4111 M • . 158 Varitament. HOUSE OF LORDS. MONDAY, APRIL Y 9. The Earl of LAUDERDALE presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in forfarshire, complaining of awl coitural actress.--Laud on table. NO:t FOLK PETITIONS. The Eat' of ALB EA! Alt I.E said, he had to present a number of petitions from owners of kinel.tu Nurtolk, complaining ut agriculture. On that occasion he shoitid, however, only present one of toe petitions, which was si.,ned by some of the must re spectable tanners end otlit:rs, tit the county. The noble earl, atter a few general remaiks on the nature and C 41.11.4: of the dis tress, delivered the petition. It purported to be front the owners of land, in the hundreds in hiolield, and NValsinghaiii, in the county tit Norfolk. The petitioners identilied their case with that tit the distress felt by site whole country, anti prayed toe relief. Lord CALTIIORP[ bore testimony of the respectability of the persons from whom the petition wine. All (lie 'mine earl Lad biLitt of the two Ilundreits trout whence it wits s,it was lutist accurate. The Earl of HOSEBERHY also added his testimony in proof of the rest•onsibilityy of the petitioners. Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition from the Hundred of of Parham, iu the county of Norfolk, also complaining of agrti. cultural distretst. The above petiuoila wets nxeivil, .41u buu on the table. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Earl DARNLEY said he was anxious, before the 1110IIPC ad journed, to make a few observations upon what be considered extraordinary silence kept by his Alitjest,i's ministers, with re• hpect to great and important matters presong so peculiarly at this stale upon time minds of persons in all pat ts of the united king than. It was los intention, it toe silence he deprecated continued touch longer, tai call the attention of the house to the great and :thinning distress in Ireland. That distress now amounted to famine. Ile trusted the dreadful accounts from that unhappy country were exaggerated, but he believed that nu person would altafht but there was great and general distr es s. Ilis object in wahine: these ob ervations was to ask the noble earl (Liverpool), whether the :mount of this distress had reached his Alajesry's I,;overninent. It ceitainly would be a tatisksetion if the !louse el Loots and the public had 4-1:11C assurance on the subject. The Earl of Li V ER pi poi, had IR/ difficulty in answering the question. It was undoubtedly tree, that in some parts ot Ire land, though nut to any great.extent, there was a great deal of distre s, and he had no hesitation in saying the subject had not escaped the vigilance of the government; measures had been taken in contoitnity to former proceedings under sinrilar distress. to provide a mint:ay. With respect to any general arraNcineut for die sale of hbuntldbt produce in din; cotintry,he knew of no t:ring that would go toereate a famine in the lo.rg run, inure than the interference ot government in tia• subsistence of the public. It was by allowing individuals to follow their own speculations, that the markets ll' this country were so well supplied. A fo reigner of distinction liad once expressed his astonishment how 'London was so well supplied without regulation, and he found, upon inquiry, that the abundance anti excellent s.pply was because theme was no regulation. liis Majesty's government were t.atisfied, from communications with the noble marquis at the head of the goeenoticat ot Ireland, that every thing would be done to ulreeint.: distress that could be done. The subject then dropped. A petition was presented from the members of the Chamber of Commerce at Belfast, praying for Parliament to lay a duty on foreign butter.—Laid on the table. Tnc Flax and Cotton Bill, and the Summary Law Proceedings Bill, went tlitough conintittee.s. and were reported walkout aniendurents to the house.—Adjtfurneil. TIVESDAY, APRIL TO. The Duke of AIONTBOSE presented a petition from the Curpotatiorfof the Royal litugh of Stirling, tigainst tile el.tell. WWI of privileges to tae Boman Catholics.