The Sun. — London, England, 1830-03-31 00:00:00

one of to his rights wand, trees )(nay, t how lapels, lly, as e aura a yearr red to c mo f Par- an act at you ,ugh.) t Park Wan ti .d, for three , Pim ion to amined mnpen• by the had )pinion lad lei .e. 14° on of s ;e - adi r 1301, ne sat' a _yesr i r t via t h of do/ Afference of opinion es regarded property i n ques ti on the year Del 5 the Commissioners of Woods and Fe ,,,Teseta add ressed a l e tter to the Lords of th e T reasury , c°7 "Pisieed of the uncertain system of valuatio n adopt ed by their eau veyors. There were several striking in stances of th at uncertainty, out of which he would onle se_ leer a few. the ar 1783, the Black Bear pu l'c - hrentou • • )a se, in p eesle 1 ccadilly, was l e t on a lease of 30 rows, at a of were the i. In th e c ourse of th e improver „ants which that the eV: in that neighbourhood, it bete ame necessary Comm' le: property s h ou ld b e resume d i n t o t' ne hands of the issioners. Th e proper ty was ar cordingly valued— the .isees' interest was estimated at ~000/., and the sum I sr as ketetelly paid them by the Corr an i ss i oners, w h en their iie7ase I were nearly run cert.--.( r _tear, hear.)—The house, Usarles-street, run cent I.(!t.tr", the Commissioners upon a 3o Yvette' lease, at 14.01. a-- :car. Within a month after tan:Yee°D.rin, Pthieti°a .of '.ease. the tpueuc3uelaj.)itiuon.-- tenant let it for 230/. ue 'elemi-' 7 4 more than cent. per cent. by hie erese u ' r e — r, hear.)—ln the same street, the tve s let by time Commiselenees for 140/ 43 late altera - Year and hoctt °ming neceseery, in the course of tie! ations, t o re-purchase it, 7,300!. was paid for it e e s by the Con nis , ie .ners. (H ear , b ear .)—l n St. Alban's str a hou se w/ .s let for a-vear. The Commissioners wishing t o resur ne the property, offered the lessee 1,7301 , Which Was refu set!. Five houses in Castle-street were let by the, Conenai .ssioners -at 98/. a- veer, and immediately afterwards we re let by the leesces of the Crown for 3281. a-year.—(l-le ar, hear.)—Such were the effects of these surveys and valuations upon oath.—(Hear.) —He now came to wile at be could not help considering the most sin gular case tof all. Sir John Gregory Shaw obtained a lease of Oise manor of Elthatn, and divers lanai, houses, 'r rttaeree-ses, sets d either b u ildi ngs, for 28 years and a half, e're Laie.-tlay, 1811, with ou t th e p a y men t o f an y fi ne , at . ayeatiy vett of 3,9281. 19s. Now here was a singular seeetimoll7 •of the singular accuracy with which these sur veys tea olre part of Government were made. As soon as liislease was perfected, Sir John Gregory Shaw seals-hat the warious farms of the manor of Eltham by public auction, :and sold them for premiums amounting tes 25,000/., re serving at the same time to himself a yeatly rent payable eluting the currency of his lease, exceeding the whole re *3erved. rent paid by him to the Croveta..—(Loud cries of Hear.")—On the first cornmenceement of what was generally called agricultural distrese, the tenants of these farms applied, through Sir J. G.. Shaw, for some abate ment of their tent. The Conemissioners upon that occa sion wrote to Sir J. G. Shee t , in a style which, though he deserved, was rather scrr,rising in them. They stated that, in their opinion, "the tenants had a strong equitable claim for relief upon h' im (sir John), but that they (the Cemmissioners) could . not afford him that relief, as they had no doubt that b e would find that, at the expiration of his term, the Cro' wn lease would have been to him a very beneficial concer n . He would now proceed to show the value of this lar .d revenue; and in order to do so as clearly as he could, b and value of e would first call their attention to the state the Irish land revenue. The gross rental arising iron and rents i crown rents, composition rents, quit rent, of plus acres in Ireland, was estimated, at the sue fet e eon in 1796, at 61,340/. IBs. Sad. In the in te. oteltb'etween 1797 and 1827, the Commissioners had 4 218 :5:687/. of it, thus leaving a rental 0f57,6531. 12s. 3d. IW.ith a view to its sale, he would estimate it, as it arose isfrnte freehold property, as worth twenty-two years' pur sAcse, or at 1 ,268,379/, 9s. 6d. To that sum he would eidd 83,8511. 19s. 4d., which they now had in hand, from teem sale of the 3,6871. of rent, standing in the books of `the Bank of Ireland, in the name of the Lord High '.Treasurer or the Commissioners of the Treasury. Tlfb rack rents amounted to 7,800/., which at twenty-two :years' purchase, would produce about 156,000/., which, • added to the former sums lie bad mentioned, would make • a total of upwards of a million and a-half. The Commis esioners stated in their report that there were other pro iperties to which the Crown was entitled in Ireland, which ' , might be estimated at 500,0001. more : so that the total available sutn arising from the Crown property in Ireland in this manner would be at least 2,000,0001. sterling. It might be asked, what had been the real available amount of the property. He bail at that moment before him a statement of all the money which has been received from this quarter from the year 1793 down to the present year. It appeared that, from the year 1793 down to the year 1804, the average receipts were 580,000/., and from the year 1804 to the year 1815, were 608,000/. He would now tell the House how much had come into the public treasury, end ichat had been the cost of management. From 1793 to 1804 the total sum . brought to the public account was 10,120/. ; from 1805 to 1815. it was 215,541/. from 1816 to 18 2 6 (during whichperied 2,371,0001. had been received) it was 8 ,624/. ; from .1826 to 1829 (during which 1 , 5 00,000/. had been'receieed) not a single farthing had been paid ,into the Explacquer.—(Hear.)—From that cal , eulation it appeared that the sum actually paid into the Exchequer was 0n1y e 234,090/., leaving a balance of 4,849,4261. to beaccounted for. Ile found that out of that balance there had'heen expended upon the improve ments in the Park, the Near Palace, Waterloo-place, the Royal Mews, the improvement of forests, &c., various ' stuns, amounting altogether to 4,033,7631., leaving a balance of more than 500 1 000/. to be still accounted for. lie would state the amount of expenditure. In 1827 there were expended, in the collection of rents, law ex - pereees, and other charges. 162,2221. ; in 1828, 1 .66,984/. ; in 1829, 177,5551. ; making a total in three years of 506,791/ , which, was a fraction more than 20 per cent. on the entire collection of the Crown lands. He now wished to state what appeared to. be the actual value of the whole of the Crown landa, independently of the woods and forests, and that portion which might be considered to belong exclusively to the Royal Person. T r eece were 130 manors worth 1,0001. each ; there were freehold estates producing an annual rental of 500,000/., which, at 25 years' purchase,would produce 12,500,0001.; there were ground rents in various parts of London pro ducing upwards of 50,0001. a-year, which, at 40 years' purchase, would bring 2,000,000/. ; the rents from houses lie estimated at 20,0001. annually, which, at 18 years' purchase, would produce 360,000/. ; the farms were worth 160,000/. ; the' waste lands in forests be esti mated at 86,000 acres, which, at Si. an acre, would produce 430,000/. ; the allotments under 488 En closure Acts, passed within the last forty years, he estimated at 225,000/. ; the church livings he con sidered to be worth 100,0001., which, at twenty years' purchase, would produce 2,000,0001. ; making a total of 17,805,0001. He now begged to apologize to the House for having occupied so large a portion of their attention. Ile would merely beg further to remark, that his motion