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f r the administration of Assets, where Moe parties were uut of the realm. -EDWARIPS, TN F. SPY. Mr. Aldermen WOOD rose, sod spoke lows :—" There is a question which I fret it mj? ditty to bring 'belie the House, and which I coop seder to be of the highestlimpormare. 1 mu be wniog, but it is for you, Mr. Spesker. and the House s tom)? if the comae I am now about to take 19 the proper mie. The question to which I sin tuboire to refer to owe which not only, involves our interest, but safety, end I therefore think it neii be considered as a question of privilege. I holm a paper in my hand, containing the depositions of s e ven persons, made before me in my siination as a Nlagiiitrate. They applied to me for a warrant to arrest II person named George Edwards. The seven persons went with me far examination into • private room, and also with • very worthy Magi', trate, Alderman Sir William Denville. These deponents, four • of them in particular, in their private exit eee i ll idiot, stated, among other facts, one which materially concerns this House, and to that I mean to confine myself on the present occasion, and to refrain from entering upon other pert, of the depositions, which refer to plots against Milliliters, and other acts of atrocity. The persons. and I shall read the words of their depositions touching this fact, state. that it was the practice of this person, named George Edward., to go about cutistaittly from public-house to public-house, and indeed to private ones also, instigating those whom he found to the commission of acts of outrage. On one of these occasions he strorigly recommended the destruction of the Mem bers of the House of Commons. He said it would be very ra•y to introduce six or seven persons into the Howie, particularly while the Members were busily employed in public business. It would be Ve.y en-y. he represented, to come in here, and that it would not be necessary to come in very clean 'other, for there would be no objection to • man's bridging, in as it were books under his arm, and toot the cases representing books could easily (meant cut gun-barrels of a certain number of u n ite. in length, which could be well stopped and filled with gunpowder. Thesi could be easily throwit tome about the House in the heat of dr bier, nod what with giro:ides and missiles of gun ',oder and phosphorus, the whole thing might easily be accomplished. In one of these conver. • lion., Edwards said the plan was a good one, tool that ;le snout as Thistlewood got out of Hum bert' gaol, which would soon be, lie was the boy to do it. A few days after this very period, I hare r•oettoo to know Edwards got sequatnted with This. at the house of Preston. the cobbler. Ed wends did their absolutely get up the cases he talked of, anti prepartt iiw gun-barrels and combustibles. At this period of his career he was supplied with 1111 l ley from some hand or other; he was, in fact, year finch of it, though just before he had not half pence rill/Ugh to buy a pot of porter. These are the general facts as affecting the safety of thi• Iloose through the machinations of Ed 5,4(11%, as deposed to by the protons to whom I abate. I wilt not enter further into the matter of these depositions. unless called on by the House la a Ceminittee of Secresy ; then I shall be ready to lay tn-hire them the whole of my information Telipectltig the alleged dreadful transactions of this matt. far they are dreadful indeed. They are all attiotteted to him (Edwards), and several witnesses speck to his repotted contrivances, time after time, it, furtherance of his projects, and there are wit awes.* who spark to them who appear to be finite disinterested, and unconoected at either side of the -lists tef witnesses during the late trials. I ask then, unary these circumstances, and with this infor unitiott.'witieh I am ready to tender, what course or ought, to pursue? Whether I ought to make .1... a question of privilege, in as much as all at tack was to have been made oti this House. or whether the better way would he to proceed by a Committee of Secresy. and then to go through the w:eile of :he evidence ? I ram ready to move either . to4y, and determined to shape my duty in this bu siness to what shall appear the general feeling. 1 of coarse cannot answer for all the witnesses, as I hive not had time to inquire fully into their chine tets.—(ii Hear, hear," front the Treasury Beaches.) —Et was quite impossible for me, with the sense of do:) . l fuel. to overlook this business.—(ilea, hear.)