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NumBER 896 .1 i , -et- 2 71:13 77 FORD VIC 1714 .VG-Y.l R May 18, 1821. TRESE are to give Notice, That on Thursday, the , A • t '. or June next, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon, wilt be expooed to PUBLIC S,-ILE, at' Hit Majesty's Yie gualling Yard, Deptford, sundry Lots of the . folluwing PROVLSIONS and STORES, now lying in the said Yard, Bread, Bread Dust, Flour, Flour Sweepings, Kaisins -14:1", Pea&e, Pease Screenings, Oatmeal, Oatntenl , Sweep., l 'g's Dholl, Callavances, -Bakehouse Sweepings, Essence of Malt, and Hops, Beef, Pork, Suet, Sugar, Butter, Cheese, 1113 d Vinegar: Leager, Butt, Puncheon, Hogshead, Barrel, Hal f - Hogshead, Kilderkin, and Small Cask Staves, Wine Hogshead, Irish Tierce and - Barrel Staves, Heading tight and dry; a quantity of Timber, Iron, Fire Wood, &c. Deposit of 25/. per cent. is to be made upon the amount Qi each Let at the time of Sale, and the remainder of the par ehale-ntoneyto be paid before the Stores are rrmoced,for which P 4 "Pose a period of fourteen working days will be allowed front th e day of Sale; the Buyers particularly observing that *44 IP,* than tone half of Me quantity is to be tehen away, wait s the first seven days, and the remainder in the seven f°llm viug days, otherwise the Deposit Monet/ tutllbefolfeiteelt and the Provisions or Stores renzahi the property of the Cro w", as no extension of time will, en an account, be granted. VEST'S GALLERY; No. 14, NEWMAN-STREET, 02i.- FORD-STREET. THE- PUBLIC is' respectfully informed, that t y, this GALLERY' WILL OPEN 00 MONDAY NEXT, C e ' B th. I, with Coll tlf PITURES, Painted .7 the late BEN nstant JAMlN a WEST, ection Esq. President of the Royal Academy iocluding th t 'Great Pictures CHRIST REJECTED, . 14 DEATH on the PALE HORSE, and will remain on view c t : r l ddy Ten' till Six, Admittance One Shilling, Cota %lke One Shilling. CHARLES smART, Secretary No •4) tie wman -s t r eet , Oxford-street. May ?s; 1821. By W. MO UNTA IN and Co. -4,itACEN'S HEAD INN, SNOW-HILL LONDON.. H E following POST-COACHES, MAIL i7OACH ES, &c. set out front the above Inn:— 1 11 /AN' ' , Chatham, Rochester,. and Gr , tecsend New L P i t ,; '- e ` ' 4 ' 4 ( 11 , every Aft e r noo n a t n a il-p as t F our . F a r e , in , los- Outside (is. „ ALNIOUTH, Penryn, Truro, Bodurin, Li.,keard,' Ply i% '; 411 11 Dock, Pl ymouth, T otness, Ncwtan Bushell, Exe t er, P,... (741 °"th, Dorchester, Dartmouth, and S a li s b ur y, new i. Post CO, every m orn i ng a t S even ; t h roug h Axtnins P 4 POII, Blandford, Basingstoke, and Bagshot, arrives at "Ythouth the next evening at half-past Eight. LITHAMPTN, Lyn!ington, Winchester, A ndover, r ingstoke New Four Inside Coach at half-p as t S even o'clock Llhe Morning, arrives at the Dolphin Inn , Southampton, I, past Five o'clock.—Tbis is a. most delightful Con G ; !Yr.nee to the Isl e o f Wi g ht , H avre. d e G race, J ersey, s~nsey, St. Malots, Cherburgh, p,,,,Tßand BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip-, lt Caine , and Marlborough, every Afternoon ; arrive N av t er r. Greyhound Ins,, Batli,and i the . London, NT henias-street, and the Swann, Bristo , tpxt Ply" "-Co aches t o Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, k..,x l•i et th . "'" ' a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one sid es on the R oa d , carry i ng carrying Four Insides and Four Out, r.,, t0 . sets not every Day, tin ough Dunstalle, Woburn . , Northam - I,ton, Wei gord, Lutterworth, W a J t e ::" ( nte, Lichfield, Stone, Rugeln Newca"le , NH Igton and Preston. ItWSBURY, Wellington, and Shaine], Post-Coach, E venin g at Five o'cloch.:—Guarded.. 1,,E, y N . 10 t 1 "11 - I,D4tchester, B . laud ford,Salls_li e u i rr u , ,, An . dover, kt 'aslngstoke, new Post Coach, every Att The 1 , G uth Packets to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherburg, Si,. Ma c.A ,vßrti new light Coach, called The Rockingham . , sets nut 111x.7 Morning, t Eight o'Clock ; carries Four Insides p oi . ily t kri,';°es remarkably easy, with a Guard t hrougtm . tit. i r a.,ses . ugh Stamford, Newark, Ballot d; Doncaster,. <!11: , e N r o ry_ allZto the Golden Lion, Leeds, next trunn.ina,- "ding the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, .1 13 -‘4l to be the most a-gee:dile. and complete• Public Con ••anee Oil th e Non h Rara":l, being u nerirtul by any other. Tl r r4 o l , l , (lo W, Longtown, Gretna -Treen, L'Ainan, Dumfries, 'AN \ - a'l I ', Thornhill, Sa nq uhar-Kiln, C annoc