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2.5,000/., was again proposed thig year. It was stated in a report Which had been issued by that society, that finding they could not maintain their establishment on its formerfooting with the reduced estimate, they re presented'their cue to the Irish Government, whe, after some investigation, gave them 5,000/. out of the treasury. He thought that the Government in this proceeding had exce eded its powers, for he doubted much whether that transaction came within the purview of Parliament. The Hon. Baronet, after complaining that the Commissioner• for inquiring into the state of education were too tardy in reporting the result of their labours, moved " That a select committee be appointed to consider the estimates presented to the House for the miscellaneous service of Ireland, so far as relates to the sums proposed to be expended for the pur poses of charity and edneation." Mr. CURTEIS seconded the motion. He considered it hard that the people of this country should be taxed to sup port establishments in Ireland, unless they were clearly shown to be useful. He saw that in the Cork establish ment for education there were professors of botany and mi neralogy. He did not think it was necessary to instruct poor people on those subjects. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER admitted that it was of importance to bring all these votes within the narrowest possible compass. He and his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Goulburn) had acted upon that principle, and the result was a reduction in the estimates for this year as compared with those for the last year of upwards of 50,000/. This at least looked as if there had existed a hone fide intention on the part of Government of enforcing economy.—(Hear.)—The House would perhaps bear with him whilst he very shortly adverted to some of the points which had been touched upon by the Right Hon. Baronet. With respect to the Charter Schools, he could take upon himself to say it bad been resolved to let them expire of themselves. No new scholars would in future be admitted and those already in the schools would be apprenticed to different trades as soon as possible. By these means the number of those schools would soon be gradually reduced, and only so many would be allowed to continue in exist ence as could be maintained by their own exclusive funds, which amounted to about 7,0001. per annum. The various other societies which had been alluded to were already metier a course of examination by commissioners appointed for that purpose, and he thought it would be inexpedient and unnecessary to subject them to a second inquiry, until the report of those commissioners was before the House.— As to the Linen Board,he could assure the House thatit was the last time of its appearing on the stage.—(Hear.)—The abolition of that establishment was resolved on. Ministers had the strongest disposition to curtail unnecessary ex pences with respect to these estimates, and nobody could long more than he did for the adoption of some general plan regarding them, bdt at the same time he was of opi ninion that the Right Hon. "Baronet had made out no case for the appointment of a committee..(Hear.) Mr. S. RICE was rot disposed to give Ministers credit for the economy which was professed on the present occa ion. He rosp,e,eci that the estimates were fraudulent. The srtcm was one of gross abuse. The charter schools of Ireland had already cost 1,600,000/., of which 100,000/. had come out of the pockets of the people of England. The expense tocrof. the commissions of inquiry was enor mous. lip to the present moment, it amounted to between 700,000/. and 800,000/. He wished to know if there would be any objection to refering the Report of the Com missioners to a Committee of the House, under a pledge that the Members forming that Committee would confine themselves strictly to the objects contained in the Report. The House were not prepared, probably, to hear of two very orthodox commissioners having advised, in a separate report, that there should be no further grants of money made to the Belfast Institution far the present, because there were some mathematical professors employed in teach ing there who were professed Arians. Nay, more—these grave theological commissioners had undertaken to settle a disputed point in divinity by an entirely new decision. They objected to. the Arian professors, because Arianism was hostile to and wholly subversive of the principles of Christianity, as they denied the divinity of Christ. From whence did they acquire this hitherto unknown definition of Arianism ? Surely they ought to have known that some of the greatest lights of philosophy, some of the greatest ornaments of the Christian world, professed to he Arians. These were indeed questions unfit for the deliberation of the House. He did not introduce them. That merit was due to the two zealous and Hon. Members who had taken the pains to report separately upon this subject, and who seemed to be not altogether unwilling to conduct the House back to the spirit of those times when the lower empire was distracted about the right construc tion of a diphthong. - Mr. GOULBURN juntifig the proposed grants, and said that they were less, with one exception, than in any year since 1807 by more than 200,0001. Mr•. LESLIE FOSTER complained of . the premature disc ion of the report before the evidence had been pro :shoed, -Aeoto theseparate rep l an to wisigh name, fie fek it us be nis:Auty then; as it Was now his pride. The object of the commission was one of financial revision. The Hon. Member seemed to lose sight of economy altoge ther, and to treat it only as a question of education. The House would observe, that the Belfast institution was a new candidate for the bounty of the Crown. The design of the institution was to benefit the Presbyterian Church of Ire land. He of all men was one the most anxious to effect that object. Now, he knew that the Presbyterians of Scotland were among the most earnest believers in the Di vinity of Christ. And when he found that there were fessors of Arianism among the teachers of the Belfast in stitution, he could not but feel that there was something in this arrangement hostile to the fundamental principles of Christianity. It was not a question of toleration to the psrticnlar creed of any man ; but the question was, should any man whose religious sentiments led him to deny the divinity of Christ have the opportunity furnished to him of propagating such sentiments at the expense of the public money ? The members of the church of Scotland, more than any others, shrunk from a doctrine Which denied the divinity of Christ ; but among - the Presbyterian'sects of Ireland, there were many per•senstvho held opinions which were different:to those of the orthodox church to which they belonged. Out of five professors in the Belfast insti tution, three held these objectionable opinions. The pro position which the Commissioners had made was of a mild and pacific nature; they only asked that persons holding such sitnations should give security that they held the opinions of the majority of the Church to which they belonged. Mr. JAMES GRATTAN maintained the propriety of submitting the question to a Committee up stairs. With gespect to what had been said about religion, lie should be haopy to see any thing like Presbyterianism, which had prospered so well in Scotland, spread itself throughout Ireland. Mr. FIUME rose, but the loud cries of "Question," and s' withdraw," rendered his observations at first inaudible. He had been wrongly blamed for wishing to cut down all the grants which were devoted to Ireland. He should be glad to vote for any thing which was shown to be advan tageous to Ireland. When he looked at the estimates for the Protestant schools in Ireland, he moved for a return of the ages of the children (a laugh), and found from thl% return that six thousand of them were of an age past that at which they ought to have been put out to some business.