The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-01 00:00:00

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RAPE-SEED.
Lard LASCELLS3 prAeaeslni a Petition from Fanwera.
Growers of *ape-seed. Me. has part of Yorkshire.
Mr. F. ROHINbON awned, that he be had fiend a die-
peal a to acquiesce is the dutybut he himself believed it to
berotbet too WO for the intereas either of the manufacturer or
tI ogricokorist. Though the Duty might be usefell in places.
Wye Rape-seed was grown, yet it was a heavy premiere itsi
OW parts, where the refuoe was wanted for manure, which.
Ammar .o great inapeettloce, particularly in the light laws of
'Yorkshire, Liscolobire, &c. lie coati-wed be thought the
high Duty impolitic, and wo••Id be very ready,to agree to a r
*Mem) of It; but so what extent lie could not thee sky: bet,
whatever theredoctiou might be. it was not expedient that it
'kaki take place soddeply and imusedialely.
Mr. FRAN KEA I) LEWIS made some observation's. to
the comparative erect of the tax ou inaualactureni and agricul-
turists.
Lord LASCELLLS wished the matter to he properly under.
-stood. It was true that the woollen manufactus en did ceetplas
Of the Dot), but he maundered that ‘rent injury was done by
=at) to the agriculturists themsrlocs. As an additional
It, in fact, operated more 'Too theta Chap oo the
*tourers.
Mr. F. ROBINSON did snot think that it would be necessary
loacconipasy a disainution of the Duly on Rape-teed biga ado
• &donut Duty ou Rape-cake.
The Petition was ordered to lice* the table.

SCOTS LUNATICS.
Sir G. CLERK prorated a IPlriisieetardast the Scold La-
antic Asylum Bill.
the LOH.D A OVF)CATE laid, that Sentlaud *-
deb ed to the N:itile Lord Ai Iso bad take* so mach
inj in the Bid. apiost which. be believe I, meets a
elassourshad been excited. He had ou objectioa to pot*
Mee essasiddrassee bf it. • ,
Lord.A. HAMILTON said, that the woe of the country MI
Seetbsad was sever saute clearly expressed than it war apiait'
this ineasitre.
Lord BINNING said, that whew the Bill came to the
reading, be slivuld endeavour to explain his views issureV
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their . take
Mr. FIN LiA Y admitted that it was not poothir in woe mea-
sure to embrace all the grie.ancel und incunvenieacies that
were complowaed of, yet some steps might be taken advan.
tagromly,
Ou the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE, the Order of
the Day stns discharged; and hr then moved the second reading
of the Bill for that day •aree months. If she Hun. Member
(Mr. Plitl.,y) trod read the Bill, be would have seen tibia its ob-
ject was to gave publicity to the Burgh Account. to all the
Borgetses, and to gate them all propel Mead, of controuling
expeauliture, and to cier the Aerostats .publicity through the
Coot s• of Justice. The matters me• tioned by the Houourable
Oenileman had been discussed some weeks ages.
Lord A. to ANII!.TON proposed, as an amendment, that the
B H be ,tad that dar•forint4ltt.
The LORD ADVOCA 1 E withdrew his motion for post-
ponilig .1w i.rogrres th Bill f. r three months.
'lke see. nd readisg was filially 'rifled fur Monday beat.
COIIIIIII DUIII I .S.
Lord STANLEY presented a Peti•iun from Manchester
ass,aiust the Cotton Dutie..--(4.4ered to lie oat t4etattle,,..
NAVY LISf.
Mr. BENNETT presented a Petition from the Proprietors of
Steele's Navy List.
Sir .!OSEPH YORKE said, that be was not partienhtrly
coocerued to the matter, yet he must say,. that the Admiralty
hada right to make or to sai etion acorrect List of their own.—
Aseele's List might sitll go on if the Proprietors pleased ; hat
Ise eaateodat that they bad no right to claim nay compat.satitto
tam the score of copyright, because the Admiralty List mos
rpahlisbed. It aas quite proper that the Admiralty should have
a MU of their own.

The Petiole° was ordered to lie oa the table. and to be
printed.
A Petition was presented by Mr. KENNETT from Scotland,
complaloios of the proceedings In the Courtier Lao.
The LORD ADVOCATE made some remarks on the re-
flections espatalsed la the Petition on the Court- in Scotland.
Leal A. HAMILTON MOO, that the Petition alluded to the
practice Onsaltlag acts of seder:on eq alent to laws. What
would be said here. if it were held thntseveral Statutes a ere
considered as WA iaabeyance. and that the Judges ugly lean '1
the postale paaniumer upon them?
Sir M. W. RIDLEY said. he had on a fanner occasion invo.•
tested against refusals to print Petitioas. It wa. St obey
should be printed Ojai it was asked for, and that without op-
poeition.
