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a , ; ~' : I • d 1 71~ ,~ '~ ; ;;i1 • • • ei , PERMANENT RELIEF for the IRISH PRASANTRY,I and the BRITISH AGEJCULTURA I. and MANUFAC TURING LABOURERS, by MEANS of ECONOMI CAL EDUCATION and EEPLOYMENT, end a greater facility in the exchange of the produce of their Labour. 91HE FRIENDS of Abe. above CAUSE are re a- quested to meet ,at the City of London Tavern on WED NESDAY next, the 15th Instant.—The Chair is to be taken at Twelve o'Clock precisely. ROBT. OWEN. Bedford-square, May 9. CITY OF LONDON TAVERN, MAT 7, 1822. AT a MEETING of MERCHANTS, BANKERS, and Others, convened this day by Public Advertisement, THOMAS WILSON, Esq. M.P. in the Chair; Moved by Tnottas RUN Esq. Resolved, That a Genera l Subscri p tion be now begun for the immediate assistance of the extreme temporary Distress otseve ral Provinces or Districts of Ireland. Moved by Join; Siam, Esq. M.P. and Resolved, That the undermentioned Gentlemen form a Conunittee for the collec tion and application of the Sums subscribed, with liberty to add to their number. The Committee beg to announce to the Public, that the fol lowing Sums have already been remitted in aid of the Local Subscriptions, formed for the Relief of Distress in Ireland : To the County of Clare - - - £lOOO To the County and City of Limerick - 800 To Galway and Mayo - - SOO To Kerry - To Skibbereen and its vicinity - 100 GENTLEMEN ADDED TO THE GENERAL COMMITTEE James Brown, Esq. A. MiKenzie, Esq. E. C. Holland, Esq. • T. Greg, jvn. Esq. John Wells, Esq. M. P. John Jacob, Esq. Wm. Wigram, Esq. M.P. Sir J. Newport, Bart, M. P. James Bowden, Esq. Leslie Alexander, Esq. Cornelius Buller, Esq. William Cunningham, Esq. Amount of Subscriptions already advertised £8,276. 71. 6d. ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. W. T. Robarts & Co. £lOO 0 Sutton, Sun, and Grib- R. Gaisford, Esq. 1 1 ble , £5l 10 Curries, Raikes, and A. Tegart, Esq. 10 0 Co. 100 0 John Singleton, Esq. 100 0 Admiral Sir J. Gore 10 10 It. W. W. 5 5 Andrew Reid and Co. Mr. J. Donovan 1 0 Llquorpond-street 100 0 Mr. l'almer 1 1 Rev. Dr. D'Oyley 5 0 The Atlas Assurance F. R. Bonham Esq. 21 0 Company 100 0 E. Warner, E sq. 10 10 H. Desborough, jun. John Paynter, Esq. 5 5 Esq. Francis Parster, Esq. 10 10 Fisher, Strolls', and 'S. hleymodt, Esq. I 1 Robinson Lord Slaryborough 100 0 George Turner, Esq. Robt. Pedder, Esq. 10 10 Whitmore, Wells, and 'ferries, Farquhar, Sc Whitmore 100 0 Co. 100 0 Geo. Haackell, Esq. 10 10 Owen Williams, Esq. . Charles Dodd, Esq. 2 2 M.P. 100 0 W. H. hlicklefield, Esq. 5 0- T. D. A. 1 1 Wilson, Minsull, Ash- Sir A. Macdonald, more, and Hodgkin- Thrt. 10 10 son SO 0 John Dill, Esq. Z 3 Coutts and Co. 10.5 0 J. A. 2 2 Henry Jones, Esq. I 11 T. and S. Nicholson, Mrs. R. Ahmuty 5 0 • Janson and Co. 100 0 John Ranking, Esq. 5 0 Governor and Cern- Charles Martin, Esq. 10 0 patty of the Bank of W. Osgonde, Esq. 10 0 1 7 .i.gland 500 0 Thos. Cockburn, Esq. 5 5 Linclun ASaLlAlice Geo. Hammond, Esq. 5 5 Company 315 0 Captain W. Bathurst 2 1 John Gurn;y, EA. 10 10 A Midshipman 2 0 Royal Escharge As- Col. C. Plenderleath • 2 0 surarce CAr.pany 315 0 Major Campbell 1 0 f;:even,Thornton, Bro- Mr. J. N. Coffin 1 1 thers, aid Co. 100 0 Janie' Mure, Esq. 10 10 Greg, Lindsay, and Co. 50 0 Sam. Mure, Esq. 20 0 Earl of Yi:rmouth 50 0 James Singleton, Esq. 10 0 Sir W. Kier Grant 1 1 Lord Rivets 100 0 Mrs. Montelieu 2 0 J. J. Angerstein ' F.sq. 100 0 Miss LA. Gore 2 0 Oliver Latham, Esq. 100 0 Edward Polhill, Esq. 5 0 Sir George T. Stalin- Villiams,Willianis,Bur- ton, Bart. M.l'. SO 0 gess, and Williams 100 0 Hon. Mrs. 11. Douglas 21 0 Earl of Athlone 100 0 Mrs. A. Welland 5 6 W. Murdoch, Esq. 10 0 1 John W. Croker, Esq. A Citizen 1 0 Nl.l'. 10 0 O. Wigram, Esq. 10 10 Mrs. Crofter • 5 0 P.W. Broadley, Esq. S 0 Miss Croker 2 0 Walter Boyd, Esq. 50 0 Anonymous 1 0 Anonymous, per 1). Jas. 11. 31. Dawson,Esq. 50 0 Sykes, Esq. 50 0 John Trotter,Esq. Dur- D.- Sykes, Esq. 50 0 ham Park Frys and Co. 50 0 M. liurgoyues Esq. Cooper Brothers, S. M. (Bradford) 20 0 His Grace the Arch- Mr. Wanderguckt 5 0 bishop of Dublin 100 0 Charles Grant, Esq. 5 5 Countess Dowager et' Laforest, Son, and Clonmel 10 0 Lees 10 10 Lady. C. Pender 5 0 Thwaites Treruthick 10 0 C. B. Baldwin, Esq. 10 10 J. Blackwood, Esq. 20 0 Dr. Bree II 0 James Chabol, Esq. 5 0 Mrs. Bree 11. , 1. 