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tlae-ease in this country. This interference, he male. ' tamed,. would ever prevent any proper order in the administration of revenue in Ireland. He con cluded by proposing a series of Resolutions, men tioning 911 the teas in the case. The first 'stated — s' That on the 31st of December, ISto, a Petition had been presented to the Lord Lieutenant of 11 , 7!4nd, praying for the admission of a cargo of Martinique - 93 gars into the Port of Dublin, which'prayer had been reyedied, but on con dition that foreign duties should be Raid." On the question being put, Mr. W. Pots said, he certainly sh9,Dld not take tap the time of - the House by following the Right Honourable Baronet through the details into which he had thouelit proper to enter, particularly as the Right Honourable Baronet had admitted that, since the trknth of 'April last, all the steps which had been taken in this busineia had'-met with his appro. batiptr. With respect to the delay.which took place last Session, it arose from the. unfortunate illness of the Right Honourable Baronet himself; and not because the Papers were not produced. The simple fags of the case were, that the person alluded to by the-Right Honourable Baronet had imported a large quantity of Martinique Sugar into Ireland, under the idea that he should only be charged the British co lonial duties, not the foreign duties, and upon finding that he had been misinformed with respeCt to the • jaw upon the subject, he bad applied to. the Execu tive Power for redress. The Right Hon. Baronet bad contended, that the Lord Lieutenant, by means of his Secretary 'or Under Secretary, ought not to have interfered, but that the interference with the_ Revenue Board, if it - was necessary, - should have been by the Treasury. This was the first time he. bad • ever heard it stated, " that if a person ,applied - to the Executive Government, praying for relief, that the application ought not to be attended to.- He agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet, that when the interference did take pla"ce, it would have been better if notice had been g iven to the Treasury, because, in all cases of this kind, he was of opinion that the Treasury ought to be consulted, -or te have notice given to it of the transaction. With respe& to the present case, he was at a loss to conceive what it was that theßr.Hon.Bart. complained of : the revenue had sustained no loss, for he liim self admitted that every farthing of the duties bad been paid. When the individual first applied to the Irish Government, the opinion, of the Attorney- General was ,taken upon it, add upon that opinion thesugars were allowed'to be landed. It was true that a part of these sugars were allowed to be taken out of the stores, and seld for home consumption, paving the smaller duties, and he would state the reason of it. When thisperson imported this large quantity of Martinique sugars' into Ireland, he bad entered into several engagements which he meant to liquidate with the produce of these sugars, and in consequence of an application from him, he was allowed to sell a part of the sugars; but enough was received in the Kings stores to cover the whole of the foreign duties, not.only upon what was sold, bet epou what was retained in the stores. If this per mission had not been granted, the man must have become a bankrupt, and it appeared very hard to place a man in that situation, when he had property to so large amount in the Kings warehouses. Upon the whole, he was at a loss to conceive what was tOe complaint ,which the Right Hon. Baronet in tended to make against the Government of Ireland. The case of this individual had been examined with the greatest tare - and attention, and it was not pre tended that the revenue had sustained the slightest losi. Under these circumstances, he should certain ly oppose the motion.. •' Mr. PARNELL and Mr. HERBERT made a few obserVatiOn,S. . The CHANCELLOR of- the EXCHEQUER, on the ground that the Resolutions contained no allega tion- whatever; even of-censure, moved the pievious quest ion. AilCr a_sliOrt reply from -Sir J. 1 . EWPORT, and a few words in explangtion from Mr. POLE, and the CLINNCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, the