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Gentleman world allow the sub ject to be referred to a Committee, in order that it might examine whether any and what alterations could be made in the present Acts ; for sure he was that an interpretation had been put upon some of them which was never intended by their framers. ively rent re- Bar ioing will Ir. lacks. ,TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, T HE result of this day's Ballot having placed me in the honourable situation of a DIRECTOR of your Affairs, I hasten to express to von my most grate ful thanks, and to assure you that it shall be the object of my zealous and unremitting exertions to prove myself worthy of this distinguished mark of your confidence and favour. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, HENRY SHANK. 62, Gloucester-place, April 7. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIMS AND GENTLE - MEN, SINCE my last Address of the 28th of March, 1829, the hope of being appointed to the Government of Bombay has prevented me from prosecut ing an active canvass for a seat in the direction of your affairs, and particularly from troubling you with a personal appeal for your suffrages at the present period. Although the suspense in which I have been in volved is new at an end, I should have hesitated to ob trude my name upon your notice until the termination of the three approaching Elections, did I not consider it es sential to remove the general impression that I have quitted the field altogether. Permit me, therefore, again to entreat your attention to the testimonials of my services in India already sub mitted to you, and relying upon your favourable recep tion of them, and upon the unremitting exertions of my friends, to express a confident hope that I may be enabled to proceed to the ballot on the first vacancy after the Ge neral Election of the 14th of April next. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, 19, Upper Harley-street, RICHARD JENKINS. March 29, 1830. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE the honour to i n ti ma t e t o you my intention of offering myself, at an early period, as a Candidate for a Seat in the Direction of your Affairs. I solicit your support on the ground of a residence of 27 years in India, during which period I was actively en gaged in most of the services of importance which oc curred, and was employed in high military, civil, and po litical situations, thus possessing an ample opportunity of acquiring a general knowledge of the various branches of your administration. The Documents which I shall have the honour of sub mitting to you, will prove the flattering manner in which nay services were appreciated by the highest authorities in India, and will, I trust, induce you to favour me with your confidence and support. Should your kind preference raise me to the station to which I aspire, the same zeal which has heretofore ac tuated my conduct will continue to be devoted to the effi cient discharge of the duties of a Director of your Affairs. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient servant, P. VANS AGNEW. 25, Upper Wimpole-street, London, March 25, 1830. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND CENTLSMEN, T HE great encouragement I have received in the course of my canvas, far exceeding what I had anticipated, whilst it calls for my grateful acknowledg ment, confirms me in my determination to proceed to the ballot, which will take place at the India House on Wed nesday, the 14th inst., between the hours of Nine in the morning and Six in the afternoon, when I earnestly re-• quest the favour of your attendance and support. Should I be prevented, by the shortness of the inter mediate time, from personally waiting upon every indivi dual Proprietor previous to the day appointed for the GENERAL ELECTION, I hope that the omission will not be imputed to any want of respect and attention, or to any insensibility on my:part of the distinguished honour which I solicit. I beg to repeat my assurance, in going to the ballot, as I shall do, with a grateful feeling for the favourable reception with which 1 have already been honoured, that I will, if successful, discharge with fidelity, and to the ut most of my abilities and judgment, the various important duties confided to me. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, THOMAS BARING. Bishopsgate-street, April 7, 1830. Mr. Baring's Committee meet daily at the City of Lon don Tavern. ANNUAL ELECTION. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, l AGAIN embrace the opportunity to tender my sincere gratitude to those valued Friends who honoured me yesterday with their support, against a COALITION unprecede n t e d i n t h e anna l s o f your affairs, Which goes to undermine the foundations upon which your immunities - and privileges are found to rest, which dictates to you the right of nominating your future Di rectors in rotation, and threatens to render even the for mality of an election no longer necessary. Although the result of the Ballot has failed to place me immediately in the situation to which I aspire, it is nevertheless flatter ing to me. Under this strong proof of your good opinion and confidence, and numerous assurances of increased strength, I b eg to i n f orm you that it is my fixed deter mination to appeal to your suffrages at the ANNUAL ELECTION on th e 14 t h instant; '"' and I respectfully en treat your protection and patronage, and a renewal of those votes and interests for which I am at a loss to ex press my obligations. I have- the honour to he, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Winged and faithful servant, CHARLES MACKINNON. 