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INVERKEITHING ELECTION,

The Report of the Constnittre to which the Petition
against the luverkeithiag Election was referred, was
brought up. It set forth (as far as the noise in the Gd-
irty and the body of t►e Horse enabled us to rollers it),
that the Petitioner, the Hon. F. W. Prinaluse bad sock toad
his tae, and that the election of John Campbell, E 9. was
not valid.

The CHAIRMAN of the COMMITTC, then moved, That
a new writ should be made out for too. t), rice of Iturtiha of
Inverbeitbing, Re. in the room of Juba Campbell, Esq.
whom election is declared void.
AGRICULTURAL PETITIONfI.

Sir C. Illoitnsults preseeted a Petition from certain
Land-owners and Occupiers of Land, in the Comity of
Warwick, setting fords, that the suit of the United Kios-
dons was capable of producing corp, 01,41 every other spe-
cies of grain, salScient for the imaiiiirnauct of its pow,-
lativa ; and it prayed that such peuteciing duties snigbt be
enacted, as would give the greatest posmble encouragement
to the farsner.—Laid on the table.

Lord ESSINGTON presented a Petition of the same nature
from the Dwiters and Occupiers of Land in the Comity of
Devout. The Noble Lord observed, tint there was nu Gen-
tleman in that House who was not aware of the great hue-
di us under which this species of property was labouring at
present. There was no individual, on either side of the House,
he believed, who was not most aux:ous to protect it. The
Petitioners, in the present Wallace, though they were desir-
ous of having proper relief extruded to them, wish. d, Ri the
same time, to avoid exciting that irritation in the 'Hilda:
mind, which had already operated su much against their iu-
terests, and which (very unprejudiced man must desire to
see removed.—The Petition was read and laid out the table.

General WALPOLE presented a similar Petition from cer-
tain Owners and Occupiers of Land in the parish of
Norfolk. The gallant Geneial stated, that though he felt
himself called un to present this Petition, lie could not sup-
port the prayer of it. In his opinion, one or two unprofit-
able seasons could not justify the measure which the Peoi.
tiouers prayed fur. Still, howevir, he conceived the subject
was of such importance, that it ought to be taken into the
most serious consideration.

The gallant General also presented a Petition from it
number of Owner. a-id Occupiers of Laud in the County of
Norfolk, praying for protecting duties.—Laid on the table.
Mr. COKE said, lie had to present to the House a Petition
of a similar nature, from the Owners and Occupo rs of Lain;
at Lynn, in Norfolk, and the neighbourhood of that place.
It was signed by several very respectable Gentlemen, and by
a large body of the yeomanry of the vicinity. He was sorry
that he was called on to present it, because his opiiiiiiti did
nut coincide with that of the Petitioners. The affect of
granting the prayer of the Petition would be, to raise the
price of corn—and lie was one of those who thought tic ere-
Sent price fully sufficient to remunerate tbeformer.—(!'ear.)
—He admitted, however, that the agricultural interest diet
labour under considerable burdens, and dernande.l fficient
relief, but not of the description prayed for. It the Asyri•
natural gorse Duty were repealed, which bore vilest
grievously MI the agricultural interest, it vrottlil pr.editee the
must twoefical effects.—(llear )-1t was a lax so
that, to his own knowledge, many loth, irlitals were pre.
vents al, lay its severe operation, from emharkiug iu aztical-
tura: ion suits to the extent they otherwise wont,' ,e—
-(Hear ;—Tatty circumstances tended to depreciate the avi-
culture of the counts y—one of 'him, and it was a most de,
graceful one, was the custom of receiving tenders fur the
letting of farms. This was a system that militated say
much against good husbandry, because it had the effect of
destroying that confidence, founded on a lung knowledge of
each other, which ouzlit to subsist between the lainVoitiand
tenant. Were prow.- covenants enteied into ea each
side, ft r a considerable term of years, and certain security
given fair their doe performance, the profit both to the
latulord anal tenant would he t6zr tier, at the same that
lii, I.lllllr i.n1,1 he enabled t. 6 rnyloy a greeter huai'al
111111 r lIITSOIIB than he 'lid at pre,. tit. 'the use of noachin•••:,
had tended to throw many twist/MI out a I
nuttier) atria. He was ready to admit that mach leery, tit
one point of view, aas beneficial, but it emild out 1...:01.111.
ell, that it tended to increase the number of In
his parish there was a work-house, on *hid', a few ”.1114
ago, the claims were by no means numerous—tail the c- IC
was now very different, the nomeinployntent of the pour its
agricultural pursuits kept it constantly full.
Mr. Werrenst said, he was tel.-astral with the prr.
Demotion of three Petitions from Eases. similar to e
which had just been submitted to the House. They ne,e
signed by :shout 1,200 of his eouslitin sits, on urn anal ewe, .
piers of laud. He begged leave to Oise, ye, that amongst
these were many of the great landholders of the rowdy
(Near, head—They stated, and it could not he
that they 'offered much front the existing st sir in. lie trust-
ed that their coin plaints would be ionnidloilty u I.rtad to
a Committee, and that that Committee WWUId prUrt,4l ip
examine the subject without passion or parjudice. In the
county of Essex, the farms ra did not find it woe ;hi their
while to proceed, with spirit, in cultivating the soil Thu
consequence was, that many labourers were theown our of
employment, and he believed the same rettwervatiou oliiilaJ

