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kltoll 111 E LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 4. The firllowing article is robe substituted for that which appeared in the audit or the t!Vtli ult. ICIIIfEHALI., Jove 01. The King hair-been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, constituting and appointing Robert Viscount Melville, K.T. the Right ilonourable Robert Peel George Earl of Aberdeen. K.T and the Right Honourable Sir George Murray, G.C. B. his Majesty's three Principal Secretaries of State; Arthur Duke of Wellington, K.G. First Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury; the Right Honourable Henry Goulburn, Chancell or of his Majesty '* Exchequer; 'Thomas Lord Wallace; the Right Honourable John Sullivan; Anthony Ashley Cooper, Esq. (commonly called Lord Ashley); the Right Honourable James Graham (commonly called Marquis of Graham); Lawrence Peel, Esq. and the Right Hon. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, his Majesty a Commissioners for the affairs of India. DOWNING STREET, Jute S, The King has been pleased to appoint Major General David Stewart to be Governor and CommatiJer in Chief of the Island of St. Lucia. WHITEHALL, Juts 2. The King has been pleased to grant to the Rev. Henry Vincent Bayley, I).D. the place and dignity of a Prebendary of the Colle giate Church of St Peter, Weiniinster, void by the death of the Rev. Lord Henry Fitzroy. The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Patrick Stevenson to the Church and parish of Cupar of Angus, in the presbytery of Weigle and county of Perth, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Halketb BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Charles Poyner, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, mercer. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Harrison, New Bond-+treet, hosier and milliner, to sur render. July 8, at nine, 13, and August 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bar.krupts, liaiinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Birkett, New Bond street. John Barnard, Commereial-road East. baker, July 11, at ten, IS, at nine, and August 15, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall•street. Attot nits. Messrs. Young and Ca. Mark-lane. Thomas Hill. Red Lion street, Spitalfields, potatoe-merchant and salesman, July 11 18. and August 15, at eleven, at the Court of Cumm'asiut:er , of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Bartley. Somerset strert, Portman-square. Charles Faux, late of Bermundsey-wall, near Mill-Stairs, Surrey, warehouseman, July It, Is, and August 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basinghall-street. At torney, Mr. Whiteley, Tokenhouse yard. Henry Mackrill, Whitechapel, chymist and druggist, July 8, 18, and August 15, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts. Basinghall-street. Attorney, Mr. Fisher, Queen street, Cheapside. James Ruler, Dewsbury , Yorkshire , dra p er, Jul y 25, 24, and August 15, at two, at White's Hotel. Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. Hadfield and Co. Manchester; or Messrs. Hurd and Co. Temple. Charles Hobson, Leeds, Yorkshire, publican, July IS, 14, and August 15, at eleven, at the Sessions House, Leeds. Attornies, Mr. King, Bedford-place, Russell-square; or Mr. Wilkinson, Leeds. William Fowke, Belper, Derbyshire, joiner, July 10, at the King's Head Inn, Duffield, 11, and August 15, at eleven, at the King's Head lon, Derby. Anoraks, Mr. Wolston, Furnival's Inn; or Mr. Ingle, Belper. Junes Tanner, Wickwar, Gloucestershire, tailor and draper,July lit, 19, and August 15, at eleven, at the Cross Hands Inn, Old Sodbury. Attornies, Mr. Whittington, Chipping Sodbury ; or Mr. George Whittington, New Inn. DIVIDENDS to barna& in BA SI NGHALL-STKEET. July 25, John Dyer and John Swayne, Gravel-lane, -Hounds ditch, woolstaplers, at eleven. July 18, Henry Robert Plaw, Riches-court, Lime-street. merchant, at ten. July 25. Thomas Walls, Webber -street, Lambeth Marsh, Surrey, hai manufacturer, at one. Aug. 1, Thomas Parker, Macclesfield. Cheshire, silk ma nufacturer, at twelve. July 29, William Kenrick; Daventry, Northamptonshire. grocer, at ten. Aug. 1, Nancy. Dodson and Jonathan Sabin, Rusbey