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0 ,7 - ' ~~. This day was published, price Is. 6d. TRE PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW, for the Session of 1826. In a few days, price 30s. A RLIAAIRN I'ARY ABSTRACTS for the Session of 1826. Prin ted for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, an d Green, London. HE BEAUTIFUL NEW GAME of PAUN TICHM is recommended to the Public for the WINTER „ ' I DN• It is played with either DICE, CARDS, or a • T OTUM, and DRAUGHT-MEN, by two, three, or four per s°4!. The boards have backgammon tables and draughtboards on heir reverse, and contain 16 Paunchie-men, a pair of blank ivory Iquar es , a pair of dice bones, a tetotum, a set of backgammon men, and • a Pruned book of instructions. By the introduction of dice a !" 1 cards it is made a pleasing and very interesting game, supe "to draughts, and equal to chess, which has given it decided Preference and the patronage of the first families of distinction, and requires to be mor e gene rally known to be unive•sally played 41 every genteel society. Sold by Mr. Clark, (sole manufacturer), ,Lceter 'Ch ange, S tra nd ; Mr. Harrison, Portman-square Bazaar ; ' 4l : Clark, 330, Soho Bazaar, &c. &c. The Paunchie Board, e t il i?jutly with the Book of Instructions, is ENTERED at ST ATIONERS',„ HALL. T '• l3 .—A liberal allowance to Merchants and Shopkeepers, in ° lra awl Country. Apply (post paid) to Mr. Clark. CLERGY ORPHAN CORPORATION, SAINT JOUY'S WOOD, MARYLESONE. ANNIVERSARY ELECTION of Children. PATRON—The KING. h itsILIFI4T—The Right Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of LONDON. VrcE-Piticsinzyr---The Right Hon. Lord KENYON. The ANNIVERSARY MEETING of the Society, for Cloth . Maintaining, and Educating Poor Orphan Children of Cler gymen of the Established Church of England, until of age to he );It Apprentice, will he holden at Freemasons' Hall, Cheat en-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on THURSDAY, the 22d inst. The Chair will be taken for the general business of the day at !lag -past Two o'Clock precisely. Dinner on the Table at Half-past Fiveo'Clocic precisely. STEWARDS. h ied Rev. Charles Richard, The Loretßrayhrooke. D.D. Lord Bishop ofLlandaff. The (Ord Bexley. Rft. and Very Rev. Hugh Hon. Mr. Justice Burrough. L . Percy, D:D. Dean of Can- Sir N. C. Tind a l, hi s Majesty's terhu r y. - t Solicitor-General. Venerable J. Bull,'D.D; Arch- Sir R. 11. Inglis, Bart. t , dtacon of Baenstable; ... Mr. Sheriff Farebrother. ' l ey. G. Richards, Vicar Mr. Sheriff Winchester. of St.Miiitin's-in-the-Fieldi. C. H. Turner, Esq. - ' No Collection after Dinner. Dinner Tickets, Iss. each, to be taken at the Bar. , Donations and Subscriptions will in the mean time be thank 'Lilly received by the Treasurers, Rev. Archdeacon Cambridge and 3 °a}lua Watson, Esq. ; at their Bankers, M e ssrs. D r ummond, ' l * . ring-cross ; by the Secretary, and by the Collector, at No. 67, Lincoln's Inn-fields. G. A. E. MARSH, M. A. Secretary. 4, Grove End-road, Marylebone. , CHILBLAINS, SORES, BURNS, &c. • MA.RSHALL'S UNIVERSAL CERATE.- This Cerate will be found most efficacious in every kind of Wound, Sor e , Scald, Burn, Bruise, Eruption, Ulcers of every de auction, especially Sore and Ulcerated Legs, which have been °Ailed in so rapid a manner, that a new method of cure hag been es tablished by this useful Preparation ; Sore Breasts, Inflamma tion of the Eyes, Scorbutic and Cancerous Humours, Erysipilas, or St, Anthony's Fire, Ring Worm, Sore- Throats, Chops, Chil buiris &c. &c. Sold is Boies at Is. lid..and 20. 9d.= by Butlers, Chemists, ,l'aallside, corner St. Pau's; 73, Princes-street, Edinburgh ; and Sackville-street, Dublin ; Savory and Co. 136, New Bond : t t ~r e er; Willmott, 83, High -street, Borough ; and the principal beige Vende r s i n th e U n it e d Kingdom. Of whom may he "aa BUTLER'S CAJEPUT OPODELDOC, strongly resom- Mended for CHILBLAINS,, CHRONIC RHEUMATISM, tP ASMODIC AFFECTIONS, PALSY, Stiffness, and Enlarge.. ' meat of the Joints, SPRAINS, BRUISES, &c. In Bottles, at d 2 an d 9d. • LAW INTELLIGENCE. ' COURT OF- KING'S BENCH, Fla. 16. SPARKS V. SPURR. Wu an action •brought by the indorsee of a bill of ex ,littito—altoraziainst the acceptor, for the sum of 3311 . 191. 3d. A ma not in the handwriting of the defendant, haying te r en Written On the bill, representing it payable at a certain place, r • Scaatterr, for the defendant, contended that it must be pre , t4,..T1,1ed nerateto hav e b een wr i tten su b sequen tly t o th e acce pt ance , "I"a consequently by statute 4th of Geo. IV., the acceptor was eto d. The Loan Cuter JusTica having looked into the authorities °II that head, was of the same opinion. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. OLD BAILEY.-Fia.' 16. OLD COURT. WilliamQ • was indicted for stealing, on the 27th . January, ilvrwatcl i e n s,three gold seals, and various other article., the Property of John Quit!. , 2 _ The prosecutor's wife stated that the prisoner is her husband's erother, and that she resides in Castle- a ue, in the parish of St. l• rgaret's, Westminster. On the 27th January, witness left her gs for a short time, and on her return, found the door open, !ld that a two watches, three gold seals, and various articles of telvlsellery, and wearing apparel w ere t a k en away. She had locked door after her upon going o Jime Polglass knew the prisoner, ut and saw him go into the Ile cams 14°.ecutor'e house, on the evening of the 27th January. " ut io ten minutes with a large hundle .t under his arm. the prisoner shortly after William Stock swore that be 4441• .°lsh erY, and that at his desire 71; went and P pawned the arti- Z , .and afterwards burnt the . pawnbrokers' tickets. This wit -6,7 ukt been in custody since the commiss o i f on se o v f er t a h l e pa ro w bb n e b r t y . , kaen i sh-,,,tsatiniony was corroborated by that s o -- " ne ' P r nt e . 