Star.
London, England, 1822-02-26 00:00:00

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The Swam laid before the I louse a letter from tbsi Secre-
tary of the Navy, transmitting the Annual Account of the Ex-
penditure of the Navy Department.
The &maxim also laid before the Ilouse the following letter.
from the Secretary of the Treasury :
Treasury Department, January 19.
Sra—l have the honour to transmit herewith, for the infon-
maims of the Douse of Representatives, an Estimate of Appro-
priations proposed fur the service of the year lea, amounting
to 8,691,235 dollars 48 cents. Dollars. Cts.
For the Civil List 868,603 42
Nli sec ILineous Expenses 456,378 60
Foreign Intercourse • 148,000
The Military Department, including Pensions
among the 111ilitiJ, Indian Department, &e.. 5,185,898 19
Naval Establishment,. including the Marine
Corps a 2,252,440 117

11,891,1185 4

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ibed MONO IRMA* elf the. reports; of Britiih niercilaiis: Ha
hodumpileid important corrections to the charts now in tie, Ind
bad s'alemell Widnes useful acid important idienttons. Ho
HOUSE OW LORDS, 14BRUARY 25. prayed to Wild, ease taken into consideraticin and begged to'
Their Lordships met at Wu o'clock. . eke to the House tiro instantes, to which pecuniary remuneradod
APPEALS. had been given to that silo had exerted themselves to supply
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;he. 47,0awn.p mniam.„ azai....._eal Improvements; The one *as the case of a Lieutenant
who bad received ffsooo for his cervices : and a rope.
This was a writ of error taken to the dedsion of the Court of ;01-17".rs ia the Ha had been voted a sum of £60,000,
&chapter. fee diet:owe* an =Ltd way of nuking Mitten—The PeU.
Mr. Demme aod rs4V2:4l.s. were beard for the appel. des was ordered to lio on the table-
Mr. WALLACE was aware that ft war net Centenary to
lams; the Artuankv- fbr the respoodent.--Judgment
PootPeoad• bring forward business of importance so early in the day, but at
he could anticipate no objection to the motion he had to make,
bane Hemp Kea. Appellant; Ma& Mature Soren Weans°,
wurm„, m„uu Moore womuu, mums=
i Respondent. he would forthwith proceed to submit it to the House. He rose
Mr. Anise and Mr. Aamicaosuna were beard for the appel- .fo Move for the re-appointment of the Committee which sat
lane.—Farther argument postponed. . last Session on the Foreign Trade of the Country. He had, on
1 AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. a former occasions so fully explained the objects to be pursued
by the. Committee, that to enlarge on the subject now was
w Guy unnecessary. Measures were already landope, which
Lord ROLLE, in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant of the .. ..
henhoped would relieve British Commerce aided by sucli
County, sold he had to present a Petition front the Avicul-.
other regulation as miht be deemed eligible, would, he trusted,
turista of Devonshire. complainlng..of the distress under whitb
they laboured, and prating for relief. He felt it his duty to
make this country the great epmorium of commerce; He was
anxious that the harbour duties on f=s. merchant ships should
submit it to their Lordships' coesideratioti, though not ap.
proving of many of the sentiments which it contained. He par- be removed. He bad
mated
on a f
occasion, what he con- ticularly objected to a rider, which a entails party had affixed to sickbed would be the effect of those duties. The opinion which
the Pedtiofi stalest his wiU, and which prayed for Parliamentary
he bad then expressed was, confirmed by all the intelligence
Reform—a question which, in his opinioo, had nothing to 0
which Ile had since received. •In consequence of the high dudes
with the butane* for which the Meeting had been convened. It which attached to their approaching our coast, unless in immi-
gave him great pleasure ro say, that die great majority of the neat danger, many vessels had kept the sea in bad weather, and
freeholders coincided in his sentiments, and wished Not nothing much
p rty and many valuable lives had been km. Ate should be introduced Wkicb was calculated to disturb the bar-
Committee had been engaged in'inquiries on this subject, when
many of the Meeting. However, the rider was ultimately ey'
Heir labours were interrupted by the prorogation of Par Lament. tied, not by the freeholders of the County, but by the common He now wished for the revival of the Committee, with a view people of Exeter, of whom two-thirds of the Meeting were to the resumption of that inquiry. Many other matters would
composed. Upon that occasion he stood forward, end while come before them, but that was one of such immediate import.;
attempting to enter his protest against the Resolution, was most ance that he mentioned it as one of the hrst objects that would
grossly interrupted by the opposite party. There were 10,000 chin; their attention. He moved for rte appointment of a Coin-
freeholders in the County, of whom not more than 446 had mittee, to take into consideration the means of' impeoving and
signed the Petition fur Reform; nor had it the signatures of mahuchdo' g our Foreign Trade.
