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f I. ' ~~ ~~' '.~: F - -.;w• • , Y i p il l ~ • . \I ~,,,, „.. i,t• Of' 'A A . -i..,..* 1 1 .4'1.....- '11" . ' . - f .. 0:: , LA .)./15 rA : le -- #1 Alei,(47/e,, 0 e ‘4 l (0 r , '.t ., /.. ie, -. A . t AC ~,~~ . A 1114. umrtEß 8052 1 SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1821. PRICE SEVtIq.V'ENC F. • ACADEMY, 50M..:1.5.•.1' PLACE. VOTICE is hereby given, that the EXI - 1.1 ;LI _.IIITION WILL OPEN un MONDAY NEXT, t be,7tli ' ,l st. at Twetre o'Clock. admission, Otte o:;,—Catn Quo • H. HOIVAit.I)., Exhibitors arid Students may receive tlivir icktll4 anti Ca• t`logors by apply:or, at tile - Academy imiNloodayaftyrTvrelve. NAVY-OFFICE, y t S2l . TUE Right Honourable the LORDS IMSSIONERS of his MAJESTY's TaIi:ASURY bavifig appointed Money. fur the Payment of HALF-PAY to SEA OFFICERS, from the Ist of January to the 3 tit Mach, 4 8 , 2 1, accorting- to his Majesty's Establishment in that nehalf : 'T hese are t o g i ve no ti ce, th at t h e severa l P a y men t s Will he ti to be ma d e at t h e P ay -Offi ce , b y t h e 'f le , tsurer o f his l i"tY's Nary, at Ten o'Clock in the mottling, on the fol lowing days, viz- - • C a Ci n ," 14th, 15th, and 16th thia Month, to Admirals, and their Attornies. 1 7th, lath, 21st, 2sd, and 23d of this Month, to on?tenants and-Chaplains, and their Attornies. ge o t h 24th and 25th. of thii Mouth, to Master 3, Sur n-, and Pursers and their Attoruies. Aft er Whicit the ' Lists will . be recalled the Grst and third — B esdamonth, tha t sit Persons stay then and tb er . every . l 4 -Cita to receive what may become pavalile to them , alti b ring with th em no Affidavit as.reg o ired by the Order in. a ftunci i of 30th July, 1519, the Forms of which were pWtlish hect in an Advertisement from this Office, dated 16th :aeptem ert.lBl9, and may be procured at the Office of the Treasurer of the Navy; and in case any of the said Officers. should not be able to attend themselves, but employ Attornies for th at purpose, that the said Attornies do produce the like Af fidavit from the Persons they are employed by. Where Officers are Abroad on !rive, their Agents are to Produce attested - Copies of such Leave before the Half-Pay 'an he paid. A n''- as by Act of Parliament passed in the 35th year of his Preseut Majesty's Reign, entituled, " An Act for establish-. i ng a more eas y and expeditious uiethod for the Payment of 'Hikers. belonging to his Majesty's Navy," it is enacted by tne 2; - ;th Clause 6f the said Act, 1 ' that - it. any Commissioned. ?r llalf. . ant Naval Officer, who shall he entitled to receive and hall be desirous t o receiv e and he paid . the ! a turiat or near th e pl ace o f hi s Residence, he mar apply to 'he T:easur er of his Majesty's Navy in London, to itave suds Hail-Pay paid at or near the place of his Residence, &c. • 'lt the manner pointed out by the said Act." And by' a fur- titer Act passed in. the 56th year of Isis present ..Majesty's entit " An Act for enabling the O ff icers inhis 14 :sly's 1 Nary, and their Representatives, to draw for and r.!ot-i;s their Half-Pay," it is enac t e d by th e Ist aad 3d 1-.lviase:s of th e sa id A ct, " t h at if any Off i cer i n h i s Ma j esty ' s ry, who shall be entitled to receive any, sum of money for ar i on accou n t of hi s H a lf- Pay, shall be desirous of drawing a Exchange f or th e same upon the Cononissioaers of his ' , W Il2tj e,s h y e shall signifyt's Navy, instead such dof rece esire by givin t Le he tter to same b tile v RTreasurecremittan.e °f ft's Majesty's Navy; and that if any Officer iu bis Ma - - Jet.';li's Na v y, who shall be entitled to rece i ve any sum of too hip Fp for 'Sr on acc o u n t of Half-Pay, shall be desirous of having ' ilalf-I'ay paid to him by E x t r act, at any of his Majesty's . .;:`_tc4 Yards, where. Clerks for the Payment of Wages for the i k `"*Y'shall reside, instead of receiving tkc • same by Remit ,.,lltt sill or_ Bill of Exchange, he is to apply either to the Clerk at the Navy Pay-Office in Loipion, or at the , at suds Dock Yard, signifying 1:1301 bis desire." 