The Sun. — London, England, 1837-12-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TH 7 1 /PITILIC JOURNALS Lord Mellniprne stidtQl last night the second read ing of the Civil L . .Att Bill in the House of Lords. His Lordship traced with great force and perspicuity the connection bet , ecn the abandonment by the Crown of its feudal rig i . ,its and hereditary revenues, and the growth of tl , e constitutional control of Parliament. In ancient tirc,es the Sovereign defrayed the civil and mi litary '-ec.pensea of the country as well as the expenses of his Cour., out of the income arising from lands, and duties of various kinds belonging to the Crown ; ae.cl it was only in the case of prodigality, or when the country was involved in expensive wars, that -an appeal was made to Parliament for subsidies. An econceaical and parsimonious Sovereign was thus placed entiraly beyond the control of Parliament, for, as was observed by his Lordship, though laws might be enacted fir the frequent meetings of Parliament, of what avail were such laws when effect could not be given to ahem ? He illustrated this position by a reference to "Henry VII., who, by his parsimony was enabled to set himself above all parliamentary control, and whose successive encroachmenrs on the rights and liberties of the country laid the foundation for the st - .uggles in the reigns of the Stuarts, and the pro ttraeted civil war which took place a century posterior to his reign. At the restoration, and still more at the revolution, the Sovereign was gradually divested of those sources of income which had in former times enabled the Sovereign to place himself beyond the control of Parliament ; and at the commencement of the reign of George 111. the Sovereign renounced all his remaining hereditary revenues, with the exception of that derived from the Duchies of Cornwall and 'Lancaster and a few casual sources, and in lieu of them a regular annual income was voted by Parliament for what was called the Civil List; that is, for the support of his Majesty's household, and also for defraying the expenses of certain of the civil servants of the Sovereign ; by which arrangement the control of Parliament was established on an immoveable basis. his Lordship, after detailing the changes introduced by Mr. Burke's Bill, and the more recent arrange ment, by which the expenses of the Court of the So vereign were separated from those of the various esta blishments of the country, went through the different provisions of the Bill before the House, and concluded with an impressive appeal to their Lordships to give it their sanction, as a measure which had for its object the support of the Monarchy, a form of government, if not theoretically the best, at least the best adapted to the circumstances of the state and times, and which no man without the height of criminality could at tempt to alter. The Bill was read a second time, Lord Brougham's being the only dissentient voice. Lord Brougham enforced at great length the argu ments urged by him on the night the Royal message was taken into consideration against the policy of a permanent arrangement, which experience proved would not be binding on the Sovereign, should circum stances render the sums assigned inadequate ; while, on the other hand, should circumstances lower the prices of commodities from the decreased cost of production, or the repeal of the law which kept the price of Corn in this country so much higher than elsewhere, the Sovereign would derive all the benefit. He repeated, too, his objection to fixing the amount of the allowance to the Sovereign, while they were in utter ignorance of the resources of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. In the course of this part of his speech the Noble and Learned Lord gave some curious and instructive details respecting the income of the Duchy of Cornwall, and supplied some very cogent reasons for the adoption of the improved ma nagement and publicity for which Ministers have pledged themselves. According to his Lordship, for every 2/. paid into the Royal Treasury, 11. is expended in collecting it ; and the system of superintendence is so defective, that one individual who had a lease of forty acres was enabled, by what is technically called in Cornwall " hedging by candle-light," to increase it to 200 acres taken from the property of the Duchy. The speech of the Noble and Learned Lord was addressed to the country rather than to their Lordships, who, of course, could hardly be ex pected to outdo the House of Commons on the present occasion. His Lordship's speech reminded us ( f his efforts in the House of Commons, for which as sembly his eloquence is better suited than for the more Lately assembly to which he has been elevated. His highly-wrought conclusion much resembled his speeches of ten or twelve years ago. We may here observe that the Noble and Learned Lord rather went out of his way to find fault with Ministers when he travelled to Canada for an argument for their Lordships assembling earlier, more especially as the events to which he adverted have only been known in this country within the last few days. By-the by, how comes it that of all the servants of the state, at home or abroad, Sir Francis Head seems alone to have even the admiration of the Times? We have always given that gentleman credit for much sa gacity and tact; but, for the sake of his reputation, it is to be regretted that his praise in the Times is uni formly coupled with distorted accounts of the conduct of other Government functionaries in that part of the world. -Though Sir Francis complains, we under stand, of ill usage on the part of the Colonial Admi nistration, there is no reason why he should consider all connection with Ministers at an cud ; and it is a pity that he did not enjoin his friends who communi cate with the Times to be somewhat more discreet, not in sounding his praises, for to that we have no ob jection, but in uniformly connecting his praise with the censure of others, for it is possible that the efforts of his friends may he placed to his own account.— Morning Chronicle. Notwithstandin g our high respect for the acute mind and the practical knowledge of the Duke of Welling.. ton, we think that he is wrong upon the subject of Post-office Reform, and that he has been somewhat rash in the declaration of his opinion. His Grace says that the impression on his mind certainly is that the Government has taken the right course on this subject. We venture to say that this is not the im pression on the mind of the mercantile public, or of any practical inquirer who has considered the subject of postage duty, with reference to the inequality of its pressure, and the practicability of combining a decrease of the rates with an upholding of the aggregate revenue. The evil so generally complained of is a high rating, utterly disproportioned to the expense, There is evidently no regard to rule or measure in the principles of rating the postage. It is not denied that the mere expense of carrying letters would be upon each something less than a farthing for the longest distance of inland carriage. It cannot be pre tended that the carriage of two sheets of paper by the same conveyance costs twice as much as the carriage of one. But how stands the practice of the Post-office ? Say that the postage to Tooting should reasonably be three pence, taking into account the large expense of the Post-office establishment, why should two i ie n cq additional be put on for carrying the same thing to Epsom ? rf he net charge of carrying the letter to Tootir.g is nothing like three pence ; but for the sake of ,he revenue, as well as for defrayingthe char g e s of a gre a t d epartment, a tax laid on the net charge, which brings it to this sum. But is it reasonable that not only the charge of