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LECTURE IX.— TO-MORROW.— Preliminary Criti gl3ms—Lord Byron—Preternatural and Horrible of modern Tragedy—lncongruities and Monstrosities—Dramatic Quacke tles--Shakspeare's Lear, and the imbecilities of Tate, &c. ; cent Representatives of the Character. Othello, with the Soliloquies of Othello and lago, and Criti tistns on recent Actors—To conclude with a Comic Recitation. CONCLUDING LECTURE—FRIDAY.—HamIet, with the Soliloquies; and Criticisms on a series of Actors—Comic recitation —Farewell Exhortation to Dramatists and the Public in behalf of the genuine Shakspearian Drama. Doors open at Seven, begin at Half-past Seven. Boxes, ss. Pit, 3s. Gallery 2s. Mr. Massingham attends at the Box Office, as usual, from Ten to Four on the days of Lecture. 'PROTESTANT ASCENDANCY, and NO POPERY I T'HE BRITISH GUARDIAN, and Pito- TESTANT ADVOCATE, a Weekly Paper, Price ,Se*enpence, devoted to the CHURCH and STATE , the AL AAR, and the THRONE, and sanctioned by several of the Chief Di g nit ar i es o f t h e R ea l m , is published at Four o'Clock, every Wednesday Afternoon, at No. I, WELLINGTON.. STREET STRAND, where Orders and Ad ver tisements, &c. are receive d ; and may also be had of all News-Venders. FOR ROTTERDAM, - With a BAG of LETTERS from the POST-OFFICE. THE KING of "the NETLIERLANDS, Steam Packet, Captain JOHN SLATER, will proceed front off the Custom-bruise every Saturday Morning, at Eight n'Cloek, rrtorning from Rotterdam every Wednesday Morn ing'. with Pass,•ngcrs, Carriages . , and Luggage. The p m piietors beg tri announce to •the Politic they are now htilding a Second Ve.eel, which will he got ready with all possible dispatch to afford the accommodation of a con veyance twice in every week between London and Rot. troaw. For further particulars and ter secure places, application to be made At the General Packet Office, 953, Strand ; Regent Circus, Piccadilly; or to N. W. Symonds, No. 37, Crutched Friars. This Day was published, in Bvo. price 3i. 6d. E UGENIA, a Poem. By Mrs. WOLFER STAN. ,Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme , Bro wn, a nd ureen,Paternoster.row. Of whom may be had, by the same Author, 1.. The ENCHANTED FLUTE with other Poerni ; and Fables from La Fontaine, Bvo. price 12s. 2. AGATHA, a Novel, in 3 vols. price Us. THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. Just published in a pocket volume, 6s. 6d. half-bound, THE CONVEATEONAL PRECEP RS • TOR, in FRENCH and ENGLISH, consisting of Useful Phrases, arranged under distinct Heads, on a xew and More simple plan than any hitherto attempted. By J. L. MABIRE, of Paris, Professor of Languages. To which are added, AMUSING DIALOGUES on VA RIOUS SUBJECTS of GENERAL INTEREST. By Al. LEBLANC. London : printed for Samuel Leigh, 18, Strand. CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD. LADIES of a cold, acrid, or bilious habit of body, affected with Languor, Head-ach, or Hysterical A ffections,cannot have recourse to a more salutary remedy than SOLOMON'S CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD- - WO Gentlemen from the East or West Indies , the Student from üblic Seminaries, or those whose occupations require a seden tary Life, thiS Medicine has proved a Sheet Anchor, effecting wonderf u l, Cures in Cases of De bi l i ty, or i g i nat i ng f rom h eat o f clime, or relaxations from juvenile indiscretions, and the effects of intense - application to study or business. It is peculiarly efficacious in all inward Wastings, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Depression of Spirits, Trembling or Shakin g of the Hands or L i m b s, Shortness of Breat h , and Con sumptive Habits. Sold by Mr. Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Mr. Sanger, 140, Ox ford -street; Mr. Ward. Holborn ; and Mr; Stradling Royal Exchange ; price Il s . e a c h, o r four i n one F a mily iottle for 3 35. by which one I ls. bottle is saved, with the words, " Saml. Solomon, Liverpool," engraved on the Stamp.—Round each bottle is wrapped a copious Bill of Directions, containing select illustrations of its efficacy. *,,,* The. Five Pound Cases may be had at Gilead-House, As here tcfore. IM POSTURE UNMASKED. TH E progress of Merit, although frequently assailed, is not impeded by Envy and Detraction. The aggression of Ambuscade terminates in Defeat-,-and conscious Rectitude ultimately triumphs in the attainment of the grand O bject—Public Approbation. The test of Experience is the guarantee of Favour, .and has Established WARREN'S t 6 LACKING in gener a l Estithation, of which there exists not a s trc'hger proof than the tacit acknowledgment of a host of servile imitators, who surreptitiously obtrude on the unwary a Inn-ions Preparation as the genuine Article, to the great dis appointment of the unguarded Purchaser, and manifest injury of Warren, whose "character and interest by this iniquitous system are equally subject to detriment. It becomes therefore an indispensable duty to CAUTION the PUBLIC against the rnanceuvres of Unprincipled Venders, who, having no charac ter to lose, and stimulated by avarice in their nefarious pur suits, aim a t t h e acqu i s i t i on of money through any medium than that of honour. The or*inal and matchless Blacking bears on each Bottle a short direction, with the signature— ROBERT W ARREN . All others are Counterfeits; and in many instances the im position labels are artfully interlined with a different Address, In very small characters, between the more conspicuous ones of " No. so," and " STRAND." It is earnestly recommended to Shopkeepers and others who are deceived by base Fabrica tioni of Warren's Blacking, to 'return the detected Trash to the source whence it came, and expose the machinations of rascalityso merited obloquy. Warren's Blacking is surprisingly biilliant : it excludes damP, gives pliancy to the leather, retains its pristine virtue in all climates, and, combining elegance with comfort, is an article equally of indispensable fashion and utility. Sold by every respectable Vender. in Town and Country, in bottles, at ed, . 