4 1 4 t' ce. is hereby f ur th er g i ven , th at the Half-Pay 'ending the 'March, la2l, will commence pay i ng on the 14th b,;"l'ir. and :all Persons desirous o f d raw i ng f or , or of "V their Half-Pay. remitted to them, m a y a pply as a b ove , ouecled. Ltc—liills of Exchange drawn under or by v i r t ue o f th e ~ ,4 . qbre recited, are not liabl e t o th e St amp D uty. be out of his Majesty's Demioi o as are en preivileges of the Act. . ~.._ Will sail in all April, for BOMBAY,- - \:' "------ The Fast-sailing, new River-built Still', SARAH , Burthen 488 tons, JOHN , v *,‘ ~ .. 14 . , ~....•,\\,.. IHALKEII, Commander, (uf the Honour , 'k'''` -'--- Aar Company's Service). This Ship has a '-' th e Pop, and is most commodiously fitted up . •i-,r , -l econrinoriation of Passengers. Je r is i'reight or Passage, apply to the Commander, at the X - 1, 1 :" I ern Cotree•house ; to Mr. WEEDING. Old South Sea 1 , , , ,! , liNad-sired ; ur to JOI - IN LYNEY, jun. 1, Core .—**-----__l Cornhill. 4 1 ' 14 in ONE DAY , 17th of THIS MONTH NAY). "r w o PRIZES OF •X3t,000, • And One Hundred Chances for - ' TSB - Besides 4 , ,'05 other Prizes, 0 t 7 tic SURE TO BE DRAWN 17th MAY. • t1 'r )1 11y (;heap Prices for the above splendid Advantages, 4,l;i4rilif et CI, n c e 17th May:--- ,C,14 14 Quarter Chance £3 17 0 - 7 19 Ei4lith - 1 19 6 5 4 ,* %. , Sixteenth Twenty Shillings only.! , NOti 4 " Chs ses!—Every Ticket put into the Wheel, each to 4 ,`' r "wil singly, each deciding its own fate, and no other! l)ar', " " we of Tickets!!—No Suspense!—Every Ticket or cid tt i" Porcbased on or before llth May, is sore to he de 'Ulu- th" 1): 'I, When ALL the 21,000. Vrize , , and all the 1..1, Capital Enid other Prizes, MUST BE DRAVt N ! y . j l "s and Shares for the 17th May only, are selling 1 ) ti , 4 " J• SIVEWRIGH I', Contractors, 37, Coruhill i 71' 4 . 4). 440,01 it 3B, Haymarket ; where they sold, in the (el l ,I;st Contracts,* all ' the 20,0001. Prizes! also, 9,0.53, (:(4 . 4 - ti !` t i .) Prize of 20,000 I.! and by all their Agents in the * * l f Schemes, with full Particulars, gratis. 13,1 K, i '•--ALiet: 1 - 10i,T FO,i ES P.—By Order of the Right 11""ra ble AA . ILLIAM 1-11TSKISSON, IVILLIAM i..) „s t a ble Ai) A‘ls and HENRY DAWKINS,. Foquires, '`Hatais • . -,.• 7,1 •t ' Woods, and Laud Itt stoners of His __airs.). s Forests, r ., , etiu _e° b e SOLD by AUCTION, by J.A.WARD, , ‘l '," tfe BULL INN, at BENTLF.Y, neat the said Forest, qq..l EI)NESDAY, - the iith day of May, rat, at Thre,e, Ilu N "; 1 3 ' the Afternoo n , the BARK of upwahls of E . lti HI • for I h It ED OAK TIMBER TREES, (a portion of which art Fi trui e , Ilse of the Navy), in the Finest of Alice Holt, near i nt , l'tta, Surrey. —The Lots way be viewed any day pre. ~f ~;', t i , the Sale, by applyine. to Mr. C. F.AVise, Holt Lodge, 4t, ti."ai Particulars and Conditi on s of Sale may be bad ; also 4 1 I I ", nti tOn . 0 a ming 4 . .......__________uaeers, Farnham. , RIVINGTON'S ANNU.-‘l, ItE(4IS l'Elt. r--,,-,„ ,,, the course of the recent ye;ir will be published. 1 , 1 'RE ANNUAL REGISTER, for the Year j, • 1320 being.the commencement of his present Ma ,p•stnßeign: ti. Prospectus of the Wo:k will be shortly is;ued by the ‹Ct, "'hers, at fig, Saint Paut's Church Yard, and 3, WAterloo ......._., pall Mali. I 13:RGE'S' ESSENCE OF ANC i-10V1 ES 4 , ale.muse, 107, STRAND, Corner of the SAVOY-STE PS, London. 01 -FN BUIIGESS and SON being apprized tirosf the numerous endeavours made by many pet - sous to Upo n e a spuriorts article for their make; feel it incumbent chat them to re tte,t the attentio n of the Public, in pur th.ttLog what the} cunt to be the Original, to observe - :\ame and t he Address the with the above ;-1 be tel l ti, oral appearance,Ul the spurit,us descriittions will deceive i , hrgoarded, and fur their detection, J.. B and SON sob ',lt the following Gluttons, —some ate ill appearance at first „ ;:t "Tbe Getitline," but Without any Nam e or Address :- 4-- e " BurtoEss's Essenc e of Anchovies f'—olliers 6 ' Butt b' Is."--arld many more without Arldr,ss. • b'aoriN BUBGESS'and SON haring been many years ho with with such distinguished approbation, fee! ere' y sem ti:letellt of respect tOW:11.