conveyance, but the tax is to be so rash greater on account of the in crease of distance from London ? The postage to yinchley a single letter is three pence ; and to carry a letter from Finchley to Birmingham costs -1.9."), a farthing ; but the Post-office adds seven pence. st) the practical effect is that a man is charged six pence three farthings tax for living at Birmingham more than he would be charged for living at Finchley I Now, the Post-office is disposed —not from any conviction on the minds of its managers, but by reason of the public remonstrance—to try an experiment in reform. But, Instead of applying the experiment to the evil com plained of, the Post-office proposes to apply it to a kind of postage which hardly any body complains of. The grievance is, that the postage upon long distances is enormously out of proportion to the additional expense of carrying the letters these long distances, and the ex periment proposed by th e Post-office is to reduce the rates nn short distances. A no th er gri evance is, that though double letters cost scarcely anything more for their conveyance than single letters, and upon a long distance not a quarter per cent. upon the expense of single letters, yet the additional charge is cent. per cent. ; THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1837 tArr INDIA. floUsE. (Concluded from The Sun of Yesterday.) . , Mr. WE&DING rose t o b r i ng f orwar d th e motion *hit h he had given notice, for the abolltioli of !ho East India Company's agenny at Canton. He expressed his regret that 01'3 Directors of the Company bad not, seeing the facilities of obtaining remittances from India by other means, abolished the agency in Canton. As, however, that had not been the case, he now asked the Courts of Direc tors and of Proprietors to put an end to this finance agency ? As there were, no doubt, many gentlemen pre sent. who were not award of the nature of that agency, he would sta'e that the gentlemen composing that body drew bills in Canton on the Bengal Government, which were either purchased with money or bills payable in Eng land, on condition that goods were placed in the hands of the Company, the bills being drawn for one-third less of the value of such goods, which were hjpothecated to the East India Company, with power of sale in the event of the bills not being duly paid. Tho effect of these operations was to render the exchange very changeable and injurious to commercial operations, and many parties had pronounced an opinion that they were il legal. The question was whether it was compatible with the interest of the Company and of the British merchants to continue the agency. For the safety of the commerce between England, India, and China, he hoped the agency would not be continued. In 1834 the Company's commer cial operations were brought to a close, and the British merchants, the manufacturers, and the consumers prepared to take their place. The latter sent their goods to China, and the profits were calculated at 700,0001. to 800,000/., the rate of exchange then being 4s. I ld. to ss. 2d. the dol lar. The merchants and manufacturers thought they had secured their profits, when an advertisement was issued on the 7th of October from the Company's Finance Committee, inviting persons to accept advances at 4s. 7d. the dollar, thus knocking down the exchange 4d. or lid. per cent., and occasioning a loss of 50,000/. to the merchants on the transactions of the previous six months. The British merchants were ready to buy teas to the extent of 1,000,000/. or 2,000,0001. but as soon as the operations of the Finance Committee were known, by which an ad ditional capital of 900,000/. was in circulation, up rose the price of teas and other China produce, occasioning a fur ther loss of 250,000/. ; and instead of 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 lbs. of tea being brought forward, 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 lbs. came to market. In consequence of this the price went down here full twenty per cent., pro ducing a further loss to the trade of 400,000/. Thus there had been lost to the British merchants not less than 650,0001. by the mistake of the Company in forcing this agency into operation. The Chinese had realised a large amount from their teas, while the Company, in their stock of tea on hand, had, on the cost price, sustained a loss of 600,0001. The principle adopted, therefore, by the Company, in the formation of the agency, was an unsound one, the Company having by it been saddled with an enor mous loss as well as the British merchants and manufac turers. Another effect of the agency might be, that the Chinese would become exporters of their own produce, without reference to the importation of British goods, and the trade of India be injured. After adverting again to the losses that had been occasioned by the agency, the Hon. Proprietor concluded by moving the following re solution :—" That it is expedient to discontinue the East India Company's finance agency at Canton, inasmuch as it deranges the operations of commerce between Great Britain and China, to the great injury and loss of the British mer chant, manufacturer, producer, and consumer, while it is not indispensable as a means of enabling the Company to place sufficient funds in this country to meet the territorial payments of India payable in India." Mr. J. C. WHITEMAN seconded the resolution. Mr.Ftur..DER hoped the Hon. Proprietor would withdraw his motion, Mr. MARRIOTT should oppo 4 the motion, as being an unnecessary interference with the Court of Directors. The CHAIRMAN should oppose the motion. Unless Hon. Proprietors could suggest any other plan by which the Company could obtain a remittance of their funds with regularity and certainty they ought not to interfere with the present system, the only object of which was the realiza. tion of their funds. Mr. TWINING said that the interest of the Company was certainly a matter of great importance to the Directors ; but still they ought not, in supporting that interest, to lose sight altogether of the public, who expected to realize considerable benefits from the opening of the trade of China. After a few words from Mr. WIGItAM, Mr. TWINING, and Mr. WEEDING, The CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which, on a show of hands, was negatived by a very considerable majority. IDOLATROUS WORSHIP IN INDIA. Mr. POYNDER called the attention of the Court to two memorials presented to it in August last, one by the So ciety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and the other by the Church Missionary Society, relative to idolatrous worship in India, and complaining that, notwithstanding the resolutions adopted by the Court of Directors here, no steps had been taken by the authorities in India to put a stop to those disgraceful practices. He begged to ask what answer had been returned by the Directors to the first memorial ? The CHAIRMAN said the memorial had been received, and the subject of it was under the consideration of the court of Directors, but no answer had as yet been returned. Mr. POYNDER—Then, I beg to ask what answer has been returned to the letter of the Archbishop of Canter bury, transmitting that memorial ? The CHAIRMAN—None. Mr. POYNDER—What answer has been returned to the memorial of the Church Missionary Society ? The CHAIRMAN—That is in the same situation. Mr. POYNDER—What answer was returned to the letter of the Earl of Chichester enclosing it ? The CHAIRMAN—I have received all the letters and me morials mentioned by the Hon. Proprietor, and as yet no answer has been given to any of them. Mr. POYNDER then gave notice of a motion on the sub ject.