The National Register.
London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

TUE NATION.‘.!, lIECITSTEIt

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posed to know something of the fairs of India, had
considered seven conimse.iont rs and nine assistant com-
missioners as necessary. The nine assistants had salaries,
the seven commissioners had no salaries, hot they had
CllllllllOllll il4lloll4ge. The present essahlssmiscut was
much snore eronosisical. Ile cow:Wiled the present mu-
tton 11411 ler its object the dims; gad:cation ul the office,
and slit refore he would oppose it.
Mr. I'. BUXTON also opposed the motion.
Mr. C. W 1 NN also gave his testimony to tile great mass
of business trausacied at this boaril. The right hon.
ecullesa an also entered into an explanation slid defence
of his own conduct its taking office. in conjunction n jilt
those As ith cchoot he at resew acted.
After >mite observations front Lord Binning and others,
the question W4ll negatived on a diviz.iuu by ;flit to Ss—
Majority 185.
The oilier orders were disposed of, and the House ad-
jumped at 12 o'clock.
fRIDAW, MARCII 15.
Mr. (Zoom., the Vs owan Usher of she Black Rod, sum-
moned the 11,11111 r to laii.llll ill the Douse et Peers ; told site
Speaker afici Wilrds informed the ehrise, shot the 11.0.ssi
assert was given, by roluraismin, to the five per Cent,. re-
duction Mil. . . .

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Mr. C. IiUTCHISSON obtained leave to bring in a hill
for lighting bud povinit Curl, and fur itnpruving the curta-
in:irk, t there.
Mr. JAM ES presented a petition from J. Gregson, of
Liverpool, again.. the Liverpool v.uter.wm ks
Mr. WALLACE moved, that tic House go into a com-
mittee on the wont trade on 'Monday nest.
Mr. S. WORTLEY sod, that an erroneous notion pre•
vaned antral g his constituents, in particular as to the inten-
tions of the right hon. gentleman on this a,ubjt•rt I he under-
!stood that the oljact was to permit the, importat on of
woollen good+, duty tree, for the purposes of exportation
only .was that n,4 the fact
Mr. IYALLACE was thankful for this opportunity to
correct an error—his intention land been toe reedy explained
—it was to permit the tinp°tlotion of coolie," goods duty
flee, far the iiiirpo.4* of eXpo.l.tt agreed to.
Sir J. 11i poltT, no hellaX of tie member fur Mayo,
postponed the moli.ll ree,alding the state of Ireland, flout
the 11th to 24:11 of Aprl.
Sir W. CURTIS moved that the London-bridge wnter-
works bill he rend a becund time on Friday next. Ord red.

Mr. HUME moved for Warns of receipts for lizitt-gtars.e
duet, I.e bring of opinion that the s).tent was slat Foible
of much improvement.
Sir I. COFFIN supported the motion. All foreirners
were sultjected to double does, and .tsch system opciated
most injuriously, for Le uns perfectly suit tint hun.iieds
of thousands of foreigners had perished in cousequel.tc of the
cypenee that would leave resulted had they made for the
Lirttittli shores.
Sir J. YORK observed that a gallart member (Sir I
Coffin) appealed to imagine that our coast nas lighted like
0 sford-rottd ; and that us tut he nutabers di on ned, he doubt-
less alluded to what had taken place slime the creutiuu of
the worid..
Motion agreed tn.
Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a petition from the
London-bridge nntcr•w crks' compasy against the bill,
;buying nt least to be heard by counsel rousse the bill.
Ordered to lie on the table.
Devi :s ON TA WAN.—Mr. CURS EN presented a pe-
tiituo from Yttrium tallow chandlers, complaining of lite
injoisies teed sustained from the surreptitious dealers; stud
from South Stu while ti,,heries, praying for prow ctioe, h)
a duty nu foeign tallow or otherwise.—Ordered to lie on
the table.
Mr. C U WEN then postponed tilt Wednesday next his
motion for a repeal oi•lbns,. duties.
1119L•1 DUIY BILL.

