The Sun. — London, England, 1822-03-26 00:00:00

-seems e to be om the the ex- nicious ;ndance m evil, rabun- consid remedy , which tionable tets, he e consi-. s to the us COM ;evenue Lation of 00,000; 1001," v corn ! we can with the s.. The g, (pro , ' tependsl country lcremed )(hieing of flog' of the lernand, 30 large, 'e insde atrumnt ous that being S 9 1 re -expended as to increase the number of unproductive con , earners, and to lessen the number of producers, it would have the direct effect of diminishing the gross amount of annual wealth created by the country ! It would enlarge the demand, a nd diminish the supply.—Supnose, on the other hand, a coun try having millions of its people unemployed, in which there is a vast power of production dormant, though there is very little P e ctigh—in which, though supply could be immensely ex tended, there is not a sufficient stimulus to production,—not an adequate and efficient demand.—lt is obvious that in such a c ountry the remission of every tam would be injurious, by add- Tg to the number of unemployed labourers, and at the same time d iminishing the number of those whose demand caused employ- Ment, and consequently production. The remission of every tax • w ould diminish both the demand and the supply, and thus render that country, however poor, still poorer than it was be fore th e abolition of the tax.—ln the case of Ireland, it-would be beneficial to enri6h a portion of the unemployed peasantry, io order that by their demand and consumption they might give birth to the employinent of and production by the otherpor tion of the people now unemployed, and unproductive-of wealth ither f or themselves or others. Such an imposition of taxes in I reland, therefore, if the view which we have taken be correct, as would convert one-half of her idle and unproductive pea santry into consumers of a superior class, would greatly add to, in -Btead of diminishing, the national wealth; and, by the demand for labour which it would occasion, and the proportionate share of lthe produce of that labour which would necessarily fall to the n : of the labourers, would rapidly elevate the whole popula won to 'a condition of comfort greater even than that enjoyed by the People of England. The position which we have here laid down is of immeasur able importance in political science i and we should be glad to ' I I 24 et it rigidly investigated by ourintelligent Correspondents, or others. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. .Letters whi c h h a ve be e n received from the Agricultural dis tricts this morning, are far from being of a satisfactory nature. to Norfolk and Suffolk, a very bad spirit is abroad, and even the farmers now do not express their distress by grumbl - but in plain and intelligible language. At Snape, in . 1 1,ffolk, one gentleman, a few days ago, had his stack-yard and all his premises destroyed, and only a sudden change I f wind saved the village itself from destruction. During the whole of last week, many firings have taken place ;horses ''are been shot, and much property destroyed in different Parts of these two distressed counties. The farmers complain //tore of heavy expences, and want of demand for their pro duce, than of low prices ; but they cannot conceive what bene fit would be conferred on them by levying heavy taxes, in order that the receivers of these taxes may be enabled to return them 'again to the formers in exchange for their productions. The rgolnents on this subject want much explanation before they can c comprehended by mercantile or agricultural men. It is a tinge paradox to assert that a seller can. be benefited by ibis 141 virig money to a buyer, in order that the buyer may be enabled to Pay him, the seller, for his property.. This, however, appears t ° be one of the strange doctrines of these strange times.—. There is a large arrival of all kinds of grain at Mark-lane, and e Corn.market continues in its usual state of dulness. The g u ' l le.iit white wheat is saleable at 58s. a quarter, but every other oescription is lower, and sales cannot be effected at 2s. to 3s. a 9naiter less than the quotations of last week. The best malt 'lV Barley cannot be sold above 255. Stained and inferior 7. l 4l nPles are 15s. to 18s. Potatoe Oats are worth 255. for the ~Aest quality. Other descriptions sell at all pricel3, from 12s. to " 3 * a quarter. Flour is very dull, the finest at 5Gs., and other i tta go as low as 375. a sack. The quartern loaf ought, con sequently, to be cheap, but the quality of it must be less fine, proportion to the reduction in its price.--In provi. ° 4B the same dulness exists. There is a great quantity of Batter in. the Market, which has been held over for betVir paces, and of which consequently the quantity has seen daily In creasing. The trade, in consequence of the open weather, is arises great measure supplied by English growth, and hence u r ist - s — a difficulty in disposing of the Irish. It has in many quarters been proposed that Irish Butter should get a farther pr eference by the imposition of an additional duty on Foreign ' t atter and Cheese, but there are well-informed merchants w oo think that it would be highly hostile to the welfare °f the comm u nity to impose any additional restraints on F oreign Commerce. These Gentlemen, indeed, believe that Lo remove the restrictions on Foreign Trade 'is the best and only relief which even the Farmers should look to, if they reflect calmly on their present interest, and future pro aPeets, for an -a.dvance in the wages of the labouring classes can alone create a steady demand for farming produce ; and this advance can be best obtained by a liberal interchange of commodities with Foreign Nations.