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The Feraskier, Mr. Drabs.; Colonel Cohewlierg, Mr. Cooper; Iswael, Mr. G Smith; Yeeepti, Mr. Gatti, ; Leo. pull, Mr. Harley; Peter, Mr. Fitswillissa ; Amelia Mr. 11 4 ward Lathe-rise, Mina Folds; Gkita, Mrs. , ' Lille, Madam, Vestris. To roads& with the Pane of , MONSIEUR TONSON. The prim-4W Characters by Messrs. CsaPPr. Eataard. noite, Genie, W. H. Williams, Meredith, Twin, Mrs. Knight, Miss Smithies, sod Mn. Bleed. The aw l will be spewed at Rolf-pest Oa inlet*, sad the performaisers connaesee at Seem, loses Is.; &coed Fries 3s. 1 sit. pd.; Snood Prim Ss—Lower Gallery Ss.; Mosad Price Ise—Upper Gallery la.; Seemed Prier W. Place. to It takes ef Mr. Rathrell,la the Ramada of the alma olds nestre. Tomorrow, A New Way M Pay Old Debts—with Pod sad flexible. Os FrWsy, The Castle of Awidosis : Alplasse, Mr. Brahma; Leeessa, Madame Testae AMS MAJESTY'S Coommood at the Theatre Ariel, Diary Less. leasiog. hen removed the BENEFIT of 1111 r. KNIGHT mad Mr. COOPER is MON DAY. May 40th, when k is hoped that those nomeroos Polies who hove bosomed Owen with disk Parrosiage will maks dorm 15... sod Mem. The same a will be shoo as expreserd in pre- THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. . By peresteekse of the Lord Chemamoebae. MR. WEBB most respectfully hers leave to areptaint hie Fries& sad the Public. that his BENEFIT will take place THIS EVENING, 10EONES. DAY, May 15, when will br promoted (out acted these six years) the *desired Comedy of MAN AND WIFE. The part of Comelies O'Dsalwies by Mr. Webb. New Irish Samos—A oew Sees. called " The Tipperary Aduais".—New Song, " Paddy O'nasagas"—H Terry Ms grails sad Miss Biddy Magee"—A plaietire Irish Air, t. Sweet Eatblere O'Regee".—" The [abeam Bey"— . The Groves of Slareey"—" M. Patrick wag a Geetielsan, sad came free: NOMA People"—" Miss Rally 011...yech"— sad bis celebrated See, of " Paddy Carry." After which, THE IRISHMAN IN LONDON. Mattock Chaney, Mr. Webb. Tickets and Places is the Boars nay be had of Mr. Steven- Ism. at the Box-eSer of the Theatre ; sad of Mr. Webb, 4, Milner. place, Waterloo-road. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SUFFERING IRISH, Oa which occasion Monsieur ALEXANDRE will gra leitonsty perform and the Proprietors will defray the Eipermen of the Theatre. ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. PHIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, May 15, A Monsieur ALEXANDRE, the celebrated Drammic Teaselloqiiiet, will deliver so estirely sea cook, charac teristic, vocalic, asimatie r aalrifonnical, assiailimpagas,. obi quite/teal gaiertalimmem, in Tliret Pans (Is 116.11.1,1_,F0r, atracted espreisiy fir this emessios, sad ',Hied Tlis ADVENTURES OF A VENTRILOQUIST; Or, THE ROGUERIES OF NICHOLAS. la which be will display the various astonishing vocal illu. Moos for which he has been so jusill celebrated sod theft,- (visited untie Comment, and which have been represented with each sit aal approbation Worn shoat of the Gowned Heads asd Princes of Europe. Personas of the Entertainment: Vitiate Pereess.—Alderman Pillbury ; Caplets Furlough; (111/1111111i la the Alderman) ; Mrs. Pillbary (wife of the Aida-mas)l Mies Plirtdla Pdlbury (dmighser of the Aldermaw). laoisible PerseasAwderer Stump (Surgeon Dentist sad Trepanner) ; Jamb (Ws urea) i Pillbury Dftutmus (an intuit is arms). Amaaud Persose—MATuire Tivy, and Nick Tosy,. **spiv 401 the Eni.risinnsest : Port 1. NMI sod Phy•le.—Cupid fumed Chimney Sweep. Part 11. Wino sad the Tooth.ach ; or, the Biter Bit. Part 111. Csrtaia Lectures —Jack in the Bus. The whole embodied, illustrated, and delivered by Olio. Seer ALEXANDRE. WESTERN DISPENSARY, CHARLES STREEf, WESTMINSTER. PaTlllOll, His Royal Highsess Prince LEOPOLD of SAXE COBURG, K.G. G.C.B. ON SUNDAY MORNING NEXT, t h e 19t h of May instant, the ANNIVERSARY SERMON for the BENEFJT of this CHARITY will be preached in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. by the Right Rev. GEORGE lord Dianip of CHESTER Service cull begat at Ocoee o'Clock pr.2cisely. The ANNIVERSARY DINNER of the Governor, aid Friegds of this Dispensa r y will be on WEDNESDAY, the 51 /' aline felt, at the Gown sod Anchor Tavern, is the Mired, at Five o'Cloek precisely • JOHN ELLIOT, Er:q. to the Chair. De. Mackin Mr. Naneolaa,noe, My. Como, I Mr. W. Gees*, Mr. Oilier, Mr. Gooch. Mr. A. H i ll, Mr. G. Watts, Mr. Blachbern• Nu Collectioo after Dinner.