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S- ~- ~~ 8,. orirT/al- \ 4f- . „ * 51 7 7 A "etw,. vzo" 47/ *4 O uno ß r f a A ) t 402 ‘,/ • / Vidt f • • (2:e Z// f ee e • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1821. s u , + Ex 10.59-4. Pitl4-14 BAKE OF ENGLAr.'D, FERRVARY 1, 1891. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the GO vERNOR •and COMPANY of the BANK of IN G -1,01:1, give Notice, Thst an and after ihe 6th day of Pebruary instant, the Bank Abe ready to issue, in such proportions u the Directors may o kyroper, CURRENT SILVER COIN of the REALM, lotit amount of ONE MILLION POUNDS STERLING, to w hine for Bank Notes, provided application be made for *sue before the Ist July next. R. BEST, Secretary. PAIILIANENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY S. air. TimentssoN, from the Bank of England, presented eer. tab Accounts. Lord ERSKINE presented a Petition from the Borough of Newmarket, praying for the restoration of her Majesty to all her rights, and that her name might be inserted in the Liturgy; his Lordship also presented one from the Dissenters of Portsca, another from Brechin, in Scotland ; and another from the Burgh of Inverary, to the same effect. Lord KING presented a similar Petition from the Free holders of the County of Surrey, who had been convected by the High Sheriff; and the Petition was most numerously and respectably signed. Lord lIOL LAND presented a similar Petition from the Corporation of Nottingham : his Lordship presented another Petition to the same effect, from the Ward of Cripplegatr, in the City of London. Earl GREY said, he held in his hand a Petition from the Freeholders of the County of Durham, who had been convened by the Ilth Sheriff. The Petitioners prayed that the ttieen might be reinstated in all her rights, and that her name might be restored to the Liturgy. The Noble Earl said he had been present at that Meeting, and he felt It incumbent on him to as sure the House that it bad been conducted in the most orderly manner, and that the declarations contained in the I'etltion con veyed the sentiments of the great majority of the Freeholders of the County.—:The Petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table.—The Noble Earl also presented another Petition to the same effect from the Freeholders of the County of Nor thumberland. These Freeholders, indeed( were not convened by the High Sheriff, because that ()Ririe - had, most improiterly, and contrary to those constitutiarral principles which ought to bare regulated his conduct, refused to convene the .Meeting when a Requisition was sent to him for the purpose ; but a nu merous and respectable Meeting was legally convened by Ma gistrates; he' as present at it, and he could undertake to say that it was as distinguished for respectability and property as any Meeting he had ever witnessed. If any doubt remained as to this Meeting speaking the sense of the County of Northum berland, let those who entertained such doubts procure a Coon ter-l'etition ; but for his own part, he would take upon hint to assert, that a great majority of the Freeholdcrs in vestion fully agreed in the prayer of this Petition.—The Petition was read, and laid on the table. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Aim Sl, 1820. nriHE Public are hereby informed, thlt Thirty ... o ven PLATES of the ORDNANCE SURVEY of GREAT BRITAIN, carried on under the superintendence of ;be bte Major-General WI LLIA M MUDGE, LLD. F.R. cad A.S. are now complete, and that Impressions from them aim Sale at the Ordnance Map Office, in the Tower of Lon don; sod also at William Paden's, .Geographer to his Majesty, aid Agent to the Board of Ordnance, at Charin-Cross- These Plies contain the Counties of Kent, Essex, Sussex, Rants, Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall, and portions of Somerset, keeey, Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Wilts, &els, Middlesex, Suffolk, Hertford, and Cambridge.— Part IX, c ontaining nearly the whole of Pembrokeshire, and porticos of the adjacent Country, was published on the Ist of August, 1819; and as the Work is still in progress, ac cording to the original design of giving a complete Map of Gri , at we a l% upon a Scale of One Inch to a Mile, the publi cation of the future Parts will follow as fast as the nature of rich a Week will aisnsit, without increasing its Annual expense. Gentlemen wishing to procure a Map of the Country surround iri their own habitations, may, by application to Mr. BAKtft, it tie Ordnance Map Once, where an Index Map will be s e se, select any sheets they please for that purpose. All let tere ea this subject addressed t., Mr. Mars, under a cover to &Secretary of the Board of Ordnance, Pall-1112U, will be im sedately attended to. lip Order of the Board, R. U. CREW,-Secrciary. BUY IN TIME!