Star.
London, England, 1822-05-22 00:00:00

MOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. CANNING presented a Petition from certain persons of
Liverpool interested In the trade in foreign corn, regretting that
the proposition for permitting foreign corn to be exported in the
shape of flour had been abandoned by the House. The Hight
Hon. Gentleman stated that, as he was at present informed, hr
felt inclined to concur with the Petitioners, and if no Member
of the Agricultural Committee were to anticipate him, he would,
upon the Foreign Corn Bill being committed, propose a clause
to that effect. He begged leave at the same time to state that
be did not altogether approve of the tone which the Petitioners
asstuned upon this question.
Mr. CUR WEN coincided with the sentiments of the Peti-
tioners on this subject; at the same time be agreed with the
Right Hon. Gentleman opposite that they ought to observe a
certain measured tone in addressing that House.
After a few words Irons Mr. Castasc, the Petition was or-
aired to be printed.
Jilr. DEN ISON, in behalf of his Friend (Mr. Sykes), post-
poned his motion, which stood for that night, for the repeal of
the Tax upon Tallow Candles, hoping that it would be one of
those taxes which his Majesty's Ministers would take off, after
the Recess.

-Sir RONALD FERGUSON postponed his motion upon the
subject of the Postmaster-General of Scotland, from, the 30th of
Nay, to the 4th of June.
Mr. BUCHANAN presented a Petition from Dumbarton,
praying that the restrictions on the exportation of Whiskey
might be taken ofE—Ordered to be printed.
A Petition was presented from the Woollen Manufactures' of
Bath and Welts, praying that the restrictions on the importation
of Foreign Wool might not be taken off.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir A. CAMPBELL presented a Petition from the Chamber
of Commerce, at Glasgow, expressive of their alarm at the pro-
posal to relieve the lower classes of society by measures to
raise the price of provisions. They prayed that such measures
might not be allowed to pass.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. C. CALVERT presented a Petition from the. Vestry of
St. Saviour's Parish, stating that their Parish was populous, and
their Burial-ground small; and praying that the Bit for per-
mitting the use of Iron Coffins in burying the dead, might not
pus Into a law.—Ordered to be printed.
A Petition was presented from Mansfield against the Bill for
the removal of the Pnor.—Laid on the table.

Mr. RAMSDEN presented a Petition from a Protestant.
Dissenter against certain clauses in the Marriage Act.—Ora
tiered to be printed.
Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a Petition from certain
Proprietors and Frequenters of a Chapel In Gray's Int Wane,
against the Catholic Peers' Bill.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. H. SUMNER presented a Petition from several Owners
and Occupiers of Land in Surrey, complaining of the import
price of Corn being fixed at 6,55.--Laid on the table.
Mr. CURTEIS presented a Petition from the Eastern part
of Sussex, and from various Parishes in Suffolk, praying that
the House would not unction the projected alterations in the
Corn Laws, of so ruinous a nature.—Laid on the table.

The Hon. Member also moved for a Return of the number of
Paupers, women and children, who had received relief from the
Poor-rates„ with the amount of Population respectively, for the
years 1751, 1771, and 1821.—Ordered.
Dr. DODSON presented a Petition► from certain Growers
of Hops, near Rye, praying that the last war duty on Hops
might be taken off.—Ordered to be printed.
Sir GEORGE HILL presented the first Report of the Com-
mittee on Grand Jury Presentments in Ireland.
Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a Petition from certain
Occupiers of Land in Dorsetshirc, against the newly proposed
Corn Bill, and also one from the Archdeacon and Clergy of
Taunton, against the Catholic Peers' Bill.—Ordered to be printed.
The Hon. Baronet postponed a motion on the subject of the
Leather Tax, from the 31st Inst. to the sth June.

