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•, 4 -- - - -' to_ s tr ‘ r,,,1 ',=-,,.:-..:41,.; lit,l::'.,ti,- ,r• i . ry.t.t ',;.F. 1 ".11.14..a" ; . .- • , ' . . . . . 0 , Jr . . ty 4 - - , * ,-----., 441,5vit,itk` . . S t IIIIINI" . . " . .. • " .. .. /7 / 4,e s i :•W " Jllll- -111-41111 .-4Z- -- •--- -- r - . 44 \ ' , ... • . _moo_ -.,- „-- . ..., NumBER 9215.] FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1822. PRICE 'SLVENP ENCE CONTRACTS FOR BRAZIERS' AND FOUNDERS' GOODS. THE LOTTERY. PARLIAMENT, 40- ver Dr. jor A., Navy-Office, March 4,132 i. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS and COM MISSIONERS of HIS M4JESTY'S N_JT'Y do hereby give Notice, that on WEDNESD4Y, the 27th In stant, at One o'Clock, thi'y will be ready to treat with. Such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying His Majesty's Yards at Deptford, lroolwich, Chatham, Sheer. nest, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, with IT WAS HAZARD and CO. who Shared and Sold on the First Day - of Drawing, 487 .., £20,000 2,290 • £3oo 233 2,305 NEXT THURSDAY, MARCH 14, Is the Second Day of Drawing, when the First-drawn Prize will have £=20,000. The Wheel is immensely rich, and contains Four Prizes of £20,000; others of £2,000, £l,OOO, &c. and not Two Blanks to.a Prize. Tickets and Shares are Selling by HAZARD and Co. at their Offices, Royal Eiehatige Gate; 46, Cornhill ; and 324, Oxford-street, Corner of Swallow-street; and by their Agents. HOUSE OF LOR,DS,TauttsnAy, MARCH 7. The, Marquis of LOTHIAN took the oaths and his seat as Baron Ker. The Bishop of EXETER moved for Copies of all the Reports of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of Charitable Institu tions for the Education of the Poor in Great Bri tain.—Ordered. BRAZIERS' and FOUNDERS' GOODS. A Form of the Tender may be sees 'at this Ogee. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock, on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party, or an Agent for Mm, attends. Mr. Woodford, from the Treasury, presented sundry Returns, pursuant to the orders of the House.—Laid on the table. 111 r. Payne presented the annual Accounts of the Commissioners for the Thames Navigation.— Laid on the table. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dressed to the Navy Board, and signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tender ing, in the Sara of 1 0081. for the due perfornianee of the Contract. VYTON congratulates the Public on their J success on the First Day of Drawing: a grand Prize of £20,000, besides others of £2OOO, &c. having been distri buted in Shares. The Wheel:is immensely rich, although 5,000 Tjckets hav e b een d rawn , an d conta i ns FOUR of £20,000, and 52 other Capitals, ALL STERLING MONEY! —NO STOCK PRIZES !—NO CLASSES ! Next Day of Drawing, 14th March, when 4-10,000 will be gained by the First-drawn Prize. 2, Cornhill and Lombard-street, All Business in the Pablic Funds transacted with fidelity and dispatch. The Irish Population Regulation Bill was read a third time and passed. The Transfer in Aids Bill, the Irish Arms and Gunpowder IMportation Bill, the Exchequer Bills; Bill, and the Segars and Tobacco Duty Bill, went through Committees respectively, and the Ruorts were received. ThSPLORD CHANCELLOR introduced a Bill to amend'4rtain verbal errors which had crept into the ACetif ParliaMent for regulating the admis sion of .Attornies and Solicitors.—Read a first, time.-=Adjourned. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Feb. 27, 1822. rrHE 'COURT of DIRECTORS of the - JIL UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Nitice, That the COURT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 13th March, from the Owners of good Copper-bottomed SHIPS, of the Burthen of about 350 Tons, Registered Measurement; speci fling the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to LET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BEN- COOLEN. The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the Cover, to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at this House, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the above . mencioned day, beyond which hour no Tender will be re ceived. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon which the Ships will• be employed, may be had on application at the Office of the Clerk to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Monday, the 4th March next. PUBLICATIONS. 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The " Union," SOUTHAMPTON, Lymington, Winches ter, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water. and Bagshot, New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at Eight; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by Five.—This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maims, Havre de Grace, Cher-burgh, &c.— The Props ietors of the above Coach hope to receive a con tinuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of the " Union."