(13 the Public, and earnestly solicit _,..itu.to•iiispect the Labels previous to purelnising what they ieelre to be of their nialie whielt th e . hop e will prevent 444nY disappointments. • ' . ) 111)RGES—S.' NEW sAUCE for general purposes, baring flirt t atinc,li sreat satisfaction.' fur to be prepared by , 2u ti r , I.,ts t.ecommended as a lutist useful and courenient ‘1,,,,e1,--syt: Lek", good Malt climates. •': t "he..l"..TßAl),C").urt'ortbeSarov-ste s London. (71;i: on.lci.ixtr:: visu -S --11.1 Ci Vi'AitilijtJS'E.) • ROYAL ACADEMY. --- After the Royal Visitors had retired yester day the Amateurs and Patrons of Art, and the fashionable world, were admitted to a private view. • Although pictures in the high style of history are scanty in this display, .yet the Exhi bition will be far .more entertuining.to the public than those of several years .past, on account of .the great number of fancy and humorous composi tions. Comic painting and low comedy in parti cular, will here be seen - in the highest state of • perfection. There are also some noble Land scapes, which cannot fail of delighting every eye. The principal pictures of the Exhibition are the following : 7 Sir THOMAS LAwar.NcE, R.A., has Portraits of her Royal Highness the late Princess Ch a rlotte— o f th e Marquess of Lon donderry-of Visconntess PollinFton and child—of Lady Lambton—of the. late Benjamin West„:Esq..•President 'of the ROYal, academy—of .Mrs'. H. Baring and Children—of Sir Humphrey Davy, - President of the Royal Society, &c.— of James Palmer, Esq. Treasurer of Christ's Hospital. s•komutp, ILA., has The Vintage—Sancho Panza re lating to his Master, Don Quixote, the reception and converse tioif hd had with Duleinea ; and Shakspeare's Characters—FaL. staff, As you like it, Tempest, King Lear, and Macbeth. H..THomsoN, R.A. exhibits, Bed Time. D. WILKIE, has.Newsmongers, and Guess my Name. • • W. MIT LREADY: R.A., exhibits the CareleSs Messenger de tected, a picture full of humOun • • HowARD,-R.A., Cottage Scene.; Sabrena from Milton, and the House of Morpheus, from the famous description by SPENCEU, besides a Portrait. , A. W. i - .3Aicovr, I.A. a large Landscape; the subject, Dover from the Sea, a squally day. . • IV. R.. BEGG, R.A., presents to public inspection, the Cradle, or, a present from the Grandmother. ' W. CoLyiNs - , R.A., has a Scene in Borrowdale, Cumber land ; Morning on the coast of Kent, and Dartmouth, Devon. • J. Nowiliccri.., R.A., exhibits the Burial of Edward V. and his Brother, the Duke of York, who were murdered in the Tower of..Lonclon by order of Richard lll.—;'Tie Marriage of the Duke of York, brother of Edward V. to the Lady Anne Mowbray—Young•DaVid.keeping his Father's Flock, &c. H..FIISELI, R.A. presents a subject similar to the . story of Orestes,the Furies in pursuit of Alcmreon, who has murdered his' mother Eriphyle ; Prometheus delive r ed by H ercu l es ; an d .halm?", a sketch. Sir BEECHEi has a FOrtrait of a Lady in the character of Spenser's llna ; Portraits of the Earl of Aylesbury, Hugh Leicester, Esq., and " the Bird's Nest." %V Ow EX, Esq. R,A. has contributed a Portrait of the Earl of Pembroke, and of Collmgwood Selby, Esq. T. PHILLIPS, Esq. R.A. hay Portraits of the Right Hon. Sir W. Grant, late Master of the Rolls ; of Lady Harriet Drum mond and Children ; D. Ricardo, Esq. M.P. ; H on : J. Aber cromby, Esq. i%i.P. ; Mrs. Fitzgerald, &c. M. A. SITEE ' A. exhibits Portraits of G. W. Taylor, Esq. 31. P.; of Mrs. Wanton Taylor; Miss Campbell; Edw. Tunno, Esq. &.c. • , , • 'J.• JAC s os, R. A. has Portraits of Miss Wilson, of Drury lane 'Theatre ; Mr. Macready, in the character of Macbeth ; J. Northeote, Esq.; Earl Grey, &c. R. R. REINAGLE, A. exhibits a Scene from nature, Mid day—Portrait of a Gentleman. J. Wimp, R. A. a Hunter, the property of Edm. Yeales, Esq.—Portrait of a f a vo ur it e Sp anie l belonging to Earl Powis. H. RAEBURN R. A. Portraits of the 31arquess of Bute, Earl Compton, Sir John Hay, &c. J. CONSTABLE, A., has Hampstead Heath—a Shower, Harrow—Landscape, Noon. • A. E. Cum..ox, R.A.—Lc Billett--Portrait of the Duchess of Hamilton; &c. G. ARNAXTLD, A.--The Battle of Naseby—Seene on Wood side. J. DANIELL, R.