The Sun. — London, England, 1827-06-01 00:00:00

We continue regularly the publication of our ample and curious Lisbon correspondence.-- What a picture, how monstrous and how true a picture, has been delineated throughout our last extracts, and the present, of a people wallow ing in the mire of beastly superstition, and tram pled under the bloated feet of its vicious and despicable Ministers! The corsespoiselaice which we inserted a day or two agb furnished some illustrations of the degese to which the national intellect of Portugal nas been perverted—if not annihilated—b; its habitual subjection to the priesthood .; and in this day's letter we perceive a descrilition of the infernal machinery by which that overthrow of the mind of a whole people b 7 ss been from age to age prolonged. Such are the consequences, such the characteristics, of a perennial despotism in church and civil govern ment, .where each tyrant clings for support to its guilty colleague, force arming her officers to repress all inde_pentient itctior, and fraud pre paring her disciPlea to slisandon the privilege of thought. —Now let *A man of clear understanding just meditate for a moment on the obvious fact, that 'whatever may have been the motives of Don Pedro for granting a constitutional Charter to his countrymen--and there is no sha cloW of :eason to believe that he acted under any but the worthiest motives,—the effect of that Charter must inevitably be, to crush the power of the priesthood, to show the people that they have rights which they may venture, without risk of punishment, or shame, to exercise for their own advantage,—that there exist against them no means of coercion or intimidation, lint those equal laws whose primary end is the protection of person, liberty, and prepeTty, and of which restraint or penalty are l'iut the unavoidable and unwilling agents. Tie Charter is for law and freedom—for the revival of a people who once rose to celebrity among the nations of the earth by manly enterprise and en thusiastic courage, froth the base and slavish ruin into which they had been plunged by that ;syetem of whose fangs the Charter, if ex ecuted, at once releases them ; and into which same bottomless gulf Of spiritual and civil bond 'age it is the undisguised endeavour of the old Queen of Portugal, with her partisans, of Don Miguel, and of the Spanish House of Bourbon, to cast the nation again and irrevocably. This, then, is the real question at issue—the reel prob lem to be solved by the councils of Don Pedro. Shall he, in permitting the Government of the kingdom to be administered by hands which are already clinched for its destruction, be a consent iiag, or rather a co-oierating party to she subver sion of his Charter, t re degradation of bis charac ter, and the eventual subjection of Portugal by a neighbouring despot, - who for his own security would render her the most helpless and mi serable region of the inhabited world ? The mere statement of the principle, therefore, decides the policy of Don Pedro. It is affirmed in a post script to the letter of our correspondent, that his Majesty has formed two resolutions-Ist, to come toEurope himself; and 2d, to compel his brother to repair to South America. Loud alarms hare been expressed in some quarters respecting the consequence orrealizing the first resolution. It is assumed that Don Pedro's arrival at Lisbon must be followed by a war with Spain. What ? Is it a thing of course, that an event which gives tranquillity and safety to Portugal must give um brage to the Court of Madrid ? Is it to be un derstood that Etainand will not tolerate the composure of troubles in a neighbouring king dom, or t ier relief from the distraction and con fusion into which an army of insurgent renaga does have thrown her ? If so, it is at least a useful and seasonable admission. If peace can not be preserved with Spain but on the condi tion of cherishing a civil war in Portugal, and endangering every hour the existence of the con stitutional Government, then such a peace, we have have no hesitation in saying, is manifestly bought too dear. If Ferdinand is to threaten our ally with war, because her Sovereign, for the benefit of his kingdom, adopts a measure of in ternal policy, which it is the undoubted right and duty of every man who governs a nation to execute when the public interest requires it, then Spain is not urged to war, or restrained from it, by any consideration of conscience or honour, but by that of power alone. In that case, there is no act, ever so innocent or lawful, which Pedro must not condescend to ask permission for, from this big whispering apostolical Camarilla. So the British troops, which were called in to the defence of Portugal, are to quit the country, for sooth, while a Spanish army still remains embodied o the frontier ! And why ? because an English Peer—a peerless one he is —had, a few nights ago, the folly or malignity to declare, in a place which . shall be nameless, that the continuance of the BO tish force at Lisbon gave a " justifiable cause of war" to Spain and other Powers of Europe ! Such is the disgraceful rancour of faction, such the unut 7 terable baseness of spirit, by which some men can be moved ! No; we say to Mr. Canning, keep your troops where they are, until your point be gained, though -not a moment longer—until there is no dm •er of a Bourbon attack upon the dominions of the ouse of Braganza. That is the substance of the ent crisis, and nothing else. If Ferdinand seeks .., a war with Portugal from frivolous or unjust -es, then he can neither quarrel with Don Po for coming, nor with the British forces far remaining. If he wages battle because Portugal is free,And his own wretched country in bondage, then the arrival of Pedro or the continuance of the Bri tish troops in Portugal forms no part of the question at issue : the question in that case, and the only questicin, is, whether the Charter shall be sacrified or not, because this Ferdinand desires it ? At the same time, if the voyage of Don Pedro be con demned, on the probability that some violence or ndiscretion on his part would be likely to afford a justification (not a mere pretext) of hostilities from the Court of Madrid, it is enough to say that in such a case the peril must be his own, since Eng land is no abettor of injustice.