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LADIES AND GENTI.}.3.III.N, Fr i 11..., result of my canvass imperiously calls upon me to make my best acknowledgements fur the very fa your..l;t: recLption I have met with, and affords me the most sanguine hopes of success. 1 beg leave to renew my assurance, that in the event of my :staining the object of my ambition, my time and best abilities skall be devoted to the discharge of the duties of a Director, I trust, ill:a the repeated testimonies I have received front ( , rwernment in India, during a period of thirty years ser—ice, WI; h..: a pledge for my Future conduct. i:Put EV:ction Is fixed for Friday, the• 9th instant, when the attedance of those Friends who honour me with their support will be thankfully acknowledged. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and faithful Servant, June 1,1820. CHARLES I:LTON PRESCOTT. elytain Prescott's Committee will meet daily at the King's Item' Tavern, in the Poultry, where every communica tion will be duly attended to. TO TIIE PROPRIETORS OF EUT-INDIA STOCK. Immas AND GINTLENIZS. BEG ]care respectfully to submit to your notice and consideration a Copy of the lesolutions which were u .. an imoz. i sly adopted at a numerous Meeting of Proprietors of East-India Stock, held at the City of London Tavern this day, z•ut earnestly to sodcit the favour of your Votes and Interest at thy approaching ELECTION of a DIRECTOR ' which is to take place at the India-House on FIUDAY, the eth day of June e:,ssing. _ It has been, and continues to be, my most anxious desire to Fay my personal respects to every Proprietor, and should I in ai f y instance fail to do 500 I trust the c:nission will not be im pated to any intentional neglect, but to the very extensive na time of the Canvass, and to the changes of residence which have salccii place since the publication of the last list. I have the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged Servant, Ilanover-;.quare, iday 7io, 1 820. JOS. D. ALEX:ANDER. AT T a l'inmerous and highly -respectable MEET ING of PROPRIETORS of EAST-INDIA STOCK, bad this day, at the City of London Tavern, KIRKMAN FINLAY, Esq. 3LP. in the Chair, The following Resolutions were passed unanimously, proposed by Si: James Shaw, Bert. and seconded by David Lyon, 1 - sq. lA, That Mr. Josias Dupre .11exander, a Candidate for the v.tcart Seat in the East-India Direction, is, in the opinion of this 3ieeting, highly qualiiied to fill the vacancy occasioned by t 11.! lamented death ot Sir John Jackson, Bart. Pr..2osed by Charles Piescheil, E. and seconded by Stewart 71ofio7il , arks, Esq. 11.1'. That a residence of ti;hteen years in India, a part of time was exclusively devoted to the service of the East- India Company in the Revenue and-Commercial Departments, ur.der the I'residency of Von St. George, and the remai:;der of tir.:t period in conducting the concerns of an eminent !louse of in Calcutta, has afforded Mr. 11.nander an opportunity of acquiring monts'experience and u.a.lul knowledge in the af fairs of the East-India Company. Freposed lay John Forbes, Esq. and rzcomied by Benjamin Shaw, f.sq. 7,d, That Mr. Alexander has received from the Governor of Ceylon (to which station he was attach:d by the Government of Fort St. I;eorge), Ind also from his superiors in office at Madras, their decided approbation of his services in a manner highly i.lnourabic to his character and abilities, and that in the prose evatin of hi 3 ditties, whether as a servant of the East-India Com p..y, or in his capacity of Agent, he has evinced great industry, 1: 1 , and integrity. Proposed by the Bight Ilonourable the Earl of Caledon, and seconded by Hobert Downie, Esq. M.P. 4th, That strith these impressions of Mr. Alexander's preten s'.3ns to the countenance and support of the Proprietors of East- India Stock, this Meeting will most strenuously earn their en cl....yours to secure his election to the vacant Seat in the Direction. ltesalved, That the above Resolutions be inserted in the Pub tit. Papers. KIRKMAN FINLAY, Chairman. Proposed by Edward Fldeber, Esq. and seconded by Thomas R.4liead, Esq. That the cordial'Tbanks of this Meeting be given to Kirkman Filthy, Esq. 1.P.3 for his able conduct in the Chair. Ai ay 3oth, tau°. N. ii Mr. Alexander's Committee will continue to sit every day at the City of London Tavern, until the day of Election. R 0 - AL MILITARY COLLEGE, NEAR BAGSHOT. A.ANTED a MASTER to TEACH the GER MAN LANGUAGE. The Salary is 4150 per An runi, wiih a House to reside in. No Cuididate who is above f.;ry years of age will be considered eligible fur the appointment, z:ld the most respectable reference relative to character will be required.