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London, England, 1822-04-23 00:00:00

PARLIA VENT ARY PROCEEDINGS.

HOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 22.

Mr. Mesow presented an Account of the Salaries and Pen-
sions granted by the East India Company during the last month.
Laid on the table.
Mr. TRUNDSI4, from the Office of the Chief Secretary for Ire- I
land, presented Copies of the Proceedings before the Lords of
Privileges in Ireland, relative to the Claims of Colonel Dillon to
the Earldom of Roscommon.—Laid on the table.
The Innkeepers .Rates Bill went through a Committee, and
the Report was received.
The Archbishop of DUBLIN presented a Petition from the
Householders of the City of Waterford against the Window
Tax, praying fur a reduction of taxation.—Laid on the table.
Earl GREY said that he held a similar Petition from the
Same place, for the same object, and signed by the same persons.
It was In fact only a duplicate of the other, and hid reached him
through the medium of a Noble Friend of his, for the purpose
of being presented to the House, which, however, had hew be-
come unnecessary.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL IC. Earl M A NSFIELD presented a Petition from Owners and
• Occupiers of Land in Perthshire, praying for agricultural relief.
The right side of the magazine formerly belonging Laid OP the table.
to the East India Company, to the extent of S(X) Mr. Armee, Mr. Cannier., and others, brought up from
feet, with all that it contained, has sunk down in the Commons the Carnatic Creditors Bill, and the Glasgow Gas
such a manner, tha at present only part of the t, in-
um—Read a first time.
doses of the fourth or highest story, and the roof, IRISH DEEDS.
The Earl of BLESINTON, before calling the attention of
appeal above ground. The causes of this accident
the House to the Order of the Day, wished to notice a para.
arc not )et satisfactorily ascertained. It is e-timated graph which had appeared in an Irish Paper, and to caution the
that the quantity of grain in that part of the maga- Editor against what he might think proper hereafter to publish.
zing amounted to 1,700 lasts, of the value of above He (Lord Blesinton) had already explained in the House th..t he
had never wished to attack the University of Dublin. Yet,
$O,OOO florins. notwithstanding this explanation, a person bad chosen to address
19.--,Wo:kmen are employed in clearing, a letter to the Editor of the Paper in question, headed " Lord
as fast as possible, tha: part of the corn magazine Blesinton versus the University of Dublin," in which he charged
which still remains standing, and it is hoped that him (Lord Blesinton) with having attacked individuals with
their exertions will be successful. whom be was intimately acquainted, and for whom he had the
highest respect. This letter was signed " Vindex," and if such
LEGHORN, APRIL 5. conduct were repeated be should look to the House for protec-
Greece is now divided into two parts; the eastern tign. The Noble Lord then moved the Ord of the Day for
comprehends Attica, Bcootia, Eubza, the Locritins, going Into a Committee on the Irish Deeds Registry Bill.
the Phocians, Ozoleans, the Dorians, and the south The LORD CHANCELLOR was persuaded that the Noble
Earl would not press this Bill in the absence of a Nuble and
part of Thessaly; Athens is the capital, where the Learned Lord (Lord Redesdale) who objected to it, because he
Areophagus will hold its sittings. The western part conceived that a small amendment of the Act of Queen Anne
is to comprehend Etolia, Acarnania, and the south would answer all the purposes of the present measure.
part of Epirus, where the Turks still hold the for.
The Earl of BLESINTON said his object in going into a
Committee was, that the Bill should be printed, as the amend-
tresses of I'revesa, Lepanto, and the Castle of. Arta. ments were Considerable. It was not his intention to force the
A Greek division is encamped on the batiks of the Bat through the House; he should therefore now only propose
Sperchius. The forces of western Grttce ate consi- to go into the Committee pro forint:, in order that the Bill be
derable, and have constantly obtained advantages.— printed with its amendments.—The Bill was then committed
th! Report re.ceived, and tbe Bill ordeted to be printed
