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44/_. T: \":, r . A • /4 , ,•\ •:= I:2P'.. ta' - 7 4 :it 1 ' 1 1, 7 NO ‘44 :~ r liars, /AO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1822. w PR IC PE C NUMBER 9291.1 red 10 d ad- OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, May 20, t 822. r ir% PRINCIPAL °JUICERS of His.MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that P '''Posals will be received at their Office, in Pall-Mall, on before the 10th of Junentext, front such Persons as may be wil ling to -undertake the Performance of the cARPEN ER'S WORK required forseruire of this Department in the 4 "don Division, also at TPoolwich, Enfield, and/Paitham 4166 eY, for a period of Three Years, terminable at any time a fter the expiration of One Year, upon Three Months Notice be=d given by either Party. For th e Terms and Cond i t i ons o f t h e C on t ra tt, apply at th e 'secretary's Office, in Pall-Mall, between the Hours of 2 ' 7 4 and Four 6' Clock, where such Pepons as intend to make Tender for the Contract, will receive a Schedule of the Fork to be performed. The Prop osa l s . mus t be delivered, sealed up, and endorsed, p roposals f u r the performance of Carpenter ' s Work," hut rroposals can be admitted after the toth day of June next, Twelve o'Clock at Noon; neither will any , Tender be no o,treed, unless the Party making it, or an Agent in it 74 be . 441; shall attend. By Order of the Board, R. H. CREW, Secretary. VER. MOSCHELES has the honour to an- LVJL noUnce to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public that his CONCERT, under the Patronage, of His Serene Highness Prince ESTERHAZY, will take _place at the NEW AR GYLL-ROOMS, on MONDAY, the 24th inst. PARLIAMENT, working manufacturers of clocks and watches it!Clerkenwell, complaining of distress, and praying for relief. Mr. SCOTT presented a 'Petition from the inhabitants of Bridport, praying for a revisiotrof the Criminal Code. Mr. LENNARD presented a similar Petition from the in- - habitants of Ipswich, and also a similar Petition from the inha bitants of Maidenhead.—ThesePetitions were severally ordered to be printed. MOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, JUNE 4. arned 3oiart. d Loney , oW$ atioh. OCIETY for the IMPRQVEMENT of 1...7 PRISON DISCIPLINE, and for the REFORMA TION of JUVENILE OFFENDERS. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Lord GRANvILLE SOMER SET, and others, brought up from the Commons the Sheriff's Deputy Bill, the Greenwich Churches Bill, the Marylebone Watch and Lighting Bill, and seve9l.l private Bills, which were read a first time. - The Earl of HARE WOOD presented a Petition from New castle-under-line against the Catholic Peers on the table. _ _ _ _ PATRON—H. R. H. the Duke of GLOUCESTER, K. G. VICE-PRESIDENTS. The Duke of Buckingham. Lord Nugent. The Marquis of Lansdown. Lord Althorpe. Earl of Derby. Right Hon. Charles Manners Earl of Albemarle. I _ Sutton, M.P. ••,.....,. --..--...., --. Viscount SIDMOUTH presented a similar Petition froM Bildport.—Laid on the table. IRE LAND. ;bout 9id : Load Earl of Dartmouth. Earl Harcourt. Earl Hardwicke. Earl Grosvenor. Right Him. William Sturges Bourne, M.P. Right Eon. Sir G. H. Rose, Bart., M.P. M.P The Marquii of LANSDOWN moved for an account of the number of causes tried at the Quarter Sessions in Ireland for the last five years, distinguishing Tythe causes from others, and those in which the plaintiff had been successful from those in which he hadlailed. Also, for an account of the citations in the Ecclesiastical Court of Ireland, during the same period. —Ordered. _ . . Earl of Liverpool. Earl Rosslyn. Earl Harrowby. Earl of Darnley. The Lord Bishop of Chi chester. _ _ . Rt. Hon. J. C. Villiers, M.P. Hon. George• Anson M.P. Sir T. Dyke Acland, Bt. M.P. Sir T. Baring, Bart. M.P. Sir James Mackintosh, M.P. Sir William Anson.. b.OZ. 4 5f The Marquis of LANSDOWN presented a Petition from persons with whom he was totally unacquainted. Their names were Clewer and Burridge ; they stied that they had disco vered a new mode of TginVrig flitkg,- • and prayed that the House would institute an inqu* into their process; ilk: order to ascertain whether it would be desirable to secure the ue of their invention foi the public service..---Laid on the table. PRIVILEGE. reign. The Lord Bishop of Chester.. The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. Lord Holland. T. W. Coke, Esq. M.P. Wm. Dickenson, Esq. M.P. T. G. Esteourt, Esq. M.P. ~. Lord Dynevor. Lord Grenville. T. F. Forster, Esq. W. H. Freemantle, Esq.M.P. WANSTEA.D-HOUSE.—In consequence of S A ports havin EFFECTS at WAN STEAD -HOUSE, we Can i 4 E o the Awith confidence assure the Public that the whole of the acles on the Premises were tl e. bona fide property of Mr. NG WELLESLEY, and that no other Articles of any ta e . 3 cription have been introduced, and that the Sale will cer 'illy tak e pl ace on t h e D a y a l rea dy advertized, and continue zz r ltit the whole of the Property is Sold. BRUNDRETT, SPINES, and REDDISH. Temple, June 4, 1822. - Lord Auckland. Lord Lilford.l Wm. Manning, Esq. Janus Scarlett; Esq. M.P. Lord Calthorpe. Lord Rocksavage. Lord Clive. John Smith, Esq. M.P. Wm. Wilberforce, Esq. 111 P. Edward Bootle Wilbraham, Lord SUFFIELD presented a Petition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land of the Hundred of North , Greenhoe, in the county of Norfolk; and' moved that it be read aloud. The petition having been read, The LORD CHANCELLOR objected tb its language. It asserted that the army was only upheld to keep down the peo ple : this was both - false and improyer. The only way to make petitions inefficacious was to deprive the Bodies to which they were addressed of the respect to which they were entitled.