4 , who proved that Stock was accompained by the pri nt iit Prosecutor was called upon to iti l f tn y in tl r ie tun p a r t o e pe p r r ti s , nn a e a r d , ll ltPlkared from his evidence, that the e, i e Pgh little more than sixteen years of ag . nhseldf Ifvoirtisioamcmyteoarrei_ ... 4 a Molt diasolute life, having connected himself F . gang of thieves that infested Westminster.. es, Th a e nd pr h iso is o b e ro r t w he a; I nustqly Punished foT petty thefts and robberies, .!°. uksi every effort to induce him to quit his disgraceful course az life, hut without effect. The e pJury, risoner said nothing materi a l in his defence.. without hes i tation found him Guilty of the robbery. NEW COURT. 41"ander Bowles was indicted for stealing a pair of trowsers fr°ln the. s hop of Mr. Eddells, tailor, Strand. It appeared by the % l'ilienee that the prisoner, a young iee man of respectable appearance,. had been formerly iii the of Mr. Eddells, and being in tr eaty for purchasing -the business, s' was in the frequent habit of i calling at his house. On this occasion, the shopman observe( rit4„ informer a pair of trowsers, and secrete them about his person. nd foii:P°rroed Mr. Etidells, who apprehended the prisoner, and ad the property in his hat. stated Ini "er o w hs e 'e r c e ted nn t o t tii n e , form of the indictment, which stated that they s and were the property of lie. Eddells, when, in fa-cwt, they rn : e ss r •er ' e old trowsers, belonging to another person, and left with him The Cto be repaired. oua'r did not consider the objection of any consequence, and the Jury f ound the prisoner Guilty. The Court hoped t Would l ie i a caution to him in future. . The prisoner, it appears, was of very respectable connections, and was on the eve of marriage with a most respectable and ac complished young lady in the city. EL tGANT --------- . s Cooper, 93, Bi sh "uT op s , IRE, GLASSES, &c.--11. L. Nobility and Genttl,reet-Witliin, respectfully apprizes the of Upholstery and Cabinet NeVto.orntinues to supply every description moderate d'''' with Glasses of the most trews size size as well as :pensions, z.nd every other article connected with the fu rate Houses in the tsoit splendid as well as the neatest style, e"gait,l,,i7 elegance and simplicity with true taste, thus obtaining, a t tmioadberate expence, snch a su perior general effect, which the mnys oured and costly furniture when not well arranged, ever fails t oduce. Fenton's New Rote!, St. James's-street, which is cool:1st. wasmereeencitirely fitted up from Cu" of the first in Europe for elegance and convenience, Establi..hment, and presents a handso ecime n of the style adopted by 11. L. C. to attain the desired efresePt lidera he can compete for excellence of workrnansahtispilua.enbdLq. uCalitYno-f materials with any other house in London, and Prices as will ensure him the patronage and support Long enjoyed of some of the most disti»guis' ti lies '4) ue fam reaso inna : h l : kin'gdoru. )f last : the atory, 11 not 'eatest e ra driß. ! •"•' • (;:,;: 1 "'• 1 , No. 10,746. -.- - f l . 1W , -- ' ~ ' tif,,..5..:,, , , ..._ . . ,`::,..:,...... _... ------'/ ''''.'-;" ' - , PRICE 71). SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1827. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-FEB. 16. The Earl of Kingston, and Lords Kinnoul, Belhaven, and Montfort, took the oaths and their seats. Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, presented at the Bar an Ae- - count of the quantity of Gold and Silver coined at the Mint dur ing the last year. CATHOLICS. The LORD CHANCELLOR presented a Peti tion, praying that their Lordships would grant no further poli tical power to the Catholics, from Saint Nicholas, Surrey ; from Sevenoaks and East Peckham, in Kent ; and from several other places. The Earl of KINGSTON presented a petition from the Roman Catholic Inhabitants of two Parishes in the County of Limerick, praying for a Repeal of the Laws affecting the Catholics. 1 r Lord KING presented similar Petition., from the Roman Catholics of Athenray, in Ireland ; and the petitioners contrasted, his Lordship said, the liberality of the Government to. wards the members of all other religious denominations, with its illiberality towards the Catholics. His Lordship also prmented a second petition, to the same effect, from Miltown, in the County of Kerry., -Lord. CLIFDEN rose to present a petition from the Catholic inhabitants of Liverpool and its neighbourhood, which was numerously and respectably signed. His Lordship said ,he would not trouble • their Lordships to hear the petition read at length, but there was one passage on which he meant to offer a few observations, and which he would therefore read to, their Lordships. The passage expressed " the regret and .indig nation •Of the petitioners, that-they were not to be believed on their oaths when their religion was concerned ; and at. the ewe time -their fellow-subjects, - of other religious persuasions, placed the fitilest confidence in their honour and integrity in all the concerns of life, and complained of the inconsistency of trust ing them, and imputing; to their.oaths some hypocritical object, and accusing them of taking them to promote their own selfish ends. They professed loyalty, and obedience, and allegiance; and appealed to their conduct to justify their professions. They assured their Lordships that they were attached to their coun try, • and found pleasure in the glory of Britain, which they would spend their fortunes and shed their blood to support." It wasem this passage that Lord Clifden . said he meant to address a few observations to their Lordships. He was sorry to know that- there was yet in the world, and he was afraid, among their Lordships, an unwillingness to believe their Catholic fel low-subjects on their solemn oaths. Two days ago their Lord