green, Lewisham, Kent. corn chandlers, at eleven. A4j. I,.Thomas Wailer, Woodford. Esse:, victualler, at ten. Aug. 1, Richard Maim'', Leek, Staffordshire, banker and silk manufacturer, at nine. July 25, Mungo Park, Old Trinity House, Water-lane, merchant, at eleven. Aug.l, Henry Brindley, Coltman-street, saddler, at el even. Aug. 1, Jas. Leadley; Fetter lane, wholesak stationer, at eleven. July 25, Joseph Ford, jun. .Mortlake. Surrey, and of Reading. Bells ' lintndraper, at twelve. July 25. Roger Hunt and John Sharp. Lombard-street, brokers, at ten. July 29, Ralph Rossi. Harp-lane, Tower-street, wine and brandy merchant, at ten. July 25. John Pagan, late of Norwich, draper, at eleven. July 25, Harry Holman Cris ' hile New Bond- Itteet, hatter, at one. July 2 5 , John Clarke Crucefiz and John Smith, Strand, blacking and ink manufacturers, at eleven. July 25, John Croathwaite, Fenchurcls street, wine merchant. at ten. July 29, Thomas Bushell, Gracelalley, Wediciese-square, linen draper, at one. DIVIDENDS to be made in the COUNTRY. July SO, Jahn Outrank and William Welsh, Liverpool, brewers, at, eleven, at the Clarendon Buildings LiverpooL Aug. 20. Anthony Bradley, Ashborne; Derbyshire, and homas Marshall, Birdsgrove. blinkfteid, Staffordshire. cotton spinners, at eleven. at the Star Inn, Manchester. July 28, James, Roberts, Ross, Herefordshire, mer cer and draper. at eleven, at the office of Mr. John Chadborn, • attorney. Barron4treet, Gloucester. July 28, William Halsted, . latent. Chichester, Sudres,linendraper, at one, at the White Horse, Chichester. . July 26 , John Bloor, Wheelock, Cheshire, silk throwster, at eleven, at the Bull's Head Inn, Congleton, Cheshire. -July4o, OIDAS• Harrop, Manchester, merchant, at ten, at the barge of Richard Ashworth, Esq. Strawberry-hill, near Manchester. July VA, John Maltby and Thomas Brewitt, late of Nottingham, and. Henry Arbuthnot, late of London, hosiers; at eleven, at the Welch Bowl, Peck-lane, Nottingham. .Tolf 25, Charles Delves ,Vionghton and JObn Jasper. Garnett, Nantwich; Cheshire, bankers, to teti, at the Omen Inn, Nentwich. July 26, Thomas Charmer, Pindl.ton' i Eccles, Lancashire, hop merchant, at nine, at White's Hotel, King -street, Manchester. Aug. 2, Samuel Shaw, jun. and Thomas Bateman, Manchester, smallware manufacturers, at ten, at White's Hotel, Manchester. . - Imperial Weekly Average of the Aims of British Corn, which govern Importation, made up to June 27. Wheat 565. 74.1 Oita fls. 4d. Beans 38c 2d. Barley 50s. 4d. I Rye 31s. 11d. Peas 395. Bd. Winchester Weekli Irving& Wheat 545. 10d. I Oatli" 20s. ad. I Beans 375. Od. Barley 295. 4d. Rye S W. 11J. I Peas 38s. sd. FRENCH PAPERS. ""'''4 lol .'"' TROIS Till OAZCYTIC DR FRANCE. JULY 3. CONSTANTINOPLE, WAY 3. A statement, proceeding from the office of the ['stand Velar, gives the number of 177,050 men as the total amount of the paidand unpaid troops that will he sent into the field to oppose the Russians. The amount of the paid and disciplined troops is given at 80,000 men. Those not paid, and levied by the Paellas, amount to 9►!',060r; Among this number .there are 30.000 men far the' defence of the frontier of Et zerum, 7,550 for . , lis and the plains of Troy, 17,000 for the for. tresses in Asia and Romelia, 15,000 for the d- fence of. Constantinople, as many for the Bosphoru', 25.000 on the Danube and insthe fortresses on that river, 15,000 'ht Silistrii, and 10,000 at Adrianople. . , VIENNA, Jvi'r 22. Letters frOm Hermanstadt, received to-day, announce' that Brailow . was 'probably taken by the Russians on the 15th or 16th. Gbeurgeoo. which WAS invested by General Roth, will however make a mote vigorous re siitance, because it can receive provisions and s einforce talents trilli • Rudschuck.' The same letters say that, a corps. of Turks, which had been sent to pass the Da, lathe, nearWiddea, had attacked the Russian advaneed posts at Calera, on the entrance, rigkt of General Roth; but that after a short esfgagement,lo which they' lost many men, they had beea obliged tetake to flight and cross the river. The toss of the Rusfmns is stated to have been considerable. Nevertheless, as this WW comes b' commercial letters, it cannot be implicitly confided in. Letters from Oremsier say, that his Erni melee the Cardinil Archduke Rudolf. has been seized with an iallammatido of the brans, which put his life in • the greatest danger. He has received-the sacraments.... . the uhole country-Is plunged in affliction. Views. Joni ir r .