The Sun. — London, England, 1824-04-07 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY _Extracts from the Morning Papers, April 7. [TEE 'mum] A most singular occurrence took place last night in the House of Commons. Mr. Wodehouse, -the Membgr for the county of Norfolk, asked' his. Right Honourable friend near him (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer), " whether it would " riot be practicable to remove some of the re " strictions complained of in the mode of collect " leg the salt duty, if that duty should be couti " nued." Your if has been said to be a peace maker ; but in the present instaw, being the precursor of the of a treaty, we should apprehend that, without great caution, it might lead to a war. The total relinquishment of the salt duty was so solemnly promised last year, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wode house's Right lion. Friend, acknowledged and lamented, in opening the budget for the present year, that that pledge•could not be violated : yet dues Mr. Wodehouse now come forward with an if, upon a subject which the country had thought so decided and settled. We say this is very sin gular ; and if it does not prove a connivance to relieve the Chancellor of the Exchequer from his solemn engagement, the affair looks so like a con nivance, that a prudent man would have avoided the appearance. It is conceived, or hinted, that some other tax more oppressive may be relin quished in place of this salt duty, now producing 360,000/. The sincerity of the intention to re lieve the people will be best seen when we know the tax or taxes, the repeal of which is meant to he substituted for that of the salt tax ; but in the mean time we must point attention to this side wind way of relieving a party bouud by an en gagement, from the obligation of fulfilling that engagement. [MORNING POST.] In the House of Lords 'last night -the Silk Duties Repeal Bill was read a third time and passed. The silk weavers, who had assembled in ver_y,considerbble numbers near the House, received the intelligence with considerable mor tificatton ; but though they expressed their dis pleasure, they maintained that character for order which they had hitherto displayed,and dispersed in a most peaceable manner. In the Commons Mr. Wodehouse moved for returns of the number of Excise Prosecutions, and of penalties levied during the last six years, for offences against the Salt Duty regulations. This motion was prepa ratory to another for the revival of the Old,Salt Duty, in order to enable his Majesty's Govern ment to abolish some other tax pressing more heavily and immediately upon the people.— The Returns were granted, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated, that if the Duty were revived, he trusted he should find means of relaxing the penalties arising out of it. Air. George Lamb then applied for leave sto bring in a Bill to allow persons prosecuted for felony to defend themselves by Counsel as in'' cases of misdemeanour. Mr. North resisted the ..application on the ground that the remedy pro posed would. introduce greater evils than. those it was destined to remove, and would be detri mental to the administration of justice. The At torney-General also opposed the proposed altera tion in the !aw, as likely to prove injurious to the prisoner himself; and though supported by Sir James Mackintosh, Dr. _Lushington, and Mr. Denman, the motion was rejected on a division by a majority of 80 to 50. Mr. Moberly moved for the appointment of a Select Committee, to take into consideration the Act relating to the purchase of the Land Tax, and report thereon to the House, with a view of applying the savings to theUnfund . ed Debt: At the suggestion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, the - Hon. Gentleman withdrew his motion with the view of introduc ing a Bill containing a specific proposition upon the subject. -The -House having then resolved itself into a- Committee on the 43eer Duties, the . Chancellor of the Exchequer moved several Re solutions which were agreed to, the object of -which was to give a reduction of Duty on , all the qualities of Beer used- by the- lower classes. [MORNING lIERAIA).] Mr. G. Lamb's motion last night for bringing in a Bill to allow prisoners charged with felony to address the Jury by 'Couriiel; produced a debate of more than ordinary interest and spirit, and called forth some curious observations. — Dr. Lushington, in the course of his arguinents in support of the motion, distinctly expressed his regret that the emoluments of the chief Jus ticeship of the Common Pleas were - not suffi cient to induce the Attorney-General to accept of it, and commented upon such a' superiority of a situation at the Bar over that of a Chief in one of the Courts, as a dangerous anornaly.