—The Court then adjourned. and if a letter contain two enclosures the additional charge is two hundred per ceHt., even in the eases of the longest distance, although the inereased expense of conveyance is so small as to be scarcely measurable. This latter grievance the Post-office does not propose to remedy at all. All that has been hinted at in respect of reduction is a diminution of the postage upon those distances in respeet of which the present rate is fourpence. It is surprising that the Duke of Wellington should call this a right course to take, for it is a mere trick—an evasion. It is, in fact, no trial at all of the principle of reduced postage as a means of relief without injury to the revenue. The whole amount of fourpenny postage must be a ridiculous trifle. The post towns lying without the range of the threepenny post, and within the fivepenny rate, must be very few. Certainly there is-no considerable town so circumstanced. There is no ground-work in such a reduction, for an honest bona fide experiment. Too much, perhaps, has been said about Mr. Row land Hill's plan, which, carried to the extent con templated by him, bears upon the face of it the charac ter of extravagance ; still, however, his plan should be fairly dealt by, and it is unquestionably true, as stated by Lord Radnor, that just so much of his plan has been taken as will in all probability insure its failure. Lord Radnor protested, and, we think, with good reason, against the disingenuous mode in which Mr. Hill's plan was treated. We are far from saying that it should be adopted. We do not think the country ought to risk the loss of revenue which such a plan as his, however convenient to the public, would proba bly occasion, unless, indeed, some means were provided beforehand of making up the probable deficiency in the revenue. But it is one thing to use a wise caution in entering upon a plan of such an extent as to risk an important portion of the public revenue, and quite another to get rid of this plan, and even to throw dis credit upon it by a disingenuous application of it where it cannot succeed. We do not think the Post-office will find it possible, by any device of this kind, to evade the growing demand for reform in the principles of the department.—Morning Herald. Captain Goode was on Saturday removed from the Westminster new gaol, where he has been confined since his insanity was legally determined, to Bethelem Hospital, of which he will, in all probability, be an inmate for the residue of his days. POMPEY'S PILLAR.—On the 6th of September last it blew a heavy gale at Alexandria from the westward, which raised such dense clouds of sand as to render distant objects totally invisible. But in the intervals between the squalls, to the surprise of the officers of the Egyptian squa dron and the inhabitants of the town, the colours of England were observed floating on the summit of Pompey's Pillar, while a discharge of musketry was heard from the same ele vated situation. On inquiry it appeared that a party of offi cers, belonging to her Britannic Majesty's steam•vessel Her mes had, by means of a huge kite, contrived to get a piece of twine across the top of the pillar, to which was attached a small cord, and ultimately a larger one was hauled up, and a ladder was expeditiously formed. A party of ten then as cended the pillar, and seated themselves on the summit, with the Union Jack planted in the centre. Here they drunk to the health of her Majesty, Victoria, Queen of England, with three times three, and fired a royal saute. The prospect of the surrounding sea and country from this elevation, is de scribed by one of the officers who was of the intrepid party as very fine, but the tremulous motion of the pillar was so great as to shake out the contents of a wine-glass.—Malta Gazette, 29th ult. An inquest was held on Friday, before Richard Palmer, Esq., at the Royal Oak Inn, in Hoghton, on thebody of George Knowles, who died in consequence of a wound re ceived from his brother Willi am K now l es . Th e p risoner i s a man of very infamous character, and, possessing remarkable strength, has been the terror of the neighbourhood for a great while, molesting every person with whom he happened to be in company, and ill-treating every one who declined submis sion to his wishes. It appeared the prisoner, who is about 28 years of age, lived at Riley Green, and had come home in a state of intoxication on the night of Tuesday, declaring he would eat all that was in the house. He remained up till morning, and when his sister came down beat her savagely. The brother (Robert) hearing her cries, leaped up and hastened to her assistance, but had scarcely entered the kitchen when the prisoner seized up the fire-poker and felled him to the ground, inflicting such a severe blow upon the temple that he expired two days afterwards. The deceased, who was about twenty year s o f age , was a modest quiet lad, and partook in no way of the ferocious disposition of his bro ther. The jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter, and the prisoner was forthwith conveyed to Lancaster Castle. Like all bullies, the wretch turned coward when in sight of the jail, and trembled violently, expressing himself much grieved at the action he had committed.—Blachburn Paper. CHURCH-RATES.-011 Friday, Mr. Smith, of Bur naston, was summoned before the Magistrates at the County Hall, Derby, by the Churchwardens of Mickleover, for pay ment of a church-rate, amounting to one shilling and two-pence. Mr. Dunnicliff, solicitor, on behalf of Mr. Smith, made seve ral objections to the form of the summons, which the Magis trates seemed inclined to overrule, when, eventually Mr. Dun nicliff gave the Magistrates notice that he disputed the validity of the rate for various reasons stated, the effect of which was to prevent the Magistrates from making any decision on the subject. After leaving the County Hall, as we understand, Mr. Dunnicliff, (although there were valid objections to the rate,) advised Mr. Smith to pay it, as it was so small a sum, but it would cost the church wardens about four shillings to procure payment of the one and two-pence, being the expenses attending the summons, con stables' attendance, &c., besides the churchwardens' loss of time. We are informed that a party summoned before the Magistrates for payment of a Church-rate may appeal to the Sessions, and then if he thinks proper may dispute the validity of the rate—this will prevent the Sessions making any order on the subject, and if the party does not choose to run the risk of get ting into the Ecclesiastical Court he may afterwards pay the rate without any expenses which have been incurred by the Churchwardens before the Magistrates in the first instance, or in the appeal in the second, which will fall on the Church wardens themselves, and consequently the expense of the Churchwardens before obtaining payment of the rate will be in most cases six times as much as the amount of the rate itself. It appears from this affair that the demand of Church rates may be met by its opponents in such a way as to make them nugatory ; as, although some expense may be incurred by the opposing parties, the expense of recovery by the Churchwardens will, in many cases, be much beyond the amount of the rates —North Derbyshire Chronicle. According to a late census ) Vienna contains a population of 334,000 ; 280,001) persons live in the suburbs. The males amount to 161,000, and the females to 173,000. In 1834 the females were 20,000 more than the males; now they only exceed them by 12,000.—Netta Zeitung. On Friday week George Dyson, of Holyland near Barnsley, put an end to his existence by ripping up his bowels with a razor. The unfortunate man has been in a state of mind bordering on insanity for some time, and certainly ought to have been taken better care of.—Northern Star. DEATH CAUSED B Y ALARM.