The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-03-28 00:00:00

" The Cense fur which HAMPDEN fell i• the Field,

FROM TUESD-41' IVIGHT'S G.IZET7If.

Tbis Gazette contains an extract from the Dablist Gazette,
dated March 44. in which his Majesty is pleased to order
that the Union Flag. charged in the centre w than escutcheon
of the arms of Ireland. should be appropriated to the Lord
Lieutenant. as distinguishing his presence on board his Ma-
jesty's ships.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County
of Berks.
C. Sawyer. Esq. to he Deputy Lieutenaut ; A. 11. East,
Esq. to be ditto.

itAmKsivrrcv ENLARGED.

T. Leeds- Gerards. Cheshire, cotton-spinner. from March
it to April lib, at the Bridgeviater Arius Ina, Manchester.

BANKRUPTS.

W. Ayton, Macclesfield, Cheshire. cotton-spinner. to sur-
render April 9. 10, May 0, at the Old Angel Inn, Maccles-
field. Attorneys. Messrs. Grimsditch and Broderick.
Nlacelesfield ; and Messrs. Bell and Broderick, Bow-Church-
Yard, London.
J. Buckland. Newcastle-street, Strand, carpenter. April 3.
7. Mar 8, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Jessopp. Clifford's-
Inn. fleet-street.
T. Aliso!), Gloucester, linen-draper. April It. It Mc 8,
at the Horse and Groom, Gloucester. Att Mr.
Bowyer, Cook's-court, Lincoln's-Inn; and Ales:Myer,
Gloucester.
M. Vaughan and C. Appleton. Liverpool. straw-bonnet-
manufacturers, April 13, 14, May S. at the George. Liver-
pool. Attorneys. Mr. Morrow. Liverpool, rnad Messrs.
Blackstock and Rune.. King's Bench-Walk. Temple.
J. Mason. Liverpool. listen and woollen-draper. April 12.
13. May S. at the Crown Inn, Liverpool. Attorneys. Mr.
Gregory, Lis erpeol ; and Mr. John, Paisgme-place,
Temple.
J. Sloper. Bath, baker. March 29. 30. April R. at the
fling's Arms Inn, Melksharn. iViltshire. Attorneys. Messrs.
Slade and Jones, John-street, Bedford-row ; and Mr. Mai-
lings. Wooten Bassett.
T. Macdonagh, Chesterfield, w inc-merchant, :April 3. 4.
May S. at the Commercial Inn, Cliestertitdd. Attorneys.
Mr. Chilton, Chancery-lane; and Mr. Cisri.e.Chesterfield.
T. Asheroft.f Liverpool, timber-merchant. April It IS.
May 8, at the Ofilceot Messrs. Frodihaw and Taylor. Liver-
pool. Attorneys, Messrs. Adlington and Gregory. Bedford-
row; and Messrs. Frodsham and Taylor. Liverpool.
J. Clarke. Worcester. coach-proprietor. April 10. 11,
May S. at the Bell Inn, Worcester. Attorneys, Mr. Becky.
Devonshire-Greet, Queen-square ; and Mr. Gill. Worcester.
G. Backhouse. Kendal. ironmonger. April It 7. May
at the Commercial Inn, Kendal. Attureeys, Mr. Wilson,
!remit art-Inn ; and Mr. Johnson, hernial.

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Hove revel:tad the Timber Duties, but we were unable
tofa Ileci dm nature either of the question itself, or of
Wallioe's answer.
the notion of Mr. WALLACE, the Committee on
the Timbal, Date Acts was postponed to Thursday.
On thimasotton of Lord 310UNTCHARLES, various
Reams relative to the Excise in Ireland were ordered
1 to be laid before the House. _ .