10 d, 12d, and Md. each. PRESBYTERY OF GLASGOW. GLASGOW, APRIL I.—Yesterday, the Pres bytery held their Ordinary Monthly Meeting. After som e routine.business, they proceeded to the Election of Members for the General Assembly, when the following were chosen : Rev. Principal M c Farlane, Dr. Taylor, Mr. Dow, Dr. Gibb. Mr. Gabriel Walker, Alex. M‘Grigor, elders. Dr. III'LEAIT rose and said, that as G - overnment was going to send out English. Missionaries to the West Indies, a mea sure which he considered of great importance, the Presbytery of Glasgow would be sleeping on their duty, if. they were not to look into this matter, because he considered that Scotch Missionaries were necessary. He thought that it required their serious attention; but if Parliament should pass their Bill be fore the General Assembly met, then their work was all in vain ; however, he hoped they would use their exertions in the mean time, and appoint a Committee to prepare an Overture on the subject to the General• Assembly. Mr. LAPSLIE thanked the Rev. Gentleman for bringing !lir ward the motion; it was one no doubt which concerned the Scotch Church, and why not look to it ? He considered that the Scotch Church should have as much power in sending out Missionaries to the West Indies, as any other. Dr. 31 4 Gmr. considered, that as the Gentleman -of the Pres bytery had many friends in this City immediately connected with the West Indies, there could be no want of information respecting Jamaica- or_of any of the other Colonies, and let a Committee be immediately appointed to prepare the Overture, and transmit it to Parliament. If the Presbytery of Edinburgh would - also prepare an Overture they may go both together, and produce a greater sensation in the House. The Presbytery then agreed that an Overture be immediately prepared, and a Committee was appointed to attend to the pro ceedings in Parliament, and to adopt such effectual means as seem best calculated for making a provision to those of our' National Church in our West India Colonies, according to the ordinances of Religion, and to the forms and usage of the Elta blished Church of Scotland. A Committee was then chosen, viz.—Dr. Dewar, Mode rator ; Dr. M'Lean, Dr. M'Farlane, Dr. Gibb, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Burns, Mr. Lapslie, Dr. Hankine f Dr. - Lockhart, and Mr. Dick. Mr. CLASON considered it absolutely necessary that there should also be two Elders. Mr. Kirkland and Mr. Donald Cuthbertson were then appointed. Dr. M`Lean, Convenor, and five to.be a quorum. It was then agreed that the Committee should meet here on Friday at two o'clock. Mr. SMYTH said, that he was acquainted with a Mr. Ste venson, who had been 20 years in the West Indies, who could give some information if it was required. A grecd to. Dr. DEWAR, the Moderator, then read a letter from the Reverend Mr. Clason, giving up his charge of the parish of Carmunnock he had been elected Minister of hope-street Chapel, in the parish of St. Ctithberts, Edinburgh, on the 13th February last. . , - - Mr. CLASON said, that he was truly sorry to leave the Pres. bytery, but the place he had accepted was more suitable to his views; he expressed his anxious desire that t h e P r e s byt er y mould, this day, accept of his resignation. The Presbytery unanimously expressed their regret to learn that Mr. Clason was about to leave this part of-the country. The - resignation was then accepted, and Carmunnock Church declared vacant. Dr. DEwazt rose and said, that Mr. James Clelan d had sent to him a map of t h e Ci ty of Glasgow as a present to the Presby tery,_which he reckoned a very valuable document for the Presbytery of Glasgow. Dr. M‘GILL said, that the gratitude of the whole commtmity was due to Mr. Cleland, not on this occasion only, but on many others which he had never had . the power of publicly expressing. Mr. Cleland was obliging in his manners, and of a willing and humane disposition to serve any individual within the sphere of his usefulness. lie hoped that the Pres bytery would give a Vote of Thanks to Mr. Cleland for his kind and obliging conduct. Dr. RANKINE moved, that a letter from the Presbytery, with a Vote "of their Thanks be given to Mr. Cleland, expres sive of the high approbation the Presbytery entertain for his attention to Public matters, and his services to the Pres bytery- of Glasgow : which motion was unanimously agreed to. The Report of the Committee, approving of the erection of a new Gaelic Chapel for the West Highlanders, was read. Mr. MAT,LHE, writer, rose, and in an energetic speech ob jected to this petition. lie considered a new