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I i 1 w PP ~ ~ ;,~ alllgmfaNfokiew•""rrarrars, - ▪ We* nisi be pv4 Mae that he should take the sense sl Se lease upon it. Mr. L 1 it. said, that be hoped the Han. President a the Committee of Foreign Trade would not bring on se ins . =rot a Bill OR a night when , from dratmst a aces not Pa ntry to mention, there Was sore not to be a full attend nom of those who were swims to speak their nentiments the subject. Mr. DAVENPORT Mewled the wishes of the Hon. 0,11 damn wholsad spoken last. Mr. WALLACE said, he knew nothing to prevent his bring ing on the consideration of this Bill tornight. He put it off be fere the baydays, upon an express understanding that it should on bother be postponed.—The Petition was then read, and or : Awed to be printed. Mr. I'. WILSON presented a similar Petition from the Silk Throweters of the Oty of London. He eetirely concurred in The Hon. Gentle the sentiments expressed against the Bill. man (Mr. Wallace) seemed resolved, notwithstanding the repro. sentations whirls had been made to him of its interference with a Charitable Institution, fixed for that night, to bring on the third reading of the Navigation BilL He Moult certainly, them 'lore, attend to give his dissent from it. Mr. WALLACE agreed, in consequence of the bar ing of the House, that it would be inconvenient foe VREMM. ben to atterd there, to postpone the third mak; Ordis • odors BilL—The third reading of the Bill was Orimlirmenemed till tti.anorrilw. Sir F. ENATCH BULL presented a Petition• free the Churchwardens of Greenwich against present! Poor Removal Bill. Ordered to be printed. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the County of Lints- rick, praying for some remedy against the importation of Dutch Butter. The Hon. Member stated, that the low duty at which this article was mpoited, operated most prejudicially to his countrymen engaged in the manufacture of Butter.--Ordered to be printed. Sir It. WILSON stated the ease of some Grocers, of the name of Hickson and Co. Welbeck-sueet, who had atey been served with a notice from the Excise 'that they hacurred the penalty of 2 40 0 , 000 , from the sale of Cocoa Paste, which has lately been discovered to be illegal. He expressed a hope that the Bill about to be brought in by the Hon. Secretary op posite. would be made retrospective, in order to protect those who, unknowingly, had been engaged in an illicit trade in this and similar articles. Mr. LUSHINGTON said, that his Bill would provide against the evil set forth by the Hon. Member. Mr. LITTLETON presented a Petition from Biddulph, in Staffordshire, against the clause in the Navigation Bill for per mitting the importation of thrown Silk.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. FLE al IN G presented a Petition from the Ministers and Churchwardens of Southampton, against the Poor Removal Bill. Ordered to be printed. A I't tition was presented from the Occupiers of Land in the eastern part of Sussex, complaining of Agricultural Distress. — Ordered to be printed. . • Mr. CON. E presented a Petition from Din, and from one of the Hundreds in the County of Norfolk, on the subject of Agri cultural Distress.—Ordered to be printed. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES. Mr. STUART WORTLEY presented a Petition from the Merchants and Manufacturers of Woollen Cloths of Leeds and its neighbourhood, against the tax on imported foreign wool. He took that oppor tunity to observe, that al! the predictions of Honour able Members relative to the operation of that tax la.! failed. It was neither serviceable to the agricul turists, nor to the manufacturers of the commodity it self. With regard to the latter, it was found impos sible for the British manufacturer to compete with the foteign ma ken, so long as the tax continued.— The greater proportion of cloth made in this country was mixed with foreign fine wool. It followed there fore that a tax upon that article must operate very grievously upon the British manufacturer. The Pe titioners were also much alar med least they should be affected by the Warehousing Bill, permitting fo reign cloths to be warehoused. They complained that the effect of this tax was to prejudice all the na tural and acquired advautages of their districts, by reducing their trade to the limits of Great Britain and her colonies. That it was not beneficial, as had been held out to the British wool-grower was plain, from its having been the means of contracting the trade with the Continent; in consequence of which the consumption of British wool was by so much dimi nished. lie bad been informed, upon good autho rity, that the Americans had forsaken our market, and gone to Silesia for cloth. He was convinced that a worse measure never was resorted to than putting that tax upon wool. It had disheartened and greatly prejudiced the manufacturers of that article. He was sorry that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not hi his place, that he might have heard what he had to say in explanation of this tax, which had produced a falling trade, not answering the purpose for. which he had imposed it. He hoped for a repeal of the tax. Mr. BURRELL had expected that the Hon. Mem ber for York had been going to advocate the pin ci,les of free trade in supporting a Petition for the removal of restriction. If he would do that he would be ready to agree with him. But he could not eons sent to the repeal of the tax upon foreign wool, which r. ould be prejudicial to the agriculturists. 