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-a • • - . v :t i. Auth:l3l i ( 4 A rkir. 4 wr 4 : ;4 ;1. ..4 . ' 'A• . t : :P l ai i i ' k' t I ; 4 40 1 444 vii• ::.. ‘• t*" . ." , * '" L 4'"/ ..-"`"::•,‘ '`,;,‘ .• ' • -. t- ' 0 1: 7 1 - ,., v A , e • c€ .• } " 81 s., /' 4 (-, Z , -NV e t : i • 1. . "... ( • .T....+0 _.et ‘" ~.. 41 , _1 V: ' l '. ~ r i.i I II ri SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1809 685 1 ] [PRIcE Six-Pm • A REWARD OF FIFTY POUNDS. THE following NEWSPAPERS were put into the General Post-Office in London, addressed to the Book So ciety, Durham ; under the Frank or Lord Hood :—The Suit of the 9th and 10th, Cobbett's Register of the 11th, the Courier of the 14th, and the STAR of the 16th instant ; which Papers have never come to hand. Any Person who can, and will give information of the Party, or Parties, who have stolen, or embezzled the above Newspapers, shall, upon their conviction, receive a Reward of Fifty Poilndis from Mr. Clement, No. 201, Strand. P4RLI/IMEN7'4Rr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEB. 24. The Marquis of DOUGLAS was introduced, and took the oaths as a British Peer. Counsel were heard in the Irish Appeal Roach v. Magul. The Irish Militia Enlistment Bill was brought up from the Commons, and read a first time.—Adjourned to Monday. TI-rEATRF.ROYAL, HAYMARKET. PRESENT EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, will be acted the Tratedy of MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. KEMBLE. Lady Macbeth, Mrs. SIDDONS. T o which I wi S HE ll be added the New A PRINCE Fa ? • rce, called. Modav, King Lear; with Dc la Perouse. ...---- ARMY. ACi AP TAIN in an old Regiment ( 2 d Battalion . Eig i a n,r) wishes to exchange to the British Half Pay, on ual Termi..—Letters (from principals only) addressed to A. B. :AO "1-131 f Pay," New Exchange Coffee - house , S trand, wil l li.t..iy ;L:tvildtd to. ......------ WAR OFFICE. THE NIONTHLY ARMY LIST, (BY AUTHORITY.) On the Ist March will be published, TFE Third Number of this Work, in which much „,, :: ,..,, n I Information will be introduced.—Published by .r.i_e:ton,:lilitary Library, Whitehall. Price Is. 6d. :—••-:----- EDINBURGH REVIEW. • Frir, EDINBURGH REVIEW, .No. XXVI. ii I ; u ,t ar riv ed.—Published by Archibald adoCnstable and Co. ;r; arld Constable, Hunter, Park, Hunter, No. 10, 1...,. c . -erect, London. on Wednesday next, the Ist of March, wille published, In octavo, price ss. the First Numbe r of TII E QUARTERLY REVIEW; I c John Murray, 32, Fleet-street ; Hatchard, Piccadilly, a ' Coruhill, London; Jahn Ballantyne and Co. North Hanover-street, Edinburgh ; and John Archer,, 1.:Il'o;an and Cumming, Dublin. 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Illustrated by Cases. By ALLAN BURNS, )'.enter cf the Royal College of Surgeons, I.ondon ; and Let ttircr on Anatomy and Surgery, Glasgow. HESIOD, A NEW TRANSLATION. were published, in foolscap Bvo. price 12s. in boards, HE REMAINS of HESIOD, the Ascrzan. T Tra:b!aff d from the Greek into English Verse. With a Prelinaz.r: i Dissertation and Notes. liy CHARLES ABRAHAM ELTON. Ta -7! are addri, Specimens of the obsolete Version of Georgic:, by George Chapman. • i.:7ii;e.r that an Author so valuable for the picture of an c: ! : -cr3 which his works exhibit, should for nearly a cen t • .1 only known to the English Reader,through the me ( ;r. perfezt translation. 'The present work includes tf- in 4 fragment of the Shield, which is still a desideratum in o.7!!'trzture. I ,ongman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-row. 'BOROUGH OF PLYMOUTH. Guiltily)), Plymouth, Feb. 18, 1809. :: t. 11:;il.2.1 Committee of Plymouth, Plymouth ' :..:::, and Sconehouse, has great pleasure in submitting t• - t . , l',Wil 7, in cantinuation, the subjoined List of liberal `i . .7..:ir,:! i.: i,.llalf of the distressed Soldiers, their Widows, V ., ' a: .1 Cldiclren, landed at this port from Spain and Portugal. '. : C . .r.troitt.:e presumes to hope that so long as the misfor tt'y . f .::. y of those brave Troops remain unrelieved, in many c:• 1.1:,: i•rominent means of restoring them effective to the `:- • or their Country; and to their Widows, Wives, and (*.•••::, the common necessaries of life; so long will the appeal 7 ''..,' COM:Tlit tee, to the Patriotic and Benevolent, be attended w - :: a !;api:y success. :*.: re are as yet many hundreds of the sick and wounded un •:7Pl;ta with Flannel Shirts, Drawers, and Stockings ; to com- V-I :o desirable an object, the charitable are invited to continue :a:: s..faarributions. WILLIAM LANGMEAD, Mayor and Chairinan. e . .);:r.; of Sa:bscripttbns already advertiseil..CloB4. 