—Times. Our journal of yesterday presented the pro ceedings in the Mouse of Lords on the second. reading of the Bill for' the nullification of the alleged marriage of Gibbon Wakefield with the child whom lie kidnapped, and carried off to , Gretna-green. We should think that this Gretna-green marriage may sicken some of our Free-thinkers, who will have marriage to be no thing but a civil contract. Gibbon's union. was a civil contract : at least there certainly was no religion in it. With respect to Wake field, a great curiosity was excited by his ap pearance before the House of Lords, and with some reason : Nature does not often produce such a monster ; society has but rarely cast forth such a scoundrel into the abodes of guilt. He tried to taint the innocent whom he had carried off, by imputing to her sudden love and affection for him ; and next by intimating that he had forced upon her the contamination of his person, though he had previously stated that he had treated her as a sister. The term daughter would have been more appropriate to their respective ages. He pretended he had not his witnesses ready, though he had nothing to prove.—. Mid. I Hint/ .t4IiII.I.UIN SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, THE LONDON GAZETTE OF THIS EVENING. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. J. Thomas, Nortwich, grocer. W. Kieran, Great George-street. Bermondsey, butter• merchant. S. W. Comen4, Norton•Falhate, mercer. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. H. Boorman, Boughton-Malherbe, grocer. H. Harrison, Lower Poever-Cottage, CheBter, inerchan BANKRUPTS. J. Brimmell, Teivlcesbury, rope-manufacturer, to sur render June 19 ; at six, 20, July 13, at ten, at the Hop- Pole Inn, Tewkesbury. Bousfield, Chatham-place ; and Winterbotham, Tewkesbury. E. Nightingale and G. Worthy, Manchester, porter dealers, June 19, 20, at nine, and July 13, at two, at White's Hotel, Manchester. Messrs. Hurd and Johnson, Temple; and Messrs, Hadfield and Grave, Manchester. I. Nathan, Wellington-place, Shepherd's Bush, music seller, June 12, at ten, 22, and July 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. King, Hatton-garden. T. and J. Howell, Bath, upholsterers, June 14, 15, and July 13, at eleven, at the Greyhound Inn, Bath.— Jones, Crosby-square, Bishopagate-street; and Hellings, Bath. G. Collis, Romford, Essex, ironmonger, June 12, 22, at ten, and Ally 18, at nine, at the Court of Committsioners. Fairthorne and Lofty, King-street, Cheapside. T. Wren, Preston, ironmonger, June 30, July 2, and 3, at ten, at the office of Messrs. Troughton, Haydock, and Throughton, Preston. Hurd and John,on, Temple; and Troughton, flaydock, and Troughton, Preston. A. Regnaudin, Great Winchester-street, wine -merchant, June 8, 15, and July 13, at eleven, at the Court of Com missioners. Ogle, Great Winchester-street. J. Ford, Reading, Berks, bricklayer, June 15, 16, and July 13, at eleven, at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Reading. R. Bartlett, Reading, and C. Ford, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Richard Burrage, Chenies-street, Bedford-square, Mid dlesex, builder, June 8, 15, and July 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Beverley, Temple. John Brockbank, jun., Whitehaven, Cumberland, spirit dealer, June 11, 13, and July 13, at eleven, at the Goiden Lion, Whitehaven. Solicitor, Mr. Falcon, No. 4, Elm court, London, and MCSIIB. Hodgson and Co. Whitehaven. T. Rutherford, Surrey, merchant, June 8 and 15, at one, and July 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commission era. Mr. Burn, No. 4, Raymond's-buildings, Gray's Inn. W. C. Woffall, Worcester, glove-manufacturer, June 12, 13, and July 13, at twelve, at the Golden Lion Inn, Worcester, White, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn ; and Holds*orth, Son, and Finch, Worcester. F. Davis and P. Woodnorth, Whitehaven, earthenware manufacturers, to surrender June 14, 15, and July 13, at three, at tha Black Lion Inn, Whitehaven. Clennel, Soli citor, Staple Inn, London ; or to Perry, Whitehaven. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS. At as early an hour as two o'clo'ck this day, the gallery of the House was filled, and all the avenues leading to it were crowded. So great was the in terest excited by the expectation of the Chanceller of the Exchequer's financial statement. Several Members "posted their names in ale body of the House, for the purpose of securing places. The Speaker entered the House a few minutes before four o'clock, and the House immediately pro ceeded to business. EDINBURGH OIL GAS COIII4ANY. Mr. W. DUNDAS brought up the Report of the Committee on the Edinburgh Gas Company. Mr. HUME said that, in 1824, a compact was entered into between the Edinburgh Oil Gas Company and the Edinburgh Coal Gas Com pany, that the one should not make Gas from oil, nor the other from coal. After a while the Oil Gas Company found that the arrangement they had made was not profitable, and they called upon the House to sanction a breach of contract, and to permit them to make Gas from coal. On these grounds he opposed the Bill, and moved that the re port be taken into further consideration this day three months. Mr. W. DUNDAS defended the object of the proposed Bill. Sir R. FERGUSSON said, his Hon. Friend (Mr. Dundas) was like him (Sir R. Fergusson), a Proprietor of the Coal Gas Company ; and, therefore, he thought neither of them had a right to vote.