for a committee to inquire into the subject to which he had directed the attention of the House could not be met with the objection which had been successfully urged against other motions for committees made in the course of the present session, namely, that the inquiry into which it was proposed to enter was of too general and dis cursive a nature. The inquiry which he wished to insti - tote was of a precise and limited nature. The inquiry would present a vast field for improvement, and completely establish the great end of economy. It would add to the revenue without increasing the expenditure, which ap peaeed to him to be the purest specimen of political eco nomy, He concluded with moving, that a select commit.. tee be appointed to take into consideration the present state and management of the land revenue of the Crown, and to report upon the most efficient means of rendering it available to the exigencies of the country. Sir E. KNATCHBULL begged to be allowed to make a few observations relative to Sunk Island, to which the Hon. Member had alluded. He was requested to address the House upon that point by the present lessee of the Crown, who perhaps was known to many Members of that House—he meant the Rev. John Lonsdale. He had no personal connexion with the Rev. Gentleman, and had only known him accidentally from his having once been the rector of the parish in which he resided. From the inquiries which he (Sir E. Knatchbull) had made on the subject, it appeared that Sunk Island was granted to the ancestors of the present lessee by King Charles 11. on account of their eminent services. Since that period the lessees had expended upwards of 30,000/. in improving the s -PraPenYs and now paid a rent of 3,000!. a year. He was warted from all th at h e h a d h eard that the existing con between the Crown and the lessee was a perfectly fair and proper one. I.9rd lENTINCK said, he felt called upon to explain the real natsire of the transaction in which his Noble father (the Duke of Portland) was concerned, and which bad been mi srepresented by the Hon. Member. The Rent hilir •Alember for Liverpool could hear witness that father wished t o di spose o f hisinterest in the I.iring o or f Blarylebone it was valued by an eminent land survey at 46,000/., and not a t 40,000/., which was the lulu offre paid f or i t.—(Hear, hear.)—His Noble father was otter a larger sum thin 40,0001. for it. Not being pre- Pi‘aireednibertoulailar an attack such as that which the Hon. of the offeru• trade, he could not state the precise amount . )._.4.ltabtuutfreit was either 42,0001. or 44,000 i.— ( Hear. but his father could notcam e from the dissenting interest; t belongingendure that any of the property to the Protestant Church of England should,. t for_ the paltry consideration bad hands, and on that a account 3,000!. or 4,00 W., fal l l l !n ness to let Government hare uinttfohrel declared than h t i h s e l m l ar in k g e ; price.—(Hear, bear. Right f • • and closed uriatphacthltey, e Hon. Member or Liverpool, acting in his official • bwa gin,r governed t b u y s the same motives, d h the large living of Marylebone was sa ve d f rom falling into er— of ners ,eck the hasty Nsnnt-cra, NINA mlght hare .'p'rel7ea of much pm . ludice to the interests of th,2'illo,zlt.sh 'Protestant Church.—(Hear, hear.) Lord LOWTILFR tAAI, addressed the House, but in so low a tone that t'o was indistinctly heard throughout his speech. He said that the Hon. Metober had been ftaltm- . trionsly preparing himself during the last two Se,tlo - ns to bring the present motion forward. The fithi, llettibtr contented himself with quoting frith Varioim reports just so much as served his pM-pose, tnd omitting all that was against him. Of that, 11 , , , ,weVer, he perhaps had no right to complain. if be were to follow the Hen. Member through til the points of his speech, he Would haVe, A very hard tnl: to execute, for the lion. Merubo.- hi',(l taken up Iris subject at the pedal of the. aaxon Ileptarchy, and brought it doWn to t.ltv latest moment. However, all the Hon. Gentlttfian had stated was merely a repetitim of the able digests of the Reports made by Mr. Middleton and Mr. Fordyce. It appeared to him that he should only be wasting the time of the House by entering into a discus sion res;:ectin , the profligate grants of Charles or Wil liam. He did nut wish to defend an attempt to excuse grants made to the Pulteneys and Guise. There could be no question that those were jobs which would not be per mitted in the present day. The period at which he would take up the subject was when Mr. Pitt came forward, in 1786, and stated, that the Crown lands were in such a state as to require investigation, and to be put on a footing better adapted to the exigencies of the State. Ever since that period, the revenue of the Crown lands had been gradually increasing. In 1797, the revenue was 46,133/. ; in 1805, it was 59,0001. ; and at a later period, 250,000/. He must declare that most of • the Hon. Memhei's state ments were extremely exaggerated. He bad stated that an individual would give 100,0001. for the Newark pro perty. He (Lord Lowther) would take upon himself the responsibility of saying, that he would accept that offer, or a much less one, but he was well aware that the Hon. Member would not produce any person to make it. He was well acquainted with Newark,. and would venture to assert, that neither the Honourable Member, nor 'any other person, would make such an offer for the Crown pro perty there, notwithstanding all the l'arliamintary inte rest which was supposed to be attached to it. He had happened to occupy one of the houses in Spring-gardens to which the Hon. Member had alludefl. He paid a rent of 260/. a year, and his lease had five years to run ; when he wanted to remove, arid before be could find a tenant, he was obliged to give him 5001. to take his bargain off his bands. The Hon. Gentleman was misinformed on many points. Sometimes he over-rated and at others he under rated the value of this peculiar species of property. H e took the country property, for instance, at 500,0001. a year, a sum which was by no means realized, while he estimated the property in London at 50,000/. a year ; whereas it appeared by documents laid before the House, that the ground rents in London averaged 100,0001. a year, and that they last year produced 105,000/. This proved how imperfect the information of the Hon. Member was, though he bad been studying the subject for two sessions. He admitted, that some of the estates mentioned by the Hon. Gentleman were capable of great improve ment ; and, he believed, that of all the Crown estates in the kingdom there was not one which had undergone more important or more expensive improvements than that of Sunk Island. It consisted of a few acres of land, which were said now to produce 10,0001. a year, but which so►ne years ago were worth nothing. The cause of this greet increase in value was solely to be attributed to the extensive and liberal improvements which had been ef fected. Mr. Fordyce had stated, that those who were in possession of the property had gone on with its progressive improvement- He (Lord Lowther) having been given to understand that it was a property of so much impurtanm,, went to Sunk Island in the course of last summer, and lie fuund that a considerable part of it had been banked out to preserve it from the encroachments of the sea. The tenants had built strong walls to secure them from the effects of sudden inundation. The Hon. Member had al- luded to the estate of Rosedale, in the county of York, and he blamed the Commissioners for investing those estates as they had done. Now, it was a remarkable point, that the Hon. Gentleman seemed to think, that when the Commissioners of the Land Revenue sold to other persons, they gave