The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-15 00:00:00

iIUSII TITHE BILL

31r. S. RICE presented a petition from certain inhabitants of
tattle Lyons, county of Cork, praying certain alterations in the
Irish Tithe Competition Bill of last year. The petitioners cam.
plained M. the manner in which vestries were appointed, of the
improper persons composing them, and that the whole machinery
of the Tithe Hill was put into Improper operation. The rack-rent
of Castle Lyon,' was 9../011:. a-year, and the tithe imposed was
no less than I,IIiNW. a-year. To charge such a sum was a
and cruel intlietien, calling fur inquiry and demanding redress,
large tithe owners should not be churchwardens, to appoint
vestries. at in this instance was the awe. '
Mr. 601!1.1111tN said that the Lord Lieutenant could not
have Mtcriered in thin rant, as the opportunity fur the rarishiosers
to appeal had not burn taken advantage of, as by law allowed. He
(Mr. I ioulbum) don ided many of the inferences drawn by the peti-
tioners, and he questioned the soundness of the principle which
would go to exclude tithe owners timit bei.'g churchwardens, be.
cause twit. duty eras purely ministeriaL The payers of tithes were
WO in number. anti the petitioners here were very few. He would
further only beg or the House to suspend their judgment on the
conduct of those against whom complamts were preferred.
After a new winds from Mr. S. RICE and Sir J. Nemoorr,
the petition was unlered to be printed.
1111511 I‘tYS'I'.OFFICIL

Sir R. SHAIV gave notice, that nn thc 36th March he should
ntov..! Inc cipies of the Correspondence with the Post-Office, rela-
tive to the Itte:1111 parkcos.
REEK IfUTIES.

........
Mr. Blirsll-:TT (of %Vika) presented a petition from the inha.
!Mutts of Trowbridge, against the Beer Bill, and also from the
licensed victuallers, to the same cfrct.—Ordered to be printed.
Also a petition from the yeomen and farmers of MOltUescx, &phut
the I lame Laws.

t Mr. PEEL said, tip tiro crtuntles the till jurisdictions had.
already cuntraced to lager to
,F• peton9p; Nut IV
was found to an 4.rd wilt% ell : , tarp bfi bol the
example woo be ere* f t
Mr. INA. m cd il'eluu to thir effect of enahjfing small ju-
risdicticaui to raise money on themselves, fee the building of large'
arum . mods, for the confinement of prisoners of such small
Jur. ..
Mr. PBEI., in reply to • question from 'Mr. F. Palmer, rola-
tivelo totisouers who were not sentenced to solitary confinement,
Said, that in the event of one pristunie belonging toe particular
chiso being imprisoned, he might be associated with another class
of Inisonera, and thereby nok be suklifti to Solitary confinement.
As to anutH jurisdictions, he thought the Magistrates might make
the districts of such jurisdictions liable to payinetd to the large
Vol&
After Nese few other verbal amendments, the several clauses of
the Bill stersre.id, and the report or-trend on Monday.
LAW OF .31EIBlIANT4.

Mr. 11144KISSON said, that it had been his intention to enter
Into the tunics of the Law of Merchants Dill that evening, but in
consequence of the absence of an Honourable Member, who would
take a part in the discussion, he would po'tpnne it until Monday
neat; but he begged it might be distinctly understood that its
as well as those of the Warehouse Wheat Dill, should be
entered intoon 3londay.
SLAV! TRADE.
Dr. LUSH! on the third reading of the Slave Trade
Consolidation Dill, moved that the Slave Trade Piracy Bill he
brought up and adopted by way of rider on the Bill.
The Slave Trade Piracy Dill was accordingly incorporated into
the Slave Trade Consolidation Dill, which was read a third time,
and prised.
ORDERS OF THE DAY.
_ _ _

Mr. 001/1.1317101 moved the second reading of the Irish
Resident I lergy Hill.
Mr. J. HMITH mid that other orders on the paper had prece-
dence. It was very unfair to gentletuen who attended there for
particular discussions, to have those dist-minims omitted, for
measures which had no right of previous Introduction to the notice
of the House. He would therd`ore move that the House proceed
to the Itankrapt Amendment Act.
Mr. HOU ',BURN consented to postpone the consideration of
the Hill.

