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-: '" -- 7P tween the two plans. The plan of the Right non. GentleMen' opposite 'was the changing of a life annuity into one for forty. live years. He would ask thellight Hon. Gentleman, 'had not the act for such alteration passed, would that Right lion. Gen-. tleman have thought of stating the surplus at more than•three millions ? An Ace of Parliament could not make a surplus' where no surplus existed. ('His Hon.,Friend (Mr. Baring) had' remarked upon the plan of his (Mr.. Ricardo's) Hon. Friend, the. Meinher for the Queen's County, and was favourable to that: plan, as far as related to the five per cents., but not as extend ing to the 3 per cents., because .l the holders could not be com.: {polled to acquiesce hilt. But his Han. Friena(Sir IT. Parnell) did not demand its enforcement; be only proposed that it should be tried. They did not want grounds for estimating the probable, event of that plan, for the House would recollect that there were then Long Annuities in the market, of , which 37 years remained unexpired. Taking them at four per cent. at.l9 years pur. clease, they would be worth 76 or 76. If Ministers, therefore, could go to Market to sell the Four per Cent. Annuities at 37 years for 76, they might buy 100/. Three per Cents. at less thaw 78. He had one more remark to make upon the statement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer respecting the dif ferences in the amount of the debt at the present moment, and the year 1816. • The Right Hon. Gentleman had contended that the'debt had been diminished 24 millions, and he was sure the House had been led to suppose that that reduction had been effected by the operation of the Sinking Fund. He would beg lea've to say, that it haul evidently not been so. Had there ,been really any reduction ? He thought that there had not.— The had been turning the Three per Cents. into Fives, and Five per Cents. into Pour peeCente. But the effect of that • iiritd been to diminish the amount of capital, without at all diminishing the amount of charge. The amount of charge got ri4 of was ve trifling indeed. s hould support the amend. tn • .ent of the lion. Member; for he was of opinion, that there would be no falling off in the Revenue; and if there was, he sure that the people would submit toll rate of taxation that would cover the deficiency. Mr. ELLICE said, that the Bill involved so many principles 'foul so many contradiction's, that he was at a loss how to vote.-- Ile agreed with the lion. Member, the Treasurer of the Navy, in thinking that the Bill would' at least be productive of good in Putting an end to the machinery of the old Sinking Fund, and therefore lie did not see how he could consistently with that opinion vote for the entire rejection of the Bill. At the same tune, having voted for the motion of the lion. Gent. below him fora public reduction of 2,000,000 of taxation, and against carrying on the delusion of last Session, he would express his hope that. Parliament would not concur iu supporting that de tision. If a contract were' entered into with the Bank for the sale of Annuities, the Ban': would make an advantageous con tract, especially if peace were preserved. He thought with the Honourable Member for Knareshomugh that it might be ad. visable to alter the proposed amendment from six months to six weeks ; and he would support any motion that might be roads to that effect. , . Mr. TIERNEY explained. The House then divided on Mr. (1. Rennet's amendment.:—:. Ayes - - . . - - - ' '•59 Noes . - - - - 109 . ''' Majority against the amendment - A second division took place on Mr. Baring's amendment:--- Ayes - 72 Noes - - 100 Majority against the amendment - Ppon our return to the House, we found Mr. JONES supporting the vote which be had given but the noise occasioned by the admission of strangers to the Gal lery was so great that we were not able to collect the Hon. Member's observations. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the • Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Commit , tee of Supply. On the motion for the SPEAKER to leave the Chair, Mr. CREEVEY said, that understanding that as soon as the House went into a Committee the Right Hon. Gent. opposite. would move the Estimates for the Ordnance Department, he should take the opportunity of moving some reductions of which he had alreadyen notice,. and which he thought peculiarly applicable to Ordnance Estimates. He found 'that one item in those Estimates was the sum of 24,442/. for repairing the fortifications of the island of Barbadoes. It had fallen to his _lot from time to time when this grant had been proposed to state that there was a particular fund raised by mi Act of the Colonial Assembly, for the express purpose of keeping the forti fications of the Island in repair. Every Member mightlook at that Act; they would find that it had passed in DM, and it stated that for maintaining the Fort, for building the Sessions House, and prim, and for the other public charges incurred by Go. vernnient, that an impost should be levied of 4i per cent. on ell the dead commerce of the island. He contended, therefore, gnu that fund was expressly intended for the reparation of the fortifications, and he did not see how any lion. Gentleman could put any other constructinn on the Act. lie was bound to admit, that in the reign subsequent to the passing of the Act, viz. the reign of Charles 11. that fund had been considered as one of the hereditary revenues of the Crown, and had been ap. Plied to the support of the Royal household. But in the year of the reign , of Queen Anne's accession to the Throne, a petition had been presented by the Planters and Merchants of Barbadoes to the House of Commons, .setting forth the Colonial Act, and Pitying that the 4i per cent. duty might be applied to the re. pairs of the fortification, and other expeuces incurred by Go. 