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rlntstlon za to Britis:: would rmain open to any discus sinh which the lion. Gentleman tnignt wish to nriginate. Mr. lIUME.—Did the Resolution include the reduced duty on Lam ? lie understood that upon the rum duties a reduction had taken place of Is. I.:1d. per gallon. The Resolution was then read a second time and agreed to. The 2d resolution, that " the sum of 4s. in the pound he raised within the space of one year from the 4 2 sth day of March, 11324, upon pension*, offices, and personal estates in that part of Great Britain called England, Wales. and the town of Ber wick-upon-Tweed," was likewise agreed to. S I LK-T RA DE. 31r. HUSKISSON wished that the House would allow the bringlng up the resolution in respect of the silk-duties, which he had submitted in a Committee of the whole House on the preceding evening. Mr. BARING took the opportunity of stating, that it was not-his intention to give'any further opposition to the resolu tihn. This declaration was net owing to any alteration in his own opinions upon the subject; but to this circumstance—that seeing what the general sense of the House was, he felt it to be his duty rather to suppose that he was wrong, and that they must be right.—(A Jaugh.)—He hoped, however, that in sub mitting the details which it would be necessary to bring before the House, before the measure intended to be finally adopted upon them should be proceeded with, the Right Honourable Gentleman would allow sufficient time for their mature dis . .cussion. Mr. IT USKISSON was much obliged to his llon. Friend for the candid manner in which he had just spoken. He could have no wish to hurry on the House through the measure in .question with any greater degree of dispatch than would be: :necessary in order to give the parties concerned the proposed relief at the earliest possible period. ' It was with this view that he wished the resolution to be now brought up, in order that the t ill might by prepared and brought in as speedily as might be: and he thought the Hon. Gentleman himself, upon con sidering its provisions, would be one among those most anxious to give them effect. lie therefore moved the order of the day upon the lteport on the goods and wares (Customs) .Acts. Mr. BARING was aware that if these duties were to be taken off', it was import a nt to proceed with their remission as soon as possible : but he thought that much difficulty would he found in dealing with the drawback to be allowed upon stock on bend. A better mode might be suggested in this respect than the Right Honourable Gentleman seemed to propose. Perhaps the parties would be • better satisfied, also, if Government. proceeded by degrees, so as to finally take off the 6s. 9d. duty at a distant period, rather than to remit it at once. Uponwhe suggested immediate remission, the Right Hon. Gentleman must begin with the silk-holder; and then he would . find himself called upon also by the silk-manufacturers, who might have the large stocks (and there were many whose stocks were worth perhaps 50,0001.) But while the Right Hon. Gentleman would be busied in attending to their claims, what was the small shopkeeper to do ? Whv was not the small shop keeper to be equally considered? His small stock of 5001. would be of as nuich importance to him as the 50,0001. stock to tae large manufacturer ; and the immediate remission of duty Of course would be of proportionable moment to him. We understood the Hon. Gentleman to add, that a period of two years and a half at the least should be allowed for the proposed experiment. Mr. HUME really thought that the principles which had keen laid down by every intelligent man connected with trade, who had spoken to this subject, were such as left no doubt of the sound and Consistent policy which his %lajesty's Ministers were in this instance pursuing. He could not concur, therefore, with his Hon. Friend in considering the measure in question a mere experiment. It proceeded upon such sound principles, that there could be no reasonable doubt of its success. Cer tainly, some difficulties were likely to arise upon the mode of dealing with persons who :sad stocks on hand ; but, surely, there could he no question whether the, duties ought to be re mitted at once or by degrees. The general opinion of expe rienced men was decidedly in favourof the Ministers' proposition to take them off with the least delay possible. Every man con nected with the silk trade would, in that case, know what to do, toed employ his workmen accordingly. lie hoped that the case of the small shopkeepers would meet with due attention. Hang parties should be in possession of goods uncut (for die difficulty seemed to be as to the mode of allowing the drawback), he would propose that they should return their goods on a certain day, to a particular place; and then let the excise take toproper account of them. The country would never grudge the proportion of bounty which it would be necessary to return to individuals, to save them from distress and ruin; and as no private funds could be charged with the expence of these returns of duty, they must of course be borne by the nation. Mr. EDWARD ELLICE wax quite satisfied that his Ma jesty's Ministers had not been proceeding in error on this ques. eon. He was only anxious that it should be ascertained from the manufacturers, that if justice were done to them by this return of duty, they would instantly set about employing their meta Sir HENRY