—No racing with other Coaches. BATH and BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip penhain, Caine, Marlborough, Newbury, and Reading, every Afternoon at one; arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Inn, Rath, and the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and Swan, Bristol, next Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth. The UMPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at One; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Seven, through Woburn, Lathbury, Northampton, Vt'elford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, Atherstone, Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle, Kigs ford. Warrington, and Preston. SHREWSBURY Wellington, and Shit sal , Post-Coach, every Afternoon .- Guarded. The UNION, WEYMOUTH, Dorchester, Bland ford,Salis bury, Andover, Overton, Basingstoke, Hartford Bridge, Black water, end Bagshot, new Post Coach, every Afternoon._ The Weymouth Packets to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Molar's, &c. BA RNSTAPJ.E and Southmolton Post Coach, every Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday Mornings at Seven o'Clock. The " Rockingham," LEEDS light Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Four; and passes through .Baldock, Big gleswade, Eaton, Silttm, Greetham, Grantham, Bawtry, Stamford, Markham Moor, Newark, Retford, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next Afternoon. Luggage and Packages only 2d per lb.--Notwitbstanding the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be the most agreeable and complete Public Conveyance ow the North Road, being unequalled by any other. HARROWGATE and Ripon new Light Post Coach, every Afternoon at Four. GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-green, Annan, Dumfries, Brownhill, Thornhill, Sanquhar-Kiln, Canmock, Kingswelt, and all Parts of Scotland, a.Post Coach daily. YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New castle, and Edinburgh, New Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morning, by way of Newark, Retford, Doncaster, Ferrybridge, • Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, Mm peth, and Berwick. Passengers finding themselves fatigued on the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, new four-inside Coach, through Aldbourn, Reading, Lambourn, Purton, Lydington, Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Raorsbtiry, Hungerford, New hory, and Maidenhead; every Morning. BRIDGENORTH, Walsal, Shrewsbury, Salop, and Holy head Four Inside Coach, every Afternoon. BOSTON, Spalding, Pete, borough, Stilton, and Hunting= don Royal Mail Coach, every Evening, to Spilshy, Louth, Grimsby, and Hull, Afternoon at a Quarter before Six. CARLISLE, Penrith, and Whitehaven Post Coach, goes with Four Horses, and a Guard all the way, passes through Brougb, Appleby, Greta-bridge, Richmond, Catterick, Bo roughbridge, Wetherhy, Aberford, Ferrybridge, Newark, Doncaster, Grantham, Stamford, Bawtry, Greetham, and Stilton. Sets out every Morning, and performs the journey with the greatest facility. Passengers detained on the Road by business or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next Coach. KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorley, Os niskirk, and Garsting Post Coaches, every After noon. LIVERPOOL, Warrington, Knatsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield new light Four Inside Post Coach, (only One Night on the Road), every Afternoon at Three o'Clock; arrives at the Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool, next Evening. WAKEFIELD Post-CoaCh, every Morning. CHESTER, Newport, %Vhitechurch, Tarporley,.Nampt wich, Northwich, and Middlewich Post-Coach, every After noon. SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarm Coach, every Morning, to the George Inn, Sunderland. - MANCHESTER, Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, Walsal. and Wolverhampton new Four Inside Post-Coach, every Af ternoon.—Only One Night. on the Road. SHEFFIELD and Rotherham Post-Coacb, called the "Nel son," every Morning. BIRMINGHAM Post Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Three o'Clock, carrying Four Inside only; and passes through Warwick, Leamington, Southam, and Daventry, to the Sa racen's Head, Bull-street, Birmingham, next Morning at Half-past Seven. HULL, Lincoln,Nortbeadef flowden, and Doncaster, Post Coach, every Morning, to thy Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull. HERTFORD, Ware, Hoddesdon,. and Clashing Coach, every Morning. .TOTTENkIAM and Edmonton Cdathes daily; at Ekren, Half-past Two, Five, and Eight. Luggage and Packages to Leeds, Doncaster, and Ferry bridge, at only 2d per pound. S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they will not be accountable for any Parcels,` Passenger's Luggage, Writings. Plate, &c. of Wore than Fire Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, un less entered as such, and the Insurance paid for accordingly, at thaSat accies Head Inn, Sim/Iv-hill, London. s HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. W. DUNDAS presented a Petition from certain indi viduals, praying to be heard by Counsel against several Clauses in the Edinburgh Police Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. • THE SALT TAY. Mr. JONES rose to move for the production of Accounts, on which he proposed to chew th a t th e S a l t T ax m i g h t b e ad vantageously abandoned altogether. He moved for Accounts of the number of Officers employed by the Excise in the su perintendenance and management of the Duties on Salt, the amount of their Salaries and Emoluments, and the total amount of the nett produce of the Tax over the same.