— Mr:Denman, who had entered the House during the debate, and had, jdst . arrived from the circuit, dexterously eulogized the defence of 'the persons charged with riot and conspiracy against the Lord-Lieutenant, in the Dublin Theatre, by Mr. North, who led in opposing the motima, and pointed it out as a striking illustration of the propriety of allowing Counsel for felons to address the Jury. The Learned Gentleman : also .With facility to the Attorney and 'Solicitor .General, as owing their rise .at . the Bar to their defence of a person (Wat.Son),accused of 1110 Treason. It was ex traordinary, too, to see-a- Learned Gentleman of Mr.. Deunian's.:stAnding and .experience lose the train of reasoning, .in which he was proceeding 'iery elogitcptt3. lie ',Soon recovered himself, and wasaltogOter. more successful than we had ever observed him before. Mr. Lamb introduced the,much . celebrated, case of Thurtell. Mr. North commented upon it. Sir J. Mackintosh characterized him as " the most desperately re -solute, , and the most wickedly intrepid Of ruf fians," and his defence as unnatural, theatrical, and injurious. [MORNING LIONICLE.] • A Work has just been published by Captain Basil Ball, of the Navy, consisting of extracts f ro m a Journal writtett.ou the coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in 1820, 21, and 22, which ' contains some striking proofs of the beneficial effects already produced by the Revolutions in that part of the world. The inhabitants are every where alive to the advantages which they have obtained by the removal of the re strictions on industry and commerce, though they may not always have very correct notions with respect to political , freedom. A Mexican peasant, for instance, whose appearance was not the most promising in the world, was asked by a Spaniard before Capt. Hall, what he meant by the free trade, which he had always in his mouth. " t mean (said the peasant) that I formerly paid• nine dollars for the cloth of which my shirt is made, and now I get it for two—that I call free trade." This is an argument in favour of free trade, which a peasant must be very stupid in deed not to understand. The Miners of Chili had gained by the change in an equal degree. From a Table of Prices given by Captain Hall, it appears that copper, the staple mineral of Chili, had risen from seven to thirteen dollars the quintal, while the steel and iron pro cured from Europe, and which are necessary for their mining operations, had fallen, the one from 50 dollars to 16, and the other from 25 dollars to 8. Captain Hall is of opinion th:lt no Euro pean force could possibly replace the quondam Colonies under Spain. One uneq uivocal s ign of improvement is mentioned by him, the influence of the Priests is every where on the decline. [NSW TIM es.] Two circumstances condeced to create a satis factory impression yesterday on the Money Market : one was the knowledge that the amount of Assents to the reduction of the Four per Cent. Stock amounted to 64 millions ; the other, that the Financial Accounts exhibited an increase of 988,6151. on the year ; and of 1,328,4031. on the quarter. It is true that the increase is de rived from the Austrian re-payment of 2,400,0001.; but against this is to be set the reduction of Taxes to a much larger amount. Those branches of the R.evenue on which the re peal of Taxes has not much operated, namely, the Customs, Stamps, and Post-Office,exhibit an increased produce : the decrease is chiefly on the Excise and Assessed Taxes, in both of which the remissions have been so considerable. On referring to the Excise Accounts, of which we lay an official statement before our readers, it will be perceived that Tea and Tobacco, the luxuries of the lower .classes, have been aug mented in consumption (we speak particularly of the Quarter); the increase on Candles too is a mark of Increased industry and comfort; and from the increase on Bricks it may be inferred that new buildings continue to find employment for the la borious, and accommodation for all classes. The decrease on Malt for the L quarter is so small, not withstanding the great reduction of duty, as plainly to infer an increase in the consumption of the article. Other views of the Finances are equally satisfactory. The surplus of the Conso lidated Fund is above Three Millions and Three Quarters ! If we look back to the peace of 1802 we shall find that the relative presuure of taxa tion was much greater then than it is now ; not withatinding we have in the interval overthrown the ;most formidable military Power that the world ever beheld. The Net Revenue of Great Britain uas at that time above 38 millions ster ling, on a population of 10,f millions of souls ; the Net Revenue now (exclusive of the re-payment by Austria) is 48 millions sterling on a popula tion of above 143,- millions, which affords a consi derably less average taxation per head. If such be the result with reference to the population merely, it will require little argument to prove that with reference to the property of the coun try the result is quite as favourable ; for, un- ' doubtediy, the wealth of the country has ad vanced quite as rapidly as.its numbers.