— (A laugh.) Mr. W. DUNDAS said, he certainly had 1004 share in the Coal Gas Company, which yielded 71. 10s. a-year, and he hoped this would not be thought to disqualify him. Mr. ABERCROMBIE supported the Bill. Mr. BRIGHT thought it was a breach of faith to introduce the present Bill, and if there wag faith or fairness in this House the Bill ought to be re- pected. Mr. LITTLETON spoke at the same'side. After some observations from Mr. JONES, Sir J Foßims, and other Hon. Members, the House divided. For Mr. Hume's Amendment Against it Majority A Message frem the Lords announced their Lordship's assent to several private Bills. WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS. Upon the motion of Mr. CANNING, it was resolved that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Wednesday next. Upon the motion of Mr. CANNING the House ten resolved into a Committee of Supply, The SPEAKER then left the Chair. THE BUDGET. Mr. CANNING addressed the House to the following effect :—The task which it is this day my duty to perform, difficult as it must be at any, time to a person called for the first time to perform it, is certainly not less so by the consideration that the picture of the financial state of the Country which I have to bring forward is, not one of unqua lified prosperity. Undoubtedly a complexion is thrown over the whole of it by the dark spots of particular parts, which has made a deeper impression than is perhaps warrannted in this House and the country; and it is a consolation, that the nearer one ap proaches, and the more accurately one looks into it, there is the more ground to hope that that complexion has been in the opinions of the public, exaggerated; and, if it has, as it is impossible to suppose it has not, there are and will be nevertheless, the means and determination to repair it. Sir, the financial situa tion of thecountry is undoubtedly one which requires to be looked at with a steady and scrutinizing eye, but in proportion as that scrutiny is accurate and steady I am happy to say that it will be the justifica tion of hopes that the reparation is neither difficult nor remote.—(Cheers.)—Sir, without further pre face, as a proof of the sincerity with which I mean to deal with this still .1, I shall proceed to state; in the first instance, what was our precise financial situation at the end of the past year; secondly, to combine and compare, as has been the habit of my Noble Friend —my . predecessor in this place, that one year with several years preceding ; and lastly, to suggest the provision for the present year, and to state the grounds on which 1 think myself authorized to look forward with encourage- merit to the future. Sir, in stating the first and second of these heads, namely, our situation at the end of the last financial year, and our situation at the end of that year, combined with the year preceding, Isbell pro duce papers, which lam sure eve►y gentleman who may look at them, will be able to verify and compare. With respect. to the third head, the present and the future, I can only again appeal to the manifestation I have given, of the sincerity with which I mean to treat this subject, in ab staining :£►om further comment, merely stating that it is not my intention either to keep back any thing that ought to be brought for ward, or to state any thing unnecessarily; and I can assure the House at least, that I shall press no opinion upon them which I do not honestly and sincerely enter tain myself.—(Hear.)—Sir, to begin with the first head to which I have called the attention of the House—the state of our finances—at the end of the year 1826. At the end of that year, after balancing the income and expenditure a the year—there remained a surplus towards defray ing the Sinking Fund, of only one million. The amount applicable to the Sinking Funds of that year, was five millions five hundred thousand pounds; there Was, therefore, an apparent defiei of four millions five hundred thousand pounds.— I state this amount, because from that deficit, are to be deducted two sums which considerably reduce it. The first of these sums, is the aggre gate of the advances made from the Exchequer, under I several Acts of Parliament, either for public works in Great Britain and Ireland, or for the pur chase of beneficial interests which arc not only likely, but certain to make a more ' than adequate return. It is quite obvious, that money laid out in thi3 manner, and for which the claims are available end outstanding, is not to be ' fairly placed to the expenditure of any particular year.—(Hear.)