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Ensign, vice awhile; George Geary, Gent, to be ditto, vies Wihon. 62d Ditto—F:l4 , n C. A. de Ruvyne to be Lieutenant, vice Kay, --. killed in action; Geor g e Kay, G ent . t o b e Enrage, vice Rn- PARIS, FLE:i.IiARY 2. v var. The drawing of the Conscription has been per- 63d Ditto—Ensign George Judge to be Lieutenant, vice Bulk'. iOrnid at Nanc.y, not only wi,h t ra n qu illi t y, b u t w i t h 1. y, dt ceased ; William Houghton, Gent. to be Ensi g n, vi ce J“i;e. joy. The con,cr:ins e.lO wet e drawn a few days ago 72dDitto—rcejamin T bl Carey, t. to be Ensign, by par-td: d the town with deunis and vio.ins, and otlar l ui chare, — vio: Walke r, who e rttir are t y s , Gen dcninnstratio::.; cf joy. i 950, Di:Lo —l' clunteer Wal ter Fi rman to b e S econ d Li eutenant , vice li,:wic,-61,./, dead lit his wounds. VALENCIA, JANUARY tft. i Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Duke, from the Li t.lzing this city, the French have s tved it loin ' 621 toot, to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice Warher, promoted in the 31:th Foot ; D an iel Crot t y, G ent . to the fan.&c :1 tory oi its cwn itilnit.itants. The day b i, e o, l:. t nstgn, without p urc h ase , v i ce H art , appo i nte d to t h e 12th laitet Gen:x..l Blake was shot up in tit.: i 1 tee, a mob cc•ll,-teci and compelled I 'otntantl ail Eke to agree to Royal Afr:can Corps—litutenant ---... Garwood, from the Iv)! LI out to th; last extren:ity. But threw days of 52J Foot, to be Captain of a Company, without purchase, vice bombardment caused terror to succeed to this frenzy, 1 - 1 ' Y-% who resigns. and thq same ra:iblr, preceded by two monks, aimed Royal h I v 'o o rk t t ic o angers—Lieutenant John Atkinson, from the be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice White, V. ith sror,;s and pistols, appealed again, and tuaiul- promoted. tuously requited that the town should be surrendered 2d Ceylon Regiment—SeconciLieutenant CharleeW. L. Roberts to the Ft each. General Blake ordered a regiment to be lint Lieutenant, whiteout purchase, vice Edwards, pro b of Walloen Guards to disperse the multi:tide ; but m e o s te e d c o i l ? , e le 4 u t t h en Cey t tlo v n ic ß e i tim b en t t ; John Wardell, Gent. to the people fired upon the troops, and the town be- 4th Ditto—Lieutenant Peter Edwards, from the second Ceylon came the theatre of a shocking tumult. Gen. Blake Regiment, to be Captain of a Company, without preheat ; then hastened to accept the capitu:ation which had I Sergeant Tho mas H ogg t o b e Q uarter -M aster . eti a m t c ai n n t— of C a ap c ta o i: Cncar i Andrews, ,Du fro li m the h 53d Foot, been proposed to him. This General is of Irish ex- Cape traction, and is between 50 and 55 years of age. He Roll's Itcgipment— Charles p'arnryolte, vice mt. ;O t t): I.*: v sig o n ex se ch ic an e g D es e * was a Colonel in the Spanish service before the Re- I May, appointed to Wattevilie's Regiment. Sicilian Regiment—Ensign Francis Rivarola to be lieutenant, volution. He enjoys a military reputation which the insurgents cannot hope to replace. Order is now v c ic e e nt z t c o •rb b i e , appointed to ? t e . Co. scan Rangers ; Wia. Turner, completely restored in Valencia, by the care of the ed Royal Veteran g liattalionf a Qua - r . ter-Master Chaties Mott, Duke of Albufera. He is employed in appointing a from the 2tith Foot, to be Lieutenant. Magistracy, at the head of'which we see, with plea- 11th Royal Veteran Battalion. sure, the most moderate men. To be Liewenants, • VIENNA, JANUARY 21. . Lieutenant James Haverkain, fiom halfpay of the 77th Foot. Lieutenant corp. Peter Kemble, from half-pay o f F renc h' s Recruiting There arc many reports respecting a Courier which our Court has just dispatched to Berlin. It is Lieutenant Henry. H. Becher, from the 37th Foot. supposed that h s dispatches relate to a marriage prb- Lieutenant Whiteside Godfrey, from the Royal York Ra nge rs. posed for the Archduchess Caroline ; but this is mere Lieutenant Wm. Groves, front t he 7 t h R o y a l V eteran B atta li on . Lieutenant Jar * Buchanan, Irons the 4th Ceylon Regiment. conjecture. Lieutenant Hamilton Finney, from the sth West India Regiment. It is stated, that the deliberations at Presburgh BREVET. have had the following results, viz, the Hungarian - To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army, - nation to pay in two years 24. millions of florins, in Major Jo'an Grey, of the sth Foot. i bills of exchange ; to deliver, in the same period, Major Edward uibbs, of the 52d Foot. Tour millions of measures of grain ; and to . rant an Major Ruswil Manners, of the 74th F o ot. Major Henry Ridge, of th e s t h F oot . g extraordinary duty of two florins on the quintal of Major Henry Sturgeon, of the Royal Staff Corps. salt for three years. Major George '1 hemas Napier, ot. tht 521 Foot. _ BUCHAREST, JANUARY 4. Major the lion. Alexander Gordon, of the 3d Foot Guards. To be Majors in the Army, Since the arrival of the Turkish Plen:potentlaries Captain Geor g e Cro g an, M a j or o f Brigade. ttere. have been nothing but fetes and idling here.—' ca l nam Robert Bull, of the Royal Anatol'. It is not easy to comprehend how neguci :tions for C c a o tain H. D. Ross, of dit to . cavi r a; i n i A jo l l e in san h, d iv e r r , D o i f c d kc it o , n o , of ditto. race are to be conducted in this manner. Some pre tend that the Turkish ultimatum, which is by no captain H. Holcombe, of ditto. means satisfactory to the Russians, has been received Captain buns Dailey, of the 45d Font, and sent to Peteisburgh ; others say, that the Mini- Captain William Mein, of t h e 52 d l eot . sters are waiting fcr instructions ft om their respective Captain Joins 'l'. Jones, of t h e R oya l E ng i neers . • bTA FF Courts. The fact is, we arc completely ignorant of . . Fo be Ai ds-de•Canip to his Royal . Highness the Prince Regent. what is passing, but it is thought that the Turks have Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas M‘Mahon, of the 17th Foot; and taken meastirt sto prevent their opponents from giv. Lieutenant.cidunet Thomas Arbutiumt, of the sth West India ing them the 1:1w. 'rite Gland Vizttr is still in Rud- Re g iment. slack. A disiocaiion of the Rus-ian army has been made, in order that it may occupy more extended wint.T quarters. General M .rkow has proceeded with his corps into Moldavia. General Saas has gone to LittleWallaelta. Several Generals and Offacers ct rai.k have obtained kave of abs:nce, among whom ate Oree t f the Emperor's Adjutants. FRENCH PdPERS. Commissariat. _ ______ D:puty-Comrnissary-Genrial Charles Dalrymple to be a Cora iri.ary-Geueral to the Furces. lIOSPLTAL STAFF. Surgeon Jordan Roche, from tl.e 13th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon to the Forces, vice Braeltam, deceased. To be Hospital-Mates for General Service, GeoP:e Murray hi'Lachlaa, Wthiam Tuinnie:g, and Thomas Smith ,vents. The King's German Legion. lit Regiment of Lizbt Dr2goons--Cadet-Serjeant George Leon. bards to be Cornet. The Duke of Brunswick Oels' Corps. Infantry—Ensign Mohner to be Lieutenant, vice Unruh, who resigns,; Ensign Henry Sontag to be Lieutenant vice Newman, who resigns; Serjeant Charles Muller to b e E nsign, vice &hauler; and Serjtant Schneider to be tneigu, rice Sontag. P4ntLLIMEM',II2-7 PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 11. This day the Royal Assem was given to the Royal Hossfhold Bills, and to the Regency Espences Bill, as well as to some pri. irate Bills. TLe Commissioners were, the Los° Cassteru.oz, Earl Da- THORST, and Lord WA LSINGIIA _ _ _ Counsel were heard in th.: Stafford Peerage, and the farther hearing un the CJ:ie puspoued to '1 bursar, unto which day she Hou:e adjourned. _ HOUSE OF COMMONS. 