—Further particulars of the duties and advantages of the appointment may be known upon application by letter, or per tonally, to the Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military Col lt [ , e, Smdlturst, near Bagshot, previous to the 7th of July next. Every Candidate is requested to state, in his application, what elher la , ;guage or branch of study he is competent to teach-. May 31, 1820. ___ . - ROYAL EXCHANGE GATE, 26, CORNHILL, 2d June, 1820. 324, OXFORD4TREET, AZARD and Co. Conn actors for this Lottery, -L -r.itefully thank the Public for their Patronage, and are illppy to find that THEIR PLAN to guarantee Purchasers of Tickets and Shares between the 18th May and Ist June from risk yesterday, received such universal approbation. I lA2A ItD and Co. regret that, owing to several huhdred Tickets haying been bought up in Tens and TwentiEs, for the purpose of returning them after the event of the Drawing on the Ist of June, so ninny were disappointed who intended to purchase.— To meet then willies, no increase of price will take place until N\ ED N ESL) A Y NEXT, the 7th of JUNE, although .0 ALL FOUR PRIZES OF 0,000 And 58 OTHER CAPITALS, In Money and ConsoN are yet in the Wheel, AND MUST BE DRAWN THE LAST AND ONLY DAY, 250 nus MONTH; • Lt Al TER NEXT WEDNESDAY, 7th June, every Purchaser will have to pay a HIGHER PRICE for Tickets x-ti Shares. • THE LOTTERY. - - - I To those Persons who purchased for the Chance of the rnird Dry only, with an intention of retuning those Tickets or Shares winch were not valuable. 9 1 LUSH respectfully informs his Customers, that 2- • live Hundred Tickets were drawn 'Third Dry, leaving elve Thourind to be drawn the Last Day, and, that the only Priz' es drawn tiwt day above £l6, (the Third Day of Drawing) vr,re No. 2,951 - - £59 £5O C • m ,sequently chore Numbers arc the only two that arc worth he- ring by those persons who purchased with an intention of ,:n g back their 31ont y. !nte persetis who purchased between the 18th of May and 14 Z cf Jut:e at IHSIl's Offices, may receive back their money a " 7 tlaT before the 15th of June, when the advantage ceases. arparetit inducements have been held out at different rt;o4l, of this lottery, but the Customers at 15,1 sir• Offices •t at-used the-; have had, and will have, every advautagp ••• skireme rr..ty be said to pOsscsa, a/though WISH is NOT Ms 'lNiTit.le'rOlt. nor has any concern In the laatiery or h. ...Iz;:4lent. Wheel contains 6V. Capitals, alt of which must be drawn J.l mv,t.nt, when the Lottery finishes. vi.aranted tvulrawn Tickets aild Shares are selling by Stock-Broker, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Ch.ubig-Cross. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1820. This day wis published, price Is. Sd. A REVIEW of a celebrated SPEECH on the CATHOLIC CLAIMS, delivered lathe Imperial House of Commons, in the Session of 1815. In a LETTER, addressed to the Right Honourable W. C. PLUNKETT, Member for do University of Dublin. Printed for the Author, by A. J.Vaipy, Red-Lion -court, Fleet_ street ; and sold by all the Booksellers in London and Dublin. This day were published, price is. THOUGHTS on the STATE of the. NATION, By LESTERIENSIS. Printed for James Carpenter, 14, Old Bond-street; and,snay be had•of all Booksellers. PARLIAMENTARY PROC.iiDEVGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 2. This being the first day of Term, and the LORD CITANCRLLOa especially engaged in his Court, no judicial business was trans.. , acted by the House. The Duke of GORDON took the oaths and Lis seat. The Earl of DONOUGIIMORE moved for certain Papers relative to the Timber Thde as carried on between this coun try and the Baltic, and the British Colonies in North Amerekt-e- Agreed to. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a Bill to indem nify the Earl of Winchilsea for having voted without taking the necessary oaths. Mr. Wynn brought up from the Commons the Glebe Lands Exchange Bill. Several Private Bills were also brought up. The Earl of ROSEI3ERRY brought in a WI for regulating the mode of electing the Representative Perri of Scotland, wliich was read a first titre. The Noble Lord observed, that he would take an.opportunity of entering into a full exposition of the subject on the second reading of the Bill. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE begged to ask the Noble Earl opposie (Liverpool), whether his Majesty's Milliners had received any communication from the Irish Government rela five to the unfortunate state of the Southern puts of Ir e l an d, ' which were visited with incalculable distress, by the failure, not of one, but of almost all the Banks in that part of the kingdom, of whiclt the whole country felt the shock? The principal Bauk he understood to have failed for £260,000, and had not the means of paying a shilling in the pound. The circulating me dium was in consequence destroyed. This was a case which lucidly demanded the attention of Government, which he hoped would co-operate with the Bank of Ireland if not to remedy, which was perhaps impossible, at least to mitigate, the conse quences of so extensive and alarming a calamity. The KO of LIVERPOOL said, that at present he had no official knowledge upon the subject referred to by the Noble Marquis, no communication having been received from the Go vernment of Ireland; but should any communication arrive, it would undoubtedly be attended to. The Earl of LAUDERDALE doubted how far Govern ment could interfere for any useful purpose. If the Bank of Ireland found it their interest, they would no doubt make the requisite advances; but unless a credit existed, which it would be beneficial to the 1 üblic to sustain, it of course would be worse than useless to attempt to render any assistance. The Marquis of LA NSDOWNE said, he had been misun derstood by his Noble Friend ; his object was, that a circulating medium should, by means of the Government, if necessary, or in conjunction with the Bank of Ireland, be supplied in the South, where the failure of the Banks had taken away all the means of carrying on barter between man and man, and cer tainly not that any attempt should be made to support a credit 'which had ceased to exist.—Adjourned till Monday. • HOUSE OF COMMONS. General GASCOYNE presented a Petition from several, Merchabts, Shipowners, &e. in Liverpool, praying that no alter ation might take place, so as to affect a relaxation in the Navi gation Act ; and that no relative alteration should be made as to the Duties on Timber imported from the British Colonies, and from foreign couutries; the object of the Petitioners being to encourage, as much as possible, the importation .of timber from the British North American Colonies. On the motion for bringing up the Petition, Sir ISAAC COFFIN said, he did not conceive that any of, the promised advantages were derived from the importation of timber from North America; for instead of coming from our North American Colonies, it was brought from the United States of America. All the timber imported for many -years, to his knowledge, came from the North West part of the State of New York, on the borders of Lake Champlain. Before the late war, all the silver in Canada was drawn away for this timber,,ln con sequence of which the province was greatly distressed. lie had written to Lord Bathurst on this subject, pointing out the de• eeption under which the people of this country laboured as to promoting the prosperity of our Colonies. While we were con ferring these advantages on the United States, we had•lost a good customer in the Emperor of Russia,who used to take our goods for his timber. The sooner, therefore, a duty was laid on colonial timber the better.' The Petition was read, and ordered to lie on the table.. General GASCOYNt said, that, as far as came within the knowledge of his constituents, he was sure they believed the tim ber was the growth of our North American Colonies, the inha bitants of which were in. the habit of taking 40,000 tons of salt for the same every year. Mr. M'KENZIE presented two Petitions, one from Ross shire, and another from Wigton, praying for an alteration in the Malt Duties. Sir GEORGE CLERK presented a similar Petition from the Freeholders of Bdinburghshire. Mr. F. CAMPBELL presented a Petition to the Same effect from Nairnshire. the Order --- 15r:11111:1ThILORE moved of the Day for the Cort~mittee co the hia7lage Act • This motion was objected to by Lord O.IIIIIATOX and Mr. Waorrion,wr, and supported by Mr. W. Wyatt. The House having resolved itself into a Committee, a km versation took place on that clause of the Bill which was to have an es post facto operation, by declaring thag all magriages cod tracted during the. last six months, and liable to be dissolved foe non-age, should be valid marriages, as well as similar marriages to be co 'ratted hereafter • provided they took place with the consent cf the parents an d guardians of the parties. Dr. PHI LLLMORE strenuously supported this clause, as one founded on moral justice, sound policy, and humanity.