—Those expenses occurred upon a balance which took place in the preceding year, to the amount of twelve hundred thousand pounds. The particulars of those advances, I think I may spare the time of the House, in not detailing the papers which would be unnecessary ; for every Gentlema has access to them, and by a reference to which he may immediately satisfy himself if he doubts my word. To this was to be added the circumstance, that in the course of the year 1826, over-payments, or payments for expences not incurred in either years, but defrayed in that year, occurred to the amount of twelve hundred thousand pounds that also is to be founded in a specific paper. Those two sums of twelve hundred thousand pounds each .deducted from the 1,509,000/., which I have stated as the deficiency of the year, has left a clear defi ciency of 2,590,000/., including the payment to be made by law on account of the Sinking Fund. Such, Sir, was the state of our finances at the end of the year; but before we take that as the measure of the financial ability—still more as a proof of the financial ability of the country— it will be most fit and proper to refer to that process which I have said my Noble Friend referred to, that of combining the par ticular year with the preceding year, and draw ing an average upon the whole, and an inference from" the aggregate amount. Sir, it is just four years since the Sinlting Fund was placed in its present more simple form ; those four years, therefore, natursdly formed the period which it is proper to combine, in order to arrive at a general result.— Taking those four years combined the total income of the country in those four years at two hundred and twenty nine millions and a fraction —say, in round numbers 200,000,030 the expenditure of those four years taken together, exclusive of the Sink ing Fund, was,—say for the purpose of dealing with it more esily, 210,00,000 the surplus which which remained towards defraying the Sinking Fund for those four years, we will say was twenty millions. The total aggregate income of the four years something tinder two hundred and thirty millions, the total expenditure some thing under two hundred and ten millions, and the surplus remaining towards the Sinking Fund, a trifle under twenty millions. The claim of the sinking fund for these four years was 21 millions and a quorter, leaving an apparent deficit for the four years in the whole expenditure of the country of 1,265,000/. ; but against this deficiency and the committee would see that it deserved that character, was to he placed the amount of the sums advanced by tha Exchequer for the carrying on of the public works, for valuable purchases made on account of the nation, and which the public now possessed, as a security for the money expended on them. It would therefore be manifestly unjust to consider the 2,400,0001. so advanced by the Exchequer, and re payable, as part of the actual expenditure ; dednct ing therefore the apparent deficiency of 1,265,0001. from the 2,400,000/., there remains a real surplus of 1,100,0001. for the year, after defraying all the expendi ture of the country.—(Hear, hear.) I now, continued the Right Hon. Gent., to consider the relation which the in come of the year bears to the expenditure. The estimate, for the country,,for this year (1827) is 54,600,000/. and the estimated expenditure, exclusive of the demands of the Sinking Fund, as by law established, is 51,764,000/. The claims of the Sinking Fudd are 5,700,0001., let this be added to the estimated expenditure, and the total de mand for this year will be 57,460,0001., being more than estimated income by two millions, and nearly three hun dred thousand pounds. I will now, acting on the prin ciple which I set out with, give the Committee a view of the result of the comparison of the expenditure of the four preceding years ; and, in so doing, I will suppose the estimates be made on the preceding data, the income for the four years, 1823, 4,5, 6, and 7, I find to be about 230,000,000/.; but, in order to comae to a more just comparison of these with the present year, it is ne cessary that I should leave out of my consideration the advances and repayments of the four years those for 1827 have nut yet been estimated, and I must these omit in my statement, so much of the income of the former year, as was expended in advances. The income, then of these four years, so computed, will be abont 228,000,000/. ; add to this the 54,700,000/. being the esti mated income of the present year, and the total income of the five years will be two hundred and eighty-two millions, six hundred thousand pounds. The expenditure of the four years, exclusive of the other mentioned sums advanced from the exchequer for loans—public works and purchases on account of the public is 205,607,000/. The esti mated expenditure of the present year is 51,764,0001., making a total expenditure for the whole fire years of 257,431,000/. The difference between the aggregate of the five years' income, and the expenditure will be 25,000,0001. The legal claim of the Sinking Fund for three years, is twenty-six millions or near 27,000,000/. The deficiency, therefore, on these five years, is 1,758,766/. The deficiency of there years, preceding years, Was amounted to something about two millions ; and it should be recollected that.thie Was a deficiency in our expenditure ofnearly 3,000,0001., spread oveea . whole years. —(Ch eers. ) I am aware it may be said that there is a fallacy which pervades the whole of this statement, arising out of that circumstance, which, is familiarly. 