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,•• 154 Uartuunritt. DOUSE 01: LORDS. MONDAY MAY 13. Earl GREY preseoted a petition from a number of persons in the county tit Northumberland, holding farms under SO. per annum, complaining that the hens& of the Bill which passed last isetatua to repeal the Agricultural Horse Tax was nut ex • tended to t h an. The noble Earl stated, that the pelitioneis formed a lushly inernoaous class of persons, and by some im perfections in tits law, they were exeltidal Irvin the be.telit to which he had alluded. lle tlitright something ought to la? dune to afford 'etch tit LIVERPOOL said the subject would be enquired into; at the same time, it mss 11111,Obbible to hold out any prac tical relief until the thing was considered. lie should take care tile stib; ; ect shoulu be eaquired tom, rind would let the Noble Lail know priv.deiy wlitaaer there was any power of granting Earl GREY then presented a position front the owners and occupiers of Lint in the county of Monmouth, signed by the High Siwitil at late County meethig, comiliiining of agri cultural distress. The petition was rasa lead and laid on die cable. The Earl of DARLINGTON presented a petition front Bar nard Castle, on the subjec, of a Weal bill Wiwi; Path:anent, fig the recosery of small debts. Mr. Wirilace, from the House of Commons, brought up a Ines-age, retptesting Lord Stowell might be permitted to attend the Committee of Board of Trade, 6.. e. The LOUD CHANCELLOIL informed the messenger dint the 'louse would send to, answer to die COIIIIIIOIIS, by theirown as sager. Tile gentlemen of the !louse of Commons then brought up the Siik Lace Rill, and sisie.al Private Bills, which were read the lust t Petitions against the Catholic Peers Bills were presented front St. Martin's in the Fields, and from Geverley, in Yorkshire.— Roth were read and laiti tin the table. The Marquis or LANSDOWNE, adverting to the terms upon which the Rank Owner is to be prolonged, asked the noble Earl (Livelpoul) whether it was intended to deprive Country Banks issuing 411411 ntr-ew, at the distance of 1.4 wiles front LuntMit The E. ri of LI VERPI lOL sairl it was not intended to make them payable in London, but to give them all possible circu lation. Earl GROSVENOR moved an address to his Majesty, re questing he wt uld be grucsously pleasasi to order then: be laid before that House a return tit Ail places m river,ion, exhung between the let or January IN4I, :ilia 15:14 Agreed to. The noble Earl considered die abOVe mutant neeetkary, as it was proper to chew the House how far the practice to gunning places in reversion lard been diseontintital. Atter saute conversant n on the subject, between Lonl Liver pool, Lord ElLenborougli, and other Lords, the matter dropped. The Eatl of 110.SEBERRY moved the order of the day tor the consideration of the report of the Umbrian= of Privilegea oil rile resolutions relating to die election ill Scotch Peers. he report was accordingly read. The noble Earl then entered into a statement of the motives which had therm% d him to mut-duce the reg ulations adopted by the committee, and stated that it would only be adviseable to act upon the precedents round oil the jout mils. lie, thereture moved that the notice of the resolutions be given to the Lord Clerk Re gistrar of Set, land. The &notion was agreed to. Lord DARNLEY taken whether the noble Earl had any ob jection to gilte the date of the first representation Made to stlajesty's Government reap tvting the oistress in certain districts in Ireland, and also the date When the first relief was aftinded by I:somnolent ? The Earl td LIVERPOOL said he could not answer the question at that time, but might give the noble Lail inturinatisni tin anutlier. Earl DAR N LEY intimated that he should be in bis place to morrow.—The House adjourned. TUESDAY. MAY I. Their Lordships sat at lialf.pat three in a committee of pri vileges on the ALtrellitiont peciage. Amanuiss raative to Alargate pier and harbour were presented, put - taunt to the order of the house. The Duke of GI L presented two petitions from owners and occupiers of land in the county of Suffolk. The silk twee uuties bill was redd• second timut..