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and others, on Which millions have been expCnd ed. it was impt,sible then, unless we retrace our steps, that the country ca❑ be restored to any thin g like ..a flourishing condition. This country has always been distitiuished for che rishing the principles of liberty, for moral as well as mental improvement, and for holding 11 1 , to other nations an example of all that . `'" s great • and goo d. I t was for this reason lie felt the great regret he did at the senti ments of some Gentlemen. lie alluded to the f ears- that were entertained about the national ee ht. Il e h a d h ear d i t sa id , it was idle to talk of preserving the national honour, and that it was impossible to preserve it by the course we were now pursuiu , :. Nothing could be more erroneous than those opinions, nor. there never was a time more badly chosen for them than' the Present. The promulgation of these senti ments had a considerable tendency to withdraw the confidence of other countries from Log land, lie had heard a gentleman of the first distinction in another country, say, "Is it P , °s sible that Gr ea t Brit a i n , a f ter h av i ng b een ae bulWark of other countries, should now is the time of peace desert its own prin ciples?"_(Hear, hear !)—But di'd Gentlemen "7 n side)' the consequences of such an act ? le-re are now eight or nine hundred thousand liedsholders in the country, besides the num t.r of corporati on s, i nsurance compan i e S , and m aers, whose property is so vested that it must actually appear little short of madness to enter " such an idea. England has always been con 'idesed the asylum of property throughout the ; and to the everlasting honour of this coun sry he -it said, that during the War, when we were f ta . ( ing ourselves to defray our expences, we care- O dy and religiously abstained from taxing the Property •of foreigners.—(Hear !)—He k new o f T t hing more highly creditable to the national character. With respect to the present tax, he th ought th e repea l o f i t cou ld not relieve the dis tress, and wou ld cons id era bl y di m i n i sh our re- Ven ue. There was b u t one way to remove the 'rat ional. distress, and that was by 'reducing our that Minist ers wou ld a dd strengt h an d v i gour to le Mselves, and have a, much greater prospect of j'etainingflte'sr places, if they introduce a system of retr.eticisment : any thing e l se canno t b e effec .t a l• Retrenchment in every department, both I: . th e A rmy and Navy, should be resorted to. Ith respect to the latter, in the proper time, 1 7eri the . esti ma t es were b e f ore t h e H ouse, reduction be able. to shew 'that a - cOnsiderahl e “'" 4 ctionthay and must t a k e pl ace i n th a t d e - , Part hs . —(Hear, hear !) Sir j. BOtOHEY could not support the motion for the.rePeat of the .Malt Tax unless the Gen tleman who advocated it could give him some as-4 surance that it was a measure of economy, and Would not be substituted by some other tax. / • ir • CUnIrEN wished that his lion. Friend . ▪ Smith), who had gone so fully into agricul ✓raldistress,.and' yet w h o o pp ose d th e repeal of u e e- presenttax,. would show some practical mode 4 .uisslng it. The re h as b een f or some time a "mmittee sitting on this . question, and be had no 4 do b u bt that 'as . such a, body of e vid ence had been - to; . thern, a most distres s i ng case of 'cultural distress would be made Out; With , b` s PeCt to the - POor Laws, it would undpubtedlr , h e tnost desirable-. that some favourable change k, °11 (.1 be effected, but he was quite at a loss to si: ° `%," how that :could be done. The expences of y tt ; landholder were enormous, and he begged the e s "tion of the House to it. .He payed :2.0 Ter p e - " t • • poor, rates,. 5 per cent.; county rates, 5 toi ce nttepairs, and 24 per cent..fOr collection, 1 1 :'ing in the whole - 324; per 'cent.--(Hear, e• it t h en i n t h e . nature of things that sr,' fa rmer could keep l an d on suc h con di t i ons ? 4111.; c ountry- is every day - getting into a worse 111:.1 w orse condition. Th e f un dh o ld er s h ou ld b e a ot de to bear his share of th e b ur d ens . li e did 1 1 , ''lean to diMiniSh his interest or security, all tlii rl wi shed for. 