Foreign Grain, Order of Yesterday, discharging Orders for Accounts respecting, discharged. County Rates, Return respecting, Ordered. "Inwards into the Ports of the United Kingdom, specifying each Port, chiefly laden with Corn or Flour, since "September 1st, 1826, to February 1st, 1827; the Quantity "and Quality of their respective Cargoes, and if bonded "or sold at once in the Markets, and the Duty charged "or to be chargeable thereon; "Also, An Account of the Number of Foreign Vessels "that imported Corn which have cleared Outwards from "the said Ports, with the Nature and Value of their respective Cargoes, and how many in Ballast, as entered " at the Custom Houses of the United Kingdom, for the "same Period; 66 "And also, An Account of the Number of British "Vessels, and their respective Tonnage, that have im. "ported Corn from Abroad, and the Ports of Entry of "the United Kingdom, during the same Period," be now "read." The same were accordingly read by the Clerk. Ordered, That the said Orders be discharged. It was moved, "That the Order made Yesterday, "That the Orders made on Tuesday the 20th of this instant February, "That there be laid before this House, An "Account of the Quantity of Foreign Grain, either "Warehoused or not Warehoused, imported into this Country in each Year since the passing of the Act "55th George 3d, C. 26; distinguishing the Quantity of "each Sort of Grain, and the Quantity Warehoused from "that directly imported; "Also, An Account of the Quantities of each Species "of Warehoused Grain declared free since the passing "of the Act 55th George 3d, C. 26; distinguishing the "Year and the Date at which it was liberated; “And also, An Account of the Quantity of Grain "bonded since passing the Act 55th George 3d, C. 26, "which has been exported to any Foreign Country; "stating the Country to which it was cleared out, and distinguishing the different Species of Grain exported," "be discharged," be now read." The same was accordingly read by the Clerk. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, " A Return "of the Annual Amount of all Sums levied on the County "Rate in each County in England, under the Head of Expence of Prosecutions at the Assizes and Sessions," "from 1st January 1800 to 1st January 1827; distinguishing each Year, as well as the County in which the said "Sums have been levied." 66 66 66 Foreign Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and OccuWool, Peti- piers of Land, Growers of Wool, and others, residing in tions against the Hundred of Dorchester, in the County of Oxford, Import of: (Dorchester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Oxon :) Langtree: Ewelm: Binfield. Mynydd y Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, Growers of Wool, and others, residing in the Hundred of Langtree, in the County of Oxford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, Growers of Wool, and others, residing in the Hundred of Ewelm, in the County of Oxford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, Growers of Wool, and others, residing in the Hundred of Binfield, in the County of Oxford, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying, "That their Lordships will be pleased to give such Relief "to the Petitioners, against the Introduction of Foreign Wool, as to their Lordships shall seem meet:" 66 It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Occupiers of CotCilgwyn, &c. tages erected on the Commons or Waste Lands known Commons, by the Names of Mynydd y Cilgwyn, Mynydd yr Petition of Hendre, Rhôs y Gadfan (otherwise called Rhôs y Gadfa) Occupiers of Cottages Rhos Nennan, and Rhos Tryfan, and situate in the respecting Parishes of Llanwnda and Llandwrog, in the County Inclosure of. of Caernarvon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That in the event of a Bill, for "the Purpose of enclosing the Commons therein alluded "to, and others in the same Neighbourhood, and of "dividing the same among the surrounding Landowners, 6 "being submitted to this House, such Clauses may be "introduced into the same as will allow the Petitioners "the quiet Possession of the Property which they have "created, under such Acknowledgment to the Crown, "as Lord of the Manor of the said Commons, as may be "deemed by this House an Equivalent to the Value of "the Land in its original State, and such as may also secure to the Petitioners such Right of Ways to their respective Cottages as this House may consider necessary and expedient :" Upon reading the Petition of the Gentlemen, Clergy, Corn Laws, Magistrates, Landowners, Manufacturers, and other Per- Petitions for sons, Residents within the Hundred of Blackburn, in the Alteration of: (Blackburn :) County of Lancaster, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, "That their Lordships will forthwith "take the Corn Laws into their most serious Considera"tion, and apply to the Trade in Corn the same Principles by which their Lordships have been guided in regulating the other great Branches of Commerce, thereby rendering Justice to the Manufacturer, and insuring to "the Nation at large the inestimable Blessings of an " abundant Supply, at a moderate and steady Price, of "the Necessaries of Life:" Upon reading the Petition of the Weavers, Labourers, Monyfieth, and other Inhabitants of the Parishes of Monyfieth, &c: Barrie, and Panbride, in the