---(Hear.)--The vote was, therefore, for l; rows persons, and not for children. The estimate for 'he Foundling Hospital was 24,000/., and although the Right Non. Gentleman had admitted that that institution was aga i ns t principle, yet 1,800 children had been received into that Hospital since the Right lion. Gentleman had made that admission. The sums for Proclamations and Printing Acts of Parliament, were, for the first, 5„800/., and for the second, 3,000/. or 4,0001., much of which might be saved by propee attention and care. The only proper plan was to refer these estimates to a committee. He trusted that the Hon. Baronet would not rsake any excep tion in his motion, but include the whole of the estimates in it, and take the sense of the House upon the question. He was convinced that his Majesty's Ministers would not have courage to refuse the motion. the number of references from the Lord Chancellor to the Vice-Chancellor, and the number of appeals, because a very important alteration was proposed to be made in the new Bill, namely, to give to the Vice-Chancellor an original jurisdiction, which he did not possess under the Act which created that office. It was important also to know what part of the jurisdiction of the Lord Chancel lor, not in Chancery but in other departments, could be transferred to other officers. The number of appeals in the House of Lords was another important subject, which it was necessary to consider before the Bill came before the House. He (Mr. Fergusson) had a high opinion of the Lord Chancellor ; but he thought the information I should not be refused. Mr. A. DAWSON observed, that the motion related to different Courts, yet the Right Hon. Secretary consi dered it as an attack on the Lord Chancellor.—(Hear.)--- If there was any objection to deal with the Chancery Court because the Judge would lose his emoluments, let the country give him his 20,0001., or twice that sum, and wipe away the tears of orphans.—(Hear.) Mr. HOBHOUSE thought that the House and the country was not fairly dealt with on this occasion. The Master of the Rolls, who was responsible for the bill before the House, was not in his place. He (Mr. Hobhouse) un derstood that he had obtained leave of absefice to go into the country. He did not know what was the cause of his absence ; he should be glad, however, to learn from the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, why he bad neglected a measure which it was his duty to defend. Instead of that course, his Majesty's Ministers got up and argued that the motion was invidious, and an attack upon the Lord Chan cellor. This he denied ; but if it were, why should he and his Hon. Friends shrink from it? The Right lion. Gen tleman said it was humiliating to the Lord Chancellor.-- He (Mr. Hobhouse) maintained that it was humiliating to him and his Hon. Friends, if they could not say a word respecting a notorious abuse, without an imputation of pri vote motives. He (Mr. Hobhouse) knew nothing of the Lord Chancellor, but as a public character; and he saw in him a man desirous of putting down the improving spirit of the age ; and at this moment, with all the skill and expe rience, and attractions he was reported to be master of, he was raising the only obstacles to the happiness of the coun try in the union of all the talents in the House.—(A laugh.)--If the Right Hon. Gentleman, who now defended the Court of Chancery, (he must think, against his better judgment,) would apply the talents he had displayed in the reform of the Criminal Code to the Chancery, the nation would stand by him, and he would not need the influence of the Lord Chancellor. Let him ask the different interests in that House if they were satisfied with the Court of Chan cery. Would commercial men say they were satisfied ? And what had not the landed gentry suffered in the shape of mulcts, through the dilitoriness of that Court ?—(Hear, hear.)—ll e repeated, that the House was not treated fairly if the information was refused. reiherwise ty, and to the public satisfactorily, exercised. .This subject had already been sufficiently handled by the re port of the Parliamentary Committee, who had stated on the appendix to their report, the business done by, the Lord ,Chancellor, de die in diem. A motion similar to that now before the House had been made some years , ago, by the Hon. Member for Westminster (Sir F. Burdett), who afterwards, nn the matter being explained to him, gave it up; because he was convinced that no returns of the number of causes in the Court of Chancery could inform him of the quantum of business done there by the Judge. It was, then, because the information when obtained could not be satisfactory, because the Commissioners bad not thought it necessary to give it in their report, and because nobody but the Hon. Gentleman had thought it necessary to enable the House to form an ultimate opinion on the Bill brought in by the Master of the Rolls, that he opposed it. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, at this late hour of the even mg it was not his intention to go at any length into the subject of the Court of Equity, or any of the momentous matters which that subject involved. Until he saw the notice of this motion which was inserted in the order-book of the House, he had received no intimation of it; therefore as to any attack which was to be made by means of it upon the Lord Chancellor, he was perfectlyguiltless. He begged, however, the 'attention of his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General, while he said that if he (Mr. Tay !Or) was the friend of the Lord Chancellor (as he was sure he was not his enemy), the last thing he could have done Would have been to rise in his place and resist the men ti on hich had just been made. He thought that if upon any cccasion a judge was attacked, it was the duty of his friends tb bring before the House all the facts 'relating to his con duct, so that a decision might be formed, whether the at tack had. been made fairly or. unfairly. The motion be , - Lre the House, with out b e i ng at a ll an attack upon the ord Chancellor was calculated to give the House the know lidge necessary to be possessed 'by them before they came to a decision on some questions of great importance, which were about to be brought before them connected with the dourt of Chancery. The returns would particularly fur nish the House with the means of judging whether the Lord Chancellor had or had not more business to do than it was possible for him to perform—(Hear, bear), and whether the suitortof the Court of Chancery had that , prompt and satisfactory administration of justice to which they wereen tilled. The House would then be enabled to say,—the subject being fairly placed before them,—whether the Lord dhancellor's duties were such as ought to be imposed upon him. There could be no blame imputed to the Chancel lor, if it were Shown that the delays in his Court arose from his having—as he (Mr. Taylor) hoped on some fu ture occasion to show he had—more to do than it Wall in the power of any human being to dispose of.