-On Saturday morning, the 2d instant ; about seven o'clock, Mr. Alexander Murray, publican Pit-street, and his wife were in bed together, when they were awakened by the screams of the servant girl. On opening the bed-room door Mr, Murray saw the servant standing on the landing, envtioped in flames. She was in the act of coming intt4 the bed-room, and had proceeded so near the bed ae to cause the curtains to take tire ) when Mr Murray pushed her back and extinguished the Lines. In the moantime Mrs. Murray, in her !fight, rushed to the bed-room Window. which she pulled up, and from thence sprang into the street, followed by the servant. Margaret Brett, a woman who lives in an adjoining cellar, seeing the flames in Mr. Mur ray's Window, and Mrs. Murray and the servant jump out, ran to the spot, and assisted the former to her cellar, She after wards sent for Dr. Marshall, by,cthote order Mrs. Murray was conveyed to her own hotises On examination it appeared that she had sustained k toinpound fracture of both bones of the right leg, The ease being a serious one, Dr. Marshall sent for the assistance of Mr. Rogerson, and both gentlemen attended her till Friday last, when she expired. —Liverpool Chronicle, er ne following anecdote I have just heard in an fauthentic quarter :--When the present Royal Household was ormed, lists were made out of the various departments, among others that of the medical officers. The names of Sir H. H---, Sir M. T---, &c. &c. were duly inserted. " Sir is my physician," quietly observed an illustrious per lonage. "Oh certainly, your M —y ; his name shall be inserted ;" and, with the addition, the list was again read. " There is a mistake," exclaimed the illustrious personage, My physician must come first, afterwards you may insert whatever names you please, but my physician must come first." On the official list appearing the " College" were in great confusion, more especially as it was discovered that the fa voured Baronet was not a member of the London College. A diploma was instantly made out and forwarded to him for acceptance, but it was haughtily end contemptuously refused. —Cheltenham Looker-on. THE OURA::G TANG.—At the last scientific meeting of the Zoological Society, on Tuesday, Mr. Owen made some observations upon the female our3ng outang now injthe Society's menagerie in the Regent's-park. He re. marked that the animal nearly corresponds in size and age to the Chimpanzee whose premature death was so much regretted about two years since. It is remarkable for the same mildness and docility of manner, and for the same reflective and steady gaze so different from the restless glance of the lower monkeys. It shows the same affection for its keeper, and the same child ish impatience when thwarted of its favourite object, or left alone in its apartment; but its anger or grief, instead of being displayed by loud cries or a succession of short quick sounds resembling a bark, as was the case with the Chimpanzee, is expressed by an almost continuous whine. The inferiority of the ourang, as regards the function of the organ of voice, is remarkable, and appears to have been one of the differences which have most struck the attention of the keepers. The hair on the head is all directed forwards, while in the Chim panzee the hair radiated from a centre. Upon examining the teeth they were found to be those of the first or deciduous se ries, indicating that the animal is a young one. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, Rac. 20. MEGNIAC V. REYNOLDS. This was an action by the indorsee of two bills of ex change, for 100/. and 600/., against the acceptor. The defendant pleaded infancy. The bills were accepted in April, 1837. The surgeon, who had attended the defendant's mother in her confinement, was called to prove that the defendant was born in May, 1816. He himself had little recollec tion of the circumstance. His day-book was destroyed, but he still had his ledger ; and he proved that the entries made in the ledger were made by him from the day-book, at furthest within a month, and generally within a week after they had been entered in the day-book. From the entries in the ledger his memory was refreshed as to the matters there recorded, and he was able to speak to the fact of his attending the defendant's mother in her confine ment in May, 1816. An objection was taken as to the admissibility of this evidence, which Lord Dziof AN received ; and, finally, the matter was arranged between the parties, a verdict being taken by consent for 200/. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 20. MATER V. DUBUISOT. The defendant was an engineer, the plaintiff a merchant, owning a sugar-cane estate in the island of St. Lucia ; and the action was brought to recover damages for a breach of a contract. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury, having retired for a short time, found a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages 501. CONSISTORY COURT, Dm. 20. PEMBERTON v. PEMBERTON. This was a suit for divorce, by reason of cruelty, pro moted by Lydia Maria Pemberton against George Pem berton, her husband. The marriage between the parties took place on the 9th of April, 1836, and their cohabita tion continued till the Ist of January, 1837, on which day Mrs. Pemberton quitted the house of her husband, and re turned to the protection of her father. This suit was sub sequently commenced, and the sentence for separation sought for on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. The last charge has, however, during the course of the suit, been abandoned. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE, on behalf of Mrs. Pember ton, contended that that lady was entitled to a sentence of divorce, as prayed for. Mr. Pemberton, a man who had ad vanced to the age of 53 years, and who had four children by a previous wife, married a very young woman of 23, and found, as naturally would be the case, that a disparity in temper existed as well as a disparity in years ; and, being thus disappointed, had constantly exercised towards her a system of unkindness and harshness, even im mediately after the marriage, which terminated after a few months in actual cruelty. No charge had been set up against the wife:; her conduct was irreproachable. Dr. PHILLIMOItE was on the other side. There was no sufficient evidence to prove the charge made against Mr, Pemberton, There might have been harshness in his conduct, but there was no cruelty—no legal cruelty, by which a divorce could be obtained. After hearing the reply, Dr. LUSHINGTON gave his decision. The Court was of opinion that the wife was entitled to a separation, be lieving that she could not return to the house of her hus band with safety to life and limb. " Sir Walter Scott," said Captain Hall, in the Diary of his Visit to Abbotsford, " never reads the criticisms on his books. This I know from the most unquestionable authority. Praise, he says, gives him no pleasure, awl cen sure annoys him." GAOL OF NEIVGAT3. this prison, like all Other Prisons, many woes," was yesterday visited by the Governor, Trustees, and Committee of the Incorporated Society of Licenced Victuallers. Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire was in attendance, in accordance with the kind invitation received from him, and went over every part of the prison with the gentlemen present--explaining the use of every part of it— the cas e s Of the prisoners, and ever/ other matter dOnnected with its The visit occupied Upwards of lithlt and a ball, during which time the case of almost every prisoner Waif inquired into, remarked upon, and, in many instances, recommended to the special attention of the Under- Sheriff. The prison is greatly improved in arrangement, in cleanliness, and in humane attention to the wants of the prisoners ; but it appears to us to be still deficient in many points to which w i e shall take another opportunity of point ing the attention of its guardians. After the inspection of the prison had been concluded, the party were conducted to the Sessions House, where Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire being in the Chair, they found an excellent cold collation provided for them. Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., made his appearance a few minutes after the company sat down, and expressed his regret, that, ow ing to very important business, he had not been able to be present at a more early hour. The manner in which he was received must have been highly gratifying to him. Every one rose, both upon his entering and his leaving the room, and with marks of respect which were no less cre ditable to them than duly deserved by him. _ . We need scan!ely add, that the health of the Sheriff, of Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire, of the Governor and Past Gover nor, Chairmen, and Trustees of the Incorporated Society of Licensed Victuallers, were given in the course of the evening, as well as prosperity to the noble institutions which so eminently distinguish the latter. The afternoon was spent in harmony and good feeling, and the company separated at an early hour.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday Robert Sculthock, and George Edwards, alias George Edward Sinith, were finally examined, charged by Mr. Phillips, wheelwright, of Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell, with having entered his house, and stealing various articles. The particulars appeared on the first examination. The prisoners reserved their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mary Paget, an elderly woman, respectably dressed, was brought before Mr. DYER for final examination, charged with having robbed several stands in the Pantheon Bazaar, Oxford-street. Louisa Rotheray stated that on Friday last the prisoner came to her stand and took up an article, as if to inspect it. Fancying herself unobserved, the prisoner walked away with the property. Witness followed immediately, and de sired that the article should be restored to her. The pri soner denied having anything, but, on witness opening her cloak, a quantity of silver tooth-picks fell down, and wit ness also found the book, worth about a shilling, which had been purloined from her stand. The prisoner's reticule was taken from her, and Mace, an officer of this establishment, searched it, and found other articles, which had evidently been stolen in a similar way. Martha Drew, the holder of another stand, identified the tooth-picks as being her property. They were worth about fifteen shillings. Eleanor Smith identified a scent-bottle found in the pri soner's reticule. The landlady of the prisoner said the prisoner had lodged with her for some time, and had given her no reason to sus pect her of dishonesty. She could not account for the pri soner's conduct otherwise than by imputing it to insanity. Mr. D YER said the evidence was sufficient to show that the prisoner was a systematic pilferer, and her offence was aggravated by the fact that those whom she plundered were earning an industrious livelihood, and mostly unable to sustain such losses. The prisoner was fully committed. Henry Bradenback brought Jo/in Carriero, a ladies' French peruquier, living at No. 25, South Audley-street, before Mr. CONANT, on a charge of assault. The complainant said he had occasion to pay a visit to " Madame," who kept the house in which the defendant lodged, and, while sitting in her drawing-room, the defendant came in and forcibly ejected him from the house. The defendant said he had previously forbidden the com plainant to call upon him. When he found the complain ant sitting in his room he turned him out. The complainant replied that he was in " Madame's " room at the time. The defendant had no right to the room himself, the use of it being only allowed to him when ladies came to get measured for wigs. Clements, the officer who was charged with the execu tion of the warrant, said he had very great difficulty in tak ing the defendant into custody. He was some time in searching through the house in South Audley-street with out effect ; but, at length, on opening a cupboard in the kitchen, he discovered Monsieur tightly squeezed into it. The defendant refused to go with him, and, in his efforts at resistance, he was ably seconded by " Madame," who fought tooth and nail to prevent the capture of the wig merchant. Defendant—Bah ! He say dat I have hide some of my self in de cupboard. Dat is very not true. Madame have von very littel cat, vat you call de kitten, vich I play vid every day ; so I go into de cupboard for play wid de cat, but noting else. The officer told Mr. Conant that the cupboard was hardly big enough to conceal the defendant. Mr. CONANT observed that the defendant's excuse about playing with the kitten was not worthy of belief. As his behaviour had been very bad in the resistance shown to the officer, and as the assault had been proved, he should call on him to put in bail. Ax IRISH DISCOVERY.—A correspondent of the Bath Herald writes—Your readiness on all occasions, to promote whatever may conduce to public instruction, and ad vance the progress of the national mind, will, I feel assured, incline you to give a place in your popular journal to the fol lowing communication. Some days ago I happened to read in an Irish newspaper, a statement of a very curious and in tere,ting nature. I refer to an account of a novel and most useful discovery, which, indeed, the sequel will show it to have been. The writer of the paragraph observes that if glass utensils are boiled in milk, they lose their brittle character, and may bid defiance to all ordinary accidents. It will easily be supposed that, without any particular fondness for my glass, I am sufficiently an economist to be desirous of doing every thing which might, at least, retard the destruction of that species of property as long as possible. I accordingly prepared, with no small anxiety, to make the experiment; and forthwith directed my servant, who is, by the bye, full of enthusiasm in matters of the kind, to put down a sub stantial beer-glass, value eightpence, to boil in a saucepan full of milk, the cost whereof was about fourpence more. The boiling process was allowed to continue for nearly five hours ; when, taking out the glass I proceeded to try the effect in the presence of several members of my family, and pushing it from the margin of the dining table, caused it to drop on the carpet beneath. You are, Sir, too firmly a friend to science not to share heartily in the tumultuous gratification enjoyed by the bystanders, when I inform you that—falling from a height which had before been fatal to sundry dozens of fragile articles, and exceedingly pernicious to my pocket—tile beer-glass in question, to our inexpressible astonishment as well as delight, was immediately perceived to be subdivided into about one hundred and fifty fragments; in fact, to be the most decidedly broken glass, which, in my long experience, I think I have ever seen. I believe I need not add any more than that lam simply yours. EXHUMATION.—In a dam forming in the mud land, in front of Messrs. Summers and Co.'s foundry at Mill brook, a skeleton has been dug up ; it had been buried four feet in the gravel, and must obviously have been that of a mur dered person. Strange tales are bruited about in the neigh bourhood. Meanwhile the workmen have pocketed the teeth, one person has secured the skull, and an old woman near the spot has possessed herself of a thigh bone, and the ribs and other remains are left on the beach over which the tide ebbs and flows. Altogether the conduct observed by the persons on the spot has been excessively repulsive.