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AT u merous and highly-respectable- MEET IN G of PROPRIETORS of EAST-INDIA STOCK, beld it the Cnv 01 LOXDON TATUM, on TWILIDAT, the 20th March, 11124 HOBBIT WILLIA AI% Esq. M.P. in the Chair, • n o Miming Resolutions were passed tmanimously Proposed by Jona Foams, Esq. and Seconded by Faux Lunacies, Esq. 1. That the experience acquired by Captain Joan( Loot, eon, a long period of service in the Naval Establishment of the Honourable East-India Company, constitutes, in our opinion, s substantial qualification for the beneficial discharge of the du des of a Director. Proposed by Sir TRZOTHILUS NTT/CALVE, Bart. and Seconded by flicnian Csatvazt.t. Bazm, Esq. 2. That independently of the recommendation to the support of this Meeting, and the suffrages of the Proprietary which c a ptain Loch possesses, from his intimate knowledge of that branch of the Honourable Company's Affairs, in which be has k e e professionally engaged, we ate convinced, that his general attainments, his independent and honourable character, and dire freedom from other pursuits, are essential pledgee or his a kk and zealous promotion of the Hon. Companfs interests. Proposed by JAMES ALI:IA/gloat, Esq. M.P. and Seconded by GDORCIR SiIIDDII2I Esq.. 5. That, influenced by the above co nsiderations, this Meeting gill, both collectively and individually, strenuously etert them selves to ensure the election of Captain Loch to 6p the vacancy scesiosial by the death of Colonel John Bladen Taylor. ROBERT WILLIAMS, Chairman. _ _ _ Proposed by Wusaan Itanneavom, Esq. and Seconded by Thomson Raman, Esq. That tbe cordial Thanks of this Mevting be given to Roam !owns, Esq. M.P. for his able conduct in the Chair. Capt. Loch's Committee will meet daily at the City of London Tavern Bishopszatt.strea, where evary communication will is thankfully received. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. Instituted 1774. TOR THE RECOVERY OF PERSONS APPARENTLY DROWNED OR DEAD. Patron—The Knio's MOs: Rummer: Mansty. President—His Grace the Duke of Nomananantrms, KG. V ICE-PRESIDENTS. k Hon. Marquis of Hertford Sir Abraham name, Hart. Ijht Hon. the Earl of Stam- Sir Richard Can Glynn, Bart. ford and Warrington and Alderman Right Hon. Earl of Romney Sir Charles Pries, Bent. light Hon. Earl of Parris Sir Jahn Vim bobbed, Bin. Right lion. Viscount Dudley Admiral Or b y Collor, rod Ward G. C- 11. Right Hon. and Rev. Lord WS. Mr. Baron Garrow shop of London lion. Philip Pussy Ilse. and Right Rev. Lord Bi- Goorge Watson Taylor, Esq shop of Oxford M.P. light Hon. Lord Rivers John Atkins, Esq. Alderman. light Hon. Lord Kenyon John Gurney, F.sig. Fight Hon. Lord Erskine Stephen Gaseke, Esq. Right Hon. Lord Prudhoe Robert Barclay, Esq. light Hon. Lord Henniker John Blackburn, Esq. *t Hoe. Lord Macdonald William Mellish, Esq. THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL wtlbeholden at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgatastreet, on Amines:, the Seth of March. His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G. President, in the Chair. STEWARDS. Right lion. Earl llisswnlows Alexander Davison, Esq. it Richard Carr Glynn, Bart. Andrew Edge, Esq. , Y. P. Ald. - Colonel Gaitskill.. Sr Charles Price, Bart. V. P. Benjamin HAWN, Esq. *Charles Flower, Bert. Aid. R. Hillhouse, Req. Sr Wm. Fairlie Cunningham, Louis Kaan, req. Bart. M.P. Peter Kendall, Esq. C. W. Taylor, Esq. M.P. V. P. William bleadeld, Esq. Was. Thompson, Esq. M.P. R. N. Marten, Eel. Surge &holey, Esq. Ald. John Nix, Esq. ihnnsel Birth, Esq. Aid. John Nichols, Rai. F.S.A. Ward Bothwell, Req. Ald. Abraham Peek, Esq. Jahn Gamey, Esq. V. P. J. C. Peache, Esq. John Blackburn, Fs* V. P. T. Proctor, Esq. Charles Barclay, Esq. Robert Posit, Eq. Brij. Barnard, Esq. John Smith, Esq. Wiliam Barry, Eq. H. Smith, Esq. John Blades, Esq. James Soper, Fa+ Citele By, Esq. .1. 