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This (Ace (established iii Cie Year 1759) frisbee , . fortanate in the sale of Capital Prizes, THIRTEEN of which were of the Last and Three preceding Lotteries, and some of them flakiest into nutnv Shares. The Prizes of the November Lottery being now payable in tilt, Swirl and Co. recommend an early application to per s.'', vrhu wish to exchange them for Shares of the preelit Lottery, which win cctimiy advance in price as the Drawing approaches. IMPERIAL IsARLTAMEMT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. wittictsiosY, TZ.11.23 The Snsxra. took the Chair at half past three o'clock. The Cli ATR MAN of the Committee for enquiring into** merits of the Barnstaple petition brought up a Report, complaining, that W. BAl,Datirs, F.sq. had absented himself yesterday and to-day from hit duty, as a Member of the same. On the Motion of Sir M. B. FOLKES, Bart. Mr. WALKER, a medical Gentleman, was called in and sworn, who deposed, that the absence of Mr. Bald win pvoceeded from indisposition, and that he cer tainly ass not able to attend. Leave was in conse quence given for absenting himself from. the Com mittee. AL.cocic bi-ought up an account from the Treasnry of the sums voted for that part of the United Kingdom called England, for the rear 1802, and how the same were disposed of. Ord ered to be printed. The Cu &west Loa of the Excn>Eorztt brough t up an account of twine!! received, and to be red ceived by the Commissioners appointed in pnrsu ar.ce of an Aa cf the 35th of his present Majesty's reign, and the appropriation of the same for liqui dating- the debts of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and mooed, that it be referred to the Committee for taking into consideration his Ma jesty's most gracious Message. Agreed to. Seveval Gentlemen got leave of absence, in con sequence cf ill health, and for attending the Circuits. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after having made some observations respeaing the non-attendance of Members to proceed on ballots, and as several Committees were to be ballotted for this week, moved that the Order of the Day for taking into consideration the petition complaining of an undue eloaion for Hereford on Tuesday next, he discharged, and the same taken into considera. tinn on to-morrow sennight, and that the Call of the House be enforced till Friday next. Agreed to. Mr. AtexArnita brought up a Report from the Committee on the Bill for preventing Mutiny. Desertion, &c. which was ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday text. Mr. A utak:mut moved that the order or the day be now read, for the House resolving it self into a Committee of the whole House, for' taking into consideration the Report of the Com mittee on the postponed resolutions on the expiring laws. He then moved that the report be read to- Morrow.—Carried. Mr. Ws.r..t.acx brought up the Report of the Committee for preparing an Address to his Majesty, congratulating him cn the discovery and frustration of the late wicked conspiracy, which was then read as follows ; " Ivfost Gracious Sovereign, We your Moiety's mortclutifin and loyal sub efts, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament asseuslat ;'r.sB lease to offer to your Majesty the heart-felt congratulation of this House on the deteetion and fai'.lne of as atrocious and treasonable con spiracy, diretied against your Majesty's sacred person and Gu vernment. That the wicked machinations, which, through the goodnessof Divine Pmvidence, have been thus happily fruitrated, afford an additional proof of the pernicious ten demi" of those detestable principles, which are equally adverse to the enjoyment of praEtical libeity, and to the existmce of regular authority, as well as de:Arne:live of the comfort and se curity of all classes of society. We assure your Majesty, in our own name, and in that of all the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the peer and in variable attachment of a loyal and grateful peal - 4e ' and of our fixed determination to support and maintain that form of Go. vernment under which it is our glory and happiness to live, and to transmit it unchanged and unimpaired to our descen dants!' On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, it was - agreed, that the Address should be presented by the whole House, and that such Members as were of his Majesty's most ho nourable Privy Council should wait upon his Ma jesty to know his pleasure respeCting the time fur presenting the same. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, That the Order of the Day for the House forming itself into a Committee of the whole I louse for taking into consideration his Majesty's most gra cious Message, be now read. On the Motion for the Speaker's leaving the Chair, Col. STANLEY rose, and said, he wished to be informed whether any grant that may be voted to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in conse quence of this application, was to be considered as a free gift, or as a compromise Of any claim. If as a free gift, his Royal Highness was excluded by the Aft of 1795, from receiving it in that point of view; and if as a compromise for any claim, lie would re quire the most satisfaCtory explanation on the sub jeft. Ile therefore moved, That his Majesty's Mes sage - to this House on the 21st May, 1786, and • also of that on the 21st of May 1795, be now read. The Messages were then read from the Journals, tending to chew that a pledge had been given, that no future application would be made to Parliament on the submit of his:Royal Highness's expenditures. Col. STANLEY then said, that notwithstanding . the high respea and deference he had for his Ifv, al Highness, he could not help making the observation which had just fallen from him, with any degree of justice to his feelings of duty towards his constitu ents. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the Hon. Gentleman • has put a question, no doubt, &paling to be answered by some of his Majesty's confidehtial 'Ministers. For his part, he had no hesitaticin to declare, that a compromise of claims formed no part of the grounds on which this proceeding was founded ; nor had he any other in ducement for bringing it forward, but as a parlia. mentary measure for the support of his Royal High ness's high dignity ; in the splendour of wive ex. alted situation, every man in this House and in this country must be deeply interested. As toany re4erence to his Royal Highness's debts ; he denied it, and read some parrs o! his Majesty's Message to prove that it had no allusion to the Prince's debts what soever, but for the support of his 11 , 441 Highness's, lirtitob Arta ~~ * ....•••••■•••-- -- . 41) OR, LITER.,4Rrs_ .4DVERTISER. just note and dignity. The. Right Hon. Gentle man then observed, that those Members who oppose this measure, on the grounds of laying additional burthent on the people, will o'ojea to the Speaker's leaving the chair ; but how does any Hon. Gentle- man know what proposition is intended to be made? And surely any Hon. Gentleman will have a full apportuaity of stating his objections in the Com mittee ; until then lie should not state his proposi tion. The question being again put, that the Speaker de leave the Chair, it was carried, and the House resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, Mr. Wallace in .the chair. His Majesty's Message was then read. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose and said, he was confident the proposition he was about to make, would give the most general satisfaaion. It we* not possible to entertain a doubt, but every Member of this House was most deeply interested in the support of his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales's dignity, with all suitable splendour. As to The measure which took place in a former period, he was one of those who concurred in its neceasity, though it was brought forward with reluaance ; and he was.persoaded it would dispense , very great joy to hear that the measures then adopted for the arrangement of his Royal High ness's affairs had proceeded with uniform &lett; and had been well dire&ed by those who had the management of the Commission for that purpose. It concerned the duty and charaaer of Parliament to' refer to the proceedings which took place in 1795. About the end of April 1795, a Message was sent to this House, mac:acting' the augmen• tation of his Royal lighhess's establishment. His Right Hon. Friend, who was then Chancellor of the Exchequer, brought forward his proposition, by stating, that in the year 1740 the then Prince of Wales had an establishment of an hundred thou sand pounds exelusiat of the revenues of Cornwall,. and argued ail the encrease of the expence of every necessat y from that period to the time of his making his proportion of adding sixty-five thousand pounds to the sixty thousand pounds which was then the Prince's establishment. 1::e motion W?.S carried by a large majority ; and there were many who then hoped his establishment would be made equal to that of his Royal Grandfather. It was the inten tion of his Right Hon. Friend who brought forward that measure, to combine justice with liberality,' and consequently the Bill of 1795 invested powers in Commissioners appointed to discharge debts of his Royal Highness to the amount of sex hundred and twenty thousand pounds,bythe application of certain sums for that purpose, sixty thousand pounds per annum to be paid from the Exchequer, and thirteen thousand pounds from the revenues of Cornwall, for carrying the same into effect, which would take no less a spits e than twelve veers to perform, eight of which had already passed. It seemed the ge neral wish of the House