—Hampshire Ad. vertiser. On Thursday last, about four o'clock in the after. noon, a flock of nearly thirty wild swans were observed flying in a very compact body, and almost within gunshot, over the town, directing their course southward, with the intention perhaps of visiting during the winter months some of the tarns situate in our inland mountains. These feathered strangers inhabit the northern regions of the globe, and seldom leave those inhospitable climes to visit more southern latitudes un less compelled by the severity of winter. The wild swan has been poetically called " the peaceful monarch of the lake," because he does not prey upon any of the feathered tribes, living wholly upon roots, seeds, and small insects, a nd f ears no foe that wings the sky. From these birds maki ng t h e i r ap pearance in our country at this period of the year, it no doubt indicates that winter has already commenced in their northern home with much intensity, and consequently there is some probability that we shall experience a very inclement season. In the winter of 1835 three of these gigantic birds were killed at a single shot by a person in the parish of Ochiltree.—Ayr Observer. A new Catholic Chapel, dedicated to St. Edmund, was opened at Bury, on Thursday last. It is described as a very handsome piece of architecture. The interior dimen sions are 87 feet by 41 feet 9 inches in length and width, and 35 feet eleven inches in height. The Count de Survielliers (Joseph Buonaparte) was present, and every scat was filled principally by Protestants. THE BALLOT.—We trust Manchester will place a petition, signed by 25,000 persons, in the hands of its members before Mr. Grote makes his motion on the 15th February. The real ground of opposition to the Ballot is the fear of the aristocracy that it will be the means of obtaining other reforms, and consequently cheap government and cheap corn,—M - vr- Mester Times. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. , COMMONS.— Fie. o. lie biltAßtit etitet•ed the Horse at Four o'clock; but there Leing only DO tritimbefs pregent i the House stood adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS-Mx. 20. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool3ack at Fire . o'Goek, NEW HOUSES OP PAHLIAMENT. Lkird DUNCANNON moved the second rntling of the Bill, authorisitig her Nci - jesty's Com Missioners of Woods and Forests to ptirellOb tettain hinds and tenements in Ahingdon-street, and on the river side, required for the site of the new Houses of Parliament.—Read a sem:it - id time, CIVIL LIST BILL. Lord MELBOURNE moved an Address to her Ma. jcsty, informing her that the House had received a Bill from the House of Commons, founded upon her recommen• dation, respecting a new arrangement of the Civil Lit The Address having been read by the LORD CHAN• CELLOR, and put, was agreed to. Lord MELBOURNE now rose to move the second reading of the Bill sent up from the House of Commons. He said—My Lords, the same course has been pursued respecting this Bill as has been formerly pursued upon the new settlement of the Civil List. The House of Commons has proceeded upon the Report of a Com mittee. According to the recommendation of that Committee, a division of the Civil List had been made which would give great satisfaction to the country. My Lords, I apprehend that your Lordships will consider that the principle upon which this Bill is founded is in it self wise and prudent—that it satisfies the real dignity and honour of the Crown, and tends to the welfare and advantage of the country. My Lords, the ancient reve nues of the Sovereigns of this country before the restora tion—not probably from contrivauce and arrangement, but from the nature of society and from the state of affairs —I say the ancient revenues of the Crown, partly feudal and partly arising from the prerogative of the Crown, —these revenues were entirely the property of the Crown, out of which it of course was bound to provide for the general service of the country, and it was only when the Monarch had been improvident, or when he was desir ous of making aggressions upon his neighbours, or when the country was threatened with danger and difficulty, that application was made by the Crown for Parliamentary grants. Now, my Lords, it is impossible not to see, a priori, that no system could be worse calculated to securc anything like constitutional liberty in this country.—(Hear, hear.) Under such a system there was no security for that without which there can be no constitutional freedom— namely, the free, the regular, the periodical meeting of those representative bodies by whose active and vigilant superintendence alone constitutional freedom can be preserved.—( Hear, hear.) There were, indeed, Acts of Parliament providing that a Parliament should be held every year ; but, my Lords, what are Acts of Parliament without the means of enforcing them ? Your Lordships know that even now merely preceptive Acts of Parliament would be little observed were there iot means taken to compel their observance. My Lordson ancient times, as I said before, it was only the improvidence or the ambition of the Monarch, or the danger and difficulties of the coun try, that led to the meeting of Parliaments. Fortunately, my Lords, for the liberties of this country, these secu rities were found, though very imperfectly, sufficient to preserve the constitutional rights of the country ; but, my Lords, if one or two of our ancient Monarchs had contrived to live within their incomes, as in the time of Henry VII., in the course of whose reign of twenty years, not more, I believe, than two Parliaments were called, and a system of tyranny was established in this country never known before, and which it required protracted efforts, torrents of blood, years of contest to break down— if, my Lords, this had been often the case, the liberties of this country would have been but slightly secured.—( Hear.) This continued with more or less alteration until the resto ration of Charles the Second. At that time the increasing liberality of the times, and the anxiety to obtain popularity, and which for the previous fifteen years had to a certain degree shaken the power of the Crown, induced it to give up the great feudal rights which it possessed, and to accept from the people a Parliamentary revenue formed upon Parlia mentary taxes. This was the first great change in the settling of the public revenue. The next great change which took place, with respect to the public re venue, was introduced at the time of the revolution. We know, my Lords, what difficulties there existed about that period as to the manner in which the public revenues were to be settled. The clamours of a political party, and the huzzas of the populace outside, did not, however, produce any corresponding effect upon the Parliament, and they do not appear to have met the demands that were made upon them. With great difficulty, and after many legal questions and doubts, the revenue was settled for the, life of the Sovereign, and that was the first occasion of the bringing up of a Civil List. The great wars which broke out, about this period, induced the necessity of mak ing adequate provision for the naval and military services ; and Parliament was obliged to meet annually for this pur. pose. That was the second great alteration which in fact divided and separated from the Crown—which in fact re moved from the Crown—not the eontroul and direction, but the power of paying the great and efficient servants of the Sovereign. The same principle was with additions rather than alterations continued—voting a certain amount of money, and guaranteeing, that if that sum was exceeded it would be mado up—this system was continued during the reign of George 111. That plan was subsequently given up, and a regular annual income was voted by Parliament for what