— He quoted several cases of extreme hardship which had oc curred through the defect of the law which this Bill now pro posed to remedy. Mr. WitOrrESLEY moved, that the cl ause be omitted. . . On this the Committee divided; when there appeared, for leaving out the clause, 50—in favour of it, 43. Mr. BENNETT said, that great and cruel injustice would take place if some retrospective provision to a- similar effect did not take place ; and he moved a clause, that a marriage con tracted by license, although one of the parties was under age, and notwithstanding any suit instituted to annul the same,should be a valid marriage. This clause was, however, afterwards withdrawn ; and the Bill having passed the Committee, was or doted to be reported. Mr. CURWEN presented a Petition from certain Manufac turers of Linen Cloth at Kendal, praying that they might have the fame advantages in regard to bounties, as the linen aunts. facturers of Ireland. Mr. VESEY FITZGERALD thought that the gradual ex tined= of the protesting duties on Irish linen should be aimed at as much as possible. It vas desirable that Deland should know if it was the intention of Government to propose any , measure with a view to this extizctimi. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed, that the law which granted the protecting duties, would not *s pire for some time. It was his intention to lay on the table cer tain papers respecting thaw duties, with a view to the gradual egincdon of them. PA/1.311.1.L, Mr. Rwsaoo, and Lord Cern.sazarre, spoke in timer of the gradual repeal of those duties. Mr.,MUTCHINSON objected to any sudden repeal of the sloths. Me assured the House that Ireland was much in want I of the protecting duties to keep the few remaining manufactures which she had. The Petition was brought up, read, and laid on the table. EItrPPLYe.—ARMY EZITIMATIS. On the Motion of the CRANCELLOR of the Exam- QWER, the House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, immediately on which Lord ,PALMERSTON rose to move the Amer Estimates. The Noble Lord, in addressing the House, was frequently interrupted by the effects of what appeared to be head-ache. At length the in disposition compelled him to sit down, after having gone through a small part of the exposition of the Estimates. The following is the statement of the Noble Lord, so far as he went :—The principal fea ture to be noticed in the Estimates, was an increase of 10,558 to the number of troops—or with officers, to 11,745, making' an increase of charge of £224,000 dyer the Estimates of last year. Under the head of land forces. there was an increase of charge for the whole, to the amount of £416,000. This increase was divided between the Regimental charge and the miscellaneous charge. As to the Regimental charge, the increase arose in consequence of the augmenta tion of the 14th regiment of foot, stationed in New South Wales, and which it had been intended to re duce from 1000 men to the usual standard, -650; this intention having been prevented by the repre sentation of the/Governor of New South Wales, as to the necessity of keeping up the force in that set tlement. The amount of the increase for this aug mentation was £ll,OOO. There was also to be charged under this head, a sum of £39,000 for the 81th and 86th Regiments, which were transferred from India to the British settleme n t s . There were several other small articles, allowances to Cavalry in Ireland, &c. which, added to the increase on each of the charges, gave a large aggregate increase. There were seve ral reductions, however, to be. taken - into calculation. (I-Lre his Lordship stated the items in which reduc tions had been made). The amount of these reduc dons, taken - from the aggregate increase of charges, left the net increase £416,000: On the recruiting ex penses there had been an increase-this year. In ad dition to this, there was the difference to be made up between the actual expenditure last year and the Estimates. The amount of the increase was £5519, after deducting the amount of several redactions that had been made. That he should allude to these re ductions, appeared to excite a smile on the counte nances of the Gentlemen opposite. But he (Lord Palmerston) meant only to notice those reductions, with a view to shew to the House the sincerity with which those who had the ma,nagement of the milit tary department, professed their anxiety for economy and retrenchment—( Hear, hear, from the Oppositionl. Gentlemen might cry 1 4 Hearr' but if these retrench ments were not made, it would excite the clamour of those Gentlemen; and when they were made, it only excited their ridicule —( Hear, hea r ).