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• P'~,__ • • N t rmamt 9118. EXCHEQUER BILL orricE, May 20, 1816. TO BR P 4 II) • AN En/wryer BIN dated hi the Month of June, 1815, • Surpti. 181 S, Si 2,500,000 Zyi G4O. 111. Cap. i. On Aids, 1815, - - 55 Geo. iii. Cap. 5. IrE LORDS COMMISSIONERS of HIS MA ESTri TREASURY, having given Directions for 'ailing Priaiitalif the above mentioned Exchequer Bills, with the Interest ethereon, at the Exchequer Bill Wee, in the Receipt of Exchequer, ...c a p Palace rand, Westneinder, on Wednesday, the tech Sty of l luor, 1816, attendance will be given daily (Sundays and Hell. deo (melded) anti( and including Friday, the 7th Juoe, from Ten itieth in the Morning till One in the Afkrimon, for the perpost of receiving the same ; and t fisr the greater dispatch, She bearers of the said Sills are desired to place each description of Bills be separate Lists, (which are to be obtained at this Ofice) classing them in the order cf their r espeetivedates,such as are for the same amount being numerically wi ned, and specifying the principal Sums and 'tamest due thereon, onsepisted from, hat excluding the days an which they are respectively dad, to the said 12th day if June inclusive, when the interest mill cease; and the said Bearers (beiag Mars or not iniEspensibly fey:sired to indorse each Bill with their rural signatures; and tx write their sV Mill dad A'esidenre at the iottow ty* each separate List; and Airy are moreover required to attend the Exchequer Bill Office for pay. mad, an d to t y,,k. o the new Bills, and give the Rego"; for throwers. If any of thehollers ithe aforesaid l illsshoaldbedesirous of receiving Payment of the Principal eta. Interest, previous to the said 11:th day of Jour, they may be -ae&owernodated, on computing the Interest to the lan PI which they wish to be paid,aad leaving the said Bills - for enconaatioa ma day prior thereto. Persons as may be desirous of having new Enclielaer Bills in whir sr in part of Payment of Principal, upon marking new Bills, sad numknini the amount at the, bottom of their Lists, delivered an or kb, tai ay, :he ith June, Mal/ be accommodated with new Bills, paieh'e to or Oder, cars yang an Interest of Three• pence Farthing by the day, on every One Hundred Pounds, sohich mid New IPA quill bear date the said ItAts day of June, and will be delivered, together with the Interest due in respect cif th:. Bases desired is be exthanged, on *1 hursday, the 13th day 1` end the ( ' allowing Da;. I, The Exchecpe r Bills to h? issued in Exchange, and made pay able to •••••••••••••••••, or Order, as above mentioned, may be &fur tranterred t y endorsement, or will be paid to the bearer if the li.ankahall nut he filled up. N.B. Ail Exchequer Bills, dated prior to June, 1815, have been Advertised to be paid of; and the interest thereon bas eased. WOOD, MAYOR. A COMMON COUNCIL, holden in the Chamber of the GUILDHALL, of the CITY of LONDON,: on TUESDAY, the 21st day of May, 1010. - Resolved Unanimously—That the Freedom of this City be prsseuttd to Ms :-erene Hight:ess Leprous Oaottem FuLnatticE, Vole of 531 , 1, Mai grave nR Nleisten, Latidgrave of Thitritizttit Prince of Cobonrg of Saallield, as a t , stittiony of stlecticti Nal profound re4pect entertained by its CJUTL fur his perstin aid distinguished character. Resolved Unanimously—That ti.e said Freedom he presented to his I , ererie Highness in a Buz, made of Heal tof Oak, of the blue of 100 Guiaras. WOOL) TH4. ltt PE. WOOD, MAYOR. ACOMMON COUNCIL, heldfn in the Chamber of she GUILDHALL of the curY of LONDON, on TUESDAY, the 21st day of liay , 18t(. Resolved Pnanimously— = That the Freedom of this City be presented to his highness the Dear of Geoucasa ea, in a Box of Heart of Oak, of the value of ton Guioess, as a trstimnry the deep sense this Court entertains of the distinguished manner in whict. his Higteless has et• fled himeell to promote numerous eljects of benevolence throughout the United Kingdom, thereby adding to the lustre of Ifs high birth as a branch of the Faraly of oar hawed Sovereign, at d meriting in an high degree the sincere regard- and gratitude of the Citizens of London: and that his Highness be humbly requested to boomer this City by his accept ante of the said Freedom. WOOL) I'IiORPE. Jug Publir.heci, L EPORT on the PERSECUTION of the JIL FRENCH PRO rEsrANTs, presented to the Cnnimit!ee fel the 'Three Denon , ;nation.t, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster.—By the Rev. CLEMENT PERROT. