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Trig I:t7kDal ;idtiRMALS. VrTlifttsTS ,- -FROM Tilt . - JAI MORNING PA . PEE6I, • • May 17 1 .•• 1822: • " [TNE TIMES.] , We have received a series of Madrid papers. frorri:the 26th of April to the 7th of, May incln ;Ave.: Though.their contents have in a certain" measure beeti anticipated by the - French journals, there still : remain Some things Which deserve to be noticed.... In the Sitting of the Cortes of the 25ttc:of April, a Report of the Committee on Public credit was read. On this proceeding Senor Ferrer took occasion to allude to the . pre valence of opinions unfavourable to public cred k it,. which, he observed, were the more unjust, as,'Of all the "nations -of Europe, Spain presented the best securities for its debts. This observation induced Senor Canga to rise, who informed the Cortes'that the Committee appointed to consider the state of the national debt would prove that debt 'to be far less than exaggerated accounts bad lately made it. Senor Ferrer spoke again in Confirmation of Senor Canga's statement, and said that several citizens, of 'whom he was one, had, by a representation to the last Cortes, proved that the debt, which was supposed to amount to 14,000 millions, did not at the utmost exceed 6,000 Millions of reals (60 niillions_stekling.)— ‘ Tile accounts previously received through France of the defeat and-dispersion of the insurgent ban ditti of the' frontier provinces; are confirmed by articles in the Madrid Papers. The latest intel ligence in, the Universal of the 7th, is contained in a Proclamation. published by the .VoliticAl • Chief.of Uerona, on the 2d of May,. ;This d 0. .• cument slates that the band orMisls, alter having been beaten by some regular troops .and the militia, fled• in different directicins, but after wards rallied to the number of 300. On the Ist Inst. this band was , attacked- by Brigadier LIQ- . bera,and L completely , defeated. The rebels took refuge within the French territory. They were, by order of the, French authorities; placed in a state of quarantine,: nd Oleic arms and munitions burnt in presence. of the Spanish troops. In con sequence of the cohitinnlicatjans which took place, it was agreed that the refugees should lie sent into the interior of France. [BRITISH PRESS.] Mr. Goulburn obtained leave to bring in a Bill for placing at the disposal of the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland a sum of money, to be laid out in the employment of the poor in the distressed districts of fhat country. We lately noticed the sudden and unexpected departure of this gentle rdan- for Ireland. One purpose of his journey was, we must presume, to ascertain' the distress of the land, and this is the remedy with which he comes fraught on his equally sudden return. The vulgar adage says, " Live horse and you'll get grass;;', but in, sober sadness this surely is not the proper language to . be addressed by Govern ment to, the starving people of Ireland. • Hadmot private bvolence anticipated the tardy move ments of public duty,s,Mr. Goulburn might keep his meditated benevv4ence in his pocket. The starving poor of Skibbereen would have ceased before this to be -capable of receiving or acknow ledging his bounty. [MORNING POST.J- Whilst the Subscription for the relief of•the. distressed Irish Peasantry so nobly and success fully proceeds throughout the land, the' Public will be rejoiced -to find, •by the proceedings of the House of Commons last night, that Mr. Goulburn has obtained leave to bring in a Bill for the employment of the poor in the most dis tressed parts'of Ireland: T he [tight nondurable Gentleman stated that it was the object of this Bill to advance a sum 9f money to be expended in public works where distress was rfroGt preva lent. Mr. Rice and Sir E. O'Brien highly ap plauded this wise and judicions measure:. The former Gentleman also took this opportunity of ex pressing,in behalf of the people of Ireland, his deep sense of gratitude to the people .of this country for the pecuniary relief which had been afforded to his countrymen. It was a,proad mark of all that was great and good in the..ch..aracter of tng -lishmen,'and which he . trusted • would be fully responded to by the gratitude of the peOple of Ireland. Sir E. O'Brien ad...ed his thanks . to . his Majesty's Government for the introduction of this Bill: • After the relief which had been re mitted by the generosity of the English Public, he was sure Ireland would find that her Union 'had been one of her greatest-blessings. ENE , Mr. Warre's motion respecting the Mission to Swisserland was negatived last night, by a ma jority of 247 to 141. .The discussion was brief, and of no peculiar interest. [MO:tNI,NG CHAONICII.E.I Sir Thomas Lethbridge presented a Petition; last night on the subject•of Absentees,, from:6oo re§pectable, as he . said, but certainly not rericark, ably intelligent, inhabitants- of the County of. Somerset. 