House di vided— _ _ - , For the original motion, }or the previofis questton, Majority,. / -25 ;'RESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROUL. On our return to the gallery, we fdund Mr. CREEVEY in the midst of a variety of observations on the places and pensions enjoyed by the late and by the present-President of the Board of Controul,. which he concluled by moving, " That there be laid before the House Copies of the Warrants under najevy's Sign Manual, dire Ling the amount of the salaries to Lord Melville, late President of the Enard of Controul, and to the Earl of Buckingham shire, .now PreSident of the'Board. of Controul, ac cording to the provisions of the 51st of the King, chap. 79.:' The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER cli.l not object to the motion, Irat replied to a number of the setnarks mni!e by the Honourable Gentleman, in the Arotirsu of wit;ch be' observed that the Earl of Buck inghamshire had' signifaLd to the East India Com pany his wish, that during the time that he might lin;tl t he orrice of President of the Board of COQ the payinent of the pension granted to him by 4he C..inpany fur his former services in India should be suspended. Mr. WHITEREAD was desirous of ,knowing whe ther it was true (as he understood it lo be) that the pension of the Noble Earl from the Company was co-existent,with their Charter ? If so, it certainly was highly improper to place the person so situated In such an office at a period when the renewal of, that CiKirter was about to become a subject of serious consideration. The cHANtiIELOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he 'realty dii not know how the fait was, but however it might be, he did not see why the consequence of the former services of the- -- Noble Earl in India; wight to preclude Government from availing thetn oulves of. his services at home. , After some mutual explanations from Mr. Whit bread and the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Cretvey's Motion was agreed to. . IRISII FINANCE COMMITTEE. Sir Jenic Nswroar,, for the reasons which )te had stated yesterday, moved the addition of *ix Members to the Irish Finance Committee. He then mentioned the names of the Members which he wished to be addecl.—Mr. Sliaw, of Dublin ; R.. La!ouche, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Franklyn, Lad Archibald Rain'lton, and anotht ,- Mt:tinter; whose name we couldmot hear. • • .1 On the motion for Mr., Shaw being addei to the Committee, • Mr. W. Pots said, that the non-attendance of the Membera arose from the ; want of several- docu ments which were not yet produced, and shout which the Committee could not proceed. He assured the House that there was every dispositioo on his part to assist the labouts of this Committee, and he was always ready to attend it as far as his other business would permit. If the Hon. Baronet, or any other Member of it, would give notice to the other.Members' when they had any thing of impor tance to bring forward, he was convinced that there would be a sufficient attendance. He concluded by moving that the name of Lord Castlereagh should be added to the Committee. . , Sir JOHN NEWPORT then wished . that his name might be withdrawn from it. He had attended several times with the intention of bringing forward_ important matters, but was prevented by the want of attendance of other Members. Unless Members really attended this Committee, it would do harm instead of good, as the people would be deluded with the idea that something was cloing, when, in fad, they were doing nothing. • The CHANCELLOR Of' the EXCHECIUER s a id, that he was a Member of that Committee, and he knew that it was his disposition, and he believed it to be that of the other Members,jo give every posSible accommodation to any Member who had any thing tohring forward. He was - sure, that if the Hon. Baronet had ever apprised ,him that he had .any thing important to bring forward, he should :have attended, if it was in his power, and he believed the otht.,r Members of the Committee would have done' flv, .nr , •?. He had attended that Committee SeVe.kar . anu h ad often seen it' adjourned for want orany business before it; and sometimes on