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/1 - 1 .1 .— .. e. . .••••• , . 1 / I 4 / 4 - \ / r, r , •••." ::' "" - , / , j ~, , - I •f ~ 4. • 1 11 , . , it. i t ..e -4-- c. , - -- 1.--- 1. ,- • --t. ,i-..• ,- / i.- • 9 f::, / ./,... Z r ,te e/ . ..?/,. /ro .I'. . • . ,/ , '" 9 e -e.._.4(" .. • . , ~' 1 .. . - , : , . • ii . ...- , . \ . -•••••-• • . • ....lb • 4 , i 4) ~ ... . .. : I f il 1 t i 4 i t , . 1 . _ _ I', /7 LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1824. No. 6,628. Price 7d. To Sail early in April, IFIOR BATAVIA, SINGAPORR, and PENANG, the remarkably fast-sailing new coped Swim. SALMON IVEIL A I. Written Zill tuns, JOHN ORANSMORE, Com. minder. Lying in the City Canal. i.e Freight or Passage apply tn EDMUND READ, 1, Rielaiwenurt, bleasatreet. INDIA HO Fen. ISM rpHE COURT EAST of DIRECTORS USE of , the UNITED 11 COMPANY of IIERCI4ANT3 of ENOLAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice. That a (GENERAL. COURT o$ the said (:01PANT will be held at their House in lAndonhall.t.treet, on WEDXESDAY, the 3d ti a. e h sect. at Eleven titlark in the Forenoon, at the desire of nine Pronrirtots, agreeably to the following letter, viz. t-- ' To the Honourable the Court of Directors of the Eaat India (:ompany.. SALES BY AUCTION. dren. An asuic.d.le suit had been commenced in Chancery in the year 11114, and bad continued till the year 1819, before which pa rind, neither the creditors nor the family were enabled to seb a freehold estate which lila Sleeman had possessed ; _they were at length enabled to but they had not yet received one shilling front it ; they had been given to understand that this delay was owing to the manner in which tl.e business of the Court of Chan cery was conducted ; the petitioners therefore prayed for an inquiry into thews:lkea. the Court ofChancery. The petition was laid on the table. anti ordered to be printed. BRITISH MUSEUM. ELTRAJI FARM, KENT. FREEHOLD ESTATE LAND-TAX REDI:EMED. GENTEEL FARM-HOHSt WITH OFFICES, GARDEN, AND NEARLY TWO HUNDRED RLS OF LAND, AU lying compact, and meet eligible for Occupation and Investment, Ry.lllr. ROBINS, (Of We nn* Hauae, Regent-strnet), At Oarraway's Coron.hattne,'Change-alley. I • )rnhill, On THURSDAY, sheath of April, Ilt2l, at wtlve o'clock, IN ONE LOT. To Sail from the River in all the Month of March, and (torn Portsmouth the 10th of April, OR MADRAS and CALCUTTA, touching at MA DEIR.t.. the Teak Ship EXMOUTH, A 1. burthen 7011 Tons, Sit M OWEN 111. C. S.), Commander (late of the Providence), lying in the City Canal. For Freighter Passage apply to the Commander, at the Jerusa lem Coffee House ; to Mews. Ricksrds, Mackintosh, and Co Bishopsgate-street-Within: as to EDMUND It EA D, 1, Riches-court, Lime-street. This Ship is fitted expresaly for conveying Passengers, for whom the accommodation will be most commodious and extensive. • •• " London, Feb. In.. Int. " Ifirsrvi.r.strw—We the undersigned Proprietors, duly pla nned, mutest vou will 411 a Court of Proprietors of East India :Stock at the earliest convenient day, for taking into their considera tion the services of the late flovernor-lienend the :timpani of flutings. Mr. BANKS brought up the annual returns of the British Museum. .. MOST VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, comprising ELTBA M PARK FARM. with a pleasant substantial Dwelling-balm and Office', enclosed Yard, Staoles for Six Horses, A Loft over Chaise-house, liarriemmotn, Wood-house, and Outdruildings; a capital Barn, and Cow-housc for Sixty Caws; Cart-sheds, Sic. sunmanded by nearly TWO HUNDRED ACRES or Capital Rich Productive Meadow and Arable Land. divided in convenient Incloaurrs, with most beautiful Silt% 1 . 01 - Building, and adjoining the high Rood front Eitham to Woolwich; and cammunicating with Eldon' Park to Elitism and Simmer's MU, only Eight Miles from Landon; plenty of fine IVater; very eligible for Investment, and for the Residence of a Gentleman fond of Agricultural pommies. A most capital Property for Gen tlemen in the Building Cooeern, as the grounds are diversified, and well calculated for erecting Villas commanding extensive &c. . . . _ . . . . I:4;iii) CHANCELLOR As!) ABERCHOMBY. Mr. ;t robe, and said that a sense of what was owing to himself, a sense of what was owing to the House, and a sense of what war owing to the prafesaion of which he was a member, alike ameurreil in inilitiaog him to bring before the House an attack that had been made on their privilege!. from the bench of justice, and ;hat too, by the Lord•lligh C' atiallor of England. Ile would first state to the House the mamwr in which he hail learnt that the observations had been made by Lord Eldon, and he would then state what he had actually said in that House, and what the Lord Chancellor had (+urged her with say hat, and then the House would he in a conditem to draw its osn conclusions. On Saturday termiing last, he (Mr. A bercriatiby) wns in the Court of Eacheepter, when a gentleman, a member of his own profession, wide whom he was not in habits of cominuaiitadon, raldraiiied hint, and stated that he had just heard a reply from the Lord Chancellor as to what he (Mr. A.) had said oa Mr. Williams's motion ; and on his Inquiring what that was, he was told that the Lord Chancellor had imputed to him the molding forth an utter falsehood to the public. On the Gentleman's assuring Itirn of the anairsey of what he had stated, he nroceedeil immediately to Lincoln's-inn, ee ascertain the full truth of it, and the short-hand writer, who w.. in (bun taking notes of the proceedings for the public, voluntarily addressed hint, sating him if he hail seen what the Lord Chancellor had said of him that morning; and' he then put notes, which be had written out fairly, into his hands, where the words "utter falsehood" were interlined. He asked the short-hand writer foe a copy of his notes, which he declined giving, but allowed him to shew his original notes to another short-hand writer, who read the notes, and they were just the same as had been stated to him. lie (Mr. Alice ertiniby) subsequently saw another Gentleman of his own profes sion, and one on whose honour add integrity he placed the fullest reliance, who had been in Court, and to whom he hail stated what had been read to him. That Gentleman tulinitted having heanl the whole of it, and his only doubt as to its accuracy was whether die Chancellor had said aa •• titter falsehood" or "another false hood ;" if indeed the latter was the phrase, it made it the more in- tolerahle. After an interval, when lie had had