'Shortly after the Seen KCR ' S taking the Char, the House Was summoned to attend at the Isar of the House of lords, to hear the Royal Assent given. by commbsion, to certain public Bills. The Bitl3 were four. namely. one for making provision for his Majesty's Household ; a BiU to make good the Regency expences; a Bid for regulating the Queen's Household ; and a Bill for ma naging the private property of the King during his Majesty's illness. The Forest Timber Preservation Bill was read a Arm timel and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. FOUK AND A HALF PER CENT. DUTIES. Mr. CREEVEY rose to submit his motion relative to the 4i per Cent. Leeward-Island Duties. These Duties, in his opinion, ought to be appropriated to the service of the West-India Islands, and Barbadoes in particular ; if net so applied, they ought to be paid into the Exchequer, in aid of the public ; or, at least, they could not have become the property of the Crown; and as this was A period when a new regu lation was about to be made respecting the Civil List, this would be a proper time to inquire into the subject. The Honourable Member then entered into an historical review of the original colonization and grant of the Island of Barbadoes to Lord Carlisle, in the reign of Charles IL and read an Act passed in the public Assembly of the Islend, during that Pi ince's reign, granting a duty of 41 per cent. 'upon all neu tral produce of the island exported, to the Crown, to defray the expences of building and repairing a pub lic prison and forts ; and for defraying other expellees which Government might incur in providing for the safety of the island. This passed in the reigns of James and his successor, without any mention being made of the 44 per cent. duties ; b mein the reign of Queen Anne an address was presented to the Throne, stating, that the 41 percent. duties had been diverted from their ori ginal porpose ; and praying that tlrey might revert back to their original purpose : and in the Household Bill, passed soya after, special exception was mad.: resp..c ting these Duties. They, however, were again di vented from their right course, anJ, at the commence ment of the present reign, an arrangement vies en tered into between the Crown and Parliament, when the Crown consented to take a sum of 4800,000 an nually, in consideration of - the different sources of revenue before that time possessed by the Crown, and which revenues were, by name, given up to the-pub lic. It bad since been said, that the Four and a half per Cent. were not given up at that time by name. How could it ? It was not the property of the Crown ; as a part ef its hereditary rights, it had been specifically given up by Queen Anne, and was never enjoyed by George the First or Second. It had been said the produce of this revenue was tri fling. He fieund, upon inspection, that the whole amount up to - 1809 was £1,660,000. Ont of this sum, he found 4130,000 had been appliei to pay the salaries of Governors-not Governors of Barbadoes, but Governors of Guernsey, Jersey, &c. No Gover nors came amiss to the people of Barbadoes. The good people of Barbadoes had also been called on to subscribe to the special service money no less a sum than 3026,000. But their liberality did not stop here; it had contributed considerable sums towards the support of his Majesty-no less in all than £170,000. The next proof of the liberality of the poor people of Barbadoes was subscribing from their fund 4740,000 in pensions ; and so liberal bad they been in this re spect, that the fund had become a resource for all the fashionable people in London. The Hon. Mem ber, after some further obsel vations on the applications of this fund, concluded by moving " That a Select Committee should be appointed, to enquire into the amount of this Fund at the commencement of earls year aids present Majesty's reign, and the manner of its appropri. BANI-7.RUPTS. I &don." Robert Wick.teed, of Brook's-place, Kennington, Su rre y, wool- Mr. LONG said, the Honourable Gentleman had lan •dral:ar, dealer and chairman, to surrender February 17, at , stated, that the Four and a Half per Cent. in Ins ()Pi reels re Feb 27, at ten, and March 24, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs:Robinson and Hine, Charter-boost...square. nion, did not belong to the Crown; and next, that William Humphries, of Clilieoham,Glouce.rtershire carpenter, it had b e en Freely misapplied d u ri ng t h e p resent dialer and chapman, Feb.l9, a t fi ve , a t M t . Theodore t :win- reign. The