'designated, and ge nerally named, the Dead Weight, but I think that it is au entire mistake to consider that the operation of the dead weight can have the effect of falsifying this ac count. I am willing to accede that the system has its faults that it has the effect of complicating and obscuring our financial statements—(hear, hear,)—hut I believe that on this account more blame has been attached to it than really belongs to it, and in respect to this particular account I contend, that it is an advantage and a benefit to the country. The contribution from the Commis sioners of Naval and Military Pensions within the last four years, amounted to 7,600,0001. But, Gen tlemen ntust not forget, that when that contribution, was established no less than two millions of taxea were re pealed ; and before it is supposed that the Dead Weight produces an exaggerate,' account of the National income. Hon. Gentlemen must consider what amount of taxes were repealed only because this contribution was imposed. As I said before, nearly two millions of taxes per annum were repealed, and in the same period in which the dead weight produced the contribution of 7,600,0001., those taxes, if unrepealed, would have produced no less than 8,200,0001. So far from the amount of the income, therefore, being unfairly swelled on one side, the fact is, that that side loses 600,0001. by the dead weight. I do not mean to contest that the dead weight does not produce obscurity; but as to the charges of swelling and inflaming the income of the country, it is perfectly guiltless. In fact, as I said before, the income of the country would appear to he 600,0001. greater than it is now, if it were not for the Dead Weight. The continuance of those taxes if not repealed toe, would leave a balance against the country of from 800,0001. to 1,200,0001. 1 repeat that this is not the opportunity to enter iato the merits or demerits of the dead weight; I admit its faults, awl frankly own that I was ignorant of its merits until I had occasion to examine into it. -1 believe too, that many other Hon. Gentlemen have the same impression whirl, I had, and which impression will be removed by ex. amination. I contend that the country has- received substantial benefits, and when we come to consider the question with the Bank, whilst we calculate how much we shall gain, by symplifeing our National accounts, and being enabled as it were, fairly to meet our difficulties in the face, we must not forget that the price which must be paid for those advantages, is our tak ing up again with a part of that burden we had laid down, and from which we have been relieved during a period of four years. I only mention this, that Hon. Gentlemen may not believe, that by sweeping away this scheme, all is done that is to be done.- . -- (Hear.)--The Committee will not fail to perceive, that in combined with the denciency at the 4 all I have s tated I have assumed the fact of the existence of a Sinking Fund, or of some fund by whatever name it is called, which will have the effect of pre serving our national fame, and prove a national benefit. I assume the existence of a fund which will enable us to meet any sudden finrncial difficulty or any iinforesenn public exigency. The present year affords an illustration of all that I mean. During the present year we had a sudden falling off in the Revenue, and a foreign exigency coming upon us unaware; and I would ask, what would become of us if we were that country which should square its income and expenditure eo exactly as not to be able to meet the call which must ne cessarily he made in the event of those emergencies to which I have alluded.._ (Cheers.) --I do not now inquire what amount of surplus revenue would inset- such sasualties, But if I might be allowed to give an opinion on such a subject, judging from experience, I should say, that it would require a proportion of five millions out of fifty. In this particular I am only stating my impression to the House, and not by any means by decided con viction. But, for the present year, the question which arises, and which the COmmittee have to decide is whethco the deficiency which I have stated in round numbers at three millions, and which there appears every prospect of being less at the end of the year, is to be made provision for by extraordinary means, by imposing new taxes, or whether we should take credit on the Consolidated Fund, and not decide fully upon making up the deficiency, and meeting on difficulties until the year 1827 is ended. The question is, therefore, whether the amount of Exchequer Bills now out, is such as would bear the effect of this hypothetical action ; or whether the amount in circulation, and their price is such as that it would be dangerous to admit the attempt. At the price of Exchequer Billeare now at a premium of fifty shillings on the hundred pounds, and it is well known that they bear a small in,erest. From the price, therefore, we cannot conclude that there is an overstocked market. Thk whole amount of Exchequer Bills outstanding is twenty-three millions, 800,0001. supposing us even to go on at the rate we have for the four months past; supposing all the accounts we have re ceived, I will not say of the reviving prosperity, but I may say of the reviving activity in manufactures and commerce, prove fallacious, taking things at the worst, the Committee will agree with me that the utmost to the amount of outstanding Exchequer Bills can extend at the expiration of the present year will be twenty six millions, seven hundred thousand pounds. Without taking any thing of the prophet on myself, however, and only consideting the accounts which come •from all parte of the country, I do not think I can be considered too sanguine when I suppose that there will be an accele rated ratio of revenue during the rest of the year.