On the ?notion that the mat duty repeal bill he committed,
Mr. tit RES said he tionOtt this measure sus not (-taco-
hued to relieve the country.
LYEILT had heretofore opposed provisions of the
bill, tut lie now wits satisfied with the inewure of the ur.
raneements for returning liie ditty un the stock in hand.
!Sir J. YORK was one of three who suffered by recent
arran,ements far the benefit of the tondo's nets, mid he should
like to know %lieu they might expect a reduction of the
price of porter ?
Mr. CALVERT remarked that the erect of n half-penny
per put would be equal to '2ls. per (mailer on milt. Now
what the government gate wes only cloud to 6.. BJ. Of
the palter price. the gseerititient got three-halfpence per
pet ; the victualler three-hull peuce; and thetgewer two-
pence.
General 6 ASCOYN E said the impolitic character of the
redlivtton WWI now es ideut ; it a null give no relief. *,
Colonel WOOO lieved the measure would induce tl.e
pe4.ple to brew their own Leer, since the brewers and pub-
lienns got 511 much.
Mr. CA LVERT hail not meant it to he understood that
the vietutil.eis got threepence pet pot—they did not get quite
three. halfpence, the government rather pore.
Mr. Setgeaut ONSt OW did not thMk that tiny beat&
would result to the country from this measure.
The iinu,e then %ea loin a committee ou the hill.
Mr. LUSIIINOTON propcsed some muelattneet in the
clause re girding the stilt k no lined. It ass `,lid that the
relit f of the duty would not enable the brewers to reduce
the price even a fraction; but tnie;lit it nut enable them to
ionise it n little stronger ?
Mr. CALV ERT thought the hon. member had net taxied
the porter lately t he surely had cinditicd himself to Chain-
pague ; he could got have tedul;ed in any bruit n stout.—
it %mild be well to taste some before lie again spoke
ithout the stienetit. At to the I,lllprit.o felt by nit how
menthe r (Geu. Casco? tie), he expres.ed 110 orprise, alum
there ant an ineie.oe of drily of Us. 4i. a ishout any cis, in
the price uf porter. The pre.eut relief did nut exceed G_.0.1.
per quarter.
Mr. GIPPS thought there ought to ben reduction in the
price °flue potter. especially cv there had hero none fur
the lied there or four year.. I3arley and hops had greatly
1.41141 M prices; alt, way there not to Le is tall in the pi ire
of ;note' I People could t rew their (ma beer for little
mote than tin cesdliolf.petice,if they could g,.t the machinery;
it a e, fit that reit h r El to known.
Geoernt (VASCO): N said that it now nppenred that
pony a?... 'ditto r to be strouger nor cheaper; that i.et
trove' alime were to have the beat lit; anti if such acre to
be the case, Ilse it would support hint, be should
iesid the twitter pi ogres. or 114: bill aimerther.
Aid. smut, SIIITII spoke or tun prejudicial effects
that testified from to many public houses beim, an the brewers'
:dr. WILLIAMS hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer
would :AL pt some ;:::a *loch vinald tend lea .ceute us „uud