—Metelliques tea—Bank Shares, 1079. . imaccu Fvites—rltemesi, Five per Cents. i05f.50e. 65c. SOe: Vents. i sf. 25c. 50c. 35c. .16c. 56c. 55c,---Bank I3IPERIAL PAAILIAMENT. „. • HOUSE oF.-LORDS. JULY 4. ?HI Witlimum, criene.-sotto is atm At one o'clock' this da‘y Mr. Holm conclotied ids reply in thie Jong pro tracted case, sad their Lordships immediately proceeded to pronounce judem•nt. Lord H ED ES DA LF., in a speech of considerable length, stated that the arguments of Counsel appeared to re* upon two grounds, Ist, Whether the Coat of Chancery could exerdse jurisdiction in separating a parent and his children; and, 241 p, .That r allowing such right to exist, the ,circumstances of thiicise difftiot iwirramt its being exercised. His Lordship adduced several cases, some of which occurred upwards of a century and a half since, in which the Court hail exercised Such jurisdiction, and he was most deci dedly of opinion that the Court unquestionably possessed that power. As to the evidence in this case warranting the judgment pronounced by Lord Eldon, a single extract from 111 letter written by Mr.Wel leaky to Mr. Pitman, the tutor of his children. would abundantly satisfy their Lordships. That extract was as follows:—" There are many which ought to he let alone; a Court of Chancery had no right to interfere between a father and his children—they had a right to be allowed to go to the Devil in their own way." His Lordship concluded by moving that the judgment of Lord Eldon be affirmed. Lord MANNERS seconded the motion. He was quite sure that the Court possessed the jurisdiction, and that the jurisdiction was in the present case properly exercised. The LOB D CHANCELLOR was decidedly of the same opi nion. The question was then put, and carried wan. diu. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIPOZ took the oaths for the purpose of voting upon this important question. • The Marquis of Tw REDA LE presented a Petition from the county of Oxlor.l.against the importation of Foreign Wool. The Passage Teasels Licemin Bill, and the Alehouse Licenses Bill, were severally read a third time and passed. The Election Polls Bill was read a second time. CURItrt*CY: On the motion of the Duke of . Wettntoron, the House resolved itself Into a Committee on the Smolt Notes (Scotland) Bill. The Earl of CA RN A RVON said, that the Bill appeared to do more than was intended. A check ,upon a banker for four pound% if drawn in Scotland upon an English banker, would come within its operation. It was a Bill' highly penal, and might be con sidered as a trap for persons who might be drawn unwittingly into its violation. The Duke of WELLINGTON throfght the Noble Lord was mistaken as to the effect of the Bill. Drafts upon Bankers would be on the same ((Ruing after the pacing of this Act at at present. The Earl of CA RNA RVON read the clause of the Bill to which his observation applied. Lord ELLEN BOROUG H said, that drafts from abroad were not now legal. With respect to drafts drawn in Ireland or Scot land, if any Gentleman or other person tell inadvertently into er ror. no doubt relief would be afforded him. The Earl of MALMESBURY Aid, that this might frequently' occur. It was fit that it should be generally known that the opera tion of the measure was not confined to bank paper. If a Gentle man on leaving town forgot to pay one of his bills, and the trades,- man wrote to remind hint of it, the natural course would be to send back a draft upon his bankers. Yet this transaction would subject the Gentleman to the penalty of the Act. The Duke of WELLINGTON referred to a ClattllO of g for mer statute, which was word for word the, same as the present . After a few words front Lord Faanurix, the Earl of Mimeos purr ' and the Earl of Rosst.rn, Lord TENTER DEN said, that the inconvenience which the Noble Lords were so antious to remove existed equally by the present law. A penalty was now incurred by any person who drew a check upon a banker, unless it was drawn within the did tance of eight or ten miles front the