-A.,—The Sacred Temple of the Hindoos— The Ruins of an Hindoo Temple, East Indies. A. COOPER, R.A., displays the heroic conduct of Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor. There is a great number of clever portraits by artists whO are not members. Some . of the best of the fancy subjects are May' Day, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by C. R. Leslie; Vertunmus and Pomona, by Mrs. Ansley; Gipsey Scene, Hampstead, C. Cranmer ; The Drunken Smith, W. Hide ; Romeo and 'Juliet, 11. P. Briggs ' • Cleopatra's Arriv a l i n Ciliciai,W. Elty ; Lock and Key, G. Clint ; The Green Room, W., Sharp ; A Mother and. Child, W. Long ; Le Malade linc.ginaire, by F. V. Hurlstone ; Impertinent Puppies dis .missed_by a Monkey, E. Landseer • The Widow's Sons res cued from Slavery, by the P r oph e t klisha, H. P. Bone ; Poor Relations, F. P. Stephauoff: Mrs. TOPE, whose talents in her line are superior to competi tion, has four beautiful drawings in this Exhibition, viz. :—Two large Groups,. varieties of Roses, one of them contained in an Etruscan Vase, drawn at the British Museum from one of the finest of Sir Wm. Hamilton's collection ; the other in a Roman one. An extraordinary large Cockscomb, done for the Horti cultural Society; and a small Tree of the double Sasanqua Camellia. Among the principal works of sculpture submitted this year to public inspection, are Busts of Sir 'Walter Scott, Bart., of 'W. Wordsworth, Esq., of the Marquis of Londonderry, and the Bishop of Rochester, by F. CHANTREY ' R.A. ; Cedalon and Amelia, a marble group e ; an d a model for the intended Statue of West, Esq. late President of the Royal Academy, by C. Rossi, R.A., and a Bust of Miss Wilson, by W. BEHNES. REGISTER OF FASHION. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princesses AUGUSTA and SOPIIIA IVIATILDA, the Duchess of CEA:RENCE, the Duchess of KENT, and Princess FEODOR, Prince LEOPOLD, and Prince ERNEST, attended by Lady MARY TIIYNNE, Colonels DALTON, HIGGINS, CONNOR, &C. visited the Ex hibition at the. Royal Academy, previous to its opening to the public, and expressed themselves highly gratified with the splendid assemblage of works collected there this season. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. General Ross entertained the Duchess of Richmond, the Ladies Lennox, and a distinguished party yest-rlay, at his house in Portland-place. The Marchioness of Londondefry gives a splendid rout this evening, at her house in St. James's-square. Dowager Lady Astley entertained a party of fashionables on Thursday evening, at her house in Cavendish-square. The Earl and Countess of St. Germain's gave an elegant en tertainment on Wedncsday, to a num e ro us fashionable party. rASIIIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Lord and Lady Holland, with the Hon. Mr. Fox and suite, left London on Thursday, to pro cee d to a tour t h rough the South of France for a few weeks. The Duke Bedford arrived yesterday at his house, Saint James's-square, from his seat, Woburn Abbey. The Earl and Countess of Craven have arrived at their hcuse, Charles-street, Berkeley-square, from their seat, Elmstead Lodge Berks. • Eardley has returned to town, from his seat, Belvidere, Ker,t. . The Earl of Abergavenny has arrived at his house, Berke le.3'!scittare, from his seat, Eridge Castle, Sussex. • The fich. Colonel Henry Lygon, M.P. has arrived in St. James's-square,•frorn his seat, Farmington, Gloucestershire. Sir-John-Sebright, Bart. is arrived at his house in Sackville street, from his seat in Herts., - 'The Earl and Countess of Lonsdale have left town for Paris. The Ladies H. and E. Ashburnham have left town for their seat at Wimbkton. • , • AIkTIST'S.BEKEVOLENT. INSTITUTIO.,The Duke of SUSSEX was in the Chair .at the Meeting of yesterday. The report was very favo - arable, but the Royal Chairman explained that, more. encourmement - .was necessary , and exhorted - every Member to use his mfiuence in promotin g the laudable object of the Institution. Li A.M E NT, HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY 4. Mr. Smith-, from the Commissioners of Rich mond Bridge, presented the Cash Account of that establishment for the year 1820.—Mr.Sturt, from the Custom House, presented an Account of the English and Irish Goods exported into Rus sia, during the last year.