The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-18 00:00:00

PETITION FROM• LIVERPOOL.

Geperai GASCOIGNE held 'a Petition in his
, band, on asubject to-which he felt it to be his
duty to his Country and his, Constituents to call
the attention of the Douse. The. Petition set
forth the distresses of the Petitioners, arising from
the increase of paupers, which increase of pau-
pers they ascribed to the falling
.off of trade.
In Liverpool there Were 14,000 paupers,- thos.e
-who paid to (the poor's rates were not tuore,than
20,000, and the whole population of the
town was somewhat more than 100,000.

This 'rneethig had beenregularly called: by. the

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,Mayor, and was -as full
_attended .as ever
any meeting bad been,in- Liverpool. "W",hen the
Mayor had transmitted it.to him in order to be
presented to the House, he had— informed him
that of the 20,000 persdns who contributed to the
rates; 7,000 paid such-small sums; that, in fact,
' it might be sitid the whole weight of maintaining
the 14,000 paupers fell on a smaller; number of
persons, namely, on about 13,00 p,:: The Peti-
/loners verc glad that House hwt.tak,en into con-
-sideration the state,6lthe I;,' 0r:.,-Lalf?, but as, yet
they had- derived no benefit,,fcm their inquiries.
They hoped the subjeCt:„ wouJc ;,be. again taken
up., It.aepeared to the' lunch of
the zonanterciat'distress of the, town *of Liverpool
arose trom-: the prohibitions,and restrictions op-
Posed, to 'the introduction'. of' commodities fro:4
other countries:. This, subjeb.had alreadr beet'
: bronght" befGre,the,flouse, bait: as yet.no• ade-
' quate ./ernedy had been devisetLtowe4t,the ex-
' isting-evil.,. -They-considered- that .11ie,, prohibL.
E•iott of, the-importation of corn, .and, !the obstruc-
, (tons thrown in the u:-.41 -of free tra.dc.iu co, a,

formqd another,eause of' the .distres4; cop plii&l
gad. they ,prayea-Abe noose to. takelthat,
triijcict inta'their cooMoration the. edrllet
,opkrtaiiity..; lie liad.only addi That the: Pe-
:Aitiotr wasiinterriiid ,tot:be pre anted at an earlier
Be, te I i eti• be: might .tqlte upoq.hiiro-
self tcr say that it...ii4s:,,sigtled -by ainiqt
pergo/is.. • '; 7
Tito•Pptitiali wig -t*nyeadzatkci:ordeyett. to be
,pritited-

, • . MATO 1)F .MR.
.TiWrfinAKEP. inform& the Ikonse; that James
.'l4atsoll-3, Clerk
_of.Xlfe Vfonse,,•died on
Siinday morning last ; and he-hgd,.further.to ac,
liouse,:that, his Majesty would, in a
appoint:: some other person as Clerk, of
Ikuse.: L .• , ~;;;
1" • bird CAs Tr. crt thgt 'it ..:Was -a duty
Ovied.to the metriorf of the-in,
dividual,,whose decease had just been communi-
cated from the Chain., to record upon their Jour-

pals the high sense which they entettafnednf his
meritorious services.

`,vMi. T 1 MIN I:'Y- entirely concurred,. with the
Noble Lorin that the. House was bound to mark
its res,pect for an indiliclual who had so long and
so faithfully di'sclmrged the duties of-the.situaAon
which he filled in that House. * •,

The SPEAKER suggested, that it woul -be ec
proper mark of respect, if the Vote ,of T nks to
Mr. Hatsell, 'passed by 'the House in year.
1797, were now read, so. as to form a part of this
proceeding.
Upon the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH., the
Minutes,of the Vote of Thanks in the year 1797
Ivgre.then read. They stated, that the:Speaker
had teen directed by the House to communicate,
to Mr. Hatsell the high sense which the House
entertained of the distinguished and exemplary
mtnuer in which he had uniformly discharged the
duties of his office. •

'THE QUEEN.
Lard CASTLEREAGH moyed, that a CoMmittee
-be appointed.to inspect the Journals of the House
of Lords, in relation to the present state of any
procee,ding had therein, respecting the Bill,
inti-
tuled, " A n Act to deprive her Majesty, Caroline
Amelia Eli zabeth,
.of all the. Titles, Prerogatives,
Rights, Privileges,, and Exemptions of Queen
Consort of this Realm, and to dissolve the, Mar-
riage beiveen his „Majesty and the said. Caroline
Amelia Elizabeth."

• Mr. TIERNEY said, that from some -circumstan-
ces which had come to his knowledge: this day, it
was of great importance that the proceedings of
this very day, in the House of Lords, should be
expressly included in the motion \of the Noble
Lord.

Lord CAsTLEREIGH thought it was sufficient,
inoVe generally for a Committee to inquire
into, and report upon the present State of the
proceedings.
Mr. TIERNET said, that any question not im-
mediately connected with- the innocence of her
Majesty, but connected with the manner in which
the Proceedings had Originated, was a fit sub-
ject for the consideration of that nonse. lie
should move, that •it be an Instruction_: to the
Committee to include the Proceedings of their
Lordships on this day.

The 'notion, so amended, was put. and agreed
to. Mr. Brogden, .S. Bourne, Mr. Huskis-
son, and the lion. C. Long, were of the Com-
mittee.