—Adjourned. WaDai.suAV, MAT lb. The Royal Assent was giv n by couninusion to the counter wa-ling man duties bill, tile bank of Ireland bill, the Irish omi t iercial credit bill, the Excise licel.ces' bill, we Scotch malt, istotch crettitots', Hex and cotton, innkeeper sulMstence, stolen .ecuritio, summary proceedings, and several private bills. Tile Commissioners were the Low Chaticeilur, the Earl ul Shafte.- bury, and the Marquis of Conytighani. 'the Earl of Si HADLIIHJKE presented a petition from own era and occupiers of land in the county of Suffolk, com plaining of omit:Miural distress, and praying relief. Mr. Irving, from the Customs, preaniteci a return of the Outten:ln penis's at which the port. had opened tor We admission o know: coin since the p.e..atig tit the Sjth tit George the id, it d the tjuantmes itnisiried, distinguishing the slitleeent knius main. r•everal bills were brought up from the Commons, and read the first aunt. Lord S lAN HOPE presented a petition front Devon, two from Kent, one Mali Cu.iiwall, and trot hum Ducks, all com plaining of awieultural di,trcas, uud lotayaig relief. Loot SC I. - Fl E LI) presented a peutiun from the owners and occupier. tit hod in the llwrdnd et II unib!e) aid, in the colony err Noriolk. The petitioners complained of LiINUIIOII, and prayed for repeal of taxes visible and thvGible, also fur re liant in The petition was read, and laid en the table. Lori BUTE pre:eau:4 a petition signed by the Iligh Slietitt and Grand Jury of the county Glamorgan, pi:L.)lllg the House to abolish the present system of ‘Vebli Juilienture, tor the pur pose of introducing the present system of After a few observations twin the Lord Chancellor, Lord He ck:4We, and Lord Cawilor, petitioti.was laid oil the table. The Earl of BC ESSIATIf N moved, pursuant to the order of the day, to re-commit his bill for the re-..tatranon of Irish deeds, aud alter a conversation between the Lord Chancellor, Itolodule, Lord liulland, and Lord Lauderdale, the leather consideration of the bill was postponed to Alunday. Lord CAWDOIt unused that a message be sent to the House of Cumulous fur copies ul the Nutt tit a committee: uppolutial to inquire Ono Welsii.luelicatuies—Hrgeml , Ailjournol to Friday. intuit', MAY 17. Lord KING asked the noble Earl (Liverpool) whether his Majesty'. government considered it nixes.airy to renew the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, and the Irish Insurrection Act $ The Eeil of LIVE:UPI/OE said, it was nut intended to renew the Habeas Corpus Act, but the Insurrection Mt would be mewed by a coca rue originating in WC House of Commons. Earl LIMO LEI again adverted to the distress iii behind, and expresso! ins witishietion at finding Mr. Seco:Lary Goulburn had brought in a bill to give employ ut...nt to the Walt pour.— 'llle noble Eat! wished uotwithsimaiing to heal from the noble Earl when iiieuoures were first taken to afoul relief. Ile accord ingly mused unit there be 1.0(1 bebre the !tome the elate of the first communication made tu we go crnsucut relating to we • Fettemion el csreity IL the putatue Crops tit Ireland. Tito Earl of LI VERPGOL aim/. the .noble Marquis at the ehael of we government of lre.ituti had wt Gut' litany (Up .ux 0 THE NATIONAL. REGISTER the exercise of official duty when he thought it necessary to eel( tOr inquiry into the state of the hams'. The reports on that subject led to a conviction that there was no general scarcity.— n the crops of potatoes there had been a detect more in quality than quantity. The inquiry was made in January. and in April following the government did all that could be done, without interfereece in the sale of human subsistence, which would have done no good, but much mischief. Tnemoble 1 adverted to the subscription which had been opened in thus country as one of the beet nitstes of relief. The Marquis of LANSDOW cologiscil Mr. Goulburn's bill, and suggested the propriety of withdrawing the motieu proposed by his noble friend. Earl DARNLEY then withdrew his motion, satisfied with Lord Liverpool's explanation.—The llouse adjourned. EOUSE OF' CMINIONS. 