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ISUMBER 92601

CONTRACTS FOR RIGA ur' Si'. PETERSRURGH
GOODS, DANTZIC or MEMEL GOODS, and NOR-
IP Y SPARS.
Naro-ONce, April Re, Mi.
THE P R ENC/11.4 L OFFICERS and COM-
MISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY do
11 P 1 ;ice Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 9th of May
'Tti at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such
Person, as may be willing to Contract for supplying His
4il',alesty's several Dock Yards with all ar any of tlicjidlow-
"g Articles, via.
RIGA or ST. PETERSRURGH GOODS, consisting- of
Fir Timber hick Masts and Hand Masts.
I)4A-rzic or ME.1.1 EL GOODS, consisting- of Fir
Timber Deck Deals and Oak Plank.
OR WAYSPARS.
Diitribistions of the Articles, and Forms of the Tenders,
'ilaY be seen at this Office. No Tender will be reveived
Vier One o'Clock, on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed,
lodeis the party, or an Ayent for him, attends.
dresse
Every Tender most tie accompanied by a Letter ciiN
in the Navy Board, and nifleiteLle% Tem reelmmtibie
Persons, engaging to became bowed with the Person tender,
i",r, in the sums hereinundrr mentioned, for the due perfor-
prance of the Contracts respectively:-
10e the Contracts for Riga sr Petersbuegh Goods £5,090
Do. Datittic or Memel Goods £5.000
Do. Norway Spars. - .£5OO

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, April 30, 18-22.
WIDOWS' PENSIONS.
NTICE is hereby given, that the WIDOWS
s Oof COMMISSION and WA
PensionsßANT from theFFICERS Cl sttharity ea-
lished for their Relief, will be paid their Pensions, due the
'ln March last, at No. 10 New-square, Lincoln's Inn, by
Edward Finch Hatton; Esq. the Paymaster of the Charity,

11;e Widows of Flag-Officers, Superannuated Reat-Ad-
-"
„Ira's. Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants, and Masters,
l'll Friday, the 10th of May ; the Widows of Surgeons,
ti'"ergl,,ind Boatswains, on Saturday, the 11th of May ; and
e Widows of Gunners and Carpenters. on Monday, the
glath of May,
and on every succeeding Thursday, between
'6 hours of Ten and Twelve.
And Notice is further given, that Remittance Bills will he
sent on the 10th of May to those Widows resident in the
fiuntrY, who have requested to be paid their Pensions near
ilespective Residences. J. W. CROKER.

On Monday, May 6, will be published,
PROOFS OF INSPIRATION, or the
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10, Eden, West India Docks, March 2Gth, 1822.
oitv! ItEmtx—ln March 1821, you prepared some Scotch
" of rather an inferior quality fur the brig Enien, under
it, cullitnand.—l had a quarter deck awning made of part of
lacwellicli was hauled out occasionally on the passage to Ja.
loth ; likewise four weeks at Kingston, and at the Havan-
ppri for near seven months; during the latter period we ex.
14 !need very considerable changes of weather. The awn-
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hut "4Kes• During the whole time at the Havannah it was
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ke;4ll of the time, near four months, a lower studsail of Co.
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stu,i,7l not discovered till quite dry, when I made Glower
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wil Kcircumstances, totally useless.w
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AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.
PETITIONS FROM NORFOLK.

TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1822.

passing under the bridge to be built in the place of the present
London Bridge.
Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that the only measure pending
the House on this subject was one which was before a Com-
mittee up stairs, for the removal of the Waterworks erected
against London Bridge. There was no occasion, therefore, to
petition against that ; and the apprehension of any toll being
levied in the event of a new bridge being built, he thought
was idle, as the bridge estates had ample funds to defray the
expense, even if it amounted to 400,0001.
Mr. T. WILSON did not feel so secure of the capability of
the Bridge Estates to pay all expenses. At all events he
thought the House should lint sanction the building ef a new
bridge without a guarantee that no toll should be levied.
Mr: M. A. TA YLOR said that the opposition to the build-
ing a new bridge, which would so greatly auginent the public
convenience, and by which so many lives would be saved, was
an infamous proceeding. It originated with the owners of the
wharfs in the immediate neighbOurhood of the Bridge, and was
an attempt to make private interest a check upon the general
good.
The Petitioniragorderedtiriti Oftettalle; and on the mo-
tion of Sir W. Cuntrik, after a few wordS from Mr. Alderman
Woof); it was ordered to lie printed.

