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Riebard Few cha tee are w© which fills • :ountry.-- 1 of Cap e recollect calculated w him, for his. useful_ expectedly t the 7 ,N 7 71111 R 9200 1 CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, February 13, 1822. • 1 - .-1 4 ' OR SALE, (by Order of the Hon. the Corn , missioners of his Majesty's Customs,) on TUESDAY, thel26th, WEDNESDAY, 27th, THURSDAY, 28th Instant, and FRIDAY, the Ist March, 1822, at .One o'Clock in the • Afternoon precisely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Minc ing4ane, the FOLLOWING GOODS r-- FOR EXPORTATION, East India and other Prohibited Goods, Saccades, Books, 'riots, Pictures, &c. FOR HOME CONSUMPTION, 'Cambric and other Linen Diapery, Lace, Thrown Sill:, Rough Amethysts, Jewellery, Books,Pictures, Prints, Grocery, Verdigris, Tonquin Beans, Cross Bows, Morels, Bugles, Wax - Candies; Whiskey and other Spirits; Wine, China, Stone; Deals, Mahogany, Fustic, and other Wood ; Boats ; a vessel called the " Parfaite Union;" and Sundry other Goods, as • mentioned in the Catalogue. CLEAR OF ALL DUTIES. -Also, Hops, Dried Herbs, Gilantus Aromatiac, Spars, Deals, Rosewood, Staves, &c. for Exportation duty flee, or for Home Consumption, on Payment of tile Duties of Cus toms and Excise. To he viewed--at-Ibe-Totracco Grotind.-Rntberltititersed, the King's Warehouse and Cellars, Custom-House.; on 'rues . day. the 19th, Wednesday- the 20th, Thursday the 21st, and Friday the 22d Instant, from Ten o'Clock in the morning to -Three ;.'Clock in the afternoon. N.B. Goods bought at this Sale most be paid for at the Receiver of Fines and Forfeitures Office, Custom-House, on or before Monday, the 18th March,. 1822, or the .Deposits made thereon will absolutely become forfeited. Catalogues to .be bad at the King's Warehouse, Custom House, price One Shilling each. NEXT•TUESDAY. HAZARD.and CO. hope to be as Fortunate NEXI"FUESDAY, as they were in the Last and Pre ceding Lottery, when they had the pleasure of dividing the fol lowing Capital Prizes, viz.— 18,900 £30,000 I 6,054 .X 15,000 - 10.1 16,447. .. 5,000 15,902 , ... 21,011. ~ , Among the Purcbaser at their old-established Offices, 93, Royal Exchange, I 324, Oxford - street, 26, Cornhill, I C o rner of Swallow-street. . The very First Prize drawn NEXT TUESDAY will . have S2o,ooo.—The Scheme contains 5 of £20,060,-70 other Ca pituls,—and not Two Blanks to a Prize. 'TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS Ster ling Money will be given to the first Prize drawn next .. Tuesday, (26th inst.) over and above any other Prize it may be drawn. Nearly 20 other Capitals may he expected that Day, as the Lottery contains 75, and one-fourth of all the Tickets must then be . drawn.—The Scheme possesses Five £.20,000 Prizes, and 6630 other Prizes, all Money.—Last. Lottery, the first. Prize was, as in the present, entitled to one of the Grand Prizes, and that was sold - by BISH ; who sold also 14 Capitals last Lottery ; and who is now selling Tickets and Shares, in great variety, at his Offices, 4 Cornhill. and 9, :Charing -Cross; and lie hopes and expects to sell the £.20,000, .and several other Capitals, next Tuesday. Has commenced Loading, and will shortly proceed direct for row!' ANTONIO, JAMAICA , - THE First Class coppPred BRIG MEANWELL, •burthen 300 Tons, JOHN PHILLIPS, Commander;. now lying in the -2- 72 West India Export Dock, and will . 7ceire such Goods as tray offer for MANCHIO- NEAL, FORT ANTONIO, ANNATTO BAY, and Places adjacent thereto. Has excellent Accommodations for Pas sengets. • For which, or for Freight, apply to JOHN MASSON and -Co. - 48, Lime-street. To be published in a few days, ' A PRACTICAL. TREATISE on the DIS OEpEkS of the STOMACH and BOWELS ; with a new Method of Curing Strictures without either Bougie or Caustia. By JOHN LYNCH, 44, Dukc•street, St.-James's. Just published, liotpressed, price 25. 6d. each Number (continued Monthly), SELECT BRITISH DIVINES. PART XI. Edited by the Rev. 0. BRADLEY. Nos, I. and 11. containing Beveridge's Private Thoughts, with a Portrait. No. 111. Leighton's Theological:Lectures ; with.a Portrait. No. IV. .--- Expository Lectures. • Nos.V., VI., and VII. Leighton's Commentary on Saint Peter. Nos. VIII. and IX.. Leighton's Sermons. Nos. X. XI. XII. Henry's Traits, with a Portrait. Each Author may be purchased separately, in numbers or in Volumes, hoards. _ _ _ A short Biographical Sketch of each Author is given. Printed by A. J. Valpy, and sold by Longman ; Rivington ; Seeley; Hamilton; Hatchard ; and all other Booksellers; of whom the Work may be had regularly with the Monthly Re views and Magazines. To 'l'. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. HONOURED Sln, BEG leave to inform you, that ever since the ill year 1790, I bad been afflicted with the Lues Venereal, whioh, from its obstinately resisting every course of medicine prescribed by the most eminent of the faculty heie, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis- Charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In the spring of last year ply oisorder had got to such a head, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had a large ulcer on the crown of my head, one on each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful manner; my right was dreadfUlly painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years ' my left had also two large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave me such excruciating pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received sn great a cure by them here), to take sour Leake's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the 26th o. May; in the course of a fortnight I began to receive benefit—in little more than a month the ulcers on my head and arms were soundly heated— soon after, the sores on my legs healed also ; leaving, how o,yer, considerable discolouration in the skin, and pain in the hone of the left, which, by the blessing of God, and a little longer perseverance in your invaluable Medicine, subsided; the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining, its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going olf.—l thus became, by -your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from all my foriner complaints—have recovered my former spirits and strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having continued many months, to the astonishment of all who knew n.e, I am at a loss in what terms tw express my gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my ease as public as possible, as I shall . on every occa sion; in so doing you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very servant, ALEX. M UHKER Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to the above Cure:— Joh6 IThftrupSon, No. m, NeW Poultry Market, Edinburgh, John M'lntosh Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold Cy,the sole Proprietor, momAs TAY . : LOR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, at - his house, No. 9, New Bridge-street, Landon; where, after a constant residence of more than 40 years, in a practice parti• cularlY directed to the cure of Venereal Complaints and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which men of his profusion should always observe in such cases, he tiatter& "himself :the advice and assistance he gratuitonsly administers to persons taking this Medicine, will be esteemed, by a discerning Public, as an advartage seldom attainable, and vapid of all ambiguity. Also sold, by his appointment, for the convenience of those living at a distance, at the Toyshep, No. 103, Oxford-street; Mr. Disboreogles, No. 7, Fish-street-hill; Mr. Baxter, South-bridg e , Edinburgh; Mt. Cal!wel.'s, Dublin; and of ono .person in every considerable town in Great Britain and Ireland, in boxes )foflly 2s. 9d. - each, stamped, and sealed up with full and plain directions, whereby persons, of either sex tuaycure themselves with ease, rimed, sect...cy, and safety. PAR', I ,AME T, DOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, FEB. 18. BANK ADVANCES. Mr. BEST, from the Bank of England, pre sented Copies of the Applications made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the First Lord of the Treasury to the Bank for Advances to Go vernment.--Laid on the table. Lord SUFFIELD took the oaths and his seat. NORFOLK PETITION. Lord SUFFIELD held in his hands a Petition from the Owners and Occupiers of Land of, the County of Norfolk, complaining of Agricultural Distress, urging the necessity of a reduction of taxation, and concluding with a prayer for a Re form in Parliament. He was too conscious of Visiriabirity to do justice to the subject, not to regret that circumstances should have prevented the Noble Earl who sat in the Chair at the Nor folk Meeting (the-Earl of Albemarle) from pre senting to their Lordships .the Petition-of that Meeting. He felt at the same.time the high ho nour which had • devolved upon 'him ; and it was no small matter of congratulation to him, that on the first occasion of his opening his lips in that House, on the first day of his taking his seat, he should. stand forward as the- Representative of the great county of Norfolk—a county once opulent and powerful, but now sunk in distress. He should enter at large into the causes of that distress ; it was one in which the whole country participated, and which had produced a general reduction of property, with the exception of one class, the Ministers of the Crown and other pub lic functionaries, whose salaries having expe rienced no change, whilst every thing around them decreased in value, had virtually increased, a fact which he felt no disposition to turn into a charge against the individuals who enjoyed those salaries. The meeting at which the present Petition had been adopted had been called by the High She riff, at the request of certain Members of the Yeomanry, who had thus used a constitutional right—a right of such importance, that if they