—l told the parties. that as parts of the de pusitions referred to the city of Weittninsiter, and parts to the county of Middlesex, I could not in terfere further, being a hls,Ostrate of London, tlie. to take care and have the party who is within the city apprehended the moment war /Witr were issued by the proper authorities. for • I do not choose to interfere unnecessarily within the juristisetion of others. It is tiecesary for me to Wale to the House, that I took the whole of the • depositions, m well as the parties making them, duo', to Lord Sirimouth's W . :ice. 'lite Noble Lord was just goot• few minutes before, and I left them there with an Hon. Member who is vow in my eye. I soon lifter received au answer, which it is not pro per tat ins to read now. Ail I can say is. that I lea me done my duty 111 bridging the feeder forward, yeti that the fault is riot mete if justice is eluded. if the depositions be true tli any degree, the per ton to whom they refer is the worst possible man tat be antlered to move in society—a man !piing about frau' !three to place. in public and in private, instigoing and exciting others to commit the most 'mobile actions, and to stir Up plots of all sorts. Ile was very early connected woh lhr last theattful pl o t, of which so much has beta, lately said. .I tun itile to produce eViOrilCe ck !Hill very deeply ineutpairs him in the origin of that transactiou, and if proper steps tire. taken he may be punished for it, if hr does not escape from the country. a course which he will undoubtedly take if the most prompt measures are not resorted to." The worthy Alder. inure, after a short pause, as if for consultation as to the course which-be was about to pursue., concluded by 'moving that George Edwards be forthwith brought to the bar of that House. Mr. Ilossx seconded the motion. Mr. MUG GE BATHURST—I , I do not rise, Sir, to cutter into the motives of the worthy Alderman in bringing forward this subject, but I merely look upoia the question itself as it refers to our privi. loges. I will ask, then. whether it is possible, by soy coustructwu of our privileges, to consider the TlOlllOll put as involving them ?—(Hear, Hear. from the Treasury heaehes.)—W hat other course it would be advisable to pursue respecting the ' •!''' • `- matter tiro not new sars'bot game it t o !kV fuikir cousisleratinsi of the worthy Alderman his- • stelf. WINS aught to be done in dive course of I am not called upon to retier to, but as. a case of • privilege I do not tree how weevily touch it.—(Hear, hear./—t beseech the !louse to see in what state we should stand if we celled • mon to our her to querns/psi him respecting his own acts, which isr volved so high is c r as high treason7-(//ear) —to ask lain if he was not the accomplice of the unfortunate men who lately Suffered. In the first !dace, if he intended to destroy the Members of the House of C mune., lie could nut be well con sidered !viol guilty than those who t.ptely forfetted their hires for meditating the murder of Nliiinsiers." —(Henr.)—The Right Hon. Gent lemais coptclutled by expressing his strong opposit to considering such matter as hid been stated as iiivolvitig their privileges , . It could not be done without calling . ust a man to say whether he had committed crimes of the blackest dye.—(Hear.) Mr. Alderman Wooly —" I said at the beg . • g that I had not decided on what would be the !pro per course to take on such an occasion as this; that I left altogether for the coosideration of this House. I wish the Noose to bike it up in whatever shape it thinks hest. I have tried to have it con sidered in one quarter (Lord Solmolith%), and was disappointed—( Hear, kcard —I theiclore COM , i • dered it my duly to bring it here, p a rticularly as the point relative to the 'wended attack ou this House never came out during the late prosecutions. The depositions related to matters calculated to make ally one shudder, and ought not to he passed aitde as trivial matters. I take it for granted it is known in a certain quarter where this Edwards is to be found ; he has been communicating for a lung time with that quarter, and if on such depositions as these, those who have him will not proceed, it is surely not blameable for other. to stir the [nat ter. He appears to be the prime instigator of every desperate character he could meet in his rounds, and ready to promote and bring into action the most diabolical and infernal projects; and I do not doubt of what is avrorti to be true, in deed I think it completely established upon the evidence ready to be adduced, that lie was the sole plotter and founder of the late atrocious Cato street conspiracy. I repeot, I have plow done my duty. If the question does not involve our privileges, I am ready to withdraw my motion, and put it any other shape the :tight Hum Gentleman opposite shall desire." Mr. Iluxte—" I