account of the absence of the Hon. Baronet himself, fraorn causes which they much iegretted (we sup- poke from illness). Sir .1011 N NEWPORT said, that he had often at tended' when the Committee adjourned to, want of Members. If no good was to be expected from the Committee; he would rather not continue a Member of it. Mr. W. POLE said, that he should be extremely concerned indeed if the Right Hort. Baronet were to withdraw from the Committee ; for, notwith standing the differences of opinion which existed so often between him and the Hon. Baronet, yet his zeal and information made him a most useful and valuable Member of the Committee; and he hoped that, upon consideration, he would not in sist upon retiring from it. After a few Fiords .from Sir John Newport, the Hon. Baronet withdrew .his motion, and Lord Cas tlereagh was added to the Committe.' IRISH DISTII,LATION, Mr. WHARTON brought up toe Report of the Committee on the Suspension of the Exportat a ion of Spirits from Ireland. Oct the motion that it be agreed to, - Sir J. NEWPORT entreated Government not to protraat any measures which they might leave in view for the relief of the people of Leland in the present scarcity of grain. Every day's post biought additional proofs of the existence and the pressure of that scarcity, and he hoped the Right Hon: Gentle man opposite was sensible of the serious respon sibility under which he laboured on this subject. Mr.W.Poee assured the'llott.Baronet that he was fully _sensible of the serious responsibility which attached to him in the discharge of his official du ties. To be reminded of this, he peed only look at the public prints in Ireland, in which, while on the one hand the distresses of the people of Ireland were exaggerated in the most unjustifiable manner, a kind of Proclamation was issued on the other for visiting all these distresses on his head. Still, how ever, he was firmly determined not to come forward and propose to Parliament what he could not but consider a most calamitous measure, namely, the total stoppage of the distillation from grain, until he should be in possession of documents of so co,- gent a nature as to show the indispensable necessity of such a proceeding. , Whenever that might be the case, he trusted that he should not be found disposed to shrink .from his duty. He admitted that every post did bring additional information on this subjeet,of an unpleasant nature, and that the post of this day had conveyed to him the unwel come intelligence, that corn in Ireland was still higher even than he anticipated it would be ; but he repeated, that Government kept a watchful eye on what was passing in That country, and that they might perhaps soon feel it to be their duty to pro pose furl her measures to counteract the evil. Sir JOHN NEWPORT disclaimed all intention of throwing . any censure on the Right Hon. Gentle inan. His information had been derived, net from the Irish newspapers, but from respectable indivi duals, some of whom were known to the R.glit HOn. Gentleman, and who entertained for him a high regard. After a few words from Mr. D. GIDDY, the re solution was agreed to, arid a Bill was ordered ac cordingly. Mr. W. l ) , , ea immediately brought in the sill, wlech was read a first tune, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. Mr . ..WnhaTorr brought up the 11. , •port of the Committee of Ways and Means. The resolutions , were agreed to, and Bills ordered on several of them. • The Securities Bill was read a second time, and ordered w be committed on Wednesday next. On the motion of Mr. G. JOHNSTONR. an account was ordered to be, laid before the House of the 'weekly balances in the hands of the Bank of Eng land, from the ioth Oct. 1810 to the sth Jan. •18 12, belonging to the Customs and all the other branches of the public revenue; the Postmaster-General, the Commissioners for- the Redu&ion of the National Debt, and for the Redemption Of the Lind-Tax, the Paymaster of the Forces, &c.; also an account_of the_ Unclaimed Dividends, the Exchequer Bills and Notes deposited by the ,Back in the Chest of the Tellers of the. Exchequer, &c. &c.