—This is a holiday at the Bank of England, and very little business has been.done in the Public Funds. The Consols opened at 801 1, and closed at 80k j, being a shade lower than on Saturday. The Spanish Bonds still continue in demand, and they have been done at 64. There was 'a general idea that these securities had. been sold in Holland at 70, b u t thi s i s not t h e f act.— l t . reported that a private express from Paris brings the price of the French Fives on Saturday, at 90, being a tthan alf per cent. higher the last price. There are lle tters r from St. Petersburgh of the 2d, and from Ham 'l4'o of the 19th current. The exchanges are lower in both Places. The quotations from St. Petersburgh are 911 21-32. Amsterdam is 2, and Hamburgh 1 Grots. lower, Of the Rus 54Lan Tariff nothing further is known. It is understood that the Emperor has gone' to Warsaw, from whence he was to pro ceed to the Army on the Pruth. On the whole the news are ' l ; 3 t pacific. There are no later accounts from Turkey or (?reece. Many intelligent Greek Gentlemen still doubt the death of Ali Pacha. The whole story has an improbability about it, and it first came from Corfu, where many falsehoods and calumnies against Greece have had their origin.—(Morning taronicle.) The following is one of the reports in. circula tion concerning, the arrest of the four English merchants at ° Paris, to which we have before a lluded. 'The Police having received informa tion that M. MACERONE, known by his political Ivritings on Naples, was expected at Paris, and that he had-sent forward a man on horseback to Itr. WILLIAMS, one. of these gentlemen, to ac quaint him with his approaching arrival, a police qicer was sent to Mr. WILLIAMS'S lodgings, Midi instructions to examine his papers. Mr. \VILLIAMS was on the point of setting out on his return to this country, but he was detained until Lis papers were inspected ; and there happening to be three other Englishmen lodging in the same Louse, they were in like manner detained, as "yell as every person in the house. After the examination of Mr. WILLIAMS'S papers was con tiude4, and the house searched without finding INIAcErtoNE, all the parties were released. WILLIA]sts we understand left Paris for 'London on Wednesday last. Letters from Hamburgh, dated the 19th inst. 4 nd received yesterday by the way of Holland, 4 Peak with the utmost certainty as -to the war between Russia and Turkey, and add, that se veral speculations bad been entered into in' con formity with that expectation. They reason too 14 this way, that the Emperor ALEXA.NDEII. has 11 ° 1 v upwards of 200,000 men near the Turkish f i rontiers, in which the most material expence has een in'curred, and therefore cannot• recede.— ?tally mercantile letters, received yesterday from Paris . , speak exactly in the same tone respecting the expected rupture betwei'n Turkey and Russia. A Gentleman who left Lisbon on the 9th inst. C onsequently several days later than the advices received .by the last packet . , states, that the Por tuguese Government and Cortes had received in formation of the recent occurrences in Rio Ja lleiro, previous to his departure. Letters from Cadiz, dated sth inst. and re volved by the mail of yesterday, allude to the great expectations the inhabitants of that mer cantile,city entertained of the present Cortes de claring it to be a free port ; in which case, no doubt, a great revival in trade may be expected. The Seizure of Arms Act expired yesterday, the 25th of March. The LORD MAYOR has appointed the Common hall to be held on Thursday next, and not Fri ;lay, as announced yesterday—to petition Par lament for a reform in the representation, and a reduction in the public expenditure. Lyle, uself de anti seem ided cou. )tain felo !raid town it of were the only akea ica. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of CaSSillis, from their seat in Scot land ; the Earl of Abergavenny, from his seat, Eridge Castle, Sussex; the Duke of Bedford, from his seat, Woburn Abbey ; Earl Clarendon, from his seat, the Grove, Watford ; the Mar chioness of Westmeath, from Brighton ; Lord Newborough,at Payne's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Oxford ; W. Casa major, Esq. at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, from a tour . ; Thomas Ashworth, at ditto,_ from a tour ; Thos. Aubray, Esq. at ditto, from his seat, Oring House, BuCks; Sir Warren Pea Cock, Bart. at Kirkham'S hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Brighton; Col. Loveton, at ditto, from a tour ; the Earl of Denbigh, at the Clarendon Hotel, from Melton Mowbray ; James 'liaise, Esq. at the Pulteney Hotel, from Portsmouth. DEPARTURES.