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that it went | to reste al civilians, though the speech of ue 
mover see require a professional ar cicran only in 
vw member at the pt of the board. But if the eee Pare 
d, Lord Haddington as his pire ad been 
ane ed, even by the > mover and his brother officers, ould 
ERRSEE 
erate ie 
pn lee 
to ory of Naval First Lords did not 
farn rnish encouraging precedents in favour of the principle. The 
t he deprecated ~ 
right hon. Bart. then borage to say that 
allusions frequently made in that House to rst healgant t be the 
sult of naval asrene with other Powers. ee hesai, 
** any public advant g upo 
bable results of hy ypothetical actions which i nace By ha ave teed 
place peony our —_ and those of another (great Power with 
which we are at pea’ have heard two or t 
On the motion of Sir R. Pee, it was Naver 9 that the House 
on its rising adjourn until Monday, the 4th A 
Sir R. Pee. requested Lord Mahon to con abt 0 the postpone- 
ment of the eds Bill, and the noble Lord | having conceded, 
itted 
on the 16th April. 
In reply to ome es a eaprry. | the Exchequer-bills Fraud 
Bill, Sir R. not think he could do better 
onday week, in 
e that he should be enabled to sroteed with other 
On the motion that the Speaker should leave the poe Mr. 
BLEWITT crutened his ~ nion o In- 
care tax was — a indecent haste, and proposed two 
in succession, each of which was 
lations indulged in cag members of this House as to what would 
our ships and those of Fra: . Now. 
two caaat and sillant nathan ge ip hed re 
spirit, are at peace, that we sho 
whe 
thee sy peer 
uld suffer pees to indulge in 
those use eles SS and unca ed- nae Es pete petit, eras whether our 
na would defeated by them 
the assert f the p Dili ity aed our defeat being met on the 
other side by. th fident that we 
Surely, at at peace, it is every 
way unwise to tndulge in in specilations such as these ; and now, 
t of Sy- 
riaare at an end, speculations as to the probable results of en- 
gagements be avoided as 
angie and uncalled for. _Thave myself avoided this sub- 
ject, a service eh this 
the 
co = tl 
case of ee poe bs of thie fat te have thou 
to extol the spirit by w 
for the 
to restrict the Crown on any future va cancy, in its choice 
eithe er of ana aval or of a civil ‘Minister for the head of the Admi- 
ralty 
ter some remarks from Mr. C. Woo , Sir T. TROUBRIDGE 
said that the administration C3 oe Admiralty should be confined 
exclusively to naval m ded the condition of the 
Mediterranean fieet Caled tn ee  Byrinkk war, particularising 
” nee ad censured the eduaelinn that it ran the risk of a 
“sir i. raga rose to show that no undue partiality was 
own to military as compared with the naval service: he 
explained the cumstances under which the late brevet had 
en distr e en the ar: ad 
of ~~ officers of the navy.—Sir C. N R having r eplied, his 
ions were propose ed. The first + bly 7 Dee aes ve 
Git aestaien, the second, on a pee by 13 0; and t 
third, on another division, by 13 13 
RIEN then brought pea a motion ih gg to the 
death of James ee at Saaaea King’s County, Ireland, 
the circumstances c d 
eee isis... ondence with ‘the Trish 
government relative to the subj 
Lord aed stated that the first account of the transaction 
ated as it evidently was, had attracted his attention, ‘4 
inquiries Pact —— instituted, pe result of which was, that 
G 
the law office: p jury on the inquest had 
some. fo @ proper verdict. He acceded to the motion.—After a 
few fro: hie -Powetr and Mr. W. Stewart, Mr. WAKLEY 
said that ee was nothing in the case from which it could be 
he Irish Government ought to have instituted any 
The ed to 
motion was then agree 
ing a petition from ‘Chichester for 
pr ts local Poor law aa moved for returns 
on then to the Gilbert Uni —The re md S, With some additions, 
ion of Sir Ste arise were seni on 
2d the appointment of wo com: mittee: 
S$; one 
state of the British 
id. 