'yernment, according to the intention of the original Act. In consequence of that petition the House had addressed the Queen, and her Majesty had, In a message to the House, given direc tions that the ftind should be applied in the frianner prayed for by the petitioners. If any Hon. Gentleman felt curious enough to refer to the Royal message, they would find it in the 43th Volume of the Journals of the House. He now called upon the Honourable Gentleman opposite to tell - him what reason he could give for calling upon the House to grant Supplies for fepairing the fortifications of Barbadoes, when the Act ex. • pp es providing for that charge had never been repealed. Ile was aware that one reason generally offered was this, that upon the Accession of Matte 3lejesty to the Throne, a new species of settlement had been made, and the sum of 800,0001. per annum had been granted to His Majesty, in lieu of the revenue which he 'had formerly enjoyed from the collection of dliferent small duties. He had also heard another argument which had been attempted to be set up. He had heard it said, ' that supposing they bad got possession of that fond, other persons bad had it before them ; and the names of Chatham amid Burke had been referred to, as if any act of theirs could vatify a present proceeding of the law. tie would say , that . such a defence would not have been made in any other place than that House. Yet those were the only reasims which he had heard set up. It had been justly observed by Claren. Ilan, that the affections of the people had been alienated from Charles 1., when they fonnd that the Judge* were corrupted, siodlhat justice was not to be had ; but what would now be said of that House, if they not only divested the fund of which ha spoka from its original purposp, but kept it for themselves-- for it was wasted in pensions to Members of that House 1 The Iron. Member then moved the.following Resolutions i--. Resolved, That it appears to this House from the estimate laid before it for the service of the Ordnance for the present year, there is a sum 0122,412/. for erecting and repairing forti fications in the island of Barbadoes. " 'that by en Act of the Colonial Assembly of Itarbadoes which was passed in the year 1603, it was enacted, That for the purpose of maintaining the reparation of the forts, the build of a Sessions House, and a 'Prison, and all other public ciuttges incumbent on the Governinent there, an impost or cos; tow upon all dead commodities of the growth of the island, and to be shipped off thesaine, should be paid to his Majesty, his Min end successors, for ever, after the following rate omen nor; thatis tosay,.4 in specie for every 5 score.' ‘i;fritat it further appears from. the Journals of 'this Mime, • .that it. the first year of her Majesty Queen Anne, A Petitioll was presented to it from the planters mind merchants concerned in Owe island of flarbadoev, setting forth the Colonial Act of liar had'oee before referred to, and praying 'that the said duty of 4/ per,eeotton might he applied to the reparation and building of fortification and defraying all charges incident to the govern. • smolt there as the same was originally intended, instead of be. *diverted' to other purposes, as the same then was;' and. that -'in consequence of such petition, the House did address her Ma jesty Queen Anne, praying ' that•the duty might be restored to the purposes for which It was created by the colonial act of Bar- Woo, anti that this House WAS informed by a message from. lier Majesty that she wohi give such directions accordingly.' • " That, notwithetandg such specific application of this fund by- the colonifil act of Barbadoes to the building and repair , ing of fortifications in that Island, and notwithstanding the re.. oegialtion of that law by this house and by her Majesty Queen ,Antte, this fund in now, for the most part, consumed by-pen. - iiotittrfi,in thie country, including even Members of this House or their families, whilst the fortifications and other public . 4'01% of liarbadoea are left to be maintained` by money . mixed ftom taxes on the people ; and that, under all the etrcum. blokes above stated, and adverting likewise to the , present ainietiog condition of A great portion of these kingdoms, this iThuse consider* it to be alike due to - its own character and to the feelings of the people, humbly. to request his Majesty to giro directions that thc said duty of ili per centuin In the island of Barbed= may be again restored to the original purposes for whichit was created." Mr. WARD had no objection whatever to the agitation of .dais qucstion, but he thought it was at present unfairly brought Istfore the Coneideration of - the Howie. The Hon. Gentleman's ainendment was founded in error, and that error he appre. hfoded originated In this way. The Act of Assembly made • certain grew for the repairs of Barbidoes. The error was in . imagining for a - moment, - that in the estimate proposed there WAS th , l slightest reference to the works alluded to in that grant. Net one.,shilling ,wasrequited to defray any one o f the expences mentioneil in the Act. That Act referred to the budding of Sessions House, prisons, and charges respecting the Government of Barbadoes. Of the sum now proposed, „part of it was to be applied in‘ the building of a laboratory, part in.the repair of fin Ordnance wluirf ; and if the Island of Barhadoes was to continue the chief and principal of the Lee ward Isles, 'such buildings were necessary—if Barbadoes were any longer to continue a naval-station. Mr. HUME thought it an extreme quibble to say that these buildings were not public works of the Island. lie did not mean to say that expences must not necessarily be incurred in.preserv ing a naval station, but he 'thought