'was, that there should be some-, th e ' fair 'proportion. With respect to N o ' P r esent tax, it :bea r s . particularly ha r d on the . tortrer classes ; and the removal of it wou ld a dd 1, 0 siderably to their comforts. He, therefor e , 4" h , (1 that Ali n itt ers wou ld consent to i ts repeal, -th e okfai r ly at the state of the country; for -.must be prepared to prove that the country 11 1 ,7 a state of prosperity and • plenty, before Coo fl ';il ask' us to' continue this tax ; u nl es s they IN,i 4 no that h e s h ou ld vote against it.--(hear;) to ff B ENETT contended that the landed and cs 3s - aercial interests were inseparable. The itle ttl:f the one was identified with that of the hire the agriculturist was asked, who was 'Wh o lli st customer, his answer would be, the man 4 11 ' engaged in trade ; and in the same man anssr. the question was put to the latter, his from would be, that he got most of his money to h he landholder. if the national faith was e h . tteh r l 'eserved, taxation must be reduced to atis o "its as w ou ld ena bl e us to support it. The itt ea tes of free trade had found more difficulty .4e co „.. qo Phshing their object than they expected. np o „ e nuction had yet taken place in articles , etiti; !thich a re d uction was looked for. It was Pr es . e lY ridiculou s t o say t h at no extraordinary ati ol i'llre was felt by the present system of tax"- i to as well might it be said that there was th Pressure when a sword was applied to isstr reast.—(Hear, hear !)—What was the ob ititt.,°r which all G overnm e nts had been originally tistil'uted ? It was to adMinister as great a por -Ist of happiness as possible to the people at The tax in question was most injurious to th e ' c orals of th e - l ower orders. 'Who were now Principal consumers of beer ?—.the poor and sio‘tell recollected the ti me , . w h en labo U rers, S,/ at the present period, were obliged to re (11.:11( _to the public house for th e i r beverage,- could kit at their own homes where they had an of ntittant, supply. Under all the circumstances . case, he felt inclined to concur most cor i'Lxity irt , the repeal of the tax. ! r„ D ouGr as opposed the repeal. Nothing, 'e conceived I li st 'ad been shewn to induce a belief it would 'particularly "ler - , and : he air D ) relieve the •Land- , qtr thought it 'teas a tax atfectinrp th iIC Barour said h e silo of th e commun it y. ttahught..the ,n se uld supp or t the motion., army we had was not l necessary to the colintry, and the still enormaus estimates might be curtailed 'liciently to equal this enormous malt tax. :He denied that the commercial interest was not equally diStressed with the Agriculturists, and therefore he could not give his consent to tax the funds to relieve the land. The landed interest bad no right to shake off the bUrden of tithes or poor's rates, as they held their estates subject to those burdens, lie trusted the House would follow the exam ple set theni by the lion. MeMber for Aberdeen, and narrowly look into theestiMates, which were still to come before them. Mr. BENNET and Mr. Bnrciir mutually ex plained. Colonel Noon admitted that the tax pressed upon the comforts Of the poorer classes, but thought the, repeal of the .tax would n o t benefit them to any extent ; and, judging from what took place in,1816, he did not think the brewers would reduce the price of their beer, even if the tax were to be repealed—and should they re duce the price equal to the duty taken off, it would not amount to a farthing per pot of porter. Ife. thought the Bill was not quite fair towards the Agricultural Committee ; it would, in his opinion, have been proper to have waited to ,see what they would propose to the House. Ile would be willing to-morrow to vote for the re peal of the whole of the Malt Tax, if he could see a modified Property Tax ; but at present he could not consent to repeal a tax by which so Much of the income of the country as 1,500,0001. (which this tax produced) would be broken down. For. these reasons, and because it was a