—T. BISH having observed an Advertisement from the Contractors, stating, that in con soler:ace of the great demand for Tickets and Shares, occasioned by the extraordinary popularity of their new mode of ad;ren tore, they feared they would not be able to accommodate those perms who usually delay their purchases till within a day or tee of the drawing, most particularly begs to impress on his fields the necessity of an immediate application, to secure the vim:tars which this new and beneficial arrangement will af ford them; as it is his decided opinion that every Ticket will le odd by the latter end of this week.-4, Catskill, and 9, Cha 'berm. E!Tog , Stock-broker, N 0.2, Cornbill, and Lom batd-street.—N ENV and ADVANTAGEOUS MODE ADVENTURE!—The Ounce of all the Capitals to be Erns on Valentine's Day, the :4th instant, for a trifle; and ketatakity of Three Prizes of £2,000 Consols in the First Jim Mout& !! SYTON has the pleasure of announcing to the Public a no telmode of adventure possessing great and singular Advan ums for aU Persons who purchase before Valentine's Day, the lab February. Whether their Tickets or Shares are drawn Doke, or mull Prizes, or remain in the Wheel, they will re ceive back the Purchase-money for the same, with the follow- lag trifling Deductions, provided they are returned on or before 'Friday, the sad February. A TICKET may have all back except 'as. A HALF may have all back except I la. A QUARTER may have all back except 7s. An EIGIITH may have all back except 4s. A SIXTF.ENTFI may have all back except 4 25. Hag every Adventurer the Chance of all the Capital• and vier Prizes that may be drawn that day, for as many Shillings zit has heretofore cost Pounds! _ Ile Scheme is immensely rich, and contains, in Money and Cook Sic Prizes of £21,000, besides other Capitals, and not Two awls to a Prize! Cr All %ines* in the Public Funds transacted with fidelity and dispatch _ TRANS%ATION OF VIRGIL. Just published, price 6s. 6d. boards, VIRGIL translated into English Prose.—By J. DAVIDSON. As it has ever been considered superfluous to print a work, Aid is nay intended as a book of reference, in a large type, in Is swell the Volume, the present Translation has been pub is such a form as to be sold at a moderate price. kit intended to limns.* series, on a similar plan, of Transla of other Latin Authors, for which the Printer will be glad twelve the names of any Gentlemen who may wish to con them. Rath Author, as it is published, may be had separate. hinted by A. J. Valpy, and sold by Sherwood and Co. ; in and Co. London. Parker, Oxford ; Barret, Cam _ _ r; Macredie. Edinburgh; Cumming, Dublin; and of all Booksellers. STAYS AND ELASTIC BELTS. lOBINSON arid VISTIRIN submit for Ladies' impection their FASHIONABLE DRESS STAYS, r ASIII NG CORSETS, and CH ILDREN*s STAYS, which cy engage to fit in a superior manner. ELASTIC DEL Ts, hick effectually reduce abdominal enlargement, corpulence, al dropsy, umbilical hernia, and other accidents ; relieve de ity and relaxation, and afford comfortable support after cnn, wow. PATENT STAYS, to improve imperfect shape, ree -1 niequai shoulders, prevent stooping, remove weakness, cur awes, and Ira egularities in the spine, and support and cure Fer al awry, making thaw appear perfectly straight, without per 'tips steel, padding, or pressure. Country Ladies instructed, lima, to send measures. No. 7, York-street, Covent-garden, SETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTERDAY. IIDIDLESWOSTN. Regiraki and the Selima colt against the Field. li l ts I apt Reginald tta agst Gustavus tot agst Charm OAI 10 1 igit My Lady taken) I to apt buildfoz d Nan, do. DE UV. 13 to 1 agst Morel 15 to 1 agst Jock 10 to 1 agst Sister to Stec!trap 11 to 1 agst the Cathesine filly ST. =GM to 1 tgaiogt Jack Spiggott 118 to I art Sandbeck to art Colwell 20 to I agst Gust Ayes. 101 apt My Lady 115 to 2 agst Rementbraucer I!IPORTANT NoTiCE.