—(Hear.)—ln this House, he and every other Member had a right to know what were the nature of the Chancellor's duties, and the manner in which they were performed.—(Hear, hear.) —.Was there any libel in inquiring into these facts ? He denied that there was any libel. Was the truth to be called a 'ibel here, as it was held to be in a Court of Common Law t—(Cheers.)—ln the House of Commons every Mem ber bad a right to say that which he believed to be the truth ; and to demand such information as might lead him to'ascertain the truth. If it were not so, it would be better toshut and quit the House.—(Cheers.)—He wished to say nothing unkind of Lord Eldon. If any unkindness had been displayed towards him, it had proceeded from himself and his friends, who wished to secure to him the emoluments for duties which he did not perform. He had known Lord Eldon for more than 40 years, during a part of which period he had lived in habits of intimacy with him ; and in no part of which period had any unkindness on either side disturbed the good understanding between them. Looking at this mat ter, however, in a public point of view, he would ask the House if any friend of the Lord Chancellor ought to resist this motion. If he were in the place of the Noble Lord, he would wish for no such defenders as sought to conceal his conduct. Of his Hon. and Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) should sit as his talents entitled him, and as he (Mr, Taylor) had no doubt he would one day sit, in as exalted a situation as the Noble Lord now filled, would he choose to have such, defenders? On the con trary, would he not wish to have all his actions thoroughly investigated ? The motion before the House was not of an unprecedented nature. In 1811 a Committee was ap pointed, of which the Hon. Member for Caine (Mr. Aber crombie), the Honourable Member for Wiachelsea (Mr. Brougham), and others who, like them, held no mean re putation in the House, were Members. The object of that comimittee WO very similar to that of the motion, which bad ABSTRACT of BRITAIN, in t MCI avid 1827, thereof. To Cash brought to this Account from the Ways and Means to replisce the like amount issued out of the grow ing produce of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland, tor Public Ser viced Mr. F. - LEWIS defended the conduct of the Com missioners, and contended that, to take the ;natter out of their bands in this stage, would be to mar all that had been already done, and to aipoint persons ignorant of the matt r, in the place of those who must have gaind i,onsiderable information respecting it. The ar raarrnents wiiich they had proposed respecting the Feurdling Hospital were of a most economical nature, and, bowcve., they might be ridiculed for differing in opi nion, it ought to be recollected, that in three reports out of four they had been unanimous. He bad differed with two Hon. Gentlemen respecting the Belfast Institution, and he sincerely regretted it. At the same time, however, he would not then enter upon the grounds of his dissent, be cause the House was not yet in possession of those facts which alone could enable them to judge whether his argu ments were correct or incorrect. The appendix would contain these facts, and b. thought it only fair for the House to wait until it appeared. Mr. BROVN.ILOW said, that the proposed grants were for two professors of divinity, and for professors of natural philosophy, moral philosophy, logic, and belles lettres, anatomy, and physiology, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and ma thematics. He certainly did not know of any m ore va l ua bl e , instatition than that at Belfast, or of any institution more ,congenial to the sentiments of the people oflreland. With respect to the charge of Arianism having prevailed among she M i l s., obuld only . say, that f rom the evidence of Mr. Mr. CANNING could not imagine why the Hon. Gen tleman should call upon him to account for the absence of the Master of the Rolls.—(A laugh.)—Perhap s the Right Hon. Gentlema n might happen to be better employed.— (A laugh.)—But if he (Mr. Canning) was asked why that Right Hon. Gentleman was not here to defend the second reading of his Bill, which his Right Hon. Friend had put off at the express request of the other side, he must say, that of all unreasonable objections this did appear to him the most unreasonable.—(Hear, hear.)—The Master of the Rolls had, in fact, objected to putting off the reading; and although there was no settled bargain made, yet tpere was an implied understanding that by so doing, the other , side should not bring the subject forward, or at least a mo tion so like it as not to be distinguished from it by the acute optics of the Hon. Gentleman opposite.—(Hear.)___ Whatever might have brought on the discussion respecting the Lord Chancellor, that discussion had acquired - an angry tone, though he did not accuse the Hon. Member for Col chester of intending it. ' He (Mr. Canning) opposed the motion on other grounds. He thought it unfair, that for the convenience of the Hon. Gentleman, an incidental point shciuld be brought forward which involved the discussion of all parts of the q ues ti on . H e (M r. Cann i ng ) did not know how far the m o ti o n m i g h t h e necessary f or the con sideration of th e subj e ct a t a f uture t i me; but h e thought the motion w e nt further th an t h e not i ce; so that th ough the notice was unobjecti ona bl e, the mot i on went beyond it. At a future time, h e was not pre p a red to say th at the motion might not be acceded to. But in the present tem per of the House, and after what had been said of the Lord Chancellor, it would be cruel to that eminent p erson , if the Hous e gave any kind of sanction to _wh a t had b een brought forward, swelled as it bad beva into a direct 'gain proposed thie year. It Was Cooke and Dr. Haller, it appeared that the pupils were all been read. There would be suffi c i en t opportunities for charge against his judicial, his political, and his personal a had been issued by that society, of them orthodox; that only one Arian had been found discussing at no distant period the whole question respect- character.