The SPEAKER said, that any Member might move as an
amendment to any motion before the House, that the Orden of
the Day be now read ; but it was quite irregular to select any par-
ticular twderfor disetrision. It should wait for the period of dia.
maim its which it was marked down in the paper.
BANKRUPT hAAVA A:He:NI/MI:NT BILL.
Mr. COURTENAV moved that the House resolve itself into a
Committee on the Bankrupt Laws Amendment Bill.
The several clauses were then read.

clauseM►. J. tiM l7'li objected to that in the Bill which relieved
the Messenger of the Commission from any responsibility, fmm the
period of the issuing of the writ and the appointment of a•signees.
In many instances a creditor was cntrus:ed with the care of the
bankrupt's, erects, and in others even the bankrupt himself.
He knew an instance, in which be was personally concerned, of a
bankrupt who occupied an inn in Kent, which belonged to him
(Mr. Smith). On going to the place to inquire into his affairs, he
found one of the creditors in possession. This was extremely un-
fair to the other creditors. He was therefore unwilling to exempt
the Messenger of the Commission from any responsibility, as to
the person appointed to the care of the bankrupt's effects, at the
period !!!I.tt!!!.specified.. - .

Mr. I'OURTENAY did not exactly understand the force of the
Honourable Member's objection. livery probable abuse that might
arise in taking possession of the bankrupt's effects woo provided
agituttpythe Kill.. . . . . . . .

J..r43111•11 said, that in the Dill which he had formerly
introduced to the llonse, he had proposed that in all carer where a
bankrupt made a full disclosure, and gave his cordial co-operation
to the assignees for the recovery of debts, an allowance should be
made to him, exceeding 2,0011/. in no instance. Under the present
that allowance was limited to 40W.. and he certainly could
direover no just grounds for that limitation.
The several clauses were arced to, after which the House re-
sumed.

The Report of the Rill was then brought up by Mr. BROG-
DEN, and the Bill was ordered to be taken into further considera-
tion on Tiierttly next.
CLERG' IinSIDENCE BILL (I111:3,IND).

On the motion of Air. 4.11)171.11fi1iN, the ilouse went into •
Committee on the further consideration of the Report of the Clergy
Re itknee Bill.

The several clauses were a zreed to, the !louse resumed, and the
Report was ordered to be received on Monday next.
GAME LAWS

On the motion of Mr. S. It't /It for the re-committal of
the (fame Laws Bill,
Sir J. E. 1111irIBIES moved as an amendment, that it should
be re-committed that day three months.
After a few observations firm Mr. Loci natty, the amendment
was withdrawn, and the Bill ordered to he re-committed on Mon-
day nett, it being understood that it should be debated on the third
reading, which was fixed for Friday next.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
Bowie adjourned at half-ppf Twelve.

PRICES OF BRITISH
Bank Stock 2411 i 40
3 per Cent. Iti.sluced, 951
3 per Cent. Cons. 96 to;
Ohl 31 per Cent. 1014
New 3i per Ceti,. 101 i 3
4 per Cent. 1071
Gong Annuities 22j 15-16
Iniperill 3 per Cents.
Bank for Act.
Cons. for Act. 96i 1
India Stock

STOCKS VESTER DA V.
India Bonds. 77 7H 72 pm
India tor Account,
South Sea Stork 108 A
Sout It SAL Ind Annuities
South ha Ncir Annuities
Ex. N 16,1.0001. 47 38 pin
Ditto, MIO/..17 38 pm
Uihn, small, 3, it pin
Indorsed ditto
Lottery Tickets, 271. 11s.

The nalTtgli PnE's eactimettevi pabliablag rticrtlay Mortars
at lif-p:at live o'clock.
_
LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY IS, 1821.