—Tarketa (Ilk. each) to be hail of the Savor& ; at the Diagram; at tic T of Mr. Ceps*, Collector. Marshals street, Wrslosiosler; and Win. Liadeisae, Serretary, Upper Croon.strut, Westminster. May IS, lAn. ITALIAN CONFECTIONERY. ci A. J A RIUN (Author of " The Italian Iluta Conftctioner," and Who with Messrs. Gutsiest, of Bertlki-mamt) Inc she hamons so acquaint the Nobility and G 'ltirstg that be HAS *PEN ED a SHOP at Na 123, New RonsLgitrcel, near Gruevetior-atmet, whey, every artiste of CONFECTIONERY may be obtain ed, of the lame superior quality au dietinguishea the Fahrique of the above Egtabliabment. (3. A. J A RRIN, dur ing the last it: yeti,' that Ili conalueled the inanufactitring .Department at Mums. Graters, having introduced misty tagswet article, for th e supp l y and d erogat i on o f t h e ta bl e , whirls have been highly approved by the fe,hionable world, most respectfully solicits the Patronage of the Nobility 8 "d Gentry in his new undertaking. and prolate's the sunsuit exertion ett hia talents to rant their eupoott• May 15, 11152. DISORDERS of Die NERVOUS SYSTE.M, whether origiaating in exceviirii indulgence of the "P etite. sad Passions. Of 10 hereditary structure, constit•le the misery of a large portion uf the afflicted. Depraved ap petite, trembling of the limb, , weaknem of Midi, and iflCUO matey of mind, peculiarly characterise them, and Doke the ' lll dtirce uf the acriistuaneil choke of Ice laborious and vrarsourne. The CORDIAL BALM of GILEAD altark• thu hydra with eatveishing emcees*, sod meg be resealed to with the greatest coufidenee. Sold by Mr. Johisoloa, 46, Censhlll; Mr. Banger (late Bacon led Co.), ISO, Ossfurd.aiteel. Imodua ; mad Mr. Towson, Chatha m; a n d a ll B oo k aa ll en , its bottles Its. each; the re l are obit booties 331. oath, time latter coeceiving the quanti ty of four at Ile. Sax!. Solomon, Livorpool," ea estrivtd ins the stamp, Is imitate which to felony. lieu PERMANENT RELIEF for the BRI TISH AGRICULTURAL and MANUFACTUR ING LABOURERS sad tie IRISH PEASANTRY, by meads of Economical Education and Employment, cud a greater facility is the exchange of the products of Weir la bour. The Friends of the above cause are requested to meet at the City of Landon T TO DAY The Chair rill be taken at Twelve o'Clock precisely. 49, Bedford-square, May 15. ROBERT OWEN. IMPERIAL TWINE CLOTH for SHIRT ▪ ING, ate—By hie Majesty's Leiters Patent.—Ne Cam- Herne pas de lin mai► to possedent les agremens.—The No bility, Families, and Merchants are respectfully 'aerated, the above desirable CLOTH fur promoting is. the East and west Indies, all well as the cold climates, the most healthrol temperature (avoiding oscine the too told effect of linen sad the too great warmth of asnisel and of rollout), and for Its acoomay, is sold euelusively, wholesale, fur exportation, sod byte pies's, at Is lid 6d.-3s. and 3s. Id, per yard, tamped, wMillsed's Paterit Twine Cloth," Ste. at Om Warr- Wow, Ne:l CAteapsidr, east an Wheraalte whatever. The . gismos furabeeliag email's from It to 4 pair. Families In the .arawstry wilding soden have them eitecated as if peewee., upbeat the greatest variety of Foreign and British Goods are NEW ROMANCE. This day is published, price 1 8 t. hoards, L EMIRA of LORRAINE: la Romance. In three vols. 12.0. Priated for G. and W. B Whittaker, Ave-Maria-Isae. s' The Romance now before us is a pl.asieg earralive of incidents, well calculated to awaken and reward amusing; and that narrative is elothrd in correct sad often forcible sod elegant lAnguagit."—Mostbly Review, March, lett NEW NOVEL. This day is pabli=Led, in three vuls. nom. price !Is. r 4 ANG ItEATH : • Tale. By Mrs. N ATEI AN. " This is a welLconatrurted Novel, cumws•diag a high degree of interest from its accurate description of Caw briaa Manners sod Scenery, the contrasted display of pas @Was is the principal characters, and its unalloyed s•oral itudeoey."—Mouthly Magazine, March, istt. Printed fur G. and W. B. Whittaker, Ave. Maria-lase. BURNHAM EMPIRE. This day is published, is Si.. with coloured Plates, 16.. boards, JOURNAL of a RESIDENCE in the BURM HAN EMPIRE, and more particularly at the Court of Ainarapoorah. By CAPTAIN HIRAM COX. Of the Hoe. EMI, laths Company's Bengal Native lafantry. Printed for G. sad W. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria.lane. Coitaaugbt Terrace, Edgeware-road, sear Oxford-street. JOSEPH HETHERINGTON, with most sin cere 'hawks ter past favours, respectfully begs leave to acquaint the Nobility and Gentry whom be and his late Pastime, Mr. W. Moore, and bin Esemitors, have had the honour of serving, tbet the Partnership Rushers', which has beea carried on for *evenl years past is Park-Newt, Gros- vapor-square, lately deterasioed by the expiration of the Ar ticled, tied that he is now carrying cm the Business of a Livaar STABLE KEEPER, dm. is new and eximeive Premisea c jile. 12, Coamaeght Terrace, Edgeways-read, name Illelisolomeet, where be humbly hopes fer Chair patroaage end support. J.H. begs respectfully to notify, that all Debts due to and by the late Partnership of Moore sad Hetberingtoo, will be received and paid by bias as above. 2514 March, 1822. MR. PERRY'S LIBRARY. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY MR. EVANS, At hie House, 93, Pall-mall, TO MORROW, THURSDAY, May 16, and Five followieg Days, THE THIRD PORTION of the curious, reliable, and extensive LIBRARY of the late JAMES PERRY, Esq.; enntsining as extrooedioory ametn blage of rare and curious BOOKS, of earls English Poetry, Literature and History. domestic and foreign, including the Four Firm Editions of Sbakspeare, and as extensive Eollechou of Works on the Freed' Revolution. GUILDHALL, LONDON, MAY 1, 1822 THE COXINI ITTEE for Letting the CITY'S LANDS will meet at °oddball oo WEDNESDAY tbeibth Day of May, 1822, at 12 of the Clock at Nowt, TO LET by PUBLIC AUCTION • DEPUTATION sod LEASE for out year, from Midsummer, 1822 (subject to a Power of Reviimption), of the °Mee or Place of COL 'LECTOR and RECEIVER, of the CITY'S TOLLS and DUTIES at Whitechapel Bars, sioB all the Liberties of this City theme southward to the COMM Howie, together with the same Tolls and Ditties. TO LET by PUBLIC AUCTION • DEPUTATION and LEASE of the CITY'S TOLLS wed DUTIES at Biatiopsgate Bars, sod all the Liberties of this City thence Westward to the site of the late Betblem Hospital, sod East ward to Whilechapel Earl exclusive, together with the same Tolls and Duties. 70 LET by PUBLIC AUCTION a DEPUTATION sad LEASE of the CITY'S TOLLS •nd DUTIES at Al derogate Bars, and ■ll the Liberties of ibis Cit• thence Eastward to Ili. site of the lute Bethlens Hospital, iseluding Ceipple;ate and Hourgate, together with the same Tulle and ' Dories. TO LET by PUBLIC AUCTION • like DEPUTA• •'PION and LEASE of the CITY'S TOLLS and DUTIES st SmitbSeld Bare, all the Liberties of i►is City theme East. ward to Alderasate Bars emissive, together with the same Tolla aed Duties. TO LET by PUBLIC AUCTION a like DEPUTA TION nod LEASE of the CITY'S TOLLS and DUTIES at Holborn Bars, and all the Liberties of this City thence Southward to Temple Bar, and Eastward to Smithfield Bars exclusive, together with She mine Tolls and Duties. TO LET by PUBLIC AUCTION • like DEPUTA TION and LEASE of the CITY'S TOLLS and DU 11 ES at Temple Bar, and all the EiDenier of this City theatre Southward to Puddle Puck, together with the same Tulle ■ad Duties. N. R.—A Deposit of o.se Quarter of a Year's Rent on each District of the Tolls is to be made at the time of the Auction, and to be forfeited on non-performance of the COll. tract, and One Quarter of • Year's Rent is to be continued to be paid in ad The Conditions for Letting she said TOLLS may be seen at the Conspirelkea Office, Guildhall. -• JOS. BUSHN AN, Comptroller. TO BC SOLD BY AUCTION. By Alit. EVANS, At hls Hower. No. 93, Pall-Hall, THIS DAY, WEDNES. DAY, May 15. and following Days, A VALUABLE COLLECTION of CLAS SICS, with some rire Pieces of Italian and Spanish Poetry, Ire.; tarluding Piranewi ()pure, 24 vulg.; Dion Ca.. sin ReWiwi, 2 vols. morocco ; Aristophanes Brunrkii 4 vols. large paprr ; Anslerts Drees, 3 volt. large paper ; His- Istria y Maravillosa Vida Jel Roberto el Diablo. excessively rare; Dialog. de Mazeres, a very rare Spanish Poem, 1444; Morgan le Gkaat, rare, 1429; Geste Poringalenvirm to India, &c. extremely rar►, 16941 ; Voltaire, 70 vols. beat edi lieu a complete SA of the Latin Claaska, 113 vols. as. ac. WANTS “ SITUATION es s FQOTM AN. in a small regetlar ramify, a Young Man, aged 21, obis has au objection to either Town or Cannery, and who cam produce uudeaisbis testimonies of his shill!, sad integrity. Letters addreqsa to T. M. at Mrs. Brotherntotes, Perfumer, Camberwell, will be Imotediatelystiended to. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP LORDS. TUESDAY, Mau 14. MA RC MONT PP.ER4GR. The Committee of Privileges sat at lialf.post three o'clock to bear evtd►uce is the AM, Peerage , •orl ogee °templet until fifteen lilliertes Mime fife is hearing doesmeriary evi dence read is support or lbw right of t►e claimant to the Peerage. Their Lordships Ibis Mad prayers read. Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clialys Air Frisseis Oilanner, Sir Thema Lethbridge, sad 11/11ei' birnitiers of the Meese of Commons, broiegiot up sic private sod local Bilk *bids were severally read s Ina time. Mr. Osborae, from the Conemissiosers of Margate Pier, hirosght up the immure of the proceeds sad alebaraesitents of Margate Pier sad Harbour, as directed by their Lordship. —Laid on the table. The Duke of GRAFTON pretested three Petitions from the Owners and Occupier* fir Lead is aM Cottony of Suffolk, contpiaining of 'grit-Miural distress, aid preyiag fee relief. They viers severally read sad told ua the table. TM As* Lace Duties Bill wee read s seemad aline. Adjoersed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tossomr, MAY 14. tra._ Mr. CURWIN prevented • Petition from certain Furriers and Corriere residing at Whitehase• end Wo►kingtd•, pray. Jag for the repeal of the denies upon leather. TREASURER OF MIDDLESEX. M►. BYNG presented • Petition from the Freeholders of Middlesex, wallow for the repeal of certain statutes in order to reader the collection of the county rates by the T of Skit coauty more ware—The Petition was ordered to be referred to • Committee to examt•e the contents thereof. .1 Mr. LINDSAY pretested a Petition from certain Ship Owners residing at Dundee, against the proposed alteration ii h e th e Nsslgatiun Latex—Laid on the table. TOBACCO TRADE. Mr. H. DAVIS presented • Petition from the Mer -1 chats, of the City of Bristol, praying for some reduction in the dative on tobacco. Mr. BRIGHT supported the prayer of the Petition, and kook occasion to observe that some steps should be taken to protect the fair dealer from au unequal competition with those who carried on the practice of smuggling, so. so so. lotions on the other side of the Channel. Ordered to be printed. Mr. WODEHOUSE presented a Petition from certain Owners and Occupiers of Lend in the County of Norfolk, praying some relief to agriculture—Ordered to be printed. CASH PAYMENTS. Mr. WESTERN said, he rose fur the purpose of post poning his mafiosi relative to the currency, which stood fur the 15th lastest, to a later period. He wee induced to do ma from t►e extreme premiere of bemuses at the present lime. and be trusted 'etimensawat. hurts lam aver, the Hoses would be in ■ ronditios to give that important subject a calla and dispassionate disettanon. He should, abetefore, postpone it to the 11th lure. Mr. HEATHCOTE presented a Petition from certain Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Lincoln, ex pressing their surprise and dismal at the resolations pro posed relative to fureiga corn warehoused —Lod oa the table. PUBLICANS` LICRNSES. Mr. Bxxixre rose in pursuance of a notice he had given, to move fur leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the granting of licenses to publicans. He wished to state at the outset, that his Bill should not extend to Ireland, for he congratulated the gen tlemen of Ireland ou baying overcome the evils of their system,and introducing into that country a sys tem much better than that pursued in this coun try. He should not enter into any details upon this subject, but to order that the House ;night under stood the principal emendments he proposed to ef fect, he wished to state io them how the law stood at present. lo the first instance, then, any per son who petitioned fur • license must produce a certificate to his character. One would think that such a certificate should proceed from the quarter where he wits best known, or where he last resided. But it was quite the reverse; he must produce • certificate from the parish its which he was going to live. The consequence of this was, that the certificate was generally obtained by means of fee* by the beadles, who went round the parish for signature!. The alterati o n which he proposed was, that the applicant fur • license must produce a certificate from the parish in which he lived, speaking as to his character and occupation, mud whether he had kept a puhltc•htsse. The next amendment should extend to recuguisances. Ile should propose that substantial securities should be given by persons who would be quite respousible to the amount of the sums for which their 'James were set down, and that it should be distiuctly specified what were the duties to be performed, and what the practices to be avoided. A system of great injus tice and