-All

o 1,491 y uthee counties. The progress of agrienhora was !ion. A letter, which three weeks ago he placed
. oly ,,, " great as it Waa a few tears ago—n eirenm- to my iend% That letter the Petitioner describes
by the It'itt Pr f!"e l• having been written to him, n:, the q,l of N,,.,
';,,...„,, that coal only he get onootcli fur
"II stemeot In the %. ars 1811. 12, and 13, th
• iinnoM r
' r Bills which prs...e.• thud Honer wag 3,15. a-while, gember last, by the Huss. Member for Luneriek,
i fa.^.4""` , ris bad h,. tat.d_ht.t„g a :Intl it ',rotes that the Hun. Mentisei has ireceio,.,t
procreding..rnwrihireche.77enapbroe:
etovelriye
, ,„. no tiote y tor, 011 v ..en pa
1. . f 250, during that p. ism!. as Compared with the notice of the
aw ~
Thr importance of the., Petition* was PA wen* instituted against him.
, , Or
i Olt Ihry ought, totthas,h, to be referred to a Coat-
i: ~ person. Ws it Imo done myself.. wills a eery fareissr.
to elsmille their melds.
incl.o.able opinion of the estimation in which he had
I giscures would lake this, the lint apporionity, ,
top . ~
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__ ,—,,,, been. and was, at the time, held by the lion.
a , ~,,to i against those e i ions —l/for•r. ssnr,) r.
~, „.I. it most extraor.iiwary, that the (mins rs and lair,. I Member. This letter, which Is in my possession,
~ OA. the cr,y lest moment they telt Ilsevermin, Citlitalits internal and external evitlen .tt or anthene
~ „ % ,i,,,1,,5., petition for silditim, il Anne.. Tiot tiette. It exhibits the regular post.inark, and
.1 ,a iii ram of prosperity. and hr csillil nut hot tel the 's.p„itature
of
the lion. Member; but alesve
eisvo he saw do no no., conlioz forward situ r. to. .. i
I • object of cloth 034, 111 rater the price no bind
~ i,„d an, t contain. an expression of those fine feel.
:et' iro.trt f own of the rootowtosooly —/ Ilene. hen,) togs, for whir!t. I uoderstaud from the friends
.... ~.y. H. im,.."..tmos B,A, 11w wooer tide Mcmher oh the lion. Member, lie is so remarkable. The
In ‘e of this leiter is different from that stitch, se
, Norfolk, MIN.a.• 4.1.1..11,81 on subjects sir this kind must
~. i'. hail- great weight with she Howse, had stated,veriyt I hot
night
iunderstood from the floss. Member,
) s, that, if the Ace tr011...al Horse Tax wt re taken off,
pervaded the answer he MO sent to Mr. Gristly.
, !,i alters' great seller to the farmer. The farmers to
ow„,,,sa. after he had received the titre:itching letter. The
~,uuty *bleb he hail the honour to represent
;, It 1110 tax Keg. moat heavily Oil litelO..-aDel he would letter to orbit+ I allude is here, and the Hon.
t ' it ha... to present a Petition to the Horse from 'lsom I Mrm her will deny or affirm his haring written it.
I..,i.viduals, piasiug 6.r some ri her from its severe Urns- I I now beg to call the attention of the House to the
tm. H. thought, ir Gi.versinont would tolerate 3 Com-
i statement of the Petitioner, and, in doing this. I
for that sae, it 011111 he M .extremelyI alirMely IWOrfiCl3.
"'II
o 1
. Thies it the farmers were ill.varol to nose a certain alisil I confine myself entirely to the facts of Ilia Pe.
,„
tr..„r,„;,,c of motes. .at pao locodar ionsons or the year, when Blinn. fie slates, that lie was sent to Newt.tate on
Si,.
11. b...),...6..1„1,-1, iiquirril thesis, instead ofP..eou'll: a charge of haying emu:Rifled a gross breach of' the
ti,cot, chess Italy Wfo r 1111(1' 1 taipinvcd. for the Whole twelve privileges of the liouse—and lie argues that no
us, cub., is would Is? •a Tr., cioisialeralite rant'. Such a pro.
such breach was proved—that there was no address
. add, io a great il.s,:ree. mei the wishes of the seri-
••,::::,,w;a.
at
.h.• anus, ti,,,,, shut it would oft "ea),. shot oti the letter, containing lite alleged Weikel) of pri-
vilege—that there was tin post-mark—nor dud the
S., :owl which she iii .5,,, .1 she proem Wilsons% hash ~x...
: ,„1 t„ a„m „Lis la. a extent. Before he sat down, he letter, in one part 01' it, contain the name of the
..,,thett so Mistier. that :he House mast see, ft orn site retltull- • Hilts. Mt itil);-r—attti. finally, that the 11,iii. Mein.
itrAnres of in, ago 'rutin' ',to, 1... tr dangerous it was to enter
or sent
.
adva
of I. godalloo. Hoc. is was commesseed, her lont advanced no proof that it was writrii
on :, flews. system I
woe si cal likely tora
too person 4*(101 g') w ni Whitt slid the hy lam. Ile also states, that lie rece,ve4l on the
aglicw!,nris, ti,s ? They complained to the Ilinite that Ike 15tH of November, a letter dated the 2sl of that
~,,,,, r.,c,unrs were pr•dectrol, but tiny were not. What I „me t
1 (long subsequent to the perod whets the
intro., was to he drams fsorn this complaint! Either
letter complained of Was writteo), which letter
tat no agriculturs•si..dimlid be also protected, or that the .
wait couched in such terms, as could tint induce any
da,.., oars, d si r she protection id thetrd,
manufnctorers
sh n'.l he rem v•sl. He ;11r. Lystelism) knew no other way perogloli to suppose that it was sent to reply to su
ii. aloft, ilo r" 9,1' 111.1 C. 011.1 he got rid or. Eith,,. the !Agri, j abusive a production as that which the Finn. Nlem.
,;: ;taint sass ~ 'cc pro.' came Outten, or thus. inspused fur I her laud laid before the House. The folluvriicsn is
is,. benefit of the manufacturer must be removed. He did the letter :
too 'loot the maw tit the Petit.' 0000 ought In to- granted-...
„A to .ether iinagieed the Pontoon n themselves did not
~,,,,,,cs is The subj. ct, it appeared to him, was introduced
as.. ni dier .1 poloy, in order to indium the House to break
down 'hal system.* Inch had Ike.. to, long set...! nit—namely,
the imposition 01 liesvy &dire Ito the impost/onto( pro go_
1.31a1 alliata. (•Win :".• .:I1 parlor. for the purpose or pro- ;
tirtiogr the manufaet o. tit wt.,IAT 11.111 lea Hi Ibis cuaoha.
Ha, P.i AM IS was then laid iin sin table. '
Mr. C Du moos presented a l'i noon from she Owners and
Or. orris of Land at the County of Berko, prJrint for •
l'..l,cting Donis on the Importation of Grain. The Peti-
111,1, 1., fillllloZ tie wolves oppreAtesl, motor the present
slaty of the law, had deemed it prOpee In come forwml, and
ell for relief from Parliament, sod lie heartily hasped Own. ,
ray r would be sitenibil to. The fordo ra s•ould not,
I,se 11 womrable Member observed, sell Os it curls under
sin,. dr quarter, while it r...ild be imported for 50s.
'I he roniffpleare was rtsiuous Its 'beta %% IWO progomous
~'. re eXto.lntly low in price, it was well known that the
te ...er intil...rld— but, %loin they produced a fats protii, the
hi onsfactuier was 11111101 d, Mute the agrieu:turtsi was . it-
... 51. dto purchase tic. c modities. '1 in. poor's rates rsiits!d
1,.• eoit‘idcrobly lessened if the farmer received a just in ire
for Ids 'smatter —lle would thcn be enabled in give mere:shed
wages to his talitOal eq.. and that di.tre,s, shirt, the t %mow
rate of wages occasion. tl, would be propz,rtionably dual-

