Star. — London, England, 1810-05-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. NAPLES, MAY 5._ The fortress:of Santa 4aura, after ten days bom bardment, have been obNged tiiltapittilate. Accord ing to the teims Bf the capitulation, Genet al Camus, and 22 officers,' tave been brought to jilsindisi in an English flag of truce. The isle ortorfn, Tonsidefing , its strong position, the numbei ef•troops thete, and the tpianittfoi pro. visions of every kind -collesiedfor,the use of the po. pulation and garrison, can give no uneasiness with respect to any atitentpt•df the , enemy, •Whoi.indeedi does not shew t apy sign of even intending,an attack. • Santa Maura was a bad iinsition; ; ,which could not be defended: 0 , 42tn...te5b.5.1 of this month there was a' rather serious engagement between the flotilla of his Majesty and a large English frigate. Atter a contest of three hours, the enemy retired, We have to re gret the loss of many brave men who fell in this ac tion : 4t took place near Ischia. AGRAM, (lII.YRIAN PROVINCES,) APRIL Is. The report ace. - Aitig to which the French had taken the fort of Cezettin by assault was premature. All the . Tnrks in the vicinity heaving taken arms, the French thought it prudent - to withdraw.their troops to near Carlstadt. nowever, this fermentation the Turks had its source only in the avarice of the Com mandant. Proprietor of this castle, who appeakd to the religious principles-of the Mussulmans, aced-ding to which the ground on tshich a rtrfsque has stood must never be cede J. But the Paella of TraeniLL, informed of these disorders, caused .it to be declared to the Marshal Duke of Ragusa that the Sublime Porte, entirely disapproving these troubles; had sent to the Pacha an order to arrest the authors of these troubles, and to deliver them up to the French. The Pacha promised'to execute this order as speedily as possible ; and at the same time engaged the Marshal Duke of Ragusa to take possession of 1111 the strong castles ceded to France by Austria. CONSTANTINOPLE, M %ROI 24. Mr. Adair is still here ; but his departure seems to be at no distance. He comforts his countrymen with an assurance tlr.!t they will be well treated by the Porte due ng his absence. 'l 4 he greater part of de Janissaries have marched to join the army under the Grand Vizier. We expect a f.2.reat number more from Egypt and Asia, in the course of a few days. Every thing, in short, appears to denote a continuaticot of hostilities. Jt is however affirmed, on the other hand, that Baron de Hubsch, Danish Charge d'Affaires, has received instructions to endeavour to mediate t reconciliation between the belligerent Towers. It is, at least, true that he has 11;1 r c( nferend isith the Minlitevi of the Porte, and 413 t ihed. 'Untie rto St. Petersb PARIS, mAy tic We extract the - rollowing passage from the conti nuation given in tlieVlPmitettr, czt tike substance of the recent . adviccs from Spain The:i4surrectiorqpised.and supported by the english hetA-cen gat "ap/ttlle Camp of St. koch,, have been destrun'iloi - 'dikpeised, •. We aie in posses sion of Tariffa; 4=014;11 St-biettiani was marching against a corps* composed of the relics of the insur gent army,which . had collected in the Alpuxares, at the instigation of the English, who have nothing hut false intelligenc4 wi htcgard to our situation. The Duke of Castiglione having written that he had been obliged to go to B.u.celona, leaving General La combe St. Michel to conduct the sie,, , e of Hostelrich, a movement which might expose the division of Go. ncral at-het's corps employed in the siege (,f Lerida, the EmperOr:has sent the Dike of Tarent. , to suc ceed the Duke of Castiglione, on account of the stateff his . health. '-The Insmgents having collected their forces, the Spanish General, on the 13th ult. attacked the division of Lerida. He was completely defeated. We took from him between 3 and 4000 prisoners, including 500 oißcers, eight Colonels, and a Majar-Gcneral. •Severd pieces of artillery, four . stand of colours,-and a great number of muskets, fell into our hands. During this attack, the garrison of Lerida made a sally by the tete de pent. I They were defeated and vigornusly repulsed by Colonel Robert. At the moment when the Duke of Abrantes was oc cupied in storming Astorga, a column of tote enemy, consisting of 2.000 infantry, and a regiment of ca valry, with the view of relieving the place, attacked Brigadier-General Bessieres at Cnentanilla. Scarcely a man .of their escaired. General Clauzel, at the same time, attacked