PARNELL said a few words that were not audible in the gallery. Mr. Alderman WOOD gave credit to his Majesty' s Minis ters for a desire to meet all the difficulties of this subject ; but he feared many would be encountered in dealing with stock on hand. The Report upon the Silk Duties was then brought up ; an d the Resolution read a second time and agreed to. TITHE COMPOSITION ACT. Mr. GOULBURN said, it now became his duty to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Tithe Composition Act, which had been passed in thelast session of Parham en t.II e thought no one who had attended to the discussions on the subject, and now watched the operation of the Act; would deny that it was n o t so perfect as not to require some alteration. No one, there fore, would be surprised that he should take this opportunity of submitting to the House the various matters upon which it seemed necessary to introduce sonic alterations, in order to give to the measure ultimately (he trusted) complete effi cacy. At the same time he did hope that he should be permitted, from time to time, to bring forward such fur. ther einendatione as might appear to be necessary. Last Session, the Bill he had proposed was met by a variety of objections; some Honourable Members dissenting from its provisions in part, others opposing the measure altogether_ To these latter gentlemen it hardly scented necessary that he should address any arguments on the present occasion, in fa vour of a measure, the necessity of which had been recognised by Parliament. Whatever doubts and difficulties they, who objected to parts of the Bill only, might have expressed, would, however, deserve to be most seriously and carefully considered. Ile should now propose a variety of alterations upon the exist ing Act; many of them apparently minute, but in reality of essential import, and calculated to nieet some of the objec tions that had at different periods been started to particular pro visions of the Act. He could not better preface this part of his speech than by just stating to the House what had been the mode of proceeding as to the Act of last Session. It was circulated over every Dart of Ireland, in order that all whom it concerned might perfectly know its enactments. The transmission of the copies of the act was accompanied with such printed expositions of its nature and effect as seemed necessary, in order to inform all persons upon those topics, without subjecting them to the ne cessity of going through that mass of legislation which the in tricacy of its provisions had inevitably induced. Since the act was passed, last session, there had been 1,033 vestries assembled in. Ireland for the purpose of applying the provisions in pleS -6911 to tithe cesee. In 570 instances they had been acted upon ; in 339, the further consideration of the act had been adjanrned. There was, therefore, every reason to suppose from the number of cases in which the act had been applied to, that both parties to the contract which it was to regulate were satisfied with its enactments. Of. 1,033 applications for com position under the Act, advertised in the Dublin Gazette, 507 were made by the clergy, and 521 by other classes—the land owners, proprietors, lay impropriators, and others. The Right lion. Gentleman then entered into a vindication of the Irish Protestant Clergy from the imputation of a desire to grasp enormous profits, and - to wring from the pockets of those corn; mated to their charge the utmost possible amount: of tithes: . lie contended, as he had often contended, that if the value of the interest of all . the Protestant clergy of the empire could be ascertained, it would appear that the tithes of the Irish clerey, as compared with their interest, were lower than those of any other part of the clerical hody. The Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to ree : tra series of calculations as to the average tithe per acre of fete parishes in the diocess of Cashel, from which it appeared td vary between 2s. Bd. and 2s. hi. per acre ; while in the diocess of Clonfert, it fluctuated between ls. and 7d. per acre, the general average being about 11d. Irish. Sir JOHN NEWPORT reminded the Right Hon. Gentle man, that though Cashel was certainly a diocess containing as wealthy parishes - as there were in any part of Ireland, perhaps, it also contained many that were very poor. Mr. GOULBURN said, his calculations were made on the return of 51 parishes, taken without any selection, except that they were those which first acted upon the statute. It was true that many vestries had adjourned the consideration of their arrangements under this bill, but not because they were hos tile to it ; the adjournments were to wait for further explana tions, and many of the parishes that were at first hostile became subsequently in favour of the measure, and acted upon its pro visions. There were two operating causes its Ireland which retarded the practical operation of the Bill—the one was the oppostion on the part of the proprietors of grazing land, who were unwilling to subject themselves to the measure; and the:other was the opposition of those who acted on behalf of absentees, and held grass land, and who were disposed to snake the most of private interests, and who could not well he affected, until the expiration of their leases, when the pro prietors of the land would, under the new arramement, be liable to the tithe composition. Some objection had also been taken to the mode of computing