85. 11d. !•:. \l'm. Harris £2 2 0 1 George Hodge, New .racl Kelly 2 0 0 castle C-r . . r.d Mrs. Mudge 5 5 0 Plymouth Chronicle !It.11:II 010 6 New.:paper 212 6 "- :;. rr 0 10 6 The Parish of Uffculme, !• :••.:•k y 010 6 by Dr. Manley 2G 17 0 •.. , :tcs!.urn 2 0 0 William Lane 1 1 0 - .:..:.a.:1_11e 1 1 0 -- Rawle 1 1 0 ... t'•"' as Woollcombe 3 3 0 J ohn Luxmore 1 1 0 ..:- I Burrows 1 1 0 Richard H. Clarke, :( ....:'-or. Luce 5 0 0 Esq. of l3ridwell 5 k- .- . l::i.11 Gentle- Mrs. Clarke 2 • :11 ..- :ire Pope's Miss Clarke 1 • ~l 11 11 0 John W.rra Clarke 2 1 . . : e . .....-1 Cir.:el:ton 2 0 0 . Mrs. R. by Trewman '',,,,,, ..--: Cor7: ild 1 0 0 I and Son, Exeter 1 t .. al.L.tt 5 5 0 I Miss C'ulme 2 \k . ;•!':-:. i:owse 11 0 1 Rev. H. Hcnnah I 11. ts T.le..vett .5 5 0I J. Wilkey 2 !.. P , :t.•,:ett '2 2 0 J. Moulineer I I .:GI,S..r Ilamp- T. and W. Kerswell 2 • ‘ - .(4. : : :, . • ••• • • 'f • sex 5 0' 0 Miss Perrott I ✓ : .. - trt e at Dock, Joseph Soper 2 - "-- , :: - .••1••,. 15 5 0 Mr. Crawley 5 -▪ -• •••• :.:t V..tnstead, -- Foster 1 33 2 6 -- Evelei:ah 1 C . . -at . .:.e Church Underhill 1 - :, Saltash, IW. Prideaux, addi -. :, by the tional 1 •-.-. Mat- Y. Wills, ditto I Color:el Taylor s J. Clarke, Esq. Barn staple 2 P. Nettleton 1 Sir T. D. Ackland, Bart. .5 Collected:lt the Church door of St. Paul's, Bristol,byDr.Small 47 0 2 Ditto ditto,Culmstock, by Dr. MaLley 8 15 6 The North Devon Re giment of Militia, by their Coniniand ing Officer 30 0 0 Pari:h of. Welland, by the Rev. Dr. Man ley, of Uffculme. 5 0 0 C 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 O 0 2 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 2 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 :. 14 5 6 :.• '.in 2 0 0 • t) y, Dublin 5 5 0 of Lon- P,• t:g..'tli Light 2 2 0 1. , 2C;;c, Syden- 3 3 0 ,2 2 0 1::..r1 of Mount .unll,c, by Mr. 10 0 0 ghes, Manager •• •• Dock"l'lle:tre, Benefit 99 10 6 ..ckl)ern 3 3 0 • :•elnan, Clerks, Artificers of Duck • - 9 13 6 A' 1 4 . 6 1 1 9 by air. GRAND LOTTERY. FREE GIFT of__ ONE THOUSAND WHOLE TICIEXTS the First Day, Numbers as follow : 9,001 e . to 4,501 5,001 6,501 7,001 8,501 9,001 10,501 11,401 1:,501 Also a FREE GUT of FIVE HUNDRED WHOLE TICKITS to the first-drawn above Xl5, the Second Day, Numbers as follow : 13,001 14,301 15,001 16,501 17,001 above Tickets may gain the whole of the following CAPITAL PRIZES: _ _ I .... ..... of I , Begins APRIL 12th, 1809. In consequence of the above Gifts of 1,500 Tickets, there are only 18,500 fur Sale. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, SOUTIIIWOLD, On Thursday, March 2, 1809, at ten o'clock in the forenoon ; ABOUT 80 Gallons of Foreign Brandy for pri vate use : 1500 Gallons of Foreign Geneva for ditto. N. B. One-third of the Value of each Lot to be deposited on the day of Sale ; the Goods to be taken away within Ten Days, or the deposit forfeited. No Goods can be delivered on the Day of sale. The Buyers to find their own Casks. MOUI.SHAM HALL, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, VALUABLE FIXTURES, PICTURES, and numerous Effects. By Messrs. SKINNER, DYKE, TUCHIN and FORREST, On Monday, the 6th of March, and Five following Days, at Eleven o'Clock, on the Premises, THE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, Valuable Fixtures, Pictures, Oriental Articles, Library of Books, a capital Turret Clock, Fire Engine, Lead Figures, &c. at Moul sham Hall ; comprising a drawing-room suite of crimson silk da mask, hangings of rooms, bedsteads, with a variety of furnitures, beds and bedding, window curtains, a real India scarce black and gold japan cabinet, linen chest, chairs and tables, mahogany wardrobes and drawers, library cases, dining, card, and dressing tables, capital marble pier tables, pier glasses, carpets, kitchen ranges, stoves, coppers, reservoirs, cisterns, pumps, pipes, presses, dressers, and fittings-up of the offices, kitchen utensils ; fencing, fruit trees, plantations, and shrubs. To be viewed three days preceding the Sale, (Sunday excepted) when Catalogues may be had, at Sixpence each, on the Premises ; and of Messrs. Skinner, Dyke, Tuchin, and Forrest, AMersgate. street, London. MOULSHAM-HALL—CHELMSFORD, ESSEX. VALUABLE MATERIALS OF THE NOBLE MANSION HOUSE, OFFICES, AND GARDEN-WALLS. By Messrs. SKINNER, DYKE, TUCHIN, and