--Ordered. AURICULT URAL DISTRESS. Mr. LOCKHART rose to present a Petition from certain Owners and Occupiers of Land of Witney, in the county of Oxford, on the subject of Agricultural Distress. On looking at the signatures to this Petition, he found that all classes con curred in the representations here put forth. The case they made out was quite alarming, and if the mischief were to be ascribed, as he believed it had been by his Majesty's Principal Minister, to superabundant produce, he thought the farmer ought at all events to be protected against foreign competitors, and the evils resulting under 'particular circumstances from the importation of grain. He wished such measures adopted as would , give thth farmer a market, and Ine, labourer employment. The present distress threatened to lead to the most serious con sequences. He had been informed on authority which he could not question, that it had produced some disturbances in the county of Norfolk, and that riots had broken out in the county of Suftblk, which made it necessary to call out the yeomanry. The Hon. Member for Suffolk would perhaps be able to state whether or not this was true. Mr. GOOCH was sorry to say that that part of the Hon. Gentleman's statement, which related to the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk was too true. Circumstances of a disagreeable nature had occurred on the borders of the county of Norfolk, and in the county of Suffolk disturbances had taken place, which had made it necessary to call out a part of the yeomanry.— He was the last man in the House who would unnecessarily endeavour to excite alarm ; but he was bound to admit that these facts were true. He, however, begged to correct a state ment which had been made by the Hon. Member for the City of Oxford (Ali. Lockhart), on a former night, respecting the gaol at Bury, which was one of the best regulated establishments of the kind in the kingdom, and which was under the care of a most respectable, humane, and intelligent person. The Hon. Gentleman had stated, that in a gaol which was built to con tain 100 persons, at present 200 were confined—that of these 200 prisoners 80 were poachers. It had also been said, that of the 130 poachers many had gone out poaching in order that they might get taken up, and be thus saved from starving. He had had a letter from that respectable gaoler to whom he had al ready alluded,. which stated, that instead" of there being 200 prisoners in the gaol, there were at present but 150. For the 80 poachers mentioned, but 40 were in confinement, and in quiries had been made to ascertain whether any of them had gone out to poach to escape s t arv i ng , b y gett i ng t h emselves taken, and it had been found that among them all there was not a single solitary instance of that nature. Mr. LOCKHART was glad to hear that the number of the prisoners was not so great as he had understood it to be, but sorry it was not smaller than it was according to the statement'l of the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. H. SUMNER mentioned a case in which the poachers confined in a Penitentiary had been employed in a mill. The effect was most beneficial, for it had been stated, after a con siderable time had elapsed, that not one of those who had been so employed ever returned to confinement.—The petition was ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. (}OOCH rose to present a petition from certain owners and occupiers of land, on the subject of Agricultural Distress. He was not disposed to carry his politics so far as to be unwil ling to present a petition from any class of persons because they happened to differ from him. He had therefore to state that this Petition was respectfully drawn up, and he hoped it would receive from the House the attention it deserved. Having said this, there were some circumstances connected with the Petition to which he wished to advert, and some part of his own conduct which he desired to explain. This Petition was voted at a lare meeting called by a requisition, very respectably si gne d ; but it had been so managed, that he believed not ten free holders, from Ipswich to Yarmouth, knew that such a requisi tion was about to be forwarded. There was nothing in it but what all the freeholders, whatever their political sentiments, might have subscribed to; he therefore did not see why it should have been kept from persons who differed in some respects from those by whom it had been drawn up ; but such was the course pursued. When the day of meeting arrived, he attended at Stow market, as did several friends of his, who lived within A morning's ride of the place. Ten of these agreed with ten of the party opposed to them to draw up a string of resolu tions, which should be so framed that they might pass unan. imously, as it was admitted that it would be wise to keep politics out of the way altogether. The resolutions were drawn up, and he thought they were going off unanimously, when an individual there, of whom he had no right to complain, as he was not a party to the agreement which had been entered into, broke in upon the arrangement by moving a resolution which went to call for a Parliamentary Reform. Those Gentlemen who had come to an arrangement with his friends, seconded and supported this proposition, and they then entered upon a wide field of discussion. The Sheriff would not put