k, yn Parts of S co tl an d, a P ost C oac h (dail y ). e astl e -11 ' 4 S carboroug h,Whitby,Shields, Sunderland, New- I -'th a Guard til t , and Edinburgh, New Four Inside toac fi0, 1 "1-11oitt i se t s out ever y Morning by way 01 Newark,. Ret- Meth' T adeaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, Moi - o h t - ' l , 4 nd .Berwick. Passengers fi nding themselves fatigued Pro„ - ", journey, may rest what time they please, and then o n'witliont any, additional Fare. tilt; „'"1-ROROUGH and Swindon, new four inside Coach, Peq Kit Aldhourn, Reading, Lainbourn, Purton , Lydington, 11)".;tY,IVoottun Basset, Itanaihury; Hungerford, and New ifierery ?doming. SO,,PGENORTH &Walsal Post Coach, every evening. d on, "PIN, Spaldi ng Petoiliorough, Stilton, and I-hinting (3l; Yal Mail Coach, every .1. - ening to Spilsby, Louth, and Hull. Chkeh"LISLE Penrith, and Whitehaven, Four Instde Post, an d a buald all the way, passes through Broo d; , . wth G reta-bridge, Richmond, Catterich, Boroughlimlgt , rv :rv et' s,, h Y , '*berfor i t, Doncaster, and Granthatn . Sets out keilltl'orning, and perfornis the journey with great asUrrmsongers detained on the Road by business or tar e d 'lave the peculiar advanta•re of their Seats being se- ClioN t 7 ;e next Coach. ri'.,`",,AL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby -Urnsdale, Bolton, ulluskirk, and Garstang Post Coaches, cvery After -14-11E- DT , and -1-0 0 L, W arr i ngton, • Krutsford, Stone, Stafford, t o th L it -00 L, P ost Coach, The Defiance, every Evening ed tl e Sar acen's H ea d I nn, Dale-street, Liverpool.—Guard ronghout. , lELD Post-Coach, every Morning. ql)rth 4 ER, Newport, Whitchurch, Tar porley, Nantwich, su,`, \ ;', l ch, and MiAdle w i ch Post-Coach, every Evening. 41, t OE RLAND,. Stockton, and Yarm Coact;, every to the George Inn, Sunderland. ttud „fiCHESTER, Winslow, Congleton. Newcastle, Walsal s,.."(grerhampton, Post-Coach, every Afternoon. Guarded. ihgh`latE_Fe,l,ELDsvan.tlKotherhain Post-Coacts, called the Ruck -131R., Very arm fling. • After oIINGHAM Post Coach, Guarded, sets out every Pa s n eon ! and reaches Birmingham next day at 'isToou.- 4.,:n Wartvick, Leamington, and. Daventry, to the S-a 1M.5 Head, Brill-street, Birmingham. • Northcave, Howdeo, Thorn, and Doncaster, Post Zir:n) every Morning at half-past Six, to thy. Cross Keys, , arket:place, Hull. Dnt V„ ---,TER, Deal, Margate, Sandwich, Ramsgate,Cauterbury, °role Chatham, Rochester, and Stroud, Post-Coaches, Noon, and Night. et_;'! R TFORD, Ware, Hothlesdon, and Ch es h unt Coach, Morning. 4,9PPENHAM and Edmonton Coaches.(daily), at Eleven, '.!,...past Two, Five, and Eight o'Clock. LcTNIOUNTAIN 'and CO.. respectfully acquaint their 44 ' . end i s and the Public, that they will not he accountable for 14_1" ,liarcels! Passenger's Luggage, Wilting's. Plate, &c. for I,"J that Five Pounds Value, f lost, stolen, or damaged, un to as s accordingly and the Insuram e paid fin 'ate S at acen's Head - L andon,w-- PORTSEA, HANTS. CAPITAL and SPACIOUS FREEHOLD PREMISES, toge ther with a valuable Ready-Money Business, estahliobeirin the Linen, Woollen, and Carpet Trades nearly fiftnears. To be SOLD by AUCTION by M r . CROOK, on THURS DAY, the 14th of June, 18.21, at the GEORGE INN, PORTSMOUTH, at Seven o'Clock in the Evening, ALL those very desirable FREEHOLD PRE MISES,• which are• four stories high, substantially brick-built, stuccoed over, in good repair, possessing all the advantages of a first-rate business, situation without parallel, and placed to comniand peculiar advantages from its proxi mity to the communication, which diverge from this as a central spot, being No. 130, Queen-street, the property and residence of the - late Mr. JOHN PAYNE. The Premises comprise in the basement a spacious dry cel lar; ground fluor, an excellent light and conveniently ar ranged shop, 76 feet deep, with private entrance to the dwel ling, paved court yard, stable, and other outbuildings, abun dantly supplied with good water; first floor, a lofty dining room, library,- ante room, and good kitchen, fitted with cupboards, very codiplete, with communication by means of back stairs from the yard and side passage, a geomettical staircase of easy ascent, leading ttya well proportioned draw ing room, china cupboard, and three cheerful bedchambers, with convenient closets; in the upper story are three square sleeping rooms, and linen presses on the landing. May he vies ed fourteen days prior to the sale, and further particulars known, by applying (if by letter pdst paid) to Thomas Boyd, Esq., Skinner-street ; and Robert Shank Atcheson, Esq., Great Winchester-street, London; to the Executors of the late Mr. Payne, on the premises ; a to Mr. Crook, 89, Hig h -st reef, Gosport. PUBLICATIONS. THE COIIONATION. • This Day were published, in Svo. price 2s. 6d. OBSERVATIONS on the PUBLIC LIFE of the KING. ___ _ By the Rev. GEORGE CROLY, A.M. Printed for John Warren, Old Bond-strcet ; and William Blackwood, Edinburgh. In the Press, and will be published next Month, 'ascribed to the Lord Bishop of Durham, Price in boards, 7s. the Seco . nd Edition of S ERM 0 NS.