FORREST, On Monday, the 20th of March, and five following days, at 11 o'clock, on the premises, rrHE whole of the valuable and well-conditioned MATERIALS, which comprise the capital premises, MOULSHAM.HALL MANSION-HOUSE, occupying a scite of 150 feet by 120 feet, with numerous Offices, Coach-houses, Stabling, and Outbui ldings; consisting of several thousand rods of brick-work and squares of patent roof slating and tiling, capi tal stone pediment pilastres and flight of steps, stone coping, cor nices, pediment, and sash cills, large quantity of stone and clinker pavement, marble and stone chimney-pieces, Ste. capital roofing, oak and fir girders, hressumers, story-posts, rafters, and quarter ing, several hundred squares of oak and fir flooring, boards and joists, wainscoting and partitions, many tons of lead, in roofing, gutters, stacks of pipe, ridges and hips, about 200 sash-windows, frames, and shutters, capital doors and cases, staircases, and water closet; also, the Erection of the Coach-houses and Stabling, Gar den-house, and the extensive Garden-walls. The whole of the Materials are exceedingly good, and conve niently situate for water carriage, being within a mile of the Chelmsford Navigation. To be viewed six days preceding the Sale (Sunday excepted), when Catalogues may be had, at One Shilling each, on the Pre mises, and of Messrs. Skinner, Dyke, Tuchin, and Forrest, M dersgate-street, London. 1 0 1 0 0 0 o o 1 o TIMBER. TO BE SOLD, 160 Acres of very fine OAK LTIMBER mixed with some very valuable ASH and ALDER, all of above 100 years growth. It is situated within fifteen miks of Clonmell, and twenty-one of Limerick, In the Kingdom of Ireland, from each of which Towns there is water carriage.—Proposals (post paid) will be received until the 3d of March, by Wm. Roper, Esq. 34, North Great George's-street, Dublin, and further particulars may be known, by application to Mr. John Nesbitt, No. 16, Tokenhouse-Yard, London. 5 0 VARTEG IRON WORKS, NEAR PONTIPOOL, MON MOUTHSHIRE. r- I '0 BE DISPOSED OF, THREE SHARES in -L the above Concern. The Concern consists of a large track of Land, known by the name of the Varteg Mountain, containing an immense quantity of Mines and Minerals, under Lease for MI years, 54 of which are unexpired. There is already erected one blast furnace capable of making forty to fifty tons of pig iron per week, with a blast engine, and about 50 workniens' houses, beside a Store-house, Stable, Retail Shop, and two Free hold Estates near the premises. H ead wa y s to the different stratas 1 of coal and mine are opened sufficient to supply the blast furnace, at which a considerable quantity of pig iron of the most approved quality has been made, and rail roads are laid down for conveying materials to and pig iron from the said furnace. There is also a very powerful and complete Rolling-mill, capable of rolling SO to 100 tons of bar iron per week, as well as a Forge for shingling and drawing out its uses, with about 45 workmens' houses, built mostly on two other freehold estates belonging to the same. The said Mill has rolled near fifty tons per week of bar iron for the last three years, connections for which are established, and the same is kept regularly at work. There are railed roads and in clined planes from the said mill to the furnace, and they join to the rail road of the Monmouthshire Canal--. 13 miles and three cleat ters from Newport , the shi pp in g p ort. The Blacnaven Iron Works are within two milts and a half of the said mill, where a very large quantity of pig iron is made, the whole of which passes within a few yards of,the mill door. From the increasing dbmand for coals at Newport, there is little doubt but great quantities will be eventually raised at the said Varteg Mountain, and advan- ' tageously disposed of, as the quality is known to be good. The said premises have lately been surveyed by persons experienced in the iron and coal trade, who report the mated.* for making pig iron to be exceeding g am, and that the same can be made at a very reasonable rate, the particulars of which, as well as all other re lating to the concern, may be known by applying to Mr. Daniel Rose, at the said Iron Works; or to Mr. Thomas Rose, Cole brook-dale, Shropsbire.—The above original Shares will be su id worth the Doti* of the purthaser.