The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-03-11 00:00:00

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N-PPNCE.

Luring comitiyo—oshereas. he led :lOW Yaps-y.0..1
such a sentiment ; he by no memos ere.lo.ii t„ lay
any new burden en the way of o coal effete on the:
inhalimmts of those placer. wham he kw.", to he
already labouring under beery yellowy% ai.tl pinto.
Iona; but that had not prevented bins from hm,ing
that means might he taken to rele.v,, the tolef-r
Wen* of the 'country front the partial talc to whit,'
they were liable, and to procure to then,. on
cheaper terms. it sool)iy of an article so csaroti.l
to liso wouit• ntol corniced* of life. lie shoots' lov
the List to lay no a new duty ; loot lA% pr• p0w0...
had been to exotierstty the public at large from Ii .-
Coast duty, without attrorptin4 &Wire the town
from whence the Petttsto. came, or *soy 1.1,.t sow-
hotly /nested. or the advantages it rorle,l—whlch.
indeed, were arty fkaataldetalark% C•Maiastallt
with
those Mite lived at a distance fo.los voal nouor•--6,e
the latter, in addition to the %mast 11 -sty. were
obliged to pay the charge of carriage. frelOil.
stet
Vorioos ether charge* from which the ',then were
exempt. In short. the only nlijeet ailllra at by
hiniseff and ilw other advocate, of a w
the removal from themskyos of an at.. Tial igaptp.o.
The retintos was then read, bald I i.d oat the
table.
Several similar Petifmns, from ti,e .onie town
atid orighhoorliood, were pre%es.ted, trio:, :not
laid on the table.

CATIItILIC CLAIMS.
Mr. CIIIIIIESIAR (we believe) irreo•ntr-d d
titiosa from the Plotestant I.llosetarrq the toVrn f.f
prayinK for d total and movie!' ti• .1 rep... 11
of all the dnrehihnes under whirl' !ton. Cathol.i.
fellow-brethren labour. Aldo a Petit no Irtsur the
Fame tewii. for the total repeal of the ‘Vithlow
Petittorra were lead anti lard on the
table.

WINDOW TAX (IRELAND).
Mr. SHAW gave notice that he world mt Toe.-
day, the elnli April, bring forward a mutton for the
repeal 44f the Window Tex in Ireland.
The Niarquir of -BI.ANDFOttIi iire,o-114A n Pet'-
tlOlll From the iflll4hltdlit• Of the loan of rin;,444,n-
-horn, against the Iry-vivid of the 14npolvet,t
Act.—ltead and laid out the tAliv.r.
Mr. E. LIMON Pe from the
toeui and palish of 1.111_,0W ( e t•••11h1 I 1•.1'
and liidderninister; and Sir It. PE.F.I. fr,qli .t v• r,d
hamlets in the nriglitioirlicod of Tainivoril., prat' -
lug severally aganen any itlteretnin 114 the duties it
Coal.—Read and 1641 on the table.

CRIMINAL LAW.
Lord W. RCSMELL presei.ted a Petition from the
town of Bedford, for a revisal of the Co-mint:ll
t.aw.—Read and laid on the table.
Mr. J. H. G. GRAHAM said he Irol a Petition
to present from the town of Kiogstoo-opoo-Illi.ll,
praying the House to take measures for till un-
prnveroent in the. Critelli') it Law. lie had the plea-
sere to state to tl'e House, that the Resolut.
embodied in the Petition, had been tigreed on at
a Meeting held in the town, attended by the inha-
bitants generally of all ranks, sects, and
and that notwithstanding the late divisions
opinion among them—(l/ear)—which might he
supposed to render such au assembly a tie
of contention and riot, they had been adopted
unaninionsly--a circumstance witch 'hewed
most forcibly the feeling that had guile through
the country, and the absolute necessity of a re-
formation in the Penal Code. He considered it lit*
pride and good fortune to be intrust.td with the
presentation of the Petition, on which he entirely
coincided its opinion with his constituents.—
( Hear, hear.)
The Petition was read and laid on the table.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGNT presetite4l a Petition
from the town of Westerham, in Kent, and tleserthw
ed the contents of it at some length, of which the
follouing (as well as we could collect) is the sub-
stance:—The Petitioners stated, that the Rev.
Mr. Wilkes having on the 44th October list hail
an interview with Mr. Rogers, the collector it
taxes for the town, was persuaded in consetineoc,,
that lie had been carrying on a scheme of de,.reda-
tion against the inhabitants, end fraud agail,st t! e
revenue ; that from that conviction, an application
had been made to the Exchequer for au inquiry
into his conduct; that, notwithstandivg, the same
'tenon went down in December, and have notice
that he would call for the taxes in January; that
lie did accordingly call oti them, and that they,
supposing him to be properly authorised, did pay
him duties then owing; that a defalcatem had
taken place to that amount, lint as it ,A:t• %('WV
through the dishonesty of the officer .iltptO.,tetl hy
Govet ttttt ent, they prayed that they should not
subjected to the hardship of it seem's! payment.—
. The Petition was read and laid ou the table.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY then troeed, that tiler-
be Idol on the table is copy of the Herm, of the
Inspector-Genteel of Taxes on the transaction
above referred to, an account of the proeeedners
taken by the Exchequer in consequelice of the
same—of the whole amount of the defalcatioil, mid
that of each pariah separately—and all Miter papers
on the subject.—w Ordered.
LIFE BOAT.
Mr. PROTHEROR raid lie held in his hands Pet;-
tion front an individual named Edward Trastoo,
who had been an Officer in the Royal Navy. 111 w
Petitioner states% that having been for many vrarn
an eye-witneos of live calainttotts loss of the livesuf
his Majesty's seamen, and other persona
at rea, he had invented a life-host of a pectill.e
construction, which lied been found, after long ex-
perience, highly efficacious in averting such
and preserving life; he therefore prayed the flow.-
to take measures tusecure to the coutitry the heoeli:
of hie inveistioii. soil to remunerate himself fur it .:
time and labour lie had expended in completiog
the stale.
Sir ISAAC COFFIN and Mr. PROTIIRtIon made
some remarks on the Petition tint andible to ips.
Mr. V. FITZGERALD said he had happened to see
certain papers on the stillject, from which it HI.
peared that the Petitioner had strolls; chitin, on the
Id:middy of the House. He had heard an”tiv