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-j • <~ ,‘ '1 I •e; • AO, 111 # .7e s SUN. G ~,~ , .i ; •/yY /J% / __ NUMBER 9542. TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1823 PRICE SEVENPENCE. BANK of ENGLAND, March W, 1823. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND give Notice, Tbat a GENERAL COURT will be held at the BANK on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, from Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon till Four in the Afternoon, to take a Ballot in pur suance of the following demand, viz.:— " We, the undersigned Proprietors of more than Five Hundred Pounds Bank Stock, demand a Ballot on the Amend ment for a Dividend of Five per Cent. " Nathl. Gundry, " P. Laurie, " James Nisbett, 44 W. Horton, " Wm. Thwaytes, "Thos. Courtney, "James Parkinsoti, "Thos. Butts." " George Reveley, R.' BEST, Sec. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Makh tit 108. rirliE COURT..of DIRECTORS of. the ' IL UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, No hereby give 'Notice, That the COURT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, on or befOre WEDNESDAY, the 26th March instant, from the Owner or Owners of good, sound, and substantial SHIPS, of the Burden of from 400 Tons to 600 'runs, registered measurement, specifying the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to LE t' such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL end MADRAS, to carry out and bring home Goods on the Company's account. The COURT wilt also be ready to receive PROPOSALS In writing, on the aforesaid 2Gth March, from the Owner or Owners of good, sound, and substantial SHIPS, of the Bur den of from 400 Tons to 600 Tons, registered measurement, specifying the Rate df Freight at which they may be willing to LET suck SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL and BENCOOLEN, to carry out and bring home Goods on the Company's account. The Tenders, with the words "Ship Tender" on the cover, to . be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at this House, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the above mentioned day, beyond which hour no Tender will be re. cei red . JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon which the Ships will be employed ns►y be had upon application to the Cle►k to the Committee of Shipping, on or after Monday next, the fOth inst. A MARRIED and BENEFICED CLERGY MAN, formerly Tutor to a Nobleman of the highest rank, and subsequently receiving a FEW PUPILS into his Family, a moderate distance from London has now ONE VAC'ANCY. Letters directed for Rev. A. 1%., Mr. Hayes's, Bookseller, 9, Henrietta•strett, Covent Garden, London, will be dilly for warded. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI. TURE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANU. .FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALL. STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump—Ready Money Only. THE Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully X inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Familes, by offering them Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any House can do in London by tw e n t y - fiv e p er cen t., there being no-other profit required on the Goods but the bare house expences ; at the same time will he sufficiently satisfied with having constant Einployment for themselves and families. This Society was Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami. lies, amounted to 611; the Society ; in .June, 1820, 10; and in June 1821, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 191. The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tions, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction ; at the same time solicit a Continuance of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very • Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. Full size Mahogany four-post Bedstead, lath bottom 31. 15s. -Full size tent Bedstead IL N.-Bordered hair Mattress to tit 11. is.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 31. 35.-Feather Bed 21. 1 0s.-Ditto, tree from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.- Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil 11. 65.-Best do. Wash-liand.stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table IN.-Hearth Rugs 143.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 4L U.-Three-foot mallogany Pembroke Table IL 183.-Three-foot ditto on pil lars and claws 31. 1 5 5.-Mahogany Dressing Table IL-Ditto Bidett, best IL 45.-Ditto Bedsteps 11. Bs.-Ditto ditto 11.125. -Ditto ditto 21. 25.-Ditto Box Glass, 2 drawers, best British Plate lbs.-Ditto ditto Is. Os.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto Swing Glass, large size, commode 35.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto N.