Honourable Gentleman had stated, that nett's office, Feb. 20, and March 24, at eleven, at the Plough- the Act of 1663 ave this d ue on. for p poses. Onfor local ure Inn, On ltenham. Attornies, Messrs. Meredith, Robbins, and g y Tonikyns, Lincoln's-Inn New- s qu a r e ; or Mr. T he o dore the contrary, this Act was made a direct Gwirnett, Chel•cnhatn. . charge against the Ministers of the Crown, that, un lan licovgate and Joseph Howgate the younger, of Wakefield, der pretence of settling the local concerns of Barba- Yorkiliir., manufacturers, dealers and chaiimen, and copart- d _e oc s, they bad got the Act passed o nly t o const i tute pets, March 0, at six, Ma r ch 7, an d 24, at e l even , at t h e N ew Court-house, Wakefield. Attorneys, Mr. Evans, No. 97, Hat- a revenue for the Crown ; and by that Act it was ton-Uard. n, London ; or Mr. Robinson, Wakefield. ! provided, that, after certain pensions were paid, the William Coult•iin Gil,on, of Plymouth-Dock, Devon, money - remainder should go to the Crown ; and the Act scrivener, February 26, 27, and March 24, at eleven, at the further set forth, that the d ue wasgranted to the Globe 'I avont, Exeter. Anomie', Messrs. Blakelock and y gra Makiason, Serkant's-inn, Fleet.creet, London ; or John El- Crown in return for a grant of the lands ff . the ulnae-,of Plymouth-Dock. island. 'f he Parliament of King William thought James Butterfield, late of Dover, Kent, cabinet-maker, uphol- ' this one of the hereditary revenues of the Crown, as truer, &Ar and chapman, Feb. 13, 22, and March 24, at they set apart £700,000 of it towards the Civil List. eleven, at L:01411,211, London. Attorney, Mr. Hurst, Law- HonourableG 1 hadstated, that in he , The ent eman Thomas Cheapside. s lk.we.xcr, dealer and chapman, Feb.lB, at one, Feb. 25, and the Civil List of that Qucen ; bat- that was in come- Match 24, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Davies, quence of a report'of the ruinous state of the fortifi- Lotlibury. . cations of the Island of B ar b a d oes , ma d e b y a Coin- Thomas Spring, of Charles...tree% City-Road, Middlesex, cr. chant, dealer and c l aimant ,. p,n ruan 15, es, and Ma rch mere 24, mission sent out purposely to enquire into that fact. at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. L. Williams, Curskor. In consequence of that report, Queen Anne did ex street, Chancery-lane. ' cept it out of her Civil List; but did that bind Joseph Greets, now or late of Huddersfield, Queen Anne's successors ? certainly n ot ; nc i t hi n Yorkshire, eurn•mer. 24, a: eleven, at the New Session's douse, Wakefield. Atter. but an Act of the Legislature could deprive the vies, Mr. Allison, Huddersfield ;or Messrs. Willis, Fa!rthorne Crown of any of its hereditary revenues. The Hon. and Clarke, Warnfard-court, London. Gentleman had said, no account had been laid before John Fox, of Br.dibigton, Yorkshire, linen-draper, grocer, dealer t he Howse and chapinap, February 24, 25; and March 24, at eleven, at Clark's Hotel, York. Atlantic., Mn Edge, Inner Temple, was the fact ; repeated s t atements on t h e su bj ect had Loneen ;or Mr. Hearon, York. been laid before the House. Another proof be would John Slannaker, of Red-Cruss.street, London, tallow-chandler, ' mention, that Parliament had considered this as the dealer and chairman, Feb.ls, 29, and March 24, at eleven, at property of the Crow n was , t h at i n 1 7 66, when, for Guildhall. Attorules, Messrs. Sweet and Stokes, Bostonian. • street, London. i the encouragement of trade, it was thought wise to Tl•omas Buckhar, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, butcher, dealer and . allow the importation of West India property, free • chaptush, Februas y 19, March 5, and 24, at eleven, at the i of duty, on an application to the House for leave tea George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Attornies, Messrs. Bell , bring in a 13111 to that effect, it was thought proper to and Brodrick, No. 49, liow.lane; or Mr. Seymour, Maras de-upon-Tyne. . i have the consent of the Crown, as being a party in- Alexander Gray, late of the Cape of Good