The Sun.
London, England, 1821-02-22 00:00:00

FPRECt SEVENPENCE.

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bring down what papers he pleased; but ti:w
only' cure - for our evils was economy, andpu:-
tin<fit stop to the wasting profusionsof Ministers.
The Earl of i.)ARNLE lc hoped-the TiOAserionlLl,
considoration as :soon as possible, the
Aeritfltural PetitiOns. The only remedy for
the evil, was undoubtedly a diminution of taxa-
tion; dtstroying,all •usele.Ss places and pen-
sitnis`. Ile reeommended."tO lop them. off at once,
and:to adopt economy in the collection-of the
revenue In He heartily agreed with tl:e
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motion.. _

Earl t-"ep:y" .itgreed: in the necessity of tie ut--•
rrfot economy and retrenchment, which he thought
they would find productive of much more bene.fit,
than the Noble Lord opposite sk:emed to attaclt
to them. • lie had formerly found-the. inference.i:
wn • froth statements of accounts had frequently
l-re was afraid ,•that
be found fo be the case with the .inferences
Wilied! to he drawn from the returns•referred
to -by :the Noble Lord opposite. He dAlel
'that any Man could say that there was not
dis-
tress among the farmersylabourers, traders, manu-
facturers, merchants, and indeed 'throughout P-e
Country. It was indeed of a 'kind. :such as
never had before been felt in this IslamL He
did not believe that there was an' increase
of production, for • last year the liar:vest was
rather under than over an average t anii now the
tenants were unable to pay their rents. Last
year too the manufacturing 'capital had dimi-
nished. The caus9 was in the war, the increased
taxation', and in the depreciation of the currency.
He looked On any breach of faith to The public
creditor, but nento tenetur ad impossibile ; and,
he might almost. say we were on the verge of
bankruptcy, by tha obstinacy and folly of (ha
Government. The real remedy was instant and
decisive economy aNd retrenchment.
The motion was then agreed to.

The Queetei Annuity Bill went through a
Committee, and was reported.—Adjourned at
Eight o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS*,
Lord ALTiIORPE brought up the Report of the
Committee appointed to try the merits of a Pe-
tition against the return. for 13orottgli of Tied-
on, in Yorkshire. The Committee declared that
the sitting Member, John. Baillie. Esq. was ditly
elected, but that the Petition- against his return
did not appear to be either frivolous.or

Sir U. Ctll.k; pre'sented a Petition from the inhabitants qt.
Glatnoigansbire, complaining of agricaturaldistress.—Or-
dvied to he ignited.
Sir T. LETHBRIME presented a Petitipn of a similar
nature-front he •Critinty of Somerset,- signed by 100,00. J pe•
tit nun. rs, occ,npyint4 upwards of four millions of acres.—Ord
dered to be "?:ririttil.

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Sir MATTHEW RIDLEY presented a.Petition from tom:
part of the County of Northumberland, against..atty alters.
non in the existing regulat;ons respeetiog- the Foreign
Tiniber:frnde.—Keterted to the Committee sitting on th,,t
subject.

111 r. 110I.ME SUNINER postponed his motion respectio;
payments the Orphans' Fund, which stood fur this asp,
till 4h' 7th March. -

• On the motion Of Nlr CANIPBELL, ‘a Coino,ittve was ap-
pointed to examine into, and lieport to OW !louse, the vtate
of the Administration of Justice in Wales.
Toe [loose wen; into a Cuminittie on the ".Annual
Itt-
,knluity Bill." The Repot t -was ordered to be received to-
morrow. • •

Mr: BERNALI asted whether it i.vs intended by Govern-
ment to introduce any measure fur the put pow of toiliPrali,P,l
the laws reintive to smugcling. He wit tienlarlY alluded to
the, penitity of lOW. for a single pint of spirits.
LUSHINGTON stated, that hr w'as not aware of ary
intention to alter the existing laws on this sthiect. Ttie
Magi,trate was hound to the penalty of 10,1. hut it the c:Lse
appeArcd to he a hard one, he was niter:tett to metnorialize
the Treasury. ,