th 
had amply vindicated th d opinion 
eir advocates: but this great improvement in the condition of 
the negroes been accompanied with serious distress 
planters ; and the circumstan f that distress boy be a fit 
Subject for the inquiry of the first of the two commi It was 
distress arising fr tion of Shoductina ‘which had 
been occasioned by the im ng labour ex- 
of Neen 
or 
mn more 
urther conversation, 
anley were carried without opposition. 
petitions had been 
Vednesday. After several resented, and 
P. pri e bills forwarded in their conpbetive stages, ~ 
zkL stated, in reply to a question from Mr. P. M. Stew 
that he oy not intend to propose any drawback to the esters of 
ber, on account of the reduction of duty. But in order to 
Prevent a any ee _— 0 those persons, he intended to 
pone the operation pe scale of duty to a later day than 
that on yack h he pink weep ee it » viz.— 
5th . e€ would state at what period the new hew duties were 
to come Gikot pethatri nah as soon as possible after the ; 
-\| forei eign c 
aiabudeed out of adi rs the Speaker. 
= House ogy eee itself ies ‘Committee of Ways and 
Means, Lord R. Grosvenor insis on the injustice of taxing 
annuities, trades, and peithallioie. per! ents as permanent pro- 
03 C. Butter thou ught, first, that the greet had 
S subject with too haste; secondly, that upon a 
question of such Ni ders abe ought ¢ - - held himself o} rerio 
to amendment; and bed ch that he appeale aD too freely to 
feelings of p: present tae cs said, w: arge an 
bold one, but it was therefore oey. so much the sreater evil. It 
would, he feared, be the urce of all ents, who 
would always find it perm more uaay toaddl pote der z an ex- 
isting tax upon income, than to wegred discontent among various 
interests ade the taxation of other subjects. The hon. Member 
proceeded at great létigth to insist oa the objectionable and in- 
quisitorial character of the tax, and thought that men might es- 
» Which 
when 
1 Europe. these days of eae fe pee 
also consi dered en t it was a reek objection that the 
violent leaders in te district should know the exact ate e 
poe mo affairs. Moreover, the effect would be to spread 
ersuasion among irelve states, that a country re esorting to 
this eatremite in time of peace must needs be in = are + 
her safety. Hec that sucha not 
pe pay carrying their property 
th la a. res £<¢ IAT 
ble 
were consumable articles not now taxed at all which might un- 
doubtedly Som f those 
assessed taxes which had been repealed might hay 
imposed. For all these eect eg should give the ebhcsssind his 
— “opposition —Dr. Bow eclared himself generally fa- 
youra ect taxation, te 
Cc 
young AR. it in this instance.— 
‘ie to direct 
ir —Mr. R. Par 
MER supported the ‘measure, but siseeonedl his hope. that the 
right hon. Baronet would be able, after a reconsid of its 
details, to make some distinction between pr eseions real 
incomes.— atin or Satpal bison the resolution,—Sir 
Rak Re and ur; ir R. Peel to press 
I rted 
ittoa division th that ene ps it was the gen boca feeling, he said, 
of the ee community Prone it weg ‘eae be near at once.— 
pe Hoc pins not regard a as pro a srt a 
af ar; it was proper lor’ any pat exi ie ney. 
did ey regard be pen be argeaing anons the pega age opinions which 
countries might ey, was persuaded, too 
such views of these mvaots. He would. therefore, have wiltineiy 
voted og! a Property- even had it been 5 per ge instead = 
t thi t 
io 
urged the injustice o x Brera iasiactinaaately every peg 
of income. He objected to any project of commercial reform i 
the ges condition of the coun 
EBUCK are al both sides of the House as equally 
tt 
responsible for having brought the country into difficulties; but 
money must be tabed he appr Sir R. Peel’s tfor- 
ward way of raising it. He could not understand 4 
tap 
contributed, = Be total of cies ac- 
did the very poor: 
ar wd was 
d for his a poser 
by the Co: r- laws, it 
Sotiiit, Py ae re Catia Dattheun 
Sir R. Peel had mn care to c onciliate ion, 
its being known what people were Wi heal 
wi: J ti ti ing themselves by faise credits. But 
f approximating to an estimate of 
. ion 
words pon the moral of the subject. 