Hope, but now of terested. With resp ect to i ts app li cation, f rom t h e 'Ashby-street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, d ea l er an d chapman, : very first year ef George 1., when a salary was paid Febnfary 18, 29, and March 14, at ten, at guildhall. Attor- out of it to a Governor of Bermuda, and a salary of Ides, Messrs. Pearce and Son, Swithin'e-lane, London. I • - Jefferson Ward, of Woolwich, Kent; coal-merchant, dealer and ! reooo to a Governor of Jersey, it had been applied chapman, Feb. 15, 22, and March 24, at eleven, at Guildhall. to totally different purposes to what the H on . G en . Attorney, Mr. Birkett, Bond court, M'albrook,loodon. : tleman said it ought to have been. In the reign of John &mewl, of Argopd, Monmouthshire, shopkee?er, draper, i George IL during the last fourteen years of that dealer and In n,chapma Feb. 21, 22, and March 25, at twelve, at i • the White Lica n Broad-street, Bristol. Attornles, Messrs. ' reign, 4120,000 had been app. tied to special services; Jetikinsclantes ancl ' illbAt i .New inad.oreeene or Mr.W L. I and in leis (Mr. Longs) opinion, during the present Clarke, Jkistol, 1 reigns it bad beep applied : as it wall forsinply, and FROM LAST riGhr'S GAZEWE. CROWN-OFFICE, FEBRUARY 11. WEIMER RETURNED TO 513liVE IN TIIIS PRESENT PARLIANIFST. . . Borough of Derhy—tie3ry Fredrick Ccmp•oi Cassendish, Esq. in the room of Wiiiiam Cavendish, Esq. dec.i:sed. . Duchy of Lancast r Office, Somerset-Place, Feb. 8. His Royal Highne s the Prince Regent, in the name and on the 1:04 half of his Majesty, bath this day been pleased ,o appoint Edward Greaves, of Culcheth, Leg. to be Holt Sheriff ut the Cow y Palatine of Lancaster. WAR-OFFICE, FEBRU IRY 11,1812. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT, in the name and on the behalf of his Majr.ty, has been pleased to Lipprove of the Ist or Royal Regiment of moat being in iuture style} "the is: Re. giment of Font, or the }loyal Scots." His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief has been pleased to approve of the I t, 9d, and 4th Betiebons of the Iloyat Sews, being vertteitted to b, liorne en their colt:iv:sand uppGintment. the same badge a; that permitted to be bJrne by the 2d Latta:ion, after the coniiti:.t of Ii; pt. In consequencsof th ilisinguishAl gallantry d:;p'ar.:(l by the Ist battalions of tit:. Cuid-tr-an; a.:d 3d Rig ment a Foot Gulrds bathe battle of Talavera, by the (Lucian , tits ef the 2;1 Batta lions of tht sane rm.'s: i t the battle of liarro;a, lti, Roy-ti High ness the tic rziT, in the name and on theheh.,li of Li, Majesty, has been pleased to iipi•rovo of the NVOI L di TALAVERA said bAltittliA b; int; borne on the celoirs and a, ic:iattstentr el the Coldstream cid stl Regiment, of ho,:t ( 2 MILL TARY FRO lONS. - - - - - - WAR-OFFICE, FLI:. 11, ISI2. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards-I\lattnew Minunacit, Gent. to b? Cornet, wititt , ut purchase. sth Ditto—Cornet '1 hoinas Mathews to be Lieu•enanr, by pur chase, v - ee Bayley, who retires. iegittent of Light Dragoons. To be Lieutenants, sttithout purchase, • Cornet John Minehin ; Cornet and A , ljutant John Wright to Lace the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Sir C!•aries Payne, hart. pth Ditto—Cc:rust CLI , rI.E Bittern, from the 3d Light Dra goons of the King's German Legion, to L. Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fitzelart ntte, prontotcd. ISth Ditto—Cornet \Valiant '1 tuna to he Lieutenant, vice Icing. deceased. Ditto—Breva-Major Charles M. Baker to be Major, with . out purchase, vice Butlvr, who retires; .Surgeon J. M. Perrutt, from the 3801 rocr, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lardner. appointed to the Ist Royal Vet iiti Battalion. 93d Ditto—John; Lewes, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice • Cox n, promoted ; rrederick Cowd,roy, Gent. to be Cornet, Ly purchase, vice blobkirk, promoted ia the 22d Light Lra- goons. 