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pirated.
The lion. Member also presented a Petition from Flint-
shire (is ver wide:l4ooli) 011 the same subject.
Roth Petitions were laid on the table.
Mr. Retistrii presented a similar Petition, nunternasly
d, from lie Ou II( IS and Gccupiets of Lana in the Coun-
ty f Salop. The lion. Member said, that I, bad, after ma-
ture deliberation, agreed in, soil supported, the measure,
connected with thus stilijeet, which hail passed the Iluese
a few Sessions since. lint he doubted very much whe-
ther ally Inetin r >trp retold lie taken on this subject, wills-
. at producing delrintent, instead vf beurfit.
The Petttion WAS I'4d on the table.
311. C. W. WYNN presented a similar Petition from the
Orrery and Occupies. of Laud in the Comely of Montget-
tii•ey. lie begged to state uu this occasion, ibst he could
concur in sterionting the prayer of the Petition, al-
l:, ugh be felt it 110 be his duty to present it—(Hens
Laid on the table.
1 be IA arned Gentleman presented a Petition of the same
sure from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the
Gouty of Denbigh.
Mr. WtsTris presented three Petitions from the Owners
and (krupiers of Lend in Min:it-tit districts of Essex, and
one float the Lethil-ouners, &c. 44 Cambridge, baring the
same object as those preeiouely re ceived.— Laid on the table.
Sir A Hors presented a Petition frum the Landiowierre
and Flumes* of West Lothian, complaining of the manner in
uhicis she average prices of gram were struck, with respect
to Scuilatid.—lsid me the table.

