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Iligil. o ' ~ , 3 - I_ol - N 't 0 /1 1 .W:g.:'1 tilbl, CONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES, COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT, • TREASURY CHAMBERS, MAY 12, 1830 : SUCHpersons as are desirous of Contracting with the Ag en t f or C osn missariat Supplies to furnish 'or Twelve Months, from.thelsth Jane next, such quan tities of COALS and CANDLES as may from time to 9nle be required for Barracks, and Ordnance stations, in the undermentioned counties and islands, may receive Particulars of the Contracts on applying at this office, be tween the hours of Ten and Four; and to the respective barrack Masters in the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Id 'rneY • and deliver their 'fenders at this office, as fol 'Oen, Tenders for supplying Coals, sealed up, and marked " Tender for Coals," ,until Twelve o'clock on TUESDAY, the Bth June Tenders for supplying Candles, sealed up and marked " Tend er for Candies," until Twelve o'clock on THURSDAY, the 10th J une ; but ' no proposal, either for Coals and Can dles, will be noticed mile.' made on, or annexed to, a printed parti cu l ar, and t h e pr i ces i nser t e d i n wor d s a t f rom two nor , unless a letter be subjoined to such proposal two persons of known property, engag i ng to b ecome bound with the party tendering, in the sum expressed in the particulars, for the due performance of the Contract. Tender s to be made for the several Counties, and separate barracks and Stations, as specified in the particulars of Contracts. . flied, and or coo. slng-gith sink the to 53. r: l ' 4 rest I.o l ' and ivIC":, m on th e Id infcrio r a Sheep ,no, Tortion No. 11,760. LONDON, SATURDAY iVENING, MAX 22, 1830. PRICE 7n. MATRIMONIAL AGENCY. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. osity and- thirst for knowledge, and bounties on ignorance and apathy. But if the necessities of the public service should still be considered to require the monies now raised by these imposts, and if Government is not prepared with out further deliberation to substitute one tax for another, your petitioners beg leave to express their conviction that a reduction ..of these taxes to half their present amount would be with a very inconsiderable, if with any, sacrifice of revenue. That the taxes on newspapers (including the duty paid on the paper, with the stamp duty) amount to not less than two hundred and fifty per cent. ,That in consequence of this expense it has become an extensive and almost general practice amongst the trading community, by whom the day papers are habitually perused, for several persons to subscribe each a portion of the expense; or to hire a paper, in order that he may have the use of it during a part of the day. That, by the 29th of Geo. 111., chapter 50, sec. 9, it is enacted, " That any hawker of newspapers, who shall let any newspaper to hire to any person, or to different' persons, shall forfeit the sum of five pounds for each off e nce " This provision is, and your petitioners submit must of necessity be, inoperative. That were.the taxes on newspapers so far reduced as to enable the proprietors to sell them at one-half the present price, your petitioners can for them Selves 'State that they would in conseqUence obtain a more extensive supply • of these publications. And your petitioners entertain no doubt that the larger, proportion of those persons who now subscribe for in part; or hire a newspaper, would, to obtain the, greater convenience of having the - eritire pro perty and controul over it, purchase a paper for their en tire and separate use. Many persons who now do not ha bitually read newspapers, would, as your petitioners con ceive, subscribe for or purchase newspapers, when sold at reduced rates. Your petitioners 'believe that when increase would thus be produCed to the revenue 'from' this source, by a reduction and better „adjustment of the taxes in question. • - That your petitioners are strengthened in this conclusion by the well known fact that in' the metropolis of France, which possesses a less numerous, and less wealthy popula tion, their less taxed public journals, which contain much less information of general interest, haVe on an average upwards of three times theamount of sale obtained by the most able journals published in the British metropolis. That the expesce of advertising not only forms a large portion of the cost of all books of public instruction, but the exceedingly high rate of the tax on advertisements, prevents the regular and constant diffusion Of information amongst the public with regard to courses of public in struction delivered at this and similar institutions in the metropolis and throughout the country. , That considerable evidence may he adduced to'prove siou, that he would feel obliged for any information which he'could afflird on the subject. He could assure the Noble Lord that he . (Lord Eldon) was desirous to meet his com munication in a proper and friendly manner. He trusted that the Bill would not be pressed now, until they saw what should be done with the other Bills to which he had alluded. If the Nobleand 'Learned Lord should cOmply with that request, be (Lord Eldon) would be glad to give him any assistance in his . power. He should be glad to communicate with the Noble and Learned Lord or any other Noble Lord for that puvpnse, before the discussion should be had upon the third reading of this Bill. He re peated his hope that this Bill would not he passed until they knw what was done with the other Bills elsewhere. If the Noble and Learned Lord should comply with that request, he (Lord Eldon) should reserve his observations until that occasion. to 4s. 0 0 0 A case was yesterday brought forward at the Mansion house, in which the loss and sufferings of a poor woman, in consequence of her credulity, excited much commisera tion. There were, however, some facts stated, which, with true dramatic tact, relieved the serious portion of the scene. HOUSE OF LORDS-(LAST NIGHT). vei gre3t; The LORD CHANCELLOR did not take his seat till nearly Half-past Five o'clock. • Lord HARDWICKE presented a petition from Wig town against the proposed additional duty on corn spirits. Lord GROSVENOR presented a petition from the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of Flintshire against the proposed alteration of the Welsh Judicature. Lord DERBY presented a petition front Liverpool against the present mode of levying Assessed Taxes. Lord HOLLAND presented the following petition fi 0 n the London Literary and Scientific Society, praying that no additional duty might be imposed on Newspapers : TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, to 4.. 0 0 to 43. 