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PARLIA ME NT. 'MOUSE OF LORDS, FESRUARY 23. The Oaths were administered to the Earl of I)art . mouth and the Earl of Longford. The House proceeded again in Taaffe's Divorce Some witnesses were examined, and the, further bearing postponed till this day se'nuight. The Earl Of SHAFTESBURY (in The absence of a Noble Friend) presented a Petition from the Corporation and Inhabitants of Bath, complaining of the Injuries resulting from the Insolvent Debtors' Act —Ordered to lie upon the table. The further consideration of the Marmion Peerage was postponed till Thursday se'nnight. The Earl of LivEnroot. (in the absence of Lord Viscount Sidmouth) laid upon the Table several Papers respecting the state of Prisons, &c. On the motion of the Earl of Ltvant'ooL, a messa:ze is•as ordered to be sent to the House of Commons, desiring the attendance of Hudson tinrney, E , q. to give evidence before the Com mittee on the Bank Restriction, Zt.d. INI)! . 'I lie Eml of LtvEßroot. pOatl►Oned biz tuotiot lo► a Vo , t•i.f "Thanks to the Martrtis of H istitags mud the Arkily iu till this (I,ty Adjuut nt.d till Thursday. HOUSE 'OF CO:11 MONS. EVESIIANI ELECTION. Mr. STURGES BOURNE, Chairman of the Corn wilier for trying the merits of the Eveshani Elec tion, reporttd that a question ha►ing &liken as to the right of Election in Hid! Borough, the COM mittee Ihol required statements front the Counsel cm either side. The result of their inquiries, was to find that the sitting Aletuber, Rowie Boughton, Esq. Was not duly elected ; that Sir C. Cochrane, one of the other Can:litlates, ought to have been returned ; but C.,at the opposition made to the Petition, complaining of the undue return, was not frivolous or vexatious. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the names of the defaulters in list Friday's ballot be called over, when Lord Palmerston, not answering to his name, was ordered to be taken ifflo the custody of th Setjeant at Aims.—(A langh) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then moved that the standing orders should be enforced with respect to all Members who should be absent from the ballot on Thursday next, without a suf ficient excuse. The substance of these orders is. that the names of defaulters shall be set aside and reported to the House ; that they be afterwards ordered to be taken into custody by the Setjeant at Arms, and not. be discharged without a special o r d e r for that purpose. CATHOLIC CLAIMS. Mr. SITAW presented a. Petition from the Cor poration of the City of Dublin, praymg that the House wro.old not be induced to concede any thing to the claims of the Roman Catholics.—The Peti tion was read and ordered to lie on the table. CORN BILL. Lord RANCLIFFE presen►ed a petition from the inhabitants of Mansfield, in the county of Not tingham, for. the repeal of the Corn Bill, and stating, that they endured great distress, which they attributed greatly to the operation Or the Corn Bill in raising the price of bread.—The pe tition was read and ordered to lie on the table. LErnum ELECTION. The Clerk appe4red at the Bar with the Reduced I,i3t of the Committee appointed to try the merits ut the Lei; rim Election. The following were the Dantes .Alexander Stewart, Esq. William Dickinson, Esq. Sir Jo seph Yoilie, Lord Garvagh, Sir John Majorifianks, Arthur Crawford, Esq. Thomas Frankland Lewis, Esq. Lord Dun cannon, 'ft onias Lug!), Esq. Sir C. liurrel, Sir Seam Ma rtin, S'ir E. Lloyd, Hon. It. Fitzgibbon, Sir G. F. Hill, Lord Ibrinton. CROWN DEBTORS. INlrd D. W. HAUVRY presented a memoriil from certain Crown Debtors coofioed iu Chelm4forfl Gaol, praying for relief.—Ordered to lie on the table. DUTY ON . HORSES. • Mr. GRAHAM presented a pe!ition from certain Postw d4ler*, complaiiiing of the oppressive na. lure of some of the lln; les oh Horses, and pray ing for relief. The lion. Gentleman intimated an intention of moving for leave to bring in a 11111 to amend the law in the point complained of. Oidered to he printed. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. A Message trou► the Lords requested, that the House ~ 0 01(1 rive leave to Hudson Gurney, Esq. a Member of that House, to attend the Select Committee of the House of Lords, on the state of the Bank of England, with reference to the expediency of resuming Cash Payments at the pet iod at present prescribed by law. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, the Messengers were informed that the House of Commons would send an answer by a Messenger of their own. LORD PALMERSTON. The SBRJRANT• AT-A Rble reported to the House, that, in pursuance of its directions, he had taken Lord Viscount Palmerston into his custody. The CHANCBLLoIt of the EXCHkQUER moved, that the Noble Lord be discharged, on the pay ment of his fees. Mr. H. SUMNER thought it somewhat hard on the Noble Lord to have been singled out from several other Hon. Members who had not an 4wered the call of their names. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER declared that be was not aware of any other instance in which a Member bad been absent without a suf ficient excuse. If there was any, he should be obliged to the Hon. Member to 'communicate it to him. The question was then put, and carried. WINDOW TAX.—IRELAND. e Mr. SHAW moved for Returns of Tn : Taxable at des in Ireland, and of Window Tax, and Hearth - Tax, particularly in Dublin ; also amount of In solvencies allowed by the Cormnissionets of Ex cise, and of Arrears due.—Ordered. POOR LAWS. Mr. S. BOURNE not anticipating any objections to the principle of the present Poor Laws Amend ment Bill, wished the Anise to allow its proceed tog throng!, the varioDs tinges as far as a Coat. [ilium The details could then be minutely exa mined and filled up. He begged,to refer the Horse to the Report of the - Committee on that subject in 1817, which would afford them Very considerable information. It was generally known that the Bill failed last year in consequence of alterations which had been made in it by the House of Lords. But he had at present no fears of a simi lar nature, and reserved himself to meet any ob jections that might be made, until the Bill pro ceeded to a Committee.. Sir RottEaT Wa.soN wished to know if the Hon. Gentleman Would have any objection to state the general increase or decrtase in the poor-rate• ? Mr. S. Bouatla could give no positive answer to the question.. But if he were to give an an swer upon conjecture, it would he, that in the tagricul , ural Districts a very great increase had taken place.—Leave given. BRISTOL MAGISTRATE. BRNNET presented a l'elition from Mr. Brownjohn, an attorney of iiiiatol, complaining of athitraty conduct on the part 01 one of the Aldermen of that city, by which his character and property had heel' seriously 'affected, and praying tel to be Ininted. BANK OF ENGLAND. Mr, Hotc.ltioson, of the liAtik ot England, pre sented at) Account of Bank Notes in ctrettlation at vat ions periods.—Ordered to he printed. IRISH (;RAND JURY PRESENTMENTS. Mr. BitowsLow pieseuted pi Petition tram the M,•gistrates of the County of Armagh, stating the difficulties under ti filch they hboored in the exe cution of the Irish Grand Jury Presentment Act of last Session, and raying for relief.—Re:erred to the Committee on the subject. CAPITAL CONVIC' rioNs. ilr. H. Cues presented a Return of the Num ber of Persons capitally Con victed from the year IN9 to the year 1818 ; al , o certain Returns re specting Houses of Correction, etc.--Ordered to be printed. WINDSOR EST ABLISII NI ENT. On the (notion of !he CHANCELI.OR of the E CEI EGtuER, the I-loose resolved itself into a Com mittee 00 the 'Windsor Eitablishment. Lord CASTLeREAGH said that the House bad, last night, agreed to the first Resolution which he had to propose. H e now came to the second— tbe vote fur the remuneration of her Majesty's servants. The gross sum for this purpo stated in the Report of the Committee was 18,2451. Af ter what had passed on the subject last night, and anticipating no opposition to the motion, he would not now trouble the House with any fur ther- explanation. He concluded by moving " that the snm of 4,5611 81. 1 id. be issued quarterly out of the Exchequer to remunerate the Maids of Honour, Ladies of the Bedchamber, and other attendants of her late Majesty Queen Charlotte." This Res°lntim) was agreed to. Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that the next Resolu tion Was that which related to the Grant for the office of Custos. Having already said to much on this subjeet, it wEts not necessary for him to enter upon it now to any event. He only %visited to press it upon the House that it was not to be coosidered as in any way personally to the Duke of York. The House was to decide upon it as what would be a proper sum for the person, who ever he might be, to whim the office of Custos m - ght be entrusted. The around on which he proposed the sum of 10,0001. as the proper amount, was, its being that which was fixed by Parliament on a former occasion, when the mat ter bad been fully investigated. It was impos sible to enter on this occasion minutely into all the details of the expenses which would be incurred in that office.. This, however, was to be considered, that whoever held this