—Consols closed yesterday at 954 ; the probability that all the Great Powers will follow the example .of England in reducing the interest of money leads to a belief that Consols SA, ill ere long reach par. No great quantity of business was doue yester day in the British Funds ; speculation being chiefly, active in Colombian, the price of which had advanced at one time of the day to 91, but left off'' at 881. All other foreign securities continued to maintain the preceding day's quo. tation. EBILITIS/1 PRE6S.] The detailed statement of the Quarter's - Re venue, which will be found in our columns this morning, is cheering and satisfactory; it gives the most convincing proofs of the increasing pros perify of the country ; and shews also that reduc-: tion of taxation, wisely applied, far from re ducing,has, on the contrary, added to the public income of the Empire, and, by increasing con sumption, has raised the public revenue. This is and will be the great triumph of Ministers. It is on such a basis as this their character and their popularity will p ermanen tly re st.— With the vast resources Great Britain possesses, enormous taxation might, as in past years, at the close of the late war, wring from her landholders, her manufacturers, and her merchants, monstrous contributions, unwillingly paid, impoverishing the entire community, and hringing with it a pressure, the forerunner of general ruin. Such was the situation of this country within the last seven years. From that state of temporary dis tress the country gradually has risen through the energy of her people, the industry of her mer chants, and the wisdom of. her Government, to present `enviable and still rising situation of prosperity, wealth, and power. For this great consummation we are mainly indebted to' the uninterrupted peace that for nearly nine years has 'dawned over this country —a tranquillity it has been the policy of Ministers to maintain, and iu which they have succeeded, without 'sacrificing an atom •of the influence of England; and we are every day now experiencing the invaluable benefits of that wise policy. The accounts of the last quarter spew an increase, of the Customs, flowing from the foreign trade of the country, of more than 78,000/.iwhile the increase in the year amounts to near 1,080,000/.!sterling. In the Excise it was natural to look for a serious decrease, from the many redactions made; and, accordingly, a deficit of near 263,0001. appears on the face of ' the quarter's accounts in this item, while that for the year exceeds 1,850,0001. We doubt wire tiler Ministers, in justice to themselves, should place the account in this way before the public, contrasting the receipts of a year when a number of articles were heavily taxed, with that in which the Excise was taken off altogether, and calling the non-production of repealed imposts de crease of revenue. But the prosperity of the country and the state of our resources speak for themselves, and the public accounts need no artificial preparation whatever. There is also an increase of more than 90,0001. in the single item of Stamp Duties for the quarter, amounting to upwards of 254,0001. for the year. The re venue of the Post Office, this quarter, also ex ceeds that of 1823 by 26,0001. and amounts in the year to the large sum of 444,0001. The loss of revenue erected by past reductions, and felt principally in excisable article, is thus in a considerable degree made up, and that in a way that speaks incontestably to the rising resources, trade, and prosperity of the country. The net produce of the revenue for the year closing on the sth of April,lB23, was 49,842,6071. and that for the present year, ending at the same period,is 50,812,67 21 . leaving, with the introduc tion of the Austrian loan, an increase in the pre sent year of more than ,970,0001. sterling.— In the exciseable articles we find a sensible increase on auction duties, on bricks and tiles, on candles, on glass, on paper, tea, tobacco, and snuff; all articles of general, consumption, and bespeaking increased resources and com forts among the people ,at large. The great decrease in the Excise is in the articles of salt, spirits, printed goods, malt, and other duties, on which the reduction ,has been very great. Such a decrease must have been anticipated as a matter of necessity. In every view we can take of it, the present state of the country, as to its situation and resources, is most gratifying, ' while her prosperity, far from diminishing, is every day on the increase.