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a. Under these circumstances many were ruined, a ll forced to contemplate the same fate, unless it i j b e averted by Legislative measures for their • f At this period too, their own growth of sugar ; n o , the consumption of the mother country, ahos t without aid from export vents, the Danish r. 6 i s were taken possession of, and their crops ad dto be imported for home consumption, on the .tte tz , ; :ns with those of our own colonies ; thus in [3 ,i eg a su pply, before too large , and adding , if 1;Ii;ie, to the distress of the British Sugar Planter ,ether foreign Colonies have since been conquered, ,„i r prodece is more than adequate to any foreign no d hitherto exptrien ced in our markets,and as ; j ust be sold for exp ort onl y , before a cask of British otatid. sugar can be disposed of in that way, the • re i g n will be first taken off, and, in consequence, the „ e market is the only one open to our own planters. It Was ; n this state of distress that the Government i d our West India Planters when its Attention be e directed to their care, the subject underwent a ig an.l minute investigation in Parliament, the facts fully made out by the strongest evidence, and , ; li at ion from Corn was prohibite, as a measure • w i s d o m, precaution and relief; the result proves w i s dom of the measure. Tlie landed interest have b ee a injured, the crops of corn have been bus- . d i d, a matter at all times most important, but , • j oo larly during a period of such extended warfare. , e f ar mer has been fully remunerated for his labour. ma nufacturer and labouring poor have supplies b r ead, in a certain degree, secured to them at corn. . tively reasonable prices, and the West India Plan t, partaking in the general benefit has also cause to o i ce . The Revenue too, I believe , has been full y r e I tected,and with a continuance of the measure nay, j a m iutormed, be still more improved. lutist that, without going into more minute detail, f l oe Made it out to the satisfaction of every person, 61; it is highly necessary the prohibition of distilla. i on f ro m corn throughout the United Kingdom should !,, continued, at least. until the fate of the ensuing cp is fully ascertained. I ani, Sir, Your most obedient Servant, DI ERCATOR. . „ ance of the prohibition' ft id deter reed not t o ex tend it to that country at present. If such a deter mination was coupled with any proposed suspension of the importation into this country of Irish spirits, then most certainly he could not conceive that a great benefit which was coupled with a violation of the act of Union. After a variety of other pertinent obser vations, the Honourable Member concluded by mov ing as an amendment, that the consideration of these prohibitory Acts should be referred to a Select Com mittee to consider of the price of provisions, make their report thereon, stating at the same time their view of the expediency of prohibiting distillation from grain. •• - • Mr. ROSE absented, that he took the same course' in the present instance, which was uniformly taken in all questions referring to trade and manufacture. It appeared to him unnecessary in viewing this ques tion, to retrace all those argumeots laid down by •writers on political ceconorny. The mere considers ; tion was, whether the causes which induced the Le -1 gislature previously to adopt it, were not now in ex tstence ? The best evidence in all cases of apprehen ded scarcity, was to be found in the advanced prices. a „.,„ ne harvest of the last year was abundant, but from after circumstances a great quantity of corn had been damaged. With respect to Ireland, the necessity for the continuance did not rest upon such grounds as in England. In Ireland the harvest had been su perabundant, and besides there was a considerable difficulty in collecting the revenue in that country. Sir J. NEWPORT followed upon the side of Mr. Parnell, and contended, that to couple the cessation of the restriction in Ireland with a Spirit Importation Suspension Bill, was at once a manifest violation of the articles of Union. He admonished the House to pause before it suffered the provisions of that contract to be disturber upon any view of temporary expe diency to any body of men. If it was intended to make the direct and recognised interests of Ireland subservient to the momentary relief of any class of men in this country, then it would become a duty with those attached to Ireland to secure their rights by corresponding prohibitions. Thus if Ireland was denied that benefit which was