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1 tip to secure that verdict at all hazards, and Gams they had determined to carry their point, cost what it would of treasure and of blood. The mode in winch the measure had been brought forward, and the manner in which it had been conducted, in open defiance of the opinion of the people, was, indeal t seand.dottrly disgraceful they had been backed only by their old ally, the standing army, and that soot kept in the back ground, but thrust forward is the open face of d ay . ►edging and paling them in with a fence of bayotices hi scare them from the public voicv—Tinters )--He there. fore thoisgbt the Rill would pass. There might be a division, and the minority as venial might be somewhere shoal 61 or 63. This he spoke from las own convietiou, in which he was Co.. armed by the opitiews of several Peers with whom he had converord on the 'object. He west one day, to spite of his repugnance to encounter the disagreeable iocideuts to which he most be exposed in passing so many barriers, and through so many lints of soldiers, mad stood un the steps et the throne to wituris the proceedings, and au disgusted bad he been that he left diens to do their dirty wink by Ilwrnaeltres, and resolved never to go wear them agaio.—(Loal applause.) —lle regretted that those Pears who had voted fur the Duke act Leinster's molten) did not afterwards retire altogether from the scene, for their staying only served to give coun terman to the proceedings. What good purpose cool., it answer for them ill CI us. examine the witnesses for she oar pose of detecong the falsehood of their Hatemenes ? What did it savory what Majorchi or Delmont said or swore ' He hail expected more for the money which had been lavished oar ; he thought the story they had give, the lamest suit wooed nortlifytog that bad ever been soot to the public. He thought it useless and disgraceful to any man of lbollllo, to pot queseetrus fur the purpose of couviceing such persons of perjury, for the purpose of establishing what every one knew well enough ; for eastance, that Mademoiselle De t was a little !rag Swiss chambermaid, deiermined to act up to her part of telling whatever lie she was instructed to tell. His °belly:Mon was sot the mem declaration of ■ Radical Ref..- - was supported is it by the of the Duchess of Kiev- course pursued __ case ut King. stun, which had been ea ably remarked on by her Majesty's Counsel. In that rime, every witness was asked whether be WAS in the employ of the Duke—bow long he bad been so— sold the rate of his wages, and lois testimony was dealt with accordingly. This had been done because the Lords of that day held it to be incumbent on theta to inquire on what grounds the evidence rested. Among the wilts/arts against the Queen, he fumid no leas than eleven seivants, seven ..f whom hail been diseanted by her, and were still out of place. Was it not at the first blush disgraceful, that althimati they were prosecuting the Queen for intimat ing a menial so recut, salt raising bin, to brr confidence, they should place their whale reliance on the evidence of menial. ? The day when he went to the Mortise was that on which Maj....chi was cross-examintd—!o Inugh i —and be could not 1.01 °harm., though with infinite disgust, IL at when any thing °fa particular nature transpired, any thing, as it was vulgarly called, wear fAe wind, they all chuckled and smiled ; even the Ilipliopr, he was near emiugh to ob serve them, and he timid practice aodcr the lawn sleeves a giggle and a nut le.—(Larmater, and cries of " Shaine f") — And yet these very Peers, who were diemselv. ■ out free from frailly, Ant could oat let a thing of that tort pis, without ',militia; at it and enjoying it as • joke, were trying the Queen, for, as had been very properly ob d, lolling or lying iu a hot sultry etiolate, upon bed. or couches, which were to be found in utmost early room, and occasionally perhaps desiring the domestic in at. tendsince to sit down near her; and fur raising , a faithful servant front one post to another in her service Suppose that when lie (Mr. H.) was coming to town Lunt Brighton, suou after an occurrence at the Pavilion there, which they would remember to have read of, some time since, in the Newspapers—(Launafer)—he had met with a persou who should have told him, that he could Amore him of the fact, that in a certain great holm., a certain person came Jowl' tato the kitchen, and sat down, nut we a chair, but on the flour, to eat becfstakes with the cook, at one o'clock in the morning.