—Letten, pustimi addressed ii,s above, will meet with due swinOaa. . . HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER acquainted the House, that Mr. Robert Wil liams, the petitioner against the return of Mr. Giles, at the late election for St. Alban's, had neglected to enter into the usual re cognizanees within the time prescribed by law. The order for taking the said petition into consideration was consequently dis charged. Basset's Divorce Bill, from the Lords, was read the second time, and committed for Monday. Mr. O'HARA. obtained leave to withdraw his Irish Conga. bin' Bill, and presented another, which was read a first time, and ordered for the second reading on the 11th of April. Mr. Alderman COMBE moved to postpone the consideration of the Report of the Committee on Pensions and Offices, front Tuesday neat until she llith Mardi. Mr. BLACKBURl'Mpresentlctaliditlob from the Working Cotton Manufacturers of Lancashire, praying a Bill for settling a minimum on the rates of wages. Mr. DAVIES GIDDY said, that averse as he was to any strong mark of discountenance to petitions coming from any class of sub jects before that House, yet he felt it his duty, on the present oc casion, out of lenity to the petitioners themselves, to give the ear liest opposition to a petition, praying that which it was scarcely possible for the House in its wisdom to grant, because it would be the most ruinous principle which could be adopted in any country, namely, that of fixing by a law a minimum or a maxi mum to the price of labour, food, or any thing else, which in their very nature, must always fluctuate in different places according to local and temporary circumstances. Something of the kind was attempted during the French Revolution under Rober spierre, for settling a maximum on the price of provisions, and which was productive of the most dreadful consequences to the 'French nation. Were it adopted in the present case, it would have the effect of throwing almost perpetually out of employ ment immense numbers of the petitioners themselves, and aggra vating, in at incalculable degree, the distresses of which they com plained. He had taken much pains to inform himself on the subject of this petition, and the more he considered it, the more ruinous to the petitioners he saw would be a compliance with their request. Seeing, therefore, the utter impolicy of such a compliance, he thought the sooner they were taught to feel there were no hopes to be entertained that Parliament would accede to their eject, the greater would be the lenity shewn to them, and the more speedily would they be saved the further loss of time and expence, as well as restrained from tumult and disturbance. He should therefore move that the petition be dismissed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER coincided with the Hon. Gentleman as to the impossibility of complying with Ate petition, upon considerations of lenity towards the petitioners themselves. But he was against any proceeding that might have the appearance of harshness or discouragement towards any class of subjects, in exercising the right, common to all, of petitioning that House. He was, therefore , to think that the peti tion should be allowed to lie on the table, without, at the same time, holding out any hopes to the petitioners that it was likely to be complied with. Mr. CURWEN thought, if the petition Was referred to a Committee up stairs, some did might be suggested for the pe titioners, who were really very much distressed. Mr. ROSE said, the subject had been before a Committee two years since which, after long and minute deliberation, could sug gest no relief for the petitioners. It had occurred to him . that the same kind of regulation which had been found so salutary in the case of the silk manufacturers, namely, that of referring the re gulation of the rates of workmanship to the Magistrates at the Quarter Sessions, might have the best aft tt ; but the idea of a maximum or minimum in the price of labour, provision, or corn moditiesnf any kind, was totally inadmissible. If however, the House should think fit to refer this petition to a Committee, he would most readily attend it from day to day, and give every aid in his power. After a few words from Mr. ADAM and Mr. PATTISON, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND presented his bill to amend the Laws respecting child murder in Scotland.—Read the first time, and ordered for the second reading on Tuesday next. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for an account of the sums dis bursed tram the various departments of the Revenue in Ireland, under the head of Incidents, for the last three years, and the au thorities on which they were disbursed.