partiality had been pursued in the great ' tug of licenses, and this was carried to a much greater extent than probably the House were aware. And in order to remedy this evil, he should propose that the publican should have the power of appeal %lutist the licensing Magistrates. His object was to extend the facility of obtaining licenses, and the remedy he proposed was that every mau who rented a house to the value of 40/. • year, on giving the securities required, should be enabled to de mand, as a matter of right, the power of opening a public-house; st the same time leaving in the hands of the Magistrates the power of shutting it up on the next licensing day, proper cause being assigned. This ulteratitat would have the effect of preventing monopoly, and at the same time of re taintng its the hands of the Magistracy the power of correcting abuse. There were other minor arrange mettle Into which lie should nut then enter, but should merely move " Fur leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the present mode of Licensing Public-houses." Mr. C A LV gar said he should give his Honourable Friend all the resostance in bi. power i n " mem _ 'dishing the object he had in view. lo enumerating the evilo which resulted from the present system, he had forgotten vne, namely, abort measures; and in that particular great fraud had been committed. The pair man was entitled not only to get beer of a proper quality, but the full allowance of bras money. Mr. 11. COCKBURN proposed that a power should .be granted to sell beer of a superior quality at two pence halfpenny a pint. He knew at instance where the practice had been tried in a certain vil lage (.11egally, he admitted), and the consequence was, that it was must rapidly and eagerly bougat by the peasantry. Mr. P. Gaaniret.t. observed, that the subject was tae of considerable importance. Great abuses had Crept into the present system, and his Honourable Priend was entitled to the thanks of the country for nedertsking that arduous and useful measure. Tile motion was Otto agreed to, and leave granted to bring in • Bill. Mr. Cosa presented • Petitiou from Illeidee..`" head. in the comity of Berks, in rAssurg[4llll Belinett's 13,11. Mr. C. DUNDAS took occasion to observe, that if the Magistrates all over the country had acted in the /.4tite mintier as the Magistrates of the county of Berko, there would he no necessity for the present Bill. The Petition was ordered to be printed. THE SWISS CANTONS. Mr. WBRIC postponed the motion of which he hod given notice, in consequence of a motion which would be brought forward to-morrow evening by his Honourable Friend (Mr. Lennord) which in volved his proposition. If that measure were not submitted to the House, he should call the attest. lion of the House to his motion on Thursday nest. POSTAGE IN IRELAND. Sir N. COLTHORST presented a Petition from the City of Cork against the mail-coach contract between Cork and Dublin. He should move that the Petition be referred to • Committee ; and es the statements contained in the Petition would be best considered before the Committee, be should 'bitten. from any remarks at present. Mr. SPCINO Race observed, that the question was one of great importance. He understood that a contract had been lately concluded by Govero mem fur the conveyance of the mail between Lime. rick and Dublin. extremely disadvinstsgeows to the public, and lie, therefore begged the attention of the Treasury to the subject. The Petition was ordered to be referred' eh a Committee. • •st The LORD ADVOCATE presented a Petition from certain Landowners in Kincardineshire praying some relief for the present distress under which they laboured.—Ordered to be printed. Mr. GRZNIELL wished to give a notice, and to submit • question to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite. In regard to the negociatioo between the Bank of England and the Governmeit fur the renewal of the. Charter, he intended to give that measure his decided opposition in every stage of the proceeding, and was anxious for the earliest oppor tunity for doing it. His question was, that he wish. IA to know wheu the negociation would be in a sufficient state of forwarduess to give him that op portunity ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that besides the negociation with the Bunk for the re newal of part of its exclusive privileges, there was another transaction of Government which might be materially affected by the too early publication of the particulars