—By the late Rev. JOHN BOUCHER, A.M. Sometime Fellow of 'Magdalen College, Oxford, Vicar of Kirk Newton, and Rector of Shaftesbury. Printed for F. C. and J. 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It is presumed it will he found, both as tothe correctness of the Text and the accuracy of the Plates, fully to have merited that distinguished patronage which it has received. *. 4 ,* The whole of . the Work (comprising 100 Numbers, forming 16 vols. crown svo.) having been piloted off, it may also be had complete: price 71. 18s. in boards, coloured, or 51. fis. plain. N.B. To prevent mistakes, the Public are requested to be particular in ordering the " New Edition of Baron's Natural History, translated by Barr." London : Printed for the Proprietors. Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-row, and all other Booksellers. NEWLY, INVENTED Bo AT.— No rill Berwick, May 16.—About eight o'clock this morning, a novelty, unknown in this place before, attracted the attentio❑ of a numerous assemblage of spec tators. A boat, manned by four men, proceeded from this harbour, to Canty Bay, a distance of two miles, and, after refreshing the crew, pro ceeded round the Bass Rock, and returned about a _quarter . past nine, having performed their voyage in the space of an hour and A. quarter, gross time, being upwards of six miles, the whole performed without either sails, oars, or any steam apparatus. . The invention is entirely that of a respectable millwright here who expects a patent before he publishes. the means of impulsion. ‘tti,44,l* t rthil o ; , • . ea C P . F-747.7 v. - • FR ID AY, MAY 25, 1821. PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Alty 24. • Mr. WErnEaELL was heard at the Bar on the Strathmore Case, the proceedings on which were ordered to be resumed at ten o'clock to. morrow morning. The Foreign Witnesses' Bill - was read a third time,- passed, and sent to the Commons. CRIMINAL LAWS. • Lord CALTHORPE presented a Petition from the inhabitants of Birmingham, praying for the revision of the Penal Code,a prayer in which his Lordship stated he most cordially agreed. ORAMPOUND. The Earl of LI VEil root moved the Order of the Day for the third reading of the Grampound Disfranchisement Bill. The Earl of HArtnownr reprated - his objec tions to the arrangement by which four Members were to be elected for the County of x York. He thought it would be much better to give the two Members taken from Grampound to a district of the county, including certain towns, as Leeds, Rotherham, Wakefield, &c. This would obviate the great inconvenience that would arise in taking the poll at once for the whole county. The Earl of LavettrooL was still of opinion, that if it was not thought fit to create a nen borough (which he thought ought only to be done through the medium of the crown), the Members ought to be added to some place which already possessed the right of election. With regard to the inconvenience of taking a poll for the whole County of York, he perhaps should have no objection to a proposition for allowing polls to be taken in different parts of counties, as a matter of convenience, and diminishing the expence of elections ; but if such a change as that were thought advisable, it ought to he done by aseparate measure. The Earl of HAREWOOD could not allow the third reading to take place without expressing his disapprobation of the measure. He did not think that it was respectful to a county of such extent, wealth, and intelligence, as the County of. York, to make so great an alteration in the mode in which it was represented, .and that at a time when it had been completely thrown off its guard by the nature of the provisions of the Bill when it had passed through the Commons, with out allowing it an opportunity of expressing its sentiments on the proposed change. He also complained that that change was effected by a side wind, not in the shape of a new Bill, but in that of an amended clause. He objected to talk ing the poll in different parts of the county, as there were few Magistrates who would take upon themselves the duties of the Sheriff during fifteen days of election. Neither did he see how the Commons, having already had a division on the question of giving the Representation to York shire, and having decided in favour of Leeds, could ever agree with the amendments made by their Lordships in the present Bill. The Earl of WESTMORELAND opposed the third reading. Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE also expressed his disiatisfaction with the measure. The Earl of CAERNARVON defended the Bill. After a few words from the LORD CHANCEL LOR the House divided Contents Non-Contents - - . 12 • Majority for the Third Reading - -27• The Bill was then read a third time, passed, and returned to the Commons. ake, 4,,ti! - EiT INDIA. DOCKS.—Whereas various PtIItCELS of GOODS, imported prior to the 31st De cembei , 1818, are now lying in the West India Ducks, the charges on which have not firm paid; the Court of Directors therefore hereby give Notice, thatothless the rates and charges due upon the said Goods are paid up within two mOnths from this date, they will be brought to Public Sale to delray the sank. • By order of the Court, H. LONGLANDS, Sec. West India Dock-house, May 4, 1821. JANIA {as the chief part of her cargo engaged, and will proceed about the 10th June, direcifjrKlNGSTON.. N 77 _ THE remarkably fast-sailing BRIG \*. - . - TOM BOWLINE, First ►Clas3, coppered and ‘4, V. e -.7 "H" )ok..\ copper- fastened, burthen 320.'fons, JOHN ‘.. 14 :17 , - - LAUGHTON, Commander, non lying in the '"•: l2 ' r . '''' West India Dock.' The accountodations fur Passengers are spacious, and 'elegantly fitted up. For Freight or Passage, apply to , JOIIN MASSON and Co. 48, Lime-street.. • IRISH . COURTS OF JUSTICE. The Earl of DONOUGIIMORE presented a peti tion from a person named John Clancey, who re presented himself as one of the principal clerks in the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, and who prayed that he might be heard by Counsel against the Bill for regulating the Courts of Law in Ireland. The Earl of LIMERICK expressed an earnest hope that all the reports respecting the abuses practised in the Law Courts of Ireland might be fully examined ; and then it would appear that a delinquency of a monstrous kind had existed there, to the great injury of that unhappy coun try ; and hoped that such delinquency would shortly be brought to light. The petition was ordered to lie on the table, and the House ad journed. HOUSE' OF COMMONS. POOR RATES. Sir J. GRAHAM presented,a petition from the inhabitants of the parish of Mary-la-bonne, in favour of the Poor Laws Amendment Pill. _ Mr. SCARLETT expressed his satisfaction that so import ant a parish as that of Mary-brAionne concurred in the measure he had proposed. It was his intention, should the Bill go into a Committee, to propose certain clauses, which would obviate some inconveniences that were expected to, result from it. Mr. CURTE IS said a few words in support of the petition. Mr. MANSFIELD objected to the principle of the Bill, as most injurious to the interests of the country. Mr. CURAVEN hoped the Bill would not be pressed, as the state of the country was such that it would be quite impossible to carry its provisions into effect at present. The petition was ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. METROPOLIS GAS LIGHT BILL On the motion of Mr. P. MOORE, the Metropolis Gas Light Bill was ordered. to be re-committed to the same Com mittee. NEWINGTON VESTRY BILL • • _ _ Mr. H. SUMNER brought up the Report of •the Newing ton Vestry Bill, which stated that the. parties with whom it had originated wished that the Bill should be withdrawn. Mr. ,DENISON expressed his satisfaction that they had viewed the question in the proper light at last, and hoped that, in future, cordiality and mutual kindness would prevail among the parishioners, instead of the asperities in which they had re cently indulged. Leave was then given to withdraw the Bill. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition from the inhabitants of the parish of St. Pancras against the Metropolis Roads Bill. —Laid on the table. CORN -'TRADE. Mr. ASTELL presented a petition frOin the Inhabitants of Bridgewater, praying for an alteration in the Corn Laws. They wished the non-importation price to be reduced from 80s. to 635. and stated it as their opinion, that a free trade in Corn would tend to the encouragement of industry and the promo• 1 at . t e.:sx Ak' tion of comforts among the labouring classes. The Honour able Gentleman then proceeded at some length to comment on the evils arising from the fluctuations in the prices of Grain, oc casioned by the Corn lull of 1815. iIIr..CCRWEN thought that the'petition took but a very superficial view of the subject. lie considered that. the pe titioners were very much mistaken • in coming forward with such an appeal as this, instead of urging his Majesty's Mi nisters to cut down all their establishments to the standard of 1792, which was the only mode of affording effectual relief. Mr.'HUMS made some observations in support of the Petition. Mr. T. WILSON contended that there was no use in re ducing the price of corn to the value of B a nk no t es , so l ong as the takes continued undiminished. The Petition was referred to the Agricultural Committee. LONDON WHARPS BILL. Mr. HUME moved that the Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee on the London Wharfs Bill be laid on the table. , Sir J. GRAHAM said that the Minutes could not he printed sooner than a fortnight; and if not printed, they would be of no use at all. After a thort conversation,. in. which Mr.,T.C. CALvtaT, SCARLETT, Mr. HustE, and 'Mr. }}LICE took part, strangers were ordered to .withdraw, and the House divided on the motion. Ayes . - . 13 Noes - - 64. Majority against the motion • —5l Sir ELIA.II . HAIWEY presented a Petition from the In habitants of the'parish of IVestham,. against the Metropolis Roads 11i11.--:-Laid on the table. Sir E. KNATC.I - IBULL presented a similar petition from the Inhabitants of St. George's, Southwark.—Laid on the table. POOR,. LAWS'.A.MENDNENT BILL. Mr. BIRCH . presented a Petition from -7 the Minister, Churchwardens, and other 'inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary, Nottingham, against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. The Honourable Member said, he should oppose the Bill in every stage. Mr. BERNAL wished to know from an Hon. and Learned Member (Mr. Scailett) what time he meant to proceed with the further stages of the Bill. Mr. SCARLETT said, he did not mean to urge the mea sure with precipitancy. He could assure the House, that from different communications which had been made to 'him, he found that the Bill was likely to giVe more general satisfaction than he could, in the first instance, have anticipated. The se cond reading of the Bill was fixed for to-night, but if the other business should occupy the House at too great length, he should propose that it might be read to-night pro foima, and that the discussion should take place in another stage. Mr. JENKINSON thought . that the Hon. and Learned Member deserved the cordial thanks of the country 'for having brought forward the measure. 'The abuses in the system of the Poor Rates in the county of Sussex, with which he was connected, were so glaring, that he was only surprised how they could have existed so long without due notice being taken of them. Mr. CALCRAFT, in the course of some observations, said if the second reading should take place to-night, he should certainly feel it his, duty to discuss the merits of the Bill. Mr. LAWLEY was convinced that a very strong feeling existed against the measure in some populous places. Mr. LOICKHART spoke at some length on the severity of the Poor Rates upon the landed interest. Though the amount of the rates this year was considerably reduced as compared with the• last, yet there was no actual decrease, for the number of paupers had received a great accession. Mr. D. BROWNE said, that the pressure .of the Poor Rates was intolerable.. The country now paid not less than 10,000,0001. to the support of the poor. A. sum equal to the whole expence of the Government at the time the late King came to the Throne. • Mr. F. PALMER said, that in the part of the country with which he was Connected, the people were by no means satisfied that the'Bill would proditce the favourable effects which some anticipated ,from. it, and there was a general desire that the measure should not be pressed this Session.—The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table. Mr. SCARLET' should have acceded to the repiest of his Hon. Friend for postponing this Bill, if he had not been fully impressed with the conviction, that the principles of his mea sure had been already - amply discussed and well understood, both without and within the walls of this House. As to the opposition of certain great towns, he had expected that—he was prepared for it. There was never any great measure passed which did not, produce some partial opposition. The public would save ...E500,000 a-year alone by the decrease of litigations which this measure would effect.