—(Hernigt laughter.)—lf his inform. ant had said that, knowing him to be a public man and a reformer, he had given hint this information iu the hope that he would make it the subject of a niutiuti for inquiry, in his place in the House of Commons, lie should have called him a mean, dirty tale-bearer, and that fur his own part, alt! ll he thought it was not the best thing that could he door fora pet Poll of exalted rank to exhibit high life below stairs—(A laugh)—yet he was glad to find that the illustrious individual occasionally displayed some traits of our common humanity—that lie was out always a King, lint sometimes • man. a .-(Applawarr and laughter )—He re. relabeled the surer. which bad passed on the occurrence so which he had alluded, and be 'lever joined in them; but lie did nuir join, and most cordially, in reprolmtiug the in stitutions of there proceedings for actions leas bad in them selves, although he did nut think there was any thing very bud in that, against an unfortunate, be would say, the must unfortunate woman iu this kingdom. He thought it impossible, if her conduct had been a hundred thousandth part so bad as it bad been repreanded, that some of those spas by whom he had been cortineally surrounded, shoull nut hare detected her in the positive fact: wheat...lla, with all their peeping and prying through key-holes, and skill in curtain., mid cracks iu doors and walls, the only thing of whirls they have berm able to glean any ;woof, was the fart if her sitting with her arm round a usauX attc, to pie. vent her from falling off a cannon, or some such 'Mug —lt was not impossible that Bergami might be able to prove Ihe panic thing to have happened to Majocchi.—(Applaare ) The incouveniences of travelling, a n d h • knew f. •ape rienee what they were in Turkey mid those parts, compelled every body to do and to suffer many things, hum which, under other circumstances, they would revolt; but if ac. 'imp, which were thus forced ow them by the situation tutu which thr y were thrown, were afterwards to lie made the wound of urcusatiint, what man, or woman either, who tra velled, could hope to preserve either life or remit:diem free from such attacks ?—. , (Applwase.)—The mere circumstance of being compelled, as be had been, fur waist of other scrim. inudation, to sleep iu the same bed with smother man, which if dune by choice, sad from preference, would afford strong presumption of propensities of • ma-4 wicked description, might thus be imbued into matter of criminal accusation; lint who would be so monstrous as for a moment to enter. min such • charge on such grounds?—(Losid applause.)— Who instituted the proceeding against the (,been ohur. lout as yet appear; nobody owns ii—uulicdy lakes it. The Solicitor-General, in his coachadirig speech, wished t rum the b o ttom of his heart that her Maj. sly may prove her innocence; and appealed, in 'woof of his 'merrily, to God and his conscreace.—(A laNgi.)—He (Mr. II ) thought it very unfair iu the Learned Gentlemati to couple 111141 together—(.4 laugh)—for we all believed in the one, hula 110 use yet had proof of the existruce of the other.- 1 and loud applause.)—This, then, was the view of the case at pi trent; here was a proceeding carried uu by the money drawn out of the pockets of the people, which no. body began, about which nobody knew any thing, and of which nobody wished to see the end. He thought the-divorce clause of the Hill would be drupe, and that the Earl of Lives pool world do better to say at once that be would have It so, and that it shield run thus:—That, whereas the Queen was in the habit of sitting down, and pulling her arms round the attendant'. neck who was near her, when she war in dais. get of falba% without it; that she preferred busiest men to bad ones; nod whereas, she hail several tither bad habit,, be it therefose t nacted, that she is nut a fit person to receive people of qualify at Colton fluuste.—(Lnagater and great applause.)