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Tickets, 14s. each, to be had at the above Inn; also at the Ceu:ge Inns of Rye and Battle; and of Mr. Dolling, Eastbourne. OFAYCE OF ORDNANCE, 21fay 1, IR2O. T:IE Prineir al OFFICERS of his MAJESTY'S OP DNA NCR do ►- ifflke, Aenehy girt That they will SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the 'TOWER, on TUESDAY, the 16th day of May instant, at r:c7cn orleck in the Preuoon precisely, SUNDRY LOTS of NEW, OLD, ar.d UNSERVICEAUP. L STORES; con __ a:sting of - Tarpaulins, Bides, Bedding, .and Clothing, Saddlery and Ilarntss ' Sheepskins, Intrcnching Teols, Fire-irons, Tents of Sects and Pieces, Iln.hel and Lump Iron, Wadmiltilts and li. it cloths. Junk in wads, and varicas other Articles; the swhole of which ni;:y be viewed upon application at the princi rd Storekeeper's Office i• the Tower, until the day of Sale, a::d when printed Lists of the fats will be delivered to those iris-ma who may apply for the same. fly Order of the Board, R. X. CR1:71% Sardary. A'AIVY-OFFICE. May 5. 1890. Right Honourable the Lords Commissirmers of his Majesty's Trea.c.ay, having appointed Money for the Ti.yment of Half-pay to Sea Officers, from the lat January to the 31st of hiurch, 1820, according to his Alajesty's Establishment in that b , :har. These arc to give not tce,that the several payments will beg:n to be made at the Pay-Office, by the Treasurer of his 31a . sty's Navy, at Tea o'Clack in the Morning on the follow. One Days, in tilt. ?t:, 9th, and 10th of this month, to Admirals, Cap tnn:s, an.: their Attnrnies. On the 18t 1 t, 12th, 15tb, 18th, and 17th, of this month, to Lieu tenants and Chaplains, and their Attarnies. Om the 18th and 19th of this month, to Masters, Surgeons, and Pursers, and their Attorries._ _ . , After which the Lists will be recalled the first and third Wed insday in every Monett, that all l'..rsonit may then, and there, attead to receive, v.-::at may become payable to them • ar-1 bring • the in an Affidavit as required by Order in Council of • July, I 819, the forms of which ware published in an Ad v,arisetnein from this Orke, dated Pith September, 1819, and r.:ly bra: acuted at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy; and it ce:: anr of the said Officers should not be able to attend them se.eta, c. t -rr.lloy Attornits for that turpose, that the said At :Ties dJ :MLitt: the like Affidavit from the persons they are en:pi:bred ay.—Where ()deccra are abroad on leave, their Agent, are to produce attested Copies of such leave, before the cm he paid. .•..a be• 1 Act Patiiament passed in the Zath year of his p;.::era Maj... ay's 'fele, entitath:d, " An Act for eetablishing a • rare easy sad expeditious metksd for the payment of Offieers to hit Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by the '2oth i said Act, "that if any Commissioned or Warrant " t;:re.:::r, who shall* entitled to receive ILlf-pay, and • slrell bed, sirens to receive and be paid the same at or near the Vetce of his Residence, he may apply to the Treasurer of his • a:;.1. ty'..; Navy in I.ondon, tn such Half-pay paid at or y.' ace of his Residence, &c. in the manner pointed t• •;- _ said Act." And by a further Act passed in the .-f his present Majesty's Ittign, crtint!ed, " .In Act "1. r tn::,,ii•.!; the Officers in Ms Majesty's Navy and their Re ," men.:::;l*..es, to draw for and receive their Half-pay" it is enattnl by the Ist and nd Clause's of the said Act, " that if any " in his Majesty's Navy, who shall be entitled to receive " any of money for or on account of his Ilalf-pay, shall be " ef drawing a Bill of Exchange for the same, upon the " Cvn.:aissioners of his N4ajesty's Navy, instead of receiving the " same by Remittance Bill, he shall sigr.it such desire, by letter " to the l'reusurer"of kis fajcsty's Xacj; and that if any Officer " in his Majesty's Navy, who shall be entitled to receive any sum " of hloney for or on account of Half Pay, shall be desirous of " having his Half P•ay paid to him by Extract, at any of his •• Majesty's Dock Yards, where Clerks for the payment of Wages for the Navy shall reside, instead of receiving the same " by Remittance Bill or Bill of Exchange, he is to apply either " to the proper Clerk, at the Navy fay Office in London, or at " the l'ay Office at such Dock Yard, signifying such his desire." Notice is hereby further given, tha‘the Half Pay ending the *lst of 3:arch, 1820, will commence paying on the Bth of May , and all Persons desirous of drawing for, or of having their Half n.mitted to them, may apply as above directed. Mzu.