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Gale and Fenner,• Han;ikon and Ogle, Paternoster-raw ; 3. Ridgway, Piccadilly; Hunter anti Contler, St. Paul's Church yard; and Williams and on, Stationers' Court. Tile day were published, in svo. price I Is. hoards, 141AREWELL SERMONS of some of the most eminent of the Nonconformist Ministers, delitered at the Period of titer Fjectment by the .ict of Uniformity, ha the year 1662; to which is rretilesi, an Historical and Biographical Pre face.—Londnn : zed for Gale and Fenner, Paternoster•row. NEW VOLUME OF DODSLEY'S ANNUAL REGIS ER. This day was 2nblished, in Svo. price 16s. boaras, THE ANNUAL REGIS'rER ; or a View of the History, Pp:i•ict ' an.l Literature, for the Year 1815. Loudon: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ; J. ()midge; teethe,' ; Longman, littr#t, Keen, Orme, and Brown ; E. Jef fery; Bell; Lackington, Allen, and Co.; J. Asperne; and bbenvood, Neely, and Jones. ••• A few Sees remain complete in 57 Volnmes: and also of the new Series from 1791 to 1815, in 25 opium?... Gentlemen whose Sets are imperfect are reemotmended to take the earliest opportunity of completing them, as' many of the Volumes are early out of print. _ RISH LINEN ESTABLISHME: 1. BELFAST COMPANY inform the Public, Oat LINENS are Dow much reduced in price, and that their Warehouse always con , ains an extensive assortment of IRA H LINENS and SHEE I ING, in single pieces, at wholesale prices, of the most approved fabrics, free from defect, and warranted bleached, on the grass without chemical acid. Anxious to preserve_the general Approbation their Linens have, for upwards of eleven years, ob• tuned, they pledvethernselvn as to the wear and quality of their We; am% should the Purchaser not approve them, the mousy reamed. No altatemenrever made. Orders executed by tilde Agents, BROOKS, BURCH, and O'K€EFE, 50, Ore Russel urea, lilotunslim, facing the British Museum. PLATE AND PLATED GOOD:i. . T H. BARLOW begs to inform the Nobility and w." • Gentry., that he is appcinted Agent to one of the best Sher field Plate , Manufacturers, and i, authorized to allow 9.0 per cent. discount, prompt payment, CM roods, warranted the ttrorgest Plated ever made, it ie to be vwcide red, that there Is an obvious advantage in purchasing direct from the manufactory, as the re. peateddraning every article in the shops is subject to, makes a considerable difference in the wear.—Plate Furnished on Com mission—No. IS 1 ' t • Ice Leicester-square. tr-p a , _ . BY HIS MAIES I' ROYAL i.ETTEkS PATENT. ' MILLARD'S IMPERIAL TWINE SHIRTING CLOTH. THE Nobility, Merchants, and the Public, me re. spectfully informed, by the Patentee, the above Cloth Is sold genui ne , d u l y stampe d, at hi s WA.IiEtiOUSES, No. 16, CIitAPSIDC, and at no other House whatever, wholesale, in en• tire Cases for Exportation ; 'natty the Piece, from 115 to 52 yards each, at 2s, 21.64. Ss. 3s. 6d. 4% 4s. hid. and 53.6 d. per yard, its Peculiar economy, and singular conduciveness to health, prevertt int the ill effects arising from sudden transitions from heat to cold after exercise, and never imbibing the damp atmosphere in any climate, renders it an article most desirable to every iedividual. his adapted to every purpose of family use, fur Shirting, Chit. *we wear, and for Sheeting, the Piec'es for which both s.4ths, 1 1 101 l 6.3ths, contain from two to four pair each, and surpass witty other kind for economy, beauty, and pleasantness of wear. ,„,Orders from the Country receive every attention. The White ' , agate, for Ladies' Dress and Claildrene wear, may be obtaitied arabove, in Pieces frcint Two to Pour Guineas each.* Goalabdiall %ma Threcto raw Dream& T.—The • • • . ' PARLIAgEM'ART PROCELDIfiGS. to be governed according to their own instituti..ais and internal regulations. But he conceived that tne Articles of the Convention were not observed by his Majesty's Government, and therefore moved for a Committee to inquire into the present p-litical condi tion, of tEf' lonian Islands, and to report tlnireon. , Mr. LESLIE FOSTER contended, that his M. jesty's Government had treated the lonian Islands with every fidelity and every care that had been tiken of the rest of the empire. In the beginning of the French Revolution, the doctrines of French equa. lity and the rigbts of man had been introduced into them, and were proancti-re of all the troubles and mi•, .series generally consequent on snch principles. How ever, at length tired and worn out by their dissen sions and calamities, they voluuzarily put themselves under the protection of this country. He then went into a history of the public