secured by the Union, if it was in the power of any branch in this country to regulate the spirit of that compact by their imme diate interests—if Ireland was to be refused by the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to import her agri cultural manufacture into England, then indeed he conceived it to be his duty also to prohibit, if he could, the importation of the cotton manufactures of England into that part of the United Kingdom. Mr. YORKE thought a measure so hostile to the agricultural interests, ought to be referred to the pre liminary inquiry of a Select Committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re- ROUSE OF COMMONS. plied to the arguments of the Worthy Baronet (Sir A new V.'rit was ordered for Watford, in the room of Rich- John Newport), and contended, that the same cit.- tat >10.1.. Esq. who has a ccepted the Chiltern Hundreds. cnmstances which induced the legislature to adopt the ?,r.ASFLEY COOPER presented the Annual Returns of I rneasuse before, still continued, as to England. Its !lel:fence Farce of the Royal Artillery and Artillery Drivers. i relaxation as to Ireland, upon every principle of jus -Ward to be printel INSOLVENT DEBTORS. tice, he conceived, ought to be connected with the suspension of any spirit-importation from Ireland into fir SAMUEL ROMILLY p resented a Petition from the Debilirs confined In the Fleet Prison, praying for relief.—The this country. boaaerabl , Member sti - itc.l, that his only object then was , to Mr. MAURICE FITZGERALD argued against be it laid upon the table, as he perceived, from the Petition, the prohibition, as fatal to the vital interests of the thaii: was the intention of some persons ut jntreiluce some le- State. He could not recognize the propriety of that one ineascre zpilc:ble to their case.—Wrdered to lie ou the We. policy, which at the same time , tha t it looked to 'CbeTtil mah mis and a lialf, the One Million and a Half Ex- the natural enemy for the supply of its daily bread, elaegscr VII, and the Annual Qualification Inthounity Bill, would discourage at home, and particularly in he wers read a fast One, and ordered to be read a second time to , Lind, the growth of corn sufficient for the consump morrow. Mr. DEW gave smite of his intention, after the Rece s s , to lion Of all our people, without depending up on . forei g n awe for the appointment of a C6mmittee, to consider of some • supplies. deans to redress; exceinve surcharges of the Commissioners 1 ; , tr. FOSTER stated that there was not only a su e the Assessed Taxei. pet abundant produce of corn in Ire land, but of p ota- A person from the Commander in Chief's Office presented at the bar, pursuant to order, a Journal of the Proceedings of the toes also ; and therefore all apprehension of scarcity being done away, he was an advocat e for the p ro p ri- Amy lately under co t ß he s co p : l as: l t a n t R s ar u l L o s. f Chatham, ety of removing the prohibition of distillation from Mr. ROSE moved that the House should resolve grain in that country, because such removal was ne- Self into a Committee, for the purpose of taking into j Cessary in justice to the interests Of agriculture. At consideration the Acts prohibiting the Distillation of the same tinie he wonld support the proposition of his spirits from Grain. Right lloraniend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), Mr. PARNELL felt it impossible not to adVert tot for prohibiting the importation of Irish spirits into theettraordinary manner in which that important sub-1 England ; because the idea that while a nation pro itet, connected with the great agricultural interests hibitcd the manufacture of any article, it should be the United Kingdom, was brought forward. When called upon to permit the importation of a similar .3 th e year 1808 tile prohibitory measures against i manufacture, would be quite irreconcilable with the tati;licise were brought ferwasd, the Right - Honi ! principle of justice. Centlernen opposite felt themselves imperatively Mr. MARRIOTT exhorted the House to husband called upon t o state some forcible reasons for the ~ the agricultural produce of the Empire, lest any scars course of proceeding, and to refer these consideratkins city should arise, which might perhaps oblige us to to the investigation of a Select Committee. Before apply to the enemy at once for bread and peace. He they called upon that House to adopt a policy Most f would, therefore, deprecate the idea of having the hostile to its permanent agricultural interests, it *as at cora of I rcland consumed in the distilleries. But