The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-09 00:00:00

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was informed that the hon. member haitexpressed himself re:'
fectly satisfied with the result of his application on that point! to
the postmaitor-ieneral. . The hon. gentleman was aware h !
in that instance a fraud had been, upon his own showing, cu'''
mitted upon the revenue by the conveyance of the letter from
Dublin to Greenock, where it was thrown into the Postottice.
Mr. 000BETT said he would recommend the hon. gentleman
near him (the member for Greenock) not to have rote ~hat
again. They were very dangerous things. ( A laugh.) e•
i
he would say 'with regard to the Postotlice was this, that a tetii,
had been posted in the country, addressed to him in Le %
which he had never i eceived, that two witueses could sr
r._...d
to the putting the letter into the Postotlice in the coon i_e_
that the postmaster there was ready' to swear that he ha `,
ceived it, and vet the letter in question never reached his atalfe''..
He made app.icatian to the General Postoffice in London, 1)::"..
could get no account of his letter. It was a letter of COB,
lle, there,
quence, too, for it was one that was to be printed.
fore, had to complain against the General Postoffice. It al
peered in the present case that the postmaster in Greewie.
stated that he had authority to open letters. If he had not the
authority,—if he had not the right to do so, he ought to ha“;
been punished. Had he been punished ? There was no nwets,
to that question. He would recommend all who had complaints
to make, to make theta to that house. Ile (Mr. Cohhett) 11,:
lieved that the Postoffice read all the letters that it liked to rea.(:.
(Cries of " Oh, oh!") He believed that every one thought t!,(,,
same. (Renewed cries of "Oh l")- He wrote aecordine
Let them go on ; he was of opinion that they said whatever taq
liked.
Mr. O'DwvErt alluied to the conduct of the clerks of,th:
roads in the Dublin postotlice employing the official Privi`e,ke
which they possessed to circulate through the the
periodicals and other publications unstamed, to the defraudill
of the revenue, and also to their circulating newspapers freel
postage through the penny posts, while on the papers recei','
from the regular uewsvender the postage was charged. fa
Lord ALTHORP said, the clerks of the roads had no rightstc,
transmit newspapers free of postage through the perm). P`),, -,,,
and if the hon. member would produce evidence to show t-ed
had done so, the Postmaster General would put an eud to th"
practice. ' a-
Mr. O'DWYER engaged to. supply the noble lord with abut'
ant evidence on the subject.
r. WALLACE replied, and the motion was then agreed to.
M .
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FOREIGN ENLISTMENT BILL.
Mr. J. MURRAY said he rose for the purpose of moving
of()t
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leave to bring in a bill to repeal- the 59th of Geo. 111., call•tho
commonly called the Foreign Enlistment Bill. Both at.o,
time that bill was passed, and since, no one act of the leg'
_0
ture had given greater dissatisfaction to the country, or had o.uaro
considered a greater stain upon its records. He was not '1%1(l
that any opposition would be offered to his motion, and he u. 113
therefore, without further preface, move for leave to bring
bill to repeal the Foreign Enlistment Act.
rrh hOr%
Mr. cOBBETT said he nose oppc.se the motion. s-es not
member was mistaken in hiS law. If the government hau,eo
the power to prevent any• of its subjects engaging in war, the
it had no power at all fur protectine. itself. lt had been star
by the hon. and learned gentleman thatmany of the individdtri
.connected with the military and naval services of this en° re
were glad to avail themselves-of employment elsewhere to e•se,
starvation, but it ought not to be forgotten that these individujeit
were in receipt of half-pay from this nation in order to secure l';on
services on behalf of the people of England, should occnsitto
require them, and under such circumstances he must objecia
their embarking in the service of any foreign power. Deutos.
as he must the correctness of the law as laid down by the .
and learned gentleman who had brought forward this oils;
he must maintain that some power ought to be reserve
enable the government of this country to restrain those ree'the
inn the pay of the nation from joining or embarking ju
service of an foreign .