half measure, he should vote against it. Mr. F. "Awls thought it was wise to have got rid of the Property Tax, both on account of its amount and the mode of its operation. The great fault of that tax was being on too,narrow a basis. The Malt Tax was not liable to that objection, as it spread itself over a much wider surface. If he could think the repeal of the tax would be a relief to agriculture, that would have great weight with him ; but he never would, in any vote which he should give in that House, confine himself to the consideration of one interest only. But he denied that it would operate as an immediate relief to the distress -which was felt . It mi g ht operate on a long average o f y ears , but the ques tion was how to give relief directly, and it was saying nothing, therefore, to affirm that this mea sure would be a relief in ten or fifteen years. If he were called upon to give an opinion as to what tax would operate the greatest relief to the landed interest, he should say, relieve them from the pressure of stamps : the stamp duties, in his opinion, were most oppressive on the landed terest. COIDDeI WOOD explained. Captain GORDON rose to corroborate the ac-. count which had been given of the distressed state of the North of Scotland. He objected to the Bill, because the duties imposed by it were the same for Scotland as for this country. He objected to the Bill, therefore, on the ground that justice would not be done by it to the latter country. Mr. SMYTHE conceived the' best preparation for war was to husband our resources ; be should therefore vote for the repeal of the tax. Lord CASTLEREAGH, after calling the attention of the House to the resolution agreed to by the House in 1819, to the effect that there ought to be an excess of income over the expenditure of the country by five millions, and with that view fresh taxes should be imposed to the amount of three millions per annum, said that he felt great pain in opposing this Bill. ' There was no man in the Hodse who was more anxious for the happiness and prOsperity of the landed interest than himself ; and if be could per suade himself that that interest had in it any thing ,distinct from the rest of the community, he should feel the duty he had to perform still more arduous. He regretted very much to have heard many topics which had been touched upon during late debates—he meant the suggestions which were thrown out for taxing the public funds. No greater breach of the public faith could be committed than this, and he was convinced that a British Parliament would never come to adopt the immoral maxim of de fending one interest by betraying another. He then proceeded to contend, that the revenue of the country was not at present in a situation to bear the repeal of this tax; that even if it were able to allow the removal of any tax which it was most expedient to dispense with, and that there was nothing in the returns on the table which showed that this tax bore with any particular se verity on agriculture, it had not narrowed the market for barley as applied to malt. With re spect to the consumer, the Malt tax did not in crease the price of the article ; for since that tax was laid on in 1819, the price of beer was twice lowered. The removal of this tax would sacrifice near a million and a half of revenue, while to the consumer, suppos ing the beer should be proportionally lowered in price, it would produce no more than a fall of three farthings in the gallon of beer, He was convinced from the returns, it was demonstrable that as the tax on malt was high, the consump tion of beer was more abundant, so that in point of fact there was no tax in the removal of which the landed interest was less concerned than this. Had it been otherwise he would go a great way to meet their wishes, for he loved the landed interest. —(Hear hear, and loud laughter !)