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'1v1,,),0 - tl ISC ) '-i 0 YTS l' tinuation of the returns already laid upon the I confess that there is a considerable objection in poi , ___ ADIVIMATIY-OFFICE, lux! 5, 1897. WIDOWS' PENSIONS. NOTICE is hereby given, That all Widows who receive Pensions from the Charity for the re lief of the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy, must send or bring to this Office, be tween the 20th and 30th of this Month, the Affidavit re quired by the Rules of the Charity, in order to their being inserted on t h e Pension List, which will be prepared next Month, and paid on the 10th of August. All Letters from Widows respecting their Pensions, or requesting supplies of blank Affidavits, must state the Rank their Husbands held in the Navy. 4tber 4. who taken Idi :ess My rfijec issues con table. Ant of principle to furnishing statements of issues from the Trea sury on account of Secret Service for short periods, be cause such statements are calculated to afford a sort of clue to FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1827. No. 10,841. PRICE 7D. J. W. CROKER. VICTUALLING OFFICE, MAY 31, 1827. r I'HE Commissioners for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. (14 hereby give notice, that ou • THURSDAY, the 14th of June next, they will be ready to re ceive‘Tender s in writing (sealed up), and treat with such Persons as may be willing to perform the LIGHTERAGE required for the Victualling Service in the River Thames, for Twelve Months certain, from the 31st July next, and fu rther, until three months notice shall be given for the termination of the Contract. And also, with such Per sons as will undertake to furnish whatever VEGETABLES may be demanded, for the me of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Deptford and Woolwich, for Three Years, from the said 31st July next. The Conditions of the Ccmtracts may be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price in words at length, and be delivered before One o'Clock on the day appointed, and must be accompanied by a Letter signed by two re sponsible Persons engaging to become hound with the Party tendering in the penal sum of 500/. for the due per .formance of the Contract for Lighterage ; and of 1001, for the due execution of that for Vegetables. The Person who makes the Tei, , !er, or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. M• WALLER CLIFTON, ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE. THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN. Admis‘ion (from Eight o'Clock till Sevon) ls. Catalogue Is. H. HOWARD, R.A. See. RICK CLOTHS, w ith POLES , &c. NEW and SECOND-HAND, on an improved principle, at very moderate prices, at BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S Established Stack Cloth and Tarpauling Manufactory, 5, Tooley-street, London ; likewise, Marquees and Tents for Pleasure Parties, Cricket Grounds, &c. Also Bunting, and Screens for Fruit Trees ; Rabbit Nets, Fence Nets, Drag Nets, &c. Pliable Tarpanlings for Waggons, Sacks, B.opee, Tyres, Pitch, Tar, &c. &c. Orders per post, duly attended to.—Address at full length, Benjamin Edgington, No. 5, Tooley-street London. THPORTABLE WATER CLOSETS. E decid e d S uperiority of HAWKINS' PAT ENT over an y o th er b e i ng now fully esta blished, the Public are respectfully cautioned against spu rious imitations, and are requested to observe that none are upon the original self-acting principle, which h ave no t " S. the B 11A KINS, PATENT, 167, Fl eet-street " —pr i nted in W asin. A large assortment in the shape of Pedestals, Ch a i rs , commode Bed s t e p s , & c . T o be seen at the Manufactory, 167, FLEET-STREET, Price 50s. and upwards. SALES BY AUCTION. SUSSEX. Beautiful Residence, elegantly fitted up with commodious Offices, attached and detached ; Coach-house, Stabling, excellent Garden, extensive Drives, &c. Farms, Cot tages, and upwards of Four Hundred and Twenty-Five A cres, abou n di ng w i t h Game, and an extensive Right Shooting may be had if required. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, By Mr. ROBINS, A(Of Warwick-house, Regent-street,) VALUABLE and very Desirable FREE in HO LD ESTATE,—WORTH-HALL ; situate the Parish of Worth, in the County of Sussex, on the litighton-road about 32 Mil es f rom L on d on , an d a b out 20 Miles from the Coast ; comprising a very elegant and substantial MANSION, cased with fine Stone, erected 11 Pan an uni que castellated elevation, planned for the ac - enrnmodation of a Nobleman or Family of Distinction, beautifully seated in Grounds presenting a fine Park-like appearance, and commanding delightful prospects, with a an* W "'ded Seenery. An entrance Lodge, and Carriage- Drive to the Mansion, which contains suites of Apart tents, elegantly fitted u and commodiou s atta c h e d and detached Offices p,, Stabling for Six Horses, loose Boxes, Coa ch-house,. &c. Productive Kitchen-garden, partly, Walled, and clothed with thriving Fruit -trees, well stock and cropped ; Plantation, with Walks and Rides, 840 . Farm -houses, with Barns, Stables, and Agricultural Build ings; Three neat Cottages, and upwards of Four Hundred and Twenty-Five Acres of Meadow, Grass, Arable, Wood ' Land, and Furze -ground, all lying compact, part let off to respectable:Tenants. This Estate is well calculated for the preservation of Game, of which it appears to have a good stock. ,The principal part of the Oak Timber is growing very fast, and at an age that pays great Interest for Money ; the Rates moderate. The Sporting may be extensively enlarged if required. The Wood Lands abound with Pheasants and Game. The elegant Furniture of the best k i nd, fashionable and nearly new, the Purchaser may be acc ommodated with. To be viewed by Tickets only. P