'The tax, according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was se produce £270,000 a year, but for the year 1821 it yielded £367,000. Su much for a falling trade. Mr. COKE was of opinion that the trade of wool had been declining year after year, and that in con sequence of this tax. Mr. CURWEN concurred in the opinion of the lion. Member for Yorkshire, that this tax was ex tremely oppressive on the British grower. Mr. J. BENETT thought that the manufacturers a nd persons interested in this trade, came before the House with a . very ill grace to ask a repeal of this tax at a time when the agriculturists were so much dis tressed. He was convinced that if the tax upon fo reign wool were to be repealed, the manufacturer would not be much benefited ; at all events, he thought they ought to wait till they were in a state similar to that of the Apiculturists, before they asked for such a boon. A drawback of sixpence, or even threepence per pound, would be the best protection for their trade. Mr. T. WILSON said, that the produce of the tax was upon fine wool only ; and therefore the produce of the tax Was no proof either that the trade had not suffered from the imposition of it, or that the agricul turist was benefited. He was of opinion that the British manufacturer worked at the rate of 2d. a pound higher than the manufacturer abroad. He entirely concurred in all that had fallen from his Hon. Friend the Member for Yorkshire, on this sub ject. He thought that agriculture was not protected, to the extent stated by this tax , and he thought it a ' very proper one to be repealed. Mr. ROBERTSON compared the situation of the foreign msnutUcturer with the British, and maintained that the latter worked at a great disadvantage. In France they had the same machinery, and labour was lower. He hoped Government would remove it. M. S. WORTLEY, in moving that the Petition be read, observed that his constituents would be quite satisfied with a drawback ; but Oat he was sure they _ ';~:` • . . • • . could never prielil ape 4 tablOPl ll l4 to the idea of it, me it *lot th_erdinv Bat he contended, with **Pet" the *VI.. cukurist'would w lose by the of tax. If he could not mob this out , he adinittet fie should be wrong in presenting the Petiticos. • After a few words from Sir C. Buitasu., Mr. Plans, and Mr. Bram in explanation, th e pat; tiou was read, and ordered to be printed.. SCOTCH MHZ& Mr. ABERCROMBY presented a Petition from the Bankers, Merchants, and others, of the City of Edinburgh, in favour of the Bill for altering the mode of selecting Juries for Criminal Cases in Scot land. These Petitioners stated that they had given great consideration to this subject, and it was their opinion that the law would be much improved by the proposed alteration in this Bill. It was consi dered by them more satisfactory shat fifteen Jurors should be chosen by ballot, and named or selected by the presiding Judge, than according to the pre sent mode. It would - add to the confidence reposed in Jurors, and had always.been done in civil eases, and found beneficial It was to be remarked that these Petitioners were of the class of persons among whom the larger portion of Jurors for civil and cri minal cases were chosen. These Petitioners compre hended the principal Bankers, the principal Mer chants, and most opulent Shopkeepers in Edinburgh, many of whom were as enlightened, as firm of pur pose, and as loyal as any class of subjects in the empire. He particularly called on the Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State, to give the sub ject his most serious consideration. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not be misled by the mistakes of others, and he could assure him that the measure now called for could not be resisted without diminishing the respect of the people for, and their confidence in, the administration of justice. The call was a clear one—it involved no subtleties, no nice points of law, of which the Petitioners could not be judges. It had been fully discussed in Scotland; all saw the evil, and concurred in calling for the remedy. .—The present Bill would of course be successful, if favoured by the Right Hon. Gentleman and his col leagues ; but, whatever might be its fate now, he was confident that, sooner or later, the measure must be carried—(Hear). Mr. PEEL was unwilling to be considered as re garding this subject with indifference. He consi dered it to be his duty to give it fair and impartial attention, nor would he suffer the ideas of others (if these appeared to be erroneous) to have any influence on his conduct. It was for him to inquire whether the Judges in Scotland ought to retain their present power or not, and whether or not the mode of admi nistering justice in Scotland ought to be chinged.