Si. J. fiwARIGHT pre.risted a Petition from a number of
regret table Own• rs soil Occupiers of Land of the County of
Hertford, praying for protecting duties on the importation
of grain.—Laid on the table.
Mr BYNO piesented s Petition from a number of Fernier'
find Laud-owners of the Comity of Middlesex. They ex.
pretsed their Opinion, that sufficient encouragement was nut
tt, v. a to the &gni illiorists--that the soil of the United
Kisgrlion wan cupid, of producing eoin, and every other
• pecies of genii., sufficient fur the sustenance of the popu-
lation, acid they pia”ei that due protrctiosi might be af-
Prdcd to them. Fur his own part, he agreed in several of
L c• propositions Isid shown by the Petitioners (particularly
t. at the soil of the United Kingdom was capable of pruritic.
provisions sufficit to fur the suotuance of the popula-
tion)--hut, as nine-troths of his constituents held very dir-
t, • t rat n utinituts, lie would content himself with museum
that the Petition 110 lie on the table.
Petitions of the same description were also presented from
Oxfuid and Henley-upon-Thames —Leiden the table.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT.

Mr. H. &JINN IR pro ...rated • Petitam from the blanufae-
t,,ter., and 'Fritters of lib, Paris's of Chrigt
( blurb, Surrey, agaivat the loselreat Debtors' Ad.—Laid
a.. Stir table.

" Man., td of November, 1818.

" Sit —I stand so prat-Clly eloai of the ebarge threatened
to be Nought against me, that I will cheerfully submit my-
self to the judgment of the House of Commons. Yua say I
have given yor mortal offence. I am sorry to hear it—for
nothing wa. ever more distant from my mind—and, if I
knew where to see yon, I would tell you it was fir from my
int, salon. Some bong and rather angry letters have passed
between op—but I did not begin then. I cannot f Teel that
you were very kind to me in my youth—and it would give
ire pans to see the ancient friendship between us severed.
Though I am the younger, I admit that you are the abler
man of the two. Permit me ow, although it may be for
the last time, to subscribe myself,
" Yours, truly, W. QUIN."
(4rerol parts of this letter were much cheered.)
The Petitomer (continued Sir R. ‘Vilsoii) ►tates,
that he received anot-ier letter of the same kind iu
December, and he denies that he ever sent such •
letter to the lliii.ourahle Member as that produced
la-t roe .t. If nece.sary, he declares, that he will
mak:. oath to that fact. Ile states fur►hrr, that his
hoof; but 23 years of age, bus not sufficient
ex,.r• 'ince to conduct a business of such great
puhhc importance as that now before the House of
Commons, nod that therefore Petitioner's assistiuice
is reseistially necessary. If he were not allowed
to advise and assist his son, the public interest, sod
the interests of justice, as connected with this case,
were likely to receive prejudice. lie adds, as a
second consideration, that he is 60 years of age,
that he has experienced much sickness, and is iii so
bad a slate of health, that coritleensent will pro.
Lolly be attended with very serious C 011.1..,
cortices. He begs the House to recollect, that
he (lid tint usillide ow from the jurisdiction of the
House, hot patiently ',Omitted toto%rlf to its pro-
ceedings, bnowiiiig the course they were about to
take—soil that lie submitted to the orders of the
I loose, when they were n0tt6.41 to him. Navin
gone over the chief points in the Petition, it is my
intention (obverved the Hon. Gentlemaii) to move,
that it be brought up, read, and printed."
Out the motion 't That this Petition be now

read"—
Air. W. 9cl SI Faye and said. he had no hesitation
whatever in avowing that lie did write the letter
alluded to.—(hear, Gen►.)—He hoped it contain•
eil tiothiog that could noise a prejudice otriiiist him
in the lireavt of the House.—(Hear, hear.)—He

trustril there was no sentiment in it that war in the
least discreditable to his heart or feelings.—///ear.