—Messrs. J. and J. SlVE itioirr, the Contractors for the present Lottery, in nded their advantageous mode of adventure should Open to the Public to take the advantage of till , aleatine's Day, 14th of This Month, as they ex tol there would be Tickets sufficient; but, from very extraordinary unprecedented demand, it is ore than probable they cannot supply the Public these advantageous terms for more than a few ls longer: therefore those persons who usually lay their purchases till the last day or two, are ad to purcha se t hi s W ee k, as M essrs. Sivxwmour ink, that on or before Satutday next every Ticket d Sham will have been dchveted. PUBLIC DISTRESS. Earl GREY said, he now had a Petition to present to their Lordships, of a natere different from those which had just been laid before the House, and which claimed the most serious attention of their Lordships. It was a Petition from the Merchants, Manufacturers, and Traders, of the Town of Birmingham. It was agreed to in the month of August last ; and he (Earl Grey) was sorry to say, that the statements contained in it were at variance with statements contained in his Majesty's Speech, and afterwards repeated in that (louse on the first day of the Session, respecting the general prosperity of the country, when it' was as serted that improvements had taken place in several branches of our manufactures. Whatever improve ments might have taken place in some places, Bir mingham was certainly an exception to them, for these Petitioners stated that the trade of Birmingham was reduced to a most deplorable state; that the master manufacturers were not able to employ their workmen more than three or four days in the week; that one-fourth of the working classes were obliged to have recourse to parish relief for the support of their existence. It appeared, that when the distress at Birmingham was known to be at its height last year, a Committee was appointed to inquire into the nature and causes of it, and from the information which the Committee collected, no doubt could be, entertained as to its existence. It appeared, that in the town of Birmingham there had beets a diminution of about one-third in the consumption of the neces saries of life during the last two years, and that this diminution had taken place particulat ly in the articles of beer, bread, and meat ; and that a great part of the reduced consumption had been supported on credit. A Mr. Ryland, who had taken an active past in this investigation, made a Report upon the subject, and in that Report it was stated, by publicans and others, that they could sell more commodities if they gave them on credit, but that their trade was gene rally falling off; that those people who bad formerly been id the habit of purchasing joints of meat, were now content with bullock's liver,or some inferior meat, in such small quantities as two-pennyworth and one pennyworth at a time ; and that this meat was the same which used formerly to be sold for the feeding of dogs. The pawubrokers shops were filled with articles which were not redeemed, and most of the Working people were reduced to such a state that they had nothing more to pledge. This inquiry had been instituted since the year 1818, which was consi dered a year of comparative prosperity, and the con dition of the inhabitants experienced no amelioration during the two subsequent years; therefore their dis tresses could not be .owing to any falling off that might be supposed to have taken place in our trade through any Sudden transition from war to peace.— When he heard the Noble Lord opposite assert, on the first day of the Session, that an improvement had taken place in our trade, he (Lord Grey) made an inquiry as to the fact, and the result was, that al though there was lately an increased demand for some articles seat out to South America and other ,places, yet the general distress of the country was rather increased than diminished. He found that iron-work had fallen from 20 to 23 per cent.—that brass and copper works had fallen'about 15 per cent. and plated work about five per cent. He was told there had been a diminution in the poor-rates; but that appeared to have arisen from the difficulty of collecting them ; for in the last year, the arrears upon these rates amounted to no less a sum than 1;10,(X)0; whereas, in former years, the general arrear was between £5OOO and £6OOO, and had never exceeded £7OOO. Such was at present the distressed state of the manufacturers of Birmingham. Whether the distresses of some other places were alleviated by recent improvement:, he knew not ; but he was as. snred that great distress prevailed generally through out the country. There might, indeed have lately been an increased demand in some parts of Lanca shire for particular articles of manuf actures; but he was assured that; upon the whole, there was a con siderable diminution in the manufacturing capital of the country. He, therefore, had great doubt whe ther there existed any such prosperity as had been stated by the,Noble