—(llear, hear !)—The Petition was ordered to be Mr. LITTLETON presented a Petition from certain retail traders of Walaal, in Staffordshire, praying that the Hawkers' License Act should be extended to persons selling articles in that town not manufactured by themselves.—Laid on the table. A Petition_was presented from Norwich against the Poor Be lief Bill.—Laid on the table. - Colonel - DAVIES moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to take into consideration the petitions which had }been prestmted to this House, complaining of the adulteration of CloVer and Trefoil seeds, and to report their opinion thereon to the House.—Agreed to. THE FOUR AND A HALF PER CENT LEEWARD ISLAND FUND. Mr. CREET EY rose, in pursuance of notice, to submit his motion to the House concerning the Four and a Half per Cent. Barbadoes and Lee ward Island Duties. He referred to the objec tion which, he made on a former evening to a vote for the repair of the fortifications in those islands, because his opinion was then, as it was now, that those islands had supplied a fund themselves, which was applicable to these pur poses. He Was aware, indeed, that this opinion was opposed as bad law, by those Ladies and Gentlemen in the country who derived their pen sions from this fund ; he would nevertheless con tend, that the four and a half per cent. supplied by Barbadoes was applicable, among many other charges, to the building and repair of the fortis fications of that island; and he grounded his ar gument on an Act passed by the Colonial Legis lature, dated 12th September, 1663. He saw nothing in that Act _which authorised the pay ment of that fund, or any part of it; to any Ladies or Gentlemen in this country, particularly such Gentlemen as were Members of this House.— (Hear !)—The Journals of the House shewed, that in 1702, an Address was presented to Queen Anne to restore these funds to their original purposes, they having been taken as part of the heredity y revenue of the Crown for some years previous to that -time. The Queen did restore them, in pursuance of the Ad dress ; and he contended, that though since then a contrary custom had grown up, yet that custom did not affect the law of the question at all. The opinions of Lords Godolphin and Somers were. in favour of the view which he took of the Colonial Act. It was true that Lord Chatham and Mr. Burke bad,,in the last century, large pensions from these funds, but that did not make the misapplication of tlfern law. And here was seen the force of bad example, for no sooner were such great men as these pensioned in this manner, than the funds were abused, and many illegitimate children in various parts of this town were placed upon them.—(A la-ugh !)—He did not mean to contend that the pensions which now existed should be taken away, for there were many widows a►ni other persons to whom the loss PRICE SEVENPENCE. of them would be extremely serious. lie thought, however, he was not asking Parliament to do too much when he called upon them to say that no further pensions should be granted from theso !)—This was the_ object of his first Resolution. The object of his second Resolu tion was to refer the Colonial Acts of the Lee ward Islands .to a Select Committee, that'they might have the opinion of that Committee com.- municated to this House. Thefirst Resolution having been read, Mr. GOULBURN rose, and said that the history of these funds was very much misrepresented.— It was not long since he had seen publications issuing from the press, which affected to give in formation. :on ails subject to the public ; but which were drawn up either in ignoranCe or with an intention to mislead those to whom they were addressed. Ile alluded particularly to a pam phlet, - addressed to, the Electors of Great Bri tain, which was written certainly in forcible lan guage, but' which was a tissue of misrepresenta tion. In that publication, dated 1820, it was Stated, that the 41 per cent.•fund was applied exclusively to pensions, which were said to have been bestowed on Members of. Parliament and their wives Now, with respect to that particular statement, he had to say that in 1820 the nett produce of the funds in question was 25,5001., and of that sum 15,6501. was applied to purposes strictly colonial.