more than fourteen or fifteen Clergymen from among the great The motion was agreed to, and a Committee forthwith ape
number that had attended ; yet no means were left untried to pointed, consisting of the following Members :—Alr. Wallace,
obtain signatures, and persons were seen with placards affixed the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Marquis of Londonderry,
to long poles, who went about calling on the Public to sign the Mr. Ellis, Lord Althorpe, Mr. F. Le Mr. Gladstone, Sir
Petition for 'Reform. He hoped that after what he had said, it O. Clerk, Mr. Huskisson, Sir John Newport, Mr. Lambton,
would appear to their Lordships that the sense of the County Sir H. Parnell, Sir M. W. Ridley, hir. Ellice, Mr. T. Wilson,
was decidedly against the majority of the Petitiociers. and Sir G. Robinson.
The Petition being read by the Clerk, Mr. LENNARD postponed the motion, of which he had
Lord KING observed that, from the statement of the Noble given notice, on the subject of the Civil List, till after the
Lord, he had taken great pains to overcome any irregularity Enter recess.
that might have taken place among the Petitioners. However, Mr. BENNET postponed the motion, of Which he had given
he understood that the Noble Lord had seconded the Petition in nodal, respecting dm occurrences which took place on the day
the first instance, and he therefore must take it for granted that of the Queen's Funeral, from the sth to the 6th of' next month.
the Noble Lord did so after mature consideration as to its ob- Sir ROBERT HERON gave notice that he would, on asa
ject and tendency. This circumstance afforded him the happy early day, move for leave to bring in a Bill to du away with
assurance that the Noble Lord would now, fur the first time in the necessity for renewing Offices and Commissions after a do.-
his life, end his aid in cutting down all useless expenditure, and mice of the Crown.
in effecting a rigid system of economy and retrenchment. There He also gave notice that, .shortly after the Easter recess, he
might, perhaps, be a difference of opinion with respect to the would move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Law of
sentiments that prevailed at the Meeting; but, from what he Settlement. with a view of making a better provision for
understood, not more than fifty hands were held up against the Lcbou„tc.
Petition for Reform. After the manner in which die Noble Lord A. HAMILTON gave notiee,-that on Tuesday, the
Lord had delivered himself at the Meeting, it was very clear. 26th of next month, he proposed to submit a motion to the
that if the parties who had signed the rider were either artful House on the subject of Scotch County Representation. He
or cunning, they would not have entrusted it to him to present proposed strictly to confine his motion to the Representation of
to their Lordships. the Counties of Scotland.
Lord ROLLE explained. His great object had been to secure Mr. D. BROWN gave notice, that on Thhrsday, the 18th of
the harmony of the Meeting, and therefore he was ready to March, he would submit a motion to the House, which would
waive his objections to many parts of the Petition, lest a deter- bring under their consideration the present state of Ireland.
mined opposition might create disunion. He was not conscious Mr. HUTCHINSON, in presenting a Petition from the
of ever having done anything to offend the freeholders of the Householders and Inhabitants of the City of Cork, praying for
County. He had represented them in Parliament for twenty relief from the Window Tax, took upon himself to recommend
years, and had never elsPeriennsd anY.s9Pedlissi bet owes when it to the Chancellor of she Eachever to give this subject hid
they offered to pay his expenses if be consented to abandon his most serious consideration. He hoped the Right Hon. Gentle.