---Mr. Wal ford, from the Treasury-, presented an Account of the National Debt from the year 1786, down to the present period,_ The Earl of DONOTIGiiMOitt presented a Peti tion from the Irish Att&flies' against the Irish Courts' Bill. After aft vr observations from the Earls of Donoughtnore and Limerick, it was ordered to be laid on the table. On the motion of the 'Eatl of LTMERICK, tit Irish Lunatic - Asyluth Bill was.read the secon, time, and ordered to be committed on Monday. Lord SIDMOUTH 'presented . a - List Of v Papers relative to the . Trade between the East Indies and China, pursuant to an Order of the House. BANK CASH PAYMENTBILL. The Earl of LivEnPoOL, on rising to move the third reading of the Bank Cash Payment Bill, observed that he should. confine himself, for the present, to a statement of the principle and ject which it embraced. .It would make no other alteration in the system which Parliament had adopted two years., ego, than that of precipitat ing its operation, or rather of removing the im 7 pediment .which must.otherwise exist, until the expiration of the term specified in the Act.- Their Lordships knew that there were three diffe rent periods with respect4o payinents in specie; the first.was. that of the total prohibition which-it was deemed expedient to adopt, under the cir cumstances of the war; the second was that of the prospective removal of the restriction ; and the third, its removal altogether. According to the Act which was passed two years ago, the Bank could not pay in coin, however anxious it might be to do so, before May J 822, and the object of the pres en t Bill was t o p ay as early as 1821, if they should be in a condition to do so. He had the satisfaction of stating to their Lord ships, that if the Bill should pass, it was the in tention of the Bank to take immediate steps for the resumption of Cash. Payments, by paying off all the one pound notes. His Lordship concluded by observing, that great public inconvenience would arise, if Parliament should refuse to give the Bank at least the permissive power authorised by the present Bill. The Marquess of. LANSDOWN said he did not rise for the purpose of offering any opposition or obstruction to the passing of the measure, but the. principle upon which it was founded was of top much importance to let the third reading pass without some observation. He did not object to the Bill, because the payment of the one pound notes in sovereigns was a measure likely to be attended with great advantage. Another reason why he did not object to it was, that it left the other important question still open, he meant the question whether a metallic was preferable to a paper currency ? He was one of those, himself, who held the opinion, that provided the circula tion of the country was kept under due restric tion, and founded on a metallic basis, the less precious - metal there was in the coffers of the Bank, the better for the public. But their at tention should also be directed to the general principles on which the question rested, and which was adopted, as the Noble Earl stated, two years ago. No one could be surprised at the facility by which the Bank was enabled to pay now, as it might, in fact, have done the same eight or nine months ago. As to the question, whether the business of the country could be better carried on by a metallic or a paper cur rency, founded on a metallic standard, the pre sent Bill did not profess to determine. The subject was therefore still free to the consider ation of Parliament, and he would state why he thought it material that Parliament should re serve its opinion. - Undoubtedly, if it was pos sible by a recurrence to metallic issues to put an end to the crimes and executions connected with the paper system, that consideration alone would be sufficient to anticipate their Lordships' judg ment ; but the more he examined that topic, the more he was disposed to doubt whether a metallic. currency was not likely to,be counterfeited to as large an extent by coiners, as a paper currency was by those who forged. Ile found,on a reference to certain papers before the House, that the num ber of convictions for coining within a limited peL riod amounted to 3,191, while :the number of convictions for forgery, within an equal pe riod, amounted to 1,581. The inference from this seemed to be, at, least, that no material diminution could be expected to take place under a change of system, and especially as the tempta tion to coin gold was considerably increased by the facilities lately afforded to the importation of platina froth the Continent. I f there was not a material advantage to be-derived from a metallic circulation, a paper one was certainly the most convenient and economical machine for carrying on the business of the. nation.