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r. 4A, _..~.~„ Lat 4 t. J. ~~.: • :"- ' l‘ll il; 1 11/ 1 s, s l • • . 0 , ;, A • • ' ;f lV M .l4Vl. \•, \.‘ 4 . a !Y 1 niotv, ith o f a viog awed land , ship's ,rt to SUN. 7 COY (11 h 1/2 nfid t, he the at the this r hether in the he saia t reulen" each fie NumtEß 9322.] THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1822. PRICE SEVENPENCti VICTUA LL I NG-OF F ICE, July 6, I Sii. THE 'COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL. he Should move " that the Bill be read a third time this day three months." tern made upon the subject, and some were still pending, which he hoped would terminate satisfactorily. If that should not be the case, as he feared it might not, hi s H on . Friend world be at liberty to call the attention of the House to the subject in the early part of the next Session. ing a t to' th e the„ porto% od" Ition. • ed di° 'tine 4 6 packe.t c i os sal 0, 0 ! . I , l c e t the : e d the the fill' sta . '?" ther e ratio°' ot been l eir ar' • e ss the of tb e ird th h e , ' be dia it o' 4 Th e jorluo- ho se. .tute.--- isayer, l i c e e oi e rove to tea the !at 3v , a eign v e Tbf r Of into!' - for 311' be Si" 1-1 1 ° u" debt If Se' o s , 0 0 irsS*C6' ,_ (7° IJ S. V g : f e fecti., c fecti v e sect re' ,th oC; f o o Jo h° ' al , Ob e cl. 1D1331 ei' rksv,d eV. e ZING His MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby give not ice, that on T ues d ay , th e 23d inst.,- they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat with such - ovens as will undertake for `Twelve Months certain, e . '"ni the Ist September-next, a n d further, until,Three Months ,!t'otice, to perfor m a ll th e PAVING necessary to be done for h "Pair of the Pavement' ix the Victualling Premises at "eigford. ( 4 °, for the same period, to perform such CARTAGE an I " f K as may be r eq uired for the Service of Deptford Yard, 8 4 117 t he. same period to'take away all the small Coal tha t made in the Bakehouses at that place. Theeonditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office. ih nt ," ard be had to any Teength, o nder in which the Price 5 nat he inserted in Words at lr that shall not tie delivered to the Board before One 9 ' Clock on the said Toes tc/tceit4e 2311 Instant; nor unless the Person wh o makes to Tender,or some Person on his behalf, attends, to answer nt called for. ' ff eit Tender must be accompanied by a Letter signed A` wo resp ons ib le Persons, engag i ng t o b e come bound with the per r te mdering if { 4 , • the pen at Sum of 5001., _Or, the 'tine t h e of the Paving Contract, and of 10 01 . for each e other Contracts. 2W. 17 7 .1LLER CLIFTON. JUVENILE FETE on SATURDAY NEXT, JULY 13 th, at the ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. 1.,„ Under the especial Patronage of the,KING. I ' 4 compliance - with the Request of many order Ladies and Gentlemen, who have expressed a wish, in of t h„ .. th,gratify the Desire of the JUVENILE BRANCHES I sh roii - ri ,r et r ors AllllLlES, that the Amusements at these Gardens Pr for ONE NIGHT, terminate at an Early Hour, the anxious, as far as lies in their Power, to. meet the te rrain ie s of all who Honour them with their Company, have de an ed to Open the Gardens, expressly for the occasion, on tiort Aira Night and to devote that Night to the Accommoda tile a s Well Amusdnent of the Junior Branches ;it is, batet:lr, proposed to Open the Doors at Six, and the Rope 41,111.1In'ulg, Fire-Works Ascent on the Rope, and the other Prie -senl ents, to be allover by Ten o'Clock. And as the Pro k?.iss feel an anxious desire to see a numerous Assemblage of for o ,, a ung Folks now at home for the Holidays, they intend, ag e " Night only, to charge Children, under twelve years of 1 - . ):2 2 s. each ; other Persons, as usual, 3s. 6d.—The Musical 1120-vartment must, of. necessity, be a little curtailed; but the C4 s e-b anein , Fire-Works, Ascent on the Rope it la Saqui, be ...or arna a!Heptaplasiesoptron, and other Amusements, will 4.extensive and as grand as on any preceding Evening.. Al,' Supper -Boxes may be en,gaged the Day before, or in the ri g. —No Orders will be admitted. tee The following Day being Sunday, the Gardens must, of r em es _,itY; be cleared before Twelve o'clock; it is, therefore, luilsptruzastlly Eleven.annou need, the Lamps will be Extinguished at and • 14 .--- The Gardens will be opeti on Monday, Wednesday, Evenings, as usual. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE. LAST WEEK. OTICE is hereby !riven, that the EXIII qr, nrrioN of the ROY " : 11.. ADADENIY will filially O , OE on SATURDAY NEXT, the 13th, Instant, at Seven 1 0 cit . precisely. u "Iston(erery day from Eight &Clock tiliSevenjOneShilling. _ , _..... Catalogue One Shilling. R. HOWARD, R.A. See. d,„l.xl,iitors ire reqnested to send for their Works ou Tues. 16111, or W e d nes d a y, I;th. T h . BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.. qt GALLERY, with a SELECTION of ttish, P ICTURES, of the ITALIAN, SPANISH. FLE- Ten • V, DUTCH SCHOOLS, is O PEN . DAILY, from I n the Morning until Six in the Evening'. By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. The kdrui4sion Is.—Catalogue Is. \th ose S ubsc r ib ers to t h e P r i n t f rom M r . W es t' s Pictu re, lhei r r eceipts i-re numbered from I to 300, may receive 4 tibs o '9 3 Pressions, upon payment of the Remainder of the t her; / Pt,joil > at the British Institution, every day till fur °"ce (Sundays excepted), from Ten till Five. GREAT GAIN ! —LITTLE RISK ! , CAPITALSin TEN MINUTES, 44,1 tr'EX . l.` TUESDAY. 