transactions that took place with regard to these islands since the Pe.ice of Amiens. He argne,l, that any farther indepen fence I than they enjoyed was neither doe to them by. conH rention, nor would be bene fi cial to . them. They were i not equal to protect themselves against the Turkish yoke, and he was sure they; were (idly sensible of the advantage of English protection and were duly grate. ful for it. They abhorred Turkey, they did not like Russia, and they detested France. Their religious prejudices, which were extreliely strong, together with other considerations, made them much prefer the protection of Great Britain. He allowed that a civil Government was better for them than a mai -1 tarp one._ HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 21. The Royal Assent was notified, by Commission, to the Cns and Excise Duties, the two Irish Treasury Bills Bills, the Bank Restriction Bill, • the An:ival Indemnity Hill, the Feats Excise Indemnity Bill, the Loral Militia Ballot Suapenafon Bill, the Yeomanry Corps Bill, the Tonnage Duties Bill, the Inn keepers' Rates Bill, several Local and Privste Birs. The Com missioners were the Loan CUANCELLOR, the Earl of Sursity BURY, alid Earl BATHUKsT. Witnesses *ere examined respecting Sir William Abdy's Divorce Bill, which was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. Witnesses were examined on Gmeral Dyott's Divorce Bill, the further consideration of which was postponed till Tuesday next. Mr. 'actuate, Counsel for Mrs Dyott, complained that she could not obtain any money from the Trustee under the Marriage Settlement, Who was in consequence ordered to *tie II again to-morrow. The County Rates Bill, several Local and Private Bills, were brought up from the House of Comnions by Mr. CHArml, Ittr.sw,rtax, Sir ?AMES GILAHAM, and other Members, and read a firs time. The Malt and Beer Duties Allowances passed through a Committee. and was reported •eithout amendment. Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House went to the House of Lords to receive the Royal Maroc to several Bills. A Petition was presented from the Tanners of Dungarvon, and was referred to the Committee. Mr. LOCKHAR brought in a Bill to regulate Sales of Far mers' Stock, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Thursday. The Irish Grand Jury Presentments' Report was received. Returns were presented respecting Illicit Distillation in Ireland. The Gaol Fees' Abolition Bill went through the Committee. Report to•morrow Lord G. BERESFORD reported the Answer to the Addresses to th- Prince Regent for the Accounts of the numbers of Per ons confined tinder the Game Laws, &c. &c. Mr. HOLFORII obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Penitentiary Act. EDUCATION IN Tlllt IttETItoPOLIS. Mr. BROUGHAM moved for a Cominittee to in quire into the state of Education in the Metropolis. This subject was of the greatest importance .o the state of the lower orders in London, Westminster, and Southwark. He should not dwell on details, as he understood there would be no opposition to hie: motion. Many respectable persons had endeavoured to promote the public education, and by the yarn us Societies instituted on the most benevolent ptinciplei moth good had been done; but their inquiries had casclosed scenes of ignorance, misery, and vice.-- An estimate had been formed of three District., one horn St. Giles's, one from Covent.garden and the Sttand, and another ( where the inhabitants were rather of a superior sort) from the Strand towards Northumberland-House. A particular examination had been made, and in a district containing 9,000 houses, it was found that 3,380 children received education, and 4,465 were, totally withont tLe tts•?:ins of getting it. It was a remarkable circumstance, that among the poorest people an of them chewed, great anxiety to procure; eidite.ation for eicir chddr-17/ 1 In the schools in Si. Giles's there were only 116 efiii-1 dren. Looking at Southwark, Shadwell, and St. I George's-fields ( which comprised 200,(00 persons) there were no - less than 14,000 poor Irish Roman Catholics, mostly engaged on the River. Among these there were only 139 children educated,- though the number of children were, altogether, between three and 4,000. Taking the population of the Metropolis . 1 and its immediate vicinity at 1,050,000, it appeared that there were about 90,000 children uneducated.' The benevolent voletwary contributions had been greatly deficient in accomplishing their objects,though individuals had exerted themselves to their utmost. Mr. Joseph Fox advanced three thousand six hundred pounds towards the Schools ; and there had been many other liberal contributors, who could not be too much praised, particularly as they had got the better of all particular feelings respecting other Institutions. I Their exertions had been great and laudable.