bast contended, that either there was a very great de- 1 yet he was desirous to afford every practicable encou fitiency in the crops of the preceding year; and that , ragement to the agricultural interest of that country. etre Rare very strong grounds to expect an equal I With that view he would recommend, that the im tailsre in the succeeding harvest. They shewed that i portation of all foreign corn should be interdicted, ' 4 %4 was felt in Scotland ; that it was apprehendsl and that the Irish agriculturist should have the trio *din the North of Ireland and that England, by nopoly of the English market ; and if that were not operation of the infinenc: of France in the North I sufficient he would put a stop to the importation of but- I I Leslie, was cot off from its ordinary supply of ter and cheese from Holland, which in fact ought to cft from the Baltic. Did these causes now continue take place, if we could provide anadequate supply else °Pcate ? Could the j ßight Hon. Gentleman op- , where, as it formed a material mace of gain to the I>: 4 ites in the face of thelanded interest, pretemsl they ; enemy ; but still more for the encouragement of the dii? In Scotland, the last harvest was abundant, es- f Irish, he would prohibit the importation of hemp and 2ding what was considered an average crop; ' flax from the Baltic. If all these expe dients failed, 'supply of potatoes was also considerable. in he thought it would be proper to allow the distilla ueia_, nd it was notorious, that the harvest was not tion from corn, which some Gentlemen required. 7 1 Y abundant, but that it was so to such a degree, But he would previously try the expedients he had that the farmers were at a loss to procure a market to mentioned, and particularly that with r es p ect to the i t rid of their surplus food. Independent of these t prohibition of the importation of foreign corn. This, a turstances, a trade with I;n:flee had been opened, indeed , was a ineasure which, in his judgment , cou l d wiesa considerably increased the actual supply of not be too soon resorted to. The bene fi t which the corn in this countri. And whatever might have been enemy derived from the present system of licensing te s,ueposed deficiency in England, it was still to be the importation of his grain, was much more, he ap reenilessed that Ireland had imported into this noun- prehended, than many Gentlemen imagined. It ttYvrithin the last year7oo,ooo quarters of grain,being was a fact, that in July last the farmers of France more than the average import of the last two years, were so distressed by the low price of grain, that L •hen the Baltic supply was °pent° it. Perhap sit would they could not pay their taxes. The price was ue4 rPed, that because the price of corn was .t he same, then so low as 275. the sack, while it was known e aa er ev r in hul increased since the prohibition, that, that the French farmer calculated upon a price of Z_,"°re, the scarcity was evident. There coula th e 365. as a fair return for his expenccs. Bonaparte ruing more fallacious under present circumstances being apprised of these circurnstances,hadnohesitation re such a course of reasoning ; for even admittiek in granting licences for the exportation of that grain ' sa t the prices of grain had increased, still when the 'which our Government readily granted licences to `aange in the value of money was considered, there impnat ; the consequence of which was the raising of tat tel actual rise in the actual and intrinsic money the price of that article, in France, by the last ac- Pid• Had things remained stationary, this nom inal counts, above 50 per cent. beyond the rate in July me tote price would not be the case ;it was not at all last. Thus were the French corn-growers benefited, Lue attributed to any supposed failure in the supply, while Bo4parte's Treasury derived at the rate of 18s. Ivaa the effect of the difference in price of bill- a quarter from the same means. He would then subs 1 , 2 an d 4. the uudenied., depredation of Our bank m it it to the serious censideratioe CI Ihe Heiuse, whe " P er. (Hear, /war.) He understood, that so far as .as • tier semi measures liceouot . immedi ttely taken 4414 " Inland were affecte d by the outlay , - to put an cad t o a Pra . • - materia ll y served ..----,- MRLIAMEgTARr PROCEEDINGS. ___ HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 13. It tie Areal " Gorglim v. Tough," Mr. HOIMICR was beard p the Respondent, and Mr. BROUGHAM in reply.--ludgasean *rated Mir fad o{ LIVERPOOL presented some papers, by command iiiiiMajest7, in pursuance of an Address of the House. 