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v. I disrespected by the female part of the Royal Fent be (Lord A. Hamilton) could not imagine a Amyx public ground for disapprovin? of this marriage *nd of the present Bill. The rumour upon this subleet could not be deemed a calumny, for the Noble Lord would not venture to assert its falsehood; but the . Noble. Lord's silence spoke enough for the under standing of the country. Independently, however, of this ground of objection, the House was called upon to consider the merits of the individual, before it assented to this proposition, unless it were assumed that upon the marriage of any branch of the Royal Family the 11.iuse was bound to grant an additional allowance, without any consideration of the nature of the ni it: i ige, which via% a proposition too propos terout to la, mlint 61e.1. Tire intimationtoo, which. lierindeibtood was authentic; that it was the inten tion of the Duke of Cumberland Dot toicside in this country. fornislit .! another argument against the pre. sent measure; nay, it uai stated that the grant was lirsught forward upon se.tlee condition that his Royal Highness should fix, his residence elsewhere: If then this person word to reside in it foreign country, his - present income would be quite • sufficten,t to sup. port his establishment, whila.it was certainly asmuch under such circumstances, u i t a tand sNatjel be ' galled upon to grant. Uocler- conitiddratione,' be Nt himself bound merge agaillst•the ' ' Mr. BURRELL obaervdt t at 'av sdagle A argument had been offered hteheinceler this mesiture, lie had heard many and forcible arguments against it; and therefore Iv should continue to .resist its pro gress. The Honourable Member Oncluded with arming, that the Bill should be read a third time this slay three months. Mr. DOUGLAS spoke in favour of the Measure. The consent of the Crown had, it appeared, been re. stilarly obtained for this marriage, and it would, he thought, be doing a great wrong to the Duke of timberland to exclude his Royal Highness from that consideration which had been usually granted, which indeed could neat be consistently refused to the other 'branches' of the Royal Family. As to the rumours which had gone abroad upon this subject, they were 'said to be uncontradicted ; but that was perhaps be. cause they were not thought-worthy of contradiction; and if they were not encountered, it was oulybecause they slid not appear in a tangible shape. Upon the whole, he could not see why the Duke of Cumber land should not, as well as the other branches of' the IRoyal Family, be ena'aled to maintain the splendour of his rank ; or that any attention should be paid to t antoors t upon the merits of which it was impossible for thst House to form a judgment. : Mr.' W. BOOTLE said,, thai he vas'anxions .to .'expltin the grounds *upon 'which he had voted, And meant still to vote against the measure before thy House, because he would be sorry if such votes could be supposed to proceed from any want of due re . spect or solicirlde for the interest and dignity of the Royal. Family.' He would not enter into the merits of the Duke of Cumberland, but considering this as the only opportunity the House would have of cx. its ientiroents upon the subject of this mar riage, he felt himself called upon, in this instance, to . state his opinion upon it. UponsuCh an event it was usual to apply to the House far. a vote of congraiu. Immo : but that custom was deviated from, nn this occasion, and that deviation betrayed something of which he could not approve. Such a deviatiOn, in 'deed, warranted a suspicion that those even who sup. 'ported this Bill did ncr think the marriage worthy of apprk.b (Hear, hear.) This marriage, in fact, took place in privacy. It was not mentioned in the Gazette—it had not. even the ordinary publicity of si marritge between private indieishuls,for.it was not stated in the newspapers.' It was said to have taken place in May last, but this was not known until it was stated in that House upon bringing -forward - this measure. There could not, it appeared, be any doubt of the fact. that the female part of the Royal Family disapprosed of this inarriage, and that disapprobation formed a strong argionent against the present Bill But if, under all the circumstances, such a Bill were adopted, and such a marriage