--It Would be a great reproach to the landed interest if they should be the cause of breaking down the finances of the country ; and that on au occa sion when it was quite clear that the • mea sure proposed could not i n th e least •bene- fit the Agriculturist. If it were proposed to repeal taxes, before the debts, for the payment. of which they were imposed, had been liqui dated ; and before the terms of the resolution into which the House had entered, only two years ago, had been complied with, if it were proposed to repeal any taxes, that was not the tax which it would be proper to repeal. If one million and a half (and that was the utmost that could be gained by the repeal of the malt tax)—if one million and . a half of taxes were to be reduced, he . would rather take it, from the 'window tax, or from some other tax which he could Mention, the removal'Of weeld more universally beneficial than" that of the malt tax. 'He would protest against the false notien which was held Opt, that' the repeal orthat tax could -give anY relief to the diStresseS'ef the country. Nothing could triare fallacious than the hope of such relief. Under present circum stances, what relief, he would ask, could the taking off of one, or, .at.most, two millions and a half of taxes afford the country ? Any man who well understood the true interests of the people, could not maintain that that was the mode which sitould be followed for promoting the' indepen. deuce and welfare of the country. it did not devolve on him to maintain the propriety of the resolution into which the House had entered —it was enough that the House had so resolved, and the Honourable Mem ber for Eisex could not say -that any thing happened since. 1819 to induce the House to alter that resolution. He (Lord Castlereagh) was aware of, and felt as much as any man the de. pressed .state of the agricultural interests; but Hon. Gentlemen were in.the habit of generaliz ing —and not only of generalizing, but of exag gerating and colouring them too highly., But he would repeat it, that it was a false and most fal lacious notion, that the .agriculturists. could ob tain any, relief from the proposed repeal. It was on the question of low prices, and not of .taxation, that the depression of theagricultural interests rest ed. Although that tax did pot-go to the realiza tion of a s ur pl us of 5, 000,0001. as proposed in the resolution of 1819, yet there was much difference between having a surplus of 3,000„0001. and having none at all. It was their duty to maintain the pro gress they had already made. The House would 'allow him to call to their attention the reason why that tax had been originally proposed. It had been a matter of reproach to his Majesty's Ministers, and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, particu larly that they had suffered the finances of the country to relax, and allowed a quantity of Esc Chequer' Bills to float. That . had been made matter of reproach, and no' defence was made.---- Ministers did not wish to call on Parliament until they saw. what reductions could be made, and what 'sums would be necessary. On the pre sent there 'was -a reduction of 1,500,0001. com pared with last year, and they were examining what • further.- reductions'.., could be made..— (Hear, hear!)—Ministers-.had forborne to call on Parliament until they could see. what. could be done in the way of reduCtion, notwithstand ing that they . were often reproached with relaxing. the finances of the country.. It was on these grounds they. felt justified in the proposi tion .of 1819 to raise.3,ooo,Qool. to meet the ne cessary demands.. He. Would ask if the country 'could stand 'well at home or abroad; if after two years .they, should be obli ge d t o retrace 'their steps . and repeal, thr oug h th e M a lt tax, the ope rative system,.which they had thencommenced ? tiVaS the Hon. 