Chapel unneces sary ;he alluded to several itvztances ; one was, that - of the sig natures to the petition—he *aild state and he was ready to prove, there were several individuals who had their names two or three times repeated; there were also a considerable number who never gave their names which were also down ; there were many of these individuals as residing in streets in Anderston which were never head of; there were also the names of people who had scats in the three different Cim.lic Chapels in'town ; he had plenty of grounds to go on ; he could also mention children, not above four years of age, who had their names down. It was astonishing to hear of the nefarious way they had in collecting signatures. lam instructed by my clients and am bound and ready to prove, that this petition Stated, that - it was from the West highlanders residing in Glasgow and suburbs; in fact, there are subscriptions here where'th6 individuals do not reside within 18 miles of this city ; if this be the suburbs it was greatly enlarged since the last time he saw them. With regard to the Duke-street Chapel, in the year 1822, the debt upon it was 8491. 18s. 2d. unlet .seats 341, unpaid 49—Gorbals Chapel, 533 seats unlet ; debt 5321. Upon these grounds, he contended, that there was no nezd of a new Chapel. Mr. MiGEoaciE rose and said, he was sorry to hear so much opposition brought forward by his ftiend, Mr. Mathie. If the Rev. Presbytery calculated on Mr. Mathie's statement, there would never be another new Gaelic Chapel. his peti tion assumes, • anti the flowing language he • puts forth, as sans, that it will hurt the rest of the Otelic Chapels, but he would state the reverse of that, if the Presbytery would take Dr. Chalmers' opinion, which was as to a new Gtelie Chapel. —The Rev. Doctor had often asserted, that a new Creche Chapel was absolutely necessary, and be considered, that if a new one was opened just now, it would be very well filled. Whatever may be the argument, and granting of the petition cannot in the least hurt the rest of the Ciwlic Chapels; and as to the signatures, the proof that was brought forward about a month ago in the Girlie Chapel, Gorbals, was, • that everyin dividual who had got the signatures, attested on oath, that they were all genuine, anti none were below fifteen years of age, and with the consent of the individuals. Mr. 31 4 G eorge had heard it several times • asserted, that many of the names were not Highlanders, hut, upon inquiry, it was found that the asser tion was incorrect. lie had a letter this day from a friend, who states, " that if my name he objected to,' I have only to state, that lam not a Highlander, but my wife is." He would. call on Mr. Math-le, who has asserted so much, to point out the sig.. natures who are either fictitious or under age. Mr. MATHIE said, that if the Presbytery called on hint, he would certainly do so, but not till then. The Presbytery, after considerable discussion, unanimously agreed to remit the Report to the General Assembly, and. gave it their hearty concurrence. Upon which Mr. Mathie protest ed, and prayed that he may be heard - at-the Bar of the General Assembly by Counsel. • Mi. LAPstar rose and said, he was sorry to say that inno vations were yet practised in our churches, he meant St. JOhn's, the communion tables were not altered, as had been preseribed by the Presbytery. . It was alSo agreed, that the day after the communion be ap pointed for a Collection for the Sottish Missionary Society for the propagation of the Gospel in India'. • . The Committee is also continued regarding tine profanation of the Sabbath-day. The next Meeting of the Presbytery is to be lithl on the first Wiiinesd 4- of :flay.—( Glasgow - Courier.) NAVALCHARITABLESOCIETY.—The Qma rterly Meeting of the Illembers of the Naval Charitable Society was held yesterday at the Thatched House Tavern, •St. James's street; preset,t :—Viee-A d miral Sir RICHARD KEATS, in. the Chair ; Vice-Admirals Sir Joseph Yorke, Hon, Sir Henry Hotham, Sir Pulteney Malcolm, and 111..1... Scott ; Rear-M -mirals J. E. Douglas, Sir Charles Rowley, and W. 11. Gage ; Commissioners 'Bowen and Thomson ; Lieutenant-Governor Brewell; thirty-six Crptains, eight Lieutenants, &c. Sixty two petitions were taken into consideration, fifty-eight Of wh cit were relieved with a-sum amounting to 071: 7,4., and font- w: re rejected as inadmissible cases. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE. OF LORDS, APRIL 5. N EGRO SLAVERY. Earl rrrzwILIJIAM presented petitions from Gisho rough and Beccles, in the. Counties of York and Suffolk, pray ing for the. abolition of Slavery. —Laid on the table. • SILK DUTIES. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented petitions from the Churchwardens anti Overseers of the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnhl-green, and'from the Inhabitants of Mile Ind, Against the. Silk Duties Bill.—Laid on the table. USURY LAWS. The Marquis of DOWNSII IRE presented a petition from the Inhabitants of the Town of Belfast, in Ireland, against the repeal of the Usury Laws, and stated that his own opinion dif fered entirely from that of th e P et i t i oners: , as he conceived that money should be allowed to ta k e i ts chance like any other commodity.