Lord on the first day of the Ses sion ; and that doubt was confirmed by the general distress which at present affected the Agricultural In terests. Another cause of his doubt was, that the trade of the country had, upon the whole, experi enced a defalcation in point of profit—it was not a trade arising from demand, but a trade of specula tion, exhibiting a mortgaged and unhealthy state of things, and it loudly called for the most serious at tention of the Government. On the first day of the Session, the Noble Earl stated, that the agricultural distress of the country was owing to increased pro duction ; but from the knowledge which he (Lord Grey) had on this subject, he doubted the fact of our 'productions having increased. Last year we cer tainly had an abundant harvest ; but he doubted whether there was in latter years any increase of pro duce; and his reason for entertaining such doubt was, that the distresses of the farmers were so great, as to render them unable to cultivate the lands in the -manner they had formerly done, and it followed of course, that the production could not be increased. Indeed, he was sure that the Agricultural Interest was in much greater distress than the Manufacturing Interests, on account of the very low price of corn, and the weight of taxes. ' The distresses of the coun try, in short, affected all persons, and were general. Various reasons had, at different times, been given for this state of public distress ; some had ascribed it to a sudden transition from war to peace ; othei s to a failure of the American markets ; and all parties, connected with the Government, seemed to have been shuißing,. in order to evade the real state of the question. But he would tell them, that the principal cause of the. public distress was the immense load of taxation which pressed upon all ranks of people, and which load of taxation was aggravated by the pre sent state of our finances. Whether the country would still be able to bear this pressure, was to him every .!ay more problematical ; but it was a subject to which their Lordships should not shut their eyes, to which it was their duty to turn their most serious at tention. The present Petitioners prayed that their Lordships would give the subject stated therein their most serious consideration. It was not his intention to make any proposition to their Lordships on the 1 subject ; and although he thought a Committee should be appointed to take the Petition into consi deration, he should not move for one, because it was not in his power to undergo the fatigue to which a constant confinement on that Committee would sub ject him. But if any other Noble Lord would move for one, he would give the Committee as much as sistance as lay in his power. Indeed, he could see no useful result likely to arise from any general inquiry which was not immediately undertaken by the Go ' vernment. No good. that he knew of, resulted from the Committee appointed last year to inquire into the state of our foreign trade. Although an able state ment had been made in the Report of that Commit tee, he did not see that we were one jot nearer to the accomplishment of the object in view, than we had been before that Committee was appointed. When he saw a result so unfavourable as this, he confessed he had very little confidence in any relief that might be expected from such a source. No useful object could be attained, unless the subject was taken up earnestly by the Government of the Country. lle had nothing further to state, than that he should most heartily support t'hes prayer of the Petition, and moved that it should be read.—The entire Petition was then read by the Clerk. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, lie should trouble their Lordships with a few observations, in reply to what fell from the• Noble Lord. He had no objec tion whatever to the Petition being referred to the Committee appointed last year, or to any other Com mittee which the Noble Lord might wish. With re gard to what had fallen from him (Lord Liverpool) on the first day of the Session, it was necessary that their Lordships should attend to the particular pas sage in his Majesty's Speech, that had been alluded to. The words were—" that a considerable improve ment had taken place within the last half year in several of the most important branches of our com merce and manufactures ; and in many of the manu facturing districts, the distresses which prevailed at the commencement of the last Session of Parliament had greatly abated." This was not a declaration that a 4eneral improvement had taken place ; nor