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THE COMMISSIONS RS for VICTUAL LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY, ke. do hereby give Notice, that on Tuerdav, Me 4th of March nest, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and ts:eat for One Hundred Mouldered Gallons of \VEST INDIA RUM Three unwired Quarters of NEW ENGLISH PEASE ; And One Thousand Sacks Of BISKET MEAL; *The whole to be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling at Deptlard, within One Month. 'he Condition* of the Contracts mat/ be seen at this Uee. Each Tender must specify the Price in Words at length, awl delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed, and the Person who mattes Mt . . Tender, or souse Person on his behalf, must attend to answer .when callecti"to. • • AI. - 11/W.Litit CL %pro ivo PARLIAMENT, bring., in all to amend 'tl;e laws respecting the sale of .11. , et and Ale. . finally spinet the violation of the French territory by casual military excursions.' " Sir T. LETLIBRIIVE hoped the . lion/and Learned Gentleman would par here in the measure which he now sought to introduce, as be.considered it to be one of great im portance to the Agriculture of the c o untr y. The laws tz:- spectiug Beer and Ale were of such a nature, that he thought they could not be endured much longer, since they made a man in proportion as his income was low pay higher duties the articles which he consumed. Ile hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would not fail to give his countenance and sup port to a measure which.went to do away this anomaly, sild to relieve the labouring askises from the great privation* to which they were at present constrained to submit. tie deemed the subject entitled to the most serious attention of the House. Mr: Secretarz CA NNlNlO.—The account received of the speech of the trench 'Minister in the Moniteur, the official paper of France, is correct so far as I kilo*. But unquestion ably, tte paNsages taken froth the notes of this Government, hove been torn from very long papers, in which the sense of them was greatly qualified. That this might be,_ Gentlemen can easily conceive.—For instance, if it should be declared that precautionary ineasures against Spain, under such and such circumstances would ho right; but, on the contrary, if 'risrittett; were so and so, the case would be wholly different—such state ment would have a very diTerert sigoificstion from that which would belong to it, if it stood alone. The extracts, contained in the speech which has been mentioned, are correctly given ; but in the course of long argument, eVery GenAeman ac customed to write or to speak, must know, that an admits sion is sometimes made for the sake of contradiction --(hear, ::eta, hear !) The Right lion. bentleman resumed his seat amidst conti nued cheering. He again rose and- said—" I beg to correct an expression which has escapad me. When I said an ado*. Sion was itOttletiniea made for the sake of con trpdiction meant to say, for the sake of contrast. it is sometimes 'necessary to admit a case for the purpose of contrasting or contradicting it with another. HOUSE OF LORDS, F. AGNEW v. AGNEW. This was an appeal frorTi the Court of Scotland. The parties petitioned on this occasion for a rehearing of the cause, under extraordinary circumstances. It appeared that a decision had been made by the Ilbuse, and thattbeCourt of Session refused to execute the judgment, on the ground that it was wrong. The Court of Session would not execute the judgment, but allowed time to the parties to apply for a re. hearing of thetippeal. Counsel attended at the Bar this day to re-argue the points.- Lord RE IiESDALE contended that the House ought not to hear the appeal again . . If the Court of Session lied power to determine that the judment of the House of Lord• was wrtp, how could justice be obtained? The Court of Session might take repeated objeztions, and leave the question still undecided. When a superiorjwisdiuzion have judgment, the Court below Mould not alter it. "Ilhe LORI) C-lIAN'eELLOR moved that further proceed ings be postponed to Monday, when his Lordship observed, he should be able to do justice on this important question—rPost ported to Monday. Lord DORMER was introduced and took his seat. The supporters of his Lerdshin were Lord Reficale and Lord Colchester. Mr. Alderman WOOD_said, se the lion. and Learned Oen tleman had stated new grounds fo - : introducing .this measure, he should not enter into general view of the principle on which it was formerly reenipmended to them: It watt extraor dinary that after the martypetitionis presented from the Land ed Oentlemene they had igot- found this .subject properly at tended to. ..Flue ii,c.istk4Sites amounted to about 10,000,0001. Of tis sena he tlitiUiltt hifitikr-juitkled in taking 6,000,01,01.. to he paid by the dutliton malt a3tl On:-of this six millions, the poor man paid not less 'than five millions; and thus contributed to the tat infinitely more than the rich man did. No difference watt made between the rich and. the poor in the duties imposed on Spirits, and he thought s similar prin ciple ought to be acted upon with respect to beer. If this were dune, be could confidently assure the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, that the loss which he would sustain from taking off the present duty on beer, would not, in th e - fir st year, exceed. 