11140.11tY, NAY 13. • - - Petitions were pi esented front the hop growers of SllS sex, praying • eliet—lront Purisco, against the I.:elflike Norwich, autl bl:Vt 'al other places, agalost the Poor Removal hill. . . Sir C. BURRELL Said, if this bill were cartied into effect, it would supersede the vagrant I.lo‘. Ile never knew any legal man to have pi minced so inellecti ye a bill. Mi. S. BOURNE entirely conciiiird in such view of the bill; it adopted, it would be productive of much evil. —Petitions severally ordeleil to be printed. pm esented petitions front Brecon against the Royal Dngle.' bill. :Mr. SYKES presented petitions front hull, praying some regulations respecting corn warehoused.—Ordeied to he lotto/ 1. Sir It. FERGUSON gave notice, that, on the 23d, lie sl Id move the abolltiou of the Aire of l'utimaster tie r, cal, Scotland. Air. S. WIIITIIIIE.%D moved for returns of balances im the hands of the treasurer uf the county of Middlesex. —Melded. A petition was presented from St. And' ew, Holborn, against the Poor Removal bill. Mr. IVALLACEIIOSiponeII the committee on the Ware housing bill till Wednesday next. LocAh COURTS' Er.r.cTtots —The Salford Hundred Court bill, it was moved, sl Id be read a tint The AVIORN EY GENERAL followed the like course at some length. This bill required an 'MCII3IIOII of its jurisdiction ; but lie would prefer giving such an exten sion to a known Court. anti not to something like a Hew power. Ile conelnded with mewing, a. amendment, That it be read a third time this day six Lord ALTHORP defended the bill, oliserviii4, that it was called fur by the increased population of the district. The inhabitants were entitled to obtain justice as cheap as possible. Mr. It. WILIIIIAHAI trusted that the bill would not be pressed tins session. Air. lIROLtiIIAM defended the bill, observing, that every regular notice had been given. He saw nu objec tion to this mode of taking justice to the doors of every 111411. But this was Me way Illst all teloinis were objected towhatever was pi °posed, the opponents of impt use meat replied that A was nut the uay 111 stuck it ought to be :nought tor was il. (Hear.) It this bill were passed. there would be thirty or Sully fewer cases at the next assizes. If this bill were objected to, it would doubtless lie hum the fear that the example of this bill might be followed. Gen. GASCOYNE said, lie bionglit in a similar bill Sluice ur lour years ago, w hick had the approbation of the late Lord Elletibueougli, and of Sir S. Rumilly. lie trusted that this bill would succeed; it was calculated to be Must uselid. • Ali. scARLErr objected to this bill, because its ten dency was to place the administration ul public justice under the patronage oh private individuals. Alr. PHILLIPS said, in the bundled of Salford the desire fur the bill was general. Mr. C. WILSON said, he had great interest in the county of Lancaster, and lie was d. cideilly against the bill. The court was private in (met ty. The gallery was then cleared for a division. The - tiers wet c—For the amendment, YU—Against it, accuidingly lust. Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a petition from St. Matthew, itellanal•gi ten, tits:trotting a tomer petition potty big fur it remission id Mr. limit's sentence, but it was withdrawn on the Speaker slating that the petition al ludcd was withdrawn, and this ducuineot was in (lie lialtire of a protest. Sir N. LOLTHURST gave notice, that on the 6th of June he should move for a committee on the 3btli of the late Krug respecting the Mim' tatiou of foceign butter. Ali. LEN NARD gave notice, th3t oh Wednesday next he should move Sur a committee un the civil Itsi Class). 11 that million were cal ried, lie should theu move tor 'eduction in that class of the civil list. Mr. Al. A. TAYLOR postponed till June 6th his mo tion respecting the appellant jurisdiction of the Lord Chaiii•elior. 'I .e• I e went into a committie pro forma on the Ca tholic Peers' bill, iu which Air. C g moved so nic verbal ameitilments.