—Read and laid on the table. TITHES. IN IRELAND, Viscount CLIF DEN Presented .a petition from the United Parishes of Frankfurt and Aghdoe, in thevounty of Kilkenny, against a compulsory claus e in the Tithe Composition Bill.— The Noble Earl was understood to complain of the Union of Parishes in Ireland, and to state, as an instance, the Parish of Byrne Church, in the county of Kilkenny, to which ten other Parishes were united. _ After a few words from the Marquis of Dowxsitt RE, who pointed out the advantages of a plan set on foot by the Bishop of Down, for the concentration of Rectorial and Curatorial tythes, the petition was read and laid on the table. Earl DARNLEY wished to correct a mis-statement which had appeared in th e P apers . H e. h a d b een made to present a petition against Slavery from the Isle of Thanet, with which he had no connexion, whereas, it was from the Parish of St. Leonard's Shoreditch. Considering the inconvenient manner in which the Gentlemen whose office it was to report the de bates were situated, he had frequently been surprised at the accuracy with which they gave them. He would therefore suggest to their Lordships, that if they did not intend to en force the standing order against strangers, they should, affiird greater facilities to those Gentlemen, in order to enable them to hear more distinctly. He was the more anxious on this sub ject as having taken upon himself the arduous task of bringing the state of Ireland before their Lordships on Thursday, he feared he was in great danger of being misrepresented if sounds like those of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, were taken for the Isle of Thanet, below the bar. SILK TRADE. On the motion of the Earl of LIVERPOOL the Silk Duties Repeal Bill went through a Committee, and was reported without any amendment.. _ BURIALS IN IRELAND. On the motion the Earl of LIVERPOOL, the Irish Bu rials Bill was read a second time. Earl DA RNLEY was understood to ask when the Bill should he committed, as he expected to have a petition to pre sent against the measure. The Earl .of LIVERPOOL considering that the Bill was one to afford relief to all parties, and to give general satisfaction, proposed that it should be committed to-morrow Earl DARNLEY - suggested Friday, as the petition which he had to present might possibly be against the provisions of the Bill, and should therefore be reeeived before they were agreed to in the Committee. After a few words from the Earl ofCAIIMARVON, the original arrangement was understood to be adhered. to, the Earl of Le vEttrooL stating that any amendment might be moved on the third reading of the Bill. The Bishop of CHESTER presented a petition from the in habitants of Chester, praying for the abolition of Slavery.—Laid on the table. Mr. JotilrsoN, from the office of Chief Secretary for Ireland, presented returns respecting First Fruits.—Laid on tt!',,:asle. .Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Sir ROBERT SHAW presented a petition from the Cham ber of Commerce at Dublin against the Dublin Coals Bills.— Ordered to lie on the table. • Mr. UNDAY presented a petition from. Derby against the Alien Act. Mr. L. KECK presented. a petition from Leicester against the House Tax. NECIRO SLAVERY. Petitions against Negro Sl avery Were presented from West morland, by Lord LOWTIIRR; from Kelso, by .11r. C. GRANT; and from Cumberland, by AIL Sir 3IILES NIGHTINGALE presented a petition from Suffolk against the Duty on Excise Licences. Mr. LYGON presented a similar petition from Kidder minster. Mr. CUR\VEN presented a petition from certain Tanners of Cnniberland against the flicks and Skins Bill. I R !SU TI T ES. Sir J. NEWPORT presented a petition from o;isory, in the county of Kilkenny, in Ireland, complaining of the evils which they stated to have arisen from the Commutation Bin.. They prayed for the repeal of that Bill, and an alteration of the Tith e System, by a fair valuation of the Tithes. presented a p et iti on f rom D um b ar t on , All the above petitions were or d ere d to li e on t h e ta bl e. against3r I N lC e C gr i o L s l ia N „ A er N y. irißldNaT ON (JAWS. Mr. JAM ES presented Apetlition from • Penrith, against the Combination Laws. —lt eferred to the Committee on Artizans. A similar petition was presented by Mr. Alderman Woon, 'from the Journeymen Coppersmiths of London, and was simi larly disposed ot. Mr. Alderman WOOD moved for certain Returns relating to the Foreign Tonnage during the last year.-A3rdpred. 1101 TE DUTY. Mr. SYKES presented a petition from the Shopkeepers of Hull against the House Duty. They stated that their houses were assessed as shops, and thus paid an additional duty.— They. complained also of excessive assessment even with re ference to the actual value. Many of their Houses were as seissed at 90!. a year, while the mansions of many Gentlemen of large fortune were' assessed at only 251. Indeed there was one large mansion of a Gentleman living in great splendour which was assessed at only 6!. a year. Mr. CURTEIS and Mr. BRIOUT spoke shortly in support of the petition. %Ir. \V. SMITH thought the tax pressed very unequally. After a few words from Mr. PEt.uAat, the petition was or dered to lie on the table. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from the Church wardens of Leeds against the Poor Laws ; and- another from several Tanners of Yorkshire, against the Hides and Skins Bill. Mr. PELHAM presented a petition from Oswestry against Negro Slavery. Mr. Alderman SMITH presented atetition from St. Alban's ' in favour of the County Courts' Bill. Mr. KENNEDY presented a petition from Perth against Negro Slavery. . Lord STANLEY presented a petition from Rochdale, in Lancashire, against Private Breweries. Mr. LAM BTON presented a petition from Sunderland against the Combination Laws.- - -lieferred to the Committee on Artisans. Mr. RICE presented. a petition from the Agricultural So ciety of Limerick against the, repeal of the Linen Bounties.— Orlered to lie on the table. Mr. MANNING presented a petition from the London Dock Company against the St. Catherine's Dock Bill.—Befer rill to Committee on the Bill. Mr: CALCIUM' presented a petition from Warminster, praying for the repeal of the Assessed Tax.es. The same Hon. Member presented a petition from the Dissenter:4. of Wareham against certain Laws which excluded them from (Ml!es.—Or dt.red to lie on the table, _ _ COMBINATION 14.1,W s. Mr. lIUM E brouglit up the First Report of the Committee on A rtizan,s.—Ordercd to be printed. Mr. 11UME presented a Petition front several Members of the Legal Profession at Montrose, praying for the repeal of the Annual Duty on . their Licences—a prayer which the lion. Member said he hoped the Chancellor of the Exchequer would comply - with, as he professed to take off the Taxcs on Law Proccedings.—Ordered to-lie on the table. -NIT. MIMI I, also presented a Petition from the Merchants of Perth, preying for the repeal of the House and Window Duties, on the ground that there was a Surplus Revinne.—Ordered to lie on the table, and he printed. Mr: 11 UN! E pre:enwtl.a Petition from 2,00 Carpenters anti Joiners of London against the Cornhinat,ion Laws, which they declared to be partial and unjust in their operation. Ile• pre sented a similar Petition from the Tailors of Glasgow. The. Hon. Member also.preaented similar petitions from the Weavers of Montrose, .and other places in Scotland.. Mr. 110BHOUSE presented petitions similar to the last from various places in Westminster, .Middleaex,.and Surrey.— They were all ordered to lie on the table. Mr.DUNDAS presented a petition from Gisborough, against Negro Slavery: Lord BEI4GRAVE presented a similar' Petition from Chester. Mr. 13UTTERN'VORTH presented a similar petition from Lancaster. • . Lord NUGENT presented' a similar petition from a place in Buckinghamshire.--Ordered to lie on the table. Sir W. INGILBY presented a petition from Lincolnshire ., a , ainst the Duty on Coals.—Ordered r n dzri e t ti o ia l t ie soo on n t a h f e te t r able. sALT•Duri-. Mr. WODEHOUSE Easter he should move for the revival of the old Salt Duty„ in order that some other -tax might be taken off in amount.. He thought it proper to observe, that he gave this notice in conse quence of a previous:conimuniCation. with several lion. Meth bers on both sides of the House, though he was fully aware that the motion would meet with much opposition. 4 Mesage from the Lord here announced their Lordships assent to several Bills. ALIEN BILL. Mr. Secretary PEEL moved the .Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee , on the Alien Bill. After a few words from Lord ti t, GENT andlgr.-IlumE, the House went into a Committee in which Mr. HUM R moved as an Amendment, that the words " one year," be substituted for the.words " two years" as the time for the Bill. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that after what had been said by his Right Hon. Friend the. Secretary of State for Foreign :If fairs, respecting the .views of Ministers as , to the duration of the Bill, he did not expect such a motion. There was a sin cere disposition on their part to consider whether they could dispense with the powers.given by the Rill. He trusted, there fore, after what bad passed, that the lion. Gentleman would not press his motion. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON said his opposition to the Bill had not been at all diminished by the speech of the Right Hon. Se cretary for Foreign Affairs. Ile should certainly, on the ques tion of the third reading, go fully into the subject. Mr. Becretary PEEL said that no doubt every Hon. Mem ber was at liberty to endeavour to throw out the Bill on the third 'Reading. Lord NUGENT said he should take no hart in the business of the Committee on the Bill ;a Ile would leave its details entirely in the hands of Ministers. His confirmed objection was to the whole of the Bill. After a few words from Mr. HonnotT sr:, Mr. III:atE agreed not to press his Amendment, which was negatived without a division. The Bill was then gone through, the blanks were filled up, the House resumed; and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. __ _ SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCLIF.QUER moved the Order of the Day for the House• going into a Committee of Supply. Mr. HUME - observed, that a vote was about to be proposed in the Committee of Supply for the Benefit of the Clergy. lie objected to this, as the papers on the subject which the House had ordered to be printed , were only this day distributed among Members. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the Vote alluded to would not he proposed this evening. The Order of the Day was then read ; and, on the motion of Lord PAT. 71 sToN. the Militia Estimates were - ordered to he referred to the Committee, into which the House immediately resolved itself. The H ouse being in a Committee, Lord PALMERSTON moved a Vote for 195,131'4. for the charge of the Disembodied Militia. Mr. HUME said, this Vote took him by surprize. He did not know that it Was to be brought on, nor dida 6aliant Friend ofhis (Uoionel Davies) who was absent in consequence. Lord PALMERSTON consented to postpone the Vote. WINDSOR CASTLE. The NIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER rose to sub mit to the House a motion respecting the Repairs of Windsor Castle. It would be in the recollection of the House that he had, on a former occasion, stated his intention to ask the House to his Majesty, towards defraying the for such alterations and repairs of make expense a grantto be for incurred the s ie of Windsor Castle as were necessary to maintain the becoming splendour of that ancient structure ; he had also informed the House that it would be an important object to make purchases of some houses and moan portions of land in the vicinity of the Castle, without which the objects in view could not be accom plished. lie had mentioned that the whole expellee of these repairs would he about three hundred thousand pounds, of which a vote for half would be proposed this Session. li e should not consider it necessary to repeat to th e House the observations he had Made on the former occasion, in order repairsto induce : as the those to e u o s b e s e t o r v e a t i s i t o er a t s a the desire tom met t ro N N v i it le i for these repairs: as those observations bad already met with the eon. currence of the Ilous6 The Castle of Windsor had long been the residence of the Monarchs of this country, and Parliament anti means t ° for peopleina in thaai always ngit. H sh e et s ta l e o r si f t o i o r e ri , to on p t r h o e v i provide t d l le u present occasion, confine himself to a statement of the mode in which the.Propoaed alterations were to be effected. Every one who knew any thing aboOt Windsor Castle, were aware that the apartments were very inconveniently situated towards each Other. There was a want of communication between them, many passages haVing been cut off, and whole corners re moved. This general defect it was proposed to remedy. It was also necessary, in particular, that a better communication than the present should be provided between the State Apart ments and those which were intended for his Majesty's pri vate use. The present mode of communication was highly inconvenient ; and. this it was obvioua should be remedied', it. being most desirable that the communication between his; l a jesty'S priVate apartments and those for public business should be rendered , convenient,' seeing that the Castle was intended to be a .place of residence. It was proposed, therefore, that a part of the funds to be now supplied should be appropriated, in the first instance, towards the embellishment of the state apartments. It might probably also be .necessary to make some alterations in the interior of the building; additions hav ing, of late years, been made to it of a nature not at all re ferable to the age of the building, or its convenience for residence in any respect. It was proposed that some of these unsightly additions should be removed. This building, which was the least consistent it was possible to conceive with the general style of the. Castle, ran directly across the line of communication from the Long Walk to the Castle, and eflhctually concealed that venerable pile in that quarter. It was certainly, therefore, necessary that this should be remov ed ; and there were many ether buildings in the immediate neighbourhood of the - Castle which had been built about it, and were so many deformities, without removing which they really would be doing nothing. There were also houses and pro perty at present occupied to the purchase of which it was pro posed to apply this grant. The same observation would apply to the domain of the Park, which was so beset with sundry small proprietors, that it - really was possible that the Long Walk itself could be turned into a street, and then one of the most magnificent avenues in the world would be lost ; were matters allowed to remain in the state they were now in, the whole beauty of the place might be sacrificed. The per suns who were the owcrs of these little properties were ready to part with them for a reasonable compensation, and he thought they Could not do better titan purchase. Ile might be asked why lie had not prepared a pjan and estimate of the expellee to be incurred.; but he put at to the Houae whether it was so easy sunder these circumstances to. furnish that esti mate where the expellee would depend so much upon the understanding they might be able to come tovith the parties. Again,. any alteration of the interior ought to .well consi dered hofora any step was taken ; bitt as the Obect . was to : render it a more comfortable residence for his ....Majesty, it most be obvious that if they did not vote any money before the plans were made out, so considerable a time must elapse that it was more than probable the Session would be ended. Were they to act in that manner, he must say, that they would less consider the comfort of the Sovereign than they would their Own in a similar undertaking: In asking for this money. he certainly considered that he incurred a•certain de gree of regamsibility as to the application.of in—alear !)