-Ditto ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. fid.-Ditto ditto 63.-Ditto ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany Tray 148.-Japanned Book Shelf 75.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 148.-1 usic Chairs any pattern lit 4 6d.-Eight Mahogany Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed 61.85.-8 ditto ditto 61. 155.-8 ditto ditto 71.75...-8 Trafalgar ditto 91. 95.-Mahogany Sofa to match 71. 1 0s.-Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 81. 10s.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71.103.--Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. 128.- Ditto, the best that can be made---to order or pattern 161. 10s. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back 1 7 1 -Ditto 7 foot 161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of Psining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot Ditto, f 4 4 foot 2by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6by 12 foot 6, 161.16 x--1f Spanish, an advance of 31. 10s.-Straw Palliasse Is.-Tent Bedstead and furniture 31. 15.-Bamboo Bed, stead' and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 81. 10s. Five-foot m a h ogany four-post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lined all through, complete, 151. 10s.- Five-tOot ditto ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a Superior make, 181. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery, 201.-Drawing-room Curtains, of the best Mo. rine and Chintz, fi tted for window, 61. 6d.-Ditto ditto 71. 7a• ---Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- r atving.roorn rose-woOd-rawing-room Trafalgar Cais t, Ditt o , Inlaid with buhl. 201.- D Table 2 Covers, and Sofa, h 181 r. 4,--Ditto 11. h.-Drawing-room 'Sofa 61. 65.-Ditto, 71. 7s. --Ditto 81. N.-Horse hair Cushions, each ss. fkl.-Covered 4114° 41. - W. THURNELL, Agent. COUNTRY DEALERS SUPPLIED. t,,G,,°o4s.packed free of expence, except the materials, arid sent d it cr Parts of Great Britain, and to the East and West In. bi -- CaPfains fitted out, and merchants supplied with Ca. I l e tpoods for Exportation. APartmefour nts days Furnished at a few hours' notice, anti ousts two or . SURREY INSTITUTION, MARCH 25, 1823. THE PROPRIETORS are respectfully in. formed, that at a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, held on the 14th Instant, It was Resolved, That the LIBRARY and EFFECTS of the Institution should be SOLD by AUCTION in LOTS; and that the Considera tion of the Subject of the GRATUITIES be POSTPONED till after such Sale shall have been made, and the amount of the proceeds. ascertained. In pursuance of the above Resolution, the Committee have appointed Mr. SAUNDERS to Sell the Library and Ef fects of the Institution, and due notice will be given of the same. _ _ _ _ By Order of the Comniittee, KNIGHT SPENCER, Secretary. ROY:IL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Rstablished by Royal Charter, in the Reign of King George the First. March, 1823. P ERSONS, whose annual Premiums fall due on the 25th instant, are hereby informed, that Receipts are now ready to be delivered at the Company's Offices, over the Royal Eichange and in Pall-Mall, as well as by their re spective-Agents in the several Counties; and the Parties as sured are requested to apply-for the Renewal of their Poli cies on or befiire the 9th of April next, as the usual Fif teen Days allowed for Payment, beyond the date of each Po . Hey, will then expire. SAMUEL FENNING, Jun. Secretary. I.* Attendance is given, daily, at the said Offices, for the Assurance of Rnildings, Goods, Merchandises, and Ships, in Harbour, in Duck, or while Building, from Loss or Damage by Fire; and also for the Assurance of, and granting An nuities on, Lives. N.B. Fire Policies will be is►ued free of Expence to the As sured, where the Annual Premium amount; to es. or up wards. N. B. No Attendance on Good Ft iday or Easter Monday. FIPTY-THREE FIRST•DRAWN PRIZES ALL CAPI TALS, 9th APRIL. • Jand J. SI VENVRAGHT congratulate their . Friends on the continued Success which has attended the Purchasers at their Offices, 37, Cornhill ; I 38, Haymarket, ; 1, Holborn , I Corner of Coventry -street ; Having Sold in Shares a Prize of £16,000, and other Capitals in the Lottery Jost ended, in addition to the Grand List of Prizes Sold by them in the Lottery which finished 15th Ja nttary last, viz.:- 1,467 14,315 2,612 11,891 1,305 18,344 4,578 The present Lottery he The Scheme contains TI-lit . other_ Capitals, All Money--th t Prizes will be each entitled drawn will have X 20,000 ! ! ! and the Fifty Next either .£3OO, Tickets and Shares are on Sal as above. 17.74 G ,.. .C3OO 401 1,6orl 4,048 8,147 15,320 14,836 egins on the 9th April. :EE of £20,000, and EIGHTY :e FIFTY-THREE First drawn to a Capital, viz.