-1 tie pennon was read and laid on the table. Mr. 11. Dam, trout the Commons, brought up the Bristol Harbour Bill, wltica was read the Sint tune. The Flax and Cotton Bill, and the Summary Law l'roceedings Bill, was read the third time, and passed. The house then adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. A message from the Commune was brought up by several Members, tnfonning the Lords that 1). H. Home. Esq. M.P. ties permitted to tegtod a Committee of Privileges on the ‘slarch. loom Peerage. Lord AIOIII.EY presented a petition from the ship owners of Liverpool, against impo.ing tiddiuonal duties tai Canadian umb r. The petition was read, and laid on the table. The Irish bank bill went through a Committee, and was re ported without amendment. Several private bills were forwarded in the respective stages, and the House adjourned. IlittatiDAY, MAY g. The house met at four o'clock, in a Committee of privileges, upon the claim to the Marchniont l'eerage, when Mt. Wether sill was beard for the claimant. After Gustavus Hume Itochtfort, Esq. M.P. for Westmeath, had been examines! at the Bar as a *lmes., by Mr. Brougham, Luther proceedings were adjourned to a tutor,: day. Mr. Ellis, trout the Commons, brought tip the Dublin Found ling Hospital bill. Several private bills were also brought up, anti react the first time. The Earl of TIIANET presented a petition from certain I)i.senters at Kendal, in Westmorland, praying to be relieved Loin disabtlities impti•ed on them by the Manage Act. The Duke of BEAU rota presented a petition signed by many respectable inhabitants in Someisetshire, against the ex tension 01 privileges to the Boman Catholics. Toe above were iced, and nod on the tank. '1 re Bank of Ireland Bill was read a wird time, and passed. The House att;otattol. FRIDAY, KAY 5. Mr. Brogden brought up the Excise Licenses bill, and several private ti:ll., which were read the first time. AtiItICUL'ITILkL PE'I'ITIONS. The Earl o ALIIEM AIDA.: presented a petition from the lint:tired of Kurth Gruenhoe, in toe county of Norfolk, colt ;Awning of agricultural distress, turd praying foe relzta'. The pettutdi vas signed by the re:copiers ul g-L,RJOuctes of land.—lt wi.s read, and raid on die table. Lord sUFFIELD supported the payer of the petitioners. Tile Earl of A LBL .SAtt LE preaented another petition from the owners and occupiers of lons in the hundred of liingcnne, in Sorb it. romp:diking of exte,sive taxation. Lord SU kTIELD presented a petition hem the hundred of North Erpingliani, in Norfolk, ennipleatiug of taxation, and praying tar irfiniii in the representation of the people. The rad):e earl cone:whit his statement of the prayer at the petition, by at.or.ug it tie read. The petition was aceurdingly read.—ln ututiag, tutu the fel:lion du lrc (.11 toe table, the noble earl stated oat it was rigrnsi by all the respectable leuillioaders in the bun bred of Erphignum, but he had no share in composing it. Lad I.).tltN LEV said, LILA withbutudiug the despairing tone of the peut.uus, he lied ho e ,: that u.selt soi,.;lit ha dune for the country by reduction of taxation. It was 111 the power of par. to re b ete a gr.et.ltural distress by removing toxemia. Ha e xtort, ed a hope t..et this hcablou wool t not pass ore: watimat parlutineut doing eontattany with a Yu:* to rttitactir:a of '1 at petittea w. Li.d on the t4blc. ' 4 ft 4 b . THE NATIONAL REGISTER ELECTION OF SCOTCH PEERS. The Karl of ROSE:DER HY rose un the order of the day, to call the attention, of the house to the election of Scotch Peers. ' Ile adverted to a bill which he brought in lad session of parlia ment, to regulate the elections of Scotch Peers. Subsequent to r esenting that bill, a communication was made to him, begging the bill might be suspended until the opinion of the Teets respectively could be taken. That opinion bad been taktn, and it induced hint to bring it again betore the house. Only two Peels dissented trent the bill. It wee a matter of no eurpriee that the measure should almost meet the tlllallitllOUS wish of the Scotch Peerage, because the practices at the election of Scotch ('.era weie of a nature to require the interference of the legeila twe. Since the Union, ninny had voted at the election who had no right to vote. The que-stion. as it related to a regular mode of conducting the election, was of great impottanee to the peerage of Scotland. Having no hereditary right to sit in parnameitt, they were only allowed to sit by merlon and it was a peculiar hardship to have their sight to Intend t he house after election delayed by the irregular practice of stall:tine persons to vow who had nu right to vote. At the election in 1790 thirteen Peers only omit of sixteen were returned to take their seats. The return of three was disputed, in consequence of improper votes, and during three years they were deprived of their right to sit in the house. They were then allowed to have a good claim. 