The Ef,ile of IVerinesil4 gives, from the Math id Ga-
zelle, the faithful organ of the ruling (Action in Spain,
and the depository of every tale of falsehood from the New
World, a new statement of the successes of the partisans
of Spain hi Peru, which this Journal has turned in every
possible shape. Since the partial success of Valdez, over
a divi►ion of the liberating army under Santa Cruz, wiai
first announced, mouths since, the ii hid (;needs would
have it now believed that Valdez, after the defeat of Santa
Cruz, had also attacked General Sucre, and compelled him
to fall back upon Quilea ; and subsequently driving him
from thence, had obliged him to retreat as far as Truxillo,
where Sucre forested a junction with Bolivar. These
events, the Madrid Paper asserts, occurred towards
the close of December, anti the general result is stated
to be, that the Royalists were " masters of Pent,
from the southern frontier to Lima." But it is not
asserted that Lints was in their hands, though, accord-
ing to this account, that city was left almost unpro-
tected, and Sucre was driven by the Spaniards nearly 3110
miles from the Peruvian capital. A single reference to
dates and circumstances, shews at once the utter impro-
bability of this fiction of the Madrid journal. The last ac-
counts from Truxillo, to the UGlii December, and from
Panama to the 19th January,—both of which could be re- !
lied on as authentic,—mentioned nothing of Sucre's retreat
on the former place to join Bolivar ; and the last advicts !
from Lima, to the 6th of Decetubcr, mentioned the sue-
cessful expedition of the illustrious Liberator, and that
Croterac, despairing of the Spanish cause, had transmitted
pacific overtures to Bolivar. The adviees front St. Jago ,
de Chili, of the 7th of January, confirm, in a great
degree, these latter statements. The Frimeli Papers of
a few days since insert them, and give the articles pro- I
posed between. the heroic Bolivar anti Camerae, for
tenninating the hostilities that have desolated Peru, and
the arrangement has, in all probability, been before now
completed.—The Report of the Commission on the eligi-
bility of Benjamin Constant was not presented at the Sit-
ting of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday. The
Qemtidienne, which is running a race of opposition with
the Conslitulionnel, affirms it will be favourable to his
claims, and that this distinguished Deputy will take his
seat in the Chamber.—The massacres still process.' in un-
happy Spain. Letters from Vittoria state, that several of
the Constitutional militia, who had returned from France,
were massacred by the furious Royalists. There is no
prospect of tranquillity in that country, and if the French
troops removed beyond the Pyrenees, all would be com-
motion and civil war again.

The death of Loan BYKON, the sad intelligence of
which reached London yesterday, is an event which we
little expected to record. It falls on the public tar like
the shock of a deep private misfortune. Ile has sunk to
rest, in the prime of his days, and in the zenith of his
fame; he has left the world when his services could be ill
spared, and we may add with truth, when they cannot be
supplied. A more calamitous event could not have hap-
pened to Greece ; all his aid, personal and pecuniary—
all the energies of his body and of his mind, were,
put forth for the restoration of her freedom; to her came
his loss is irreparable. Loan Ilvizos's genius was of
the very first order : he was one of those characters

from whose existence new eras date their commence-
ment : that fresh career of society which is beginning
in Europe, wanted the stimulus of a mind like his to
carry it onward to happiness and to glory: he was no
lover of revolutions; he looked only to the improvement of
which the political condition of mankind was capable, by
the diffusion of knowledge, and the just estimate of in-
tlepcndence. It was with these views that he aided GRERCE,
to the utmost of his means, to rescue herself from the
chains of her oppressor, and rise again to life and liberty.
We are not yet sufficiently recovered from the painful
feelings with whici► the sudden intelligence of his death
has impressed us, to enter at present into any detail of ob-
servation on his genius as a poet, or his character as a man.
Now that his days are numbered, the world will do justice
to both.

The Silk Bill was read a second time in the tipper

House last night, and oedema to be committed on Monday.
Numbers of working silk-weavets were collected outside
the doors, anxiously waiting the progress of this measure.
From sonic mistake, they imagined the BM had been re-
jected, and a shout of exultation burst from them, which
soon sunk into the depression of disappointment; but they
have dispersed, as they have invariably done, most peace-
ably. Nothing could be more dextrous than the conduct
of these poor men during the present Session and the last,
while the Bills, in which they felt themselves so deeply in-
terested,
were before Parliament. But the enlightened I
views of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and of Mr. HUE..
Mason on this subject, will, in a very few years, we are
confident, be fully realized. British skill and industry
will be found equal to everything France can produce.
The improvement of our machinery will put the silk
manufacture in this country fully on a level with that of
Lyons; and the artisans employed in this valuable fabric
will soon find they can have nothing to apprehend from
the removal of the partial restrictions which fettered the I
importation from the Continent, and prevented the silks of
France from finding a market in (heat Britain. The silk
trade in England is as yet coml:aratively in its infancy:
improved machinery gave to our woollen and cotton manu-
factures the vast superiority they now enjoy, and we only
need additional skill, which we shall soon see introduced,
to make the silk trade also one of the staples of this great
country. The price of labour in France is nearly as high
as in England ; but the s'lk manufacture is of long stand-
ing at Lyons; it was early introduced by Italians from
Lucca and Venice, and has risen through nearly four cot-
turie s to its present unquestioned superiority. It has
been the preukut policy of the present Administration
gradually to remove the impolitic restrictions that so
long fel:end our trade with foreign countries, and an-
nihilated all commerce with France ; the consequences
have been a vast extension of that trade, and a propor-
tionate inereasa of the revenue and resourc.'s of Great
Britain. Ministers have thus received the fullest en-
couragement to proceed in their enlightened career, by
which the country at large must, in a very few years, be
immeasurably benefited, and every branch Oman of our
manufactures find a vent they could not poosess•liefore.
Never was Great Britain more prosperous, or its merchant.
and manufactures in such general activity as at the present
moment; and every succeeding year of peace must bring
with it an increase at once of commerce and of wealth.
This is a fortunate and happy state of things, springing
in a great degree from the unwearied energy and enterprise
of our people ' • but also owing much to the wise and liberal
policy of his Majesty's present advisers.