—the First the Two Next £2,000 each, ), X , 00, or £9OO. :le at SIVEWRIGHTS Oakes, PUBLICATIONS. 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THOMSON'S CONSPECTUS. 4 New Edition, greatly improveiL With an Appendix on Poi sons, a Selection of Extemporaneous Prescriptions. and an Analysis of Mineral Waters. This Day was published, price ss, a P oc k et Edi t i on o f ACONSPECTUS of the PIIARMACO MIAS of the LONDON. EDINI3URGII, mid Dlll LIN COLLEGES of PHYSICIANti ; being a Practical Cuu. pendium of Materia Medica and Pharmacy. By ANTHONY TODD THOWON, F.L.S. &c. Printed for Thomas and George Underwood, ps, Fleet- Street ; and Burgescaud Hill, Great Windmill-street. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS MARCH 24. The House met at eleven o'clock in the morning. The Royal Assent was notified by Commission to the Mutiny Bill, the Royal Marine Mutiny Bill, the Lime Exemption from Toll Bill, the Arms (Ireland) Bill, the Yeomanry Corps (Ire land) Bill, the Portman- square Improvement Bill, and a few other local and private Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Viscount Alelville. Mr. Irving, from the Custom-house, presented Annual Ac counts respecting Trade and Navigation.—Ordered to lie upon the table. A local Bill was brought up from the House of Commons by Lord Granville Somerset and other Members, and read a first time. MISCELLANEOUS. Earl BATHURST' presented a Petition from certain Com. missioners of the Turnpike Roads in the County of t;louces ter, against the General Turnpike Act.. Laid on the .table. The Marquis of HERTFORD p res ent e d a Petition from Cornwall, against tha.COST Duties. Laid on the table. Lord SALTOUN presented a Petition from the inhabitants of the Island of St., Vincent's, Nevis, and the *Virgin Islands, complaining of Colonial distress, and praying for relef. Laid on the table. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a Petition from the Port-reeve and inhabitants of Honiton, against the Insol vent Debtors' Act. Laid on the table. Mr. lams° ' from the Custom-house, presented the Annual Returns of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom. Laid on the table. THE NAVY. Earl DARNLEY was glad to find that his Majesty's Minis ten had at last acted on the principle which he had suggested two years ago, respecting the reductions practicable in the Department of the Navy, connected with the dock-yards and the building of ships. They had reduced what might be called the inactive expences, and augmented the active expences of the Navy, by an additional vote of 3,000 Marines to the service. If a larger addition had been called for, it should have had his support. For though he did not mean to an ticipate the discussion which the Noble Earl opposite bad promised should take place shortly, he could not but observe, that if nor negociations at Verona had been backed by a considerable naval armament, we should not have found ourselves in the situation of having made remonstrances in vain. Ile could not help wishing, under the present circum stances, that he should see more active preparations made to fit out an imposing squadron. lie was not one of those who entertained sanguine hopes that peace could be preserved on the Continent, but want of preparation was much more likely to provoke war, than a manifest readiness to meet it. Indeed if war took place abroad, he could hardly conceive that this country would long remain in a state of tranquillity, unless she showed that she was fully prepared to enter into the contest. The Earl of LIVERPOOL differed in one respect from the Noble Earl. He doubted the policy of saving what the Noble Earl called the inactive expence of the Navy, and of carryin g the active expences to a greater extent. The true policy for this country was to take care that a large fleet should be pre pared and preparing for times of war; it would be found that at no period had greater efforts been made to complete the pre paration of a considerable fleet; and he could say, that that ob ject was almost entirely accomplished to as full a degree as any person whatever might desire. As to keeping a great number of ships in commission, he doubted th e w i s d om of the measure, as it had always been found, at the breaking out of a war, that the sailors taken from the merchant-service were more efficient than those who had been kept on board men of war during the inaction of peace. An augmentation had been made to our naval force, not with a view to intimate that the policy of the Government was not one of peace, but because when war'was likely to break out in any part of Europe, It became this coun try.to be ready for every emergency. Lord ELLENBOROUGII contended, that if it were possi ble, under circumstances like the present, to make reductions in our establishment s , t h e y would have been still more practi cable in 1818. After a few words from Earl DARNLEY the conversation dropped. The Earl of ABERDEEN was understood to move for returns of the number of Appeals to the Douse of Lords, from the 3d of May, 1813, to the present period.