did the Speech say that our agrichlture did not la bour under distresses, or that great distress did not prevail in the town of Birmingham and other places. Bat the Speech alluded to some of the most impor tant manufacturing districts of the country. The Cotton trade of Lancashire, he contended, had under gone considerable improvement, for encreased num bers of manufacturers were employed, and the trade of Liverpool in cotton goods was greatly encreased, as appeared by the latest accounts received from ' thence. These were the facts which lie alluded to on the first night of the Session. With respect to agri cultural distress, the statement made by him on the first night of the Session was founded on the fact that, during the space of two years, no foreign corn had been imported for home consumption; and, therefore, the conclusion must have been, that there was an encrease of production. This fact had been investigated and ascertained during the last year, by persons, who before, had entertained strong preju dices on the subject. He would not dispute what had fallen from the Noble Lord as to a diminished consumption. But he knew that, in one district with which he was well acquainted, a great quantity of land, over which a plough had never before been drawn, was broken up, towards the end of the war, for the purposes of tillage, and those lands returned A very inadequate profit ; but the cultivators of them contributed not only to encreased production, but also to the distress of the agricUlturists. He was ready to admit that a great part of the public dis tress might be ascribed to over taxation ; but it must be recollected, that since the conclusion of the war, there had been a diminution of taxation to the amount of fifteen millions annually. ' lie had no ottection to have this Petition referred to a Committee, and he would readily promote any remedy which could tend to remove the distresses it complained of. But he must say, that unless their Lordships saw their way clearly through the business, a remedy by means of a legislative proceeding would be only an aggrava tion of the evil. With regard to the timber trade, he conceived it to be altogether a question of regu lation with respect to duties. The Marquis of LANSDOWN conceived that this Petition called for the most indulgent and care- ful investigation that their Lordships could give to it. With regard to the cotton trade, he believed it had considerably increased iu regard to exportation ; but the profits and the capital employed in it were com paratively very low. The trade merely had the effect of keeping men employed ; but the profits were very little, because the manufacturers had no other way of employing their capital ; and therefOre the trade, as it now stood, could never produce any permanent advantage. He differed front the Noble Earl in hi s . statement that agricultural dis tress was owing to in creased production: for he conceived the most pro bable cause to be a diminished consumption; it being well known that a great part of oar population was, for some years past, driven to the use of inferior pre" visions ; for those who formerly used bread, now fed upon potatoes. As to an inquiry by Parliament into the subject, .he, for one, looked for no favourable re sult from it; for no immediate relief could be ob tained except by an effort on the part of his Majesty's Government. A remedy could only be found in determination to recluse the experaliture of the coun try in every possible way ; and not to allow any par tial interests to interfere with the broad principles of trade and commerce. And he was sorry that the great Sovereigns of Europe, instead of forming plans at Lay bach for destroying the independence of ether nations, did not meet together to 6tablish a just system of..commerce throughout the Continent. Lord CALTIIORPE fully concurred in the truth of the statements contained in the Petition, .and de clared, that from his own knowledge, he was con vinced these Petitioners were incapable of stating' any thing that was not founded in fact. The Petition being ordered to lie on the table, the House adjourned. , HOUSE 01 COMMONS. On the motion of Mr.. CL:RWEN, it was ordered that there be kid before the House a Return of the amount of Oats imported into this country during the quarter ending the 15th of August, 1820. Mr. JAMES gave notice of a motion for the 19th (this day fortnight), relative to the introduction of a Military force into the city of Carlisle during the Este contested Election. Sir W. LEMON presented a Padden from the County of Cornwall, praying for the restoration of her Majesty's name to the Liturgy, and for a restitution of all her other rights and privileges.