ships had heard read the Declaration of the Catholic Bishops— as eloquent a Declaration as ever was peened ; and that Decla ration solemnly declared the Catholics did not entertain the opi nions imputed to them. The English Catholics had made a simi lar declaration, and yet there were men found who said, preferring their own suppositions to these solemn declarations, that they did not believe them. This was like Dr. Duigenan, who was now gone; he hoped, to a better world, as bewas.really a good man in many respects, and friendly to .the Catholics in society,. but who had frequently declared that he would not believe the Catholics on their oaths ; and yet what kept the Catholics out of Parlia ment? nothing but a respect for oaths. He had reason to believe that:such assertions had made a considerable impression, in the highest quarter. Nothing could be more absurd than not to be. Here such solemn declarations. He wished the Catholics would take the oaths, for they might say with Hudibrae— " 'Tis he who makes the oath that breaks it, Not he who for convenience takes it." He wished the Roman Catholic Lords who had a right to seats in that House, would take the oaths ; what a confusion would take place among their Lordships.—(A laugh.) " High rose the white wig, from the learned ear," was said in the Rolliad, and that would again rise if the Catho lic Peers were to take the oaths and their seats. But the Ca tholics were too conscientious to take them, and yet they were not tube believed on their oaths. Year after year. the Catholics , made the same declarations, and year after year, we acted, though we did not always say so, as if we did not believe them. People went back to the Council of Lateran, or to the acts of the Popes at the time of the Crusades, when people went to invade Palestine, some of them choosing n boat and a goose for their general. The Popes were tyrants then, and made a number of tyrannical decrees ; which were now stated to be good reasons for not trusting the Catholics ; and it was asked, if the Catholics did not now act on these decrees, why did not the Popes repeal them ? To this he had found a good answer, he believed, in a pamphlet written by Mr. Spring Rice, which was well worthy of their Lordships' attention, hut he was dot sure, and the answer was this: Some years ago, when bank notes were depreciated, the House of Commons declared, that a one pound note and a shilling were equal in value to a guinea, and he was sorry that the Chancellor of the Exchequer was not present in the House; it was now known and admitted, how ever, that this declaration was erroneous ; but if any person was to go 'to the Minister:, and ask them to declare in the House of. Commons that this declaration was all nonsense, would they do so? He thought not. They would reply cui bond ? and would do no such thing ; and the Popes might say the same of the decrees of former Popes and Councils. The late Pope, who was very friendly to this country, did grant the Sovereign a Veto on the appointment of Irish Bishops ; but the Irish Catholics were so independent of hint that they threw the Veto overboard. He would repeat, when nothing but a respect toe oaths kept the Catholics out of Parliament, it was very absurd to say they did not respect them. This question had now bean agitated 26 years, and if it had been settled when first agitated, would now have been forgotten; but had for these twenty-six years kept Ireland in a continual state of uneasiness and disturb auce. Ile hoped to see their Lordships act wiser. His Lordship cconcludedobl and by presenting vicinity,ntinga praying titio fornfrotn relief. the Catholic Inhabitants o The Earl of ROSSLYN and the Duke of DE VONSHIRE pres en t e d- s i m il ar petitions from some places, the names of which were inaudible below the Bar. CORN LAWS. The Earl of LAUDERDALE , o ,e f ragepriceof W 'B. morel week, in the London Ac count Markets, from January Ist, 1824, to the per r present time.—Ordered. for an Lenharn, Rent; from thell is ELordshipthen Division o presented fK en Kent Petitions fr om th n fr e : s ni tcr, Lincolnshire; and from several Parishes in the County of Elgin, praying that no al teration should be made in the Corn Laws. g th Lord KING had several petitions to present on this subject, and lie was aware that subjects of humanity were not much , attended to—whether the petitions related to black slaves in the West Indies, or to white slaves i n Ir land, or to the consumers of Corn in. England, they were sup posed to he hostile to the powerful interests of the country, and Ministers were seldom adverse to those who possessed this power. His Lordship then presented a petition from Glasgow against the Corn Laws, signed by 13,000 persons ; a petition from the Bo roligh of Preston to the same effect, and similar petitions from some Parish iu the County of Elgin ; and front the Journeymen Carpenters and Joiners of Birmingham ; and Cupar Angus, For farshire. . GRANT TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CLARENCE. The' Earl of LIVERPOOL moved the Order of the Day for taking his Majesty's Message into consideration. OU the Message having been read, his . Lordship said it would not be requisite fur him to take up their Lordships' time, or trouble them with any observations on the subject. He certainly thought, as the death of his. Royal Highness the Duke of York had made a considerable alteration in the situation of the illustrious Prince who was the subject of the Message, that nd objections could be made to the Address he meant to propose. Their Lordships must be aware that the commencement of the proceedings must be made else where; but as their Lordships would like to know what was in tended, he should inform them. In consequence of the death of the Doke of York, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cla rence would receive 3,000/. per year additional, which fell to him from a sum secured on the consolidated fund, a like addition also falling to each of the other surviving Princes of the Royal Family. It was proposed to give his Royal Highness 3,000/. more, and to add 6,000/. to the income of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence, making, on the whole, an addition to the income of their Royal Highnesses of 12,000/. per annum. Any Noble Lords who had had access to her Royal Highness, or who were acquainted with her, or had witnessed her conduct, must know that she conducted herein' in the most irreproachable and exemplary manner. The Noble Earl concluded by moving an Address to his Majesty, assuring him of their Lordships' concur rence in his wish to make' such a provision for their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, as circumstances required. 