Star.
London, England, 1824-03-09 00:00:00

BREAD

To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and
Barracks, in the undermentioned Counties and Islands:
Bedford Gloucester (including Northumberland
Berk. (including the the City of Bristol) Nottingham
Town of Hunger- Hants Oxford
ford) Hereford „ Rutland
Berwick Hertford Salop
Ducks Hunts Somerset
Cambridge (including Isle of Man Stafford
Newmarket) Isle of Wight Suffolk
Chester Kent (including Til. Surrey
Cornwall (including bury Fort, in the Sussex
Scilly). , County of Essex) Warwick
Cumberland Lancaster WeAmoreland
Derby Leicester Wilts
Devon Lincoln • Worcester
Dorset Middlesex ' York
Durham Monmouth North and South
Esux (exclusive of Norfolk Wales,
Tilbury Fort) Northampton
In the several Counties in North Britain,
And in the Islands of Alderney Guernsey, and Jersey.

As also Bread to the Household Troops in London and its Vicinity.
OATS
To his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, in Cantonments
and Quarters, in the undermentioned Counties :
Rutland
Salop
Stafford
Westmoreland
Wilts
Worcester
Mirth and South
Wales.

Bedford Gloucester
Berwick Hereford
Bucks Hertford
Cambridge IHums
Chester Leicester
Cumberhod Lincoln
Derby Monmouth
Durham Oxford

FOR IGF., viz.

OATS, Thy, and STRAW, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery
Horses, in Barracks, and Oats in Cantonments and Quarters, in
the undermentioned Counties in South Britain :
Berk; Kent Somerset
Cornwall - Lancaster
Devon Middlesex
Dorset Norfolk
Esse: Northampton
I lams (including the Northumberland
Isle of Wight) Nottingli4m ,
And in the several Counties in North Britain.

Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwick
York,

That the deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th day of
Avril next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, and marked
/.
"'fender for Army Supplies;" will be received at this Office, on
or before Tuesday, the 3Otb day of March next, but none will be
received after Avelye o'clock on that day. •
Proposals must be made separately for each County and Island,
except for the Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of
whith must be included in one Tender ; likewise the Islands of
Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey ; as also the several Counties in
North Britain ; and each rroposal must have the Letter which is
annexed to the Tender properly filled up, by two persons of known
property engaging to become bound with the party tendering in
the amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due per-
formance/A the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed unless
nude on a printed Tender, and the prices expressed in words at
I,ligth ; and should it so happen, that during the continuance of
the Contract no Troops should he supplied by virtue of the same,
the expense of the Stamps for the Contract and Bond, paid in the
brit instance by the Contractor, will be refunded to him.. •

Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at
this Office, between thy hours of ten and four.

N.B. Samples of tbe Bread and Meal may be seen at this Office,
between the bouts of twelve and two.

TituLY INTERESTING MODE OF IMPARTING
FOREIGN' LANGUAGES.

MIL W. Author of a highly-approved French Gram-
mar, at d patronised by the most distinguished Families,
beg. ;e-eve to inform Ladies and Gentlemen desirous of acquiring a
speedy knowl,mlge of Foreign Languages, that he has discovered a
new and easy ,mode of imparting them, by which he pledges him-
self to teach Persons of either sex to weak French or German in
Three Months; to Read, Translate, and Write correctly in Twelve
Les,ons. Apply personally at Ills residence, or by Letter, post paid,
at 128, Strand, opposite Exeter-'Change.
Affidavit from D. P. Esq. R.N.
Middlesex to wit :

D-- I,—, of the Royal Navy, and now residing at
maketh oath and saith, that under the Tuition of Mr. W. he was
enabled, without the slightest previous knowledge of the German
Langtiage, to Translate with ease, in the short space of Five Les-
bons, " Burgher'b" celebrated Poem, entitled " Leonora."
Sworn at the Guildhall of London, this 12th day of February,
1822, before me MAGNAY, Mayor.
- - .

Testimonial of J— T—, Esq. Barrister at Law.
1,3 T—, of the Inner Temple, certify,that under Mr. W.'s
Tuition, I was enabled, without the slightest previous knowledge of
the French Language, to Translate, in Fourteen Lesson not only
French Prose, but ancient Poetry, and the French Newspapers.