-- And he hoped he did not ask for more confidence than the cn relativeoft h to the e lictise Its tall we c a a t s t i e o n a t attention diSk sed to grant in a case of this kind. He wished io for the superintandertee of the disposal Of this money. thoe been.much hash misunderstanding on this subj ect. He had never e n o Zp o t to whattittn he ' t hall a stated ( i po s I a former ~ weent to say that the Commission should be appointed by Act of Parliament; and indeed he could have had no reason fOt such a proposal, unless - he ,dished to investthe Commission .wital greater powera than the Treasury already had; which, WAS tam the cam They had.been tobfl that such a Commission Ivouldtv unconstitutional add improper ; and so it Would ; if their pointinent took the usual responsibility from the Executives:a:- But this would not be the case; for both as members of the Commission, andas members of the7Executiae, their respon sibility would be unquestionable. The value of such a Cema mission would bc , that they would be enabled through it to have thb advice of men of eampetonttaste and judgment. He did not know that either himself or his Noble Friend at the head of the Treasury were expected to be er-offitio expert in matted or taste. Mr. Burke was of opinion that from the necessity of Kg etliteation, the head'of the British Government never could be skilled - in matters of taste, and the experience of last Seat/Od a with. reference to the buildings in the - immediate height's:tut hood of the Muse, certainly did not say much , for the tastelof the Treasury. At the same tittle he'must observe that it was very easy to condemn, but when they came to devise, no two were found to agree. In former times, no one ever suspected the executive of taste ; and forty years ago the Board of Works conducted every thing in its own way, under thessa , mired guidance of Sir William Chambers,whom he thoughtsina been much over-rated, but who maintained his groundisofa withstanding the severe satire with which he was treated' by Mason the poet. But in 1802; when money was voted to raise nionurriente to those who had fallen in the defence of their country, a commission similar to that now contemplated, was formed to recommend to the Treasury the moumerits 'deemed - most suitable. This body was fancifully designated the Committee of Taste; but the change for the better, which was visible in the public monuments erected since that period, proved how beneficial their labours had been. Ava • to the Members of the Commission, which it was now proposed 'to make subservient to the same end, the relation of a Noble Lord opposite (Lord Cavendish; we believe) would be proposed as one, and the Commissioner of the Woods and Forestsota well as himself, would certainly forma part of it. But how soever composed, he should always be ready to say, etrbrata qei feel, and answer for any this was done. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving--" That a sum of 150,0001. be granted to his Majesty to defray the expences of repairing Windsor Castle, and for the purchase of buildings and land preparatory to the execution of proected alterationa." Sir JOSEPH YORKE - said tha j t he knew of nothing that called for a greater exercise of taste than making an approach to the Royal residence like Windsor Castle, or an attempt to throw cold water on a speech like that just delivered by his Right Honourable Friend. tic must, however, observe, that he laboured much harder to takemoncy out of the pockets of the people than he did to put money into them. With re gard to IVindsor Castle, he thought they could not exercise too much caution in making a grant of money for the sake of alter ing, pulling down, or putting tip any thing belonging to it. Let their. only look how such experiments had succeeded h biter to. In the reign of George 11. an attempt had been made to convert the windows from their original shape to the form of the Saxon arch ; in the reign of George the Third the windows were changed to the Gothic form, and it would be observed that there was now hut little left of the style of Charles the Second. Then to whom were they about to entrust the further altera .tion of this building? There was Mr. Smirke, for one, wi th his Covent-garden ; Mr. Soane, with his Ba nk ; Mr. Nash, with his Chinese Pavilion ; and Mr. Wyatt, with his Gothic Architectura. The fact was, that his Right lion. Friend, rate : I t i at e es wa to s sotrrion gallopinglbi e e to r, ,,n x i,x c eeqt dbhe li y , tsito,i;icosnparnhoti:st the e l o awp?aitn)iligiece whole l e al °i n n t ae , b o e i e t n h p pulled down, it u w rc a h s a h se e s to wn o f be h lie% tl e ' t e l s s i ff in ie d i s e o n r t , ly a g t ood the town itself: With respect to the building. which had already to be the residence of our most Gracious (liven Charlotte ; and' as to the projected alterations, really, what between the Archi tects named,"the Treasury, and the House of Commons, he thought but little good was to be expected. He understood that one of the improvements was to be a Suspension Bridge halts the Park to the Castle. At such a rate it would be beta ter to take down the whole edifice at once, and put up a great cottage in its place. He might not perhaps go the extent of objecting to this vote, but