sanctioned, where, he would ask, was the House to draw a line upon any marriage contracted by a member of the. Royal Fa mily, however improver that marriage mightbef— He did not wish to draw any invidious comparisons, but he confessed that he heard with satisfaction the suggestion of the Irmourable Member for Bristol, a s to thu propriety of granting some reward to the Corn. inander in Chief. (Hear, hear, on the Ministerial dek.) As Parliament had acted so liberally and so justly to wards the Duke of Weliington fur conducting our brave army to such glorious triumph's, - surely some considssatioa was due to the mem of .him under whose care that army was formed for great achieve. talents. (Hear, ,sear!) The Duke of York had, fur a series of years, been training our Army, awl Such was his skill and firmness---kucli.his candour sod pod nature, as to deserve general appvbation. It was- a fact, indeed, that this illustrious' erson not, tbrougbout his command, beers iitit WC . 4a'ase with .a single officer, pile entire was lately a Member of that House—(u • ' i—bas who had lately found it convenient abrupo3oo quit' the contery (.idr. Cochrane Johnstone), yet the Duke of York had, for such eminent services, reeelesul only £300() a year, which was not more than the salary of an Under Secretary of State. Lord CAS I'LEREAGH denied that the star rjage alluded to took place lass irate, ask ans, after the consent of the Crown regularly obtained, 11014145. 4ized at Berlin, in presence of several members of the family of the Duke of Mecklenburgh Buell,* and the Representative of the British Coak4 and se .to the non-appearance of thrmastiage in tNr- Gazette; that was owing merely to a casual 0431111000. • fie fAlly concurred with his Hens Friend as tolbe mark. tge Duke of York, undittathOseadniialstratiou the Army bad been rendered aim much improved yet he must deplore the injury, too likely to result from any undue Aompatisonsrfeetereeu the several, breaches of the Roil Niftily. 10100 much he thought it pecsssary, in taffy w his Hdii. , friend who spoke beeftwe he ftSied to Satisfy his mind, being fully cosivinctd of the purity oftis motives. Mr. WI - 11,TBKEAD . gan by observing, that t o e latta part of the 'tech of the Honourable Mem. Tyr osk * ether side of Abe House was totally in-0e • vast ta !notion under consideration. No-one, boavefretaly Omitted, could review the late event s Rat Ilue praise to the Commander:in Chet: *to Wa g Ole ann in sada a state of efficicacy • as to aCitiere the7lnerst , lptiiliant tiptoks—(ll‘., _ an d in a d • t 9 thew events, ba 'Wahl geoid laying, that soh" to see Loft/ W lon, in his recent general order, applying such ' 'tWats to his appoacot, who had, accordibr to . ; gallant offic e r's own acknowledgment, so abl7 eeio. tended against him but a few days before, as to ren der the result of the contest doubtful. Would it not then have been more becoming in a great conquer to spare such language. But to revert to the Dube of York ; whenever the distinct merits of that Prince should ,be brought before the House, he should bit ready to state his opinion upon the subject. With respect to the question before the House, he had al ready marked his sentiments by his vote,,and he now kit it his duty to speak against it, for he could net think the case under discus.ioo such as to deaerve the liberality of 'Parliament. In'and out of that House Caere was but one opinion respecting the grant. No stallicient grounds had been laid for voting it, while very sufficient grounds existed for introducing it, and therefore he teel himself warranted in with. bolding li;s assent. Mr. HAMMERSLEY said he should support the vote, because he thought it rested on the strictest Parliamentary grounds, and no Parliamentary ground had been alleged against it. He apprehended the Crows had made a bargain with that House to have its own dignity and splendour properly supported, and the question was, whether they ought not db gfant some provision - -upon the marriage elf 006 the branches of the Royal Family if so, it cool. not be denied that the present was a moderate de. mend. With respect to the personal allusions which had been made, he should be ashamed to repeat such scandalous and calumnious accusations, upon such slight grounds as those on which they rested. He had taken the pains to inquire into those reports, and he had never heard any satisfactory reason for the as that had been cast upon the Dike of Cum berland. He would even ask the Honourable Gen tlemen who had indulged in them, whether the na. tyre of the information which they received was.auf , ficient to justily the attempt to degrade that illustri ous individual in the estimation of the country t-- (Hear.)