was called the Civil List of his Majesty—that was for the support of his Majesty's Household, and also for defraying the expenses of certain of the Civil servants of the Sovereign. My Lords, it is not my intention to go through all the amendments and reforms of the Civil List, which took place up to the time of Mr. Burke's Bill, or to the Act which passed in 1816 ; by the former of which the division into classes was introduced ; by the latter, the division of these classes was carried still farther, and an auditor ap pointed. Tho old principle of the Civil Government of the country being defrayed by the Sovereign, still conti nued however ; but this separation was carried still farther by the Bid introduced by a Noble Friend of mine, (Earl Spencer,) in the year 1831, by which farther ar rangements; which would tend to the dignity and personal comfort of the Sovereign were made. Now my Lords, I say, if this was in the first place a very considerable gain in point of form—there is no such thing as a Royal road to perspicuity in the arrangement of aceounts, any more than there is to mathematics— but I think by this mode it was made as clear and plain and as intelligible as possible, what sums were paid by the public, and for what purposes. I trust that we shall never have to consider as a hostile body in the Constitution the power of the Crown as opposed to that of Parliament. I must say, my Lords, that whatever may be said of the ancient system, as being one of greater dignity, and as one more becoming the character of the Crown, it is, my Lords, impossible to look at those times, and say that the system which then prevailed added in any degree to the real weight and authority of the Crown. It by no means protected the Crown from frequent inquiries into the income of the Crown : ever since the Revolution there has been a ge neral consent, a general union, and full agreement be tween the Crown and the other branches of the Con stitution. Those other branches have been uniformly actuated by a feeling of great liberality to the Crown, and through it to the nation. Thus much, my Lords, I have thought it necessary to say, in order to set before your Lordships my opinion in the clearest manner, that there is no foundation for any alarm with respect to the nature of the policy which was then introduced. My Lords, I will now advert to the provisions of the Bill to which I have the honour of askine , your Lordships' attention on the present occasion. A great similarity, my Lords, will be found in the provisions of this Bill to those which were contained in the Civil List Bill of his late Ma jesty, William IV. My Lords, the Civil List, as your Lordship s k now , i s di v id e d into classes, for which provision is made by the money which is granted by Parliament. The Civil List is fixed at 60,000/. In the former Bill, that of his late Majesty, the sum under this head was 110,000/. The difference was occasioned, as your Lordships well know, by the provision which was necessarily made for the Queen Consort. Under the next head are classed the salaries of the; House hold, and the retired allowances, for which we propose a sum of 131,260/. In the former Bill the sum was 130,3001., being but a small difference which your Lordships will un derstand to be occasioned by the circumstances of the pre sent reign. Under this head, my Lords. we have a reduc tion of the salaries of the three great officers of state—the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse—these reductions, my Lords, being made in accordance with the recommendations of the Com mittee of the other House in the year 1831.—(Hear.) On the other hand the Ladies of her Majesty's establish ment who formerly derived their allowances from the Queen are thrown upon the fund, and the result is produced which appears on the List. The expenses of her Majesty's House hold is put at 131,000/., in the former List it was 130,000/. The Royal Bounty was in the former List:B2,ooo/., in the present i t i s put at 23,000/. My Lords, the pensions 7.5,000/. is left blank in the present Schedule, because, as your Lordships know, an enquiry has been instituted already with respect to them.—(hear.) Now, my Lords, interesting as this subject of pensions is to the country, it is not my intention to take up the time of your Lordships by going into the consideration of it, because as the present pensions are to be considered by the other House of Parliament, it is not my intention to say anything which by possibility might be considered as biassing the de cision of the other House. My Lords, the question of pen sions is not without difficulty—it is one which has for a very long period of time excited great dislike in this coun try. It is a head of expenditure that is very ha de to be abused, not from corruption or base motives; for there are very few cases, I will v enture to say, which it will be found possible for suspicion to suggest such a motive-4ntt it is liable to be abused by good mo il % and influence, and this is liable to pro duce at times t. i'osst effects, as it causes immense disco ntent among those who are ditappointed in receiving pensions. However, h!Y; Lords, taking all these matters into consideration , am decidedly of opinion that fir the purposes of carrying out out the resolution—for the purpose of the encouragement Literature—for the purpose of affording relief in s pectk, cases ; and very often, allow me to say, for the purposcc the public service, it is necessary and expedient that certain I still Crown should be invested with a power of granting a _, riumber of gratuities of this description. That, my Lord! is my opinion, and upon that onion this Bill is frame .ca d , Power is given to tbe Crown top rant 1,200/ • in ea and that the surplus should go over to the next. I i i ",." it ,„ there is a certain degree of disadvantge attendin g pao_H;J ; on these occasions—a degree of disadvantage in its e I known exactly what the public has to give, so that demands may be precisely proportioned to it ; there may be cases in which conscientious, right-thinks 0. and highly honourable persons would wish there should be such a publicity as is proposed by this Act ; het , " Lords, it is the least evil of the two. There is no possible se' I n ; curity against abuses which so easily and so naturally c!'ee o P, into a subject of this nature—there is no other mode . .. I guarding , against this, except that it should be known vrna,': the pensions arc, to whom granted, and upon what groans` and for what reasons such grants were made. The 0 1 , head is 8,0401. unappropriated. This is given in order to meet any of those unforeseen even _ d which we know under all circumstances will arise, an which, considering that her Majesty was about to give. what in addition to what had been given up by her RaS uncle and preceding Sovereigns, would have amounted proposed t D; about 70,0001., I do not think it is unreasonable or elt °l ; bitant ; indeed I am sure, from practical knowledge fu experience, it is highly expedient that such a f i f he should be placed at her Majesty's disposal. This is general scheme for the Civil List of her Majesty whI e " 1 0 , proposed. I don't know that there is anything else 0 1 ,: at rial to call to the attention of your Lordships, exceP t there is this difference between the present and et a Bills, that by other Bills the Civil List bas pired at the death of the Sovereign, but it is Pro ; posed by the present Bill that it should continue for six months after the demise of the Sovereig7 Then, my Lords, another object of this Bill is that the f duties which formerly ceased upon the demi se the Crown shall hereafter continue to be collected, for six months after that event. The Noble Lora then referred to certain duties npon Beer and Cide r . which had been supposed to cease in particular distri et , sl [we believe in the Duchy of Cornwall, but the N oble Lord spoke in so low a tone, that we could not nial le ourselves assured of the exact import of what , said], and he intimated that it was the intentiO ° the Bill, that those duties should remain in force for s tir months after the demise of the Crown. His Lordship continued :—My Lords, I call upon your Lordships as branch of the British Legislature—and interested in the PT servation.of the Monarchy of this country—to pass this n"' I would not enter into a dispute as to whether this 91 : : rangement may be the best ; but I call upon your L ord ' ships to pass this Bill, as it has come to us from the other House of Parliament, for the purpose of maintaining those institutions connected with and depending upon our Monarchy,under which this country has attained an am ount of property, and a degree of liberty and prosperity, tine:in,* pled in the history of nations.