away the property toe cheaply, but that when. he came to deal with them, they mask most offensive and exorbitant demands. The Hon. Member, he believed, NM acquainted with, and wished to get possession of, the estate of Rosedale, which property be (Lord Lowther) had never visited. The surveyor employed by the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, blamed them for not dis posing of it in lots. But it was contained in a ring fence, and they thought it would be better to make it a property fit for the residence of a country gentlemanovhich, by the Charing-cross act, they were allowed to do. He admitted that it was in a part of the country not very desirable on account of its locality, hut still it was susceptible of great imprevement. The surveyor employed by the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests estimated its value at 63,000/..; and the Hon. Member- now blamed the Com missioners because they had refused a bidding of 36,000/. which had been made by his Itent. He knew that the Hon. Member had written to the Commissioners the day after the particulars came out, and he was glad of it ; be cause when any truth was disclosed which appeared likely to be of benefit to the public, it was only right that atten tion should be paid to it. He saw the flaw which the _ _ Hon. Member pointed out, and he caused the bills which had been sent forth to be recalled, and he delayed the sale in consequence of that representation. But the Honorable Member said that the Commissioners ought to have de manded less for this property. Now he would assert, that consistently with his duty, he could not have taken less. Their surveyor in Yorkshire, who was an able and a faith ful officer, not only employed by the Government, but by some Members on the other side of the House, was of opinion that 63,0001. was too little. Before that price was determined on, he had submitted all the papers to Mr. Driver, a gentleman well known to many individuals in that House, • and he had valued the property at more than their official surveyor did. The Commissioners, however, declared that they would let it go at the valuation of 63,0001. There were no bidders to that amount, and Mr. Driver was again employed to survey the property. His report was that he- conceived it to be a very good bargain at 63,000/. He merely mentioned this fact without comment, for he did not wish to say any thing that savoured of spleen or venom, as the Hon. Gentleman had done with respect to him. With respect to the public-house at Virginia Waters, he admitted to the Hon. Gentleman that an extravagant price was given for it. But when it was stated that the house in question was situated in the park, within 50 yards of the Virginia Waters, perhaps gentlemen would agree with him that if, in any instance, some degree of extravagance was ex cusable, it was under the peculiar circumstances in this instance. There was one part of the Hon. Member's speech which he did not very well comprehend. He un derstood him to say, that the Rockingham estate was purchased by the Earl of Westmorland in 1809. The fact was not so. A grant of the Rockingham estate was roads, in 1764, to the Earl of Westmorland, for 17,000/., and a smaller sum was paid in 1809, not for the estate, but for the honorary and forestial rights appertaining to it, As to the estates of Morton and Waldale, he knew that they had been improved, nod were capable of still gfeater improvement. But it did not follow that they had been improvidently let. When those lands were first taken they were furnished neither with drains nor roads, but now they were greatly improved in those particulars, and at a very considerable expense. In giving these explanations of some of the misrepresentations of the Hon. Member, he had confined himself to the Report of 1766, for he could not, without preparation, go so far back as the Hon. Member had done. Looking to the whole of the Hon. Member's speech, extended as it was, he did not think that the Hon. Member had laid any just grounds for going into a Committee. He had had the honour to bring in an Act, in the last Session of Patliarnent, to consolidate and bring into one focus all the Acts which related to this subject. By referring to that Statute every one was enabled to see at a glance what the power of the Board really was. As regarded the public, an additional protec tion was also afforded, for the annual accounts and pro ceedings of the Board were directed to be laid before Par liament, so that they could be promptly inspected and examined.—(llear.)—He thought it was right that this ' should be so ; because in his opinion, the Commissioners of Woods and Forests ought to stand' in the same Situation as other public Boards. He believed that all the Members of that office, as well as himself, were ready to explain and justify the outlay of every sixpence in their department. He Was anxious that there should be laid before Parlia ment a full account of the expenditure of the funds which were paid into this office. He was perfectly aware of the interpretation of the law with reference to this pro perty. It was ordered that it /should be laid out for public purposes, and he knew that a very small .portion of the proceeds of this property .had been paid into the Exchequer. But that revenue was at the disposal of the House of Commons, and under their direction much of it had been appropriated to various improvements. In 1612, 185,000/. had been paid into the: Exchequer, and at that time Parliament entered on the formation of the new street, and the laying nut of Marylebone-park, which came to upwards of ,000,0001. sterling. If these funds had not been made available for the purpose of these improvements, Parliament would have been obliged to draw on the consolidated fund;or to "Seek for some other re source. He did not understand that there was any other tuna that coulii easily be approprilt , a to the tor:nation of Regent-street, or the removal of Swallow-'tree and other narrow streets in that reegbleeui hood ; and he might here be allowed to obsei NT, th a t same of these improvements paid well, even at the pie sent tiitts .11!, saren rematek asteikt. atat;ly t:e tione e7ter cr'6ss, snit to int.'prov,enents in the park. 'fbm were all effected out of these funds. And, in !ceil, he might say, that, with the exception of the purchase of CI-ace - nut, and a few other sums furnished for different p . urposes, the revenue arising from this property. had, beenir ereVoeed to improVenrie',ni. point of iact the lion. Member had himself furnished a reply to his own observations. His motion was needless, for the House :vas in possession of an account of the receipt and expenditure of these seventies ft ova the year 1815 up to the present time. These accounts were regularly furnished, and Parliament kept a watchful eye upon every branch of the department, a eircnnittanot which he by in) means r.grettcd. When the Hon. Member raid that there was a gross charge for the management of these estates of 12 per cent. he was in error. It was not 12, hut 10 per cent., and it ought to be recollected that this was a very different thing from the mariageMent of a private estate, since it was necessa.ry thitt there should be secretaries and other officers. There were also pensions and annuities charged upon those funds, as well as provi sion for the clergy of certain schools, which had existed for 100 or 200 years. The Hon. Member had mixed up these old • payments with transactions of a more modern date, and thus he had endeavoured to swell out the expense. The amount of expense at present was—salaries of ofliecte, 13,800/. ; rangers and woodmen, 6,200/. receivers of land revenues, 4,2001. ; incidental expenses, 1,300/. The necessity of reducing needless offices had long been felt ; and, from 1815 to the present time, reductions were made to the amount of 10,0001. a year. There were formerly two secretaries, one for the woods and forests, the other for the land revenue. 