Sitiee In Gib e present session to raise the people on 
they had faile d. Let them do justice to the ots and the peo- 
ple would do justice to them 
Sir R. Peer vindicated himself from the imputation of having 
ese debates ; he ed 
would not vote Is, for the war 
i ected to the policy 
esent Ministry for  yher be bottes F- ol a to it; but t they had 
Parliament at Pd 
already un 
reaching whatever ed in th 
. Much ind been said about the injustice done to the < 
mus 
upon tax 
tions ‘of fi fraud isnt} rjury, he 
had not so ill an opinion of the British gene wiih baiieve that 
pn on commit these crimes to sav + es per of three 
poun na hundred. The right Win, Sagon 
faking a general view of the difficulties, politics 
conciad ed ial, 
tariff. He nae og | Ba aisty a the hardship of the principle on 
as to Ion bepaoed but said he did not in- 
ha prin lf, be- 
hie responsibility 
wae 5 removi ‘ea one inequality, peer create others. His 
-ourse would aes modifying, but for wholly 
Saat Ber so unfit for an 
if the country 
€ 4h 
penditure which war unavoidably occasioned : 
must be! nemaideres as at pea a ae a 
for the imposition of the Inc ‘and his friends had 
been charged with aeekion popularity, bat that wish had never 
warped them; there was no arity t 
Leber course, for the coun 
which this measure would in 
those evils would be better pane dit h 
vote as his sense of duty, not his ano a ‘popalarity, phason 
After some remarks from Mr. phat p, Mr. Conp oved an 
adjournment. Mr. 
i d 
a a 
s from Mr. H.Currets ge Mr. 
committee eee: —For the ; adjournmen <1 
om gd & pir f adjo Dang 
by M ELEY, and defeated te a a of 141; but 
bag Mare Benwat ange g that the Chairman report pr ogress an 
xr R. Pees, after protesting against the 
= 
had been adopted fe the Opposition, de- 
cared that he would spare the eaten mae trouble of again divid- 
.—Mr. Cowper endeavoured to justify the measures of ob- ~ 
station by which the progress of Phar ig was impeded; and, 
after a few ‘aep v/ from Mr. CoBpEN, the committee adj ourned 
over the holida 
CITY. 
Money Market, Thursday.—The funds present no new 
reg ak ree business fo been limited. Money continues 
co d4per cent. Consols for money and the ac- 
pron ehceail at 891 to 2 and 89} to Z. Exchequer-bills 
left a nef Bai to 59s. premium ; and India Bonds 8s. to 
10s. p 
_ evel and its Vicinity. 
The y Charities.—On Monday and Tu 
the Royal ‘Miner Praag were distributed to 
800 persons abov 
The Roya 
to 
ade, e 
bis 7 isagy of York as Lord High Almoner to her aso 
y Mr. Hanby the secretary. O ay 
ary distribution of her Majesty’s May hag = 
me 
place at hides all Chapel. There were present 23 
d 23 women, being the number of the of her Ma- 
jesty’s Sage They ere above 70 ge, and some 
upwards of 80. The recipients assembled at Whitehall 
pel, ye the usual procession walked to the chapel, 
the Ye ards in their state 
an sidhvalank jy provisions 
aa and a fur ne r sum of ll. ‘and 23 silver pe 
latter bein 
rated an 5, Bar 
2 derived from the maunds in w the gift 
ained. madentiy on Maundy Thursday, the Kings and 
Cease ns of En; nelen nd oasis nd kissed the feet also of as 
many inte men and wom were years 0) 
sides bestow ane their ma ach, in imitation of 
Christ’s washing the feet a ‘te “disci ines. Queen Eliza- 
beth performed this ceremony at Greenwich, when she 
was f age; o the f the 
5 
B 
Oo 
a 
ey 
R 
28 
o 
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B 
5 
F 
in person. 
e almoner. This day was also called 
Shere Thursday, rae, by yet cn ge gore Thursday. 
perce Thursda y signified that it was 
lergy were soa to shere heai 
f Sheep, 
souper, he wesshe re 
**and yo raed Thursdays, 
feet, an ssed them, Tetal as our Lorde dyd to” is 
ie ee 
v0 af - Earl of Munster.—On Sanday otghts se 
‘cuite milies were thrown into severe rere afliction 
the intalighscs that the Earl of Munster 
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