0. Teed, Elm. Uftefge 7 Carr, Re ßeq. • John Twining, Rag . Robert A. ottle, R. Thomas, jun. Esq. Richard Ware Cole, l loq. George Wells, Esq. --- Cooper, Eq. Robert Wray, Eat t B. Curtis, Esq. Dinner on Table at The o'Qock precisely. CHARLES BARCLAY, Esq. I Treasuren. BENJAMIN HAWES, Zs* j After Dinner, these will be a Procession of Persons restated to life by the means of this Society; and his Grace the Duke of Norrnewmittans, Y.G. President and, Chairman, will present :be Honorary Medallions, voted by the General Court, to the hawing Gentlemen fee their extraordinary skill or heroic fief• dons In saving from Death several of their fellow-creatures: Captain Marryat, R.N. Captain Earl Mr. Joseph Mann Mr. C. J. Laisni Mr. John Gray Mr. W. W. Cox Mr. Jahn Stirling Mr. W. A. Parker. Ticket*, price ISs. may be had of the Stewards; at the Qty of London Tavern ; the London Coffee-house ; and of the Registrar. —No Collection after Diener. Lents Timms to view the Procession, and thepresentation of the Medallions, can be had only of the Seeming'. One Guinea Annually constitutes a Governor. Two Guineas Annually - a Director. Ten Guineas at one payment a Life Governor. Twenty Guineas at one payment a Life Director. Subscriptions are readved by Messrs. Barnard and Co. Drum med and Co. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart. and Co. Sir Jobs Pinhorn and to. the Treasurers and Registrar. The methods of treatment recommended by the Society, tv delivered GRAM, and Sermons Preached for the Benefit . Sedety, and the Annual Reports, may be had at the Office. ankles are given to the restored Persons by the Conindttee. Since the Establisbnient, Upwards of Five Tones", raasous nave been I.:store. , to Lif: in and near the Metropolis alone, and upwards Twestr TttorSA NT) Prasons have been RKWA RIM). • JOII N Rt N, M.D. Registrar and Secretary. FoCietcs I lot.se, Wt. i 3 idge-strew, Illackfriaro. 11" lb.- Cots sticee request AI [MAL GENTLISISN. Governors sad th e Puhlle. to vl•it the Society's Ritertrusc noose, sit the .4 7 rth ei..e of tbe Serpentine River, built by the Society on the mood grgnted by tits axes Masesrr. A Medical Assistant t :c t are constantly in attendance during the BATUMI and 'tiO lietemu. . WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1921. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY, Established 1797. PATRON& The Most Noble the Doke of BEAUFORT. The Most Noble the Duke of ARGYLE. The Right Hon. Earl CRAVEN. The Right Hon. Lord SALTOUN. ace. &e. &c. TRUSTEES. Sir GMINICIZ Jaawatonast, Bart. Costessey, OM Norwich. Sir Joann Score, Bart. Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire. Rawls CAILDWILL, ElrOrOVer, Norfolk. Boman W. Kann, . 94, Upper Sernour.street, Landes. e; Re. Am • DIRECTORS. • Prima Ls Ryes Fowma, Esq. Great Witchingham, Norfolk /U.IMM.! Ass, BA* Norwich. Aaissansa Tn►ass, Esq. Norwich. Jams A&uss, Esq. Norwich. • &c. &c. &e. TREASURERS. Thou" Haarair. and Wawa DAT, Rays. Bantam Norwich. SECRETARY. • &moat Biosaxn,raq. Surrey-street, Norwich. THIS SOCIETY ihaures Buildings, Goods, Mer chandise, and Effects, from Lose by Fire. Insurances are effected in all parts of the United Kingdom, except in the (Sty of London, or within the Bills of Mortality. The present Yearly Income exceeds £60,000, and is rapidly increasing. The Hew Insurances effected in the last year amounted to Two Millions and a Half of Property, The distinguishing feature of the Society's Plan is, that at the expiration of Semi Years every Member becomes entitled to an 'aliquot Share of the surplus Premiums which remains after die, charging all claims on the Society. The Surplus has never fallen below £2.5 per cent. on the Premiums paid by the parties insuring. The Socitty newt hod any conneannt with the National Union Fire Qffice, Blackfriars, or with any other Fire Insar- I once from NORWICH UNION LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY, PATRONS. The Most Noble the Duke of BEAUFORT. The Most Noble the Duke of ARGYLE. , The Right Hoq. Earl CRAVEN. The Bight Hon. Lard SALTOUN. Ste. &c. &e. TRUSTEES. Sir noses Jmorntanass, Bart. Costessey, near Norwich. Sir meets Scorr, Bart, Great Barr Hall, Staffordshire. RA:ph kdanwsti, Eatt u llilborowe, Norfolk. EDWAAD W. MAann, q. 24, Upper Serum...street, Losioe. &e. Ste. &e. DIRECTORS President... Joint Pinion, Ell s4 Aldermais, Norwich. Joint S. PATTI/20N . Alderman, Norwich. ILIMMOND Fun, ELL. orwich. ALELANDZIL TAWAITEN Ell Norwich. lune Noswomenr, Esq. Norwich. Ste. &c. &c. . TREASURERS. Carus TOMPIPDX, Fiq Giants BASCLAT Esq. and Ismastan Ins, Bankers, Norwi ch. ACTUARY. ** Raritan MOICIAN, Esq. Norwich. THIS SOCIETY, although only established inlBoB. has ensbeilled 5,000 Lives, and is in tht Annual Receipt of £loo,4oo'from Premiums on Insurance, besides .130,000 per Annum from the produce of its Capital, which is invested part in the Public