seconded my worthy Friend's motion on the deepest conviction, from what I heard, of the necessity of pressing this matter to a full inquiry. The moment I understood that it was not the intetition of his Nlajesty's Ministers to call the individual to account, then I thought the only chance remaining of having the facto investigated was by an application in this House. There are two particular facts which imperatively require this House to do behalf of the eiols or jus tice in this case. It appears this individual is not effected by one deposition, but by several, which speak to concur ring lad.. He w e nt frail, house to house, according to the depositinii of a per son named Chambers, during the forty-eight hours that preceded the :23(1 February, trying by every means in his power to toils' men in his trill. for the counisiosion of the must diabolical acts. He was at one time without a littlfpently ; just after he gist quite l'ssidied with cosh, and was able to buy arms of ail kinds fur every cagspirator he could pro cure, and to *omelet and nose them vu dtfiirre preparations. There woe one, thing that cid come out during the late trials, Which was, that filinisters were for some time in . polUeessi 0000 of a plot, but there was another that did not mile out, namely. a discovery of the hood from which ibis plotter's money came. In the present stage or this bus:ideas I think the party who had Edwards at their disposal, should pledge themselves that he shuttlel not leave the country, to el tsde the further proceed ings respecting his conduct. I hope, therefore. my worthy friend will not withdraw his motion until some pledge is given, or some course taken re specting this rants."—(( rids of "Question ."' from the Treasury Benches.) Mr. Beouoitme—l' I certainly. Sir, wish the worthy Alnernian would rather, in this instance, accede to what seems to be the wish of the House, and withdraw his motion, rather then abide by the recommendation of the worthy Seconder ; but I cast by no omen« refight Crum espressiog my sur prise at the levity w;th which +moue Gentlemen op posits iseeined disposed to view so nerve awl' im portant a question as the present subject involves. I agree with them, that this is not such a case as by u discreet and lit use of our privileges calls for their application to the particular circumstance. If I am, however, asked, whether these.focts, if proved, amount to a breach of our privilege* or not, I do not hesitate to say that they nut only involve a gross violation of our privileges-011 that point I am as clear as that I exist—but also what is a thousand times worse, a plot to overthrow us while deliberating, which is (I mean the plot) a high mis demeanor, according to the old Art of Edward the Third, which I am tint aware has been incseased or altered by the late Acts. The execution of such a plot is, I know, high treason. As to what has been said about a person's implicat— ing himself by his Illtt , weri at our bar, that is what is always done in cases of libel. Ido not, as I be fore stated, think it u case which it would he fit and proper to consider as a breach of privilege. But is what has beets stated of this mats nothiog ? is it no offence at all ?—( lear, bear.)—lles he tint been charged with a plot to . attack this House in a horrible manner, while gravely engaged its the important busioeta of the country ? Is this no crime, or where are we when such a subject is to be treated with levity and ridicule ?—(Hear, heur.)— When a plot is discovered to murder the Cabinet Ministers, it is called high treason, and men lose their lives for it ; and is it nothing to compire to blow up this House ?—( 'tear. hear, hear.)—ls this the way to deal with such transactions; to say we don't wish to pursue the subject ? it this be so, it is indeed to me matter of much astunissli ment. I join, as I have tilresirly said, in the wish that this motion be witlidrnwn, but nut its the ex pectation that nothing more skill be dune iu it ; on the contrary, I wish we should hold to the clue we have now got from soy worthy Friend. and punish the matter to the bottout.—(/fear, hear.) --Amid why?—because in the proper quarter I see no attempt likely to be made to bring the offeusler, ~, i r ri, , , r.• ~~. • r • . Jri• such he shall prose uliimately,to lszde e w ith i to a lstalre. f .