—Ordered. The Marquis of LA NSDOWN presented a petition from the Inhabitants of Plymouth, against the Plymouth Bridge Bill.—Laid on the table. Earl POWIS presented two Petitions from Shrewsbury, the one for a better regulation of the mode of recoveridg Small Debts, and the other against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.—Laid on the table. NA T lONA L DEBT. The Earl of LIVERPOOL having moved the third reading of the National Debt Reduction The Marquis of LANSDO\VN said, that in order to record his opinion that the alleged surplus of Income was not what the Ilill represented it to be, he should move an amendment that the word Three should be inserted, instead of Five -. l:4'ariliARNI.EY wished, that if the surplus really amount ed to Five Millions, only Three Ali Mons should be applied to the purposes of the Sinking Fund, and the other Two should be applied to the relief of the people and the repeal of taxes. The Earl of LIVERPOOL contended, that the arrange ment between the Government and the Bank being concluded, whatever might be thought of its wisdom, no one could doubt that there was for six years a disposable surplus of five mil. lions. There was nothing mysterious in the arrangement ; it was the plainest and simplest transaction which could possibly be conceived. Neither was the mode of reducing the weight of the Dead Money unfair, either to the persons whose inte rests were concerned, or to posterity. It would be unfair to posterity if more were laid upon it than upon the public; but that wati not the case. Much present relief was certainly ob. tained, but it was obtained in the best possible mode. For had the Dead Money Annuities been suffered progressively to expire, they would have dribbled away in an imperceptible manner, and it would have been impossible for his Majesty's Ministers to square the taxation 'to the fallings in. To reduce the taxes one, two, or three hundred thousand pounds a year, would not only have made their diminution insensible to the public,' but would have prevented a great reduction being effected in their amount_ Lord 14N0 supported the amendment. Lord BEXLEY maintained that the present Bill was a re turn t o th e original principle of Mr. Pitt's Sinking Fund, and that no unfair burthen was thrown on posterity. The Marquis of LANSDOWN had never said a word that could lead to an opinion that the arrangement made was not just towards the individuals whose interests were concern ed ; neither had he ever heard a word to that effect. His only objection was, that during a period of 45 years a burthen was cast opon posterity which did not.fairly attach to it. With re spect to the pretended Surplus of five millions, could that be called a Surplus which was obtained by loan, anti for which in terest was to Le aid, and to he paid by that poste r ity for the relief of which those five millions were to b e applied to the Sinking Fund ? After a few worth from Earl DARNLEY, the amendment was put and negatived, and the Bill read a third time, and ordered to be returned to the Commons. KING'S PROPERTY. The Earl of LIVERPOOL moved that the King's Pro. per.y Regulation Bill be read a third time. Lord .tiIIibENBOROUGH wished to know whether the Noble and Learned Earl on the Woolsack was now prepared to answer the questions which he had put to him on a former night ? - The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that the questions put to hint embraced several objects. They were connected with a notice of what was passing in the other House; and one part of the inquiry was whether It would be necesaary to prci ceecl by Bill. No w w ith r espect to th e necess i ty of his Ma jesty's proceeding by Bill to give his personal property or personal chattels to any individual, the object to be considered was the situation of the person upon whom the gift was con ferret!. His Majesty might dispose of his personal chattles without a Rill, if that party to whom they were granted were capable of taking then, without one. If money were wanted on the part of the Trustees of the British Museum to take the benefit of his Majesty's donation, then a Bill would be wanted. It was his decided opinion that generally his Majesty had the power of giving his personal chattels away in his life time, and had it not, been for the Act of the 39th and 40 t h o f hi s late Majesty, it would have been a doubtful question whether he might not distlose of them by will as w e ll as b y act during life. Ilis Lordship then quoted several