— This was the.tendency of the present petition ; and if he,stood alone, he should say that it was one which ought not to be received. .~ Lord Belgrave. -. I Esq. M.P. Treasurer—TmomAs FOWELL BUXTON, Esq. M.P.' Chairman of the Committee—SAMUEL HOARE, jun. Esq. At the ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the SOCIET Y, held at Freemasons' Hall, Gieat Queen-street, on Monday, the 3d June, 182:3, his Royal Highness the Duke of GLOU CESTER, Patron, in the Chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : It was moved by EDWARD BOOTLE WILBRAHAM, Esq. M.P. and seconded by THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, Esq. M-P. lst.—That a Report, founded on the Statement which has been now read, be prepared and printed .under the direction of the Committee. That this Meeting rejoices at the increasing attention and warm interest which the Improvement of Prison Discipline continues to excite throughout the, Kingdom, and at the progress of beneficial Plans in the construction and ma nagement of Gaols, uniting the reformation with the punish ment of the Offender. _ _ _ _..- _~ • c Sdt.. ,56s This Day were published, price6s., PROOFS"OF INSPIRATION, or the p Grounds of Apocryphal Volume : occasioned by he recent nl ication of the Apocryphal New Testament. By the Rev. THOMAS RENNELL, B.D. Vicar of Kensington. P rinted for F. C. and J. Rivington .62, St. Paul's Church ard and 3, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall. Lord SUFFIELD concurred with the Noble Lord in much of what hod fallen from him, and disapproved of the expression Alluded to, although he did not think that the intention of the petitioners was to insult the Legislature.—The petition was then rejected without a division.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. !r qr• r cviz• Mr. JENNER, from the Commissioners for Building . New Churches, presented certain Papers froin that Commission.— Ordered to be printed. CRIMINAL CODE. CITY OF LONDON TAVERN, .TUNE 4, 1822. THE COMMITTEE for MANAGING the b. SUBSCRIPTION for the RELIEF of the Distressed ,Ist-icts in IRELAND, have the satisfaction to acknowledge 'ie following Subscriptions received since the Ist of June. The Committee recommend in the strongest terms to those ; 40 have in Ireland the management of the beaevolencesin the the crisis, that they contrive in every useful way to combine '.4e labour of the Poor with the aid 'which it may be necessary to afford to them. When the Agricultural Poor in England were suffering, Ptlhlic works were performed which had been long wanted, and wnich were of •permanent benefit; such as removals of nui hkces, making, improving, or repairing public roads, lowering '3, draining fens, &c. &.c. Other useful works were sug gtsted purposely to give employment to the industrious labourer, 414 which works were productive of, very great benefit to the Nor themselves as well as to the Public. Aid to the General Committee.—James Daly, Esq. M.P. - "exlt of Subscriptions already advertised --C68,911 5 8 I LC. - 1:3 0 0 J. P. - /.2 0 0 row Weald Chapel L. Rolleston, Esq. 'of, . Ease, per Rev. Watnall - 10 10 0 1,,,." •E. Coldwell 14 0 0 Exeter Subscriptions, - ',;aztry on board H. ' per Curtis and Co. 100 0 0 1 4 ` 1 ,,,..,. & Astell - 12 16 6 Exeter Subscriptions, ' d 341 - 72d Regt. at V per Barclay & Co. 100 0 0 pa y Pitt, 2 days Chas. Ilomyold, Esq. Pay each 13 3 6 2d subscription 10 0 0 kl . - ~ k uot, or Buffs, . From Lubbock and Co. v 4 (18111 ) . . 13 0 0 Robert Hopkins, Esq. , tr 1 .,,.._ '. ii. Wyllie, for Tidmarsh - 10 -0 0 - "IL-lair 7 and put:ins t • Major-Gen. J. T. 11. • \ I P his employ 8 0 0 Elwes - 5 0 0 c,„ % iwich.—From a From Fry and Co. `'ultkinittee of La- William Bate, Esq. ( lies, raised in 5 days Peterborough 5Q 0 at that town and Lieut. White, R.N. 1 5 U ' lei ghbourhood, at A. B. - 1 1 0 2 3 i t ; . 6 il each, per Lodge 450 - - 5- 0 0 e aa.i. Napier, LA. 58 00M. C. Levy, Esq. 22 0 alicChapel,Moor- - From Marryatt and Co. *4 14 , 'per the,Rev. W. S. - 2 2 0 -4 ,...r. Hunt and J. From Pole and Co. S i ;' , L arsh, Esq. 135 0 0 Garrison at Maidstone. 83 - ` l4 fined The share of a seizure t° . ea criptioncon person, of Smuggled Goods c,ollected by the Rev. per Sir J. Browne, .. G. Ackland, Commissioner 60 0 0 fro ill thelnhabitants From Jones, Lloyd, and Co. t,l - E 1 ,4-Place 20 5 0 Wiveliscombe Provi .4 x- James Tomlin 22 0 dent Societies 30 0 ar w I . ; I th, per J. Hop- From Grote and Co. .p." 7 44 3) Esq. Mayor 52 7 4 Miss Herring 3 0 0 -..____ Q - "' 8 . - 50 0 Miss Griffin - 22 0 -41 all Subscrips. 13 10 0 Miss Jane Griffin 2 2 0 Jo 4. ‘rctin Marsh and Co. Stanstead, Abbotts 11 8 0 -44 Elmslie, Es 20 0 0 From Willis and Co. rpm and Ab. c 'ul Chambers and Son. Knaresbro', per Rev. .p,',,s` Wild - 22 0 A. Cheap 78 9 0 LiHenries, Farquhar & Co. Knaresbro' Catholic eu Col. Allen 22 0 Chapel Collection 20 310 a 2 d Y Mary Palmer, St. Lawrence, Read pci subscription 30 0 ing - 81 5 0 lir r em Harnmersley and Co. St. Nary's, Reading 93 711 4. Yl l n Belasyse, Esq. 5 0 0 From Curtis and Co. (2 1 . ) " . • Raggett, Esq. 2 0 0 Five Persons 11. each 5 0 0 to li ntess of Morning- - Six other Persons 57 6 n V - 10 0 0 A Fifeshire Yeoman 1 1 0 4, 4 ,,r0m Morl a nd an d C o . From M a rtin, Stone, and Co. / ,` r eY Sykes, Esq. 5 5 0 C. G. C. - 1 1 0 11 ` 111) aa Hansom and Co. W. L. Palmer, Esq. 40 0 1):Pfell a n d James 30 0 0 From Hoare, Barnett, and Co. l Ohara Hawes Esq. 22 9 W—n - - 7 7 0 • , V S. - 2 0 0 Ditto . - 3 3 0 110"1, iss Drummond and Co. H—n - - 5 5 0 islAd P. L. Harbord 10 10 0 From Barclay and Co. 1 111. 