The licensed victuallers of the inetrupolis have circu-
lated, very extensively, a printed appal against the pro•

r v:slons of the new Beer Bill, which they consider will
affect their intereEts ;nest seriously. They state that there
' are now eigia thousand licensed victuallers in the metro.
„.
pone, emi that tne capital connected with their establish-
• ments erceeds ten millions sterling; they add, that there
• i
are mere than forty-nine thousand hemmed victuallers is
Englai,•l and %Vial. e, and that a capital of at least treaty.
VC 111j1101:5 sterling is it:velveil in their establishments.
' The y state, licit in the city the licorice! victuallerr_ oceapy
r house' of eciee,lerabie value, and have expended large
I sums of moo:). in their erection and purchase ; that these
I houses, adapted to public accommodation, ral to the wat-
t lugs of b• n fit :tad charitable societies, cannot be
priated to other purposis without great loss; that the fix.
I I tures and fu.eiture have cc= .t large sinus ; and that their
• stocks of wines and liquors cannot be disposed of, except to
I: guests and domestic consumeati, without great loss. They
I further state, that they contribute largely, and directly, te
the public revenue, by the sums they annually pay for the
licence en the sale of spirits, on that of wine and le
er,
and the licence for the sale of tobacco; an•l that tb •,.• can,
' not endure so henry a pressure if their trade be diminish, .1
' and their Linde:in remain. Now, we should be sorry
'!uny le;tislative measure pressed so heavily on their body
as the licensed victuallers anticipate : they are a ter,
' numerous elates, and many of them highly reapertable ;
they are Ilea: ily assessed, aeui restricted by successive Actt
of the it gislature, and no sudden measure, should be ill-
trealueral, breaking in on their trade,which has been hitherto
encourattl and protected ; but we hare read over the new
Beer Bill, and can see nothing in it to warrant the serious and
general alarm which the licensed victuallers now entertain.
This Bill enacts, that brewers who have paid two pounds
i at least for their licence, may retail beer from the premises
where brewed ; and any persons may sell beer brewed by
!any other brewer, in casks containing not less than five
gallons, or two dozen quart bottles at a time, upon such
brewer or other person so retailing taking out a licence f r
' that purpose. But no such licence is to authorise the
brewer or retailer to sell any beer or al: to be consumed en
i their premises, or entitle them to any licence to sell or re-
tail cider, wine, or spirits; and the penalty of 1001. in a
subsequent clause, is imposed on the party retailing or sell-
ing beer to be drank on any part of such premises. An.
other clause of this Act authorises brewers to mix beer
I charged with different rates of duty, but not to mix with
such beer any liquor uncharged with duty under this Act.
All retailers of small beer, at a prix not exceeding two.
pence per quart, and in a quantity not more than a gallon
at a time, are to make entries in writing at the Office of Ex-
cise, within the limits of which they deal, of all places where
they keep any such beer for sale, and the retailing of any
beer, at a higher price than twopence the quart, or exceed-
ing the quantity of one gallon at a time, or the omission
of such entry, at the Excise Office, subjects the party
off• titling to a tine of 50/. In Giese different clauses, we
can see nothing to alarm the Licensed Victuallers. They do
net supply families with beer in large quantities of several
gallons at a time, and the supply of the day will still be
taken front them. This Bill may make beer cheaper, and
oblige the Brewer and the Publican to reduce the price;
but we think the trade of the latter will not be ma-
terially diminished, if a fair reduction be made. The
working man will not buy his beer in so large a quantity
las five gallons, while he can get it by the quart at almost as
cheep a rate at the public-house, and he will still go there
to drink it. This Bill does not effect the Victuallers'
trade in wine, spirits, or cider at all ; so that the present
alarm is, we are sure, an unfounded one. The appeal
circulated by the Licensed Victuallers concluder by stating
" That the enactment of such a measure will injure public
morals—will encourage crime—will impair the authority
of Magistrates—will lessen the comforts of the people—
' will greatly lessen the revenue—will deteriorate the present
l and future value of all public-house property, and will
involve Licensed Victuallers, and their families, in a de-
struction, which the promoters of the measure eh not an-
ticipate, and will hereafter pet-man:nay deplore." This
is a formidable array of evils, which we should be sorry
so see fall on so numerous and useful a hotly ; but the Li-
censcd Victuallers are terrifying themselves with a bug-
bear; they will find the consequences, of which they are
so apprehensive, are more the offspring of their fears than
anything real, and a very few months' experience will, we
trust, fully convince and satisfy them on that head ; but
the great brewers must reduce the price of their beer, and
enable the publican to meet the brewer who retails on al.
mast equal terms.