'I hey were consolidated into one, and a saving was thus effected. When the forests were ordered to be enclosed, or rather during the time when the enclo sure was in progress, there were a number of officers, having 50/. a year and upwards-, who were all reduced. The sie tuation of out-ranger of Windsor Forest, to which was at tached a salary of 1,2001. a. year, was also done away. Formerly a sum of 5 per cent. was collected on lands held by the Bishop of Rochester, for which two receivers had a salary amounting to 5,000/. ; but, on the death of the Bishop, one of them was removed, and a saving of 4,000/. was effected. There were many other reductions, and the board were determined to increase them still further. Colonel DAVIES said, he knew not what impression the speech of the Hon. Mover had made on the House, but of this he was sure, that it would make a deep im pre-sion on the nation at large ; and he conceived that every thinking man must come to this conclusion, that it was a matter of very great importance that a very rigorous investigation shout.' be instituted with respect to the pro ceedings of this Board. Ile thanked the Hon. Member for the very able and clear statement lie had made, and for the great research which he had displayed on this occasion. The Noble Lord complained of the Hon. Mover for hav ing adopted so wide an extent of observation ; but, not withstanding that, he (Colonel Davies) would apply him- Self to the triennial report of the Commissioners ; and be thought he should be able to shew, that if abuses existed formerly i❑ this department, they had not ceased when' that report was brought out. He here wished it to be he plainly understood, that in what lie was about to say, lie meant not to cast any imputation on the Noble Lord, because lie believed he might assume, that the Noble Lord was not in office when that to which he was going to call the attention of the House took place. Therefore, what lie had to reprehend applied not to him, but to his prede cessors. From what appeared in that report, it was evi dent that the revenue of the Crown, as now managed, was most unproductive; so far at least as the public interest was concerned. There seemed to be a most improvident expenditure, and not a single shilling was brought into the Exchequer. He could shew that uo surplus of the land revenue appeared for the last 15 years, but that, on the contrary, an enormous debt had been incurred. By the re pot t of 1786, it was estimated that, in future, the amount of revenue might be raised to 400,000/., but that expecta tion bad not been realized. The sum raised from the royal woods and forests wasl 69,703/ per ann: which cost in collect ing the sum of 48,717/., or at the rate of no less than 2 per cent. In 1826 the income of the land revenue timber receipts connected with the royal forests, &c., amounted to 330401 , and the charge of collection was 36,8561. In the following year the receipts were 36,055/., and the ma nagement cost 34 5 302/. In 1828 the receipts atnounted to 34,9631., and the charge of collection to 36,043/. When we found the expenses of collection exceeding the produce of the receipts of this part of the revenue, surely it was a subject demanding inquiry. If we did not grant an inquiry, we might satisfy ourselves, but we should not satisfy the country. He came next to the expenditure con nected with the Parks. In 1826 the ordinary expenses of St. James's and Hyde Parks amounted to 10,000/.-- the expense of the Regent's Park in the same year was 6,000/.—of Richmond, Hampton-court, Bushy, and Greenwich Parks 12,000/., and of Windsor Great Park 20,600/. But that was not all : the extraordinary ex penses of St. James's and Hyde Parks in 1826 amounted to 56,3001.—0 f the Regent's Park to 10,0004 —and there were also extraordinary expenses for the other Parke, amounting with the preceding to a sum of 73,200/. The total of the ordinary expenditure for the Parks in the Caine yell- was 48,810/. In 1827 the expenditure, ordinary and extraordinary, amounted to 92,200/. In 1828 it was 116,143/. Were such sums as these to be annually squandered away without inquiry? Can such things be, " And overcome us like a summer's cloud, " Without our special wonder?" So far from making an exaggerated statement, the Hon. Member for Colchester had in fact greatly understated the case when he observed that in the last three years the country had not derived a single shilling from the branch of revenue in question. The total expenditure of the land revenue within the last three years was 1,338,306/, but 565,0001. of this did not belong to the ordinary revenue of the Crown, for a sum of 265,0001. had been raised by alienating Crown Lands, &r., and 300,0001. was raised on account of Windsor Castle and other branches of ex penditure ; so that, so far from the account being balanced, the land revenue had incurred a debt of 565,0001. s, much as to the state of the account. The Noble Lord had alluded to thenew street and the improvements at Charing cross. With respect to the former, it might be impossible to say what was the total cost, but he believed that front first to last it had been 1,833,000/., although the original estimate was only 368,0001. The rents of houses did not exceed 36,000/. being under two per cent. per annum on the outlay. Ile thought Regent-street a great ornament to the metropolis, but objected to the manner in which the undertaking bad been conducted, and was of opinion, if it had not been left in the bands of Mr. Nash, but had been placed under proper superintendence, that instead of 36,000/. a year, we might have realized three or four times that amount. We were going on in the same sort of way with respect to the improvements at Charing cross, the original estimate of 'which was 850,0001., but he believed it now amounted to 1,117,000/. He fully agreed with the Hon. Member for Colchester in the opinion that the whole system required revision, elld that as matters now stood it might easily be converted into the fertile source of every species of job and abuse. He did not say that such was actually the case; but if those in au thority did not use the power which they possessed fur the purpose. of exercising improper influence, it was attributable to other causes than the control of Par liament. The only proper mode of proceeding would be, in pursuance of the motion of the Hon. Member for Colchester, to appoint a Committee to investigate the subject. We ought to adopt the resolution of disposing of the Crown rents by the hammer to the best bidder ; and with respect to the Royal Forests, we should reduce the amount of the expenditure connected with them, and render them snore advantageous to the public revenue. It was most un gracious in Government to refuse an inquiry into the sub ject. He had formerly shewn that leases of the Crown lands were granted for inadequate considerations, and that this had been done by individuals placed in situatioes di rectly with a view to prevent the occurrence of such trans actions. A gentleman, appointed to oversee these matters had in one instance put 14,000/. in his pocket by these means, and received an increased interest of 1,7001. a year out of an estate in the Regent's-park. Last year be had forced an inquiry into these matters, having stated such facts as rendered it impossible to refuse it, but there was no time to finish the investigation during the Session, and now Government refused to follow it up. However, he could assure gentlemen opposite, that he had not lost sight of the subject. The Hon. Member again pressed upon Ministers the propriety of an inquiry into the matter under