The Petition watreeelved, and ordered In be printed.
Several Petition for Parliamentary Reform were received.
Mr. METH Wel resented a Petition from Somersetslwre,
from Woollen. wirers, against Duties on the Raw Ma-
terial.
Ordered to lie on table.
The Brighton Gas Lights' Bill on rend a bet time.
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CLAIMANTS ON FRANCE.
Mr. W A RRE, seeing a Noble Lord in his place, wished to
ask him whether it was true that a Convention with the French
Government had been finally. signed respecting the liquidation
of the demands of Claimants oa the French Government ?
Lord CASTLEREAGH-said he was not able 10 give a full
answer, at he had not yet received ollicial information on the
subject: but from what be had heard, he did not doubt shatseeh
a t oilventiou had been signed. When it was regularly kauwo
and milder'', be should communicate it to the House.
POOR LAWS.
Mr. PROTHEROE presented a Petition from the Corpora-
tion of Gouda"s of tire P..or of the City of Bristol. 'respect.*
the exPeaces that alight alight be incurred by thermoset of the,
Poor who had not committed acts of vagraucy.. They cousi
dered it would throw a burden unjustly on that city.
Mr. S. BOURNE did slot see how he rould make r provioloo
conformab e to the Petition in his Bill. one objeM al whisk was
to pass people to their own country.
Mr. FA ZAK ER LY made some observations respeetitig fa-
cilities to persons gulag to Nor Is America.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, the subject had been under the
consideration of Governmen.
The Petition stag ordered to lie on the table.
A Petition presented by Alderman WOOD frau some place
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distiogoishing particetert of their Imprisonment, ke.
Me. M. A. TA Y LOR Amid, that some years back
a similar inconvenience existed i* this men( ry. Per-
antis imprisosed On teats ill the Courts of Conbrieuce
bad remained in eoefinement loesmany months; but:
the practice respecting itopriseilasent for small debts
had•been altered. He hod bleaself, years ago, made
a motion on the subjeot. lle arras net very conversant
with Scotch law, bet bethought some prevision might'
be made.
Mr. W. SMITH hoped Gentlemen would torn
their alteration to subjects of. this nature. If there
was any general defect in the system of our laws, be
thought it would appear Iselin-in a kind of eicia..l
site regard to property, rather than to life and liberty.,
lie wished the latter to be more fully considered.
The accounts were ordered:4. •
West India Papers were presented, and ordered 'to I
be printed.
Sir W. CURTIS seeing an Hon. Member ha his
place, who had been represented as having assert-
ed a few nights ago, that the fine institution of
Christ's Hospital was at present applied to the ethics.
doe of the rich) and net to that of the poor, was de-
drew of being satisfactorily informed whether he had
made any such obsereation.—[A laugh 71
Mr. BROUGHAM was not prepared to acknow-
ledge the right of the Hon. Iltareset, to require from
- • might

and Learned Gentleman the convenience of postpon-
ing the further progress of the Education Laws'
.Amendment Bill, in consideration of the urgent is.
portance of several other Orders of theTlvy.
Mr. BROUGHAM reedit), 'complied with the
wish espressed by the Noble Lord, as the Bill, con.
minim several alterations, could not he reprinted
before Monday. He took this opportunity of re.
,narking that he littered himself every material oh.
'iOction had been removed.
COUNTRY BANKS.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
iose, but espressed himself in a. very low tone of
Voice ; he was, however, sodemood to say, the
Howse was hoar., that the firs...reading of the Coon.
try Usukers Regulation Bill stood for Monday nest.
In consequence of a meeting, he bad she bender to
have with. a deputation of the Country Bankers, al.
though his own opinion of the principle of the Bill
remsined sweltered, he took the opportunity of to.
forming the Mouse, that it was not his-intention to
persevere ip pressing it ibis Session.—r Hear,
hear ! from the OppositioN.)—lt would require some
'modifications, which it would be impossible to have
prepared in time. He should therefore move, That
she present Ofdrr be discharged.
Sir M W. RIDLEY coegratelated• the Ist—
and the Right Hon. Gentleman 'himself, on, -the des;
termination he had COMO to on the subject.—
But he conjured him, as he valued the public tree.
quillity, and the propriety of setting at rest asap.