thee for reflection, he again saw the same Gentleumn who at first mentioned the subject to him in the Court of liteh•n i tier,ard he then asked him if he woe sore the Lord Chancellor bad imputed to him the publishing an utter falsehood, and whether it might not apply to son,: one else t and he was told that it could not, tie die only two Members who had taken part in the debate against the Court of' Chancery were his lion. Friends the Members for tVinchelsea and Lincoln, and their line of argument had no reference to the subject of appeals and re hearings,as must be in the recollection of thellouse and as it stands in evidence in the report on that debate. He did not doubt that when hoed Elikm had I/1311C use of these remarks, he had impressed those who heard hint with the notion that he (31r. A.) had been guilty of uttering gross falsehoods, and he should wish to know what entitled Lord Eldon to do such things with impunity. In the course of the morning, when he had satisfied himself, from all the quarters which he had mentioned, of the exact words which the heard Chancellor had used, he went to a Gentleman, a 3lember of that House, and told him that he should take time to consider as to the course he should pursue; but that, if he did not alter his mind, he should bring the subject before the House. He had since communicated with the Gentleman to whom he had msde this state ment, and he (Mr. A bererombv) had no doubt that he had com municated with hoed Eldon. Ile had now stated the means lie had used to discover what the Chancellor had said; he would read front a Newspaper the observations that hail been made by Lord Eldon, and he must say, that what was stated in that Newspaper, as hay ing fallen front the Lord Chancellor, agreed in every respect with what he had heard. Ile should therefore assume that it was cor rect. The lion. Member then read as follows " Your obedient servants, " JAS. SHAM I " DOUGLAS KINEAJED " C. Fi.owrit " JOSEPH Wier " J. C. VILLIESS " DANDLE JACKSON " ED. CODRINGTON " TKOS. AIUIIDOCE " ALEX. JOHNSTON." JOSEPH DART, Steretsffy. To sail from the Hirer in March, and from Portsmouth the 11th of April, FOR BOMBAY Direct, the fast-sailing Teak Ship TRIUMPH, A I. a Constant Trader; VICOIAS GREEN. Commander (of the lion. Company's Service, and late of the Ship Barkworth); burthen Milq tons; lying in the City Canal. For Freight or Passage apply to Capt. Green, at the Jerusalem Coffee-house; to 11es.:m. Palmer, Wihion, and Co. King's Arms- Sand; to 31r. Robert Taylor ;or to EMIUND READ, I, Riehes-amrt, Lime-street. This Ship is fitted expressly for the Aeonsonodstion of POMP. pm, and carries an expaieneld surgeon. TO TIII: PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDLt STOCK. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IHAVE the honour to inform y ou t h at i t i s not my in tention to otter myself to 611 the ',eat in the Direction. which has become vacant by the death of your late highly-respected and able Dina -tor, Sir T. Reid. Rart. I beg at the some time to State very respectfully, that I propose to cane forward on the occasion of the next npeutog which may occur, when I shall have the honour of subMitting More luny the grounds uu which I presume to solicit Tour cuuntsumum and sap. pet. 1 have the honour to be. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant. HENRY ALEXANDIift. 37, 1 7 pper Harley -street, Ist March, 1824. May be viewed, by appl ia lo si : m tbe Premises, where Particulars may be had ; at the Cast ; Dull, Strainer's 11111; Royal Morldri_Woulwich ; Ihnins , ileckliesch; Red Lion, Lewis ham ; Crown and kir:spire, and Ship, Greenwich; of Mis.srs. Jen kins, James, and Abbot, Solicitors, New Inn; at liarr•.waJ's; and of Mr. Robins, No. 170, Regent-etrect, where a Plan in the Letate may be sees. A T a PRELIMINARY MEETING of NOBLE 1-I. MEN and GENTLEMEN, held at the City of Lot 10 Tavern, on Thursday, the 13th of February, 1t24-.. GENUINE PICTURES-ONE ENTIRE PROPERTY. Reno d Unanimously. That this Meeting, taking into consideration the frequent loss of human life by shipwreck, and believing, that by the preconcertcd exertionsof practical men, and the adoption of practical means, such calamities might often be averted. am of opinion that • NATIONAL. INSTITUTION should be formed (to be sup ported bv voluntary donations and subscriptions), for the prelims. twin of fife in eases of SHIPWRECK on the coasts of the United Kingdom ; for ambit"( such immediate assistance to the persons rescued as their necessities may require ; for conferring rewards on those who preserve their fellow-creatures front destruction ; and tOr granting relief to the destitute families of any who may anfonu- Lately perish in attempts to save the lives of others. Resolved I 'nanimously, That the following be a Provisional Committee in the interim, with power to add to their number : Henry Baring, Esq. M.P. John Clark Powell, Esq. 'Lied Amelins Beane:leek Joseph Pulley, Esq. Henry Blanchard, Esq. John V. Punier, Esq. John William Buckle, Esq. Lord Suffield Captain Desna Olinda', R.N. Berctan.in Shaw, Esq. Samuel Gurney, Esq. Christopher Tennant, Esq. George Ilibbert, Esq. Joshua Walker, Esq., M.P. Samuel Hoare, EMI. Joshua Watson Esq. George mail, Eaq. Thomas Wilson ,: Esq., M.P. Rev. 11. li. Norris His MAJESTY having been TO THE PROPRIETORS-OF EAST INDIA STOCK. I.anti:s AND (iENTLEMEN. leiniaeluenee of the lamented death of Sir Thomas Reid, Hart., I take the liberty of soliciting die honour of your votes and 'airport as a CANDIDATE foe the VACANT SLAT in the I►IRLITION of - your AFFAIRS. Permit me to express toy warmest acknowledgments for the kind encouragentem which I have received since the last election : also most romectfully to entreat the cnntinued exertions of my friends, it being my determination to proceed to the ballot. I bare the honour to be, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obliged faithful Servant, .1. PETTY MUSPRATT. New Broad -street, March 1 , 11124. It. Mt. sYA NLE V, At his Rooms, /Id llood-stretn, THIS I)AY. AGenuine COLLECTION of PIC . I'CIIES, entirely the Property of a Gentleman, an eminent Collector, removed from his country residence; cotnprlsing Speeunens of Iterghem, P. Potter, Micro, Van Tol, Ib Jardin, Lingelhach, Ronteyn,L'an Harp. Rachel Ituysch, Janson*. Palatnedeu, Stoffe, F. ILA, tire veldt, lk Konirgh, Carlo Dolei, Lairesse, Tiepolo, and various other distinguished Masters, Italian and Flemish. May be viewed two days preceding the Sale, and Catalogues had. PLATE, GOLD WATCHES. JEWELS. &c. By