County of Forfar, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to repeal the existing Corn Laws, and adopt permanent "Measures of Relief to the Country :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Woollen Cloth Manu- Uley: facturers, Cloth workers, and Inhabitants of Uley, in the County of Gloucester, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to adopt a gradual "and complete Repeal of the Corn Laws:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants, House- Southwark : holders of the ancient Town and Borough of Southwark, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying "to their Lordships" to adopt such Measures as to their Lordships shall seem most adviseable, for taking away "all Restraint upon the Importation of Corn, and for "effecting the greatest possible Reduction in the Public Expenditure: Abolition of Chobham. "Home Growth falling below 8s. a Bushel, and be re"duced 1s. per Quarter on every Repeal of Taxes to the "Amount of One Million per Annum:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Slavery, Peti- Parish of Chobham and its Vicinity, in the County of tion for, from Surrey, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "to adopt such Measures as to their Wis"dom may seem fit, for the speedy Emancipation of the "unhappy Slaves in the West Indian Colonies, and in the "mean time to enforce such Means of Moral and Reli"gious Instruction as may prepare them for the Enjoy"ment of this inestimable Benefit:" Navigation & Timber, Accounts respecting, Ordered forthwith. Duties levied on certain It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Ordered, That there be laid before this House forthwith, "An Account of the Number of Vessels, with the " Amount of their Tonnage, that were built and regis"tered in His Majesty's Dominions, from the Year 1814 "to the Year 1826, both inclusive;" Also, "An Account of the Total Number of Vessels, "with the Amount of their Tonnage, and the Number "of Men and Boys employed in navigating the same, (including their repeated Voyages,) that entered Inwards "and cleared Outwards from and to all Parts of the "World, in the several Years from 1814 to 1826, both " inclusive; distinguishing the British from the Foreign;" Also, "An Account of the Total Quantity of Timber "of all Sorts, Masts, Flax, Hemp, Tallow, and Linseed, "imported from the different Ports of Europe, in the "several Years from 1822 to 1826, both inclusive; dis"tinguishing the Countries from which imported ;' Also, "An Account of the Quantity of Timber of all "Sorts, Masts, Ashes, and Corn, imported from the "British Possessions in America, in the several Years from " 1822 to 1826, both inclusive;' Also, "An Account of the Number of Ships, specify"ing their Tonnage, which have entered the Port of "London in the several Years from 1822 to 1826, both " inclusive; distinguishing the British from the Foreign, "and the Coasters from the Foreign Trade;" And also, A like Account for the Port of Liverpool; severally Ordered to be laid before the House on Wednesday the 14th of this instant February. Ordered, That an humble Address be presented to His in Russia, &c. Majesty, to request that His Majesty will be graciously pleased to order that there be laid before this House, such Information as has been obtained with respect to the Amount of the Duties now levied in the Empire of Russia on British Woollen or Cotton Manufactured Goods and Hardware; British Goods, Address respecting. Order for Lords to be summoned, discharged. Lords summoned. Game Laws, Petition of Magistrates of Bury St. Edmunds for Revision of. And also, The same Return of Duties levied on these Descriptions of Goods in the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of France, and the United States of America. Ordered, That the said Address be presented to His Majesty by the Lords with White Staves. It was moved, "That the Order made on Wednesday "the 14th Day of this instant February, "That all the "Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House "on Thursday the 8th of March next," be now read." The same was accordingly read by the Clerk. Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. Ordered, That all the Lords be summoned to attend the Service of the House on Thursday the 15th of March next. Game Laws Ordered, That there be laid before this House, " An Commit"Account of the Number of Commitments, distinguish- ments, "ing the Number charged with each particular Offence, Accounts "and specifying the Number in each County of England Ordered. respecting, " and Wales, during the Years 1810, 1811 and 1812, inclusive, distinguishing each Year." Also, The same Account for the Years 1824, 1825 and 1826. Also, The same Accounts for Scotland. And also, The same Accounts for Ireland. Lords take the Oaths. Campbell et Wallace et al. against Cockburn et al. Hamilton against Laidlaw. Buchan et al. against Sir D. H. Blair et al. The House being informed, "That Donald Brown and "David Martin Black, Respondents to the Appeal of "John Campbell Esquire, and others, had not put in their "Answer to the said Appeal, though duly served with "the Order of this House for that Purpose:" And thereupon an Affidavit of Robert Mackay of the Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in their "That John Cockburn The House being informed, And thereupon an Affidavit of