- It had been re commended two years ago that the Bank should be obliged to purchase bullion below the . Mint price ; if they were not obliged to do so, and also to pay their notes in specie, the country would be left at the mercy of the If, therefore, Parliament felt a preferenc e for metal lic above paper currency, he hoped. they would accompany it with the first of these previsions. He was far from retracting the opinion which he bad formerly given on the subject, for he still re . ,. garded the return to cash payinen ts as ii MeaSure for which the Gdvernmen twos entitled to the thanks of the country. But he would repeat what he had al- . • ready stated on a former occasion, that it never entered into his contemplation at the time the system was recommended. that an attempt should be made at the same time to increase the burthens of the people by additional taxation.- if it had been absolutely necessary, as a step towards the resumption of Cash Payments, that such a mea sure should be resorted to, it would have mate rially altered his view of the recommendation then n made to ' Parliament. That addition had however been made, and made at a time when reduction was most necessary,. The Noble Earl might ask, whether they would abandon the principle . Of a Sinking Fund,- but they had aban cloned a Sinking Fund already, and it was .for the shadow of a Sinking Fund that the country was put to the additi ona l expence of three tail , lions. 'The object of a Sinking. Fund was the diminution Of the public debt ;. and he could not help thinking that_ that object would be better .answered by ielitiviti g the people ,Jrom taxa tion,• and allowing .the country to recover its* prosperity. He felt in the year 1819, and in the present moment, that there were but three courses to be pursued, in order to prepare,the way for the resumption of Cash Payments. The first was to diMinish the interest paid:to the public credi, tor, but that implied a breach of faith,,which he could not contemplate under any circumstances without horror. There was another way. more equitable in its " nature, though : perhaps equally dangerous as a precedent, that was to alter the denoMination of the coin and standard ; and the .third was to diminish the . expenditure of the country, so as to enable it to bear ,the inconve nience to which so great a change would expose it: This last was the expedient which he thought Parliament ought to adopt ; and it was the only one from which he could entertain a hope, that the - present difficulties might be surmounted, and the foundation of future prosperity laid with any_ - prospect of being realized. The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, he did not rise to oppose the Bill, especially as it did not com pel the Bank to pay, but .he was not as clear as his Noble Friend seemed to be, that a paper currency was more economical than a currency in coin. He knew the way. in which that propo sition was stated. It was said that if 30 millions was taken out of the capital of the Country, for the purchase of gold, the trade of the Country must suffer to that extent. But gold could not be so purchased ; it was to be obtained, like any other commodity, by sending our own manufac. tures in exchange ; and if that was the case, the Country must be benefited instead of injured. Upon the whole, it was a matter of great doubt with him, wh e th er a paper currency was not as expensive as a metallic one. The question of the diminution of crime was certainly a most important p,:rt of .the consideration, but it did not appear from the statement of his Noble Friend any mi.- guitte expectations could be indulged; besides, the Mint Regulations themselves were calculated to encourage coiners, and, held out a bonus of 1-1 per cent. to those who might imitate the coin,even supposing them to make use of silver as valuable. and to pass it through the same operation as in the Mint. His Noble Fllend had recommended a reduction of the .public establishments, and he agreed in its propriety, as far as it could be done consistently with the safety of the State but he deprecated the idea of holding out an ex pectation that the distresses of the Country could be relieved by the paltry savings of which they had heard so much of late. As to altering the de nomination of the coin, it was a