3. • - . - 5 0 0 Mr. J. Nesham, Ken ho• Gen. Hewgill 22 0 nington . 20 0 C a zilaer aYWyndham 10 0 0 From Masterman and Co. 411 PL pford, R.N. 2 2 0 Bourne, Baker, and er psey,2dsubs c rip.l2s 0 0 Co. Bourne Fenton 50 0 0 J. c. Brody, Coutts and Co. From Spooner and Co. J. -131- adY, Esq. 11 0 Smith and Co. 10 10 0 Jennie btigs , E sq. From Stephensons and Co. Jao a bli n - 11 0 alisbury roos of Av LI Eackie, Esq. 2 0 0 S "Wilts T Yeom p anry 1 - L. Fox, Esq. 10 0 0 Cavalry. The Offi crew "arn Wright and Co. cers, Non-Commis e 11°S8, ild Esq and Co. Privates. 22 0 sioned Officers, dinand ha From Ch, including y .c le phane, Esq. 50 0 £lO added by their A r ,,..f rain Praed and Co. ' Captain, LordArun .pl;'Kes anti. Hoare 55 0 dell 7 0 w.,l,ll:lessrs, Fleet-st. From Cocks and Co. Air.t: : - - 10 0 0 W.W.Whitmore,Esq. Nta r '' ) Jeant Lens .1010 0 M.P. - 20 0 0 s ie Ausis o fAylesburyloo 0 0 From Whitmore and Co. 87 • Pane, 2d A. Hopegood, Esq. 5 0 0 ,03ription of 100 Q 0 Subscription from the J. c ' e o r d oin Perring and Co. Town of Maidstonelss 14 6 Fro fre37 ' E S q. 50 0 Some Gentlemen in Cetkirilellelletil? ‘ ob V tlas illia c m h s ur a c n h d Co. the neighbourhood of Maidstone 10 3 0 , The r.„ ,Y, at Eleven for T l w 2 e m lv eB e e . t7 gm' -ommittee will of London Tavern at the City " 31 Thse-• the ions are received at the Committee Room, between 1, 114 b o, Twelve and Four ;by Smith, Payne and Smiths ; Per sn i 1". , e Bankers in London and Westminster, no other 4 'icing authorised by the Committee to receive them. By Order of the Committee, MICH. WM. TROY, llonorari Secretary. It was moved by Lord SUFFIELD, and seconded by the Hon. HENRY GREY BENNET, M.P. 2d—That this Meeting protests against an opinion which has been formed, that the Views and Plans of the Society have a tendency to deprive Punishment of its just terrors, and to render a Prison a desirable habitation: that this assertion is inconsistent with reason, and at variance with truth, as the dis cipline which it is the bject of this Society to recommend, imposes on the convicted hard labour, rigorous privation, and habitual restraint.. That a Gaol thus regulated can present no attractions to the vicious, and experience proves that the Cri minal subject to such discipline regards Imprisonment with dread, while a Gaol of an opposite character carries with it no terror to the guilty. It wes moved by THOS. WM. COKE, Esq. M.P. and se conded by Lord NuciENT, M.P. 3d.—Thaethis Meeting highly approves of the Comniunica tions which the Society has made, with a view to diffuse a knowledge of its Plans in foreign countries. That it is with peculiar delight this Meeting learns ' that owing to the indefa tigable exertions of the Petersburgh Prison Society, Auxiliary Institutions have been established in the Russian Empire, ex tending even to Siberia ; that in Berlin a Society is now form ing for the amelioration of the Gaols in the Prussian domi nions ; that in France and Switzerland enlightened principles Of criminal jurisprudence prevail ; that in Spain the subject has warmly interested the Members of the Cortes, who are honourably engaged in visiting and amending the Gaols in that kingdom ; and that in Portugal a similar spirit has been manifested for the Improvement of Prison Discipline. It was moved by WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Esq. M.P. and seconded by the Earl of BLEsixTow, 4th.—That this' Meeting observes, with deep concern, the alarming increase of Juvenile Depredators in the Metropolis, and is of opinion that the labours of the Society cannot be more beneficially directed than to the means -of checking an evil fraught with consequences so fatal to the best interests of these unhappy youths, and so injurious to the peace, morals, and property, of the community. That the Temporary Refuge formed by this Society for the reformation of Boys, who, on their discharge from Prison, are desirous of abandoning their guilty habits, highly merits the support of an enlightened pub lic, That the success of this Institution satisfactorily proves that there are but few, even among thq most guilty, who may not, by proper discipline and treatment, be subdued and reclaimed, and justifies •the Meeting in the conviction, that no measure would be so efficacious in arresting the pro gress of juvenile delinquency, as the establishment of a well- I regulated prison for the correction and reformation of Criminal Youth. It was moved by Lord-CALTIionPE, and seconded by SA. MUEL HOARE, jun. Esq. sth.—That the thanks of this Meeting are eminently due, and are hereby presented, - to the Magistracy throughout the Kingdom, for the readiness with which they have co-operated in the plans and objeets of this Institution. It was moved by STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, Esq. LL.D. M.P. and seconded by JOHN RANDOLPH, Esq. (of the Ame rican Congress), 6th.—That the Right Hon. Sir G. H. Rose, Bart. M.P. and Edward Bootle Wilbraham, Esq. M.P. be added to the Vice- Presidents of the Society. His Royal Highness having left the Chair, it was unani mously-resolved, on the motion of Lord SUFFIELD, 7th.