-(Hear.) not maintain their establishment among them, and that it was probable that one had con- ing.Lord Eldon's duties, but how could the House proceed Mr. HARVEY, in reply, observed that if the conduct th the reduced estimate, they re- tracted his opinions before he came to the Academy. He to do so unless they were furnished with the information of Members were to be open to the imputation of private be Irish Government, who, after would not detain the House any longer than to say, that he soug ht by these motions? H e did not mean to deny that motives in performing public duties, the Attorney-General them 5,000/. out of the treasury. felt it his duty to support the motion of the Hon. Baronet. the office of Lord Chancellor ought to b e a great prise; ought to be the last person to set the example; for when vernment in this proceeding had All motions for enquiry into the expend4nre of public mo- but if, by any circumst ances , t h e d ut i es were such as he threw off his equity robes in order to be the defender of .he doubted much wheth e r th a t ney ought to be supported, and when one came before him, t o f u rnish employm en t a n d emolument for the talents of traitors, there was a general impression throughout the the purview of Parliament. The as the present did, for an inquiry into extravagant expen- more than one distinguished person in the profession of country, that in doing so, he was actuated by resentment Iplaining that the commissi o n e r• diture of public money in Ireland, be had not courage th e law., he did n o t see w hy th ere should not be two to th e Lord Chancellor for overlooking his pretensions. It le of education were too tardy in enough to refuse it. great prizes. -(Hear, hear.)-He recollected a report in was not possible to discuss the Bill itself after the holidays, eir labours, mov e d .. Th a t a select Sir J. NEWPORT, in reply, would only trouble the th e public papers, about thr ee weeks ago, of a judg- unless the information now moved for was given. The to consid er the estimates presen ted House with one or two observations. With respect to tho se :ellaneous servi ce o f I re land, so far went of the Lord Chancellor. All the Counsel stared. Vi ce -Ch ance ll or, unl i ke t h e Ch ance ll or, d ecided nothing Persons who had not been put out to business as they ought All said they h a d no d ou bt it was perfectly right. himself, but referred every thing to the Masters. He posed to be expended for the pur- to h ave b een , th e reason w as , th a t no one wou ld ta k e them But no longer ago than a few days the Chancellor him- quickly scanned the object of a suit, and got rid of it by a ation." as a pp ren ti ces . A n d w hy no t ? Beca use they bad been self said it seas wrong.-(Heae.)-The Counsel said reference to the Master. But the causes which were thus led the motion. He considered it so ill educated, because the public money h a d been be- no doubt it was very wrong.---(A laugh.)-That Court disposed of would soon come rolling back to the Vice s country should be taxed to sup- stowed so badly upon them. If they had not been taken mus t b e reformed; his Right Hon. and Learned Friend Chancellor's Court, and occasion more trouble and expense e l an d, unless they were clearly as apprentices up to the age of twenty, it was very pro- watt as able as a n y one t o re f orm it. He (Mr. Taylor) to the suito rs than if they were decided in the first instance. saw that in the Cork establi s h . _ bahle that they would never be taken at all, but remain wa s astonished that so man y men of talent had been em- fie would not trouble the House any longer at that late were professors of botany and mi- all their lives where they now were. The Hon. Baronet ployed for two y ears u p on a re p or t which no one could hour, further than to say that he intended to press for a hink it was necessary to instruct then proceeded to animad ver t u p on th e trai n i ng insti- understand. His Right Hon. Friend the Home Secretary division. !es. tutions and model schools, and contended, that as the knew little of the nature of the Court of Chancery ; and The House then divided, when there appeared for the of the EXCHEQUER admitted Commissioners had presented their Report upon educe- he feared that Lo r d Eldon would find it no difficult matter motion, 66 ; against it, 113 ; majority, 47. :e to bring all these vot es within tion, there was no reason why any farther time should be to get the bett er o f him.-(A laugh.)-He (Mr. Taylor) The names of the numbers appointed to serve on the swum. He and hi s Right Hon. given, at least on this point, because it was not intended should not s a y an y thi ng against th e Lord Chancellor; he ballot this day were called over, when, on the motion of sad acted upo n that principle, and to adduce any other evidence. He denied that the Arian had often w a lk e d an d t a lk e d with hi s Lordship concerning Mr. WYNN, Mr. CANNING; and Mr. HUSKISSON were lin the estimat es f or this year as Professor of the University of Belfast had intermeddled with the subject of th e Court. He (Mr. Taylor) had expressed excused. r the l a st year of upwards o f the p r i nc ipl es o f hi s - pup il s ; an d the strongest proof that his opinion freely ; his Lordship might think him an igno- CORN DUTIES BILL. looked as if there had existed a could be given of this was, that one of his sous was a mi- rant, foolish fellow; perhaps he was.-(A laugh.)-The The Committee on this Bill was deferred until this dsy. part of Government of enforcing nister of the Church of Ireland, and another was a Pres- country, however, was with him on this question.-(Hear.) SCOTCH SETTLEMENT BILL. e House would perhaps bear with byterian minister of the synod of Ulster. -The motion of his Hon. Friend could do no mischief, Mr. KENNEDY brought in this Bill, which was read r adverted to some of the points Mr. GOULBURN and Sir J. NEwrouT mutually ex- and it w ou ld s h o w what the Lord Chancellor had really done, a first time, and ordered for a second reading on Monday. pen by the Right Hon. Baronet. plains'. Mr. PEEL observed that he was rather surprised at the Mr. H. DRUMMOND brought in the Scotch Frandu er Schools, he could take upon The gallery was then cleared for a division, when the course which the Hon. Member who last spoke had pur- lent Bankruptcy Bill, which was read a first time, and or e resolved to let them expire of numbers appeared to be-- sued, and at the warmth. dered to be read a second time on Monday. >hers would in future be admitted For the motion 69 j Against it 135 Mr. TAYLOR.-I am not warm.-(A laugh. ehools would be apprenti ce d to M a j or i ty aga i nst the motion 66 ) The other Orders of the Day were then disp ose d o f, an d Mr. PEEL con ti nue d .-At an y ra te ther e wa s an the House adjourned at One o'clock. t possible. By these means the On our return to the gallery, we found energy of manner in the Hon. Gentleman who had walked could soon be gradually reduced, Mr. D. W. HARVEY on his legs, moving for returns an d t a lk e d with the Lord Chancellor, which was calculated le allowed to continue in ex i st- o f th e s t a t e of causes i n t h e Courts of Equity. The noise to make a great and erroneous impression. The Hon. THE REVENUE. dby their own exclusive funds, in the House prevented us from hearing distinctly the Hon. Gentleman had avowed his object to be to extirpate poli- No. I. 7,000/. per annum. The vari ous Member's observations, but we understood him to say, that ti cs i n th e Court of Ch ancery; and it was necessary to d been alluded to were alr ea dy in no instance were the evils belonging to the Court of h ave th e returns moved for in order to effect that object.