'Phis was but one of the many hardships it was his object to prevent in future. The noble earl concluded by moving two resolutions nat no pesson relating to any Peer or Peeress of Scotland, except the son of such Peer, shall have liberty to vote at the election of the sixteen Peers of Scotland until he has proved his right to vote before a Committee of the House of Lords.—Secondly, It is resolved, that every person who bolds the benefit and right to vote shall be subject and liable to legal übjections, as if the firet resolution had not passed. Tile resolutions were agreed to um dia. The nolee earl then moved that the resolutions be referred to a commute,: of privileges, observing, that it the committee should accede to the resolutions, a bill would be introducad. The resolutions were accordingly referred to the committee of privileges to sit on Thuralay next. The house adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. I‘o\oA •giiit. 29. This 'ieing the last day for receiving of reports on private bills, touch Buie was occupied in Weir presentattiou aud run- Sir J. 611,AHANI presented a petition, praying to he heard by Couusel against the Somers Tuwu New Church Bill. tslr. BY NG presented the report of the Somers Town Road bill—and leave was atteroards übtaiued to IlliaLC the hind repot t on or before May 7. AGRICIULIVR•4 GOOCH presented a petition trout Foxley, Sultolk, complaining of aigriculsural distr.'s.. He was for a eduction taxation ;—(hear,)—but he did not ilesii e tliat reduction should take place sill re trenchment had previously been accomplished.—(Hear, hear.) —Ile was of opinion ticit past of the distress bad re sulted Isom superabuntlaut toothier now iddicting the whole world.—(Hear!)—Tile Iron. member then adverted to the datums cot the agricultural committees The last report, he admitted, afford, d tau chalice of relief; however, he was of opinion that a graduated scale in impoi t duties would be more serviceable than the presclit piulabitory price, as he ' weight term it. 'Die Corn Bill was oljul inus. 'f he gradu ated duties were not what he st mod wish; but except wouirthing were done, agricultine niti.t he whully ruined, 504 it tip iculture were rimed, how could toe country hold up its head aiumigst natinllsl The petition also ri puled ieform, but lie thought nothing of it, because it would nut pus KM extra six petit C into the farmers' poi kets,—( Hear.) Mr. HUME expressed his astunishment at tlidi buu. 1111:Ma ber'S ruuelurt. W here was the use of 1 etitiwiiu6 ; where was the advantage of es pressing a eadines, to reduce tax ation, when he was abseil( from divisions on motions to re- duce the establishments? Tar hon. member (naught of lies. thing—aitued at nothing but " high pi ices." (Dear, hear!) Tory could nut be obtained. relict were desired, it runid only he obtained by reducing the expenditure of the couiary. Nleasiiies to obtain Clint relief hAI been proposed; but the him. member was hot found on those divisions. He might say what lee pleased, and the Noble Marquis might propose what he liked; but he felt satisfied, that there was no chance of °brutalise 'elle( except by a reduction of the tuxes, ss Inch would be warranted, if that House would wncesun A reduction of the establishoueuts. Opportuuilies would soon be atiorded for such purpose, and he then hoped that the lion. member would be found to support the proper sitioits for tetrenchtueut. Petition urdered to lie on the table. Mr. GORDON presented petitions from Aberdeen, &c. praying for the Lee expurtatiou of spirits, &c.—Ordered to he on the table. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented petitions from the West Riding of Yea kshire and Halifox, against the bill for allowing the amino tatiou of foreign woollen goods our the purpose of exportation.—Ordered to be printed. ongsitstic Boa..