—Reputt ordered to be further Canal. ilea ed on Wednesday next. Alt. SCA ItLET has ing postponed the second leading of the Pout Removal bill till May 23, Lord LONDONDERRY moved that the report on the subject of Agit:natural distress be received. Gen. GASCOYNE said, lie was au peistiailed that the distresti did not result from the :tale 01 the CUIII lONS, (I n tl mien the principle of the ineasuie came to be discussed, lie stionlil ullt!r Ins selilintenta. Col. DAVIES rose to move his resolutions, calling for a reduction of the la%es. The cutilitry called fur tidier, and yet not tine tit the six plans millet' load been proffered offered any i chef. lie the rettn e telt compelled to pet se vere in his resolutions. Without a reduction of taxes the farmer could not proceed, and lie lett persuaded that it was out for the interest of this comitry to cut:mirage high prices. The lima. member concluded with moving Ilse following reaultlliOns I.—that any tan ninth, by being unequally distribuled, act, at a bounty tv we pail of the li unq luui, su it lo the prejOdiet Cl souther, le, is. It. nature, unpin, Ann ought to he di...outraged. the gloss produce us. Inc Larne dune. on Salt, Hides, Soap, and ("mode', Ili tole•it Bu itron. antouvied,in the )ear rooting bill of January, la*, to lie sum nil sad tie nett p•udece 3,475,7761. I hat there are no Kariee dune , levied is Ireland on Soap, Salt, or Camara ; and that the goo , . amount os the duty tad Leather, in the year :All January, idaa oa. al ; :AL 4.-1 hat the whom of Inc eatete duty oil Salt, sad three-fourths of She duty, ou soap, Candice, and Hideo, In Weal kta gam, be sup thwillt to —11145 the Oars ea Wiudotts and Leather, in Iretesd, be tottlivrath rept sitd. nu Tim SPEAKER said, that Shut resolutions could ' be put in the present stage of the business. They could nut form ally pert of the repot I. Cul. DAVIEi, under these circumstances, withdrew them, but said lie should biting them forward hereafter. The quiestion before the lonise then was, that the icsu. lotions w t h e repuel be a4reed to. Sir J. spoke of the severity of ae distress, and said he feared those resolutions would not afford ade quate tuner. Mr. 11'1•:S I'ERN contended, that the difficulties mainly resulted from the Opel dill/ill of ilie curl eirey ; that the heavy taxes hail dune •li, but it was Mr. Peel's bill that had accelerated the difficulties of the termer; and that it toe the Itett.e to retire that nine. sure, and to investigate closely the uperotittlis of the Lord LONDONDERRY proceeded to defend las owit which he contended contained proteetiii4 doilies sufficiently 'fhe noble lord adverted to the ptupu icon for tepesting 2u,000,0001. of taxes, which he said emit,: only be dune by a breach of faith to the public creditor. dlr. IIC E denied that those oho supported that lOW tion desticil to break faith 4 iv; the pubic el editor. MI they desired Was a redact' taxation by the adoption of economy. Mr. PEEL defended the return to cash payments; NIA, after some thither discussion, the report was brought up, and agreed to. The uther orders of the day were disposed of, and the house Mtljuut 'ltd. T1:1 1 / 2 0•11, M•Y 14. Mr. BV NG presciiii d a petition from the freeholders of the County of AlithileNex, collllll4loing of the mode of the imposition and iisseenneot of the county fate, mod pant cularly pointiuq out the 1.1% and defective 111d1111C1* Secm dies Isom the county treasurer. The pein nine' s pu*yed fur leave to introduce a hill to amend the laws on this ruhject. Petition referred to a committee, with power to send for peisonN, papers, and records. A person from the company presented an account of the receipt* and dibbotameotil on account of Margate ?ire for tue last year. Sir J. BOUGH V presented a petition from Mr. Tom linson of Stoke upon *Frelit, complaining of the mode of assessing iythes. Air. !SYNC. presented a petition from St. Paiimas agMust ihe Iruii Coffins Bill, dud pr.i)iiig to be heard by culincel lily AL. DS it teau led a petition from the chipping juiciest in Dundee, uguinct the Navigation LAWS Aitscsitl sueut Bill. Sir 1. COFFIN observed, that as the merchants' ser vice was the means of producing and curtail aging gaud seamen, lie hoped it would expenence attention.— Peti num ordered to be ;hinted. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition frorn the tobacco mrieliants of Be 'slut, coinplaiiiiiig el the heavy ditty oil tobacco, which oppressive duly hail seriously diminished tile consumption of that article. Oidthed to be piloted. Mr. W ODEIIOIJS E. moved for accounts of foreign but ter imported since Isl.l.—Oidereil. 'The Lanai k liridewell Bill was lead a third time and passed. IVESTEIIN deferred, from the nide inst.ent, till Tuesday, June 11, his "notion respecting the state ut Its currency. tie lion. BENNET, pursuant to notice, which had repeatedly bran postponed, owing to the pressure of other important business, latiUglit torwaril his inOlion for leave to Wing in a bill to alter and amend licensing ',obeli:- houses. Ile plewiscd with Staling, that Ins proposed trill was to be limited to Logland. As the law iloW stood, tile magistrates had little tie no power to peniesh publieaus fur ally employer behaviour, excepting by taking away their licences, %Well Was Cali:Waled to Indict illtirr riii:e uu the ll:liters. For the offence of tippling, to be sure, they height line to the ainuumt ut 20a. Awe between that nude of pew:ceding and depriving the public:4n or his licence, there was no Colirlie lets for the niageste ate to adopt. Fur such offence, and uttences that regarded the arueeat conduct of the house, lie pliOpUsell to Matte the pari.es for the term end seemed offences to be subject to be tined by the magistrates, the cases hissing been proved; the second tine to be larger than the lie st ; mud the third case to be liable to moie severe piinisiement. lie did not propose to go further than this; he hail no hope of accumpleshillog the amendincia, that causes of complaint should be takeit betwe a July. The next point which his bill embraced touched on tender ;pound. At present the great hive' city ut the public houses wet eiu the hands of Meiners, and they were thereby enabled to drench the pnbl•c with their awn nauseous and poisonous stutt that they calk , ' beer ; the consequence of such beer leasing Leech supplied to so many houses, had driven eueisidetable membeis of the woe king classes, and those who had occasion to resort to public houses, to take to spirit drinking. Tu seniefly this evil, his ill teal lull was to pioyose to increase the Cililieir tit okolri 11l ll g licences. lie proposed that a prison having a house of the rent of 201.—un lentlei nig goo.l, rmple and real set:mines, such as the bill woul.l elesenot, should be entitled as of eight to drwaud leave ur licence litho the magistrates to open hits house as a public house. to prevent abuse, however, lie sauteed give the uragth trstes power to shut tip such house at the nex: liccoce day, it cause could be sure nto warrant the same. Tins plan was clear and simple ; and he thought it was calcu hued to reduce that 110111Upuly, tit which such heavy complaint was now made, suit to check those gross trail 's ;hiss practise.' upuu rile etrialitiliffily. Ile CulaClalled, (amidst much cheering) with moving fur leave to being in a bell to alter and ennead the law regarding the licenstug of politic houses. Mr. C. CALV ERT suit, if the hole. 'member intended that the Bill should g u to a Ca 11111 l itiee 'Rouse slims, It would not be Ilteebbilry fur 111114 to Mule ling obseilirtions 110 W. Sir G COCKBURN I hutOtt that advaatage might result ft um I KO bet allowed • open for the bale or beer mil). Something of the kind had whets place to a pat Ocular 'tart tit the country, the hounca selli.se, their own lire wed beet unit tete peautotry had preterredidoute house:.; but the ex ciae had toterleCleo, &tad had c veiled the suogists..tes boos,, to abut lhu,r o loch they did o its much regret. Al r. Olt ENII,LL could out oat:thoud to, uthute of applatv.e to tine lion. unottlter (Mr. liettoet) lot hiring d art taken to uktluuua ire well :la u,eful a I tisk. Ile aisduld aux lull to tuppot 1 mcioure to the utoont of Ilia ability. Leave welt to tOO% in the toll. Mr. COKE presented a yetitiou from Maidenhead, Berk shire, itgatost toe intotoody to the beer trade. Mr. F. PA lilt c plume:wed the hon. m.mther for 611,4:W:bury tslr, havinz tilua6lit shi