the exact nature of such ex pences should be enumerated. .Sir C. LONG said that as he hail been personally alluded to, by the Hors. Member fur Appleby, he felt it necessary to Rays few.words. That sum of 4A per cent. had been granted to the king without -any condition annexed. Lord Somers, Whom the Hon. Member was in the habit of quoting, considered that sum as part of the Civil List. So had Mr.Rurke in his regulation of it. Mr. CREEVEY—He had a pension? Sir C. LONG—Not in 17112, when he regulated the Civil List. •Mr. IIERNEL said, that the lion. Gentleman opposite had Contended that the King had aperfect right to dispose of that fund in pensions; this he utterly 'denied, and was willing to join issue with the Right Hon. Gentleman en that subject. He denied that this fund had ever been given to the King. It was an extortion, in the first instance, upon the credulit of the Colonists—a rapacity countenanced by the Monarch—(Cheers) and carried into effect by hie itlinisters. . Mr.IVILIVIOT said, that the lion. Gentleman's . principle, if correct, applied to the whole of the Act ; but he had heard nettling which, in the. slightest degree affected the argument Hof his Right on. Friend below him; this was not the time for discussing the question. The House divided, and the numbers were— Forthe Amendment - . .56 Against it - 80 On our return to the Gallery we found Mr. - WARD on his legs, when he moved the grant of 48,0271. for the salaries ofrthe Alaiter-General, the Deputy Master-General, and the expellees of the Ordnance Department in Pall-mall. Mr. HUME contended that the country expected more re ductiOns of the salaries in the Ordnance than had been effected. The salaries had not been lowered yet to the standard of 1797. The Ordnance Department ought to be amalgamated into one office, and not to continue in two different places as now was, in Pall-mall and the Tower. There were more messengers and clerks in the Ordnance Department than in any other, accord. ing to the proportion of business transacted therein. If the Go vernment wati.not serious in reducing the salaries, the House would in vain attempt it. What was the use of twenty mss. 103er:fin that department ? He would not go into the details Which hestated last year, neither would lie divide the House on that vote.—The vote was then ag,reed to. X 7,065 7s. Ild. for the Royal Military Establishments at the Laboratory and Woolwich Establishment. Mr. HUME complained of the salary granted to the Inspec tortif Gunpowder, Who was allowed to live aereversham while the powder was made at Waltham Abbey. Where was the use of making powder when there was twenty yearii' consump tion in the arsenal' ? The office was a superfluous one, and ought to be abolished. .;- Mr. WARD said, that during the war powderhad been ma stiffactured at Feversham and Waltham Abbey. It had since. been ,manufactured at Waltham Abbey ; yet there were great conveniences at Feversham, which Could be continued-without either great alterations or expence. When the necessity of having such buildings erected at Waltham Abbey was taken intavieav, Feversham was too convenient to be sold ; particularly since it would then become absolutely. necessary to have such buildings erected at Waltham Abbey at the cost of perhaps 50,000/. There was also at Feversham a most curious process carried on, which had been invented by the Hon. Member for Plymouth, and which would restore all the damaged gun. powder, except that wetted by salt water, to as good a state as it had ever been in. This would cause a saving to the public not only now, but hereafter. During war it would save per haps several millions, and it cost.now only 1,7001. 111 r. HUME contended, that the Feversham Establishment could he reduced, and that every House belonging to it ought to be let to good tenants soon after the peace. Ile had a list of 487 house's and apartments, let to individuals then belonging' to the Civil Department of the Ordnance. They could not be all useful. The Ordnance Establishment .at Guernsey ought to be abolished, for that island contributed nothing to its support. To a question from Sir J. NEwPonT, which could not be distinctly heard, Mr. WAnn replied that Government would make all expedient reductions as quickly as it could. • Mr. HUME thought the house of the Maeter Gunner of St., James's Park (General APLeod) might be dispensed with, he having already 2000/. a-year from the country. Mr. WARD—The measure of the House was only in the Hon. Member's eyes. The houses of officers would be classi fied, and all that could he dispensed with would be. The vote was then agreed to. £0,585 was voted for Home and Foreign Stations of the Ist class. 1:12,277 13s. 4d. for the second Class of the same Depart intent. Mr. HUME objected to this item, a great part of which was expended in the Vagaries, amongst others, of Sir T. Maitland. After a few observations from Mr. W. SMITH, the vote was agreed to. £8,195 for defraying similar Salaries of the third Class. Mr. HUME objected altogether to the Enfield Establish ment as not only useless, but interfering with the manufacturers of this country as far as this Establishment was concerned. Mr. WARD considered the Estalishment as very useful and a saving to the country. The helmets made there for the Cui. rassiers were not made at double the expence they would have been elewhtre. The whole of the cuirasses cost only 35001. and therefore there could not be a saving of 4000/. Mr. HUME —I mentioned no sum ; I only•said they could elsewhere be manufactured at a cheaper rate. Mr. WA ftD—ln cases of future contracts for guns, it .4 ar ranged the gnntnakers of Birmingham shall have one-third, and - those of London the same. £6501 for the Storekeepers of the Honig and Foreign Sta. tient.—Agreed to. £10,820 for Contingencies for the Tower and Pall-mall.