—A Right Honourable Gentleman; of whom he-wished to speak with every possible respect, had asked a question of the Noble Lord, which he knew could not be answered, and then grounded an argu ment upon that denial. In his opinion, if the Noble Lord had given an answer to it, be would have de. served t.) be banished from his Majesty's Coitocils. Mr. TIERKEY said he was called upon to say one word in consequence of what had fallen from the Honourable Member. The question which he took the liberty of asking, he then thought, and still eon. sidered, a proper one. The House of Commonet - - . I was caUed upon to grant a certain sum of money to support the oignity and character of branch of the R iyal Family, and the only object of such a grant must have had a reference to this country ; but be happened to hear, that a certain iilustrious personage had declared she would never receive either the Gen tleman or the Lady, and he questioned the Noble. Lord as - to the accuracy of that fact. • It was a ques tion whiCli, under all the circumstances of the c •he was justified in asking; and as the Noble L thought prOper to retuse any answer. he was war ranted in drawing the conclusion, that, for. some 'reasons which 'he should not presume to guess at, the . Duke of Cumberland had married a Lady whom the Queen would not receive. Mr. METHUEN contended that the House onglit to shew, by its vote that night, that it was not mat tontive to_ the morals of the country, and therefore he should oppose the grant, not from the slightest ectotial motives, but merely in the conscientious, disdia:ge of what he conceived to be his duty. rluukpe Vien divided, when the numb:metre:— Ayes, 100—Noes, 92. BREAD ASSIZE BILL ' Mr. CALCRAFT asked' Mr. F. Lewis. whedile Ike intended to press on the Bread Assize' Bill, or to postpone it to the next session ? • • • Mr. F. LEWIS said, he would be glad to give every possible delay of time to the progress of this bill, that might procure it a due and full considers. tion. He was convinced it would be highly injurious to the public interests, if the House did not pass the bill this session. He bad used every argument within I the scope of his feeble powers to convince the House of the truth of what he had advanced in favour of the bill; and having thns fairly and conscientiously per. formed his duty in this important business, he had only furth4. to, soy, that lie was in the hands of the House, and it•was for them to dispose of the bill as they thought proper. Mr. ItoSg said, he had given this subject the most mature consideration, and he was ready to lead his aid to the passing of the bill during the present session. He was convin..eJ the returns in London were not to he depended On, and if the suite were continucd, bread must, as a natural consequence, rise iii, price. lie should, therefore, give his. vote fps the tbill going trim a'Committee MO evening.' ' "•k*. Tire. CHANCBLLOW of the EXCAEQUE • ,said, that as there was so difference of opinion -on this subject, and as a change ins matter of this nature, which had solongprevailed, must be of eat importance, he would advise, that the bill should be pkinted, and suffered to lie over for the attentive con. sifferation of the House and the country till the next • session.. Every Member of the House would by, that :means have full time to make himself master of th e subject, and with the authority of the report in favour .uf- the bill, if it should• be brought forward early in, 'Me next session, he thought it could oat fail to pass: po . was confident that great numbers desired the. manure to pass this session. Alderman SMITH thought the passing of the bill •,wouid be a :chef to the bakers. Aliermin tITICINS did hot object to trying an expoirucnt, but could not agree .to parting wholly withw, the assize. He wished to see a fair principle of "wage fixed upon: He was aware that respectins the Assize, .there was Much prejudice against flikopie, shoos, which, though he firmly believed in them, be wast.not so