William Chalmers Tasker, Ordered, That the said Respondents do put in their The House being informed, "That James Laidlaw, And thereupon an Affidavit of James Bridges of the Ordered, That the said Respondent do put in his The House being informed, "That His Majesty's Sir H.Munro against Munro et al. D. H. Blair The House being moved, "That a Day may "That a Day may be ap- Buchan et al. "pointed for hearing the Cause wherein George Buchan against Sir Esquire, and others, are Appellants, and Sir David et al. et e con. "Hunter Blair Baronet, and others, are Respondents, "et e contra :” It is Ordered, That this House will hear the said Cause, by Counsel at the Bar, on the first vacant Day for Causes after those already appointed. The Earl of Shaftesbury reported from the Lords Com- Wright's mittees, to whom the Bill, intituled, " An Act to give "An Bill. "Powers of Sale over Part of the Estates devised by the "Will of John Wright, formerly of Lombard Street in "the City of London, Banker, and afterwards of Esher, "in the County of Surrey, Esquire, for the Purpose of "obtaining a more connected and convenient Estate, to "be settled to the existing Uses of his Will," was committed; "That they had considered the said Bill, "and examined the Allegations thereof, which were found "to be true; that the Parties concerned had given their "Consents to the Satisfaction of the Committee; and "that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and "made several Amendments thereto." Which Amendments, being read Twice by the Clerk, were agreed to by the House. Ordered, That the said Bill, with the Amendments, be ingrossed. Petitions in Upon reading the Petition of the Catholic Inhabitants Roman Ca- It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Catholic Inhabitants Abbey It is Ordered, That the said Fetition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the St. Audeons, It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the North- It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Abbotts Beckington, &c: Shebbeare, Buckland Wolfardis- West Putford: St. Stephen, Stockland & Wymering & Widley: St. Paul, Warkleigh & Salterleigh: It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Parishes of Abbotts Beckington and Newton Saint Petrock, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Parishes of Shebbeare and Sheepwash, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Clergy, Gentry, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Buckland Filleigh, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Wolfardisworthy, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of West Putford, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships" not to make any Alterations in the "Laws relating to His Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects:" It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, and Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Stephen, in the City of Exeter, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That no further Con"cessions may be granted to His Majesty's Roman "Catholic Subjects:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, and other respectable Inhabitants of the United Parishes of Stockland and Dalwood, in the County of Dorset, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying, That their Lordships will not permit the Roman "Catholics to legislate for a Church which they deem "heretical, but will adopt such Measures as will preserve "the Protestant Establishment from all Papistical Interference, and effectually prevent the Growth of a Power "which the Petitioners believe would destroy that Civil " and Religious Liberty, which it is the Happiness of "these Kingdoms so pre-eminently to enjoy :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Minister and Inhabitants of the Parishes of Warkleigh and Salterleigh, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto sub"That they will not scribed; praying their Lordships, "surrender those Barriers and Bulwarks which the "Wisdom of our Forefathers interposed, not merely for "the Protection of our National Church, but for the "actual Safety of the State, nor grant any further Con❝cessions to His Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of Great Great TorTorrington and its Neighbourhood, whose Names are rington: thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That "those Tests and remaining Restrictions which in the "Wisdom of our Forefathers were, and still are by so "many of His Majesty's Subjects deemed necessary to "protect and preserve inviolate the Established Religion "and Constitution of this Country, may not be dispensed. "with :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Inhabitants of the St. Mary Parish of Saint Mary Steps, in the City and County of the Steps, Exeter: City of Exeter, whose Names are thereunto subscribed ; praying their Lordships, "by a firm Resistance to any further Encroachments of the Roman Catholics, to appease the Minds of His Majesty's Protestant Sub"jects, which have been so long disturbed, and doubt"less will continue to be so disturbed without this Resistance, and thereby restore them to their wonted Tranquillity:" 66 Colneis: Frant, &c: Newport, Bosmere & Cargill : Taverham : Sidbury: Mitford: Dunmow : It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Gentry," present Corn Laws