banker's residence. The Earl of ROSSLYN apprehended the object of the Bill was to prevent the circulation to any great extent of Beath Small Notes on this side of the border, and not to punish any isolated and accidental transaction of the kind which might take place. It would for this purpose have been enough to empower certain official persons to inform, without inviting promiscuous informers, and stimulating their vigilatiee by giving them half the penalty. This part of the Act deprived the bords of the Treasury of the power to remit the penalty in any case of eonviction. Lord ELLEN BOROUG H said, this mode bad been adopted because it had been found in other cases effectual -to its purpose.— The inconvenience to which the Nuble Lord had adverted bad not escaped the notice of his Majesty's Government. . But these one pound notes were so insinuating, that. Liordei to exclude thorn it was necessary not only to abut the door but to stop up the key-hole. It was intended, if poisible; to 'make EnglatittOtle polund-note-tight, and this, he believed, could only be envied by adhering to the Bill as it stood. • Lord CAILNARVOig geld that , "the penalty would apply ough the draft upon , a.baniter was dravin upon a stamp. The LORD CH A NOELLOII observed, that it snight be drawn a few days' sight,mid:would not then M. subject to a penalty. The Clauses were alLagread to withont amendment, and the Report was received. • • • • • • , On the motion of the Doke waxtbit-rom th e House . resolved itself into a Committee on the Irish Promissory Notes Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that the object of the Bill waito enforce the payment in gold of Promissory - Notes at-the' place where they were issued. Sortie - of the banks employed agents at markets and fairs, where they had no houses; and be therefore proposed to introduce words to-limit the meaning of the clause to the banking ham, or the branch banking hough where the notes were Anted. The Marquis of Lattimore and the. Marqpis.4(Apr imps seSl verally expressed their approbation of the clause. The Earl of ROSSLY N thought the tnessrataleubted to pro. duce great inconvenience and loss to all banks having branches. After a few words in reply from the Duke of. Wxy.tecTon, tlbe Amendment was agreed to. • . ' The other clauses of the Bill were also agreed to, and the Report was received. • • CONSTABULARY FORCE LIIIICAND). The Marquis of LANSDOWN indeed for certain Papers re lating to the Conitabolary Force of the Coutify of Kilkenny. He 'Aid not apprehend any objection to his motion, as the same !alters, or the' greater part of them, had been already' before the other House of Parliament. The Duke of WELLINGTON had no objection to the pro. duction of the Papers moved for, but he did nut know that they *ire all of them at present in England. The Marquis of LA NSDOW N believed that they would be found in the Irish• Secretary's office in London. The Member for the County of Kilkenny had so informed hint. • The House then adjourned until Monday. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. • A Person from the Treasury presented an Account of Glass exported. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a Petition front a person named Swainston, proprietor of the ship Bolton, complaining of grievances, and praying for redress. Mr. BILOWNLOW gaye notice, that he should on Tuesday next move far leave tobring in a Drainage Bill for Ireland. Mr. SCOTT presented a'Petition from Roxburgh in favour of a duty on Foreign Word. Lord JOHN RUSSELL presented a Petition front AlnWick, in Northumberland, agaitit Slavery.-Ordered to be printed. Sir JOHN COTTERELL presented a Petition from Kingston, praying for protection to the Glove Trade.