---The Marquis and 'Marchioness of Chandos, for Steivie ; Mrs. Cope, from Kirkham's Hotel, for her seat, Cottage House, Tunbridge Wells ; Lord and Lady Holland and family, for Holland House. Jo-) F "A. • , yt 42Arre ,e" foo - L c, ' 1! • ti4v l W; - .x4t , . FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Countess Lieven's - assembly dr Sunday evening, in Islarley strem, was attended by a very elegant and numerous assem blage of fashionables, among whom were—Prince Lardarin Cimitalii, Princess Esterhazy, Count and Countess Munster, Count and Countess St. Antonio, the Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox, the Marchioness of Salisbury, the Mar chioness of Hertford, Ear/ of Westmorland and Lady G. Fane, Baron Pagel, CountekSes of Clare and Glengall, Lady J. Fitzgibban, &c : _ _ ifewager . Lady Neave had a select fashionable party yester day evening , at her house in Albemarle-street. The Marquis Of Londonderry has issued cards of invitation for a party on Saturday next at his house in St. James's-square. The Earl s of Westmorland has issued cards of invitation for an entertainment on the ISt of April at his house in Grosvenor square. ' On Sunday the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended Divine service at St. George's Chapel, Hanover-square. Last night the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester honoured Covent-Garden Theatre with their presence. The subscription for the National 51onunnent of Scotland amounts at present to 24,0901 17s. sd. The freedom of the City of Cork has been voted to Lord Bearhaven, to be presented in a silver box. It is quite impossible to credit a report which is exceedingly prevalent in the literary circles, that the Emperor of. Russia is at this moment negotiating for the purchase of the Royal Li brary at Buckingham House.—Every volume, in this splendid assemblage of books, was collected by his late Majesty; for when he came to the Throne, what was then considered the Royal Library, (except a curious body of facetiae, in all lan guages, collected. by George II.) was given to the British nseum by the Hing.—lt is true that the Houghton collection of ° Pictures are deposited in the Imperial Museum at St. Peters burgh ; but it would aue bad taste, and very inferior policy indeed, in the feeling of those most interested, under any cir cumstances, to permit a transfer so little creditable to the nation. —( Morning Chronicle. ) POETRY. THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF MARCH. • BY A TENANT. That " when a Lady's in the case, All other things of course give place,"* Was once a doubt with me, friend GAY; But LADY Day the fait-expfains, • lVho never comes but she distrains, And carries all my things away ! • GAY'S Fables. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING 7 ROOM, 311.tncli 25.—STATE or THE ODDS, WORTH. RIDDLE: 3 to 1 agst Midsummer 4 to 1 agst Aquilina NEWMARK 9 to 4 agst The Stag ' 4to 1 agst Frolic 5 to 1 agst Mockbird. ET STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Stamford. BY. 15 to 1 agst Mystic 17 to 1 agst Stamford 22 to 1 agst Vertigo 25 to 1 agst any other • 13 to 2 agst Aquilino 7 to 1 agst Duke of York's Whalebone c. 7 to I agst Sycorax 13 to 1 agst Bro. to Antonio OA 5 to 1 agst Pastille 11 to 2 agst Cat KS. I 7to 1 agst Rosalind 9 to 1 agst' Ttppitywitehet. ST. LEGER. I 20 to 1 agst Marion I 25 to 1 agst Dupore 20 to 1 agst Euphrosyne 30 to 1 agst Akarius 30 to 1 agst Miss Wortley. 21 to 2 agst Swapp 21 to 2 agst Ajax 13 to 1 agst Newbyth 16 to 1 agst Sycorax 20 to 1 agst Mandan HUNTING INTEULIGENCE. MEETINGS FOR THE PRESENT WEEP. His. Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Langley Broom. The Hambledon Hounds, on Friday, at Stephen's Castle Down. Mr. Chaworth's Fox-hounds, on Wednesday, at Blather wick; and on Friday, at Kirby. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Thursday, at Stratford Hill ; and on Friday, at Hartnell Green. The Oakley Hounds, on Tuesday, at Snelson ; Thursday, at Swineshead ; and on Saturday at Bletsoe. The Quorndon Hounds, on lues4ay, at Beaumanor ; Fri day, at Coleorton Hall ; and on Saturday, at Bardon Hill. The Barl of Derby's Stag-hounds, on Tuesday, at Walton Heath. H. Jolliffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds, on Thursday, atWalton Heath. The Harriers, every day. Earl Fitzwilliam's . Hounds, on Wednesday, at Brampton Wood ; and on Friday, at Broughton Furze. Sir Richard `Suttons HoundS; . on Wednesday, at Kettle thorpe ' • Thursday, at the Halfway House on the Newark road; and on Saturday, at WKaghy. The Gillingham Fox-hounds, on Tuesday, at the Tower on the Moor ; Thursday, at Holme Wood ; and on Saturday, at Burwell. Mr. Meynell's Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Wooton; and on Saturday, at Blithfieht The Earl of Darlington's Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Stone Bridge Laver-Banks ; Thursday, at Tunstall Village ; and'ori Saturday, at Kirby. Wisk. The Lambton Fox Hounds, on Tuesday, at Woodwell House ;. Thursday, at Ravensworth ; and on Saturday, at Castle Eden. The Northumberland Fox Hounds, on Friday, at Styford. T.UE THEATRE.---The novelty last night at Drury-lane Theatre was the appearance of Miss S. BOOTJI as Cora; in the Tragedy 'of Pizarro, and it may be fairly said that the part hes never been represented with more truth and pa thetic expression. This tribute to the merit of an actress, who by all accounts is highly esti mable in her private character, was strongly supported by the general sympathy and applause of the audience. The peculiar excellence of Mr. KEMBLE, the original representative of Rolla, must in no slight degree be impressed on the public mind ; but in justice to Mr. KEAN, it must be acknowledged that he renders it alto gether striking and impressive. Mr. COOPER deservedly rises more and more in public esteem, and his performance of A/swizo is well calculated to strengthen his professional repute. Miss EDMISTON was the Elvira, and with more practice she is likely to be a very useful addi tion to the London Stage.—The Play-altogether has so much bustle, variety, and force, tat it still excites a powerful interest. An Irish Paper observes, that two women have been taken into custody charged with being White Boys. A little crooked fellow, with a parenthesis pair of legs, was the other day complaining of his poverty to a friend., who thus consoled him—" Why. ! poor you may be, Dicx; but depend upon it you will never be in-kneed I" DONCASTER COURT OF CHANCERY.