Messes. MACHIN and DEBENHAfiI, At their Auction Rooms, lb, liksif-street. Covent-garlen, Ott THURSDAY, the 4th met. at 11 o'clock. FLEGA NT Brilliant Rings, Brooches, Pins, loose Brilliants, of the finest water, .tmethyst and Pearl Suits, richly chased Fine, Gold Chains, Seals, and Keys, and tither fash ionably Jewellery; Gold, Silver, and Toinoise-shell Musical and other Snuff liwa; modem Plate, in Tea Sets, Cups, Tankards, Waiters, Coffee Pots, Spoons, Forks, &c.; superior Repeating, Duplex, Lever, Horizontal, and Plain Watches, in Gold and Silver Cases, and by the most esteemed makers ; Plated floods and other Effects. TO TUE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Lantos ♦ND GENTLEMEN, consequence of the lamented Death of your late I highly respectable and esteemed Director, Sir Thome,' Reid, I beg leave again to introduce myself to your notice as a CAN. DI I/ATE roe supplying the Vacancy occasioned by that regretted event. In my Circular of the 13th N0v.1823, I took the liberty of sub mitting to you the public _rounds upon which my hopes of obtain ing your support and stifficzes are bounded • and I now beg to renew the expression of my resolution to proceed to the ballot at the ensuing Election. As 1 understand that some doubts have been entertained respect. ing my eligibility of being chosen a Director, and that an ob jection has been started to my being chosen, foufolps, on the sup position of my bring a Pensioner of the Crown, I think it right to declare that I ant not a Pensioner of the Crown, and that 1 ant in possession of the opinion of the highest Law Authorities in this *swore, that I am nut within the disqualifying clause of the 13th Geo. In. cap. CO, sec. 2. Allow me to return my most sincere acknowledgments for the kind reception I have alteady experienced front you, and to add that 1 shall use my best exertion. to pay my respects to all the Proprietor; should any antission take place, I trust you will have the goodness to ascribe if to accident, and the shortness of the pe riod that mar intervene before the Election. _ The enure property of Mr. Norman, Princes-street, and Mr. Purse, Land, n-wall. May be viewed, and catalogues had at the Rooms as above. mt graciously pleased tosignify his become the PATRON, e nukes of YORE, CLARENCE, rICE.-PATHONS, benc.iiient intention to I And their Royal Hip:lineages the and SUSSEX, V The Earl of Liverpool having c DENT. This day is published, price 3s. 6d. 111ANCIPATION • or, Practical Advice to British Slaveholders; with Suggestions toe the General Improve ment of West India Affairs. to become the rtE3l. and Earl of Lorettale I:Ad Spencer Lord Amehue Beauelerk, and Lord Suffield, Vier-PaEsinkwre, The Arehbivhop of Canterbury Bishop of Owner Bishop of Durham Pukt of St Alban's Earl of Craven By T. S. WYNN, Formerly resident in the West Indies. Sold by W. Phillips, throw-yard. Lombard-street t J. and A. Arch, Cornhill T. and 0. Unslerwood, 32, Fleet -street; and J. Ilatchard and Son, Piccadilly. PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LORDS, MoynAT, MAICII 1. A GENERAL MEETING will be helJ at the City of London Tavern on TiII:HSI/AY, the 4th of :Basch, at Twelve for One precisely. for the purpose of establishing such Institution ; at which 3letning his Grace the LORD A RCHBISIIOP of CAN TERBURY has kindly intimated his willingness to take the Chair. THOMAS WILti4)N, Chairman. 1 bait etc honour to be, withthe greatest respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient humble ~errant, ROBERT T. FARQUHAR. Bruton -street, March I, 1821. Viscount Goal' took the oaths and hit seat, as a Representative Pea of Ireland, in the rotionof th e late Lord Powersrourt. Subscriptions received by W. Settee, Esq., Treasurer, Mansion. house-turret ; and the several Bankers of the 3letropolis. MILITARY CANAL. A person from the Office of the Royal Military Canal Com missioners, presented an account of the tolls and rates, and ales of the disbursements of the Royal 3111itary Canal, to the 31st of December, 1323. A penes' from the 1 1 = 31 V RAP irseenS i tseral miscellaneous papers and returns, in Runsuatice of the order of the House. GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF THE SILK TRADE. 911 IE Deputation appointed to confer with the Right Honourable the l'hancellor of the Exchequer upon the two. posed Alteration of the Silk 'Manufacture, desirous to allay the anxiety of the Trade throughout the country,. report that thee, this day. had an interview, and stated the op inion of the trade, as follows : SIR R. T. FARQUHAR'S COMMITTER will SIT DA ILV at the LONDON TAVERN, Bisaorgase-atiaet, yllte all Corrnuniattaxes relative to bia libetioa weU be *wk. trOnUllittte Room, Lemke Tavern, 31areh 1, 1824. EXeHt,QUEB DIALS BILL, &e. The House went into a Cormuittoe no the Tranals in Aids Bill, the ExchNuer rung iisomeoe) Bill. the Irish Court, of Law Bill, and the Reciprocity of Duties Bill, the several clauses of which pww.ed without amendments. On the House resuming, their Lordships adjourned. " We canwot, in the present eirtumstances of the Silk Trade. nor in any alteration that will follow immediately on the remi.sion of duty, admit the possibility of introducing foreign wrought *Wu' for home consumption. " We arc firmly persuaded, that it will require the experieree of years (in our opinion many yrins of what may be the effect of the repeal of duty, and the renioval of all restrictions from labour and capital, with the introduction of considerable improvement in the machinery employed in this manufacture, before any safe prat. oval opinion can be given on this momentous question. We cub mit, that ander the factitious system on which this 111411 U. facture has been conducted in this country, its various interests and establishments have become so complicated, and so dependent on prohibition and protection, that a return to the principles of poli tical economy of the present day (however just in the abstract), ta, to this manufacture, matter of great practical difficulty, aril ha. tardous in the experiment. We implore the Government and the Legislature to consit'er„ that under the vitiating ilystern of prohibition, a very large capital has been embarked, on the employment of which a very numerous population has been taught to depend for subsistence: and that in this question the security of the former, and the subsistence of the latter. is involved. •, li'e entreat his 3lajcsty s Government to admit the question of remitting the duty on silk, to stand entirely uncontiected with any