authorities to show that the Kings of England had formerly possessed the right of disposing not of the personal property alone, but of the lands of the Crown. A change had been made in the reign of Queen Anne, when a certain portion of lands had been set apart for the support of the Crown, but before that time it had been allowed to alienate its own . property. The powers with which the Crown had been thus invested were still unchanged with respect to the disposal of its personal chattels, anti the exer. else of them was still lawful, he used that word as a Lawyer, not a Statesman, to do whatever jt was not restrained from doing by Act of Parliament. The doctrine formerly enter tained was, that the Crown might dispose of every thing it had jure coroner. The opinion of Lord Holt was not doubtful on the subject: " What," said he, " shall a person who has large estates before he comes to the Crown, be deprived of the right of disposing pf them because he has come to th e C rown ?" But in the time of Queen Anne, when so many great grants were made, the right 'w a s carr i e d to such extents that Lord Bolt's reasoning I?ecame out of the question, and restraint s were passed. But there w as nothing in the Statute which af. fected the power of the Crown with respect to its personal chattels. The Nth and 40th of his late Majes'ty stated what descriptions of property the King might dispose of. Since that Act had passed, he could not bequeath such property though he iniAt give it away in his life time. Lord ELLENBOROUGH admitted the explanation of the Noble and Learned Earl to be satisfactory only so far as it proved that he firmly believed the opinion which he advanced. Ile (Lord Ellenborough) contended that the Joe Coroner was not the Common law, but an exception to it, and that formerly the property of the Crown was governed by quite different laws. The • Sovereign was not then absolute proprietor, but merely guardian of the prop erty. The Noble Lord then entered into a history of several ancient Kings, to show that they had not the power of disposing of Crown property. He contended that Lord Coke had stated distinctly, tlyit the King could not dispose of the jewels of the Crown, which were con. sidered as an heir-loom. With respect to the Bill on their Lordship's table, he could not but consider it as a declaration that his Majesty intended to separate his private property from that of the Crown. And when another 11111 in the other House informed him that his Majesty was giving away hi;Li brary without an Act of Parliament, it struck him that it might be done in order that the King might have equal po wer to dis pose in the same manner, of all other personal property of the Crown. His late Majesty having many children, might MI. turally have wished for such a power, in order to share his pro. perty among them; but in the present instance that could not be the case. It was remarkable that his Majesty had for eight years applied the revenues of the Crown to the improvement'W his personal property. Other Sovereigns had lived in Royal palaces, and all that they had spent upon them had been for the public ; Majesty had chiefly resided and spent the Royal income on his personal estates, of which he NW wished to have the independent disposal. Had not the s u bj ect b een considered in a different point of view, when in 11116, 20,00 W. hid been given out of the I)roits of Admiralty to purch a se furniture for the Pavilion at Brighton ; but a new light hail broken on his Majesty's Mini s ters. ?i s for him, it appeared to him that the Crown ought to be considered a sufficient equi valent for the loss of all other property. He objected to the present Bill, that it gave the feelings of private property, and of a subject to one who ought to he without. He felt that he should not have done his duty if he had not stated his doubts on the subject. The - LORD CHANCELLOR trusted that when he had said that in point of law the King had a right to dispose of the pro perty of the Crown, the Noble Lord would not suppose that he meant to extend it to the jewels of the Crown, which were im properly called an heir-loom. As it was mentioned-in the Act that they could not be alienated, it was an additional reason for considering that property not of that description w hi c h m i g h t b e aliehated. He would also observe, that his late Majesty had asked nothing personal by the 39th and 40th of his reign, for the power given by that Act, was not for-him alone but for all his successors, and was one which he had never used himself. The Earl of LIVERPOOL said that tharnanner in which the Noble Baron had expressed himself made it necessary, though observations did not in fact apply to the Bill before the House, but to a transaction in another place, that he should enter into some