50 increased consumption Since the malt duty had been taken off, an consumption to the amount of one fourth bad taken place. A similar increase would, he doubteld not, follow , the repeal of the duty on beer. in this the landed proprietors were much inte rested, and for his own !Jett he would rather that that should be remitted than that the taxes en horses and carriages should be reduced. . CONTRACT FOR RUSSIA 7'41101,r, and 211201, CANDLES. Navy-Office, Feb. 2a, 18V3. • rrilE PRINCIP4L OFFICERS and COM., IitISSFONERS of 1 15 AI4.I.ESTTS N4VY do hereby give Notice, That on Thursday, the *oth of Ztlarch nest, at-One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Pertols as may be willing to Contract for supplying His Majesty's hock Yards with Loth or either ,f the following dirticks, viz.:— Mr. BROUGHAM remarked nothing could be more candid than the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman. The statement which meant one thing standing :alone, might bear t very dif ferent construction if the context were not suppressed. He would put it to the Right lion. Gentleman whether, if persona connected with the French Government employed themselves in making garbled statements of the reprmintations put forth' by this Government, it would not be desirable to produee the papers themselves ? Mr. Secretary CANNING.—It would be actin; disingenu.' ourdy by the lion. and Learned Gentleman and the House, not to confecs that the hopes heretofore entertained by his Ma. jetty's Government of preserving% peace, are materially dimi nished, but they are not destroyed. So long as a hoperemains, I certainly am of opinion (I offer it'only as an opinion), that it is inexpedient to bring this question into discussion; but when the proper time shall arrive there will be found no wish on the part of his Majesty's Government to withheld inforMation,but on the contrary, they would be Most a/lab:ills to of hi the fullest explanations respecting the course which' they have pureued in connection with these transactions: Mr. BROUGHAM said he had no more' to say at this time, but that the statement of the Right /fon. , Secretiu'y was so can did and satisfactory, that be, for one, 'should feel his discretion bound up for the present, andi in the keeping of the Right Hon. • Gentleman. • The West India and American Trade Bill was read the third time and passed. The Marriage Act Clauses Re peal Bill Was read the third . time and passed. STATIONERY IN IRELAND. Earl DARNLEY said, he held In his hand, papers pre ented to the House, in consequence of his motion at a late period of the last Session, respecting certain charges against an individual who supplied the Government Offices of Ireland with Stationery. The Noble Earl found the papers imperfect. and he 'wished to know whether they could be corrected. He did not suppose it was convenient to the Noble Earl (Liverpool) to state on that occasion, whether the correction could be made • but perhaps an answer could be given next Monday. The fast letter 'on the subject, sent to Mr. Ooulburn, dated the 11th of May stated that certain terms were to be 'entered into by the individual ; apd lie was therefore desirous of asking, whether the documents received by his Majesty's Government, explained the terms alluded to, and whether Sir A. B. King was continued in the office, by the Government 'of Irelarid RUSSIA TALLOW, TALLOW CANDLES. r Distriutions of the Arkks, and Forms of the Tenders may be seen at this Offlce. No Tender will he receiveti after One o'Cloch, on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Mr. lIROTIGHAM denied that he had changed his view of this subject in one sinale iota, excepting that on the pres2.tit occasion he had thought it unneccssary to trouble the House vita the whole of the statemmt which he had made on 0, for. mer occasion. If any of his Honoural.la Friends should think the observations which he had ndw offered were new ones, he could not help it; and he was not. bound to provide them with memory. What he had now offered, was to 'a tittle, word for word, what he had stated in the last 3esaiort of Parliament. • Every Tender mast be accompanied by a Letter ad• dressed to the Navy Beard, and signed by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound with the Person tender ing. in Me , Snot of £340 fvr the due performance of each of the Contracts. The Earl of LIVERPOOL intimated that he should give an answer on Monday.—Adjourned to Monday. OFFIUE OF THE GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Loudon, Feb. 14, 183. NOTICE is hereby given, That a SPE CIiVL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY, to be held at the CROWN and ANCHOR TAVERN, in the STRAND, in the County of Middlesex, on THURSDAY. the 131 b ilay of March next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, to take into ruts itletation the ate. plication to Parli:inient in the present Session. By Order of the Court of Directors. It. GUDE, Secretary. N. 8.---The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Cloct pre cisely. • HOUSE OP COMMONS. A Message from the !Ards announced their Lordships' wt. sant to the Colonial Trade Bill. • - • 0 EtA NOE SOCIETIES. • Mr. lIROWNLOW said, a notice having been given of a motion for the 15th April, t respecting the late proceedings in Ireland on the evening when that notice was given ' many Gen; tletnen had left. town tor Ireland. But the next evening an Hon. and Learned Gentleman had given notice that in the course of the ensuing weeiche would bring for ward a motion on the subject of Orange Societio.. It so happened that the 4th March Was the day on which the AtNiZel in the North-Eail Circuit of Ireland commenced. A Every ore would fcel how portant it was that Gentlemen connected with that part of the country should be present. Tie SPEAKER begged to ask if the Hon,. Member propos ed to conclude with the Motion? LOVES OF TtiF: ANGELS. This tiny Was published, price its. Embellished with, 1. First 'lllustration of Moore's Loves of the Angels; 2. A Lady in a Morning Costume; 8. A Lady in so E ven i ng Full Dress, hoth in Colours; Fr HE I,AI)Y'S MAGAZINE • ors Mirror of JL the Belles Lewes, Fashions, Fine Arts, Music, Drocia, ;e. fur MAUCH t, MSc Wag the - SECt),',I3.NUM BE .it the IMPROVED SERIES, Containing, Critical, Notices ut New Potolications—,Tales—Essays—,Poetry—lteport of Music —Fine Arts—Drama—Fashions--The Letter.llox ; ur An• swots to Correspondents. London t Printed fur S. Harollton Putilished by S. son, Paternoster-row ; and sold by all the Hophsellers of the United Kingdom. 'WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS If II have obtained the sanction and approbation of Oen• / 1 tlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable ( Medicine, ' in removing obstructions, and relieving other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an 'early period of life frequently arise from want of exercise, and general debility of the system. They create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and , nervous head ache, and are entineistly useful in windy dis- orders, pains in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi tations of the heart. Purchasers are requested to remark, that, as a testimony of authenticity, each Bill of Directions is . signed with the name of ea ilia 9 A.) C in writing Sold wholesale anal Retail, in London, by Wright, No. 46, Firet-strret ; Barclay and Sons, Fleet Market; New hery and Sons, St. Mars Church Yard; Sutton and Co. BoW Church Yard ; Sanger, 350, Oxford-street, opposite Bond street ; Evans :rod Son, Long Lane, Smithfield Johnston, Greek-street, Soho; Butler and Sons, Cheapsidu ; Godfrey and Windt's, Bishopsgate•street : and' by allSountry Venders, - at 91._9d per Box. --- *„• It is necessary to inform the public that KEARSLEY'S it the only original autl genuine Medicine, and has been pre pared by them for more than thirty years. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 28. GAMBLING. WOODROOTIM v. OLDVIELD, BENNET, AND CARLOC. • Mr. C. Puts.t.ies opened the pleadinge.—Mr. GURNEY stated the case to the Jury. William Smith deposed that he knew the house, N0..75, St. Jatues'e-street ; has seen the plaintiff, Mr. Woodroolfe, there, playing at rouge et noir, on the 2d of August last : he lost on that occasion upwards of 401. The defendants Bennet and Carlos were there. Has seen Oldfield as well as the other two engaged in the Management of the house. Saw Mr. Wood. tootle also on the 4th of August; cannot gay how much he lest. SAW him also on the 6th of August, when he lost 20/. Cannot . say if Oldfield was there on that particular night, but he was generally there. Crop-examined by Mr. Lawts.--Never called himself, uTtain Smith, but has been frequently called so. Ile is Seeond Lieutenant. Has , frequently seen Captain Pop, ham, byt ciumot say whether at that house. It is a custom at the gaming tables for the lookers-on, when they cue strangers, CO oiler to play for them , with a view to teach them some new system, or on some such' pretence. Hai positively seen M. oodrotte put down the money , himself, and play for himself. li e gave the witness no money. Ile was not in general a high player; used generally to put' down three or four sovereigns at a time ; he changed three or four ten pound Tiotes and some fi v e pound. notes, which he lost. lies no doubt !bat Oldfield was a partner in July and August last; he used 1. ( , ) Sit down wi t h the others when the banks were counting. ranot tell wh o actually fingered the money. On one occasion st ies a.ihined Mr. Vir oo d roo l e i n t h e b an k , but not at t hi s house. _Mess never had any share in the winnings. 51r. LaivEs then addressed the Jury for the defendants. He n t s sure they would not sanction a claim set up by a lilaintiff who confessed himself a partner in the transanction. Ile was t dcertain A - the would n o t give credence to the only withess ad " owho,it was ev a l e tit, could have no distinct rechllce tLne facts to w hi c h h e d epose d, a nd upon test i mon y wears w 8 "ia, cru va e unconnected, and unsatistactory, they fead ata n i ot be justified in pronouncing a verdict against the de b Pe LoRD entEr jusaloE observed, that if the Jure - . 4-ilvveeriltitlie evidence of 51r. Smith, the plaintiff was entitl: The J tte el • aller a shorty consultation, returned a verdict atntf.—Dathages, 601 , ---Costel 40s. MISCELLA.NEOUS. Accounts from the Corporation of the Trinity House were presented, and ordered to he printed. Mr. PEL/lAllf pyesented n petition from Louth against the Insolvent Debtors ltd.—Ortlered to lie on the table. CIIETWYND presented a petition from the Sh o p. keepers of Stafford, against the practices of Hawkers anti Ped lars.—Ortlered to be printed. 31r. CURWEN moved for Accounts of the Excise Duties paid on Wines and Foreign Spirits, which were ordered. Mr. lIERRIES presented Accounts relating to East India Suilan.—Ordered to be printed. It was ordered that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Monday. s • Mr. ORATTAII moved for a return of Fees paid for Pi lotage in the Harbour of Dublin...-Ordered. The Hon. Gentleman then presented a petition groin the In habitants of the. Parish of St. Ann, Dublin, praying for the revival of the Committee appointed to in quirt into the Lecal Taxes of the- Citsiof Dublin.-4tedered . to It/ lin the tOle. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE gave notice, that on Wednesday he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to define the Regale tiOns of Bishops, with a view to the .aCClitate Ceilection of their Fines. TURNPIKE AND R IGTIWA V LAWS IN SCOTLAND. On the motion of Mr. M. GRANT, a Select 'Committee was appointed on the Turnpike and Highway Laws in Scotland, for the purpose of amending and consolidating diem. The follow - . ing are their names s Mr. Macpherson Grant, Lord Bining, the Lord Advocate. of Scotland, Lord A. H am il ton, Mr. Dundas, Sir G. Clerk, Mr: V. Drummond, Sir H. D. Hainilton, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. H. Drumniond, Sir fl. Parnell Sir J. Marjoribanks, Mt. F. Lewis, Mr. Gordon, 111 r. D. Gilbert, Sir J. -Montgosnexie, Lard J. Stuart, General D un l o p, M r . Buchanan, gr. Mon teith, the Earl of Ancrarn, Sir A. Don, Mr. P. Grant, Mr. E. Lockhart, Mr. Brtice, Sir W. Maxwell, and Mc. Douglas. The Reports of the Annual Duties Bill, of the Exchequer Bills Bill (20,000,000/.) and of the Transfer of Aids Bill, were brought up and agreed to, and the Bills severally ordered to be read a third time on. Monday. The ,Committee on the Marriage Act Amendment Bill was postponed to that day fortnight. The Weights and Measures Bill went through a 'Commit tee, the. Report Of which Was read, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on that day three weeks ; the Bill as am_ ended to tic: printed. - The Scotch Creditors' Bill was read a second time and or dered to be cormnitted on Monday. Mr. .BROUGHAM presented a Petition from a person named William Smith, complaining of the evils arising from the restoration ()title Curreney.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. BROUGHAM presented a ',cation from the Occupiers of 15,000 acres of l a nd in th e vic inity of the town of Maiden head, in the county of Berks. The petitioners set forth the griesssus distress under which they laboured, and prayed. for 011 alteration in the laws respetling the Duties oil Ala and Been—Ordered to be printed. A:similar petition was presented from Anston, in Cambridge , shire.—Orderett to be printed. _ _ - • SALE OF BEER. Mr. BROUGHAM wished at this stage of the Session to ob. tain leave to bring; in a Bill to open the Beer Trade. The proposition which he , had to submit to the House was exactly the same as that which' he had brought forward last year, and which had undergone some discussion, and then been postponed only. This being the case, and as there was one alteration in the measure, it was unnecessary for him to tremniSs long on the time of the House. lie wished to bring in the Bill, and tins being done, he intended to p ost p one all further proceedings . on it till after the ' Recess, lie was induced to do so, not from the accidental circumstance of the Assizes being about to commence; but because he saw-with pleasure that the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer had given notice that it was his inten, tion to bring forward a measure, if not to the same etrect, at least tending to accomplish the same object. Nothing would please lain better than to see hit Bill adopted by so powerfttl a foster.father as the Right Hon. Gentleman would not fail to trroVe. From the notice which had been given he could not hope for that, but he had no doubt that great advantages would be derived from any measure that might be introduced to etc. reek the evil at present tilt. He was of opinion that in this way much might be done to relieve the Agricultural Classes, especially in those districts where the soil was light and suit. able for, the growth of Batley. Oreat additional comfort would be given to the communitu in general, and a valuable safe. guard would thus be provided, both tier the health and the morals of the lower classes. He would add one word on what he considered the natural 'consequences of the Bill to come before the House, whether his should be adopted, or the more limited measure (such - he feared it would prove) of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Caste he thought must be to equalize the duties now paid by the consumers of Alalt Liquor. The House must be aware that a great inequality wit at present cons. plained: of. The poor man who obtains his beer from the pub. Man, - besides paying double to the Alalt.Tax which was paid by the rich man who teas able to brew his own beer, paid in the proportion three netwo more to the' Beer Tax. When the distress of the Agricultural Glasses was so incessantly pressed on their 4ttemion, the House must feel how great the danger which ini slit arise out of the efforts (he wo u ld n o t say ma chinations of those wbo might be diSpOsecl to set the landlord an d a ll w 10 employed the labourer, and the labourer, al va riance with each other. At a time like the present to him it appeared of more than common importance that the higher classes should• proVe themselves the kind friends 4if the lowa classes. Since it was probable that they might shortly, (it'a only knew bow soon, he constrained to call upon the',; c, maintain the hentiur of'the country, and restore peace to slif., world, it was fitting that they shoUld dispose them to answer the call by proving themselves anxious to remove the pre. sent causes of complaint; ' He , begged tu tnove for lOve ..10 The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could aysure the. Hon. Alderman that he could not be more anxious than he, (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was not to relieve the peo ple ginerally from taxation, nor could he be more earnestly desrious that the poor should feel the full benefit of that re. mission of taxation which might be : found practicable. He could not help flattering himself that in what he had lately proposed the interests of the lower classes had not been over looked. lie admitted that_ under . some circumstances the re peal of taxes was beneticia, and acknowledged with much satisfaction that considerable advantageahad already been tie.; rived Prom those remissions which had: received the sanction of Parliament. He regretted his absence from the House while the Honourable and Learned. Gentleman was intro ducing his motion. Had he known that it Would have been brought on so early he would have made it his business to be in his place. He certainly should not oppose the bringing in of the Bill, which he would be glad to find such as he could approve and support. But, at the same time, not knowing the nature of the Bill, and not being aeituainted with any of its details-- Mr. BROUGHAM stated the det..ils of the Bill to be the same as those of the Bill which h hacl introduced last year. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he could not at present sny what course he should take with re. speet to the measure of the Learned Gentleman \ but thitt.lto coald say, that the ant wiatch lea- had ititt eonteraplalfon tri offor on the u • nto subject, would to) to offer to the potir man a cheaper and better beverage than he had been acitstmnP.d. to get, it would thereby increase the consumption of Baxley, and, as he trusted, benefit all classes by its operation. Leave was then given w bring in the Bill, Air. DICKINSON presented - a petition from reome against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.,--Ordared to be printed. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. NVODEHOUSE presented a petition front the Hun dred of IVeyland, in Norfolk, complaining of Agricultural Distress, suggesting certain Alterations in the Corn Laws, and praying that the average system might be done away t but de claring that they had no wish that the just • and undoubted rights of the public creditor should be interfered with. The petition was ordered to be printed. Mr. V. FlTZGERALDppresentedn petition from the Land ed Proprietors and Land Holders of the Co!int vof Clare. He thought it his duty to state that this petition had been unani mously voted eta meeting over whiebthe kligli.Sheriffpreaidcd, and he was confident that there existed not 3 body of Yr.en in the country who were better entitled to the consideration of the House. ; , Mr. M. FITZGERALD suorted the'Petition, and bore testimony to the goad conduct tithe petitioners. The Petition was ordered. to he printed. FRANCE AND SPAIN. Mr. BROUGHAM wished to ask the Right Ilcin. Gent. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a question of informa tion which had recently reached this country, and which had at. , tracted universal attention. He alluded to the debate in the French Chamber of Thputies, in which a person -L-one of the French Ministers, whose accuracy of 'statement he was not dis posed to tax, but who had at one period defied the BourbOns, and at another, somewhat irreverently, compared a Buontiparte to the Saviour—had made certain assertions respecting the con duct of the British Government. That Minister who was dis posed to do all that tine writing and eloquence could ACCOM.; plish to beat down liberty, but whose efflirta did not make him feel any great 'apprehensions for the Spaniards, had reftrired to a curious note, said' to have been presented by the Duke of Wellington to the Congress at Verona, embodying a Declare- Lion which was afterwards repeated in another and materially different form. In one communication the words ascribed to the Noble Duke made England approve of the aggressive mea. suits of France against Spain. The other expressions put into the mouth of the Noble Duke, and which were contained in a Note from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to the French Charge d'Affaires in London, only went the length of making this Government declare themselves, in *your of the precautionary measures adopted by France, along the line of the Spanish frontier, whether against the plague, or against liberty, but against the plague es it had seemed in the first in. stance, though subseqtterttly are amat liberty, The statement thus made .by the French Minister was comparatively in noxious, after the speech addressed by his. Majesty to his Par liament, and after those proceedings which hail followed, and the part taken by those lion. Cleritlemen connected with the Government, in the debates of that House. ne therefore could not but express a hope, either that the assertions alluded to had not been made, or if made, had been much more qua lified than they would be led to suppose from the mere perusal of the French 111inister's speech. He wished to know how this matter stood, and whether the whole truth had been stated, or whether certain parts of the notes in qiseltion had been fished out, which might be materially modified by other parts of the documents in which they had , been found. • The p art of the speech of M. de Chattaubriand, alluded to by the Honourable Gentleman was the ftillowing In an Official Note of his b race the Duke of Wellington. presented to the Concrete( of Verona, this passage is found— ' In considering that a civil war is kindled alone; the *hole ex tent-of the frontiers which separate the two kingdoms, that active ninth , 'operate on all the points Of this fro in a t t o ie r r ro o litu n i at t h h a e e side of France, end - that there is not a town or' village placed on the frontier, ore the side of France, which is not in danger of being insulted, or disturbed, no one could disapprove of the pre ccoalr'psti"ofs observation for ;or t Mot t ltp ro e te h e r t ist io i n ati or A h l i a s ie f s ro tY ntiers, tranquillity of his people."' A Note addressed on the 1 I th of January las a t t t e o i t .o h r e e f o li rei ar t g o e l trAfibires of his Must Ch r i st ian Majes i ty n London, by his Britannic Majesty's P r i nc ipal Secretary of State Araire, contains there words—* The Duke of Weni ngton -did oot make any objection on the pert of the Ring. his 3laster against the measure* of precaution taken by Franca on her own fonder*, because those measures were evidently authorised by her right of self-defence, not only against the dangers to health, which were the orifin of these measures, an g the motive exalt