alteration in the rrohibition that the silk trade now enjoys as we do not hesitate to declare, that though this remission of duty, under judicious regulation, would be a boon to the trade, giving to all its departments increased activity and strength, yet, were the remission coupled with any determination to infringe on the pro hibitory sjstetn, now, or at any time, which could be at present determined upon, it would be regarded by all classes of the trade as a grievous I team ity." After a patient hearing, his Majesty's Government declared that they will not separate duty from prohibition, and that the represen tations of the Deputation shall have immediate attention. JI )11 N PH I PPS, Secretary. Weavers' Hall, London, March 1, 11124. KING'S THEATRE. QIGNOR RENELLI respectfully begs kayo to inform 13 the Nobility and G. itry. Subscribers to the Opera, and *the Public. that the FIRST CONCERT of ANCIENT and 3IIDERN S.le/tEll 3117.51 C, similar to the CakfleanS Spirt. tuels at Paris, will take place on FRIDAY next, the ath mat. TRIVCIVAL ♦OC.\L PERFOINIRS. Madame ratalani, Signora Priori do Herds, ‘'estris, and Mbi% Tree, Signora earadori, Signora Biafora Signor Garcia, Sipco de Begnts, Signor Plata* Signor Curioni, Signor Porto, Signor lienetti. Leader of the Band—Mr. Sparseletd. VOA THE SOLOS, Messrs. Lin , Pune, Ceniruni. Monsani, and Kiecewettcr. Mr. Harris will preside at the Organ; Signor Cords at the Piano.Fortc. Th: Orchestra and Chonases will he selected from the first Per form :Ts, and consist of uprards of 120 persons. The whukto he under the direction of Signor ROrtSINI. The rettiamutg Concerts to be on the succeeding Fridays during Lent. 1 PART I. - (bemuse from the " Freyehutt" - Weber. " The Seven Last %Vora' of the Redeemer on theerows." The rural part,' by 3lesdumes restris, Caradori. Bia glob. ( &stein. Messrs. Garcia. Curioni, Porto, Mimi, Benetti, and Fifty Chorus singers - Haydn. (By partit alai dallier), " Rule Britannia," by Madame ('ataiini, as sung by her with utibountled applause. ia bublii, Edi n b urg h, and the principal Cities in tha I. nited Kingdom. PART 11. - ---- - --- Grand Symphony. by 3luzio Clementini, who will him self pre s id e at the by - Clementini. " Gratin Agirous," by tlatlame Catalani, with Clari. rote Obligate, by Ur. Wilman p10w.." Adelasia e A lersnio," by 111:ssrs. Garcia and . l'utioni . • Mayer. . . . - A solo on the Hautboy, composed and executed by Si.mor l'entroni. " Angeis Ever }fright and Fair," be 31adameCatalani llandcL " Teri -tto." from " Elizabetta," by Mesdames Vestris, f'sstelli, and SIKTOT Garcia - . - Rossini. " Great God." by 31adanie Catalani - - Ilandil. Quintwo, from . 4 10.. e in Egitto," by Signora Cara don. and Me•srs. Garcia, Chriani, Porto., and iknetti Rossini. A l'ravc , .. from " 31use in Egitto," by Madame Bia gio! i. and Messrs. Cononi and Benetti, with the Chorus and a 31ilit ar y B an d - Rossini. Spophor y. AlTlimintt respecting Rotes to be made to 31r. SEGI'IN, Opera (office, 105. ()nails/int. Regent-street. Prit z of !foxes. for itioaki‘ Concerts—To Subseribeni, 15 guineas: to Notwilibseribeni. IN guineas: Nightly, I guineas. .linik,on to the Pit. 7..; Gallery, 3... lid. The (.:meats will begin at fialf.pa•t Sercn o'clock. TO THE Fit()PItIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LAMES AND OENTLIIIEX IN consequence of the Death of your late highly estimable Director. Sir Thomas Reid, I have the honour to inform you, that I shall redeem the pledge which I gave you on the FBI) November last, by proceeding to the Ballot on the occasion of the present Vacancy. In soliciting your attention to the subjoined Resolutions, passed at a Meeting of my Friends. permit me to add, that the numerous assurances of support which I have since received, while thsv &Joni me every prospect of success, call for my warm acknow ledgments; and I vcitture to assure you, that should I be rimed by your favour in the high and responsible situation to which I aspire. my time and attention will be devoted to its arduous duties, and my best exertions will he used to maintain and promote the various and important interests which are entrusted to those who have the direction of your affairs. I have the honour to he, with great respect, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant, H. ST. O. TUCKER. N 0.3, Crrer Portland place, Ist March, lOU Mr. Tucker's Committee will sit daily at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, where any communication' from his friends will be thankfully received. A ' a Numerous aml highly Respectable MEETING of PROPRIETORS of EAST INDI.I STOCK, held at the City of London Tavern, on the 27th Nov. 1323, Sir THOMAS BA RI NO, Bart. 31.1'. in the Chair, The following Resolutions were passed unanimously :- Ist. Proposed by Sir AlexanderJohnstnn, and seconded by George Cumming, Esq. 31.1'. " That as the administration of the affairs of the British posses sions in India involves the exercise of every function appertaining to a great and powerful Empire, it is of essential importance that among the Members of the Executive Body appointed to regulate and control the conduct of the Local Authorities, there should be found a due proportion of individuals. qualified by tiiiii!ovinent in the several departnients of the public service in India, for the efficient discharge of that great and responsible duty. 2.1. Proposed by John 31anin, Esq. M.P. and seconded by Wm. Remington, Esq. " That Henry St. George Tucker, Esq.. having, in the course of active service in India. comprehending a period of twenty-three years, discharged the functions of several of the highest Civil Offices in India, especially those of t'te Financial, Revenue, and Judicial Departments. with a degree of ability and success that re. peatedly obtained for him the recorded approbation of the Autho rities both at home and abroad (as fully set forth in the official documents circulated with .Me. Tucker's Address to the Proprietors of the .1:11 .May. 1821, to which this Meeting particularly requests the attention of the Proprietors of East India Stock), that Gentle man palm/ism, in the opinion of this Meeting. fair pretensions to aspire to the honourable and important situation of a 31ember of the Executive Body of the East India Company." 3d. Proposed by Thomas Weeding, Eaq., and seconded by Thomson Mulkey, Esq. " That the accession of knowledge and experience which Mr. Tucker .I°o.l bring to the Court of Directors, in addition to gene ral talents and acquirements, must be deemed peculiarly valuable in the financial and judicial branches of the Administration, in which he held surcesaively the bigh and responsible situations of Accoentard-Gcneral. Judicial anti Revenue Secretary, and Secre tary in the Financial and Colonial Departments. 