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Joel iiabibilwit, a New SerilMP 11r
TALES of MY LAN 1)LOitl) ; containing
PONTEFRACT CASI'I.E.
"Oh Pomfret, Pomfret! Oh show bloody prieua!
Fstal and ()minims m Noble Petri;
Within the guilty 'loaner of 'by walla,
Richard the Second here was hacked to death"
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street

A-1-s Sold on Recount of the Manufacturer.
at GODFREY'S Cutnevettaion Hat %Varehowse,
Nu. 14. Hlarkastrer-alreet, Clare.rnarket (late of she Hay.
.litarkst), tut ewe ellwinstagetiOs terms than were ever he.
fury offered to the Public. Geo tleiswies best Tulsa-made
Heaver. Hato, 17,. rornmuala charged !IL ' • wordier ditto
dills., !Is. equal to what are usually sold at *Ss. ; hest
Water-proof Silk Hasa, 18s. ; Ladies', Children's, and Ser-
vants' Hats, with every tither description or equally law
terms.

IMPERIAL PAKIJAMEN'I%

HOUSE OF LORDS. llleigemr, MAY S.

APPEALS.

TIM DOWAGER MARCHIONESS Of LANEHowN, Appeliant ;
THE MARQUIS Or LANSDOWN, Respondent.
The LORI/ CUANCOLLOR üboerved, when their Lordships
Rave judgment in this case, some of tittle Lordships had
spukeu tin it, mod one Noble and Learned Lordlßedeselale)
hail stated that it did not appear that the questiow of roots
was before their Lordships. Oa looking ions the Appeal
since, he foams; that it was • quesiiiin left for their decision.
lie would therefore threes that the ndoistesof Ike judgement,
as prossonoced by their Lordships, aboold be beaded t• the
Solicitors of the Noble Parise', sad if they wished en a
future day, Counsel weight be heard on the ease, as it related
to costs.

LorJ NVDESIIALS observrd, that Solicitors to dratriss
op their con, noels $4, pay mere attestlos falba oolajtoa
mailer of the Appeal itself, than hod bees dose is Ma
tale.

Further consideration of the question of coats pcnipsesi.
QC EENSBEIRY F.STATES. _

Mr. Warren was heard as C4lllllftl fur the Respondents.
Judgmni pumponesl until Friday.
Mr. Airsick, from the Treasury, presented some
accounts relative to the Consolidated Fund.

rovit O! 30,01001 ; TWO OF MOW/ ; AND SEVENTY-
Two OTHER CAPITALS, YET TO DRAW.
i!;« (*ON I RAC I Mt. to-spell.
folly ressofs46 hi. Fri.• 11111, 1,1141 Publie, that
TilEttsDAy, tult, i• the &curia Day of DravrinE,
'he Two F. 141 Ili :INOV 10,0001. Censula each
nl adthtioo .-I'.-.l.aaeva have it chance of the fullowiag
<intuit List of Pne,4, •if l•••

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4 1,0110 Money
♦ .. lsol Counola
1 . ...... . 4011 consols
lu
14 200 M f
ten Consols

IFlrrider the Nil repulsion et 120/. 501. and 154 Prises.
Warranted Utidetten Terkria and Shares are Selling by
Contractor, Nu. 10, Curnkill, bud 26, Ottsarti.
London, who Xhored rind Sold, in the Inst ice nuoullns
3W7 30.000/ 7.1.03 5 llOO/.
led 21.nb01 2,296. • ...2,0110t.
1,34 b voßeee. &e. Ise.
CAttROLL Itheryil rod Sold POUR Capital Miss NM
were dross firs First Der,27‘b Apra.

