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DANTZIC or MEMEL GOODS, consisting of Fir Timber Deck Deals and Oak Plank. NORWAY SPARS. ' Distributions of the:Articles, ,and Forms of the Tenders, may be seen at this Office. No Tender will be received after One o'Clock, on the day of Treaty,,nor any noticed, unless the party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by.a Letter addressed to the Navy Board, and signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tendering, in the sums hereinunder mentioned, for, the due performance of the Contracts respectively : For the Contracts for' Riga or Petersburgh Goods £5,000 Do. Danteic or Memel Goods £5,000 Do. Norway Spars. - - £5OO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. THE ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the SOCIETY for the ELECTION of the PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, and OFFICERS, for the Year Ensuing, will take place at the House of the Society, 23, Regent-street, St James's, on WEDNESDAY, the Ist of May. The Chair will• be taken precisely at One o'Clock, and the Ballot will close at Three. The Members of the Society will DINE together on TOES DAY,.the 4th of June, at the Free-Masons Tavern, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. CITY OF LONDON NATIONAL SCHOOLS. THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION of the CHILDREN will be in the CENTRAL SCHOOL, White -street, on MONDAY, the 29th inst. at Two o'Clock, before His Royal Highness the Duke of York, the Lord Bi shop of London, &c.—After which, the Friends of the Insti tution will DINE at the CITY of LONDON TAVERN. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK, K.G. in the Chair. The Lord Bishop ,of London Right Hon. Lord Harrowby Right Hon. Lord Sidtuoutli Very Rev. the Dean of Win chester Venerable the Archdeacon of Colchester Rev. Earl Bulwer, D.D. Rev. Samuel Martin, M.A. Rev. William John'son Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart.M.P. Sir C. Flower, Bart. and Aid. Sir George Harnage, Bart. Samuel Birch, Esq. Aid. J. Garratt, Esq. Ald.& Sheriff W.Venables,Esq.Ald.&Sheriff M. P. Lucas, Esq. and Ald. John Pearse, Esq. M.P. Samuel Brasier, Esq. John Bird, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. J. W. Drake, Esq. Dinner at Six precisely. Tickets, 15s. to be had of the Stewards, Treasurer, Com- Miner, and Secretary. STEWARDS. Robert Elliott, Esq. C. A. Ferguson, Esq. Charles Fisher, Esq. Stephen Gaselee, Esq. J. W. Goodwyn, Esq. John Griffin, Esq. Oliver Hatch, Esq. Charles Kaye, Esq. Zachaiy Langton, Esq. Frederick Mangles, Esq. Ambrose Moore, Esq. W. L. Newman, Esq. Samuel Oliver, Esq. Samuel Paynter, Esq. Francis Paynter, Esq. Samuel Poynder, Eut , Samuel H. Sterry, Esq. Samuel Sweet, Esq. James Soper, Esq. Claude G. Thornton, Esq. W. Woodward, Esq. ROBERT HESKETH, Secretary. Central School, White.street, April 20, 1822. BRAMAH'S PATENT PORTABLE PENS. ASPURIOUS Imitation of these PENS hay ing recently been introduced for Public Sale, J. BRAMAH and SONS, 124, PICCADILLY, the Manufac turers aqd Proprietors of the Invention, acquaint its nume rous Patrons and the Public, that in future every Box or ,Packet of their Genuine Pens will be stamped with a fac si mile of the Signature of the Inceptor " JOSEPH BRA MAH," by which means the Counterfeit will be easily dis eovered.—January 24, 1822. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. HONOURED SIR, IBEG leave to inform you, that ever since t he year 1790, I had been afflicted with the Lues Venereal, which, from its obstinately resisting every course of medicine presoribed by the most eminent of the faculty here, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, -would appear to be of tke most inveterate nature. In the spring of last year my disorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, one on each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful manner; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ; my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave me such excruciating pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received so great a cure by them here), to take your Leake's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the 26th o. May ; in the course of a fortnight I began to receive benetit—in little more than a month the ulcers on my head and arms were soundly healed— soon after, the sores on my legs healed also ; leaving, how ever, considerable discolouration in the skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the blessing 9f God, and -a little longer perseverance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided ; the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going off.