'The Petitioners calculated that 18 Millions a-year were spent by. British and Irish families in Paris alone, and that the emigrants gained by the exchange about 25 or 26 per Cent.l - 1 -;The Honourable Baronet said / he did not pledge himself to the accuracy of the 'calcu lations, but he repeated . them with a gravityibe coming the representat4e •of .such 'constituents, surprised, no doubt, at the mirth they oecasioried: "'He was- firmly persuaded -- (he said). - that it' was from no impossibility of -affording relief that nothing had hitherto laeen.dOne, but because the Ministers did.--not apply their minds to the subject." That. is certainly very ungrateful Ministers, after ail thevotes.whichSc'.Fhomas and his brother agricniturists,,have giAtt i thern; and, if true, would form, doubt, an admirable jus tification of these votes.' But the most interest ing part of the Abientee discussion. was the notice taken of the recent.ateempts to enforce the bar barous law agAnst ,artiliders leaving'the country. "this subject was -introduced by Mr. Ifudson Gurney, who observed ' 4 ' he .was a friend to free ingress and egress to and from the kingdom.— There should, however, be.no, inequality in this respect. If the rich man might go abroad for amusement or pleaSUre, surely the poor man. shduld be allowed to go abroad for subsistepce. He alluded to the laws against the emigration of artificers, which had recently been brought . to his notice by a p.aragraph in a newspaper."— 'Mr:William Smith called on the President of the Board of, Trade to remove by a Bill these harsh and tyrannical restrictions on the' lower classes of mechanics, justly observing that " there was no la* which prevented .a man from carrying his capital to any country in- Europe, and esta blishing a Manufactory there ; but if one of his workmen attempted to follow him, he was liable ' to - be Sent' to prison." The law ought to be re pealed forthwith, but in the mean time these animadversions must, be productive of .good, as thefe are many Magistrates in the country whose intelligence is not exactly equal to - their good in tentions, and who 'are -such staunch believers in the Wisdom of our ancestors, as to deem every law wise so long as it remains on the Statute Book, and, mareoverohat it is their duty to eulo gize it. In the instance cited by Mr. Gurney, the public were spared - the repetition of the eulogy pronounced a short time- before by a certain Bow street Magistrate, on the virtues of this law, a eulogy which-probably led Mr. Martineau, the prosecutor, to think he was-acting most merito riously_in consigning his migratory journeymen to a Prison. •It never of. course occurred to this last gentleman, that. there was no difference be tween • a master quitting a country to set up a manufacture in another, and his workmen ~foll owing him ; but, taught by the indignant feeling expressed on the subject in Parliament, he will Probably be less anxious in future to claim" the execution of so barbarous a law. • [MORNI.3 , IG HERALD] Nothing is more common than comparing the career of the King of • Spain with that of Louis X VI. and portending to, the former the destiny of the latter. The last accounts from Spain prove that this similarity of position has been much more exact than those who instituted the comparison were aware. -King Ferdinand, however, has - had the good fortune to escape the precipice which proved fatal to the unhappy Louis XVI. -Every body knows from his own memory, or from the annals of the French Revolution, that the short sighted, if not treacherous, -rashness of those who carried away the King secretly from Paris was the main cause of•the furious' eruption of re volutionary passions to which the Sovereign and the Throne fell victims. A conspiracy, the counterpart of this, hatched by the Court parasites and priests, existed in Spain in 1820 —the object was to bear away the King of Spain to Burgos, and having him there, to proclaim the re-establishment of the abolished despotism. King Ferdinand, however, had the wisdom, or the virtue and courage, to reject the proposition, and by that resolution probably saved Spain from a futurity of incalculable crime and horror. The chief authors of this conspiracy—viz. - MM. Mozo, the King's Secretary at the time, Erroz, Royal Almoner and Canon of Burgos; Arteya and Ordonez, Church Dignitaries ; Echauarri, Lieu tenant General, and several others, have been tried at Burgos for this conspiracy, and the result is, that of these, four, including the Royal Secre tary, the Royal Almoner, and two Ecclesiastics, have been sentenced to the punishment of death ; and four others to different periods of imprison ment or 'exile. The remaining prisoners, nine in number, were acquitted. The mode by which these conspirators endeavoured to work upon the King proves that they had the lowest, opinion of his capacity and courage. They told -him a frightful tale of a Republican plot at Ma drid ,to assassinate him Ills conduct on the occasion manifested a degree of judgment and firmness which presents his character in a favour able light. There are further•accounts of insuy gent bands in the provinces; but they deserve no credit, from the habitual exaggerations on this subject, and the accounts .which we gav, , , yester day from Spain to a later date than those now before us. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY. The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of this Institution was held yesterday, in Freemasons' Hall ; and so great was the interest excited, that long before the Chair was taken the body of the room, together with the galleries, organ loft, and platforms,. were crowded to excess by a most respectable assembly. .A number of Madagascar youths were seated on the upper form, and several specimens of their hand-writing in the English and native language were handed to the company, the work of only ten months instruction. _ . Pne o!clock his Royal Highness the Duke of SusseX took the Chair, and was supported by Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Rice, Mr: S. Whitbrea,d, and other Members of Parliament, several Foreigners of distinction, Mr. Randolph, the American Mini ster, and other persons of eminence.' .The Royal CHAIRMAN then rose, and addressing the As sembly, said, it was not his intention at that inbment to take up their time, as the purpose for which they were met was to re ceive the Report of, the last year's proceedings. He should .therefore limit himielf to congratulating the Society on the namerous attendance of persons, which spewed the cause had not lost ground; and he hoped to God it never would.—(Cheers.) Loyal Highness concluded by calling upon the Rev. G. Clayton to read the Report. —The* Report was then read, and detailed at considerable length the labours of. the Committee in establishing Schools, and the. principles of the Society in all parts of the world. In all• countries instruction had been widely disseminated and gladly received. The best results had attended their exertions ; bdt.the,Committee were sorry to state, that the funds had been found inadequate to the great purposes of the Institution, and considerable sum was owing by the Society. The objections Which had formerly existed against the measure in some na tions was fast dying away. The 13.epbrt concluded by calling. for, additional pecuniary_ aid and further co-operation. Mr. S. RICE, Mr. WILRZRFORCE, the Rev. G. 131IRDER, and :other Gentlemen; addressed the meeting, which separated •after adopting the Report, and voting thanks to the Treasurer and Secretary, and to the Royal Chairman ? and a Resolution expressive of gratitude inlis Majesty for his patronage. A most liberal collection was - made at the door. .CONTINT4:TAL SOClETY.—l f esterddv the Anniversary Meeting of the Friends and Supporters of this Institution was held at the Freemasons"favern, Great Queen-street, Line°lnsi inn-gelds, when:a numerous and respectable company attend, ed, Sir T. Baring,.Bart. M.F. in the Chair, supported by several English and foreign Gentlemen of distinction ; there was also a numerous attendance of Ladies. The .object of the Society is the distribution of Bibles, Testaments, and religious publica tions, over the 'continent of gurope. It appeared from the Re port that. during the last three months, 307 New Testaments, 25 Bibles, 3.,5 Gospels and Epistles, and above 3,000 Tnicts, had been circulated on the Continent. We haVe much gratifiCation in stating, that a very liberal subscription has been entered into in this University-, county and town, for the relief of the distress in Ireland. The amount already expeds MI:, and we feel assured that considerable additions will be made in a few days.—The sum of'43). I2s. Bd. was collected at the Baptist Meeting-house', on SUridaY last, for the same benevolent urpose.—(Cam b ridge Chronicle.) FOR THE SUN. 22, Birchin-lane, May 15, 1822. MR. EDITOR..