in that with the Bank of• England. He intended in any case to delay the statement till that other transaction was completed. Mr. MADERLY thought that if the charter were to be renewed, the Bank ought to give up to the public a considerable portion of the 200,0001. which they profited annually by the public. Mr. COSTS'S presented a Petition from &MEE, complaining of agricultural distress, and preying a repeal of the duties on hops. The CHANCELLOR of the E1c11221721t protest ed against any attempt to forestal the judgment of the House on any particular as. There were measures before the House which contetophited a diminution of taxes, but to what amount, or upon what particular tax, could not safely be determined without a more general view being taken of the so bject. After es few words from Mr. CALVIN? Mid Mr. Lusetntrrom, the Petition was ordered to be prto ltd. lONIAN ISLES. Mr. Hume said, that the task he had taken on himself could not be pleasing, and any one anxious only for his own ease would have shunned. But the fate, the happiness of 200,000 persons in the lonian Islands, together with the perilous stake of the character of the British Government and coun try, compelled him to take up the subject as a mat ter of duty. It wss the third time he had brought it forward ; and as he laid the situation of the islands before the House on previous occasions, he would endeavour now to compress hie observations within the smallest ; lie would be as short as possible, endeavouring to do justice to all parties. He was uotactusted by personal feelings, for he knew no individual belonging to the loftily of the person chiefly implicated. He certainly felt attached to the interests of the islanders, because he lied been received among them, and he could not contrast their put and present condition, without feelings of blame to himself for not hiving procured them re drat. before. It might be necessary to state a few particulars respecting the affairs of the islands. While he was there, Corfu was still in the hands of the French—the other islands were under the pro tection of the British arms. At that time, when he went from isle to isle, lie found that the English were looked to as the harbingers of liberty and peace—their protection was thought sufficient to bring the islands happiness and security. What was the sentiment of those people now ? Looking back on what they had suflered, it would seem that no people were ever so hardly treated by their protectors. The lonian Islands were declared co dependent by the Paris Treaty of IBIS. They were once tinder the Venetians; they had alpine quently fallen to the French, and having pass ed out of their possessien, were restored to it spin ... by • were' article in the Treaty of Tilsit they remained with the French till 1809•I0. Hewes present at the time of the capture of three of them by the. English there. They remained in that posseseiou till 1815, when, as he said before, they were declared iudependeut by the Treaty of Paris, and were to he immediately under the patronage of the British Government, and under that sovereignty it was stipulated that they, should be allowed i n arrange the lutelnal organisation .of their civil pc licy. They were to be supplied with men, and pay fur them, till they would effect these arrsogememe. and perfectly citgautse their Government. Their Constitution was to be sanctioned by his Britannic Majesty. It was arranged accordingly. The Coe. stitutiou was adopted May e, 1817, and received the sanction of the King 11th July following. The pokbio of kis tomplaint were two : first, as to the abuse of expenditure incurred for these States; secondly. as to the treatment which they had received from their protectors. It would be his business to phew that in both cases the conditions of the Treaty of Paris had been violated. lie took the interpreta tion of these conditions from the .remarks of the Noble Marquis Isere, and the Noble Colonial Se cretary in another place, aud upon them he found ed his complaints. It was his duty. to prevent any expense being incurred by this Goverameat, be cause there were ample revenues within the island.; and by the Treaty of Paris the Wench were to pro vide for all the civil and military establishment., except when the garrisons should exceed 9,000 men, which could only happen on occasion of war.—[He cited the words of the charter in car raboranon.]