'Member for Essex prepared to measure the inconvenience such conduct would prove to those whose cause he advocated ? What hopes would such an avowal give the public Credi tor ? He would contend that the measure itself would not operate any' practical relief; hut mate and deplorable distress. He would repeat what he had said" before, that the :question Was not between the House and tlie*GOVeroment, but betweenthe:House-and the country. He would not think it proper to be responsible for the Go vernment under the hazardous consideration that the public creditor ivas not placed beyond-danger: And he would:be sorry to be a party to theadininis tratiop if Parliament would refuse to place beyond despondency or danger the claims of the public creditor.. He thought it unbecoming in the Le gislature to recede, after declaring in 1819 that they .would not relax their efforts until they would . have established a surplus fund of five millions. The Noble Lord concluded. by say ing,: that he felt. he should on the present occa sion best performhis duty to the country, both to the manufacturers and agriculturists, by op posing a.measure, the effect of which would be, .to shake the public credit of the country, with out conferring any benefit on any class. Mr. COKE (of Norfolk) differed from the Noble Lord, as he considered the distress com plained of to arise from the .pressure of taxation. He gave his. most cordial support to the Bill be fore the House. The system which had been acted upon, and which.he had opposed for the last 25 years, had broughtthe country to the state to which he had always expected it would be brought., lie almost. regretted that he - had lived thus long to see the country in its present state. Dire taxation was the cause of the exist. ing distress. But it was said the public debt must not be reduced. God foibid that it should be. improperly reduced ; but in time, if something were not done, this might be come unavoidable. It was said the House must not break faith with the Public Creditor. But had this House not already . broken its faith ? He had been a Member of . the House for forty years,.and had uever known it to keep faith in any case, so that for his part he , had no faith in it at all. In his opinion a. reform of the 'system was necessary.. The Noble Lord had .said the re ,peal of the Malt Tax would'not benefit the iand ed interest. In reply, to this, he .would refer the Noble Lord to the experience of the years 1,815 and 1817. In those years barley was only 18s. the quarter.. The Malt. Tax was repealed, the . barley rose to a retnurierating price, and .no complaipt was heard On the subject till the Chancellor of the Exchequer, imposed a new. Malt. Tax.. The prico of barley upon this again. declined. He knew not.how the Noble Lord could answer the argurnent.su.pplied by these facts against his po sition,.and in favour s of the present Bill. . . Lord AJlAmtriroN : supported, the,. Bill, and was surprised to .hear it. contended . that the re peal of the Malt Tax. co u ld a ff or d no relief to the landed interdt. If, the Petitions, on the table did not convince the Noble Lord of the contrary, he knew not ,what could produce that effect. A Noble Lord 'who favoured the repealof tbe Malt . Tax had recently been removed. from a situation which be-held.. It must be iqferred. that lie had. been' so removed on account of. his . havinc. , :voted for this : Bill. In, his opinion 'that Noble Lord" had 'done himself honour by the course he had taken in conformity with the wishes of the coun- %WC re--- try Forttmic‘lf, .at,l .. Pro..•e'd of the present 13W, and waS 7coriSeq den t opposed , to the fax- whiCh it wa intended to:repeal. A.4eductioti-of ekpenditure was ':necessary, but it was in•vain-to hone for this from the present Ministers, unless the means of . continuiaig-it were taken from them by repeal of the taxes. - • - • Lord 'FIFE rose amidst a loud and general call • rei. the question. Ire was riot ,ambitions of oc cupying ..the valuable time. of ..the Mouse. He assured them he felt.disposed to .go home to his bed, but he could not well keep silence after the allusions made to him. He had no hesitation in saying, with regard to the place he lately held, that a diSmissal from it .was not necessary at the present time, unless it:was to serve some political motives. A considerable time ago, was.. his, wish,..and he was in readiness to retire„ being convinced it was impossible to dis Charge the du satisfaction. Last year he felt desirous to leave it, and it was 'no . ihcohvenience . ..to . be deprived of it, but ,he considered the time chosen to make the communication that his'Majesty'S Ministers had no further use for his services, was not the proper time. He was