The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-22 00:00:00

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Ire hoped they were not so " besotted and stupid as sot to
have some 'regard to time real interests of the eouutry. '
Petitiou referred to the committee nit agriculture.
The Holyhead Road Rill was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Sergeant ONSLOW moved the recood reading of the
Attorneys and Solicitors' Admission Bill.—Read a second
time, and ordered to be committed May 4.
The, Bills of Exchange Bill 'Was read a second time, and
ordered to be committed May 4.
Sir•T. RARING asked whether the chairman of the
audit office had signified his intention to resign; sod whether
it was in coutcopiation to appoint the son of a Goble lord
as the successor.
The CHANCELLOR oftbe EXCHEQUER replied that
the chairozau had signified his desire to resign ; but as to any
successor he was not prepared with an answer.
hfr. IVALLACE moved that the how go into a commit-
tee on the 'Timber Duties' Acts.
Mr. J. P. GRANT said he had to propose some alteration
of Mr. Wallace's piopusittoos—a different scale of dutica.—
According to the proposed scale 11100,000 i. would annually
go out of time pockets of the people of England to support
the culoilies, without there beingsmy chance of the slightest
retm u. The effect of the measure would be to pay 50 per
cent: more for colonial timber than Norway timber could
be procured fort :w.icleb intoning &drawback of 140,001:. to
Russia, and 460,0001. to Canada. Were the Chancellor of
the Exchequer's tiouncelo—especially as he could not gist
up any trifling tax—its such a condition as to afford the
portunity of being *WS efle concluded with moving,
that the house again resolve into a committee tt. consider
Go !her of the timber duties.
The amendment of Mr. Grant was then negatived.
The house went into u committee. The several clauses of
the bill werningreed to, and
M r. W ALLACL.rouved that the report should be received
to-morrow.
Attsiv ESTISATEI6—The house wept into a committee
of simply.
Ou the item granting 10,5111. for certolo departments in
Ireland.
Mr. 111:51 E proposed to redeili the vote to 70001.
After some observations front M. lienurtt, Mr. Garton,
Co!. DaCfROCC. theriticd--fole the amendment
45 I Against itl/9 Majority fair the original sum 54.
On the resolution"for grantiot 27,11341. fur medicatie'
Cul. i/AVI ES proposed to redatethetrote to 22,5311.
After some conversation the gallery was clear,4l fur a
division. Far the reductions 9 I Against it 199 lAlaiority 50.
The committee again divided on the proposk for re-
during the vote by 50001. For the amendment SS I Against
it 110 I Majority for the original sum 52.
After some further diseursiou the house adjourned.
T UEBDAY, APRIL 17.
Mr. COKE presented a petition. in the absence of an booms.
blefriend (Sir A. Rowley) from Suffolk, ri4 by between 10
and 11,(x 3 pet sons, praying for Reform. Ha amurai in thin
rentitnents of the petition. Lord Chatham amid, if there wart
notlßeform from within,* would coMe from without with a
vengeance. 51z. Pitt had expressed ainsilar send:mats—but he
afterwards became 51inister, so him this country owed all the
evils it laboured under. There must be a change of system;
and had there not been some seven pinching, there would have
heen no petition from Suffolk. With a change of si stein thcy
would nut have had the Holy or right. the " Infernal" Altiance.
(Cheers.)
Mr. GOOCH denied that it contained the sentiments of the
majority of the nubiliy, gentry, and clergy of Suffolk. On the
contrary, he deemed it a l.bel on their sentiments.
Mr. ‘VESTERN defended the petition, as having been
to at a must respectable meeting. It was properly convene7,ni
and
why lied not the hon. member sal his friends attended the meet-
lag ? No; they cho,e to have their counter declaration, expres-
sive of support of and confidence in his Majesty's
lint so tar from being ID or 11,000 ai,m4tures, it had not so many
hundreds. The noblemen who ai,ue lit were chiefly receiving
tmoluiutnt from the government. One fifth of the dedaratiunists
were clergymen who lid signer% whose example had not been
to: owel uy any one of their flocks. He consitiereil the petition
faiily end fully to etoress the sentiments of the county. Petition
tc'l, and ordered to be printed.
l'citions were irerented proving fur Ref mu, Northemp.
ton, Tavi--tock. Devor .hire, Plymouth, Huntingdon, Holibril.
Lincolnshire, Isle of Ely, Cumbalund, Nottingfiain, Borough
of Southwark,
Mr. WEST ERN moved for returns of the exports of woollen
cloths, and other papers illustrative of the state of the woollen
(note.—Ortkred.