articulars may be had of Messrs. Le Blanc, Oliver, and Cooke, Solicitors, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; and of Mr. R o bi ns, No. 170, Regent-st ree t, w h ere a Pl an n 13 ,' t edhe Estat e may b e seen, and Tickets for viewing may be ATTINGHAM HALL, near SHREWSBURY, SALOP, MR. ROBINS, ( of Warwick House, Re. gent-street,) informs the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that by Order of the Ri g ht H on . Lord Bmawicx, H E WILL SELL BY AUCTION, At the magnificent Mansion, ATTINGHAM HALL, on °ll nas July So, and fift een following days, at Twelve olClock precisely (Saturdays excepted), The Superb and elegant Furniture, Service of Silver a i nd Gilt plate, Cellar of fine Old Wines, beautiful Damask , - ; 14 , 1 en elegant China, rich Cut Glass, Library of Books -- ,i , M anuscripts on Vellum, Globes, Selenographia, Fine Paintings, by esteemed - 11fasters, particularly a splendid G3llerY Picture; superb Sculpture, Model of Mount aliva Turning Lathe, acc. Ire- Mr ' ttQbins informs the Public, that the whole will be Sold without reserve, and assures them, that not a single Article is inserted in the Catalogue but what is the bona fide Property of the Right Hon. Lord Berwick. The O r d er of Sale is arranged as follows : On MONDAY, the 30th July, and four following days, the Sup er b and Elegant Furniture, comprising Noble Pier a L ld Chimney Gl asses, splendid Cut Glass Lustres and katan deliers,,superb India and other Cabinets ; rare antique Marble Slabs ; Consol, Pier, and Gallery Tables ; Book cases; splendid Suitesof Window Curtains ; Sofas, Couches, Chairs, O ttomans, he. en suite ; Ormolu Candela bras, Gi ran d ol^s, and Bronze Pedestal &c. Grand and Cabi ne t Pi ano -fortes ; a fine -toned Lamps , Church . Organ, by Green; and a Barrel Chamber Orgar by Flight and Robson ; a P a i r of Globes, by Cary ; and ' a ' Selenographia, by Russell. On Mo . I thAY, the 6th of August, the Valuable Paint ings, by Eminent Masters particularly a splendid Gallery picture, by Thomas° Manz' Sculptures, aplendid Etru uol , Superb l i di Friano Anti ue of Mount Vesuvius, and scan Vases, beautiful large Model Roman Antiquities. curious Specimens of Grecian and On TozaDav, the 7th of August, t h e Library of Choice Books, in el egant Bindings on Vellum, " Jose he HistoaivreerYd curious royal folio MSS. nated ; a very curious MSS. on • . e s ll; l i uifs ''' M atrimonia," and various others. r m, " Contractus de On WEDNESDAY, the Bth of August, theil Splendid Ser vice o f M ass i ve Ri c h Chased Silver and G Plate, nearly N ine Thousand Ou n ce s ; Pl a t e d Articles, 4. On THURSDAY, the 9th of August, the elegantry seies: China e consisti ng of Dinner, Dessert, Tea, and Breakfast 4 ce- costly rich Cut Glass, &c. On FRIDAY, the 10th of August, the Mahogany Turn_n-I i n Z and Drilli ng L at h es , w i t h A pparatus and Tooli co Aide ; the Cellar of choice Old Wines. On MONnar, the 13th of August, the beautiful Damask Bed and Table Linen, &c. And on TUESDAY, the 14th of August, and Five follow ing days, _., The remainder of the elegant Household Furniture, the i'pniture in th e numerous Princ i pal and Secondary Bed am bers, and S ervan t s ' R ooms ; also t h e cap i tal Kitchen equisites, and various other Effects. h MaY be viewed until the day of Sale (Sundays excepted,) "ttin A Y Catalogues at Ten Shilli ngs eac h , wh i ch may b e h ad at ghana Hall ; of Messrs. Tennant, Harrison, and Ten ",ant, Soli c i tors, Gray ' s Inn-square; of Messrs. Dukes and Nlt, Solicitors, Shrewsbur ent-str ee y ; and o f Mr. Robins; 170, ilegt London. r a N • l3 . The N o bl e M ans i on, with the extensive and pro_ e els Ma nors, to be let for Three, Five, or Seven Years, °in Michaelmas next. PUBLICATIONS. T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LXXI. Will be published on WEDNESDAY. This day was published, in Bvo, price Bs. 6d. - ISAAC COMNENUS. A PLAY. - 1 - Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. This day was published, with a Fac Simile Letter of his late Majesty George 111., LETTERS of the Right Hon. WILLIAM PITT, to his Late MAJESTY, on the Catholics of Ireland, with his Majesty's Answers ; now first publish ed from the Original MSS. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. This day was published, beautifully printed in two pocket vols. price 1/. The Second Edition of T HE ANNUAL PEERAGE, corrected to MARCH 1527. This Work was first published in January last, and has since received considerable Additions and Corrections from the very liberal communications of the Nobility. Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-street. BOWDLER'S FAMILY SHAKSPEARE, &c. 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This day was published, in closely printed Volume, 18mo. price 7s. 6d. boards, 'HE CABINET LAWYER ; or, a Po 1. pular Digest of the Laws of England ; with a Dic tionary of Law Terms, Maxims, Acts of Parliament, and Judicial Antiquities ; .correct Table of Taxes and Duties, Post Office Regulations, Rates of Porterage, Turnpike Laws, Corn Laws, Prison Regulations, &c. &c. " This is a very useful publication ; and a second edi tion in so short a space shows the Public have found it out. The only book pretending to a popular view of the subject is Blackstone's ; and the numerous changes that have been brought about within the last fifty years have rendered it almost useless ; and, in many instances, worse —misleading. It is a vigorous and unincumbered state ment of the subject—a competent digest, compressed to a tangible size, without confusion or obscurity. There is no nonsense in the book—none of the idle reasons for things of which Blackstone is full. 