'The Earl of LAUDERDALE did not rise to op pose the Address, but he wished to ask the Noble Earl how it happened that 3,0001. a year, on the death of the Duke of York, fell to each of the younger surviving sons of the Royal Family? The Earl of LIVERPOOL explained, that it was from a fund secured on the 'CAnnsolidated Fund, with benefit of survivorship to all the remaining Royal Dukes. It could not ex ceed a certain amount to each; He was himself not aware of this circumstance till the question ielritive to his Royal Highness came under his consideration; it habeen then mentioned, and referred to high authority, and there veaWno doubt tat his Royal High ness had a claim to. 3,0001. The Earl of LAUDERDALE inquired if the Noble Earl could inform him by what Act of Parliament this ar rangement was made? The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied in the negative. The motion for the Address was then put, and carried unani rnotisly.—Adjourned till Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS,' i!EB. 16. Nir. MASSEY DAWSON presented a petition from the Millers . of Clonmel and its vicinity, againit the importa tion of roreign Flour. spectability of many of those who signed it, 'was, in his estima tion, one of the most important with reference to the Irish Catholics, that had as yet been presented. The , petitioners com plained of the powers given_by the Act to the Parish Vestries to tax the several parishes for the building and reps*: of Churches to any amount, at their discretion ; whereas; that burden ought properly to fall on the Church property--especiapy as the Church of Ireland was the richest, and the people of Ireland the poorest in the world. It was deserving of the most seritins consideration, that the vast majority of the population of these parishes were Ro man Catholics, who must feel it . particularlyAgalling to be. thus taxed for the building and repairing of the Churches of an estab lishment of which they were not Members. . • Mr. GOULBURN said that he did not feel him self called upon to enter into the subject -Merely on occasion of presenting a petition. • lie must -content .himself 'with denying that the petitioners were aggrieved by the act in question. If any one thought he might make a motion, founded on the allegations of the petition, for the repeal of that Bill, then he would - he ready to show that the Act, instead of adding to, had greatly diminished many of the previously existing • grievance*. Mr. GRATTAN stated that, under the Act, the Vestry, consisting, perhaps, of only four• or fire Protestants, had the power to assess the whole parish, for the building and repairing of the Church, these four or five persons being, pro ' hably, In their character of artificers, lim a / 2 11y interested in making the assessment - as high as possible. The Bill was cer tainly one of the most important of its kind that ever was brought before• the House. The subject of these Vestries had been agi tated in the House for three or four years, by the Hon. Baronet below (Sir J. Newport). What ! had the )light Hon. Gentle man opened the Vestries? No such thing. lie only made the matter, .in some respects, worse than before. Sir J. NEWPORT admitted that this was not the most proper occasion for entering on the .subject. But, as he had been alluded to, he would trouble the House with a few words. He had moved for Returns from these Vestriei; which proved that the powers vested in them had been most grossly abused, and he readily admitted that the Act in question, subse quently. Passed; had removed several causes of complaint, although it was far from being an efficient and a complete remedy. It still gave too great a power to the Vestries, and the taxes which they were enabled to levy on the Dissenters from the Church were grossly unjust. The revenues of these Churches, when they came into the hands of the present Establishment, were chargeable with the repair of the churches; and, since the hierarchy chose to suffer them to fall into decay, it was incumbent on them to re build and to repair, without throwing that burthen on the public, especially on the Catholic population. The Act, however, had done something towards remedying abuses, and it was capable of alteration, so as to do more good. But it was certain that, as matters stood at present, two, or three, or four Protestants, might exercise the powers of the Act to an enormous extent, in favour of their own particular interests. It Wall a gross injustice to throw on the Catholics the burthen of rebuilding and repairing the churches of the Protestant Establishment. After a few words froai Mr. HUME, the petition was brought up, laid on the Table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HUME then presented a petition from the Seamen of the Port of Sonth Shields, in the county of Durham, against the present system of the Corn Laws. LEOMINSTER ELECTION. Admiral SOTFIERON reported -from :the Com mittee, that Thomas Bich, Esq. was not duly returned a Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Leominster ; that Row land Stephenson, Esq. was duly elected; and that the petition was neither frivolous nor vexatious. The Clerk of the . Cfown was ordered to attend on Monday to amend the return. Mr. CURTEIS presented a .petition , from . the Landowners and Occupiers of two parishes . in Sussex, praying that nO alteration might be made in the principle of the Corn Laws. The Hon. Gentleman expremd his entire concurrence in the object' of the petitioners. . . Sir C. COOTE laid upon the table petitions from the Roman Catholics of certain parishes in Queen's. County, in favour of Emancipation. • • • Sir J. POLLEN presented a petition from the neighbourhood of Andover, against any change in the Corn Laws. Mr. EASTHOPE presented a petition from the Dissenters of St. Albans, against the continuance of slavery. CORN LAWS. Admiral HARVEY presented a petition from Chelmsford and its neighbourhood against any alteration in the Corn Laws. _ _ Mr. .WESTERN completely concurred in the prayer of the petition ; whenever the Corn Question was brought forward he should resist any change which had for object the sub stitution of duties. lie hoped the subject would he fully and and fairly debated. Among all land • owners and land - holders in the county he represented, there wail the most perfect unanimity in favour of the present law, and against any new project by the Board of Trade. Sir T. LETHBRIDGE agreed in what had fallen from the Hon. Member for Essex. He was opposed to the aban donment of the principle of the existing Corn Laws, and hoped that the novel principles of free trade would not be,applied to the ;report and export of grain. • The petition was then laid upon the table, after Admiral Har vey had stated that all the land owners wished ,was the establish. ,vent of a reasonable maximum. The same Honourable Member then laid upon the table se veral other petitions, with the same prayer, : from the hundred of Rochdale, &e. Mr. b UNCOMBE presented petitions from the vicinity of York, Stockbrrrough; Kirk-Satdal, Million, and ten other places, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. Mr. DUNCONIBE, in the absence of the Hon. and Gallant Member for Scarborough, presented a petition from certain ship-owners and ship-builders of that port, complaining of distress, and the state of the Navigation Laws. Mr. V. STEWART gave : notice, that on the fst,lL inst. he would move for the production of certain documents relating to the appointment of a stipendary Magistrate for a dis trict of the county of Waterford. DUKE OF YORK. Mr. FREENIANTLE brought up his Majesty's Answer to the Address of Condolence presented to him by the House, on account of the death of the Duke of York. His jeAty expressed himself satisfied with the tribute paid to the me mory of the late lamented Duke, and with the sympathy expressed by the House in regard to himself. CORN LAWS. Colonel TORRENS presented a petition from the Seamen of Southshields, praying for a total abolition of the Corn Laws. Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE adverted to the principles of political economy which were now afloat on the subject of free trade, but he would be always prepared to show that a free trade in Corn would be pernicious.—Petition laid on tlie Table. Colonel TORRENS then presented a petition from the Ipswich Society for promoting Civil and Religious Li berty, praying for the removal of all obstructions to a free trade in Corn, and also for the removal of all obstructions to the freedom of Religious Worship.—(A laugh.)—They complained that seven millions of the people of these Realms were subjected to unjust and unnecessary oaths.—Laid on the Table. Sir JOHN \VROTTESLEY presented a petition from certain owners and occupiers of land in the County of Staf ford, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. The petitioners denied that the Corn Laws had any thing to do with the present state of distress.—Laid on the Table. Mr. D ANIE L presented , a petition from five or six hundred inhabitants of Coggeshall and its vicinity in the county of Essex, praying for an alteration in the Corn Laws. This proved that the great proportion, even of the people of Essex, were inimical to the Corn Laws. _ . . Mr. G. HARVEY insisted, that the agriculturists. of Essex were unanimously in favour of these Laws. Sir • JOHN .MAXWELL preSented a petition from.the heads of seventeen families of the labouring classes, pray ing for the means of enabling them to emigrate to America. He now put the question to the Gentlemen on the Treasury Bench, whether it was the intention of Government to give, any assistance to tluise wishing to emigrate to America? Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that a confidential per eon hash been sent out by Government, to investigate the actual state of Canada, and its capabilitiea fur receiving a great multitude of emigrants. lie certainly was not indifferent to the distresses of the labouring classes, but he could give no answer as to the inten tions of Government on this subject, until the Report of the Com mittee appointed last night should he laid on the table. be ee given would of a i g m a Sir J. WROTTEiIm some Ye intimationrelied ,: thla t o h u at question,fGoe ui nment, on or b e f ore t h e month of May, for the n ot p e i n it ti the oo s o then thele people might he turned out of th e i r habitatious.—Pe presented a- p et i t i on from certa i n ' tition A ia Tr. i( B l n E n i t t h w e t A abl. 1.4 e Afechanies of Rochester , praying for the abolition of the Corn Laws, the reduction of Taxation, and for Retrenchment. —( Hear, hear!) Laid - on - the table. • Sir THOMAS LETHBRIDGE postponed his notice of motion for a Bill relative to Turnpike., till Friday next. Mr. CHlCHESTERpresented a petition from the Roman Catholics of the borough of New Ross, praying for •Eman cipation; and another petidon•fr i om certain Catholics of Water- Turd, in favour of the Catholics caims.