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no article es possible to the public; last cutopluimd of tics
press lit mode of imposing the duties,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sate!, that
ttnicea
:I,l.l,riateitmo
ti e
repeal critatwh
arils th.tex.
had beta r::ellyd tut
id till petit Mier to that haute.
Mr. BRIGHT was glad to find that the repeal of this
nix eould alf.trit the country grialemen no relief and that
they knew such to be the fact; hoped that, stew Mime
the present session closed, they would repeal some tax that
would at once afford them nod Ms country r-Itef. There
was no rhance of relief a tout rya! redartim of taxiiti.ill,
in which all the people of Li:gland would be bench, ted.
Mr. BENET (With,) said, that the comitry %cont.l not
detive any benefit but from that reduction of to xat ion in
*shirts the people apish' be benefitted. If the ri peal of
any such tax were proposed, Le would support it.
ale. W. SMI 111 scwetkeel, that whether this reduction
were heitetichil or loot, the repeal oh the malt dilly was
what hail heen loudly called tor. If it produced nu be-
nefit, the fault was not the ininis,ers'. lie aas glad that
it bad taken place, if it were only to chew that the wishes
of the people were attended to isi that house. As to the
relief to eel icultute, it would benefit it about three far.
things per as-re.
Mr. CALVERT understood that the object of the te-
pee' was to relieve ugh icalture.
Mr. 1). GILBERT said, the' repeal was calculated to
increase the consumption of Mall 4 111141 wits the miry way
in which benefit could It snit to the fainter. sks 10 14.1.ef
Co the cnunli he aid not view this menaite as one that
was calculated 10 afford such 'chef; the repeal of the
salt tax wmild indeed Believe the rummy. Ile, however,
should not support its repeal this session, if the malt duly
rept al verse Iw:severed ia.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE said, there was nothing like
relief to the ag 'iridium! Interests in the repeal of the
malt duty; he had expected that government wooed have
conic &tell Willi a very different measure of relief. lie
knew what the state of the (rmory was, and he felt as.
silted that the present system of taxation could not en on.
(Hear, Itear.)—Miaitrers must change their course,if they
set ionsly thonelit of relieving arrieullere.
Mr. I'. le I LSON dept crated the continual agitation of
ugrictiltural leterests, while there was a committee oil Clio
subject silting. It would be better In wait fur a report.
Sir C. BURRELL lamented that ministers had given
tip this tax, without cons tilting better w ills their friends,
for thongh they gave up a milliun and a half, the benefit
would Clot he to the people his general.
Mr. CALVERT reminded the committee, that those
who brewed at home would have the malt Jury to pay.
lie did not expect all gentlemen to understand this soh.
jeet, but he hoped Chet they would COMlllellellll what they
heard; it' there were error about the prices, It must he
(tom the defective 11141111er in which he had expressed
himself.
Gen. GASCOVNE said, as the measure had gone thus
far, lie should not throw am) obstacles in Isis way; but he
hoped that it would not be lung ,before the cult tax was
repealed. (Fleet.)
Resolution awl ced to. Report on Monday.
Mr. HO lIHOUSE postponed his motion respecting
Mr. Hunt till the X 7 the inst.
Lord J. RUSSELL asked whether the sending a letter
to coves al membeis, siguod " C. Arbuthnot," calling stn
them Cu attest:,,* as the Opposition, despairing of getting
into power, particularly Lord Normasiby, Lord Alitiorpe,
and Mr. Creevey, were pursuing a system that was &dens
hated to undermine the best Mil:tests of the country," was
lot a breach of the privileges of that house ?—(Bear.)
Mr. C. ARBUTHNOT said lie had written some such
letter to private friends, but lie had not telt himself re-
struined iu expressing his opinion of what he deemed a
system; lie, however, had never intended to violete the
privileges of the house.
Lord NORM IN I:Y knew his own motives too well to
feel affected by the language of the letter ; but was it
nut something like a breach of privilege to say that lily
conduct or system was calculated to under's:lire the best
interests)
Lord LONDONDERRY thought private letters were
not to become the subject of observation there. Surely it
was but imputing improper motives to say that such a
system was calculated to undermine the best interests.
Lord J. RUSSELL appealed to the chair as to the
character °Ellie letter.
The. SPEAKER replied, that to have directly Inspnted
improper 110:114V1 would have been disorderly—but be
could not see where ve as the imprupt iety of reasoning ter
' the effects of certain menstirer.
Mr. C. ARBUTHNOT said such was his object. It
was a letter to a private friend-4e had nut even a copy
of it.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, on this explanation, he glionlel
not press the subject fen thee.
Lord NORMA N I:V gave notice, that on the gil of May
he should move an address to the sing, to dismias one of
the Joint Postmasters.
je. PHI LLIMt IRE &Ad he should on Wednesday next
move rue a will to amend the Marriage Act.
'Elie house 'teen zeta auto a committee of supply on the
Artily Estimates.
Lotil PALMERSTON then 'sou ht on the ten""thig
estimutes for the military service, loyeteig 2.5:.1.001.
the contingencies of the army.—Tfiey her crahy
agreed to. withunt any division or amendment. `re
Lend PALMERSTON moved u giant Lt slink
the staff abroad. • e
Mr. 11U )ME opposed it, ptopositig as an auto:du:cid a-
re:Suction of I e,()Jel.
Mr. ELLLCE, in supporting the necessity of reelection •
In our expendimie, complained of the staff 11141044 It 4
being too extravagant. He likewise complained of the
expeaditine in the colonies, salaries of the ;tweet slurs, set ,
Mr. 60111.11Clas1 said, he had last session :mew ece d
good many tri the complaints on this subject, bet he was
perfectly ready to tight the battle over again.
Lord PALMERSTON replied, that iu the staff all pos-
sible reduction had taken place.
Mr. HUM); pressed his ameudiueut—he should take the
sense of the co; 'tire on it.
108--hut the *monitorial, 3.1
took place. The numbers were
illujority,Tee
'list: It. r.l resoltdl3a was ter a sum of 22,0011, for the
itorultul
Mr. HUMS contended that this wee by much too large
• grant. and moved a coneiderable re doctioit of the pru•
loosen stun.
Felt. NA BEULEY agre
was ;en extrava,gidit item; but iu the pi escut 141111: el
ed hon. friend that. th ttilse