Funds, and part on approved real Secbrity. The Institution is founded on the equitable principle of mu tual Guarantee. A Bonus of £2O per Cent. on the Premium paid byvack Member was declared in 1815; and from the pre sent prosperous state of the Establishment, the next Bonus, ip 1422, maybe expected to be much more considerable. This litteiety has ws csseivezien with the National Union buitrance Sod*, Deidips-aress, Binelfriars t and the only Offices in London at wMds it transacts Business, are, 16, Waterloo-place, Pall mall ; and 21, Birchin-lane, Cornhill. The London Committee sit every Friday, from Twelve till Two eClock, at the Oilice, 16, Waterloo -place, This day was published, The Second Edition, with important Additions, in two vela. tivo. embellished with Eighteen Portraits, price Li II s. 6d. bds. GEORGE THE THIRD, his COURT, and FA MILY.—This work will be found to abound in relations of those peculiar traits of character for which his Majesty was so distinguished during his long and eventful reign, and which have rendered his personal history so remarkably attractive. It also contains a richer collection of original anecdotes of illustrious and distinguished persons than has ever yet been submitted to the curiosity of the Public. Printed for Henry Colburn and Co. Conduit-street. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH to. Ike Army Mutiny 111, the Marine Mutiny Bill, and the Grampund Dbfranchisemmut Bill, were brought up from the Commone, and read a first dme. Several Private Bills were also brought up. Mr. lama, from the Customhouse, presented an Account of Irish Goods imported into Great Britain dosing the last year. Ind of BLESINTON called the attention of the Home to a question be had put on a fames day, relative to a sum of money which had been voted by Parliament for the relief of Inlaid; and the wish he expressed, to know in what manner that sum had been applied, and how muck of it still remained in the hands of those entrusted with the distribution of it. On the day when he alluded to this subject he could not obtain the inferminion he wished. He now, however, conceived that the best way to attain his object would be, to move, in the first place, for an account or the money granted for the relief of Ire had; thee to =safer the manner in which it had Seen applied ; and whether any, and what balances remained on hand, and whether any part of the same had been repaid. He should also move for Copies of all official correspondence that had taken place between the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury and the St. Cf= d :gand; with regard to the perms who bad ap p The Earl of LIVERPOOL conceived that the Noble Lord's purpose would be better answered, if he would confine himself to the first papers he proposed to move fore and, for the present, omit moving for the correspondence. The Earl of BLESI ETON moved the 'printing of paper', which had been laid before dig House, relative to the Duties on Malt and Spirits imported from Ir eland. His Lordship then said, he wished to know why Irish vessels, on coming into the ports of Great Britain, were obliged to pay Tonnage Dodos, while the coasting vessels paid the duties only once a year? The Earl of LIVERPOOL said he had no doubt but that the same duties were paid on corresponding vessels, and that coasters paid less because they were lighter; however, he should make an inquiry into the business. Lord HOLLAND presented a Petition from the Town of Horsham, in Sussex, praying for a revision In the Criminal laws. Lord SIDMOUTH presented a Petition from the Royal Burgh of Mani against the Catholic Claims. The Bishop of LONDON presented a Petition from the Clergy of the Anchdemonry of Essex to the same effect. ' The Earl of CARNARVON moved that the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill be printed, and then stated that he should Is on the day for the second reading of the BBL I Lord CALTHORPE said, he considered the recognition of the principle which this Bill contained to be so great, that the country at large would look with deep anxiety on the proceed ings which should take place before their Lordships on this measure. The principle involved in it was of so much more im portance than its provisions, that if, in the course of the discus sion, it should appear that the House objected to some of those provisions rather than the principle, he pledged himself to be able to introduce such modifications into the provisions of the Bill as should reconcile their Lordships to it. He thought it would be much better to modify the Bill in any way than aban don the principle of it. The Earl of CA RNARVON moved, that a Messenger be sent to the House of Commons, requesting from them a Copy of the Evidence on which that House had passed the Gram pound Disfranchisement Bill. The LORD CHANCELLOR had no objection to the motion ; but observed, that before that House agreed to the Bill, they should hear evidence at their own Bar.