—l thus became, by your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my former complaints—have recovered my former spirits a lid strength, and am become jolly and fat , in whic h sta t e havin g continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew me, I am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg you, for the good of .other suffering mortals, to make this my case as public as possible, as I shall, on every occa sion ; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servaMURKERnt, ALEX. . Swan's Close,lligh-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to the above Cure: — John Thompson, 'No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh, • John Wlntosh, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS TAY LOR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, at his house, No. 9,, New Bridge-street, London; where, after a constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti cularly directed to the cure of Venereal Complaints and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profession should always observe in such cases, he flatters himself the advice and assistance he gratuitously administers to persons taking this Medicine, will be este‘med, by a discerning Public, as an advaLtage seldom attainable, and void of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appeintmeut,tor the convenience of those living at a distance, at the Toyshop, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, South-bridge, Edinburgh; Mt. Callwel.'s, Dublin; and of o h n e e la p n e d rson in every considerable town in Great Britain and In boxes of only 2s. 9d each, stamped, and sealed up with full and pl a i n directicuis, ' se . hereby persons, of either sax maycure themselves with ea e, speed, lecrecy, and safety. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, Wellington-Street, Wa terloo-Bridge, Strand, on FRIDAY, April 46, and Six following days (Sunday excepted), at Twelve o'Clock, THE Valuable LIBRARY of the late W. PLUMEII, Esq. of Chediston Hall, Suffolk ; contain ing some Rare ITALIAN NOVELS and POETRY of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, particularly from the Presses of the Aldus's, of Giolito, and the Giunta ; several of the Collana Istorica ; English Poetry, General History, Biography, &c. Among other rare Articles will be found, Boccaccio 11 Be camertme, apud Giunta, 1527, vera Edizione • Dante Opere, apud Aldu,u, 1502, printed on vellum : Barberini Poemata, 1631, printed on vellum; Historia de Lancilotto di Lago, 1558 ; Vera e Compita Relazione del Successor della Morte della Regina di Scotia ; Pici Mirandulw de Geneseos, printed •on vellum ; Le Maire de Beiges Illustrations de Genie, &c. First Edition, Paris and Lyon, 1511-13; Ciceronis Opera, apud Juntw, 5 vol.; Victorii Comment. in Aristotelis Opera , 7 vol.; Ear l of Surrey's Poems, First Edition; Dugdale's Monasticon, by Stevens, 3 vol. ; Purchas's Pilgrimage, 5 vol.; Dugdale's Warwickshire, 3 vol.; Harris's Kent, large paper; Pacata Hibernia, beautiful impressions of the portraits; Darcie's Annals of Elizahel h. with the portrait of Darcie by Delman]; Adamson's Muse's Welcome. to Prince James,. &c. &c. To be viewed, and Catalogues (price Is.) to be bad at the Place of Sale. VALUABLE SUGAR PLANTATIONS iu the ISLAND of GRENADA. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By W. LEIFCHILD, by Order of the Assignees of Messrs. BOLDERO and Co. on TUESDAY, the 4th of JUNE, 1822, at Twelve o'Clock, at the AUCTION MART, London, A LL those TWO Valuable and Productive IX SUGAR ESTATES or PLANTATIONS, called TIVOLI and ST. JOHN'S, advantageously situate in the Parish of St. Andrew, in the Island of GRENADA, containing upwards of 700 Acres together with the Valuable Gangs of Slaves , and all the Live and Dead Stock thereon. Full Descriptive Particulars may be had of Mr. Hoyes and Mr. George Gun Munro, in Grenada; at the Counting- House of the Assignees, 2, Lawrence_ Pountney-lane ,• at Messrs. Lamb and Co. Solicitors, 26, Prim,'s-street, Bank_ of England; at the Secretary's Office, Auction Mart, Lon don ; and of W. Leifchild, Land Surveyor, &c. Enfield, Mid dlesex. NOTICE of SALE of the ASPEDEN ESTATE, near BUN- TINGFORD, HERTS. TO Bt SOLD BY AUCTION, By W. LEIFCHILD, by Order of the Assignees of Messrs. BOLDER() and Co. on WEDNESDAY, the 29th of MAY, 1892, at Twelve o'Clock, at the BELL INN. BUNTING FORD, in such Parts and Parcels as will be specified in the l'rinted Particulars,—(unless previously disposed of by Private Contract, of which due Notice will he given;) A. n HE LIFE ESTATE of MR. CHARLES BOLDERO, aged 64, of and in TWO Valuable and Extensive MANORS, a Capital MANSION-HOUSE and PARK, and several FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD LANDS, situate in the several Parishes of Aspeden, Laystone, Yard, ley, and Clothall, in the County of Herts, containing in the whole about 1200 Acres of fine Meadow, Arable, Pasture, and Wood Land. 