--We wish we cnuld see Ireland participating in these great results, and, in place of imposing a heavy burden on Great Britain, sharing in her prosperity, and en joying that tranquillity and happiness which the general diffusion of comforts and industry among her people would be sure to bring in their train. Front [k• LONDON GAZETTE, dpriT6. Foreign-Office, April 6, 1824. The King has been pleased to appoint William Turner,.Esq to be Secretary to his Majesty's Embassy at the Sublime. Otto. man Porte. Whitehall, March 30. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Nathaniel Dodson, Master of Arts, to the Vicarage of Saint Helen, in Abingdon, and the Chapels of Radley and Drayton, in the county of Berks and diocese of Salisbury, void by the cession of the Rev. John Matthias Turner, the last Incumbent. The King has also been pleaSed. to present the James Peterson to the Church and Parish of Gordon, in the presby tery of Lauder and county of i ß l eav_ick, vacant by the trans portation of the Rev. David W ooTtlon to e Church and Pariah The 71i i i; r- 1 1 1 5 ::: 11 a . .lso been pleased to present the Rev. David William Gordon to the Church and Parish of EarlstOn, in the presbytery of Lauder and county of Berwick, vacant by the death of the Rev. William Shiels, late Minister thee BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. J. Henderson, blickfriars-road, Surrey; draper. BANKRUPTS. M. Clark, Newmarket St. Mary, Suffolk, tailor, to surrender April 14, at six, 15, 'at ten, and May 18, at twelve, at the Eagle Inn, Cambridge. Attornies, Messrs. Issacsons and Son, Newmarket ; and Mr. J. Hunt, Surrey-street, Strand. T. W. Binns, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton-spinner, April 21, 22, 'and May 18, at eleven, at the Stir Inn;-Manchester. Attornies, Mr. E. Chester, Staple Inn, London ;: and, Messrs. Binns and Boardman, Manchester. I. Price, Stepney, Middlesex, undertaker, April JO, 13, and May 18, at ten, a t the Court Of! Commissioners. Attorney; Mr. H. C. Lichfield, Dolphin-place, High Holborn„London. W. Parsons, Reading, Berkshire, plasterer, April 15, 26; and May 18, at twel ve, at the George 'lnn; Leading. Attor .. nies, Messrs. Eyre and Coverdate, Gray's lnn-square, Lon don ; and Messrs. Briggs and Whatley, Reading: ! G. Anderson, Ma id e n-l ane, London,. warehouseman.), April io, 17, and May 18, at e leven, at the Court of Commissionersi Attorney, Mr. 'Taylor, - Bartholomew-close. DIVIDENDS. J. Boyes, jun. Waniford, York, carpet-manufacturer, April 27, at eleven, at the, Dog and Duck Tavern, Kingston-uponi Hull—V. Hodgson. Newgate.street, linen-draper, May at} one, at the Court of Commissioners--R. Edwards, Morgans. lane, Tooley-street, brandy merchant, May 1, at twelve, at the! Court of. Commissioners—S. Sampson, Size lane, auctioneer; May 1, at one, at the Court ComMissieners—W: Folford; , April 27, at tWelve, at the-Court of Heat!, the Oak, Stafford, ironmaster, April,3o, at! eleven, at the Royal :Hotel, • Birmingham—J. L co a m cl in la i n s e si e o , a n ' e a r r:houseman Webster, Tower-street,lnerchant, April 24, at twelve, at .the C o Johnion, Sarnborn, Warwick , Sartgt of harmer 31 Comm i ssioners -_ ay.ltt ll twelve, at :the Crown. Ipn, Le a mington—F. and R. Willett, Thetford, Norfolk; bankers,!JUne 5, at eleven, St. Edmund's—R. Runcorn, Man . c a e s t t l er Angelplumber, I , 1! 4 8 , 71 r 4 y , chester , —W. Gould and F. Greasley, Maiden-lane, W ood. the Star Inn , Ma n. at ' eleven, a t street,, hosiers May 1 1 , at ten, at The Court of Commissioners. "CERTIFICATES, APRIL 27. W. Walker,. Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, , haber dasher—S. Hobley, James-street, Covent-garden, shoe-maker —J. Coats, Fore-street, Cripplegate, dealer—P. A. Compton, Beckenham and Lee, Kent, farmer—ll. Bulcock, Worksop; Nottingham, innkeeper—G. - Eloslilt, Chesterfield, Derby; wine-merchant. . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 'V. Batty,ll.Melville,and,W. Squire, ; Aldersgate-Itreet—: R. Selby find T. \Valmsley, Mount-street, Grosvenor-sqiiare:i wine-merchants—S. EMery and J. Emery Little . Haywood; Stafford, stone-masons—J. B. Strange and I. C. „Miles, jun., TokenhouseLyardsilkmen-R.14. Taylor and B. Wilkinson„ ' W. Haviland and W. W. Arlisa, lyrnouth,. printers—E.. Hopkins and AL. Hopkins, Bath, milliners-4. Napier and C. Mason, Manchester, packers—F. H. Williams and R. Miller, Manchester, poOlin.finishers:—li. Widnell and J. Widhell; Holborn, carpet-manufacturers—J. Sandell & W.; Green; Old 'Change, Ayers—A. Willcoxon, sen., W. Ilardinge, E. Owen, and A. Willcoxon, Jun. Leobbard:.street,' looking-glass-nano:. facturers-41..‘Vatson and T. A. Ward, Kingston . ..upon-Hull, plumbers and glaziers-•-J. Philpott St.' W. 