—(llear, hear o—The House would thus see the falsehood of the statement itt the - pamphlet,'and he alluded to it, not for thn purpose of imputing it to the Hon. Gentleman opposite, .but of warning the -House against the errors which it contained.—(llear, hear !)- 7 -- The Hon. Gentleman had admitted that the fund was applied at the . discretion of the Crown for the last hundred. years, and yet he now came forward to call for a total change in the practice which had so long remained undisturbed. It was stated that the Colonial Act constituted this fund for the building and repairs of fortifications among other purposes. He (Mr. G) contended that the fund was given by the - colonists in lieu of a poll tax and other taxes that originally pre vailed in that Island. In 1684 th e Colonists made a proposal to his Majesty to commute this duly upon them. They offered in lieu of the 4 per cent. cent. duty an annual sum of 6;000/. to he paid into his- Exchequer in , England, which proved their conviction that the duty was altoge ther independent of fortifications or any other colonial purposes. lie concluded with moving dig previous question. Mr. BEIINL, supported the motion. The Hon. Member recapitulated the historical facts which had led to the Grant of the 4f per cent. Fund on the part of the island of Barbadoes to the Crown of Great Britain. It was a consequence of the troubles in which that island wasinvolved, from the rapacity of the English Nobles about the time of the reign of Charles the Second, who encouraged and seconded adventurers Of every description to try their fortunes in acts of force and aggression against the West India Islands. This island was in a worse condition than any of its neighbours, and in that dilemma - applied to Charles the Second for his in terposition to arrange its affairs. That ungrateful and unjust Monarch, instead of obeying the call -of distress,: converted it to a means of enriching himself by plundering these unfortunate islanders. He appointed a Committee of that House to consider of the mkt . - te . r, and Lord Clarendon was Chairman of it, and his conduct on that occasion was one of the ar ticles of his impeachment. The consequence 'of this application to the English Monarch was, that this duty or tax of 41per cent. was extorted from the reluctant Colonists. He cared not about the law of the case, - he wished it to' be looked at iu faii• constitutional point of view. Mr. BENNET would consider the policy and propriety of the application of. the funds arising out of the 4- per cents. He denied that any ar gument could be drawn from the concurrence of ' the Assembly of Barbadoes in the application of those funds to the - use of the Crown—because he contended that this concurrence was the sub- MisSiOn of the weak to the strong. He then traced the apPropriation of the fund at different periods: and among the individuals , whose pensions were charged upon this fund, he mentioned Mr. Burke, who received in 1796 no less a snm than 7,5001. out . of this fund at on e ti me . lie con t en d e d , t h en, that it was time for the House to interfere, ad-d restore the -fund to its original destination, and let the surplus be transferred to the use of the public. The Crown had resources enough to supply its, pensions. Being of • this opinion; 'lve exhorted the House to concur in the motion •of his - Hon. Friend. • • /dr. Hume complained that no returns had been given of the state of the fund, except for the year 1818, though- they had been moved for by him. It was remarkable that the 4-1 per cents. were credited to the public as part of the Revenue from the year 1715 to 1796. In that year the fund began to be expended on pensions, and accordingly disappeared from the statements of the public Revenue. After a few observa tions in elucidation of this 'statement, he called upon the House to support the proposition of his lion. Friend. Ile did not seek to 'deprive arty individual of what he was in the enjoyment of; let the principle be conceded, and let the pen sions, as they dropped, be saved and. turned to their legitimate destiny. Sir C. LONG read two extracts from reports of the Finance Committee on this subject ; and from these he inferred that the Committee had recog nized the right of the Crown to the 4+ per cent. duties, and that they formed no part of the pub lic revenue. lie also noticed that Mr. Burke's Bill did not at all interfere with the fund itt ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET PLACE. 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