hear.)—lie stated, last night. that in the letter
which concluded the correspondence between him
and Mr. Grady, he observer), that, when Mr.
Grady first di Glared his intention of calling for Par-
liamentary inte.ference, he did not believe that he
was serious. Ile had also informed the House,
that the lettrr produced last night was the first of
a series of threatening communications which, per-
haps, he had treated in the commencement wills
more tenderness than he ought to have done.—
( Hear, Bear.)—gut he did not wish by aoy severity
of cooduct to hurt the lielings of the father mud
son, and to place a barrier between him and thein
for ever ! He did not forget that this man, threat.
ening as lie then was, had been very kind to
him in his youtli.—.llleae. hear, hear.)—After he
had writteri the most threatening of his letters, he
addressed another letter to him (Mr. Quin) not
threatening indeed, but referriug to that in which
he hail resorted to threats. It was then that he
found it necessary to put sit end to all correspon-
dence between them, which lie did by the letter
that was read last night. With respect to the situ-
ation t f Mr. Grady, he would only say, that no
man in the House could pray more sincerely or
more heartily than be did, that every possible kind-
ness should he extended towards him.
The Petition having been read, Sir R. WILSON
moved that it do he on the table, and be printed.
Mr. C. Hurcutesow said, as the Honourable
Member had, both last slight and to-night. pro-
ceeded in a course so highly creditable to himself,
lie would trot say any thing that could tend to
weaken the impression he had made on the House.
He hoped, and he doubted slot. that, for the
honour of the House, and of his family. the Hon.
Member would fully clear himself from the charge
that had been urged against him. There were,
however, several decennium** in the case of the
Peliti ~,, er which, he conceived. solitited the mew
au' consideration of the House. Mr. Grady had
heard all their proceedings, having herO seated
under the gallery, before he was called to the bares
mud yet he bad potently waited their order. The

breech of die privileges of the nattse,noid the
Prii-
ftitre' obeyed, withosit coinplaining, the orders of the
House. In Ins 0.11 l i 111 l there wss tom inifbcient
:eround for the vote of lest night. The evidence
did not, in In. mind, bring honor to Mr. Goofy,
either the writing; or the *emboli; of the letter—Hurl
the whole transaction savoured ton lunch of rect.
pitsticy. The proceeding was altogether too sum-
mary—end he %kneld therefore t nll the 'Mention of
the House to the propriety of irii%chargi,g
Grady from Newgntr. lie should be very rar,y if
any step he meant to take on this occasion, would
reflect, in the smallest degree, on the Hutt. Mem-
ber, or have the effect of prejudging the question.

He should, however, tro.morrilw, or Monday, utiles.%
the gallant Grnr►al tvisltrif to Hike op the nanttrr,
move for thr itivlptrge of Mr Grady from cortorly.
—(Several voices eri,il out la-morrow." ors which
day Mr. iltitehinsnii signified his intention of moo-
ingfor Grody's enlargement.)

An lion. Meit;irer, un:ler the gallery, whose
name we COUM 1101 learn, observed, lie had learned
from the printed votes (for lie was nt,t in his place
on the preceding evening), that 11w House twos
unanimously of opnliou, that 11w Petitioner hail

committed a high breach of the privilege* of the
House. This being the ease, he enofe.ved it was
with great emptier he heard the trail. The
lirtitlosireo rtntrisprist, in the Ent place, did not
fall short of a declar.tion that lie had 'teen wrong-
fully imprisoned. He arraigned the justice of the
House, after an itiniiiimous vote on Inv ripe had
been recorded. Ile wished that part of t!►e Peti-
tion to to read.

The Clerk read the parsage, which was to this

effect !

"That the said Wyndham Qnin had never adduced any
evidrnee thvt t►e said letter was written ur seat by She Pet..
honer, and that he had not advanced even piessuaptive
proof of that fact "
The Hon. Member continued. He trusted, an-
der thew ctrcom►tances, that all individual, com-
mitted on Wednesday for libelling the House,
would not he liberated on Friday. It was rather too
much to grant, it they w.rhed their proceedings to
be respected. He had made up his mind on the
sulject, and would certainly oppose the motion.
'I he Petition was then ordered to be printed.
COAL TRADE.

On the motion of Mr. Clamart, the return of Coals int.
purled iulo Irelaud, for tho last year► was ordered tot.'
printed.
ASSESAED TAXES.

Air W. Ds Cotonou"' Rave notice that he would, on WeiL
needs, next, "burr for an accost of the produce of the As.
seised Taxes, arrears of lacunae Tax, Le fur the last year.
H EDON ELECTION.