'Re Earl of LIVERPOOL presented a Petition from Lady Eo• m Kerr, cla..:l;ng toe ti:le of it oxburgh. De Malt Duty Bill -"cal Thursday a second time, and committed foe tanday.—Adjourncd till . , . the reloliives of the enemy. Tile Syitem . • of licences ope rated, in fact, to. Counteract the Orders in Council, for it enabled the enemy to export hii staple commodities ; it enabled him to carry on a most ertensive commerce, through the medium of nominally neutral ships. In fact • the expence and danger to England from this licensed traffic, was calculated to excite considerable alarm. The freight actually paid within the last year to those ships under neutral colours, was, he understood, little short of ten millions sterling, the number of those ships being 4000 navigated by 50,000 subjects of Bonaparte. Thus were see rearing seamen for the enemy by a species of traffic, which appeared advan tageous to his interests alone. This statement he would leave to the consideration of Parliament and the Public, commanding attention as it must, in a peculiar degree, from the nature of the proposition suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer—from the means obviously to be derived by the exclusion of i tnreign corn for the benefit of the Irish agriculturist. He concluded with saying, that he would not object to the House going into the Committee. Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON concurred in the general observations of the last speaker, and was adverse to the proposed exemption of Ireland, from the provisions of the Bill under consideration, lest Scotland should suffer any scarcity that might be relieved from the produce of Ireland, if that pro duce were not consumed in distillation. The SOLICITOR:GENE R AL for SCOTLAND followed on the same side. Mr. WESTERN argued against the measure alto gether, contending that the price of corn in England was ott the decline, and therefore the grounds alleged for this measure in 180 S did not longer exist, as there ' was no danger whatever of any scarcity. His opinion was of course against the Bill, at least without some previous inquiry. Mr. W. SMITH had been for some time satisfied, that the apprehensions were groundless, which indu j ced him in the first instance to support the measure under discussion, and also that it was not found to answer its professed object. He understood that both in Scotland and Ireland, but particularly in the for mer, the clandestine -distillation from grain was consi- I derable : indeed, he was told that in Scotland there had been lately a great falling elf in the produce of the excise duties, which was attributed to the Act for prohibiting the distillation from grain. Thus it app peared, that the crime was continued, while the Re- venue was defrauded ; and therefore the Act ought to be repealed. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON argued forcibly in favour of the exemption of Ireland from the provisions of the act under consideration, and against the proposed prohibition of the importation of Irish spirits into this country, which he maintained would be an in fringement of the spirit and letter of the Union. Lord BINNING said that lie would vote for the motkn, adding that most probably he would, in the'' Committee, oppose the clause for exempting Ireland' from the provisions of the Bill. Sir JAMES HALL observed that although k was the profession at the outset that this should be merely a temporary measure, it was intended by its authors to make it permanent for the benefit of the West In dia planters and merchants. After a few observations from General TAr.r.rrow and Mr. PATTLON, in support of the motion, and from Sir JACOB ASTLEY and Mr. GRATTAN, for the amendment, the House divided— For the Amendment 17—Against it 58—Majority 41. Upon our re-admission to the gallery, we found the House in Committee, and Mr. ROSE an his legs. The Right Honourable Gentleman observed upon the statement of Mr. Mar riott relative to the freight and number of neutrals - in our employment, which in his opinion was consitkr ably over-rated. As to licences granted to those neu trals, he begged it to be understood that no neutral had a licence to go into any other port than that into which a British ship would not be admitted, and as to ' the number of neutrals so licenced, that was owing to the extent of our commerce, which while it occu pied the whole of our own shipping, necessarily called fsr that addition. The Right lion. Gentle man concluded with moving, That the Chairman should be dlrected to move for leave to