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FINANCE. 1.141 i, 1‘ I Aft, till a very late hour ; and he rather thought the cocumvtance of confusion which had occurred, was to be attributed to an anxiety in Members ex cluded a considerable time to enter the lions,. M►. WYNN that moved, that the names of such Members as shall not appear at the ballot tamor ro v, *hall be called over immediately after the same ballot, without any other haloes! intervening; awl that no Meinher he permitted to enter the House till such names shall have been called over. .—Agrer.t to. LORD JUSTICE GENERAL. The Committee on the Loral Justice General Bill (Scotland) was postponed till i♦louday next. ST. IVES ELECTION. Mr. 11. BANES brought iip the Report or the Committee on the St. Ives Election Petition. It cohtirmed the return or Sir Waller Stirling, Bart. COITAT OF KING'S BENCH. l•Sr. Duman rose to bring forward his motion respecting the mode of conducting of business in the abuse Court. The principal object of the Bill he meant to propose, was to facilitate the dispatch of business ikere. lie thought that, if adopted, it would rave a ram deal of time to that Court—it would have the effect of causing much more btsei owes to be got through in a given time. without producing additional trouble to any iudividoal. Another object it had in view was to permit the Cnurt to sit on the 30th January, which, by the • xisting lam, it could not do. He had beard it hooted, that his measure conveyed an indirect ern mope tot the Judges of the Court. No opinion was mole groundless—too one could have a higlwr re eve ct than he had fur the abilities and industry with • Inch throe learned individuals discharged tile ItiAli duties of their office; and he had the setis lacti•.o ou state, that the prior iple of her Bill was s unweaned by their approbaC . The Honourable Gentleinsoo theta moved for leave to bring in a Bill to fisrilliate the dispatch of business in the Court of King's Bench. The question was put and carried. PROCEEDINGS IN INFERIOR COURTS. GA.COYNK obtained leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act sit 21 James I. fair avoiding vexatious , &bye etillbei by removing actions and ►uu. out of inferior Courts. The Non. Gentleman I.l4irli, that in order to give the House full time to w,•rtl-r the nature of his measure. he did not mean for ...me time to take any further step thou bring ing it in. SINKING FUND. Mr. GRINTELL said, that pursuant to the notice 14. bad give.. last night, lie wee to Moire for the pro drichim of certain accounts calculated to enable tier 'louse to judge how far it might be expedient 1.• apply the whole, or any part of the Stoking Fund fur the current year, towards any loan that might be required for the public service. Fie should nemesia from going into any discussion of the ques tion himself.or into any thing to provoke discuasion from others. lie observed this course un *remota of the amen= of she Chaucellor of the Excite woe, though he was authorised to state that he bad obtained his consent to the motion. Besides, UM Right flon. Gentleman having prevsoutly 'mill that he had no intention to make au" financial slat:mem* to the [louse, till the 'Secret Committee 4.11 the Attain of the Bank should have brought in their Report—that was another reason to induce hint to be silent. The object 1w hail in view was, to bring under the notice of the Maier the clause in the 26th of the King, commonly called the SinktoK Fund Act, which empowered the Commissioners for the red yet iou of the National D. Ist tosubscribe them selves to any new loan ; or, iu other words.to become lean coutractors for the whole or any part or the money in their hands—in order to consider the pro priety of bringing the clause into operation, and implying the fund to any loan which might be Ir hi necessary for the service of the year. It was writ known by the name of Foe* Clause, hoeing Intro proposed by that great man on the introdection of the measure, and immediately adopted by its au thor. lie had heard out of doors that a loan was in the contemplation of the Chancellor or the Exchequer; this day he had heard, in the City, the amount of it computed at eighteen ot twenty, perhaps twenty five millions, which was the highest sum mentioned. Taking it at the I west, eighteen millions, the House knew, from