'V W. Leifchild respectfully informs the Public, that he is fully authorised either to Sell or Let the whole, or any part of the Property during the Life of Mr. C. Boldero, by Private Contract. Particulars may be had at the Secretary's Office, Auction- Mart, London; Bell, Buntingford ; Angel, Bury St. Ea mood's ; Rani, Newmarket; Sun, Cambridge; Three Cups, Colchester; Bell, Chelmsford; Swan, Bedford; Salisbury Arms, Hatfield; White Hart, St. Alban's ; Green Man, Bar net ; Salisbury Arms, Hertford ' • Saracen's Head, Ware ' • and of W. Leifchild, Land and Timber Surveyor , Enfield, Mid dlesex. For viewing the Estates, application may be made to Mr. Matthew Woodward, at Aspeden; and Particulars and Tickets to view the Mansion House and Gardens may be had on ap plication at the Office of Messrs. Lamb and Co. 26, Prince's street, by the Bank. To-morrow will be published, Bvo. LTBSTANCE of the SPEECH of the Right Hon. W. C. PLUNKET, in the House of Commons, on presenting the ROMAN CATHOLIC PETITION, February 28, MI. Printed for Jorm MurtaaY, Alhermarle-street. LACON, A SECOND VOLUME. This Day was published, price 7s. T HE SECOND VOLUME of LACON, being the Completion of the Work. Also, the TWELFTH EDITION of the First Volume. Sold by Messrs. Longman & Co. and all other Booksellers. N. B.—As Lacon has gone through many Editions in Ame rica, any Agent inclined to treat for the Second Volume May be consulted with, on application to the,Author's Publisher. BARTON'S PRECEDENTS. This day was published, Parts XII. and XIII. ANEW EDITION, being the THIRD, of MODERN PRECEDENTS IN CONVEYANCING. By CHARLES BARTON, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Barriir ter at Law. London : Printed for CHARLES HUNTER, Law Bookseller, 26, Bell Yard, Lincoln's Inn.. This edition is particularly adapted to the use of Solicitors, and includes (amongst much other new matter), now first pub lished, particular directions for their guidance in all things connected with each assurance.—The Publisher begs to sub mit the following testimony of the merit of this work :—" No legal work has attained greater celebrity than the Precedents of Mr. Barton, nor apparently with greater justice."—Per Serjeant Pell in Lys v. Morgan, Michaelmas Term, IBM, SNIIRKE'S SHAKESPEARE, No. 4. On the 30th • of ,April will be published, TWELFTH NIGHT; being the FOURTH NUMBER of ILLUSTRATIONS of SHAKESPEARE, from Pictures painted expressly for this Work, by ROB'I'. SMIRKE, Esq. R.A: and engraved in the finest style by the most eminent Historical Engravers. The Play illustrated is published at the same time; but the Embellishments may be had separate from, or together with, the Play. The Numbers already published are as follow : No. I. The Tempest—lL Taming of the Shrew—lll. Merry Wives of Windsor—lV. Twelfth Night. k:,The following Numbers will appear l in the course of the Year : V. Measure for Measure—Vl.Romeo and Juliet—Vll. Hen ry the Fourth, Part I.—VIII. Midsummer Night's Dream—lX. Two Gentlemen of Verona. London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin, New Bend street; Hurst, Robinson, and Co., Cheapside; and sold by the principal Booksellers of the United Kingdom. . A return to an order of the House of Commons of the expense of public works and buildings in the year ended sth January last, states the expense of restoring the north front and lantern of Westminster Hall, and the general repair of the roof, at 13,1501. Os. Bd. The Second Report of the Select Committee on the Holyhead Roads has been printed. It treats exclusively of steam packets. It states that there is no doubt of the prac ticability of performing the Post Office service at Holyhead by steam vessels as safely as by sailing vessels, and in less than half the average time, and therefore recommends a third steam packet, upon the same general plan of construction as that of the present steam packets, the Meteor and Royal So vereign, which were built in the River Thames by order of the Postmasters General. We have learned that there is a prospect of discovering the individuals who were concerned in raising the late fires in the neighbourhood of Haddington,' and are happy to understand that no suspicion attaches to any person immediately connected with the district. The County met on the 17th instant, and adopted energetic measures for discovering and bringing to punishment the perpetrators of these acts.—(Edinburgh eOl4- rant, A . pril 18. ) TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1821 PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, APRIL 22. Mr. MASON presented an account of the Sala ries and Pensions granted by the East India Company during' the last month.—Laid on the table.—Mr. TRUNDEL, from the Office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented Copies of the Proceedings before the Lords of Privilbges in Ireland, relative to the Claims of Colonel Dillon to the Earldom of Roscommon.--Laid on the table. WINDOW TAM, The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a Pe- tition from the Householders of the City of Water ford against the Window Tax, praying for a re r duction of taxation.—Laid on the table. Earl GREY said that he held a similar Pe- tition from the same place, for the same object, and signed by the same persons. =lt was in fact only a duplicate of the other, and had reached him through the medium of a Noble Friend of his, for the purpose of being presented to the House, which, however, had now become un-. necessary. Earl MANSFIELD presented a Petition from Owners and Occupiers of Land in Perthshire, praying for agricultural relief.