the average on which the com position was to be formed. lie was quite aware of the difficulty which most arise in the settlement of any such general average. It would not have done to have taken a shorter average, for the reduction of the value of land for the years 1820, 21, and 22, would have been a most unjust valuation for the clergy ; the seven preceding years (from 1814 to 1821) were therefore deem ed a fairer space of time, as a medium between the two parties, leaving it to them every third year -to- take another average, firanded on the preceding seven. He now wished to propotte that it should be open to the parties toMakeaerangements for a composition every seventh, and not every thiral year, and also to enable those who,pleased to bargain for 21 years instead of 7,-if they thought proper ; and he wished that the arrangement should be formed, first, on the price of corn for the previous 7 years, and second, on the average income of the incumbent during Cie same period. Ile also wished to propose a modification of the plan of voting at the vestries, to reduce the scale already fixed, by which the number of vote= was given according to the amount of tithe paid by the individual, which in some instances was found to give too great a preponderance to property. The Ist of Novem ber was, according to the bill in force, the time for the new com positions to be dated from : lie wished the Ist of May also to be introduced, to give effect to such bargains as were not com pleted in the winter. He also wished, among a number of minor arrangements, to introduce some alteration in the mode of collection ; for instance, in the parish of Elphin, where in some cases the proportion pro rata was only Bd. ; and where 6 or 7 different persons were entitled to shares of the amount. At pre sent each was obliged to have a separate collector ; his intention was, that they should have the power to appoint one collector for the whole. There were many explanatory details which could better be given in a future stage of the proceeding; and he hoped that when they dispassionately considered the whole sule:rect, they would give satisfaction to the respective interests involved in the discussion, and confer peace and harmony upon the country. He concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Tithe Composition Act of last session. Mr. GRATTAN thought the proposition premature ; for, as yet he was not aware that the existing Bill was really in force in a single parish in Ireland. He had himself at tended and presided at two meetings, to consider the pro visions of the last Bill, with a view to their practical opa- ration, and he read over the Bill to the vestries, and adjourned the meetings to give time for consideration ; but when they re-assembled, nobody seemed to comprehend the nature of the Act, until the Right Hon. Gentleman's (Mr. Goulburn') circular letter was issued to explain the 27th (clause; but the rector, who was present and exercised authority at the meetings, and the parishioners, after various offers, could not agree. In one instance the rector was offered 4001. a-year, but he refused at first, and afterwards came to agree to take 4001. really, if they nominally agreed to pay 5001., offering to give a security that he would not enforce the odd 1001.—(A laugh.) —He said that he tendered the arrangementunder the sanction of the Arch bishop.. On the whole, he thought it much better, that before they stirred a step further, they should have before them official information respecting the operation of the Bill of last Session. 51r. HUME thought the proposed alteration nugatory. No thing would do in I re l an d on t h e sub j ect of tithes, but thee , breaking up of the whole church establishment there.—( Hear l) —The established church population was in :hat country in the proportion of 1 to 14, and therefore 13 had to pay for the church establishment of one-_a state of things which ought not to be permitted to continue. 'Why did not Government re move this endless cause of irritation, by enabling persons to purchase up the tithes at once ? Bringing in one Bill after an other to patch up the present system, was to heap legislation after legislation uselessly, and confound what was already too confused.—( Hear !) Mr. PEEL said, that until the proposed Bill was brought in and printed, it was iorposaiblet to say with accuracy what were or were no: its details; he therefore deprecated fighting shadows, by arguing in this manner. The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Grat tan) had himself given the best reason why the explanatory amendment should be introduced, for he clearly showed that the Bill, as it at present existed, was not adequately understood. Mr. GRATTAN and Mr. liumE severally explained. Leave was then given to bring is the Bill. " • IRISH CATHOLICS. Sir H. PA RNELL said, that since he gave his notice of a motion, to enable Roman Catholics in Ireland to purchase and hold lands for charitable and pious purposes, the Lord Chan cellor of Ireland had decided that they could already do as the law stood. He had also found the opinion confirmed by the Right Honourable Attorney-General for Ireland, who as sured him that there was nothing in the law of Ireland to pre vent Catholics from holding the same privileges in this respect, as were enjoyed by Protestants. He should, therefore, not find it necessary to proceed with the motion of which he had given notice. SUPPLY. The Order of the Day having been read