the resolu tion, as to do so would be to take the county by surprise, the meeting not having been summoned to consider of the pro. priety of petitioning fora Reform in Parliament; and he there. fore believed that the best thing he could do was to dissolve the meeting. He (Mr. Gooch) and the few friends with him re tired, and afterwards the Sheriff was persuaded to call on the instant a new meeting in the waggon. He was surprised at this, as acting such a part was taking the county completely by surprise. At this new meeting the Reform proposition was carried. His worthy colleague, whose absence from the House he much regretted, would have supported it had he been in his place, because he, from the conviction of his honest mind, was as much in favour of Parliamentary Reform, as he (Mr. Gooch) was opposed toit. He himself, however, wished for Reform where this could be effected with safety. He (Mr. Gooch) wished to guard :against a lavish expenditure--he wished to punish and repress corruption • wherever it might be detected, but he could not go the length of calling for that alteration in the Constitution which some thought necessary. He had mentioned the indisposition of his Honourable Colleague to ac- Count for his not being there to support the Petition, which had beep carried about six weeks for signatures, to the prayer of which, as it now stood, he was sorry to say that he could not subscribe. Mr. COKE said, constituted as that Rouse was, ne had no hope that the Petition now presented, or any other, would be a ttended W. The lion. Gentleman had told them the meeting was very numerous, and so he (Mr. Coke) understood it to have been ; and he could 'not therefore understand how the county could be so much taken by surprise its- - the Hon. Gen tleman supposed. From the conduct pursued by that House, in rejecting these Petitions, it was dear that no relief was to be expected without a reform in Parliament. The plan lately brought forward by Ministers would not relieve the landed. in terest. A proof of this might be found in the price of barley having gone down from 4s. I Id. to 4s. 6d. the bushel. The Noble Marquis treated these subjects with a degree of good humour, which, in consequence of a certain understanding among - them, passed off very well there ; but for the statement he had. lately made, it was to him perfectly incomprehensible, 'and he could not make either head or tail of it. A speech which had preceded it by a few evenings, shewing the neces sity of a reduction of taxation, was much more comprehen, sible. All felt that it was to a diminution of the public bur dens that they must look for real substantial relief. At . pre sent, however, to petition was useless, for the Noble Marquis sat there ready to overturn all the hopes of the sufferers. No relief could be hoped for but from a Reform in that House. The plan brought forward for the relief of Agriculture would not suffice. He could wish the Noble Marquis and some of his colleagues would do him (Mr. Coke) the honour to • accom .pany him to Mark-lane, to witness the ridicule with which his plan was treated there. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY did not rise for the pur - - pose of discussing the question of Parliamentary Reform. He had hoped to see him at present in a better temper of mind. He did not think the Hon. Gentleman had a right to•comphin of not, being able to make head or tail of his plan, as he had been of late occupied with subjects of much greater interest. Had he. been less occupied he might have heard some goad reasons for adopting that plan which Government had brought forward, in preference to that which the Honourable Gentleman would recommend. , The Gentlemen of Mark-lane understood their interest better than to suppose' the price of corn would rise through what was called a Parliamentary Reform, if public credit Were not maintained. Were taxes taken off beyond what could be spared without injury to public credit, Mark. lane would be the first to cry out, and to feel that it must suf fer from a violation of national faith. All the interests of the country were happily so bound up together that one .could not be injured without prejudice to the rest. The motion for a Parliamentary Reforni.might have, been unanimously carried at a county meeting, b u t w itho u t * speaking disrespectfully of such meetings, he must object to its being supposed that it em bodied all the deliberative Gentlemen of the county. Mr. ill‘DoNaLD and Mr. LENNARD rose at the same time. The latter Gentleman was named by the SPEAKER, but several voices called out the name of the former. Mr. LENNARD begged to offer a few words, notwithstand ing the opposition made by the lion. Member for Durham. Mr. LAMBTON begged pardon of the Speaker, but really did not understand that the Hon. Gentleman had any right to allude personally to him. Mr. LENNA RD remarked, the Hon. Gentleman kad called out another name when he (Mr. Lennard) rose to speak. The SPEAKER said nothing was more common,_ when more than one Member rose at the s a m e moment, than for' Members to call out the different names. This was not in tended to mark disrespect ; it was to -be supposed that each called out the name of the person he had first seen on his legs. Mr. LENNARD had alluded to the Hon. Member for Dur ham, conceiving him to be out of