another small column of the emit,' beyond Bertbebre ; as did General Sainte third on the side of Fuehendon. .The loss of ukc of Ahrantes, in the siege and these opera • Vie! field, amounted to 100 killed and 3(M) ; that•of the enemy is calculate.' at upwards ,r4 4 11 . Awr,-/nr PROCSE.DINGS, 101ISE of LORI -1; MAY 24. Issent F,!v!or, by Commission to the nuke of ntilty till, !T:e Exchequer Bills Fuinling Bill, the thus Bill, the .Malt Interconve Bill, the Irish the West Middlesex Water, Works Bill; statute Labour 10, the Furfarshire Road Bill, td Ventre all 37. inners were, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Bathurst, iog;iatn. ity, reanl a thicd time ail raa4ed. £lll, thg Enth.cze.:•tncat P,til, am., the llenll.irs' passel tlirtm,h C.',o;nmitten.s; and The Eml-ii:zzlP,meilt Bill wai orkkrlo, riit tile inn- Masquis of be read a third rime A Meoutge from the Lords announced, that their Lordships had agreed to the Foreign Linen Bill. Lord PORCIiESTER obtained leave to bring is a Bin for the be , ter preservation of Black 'Game in England. The Bill for regulating the °lce of Regkrar of the Admiralty and Prize Courts was read a,Arst time; to be read a second tune to.zaorrow. MONTRPSE pryvnted a Petition from th r rg againit the Gram IYotination Praliibit;ott Eill, ,recd to he referred to the Corn Crminittee, ! e.r4rerl-sq.be. heard to-morrow on ht•half of the iost t F Lott4on, ptick. Hi:, o;t the third reading. 'ilirio 1411,1 the !Irish :%Varthimmr:-. B;ti, avid so me rite` ilk, Wt•re broiicht op by Rfr. I.:lsltington, M. W. Ridley, and other Meath. r. of the I Ino4e assgt,reatl a fo r st . tinae..-Adjourncd till to-morrow. •IItOUFF. OF COMMONS. VA& of 'the' Black Rod summoned this House ,If Peer's, - to tear the Royal Avient, by Commis 'bre of ltillsl—For which see the lords. • ERN . hroughl trp the Report on the Four Employ he A rieudinents were r..a.1 and itgreo:l tn. NIKI*.R binitglititra Bill to repeal The Act of the .Which provides for the punishmens of women deli- Ida. The Bill IA as read first tinie, and ordered to ' then read a second time. . of the Committee of Supply was , brought up, the agreed to, and Bilk ord.:red accordingly. , ••• motion of Mr. Vs IiAItTON. the iallin Bill, the 4. Olken' Superannuation SW, and the 14e of Monis Cu,- CaspOildidos bill,- were severalty read a third dist, and The Isle of Mann fintneeling Bin was reads , ,Vdwat i al lie e i l li t h eref r om, whi c h he had relinquished. With was also the Lowlands DutWers' Bilk r and the Wars g rim do to the Reversion that willranted in Novem. Bill; ordered to be committed to-snotrow. " 4 4i: • t bee ISOI:.to Sir George Shoe , to hold the o ffi ce with lire Sv. Millions Exchequer Bill, and the Pension Duty t k w a . . went through agmwaittee. The Report was °Edith! to be ros .1111 ptlittleges, irnmunitiei, and MMus - buts snttached cowed to-noirmli. ' '' to it, this being' known' at the tltne, ft must have A "Mate"/"''' t hatne4 ' 2ll°°att ' d th at thah rLa a dai l lh ao Le n clear to every persin that Sir George Mee 'had agieed to several private Bills.- a I:gal claim to remuneration;it" not, the Bat btought The Judge Advocate's Free Package' nd Letter Bill was read a first time. ''•:" ' —' . ' . •in for providing compensation to Officers in theetp§..: Leave was given to Wog is MR to rebulla the Mirth of St. toms for losing their of f ices, would have noticed the Paul, shadwcii. . • , . case of Str George Shoe : but the fact was, they were The firrA s ef the Committee So eiinskler . of the iseeessity of I well •_g A. .. . . appriseo lint he was already e ntitl e d to corn= imposing a datfyf Ms. on every tun of -itieh brought nearer. to London than the t4Oll, at Staius.brislv,was brought up and agreed . pensation, and that it was • intended by the' Act to • to ; and, after some observations from Sir M. Vl'. Ridley, Mr. H. make' provision . for him. • - The Right Honourable Combo, &c. a bill was °Merit - Gentleman ' instanced several cases in • point. Sir . The Assessed Taaes, Bill was read a second time , and com mitted for Wednesday. George Mee made his appeal to the GOVetilltiellt, . The Foreign 'limber Bill wes read a first tittle, and ordered to and. they taking his case into consideration, awarded be mad a second time this day se'nolzht. . , . • birn.the sums as they were bound to do,• in compen. Mr. RO:3E brought in th e B r i t i sh yi.h er h., 'ontinuatio't Bin, sation for the hisses - which he had sustained which was read a first time; as was also the Bill fur encouraging in consequence of tlle