16th of THIS MONTH (JULY), 11, 1 , 38 1 e NI hol e T en must b e ga i ne d f or th e tr ifli ng Ri s k o f Pital s . ". each, being only Nineteen Pounds for Ten Ca. , Ticket4t hi s CI S and Sha res are now selling by BISH,Stock-Broker, Croti ,,l dState'L o tt ery Offices, 4, Coruhill, and 9, Charing 11 9 4, 441 `10n ; and by his Agents in the Country. Shares,ti e , Plan now adopted, a Whole 1 icket ultimately costs 'Bs. Od. and a Sixteenth only Four Shillings ; other .tni proportion. ,41% LISH shared and sold TWO PRIZES of £20,000, and 410 \,,':p . `i i "PIVE other CAPITALS in the LAST TWO S. NT, PARLIAME 11 .2uSE OF LORDS, JU L Y 10. WEDNESDAY, . C044-rk and Skibbereen Road Bill was read a second time. /1, 14 4 I, CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. - 4 tr i. --irtSRINE postponed the second re d ading fe o r f w th h e ie C h a d ttl ay e heirs e4troen t.Prevention Bill to next Tues ay, the,, Lordships were ordered to be summoned, His Lordship (1%;;) Presence four •Petitions against the Corn_ Bill, from e v, r3 , 4l. 'd Occupiers off, Land in the Counties of Suffolk, ' a d, and Dorset.id on the table. Sir j NEW BILLS. .+l, , p tl , ests GRAITAX and others brought up from the Corn -15a), 41 ,e Piveyer Cents. Repayment Bill . , the Fees of Courts Puriele Excise Licenses Regulation Bill, the Consolidated N 1 ,51,, Growing Produce Bill, the Irish._ Insolvent; Debtors il B .l. 4nl erldrnent Bill, the Charge of Pension Bill, the Loan Itill' ` 4 ,-,• e Prison Lain Consolidation Bill, and a Naturalization 1,1,--ttead a first time. the,. Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a Petition from th,ls,_ooltrupts confined in the King's Bench ying that b e t 'light he made entitled to the 13enefit oep p e ra lnsolvent to rs Act. Laid on the table. IRELAND. th e ,e Earl of SHAFTESBURY laid certain Papers reli. ,lest the state of I re l an d on the table, by command of his Th 37 ' IliZt t4 W- 1 Ea ti of DARLINGTON presented Petitions G from r e th ,s e ants of the Parishes of St. Giles and St. eo g tie , 13 41 1111 PurY, in favour of the Cattle 111-treatment Preven n '''-kiaid on the table. On th ALEHOUSES. terkes ~,,rnotion of Lord AUCKLAND,ti .Alehouse Li. ° 4 111 0 ,,,iu was read a second time, and ordered e to be committed l'h IA next. Sc ot :, -ua, ere Regulation Bill, the new Churches Bill,"and the , The Si legiSter ,Oifices Bill, were a second time. _ ` e Port - ed ' l lall Notes Bill went through a Committee and was . b a i b . CORN BILL. 14 11, ? ' 4"4ITTIURST having moved the third reading of this Th e I, • sti owy , Earl of LAUDERDALE wished that their Lordships kne e " Pause beforethey passed a measure of so much import iely'oand Which required so much consideration. He took a Zli!list etici f the operation of the existing Act, and contended that thed" Providing a minimum protection_pric-, it.had esta -1,71.41e1,4,,nP.217"unr. He complained of the inconsistency of the -ai c h .--‘IR He in now turning against their own measure, Passa,: e l , 4 181 5, he had joined in supporting. Re th(-1 read a qth 'min a speech of the Earl of Liverpool, on the motion Thae Marquis of Lansdowne for a Committee on Foreign Coi;IVO which his Lordship expressed , an opinion that the 1 / 3 1 teni. 41 1 1a vi9g passed, no alteration ought to be made in the Pre hi, 2 11 this opinion he coincided, and therefore could not arty . port to the present measure. He objected particu— ii'e,„ i y to the time at which it was proposed, as the was no ne oZt_ofor its , 1 Dass 'ng,. and he thought that it would be inju. ' egislate prospectively. Under all these circumstances The Earl of HARROWBY contended, that by supporting the present Bill he was guilty of no inconsistency. He con ceived that he was giving more effect to the existing Act, by remedying the defects which it contained, and vindicated his Majesty's Ministers, and the Committee from whose Report this measure had originated, from the charge of having aban doned the principles which they had formerly professed. He maintained that it was better to legislate when minds were cool and temperate, than to wait till prices should rise, and-the public mind should grow full of anxiety and alarm, for though he had no doubt that their Lordships Would then do their duty, yet it might be attended with consequences injurious to the public peace. The Noble Earl then restated his former argu ments m favour of the Bill, and contended that it would prove highly advantageous to the British farmer, by preventing un limited importation whenever corn should rise above the pro tection price. He was not one of those who wished that the price of corn should grow as high as 80s., for it would produce a corresponding rise in the price of provisions ; and as all evils were attended with some compensation, so the present lowness of provisions had proved beneficial to our manufactures. The Earl of LAUDERDALE asked when such a sentiment had ever been expressed by a Minister of, the Crown before, that agyiculture was to be depressed in order to increase the prosperity of manufactures ? Tho... Earl of HARROWBY had expressed no Such senti ment. He had merely said that there was no political evil, which, to a certain extent, did not carry some compensation in itself, and he illustrated that by stating, what every one knew to be a fact, that the low price of the necessaries of life had in some degree contributed to relieve our manufactures. Lord ERSKINE thought that it was cruel to turn upon the Agriculturists now, and to tell them that they had not suffered from the change in the 'currency, and that they would be as well protected with 703. as they had been with 80s. The Earl of GROSVENOR should vote for the motion of his Noble Friend, to postpone the further consideration of this Bill for three months. When he found that it was petitioned against by the whole Agricultural Body, he could not cons id er it as a measure of relief to Agriculture, although it was intro duced as such. He thought, on the contrary, that it was fa vourable to every other interest, save that of Agriculture.