the Financial Report laid an the table yesterday, that the Sinking Fond fur this year cane to fifteen millions : so that the Chancel lor of the Exchequer had it in Ins power to take fifteen millione himvrll fr the hands of Ws own Conmitsaionere, go into the City and subscribe to that ',iguana to the loan, which would leave only three millions to be borrowed by the country, and to 1, , trim) by the loan contractors. Eve's if the lirariled loan were to he takes' at twenty or twenty five what he proposed would leave the former case only five, stud in the latter ten millions, actual luau, the advantages of which, so the present 'ewe of the country, he thought too obvious to be em. lie should not add any thing MOM at present ; observations from any tither quitter, he should beg l eave t o er ply,—The lion. Gentleman Oleo moved " That there be laid on the table Accounts 'hewing the amount of the Money invested in the hands of the Comm.. • vs for reducing the National Debt by punctilio"! of Stork in the public Funds, together with the amount pur chased therein up to the 15ihJune, 1818." " Also the amount of capital Stock that would have been purchased, had the Siiikine Fund been applied to the Luau o f Jo millions of the precedisig year" The questoni was put, and agreed to. PETITIONS. Mr. K F.N N Env presented a Petition from certain lahabitants of the town of Roxburgh, praying fur ther protection fur boys employed in Cotton Facto turie..—ltead, and laid on the tattle. Alt. R. SHAW presented a Petition from the R /.1141111 Catholic Inhabitants of the parish of Rath farnhaiii, anal au adjacent parish, praying fur a repeal of the Penal Lace affectiog that chase of the Sir Jolts ATIN prestrited • similar Petition from several reyertable individuals of the town of Tcwkalaurv, (;loucemerslore. The lion. Gentle iiitio• gaoled, the Petition hail been award by 1311 Inenly respectable individuals. Caplan) (7Lirronll presents...l a Petition to the saner effect ficei the Inhabitants of the town and ' w i nos of Itai. , loll. —All the Petitioos were seed and laid on the table. Led Gas N I LI.E SOMERIET presented Petitions f r om iwo perishes in Muinnoutlisbire, against the poor Settlemeut Bill. Lord ECSTON prtsriited a similar Petition from the Goardiaiii of the Poor at Bury St. Eilinunds. Petitions to the same import %ere presented by Mr. Mica/too. from the town of Ilaiiiptein, from Leominster, slid from Oursley, in Gloucestershire. —Read and laid on the table. Mr. DBNIIION presented a Petition from the In habitant' of the parish of Croydon, for a repeal of the Duties on Coals.--Read and laid on the table. Mr. WititmoßE presented a Petition from the qAitornies of the town o B r idgenortli, against tic qualified persiona acting iii that profeesion.—Read and laid MI the table. Mr. WI Losteta presented a Petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Colchester, praying that the interests of the creditor might be secured w any alteration of the Insolvent Debtors' Act.--Read and referred to the Committee on the above Act. The same Member presented a Petition from the same IWTOOIII., against the Claims of the Roman Catholics. The /Inn. Member said, that, as 11111 opportunity fur delivering his sentiments on the question would so soon arise. he should merely ob serve, that he entirely concurred in opinion with the l'etitionert. Mr. CARTWRIGHT presented a similar Petition from the Town of Mowry, in Northainotonshire. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a similar l'etition from the Inhabitants of Stowe, in Gloucestershire, and soother from the Clergy of the town and ueiglibonrhood of Camden. slr. W. CoURTENAY said, hr held in his band a Petition from the Mayor, and Corporatioaa of the City of Exeter, praymg the House not to make any further concessions to the Romaii (:atho hos. Having very respectable signatures to it, he thought it his duty to present the Petition, though he did not concur in the sentimeots it contained. — The persons who had done hi n the honour of in trusting their Petition to Ili. hands, had done tint front a belief of the similarity of his toonious on. the subject to theirs, but because they thought Member of Parliament was boomd to make known to the Li gi-lattire the sentiment' of every part of Ilia Cow.tollitnts. Mr. TienmET asked, whether another Petition