reduction of the office - to the Growth of Raz. Sir JOHN NEW PORT presented a Petition from the Met,' which he had succeeded. Every Government • .chants and Traders of Waterton' against - the Wine Prizage Bill, in Ireland, since the Stith of his present Majesty, Laid on the table. _ was open to the same accusations as those urged by - - the Honourable Bart. against his Majesty's present Governfnent. He contended that the compensation to Sir George Shee was highly reasonable ; for al though he admitted thatielooo a year was a sufficient 'salary, yet that did not prove the justice of taking from Sir George Shee what he conceived to be his ust right. The Honourable Gentleman was pro ceeding to justify his Noble Relation (Lord Welling ton) from the imputation of having squandered the Public money, and had read several documents to ;hew the necessity of the expenditure of X 153,000 in the Custom-house locks, when he was interrupted by Sir JOHN NEWPORT, who suggested the erre diency of confining the discussion to the subject im mediately before the House. Mr. W. POLE acquiesced, at the same time dar ing the Honourable Baronet tcasupport the unfound ed charges which • on a former night, he had prefer red against his - Noble Relation. Mr. CAVENDISH BRADSHAW explained the manner in which the balances remaining in the hands of Sir Henry Cavendish, at the time of his death, had 'been paid into the Public Treasury. Mr. FOSTER, Mr. W. PCII,I, and Mr. Caeca, bore testimony to the exemplary conduct of the relatives of Sir Henry Cavendish en that occasion. Mr. W. SMITH reprobated the practice of leaving such large balances in the hands of public Officers. Mr. BANKES coultinot conceive what claim Sir George Shee had to the compensation given him.— When Lord Kenyon was Attorney-General, he had • said in that House, not only that a public officer ought not to have any longer public balances in his possession, but that he should be compelled to pay interest for the time which it had remained in his hands. This he thought would be too hard, but he did conceive that such balances ought to be forth. coming she moment they were required. lle ctn. sured the disposition which had long prevailed in th ea:ions Irish Governments to shew a solicitude for private, and a disregard for public interests, and re. probated the general practice of considering rather the advantage of individuals in the appointment official situations, rather than the advantage of the State. The present appeared to him to be a very fla graiit case, ou which the House ought to pronounce their opinina. and be should therefore vote for the re.,, lotions .4 . the Hon. Baronet. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ramonstrated against the general censure of his Hon. Friend. In the coaduct of the Irish Government to wards Sir George Shee, they had proceeded upon long est iblished principles. If these principles were zn he abolished, at least due notice ought to be giv n. Sir George Slice was a political adversary of the pre sent Government. It was impossible theietore to impote the conduct of Government towards him to any impropar motive. Reverting to his Hpnottrab:~ ienti's sweeping accusation of public men, and lug I,:claration of the manner in which situations of pu . lit trust were conferred, he disclaim d for hiMselt Any :hare of such a general imputation, and recommend ed to his Honourable Friend, if he had any spe.i,fiz charge to produce, to bring it forward openly without hesitation. • Mr. BANKES exoliined. Mr. H. THORNTON, while he allowed thatthe law was liable to a different coastruction, WAS yet of opinion that no compensation-otight to have bc.n granted. Mr. FOSTER contended, that the compensation was granted to Sir George Shee, not for taking away 'the b :14nces, but for the per tentage of one per cent. which (by usage, though not by I iw) he had received from the Collector on the transmisai.n of their ha lances. . Mr. G. JOHNSTON considered the case as little! satisfactory as any he had ever heard, and was deeply concerned tolear it defended as it had been by his Right Honourable Friend the Chancellor ca the Ex chequer. Mr. W. FITZGERALD, although he did not pro fess himself to be the apologist of the Governments . of Ireland, justified the measure under consideratio , .. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL denied that. al, Receivers General who made use of the public money in tranritu, were consequently criminal. If they were there was not a Receiver General in the kingdom who had not offended. Mr. MA RRYA'rr allowed that the uge of the pub , lic balances had been, and, perhaps, must be ptrmitted to those in whose hands they lay ' • but no man had, in his opinion, a right to demand compensation for being deprived of such permission. He should sup. port the motion of the Hon. Baronet. Mr. LONG asserted, that there was not any ille gality in the use which had been made of the BalanT cer. Although he did not contend for the propriety of the practice, yet it was well known that it had been nerally recognised. M r.W IL BE R FORCE thought Government ought not . to be censured for giving compensation for loss of emolument. His Right Honourable Friend appeared to have been justified in giving the remuneration he had given to Sir George Sice. Mr. BARHAM contended that. no compensation • ought to have Wen givene An understanding might exist between an Officer and his Collector (be would not say it had been. so in the case-of Sir George Shee) by whom the money was. paid to'Gnvernment. -Under' all the circumstances he was dl opinion no just claim to compensation existed in:l6 ease before the House. • Sir G. HILL stated thiemOlUthents for which the comp:nsation was given to be fair mamma . ts. and therefor; the loss of them constituted a just clau.sa, compensatipn. Sir J. NEWPORT, in reply, asserted the systera !contended for went to enrich t h e C o ll ectors at them 'pence cf;lie Public. if compensations had appe t . cd .due to Sir`George Shee, his Majesty's Ministers ou g i, t to lia.vc.come down to Parliament and stat e l that ti tt t4"tife _lt had teen stated, that enmh z Parlianit.nt woUld have Made it a p ermanent chop .ots the public. Saying that; i' stigma 'arcs unjnel y cast upoeitte House, as they VOUld n. 4 h ave nAf t the grant permanent, unlesbit appeared t- be de , e l . ed. He had been said to be very nice tilting , . such things. *While he sai that House, he slionll ever thing it Iris' dint, as a gsvarlanilf the p u b! parse, to bring - forward idy ahusis to which. his tendon might.be directed:. 444 been sa id, t h at George Sire was not a political friend of th • pre: , Adnsinistratton, but it shouldbe remembered, .014 there were such things as precedents, and Alinist.. might find it 'convenient to make a precedent of c”. Ia natures whativer the circumstances of the cog. erg! be, it was, in his opioion, the duty csibliairersn., down to thit Hou s e, state the ssilok and ottiii sanction of Parliament to the. measure th e y w w le d adopt. The House d'vAed, when the nutters Ayes 48--Noes 59—Majoritt 51. THE LOAN.- Upon our return to the Gallery, we f oun d M i 'Fib:lima. arguing- against the Stanfp s, urp t Appropriation'llill. Without any dhilo,itiPn to angry with etc Right Horton:able toti rn la any •Chanccl!cr of the Escl,tquei t f T n , t irtipnzi new tAxes, as he understood it itt been van-to me , tributed to himself and his ft ieltdi, tip r, thi s lion, he melt express his 41; sauprobatifm of the nor plan dcterminectopolvier she- peseta Unista. this plan there was not only a violation oi tlr e principle, that our ir;.:nme shotdd tally wilt our penditure ; but of the spirit of the intawn, und. Which the Consolidated Fund was created.' Then:: plus of that fund was meant by. its ablejoart.kr,K r , Pitt, ro be a sacrel deposit for. the security of public creditoi ; but the Ri7.ltt lionourAble G man discarded that consideraien. What Mr. l' Mr. Addington, and Lord Henri retty—what t. 'Minister since the establishment of this fund speeted, the Right llooituribleGentlernin distr. ded. What could be his reason for such =pm, dented conduct ? Was it to be underbtood by - - - - country and by the enemy tha► no more tuxes could be found t.—Bnt the f:ict was that the lUght Gentleman took a 3*rgcr sum from the Consol;dxred Fund for the payment of the interest atilt loan t! could be fairly . said to form the surplus• laudnre the ditties laid on in ISOB. To sustain -this aiscrti. the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Tierney) tailed the amount et the surplus of the Conso lidai Fund !Or five years back, and also the incveese ut several old ditties, from which he concluded that Chancellor of the Exchequer was only entitled to, the slim of £355,000 instead of .42900,000, xhich !his 8.11 he had actually appropriated for the into of the new loan. But in fact the Ri,sht Gone nan as endeavouring to /mint mere ~hilt. ; while he wal alm%itil the la,: vition, he w •s livin7 upon the provisions which t.: 1L dom hat made for the country ; and for the Fr• pose of delusion he was evading a