2 0 Miss Bree Jos Davies, Esq. 2 0 Moreland, Auritaii. and . T. W. Blagrave, F.sq. 1 0 Co. 100 0 Daws and Chatfield 10 10 Messrs. Twining James Doherty, Esq. 5 0 J. Dawkins, Esq. Miss Doherty 1 1 It. W. Blencowe, jtm. Shears and Sons 10 10 Esq. I 0 - ni Ed, 2 2 59. 10 10 0 21 0 5 5 1 0 2 0 1 0 50 0 5 0 Iloare, Barnett, & Co. 100 0 iev. _ Alwarn Ed. Bradford, Esq. 10 0 Chas. Kelsall, Esq. Mr. Shore 1 0 Hon. Mrs. B. Cockayne Stevenson and Salt 100 0 Medlycott 20 0 --- Delafosse, Esq. 5 0 Plethory 5 0 Sir Francis Wells 10 0 Major Rehnell 2 0 Wilson and Ready 5 5 G. Cufnming, Esq. Wm. Wilson, Esq. 5 0 M.P. 10 0 Wm. Goodcheap, Esq. 1 0 Harry Edgell, Esq. 5 0 Edward Lee, Esq. 40 0 Thomas Wilkinson, Esq. Wm. Stewart, Esq. 10 0 Durham 5 5 Edward Ellice, Esq. 52 10 I John Atkins, Esq. AI- R. Ramsden, Esq. 2 2 dermau 50 0 Thomas Warre, F.sq. 21 0 J. P. Atkins, Esq. 10 10 J. T. Forster and Cu. 21 0 Captain T. Abraham 2 0 Butler Brothers 46 5 Robert Rich, Esq. 5 0 J. P. H. Hagedorn, Esq. 3 0 J. K. Hunt, F.sq. 10 0 Solomon Pelle, Esq. 5 5 Henry Deighton, Eq. 1 0 T. Courtney Warner, Thomas Stowers, Eq. 5 0 Eq. 90 0 Fawkes, Homer, and Thomas Croft, Esq. 21 0 Fawkes 50 o John Pepys, E..%tg. 30 0 Thomas Beard, Esq. 5 5 Vera Ward and Co. 50 0 Mr. W. Pridden 1 0 R. and B. Brown & Co. 21 0 John Pim and Sons 50 0 henry Berens, Esq. 10 0 IL G. Barclay, Esq. Baring, Brothers, and - New York 10 10 Co. 100 0 G. Barclay, Esq. 5 5 •Jobn Ludlow, Esq. 5 0. R. Reynolds, F.sq. 10 10 Mr. Laont 1 1 Mackmurdo and Pitch- Mr. John Miller 1 1 ford 5 5 Mr. George Clarence 1 1 Hurry and Powles 10 10 W. Strachan, Eq. 10 10 Dearmen, 13ell, and Co. 10 0 Pelican Life Office 105 0 John Shepherd 1 0 Subscriptions will be received by Smith, Payne, and Smith ; - Tritton, and Co. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co. Bosan- Sir John Peering and Co. Coutts and Co. Drum . Co. Birch, Chambers, and Co. Snow and Paul; Glyn Gosling and Co. andby all the Bankers of London and ird Balme 5 5 5 5 Committee will meet at the City of Lando Tavern dad?, - - Twelve. Tit • His Royal Mimes the Doke of CLARENCE and ST. ANDREWS,* the Chair. 15TZWA RDS. I'"" Eaventesene, Eq. Sir Contaxonnms Fatatts, in the FREE) The Marquis of Berm The Earl of Guseciow. The Earl of Known. Lord Bamtveis. • Lord CAWOOD» Lord Gunroacay. Lord dimwit. Captain Rosalie Banos, M.P. JANIS Damsons, Esq. M.P. _ Dinner on Table at Six o'Clock precisely.. . Tickets, One Guinea each, to be had of the Stewards, at the Hall, Crane-court, Fleet-street ROBERT and at the Bar of the Tavern. AULD, Secretary. Bart. Bomar Hos= Gamow, Es 4. Minn,lsos, Rt . • Janis - LIDIMILL, • Jos' Worry Mayru.mt, Esq. Jona humus, Esq. of Clifton. Committee to--,-...,._ Mr. LUSHINOTOW brought up awalla lif di collimesed ewe which had taltenidaer between his Minty's Ministers and the Direitois of the Bink,sralatios to the extension of their Charter.-•-lald the table, ant teigissi min med_. The Co G ot! pas etil F n the Stamp Putties 1~ Bill and the Receivers- • were postpolliod tld to-monbw. Sir T. D. AC AND presented a Petition. Dom the tqlLand owners of Devout*, that pan of theopbss for their relief which related total** awn oat of boadosben the market was at lido. Ilsoba pm; . &eland, "mold he ruinous to agritulture.—lAld_im the table. Sir THOMASIIIiTHBRIDGE said that, before the farther consideration of the Apicultural Report was guar into, he Mt it his duty to give notice now of a motion wilbtt he intended to make in the course of the present Session. That motion would refer to the taxes, but more especially to that portion of them which pressed peculiarly and almost exclusively upon the awl. cultorbts. He then gave notice that, on the Stith inst. be wade bring under the consideration of the House, a Resolution she,. ing the unequal manner in which the farmer was oppressed, mice particularly by the Parochial and County Taxes—(Hear). REPEAL OF VIE TAX UPON TALLOW. Mr. SYKES being called upon by the Sealers, rose with a view of bringing on the motion for the repeal of all Duties upon Tallow Candles, of