Mr. A. SAYILD moved that the order fur taking into con-
sideration the Petiihn of Mr. A. Browne, against the Hcdos
Election, ots the 23d of March, should be discharged, and
that the said Petition should be taken into consideration on
the 17th of April He made this app iration on the ground,
that Mr. Browne's legal advisers, if further time were not
granted, would he employed on Circuit, and that his tnt
was likely is suffer in consequence.
Mr. W. Willa and Lord CASTLICREAGN expressed them-
selves hostile to any unnecessary delay, in deriding on the
merits of disputed elections. Hoye they conceived DO sue.
cleat reason was stated fur the postponement.
Mullion withdrawn.
DROGHEDA ELECTION.

rvriumiely the ptiipn'iition hermit die name *s
wane fledinct rosin tli.nr. To say that his Rayal
liighnient WI been is,flaeneeti no ■eerpUW( the

aMirr of gUarilian of pwimio of hi 4 veorroble po.

relit by .ins consti-lertitm, lireuniury rematuers-
Isoo, wet on *nor non shbuking to the feelings of
every new nl emninoo hull:mop llt shun lii hot
do Muth ioiwaivelo hint ; hr firmly believed that
hie Ku% VI
I I igleearm redly fell the 01114Ketiota illfpoPWll

%AI him to pity every ;iiettti 1111 l mid lx%tors every
ime on Ilse 1.0;4%, ifi
cnfuris of
Father Hurl his :4overriv,,, lustura aff,etims Mull

tiliAl duly.—(Henn.)--thi'mugli he mi.. tow of those
who %vete edrr,►.e w Ike refoorotom of the Doke of
Yolk to the office of Cotnosootkr.tto•Chief, yet he

Sir H PAILIIZILL moved, that the order of the day for
talmg into consideration the Mocked' Election Petition
as the Id of March mod, shamild he discharged, and that
further time, till the nth of April, stson:d he given. The
Hon. Elrunet Mated, that, daring tbe election for Drogheda
• mauler bad been committed, and, is conseq•ence, an in-
dictineut had been found against certain persons, who were
to be tried on the 4th of March. The Petitioners repro_
sealed that • number of those individuals, whose evidence
was essential to their ease, were nitipmead to attend as
witnesses on the said trial, and, of course, could nut give
their testimony on the Eltetioo Petition on the 4th of
March

Loki CASTLINFILON sod Mr. W. WTNII stated, that this
was a soloiautial re fur agreeing to the itiotiori—tad
the Petition was orikred to be takes tutu eousideration on
the frib of April.
NATIONAL DEBT.

Mr Ryalv, from the Commissioners for the Reduction of
the N.istonal Dad, prevented au Account of the cams of
stoney received sod expended by She Comasinioarra for the
Reducttoa of the Debt is Great Britain and Ireland fur the
tut year.—Laid uo the table.

• - •
Tierney) had failed in iMpressing se► the House the
Megabit., as wt.!! as impoliry sand cruelty of ti v:
proposed ttieasurt-, lie could scarcely hope to do st►.
It was ll.t u fmr srposteirikt whirl' bud liven wwil
by the lion. Gentleman who had sat dowtt, ►bat
because many Members loot voted for grAtittoic the
salary out tit the I'vvy ll'opte, which proposition
hail brrit trjectril, they were 11a-refine IntrluA.t)
from reln-ing. it out of the Public P.a .e.
k slew . that es.any perwma who h•td wit!, Mi.

ut•lrrß cm the ilst litOtt, were r!,n.li'iri! I
I.IW, Will I van ...fur wh• had ;

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out from the Act, lie womlard why thr N .1)11-
bird html mode of such exttvorilmimy

Runge, wily lie hull attempted to itititm,hte
Irleosn—(Hear)—end to tltre;itytt with anCJitly
Member who ',hook] he hold euott4ll to (11,orpt