—(Turs DAY.) INJUNCTION. LAWRENCE V. SMITH. This morning the LORD CHANCELLOR directed Mr. WETHERALL to proceed with his argument, in answer to Mr. SHADW ELL, who was heard on Thursday last in support of the injunction which had been obtained to restrain the de fendant from publishing a series of Lectures on Physiology Zoology, &c. delivered by the plaintiff at the Royal College of Surgeons in Lincoln's Inn-fields, it being contended that the Copy-right of such work was vested ex clusively in the plaintiff; the ground upon which it was sought to dissolve the injunction was, that in many parts of the Lectures the Immortality of the Soul was denied, and that being contrary to the Christian Religion, and Law of the Land, did not entitle the plaintiff to the protection of the Courts of either law or equity in this country. The LORD CHANCELLOR was of the same opinion, and stated that until a Court of Law had shewn the book to be entitled to their protection, the injunction could not be sus tained.—lnjunction dissolved. _ MERCANTILE SHINING, &c. DEAL, MARCII 25.—Wind W. by S.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Eliza, Hunt, from the Isle of France ; Lord Castlereagh, Thompson, from St. Domingo ; the latter remains for orders. Came down from the River the Canasta, Davison, for Havannah ; Cybele, Hecker, for Miramichi ; Minerva, Betsey, fol- Leghorn ; William, Young, for Naples ; Venelia, Thompson, for Batavia ; Prince of Orange, Moncrief e for New South Wales ; Clio, W. Indus, for Norfolk ; Hero, New. ick, for Miramichi, and several more, particulars unknown; remain with the Asia, Canning, and London Indiamen, and several coasters. SEVEN O'CLOCK.—Wind W.N.W. fresh breezes. PORTSMOUTH ; 11Liacii 25.—Sailed the Eliza, Hunt, far London. It blows very hard this morning froth westward ; to wards evening it blew round to N.N.W. Arrived the Allies, Kirton, from the Downs for Buenos Ayres. FALMOUTH; MARCH 24.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Enterprize, Horkin, from London. Sailed the Lady Welling ton packet for the Islands; and Duke of Kent, for Lisbon. _ EfAnwrcH, MAncx 25.—Wind W.N.W.—:Arrived the La Belle Alliance, Welman, from Brussels to London, broke her cable, and lost an anchor, with several others for shelter, blow. ing a fresh gale. The William Money, for India, and twenty sail of outward bound merchantmen, are lying at Portsmouth, waiting for a fair wind. It, has been incoreectly stated, that " the Revenue Cruisers have been again placed under the directions of tile Lords of the Treasury, instead of the Board of Admiralty." The Revenue Cruisers in England have been placed under the direc tions of the Board of Customs, and the whole of the Preven tive Water Guard in England has been transferred from the im mediate superintendence of the Treasury to the Commissioners of Customs. No change has been made in regard to the Reve nue Cruisers in Scotland ; there, the Tugged nature of the coast, and the stormy elements which surround it, compel the smuggler to carry on his operations in vessels of greater size and force.— The largest Cruisers are, therefore, required for the protection of the Revenue, and these remain under the direction of the Board of Admiralty. RELIGIOUS EDUCATION of the IRISH PEASANTS. Yesterday a General Meeting was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of forming an Auxiliary Society in London, in aid of the Society established in Ireland for pro moting the education of the Irish peasarits through the medium of their own language. At two o'clock the Bishop of Gloucester (one of the Vice- Patrons of the Parent Society) took the Chair, and opened the business in an excellent speech. The Secretary (the Rev. Mr. Serr) then read the Report, which stated, among a variety of facts, that the labours of the Society had extended over a great part of the disturbed dis tricts, and had distributed 146 translations in Irish of the New Testament ; and wherever the agents of the Society had made their appearance, they were received by the peasantry, who on being addressed in their own language, had often shed tears at the eloquence of the speakers, and some of them have de clared they would follow. the Missionaries to the world's (Cheers:)—Translations of the Bible had been scattered over the Isle of NI an, the inhabitants of which place were much im proved by them. The Report then proceeded in very powerful terms to recommend that the Scripture be delivered to the pea santry in their own language, and concluded by making an animated appeal to the meeting for their subscriptions to carry on the benevolent objects of their assembling. The Bishop of Nonwicn spoke in approbation of the society; and concluded by proposing a resolution, That a society called the London Auxiliary Society for promoting the education of the native Irish, be established. Lord LILF ORD seconded the resolution. Mr. WILBERFORCE took a review of the Societies which had been established for religious purposes, and expressed his conviction that disseminating the Scriptures in the Irish lan guage, among the peasantry would be attended with the most beneficial effects. Lords Calthorpe, Gosford, arid lAlford, Sir Thomas Baring, the lion. C. Shore, and several other Gentlemen, also addressed the Meeting; and it was decided that this Society should be considered as a branch of the Parent Society, and be called the London Auxiliary Society for promoting religion among the Irish in their own language, which title it was determined should be referred to the Committee. BRIGHTON, MARCH 24.