—'l hat the cordial thanks of this Meeting be presented to his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, K.G. the Pa tron, for the kind interest with which he has uniformly promot ed the Objects of the Society, and for the honour which he has this day conferred on the Meeting, by presiding over its pro ceedings. The object of this Institution is to extend those principles, and promote those designs, to diffuse which the labours of Howard, and other eminent Philanthropists, have been di rected. The Society ascertains and recommends those plans for the regulation of Prisons, which experience has proved best calculated, to inspire the Criminal with the dread of im prisonment, and to induce him, on his liberation, to abandon his guilty habits. The Society collects and transmits informa tion, prints and disperses . useful publications, - prepares such designs for the erection of new and alteration of old Prisons, as are best adapted to ensure the classification, inspection, re ligious instruction, hard labour, and regular ,employment, of the Criminal. In the course of their visits to the Gaels in the Metropolis, the Committee very frequently meet with destitute boys, who, on their discharge from confinement, literally know not where to lay their heads.' To assist such friendless outcasts has been the practice of the Society, and to render this ielef more effi cacious, they have established a Temporary Refuge for such as are disposed to abandon their vicious courses. This asylum has been instrumental-in affording assistance to a considerable number of distressed youths, who,,but for this seasonable aid, must have resorted to criminal practices for support. On ad,. mission into this establishrtient, the boys are instructed in mo ral and religious duty, subjected to habits of order and indus try, and, after a time, are placed in situations which afford a reasonable prospect of their becoming-honest and useful Mem bers of Society. To extend- these objects, and to render its exertions more widely beneficial, the Society solicits the aid of Public Bene volence. Its exprnces are unavoidably serious, and their funds are at piesent very low; but they trust that pecuniary support will not be withheld, when it is considered that on the liberality with which this appeal is answered depends in a great measure the success of the Society's objects—the reforma tion of the vicious, and the prevention of crime. An Annual Subscription of One Guinea, or a Donation of 101. 10s. constitutes a member of this , Society. Donations and Annual Subscriptions are received by the following Bankers :—Barclay, Tritton, and Co. 54, Lombard street ; Drummonds and Co. Charing-cross ; Frys and Co. St. IV.lildred's-court; Closings and Co. Fleet-street; Hoare, Bar netts, and Co. Lombard-street; and Smith, Payne, and Smiths, George-street, Mansion-house; also by Mr. A. 0. Elliot, Clerk to the Committee, at the Society's Office, 18, Alderman bury. Lord DEERHLTRST presented a petition from the Mayor, Magistrates, Clergy, and other Inhabitnts of the city of Ni• or cester, praying for a Reiision , of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to lie upon the table and-trthaprinted. Sir J. SEBRIGHT presented a similar petition from the Inhabitants of-Royston and its vicinity..--Ordered to beprinted. The Greenwich New Church Bill was read a third time and passed. NAVIGATION ACT. Sir,J. BOUGHEY presented a petition from Samuel Km horn silk-tllrowster, praying that no alteration might be made in the laws affecting that trade.—Ordered to be printed. CRIMINAL CODE. Mr. GROSVENOR presented a petition from the Inhabit ants of Shaftesbury, praying for Revision of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to be printed. • , VEGETABLE - POWDER. _ • On the motion of Mr. LUSHINGTON, the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the 44th Geo. 111. cap. 29, when LUSHINGTON moved the insertion of a clause to permit the sale of powder made from roasted wheat, peas, and beans, by person., not being dealers in tea, coffee, or cocoa. Sir R. WILSON hoped the clause would be made retro spective. Mr. LUSHINGTO' N said that directions would be issued by the Lords of the Treasury to suspend,a,ny law proceedings that may have been commenced for breaches of the Excise laws by the sale of vegetable powder, and -that the cases of the par ties should be considered by their Lordships. The Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. The Committee on the Consolidation Customs' Bill was post poned till to-morrow. NAVIGATION BILL. Mr. LITTLETON presented a petition from Christopher Smith of Stowe, in the county of Stafford, silk throwstcr, against the Navigation Act. RECOGNIZANCES BILL. _ _ Mr. BROGDEN brought up the Report on the Recogni zances Bill. The amendments were read a second time, or dered to be engrossed, and the Bill ordered to be,read A third time on Thursday next. VEGETABLE POWDER. Mr. F. PALMER moved for a copy of the information laid against Mr. Henry Hunt, for having made or exposed for sale powder made from roasted wheat.—Ordered: MILITARY PENSIONERS. Sir C. LONG rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill for transferring the duties of the Commissioners for the payment of the Kilmainham Pensioners to those of Chelsea. The number of pensioners on the books of Greenwich Hospital amounted to 08,000; those of Kilmainham to 14,000; and without meaning the slightest imputation on the Commiisioners for payment of the latter, he thought the duties of both might be performed by one Board, by which a considerable sum would be annually saved to the public. The Bill would ensure more uniformity of practice in the payment of the pensioners. The Right Hon. Bart. moved that the Act of 47 Geo. M. c. 52, should be then read, and that leave should be given to bring ins the,Bill which he had described. Mr. HUME seconded the motion. Although no great be nefit could 1?e anticipated from that measure, yet he thought that the _principle. of the Bill was likely to be of great service. He considered the measure- as one suggested by himself. Sir C. LONG said, with respect td the credit taken to himself by the Hon. Member for Montrose, he could assure the Hon. Gentleman sand the House, that the measure was not introduced by, nor in consequence of, the suggestion of that Hon. Member. On the contrary, he believed that the Hen. Gentleman had made some reference to it, because he had heard the introduc tion of it was in contemplation.