-- r Orderedio be printed. ~ The. House went into a Committee on the Game Bill. Mr. BENETT tbjectrd to a clause giving the Lord of the Manor a right to permit any persons to kill Game over common- Able lands. After a few words from Mr. S. WOSTLITY, Sir C. Buanatt, Mr. F.srgouar; Dr. I'HILLUiIORt. Sir J. MALcurross 1, Mr. Secretary Pam., aed Sir J Waorrest.ev, Mr. BEN ETT postponed bis Amendment for leaving out the wcrd" commonable" until the bringing up of the Report. The Report was ordered to be received on Monday neat. Sir J. MACINTOSH complained that the Papers, in the case of Mr. Belly, which he brought before the House some time back, were not yet ready. The SPEAKER said no blame could attach to the printer, who had never been so pressed as he was this Sssion. /The Finance Committee, now sitting, would bear him out in saying, that the mass of matter, and the.expedition with which it wairequired,vrere unprecedented. This might be an excuse for the delay of some papers. This be thought himself bound to say, in justice to a most assiduous Officer, whose accuracy was as remarkable as his dispatch. Sir J. MACINTOSH said he Tooke merely front an appre hension that the object of the pap, litiiiight be defeated it' longer delayed. The Hon. Gentleman co,..luded by* presenting a Pen ! titan from one Intuited and five persons, now Students of Anatomy In Paris, complaining of the difficulty of procuring subjects for anatomical studles'in this country.—Referred to the Committee. • The same lion. Alsagsaa then presented three Petitions spirit Slavery froM the County of Banit.—Ordered . to be printed. $:• DANISH CLAIMss. • • , S4I • NTOSH said, he now rosetc, bring for . ir wad elsobject of importani . lithe facts were tr: ' . they a clains..to , the. interposition of Howsiktheselseinit • AO legal means of redrus temaittingi o p e a. The tang:ober,. Air. Stritlitts, Was one otthe . . . 'few now surxiirtog.w3 l P suffered 1544ef tne' war. ith, Denmark in 1807. 't he greaser put of th e othca ciai ants were either dead or preveoted bj watt of means from prosecuting their l s a m ;ni st s a 'lla s well aegunioteawiththec c l aims. nce it c allies with Detimark in 4807. He shnold n ea whetherstanc th es i n th i s court hostility. sti Yw is l 9 1 r I vi e as . y flat n ju . sl ifi h t al. et'sd • P • in Denmark TBhreitiKshingsuefbi.D.ctesnmark confis.- ea th e t e d all Pet i tione r the properly but their. claims. The consequence was, that Brit their ish merchants send Norway, A lost their claims on Danish subjects and their property also. At that time six paper dollars were considered, p A a p ft e e r r , w threea r ds, nunconsequencepa r equal to a and. The payment of two and a half per cent. thus became a dischar g e for the, d w e e p rrpoeec equal ui a n t o n s t e t o o r f l i a n t h g p i o s ; o d f ol t la h r e s fell amount of one hundred pounds. The Peritioner i and others laid their complaints before the Govern. : meat : they were told that in any future negociation for peace, their case would be considered. This na., turally. relaxed their exertions. Another circumstance: which inspired them with confidence was, that a; large seizure was rn.de cf Danish property in the ports of this country, amounting to 1,200,090/. which was' called Droits of Admiralty and Droits of the Clown.. He would appeal to the House whether the grdund always urged for retaining such droits was not, that it afforded the Crown the means of making compensation to its subjects for what they might hive lost by hostility with a foreign State. These persons, therefore, thought that they had a just claim on this fund at the peace. The droits, however, were then disposed of for other purposes, and were quite exhausted. By the seizure of Danish ships in the British ports, the means were takeu away of satisfying British claimant!, He would assume :that these droits were 'on 'the *Atilt propel lipped •hut still part should have bran employe to sati fy English creditors. The twentieth part would have been sufficient fit. that purpose. A Treaty was concluded in 1814, and here this Government had an paortunity , iif extending some relief to these . claimants. He would not enter into the circumstances of the Treaty ; but he considered Denmark as having been treated with less justice than any other European monarchy in the ge; neral arrangement. If the claim here was unjust by the Law of Nations, England would have been wrong to press it. He held in his hand a report r f a case, that of Woolly and Oxley, which was tried in-the year 1817, and the judgment of Lord Ellpnberough 'lent to prove that the conduct a f Denmark eras a contravene tion of the Law of NatiOns. Lord Elliman:trough rested his opinion on the-praetice cf oldie tun:leen and eivi fixed warfare. He held