—O n t h e Staff, there was a reduction of £13,171. In one Depart ment of the Staff, there had been an increase of two General Officers, which increased the expense to £3,526, to be set off against the reduction on th e whole. On the Medical - Staff, there had been some reduction; the number of invalids had been consider ably lessened, which diminished the ordinary expenses by £1,190, and the contingent by £2,200. On the Irish Staff, there had been i difference between the Estimates of the last and the present year, of £4,283, contingencies included : since the Estimates were formed, however, it was found necessary to increase the charge on this Establishment. In the Estimates for the Foreign Staff, there had been a reduction of. £l,l 98.—[Ifere the Noble Lord became so indisposed, as to be obliged to take his seat, and shortly afterwards left Me House.] Mr. WARD said, that, in consequence of the to• dispositicat of the Noble Lord, he would take. the opportunity of moving the Ordnance Estimates. He should first assure the House that, in the application of the sums already voted by the House for this De partment, the strictest economy had been exercised. No doubt, a great difference of opinion existed as to what was necessary, and what was not necessary. He should first state to the House, that there was an increase.of £133,000 over the Estimates of last year. Ile should divide the subject into three distinct cbsses : the first embraced all articles of expenditure produced in pursuance of regulation's entered into by that House, - and in pursuance of law ; the 'second em braced matters merely of lirraugetnent, and not of liddition; the third comprehended articles of acidi den to the expenses of the Department, but which; he trusted, be could shew the House to have beep necessary. Under the first head was included . the items of the Ordnance for Military Corps which were not in the power of the House to controul: these to gether amounted to £10,000; to which were to be added a sum of £3,000, given in gratuities to those who had in the *Civil Department conducted them selves in a manner to deserve ;bete acknowledge ments of their merits. But the great feature of le.. 'crease was the additional Half-pay and Superannua dons, which amounted to £41,000; but of this a mini of £lt),000 would go to defray charges of broken periods in former years. The real addition, there foie,. was, the difference between this sum and £41,000. Altogether, the amount of the Estimase for these two heads was £55,000, which was half of the aggregate excess.—The second head of expenili turt embraced items rather of ariangement than of formal addition to the Eitimates, and. were included under the head of civil charges and charges for con tingencies. At first, it was objected, that nothing I was more difficult than to form a notion of the con tingent expenses; it was however, he obseiyed, found not to be 40 - difficult as was at the first imagi,ted.— The Nobl&Duke at the head of the Department, de; sirous of simplifying' the account, thought that . it would be better to more for a sum at once fox-con tingencies, instead of supplying them out of the sum voted for unprovided expenses; and particulii4y as the accounts of contingencies did not come in for one, two, or sometimes three years together*. Under this head Pnrc E SEX EN-PENCE. was inchtled a varietj , .01 artiiles; such as bread money, coals, and candles; &c. which amounted to about £25,000. A sum of six or seven thousand pounds was to be required for the TrigonOmetrical Survey. He said, that the object of this survey bad not yet been obtained, but it was necessary to conti nue the expenditure. The increase, therefore, by the amount of these two he a d s , came to £32 . 00 0. Un.;. der the great head of the Debt of this Department, was a sum of £4o t ooo. Nominally t h e amount waS £40,000, but rea lly it would be only £25.000 for the service of this part of the Establishment. He should explain the reason of, the difference. 'The last vote under this head of expense obtained, amounted only to £20,000, whereas the actual expenditure was £55,000; so that the amount of the artier of the last year being added to the amount of the. Estimates for this year, constituted the sum of £40,000, which was required under the head of Expenditure on account of the Debt. The next, and last class, comprehended those articles which constituted the addition to the expenditure. These amounted to i.:7000 or £BOOO, which was to be expended for the .maintenance of several new d epots , in different parts rof the country, for stores. There were also several sums expended for the moving of stores, &c.amount ing altogether to £ll,OOO. Against this excess was to be set off a saving in various parts of the expen diture, which had been carried even to personal in convenience. The saving consisted of the suppression of nineteen establishments in the Army, averaging each about C5OO a-year. There were eight establish ments in the West Wks completely suppressed; eleven others in this country were also broken up, each of which cost about £3OO or £4OO a-year.