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THE DR AUGHT of IMMORTALITY, and other Poems; with CROMWELL, a Dra matic Sketch. By HENRY MEREDITH PARKER, Esq., Of the Bengal Civil Service. Published by J. M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill, and sold by all Booksellers. This day was published, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 21. boards, MATERIA INDICA, or some Account of those Articles which are employed by the llin doos and other Eastern Nations, in their Medicine, Arts, and Agriculture ; comprising also Formula, with practical Observations ; names of Diseases in various Eastern Lan guages, and a Copious List of Oriental Books immediately connected with general Science. By WHITELAW AINSLIE, M.D., M.R.A.S. Late of the Medical Staff of Southern India. Printed for Longman, Rees, and Co. Paternoster-row. 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" He is a man Of observation and talent, and has moreover a turn for humour. The whole of the work is written with spirit."—Westminster Review. Printed for Hunt and Clarke, York-street, Covent-garden. NERVOUS COMPLAINTS, AND DEBILITY. R. FOTHERGILL's NERVOUS DROPS.—To those who are afflicted with Nervous disorders, and their various distressing affections, as Op pression of Spirits, Head Aches, Loss of Appetite, Indi gestion, Spasms, Tremors, Fainting Fits, and Debility or Relaxation of the System, it is confidently recommended to have recourse to the aboVe celebrated Medicine from which they are assured of obtaining immediate relief, and by a due perseverance in it, agreeable to the direction; given, the complete re •establishment of their health. Sold in bottles at 4s. 6d. ; I I s., and 225., by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, Lon don ; 54, Sackville-street, Dublin; and 73, Princes-street, Edinburgh ; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond-street, and 220, Regent-street, and by the principal Medicine Venders in the kingdom. Of whom may be had, Dr. FOTHER GILL's TONIC FEMALE PILLS, recommended in general Debility of the Constitution, also as a safe and excellent remedy in those periodical irregularities which Females of delicate and languid circulation, more espe cially the younger part, are liable to.—ln Boxes at ls. l id. and 2s. 9d. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat ou the Woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of RUTLAND presented a petition from the Corporation of Leicester against the Bill for preventing the application of Corporate Funds to the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. The petition was laid on the table. Sir ALEXANDER GRANT and others from the Commons brought up the Bills for the further improvement of the administration of Criminal Justice in England—the Lar ceny Laws Amendment Bill, the Bill for taking away the Benefit of Clergy in certain cases, the Bill for consolidating the Laws respecting remedies against Hundreds, and the Malicious Injuries to Property Bill. AIISS TURNER'S DIVORCE BILL. Sir A. GRANT and others from the Commons, brought up a Message, requesting that their Lordships would fur nish them with copies of the minutes of the evidence taken in support of the bill for declaring void and annulling the Marriage between Ellen Turner and Edward Gibbon Wakefield. On the motion that the Message from the Commons be acceded to, The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said, that upon a ruo- tion so much of course, it would be hardly pardonable in him to request the attention of their Lordships. It was known to many of them, that the third reading of that Bill, passed inadvertently yesterday, the Noble Lord who superintended its progress, not having intended to move for the third reading until this evening.— He did not now rise to express any opposition to the measure, which, on the contrary, met with his most cordial support ; still less did he mean to oppose a motion which would enable the other House to proceed satisfac torily and at once with a Bill' which had met all their Lordships' concurrence. But having expressed on a former occasion his wish that the Bill should not be read a third time, until all the evidence had been printed, he felt it but due to himself to take thin opportunity of .aying, that his wish so expressed did not proceed from any intention of opposing the Bill. Thinking, how ever, that in all cases of importance the evidence should be first printed, lie felt that the present wai an occasion on which they should not proceed with out all the solemnity which the nature of the case re quired. The measure would have met with his most hearty concurrence, even although he were unassisted and unsanctioned by all the legal knowledge applied to the case. Still he could not conceal from himself that the proceeding was one of a very extraordinary nature, and one which nothing but the peculiar nature of the facts disclosed at their Lord ships' Bar could, in the slightest degree, justify. lie felt that unless their Lordships guarded themselves with all possible caution, they would lay a very danger ous precedent ; they were running, as it were, before the law, and providing redress for what the law was unable to remedy, before they knew that the law was inefficient. It would be dangerous, their Lordships must admit, if individuals were allowed to come before them, and in the anticipation of an evil, ask for security, without first seeing whether the law of the country would not afford them the security. The defect of the law should be ascertained before their Lordships travelled out of their road to give redress. The Noble Lord felt nothing, but satisfaction with the whole course of their Lordships' proceedings; and he thought that they ought now to enable the other House to proceed with all possible despatch with a Bill, which the justice of the case loudly called for; but which, as it established a dangerous precedent, he sincerely hoped would not be followed as an example. He could not avoid adding one observation on a circumstance which was most im- portant, he meant the absolute necessity of revising the Nlarriage Law of Scotland, so at least as to protect the subjects of this kingdom from its operation.