tits and l'arlionneolt would see the immediate toe.
cesony a repealing it. • .
'Flit Petition was Inid on the table. •
Lord MILTON wished terkinsw hem the Right
lion. Gentlemen opposite. whether it *so the in-
lemma of his Majesty'* Minirters• to propose soy
menatore having for its olojart the repeal of the tam
op wool which was imposed last year.• If any such
intention exisited, or If such invesstre was cote.
!validated by Governors'', he should be most happy
to leave the matter in hands so well calculated to
effect the purpose Jie. hall 186 yie.. sr. however,
no such intention (milted, then he begged to give
notice that on to-morrow eranight he would move
for a repeal of the. duty imposed on the imports-
tion of foreign wool.—(Hear.)
Mr. Rosinsesu, in reply to the question of the
Noble Lord. said, that he was not aware it wail the
intention of his Msjesjy's Government to propene
any such repeal. •
Lord Almeon then fixed his notice for Tuesday
se' •ght. .
• .
PETITION FROM THE•MERCHANTII OF LONDON.
Mr. BASING root to present a Petition from that
most extensive and respectable body, the Mer.
chants of the City of Loudon ; a .Petttion which,
whether it is considered for the terms in which it is
couched, for the great respectability of the persons
from whom it enbanates. o. for the great stake they
hold in the country. he would venture to say in-
volved a more importasit subject than had ever be-
fore come before that House in the shape of a Peti-
tion. The general interest excited by the gresi
question of the present prevailing distresses in the
commercial world, was a proof that the country felt
itself at present in a state of great uneasiness. and
that it seriously called for the immediate consider.
union of Parliament, with the view of inquiring whe-
ther or too 'minim wisdom could devise any remedy
for the, present state of things. if. on inquiry, the
evil should appear to be irremediable. then let the
country know it; if the contrary should appear,
their let the wisdom of this House see how far a reme-
dy was applicable. and in what manner the attempt
WAS to be made in the present state of the country.
In los own opinion, the cue was a mixed one; fur
much of the evil he feared there could he found
no particular remedy, but for other branches
of the subject, he thought MIME remedy might
be applied, and a good deal done to mitigate
the existing state of things. The Petitioners
' came before Parliament upon the broadest grounds;
they came for protection against no particular in.
terest ; they claimed neither reservation nor exemp-
tion, nor particular privilege. On the contrary,
they, ail commercial men who understood their real
interests, felt that the distress, when general, woe
not to he alleviated by partial or exclusive means-_
they felt that when **mahout dwindled, tnanufac.
turn could sot thrioos.noesould eateammee Ilawiel‘
—(/star./—They knew that fir any of deem
branches of the public wealth to suffer. others
must decline, and that the whole welfare of
the community was essential to the well being
of any of the particular interests that coma
posed it. In considering this important subject.
he was aware of the many. and in some isistances
insuperable difiiculties with which he had to con-
tend. When the general state of distress was felt
at the close of the late war, it was said to have
milieu from a transition from a state of war to a state
of peace; that it was temporary in its natal*, and
must be equally so in its duration. Now five .
years had elapsed since the peace, without being
accompanied by any alteration in reduction of the
distresses of the country. which, instead of being
diminished. hod become rather aggravated within
the latter part of that period. While every other
part of Europe was recovering its energies, and
- placing its establishments upon a firm basis, England
Col. BAGWELL presented a Petition from the Brewers and alone was lingering on, as if trusting to chance to
Distillersof Cashel, against !bewails paid for Licenses, which. recruit her declining powers, and indeed lingering
in the year 1794, wasonly 71 ,and was now 251. an increased with so much languor, that it looked to the best
charge which they ronsidered a great hardship.
The Petition was then laid on the table. friends of the community as if those in authority
NEW MEMBERS SWORN. considered the case altogether a hopeless one. Bat
unless something were done, souse remedy Unities
Several new Sternberg were swarm ; among them worth.
served Sir Robta Vaughan, Mr. Marnsadake n'yvill. Mr. diately considered amid applied, this country must
Win. Parnell, sir Gerard Noel, Sir Lowry Cole, Lord James still continue is II declining state, every day sinking
Towiesheoil, Sir Edward O'Brien, Lord George Leaman, Mr. faster and faster, and losing at every step that
Denims, General Hart. Mr. Dranamonol, Mr. Pelham. wealth for which she heretofore was enabled
MARRIAGE ACT AMENDMENT.
to command employment. Whether the state of
Dr. PHILLIVORIL brought in his Rill for the better pre-
session of °medallic° Marriages.—Bead a first time, to he agriculture was considered, the state of soassufac-
read a secures lime sea Friday next, and to be printed. ture, or that of commerce, all alike seemed hope.,
ELECTION PETITMNa, less, unless the impatient consideration were eater-
The tripuani informed the House that he boil ',mood o td upon without delay, of what could or could not
letter from Thomas Bourchier, Esq. of the Crown Office in be done in the question. The commerce of the
Ireland. transmitting Petitioiss against au trades return country was said to have improved within the last
at the late election for the town of Galway and a similar
two years. Now he fully believed that within that
()wapitis. the late election for Drogheda. The Speaker re-
nested that if there were say oiler Election Petiliens so he Period tar commerce of the country hid "t and
;resented, they would he sow he./ogia 10 Itia table, and I toot imoroved, but that it bad iocurred more of
placed its the glasses. The following Petition* were then t loss than of gain.- The same he believed was
breettit sp complaining/a undue returns : from florotexh- the case of the manufacturers, and the same
bridge, ordered to be takes' info consideration on Thursday lof the agriculture! interests. What was the cause
the Ist Julie neat ; from the moiety of lisilrlioglosi, ordered ,
of lots decline Was indeed a complicated •nd
to be tamer now wominteration on else Lb Jitter. 'the Gal-
way Prsitiusi was ordered to be takes Outs consider/mum use I IttoloeldoWs questi . He wished it was in his
the 341 th 3lay, awl the Drogheda Prait;ou on 'heath June. I power to see his way into that cause as clearly as
ESTABLISHED CHURCH IN IRELAND. I lie thought he could solve some of the remedies
Mr. Conno brought up papers respecting the state of the that might he propostmled to meet prate of the
Eatablialuil Church in Ireland.—Laid on the table. evil. 'I he state of languor which followed the ex-
UNCLAIMED PRIZE MONEY. cessive vigour of husitsess during the war, was, no
On the motion of Mr. C. LO3lO, the pipers prevented to doubt, in some degree the result of overstrained
the Housesoi the 3d May respecting Unclaimed Prise Money
efforts. Great strides were then made. end great
were ordered to be printed.
relaxation necessarily followed. England had them
CUSTOMS.
Mr. Lusntimeon resealed aprers
from th, Commis.the commercial monopoly of the world—every ex-
simpers apputotetl or inquire into the Department of the Cum termsl effort to destroy the extended sway of that
toms.—Laid uu the table. I commerce proved still stronger the force by which
WOOL TAX. I it could be upheld. This great prosperity. tins
Mr. STUART WUIATLEY presented a Petition extended sway during the war, was productive of
great wealth, but frown its wide and multiforione
from a large number of the t respectable ma-
nufacturers in the neighhourimod of iiisrldrratield, qualities it was also productive of great carelessness
in the wood trade, agaius4 the wool tax. The Pr. la minutia. A change of circumstances which
titioners, softer many cogent argunients against the necessarily altered the monopoly of British cont.
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impolicy of this tux, said that it bad Site egret of meter. and threw into Many chanowhithat current
withdrawing a en,' deal of „Intel from this cow,. which lireviouely flowed only into one. called far a
try. and WO a difeCi ttnilfOCY• as the fact would • change of system. in the day of prosperity eco-
isrove main iiivestigation, to injure the general cons- ninny was little thought of iii the managersetit of
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Olivrce of the country. His Noble Collet/glee meant • great commercial nudertakings—the Melilla if We.
In give, maim is lb, coarse of the ~,,..,,iag levihrre. pairing rapid fin tunes were so great that the uthautits
iug this tee, and he treated ins itiajeat's Mania. were Not court:feted, they were soot attended to.

