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brought up and read, and ordered to lic on the t ble. On the motion of Gen. GASCOJGNE, Copi s of Correspondence which had taken place bete/reit the Board of Conti - out aed the Direders of the East m India Cepany, re-peeling the renewal of their * present Charter, were ordered to be laid before the House ; but with as trudarstsnding, that any - paper. which ha' not been published, of the pro - priety of producing which,- a doubt might be entertained, ' should be exempted from the order. He also gave notice, that he would to-morrow call the attention of the House to the subjea. Sir T. TURTON postponed his motion respeaing the property tax. The nature of his motion had b.esi misunderstood. The sole object of it was to inquire if it were not at present unequal in its ope rations, and if it could not be so modified and al tered as to be less objeaionable ? The Hon. Baro net then moved fin accounts of the amount SOf the Property Tax raised in the years ending April sth, 1810, 1811, and 1812 ; as alto Accounts of the out standing Exchequer Bills discharged in the year ending Feb. 1, 1812 ; of the Exemptions to Foreign ers, and of Navy Bills discharged.-Agreed to. Sir Jotter NEWPORT' rose to correa a statement which be bad made before the recess, respeaing the prices of provisions in Ireland. He had reason to believe that the inferrnatton which had been com municated to him was not correa, and he believed that the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite to him, (Mr. W. Pole) was now convinced ..that he was also deatived by the reports from Ireland. It was not true, as had been stated, that the Distiller; bad laid in all their stock of corn, for they were still con tinuing to go into the mar ket, and to buy up all the grain they could. He concluded with moving, that there be kid bef ere the House an account of nil the gain, malt, meet, and flour, exported from Ireland, trorn the Ist Jainrar y, 1802, to the latest tieriod to which the same could be made our. Mr. W. POLE s.id, there could not he any objec tion. to the motion of the Right Hoe. Baronet, but be was inclined to' think a great parr of the informa tion called for was already before the House, in con sequence of a to mer motion. With regard to what th e 'Right Hon. Barchiet had stated respecting the inaacuracy of the returns from Ireland, he begged to state, that lie had reason to believe that iu some instances'the returns were certainly fallacious. The Irish Government, however, was taking every means in its power to obtain the most accurate informa tion or this most important subject. It was true that the Dublin Distillets had continued to go into the arket to purchase grain, the return therefore stating that they had laid in their stock was not clelte eorrea. The Light. Hon. B rronet would, he was sure, give the Government of Ireland ciedit for adopting every means to obtain the oiliest and most authentic inforrna:ion ; and, from all the, accounts that reached him (Mr. Pole), he was not prepared to say that he liars at all altered the opinion be had expressed upon this subject when it was last men- tioned in the House. His opinion was now, a; it s was then, that there was no aelual scarcity of grain in Ireland. There certainly did exist in 6oh)e places an apprehension of the kind, arising from the high prices of grain, which were the consequence of the great export both of grain and spirits.- The increase of the prices had been so fon siderable, that be felt it necessary that some sep should be taken to satisfy the people of. Ire land, that.every attention was paid to their interests. It would not perhaps be proper, at present, to stop the Distilleries; but there could be no objection, in his opinion, to stopping the export of spirits from Ire land to foreign parts, and he now gave notice, that be should to-morrow 'nave the House to resolve it self into a Committee, to consider of the export of spirits - from Ireland. He also wished .to give no tice, that he should to-morrow propose, in the Com mittee of Ways and Means, an additional duty upon Irish spirits. He hoped that the adoption.of these_ two measures would, at least, have the effea of preventing the increase of she prices if they did not lower them. The Government of Ireland was, as be had already stated, taking every means to ascer tain the Meal state of Ireland with respeat to itssup ply of grain, and ifit should appear necessary,a propirti lion might be made for stopping the distilleries, or for taking any other step that might appear to be pro per. At present, he did not think it would be ex pedient to stop the export of grain to our armies ; that was a measure that could not be adored in Ireland, unless it were adopted in .England ; it would be better to