—Laid on the table. Mr. AsTEL and Mr. CAMFBELL, and others, brought up from the Commons the Carnatic Cre ditors' Bill, and the Glasgow Gas Bill.—Read a first time. IRISH DEEDS. The Earl of BLEstrcroN, before calling the attention of the House to the Order of the Day, wished to notice a paragraph which had ap peared in an Irish paper, and to caution the Editor against what he might think proper here after to publish. He (Lord Blesinton) had already explained in the House that he had never wished to attack the University of Dublin'. Yet, notwithstanding this explanation, a person had chosen to address a letter to the Editor of the paper in question, headed " Lord Blesinton versus the University of Dublin," in which he charged him (Lord Blesinton) with having at tacked individuals with whom he was intimately acquainted, and for whom he had the highest re spect. This letter was signed " Vindex," and if such conduct were repeated he should look to the House for protection. The Noble Earl then moved the Order of the Day for going into a. Committee on the Irish Deeds Registry Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR was persuaded that the,Noble Earl would not press this Bill in the absence of a Noble and Learned Lord (Lord Redesdale) who objected to it, because he con ceived that a small amendment of the Act of Queen Anne would answer all the purposes of the present measure. The Earl of BLESINTON said his object in going into a Committee was that the Bill should be printed, as the amendments were con sidcrable. It was not his intention to force the Bill through the House ; he should therefore now only propose to go into the Committee pro forma, in order that the Bill be printed with its amend ments. The Bill was then committed pro forma, the Report received, and the Bill ordered to be printed and to be recommitted. The Innkeepers' Rates Bill went through a Committee, and the Report was received. Adjourned till Wednesday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ROYAL BURGHS—SCOTLAND. Mr. LINSAY presented Petitions from the Burghs of Perth, Egremont, Inverary, and other places in Scotland, praying to be heard by Counsel against the Royal Burgh Accompts Bill. Laid on the table.' AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Mr. DRUllll.l4sKliireeented a Petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the neighbourhood of Perth, N. 8., complaining of Agricultural Distress.—Laid on the table. •• Sir W. LEMON presented a similar Petition from owners and occupiers of land in Cornwall. The petitioners considered that their distress was . principally caused by a lavish expendi ture of publiC money ; and over-taxation. Mr. GRENFELL bore testimony to the respectability of the petitioners. With, regard to Petitions of this nature, in general, he would take this opportunity to say, that,the preva lence and amount of distress in the Agricultural classes was much less than it had been, and was fast diminishing. He thought it proceeded from temporary causes, and was now sa tisfied that he always had been right, in saying there was no cause for despondency as to the state of the country. In his opinion, every part of Great Britain exhibited indications of increasing prosperity and wealth—(Hear !)—and if the country continued to be well governed, in spite of the fatal blunders which had been committed in legislation, the country would be completely restored in two or three years.—(Hear !) Mr. CURWEN did not think the distress of the country had been exaggerated. The Petition having been read, was then laid on the table. WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES. Mr. MANSFIELD presented a Petition from certain Wool len Manufacturers of Leicester, complaining of the intention of the Legislature to, repeal certain restrictive laws which have hitherto protected that trade, and praying that should any such measure be passed, the taxes which bore upon the Woollen trade might be taken off.—Laid on the - table. ' WINDOW TAX—IRELAND. Mr. ELLIS presented a Petition from the inhabitants of several Parishes in Dublin, praying for a repeal of the Window Tax. He was not one of those who was willing to encroach upon any source of revenue requisite for the payment of the - public creditor; but he must say that he thought upon every principle of public faith, public feeling, justice, and humanity, this relief ought to be afforded. In one parish out of 1,500 houses, 900 were closed and insolvent on account of this tax ; and in another 250 out of 640.—Read, and laid on the table. Sir ELIAB HARVEY presented Petitions complaining of Agricultural Distress from different places in Essex.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition from certain Unitarians of the City of London, praying for an alteration In certain parts of the Marriage ceremony.