eively alleged for t tern until the month of Sep_terober. but also against the evils which might res ult to France front civil troubles is a countryseperated from her only by a conventional larandary, against the moral contagion of political intrigues, and Mr. BROWNLONV asked pardon. Ile wished' to matte the'stitement which be had offered and to ask' a question. Ile hoped, however ' lie might be allowed to say, that he knew of no man whose conduct was more nnble on all occasions than that of the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman, the Attorney- Ger.eral for Ireland. Some impllience having been manifested— Mr. A BERCROMBY Nte. 11 2 wild 114 hal colletted front whilitlild'bOtt - taidVttre irdiettetion idlOr•tilt" &ender/mu ‘..44 ailpoKli to ask, and would sire an'aumer to it. fie had rsn ditlieultr in stating, that in 143 view of the itubjett my suffi cient reason had been given for deferring the important motion which he had proposed to bring on next Tuesday. The tam?. "arree would be ample for Abe putpostrottlimmion, and he re gurcied the question as being much more in English than an Irish question. FINANCE. Mr. ItIABERBY in rising, ptereuant -to the notice he lied given, thought it his duty to refer to the petitions before the House complaining of the excess of taxation and deurees, and to ask if it was not the duty of Parliament to atliml the sufferers the utmost relief in their power. It was front re . conviction that they ought to do's°. that he now submitted to the Home a 'ineastire, which, if carried into efreet, would relieve the country of taxes to the amount of 7,900,0001., while the business of the fitetewould be carried on with as mueli ree Bard to the. honour and character of the country es it could he. carried on now, unless something extraordinary took place; with a viewto which he should not . propeo to bring in nay Bill till that great and importent question was decided, which now oceei pied the attention of the country. fie therefore hoped that no Gent. would refuse to vote for thi:. motion from an aoprehen pion that in the caeesimpoied, the country would not be left in a situation to maintain, its honour, and to take that. part which might become its duty to take. It was his object, In the firet place, to obtain a large remission of taxation ; in the second, to support public credit; in the third, to adopt a course which might emielliate the landed proprietor and the fundhohler and, in the fourth place, , to make an efficient Sirking Fund of that which had long been overlooked, not only by the Government, but by the House itself, to supply the place of that Sinking Fund, which at the present took annu ally. five Millions unneceesarily and unfairly from the pockets of the people. In 171111 Mr: Pitt, anxious fur the support of public credit, introduced a measnroto make the • tax on laud perpetual: This wee objected to for truig, reasons as unean etitutional„ and Mr. Pitt, anxious to redeem a large plztinn of thedebt, got it cater d, and 'not only made that tax .perpetrtel, but prevailed on Parliament to consent to it" being sold. 'fle redemption of the land tax, a revenue ' amounting to two millione, was sanctioned by their decision. lie wee aware that Mr. Pitt had contemplated a revenue thence laicing ex ceeding that two millions by 400,0001. In thie;however, had been v.•rong ; hut it, was quite clear that he intended the sums paid for the redemption of the land tax to t' appliod to the reducti on o f the na'Ornuil debt. Thies, tie mointaitted; might be fairly inferred froM the preamble Of the Bill itself.. : .. The whole of this 'revenue when sold, it was csdeoleud, woeles relieve the country from nearly eighty millions of its fleet. -- In the first place,. the , proprietor of the land was allowed a duetion of ten per cent. on the tax redeemed. For a transfer of 31. 6s. in the. three per cent annuities, he was to receive :IL aeyear in heed. In the second place, where a proolietor ee glected to reticent the tax, a stranger might do it, poyieo ten per cent. more, or transferring 3).:12e. in the three pet cent annuities, for 111. from the land teat. Some other ad vantagett he believed were edded, and' among them a vote for a Member of Parliament. Mr, Pitt concluded that these mea: sures would cause a rapid redemptinn of the tax, and thus !eve the country a revenue of 400,0001. It was to this thet Mr. Pitt looked for a sitikiug fund. It woe tree th a t, at t h at time, he had another sinking fund, but he knew it to be ae delusive, inefficient, and fraudulent, as it had mince proved; and therefore it was to the redemption of the land tax tnat looked for a real and efficient sinking fund. The measure lied failed front his setting too high a prite for the um, arid the consequence was, it had only laded to the extinction a aat to the amount of seventeen millions. Up to 1802, 11 millione had thus been liquidated. Between the yesra 1802 and 1822, eight enillions more Ititel been thus extinguished ; and in the last year the amount received for the redemption of the lend tax was but 41,0001. Proceeding :et the rate nt which they had proceeded' in the lot year, the debt would' not be exe tinguielied in fewer than one thousand and twenty-five years. But if he were to statethe amount • of debt which might lot re.. duced in a thousand years by the 400,0001; intended to hove been - given, the calculation would seem almoet bedieteue, as it . would effect a reduction of one hundred and thirty-slit minium of millions of millions of pounds eterlitig e —Olear, hear t e wished, instead of taking 6,000,000/. out of the pockets of t.i e people for a Sinking Fud, to establieh a Binking Fond which would be more eilleieet than the preeent one, while great relief Was afforded to those who *ere now so severely depreesed. He would not detain the House by &sing much into the details of his plan, but must enter into some details, in order to slew that it was practicable. He would propote that a Modred pounds in the 3 per Cent. Stock would purchase 31. a ever ache I.and Tux. lit would give the owner trf theland priority, but if he refused, to 'redeem the Taxwithin six monthe t the stranger might then come in on the saute terms. Doing this, if things remained as they were now, lie would gain tour per tent. on his motley, and he would recommend that it should . . .