— There was no necessity whatever for legislating at present upon the subject ; why therefore should there be any objection to delay, when delay was likely to put their Lordships in posses sion of much information, which, though required, was now wanting ? Lord - REDESDALE maintained that every Bill founded on the principles of averages was founded on a wrong . principle, as the average prices returned were not the true prices. But even if these prices were correct, he should object to the time at which the present measure was brought in. If any measure were necessary, lie should prefer throwing the ports open to the importation of foreign corn, with such a duty as would enable the British farmer to meet it in the market. The Earl of CARNARVON thought that the present Bill would not be more injurious than the Act which it was pro posed to amend, but would entail upon Parliament the neces sity of legislating again upon the subject. He conceived that the existing Agricultural distress was occasioned by the ruinous attempt to restore a metallic currency ; and understanding that the :Noble Earl at the head of the Treasury would be able to attend on the third reading of the Small Notes Bill on Tues day next, he should then call upon their Lordships to recon sider that attempt, and the fatal consequences which it was likely to produce npon property. The Earl of DARLINGTON expressed his intention of voting against the Bill, which he considered to be ill-timed, ill advised, unjust, and mischievous. The House then divided on the question that the Bill be read a third time now. Contents . 32 Not Contents 16 Majority in favour of the Bill —l6 The Bill was then read a third time and passed.—Adjourned at a Quarter past Eight o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Irish Public Works Bill was reported, and the Report ordered to be taken into further consideration on. Friday next. The Exchequer Bills on Public Works Bill went thiough a Committee, and the further consideration of the Report was fixed for Monday next. The Loan Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. CURTEIS presented a Petition from certain 'Hop growers in the County of Sussex, praying . an alteration in the laws for marking Hops.—Ordered to be printed. The Charge of Pensions Bill was read a third time and passed. The Piste per Cents. Repayment Bill was disposed of in a similar manner. The Salt Duties in Ireland Bill was reported, and ordered to be re-committed. The Scottish Spirit Drawback Bill was reported, and the third reading fixed for to-morrow. Mr. WHITBREAD presented a Petition from a Baker in Shoreditch, praying a total repeal of the Salt Tax.—Ordered to lie upon the table. SERVANTS OF THE LATE QUEEN. The House went into a Committee upon a motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for granting Pensions to the ser vants of the late Queen. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the amount to be required by the resolution he had to propose was 2,2851. I2s. The persons to whom the pensions were to be granted were exclusively menial servants, and many of them had been very long in the Queen's service ; the highest sum to be granted was one of 4001. to John Jacob Sicartl, maitre d'Hokl to her .late Majesty. Under these circumstances he thought the liberality of Parliament would not suffer these domestics to want in their old age. After a few observations from — Mr. 111;3m and the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Report of the Committee was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Report of the Stage Coach Duties Bill was taken into further consideration, and the Amendments of the Committee Were agreed to. The third reading was fixed for to-morrow. The Lottery Bill went through a Committee, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. RECEIVER GENERAL'S BILL. The Report of the Receiver General's Bill was brought up, and after a brief conversation the Bill was ordered to be recom. mitted forthwith. The House then resolved itself into a Committee, and several Amendments were agreed to. The Report was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration to-morrow. Mr. G. LAMB presented a Petition from ecrtain Brewers against the Retail of_Beerßill. — Mr. F. BUXTON said that a considerable property would be injured by this Bill, and Ile trusted the House would not pass it. Mr. HUME hoped his Hon. and Learned Friend would pay no attention to those who were interested in the Bill, but pro ceed to press it through the House. Mr. Al ONCK said the Bill would be a great public advan tage; and that there would not be a man in the country who was not a brewer or a publican that would oppose it. Mr. LOCKHART contended, that no property would be injured by the Bill. Mr. H. GURNEY made a few observations that were in audible. Mr. BROUGHAM said that the Bill only went to allow the retail of Beer in shops, and would not i create a competition against the publicans. The Petition was ordered to be printed. FOREIGN TRADE REGULATIONS. Mr. S. WORTLEY rose to ask a question of his Noble Friend which greatly interested the mercantile and manufactur ing classes of this country. The duty upon the importation of British woollen goods into Spain and Portugal was understood to have been lately doubled by an actof the Cortes. He wished .to know what-steps had been taken by Government upon this subject. As we admitted' the wines of those countries in pre ference to others, it was impossible to conceive the reason of this prohibitory system being adopted towards wt.- If nothing =should be done by the Cortes in alteration of the course they had pursued, he should feel it his duty to bring the matter be fore the House early in the next Session. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY fully recognised the importance of the question put to him by his Hon. Friend. It was true that since the Revolution in Portugal a duty of 30 per Cent. had been laid on the importation of British woollen goods •by the new Government. This, too, was contrary to the stipulations in the Treaty of the year 1810. A suf ,ficient proof that such was not the understanding of the treaty_ was afforded by the fact that before the Revolution the duty continued at 15 per cent. Several remonstrances had ASSIZES Mr. DENISON had understood upon a former occasion that a plan was in contemplation for having a third Gaol Deli very in the year. He wished to know from the Noble Lord whether that plan• was matured so as to be acted upon during the present-year ? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought he might say, in the absence of his Right Hon. Friend, that the plan was ma timed, and that it was to be tried in the home counties in De cember next. r ooß LAWS. Mr. NOLAN rose to draw the attention of the House to the subject of the Poor in this Country. For the urgent necessity there existed for the Legislature 'to take up this subject, he need only appeal.to the number of petitions which crowded the table of the House upon ihe subject of th e P oor Rates and Poor Laws. With regard to 'the Poor Rates it would be found that they had increased at' least ten fold since 18f0. From a calcu lation recently made it appeared that one out - of ten of the po pulation were receiving' either tamporvy or permanent relief. That some remedy ought to beapplied to such a system he was sure no one would. dispute. Two distinct remedies had been proposed and agitated both in and out of the House. The one was of a violent nature, viz. to renounce the system of Poor Laws altogether. Considering, however, existing circum stances, he -thought that that plan was one of danger and hazard, and more likely to create discontent in the country than to promote any useful purpose. The effect of his own observa tions had been to convince him that the Poor Laws, if properly regulated, were of great use to the country. If they were to want an instance of the necessity of such an institution, he would only refer the House to the present state of Ireland, which he thought was sufficient to prove the utility of some in stitution for the benefit of the poot. Considering, therefore, that the poor rates were not act ua lly p re j u di c i a l t o the country, but that under wise and salutary regulations they might be brought back to the spirit of the Act. of Elizabeth, the plan which he should now proceed to propose would have for itt object the prOper regulation of the Poor Laws. If the present amount of the population exceeded the call for its labour, then .he conceded that no regulation of the Poor Laws could be at tended with effect; .but if, as he was disposed to believe, that the inefficacy of the laws was solely owing to their mal-admi nistration, then a proper regulation of them would certainly be of benefit. As far back as the history of the country enabled them to trace, it appeared to him that the poor were entitled to support. The language of the books on that subject was ex ceedingly cautious ; it only said that the poor were entitled to a bare subsistence, and certainly the statute of Elizabeth never calculated on the extent to which poor-rates had since been car ried. That statute until the last 20 years had never been sup posed to mean that the overseers should. find work for all the poor in the country, or in default thereof find them subsistence. The statute provided that the law should be administered by two or three substantial householders with the assistance of the churchwardens. Now if the Act had contemplated the relief of the whole population, it certainly would not have entrusted the administration of the law to so inadequate a number of overseers. It was certain, however, that there had now grown' up a most extravagant mode of relief, and a most ruinous mode of keeping accounts. This appeared to him to have been one of the great causes of the increase of the poor-rate. The other great cause would, he believed, be found to have arisen from the conduct of 'the magistrates themselves. They appeared to have paid, in many instances, more attention • to particular cases than to the intentions of the general law.__ The consequence had been, that it was now an universal rule for a person to come before a vestry, and declare himself unable to obtain work,. and'therefore become an annuitant upon the parish to an amount, not only of the wages paid for work, but of the property of those from whom his support was to be derived. It was not a little singular that the rate of wages had been con tinually increasing in the proportion often to one. Another cir cnuistance worthy. of attention was, that the rate of wages in neighbouring districts was frequently very disproportionate, and yet the manufacturer, whose wages were high, claimed the relief of the Poor Laws with the same confidence as the labourer whose wages were low. By a reference to the Statute Book, it would be found that the faint attempt to correct the operation of the Poor Laws was the Stat. of (ieo. I. which certainly had had some bene ficial effect at the time. The next Act was the 22d Geo. 111. which was followed, after great consideration, by an Act intro duced by an Hon. Member, who, he was sorry, had not himself introduced this Bill. The important provision of that Act was the recommendation of Select Vestries and the appointment of assistant overseers. Those points appeared to him so important, that in the Bill which he hoped to have the honor of intro ducing, he had particularly attended to them. Besides that, ac cording to the present system, the assistant overseers were ap pointed by the inhabitants assembled by the Vestry Clerk, and their particular duties were appointed by the inhabitants. Now it appeared, to him that the Select Vestries ought to be en trusted with the power of selecting and fixing the duties of the assistant overseers. With regard to the Select Vestries, his alteration would be but trifling. By the present law a power was given to the Select Vestries of inquiring: into the character of those applying for relief, and of distinguishing the idle and dissolute from the willing and industrious. The power was, however,' only given to the Justice in certain cases, and ex tended only to the persons applying fOr relief. But as he con sidered this power to be of great importance, and the only sure