—ln 1816 Sir Thomas Maitland suc ceeded General Campbell as Cominander-m- Chief, but returned in two months, and after some delay in England treat back.egaia within the year to errauge the Constitution. In the following spring the Constitution was arranged, and by the Ittli article in the id section of the 7th chapter, it was decreed, as he had before described, that the islands. were to pay all the ex pense of their establiehinents; except fur troops and munitions which might be wanted for war. beyond 3,000 men. Instead of these terms being kept. this country had been .pe:. to a considerable ex pense. He had endeavoured, without success. to obtain the returns down to the het year. He gave the Secretary of the Treasury credit, however, for the improved manner of arranging the colonial • ac counts. it appeared that io the year enditig January 1817, there was an expense iucelred for these. islands of 148,043/. exclOsive of a large mid heavy expense fur transports, reliefs, and other charges, nut to be ferried ender any dis tinct heed. In the year 1818; the mute charges were 140,0154 In short, in settee years these island. bad cost tine million of money, every shilling of which ought to have been saved to the country. He entreated support to his motion, which went to save this waste of the r: ounces. He stated • variety of expense. which had .. been not only augme n t e d t o the iuhabitants, but had called for considerable drains of money from hence. He attributed this to the profuse appointments made,iq the . civil and mi litary government by Sir T. Maitland; whose per sonal allowances. as Governor of Malta, Commander in Chief in the Islands, Lord High Commissioner. and Colonel of a regiment, fell little short of 15,0001. • year, exclusive of forage for horses, end other allowancei not comprised in that sum. He described several of the offices and salaries under the Commander in Chief, which he considered as being paid inordinate selaries. He particularly ob.. jected to an allowance of 5001. a year to an agent fur the colony residing in London; he could not understand what business this person could hove to do. He objected strongly to the pay of inspectors and sub•inopectors of militia in the islands, amount.. lug altogether to 3,0001. a year. He had been •otho tined by one of these individuals to state, that there was not a Jay's business to do in • year. He could not think that appointments of this character (stud there were many more of them in the returns) were all intended as patronage for Sir T. Maitland. Ministers, no doubt, participated—but the balance of the public accounts for that colony must come ..out of the pockets of the English people. The balance paid for the military staff, aud expenses of every sort belonging to it. could not be less than 138,0001. The list contented so less than 950 in dividuals. He regretted that Sir T. Maitland should have taken pairs' to make pointed remarks egainit those who did duty without salary. The speech wits intended for Englund, and especially against the unpaid magistracy of England. It was intended to gauchos the enormous salaries which he had appointed in his own govern ment. When he (Mr. Hume) was there, be found many who would have been glad to have filled civil officer, for the honourof itorithout par. It was paid on the other hand, that these monox were reedy to take bribes. He denied it, end his assertion Will at least as good as the oriposite. But there was 110 proof fur that calumny. Tne President of the Assembly under the Republic re ceived 1,515 dollars a yeast. ; quite enough—be cause the habits of simplicity which prevailed these enabled them to enjoy their lives mote plessaiitly and economically. This allowance was increased by Sir I'. Maitlaud to 6,2112 dollar.. The pay of • Senator was advanced to 3,111 dollars,— The whole expenses. which before were 12,227 dol lars, were now 26,419; the expenses of the Legis lative Department were equally augmented; and the total charges of the Civil Government were ad vanced from 98,000 to 241,000 dollars. The dou ble appointment of the Commander-its-Chitf led to a complete dereliction of duty ; justice could not be promptly administered by the same Com missioner at Malta and the lonian Isles; the con sequence was a great delay of justice at Malta. which lied been made subject of • complaint to the House, though the Hesse did not think tit to at tend to the Petitiou. He complained of the excessive sums charged foe the passage of the Commander•in•Chief front one place to another, ansouutiog, since 1819, Ile no leas than 2,6901. 4. • : t f t