest improvements of the metropolis. Mr. J. WOOD said he could have no objection to refer the bill to a Committee, and he hoped the result would be, that the Committee could couscittitiouly recommend the passing the bill. One of the greatest advantages of such improve ments was the saving of the time and labour in nien and horses. The public felt an important advantage in taking down Exeter Change. Mr. HUNT thought the alteration would be of very little benefit to the public. He thought those parties who were to receive the benefit ought to conic forward, and the public would beat its pare. Mr. Alderman WOOD said he had suggested to Govern ment to open streets opposite all the bridges. He was very mush charged with jobbing in all imptovements—but tint should not deter him. He bad suggested to Lord Goderich to have the new street opened to Bower-street, which could be done for 50,0001. what was proposed by the present bill would be very defective. Mr. HUDSON GURNEY said he would recommend to the Noble Lord, before he made any new street to the North-road, to make the Nonh.road passable. He thought all roads should be paid for by those who passed over them. Lord DUNCANNON said, when it was determined to remove the tuaapikes, it was expected the roads would be kept in rep air, which he believed was the case, with one ex. eeption on ly. Mr. HARVEY'S amendment was then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be recommitted. Alr. sail he wished to state that he had al ways found Twirl Lowther vtty attentive to .be public in terests in all his communications with the Noble Loed.— ( Hear. hear.) Mr. KENNEDY said it was highly proper that the people of Scotland should know that the Bill for Reform of the Representation In Scotland should not be delayed he therefore hedged the Noble Lord to state whether the Scotch and Irish Reform Bills were to be passed during the present session? _ . Lord ALTHORP said, he stated on Friday night that it was intended to carry the English Bill through the House first; but nothing but being beat by a majority of that House should prevent their passiog the Scotch and Irish Bills during the present session. Colonel SIBTIIOIII'E put a question to the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting some Indian prize. money. Lord ALTHORP explained, by enumeratirg the dif. ferent proceedings that had taken place regarding the. prize. Janney ; and Aided that the present Government had, by advice of the Attorney-General, committed the matter en. tirely for re•consideration. FOR WHAT PERIOD From the date of the Contract until the 31st of Decembcr, 1832. gik 01 N .\ 291 t1 PRICE SEVENPRNCE. Ur. Do oto. , of 11.