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house, his hon. friend was lint wasting time and strength
to opposing it. His hon. friend had none moult in the
eiIIISC of redaction and retrenchment—mote good to the
country than any man w;,O had 'At in the house tor the last
QO years: A 1131141 wnnl•l not have him waste time by try-
ing at wino he could Hot al taill.
Air. HUME withdrew his amendment.
A 1111:111.)er observed, Lord Londonderry was receiving
a lager income than the royal dukes; be wis.ird to know
if the noble mariliti4 would give the exei si to the lutile?
Um' LONDONDERRY was nut pit pared to answer
Ilia question, not expecting it would be put.
Mr. HUME then reoposed, as an amendment. that the
salary of the Duke of Ybrk, as commander In chief, should
be reduced from 1G guineas a day to nine guineas.
This ainend men t IA as negatived.
Several resolutions were agreed to, and the house re-
sumed. Report on Monday.
The wing...tilers were then disposed of, and the house
adjourned to Mos:day.

FROM TUESDAY iviwirs GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTS.

M. Richardson, Kirkoswald, Cumberland, butcher. Solicitors,
Messrs. Lowden and Co. Clement's Inn.
B. Colley. Shropshire, farmer. Sol. Mr. Bigg,
Southanirton Buildings, Chancery Lane.
H. Griffiths, Swansea, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Price, Lincoln's
Inn.
T. Martinis, Dudley, nail ironmonger. Sesls. Messrs. Collett
and Co. Chancery Ltne.
B. Copley and W. Hirst, Doncaster, ironfounders. Sol. Mr.
Batt ye, Chancery Lane.
W. Turton, %Vestbromwich, Staffordshire, coal master. Sol.
Mr. Whitaker. Broad Court, Long Acre.
S. Vertue, Great Yarmouth, malester. Sals. Messrs. Swain
and Co. Old Jewry.
W. Monrsoin. Searlxwough, banker. Sols. Messrs. Kcarsey
and Co. alopsgate Street Within.
J. Knight, Halifax, Yorkshire, merchant. Sol. Mr. Beckett,
Earl Street, Marl:friars.
It. Mole, Leeds, gtocer. Sol. Mr.Nenle, Inner Temple Lane.
P. Herbert, late master of the slap Thalia, merchant. :ols.
Messrs. thbaideston and Co. London Street, Fenelturch Street.
J. Weeks, Exeter, currier. Sol. Mr. Matlock, Gray's Inn.