consideration. They were bound to institute one lif they did not mean to admit that all their professions of economy, inquiry, and reduction were mere idle nonsense, intended to delude the country. He should only say that, he for one, .had acted with a sincere desire this Session to offer his support to Government as far as he could con sistently with the discharge of his duty. But if Ministers chewed a disposition to refuse all inquiry, to support every job and abuse—and he feared that the last two or three nights' debate evinced such a wish on their part--they would find that those who were desirous of offering them an honest and independent support, must refuse it, and thatprobably at a period when it would be most wanted. Mr. ARBUTHNOT next addressed the House, but in so low a tone of voice as to preclude the possibility'ef giving a clear and eanneetc4 account of what fell from 11;m. The Hon. Gentleman was understood to say, in reply to the observation , ef the receding speaker, that the Hon. Mem ber had not ~fitted fairly the opinion of the Cemtnissioners Of e rind Pettentie inqbity iii liBo ; it ryas. tree the ( . ..3m Fart tti the;r eitMrestied rtry h r that, melee favoOrab'e circumstances, the income to the revenues end Crown estates from all sources might finally ,mount to 400,0001., but in .tt subsequent part of the Re pert they limited their expectations,. after making the dadeet;one on eecoiet of the demised estates of the Crown to an income of 200,0001. When the 'Commis sioners stated the larger sum, they took into account an extensive system of planting and the growth and increas:-'d value of the timber in the royal forests. But the plan of' extensive !Awing had not been pursued as contemplated. The demised etates amounted to 170,0001. or 180,000 1 . Th!t wits refining the elcpectltions if the Commiesionees pretty well. At the time that the Parliamentary Com missioners expressed a hope that the rents would amount to 200,0001., only 11,0001: a year was received. He de fied the Hon Meade for Worl7e,tee to prove that there te.Sla nets arrangements in the Woods tool Forests. The Hon. Member said that the expense of collection was 25 per cent., but this he denied. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to say, he was sure it was in the recollection of Hon, Members that animadversions had been made on the state of the parks on the other side of the House. In con sequence of these remarks the Right Hon. Secretary for the Home DenertMent calleal. the attentit_le of the I,'l4:asurta tet the stihjeele and he (Mr. Arbuthnot) was desired to undertake the management of the improvements. Eatitnabs were preferred, and the alterations commenced. Whether the improvements in the parks deserved censure would not pretend to say. The utmost endeavoens had been made to carry them into effect, ill a manner the most advantageous to the public, and if the Hon. Member for Worcester knew all the trouble and diffi culties of the undertaking, he would hot consider it an easy or agreeable duty. He trusted that the atteea , tions had given satisfection to the public, and was confident it Would be found that the greatest economy was adopted in carrying on the works: The architects and other per sons employed had given in estimates, and the various works were executed on contract prices. Generally speak ing, not a single work bad been executed (so we owlet , stood the Hon. Gentleman to say), tile cost of - which was not below the estimate. Great improvements had taken piece in the parks before, but it having been stated that they were not of a nature to afford sufficient room to the populatioe of this immense metropolis to enjoy air and exercise, through the gracious permission of his Majesty measures were taken by which the comfort and enjoyment of the communityliad been considerably enlarged. If the Hon. Member for Worcester were not satisfied with what had been done, he was sorry for it. With regard to Regent-street, be should have been glad if it bad been in his power to claim the merit of proposing and carrying on that great work. The Hon. Member said that the first estimate for the new street was 368,0001., but that esti mate did not include the entire of the expense. The ar chitect was afterwards ordered to give in another and a more extensive estimate, and it was perfectly true that this amended estimate was exceeded by the actual cost of the undertaking. He admitted that the expense was more ' than three times the amount of the second estimate. But the Hon. Member should recollect that it was not possible in such a work to estimate the amount of expenditure with accuracy. Enormous and extravagant sums were demanded for good-will of houses, &c.—the cases were brought before juries, and the public was defeated in almost every instance. Under such circumstances, although the cost had gone far beyond what was originally contemplated, and notwithstanding the under taking might not have been attempted if it were sup posed that the expense would have been so great as it eventually turned out to be, he maintained that the im provement had added greatly to the comfort and health of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and that the money was well expended. He came to the works which he himself had undertaken under the sanction of the House—he al luded to the improvements in the Strand, and he thought it must be admitted that a great and beneficial object had been attained in getting rid of the narrow lanes and alleys that filled that part of the town, and ware the scenes of vice and immorality. It would be admitted that this was an important undertaking. The cost of the Strand im provements, as far as an estimate of the cxpence could be formed, would amount to 748,0001. This was Mr. Nash's estimate, and another person had been employed to make an estimate, and his calculation amounted to the same aunt. It was thought, however, that there might be an excess of 95,0001. over the estimate, on account of architects' and solicitors' charges, sums paid to make up deficiences of rates, purchases, salaries, &c. It was im possible to say exactly what would be the cost of under takings like that in question, where there was not only a buyer but a seller, and where the seller, if dissatisfied, might go before a jury. He denied the charge of bad ntanagement adduced by the Hon. Member for Colches ter, and he was ready to answer all such charges if offi cially made. Colonel DAVIES said a few words in expiation, which did not reach the gallery. Cl Mr. HUME supported the motion, because, though he was not inclined to make anydirect charge of corruption, yet lie thought the system open to the greatest possible abuses. That there had been great mismanagement on the part of these who presided over the department, was clear. The Royal forests ought to supply the whole of the navy with timber, instead of producing only a few paltry loads a-year. Let the Noble Lord (Lowther) lay on the table of that House the number of loads of timber.—(Hear, and laughter.)—lle meant returns of the number of loads of timber which had been furnished from the Royal forests for the navy for the last 70 years. He would venture to say that such returns would show that the timber had cost the country its weight in silver.—(Hear, bear.)