'Johnson, tleVeland, street, Nile-end-rpad, eornfaztors—J. Lonsdale.and W. Smith; Leeds, I.ilaS-merchants—:ll..3l'Lean and D. Mason; Marlbo rough, WiltS, drapers-.W.'Ca.sburn',Ri,B. TurpAr; J. Drqice and T. Re.vis Cambridge, portable oil gas-manufacturers—Ai. Hartley aria VV. Hartley, Burpley,' Lancaster, Irope4nanu fae turers—A. Ogilvie and k.'-Buchanan, St. Thomas, and J. Crai+iford,'Ola'sgovi.' • MODE OF ALTERING T 111; VALUE OF A BANK NOTE. — TaylOr, alias Hurley, Who was convicted at York, for metamorphosing. a Sheffield and .Rotherham Note, from the suns ,of , one to five guineas, was-requested, after conviction, .to di vulge the secret: On assenting, he retired into a room, and _taking a note, with a fine piece of sand-paperhe erased the-word “. one," and ,after rubbing the part where the erasure had ; been made with some cream of tartar, he substituted the-word "jive,'? with a .finely Pointed -pen, in such a manner as to deceive the keenest, eye. — The, alteration was accomplished in a fe►r rni nntes.--(Sbe,ffielcl Intiepenclent.) IRELAND. MAYO COUNTY MEETIN4. ,CASTLEBAR, MARCH 25, 1824.—A numerous and respectable Meeting was held, on Thursday last, in the Sessions House. The subject of the Requisition being read, Sir SAMUEL O'MALLEY, Bart., commented, in a most elo quent and appropriate speech, on the declared intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, respecting the taking off the bounties on Linens exported from Ireland—chewing, by the clearest and most satisfactory reasoning, how essentially and in stantaneously the interests of this county would he necessarily affected by such a proposition. Colonel CoFrE, of Deal Castle, expressed himself of the same sentiments, and in a strong and impressive manner point ed out the distress and misery that eventually would result to the county at large, from such a measure being put into exe cution, and more especially to the barony in which he resides. .The following Address was then proposed :- 44 To THE MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " The Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, Clergy, and .Linen Manufacturers, of the County of Mayo, " Humbly sheweth unto your Majesty—That your peti tioners, with others of their fellow-subj ec t s' have been grievously alarmed by the statement of. th e Chancellor of. the Exchequet, intimating an intention of taking off imme diately the bounty on the exportation of coarse Linens, and ultimately from Linens of all descriptions. And that, al though it has been stated that this intention was modified, and that the abolition was to take place gradually, yet it has already had the effect of diminishing the - orders for Linen goods, •and lowering - the value to the extent of one halfpenny . per yard, making a loss of two shillings and two pence on the Hall web of fifty-two yards. " In this district none are manufactured but coarse linens, the sales of which, in three markets in this country, amount to one hundred thousand pound's annually, and the manufac ture of which employs at least seventy thousand peopie in its different processes. " We call on your Majesty for the protection that is due to all your subjects —we call on you on behalf of the growers of flax, the owners of land, the merchants, and the manufactur ers—but, above all, we canon your illajesty for the fulfilment of the engagement made by your Majesty's illustrious prede cessor, King. William. 111., who, in reply to the Address of the 'Parliament of Great Britain, praying of his Majesty that he would be pleased to discourage and put,down the woollen ma nufacture of Ireland, and in its place to give to that kingdom the linen manufacture, and force her to take it in lieu of that of which she was to be deprived—was graciously pleased to say that he would do all that in him lay to discourage and put down the Woollen Trade of Ireland, and that he would encourage and promote the Lineri Manufacture in its place to the utmost of his power and ability, giving to it all sorts of encourage ment that could be given in every possible way. " This Address of the Parliament and engagement of his Majesty were fulfilled to the extent of taking from ,this country the Woollen Manufacture. The bounties now threatened by the statement of the Chancellor of the. Ex- Thequer to , be withdrawn; were a part of the protection and assurance 'pledged • to be given to carry •the inten tions of , his Majesty, King William, in favour of the Linen Manufacture into abet. For this engagement and encouragement of the Linen manufacture .we have paid dearly. We had, it appears from the preamble of the English statute of the 10th and Ilth of William HI. cap. 10, a flourish ing Woollen trade. The estates of-our Gentry were covered with sheep, the manufacture of Woollens, congenial to our soil and climate, gave and promised the most beneficial results ; all at once it was taken from us, as it is now proposed to take away the Linen bounties, and the country was plunged into