explanation. It, was due to the Government and to the Sovereign on the throne that he should repel the idea started by the Noble Baron, that there was some trick between the liberal gift made by his Majesty to his people, and the Bill now on their Lordship's table. Ile should ask his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack, whether the two transactions were not totally unconnected with each other ? Whether his Noble Friend did not know that his Majesty had, been anxious to have the power conferred by this Bill three years ago, whilst the gift of the Library had only been thought of within the last few months ? Deeply did he regret that the Noble Baron should have founded such a charge on a trans action which filled every mind in the country with sentiments of gratitude, and did equal honour to hiM who had collected that mass of human learning during 60 years, and to his Ma jesty who gave it, not to the British Museum, not to any par ticular institution, but put it at the entire disposal of Perlis ment, to be used and applied as it would think most expedient. He thought it too much that Such an act of liberality should produce such insinuations, and that it should be combined with a measure with which it had no connection whatever as a mere trick. It was the wish of the August Personage, that Parlia ment should dispose of his library in the way which it would think most advantageous to th e c o un t r y. When the Bill un the subject should come before their Lordships, then, would be the time for the Noble Baron to discuss its merits, and for him, (Lord Liverpool) to supply fresh explanations; 'he would, how ever, say that it had no reference whatever to the King's per sonal property. Ile should not enter into the question, whether the 39th and 40th of his late Majesty, had been a wise measure ; but he should ask whether his present Majesty,when Prince of Wales, hating acquired property as a subject, which he was then, and of which, as such, he had a right to dispose, the House wou ld deprive him of that right because he had as cended the Throne ? He put it on the ground of strict justice, he wished for no favour, no liberality—liberality, in this in stance, was all on the side of the Throne—whether his Majesty having acquired proper!) , as a subject, they would deprive him of that same po wer w h ic h h e might exercise as a subject, be. cause he was on the throne ? Should he be the only man to his dominions who should not have the right of doing an act of in dividual kindness to members of his family, or to any others whom he might think proper ? lie could not believe that there would he a difference of opinion In a case of which justice form ed a clear and undoubted - basis. The LORD CHANCELLOR having been called upon by his Noble Friend to say whether there was any - Connection between present Bill and the transaction . respecting the library, would declare upon his honour that he had not the least notion that any such connection existed between those measures. On the contrary, having been consulted on the principle of the Bill, he happened to know when it had first been in contemplation t and it was not till years after the question had been raised with respect to the King's property, that he had heard any thing about the library. if he had stated, as a lawyer, that with a sheet of paper and a pen full , of ink, his Majesty might have originally relieved himself from the necessity of this Bill, he should have stated nothing but what every lawyer would know might have been done, but what would have been less honourable than the conduct of his Majesty, who had preferred obtainin g t h e power wh i ch he wanted from Parliament. Lord REDESDA LE contended, that until the act of Queen Anne, the power of the Crown to grant land had been unlimited. It was true, that when those grants were not approved of, the Ministers, by whose advice they had been made had been im peached, but even then the grants had not been revoked: Why had the act of Queen Anne been passed, if the Crown had not previously possessed the right of granting lands ? But the fact was, that half the lands in the kingdom were holden by grants from the Crown. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. MARRIAGE ACT. Mr. IlnoonEw and others brought up from the Commons the Marriage Act Amendment Dill with amendments, to which the prayed the concurrence of their Lordships. The Amendments were then taken into consideration, and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be returned to the Com mons.