— New could he limit his view of the subject to the con sideration of the particular amendment which had been proposed—he must compare the advantages en joyed in Scotland with those which grew out of the system acted upon in England. He must inquire what was the effect of the mode preferred in Scot land—whether it was satisfactory or not—whether injustice was sustained under it or not—and whether the criminal law of Scotland, as it now existed, ought under all circumstances to continue. If he found that a variety of advantages were enjoyed under it, and that the system worked practically well, he should be slow to abandon it, to adopt any theoretical im provement, however favourable he might be to the principle of such improvement. If the mode of se lecting Jurors might be advantageously changed in Edinburgh, he was by no means convinced that such a change of system could be generally adopted in Scotland with advantage. He, -however, repeated the assertion, that he would give the subject fair and impartial consideration. Mr. KENNEDY begged to ask the Learned Lord opposite, if the rumour was true that he was about to leave London to perform a public duty elsewhere? He put this question now, because a subject was to come under the consideration of the House on Mon day, which had already been repeatedly postponed, but which he was unwilling to postpone longer; and if the rumour he had alluded to was true, lie felt it his duty to bring it forward in the absence of the Learned Lord. The LORD ADVOCATE answered affirmatively. The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. MR. PI NUN T. :~ a 1 . • `~' . Sir T. LETHBRIISGE presented a Petition from Mr. Joseph Pin,ent, praying for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the comparative value of all British interests, with a view of ascertaining to what degree of attention each was entitled. The llo nourable Baronet had eignsideied the Petitioner hid a right to have his Petition laid on the table of the House, and as he made the agricultural interest the basis of all the other interests—the source from which all must be enriched—the hinge on which everything must turn, he thought his principle sound, and wished it to be fairly discussed. He hoped therefore that the Petitioner would have an opportunity afforded to him of communicating the information which he described himself to possess to a Committee of that House. Sir W. DE CItESPIGNY spoke in favour of en- tertaining the Petition. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW said, Mr. Pinsent's ideas were not new. They were similar to those on which Bonaparte had acted, end which had led to his ruin, when he determined that nothing should be consumed in France bat what could be produced from her soil. The Petition, proposing that a Committee should in quire into the comparative state of all British interests, proposed to institute an endless inquiry. Mr. FIUME should not oppose the bringing up of the Petition, but wished the principles which it con tained to b e examined. If that system which Mr. Pinsent recommended were adopted, it would put an end to all foreign commerce. It had been truly de scribed to resemble the plan of Bonaparte, and would go to persuade us to grow sugar and make wine in England, instead of producing those articles which better suited our soil and our habits, and which might be so beneficially exchanged for other commodities, the growth of other countries. He wished the subject to be discussed, that it might be fully understood, and the absurdity of the scheme exposed. Mr. MAXWELL wished to afford every facility to those who had information to communicate, and therefore wished the Petition to be received. The Petition was read and ordered to be printed. SALT TAX. Mr. H. BRIGHT presented a Petition from certain Merchants and others in .the neighbourhood of Bris• _a question, ditional 6s. to be charged every out, the cost price of which was at preset* Ws. • Mr. GRENFELL expressed a hope that this :ab ject would receive the serious consideration of his Iktajesty's Govettsment. The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. NAVAL AND MILITARY NIMMONS. Sir C. LONG moved that the consideration of the' Report of the Committee on the plan for paying the Naval and Military Pensions, should be postponed till to-morrow: Mr. HUME moved tliat it. should be postponed till Monday. Mr. BROUGHAM thought it ought to be post poned till Monday. • Sir C. LONG considered there had been an under standing in the House, that the Report should be taken to-morrow, and such being the known inten tion of W it would be taking a most unusual course to off. He hoped it would be allowed to stand f to-Morrow. His Right Hon: Friend, `should postponement be desirable, _would, he was confident, yield to the wishes of the Honourable Gen tlemen opposite. After a few words from Mr. P. Gan:Feu.. Sir J. va /N ewport., Mr. RICARDO, and Mr. BROUS:111AM, Mr. Hums consented to withdraw his motion, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. • WELSH JUDICATURR. Mr. JONES moved fur leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the administration of justice in Wales. Mr. BARHAM thought the Learned Gentleman would find some difficulty in clearing away all the abuses in the Welsh Judicature. Mr. DENMAN contended that it would be better to allow the Bill to g o off till next Session, than to adopt a measure winch would meet none of the evils which the other Bill would have remedied. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL wished the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to stop till he knew the con tents of this Bill, before he argued on a supposed knowledge of them. The Bill was intended to be printed, and to stand over till next Session, when it would receive ample consideration. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. Mr. LINDSAY presented a Petition from the Lord Proven, Bailiwick, anti Council of the Royal Burgh of Perth,,calling the attention of the House to certain circumstances connected with the Revenues of that Burgh.—Laid on the table. Mr. DENMAN presented a Petition from the Parish of Alfreton in the county of Derby, against the Poor Removal Bill.—drdered to be printed. Sir E. HARVEY presented a Petition of the same nature, very respectably signed by the Vicar, Churchwardens. and In habitants of the Parish of Westhatn, in the county of Essex. — Ordered to be printed. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in a MI to explain the Act for the Enrolment of Grants of Annuities. The LORD ADVOCATE moved the recommittal of the Royal Burghs Account Bill. Lord A. HAMILTON moved that the House be counted ; but he did not persevere, and the Bill was recommitted, and the Report ordered to be brought up on the 9th - of June. The Scottish Entails Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Sheriffs Depute Bill went through a Committee, the Re port of which was ordered to be received to-morrow.—Adjourned. 14SENIACI STALL slaws, d Earl Gal% it; name any day, but segernees manifested by du n?. the 21st of nest montia reading. The discussion of in itself, gives stron g not pass the Rouse of • Lords in the present An arrival from Germanys by an extraordinary conveyance. bas brought the Asitrian Observer of the 9041 inst. which contains a long article, stating that the Porte bad not only agreed to the demands of Russia, so far as related to the evacuation of the Prin cipalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, but had actu- ally proceeded to carry them into execution. tt is e however, necessary to add, that the French Papers entertain a very different opinion, and that the C on . stitartionnel of Tuesday gives an extract of a letter from St. retersburgh, of the7th of May, to a Diplc. midst personally known to the Editors, stating that _is uncertainty with respect to war or peace was at an end, that the Emperor's brother, the Generals, Bc,. had set out three days before, that the former cir cumspection hail been succeeded by the most unre served discourse, that the orders to adbance were dis patched to the army on the Sd, and that the Russians were intoxicated with joy. The Consatutionnel adds, that it was announced on the Sunday evening in a Salon Diplomatique of Paris, by persons having ac cess to good information, that the Emperor ALEX ANDIEW left St. Petersburgh on the 9th inst. that it was no longer possible to keep up any illusion, and that war would take place. The following is the article in the Austrian (*server, to which we have alluded : VIENNA, MAY go. News from Wallachia and Moldavia, at the begin ning of the present mouth, communicate the follow. ing information: On the Ist there arrived at Bucharest a talar courier) who communicated to Kiaja Pacha impor- tant orders. The Pacha proceeded on the eveniw: of the same day, in company with theCommis,trv- Inspector, Hadschi Emin Aga, in haste to Before he departed, however, he ordereJ the Chiefs of the Asiatic troops to be assembleJ, and corn- manded them to hold themselves in readiness for their departure towards home. On the 4th instant th 2 Commissary-Inspector returned from Silistri.t to 13 1- charest, and on the following day, early, proceetiel in great haste to Jassy. On the 6th Kiaja Paella re turned, and renewed the orders which, before his departure, he had given for a retreat. On the same 'day Officers of Government were posted on the midi which lead from Bucharest and Fokshan to Sili,tria, who were charged to prepare for the accommoda;ion and provisioning of the retiring troops. On the St:i inst. they began their march homewards. A division, consisting of 574 Tartars, formed the van; early on the morning of the 9th, there moved away a column of 500 Asiatics, who were to be followed daily by an equal number till the whole of the unpaid troop . shall be withdrawn. The number of paid troops re maining behind will likewise immediately begia their retreat, as the Porte has resolved to withdraw the united forces from both principalities. In Jassy, on the 3d instant, a Erman, at first kept private, was received, which, however, early on th:: following day excited the universal expectation c,l the departure of the Turkish troops, for which even: the people were prepared by the transfer of the ar tillery to Silistlia, which had a few days before ar rived from Brahilow at Jassy. The arrival on the sth of the Commissary-Inspector,from Bucharest, kill lead to the execution of the same orders in Moldavia which have already taken place in Wallachia. Con nected with these events in Bucharest and Jassy, we have received the following intelligence, in addition to the news front Constantinople of the 25th of April, communicated in our paper of the 14th inst.