—The motion was agreed to. The Sak Bill, Glass Bill, and Cochineal Bill, were read a third time, and passed. The House, in a Committee, went through the Flax and Cotton Encouragement Bills.—Adjourned. FROM LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Peter Leigh, Stockport, cotton-spinner, from March 31 to Aptil 10, at ten, at the Mosley Arms lan, Manchester. BANK RUPT& Christopher Croxford, jun. Uxbridge, saddler and collar-maker, to surrender March 27, April 7, and May 1, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Anoraks, Mr. Watford, Uxbridge; or Messrs. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane. Thomas Bird, St. Martin's -court, Leicester-fields, haberdasher, March 31, April 7, and May 1, at one, at Guildhall. At torney, Mr. E. Newton, High Holborn. Joseph Acason, valenti ne-Farm-Ridge, Hens, cow-dealer, March 24, 31, and May 1, at ten, at Guildhall, London.- Attorney, Mr. Wigley, Essex-street, Strand. Thomas Field, sen. and jun. Muscovy-court, Trinity-square, flout-factors, March 27, April 3, and Ma 1, at twelve, at Guildhall Attorney, Mr. Clabon, Mark-Lp. Matthew Sedgwick, London ~warehouseman, April 3,7, and May 1, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attornie s, Mears. Fisher and Sattiow, Thavies Inn, Holborn. Peter Marshall, Scarborough, grocer, April 6,7, and May I, at ten, at the Blacksmiths' Arms nn, Scarborough. Attor nies, Mr. Battye, Chancery-lane ;or Mr. Heaps, Scarborough. John Browne, Bridgewater, tailor, March 29, 30, and May 1, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Bridgewater. Attornies, Messrs. Boys and Son, Bridgewater ; or Messrs. Blake, Cook's -court, Casey-street. John Cummins, Gloucester, mercer, March £7, 26, and May 1, at eleven, at the Spa Hotel, in the South Hamlet, near Gloucester. Anomie, Mr. King, Serjeain's Inn, Fleet ' street ; or Mr. Chadboin, Gloucester. John Dixon, Bishoprhorpe, Yorkshire, coal-merchant, March 26, 27, at eleven, at the Sessions-house, Wakefield, and May 1, at six, at the Star Inn, Pontefract. Attornies, Messrs. Foljambe and Dixon, Wakefield. henry Mitchell Partridge, Newport, Monmouthshire, iron monger, March 29, 30, at twelve, and May 1, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, BristoL Anomie', Messrs- Po ole and Greenfield, Gi ay 's Inn-square ; or Messrs. Cary and Cross, ! Bristol. Jonathan Wilson, Macclesfield, bookseller, March 27, April 3, and Slay 1, at one, at Guildhall, London. Anomie', Messrs. _ . Lowden and Helder, Clement's inn. William Freeland, late of liedhampton Hants, miller. April 3,7, and May 1, at twelve, at the R oyal 04k lot, Portsea. Atturdes, Messrs. Oshaldesten and Murray, London -street, Pcnchurch-street; or Mr. klessum, Portsea. Wiiliant Afoot, Bristol, baker, March 28, 29, and May 1, at one, at the Commercial lio.ruis Bristol. Attornies, Messrs. Bourdillon and Hewitt, Bread -Kreet, Cheapside; or Messrs. ,Ilevau and Brittan, Bristol. Benjamin Lance, Capel-court, Bartholomew-lane., stock-broker, March 24, April 10, and May 1, at eleven, at CrUlidhanr.: Attorney, Mr. Lindsey, 6t. Tbouras's-street, Southwark. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Lord A LTHORP presented a Petition from certain Inha bitants of Dorsky, in the County of Gloucester, praying that some legislative measure might be adopted for the more effec tual Recovery of Stuall Debts.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BYNG presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Uxbridge, praying for a revision of the Criminal Laws.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. BYNG presented several Petitions against the Bill for Consolidating the Trusts respecting the Repair of High Roads in the Neighbourhood of the Metropolis.—Laid on the table. Mr. CURWEN presented a Petition against the Bill from the Neighbourhood of Uxbridge.