old principles and commercial mosinso.—she must
reconstruct, in 'het, her commercial systems; and re.
model it w as to meet the existing institutions of
*titer States. There were other important cones-
d• rations conserved with this restio.: braids* the
mere decline of cowmen". Not only had the
country to suffer this decline. but also to ea-
dare et with an increased debt—s de:bt too lotge.
ly •ggrevaed by the Ulliortur.live departure
e short time ego r•mn the state of the currency.
It was impossible to look et the increased state of
this &lit withoet despondency and apprehen►ion es
.to the mmas of paying it. • it oat lammed by the
less Aerobes of the coin—that *lone added ins effect
smit.third to• the amount of the debt. Let them
me hots the sialbe of the pound time had changed
in its relative proportion to the price of specie
Me the difference of its value now, when gold was
at mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per mince. sod
whew it was 5L and upwards, the market price
when this public' debt was etainly contracted. This
was a se►ious consideration in framing the erreuge-
events for the payment of that debt. It wee not
alone the relative difference between the present
valise of the note, and its value when• the .debt was

Si) extract iif a ctit utunicatim. which lie ►ad yr.
Ceived from Paris that mo 000 tt g. It nand. in adds.
Ilion to other molter. that manufactnreni large every
day getting more cmploymetti. and that labourery
&end work all over the kingdom. The obj ,rtof
I the petition watt to draw the attention of the i loc r
to the carconsatante.thiat trade eat now iet Omit

dit...on that we could carry nil no coinpetiligia salsas
our Of IgbbOUrS, soft thot it woo not to be expected
without a recurrence to told ptioeq►ks.—ifkue.
illeir.)—But the petitioners by un weans *hilted
wench alteration as wiield injure emitting iiiteresta.
He Ipso pot moon of any that would he .o itlfierisel.
The Petitioners were desirous slot all they had tti
offer ahnuld be considered. that the fl,.u►e shoal I
hear with due attention whatever could be said i.e