Mr. BLACKBURN presented a Petition from the
Clergy of the Parish of 3lanchester, in the Diocese of
Chester, against the Roman Catholic Emancip stion
Bilk—Ordered to be printed.
Mr. RICARDO presented a Petition from several
highly respectable Merchants, trading to Norway,
praying for an alteration in the existing timber duties.
The Honourable B Liman prefaced his motion for
bringing up thug Ln with several observations on
the extreme ins he present system of duties.
After a feW to the same effect from Sir I.
COFFIN pct 'PHILLIPS, the Petition was
brought up, rei erect to be printed.
Mr. J. P. OR. .1* presented (what we understood
to be) a similar Petition from a very respectable
indi-
vidtto a Mr. James Rotlitvick,• who, having erected
tar w mills, suffered a very considerable loss on the
imposition of the existing duties.—Ordered to be
printed.
Mr. LUSIIINGTON brought up the Report of the
Beer Duties Bill. Mlle ansenlments were agreed to,
and it was ordered shit eke Bill should be read a third
time to-morrow.
The Innkeeper's Bill was read a second time, and it
was ordereditliat it should be committed ta-morrow.
A person troll the Mint, presented a Return of the
Expences incurred in the Prosecution of Perseus for
imitating Coin. Ordered to he printed.
The House having taken into further consideration
the Report of the Charitable Establishment Bill, on
the motion of Sir T. LEI'IIBRIDUE, the Bill was
re-committed. Several amendments were then intro-
duced into the Bill. by Sir T. Lethbridge. The
House liming resumed, the Report was ree-ivesi, anti
agreed to; and the itill was ordered to be read a third
time to-morrow.
Mr. LEtill It,ECK obtained leave to bring in a
Bill is render valid certain Indentures of Appren-
tierehip, and Certificates of Settlement, signed by
Churchwardens.
Lord A. lIA MI I.Ti iN postponed :rum to-morrow to
to-morrow oi for detailed Accounts
of the Expence of the Milan Commission, and Names
of the Persons to whom paid.
Ile. LUSH! NtiTIIN moved for leave to bring in a
Bill to disable persons bolding certain high juilitial
situations in Ireland (rims sitli:i as Members of this
House. Ile took this opportunity of st4ng, that his
object was to exclude the Chancellor of Ireland, the
Master of the Rolls, the twelve Judges, and the four
Missies* I.ol:busscery its-freeentd, from swats
itriraviisr-
ment. The principle upon which he went was, that
,
noose anon were engaged in duties, the faithful per-
formance of which wuull require more time and atten-
tion in Ireland than could be consistent with their at-
tendance on Parliament. lie would not now go far-
ther into the subject, as it would be more convenient
that the discussion should be taken uu the second read-
ing of the Bill—Leave given.
Dr. LCSIIINUTON also obtained leave to bring in
a Bill to fat4litate the taking of evidence in British
dominions abroad. Ile stated, that at present before
a commission could issue for taking evidence
it was necessary to institate proceedings in Chancery,
hich were attended with delay awl expense.
ItEFeRM OF I'ORRI:PT BOROUGHS.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL observed that he hail given
notice of his intention to otiose on that night for
leave to bring in two Bills for the Reform of Corrupt
IlLsronglis. Ile now rose to state that he did not
mean to move for those Bills on that night, hulls on
accosint of the important business with which the
House wets about to be occupied. and because he was
not quite prepar.l on the subject. Ile gave notice,
however, that it was his intention to hiring forward
the subject at as early a period as possible ; although
probably that wouH not be before Easter. As he
had beets much ques'ioned with respect to the nature
of the propesitions which he meant to submit to the
House, he would take the present opportunity of say
ing a few words in explanation of them. In his first
Bill he should propose to enable the House to enter
into an inquiry respecting the corruption of Boroughs
when no direct Complaint of a corrupt election should
be before them. lie should propose the appoint-
ment of a Committee, ulth power to examine evi-
dence on oath, Ono alleged corrupt practices in
Boroughs, without the necesifity of any previous com-
plaint of &corrupt election, but simply on any complaint
of the existence of notorious bribery and corruption,
which the House might consider suficient to warrant
'each a proceeding. With respect to his second mea-
sure, lie slso.ulrl propose that one million he set aside
fur the purpose of snaking compensation tor, or pur-
chasing the elective Franchise of such decayed Bo-
roughs at might wish to give the privilege up. By
the purchase of such Borouglis,ind by the Disfnirbise-
went of Boroughs in which corrupt practices should
be proved to exist, he meant to give the power of add-
ing to the Members of the llonse• of Commons from
the representation of large bodies of the community
at prefeut unrepresented. The power of doing that,
he pr.s;lostel to vest in the Crown, pr ,riding always
that the number of Writs which the Crown should be
empowered to issue should never exceed by more
than YO, the present her of Members of which
the Hume of Commons was constituted. Ile should
also pr se that the names of the large towns, or of
the lar_e bodies of free!m!ders, to which, awl to whom
it might be considered ile•irahle thus to extend the
Elective Franchise, sh multi be specili ol iv the 11111.
He was, however, nit yet quite sure %%In:titer he would
mould these latter propositions into the shape of a
Bill, or into that of Resolutions. this present object,
however, was to withdraw the notice whieli he had
given on the subject, and to give notice that he meant
to bring it forward as early as possible after East. r.
UNION DUTIES.

Mr. WILMOT Free:idol a Petition frual thi.