of fice was to he considered in a great • de'gree with respect to those officers attached to the Royal Establishment, as standing towards them in the situation in which iris Majesty would stand if he were in health. He did trot think that tire vote of last night in any degree pledged the House as to the extent of the sum to be allowed. But he was sure they %could feel, that in judging what would he a proper sum, they could trot take a better guide than the precedent - afforded by the wisdom of the former Parliament. The sum had been fixed by that Parliament with a /4 / teat regard to economy. He therefore hoped, that there would be a general opinion on all sides of the House, that the deciSion oft he Parliament in 1841 and 1812, was the best rule roe the present Per hauteur to adopt in pari niateria, and under simi lar circumstances. But the nature of the office, and not the par'icular person who might hold it, was what should fix the scale ; and he hoped that the House would consider that the Duke of York should have the same extent of provision which had been formerly allowed. He concluded by moving, " That the sum of 10,0001. be granted to ids Royal Highness the Duke of • York, out of the Civil List revenue, to enable his Royal High ness to meet the expences attending the duty con fided to him by the House." Mr. 'IIERNEY.—Ou what ground the Noble Lord could suppose that he (Mr. T.) would assent to this motion. he could not understand. What he said was, that he wished to avoid all discussion of the subject. He was willing to make a proper al- . . lowance to the Duke of York for the purpose of meeting the expences of the office, but he had expressly guarded himself against being understood to approve of a (;►ant to the extent of 10,0001. Thetvords which he had last night used were ex• pressly—" to such extent as the llouse might - Think fit to allow, But how the Noble Lord could apply to him as one who would take the sum fixed by the last Parliament as the proper sum, when he himself had been the very fore most in that Pailitiment to vote against such a sum, was what lie could not understand. But this showed how cantious the House should be in establishing precedents. The argument used at the time in support of so large a SUM was, that the un fortunate situation of her late Majes►y at that time made it indelicate to propose any ocher sum. It was with great regret that be opposed the motion now made. But the Noble Lord drove it on, and painful or not painful, be must pursue that course which he had chalked out for himself. He should not DOW divide the House upon it, as, owing to a strange misapprehension, it was very geuerally thought that he did not (heel to tale the tettSe of the athist opoti this part of the question. But he now gave notice that he iiqended to do so on TloorsdaV. Lord RANcLikre said a very few ‘vords against the motion. Mr. Alderman WAITHMOT ahri spoke against it. He rested his opposition on the distressed s•ate of the country. 'Fhb 11 sage Wh;ch the Noble Lord had brought from the Duke of York was calculated only to influence the House, and to det i rrade the character of that Royal Dike. Mr. CurtwEg said that he thought it his duty to give a decided opposition to this motion. The Resolution was then agreed to. The remaining liesolu►tions were next proposed and agreed to. Sir ALEX. Hone wished to , know when, ►+ithout being too h►te, he could bring before the House the subject of the reduction of the two Equerries recommended by the Committee. The slving by that measure was, in his opinion,, antamount to nothing. If his Majesty were to recover, he trap convinced that no eircumsta..'.oe whatever would give him creater pain than to learn that any of his attendants had been removed. A c , or vers,tion, in which Mr. Tierney, Mr. ,C. %V. Wynn, Mr. Brogden, Sir Robert Wikon, and Sir Alexander Hope, bore a parr, took place, withrespect to the proper time for bringing on the dison:sion. Sir Alexander Hope having ex pressed his will) to bring it on , before the subj ec t lint! pissed ;roil) the 'louse, and might be sa id to be cold, it was - suggested by Mr. Ti , iney, that when the Bi:1 for regulating the Household was before the !louse, when the 11004 was occupied with the subject . and before it was cold, it Would he competent to him to move that the number ot Egnerries should he six, instead of four. Sir A. nor% then gave notice that he should adopt t h e course pointed Out to hint by the Right Hort. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney). The house resumed, and the Report was or dered to be received on Thursday next.—Ad journed. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. An Official Rettirn of. the Strength of the Bri tish Army on the 25th of JCL 1819, laid bOorc the House of Commons, slates the general total at 109,810 Non-commissiOned ()dicers and Pri vates, and 5,832 Officers ; of %aid) amount there are serving in Great Britain 15,248, exclusive of 5,516 Foot Guards ; Ireland 18;923 ; East In dies 11 ,281 ; Troop Horses 11,276. From Official Returns, printed by order of the House of Con►mnns, it appears that tl►e aggregate amount of Gold Coin issued from the Mint, in the course of the year 1818, was, in sovereigns, 2,347,2321. 7s. 6d. In half sovereigns. 515,1431. 24 6d. Anoint of silver coin issued frorn the Mint in ditto, total aggre„, , htte, 576,1t,01. LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS. DAY. (Mornin g Chronicle.] The following is an extract of a Letter from St. Helena, dated December 23, 1815 " No person is now seen to speak to General Bertrand, or even to poor Madame Bertrand, Hi (independent of the Proclamation.) si r rin dion Lowe has officially prohibited aft) , intercourse with them.—The huildineof the new bowie ad vances slowly, and in order to prevent the French from viewing the prison constructing for them, an immense mod wall has been thrown nip directly i n front, of Bertraud's windows, which totally obscm es all prospect, and, I am informed, scarcely leavei room for the inmates to enter. The situation c h„„ it by Sir Hudson Lou e for thi.! new M isf il e, i s one of the most unpleasant iu the island, being t o t a lly void of shade and water, anti decidedly contrary to the desire known to h ave been ex pressed by Buonaparte, should his residence he changed. It is not supposed that he willeverocc.ipy it. He has never received Dr. Verling, wher was sent up by the Governor to him as Surgeon (al though that Gentleman eontinnes to reside at Longwood) ; has never spoken to any Englishman since last July, and has nut been seen Out any fat titer than the balcony in front of his-room ; so that ail the Governor's information respecting him is merely founded upon conjecture. Several letters directed to respectable individoalx here have been recently opened at Plantation House, 'and detained from the right owners, although their contents ‘lere perfectly hinocent, and entirely re. luting to private affairs." *,* We insert the above paragraph in order to spew the prevalence ot party spirit, without givi ng credit to a syllable of it. Sir Hunsqrt Lown acts with as much delicacy towards the exiled Tyrant as is consistent with his duty. To prove this fact, we mention the following circumstance, on which our Readers may positively rely :—BUONA• PARTS is very fond of oranges, which are taken in boxes to St. Helena from the Cape of Good Hope, one for Sir HunsoN Lows, and one fur BUONA.. P . Te 1?.. It happened 00 one occasion that the box for BUONAPARTE was omitted, but that he might not be disappointed, Sir IlunsoN had his own box sent to hint, desiring, however, that it might appear as if at first sent to BUONAPARTE, lest the latter might otherwise reject it. PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE LATE SHAM PLOT AT BRUSSELS. It was pretended at the time ►hat a man named Tiger, a currier, was at the head of a plot, the ob ject of which was to seize the Emperor Alexander, and to detain him as a hostage, until a ship pre pared for that purpose should have received on !maid the priioner of St. Helena, and transported him to England—althongh they could not find either the ship, nor any other means of carrying it into execution. Only four or five poor wretches were arrested, and supposed to have been the auxiliaries in this enterprize, two of whom have been released since, as there was not even suffi cient presumptive proof to support the charge.— Piger langitish:.s.in prison ; the process which had been commenced against hint has been stopped, and he has been attacked by a serious malady.— There was a great uproar made at • the time of his arrest, and pompons preparations for it ; and the last time that Alexander came to Brussels, 1112 r road troll A \-I,i-t,tiap,:lie was cove re.! vrid' darroei, caraltineers, and escorts of all (lo cr li dons, troth in and out of uniform. liis " . a was const an tl y strronti d ed by the Pollee. Noe disposed person,'hozvever, presented binnelf, io attempt %vas made, and there is every r eason of believe that this plot w,is plucly an inventio n some tiers ans ‘vilo wished to this acquire a 11.00 to receive some recururnmee. The result of 1, intestigation will be roost probably similar to mountain i:: labour in the fable.--(lbid) [The Times.] PARR, FFa. IS.