—Adjourned. An .alarming fire broke out last night in the premises of Mr. GEDGE, chemist, Leicestei street, Leicester-square. The dam;le is estituattd at woo). N : Printed h. S WOOD, of No. Yeslet a Court of it3t.eoris was held at the India 4-lotne - 5 wht-n the six new Diredois, M. ASTELL, CrIARLES GikANT, JACKSON, OAIIII , . BELL. 11 , 1AJOE113AISKS, GBCRGE SMITH., and SwENY TOUN It, li.scp.i. took Ore oaths and their seats: Sir HUGH INOLIS,' Fart. and ROi3hRT THORNTON, Esq. %Vete appointed Chairman and Deputy Chairman. The Court a , joutoed at five o'clock till Wednesday next. We understand that deputaiinns from Liverpthrl, Bristol, Plymouth; Glai4,ow ; Stdflieldi . and 'Bit - -; rningharn, hate already ..41ri•.ed in to‘ivni "to oppose he renee, al oftheconyme!vial inoniapoly of the East India Coniptv,y, a:A, have held Conlesencea at thri Spring GAden Coffee -house, where they will eon; slime to as;iemble daily/ Deputations from all part 4 of the United Kingdom are expected' to arrive. We cannot cloubt,tidit the wt-ight and in.i fipence of their represetitations"wri succeed in in ducing the Legislature to refuse to renew, - in any de.; gree, , a monopoly SD obnoxious and so -ii jurioui tel the country. : • We observe with pride and picisure that eveiji • Non-conminioned Officer, and Private, or tile Gloucester 4egiment of Militia, have subscribed, one day's pay towards the ;diet of the widows and fa/pities of thc Officers and men lost on board his Majesty's ships St. George, firro, affence,. Sal, danbl, and- Faricy - proves tha , the army al ways feels :for the calamities that may befal the he. roes . of the navy. The following anecdote is mentioned of a sailot, was'a passenger .n the,mail-colcb, when late ly stopped by the-snow A between & , t wick and. Bel ford —The #ttlitr' passengers, having lett the cnacts for Belford', being the rwarest town, no entreaty cotild,induceiaa to (pit his birth; who sworei t Mt - as the ship had run agroand, be would stav by her until she floated aglin ; enct..x ci.p; a nap, he was awakb by the people who we!c ing the roads, and ejaculated, " don't ,know'hOw to steer, here, and must w6il tut .convoy:' - A pigeon match, for too guineti.aside, at -levee birds each, took Owe, near Rickinansw °nil, on, Wednesday, between Kr. rVildrison; a celetyated pigeon-shot s , and Mr. Archibald Grove s, ot Linton, Herts. The trap was twenty-one yards from the gun, and Mr. Adkinson killed ten of his birds, the eleventh dicd within view. • Mr. Groves iwised two birds and lost the match. There were some by-matches, in which great sail' was exhibited. A dreadful pitched battle was fought, at Cope, Wood,. near St. Ann's Hill, on Monday, betwixt a limier, of the name of John 'Fogard, and William Harlington, a navigator, for five pounds each, 'of their own money, in consequetice of a public-house quarrel.' The comba'ants knocked, each otter al:Out by-tremendous blows, for one hour and twenty-five minutes, with alternate advantages but at length Fogard hit his adversary a strong chance blow be bind the ear, and he fell senseless, and never rose again.• He was conveyed to the Chequers public house, about mile distant from the seat. of attipn„ where he languished about_three hours and died. A . Coroner's Inquest have brought in their verdict of- Man*laughter against Fogard, the deceased having _ in a great measure provoked the combat. About twelve o'clock on Wednesday eveninfr two of the parochial patrole went into a t übli - c•q house in Great Sutiolk , Street, in the Borough,whea one of them imprudently laid his loaded bluudqrbusi on the table; a man who was in the room took it up, and in examining it, unfOrtunately touched the trigger, when the piece went off, and " its contents entering beneath the -jaw, came out at the side of his head. Ha was immediately taken to the Hospital. • Between the hours of eleven on Wednesday night and five on-Thursday 'morning, the stable of Mr, Peter Barnes,. No. 15, Surrey-place,- Kent-road, was broken into, and the contents of a pipe of Ma deira. which was stowed there, was drawn off and carried away. The villains had a cart at horse.4o • assist them, as thu track of the -wheels was traced . from the premises. BIRTIIS.. . . On the Bth inst. the Lady of Major-General. Reynolkis, .ad)aughter, in Portland . place. Lately.. at l.eit, near Gainshorougia, the