- ABSTRACT Aii of th tehire,ENARRI ended sth of p t r h i e l. it 1:17,Nall of % a rt ' : tion by commissioners appoi n t e d Chancery so obvious as in the number of causes which li e (Mr. Peel), however, hoped that the motion would 1827, distinguishing the Quarters. bought it would be inexpedient were depending there, and which had been for years so not he acceeded to until the House was perfectly satisfied as ova a `' e V Zse - 'n .-4X me) t them to a second inquiry, until depending, without being disposed of. He instanced, that the motion was necessary for the purpose of delibe- 5..", g >4;3 -5 ,; „..-z '8 . ~,' 2 2,2 l > ii g a sioners was before the House.-- particularly a case which had recently occurred in the' rate inquiry, on the subject of the Bill before the House. 'v. F. '.., c , a E'a tgs - pL c -- 2 v { i ?,la. - ,-,... e1,..5 , O a Et ould assure the Hous e theta was Vice-Chancellor's Court, where a person owing a debt of H e had that confidence in the skill of his Hon. Friend who ~,, ~• . 2,., ,„ , T ,2 ~.- ...; , 1 a F.ro a is on the stage.-(Hear.)-The 50,0001. left his creditor a legacy of 6,0001. by his will. h a d gi ven noti ce of a motion on the subject of the Chancery " Cho , .-1 E..; . 3 ~ *p,a2, c . .:3. 3 2 ent was resolved on. Mi n i s t ers The creditor was obliged to file a bill, for the purpose after the holidays, that he could not think it essential to a , i as o • g. 0, -- ....• -4 . ---:, e. G: li ~,, '3. •• • ', a ' tion to curtail unnecessary ex- of establishing his claim to the 50,000/. When a Pe- full discussion of that question. If the real object of his "" X r-10 02, 'i t. ' use estimates, and nobody could tition came on to be argued, it was stated by Counsel Hon. Friend were to discuss the motion of the Master of et" .2 E; 1 e.. .3 - ..i.; g ' ;41 ii ee'' $ s' r.; '4. ia £8 r 'the adoption of some general that the cause stood one hundred off in the Lord Chancellor's th e R o ll s , th e n the case would be different ; but the infor- ~.) ,tz 4., r. I. i (.., 'L.g - 4 it the same time he was of opi- paper, when the opposite Counsel in reply said, that it mation sought for was in a great measure before the House t i:" •''el ''' 24 .'" PI ,;,' 5 . a ..., - . 'Baronet had made out no case was then likely that it would be one hundred years before H e a pp ea l e d to the papers on the table. (Here the Right ' VS. 4 Ig.: g - 3 Dmmittee.--(Hear.) that cause could be disposed of. The returns for which Hon. Gentleman held up the Chancery report.) But if g g '-.. EL: ...- oo m..... 2 ° S:L I 'ci m 'imposed to give Ministers credit he had to move were extremely important with respect his Hon Friend said, that the labours of the committee Z a .c . ; 17 I professed on the present occa- to the motions that would hereafter be made on this sub- were futile, then let the commission be at once superseded, " 2 a ; , 1%. ~,•, the estimates were fraudulent. ject, and which, without the information that these re- and let the House itself undertake the investigation. But 0 ;;•.' see :te 4es gt ; Fg o me abuse. The charter schools turns would contain, must be made under great disadvan- if there be a report on the table of the House, and a Bill ', '" 421 t,l P ,600,0001., of which 100,000/. tages. To him it appeared wholly impossible that the also for the regulation of the Court, to be discussed after ... . 4 ,-, ~.. .to .:-....ea1a c ie As of the people o f England. Lord Chancellor could do any thing like the duties which the holidays, it was but fair to the Lord Chancellor, to 4 'fk i ":8 .- - es '; emissions of inquiry was enor- he had loaded himself with, and it was in the anticipation postpone the full discussion of the subject. Was there no in- P a, : 6 „, P,..7 ~ 0 ,...4.3 , who AM Fr . . moment, it amounted to betwe e n that they would create no discussion in the House he pro- formation which the Hon. Cent, required in the report?-- rt s 2ggtig z% g :g ti E g g I .., - He wished to know if ther e ceeded to move for the following returns :-let. A return Why, he (Mr. Peel) obsefved an account ofthe business heard •efering the Report of the Corn- of the number of Causes set down before the Lord Chan- and disposed of by the Lord Chancellor from Trinity ya w ..., t; 4.- ' c . , P ,..... `P S , ee.5 ,, e 0 ....,9t go p 7a t' of the House, under a pledge cellor from the year 1820 to the present period, stating the cation, 1822, to Michaelmas vacation, 1825. This was a P .P s b ; A A t.., g :c5 ..... , ...o - .. 9D al ~...,. . 0. ijthat Committee would confine times at which they had severally been set dawn, and how return to a motion by the Hon. Member for Ilchester (Dr. F, .0. §k g v, , ,- - gii§ t`gg - 5 ects contained in the Report. they were disposed of; distinguishing the number of Lushington.) Several pages in the report were occupied - _____ : 'red, probably, to hear of two Causes now in the Master's-office, from those on which the with a statement of the daily business of the Lord Chan- S.; $.. : 7 , Si' 1 .7 . j:0 ..... , A.Z..4 , ( 4 , s having advised, in a separate Master's R e p or t b a d b een ma d e . 2dly. A similar return cellor for three years. If any Hon. Member desired to '. B F.'. .$ Y. tg 4- , e i'4 3 .., .§:g 0 E be no further grants of money of Causes before the Master of the Rolls. 3dly. A similar know whether the business of the Lord Chancellor was or §g $3 "v. $ Ye," ~.1 c.,,§g4 t .$, . C c., c, 4- (..., -1 io, lion for the present, becaus e return of Causes before the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, was not too much for mortal man, he might satisfy him- ' l e a al professors employed in teach- sitting in equity, stating when they had been heard, and self there. He did not mean to say that the object of the ee as .e) _es ee --J.'? > el Arians. Nay, more-these when and how they had been finally disposed of. 4thly. Hon. Member was a personal attack on the Lord Chancel- 0,-, eD, ~-.4 - , ~ -g g g 6;. kg. revs had undertaken to settle a A similar return of Causes before the Vice-Chancellor. lor ; but he did say, that the motion was a reflection upon ee, el '4. ''''' t ' . 1„; -..., " ei % ' l° '9.';' p. A, pi , - -1 - ; by an entirely new decision. 3thly. The number of Appeals to th e Lord Chancellor the report of the Committee, and that such a proceeding w 6 ;6 5 2 R •-.. 4 V::: '.'. 65 • oval professors, because Arianism from the Vice-Chancellor and the Master of the Rolls, and was placing th e Judges of the land in a very embarrassing es z ,-, e.,' tle -,e- .Pr-i•F• as e übversive of the principles of the result thereof. 66 1 Y. A similar return of the number situation.-(No, no.)-He did think so ; and he had a t - t, i - a - 6 cees g ~$ ...111 ribi 4 . 7 . 