—Laid on the table. The Hon. Member postponed the motion relative to Ilchester Gaol, which stood for Wednesday next, to Wednesday the 15th of May. • CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. HART DAVIS presented a Petition from 8,000 Inha bitants of Bristol, praying that no concessions may be granted to: the Roman Catholics of Ireland. The Hon. Gentleman observed, that the Petitioners pointed at the forthcoming mo tion relative to Catholic Peers. Petitions of this nature had been presented from Glasgow and Liverpool, and he hoped their example would be universally followed. Mr. PLUNKETT did not rise for the purpose of creating any discussion on the subject before the House, but merely to correct an error into which the Honourable Member who spoke last had fallen. He had expressed, a hope that the example of Glasgow and Liverpool would be followed with 1 reference to the Petitions stated by the Honourable Gen tleman to have been addressed to the House by them on the subject of the Catholic Claims. Now, the Honourable Gentle man must be mistaken as to Liverpool ; for certainly no Peti tion had been presented from that place of the nature he alluded to—probably he meant Bristol Then as to Glasgow, it was fitting the House should know that the Petition so designated was not from the county of Glasgow, but from the Synod of that place, consisting of only one person. He had no ob jection to join the Hon. Gentleman in the hope he tiad ex= pressed, that the proud example of the Synod of Glasgow would be followed by other equally numerous and important bodies.—(A laugh.) Mr. PEEL said, the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Plunkett) was himself in error, when he stated that the Synod of Glasgow consisted of but one person. The Presbyterian Synod of that place was composed of many, but the Petition was signed by one, for the whole body, as was frequently done. Mr. PLUNKETT explained that, he only meant to say that one person only had addressed that House. Mr. BRIGHT expressed a hope that the example of the Presbyterians of Scotland would be followed by all Dissenters in the country. He hoped all Christians would exercise their right of addressing that House on the subject ; and he would even maintain that in speaking on that subject they were en= titled to complain of the heavy fingers the Papists had placed on them in times past. The Petition was then laid on the table. Lord EBRINGTON presented a Petition complaining of Agricultural Distress, from the town Of Tiverton in Devon. shire. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Lord MOUNTCHARLES presented a Petition from the Tanners of Donegal, praying for relief in consequence of the heavy duties on leather.—Laid on the table. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Spirit Retailers of Limerick, complaining of the heavy duties upon Spirit Li cences.—Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. TYTHE-SYSTEM—IRELAND. In reply to some observations from Sir H. PARNELL, which were inaudible in the gallery, Mr. GOULBURN said, that he felt himself called upon to repeat the assurance he had formerly given the House, that the present Government of Ireland had, since its appointment, given the most earnest attention to the subject of the tythe-sys tem in Ireland. The House, however, must be aware of the other important duties which had pressed upon the Govern ment of that country of late ; and it was owing to the difficulties thus thrown in the way, that it was out of his power at this mo ment to state when he should be able to submit a measure on that subject. With regard to another branch of the same ques. tion, viz. as to a mode of facilitating the collection of tythes, he did not despair of being able to introduce that subject to the House in the course of the present Session. But he could not justify to himself making a hasty pledge on a question of such greatimportance. Mr. PEEL'S BILL. Mr. WESTERN gave notice, that he would, on the 2d of May, submit a motion on the subject of the Bill for effecting a Change in the Currency. COLONIAL IMPOSTS. Mr. HINE presented a Petition from seventy-two out of seventy-nine British Merchants residing at Rio Janeiro, in South America. The Petitioners complained of the operation of a Bill which was passed in 1814, enabling the consul-gene ral of Rio Janeiro to levy a duty of one half per cent. upon the freightage of all British merchandize, which was felt as highly oppressive. The Bill was passed without any one whose inte rests were affected by it knowing any thing about it, and the nature of it might be judged of from the circumstance of its having raised the salary of the consul-general .from 1,5001. a year to 9,0001. by fees alone. But even with - this enormous allowance, that officer neglected his duty, not living in the town of Rio. He had farmed his profits to the vice-consul, from whom again it had fallen into the hands of a clerk. At least two and a half per cent. was levied on all British mer chandise, and that for merely certifying the sale of it. This was three times the amount of the duties exacted at Lisbon, or any other port. Goods could be conveyed in American ships without any duty, and the probable effects of this system would be comprehended, when it was known that the number of British ships going to . that port had increased since 1815, from 75 to 155. The Petitioners prayed that this Bill might be repealed, and another introduced, tending to place ' British commerce on an equal footing with that of other coun tries. This prayer he should himself attempt to carry into ef fect when a return, for which he had moved, should be laid on the table. He moved that the Petition should be brought up, and then, if there were no objection, he would move to renew the order of last year, for certain returns, that they might come to the discussion with proper information on the subject. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY did not rise to oppose the motion, but to state, that at the proper time every explana tion would be given.—[The Noble Marquis spoke with much difficulty, as he evidently laboured under severe indisposition, from a cold, which made him nearly inaudible.) Mr. T. WILSON said, as the Noble Marquis, from the se vere cold under which he laboured, could not enter into the subject at present, hoped he might be allowed to say, that he • trusted it would be the care of his Majesty's Governitent to guard against a measure, intended for the protection of our commerce, being turned into an engine of oppression. The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME then moved an Address to the Crown, praying for a return of the total amount of contributions levied on Eng lish ships at the Brazils—a specification of the names of the parties to whom the payments were made, and other papers relative to the same subject.—Agreed to. SCOTCH BURGHS. Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Corporation of the Royal Burgh of Perth, against the Lord Advocate's Bill for the regulation of the election of Magistrates in that Burgh. —Ordered to lie on the table. Lord A. HAMILTON presented a Petition from the Royal Guildry of Perth, on the same subject.—Ordered to lie on the table. • Mr. Kina, from the British Museum, presented the usual Annual Accounts and Estimates.—Ordered to lie on the table MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT BILL, Dr. PHILLIMORE postponed the second reading of 'the Marriage Act Amendment Bill from Friday next to Friday the 3d May. He did this because he was unwilling that it should stand in the way of the discussion on the Agricultural Distress, and had no intention of postponing it beyond the day he had named. A Petition was presented from George Gordon Lord Byron praying to be heard by his Agents against an Intlosure Ordered to lie on the table. STATE OF IRELAND. Sir J. NEWPORT, in rising pursuant to the notice which he had given, begged to assure the House that he had never felt greater embarrassment than he experienced on the present occasion. It had repeatedly fallen to his lot to call the atten tion of the House to the affairs of Ireland, and at no period' . had the affairs of that country more imperiously demanded the attention of Parliament than they did at this moment. He was sorry to say, that having repeatedly failed in his efforts to prevail upon the House to interfere in the way in which he thought they ought to interfere, he now came forward, not with reluctance, but with very unpleasant feelings, growing out of former failure. He experienced these because the mo tion which he considered it his duty now to submit to the House was very similar to that which he had made in the year 1816, and he could not but remember the very different cir cumstances under which he had come forward on that occasion. In 1816 he was supported by three most able, intelligent, and enlightened friends, who were no longer there to favour such an effort. • It was his misfortune . , or rather it was that of the country, that two of them had since that period sunk into the grave. When he mentioned the name of Ponsonby, it was unnecessary for him to enlarge on the talents of his late Right Hon. Friend. These were well known to that House, as were the opportunities which that. Right Hen. Gentleman had had of acquiring information relative to the affairs of Ireland, and the skill with which he had availed himself of them. When he mentioned the second name, he repeated a name so iden tified with Ireland, that• no man could doubt the relation in which the wearer of it had stood with respect to that country. Mr. Grattan had through a long series of years watched over the interests of Ireland, and had combated in her cause against those who favoured the Union in the Irish House of Commons. The Irish Parliament having been put an end to, Mr. Grattan, transferred to the English House of Commons, had fought the battles of his country with the same energy, zeal, and perse verancehere with which in Ireland he had struggled against those who wished for the extinction of that separate Parlia ment of which he had been a Member. The third indivi dual to whom he had alluded was still living, and had a seat in that House, though