which he had given notice. The Hon. Men. her was proceeding, when The Marquis of LONDONDERRY interposed, at; pealed to the indulgence of the Hon. Member,whether it not be better to postpone his motion until the very important question of the Corn Laws, Which had been three nights.rnimier consideration, was disposed of? He need not say that it was a question of the greatest magnitude, and one upon which anaarly decision was most desirable. He had some hopes that they would come to a conclusion upon it this night. if, therefore, the lion. Member would accede to his suggestions, he (Lord Londonderry) would be happy to give the subject his attention, at the earliest possible day. Mr. SYKES said. that he had twice before put off his motion, and he wrs very unwilling to postpone it any' further. is its opinion it did not yield in importance to the questions et the Corn Laws—(Hear). , Mr. PEEL suggested postponing it till Monday. Mr. BRIGHT observed that, on Monday, the House would be occupied with an important commercial question. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that his Right lion. Friend (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had a plan for reducing taxes to a very considerable amount, and it would, therefore, be'well to see what the Government would be able to concede before they were embarrassed by discussions upon a particular tax. Sir M. W. RIDLEY concurred with the Noble Lord in the , propriety pf taking the agricultural question first. Mr. SYKES said be would concede, though unwillingly. Some discussion arose then as to the day it was to be post poned to, but. after some remarks by Lord Mmuoara, Mr. Swots, Mr. PliEly Mr. Besuir, and Mr. Cuswat, the motion was postponed to Friday, the 17th inst. -: . * Gentleman m'igt *Xt is I bare weld, tlist had gone on in I train of proseerity with of the National Debt, that they should that Debt as a great blessing, because it panied our sticeess—(Hoerr,merflarrke er ). ,gard to the arguments against the impo rt* tion of grain, they slacadd conaider that a country which grows corn for another, should tate care t o keep that country open for its importation. Uw e raised a large -supply at home, and admitted as muds as could bi sent from other countries, the glut would be so great that general ruin would be the coo s& qoesee. An Hon. Gendeusan had said that we we re become too manufacturing, and that a state of agri. culture was more likely to contribute to the happi:. ness of the kingdom. He might as well complain that- they were growing old=-(A lairgh).-4lanufat. EtlitS -ever attended the progrese of a country's years Instead:of its being a source of pain, it was one o f congratulation to him to contemplate a prosperous state of society, when the population might apply principally to manufactures, and haVe their food hi i ported from other countries. An Hon. Member had said that it was impossible that we could convert onr farmers into manufacturers, and our ploughmen into artisans. If a stranger to the question had heard th a t observation, he might suppose that we were discuss ing the possibility of such a change; but he (Mr. Ili cardo) appealed to the House if his plans could be,;. any such construction. The Hon. Member for ox ford had said that such was the tendency of the mea sures he proposed ; but after the declaration of hs opinions, and the plans he had submitted, could a charge be really made against him that he sought to turn the capital of the country from agriculture ta manufactures? There were sufficient difficulties which would ever prevent such a change taking I place. The Hon. Member for Cumberland had re commended that we should employ more capital is manufacturing branches; he (Mr. Ricardo) tholi&e. if his measure were adopted, that they would gra dually employ more capital in them. It was with a view to make it useful in that way that he recom mended them. •No Hon. Gentleman had he:‘ n how the farmer would suffer from the high import at i on duties. He had expected that it would base been done. No one had done so satisfactorily, and he was thereby confirmed in his own opinion. The Ron. Member for Wiltshire had said that they could cure foreign grain at 