4th. Proposed by Lewis Loyd. Esq. and seconded by Robert Shedslon, Esq. " That, in addition to the qualifications above noticed, Mr. Tucker has had an opportunity of acquiring an extensive know ledge of the principles of commerce, and of their practical applica. titre to the reciprocal interests of India and the Mather Country, in cm:sequence of his having held the office of Public or Commercial Secretary to the Supreme Government, and of his haling been placed in other situations involving the practical details of corn. mere:: upon a very extensive scale." Sth. Proposed by Richard tampbell BUM, Esq. and seconded by Edward 'fetcher, ENV .‘ That on the ground of these high qualifications, the Proprie tors present at this Meeting, actuated by the desire of upholding the weight and efficacy of the Executive Body, earnestly recont. mend to the Proprietors of East India Stork the election of Henry St. Boorge Tucker, Esq. to a Seat in the Direction on the first va cancy which may occur, and pledge themselves to employ their strenuous exertions Mr the accomplishment of that object. ' THOMAS BARING, Chairman. Sir Thomas Baring having quitted the ('hair— It was moved by Sir Alexander Johnston, seconded by Thomson Ilan key, Esq. and resolved unanimously, " That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. for his very able conduct in the Chair." FASHIONABLI: HATS. ()BERT FR.INKS, corner of Beech-street, Barbican, t is now Selling superior SUPERFINE BEAVER HATS, warranted u ot; of excellent quality and fast colours, at the low Price of ONE GUINEA, _ C of llcd Cruus,ureet. HOUSE OF COM3IONS,IIIorDAr, BIAIICII I. The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. TAX ON FOREIGN WOOL. Sir J. ASTI.EY presented a petition from the woollen manu facturers of Wiltshire, against the repeal of the tax on foreign wool.—laid on the table. Sir J. ASTLEY prevented a petition from Mr. R. Gourley, praying the Houle to take into consideration the condition of the English peasantry. The petition being read. seated that that Honourable House had evinced a great disposition to legislate for the amelioration of the negro slaves, but the petitioner represented that these slaves were in a situation far preferable to many of the lower classes in England, who were compelled to break stones on the road, which, alter all, did not procure them more than a li.ac sustenance; whereas the negro slave had an estate of his own, on which a day was set apart for him to labour, and with the produce of that la bour he could support his family. The petitioner preyed the House to take these circumstances Into its consideration, and to ex tend more of itesvmpathies to the sufferings of the English pea santry.—Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. SLAVE TRADE. Sir W. ROWLEY presented a petition front the town of Ains worth in Suffolk, against the Slave Fratle.—laid ou the table. Mr. LEGGE presented a petition from Banbury, against the Slave Trade.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. TR E3IA VNE presented a petition from the inhabitants of the town of Lynn, against the Slave Trade.—Laid on the table. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE presented a petition from the inha bitants of Wellington, in the County of Somersetshire, against the Slave Trade.—Ordered to lie on the table. COAL DL'TV. Sir WM. ROWLEY presented a petition from the parish of Bromley. against the duty on coals.— Laid on the table. Mr. CII WLEY presented a petition from the town of Here ford, against the duty on cools.—Laid on the table. Mr. FLE3I !NG presented a petition front the parish of Ems worth, against the duties on coals. —Laid on the table. Mr. Alderman WOO!) presented a petition from the Inha bitants of the Ward of Bishopvgate, praying for an equal taxation on coals. RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS. Sir 11'M. INGILBY presented a petition front the town of Lincoln, praying the House to adopt the Bill for the more easy re covery of Small Debts—Laid on the table. LICENCE Drf Y. Sir W. I NG I I.ltY resented petitions from the innholders of the towns of Lowth and Hotneastle, against the licence duty.-- Laid on the table. Mr. F1.1:31 ING presented a petition front the liceneed victual lers of the town and county of Southampton, against the Licence Ditties.—Laid on the table. Mr. S YIiES presented a petition from Ball, against the Licence Ditty. Mr. STUART AVORTLEY preserted petitions from the inhabitants of the city of York and town of Skipton, against the Licence Duties.—Ordered to lie on the table. 110CSE TAX. Sir W3l. GI'ISE presented a petition from the inhabitant householders of the town of Cheltenham, praying foe a repeal of the tax on Houses.—Ordered to be printed. 1111511 SHIPPING. Mr. WII. WILLIAMS moved for a return of the number of ships, and the amount of their tonnage engaged in the Irish trade, between Jan. 5, 1817, and Jan. S, 182L—Onlered. DUTY ON 1)00S. Mr. CURW E X presented a petition from the owners of sheep parks in Cumberland, against the duty on dogs.—Laid on the table. FIRST FRUITS. Sir J. NF.W PORT moved that there be laid before the Houle, a return of the payments made by the Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, for First Fruits within the last ten years. The lion. hart. moved for the same returns from the Archbishops and Bishops of England, observing tloat they were necessary preliminaries of the motion of which he had given notice.—Ordered. 