at that time, to have 'a ShottCr period determined on for finally ad justing his Royal Highness's affairs; and a de sire was manifested by many memhers of receiv ing some intimation on the subbed. A most gracious message was, in consequence, received from his Royal Highness, intimating that he had no wish, during the discussion, of interfering with their deliberations • that he submitted the matter entirely to the wisdom of Parliament, and was particularly desirous of having a t ny addition which they thought proper to make to the income he al ready possessed, principally applied to the discharge of his debts. Upon this they immediately proceed ed to instruct a committee, appointed for arranging his Royal Highness's affairs, to appropriate certain sums for the liquidation of the Prince's debts, as it was the general opinion that the discharge of the debts was a primary objet. Thus his Royal Highness was made subjea by this austere obliga tion to a. privation for twelve years of many of the comforts and almost all the splendor requisite for the dignified support of his exalted station, by the power vested in those Commissioners for appropri ating sixty thousand pounds per annum from the Treasury, and thirteen thousand pounds per annum front Cornwall for the discharge of his debts. Since the 10th of Oaober, 179+, the sum of five hundred and ninety-two thousand five hundred pounds in all, has been paid out of his Royal Highness's income. The sums remaining to be paid for the outstanding debentures, would with interest, including the sum that has been already stated, amount in the whole to eight hundred and five thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, paid in the year 1806, leaving a' balance of nearly 1001. in the Prince's favour. But, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, when we consider that eight years (the fifth part of his life) have passed over his Royal Highness's head 'in nar row circumstances, are we to wish for its continu ance four years longer, particularly when we con sider that all the sums applied to the discharge of his debts were paid entirely from the Prince's in come ? Every man, he observed, had an undoubt ed right to vote as his duty prompted him, but he trusts there can be but one sentiment on this subjea., His proposition would go thus far, that his Royal Highness should be placed in such situation and circumstances as if the at of 1795 had not taken place, by the grant of a sum not exceeding sixty thousand pounds per annum until the ezpitation of that ad. The Right Hon. Gentleman then observ ed, that ninety years ago a Prince of Wales had a provision of 100,000 pounds ; that sixty years ago . the Prince's Royal Grandfather had one hundred and thirteen thousand pounds, and he argued, that from the increase and expences, and the change of the value of money, 1'2.5,000 pounds in 1799 was not equivalent to either of the two incomes he had above stated ; and if we cons:der the en. creased expences of every thing even since that pe riod, what was thought moderate then must be, in deed, a very moderate provision now. He therefore wished to see his Royal Highness in the uneon trouled possession of his just rights. There was no point better uuderstood, or more wisely sties:xi:a ed in this House, than what relates to the economy of the ettabhshments of the Royal Family. Bat I would any one pretend to say, that the state of he country was such as nee to be alsk to after& 60,0001. per annum for the support of the neeessaer state and dignity of the:, Heir Apparent to the Throne of this United Kingdom ? What we give to him, said the Right Hon. Gentleman, if we give it wisely, we give nto ourselves ; I mean to the ge neral Interests of the country. Ile would not state the inconveniencies under weich the Prince had laboured since the ceternencemeht of the operation of this Aft. It must - appear unnecessary to any Orson Who considered for an instant the situation in which he was placed under narrow circumstances, with a heart glowing with benevolence, and a fore , tune inadequate to his princely rank, which pre vented the exercise of the most amiable virtues. An Hon. Gentltman, who objefted to the Speaker's leav ing the Chair, spoke something about a compromise .lf he had never heard of any Petition of Right, (which in this case was entirely out of the question} he would sanction the measure en constitutemal grounds, as it came from his Majesty. For who cale be indifferent to the situation of his Royal High ness, or adverse to any proposition for placing hum in the situation of speedour and magnificent, to which he is so pre-eminently entitled ? By these ex pressions, he did not mean barely to confine himself to those ideas, which unfortunately seem, in general, to be coley attended to grand equipages, and all the external marks of greatness ; but would add the power of