on the present occasion he could not calculate on his assistance. That such was the case in the in- PRICE SEVENPENCt. stance of the Right Honourable Gentleman to Whom he rep ferred, he lamented on his account and on that of the country. It was necessary that he (Sir J. Newport) should : detain the House for some time, but he begged to assure them that it would be his object to condense what he had to Oka as much as.the importance of the interests which he undertook. to advos . cate would allow him to do, and he requested the House to fols low him while he traced the situation of Ireland from its causes, pointed out the progress of the evil from the . commencement up to the present time, with as sincere an attachment to,the in terest;-of both countries as any man in that Hotise could boast. He hoped he should not be tedious. It would be necessary to make sonic reference to figures ' but knowing how irksome these were to the House he would do so no More than was abs solutely necessary. He, however, must make some use of figures to shew the progiess , of Ireland to the state of degrades tion and disorganization in which that country was found at present. He would attempt to shew the Causes of the evil, and he prayed the House to look well at them, and thus enable themselves to determine what Was the proper remedy to be applied. They would doubtless feel it their duty to do so, for he could conceive nothing more fallacious than for a Pars liament to proceed to legislate, where their interference was demanded, without first , applying themselVeS tO ascertain the cause of that evil which made their interference necessary._ Till this was known, it was impossible that they could be com petent to afford relief. It was unnecessary for him to endear your to inipress on the House the magnitude of the ques. Lion which now demanded their attention. It respected a population in numbers immense, and an area of land lines; ampled for fertility. Why such a country, with a population signalized by the great deeds sonic from among them had perms formed in every quarter of the globe, should be placed in a situation which made perpetual coercion necessary, was Oat into which they had to inquire. They had to decide What it was that made a penal code, like that of Ireland, suitable for such a people—why the Government could not be admit nistered but with the aid of a system of perpetual punish:. ment. Ireland presented an area of about 19,000,000 of English acres ; its population had been estimated as follows at different periods : In 1731 a. • - 1,670,0001 In 1789 s s 4,00 0 , 000 In 1747 - - 2,000,000 lln 1814 - - 6,000,060 And by enumeration at the pfesent day, it appeared that the population of. Ireland now amounted to nearly 7,000,000. It was then in the case of seven millions of people that they were now called upon to act, with a view of snatching them from a state of disorganization, and placing them in a situation to taste the blessings (which he was sorry to say they had not yet known), of the protecting care of the Legislature of Great Britain. He could attribute the causes of the evil to but one source-:-he would sum them all up in three words, expressive of the principle, if principle it could be called, on which Ireland had been governed through successive ages. The maxim acted upon in Ireland was the opposite of that which it was thought wise to adopt everywhere else—it was simply this " Divide and govern."—(Hear !)—lt was owing to the miserable policy that had obtained of attempting to govern the people of that ill-fated .country by sowing divisions among them, that those calamitous results had been witnessed which they had npw to deplore. That it was the object of those to whom the Government Of Ireland had been confided to set one part of the. population against the other, could not be denied. Were proof demanded, it could be supplied by the letter which a former Lord Chief Justice had written to the Archbishop of Canterbury, deprecating certain measures which were then on the point of being adopted, because " they would tend to unite the people." The progress of the measures which had been thought suited to the state of Ireland had been marked by a deficiency in the revenue. He had no doubt that if a course different from that which had been taken at the time the Irish Parliament was extinguished had been preferred, that an op posite result would have been witnessed. Had taxation been diminished instead of increased, its produce would have been greater. V was manifest that the absence of the large land holders, deprecated as one of the greatest of the evils which af flicted Ireland, was likely to be increased by the measure of the Union. That act had a tendency to withdraw from the country its natural protectors. The Gentry of Ireland removed to Eng land, and consigned their territory to other hands—to those who had not the same anxiety for the welfare of those with Whom they were thus connected. Deprived of the fostering care of their native gentry, hat was taken from them which the late