h a il n ot c-one from the some body—and whether it had not been adopted at a meeting where it wis p ro posed to petition t h e Convocation against the noinati Catholics ? Mr. COURTENAT raid, that he had not received any other Petition from the present Petitioners. — fie believed this was the only one they hail agreed out. They were a perfectly distinct body from the Petitioners alluded to by the Right Honourable Gentleman. Lord Pa I.MERSToN presented a similar Petition from the Chancellor, Mastery, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge. Mr. Tomuse presented a similar Petition from the town (we believe) of 114!duck. The several Petitions were read and laid on the table, and that from Cambridge ordered to be printed. Sir If. PARNELL presented a Petition from the Meichants and Traders of Sligo, praying fur an improveineut of the commuineotion between Eng land anal Ireland.—Read and laid ou the table. Lord - EIeaINOTON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of South Mohan, and other places in Devon, praying a repeal of the doty on agricultu ral horses.—Read and laid on the table. The ruble Lord that stated that he had in tended at the commencement of the Session to move for the repeal of the duty petitioned against, but that ateing moires on the order book by other Gentlemen, fur the repeal of other tuxes more general in their pressure, lie had tlttiefore eib stained from doing so ; but lie wished to take that opportunity of giving notice, that should the other Witt to which he had alluded remain nnrepeided, it his intention to propose the removal of the one in question. A Petition was presented from the debtors im prisoned in the 'emu of Outline' for a general Act of Grace, and the total abolition of imprisonment fur debt... 44 laugh.)—Read anal laid nu the table. Mr. G. LAMS presented a Petition from George Johoson and others against the Sword Cot'ere 11,11. —Read and referred to the Cot 1111 l lupe on the Bill. Lord NIII.ToN presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of the town of Leeds far a recision of the Criminal Code.—Read, and referred to the Committee on the Bill. The Noble Lord presented another Petition from certain Occupiers of Land in the county of Hunt ingdon, for a repeal of the Agricultural Horse Duty.—Read. and laid on the table. Lord W. Russe.r.t. presented a Petition from Bedford, against the Poor Settlement Bill.—Read, and laid on the table. HOLYHEAD ROAD. Sir 11. PARNELL brought nib the Report of the above Bdl, ohiela was ordered to be recommitted to-morrow. ARMY ESTIMATES. Mr. J. P. GRANT 94n1, Witt lie had observed in the Artily Estimates on the table, a charge fur the Ophthalmic Institution ; and with a view to obtain ing information from the Noble Lord opposite oa the subject of that establishment, lie should beg leave to submit a motion to the flouse. Tlie charge was placed under the head of hospital Cm ttttt gen. cies for the Land Forces—though he thought it would more properly come under that of Medical Expenses of the Royal hospital, Chelsea. The Hon. Member then moved— s4'ilist there be laid before the House an at count 'hewing the particulars of the application of the .oust ut 9,6311 los. I °centring in the Army Estimates, u nder the head of Hump'. hi Contingencies, and particulsity distinguishing theft/stye fur the Ophthalmic hist ittitioti.".-1 tittered. DU ELLI NG (SCOTLA N Mr. BRooDEN brought up the Report of the Scotch Duelling Lill, which, with the amend ments, was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read the third ttunt to-unwrow. HOPS. Au account was ordered of all foreign hops in putted into England front the Ist October, 1817, to the Ist October, 1818, together with the amouilt of all duties and allowance% thereon. The House theta adjouringd at a quarter before lesroi o'clock. 