—The KING continues in the enjoyment of excellent health. His MA JESTY attended Divine Service this morning in his private chapel. In the pew with the Sove reign were the Lord Steward and the Hanoverian Ambassador. His MAJESTY was plainly hahited in blue, and wore a star. We have heard from a source of intelligence On which we can rely, that his MAJESTY is not to honour Scotland with his presence this sum mer.—(Glasgow Paper.) The Gibraltar Chronicle, of the 4th instant, says,—" It having been ascertained at Marseilles that the yellow fever was completely at an end in Spain, the Board of Health of that City has withdrawn its order of the 26th of September last, forbidding the admission of vessels coming from that kingdom or the Balcarac Islands ; and, accordingly, they will henceforth be allowed to perform, quarantine in the Lazaretto of Marseilles or Toulon." HOWARD AND GIBBS'S BANKRUPTCY.—The contest for the Election of Assignees in this Bankruptcy came I on again; at the Court of Commissidners, yesterday, at twelve o'clock, pursuant to the orders of his Honour the Vice-Chan cellor and of the Lord High Chancellor, on an appeal affirming thedecision of his Honour. The Lists were closed at half-past four, 'and at five o'clock the result was declared as follows : For Shaw, Hermon, and Chappell, 31,1351. 9s. 2d., and for Pugh, Duff, and Wilkie, 22,9701. Bs. 5d., being a majority for Shaw, Hermon, and Chappell; of 8,165, Os. 9d., and they were accordingly declared duly elected, and the Commissioners ad journed to the following day to execute the assignments. DIAMOND CROSS.—Two men, a hackney coach man and an errand man at the Hotels at the West end of the town, were examined before J. E. CONANT, Esq. at Marl borough-street Office, as to their possession of a rich gold en amelled diamond cross, said to be worth from 2001. to 3001. It was ascertained that it was found by a coachman near Almack's on Thursday'evening last, and the owner having been discover ed, it was restored to him. NORTHAMPTON, MARCH 23.—Yesterday, pursuant to his sentence at our late Assizes, was executed on the New Drop at the County Gaol, George Jennings, indicted by the name of George Julyan, alias Jeßings., for stealing six sheep, the pro perty of Charles. "White, of Brigstock. NORTIITIMBERLAND.-At 10 o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, Mark Lawson and William Currie, convicted of highway robbery at the late 'Northumberland Assizes, were executed, pursuant to their sentence, in front of the Gaol Quay, at Morpeth. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, MARCII 25. The following papers were presented at the bar, viz.—certain accounts, pursuant to act of Parliament, from the Treasury ; Irish Grand' Jury Presentments and Commitments, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ireland ; An nual Returns of the Trade and Navigation of the. United Kingdom ; and. an Account of the -But ter and Cheese imported into Great, Britain from the Customs; the Eighth Report on the Bridges and Roads in the Highlands of Scotland, from the Commissioners.—The Malt Duty Bill was read a second time. The Earl of, BLESINTON, in moving the se, cond reading of the Bill for Registering Irish Deeds, said a few words in explanation of► its object, which appeared still to be misunderstood. lie observed, that it made no alteration in the law on the subject, as had erroneously been sup posed ; and that the objections which had been made to it in Ireland, on account of its clashing with the acts of the 6th and Bth of _Queen Ann, were not well founded. He should have' some amendments to propose in the Committee, when he understood that a Noble and Learned Lord (we believe Lord Redesdale) who disapproved of the measure would be present. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in the absence of his Noble and Learned Friend, stated that he un derstood it to be his opinion that a short Bill, to amend the ACt Of the Bth of Queen Ann, would be sufficient, without creating any of the offices contemplated by the present Bill.—The Bill was then read a second time, and 'ordered to be committed on' Friday.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WAREHOUSED CORN. Mr. WILSON held in his hand a Petition from certain Mer-; chants trading in Foreign Corn. The SPEAKER inquired if the Petition was public or private ? Mr. WILSON said, it was the petition of private individuals. He then proceeded 'to describe its object, but that object ap pearing to be connected with a public measure,, he• was induc ed to decline going into it at that moment. After some rou. tine business had been disposed of, he again called the atten tion of the House to the subject. The Petitioners, who were traders of great respectability, represented that they had im ported large quantities of grain under the present Corn Laws, which had been bonded and warehoused, and prayed that their peculiar hardships might be considered in any discussions that might take place on the laws respecting imported grain. —Or dered to be printed. CRIMINAL CODE. Mr.,WARRE presented a petition from certain inhabitarits of Taunton, in favour of the revision of the Criminal Code. The petition he stated to be signed by persons of great respec tability, and persons of all persuasions concurred in its prayer. Ordered to be printed. Friend had stated a week