—L a i t i on th e Table. fr K o e m nt, c a e sra rta in i , n t Owners r and ACL OccupiersA of presented Land i n the a C p o e u t n i t t l y . o o n f stated Mr. HUME that he held his hand a any alteration in the Cor n Laws. _ petition f r o m certain di s tin a gu u is r h c e h d a C ud ath v yoelsitcrsofAcltreolafntdh,ep7 th o praying for the repeal of the Irish sd George Iv. The petition , conenng tha high rank and re-. EMIGR ATI ON. Mr. HOME DRUIVIMOND presented a petition from the Emigration Society of a place in the vicinity of Stirling, praying for relief. The Hon. Gentleman observed, that the mem bets of this society consisted chiefly of persons employed in the cotton trade ; but, as they were also used to agricultural occupa:. tions, and generally of good character, they were, perhaps, as well . fitted as any that could be found for an experiment in the way of ' erdigration. Mr. MARSHALL presented petitions from the Inhabitants of Rastrick and Overden, in the West _Riding of Yorkshire, praying for assistance to emigrate. The petition* were referred to the Committee as Emigration. Mr: ABERCROMBIE presented a petition-from Bandon, in the county of Cork, praying for Catholic Emanci pation. Mr. CROKER brought up the Returns of the Number of Officers of the Royal Marines Dismissed from the Ser vice without a Court Martial. ADDITIONAL GRANT TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CLARENCE. On the Motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the House then resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, fin the purpose of taking into consideration the King's Message respecting a further provision for their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Clarence. Mr. WILMOT HORTON having taken the Chair of the Committee, read the Message pro forma. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Addressed the Committee to the following effect ;---Whenever Par liament has been called upon to consider what provision should be made for the due maintenance of the stations of the Members of the .Royal Family, the consideration was mainly rested on the de gree of proximity which those Members have individually with regard to the Throne. This has always been one of the elements of that consideration. In the case of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York, that principle was acted upon, even when he was not so near in the order of succession to the throne as he was at the period of his decease. Before his present Majesty came to the Crown, and during the life of the late Princess Charlotte, an allowance was made by Parliament to the Duke and Duchess of York jointly, which was, in consideration of his Royal Highness's proximity to the throne, larger in amount than the allowance made to the other branches of the Royal Family. I may as well in this place state, for the information of the House, what Parliament thought proper to assign to the Duke and Duchess of York under those circumstan ces. The Duke of York then had a charge on the Consolidated Fund, producing an annual income of 26,0001. In addition to which, his Royal Highness received from the Irish Pension List a further sum of 7,0001. yearly--making, together, an annual income of 33,000/. The Duchess had a separate allowance of 4,0001. a year, which terminated at her decease. In the whole they received jointly 37,000/. a-year. On various occasions, the subject was brought under the consideration of Parliament, and it was always held, that taking into view the relation his Royal Highness bore to the King on the throne, his allowance was not more than was fitting to his station. I will now state the situ ation in which the Duke of Clarence is placed. His Royal highness has a yearly income of 26,5001. charged upon the Con solidated Fund. There is no allowance of a separate nature to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence. The whole income they have conjointly is that sum of 26,500/. a year. Thisis some what more titan was assigned to the other branches of the Royal Family, when their incomes were last settled by Parliament.-- The excess is '2,500/., and it was deemed reasonable that ?las younger brothers. The income he now enjoys is assigned is passed nt by various acts of Parliament. The first of these to A ta ct k s e Royal Highness should have that amount heyan h t i o s ryas after at an early period of the late King's reign benefit survivorship, amongst them in equal proportions, in • s hould the proportion exceed 15,0001. provided that, no case, 8 . a h o i this branches t, of n the an n ui ty. Royal Family,O ,O 001 0 t % o - as b s e e c , u i r s ed de t d o to each individual. When his late Majesty s decease took place, his death. the there were six sons living. The share of each, therefore, was ger ßy br t 10,000/. On the death of the Duke.of Kent, the right of sur vivorship accrued to the other branches, and increased the amount of their shares to 1 2,000 / . . Under the provisions of that arrange ment, which was made in 1778, the Duke of Clarence receives 12,0001. a year. Ia 1806 an Art was passed, granting an addi tional income of 6,0001. a year to the younger branches of the Royal Family, of which his Royal highness was then one. That Act raised his annual income to 18,000/. By another Act, of which I do not recollect the date, a special sum of 2,500/. a year was given to the Duke of Clarence. Thin Act expired on his late Majesty's death, but has been renewed during the present reign. By that addition, his Royal Highness's income was brought up to to the amount of 20,500/. When he married, a proposition was submitted to Parliament list- an increased allowance. The sum pro posed was 10,000/. But that was deemed larger than it was fit ting to grant to his Royal Highness, and it was reduced by Par liament to 6,000/. His Royal Highness considered that under the circumstances of the case, he ought to decline the smaller grant, and that Act, therefore, was not carried into effect. In 1322, however, a proposition was made for giving his Royal Highness ~... ...,-- ...