PIANO-FORTES WARRANTED.
PIN HOCK most respectfully begs leave to ac.
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arrangements for manufacturing Piano-Fortes, hels enabled to sub-
mit for their inspection, :t great variety of excellent SQUARE,
C"TAGV, HARMONIC, CABINET, GRAND CABI-
NET, and HORIZONTAL GRAND PIANOS, made of the
very best and well-seasoned materials, on the most liberal terms.—
Oid Instruments taken in Exchange—Piano-Fortes of superior
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All Piano-Fortes manufactured by W. P. are warranted ; and
IN here the most perfect satisfaction is not given, the party is at liberty
) exchange any instrument within threelnonths, or even at any
7i3d, on payment of the hire and expenses.
N.B. A liberal credit given, where the parties are known to be
::erectable.

1141:NItY'S CALCINED MAGNESIA continues to
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laschester. It is sold in bottles, price 2s. 9d. or with glass
tippers at 4s. Od. stamp included, with full directions for its use,
1 v their various Agents in the Metropolis, and throughout the
Iflited Kingdom; but it cannot he genuine, unless their tustnes arc
e graved on the Government Stamp, which is fixed over the cork
stepper of each bottle. Of most of the vcudcrs of the Magnesia
be had, authenticated by a similar Stamp, llENar's AROMATIC
IRIT of VimaciAa, the invention of Mr. Henry, and the only
`Lome preparation of that article. •

JOANNA OF SICILY.
This day was published, in Two Vols. Svo. with Portrait, Vig-
nettes, &c. price 25,.
THE HISTORICAL LIFE of JOANNA, Queen of
Naples and Countess of Provence, with correlative Details
of the literature and Manners of Italy and Provence in the Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth Centuries.
London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy.

This day waspublished, in 12mo. price 51.
AN EPITOME of PALEY'S EVIDENCES of
CHRISTIANITY; containing the Substance of the Argu-
ments comprised in that Work, in the Catechetical Form.
By a MEMBER of the UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE.
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. , ,

FRUIT TREES.
This day was published, in 810. price Its.
A TREATISE on the CULTURE and MANAGE-
MENT of FRUIT TREES.
Dy•CHARLES HARRISON, F.H.S.
' - kasidener to J. A. Stuart Wortley, Esq. •
London : Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; Cadets; Rl-
vingtons ; and Taylor and Hersey, London ; and G. Ridge, Sheffield.

JUVENILE HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
This day was published,
In Three Volumes, price lis. half-bound,
THE LITTLE HISTORIANS; a new Chronicle of
the Affairs of England, in Church and State, between Lewis
and Paul. With Explanatory Remarks, and additional Informa-
tion upon various Subject, connected with the Progress of Civiliza-
tion: also sonic Account of Antiquities.
By JEFFERYS TAYLOR,
Author of " &sop in Rhyme," &c. •
London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradocl, and Joy.

' NEW TREATISE ON NAVIGATION.
This day was published,
In Bvo. price Ils. boards, or 12s..bound,
ATREATISE on NAVIGATIONand NAUTICAL
ASTRONOMY, adapted to Practice, and to the Purposes
of Elementary Instruction ; containing the Elementary Principles
of Algebra, Geometry, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and
Navigation; the Method of keeping a Sea Journal; Concise and
Simple Rules, with their Investigations, for finding the Latitude
and Longitude, and the Variation of the Compass, by Celestial Oh.
servationa ; the Solution of other useful Nautical Problems; with
an extensive Series of Examples for Exercise, and all the Tables re-
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By EDWARO RIDL•LE,
Master of the Mathematical School, Royal Naval Asylum,
Greenwich.
Loodoo : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy.

THE PATEN'r SEWLITZ POWDERS.
THIS EDICINIE is prepared, as usual, by the Pro.
prietors, Messrs. SAVORY, MOORE, and DAVIDSON,
136, New Bond-street. To identify their Preparation in future,
a Label, on which the Arms of the Inventor art engraved, will be
placed on each 114,1 and Bottle.
The Medicine may also be obtained genuine of their Agents—
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yard; Messrs. Barclays, 95, Fleet-market ; Messrs. Butlers, 4,
Cheapside ; 'Messrs. Sutton and Co. Bow Church-yard ; Mr. San-
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ards, 11, St. James's-street; Mr. Johnston, 16, Greek-street;
It. Johmton, 68, COrnhill • Mr. Mackrill, 33, Whitechapel ';
Messrs. Ward and Co. 324, Ilolburn ; Messrs. Hastings and White,
17, Haymarket; Mr. Stringer, 4, and W. limit, 229, Strand; and
Mr: Kiddie, 24, Russell-street, Covent-garden : likewise at one or
more respectable Houses in every principal Town.