255. the quarter. He ha. then a letter in his hand from Mr. Sally, whose e.i..euce was so much relied upon in the Committee. That Gentleman says that he only meant a remunerating prise to the grower on the Continent. The 11,,ase should not legislate on accidental prices on the 1:,,n -tinent at particular times. The principal object et Mr. Sully was to say that the quality of the coin at Memel was of a very inferior kind, and the Ton:- thy - there never exceeded 20,000 quarters Any calculations formed on such a circumstai:ce could not justify the House in legislating upon thcm. He wished to make one observation with ' ' respect to what a Noble Lord (Londonderrv) had said yete:.- day, of the manner in which the Resolutions we::: carried in the Committee. He said that they ‘.ve:e carried with almost the general voice. He (Mr. Li. cardo) would wish to state what his views u ere going into the subject then : he had the same feel;:yr at that moment for the distressed state of the country, and he was willing to give everything that it could ask. They had already prohibitory duties. He had no objection to extending them to give immediate re lief, with the understanding that some security would be given that a more enlarged and better system would be adopted on a future day. That hope hal been held out to him;' but he found that when ele Report came to be drawn up, all such intention; were abandoned- , --that no idea was entertained of any Other plan being hereafter proposed. He felt tbat the understanding on which ..his consent was given was violated, and that his conditional engagement dropped—(Hear, hear).- .He -had one word to say respecting the observation of -the 11150, Member f..e. Hertford, that some allowance should be made for the evidence of Mr. Scaly and others before the Com mitteerfrom the natural- bias of interest that always affected man. He would not quarrel with that obser vation; perhaps it had some justice in it : but let him apply that rule to the Hon.. Member himself, and to the other Country Gentlemen who were to decide upon the subject—( Wear, hear).—Let them recollect they are not only to legislate for their own interest, but for the interest of millions—( Hear, hear).—Let them recollect that there is no evil so great as that of a high price of fottd to the people—(Hear, hear). — He was disappointed to find the Member for sex, when he came to the test, fly away from the opinion he had already given with regard to the price of labour—(Hear, hear). • Mr. BENETT (of Wiltshire) said that he wouli admit, with regard to the currency, that a duty of 245. would be much higher at present than before Mr. Peel's Bill. He considered that the national faith should not be broken with the farmers of Eng land, by admitting into competition with them the corn now in warehouse at 70s. That corn changed hands every day ini the warehouse at 20s. the qua:- ter, with the duty of 17s. making the cost of it :37'. if it was brought out it would sell at 545. and would leave the speculator with a profit of I Ss. while E:e English farmer was suffering a heavy loss. With re gard to the remarks made. by the Hon. Member for Portarlington respecting the natural bias with which the Country Gentlemen would be actuated as well as Mr. Sully on the evidence before the Committee, he was certain that there were not any Hon. Members who would prefer their. own interests to the fair and .honourable discharge of their duty to the country on .so important a questiOn. He was of opinion that it would be more beneficial to hate large sums a money expended in improving poor land than in ma nufactures. It was said that high prices would be the consequence of non-importation. He would con tend that eventually high prices would ensue from A free importation. The country had been fed for 61 .years, while a positive prohibition against imports. tion existed, better than it had been since with partial importation being -allowed.. Mr. CURWEN did not consider that the present COrn Bill deseried to be treated so harshly as it had been dealt with. The view Parliament then took et the case was justified by the experience of the pre" ceding five-and-twenty years. In the memorable and fatal year 1799, when theta was a failure of the hare vest, a Right Hon. Gentleman, who was as well ac" quainted with trade as most men, the law Mr, WI r! Subseriptiw Barclay, . .Tri q t asoadsand Co !I. and Co. Goal Westminster. The Comm tit &even for ...