-1 lie Hill would then come down to the tither lionie—that humn, purr, virtuous, sad independent House. —'(.keen)—Ni" injustice had seer been dune there; nu prk redraft. were there to he found of any such iniquitous proceedings; but then it waif wryer too late to begin; they MUM 1.011011 make prccedeuts of their own, and he should stilly prefer that Lord Castlereagh in that House should do us he had soggeisted had better be stone by Lord Liverpool in the other, mud declare at once the course intruded to be pie. aunt. Cut, Ilk.; he thought they would be told by his Lord ship that at would be aticsiderl with great incoavenience if they proceeded to ellltettitle witnesses: indeed, a tort of feeling the way bail already been attempted by • persoli whit generally hut., piety well what Minister. were about, aud what they wanted, by seggeadag the iucouvenience of nut being able to mistime witnesses on uaeb; and that it would be belle; to pus aa Act fur goal/hog them so la du in the THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 28. MO. Scarcely • duy passes on which it dues not be. come our duty to record some demommation of public affection to the QUEEN, ai.d of the inteuse sympathy evinced by all clos.vrs of the people in her MAJESTY'S sufferings. On Tuesday un unusually large meeting of tlfe inhabitants of the rot tripoli, in general seal held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the !outpost of congratulating ber MAJESTY upon the termination of the case submitted to the House of Lord's as the pretext fur depriving her of her Crown and dignity. A nieetiiig not less re. opectable was held yesterday of the inhabitants or, the Parish of St. James for a similar purpose, and in built just tures this conduct or the Ministers in instituting • process so disgusting in its nature, so revolting in principle, and so alarming in its (rinse. quences tothe wellsbeingofthe State, was warmly and unequivocally censured. Addresses continue to pour in to the Queen hem every parish in the metropolis, and from almost every town in Great Britain ; and even upon the day appointed by the House of Lords fur resuming the trial of her Ms3EsTY, se. vend Addresses—we of them of a ascot remarkable nature, from ls,ooo of the watermen and lighter.' men on the river—will convey to Brandenburgh House the confidence of many thousands of the people iu her innocence, and the expreesion of their indignation at the unworthy treatment she has expe rienced during the long course of five-and-tweisty years which have elapsed since her MAJESTY, in the spring time of joy and cet.fidence, first touched upon the shores of Britain. Can it be believed that so lively and general an excitement could have been produced in the public mind by the practice of any deceptions or fallacies, such as are attributed to the QUEEN'S friends by the Treasury Journals ? It is the worst and most dangerous of delusions to imagine that the voice of the people, energetically expressed, is not the result of strong and honest conviction, and that when it speaks of oppression and injustice, sufficient cause does not exist for giving utterance to such imputations. We ate extremely sorry to have occasion to re mark—sod to this we desire to draw the particular attention of the superior classes of society—that the evil consequences of the proceedings against the Queen begin already to be perceptible. There is no evil of greater magnitude than that public opinion should cease to repose with confidence upon the depo. sitaries of power, or entertain the snspic:on that the mailed and most venerable of our institutions are exercised, not for the public benefit, but for the gratification of individual caprice or personal vin dictiveness. Feelings of this nature have been but too perceptible in some of the late meet arising solely and exclusively front the impression produced by witnessing the recent proceedings, and observing how uncontrolled has been the authority of the Ministers in the con ducting of the entire case. It is with unfeigned sorrow that we have observed in the reps its of several public meetings the little respect, we should rather say the disiespect, and even ridicule with which the names of the House of Lords and of the Reverend Bench of Bishops are treated. We have made particular inquiries upon this subject, of those Gentlemen connected with this establishment, whom, in the discharge of our duty to the public, we have requested to attend such meetings, and we have had the pail) to learn Gun them, that the mention of the House of Lords as a Court of Judi cature—of a Bishop, and even of the Clergy in general, is uniformly received with bursts of laugh. ter ! This is an alarming feature in the present agitations, and surely the causes of its existence cannot be misunderstood. We cannot apprehend that our motives in thus noticing the circumstance will be mistaken. It'e speak iii the spirit of con servation, and announce a danger of alarming msg. 