want and misery. This, the severest measure to which Colo nial dependance has been subjected that the history of the world presents, was to be repaired by the substitution of ano ther manufacture—that manufacture has, however; been slow in its progress ; and although one hundred years and more have passed since the reign of his Majesty ; King William 111., the Linen manufacture is far from being an established one. In, the North of Ireland only has it arrived to any degree of perfection ; in parts of Connaught, particula.ily in the counties of.Sligo and Mayo, it is in a rapid state of improvement, but that is all. In Leitrim, Galway, anti Roscommon, it has merely taken root ; and in the greater part of the provinces of Munster and Leinster the introduction of it has only com menced. Under all these circumstances, we pray your Ma jesty's gracious protection, and . that you will not suffer your reign, covered with glory, to be tarnished by the destruction of a large portion of your subjects, by permitting them to be de- i prived of that.by which They exist, and which they should hold by the most indefeasable bond on the part of Great Britain— the Royal word of the King solemnly pledged in answer to the Addresses of both Houses of Parliament. "- GEORGE JACKSON, of Mayo, Sheriff." Sir FRANCIS LYNCH BLUSS, Bart. then rose, and declared, that he felt, in common with all the Gentlemen of this coun ty, the greatest alarm at the expressed intention of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to take away the bounties on the ex port of Linens from this Kingdom, which he was well aware would check the growing prosperity of this country, and crush its only manufacture in :the very zenith of its progress. . He would have enlarged more diffusely on .the subject, were it not that his meaning was more fully.expressed in the Address which he now offered to the . consideration of the Meeting, to he tendered to the Lords Spiritual and . Temporal in Parliament assembled. The Address was seconded by the Right Hon. Denis Browne, who agreed most cordially in every sentiment and feeling with his friend and relative, Sir. P. Bloss. " To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in. Parliament as sembled. _ ".The Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Freeholders, andi Merchants of CouniY of.afity - o, " Sheweth—That your petitioners have observed with great alarm a statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, intimating an intention of taking off the bounties on exporta. tion of Linens, first from coarse Linens, and ultimately from all kinds and descriptions of this our Staple:Manufacture. " We beg leave.to submit to your Lordships our positive denial of any right of the Parliament to deprive us of this ma nufacture, or to take from us any of the advantages given for its protection. "For grounds of this denial, we heg leave, with the greatest respect, to refer your Lordships to an Act p a s se d in the year 1696, 7, and 8, William 111. cap. 39, to the Address of both Houses of Parliament to King William, of the 9th of anne, 17Q6, and next to his :Majesty's answer to this addresi. With out going further into the extraordinary origin and cause of these proceedings, we conlend that the engagements made to us are binding and immutable, as the deprivation of the rights forced from Us.was rapidly and strictly enforced, to the great injury and indeed ruin oflreland. " We prayof your Lord'ships, iu your high constitutional capacity, to be a shield to the people,, if this measure Shbirld unfortunately find its -way to your Lordships, and that we should have the common right of the subject; to make solemn appeal to your Lordships in defence of our undoubted rights, to pray your Lordships will discourage attempts at taking off the duties on transit of Foreign. Linens through. Great Britain, and thereby prevent the extensive . trading influence of Eng land and her capital being turned to assist the industry of Foreigners. " We have in our petition to the most Honourable the House of ConimOns prayed that a tax should be laid on the impor tation of Foreign Yarn, which we beg leave 'arso to sub - mit to your Lordships whO have so deep an interest in the concerns of Ireland, as well as your high constitutional place in the rule of this - Empire, which we submit will go on better, when it shall be,considered what we deem Ireland to be,.the right hand of the British Empire." ROBERT PATTEN, Esq. of the Firm of Patten and Smith, next addressed the High Sheriff; and in sentiments replete with the knowledge of trade in general, and this branch in particular, in which he had been an extensive -dealer, -declared, that he conceived the taking off the bountiei from linens exported from Ireland, and repealing the transit duties on foreign linens through England, would ultimately occasion the