The Ipswich gas light bill WU read asecond time, and ordered
to be committed.
Mr. W. SAIIT if moved fur leave to bring in a Bill to amend
the 15th of Geo. ill. iOr the improvement.. of Westntimiter, as
far as related to the Woes of money, &,e. for the buildings about
Westminster Hell and in the neighbourhood of both Houses of
Yrrhoment. Leave elven.
Bill hrott-iht in, real a first time, arid ordered to be read a
gerund time end to be printed.
The Ilituie went it' to a Committee on the asiened taxes acts.
Mr. LlJ'r.:ll INGTON a, .1, it wrs his intention to propose a
continuation of the cornuountling of the window duti:ie lot six
years Muter—of t'its duties on servants for three years—of the
laittiage duties ti . .'tree years,
vol intone afire A totoor vet.
The House went tout a committee on rite metropolis prison and
rallee fees i cis.
Mr. 11. (*LIVE, in moving that the chairman apply for leave
to bring In a bill to eontinue the existing acts. Ins alterations
were to consolidate the two seta into one I and to remove the
pollee office at present held in Shadwell to the Not th•west part of
the metropolis in diary-le-bone; ri.:a to place the parish coo •
i•sales totter the cuittrool of the police inogistni.es; and to ef-
, gulate the oppeunitl and shutting up of the colfee shops.
Mr. G. BEN NBT'I' hotted, that the ;gentle!' of the House
wpu,nl be direet'd to this motion, as the proposed measure wrs
o. uuvreatot importance. Tile pay of the consti.bles requited
.estti:ouisi many bid only pay from winkl,i-f at frauds. Ile
loath: propose a regulation respeuting the Be ;using sycent.—
Ile hrd emend a 4111 throulit diet house to regulate that system
of lice tying, but it wrs thrown out 'ay the house, who did not
even deign to rot it, lie hoped, as there were ..ucit serious
abo-e., that the precept tail would Nutisluva :or nos year ;
t; at its the interim there would be a secret vernmittec; fur lie was
authorised by ntrilittatea to ay, that it' they enu'd give their
svitieitee with eutthdeats, it' they trould spcit'A out, titcy would
,pen _oe'i setae ' Ste would tirtrtic the house r t the inipeifections
et the rs'ite ey.oein,
Ir. tl, .%• TAYLOR said, with emit pri.nne re they bed at
present, bibs would be undeze. They derietl creiy thing
tilat cl Citation and if nay u:sti *cut to pti.uu now. to tvr 1;
orgy week fur 14 4.'440. he, would coioc out lieu tiine:
worm; tlvii he went into otifatt.—alutiouagrccd, and leave after-
writs chtiiin I to ltrinkin a h'll
('err IA t:‘: Y I.A u'l'ON then rase.
itOrrtirOt to :NOM, to bring forwerd ihie motion. Tine house xt
tne itine was very full, particularly the tiviiontion side of it. He
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.raw to detail the ot•t or thy tepsesentrtios, as ate trust au..gris at
rltoying tint public thicoutaatt as was paved by Coe irtv sit the
(Clicer) Inducd lit: tioribt cou6wie now. with itlvan'tve.
fa he te,!, stiiimicilea be core...cable Lumbers. who rebid
beat the Idiotism few ton the upyoute Ott the Tscamay

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