'inside, as the warder proclaims the approach of an • enemy. The Paris Papers of Saturday last, from which we have given extracts. describe different arrange ments preparatory to the accouchernent of the Duchess of Buitav, which is hourly expected. The must si-igubir of these is, that a picture of her bite royal husband has !wen, at her own request. con veyed into her room, in order that it rosy be within her view at the moment of an event so interesting to mothers► Private letters of Saturday from Paris mention that the Duchess had been seized with the pains •f labour, which, when the letters came away, had con tinued for twenty-four hours. Five per Cent. 741. 85 c. It is stated in a Lisbon Paper of the 12th instant• that ■ representation upon the present posture of affairs in l'ootugal has been made to the Regency by the Judges of the Supreme Tribunal in Lisbon. Isi this representation the Judges de clare their loyalty to the KING, and their attach. maul to the Monarchy—their sorrow at the distrac tions of their country—their disapprobation of the conduct of their brethren in Oporto, and their con. fidence in the wisdom of the Regency. But the most important, or rather the only important part i.f this document, is the expression of a wish that it might pleuse Divine Providence to inspire into the heart ul his MAJESTY the resolution of returning to bier kingdom, or of sending the Prince Royal, his son, to administer the Government. Thor, it is added, is the universal desire of the nation, and the Members of the Tribunal beseech the Kurt) to comply with it. Accounts were received yesterday from Bombay of the 20th of May. stating, that an insurrection had broken out at Kutch (one of the provinces ceded to the Britt*l), and some skirmishing had taken place with the native,. 'Several of the Company's regi ments were on their march towsrds that quarter, us urder to subdue them. • • t L) . • • 4-4 fA r .1 , re 0: 4 ; 1 2,.. .4% 1116 COWES, Storamsza 26. This morning the King honoured Cowes with his prrseoce. At twelve o'clock a signal On from one of the mccompanyisig frigates announced his Ma. jesty'si having quitted the ship for the royal barge, and immediasely • salute of 21 mum was given from each of the frigates, from the Cegle, mid many of the smaller vessels. His M a jesty w..s r e c e ived on landing wills the liveliest demmistriitions of affec ties,. His Majesty, between Sir Chailes and Sir ; Edward Paeet, followed by a numerous suite, walk ;eel slowly to the beautiful marine villa, of which he has recently become the purchaser, with the,elle and elegance of which he was delighted. 4.! Ills Majesty. after remaining about terentriali‘ nutes, returned to the yacht. The ships num* their yards, the royal salute was repeated, aisietfit' ammateit cheering 4.f 2,000 ',crowns followed oar Illustrious Visitor till he reached the ship, when she squadron weighed anchor, and proceeded on a shout crone*. The King never looked in better health or spirits. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. T. performance • f The Antiquary was 'vitae's*. ed and applauded hot night by a bergs and brilliant audienc... The foreign dancers made their fourth appearance in the ballet of Joconde. that of Lubin and Annette having been postponed. Their recep tion was similar to that which they had experienced on former evenings. The new embellishments and decorations coininue to receive the admiration of every viaitanr. The effect of the was-lights', in the ornament:el lustre, surrounding the dress circle is found equally useful. and far more grateful to the senses than that of its dazzling but noxious rival. Mr. MINIM, since his arrival at Milsu, has sent to Englund fifteen witnesses whom he considers necessary to the WIER'S defence. We under stand he has also sent home the small carriage in common use in Italy. capable only of holding two persons. by one of whom it is diiren. end in which it has been charged as an offence the QUERN Ira. yelled with BERGAMI. A Courier left town on Tuesday evening to make arrangements respecting her MAJESTY'S wilatetrio, a comideralde number of whom may be expected to arrive in a few days. A Common Hall will be held this day, at Guild. hall, for the purpose of