—Laid on the table. The Report of thicommittee appointed fur inquiring into the Courts of Justice is England was brought up, and ordered to be printed. The Army Mutiny, and the Marine Mutiny Bills, were read a third time, and passed. ANTIMEPHITIC DILL. Mr. CUR WEN moved the Order of the Day for the second reading of the Antimephitic Bill. Th e Hon. Member detailed the objects of the Bill, which he represented as most desirable. inasmuch as any measure was to be wished for, the tendency of which was to do away with public nuisances. Mr. Alderman WOODspoke against the Bill, observing, that its only object was to enable an Individual to raise a capital by which be might be ultimately ruined, without any one pecans being benefited. Mr. MARRYAT followed on the same side, and moved as an Amendment, " That the Bill be read a second time this day six months." Mooas opposed the Bill, as did, aho Sir Isaac Corns. Mr. MONCK supported the Bil 4 Mr. HUMS argued briefly against the principle of the Bill. Mr. CURWEN saki, that any objectionable clauses might be altered in the Committee. Mr. BYNG said a few words against the BBL strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and a division having taken place, the numbers were—For the original Motion, 24—For the Amendment, 6a—Majority against the Bill, 44. BANC_ NOTES. Mr. PE ARSE moved for an Account of the total number of Bank-notes' in circulation from the 26th of February, 1796, to the 26th of August, 1820. in clusive; together with an Account of the Price of Gold in that period. Mr. GRENFELL said, that in consequence of cer tain papers which had been put into his hands that morning, he wished to call the attention of the House to a subject of very great importance, at a period like the present of general distress. One of the papers to which he alluded referred to the aggregate amount of balances in the hands of the Bank of Eng land. Those had been reduced from £11,000,000 to 0,700,000, the. sum which now remained with the Bank as a deposit, and the interest of which was as available to that Corporation as it would be to a private individual, had the principal been placed in his hands. The amount of the interest upon the £3,700,000 came to no less a sum than £185,000, calculated at five per cent. and be would say, that the Bank would be liberally remunerated for the trouble of holding those balances by a sum of £lO,OOO per annum. He was quite sure that any ' private banker would be very glad to take half the amount of interest which was paid to the Bank of England. At etime when so much was said of the neceskity of economy, this was a subject well worthy of notice. Another circumstance which deserved consideration, was the allowance made to the Bank for the management, as it was termed, of the Public PRI' 1.: SE\ RN-PlitirE•• Debt. It appeared that for this service the Bank re ceived annually about £270,000 or 1:280,000—a sUm which was more than the one-fourth part of a mil lion. This was at the rate of one per cent upon the whole of the dividends. He thought £lOO,OOO would be amply sufficient. He would state it, advisedly, that had a fair arrangement- been made with the Bank, a saving might be effected of nearly £300,000 per annum: Mr. PEARSE said that that was not theirst time that the Honourable Gentleman opposite had carried on a system of warfare against the Bank. It could not be expected that he should now go into the de tails adverted to by the Honourable Member, More particularly as the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not in his place. The papers he had moved for shewed the bearingoshich Bank-notes and the price of pld had in reference to agricultural produce. It was quite preposterous to charge the depression in the agricultural interest upo n th e variable state of the currency. The amount of the notes, when laid be fore the Home, would chew that there had been no forced issue of paper money ; it would also shew that the price of gold and an extensive issue of paper had no reference whatever to each other. - Sir JOHN NEWPORT combated the opinio - ns advanced by the Honourable Bank Director. He had no doubt that he did all in his power for the in k terests of the chartered Company of which he was a member; but if the system continued which had gone on hitherto, it would tend, not to the public benefit, but to the public injury. Mr. CALCRAFT