- 1 have siren my Hon. Foirrol'iecortesi Lord Sidmouth, aint is le Noble Lord's :Hosier, in which he meows that it is not the intention of the Home Department to bring Edwards to trial. When I my this. I also wish to state, that I do not wen to hr considered as raying Edwards ought not to have been employed as a spy. 1 do not say his information ought out to have been acted upon, en the contrary, I tniiik. so far as I can see into the bu. siness, it was properly, and wisely, and usefully acted 011ini. I alms differ entirely with my Hon. Friekid, who thi l sks Edwards was the sole instigstur at the late ;slot, for I think t here were others as deeply ins ;limited in it. I am perfectly ready to believe that he was employed as a spy, and, like other spies, did not satisfy himself iii giving information of what he saw others doing, but went to work himself to widen the circle—that he was actively employed in inciting NO well as espying, and 'relit further thou the liiie of his iiistructions--all this I cams easily imagine. 1 do not, however, blame Gower iiiii eist for employing spies—fur acting upon their Informa l; —:Or not producing them in Courts of Justice on particular trials—or for not prosecuting them fur high treason afterwards. As long us society can Buell desperate characters as Thisilewood and logs, Goveriiniestt is not only justified hot bound to employ such persons es Erlwarrir, to watch their motions and thwart their diabolical plates. It is laineivahle to he compelled to employ such persons, but so long. as the wretches they are acting with are found in society, so long is Government justified in rosploystig these means of detection. The office of a soy is always odious, and so is that of a hangman, but as long as the office of the latter must stood, so must that of the funnier. Rot wh e n allude to t h is always lamentable and painful neces silty, I am ready to say, that he who does employ spies should have a full arose of the delicate. difficult, and grave responsibility he has taken upon his hands, and should consider that its the use he makes of them lie is deeply responsible to the justice of his country —that he should take care he only employs spies, not iristigators. The existence of such men as Thisilewood and logs justifies the employment of spies. hot their existence. be it remembered. renders it squally unnecessary to employ instiga tors.—(//cur.)-1 N•sy this, that I should not be considered ssjoining in the common clamour against the use of spies, slid without at all blaming the employment of Edwards. But if it does appear that lie went beyond his office, amid was, in fact, an instigator, and in matters totally unconnected with the late plot—if he shall be proved to have been an instigator s mud in the manlier mentioned, in • distinct plot then I say that the cause of justice will be sacrificed, if, for this new offence, some satisfactory CASK he tint .hewn wily he is not brought to trial."--(//es../ Mr. CANNING said, that whether the subject introduced by the worthy Alderman was fit matter of dismission in that House sr not, it was clearly the opinion of the House. that as a question or pri vilege it could not usefully he entertained by them. He at plead guilty to the charge of bring one who thuoght the employment of such persons as had herb *Boded to, sad described by the Learned Gentlemen (11r. Buoughism)•iie such jinn and manly terms, was proper. It wasArcessary that such person. should be employed, that they shut) :I joist, or appear to join with the guilty plotters, for thepurpose of de feating th e ir g i i iliy combination's—for the safety of the State this was necessary. lie was content Assoook.Sl66l defeatist, sow Isoly of this Government,. but of all the Governments which ever had em ployed such persi.us, on the statement mask by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. As, therefore, the discussion could not be carried on to any be neficial result in the present .shape, he snlsesitted to the word:, Alderman the propriety of withdraw. lug his moil . Whether the worthy Alderman would think it proper to bring the matter before them in smoother shape, was a subject Ull which he gine no opinion ; bur, at all events, he was per bustled, that both the House and the worthy Alder num would agree with him, that if it was discussed it should tn. 640 discussed as to lead to goose prat:. tical result. Alilerinen Woos, said, he had not read the de. posilinus to the House. lie had merely stated some of the facts deposed to thereon, and had tint indulged himself in making a single remark fur ther thou was necessary to put the House. in pus. session of the ciruinstsuces of the case, nod there. fore lie did not see °Halle had merited the remarks which had bees* made from the Hou. Gentlemen on the other side. Mr. CANNING explained, that lie had not the slightest iutentiuu of finding fault with the manner its which the worthy Alderman had brought the subject before the House. fits objections were to the anode in which it was proposed to proceed. The motion was withdrawal. CIVIL UST. The Order of the Day for the Houle going into n Committee on the Civil List Acts being read, the S i ie3ker necordingly left the Choir, whet.