—(Hear, bear.)—They bad a right to look to their Lordships for some security, particularly as the law did not specify what . . . constituted a domicile in Scotland ; and no lawyer, he believed, was able to explairiwhat circumstances did give a right to a person to be considered domiciled in Scotland. This circumstance strengthened him in the opinion that the law ought to be revised. The Earl of LAUDERDALE agreed (as we under - stood) with all the observations of the Noble Marquis, as to the merits of the case, and the conduct of one of the parties, which he styled most atrocious, and he thought the Bill necessary ; ftlr he had no difficulty in saying, that the Ecclesiastical Courts could not have given relief. The Noble Marquis had alluded to what he (the Earl of Lau derdale) regarded as a more material subject. He had stated, that owing to the discrepancies of . the Switch and English laws, if no proposition should come from the in habitants of Scotland to alter the Scotch Law of Marriage, the Noble Marquis hoped that the Noble and Learned Lord on‘ the Woolsack, or some other legal person, would bring in a measure to give security to the people of England. He could assure the Noble Marquis, that no proposition of cue kind would come from Scotland. The people of that country were at present very well satisfied with the state of the law ; and he we idd undertake to say, that the Noble Mar _ _ quis , would find, on inquiry, that the law of that country was more pert:A than the English law. It was, in fact, the same as the law'of England was before the Marriage Act. The Marriage Law of England did more to drive people to Scotland than the Marriage Law of that country. He said this from conviction, for people never went from Eng land to Scotland to get married, till after that Act had been -passed ; and he thought it would he better to repeal the Marriage Act, than make any alteration in the Scotch Law. Viscount MELVILLE said a few words which were not distinctly audible below the Bar; but we understood his Lordship to say, that the Law of Scotland did not re quire to be altered, but enforced. The evidence requested by the Message from the Com mons, was then delivered to Sir Alexander Grant, and the Commons retired from the Bar. CATHOLICS. The Archbishop of YORK presented a petition from a place in Yorkshire, against granting further concessions to the Catholics. _ _ The Earl of WINCHELSEA presented a similar Peti tion from the town of Lichfield and its neighbourhood. IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN WOOL. Lord WINCHELSEA presented a petition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land in the eastern part of Kent against the Importation of Foreign Wool. The Earl of MALMESBURY reminded their Lordships that he had stated, before the holidays, that he had two important petitions to present on the same subject as the petition just presented by the Noble Earl, and that when he did present them, he would take the opportunity of asking his Majesty's Ministers a question on the subject. He meant to be very brief, but did not like to put a naked question. The Wool Trade was, he might say, the staple trade, as wool was the staple growth of this country. The growth of wool and the trade in wool were cotemporaneous with our existence as a commercial people; but then we were the growers of wool, and Flanders was the seat of the woollen manufacture. This continued, he believed, up to the time of Edviard 111., when we obtained workmen from Flanders, who were originally established, as he believed, in Gloucestershire, and we began manufacturing ourselves. From that time the exportation of Wool was prohibited. We then changed our character, and not only grew the raw produce, but manufactured it ourselves. At present the situation of the country was" the very reverse from that he described; woollens were now manufactured in England, and, the raw material was grown abroad. In support of this statement, he would refer to the quan tity of 'wool at present imported into this country.— During the first - ten years of this century, the average quan tity of wool imported was 7,200,0001b5., and during the last three years the average had been 27,436,0001b5,,, being an increase during the last three years, over the first ten years of the century, of 20,0001b5. He was aware that there was one species of wool which it was necessary to im port to mix with our own, and to the wool which was necessary for our own manufactures he did not object ; but another species of wool cams, into competition wit that of our own growth, the short wool ; and to that he objected. 