ordered to attend his Majesty to Ireland, and iMmediately . after a vote Oren in that Reuse, the communication was Made . dispensing with his 'services. The vote he gave was without Party spirit. It 'did not differ from the vote he gave last year on the same 'ques tion. He considered fhe'rePeal'of the Malt Tax rendered necessary by the state of the country ; he did not repent the vote he had give& Having troubled the House upon the allusion of the Noble Lord, he expressed a hope that G entlemen would indulge-him with the opportunity of 'stating why he - gave that vote:- •It had . hitherto been held that resistance,- when not successful, was not IL crime,- but in the present instance the case differed: -Acting - last -year with the minority, no observation was made ; but voting- with the majority, he was visited by censure. However, his future conduct would shew that he was with out feeling of enmity. He should always do his duty independently, as, far as it was possible.— In. _loyalty to, the Throne and attachment to the Monarch, he would bp true as the dial to the sun. With reference to the Measurewhich he opposed, it appeared unjust and impolitic in principle; and painful and ruinous in the result. The Rt. Hon. Gentleman had no reason tO 'complain of fixed opposition from Gentlemen 'Who came North of the Tweed; blit with respect to the Malt Tax, it was opposed in the North because it was a measure which greatly - increased the - distresses of agriculture. Lord - FOLKESTONE rose amidst loud cries of question. lie began by defending himself-against some imputations that had been thrown out 'against him on a former night, relative to whathe had said of the fundholders, and- then proceeded to discuss the subject before the House. It had been said this tax was intended to pro duce a Sinking Fund ; and he wished to know. where this Sinking Fund was to be found. It had been said that there would be a sur-, plus of five millions a , year for that fund, and now it appeared • that the surplus did not amount to two millions. How absurd then must it be to . talk of a Sinking _Fund, when no such thing' . could ,be. created. 'As to the_ imputa tion against him that he had recommended a deduction from the interest of the national debt, he had not said that there should be annnwil lingness to pay the interest, but that it would be . impossible to pay it; an d th a t i ns t an c e s might occur in which it would be' a greater breach of faith' to the public to pay the interest, than it would be to the - fundholders tO stop the payment of intereit. Therefore the withholding the inter rest would not at . all times " be a breach of faith. —lt had been said, that one might as well come and take away the property of- the land owner. Indeed we were coming' to that state at last, for the_owners of land were now nothing more than tenants at will, obliged to band over all their income to the. fnndholders, who were now enjoying the advantages that could be en joyed in the country. • • Mr. WODEIIOeSE said, he should persist in giving his vote in favour of the motion. Mr. WESTERN rose to speak in reply.. He de nied the assertion of the Noble Lord, that he bad taught the farmers to be dissatisfied with this tax; but, on the contrary, the farmers had deputed him to bring . for Ward this measure, in Order to do away the tax. He could assure the then -Minis ters, that if the burthens of - the people 'were not soon lowered, the people would very soon struct that House. There could be no econoinY or - retrenchment, unless the' Members, 'of that House came forward and insisted on its taking place. He had already stated, and he would - re Peat 'his statement, that this tax had the effect of reducing the consnmptibn of corn, and therefore . operated to the ruin ofthe,agriculturist ;, and if the Go vernment went ,oh :taxing the country, they would every, day be..exhansting its productive powerS, and 'taxes, instead 61increasing,..Woald be every day diminiShed. The quetion was now loudly called for, and .he House proceeded .to a divisioni the nurabrs. For the Second Reading !Against it .% 7 - 242 - Majority against the..3 ; i4. 