10, York-place, Portman-square, April 7, 1830. Mr. Mackinnon's Committee sit daily at the King's Head, Poultry, where all communications will be thank fully received. HOUSE AND ESTATE AGENCY OFFICES, N 0.57, COND UIT -STREET, REGENLSTREET, and No. 93, T. , BI SHOPSGATE-STREET-WIT H IN. H-NitY L. COOPER, grateful to his Fri en d s and the Public for the distinguished pa tr°n age conferred on hi s H ouse i n Bi s h opsgate-street for a Period of nearly half a century, feels himself called en by the increasing interests entrusted to him in his Agency Department, to meet the views of his Friends, by afford ing those facilities hitherto unattempted by any, and em bracing at mice the whole of the Western as well as the Eastern parts of the Metropolis, he has consequently esta blished an Agency Office at No. 57, CONDUIT-STREET, REGENT-STREET, to connection with the original Cabinet and Upholstery INlanufactory in BISHOPSGATE-STREET, preeenting to the Fashionable and Commercial World the imt u p a o t s i i o n n g s, the advantage dvantage of reg i s t er i ng th e i r P ropert i es i n t wo most eligible in their respective localities, and commanding the attention of Capitalists. Sales effected by Auction, Appraisements, &e. A STOCK o f Splendid LOOKING-GLASSES, of superb dimensions, and in frames of corresponding magni ficence, are continually on sale at both the Establishments. No. 57, Coniuit-street, Regent. street, and No. 92, Bishopsgate-street-Within. A REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS. T H ERE is not, p er h a p s , i n th e w h o l e Ma teria Modica any one Remedy which re effectually reliev er t h e pain of a euffering Patient as the AMERICAN SOOTHIN tortures i nvnlsed, into which a lovely infiut is often so 6 SYRUP. Who can watch the writhing sympathy Burin g the period of dentition, without feeling for its sufferins? And who would hesitate to procurea Remedy, whorl a remedy can be found, which is obvious by the effectual relief afforded in so many siistressing cases which are daily comin- Therefore Alothers ought never to be without the AAIE -8 to th e notice of Mrs. JOHNSON ? RICAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery ; for if a Child awakes in the night with pain, by only robbing the gums with a few drops of the Syrup, it will immediately ° P en tli Pores, heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers and convulsions; for should it come in competition with any other disorder, it often destroys the mother's brightest Co., he had, wholesale and retail, of Johnson and Co., 28, York -place, City -road ; and, by their appoint ghtest mutt, of all principal Medicine Venders in Town and Country, at 2s. 9d. per bottle. N.B. None are genuine unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs. Johnson's own liana-w r iti ng, as there are cpu aort4, with iug's on a lON. 2t to inn- rove- tinues and it very in the ed ap ets in I prin t have 'etnent e been 3t into for the alham, U, tLe Pp Mr. rt ., of Necotid Tren- Itubt. Miss :sq. of e Rev. Robert 1., law .-- G e AT No. 11,722. BRITISH INSTITUTION. PALL-MALL. THE GALLERY for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS is open daily, from Ten in the Morning till Fire in the Evening. Admission ls.—Catalogue h. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY. NOTICE is hereby given, that in consequence of EASTER falling this year in the Second Week in April, the QUARTERLY MEETING is postponed to MoNnAr, the 19th of that Month, when it will be held at the THATCHED HOUSE TAVERN, St. James's-street. The Chair to be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely. SAMUEL HANCOCK, Sec. London, March 29, 1830. THE MARKETS. COAL MARI Adair's Beaumont 2B 0 East Percy 27 6 Holywell 3l) 6 Killingworth 34 0 Pontop Windsor 27 0 fantield Tan fi el d Lea 23 6 27 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 31 0 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 33 6 Walls End Brown's 32 0 Ditto Cramlington....—.. 28 6 Ditto Gosforth —... 37 0 Ditto Heaton _ Ditto Hilda Ships at market, iET.—April '7. Walls End Newmarch— 31s. 9d, Ditto Northumberland as 3 Ditto Peareth---. 31 6 Ditto Perkins and Co.-- 3:1 3 Ditto Russell's . „37 0 Ditto Walker 3.5 0 Harraton Main 26 0 Walk End Hetton 38 6 Walls End Lambton— 38 6 Ditto Springwell 28 0 Cowpeii 29 0 Hartley Liddell's Trader.--. 27 0 Tantield Trader 2B 6 Old - Etherley small .22 3 Walls End small ips sold, 25 si—Unsold. 29. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK Per Quarter. Abingdon--- Andover--- Birmingham Bridport Cirencester Faringdon— Guildford Henley Hereford — Highworth Maidenhead Oakingham Reading Salisbury .. Southampton Stroud "Tewkesbury Uxbridge \Vantage Warminster Windsor Worcester D U M: Wheat, Imp. Bush Barley Oats Flour, I tlb. Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. .KETS.—March 31. , RIES MA: s. d. s. ... 9 0 to 7 6 Butter, l6oz ~.. 3 4 3 6 Eggs, dozen 2 5 3 2 Beef, per lb. ... 2 4 3 0 Mutton ... 2 0 2 2 Veal 1 6 2 0 Qnartern Lonf STATE PAPER. a. d. s. d. 00 to 09 00 04 04 05 04 00 93 04 07 0c CONVENTION OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGA TION BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Article I. From and after the Ist day of Fe bruary, 1830, Austrian vessels entering or depart ing from the ports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and British vessels entering or departing from the ports of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty's dominions, shall not be subject to any other or higher duties or charges whatever, than are or shall be levied on national vessels enter ing or departing from such ports respectively. 11. All articles of the growth, produce, or manufac ture of any of the dominions of either of the High Contracting Parties, which are or shall be permitted to be imported into, or exported from, the ports of the United Kingdom or Austria respectively, in vessels of the one country, shall, in like manner, be per mitted to be imported into, and exported from, those ports in vessels of the other. 111. All articles not of the growth, produce, or manufacture of the dominions of his Britannic Ma esty, which can legally be imported from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, into the ports of — Austria, fa British ships, shall be sub ject only to the same duties as are payable upon the like articles, if imported in Austrian ships; and the same reciprocity shall be observed in the ports of the United Kingdom, in respect to all articles not the growth, produce, or manufacture of the domi nions of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, which can legally be imported into the ports of the United Kingdom in Austrian ships. IV. All goods, wares, and merchandize which can legally be imported into the ports of either country, shall be admitted at the same rate of duty, whether imported in vessels of the other country, or in national vessels ; and all goods, ware.:, or mer chandize which can be legally exported from the ports of either country, shall be entitled to the same bounties, drawbacks, and allowances, whether ex ported in vessels of the other country, or in national vessels. V. No priority