'The greater part or this importation came from Germany, and if he could regard it as a temporary thing, he should not be so anxious to guard against it ; but it did not seem to, be temporary, for the importation of wool from Germany went on gradually increasing. In 1814, the quantity of wool imported from Germany was 8,432,0001b5., in 1824, it was 15,412,0001b5., in 1825 it was 25,000,0001b5.', that was from Germany alone, and in 1826, it was 11,000,0001b5. He was borne out by these statements, in the importance he attributed to these importations as far as the grower was concerned. The consequence was, that the growers of wool in this country could not dispose of their stock, and at present they had the growth of two years on hand. It was necessary that the farmers should have a great deal of capital to be able to bear up against such a state of things. It was said they might sell, but he would ask at what price ? If, indeed, the owners of wool were keeping it in their possession in order to obtain an exorbitant price, he should say they would deserve to lose; but the fact was, that the price of wool had fallen more than 100 per cent. Another fact con nected with this trade was, that we wet e thought to have the monopoly of long wool. But he was of opinion that the time was not far distant, when we should find competition in this branch of our wool trade. It had been thought, when permission had been granted to export our long wool, that a great boon had been conferred on the wool growers ; but what was the fact? Why only 150,0001b5. or 200,0001b5. had been exported. In France and in the Netherlands, they bad now fine flocks of long-wooled sheep; they had fine pastures, and there was nothing to prevent them growing long wool as well as ourselves. He would refer to our Colonies, and he had no objection to their wool being imported into our country—he said, on the contrary, let us have wool from our Colonies : but there was one of them likely to send a large supply to this country. In 1822 New South Wales had imported 138,0001b5. of wool into this country, and in the last year that import had increased from 138,0001b5. to 1,106,0001b5. He mentioned this to show the rapid increase of wool. He knew also that great exertions were making in Germany to encourage the growth of that article, and it was impossible to foresee how rapidly it might be increased. The petitions which he had to present to their Lordships represented a vast deal of the property engaged in the growth of wool. They were signed by between four hundred and five hundred flock-masters, who lived in the neighbourhood of Salisbury-plains. All these petitioners concurred with him in the opinions he entertained of the injurious consequences of thy' present law, and they asked their Lordships for some relief. He begged leave to ask his Noble Friend whether or not the Government meant to take the case of the Growers of Wool into its consideration. Viscount GODERICH, in answer to the question of his Noble Friend, would not undertake to say that his Ma jesty's Government would. take into its consideration the subject mentioned by his Noble Friend with a view to find a specific remedy, or to propose any measure to relieve that particular distress which was at present suffered• by the grower of wool. If he could bring himself to think that their distress arose from the want of a sufficient protection, as his Noble Friend seemed to suppose, he should be dis posed to look on the matter in a different light ; but he was convinced, that the notion that it was necessary for the Government to encourage the growers of wool by a protecting duty, would pot give them any relief, butwould have an effect the very reverse. The cause, he believed, of the present stagnation of the wool trade, was, that there was a stagnation in the sale of the manufactured article, and he.kould not conceive—it had never, he believed, been argued24that a measure which would increase the price of the raw material could promote the sale of manufactured articles. There bad been a great increase of importation, he admitted, but there had also beep a great increased con sumption of woollen cloths in this country, by the increase of the people. The amount of woollens exported was of the annual value of five or six millions, and, admitting that much of that was sent to our own Colonies. and to a place in which, like the East Indies, we had great advantages, it would still be found that a very considerable amount of woollens was annually exported from this country to coun tries open to the competition of other manufacturers as well as those of England. If we were to raise the price of the raw material, we should run a risk of being beat out of those markets by other manufacturers, and losing the fo reign market altogether. He was anxious to adyert to a misconception which seemed to be shared by his Noble Friend, as to the circumstances which led to an alteration of the duties on wool. His Noble Friend could, how ever, hardly share the opinion, which seemed to he general, that the alteration which took place in the duty on wool, in the year 1824, was a change in the ancient system of the country. The fact was the reverse. The circumstances under which the present duties on wool had been established were these :—At the close of the war, which had disturbed all our commercial relations, nume rous petitions were presented to Parliament from the growers of wool, which were referred to a Committee of the other House—he (lid not know if any Committee of their Lordships' House bad been appointed—and the result of the deliberations of that Committee was, that in the opinion of the Committee no part of the distress could be ascribed to the want of a sufficient price for wool. The price of that time was considered by the Committee a suf ficient remuneration for the grower under the duty which then existed. In 1825, after the duty had been reduced, there was undoubtedly an increased importation ; but he thought it was not fair to assume that this importation had been caused by the reduction of the duty; or that that reduction of duty had been the cause why the grower of wool did not now receive a sufficient price for his com modity. It was not a fact, as was supposed, that the duty on wool, which had been reduced in 1824, had been im posed with a view to protect the grower. In 1819, the duty had been raised from one- penny to 6d., but that was (lone as a means of raising a revenue, and not to give pro tection to the growers of wool. The Go - Yerninent had then proposed to raise our revenue up to Our expenditure, and had