--OD Mr. PEEL'S answer to Mr. ATWOOD, on the Currency concern, I beg permis sion to state, that the channel through which the Bank of England put its paper into circulation was by discounts ; that it has never refused dis counting what was deemed good paper; that . the Country Banks put their paper into circulation also through discounts, loans, and 'mortgages ; and that their responsibility, as well as their dif ficulty ,to answer their notes, was just as great when they paid in Bank of England paper as when in metallic currency ; that' their issues ceased through that protection being withdrawn which the consequences 'of the war gave the British farmer from foreign competition, as the Bankers well knew (if Mr. PEEL and his Colleagues do not) that the two first mortgagees on the farmer's crop are his la bourers and .poor,----that the three next are the County, King, and Tithe Gatherers,—and that the claims of these alone amount to_ Bs. 6d. per bushel on the average of the corn produced in England ;—that the Landlord's claim came be fore the Banker, (which ought to be. is. per bushel.) -.Thus the Banker knew that unless the farmer sold his ccrn at about.loS. 6d. per bushel. on the average of years - , he - could give no security for money lent to him. It was. this that checked the issues of the Country Banks, and of course with them the issues of the Bank 'of England, and not Mr. PEEL'S Bill ; for with the exception of-a- few such old women, that Bill, like most other such silly things, has been-a dead letter; as a further proof of what I have stated, discounts . for good paper haie been less; than during the Bank restrictions. Mr. PEEL should know. that people know-. better than he does how to manage their .own concerns, and that currency is no more than the symbol of wealth—not wealth itself, ; ----and that when paper is a real symbol of wealth, that it is superior to a gold. currency ; and speaking in reference to the re newal of the Bank Charter, that a paper cur rency repr-csentitig land valued in gold at about 31. per ounce would be..a more stable currency than' any• I lidve yet seen in England ; and that if the Bank Charter were.done away with, and I that such paper currency were „made' legal ten ders, and .every . one possessing such security were allowed to issue it on paying 2 per cent.; that a revenue of at least one million per annum might be collected. On this-principle the Bank should pay for its Charter at least one million per annum. —During the time of Mr.-PITT, one could discover the man of science in nearly all his general mea sures, and even in' those expedients of his which our present Ministers . adopt for their general meas:res, some trace of science may also be dis cerned ; but when One now reads the speeches of some 'of our present Statesmen, if he did not know, to the contrary, he might fairly con sider himself as reading those of cavilling ma nufacturers, shopkeepers, and such other trifling traffickers, in lieu of (what ought to.. be) the speeches of profound British Statesmeni as I am sorry. to say few of their views appear to extend beyond what is required for men of the above description ; and in order to account for difficulties, they . all have recourse to the saying, that other countries are like ourselves._ Say they are right in this assertion,. for argument sake, (which I deny-to be the fact), has not England, through the wisdom of her-laws, when she had not half her present population and colonial re sources, always hitherto ; flourished when other countries have been quite 'the reverse ? This is another proof that the mighty resources of the British Empire are too expanded for the compass of our present Statesmens' minds. Your very obedient servant, JOSEPH PINSENT, A TRUE PITTITE. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE.----Yesterday Mr. BURTON, an undertaker, of Bethnal-green, was scandalously attacked in the public street by an infuriated mob, under the following cir cumstances :—Mr. Burton, in the course of last week, was applied to to bury a corpse lying in Great Nicholas-street, and having furnished the coffin, he agreed with the friends : of the de ceased to be paid his bill before , the corpse was removed to the churchyard 'of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, for interment ; accordingly, he attended yesterday at the house with pall, cloaks, scarves, hatbands, gloves, &c. with bearers to carry the body ; but on presenting his bill for payment, according to agreement, there was no money forthcoming, hut merely pro mises of payment on a future day. Mr. Burton, not being satisfied with such promises, refused to have any further !trouble with the business ; he screwed up the coffin, and left the house with , his men, taking with them all the funeral habiliments; upon which he was followed on his way home by a mob, who assailed Mr. Burton and his men with the greatest violence for refusing to bey the corpse; they pelted them with stones and other missiles.; some of them struck. Mr. Burton on the head. At length he was obliged to. take refuge in a house from the, violence, until :the peace officers arrived, and rescued him from their vengeance. One of ,the ringleaders was secured and conveyed to Worship-street Police-Office, where he was held to bail for the attack. It gives us much satisfaction to observe, that