7r - - 7- 7 - 98 It :was consequently lost...,4tnangers .were not again. admitted 0,411e. n . Gallery, at, P o'CLocii,the Mouse Adjourned, „ The laws appear to hold out no terror to the really wicked; for in spite of the clreadful sentences which many were ceiving for their crimes at the Kent Assizes; others were burly employed in picking the lioel-efs'of the'spectators and those who were engaged in the tisiness..oS tho.C"rt ; .Zarpor t oli axe the, instance of this kind which haye occurred dy.ring the last week, and same of - them to a I,:irre'arriount.' • -- - A Requisition, most uurneronsly and 'respec= tP,bly signed, Was on Friday - presente'd. to •the Mayor, requesting him to convene a- :Meet ing of the Inhabitants of to• take into consideration the propriety. -of petition ing the House -of Lords to reject -the 13i11' now pending in Parliametit for Catholic Emanci pation. The .Mayor. has. _given notice. That a' tirig" for this. pli,rpos.e.. lie' hoTiden the' Coiiit' Ilall to-morrow morning' (this day), ..at eleveu o'clock.—(Maidstone Journal ; dpril 3.) lA. - IV - INT E I, T.; rGENCE: . . COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 3. , N ATI ON.III. 141EDALS. DIUDIE THOM4.SON & JONES.-r-INJUNCTIO In this ease; it will be in the recollettion.oif our Iteaders. an Injunction had been granted by the .Loan 6IANCELL6II, .reStraining fendauts from striking off or disposing olf shield;, which they had advertised as their . 6wni invention, and which had been ornarriented with half copies (dies struck :on". one side) 'of the; plaintitr s medals. Th e p r i nc ip a l f ac t s in sup..., port of the plaintiff's case appeared-in..l'lft: Su* at the time the InjunCtiOn was obtained. After hearing Counsel on-both sides,lbe CIIANCELLOit, intimated that the notice of motion was only relative, to the s hi e ld an d the medals MI IL Of course, the: plaintiff could not ha v e morelliatt 'he asked for by - his motion ; and as•tha.t was done away with, he was of opinion that there 6X-, isted no grounds for continuing th e I n j unc ti on) and accordingly dissoAved SURREY LENT ASSIZES.--KtmosTox,qui. 2. BANK OF ENGLAND OSECOTI ONS.—SC Vera 1 persons pleaded , Guilty .to the minor Offence o f knowingly having in -their posSession; with Out lawful excuse, forged Bank Notes, and severally received .sentence. of transportation for.l4yean. COACH RoanING.--Sotonton Joseph' was in: dieted for stealing, at 'Newington, On - the t3d of August last, 400 . gold sovereigns, the pro- . perty of Messrs. Whitmore and Co. . There ; were other counts, laying the property, to be in other persons. It appeared in evidence, that on the '23d of August last, a parcel, cont.aiOs ing four hundred 'gold sovereigns, was sent .frons the Golden Cross, Charing Cross ; by the ai x chester Coach, directed to Messrs. Hack, Dandy and Co. of Chicliester: 'there was but one inside Passenger in the coach. When the coach arrived at the Elephant and Castle, St. George's-fields, it : stopped for about five minutes' to take u outside paSiengeri and luggage. Wh e n it st o pp e d to - change the horses at the first stage out of town the inside passenger, who had paid his fare to Chichester, was missing. This excited some suspicion in the coachman, and on search: ing the coach seats, where the parco had' been locked up, it was also discovered .tb be gone. It, appeared upon inquiry that . the in. side passenger had left the coach when it stop at the Elephant and Castle, and no doubt *as entertained that he had carried off the parcel with him. The question was, whether the pri saner was the man. An alibi was proved, and the Trisoner was in consequence acquitted. AGRICULTURE, &c. MONTHLY REPORT FOR MArrcn.—Crops or every description have a healthful appearance, and only wait for the refreshing showers and mild temperature of spring to burst into Fuxi. uriance. Considering all circumstances, the lands have been generally well tilled, and . vast stocks of cattle reared and fed. The 'seeds have been got in early. Much wheat was sown in the bean planting season in various parts, and barley ; and in few seasohs has so little of sernination remained to be com pleted, as in the present. Out-door stock has done well, and such continues to be the rat with the lambs, of which the fall is great and successful for the most part. FRom TRu LONDON GAZETTE, Apßir, 3. Commission in the Northern Regiment of Local NHlrtia'of Northumberland.