extending his illustrious patronage to the encouragement of the liberal arts—to the succour and proteeion of literary characters, and to other pursuits equally meritorious. He wished to see him Royal Highness in a situation to return the loyal and polite attentions of the nobility and gentry of this kingdom : and shall (exclaimed the Right Hon. Gentleman, with animated emotion), the heir to the British crown, the greatest in the would, be pre cluded from the exercise of what his noble and generous sentiments so naturally and warmly • impel him to perform ? He disclaimed the Pe. tition of Right, as a motive for this measure, anct insisted that this proposition should be received on constitutional grounds only. He apologized to the Committee for trespating so long on their time, and concluded the most animated. speech we have ever heard him deliver, by moving that a sum not exceeding 60,0 3 0 pounds per annum, be granted to his Royal Highness, out of the Con solidated Fund of this kingdom, from the sth of' January, leo3, until the expiration of the aft . of 179.3- A few words then passed between Mr. Fox and the Cisescettoa of the Ere:lmes:Ea, across the table, is which the later stated that the 15 , 0 '. 2 . 9 pounds from the revenues of Cornwall, would be free from the operation of the aft, from the sth of April, 1805. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. rose to answer a question from Mr. Harrison, as to the total amount of His Royal Highaess's present debt. He stated it to be 2.35,7341 - . due on debene .tures now in circulation r in that estimate he in- I the whole debt, as well interest as principal. The SOLIC ICO ;EN E RAL rose to testify his warmest wish that his Royal Highness should be restored to the rank and dignity which became the situation of his Majesty's eldest son. He had the honour of being in the service of his Royal High.. ness ; he had moreover the honour of being in his confidence. He had it in commission from him to state to the House his Royal Highness's warm and. unfeigned gratitude to his Royal Father for the in terest which he took in his honour and comfort, a* plainly appeated through the medium of the Royal message upon which a question was now before the , House. The Hon. Member stated, that he had more than once in the late Parliament asserted, and. with his Royal Highness's approbation, that his re spa and regard for his Majesty would induce him to abandon any claim whatsoever, rather thee that the prosecution of it should tend .to his Majesty's. dissatisfaction. Of the legality of that claim, how eves, he would say, that neither he nor any other- Member in the House, could entertain the least doubt; but a discussion could not fail to draw for ward circumstances which must be highly cliotressingo to those feelings, which were perfeely mutual to his. Majesty and his eldest Son—fee!inzs which, he hoped, would never cease but with their existence I The grounds of the motion, the Hon. Member said. had been stated in the-clearest manner by the Chen cellar of the Exchequer; he was perfaily well aF sprei that there was no suns thing as a compromise between the Prince of Wales and him. If the House adopted the measure which. might ap pear to them ' suitable to extricate his Royal • Highness from the pressure which he had sus tained for eight years, it wield enable hint to put a stop to a - disagreeable proceeding, which, after a long forbearance, he aad fund himself necessitated to adopt—He meant that of prosecuting his right : it would enable hen to de sist from a discussioir of those pretensions, which, however justly founded, he would rather, have fore gone, than that aay circumstances should have - transpired to create uneasness between. his Royal Father and himself. Those wore the Prince's sen timents, which, however wiegisal the Hon. Mem ber said he might be to the task of giving ex prepion to them, he was certain must do honour to his heart. (General cry of Clearly ! Cfrarly !) Ht would state, that one great object of bringing fur ward the questicn respecting the Ptince of Wales's claims, was to chew, that great as were the debts of the Prince of Wales, they had not fallen. on the public. The revenue of the Duch!' of Corn.walli had, during his Royal. Highness's minority, been. taken into the Civil List, and. apple:J towards de fraying those e x penses which the public - would. have been bound to defray ; it was. thetrfore, a. debt due from. the public to his Ravel Highness,. which he might justly cLmtaMi to ha ve' reiuibursed to hitn. As to the great amotant ofhis Royal High ness's debt s he was very cerfaia that if any gentleman. would. look back. on our historic - 11 records,. and then, c(2mpate the provision made for his Reyal lighe eess with that of any felines Prince of. Irts Ales, ;MIR 7 'Pommy :. _ ...... . 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