.their behalf ; hut th►y wished that it shuoild Ira
impressed with the conviciion, that sometliii.s
must he done Wore the country could get s•n. l,s
saying this. he stated the mistier in the light it
really appeared to him. He was aetisattsl by in.
party feeling; he was persuaded that tliSs wa.
question common to all parties. iteaannii.g Irons

the language frequently used by him in the Hour,
no Geis,lemon could Ise mote desirous to see Ow

Contracted. that ought to be considered. it should
also be remembered that this alteration in value ag-
gravates; the,antount of all taxes, and coweetjuently
effected all classes of .the community. During the
war all appeared so flourish ; every year of its con-
tinuance the Ministers of the day came down to the
House with statements of the increasing prosperity
of the country ; if any expressed doubts or fears
that this would last. he was called a croaker ; but

principles he (Mr. Railing) was advoicatiiig robin-
Wished in practice. conaiairiitly with a prudent re-
gard to existing circumstances. than the Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite (Wr. F. Rubinson). But
be had reason to complain of the frail eisnduct ref

the Admme.tration ; he truoted that Isola. at lost.
they would look on the real situation of thr country
like Statesmen. mood devise Wine sues.• Area calculao..

unfortunately since its conclusion there was hardly
soy thing which the Most timid alarmist could have
foreseen that was not verified. Although the ob-
ject of the petition was the good of trade, yet
it was not the intention of the petitioners, and he
was sure it was not his, to endeavour to attain that
by the depression, real or apparent, of the other
great class of the community ; they sought not
rashly or suddenly to interfere with the system
of the Corn Laws ; they were far from wish.
ing to disturb the peace of the country, or irri-
tate the minds of the people Unnecessarily. At the
some time he thought that the price of agri.
cultural produce could not be kept up by mesas
of Acts of Parliament, and though he felt it would
be highly improper to agitate this question without
• view teeny practical ►esell, yet he could not re.
Frain from declaring, that he was quite sure nothing
' could be more ■board than to suppose that the
interests of any class of people in the moonily wore
' opposed to theme of the rest--(ifeur)—and when
he sow associations of men assembling to petition
Parliament for useiniuree to sc►ew up to the utmost
pitch the price of agricultural commodities.-(Hear)
and observed them formally and deliberately stating
how much more important and essential to the pros.
perity and support of the State the interests of
agriculture were than any other, he wits filled. with
astonishment, and concluded that such assertions
•nd reasoning. could have proceeded from nose
but very week heeds. To attempt to examine and
decide in I greet country like this whet body of men,
or what particular interest weenier, material to the
general good than snot her. seetned to be the sense as if
one were to question whether the lungs, or the heart,
or the liver, were the more necessary to the health