that shall have for its Object the 66 Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occu- Ness: piers of Land, and others, residing in the Hundred of Ness, in the Parts of Kesteven, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and 5 Petitions It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Occupiers of Land, and others, residing in the City of from Lincoln, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the several Parishes of Frant, Hartfield, Lamberhurst, Mayfield, Rotherfield, Withyham, Ticehurst and Wadhurst, in the County of Sussex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That if "it be found neccessary to fix a Maximum for the Price "of Corn, they will also provide a Protection and Security "from the ruinous Effects of the excessive Fall which "may be produced by a large and uncontrolled Import"ation of Corn:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and OccuUpon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, Tradesmen and others, in the Town and Neighbourhood of Newport, in the County of Salop, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: And also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and others, in the Hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, in the County of Suffolk, whose Names. are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "to investigate their Case, and protect the Property "of the Agricultural Interest :" It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Proprietors and Occupiers of Land, and others interested in the Success of Agriculture, in the Parish of Cargill, in the County of Perth, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships to throw out any Bill which may have for its Object to admit Foreign Corn into this Country "at a Price which is insufficient to protect and remune"rate the British Agriculturist :" Lincoln and Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and others, residing in the City of Lincoln and Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and others, residing in the City of Lincoln and Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and others, residing in the City of Lincoln and Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed: Also, Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and others, residing in the City of Lincoln and Parts of Lindsey, in the County of Lincoln, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; severally praying their Lordships "to adopt such Measures as will protect "the Petitioners Interests, and enable them to cultivate "the Soil with Advantage to themselves and to all the "Interests of the State :" It is Ordered, That the said Petitions do lie on the Table. &c: Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occu- Rectory of piers of Land within the Rectory of Doddington in the Doddington: Isle of Ely and its Vicinity, comprizing Fifty thousand Acres, or thereabouts, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships " to divest from their "Minds any Idea of revising and altering the present « Corn Laws, and maintain such a Protection to the "Cultivators of the Soil, as the Extent of their Capital, "Skill, and Labour are fully entitled to :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occu- Blofield & It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the piers of Land, and others greatly interested in the Wel- Walsham: Table. fare of Agriculture, in the Hundreds of Blofield and thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, Walsham, in the County of Norfolk, whose Names are "That Upon reading the Petition of the Landowners, Clergy, and Occupiers of Land in the Hundred of Taverham, in the County of Norfolk; praying their Lordships "not to "make any Alteration in the existing Corn Laws:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land, and other Persons, residing in the Parish of Sidbury, in the County of Devon, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships, "That no "Scale of Duty may pass this House, by which the Im"portation of Foreign Wheat may be at any Time. "allowed, on the Payment of a less Sum than Twenty"six Shillings the Quarter, with corresponding Sums on "other Grain :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land within the Hundred of Mitford, in the County of Norfolk, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "earnestly to consider "the utter Ruin in which the proposed Alterations in "the existing Corn Laws would inevitably involve "them :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the Hundred of Dunmow, in the County of Essex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "not to make any Alteration in the 4. they will not allow any Change to be made in Laws "which even now afford a very imperfect Protection to "the Farmer, hardly enabling him, with the utmost "Economy, Skill, and good Management, to discharge "the various heavy Outgoings with which the Land is "burthened:" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. Upon reading the Petition of the Occupiers of Land Romford frequenting the Market at Romford in Essex, whose Names are thereunto subscribed; praying their Lordships "not "to make any Alteration in the present Corn Laws "which shall place the Corn Trade under less Restriction "than it now is :" It is Ordered, That the said Petition do lie on the Table. |