The Ballots and the Agraphiots will march to Joan- and recommitted.—Adjournee till Wednesday.
nina, from which place Chourschid Pach a, after having
HOUSE OF COM MONS.
destroyed by treachery the tyrant of Epirus, has re- Mr.LINDSAY presented Petitions from the Burghs of Perth,
tired to Bitolia. A body of 15,000 mountaineers of Egremont, Iriverary, and other places in Scotland, praying to
Olympus and Ossa was to join the El:irots. be heard by Counsel against the Royal Burgh Accompts Bill.—
Laid on the table.
VIENNA, APRIL 6. Mr. DRUMMOND presented a Petition from the Owners
About 'the middle of last month the North Ameri- and Occupiers of Land in the neighbourhood of Perth, corn-
can frigate Caroline arrived at Trieste, laden with plaining of Agricultural Distress.—Laid on the table.
ammunition, and bound for Hydra. is said that Sir W. LEMON presented a similar Petition from Owners
she is to convey a Deputy from the Greeks to Wash-
and Occupiers of Land in Cornwall. The Petitioners considered
that their distress was principally caused by a lavish expenditure
ington. of public money, and over-taxation.
FROM THE BANKS OF THE DANUBE. Mr. G lIEN FEL L bore testimony to the respectability of the ,
" Our latest accounts from Constantinople, of lath March, Petitioners. With regard to Petitions of this nature, in general. •
leave no doubt of the invariable determination of the Porte to be would take this opportunity to say, that the prevalence and
push the war with the greatest vigour. The Divan has been long i amount of distress in the agricultural classes was much less than
since convinced of the impossibility of maintaining peace, re- tit had been, and was fast diminishing. He thought it proceeded
solved, as the Sultan was, as well as all his Counsellors corn- from temporary C 311341, aid was now satisfied that he always
posing the Divan, not to accept the conditions proposed by Rus- had been right in saying there was no cause for despondency as
sia, and to reject all its demands. But policy made it important Ito the state of the country. In his opinion, every part of Great
to the Porte to gain time to finish its preparations for war, and Britain exhibited indications of increasing prosperity and wealth
especially because it is impossible to make the Turkish troops ,—(llear, bear !)—and if tiorcountry continued to be well p-
act in winter. The Divan has, in fact, employed in its negocia. vented, in spite of the fatal blunders which had been committed
dons with *the mediating Courts a degree of art far superior to i in legislation, the country would be completely restored In two
the boasted diplomatic skill of the Europeans. Up to the last :or three years_( Hear, hear !).
moment, it contrived to nourish the hopes of the Ministers of ' Mr. CUE WEN did not think the distress of the Country bad
been exaggerated.—.. The Petition having been lead, was then
Austria and England, who greedily listened to the insinuations
thrown out, from time to time, of the pacific intentions of the laid on the table.
t
Porte. Foreign merchants, who have been long settled at Con- Mr. MANSFIELD presented a Petition from certain Wool-
orfaLeptleestftertr,atucomrapsltatircitnivgeolfattulsie
winhtenichtiohnmof
stantinople, and who were better acquainted with the real send- len Manufacturer
ments of the men at the head of the Government, have nut suf- She legislature
freed themselves to he deceived by these nattering appearances, hitherto protected chit trade, and praying that, should any such
and many of them have already prepared to secure their persons measure be passed, the. taxes which bore upon theWoolkn trade
and property from the events that may happen; for they foresee might be taken of —Laid on the table.
a terrible catastrophe for the Franks as soon as hostilities eon- • Mr. ELLIS presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
mence. For the rest, all these who have been able to appreciate several Parishes in Dublin, praying for a Repeal of the Window
the personal character of the Grand Selenior, and -who knew • Tax. He was not one of those who was willing to encroach
how determined he was not to suffer himself to be dictated to by ' upon any source of revenue requisite for the payment of the
die European Cabiaets, foresaw the result of the negotiations as public creditor; but be must say, that he thought, upon every