6th Regiment of Pcit—Captain James T. Robertson to be Ma jor, by purcheee, vice Jones, who reel'es. • 10th I/ tto—lateutenart l redetick Foaktr to be Adjutant, vice Speedy, apipluted PrPeo.t Marshal at MAIM. lo ta aeutenant Marshall Thornton, from the 67th Foot, title lieutrnant, •Ait'ac.ut purchase ; Lieutenant Robert Jen ls.ne .o be Adjutant, vice Haye4, who restgas the Adjt.tantey only ; Lieutenant = Wal,h to be Adjutant. 19.1. to—lieutetart Richard Parsons to be Captain of a Com deceased vice Halt,patsy. • Sloth Buchanan to be Quarter Master, vi,e Lltiott prumuted io the 2d Royal N'etiran Latalim. siti; 2 tido—Lieutenant :4. Smith Kirkland to be Captain of a _Caaja .s 4 vice Hervey, elzceased; Ensign William Boyle to I,:rutenant, vice Kirkland; Henry Acton, Gent. to be En sign, vice 13.:y1e. 32d Ditro--Fr,de.ick O'Flaberty, Cent. to be Ensign, by pur vics Lloyd. wisp retires. SC.th Ditto'— hospital Mate James Lowry to be Assistant-Sur von, vtt a 1 3 :-riett, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons. 41.11 Ditto--Ensign J.!111 Farquharson to be Limtenant, vice Hall, killed in acti9u ; Alexander Had, pent. to be Ens4n, vie.. fartauhaqoti. SSlDtito 7 -Captain Dunco TPD9ogAii, frern the Cape Regi ' ne. to, ,to be Captain of a Company, vice Andrews, who ea., coangea. .51 It Di.ta—Knsign Riehryrd Chriitie to he Litutenan , , without 'umlaut:. vice Bari y, promoted ; Ensign 7 human 1741150 n to le ditto, vice daou deco:nod • Dames Gent. to be MEMORANDUM. Lieutenant Peter Grant and Lieutenant James Newton. of the Bud Regiment of Foot, arc superseded, being absent with out leave. - Commissions signed by the Lord - Lieutenant of the County of Cheshire. Stockport Local Militia. lieutenant Roger Rowson Lingard to be Captain, vice Back house, resigned; Ensign Benjamin Lloyd to be Licutenant, vice Lingard, promoted; and Samuel Shaw, Gent. Dated Jx.u.:ry 23, Ibl2. s reign rl meat. a nt. Maliner A pension, whi i h n a the d be e:ly san pa: idi l of e l lied e t .in h un i granted to Lord Chatham ; that wasaliscussed at tune, and the opinions of Lord Hardwicke and Laid Camden were, that his Majesty was 1,- ga o y rised to grant that pension. During the pre mist Ministration not a single pension had been gra t ” r d out o f t hi s fund ; but there had not been a sip t i e Attorney-General, during the present reign, ;1 10 li .en ad si n o o n t s. helt t e ha t t ru th st e e C a rc h a e rn h ir d igl L t vince the House that the right was in the Crone., and that nothing hut an Act of the Lqislature scald di. vest the Crow n of it. Mr. P. MOO RE asked, if the Crown had the right to grant Pensions on the Revenue of the Duchy ors Cornwall The two Funds we re on a parallel, arl if his Majesty could not grant Pensions on o ne , ther could he on the other. He wished to see allo t Rpvenues of the Crown legalized ; if there wer e any doubts as to any of them let a Bill he brough t in, a n d it should have his support ; he wished not to dept, e the Crown of any of its revenues, but he wis ied to see some person responsible for the application of them. He was authorised by his constituents to s iv, that should more mon e y b e necessary f or the suppuit of the Civil List, they were ready to grant it, thona: s they were reduced to go without shoes and stockiais to enable them to pay it ; but they could not cons ent to leave large sums at the disposal of Ministe rs w h o were not responsille for the; application. Lord FOLKESTONE v,-.ls in favour of the c o . mittee ; the only Gentleman who had opposed it ( Mr. Long) was an interested person, as he eanyea a pension out cf this very Fund. The gr.aninz £l5OO a year to the Right Hon. Gentlemn., cu d to one Lady, and 430 M to another, could never have been in contemplation when the Act war passed, which specified that the grant was for tile purpa se cs supporting the honour f the Crown —and halm th e abuses which had existed in the .application of this . fund, he thought a Committee slionj be 9 y ‘ i ute d, and therefore he shOuld support the moti on . Mr. ROSE said, the duty was granted in lieu of a duty of 40Ib. of cotton per head, and other imposts, paid by the inhabitants to the Governor ; part t u t money was to be applied to local purposes, b ut th e remainder was to be at the