presumptuous as to expect every one to agree to 41 ;his bill passed, there would be no authority left to say any thing as to the price of bread on-the part of the public. General Tvotorson and Mr. Passson were in fa.. vow of the Bill. The Bill was consmitted, natt - read a int awl too. Fend time. . . Alderman ATiiNB suggerami *Mb Ilsgbirale • " • 111141trinriligir t. WI MP tr. in such Cases • VA FRANIELAND JAIStirS . objocrect WWI; as • tcontrary to the object of the measure. Alderman ATKINS propapsd, t h at the duration the Bill should be only Tor one year. The ClietbletiLLOß of the Excanclusa, Mr. Alder man SMITH, and Mr. Weans. opposed this. Mr. Alderman ATKINS recommended that a criterion of weight should be established, as absolutely necessary to the security of the poorer classes of the community. Mr. F. LEWIS persevered in adhering to the clause as it now stood. To compel the baker to adopt any filed measure in the manufacture of Ili: loaves would be to retain all the inConvenience of the present system. After some ftother discussion, in which Mr. LUSHING:CON expressed his acknowledg ments to the mover of the tnessure, for the ability h« bad displayed in introducing this great iroprovemew, the other clauses were read, and the ltv.vort ordered, tube taken into further consideration on Tueiday next, and to be printed. The Hsuses then resolved itself into a-Committee on the Stamps Duty Bill. ' Mr. PRESTON stated, at considerable length, his objections to that part which respected the probates of *ills. He thought that three years was by• no SiarfiClent time to allow for_ivirtAin up the ac. snouts of deceased persons who bad large mercantile 0411am:dna is The• Dill passed through the Committee. and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. The other Orders of the day were then dispos:d of. .Adjourned. FRENCH PAPERS. . PARIS. JUNE V. Napoleon Bonaparte, before his departure for the army, had attached to every Journal an editor.in.chief, selected from his Ministers and Counsellors of State. We are now relieved from this censorship, which laid constraint on our opinions. We never ceased, how. ever, to support the great political ideas which form the happiness of nations. Circumstances required moderation I and we have had constantly in view the public welfare and the safety of the country. At this mem:nt we feel ourselves in a difficult situation ; but with firmness and prudence we shall attain the object which we have bad •in view for the last 25 years. France has not lost all the means of energy—she will rally around a truly free constioninn, and disengaged from the only obstacle to peace, she will make her independence be respected, and resume her rank among civilized nations. Honour to all those wh o contribute toditfuse sound ideas and to re-animate the patriotism of our fellow citizen..—..roarnal de Paris. The Duchess of St. Lets' arrived on Saturday evening last at Mailtuaison. Napoleon Bonaparte went there on Sunday, at half-past one, and did not ' set off for Havre, as a number of the Journals have stated. •On Monday his family went time to 5...1: him, is well as a number of other persons. Sense grenadiers, chasseurs, and dragoons of the ard, do duty at hialmaison, atideirsias-aeders of generaleite lee ritytte tri4olonred flag was hoisted 81104 the large pavilion of the Thuilleries. On the same day they began to fix oaken pallisadcs in front of the barrier of the place de l'Etoile, similar to those which were erected last year. All the communes surrounding Paris pre lull of troops, which wilt march* to the polars that may be , threatened. 'Vise commune of Chapelle alone lodges 500 troops. Toe pupils of the Polytechnic School have de manded to march the foremost to meet the enemy. A number of the pupils of the schools of Law and' Medicine have followed this example, - A considefable powder magazine has exploded near St. h 1.40.; thn keeper perished. It would appear that disaffection had .a principal share in this explosion. The fortifications of Grenoble are far advanced. About a score of houses too near the ramparts have been destroyed, and the tuwa has been provisioned La six months. _ _ _ _ ihe following Message was yesterday communi cated to the two Chambers, inclosing the Bulletins of tile 26th of June : " The Commission of Govugtment think it their duty to as sire the Chambers, that