that the Danish Ordinaince'rf 1807 was a contravention of the • Law of Nations. Upon this judgment he (Sir James Mec4atosh)" rested the wool - rf his case. The negociatrir, therefore, at the Trea:y of Kiel, should have enforced indemnification for the losses sustained by British subjects from that Ordinance. Mr. Shillito, the petitioner, Mr. Canning on the subject. The Danish Government was iti consequence appealed to. The King of Den mark recognized the justice cf the claim,. but evaded the exec.utiop,..throwing the . csiitst of indemnification on the King of Sweden. Undee these circumstances he appealed to The Hence of COmitierna xitether the peti tioners Witt. not entitled to-the equitable' consideration of Goeernment. He shoulj ndtrwledge himsegtotake any future proceeding until hi. heard .what.the opinion f the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was. He should conclude by moving that the Petition be brought up. The CHANC,ELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER said, that hehad rather to apologise..after the courteous in tisnation of• the petition, for not having made himself master pt the subject ; and as the Right Hon. Baronet had abstained from all expression of hostility towards the Government, he would- follow his. example, and Merely explain the 'general principles on which a ques tion of this' kind should be decided, and which were not confined to Deentiarkair the particular claimapts before the House, but what should always bethe rule of the country with respect to- such subjects. • He•-believed that the petitiOner was only the agent to a anettantiie hop,se, wherefore his-claiin was, more as their repiesen satire than as .an individual sufferer.. When in 1807 this country-thought itself justified in preventing Den 'bark from •giving aid to . other Powers, .then-in beside coalitioa against us, the Danish Government drought it-right to : order the. debts due id British: subjeetsio.be -paid into the Danish Treasury, and the petitioners now skid this they bad a Clair against the British Gismo: : went for what was dun. from their debtors in Denmark. ft was true that Whea this cline before the Governmessi a: aa..eartier period, that they considered theSa clalans had' better be deferred until there anal he would nut deny that expectationiaere held out that these reparailons would be made.. It was - equally true that such a stipul.tion form:A no - part of the treaty of Kie'. TO the principle that such a stipulationlihotild be a sine qua non of that treaty, he coed riot submit, and he was sure every one would admit, that circum stinces.Were such in 1814 as to make it desirable that we should have peace as speedily asrpossible; and he thought it would equally be admitted, that this country should never take it on herself to pay all claims which subjects might have on the individuals of other coun• tries. The flight Hon. Baronet would see how very wide a field such a principle would admit, it a!tcr a peace we were to recognise and satisfy the claims of every individtial who might suffer directly or indirectly by hostilities with other countries. There would in such a case he no limit either to the demands to be satisfied or to the difficulties which would. arise.. Neither should claims be allowed on the part of persons w ho chose vo• luntarily to reside in foreign countries during war, and who might become sufferers from the circumstances of such war. That principle would hold equally s u hether compensation were to be made out of the druits of Ad miralty, or out of any other fund. The principle on which the Government of this country had always acted was, that those who embarked in foreign trade did so at their own proper, risk, and if they were eventually losers, they were not to look for compensation from the Crown. Mr. WARBURTON thought that a moral lesson was read to the House by the circumstances out of which the present Petition arose. It taught them that the droits of the Admiralty ought to be no longer placed. dt the disposal of the Crown. He conceived that those British who lost .by the confiscation had strong claims upon the Government; for the property 'seized here belonging to Danish subjects bad been sent hither for the.espress purpose :ot defraying