he was certainly anxious to call attention to the disposal of so much public money without pro curing them agood Palace after all. BANK'ES thought there could be no objection to the removal of those buildings about the Castle which could not but °ll ati. every common eye. If they could not affOrd to pay for the expcnce of such a removal, it would be otherwise ; but as that was not the case, he thought the public money . could not be better bestowed than in what would and to support the di , rnity of the Crown and the nation. With respect to the - Castle itself, he would ask his Gallant Friend if he had seen it lately, and thought that it was in a state to afford adequate accommodation to the Sovereign of this kingdom either for his residdoce or for the requisite splendour of his Court. IVith regard to the exterior, whatever was done to that, he - hoped would be as much as possible in keeping with the style of the original building in the time of Edward 111. Then as to who was to furnish the plan, he hoped that it -would be the pr)clOce of some one architect and not of a - body of architects, for in that ease they would have some design not having the appearance of a whole p rocee di ng f rom one directing mind, but sonic-incon gruous edifice setting all the laws of taste at defiance. Lord GEORGE CAVENI)ISH spoke with reference to a Noble Relation of his, whose name had Men mentioned as one. liable to be placed on the Commission in question. He did not know what his sentiments might he upon such a proposd being made to him ; but the view which he (Lord (r.Cavendish) took of the matter was, that it was a design to shift part of the responsibility f r om th e shoulders of Ministers to Whomsoever they should choose to join them in the Commission. Thus, if the sum should be quadruple what was now spoken of, the blame would fall on their heads. Under these circumstances he should certainly advise his Noble Relation against acceding to the proposal, and in his absence he begged the House would • not consider him bound by the mere mention of his name. • Mr. CURWEN thought it was not fair to call upon . the House to make this grant until they could be assured that the the grant. sum proposed would be enough. In that case he should be the last to oppose it when the personal comfort and dignity of his Majesty Rut, under existing circumstances, hel.3cerrs.tt'iYilnybrfe;e concerned. should was ild oppose surprised at the asseet given to the vote by the Ilon. Member for Corfe Castle, so contrary to his own opinion recorded in many reports made to that House, that it was not right for the Douse ever to vote money for buildings without a plan. Here it was proposed to lay out 150,00 a in the purchase of ground alone. They must have theplan of the proposed alterations and the estimate of the architect ; for he saw no other way in which the House could grapple with the matter. Without this precaution they might expect some years hence to be asked, whether, having expended sis much, they would proceed no further. On the Ist of i4lay he understood the plans and estimates would lie complete; and why did the Chancellor of the Exchequer come to the House before that ?. If his Majesty intended to hold a Court tl.ere, not five times the amount proposed would be sufficient. It was said there wculd be a certain responsibility in the Commission, huf could it be said that his Majesty would nut take upon him self to alter the whole of their arrangements ? If thky were to take this course, they would be acting in a manner in which they never acted before, and totally regardless of the priblie in terest. There was'no indisposition in that House, he was con vinced, to contribute in every respect to the comfort and az commodatien of the Sovereign ; but the question now was, whether that House should engage in.any undertaking the SUM was unknown, the plan was unknown, and the parties were unknown ? The lion. Member - concluded .by 'MoVing that the -vote before the House be postponed to the 15th May. Mr. H. G. BENNET seconded the motion. The ,t3oette front of Windsor Castle was the most beautiful specimen el, Gothic architecture in the country, and he was afraid that some unhallowed hands would he let loose upon it, such as had la een so busily at work from the commencement of - Abe Pavilion at Brighton to the yet unfinished new street. lie wisheilid know what was to become of the building in Windsor-11/irk • was he of entering upon any such engagement withouta hfat theit onea danger e pulled down ? Two words would satiStY the house of' d estbnate—these two words were—Caledonian Canal !. _ hear!) —That sheaved h ow th e house was to b e . led n by step, and where, having ex p en d e d 500.001., they w ere .rep o t plan aa on that very ground .to lay down 50,0041: more. lie o be lieved the youngest person in that Housewould never live to - see the completion of the alterations of Windsor Castle, and in stead of being confined to 309,000/. they would reach to mil lions. He wanted to see the -hardy architect who would pro-. pose to pull down - any part of Windsor Castle, and he should also like toAce what he intended to put in its place. Sir (211.AMIS LONG said, that the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, as well as his Gallant Friend behind were qUite in-a mistake in supposing that there was arty ifite2. 3d ri 04