disposal of the ; and the account of the disposal of the fund h4d fre quently been laid betere the House, and received its sanction. When Mr. Burke introduced his Bid, by %loch pensions were iestricted to gl2OO per annum, Mr. Burke was reminded of this very duty ; wheabe answered, that he had nothing to do with any thi ng but the Civil List. Mr. MA RR Y ATT was of opinion, that every pub. lie discussion on the subject of Wt st India p rc p eny would be of service to the colonists, by opening their eyes to the state in which they were, and, thereby, preserving hem from ruin, and terviag the emp're. Under that persuasion he should support the mntinn. Mr. CREEVEY shortly replied, and said he should talc.: an olperztinity to bring it forward again, The C t IiANCELLOIL of the EXCHEQUER centende3, that the duties in question were rand the hereditary revenue ; and, after the clear statement which bad Ite.it made by his Right Hon. Friend, Is was astonished any one should have expressed a with for further discussion. Mr. 'WHITBREAD said, what had blunted the appetite of the Right Hon. Gentleman, had abetted his ; and he was one of those who thought enquiry should bermade. The House then divided on the Motiiin of Mr. CHICEVEY for a 'Committee—For the motion 19— Against it 50-Majority 31. OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER called the attention of the House to the Act Wire. gulating the Offices of Clerk and Serjeint of the House ; and said it would be necessary to nuke sa alteration iri th.o. Act. He should pr .pose that the Clerk of the House in fitture should not have the power of appointing a Deputy, but that a retiring salary should be attached to his office. He should also propose that the DepuoSerjeant at Arms 'keg have an incre4se of :,glary. He then moved for k* to bring in a Bin to repeal the Act of the 40th olds King, rel ttive to these 'offices, and introduce moth's. in its stead. Mr.W. SMIT i said,he was not aware why there* should be a Deputy Serjeant at Arms. He cep se necessity for such an officer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he conceived the House could not do wed with out a second Serjeant at Arms. These ..ffieers inte the Speaker's Messengers, and if one of them should be sent on any important duty, requiting his Avenge from the House, how could the business of the Hos* be carried on without another ? An instance had occurred not long ago, which proved the necessity' of a second Serjeaut at Arms. Leave weediest Om . The Right Honoutable Gentleman then brought 01 the Ain, which was read a first time. COMMITTEE ON THE CIVIL LIST. Mr. EDEN said he rose to move that he might be discharged limn his attendance on the Committee* enquiring into the Civil List, because that Committee was so crippled in its powers, by bring prevented tram sending for persons, papers, and records, that heves• ceived it would be no use for him to attend it, = l4 would be a waste of his time to be burthened with such a duty. He therefore moved, that Mr. Eden be discharged from attending the said Committee. Mr. YORKE said, it was very extraordinary that the Honourable Gentleman should abandon an ob. jest which he himself had brought forward, ThiS was highly improper, because their was nothing t? • prevent the Committee from applying for WO powers, it such should be necessary ; and be could not consent to excuse the Honourable Member from a duty with which he had been charged by the House at his own request. Mr. HORNER slid, nothing could be mote ill' consistent than the charpe against his lion. Friend. whit had requested the House to appoint a Comm tee tut a particular purpse. The House app'' a Committee to consider, but not to mare, as his a ob Friend requested. It was idle to say that the C intenoe mittce could propose to make forthex inquiry; VII could not meet Ave minutes, if they had not the powg to set..l for persons, paper a, and records . T h er a ca r. be no sense in appointing such a Conitnitteep•sP7 they had such powtr, His Honourable Friend, soi. this fetihry of disaiipoiatment as to the purpose CIA ) V!. tbil On e si uer to b f= Ai /I ,