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CURIOUS CHOICE WINES. •
. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION,
By Mr. ROBINS%
- (Of Warwick House, Regent Street,)
At*No. 19, KING-STREET, ST. JAMES'S-SQUARE,
,TD-MORROW, the 10th of March, 189.4, at One o'Clocl,
The PROPERTY of a NOBLEMAN,

ABOUT TWENTY-FIVE DOZEN OF VERY
CHOICE WINES:
Consisting of remarkably fine-flavoured CLARET, HERMIT-
, AGE, and BURGUNDY, peculiarly fine MOSELLE,
,and choice COTI It ROTIE.
To be tasted at: the time of Sale, and Catalogues had, on the
Premises, No. 19, King-street, St. James's-square; at Garraway's
Coffee-house; and of Mr. Robins, 170, Regent-street.

HOUSR OF LORDS, MARCI4.B.
This morning the LORD Cstaxoct.t.oa sat for the hearing nf Ap-
peals soon after ten o'clock, and the appeal case " ixo Drr; '
front the Court of Session, was he.rrd nut.
Little v. Cranstorin," from the same Conn, was remitted.
" O'Connor e. Kirwan," from the Court of Chancery in Ire
land, was also heard in part, and the further hearing was appointed
for Wednesday next.
Adjourned during pleasure, and Within ten minutes to Ave o'clock
the House resumed.
The Bishop of EX E.TErt presented a Petition from St, Hilary,
in the County of C0r..w,01. praying tor the 4hnlitinn of Slavery.
The Duke of SOMERSET presented a Petition from Ilolbeach,
in the Comity of Linb3in, for the alittlioration of Negro Slavery in
the West Indies.

The 131•,h0p of LITCHFIELD and COVENTRY presented
three Petitions. and
The Marquis of LA NSDOWN a fourth, against the continuance
of Slavery in the West Indies, from different parts.
Earl BATHURST, owing to the incompleteness of the Papers
he intended to have laid upon the•table of the House, postponed his
statement in relation to the West Indies to Tuesday neat.
'lite Austrian Loan Bill and the Leeds Tithe Abolition Bill, were
read a second time.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY laid upon the table, by cern-
mand of his Majesty, Copies of all Reports, and of the Schedule
(B) transmitted to the Secretary of State, under the 4th of Geo. IV..
pursuant to the fourth section of the said Act.
Mr. %aims, Mr. Mummy, and others, brought up the Trish
Church Rates Bill, the Annual Indemnity Bill, and a Private Bill,
which were afterwards read a first time.

