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18111, to dor latest period at whieb the same ma be made .p,
that the mattes of the Petition was a good ergo- diertagsisking each Doty."
meet against the Bills in progress conferring each
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHIQUER said, he
extensive IIOWCf3 on Magistrate.;
for lie 111°11°1 it i hail no objection to the production of this account
a logical inference, if 11'6 individual should As!. 1 lin the Loth of oetoher. But the Bourse most
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" don't give more power to those persona who have ..
ne aware that by agreeing to it in the form propos-
used whet they possessed so badly." ed, the, could be liable to he very much deceived
Lord CASTLERRAGH Lila it did not appear to
Nod misled by the return. The pioduee of the re.
him that from the mere assumption of an indivi•
velour was in some degree uncertain, and therefore
dual that seven years ago Mie Magistrate had com•
they might be greatly mistaken, by taking the pro.
mined a breach of hi• oath, and acted with potful.
ality, the House would be justified in drawing the 1 dace of any fractional part a a 4:leerier, as a crow-
rion of that of the whole, in estimating whether
inference that the whole moiciorocy of the country texts were productive or not. It was the object
were incapable of exercising certain powers ioteort-
of the Hot,. Gentleman to discover how far a re-
ed to be conferred on them. This seemed to him
hence might be placed on the new taxes ; but little
to be a mode of lowering the character of the Ma-
reliance! was to be placed Gon the apparent produc-
gietrates, and raising a debate on a Bill which was
tient...s or tonproductiveness of any branch of the
very strange, and even alarming. revenue, till the quarter was ended. lie hoped the
Mr. Baotionara explsiosed—after which the Peti.
lion. Gentleman would five something like a gene.
ion was rejected without a division.
•ral statement of the objects lie proposed, before
SEDITIOUS SIEETINGS• submitting the rest of his motions. The Right
The Lords' Amenolments to the Sedition. I%ieet-
I too. Gentlemen moved, as an amendment, to sub.
ags Prevention 801 l were read a first and second stitoote nomd of the words " till the latest period
time, and agreed to.
to which the seine can be made up," the following.
" till the 10th October."
The question on the amendment having been

ALIENS.
Lord J. RUSSELL said. than there were at pre-
sent in this country soma unfortunate foreigners
engaged in transacting private business, and not in
any way interfering with political matters. How-
ever, reports had been raised that they were to lie
sent out of the country under the Alien Act. He
therefore wished to have I.ome assurance from the
Noble Lord that such a destgui 1144 not in the con-
templation of his Majesty's Ministers.
Lord CASTLICREAGII mill, that as the Noble
Lord had not mentioned the names of the indivi-
duals, in question. he was at a loss to know who
they 'were. Under these circumotaticss lie could
not ',ledge himself to what might he the intentions
of the Government respecting them.

CATHOLIC DISSENTERS.
Mr. PARNELL postponed till after the recess his
notice of a Bill to nimble Catholic Dissenters to
provide residences fur their clergy. The Hon.
Member stated his reasons for adopting this course,
but they were very imperfectly !mull in the gallery.
We understood him to say, that lie octed so in de-
ference to the judgment of other, who thought the
question to be one connected with Catholic Eman-
cipation, though he did not view it in that light. He
then bore honourable testimony to the exemplary
conduct of the Catholic clergy in Ireland, and the
great exertions winch they ha I mark to preserve the
tranquillity of that country. The public quiet there
was in a great degree attributable to them, they liar-
lug remitted no effort to keep down all dispositio.i to
disaffection or disturbance, and having even gone
from house to house to insures. on the minds of the
laity the great duty of obedience to the laws. He.
therefore, expressed a hope that something should •
be done to amend the law in this particular.
Mr. C. GRANT expressed his approbation of the
course pursued by the Hon. Gentleman. At the
same time, as mention had been made of the Ca-
tholic clergy, lie thought it his duty to say, that
the exertions of that respectable class of individu-
als, to preserve the tranquillity of the country,
most justly entitled them to the approbation of the
House.—(Hear.)—lt had fallen to him, in the
execution of the duties of his office, to know
how earnestly and anxiously they had laboured to
paralyze the efforts of the seditious and factious
among their Rocks. And he did not speak of the
inferior orders of the clergy only, his observation
applied equally to the higher classes of the pre-
Isies.—(Heur.)—Considering himself as one of
the persons at present charged with the security
ot the public peace in belated, he said that that
was due, in no smell degree, to the zealous, pa-
triotic. and Christian-like co-operation of the Ca-
tholic clergy.—(Hear, hear.)
CONVEYANCERS.