ago to the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Lushington) that it was his intention to submit such a motion to the House. • After a few words from Mr. WYNN, Mr. WILLIAMS replied, but the previous question having been withdrawn, the motion was agreed to without a division. Mr. HEATHCOTE presented a Petition from the Occu piers and Owners of Land. of Spilsby, in Lincolnshire., com plaining of Agricultural Distress, and praying for a Remission of Taxation and Parliamentary Reform. CAPTAIN ROMEO. Lord J. RUSSELL had a Petition to present on behalf of Captain Francis Roineo. The Noble Lord then went 'into a detail - of the circumstances connected with the case, as they have been already brought before the public.' It appeared, that in 1811, Captain Romeo had undertaken a service of a very delicate and import a nt na t ure . Th e Q ueen a Sicily had wished to overturn the English interest in that island, and to throw it into the hands of the Emperor Napoleon. From the certificates given 'to Captain Romeo by sbveral British Offi cers, it appeared that on this occasion be had rendered im portant-services. In 1816 he had been . arrested with the Bri tish uniform on his back, and without any form of trial trans ported to Alexandria in Egypt. To this treatment he con ceived himself to have 'been subjected by his known attach ment to England, which had exposed him to the resentment of the Neapolitan Government: This he (Lord .1. Russell) shewed to have been the opinion of Lord W. Bentinck and Lieut. General Campbell. Ile described the sum `which Cap tain Bailie° had received for his services to be an inadequate reward. The pension which he had received had been sold for 3001., and he was denied an English passport when he applied for one, which might, have protected him from that hostility t o which he had been exposed. He hoped his case would be taken into consideration ; and that a person who had rendered im portant services to the English nation would not be left to starve in the streets of London. He then called the attention of the House to the efforts made by this country in 1813 to ex cite the people of- every country in Europe to throw off the yoke of France. Proclamations and' professions were not spared 'in Italy. The government established by, Napoleon there, as every where ' else, was a despotism ; but it was one that secured considerable advantages to the' Italians, and en couraged and rewarded learning and talent. Blit a number of persons opposed his because it was a' despotism, and this produced what had been called the liberation of Italy. At die peace of 1814, certain individuals belonging to that country waited on a Noble Lord opposite, then acting as, Am bassador from this country, to obtain from him a guarantee for the independence of the State to which they were subject. It was said the answer had been, that though the independence of other countries was to be established and guaranteed, they were not to hope the boon would be extended to theirs. If this was a misrepresentation 'the Noble Lord would do well to cor rect it, as it had gone abroad all over Europe that such was the answer which he had given. What had been the consequence of no guarantee being given for the independence of Italy? He had seen a gentleinan who had latelyarrived frem Calabria, and had been informed that the present masters of that country did all in their power to repress education, and were attempting to bring back Italy to the darkness of the middle ages. At Turin, certain persons had been 'condemned, one for treason, and the others tot being fanatical and notorious, on account of their propensity for a Constitutional system. For this offence' they had been sentenced to the e aallies fot life. On the other side of Italy, such offenders had been punished with' ten oar twenty years imprisonment. A Marquis, who was subject to the Pope, had been arrested and condemned 'to death. But the sentence had been i graciously commuted for ten years of se vere imprisonment in a solitary cell, ironed, and denied the use of pen, ink, and paper. Ile was only allowed to walk half an hour in each day.; and the individual thus treated had been torn from a young wife, who was near being confined, and who was already the naother of two children. He then called the attention of the House to the' situation of those un fortunate persons whose case had been Mentioned last year, and who were now wandering through Europe without being able to find a place" of refuge, in consequence of the ineasures of that Alliance which they had the audacity to call holy. The petition which set forth the treatment of which Captain Romeo complained, and his claims to remuneration, was then read. Mr. WILMOT thought the Noble Lord had overlaid his case, by indulging in a variety of observations which had no thing to do with the petitioner. This question had been fully debated, and the Noble Lord would remember that it was never pretended that Captain Romeo had rendered no services.' It had, however, been maintained that his services were duly re munerated. It was to be remembered also, though Captain Romeo might describe himself, and though the Noble Lord might have believed him to be a principal, he was, in fact, but a subordinate agent when employed. For what he had done he had been rewarded by a Captain's appoint ment in a Calabrese corps, to consist of 700 men, which had never been embodied. hen the war ended he had been dismissed with a gratuity and two months' pay, as the other officers had been, none of whom had claimed any further