--Bilis of Exchange drawn under, or by virtue of, the Let above recited, arc not liable to the Stamp Duty. No : ersone residing out of his Majeaty's Dominions are en titled to :he privileges of the Act. 1.1111. A NT lIIIOPIC SOCIETY, St. GEORGE'. FIELDS, for the 111:::IIPTION of POOR CHILDREN, the OFF SPRING of CONVICTED FELONS, and for the RE- FORMATION; of CHILDREN who; have THEM- SELVES been engaged In CRIMINAL PRACTICES. FRIENDS of this INSTITUTION are .R can.. stly requested to attend a GENERAL MEETING, to be 1..,1den on WCDNZSDAY, the 17th of May, 1820, at the Albion Tavern, Alder.gate-street, at Three o'Clock precisely, for the purpose of takii4 into consideration the Annually De creasing Fonds of this Clarity, which, having already obliged the Committee to reduce the number of its Objects front 176 to 160, renders a still further Reduction unavoidable, unless some vigorous measures shall be adopted for excifing•the public in terest in favour of an Establishment so unexceptionable, and at this time peculiarly important. Those wbo are unacquainted with the nature of this Charity, tre requested to apply to Samuel Bosanquet, Esq. the Treasurer, Ea. 73, Lombard-street, for the printed Account. WILLIAM PACE, Secretary. (INF FOURTH of the Tickets in the present Lot t/ t. y dcawn, and yet there remain rour of £30,000, Two Iv tiri - i2 other Capitals to draw.—Tickets and Shares f.; the char.ce of the above grand Prizes are now on Sale by EYTON, Stock-Broker, 2, CORNIIILL, and LOMBARILSTRE.7.7.T, Wtere Capital Prizes, to an immense amount, have L:ely been distributed to the Public. '.• All business in .the Public Funds tray.;-:tea with tldelity and dispatch. •she nest Day of Drawing, lath MAY, when the Two First Prizes wili be entitled to 4 . 10,000 C0r.13 enzh. THURSDAY, 18th MAY, h the Second Day of Drawing.—The Whrel rc::!ras FOUR Prizes of 1e30,0003 Two of Xto,ooo, and Seventy-two Capit.:l.. 11/ILA RD and Co. the. CONTRACTORS, beg to acquaint the Public, that although 5,000 Tlckrt - r1 the First Day, the 'Wheel still contains the following 7-rzi of Prizes, viz. X3otooo Consols 10,C1.'0 C.oneols 1,1:00 oney Si 0 CPri sols 400 Consols 500 Consols :!00 Money Congo!, JCL 20,000 20,C00 4,C CO 2,C00 4.00 0 ,OCO S, :CO e cco 10 10 14 50 Ftsit.!rs the pre•torricn of /'1 00, 1:30, and .€l6 Prized. The two F . .ro: Pt tars Olith , lAth May will rective £lO,OOO Consols OW& WarrAnttl.l undr..wn Tickets and Shares ate on Sao at tits 41•I-cAtii4liblied and fortunate Oilers of II A ZARD and Co. the Cunt f-i. : . 11,1A1 Exchange Gate; *2O, Con:thin; and 324, Ox. ford-butyl. cor:tur of Swallnw-street, London; who glared and t. 13, In tll, Lair Lottery Contract, 7,370 and 666, 4MM tach, and is a recent Lottery, All the Prizes of £30,000111 AZA RI) and Co. Shared and ltirld FIVE of the Capital driwz the Fist Day, 27th Aril. ITESDAY, MAY lh 1820. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDING.S. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY S. Conned was heard finally on that brined slit the Queen Case in which the M a rquis o f Q uee nsb er ry is appellAnt, sbl e tt ni Sir James Montgomery, Rat. and others respondents.--Judg. meat postponed till Friday. Lord STANHOPE gave notice of bis intention to submit to the House, to-morrow (this day) se'nnlght, a proprbsiticet relative to the means and practicability of giving empieyment to the Poor, more especially in the Manufacturing Districts end moved that the Lords be summoned for that day.—Ordered. Lord F.N YON presented a Petition from a Mr. Herds cis the subject of the Mary-la-bonne Water Works.—Ordeted to lie on the table.—Adjourned to this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Several new Members took the oaths and their seats. Colonel BAGW ELL presented a Petition from certain as- Witt's and Brewers of Cash.•l, praying to be relieved from the sum now paid for Licenses.—Liid on the table. Lord CLIVE laid on the table Papers relating to the Pets- Wished Church in Ireland.