taxation w!ii:h must carte again upon the v..... with aggravate.' ► r ..cll-0• Mr.. .11(4E denied that his Right lion. Friend was e. .r spirit or letter of the Act under whick Cow:. nem:el Fund was established, by the me* sure in discussion. lilting drawn up that Act himself he could speak to it with more certainty—he coal say, th it its only object, and that of his deceased friend, (Mr, Pitt) was, to provide that that find h nall be sufficient to answer the charges upon but those charges being provided, there was no in tenti in whatever to prevent Parliament from apply g the surplus in any manner that might he deemed expedient to meet the exigencies of the public service- In diet way the prnpositien before the House went to appmpriate the surplus of a tau which exceeded its original estimate ; and if his Right Hon. Friend had not so applied that excess, instead of imposing any new taxes, he should have thought his conduct de serving of censure. Mr. TienNUY anal Mr. Rose mutually explained. Mr. HUSKISSON entered into a very deratlea statement of the system. We ought s in his () pillion, always to take•care, that what we take from the debt should be equal to what we add to it. This' was a principle never to be lost sight of. He fa* agieei in the assertion, that the seety of the country deptni-• et.l on the retrenchment of our establishnseet. The Honourable 4:cadent:an then eatered.into a compli cated statement of our financial difficulties since 1797 i and Lepel, in coinciding in opposition so the Replrt, be du:aid not again subject hauself.so the 4430 060 a of casting a gloom ov^r the couotry . • • The CF A.NcE 60 Rof the EXCHEQu Ls% re ' plied : great length to the..argument , ; tariedir Mr- Tierney, and his Hlnourebie Friend ('•tr. HuiVirf'") .u'd said, that notwithstanding all he had heard ficiel both of them, he seas convinced thepTcsent the hest that could be devised; and he could 1 1 *1.! that Mr. Pitt, and all those whop had . precede! (Mr. Perceval) ha.t never been in the situation which he then stood. He allowed that retreothonent in our ezpences teas highly desirable, and wght is take place as soon as possible ; but when Gentler •ti talked of retrenchment, they must nicer: is grand sources of expense, the navy and aimy ; ..11 1 while the war continued in the state it now ,11.1, It was impossible to conceive that any material rate-ncle . meat could take place. He denied the gloomy iate rences drawn by his Hon. Friend, that we r At the end et taxation, and particularly that otrovaier commerce, manufacteres, age iculture, were pre,- sal by the weight of taxation. He insisted that £4r. Pitt had always acted on the principle, that when th e consolidated Fund was in a Ihnnishing state, it ue s allowable to resort to the expedient of lo ins. Ti.is e principle had been acted upon by his nnblc predectls (Lord Henry Petty), and he was more and more cue vinced it was the best that could be adopted. Mr. Hvatiseox, Mr. Rosa, and Mr. 'Deem, se verally explained. The Litter Gentleman said he wai ready to allow the charge of the deficiency of ibe. ar to be placed to the account of the Assessed Taxes but not on the Consolidated Fun I. The Qdekeion being loudly called fo:., a d:visice took place—Ayes 117 Noes 59. Adjourned at Half-past Two. At the momet cupied in ston consisting of ti airy, with th: BrigadierCen a man of the same time, at enemy beyon, • - , nlt third ~ i ikc of Ik* ". 41 ; tha , Royal A c . wicit's Aram eatagt! Coact ,wed SO.ools 1.. • Fort.trsli re a nd '1 .•e` Connilissi4 and I brd Walsh% '1 he . :An veyo:s.l Hawrer's* and l' wore T thin of the Masq on Mon. 'ey; Thek.the of County of which was order• Coutawl were . Pttitioners again Th., cm of 1, Local and . Priva Mr. Byng, Sir A of Composts, L AI The Deputy 1 to the House of 1 , :on, to a numb Mr. WE I'E meat Bill. The Lord HENN 7th of }antes, .w +credo( Bastard he printed, and • • '1 he Repot t I Resolutions ago On the ma Excise. Officers tom Coma& pawed, to tern ex. irtd ,gi‘ t tict 47e tsl 111,. f Stilt lb! . ‘ 5 t ::,‘ Ore. St , •T 7tt go ttle Mr, .plas , b• 3 CC C at. (Ca. 14 ;ee Ikr • • r • te" Sett , rtl :r)uld Hon. fined :rtinn I de. ittcd upoa it tEe %Ike :h ter , I.: • Fr. rata d was krhia 11100. TUE ITIGTIWAYA. Sir JOHN SINCLAIR moved, that , the Report of the Committee on the Hi4lttvays, &c. be taken into consideration. Mr. WHITBaEAD noticed a variety of amend ments vilich had b:..en made in the Committee, which could nut meet the object of the Bill. and having se veral alterations to make, in order to render the Bill