receiving the Qusere's Answer to the Address. Several Roman Catholic Gentlemen in London have, we underatand, resolved to call a meeting of the Catholic body fur the purpose of presenting ■n Address to the Qualm. On this day the Address from the Parishioners of Saint Luke will be presented. It had been proposed to defer the receiving of it until Tuesday nest ; but the Parishioners haring made some pre• vious arrangements, which could not be conseni. ently altered, requested permission to present their Address this day. Her M Ala/TT, therefore, moot graciously consented to admit the Deputation, and those who may choose to accompany it, this after noon, at four o'clock. fler MAJESTY has appointed Monday next, at one o'clock, to receive the Address voted at the Freemasons' Tavern. We understand that it will be carried up by Mr. HOISHOUSE (the Chairman), attended by the Gentlemen who took a part in the proceedings, accompanied by as many Ladies and Gentlemen, in carriages with four horses each, us may choose to attend. The aquatic procession to present the Address of the Watermen and Bargemen will consist of up wards of 300 boats and barges. They will pro ceed up the Thames to Brandenburgh House on Tuesday the 3d of October. On the same day the [louse of Lords will re-assemble for the purpose of entering upon her Majesty's defence. The Boatmen of every description on the River amount to 30,000; of these, 18,000 have already signed their names as ready to join in the aquatic procession to Brandenburgh House on Tuesday next. The same day has also been chosen by the depu• tuition from the Citizens of Bristol to present the Address of the Inhabitants, male and female, of that city to her KtJasTir. It may not be generally known. that Dr. Hot,. LAND, whose name frequently occurred in the exa. minations against the QUEEN, and who attended her MAJESTY as her physician in many of her travels abroad, is the son of Dr. HOLLAND, • gentleman of high professional talents. who resides at Knots ford, in this county.—(Chester Courant.) We understand that the Marchese spimerro. who with so much propriety performed the difficult duty of Italian interpreter at the bar of the House of Lords during the recent proceedings against the QUEEN. has for many years resided in the Uni versity of Cambridge, where he has taught his native language. The late Mont LEwiS's opera or Rich aid Poor, in which Miss KELLY so inimitably pour ings the misery of a seduced and deserted daughter, and which has always made so strong as impression, is, we per. ceive, put up fur tbe benefit of Mimi. Summon this even ing. We sincerely wish this young and lively actress l'ae success which her merits deserve, and that she may witarzss a crowded house. An additional attraction is the enter tainments is a Dirsrfissaserd, in which the ENGLISH DANCERS will appear; and, without drawiag • compel. lON we think that our NATIONAL Pgovessoga should re ceive the support of the Public. The uld-faslitimed bet ex cellent little opera of Rosisa, which possesses better music than most of our moderns can boast of, and which has always been a decided favourite, will conclude the evening's bill afire. We are sorry to perceive by an advertisement in the flout of our Paper, that Alderman MAGNLY declines to solicit the votes of the Livery, its the ensuing elect:on of a Lord Mayor. Those who knew the worthy Alderman's upright independence, integrity, and firmness of mind, will lament that 66 circumstances of a private nature" should de prive the City of London of his services u Lord Mayor. 4 tilt ilia occasion, width wadi ohm newer An tame par. pose on any future occasion, thoogls whet good could arm:. from it be could net imagine; for the witnesses cared no thing for oath% nor would they ever care for them, Le he Imagined few 'motile feared the spiritual consequences of pertoey, so they but escaped Ilse pillory. .They would then have a &Sect Committee, appointed by nobody, of mime; bat out would come a list of persona to form it, who were in particular habits Of intimacy with certain other persons, who usually sat on the right of the Speaker's chair.-- (Laughfre.)—This most Immo, upright, and impartial set of gentleinta, would essayist.. the Lords' Journals, mid re port that in their opinion this Bill oaght to pass. And he conjured the meeting not to be deluded tutu hit opinion, that because the in all parts of the kingdom met, and rent asi Addresses Ixpressing their conviction of the Queen's • ocence, and atelturrence of she perserittions she had ea. 