„ 6,0 6 1. 4 yett ,r t y, k ,.... DwiOsie ittaseaoe as was given at that tiaill to thepOtelf*cilliatkaN,ld lilla' el Ak . 0 ridge. Th e H ... ••- , , _ Olin COD senteCtO it*Ttbi : 1 0jd . 1 11 . 1 0inilicY. and this addi tion ni3 %,, 'vie ' . ''. '; / t i t 4filnefivhiii Phave Viefidlit a j. ed, natit'elf,6 ~.. -: . Ontd . :j.nferm • the House- of a airman to stance tiiit-p f cz ness's inconiei!. , tlntil:thettiVil List was settled,. Which could not take place for several months after' the demise of the , late Ki ng , the allowances granted by the Act of 1779 to the yottu,ger Manche, of the Royal Familyintroducing could not be paid , without a considerable degree of. - technical confusion, as they were charged upon the Hereditary Revenue. An Act was passed finally to regulate the clue payment of the allowances belonging to these Illustrious Personages, and that Act provided for' the continuance of that portion of the Duke of Clarence's income Which had lapsed by the death of the King. It contained a clause, securing to his Royal Highness whatever benefit of survivorebip had bees granted to him by the antecedent Act. ' The effect of thietneaeure now is, that by the death of his Royal brother the Duke of York, he comes into possession of an additional income of three thousand pounds a year. By law, therefore, the Duke of Clarence is en titled to an annuity of twenty-nine thousand five hundred 'pbunda. He now has the maximum of what he can receive under the operation of the law pawed in the late reign: . I have thug ex plained to the House the amount and mode of the ineornii whisk his Royal Highness enjoys ; but, as I said before; there h; no sepa rate allowance to the Duchess. The - question before the House is, what it will be proper to grant their Royal Highoessesilit order to place them, as nearly as Circumstances will permit,. in'the same situation as the Duke and Duchess of YOrk, which 1 'intend t o move, with a certain differenee, which I Will State. - The Duke of York had 33,000!. a year, •the'Dnebess'4,oooi. ;, inure whbla e.hey had„jointly,. 37,000/. 'My - proposition this evening,' Is to add 3,0001. to the 29,500/. now legally enjoyed' :1;1.' 13 4 Duke„ making altogether for him. a yearly income _of, 82,3002 • Wad I propose further, a grant to her Royal Highness the Duels.. of Clarence an annuity of 6,0001. during life. ' [A'rernark *a• hero made by some Member on the Opposition, Benches l, 1 admit that `.t is rather more, as the Hon. Member truly states ; but in looking at the situation of the Duke of Clarence; we should bear in mina that his professional income has always been lens than that of the other branches of the Royal Family. • The Naval servi ce, in which his Royal Highaeas bad embiwkedist oerl, life; :wite littelttetiwiet much fewer advantages than the Military, to which his Rollo; Brothers had attached themselves; and in Consideration of that circumstance he has always had an additional income of. 145004 .lly proposition, then, is a grant of 3,009/. a year to the Duke of Clarence, and an annuity during life of 6,000/, to her Royal High ;less the Duchess, I atn sure it is not necessary* I should . say that I perfectly concur in the view taken by - this House, that - it is snore consistent.with the dignity of the individual; and the sense of propriety that has always governed thii Houst;' tari , *innards( these allowances as grants niade tO the particular Merit:col-the individual ; but as being exclusively :due ., to . bieAtiih public Indio!' ; in this instance, for example, tit: hit Royal ' Highnoofe nearness to the Throne, and as the natural. result:of Alas same f:;elings .of respect and affection towards the:' Monarchy, that induced a just and liberal treatment of the different Members of the Royal Family. It would he highly indecOroUs, if I were to rest this proposition on a question of a personal 'nettire. But I think I may venture to say, without departing from any principle if delicacy .. _or proptiety,or_yielating my sense - of - dity . to . the B- Instrious House to which she now belongs, that - with respect to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Clarence, though not British born, •,!,e was es eminent for the graces of her mind, as for the virtues that reflected lustre upon her private life. Sbe adds one to the cirig list of distinguished ladies who have contributed to adorn the auntry by the amenity and amiability, of deportment, and the propriety of conduct she has displayed.—(Cheers: )—I hope I have not gone beyond the correct point in having presunied to say se much.—(Hear, hear.)-1 Will only say further, that of this propo sition the Duke of Clarence never heard till a copy of the King's . . \ Image was transmitted to him, after it was s igned by his bla ipsty. If the Hons.?: should accede to the grant, his-Royal High ness will receive it with due gratitude. What struck his mind with peculiar pleasure, and excited his approbation, was that part of the provision which goes to place the Duchess, whoee moral excellence he Can best appreciate, in an lionourablennffindepend ent state.—(Cheers.)--The Right Honourable. Gentleman =- eluded by moving a Reeolution giving to his Majestythe power of snaking the proposed. grants to the Duke and. Duchess of. Clarence front the Consolidated Fund, viz. an additional sum, of 3,0001. ve:•rly to the Duke, and an annuity. of 6,000/. toll)* Duchess, luring her life. ... .: , Lord ALTHORP regretted,: that ! in the present ;tate of the eountry,.such a Message as this had been sent down to the House. If it had appeitred that his Royal Highneeewonld, in conseqUence of the 'change of his situation, be put to additional expences, it would have been just arid properto have added to the Royal Duke's income. He .