3lr. WA RILE presented a petition from the inhabitants of Ma ry-la-bonne, against bear-baiting and other demoralising sports. — Ordered to be laid on the table. LEATHER TAX. Lord ALTIIORP presented petitions from the inhabitants of the towns of Perth and Stafford, against the heather Tax. 3lr. CAIAHAFT remarked, that he thought this a tax which ought, of all others, to be repealed, and enforced its serious con sideration on the Chamber of the Exchequer. Ordered to lie en the table. DELAYS IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY. Lord J. RUSSELL nresented a petition from the inhabitants of the County of Devon, praying the House to inquire into the pee tice of the Court of Chancery. The Noble Lord stated that the petit i oners were creditors of a person of the name of Sleeman, brewer, who was indebted to them to t h e amount of 20.001. but who it was supposed was pos sessed of property sufficient to defray these debts, and to leave a l arge surplus to his widow and live ehif. Lord Chancellor—As it has been represented that the person who sits here does mischief by hearing certain motions without the signature of Counsel, that is to say, when motions have been made to discharge an order of the Vice-Chancellor, or the Master of the Rolls, that such motions have been btotipht on leithout the signa ture of Counsel, I have only to state, that having been in this Court since the year Ina, whenever a motion has been made before the Master of the Rolls, *lnch he has refused to allow; or whir* he did aliew. ame upon an application to the Chancellor, to ago lam Ow Woo el W Bails *a4 dole. mi ivy iilt gether, and so again whenever a motion has been made tu ate Vice-Chancell or , and Counsel have been of opinion Usti thei motion had been improperly granted or discharged, the party hall always in all these eases, ken at liberty to Move again, sith a view to set the matter right, and if the signature of Counsel be ne cessary to alter the practice of the Court, as it has obtained since the period I have mentioned, all I can say is, that I have not a right to tax the King's subjects in that way. With respect to ap peals and rehearings, it is supposed that I have heard them on new evidence, and thereby brought discredit on some part of the Court- It is an utter falsehood ! On rehearing, it is always competent to read the evidence given in the cause, though it was not read in the Court below, either by the Counsel er the Judge ; further than that the Court does not go. On appeals it Only reads what has been read in the Court below ; and that mactice I hate never de parted from in any one instance; therefore, really, before things are so represented, particularly by gentlemen with gowns on their backs, they should at least take care to be accurate, for it was their business to be so." " 111 r. Agar.—Upon motions it would be impossible for Counsel to certify. '• The Lord Chancellor.—Such motions u I have referred to hate been made for half a centur►, and never with the signature oft ounsel; and yet the public are told that the signature or Ceun sel is net mazy by Act of Parliament, and that I have dispensed with it." Now he (Mr. Abercromhy) must state, that there was nothing at that time before Lord Eldon that could have called fur these ani madversions; he travelled out of his Ir.) , to make them, and therefore such an attack must have been premeditated. There were two things which he had no doubt would have been observed by lion. 31embers who heard him; they wore—that no men tion was made in those remarks of either the House of Commons or of himself; yet who could read them, and not know that they had reference to the debate which had taken place on the motion of his lion. Friend the Member for Lincoln ? He would beg of the House to recollect who it was that had made these observations— the Lord High Chancellor of England; and to recollect also that he had made them from the seat of justice. lie could not sup pose that any person would rise and say it was not a subject in which that House could interfere, and that there was no proof that the remarks applied to that House or any of its Members. He woold assume that that House was meant, and that he was the person charged with having uttered Falsehoods ; and he felt that if he submitted quietly to such an aspersion he could not too soon be obliged to quit, not only that House, but his profession also, and even the society of gentlemen. If it should appear that these ob servations were made on &statement that had never been made, and that it was ftbricated, for the purpose of contradicting it, he should like to know what would be the condititm of Mem bers of the professio of the law who nem Members of that House ? He would next, with the permission of the House, proceed to the statement which on a former night he had made. As there was no Hoe. Member in that House who spoke with less premeditation than he did, so he would not undertake to vouch for the accuracy of the exact expression which he used in the debate of a former ' night; but he was confident that he could safely lay the truth and substance of everything he then said fairly before the House. 'Fe that part of his statement on which the Lord Chancellor of Eng land had thought proper to comment so severely. he now meant to direct the attention of the House. It was that in which he stated, that •• one mint important object of the Commissioners to inquire into, was that which regarded the effects of the interference of the Nord Chancellor with the practice of the Vice-Chancellor's Court." The three points which forme] the subject of the discussion on the former, were as related to the practice of the Court—in appeals, in rehearings, in motions, and in orders of bankruptcy. The practice of the Court front 1813 to 1819, was the standard of re ference to which he matte allusion at that time. Up to that time, which was the time in which the Vice•Chaneellor's Court was eetablished, the practice had been established on a ground for which there were stmng reasons for alteration in the present con dition of the l'ourts of Equity. One principal object expected to he derived from the institution of that Ntart, was to fulfil the pur pose of excluding and not including appeals. The signature of Counsel in such instances was desirable; foe it amounted to a se curity to the Court against speculative and vexatious appeals. But although this was the practice in cases of appeal, yet a different one prevailed with regard to motions. In cases of motions hearn before the Vict.Chancellor, and referred from hint to the lord Chan cellor, the suitors, after a discussion in the lower court, saw the weakness of their can. which they supplied by new a ffi davits and fresh evidence. Thus the Lord Chancellor and the Vice-Chancellor can:e frequently to a different decision on the none motion, and collision of opinion between the two Judge' was what he (Mr. Abe:enmity) thought highly derogatory from the respect which was due to the inferior Court This was a practice which certainly was a fitting one for the Commissioners to investigate, and for this statement of his opinion that it was so, he was cen sured and reviled. What does the Lord Chancellor himself say with regard to motions ? His own words were, " I have only to state, that having been in this Count since 1778, whenever a nut tion has been made before the Vice-Chasitellot to vary what the