debts due to British subjects, and therefore:might be cousidered 'as belongingliftber:to our own fellow countrymen than 'to fpreiraire,'. ' • , ; iitiUAKT..,WIATLEy thought this isii`ex tremely hard case. The House, he thought, s h ould take the Whiffet into its most serious consideration; for the :Prtiticisiers'conld obtain redress in nu other quarter, now they had tailed in the Courts of. Justice both at home and , abroad. i-• „ . "RIME supported .the prayer .of the Petitign, 'and eiVer i edra decided opinion against the ezereise"oi Mat power? ove r the cl . rpits:of: the Admi Wit *hitt thr Crown enjoys. The Petitionels;he ivete.justly entitled to compensation, and ought to recri i t 'whatever expense to the country. Mr. TRANT supported the Petition. He neve r knew a claim which called more loudly on the honnur ,stud justice of the House. Ele trusted the subjtct would mett with further attention. On the question that the Petition be read, Sir J. MACINTOSH, in reply, said, that although the Droits of the Admiralty had been passed over by the _ Right Hon. Gentleman, yet he considered that it formed a particular-feature in his statement. The English Go.. hh n e e v ernment intercepted the money coming to the Engli s h ecsul by pab l i a l n it d : - -creditors, and they were in justice bnund to sAlify their claims. The practise of the law of nations male a di s _ unction between seizures by sea andsehizthure and that should not have been unnoticed by the Righ t Hon. Gentleman. The seizure in this case was an in.. fraction of the law of nations, and the fund towaicheym had alluded should have, been applied to the payment of the persons who were injured thr. l ug of his Majesty's Government . He begged leave to g a y , that he did not give so the case of these claimants ; and in the course,of next Session he would bring it un d er the not of the I-louse. The Petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a similar Petition from the Cor poration of Cutlers of Halifax. Both Petitions were ordered to he prin , ed. _ Mr. DU NCO NI BE presented a Petition from Sheffield, praying for i,rl improvement in the EccleNiastical Laws. —Ordered to be printed. A Message from the Lordiannounced their Lord.hips agree ment to the Packet Vessels License Bill, aA other Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a Petition front certain Merchants. of Leeds, praying for compensation for the Danish seizures. i Mr. TRA NT presented a similar Petition from a resident In . tDover.—The Petitions were ordered to he printed. Mr. KNOX moved for an Account of the Butter Tasters in' the different ports of Ireland, tasting their &dories. and when ap. pointed.—Ordered. Sir G. NOEL presented a Petition from the county of Rutland, praying protection for the Wool grower.. Mr. HEATIICOTE presented a similar Petition from a Pari,h• in the County of Denbigh.—Ordered to lie on the table. The same Hon. Mmicrit presented it Petition from a Coroner of Bury St. Edmund's praying for remuneratiori.Ordered to he printed, • Mr. HOME presented a Petition from Aberdeen, pnyiat the total abolition of slavery in the West Indies. Mr. WESTERN presented a similar Petition from the Comity Pf Es•ex,—Roth Petitions were ordered to be printed. SUPPLY. " • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved that* House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUNIE wi.hed to ask the Secretary of the Colonies whether it was intended to prim, e, , !tiring the recess, for those reductions in the Colonies which were practi:able, and which had been rec ,, nimeoded? The Finance Committee would not have time to A ttend to .them. The question applied to Trinidad, the Mauritius, Grenada, &c. There was, for instance, great disprc. portion between the salaries of the Governor , Secre taries, &c. Even where the• population was equal. there were two-tiirds difference between the salar les in twn different islands. Ought not those matters to be revised? The t station and the expenditure of the Crown Colonies in particular required amendment—and there was a good opportunity presented by vie occasion uf havin g to appoint. a new Governor, in the room of the late Sr Ralph Woodford. Sir GEORGE MURRAY said, I e was not aware ' that any such question would be put to him—perhaps the House Might not regret it, as he could cot go into ,detuil ; but every attention would be paid to the subject. The attention paid to the amelioration of slaves, 'prcved the anxiety to improve the condition of the Colonies. He Could not lose the opportunity of bearing testimony to the admirable manner in which Sir Ralph Woodford had discliarged his dirtier(hear.l Mr. STEWART wished to direct particular atten tion to the enormous duties imposed by America on our manufactures, on iron goods, and other articles. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES:. The House then resolved into the Committee. Sir H. HARDING L said the Finance Report which he saw in the hands of many Members firmed the ape. logy.for postponing the Ordnance Estimates till solate in the Stssion. In ariviiag the Eltimwes he shouldbarre to'state some instructions he had received on the re commendations of the Finance Committee. The amount of .the present Estimates was I,7Bs.oo(ll.—deducting 220,0001. for credit, ACC. the amount, he had to ask for was 4567,19V.=that was' a reduction - of 32 7761. as comparekwith laa - yetit: Suite the peace the espendi turetif the Ordnance had been reduced three millions, or •three•fourilis of the esFiensei and the recltictica Vas int still_ greater prOportion when .Compared the depirlm'ents 'consolidated with . the 0: dnance.— Thtredoction *bold then appear to be much greater than three fourths . The Ordnance was nt , w, he gas prepared t(kUntend, reduced totheloweitpossible stale, consistently with the e ffi ciency of our forces. At e pritieUt tithe; in'the ciiil departments - Of - din Ordnance :the reductions bad. been equally extensive; as extensive as could be effected. It was also gratifying to be Are to state, that the military superannuations of the Ord. fiance had reached their maximum ; hereafter there must be reductions in such branch. Ili the charge ct Barracks, th-re were also considerable reductions — especially in Ireland. He now had to speak c f the re• cnnimendationi of the Finance Ciimmirtee, and trusted he should do so with all becoming deference; but be thought the recommendations of the Committee, as re g.tded the Ordnance Department, were a little seem Those recommendations would, however, he attended to by the Government, as regarded the reduction of the salaries of Surveyor• General, and others specially enumerated in the office; but he was instructed to say that the Government could net acquiesce in the recommendation to abolish the office c f Lieutenant . General of the Ordnance. The clerk of the Or,,nance was to be reduced from 1,8001. to 1,9.001. but %den the department was praised by the CommiT , ee, seemed rather severe to accompany such conirreq• dation with suggesting the reduction of the salary et one.third—(Hear, and a laugh). With respect 1 3 ne proposed abolition of the office of Lieutenant Ge• neral, he thought the recommendation was groundei on erroneous views: the Government so thought, ird therefore resisted it. It was founded on the opinions of former Military Commissions, in 1811. Those C o re' : missioners recommended the reduction during e the tilt of peace. But the most efficient persons about the Ord' Hance had not approved such proposed reduction: g was impracticable, if the efficiency of the Ordnance were to be sustained, and if the responsible discharge d such department were to he secured in the way raj° by the Committee. The Duke of Wellington had git e . evidence of its utility, as essential to the wellbeing ' 4 the Ordnance ; but, added the Duke, " I do not mess LO say that the duties may not be performed by t he Master General of the Ordnance; they have been 0 . performed—(Hear, hear) —but I must further ! cow: , that it is essential to have such a military Officer at ';i e Board." That be deigned sufficient ; and he (Sir Hal Hardinge) could bear personal testimony of the in.' veniences resulting from the temporary absence of Leg B.gesford. Much business went Aindone, though every night took papers home with him. In 1751 t duties of such Officer were specifically pointed out; 3 : the office had ever ,been.deemed of steat imisortacc e lie was prepared to Contend, that the -- tcriapor.uy 45. s.k.—Thres per &um, 16401.