foundation of any amendment in 'the'law ' he should propose to extend it to certain cases to which it did not at present apply. The next power that he proposed to give certainly went further than the present law. A notion at present prevailed amongst the poor that they could not be obliged to work out of their own parish. He had paid attention to the subject, and lie was of opinion that such a notion had no foundation in law. He should therefore propose that the overseers or the persons directing the parish funds should have the power of procuring employment for the poor in any adjoining parish, providing that the-dis tance should not be unreasonably great. The next regulation which he should propose, provided that the accounts of every parish should be properly kept. For that purpOse he should suggest that two lists of the poor should be kept in each parish, the one containing the names of the poor and infirm, and the other the names of the healthy and those capable of work.— Each list should also contain a statement of the amount of the relief received and the place where, and be signed by the over seer or the guardian. These lists, he should also propose, should be collected quarterly, and forwarded to the Magistrates of the Quarter Sessions, who should have the power of employ ing the able-bodied paupers in any description of work which they could procure for them. He would also give a power to the Magistrates to appropriate . the money raised by this labour to the support of the family of the labourer, either by advancing it to himself, or, if oecasion.required, by paying it to his family. The other regulation whi'cli he should propose, went further than this ; it was, that at the end of every year the lists should be made up once more, and that another list should he formed from those paupers who had been longest on the parish, who should, at the discretion of the Magistrates, be placed out to labour. The object of this provision would be to make it the interest of .the poor to avoid applying for relief, except in cases where it IVas absolutely necessary. He should also pro - pose, that the parish accounts be made up and regularly 'audit ed.- his object would be to compel the parish-officers to keep .a day-book and ledger,—that they should regularly pre sent their accounts - to the Magistrates,—and that every facility Should be . affercled to the parishioners of scrutinizing the pub lic accounts.. These were the principal regulations - of the Bill which he intended to propose. The Honourable Mem ber proceeded to make some general remarks upon the pre sent law of settlement, and observed, that he thought greater complaints had been made regarding the litigation produced by the present law on this point, than had been fairly deserved. It appeared to him, that to take away the present law would be productive of great mischief. He had always considered this question in two lights, ,not merely as affording succour to the poor, but also as a wise measure of police, which tended to confine persons 'to those parishes in which they were best known, and where their characters were most likely to be pro perly appreciated. After some further observations on the dif. ferent powers of the present law, the Hon. Member proceeded to anticipate some oldie objections which he thought would be made to the Bill. He knew that no present relief could arise from the Bill, but all the Legislature could do was to give the people a facility of relieving themselves. It was -upon the people themselves that he called, to relieve the country from a burden, which, if permitted to remain, would prove destruc tive to the national prosperity.—(Hear, hear !)-The Hon. Member concluded by moving, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend and regulate the administration of the Poor Laws. ' _ _ The Illarquis of LONDONDERRY observed, that he thought the best way would be to allow the Bill to be read, and then to suffer the subject to lie over until the next Session. Without going at all into a consideration of the Hon. Zlember's speech, he would say that the Bill was not less recommended to their attention by perceiving that the scope and object of the lion. Member's Bill was rather to accomplish a better ad ministration of the law, and to bring it back to the principles of the Act of Elizabeth. He thought, however, that it would be better to give the House time for consideration, and to let the Bill stand over until the next Session. After a few words from Mr. MoNck, gave was given to bring in the Bill. ALIEN BILL. Mr. Secretary PEEL moved the order of the day for re ceiving the report of the Alien Regulation Bill. The question having been put that the report be brought up, Mr. BERNAL said, he felt it his duty to oppose the motion at present, as there were some of his friends who were not aware that it would be brought on so early -in the night, and whom, he knew, had it in contemplation to propose some new clauses. Mr. Secretary PEEL, said, that he could not consent to a further postponement of the measure. It would be competent w any Hon. Gentleman to propose any new...clauses on the third reading of the Bill. After a few words from M.r. BERNAL and the SPEALEIR, the Report was brought up. Mr. SCARLETT - said, that as he must soon leave town, he would take that opportunity of mentioning those clauses which he should propose., The first had reference to the 10th section of the Act, by which any Alderman, Mayor, Magistrate, or Justice, was empowered to remove an alien without reference to the Secretary of State. He should propose the 'repeal Of this provision of the Act. The second clause he should submit to the House was of more importance. He paid particular atten.; tion to the grotinds on which this measure was argued by Mi nisters. They contended that the object of it was simply a Bri. tish object, and that it was not at all intended to serve the political purpose of any foreign Power. Every useful end might, he thought, be fully