ed to give it relit f ; lie trusted that tlwy would 1...
longer go on from year to year trusting to chalice.
without any idea of a system applicable to the state
of things. Nowsa-days, when any great qaestiois
was origidated, it seemed to be the only object of
Government to stand hy and watch what party in
the House was likely to give it more support.
The Honourable Gentleman then cositrasted this
line of proceeding with the very opposite one
pursurd by a Minister in past times (we un-
derstood, Nit. Pitt). who had infinitely snore diffi•
coley in holding his place than ally Muenster at th-
present dry. He wished to see the day when Mi-
nkets would no longer come down to the House.
with the only purpose of balancing the state of
parties, aud eudedvouring to stay a year or twit
longer in office, but that they would look the
actual difficulttes of the country io the face. and
themselves propose such remedies as appeared beat
fitted to overcome, then). —( flosit. Cart/osHoviree
'Med that the general object of the petition was to
obtain freedom of trade. and the removal of the
restrictions by which it was impeded. perhaps he
should state, without going into detail, what the
principle. were to which they were hostile. The
first they had to combat was • must (malicious
principle, which found much support is the
cousin'', but mule in that [lows—he mesh:
that on which the prohibitory system was
founded ; that which dictated die reclusion
of certain commodities from our market, fur tho
purpose of encouraging their production at home ;
which would not admit the. importation of au ar-
ticle, though it was to be had at half the price, hr.
route it was to be produced at home.—/Hear.
hear.)—lt was the errangerneet of Providence to
bless different countries with different ailinuitegto.
Ile :tonight that no restriction ought to be laid on
foreign ships importing into this country, whether
the produce was of their own or soy other country:
When this restriction was imposed, lie was sure that
those who framed it did not ckarly see the adviusiege
of a free intercourse between ibis and other nations.
The freedom of the transit trade was rhea most ile-
sirable object. The importation of every cuts-
'twiny for re-exportation ought in be 'slowed.
and any opposition to this principle was • restric-
tion of our commercial transactions. He was not
aware that a regulation of this sort would hater-
fere with the materials of any Gentleman or met of
Gentlemen in this country; but if it so happeued
that it did, he felt convinced that the Heine. or
any Committee to whom the.subject was referred,
would give every attention to any representations
which should be made to them. But upon • sub-
ject of this kind. he hoped Gentkiams would go
into ass niquiry, without( ally prejudice or party feel-
ing', looking only to the advancement or tbe coos-
melee of the country, and nut listening or yielding
to soy interest outmost cosividetiog the justice
of the objections which should be made. A
great objection hail been made to the transit
of German listens, and petitions had been present-
ed against its importation even for exportation. A
vague slid idle ;melon existed that this would in-
jure the Inlets trade of Ireland : that that trade was sit
fact at stake, if each an importation were allowed.
A Noble Lund who was interested in this trade. etas
so strongly of this of on, that the question was
decided egoism' the importations. The House
should, hoot vet, consider, without looking to !Li,
right, or to the left. that dolt great object ought
to be to use every possible meato to revive the trade
and commerce of the United limgdorn. He was
swore that the linen trade sit Inland deserved
their greatest attention. and ought to be•encouragett
by every possible memos; there wen no trade which
was more emitted to isruteetwto, but the transit
to which he 'alluded could by no memos three
L' *it trade. The conseruptiein of Germs. hewn
wet the only means by which • the let -it
Amu trade could be offered. Whet. in the
riles
118114 a hone. was the effect of this peohilsithsesi.s.
If we were in Gelid goods to fowler miiitketes ills"
mist be made art of asserted erodes. &appose one
..end to the French eAlOrliell, whet were weess.seid
bat such article.** setsrild ink the inerkie ? Theo.!
.west a time wbeu we .sent our Reel's imam esitiveyr,
and when no other C'esitilty cooed spree stn; them
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and being of the ashenel hear.)—.
The success and proaperitysof any country depended .
on th.st of every branch of industry which it com- I
prised.—(Hew.)—The great question now was
how to preserve whatever prosperity and resources
we still had left.—( Hear.)—To attain this object
it was necessary to look back to old principles, and
return to them with all the speed compatible with-
modern usage. The two great sources of the pre.
eminence in trade •tad commerce enjoyed by oar
ancestors, were the security of property, arising
from our happy constitution and freedom of trade.
The former depended its a great measure on the
good sense, forbearance. and temperate conduct
of the people theinoelves.---(Hear, hear. hear.)—
It was to the latter that the petition chiefly applied.
Bat without security to property, it was not possi.
ble that the genet-, distress would not be every day
increasing.--/Hen.)--Our institutions having
solved the great problem of uniting the enjoyment of
liberty with the preservation of good order, the
greatest exemption from individual restraint. and
means of private happiness with the repression of
license and crime, it was painful to reflect that lat.
terly numbers had appeared insensible of its be-
nefits. and that insubordination had sprung in
this as it had in other lends. It was an awful
duty incumbent on those who had the means,
to take care that the population of those parts
of the country which were suffering from such
causes were instructed in the great truth. that
without security to property they maid look for no
permanent relief.—(Hen./—Ne doubt there were
Gentlemen present who could afford the Home
more exact information' on this *abject ; hut lie had
lately been told, that numbers of small moustfac.
tunas had been withdrawing themselves from
Paisley and its neighbourhood. in consequence of
the alarm produced among theta by the unset-
tled, unquiet situation of the country. If • proof
were wanting that • ►pint of insubordination
and disobedience to law operated effectually
against the eat•t,li.ltment of manufactures, it might
be foam! iu Ireland. One or the thins. therefore,
most to be desired and studied at the 'present jnae•
,lure. was to inspire the great holy of the lionnts.
▪ ties with their ancient attachment to the LIMO ;
••111hadoer object was to restore into oven's ■ad
practice the old principles of trade. If the Legis-
lators did not turn its room serious attention to the
subject, examine whet violet be date in the way
uf assistance, and vigorously and steadily pursue sat,
it um impossible that this country could have say

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