step. which nothing but the mast urgent necessity could jus tify ; perhaps, however, they might still go so far as to change the standard to silver, a measure which would c on t r ib u t e great l y to te relief of the existing distress. With respect to the esta blishment of a sinking fund, he knew nothing that could be more injurious, even if the country was much more rich than she could be supposed at present. His Noble Friend had talked of the shadow of a Sinking Fund, but there was yet'; enough of substance in it to relieve the burthen ' of taxation„to improve the condition of the lower orders, and increase the, produce of the other" taxes if properly applied. But even if he were an advocate for the establishment of a Sinkirg- Fund, the hour of difficulty was not that which shoUld be selected for accumulation. With re spect to the Bill itself, he rejoiced in its introduc tion, as it would afford an opportunity of ascer taining, by actual experiment, how farthe resump tion of Cash Payments was practicable, in the present circumstances of the nation. Lord KING expr ss d his satisfaction• at the Bill, to the object of which he wished every suc cess. The greatest • difficulty they had to en counter was that of taxation ; and the best means of providing against that was by the adoption of economy in all .departments of the Government. The. Noble Lord had said it was impossible to reduce the establishmentsany further, consistently with the security of the State ; but he had 'no doubt that if a much smaller sum were voted for the service of the country, that service would be as well performed in, all its branches as if it con tinued to be paid at the present rate. There were two difficulties attending the resumption of Cash Payments. One was the difficulty of pay-, ing the same areount . ,of taxation under the in creased value of ul.oney, and the other was the adoption, of a true standard. The . Tegu •lation..oi the . Bank to give 175 , . 104 2 -d. an' ounce for gold , was .the. cause why the price of gold was stilt kept up to that :amount.. I ithe Bank did not. give the price of gold. must have fallen, abd 'thfTefore it , was.necessary that this rhea Sure shuld be carried into, effect as soon as pos"sible. The was evi dently too eager to purchase :gold, and had di • ; minished its issues beyO n d what.it Onglitio have done. It was to be wished that the present. mea .sune -might be followed:tip by others "for. fhe pur pose of giving it a more certain and • beneficial operation. This was the only country in Eu rope in which the expenCe 'Of . Coinage Was not taken out . of the coin itself.. Such a reghlation .would, he thooght, be the hest; and the prospect .of our intercourse. with South America being like ly to render the price of gold cheaper in this country than on the continent, and even to make this country the Carrier to the other ports of Eu-' rope,.it was the more necessary that she should adopt such measures as were least likelltO raise the price of that. commodity, and dimizish the valne of our situation. • The Earl of Ltv - Enpbbr, admitted that the question between the advantages of a. metallic and paper currency was hot involved it‘ the present question. At :the same time he. felt it due in candour. to the House •to state. .that if they considered a • paper currency more desira— ble, the passing of the present Bill would create impediments to its adoption. Though . his own mind:was not yet made up on the subject, he would confess that his inclination was rather in favour-of a metallic than a paper currency. He would admit that there was some weight in the consideration of economy as sugzested by the Noble Marquess, but the paper currency must be taken with all its attendant evils, and the dis position to over-trading and speculating in Criti cal times, which it was of so much importanCe to controul, was much more favoured by the paper currency. The question, however, was open to future determination. With respect to the-three millions raised for the establishment of a Sinking Fund, it could not be said to have added to the distress, for since the conclusion of the war not less than sixteen millions had been taken off. Besides the agricultural distress was not confined to .this.country, it was felt as severely in all the countries of Europe;, and in the United