DUTCH PAPERS.

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Mr. S. RICE presented.a Petition lions the Spirit Retaileri
of Limerick, complaining of the heavy duties upon Spirit Li-
censes.—Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sir H. PARNELL put some questions to the Right HOC.
Gentleman, the S-cretary for Ireland ( Mr. Goulburn) respect-
ing the determination of the Government to bring forward any
measure on the subject of tithes this Session.
Mr. GOU N said, he could again assure the, House, as
he had done before, that the Government of Ireland bad taken
the system of tithes in that country into consideration. The
House, however, was aware, that the troubles of that country
had given constant employment to the Government, and inter- •
rupted their incjiriry into the subject. The necessity of commu-
nicating with intelligent individuals in several parts of the coun-
try was another cause of delay. For thew reasons, be was not
prepared to say whether be could introduce any measure on the
subject generally during the present Session. Ile, however, would
be ready, before the end cif the Session, to submit to their consi-
deration a motion which would respect the leasing of tithes. •
Mr. WESTERN gave notice that he would, on the ed bf
May, submit a motion on the subject of the Bator effecting a
Chenge in the Currency.
Mr. I:YE preterites! a Petition from seventy-two out of
seventy-nine British Merchants residing at Rio Janeiro, in South
America. The Petitioners complained of the operation of a
Bill which was passed in 1814, enabling the Consul-General of
Rio Janeiro to levy a duty of one-half per cent. upon the freight- .
age of all British mercliandke, which was felt as highly op-
pressive. The Bill was passed without any one whose interests
were affected by it knowing anything about it, and the nature of
it might be judged of from the circumstance of its having raised
the salary of the Consul-General from ...1500 a year to!ecaoks
by fees alone. Bat even with this enormous all cwance, that
officer neglected his duty, not.living in the town of Rio. Ile
bad farm-d his pro -as to the Vice-Consul, from whom again it
had fallen into the bands of a Clerk. At least two and a Its:f
per cent. was levied on all British merchandise, and that for
merely certifying the s cle of it. This was three times the
amount of the duties exacted at Lisbon, or any other port.,--
Goods could be conveyed in American ships without any duty,
and the probable effects of this system would be comprehended,
when it was known that the increase in the number of British
ships going to that port, had been sii.ce 1815, from 75 to
,155. The Petitioners prayed that this Bill might be repealed,
and another introduced, tending to place British,commerce on
an equal footing with that of other countries. This prayer he
should himself attempt to carry into effect when a Return, for
which he bad moved, should be laid on the table. lle moved
that the Petition should be brought up, and then, if there were
no objection, he would move to renew the order of last year, for
certain Returns, that they might come to the discussion with
proper information on the subject.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY said, that labouring, as
he then did, under severe indisposition, he should take an occa-
sion, at some future period, when be should be better prepared,
of explaining his sentiments c n the subject.
Mr. T. WILSON, as the Noble Marquis, from the se-
Vere cold under whith he laboured, could not toter into the
subject at present, hoped be might by allowed to say, that be
trusted it would be thz care of his Majesty's Government •to
guard against a measure intended for the protection of our com-
merce being turned into an engine of oppression.—The Petition
was ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. HUisin then moved an Address to the Crown, praying
for a Return of the total amount of Contributions levied on Eng-
lish Ships at the Brazils—a specifugation of the Names of the
-parties to whom the payments were made, and other Papers re.
lative to the same subject.—Agreed to.
Mr. HUME presented a Petition from the Corporation of the
Royal Burgh of Perth, against the Lord Advdcate's Bill for the
regulation of the Election of Magistrates in that Burgh.—Or-
dared to lie on the table.

Lord A. 11A MILTON presented a P,tition from the Royal
Guildry of Pcrtb, on the same suktet.—The Petition was or=
dered to lie on the table.

Mr. Kum, from the British Museum, preicnted the usual An-
mud Accounts aid Estimates.—Ordlted to lie on the table.

STATE OF IRELAND.
Sir JOIIN NEWPORT, in rising pursuant.to the
notice which he had given, begged to assure the
House that he had never felt greater embarrassment
than lie experience 4 on the prtsent occ-
repeatedly fallen to his lot to call the'
House to the affairs of Ireland, and al
the affairs of that country more
manded the attention of l'arliamenl
at this moment. He was sorry to
repeatedly failed in Ha efforts to pre.
House to interfere in the way in whi'
they ought to interfere, he now came
with reluctance, but with very unpleasant
growing out of a former failure.
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