—William Orde, Esq. to be Lieut.-Colonel Commandant, vice St. Paul, deceased. • • Commissions signed by the Lea Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk.--Thomas Caltho7e..Blofeld, clerk, to be Dcputx Lieutenant; Jeremiah Ives, Esq.. to be ditto; John Johns* Tuck, Esq: to be ditto. Commission in the lstßegiment of Royal Surrey John W. Shelton, Esq. Adjutant, to be Captain by Brevet.. BANKRUPTS. MaheiTy, Welbmk-street, Marylebone, coaeli-manuf:.c turer, to surrender April 7, 14, and May 15, at twelve,.a4 Guildhall. Attornics , Messrs. Barlett end BettlOrne,'Nich.). las-lane. J..Bigsby,'De'ptford, brewer, April 14, at ten,_ and May , 15, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, 'Messrs. Os. baldeston and :11urrav; Londotistreet, Venchilich-street.' • ;-'" C. Coupland; jun. It. Copland-, F. Coupland, , Leeds, - York's shire, ano. E. C.ouplar.d, Salford,.Larcashire, spirit-merch a nt , s 4 April 7, 21, and Alay 15; at' one, at Guildhall, London. 'At torney, Mr.' Wiglosivofth, P. Dewsbury, Altrincham, Clieshie, corn-dealer, April ,7 ; 9; mid May..ls, at two, at the _Star Inn, Manchester. - A ttartu t Messts. Bitindrett; Spinks, - anti Reddish, Teniple, Lcriunn ; " an&Mr. Altrincham. • . ' • -•• • •-'• • .•• • P. Cape, Britignorth, Shropshire, .grocer, .4: . n11 17, at five, 18, and May 15, at ten, at' the Crown Inn, ,Dritignorth. 'At- • tornies, Messrs. Benbow and Alban,' Lincoln's inn; Lor.&v . t• and Mr.'llidding„C'oalbrook Dale, Shropshire. . - W. Holding, DeVonshire-street, queen-square, ma: April lb,•and May. ir), •at one, at Gillian:ll. fat`totiges, 3.lessrs..lVatleson and Son, Austin-friars. • • • • • B. Troughton„se»ior, and .1. Troughton. Wood-stxeet, sak, throWsters; April 7, 21, and May 'l5, elvien; . at Attorney, Mr. James, Backlersbuty.,•Cheapside., •• .• IltVlJ lJ nS.. . 3ray.l,. If H..Purgess and .7: - übbard, street,.woolstapiers--Arirr. S, • George and R. Webb, Briao tol,- sugar re4iiwt.s--i4ay..„.5, T. 'iVorth, Talbot-c9n,rt, Glace ; church-street,:hab"esdasher—Aiidr .t. Rains, VCAPt'i: l 4- ; thercharlL- - -As - ;141"14;`•?: Atistin4 Gregor}, . arid . 1 1tisson,..Bath,,irabetdashers,-- April 26, •T•.-.Story,„Huuwozz',l,•-• Norfok, miller—April 26, S. Copland, Holt, Norfolk,.miller— April ..?5, Pisilop Wreamiouth griad .arid 26, C. Seaman arid. G..Etherlthse, Norlvicti, goldsalit4s.',.., April 24, J. Grover, - - linendraper--2Aip:ll i J. Peter, Dorking,' 'Surrey, That buriiei-April A. 'KOtyi•Colonnade, jeiteller and .silver.smith--.4pri1411;.11,..-Farrer, Bread-street,. Cheap. .sideovatchouSernan--April'2B, 131ackbc - nri", Witham, E55,,..7., corn factbr=—Ari'il "21;;W: Wilfans, South Shieldc 19tir...aini, • - •• • • v . , C4RTIFICAXE.S., P.C. 13.' Pryer, tire/tin-IS:1.e; 11r , ,nt, Live?. • 'Whitec . hapcl;road.-.'"pluniber--.T. .13Iogg, A11der,544,a9.-strgq4kielireilMA'll-..1344,1311, ' Lancashire, fartner--.T. 400n4 , ,,,, Coventry-, build .pil—j„ Rut; ;; ,,j, t • .• Lancashire.:-Trillicr--4..3,TrehttneT,ltNetei, litiversatitlty•-4..".41. derlOn„ Nrcss Smithflt‘ld, reatliti fattor. • • • • PAR•TNF,I3 SHT-P8...r) , • G.Witberby, andj. 1v.11, ; ,n 4 .i. 1 .1 and J. .11,; . ..14;.Nel.tc.;O:gtfeitr' dealer - s.-I:::.C,oniiet• V. I.ktith, -T. Pemberton and H. Laughter,, Holbtr.-:-. g - Atulley, 117:.•,11c05.t.h„ Totter,. ton-sti-et•t,' tratid:•Lj. 6.ear?part and: ,t ‘ir.ll,•Taylthe. 02.equ01v0•••,.; nil .G.'Smtt, ALL— - cbestcr, porter-dcalcr3.--d. and and corncr,lVltitt. , y, importers--fir. andT. Bails od, i ',SkiAtton itt►Crave), Yozic.. , slite common b,..ewer54.1 , 7: .f i t t 6;14 L.. Dutt, Wymonds. ham, Norfolk, :65 . ril••<' - inerdia"'nt.... -end" j.• Wzigloy„ ar hurgeons;-:J: SV-9it'S &CIA fia.gtl; Winpirinz • - Tritto'. Vomit, ztlen - tett, t , Orig;*. , Wrr# l 3r4, wall v pottem.---T 4 ,•V.-Aiw. , .d and J. Ni.c 0 . 4. 1 4 , gr, :WeppiDg, ccopePi —J. fo G. 'C,Gokr..eY, tedfor.l-fow,, serlcyors. -•- ,