answered, and be consistent with the second clause he should submit to the House:— The end he had in view was, to prevent an abuse of those powers conferred by the Bill ; lie would therefore propose that the provisions of it should not extend to any alien unless it ap peared from the testimony of one or more credible witnesses be fore a magistrate, that such alien was engaged in plans affect ing the peace and security of any foreign State in amity with this country. It was desirable he thought that the docu ment containing the evidence thus given should be pre served, as well for the purpose of communicating it to the House; if necessary, as that the alien might afterwards have an opportunity of grounding proceedings on it, if he should think proper so to do in defence of his. character. The third clause-would provide that there should be laid before Parlia ment the name of the alien, the description of the particular acts which led to his removal, the name of the place to which he had been removed, and from which he had been sent, and this within one month after his removal, if Parliament were sitting, or withjn One month after its next meeting. The fourth clause provided that a specification of the charge should be communi cated to the alien, if he so required it, 24 hours before his re moval. This lie thought was due in justice to the person so acz. cused, that he might have an opportunity of refuting the accu sation, if he possessed the means of doing so. He recollected to have heard that when the War Alien Bill was in operation, two foreigners, who came over here to sue for a debt, were arrested, and sent out of the country on information, given by some per son interested, that their object in coming,over was of a pond.: cal nature, Mr. Pitt, he, understood, afterwards expressed his regret at the circumstance. Mr. Secretary PEEL opposed all the clauses. The first was unnecessary, as the local Magistrates could not act with- out special authority from the Secretary of State. No objection had ever been made to give a return on.. Motion of the,persons sent out of the country under the Act, and the clause on that subject was also unnecessary. ' The appeal to the Privy Council, he contended, was complete without the clause on that subject. As for the clause limiting the cases in which the Act was to be enforced, he thought the value of the Bill depended upon its being a discretionary power in the Executive. Past misconduct alone might be a good reason for removing an alien. The House then divided on the bringing up of the first Clause proposed by Mr. ScARLETT, when there appeared-- For the Clause - - - - - 13 Against it - - - - 39 Majority - - • —26 The brining up of the other Clauses was then negatived without a division. A Message from the Lords here announced their Lordships' assent to several Bills. THE CURRENCY. Mr. WESTERN said, tliaiWCvits - i;lOst painful to hifn to postpone the motion of which he had given notice, but that several Hon. Members who'Wished to partake in the dikus sion, were necessarily absent. Perhaps the House would allow him to move all his Resolutions except the last, and to post pone that until Tuesday or Wednesday. It must be allowed by every one that the subject was one which ought to undergo a full discussion before the separation of Parliament. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, he had no objet= Lion to the course proposed by the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. RICARDO said, that he could not agree to any of the Resolutions of the Hon. Member in their present form ; seve, ral of them contained mistakes in fact, and all of them were pervaded by an erroneous principle. Mr. HUSKISSON strongly objected the postponement of the discussion. Mr. WESTERN was quite ready to proceed, if it were the desire of the House--(Go on, go on.)—lt might be thought that he was pertinacious on this subject, but if those who were of that opinion felt, as he did, the importance of the question, the unparalleled situation of the country,—the unexampled ruin that had already spread around,—the apprehension that that ruin was but the precursor of more exterisiVe evils,—and the conviction, that all was attributable to the cause to which he had already called, and to which he was about again to call, the attention of the House, he was persuaded that they would. not blame him for his perseverance. It was his most decided opin- ion, that if the Bill of 1819 were allowed to continue in force, its operation would involve this and the sister island in the most unprecedented condition of peril. He utterly denied that there was any exaggeration in this statement. To exaggerate on any subject was the worst apology Which the advocate of any opinion could adopt. Of this fact he was convinced, that, by the operation of the measure to which he had alluded, two. thirds of that most valuable class of the community—the culti. vators of the soil—had, in the course of a few years, and in a time of profound peace, Been rendered insolvent. The turn of the landowners would soon come. They would soon be invol ved in the ruin of their tenantry. There were very many pro. prietors of estates, at the present moment, who did not receive 20 per cent. of their rents. That was but a foretaste of what they must expect, should the present course of policy on this subject be persevered in. The noblemen and gentlemen of the country would be dragged down from their elevation, and degraded from their rank, in a manner which had never before occurred in the annals of the world. They would have to undergo the transfer and confiscation of all their property. Adverting to the Bill of 1 1 819, he repeated what he had declared in the former discussion on this subject, that he had no doubt it originated in a laudable wish to maintain those sound principles of justice and honesty by which this country had ever been distinguished. But it was not too much to say, that, with all their excellence of intention, the authors-of the