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Mr. CORE, on presenting a Petition from the Hundred of
Ersham, in the County of Norfolk, relative to Agricultural
Distress, which was daily aggravating, said he was happy to
see the Noble Lord in his place, who, on a former occasion,
when he (3lr. Coke) presented a Petition from the county of
Norfolk, stated that it did not express the sense of the county.
The county had since taken the hint, and now petitions were
preparing froth every hundred ; for the petitioners had no hope
of relief from any plan of the Noble Lord, who managed the
affairs of the country and that House single handed—(Hear,
hear'.)—and they therefore looked to reform as the only source
of effectual remedy. Ile agreed with them fully ; and hoped
the example which Norfolk set would be followed by.every
other county. If the farmers of that and other great agricul-
tural counties acted so, Ministers, with all their profligacy
and corruption, could not long resist the voice of the people.
He believed that voice must be heard, but not through
that House. This was his opinion ; and the longer he lived,
and the inure he reflected; the more was he convinced of
its truth. The Noble Lord had, on a former occasion,
prescribed to petitioners time and patience, and itnputed
their complaints to an ignorant impatience of taxation.—
He had said so about five years ago; and certainly, since that
time, the people of Norfolk had exercised a very ample share
of patience, and their condition was far from being amended.
He could not express what he felt, who had devoted his life to
the noble science of agriculture, and who had seen that country
flourish like a garden, which was now almost uselessly produc-
tive. When he observed the coldness and apathy manifested
by Government towards the distresses of the agricultural inte-
rests, it was enough, to make use of the words of the Noble
Lord on a former occasion, though lie could assure him he was
in good humour; it was enough to put one out of humour,when
it was seen, that aftef all which had been promised, no effectual
relief was to be giVen, as WaS evident from the Report of the
Agricultural Committee.—( Hear, hear !)—ln the mean time,
the people who were accustomed V) hear one thing within doors,
and another without, called for Reform. They prayed also for
a reduction of taxation, for a reduction of sinecure places, and
a diminution of the expences of the army and civil list. " Good
God," said the Honourable Member, " was net attention to be
paid by the [louse of Commons to the wishes of. the people ?" '
But it was not indeed surprising, when it was °fleeted or
that many Members of that House were in habit of'
stating one thing before their Constituents, and o expressing
in that. place quite the contrary.—(llear, hear, hear !)—The
Petition went to state the increase of discontent and tumult,
and requested, in the first place, a full and adequate protection
against the importation of foreign produce ; secondly, an equa-
lization of the Poor Laws; thirdly, an unsparing economy in
all branches of the State, in the Army anti Civil List; and then
the Petitioners stated what was perfectly true—that they felt it
an imperative sense of duty to state their belief, that these evils
could only be obviated by a fair and equal aa reprentation of the
people in the Commons House of Parliament. 'This was the
more necessary since some recent decisions of that HouSe, which
had shut out all hope of relief from it. The Petitioners also
prayed that some steps would be taken on this subject, to secure
the country against general tumult and commotion, and restore it
as far as possible to its former prosperity. This was the Petition
of one Hundred of the 33 Hundreds of the county of Norfolk, and
though he was not in the habit of troubling the house much
with his presentations, he could wish to have the opportunity
of presenting similar Petitions from all the others. II e supported
this one with the greatest pleasure, because it expressed only
just -demands and constitutional principles. Before he brought
the Petition tip be would state what had occurred with respect
to the- meeting of the Hundred, for the informatiOn of the
Noble Lord who had expressed 'himself so great a friend to
the right of petitioning. That Hundred had two Magistrates,
who were both Clergymen, and he' must say there were in