Lady of the Rev,. Sir Charles Anderson, Batt: ot a Son. MARRIBV. On Monday the 3oth ult. at. Slieldhurst, in Kent, Robert I3Ourne, Esq. of Woodhall, Middlesex-; late Captain in the ad Dragoon Guards, to Miss Brabilis, At St. George's, Bibutosbiery; Robert Moore, Esq: of Guernsey, to Letitia, second daughter of Colonel Wynd, ham, of C harlotte-Areet, Bedford-square. On Saturday' last,' at E:iifichl. .'Thomas Kimo°a to Miss_Charlotte . • . At Nottinghamshire, Mr. - George Reed, or, Clerkenwell, to Elizabttli,.. only surviving daughter of the - . late Mr. Jonas Lar:tun, of that plate; On the-7111 hist. at St. lintolidi Without, Aldersgate, Mr. T. Brogden, of Islington, to Aliso ‘Vallon, of Little Bri tain On the Bth inst. at Iluttoi; Cluirch, C. E. Anus, Esq. of Newcastle-upon:-Tyne, to Rosetta, only daughter o f jolt& •French, ot Elution • place, sscx. At.Athlone, in 'lreland, T. Henry, - Esq. M.D. to Mts. Antiohus, relict of the lie Lieutenam-Colonel Antrobus. burin _Phtycr; late of I>eptfotd, to Frances, second chuirter.vr the late Samuel Cole, Esq. of Sidlion .Walden. DlOO . . On Saturday the 4th inst. aged 34, john Cannon-, jun. 1 & wily'slin ut john Cannon, Esq. o, t.liddle Weal.• Ott Tuesday last, at the house of his father, at'Kensing. ton, ,after a 101 p-ring-illness of nearly four years, Master Fre. deri , :k:Alexander Hart, it; the .t3th ' . )ear of his age. Yesterday, in the 21st•year of his age, ftandolph Pearse. Second son of John l'earse, Esq. of Lincoln's inn tie!ds. PRICE 0 s YE3 rE ko AY. Bank Stnck, 213 Navy 'c Gerten . . 90 , 4 - per Cent. 7-1 k 74 per Cent. i‹.;,.....5;3; 3 per Cent. Cons. 59 LOco Rink 1.. 15 5-16 7-16 a Intria'Stock, 17S y 178 India Roods, los. Ss. rr. South Sea Stock, Excneq."Bills, 3s, 6s. pr. Imperial 3 per Cent. Cons. fur . COAL MARKET, APRILS. Ships at Market. Ships sofa. Vri c e . - 76* Newcastle . . . 71 . 401. od, to 525. 6d. 2. • 51411(lerlarld . . a . 425, 0(1. to 435. 6d; a CIII(.ICfS . . . . z . 28i. 6th to —t. od. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To.mox. ROW. Morning, sz min. after 1. Evening, 17 MM:I. after z, Maiden-lane Covent-garden • and . Published by WI I LIAM ARMIGER SCRIPPS, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square i r ft," I V•is, Pa EDITOR OPP..TIL St,V. r gIR, Havidgovith tbudh Contera;and,,l may ad,l, in dignation, seen the Resolutions of the Common Hall of the City of London, as published in the daily pa pers-, I cannot but come forward, and assert most confidently, that the sentiMents expressed in disc Resolutions are not the sentiments of the citizens of London, but are those of a fat - Ai - cm, endeavouring to mislead the people of this country, and with whom no respectable persOn,who values his fair reputaiion, or his personal safety, would be seen to:as.,ociate in any meeting held at the Guildhall of this city. A,t the conimendernent of the present war, ,in May, 1803, for there had been a iwace, such as it was, the peace of Amiens, the 'merchants, bankers, traders, and inhabitants of London, held a public meeting on the Royal Exchange., not* for the pur pose of fabricating fa!sehood, detailing fancied • grievances, traducing the Government of the coun try,,and insultirw, in the must gross and unwarrant able language, nor enby the venerable and much loved Monaich of the country:, but his‘'augusf re presentative, the Prince Regent ; not for such pur poses did the valuzble and - respeclable inhabitants of the City of London meet, but to express what were their sentiments at that 'period, and %dint, I will as sert, are their 'real well knoWn sentiments, at this motnent in the following DECLARATION, OF THE MERCHANTS, BANKERS, TRADERS, AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF LyNDON AND ITS NEIGH. BOUR HO.D. We, the Merchants, Battlers, Traders, and other Inhabitants of London and its neighbourhood, deem it our bounden duty, at the present toomenteus pe riod, to make public our unaeimous determination to stand or fall with our King and,country. The iedependence anti existence of the British Empire, the safety, the liberty, the lite of every man in the kingdom, are at stake. The events, perhaps, of a few months, certainly of a few years, are to de termine whether we