Jilaster of the Bolls had done, or to destroy it altogether ; and so again, whenever* motion bas been mete before il• Vice-Chan cellor, anti Counsel have been of opinion that the mutton had been improperly granted or discharged, the party has always in allthosc eases been at liberty to move again, with a view to set the matter right ; and if the signature of tounscl be necessary, to alter the practiceof the Court as it has obtained since the period I hare nicntioned, all I can say is, that I have not a right to tax the King's subjects in this way." The Chancellor here says, that on the renewal el motions Were hint, signatures of Counsel were net affixed ; so he (31t. Alin-ninth)) said too; aid he celled ihe attention to the omission of signatures in the cases of renewed nee ! Yam.. an contrasted whh the practice Mat prevailed with rtgatd to appeals. Althoogrf each may hat• been the practice fonnerty, the inetuutfon of the Vice.l.7hancellor's Court ass a pound tee ahem tion in the practice. ft should be borne in mhtt, that the Master of the Rolle did not hear special motions—if he were not correct in saying se, the Solicitor-General would correct hint. (The Solt citundieneral iniimated area( acmes thetable.l There was there. bore no ground for likening the practice which prevailed before the institution of the Tier-Chancellor's Court, to that which should hare prerelled after ks establishment. as the Tice-Chancellor en.' untainted special motions, and the Master of the Rolls did not. —ln stating this matter tit a fernier night, he had rely said that it was a fair abject of inquiry, and that the Commei.ionere ought to direct their attention towards it. This NUM presented • new state of facts and on new matter was the d e cneo e of th: LugeChaacellor termed. It had been also ettribeted to hint that he 'dad referred to " an Act of Parliament weigh dimmed that co appeal should be heard on new evider.ce," and that be had ap plied it to motions ffrat heard before the Vice-Chancellor, and atter. wards referred to the Lord Chancellor. He ( Mr. Abercromby ), on the onntrary, had cern contrasted the propriety of the practice in cases or appeal and in (VW, set down for further directions. with the practice as regarded motions ; so that the lewd Chancellor not only attributed expressions to him which he did not utter, bat even reversed what he did say. (Hears) Signatures of counsel were tits primed with when the Master ante Roll. had bat very few motioni before him, and when there was no Vice-Chancellor's Court. Thereftne with the change of system there ought to be an improve. meet also ; and some t zl i zion should be introduced *kith would prevent persons Ikon • aloe out of the hands ef thelt'ice-Chan -tenor. because his decision did not plearo the disapgrelled suitor, and bringing It before the higher Court. These were the opt niuns which he stated on a former night, he entertained them • the expression of the was • duty that he owed the country, and for this discharge of his duty was he reprotiented sa a degraded character, and as a Krum kiln had abused hie seat in Parliament, When and where did the Lord Chancellor speak thus of me ? Was I pre.ent ? liefore whom did he say so? Before those who, if he had not a teething but what he detived from professional pllftWitS, would effect his euin. To whom did bespeak thus ? To reporters ; who, before the Ink was dry with which they had taken down the expression, sent forth to the publie this charge and imputation on my character? And who was it he took an opportunity of thus cilunedating ? An humble member of iii, own proftssioe, to whoin his ()temente/4s win s likely to be pxuliarly prejudicial and iniurieus. It he (Mr. Abercromby ) had been prevent, and heard the exprentien of the Lord Chancellor he hoped that he wane d hare felt too sensitively to have remain:id altneether silent ; yet if he attempted to speak in explanation, or in vindication of his coirouct it would have been before one who had the power of preventing him front doing so. If he pere‘sted, the Lord Chancellor might fur. ther exerrom his power, and commit hint to the Fleet. Thu he would have been left deteneelees ; and if this House would not afford redress and protection to him, he was at a loss to know front what twine he was to expect it. If there was a complaint that due caution had not been °Nerved, front whom, he wool(' ask, was most caution requisite? whether from him, in the statement he had made, and the cerreetnee. of which he was prepared to substantiate, or in the hoot. Chancellor, who had impeached its fidelity ? It he was wanting in caution in any statement he !lad made, he stood there in that House amongst hi cquitis, where. if he had advanced any thing that was false or inaccurate , there were many about him, his impeders in ability, who would be ready to confute and bring him to shame. But how different was the situation of the Lone Chancellor, who had 'sought, on the seat of jetelee., to Calumniate and destro his fame betere the profession of which he was a mem ber, and t hat too in a place and at a time where the accused paity had no right or opportunity of reply. And where could he find satisfaction for the injustice rendered him, if denied it here? Was he to appeal to the Court of t'lleticery, and expose himself to the delays of weeks, rind even perhaps years, which delays were attri buted to an weal* infirmity, and anxious sensitiveness iri the mind of the Nesbit Lehi who presided there. Wm he to wait for the filing of bills end supplemental bills, and patiently wait the termination of proceedings which would probably never have an end ? From whom did he learn that he (11r. A.) made the state ment which induced the Lord Chancellor to impute a falsehood to hint ? There were legitimate persons to whom he might have ape pealed, and who he was sure ceuld have accurately informed hei. of what he said, and who would not have entertained such a state ment as formed the subject of his censure. Had he applied to the Honourable Member fur Tewkesbury or Exeter, he would not have I been supplied with information that amid have warranted such a charge, But supposing that he had made the statement, and that wen it was (as it was note incorrect. abut right or authority had any ledge to interfere with the rriciicigew of debate is that Mows ? if such • right were tolerated or allowed, if ea* a top over -thsiropinsons was exercised br_. Lard Clismilse or last Chief Justice, what Member ref List Houiie, woo was of his profemion, '.entild fearlessly discharge his duty