—(Hear !) Mr. CALCRAFT cared very little from what quarter the measure emanated; it was sufficient for him to know that it was likely to prove beneficial. But he thought it a little singular that three years should have elapsed, after mention of the subject in Parliament, without any step having been taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman, and that he should. then assume all the credit of originating the measure. - Sir C. LONG—" I deny fact." • Mr. CALCRAFT---" I believe l am quite correct in saying that three years have elapsed." Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. CRIMINAL CODE. , _ _ Mr. HUSKISSON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of the City of Chichester,. praying fora revision of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. WESTERN presented three Petitions from the Clergy, and inhabitants of Colchester, Chelmsford, and Cogglesham, in the county of Essex, praying for a revision of the Criminal Code. Mr. G. BENNET moved for Returns of the number of Calves and Pigs.sold in Smithfield market from the year 1793 to 1822 ; also the average prices of Corn sold in Mark-lane dur ing that period; also of the average price of the Quartern Loaf for the same period ; 'also the average price of Butcher's Meat in Leadenhall market for the same period:---Ordered. -Mr. HUME moved for certain Returns relating to the Col lection of Land Tax and Public Sewers.—Ordered. The second reading of the Scotch Juries Bill was postponed to Friday next. CASH - PAYMENTS. Mr. WESTERN presented a Petition from the landholders in the hundred of Rochford in the county of Essex, declaring their alaim at the provisions of the Corn Importation Bill now in progress through the House. The Petitioners declared that they would prefer to them the present Corn Law, and also ex pressed their opinion, that nothing could effectually relieve the present distresses of the country but an alteration in the cur rency. In that opinion he perfectly concurred, and renewed the notice of Motion he had given on a former night, for restor ing the currency of the country to the state in which it was in 1819.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition from the inhabi tants of Doncaster, praying for a revision of the Criminal Code. Sir W. CURTIS presented a Petition from the master and SHIP OWNERS. • Sir R.,C. FERGUSSON presented a Petition from the ship owners of Leith, Kircaldy, and other ports in the ,Frith of Forth, complaining of distress, and praying that they might be _placed in a situation to compete with foreign ship-owners. The Petitioners complained of the pressure of the charges for light houses, port duties, Consuls, Bee- Mr. fIUME had received various communications proving tile injury sustained bY Shipos;ners by the charges made by Con suls. He begged leave also to refer to the payment of 6d. in the pound paid by . merchant 'seamen to the Greenwich Hospital Fund, from wnich these individuals could -never expect to de rive any advantages. The charge for tile collection of that de duction was another grievance. In the year 1815 it was • - 15 per cent. In 1316 - - 18 per cent. In 1317, 1818, and 1819 - 20 per cent. And in 1820 rend 1821 it was - . 21 per cent. He, therefore, hoped that a Bill would be introduced, having for its object the abolition of that deduction. Sir I. COFFIN thought the deduction a-mere trifle to such men ; and it ought to be recollected that every seaman was pre-. sinned to be at the disposal of the country when - his services should be required. Mr. WALLACE said, no class of ' porSons in the country could be more desirous to attend to the complaints and the in terests of the shipowners than his Majesty's Ministers.—(Hear !) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) ought to know that many of the charges &hided to by him had been subjected to the rigid investigation of a Committee above stairs; and he hoped that ere long a satisfactory measure to the shipowners would be the result.—(Hear, hear !) Mr. ROBERTSON, recollecting that it was with difficulty that the Right Hon. Gentleman could be induced to postpone the consideration of the Navigation Bill from a very late - hour the other night, he (Mr. Robertsen) would call upon all those Hon. Members who looked with interest on the subject, not to leave the House, les: the Bill shoold be brought under discus sion at a similarly inconvenient, unexpected, and improper' hour that evening. He gave notice that he should oppose the Bill. Mr. WALLACE begged to say one word in consequence of what fell from the Hon. Gentleman. The Bill had lain on the-table at least six week's ; nay, it had been laid on the table of the House towards the close of last Session. , The charge made by .the Ilon. - Gentlemaii of improperly pressing the mea sure was therefore quite unfound.ed.—(Hear, hear !)