and our children are to continue freemen and members of the most-flourishing-com munity in the world, or . whether we are to -be the Slaves of our most implacable enemies—theriaselves the slaves of a foteign usurper. We look on this great crisis without dismay. We have the most firm reliance on the spirit and virtue of the people of this counru. We believe that there exists a firmer as well as nobler courage, than any which rapine can inspire ; and we cannot entertain Such gloomy and unworthy apprehensions of the moral order of the world, as to think that so admi rable a quality can be the exclusive attributes of freebooters or slaves. We tight for our laws and , bertie,s---to defend the dearest hopes of our Children, --to maintain the unspotted glory - which wehaVe in herited frem our ancestors—to guard from outrage and shame those whorn.natnre has entrusted to our proteelion—to preserve the nonour and existence of the country that gave us birth. ' - We fight for that Constitution and system of soci ety, which is at once the noblest monument and the firmest bulwark of civilization !--We fight to pre serve the whole earth from the barbarous yoke of , military despotism !--We fight for the independence of all nations, even of those who are the most indif ferent to our fate,.or the alto blindly jealous of our prosperity. • . . In so glorious a cause—in the defence of these dear and sacred objeCts,,we toast that the God of our fathers will inspire us with a valour which will be more than equal to the daring ferocity of those who are lured, by' the hope of plunder, to fight the bat tles of ambition. His Majesty is aboat to call upon. his Penile to arm in their own defence. We trust, and we be lieve, that he will not call upon them in vain—that the freemen of this land, going forth in the i righteous • -cause of their country, under the blessing of Al- Mighty God, will iu the tnost signal chastise ment on those who have cjated to threaten our de struelion—a chastisement, of which the . memory will long guard. the shores ot t;;s island,- and which may riot only vindicate the hooour, and establish the safety of the British EMpire, bat nrty also, to the latest posterity, serve as an etviinple to strike terror into tyrants, and to give courage and hope to insulted and oppressed nations. For the attainment of these great ends, it 'is -EC cessary,that we should be not only an unanimous, but a, zealous, and ardent, and unconquerable_ people., —that. we should Consider the public safety as the chief interest of every individualthat every- man should deem the sacrifice of fortnne and his life to his country as nothing more than his duty—that. no man should murmurat any exertions or privations ' which this awful crisis may - impose upon him--that we should regard faintness or,languor in Ore com mon cause ,as the basest treacherythat we should go into the field with an unshaken tesotution to con quer or to die=—and that we shoal look upon no thing as a calamity compirJed with the subjdgation of our country: We have most sacred duties ,to perrorm—we have most invaluable bleSsings to preserve--we have to gain glory and safety, or to incur indelible disgrace, and to fall into irretrievable ruin. Upon our diet ti will depend the triumph of _liberty over despotism-- of national independ= nce over projetis of univertal empire, and, finally, of itself over barbit rism, • At such a moment, we deem it our duty solemnly: to' bind ourselVes to each other, and to our country men, in the most sacred mannei, that we will em ploy all our exertions to rouse the. spirit,. arid, to as sist the resources of the kingdom —= that we .'ill be ready with our set vices of every sort; and on every occasion, in its defence—and that we will atiter perish together, than live_ to see the honour of the' British name tat nished, or that noble inheritance of greatness, gloty, and liberty destroyed, which has descended to us from our forefathers, and which We are determined to transmit to our posterity. JAcoa ',BOSANQUET, Chairman. By iraertipg the above you will oblige, your's PUBLI CUS• Recent advices received from the Mediterranean, state, that a severe shock of an earthquake had been felt at Smyrna, which did great mischief. OM,