States of America, where the taxation was loci, :and where all the taxes upon agriculture were abo lished since the peace, it was felt more severely. He was one of those who had always thought that they should have a Sinking Fund, and that the best way of proceeding was to-do what was „a d necessary at once, and th en l eave t h e country to itself. No country co u ld be considered i on . a li solid footing without a Si n ki ng season, a starving market, or the nature of events abroad, might require the assistance of such a fund, and therefore he thought Government was bound - to do what was incumbent on every private individual, to provide a surplus income beyond the amount of its expenditure. In that view it appeared to him that a Sinking Fund of 5,000,000 was necessary to this country. He agreed with the Noble Marquess, that it would be impolitic and disgraceful to break fhith with the public credi, tor ; but if the country could not pay, he .would -prefer the direct and" candid course of making the avowal at once, and reducing the interest,. to any expedient for effecting the same object by less apparent. means; A - reduction of the public establishments had been much insisted on, and he would admit that it ought to take place, as far as was practicable; but what was it 'that made the present establishment so great, ass.6m pared with other peace establishmentS ? It was the enofmous amount of the half pay, and the increase -in the full pay of soldiers and sailors, which was adopted during the war, whether pru dently or not he did not mean to iscuss. As to the numerical amount of the force, it had been often discussed before, and there was are anxiety on the part of his Majesty's Government to re duce it as much as possible. He would ()Walt; any alteration in the system of our coin, whiCh could tend to its depreciation. The Earl of DARNLEY gave notice, that he should feel it his duty to call the. attention of the House to the present state of the public establish ments, before the Session closed, and maintained that a great reduction might be made in the Ordnance Department,- and even in that of.the Navy. The Marquess of LANSDOWN and, the Earls of LIVERPOOL and LAUDERDALE explained. The Duke or WELLINGTON said, that if the Ordnance were to be reduced altogether, the saving would not amount to one-third of the, pre sent estimates. The Bill was then read the third time and. passed, and the House adjourned till Monday. • HOUSE OF COM.iiONS, FRIDAY,,MA Y 4. Mr. CURWEN presented two Petitions from Wigforfand =Other town in Cumberland, p ra yi ng f or a, revision of the Criminal Code..—Ordcred to'bc printed. Botoagh ;of . • Mr. S. BOURNE moved a n ew w r i t for 412: Ando :er, in the room of T: Ashtton Sthith, - Esq. ; . • ' HORN BLOWERS,. A Petition 'was present&t.ran the vestry of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square,:coniplitining of • th 6 nuisance c ause d by • persons h a wk in g nrtieles about the streets, and blowing horns:--Laid on - the '•• • - .'CRIMINAL LAWS. Pe:_itions.were presented from: Tewkesbury; Sherboine, arid Bridport, by Mr. Morton Pitt from two towns ih , by Sir• Wm. Lenion . ; froih 'Bristol; by Mr. Hart Davis ; Sr/tin Darlington; by'Mr: Paulett ; from Pickering, by Mr. Ellis ; from the city of,Dublin,•-by Mr. Shaw; and from the•Boitingh of Kidderminster, by Mr. Abercrombv, paaying fnr :a:revision of the Criminal Laws.—They were all laid on .the tabie.and ordered to be printed. ' •' • • • • • '• • Mr. ELLIS prc.v.nted a Petition from the Waterinen of `London against toe Thames Wharfs Bill, and , pr.ayink - Ici•,:be heard, by Counsel. -:-Referred to the Committee on said Bill . . • Mr. ELLrs also presented a Petition from the Chainber.of Comtherce ir. New afiainst the Scotch Achnir4lty.eoart •• .All.—Ordered to be printea. • . !., . , COMPLAINT. AGAINST A MEMBER. Mr. I'. MOORE presented a petition from a person:Of tai .naive of Thomas! ! Flarligan; comprainir.g of some espresi.2r , s ~wl:if:11 were -made irk: b3i - nicnihr of 'that lionSe y.-ith ri - s; to him, and which asA . ..rted.untruly that he • had litery for merly Sentenced to transportation. The SPEAKER said that stteh a Pet'iitin as this went to in fringe‘the independence and privileges of the members of that house. After a few - words from fir. Mtzkenzie, Mr. E. G. Ben