bring in a Bill to prohibit Distillation from Grain for a time to be limited. Mr. PARNELL declared, that from the informa tion which lie had obtained in Scotland, there was no scarcity whatever existing, or to be apprehended in that country ; and why then should the agricultural interest of Ireland be sacrificed to provide against ima ginary want in Scotland. As to the argument of the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Foster) in favour of the prohibition of the airport of Irish spirits into England, that argument could only rest upon the pre sumption, that Ireland was a foreign cou ntry instead of being an integral part of th e Empire. Would the proposition, he should ask, be endured, that because the manufacturer of a particular article might stop in an Enlish county, in consequence of the local scar city of " that article, a similar manufacturer from ano ther English county should not be admitted ? After a few words from Mr. THOMPSON, the question was going to be put, when Lord PRIMROSE and Mr. BOYLE suggested the propriety of continuing the restriction of distilling from grain in Ireland, and expressed a hope that the operation of the Bill would be made to extend to Ire land. Mr. FOSTER said, that in case any such proposi tion was made, he would endeavour to be in his place, and give it all his opposition—(A laugh). The question was then put and agreed to. The House resumed, and the Report being received, the House adjourned.. CORN MARKET, MARK-LANE, FEBRUARY 12.—The supplies of foreign Wheat to-day tire considerable, 1 but not much coastwise ; fine samples nearly at last prices :—other qualities heavy sale ;—prime i Damzig about 112 s. per quarter—fine Barley keeps 1 ' its price—Malt and Beans vary but little—White I Peas rather cheaper — the O at Trade is q uoted at lit_ I 1 tle variation, and prices of Flour at our last quotation. OgNIRAL CUILIINCIr Al UNDER Wheat, 755. /411 s. 100 s. Beaus, (old) 50s. 565. Fine ditto, 102 s. 105 s. Tick ditto (old) Sgt. 555. Rye, flits..7s. Oats 20s. 245. 261. Harley, 32.5 465. Od. Poland ditto, 28s. 90s. od. Malt 728.80 s Potatoe ditto, 38s. Cd. (Grey Peas (boilers), 884 . 785 . Rape Seed, 471. Sill. Grey ditto 40s. 46*. Noe Flour 85$, Wis.—Si:Conde 80 1 . 85 5. • .. . r • - s.• TUE EVE - • INC; STAR. LONDON. . , WEIY.4ESDAY, FEBRUARY 14. Nita?. OF grocKs THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent Co.ns for money 6711 —act. 67 , 1 1 . Reduced 671-omnium preen.—Escheq. Bills 2:to 6s. pr. PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 271 t 76 India Stock 1851 3 per Cent. Red. Ann. 681-11 India Bond s 104.2 Ili. 0114 per Cent. C. 68 671 . Imp. 8 per Cents. 4 per Cent. 841 831 Exch. Bills, 3s. 9s. pre. 5 per Cen:. Navy I Stare LotteryTicketc e 22.16. Lon e , .11. n. ILI 7-Lt Consols for Acc. CP 4 Cornuna Gazettes to the 30th ult. have arrived, ht ought by vessels which to )k their departure on the approach of the French to Gijon. They contain some satisfactory particulars of the preparations in Galicia for the defence of that Frorince. At the principal port, they were then wholly unacquainted with the arrival of the ch in the neighbourhood of Gijon. and were under no apprehensions whatever of a ft:: ture visit of the enemy from whose former intrusion they had experienced so much calami y. By a vessel which has arrived at Kinsale, letters hive been received from Buenos Ayres, of the sth of November, and from Rio Janeiro, of the 4th of the subsequent month; the following is one of the former: " BUFKOS I ATRES, NOVEMBER S. • " The trade here continues open. In order to encourage the interior manufactures, an aGitional 10 per cent. Is laid upon cloths, cot:on goads, shoe; and some other articles; but notwith standing the increased duties, we expect that this market will he soon glutted as much as that of Rio Jareirn. " I have just been at the celebration of high mass in honour of the victory of Talavera." It will be observed, by what is just stated; that the tarif, lately published on the itnpolt duties at Buenos Ayres, is erroneous. Accounts have been received a: Plymouth; that tl - e inhabitants of Ceylon had risen upon the British, mu ' sacred several of them, and that the 19th regiment has suffered Severely. But Government have not received any official information on this subject. Jamaica Papers of the 23d of December state, that the differences which prevailed in that island were not then terminated. ESSEX Er.Jc'uoN, 12T11 D.tt.—At the close of the poll yesterday, the numbers were: Houhion, .:t67—Burgoyne, 7.54.