order. He then proceeded to speak at some length on the contents of the Petitions. The Petitioners repelled the idea that any part of their distress sprung from over-production, and were satisfied that they could obtain no relief but by a reduction of taxes ; and he argued that a re duction of taxes was the most desirable measure that could be adopted. Mr. M'DONALD said, the admirably well-timed pleasan try of the Noble Marquis on the occasion of the presentation of this most melancholy Petition, might be very , satisfactory to his own mind, but he must allow him to say, that it would not be very satisfactory to those who were attending to the progress of their deliberations out of doors. The Noble Marquis might taunt his Hon. Friend, the Member for Norfolk, on hi s do mestic affairs, but his Hon. Friend held a place in the esteem and affections of his constituents and the country, which the Noble Marquis might envy, but could not claim to share.-- Most unlike himself would his Hon. Friend have acted if any athlition to his own domestic comfort and happiness could make him forget the distresses of those for whom he had never ceased to interest himself, or alter his sentiments with respect to the cause of them. He (Mr. M‘Donald) had not heard the whole of the speech of the Hon. Member for Suffolk, in consequence of the Petition having been brought forward before the time at which public business was usually entered upon. He regretted this, knowing something of the County, and knowing that his Honourable Friend had something to explain respecting him self. He wished to hear him, and should have been happy to congratulate him on his having done justice to his constituents, and completely vindicated himself. But it should seem that in that House there was something like a spell set on Gentlemen, which made them very different when they came there from what they appeared to be elsewhere. lie had spoken of the Meeting as having been very respectably attended. Speaking thus, he had but described it as a mere parish meeting might be described ; but the fact was, a meeting more remarkable for attendance of persons of importance in the neighbourhood, and for numbers, had never been held in the precincts of that county. From 6to 8,000 persons had been present. The Hon. Member had said, the Requisition had been carried about for six weeks for signatures. Mr. GOOCH said he had described the Requisition to have been sent round for signatures, and to have been carefully con cealed from those whose political sentiments differed from the politics of the Gentlemen by whom it was drawn up. It was the Petition of which he had spoken in the terms just attributed to him by the Hon. Member. Mr. MACDONALD resumed. It was unfortunately one of the circumstances of the present times that an opinion prevailed it was all but useless to petition that House.. The farmer in consequence, in many cases, would not goa hundred y a rds frcm his own dwelling for the purpose of joining in a petition. In the county of Cambridge, but the other day, a Resolution had been come to, declaring that it was in vain to Petition Parliament. The evils that oppressed the country were not known to spring from any particular visitation of Provi dence, and therefore it was natural to conclude that they had their origin in political mismanagement. But these pe titioners, it ought to be borne in mind, had never claimed to be relieved at the expence of any other class of their fellow-subjects. That which they called for was an unspar ing, uncompromising, severe system of retrenchment in the public eXpenditure, and a proportionate reduction of taxa tion. The, petition attributed the evil to the right cause, and declared the remedy could only be found in a reformed House of Commons, which would supply a more efficient check to the improvidence of the Government. The Hon. Member for Suffolk (Mr. Gooch) had seemed to think with the majority of the late M eeting. His professions of a determination to call for retrenchment—his declarations in favour of economy had filled the market place; but having retired from the Meet ing, he had soon returned to his old habits again. He did not know whether it was from being flattered by the Noble Marquis or some of his Colleagues, with the title of " the leading Country Gentleinan," or from any other cause, that when he had got into that House he had at once been induced to catch at the shilling compromise of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and closed the door, as far as depended on him, against all further retrenchment. On the debate on the Salt Tax, that abominable impost; the Hon. Gentleman, with another Hon. Member who had indulged in similar professions, might be said to have perpetuated that cruel, undefended, and indefensible Tax. When he used the words "the leading country Gentleman," he begged not to be understood as speaking dis paragingly of that character. But if the Country Gentlemen in that house deviated from the course they were formerly accus tomed to pursue, to become on every occasion subservient to the views of the Government, such conduct must eventually lead to the annihilation of all their importance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the recorder of the famous anti-depreciation Resolutions, had come down to that House three years ago with certain