—They talked a great deal about the weight of our debt. Now, why did they not sell all the Crown lands and forest, and con vert the produce into a sinking fund for the extinction of the debt. This would be a substantial and efficient sink ing fund. At all events, however, let them have esti mates and annual reports from this department. Mr. HUSKISSON began by observing that the House had no right to dispose of the hereditary revenue of the Crown without its consent. The estates, in the event cf an absence of arrangement in respect to the Civil List, would revert, as matter of course, to the Crown. There estates were important in another respect. In the Royal forests there were plantations made 20 years back, in which there were oaks in a most thriving and flourishing condition, which would, under: the care now taken of them, afford, at a proper period, a most valuable supply of timber for the public service. Those forests were as much divested of all forestal . rights as any gentleman's pri vate estate. He was not aware how the value of the Crown lands had been estimated at 700,0001. per annum. In 1793 they were valued at 400,000/. As the leases fell in, he calculated that the lands in London would yield a rental of 500,000!., and be calculated it thus : —The ground-rent was 100,000/, and reckoning the buildings at five times the value of the ground-rent, this would make the rental of the Crown lands in London 500,000/. If this was a correct estimate he should not overrate the rest of the estate, including manors and• woods, at 250,000!. or 300,0001. more, and that would produce a rental of 800,000/., instead of 400,000/. By the Act of Mr. Pitt, in 1794, to which he would call the particular attention of the House, and by a subsequent Act, an immense change had been intro duced, which materially lessened the influence of the Crown ; for its effect was to deprive the Crown of the whole beneficial interest attending the making of grants to the amount of 400,000!., whereby the Crown gave up a greater source of undue influence than had been ever sur rendered since the accession of the House of Hanover.— The provisions of this Act of 1794 had been strangely passed over by the Hon. Members who brought this sub ject forward. Those provisions bad been so severe, that the middle-men, or sub-lessees, had, in many cases, de clined to accept a renewal of their leases. The effect of that law was, that the Commissioners were restrained from letting at any rent less than a rack-rent, with an abatement of five per cent. He (Mr. Huskisson) was entitled to claim, on behalf of the office of Woods and Forests, that the House should believe that in all cases the utmost rent was obtained that was obtainable, accord-. ing to the opinion of competent surveyors. The Hon. Member for Colchester had referred to the Crown pro perty at Elthani. That property had been let, 26 years ago, i to the pres en t l essees at t h e ren t of 3,920/. B ut whet! n the delusion and excitement of agricultural spe eulatmn, the lessee put it up to sale in lots, he obtained biddings to the amount of from 25,000/. to 30,000/. — Before he (Mr. HUskissOn) left the . office of the Woods mad Forests, however, the lessee (Sir John Shaw) called upon him, and stated that he did not receive from his su b-l essees a sum equal to that which be paid to the Crown, and lie actually requested an abatement.—(Hear, hear.)—But the Commissioners said " No; you took the thing for better or worse, and you must abide by your bargain." He could say that there never had been an abatement made in any case in which the lessee was not the actual tenant. The Hon. Member for Colchester and the Hon. Member for Montrose had referred to charges of jobs; but if they would lay their finger upon any particular case, and would call for any accounts respecting that case, or all the cases, he would entreat his Hon. Friends now in the office to; LAW INTELLIGENCE. give all the papers, and he (Mr. Husitisson) would give " --- his support to any motion for vouchers ; but it was not fair to deal sent a geneeal versions. The case of Lord VICE-CHANCELLOWS COURT , M ateo SO; MuVaye had o ccurre d b e f o re the ye'ai' e hot in that EX-PARTE co/frill:a IX RE BURT. caw the Hon. n to a, seeme d ne t t e be aware tinit i f?terei This was the petition of creditors, toa very large amou nt .. brt a payment of 27,000/: , besides 1,2001. as a ,Commission granted against the bankrup s, any. ttoit-I',nt. tr. the eve of the Earl of Westmorlan d ' s had for itS peager several objects ; first, that Mre A lexander ~ grant of the forest of Ittelet,!ntshertt s'.-).:t Nible Lord had Kaye be either eats:tette. d from acting as a C o mmissioner,. a right to the soil, but the Crown l'&',eft'o"d f q itself the or be discharged from Old offtce; next, that a new Cont property in trees of a certain size; and the Noble toad mistion be appointed ; and thireil'y e that new Assigneett cettaiply did, what he had a per et tie:ht to do, cut down l';et:preietted. 7 Int petition contained ri great variety of li ,, forc it reached that 11 7 7 N The Iran. \I. sober allegations, toted =Vas . supported - by very numermstaflidavits , Wad said that the .t"oLt".nii:3titentra, never s&d. property a t complained that Kaye had acted in the double, at c h arac t e r of Solicitor and Contraissioner e and had! its the. more than 20 }ears' purchase. but Wfi'ett ''arc Was !griller character negotiated bet ween the bankru p ts as ti), six, seven, and eight per cent., georlemen !adding landed rite ear?inient of their debt, null had made propotitione. estates at fee-farm rents were not willing to purchase et 20 years' purchase. With respect to Royal titan e wholly inconstetent with the c in duct of a Commiet i onere s, upon which so much sires; had been laid, these were somet i m es ' The Vier-Cnef t etroamt , after he arin g Counsel! toi a bUrcirm, ii'laturuich t; , O Parti"s were leteed to hold con clusion, stated that there were here two questions-I'sta. ceorts, the enenses at'ending Ithio , - amounted to mere how far the prayer of the petition should tie granted oa wino should pay the costs? The conduct of ttfra than the Pet income. But in all ca es the :take ittel been Isteiye had bet,: perf ctly f=ir and honourable; no lilamte eoMpetition, either by puldic an on cc he reeled ten dett. These Manors, or rather henotire, fared little benefit, were tlitj anpondages of feadiel ' ft , „ Att. , whatever was attachable to him ; but he thought the two' , characters of Solicitor to the parties and: Ccrtmissioner Ought not to have been combined. Mr. Kaye hiul err and when they were dissevered froiii the Crowtr: into' whose hands did they fall? Why,' into the hands of male propositions as to the arrangement of , the bankrupt's atTaire, which, as Commissioner acting- eittrilite gious attorneys, who converted them into engines of v i eSeet tion. But it was said that the Duke of Rielenond bait I the Great Seal , he could not prope rl y carr y into et,Thor.. Soh! the reversion of his geese of Privy Gaudette fo r a )110. Kaye ought, therefurc., to be restrained from ae:i.t7g: its the latter capacity ; attgl tte was sure Mr. Kaye himeall bete fit: He Would state the facts of diet case. The pro netty was heist by the rfuke of Richmond under a lease 1 would see the proprie t y of adts, p tin g such a course. 3ir. Howes said that Mr. Kataft *ea sleairens of retzeing; 'from the Crown. The booee tiete burnt down, and the Duke did not leimild it, Inc, he ris:ded in a part of it from' the dice. which had escaped the contligration. When the Duke ' Vie C o , aimissioners had died, and there wa s not a q uorum offered to eurretidet lease for a voluehle consideration, Th e VICE-CHANCELLOR thought alloy ti.at tee two of o f j3„ rr i. stets in this country Commission, a new Cont end value was estiitieted at i 1 0001., the Commissioner:, miasien oasttht to he eppointed. Si far, then , the p ra y er said, that as his Grace was bound t^telesild the house, of the p e ti t , on ought to be allowed. As to the conduct of they should deduct the cost of r e building ft oin the Amount. the aseigneeta nothing hall Nee shown which-could tn.