— The saving from these suppressions amounted for the present year to £5OOO, in the shape of expenses upon ordinary charges, and upon extraordinary charges the saving amounted to £ll,OOO or £12,000. The aggregate of all these savings being "deducted from the increase, left an, excess, as he had before stated, of £133,000. Having stated thus far, he did not know that it would be necessary for him to detain the Committee any further. If he had omitted any thing which might appear to require observation, be would be very happy to give all the explanation in his power. He then moved, " That a sum not ex ceeding £293,694 Bs. Bd. be granted to his Majesty, to defray the expenses of the Ordnance Departmeut -for Great Britain and Ireland." Mr. HUME said, that he should not. follow the Honourable Gentleman thrOugh the items of ihi. Estimates, to shew where there had been an increase, and where a reduction; he would merely look , to the total amount of the Estimates, and compere it • with the total Expenditure of former years. In 1819 he found no decrease. The total amount of Ordina ries of that year was £520,000, while those of this year were £540,000. The Extraordinaries, for 1819 were £220,000 ; those of 1820 were £280,000. The whole expense for England and Ireland, in 1814, was £849,240 ; while those of the present year were £940,680. The net expenditure of last year, and that of the present year, made a diffetence of £130,009. But the difference would have been much greater if credit bad notbeen taken for £170,000, for old stores over the same item of last year's account. He did think they were bound to attempt a h comparison be tween the amount of the t o ta l of the Ordnance in 1795, which was £419,498, for the whole Ordnance in the Tear before the war. Let the House compare that with the expense in the sixth year of peace. If he took the averages of the six years before 1798, and - the six years since 1814, there would he found an increase of E 800,000; both periods being times of peace. He admitted that no real reduction could be made, but by the individuals in the various offices of this department of the State. The Commissioners of Military Inquiry bad recommended the reduction of the_ salary of the Secretary - , ot the Master General of the Ordnance from £2OOO to £B5O a-year. tle did not know whether that reduction had ever taken place. He had noticed that the money collected pn certain revenges at Gibraltar had been illegally 4p. propriated io the Civil List, while £7OOO bad been el). propriated to repairs at Gibraltar, for which perpese that money should have been applied, according.to the intention of the Order . in Council under which it was levied. He objected also to the expenses of the lonian. Islands; which were by Treaty bound -to maintain 3000 troops.. Any additional number o f troops were to be paid by th is country ; he therefore did not know why the sum of £3OOO was asked for these Islands.... It Was well known that we had gen powder enough in the country to last twenty years of peace; and yet there was a sum of £lO,OOO for the manufacture of gunpowder ; and, .he understood, that Government every year was making gunpowder at six or seven pounds a barrel, and selling it at three pounds. If thatatrai the case, he thought it was not worth while to keep up the manufacture at such an expense. He also objected to young Clerks of three, five, seven,. and nine years standing, having been discharged on pensions of £45 a-year for life, being half their full salaries. According to Iris opinion, these thing, were contrary to law ; and they were specimens of the economy to be followed up by Mi nisters. He was thankful to the Master-General of the Ordnance for the.reductions he had already made in the Foreign Department ; but a still greater re duction might be made. .He also considered that great reductions . might be made in the Storekeeper- C4enetal's Department. It was not his intention to subniit any metipa to the House on the subject; but he called (snit to consider all matters of reduction. Mr. W AILD said,. the Honourable Member had not pointed, out any particular offices which he wished to, be put. dawn. .He bad stated,. that nineteen fo reigp aces, connected with the Ordnance, had been put down by the Master-General, and that surely . proved that the Noble Duke was sincere in his wishes for econom y. As a set-off against this reduction, the Hon,. Member had mentioned the miserable case of four ,you.ng men being allowed £4,5 a•yeer as h a m pay,who had been turned out of bread, their-offices • k y 1 -;1 -11‘1 - --4.1 ..;:i