for receiving the Report of the Committee of Supply, several resolutions were agfeed to without observation. Upon a vote for the expellees of the Ordnance Officers, Mr. HUME asked whether those Officers who were trans ferred from the Commissariat to the Ordnance, would continue to receive their salaries upon the former scale, or to be placed upon that of the Ordnance. _ _ Sir H. HARDING' E said that they would retain any allow ance for length of service according to the Commissariat rank, but for any after service in the Ordnance they would be paid according to the regulations of that d e p ar t men t. Mr. Czt LCRA 1"1' said that as the subject of salaries had been introduced, lie wished to mention that, according to the Esti mates, he found the salary of the Chief Clerk of the Ordnance much below, in proportion to the labour of the office, all the other allowances. He found that the Officer he had mentioned, was receiving less than 10001. a year. Now he knew that when he belonged to the Ordnance Department he received double that amount, and he did not think it at all too much.—(A laugh.) —He found that the w h o l e o f hi s t i me was occupied by the duties of his office, and unless those duties were greatly dimi niehed, he was very unfairly paid in comparison to o,h,rs. Without alluding to any particular person, who might hold the Office, he would say that when a Gentleman of a certain rank and station in society, gave up the whole of his time to the public service, he ought to be competently rewarded. He hoped this subject would meet with the attention of Government. Mr. Secretary PEEL observed, that the talent with which the Hon. Gentleman discharged the duties of his office while it was in his hands, and the disinterestedness with which he had mentioned the subject, demanded that every attention should be paid to his suggestion. All he could say at present was that it should be reserved for the consideration of Government. Mr. HUIVE said he hoped the increase might be taken from other salaries which were too high. Mr. CA LCRA Pf declared his object not to he that of tak ing from others, but of seeing the services of this Gentleman, whoever he might he, duly paid by the country. The Resolution was then agreed to. On the vote for the Establishments at Woolwich, Mr. HUAIE expressed his hope that the Military Academy would be reduced another year, as it was impossible to find commissions for the young men when they were educated. Sir H. HARDINGE said that there had already been a re duction in the expence of Masters and Professors to the amount of 1,5001. Other arrangements had hcen made, by which the number of pupils who could not obtain commissions would be greatly lessened. After a few inaudible remarks from Mr. D. GILBEILT, the Resolution was carried without Opposition. When the Resolution for granting 144,000/. for the Ord nance Barracks was proposed, Mr. HOBLIOUSE rose, and renewed the objections which lie laid down a few nights ago as to the unconstitutional system of maintaining barracks and a large standing army in time of peace. The lion. Member argued the question at some length upon the same grounds as on the former occasion, and con.. eluded by moving a resolution to the following effect, as a means of recording his opinions :—That it appeared to the House, that since the conclusion of the war of 11115, 2,500,0001. had been expended in the Barrack Department, and that the sum of 136,5311. was proposed for the same expences of the present year, part of which was to be laid out in the erec tion of a permanent barrack upon the site of the King's Mews at Charing-cross, thereby establishing another mili tary establiehnient in the heart of the City and Liberties of Westminster. That the House could not view without alarm the increase of a system so utterly at variance with the laws and usages of the country, as explained by all the writers upon the Constitution, and particularly by Judge Blackstone, in his Commentaries upon the Laws of England."—[Here followed the quotation from Blackstone's opinion relative to soldiers and standing arinies.l-,The resolution concluded by stating that the House would not vote a larger sum titan 00,0001. for the ser vice of the present year; and it further urged that no barracks ought to be erected in the midst or vicinity of the inetrcpolis. Sir H. HAREINGE said, that without touching upon the constitutional question, lie could defend the use of barracks upon its necessity. It was well known that many Petitions had been laid on the table of the House in time of war and peace, complaining of the system of billeting soldiers, and praying that the people might be relieved from the grievance. When the threat of invasion from the opposite coast compelled us to collect troops on ours, it was found impracticable to continue that system any longer, and they were necessarily obliged to put the troops into barracks. Therefore, it was not out of any wish to oppose constitutional doctrines that the Government adopted the use of barracks, but it arose out of the necessity of the case. He had stated upon a former occasion, how much the Barrack Establishment had been reduced since the war. With regard to the King's Mews, he did not know officially that it was intended for a barrack. He certainly thought such a plan very advisable, but no part of the present grant was asked with a view to that object. The Gallant Officer con tended that the barrack system was superior in every respect to the one which it had superseded. It made a better soldier, a better subject, and a better citizen. Mr. HUME supported the Amendment upon the ground that there was a military despotism in the country. Mr. HonnousE explained. Sir ULYSSES BURGH contended that every possible re duction had been made in the Barrack Department. The Resolution was agreed to without a division, as were the other items of the Report. The Recovery of Penalties Bill went through a Committee. Report received, and ordered for consideration on Tuesday nex t. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. On the motion for going into a Committee on the 111-treat ment of Cattle Bill, Mr. HLTME opposed the motion. The difficulty of defining the ill-treatm en t o f ca ttl e w ou ld l ea d to more difficulties than these complained of. He moved the commitment of the Bill that day six months. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL seconded the motion of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. He thought the measure was vexatious and objectionable in every respect. Mr. W. SMITH supported the Bill, the subject of which, he thought, ought not to be treated with ridicule. Mr. MARTIN defended the Bill. This Bill was only a transcript of the Bill he had introduced in a former Session ; but the AttorneY-General had not then opposed it, because the late Lo r d L on d on d err y (who was a m ost humane man) had supported it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL oppo se d the Bill, conceiv ing the last one amply sufficient for all necessary purposes. br. LUSHINGTON objected to the treating of the subject with ridicule. The Bill might require amendment in a Com mittee ; but he thought the principle of it ought to be adopted. Mr. C. W. WYNNtopposed the bill on the ground that he did not consider it a subject for legislation. Mr. BUXTON said he had been informed the Bill of the Hon. Member for Galway had put an end to at least half the cruelty practised on animals. Mr. WARRE was disposed to go into the Committee, be cause he knew that cruelties were daily practised upon horses and other animals. Alderman BRIDGES, in-his capacity as a Magistrate, had known horses, with their legs swollen to a great size, most bar barously forced to work. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the Bill. Mr. BANKES admired the principle of the Bill. He wished to go into the Committee. r. HUSKISSON said the reason he should vote against the Bill was drawn from the argument of an Hon. Member, name ly, that excess of punishment defeated the object in view. Mr. COURTENAY objected to the severity of the enact ments in the Bill. The Gallery was then cleared for a division, but forty Mem berg were not present, and the House Adjourned at a QUAR. TER TO TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIST OF THE MINORITY Who voted for the Clause Proposed by Mr. Hume to prevent Flogging of Soldiers. Allan, J. H. Grattan, J. Ramsbottom, John Bennet, Hon. H. G. Moberly, J. Ridley, Sir M. W. Brougham, Henry Moberly, W. L. Smith, John Browne, Dominic Martin, J. Smith, Wm. Buxton, T. F. Monck, J. B. Sykes, D. Evans, William Palmer, C. Wells, J. Gordon, R. Powlett, Hon. J. F. Wilson, Sir R. Ilutchinson, Hon. Ramsden, J. C. TELLER. C. H• Rice, T. S. Hume, J. MAJORITY Arhuthnot,Rt lion. Gooch, T. S. Pearse, John C. Goulburn,Rtlinll.. Peel, Rt. Hon. R. Bathurst, Hon. S. Hardinge, Sir H. Phillimore, J. Binning, Lord Herries, J. C. Powell, W. E. Brogden, J. Hill, Rt. Hn. Sir G. Raine, J. Burgh, Sir U. Holmes, W. Ross, C. Brown, J. • . Hope, Sir A. Stuart, W. (Arm.) Calvert, J. Hotham, Lord Strutt, J. H. Cheere, E. M. Horton, R. W. Sumner, G. H. Clerk, Sir G. Huls e , Sir C. Townshend, Hn. H Clive, Hon. R. Huakisson,Rt.Hon. Wetherell, C. Cockburn, Sir G. W. "Wilson, Thomas Cooper, R. B. Jones, John Wood, Col. Copley, Sir .7. S. Lenox, Lord .T. H. Wortley, J. S. jun, courtmay, -r. P. ' Long, Rt.Hn. Sir C. Wortley, J. S. Dawson. G. It. Lowther, Vise. Wynn, Rt. Hn. W. Fremantle, W. Martin, IL TELLER• Fynes, Clinton Martin, Sir T. B. Palmerston, Lord Yesterday the Foreign Trade Committee, re appointed by the House of Commons, met for the first time. They nominated their Chairman, Mr. thencou adjourned, having first de mined o f i nqu i r y w hi c h th e y t N e V r A rn x i L n A et c i r, ol :in t d he should pursue ; they likewise ordered the attend ance of witnesses at their next meeting, and di rected divers papers to be prepared for them re specting Tonnage Duties. THE FIFE CA us t -- --The Petition of the Noble Pursuer to the Court of Session, to apply the judgment douse Peers, was mov e d i n the Second of the o Division on Tuesday seinnight. It was remarked on the Bench that the duty of the Court was in this ease clearly defined :—A cer tain issue had been sent down by the House of Lords for trial, which their Lordships must remit to the Jury Court f or determination, in strict conformity to the terns in which it is conceived in the judgment. The Court accordingly di prepared for its approval. rected such issue to be FORTUNE'S FuoLic.