Sir R. INoey is said thatstate when he saw the motion brouelitrt
ward by the hon. and learned gentleman opposite, aril-1.001
was seconded by th hon. Secretary for the Admiralty, hec°d.,-
not but infer that virtually the motion was already caroe the
(Hear.) The hon. aneleained gentleman had said tiitsl
Foreign Enlistment Bill was an infringement of the n"; at
rights of man, and had insisted that every man was naturai
liberty to carry his courage, his talents, and his science, etoa
where, should he so think fit. He (Sir R. Inglis) must on, of
that such a proposition amounted almost to the last resoorFo'ios
patriotism; and so far from concurring in it, he was of opi kid
that no man ought to engage in a war, or was at liberty t° or
his fellow-man, except in the cause of his family, his countritloa
his religion. (Hear.) He could not but express his convic,3s
that the- doctrines expressed by the hon. and learned gentle:is.
were calculated to be most injurious to the morality and C
or
racter of this, cuntry nth for if those doctrines were good for tbe
thing, the subjects of is realm were justified in runnied.,
same race as the bucaniers at sea and the condotteri on la,' be
(Hear, hear.) War was not, in his judgment, a game „t°,401
played at the will of any subject; it was one of the most,'„b,
calamities which could befall human nature, and ought neV,lle'
encouraged. flo.felt that it would be in vain to attempt ti`otf
cessfully to oppose a motion proposed and seconded as that tie,
before the house had been, but he should not have done juLseil
to the full conviction of his mind if he had not thus exPf-
his most perfect opposition to it. •
Mr. R. GRANT considered the question before the honscifecl
tirely independent either of questions of neutrality, or the ere;
of the common law, and it was practicable to vote for octet
peal of the act in question without branching upon eitb It
those topics which had been introduced into the debat%d9
must be in the recollection of many hon. members the gr?..,
upon which then pill had been introduced by Mr. Canning:7ot,
year 1814. • Mr. Canning had then stated the bill to or*lio,
in a treaty with Spain, under which the sovereign 0f,10,0c
realms had undertaken that no supply of arms, aminunit'°„ric,'
men should be afforded from this country to South A'Ujitl- eo,f
and that no security was afforded to the Crown for the fulfil'
of this treaty without the passing of the act in question• d"ese
the bill pledged the nation generally to neutrality, yet it umtlet,
was intended to pledge its subjects individually from enOeet,
if they should so think fit, in foreign services; and revert
the history of this country, he felt no hesitation in now To
his support to the present.. motion, and without acceding „ries'
accuracy of the law laid down by. his hon. and learned
who had brought forward the motion, he should reserve %%oat'
self the right to discuss the provisions of the bill when it
be introduced. eati?'
After a few words from Mr. Mea Y, the motion was are
Boitouon. oe. L.-KU:ESTER. fOr
Mr. HALFono rose to.,move the discharge of an order ,ter,
return to that house,by the mayor and corporation of Leic,ehoi
of the property vested in them in trust under the will of Sir • ha'
White, in 1550, and of the names of all persons to whom tee
lent, or refused, to lend, loans out of the said property. 11 "01-fiihj
ear eel
turn, the hon. member said, was moved for and oraered
morning of the 3d May, when he was absent, otherwise he acil
have opposed it.. It would be a most unconstitutional eN- (11,
of the authority of that house to call for such return,•,t
motion originated in political motives, and he trusted trira.,oll
house would not commit an act of injustice in order to k`cos'
a turbulent faction in a country town. The hon. messibe,
.f
eluded by moving that the order should be discharged. tio,°
Mr. EVANS said that the property which the corpora et,,
Leicester held in their hands under the will of Sir Thos.o4
amounted to about £15,000, which they lent in loans of ,1
those whom they pleased, and the loans were to be !erwori,l'i
nine ears. His constituents wished to know how this fe,
was disposed of, for it was strongly suspected that it s"3slloef
available for political purposes. the Court of Chanclr'oef.,4
made an order in this matter 27 years ago, but it hnts
been perfectly complied with. He thought that the retu„,-00
one which the house was justified in calling for, ani"er, j;
therefore oppose the motion for the discharge of the or(' loc.-
The gallery was cleared for a division, but none tooqe
it was understood that the motion was withdrawn, with
00
tention of bringing it forward again in afortnight. •tte,
Lord DUNCANNON brought up the report of the corniol
the Tithe Arrears (Ireland) Bill. 01'60
Mr. LITTLETON would admit the force of the hon. nlj be
objection, but he was convinced that the Treasury sou
no loss by the transaction, so valid was the security. els
Mr. RUTUVEN, the report having been brought scab
take the sense of the house on its being received. It
trary, not only to expediency but to justice, that a bil
of
perpetuated the monstrous principle of taxing person'aid
persuasion for the support of a religion to which their of
belong should be received at that late hour. He could
'ament the culpable absence, of the Irish members.
The house divided :
For receiving the report .
Against it .

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Maity .
The Assessed Taxes Reduction Biljl,or and the Sugar 01
Bill, were read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, 6'
house adjourned at half-past 2 o'clock.