politics, which, however, be refused. If the question of f aft', man, leaving a clear surplus income over the expenditure of more
was to be considered, it would be found that the great majority than £5,000,000, would be able to attend to the prayer of this
of those who had signed the Requisition for the Meeting refused Petition. The abandonment of the impost in question would
to sign the Petition for Parliamentary Reform. It was mans- very slightly affect the revenue of the country, while the relief
fest, however, that opposition was Intended from the commence- which its repeal would afford must be felt of the highest ire-
ment ; and though, contrary to expectation, Mr. Cobbett did portance ; especially when viewed with reference to its effect on
not attend, still there was a man there who carried about his the health of the inhabitants of populous places. He set tenth at
papers and circulated them among the Meeting. He would once some length the benefits to be derived trout the abandonment of
more say, that an immense majority of the frecleolders was the Window 'fax, and the claims of Ireland to such relief.
against the rider. Mr. GRArf AN supported the prayer of the Petition, and
6 Lord HOLLAND regretted that the Noble Lord had expo- was decidedly of opinion that greater (encl. could be afforded
rienced any interruption in delivering his sentiments on the day by diminishing the Window Tax, than by the proposed-relief
in question ; but be took an odd mode of indemnifying himself,
by prone deliver uncing here the speech he intended to have deilved of the Malt Duty.
Sir W. DE CRESPIGNY spoke against the Window Tax
at the Meeting. Their Lordships heard nothing from the Noble as being very oppressive iu Eugiand.—The Petition was untried
Lord but censures on a Petition which be himself, in the dia.
to lie on the table.
harge of his duty to his King and his country, felt it incum-
c
Sir ROBERT WILSON thought it right to mention the in-
bent on him to present. But be (Lord Holland) believed that convenience to which certain parties bad brit exposed from
the Petition, as it came before their Lordships, contained the their neglecting to comply with the llesolu..ons of the Post
sentiments of the great majority of the Meeting. It was true it Office. A Petition had beeu presented to him closed at the ends,
had not the signature of the High Sheriff, but still be saw and in consequence a demand of £1 lies. had been nude for
enough to convince him that it was signed by many persons of postage. He had, therefore, returned the: Petition. In men.
great respectability. *toning the circumstance he did not meats to throw any blame,
Lard ROLLE, in explanation, said, he presented the Petition on the Post Office, be was only anxious to state what had oec
merely because he thought it his duty to do so. Seeing that, curred, that, going forth to the world, those who had Pea:ions
out of 5000 freeholders who bad attended, not more than 446 to forward might know in what way they were privileged to se:.l
bad signed It, he came to the natural conclusion that it had not them, and that it might not be thought those to %%Lem Petitiens
the sanction of the principal owners and occupiers of land in were sent in the way described had failed in their duty.
the county.—The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. J A MKS had had a Petition sent to him in the same way,
The Duke of SOMERSET presented a similar Petition from but no charge had been made for postage on his sending back
the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Parish of
.Holbeach, the cover which enclosed it to the Post Office.
in Lincolnshire, and the parts adjacent. After briefly comment- Lord A. HAMILTON said, a Petition had been sent to Mtn
ing on the distress under which the agricultural interest laboured, last year which was charged no less than £9, but on sending it
he observed that one of the many fatal effects which resulted front to the Post Office, the whole sum was remitted and the Pett-
it was the increase of crime which it occasioned, as would be lion was presented.
seen by referring to the late Assize Calendars. The Petition SirJAMES GRAIIA Munderstood the Post Officewas bonnd
which he had now to present prayed also for Parliamentary Re- to charge for postage when a document was sent closed up as
form, a subject which was often misapplied, and as often mis- this had been, but when it was proved that what bad bees' So
understood. He believed that it would not be very frequently forwarded was a Petition to be presented to Parliament, the
heard of if Government practised a system of strict economy money was always returned.