— Agreed to, after some observations &can Mr. truest and Mr. W. SMITII, • £10,829 ld s. 3d. for Royal Engineers for 1823 . — Agreed to , after an objection to their numbers taken by Mr. Hustle. £56,304,123. 9d. for the 'Royal Suppers and Miners, and junior Officers of Artillery •for Fidd Works.—Agreed to. £241,235, Bs. sd. for the Expences of the Royal'Regimentof Artillery for Great Britain. Mr. HUM E.propoeed to reduce that vote by 16,0001. which could be saved in a different management of the . Staff, and that without reducing a single man. Mr. WARD said, it was necessary to keep up the Artillery Offieers rather than the men, who could be much more easily procured. Such was the arm opinion of the Master-General. Mr. HUME—Last year it was said the - Duke Of Wellington' looked over the Estimates and could not alter a man: After' that, a fig for such authority. The men might be brigaded differently, and thereby the saving he proposed could be madly effected. Sir U. BURGH said, the Estimates were - reduced on all oc. casions where they could be. Mr. WARD, however, said, the Duke of Wellington could tt not dispense with a tingle inn - .-1.821, although prospectively he might; and this was now done by incorporating the Drivers With the Foot Artillery, and thereby dispensing with 400 men. Ili the Civil-state of the Ordnance every thing to prevent pecu. 'laden was done, and the accounts were audited every month for - every place in which we had an Ordnance Offieer. Mr. HUM; never heard of such a plan, although the 'Hon. Member might have hail such a one , in his head. llis.cibject was not to take eway a single man, but by a different system of brigading to save troops. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and a division took place For the amendment - 30 Against it . 69 Majority for the original vote —39 On the Vote of 8937/. for defraying the expenses of the Me. dicta Establishment for the Civil Department of the Ordnance, Mr. HUME thought the Artillery ought to be placed under the Medical General Staff. He objected pertfcularly to the continuance of the Direitor General, an Officer who only slid the duty of the Sargeons of the Battalion and the Medical Board. He therefore proposed as an amendment, that the vote should be reduced to 5842/. A divi4lon then took place on the amendment : Ayes • - 27 • Noes . 66 --3 S Majority - The Vote of 09371. was then agreed to., On the Vote of 68991. for the Military,College at Woolwie being proposed, Mr. fiUME said, it would be Charity to the young Cadets at that College to reduce their number'from 130 to 50, as it was impossible they could obtain each a Commission. After a few words from Sir ULT.SSZEt I.lu anti, the Vote was agreed to. Also £140;1300 to defray the extraordinary expences of the office of Ordnance. _ The following RUM were then 4:14460 for defraying+ . expences paid by the Treasury on ac. count of Ordnance Estimates from the year 1023. £10,771 for expences of the Land Service of the Ordnance. £107434 for Super.innuated Allowances in the Ordnante Department. After a short conversation in the Committee between Mr. .111731 E, Mr. WARD, and Mr. W. Smr - ru, the vote was agreed to. . 113,817 for Allowances to Ordnance Sanerannuated Officers. £lOO,OOO for the Barrack Department tor the service of this year. £6250 for Compensations to Persons in the Irish Ordnance Departments. .#307,983 for the Barrack Department in Ireland. Thelteport was then agreed to, and the Chairman ordered to report the same to the House to-morrow. SLAVERY. Mr. W. SMITH :said, ,that his Hein. Friend the Member for Bramber (Mr. Wilberforce) would have presented his Peti tion this night, from the , QUakers, for the gradual abolition of slavery throurihoS►t *.British dominions, were .it not for the indisposition of the Right` lion. Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Mr. Canning); : . but he would.cettainly. present it on Wednes day next. WAREHOUSING BILL. On the motion of Mr., WaLt—tcE, the Warehousing Bill was read a second After-a few words from Mr. ROligartiON and Mr.- Alder man Tnostrsow, in recommendation of a - mature considera— tion of the measure, it was ordered to be committed on Friday next. _ _ --- The Reports of the Committees of Ways and Means and Supply were received, and agreed to. The other Orders of the Day were then read, and postponed.; and the House adjourned at One o'Clock. --- ----- THE KING'S LIBRARY. The following are the documents laid before the House of C,Ommons, by 31r. Secretary PEEL ; and which will be this evening referre to a Select Committee, on the Mo tion of the CRANCZLLQR, of the EXCHRQUEn COPIES OF PAPERS PRF,sENTED BY COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY:— (14—. Letter from his Majesty George . tlte Fourth, to the Earl of Liverpool, dated lath January, 1023, presenting the Library of his late Father to the British Nation ; 'also, (2.) —Copy Treasury Minute, dated 16th January, 1823, thereon ;and, (3.)--Copy Letter front .the principal Librarian of the Bri tish Museum,. enclosing Copy of the Minutes of the Trustees Proceeding! respectinohe same; dated tith February, 11323. (l.) DEAR'LORD Ltvgitroot. ' The King; my late revered and excellent Father, having formetk, during a long series of years, a most valuable And ex tensive library, consisting of about one hundred and twenty thousand volumes, I havenosolved to present this collection to the British Nation., While I have the satisfaction by this means of advancing the literature of my country, I also feel that I am paying a just bute to the memory . ofa parent whose life was adorne with every public and private virtue. I desire to add, that I have great pleasure, my Lord, in making this communication through you. Believe me, with great9gard, Your sincere Friend, (Signed) O. R. Pavilion, Brighton, January It,, 1823. The Earl of