—Ordered to be printed. The Accounts laid on the table the td of May, relative to the Unclz.ialed Prize-Money were ordered to be printcd. TAX ON WOOL. Mr. STUART WORTLEY pm-limited a Petition Mein the Merchants, blarufacturers, Ilec.bi the reightunsehussl pf Hod. derdeld, fora Repeal of the Tax on Wnol. The effect Odle they btated, was to drive capital out of the country. He understood that a Noble Friend of his was to propose the Re p.:al of this Duty, and therefore be would not trouble the House ztly ft th,:r. Lord MILTON asked the Secretary of the Board of Trade if it was the intention of Ministers to propose the Repeal of the 'Lis. on Wool immediately. If It was, he should be happy to leave the measure in their hands; if not, he should give no.ice of a motion to that effect? Mr. ROBINSON answered that he was rot aware that it was the intention of Ministers to propose any measure of this nature. Lord MILTON then gave notice that he would, to-morrow (this day) se'unight ' move fur leave to bring in a Bill to Repeal the Duty on Woollately imposed by that House. • ELECTION PETITIONS. Two Petitions w.re received by the SrEAKKIL from the Crows Office in Ireland the one complaining of an undue Return fee the Town of Galway, which was ordered to be taken into con sid;:ration on the 30th of May—and the other against the Re turn for the Town of Drogheda.--Ordered to be taken into con sidcration on the 6:11 of June. " A Petition was presented against the Return for Borough bridge,w•hich was ordered to be considered on the Ist of June. Another was presented against the Return for lladdington, which was order.Al to be considered on the Bth of June. Tilt MERCHANTS , PETITION. Mr. ALEXANDER BARING rose, pursuant to notice, to present a Petition—(for tchich see our Paper of the 251/i ultimo)—which, he said, was signed by a most respectable body of men—the Mer chants of the City of London, arid whether he con sidered the weight of the individuals from whom it emanated, or the state of the country when it was presented, he should regard it as one of the most im portant subjects that ever came under the considera tion of the House. The general interest which was manifested on the subject of this Petition, justified him in presuming that the country regarded it with the utmost uneasiness. It now became imperative on Parliament to determine what remedies ought to be applied to the existing evils, or to determine whe they or not the evils were capable of any remedy at all. For his part, he apprehended that the case was of a mixed description. He admitted, that much of the distress of the country arose out of circumstances wholly out of the reach of a remedy ; but yet, on the other hand, much good was to be effected by the in terposition of Parliament, and their attention to the subject. The persons who signed the Petition had not is view the protection of any particular class, for they were all too experienced and well informed to suppose that Commerce could flourish in a country where the Manufacturing and Agricnltural branches were depressed—( Hear, itcar).—When the distresses of the country were urged upon the consideration of the House, it was a common answer to hear, that these distresses arose from the transition from war to peace. But in the fifth year of peace, to which we had now arrived, the country so tar from being relieved from the effects of that transition, experienced an aggravation of its distresses. It was singular enough, that while eves y country in Europe recovered from the consequences of the late struggle, this country should be the only one that was lingering in embar rassment, and that this unhappy condition should continue so long as to give rise to the impression that she was a declining country. For the last two years, be believed, Commerce produced very little, if anything at all, and he feared that the Farmers and the Manufacturers were nearly in the same situa tion as the Mercantile classes. He wished it was in his power to procure a remedy for this state of things. He looked upon the country to be in a state of lan guor, after her extraordinary efforts. She expe rienced unexampled success in every department of industry, and never were such strides made in im provement in every branch as were made by Eng land during the last fifty years. The monopoly of, the commerce of the world was in her possession, and every effort to disturb only served still more to secure it. Exhausted as she was after those efforts, it was incumbent on Parliament to seek to alleviate the effects of a return to a more natural course of things; and if her Commerce was not watched and fostered by the Parliament, it must not only be retarded in its growth, but ultimately perish altogether—(Hear, hear).