—Laid on the table. The I lonourable llember also presented a Petition of a sind lar nature from the loyal Inhabitants of liodmin, in the County of Cornwall. Mr. D. GILBERT said he did not rise to make any ob jection to the reception of the Petition which was now pre sented to the House on the part of the Inhabitants of &loin, but he klt it his duty to inform the House, that the Borough of Bodmin had voted an Address to the King, which was of a nature very different from the prayer of the Petition now before the House. The Petitions were ordered to lie on the table. On the motion of Sir W. LEM(SN, it was ordered that there be laid before the House a Return of the amount of Ti exported from the country during the year ending the .sth of January, 11121, specifying the country to which it was ex ported, &c. The Hon. J. STEWART presented a Petition from the In habitants of Wigton, in Galloway, praying for the restoration of the Queen's name to the Liturgy, as well as a restitution of all her other rights and dignities.—Ordered to be printed. A Petition of a similar description was presented from the In ' habitants of the City of Batit.—Ordered to be printed. Sir G. CLERK brought in a Bill to amend the Act respect ing the finding of the Longitude.—Read a first time and or dered to be read a second time on Tuesday. Mr. BENNETT gave notice that he should, on Wednesday next, move fur a Return of the number of Criminal Informa tions filed by his Majesty's Attorney-General during last y ear . Mr. CHETW YND moved for an Account of the different sums of money expended in apprehending and passing Paupers during the three years last past. The Honourable Member ob. served, that to great had been the expenses attending the eie cution of the laws on that subject, as they existed at present, that he should think it his duty to propose some alteration in them.—The Returns were ordered. Mr. HUME postponed, until Friday next, his notice of a motion for a Copy of the Appointment of Mr. Bragge Bathurst to the Presidency of the Board of Controul. Lord NUGENT presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Leicester. The Noble Lord observed that he was commis sioned to state that the Meeting at which this Petition, whirl, he bad the honour to present, was voted, was most respectably attended. The signatures affixed to it were no less than 4,GOU. The Petitioners implored the House to use their best efforts to procure the restoration of her Majesty's name to the Liturgy, and a complete restitution of all her other rights and privileges. They, besides, prayed the Honourable House to institute an i:;- quiry into the origin and conduct of the Milan Commission. Lord, JOHN RUSSELL moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Bill for excluding the Borough of Grampound front the exercise of the Elective Franchise. 'ne Noble Lotd added, that in this stage of the Bill's ' , roue-1 through the House, he did not anticipate any discussion, much less opposition, he should therefore move for its being referred to a Committee of the whole House on Monday e Bill was then read a second time, ordered to be committed :Or Monday next, and to be printed. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for Copies of all Communi cations wick the Irish Government for the last five years on the subject of Stationery supplied by A. B. King, Esq to the Starr? (Mice, Treasury, and the other Government Deputtments in Ireland.—Orderesi. Alderman WOOD moved for a Return of the gross amount of the produce of Duties on Fire Insurance °dices, from the year 1790 to the year 1821,*distiu,;ui►hing the produce of each year, as far as the same could be made up.—Ordered. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. Mr. GOOCH said, that seeing a Noble Lord (Castle reagh) in his place, he wished to know from him if it was the intention of his '.Majesty's Ministers to pro pose any measure with regard to the Agriculturists of the country? Although he knew there were many in that House much better acquainted with agricul tural matters than he was,- yet in case his Majesty's Ministers did not intend to institute any inquiry on the subject, he should think it his duty to move for a Committee to inquire into it. Lord CASTLEREAGH rose and said, that the interests of the class of his Majesty's subjects alludtd to by his Hon. Friend, he was satisfied, would re ceive due consideratiOn from the House. In answer, however, to his Hon. Friend's question, he shonld say