recommended to Parliament to impose additional taxation to the amount of three millions,to which the Parliament had agreed, and they had selected, among other articles, wool on which to levy a tax. It was not at all the object of that tax to raise the price of wool, or diminish the consumption of the article, but it was assumed, judging from the quantity of wool imported during the preceding years, that the tax would yet yield a certain sum, and therefore it was laid on. In fact it did not diminish the import. In 1821, 1822, and 1823, the average quantity of wool imported was almost equal to the tota import of the year just passed, though the duty had been raised to 6d. from ld. He was prepared to contend, therefore, that his Noble Friend, in supposing the distress had been occasioned by the subsequent reduc tion of duty on wool, was mistaken. His Noble Friend laid great stress on the importation of 1825, but his Noble Friend should recollect that the excessive importations of that year were not composed of wool, but that speculation had been equally active in every branch of trade. The true relief, he thought, for the distress of the wool growers, was ati extension of the market for our manufactured woollens ; and the foreign market could only be extended by our be. ing in a capacity to supply that market at a cheaper rate than our competitors ; and putting a dotty on the raw ma terial could only serve to narrow that market, to diminish our prosperity, and would have the very reverse effect from that expected by the agriculturists. He would be very ready to attend to his Noble Friend's suggestions, if he thought any good would arise from them, but he believed no benefit would accrue to the wool growers by adopting the suggestions. - After a few words from the Marquis of SALISBURY and Lord REDESDALE, the petition was laid on the Table. - The Earl of MALMESBURY presented a petition from the Town of Devizes to the same effect. MESSAGE FROM HIS MAJESTY. Viscount DUDLEY presented a Message from his Ma jesty. He moved that the Message be now read. The following were the terms of the Messages— " G. R.—His Majesty deeming it expedient to provide for any additional expences that may arise on account of the continuance of his Majesty's forces in Portugal, relies on the affection of the House of Lords for its concurrence in making provision for the sense." Viscount DUDLEY moved that his Majesty's Message be taken into consideration to-morrow. Lord ELLENBOROUGH was desirous of putting one or two questions to the Noble Lord opposite, on which it might be expedient that Parliament should receive some information before taking into consideration his Majesty's Message to-morrow. Ile wished, first, to inquire whether the Noble Lord's reasons for not giv ing the House any information on the questions he (Lord Ellenborough) had put to him on a former night, with respect to Portugal, still existed ? The next ques tion which lie wished to put to the Noble Lord,arose out of the fourth article of the Treaty for the maintenance of the British Army in Portugal, by which it was stipulated that the Portuguese Government having verified the accounts of the British Commissariat, should either pay the same forth with, or carry them over to the credit of the British Go vernment. He was desirous of ascertaining whether the Portuguese Government had found time to verify the ac counts ; and also whether they found it convenient to pay immediately, or carry over the accounts to our credit ? Viscount DUDLEY said, that the same causes whicla t in the judgment of his Majesty's Ministers, rendered it inex pedient on a former occasion to lay any papers - before the House on the subject of Portugal, still existed. In answer to the second question of the Noble Lord, he had only to say, that the alternative of carrying the accounts over to the say,_ of the British Governintnt had been preferred. SECRET SERVICE MONEY. Lord ELLENBOROUGH rose, for the purpose of asking the Noble Secretary opposite (Viscount Dudley) whether he would have any objection to explain some circumstances which appeared to call for explanation, re specting the returns on account of Secret Service Money, which had been laid on the table of that House. It ap peared that, (hiring the last four years, a suns of 203,0001. had been issued from the Treasury, on account of Secret Service, while, in the four preceding years, only 145,000/. had been expended for that purpose. Here, then, was an excess, during the last four years, of more than 58,000/. ; and their Lordships would actually be led to inquire, whether there was any thing in the state of European politics to account for this excess. In 1820, no less than three national revolutions had taken place on the Continent of Europe; while the last three or four years were distinguished only for the uninterrupted tranquillity which prevailed in Europe. It appeared, therefore, that our expences of Secret Service varied in the inverse proportion of the tranquillity of the Continent. It was true, that the occurrences in Por. tugal during the last year, might justify some increased expenditure on this head, but were they sufficient to ac count for the difference between the expenditure of last year and that of the year 1820, in which no fewer than three revolutions occurred on the Continent ?