4a. 0 0 ore Shel l at Dol t ; fat sts' Berk e Breeknock Chester Cornvnill C umberland Devon Dorset Durham tasez Hants COUNTIES, &e. Isle of Man Suffolk his of Wight Somerset Kent Surrey Lancaster Sussex Middlesex Warwick Norfolk York Northumberland North Britain Northampton Islands of Guern. Nottingham , sey, Jersey, and Pembroke Alderney. The LORD CHANCELLOR had taken care to have d. 8 4 b 0 4 THE PET' iION OF, THE UNDERSIGNED MEM BERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, the usual notices sent to the Noble atri Learned Lord of the second reading of this Bill, and of the committal of it. The Noble and Learned Lord's 'absence he understood had been accidental, and the Noble Lord only did him (the Lord Chancellor) justice in 'stating that it was not at tributable to any fault of his. - He (the Lord Chancellor) should feel extremely happy indeed in communicating with the NOle and Learned Lord on the subject, as he was of opinion that there was not an individual in the country who was more capable of giving sound and wholesome advice with regard to every thing connected with the administration of justice, both in the Court of Chancery and in that House, than the Noble and Learned Lord. As the Noble Lord bad stated that he would com municate with him (the Lord Chancellor) in priVate on the subject, he (the Lord Chancellor) shOuld not think that he would be doing justice to himself, to their Lord ships, or to the country, if he did not at once meet the proposition of the Noble Lord in the spirit in which it was made. He should be most happy to avail himself of that assistance which the Noble and Learned Lord had so kindly offered. He would, therefore, propose that the third. reading should take place on Monday next, or on Tuesday, if that would better suit the Noble and Learned Lord. He (the Lord Chancellor) vas very anxious that it should be fixed for an early day, for the purpose of giving effect as soon as possible to this and the corresponding measures to which" allusion had been nude, and which he (the Lord Chancellor) did believe, in his conscience, after all the inquiry which had Wen made, were absolutely re qnisitefor the due administration of justice in this country. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Order of the Day was then discharged, and the third reading of the Bill fixed for Tuesday next. The Holm than proceeded to the examination of wit nesses in the East Retford case, which continued till Nine o'clock, when their Lordship.* ourned till Monday next. c 3°. MOST HUMBLY SHOWETII, That your petitioners, in common with a great portion of the industrious population of London, are accustomed to employ a part of their leisure in the cultivation of their mental faculties, and that many of them are members of associations formed specially for that purpose. That both as individuals aiming at their own intellec tual improvement, and as citizens interested in the spread of civilization among the people of this country, they are desirous of calling the attention of your Honourable House to the pernicious operation of the tax on paper, the duty on wlvertisements, and the stamp duty on newspapers. That all these taxes operate directly.to the discourage ment of, literary undertakings, and of the diffusion of knowledge among the people; objects which the best and most enlightened Sovereigns and Statesmen, both of this country and of all others, have in all ages been anxious to promote. ~v ~`~~ EAST INDIA-HOUSE, Aran. 23, 1830. T HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leaden— hall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 23d June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of declaring a DIVIDEND frcm Christmas last to Midsummer next. That the TRANSFER BOOKS of the said Company's Stock will he SHUT on THURSDAY, the 3d June next, at Three o'clock, and OPENED again on TII Ult SD the 15th July following, And that the DIVIDEND WARRANTS on the said Company's Stock, due on the sth of July, will be ready to be delivered Ok TUESDAY, the 6th July next. PETER AUBER, Secretary. - • On Monday neat will be published, T HE OFFICIAL KALENDAR for 1830. By 301-IN -BURKE, Esq. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling toluitriet. This day were published, elegantly printed in 2 vols. post eve., with a Portrait by Burnet, after Sir Thomas Lawrence, price 18s. THE POETIC AL WORK S of THO MAS CAMPBELL, Esq. Now first collected, and com prising a great number of Peeme now published for the fink time. o 41 o 70s. 0 o 395. o 385. o 238. o 38s. 3 o 285.. per per loaai p ,er 1 36 IS. a Jr r bust e l • _ value ° to LOS. 03 ' 100 9 9 2 9 3 10 3 9 :3 3 5 93 0 5 0 4 9 44 0 42 0 40 0 4 4 i 0 44 0 51 0 50 0 32 0 ,tN • :!G 0 01 0 r. Oatrnes l Loado. 2,10 rPToisft tree il l t can b e r ivigl'i gentle. e taking two veil enquire roth slid r honolJ r r towoe t Edie nstanti/ 7, lice?, lens ati . u, e too, lon (14 ,s of the Vater o f and oa in g been pot, the lave n° 4 1 covered• that t•sing fo r niclu , l o4 %roma! , ; y 1" DASD bighr )renoo'', in t 1,6 standid nto tbE e dontof inarkeu. id hand owe'vert • lifted a ew it at sleeper; doubt, nd con- Ire pro' .71 al. •110.1. n ,... ......,........' Edw• ts, of 1 -square/ 'onduit , on, the r of G• kr, her ssador's nh Lu xdoniar E. J . Iligusta ,f Led' Ur. M daugh gs. . Ran :l3fer of of Mr, Bertitit I. Irby'' --e) ;G, AT " This handsome though small edition of Mr. Camp bell's Poetical . Works must be received with universal favour. Never did Poet produce a work more deserving of female acceptation."—Literary Gazette. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton-street. THE COURT JOURNAL of THIS DAY, No. 56, contains:—The King— Fashionable Tactics, No. IL—Patrician .Portraits, No. III.: Lord Holland--Toad Eating and Tuft Hunting—A Scene at Almaclea—Royal Fetes at Paris and Geneya— Court Gossip; Princess Victoria, Prince Koslofaky—Do lags at the Athenaaum—Gratitude of the Duchess of St. A.--'s—Foreign Courts—Letters from Paris, Geneva, Ber lin --Mr. Bulwer's New . Novel, Paul Cliffml— . -.All the sovereigns of the NeW World—Visit to a Hussian Count— Ferdinand the Seventh and the Salique Law, &c. &c. This New Journal of Fashion is published every Sa turday Morning,. for Henry Colburu, by W. Thomas, at the Office, N 0.19, Catherine-street, Strand ; and is sent by the Newsvenders, free of postage, to all parts of the kingdom. s LEISURE HOURS. THE ADVERTISER, having a portion of his time disengaged, would be happy to take the CHARGE of a SET of BOOKS, or to arrange and t4alta out Accounts. Address, post-paid, 210, Strand. ANNUITY. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, AN ANNUITY of SEVENTY-FIVE POUNDS, for the life of a Person 65 years of age, secured on Freehold Property in London.' Particulars may be known of Messrs. Alexander and Son, 36, Carey-street, London. HAY AND CORN HARVEST. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, No. 5, Tooley-street (who supplied the whole of the Tents, Sail-cloth, flags, &c. at the Shakspearian Anniversary), ban now on band a large quantity of Second-band CANVAS suitable for RICK CLOTHS, with POLES, &c. complete, at a very reduced price. The whole arc in good preservation, having only been used a few days by the Shakspearian Club at Stratford-on-Avon. Emigrants embarkin g f or the Swan River, Van Diemen ' s Land, and other S ett lements, will find a great variety of Tents and Marquees, with other articles indispensably necessary to their -comfort and convenience on their first establishment. Orders by poet to be addressed in full, " Benjamin Edgington, 5 , Tooley. street, Southwark." ATURE is a mysterious treasury. It pos sesses innumerable blessings:for human kind, and Produces an antidote for every disorder incident to the human frame.