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London, England, 1821-04-13 00:00:00

the should, as :at .preSeii.t,.. advise canfininci, its.
:operation to the Borough.of Queenborough...
111r..B.txnt;t contended that the principle
of the 81.11, were. it entertained by the House,
•could not be 'confined to .Queenborough nor to the-
:Ordnance departrnent ; it would extend a great
deal further; it-would be. applied in the next in-
stance to the navy and to others.: It was im-
possible to separate the present question from the
true, general subject of Parliamentary-Reform.
The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by saying
that he could not: ap.pr.ove.,of a u2easure which
went to disfranchise, without adeqUate cause, a
number of his Majesty's subjects.
Buns, in his 'reply, repeatet4 that the
objects of his Bills were to put •the civil servants
of the OMnauce, as to their right of voting, on
the same footing with the servants of the Excise
Department. He produced. several official docu-
ments in answer- to the charges of mis-staten%mt
made upon him by the Secyetary-of the Ordnance.
He further stated, that there were 147 freemen
in Queenborough, who received, 14,7661. of the
public money: Others - connected with that
Borough,. were in placeswhich amounted to some
live .or six thousand more ;,arid an the whole, the
Borough of Queen borough, in salaries, gratuities,
and allowances of fire and candles to its freemen,
.cost the country no less.than 25,0091. a year.—
(Hear !)—.llr, WARD -ekplained.—The • Ilofise'
then divided, when
.the nittobers . were-- •-e: •

For Mr. Hurno's motion , - ea -
Againit it - 113
Majority - - -
SCOTCH MALT.

-The CHANCELLOR of the. EXCIIEQr Ell moved,
that the Petitions from Scotland, complaining of
the,lViaLt Duty, anti of illicit. Distillation, be re-
ferred to a select COmmittee.---41r. MO:VOL op-
posed the,motion;_ttPon the ground that England
and Scetlatid ought,,asregaided the duty,' to be
upon an equality. -lle..hoped-to see, in a future
Session, the tax overcome by the united efforts
of both countries.—Sir GEORGE CLERK, sup-
ported the motion.—Sir R. FERGUSON said, he
knew the course' he was about to take was unpo-
pular, but, as he believed the Committee was
proposed, not with a fefeience to the merits of
the measure 'itself, but as a boon to the Scotch
Members to vote with 'the Minister, he would
oppose the motion.—Mr. MA CKENZIE denied that
his vote was influenced by the promise of a boon.
After some further conversation the House di-
vided, when there appeared—
For the motion - - - 53
Again4t.it , , • - - 17
Majority _ —36

On our re-acfmission to the Gallery-, 'We found
Mr. M. .A. TAYLO_II.-on' his legs, contending- that:
the Petitions from cUrnberland and AVestmore-..
land, respecting Agricultural distress, ought to lie
'referred to a Select .Committee,_ as. well as:those
front- Scotlancl:;..au'd
.re understood him to have
moved an Amendment to that effect.—T CITAW-
6ELLott Of the tketibil.un said --that the Scotch
Petitions referred :to a. particular bonus, of which
they -had been deprived- and ,not to the Malt
'Fax, or anyjgeneral 'regulatiorf.'=-After spine
ther, observations from Sir It..7rergUsson,' Mr.
Gordon, Mr. Mouck; Sir M. White Ridley, Mr.
Rennet, G.'. Mr.. IV:. Smith, and M
-r.
Lushington, the A-mendnuent ,was. negatived.
•• ---wtiaras AND MEASURES.:.

Mr. D. GILBERT, after fl.w observations on
the subject of the inquiries carried on before a
Commission appolntd'for 'tht..purpose relative
to the ancient and most approved standards of
weights an& measuresf::rnoved: for: the appoint.
men of a elect Cofrimittee. to whom the report
laic! befoi:4:0101IOn. shOula Feferred; as well
as all proceedings for ascerta'ining the lenp,-th of
thepeAdelnin., anir th.g. they de report•their oh-
er4a ti oii*,:t ri4,4,4 o the Ilouse.—Ordered.