1.17/ CHANGE. Ir 4 SCUTLAN D. —The Chief Baron of the Eacoeqmer In Scotland retires, and two eau. &tales have uti.rrd diet:lst-Ire, , fur this high office —the Chief Cuniiiiissiooer of the Jury Court, Sir WM. A DAM, mid the LORD ADVOCATU. The latter, it is reported, is the 'oust likely to succeed. The S. carol Report of the Finance Commttee has been printed. It refers exclusively to the amount of the army, coinpariag the numbers and expenditure of that branch of the public set vice, as contained in the estimates of the present year, with the numbers and expenditure of the last and he preceding year. By the several documents in /lode(' in this Report, it appears that the number of nun-commissioned officers and privates ordered to be discharged in October last amounted to ‘26,533 men, hut when the regimental r eductions now in pro gress shall be completed, the total reductions will ultimately amount to 31,916 rank and file. and 4,493 horsrs. The intended peace establishment of the army• exclusive of the regiments of cavalry and irilaotry serving in the East Indies, will theta atnount to— Cavalry Foot Gamuts I Atlory &tithing. lots, of .. 69,790 Men. This bible is compared by the Committee with the estituntes of the year 1817, by which it appears that the total numerical force reduced since the vote of 1817 (wheis the present orders shall have been carried hunt effect), will amount to 55,802 officers, tion-cit iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii officers, cod privity*. The Committee next present an account of the charge of the laud forces, exclusive of the trooo serving in France. for 11118, and of the tromps serv ing ill the F. 4.1 Indies, for the years ending re spectively the 25th of December, 1818. and the 25th of I),ceiniter, 1819, by which it appearv, that — The charge to be provided fur in led am 181 8£3,277.3:{ 10 8 Ditto, in lan+ By which it appear% that a diminution has taken place un this head iii lavitur of P 3119 of .....t 266,60 ie 6 They also subjoin &statement shewing the diffe rence between the tote' amount of estimates voted for the ordinary services of the army for 181 e, and the Hinotint ef the same estimates for 1819,, from which it appears that an increase of clatrge, amosititing to 101,534/. IS , . 54. has tikes place in 1819. The decrease is to be found in the pay of the land forces, medicines, volunteer corps, foreign half-pay ; while the increase appears under the heads of t he. staff. public departments. half-pay and military allowences, Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, widosys' iteitOmis, superailituated list, and the expenses el reducing the troops. It is evi dent, from the nature of the greater part of these heads of increase, that a reductine must take place in them in emery future year. The esti mate, however. for the present year amounts to 6,582,8021. 12r. 3d. The Committee then pro ceed to examine the revered heath of expense, hut omitting altogether the consideration of the nume rical force which is now required by the 'Ministers for the current year ; which, however, the Com mittee 110 tiot hesitate to designate as the " Intended Peace Establishment." Th e necessity of the pre cise number now estimated can never be vat's factorily ascertained in a general debate in l'ar lianient, mid it would have well become the Committee appointed to inquire into the revenue and expenditure of the country to satisfy themselves on the necessity of appropriating, in the present embarrassed state of our finances, so large a sum as six millions and a half, to the suimort of the army only. In proceeding through the details of the esti mates, we find an increase of 3,6811. under the head of " allowances to the principal officers of the several public departments." This its accounted for by an increase of salary to Nome clerks on ac count of length of service, 1,000/. for clerks em ployed in consequence of a temporary pressure of . 1 business, and against this we a lso find ■ se t-off among other matters, of the sum of 451. 121. 6il. the Rlllollllt of a reduction in the saltily of two clerks. We are not informed by the Cuininittee how it happens, that while the salary of one set of clerks it nosed from length of service, that of two other eleiliS should be reduced. Favouritism and op. pression have, we fear, existed in public offices from time immemorial, but we should have ex pected an inquiry nett 1411 occurrence so very sus picious as the present whet it was brought before a Committee of the !louse of Colunioits. There is a ieductam iii the charge of the %Voir-office, couipar- Mg the roulette of the present year with that of 1614, of 6,1Y31. 154. 