Liverpool, &G., &c. &c. &c. Copy TREASURY MINUTE, dated 18th January, 1823. Lord Liverpool has laid before the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury the letter which he has this morning received from him, that he has resolved to present the most , valuable and eatentive Library, collected by his father, the late King, to the British Nation. The Lords Commissioners of his Majes ty's Treasury hav e desired Lord Liverpool to convey to his Ma jesty the sentiments of admiration with which they have been affected by this splert., did instance of his Majesty's munificence and generosity. They are persuaded that it will be felt, by the nation, as' adding to the many claims which his Majesty already hait on the affections and gratitud e o f hi s peope ; and that it will afford to future ages a further proof of his Majesty's invariable attention to the interests of Literature and Science. The Lords of his Alajest?s — icea;urihave 7 iiven directions that a copy of his Majesty's letter, and their minute, should be transmitted. to the Trustees of thei ißritish Museum, in order that they might receive the opinion of that Body as to the mode in which his Majesty's most Gracious intentions can be carried into effect, so as to answer most completely all the important objects which his' Majesty has had in view in thin act of his Royal liberality. sc 3.) (Copy.) llritih Feliruary 8, 1823. Sirt,—By order of n General Meeting of the Trustees of the British Museum, I have the honour to tram& to you, for the information of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, an authenticated Copy of their Mi nutes, respeedng thc Papers communicated to them by your Board, relating to his Majesty's gracious intention to present his Library to the nation. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your moat obedient and very humble servant, (Signed) J. PLANTA, Pr. Lib. Stephen R Lushington, &c. (Copy.) At a General Meeting of the Trustees of the British Museum, • held Feb. 8, 1823, Present his Grace the ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, in the Chair Mr. Lushington's Letter, and the Papers accompanying i being taken into consideration, it was Itenolved-1. That in the opinion of the Trustees, his Ma. jesty's most gracious intention, of renderingthe Library. of the late King as extensively useful as possible to the British Na. lion, may be completely carried into effect, by placing it under the care of the Trustees of the British Museum. 2dly, That the whole of this collection, formed by his late Majesty with great care, during the course bi fifty years, should be kept entire, and. separate from the rest of the Library of the British Museum, in a repository to be appropriated exclusively to that purpose and that the a lph a b et i ca l ca talogue of it, in the printing of which som e p rogress a pp ea r s to h a ve b ee n already made, should be completed. idly, That as the present building of the British Museum will not afford stifficientaccotninotlation for the reception of any part of this collection, a new bttilding will be indispensably re quisite for that purpose. : Whi c h building, in the opinion of the architect of the Museum, might be completely finished, and be in a fit state to receive the collection, in the course of two years from this time, provided it could be begun early in the present spring. 4thly, That an additional establishment of officers will be necessary for the separate superintendence of this Library, for the purpose of insuring its preservation, , and for afibrdins the most convenient access to all persons who may have occasion to refer to it. Ordered, That the above Alinute be communicated to Mr. Lushington by the principal Librarian; for the information of the Lords of the TreastirY. The above is a true copy from the proceedings of the Trustees. (Signed). IiENRY ELLIS, Secretary. 'We lately inserted the repOrt of an assault upon the Ambasaarlor .of a Great-Foreign Power, -by Count BET T ER*, which we had withheld from motives of delicacy towards that Prince, ,and justice-to both parties, till it had appeared in most 0 the Morning Papers, and our Readers :night expect that w should notice it as a public occurrence: e 'Mosinee bessassieured that the report did not fairly re present the conduct (eke Count.—We therefore deem it proper to say, that out Paper is open to any. explanation which he may think necessary on the occasion. At the saute time it is also PrOPer to add, that we are persuaded,' whatever the misrepre aentations may h ave been,: they - must be imputed to the ac porter, and re ce i ve d no sanction from „the Ambassador himself. A respectabl e eorre Spolidelt informs us, that " nearly all Sou t h A mer i ca i s yet without the common domestic Bee. It is re asona bl e f rom t h is to presume, a few hives would sell to great adv antage i n 1. 4{;11 ha,. thienos-Ayres, Rio 'Janeiro, 'I he Beet here arc now in their state of torpor, which is a proper season for taking them out. Honey now forms an im portant article in the drat of exports from Cuba; yet so late as the period from 17U to 1770, Rees were introduced into that Wand. See Rees Cycl9petlia l the article Cuba: or lie vinealt.' "—filo:trico t Paper.) MELANcnoLy Surat IYE.