measure had fallen into error. Not only the misery in this country, but the excess of misery which for the first time had appeared in Ireland, was, he was perfectly convinced, attributable to the present state of the currency. He had received ' many letters from Ireland, all of which stated, that in the dis tressed districts there was a want of employment, a want of money, not a want of food. Was there ever any thing so anoma lous as the present state of 'lreland ? To see a large portion of the population of a country dying for want, while Minniters as serted that in another part of that country there was a super abundance of food ! To see human beings starving, with the cup of plenty close to their lips ! The fact was, that the farmers of Ireland, having no money, could not employ the poor-4nd that the poor, having no employment, could not buy food. When he considered these things—when he looked also at the poor of this country, who were absolutely at this very moment liv ing on the capital of the country, he entertained the most fear ful apprehensions -that we should, -ere long, have a high price of corn arising out of a deficiency of supply. He would read to the House the 'Resolutions that it was his intention to pro pose, and make a few comments on them as he proceeded.-- [The Honourable Gentleman here read his first Resolution, and at successive intervals the remaining seventeen Resolu dons. • Our Readers will find the whole at the conclusion of the speech.]—Adverting to what had been said of the neces sity under which landlords were placed, in the present times, of being liberal and giving up a portion of their rents to _ their tenants, he said that he held in contempt the use of the word " liberality," in such circumstances. The landlords ,empyoccsi had e e md d nsb i o: a vve t unees tenantseen= " ma l d Cd e Were bound to do their duty. They had a right to expect contractsEl i e t c l h y under t im h from their tenants their just due, but they had no right to uce finelyoxp could t mor o t i v t ui r e n a t r i c' d, e t e :r y n t i r i u n r t ei n t t : o 'r i ti o % fulfil - n l a e i s n L t h il o o c s wo A e ne .for many years antecedently to the Bill of 1819, were, in fact, violated by that Bill. It was not just, therefore, td attempt to hold the tenant to the contracts which he made before that period. The Hon. G en tl eman h ere entere d at considerable length into a statement of the prices of Corn at various periods in support of his argument. When he contemplated the situation of the Landowners, from the highest Peer of the Realm down wards ; when he calculated all their outgoings—their fixed pay ments----their jointures--their allowances to younger children— their mortgages—their law agents—their land agents—the neces sary appendages of their rank and station, it was his thin and perfect conviction, that they amounted to full half their actual rent. Ire absolutely denied,that any of the Landlords of the cowl, try, from the highest - to the lowest, bad evinced any sordidness of disposition. It was an aspersion of which he would rather be the object than the author. On the contrary, • the Landed Interest had manifested too deficient an attention to their own interests. Their patrimonial estates were melting away from them; and the ' , operation which was now going on must even tually strip them of their rank and property. Witli respect to the question of taxation, he contended that the natural amount of any payment was not to be estimated by the pounds, shil lings and pence in which the p a ym e nt w as m a d e , b ut ,by the quantity of commodities which would be required to produce the pounds, shillings, and pence in which the payment was made. To estimate taxation by the quantity of labour necessary to raise its amount, was indisputably the only fair means of ascertaining the real pressure on the people. He most fully believed that the effects of , the Bill of 1819 were not at all in the contemplation of the author and the supporters of the measure. He put it to them, and to the House, whether, if they had anticipated wh a t had taken place, they_ would have enacted the measure? It could only be in ignorance that the measure was agreed to. Perhaps he might be accused of aiming at a breach of public faith. if he were so charged, or rather if he were so aspersed, he would not say , that he would treat the accusa tion with contempt, but he would say that it would not produce on him the slightest effect. In answer to such an accusation, he would say that faith had not been kept with the public debtor.—(Hear!)—There had already been a breach of faith to wards the public, and a breach of great extent, productive of the most pernicious consequences. Had the events which had since occurred been anticipated in 1819, an arbitration between the parties liable to injury, a kind of adjustment of their interests, ought to have taken place. So far, however ; was that from having been the case, he maintained that a great breach of faith had taken place towards- the public. He apprehended that the restoration of the metallic currency had been in tended merely to do justice to the stockholders prior to 1797. Such an object was, however, totally unattainable.— In a period of nearly a quarter of a century, how large a proportion of those ancient proprietors of stock must have ceased to be holders of stock, and must necessarily and on= avoidably have converted their stock into land, into manup factories, and into the means of pursuing all the various active employments of society. Thousands, however, were re ceiving their death-blow in consequeifce of this act of retributive justice, as it was called; and the confidence which the people had. hitherto reposed in Parliament, as the conservators of property of every kind, had been most decidedly shaken. 