10d. Nu remarks are made by the Committee upon the estimate fig supporting four regiments of cavalry, and fifteen battalmite of infantry, serving in the East Indies, because the. expeuers, exclusive of the recruiting troops mid companies, are wholly defrayed by the East India Company. It is to be remarked that, of the total estimitte, lint more than three-sevendis are appropri nett to what might be denominated the inactive part of the military service, which in the Report is marked Class 111. Thi• embraces the charge of the Itoyal Military College, the Flalf-pay and Retired Allow sures, the Peuttqutt stud Compassionnte List, Chelsea and Kiltnanshism Hospitals, 14114 i some others. The total slum estimated for the army ex penditure amount. to Ttic sum evtiniated fur Class 111 exclusive of 35,0001. fur Exchequer fees, is 2,878,218 18 ft There remeitis fur the effective part of the service nut inure than From the ebtitome of the cicirge for Claes 111. the Committee conjecture that a probable raving might lie effected io the next year to the amount of 54,8titg. tgIItEIGN INTELLIGENCE. the Comrn,ssion cliargeil to ettaatine the accounts presented by Ministers. M. Roy ascended the tribune. The Low of the ISolt of 'March, observed the Honourable Re porter, imposed upon Miiii.orno the obligitimi of sup ting their accounts to the Chisinhers ; and it was then, for the first time, that that le g i.h i tive enactment received its execution. The Midget did not iiiilicate whether the taxes authorised had been received, nor did it determine the accuracy of the disbursements as stated ; it w:Ati only in the accounts before them, laud in the Ilioctooion4 of which they were susceptible, that they could elicit ponofs of the ameliorations which had taken place, and of those which, it was permitted to hope might he effected. Passing to the subject of the advances made by the Treasury, the Re porter observed, that the Coinruis.imi deemed it e duty to communicate to them an abuse. It was to fundamental truth in financial miliiiiiit-tralion, that the public Treasury could not, nor ought not to make advances. Nevertheless, the accounts before than 'hewed, that the Treasury was in advance above 139 millions; that illeaal practice was the greatest obstacle to the discovery of truth. It was not, that fears could possibly be entertained, under u Minister so enlightened us he who was then at the hesd of sltairs; but men clisriged. mid it was to wards those whose conduct gove least room far alarm and mistrust, that it was necessary to Army the wore severity ; it was of importance to avoid the covering of fslse exp..nto.. by credits, and the nisintsitting in the public Treasury it private one. Adverting to the expenses of negociations, the year 1817, observed the Reporter, was that which preseuttil the greatest necessities arid the least re sources. They had to provide for the ordinary ex penditure, and to support foreign armies : recourse was had to Rove! host ; hot that measure only served to paralyse their efforts. The Minister, compelled to adopt the most afflicting expedients, made Treaties of all sorts. Reviewing the nature of the Treaties to which he alluded, the Speaker especially censured that made with the Bank, as the most oppressive of All ; he condemned them collectively as so many irregularities with regard to the public money, which necessity alone could ex cuse. Another Treaty had been concluded with a banking-house of Paris, equally disadvantageous to the Treasury. " The public fortune," said M. Roy, " ought not thus to be abandoned to the in• terest and faith of individuals." The Reporter next proceeded to repel the accu sations which had been mode against the negoci stions for the liquidation loan. It has been said, he observed, that foreigners alone had.been allowed to participate in it, and that Frenchmen had been excluded ; that the former had reaped the advan tages, whilst sacrifices alone were the portion of the latter. What would he said of such a reproach when it could be proved that of thirty-five millions twenty-five had been negociated by Frenchmen, and only ten millions by foreign houses ? 'flue Hon. Reporter then adverted to the mutations which re sulted from those important negociations, and winch extended to all the 'Changes of Europe. The Bank of Paris at that period, disregarding its statutes and regulations, adopted the resolution of only discounting at forty-five days. That determi nation was a fatal blow to the mercantile interests. The 'Change became a kind of sauve qui pent ; but a generous emulation came to the relief of private fortunes. The brokers mutually came forward to the support of credit, and even the 'Treasury participated in these negociations.