4 . v: the divinity of Christ. From of Appeals from the Lord Chancellor to the House of right to state his opinion. It was a hard thing for the .r - ee r e e a -,,,, .:i •r e e w ee . ••• - e- ' 's- - e- s lip c 7, c `,7.2.3i s hitherto unknown definition Lords. 7thly. A return of the number of Bankrupt Pe- Lord Chancellor to have his c on d uc t th us i nqu i re d into, t•-•• t '3' V- .- --el 513 a 54 . ought to h a v e know n th a t titions which had been lodged within the same period, and after he had furnished a statement of his daily business for - - ~., of philosophy, some o f t h e th e manner in which they had been disposed of. sti l ly. th ree years ; it was h um i liating to that Noble Judge to be .i . : 5 1 4 if I.‘ ..- .... e -esee ce . 's z se s e ..-C Christian world, professed The number of original Causes, Exceptions, further Di- called upon daily to answer motions made in that House, ~§, , ... - 7., g gg :_:',,, , .....4. - A 43 .1 3 , a . x d , 7 e indeed questions unfit for rections, Rehearings, &c., which remained depending i n before it had been decided whether the report of the Com- V 'it: 52 1, - 7,.. n 8 1 3 - E ' R - " t ' co 1 A ... 4. G., 4. , a 4 8-6.8 , q ,- .615 - He did not introduce them, the Court on the last day of Hilary Term, 1927. 9thly. mittee was satisfactory or not. Without imputing to the ___ i ro zealous and Hon. Members The number of Petitions in matters of Lunacy within Hon. Gentleman what he did not intend, he would op- e 7 ea Jo is; i: , S z - Y`-' 0, t r report separately upon this the same time, distinguishing the periods at which they pose the motion, because it placed the Lord Chancellor in g 1 , c i' - g ; 71 ........., sAg ~ :g gp. g s ,e not altogether unwilling to had been set down from those at which they were severally a situation in which he ought not to be placed after what 7.; - s E 1 2 1,,, if- ", ' :s i .‘• - i:4 s r - i - q. , z- , rs le spirit of those times when disposed of. had passed. a dli .gV$ t ..t.6.`1: UEIS -‘g 8 -): S ad about the right construe- On the first motion being put, Mr. FERGUSSON agreed with the Right Hon. Gen- 1-. ~, ~,, --' 15 , .14 .:-.."..P- ... r, Mr. ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose and said, it was denims, that if the report 'contained any of the inforrna- .w - '_ e .- ' 4 li• e gg i s ~... . 1e r ...4§ K.-tft, - '' elf the proposed grants, and apparent that under the cover of this motion, the true ob- tion sought by thee - Bars: lklethties- - foi , Mlchester, the mo-' g ' ... . -‘r- .. 0 ... ''. W . ..,„ 8 1 ' 6 T,§ c - z. li§g i tz .. :; - 1 one exception, than in any ject was to make an attack on th e Lord Chancellor. The tion was unnecessary. But he (Mr. Ferginion) had read r - i 200,000/. return for which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman moved the report, and thought it did not. He was surprised that 1 t ..,,, P ..c 4 „P ~.=,' ' -- .5 4 .,P > .oinplained of the premature was not at all calculated to further this object, for if it 'when an Hon. Member moved for papers, which it seemed 5e 0 Li v c the evidence had been pro- should be shown that the Lord Chancellor had not disposed almost a matter of course to agg4_ , tke v. s . tould be refusal. 4. 6 SS. .g. Skt .". , , .5... , .:-.,..r. , ~ ti f.mkatme - se st it g L.- - ... z - gang ass -- ( C,!".lit 41 hir "- *pri l t.. . at othr " rwrse fully, and to the public satisfactorily, exercised. the number of references from the Lord Chancellor to - -'''"' .P-F i s"'" o was one of financial revision. This subject had already been sufficiently handled by the re- the Vice-Chancellor, and the number of appeals, because - e- E i• - % 4 P 1 P . 65 &:-... go Ct l . - 1: g' , :J' 0"7 - s lose sight of economy altog,e- port of the Parliamentary Committee, who had stated on a very important alteration was proposed to be made in 'l , :sl ee es ,e- eaee .ce e ss e er . es e ar at cs question of education. The the appendix to their report, the business done by the Lord the new Bill, namely, to give to the Vice-Chancellor an i l i § '' el sq ' g; g' °2 ' 7 l§l 1 3 -g . P' a. b Belfast instituti on was a n ew Ch ance ll or , d e di e i n di em. A motion similar to that original jurisdiction, which he did n o t p ossess un d er t h e L- ,_____ rn. 1 . I. • ••• • . . No. IL the NET PRODUCE of the Rizvaxurs of GREAT :he Yasas and QUMUCRILSI ended sth April, chewing the Increase or Decrease on each head Years ended April 5.: ...... N 1826 1827 Increase. Decrease. Custotns ......... 16,361,755 15 , 864 , 598 497,157 Excise . .......... 17,802,892 17,339,580 469,212 Stamps ....... (5,809,346 6,238,0'74 691,272 Post OfliCe 1,519,000 1,400,000 47,000 Taxes 4,852,453 4,714,842 137,011 Miscellaneous_ 491,575 558,030 66,455 65.455 ),77f1,352 66,445 9,825,367 218,119 1 ,709,997 9,355,220 246,417 10,043,4E6 I 9,601,637 Quarters ended April 5, 1826 1 1827 £21,255 86,900 89,125 4,461,871 1,212,950 X 21,253 !n9OO 89 ;1ii 4,661,570 1,213,200 1,4(0,000 212,500 94,312 363,799 1 ,400,000 212,500 91,909 143,541 7,020,000 1,681,637 9,601,6g7 5,703, 713 1,368,859 7 , 0 71,577 47,%11021 Deduct Increase....-, Decrease on the Yet Quarters ended April 5. 1827 'I Increase. Decrease. 1526 3,44t,'716 3,853,719 1,586,932 383,000 338,1488 222,513 Customs Excise Stamps Poet Office Taxes Miscellaneous 3,542,5.52 97,836 2,444,625 1,547,99 - 353,000 - 350,988 12,100 121,663 409,694 38,940 30,000 100,850 9.8'49,758 , 9,360,220 t 10 0 ,936 1 579,484 Deduct Increase I 109 ' 936 lecrease on the Quarter I 489,485 No. M. INCOME and CHARGE on the CONSOLIDATED roan in the QUARTERS ended sth April, 1826 and 1827. Quarters ended April 3, 1826 1 1827 3,4403, 16 3,853,718 1,586,932 383,000 339,888 222,513 3,537,512 3,441,02'i 1,547,992 353000 350,998 121,663 INCOME. Customs Excise Stamps Post Office Taxes Miscellaneous CHARGE. Exchequer Annuities South Sea Company Bank on their Capital Dividends National Debt Trustees for the payment of Naval and Military Pensions Civil List Pensions Other Charges Surplus Exchequer Bills issued for the Conso lidated Fund, at sth Jan., 1827, and paid off out of the growing produce of the said Fund In the Quarter ending April 5, 1827 , Surplus at sth April, 1827 Issued out of the Consolidated Fund, granted foron a t e h c e o us service e f e t o h f t S h u e p y p e l a i er . 1826 Total at sth April, 1827 , to be pro vided for by an issue of Exchequer Bills charged on the growing pro duce of the Consolid ated Fund in the . 2uarter ending sth July, 1827... 7,942,712 2,100,774 10,M,486 1 , 6 81,637 3,050,106 , - THE IRON TRADE.—The quarterly meeting of iron-masters takes pl ace t hi s d ay. it appea rs to b e un will b e quo t e d a t derstood, that the pri ce o f common bars 81. 10s. per ton, and good forge Pigs at 4/. ss. p er t on. The state of the tr a d e i s suc h , h o wever, as t o ma k e it doubtful whether th ese pr i ces w ill be maintain e d generally. a nd 4/. f or b ars and pigs, under th e stern mandate of the It is highly probabl e , b y a sor t of tacit c onsent amongst tbeniseires, that th ey w ill b e o btained wh en i t i s practicable so to do ; but except i ons o f sales will b e tolerated at 8/. master of even iron-masters, nevessity.....,Bi nn i ng ham Chronirk April 5. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (Prom the Constitutionnel.) "INQUIRY INSTITUTED BY THE CHAMBER OP PIERS. " The Chamber no sooner rose, than a number of citizens hastened to learn the result of the investiga tion which had been intrusted to the Grand Refer endary. The following are the facts we have col lected, and on them reliance may be placed : " It is stated that the Chamber could not enter on this important subject until four o'clock, in con sequence of the absence of the Duke de Doudeau ville, who was retained near the King. After the arrival of the Noble Duke, the Marquis de Semon ville's report was read, and ordered to be printed. We are assured, that in this report the Marquis, after setting forth the present state of the regulations for burials, reprobates with great energy and sensi bility the scandalous transaction which has roused the indignation of all France; and that he expressed regret at his not being present when the disorder occurred, adding his conviction that he would have been able to prevent the disgrace and confusion which took place. " We are also informed that the Duke de Dou deauville described the order with which the first part of the ceremony was managed, the deep ab straction and sorrow of the students, and how he was induced, on their pious solicitations, to grant them permission to carry the body. He also stated, that the King had ordered him to wait on the Duchess Dowager de la Rochefaucault and her fa mily, to address to them his Majesty's profound grief on account of this deplorable event. " Baron Pasquier spoke with great force, and made the culpable conduct of the police appear in its true light. " The Minister of the Interior spoke next After paying an homage somewhat tardy to the illustrious deceased, he exhausted his rhetoric in the justifica tion of the police. If we are rightly informed, his apology made little impression, and was even heard with disapprobation. " The Duke de Praslin and the Marquis de Lally concurred with Baron Pasquier; and the Duke de Broglie replied victoriously to the apologetic argu ments of the Minister of the Interior. " Finally, after two hours of animated discussion, the Chamber resolved, on the motion of M. Leine, to thank the Grand Referendary for his report, and, as legal proceedings were instituted, to wait for the result of the investigation before any further deci sion should be adopted. This resolution, if we may believe the reports of the lobby, was agreed to with out opposition. (From the Constitutionnel of Tuesday.) CORFU, MARCH Io.—(Extract of a private let ter.)—After so much contradictory news, and the terror the enemies of Greece inspired in us, by spreading false reports that the citadel of Athens had fallen into the hands of the Turks, we received the official ac coun t o f t h e complete defeat of Red schid Pacha. The Greeks had landed there 3,000 men, after occupying the port of the Pincus. The Se raskier had taken measures for reducing the Acro polis by famine. Considering the injury he might receive to his plans, from this so important point, he left 1,000 men in the town of Athens, and marched against the Greeks in the Piraeus, at the head of the remainder of his troops. He was repulsed by them with great loss, and found himself compelled to retreat; but, in the mean time, the garrison of the Acropolis made a sortie, killed the Turks who were in possession of the town, and destroyed the intrenchments of the enemy's camp. The Greek Generals Nicetas and Londos, who are from the Morea, and Zavallas and C. Botzaris, who are Su liots, and all the brave warriors of Romelia, who are in different parts of Attica, awaited with impatience the moment for charging the enemy. At a given signal from the Acropolis, they hastened from all sides to the field of battle, and fell upon the enemy with the greatest fury. The fire of the musketry was very brisk at the beginning of the engagement ;• and, after two hours' continuance, the enemy's can non was silenced, and the thunder of the bat teries from the Citadel roared in the ears of the combatants. A panic seized the enemy, who took to flight without knowing whither to go, as the Greeks arrived in great numbers sword in hand, and occupied all the avenues of the enemy's camp ; pre sently the fire slackened, and nothing was to be heard but confused cries, which did not admit of distin guishing whether it proceeded from the conquerors or conquered. Kioutaki, surrounded by some Turkish cavalry, succeeded in opening a road for himself.— Part of his troops followed close on his heels, whilst the Greeks pursued him to the very gates of Thebes in Baeotia. On this (to the annals of Greece so memorable) occasion all:the def en d ers o f lib erty b ehaved with great gallantry and valour, of which no just idea can be formed. A Macedonian of the name of Angelis, a man of colossal stature, took two Turkish stand ards, after killing the standard bearers, who are always selected from amongst the bravest and most powerful men. The foreign Philhellenes, who fight for the liberty of Greece, were almost to a man engaged in this battle, which proved so decisive of the fate of the town dedicated to Minerva. Messrs. Hastings and Gordon fired from' the deck of the Perseverance steam-boat the first cannon-shot against the batteries of Redschid-Pacha, which were situated in the port of the Piraeus, and the Greek sailors made them selves finally masters of it, carabine in hand, under the cover of a thick smoke, which enveloped the sea coast. Colonel Fabvier, on his part, seized a favourable opportunity to order a sortie, and to call, by a signal previously agreed upon, the Greek Generals. Greece is, besides this, much indebted to the ge nerosity of Europe, for it is only by her bounty that the Greeks were enabled to maintain and assertible this large number of valiant warriors in Attica, who have defeated and expelled the enemy who threat ened the independence of the whole nation. The number of killed on both sides on the field of battle is not yet known; but according to the Turkish bulletin published at Prevesa, a town in the possession of th e T ur k s , it must be v ery consider able. Th a t b u ll e ti n con t a ins the foll ow i ng expres sionshich fallen hasia the b a ttl e given been circul a t e d that 6 : 7oo " O rr m he art r y u r m s have o"w in Attica is unfounded. Theofficial letters from the camp of Redschid Pacha announce that only 2,000 men of his troops were missing. It appears that these heroes, in pursuing the apostates, have missed their way to the rest of the invincible army of the Prophet.' f (Prom th e Quotidienne.) ( Our readers must h ave perceived from our Spanish correspondence, that there is a grand diplo of Madrid and Li s b on d a il y exc h ange cour i ers. His made movement in t h e P en i nsu l a . Th e C a b inets couriersCathol hav e j beenicMttestys desp atched from M a d r id to listers hold frequent C ounc il s, and after several of these meetings, extra or di nary dif ferent capitals in the north of Europe. We believe we can perceive, through the mysterious veil which still covers the affairs of the Peninsula, the cause of this extraordinary movement, but we will hazard nothing in thi s respect. W e s h a ll on l y o b serve t h at the co n fli c ti ng parties ar e not agreed. Spa i n has set up just pretensions, which the Cabinets of the Holy Alliance cannot fail to approve. There is, therefore, room to hope that the Cabinet of Madrid will not every where experience a denial of justice. Meanwhile, the Spanish army which lines the fron tiers of Portugal, far from being dissolved, as some Journals have asserted, is on the contrary receiving a more vigorous organization, which will every day render it more imposing. But what we wish chiefly and th e nat i on are c l osely united in v to point out is, that in thi s di s p ute t h e S panish Government sentiments—a circum s t ance t h e more views s worthy of being remarked, as such a union nowhere else exists. (From the Pilots of Tuesday, April 3.) PARIS, APRIL 2.