___ But, supposing that we were to rely solely upon those re sources, calculating at the same rate for the remainder of the year, as for the portion already passed, even then there would be a lesser quantity of Exchequer Bills outstanding, than had ever been outstanding before within the last twenty years,—not as to the quantity actually in circula tion, but as to that quantity if added to the deficiency of the present year. I also beg to call the attention of the Committee to the 26,000,000 of Exchequer Bills now outstanding, one-fifth is of a different nature from the remaining four-fifths, and from Exchequer Bills in general. The aggregate of these were advances made by Government, and now due to then► to the amount of five millions. These were represented by the different public works, which he might considered as available, an convertible securities. This would reduce the amount of Exchequer Bills even taking the most unfavourable view, so that including the deficiency of the present year, they would amount to 21,000,000 only in .circulation, which is less than had ever been outstanding during the last 20 years. Under these circumstances I put it to the commistee, whether it will be better to run the serious risk of defraying the expenditure to be previded for by an addition to the Exchequer Bills, and it will be for them to compare the results of such a proceeding with the effect which might be presumed to follow any other mode. For my own part, and am strongly inclined to that method to which I first I first alluded. The state of the country is now hopeful, that ,its :prosperity cannot be consi dered as completely confined, but I trust that it is proceeding to return gradually to its former power and security. That it will attain it I have no doubt, providod nothing extraordinary occurs ; and provided also, that it is not hampered by any thing which can divert the course on which it has already entered. I state, Sir, that we have an improving revenue; but I am not so sanguine as to imagine that we can overtake the de ficiency which has occurred ; but it will be wise, neverthe lees, to wait its realization or disappointment before wo decine what other course is to be adopted. Sir, If I had to decide whether I should take a course like this without having the advantage of previously stating it to Parliament, I should have felt the responsibility too great ; but, having that opportunity, and bowleg ; I have nothing to keep secret or concealed—.nothing; to keep back, I have the courage to say that to wait and to expect is better than to be premature and precipitate. Sir, I have laid this statement simply before the Co►mnittee, and I think the peculiar character of the times justifies this cause rather than that of resorting to a multitude of figures, which would only perplex the subject, whereas the single object that I have in view is to be clear and perspicuous.—(Loud cheers.)—lnstead of concealing, I am anxious to put forward every thing that the House may be able to judge of the actual state of the country. Nothing, now, Sir, remains bat to state the supply, and the means by which it is to be met. The Right Honourable Gentleman here stated the amount of Supplies already granted by Parliament, being altogether eighteen millions eight hundred and ninety-five thousand pounds.) I will feel it my duty to call on Parliament for, a sum to meet any unforeseen occur rences of about 500,0001. Upon the whole it may be necessary to refer to the Consolidated Fund for 10,600,0001. The principle to be considered is, whether under all the circumstances, we had not better go on through the year with a perfect knowledge of the state of the country leaving this great question of finance for the next session of Parliament. At present, I fear we would only prejudice the country, for we are without the means of judging, and the proper comae to be pursued. I am, however, very far from saying that it will he neeessaay to keep up the expenditure of last year, but I am also afraid of indulging in premises, for promises are always exaggerated. All that I can say, therefore is, that it is the determination of his Majesty's Winisters to apply to this subject their best efforts.—(Loud Cheer ing)—My opinion is, that the course thus to be adopted is that which I have recommended, and I entertain a sanguine hope that its prosperity will soon become unequivocal and that it will be enabled to rely altogether on its own resources. The Right Hon. Gentleman then alluded to a speech delivered by slr. Pitt in 1792, from which he made a long (rotation, expressive of his confidence in the [almost iuexbaustible resources of this country. When the Right Honourable Gentleman concluded reading the extract, he said, " These are the Words of Mr. Pitt, and the author referred to this Adam Smith. I am wil ling to go hack to the year 1782, when this speech was delivered, and to make it the guide and pole-star of my conduct." lie then sat down amidst loud cheering. Mr. HUME rose to addrece the House when we kit. HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat at half-past four o'clock. Lord FEVERSHAM presented a petitiou from agricultural association in the county of York, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. His Lordship presented two other petitions to the same effect— one from a place in the East Riding, and the other from a place in the West Riding of the same county. Lord BATHURST addressed the House at con siderable length, but his Lordship spoke in so low a tone of voice, that we could only collect but little of what lie said. He called their Lordships attention to the state of the Administration of .Justice in the West India Islands, and recom mended to their Lordships attention the Report on that subject, prepared by the Commissioners appointed by his Majesty. There were five Counts of Common Pleas, each of which had a Chief Justice, who was arrested by other Judges who were not professional men. The impoverished state of the West Indies could not afford to pay in ad adequate manner Judges of- much professinal