--This treasury, with all its invaluable riches, ie the proper study of Medical Science ; and it requires the most laborious research to discover and develope all its various mysteries. For twenty years has our successful experience been directed to the treatment of a certain class of disorders, and w e pledge ourselves to the removal of Syphilis, from its in cipient symptoms to the remotest stages, characterised by every doubt and whatever malignancy. The intricate and" nattch-neglected diseases of the Urethra have been carefully and studiously considered, as have also those delicate and importaut sympathies which refer to the Female Sex. The infirmities of virility have been especially noticed; whether as arisiug from the debilitating tyranny of a tropical atmos phere—the natural bias of constitution—the imprudence of gaity—er the more alarming results of a propensity to practices " which shun the light ;" the progress of which is marked by a gradual dereliction of the animal powers. To all who are thus circumstanced, and more especially to such as are aspirants for connubial pleasures, we earnestly recommend our Commentaries, Ist, the ".rEgis of Life," a commentary on Sexual Debility; 2d, " The Syphilist," a popular treatise on Lues Venerea, &c.; and 3d, " Hy plane," exclusively addressed to Females; the perusal of which must prove beneficial to their moral happiness. These books may be bad of Messrs. Sherwood, Paternoster row; Chapple, 29, Pall-mall • and Onwhyn, Catherine street, Strand, London ; Sutherland, No. 9, Calton street, Edinburgh ; Porter, '7", Grafton-street, Dublin ; and by all Booksellers.—(P r i ce 53.) Remedies can be forwarded to any part of the world; Patients writing for the same, will please to enclose a Bank note.--Attendance at home for consultatio❑ as usual. GOSS and Co., M.R.C. Surgeons, No. 11, Bouvet ie- Street, Fleet-street, London, THE NEW OFFICIAL KALENDAR.—The great practical convenience of the alphabetical arrange ment adopted by Mr. BURKE, in his " Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage," has been so fully acknowledged as to induce his following the same plan in the execution of another work of considerable labour and most extensive importance, which he has fast completed. It is entitled " The Official Kalendar," and its contents, which must form a most valuable code of reference for every gentle man and man of business, comprise, we understand, the following, among a variety of other useful matter : —Lists of all the Offices and Officers of State in the British Em pire, including the Colonies—The Members of both House s of Parliament, with their residences, and the places represented by those of the Commons—Public In stitutions of all kinds, political, religious, judicial, cha ritable, lit erary, scientific, &c. with the enumeration of the individuals officially attached to them—The general materiel of the whole Army and N a vy, spe c ifying Regi ments and Ship s , c oin taanding rates of pay and ; P em "n' - ' A P e r sona l I n d ex , ex hibiting Officers, &c., with the the names (,f all who hold places in Public Offices—A minutelpdetailed Catalogu e of public persons abroad, with their geveral (=finis, &c, ate. Mrs. Brady, a widow, of respectable appearance, and a native of Lancashire;complained upon a former day to the Lord Mayor, that she had been induced to take a long journey by misrepresentation, and his Lordship, upon hearing the particulars, - sent an officer to request the at tendance of a Mr. John Wright, who keeps an agency office in the Old Jewry, at the Mansion-house, to receive from him an explanation of the affair, in which his Lord ship seemed to take much interest. Mrs. Brady being confronted with Mr. Wright, who told the Lord Mayor that he was a general agent, the charge was regularly entered upon. The lady had seen, while at Warrington, Where she had long resided, an ad vertisement in a London paper, stating that a person who wanted a situation as governess or teacher, might have her wish gratified by application at Mr. Wright's office, in Jewry-street. She considered this a favourable oppor tunity, and wrote off to Jewry-street, mentioning her desire to obtain a place of the kind, and giving an account of her Qualifications. After some delay she received a communication from Mr. Wright, which commenced with the kind and flattering words, " I write most confiden tially to you." The letter stated that the writer had procured a situation for her, which, although not exactly that of governess or teacher, had a great chance, or rather a great probability attached to it, which was likely to render it extremely desirable; that a gentleman who had lately lost his wife, was • desirous of not letting an aca demical establishment, which he had taken for her, drop; that he wished to take a lady to act as housekeeper to him, for- which be would pay her a salary, and that she should, -if she required it, have a servant under her. Towards the'conclusion of the epistle, her correspondent delicately hinted that she must write au answer at once, and describe her person in her letter; that, in fact, she might look forward to having the pleasure of sup plying the place of the wife of the gentleman, who, although rather deformed, was quite a gentleman notwithstanding. —.This 'promise was _ not to be resisted ; Mrs. Brady packed up all her property, gave up a comfortable situa tion which she.held at Warrington, and came off to town en the wings of hope and love. She soon sought an in terview with Mr. Wright, and was, on her second visit, favoured with theaddress of the young widower, and requested to call upon him. She was rather surprised to find that the gentleman lived in Q very ordinary sort of building, but she determined to reconcile herself to Lad taste in that respect if there appeared to be any thing like a redeeming quality in the main point. But how great was her alarm and surprise when she was assured by the person about whom she had already begun to think so deeply, that he knew nothing whatever of Mr. Wright, and never had employed any such individual. The LORD MAYOR, upon hearing this remarkable story said, and so, .my poor woman, you came up to London upon the strength of this correspondence to settle your self for life ? Mrs. Brady—l came up, my Lord, to take the situation on the terms proposed to me. I had no idea of being imposed upon. The LORD MAYoR—And you left a livelihood for this? Mrs. Brady—l thought it would be all for the best. I have a son in Warrington ; and although I had 'an esta blishment there, I thought it would put it in my power to be of more service to my child to accept of the offered terms. I therefore threw up the establishment. It cost me shout 51. to come up to London with what little goods I was possessed of, and all my money is gone. I know not a creature here, and was advised by some good people to tell my misfortunes to your Lordship. Mr. Hobler—And so you threw up a certainty for your chance in London ? Well, the poor women, lam more and more convinced every day, will 'do any anything for husbands. Although. told that her promised husband was deformed, she flew up to town to get hold of him. I believe many of them would marry Vulcan himsel.