-- IThe British and Foreign School Society had five schools for boys and three for girls, and taught, and were capable of teaching 3,000, hut at present had only 1,850. The three national schools could in struct 3,000, but they had only about 2,000. The fact appeared to be, chat there were from 85,000 to 90,000 children lett uneducated wholly. He thought these circumstances furnished sufficient grounds for a I Select Committee, to inquire into the case, and into' ! the management of endowed schools, to see that they complied with the wills of the founders, add to con hider how far it was fit to assist the modes of publiaj education. It might be good to begin with the me tropolis, and see how the system prospered, and then to extend it to other places. At Manch..ater, on an examination of parish registers for six years, it :T.. peared that 9,756 persons were married who could only make their mark. Schools for the education of, schoolmasters might also be desirable. Reltgir i differences occasioned some difficulties in the way of. igeneral education. Great care should certainly be, taken, on the one hand, not to offend the feelings of religious individuals, and, on the other hand, not to invade the just privileges of the -national church. The Government in Ireland had adopted an equita ble principle on this subject. He then moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the stated the edu cation of the lower orders of - the metropolis, which, after a few words from Mr. WROTTISLETs General THORNTON, and Alderman ATKINS, was agreed to, and a Committee appointed, consisting of Mr. BROUGHAM, Sir S. ROMILLY, MINNZT, Sir J. MACKINTOSH, Sir F. BURDZT T s Lord OSSULSTOth Sir H. PARNELL, Mr. HORNER, Mr. HOLIORD. Sir T. Actarth, and several others. lONIAN ISLAND% Sir C. MONCK rose-to make the motion of which he had giveq notice concerning the lonian Islands. He had spent some time in the lonian Islands, and had found the people a very interesting race, and very well worthy of the protection and liberality of, such a great and free country as this. He then went into a history of the conduct of France and Russia towards them since the revolution; and, argued, that by the Conillotipn by which they ea= under the pplectieo of skis pOotey, the pfe were, Sir CHARLES MONCK replied. He thought, that to possess the hearts of the people was much bet ter than to keep the islands by a militatry force. If it had not been for our exertions we never should have recovered their independence for these people. The Joniva Gaztite, which h. been published under the cognizance of Covernmeh had made known to them the change in their State, lott load not informed them of half their dependence or of half their slavery. They had complained to the British Government ; t.!:ey had received nothinx but disappointment from the alteration :n their condition. The quebtion was then put, and negatived without a division. TRIXITY TICLISE. Mr. BIRCH rose to call the attention of Ow lionse to stveral transactions relative to the Trinity blouse. :slue: extravagance had bean committed respkting !bell iip,htlious,:s. Application had been made, he be ;ieved, to several prisons at Liv:!rpool for the me. tion Ol . :1 light at the Isle of Man; in that rransactinn there had been much extravannce. They had 91 lights in their own hands, for which they' charged in some instances one half penny and in others three 16,1i perace per ton from vessels passing by. It was pLzin they had an enormous revenue ; for •they charged . much more than the General Northern Light Com missior:ri,.whose common charge was three farthings. , 'They had very considerable revenue from foreign pdotage, and what was called surplus pilotage, for which they had received for the Last five years £36,000. It the revenues of this Company were unnecessarily large, it might be prokr, he thought, at present to diminish them as much as possible. He should not trespass upon the Haase with any large examination into the charters of this Com pany. Lord Chancellor Northington, however, had I said, that it was necessary the Company should I have supervisors who ought not to be interested in the accumulation of the Corporation's revenue.