Another letter, at some length, has been sent us from
Mr. I)..vereux, and Mr. &leas M r shone!, on the subj( ct
of Catholic burials in Ireland, which will be found in our
columns this morning. The unhappy agitation that has
pr.ivailed on this distressing subjcet is, we trust, at length
subsiding, never again to be renewed. We would wish to
see Ireland tranquil, and its people united and happy,
which they never can be while deadly feuds of this de-
scription are provoked. Let us hope, however, that a
brighter and a better day is at length dawning over Ire-
land, and that religious discard and party contests will at
length give way to the better feelings of social harmony
and happiness. The excellent Nobleman at the head of
the Government of that fine island is exerting all his in-
fluence to attain this treat consummation ; and we should
be sorry to think he will not at length suce.xxl.

A very extraerslinal circumstance transpired yesterday.
the capture of a French vessel. bound from Bourtleaux to
the coast of Lima, with warlike stores. The following is
a contirmatien of the fact. Extract of a letter from the
a..w.nt to Lloyd's, dated Ilavarmah, Ist of April:—" The
Telegraph, Raux, from Bounlcaux. was tL-taimed off' the
('ape tle ferule, manned, and sent into this rort ou the sisal
ultimo, by the Spanish artned brig R imam), having found
iii her warlike stores, hound to the coast of Luna." _

Letters received yisterday from thelllavannah, dated fi!h
April, being aecomits of an embargo taken place
there previous to the &tiling of an expedition, consitting of
one fri.rate and several aii,ll transports, with troopii On
board for Peru, but their real destination was aupros.-d to
be for Colombia.

ilrr[so:oov ELECTION.—The election of arittpres:o-
mire in Parliament fur the Itoroul.th of Huntingdon, in
the room of Lord Ancram, commenced yesterday mornirr.
The candidates are, James Stuart, E.N. and We:ls.
}:,q. After the nomination, the Mayor' &clared the
chew of hands to be in favour of the trifler • Mr. W't is
thcit demanded, a poll, at the close of which the t:umta•a
11%Te:--

For Mr. S'usrt
For Mr. Wells 12
The Carthri.l;,re (:hruniele steles, that it is expected the
poll would h, tinkheil in.the Course of yestArday.
11 eh etiou of Itt-conler for the Borough of East Lax
took plare on the loth instant, when tlaieutenant-Colonel
Elphinstone, of the 3d guards, was elected in the
most ttli,antititLr,inogt. :41 I 111111;e.
f'al',lLT7inca.ianclry,Nlcocc_astsianaonnirail
11;Yr
Bdwaril Buller, Bart.

I) I. Na I . !I 1:1 t.crtox .—The return for tbts botourll hag
been strongly contesteil. .1t the close of the poll on Weil-
no4;y, If ob:rt. Stanton, I.:•;q. Hanker, of Laftlon, %•
rcturned by a majority of'ia. For Stanton, tal ;
fur Mr. llsrelay, u;.

It is said that Earl Croqvenor haa_puithascd the bo-
rough of t3tockbridge fl-otu Mr. lia.:haut.