The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. WYNNE took the oaths and his seat on his
re-election. Mr.lfrumeim, from the Office of the
Commissioners for the reduction of the National
Vein, presented certain papers from that Office.
Ordered to lie on the tab)e. A return was or.
tiered of the flax and .tallo‘y,imported into Great
Britain, in the course of the last year:
COLONIAL ThADE.

Mr. BERNAL wished to ask the Hon. Secretary of the Co-
lonial Department, to state, as the fkct was that there could be
no foundation for a report, which had found its way into the
public papers, that an Order in Council had issued, authoris-
ing the opening of the trade between the West Indies and
Americas
31r. WILAIOT was happy to make the statement requested
by the Hon. Member. There was no law authorising the issue
of such an Order in Council ; the Act giving such a power
having expired six months after the Treity of Peace.
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS.

•Sir J. SEBRIGHT presented.a petition from the Owners
and Occupiers of land in Ilertfordshire,-_complaining of Agricul-
tural. Distress. A Petition on the same subject, praying for a
reduction of taxes, and for Parliamentary Reform, was pre-
sented by the same Member.—Both Petitions were ordered to
lie on the table.

M. LOCKHART presented a Petition from certain Owners
and_Occupiers of Land in Suilblk, complaining of distress, and
praying for protecting duties upon the importation of foreign
produce.—Ordered to lie on the table. _

Mr. BENETT (of Wiltshire) presented a Petition from the
Land-Owners of Wilts and Dorset,complaining of Agricultural
Distress. The Hon. Member said he could vouch for the accu-
racy of the petition, and for the respectabitity of the petitioners.
Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. DENISON presented a petition agreed to at the late
Surrey County Meeting, and signed by the Sheriff. It com-
plained, the Hon. Member said, warmly, but respectfully, of
the distress and pauperism into which the agricultural interest
had fallen. It attributed much of that distress to the wasteful
expenditure of the public money, and the want of a popular
representation in Parliament ; audit prayed for the repeal of
the taxes upon salt, malt, soap, and candles, and for a Reform
in Parliament. The Hon. Member added, that at the Meeting
in question, an amendment to the original resolution had been
proposed by a Noble Lord, nearly connected with tie Noble
M.Arquis opposite, stating that " the measures proposed by
Ministers for the relief of the country could not be effectual."
This was a strange circumstance, coming as it did, from a
quarter connected with Ministers. As for himself, he thought
the measures alluded to, and especially that of an issue of Ex•
chequer Bills, would add to the burthens of the country, and
assist none but contractors and stock jobbers.

Sir JOIN RAMSDEN supported thepetition, and thought
with the Hon. Member for Surrey, that the measures pro-
posed by Ministers for the relief of the country would prove
inadequate. Indeed he considered that the shilling a bushel
upon malt had better have remained in the pockets of Minis-
ters than be offered to . the Agriculturists as a relief for their
distresses. It could have no effect but that of disgusting them.
He could assure Ministers that he wished them to keep their
places as much as they did themselves; but it was on condition
that they shewed some sympathy for the sufferings of the
people, and consented to a Reform of the Parliament, with-
out both of which he would never support any Minister or
any set of men.—The Petition was then ordered to lie on the
table.

LONDON AND-BLACKFRIARS' BRIDGES.
Mr. Sheriff GARRATT presented a Petition from the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City, praying,
that leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the repairs
of London Bridge.—Referred to a Committee.
The Worthy Sheriff' presented another Petition from the
name Persons, praying for a similar Bill with respect to Black-
friars' Bridge.—Ordered to lie on the table.
EXTENTS IN AID.

Mr. W. SMITH, referring to a former motion for a Return
of the number of Extents in Aid issued within a given period,
moved for a further Return of all Extents in Aid issued from
the 31st of December last up to the present time. He made
this motion in consequence of the extension of these writs hav-
ing caused so much discontent in the country, that a disturbance
was very likely to follow.
Mr. WODE 110 USE was glad the Hon. IVlernber had made
the motion, and trusted he intended to found some ulterior
measure upon it. It wa.s a subject, an examination of which
would disclose the most flagrant abuses.
Mr. GRENFELL concurred in opinion with the last speaker,
and expressed his belief, that of all abuses there was no one
which more than the present called for the interposition of Par-
liament. He knew a case of recent occurrence in the city of
London, in which one creditor had seized nearly the whole
or his debtor's property, to the injury, not to say robbery, of
all the rest.

The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. BERNAL moved for an account of the application of
the sum granted last Session of Parliament for Army Extraor-
dinaries, and the application of the Balance upon the Grant of
1320.—Ordered.

Mr. LUSHINGTON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to
rectify mistakes in the last Land Tax Bill. Leave was given,
and the Bill was brought in and read a first time.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY gave notice that he should on an early
day move for a return of the receipts and expenditure of Green-
wich Hospital.

Mr. Alderman WOOD said that as the motion of a Noble
Loid (Althorpe) had excited much interest, he was willing to
postpone his notice respecting the City Petition to the 28th
17.9 t. and he postponed it accordingit.
The CHANCELLOR of the hXCIIEQUER (with the
permission of Lord Althorpe, whose.notice•had priority) moved-
that the Report of the Committee of Su'plAy be brought up.
The Report *as brought up ; and on the question that it be
read,
Sir R. HERON wished to know, whether the House could
now be informed of the expenccs occasioned by his Majesty's
Coronation ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the ac.
counts were not yet made up.
Mr. CALCRAFT wished to know when the proposed relief
frofn the additional Malt Tax would take effect ?

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered, in
July next, when the present Act would expire.
air. BENNET said, it would be in the recollection of the
House that last session certain inquiries were made of the Right
Hon. Gentleman opposite relative to Mr. Theodore Hook. It
was then said that the opinion of Mr. Solicitor-General was
about to be taken on the question whether any criminal pro-
ceedings could be sustained against Mr. H. He (Mr. B.
wished- to know whether the opinion had been obtained, and
what measures had been taken to recover the balance due frun
Mr. H. to the public.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER answered
across the table in a very low tone of voice, and we could hear
no more of his answer than an assurance that Government had
taken every means in their power to recover the money.
The Report was then read a first and second time.
WAYS AND MEANS.

On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE-
QUER, it was ordered that the House should to-morrow re-
solve itself into a COmmittee of Ways and 3leans.
Mr. BENNET moved for an account of the Monies due
from Mr. Theodore Hook to his Majesty's Treasury, and of
the measures taken to recover the same, with the names and
descriptions of his Sureties.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished to ask a question of the
Noble Marquis opposite. It was known that the Spanish Go-
vernment, by a wise economy, had resolved to leave off the
custom of permanently sending Ambassadors to Foreign
Courts. In consequence of this regulation, he apprehende4

ou: own Ambassador at the Court of Madrid might properly
be withdrawn; but he understood that the Gentleman who
was there at present' had been made Secretary of Embassy
from being Secretary.of Legation. . . .
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said there would be
no saving by withdrawing the Gentleman alluded to, for he
would in that case be entitlal to a pension. The arrangement
was that he merely retained his rank.