—He wished to state,-for the information of the Hon. Gentleman and the House, that it was his intention to press the Bill tliat even ing if possible; and for this reason, that the sailing of several vessels for South America was delayed until the Bill should pass into a law.—(Hear, hear !) Sir RONALD FERGUSSON complimented the Right Hon. Gentleman on the explanations and information afforded to the House. He hoped the attention of the Right Hon. Gen tleman would be directed to another point, namely, the port Charges in the colonies. Mr. 'WALLACE said the subject should be attended to. After a few words from Mr. ROBERTSON', the petition was ordered to be printed. INDIA TRADE LAWS CONSOLIDATION. Mr. C. W. WYNN,E brought in a Bill for consolidating the several laws now in force for regulating the trade for India, and moved that it should be read a first time. Mr. BRIGHT objected to the motion until the Bill should be printed. Mr. C. WYNNE rose to move', that the Bill shmild be also read a second time, and of course be printed. He never re collected a Bill having been printed previously to its being read a first time. The object of' his Bill was to consolidate all the Acts relating to the trade to India. The Board of Di rectors of the East India Company had acted with great rality, and he felt convinced that the great body of proprietors would concur with them. Ile could not be suspected of wish ing to hurry a measure likely to affect the interests of so respectable a body, without affording them all possible in formation, and an opportunity to express their sentiments on the measure. After a few words from Mr. Braorrr, the Bill was ordered to be read a second timenn Friday next, and to be printed. A message from the Lords announced that their Lordships had agreed to several public and private Bills. CRIMINAL LAW. Mr. LEYCESTER presented a petition from Manchester, praying for a Revision of the Criminal Code. Sir F. BURDETT said, the day would soon arrive when the'subject of the Criminal Code must be taken into considera tion. The system of secret imprisonment demanded revision ; but at the same time considerable caution in legislating with respect to it. Lord STANLEY only rose to state the comparative huma nity of the law, as administered in the county of Lancaster, where, out of 79 prisoners tried and found guilty at the last Assizes, 48 were sentenced to death, out of whom, however, only three were executed. Such a state of punishment, such a state of legislation, required the interference of the House, and he hoped the motion to be made at the subsequent period of the night would prove successful.—The petition was ordered to be printed. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented petitions from two towns, one in Dorset, and the other in Somerset, piaying for a Revi sion of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to be printed. Dr. LUSHINGTON presented a petition,from 86 Indivi duals, who served the office of Jurors m the city of London, praying for a Revision of the Criminal Code. The peti tioners lamented the obligation imposed on them of finding verdicts of guilty death for trifling offences, and that sentences passed were so often altered. They fUrther stated, they could not conscientiously discharge their duty if something were not done to. make the punishment fixed and certain, and only ap portioned to the crime. The Petitioners were man of the first respectability, and their prayer'deserved the best consideration of the House.—Ordered to be printed. The Hox. MEDIBER also presented similar petitions fiom Maidstone, Lewes, Gainsborough, Banbury, Wakefield, and Dudley.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. PRICE presented similar petitions frOm the Inhabitants of Hereford and its neighbotirhood, signed by persons of differ ent political and religious feelings, but all agreeing in the neces sity of mitigating the criminal code.—Ordered to be printed. Sir J. NEWPORT brought inhis Bill, for allowing receipts for parochial assessments to be received as part of,the landlord's rent, under certain exceptions.—Ordered to be read a second time this day week. He only wished the Bill now to be printed, and lie overlor consideration until next Session. It did not in terfere with any existing contract, and merely had a prospective effect. Mr. 'WYVILL presCnted a petition from South Shields, praying a revision of the Criminal Code.—Ordered to be printed. slr- F. BUXTON presented a similar petition from Ralph Wadewood, 355, Oxford-street. The petitioner said, he lately prosecuted a man of-the name of Rivers, who was executed for forgery, contrary to the repeated intreaty of the petitioner, who felt severely the fate of the unhappy, man, and, most acutely suffered in consequence of his punishment. The Hon. Member presented a similar Petition - from a Banker in the county of Cork.