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NUMBER. 111. OF MARTIAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
TO THE LOVERi OF THEIR COUNTRY.
J. JLNKINS logs leave to draw the attention of the Nobility
- and Cit;iltry to the Third Number of a truly National Work,
which lie note Offers to their inspection, and with a sure hope
.of its-gaining their approbation and support.. -
Ott the Ist of February was published, dedicated by permis,
siOn to his ("irate THE DUKE 'OF WELLINGTON, and
patronised by,the Army in keno' ral,
THE THIRD NUMBER •
of that highly embellished, Interesting, and splendid Pub-
lication,- entitled -

-Trim - MARTIAL ACIIIEVEMI,,,NTS OF
AL GREAT BRITAIN and her ALLIES, from the Year
• ISUO to If;14 ; illustrated wdith accurate • Representations of
the nuntefoas glorious Victories in which they have bfrn en-
gaged, accompanied with the GAzette-, and other uflieial Do-
cuments. The superb -Plates arc engraved, from Drawings
made on the spat, assisted by the private Nlcinorbuda of se-
veral General Officers, who have honoured the Proprietors of.
the Work with their coMmunications and .patronage. .Each
Number will he illustrated with Four Engravings,„ front
Drawings by Heath, coloured to imitate the originals, and
the. whole Wni k will be printed ,;11 an Imperial Elephant
Paper; hot-prdSsed. To be continord Monthly, 'at
for the Number small,"and at 21.35; fur the large paper co-
pies. A few of tine latter, remaininh as yet unSubscribed-fer,
are still subMitted to the Public at the sub7crtption price,
after which they will be raised to non-rthscribers,
To. be Ita(1 of J.".lenkins, at his Depot of elegant Embel-
lishment, 4S, Strand.
- Embellishments of the Third Number-1. The Landing the
Tiampslit Egypt. 2. The:Death of General Sir Ralph .Aber.
errant/le, rt. The Entrance of the Allies-into I,eiisic. 9k The
_Siege of Ba,diljos. And the Fourth Number, to be puhlished
on the Ist 'of Mardi', will contain-1. The 13‘trnint trios-
cow. .2. Taking of Banjos by !<tortn. }.l. The Bank Of. Bar-
, rossa. 4. The Battle of Toulouse.

FPRTCE SIXPENCE-HALFPENICY.

IMPERML PA lILIAN ENT.

HOUSE OF LOADS, MoND. Y, rEB. 13.
,F.,SOLVENT DEB i'•S.

The Earl of suiAri .tI3I.)ItY preseotvti retition from the
City of London, praying a repeil of the Insolvent Deb ors
it-et.--Laid on the table. .

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4r. Fula:Eß, from the Privy Council, preqen, ed an Order
of that declaring- Liverpool one of the Pori.gfit tip
state for the importaiioil, olrehinising, of East Indio
goods.—Laid on the table.
CORN LAWS. '
The F.,arl of liAlcowici:_z stated, tbat he had.
in his bands certain petitions on the subject of the
Corn Laws, anti state.of the Agricultural Interest,
from certain di-striets of the 'Count y of Cambridge
and the adjoining Countiet. This was a subject
which deserved the most serious attention of their
Lordships and the whole Country ; and he was
happy to be enabled to indulge the hone that the
matter would be taken up by the Executive Glo;;.
vernment. A Noble friend'of his had stated on a
former night, that there was no intention to re-
new the Corn Committee, and he agreed with him
that it was unnecessary, as the information which.
bad been already given in its Reports, and that
which tvias now notorious, afforded a full and
comprehensive view of the subject. kle moved,
that the first Petitifin be read.
The Petition . was accordingly read, and was,
with four others to the same effect, laid on the