- In the last year, 58,0001. had been issued f r om the Treasury, on ac count of Secret Service, while the sums expended in the extraordinary year to which he had adverted, amounted only to 50,0001. The sum expended in the last finir years exceeded by more than 23,000/. the sum votea by Parlia ment. Ile wished to know whether the Noble Lord had any objection to lay before the ]louse a return of the sums issued for Secret Service up to the present period. It appeared from the Returns, that 10,000/. had been issued so late as the 22d Pecember ; and he supposed, therefore, that no very large sum could have been wanted for this service sub sequently to that period, Viscount DUDLEY—My Noble Friend asks me to ex plain the cause of the difference between the expenditure of Secret Service Money in the last four years, and that of the preceding years. Now, how is it possible to give such an explanation without going into the details of the estssyndi titre, or, in other words, without entering isi'm a public detail of the applications of a Secret Service? I need scarcely remind my Noble Friend that such a detail would be inconsistent with the very nature of the service ; I need scarcely inform him that the expenditure respecting which. he seeks for a public explanation differs in its nature, as well as in denomination, from all other public expences. It is, no doubt, generally true that the application of the public money should be publicly accounted for ; and that, with respect to the details of every other branch of expenditure, except that which is now the subject of the Noble Lord's inquiries, toe public are entitled to the utmost possible satis faction. But the very nature of Secret Service Money ex cludes the possibility of entering into the details of its ap plication; and if my Noble Friend thinks the disposal ofa few thousand pounds cannot be trusted to the honour and to the oath of him whose duty it is to arspiy them to the public service, let him have sesoarse to the proper remedy—la him pursue the fair and manly course which such a con viction ought to suggest. That remedy and that course are—not to inquire into the details of this expenditure, a disclosure of which might, if the suspicions of my Noble Friend were unfounded, deprive the public of the benefit that might arise from it—but to say at once that the per son at the head of the department in question is.unworthy of all trust and confidence ; and to bring forward a.Motion, praying his Majesty to diarnias him from his couticiboo.— the way in which the money has been employed. If such a clue be given, it is by so much the less a Secret Service, and by possibility the whole advantage that Might arise out of the application of the money, maybe lost to the public by such a disclosure. As to the apparent increased expendi ture for 1827, as compared with the'preceding year, it may be accounted for by a surplus of 13,0001. or 14,0001. which remained in hand at the close of the present year. It may not be improper to remark, that at this period of political excitement, when persons disregarding known facts, and actuated by no fair or rational principles, were induced to have recourse to rumours and speculations, and misrepre sentations, a rumour has very generally gone forth, that a part of the Secret Service Money has been employed to buy the Press. The assertion has been made so broadly and unequivocally out of doors, that I think it right to advert to it. Your Lordships are aware that, iu strictness, I can have no knowledge of the details of the Se cret Service, previously to my coming into office. At the end of the year the account is sworn to by the Se cretary of State, and there is en end of it ; the same thing takes place when a Secretary of State goes out of office. 1 have no, regular• cognizance of the details, therefore, pre viously to my coming into office. I did, however, inquire; the documents were still preserved, and I can assure your Lordships that the inspection of these documents has left upon my mind the strongest conviction which, a man can have with respect to money which has not actually passed through his hands, that not one shilling of it has . been ap plied to the purpose of influencing any portion of the Press of this country. With respect to the observation* which fell from'a Noble Lord, as to the issues not corresponding with the Parliamentary Grants, I may observe, that where the expenditure in any number of years appears to exceed the grants in that time, the difference is met by surplusses from former grants. Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that on looking back to the last ten years, there appeared to he a total de ficit of 32,0001. There was always some deficit, and in no case a surplus. He was exceedingly glad that the Noble Lord opposite had at length begun to answer questions, though he confessed be was a little surprised to find that the Noble Lord's first answer was a regular speech, em.. bracing topics to which he (Lord Ellenborough) had not at all alluded. He maintained that the returns laid before the House justified the questions which he had put to his Noble Friend. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished to ask the Noble Viscount whether he had any objection to distinguish between the portion of Secret Service Money expended abroad, and that appropriated to what was considered the public service at home? Viscount DUDLEY was restrained, by a sense of public duty, from answering the question of the Noble Marquets-, If upon his (Lord Dudley's) silence the Noble Marquis founded any inference unfavourable to the Right Ron. Gentleman at the head of the Government, he could only my that the suspicions of the Noble Marquis were most unjust and unfounded.