or preference shall be given, directly or indirectly, by the Government of either country, or by any Company, Corporation, or Agent, acting on its behalf, or under its authority, in the purchase of any article the growth, produce, or ma nufacture of either country, imported into the other, on account of, or in reference to, the national cha racter of the vessel in which such article may be imported; it being the true intent and meaning of the High Contracting Parties, that no distinction or difference whatever shall be made in this respect. VI. In respect to the commerce to be carried on in Austrian vessels with the British dominions in the East Indies, or now held by the East India Com pany in virtue of their Charter, his Britannic Ma jesty consents to grant the name facilities and pri vileges, in all respects, to the subjects of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, as are or may be en joyed, under any Treaty or Act of Parliatnenr, by the subjects or citizens of the most favoured nation ; subject to the laws, rules, regulations, and restric tions which are or may be applicable to the ships and subjects of any other foreign country enjoying the like facilities and privileges of trading with the said dominions. VII. All the possessions of his Britannic Ma jesty in Europe, except the British possessions in the Mediterranean Sea, shall, for all the purposes of this Convention, be considered as forming part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. VIII. That Clause of Article VII. of the Con vention concluded at Paris on the sth of November, 1815, between the Courts of Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, which relates to the commerce between the dominions of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, and the United States of the lonian Islands, is hereby confirmed. IX. The present Convention shall be in force until the 18th day of March, 1836, and further, until the end of twelve months after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its intention to terminate the same ; each of the High Contracting Parties reserving to itself the right of giving such notice to the other, on, or at any time after, the said 18th day of March, 1836; and it is hereby agreed between them that, at the expiration of twelve months after such notice shall have been received by either party from the other, this Convention, and all the provisions there• of, shall altogether cease and determine. Done at London, the Twenty-first day of Dece►nbsr, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-nine. (L.S.) ABERDEEN, (L.S.) W. F. VESEY FITZGERALD, (L.S.) ESTERHAZY. Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. Beans. F. s, - 53 - 40 - 44 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1830. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS-(LAST NIGHT). Petitions for opening the East India and China trade were presented from North Shields by the Duke of So- MERSET, and from Carlisle by the Earl of WzszmoaLANn. . - The Earl of VERULAM presented a petition from Herefordshire, for a repeal of the Malt and Beer Taxes. On the motion of the same Noble Lord, at the request, he said, of his Noble Friend the Marquis of Salisbury, a message was sent to the House of Commons requesting the attendance of Messrs. Dundas and Crompton, members of that House, to give evidence before their Lordships relative to the East Retford Disfranchisement Bill; and all papers, documents, &c., elucidatory of that Bill, were ordered to be printed. assured his lion. Friend (Mr. Hume) that he would cer tainly bring on his motion soon after the recess, for the better accommodation of the reporters. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL presented a petition from a gentleman in Bedford, praying the House to do away the laws relating to deodand. ' - ` 7 DISTILLERS OF CORN SPIRITS. Mr_ HOME DRUMMOND rose to present a petition from a very important interest in the community—he meant the distillers from corn spirits, who now complained of the imposition of the additional duty of Is. a gallon upon corn spirits, while there was no corresponding addi tional duty imposed upon rum. He would entreat the House to bear in mind, that in the year 1825, after due and dejiberate investigation on the part of the Government, an arrangement, having all the appearance of permanency, was made between the parties. By that arrangement it was fixed that a duty of Bs. 6d. the imperial gallon should be laid 19,p rum, and 7s. on corn spirits. The latter, by the Witional duty now proposed, was to be es., while, he repelted, there was to be no corresponding increase of the dutrtpon rum. The petitioners were desirous of know ing what change of circumstances had taken place in the relative situation of the parties, to justify this infringement upon the arrangement 0'1'1825 Tot, i.o.far from seeing any to justify it, they were rather of opinion that what had occhrred since ought rather to have produced a different re sult,, and called for a more generous policy towards the dis tillers of corn spirits, instead of the unequal and unjust de preciation of their property which must follow the adoption of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's resolutions. He pro ceeded to point out the various advantages which rum had at present in the market. It could be manufactured into gin cheaper than home-made corn spirits. He was un willing to detain the House with long detailed calculations, but as the whole question was one of detail, he hoped they would allow hint to state the whole case, by a mere speci fication of the accounts as they stood. It appeared front official documents, that in the year ending the sth of January, 1830, Gallons proof. The quantity of corn spirit distilled in Eng land for home consumption is Ditto, in Scotland, and exported to England-3,008,6861 3,690065 Ditto, in Ireland, and exported to England— 671,497 Total of corn spirit 7,540,707 The quantity of rum for home consumption in England in said period is 3 '302,1131 3,,,,p,i„'', Ditto, for the navy - ' General Total 11,242,850 Thus, if the consumption of these articles in England, for said year, he divided into lOU equal parts, . , Parts. The quantity supplied by England is 31.33 Ditto, by the Scotch and Irish distillers 32.1'3 Ditto, by the West India planters 32.94 100.00 This is without reckoning brandy, geneva, and all other foreign spirits, which amounted, for home