—Mr. S. woitTLEy pre. sewed peutionsliiso freehold , ' s Yorkshire (chiefly from t he nec c lsbiati hood of Woks fiAtl) in favour of the Yorkshire polls' bin Itirarslll'e %hair bad wa his approbation. He should hereafter state his objections to the hill. The second leading of the bill was postponed till Friday next. Los el NORMAN BY presented a petition Is um Whitby. Sie favour of the bill—a petition that lie t Ullaldersed so leak the sense of the comity. Sir W. CURTIS piesented a petition twin ship-owners of the Poll of London, against any relasaitiun of tae II it egtla S . laws. Ordered tube printed. Mr. Alderman WOOD prem,•iiied a petition fr o m coa l it hai fingers, lice. against an add itioaal toll being 11111111Stii tor the pawing of barges wider Lo.idoli-h1 idge. Ile wished the petition to be referred to a coamittee abuse stairs. So W. cwt. fl 3 said, this sei toed to cuntea plate a new bridge-110 new nue wa• inleonled. Alderman WOOD observed, that the petition said 'lethal& about u new bridge; but one might be built, fur the olge-house estates pi udured 30,0991. a year. Mr. T. W 1 LSON questiotied A kilter Were was so much property; it uaglit to be acres that the bride could be aft Bolted he ore it was commenced. Mr. M. A. TA Y LOR said, in the struggles to prevent the buitilihg of a new bridge. there appeared to be something very like it " a job."—Lives and in. s were as uuthing com pared with the looney that might be expended. Ile oar mire, and he had exa missed it with engried., that nothing bat a new btidis could rule the old one.—( Bear, nem .) Ile also spoke of coutinalug the monopoly to Ilse Ina astir:set .4 Billingsgate us :nom her proof of alien lop to !Amit e-10 u ottesests, and not to those of tlie ruin a.uutl y. Petition ref.'s red to the coma/unity. NoitroLie AGRICULTURAL PETITION.—Mr.COKEsnicI Ile porbented another stelitiuu how the 11 oidicils k; ova* , all of them had now petitioned for no a al re dress awl (dulls, lie earccii.d uo relict li.,eu the Lard, who managed shut House and the country single handed. The people now called fat reform—they acre de sirous of procuring it at a remedy for the evils now WWI. w helloing use country ; but be ant afraid it would not be ob. mined through that house, though it would come. T ao Wilt his opinion, 18:Id hr therefore expressed it.—(ller.) 'that he should feel warmly 0.1 to s subject could hot be as a. he had devoted the whole of his life to the noble sr.ence of agrieuituse; and he now sate agriculture in a state or noo. - Mr. WODLHOUSL said, that the report on agriculture was t ( Hear.) He admitted that 'hoe was little hope of teller, except there ails a thinuatinat of the bolder's on the people. (lb or, hear.) some ' c hum, had been given to demands made to ma,irtrates to call Illt vtisigs. 7•lle tinc,istrould rlllllll 11111 tot get wtlal had Liken plan e ill other rounties i 'tor could they but recollect a hitt was OCCllllll%in 1 , 1.111 . 111 k. Two men had beet' ear cuttal. mad up wag ds of 100 were now ill prawn tor transactions in Norio k —the Inca alas w ere executed avowed Ihcir object to be to fl ightt II the rtt mils to raise their wages. Wrath s this, Lord King had tittered petaled praise of Mr. Cob bell, and the spec ch so waking Mr. C had been circulated in 1141111 hills through Nortelk. Mr. C. wits nu respecter of prryert and 11C Had bent a good deal io Norfolk, because there was mace ditarr ss m that county. Was It 'hell won- dean, that magistrates were 1.01 forward to cad public meetings? DENISON mast fl.ttly contradict the hon. member in what he lerated of Lord Kin A—his Lordship had not pronounced an unmodified panegyric on Mr. Colitiet ills LOltteAtii. spoke 10 3lr. C.'s powers in making clear dlr.. tieult questions, and 111 being right to the aiscusinais till the distresses of the country. lie (Mr. D.) agreed that Mr. Cobbett was HAM 11111111 e 11111111—th a t the noble Lind mould not he able to rll Ire. the present lola s. Mr.li. BEN NLT spoke to the like elfeet ; also bore ten* testimony to the ability of MI. Cuubett : and said, that no had listened to the tiaducing of Lipid Doug, ith thogubt. r. %VI)ULUOUSE °Loci vett, tI att the' has tome cane fur alarm wltrit such a roan as Mr. Cobhett was held up 4 , 1 p lathe, and at the farmers' friend, h hen last 'ear that h aer denounced the larmets as mean brines. I'etitll/11 read, and oak red to lee printed. Me. COK.I. presented nought r I ' from a Hundred iu Norfolk, which had hero unanimously &weed to. The petitioners said, if the present ittessines wile pur►ued, they expected there %mild he unanimous demands for the dis mission of ministers, for the desniution of Parli.duriit, and the term in of that House. lie hoped this petit would be attended to by the cable Lord.