—Ordered to be printed. - AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. COKE presented a Petition from certain Landholders in Norfolk, complaining of*Agricultural Distress. The Peti tioners complained of the inadequate relief afforded to Agri culture by the .measures brought forward by Government. They attributed a great part of their distress to the alera tion of the currency in 1819, and prayed for a Reform of that House. Sir - T. LETHBRIDGE rose to corroborate the senVoents expressed by these Petitioners, by those of 'his own Constitu ents, and of all the Landholders and Agriculturists that - he was acquainted with throughout the kingdom. There was a gene ral dissatisfaction throughout the country,atising from an opi nion that the landed interest had not received that relief from the legitimate course, his Majesty's Government, that they had a right to expect. He protested against the indifference, which he saw with pain, in his Majesty's Ministers on this subject. He knew there were many who supported Ministers, as he had done, upon general principles, but who,'upon this particular question, could not in . justice continue to go along with theni. He could not no* continue his support of them. They were pursuing a course which must lead to the destruction of the country ;—(Hear I)—which must lead to the uplifting of one man's hand against another ; and whilst they continued in that course, he would speak thus strongly his disapprobation. (Hear maintained th 4 the burdenrof 'the 'country were two-folc, on the agricultural interest. a That class onght to-have some more protecting measures.—its was impossible they &hid go onus they-were at present. If - some such measure did hot btanate from the other side before the Session closed, he would come forward with a proposition of that nature. He was con vinced that' the country possessed great riches, and -great sources of wealth, which could be made available to the pay ment of the taxes, if rightly husbanded ; and he hoped the landed interest in that. House would stand forward man fully, and support him in his endeavours to obtain that re lief they 'stood so much in need of, and were so fully entitled to.—(Hear !) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY felt himself called upon to make one or two observations upon what had fallen from' the Hon. Baronet, in conaequenca of the tone with which he hall delivered himself. He was glad the day was not far distant, when they would learn in a more precise manner what was the Hon. Baronet's : view of the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, in the remedies they had adopted for the agricultural distress. They should then learn •no -doubt what was the best remedr ---at all events they would have in some more intelligible shape the substance of all they were daily in the habit of hearing from the lion. Baronet, which he would take the liberty to say, was not always 'most appropriate in point of time, and, without of fence to him, given rather in a tone of an inflammatory charac ter.--(Hear, hear !)—But he stood crp to claim justice from both • sides, and he was ready an put the measures aheady adopted by his Majesty's Ministers in competition with the projected by the Hon. Baronet. They had accomplished a saving to the public of two millions of annual expendi ture;' taal 1,400,0001. by the great reduction of interest. And these- had been done, leaving to the country the benefit of the Sinking Fund.—(A laugh.)—the Honourable Gentlemen op posite, he .observed, were in the habit of amusing themselves on all occasions of'the discussion of these subjects, and 'no thing, he perceived, so soon called forth' their jocularity as some measure of actual rel of to the country. The Gantlet:nen ofthe other side could hardly forgive his Majesty's Ministers for \ the relief which they had actually afforded the country.— The Hon. Baronet, however, was not satisfied wit'a what bad been done. He wished, as far as be was able, to under stand his meaning for protecting duties for different articles of agricultural'produce, which, he thought, were not yet suffi a ciently guarded by legislative enactments. He wanted them to bring fbrward measures for the protection of butter and cheese, and Government was charged with being supine and indifferent, because it had not come forward with such mea sures. If the Hon. Baronet would have the kindness to sug gest some measure, by which the price of corn could he raised from 475. a quarter to what he would call a remunerating price,- they would thank him for his assistance. He supposed that in his vocabulary, protection meant price ; but in the opinion of the country, those words had distinct significations. He was glad that they were soon to have an opportunity of coming to clese quarters with the Hon. Baronet—a prooosition in every way suited-to the intrepid and manly character of the Hon. Baronet's general conduct. They would then have something of a decisive nature to deal with, as to the Hon. Baronet's sen timents. In the mean time he protested against the system of diurnal attacks which the Hon. Baronet had of late so unremit tingly pursued.—(Hear, hear!) Mr. J. BENETT (Wilts) said, that in consequence of the Noble Marquis having charged the land-holders of the country with being in an inflammatory state—' The Marquis of•LONDONDEItRY begged to put the Hon. Member right before he proceeded further in error. fie had spoken of the inflammatory tendency of the Hon. Member tor Somersetshire's language in the present state of the Landed, Interest. Mr. J. BENETT•resumed. He could no more approve cf Members of that House being charged with using inflammatory language uttered in that House, in merely putting their sent -- xi - lents into strong language, than en the supposed charges on the Land-owners.: He thought the landed interest had borne enough, and patiently enough, both in and out of that House, to entitle them to speak of their grievances in strong language. The. House must expect this to be the cose. Petitions would come in stronger language, and if 'rejected, as one had beer_ the preceding day, he knew not what would become of it. next. Mr. G. BENNET rose to protest against the often pro.: pounded doctrine of the Noble Marquis opposite, that the time of presenting Petitions to that House was not the time for discussing the subject of which those petitions treated. In his opinion it was the best time ' - for they then were sure to have the last expression of the feelings of the country through the Members who were sent there to represent those feelings.