—The trade, which was lost to England, dis persed itself over the countries of the world, and in proportien to the extent of competition which we had to encounter, the state of our trade ou?ht to be watched with care and circumspection. The great pciiit then, which the Petitioners wished to urge, was a recurrence to the old principles, in s..lnch the corn nitrcial strength'of this country was first founded and afterwards reared, and to this part of the Peti tion he besought the earnest consideration .of the House. There were some reflections connected with the subject, to which he begged the attention of the House. While we were deprived of a great propor tion of our commerce, we were loaded %%ith a great debt, the injurious effect of which was aggravated by the unfortunate departure from our currency. It was painful to him to be obliged to recur to this sub ject ; but he was bourd to :tale, that he regarded with great despondency the late rnea4ures which PRICE SEVEN -PENCR. . . were adopted for the recovery of the cUrrency. What was capable of affording them the most assistance, elis the consequence? That nearly one-fourth of its and then joined with the prevailing party. The cons amount had been added by the revolution of the duct of Mr. Pitt was very different -- witness the currency to a great p a rt o f the former debt. „Taking speech of that Minister in the Commercial Treaty. the price of gold as it was at prism to be £3. 17e, But Ministers should look at the question with the 14d. it was quite evident that a pound note now was eyes of statesmen, and come down to support some a different thing froth what a pound note was when definitive measure. Having stated that the general 'the debt was contracted. The alteration of the cur- object of the Petition was to bring about the restora:- rests 7 likewise aggravated the burden of the taxes,' doh of the fortner freedom of our commerce, per, av well as the injurious effect of the Corn Laws. In , lisps it would be usef u l' to state some points which short, notwithstandi n g th e prop hecies of prosperity the P e ti t i on h a d cons id eie d. Th e fi rst pr i nc i p l e they which had bee n s o re p eate dly ' uttered, he believed : had to combat, was the fallacious doctrine main that all the apprehensions of the greatest alarmist , tained in the country, and more obstinately main were now realized. With respect to the Coin Lanus, rtained in that House, that we were to have an exclu , he should state, that neither the Petitioners bor him- I sive perfection in every article of menufactured pro self recommended that the system of the Corn Laws - dace, and that we were to endeavour to have, ant should be at present disturbed. At the same time I i own produce, article s w hi c h we cou ld get a b roa d f or ' he would ob s erve, th a t hi s o pi n i on o f t h e po li c y o f half what the h ome manu f acture cost . P aw/max those laws was never altered. He would not irritate had given diffe ren t a d van t ages to different countries, I the minds of the people by unneces s a r ily dii cuss i n g and no doubt these vat ious benefits were dispersed those topics. But he recommended to Parliament . for the great moral end of bringing mankind toge to consider, whether or not the Agriculturi s ts had I they from the r e m o t e st parts of the world, and join ' beau mistaken in their views upon this queetion , and ing them i n a s y st e m o f mutua l accommo d at i on. But wheilser or not it was possible for the price of the :it was reserved for modern economists to discover, produce of the country to be maintained at a certain ' that the only wisdom consisted in an endeavour to amount by any Act of Parliament. He firmly be- produce articles * home at twice the expense at heved that it could not. While admitting the im- which they could rocure them abroad. According propriety of discussing such a topic as this, when no to these principles, the inhabitant of the North, in practical improvement was in contemplation, he could stead of exchanging the commodities of his climate not help observing, that nothing was more absurd in for the produce of the South, would remain at home, political economy than the notion of putting one part and endeavour, by scraping his own barren rocks, • of the people in opposition to another in interests.— to see if he could not procure, at a great expense In alluding to a recent association formed for the at hom e , t h at w hi c h h e cou l d have o b tained for one purpose of upholding the Agricultural. Interest ex- half of the expense, from some foreign nation.