ruin of the linen ma. - nufacture in this kingdom. We regret not being able to detail the- entire of this Gentleman's views and opinions of the sub : ject , —they were highly approved of, and met the Concurrence - of every person assembled—communicating the most important information on a subject so vitally connected with the true inte, rests of _lreland. He was seconded most ably by Mr. PONINICK BROWNE, Member for this county, who saitihe was convinced, particu larly since HS last arrival in Ireland, of the ruin which the mea sure in question must inevitably entail on this county. The Address was then moved by Mr. Patten. " To the Knights;' Citizens, and ' Burgesses, in . Parliament , assembled. , " The Petition of the Nobility, Gentry, Freeholders, and Ma , •nufactures of the County cf Mayo, " Sheweth to your Honourable House—That your petitioners are greatly alarmed by the statements lately made in the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of his inten tion, first of immediately taking off the bounties payable on the exportation of coarse Linens,: and ultimately from all descrip tions of this our only manufacture. This inteution, if carried into effect, would have for its consequence the destruction of this improving manufacture in the province of Connaught, and would put an end at once to the encouragements that are held out and given to,its introduction into the provinces of Leinster and Munster at the present moment • 'affecting also a consider able part of the North of Ireland. We think it our duty to our country, solemnly to protest,. against all invasion of - the rights we have under the engagement of the Parliament of Great-Bri tain, by . the Act passed in the British Parliament in the year 098, 7thanff Bth of William 111, cap. 39, pursuant to which, both Houses of Parliament addressed his Majesty on the 9th or • June 1696, praying his Majesty to pledge his Royal word to his Parliament, that the Linen Trade should receive all the ad vantage, favour, and protection from his Royal influence, to the promotion and extension of the various branches of its manufacture, and of all the advantages and profits they can be capable of. To which his Majesty replied, by saying , I will do all that in me lies to discourage the • Woollen Manufacture in Ireland, and promote there the Linen Manu facture.' " We wish it were possible for your petitioners to avoid men lion of the odious circumstances -under which this compact, forced on Ireland, was made and sealed by the Royal word ; but it is impossible to overlook, being necessary for the case to state, that it wrested from us in th e same b reat h t h e woo ll en manufac ture, of-which we were in full possession, and at a period when it was a most beneficial and flourishing trade in this country, for the avowed purpose-of benefitting the woollen manufacture of England, which he had endangered. The wrong thus done us should be burned in oblivion—it is the interest of both Islands, now closely united, that it should be so; and we humbly think, that that will be best obtained by forgetting a great part of our history, particularly this feature of it. We pray of your Honourable House to discourage all future alarms, as to taking from us the advantage of o ur hard-bought bargaM, and that it should be co ns id ere d, as i t i s , sacred- and immu table. We pray also of your Honourable House to discou rage all attempts at taking off the transit duties on Foreign Linens, exported through the ports of England, which would, contrary to that solemn compact, make the wealth of England operate as a lever to work the industry of Foreigners against the manufacture of his Majesty's subjects in Ireland—an in tention of all others of most jealousy to this country. " We pray you would be graciously pleased to put a duty On the import of foreign Yarn, which importation in fact extend 4 the bounty to Yarn, manufactured by foreigners, which duty is now only nominal. And that you will be pleased, by sty other means as you-may think fit, in the promotion of this ~o r staple manufacture, to confirm to this country, in the eng:l ; ment of the British Parliament, made on its plighted faith.' The Right Hon. Denis Browne made some observations on matters which had arisen from the discussion, and moved the following Resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to :-- " Resolved—That the Address to the King be rnost respect fully forwarded to the Marquis Wellesley. praying, that he would transmit the same to his Majesty, and that his Excel lency would call the attention of his Majesty to this matter, so interesting to the feelings and interests of his subjects of Ire land. " Resolved—That the Address to the House of Commons' be presented by the two Members for the county, praying, that they will pay the utmost attention to this matter, and that