—(Cheers.) Lord BROUGHAM—My Lords, I dont rise to opP O the motion of my Noble Friend ; nevertheless, I wish to c al,, your Lordships' attention to the manner in which this Bill is framed, and in which it has been passed by the other House of Parliament, for the purpose of Yea r Lordships ascertaining whether there has been d ue consideration given to this important subject, aul whether there do not e xist at thi s hour, most substant ial reasons for adopting a different decision. I vit.° " not waste your Lordships' time, nor degrade myself f t defending myself (I am sure my Noble Friend did n o throw out anything against myself personally, or those rill ° , may agree with me,) against the supp ose d imputation whic u might be conveyed by the concluding part of my Noble Friend's speech —upon those who might take a (lir ' ferent view upon this subject from him, as if thei r were less attached to the established Constitution 0 ` the country—or as if they were, to use has own expression so " insane" as to desire the destruction of that Constitution . My Lords, we are all agreed that a Monarchy, such as ours is in the present state of this country and of the worlde is preferable for a Government, and better adapted to the circumstances of the people of this country than any other' My Lords, leaving this subject, I would first assume than your Lordships are consulted upon this occasion, not alto' gether as a matter of form, but that you have a delibera tive voice, and that you have a right to give the whole sub" pet a full consideration.—( Hear, hear.) Now, my Lorclo , it strikes me that even if you were about to adopt the prin.* ciple of this Bill, which is to make an arrangement that oar last, and I hope will last, for sixty or seventy years t° some—that we have not that information before us to which we are entitled. My Lords, I agree in the argil, mentative part of my Noble Friend's speech. I agree his historical details. I do not doubt, nor is there,. think, anybody who will question that the change Will e h took place at the restoration, and by which the A l° ; narch, instead of supporting all the expenses the country out of his heredit ar y r e v e nues, °7 l tained, in lieu! of those revenues, a cer t a i n fi xe d s um raise' by taxes upon the people. It has not been doubted forth" . last 150 years, that this arrangem en t was a n itnprovemea* upon the preceding syst e m, an d I canno t h e lp think' ing that my Noble Friend gave himself unnecessarl trouble to persuade your Lordships not to recur to the ancient feudal mode of maintaining the Monarch).* And so with respect to the change which took place at th e revolution as to the necessity of Parliament meeting from year to year, and as to the transaction of the business the country in Parliament, that this was a great improve' ment was a proposition which nobody could disput e ' Then as to the change which took place on the accession of his late Majesty, he was not aware that there existed any doubt on any side of the House that it was an improvement °e the old—and for the Crown as well as the country an ' iv expedient as well as inconvenient course of mixing the whole Civil expenditure of the country with the C j List. Upon those three points he was prepared to g ive 1 1 " full and entire concurrence to what h a d fallen from t a Noble Viscount. With respect, however, to the principle which the present Civil List was framed, he entertain j° a doubt which no arguments that had been used by his Nob Friend—no statements which he had laid before the 1 -10°5- —after all the attention and all the inquiry which he ha d devoted to the subject, could remove. He professe himself still to continue of the very same 'viol et : which he . had expressed yesterday week, that it was a lI I°S unwise, improper, and unstatesman-like mode of dcall with such a subject, to legislate prospectively for a Pc: 4 o °., of possibly half a century. What limited understand' .t.; the country must be supposed to possess—what audac!lL to foretell what might be the circumstances of the count o r i r or the Monarch for so distant a period as that—nYe'ia9 even for ten years hence. And yet they were about LO expeteaf down a mode for levying taxes on the people for the ture of the Crown, and the Household establishmeigef the Monarch, for all those various items whic h a now deemed necessary to support the sPle' ido t he and dignity of the Crown. Here are we 113 t hoFe dark with respect to the circumtances to whico, ttn prospective arrangements must hereafter apply—ig" r t i ve sto everydetail which may possiblyarise—taking upon o ursei 83 1 frame a rule which is to last fbrages. We are to meet i° g 7O. every possible contingency that may arise in 1 860 ore foci' We are to decide for a period to which the eye °` o da) alone can reach so as to give it even weight, form, or i f egr colouring. We are now, in the year 1837, acting 3s _f o rt could tell what expenses would be necessary for the voting of of the 'overeien, what the establishment and whole fo°ol,l nee of the Royal ° Household required, for the decent n cessary, and no more t h an d ecorou s and needful, staidoo the Prince shall be then, in that unknown time. A s _ . ) , $ ll, these conjectures, or rather making no conjectures but as it were blindly shutting our eyes, we sit down in' late as if men were not changeable,and as if time madtien:ta—te roads and produced no change in the human or c ou n r e 3 v r itab w and circumstances. Lords. what is the 0 1 _ 1 nes iod consequence of such a proceeding ? In a !" ccs rise -"'"a things may change—money falls in value--prins. __ an d greater demand takes place and a scarcity e then comes the Minister of the Mortar with his 9 Nob le to the niggardliness of Parliament, to which my Friend in his retrospect alluded. had Vi m sc o o d u e nt no M a E llo L si ß o O n UtoßNthEe niggardliness the revolution. —he had referred to the Parliaments before Noble Friend Lord BROUGHAM—I u nderstood b e fore ti,et he alluded to understood the arrangement of 1830, but I now find to have alluded to the niggardliness of I understood 01 to say etc: the Parliaments before the revolutioon.lB3o, of no loner Noble Friend to refer to the c hange ., f il _ Uovernment witt! mixing up the expenses of the Ci Noble Friend had statel 11Ziament the Civil List, and that my had not consote_a. that in that arrangement Parliamenthad not prevented estt the dignity of the Crown, and . a proaching tolen_ viance. I never heard of anything Pver chargea ardrnor do I believe that it vs as e rds it g• mess, 0 But, my Le , d o wn Parliament since the year 168 . rise, and th en • o us happen that the prices of provisions willtwr.zed by a granc:rch comes the Minister of the Crown, au a l n ,_i ai . ow Mo . , e _ r.) doubt, to represent the " ( Hear, message, no and to demand an increased expenditure.