-gift!' la his (Mr. Iluskisson's) opinion, the Hon. Gentlemen had made out no case whatever. As to the proposal of that they be paid by the petatoners; duel; selling the el hie of the Crown !antis by public auction, it he should direr, he casts of Mr. Kaye should be paid by was too preposterous to be ehtettained ; nor could it be that, especially, the interferenc.l of the Court. With respect- to the costs„ the petitioners. Ti. carried .into effect without the consent df the Crown. eliat Mr.. be, to direct that a . new Commission be issued; The only ground upon which the Hon. Member had made Kaye retire from the : office of Commissioner ; and SW. that out a plausible case was the expenditure. He (Mr. Hus- .e order he should therefore rciaiie wouldt remainder of the petiti on be dismissed with costs. hisson) thought that from the circumstance of the in cittle arising fidth this source forming a part of the Consolidated Fund, and not having been carried there for some yeas, an impression had gone abroad that there had been great mismtinagement and abuse in this dcpattinchts He (Mr. ilutkiseon) denied that there had been t fly mismanagement or abase. There was one fact, which the lion. Itherd , er laud altogether overlooked,--thet all the measures adveged to by the Hon. Member 1154 been sanctioned by Parliament. He (Mr. Huskisson) acknowledged that it Would be desirable if the income arising from the Crown lands made part of the revenue of the consolidated fund, after the ellatgeg of management and superintendence were deducted, and 11 an account were rendered its the same manner as in respt(t.t" to the other sources of revenue. Both the llos. Menthol' had fallen into au inconceivable. blunder wheel they talked of selling the waste parts of the royal forests at the rata of slt an acre. He admitted that there were a great tnany thousand acres of land in the royal forests ; and the Hon. Member for Colchester had referred to Epping-fortst as an example. The Hon. Member ought to have been better informed in respect' to this forest at least. What right had the Crown to sell Epping-forest, or the New-forest, or Dean-Forest? The soil was not in the Crown. All the right possessed by the Crown in those forests consisted of the right of herbage for the deer; the Crown had not the right of timber nor of pasturage. So in the New Forest; the ofe C deer, rotyn and in theretlse great wa s forestt a single lw dearrw- the right of the Crown was to enclose periodically 6,000 acres out of 90,000 which 6,000 acres were to be dis severed from the pasturage for the growth of timber. The right of g h h se that the right was worth no more than waste paper. The eff cts of acting upon such a suggestion were shown in Windsor Forest, part of which had been disaforested, and cut up into squares; but the sale had not paid the ex penses, much less compensates! the rights which had been extinguished; the proceeds had not paid for the fences and other costs of enclosure. If the ether forests were dis aforested in the same way, the same consequences would ensue. It was, therefore, much better to leave things as they were ; and there would then soon be not less than 400,000 acres of fine full-grown timber, which, in time of necessity, would be a valuable advantage to the country. Sir J. SEBRIGHT complained of the obstructions in Sa James's-park, and the deformity of the Palace there, which he recommended should be plartted out of view. I l tvF a ho i larat s es l se i tt o hs u se; l u d gßgb m iegus o itti v itas e at7 t i l o ot inlie k i.e. Mr. W. SMITH urged the same complaint, and said e n p: o tGa w hreoknut b giw y : nat s t a y tnsh l, a o mt s ( e ti vhi arguments; c i u t direction, ,ssao,anisalwi admitted that unless a good reason was given for the obstruction, is made a very good defence of the Board of Woods and rather in favour of a committee than against it. Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE had understood, when be put the question last year, that the passage through the Park was to be given up. He was sure there was a disposition to accommodate in this particular, and he hoped soon to see the accommodation conceded. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that the Hon. Member had misunderstood the meaning of the Statute of Queen Anne, which did not prohibit the granting of leases by the Crown, and certainly as little tolerated the disposal of Church Livings in the way the Hon. Member seemed to think as it did the disposal of any private property. Mr. D. W. HARVEY then replied, when the House divided, and the numbers were— SECONDAIU 'S' OFFICE, Ali.acif 80. srumoNn • b. ♦?YIN;OK. This was a wr it o f i t , quii•y, to assess damages in au action brought to recover . '.he amount of a veterinary stir- geon's bill for doctoring a horse's knee. The damages were laid at 100/. Judgme: It bad been allowed to go by default. Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the pl aintiff, stated that his client was a man of eminence in hi, profession, and resided its East Smithfield. The defendsn t, a respectable ironmonger, had a horse which received ase trions injury in the knee by a fall ; application was made to . the plaintiff to t ubnini4er ti a remedy, if he thought a cure . r .,....i ble. The home hav ing been in the country , the phi mtiff • was obliged tan o gogreat e..to a -msiderable distance, an d, b y atrie •t attention 0 . 0), 2 , e succeeded in performing: an t tdmirable cure. The stfl vo, , no w outside in the 44E0 , yard, and evidence ho jn. oduced to prove that I he bro ken knee was woud he d. The demaad x ;We for effecting this completely rest!'... , sat the rated a guinea and a half a egtraordinary cure wt. the length. c .1 the journey and the day ? which, considering . nature of the cure, was gait.' a mode rate cha r g e. The to•al amou nt was 49/. us.. 6d., at..w•i:h full satisfaction. did no 1 the defen dant could now ride or driv* which re his hoise in n gif 4 The Jury, after vieuviewingtia,g, • 'hors ..!, alv ,i f i s s . • x e 4 amages at 291. bs. sdt. appear to be worth 41., assOse . -. ___---_- - - -_-_ - . ---. z ... ._:__— ' ' 7: l -- - ---- --- - --- =-- , URT, MAacit SO. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' CC d e o f Furnival's Inn, Mr. Thomas George Western, 1 •aftsman, was beard Holborn, conveyancer and equity fil e : x i a ' c i le o ed n : t ib t nt u g: r i : Fi vd , o it r u , , n vn: b ii: e eo h ,: a d, l sti f ,: o i o f ; cn a t: : : g i n: r- . 1 s a * glut ,p cit ,wpape aas oppOsed by Mr. in the matter of Ws petition, and w , and by Mr. Booth, , ner's schedule was, the auctioneer, in person. The petitit 3 be 4 en 2s a B rr L e . st l e s d s l : ll 2 o d. c , to t b o e m r, ee b t ut w d h i i i c f rds of one hundred: ..hose debts were r , tioiiipisrispoin.ocfiotitl profiles„ creditors ; the aggregate automat of x Mr. Booth. The greater part of his d, 11)01' red that he hadi h po b t e .T g e a ti ‘ dt November, shortly before which hie odd sot ad been P y • (il tracted in granting annuities, and he call u 93. 4:,,,„ since 1821, at 3,0001. a year.—Case adj. 111. ' - 1 e p p1r,0600:. t. 4 iiGHT. FROM THE GAZETTE or LA I War-office, Marsh 29, IMO. MEMORAYDA. The half-pay of Ensign T. 1.11 4 13ean, of has been cancelled from the 25th Februa sive, upon his receiving a commuted a commission. The half-pay of Cornet J. Mahon, of th Train, has been cancelled from the 25th 3 elusive, upon his receiving a commuted al commission. The half-pay of the under-mentioned C cancelled from the 30th instant, inclusive, ceiving a commuted allowance fur their corn Assistant-Surgeon J. Stewart, half-pay, 1 Ensign H. L. Bulwer, half-pay, unattacht Crown-Office, Mitch 30. MEMBER , UETUANED TO SERVE IN THIS IRIS jun FARM-, TOWN AND FORT OF lITTIIIE. John Loch, Esq. in the room of Sir Rol Townsend Farquhar, Bart. deceased. For the motion 46 I Against it... ..... 