-- elusively, he should say nothing of the persons who He did not mean to deny that there were particular formed it, but he was persuaded that the attempt on interests to be protected by the State upon many oce their part to shew by statistical calculations, how casions ; but he ;maintained, that Government should' much more important one part of the people of the ever keep in view in its general Policy, the principles kingdom was than another, could only emanate from of freedom of commerce. Having regard then to individuals who were capable of putting forward the these e rinciples, he should like to know what answer impudent facts upon which they founded theft ridi- the Minister would make to the proposal for a repeal culous theory. In short, greater nonsense in politi- of the tax on wool. For his part, he thought that cal economy than they produced, was never pre- this article could not endure the amount of taxation seated to the attention of the Public. To suppose imposed upon it. It was not easy at any time to as that any one branch of society was more important certain what quantity of takes a particular commo and deserving of the general concern than another, dity was able to bear ; but he knew that when Go. was as absurd as the notions that the lungs, or any vetnmein imposed a net, duty on wool, they were other organ of the animal body, was more useful tampering with a branch of the manufacture of the and essential than any other. The prosperity of the country, in which, if a mistake were made, it would - country could only be expected when every branch produce the most fatal consequences—Wear, hear). of its trade was successful ; an d th at p ros p e ri ty cou ld li e was h appy to see that this subject was in such alone be expected from that security to property good hands as those of his Noble friend (Lord Mile which our ancestors enjoyed, and which sprung from ton) from whom he was satisfied it would receive the constitutional freedom of the people. The free- every justice. But an injury given to cemmeice uid dom of trade was another great point; to which the not affect commerce alone. They were to take into petitioners addressed themselves. Without security consideration the fact, that since the imposition of to property distress must increase. It was this secu- the duty on wool, the home produce of that comma. Pity which brought the country to such a pitch of dity was depressed in price, and if it turned out at wealth and commercial greatness, as she now en- any time that wool could not 'endure the quantity of joyed. But there was no sort of insecurity worse tax laid upon it, the result must be, that it would than that which arose from insubordination. There- experience a proportionate fall in price. The conse. fore, it became the duty of the Legislature to enlighten quence of this duty would be, that this country would the distressed, when this unhappy spit it prevailed, and be beat out of the foreign market, and if that were to make them feel, that if they did not contribute to the case the evil resulting to the counts y would be maintain those establishments which gave them their difficult to be calculated. This country had the bread, no improvement could be expected in the greatest proportional growth of wool in the world ; country. He regretted much to see, t hat a good indeed no other country had the one-third of that pro many families were withdrawing from Paisley in con- duce ; and if the principles of the old times were sequence of their apprehensions of violence to their acted upon, times in which this was a great exporting property. It was quite impossible that any man country, a considerable portion of that growth should would think of risking his capital in any branch of go out of the country. He confessed that he telt trade, unless where a respect for the laws was main- strongly upon the impolicy of this tax, so strongly tained. Manufacturers always avoided those places that he was extremely surprised when he heard such where they. could not expect to proceed with secu- a tax had been proposed, and carried into effect with rity to their property ; and it was remarkable, that out any information having been received upon the in Ireland manufactures were to be found carrying on subject by his Majesty's Ministers. The manufactur only in a little spot where disturbances had never taken ing part of the community laboured at present under place. Recurring then to the Petition, he repeated the greatest disadvantages, and ought lather to meet that the country must, in order to expect any im- with everything to encourage them under their dif nrovement in her commerce, return to the principles ficulties. But rite case had been otherwise, as was