—An inquest-was :held on Saturday evening at the Boston Arms, Boston-street, , Re gent's Park, before Tiros, STIRLING, Esq. Coroner, on view of the body of Wm. Legg, Esq. aged 60 years, a gentleman univer sally respected a n d' amented, formerly residem at No. 20, Park - road, Regent's Park, who, in a state of derangement,destroyei himself. It.'appeared from the evidence that the deceased had for a short time been in a low desponding state, but from whence this proceeded his friends were unable to assign any cause. On Wednesday ev e ning he appeared particularly d ejected, and his eon ende avoure d, b y re l a ting several amusmg anecdotes, to shake off that melancholy all, however, the deceased returned was a vacant look. Several witnesses of the greatest respectability spoke as to the deceased's state of mind, and the Jury returned their verdict—" That the deceased, William Legg, Esq. destroyed himself, being at the time in a state of temporary derangement." PARIS, VA PERS. PARIS, MAUCH 16. The Duke d'Angouklme was saluted t ith the loudest acclamations. The Duke de Quiche went in the same .carriag e with him. M. Lecoul teux. de Canteleu and M. de Polignac were in another carriage. The 'Chamber of Peers passed yesterday the vote for 1.00 millions, by a majority of 112 against Ga. Attempts have been made to shake the fidelity of our soldiers. A letter from 'St. Beat of the fith says, that on the 4th an individual presented himself at the advanced posts of Fos, and pro posed to the corporal to pass into Spain, whither he would conduct him. Indignant at the pro posal, the , corporal seized and carried him to his commanding officer. He declared that he had been sent by the Spanish post of Pontant to en deavour to seduce the French soldiers -to desert. We are assured that a telegraphic dispatch re ceived yesterday announces that Toulon has just escaped the frightful disaster prepared for it by some wretches,.wtho, spread over our beautiful France, have sworn the ruin of it. The arsenal and powder magazine were set on fire in several - places. This was perceived time enough to pre vent any accident, and to defeat the infernal hopes of the incendiaries. The last -news from Madrid informs us that Abisbal had been. named Captain-General of Madrid and the` province, with'power to declare the whole province in testate of siege. We are assured, that several foreign individuals, agents of disorder, and belonging to secret asso ciations, have received orders to quit the capital and France forthwith. • • It is said that a proposal will be brought for ward to-morrow by Itoyer Collard to re-admit M. Manuel into the Chamber, and that if the Chamber pass to the Order of the Day, the centre gauche will secede from the Chamber., A debate took place in the Chamber of Depu ties yesterday upon the subject of the articles in certain journals in the Chamber since Manuel's expulsion. The editor of the Journal du Com merce was ordered to be prosecuted. The Prince of liohenlohe, who was to com mand a corps of the ,French army in Spain, re. mains at Paris. The journals of .a certain party announce the discharge of M. Aubriette, chief of the door keepers of the Chamber of Deputies, and givens a reason the negligence with which he discharged his functions on the 4th of March. We are not acquainted with the orders given to M. Aubri ette, but the journals w'ho now censure the con duct of the chief of the doorkeepers, have for some days asserted that M. Manuel, surrounded by thirty of his colleagues, forced his way into the Chamber, and that one of the official persons standing, had been thrown down. Which is the truth ?---(Pilate.) The price or artillery horses, it is said, has been fixed at 560 francs ; under the late Go vernment, when most scarce, they never exceeded 450. ( ibid.) It is aserted that if M.Chatenubriand becomes President, of the Council of Alinisters, and M. Villa° gives up, the portfolio o f th e finances, M. Dudon or M. Delalot will succeed the latter. Chosen detachments of the gendarmerie ac company the equipages of his Royal Highness the Duke of Angouli.lme. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.—SrvrING OF X( ...ARO, 13. A single . Member only attended on the left centre. The bench of Ministers was entirely vacant. Three Commiuioners from the King attended the sitting. • The Order of the Day was the Report of the Committee for management of the Sinking Fund. M. de Vanblanc establis hed a parallel between French com merce and that of Great Britain, and invited the Chamber to take into consideration the proposition which had been examined in the bureaux.-40n the right, " Supported, supported !") The proposition of M. de Vaublanc was thus concaved t— " I ask from this Chamber the appointment of a Special Committee, charged to examine the recent state'of commerce and industry, resting on the documents supplied by Ministers. " The Committee will examine the nature and the of ex portation and importation, a nd more es p ec i a ll y the nature of the foreign articles imported into France, whether they are of primary necessity, and whether it is not expedient to diminish the quantity or even prohibit them altogether, either at once or at some future period to be named," &e. M. Vaublanc left speaking at three o'clock. NEWS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. Ewviuow or' PUYCERDA, Miami( 3.—The gates of the Seu are walled up: there is but one entrance to the Andorre road, which is free. A line of defence is traced before the town, on the side of Gery. Pieces of cannon are placed on divers points. The garrison and peasantry are to work on these fortifications. PEIWIONADT, MARCH 11.—Lieutenant-General Baron de Dames arrived the day before yesterday at Perpignan ' with the Marquis de Montpezal, Colonel of the Staff. He takes the command of one of the divisions of the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees. M. Ilauterive, Military intendant of the Army, arrived the same evening. Many Intendants and variousehiefa of the Military Admintstaration have also arrived this week. The Baron d'Eroles left Perpignan yesterday for St. Laurent ,de la Salanque, where he has established the centre of hie lead ing operations. Pwo columns of Royalist troops, in all about 750 i n di e i. duals, from the department of Prides, passed on the 6th and 7zh under the walls of Perpignan, and took the direction of La Salanque, where they will form part of the troops which are or. ganizing there. BAYONNE, Dimwit B.