re compense. It was denied by the Neapolitan Government, that the transportation of which Capt. Romeo complained was the consequence of his connection with England ; and not only -was this needed but the' causes of-that step being taken were distinctly stated, anti a series of acts stated which it had been thought right thus to visit. The Noble Lord stated that which was calculated to mislead the House when lie spoke of Captain Romeo having been arrested wearing the British uniform. If such were the fact Captain Romeo was wearing that uniform when he had no right to wear it. It was said that the 3001. which Capt. Romeo had received was a very inadequate sum to be given in lieu of 501. per annum. But it was to be borne in mind that the 501. per annum was not granted for life, but only for a certain period. Though he had been refused an English passport, he had been offered one that would have taken him to Spain or any other country in Europe, but they had refused to give him one which should make it apr that he had any authority from this country. He (Mr. Wilmot) had the Wiest authority for stating Captain Romeo had not suffered on account of his attachment to England. He did not know that it was now stated, but if not, it had been in a former petition, that the Captain's property had been confiscat ed. He was enabled to say this was not true.' No such con fiscation had taken place, and his property, when sold, had been sold for his own benefit. Under all the circumstances he should not object 'to the petition being laid on the table ; but certainlylhe should conceive any further proceeding unneces sary. Sir J. MACKINTOSH was of opinion, that if Captain Ro meo was but a subordinate agent in saving ,a British army from the machinations of treacherous friends, he had a conside rable claim on the country. But a Noble Lord (Lord W. Ben tinck) had said, " During my command a very important ser vice was entrusted to Captain Romeo." Did this indicate that Captain Romeo was viewed merely as a' subordinate agent ? The expressions used by General Maitland were still more re markable : He said—" It was chiefly by means of Captain Romeo that I obtained evidence of the plans of our open ene mies and treacherous friends against us." He called upon. the House to say if it was acting the part of a subordinate agent to enable General Maitland to save a British army from destruc tion. Other Officers had also borne testimony to the part he had actad ; and he would ask if it became a great and gener ous nation to reward- such an agent with 501. per annum, not for life, but merely for a course of years ? The pea. • Lion was placed in such a situation, they must make a comparison between the declarations of British Officers and Neapolitan Statesmen, and in such case he should give the preference to the former. In addition to whatever loss of property he might have sustained, he was condemned' to per petual exile. How would it sound to Europe that such was the reward given by the British nation for saving a British army from destruction ? Mr. GOULBURN said, that Captain Romeo had received at the hands of Government, after the most minute investiga tion, a certain reward amongst many other persons who had also rendered assistance to our armies. That reward ap peared to the Government at the time, and he confessed he was of the same opinion now, to be quite adequate to the ser vices performed. There were many other Officers in a higher station who took a share in those services, and at the conclu sion of the war received rewards very moderately higher than that granted to Captain Romeo. During the time at which he was engaged in serving the Britislr troops in the manner de scribed, he was receiving pay allowed to certain persons em ployed to, gain information for 'the army. He was therefore bound to perform that duty. The fifty pounds allowed at first to Captain .Rorneo,was only intended to_suppart him until he MR. HUNT. Mr. H. BRIGHT presented a Petition from Bedminster, in the county of Somerset, in favour of the remission of Mr. Hunt's sentence. DISTILLATION. Mr. BLAIR moved for Returns of the number of Gallons of Spirits distilled in Scotland, from November 1821 to 1822, with the names of the Distillers.---Ordcred. Similar returns of Spirits distilledi;lreland, with returns of Duties paid thereon, were ordered to be laid befgre the House. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Lord GRASIVILY4E7gOIifdiSIi presented a Petition from certain owners and occupiers of land in Monmouthshire, complaining of agricultural distress, and praying relief from taxation. Mr, BIRCH did not wish to bring the case of the agricul tural interest into discussion on this occasion, but he must re mark, that from the present Petition, and from what had trans pired in other quarters, it should seem that the sole object of the agricultural classes was i.o raise the price of grain. This would be very injurious. The manufacturers, it was true, were better off than formerly, but their wages were low, in some cases not exceeding Bs. a week, on which a man, Int-wife,-- and family had to. subsist. It was therefore impossible for them to pay a high price for their food. •He had heard that it had been proposed in the . Committee up stairs, that a sum of money should be advanced by Government, to ake, as it were, a . quantity of grain into pawn, with a view of artificially raising the price. The Government, he thought, would per ceive that it was, necessary for them to consider the subject Very seriously before' they suffered -the landholders to flatter themselves that a measure so selfish in its character could be adopted for their benefit. He was of opinion that it was not from such expedients , relief should be called for. It could only be afforded by a reduction of the taxes. • Mr. CALCRAFTsaid, it was curious after the attack which the Honourable Gentleman had made on the Agricultural classes, to find that after all he agreed with him exactly on this petition, which prayed for that reduction'of taxation the Hon. Gentleman had stated to be necessary. It gratified him to sed such a petition prlsented by one of the Lords of the Treasury. He did not see that the Agricultural classes ought to be called selfish, because, fee l'ng themselves aggrieved, they petitioned that House for relief:-.