• be paid by the Collectors of the Tax, but that he should Still have a claim to seize on the land. Ile would not give hint Willie advantages of the propriet6r, but be would give him voteler Members of Parliament. If the stranger came in netheexpi. ration of six rrtonths, and redeemed the tax, he would allew!eite proprietor 6 years to reclaim it in, providing, however: that he! Should pay 6 per cent. more than he would have originellyiNati. which 6 per cent. should be the etranger's profit. This plsn would hold out strong inducement* to corporate bodies to melte large: purcha.eee of the Land TAX. He won't' make it carry with t qualifications for killing gatne---for sittiogas!Mansha e tmtesfor voting at elections ; and these advantages would render the! Land Tax extremely saleable, while they .cost the country 1W; thing. In particular ease* he would authorize the selling let it by auction, with a reeereied . price;s and in thit4; - warshe thought it would always fetch its value,' and the country couliele desire no more. He' repo*ed aleo that numbereileartifecataS) should be hustled, which would !eneble the purchasers tor:sec:iv-0e their diVidende, if they thought proper, at the Bank of Eng. land. Ile thought he had said enough to show' that the Land , Tax might be made is saleable as any thing which the Go. eernment had ever offered to the public.. In the mode he selected, a greater proportion of the 1/ .ht wtieid he CArl tellfd,; than crept be PerehaSed!!-- by the eerie ler invesmient of the Sinkinr, Fund of five millions takersfrom the wells*. Were regtilerly invested in - Steels for seven years, sup. poeinee no accident :should happen, and that the country remained at peace. Ile strongly insisted on the right of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ripply the weans to bel derived from the Redemption of Land Tctc to extinettieli the National Debt. It was . asked how could this after.; rehire credit ? Ife would answer that the Public (,!rediter would pret bable benefit from the plan. 1.-;very one moat admit thet !hiss security depended not so much in the ability as an the wilier the Public Creditor to patentees. Now if the esetintry were .I.elieved to the extent he proposed; the remainder of the taxes would be cheerfully paid, and thus the Public Creditor would avoid the discussion of that question which- in' feared would otherwise be entertained, as to the propriety cf diminishing hie interest. lie deprecated raising sod: a question, but it wee seen that it was agitated at every public meeting by these. who since the year 1815, had seen capital to • theeitrount of •30,800,V001. belonging to them annihilated, and thetnaelves re. duced to beggary, without any fault or mia ton cluct on their' part. The 'louse ought not to he satisfied with telling these sufferers that they could afford them no relief. It wastheAr duty to alleviate their distress as much as possible. The debt, he contended, would be just us honcetly redeemed if this pia° were adopted which would afford such kilo relief from taxa,. Lion as if the present system were persevered in. In order to shoe that he did not cull upon the Government to *give up• every sixpence, so that they lthould have no chance of a trot plus Revenue, he would state that he thought the Revenue would increace, and why he thought flo. He ha always . been of this opinion, and heti never taken a gloomy *ievi' of our situation, as he calculated on .Ir:increase of revenurefrotet the employment of o'er increasing population. The Right Hon. 'Gentleman would agree with hint, that by repeiding testes to the amount of 7,000,0001., ha had no 'right to anticipate a loss of revenue to that. amount. Stippling the heat sustained to be 8,800,0001., the Right - lion. fientletrian would still pot. seas an annual Sitiolus Of 1,090,0W1., and the operation of ail plan would, in the course of three ' years ' take 41,090,000 i, out of the stock nutrket ; and, by reducing the interteat on the Four per cent., effect :are annual saving •of /50,0001. lie isould not 'now pledge the Bennie as 'to , " whet particuler taxes should be reduced. Ile called upon them for the general reduction of seven millions of taxation, and then it wouhl tat efer the Douse in its wisdom to decide in what manner the re. lief shoulthe granted to the people. Rut if it ehouldheeeefter agree with him hi directing the reduction Of the Asses.seet Taxes, the sum of 360,8001. would be saved in the establish meat fbr collecting them. The great reason why liddlesented from the plan of the Right lion. tientlarnen, al developed le his statement the other night, wee that it kept up e he establish. meat t it kept up the patrateuge e it kept up the eerruptione— He believed thee elhrtieet *trottioti or our expentlinint totter extent of a millhei might be effected,' which would melte in the whole, aecordintr to his calettlation, - a saving of fotir thillituni. It might be said tied this wee only . statetnent 1 but he would' ask any I'one...treble Menther whether he did not think it Meet likely thin th.:te would be an increase in the Revertne to the amount of e million, if' seven trillions Of taxes were reduted. And if the reduction of the Four per Cents to Th'ree