—Ordered. A petition was presented by Mr. MELI.ISH for leave to bring in a bill for making an archway through Highgate Hill. Another petition was presented by the same Honourable Mem ber for the incorporation of a Gas Light Company.—Both were referred to a Committee up stairs . The Report of the Irish Malt Distillery Bill was brought up, and ordered to be taken into further consideration on Monday. THE DUKE OF YORK'S LETTER. Mr. WHITBREAD said, he rose for the purpose of drawing the attention of the House to an act which in his opinion more deeply affected the privi leges of the House than any thing that had ever oc curred since he had the honour of a seat in it. The act he alluded to was the letter written by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, addressed to that House, and conveyed to it through the medium of the Speaker. The Speaker had certainly done his duty, as he always did with the greatest propriety and cor rectness on every occasion, by informing the House of the method usually pursued in cases of letters ad dressed to the House, being communicated through him, and the result was, that the paper was ordered to lie on the table. If he (Mr. Whitbread) did not then object to it, a few minutes' reflection enabled him to ascertain to his own satisfaction, that the true mode of proceeding would have been to move that the debate be adjourned. It appeared to him that this letter struck at the privileges of the House, by stating that it had examined evidence which it ought not to have done. His Royal Highness was as com petent to have written to the House in the first in stance that it ought not to institute and carry on any enquiry on such evidence as would be produced be fore it. If it was the intention of any one of those who had advised his Royal Highness to write this letter, hereafter, to make any motion on the subject, the House would then be enabled to form a judgment what line of conduct ought to be adopted respecting it. Till he received some answer on that head, he should content himself with repeating, that he deemed the letter to be a gross violation of the privileges of the House. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he did not know how, according to the rules of the House, he could take notice of what the Honour- ' able Gentleman had said, as he had sat down with out making any motion. He himself thought -as highly as any one of the privileges of that Hotise ; and it d►d not appear to him, that any thing in the letter In question could be said to be an attack on, or an in-, fringement of them. If the Honourable Gentleman bad wade any motion, he should hav! been able to have drawn a conclusion on what he meant. All he could now collect was, that there was something con tained in the letter which seemed to protest against the justice of the proceedings of the House upon this head, on the ground that the evidence examined be fore-it was not under those particular sanctions which the law required in other cas.:s. So fir from this being the fact, all he understood by the letter was no more than this, that his Royal Highness, supposing himself to be attacked in such a manner as to make it neces sary to go into an enquiry, in order that the whole should be elicited in the most open mode, and find ing that the evidence was closed, intended to lay be fore the House an allegation of his innocence ; and if the House should after that allegation be inclined to doubt his innocence, he states, that he hoped the House will not enter upon any proceeding which may have the effect of condemning him before he can have a trial, in which he will have the advantage of evid cc under all the sanction and solemnity of the law aw. swain that Highness had not the smallest intention to attack the privileges of , the House ; and how the letter could be conceived an attack on them, he (Mr. Perceval) could not con ceive. That it was not wholly unprecedented, he contended was appare:ut from what the Speaker had stated on the preceding night. If any farther infor mation could be obtained by means of a Committee searching for precedents, he should be extremely glad of it. The Honourable Gentleman wanted to know whether he (Mr. P.), or any one of his Right Hon. Friends, intended to move any thing on the subject. For his own part, he had no such intention, nor had he heard or understood that any one else had. The letter