• Mr. BIRCH, in evlanation, said he had only meant to blame those who, in a COmmittee up stairs, had proposed what he considered a selfish Xrieasure, by suggesting that money should be advanced by Government on corn, in order to raise its price artificially. Sir T. I.E'rH BRIDGE hoped, from seeing a petition pre sented on this subject by one of the Lords of the Treasury, that the case of the Agriculturists would be taken up more warmly by the Government than it had been, and that stronger measures would be' brought forward for their relief than had yet been proposed. He contended that the interests of the Agriculturists and manufacturing classes were so intimately connected, that the latter must benefit by the prosperity of the former. The low wages of which the manufacturers complained resulted, in a great measure, from the want of that market for the produce of their industry which was formerly supplied by the demands of those connected with the landed interest. If a sum of money were advanced for the relief of the present suf ferers, it ought not to excite the jealousy of other classes, as it would only be following the precedent which had been set a few years ago, when a similar measure had been adopted for the relief of the Commercial interest. He thought the Session could not pass over without some further notice being taken of the distress now complained of. He for one should think the Government grossly negligent of their duty, if they suffered it to reach its close without bringing forward other measures of relief than what had yet been proposed. Lord G. SOMERSET thought it his duty to present the Pe tition, but he by no means meant to subscribe to all that it,con tained. Being respectfully drawn up; he had thought it right to bring it before the House, without meaning to give an opi ' nion on the whole of its contents. The Petition was then ordered to be referred to the Agricul tural Committee. SEDITIOUS 'MEETINGS BILL. On 'the motion of Mr. DENISON, the second reading of the Seditious Meetings Bill was postponed to the 18th April. CANADA. Mr. WILMOT presented a Petition from the Merchants of Greenock trading to Canada, praying a removal of the Re strictions under which that trade laboured.—Ordered to be printed. MIDDLESEX C, IUNTY RATE. Mr. WM. WILLIAMS moved for an account of the could return to his country: The sum of three hundred pound Returns made by the different Parishes in the county of afterwards given to him was a provision for his departure, and Middlesex, to the Quarter Sessions for the purpose of levying at the time it was said there would be no difficulty in giving the county rate. him a passport. He then applied for a passport of such a na- Mr. WYNN opposed the motion, upon the ground that ture that it could not be granted, having previously receiv the Honourable Member had not shewn any necessity for such ed the sum of three hundred pounds. When that money was Returns, given to him, if he had not been satisfied at the refusal of Mr. WILLIAMS said, his object was to shew the unequal such a passport as he demanded, he ought to have returned and unjust manner in which that rate was levied in Middlesex. it, and placed himself upon the footing where he at first stood. Mr. WYNN thought that in courtesy to the Members for The receipt of the money under such circumstances was a dis the County, they ought to have notice of such a motion. charge of all claims. Under this view of the case he thought After a few words from Mr. Lushington, Mr. Calcraft, Mr. the House ought to give no further consideration to the matter Courtenay, and Mr. Williams, of the Petition. Mr. LUSHINGTON moved the previous question. , Sir R. WILSON said that the General Officers in Sicily had Dr. LUSHINGTON supported the original motion. It been delivered from a treacherous plot through the means of was matter of the most serious importance that the House Capt. Romeo, and he should like to Imow if they would consider should examine into any unequal collection of the County rate. three hundred pounds 'an adequate reward for that service ? Mr. COURTENAY said, he should have no objection to Mr. HUTCHINSON contended, that it -was quite imp2s the motion, if regular notice had been given. sible to say that the sum alluded to was an adequate reward Sir M. W. RIDLEY said, that it surely could make no for the losses sustained by Captain Romeo, and the important difference whether twenty-four hours notice were given or not. services which he rendered to the British army. A Noble Mr. ELLICE thought the opposition on the part of Mini- Lord who commanded in Sicily declared from his seat last stern ungracious, after the fact had been stated, that his Hon. year that Captain Romeo had not been sufficiently rewarded. 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