they'd° amuses to take measures to support negociatiuns for peace, by calling forth the whole national force. The Ocuerals labour isicessandy to rally:og the troops and ro-orgauisiug the army of the Muth. It already presents an imposing mass, and is daily augmented by new corps. Its "'world is convicting. Ilse Commission of Ouernrnent tarns to account fur the ilefTece of the national Independence, the putiotism and devotedoses of the citizens. While it will support their energy, it will'reprca the agitations of dosaarction is the interior. It will nekther eugginue nor conceal dangers, and. whatever may be their nature it will always remain Whin! to the country. Olgoeil) The Duke of OTRANTO, Preskient." BULLETINS OF THE ABP./its OF THE 26th OF LUNE. ARM OF Thlla Noarn.---in a letter of the 2SJ of the Duke of Palntatia states that' the army se rally. Chi the p4th the istekw.Oeneret , au• no es that the troops tti Marshal Grouchy were to forni their jorletibn ort the 2&h. The advanced pests of the enemy were at Male ; and it was said that a part of his army was at Vervain. A telegraphic dispatch of the 25th states, that de tachments of the enemy's cavalry patrole•around 'Conde. and the neighbouring fortresses, that they have appeared before Cambray, and. that.a party o( the enemy has enterett Cateau-Cambresis. Since these dispatches, clettei from General Coe.' hiatus, of die 25th, communicates, that. the army is, 4 , 5-organising on the side of Suwon, and that our sittratton improves. Marital Grouchy has certainly formed his junction. He was at ltethel on the 246. Ants If- OP I'll IS MOSIELLIL Belliard gives an account that while the enemy WAS operating npon Saarbruck, another of - his columns, coming from Blisbrucken, WAS acting upon Bitctie. The General had taken measures to stop this movement. General Dumonccau, on the authority of a report 'from General lourent announces, that a Hessian enipi was en tha id three leagues from Montenedi: Every tWing was picpared to oppose its progress, and General Laurent expected mush from the dispo biotin, he had made. . _ The enemy appears also to be approaching Seder. Anitt OF THig Raunfc..There ►s nothing direct, but in his dispatch of the 24th. Genetal Befliard an nounced that, General Rapp would ptlthably be at iiicksdog that day cat dm day IqUavring, the flustrions and Wmtembergers having been parsing the Rll;ne in front of him since the morning of the 29d. AMY OE THE Worr.—Major-General Delaage,i n a dispatch of the 20th, details an advaitage whi z !, he hal gained over the insurgents, by driving th em from Thouars, of which they had got possession. He had made favourable proposals to those who woEld aid him in pacifying the ccuntry. . In the other armies of obset vation, nothing of suf. ficient importance to require analysis. The .French Plenipotentiaries are waiting at Lacn for the passports which they have asked. The neral commanding the Prussian advanced gaArd sent their request to the head-quarters of the ui;; c ,. There mists, on this point, a tacit convention b etwmi the advanced posts, not to a:tack without giving vious notice. CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES. ITTNE 2R. The bitting was opened at lull pest it:, under LI., Presidence of M. LANJUINAP3. The author of a plan of constitution presents ; copy of his work to the Chamber; fie regrets th.it cannot preseot a copy to each Mernher : those s..lic wished copies %cold find them at the l'alais.ltoy..l— Murmurs aid lerishttr). The l'itEsiorvr announces that he had been charg.. hp the Government, to urte the Committee. on t Constituti art to em, toy thent.elves without delay c.: the iabJers entrusted to them. M. OAUCreiMitonsqs dos tritons to deliVer a repo! in the name of the Committee, charged to wash; the plan of law relativ to tepti4itions. Had your Committee, said the Reporter, ci only its respect for propel ty, it would have rejecter every idea of requisition ; oat there are moments oi public danger so imminent, that the moat saciec rights are ovessarily suspended. To the supply of our armies and fortresses, every consideration must ' yield. ' Whatever Might be the state of our financts, it was impossible, in a moment of urgency, to mat purchases on the spot, for the supply of our fortresses and armies extended over an immense line of frou. tiers. All our ntighbours, in the terrible wars which have latterly desolated Europe, have been comptlleJ to resort to die system of requisitions; arid, in exist. ing circumstances, your Committee, as well as Ow Government, have been compelled to acknowledge its necessity ; but they have thought it as just as ne. eessary to secure the repayment of articles placed ill requisition. The Cotnnlittee felt that they could not . appropriate the ordinary contributions to this repay. aunt, without distressing the Government, and tiis. 