— i [The Hon. Member then read a charter of James 11. which supported his ;arguments.] Much of the • money, he believed, that belonged to the Company hadbeen expended for strew and parade, which stiould have been laid out tor other purposes. It there had not been extravagant expenditure, it required to be explained what had been done with the money. The accounts ought to have been laid before the House, but had not been laid regularly. The balances in ' the hands of the Conapany ought to be put oat to interest. Even for the five last years it would have amounted to £3,500, but it had not been put out to interest. Other means had been found to expend it, and he really did think that this Corporation called' for the jealous interference of that House towards 1 Ministers. The expenses of their light-houses were 1 greater than they ought to be, and when men had more money than they knew what to do with, it was ; nnt to be wondered at that they ran into extraya ' gance. He had no personal hostility whatever towards the Company, though he wished always to prevent extravagance wherever it appeared ; aad he really hoped that the House would not rnfuselos mo tion, as it, was of so much importance to the country. The Hon. Member concluded by moving, 64 That a ,t .Select Committee be al) i pc.arted to examine into the revenue of the Trinity House, and to report their opi, aions thereon to the House." ' , Mr. ROSE did not think that any thing had been stated by the.Heneurable Member deserving-the at tention of the House. He had said that application had been made to Liverpool to erect a lighthouse near the Isle of Man. This was incorrect. A light house bad been erected on the Calf of Mall, but none of the extravagance had been committed that he had stated as having taken place, though the Commis. sioners of the Northern Lights had offered to build the light at 4 smaller expense. The Company had £60,000 revenue, net revenue be meant, when all 'the light-house expenses were paid--(Hear, hear.). — ,In the Act of Parliament, the Corporation had said that they would lay their accounts yearly before the 'House respecting pilotage. This had been done re gularly. The Lord Chancellor Norihington did not understand the management of the lights, for all the tights belonging to the Trinity House were managed ,with the greatest propriety and with as little extrava• , gance as possible. With all the examination possible, he did not thiVik that any extravagance could be found in airy of the buildings-or expenses of the Corpora „ don. It was the business of some of the men who belonged to the Compapy, to see that the buoys, the littut-linarksp and the lighthouses were kept in order. si L.,: / ••••• • • , •• . . 1 • r Pe. O*W. tait.• . ,ro • - i llii . c - • --• _........ — I ' 6. I e• l WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1316. . Pit WV, SIIIVEN I' s % .1. All this was done upon salaries of from £5O le £ 2 50 per annum. and he really could not see how any diminution caul I be made in those salaries.— With respect to the balances, he could inform. the Honnurahle Member that much of thm had beeit employed in building alms.honse's Fnr coperannitated pilots, and for maintaining titem there. Much had been • expended in providing for the widows an i children of men in the employment -1 tin C. rporation. The lights of the Company had beer all changed from coal lights to Argand's lamps ; and would the Hon. Gentleman have a bright gold light changed into a ' bad dull light ? If he wniiid nor, he could not find any fault v.ith the expenses relative to lights. When, then, it was recollected that the Corporation built large alms-houes, lights, maintained so many widows And so many children, and so many of the super:tn. mated, he wondered who could ohject to their ex penchture, especially when it was remembered that they had not a shilling of overphis. The whole of the salaries paid for the hazardous duties he had men timed amounted to 'little more than AMP° per an num, On the whole, he should feel it his duty to oppose the motion of the Hon. Member. After several remarks from Mr. &vinyl, Mr. W. 3stmr, and Mr. CURWEN, Mr. Birch withdrew his motion. ENGLISH CATHOLICS. Mr. w. tr..Liorr rose, with the Petition of the English Catholics in his hands, and spoke to the fol lowing effect ; 66 Mr. Speaker, Attiring)) it is not my intention to make any other motion than merely that this Petition should lie on the table, yet as the subject of it is immediately connected with the motion which is about to be made by my Right Hon. Friend near me (Mr. Grattan), and as the interests of the Peti tioners are, as I think, comprehended in my Right