— The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to move the first Resolormsi, the porprot of which was, to grant to his Majesty an annual revenue of 850,0u0i. bur England, and Qt►7,ooo/. for lielknol. The Right Roo. Gentlsoman prefaced the Resolu tion with some oblervetions, which, from the low trine in which he spoke, were totally inaudible in the Gallery. Sir HENRY PARNELL affirmed, that, with the information at present before the Douse, it was im possible for the !louse to do its duty. They were culled upon by the Speech tram the Throne to pro vide fur the expenses of the Civil Government, and they were informed that the hereditary revenues of the Crown were placed at the disposal Of that Douse. Tlw►e was a variety of points connected with these topics, which it was absolutely tiecessvy the I louse should be in possession of before they could with propriety legislate upon the subject. The House ought to be iiihnined what the expense of the Civil Government actually was. The Honourable Baronet quoted the authority of Dlr. Burke, iii justification of his censure on the Royal House hold, as at present constituted. With regard to for hereditary revenues, it was all important consi deration to make them as productive as possible.— The expelaw of .collection might, lie thought, be coosiderotily dimin►shed. The revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster and Principality of Wales ought also to come under their consideration. It was impossible fur him at present to say what pa pets hantight to call for bet if time was grittlea, be would come down to tke house prepaid to move for inch papers se, in his view of the subject. were essential before the House decided upon the subject. Under the prevent want of information. he did not think proper to commit himself by outing for the Resolution. The CitANCELLOR or the EXCHEQUER said, that the present course was adopted in consequence of what MI from some of the HMI. GefairPr.ll oppo. inte. soul oa* acceded to by Ilion for mutual con• "menet.. Colonel Davirl conceived that by this liesolu tion th e woote revenue, as fixed in I '4 was pro pored to he settled on hit Nbijeety, with the excel,. Lion of she allowance to his lat e M a jesty, The CIIANCeLLOIL of the ExcitutuEs said, the Flom Gentleman was iii error : there were further sums IltliNeted. Colonel 134111 ES said, the error he had fallen into Was a striking argument for a further delay, as It evinced the necessity of Gentlemen being better informed before they could conic to a decision. Mr. CANNING sand, that lie was aware that in strict argument no person in that Hasse could bind the decision of even the person who sat next him, but nevertheless it was the practice—a practice adopted for mutual convenience, fur a certain dis. position of the business of the House to he arranged as to a eel tails stage of it, with the understanding that no debate WIN to arise thereon itt that stage. It such arrangements were not to be attended to, if such tacit understandings were uut considered binding, there was an cud at once of all the system, and with it all the accommodation result lug. Mr. TIERNEY observed, that in what he had said me a former night which hail now been olliiiled to, lie had merely wished that the House should he rot iii possession of the line of conduct which the Government intended to pursue on this occasion; and in considering himself MS hound not to oppose the Resnlutios.s in the present stage, he had by no nieans meant to preclude himself from giving them all the opposition in his power in their future stages, should lie think fit so to do. Before he sat down lie wished to know, if the revenue of her Majesty was included in the arrangement made in the year 1816 ? Mr. flusxissost said, the income of the Queen was settled by a suliecitiesit Act, and was payable out of the Consolidated Fund. Lord A. Mimi:you said, that notwithstanding what hail beets said, he was fearful of being pre• clotted, in the future stages, from diacuraing the principle of the measure, if not the details of it, sod therefore he 'null withhold his convent to any arrangement by which his right to do that would he compromisrd.—(Cries of " No, no," front the Ministethl Benches.)