The Marquis of LANSDOWN ruse, pursuant to intimation,
and observed that if he had sera the Noble Earl at the head of hie
Majesty's Government in his usual place on Friday, it was then his
intention to have moved for papers in addition to the communica-
tions laid upon the table by that Noble Earl; and although he was
even now prepared to anticipate the Noble Earl's answer to the
questions he was about to ask, he could not, consistently, be in-
duced to waive all inquiry. He wished to ask, in the first place,
whether there had ever been any minute, or stipulation, with re-
gard to the permission to trade with the Spanish Colonies, which
Was assumed (in the conference between the Prince de Pulignac
and Mr. Secretary Canning, held October 9, 1823) to have been
conceded to great Britain in the year 1810, when the mediation of
Great Britain was solicited by Spain? Ile wished to know, st-
condly, if any answer had reached his Majs sty's Ministers from
the Court el Madrid, in consequence of the Dispatch addressed to
Sir W. A'Court from Mr. Secretary Canning, dated from the Fo-
reign Office, January 30, 1824? The third question he wished to
put to the Noble Earl, and it appeared to be exactly that upon
which the others all hinged, was regarding that portion of the Die
patch in which Mr. Secretary Canning referred to a " communica-
tion made, in the first instance, to France, and afterwards to other
Powers, as well as to Spain.' He, therefore, now wished to know
whether his Majesty's Ministers, in consequence of such a commu-
nication. were at present in possession of anysanswers from the four
Great Powers? There had elapsed, he conceived, an abundance of
time to have expected the reply of Spain.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL bald, that he felt every wish to
afford the Noble Marquis all the satisfaction in his power ; but he
was not prepared to answer the questions put so satisfactorily as
might by the Noble Marquis be supposed. With respect to the
first question, as relating to our commercial intercourse with the
Colonies of Spain in Soath America, he had no difficulty in saying,
that na distinct stipulation had existed for authorising a free trade
between Great Britain and the Spanish Colonies; but Over since
the -year 1809, owing to the progress of events, and to irresisti-
ble circumstances, a free commercial intercourse had been un-
dertaken as between Great Britain and the Spanish Colonies.—
This intercourse had never been • inipuaned ; it had been ac- •
knowledged by the Spanish Cones during the revolutionary time;
it was admitted by King Ferdinand an his free 'restoration ;
and therefore ft was assumed by. the Government of England
as an admitted trade. Now, 'with regard to the second question
put by. the Noble Marquis (Lenselown), be had 'also no difficulty
in stating to their Lordships that, no answer had been received by
his 'Majesty's Government. It was kiiown only that the dispatch
had reached its destination, but 'there was no official answer to it.
With respekt- to the Noble Marquis's third question, which related
to communications made to the. Allied Powers, here, again, 'hi felt
no difficulty in stating, that every step taken by this country in the
affairs'of Spain had been communicated to them ; but no -zusvocrs
had letely been received from those Powers. Ile had, however,
nu objection fo go a little further into the subject, by stating most
distinctly that the Dispatches in question were laid befor-e' Parlia-
ment in-order to apprise thern whet was the actual position of this
country as to the policy his Majesty's Ministers had pursued in the
new position of Spanish America. Upon those papers, in-fact, how-
ever defective, his Majesty's Government still relied for justifica-
tion. It was upon this eround, also,
-that he felt no difficulty iii
stating that hie Majesty's Covent ment would leave the question
where it was for the present ; though, if the Noble Marquis were
of a different opinion, it was certainly quite competent to him to
bring forward his Motion.
Some explanation took place between the Alerquis of LANs-
DOWN and the Earl of Live:trout., who declared that no answer had
been received from any ,of the Great Powers, nor even Irma the
Coutt of Spain.
Lord HULL AN D.—" Then, if I now understand the Noble
Earl, we have been very liberal in communicatiug ourintentions
and policy id the Allied I'u*ers, who, in return, have communi-
cated nothing to us."
Another shun explanation took place, in which the Earl of LI-
VERPOOL said, that Mr. Secretary Canning's dispatch had been re-
ceived by the Spanish Minister, who had laid it before the King,
hut that no answer bad been received when the last Messenger lett
Madrid.—Adjounted till to.morrow.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The:Summit took the chair at four o'clock,
The Report of the General Penitentiary was brought tip, and or-
dered.4o,lse on the table. .
The Bill tor Incorporating the Hibernian Company for the Work-
ing, of.:Mines was read a first and second time.
Mr. Al UN DA Y presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
Tantworth, praying. for relief from the retailing •of Small Beer.—
Ordered to lie on the table.

Tile same Honourable Member presented a Petition from cer-
taln.Silk Throwsters, praying that the Duties on Foreign Silk might
not be taken off'.
Mr. EGERTON presented a Petition to the same purpose from
the Silk Weavers of
.Sandback,lthishire.—Both Petitions ordered
to be printed.
Mr. M A BERLY made a few observations on the subject of
these Petitions.

Mr. DAVENPORT presented a
_Petition from the Manufac-
turers and Throw:ters of Silk in Macciesfield, praying that the
Duties on Foreign Silk might not be taken off.—The Honourable
31ember also presinted two ainillar Petitions from the Borough
of Caergalton.