Lord GRENVILLE rose to submit to their Lord-
ships' consideration a motion intimately connect-
ed with the subject of the Petitions which had just
been relented. Hesvas well aware that this was
'not the time to argue the question, though he
could not help observing that 'it was the duty of
those who endeavoured to procure a repeal or al-
Aeration of the existing laws, more especially the
laws relating to a subject of this high importance,
to lay before the House, in its fullest and most
complete state, the information which, as they
thought, justified such altirations. Yet 'tow it was
said by those who had been most active in recom-
mending the alteration, that they did not msan. to
propose a revival of the Corn Committee, though
in some particulars the information given in the
reports was extremely.defective. Under these cir-
cumstances, though this was not the proper time
,for arguing the question, he could not •help oowe
stating that he still retained on this subject the
opiniouS. which-he bad formerly entertained, and
mentioned in that Hous'e, and that all that had
since happened had only served to condi in him tile
more in these opinions: No one, lie trusted,
would suspect him of adopting and stating opinions
omerely ou account of their popularity, or because
they might he agreeable to one set amen, and ths-
igreeahle to another but at tl:c same time such as
his opinion was, he thooglit h.niseff bound by every
sense ofduty to avow and declare it ,More part icutari
when it related to a subject of this vast In ignitude
and importance. In his opinion the tendency of
the measures which he feared v:ere iu contempia-
tion, was only to shift the tirthen, which he ad-
mitted to be great, from those whO ought to hear
it, to those who ought not, and to increase and
-aggravate the evil through all classes of the coot-
inunity. It was of the greiztest consequeuce to
state this now,' because he was apprehensive that
the discuSsion of the subject, if it came to be dis-
cussed, would be brought forward at a time when
that discassion would have but very little etieet oft
the decision. His Noble Friend had thrown out 'a
hope that the subject would be taken up by t he Exe-
entive Government. He confessed appeared to
him that. it could ntit be in better hands than in the
hands -of those who had at first taken it up, and
whose exertions bad beet employed for so long
a 'time in procuring every possible informatiOn
on the subject. But it the expectation was welt
founded, that the Executive Government did really
intend to take it up, he hoped at least that they
would bring forward the subject for•diseussion,
at a time when it could be discussedswith advan-
tage, and not at a period when the Noble and
Learned Lord on the Woolsack, One spiritual, and
:one temporal peer, would constitute the whole
attending portion of this branch of the Legisla-
ture. And surely, if any measure ever ought to
he brought forward at a time when it could he
discussed with advantage and effect, it was the
measure which now appeared to. he in contetn-
PiXtion, the direct outline of which was to in-
crease the price of the subsistence of the people.
For himself, individually, he had no particular in-
terest in this question, except that interest whiCh-
, every Englishman ought- to feel in what related
to the most vital and important concerns of the
country. Such was otopiestionably the measure
which it was now said the Executive Government
intended to promote and he now repeated, that
if .they did take it up, he hoped. it would be_
brought before ti eir Lordships for discussion At A
time when it really could be discussed with effect
and advantage. - The motion which he had now
to submits was for " an account of the import and
export 'of corn, grain, 'Sse'. as -between Great Bri-
tain and Ireland from 1807 ' down to the latest
period to which the same could be made up, as
the sat t was to be collected from the Custom-
hoase books of England and Scotland respectively,
distinguishing the several species of grain, &c."
If this account should be granted, he then intend-,
ed to move for a similar return, as the account
war to be collected from the Irish Custom-house
hooks. He thought it material to ascertain how
far the books corresponded in this instance, and
what was the view given on both sides. The
1 question was then put on the first Motion.
1 The Earl of LA UDERIiALE.-1-1e agreed that this
was not the thin: for entering into the discussion,
for, until the subject could be thoroughly and
effectually discussed, it was desirable to refrain
from enter'ng upon it at all. It was Unquestion-
ably a subject of the highest importance, and one

cgiculated to affect.the feelings of all classes of
c.ommunity, -which rendered it the more ne-
,..essary to Ir..ve it considered and 'discussed with
i:reitest care and teinper. It had been laid,the report of the Corn Committee was de-
!,.!ctive ; but on those points with respect to which
information could be procured, he contended,
the report was complete. On one branch of
the subject, the prices at which foreigners' could
sell then' civ.-n, be allowed it was detective, as the
V.,,n-ine'iA bail been so shut .up, that full infor-
znaton could not on that head be at. the time
ptocured. If his Noble and Learned Friend
::_icant'to- say, that the reports of the Corn Com-
p.', tee did not contain any valuable and in:nortant
information on the internal st ate ot the agrie al tural
interests, and the taxes, asbearing upon t;.at inte-
rest, he hadonly to'say, that he differed most ex—
tremely from his Noble Friend. There was no incon-
sistency in now, refraining from.tnoving the revi-,
'val of the Corn Committee, as the prices of fo-
reign corn were now notorious, He differed from
trig Noble. Friend on Another point. His Noble
hail said; that they were now priiposing
new laws, and a ehange of system; but he (Lau-
derdale) maimained. that they were not.new
but laws Which had been, long acted upon ; and
the propos`cd change in the systeth was nothing.
ireore than the 'adaptation of the existing laws to
the eimngo of circntristances. As to the Execu-
tiye-Government taking up the subject, he could
not conceive why it shcmld• nor take it tip. The
Executive had -alfOrded its protection to capital
employe° in other branches of industry, and pre-
vented' an undue competition by foreigners in the
;' and why shadd the capital cm-
p:oyeil in the moSf important branch of industry,
i!t'AjriPultre-, and the growth of corn, be 41e-
of the same. advantage) Ile therefore eon.,
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with his •i,oble Friend who spoke -first,' in
-expre,sing his hopi: that the Executive Govern-
thent would take it up ; and where such great and
itnoorzaut interests were concerned, he did not
think it incumbent on them to reject the assist-
since of the Executive Government, though they
rhad.(;:liosed many of the measures of the pi eseul
Ninissers. -
Lord GRENFILLE explained, and the motions
.wt re' agreed to.
The Duli:! of NORFOLK stated. that an opinion
'generally prevailesd, that when the price of grain
fell to i certain extent, the Privy Council had a
,-power of giving relief, by imposing- a counter-
_vailing duty.; and lie 'visited that the power in
.question should be exercised, if the price had
f,,lTen so low as to call for it. He moved for a
1. turn of •,the Average Price. of Grain in the Ma-
yitime Districts during the last three months.
The Earl of LivEnpoot, said, that the Privy.
Cowicil hail 1,10 such power ; that the matter was
reg::!ated by law.
some further conversation between Lords
'LAUDERDALE, HARM/WRY, LIVERPOOL, anti the
Dig,e. of NoavoLx, as to the proper form of the
. snot urn, his Grace agreed to withdraw it, with a
.viCW to propose it on another occasion iri a more
voi•er shape.
_ • i.-.,rd V:"alsltlghanel Aminitv Bill was read a second time ;
and Lord Si Dmorra.pre:voted the Papers relative to the dis-
barvirwg of tie Niihtia•tooved for by Lord Grenville.'

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