Hon. Friend's intended proposition, I shall not fee) , that I faithfully discharge the trust reposed in me by the s unless I beg leave once more to call the attention o! the House re their circtimstanr , led situation. l'he petition, Sir, which lam about to nave the honour of pr. sentiag, is from that numeroos and most re,.F.cc;able class nt his Majesty's- subjects, the Roman Ca thelic; of Great Britain; among whom are to be found the names of sortie of the most an• cient leaded proprietors in this island—the names of sorn” i.f the most illustrious of cur families--of signalized by their memorable achievements in the ni-st splendid periods of our military histnry, as as thou: ltha have been distinguisrled by their spirited and persevering asserti:.n of the rights and liberties of their countrymen—the names of persons residing Gil the estates which have devolved to theirs through a linig succession of virtuous progenitors, and who dispeose,around them that beneficence which becomes the descendants of such ancestors=the mows also of many of your mnst valuable tnanufac 'tiro s, who have3argely contributed by their skill and industry to the wealth aed prosperity, esvi by contributing to the wealth and prosperity, hirer con tributed to the power and resources of the state. That this is a true description of the character and con dition of the Petitioners, the s;gnatures to the Peti tion . sufficiently testify. For proof of the uniform loyalty of their demeanour, and of Ore patience which they have exhibited wider the rtressure of the most gelling grievances, I appeal to the observation of every one who listens to me—( Hear, hear.)-- There is no class of the community which has evinced a stronger attachment to the monarchy, and to the hereditary succession—no class which has evinced ti stronger attachment to the laws and constitution of the valnt. This attachment, Site has been mania tested .in the hour of peril--in the hotr when our very coasts were menaced with :Mack. If a foreigner were to come to this country. arepainted with the el. torts made by us during the last twenty years, but imperfectly versed in our code of legislation, the first reflection that must occur to him would be, that if any religious distitietioes were okserved at all, the petitioners must be the objects of preference and far Your; and great would be his astonishment to disco ver that, nit the contrary, they were subjected to se. vere restrictions and multiplied diaabilities—(Hear). Nor can it be a pleasing reflection to the Petitioners that the pricciple of restraint has-not reinaieed un modified, as it affected the Catholics of other parts • of the empire. When Corsica formed a portion of his .Majesty's dominions, the prolesi:ion of the Cathor lic religion was no obstacle in that island to the en • joyment of equal rights and priviiic. f :;:s. la the only C itholic colony which we now possess, Canada, the i:rol.,.ssion of the Catholic religion imposes no restrict , tiya oil the professor. Even in that country, to the Petition from which, my Right Honourable Friend thieivening elaint 'tor attention, has been dotortii the Catholic population—so motel), that al , though what remains to do is important for the Ca tholic to receive, it is not important for you to with. I hold ( near, hear).—For instance, you have given . to the Catholic of Inlaid the elective treachise. By the English Catholic it is trot enp.yed. A Catholic in Ireland may graduate in the University of that . eternity. A Catholic in England may not graduate in the English Universities A Catholic in Ireland may become a Justice of Peace. Font that oifice an . English Catholic is interdicted. And why is this ? Why, I ask, are such men as Sir Harry Englefield, or Sir George Jerningha.m, or Sir John Throcknior ton, or others of the numerous body of respectieble English Catholics—men indisputably attached to the i King and Constitution-sto be debarted from fiiling situations of trust and honour; and why is the coup . try to be debarred from enjoying the benefit of their ; exertions ? Why is a Duke of Norfolk, or an Earl of Shrewsbury, or an Earl of Surrey, or a Lord Clifford, or a Lord Arundel, or a Lord Petre to be disqualified . for holding the office, not of a Justice of Peace merely, but et a Lord Lieutenant of a Comity ? ( Hear, hear) I —Sir, the laws by which such men are excluded from serving their country are a disgrace to Our &mute 800 k... Again, Sir, as in Ireland, there are many civa•offices open to the Catholics of that part of the empire, from which in England the English Catholic