the young ‘vheats generally are in a healthy con dition; and holding forth the gratifying promise of an abundant crop. The poorer lands, which had put on sterile aspectt, have amazingly im proved within the last fortnight:--(Brighton Gazette.) _ _ . A. carpenter in — repairing the roofs of the chambers of different merchants, at the Royal exchange, •yesterflay, fell into the counting house of Messrs. Rivaz and. Co. and received so, much injury, that little hopes are entertained of his recovery. He was immediately conveyed to St. Bartholomew's hospital. IMPORTATION. OF 'CORN. di BILL to amend the LAWS relating to the IMPORTA TION of CORN. Whereas an Act was.passed in the 50th year of the reign of his late Majesty Ring George 111., intituled, " An Act to amend the Laws now in force for regulating the Importation %of Corn :" And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend the said Act : Be it therefore Enacted by the King's Most Excellent Ma jesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords,Spiri tual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, That as soon as Foreign Wheat shall have been admitted for home con sumption under the provisions of the said Act, the Scale of Prices at which the home consumption of Foreign Com,,Meal, or Flour, is permitted by the said Act, shall cease and deter- mine. And be it further Enacted, That thereafter Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, shall and may be permitted to be imported into the United Kingdom for home consumption, under and subject to the provisions and , regulations now in force, when ever the Average Prices of the several sorts of British Corn, made up and published in the manner now by law required, shall respectively be at or above the prices hereinafter mentioned; that is to say; whenever Wheat shall be at or above the price of per quarter ; whenever Rye, Pease or Beans, shall be at or above the price per quarter; when ever Barley, - Bear or Bigg, shall be at or above the price of per quarter; whenever Oats shall be at or above the price of per quarter. And be it further enacted, That whenever Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour, shall be admissible tinder the provisions of the above recited Act or of this Act, there shall levied and paid, upon all such Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour, when admitted for' home constimption, whether such Corn, Meal or Flour, shall haVe been imported and warehoused previous to its becoming so admissible for home consumption, or otherwise, the _several duties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked A. an nexed to this Act. And be it further Enacted, That as soon as the Scale of Prices at which the home consumption of Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour, is permitted by the above recited Act, shall cease and determine according to the provisions of this Act, then the Scale of Prices at which Corn, Meal or Flour, being the growth prodnce ,or manufacture of any British' Colony or Plantation in - North America, is now by law admissible for home consumption, under the provisions of the said Act, shall, also cease and determine. And be it further Enacted, That thereafter Corn, Meal or Flom', of the growth produce or manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall and may be per mitted to be imported into the said United Kingdom for home consumption, under and subject to the provisions and regula tions now in force, whenever the Average Prices of the several sorts of British Corn, made up and published in the manner now by law required, shall respectively be at or above the prices hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say, whenever the price of Wheat shall by at or above the price of per quarter; whenever the price of Rye, Pease and Beans, shall be at or above per quarter ; whenever the price of Barley, Bear or Bigg, shall be at or above per quarter ; whenever the price of Oats shall be at or above per quarter. Provided always, and be it further Enacted, That whenever the prices of British Corn respectively, shall be below the Prices hereiri specified, Corn, or Meal or Flour, made from any of the respective sorts of Corn herein enumerated, the growth produce or manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall no longer be allowed to be imported into the United Kingdom for home consumption. And be it further Enacted,' That whenever Corn, Meal or Flour, of the growth produce, or manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, shall be admissible for home consumption, under the provisions of the above recited Act or of this Act, there shall be levied and paid, upon all such Cbrn, Meal, or Flour, when admitted for home consumption, whether such Corn, Meal, or Flour shall have been imported and warehoused `'previous to its becoming so admissible for home consumption, or otherwise, the several Ditties specified and set forth in the Schedule marked B. annexed to this Act. And be it further Enacted, That from and after the ' any Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, that may have been in warehouse on the and may continue in warehouse at the may respectively be taken oubof warehouse for home consumption, - whenever the aN)erage prices of British Corn, made up and published in the manner and at the time or times now by law required, shall be as follows ; (that is to say) whenever Wheat shall be at or above the price of per quarter ; whenever Rye, Pease; or Beans, shall be at or above the price of per quarter ; whenever Barley, Bear, or Bigg shall be at or above the, price of per quarter ; when ever Oats shall be at or above the price of per quarter; any thing in the above-recited Act or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no such fo reign Corn, Meal, or Flour, now in warehouse, shall be taken out of warehouse, under the provisions aforesaid, ; unless there be previously levied and paid, upon the said Corp, Meal, or Flour, the several Duties specified and set forth in the Sche dule marked A, annexed to this Act: Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend, to charge any Duty upon any . such Foreign Corn, Meal, or Flour, being in warehouse on the which shall be taken out of warehouse for home consumption, after Foreign Corn shall be admissible for home consumption, under the provisions of the said recited Act of the 55th year of the reign of his late Majesty. And be it further Enacted, That from and after the any Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the growth pro.. duce, or manufacture of any British Colony or Plantation in North America, that may have been in warehouse on the and may continue in warehouse at the may respectively be taken-out of warehouse for home consump tion, whenever the Average Prices of British Corn, made up and published in the manner and at the times now by law re quired, shall be as follows ; that is to say, whenever the price of Wheat shall be at or above the price of , per quarter ; whenever the price of Rye, Peas, and Beans, shall be at or above per quarter ; whenever the price of Barley, Bear, or Bigg, shall be at or above_ per quarter; whenever the price of Oats shall be at or above per quarter; any thing in the above recited Act or in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no such Corn, Meal, or Flour, of the growth, produce, or manufacture any British Colony or Plantation in North America, now in warehouse, shall be taken out of warehouse, under the provi sions aforesaid, unless there be previously levied and paid, up on the said Corn, Meal, or Flour, the several Duties specified and set forth in the schedue marked B. annexed to this Act : Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall ex tend, or be construed to extend, to charge any Duty upon any such Corn, Mehl; or Flour, the growth, produce, or manufac ture of any - British Colony or Plantation in North America, being in warehouse on the which shall be taken out of warehouse for home consumption, after such Corn, Meal, or Flour, shall be admis sible for home consumption, under the provisions of , the above recited Act of the 55th year of the reign of his late Majesty. And whereas by an Act passed in the Ist and 2d year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled, "An Act to re peal certain Acts passed in the 31st, 33d, 44th, and 45th years of his late Majesty King George 111. for regulating the Im portation and Exportation of Corn, Grain, Meal and Flour, into and from Great Britain, and to make further'revisions in lieu thereof ;" it was enacted, That whenever the ,Ports of the United Kingdom shall be shut against the Importation of Fo reign Corn, Meal or Flour, for home consumption, the Ports of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark, shall he in like manner shut against the Importation of such Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour, for home consumption ; and that when ever any such Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour, shall be permitted to be Imported into the Ports of the United Kingdom for home consumption, Foreign Corn, Meal or Flour, spay in like manner be imported into 'the Ports of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark : And whereas it-is ex pedient that so much of the said Acts as relates , to the said 10ands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark, should be repealed ; Be it therefore`Enacted, That so much of the said Act as relates to the said Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alder ney and Sark, be and is hereby.repealed. _ . Provided always, and be it further Enacted, ,That, from and after the, whenever the Ports of the _ United Kingdom shall be shut against the. Importation of -.Fo reign Corn, Meal .or Flour, for home, consumption, the said Ports shall be also shut against the Importation of Corp, Meal or Flour, the growth, 'produce, `or manufacture, of the said Island,: of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark. / # THE' LIdENSING SYSTEM. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled- The humble PETITION of the undersigned MAGISTRATE °, acting in and for the Parish of ST. JAMES'S, WVI" MINSTER, Sheweth, That the present discretionary power of licensing. Public,: houses is wholly ineffectual for the purpose of keeping sueL l houses in good order, but that it has a most p er ni c i ou s effect D. rendering property insecure, and in producing monopolies in the supplying of the Public with Beer, and consequently of en hancing its price, and reducing its quality. It is ineffectual for the purpose of checking disorders, because Ist, it yi e lds but one measure of punishment for the most trifling fault, ; or the deepest crime, viz. the refusal of the annual license : because , 2dly, the power is only in operation on one day anima* whence offences committed soon after that day are not cogot' zable under the above power for nearly a year in which time , if the misconduct be not forgotten or forgiven, punishment is easily eluded by changing the' tenant because, idly, it th e licence be forfeited, it is not the tenant whO materially sutler' , but the house owner, . who may be innocent. It renders po perty insecure, because the grant or refusal of a licence is de:. pendent upon the uncontrollable will of the li censer s, who, 1 1 is proved, have sometimes refused upon corrupt motives, gutd. by such unjust refusal a Victualling-ho use , p rov id e d a t gretr cost, may not only be rendered worthless, but an estate may w e depopulated for want of that necessary convenience. It produces monopoly, and consequently ; enhances the price or reduces the quality of Beer, or both, because the large sum s paid to individuals for the privileged or licensed stations, can only be repaid by such means. In this averment your tioners are supported by the-Report of the Committee of your Honourable House on the price and quality of Beer, made in 1819, which says, " That a Breweiy supported' by purchased licensed houses must deteriorate their Beer ; that the practice i s increasing, and thatthe pool. must be contented with such liquor as is retailed at licensed houses, whatever may be the quality, the price, or the measure. The excess of price hereby occasioned, your Petitioners re present, operates as a poll-tax upon almost every man in the country ; but it bears most heavily upon the most laborious part of the community—one penny per, quart additional wring mg from them a portion 'of their earnings sufficient to pay for their rent, the clothing of their families, or the support of child ; and, in the aggregate, amounting to in annual levy 01 above four millions sterling—to a revenue equal to that of the British Government no longer since than in the reign of George the First. - Your Petitioners therefore.submit, that their. power of con trouling miscondUcted PUblic-houses, and of licensing ne vi houses, as the public wants may require, ought 9ot to be On' fined to one day in the year. • They also submit, that the refusal of licences, nd the pep!! decisions of Magistrates against Victuallers, ought not to be exempt from appeal. They further submit that; with . due precautions adopted s l" check misconduct immediately , and to prevent the opening Public-houses in improper places, .the right of a free trade in • Beer may be restored, with incalculable advantage to the ill ' dustrious classes, and-without any danger to the public pea ce or morals. They also , submit that,. if it be deemed expedient and just with restrict the opening of new houses, which mi g ht compete those already established, that end would be most beneficial accomplished by imposing a.iduty,, payable to Government, o the licence to such houses. ' Your Petitioners submit the above propositions to the ,w"; dom and paternal care of yOur Honour a bl e 'Hous e , in the OP that your Honourable House may restore - to the Public, ge r l; rally, the right of a free trade in Beer, to the Victualler, particular, the: protection of laws instead of the w ills of in viduals.—And your . Petitioners wilLever pray. . ~.• • • (Signed) J. 1% BARBER BEAUMONT , SAMUEL -JACKSON,- - 'GEORGE ALDERSON. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE- CAMBRIDGE, MAY 16—At a Congregation on'Wetine sd f last, a grace passed the Senate to continue the ProfessoishiPl e Mineralogy, held by the late Rev. Dr. E. D. Clarke.