—Unquestionably, he said, if the whole subject was to be just as open on the next stage as on the present, he could have no ob jection to postponing his observations till then, though he thought the more regular way of proceed ing would have been to discus them in the first stage. . . . . . CANNING raid, that undoubtedly not only in point of torn would the subject be fully open for discussion in its future stages, but also from the understandmg of the House on it. Hr agreed with the Noble Lord, that the more natural way would have been the one he had devitlerated, but it was from the understanding of his Right Hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, of what would be most convenient to the Gentlemen opposite, ;hat he had taken the presetit course, and it would be a little hard, alter he had acceded to it on such cun sideratioiis. if they were to refuse the vote on grinsoila which they had solicited him to take. The object was merely to advance the measure one atage, and no unfair advantage would or could be taken of the present arraugensent. There would be many other stages in which it would he perfectly open for discussion, both in its principle and details. Lord A ACIIIIIALO HAMILTON txpreased himself satisfied, front what the Right Hum Gentleman had said. to waive his objections. Mr. Hung could not concur its the arrangement now proposed, as he recollected on a former occa sion, in the year 1816, the House were shut out from considering the subjeet of the hereditary revenue. He thought the first step the House ought to take should he to consider and deter 11l i l wish regard not only to the hereitiary revenue, but also the four and a half per cent. done'', and ail other colonial revenues. The estimates, according to the Speech of big Majesty, were to be nee 11111 l 11. cally framed, but this was a part of the estimates that he would maiut■in were most extravagant. as would clearly appear as a ieference to the Fin •tice Revisit. That Report states, that the years 1813, 1814. and 1815, were year,. or extravagant expru diture ; yet the Civil Let now proposed is founded on calculation's made us§ the expenses of those year., and the House will not be redeeming its pledges if the most rigid economy be not :mewled to in every deportment. Ile had expected that thus necessary regard to economy would base begun with the estsblishment of In. MITsiY, soil base been followed up by u reduction in the salaries of every civil officer under the Govern ment. If some such system of economy were not commenced we should be plunged ►till deeper into difficulties, and he obliged to go on, year sifter year, adding moist already memoirs debt. Muds as he admired the civil institutions of the country, lie had no hesitation in sas Mg they night be bought too dear. The Civil Government w•as too dear; and as individuals when labouring under pecuniary embarrassments always commeoced by reducing their domestic eineffilishments, the Mi nisters, if they meant any thing by their wars. sinus of economy, ought to begin by rethictog every expense as much as was practicable. Ile could not consent to vote fur the present measure, as it was. in his opinion. part of a system of expense. and not of econosny. It was well known that one elf ct of the resumption of cash payments by the liat.k. would be n lull in the prices of all co tttttt whiles of 1011111611/1 25 per cent. ; the effect of this would be to give the Crown a permanent revenue of one million aunt:oily, instead of 850,080/. as stated in the Resolution. All the additions which were made during the last twenty year. to the s a laries of civil officers. were alleged to be founded im the increased price of every necessary of life; surely, therefore, now that every necessary of life lard fallen consi derably. there could be no hardship in snaking reductions in some sort of proportion thereto. 111 . the Ministry do not do this, so far hum Itteping their pledge, they will exhibit a total disregard of all economy; and even single-handed, lie must place himself in opposition to such conduct. Sir H. PARNBLL admitted that the Right Holt. Gentleman was perfectly correct in stating, that there was as moderatanding between Ministers and his Him. and Ri4ht Ilon. Friends, that the ruotiun of the. Committee was to have passed In silence. end the discussion reserved for the reception of the Report. He did out admire the plan of that agree ment, as it set aside the whole policy usually acted on in similar °carpi ssss s. He thought that before the subject was brought forward its its present shape, there ought to have been the utmost infornialisiv before the House, as to the unionist rod applica tion, not only of the sum sender consideration, but ell the other funds , generally received and disbursed by the Crown. He words, further say, that he out only (lid slot approve of the course adopted, to, cause of its deviation tram the general mode of proceeding, but he felt that there ought to have been a Select Committee appointed, to sloth sli the papers should have been referred, and the Re port of this