knowledge, and he considered this to be one of the great cause of the defects - in administering the law there. They woulduot get professional men to go out from this country to remain for ten or twelve years in the West Indies without an adequate remuneration for themselves and their family. He concluded by recommending to his Noble Friend . (Viscount Goderich) to take the subject under con sideration during the present recess; and lie hoped that Noble Lord would bring forward a measure upon the subject next Session of Parliament. The Noble Earl concluded by withdrawing his notice of motion for an alteration in the Criminal Code, and for se curing Judges for the Midland Circuit. Lord GODERICII remarked, that his Noble Friend had justly observed, that it was much easier to point out and discover defects than to discover a remedy for them, though not possessed of the ad vantageous experience of the Noble Earl, he would, however, do every thing in his power to meet the complaint. The House, however, must be aware that any rash attempt to alter it might be produc tive of bad results, and ultimately defeat the object of the motion. The Earl of WINCHELSEA observed, that be should be wanting in courtesy to the Noble Lord who had asked him if he meant to proceed in the motion of which he gave notice a short time since, relative to the recent formation of His Majesty's Government, and their intentions as to the question of Reform, and several other questions of great importance to the country. If he suffered the House to adjourn, without informing their Lord ships that it was his intention to withdraw it. The Noble Lord's conclusion in presenting it was, that the present was not a Government calculated to support the country, as the unanimity so necessary to the support of a Government like our own, must be procured by some great concessions of principle, and that the present Ministry must have conceded some of those opinions, which they had before ad vocated so strongly. The Marquis of LANSDOWN said that it was not for him to enquire what the motive of the Noble Lord was in bringing forward the motion, or what his present motive was for abandoning it.-- It was a motion relevant to the Constitution, which every Noble Lord had a right to make, if he considered the Government not calculated to effect the purposes for which it was intended. The Noble Marquis attributed the conduct of the Noble Lord, in now withdrawing his motion, to mature subsequent reflection on the subject, which convinced him that there was nothing to complain of ; he had no doubt that the Noole Earl had sufficient reasons for altering the course he was proceeding in, and that he does not now consider the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers to be the ground of any Parliamentary proceeding. He (the Noble Marquis) will know, that if such had not been the Noble Lord's opinion, and the manliness and courage of his Parliamentary behaviour, and the great public duty he owed to the country would not have allowed him to withdraw his motion. He could assure the Noble Earl, that for his own part lie had discovered nothing impeach able in the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers. and he was convinced that the Honourable Mover now thought so, from the course he had now pursued. He (Earl Winchilsea) had stated that there must have been some concession of principle in procuring the unanimity which now influenced his Majestry's Ministry. He could say front his own knowledge, that the basis on which it was grounded, were those of public principle and honour, only. He heard several Noble Lends speaking on that subject, and he would esteem it as a favour if any Noble Lord who, at any time, might think his con duct inconsistent with his former principles, would point it but to the House, make a direct motion and give him an op- portunity of answering. He should spec.— subject at present, unlesa any Noble Lord should., proper to take it up ; if so, lie should be ready to - The Earl of CARLISLEh had not forfeited any P' or public principle ou his part. He thought it nuttece to say inure. D ICI IA rep, (Left Sitting.) ~A MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPO: The early sown. and forward crops, whic h ceived a check from the prevailing easterly . accompanied in the north with frost and 8° have recovered, from the succeeding warmer perature and genial rains, and have now, generally concurring accounts, a most luolo and promising appearance. The wheats 00 good lands, or those in good heart, nee r • peared stouter or finer, having advanced raps within the last two or three weeks ; in them • time, those on poor light lands have a very n" r aspect, and some have failed ; no uncomo uri currence, since the " golden crop" is ever °, lle, 0 considerable risk on lands naturally poor and " 6- # or any lands already exhausted by cropping' ; Scotland, the wheat crop has not so good s port as in the south. All the grasses, na t ho i and artificial, lucerne, rye, and winter tares' pushed forward during the present knout"' ° I the utmost luxuriance, and the expectation 0 good crop of hay is sanguine throughou t I country. THE ARMY. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY - 1 ,0 Major-Gener a l D'A re y, l a t e o f R oya l E ng i ne ers, Cluti e r Major Stephens, l a t e 4th R oya l V e t eran Batt. Cb io, t oo CA PTA I WS—Waller, 87th Foot, Calcutta; 13 ,10 41st Foot, Madras ; Seymo ur , .88th Foot, E9t ris9 Stevenson, 59th Foot, do; M`Dougall, 13 013c , — . ViD ter r.lt Fort ; Gravels, half-pay 18th F°°" cent, half-pay Unattached, Ireland ; Aug. BergoUt te o pay German Legion; Dalgetty, late I s t Royal " ' Battalion. n. rOO LIEUTENANTSI-0. W. 1110111WD, 80th FOO4 derabad; Lewis, 30th Foot; Mallon, 46th Foot , iis d r o; derabad ; Gray, ditt o , di t t o; Si m ki ns , ditto, DS Purse, late 4th Royal V e t eran B atta li on , Surrey; '"-tiott half-pay, 69th Foot ; Russell, half-pay Bth Foot , Scotia ; Alston, half-pay '7oth Foot, Canada. Ent:taws—Johnstone, 48th Foot, Chinsur a h, etli Rose, 70th Foot, Antheretburgh : Tatum, half-pad j' West India Regiment, Hamburgh ; Oreread, Hunt's Igilhvood, late Atli Royal Veteran 13 lion ; Lambart, half-pay, 40th Foot, Hackney. _ a :10 PAYMASTERS—CampbeII, 20th Foot, Poonah, 13 °70 East Indies ; Monk, lot Foot ; Raye, 4lst Foot, fro; Madras; Smith, 54th Foot, St. Thomas's Mount, Ow Colquhoun, half-pay 65th Foot, Calcutta. SURGEON&—Proesor, 35th Foot, St. Lucia; AndelftAr half-pay 99th Foot ; Graham, Edinburgh Militis.-"-teso sistant-surgeon Strachan, Royal Newfoundland ye Company, St. John's, Newfoundland. LONDON SESSIONS. A Yorkehireman, with a beard which flowed do lt° u f r t it his breast, was observed to sit, for the greater par s , keel day, day, immediately opposite to the Recorder, and to 't, his eyes fixed constantly upon his Lordship. As the various cases were disposed of, the Recorder, se ep lo l man with the beard rise and step into the wit ° 7l.o asked him what ho had t o sa y ? " I w an t s ," 1; k li' Yorksh ireraan, " a license."—The Recorder: i:eito cense for what ?"—The Yorksbiraraan raised _., 13 : be to the ceiling, and th en l e t th em f a ll suddigui ; t ee then fixed them Upon his Lord s hip; an d sa id, a I.°Past°' the Gospel of the Lord." .The Recorder, in sole/ nishment : " For God's sake, are you going to Prsic_:„ slip " Aye, I be," said the Yorkshireinan, " if rut gi4dv cense, I'll preach."—The Recorder " 'Where ?"- - 4 The shireman : " Every where I'll preach the word ] . b e eol Recorder : " Pray in what way of life have 3 0 0 0 1 brought up?"—Yorkshireman : "In the cloth a cloth manufacturer. But 1 think I can do go'" l , l ted'i way, and • came here to ask the privilege. I , neV; former opportunity."—The Recorder: " And yol ie lle ing to preach P"—Yorkshirernan --" Aye, aye." - Aicr corder : " Upon my word, I'm sorry for it."--"0 0 e man ," Sorry ! why so?"—The Recorder : iTh o rio that profession is the proper occupation of men of litero vet who can speak on such subjects as to be understor 4 oo I suppose you must have a license."—The lic e nse , granted. After the dinner given by the Dine_ "- Duchess of Clarence on Tuesday, at their i t els dence in the Admiralty, the Tyrolese inin s .i t o were introduced, and performed several P le before the Royal Family. to An address of thanks and congratulatil; his Majesty,. on the late changes in the NV was on Wednesday presented from the greate r of the inhabitant householders of the Win port of Rye, in the county of Sussex. of At the meeting of the Magistrates B ' 4 r , Town Hall last Thursday, Mr. Milford 1 1,011 tioned from the Bench, that complain ts • o ati, reached him, con fi rme d by hi s own Awl 8 01 upon a subject which had recently occasion ii htl much painful anx i e ty, th a t he th oug ht it r o te publicly to ad ver t t o it. A s man y p e rsons c i to ignorant of th e l aw o f t h e case , it a ppears l i lt him to be his duty to st a t e th a t it i s an indie ts itti offence injuriously to carry a child infected ilfticti the small pox, along a publi c hi g h wa y in : ° :. t io o persons are passin g , an d near t o the hab'"" irr of the King's subjects ; and that it is alga ° T ing dictable offence in an apothecary, after In l oot ti inoculated children, to cause them to be OP c in the public streets, to the danger of the 1 3° health.—Brighton Paper. • Ille c THE THAMES TUNNEL.—The large ° l o ot raft intended to lie on the bed of the river , o r the leak, was let down late on Wednesday s ss it ing. The engine was set to work as son o ao o , was ascertained that the raft lay on the bolt the and when they had succeeded in redoei l o+ s water some five or six feet in the Tunnel , " t i ov o discovered that all furth er a tt em pts at refi ne were useless. It w a s th en t r i e d whether, by 7,44 ping the working of the ste a m engine, the ha t of the water in the tunnel and shaft would el, crease or diminish, and the result was a g ra vi r but unremitting, increase. At an early 1)011 yesterday, ono or two descents in the diving f t he we re made, with- a view to see the cause failure, and Mr. Brunel, the younger, reP°o o that the raft did not lie on the bed of the ',; 0 0 1 .; that it drifted some distance front the leaky to $ll Among the many proposed plans to obl'i,S,vc . danger, which are daily forwarded to the v tors, one is to lay tarpaulins of sufficient sia t .'dill to deposit round the edges a quantity bags to keep them water-tight. __ "jr,,,,,•••••••••••10.01k BIRTH. Yesterday, in Bernard -street, the lady of -• Esq., of a son. MARRIED. , I the Sr ell On Thursday, the Q 441, alt., at the Chapel tish Embarey, at Paris, W. George Bieknoll, of George Bicknell, Esq. of Cadogan-place, Sit n j Sto b° o to Ann Elisabeth, the eldest daughter of Pan i- Esq., the Consul of the United States of of Bordeaux. os iot On the ti9th ult. Richard Anstice, F"4'' ffi ci Bridgewater, to Mar cia,' daughter of William 13° . solicitor. DIED. twh ithel. On the oth ult., on his voyage from Barbadoo!: . cote he had been sent for the recovery of his he alth, Of Esq., of Clifton, aged 28, On the nth ult., at Highgate, W. i 4 / 1 " 13 ' Bury-court, aged os, ~ the PRINT4IS and Pusmanan by M. YOUNG, at Stir-Orrom M. 111, Stroud.