Resolutions declaratory of the importance of establishing a clear Sinking Fund of five millions. That a surplus income applicable to the reduction of the National Debt • was desir able; he would . admit;. but *hat hid heen conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman ? He, who had destroyed the Sinking Fund of Mr. Pitt—whose name he had ever been ready to glorify, had come down to the Honk with the Resolutions to which he had adverted, after giving his sanction to a mea sure which could not fail of adding to the public burthens whet wet 'equal to ten or twelve millions. He alluded to the resumption of cash payments. What -did the Hon: Member for Suffolk do on that occasion ? . When the Agricultural Horse Tay came before the House he did not remember that he had differed from the majority of the House, but he had some slight recollection that the lion. ,Member had made use of a homely, 'good, 'eollntry-gentlemanlike phrase, that they could have no.moraof a cat than her skin." Now. the Hon. Gentleman caught at the shilling on malt as the one thing needful, as the only thing necessary. lie wished him to look us the various sources of. expense —to the state of the Ciyil List, to the salaries given, the pensions granted—and doing this, he had no doubt that he would' find it was possible for a willing Government, besides giving up the malt tax, to give up the duty on salt: aye, and even the leather, and soap, and candle duties also. But the Hon. Gentleman believed that Ministers could not do this. Why- did he believe it ? Because they told him so. In the same way they had formerly told him that they could not go on without the Property Taxa This; how ever, had been given up, as - he believed it was found that the country could not go on with it. . Then it was said that they could not do without seven Lords of the Admiralty; but the House the other night had very unceremoniously taken away two of them, and now it was seen that Ministers were prepar ing to go on with five.. So, it' the House chose to make suni_ lar reductions in other establishments, it would be found that Ministers would still be able to carry on the government Of the country ; and those attached to them need not feel the slightest alarm from an idea that they would give up their places. He begged pardon for troubling the House so long. It was always more agreeable to him to hear what others said than to speak himself; but on the present occasion he thought it necessary to state .what he had offered to the House. The present evils he traced to that fatal measure, the Bank Restriction Act of 1797. The remedy on which the House must fix its eye watthat which would meet the evil, by , increased consumption and de. a mand. It was their bo u nd en uty to keep faith with the pub lic creditor, and to. place our finances in such a situation that the debt should be diminished rather than increased; but public credit he would contend would not be secured by pro longing a state of things which threatened serious disturbances, from the disposition to insubordination produced by distress on the part of the people. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would he sorry to have expressed himself unsuitably on the subject before the House, or to have treated the Hon. Member for Norfolk with any disrespect. He had thought the Han. Gentleman had made a good-humoured attack on that plan which he had brought forward. It would have have been difficult for him to answer seriously, without going into a wide field of argument, and he had therefore wished to repel the attack with the same good humour in which it had been made, while briefly stating why he could not concur in the view taken of this subject by the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. GOOCH said, after the number of charges which had been preferred against him, he hoped he might be allowed to make some reply. The SPEAKER remarked, the question now was, that the Petition should lie on the table. If the Hon. Gentleman wish ed to move that it should he printed, he could speak at any length on that question. If he objected to make such a motion, the House would probably deviate from the usual course, and permit him to reply. Mr. GOOCH said he would move that the Petition should be painted. The Petition, which complained of Agricultural Distress, prayed for a reduction of Taxes, and Parliamentary Reform, was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. GOOCH rose to move that it should be printed. Charges had been preferred against him, as if he had committed some great political crime. He had been spoken of as if he had pledged himself to vote for the relieal of particular taxes. He had done no such thing. He had said that he was as anxious as his Hon. Friend could be to vote for the repeal of all taxes that could be taken off consistent with the public safety and good faith to the public creditor. The Honourable Member said he had brought this Petition forward earlier than the usual hour for public business. While he was absent that day, his name had been called over by the Speaker. On his entering the House it was called over a second time, and then he presented the Petition rather sooner than he should other . wise have done. It was said that the people of England were convinced of the necessity of an immediate Reform of that