consump tion in the same period, to s. d. The duty on rum, at present, is 8 6 Duty, on raw corn spirit in England 7 0 Protecting duty in favour of corn spirit ...1 6 If this protection shall be reduced, as now proposed, to 6d., ruin will, in all probability, supply the whole consumption of the market. The recent duty on English raw corn spirit is The proposed additional duty on ditto is ls Od. Ss. Od. This spirit cannot be afforded for less than I Is. Od. The expellee of rectifying, compounding, and sweeten ing the gallon at proof, without profit to the rectifier is Os. Ssl. Ils. Sd The present market price of rum is The present duty on rum is Ss. tid. Total cost of nun in its finished state The disadvantage to English spirit is, consequently, obvious. Malt whisky distilled jn England, or brought thither from Scotland or Ireland, pays duty of - 7s. Od. Besides the whole of the duty on malt ls "2d. If to this be added the proposed new duty of The duty per gallon on malt whisky in England is Os. 2/1. While the duty on rum is only Ss. (id. He concluded by stating, that the imposition of this ad (lit-jot/A duty of Is. per gallon upon corn spirits would change the whole nature of the trade. If the distiller were not harrassed by vexatious regulations and unequal imposts, he would be quite ready to compete with the trader in rum ; but as it was, that was impossible, and he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would state why he made this al teration, which would not succeed as a matter of revenue, while it would' inflict great evil upon distillers of corn spirits. Mr. BROWNLOW would take this opportunity of stating, that he had a similar petition to this from the dis tillers of corn spirits in Ireland ; it was signed by six or seven of the principal diitillers, and conveyed the senti ments of the whole bodY. He thought it right on this occasion to state, that the Irish distillers had peculiar grievances to complain of, independent of those which they had in common with the English and Scotch. There was great injustice and hardship in the way in which these ad ditional duties were proposed to be levied. The Irish dis tiller had to pay an additional duty of 2d. per gallon on his home consumption, and Is. per gallon on his export. In 1825, when the last arrangement was made, which they had hoped was not so soon to fluctuate, the new duties were levied after the passing of the Act; in the present case they were to be retrospective, and to apply to every gallon of spirits in the market after the 15th of March, and the stocks of the Irish distillers were liable to the addition for (lays before they knew of the impost. In this respect he did conceive the Irish distiller had much to complain of, for he had many contracts at fixed prices, which were now only in progress of delivery : he would have to deliver to the merchant at the stipulated prices, and to bear this loss of the retro spective duty, which was certainly unfair and unjust. The Irish distillers state, that in the year 1825, this subject was most fully investigated, and a protecting duty of 6d. was then allotted for their spirits. Upon the faith of this arrangement large capitals had been embarked, and exten sive engagements concluded. All these were now injured and perplexed by the proposed additional duty. Instead of being permitted fairly to enter the market, they were exposed to vast disadvantages from the special protection ' which it seemed rum was t;) receive. The Hon. Member then went into several calculations, to show the great dis advantage at which the corn-spirit distiller must work, when the rum trader had such unfair protection. It was injurious to the agricultural interests at large, that those spirits which were the produce of sugar should be let into the market at such advantage, compared with the disad vantages under which spirits the produce of the growth of this country laboured. The consumption of rum, for the last year, amounted to 3,302,000 gallons, while in the preceding year it amounted to only 3,065,000 gallons. Thus an increase of 237,000 gallons had taken place, in the consumption of rum, during one year, while the con sumption of British spirits bad decreased 58,928 gallons. The British distiller laboured under another disadvantage, —the advance in the price of barley, for the last five years, of ss. 9d. per quarter. If corn were admitted freely into tl.is country, and if the British distiller was free from all those impediments which the distilling laws opposed to him, then he would be quite ready to compete with the West Indian, or ally other distillers. He wished the Chancellor of the Exchequer would make such a statement as was calculated to dispel the serious alarms which agi tated the minds of the British distillers. Mr. WESTERN would be sorry to do any thing to prejudice the West Indian distillers, but he thought that they would gain by the proposed increase of duty on Bri tish spirits an undue advantage over the distillers of this coun try. RIARRYAT conceived that the West Indian dis tillers had a right to participate in the consumption of this country, inasmuch as they paid a high price for that right by the restrictions imposed on the colonies. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER did not rise to enter upon the discussion of the question brought before the House. He had had frequent opportunities of meeting both the parties interested on the subject, bad heard the question discussed on both sides, and had made such inquiries as he thought proper as to the statements he had received, but ha thought it better to defer going into any discussion on the question until he brought his Bill on this matter regularly before the House, when an opportunity would occur of going into the whole of the calculations. He only begged Hon. Gentlemen on both sides of the House to believe that he should propose that Bill with no view of favouring either one or other inte rested party. He had endeavoured by his proposed mea sure to give them both that fair competition in the market which both had a right to expect. Mr. S. RICE did not intend to prolong the present conversation, but rose to bear testimony to the respectabi lity of the signatures attached to the petition. Whenever the question was discussed, he should consider the inte rests of Ireland and the colonies closely connected. Mr. BRIGHT considered the Scotch and Irish distillers had an unfair advantage