--On same day Lionel Buller, Esq., and John Culling Evans, ,""„ Fellows of King's college, were admitted Bachelors of Arm' to • At a full congregation' yesterday, . a grace passed theSenao to present a Petition to the House of Lords against the Rom Catholic Peers' Bill. • • . bss The Rev. George Palmer, M.A.. Fellow of Jesus college , t p been presented, by the Master and Fellows of that social , o f the rectory of Harlton in this county,* vacated by the dea th , 'the Rev. Dr. E. D. Clarke. ...- • . ' The. Rev. J. G. Whaley, MA—Fellow and Tutor of S: Peter's college, has been, presented by the Master and Fel l °.fa . of that society to the rectory , of Witnesham; vacs by the death of the• Rev. J. King. Alfred 011ivant, Esq. B.A. of Tripity.college, was yesterday elected a Hebrew Scholar on Mr. Tyrwh)tt's foundation. The. Lord Bishop of Lincoln purposes holding an ord inatiw ' on Sunday the 16th of. June. .• e The Rev. Wm. Upjohn has - beeri instituted to the V . of Bynham, Norfolk, on the presentation of T. T. Clarke, The Dean of Lincoln has been pleased to P resen t the Thomas .IEII, M.A. of Trinity college, Vicar of Derbyshire, to the Viearage of Chesterfield, vacant by the ea., of the Rev. George Bossley. , , LAW INTELLIGENCE. PREROGATIVE COURT, THURSPAY, NAY 16. SAPH AGAINST ATKINSON. 1,; ira- Sir JOHN NICHOLL having heard the argument in t his portant case, wherein a will is disputed on the ground of forr., and falsification, said, he would give judgment next Cour t °ill. SITTINGS appointed to be d in Middlesex and L0 . .,n,.. (16 71, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Court of Rig Bench, in and after Easter Term, 1822. IN TERM. MIDDLESEX. LONDON. g Thursday - - - May 2 Monday - - -. . May 1 3 Wednesday - . - 8 Monday l3 IS Friday - - . - AFTER TERM. Wednesday - : May 291 Tuesday - - -310 .2 T ii Sit at twelve o'clock on the 2d, 6th, Bth, and 13th of MaY, °`• at half-past nine on the other days. I POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Bow-STREET.—Yesterday Thomas Jay, who stated h A l,` self to be a servant employed in. his Majesty's stables, went an examination before Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, the sit`le Magistrate, charged with picking pockets in the crowd erei;e # Drury-lane Theatre. A short time before the close of the ea le, the prisoner was - observed.by Thomas Gook, a parish enne tto v to make several attempts to pick persons pockets ; 00 0 ' t he timed to watch him, and when the King was coming frog! . t , theatre, he saw the prisoner get behind a gentleman 1 °" 1 , 1 50, tempt to take his watch, but not succeeding he began to nor upon which the gentleman took off his hat, and the pP s " up seized this opportunity of ,the gentleman's arms bei7 and directly drew the watch from, the fob • Gook seize 11 to , e with the watch in his hand, which he let fall. Gook, ld, t , r o, gentleman he had lost his watch, the gentleman replied, "". 2 t he the guard chain has saved it ;" the watch was hanging re . chain. Gook then took the prisoner into custody, I° . 4 ara quested the gentleman to follow him, but owing to the Fr e— ,, i ld .of the crowd, the gentleman was forced a different way, ade Gook, was unable to find him afterwards.—The prisoner 111 • no defence.--He was remanded. QrJEEN-SQUARE..Yesterday Jas. Martin, coachman for Lord Normanby, was convicted in the penalty of 201.9 r0t obstructing the carriages of different, Noblemen and Gentle ore on Saturday night last at the Opera, and refusing to rol l it, though intreated to do so by the Police Officers on duty . . BIRTHS. • of $ At Rushall, Wilts, on the 15th inst., Lady Poore , daughter his . seat - li 13 61 At seat near Exeter, on the evening of Monday, ...,- -e of inst., the Lady of Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, s'sq" ty the Retreat, in Devonshire, and of Hullehrirst, in th e C °llll of Ayr, of a son. --------"' DIED. On Sunday last, in the 100th year of his age, universaff respected, Charles ,Baron, Esq. of Bancroft-street, Hitchii?ier On Wednesday morning last, Ellen Ann, you n g est daugn' of Mr. Henry Brooks, of the Strand. At Norwich, on Saturday last, Harriett Eliza, only daughter of Samuel S. Beare, Esq. las On the 15th instant, Ann Jane Susanna, wife of 'l!dt Browne, of Elbow-lane, all - d 24 Printed and, Published, for the kROPRIETORM, t tbeSV Office, No. 112, Strand, by J.. 1. CAASTAIRS. LI TI 7 . 43 Ma . ; Zei for steal 4: :At vAt ~~ ~e ~e the Tur xt u aac ~. w 14, ~~ 'u MARRIED. ilea/ Yesterday, the 16th inst ., at Hornchurch , in 800 , ki t es Tweed, Esq., of Romford, to Mary Johnson, eldest &ug of Wasey Sterry, Esq., of the same place. On Tuesday last, at Monk's Risborough, Bucks , the iletvo. Charles Drage, M.A. of Downham .the Isle 0f.E. 1 .9 r o f Elizabeth, 'eldest daughter of the Rev. Z. Brooke, Vica- Oreakflormead, Herts.