— " These events, however," said.. the Reporter, " furnish an important lesson to the administration of the public; it teaches Ministers, that by lending themselves to speculations of this nature, they only erect, for a moment, a splendid edifice, to crush beneath its ruins those who enter it as an asylum." —( Cries of Bravo !") The Speaker next proceeded to review the ac counts of the differeot Ministers. In the depart ment of Foreign Affairs, lie observed, a supplement of credit was required for expenses incurred at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle. In that of Minister of Marine, an increase of fund* was also necessary for an expedition to Senegal and the Seas of Asia, when Government was endeavouring to establish a new system of colonization. After thus analysing the accounts of the various ministerial departments, the Reporter read the integral statement, by which it appeared that the sum of 11,310,175 francs had been expended above the aunts voted for the years 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1818. The Chamber ordered that the Report should be printed ; but adjourned the fixing of the day for taking it into consideration. A semi-neriodical Paper announces, that the Assize Court of Venues has recently passed sentence on all indictment against the Sieurs Leguesvel and Legal', accused-..lst, of being authors or accom plices in a conspiracy to overthrow the established Government ; 2d, of conspiring, in concert with the English Government, against the French Go. vernmelit ; 11, of proposals made against their country to a foreign Power, which proposals were not accepted. It came out in evidence that Leguesvel went over to Jersey, and Gam thence to England ; that he re ceived from the Governor of Jersey twenty guineas to proceed with to London, where he announced himself as an Envoy from the principal Chiefs of the Royal Army of Brittany ; that, on landing at Calais, Leguesvel and Lsgall informed the Magistrates that they had important information to disclose; that this pretended information, written by them and addressed to the Ministry, criminated several iseraoliages of consideration, &e. &c. against whom no raspicioos whatever could lie entertained, &c. The two accused were acquitted, but placed under the surveillance of the Haute-Pollee. The Attor ney-General has appealed against the acquittal.— (Gazette de France.) PARIS, APRIL 25. Areordiug to no estimate of the p o pulation o f made in 1817. the WWI ouniber of inliabi• toots is 713,966. Frriich Funds , . April 23.—Five per Cent,. 66 F. c.—Bduk Stuck, 1,510 1. BRIRLIN, APRIL 13. Several enuriere have been sent how Berlin for Petvrithurgli with dispatches, which We PAW to be very inrioortaiit. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1819• The intimation given to the Gentlemen of t!..: Stork Exchange on Tuesday by the Lords of ti Treasury, respecting the payinent of the instal. Intents un any lomi which may be contracted for the present year," and the necessary inference thence deduced that a loan is actually in contemplati on , gave birth yesterday to various rumours respec..,,4 the proluble .mount for which the CHANCELLOR oldie EXCHEQUER may have recourse to the inArk. , . The wishes of andivoluils ,nut, of course, he pre- burned to have a cousidtraine share in the ironing , . of these conjectures, but html the sagacity liithertu inau ir e q e d by tie Stork Exchange rvspectiti 4 tlo t necessities of the Treatury, we feel that every sup. position e4iniumiting from thnt source of tiosorint wisdom is entitled to some degree of respect and attention. Of these ruitiotirs, some elevated the loan so high as even twenty-five millions, while none of theirs supposed that it could be lower than eighteen ui.llsons; and between these, as the ex tremes, there were various conjectures. 