begin by stopping the expOrt of spirits. Before he sat down, it might be proper to state the real prices of ciitTarent articles of provisioni in diffeient parts of Ireland. He should state them, from the Commissary General's returns, which were made with uncommon accuracy. He should state the prices at the principal tow ns of the four districts into which Ireland watt divided, on the 24th of Ja nuary and rat!) of March, and. the House would judge whether they had increased to such an alarm ing degree. • In the Northern District at Strabane, potatoes were, on the 24th of January, 7d. per atone, and on the 28th of March, Bd. per stone ; bread, at the former period, 4ed. per pound, at tire latter 41d.; Oatmeal, 255. per cwt. and 28s. At Dungannon,-Potatoes, 7'sd. at the former period, and t td. at the latter; Bread, 4id. at:4 43d.; Oatmeal, 255. Bd. and 304,-Etthiskillen, Potatoes at the former period aLI., and. at the latter 8d..; Bread, 31d. and 31d. ; Oatmeal, 225. and 28s. 6d. In the Western IJistria, at Tuarr-Potatoes at the former period were 5d., at the latter 7d. ; Bread continued at the same price, viz. 3d.; Oatmeal, Ids. and 20s. Loughrea, Potatoes 4ed. and 60.; Bread, 3d. and 3W.; Oatmeal, Ina. and 2 is. 6d. Longford, Potatoes 4d. and bid. ; Bread continued at tire same price, viz. 4d. ; Oar meal, 20s. and 245. Athlone,- Potatoes 41d. arid 60. ; Bread, 3d and 3ad.; Oatmeal 17s. 6d. and 245. In the Centre Distria, Birr-Potatoes at the former period 4d., at the latter 5d.; Bread aid. and 31d; Oatmeal )Ss. and .114 s. Tulla'more-Potatoes sd. and 60. Bre - ad 4d. 'and 41d. ; Oatmeal Ina. 4d. and 255. 6 P. Carlow-Potatoes 4d. and 71d.; Bread aid. 3ld. Oatmeal 2 ts. and 255. Clonmel-Po 'aloes sd. and 7d. Bread 3(1. and 3}cl. Oatmeal 189. and 259.-In the Sciuthern District :-Limerick- Potatoes, at the former period 30. at the latter sd. Bread 3d. and 4d. Oatmeal 188. and 245. Mallow - e -Potatoes 41d, and 6d. Bread 31d. and 3ad. Oat meal 239 6(1. and 279. Fermoy-Potatoes 7d. and 431. Bread ,continued the same price, viz. 3,3. Oat- Bread 33d. and 40, Oatmeal c-k. and 2gt—ln Doblin- 7 -Potatoes were -12. d. per atone. He men tioned this detail of prices to sliew that Govern ment had taken great pains to obtrin information up-on the subject. He wished just \ to mention, be tore he sat down, that the assizes in Irt.land 'ere now over, and- no notice had been taken of any apprehension of a scarcity by any of the Grand Ju ries; except those of T!pperary and Kildare. Sir JOHN NEWPORT,said, he had heard from the most respectable quarters, that the Distillers had greatly exaggerated their returns, for the purpose of making it' appear ro Government that their stock was itt, when that was not the-Case. It was to be hoped they would be charged for the stock on hand as returned, and that, the evil would be met without delay. Mr. SHAW (of Dublin) said, that the alarming price of pro% isions in Dublin - had excited a strong sensation, insomuch, as to induce Ate magistrates to make representations on ,the subjea to the Lord Lieutenant, with the view to the. adoption of some measore of relief. He agreed that the stopping of the distilleries now would be unjust; but thought thrat• they might be prevented commencing again, as .usual, in September, and obliged' to suspend their work until January following. Such a measure would, in his opinion, be sufficient to relieve the pppfellC:iSioll of scarcity , . . . - Mr. PARNELL said,4tie .scarcity, though felt ex tremely in some parts, was by no means general, -provisions being in some places even cheaper than the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. W. Pole) had stated ; in his county, the potatoes were about three-pence A. stone. He approved of the system of free trade in grain;under which the Country had so greatly prospered, and thought no measure should be adopted which would interfere with that success. THE CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the subject was of great importance; the feeding of so great a branch of the population as the people of Ireland constituted, must he regaided so b, every individual, at the same time it must be evident to the House, that their information at present was very deficient. There was a scarcity in some parts of the country, bin the scarcity Was not general; • and therefore lie thought it would be:desirable, be fore, they rook any further, proceedinz, to see whether by effecting a more general intercourse between the differentparts of, the country, the pressure on particular pants might not be re moved.t was possible that the drain to this -email try ntight in some degree affect the price, particu, larly in the market of Dublin, but no one, he thought would recommend a suspension of inter course, particularly as the inconvenience was likely