Committee ought to have preceded the deliberation of a Committee of the whole House. He slid not feel himself boons! to the support d any tiling now proposed, which was indeed oi,r proposed by way of information. Every Mealliee would be at liberty to determine according to ti.r effect which further explanation end discussoo: would produce un his mind when the del,we should take place. Mr. BEOUGHAN said, that the circumstance of nut then typoising the motion, did nut in the less: degree bind any Members from doing so iu the 11:1 , - euswion which would take !place on Use measure ou Friday. The measure before the House was ooiy parliamentary mode of 'styli% the accessary 11,- 1 fornsation before the House. Sir J. Newrotty said, that certainly no Mrmher h.itiel by deferring his oppiniihun to the prr sent minion to defer it altogether. lie reconi mended a strict investigation when the subject cause under diseuivion. Of the reveinie of Ireland, One entire branch of OtHCli had been (liveried aunt its proper channel, and the charges which it insintaiii ed were now levied on the people. lie would not then prolong the discinesiiiii by st Mine the particu lars of this affitr, to which he only wished thus briefly to allude. The Resolution was then carried. tin the mutton of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER it was resolved, that these charges simian( be taken out of the Consolidated Food. It was ordered, that Accounts of the Hereditary Reveuurs should he hid before the Douse. The House resumed, the Chairman reported pro gress. and die Report was ordered to be taco ion) consideration on Friday. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The CHANCF.:T.LOR of the EICHEQURR moved the order of the day toe receiving the Report of the Committee of Supply. The resolution of the Committee, that supplies should be grouted, was read a first sad decowd time. The Report of the Committee was ordered to he referred to a Committee of the whisk House to morrow. It was ordered, that there be laid before the House copies of the 3d, 4th, sth. *ad Oth Re joins of the Collllllllll,lollela u ip iutwl to ibilltre Into the departments of Customs and Excise. ()tarred, t h at there be laid before the House an alistriee t of the net produce of thee revenue, with lilt usual disituctious as to the time of the receipts; nod u separate account of the ainouiet derived limo the Hew duties. Also, 'camel* of the Exchequer Bills received be payaneist of dunes. rtudingutitony; the amounts received on the lit January, sth April, and :24 Nlay, revera;ly. Air. Hose moved foe accounts to be laid before the Hoare, varsomly chivied and diatangotibeds of the total fiddled and unfunded debt of Great Brl -14111, Ulid of the netereat paid thrr.on, between sth January, 1819. mud sth January, It 2O.—Or dered. ESTIMATES. The usual Navy. Army, and Civil Estimatts, were ordered to Ire laid berme Mt House. Mr. LUSHINCTOK brought them up; they were luid nn the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wti.som moved for Accounts of the Wool and Woollen Manufactures exported crow this country to the course of last year. Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up an Account of the Abstract Revenue of Great. Britons, and aho of the amount of New •Dunes. accord's.% to the Orders of the House, which were hdd upon the table. Adjourned at twenty minutes past seven o'clock. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS PAPERS. PARIS. The cel e b,,t e d Miss Edgeworth hoo tamed in Pjri•. The Court of Caseation has rejected the appeal of ilve Cumwetotionalost Lecarpeostier, a relapsed re gicide, who returned to France in contempt of the law of 12th January, 1816, which banished the atinittillll of the martyred King. The Assize Court of La Manche condemned Imo, on the 15th e!' March last, to deportation, for hawing retunted from loasonoloment. A smart shock of sit earthquake was felt at Crest and the adjoining country, about nine v.:*clock in the evening of the 21► t of April. It was accom panied by thunder. The motion seemed to pro cerd from env' to weal. The weather was very tint. and die vky serene. The arrival of the Duke of Cambridge at Brous wick is announced In a Frankfurt paper. Ili* Royal Ifiglinei.p's visit is for the purpose of beteg prebeut at the first communion of the young Duke of Brunswick and his brother. These two Princes have gone to Bruschsal. to pros some time with the Dowager filargravine of Baden. The Correspond's' of Hamburgli declares itself authorised to contradict the statement, that the Court ul Rio Janeiro had entered into au arrange ment with that of Naples to procure a certain num ber of galley slaves Far colonising the Brazils. ri ~~ i f~