=. The Noble Marquis would, no doubt, rather wait till he had his train-bands and battalia around him, when he would con sent to have a field-day, to use his own expression in that House. He (Mr. Bennet) confessed he cared less for the dis. - eussions in than for the discussions_ out of that House ; and therefore it was, knowing that it would promote the latter, that he desired to see the discussion on petitions encouraged. It was by that very practice that his Hon. Friend on the floor had ma-- nagvl to defeat Ministers on the Property Tax. With regard to the jocularity complained of by the Noble Marquis, they laugh ed at the powers of face possessed by him and his colleagues in declaring that the Sinking Fund was not touched, at a time when he had one set of 'Commissioners beside him for - the crea-- tion of debt, and another for redeeming it.- They laughed to see them taking that by filching and larceny, which they did not dare take openly. He maintained that it was the intention. of his Majesty's Ministers, in spite of all they said, to break down the Sinking Fund altogether. Mr. MONCK deprecated the spirit of any measure that might be in the contemplation of the Hon:Member for Somer setshire'(Sir T. Lethbridge) for the introduction of 'protecting duties. The plain meaning of protecting duties was, to raise the price of bread to the poor. • , Mr. LEYCESTER said, he had heard of a very sensiblet 'observation of our late Sovereign which bore upon the present question. Reviewing a 'Regiment of Yeomanry, his late la mented Majesty observed to a Noble Friend of his, " I like these men—not-for what they have in their hands, hut for what they have in their pockets !"—The pockets of these same men, be it remembered, were now turned inside out—they. had nu longer any thing in them ; and he should leave his Majesty'i Ministers to draw the inference.—( Hear !)—Those Right Hon. Gentlemen groaned and moaned over a loss of 10-per cent. on the salaries of Placemen and Pensioners, but they had no such feeling for the suffering classes of the community. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, with reference to the cen sure of the Noble Marquis on the language of the Hon. 'Mem.: ber for Somersetshire, that Hon. Baronet had used language which, if the Country Gentlemen in that House had not been so long backward in using, the landed interest would not now • have so much reason to complain of 'the state they were in. He hoped that when the Hon. Baronet came forward with his motion for the relief of the suffering agriculturists, lion.- Mere: hers would not permit any bashfulness arising frohi inexpe rience in addressing that Assembly, to restrain that expression of their sentiments whiCh they had so long, in dereliction' f their duty-to their constituents, withheld. He begged to assure them that they would - find 'themselves backed by the country at large, and that a re-action would be produced by it, which would be most beneficial to the country. He thought that moderate course was all that was wanting to restore the country to that state of prosperity to which, it was his comfort to think, in the midst of prevailing distress, it was still able to do. It was not pleasant to charge any Gentleman with inability ; but he must say, that he thought the existing distress was owing to the utter ignorance of Ministers of the state of the country over which they had so lon g presided. He referred as a proof of this, to the Bill of 1819, for the restoration of the currency, ' which; unaccompanied by a remission of taxes to o certain ex tent, was most unjust and cruel. And when the Noble Mar .quis stood up, and called upon the 'Howie for gratitude for • his management of the public money; and the m sure of relief introduced by -the Government this Session, he begged to say that he for one owed him no- gratitude, nor did the House, nor the country. • They had rednced no burthetok but what that side of the House had forced them . to • do. Be sides which they would be culpable if they spent one shilling more than they ought to do, and therefore deserved no thanks for doing their duty. But what right had they to eXpect gra tithde from the agricultural classes of the country ? Ncrhatever measures they had introduced' for them, they had not relieved them of the distress under which they laboured. If, howemer, they had restored the prosperity of the country-if its interests were as fluctuating as they were in reality decaying•-:--if the state of the country were the reverse of the fact, he sheuld not feel grateful td his Majesty's' Ministers. 'When they passed 'that Currency Bill of 1819, they ought to - have taken= off' taxes to the extent of the depreciation from which they emerged in establishing that measure. This they would •have foreseen,- had • they been wise and taken tune to con sider, and even then he should thirds that they had only put themselves in a state to consider whtri they should exercise: L 41 15 ' 31 6. a 41 0 , X 616 5 45 o ..3 21 ..980 43 4d 33 81 0 41 6/ 19s t;(k I 98 1 Is 0- 6s . 04 Os ° I ; I Is °ls ' 10s °I tot Sos 0 (4' Oa 104 0 4,11 " 1 ' . os 6d' 31. ofd 55 t ° l" to to rice ' s a 3 7s 6,1 a o f .1011° Jaug h"r ' B ees'e' vide, to r ni telie ; daug hte w pod-street' hn eet, [r. Joseph n , of ril" S ta rling SO * the 18.