--Majority, 1613. The friends of Mr. BATtiuRNT are disposed to think that this unfertnnate Gentleman is still alive. Their ex pectations are founded on the anxiety displayed in the Mcniteur to charge Mr. BATHURST with i nsanity an ti 101 l y. These charges are completely refuted by the uniform steady conduct of that Gentleman, and by the skill which he displayed in the conduct of the mission, with which he was intrusted, and he was indebted for his appointment to his talents alone. The French Government may have thought themselves justified in destroying spies, but it is not probable that they would take the life of an accredited Minister who was only executing his duty to his lawful Sovereign. We trust therefore that Mr. Bartionsr's return to his country and family will justify the French froth so horrid a calumny, and prove these ideas to be correct. Sunday last, while the bells at the Old Church in Liverpool were ringing, previous to divine service, a part of the tower gave way, and fell into the body of the church, bringing with it the great bell, burying a considerable number of persons, who were already assembled, in the ruins. The consternation produced throughout the town, on learning the catastrophe, was indescribable. A guard of soldiers was immedi ately marched down, to prevent the multitude, that bad assembled, from impeding the efforts of a consi derable number of workmen, who were instantly em ployed in clearing away the rubbish. Twenty of the unhappy sufferers were dug out before the mail left Liverpool. The bodies remained at that time in the church yard to be owned. The number of persons involved in this melancholy accident is unknown, but it is feared to be considerable. It is remarkable, that some of the ringers had the good fortune to escape, notwithstanding the immense quantity of heavy matter that was falling round them. Many of the congregation were unfortunately buried in the ruins. The number has not yet been exactly ascertained, but nineteen dead bodies have been dug out ; eight were taken to the Infirmary in a lifeless state, and a num ber of others were carried to their homes lacerated, bruized, and wounded in a shocking manner. This officiating Clergyman was just entering the door when the calamity happened. Fatmourn, FEBRUARY 11.—Arrived the Lady Arabella Packet, Captain WATKINS, with a Mail from Jamaica, in Ms days. The convoy under his Majesty's ships RAI N sow and Rule. DEER arrived at Port Royal on the e.-td of December; the Wind.. sor Castle Packet arrived there from England on the 12th De cember ; and the Prince Ernest ditto on the 22d.—Sa11ed the ECIPSE, on a cruize. PLYMOUTH, Fri. 11.—Arrived the ABOUKIR, of 74, front the Eastward, and the Bon PLRON NAM (late CAROLINE frigate), from the Cape of Good Hope, nine weeks from Table Bay ; she contradicts the statemen of the calamity reported to have taken place, namely, the island of Bossen having been swallowed up by an earthquake. The Paocitis brig was to sail two days after the Bouxxo:: NOISE, with a convoy for England, and is expected here hourly.—Sailed the ACHILLE, SO guns, Sir RICHARD KING, for Torbay, then to isuixe off the FrAiich coast ; the MiLvoan, of 74, Capt. BAYNTUN, fat Rochefort ; DREADNOUOII r, of Admiral Sarttray, and the MINERVA frigate, Capt. }timely's, tor Rochefort ; the ACTION brig, Lord Nevit.t.a, on a cruise; and the PHEASANT sloop, Captain PALMER, on a cruise. Frs. Ilt.—This day the TEMERAIRE ? of 98 guns"lnd the Panceir sloop, went out of harbour and anchored in Cawsand Bay; and the DAPIINs. sloop came up harbour to be repaired,— This day a shipwright's apprentice, working on board one of the ships in dock, fell down the hold, and was killed on the spot. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY Is.--Arrived his Majesty's ships LIVRIFT, CONSTANT, PILOT, CALYPSO, HUMBER, PAI,STAN.• DARD, SURLY, SERATIS and AFRICAN, from the Downs; RoTAIL OAK DONNECAL, OWEN GLINDOIYR, and CosMITTE, from off Cherbourg. Al4O arrived a large fleet of transports and other uessels.--Wind Westerly ; blows strong. DEAL, FEURU Asr 13.—The BEAGLE sloop of war has detained and sent into Dover a Dutch Prize, from Sabeleadon, bound for Amsterdam. —Sailed the FLYING Flu' and BETSY, on a cruize off Flushing ; and Pilot Dispatch Ves sel, for off Dungeness.— Wind W. N. W. GRAVESEND, Fes. 13.—Arrived the Betsey, Shedeld, from Gibraltar. Sailed the Fooret, Kennedy, for Bahia; the Biers, Richards, foe Newfoundland. • O F Farmer, Young, from London to litails t loitakti 110,01 of daThada. Crew saved. • • • ;` l . •. tre:to, I , 4. . . 5 • • WO. 7 _ ~~ .•, r • A. d, in it, ni U. •