'prehension, of the country es to the circulation of its
currency, t,) state explicitly what his ulterior inten-
tion was—whether or pot he would propose the
measure in a modified form at a future time? It
was due to the Country, and-to those 'swaged in the
Country B'an'ks, to make the statement as publicly
and speedily as possible. •
Ti.s CO`Aic.,ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
observed, -that he would take care to pot the House
aid the country in possession of the intentions of Go-
vernment,. so as to afford the fullest time ter ale-
liberation. . f.!ce
Mr. TIERNEY hoped . the House and Coooll/.
would not allow themselves to be caught wide/ANA
proem:6N, ;This was the second meeting at Lord
Liverpool's, in which the.bstaisess of Parliameot wee•
arranged without consulting the Home of Goossees. • •
Hear, hear!)—lt was thus -its .senctioe west set
et naught. How could, he knows the graved,' A*
which 114 useuerewas,withdveree 2.; Had the 114 g
Hopeerable Geuther." giant, imposition? Ii Iwo
he said, in c,•tise4nence if e teeming Ade Minister
with a rich body of men.. 'Plidrlasslear, that if he
pesseyettil,kn.a.parsweisombielbeasesseeSsolly sitelW
their interests, ibity wwidlkiewilith, io -thp event
a General Election, to shift for hiniself.—[lleorli •
Lorcb. CA,STI. RCAGH seer ervieritouill . thdt
when a *shit gale itotiot et Ms ialealoll of
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, _ .. meeting might be !slued bl, _
motives of interest. Every man engaged in the b...,
ness of the circulation of the country was struck with .
horror at the proposition, end from what the Right,
Honourable Gentleman even that night said they ,
would continue 'under anxiety. Either then the I
alarm, if well founded, should be set at rest, or if .
the measure was a proper one, it should be carried
Into effect by a legislative enactment. .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ad.
'flitted that many of the arguments of the Depotaties
were against the principle of the Bill, though on that •
point his opinion was unchanged. With regard to
modifications much might be done to weaken the obe
.it.ctious..
The hfoliee was then carried for the discharge of
the Order. .
.A.RTILLERY DRIVERS. •
. Mr. BEN NET T, after some observations so tbd
hardship with which these Officers were treated.—ti
'treatment for which there was so precedent in the
service—moved an Address to the .Pl/1110 Regents
Pereying that he would be pleated to authorise the
payment to the Officers of the Royal Artillery
Drivers the sum of 3,6691. being-thestateunt ei•dif.
(truce between their half and full pay, sad diet via
Opus tumid make good the same.. ' •
Ma. ROBERT WARD denied that any Omahas
.was ever' heed out to these Officers, who, thoeglt-
tikey-beld military rank, had no military &sentient!.
,4—it was evident from their ComMissiees that they,
tli in a dillihrtet.siteetion treads. Officers of the
- . Hes-wee ready to admit that they bad dia.
charged their duties in the most satisfactory manner 1-4
bet there was no wowed whatever for the present')
claim. If jovial were on the side of the claimantri',
l God's name let it be granted, but he contended'!
Ithatit was not so. There were many arranrefilettit
w 1%44,, as matters of liberality, it wneld•hodetirdelli
to anake, if she country could afford it ; hat lecolittti
n0t...-. ite very much wished, for instance,:tilletliir-
weetracticable teallow all Officers, after it 11$81111/'
,thsedemr of. years' service, to retire on foil pef.'-'''lt4
iirs, the opleiort of the highest military authottlyir
1 ,ter grant the required boon to the Royal .Arilie
LIII; Drivers weeldbe to create the...greeted and most
.insonnosalahle discontent throogheut the army. He
.hadv however, the .pleasure to .sottoonee, that the 1.
MontorJGeaond-of .thi Ordnanie 'being fatty ' Ith•
neossid 'with itimeoperviree. of those fletttleinen, bed '
alsoisied, sad hut obteittisi the consent of Governamet
.tx•-tbis!the•oely bedefit that caddish greeted this,
ostostir, that they shoold receive their haft-pay ht they
ostors of a stipend, distinct froasthe half-pay of did' •
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bid heOtist deny the &Nation of the Noble Lord, as to the se- other MemiTers an exploitation of what they might be fore •th i ed cod into that Hour.
metal opposition to the measure in Scotland. He would admit lt llsourtare Wes .11tr 0
represPotyt.i to have said le that House. The fac.t,
Mot st rejoin. had prevail agninst it to a twasideruble degree; kir. TIERNEY would hare been glad if the met*
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Lord A. HAhi li t.TON raid a few words.
The LORD ADVOCATE said. that representations had been ti" 1.111" reek Ithr—ell. ("I P/ tito ye*" •1..-e... into sterna of the mestere, or tn. At: Z• : -. -4
Riede to hint on the subject, and he had no objection to pow- eight eagelbni alleged abuse, had terminated by show- :1.
trondrstritig it ? The House
.was. nto party to ' t;,
pool g the cowidt ration of the 13.11. 't be body forming a con- ing that three of them were well founded. passed at the mean of Bookers. For !able ,It., ..,
ve .tion of the Royal Burghs net 'early at I- dinheigh t but
Lard C AsT LER EAG H suggested to the Hon.
their ineet:nf a out ! not take place till the Sd of Jul) next. knew, that tUerting might be actuated bl their Ifni i