'lured, and protesting against this Dill, therefore it would sot pass. They had been in the habit of doing this far years, and yet things heel always guise on the same. The ministerial adhe rents would say, indeed their hirelings lead already begun to say, that from all this there was smiting to he•pprehentled; that on Neuter ticcasimes, for instance the Manchester bolsi urge, much mote bustle had been created s witness the meet ings at Yolk and usher places, encoded by emu of the highest rook; whereas on the present venoms none but artisans and labourers and tradespeople came forward; that therefore Mi nisters had nothing to fear, it was all " Greed cry, and Nile wool." But he could Hilt help thinking (the meeting world recollect the occasion from which the saying was supposed to take its rise) that they load been sheering us so long that we mast kick and bile at la-1--(Lord applaure)—he thought we should. God forbid that he should p pt them when to begin; be neither liked hanging himself nor did he like that any body else should be hanged well enough to do that ; they . would kuuw their time well enough without being prompt ed.—(Lnta applause )—Rut though the inspires of their opinions might nut ward off •the obnoxious measure, still let it be said hereafter that they lifted up their shield fur the protection of the oppressed—Mat. the people of England rose, if not in arms, et keit to elMiltillll with them voices in defence of a helpless 'roman agaiust an act of the greatest injustice that ever was commitied.—(Lord applaisre.)—He should now conclude with assuring the Meeting, that when ever any portion of his constituents called on him to deliver his seutimenta on any public question, he should always be found at his pmt.—(Lottg and repeated round, of ap plause.) Mr. RICHARDSON then read the following Ad dress, which was adopted by the Meeting :—. To her Most Gracions Majesty Caroline, Queen of the Coiled Kenedusn of Great Britain and Ireland ; The dutiful and loyal Address of the Inhabitant Householders of St. James, in the City uf West min.trr We, the Inhabitant Householders of the Parish of St. lamer, in the Coy of Weetrnisister, humbly approach your Majesty with our congraisilati 111 l • till your Majesty's safe return to your subjects of the United Kiagdum. We as the same tone offer our unfeigned condolence on the numerous afflictions which your Majesty has iniered— yolir heroic father and brother killed is battle—your beloved daughter, the uation's delight and hope, prensat suety snatch ed away—our late sentraltle Sovereign, whose justice formed your sure reliance and defence, sunk into the grave—and above all, the series of indignities, couspirecier, and perse cutions, which your Majesty has experieneed, almost fsum the ill-fated day of your first arrival in this country, cunt. pose a train of sorrows which demand the warmest sympathy of every feeling heart. Remembering the plot malty years since formed against your life and bottom, the existence of which was proved to demonstration upon the titled perjurers who then were pro- I for your destruction, we knows not whether most to express our surprise or disgust at the new attempt against your Royal person, which has been made with inferior in. ointments. The heroic deterrnioatitio taken by your Ma. jesty, at once to reject the bribe of splendid afilueuce, if you would consent to remain abroad, and the threat of impeachment fur high treason, if you ventured to re turn to putter dominions, coupled with your instant appear ance here, in the midst of your enemies, regardless of their power anti appalling influence, impressed us with the belief that nothing short of perfect and higisaninded innocence could have impelled any human being to such a choice. In this belief we were further led by the conduct of your enemies, shrinking from the impeachment they threatened, and confessing these inability to proceed alpinist your Ma jesty (oriel offence against the laws; and we have steels them proceed in a measure foe dissolving your marriage, and dragging your Majesty from the throne, although no ver dict of guilt stood recorded—no trial bad taken place—no prosecutor had ventured to appear—au crime was named. We have aeru your accusers assume the character of Judges in the caw betsern yuur Majesty amid themselves; we blue seen