'With regard to high prices, it had been asserted by many, that higher money Prices than those now existing would be injurious to the poorer classes of society. In his opinion, however, it was indispensible to the interests of the country, and of course therefore to all the classes of its pnptilation, that all commodities, that all the pro. &ice of the earth, and that labour should bear a higher price than at present. A rapid declension of every interest in the State would otherwise take place. To what did many per- sons look for the relief of agriculture ? To an advance of price occasioned by a reduction in the quantity of produce. , He, how ever, maintained that it was not necessary to reduce the quan tity of produce for that purpose. He was decidedly for afford, ing protection to agriculture ; but he would at that very hour willingly open all-our ports, and allow all the hoarded corn in the granaries to be poured into the country, or sent to the dis tressed districts in Ireland, provided that extended circulation was afibrded, which was so necessary to the vast concerns of the country. Were that done, it would soon be found that there was no superabundance of corn in the country. When did any man before, see, hear, or read of a cotintryruined}?y stiperabunoance ! Such a thing had never entered into the head of any but modern philosophers ! The lion. Gentleman, after dwelling on the present state of the distress of the country, said, that no country could bear up against distress with so much patience and so much fortitude. Had it not been for the fatal measure of 1819 no country would have been in a state of greater conifort or more general prosperity. The Hon. Gentleman, in conclusion, et. - pressed his regret that he had not done to a subject so interest ing and so important„ the justice which it required. He 2teo Moved the following Resolutions 1. That the Select Committee appointed last Session to in• quire into the Petitions complaining of the distressed state of the Agriculture of the United Kingdom, reported, That it was with deep regret they had to commence their Report by stating 4 that in their judgment the complaints of the Petitioners were founded in fact, and that at the price of corn, at that time, the returns to the occupiers of arable farms, after allowing for the interest of their investments, were by no means adequate to the charges and outgoings ; and that a considerable portion thereat' must have, therefore, been paid out of their capitals :—That the prices of grain have experienced a -still further depression. viz. from 555. 6d. per quarter of wheat to 455. ; and all other grain and all other articles having undergone a similar or greater decline, the insufficiency of the receipts of the farmers to cover their'cliarges must be proportionably increased, which is further confirmed by the numerous Petitions on the Table of the House, representing in the strongest terms their aggravated and excessive distress; and that in consequence• thereof, the la bourers in many districts are destitute of employment anti the consequent means to purchase food, and have broken out into acts of violence and aggression, and for which the lives of same have been forfeited under sanction of the law. " 2. That it appears by the papers relating to the state of Ireland,. laid before this House by his Majesty's command, that serious disturbances had broken out in that country, of which the demand and collection of rents had been, on the part of the insurgents, the alleged causes; and subsequent informa., tion has been received, that the labourers in agriculture, fiom a partial failure ,in the crop of potatoes, together with a total want of employment, and consequent means to purchase other food, are in the most calamitous and deplorable situation • and that many have died from the want of nourishment, whilst the price of provisions still continues so low, as not to afford to the occupiers of land the means of defraying the various charges to which they are subject. " 3. That in the same Report of the Select Committee of last Session, it is stated, that the measures taken for the re. storation of the currency have contr4)uted to lower the price of grain and other commodities generally, and consequently to cause a severe pressure upon the industry of the country, and not only to have occasioned a proportion of the fall of prices here, but to have produced a similar, , though no: equal, effect in other countries; and, in a degree, to have ranged the markets of every part of the civilized world.' That in proportion as all commodities, whether the produce of the soil, manufactures or commerce, have experienced a depres sion of their money value, so must the proprietors havc,, suffered a direct injury; and whatevenmay be the degree, it is impossible that the commercial and manufacturing classes of the community can long continue to prosper, whilst the cul tivators of the soil ate rapidly sinking into ruin and decay, and the labourers suffering in consequence of the want of their usual employment. " 4. That soon after the passing of the Act of 177, by whic'i the Bank of England was restricted from paying . its notes in specie, the ancient metallic standard of value having been thus departed from, the currency of the country, co nposed of bank.. notes, became depreciated, which depreciation was evinced, and may be estimated by the amount of bank-paper money above 31. 17s. 100. necessary to purchase an ounce of gold ; and which fluctuating from that sum`to 51. 1 ls. was, on the average of 18 years to 1816, 41. 10s. 10d. thence to 1819, 41. Is. and tie last ten years of the war, 41. 16s. Id. That this depreciatieu may be further and more, accurately estimated by the price of commodities, particularly of wheat, at different periods, by which it will also appear that the value of gold was, reduced by the issue of paper, which became its nearly exclusive substitute; that the price of wheat, according to the Eton &- lege tables, upon the average of 150 years prior to thecommence ment of the late war, whether calculated in periods of 10 or 50 years, had not exceeded 465. per quarter, and an ounce of gill