House. He believed the people were misled out of doors, aid induced to take up this opinion; but the opinion of the com munity at large was widely different. It was asked who would now petition that House, and it was said the f a rmer would hardly go a hundred yards for that purpose. Yet in the same breath they were told how numerously the late • meeting had been att2nded—Eiglit thousand persons having been present. For his general conduct in Parliament, he had only to say, he wanted nu instructions from the Honour . able Gentleman. So long as the people of Suffolk were pleased to send him to that House, unshackled, as they had hitherto sent him, he would perform his duty. The lion. Member for Norfolk had talked of the pleasing measures of the Noble Marquis, as if these led those who voted with Mi nisters to lay aside their judgment. This reminded him of a foolish incident which had occurred a few days ago. He hap pened to 'be shooting with a gamekeeper a few days back, who had a dog with him w;tiich suddenly broke away - and pur sued a hare. This was a great fault, as every Gentleman who went shooting well knew. But the gamekeeper, however, found it excusable, remarking, « Why you know, Sir, a hare is the most enticing vermin in the world except a woman."— (A laugh.)—He supposed the Hon. Gentleman would be in clined to add; " and except the Noble Marquis and the Chan cellor of the Exchequer."—(Laughter.) The Petition was ordered to be printed. A message from the Lords announced their Lordships" assent to Irish Population Bill. POST OFFICE REGULATIONS. Mr. HUME did not wish to detain the House, but he was anxious to give a notice. Hon. Gentlemen were well aware of the importance of the Post Office Establishment. It cost the ' country 617,0001. annually. Accounts of the disbursements of this sum ought to be laid before the House. lie was not aware that such returns had been given since 1797. The annual re. venue of the Post Office was 1,592,0001., the expenditure 617,0001. The expence of collecting the revenue which he had mentioned was very different in England from what it was in Ireland. In England it was collected at 25, in Ireland at not less than 64 per cent. lie hail reason to ex pect that a great saving might be effected in this collec tion. One object that lie had in view was to obtain a re turn of the number of Postmasters in England, Ireland, and Scotland. He then wished to do away with all improper allowances. The Post-office regulations seemed to him as r feet and complete as those of any public office could be. Inc individual who conducted it, in his opinion, deserved all he re ceived from his situation. He had therefore nothing to say against Mr. Freeling. There was another subject which he wished to bring before the House. It had been determined that newspapers should pass free of postage in this country, but the privilege did not extend to the Colonies. News papers could not be sent there without paying for a daily paper 51. ,55.—;for a weekly paper, 21. 2s. The sums thus charged were kept separate from the general revenue of the Post-office, at an establishment in Sherborne-lane, and the emoluments of certain officers were derived from that. He objected first to these individuals being thus remunerated. He thought they ought to icceive fixed salaries, according to the duties which they had to perform ; and secondly, he objected to loading every newspaper with a duty, as it hurt the circula tion of newspapers, and thus injured the Stamp Duty. If this charge were taken off, he thought the Stamp Duty on Papers sent out would be increased by nearly half its present amount ; while at the same time a great accommodation would be afford ,ed to readers in the Colonies. He had next to naticethe heavy duties on Foreign Newspapers. A French paper, the cost of which was trifling—about 72 francs a year, he believed was charged at the Post-office, 22L All foreign periodical publi cations were taxed in the same manner, and thus that dillesien of knowledge was opposed, which it onght to be the object of Government to promote. He hoped the duties to which he had called the attention of the House would be given up, as he thought this might be done, not only without injury but with advantage to the revenue. The honourable Member then moved for the following Papers : " An Account of the Establishment of the General Post Office in Eagland ; stating the names, the office, and the amount of salary, fees and allowance of every kind, rece i ve d b y eac h person whose salary is" above 1001. a year, and whether they ho:d any other and what offices, pensions, or emoluments, and the amount received for each ; and also, the number of regular ser vants receiving less than 1001. a year, and the amount of pay and allowances to them in classes or departments ; also, , the amount of contingent expences of the Post Office, under sepa rate heads, and the total, for the Year ending January 1822. " A similar Return, for Scotland.—A similar Return, for Ireland. A StPtemeit of the rate per cent. or scale of allowances, to the Deputy Pottmasters in England, for receiving betters and dispatching the :Mails.—The same for Scotland and. Ireland. " An Account of the number of Newspapers sold, or trans mitted abroad, in 11110, 1817, and 1821, by any of the Offiverst vn of .a, Les 7a, ed 1; he trf2 .!C-• fir