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London, England, 1822-03-21 00:00:00

TURNPIKES IN SCOTLAND,

On the motion of bit. H. BLAIR. a Select Corm.
mince was 'appointed to cost.itirr the stale of this
Turnpike and Highway Lies in Scotland.
Mr. SyEts postponed hi• motion, which was.
amottg►t the itropt orders, to the 3sitls April next.,

SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS PILL
Out the mafiosi of Mr. CHavws of, the Pomo
went into a Committee on she Bill fur facilitatit►K
summary proeeedsugs br Cure Magistrates.. Th.
floss. Member maid. that ill rottse.ittetice of souse
►ggebliuns he h-►d IrtreiVed Isom cartons reapect-
aisle Nlasistrutes and Muslim:li col that Humor, ti

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was his intention merely to prowl*, a flew saes&
moms at prertent, then to have the Bill printed, and
afters/lards r..-committed. The Bill then went
through the Committee, after which the House re-
sumed, and the Report was ordered to be received
on Friday setinight.
Mt. HUDIR moved for returns of the amount of
alt assessments of land tax in Kensington. Chelsea,
eisitsF•the hundred of thoulettii,- for the last seven
years.—Ordered.

SENRY HUNT—THE AFFAIR AT MANCFIE4STFR
ON THE Ms OF AUGUST,.IB,IO-.AND PARLIA-
IMENTARY REFORM.
Alderman WOOD presented three Petitions: one
trolls Ashton:under-Line. Lancashire ; another from

the town of Oldham ; and a similar Petition frniu
Manchester, praying some mitigation of the punish-
Smut of Me. Hunt, an inquiry into the dreadful Has
that took place at Manchester on the 16th of A it.
rear And also for au efficient and rnducul Reform
of Perliament.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. Wyman iftirred, that he and his Honourable
Colleague had been requested to present • Petition
final the Grand Jury of the County he had the h.-
1100 f to represent (Para), respecting the enormous
length ultimo prisoners were detained between the
Lent and Summer ASIIIZra ; it wn. therefore his in-
tention, after he had presented the Petition, to sub-
mit • motion on the subject, which he should pre
notice of for Wedisettday, April if.

MALT DUTY,
Mr. Losuturredst moved the Order of the Day
furtive third reading of the he Malt Duty Bill.
After a few words from Mr. C. SMITH and Mr.
H. GURNEY. the Bill was read a third time.
Sir G. CLERIC moved, that an order which had
beta made in notisequenee of • motion of the Ho-
hourable Member fur Aberdeen. be discharged, its
moms impossible to comply with the terms of the
motion. But is order to give that Honourable
Gooflemon (Mr. Home) the information he re-
quired, he should move in its stead—
,?hat set-ousts should be laid on the table of all trans-
port moons tip to the latest petiotl the saute could be
made opt."
Mr: fittste moved for an account of all tams
deducted Iran the .sengva or men and officers in the
nary service, agreeable to the 7th and Bth of Wil-
liam 111.-.-Ord.red.
Mr. MAIttiTATT presented • Petition from the
Inlimb,tants of Grenada, stating the great distress
under wlticlt they laboured in consequence of the

very low price of their produce. Among other ex-
amples of colonial distress he selected for the infor-
mation of the Room, was that of the oule of an estate
its Demerara, originally bought for 40,0001. and
stsld ih May last for 13,4001.
The Petition was brought up.
Mr. Witsto? intimated, that the attention of
Government had already been directed to the dis-
tress of the Colonies. It we.. as he believed, the
intention of his Right Hon. Friend, the Prestdent
of the Board of Cootie', 'to move for leave to bring
in a Bill, the express object of which was an im-
provement in the regulations of the intercourse with
the Colonies.

A Member under the gallery, whose name we
could not learn, concurred with the slateinenis
made respecting colonial distress. No class of per-
sons suffered more than the planters; if they ne-
glected to trouble the Flonee with petitions, it VI I
nit for want of • sufficient reason for cornpldunt,

bat because they had confided in the wisdom of
Government to adopt some plan for their relief. As
to the nature of their distress, or the remedy best
to apply to it, he would not say a word ; he was
only anxious to preveot erroneous inferences from
their silence. •
Mr. Bat/atilt was of opinion that their distress
arose chiefly floss the restraints of the intercourse
allowed with the Colonies. In the growing preva-
lence of more liberal opinions of commercial policy;
he hoped that the trade of the Colonies would not
be overlooked, and that they would suou be allowed
• free exercise of all their natural advantages.
The Petition was ordered to he printed.

TAX ON FOREIGN TALLOW.
Mr. CUSIVE/1, in rising to submit a Proposition
eu a subject of considerable interest to aoctilture,
and also materially affecting one great branch of
our commerce, could not but regret that the suhjeet
had not been taken op by the Government, who
were so much more able to carry their pnrposes into
affect. In the course of what pawed during the
Session relating to agriculture and its dist rrrrrr , he
hid taken occasion to advert to this subject as one
which promised some measure of relief; the sub-
ject had since that time been pressed ou his oaten-
tic, by a variety of repreventstions which strength-
coed his faith• in it. • The importation of foreign
tallow was a great and material cameo!' the imme-
diate pressure of agricultoral distress, were it only
considered as a mean for compelling English far-
mers to turn pastures into corn cultivation, and so
to cause that unfortunate disparity between the
orupply and demand of groin, which was so loudly
complained of. He need ray little on the propriety
or forcing the productions of other countries to
bear their share of the common* burdens when im-
ported into this. Foreign butter and cheese were
charged with their proportion of duties. which yet
did not tend to dirmiindi their nnsumpticiii ; while
on the other hand the agriculture of this country
wits benefited by having 'duly sufficient to equalize
the expenses of production laid on the imptirtution
of those articles. It was not necessary for loin to say
one word on tie distresses of agriculture, which were
admitted on all bandy. The general wish to give
Mier was uo less manifest ; the only difference
of Opiniois had been as to the best mode of doing
it He was about to propose one which he thought
edbetual to a certain degre; he did not ask Govern-
ment to relinquish say portion of revenue by it,
without getting back an equivalent. He called on
the House to observe, that whatever the degree of
that distress of agriculture admitted is the pre-
viva, part of the Session to exist, it bad not been
diminiehed strict; it had considerably. increased.
He wee nut disposed to bad fault with the mea-
acres taken by Government for their relief ; he
would not disparage the repeal of Is. a bushel melt
tax. The measure, to say the least, seemed to he good
et the time, end great ',coedits were expected km
Bat the coormy, and especially the suffering seri-
cult *riots differed from Government upon the policy
of that repeal. They thought film there were
*Mertes., lire repeal of which would afford more
&feted relief. Ile tolled en the Government
teasider if they could radiy do aueluug more, The

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