to be of a temp-rary nature. The question was, whether the whole interest of the Unned Kingdom was not to beconsidered. As to the measure of stopping the distilleries, the war to examine the ne ceisity of it was, by comparing the proportion be tween the stock in habd, and the general quantity of grain in the country, not the quantity in those parts where scarcity was known to prevail. ,The House, he thought,wotild feel no difficulty in adopt ing the suggestion of his Right Honourable Friend, for the exportation of spirits to foreign parts was . greater than it need be, and therefore the attention of Government was dire&ed to it. If they mapped distillation, where the price of grain was high, they would increase the stimulus to illicit distillation, and in counties where the, scarcity was not felt, the praffiee would not meet the discouragement that could be wi,hed for. These were all cases which might be overborne by necessity, but they should wait for further information. Stopping the Dis tilleries entitely would not answer the ob jeas which Gentlemen had in view ; notice must be given of such an intention before it could be acted on, which would defeat the expthations of the pre sent relief. He trusted, that upon further informa tion, the evil would be found not to exist to such an extent ; the House would be open to all informa tion, and would a6l according to the necessity of the case. Sir J.. NEWPORT said it would not be necessary to give notice to the Distillers in Ireland, as it was here; for there they were in the hibtt of 'distilling from the raw corn, which was not the case in &g -land. Mr. W. POLE, in answer to what had fallen from an Hon. Gentleman •(Mr. Shaw) said that the Irish Government had not received any information that. there was likely to be a scarcity in Ireland, on the contrary, the majority of the statements received led to a belief that - there was a plenty in the country, and that it alree intercourse was established between the different parts 'of Ireland, the., markets would be amply suppli..d. He wished at the same time to state that if there appeared any real danger of scar city the Government would not hesitate a moment to stop the distilleries; or take any other step that might be nectssary. But with the information at present 'before the House, he did not think that it could do more a present than adopt the two mea sures of which he had given notice. Mr. SHAW, in explanation, said he hail not stated there was a general scarcity,' but, on the contrary, had represented it as merely partial, though felt strongly in Dubliri. Sir JOHN NEWPORT'S motion was agreed to. IQr. W. POLE moved tor a COMMthee of the whole . House, to-morrow, to take into considera tion theexportation of Irish made spirits to foreign ports.-- , Agreed to He then gave notice that he would move in the Committee of Supply an addi tional duty on malt spirits made in Ireland, and in troduce some regulations relative to the excise on tobrixo. The Accounts of the Imports and Exports of Ire land for the last year were presented, and ordered to lie on the table. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought in the Princesses Annuity Bill-. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr. W. PoLa moved for various Papers relative to the Imports and Exports of Ireland, which were ordered accordingly. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned till to-morrow. itiven'-1 Cadiz, I Dublin. Dur —s Malta, 2 jersey, 2 Guernsey, a. W ate: PRICE ,OF STOCKS. THIS DAY Ar TwitLvErocLocK. Ctinsols. - - 6oi I's per Cent. Nitvy oi 4 THE SUN. SC/LENI QUIS UlCtk ALSUM AUDEAT? PRICE a YISTE Bank Stock, 221 222 Navy S per Cent. 90ii 91 pi 4 per Cent. 73 74* 74 3 per Cent. iced. sSi 59.1 per Cent. Cobs. 59 oo T STOCKS RDA Y. ' India Bonds, Ss. ros. pr. Smith Sea Stock, Exchey. Bills, 35. 6s. pr. Omnium, 4i ills. Imperial 3 per Cent. _ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1812. Seven or eight of our sail of the line were off Brest when the French Squadron must have reached that port, but the weather was so hazy, and the gales were so strong, that they stole in u►►perceived. Our Squadron was under the command of Sir H. B . NEALE, and Commodore KING. Dispatches from Cadiz to the 21st ult. were re ceived by Government this day, but their contents were unimportant. As we have given an account of the proceedings in the Common Hall yesterday; it will not be ne cessary for us to enter into any observations "on the subjeCt. The proceedings sufficiently speak for them selves ; and, as was Said by Mr. Du KIN, one (lithe persons whc) was in•errnpted,becanse he presumed to differ froM Mr. - WAITHMAN, the great City Agi tator, the condta of the Common Hall, the Re solutions which passed od the occasion, were " a disgrace to any body of _men —they were beneath a St. Giles's club." We shall only add,"that the whole of Mr. WArTHMAN'S harangues proceeded upon a fallacy ; whether the tesult of party blindness,, or voluntary perversion, we leave the public to deter mine. He described the refusal of the PRINCE -REGENT to receive the Petition from the COM inon Hall, in the manner assigned ,to . a Petition from the CORPORATE BODY, as rejetuion of the right of petitioning altogether. Nothing can be more 'glaringly fallacious than this assertion. Mr. WAITAMAN MI - itself , declared that the Conimon Council and the Common Hall had distinEl and se . - parate privileges. Is it then proper to confound them and give them both a chara6ler of equal au thority ? if the Petition had beers presented from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council, it would have been received on the Throne, but as it was not, it was not entitled to that formality.— This is the simple fa 1, in spite of all Mr. WAITH MAN'S sophistry and eloquence. Five sail of French lineot Dame Whys have dropped down the• Scheldt to FluOling ready for a start. Earl PERCY, on gatnnity felt town for Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, to be present at thw funeral of Lady _JULIA PERCY, his Lordship's s►ster, who died at that place on the 28th of last month. In consequence of her Ladyship's death, the Duke and Duchess of NORTHUAILIERLANmare not s expeCted io return to town this season. THE ARTS.—OWEN will essentially contribute to' the ensuing annual display of British talents by some admirable portraits, and among them will be one of the LORD CLIM:CELLOR, sitting in his official rha racler. It would be poor praise to say it isthe best likeness that h_is yet been seen of the distinguished original ; it is exad in similitude : there is a strong expresssion , of profound attention, and a general air of dignity through the. whole. It is rich in point of colouring, easy in the arrangement of the dra pery, and the picture altogether is a fine specimen of art. Another piaure from this Artist, which will be much adinired, is a whole-length of Lord GREN. VILLE in his robes, as Chancellor of the University of Okford. His Lordship is represented as in the attitudeof speaking. The likeness is faithful, and the, whole is 'a striking and spirited composition, — A Portrait of Dr. BELL, whose character is so de servedly esteemed for having introduced the cele brated system of Educatioh in this country, is ano ther work which does honour to the talents of this , ArtisL" We have never had the pleasure of- seeing the respectable original, but we infer, from the usual fidelity of the Artist, that it is correct in simili tude. As a work of art,. we can - confidently say that it is highly honourable to, the British School. A Portrait of Mr. Ca oxsa, Secretary of the Admi ralty, and whose name is so justly high in literary estimation, for .his fine Poet of Talavera, will also add In no small degree to the pleasure of-the true Critic, by the sound taste, judgment, and skill with which it is executed. The talen►a of CALCOTT vtrill be also displayed in four excellent works, one of which is a representa tion of Little Hampton, for Sir Jontki, LEICESTER. THOMSON has not been idle, but will appear to much advantage in subjects of an interesting de scription. The works of this Artist are uniformly characterized by taste, delicacy, and imagination. SASS has been uncommonly successful in Draw ings„ chiefly of a maritime desctiption ; and Mrs. SASS will, for the first time, we beljeve, come for ward as an Artist, in such a manner as to add public admiration to private respect and esteem. James Ta)Hor, alias John Taylor, alias John or James Bridge or Budge, private in the 6th regiment of dragoon" guards, was lately tried at Glasgow, by a General Court-Martial, for desertion, and sen tenced to have die letter D marked on his left side, two inches below the armpit, with gunpowder, and afterwards to serve abroad in such a regiment as the PIINCE REGENT should diret. His Royal High ness has been pleased to confirin so much of the sen tence as adjudges the prisoner to he marked with the letter D, but to remit the remainder,. - Lord Viscount CATHCART has ordered the sentence to be read at the head of every regiment and corps in North Britain, entered in the orderly books, and that part of it approved of to be carrittd into NAVAL NEWS. Admiralty . -office, April 7, 1812. , . ViCe-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq, a letter from Captain West, of his Majesty's ship, the Sultan, giving an account of the boats of that ship having, on the 411/ of Deejrnber last, under the 'direetions of Lieuten ants Anderson and Woodecck, boarded and cap tured, Off'Bastia, t o French national armed vessels, one a settee of eight funs and thirty•one men, and the other a brig, of six guns and fifty-three men. In the perfOrniance of this service, which is report- , ed to have., been very gallantly execute], the Snr tan's boats had only four men wounded ; the enemy. had (Ate killed and several wounded, antongs; thrt attFr the Comtnander of die brig. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.--Sailed last night the /Alert] sloop of 'war, with a fleet under convoy, bounif "to Quebec, Nova Scotia; Newfoundland, and New*"'. Brunswick, among them are the following, viz. Daphne, Harris ; Indian Lass . , Cook ; rubilee, Hunt ; Eliza, Major ; Devonshire, Duniarn ; Endeavour, Turner; Hawke, Gilt ; 11rotticri; Matheson ; Concord, Warren 41 Thomas, Mudge ; Chidley ; Fame, Standard Mary, Buntlap ; Devonshire, Owens ; Hope, Drake ; .nii, Steer ; Ocean, Tracy ; Caledonia, Boag ; and a tev others, names unknown ; the latter is bound to St. (Wm's, New Brunswick ; Col. Pearson, of the Army, goes out passenger in her. Also sailed a few outward-hound vessels, Wnes* unknow ; his Majesty's ship Serapis for the Medi terranean; the &se, LowTnEa, for WaierfOrd; , the Bramble schooner of to guns, to the westward; and the Pheasant sloop of war, Captain PALMER, on, a cruize in the Channel. Arrived the Just, JACKSON from Bristol Jaar JONES, from Liverpool; Dart, CLIMING, from Dart' mouth ; the American ship Edwin Bolton, Stiavvs master, from Savannah, with a cargo of timber ta . this port; , Sagittarius, SLADE, from Exeter; Nell' tune, HOWARD, from Ipswich ; Orwell , Rusumortsi from ditto; *Mary and Eliz-abeth, GARD, from Pct ryn ; Intelligent gun-brig, from Falmouth; Hapsg teeturn, MORGAN, from London ; the John,Lovv 6 ' from Penryn ; Amity; INvicic, from Portsmouth% 'Providence, ITA YES, from Falmouth; and the Rat' gamy, Patcs, from Cork, with a cargo; of provisioni , bound to London ; put in here to wait convoy. Arrived rbe Fervent gun-brig, having under cu'v voy a fleet of light transports from Lisbon, or, - ;nsi 4 " ing of about tCi sail, to days passage. —No news. Went up the harbour to be refitted the Dian a frigate, Capt. FREIIIS. Arrived the French schooner cartel Yidette fro. ris l'Orient, last from - Dartmouth, bound here for 1 14 crew of the Perseverance cartel, • that arrived licfc' $ G!tx, days since from l'Orient, S iled the ..)cytiii broup ikhitlng a u Newhard schooners, on separate cruizes. ' Went into Barnpool to be ;edited the Iris i ris gate, that .arrived here on Friday last from Corurno' . Arrived this afternoon . a sloop of war, said to 115 the Acorn, from the Mediterranean ; but we to crd not. been able to learn whether she has brought A ' news. Also, the Puiaiers man of war front 114 eastward. DEAL, Aratt 7.—Arrived his Majesty's 5 1141 'liars from Portsmouth ; and Conte/la and Fari°° • from a cruize. Came down from the River, the General Lesley, BROWN, for the East Indies. 3 , 1 PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Arrived his Male* , ship,Sprightly from a cruize; and the Leydea gate, with the following transports, from the D i r cliterranean, as per numbers and letters; their nab iCh we have not been able to ascertai n :.--Nos. 71, .56, 28, 174, 208, 392,164, 351, 424, 45 ;- 109, and 27.. Letters EA, CEi, 13F, CB, MI, BM,' IT, G, CF, and BS. Sailed his Majesty's ships Brune, Freya, and f lu' mulus, for Lisbon ; and the No rth Star and Spit' fire on a cruize. Ibis Majesty's ships Brune, Romulus, anJ a,/ have taken the 42d Regiment out to Li•bon. His Majesty's ship Porcupine for Quebec, f r, tare for. Guernsey, and'the Spitfire for the if have hauled down their signa!s, and the Pha t ' e appointied in the room of tjlePorcupine.—No- CL convoy- is appointed at p: , .i2nt. fl FALMOUTH, APRIL s.—Ariived the Lord Ha -6 in o packet, H AMt vroN, with mails,from Cadiz, ten , () V passage; no news. The enemy continued to tor sl!ells into the, town, but did no serious' 1 er The - Dispatch packet h , id arrived out, landed mails, aiid procee,!ed On for Gibraltar and Mielt3.,. Also arrive.l, this day, the American ship A1c 144 :, merles, from Philadelphia, 45 days ; and Mercha lw lo t lioentNs, from Baltimore, 54 days, with flour ' y a market. 'I he former vessels spoke on the B' i ' b s of Newfoundland, the American ship Horace, f r° o Stockholm, bound to New York; and about 1 days since.'an English ship, from Demerara fc3 f London, all well. A schooner sailed in conlP lii. with the 4rchimedes for L'Orient. Sailed this day his Majesty's brig Pelorus, of guts, with about 30 sail of vessels, to join his ft'ir jesty's Ship Serapis, off this harbour, with a bi l, eleven sail for Portugal, Spain, and the Medi te lf mica(); the Marlborough packet, Bum., with Im i to 'f for Lisbon ; and the Chesterfield, GIBBONS , lo t 'Jamaica ; the Montague packet; with marl't• • . •