were, etTacted, dtere would be another poeitive saving of 760,000n.e. This, thyreforin Made an amount of 1,750,0001. atireit .which there could be no doubt. And, with ell this ? in seven' years as much debt would be paid 'off as by the . operahon of the Sinkitik • Iraind of five millions, '!there, therefore wits the. -danger to publie credit ? Ile had not much more l° stato, tOr.iiiilly the ciito. ,, ion Was 'extremely eimple ; it wee, in fait; on'es of t h e simpl, , t questions that ever carne beiore Parliament. He trus , .'d th3 * . Hon. Aterritiii, and , pertieularlys (ten :nun on Ow °War side, would not consider this meatirtrr 44 Id own. • it wee one which he foetid expirieg, and his deeire -wee to giVe. it re viveh , It the flouse seje,ortOd hire) its k, lie !thottplit it *Quid ba the meal , s' of colielliatitni that elass who're it we,' 30 im ttt,4l):t.,'t'll; a ir i l id hi t N he ° y ri w iz o k i n ikl ' tp at c t n ll cl itarri n4th e ': fi t i l n d' e l ' i g ; v in e t t w ' l?::::: : ) L l i t s n ne t ‘ e i r e , a 4 r l H i r ' e x t : lief, whith he confidently anticipated! from it.. The IfMe Mem ber tem - Chided by moving his Residtitiona (for sre of Saturday, Ft-b. '22) . .-• • - The CIIANCELLOII. of iho ItI:CCIIEQUER eirthierced withstating, that from the line of argeinele taken by the Bun. Nfernber,' it was not necessary for him to trespass at . illy con. eiderable length on the attention' of the Committee. The Ron. ..'detnlier had himself cent/lied the very points on *Leh he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) should feel it 1* duty to The „,„„ , ...„,,, oppose his preposition. very Inv atftiolution,.upon waren the others' were 'founded, deelarod thut by the vote of feeler_ hunt, a Sinking rued of 6,000:0061. eat rivet emery. if he ttlie Chancellor of 'the Exchequer) should by enabled to , ':sec: that thee prepoeition of the lion. Member wait shhVerAive of 'ehri beFie of his Resoluthins, in that case it w mid be admitted thet he had sliewn that his other Iteesolutiotis were untenebte. The Meintenance of an efficient `',inking Purtil of five mill:tins w:1 the rubstraturo, and all the succt:cding Ileolutionot dOitin tn the 12th, referring to the Inh l idl prietiple, proceeded t; to thet acknowledgment. What dui the 12th propte ? Th.At it ap. pears that this method of reducing debt by to, movie (liars -..ist its eulnitance from that, which was adopted by the Ft cilot io the Ilesoletiotis of, 1819, the essential attributed of both tilt(tta bril* the Maintenance of' mitlic reedit, by the dintireatfotis' Cr the quantity of public debt. The Iron. Member in that slletelee tun) toek for granted that his proposition was a substittate fot ti Sinking Fund. If he (the ChancLellor of the sEethceitnr),ctitthl *thew that in this assumption the lien. Ilen t her aqui sot on incorrect, hut that it was directly tbe reverie of that e;h #1 l he affirmed of' It; then it would, follow "as a tieoeitsaix :Lceri f , qttence, that es A substitute, wait' altogethtr :rotlac. ticablic And here tie must Ale allowed to ask, - aillyi'' - .1 the floe.. Member (Mr: Moberly) propelled his mrasure :.'s a rub. stitute of another, on what grounds s did hie en a forenet et, eaSion, deny the existence of that which he now adinittett by the propeeal of .t suinditate ? The truth wits, that in'att P4l of bring a substitute, the two measures tore no rf.stru'- blance. He apprehended; that the very *ssential, attribute efit Sluking Fund was, that its npe.rae.ori, while it tliminitthe4l detii, was unaccompanied with any leas of r. u VI tue—(llear, heal h! - The interest eccruing from the debt 69 redeem* a ~ caw 1 . , ft at it a option of Parliament, to be applied either to a for,' r .1; ~ i l,,u. thin of debt, to the public exl•goteiel' that neight iel , , , :'r t:' tiLo repeal of taXlitiati. But in the ilate of etc ltc,n. .‘hFA .st ;‘,lt.- wet no choice left ; and while it ri-tlvv a :, ,0r,,, , r,T. , ,i;:x amount of the piddle debt, it alsd teeinguisibsi a pertiettof the revenue.' lf, 'therefore it he,es the limn Mr:Weer uttraititel'el hie suhstratuni; expetlient" to preerree en cifirieet Sir ieleg thintr—end if, as he (the ChtinfAlor Of the N1+1'11( . 401 , - . A^ tingled, it be the essential attribute of A BiniCing Fund rtt :,..,) es tinetnili, by its °Oration. revenue, then it falo4ra titter that the Honourable Oentlernin (Ile. Ntahrrly) rot:slf,ive It'p the basis of hie reeniptiens, or Ma iiiitistinite ,- .(fleartheta. it —}le was surprised that the tritlifent mina of the l e fereitira , rite lt ,if i ll e o n l i f t. , se o r t e kt i.t , m p.f. n a t t x lrn e p e t e io t n iirciti', l. l s i l hl u t h u t lf.t ,, c2i . , trot i.o : o „. p t - ti. bit 'i t 'at ett lea deuit)tinn ttf - the l A tlvt T u x.; •sito,A , chi ca",,. tit 11. prettii either by the tianitferNiee of otoot., ig , by burrhwlr.g ;# , s,,- 1 itrgig 13 2 11 00 :1111 : 16 , tn i i:n w i l, r , : e : p lhta t i t , e . 1 1. : ::: :: ::: "7 11 t 1 :1 1 : U : i :: : ;: " (1 : : '' :: : ;: 11 0- ::4 t ; f i'le n ' iN :14 ;:e 47 reb h 'e *Ie r: t9 )4 7 tun t o t i. d W i t' , : i t t pi ' lli wi t :t villti l til e ;:t l i n i , i it t' ir ? f t: i t: f ie : V W tw i rg ) U tt p :i ! e t tl , ti:e to Q t r o tt ei w il:r i r4 . :l i a: ( e. eiltl t , l t , i t t ' al; etir :( 4 ti l t i w 4 it t v i i;n:::t ie ;: th i ot t I.: : it l bi t; estate with-T. it was a 'perfect loiSootilet to ~..a ~,“ :h i 0.,., , :. *redemption' of the Land 'Tex. Anosh et teeentiel'ltr a t , eete, to tier a the terns* the flog ~birtoher, of 4 - . t aw l , 1 that it carried with it teroonty anal' pettriancy. 'I im pier) eloye pteposed 144 diametrically the rivirto el that. rsa' , even y*411 , , the /lain,te Meinr eitleitlaton'that his propel/hien , ' a ',lei it ~ell