— (Laughter. ) Mr. Wright said he could set the matter at rest entirely. The LORD MAYOR—No doubt, Sir, you will, and I shall be glad to hear you. Pray go on. Mr. Wright— The fact is, my Lord, I have had instructions fro►n the party to whom Mrs. Brady alludes to the effect stated in my letter. I have the last letter he wrote to me on this subject. I have merely acted in this matter as other agents do. The Loan Maxon.—Not the least doubt of it, Sir. If it be not too bold, may I ask what your exact line of busi ness is?—Mr. Wright.—.! am a general agent, my Lord. The LORD Maxon.—Do be good enough to tell me what a general agent is.—Mr. Wright—l supply parties with situations of all descriptions, with BUMS of money, and with other The Loan MAYOR-Oh, don't go any further, my good Sir; if you supply sums of money you supply every thing else—you can't supply a more agreeable commodity. Now I dare say you will have no objection to introduce me to this gentleman whom you were about to supply with a helpmate. Mr. Wright—He is quite a stranger to me, my Lord; I know nothing about him except as an agent; I can prove my respectability; I have been in a large way, but I have lost large sums of money by a Nobleman who defrauded me. The LORD MAYOR--I am determined to inquire mi nutely into this transaction, and must have this employer of yours before me. Mr. Wright—My Lord, I may be of use as a witness in the matter. I shall be very happy to render service in that way, and I think I can do so; but I came voluntarily, and hope I shall not be considered as a prisoner. The Loan MAYOR said he should require Mr. Wright's attendance in the future stage of the case. Mr. Wright —I can give the most respectable references, and Mrs. Brady is satisfied: with my conduct; I have not exceeded my instruction. Mrs. Brady—lndeed I am not satisfied with your con duct. Why should I? You brought me up to town, where I am now without money or friends, and what on earth to do to get back I know not. The Loan MAYOR-What sort' of a house had this gen tleman to whom be introduced you ? Mrs. Brady—A miserable hole, my Lord, a sort of grocer's shop. I was shucked ; but as Providence had, I supposed, decreed it, I was willing to pit up with the misery that appeared there, if I could make it answer in other respects. The Loan M.avoa then ordered that all the parties should appear before him on another day. PATRICIAN PORTRAITS.—We understand that the COURT JOURNAL of this day contains a third number of those "Patrician Portraits,',' the two first of which have excited so much and such deserved atten tion, for the graphic force and truth with which they de lineate the leading traits, both mental and personal, of the noble persons depicted.—We believe No. 3 is intended to represent Lord HOLLAND. The same number of the COURT JOURNAL will, it is said, contain an admirable paper, from a high quarter, being the second under the title of " Fashionable Tactics." We understand, that the King's Commission, appointing Lord FORBES to be his MAJESTY'S 11,presen. tative to the ensuing General Assembly of the Church• of Scotland, arrived in Edinburgh by Sunday night's post.— Caledonian Mercury. His Grace the Lord High Commissioner's Tables are to be done this year in a very superior manner, representing our most gracious •bovitaxicres never-to-be forgotten visit to Scotland. The royal yacht, with the squadron steamboats, are supposed to be passing at night between the Bell• Rock, which is lighted up, and the Isle of Mg, the Bass Rock in view. The Light-house at the end of the pier, and harbour—his entrance, and reception by the Magistrates of Leith, his subsequent 'movements in his carriage, by Bernard-street, Constitution-street, and Leith.walk, till his arrival in Picardy-place, where be is received by the LORD PaovosT and • Magistrates of Edin.- hngh, delivering up the keys of the city to his MAJESTY. The whole will contain nearly 1,000 figures, including cavalry, infantry, yeomanry, royal archers, and clans, all the principal houses and names in Leith-walk are observed; and we hope, as nothing is demanded, but left to the plea sure of the visitors, the Hopetoun Roma will have many. Every accommodation will be kindly given, and the pro duce will be divided to the most needy of our city cha rities.--4,-Caledonian Mercury. That the wealth of nations depends still more upon the degree in which knowledge is diffused among their inha bitants, than upon soil, situation, or climate; countries, naturally almost uninhabitable, having been made wealthy and populous by civilization, while others which are blessed with the greatest natural advent ages, have re mained poor and miserable, because their inhabitants were ignorant, and did not desire knowledge. That, moreover, in the opinion of s the wisest men, in which your petitioners fully concur, the fiscal regulations of a civilized government should be determined by moral as weli as by merely financial considerations : and that the habit of useful reading is the great instrument by which some portions of mankind have been advanced to a high state of moral improvement, and by which the re mainder may hereafter be raised to an equal elevation ! That in the opinion of your petiticoers, the circulation of newspapers is the grand vehicle by which the ideas and modes of thinking of the more instructed classes are pro pagated among the more ignorant, and are by far the most commodious and efficient organ of information to which the poor man has access. Your petitioners do not here dwell on the beneficial in fluence excited over the public mind by political discus sions and argument, and by the manner in which great public questions are canvassed in the debates in Parlia ment, and in the leading articles of newspapers. Neither will they expatiate on the peculiar propriety, under a re presentative constitution, of enabling the people to obtain ready access to a knowledge of the public acts and pro fessed sentiments.of their representatives. Your petitioners wish to rest their argument chiefly on the comparative en largement 'of mind, arising from the great variety of new ideas which. newspapers present to persons yet unac customed to their perwal, and tending to dispel a variety of vulgar prejudices, long since exploded among the educated classes, but which your petitioners have reason to think still linger among that portion of the community by whom newspapers are