--" Th e Ki ng , with his charac teristic sensibility, has ordered one of his Ministers to express to the fstnily of Rochefoucault, which is greatly affected by this mark of kindness, his regre t at the events which, in consequence of misunder standings, took place at the funeral of the Duke (I° la Rochefoucault Liancourt. "We read in the private correspondence' of O i l Precurseur (a Journal of Lyons) that the Mavis° of Chaves has sold to the English for a considera9 sum the original correspondence which he kept with the Spanish Government, and that Mr. Latsb with these documents in his hands, feels himself sr thorised to demand whatever he thinks fit. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. ORDERS OF THE DAY FOR THIS DAY. I. Wells Election Petition—Ballot for Committee at half afte r three. 2. Names of Members absent to be set aside. 3. Defaulters absent at the Ballot yesterday to attend. 4. Writ of Right Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5. Sussex Election Bill—Second reading. 6. Postage Duties Bill—Committee. 7. Corn Duties Bill—Committee. 8. Postage on Parliamentary Proceedings, Newspapers, 5° Pamphlets—Committee thereupon. 9. Ways and Means—Committee. 10. Supply—Committee. 11. Passengers Regulation Bill—Further consideration of Repor t ' NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 1. Mr. Macqueen—Law of Settlement. 2. Mr. Hume—Number of Corporal Punishments in the Army each Regiment during the last two years. 3. Sir Thomas Lethbridge—Address, praying, That hi s Maltei , will take into his most gracio us cons id erat i on, in the apple went of any new Administration, th e ev il s wh i ch arise to ! best interests of the Empire from a want of union in o pini!: in Cabinet questions of th e most v i ta l i mportance to the Sts te 4. Mr. Arbuthnot—Bill for the management of the Land Ile' venue in Ireland. PRICIB OF IRISH Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent.. . . .... ..• o,G uy. StocNewk, 334 per cent. 07%% 4 per Cent. (Joy. Deb. 3% per cent BB% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4p. et. /STOCKS APRIL 3. St. Patrick Insur. (per all.) 2 Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 U Buenos Ayres O Donaghadee 0 1 Dublin 1 Flanders 0 1 France 0 - Gottenburgh 2 Arrived. Due' O Guernsey. & Jersey ° 3 ilamburgli Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon O Malta 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 8 minutes after 10. Evening —39 minuteA after la - ''' ' - , • lil „t rit. , :ir s4 r. ;: - .. .•., t)..p-..4 .1 1 - init # b LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1827. QUARTER'S REVENUE. We this day lay before our Readers the Official Statements of the net produce of the Revenue of Great Britain, in the years and quarters respectively ended on the sth inst. The general results are, that there is a decrease of 1,709,8971. in the receipts of the year ended the sth of April, 1827, as compared w ith the receipts of the year ended the sth April, 1826 ; and a decrease of 469,548/., in the receipts of the last quarter, as compared with the receipts of the quarter ended the sth April, 1826. It will be observed that the decrease i n the year's Revenue arose from a diminished receipt on all the permanent branches of Revenue, the only head showing an increase being that of Miscellaneous Receipts. The decrease in the last _Quarter's Revenue arose as follows : In the Excise £409,694 stinnis Poit Office 30,000 Miscellaneous From which is to b e a b ate d t h e in- X 579,484 crease in the Customs of £97,886 / £109,936 Taxes 12,100 Leaving an actual decrease of £469,548 We will not, like some of our cotemporaries, mislead the public by endeavouring t o prove that this is a most gratifying account. On the other hand, we think it affords matter not per haps for alarm, but certainly for serious consi deration ; and it forcibly proves the correctness of the view we have taken of the subject of Finance, and the necessity which we have point ed out for facing that subject fairly and manfully. In considering the diminution, both i n the Year's and Quarter's Revenue, we must not put out of sight that the comparison of each is made with a year, and a quarter, in which a large de crease had taken place, as compared with the preceding year and quarter. The Revenue for the Year ending April 5, 1826, was l e ss by 1,231,131/. than that of 1825 ; and the Revenue of the Quarter ending the same d a y was 682,799/. less than that of the, same Quarter of 1825. We are, therefore, comparing our present receipts with those for periods which had been affected by the change of circumstances which had taken place, and from the effects of which it was to be hoped we should, by this time, have partly recovered. If we look at the decrease which has taken place in every Quarter since the end of 1825, with one exception, namely, that ending sth Jan. last (when there was an 'increase of 142,9961., as compared with the Quarter ending Jan. 5, 1826), we cannot but admit that the falling off of the Revenue has been of most serious amount. The decrease has been as follows : Quarter ending sth of January, 1826...a£1,189,966 sth April 682,799 sth July 10th October 890,050 6th April, 1827 469,548 It will now becom e the duty of his MAJEsTY's Ministers to consider the causes which h a ve pro duced this progressive decrease of the public Revenue, and to propose such measures as may not only counteract its effects, but r estore the Revenue t o a state of improvement an d pros perity. In the migh ty d. and although the Empire we entertain the fullestconfidence, temporary difficulties do cloud our financial hori zon, we trust that the wisdom and energy of his MAJESTY'S Councils will speedily find means to dispel them. morning, rea c h e d us last night.of Tuesday, and the b . :toile contain little b ut observations on The Paris Papers fiEvnlcAu LT- LIANCouRT, and the dat T ed he W fo e r d m ne e s r day the late transactions at the funer a l o f t h e D u ke de Roc latter n othing but the debates in the French Chambers. It appears that the King of FRANCE has ex - .. pressed to the family of the Duke his regret at the events which, in consequence inisunder- ' , standin gs , took place. e t. The Grand Referendary made his repott to the Chamber of Peers on Monday, 14114 at "as I