-:„.A very singular reverse A of it fo T r n tu u n n e hasßu BURNS, justt o an Irishman of the nam e o f happened belongin g to the county of Tyrone, who at present resides in the High-street, Glasgow. He came to this country a number of years ago, and has since wrought in the labourer, and bore the character An uncle of his, who went to the East Indies in early life as a m erc h ant, accumu l ate d a l arge o h f uni a b so le be ca r p a a n c d ityof a i n dustrious builder'stnn. fortune, and while on his death-bed at Calcutta made a will, bequeathing the whole of his property in favour of his relation. The will was sent home, properly sealed by eight or ten differ ent executors, whose names are a t tac h e d to i t . I nqu iry was made after urns in the north of Ir e l an d, w h ere it was ascer tained that h a l ong before had gon e t o S cot l an d. A messenger was immediately dispatched from Dublin to this city, and care ful inquiry was made among the various kinds of labourers till he was at length traced out a few days ago, and the good news imparted to him. lie was furnished with the copy of his uncle's will, appointing him sole heir to his immense property, amounting to one hundred and ninety thousand pounds in cash, several valuable estates, five merchant vessels at sea, besides an inventory of furniture of the •richest and most costly de scription : among other articles are a gold table, the length and breadth, aed superficial dimensions of which are stated, a bed4tead mounted with gold, a pair of slippers with gold buckles, two carriages finely mounted with silv e r, an d var i ous other articles equally splendid: - Mf. Burns is about 40 years of age, is married, but without childr e n. Non e o f th e money or effects have yet arrived, as the will was sent before the merchant was dead, but accounts of his decase, and the ar rival of the effects are daily expected. Mr. Burns, in the mean time, has never ceased asingle day from his employ- Inuit, and is much less elated on the subject than might have hem expected. He regularly carries home in the evening his usual bundle of sticks under his arm for fuel. It has not escaped observation that when the Minister brought forward his Budget, no allu sion was made to the Lottery, so that Govern ment firmly adhere to the determination ex pressed last Session, that. they should not apply to Parliament for another Bill : the knowledge of this fact proves propitious to Mr. SIVEWRIGHT, who took this Last Contract, though the FJTE e 20,000 Prizes in the Wheel, Two for NE2cr WEDNESDAY, 17th March, would at all times prove attractive; but the influence of the above is indescribable, it has caused such a scramble for Whole Tickets that there is not one left, it causes now such a demand for Halves that they must soon be all gone, then there will be a scramble fcr the Quarters and smaller Shares, for all who are aware how short a time the Lottery has to live, unanimously resolve to be " in al the Death." PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Marti:, 9 0 die Mardi, 1824. FLEET MARKET (North Road)—Petition for leave to present , a Petition for a Bill reported, and leave given; Petition for ' Bill referred to a Committee. Itups—Alston and Burtryford, Barton Bridge or Moses Gate, East Retford and Littleborough, and Scartho and Lowth— Bills ordered to be brought in. Penrith and Cockermouth, Gisburn, and Thirsk-and Yarm—Bills read a third time, and passed. Stow-on-the-T o ld—Bill reporte d , to b e in grossed. Kensington—Bill read a second time and com mitted. Radnor and Hereford—P et i t i on for Bill reported, Report to Ea on the table. Newent-_Bill reported, Amend ments agreed to : Clause offered, to empow er th e T rustees to defray expences of making a Road to Aston . Glebe Lands : Motion made, and Question proposed---" That the said Clause be brought up :"—Debate thereupon adjourned till to-morrow (this day). POOR—Newton—Bill read a second time, and committed. Tunstead and Happing—Bill read a third time, and passed. IxcLosueE—Tarrant Hinton (Dorset)---Bill read a second time, and committed. IMPROVEMENTS—WaIsaII—BiII read a second time, and committed. Evesham—Petition for Bill reported ; Report to lie on the table. Plymouth—Petition of Owners and Occu piers of Houses and Lands, against, referred to the Com mittee or the Bill. Nay IGATlON—Medway—Petition for Bill reported, Report to lie on the table. CMllllGH—Roundhay—Bill ordered to he brought in. BRlDGE—Burrow—Bill read a first time. COAL DUTlES—Petitions against the Duties on Coals, from Antrim, and Lambeth—to lie on the table. COMBINATION OF WORKMEN LAWS —Petitions of Artizans and Work-people of Tewksbury, and of Journeymen Wea vers, &c. of AV ymondham, against, referred to the Select Committee on Artizans and Machinery. FISHERIES (Scottand)—Petitions from Dundee,Cupar, Forfar, and Montrose, for the regulation of the Laws applicable to the Salmon Fisheries, to lie on the table. TAY FISHERIES—Petition of Merchants of Edinburgh, pre sented March 4, to be printed. PUBLIca Ns—Petitions of Licensed Innkeepers and Victuallers of Newbury and Speenhamland, and New and Old Brent ford, for ,the repeal of the increased Duties on Licences ; to lie on the table. HOLYHEAD STEAM PACKETS—Petition of _Merchants and Traders of Dublin, complaining of the ine ffi cacy of the Post- Office Steam*Packets, and the state of the Holyhead and Chester .Roads ; to lie on the table. Wisrpow TAX—Petitions of Inhabitants of St. Andrew Hol born and St. George the Martyr, and of Merchant's Com pany of Edinburgh, for the repeal thereof; to lie on the table. ROMAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION (Ireland)—Petition of Ro man Catholic Bishops, to adopt measures for the Education of the Roman Catholic Poor, to lie on the table. FREEMASONs—Petition of Freemasons of Carlow, complain ing of Act of last Session, which prohibits the meetings