Norfolk many Magistrates who ought never to have been
raised to the Commission of the Peace. A Requisi-
tion had been presented by the Petitioners to those
Gentleman, who were well acquainted with the distress of the
county, and so anxious were they to obtain the sanction of the
'Magistrates to their Meeting, that in their first Requisition they
did not insert the subject of Reform. This sanction, however,
was refused, and the Meeting was held to take, among other
topics, Reform, into consideration.—(Hear, hear !)
Mr. WODEITOUSE begged to offer a few remarks. With
respect to the Report, he thought it right to say, it appeared
to have proved generally unsatisfactory to the country. It
did not protect the farmer against the importation of foreign
grain, but he had no hesitation in saying, effectual relief could
'not be afforded till the gieat pressure of the public burdens
had been mitigated.--(Hear, hear !y—As the language lie held
was thought inconsistent with his Conduct in some instances,
and as, he had been particularly alluded to by one Honourable
Gentleman, and generally by several others, he was anxious
to explain his reasons for voting in favour of keeping up the
Sinking Fund; and for opposing the repeal of the Malt Tax.
Whether in the present state of the country it was wise to pre-
serve the Sinking Fund was certainly questionable. But he, on
giving the subject his best attention, could not make tip his mind
to dispense with it, as it was difficult to calculate what effect this
must produce on public credit. When the question on the Salt
Tax was brought forward, he had looked at the peculiar situa-
tion in which the Government was placed. They had lost by the
Malt Tax,
.Which had been given up, 2,ooo,oool.—(Cries of
" No, No.'')—They had lost that sum bY it, including the
duty given upon- the stock on hand. The repeal of the Salt Tax
wounrhave taken from them another million, and this too at a
time when the Government was engaged in a most difficult ne-
gociation to reduce the 5 per Cents. Under th. se circumstances
he had not thought it right to vote against Ministers on that oc-
casion, and on looking back, he could not regret the course
which he had taken. VVith respect to the Salt 'fax, lie had no
hesitation in stating, generally, that it ought to be repealed._
Whatever the good it might produce, its repeal was desired by
the people. It was not a clamour raised against it, but tha
people really desired that it should be taken off; and that
was a sufficient reason for relieving them from the bur-
den. Ile had now a few- words to offer on what had fallen
from his Hon. Colleague on the subject of the meeting at which
this petition had been voted. Ire had alluded to the refusal of
the Magistrates to sanction it on the requisition being first pro-
posed. After the language which had been held at some of
the meetings which had taken place (he spoke not so much
with reference to meetings in Norfolk as to those which had
been called in other counties); he did not wonder at there
being a reluctance on the part Of the Magistrates to comply
with the requisition. Ile felt it incumbent on him to explain
more particularly the situation' in which the county had stood.
They had unfortunately had two men executed in it, who, at
the moment of their leaving the world, had declared that the
outrages which they had committed had no object but to
frighten the farmers into increasing the allowances of those
in their employ. The House might recollect that at a meeting
which had been held iii the county of Surrey, Lord King had
held forth at some length on the Inuits of Mr. Cobbett. That
speech had been printed on hand-bills, and circulated in Norfolk.
Norfolk was held to be the best place to circulate this Paper,
because it was known that there great distress prevailed.—
When a Peer of the realm thought proper to bestow unquali-
fied praise on a man, who, it was known, had no regard for the
right to property, he could not but think such conduct danger-
ous. In his opinion, it was most improper—most unkind to the
country*, and most unworthy of the situation which that Noble
Lord held in society. It had been imputed to a Noble Lord,
that, looking over the signatures to a certain Petition, he had
denied that it was respectably, signed, because he did not find
appended to it the names of persons of rank. It seemed to
him almost impossible that such a remark should have been