—Adjourned. MOUSE OF COMMONS. COMMISSION. At eleven o'clock inli;i — mornini, the SriVANER attended in the -House of Commons, and was shortly after summoned to the Boone of Peers, to hear the Royal Assent given to the Mutiny 11111 and other Bills—(For which see the Lords.) The SoraxEn having adjourned the Bailee till halt-past three, when he resumed his seat, many PriVoite Bills, this being the last day of introducing than, were brought in and read first time. MISCELLANtOIiS. Sir J. BOUGHEY brought in a Rill for the more apeedi recoveryfof Small Debts in the'town of WOlVerhampton,—Rea a first and ordered to be read a second time. 111 r. DRUMMOND ittoented a Petition from certain Owners and Occupiers of Land in the County of Strath. more, complaining of Agricultural Distress.—Ordered to lie on the table. Sir W. LEMON presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Falmouth, complaining of the practice of Hawkers and Ped lars.—Ordered to be printed. Similar Petitions were presented from the Inhabitants or Truro, and from those of Leicester,--Ordered to be printed. Mr. EVELYN presented a Petition from - the Borough of St. Ives, praying for the repeal of the Duties Oh Coids.—Ordered to be printed. A Bill was brought in to secure the better performance of the Duties of Treasurers of Counties in Ireland. Read a first time, and ordered to be read a Second time. Mr. D. GILBERT' 'a Petition rrOM the Inhabit ants of Penzance, : pray ing the repeal of the Dutit on Coals carried coastwise. The Hon. Gentleman spoke in support of "the prayer of the petition. P. GRENFELL -. supported the petition, and hoped, when the Chancellor of the Exchequer came to consider what taxes it would - be best fur the country to repeal, that he wculd include this among those whiCh were to be taken oft: Ordered to he printed. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE gave notice, that on Thursday the Ist of May he would move certain Resolutions on the subject of Agricultural Distress. Mr. BENNET presented a petition fro th Richard Cathie, now a prisoner in the gaol of Dorset, praying the House to enact a law for the abolition of prison flogging, and otherwise to alter the discipline of places of confinement, so as to make them consistent with the humane.spirit of the age. Thelidn. Gentleman in presenting the petition, took occasion to speak against the 'severities, in some instances, exercised, and an nounced it to be his intention to introduce a Bill after the ho lidays, to prevent the infliction of corporal punishment at all. The petition was ordered to be printed. ARMY EXTRAORDINARIES. Mr. 'WILMOT ithived the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report of the Committee on the Army Extraordinimes. Mr. IIUSIE said he had a petition to present. The SPEAKER said, the lion. Member's name was not entered in his paper. Mr. liUML considered that he was in order in presenting Himself as he had done since his name appeared in the printed notice. • The SPEAKER said perhaps the Hon, Member was right, and he was wrong, but he wished the House to understand the ground on which he had interfered. It was never his wish to deprive any member of his right, but he endeavoured to act according to the directions of the House. Under these he found, that orders were to be taken first on islontlay, and whatever notices might have been given, unless these coincided themselves with orders of the day, they could not be entertain. ed till the orders had been disposed or. When there was no business before the house, if any Member rose - he csdled his name, but when another Hon. Member had moved an Order of the Day, without departing from his duty, he could not but act as he had done. After a few words from 111 r: WitatOT, Mr. Citr.Ev EY, and Mr. H ush;, the Report was brought up. On the first Resolution being read, Mr. HUME referred to a motion which he had formerly made respecting the salaries of Colonial A ge nts. Th ese , he had been told, were paid by the several Colonies, but he now contended, that the assertion that they were not paid by the people of England was totally unfounded. He then enumeated the salaries paid to the Agents for the ,Cape of Good Hope, Malta the Mauritius, and Ceylon, amount i ng in the whole to 2,90 ' 0/., which, he,goatentleti„. threw,,,,tat. -ditional- ex - porter-on - this country ; and, consequently, they were, in point of fact, p a id by the people of England. He was of opinion th a t th e d ut i es o f the l'reasurer of the Navy were inconsistent with those of the Agent at Ceylon ; and he con. sidered that th e s e rv i ces o f the four agents he had mentioned might be dispensed with altogether. 