—Petitiou read, and utdcred to tic printed. l'esit,ons complaining of agricultural distress Isere ;41M) presented lions Sussex, Berkshire, Ilolderness, and NOfill, timberland. Read and utdered to be printed. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY (the house having gone into a culni;dttee on the Agricultural Repot !nought Forward, at an advanced hour on the uvening, his pi unused motion on thus subject. His lordship observed, that his opinions on this subject temained what he had in the eat ly past of the session expressed theft to be ; and although near ten weeks had elapsed shit e he fit st brought the question under cousidei ation, no time had been lust in lieVOling to it all possible attention. The original plait, that of advancing motley to parishes on the security of the rates, had nut met wills the support which lie had antici pated. It was thought that to set apart one million to be advanced on the scent ity of corn of British growth, would afford more substantial relief to the farming interests '1 he money was to be advanced on the corn being Watt housed. That plan lie had now to propose fur the adop tion of the house. His loldship then went into a satiety of oilier details connected with the distresses of the coun try, as well as relating to its finances and revenues. The Government had contracted with the Batik for a loan of 4,G00,0001. at the low rate of t per cent. interest. Of that stnn, 14600,0001. went to pay oft the Five per Cent. Dissentiet.ts; 1,000,0001. would be appropriated to re lieve the farmers, by advancing money on their corn; and the remaining 1,000,0001. would be placed in the hands of commissioners, to be advanced fur the promotion of such public winks as they might deem to merit loans to advance them. When speaking of the Five per Cent. transfers. Iris lordship strongly eulogised that proceeding, and said it was a most gigantic transaction ; that nothing like it had taken place in the world ; that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had been enabled to adopt measures lOr "paying off" 130,000,0001. of the public debt. By the " conversion" of the five into boar per cents. the conntiy had been saved an annual expence of 1,300,00d1. Butt it was not the staving alone that was valuable—it was the great precedent that had been thereby established, by means of which facilities were afforded for hereafter making other reductions in the amount of the debt, and in the burden of its interest. His lordship added, that such great uteasnie had been accomplished without affecting public credit, and they could, 110 W contemplate a real simians uf a,000,010.; and the revenue had gene on prospering—it had increased 00,0001. a week for the three necks alter the closing of the last quai tei's accounts. — His lordship next stated, that by the loan from the Batik, and which was to be used in the way already deseiibed, the currency of the conistsy would he relieved to the ex tent of 'nitre would be that amount of rel ict to the existing pressnee. To enable it to be of still more 1 0(1111.1111 111 use to the country, the Government were tie gociatiog Ishii tile Batik, legardiug cootttty books and comm., 11,11,k uo:i s. It as .1 intended to permit English mostly banks to liavrt itioi'e than six partners—to be con ducted, in tact, on the Scotch system. There was to be au extension of the tune lt - latitig to country notes—from tali to IsdS, the period *lieu the Bank's existing chat ter icsioinated. But the change in the colistittitiou of country banks w.is only to affect those that were inure than Go miles limo Loudon. The Bank charter, it was proposed, should have a limited extension of ten yea's. (Hear, hear.) But the Chancellor of the Exchequer would, on an CAI ly day, submit to the house resolutions on this hob ject. His lordship having observed that a reduction of the country's expenditure, to the atnount of 2,!.100,00 01 . bad been effected ; Solid, that it was tin contemplation 10 separate what was castled the dead weight on the atm), navy, and ordnance esdinates, lie meant the pensions, ate. which amounted atimiali) to:5,000,00cl. 'I hey formed uu part of the cult cut sets ices ; they made lite estimates appear to Le upwards of 17,000, 000 1. a 1111 l when 111 " actual expellee was not more than between twelve Mill l tint teen reunions, SuchSuchchat gra oat the country,were in the astute of a debt would heuceturUn wh be done. for A was not Wetly that wt: should apiu he waived tu suck ;i 1)