SERVICES OF PLATE.
el:
(From a Parliamentary Return.) iblicl
The number of services of plate provided at the P`,ll°ol,
pease in the department of the Lord Chamberlain of brittlehold, which are transferred with the office of new ale' l
showing the expense of each service at each place :-.."., 3 6
Embassy at the Court of the Netherlands....D3,7,l4 1S I
Do do' St. Petersburgh .... (5,7',6 19 0
Do do Vienna
Do do NI lilricl
Do do . Paris K 5 6
Do do Lisbon
3-'W ) de.'
Do do Constantinople ..... 4, .. de
Do do Berhn
roba'l(4);
The amount paid'. for the outfit of equipage of a t.4,i,
envoys, and secretaries of legation at foreign eogth :i
past five years, is as 'follows:-18:.8, -..f.4...9,524; 1°- 0/,,
18:30, f.:5575; 1831, E. 213;/; 1832 £16,570. ' af° le4
The Speaker of the House of 'Commons is entitled,,ATl*P.
0`
appointment, to an allowance for equipage of E1,t)0(.),.b-Voi
vice of plate consisting of four thousand ounces, whit-4o
1,,
of late commuted for a sum of money equal to the " ~ loop
plate. f Ill,:3,0;
The three Seeirctaries of State, the Lord Steward ,?tbe,:lis,l
jesty's Ilousehold,Ahe Lord Charnherlain, Groom °.:Ticryces
Master of the Horse, Treasurer, Comptroller, and ' 000 y
berlain of the Household, are each entitled to ,
1 (0° ,e ,011/
white plate from time immemorial. oiot'oce7
The Lord High Chancellor receives, on his alll'be tr ante
sum of 1,8-13 13s. The origin of the grant cannot 0 i,6A.'01),.
The earliest record at the Treasury of this allowanof 1,-0
,e,
rant of King William the Third, directing the issue jeo.ol
Sir Matthew Wright, Keeper of the Great Seal. eitte,e4
The plate to the Speaker was formerly supplied fr'i, di )31i41
of ice
oce ; and the first record upon the subject whicliiio'll
the Treasury books is a grant by Queen Anne to lAss CP
ley; Esq., Speaker of tilt; House of Commons of 4,('' 01
of silver plate. Its
pea
: nad 0-P!7„ .44
CURIOUS ADVERTISENIENT.--The following --- . ,i. • otii:4
ladies appears in the Leeds Mercury .if SuturdaY I,i.oteoYlPf
" liwporia»t to the Female Sex, with or uithout the foro,olo
" On Monday; the 15th instant, the members %hers ~,0011f,
election committee for the late election of 1114hitel,';‘,,e1,,
borough, visited their late candidate, Mr. John Y 031100 fia
and occupier of the Star Inn, in Sowerbv, near diate .',,
the said J. W. said St(
I am in iinivele onaitiooli?,
real good, handsome. prime wife, and any sing , 0000011
sessed of attractive. charms, Whaling to better,p,egotag of°, 61
marriage, may find theyresent offer a most a 'Ytiiii4liciPoi,4
as her only duty, in addition to the afreetionate o_
„bilLoyt,v,
will be to give oirections to servants and have riViiit,,eo,,io:,f
"The Chairman then said—' Should you, lir. o.ho i'aerptPor
with a spouse as beautiful as the Goddess Dian-3!eur P°joto
you children as the vine bringeth forth grape
-c,,io, ii .lei :et
real, personal, and funded in a bank at Pal,' ekcit iiivi
places, are sufficiently ample forthe stipport (4 'To; e 010 e
pears from your writings and deeds now l!ef°',ehe t`ti°,fortt)
, "The respectable meeting concurred web; tivoi'3,„`..'e,e4,ll,
and agreed tnr .this to be published, vitle the ''''',..eql-,Yc'tti',"l
viz.:.--:"l'hat privatii personal application i 50,10, i ;it 11/
made: and none hut such as can give respeel
ea 01 /i1
of a virtuous and highly reputable character D'e offs er
of" mrlication to he till he he suited. - 'er nal -0/
N.B.—All letters not post paid, ct what' jsll.,
' returned. fivio°,,g I'd 1 if'
"The business of the meeting having been . tli,.eci, ii
mony, 141 r. J. W. said—' I owe no Terser' '!``.o.l' irri:jroc
..nd I will keep open house the day after 1171r.,-, An
~ AMB. HILL
Sowerby, July 15, ISM, A