MARERET said, the Right Hon. Gentleman
seemed to hay great stress on his making a general
ststement of fits object. He thought he had before
void, that the papers were quite necessary to the
House before it could enter on the consideration or
discussion of subjects of finance. He was quite
sure that they would feel it would be a great waste
of time to attempt to go into financial discussions
without bring put in poesession of the facts, which
were to be known only from these papers ; and he
considered that that was quite a sufficient ground.
The Chsncel!or of the Exchequer calculated very
sanguinely on the item ditties. He computed on
2. I 90,000/.arising from malt duties,&c.andsoo,ooo/.
from usher sources. He therefore wished to have
an accouitt of the actual produce of the new taxes,
in order that the House might be enabled, by on ex.
amination of facts, to know what hopes there were
of the realization of 3,190.000/.. their estimated
amount. But the Right Hon. Gentleman would
say that they had not yet come in; he Par. Maber-
ly) was aware that the first of the four payments on
the stuck of malt in hand, for instance, was
not potable till the 10th November. But souse.
thing ought to have come in from them since the
sth Judy—whereas, if he had been rightly in-
formed, they hail produced nothing, or at least. if
they had, that the old duties were vanishiag. For
he understood that in the quarter between July and
October, there was a falliieg oft in the gross duties
of between 900,000/. auth 1,000,0001. and he was
informed that at present there was a falling oft
of forty or fifty thousand pounds a week.—
These were facts which ought to be brought within
the knowledge of tile House; awl he should be
fully as happy as ate Right Hon. Gentleman to
discover that there duties were more productive
than he had been taught to think. He should very
readily take the return up to the 10th of October.
as implored. He allowed that there might be a
difficulty with respect to the fractional duties;
but the House would feel that on ite-re-aosembling,
after the recess, it would be competent to him to
propose the completion of the return for the year
front the 10th October.—(Hear.)
The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said, that
down to the easel of November. the whole produce of
the new duties was a sum of something lees than
1,000/. from wool—(Hear. hear. frost the Oppose-
tion)—and about 236,0001. from the Excise, with
some other small fractional sums, the exact amount
of which lie could not gate. Of this about
136,000/. hail been received before the 10th of
October.
Mr. TIERNEY said. that there were weekly ac-
counts of the produce of the revenue always regu-
larly made, front which the return in question
could be extracted.
Mr. NUS/LISSOM said, that the aggregate pro-
duce of the revenue up to a given dry could he
ascertained in that way. tint what was mow desired
was a specific and separate statement of the pro-
duce of the new ditties.
Mr. Tt etre tv thought that there was no difficulty
in the case. His object in rising was not so much
to prepare the way fur the diecussion of questions
of finance, fur of hie:social discussions he was quite
sick, sisal assured the Right Hon. Gentleman that
hr should not give hint much more trouble in that
way, for if them wet any one thing in the system
of the existing Administration) which Gentlemen
opposite had node uptheir minds at all hazards to
support. it was the Right Honourable Gentle..
man's plats of finance—(.l laugh)--but he
wished that there motions should be agreed to
for the sake of the public. who were kept in a
state of constant disquiet by the most alarming IRe
moors respecting the revenue and resources of
the cumstry. What the Chaiicellor of the Exche-
quer had told them had already appeared in
• the Newspapers. He (Nlr.Nanaittart).esid he sow
no reason to doubt that all the details of his teat
year's plan of fiiiiiiice would be iodized. It 'would
be extremely satisfactory to the House to be con-
viuced of the justness of his reasonings. It was
now within less than it fortnight of the end of the
year, when the account should regularly be
made up, and be did nut see what difficulty there
would be in aniktog up the acclimate for the minim-
ing ten days, if the retorts till the .present time
was not now laid before the House, the public would
be kept in ignortioce till the middle of February,
and in the mean time the distressing rumours to
which he had alluded would continue to be circu-
He should not have the least hesitation in
I.litioviug fur the papers wnlroet notice.
After some obseivatiosi by 'the Cuattclictou of
Excefitaues. not audible to us—
. Mr. TIERNRY said, he should not say one ward
more. since it pleitely smeared that Pitt was not to
''be compared to the Right Hon. Gentleuran.-14
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hlr. HUSK MON said, that 'diadem might be
• the produce of the revenue en Abe 511, Jammu, it
would very soon after wean to Ilk haiwthrdertsilks
public, .aa Air:1.01749 if it
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in mower to a'q *Op *AM!
the CamocaLursAsf

Mr. LYTTELTON postponed his notice on the
above subject till to-morrow.
FINANCE, &e.
Mr. MAIIIIRLY raid, that in rising to move for
certain papers. pursuant to notice, he ithould think
it sufficient to state, that questionauf finance which
were of the greatest importance to the country,
could trot be discussed satisfactorily without the
knowledge of facts, to obtain which, in order to pre-
pare the House for discussion immediately after
the recPss, was the object of his motions. He in-
tended to move for each account separately. and if
the Right Hoe. Gentleman opposed them, he
would, no doubt, state to the House what his ob-
jections were, and then he (Mr. Maberly) should be
very happy to state the reasons in support of them,
epd go into a discussion. The lion. Gentleman
then moved fur
" Am Amnia of the wet amount of the Rev/rare of the
(Jailed Kinettnss, frost the 6th January, 1819, to the 10th
October 1819, distneguishiag each Quarter, sad 'cp.'s,-
tug Irel;s4 from Great Britain."
The question having been put,
The CtiaxcttiLog of the EXCUEQUER mid. that
be thought that soy Hon. Member who moved for
papers of a very inspertant description. should lay
some gromeds ft induce the House to agree to his
propeotion. before calling on others to slate their
objeCtioni to it.—/Hear, hear.)—The Hon. Gen-
limiest had expressed s wish, that certain accounts.
eelaling to the revenue, should be laid upon the ta.
Me, in-order that the Horse might be enabled to
e'dter on the di,cuselon ithenediately after the teems.
lit
' e elteeld not oppose this motion ; tliongli he' was
"'s °Onion, that if the lion. Member had waited a
tlo longer. he would obtain the information lie
desired in a more regular furor. it being now . very
nehr the close of the year, and the period when. by
d'et of Pathement, all the public eceounts were re•
triirid to be Made up and laid on the table.
The moticur to then agreed to.
Mr. MASSILLT said, that the Right Hem Gentle.
'men was well aware that the lippeopeisimm • Acts
were oat usually laid in' %Ire Itibit till 'the gOth
Much. end that ihey* vre,re,erimetidtee not printed
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