waft bound to say, Ord since hi' return, his conduct in
that 14.111011 11411 hero highly beneficial, not only to
the army, hot to the public at large. It was therefore
with 11:1111 he was corolielled to examine the sitters-
non ml" iris Royal Ilighneop.:11111111e 111C1tIlle he enjoy-
tot, compared with the situation of the public;
Nod lie could wit hot observe. that howeve.r well
the dimes of Cuinurandet-in-Chief had been dis-
charged, it was a new office in our Coarditution,
xud never before kNown in time of peace, though
hr should lee sorry to have it supposed lie wished
to disti-rise with it altogether. But of it were borne
iu unial that the salary of that office. his other
emoluments, awl his allowance in common with
the rest of his brothers, omountrd together to
near 60,inn)/. ft-year, it could not be supposed that
his Highness laboured snider rosy deficiency
income.—(Lear.) —Tire resoluilots stilted addi-
tional expenses to be incurred by the holding of
the new office; but if he were igssurslit of any, if he
and snail other Members of the House saw none,
had not the country a fair right to inquire what
they were> Ile knew of none but posting twice a
week from London to ‘Vindsor and buck ; and if
lie thought 4 or 500/. a-year quite sufficient to
cover that charge, he certainly should not be the
person to offer such a paltry increase of emolu-
ment to so elevated an indisidwil. Ile was con-
vinced he would muscle rather perform the duty
without any comperisserosi. He by 010 means as
seated to the doctrine t f the Noble Lord (Castle-
reagh), that the rush, was obliged to do acts of
benevolence Niel &wily towards the objects of his
Majesty', runner bounty. Accordingly lie saw sin
expenses thrown on Ins Royal Highness, so as to
call on the country to augment his already large
revenue. There surely ores not a mail iu the
Douse, that did not feel the necessity of economy
in every branch of the ireablic service ; and
where or when was that economy to commence
could a more lit occe.ion than the present ever
arise ? The Noble Lord 118111 that there was a
disposition to deal more hardly with the members
of the Royal' Family than any other persons. But
before hazarding such an expression, he should have
considered in what reasons the votes of Net Session,
respecting these Personsgev, had originattd.
in dives of these votes were, that as the frequent calls
of the Royal Family for money, and the great ex-
penses they threw upon the country, had tended to
ditninish the affection of the subject, it was absolutely
necessary for Parliament to givesome strong check to
such demands, and at the same time exhibit a
striking example of their determination to enter
upon a rigid system tf retrenchment. lie ap-
pealed to every Member of the last Parliament
present, who voted with him then, whether that was
not the feeling which actuated his vote—(Hear.)
—There was no doubt the people had been offend-
ed by the reiterated demands we their purse. He
should not consent to granting a single shilling to
the Duke of York, because he was sure that the
duties of the office would he quite as well discharg-
ed without it ; and because he considered his Royal
Highness to be already amply remunerated for
whatever services lie did the country, and if the
Resolution were persevered in, he should take the
sense of the House upon it.—(llear. hear.)
Mr. ROBINSON agreed entirely with the last
speaker, as to the value of the services rendered to
the conutry by the Duke of York, as Commander
of the forces. That Gentleman was of opinion that
those services should be kept out of sight, in the
consideration of the present question ; but then lie
should have kept out of sight also the emolument
derived from those services, whereas he had enu-
merated them at length, as if the proposed addition
of income were an increase of these emoluments.
The question for the consideration of the House
was, whether the office did not impose new duties
altogether different from ally before thrown on his
Royal Highness—and as it unquestionably did, it
seemed quite unreasonable to refuse a remuneration
for the perfuwinance of them, because he was already
paid fur performing other services completely
distinct in their nature. But the Hon. Member
thought the Duke of York ought to make a gra-
tuitous sacrifice of Isis trouble and care in the pre.
sent instance ; none was more disposed. to do so;
and was it not the fact that his Royal Highness was
at that moment in the actual performance of the
duties of cantos, without knowing whether lie
should ever be remunerated—without any know.
ledge of alist might be the decision of Parliament
on the affair ? lit the questions of last year referred
to, there had beau no objection to the princi.
ple of a grant, bat to Ilse sum proposed.
There was another respect in which they dif-
fered from that now under consideration. lu
those case, no duty was imposed by Parliament
on the applicants; io the present there was, and a
duty always looked upon as of this rthatest import-
ance in every print of view. It was impossible
Ministers 'timid not Inure felt any iirnimsition of
the nature of that in discussiou not liable to the
objection. raised against it, taut they %mild most
unnecessarily have utrunelossed the rrniciple of mak-
ing a provision for the office, had they not brought
the resolution before the House. He Could wit
conceive how those who, on the former night, only
contended that the salary should not be drawn out
of the Privy Purse) could now refuse grunting any
salary whatever.
Mr. DlalllAll said, it was not without Consider-
able pain he rose to entreat tke attention of the
House. particularly when so Many gentlemen of
rank and &Mine were probably desirous of express
sing their sentiments. He was surprised that Mi-
nisters should persist in their determination tip carry.
the resolution. observing. as they must. the
dig/10460H in the House *pima it, mid backed by
but one Wintry precedent. Tin aremettlo ow t!!!
=ea bed beau talk* gwatt through ow.
Right Mermaid (11r,