—.- -- .74 - 71.1191:mppoliprippremporprrorz.- - 4 - --:. . -- q' ":, • ' - ' ,, Wr.. l = "" " ' - '7; . wgwrlFFelliffprol7T' . ' . . . " . 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The House sat for some time with closed doors in a Com mittee of Privileges, on the Resolutions 'moved last Friday by the Earl of Itostaxaar, relative to the right of certain Scotch Peers at elections. • When strangers were admitted, the Earl of Snavotossat moved that the Report of the Committee be taken into consi deration on Monday next.—Ordered. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he had received letter from the Noble Earl, who had introduced the Bill for the Registry of Deeds in Ireland, wishing to defer the further pro ceeding in that Bill to Wednesday next. The Marquis CORNWALLIS presented three Petitions front Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Suffolk • complaining of the depressed state of agriculture, and praying for a remedy. The Earl of DARNLEY expressed his regret at the absence of the Noble Earl who was at the head of the Administration; and on that account he should defer what he intended to say re specting the state of Ireland until to-morrow. If the Noble Earl bad then been in his place, it was his (Lord Darnley's) In tention to call his attention to the present state of Ireland, which was every day becoming more appalling and calamitous. Ills ob ject was to inquire what measures bad been, or were likely to be taken for the relief of the starving peasants of that country? The Marquis of I.ANSDOWN said, that as the Noble Earl (Liverpool) was not then in his place, he should not say any thing on the subject which had brought him down to the House that day ; but he should now make a motion to which he be lieved there could be no objection ; it related to the proposed renewal of the Charter of the Bank of England ; he should move for an account of the respective periods at which the Bank of England had, since its first establishment, applied for a renewsl of its Charter. Ile should also move for further accounts as to applications by the Bank, in order that the House might judge bow far it was expedient for Government to make that tontract with the Bank which was now said to be in contemplation. He should also move for an account of the number of partners in Private Banks, with a view of spewing bow far the Bankers had availed themselves of the law as it now stood, and with a view of enabling their Lordships to judge of the advantages that might be derived from the proposed alteration of the law re specting them. Ii the Noble Earl at the head of the Adminis tration were now present, he (Lord Lansdown) would endea vour to-shew that the benefit of any contract about to be made -with monied men ought to be given to the Commissioners for , managing the Sinking Fund. Ile should also wish to know what were the conditions on which the Bank of England Charter was to be renewed? The Noble Marquis then put his first motion, which was agreed to. ''he Bills on the table being read in their stages, the House ad;ourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. FELLOWES presented a Petition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in Iluntiagdon, expressing their surprise and dismay at 31r. Ricardo's Resolutions.—Laid on the table. Mr. AI A BER LY presented a Petition from Abingdon, pray ing for a revision of the Criminal Law.—Ordered to be priced. Mr. GOOCH presented a Petition from the Merchants of lAwestoff for a mpeal of the Salt Tax.— Laid on the table. Sir C. COLIC presented a Petition from the Owners and Oc cupiers of Land in Glamorganshire, expressin&thelr surprise and dismay at the Resolutions of Mr. Ricardo. The Hon. Member stated, that it was the opinion of his Constituents most interested in this question, that no effectuzl relief could be afforded to the Agriculturists, but by adopting a scale of duties on the importa tion of foreign corn to the following effect, viz.