they will at all times, and in all places, oppose to the utmost of their power and utility, every interference with the Lin'en Bounties, or with the interests of the manufacture—conceiv ing it (as we do) to be a charter, on national right, of this country, secured to it by the most solemn engagement .of the Parliament of Great Britain, and they will consider par ticularly the transit duties (as we (16) an essential part of this protection. _ _ " Resolved—That the Address to the House of Lords be pre sented.by the Earls of Lucan and Limerick, or to WhicheV.er of them shall be in attendance on Parliament, with expression of our hopes of their Lordships' assistance. - " Resolved—That these our opinions be printed in the A( (11/' 0 Constitution newspaper six times, and in other public Papers in England and Ireland. Resolved—That our thanks be given to the High Sheriff, for his readiness in convening this Meeting, and for his very' eredit'able, dignified, and proper conduct in the Chair." Signed by order of this Meeting, GEORGE JACKSON, High Sheriff. The High-Sheriff having left the:Chair, and Major O'MAL LEY being called to it—the thanks of the Meeting were moved to Colonel Jackson, for his readiness in convening the present Assembly, his obliging attention to the. business of this day, and his general conduct as High-Sheriff of this county. Signed by order of the Meeting, OWEN O'MALLEY, Chairman. IRISII BURIAL ACT.—It seems to be thought that the only way to make the opposite parties in Ireland keel ) the peace, is to allow them to bury each other. The conciliatory effect of this measure will no doubt be great— " In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius !" LITERARY . CumosiTy.—One of the passengers just arrived in the Lord Castlereagh East man has brought with him a translation of the New Testament in the Chinese language, written or engraved on slips of a leaf of a plant or tree/ strung together. Between eight and nine o'clock on Sunday evening, a boy, about seven years of age, vra s found stripped naked, and. crying, in an unity' habited house in Spa Fields. He was nearly frozen to death with the cold. He stated that his father kept a shop in Tottenham-court road, and on Sunday evening, as he 105 out at play, a boy promised him a handsom e guinea-pig if he would go with him to SO -1 Fields, which he did. The boy brought bial into that empty house, wh ere h e strippea, him of his new Sund a y c l o th es , an d tol d him to wait there, and not to cry unli t he came back, as. he was going for the guinea pig, and would not be long. . , COURSE OF EXCHANGE, April 6. - .. Amsterdam • 12 I. C. r• . 11 18 Ditto, yls sight-,12 2 12 5 i r , Hainbutgli B7 7 li ' f - ' 7 : A1t0n..'..... - 2 s 2s 60 0 us. Ditto s• 3outtleaux, ditto e li a o r t i t g e , r 3 d a a i t t: z i Antwerp , Sight 25 85 0 1 Berlin • Frank fort on the Main •• • • 156 Er, MOil e i Petersburgh • 9 • Vienna lO 7 Trieste Madrid '. tire Cadiz 35 Bilima 3sf Effect!!c Barcelona - , Fieville Gibraltai Leghorn 6 i i Geis a 434-Venice, Ital. Lie. 27 0 Malta 45 -Naples 384 Palermo 4.ishon Oporto - Rio Janeiro Bahia . ' .. 50 Onlylin ......Cork &f per Cent. BULLION. • i Etfecti.e Portugal Goldin Coin .. L.O 0 0 pergg' , Foreign Gold, in B:trs 3 17 6 New Doubloons . .... 0 0• 0 • New Dollars . 0 4 91 Silver inliars. Standard 0 411 i - . BIRTHS. On Monday, at Stockwell, the Lady of Major-General ( Cookion, of a son. , At sea, on board the Minerva East Indiaman, on the .!..'"; SepteMber, the wife of Major Craigie, of the Bengal of a son. .MARRIED. tter , On the 6th inst., at Stoke-Ferry, Norfolk, Henry 1 3 ,u_ i‘w t. ,Esq. - , of !Brook-Street, GroSvenor-square, to Mary, -.7 daughter of Charles Sanders,' Esq., of the former place... v.v., I c.sterday, at Clapham Church, Rob er t, Rich ar d s on, Au., l to Mary„-eldest.daoghter of William Esd a il e , E sq ., a aP ham-common. • DIED. • On the 6th inst. at Cadogan-place, Peter, youngest son of the Rev. Dr. Crombie, aged, 15. • On the 4th inst., at Clap ton, Mrs. ;Worland, relict of Anthoni On the 3d of Nov. 1823, suddenly, Mr. William Morland,,Esq., in the 88th year of h er a ge . late of-No. 3 York-place, .Kingsland.road, formerly of Yor e street, Cripplegate, hair-merchant, aged 78. het, On the 3ist ult., of a decline, at the house of his brot , Capt. Stewart, Royal Artillery, Woolwich, Air. George Stewa m Gent., Cadet -of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich.,,i On the 2d inst., Peregrine Hogg, Esq., of Buckburst.h o . Epping Forest, aged '7B. 11 114 On the 31st ult. aged 21, in consequence of a fall from . 4, horse, ,Nirinchcombe Henry, youngest son of Henry el Eastington, in the County of Glocester. Spencer: W.IIMONTIVEZEIR• ll•rera. Printed and 'Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the S IC , OrrleE, 112, Strand,- by J. B. CARSTAIRS.