11101..11s ut present su plenty in the City, that no (11thrulty could be felt by Ministers to raising a loan tip an amount far greater even than the highest of suppositions, NIA go ready are the capitalists to h cotutnodate the Goverunsent, that several li,ts Nee already prepared in expectation of the CHAN( LI, 11.0 ft of the EXCIIEQUER . , appearance. The lots already spoken of are, the Stock Exchange, Mr. ROTHSCHILD ; Messm REID, IRVING, and Co.; and Sir JOHN JACKSON and Cu. Another is said to be in agitation. o t i l e ni s t ho t t li k e t C he o y ns; :e l e a ei l v ia e v: fr r o ir, fl t , keen it w a i b il l e h t e o o r b e se co r v v e e r d the intelligence communicated on Tuesday ; but, as must have been expected, Excl...quer bills have of course risen in price. The rise, however, it must be admitted, has not been so great and rapid as might have been anticipated. By the terms of the official communication, Exchequer bills of a cer tain class, and to a large amount (the fourth part of whatever the loaf' may be), will, in the event of a loan, he taken by the Government at a pre minty of 205., which, as an additional inducement, will, together with the interest due at the day of payment, be paid in cash ; and yet, notwithstand mg such an intimation, these Exchequer bills, which previously were at a premium of 4 or ss. only, reached los. at one part of yesterday, and subse quently fell to 9s. Are any fears entertained from the recent conduct or indecisive character of the Ctuticnt.i.ost of the EXCHEQUER, that the Right Hon. Gentleman will depart from his present reso lution, or have recourse to some expedient previous to the loan, which may have the effect of invalidat ing this engagement ? But what confidence can he felt in such • system of finance—or rather in such a want of system—as is now pursued ? A constant succession of loans during a period of general peace, when the Ministers should be expected to make the ut most exertions to decrease the public debt, is cal culated to destroy every hope that the country could extricate herself from her present embarrass ments. Events which under ordinary circum stances would be attended with important conse quences, now seem to be neutralized by the im mensity of the public debt, and are received as if we had fallen so far that despair itself could present nothing deeper or darker, and that no operation of finance, proceeding from the mere motion of the Ministers, could improve our condition. The application of the Sinking Fund to meet the exigencies of the State, was again noticed last night, in the House of Commons, by Mr. GREN FELL, who, in pursuance of his notice, moved for the production of several accounts, to shew the policy of adopting his suggestion. This subject we briefly noticed in our Paper of yesterday, hut it is one which merits the most anxious atten tion of the public. Mr. GRENFELL stated, what indeed is known to every person conversant with our Sinking Fund system, that iu the original Sinking Fund Act, passed in 1786, there is 4 clause (called Mr. Fox's clause, because introduc ed into that Act by that great Statesman), by which the Commissioners for the Redemption of the tional Debt are distinctly authorised to subscribe the whole, or part of the Sinking Fund, thief: , any loans raised for the public service—iii utlic, words, the Commissioners may become LOAN CoN- TitAcToßs to the amount of all the ti iiiii ey comes into their hands. The amount of this Sink - log Fund money, as stated in the Finance Repot , . just preaented to the House, will be in the eti,utt , i; year FIFTEEN MILLIONS. The loan about lu I raised is reported by some, as we have stated, to I.e EIGHTEEN, by others TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONs. Whatever its amount may be, if the Sinking Fin stoney is applied towards it, a reduction to tl,r amount of Firma MILLIONS will lake place 1,, the amount of such public loan. If the loan 20 millions, all the Ministers will want from the loan contractors in the City, will be five nriNioss— if the loan be for TWENTY-FITE MILLIONS, lie vria only depend upon the City for TEN stati.torts.-- Mr. GILMCLL eltpreasits himself warmly . .._._ _ i Mr. K . __ EN N EDT presented a Petition from certain weenirine in the Army Estimates, under the hews al 111111 - •o. vas ..... ..•...- j -- I: hi CalaillireliClea, slid partieulsoly distinguishing deetionge might lie effected it, tile next yea; to the amount lababitains of the town of Roxburgh, praying fur- that they had important information to disclose; 1 of 54• 8661 . Vier protection fur boys employed in Cotton Facto- fur the Ophtbalmic!"""