Mr. BLACKBURN presented a similar Prtion from the Silk

Manufacturers in biaticheuer.
.Air. Alderman BRIDGES presented a Petition fur a like pur-
pose from the Master 'Wea'vers of SpitaMelds.
Sir T. LErti 13 It I LAGR presented a Petition to the same effect
from the Silk Manufactuter3 in Brenton.—Petitions ordered to
be printed..
Alt. IIUSKISSON rose and said, that he would, in the course
of the evening, State tne views of his Majesty's Government upon
the subjett of the Sugar Duties, in clinsequence.of th• indisposition
of his Right Honontable Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer;
awl he hoped that the importance of the subject would give it
y over the tither business of the House.
Mr. Al UN DAY li-resented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
'the Borough bf Glosltani, praying the Abolition of Negro Slavery.
• Mr. 11211.D1 31 AND presented a Petition to the same effect
6'lim the town And Borottgh of Ipswich. . •
A Petition to the same effect, from East Stratford, was presented
.by Mr: Esssii.
Lord.J. RUSSELL presented a similar Petition froth the town
and &rough of Bedford.
Mr. A IiERCRQMBY presented a similar Petition from the
town of Calor, in Ireland.
Asintilar Petition was presented by Mr. N. CAtrzat from Hod-
desdOo.--Petitions ordered to be printed.
'The Iteport of the Commissioners of Charity was laid on the
table, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. M A NSFIELD presented a re:ition from the Licenßed
Vietualler4 in Leicester, proy:rg for the repval of the Tax on Ex-

_
eke Licenses.
Kr. T. WILSON presented a Petition for a similar purpose
from the Victuallers and It.ul.•eeper, il. Altigate.—Petitiotis or-

tferecrtviirptirteel.• - - . •
11 AM resented a Petition for the repeal of the
Coal Duties.—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. CUIt•WkIN -presented a Petition from the Shepherds of
Cumberland for the repeal of the Dog Tax.—Oldered to lie on