—The troops arrive in succession, hut their match is, sufficientlt slow. We have been 6.3stired that the Army of the Western Pyrenees will be a) or 70,000 men. noWever, in making an enumeration of all that we have at present on the frontiers, in fortresses, in cantonments, and in garrison here, we can only reckon 14.000 men, formed by the 24, 7th, and 9th light infantry, the 15th, 20th, 23t1, 37th, 38th, and 41st of the line, and the 13th and 14th of horse chasseurs, part of the 7th and' oth artillery, the train, and a party of horse artillery. In spite of all preparations, and the arrival of General Offi cers, war is looked upon here as so impolitic and unnecessary, that there are numbers of people who even yet will not believe in it. The outfit of vessels for the Newfoundland Fishery con - thaws, and several ships are reedy to sail ; yet letters from Co runna announce that a great number of armed vessels are about to sail, and that they only wait till a French gun has been fired in the Spanish territory, to fall on our ships. On the other hand, one of our builders, who is to undertake the bridge of bo a t s on t h e Bidassoa, that it will take him a month to complete his work, and that he has not even received orskrs to begin, which would lead us to believe that hostilities will not be so prompt as has been said. Other naval builders had been ordered to undertake to build 50 pontoons of 35 feet long and 3i deep, but only ten days were allowed them, sad it was consequently impossible for them to undertake the cam mission. A letter announces that 111equinenza (the only fortress in the possession of the Spanish Royalist insurgents) had offered to capitulate on terms which it is thought would be accepted.-- ( Constitutionnel.) SPANISH PAPERS. Diaz Brtracts.l Don Antonio Diaz del Moral renounced, in the following terms, the office of Minister of the Interior, which his Maj esty had confided to him. Th e l etter is addressed to the 31intster of the Interior 44 have the honour to address to your Excellency to resignation of the office of Minister of the Interior, 02 Which th e Kinig was pleased to appoint me yesterday', by a de cree which I have this very instant, it being e l e ven o c l oc k a t Dien, received. Mile I be g your Excellency to convey to his Ala. , jesty's hands my resignation, I have at the same time to entreat that you will do me the favour of "endeavouring to moil upon obey the dietates iny o o f " tuy in ct s m u sc rn i c e i n e c nc e:i his Majesty to excuse hue from undertaking the discharge of : s c u n i vi i:rt o r i t . nt functions , _ and for which I cannot consider my. self as possessing either the necessary information a knowledge. sures that may be adopted with a view to compel me to de sist from tendering my resignation. • - - ladrid; March 1, 1tt13." ' ' 4, S:Signed) "D. ANTONIO DIAZAEL :11011AL. ( From the same to the King.) its ..t Sire, --I have this moment received the decree by 'hid! your M ajes ty h as nominated me Minister of the Interior, all :try 00tlyrietelidirovaernitornate.:: I should ill reply to so high a distinction, if I did 11 ° t g P e ' w hich be. to your Majesty with all that candour an d veracity long to an honest man. Sire; in ordinary times , o rdinarf. t t a; ts may on some occasions suffice len to guide the vesse l of Hiv State; but under the difficult circumstance s in which we no find ourselv surrounded with dangers, and ha vin g to CO,11: tend with all es, the elements that arelet loose ag ainst us, t' ..l . ° IL; ' ' gifted genius and the most tried patriotism will be arirm_l competent to conduct the bark to a port of safety. Other meis of the mo s t elev a t e d mind, and the most extensive talents, ha v e intelligencen d n felt th ~ ves bound, Sire, to abandon the helm of (oerP' h but duelstle shall I, destitute of genius, educated Wit s ,_ll care' attention, and a stranger to business — h ow h a ve ed of.the inutility of their endeavours to I aftftt so difficult an enterprise, in which they rd y llq r ui 3 d i a a ti les ono , f P th e e n N ua a failed who have been so much my superiors in information 1 1 . ce of ti" state of continual sutering, in consequen the ..., many troubles I have experienced during sus ?tars of ' . al verest banishment, I transmitted on the 28th o last month , ~, retirement from the office of General Commissioner for ' 6 " . d ti e o d nai of u m eb v t, w a an - s want of i,:ifii:esetnytticalsepitiln., cetve by the subjoined copy ; and if I considered illf,g__,„t capable of f ill ing an employment in which zeal and. t w fle ic "" - e f assiduous application nught possibly compensate for . _T o. information, how shall I load nly feeble shoulders with t 0 n,"?.. t0 den so weighty as that whioth it has jilcased y0ur,' 11..) .. 0 w 1- ; to i w n h ipo ic t i se l l o o p: va n to me m ? yse l v s , h i ot t i l ld sh b o e u i l v d an zi n c t e i,: p i t n the d latluc..r.n this o th r a i t neffi l coffi in the duty I ,owe to the office,nati ,an --- -4 venture to implore treaty, to accept my of Spaniards ; and to which 1 do not believe myaelf I w n , un fit. Relying firmly on the conviction that I feel of O , I Y ° e an d tut nes*. and determined never to sacrifice my congi ent ou ne thoe reputation to any considerations whstsoever—at the eins e r i p ublic esto 0 , your if Itthlaajtescatyn,•awviatihi the venture to implore your MajestYi with tire m°s4 i o ta of sh ° er ent u ti p isch my ar ligre e , of which involves the fate of lin t Onr iaen . Interior, to which 1 11 • by t he decree of Yo"" your , nicety,has condescended to at • appoint me. (Signed " Madrid, lit March." _............ " ANTONIO DI AZ PEI , 14634 t. 14. resignation of the office of 3lin _.nur. FOR THE SUN. - - -- _ MR R. _ E orron—What IS now passing ill r ran . seems indeed (as you, I think, have Ted)) to be a ,struggle bet%veen the d ; (Ultras on either side of the question caunuto, .much good) and the Liberals. As tog. ) 1 ." I or : hbeutinlay be a Jacobin for any thing ihat I 0 1 . e __ really do not see what Jacobininotp mane awas i rills saying, " that when a nation hal lu s a , certain progress towards revolution, 11)8,171-0. sition of other nations forces it to go O ro it had already it was right in the lulgh'fit to already made, is another I sl it° ; w " que alto provoke men's passions is certainly oat l i _ a ° F och their reason. The present conduct of lu a iv i s tura not been countenanced by Government seems to be influenced hi a i d 01 of motives, of which national jealous); t o o 1 mean)_ may be one. lam g lad te of 'to !has all Tll5 Sox, that the language hel d ; p Airelyilia: Evening Paper, hitherto deemed gold' lam your's Sze. &C' N 60 1;* Exeter, Match 16. 7 call3 lo -.....00 0 the Yinigli"P proceeded for M E C :; otak POllTSMOUTtl73l.3atcu th i l i r; tr t .: ooo l : o lllinli s a fsoa l'r : i i i : i t :Mi e i-.4c- s ar b ' ri i ng' 4 : s l pe tbb s l , l: , Cambridge, laso DEAL, 11 AR 11 Easte ine rfw n i d n ia ds p th ilo e t b y l a d ho ra te s,:li c ir il ki l lf oeri l l :l inr::Yt bAlladek'Cillylisl:l:falrl'allul;:: HALF - PAST S M i a .11= - 11 1 'ht t Arri,;--ti; __,anti Diana, Hi g ' g ins, from Ilavanotiary; di,,,Adoic, f rom ' anu sailed for tile River the Rawl tto 400 e t oo th : ward. w :s , ,A fo i r aj ß es o ty u , en s the Westward ; an d v en 6 , o'll4, free' t he ii6roo o , Smith, fro uNorih bluelds for ~olof,, Came down from iver the ria.l, Ilarvf9:3l te 63. 0 1 4114 and remains in the Downs with the Severn rlb ' el . laan 'Vanden Oer, iron') 13,11151, ByS, ,56°44 l'' FALMOU a Ca d Nl 7 to S.. Haverton O TI I II MARCH 1-.--:" in • 4. '''. D , ward ; and h.; A x lt ia C j ii ,st il .s .-- s pa lip ilt l an t i h op e also Robinson, theefnois Benson, :utter Quad?,FA,Oon:faaracarill'u'izZ43geottliolt:hee/11: n.jiojiCciind 3110A7tnor..rN- : I le -7. --- . ________„ , AuNITS' WEST INDIA AIERG " o( ---vams...- - . , Merlin" IA Yesterday a highly respectanio 0) 16 h, Gentlemen connected with the West India Tod: 18 ,„ . „ 3 5t ivillf, t i ii% _-....as of r t. e ob the City of London Tavern, for the Pati , , 0 1 3ie ' Report of the Committee appointed at the Gene t he the 13th inst. . AND . UEW COLVILLE, Esq hnving !ekeht,,t h c e d t o : l l '. ' : i ir ;, l . 0 routines a the last illeetiiiir wer . e read U , I LL 3 P P. -V }A' ''''i the _ A letter was then read from Joseph 31arryatt, ~,t i on 0 ,1. the worthy Ic7lcieedin Chairman, expressive of his apP,T e i ilt il st: . , gs of tbe General Meeting, from wlitci t . ' o f 0 ope A ts( con unself only because he thought in the eve 1 .;,, e1 „b0r 01 , iot r t to the House of Common's, he should, S l ' a :. , bi) , roil ( House, be entirely uncommitted, particalalYtios es r n, interest as a West India shipowner, and hi , ' 1 1 1 .,, e ted. 0 th e one__ e of the West India Colonies, might be it , ri eP o t the Committee, and then read a pettdon, al:6d of ,he (Internment and which prayed priVelpally the g e r oc' British Nest to the free export and import of t . . o p, 1 lndia Colonies. ~._ t t he ' iog 1 , e ve t °,, a ryl ' ~ n. T . T h e CIIAIRMAN here observed, that in tii. re th - oil,- ttiebyosfteundergoing the anticipated ch.ellitiiiatti in s il , mese the British \Vest India ship-016'0° I , r i. Th e „f lii 4 limn , ~ fall into the hands of foreign ship-0:w i i, dist ;looto f eountrvaniePhlg would undoubtedly coliiPe t w e t, ris t 100,0001,1_h culling theproduce to the Contineniroy the that trade . and it or British shipping wile " w t. ! it 4 '' i rel , rr it was a' fact that at least one' . 1- 0 0 P c T orts - India'produce M w" shipped direct-to the 002tt e fo v rel ot os r. GEORGX ji • L 1 t ott r 6 ~,,„_s• or; Pe IBBERT WlStiCi - 0 ,re iitk , " ,iOP V the meeting, and should conclude withuloslo, ost t 0 0 i of the gentlemen assembled to the petition J,„ be i ~s e t• 'mould be glad to learn what o pensation arstBr,"' dist f t ; iiti' the West India ship there owne e f i i n lr . the ean ce ' s 't tl ec ae $' . I ' ° Pvlieted of them ; would Trench Onvorninertt; o y Ona. .pt . rn lieges in the Mauritius ? Ile did not mean to 0 5 o fi dit ma sugar might not be shipped at as low a V end rio to it was contended, but he was sure that the tov'i i t bs,P o lib' which would be necessanly charged, would cob ° 0 0 '0' ~,ost a considerable extent. an the result/Iroom -i ie d pop, that the British cOn;urntr il would be dis tis As 0 0 1 Pit so furnished. ... stion• tile itlr. !Jim trusaT shortly seconded We 11 , 1 , a s 0 1 t ot ~t observation of the Gentleman who , Po ke 1 "" bilojetrilbY v pensstion to be received by the West India ...r0jc:..4,0, would merely state, that he believed it to hol . ":„ t it e: 1 011 ) ' promoters of the tptestion now agitated, to 00, 1) .7 t r i isiaeh:ost r f anion of the duties, by ' ' • the Brbst, i ' ll ; i : to tl iii ,a givim., owners the monopoly of carrying the Pr'm u.- det ll- 1 and to the Continent. c the °SIOI 4 a To ot 0. .i t at or . The petition 11T3 then agreed to, an ato 1 , 0 Ir a t oe present having signeti it, it was Or derf :*mitar C4 be and the Jamaica Coffee-houses, for t he ' WI " - et/ lathe earned, then " t The unanimous thanks of the Meet ing ore Chairman, and the Meeting adi ottine ssaa wi l'il! l 011111111.00".11111 be • N ov 'There are now living it I:47,asr C° °l/ 1 vill l erctori nv f 6 1 ' Ste , ,rc o the parish of Bishop's Lydeard, a fare",p a r dlc„...ber 0 6 MarY Learway, Eiged 105 Yearslooe, Vh f filid 1-louse, 00—her grand -daughter, Beal I het Vac ( Vend-daughter, Issett Marshall, '22---„ermontlis.)e Sind -daughter, Jenny Marshall, age"r.r7drAther, has five grandmothers living, blit "° gri—