Mr. ELLICE presented a Petition from Roxburgh, praying
-for a repeal of the Leather Tax.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. FANE presented a Petition from certain Owners and
Occupiers of Land, in the neighbourhood of Banbury, Oxon,
csonplaining of the inadequate relief which will be afforded by
the projected Corn Bill.—Ordered to be printed.
)lr. W. SMITH presented a Petition from certain Dissenters
of Liverpool, praying for a repeal of certain parts of the Mar-
riage Act.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. T. WILSON moved for leave to bring in a Bill to regu-
late the legal responsibility of Carriers for Gold and Silver Ar-
ticles, and Jewels.
Mr. RELIGHT objected to this Bill, which was to relieve the
carriers 'of valuable articles from that responsibility which the
common law of this country bad always fixed them with. He
thought it MIA injurious to alter this part of our law, and be
shoidd take the sense of the House upon it.
The Gallecyrwas then cleared, but the motion was negatived
without a division.
The Reported the Vagrant Act Amendment Bill was taken
into further consideration, and agreed to, and the Bill ordered
to be read a thin' time on Friday.
A message from the Lords announced their Lordships' assent
to certain private Bills.

CANADIAN CLAIMS,
Mr. EILICE .bagged to ask the Honourable Secretary for
the Colonies, whether anything had been done for the relief of
the sufferers in Canada, respecting whose claims he last
year presented ajillePterition
Mr. W IL Manama, that it was intended to raise a loan pay.
able in Canada to the amount of £lOO,OOO, one-half of which was
so be guaranteed by she Government, and the other by the Pro-
vimcts and a new Commission was to be immediately ap-
pointed to inquire into and settle with all possible dispatch
these claims.

CORN IMPORTATION RILL.

The Marquis of IsONDONDERRY, in moving the second
reading of this Bill, observed, that he abstained from waking
any ascensions with a view to discussion, as he the
discussionshould take place to-nsorrow,for which 1:71:rould
move that this Bill be elnintittcd.

Mr. ELLICE wished to know when the Noble Marquis pro-
posed to read doe Bill a third time ?
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY meutioned Friday, the
Mit, which would be the first day after the adjournment, which
he supposed would be to Thursday.
Mr. CURWEN took that opportunity of stating that .be
should oppose this Bill, because be did not think it gave a pro.
tooting duty sufscientlybigh-
Sir F. BURDETT said be should oppose the 13W, because he
thought it fixed the protecting duty too high.
Dlr. DENMAN did not thick it right to occupy to-morrow

with this pewits, as there
ing for that day alrondy—tie
of seieedng Juries la dotland.
The mu was then read a r,
milted to-morrow.
TRIAL Of MR. STUMM.
Mr. A BERCROM BY, seeing the Loained
(the Lord Advocate) in his place, begged t,
attention to an answer to a questize ch he had
given him yesterday. He then .in 'him that,
as far as on him depended, the trial et Mr. Stuart
would take place on the Sd of June. Now, the
Learned Lord gave that answer as Public Prosecutor,
and, therefore, the House would be surprised to
hear,Aty information received this.day, that the trial
was again postponed to the 10th of June. The reason
assigned for this was the convenience of the Solicitor-
General, who, it was stated, had not been five days
from England. What he wished to know of the
Learned Lord opposite was, whether the Solicitor:
General had postponed this trial on his own autho.
rity ; and whether the Learned Lord was aware of
his intention to do so at the time bespoke yesterday?
It had now been postponed twice, and was a great
hardship on Mr. Stuart, who had been for some
time ready to,take his trial, and could not even now
feel any certainty of its being brought on on the 10th
of June next.
'-'The LORD ADVOCATE assured the Hon. Gen-
demin opposite, that he had throughout felt the
greatest anxiety to conduct himitlf in the painful si-
tuation of Public Prosecutor in this case, with every
consistent deference to the feelings and convenience
of the parties. Put whatever controul he might pos-
sess, the Hon. Gentleman must be aware that it was
subject to the convenience of the Law Officers of the
Crown. When he answered the question of the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman yesterday, he did believe
that the trial of Mr. Stuart would take place on the
3d of June; and it was his firm conviction and be-
lief that the trial would not be postponed beyond
the 10th of June.

consideration. _ measure was entirely
prospective, but in his opinion, its being so was an
objection to it. He thought it was desirable that the
tenant should be relieved from burdens, which when
be entered into his present engagements he b.sd not
contemplated ; and he was therefore of opinion that it
should be ascertained what proportion of the assess-
ments, on a comparison of an average of years, ought
to be borne by the tenant, and an arrangement made
accordingly. This would afford immediate relief to
the tenant; but ifthe Bill now proposed to be brought
in should pass, what security would it give against
the landlord demanding from the tenant that he
should indemnify him for these taxes? He, however,
thanked the Right Hon. Baronet for bringing the
subject forward, and hoped it would receive the se-
rious attention of the House.