'ordering every branch of the public service. Tne presumed amount of these contsibutions is by antici. pation converted into bills on the Receiver•Generai, which the Government puts in circulation according to its wants. The funds destined* to pay these bias cannot, therefore, have a double destination. Nei. thtr could they appropriate the produce of the loan which the Government had proposed, but which was not yet passed into a law. Your Committee, then fore, propose to you to declare that provision shad be made for paying the requisitions out of the ex traordinary resources of the current year. He con. inatille priest of the articles put in requsition to be bud by lists. 4. Receipts to be 16 aelosowladgments for the amount. 2 as S. Provision than be made by a legislative measure. for the payment of the aclusowledipneou oat of the supplies of the cur. rent year. 6. Similar prowidon doll he made for requisitions levied since the Ist of Jannuy, ISIS, and not discharged. M. Delusioxr announces the assent of G wern. ment to the amendments made by the Committee. M. SALVSETE insisted that the acknowledgments should be received is payment of the direct taxes. M. PLatioanotics.—l demand that the question be adjourned, and the plan of law printed. It has un dergone various alterations, and is too important to be understood at a single reading. A Massaaa.—How far is it, think you, from St. Quentin to Paris l—(Asitetion). M. Framosutauss.—lt is useless to press the die cussion, since Government has already made requi• sitions for the supply of the armies, and the distance of St. Quentin hence is nothing to the purpose.— Doubtless our deliberation should be active, but they should be also prudent. Instead of this, we are called upon to decide without knowing what, and it is wished to precipitate us into execrable measures. I demand adjournment.—(Teeirk). ' Messrs. CROCHON and DUMOLARD contended that the law differed so sligbtly from the plan of the Go. Ter:lntent, alre ady three days is their hands, that it did not require longer deliberation. The adjournment •was set abide by the previous question. • • 111:Vauarnw r afterdi!xtingon the hiconvenlencic; Oat •necessarily result from the :Mein of. roquisi dons, moved that she acknowledgments should be sti least rece iv i;:l i Xpayment of die taxes for 1616... • (Crier of. M. DALCHY was convinced that our financial system, which admitted only cash in payment; would be entirely subverted by the admission of other dem. minations of valbe. M. Duanuoirr.—The mode of payment ought not to be• fixed until after the' budget was brought 'for ward. To receive the reqnisition ieser in payment of taxes of every kind would give rise to endless abusei. M. REGNAULT urged a similar argument. Ever,. body knew from past experience that thesekass would be sold to Parisian monied men at a tow pr . ic4. The consequence would be, that the public to gembr4l . would be losers, and the gains of the former exorbi. tint. I demand„ therefore, that all possible means of securing the payment of these requisitions be adopt. ed, except that of receiving the acknowledgments its, payment of taxes.—(Cries of patioa—Tessidl). Several other Members attempted to speak, int were silenced by cries of " Question 1" The question wu then put on the whole of the laws which was carried by a majority of 419 to 61. Ti.e Chamber rose at half past four o'clock. From the Journal de PEntlire.—The caricatnege. more or less offensive towards the Princes of the House of Bourbon, which the dealers in pride have been in the habit of displaying, have now nearly all disappeared,. 1 clujed with proposing the following law as amended by the Cimunittee : ' • ' Ism 1 . .1110, rpowkwetwoott. is ,11)4 to rojoisstioasiitotproirletootog o . ati wl taolr;rtest oet. H. Goverosneot wtH take pro , ti &: e — a;utes to preveot abases la the make of titk power.