rarely perused. Your peti tioners would ask, by way of example, how it would be possible that the prejudices which long prevailed univer sally against millers and corn-dealers, where cupidity was supposed to be the -cause of every scarcity by which the ceuntry was afflicted, should stand their ground among persons accustomed to see in every newspaper speculations and conjectures respecting the amount of the crops, and the probable price as depending upon the probable supply? And how a belief in witchcraft and astrology, which it is to be proved, continues to prevail to a great extent among the ignorant, can subsist among persons who see these pre judices universally treated with contempt in every news paper which appears? - Your petitioners believe that the only persons in this country who now retain their antiquated prejudices, are those to whom newspapers rarely if ever penetrate. They believe that the ignorance even of the most ordinary sub jects which pervades the minds of .this class, is such as would astonish those who have no direct experience of it; and they feel convinced that the various diStricts of the United Kingdom' would be found to be civilized and en lightened nearly in the proportion in which newspapers circulate in those districts. Your petitioners further represent, that since to almost. every man the affairs of his own country are the subject on which, next to his own private concerns, and those of his family, he most desires to inform himself, newspapers are the kind of reading for which the greatest number of per ioni feel an inclination, and by which the taste for reading generally commences. And the desire of procuring access to a variety of newspapers is frequently the primary motive for the formation of reading societies, which ultimately afford oppottunities, and inspire a taste for reading, of a more solid and serious kind. That the reports of judicial proceedings which are given in the newspapers, are nearly the only source from which the public derive such knowledge as they possess of the laws which they are bound to obey. That in the opinion of your petitioners there is no ground whatever for the notion entertained by some per sons, that the multiplication of newspapers would tend.to tender the people seditious. An ignorant and uninformed people are in danger of being misled by any enthuaiaStic, or self interested demagogue, who addresses himself to their passions and prejudices. But that the diffusion of political information renders the people far less susceptible to such delusions, is evidenced by the fact, that those outrages against property which formerly were the invariable con sequences of distress in any large portion of the labouring community have, during the late severe distresses, been almost entirely unknown. That your petitioners, while they view with pleasure and thankfulness the exertions which have been made of late years to educate and instruct the body of the people, lament that these virtuous endeavours have hitherto effected little more than by teaching them to read, to render them more capable of receiving instruction, rather than to place it actually within their reach. Your petitioners do not complain of this, as they are aware that no instruction can be of much efficacy or advantage except that which the parties who stand in need of instruction voluntarily seek. What your petitioners regret is, that by taxes which raise the price of newspapers and of books, needless obstructions are opposed to the voluntary endeavours of the less opulent classes, towards obtaining for themselves that instruction, the capability of receiving which has with so much zeal and philanthropy been extended to the bulk of the popu lation. It is a common and just complaint against the educa tion whiCh consists solely of reading. and writing, that it teaches words rather than things, and communicates few ideas. Your petitioners conceive that this reproach would be wiped out by rendering the knowledge of things more accessible than at present, and by bringing the ideas of the instructed more readily within the reach of the un enlightened. Your petitioners are persuaded that the abolition of the taxes on newspapers would greatly improve the character of newspapers themselves, as it would enable them to com mand the services of the ablest writers, and by rendering it possible for a newspaper to support itself with a mo derate sale, would relieve them from the necessity under which in some degree they now lie, of being the mere trans cript, image, and reflexion of popular opinion. Your petitiOners also believe that were it net for these taxes, English newspapers would enjoy a considerable cir culation in foreign countries, where they are now almost unknown; whereby. .English ideas and modes of thinking would have their fair influence in forming the opinions and feelings of the civilized world ; national jealousies and antipathies would be softened down, and a feeling of ho nourable emulation between country and country would take their place. Your petitioners consider that scarcely any taxes can be in principle equally objectionable 'With those which operate liberal curi al taxes on eiyilizAtionrdiscoura vment , to a that the present high tax on advertisements operates to prevent the formation of a regular praCtise or habit of advertising by public bodies similar to your petitioners, and by individuals to Whom such a practice or habit would be serviceable. _ _ _ _ . . That in the opinion of your petitioners the full con sideration of the whole of the evidence which may be ad duced as to the present operation of this tax, would pro duce the conviction in the minds of your Honourable House, that the revenue would not be injured, but on the contrary, would be benefited by a considerable reduction. All which premises your petitioners submit to the wisdom of your Honourable House. CRONIAIELIN HARBOUR BILL. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the second reading of this The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, on behalf of a Noble Marquis who was unavoidably abs•:nt, to oppose the second reading, and had no hesitation in characterizing the Bill as the most extraordinary job ever brought before Parliament. He thought it had been sent up from the other House without being minutely examined into, otherwise he was quite sure it would have been utterly impossible that it should have passed that House. It was quite clear the individual bringing it forward did so for his owia bettafit and einolutnent. :Linder such circumstances he trusted their Lordships would not countenance the Bill, and he should move that it be read this day six months. The Duke of WELLINGTON thought the better course to adopt would be, as the Noble Marquis to whom Lord Londonderry had referred was not present, that the second reading of the Bill should be postponed for a week. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had no objection to such a course being pursued, and the second reading was postponed till this day week. Lord War. PowLETT, Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Mr. Caarr• BELL, and others, brought up several Private Bills from . the House of Commons. Mr. Crafer from the Treasury presented a Return of Pensions granted under the 57th of Geo. 111. PRESENCE OF PROTESTANT SOLDIERS AT ROMAN , CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS, &e. The Earl'of WINCHILSEA, in presenting a petition from the loyal fr(e Barons of the town and port of Dover, complaining of the cruel situation in which Protestant officers and soldiers were placed, in being compelled upon foreign stations to join in the superstitious rites of the Greek and Roman Catholic Church, would take the oppor tunity of asking the Noble Duke opposite, whether it was the intention of Government to issue an order giving the relief sought for by the petitioners. The Duke of WELLINGTON—UntiI the petition is read, I cannot tell what that relief is. The petition was accordingly . read by the clerk. On its being concluded, • • ' The Duke of WELLINGTON certainly could not . say that Goveinment liad , given any order to put an end t 9 the military practices complained of in the petition. There were many statements in the ptition which he knew to be untrue, more particulatly that which declared that Pa gans and others were - not compelled to attend on the cere monies of the Protestant Church of England. Now that attendance he bad himself witnessed. The Earl of WINCHILSEA did not mean to conceal from the House, that this petition was founded upon cir cumstances which had come out upon a recent court-mar tial. He would not enter, at present, into the merits of that court-martial, nor would be say one word upon its judgment. He bad, however, a sincere hope that Pro testants would be placed forthwith upon an equality with their Catholic fellow-subjects who were not compelled to participate in, or to be present at, any ceremonies of the Church of England, which were repugnant to their feel ings. Now attendance at ceremonies of the Greek or no man Catholic Church must necesQarily be repugnant to the feelings :of any man who conscientiously professed the Protestant religion. He hoped that some measure would be speedily adopted to relieve the scruples of tender con sciences. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition from Iloddesdon, praying for the :abolition of the punish ment of death in eases of forgery. Earl BROWNLOW presented a petition from Old and New Sleaford against the Beer Duties. SUITS IN EQUITY BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of this B 11. Lord 'ELDON said, that though this Bill had been already read a second time, and had gone through a committee, he (Lord Eldon) had not been able to attend on those occasions, but he must add that his absence was entirely his own fault, and not all attributable •to the Noble and Learned Lord who had introduced the Bill, who h a d given him due notice of the various stages of the Bill during its progress. His opinions with regard to this Bill T ight be brought into a narrow compass, but he should not at present enter upon ar detail of them, as he trusted that the third reading: of the Bill would . he postponed fir same days longer. He thought the Lord Chancellor had judged very rightly, in not pressing at an earlier period the third reading of this Bill. He (Lord Eldon) was of opi nion, that their Lordships should not decide filially upon this Bill, without knowing what should be dune with a great many other Bills which were in progress in another place, and which bore upon the question of the general administration of justice. This Bill now under their Lord ships' consideration might be right if it were accompanied with those measures, or it might be wrong if it were not. H e (Lord Eldon) entertained a strong opinion on the subject, but he should not wish to state his opinion on the present occasion. He should feel obliged indeed if the third reading should be postponed to a future day. He was confident that their Lordships would give hint credit fur not being influenced by any other feeling with respect to this Bill, but 'by a desire that every due regard should be had to the administration of justice, as well in that House as in the Courts of Westminster-hall. He understood in a conversation with the Lord Chancellor on a former occa- HOUSE OF COMMONS-(LAST NIGHT:) On the motion of Mr. O'CGNNELL, the Graziers' Ireland Steam Navigation Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. General ARCHDALE presented a petition from the county of Fermanagh against the introduction of poor laws into Ireland; and another petition from the Newspaper Proprietors of Enniskillen against any increase of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers. Mr. SANDERSON presented a petition from the county of Cavan against the introduction of poor laws into Ireland. Mr. HUSKISSON presented a petition from Liverpool, praying for a repeal of the duty on houses and windows. Lord GEORGE BENTINCK presented a petition from Cambridgeshire against the Beer Bill. Mr. CURTEIS presented petitions from Sussex, pray ing for a repeal of the duty on Malt; and another from the same county, for a repeal of the duty on Hops. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON presented a petition from the Soap Manufacturers of London, praying for a repeal of the duties on Tallow and Soap. Sir JAMES GRAHAM presented a petition from a place in the county of Cumberland, complaining of the expence they were put to by Scotch paupers. Mr. HOBIIOUSE presented a petition from the parish of St. James's, Westminster, against the Scotch and Irish Paupers' ReMoval Bill. Mr. GORDON moved for a return of the number of persons holding offices of emolument in the Court of Exchequer, and also for several other similar returns from different public offices.—Ordered. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Yorkshire, against the system of manu facturers taking numerous apprentices; and also complain ing of the injurious effects of the great ext, , nsion of ma chinery. Mr. HUME moved for several returns connected with the Court of Chancery. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Scotland, praying for an equalization of the duties upon spirits and malt. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY—FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT. DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the Howe resolving itself into a Committee of the whole Honse, to consider farthsr of the supply granted to his Maje,ty. Mr. HUME said, that before the Speaker left the Chair, he wished to call the attention of the House to a subject which he felt was of very great importance to the revenue of the country. It appeared to him, that 30004 a-year had been abstracted from the revenue without the know ledge of that House, a proceeding which struck him as being extremely objectionable, inasmuch as that sum was taken under an alleged opinion of the law officers of the Crown, though - for 170 years, the duties, which were ap propriated within a very recent date in the manner of which he complained, had been regularly paid into the revenue. The subject of the Four and a half per Cent. Duties had been so often discussed in that House, that he would not on this occasion enter into any detail with respect to them. He thought that they were objectionable • in principle, and he, as well as btl,ters, had, year after year, endeavoured to get rid of them. These duties were ' granted in the time of Charles IL, for a particular pur pose—namely, to defray the charge of certain repairs and expenses incurred on account of the Colonies. On that account a duty of four and a half per cent., principally in sugar, was paid to the Crown. He might truly say that this fund was long ago perverted from its original object, and-was appropriated to the payment of pensions and allowances, partly to the government of the colonies and partly to individuals who were favoured by the Govern ment, without the authority of that House. Up to a very recent period, the 25th of March, 1828, these King's sugars, as they were called, paid the sama duty of 275. per cwt. as the sugars of private individuals did. They were placed under the care of an officer called " a husband," who paid the regular duties on the sugars, and then brought the net amount to the credit of his M.jesty's four and a half per cent. fund. This continued until 1828. He had been in the habit of calling for an account of these duties every two or three years, to see whether there remained any surplus ; because a few years ago the House passed a Bill, declaring that no more pensions should be charged on this fund, and providing that the surplus, if there were any, should go to the sup port of the Church establishment in the West Indies. This was a very good change, supposing it to be proper that any thing - should.be taken from the inhabitants of the colonies. But he thought that the time had come when the impost might be removed ; and cousideriug the distress of the colonies, it ought, he conceived, to be a matter of conside ration with his Majesty's Government, whether its ordi. nary appropriwion should not cease, and whether it ought not to be applied to those various useful colonial purposes for which it was originally intended? Ministers had, however, taken the most extraordinary view of the case that ever was taken in that 11.alt , e, oriany where else.— Front the earliest institution of this fund,—for no less than 170 years,—the rule and practice of the law had been that the sugar thus sent to the country should be subjected to a duty. In IS; the fund amounted to 33,000/. ; ip 1826, to 29,000/. ; in 1827 to 22,000/. In 182 d, contrary to the practice which had existed for 170 years, it was declared that the King's sugar was not li a ble to duty, and none had been paid since that time. Then how stood the fund ? It appeared that in 1627. it amounted to 22,0004 ; in 1825., to 61,0001. ; and in 1829.30, to 61,000 f. ; being double what it was in 1825. Now, he knew .very well that the West Luba establish ments were not in a thriving condition ; that, in feat, they did not pay ; that they were losing concerns. When, therefore, that interest was in so unfortunate a ratuat;on, wa s it not a fair subject for consideration whether iridi viduala thus unfairly taxed should not be relieved from such a burden? It would not bean act of favour towards those persons, but of justice. His great obj ec ti on i n t hi s case Was, that ! Mi n i sters , acting out the au th or i ty o f the law officers of the Crown, had assumed to themselves the power of altering a law which had existed for 178 years, and paid the whole amount of this impost to the Crown, instead of deducting a certain p.ca tion of it for ,the customs, as ought to have been done. This matter was suffered t,) pass in silence during, the years 1628 and 1829 ; no allu sion was made to the alteration in the system, though it was illegal, and opposed to the Privileges of that House, it being the first and most important principle of the Constitution that Ministers should not appropriate any money without the sanction of the House of Commons.. But here they found the amount produced by the sale of a certain quantity of sugar, not expended on the Church establishment of the colonies, but handed over to this fund. Ministers had gone further,—they had kept this proceeding a ee cret from the House; and it was not until be had moved for a certain paper, not expecting such as had occurred, that the fact became known. Now there were two re sults connected with this business. • The revenue of cue-. toms was lessened to the amount of 30,000/. a-year • and the husband, though he had r e d uce d hi s c h arge as he now bad, 66,0001. to deal with instead of 22,000/., received more than be formerly did.' An Hon. Gentleman inti mated that the officer did not benefit by it. At all events, it was clear that the revenue was lessened by the change of system. That House ougl.t, therefore, to know on whet ground such a case as that which led to this ehange wris laid before the Law Officers of the Crown,—and bow f ar such a pro cee di ng was consistent with the known law and Constitution of the country. He hid, in 1820, mov, d for ati account of all sums of money which had been received by the Crown (the produce of this fund and other source.) during the reign of the late King. About two ananths ago he had called for a paper in continuation of that ac count, and he knew not why it was not yet laid on the table of the House. By the former document, however, it appeared, that the sum of 12,705,0001. had, during the: late King's reign, heen paid to an account over which that House had no controul, but ov er w hi c h Mi n i s ter's claim d a right to controul. Of that gross sum about 0,000,0001. was derived from droits, and from 1760 to 1820, when. th King's demise took place, this fund afforded 2416,000/. He mist here be' allowed to observe, that this was a most heavy tax, It was exceedingly injurious to the West India proprietor, and certainly it did net hea netit the revenue. If the duty were brought down to 15a.. or 165., as it was at the breaking out of the Frenob was satisfied that the amount of revenue would be vqual to what was now received, because the consumption Would he very greatly increased. Having stated thus mush, he sub tnitted to the House whether they avereprepared to veto any money to his Majesty in stipply - until Ministers JaidherOre Parliament on what ground they had thrown jilt. hid Ma. jesty's fund such a sum as 30,000/. or 40,0001. in the two last years. Therefore it was that be called for tie case laid before the law officers of the Crown, and for their opinion. In conseqUence of a statement made by the Sc.. cretary of the Treasury, that it was not usual to produce: such documents, he had m a d e some i nqu i ry into the sub ject ; and in looking over the report of the Committee on Foreign Trade, he found an opinion given by the otfia cer there. In the case of the Bank of E n gl a nd al;e, which arose