—The dispositions with wh iell , a certain party send to foreign countries egf e gerated reports o f t h e pretended danVer of hint' may be easily appreciated. The five Ir a n ' ,v Bred person s w h o h a d t h e honour, on So""% evening, to be pre. , ented to his Majesty, at Carl testify b ow un f oloided these r e : ports arc. 11is. Nl.jesty received this g'" i9 f semblage as usual, and addressed to ' sever al , h () ; them those expressions full of "grace and A11" .4 lity, which come front bis lips with such 14cilit'Y. By the Brazils Mail which arrived on Mon d3P we have received a Chili G azette E xtraor ditiol; contavting a di s p atch f rom the. Commander 0111 ; Independent squadron, dated Valparaiso No v ' S , l ; fp this dispatch he informs the Supreme ' ar ec ,. -I c r of the aniv a l of the ships tinder his cotton -00 : 4 that port, with hi 3 prizt!, the Reyna Maria 1P1 , 1) 1 frigate, already metitioned to have been captio'l; Together with her he has brought into port lift a er prizes, the tlot es, Marialena, and O es c . l e transports, belonging to the Expedition 13.0 01 r dm taken off the lain() of St. Mary's. V i ti i l t pears that, on their departure from CA(l4.ll'l'l6 had GO6 soldiers and 36 officers on board ; of t- 0 former 213 had died on the passage, 277 "' ere .:s the sick and the small remainder were I , - 9 C starving condition. The . wretched state or ij' he. that l i d vessels had given - rise to the supposition remaining -transports not yet act:mimed fur i perished at sea. The cot vette Chacabqc 3 nOt however, left to cruise off St. Mary's till ib e t ,l i t Nov., to inter ce p t suc h or t h e transports a s I' still make their appearance.—(ltid.) C, COURSE OF EXCHANGE,. Tugs DAY, rE O ' r . F. Arnstet dam Ditto, at Sight e ,ef Rotterdam ll 8 'ph • • • Antwerp I I 9 . 6%.0 1 [l6. , 4 Hambarglz . Altotta ~ Paris, 3 Day's sight O3 85 .„I 0' Ditto Bourdeaux, ditt o Frankforton the Aiaia Matil•id . ... . . 391 rival -, tio Cadiz Bilhoa 3Bl fr. Seville ' ti,braltar - 14 BarLelona . 3B Leghorn Neha a... 474-Venice, Ital. Liv 24 80 Malta... • .5u -Naples 4th Pei 123 , 1- P' „ Palermo ~. 58 - Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro .16-I\l_,:iril,:o),lniDo; i t a . o t i ' l l l :s a e ;:. !3: 31 : 1 ;: . i i li n I o 0 : 7 1 1 0 . 1- i • , 1 , * (;1 . 11 1,r 1. k .... ... •2 . 1 1, 4 e )4 r 1 .) c ,: r l 1 t C . c '' t . r 0/1. BULLION. 0 ° per . h it 0 Foreign Gald, in liar's 0 J • - ' 0 5 7 Sliver, in Bays.... THEATRICAL REGISTER. , l'erfornted Last N;Arlir. Trir.,ATßr. nOYAL, Y- N E.--(2(1 rime), PrinCipal haractcri by Rae and Nlrs. W. \‘' which, The funlteepta 's Daughter. ! Arlo+► TO till' llOY,11„ , F c7 -GA IrDEN.— Th e Drtenro -• Mr. ilnut ; Clara, :Hiss Stephens. After which, 13° The, 1-Iter,o.,itttl; TO CORIIE!)PON DENTS. 00 0 We r egre t th a t we are obliged to o.ipone a 1111—° 11 To• %Westminster Electi on S ong , an d ot h er FasoJts, morrow. Asa Weuxu.DAY.—Holitlay at th e Bait Exeh°V el' India and South Sea Houses, this day► ARRIVED-1 Hamhu rg h. MAILS ,;-2 Waterford, I G0v ,.001 and Jers - ry, I Swttlen, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE Tg o 0.N19 - l fter Mot nii, 24 minutes ;tiler 3. Eveniu4, 4, onnutel:.oo/4 E SUN. SOLLM QUSICERE FALSUM MIDEAT ? LONDON, alg WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, ;0 1 . ° We hav e aga i n to announce t h e no n-arr . Paris Papers. Three days' Journals are d ael _4, THE Futgns.—Yesterday Consols fell to 1- This day i s a h o lid a y, b ut t h e S toc k . lisc l ' B"Se T open, and private bargains to a e ons l(leillb 4 amount have been made; The accor lol4°ll e° certain great pectilators in the Fon da k r if# erne', from Banks, by the l a tter taking S t°c semity, is now stopped, in consequenc e 6f 1.0 Bank limiti ng th e ir disco u nts, and much o ° l l o consequence pervades the Money M a rket• fr-e hie have been made to-day, that on or b ef°re April Account, Consols. will he done et 72; 111 10' a , l4' now at 76 a This morning Consols• s re o f it; at 751 for Friday, and immense qua" tiLie i s po St,,ck have been thrown upon the Market at price; this makes a fall of 4 per Ceot• adri the present Account. of O'' The chief iopic 'of abuse on the art 'the and Sir F R ANCIS li RD RT'r i 5 4 o il t) the IVltigs, because they suppoit Mr, LAO' er e' the Whip are neither .1 ucotins nor T o ries, t br o f, lore they may at least be considered 11 5 in' l73rtl ttg Theigentlilie Whigs are friends to th e Thl°l f' l3e3lll as to the People, niul therefore it fit 'l 1 1t , be supposetl—that they will not sulert ;0' Honuouse, because lie is evidently sopp°ll4-