!ti°"..-4.)lderrd• DUELLING (bCOTLAND). that this pretended information, written by them T - R - A - EToRS to the amount of all the money w Inc , lorie...—Re.ol, and faol on the tables and addressed tu the Ministry, criminated several comes into their hands. The amount . of this Sink - I l i l ,tlr. It. Silty, 'no-seined a Petition from the Mr. BRooDEN brought up the Report of the Scotch Duelling Lill, winch, with the amend- 141 REIGN INTELLIGENCE. { personages of consideration, &c. &c. against whom ing Fund money, as stated in the Faience Repots Hainan Catholic Inhabitants of the parish of Rath- iimanta, was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be no raspicitios whatever could he entertained, &c. just presented to the House, will be in the ensuit , i; If . boohoos, and ;In adj•leeot parish, praying fur a repeal of tile Pcind LOWS affecting that class of the read the third time to.tnoerow. ROPS. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 25. The two eccosed were acquitted, but placed under the surveillance of the Haute-Polif:e. The Astor- year FIFTEEN MILLIONS. The loan about to fr raised is reported by some, as we have stated, to he contwonity. Au account was wittier' of all foreign hops int- CHAMBER OF PEERS, Aram 9.3. ney-General has appealed against the acquittal.— Sir June :l7 Aims presented a similar Petition posted into England front the Ist October, 1817,EIGHTEEN, by others TEVENTY•FIVE Slll.l.loNs. from severul re , pectable individuals of the town of to the Ist October, 1818, together with the outwit,' r• The Chamber referred to the examinaison of the (Gazette de France.) ....oriiiiintres, the projet or law relative to the re- PARIS. APRIL 25. Whatever its amount tiny be, if the Sinking Fin d 'few/kJ/we, Glouce.tershire. The Hots. Gentle- o f till duties and allowancer thereon. pression of crimes and off. aces cominittscl through According to an estimate of the population of money is applied towards it, a reduction to tic loll' , tinned, she re'n""' 1 "" i been .Kurd by 1311 The House theta adjourned at a quarter before the medium of the Press. 'flit- prOjet was pre. Pdrla, made in 1817, the total number of illhabl• l amount of FIFTEEN MILLIONS will take place higilly respectable individuals. i leven o'clock. sooned by the Kee,.er of the Seek. accompanied twits is 713,966. Petition to the Captain Ci.treionu presented is ------------=------;.---.--.the amount of such public loan. If th e loan l.- by MM. Com se and Citizen, Counsellor* of French Fundy, April '24.—Five per Cents. sante effect ficoi the Inhabitants tel the town and ix w CtiAsinEs IN SCUT I,A ND. —TLeChier Baron s lid ,. 20 millions, all the Ministers will want from C.e 'tensity of Ilasolon.—All the Petitions were teed of the Eaciieqwer in Scotland retires. and two can. 66 f. SU c.—Bank Stuck, 1,310 f. The projet of law on Tobacco was adopted with. loan contractors in the City, will befire millions and lard nn the table. &Wes have offered theniselve , for this high Office oust discussion, by a majority of 1 . ' , 5 against 14. BERLIN, APRIL 13. Several couriers have been sent how Berlin for . Lord GRANVILLE SoNiERSET presented Petitions —the Chief Commissioner of the Jury Court, Sir if the lom be fur TWENTY-ME MILLioNs, he tri , i from two perishes in Monmouthshire, against the AVM. ADAM, and the LoaD Anvotwre. The latter, CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Arm& 11. Pelersburgh with dispatches, which are raid to be only depend upon the City fur TEN MILLIONS. -- f Poor Settlement Bill. it is reported, is the must likely to succeed. The order of the day called fur the Report of v e r y Inirr t " . : Mr. GRENFELL caresses himself warmly to faseur !, e 1 , i '‘ %I•1 , . . . . . . ',4 - ' ,-• - "' --- - - - , • • • ' PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 25. CHAMBER OF PEERS, Aratt.9.3. The Chamber referred to the exmiiimittosi of the Committees, the projet of NW relative to the re premium of crimes and offiticea conunitn•d through the medium of the Pres% Tire Kriel was lore s.,sitrd by the Kre..er of the Srisl% accomparited by M sI. Comm and Guitot. Counsellor* of State. The projet of law on Tobacco was adopted with out discusraurr, by a majority of 125 against 14. CHAMBER or DEPUTIES, Arita 14. The order of the thy idled tur Um Report of