—A total exclu sion of all foreign corn until the price here vas 70s. a quarter; then, when corn rose— From 70s. to 80s. an import duty of 30s. From 80s. to 90s. an import duty of COI. From POs. to 100 s. an import duty of 105. From 100 s. upwards, duty free. This would give confidence to the Agriculturists, and their scales might be reduced hereafter, whenever circumstances should have lessvred the unexampled burdens which now oppressed the landed interests of the country. Having never presumed to offer to the House any Resolutions or regulations for its consideration, Ire could not help taking that opportunity of expressing his per feet concurrence with this opinion of his Constituents ; and it was with great pain he stated, that, so far from time affording even a prospect of relief to the Petitioners, they found them selves now reduced to a state of deep distress ; and, with respect to the future, if the measures they complained of were carried into effect, they would be left in a state of almost hopeless de spair. —The Petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. COURTENAY presented a Petition from the Inhabi tants of the City of Exeter, praying for s revision of the Code.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. CO U RTEN A Y alsopesented a Petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Exeter ' expressing their alarm at the intro duction of a Bill for repealing the Law which excludes Roman Catholic Peers from Parliament. The lion. Member said, that he did not participate in the alarm of the 13etitiooers. They asked him to support their Petition. This he could not do, as for ten years he had acted on the persuasion that the admission of Catholics to an equality as to political privileges with the rest of their fellow-subjects, was a measure of justice and policy. Lord BUR INGTON begged to congratulate the House and the country on the great diffusion of the principles of liberality throughout 'the country. There was but this Petition presented against the Bill • and the promoters of it were so afraid to con sult the sense of Public at a General-Meeting, that they re solved to confine it entirely to the Mayor and Corporation.-- The Petition *as ordered to be printed. Mr. CURTEIS presented a Petition from the Occupiers. of Land in the eastern part of Sussex, expressing their consterna tion and alarm at the Resolutions of Mr. Ricardo.—The Petition was laid on the table. Mr. R. DIARTIN presented a Petition from certain Persons summoned recently to serve as Jurors at the Ohl Bailey, fur a revision of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. GRENFELL moved for Returns of the Number of Country. Banks in England and Wales, which issued Promissory Notes payable on demand, distinguishing such as had six Part ners, five, four, three, two, and one, to the latest peri o d at w hi c h the same could be made out at the Stamp Office. Mr. BRIGHT, in seconding the motion, observed that great inconvenience would be felt by having too many partners in Banks, in cases of bankruptcy, where it was necessary to prove an act of bankruptcy against all the partners. General G ASCOY NE suggested to - add the number of Bankers in each County, as it would be then known whence the, local notes issued. Mr. OREN FELL said he had no objection to adopt the suggestion.—Ordered. The Order of the Day for a Committee upon the Felons' Counsel Bill was, upon the motion of Mr. MARTIN, discharged,. and the consideration of the Bill postponed to the 25th. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said that, in consequence of the great press of business in the Court of King's Bench last year, and the circumstance of its changing its sittings from Wes tminster Hall, a Bill was brought in, by the advice of the Judges, with a view to enable two Judges to sit at Nisi Peas at the same time. Circumstances had, however, since altered, and that re gulation of the Judges' • rinse was no longer necessary. Be there fore moved for leave to.bring in a Bill to - repeal that Aet of last_ Session, fur facilitating the sittings of the Court .