99 Majority against it 52 On the re-admission of strangers to the gallery, we found Lord F. LEVESON GOWER moving for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Irish Constabulary Act, and explaining his object to be to transfer the new constabulary appointments in Ireland from the magistracy to the Go vernment. Whitehall, March 29. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Ecl. the city of Bristol, Gent. to be a Muter E: the High Court of Chancery. yard auk, of Uaor4inary :shire, tailor, DECLARATIONS ALTivleOrNpoSol? FehliNp_sb°rl::vtci the "l a c tn es C P. Y o st i‘ a i dir s ol l . T R h ob om er a t s Clark, Dover, master-marine . l ., Robert Edward Marsh, George-street, t .c . drawing-master. William Ho,lgens, Dublin, glass-deat BANKRUPTCY ENLAP • William Hardy, Kirkby Moorsidr from April 6 to May 25, at eleven, • Jaeomb and Tindale, Huddersfield. - This proposition led to some conversation between Mr. SPRING RICE, Mr. TRANT, Mr. JEMISON, and other Members; after which leave was given to bring in the Pill, on the understanding that it was to be discussed at large when it should have advanced to a second reading. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter before Two. LIS' OF ONE HUNDRED ANT GRAHAM'S MOTION, 1 GENERAL OF THE 01 L' OF THE MINOR TWENTY-FOUR, WHO 'OR ABOLISHING THE 01 IDNANCE. , to BANKRUPT J. Matthew George, Margate, dr. „ i d surrender April 6, at twelve, 13, at one, and 3 1 Court of Commissioners. Clr .ay 11, at twelve, at the King's Bench-walk, Temple. Awes, Orme, and Wedlake, VOTED ON SIR JAMES PEKE OP LIEUTENANT- Althorp, Viscount A ttwood, M. Fazakerley, J. N. Fortescue, HoN. G. Robarts, A. VV Burrell, :Sir C. Burrell, W. Baring, Sir T. Fyler, T. B. 4ordon, H. Grant, Rt. Hon. C. Ramsdell, J. C. Ramsbottom, J. Rice, T. S. Rickford, W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robinson, Sir G. Robinson, G. R. Russel, Lord John Rumbold, C. E. Sefton, Earl of Scott, Hon. W. ' Sibthorpe, C. D. 'Smith, W. Smith, G. Smith, Hon. R. Smith, Vernon Stanley, Hon. K G. Thomson, C. P. Thompson, T. B. Townshend, Lord C. Tomes, J. Vyvyan, Sir R. Waithrnan, Aid. Wood, Alderman Wood, C. Wilbraham, G. Wrottesley, Sir J Warburton, P ' 1 Whitmore, - o i. w. Wells, J. Whithre Ad s c Wethr 11, Sir C. Wlgrian, W. Waxrender, Sir G. TELLER. Gr.h.sn, Sir J. William Ridley, Gatesh , n, Durham, dealer in marin e 11, at the Crown and Thistl e London; Dawson, N Fyne. Bell, Bow Ch urc h-y ar d, stores,lini, N e wcastle-upon A pril 6 27, and - rr y Lay A Thomas Kennedy ewcastle-epos , Keswick, Cumberland, wo o ll en -m a - I 16, and May 11, at eleven, at the London ; Ans Royal Oak Inn , Keswick. Leadbitter, Busklersbury, . • Robert B' Keswick. 5,6, and ake, St. Mawee, Cornwall, rope-maker, Ap r il . nufacturer, April Cardale gay 4, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Fal mou th. Joh , And Newton, Gray's-Inn, London; B u ll, F a l mout h . 2, if Miller, Tottenham Court-road, stabl e -k ee p er , A pr il sio and May 11, at twelve, a t th e C ourt o f Commis , Jers. Cardale and Newt on , G ray ' s -I nn. El iezer Nash, Myddleton-streer, Clerken well, goldem ith, April 2, at eleven, 16, at ten, and May 11, at nine, at the Court of Commissioners. Tanner, New Basinghall street. James Winch, Kingsland-road, victualler, April 6, at twelve, 20, and May 11, at ten, at the Court of Commis ruomers. Selby, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-sheet. Nathaniel Vick, Stafford-row, Phinlieo, coal-merchant, April 2, at two, 16, and May 11, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Farden, Great James-street, Bedford row. Baring, F. Grant, R. Baring, W. B. Heneage, G. F. Beaumont, T. W. Hobhouse, J. C Blandtbrd, Marquis Honywood, W. P. Buck, L. NV. Howard, R. Benett, John Howick,', Lord Bernal, It. Hume, Joser.l, Broivnlow, C. Jeplison, C. . Burdett, Sir F. Keck, G. A. Legh Bentinck, Lord G. Kemp, T. R. Birch, J. Killeen, Lord Bright, H. Knatchbull, Sir E. Buxton, J. J. Labouchere, H. Buxton, T. F. Lamb, Hon. G. Bankes, H. Lambert, J. S. Cave, R. 0. Lawley, F. Cavendish, NV. Lester, B. Carter, J. Littleton, E. J. Calthorpe, Hon. A. Lennard, T. B. Canning, Sir S. Lloyd, Sir E. P. Calvert, N. • Lumley, J. S. Clifton, Viscount Maberly, J. Clive, E. B. Maberly, Col. Colborne, N. R. Marshall, W. Davies, Col. Martin, John Davenport, E. Marryatt, J. Dawson, A. Marjoribanks, S. Denison, W. J. Milton, Viscount Denison, J. E. Macdonald, Sir J. Ducane, Peter Monck, J. B. Dundas, Hon. T. Morpeth, Viscount Dundas, Hon. Sir R. Nugent, Lord buncombe, Hon. NV. Ord, W. Dick, Quintin Parnell, Sir H. Dickinson, NV. Pcndarves, E. W. Ehrington, Viscount Philips, Sir G. Ellis, Hon. G. A. Philips, G. R. Encombe, Lord Ponsonby, Hon. F. Euston, Earl of Price, Sir R. Falk!, J. Protheroe. E. William Harvey, Bradford, Wi!Ware, cattle salesman, April 10, 17, and May 11, at twelve, at the White Lima Inn, Bath. Buah, Bradford; King and Whitaker, Gray's- Inn. PAIRED OFF. (Wert, C. re nnyson ' C. I'.ewport, Sir J. Rowley, Sir W. Osborne, Lord F. 'Baring, A. TILE WEATHER.—Dur ; ing the last ten days, we have had an unusual quant;,ty of rain, with frequent high winds and occasional sleet and snow. In the West Highlands, the rain has been heavier than has been ex perienced for many years. Ploughed fields have been co vered with above a foot cef water, and several cottages flooded. It ,was remarked by an intelligent observer in week two f . eet rivenhave Urquhart, that Loch Ness, which is in some pal is above s t h a o n ur u s. nus O ua n l T he h ig u h rs t - , 100 fathoms deep, and is 24 miles in length, rose last Highland Road Thurs day the river Spey flooded the _near Bell ville so deeply that the passengers of the Caledonian Coach perpendicular, swollen in walk round by a circuitous route. were forced to alight and The Ross-shire and the N ess is still rolling from hank t o b rae. Last week,.the latter stream carried away part of the bank near the Island, at the recently established works of the Water company, but the damage done, we are happy to learn, does not amount to 20s. - The walks and shrubs in the , Island have suffered no injury from the flood.—lnverness 1 Courier. I - OA f 4th 1 , 60 t, I, 1850, indu— allowance for his Reyal Waggon [arch, 1830, in lowance for his Otero Woken upon their re— miaeio z.--• 71.1 TowPßtna- DIVIDEND& J. Cardinal, Halstead, Essex, terrier, April 2G, at three, at the Court of Commissioners---S. Hutekinion, Mary lebone-lane, woollen-draper, April 20, at eleven, at the Court of Commissoners—W. Creel, Last Stonehouse, Devonshire, merchant, June 16, at eleven, at Elliott's Royal Hotel, Devonport—J. and J. Sykes, Leeds, York , shire, merchants, April 27, at twelve, at the Court-house, Leeds—J. Wilkinson, Liverpool, ironmonger, April 2L, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool—W. Godwin and J. Thorp, Scaw by, Lincolnshire, merchants, April 28, at nine, at the Angel Inn, Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire —J. Coupland, Liverpool, factor, April 20, at twelve, at the Clarendon-buildings, Liverpool—M. Fleming-, Fulham, Middlesex, school-mistress, April 20, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—J. H. Leach, Canterbury, draper, April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners —S. Stone, Red-hill,Middlesex, farmer, April 20, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—W. Plenty, West Smith field, iron founder, April 20, at nine, at the Court of Com-. nrissioners—J. Christie, Mark-lane, merchant, A Aril SO, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—J. Ehorall, Lich field, mercer, April 27, at twelve, at the George Hotel; Lichfield—B. Richards, • Bognor, South Berated, Sussex, innkeeper, April 26, at eleven, at the Swan Inn, Chicheater —W Henshall, Kiuderton, Cheshi re , carr i er , play " or: de- Jut:. ty,. was I^TX:= . Ins _, rim -No ick the ;tow [me cider rty ? .men ands