vindicated the motives and ar guments of his Honourable Friend (Mr. Grenfell), who, he contended, was entitled to very great praise for the zeal and industry he .had evinced with re spect to this subject. He had - no doubt thata saving of at least £200,000 might be made. Mr. JOHN SMITH said, it was. very true that large balances remained in the hands of the Bank ; but it must be observed that the Bank did not gain its profits in the same way as a private individual. The House was not to suppose, for a moment, that the Bank did actually get any such, amount of in terest as £170,000 or £lBO,OOO a-year. Mr. MONCK said that, in 1817, when the issue of Bank-notes was £29,000,000, the largest amount which had been known at any time, the price of gold Was somewhat less than £4 ; but, it was to be ob served, that the price of gold did not depend on the .amountof the issue of Bank of England Notes, but on the amount of all the paper which was circulated in the country. The Honourable Member then en tered into some details explanatory of this proposi tion, and referred to the amount of Country Notes in circulation at different periods. Mr. ELLICE did not rise with the view of pro longing this discussion, but for the purpose of asking the Honourable Member opposite (Mr. Pearce) whe ther, as the extensive issue of Bank-notes in 18.17 be gan to be felt in the bullion market before the close of that year, would not the effect of that over issue have been sensibly felt through the country, had not the Bank, in order to counteract it, put forth half a mil lion of gold every month ? Mr. PEARSE made no reply, and the motion was then agreed to. ILLEGAL CONFINEMENT. Mr. BENNETT.presented a Petition from an indi vidual named Benjamin Bishop, complaining of hay. ing been illegally confined and otherwise severely treated by the Authorities in the Island of Guernsey. The Petitioner stated, that he had gone to the Island in January last on a tour of pleasure, and was ac companied by- two friends, one of whom carried a stick, and another a fowling-piece. The latter got into a scuffle with one of the inhabitants, who struck him with a spade, and the Petitioner, after having rendered his friend all the assistance in his power, was apprehended, when those acts were committed towards him, which formed the subject of his appeal to that honourable The Petition was then brought up and read. Mr. BATHURST said, he did not rise to oppose the Petition being laid on the table ; but it appea►ed to him that the Petitioner had been treated, as he described himself to be, according to the sentence of a Court of Law ; and, in fact, that this Petition was only in the nature of an appeal from that con viction to the House.—The Petition was laid oli the table. CAPTAIN ROMEO'S PETITION. Mr..HUME rose to present a Petition from an in. dividual, who styled himself Captain Romeo, a 'reigner, who had been in our set vice in Sicily from 1806 to 1815 ; and during that time had rendered very important services to the British forces. He (Mr. Hume) had seen certificates in his favour from a number of Officers of rank,. who had held com mands in Sicily ; •and what he bad now to complain, of was, that in 1815, when this Officer quitted Sicily, and went to Naples, with a passport. from the British General, and a promise of protection, he was immediately thrown into prison ; and, on applying to Sir W. A'Court for protection, that protection was withheld, and Captain Romeo was sent by the Nea politan Government to Egypt, he (Mr. Hume) had reason to believe, with the conttivanceof Sir William A'Court; adverting to whose conduct, he believed, • that the most gratifying act which could_ be con. ferred on the Neapolitans, by our Government, would be the removal of Sir W. A'Court. To return to the Petitioner, however, he, in 1818, arrived in this country, and applied to our Government for redress, but in vain; at length, through the exertions of the Duke of liork, much to the honour of his Royal Highness, a pension of £5O a•year was bestowed upon him ; but what was this,as a remuneration for a man who had lost 14,000 dollars in our service? he applied for compensation from Government, but in vain; he then applied for a passport to return to his own country, and the passport was promised. He accordingly sold his pension for a trifle, and then applied for his passport, %%bleb was, however, re-