of certain Societies to lie on the table. SlLL—Petitions Of Silk Manufacturers, &c. of Reading, against the importation of manufactured Silk ; to lie on the table. GOODS AND IVARES (CUSTOMS) ACTS—The following Re solutions reported and agreed to, and Bill or Bills ordered to be brought in : " 1. That from and after the 25th day of March, 1824, the several Duties and Drawbacks on the importation and expor tation of the several sorts of Silk hereinafter mentioned shall cease and determine ; and also, that from and after the 6th day of July, 1826, the prohibitions on the importation of Silk Ma nufactures shall cease and determine, and that the following Duties shall be paid in lieu thereof; that is to say, On Silk, front and after the 26th day of March, 1824, viz. on raw, or knubs, or husks of Silk, or waste of Floss Silk, the lb. - On thrown Silk, not dyed, the lb. - On manufactured Silk, from and after the 6th day of July, 1826, for every 1001. of the value thereof 30 0 0 " 2. That from and after the 6th day of April, 1824, the Bounties on the exportation of Silk Manufa c t ures s h a ll cease and determine, save and except on any of s uc h M anu f actures as shall h ave been duly shipped for exportati on , or s h all have been w .rehoused for that purpose, on or b e f ore t h e sa i d sth day of April, 1824. which the Duties shßa"l6l3shThat h av e at been u pon all Silk imported, upon paid, and withal shall b e warehoused on or before, and remain warehoused until a f ter the 25th day of. Man g , 1824, t h ere shall be granted the following allow a n c e s , viz. : On raw Silk, imported f arme any part except the Territories in the East Indies, the lb. £0 4 3 On Silk thrown from raw Silk, so imported, the lb. 0 10 On raw Silk, imported from the British Territories in the East Ladies, the lb. - 0 s 9 On Silk thrown from raw Silk, so imported, the lb. 0 4 On Foreign thrown Silk imported, not dyed, the lb. 0 7 2 "4. That from and after the sth day of July, 1824, the Duties on the importation, and the prohibitions on the Export ation of Sheep or Lambs' Wool, shall cease and determine ; and that on the Importation of any Sheep or Lambs' Wool (not be ing the produce of of any British possessions) imported directly from thence, and also on the Exp or t a ti on o f any s h eep or Lambs' Wool, there shall be charged a Duty of ld. the pound. " 5. That the Duties on Coals, Culm, and Cinders, brought Coastwise from any port or place into the Port of London, or by Inland Navigation to certain places in the Counties of Mid dlesex and Hertford, shall cease and determine, and that the following Duties shall be paid in lieu thereof; t hat is to say, Coals, Culm, and Cinders, except Charcoal made of wood, in ease they are such as are most usually sold by weight, the ton - 40 4 0 In case they are such as are most usually sold by measure, the chaldron, Winchester measure - 0 6 0 Brought by the Grand Junction or Paddington Canals, nearer to London than the stone or post at or near the North-east point of Grove-park, or brought down the River Thames nearer to London than the City stone placed on the West side of Staines-bridge, in the County of Middlesex, the ton - 0 1 0 " 6. That one tenth part of the Bounties now payable on the Exportation of Linens shall, on the sth day of July, 1824, cease and determine and that one other tenth part of the said Boun ties now payable shall, on the sth day of July in every suc ceeding year, also ceas e a nd d eterm i ne . 7. That from and after the sth day of July, 1824, the fol lowing Duties shall be paid on the Importation of the Goods, Wares, and Merchandize hereinafter mentioned, in lieu of those now payable on the like articles : that is to say, TABLE A. A TABLE of Duties of Customs payable on the Importation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, except on certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, being of the growth, pro duce, or manufacture, of any place within the limits of the Charter granted to the United Company of Merchants of Eng land trading to the East Indies, and on Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported from his Majesty's Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, and the Territories and Dependencies thereof. Duty. Cobalt, the lb. - £0 0 3 Lemons and Oranges, the chest or box, of the - £0 0 3 0 7 6 city of, and not exceeding 5,000 cubic inches, imported in a British-built ship - - - - in a ship, not British-built - the chest or box, exceeding the capacity of 5,000 cubic inches, and not exceeding 7,300 cubic inches, imported in a British-built ship - - - in a ship not British-built . the - chest or box, exceeding the capacity of 7,300 cubic inches, and not exceeding 14,000 cubic inches, imported in a British-built ship - - - - - in a ship not British-built - For every 1,000 cubic inches, exceeding the above rate of 14,000 cubic inches, and so in pro portion for any greater or less excess, imported in a British-built ship - _ . - - - - in a ship not British-built . Loose, the 1,000, imported in a British built ship - - - - - - in a ship not British-built - Magna Grwcia Ware, for every 1001. of the value Wood, viz., Lathwood, in pieces under 5 feet long the fathom,6 feet wide, and 6 feet high, imported in British-built ship - - - - - - - in a ship not British-built 5 feet long and under 3 feet, the fathom, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high, im ported in a British-built ship - - in a ship not British-built