was now become a document on the table, and like any other paper or petition which was ordered to lie there, might be referred to by every Member of the House ; and every individual who might refer to it, might make what remarks on it he pleased,• or adopt any proceeding relative to it which he thought necessary. - Lord HENRY PETTY thought the question of such extraordinary importance as to require the par ticular attention of the House, being, in his opinion, a direct attack on its privileges. He had not under stood his Honourable Friend to object to the letter, in as far as it contained an allegation of innocence, but in going beyond that allegation. It was subject to the obvious meaning or opinion, that no declaration could be come to by that House on the evidence laid before it, but such as would carry it out of the pro vince of the llouse ; and when the word " condem ned" was considered, it was to be inferred that the House ought not to determine on the evidence laid before it, which was the only evidence that it could receive. Hetherefore, thought, with his Honourable Friend, that House had, by the vote of last night, permitted a letter to be put on the table which was an attack on their privileges. " THE INQUIRY. The CHANCELLOR of tic EXCHEQUER said, that he found, on an appliCation to the Printer of the Minutes, that he would not be able to have those which related to the Inquiry into the conduct of the Commander in Chief, ready to deliver to the Members of the House so soon as Monday next ; nor could he even answer for Tuesday or Wednesday.-- He thought, therefore, it would be necessary to en large the time beyond that which had been fixed for bringing up the Report ; and as the Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread) was in possession of Monday se'nnig,ht, he was at a loss how to fix so early a day as he could wish, unless the Hononrable Gentleman would agree to postpone his motion to a future day. The Honourable Gentleman had already so frequently postponed it, that he hardly knew how to ask him again to do it ; but if he could with con venience, he should be obliged to him. After some conversation between the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER and Mr. WHITBREAD, it appeared, that as the Assizes in Ireland were nearly approach ing, and that many Members from that part of the United Kingdom, who wished to be present at the discussion of the American question, could not con veniently remain in town longer than Monday se'n night, it was agreed that Mr. Whitbread's motion should stand as tt was already fixed, for that day, and that the Report on the Inquiry into the conduct of the Duke of York, should be taken into consideration on Wednesday the Bth of March. OFFICES FOR THE SALE OF PLACES UNDER GOVERNMENT. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it would be recollected by the House, that the Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. Wardle) when he brought forward his charges, had mentioned an office in the city, kept for the sale of places under Government, in which the names of the Lord Chan cellor and the Duke of Portland had been used. He had then said, he would be glad to give every assist ance to the Honourable Gentleman, in order to dis cover if any such unjust practices were really in ex istence. Since that time, a Gentle Man had observed an advertisement for the sale of a place under Go. vernment, and had applied accordingly to the office of Poleman and Keylock, who informed hinithey had a place under Government to dispose of. He in formed the Chancellor of the Exchequer of it, who sent for the Solicitor to the Treasury, and desired him to go with the Gentleman, and make an advance of any sum that might be required, to endeavour to find out if any such practices did exist, so as to fix them with a prosecuti In. They had accordingly proceeded, and a sum had been agreed on, which was deposited, and by the advice of the Attorney mil Solicitor Ge r eral, Polema t and Keylock, and a Mrs. Harvey, were indicted; there was also a banker. Mr. Alderman COMBE thought the Right Hon. Gentleman should mention the Banker's name. The CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHEQUER said, he did not exactly recollect it, and might there fore, by giving a •wrong name, do more harm than good. REPORT ON THE INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF THE DI AZ OF TORY. Mr. TLERNEY wished to know, if, i►Aen the R. The It E,~ ~' :I I ~~ r,