-({Dear, hear.) Viscount STRANGFORD had been so entirely uricon fleeted with party during the whole course of his public life, that he should be the last man to ob!crude any observations upon their Lordships in any matter whi c h h a d . _ reference exclusively to party considerations. He might, however, be allowed to say, that an experience of nearly five-and-twenty years passed in the King's service in almost half the Courts of Europe, had given him•something like a practical and technical knowledge of the subject on which. the Noble Baron had addressed the House. • It was to Malt a matter of the most complete and consummate indifferehie to which side of the House his opinions might be accept able, or otherwise, so long as he obeyed the plain dictates of truth and justice. He bad served under nine different Stare • taries of State for Foreign Affairs, and he Mt himself bound to, aver to their Lordship that he had never known any Minister exercise over the particular branch of expenditure in qwes- Lion, a more scrupulous and vigilant controul, or surround it with more efficient safegnik - rde than the Right Host. person who lately presided over the Foreign Department. Ile had served under the orders of that Right Hon. Gen tleman in five different Courts. Their Lordships were aware that. as long as human nature remained what it was, occasions would arise in the conduct of the King's affairs, in which applitation to that potent engine, Secret Service Money, was indispensable. As far as his .. ,(Lord .s.'s) experience had gone, he could assure their LordshipA, that whenever these occasions arose, no administrator of the fund could be more cautious in its employment tl - ;,an the Right Hon. Gentleman. I-le felt it his duty to l AA , thi s , he believed unsuspected, testimony to the Right Hon. Gentleman, and he had no other motive in making this statement, except his regard for truth and justice, which ought to be superior to all other feelings and considerations whatever. CORN BILL. Lord GODERICH moved that the House resolve itself Lott) a Committee on the Corn Bill. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished, before the House went into a Committee, to ask the Noble Lord opposite, whether, since the majority which had recently taken place on a clause in this Bill, certain Noble Lords had received information, that if they did not alter their votes, and conform to the wishes of his Majesty's Mini sters, they would not be allowed to remain in his Ma-, jesty's Household? The House and the country °ugh:, t o understand whether, during the progress of thi: A steps had been taken to intimidate Noble Lrda s from discharging what they felt to be their duty to t:n e country , and especially to the agricultural interest. Lord GODERICH believed the Noble Marquis had exhihited the first instance ever known of calling upon a Minister of the Crown to stat 4 what adviee he had given with respect to persona holding offices under the Crown, before such advice had been given and taken. He would not compromise what was due to the King's prero gative by answering the question of the Noble Marquess. Lord DELAWARE owed it to their Lordships and to himself to state, that in consequence of the vote he had given ou the question of the amendment of the Noble Duke (Duke of Wellington), he bad felt it his duty to follow np that vote, by resigning the situation he held in his Ma jesty's Household. He had taken that course without re ceiving any intimation, or holding any communication with any person whatever.—(Hear.) The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Corn Tice Earl of MALMESBURY inquired whether the isles of Guernsey and Jersey were included in the provi sions of this Bill as part of the United Kingdom? Lord GODERICH stated, that by the existing law, these islands were entitled to export all their produce to this country, and any attempt to exclude it would he a di rect violation of their chartered rights. Nor had the Im perial Parliament any right to impose duties on the intro_ Auction of foreign corn into these islands, which had Le gislatures of their own,'that claimed and exercised the whole power of taxation over them. It also happened, that in one of these islands they had a Corn Law of their own, rigidly adverse to the admission of foreign corn. It was, in fact, quite contrary to their policy to encourage supplies from abroad. In 182 S, they protested against tke, Bill then passing through Parliament, because it gave greater facilities to tho introduction of foreign corn than. were permitted by their own regulations. The Earl of MALMEiBURY was not quite satisfied with the. Noble Viscount's explanation, and he regarde:/ this as an important point when they were legislating per manently. It was evident that the islands of Guernsey and Jersey might establish an entrepot, and carry on a 17 . ,_ crative trade in corg between foreign countries awl , Great Britain. Nothing in the existing law could Pr' ,vent it. Lord GODERICH was pretty Confia- et that in the Custom Laws these were some regulat:, one t h at would in terfere with any attempt to bring foreign corn into this country', through those Islands-, We had Custom-house Officers there, though we We* not entitled to impose du ties upon them ; and, the produce were not their own, or some other p recau ti on , w ou ld, anoeedrtoilfitheat,tebeotfAiktseno.tieu. Th e Erui of MALMESBURY said it was clear that fo reign corn might be imported to any amount through these islands. No certificate of origin, or other regulation of the Custom-house, would be sufficient to check the frauds that might be committed. The only effectual remedy would be, either to consider Guernsey and Jersey as foreign coun tries, and subject their corn to the same duty as other fo reign corn, or to treat them as a part of the United King dom, and bring them within the operation of the Bill.— That the danger lie apprehended was not so visionary as the Noble Viscount represented, he would prove by the fact) that when in another place an Hon, .Gentleman had moved for certain Returns relating to these islands, it ap peared that in some years there had been a very great es portation of wheat from them. He had no desire a , Parliament should not hold the charter of these islands sa.