trims his Proposition, and introduce an amestilineet.
—(Hear, hear.)—lf the case were otherwise, e:lte
had he 'tot addrevsed the (louse withergutneet re
judge., ilettead of endeavour'', g to eeilsice thies
feelisigv like a jury ?—(Heat, hear )—But lie w.ss
convinced that the illusoriness nutty dual himself wes
well aware that the House of Cumulous had
a right to take the salat.y nut of the Paley Purse,
and tied when money ball once beet, drawn ftten
That source for a teintkr purpose, it aught Le
so again. For, whence othetwise, ke asked. el".
wearer, the message, e f the Royal Mike ? If lii
did not think the House could justly exercise
the power, his message must be construed thus—
" I ware you, you are going to commit a retitle-I.y,
and I will not be n party to it." But in ties tell, r
way it was itttelligtble enough—" I knew sou hare
a legal tight to draw the salary limn the Privy
Purse, but lion, motives of duty bud str-ettitri
C. t convent to twerp. it." He believed that al-
most every speaker on the otopoeite stile, eith the
exception of the Solicitor-General, tilt is, that
way, and that both the y serf tit- Repel Doke
were persuaded that Parliament hail both the
right and the power to touch that fend. lie
could stet conceive why the Member for Ox-
ford (Mr. Peel) had tray. Bed, its a kind of set,-
. timental journey, through so mon) Welty Acts—
or how he had been able to discover the pre-
amble of one of them to be one of the me-t
affecting teed classical of cotnitointiot.s. Fer hoe-
self, he thought there was some interest in the
spectacle of a great end free ereple melting w
voluntary offer of a share of their own posses-
sions and property, to supple t the family chosen
to governs them, in due splendour and thiotity. The
sight was interesting and affecting, When a Itn al,
but distressed and impoverished 'lotion, cattle to lay
before the feet of their King the proofs of their
respect and affection fur himself and his ct ildrets.—
(Hear.)-13ut he coul3 net but think it hard,
after unexampled instancesof that people's !diem:.
lily during a period of 60 years, to take advantage,
at a time of severe pressure, of their own getter°.
any, to make it a precedent, and to endeavour it.
augment the immense load of taxation by which
they hail been burdened, to induce one of the objecti
of their kindness to the performance of a most sacred
duty, to prevail upon a son to undertake the guar-
eliunahip of his aged, infirm, awl surferieg parrot.
—(l..heering front the Opposition.)—lie hid b-ard
a good deed said about pre:lathier—lie should beg
leave to ;sr/spore the form of one fur the Act, to
carry into effect the intention' of Nlusasters on the pre-
sent subject. It would run hens—. 4 Whereas, hie
Royal Highness the Duke of York is in the rejoy.
merit of a great and princely income, derived fume
the taxes paid by the people ; and whereas. his
Royal Parrot has beets reduced, by the eisitation of
Providence, to a state in which he is unable to go-
vern himself or his affairs; and Whereas, it is toot
just, fitting, nor expedient that his said Royal
Hignitess should undertake the custody of his per.
sot, • charge of such coat and trouble, without re.
muneration ; 4nd whereas, the people of this
realm are already burdened and eppres.ed by taxa.
lion beyond endurance, may it please your Ma-
jesty to make an addition to the burdens your
people are not able to bear, in order to provide a
suitable remnneratinit fur such services of the said
Royal Duke."—( Load cheering Irons the Op.
position Benehes.)—Such should be the preamble
to the measure advised by Minister*. It nits
' said that in 1812 a similar allowance had been
made to the Queen. With respect to that he
thought his Right Honourable Newt was perfectly
right in opposing it ; cud he could only account
for the House havingconceded it, because the nation
was at the time engaged in a war, compured with
the expenses of which the proposed sum was but
as dust in the balance. But now the war was over ;
the reckoning was ass the table ; and it was their part
to see whether the demands on the people should
ever craw, and their losses ever be repaid. They
were told the duties of the oilier were of a high
constitutional nature.; but he had never heard donor
duties mentioned till after the ten thousand a year
was spokes. off—a bile the Queen was it, the eater
110 one heard of them. The office should certainly be
administered with caution aid circumspection; but
lie raw nothing of a conotitutionel nature in them—
they were such as might widely be ietrusted to si.e
affective' of • wife and • sou. He was told of it
('outsell to direct the castes, as lie was called—
for to throw a false glare over the business,
r Latin term 'Wirt be employed—but if that was
an argument fur allowing a salary to the guardian',
the *hole of die Council were equally entitled
to emoluments ; but not a word Was said f
them, while the office itself, which, from its im-
portance and dignity, ought to be ustrontonsii.aie i
with a salary, usual be paid.—(lleurd—'li
question of a grant was still open to the Ilitue
though the proposition brought forward, as II.:
Noble Lord said, by men to be consigned t .
infamy, regardless of public opinion, ase t pre.
fligste desperadoes, lost to all arum. of d,ceta y
and loyalty, had been put out of the atty.—,
He agreed with the Member for Bristol, that
rote against the *Hommel would be an netpuperlee
set. Au Irish Member, for what roomy he it.
not know, had wild, that were be to address the
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