to the public ? What protect/nit .wea there fie a Barrier,. in that /louse, if a Judge were petrol:led to be at liberty to animadverLacrording to his caprice, on the sen timents which, in tire discharge of his duty, he had expresehi gm 1 preceding eight in that House ? If the injestice arising from each presumption were strong in his case- how tuucli stronger would It be in the ewe of Barristers who practised in the particular Court of the Judge who had indulged in such aniumeveraions ? And still more wrong again would it be, if the subject, as in the present instance, ' narrowly affected his own feelings.. A young man of aspirin hopes sod unblemished character tingtik be thus ext i nguished, and his prospects in life for ever blasted, if such tvranny std (leap :ism weve permitted to prevail. In what corsisted the privileges of that House if such animadversion and inch calumny of one of its Members, for the dtscharge. of his duty, were now permitted to I pass unnoticed? And what must be the effect of his motion, as regarded members of the bar in that House, but to intimidate throe in the discharge of their duty, and, as regarded the bar generally, to convert them from a useful body into a spirit.. lass class of men, Terrify to surrender their rights and lay them prostrate at the feet of the herd Chancellor of England 1 If he made a thousand false statements. he would still contend that it would not warrant or justify the manner in which the honl Chancellor had commented on his statement. He had invaded theprivilesies of debate. and the adoption or rejection of his mo tion would determine whether this Ilcuse was disposed to abandon ,or maintain those privileges. He had roc. detailed to the House 1 the manner and the place te which tea caltenninu. charge had been made against hint ; he hail re-titateil what he had said on a for. met night, to shew that it did rot justify the accusation ; and he had brought it before the House, in d!.K diCIICe to the duty which he telt he owed to his own character, to the privileges of that House of which he teas a Member, and to the independence of the Bar. (Hear, hear.) He would at present confine himself to a preliminary motion which, it' acceded to, must be followed up by ulterior pro. ceedings which would tend to prevent the recurrence of a similar breach of the piirilegm of that House :es that of which he had that night occasion to complain. He would, for the private conclude, by moving that " Mr. Farquharson, of 133. Strand, be directed to attend at the liar of this House to-morrow." Mr. tA NN I Nlitudill, that he was rise to go as far as any of the friends who surrounded the 1!,, mutable Gentleman, in admit ting that the expression of which he complained must have natu. rally excited his indignation. Ile was also ready to admit the ta. lent and moderation with which he satisfactorily vindicated him self from its applicability to hint. As far as his recollection of the debate on a former evening served him, he thought it similar to the statement which hr had made that evening to the House. As he was an unlearned perion, be was rot able to follow the Hon. Gentleman thronkrn the several legal distinctions he had drawn, but what he snots! this evening 11:3,4 what he understood hint to state on the night that the debate alluded to took place. The Hon. Gentleman then did not, in his opinion, go mit of his way in his address to the House ; but the tendencyr and effect of hit obser vations appeared to hint rot to impute individual blame, but to censure a Nulty sys-stit. ( Hear, hear.) ernch was his general im pressive., and if his testimony was referred to, in reference to the speech of the Hon. Gentleman, it would go to sustain the accuracy of his statement, and to coitichle in the opinion that he did nut indulge in any observatitms went beyond the fair license* of discussion. Rut whilst be went so far, and whilst this WWI his consciousness of what had fallen from the Honourable Gentleman, and whilst the confidence oh the Honourable Geetls man himself was so strong as to the accuracy of his statement, yet, i notwithstanding that consciousness and that confidence, he must remind hint that there was one important link in the chain of the transactions which he had dropped : it was the manner in which the communication of his observations was made to the Lord Chancellor ; tin lithe channel through which they were conveyed was an incorrect report, the observetions of the Honourable M rut - bee were made liable toe perverted meaning. Whilst he disclaim ed ability on his part to perceive the discriminative effect of the ditterenci.x discussed, the merits of which those who were acquainted with the practice of the Court could better understand, ha was sure that nothing hail fallen from the 110n.31 ember calculated to give offence. But in the report which was given to the lewd Chan cellor of his speech, a colour was given to it calculated to escire a similar feeling of indignation in the mind of that Noble f a ted which the Honourable Gentleman had that night expressed, and for which he (Mr. ('arcing) had made not an ungenerous allow. ate,. When an accusation was made against any individual whic:i he believed to be unjust, it was natural for that indivi.lual, be lie high or be he low. not to put up with it in quiet, but to art hientelf right in the opinion of the world with regard to it. if an e:Tor Las occurred in the present instninc.. through the report contalindeated to the lame* ChancelLir, we wereourseives to Manic for it. It had arisen from a fault, or rather a connivance. of our own. Did he wish to cornet it s No! feraltisough inconvenience might besot:, :- times consequent upon it, be was enlivened of the great benetst which the country derived from the premier which had b -ea pro ductive of the present misrepresentation. It should 10..•10.me re hind, however, that in &bates is that House, which ratted to character, the utmost accuracy was tequisket the arrest variation of phrase, the smelled intentional error, might arrest the whale meaning and import of the speaker's sentiments, rrught hanow up the feelings of the most honest man in the emintry, and impute principles to hint which in his heart he disdained. (Hear, hear, (near.) What, he would ask, was more important thr aJudge than that it should be thought he administered justice with tree hands Ind a pure conscience ? and who was it mote important shrink! be convinced that he did so than those who freque - ned h.s and or:r whose proceedings he daily presided! Whin an 1 111 , ~. -.ad,