out of their being engaged to manage a debt of 600,000,000/. or 700,000,0001., at the rate of .1081. per Million, a question arose in that House whether such an allowance should be made to the Bank or not. The opinion of the Law 'Officers of the Crowd was, the House could not, under' the then charter, break that contract ; 'and that opinion was laid before the House. His Hon; Friend the Member for Bristol had also examined this paint, and bad fouled other cases ; so that he had no doubt that the objection was not worthy of the smalleat cousi deration. ...But be would say, that if no opinion of time Law Officers of the Crown had ever been laid befere the House, still the grounds which he advanced were so s t e , ag in his view of the matter, that it would fully warrant thou in calling for such an opinion on this occasion. The course which Ministers had pursued Was dangerous to the Con stitution, and injurious to the revenue, and he hoped the Members of that House would strenuously oppose it. H a should therefore move for a copy of the rase euhniitte.l to the Law Officers of the Crown, and their opinion giv,ts thereupon, respecting the duties payable on the sugar imported, in discharge of the Four-aud•a-Half per Cent. duties. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had no doubt that he should be able to Offer a satisfactory explanation on the subject touched on in the Hon. Aiem bees speech. Indeed, he thought he might (if he flt SQ, disposed) claim credit for presenting returns of the 44 pet• cent. duties, increased considerably in point of amount. It was wrong in the Hon. Member to say that the imotint was concealed till it came out incidentally upon his (Air. Hume's) motion for papers. The fact was, that account s were annually laid upon the table, in which the per cent. duties formed one of the items, and in those accounts the• augmentation had appeared. The Hon. Gentleman inquired the reason for deviating from the practice adopted. for a great number of years, and argued as if itlintst?n s . had robbed the revenue of the country to enrich the rove nue of the Crown. He argued as if the management and. direction of the 44 per cent. duties had not undergone' a, considerable alteration of late years, as if the Crown had not in point of fact abandoned its claim to than, aiud . placed them under the controul of Parliament. BY tbe Act of the 6th of his present Alajesty, it was directed that the salaries of the Bishops and Clergy in the Wt:it India islands, should in future be paid out of the 44 per cent. duties, which were thus devoted to the payment of our Colonial Governors, Bishops and Clergy. The aiim paid to the Bishops and Clergy amounted to 25,000/. a year, including salaries and pensions. Whatever m;ght be the merits of this plan, it had not enhanced the patronage of the Crown It appeared from this statement, that the charge of taking money from the revenue of the country„ in order to put it in the hands of the Crown, was with out foundation. It had occurred to him, that the sugar sent from the West Indies in payment of the 44 per cent, duties, being Crown property, was not liable to par duty. It was upon constitutional principles that Ise had formed . this opinion, and in consulting with the l i aw Officers ' -r o f the Crown, he found his opinion confirlia by 0)5-Which they entertained on the subject. As by appl .. k the rule which the Law Advisers of the Crown laid down as the rule of law, he did not divert &ois the public into the hands of the Crown any part of the fund in question, it . appeared to him that in pursuing that course he was adopting a proceeding free from every possible objection. The transaction was extremely simple ; he had no dispo sition to promote the interest of the individual who ma naged the fund. 111 r. BARING said,' if the opinion of the legal ad visers of the Crown in this case were consonant with law, it was law of such a tendency, awl which might be at tended with such consequences in a constitutional point of view, as to render it well deserving of the serious conside ration of Parliament. The position of the Right Hon. Gentleman appeared to be this—that there were sugars belonging to the Crown which were brought to this coun try from the West India islands, and that, as being the property of the Crown, the law officers of the day were of opinion that they were not liable to pay duty. It was singular enough that nearly two centuries should have passed (during which duty was paid upon these sugars) without this notable discovery of the exemption of the Crown sugars from duty being made. Would his Hon. and Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) tell hint that the Crown might import into this country merchandlsn free of duty for sale? Yet this was what the Right Hon. Gentleman's position amounted to. The principle was the same as in the present case ; these sugars were admitted without payment of duty, because they were the prOpertr of the Crown. But the Crows might have purChased the sugars ; that would not alter the transaction. 'Was the law to ..be laid down that the Crown could impart any irticle as merchand;xe for sale in this country? He had always understood that the exemption of the Crown from the payment of taxes was for the maintenance of the Royal, dignity. The tax-gatherer was excluded from the pata,e of the sovereign, because his entrance would be considered derogatory to the dignity of the Crown. A similar ex- . empton was extended to the Ambassadors and Ministers of foreign, Sovereigns, probably for nearly the same ohject.' It was true the King might import French wines, for his own consumption, free of duty ; this was always under,. stood: but the law, as laid dawn by the Right Gentleman, would allow the King to import French wines for sale.. These sugars were imported into this country' simply for the purpose of sale. He was impatient to hear . from his Han. mid Learned Friend (the Attorney-General his notions of the law upon the subject. In a eunstitu, tional point of view, the position laid down by thi; Chan caller of the Exchequer was of extreme importanee't) the country ; if the law really were as the Right Hon. Gentleman had stated, it might be rendered the souree of enormous advantages to the Crown', and of correspurrlent injury to the country: The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, there could he no moral or legal doubt that the sugars in question were exempt from duty, as being the property of the Crown. -- With respect to the motion . of the Hon, Member foeAber - - f . deco for the production of the opiniona of the Law Offi tees of the day upon the point, he did not see the use of - Without denying the poeier Of' .the House of C: mons to call for any documents Whatever-..—for he Nvv‘iltr suppose a case in which it might call for a minnte of the proceedings of a Cabinet Council,--he mast say it would be rather hard upon Attornies and Solici to have their opinions, given in confidence to tire Oavo nient, reviewed and debated in Psilia;rent. lu this fit,.