and retrenchment, instead of wasting the public money with Mr. HUTCHINSON bore testimony to the readiness =in-
reckless piofusion. Taxation was so heavy as to drive many fraud at the Post Office to correct any inconvenience occasioned
from a country where, with moderate means, they could not by Petitions being sent in such a way as made them liable-fur
subsist, to one where, with the same means, they could live, not postage.
only in ease, but in Liluence. This system produced a sensible Mr. HUME did the Postmaster the justice to say, that he
effect in every department, both at home and abroad. When he had experienced the same disposition on his part. Last week
looked at the lavish expenditure in the Colonies, and at the large he received reddens which were charged £3 or £4. On his
establishments which, In a time of profound peace, were kept up sending to the POst Office the money was immediately returned,
at home, he was not surprised at the grievous distress which with a clause which precluded the sending of Petitions in this
weighed down the great body of the population. A system of way which exceeded the weight of six ounces. Were this ro.
rigid economy would afford much more security than a great gelation generally known, it might save much future inconve-
military force, which was incompatible with the safety of the - nience and loss of time.
Constitution—(Hear, bear). On thesegrounds he gave his wit- Sr (ti. W. RIDLEY said, the clause in question was attached
ling support to the proem Petition. to an Act for regulating the duties on Tea and Coffee. At the
The Petition was read, and laid on the table. end of that Act came the regulation that Petitiona might be sent
Lord MELV ILLE presented a Petition to the same effect free of postage, being open at the ends, and not exceeding six
from the Agriculturisti of the county of Wigton, in Scotland.— ounces in weight. If this shotdd happen by any means to get
Laid on the table. abroad, the publicity it would gain would be very serviceable.
A person from the Office of the Chamberlain of London ap. Here the conversation terminated.
peered a: the bar with certain Accounts relating to the Orphans' AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS AND PARLIAMENTARY
Fund.—Laid on the table.—Adjourned.
REFORM.
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir T. ACLAND presented a Petition Rom the Glen
try,r
A person from the Bank presented Accounts of the Balance of Clergy, and Freeholders. of the County of Devoe. praying to
Cash in the hands of the Governor and Directors of the Bank of ' relief from Agrice.l.ural Mums, and also for relief by Par.
England.—Ordered to be printed. I llamentary Reform. Though the distieas was great, the PM-
Mr. SCOTT (from the Office of the Chamberlain of the City of clovers did not claim relief by protecting or prohibitory diaries,
Londoii) presented an account of the Orphans' Fund, and other I as they were of opinion that the distress sprattg•nrom causes
Accounts.—Ordered to be printed. Ito which such remedies would not at ply. They con•ich•red
Sir W. 6 VISE presented two Petitions from the distressed them to be in part the effect of takation.
&tate down to
d they were there-
Agriculturists of two towns in the county of Gloucester, pray- fore of opinion chat it was recessary to Ornainnish the public
t esta.
ing the I louse to take their case into consideration.—Ordered to blishmenis—to adopt' a system of severe.econenty vi% li respect
lie on the table. Ito what remained, and to pare down, with au unsparing baud,
c:urast tirietilsTee ing at which
Air. GOOCH presented a Petition from certain Occupiers .of all the salaries, t fwroanslitthedulityisthoe.sti.iltkii4
Land lu the county of Sussex, praying the imposition of Protect. tbe lowest.
nts;
tpu lug Duties ore imported grain.—Ordered to lie on the table. 1 this Petition bad been voted WAS unmontoos on the.;•
Lord ALT HORPE presented a Petition from Lieutenant but there WAS another claw on which a difference of opinion
John Cruuch,, of the Royal Navy, setting forth that the l'eti- existed,
in into en illgAill y into the p nt arm
boner after serving his country fur many years, and receiving forded by that I.lo'.'St., gong a
view
of
effeetng 4
tiutaiy
and
ta.
severe hurts in fighting with its enemies, bad rendered important of the itvPrtwoiall: iIY.
'entices to his country in other ways He had saved not .... . t He Sir T. Acksud) wand with
that which expressed • hope that relief would be of.
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