them refuse your Majesty a knowledge .if the facts alleged, and of the names uf the wine who would sup port thesis; we have seen them set legal principles and forms at nought, to confound your Majesty, and profess a .acted regard fur those forms, when some departure from their 'tritium' became evidently nee 1111 l y for your defence, in consequence of their own previous irregularity. Hut to the production and exposure of their witnesses, we have hail a complete confirmation of our previous confi dence in your Majeav's honour sod virtue: the corrupt and corrupted nature of their evidence—the seltextrected perjuries, and physical and mtsral impossibilities which it contains, have stamped it as infamous—it is su treated by the wise and good. A few adulterous men nod women of rank, anxious of an opportunity to turn the finger of public leOf II (nom their own persons to a higher object— profligate character., who judge of others by themselves— iniuloos of the Court, and expectant. of its gifts, still bustle tan in their dirty work, as by inkiest bound. But the mass of the country—all good Milhaud§ and wives—all manly and generous hearts rejoice in the detection of the false wit. nesses--iu the confusion of their employers—in the defeat of their disloyal, levelling, and revolutionary machination's, and to your Majesty's Opal triumph over them. Mn. RICHARDSON ptoved, that the Address just read should be presented to her Majesty by John Cam Hohtiouse, Esq. accompanied by as many addle Parishioners us might choose to attend him, which was mailed unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, for hi s c o nduct is the chair, and to Mr. flublamise, fur his assistance on this occa-inn. Mr. BARBER BEAUMONT and Mr. Honnouss briefly returned thanks, and the Meeting separated. We understand that it is intended that the De putation with this Address , in carriages drawn by four horses, shalt full into line its the 1-- tr of the procession of the Metropolitan Address, which goer up on Monday next. NEXT THURSDAY 4,500 TICKETS TO BE DRAWN -ALL WILL BE PRIZES-TWO £20,000, TWO 110,000-TWO 110100 IN THE FIRST FIVE MI. NOTES-ALL IN STERLING MONEY. ELIATU3I.—Iu the last paragraph but oue or the Address toted uu Tuesday at the F.eemsoune Tavel.% fur the words "you sad your enemies," read," your ■od uar enemies." °::. llsr PtMA ROMA: , Yesterday • General Quarterly Covert of the Pina praetor. was held at the Eon India Home. At the opening of the Court, the_ CtialftelAn in. formed the Proprietors that the following papers were new I serf belts.* them for their informanoe, viz. A List of the Seventh:merino Alloweeree, suit' certain papers relative to their College at liet tfortl. He had ale' to inf.am the Court, il,,t siete they lint met an Act of Pirliament had p serif, to eitoble the Company to defray the trireme/ of the corps of Volunteers. The last Court of Dieret•Ths . was made special for the purpose ofgranting o pension of 1,0001. per s l alom to Itanert Mark:ruff Ilarnerd, ill compels itiou for theirs, of ht. vitiating) es Cover And Soria Warrhouse-keeper. which hal been abolished. The grounds on which et came recommended to the. Court were, 35 ipare faithful service - of the individual, for whom oat suitable em• pigment could be found. As the papers had bent mien time before them, lee should merely move that ithe Resulution t f the Court of Directors should be ellinfirms;d. ' Mr. Ilt:Ile said, lie was happy to oheerve symp toms of a determination to the Court of Directors to reduce the expenses of their cdmmercial esta blishment; but he could uot.avoid thinking, that if any real disposition to ecosiomise lead existed. means would have been found of employing the individual for whom this pension was required, ir sonic of the branches of their eatensise establish• mind, instead of ruptraiinuating him, as it were, iii the prime of his life. lie could not avoid recall ing to the recollection of the Proprietors. that when, its 1818, lee submitted the great empensee of their commercial rilablithinents tendered their trade not worth following, lie was met by en Honour.. able D,rector, not now present, by • complete de. Mal that there was ally loss nit the commerce cf cloth to the different parts of India; sad that Hon. Director then said be was prepared to prove that the profits were such sta would uuthorite a tontiriu ance of the trade. What would be the surprise of the Proprietress to