'rhe business at present executed by them might be transacted by other officers at pre sent in the pay of the country. In page eleven of the esti mates he found that a sum of money was charged for prize money paid to Lord Keith. Ile thought all prize money had been paid long ago, and wished to know if the present was the last payment. It would be recollected that touch diesus sion had taken place on this, subject, and that much then). probation had been expressed at the delay which had ecturred in some instances, and which, continuing for many years, had frequently deferred the payment of prizte.money, till most of those originally entitled to receive it were gone. There was ano ther item which he thought strange. In page 12 of the Estimates, the sum of 9,2441. w as p u t d own as paid to Baron Larigsdorfe, on account of the subset} , of 1793. Ile wished to know how this sum came to be brought fortsard now? There - wail also a sum charged which named very extraordinary, it was that of 10051. paid to Sir,a. Hope; as Governor of Edinburgh Castle, in lieu of coals and c an dl es , f ro r n.t h e 2 5t h o f S eptember , 1810: He wished to know on what, aceoetit this grant was made, and whether it was a 'regular payment, or a new allowance, and why ,it had - been left seven. years it; arrear ? There . were some other things of minor'importance, but he should pro.. pose no diminution on account of them at present; but with respect to the Colonial Agents, he was HO satisfied of their being unnecessary, diet he should move to reduce the vote before the Muse to the amount of 2,900/. lie 'accord. ingly moved, . " That the sum of 620,000/. in the resolution, should be iliered to 617,100/." Mr. ‘VILMOT contended that it was not correct to infer, because the military experices of the Colonies fell on the Mother Country, that the agent* were not paid by the colonists. If the Honourable Gentlemen htui *hewn that the economy which he recommended were . practicable, by pointing out to whom the business now performed by the Agents, might be conveniently , transferred ; there might' be some fair grounds for what he had advanced ; but • none such appeared at present. The duties of those situations must not be neglected ; and by whom, if taken froM the agents, could they be performed ? lie would state before that House, ••that it was inipossible fio..any one in his dePart. ment to undertake them. If the lionourahle Gentleman brought a motion forward" an this subject, he would prove the fact—he would chew that the business 9f that department lied already been doubled and trebled, and he would defy the Hon. Gentleman to contradict him. While on his legs he would offer a few words in reply to a charge made the other evening against the Governor of Upper Canada. .0n hearing it lie had risen in his place, and declared himself satisfied that the fact referred' to was untrue. But now having had time to make inquiry he would challenge the Honourable Gentleman to show that a more unfounded Statement had never been brought for ward in or out of that House. The Governor had 'been , de. scr.b. - :d to have sent a - Mr. , Gourley ta'xnuch injaretl'Oentle. man) out of the Province, under circumstances of great hard ship and oppression. This was said to have occurred in con sequence of Mr. Gourley heving published that the Gover nor, after having consented to receive a certain salary , in lieu of fees formerly allowed, not only received the salary stipulated but the fees also: Now the fact was, there was not a word of any such accusation in the three volumes which had been printed, on matters connected with the case. After this, what became of the charge which the Han. Gentleman had brought ffirward, when it appeared th a t th e accusat i on f ur which Mr. Gourley was sent out of the .Province, as stated by the Honourable Gentleman who was shortly to bring his case forward, did not appear ever to have been made ? The Honourable Member ought to be more cautiotta in making such charges. It was true they could be contra dicted, but in the meals time they were translated into other languages, anti widely circulated, to the great injury of indi vidual character. On another subject the statement advanced by the Hon. Gentleman was utterly unfounded—he alluded to the lonian Islands, He defied the Hon. Gentleman to bring forward p a ro rn ve nti t a h n e o m n mrt thi l s o su n authenticity of whichhe could not deny. The lion, Gentle. b n ie e cL now If made, iled idon so, docuinents, the it would' enable man had stated, the lonian Wands were not prosperous. He (Mr. Wilniot) could not go into the details while speaking on a question to which they were irrelevant, but he could con& dently tell the lion. Gentleman, that what belted asserted with res:lec t Can to lt:llada were utterly unfounded, 7 . as well as his statements respecting Upp e r of his thin. Friend. He objected to the Colonial Agents he cause three of them were Members of Parliament. The agent r.CI:V nI t ' n said, he should vote for the Amendirient for Ceylon was WAltiskisson, }sq., the agent for the Cape, T. P. Courtenay, Esq., and the agent for Malta, S. Bathurst, Esq. Ile considered Members of Parliament hoicking such