in pieces of 8 feet long and under 12 feet the fathom, 6 feet high and 6 feet wide, importedin aßritish- built ship - _ _ - - in a ship not British built 12 feet long or upwards the fathom 6 feet high and 6 feet wide, imported in a British-built ship - - _ - - in a ship not British-built Zaffre, the lb. . TABLE B. 0 4 2 0 4 7 0' 6 3 0 6 10 0 12 6 0 13 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 0 1 7 6 5 0 0 4 5 0 4 3 3 6 16 0 7 2 9 10 4 0 10 14 2 13 12 0 14 5 7 0 0 1 A TABLE of Duties of Customs payable on the importation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, being of the growth, produce, or manufacture, of any place within the limits of the Charter granted to the United Company of Merchants of Eng- EXPRESS FR(ThI PARIS. We have received by Express the Etoile Or yesterday. We subjoin extracts. The news of the Augsburg Gazette is not much to be depend' ed on. [From the Etoile of yesterday.l liis Majesty heard Mass in his apartments. Co NSTANTI NO PLE. (By an Extraordinary Courier.)—All the doubts rettive to peace with Persia begin to clear up. The Porte has re ceived official accounts that the Persian EnvoP who is on his way to Constantinople, has passed the Euphrates, and has already arrived at Erit a • The moment the Turkish Envoy at Bagdad !maid of his arrival he immediately set off for Teheran. Minziacky has not as yet been able to CIF' liver the dispatches with which he is charged t° the Reis Effendi, on account of the indisposition of that Minister. It appears that the Sultan has given orders that the former Refs► Effendi shal l provisionally take his situation, not to delay th e answer to the propositions of the Russian Envof -(Gat-ette of Augsburg.) Er.EcTioNs OF PAnts.—The four Royalist Candidates, Oliver, Breton, Bonnet, and Baer , have been proclaimed Deputies. French Rentes on Monday opened at 101. 6 5 - Money—end of the month 102.10.—Ducats 89 - I - - Spanish 24. The Paris Papers of Sunday bring the cam mencement of the operations of the departmenta l or great colleges in Paris. These colleges are composed of the fourth part of the electors, who land trading to the East Indies, and on goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported from his M a j esty ' s S e t t l e ment of the Cape of Good lope, and the Territories and Dependencies thereof. Duty. Bronze, viz. all Works of Art made of Bronze, the cwt. - - - . Elides, viz. Horse, M are , G e ldi ng, Buffalo, Bull, -1 o G .0 Cow, or Ox, Hides, not tanned, t awe d, curr i e d, or in any w a y d resse d wet, the c wt . • . 0 2 4 Magna Grmo a U cii! Ware, for ev er y 1001 . o f t h e value 5 -„ 0 Wood, viz. C e d ar W oo d, t h e ton, containing 20 cwt. 1 NOTICE OF MOTION FOR THIS DAY. Mr. Spring Rice—Motion respecting a new Survey and luation of Ireland. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Postage Rates Bill—Committee. 2. Mutiny Bill—Report. 3. Ways and Means—Committee. 4. Four per .Cents. Bill —Further consideration of R e port 5. Supply—Committee. 6. Newent Roads Bill, Clause offered—Adjourned Debate thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, March 11. 1. Mr. Martin (of Galway)—Bill to prevent unnecessary 0 " pences in the prosecution of Actions at Law in Ireland. 2. Mr. Maberly—Motion on the Laws relating to Beer ail" Malt. (Deferred from March 9.) Wednesday, March 24. Lord Viscount Althorpe—Bill to abolish Settlement by rli r ing and Service. Thursday, March 25. Sir John Newport—C omm it tee to i nvest i gate the suite of Education in Ireland, and to devise the most efficaciou s means of rendering the funds destined by Parliament, a" otherwise, to that great object, available to the whole body of the People, without religious distinction. Tuesday, March 20. Sir James Mackintosh—Diplomatic relationi between Country and South America. (Deferred from March le.) PRIVATE BILLS—SECOND READINGS for This DAC' 1. Glasgow and Yoker Rokds 4. Shipley' Roads 2. Wedmore Highways 5. Ayr Gaol 3. Langport Roads 6. Leith Trinity House. Dropped Orders of 14e Das,ofYesterday. • • 1. Cattle 111-treatment Bill—Committee. 2.' Qualification of J urors Bill—Second Reading. 3. Gaol Act Amendment Bill—Further consideration of Re port. • 4. *Weights and Measures Bill—Report. 5. Marine Mutiny Bill—Report. 6. Insolvent Debtors Bill—Second Reading. PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT ' Bink Stock shut 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 9:1,1 3i per Cent 4 per Cent - 1 " d "shut ( New ...106i .107 a per Cents. 1797 Bank Long Ann shut Ivy. 3 per Cents. F STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK India Stock India 80nd5...... South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Act. 93 92i 93i '''' 54 PRICE or FOREIGN STOCKS Ix LONDON,3IA'Rcu 10, AT ONE O'CLOCK. F rench Five per Cents. 105. Scrip, 164 pm. i Six per Cents. 00. Russian Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Ditto New 95i. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 89i. Austrian Scrip, l2j- prem. f Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Spanish Ditto 1821, 20t. t. Ditto 1823, 17. Prussian _I Five per Cent. Bonds, 99. 1 Ditto New, 97. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Portuguese j" Bonds, 93. 1 Scrip, P. Peruvian . Scrip, 00. Chili 81. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, 674. Mexican Scrip, 61 prem. Poyais (00. 1 New, 00. Mexican mi ne , f flullett's, 1 prem. 1 Anglo, 6 prem. 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