find after this that the dia. patches from India of 1817 state. in the'strongest terms, the losing nature of the trade in question, estimated by them at forty per cent. on the whole of ihe imports ? The lion. Gentleman here read a atatement from a report of the 6th of Alta gust 1817, in which the prices of the cloths as imported from India were compared with British manufactures of the lame quality, by which it appeared the latter were on the average about 50 per ere% cheaper than the former. He thought it important tarot the statements of Gentlemen iii the direction should meet with implicit confidence, and he now mentioned what had occurred so long ago, as he thought lie had reason to complain of the smuttier in which lie was then met, whet* lie loured since he was completely borne out by written docu ments. As there bad been a considerable reduction of their commercial produce,lie considered that tf.e expense. of the establishment ought to be reduced in the same proportion. He would not make any objection to the motion now before them, but in the present state of the establishment, be thought it a pity that no suitable employment could be found for this Gentleman upon rt. Mr. RIGBY said, lie knew bow ungracious a task it was to oppose a grant to an individual ; but he must enter hi, protest against that liberality which went to pension individuals who were quali fied for active life. only to appoint others for the purpores of patronage. Mr. LOWS DES coull not avoid tracing these pre. mature peerlion grams to the desire that Gentlemen had to provide for their own friend.. Adverting to the thin attendance of Proprietors, he thought it • would be highly desirable. and lie expressed 114 intention at some future period of movirig it as a by-law, that no considerable sum of 'money should be granted, unless it certain number of Proprietors were preseiit to form a Court, otherwise he should not be surprised to find the Court, at awe time or other, in the lame situation in which Dean Sod; once was in the pulpit, with only his civic to form .. a congregation. So they may lure a petition to grant with only the Chairman and one Proprietor to form a Court.—/ A lusigh.)—He was one of those who thought they ought to be just before they were generous, and reduce their debts before they increased their pension list. The CHAIRMAN said, the observations of the Hon. Proprietor (Mr. Hume) on the proceediugs of a former Court, had little to do with the ques tion now before them. lie regretted the llououra able Director alluded to by him was not present to reply, but lie believed he might take upon him.. self to say, that the Honourable Proprietor's state ment was not quite correct. The Court of Direc tors lead been extremely anxious to provide en]• ployment fur Mr. Barnard; but it could not be done without cluing injustice to other deserting individuals, if he was placed over their headi. Mr. RIGBY wished to know, nil case this Gentle. man (who was to be pensioned in the prime of lift), should devote his abilities and experience to for= ward the interests of any rival in their trade, %she• ther there was any power iu that Court to revoke or limit his pension ? Mr. Lowaines conceived it would he very de• sirable if it were adopted as a general principle ir their future grants of pension, if it were provided that in case the pensioner should at any future time after the grant, acquire, by bequest or otherwise% 4 Certain sum, a curresFouding reduction should trite plac e its his pension. Tnis was the practice , of Government in the army mid navy, and ought I to be imitated by them. The CHAIRMAN now put the question, and the resolution of the Court of Directors was coiefirtned. Mr. RIGBY observed, he had nut received any answer to lets question. The CHAIRMAN raid, he always considered that pensions were grained for life. Mr. SAMUEL Mace% thought that io future 11:1 pensions Co g rn hU i t ) l 2,y. d b be granted only during the pecasure of t he Mr. PATCRSON thought that petitions. whe t s granted, ought to be certain, and out eutiect , to capricious revision. - . The CHAIRMAN then moved the Court to coo firm the resolution of the Court of Directors for granting a pension of .5001. a year to George Mordeo, jun. second clerk in the Coast sod Surat Ware , houstakeeper's office, abolished. Ile had atfvel 1 9.7 years at a salary of 500/. per 'mums. Mr. !luxe could net agree writ the 1:44 takiii P" 1 I