— On the 11th of April, the Capitan Pacha sent a flag of truce to the island of • Scio, inviting the insu:gents to lay down their arms, and accept of the arnneit!) and requiring their decision on his proposals wit Lia the space of eight hours. They rejected all, and bade defiance to danger, whilst they directed their fire against the citadel. The Turkish garrison repulsed them, and as the ships which they had used as trans ports had taken to flight at the moment when the Turkish fleet approached them, the Capitan without loss of time, landed nine thousand men. The insurgents on the island were thus placed between two fires. The garrison descended upon them from the citadel, and the troops who had landed attacked them in the rear. In a few hours they had lost all their artillery, consisting of twenty field-pieces, which were turned against them. AU farther resistance was fruitless. The battle, so long as it lasted, was wholly maintained by the Sciotes; for the Simians, who set on foot the expedition, had found means to escape the battle, and had re-embarked at a distact part of the island. The damage dome at Scio is great, and scarcely to be estimated. On the 13th a measure was adopted at Constanti nople on the part of the Government, which must contribute not a little to tranquillise the minds of the Christians. The Tersana-Kiajani who, during the ab sence of the Capitan Pacha, superintends the admi nistration of Police in the Capital, received from the Porte an order to take under his special protection the religious festivals of the-Greeks during Easter, and was made responsible that neither the Greeks nor the Armenians should receive any disturbance or ma. , . • Vi e La '. a."4".81"111 tam go : 841 ' . 1 Bill " rid ' l 4 l 4Sat Ot at first intend to ' to -- - - .. - Au r : consequence o f the eagerness I They unpaid h ave tog=t As er tia 1_ . , sa , iga. , Who wiled to . o E pose dig the ll 1 ally', and would the portant as that of the d e wier te h t h ee w a g* , btu was pied for the second re triflin i adii • colonies, now 'so much distressed , woul d blast suffer last riesling, though g - from the duty in 410011.11810 111 It WWII es tile 210 ad- proo f t h at t h e measdre w ill zi Atitmisi 6s. to be charged on every barrel of fish sent Lords i n the present Session. LON DON. FRIDAY, MAY 91. 1822. STOCK EXCIIANGE, TWELVE ()CLOCK. The business in the Market is not very brisk this morning, as most parties are at a loss how to act, in consequence of the ac counts from the Continent, which so materially differ in regard to peace or war. Consols remain steady at 80i f for the Ac count, and for Money 714 Every person is anxiously waiting the next arrival, which it is thought will throw some light on dte affairs of the Russians and Turks. Private letters from Odessa, on which reliance can be placed, positively state, that owing to the North winds there have been no arrivals there from Canadian*, and up to that period they were ignorant of what was going forward in the above capital. IPOLOWI Foxes.—ALL is confusion on 'Chatap this morning, and nothing thought of but the two New Foreign Leans ; the most sought after is that of Chili, for which there is a rage, owing to several persons having waited on the Contractors early this morning to purchase, but they, finding the demand being great for the New Chili Bonds, would not dispose of any, in consequence of which they are rapidly advancing; but the New Russia Bonds are very dull this morning, and scarcely any de mand for them. New Russia Bonds on $; Spanish New 41 scarce, in demand; Prussian 1161; New Chili 74i; Colombian 100;; New Va. [We feel it to be our duty to caution the Dealers in Foreign Securities against a specks of robbery to which they are peculi arly lialak. Our Readers will recollect that the Cupour or Divi dend Warrants are attached to the Bonds, and are cut off when the periods for payment arrive. A very respectable Gentleman lately purchased 50 Bonds in the Public Market, and having in cautiously deposited them in his box without sufficient examina tion, when be came to look for the warrants, he found that they bad been cut off, previously to his purchase.] STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. There has been a good deal of business doing this morning, and the Market has been affected according to tbarvarious degrees of credit attached to the conflicting statements, respecting the Meat question of peace or war, contained in the Morning Papers. At one o'clock, the Market appeared firm; and Consol# were sot for the Account, and 79,1 for Monty. A continuation of • per Cent. ascribable chiefly to the distress occasioned by the ten prompt at the India House. Chillan Bonds, 73#. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE 0 MOCK. Bank Stock 239 1 / 2 240-3 per Ceni.Red.7B% 3 per Ct. Cans. 79% %-3 1 / 2 per Cts. 89% 54 % 4 per Ct. 94% % s %-4 per Ct. New 95 1 / 2 % Bank Long Annuities 19 15-16 % Imperial 3 per Cents. 77%—India Stock 239 India Bonds 455. 465. 435.—01 d Annuities 78% New Annuities 79% Excheq. Bills of £l.OOO. Is. die. Is. pr. Ditto Small ls. ss. prem. Cons. for Account 80 1 / 2 % 1 / 2 1/2. Last night both Houses of Parliament resumed their labours, but there was not any business of much importance before them. In the House of Lords the Duke of PORTLAWD moved the adjournment of the sesond reading of Mr. CA1121'2404 Catholic Peers' ialt tbel sn sow en 4 *Pi sht • I