more perfect, he suggested the propriety of having better informati: , n, and for that purpose moved to have it re-committed. - To this suggestion Sir JOHN SINCLAIR ac ceded; and :otter a few observations from Mr. G. VANSITTART, the Report was re-committed. VOTE ny EDirv—MEASA(;E FROM I)IS MA,T%STV. Th.? CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought down the Ivihwing Message from the Kixo. G. it—His Majesty, relyitig on the esperietited seal and affec tion of kis' faithful etlllllllolll, and considering the great impor tance of prodding for any emergetuly, reg9mmend4 to them to take such measures as may enable him to disappoint and defeat the designs of the enemy, and to adopt such proceedings as the esigenco of affairs may require. The Mesinge ;4; ordered to he referred to the Committee of Supply to-morrow•. SCOTS CLF.ItGY. The CHANCELLOR of the .EXCHEQUER gave notice, that he. , slionitl to-morrow, in the Com mittee of Supply, s...ibmit a propoition for the Relief of the Poor Clergy in Scotland. . IRISH BUDGET. Mr. FOSTER gave notice that he should to-mor row, in the Committee of Supply, bring forward the Irish Budget. . Sir JOHN NEWPORT 'hserved, that the Catho lic Question stnod for to-morrow, and hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not bring the Budget on. Mr. FOSTER declined to give notice for another d.iy. HOWTH HARBOUR BILL. The house then r es olved itself int) a Committee on the Howth Harbour Bill. Sir J. NEWPORT urged the necessity of granting compensation tc the individuals who would be injured by the measure. Mr. CROKER was very desirous that the fullest compensation should be made ; but contended, that that compcnsatiOn ought to be calcuiated on the pre 7ent value of the land, and not on the value to which t might be raised by the proposed improvement.:. a few words from Mr. •FC) STE R, the I Lux was resumed, and the report was ordered t bc le ceived to-morrow. ANT) Mr. ROSE brought in i3iil reguLitiTy, Duties on rThi. and Sugar in the Lland r,.i to be lead a second time to-IT: . •'. slh li stivz. Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose to call the attention of the House to the CAW of Sir George Shoe. the Right Honourable Baronet stated, that in the `;sth - year of the King it was thou: , iit expedient to n2w model the Treasury of Ireland ' , and to put it on a footing with that of Englaad. Several offices were extinguished, and regulations were adopted to pro vide that the Act shoold be carried into effect.— Among the offices abolished, it was directed that the office of Receiver-General should cease to exist, and the duties were vested in the Receiver-General of the CustUms, and it was provided that a compensation of £3OOO per annum, for life, should be g ;:n to the Right Honourable Theophilits Clement, the then Re ceivez-Genieral. The Right Honourable Baronet then referred to the various clauses of the act, to shier.' th;it in no part of the act there was recognition of fees to lie ;:ihen by the officer alluded to. In 1802, by letters patent, Sir George Shee was appointed to hold the office of Receiver-General of the Customs, on the demise of Sir Henry Cavendish,. with a salary of .£lOOO per annum. Now the act expressly meant in spirit, the office should not be given in reversion, but mereiy held during pleasure. In 1841, Sir Henry Cavendish, then Receiver-Generd, died, and Sir G. Slice succeeded him. In 1808, his Majesty's Go vernment granted to this Oilicer the sum of £3765 in lieu of the fees of office. lle contended that this was a direct violation of the act, and he then further noted that a sum of 41900 was paid to Sir George Shee, of which sum £6OO was divided among his clerks. For these reasons he should submit three Re i solutions, censor:ng the conduct 4)f Government, and concluded with moving one of the Resolutions to the folloo - iog.effect : " That the conduct of the Dish Governmnt was hi ;hey reprelmeo;le in respect to the allowances to Sir George Shee ; that if compensation was due to him, they ought to have applied to Parliament for power to grant these sums." Mr. W. POLE entered into several statements, to shew that the emoltiments - Of Sir H. Cavendi:di were greater than the 41100 per annum, provided for pay ing the R ectiver-cingral —that he'had given lip the other office, to the amount of rel2oo a year—'that the fees. of office were upwards of 45:XX/, and that it was in.thesontemplation . of the Legisiattn•e,• when the Act was framed, to make provision fOr indem skifying Sir Henry fur the Offices and emoluments