Mr. DAWSON wished the subject to be considered.
He alluded to the conduct of Grand Juries in Ire-
land, and remarked that certain specimens of their
conduct, which had lately been brought before the
House, did not go to inspire the utmost confidence in
their purity. He had been surpi ised to find that the
Grand Jury in Tipperary gave a salary of £2,000
per annum to the Clerk of the Peace in that county,
while the same officer in a neighbouring county re-
eeived but £3OO. The Bill proposed to be brought
in did not appear to him calculated to remedy the
evils which were the subject of complaint. But he
wished to see the Bill ; and, as an Irishman, he re-
turned his best thanks to the Right Hon. Baronet for
the efforts he had made.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY thought it of
some importance that the subject should be inquired
into; and it was very desirable to guard against im-
proper sums being granted to public officers by
Grand Juries. The sum named by an Hon. Member
as having been granted to an officer in the county of
Tipperary, seemed larger than ought to be granted
to that individual as a remuneration for any duties
which he could be called upon to perform. It how-
ever frequently happened that duties were thrown on
persons in particular situations, which duties did not
belong to those situations, and which could not be
performed without the assistance of others. This
made a larger remuneration necessary ; and looking
at this, Gentlemen were likely to forget how many
were to share in it. He thought the Grand Juries of
Ireland did not deserve to be viewed with that dis-
trust with which they were frequently regarded. The
subject of the proposed Bill merited their beet consi-
deration, and he felt obliged to the Right Hon Gen-
tleman for bringing it forward.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT, in reply, said, what he
wished was, that the tenant, in his futUre contracts,
should know what he had to pay. He thanked the
House for the permission he was likely to obtain to
bring in the Bill. He wished the subject to be con-
sidered solely with a view to the relief of the tenant.
He had no other object. He was anxious that the
subject should be inquired into, and should cheerfully
acquiesce in the decision of the House.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill.

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enthsbeirdueredngdheri
brought
Admiralty, and other smelts, enn.
every part of the Civil List ought to be
peniuircri.tureitfowrlares necessary,
`louse in detail. The accounts seemed
with more care before the Union than
they , present. Among the disbursements he
noticed that considerable sums were paidd
Secretaries of State out of the vote for Civil Contin.
gencies. He moved for accounts of all payment%
made from the Exchequer for Ireland under the head
of the Civil List, and pensions granted on the Con.
solidated Fund in 1821, specifying the names of the
parties receiving them, the services perforined, the
date of the grants, and the authority under which they
had been made.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY did not oppose
the motion ; but could not refrain from expressing
surprise at the course pursued by the Hon. Gentleman.
—Knowing that his motion was not to be opposed 't
was not to be expected that he would have enterea
into a series of statements which at that moment
Ministers could not be prepared to answer. This was
not only to waste the time of the House, but to incur
the risk (he did not impute the intention) of leaving
the House under a false impression, and to pramoke
discussion which might be painful to individuals,
who, having no notice of what was intended, had
had no opportunity of defending themselves. Against
'such a course of proceeding he felt it to be his duty
Ito protest. He should not now go into the question
of the Civil List contract; but surely the Hon. Mem.
ber must be aware that that, like all other contracts,
might be voided with the consent of the patties. It
was in this way that the arrangement had been al.
tered at different periods. The Crown had never come
down to that House to claim the hereditary revenues
which it had formerly given up ; but it had said, here
are certain expenses which the present provision is
insufficient to cover, and it is now for Parliament to
consider whether the Civil List arrangements must
be more economically made, or whether it will pro-
vide further means for bearing the growing charges
on it. He had stated, on A former occasion, that the
contract made with the Crown had proved highly
beneficial to the Public. Had that contract not been
made, there would have been, during the late long
reign, no necessity for any new appeal to Pal liament,
but the Crown would have gained, he believed, eight
or ten millions more from its ancient revenues than
had been granted to it by Parliament, with 311 the
grants which had been demanded and extended :o it.
If the Hon. Gentleman complained of the contract
which had been made, he must have but a vet,'
perfect knowledge of the subject. He would find,
on referring to the Report of the Committee of 1815,
that it was proved that the contract had been highly
advantageous to the Public.
Mr. BENNET protested against the assertion, got
up with great skill by the Noble Marquis since lels,
that the Civil List was not under the controul of Par-
liament. As to the Crown having been a loser by the
alleged contract, quite the contrary was the case, if,
with the hereditary revenues, the Crown had taken
the duties it had been bound to provide inr—(Hear).
Mr. GOULBURN• protested against the anticipa-
tion of the Returns by the Hon. Member (Mr. Howe).
He knew that the Hon. Member was incortect in
some of his statements ; and, from the Hon. Member's
accuracy, he was not bound to conclude more favour-
ably of the others—(Hear, hear).
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER visit
that Mr. Crofton had a retired allowance inoeed, but
had no place whatever in the Vice-Treasurer's office.
On the contrary, Mr. Crofton, who had earned his
allowance by a service in the Treasury of Leland of
thirty or forty years, had voluntarily offered to un-
dertake the office of Private Secretary to the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer for Ireland gratuitously—.
This offer he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had
accepted, and Mr. Crofton had performed the duty
with an intelligence and zeal which entitled him to
the gratitude of the country— (Heal, hear).
Sir JOHN NEWPORT and Mr. PEEL bore testimony
to the zeal, ability, and integrity of Mr. Crofton.
Mr. HUME explained, that he had merely taken
Mr. Crofton's as one name among a number.
The motion was agreed to, after a few words from
Mr. PEEL, as well as a motion for a Return of Com-
pensations. Pensions, and Retired Allowances, in Ire-
land, not paid on the Civil List.
The Report of the Irish Poor Employrrrent Bill was brought
up, the several Amendments were agreed to, and the Bill WAS
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.