of freedom of trade. We had to contend against manifested in the imposition of this tax, which was the rival exertions of foreign nations, whose rulers done contrary to all the former principles and prac were bestowing the utmost attention to the promo- rice of this country. It was one of his objects, in Lion of commerce is their respective States, and following up this Petition, to obtain a revision of the therefore the utmost care and watchfulness should be Revenue Laws, to see upon what motives these ob employed upon our part. In those countries to which jectionable duties were founded, and unless motives he alluded, trade was left entirely free. The constant were extremely cogent, to have them repealed.— complaint that the American merchants met us in Therewas one principle which should be totally given every market, arose out of the freedom of the coin- . up, that of endeavouring tp grow everyt hi ng w i t hi n metre of the United States. In France also, the im- . ourselves, and in this view he thought the prohibi proviug condition of the people promised to render tory duties upon foreign timber peculiarly objection her competitions with us of a formidable extent.— able. They not only dimiuished our trade in that He held in his hand a letter *bleb he had received article, but the restriction upon the importation of it that day from a correspondent in Paris—a Gentleman tended to excite more enmity against us abroad, es intimately acquainted with the state of France in its pecially in Russia, than any calm restriction what various relations. This Gentleman stated,, that the ever. Not that he meant by enmity, an excitation political agitators of the country had no effect What- of hostile feeling, but that disposition to jealousy ever on the mass of the people—that they found which retaliated upon our own produce and mar 1- more employment now than they hitherto had, and factures with as many prohibitions as could be crew that on the whole, the suffering of the people was ted against them. To him it was a clear and obvious confined to a very small extent. He (Mr. Baring) proposition that every protection which could be af begged to enforce upon the House, in the language forded to our own industry s h ou ld b e g i ven to i t, but of the Petition, that the trade of the country was in that ehould not be to the extent which would resider that state, that we could not expect to support any it unwelcome in the foreign market. The pi-ohibi. longer a competition with other nations, unless by a tory and restrictive system, though originally de return to the old principles of a free commerce. Yet vised for the purposes of revenue, had really an in. he was prepared to say, that the petitioners by no jurious effect, as was evident from the comparativ e means intended to ask for any sudden alteration; produce of the Customs, in which there st as a fallin g they demanded, and he accorded with them, that off last year of a million and a half—(Hear, hear) Parliament should proceed upon the conviction that That loss, however, and more than that, might be something was necessary to be done. The question recovered by the removal of these prohibitions, psr was not a party question—it was one in which many ticularly those which were directed against certain political opponents concurred, and it was but justice articles of luxury. The very prohibition of then' to state, that there was no Member of the House tended only, with which sex he would not say, to who was more anxious to see the prlncipli sof this increase the desire of ha v i ng t h em . Silks, gloves, I Petition carried into practice than a Right Hon. Gen- and other articles of that description, wet e to be had tleman opposite (Mt. Robinson). lt became the lin Paris for twenty-five p et cent . less than they cou ld House to attend to this question as statesmen, and be obtained hele, and the practical exclusion of them not go on from year to year, as upon the state of from the home market, -Only held out a temptation i finance, putting off some definite measure. One to resort to the foreign one. He merely alluded to thing which the petitioners would have to contend these articles as furnishing a familiar instance ef s h e with was, the determination which Government acted expediency of removing the restriction upon them„ 1 upon. When there were two parties contending i The same principle might be more generally appli e d . . against each other, Government waited to see which iAs to the Navigation Laws, he thought tha t iley '~ ~,