— Leave The on. and Learned Gentleman then brought in his Bill, which was read a kit time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The House then, upon the motion of the Marquis of LoNnonsently, having gone into a Committee for the further consideration of the Agricultural Report, I Mr. DENISON rose.—He said that, having before presented a Petition from a County which was once the most opulent, but now the most distressed in England, he conceived he might venture to offer an observation upon the subject before.the House. That opinion he would state in a very few words. He had attended to all the plans proposed in this House, but they appeared to him to mistake the true cause of the evil ; which was excessive taxation. This, the Hon. Member contended, was the true cause of the evil ; but if Ministers would at least remit two millions and a half of taxes, _which was only half the amount of the Sinking Fund, it would alleviate the general dis• mess in a very great measure. Lord ALTHORPE began by defending his amend ments upon the plan of the Hon. Member for Portar lington (Mr. Ricardo), which were not sufficiently understood. The. Noble Lord said, that his Amend ment was to this effect: to impose a protecting duty of twenty shillings, in the first instance, which would he fixed, and not diminishing, like the Honourable Member for Portarlington's duties, and to give a bounty, not of seven shillings, but of eighteen shit ' lings. This was the outline of his plan. But he also approved of the duties imposed upon taking corn out of bond, because they were so regulated that this corn should be consumed first, and it might not be neces sary to open the ports at all. Mr. ItICA RDO said, that he did expect, on the present question, to have the support of his Noble Friend .(Lord Althorpe), but he was rather surprised at some of his propositions. He was at a loss to knoW on what ground we could justify a drawback on ex portation to the amount of eighteen shillings. His Noble Friend, the Hon. Baronet (Sir Lethbridge), and the Hon. Member, for Code Castle (Mr. Bankes), all agreed in one objection to his proposition—he meant that which referred to indirect taxation. They seemed to think that he had not made sufficient al lowance for its operation on agriculture; they consi dered that indirect taxation pressed more heavily on the agricultural than any other classes. It might be so to a certain degree, but, in the present case, the application was exaggerated. Tne price of produce was composed of the wages of labour and the profit of the capital stock. He understood that the princi ple his Hon. Friends adopted was, that- in manufac— tures the coat of production was made up by the price of stock chiefly, and that in agriculture it was made up by the price of labour. Helloubted if such was the case ; or, if that was the right mode of consider ing the question, if he could shew that the dead ca pital in agriculture was as much, in proportion to the whole capital employed, as that of manufacture. His Noble Friend had stated, that all the price of the produce of land was made up of labour. Was there not a dead capital employed in buildings and in.seed? and had not the manufacturers also the same in their 'buildings and in machinery ? With regard to the ten shillings duty which he had proposed, he would .beg to have it understood, that it was rather more than was required. He had made; in that calcula tion, allowances for the Poor-rates,. which, though not altogether paid by the agricultural interest, af fected them to the greatest part of their amount. If he had adhered strictly to his own ideaa, he would have proposed that duty at seven shillings, instead of ten shillings. While he was on his legs,- he would say one word to : an..Honoura — ble lietideman (Mr. Bankes), who had alluded to_ iolitical economy ra ther-harshly—i-who had spoken of the wisdom and happiness of our ancestor,. He (Mr. Ricardo) would say,. that the present generation had all the wisdom. of its ancestors, and alittle more ezperience(Hear). If that argument bad any effect, we should not have' made any improyepents in science—we should not' have invented the staam-engine or gas lights. (Hear). It was not because ' the nation had been happy and had gourished i that it formerly knew everything.