Dr. PHILLIDIORE brought up the Report of the ,larrisge
Act Amendment Bill. the several Amendments were agreed to,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time tomorrow.

Mr. GOULBURN gave notice, that on Thursday he
would bring forward a motion relative 'to the Irish Insolvent
Debtors' Act.

The Irish Revenue Inquiry Bill went through a Committees
the Report of which was ordered to be received to-morrow.
The Report of the Committee on the Colonial Trade Impar-
tation Duties was brought up and agreed to, and a Bill orderel.
The Weights and Measures Bill was read a second time, an.l
ordered to be committed to-morrow.—Adjourned.

It appears by a Return to the House of Common!,
that the whole of the Exports of Great Britain for the
year ending the sth of January, 1819, was 4:56,857,927. 178.2 d.
In 1820, £46,955,105. 17s. 7d. In 1824.451,750,616. 18s. 10d.
and in 1822, X 55,151,414. 10s. mi. And that the Imports
were, In 1819, X 40,155,952. Os. 2d. In 1820, £53,625,740.
175.61 in 1821, £56,514,564. 111. Gd. and in 1822, a 35,858,0 n.
183.04. The amounts here quoted are up to the sth of January
in each year.
LITERARY FUND.—Yesterday the Anniversary of
this excellent Institution was celebrated at the Fre'e-
masons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of
YORK took the Chair, being supported on ihe right
by the Duke of SOMEIMT, and on the left by the
French Ambassador. There were also present Lords
TORRINGTON and 130LTON, the Right Hon. GEORGE
CANNING, Sir BENJAMIN HOBHOGSE, Sir J. C. flit'-
PISLEY, and several other perscns of distinction.—
After the usual toasts, Mr. CANNING, Sir BENJAMIN
HonuousE, and Lord TORRINGTOI4 addressed the
Meeting in behalf of the Fund. The Treasurer read
the Annual Report, and stated that he had received
a donation of £l,OOO from Mr. ANDREW STRAIIAN,
and two half-yeaily donations of 100 guineas each
horn his MAJESTY. Mr. FITZGERALD recited his
Annual Ode ; and, after the Poets and Dramatists of
Great Britain had been drank, and Mr. KNowcy.s
and Mr. CotsiaN had returned thanks, the Royal
Duke left the Chair, and the Meeting separated soon
after. We are happy to see that a Society which has
in view the alleviation of distiess which is not unfre-
, quently felt by literary characters, is supported in so
nobly and liberal a manner.

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