(Lord Althorp) agreed entirely with the Right Hon. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), that on this question the personal characters of the Illustrious individuals concerned ought not to be taken into Consideration.— if that course was admissable, be was prepared to say, that, look ing at the whole conduct of his Royal Highness, his.retired and domestic life, and rigid economy (Hear !), he was asenticheenti tled as any Prince that ever had an additional grant WaStOforther eeneideration. But, for the sake of hie Royal Highness, and the Royal Family altogether, he (Lord A.) thought it was most desir able, in the present state of the country, distressed as it was in every part, with a revenue deficient to the extent of four millions ( Hear !), not to accede to the, Right Honourable Gentleman's preposition.—(Hear, hear!)-=The House ought to have very eood reasons before they voted away so large a sum of the public ;noney in addition to the other burthena of the country. Th e itight lion. Gentleman had argued, that it had been the con stant practice to give a higher income to the Heir Presumptive on his attaining that distinction ; and he had quoted the cue of the increased income of the Duke of York when he was not so. It was singularly unfortunate thr the Right Hon. Gentleman, that uo addition was made to the Duke of York's income when ha ac tually became Heir Presumptive. The precedent, therefore, W" not complete; but even if it was, he (Lord Althorp)' was con vinced it would be more to the honour of the Royal Family. and Cie Lenefit of the country, and much better in every faint of view. if, at this moment of general distress, the proposition had never been made. lie regretted, also, for his own sake. that the Royal Message had ever been sent to the House, because, feeling it to be his duty, he had been compelled to gire u tterance to these sen timents. hadaihr•e.adiyitivoid l e iE 6 began 0 ay l e ) a y r o, o renee, after his income had been raised to 18,000/. Th e lest g-rant, too, w during to continue g„ 0- additionally bserving to the Duke of Cie that Parliament • in the life of the Duchess, who would then be in the same condition as the Duchess of Kent. Th e House could not accede to the present proposition without violating every rule of justice. Could they think they were doing their duty to the country, in its suffering and distressed condition, if thee voted 9,0001. a-year in addition to the income already poeseseect by the Duke? Adding together all be derived from the public purse, in different shapes, his income could not amount to lees than 40,000/. Would it contribute to the honour of the Crown, or tend to make the people more attached to the Monarchy, if such an enormous expense was to be required for its support ? It appeared by the official papers that the charges of the Civil List, fer the maintenance of the state and pomp of:Royelty, enteunted annually to 1, 7,0001. He (Mr. Hume) knew; that all tlsis sum was, not consumed by the Royal Family; but it was un to Royalty. doubtedly expended upon. the nece s sary appendages'' rdsof 200 0001 The Civil I.ist of S c otland,' which .was up wards . a year, was also at . the disposa l, and - spent paid service of Royalty. Let the House again wouldthe pensions. pze , fion ac count of the Royal -Family. They Pa in mace statements, that, including all the payments made to. Prince Leo ],o 1 the Duke of Clarence , • the Duke of •Cumbeeland , the Duke , eif Sussex, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, Princess Sophia ; the Duke of Gloucester, 60 4 Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the total yearly charge for the different branebee of the Royal Family was 234,506/. ; and if to this sum was added the 9,000/. called for by the present pro- Position, it would be raised to not less than 24500/ . natl. V:Ve of the whole r ipeness of the Civil List. Was it pod.. aible for the House, in contempt of all the petitions calling fur e.'onomy and retrenchment, to proceed in this wasteful and ruin ous career? Sure he was, that no other alsembly in the world would turn so deaf an ear to the prayers of a miserable people as ti-at House did. The Hen. Chairman (Mr. W. lIorton) had, ou the previous evening, alluded to the contents of a pe tition from H Elickburn. He:(Mr. ume).had presented it, ma remembered it eve n. It represented i tself to he th e petition" of the " Starving Weavers of Bitiollinrii." It stated that th ousands of their fellow workmen, with their wives and hat - died, and were perishing of hunger. They prayed for a sufficiency of food, if it were of the vilest kind. Yet , • d of these instead of answering the call wretched people, and other bodies 11 equa..y distressed at Manchester, and indeed through a th e Coun try, the great extent o House were .asked to sanction a pro • f • ing t he al " positton. fo r: maces lowances . to the Royal Family, without a shadow of reason in its justification. What, besides, was the state of the revenue? There would this year he a deficiency of fide millions, evezt with the Loan from the Bank, - though he supposed the Sinking Fund would still be upheld. No man knew better. than he did the kind and charitable disposition of the D u ke of Clarence. He believed th a t hi s R oya l Merest really felt -for the distresses, which by his acts be shewed.himself anxious to 'palliate. He be- ' • ... ' 1 ' l4 7 , .. 4 `. , ;11 i - 1 . '4 , ; - -Zr z,t-i ~1 ' ' ' / l ' e C Qty - V4 . .'Zi. 4, -- - ,- " -t.41 ' fiv ._ '''s9 , s''',A;'!`;'''''' 0t0w,,,, c•I -.7, - -54.7 - Ai__ ; '-, - „TAA , , , - , ,-) 900, I r :,,,, --"' k i... ....#1111 . _, f c • •:' 'I • , 04, Il i l tiw -.;„ 1-, • .3 i -,.. . ,-YA/ ted at soon stage most Am the The ame 1 by .the af lie TIO We