over the English distillers, because the duty was much higher in England than in Scotland or Ireland. Mr. BERNAL contended that the interests of the West Indian distillers were as much deserving of attention as those of the British distillers, who' were men of monopo lizing capital. He did not wish to support the cause of the West Indian distillers at the expense of the British ; but he contended that the West Indians were as much British manufacturers as the inhabitants of the three king doms themselves ; and he thought it rather hard that the duty on rum in Scotland and Ireland should be as high as Ss. 611., while the duty on Scottish and Irish spirits was only 2s. 10d. In 1524 the then Chancellor of the Ex chequer (Mr. Robinson) declared that the principle of placing rum on the same footing as British distillers was a sound one. The West Indian distillers said that the duty imposed would amount to a prohibition of their ma nufacture ; to which the Government replied, in that case the duty should be taken off. He contended that the duty had acted as a prohibition ; and that circumstance alone made out a case to justify the Chancellor of the Ex chequer coming dawn to the House and proposing an ad ditional duty on British spirits ; and lie wished the Right Hon. Gentleman would say something more to set this matter at rest. Sir G. CLERK was sorry that while the consumption of rum had increased, and that of British spirits de creased, it should have been thought advisable to lay an additional duty on the spirits manufactured in the three countries. The increase of duty would have the effect of encouraging the crime of smuggling and demoralizing the people. Mr. WODEIIOUSE would have been glad to have scea encouragement given to the West India proprietors, by taking off the duty on sugar, rather than by increasing the duty on the British spirits. Mr. G. MOORE trusted, that as far as Ireland was concerned, no short-sighted policy would induce the Go vernment to abandon that which afforded the only means of protection to the Irish agriculturist, for the consumptio❑ of his corn. Mr. W. SMITH conceived that the arrangement which was made by Lord Goderich four or five years ago was to be a permanent one. That arrangement was come to after an inquiry as full and as extensive as could be had now, and the onus probandi lay with the Right Hon. Gentle man to show why one-third of the protecting duty then imposed upon runs should be now taken off. The increase is the consumption of rum in the last year amounted to 237,287 gallons. That was a great increase in its con sumption, and at a time, too, when the price of corn, the material from which British spirit was made, was upon an average ss. 9d. higher than when the difference was struck in 1825. The average price of barley per quarter from 1820 to 1824, was 295., and its average price from 1825 to 1529 was 31s. 9d. per quarter. He denied that the English distillers had been in any way favoured by the Government. The fact was quite the other way. In con sequence of the alterations which were made in the law in 1825, they had been obliged to go to an expense amounting to 250,0001. in making alterations in their premises. How would the West India interests like to have such a sum le vied upon them? _ _ Mr: C. PALLAIER condemned incidental discussions of this nature upon the presentation of petitions, with re gard to so important a subject. He should be prepared to show, when the proper time arrived for discussing and investigating this matter, that if an increased consumption had taken place in West Indian spirits, the producers of spirits in the West Indies had been obliged to sell it at a loss. If the spirit manufacturers in Scotland and Ireland did the same, they could easily increase the consumption of the spirits they made. He would say, remove all re strictions, and allow a free and fair competition in the sale of all spirits produced in any part of his Majesty's:dominions. The petition was then brought up, read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. ESTCOURT presented a petition from the Nobility, Gentry, and Freeholders of Hereford, complaining of dis tress, and praying for relief. Mr. IRVING presented a petition from a place in Scot land, praying for a revision of the duty on Coals. On the motion of Mr. KEITH DOUGLAS, a return was ordered for the quantity of rum consumed in England, Ireland, and Scotland, during the last ten years. On the motion of Mr. MTwOon, returns were ordered of the expence attendant upon the conveyance of the mail from Dover to Calais and Ostend. Mr. AGAR ELLIS moved the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the present state of the library of the House of Commons, to consider what further regu lations might be necessary for the management, and to re— port thereon to the House. Mr. S. RICE, in seconding the motion, bore testimony to the assidious attention and the valuable services of the present librarian, Mr. Spiller. Sir R. INGLIS expressed his full concurrence in what had been said by the Hon. Member for Limerick as to the services of Mr. Spiller. Air. G. DAWSON spoke to the same effect, and sug gested that the librarian's present salary, which was only 3001. a year, was an inadequate remuneration for the ser vices which he rendered. Mr. Spiller had completed an index of the sessional papers, and, in conjunctio❑ with another gentleman, he had made an index to all the public statutes, from 101 to IStS. After a few words from Mr. WARBURTON, and from Mr. HUME, who expressed his concurrence in what had been said with regard to Mr. Spiller, but was opposed to any increase in his salary, as he conceived it would be better to make a regulation for paying him for any addi tional labour he undertook, the motion was agreed to, and the Committee appointed. CHANCERY COMMISSION. The Earl of ELDON said he had a document to lay before their Lordships relative to bankruptcy commissions, but should defer doing so till a day or two after the holy days. He would take advantage of that occasion to repeat what he had before stated, and what had also been stated by the Lord Chancellor, that the Chancery Commissioners had discharged their duties as Commissioners gratuitously, and many of them, too, at a personal sacrifice of profes sional emolument. He was the more anxious to repeat this fact, as it had been confidently asserted in a recent pamphlet, that the Chancery commission was a most costly one, though its members, as he again repeated, had Ae ceived no pecuniary reward for their labours whatever. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. Sir A. GRANT, Sir G. CLERK, Mr. CALCRA Fr, and other Members brought up the Grand Jury Extension Bill (Ireland), the Smugglers' Families' Alaintenance Bill, the Elknhorough Divorce Bill, and several private Bills, to which the House of Commons had agreed. On the motion of Lord MELVILLE the private Bills were forwarded a stage.—Adjourned to to-morrow, (this thy.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(LAST NIGHT). On the motion of Mr. HUME, returns were ordered of the number of debtors who bad taken the rules of the King's Bench and Fleet prisons for the last five years, specifying their respective amounts of debt (classified in hundreds), the fees they paid, and how these fees were sanctioned by law, and applied. He stated his object to be, to show how far these rules operated in prevention of the settlement of honest debts, before the Insolvent Debtors' Act next came under the consideration of the house. Mr. HUME also presented a petition from 500 or 600 operative stonemasons, who had lately met at the Me chanics' Institution to prepare a complaint of their dis tress. They prayed for a greater reduction of taxes; sn abolition of sinecure offices ; a reduction of the enormous salaries of the Archbishops and Bishops ; and a reform of Parliament. He agreed in opinion with the petitioners, and said, that were the reform once accomplished, the other improvements would speedily follow. LORD ELLENBOROUGH'S DIVORCE BILL. • Mr. HUME, while concluding the presentation of the Stonemasons' Petition, spoke as follows, in allusion to last night's debate :—" Sir, it is not often that I trouble the House with any matter which is merely personal to myself, and I am of opinion that the greatest benefit re sults to the community from the utmost freedom of debate in this House. lam likewise a man who does not care much for the expression of opinion upon general questions, thinking it just as well to leave that to be reflected upon, and always confiding in my own intentions. I wish also to state that no person can be more favourable than lam to the full publicity of the reports of our proceedings ; the utility of this House iu fact mainly depends upon the dili gent, constant, proper, and faithful reports of these pro ceedings—(Hear, hear)—and upon this point I Would just say, that I hope my Hon. Friend near me (Colonel Sib thorp) will bring forward the motion of which he has given notice, and in which he shall have my best support, to obtain leave to suspend the standing order, and to Lave the reporters regularly introduced and sanctioned, as well as placed in a more favourable situation for the performance of their duty ; where there will be less liability to mistakes, and better means used for avoiding errors, than we can well expect under the present arrangements. But what I rose for is, to call your attention to a misrepresentation of what took place here last night. I hold in my hand a newspaper, which is, I believe, as correct a paper as any in conveying to the public what passes in this House, but which attributes last night an expression to the Honourable and Gallant Officer opposite that certainly was never beard by me. I had, I thought, paid the fullest attention to what was passing here at the time, and I do not believe any such expression was used, for it would have been that extreme violation of w the decorum of the House, which you, Sir, would no t have permitted from the chair, and which I certainly could not have allowed to pass without observation. The ex pression attributed in this paper to the Hon. and Gallant Officer is as follows he lie, therefore, that he (L or d Ellenborough) had connived at his own disgrace, was so monstrous, that he (Sir 11. Hardinge) threw it back with scorn on its contemptille author.' I was the only person who had previously spoken in the debate, and therefore such a phrase, if used, could only have applied to me. I can only say I never heard it, and it was on l y this morning, when a gentleman brought me the paper, and pointed out the passage, that I saw it. I said to him then, as I now repeat, that no such expression was used ; yet, as it conveys a personal reflection, and involves in some degree the character of the House, by exhibiting a violation of the courtesy which one Hon. Member is bound to pay another in debate, I have no other course open than to take this notice of it. Ido not mean to say that the error in the paper is intentional, but as no other person had spoken at the time than myself, no other could have been addressed in such language, bad it been used. 1 hope, therefore, the Hon. and Gallant Member will say how far this statement is consistent, or not, with his recollection of what fell from him in his speech." Sir HENRY HARDINGE.—If, immediately after I spoke at the moment, the Hon. Member had no recollec tion of my using such a phrase, although he says he was attentively listening to me, he will easily believe it is very Probable I could not have used it. No such expression was, in point of fact, used by me, as directed against him. Certainly, I never could have so far departed from the courtesy which one gentleman is bound to observe towards another in this House, as to charge him with uttering a notorious and unnatural lie. What I said was, as well as I recollect, that the accusation against Lord Ellenborough of having connived at his own disgrace was a foul calumny, and I• threw back the unnatural lie upon the authors of it. I use. the plural number, intending the imputation for the authors of those calumnies out of doors, of which Lord Ellenborough had to complain. What 1 did say last night I rind reported with singular, ind:Led wonderful, accuracy in the Times newspaper of this morning ; and there I find the word " authors," which of course could not mean the Hon. Member for Montrose. But at the same time I do intend to accuse him of perverting the bearing of the evidence in his remarks upon it. There is one error in the concluding paragraph of my speech, in which I am stated to have said, when speaking of Lord Ellenborough, " that if it could be shown he had done any thing wrong, be would be the first man to come forward and atone for it." I said nothing of this kind as applicable to Lord Ellen borough, but with reference to myself. I knew Lord El lenborough could not come here to give explanations, al though I could. lam satisfied that as the lion. Member for Montrose always bears every thing which passes here with good humour, he will, 1 hope, as constantly find me doing the same, and I should be sorry if he retained an impression that I could have used towards him any ex pression so gross as that which he has mentioned here. Mr. RAMSDEN presented a petition from Dalton, praying that the Yorkshire Assizes should be held at Wakefield. ASSIMILATION OF DUTIES. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce at Waterford, complaining in strong terms that the proposed plan of assimilation of duties would impose a heavy additional burden upon Ireland.— He entreated the Chancellor of the Exchequer to pause before he entailed so much injustice upon the p e ople of that country. Mr. S. RICE presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce in Limerick against th e coa l d ut i es . _ _ Mr. ASHURST presented a petition from Chipping Norton, fora mitigation of the penal code. Mr. WESTERN presented asimilar petition from some place in Essex. Colonel SII3THORP, in presenting a petition from the brewers of Lincoln against the intended trade-regulations, PRICE 7D. MALT DUTIES. Mr. G. DAWSON rose to move, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating to the levying of the duties on malt The regulations which were contained in the Bill which he proposed to introduce had been agreed upon in co tain conferences that had taken place between a deputation of the maltsters and the Com missioners of the Excise Board, and he therefore supposed this Bill would not meet with any opposition. Amongst other alterations this Bill would do away with the barley book, in which the maltster was obliged to enter the quan tity of barley he had taken in each day, the quantity he had on hand, and the quantity he sent out. it also al tered the number of days allowed for the sprinkling of barley from twelve to eight days, and it likewise contained an important regulation for the abolition of the certificate system. These regulations would be productive of great advantage to the trade. There was one other important alteration proposed by this Bill. After the process of sprinkling, under the present law, an allowance of 20 per cent. was made for the increa,e. The Excise Commis sioners had shown to the maltsters that that was too much, and it was now determined to leave it at 1.71. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Malt Acts.—The-motion was then agreed to. FOUR PER CENT. ANNUITY BILL. On the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moving that this Bill be read a third time, Mr. BRIGHT said, that as a misapprehension had got abroad respecting what bad been said last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he would take that oppor tunity to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman whether he meant to bring in a Bill this Session for the Consolidation of the Laws relating to the Assessc:! Taxes. The CHANCELLOR of ,the EXCHEQUER said, that it was not his intention to bring in such a Bill this Session. The consolidation of the Stamp Arts, which was the consolidation of 152 Acts of Parliament, had been attended with so much labour, that he could not venture to involve himself in a work of similar labour during the present Session. Some progress had been made in the consolidation to which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman alluded, which would be of use in a future Session of Parliament. Mr. HUME thou g ht that the excuse just made by the Cha ight Mon. friend near him t r(oA.llur !acing rsruice such mw s b u a c c l i t m,ad labour, a was . If Right Bill s n s c ie.o e dr l t o a r txhe o es f , o E bi i x ud c ta l t i a e i o q vn u e e roy r f b y e o l.a t ewu l s ) s r e i n f tg o h r e ‘ t s o • a r t d b . Gentleman himself had not ifisoAnifid wtaiisnenef‘o,err ho had not introduced a ny Bill this Session, Was n o t equa ll y oc cupied,e none. r. HERRIES hoped that he in ta king his share of ministerial labour. At the same time he thought that the House would hardly deem it neerssal v Mr. HUME was happy to hear that the Right Hon. President of the Board of Trade was not reluctant to take his share in this labour. He thought that some consoli dation of these laws were necessary, because there were as many cases reversed as confirmed is the appeals made to the Judges against the interpretation put upon them by the magistrates in the country. It was a libel on the body of 600 gentlemen to say that they were not able to take more than one idea into their consideration at a time. Surely they were able to consider in one Session the con solidation of the Stamp ♦cts, and of the laws relating to the Assessed Taxes. Mr. G. DAWSON said, that if the Hon. Member for Aberdeen would only wait till their re-assernblinz after the recess, he would then see that his Right Hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade had six Bills to introduce, though he had not as yet introduced one Billjn the course of the present Session. Mr. ROBINSON trusted that the consolidation of the Assessed Taxes Acts would be rendered unnecessary by a total repeal of those taxes i❑ the next Session. They were most unjust and unequal in their operation, and it would therefore be a boon to the people to repeal them. At the same time he must observe, that the Hon. Member fin• Aberdeen had not at all exaggerated the uncertainty which prevailed as to the proper interpretation of these Acts. Out of 130 cases of appeal against decisions under those Acts, it appeared from a return laid on the table, that in only 31 cases had the original decisions been confirmed. The Bill was then read a third time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER raid that be rose with some degree of shame to propose to add six riders to the present Bill.—(A laugh;)—He admitted that the custom of adding riders to Bills was a custom in his opinion which was much more honoured in the breach than in the observance. At the same time he must ob serve that the clauses were of a mere formal nature, and did not at all affect the principle of the Bill. The clauses introduced as riders were then put ar.d agreed to, and the Bill was then passed. On putting the question nn one of the clauses, Mr. HUME asked the Chansellor of the Exchequer whether there was any intention to consolidate the Acts relating to the Post-office. He could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman that such a consolidation was required. In many cases regulations bad been made by the Post_ office, which Were not, and could not be, justified by any existing law. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Acts relating to the Post-office were now under con sideration, and would shortly be consolidated. Mr. HUME—This session? The CHANCELLOR of the ExcniQuica's answer was inaudible in the gallery. STAMP DUTIES ACTS. On the motion of the CicaszcittLoa of the EXCHEQUItIt s the House resolved itself into a Committee on these Acts. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it was understood yesterday evening that be should, upon this occasion, merely submit to the House the schedule of the duties to be continued by the new Act, and ►hould defer the explanation of them to the next opportunity. In conformity with that understanding he would merely say that there was no intention, as an Hon. Gentleman had supposed, to increase the Stamp Duties in this king dom. There was much done in the schedule to simplify the mode of imposing these duties, to give accommodation where accommodation could be afforded, and to diminish the general expenditure of the department. As to the propriety of having two columns in the schedule, one con taining the present ditties, and the other containing the alterations proposed to be made in them, he had only to say, that in many places it would be extremely difficult, and in some impossible, to make such an arrangement. Where it was practicable, he had no objection to agree to the suggestion. He then moved a resolution repealing all the existing Stamp Acts, and enacting in their stead the duties contained in a schedule which he banded to the Chairman. Mr. RICE and Mr. Hum! severally stated, on behalf of the people of Ireland and of Scotland, that nothing but a schedule containing the past and the present duties would en able practitioners, in those countries, to know what stamps they ought to employ on different legal instruments. Such an arrangement would save the Right Hon. Gentle man thousands of letters, which he would otherwise be obliged to answer. Mr. BRIGHT hoped that the duties en Insurances, and also on small receipts, would be reduced. He hoped that y wasithtowthhiechattain4swweltieicohbtlihgeedy t w o it e h in l p e i7y r t h e uncertainty thatain t ought to the new regulations would enable legal practitioners to act under the present regulations. He hoped that the Bill would be brought in as, speedily as possible after the holidays. Mr. ROBINSON also suggested the propriety of re ducing the smaller Receipt Stamps. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he would pay every attention in his power to the sugges tions of the two last speakers. He would bring in a Bill immediately after the recess, The Resolution was then agreed to, and ordered to be reported to the House. The House resumed, and the re port was ordered to be received to-morrow. TOBACCO DUTIES ACT. On the motion of the CmAxciu.os. of the Ezcns• QUER, the House resolved itself into a Committee o❑ these Acts. In the Committee the CHINCELLOI of the Ex cstIQUEIL proposed to repeal an Act of the 12th of Charles 11., and another of the 36th of his late Majesty, prohibiting the growth of tobacco in Ireland, and to enact in their stead a resolution permitting the growth of tobacco in every part of Great Britain and Ireland, and rendering it liable to certain duties. After some conversation between Mr. Russo, Mr. P. THOMSON, Mr. Rica, and other Members, the resolution was agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow (this day). The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House 'adjourned at Eight o'clock. LI OF SIXTPEN, WHO VI OF THE MINOI •ED ON Tui (411 wITI THE THIRD READING OF LORD ELLEN!' At t wood , M. Inglis, Sir 11. H. Cole, Sir C. Lambert, J. S. Beaumont, T. W. Osborne, Lord F. Calthorpe, Hon. F. Phillimore, Dr. Frankland, H. Steward, J. Grant, Rt. Hon. C. Trant, W. H. Grant, It. MR. BUYS, AO.UNIT tortoUcirti BILL. Waithman, Md. White, S. Wood, Alderman 'MUMS. Blandford, Marquis Hume, Joseph SHIPPING IN'IIiaLLIGkiNCI.,-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Drat., Aram 7.--Wind W.S.W.--Arrived the Jupiter, Anderson, from Trieste. Arrived from London, the Itomanoff, Thompson, for Miramichi; Friends, Clarke, Margaret, Jefferson; Wellington, Forster; Archibald, Hunt ; Trial, Scott ; and Canadian, for Quebec ; Syra, Sullivan, for the South Seas; and Elisabeth, Laughton, for Trinidad. PLI-storxtt, Aran, s.—Wind N. to N.W.—Off Port, the Cecil, Rugrice, from Hayti ; Robert, Clarke, from Alexandria ; and Venus, Blundell, from Lisbon. Sailed the George, Watkins, for Adra. FALMOUTH, Anat. s.—Wind N. to N.W.—Sailed the Rapid, Courtenay, for St. Petersburgh. MincATE, Aran, 7.—Arrived off Pert, the Beaver, Poole, from Demerara ; Argus, Randall, from Berbice ; Sarah, Rysh, from Gallipoli ; and Vizvare, Waring, from Bilboa. The Hope, Phillips, from Swansea to Chester, foundered off Tuskar the 2d inst. ; the master, a seaman, and two boys, saved. The Roselle, Morris, from Aries, has arrived at Li verpool. The Vittoria, Elder, from Oporto, has arrived in the Clyde. The Confidence, Willis, from Venice, has arrived off Lowestoffe. - RECORDER'S REPORT. Yesterday the Recorder made his report to his Majesty, at Windsor, of the prisoners capitally convicted at the last Old Bailey sessions,--viz , Jeremiah Crane (aged 41) and Robert Farthing (22), stealing in a dwelling-house ; George Williams (19), Henry Richards (38), Thomas Burdett (28), Thomas Sales (27), and James Webber (20), housebreaking; William Jones alias Gray (55), horse-stealing ; and William Lewin Watkins (28), forgery. Also Gilbert Witt (16), convicted in September sessions, and William Mealing (25), and William Adams (21), convict , d in January sessions, stealing in a dwel'ing house. All of whom his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite during his royal pleasure, exc-pt Thomas Sales, who is left for execatiou on Wednesday next. ITY brls. :2 13 0 0 3 13 4 15 4 15 2 10 ed. lnd a the :Iwo king r the iews ury. sith, was rows r, at t, All the all and, g- of city shall igetl the alto, losti- :htiut who Lord with the tte isarp nd in from stau- atien 11 be AP PRO. 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