Mr. Sheridan had declared it was peculiarly the duty of the Eng. lish Government to supply, that interest in each other's wel fare which should bind the several classes together. He would say, that it was the peculiar duty of Parliament to combat the grpwth of that disease which had proved the bane of Ire land, and to counteract by every possible means the effect which the Act of Union was likely to produce in the way he had described. If the absentees were.before too numerous, it was the duty of Parliament to guard against their further in creasing them by an improvident mode of taxation. Up to the period of the Union, Ireland had been lightly taxed. It ought to have continued lightly taxed, to induce the gentry ; to remain there. The contrary course had been taken, and the consequence Was, while the amount of taxation had increas ed, its produce had diminished. He (Sir J. Newport) had again and again opposed himself to this system. His voice had been raised against the imposition of such heavy taxes as, had been laid on, and he had pointed out to GoVernment that they would reap as the fruits of their policy every harvest but the right one. He had predicted that they would reap a large harvest of dis content, but not of revenue. They found the result what he had declared it must prove. The absentees had increased. A considerable number of the Irish gentry, broken up in their circumstances, had left Ireland to take refuge in the watering places of this country. They had given up their establishments on the other side of the water to come and vegetate in lodg ings here. He considered that no greater evil could fall on a country than to have taxes increased, that while they were felt oppressively heavy by the people, they ceased to be pro ductive to the Treasury. Since 1608 additional taxes had been imposed on Ireland which it had been ealctilated would pro duce 4,000,0001., but instead of doing this, the amount of the revenue derived from Ireland had decreased. The four mill:eats thus laid on could not by possibility be paid, and poverty, had paralysed the hand of the tax-gatherer, and pet limits to the omnipotence of Parliament. What, had been paid had been partly taken from the capital, and not from the income of the country ; and that which he had foretold six years ago had come to pass, and it was seen that additional taxes served but to diminish the revenue. While this enor mous increase of taxation wits going on, calculating on a revenue -which it' - had been found impossible to raise, a debt had been contracted for Ireland, so great that had it continued to increase its ultimate amount would have baf fled al/ calculation. It had, however, been closed with what he called an act of bankruptcy, (he could give it no other name,) for on the Ist of Jan. 1817, the consolidation of the Exche quers of the two countries had taken place, and this coun try had taken upon herself the debt contracted for Ireland. An Hon. Gentleman, he• remembered, had put a cmestion to him (Sir J. Newport) ' as to when he thought Ireland would be able to pay off part of the sum which had been borrowed on her account. His answer to the question was—" Never."—s This had caused a laugh, upon which he had declared that what he had said was spoken in serious earnest. The taxes thrown on Ireland frons the time of the Union„amounting to two seven teenths of the whole revenue of the Empire, were so enor mous that they could not be paid. He had said at the time that if one seventeenth had been laid - on instead of two, it might have been paid. In fact Ireland had paid in that proportion, or rather morn. The sums borrowed to make up the other seventeenth England had, and still has to pay. Notwith standing the burdens thrown on' the people, such was the fertility of the country, as his Right Hon. Friend the late Member for Dublin had said, for which Providence had done so much, and man so little, except to mar what PrOvidence had done, that in spite of all, its exports increased. He was, howeVer, sorry to say that the effect of these was not like what it might have been under a better system. It had been re marked in 1747, by Sir H. Boyle, that no two millions of people in Europe consumed so little of the producithey raised, as the two millions who formed the population of Ireland. So now he (Sir J. Newport) would say, that no seven millions of people consumed so little of the produce they raised as the seven millions that peopled Ireland. But why was this ?It was almost impossible that it could have happened but for the system of Government which had been acted upon. 'lf the ex ports had increased it was owing to the astonishing . fertility of the country ; it was owing . to the bounty of. Providence hav ing outstripped the oppression of man. It was time that the attention of Parliament should be turned to this important sub ject. He had brought forward a motion like that which he had now to offer, in 1816. After some delay the discussion was fixed for April 24, in that year. 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