the table.
Dlr. GRATTAN moved for an Account of the quantity of Wool
reported from irelaiel since Iwo.
Mr. IL DAV IES presented a Petition from certain Inhabitants
sa!' Bristol, for the repeal ail. the Window Tax. •
.;her a few words f:oni Dames and Mr. Braerr, the reti-
e' was ordered to he printed.
Mr. Sheriff Wlterreeux appeared at the bar of the House, and
j • -ented a Petition from the Lord Mayor and Common Connell,
1...-iog for the repeal of the Assessed Takes.
Ar. Alderman WOOD, in moving that the Petition be brought
Le, expressed himself al .reidedly in favour of the repeal prayed for.
Besides the individuals who suffered so grievously fruni this tax in
a direct manner, there was another class who felt its oppression in
:mother way : those who had occasion to employ workmen even
for an hour a slay were obliged to pay a tax of two guineas! This,
as an lion. Member bad properly observed, was of the nature of a
shop tax, and lie hoped no time would be lust in repealing it.
Dlr. Alderman Ii EY G ATE hoped his Majesty 4 Government
would take the subject into consideration, and that they would re-
peal those taxes which bore hard upon the country.
Mr. Alder Man WOOD .moved for an Account of the Malt and
Earley: shipped from England to Scotland, and front England to
Ireland, in 1821; 1822, and 1823.—Ordered.
Mr. GRENTEIL moved fur an Account of the official Returns
of the value of all Exports and Imports in 1818, 1819, 1821, and
18513.-10releretL •
Sir 8. COI"PERFILL presented a Petition from gectford, pray-
ing for the repeal of the Duty am Cider.—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. A BE ItCRO M BY !!resented a Petition from the Parishioners
of the Pariah of Aberlone, in the County ct Cork, praying for a
revision of the mode
.in which the Averages were struck, from
which the Tithes were estimated. Mu: lion. Member said, that
under the present systena many .contiguous parishes paid a fifth
instead of a tithe, to theyastor.—Ordered to be primed.
Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition !loin Huddersfield,
praying for the repeal Of the Union Dtith a.
Mr. Secretary PEEL postponed the Motion regarding the West
Indies, which stood for Friday, till Tuesday next ; and the Motion
regarding:Suoth America, till Thursday se'nnight. .
Mr. LI N USA Y presented a Petition from the Lord Provost,
IMagiatratet, and Burgesses of Dundee, praying to be beard by.
Countel against the .Bill retarding the Saltivin Fisheries ou the Tay.
Mr. HUME said thathi; had already presented three Petitions
on the same subject. lie hoped that the subject of the Petition
Would he taken into consideration in this or the ensuing Session, as
it was one in which the Public were deeply interested.
Mr.HUSKISSON said that the tulatct to which the Honour-
able Member alluded had been under the consideration of the Board
of Trade, as he thought that it was one of great importance, not to
private individuals only, but to the Public generally. lie thought
it even worthy of a Committee of the Ilewee.—Petition ordered to
be priuted.
Mr. Merman II RYGATE presented a similar Petition from the
Silk Mankfaerut eriof Sudbury, against the repeal of the Silk Duties.
'Mr. BA ILI NU presented a similar Petition from the Silk Manu-
facturers of Taunton, in the County of Somerset.
Colonel TRENCH presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of
the Town of Wisbeach, praying for an alteration in the present
anode of recovering Sinai! Debts.
Sir M. W. RI DLEY presented a Petition from Robert Foster,
complaining of the injury done to Public Buildings by smoke, which
complenaly discoloured and deformed them, and stating that he had
discovered a method-by which that mischief might be obviated.
Mr. HUME presented.a Petition trout the Journeymen hatters
of London and Southwark, praying for the repeal of the Combi-
nation Laws.—These Petitions were severally read, and ordered to
be printed.
. Lord A LTIIORP postponed. his ',Motion for the production of
correspondence respecting Itibluatunen iu Ireland, which stood for
to-morrow, ter Thursday next..
Mr. F. BUXTON held in his hand .a Petition signed by. 2.5,060
journeymen Silk Weavers, residents .of tee cities of Loudon and
Wetuninster, against the repeal of the Silk Duties,. This Pctitiou
differed from all those which-bad Iseeir previously presented the
sime subject, inasmuch as they bad hectare= masker manufacturers
who bad considerable property embarked in that trade, whereas the
Petition which he rose to proseut was:from:the persons who derived
their daily bread tiont Their anployment lit that manufactute. lie
mentioned-that distinction, betause the _answer given to the other
Petitions was, that the.prespect.of (attire advantage should induce.
those-Petitioners to ipeur. temperas,. incontenience. _To wealthy
men titaCmight be a,rrytnuelusive moment, as they could afford.
to wait for the promised advantages ; but the poor meg, wig:as:thee
tition he held, could not exist withopt daily employment, and c
not, consequently, be relieved by the remote though advantagetaus•
operation of the proposed measure. . .
Mr. ELLICE was in possession of fifteen or ,twenty .Petitio
from several districts, aitniler to that pretested by the Honourable
Gentleman who had just sat down, and which he would have,
brought to the House that evening, had he expected that the tonsi-
dvratiOnnf the subject would have come on that eveoing.
ktrewe alan that a great number of Petitiona to the same effect were
on theroad from various parts of the country ; and he was sure,
itrirrae were given, that the table could not contain the number
that would be presented.—The Petition was ordered to be painted.
usTcoura picas-mud a Petition from certain persons en-
gaged in the Tobacco Trade at Devizes, ytaying for a reduction of,
the Duties on Tolraceo.
Mr. BENEIT (uf Wiltshire) supported the Petition, and son-
tended that it would appear, from the documents connected with
the aubjett, that the indreated duty per pound had caused a de-
crease in consumption to such an exteut as to reduce the automat.
of duty received below what it was before the increase of duty.
had been laid oil.
Sir J. NEWPORT also contended that the increase of the duty.
tier pound had caused a diminution of revenue by the temptatiorl
•it afforded to ainugglets. hut it would be found that the quantity
of tobacco which paid duty in Ireland un taus year 1801, amounted
to 'upwards of seven millions of pounds, whereas the average
quantity which pealiluty in the years 1619, 1820, wad,,ii3rls.was
only 4,191.,0001115. ' • lien r.t
Mr. BRIGHT rematkcd, that from the increase, let gykpninla-
*Ninoeased consumption ought to have resulted,- whereaa,:lhe•
contrary was the fact. .
Mr. EIiTCOURT presented a Petition front the. Silk Throw-
sters of Devizes, apiust the reduction of the Silk Duties.
Mr, LINDSAY presented a Petition from certain lincholders
and tnalwapers of the Count y of Lancaster, pray ing for a reduc-
tion in the Excise Duty upon Licenses.—These Petitici,s were se-
ter.:ffy ordered to be printed.
Sir J..3IACKINTOSII was extremely anxious to fix a day for
banging forward his Mation respecting out diplomatic, or rather
moor want of diplomatic relations with the new States of South
America. wished to name next Thursday week, if poasible,but
a Motion of his Huriottrable Friend, the Member for Aberdeen,
stood for that day. Should his I lonoarahle Friesnl accommodate
Jinn by postponitte that Motion to a further day, he (Sir J. Mackin-
isith).oh.olikl fax twat Thursday Vanight fur his own Motion.
, 151. r. HUME acceded,. and the Motion was accordingly fixed for
Thursday, the 18th instant.
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