were to abandon it, they would deserve all the calamities which its- loss would inflict. That meeting, as to the number, the property, and the character of the individuals of -whom it was com posed, was one of the most respectable that had ever been holden. It consisted of men of all parties, and they had all united in one opinion, that the great cause of distress was excessive taxation, and that the most effective remedy would he retrenchment. The Noble Lord then took a short view of the measures proposed in the .other House, and doubted that they would prove satisfactory. He was one of those who be lieved that it was not in the power of his Ma jesty's Ministers, however willing, to grant the only relief that was wanted. They could not possibly sweep off a large mass of taxation, and keep their places. As to the prayer for Parlia mentary Reform with which the Petition con cluded, he would fairly state that it had not been adopted Itithout some difference of opinion. But he was astonished that it should not have been greater, for he was certain that it was not more than five per cent. out of the numbers present. He was amongst those who considered some kind of Parliamentary reform necessary to the welfare of the State, and whatever difference of opinion might exist on the subject, was not with respect to the necessity of reform, but to the time at which it ought to be commenced. He wished that the people should be more fully and fairly represented than they were at pr,esent. - At the same time, he disapproved from his heart of any thing like tumultuous assemblies to call for Re form. These tumultuous meetings only served to defeat the object of the friends of reform, by affording pretences to curtail their liberties. He then contended that the people who had met at Manchester only thought of attending a legal meeting, and had no hostile intention against Go vernment. He had travelled in those districts, and from the information which he had collected, was sure that the people had had no improper object in view. It was only since the outrage at Manchester, and •in consequence of the proceed ings by which it had been followed, that he had become convinced of the necessity of Parliamen tary Reform. He then alluded to the dismissal of a Gallant Officer from the army as another proof of the propriety of some alteration in the constitution•of Parliament. He had no doubt that the advice given to his Majesty in both these cases by his Ministers, was conscientiously given on the information which they had receiv ed at the time, but he complained that on such brittle ground they had too hastily and rashly ventured to advise. He concluded by moving that the Petition be read and laid on the table. Lord CALTHORPE'vvas able, from his connec tion with the county, to confirm all the allega tions contained in the Petition, as to the extent of the distress described, and the respectability of the meeting. He was also able, from his own obse•rvation, to state that the public feeling of the county of Suffolk was in favour of Retrench ment, and of some degree of Parliamentary Re form. A meeting had been held a fortnight since in that county, unexampled, in numbers and respectability,.and had expressed a most distinct and unanimous opinion as to the neces sity of retrenchment. That unanimity had been interrupted by what he considered an unseason able resolution in favour of Parliamentary Re form, which, however, had -been carried by a great majority of voices. Whether it'expressed the sense Of the great proprietors of land could not be fully ascertained at the time, because it had been carried by the acclamations of the people. lie agreed with the Noble Baron who TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1822. had preceded him, that there was a growing im pression in favour of some alteration in the con stitution of Parliament, It was certainly re markable that, at such a meeting, an Ad dress, recommending Public Retrenchment, should have been - carried by the unanimous voice of the county, for all parties united at the time, in the face of a Resolution of Parliament to the same effect. It showed that that confidence was not placed in Parlia ment, which Parliament ought to command.— The belief that Government could procure ma jorities to carry their own measures, had been strengthened by the experience of the last six years, which proved that those measures were frequently inconsistent. It was 'not astonishing, therefore, that Ma& was felt to be inconsistency by the more friendly and enlightened classes, should be called, corruption by the others. He knew that the merits and the politics of his Noble Friend at the head of the Administration were duly -appreciated :'but the more men of property in the county believed him and his colleagues to be sincere, the more they were obliged to look for the causes which prevented Retrenchment, in order to reconcile them with the feeling of patriotism, which they justly attri-. buted to his Noble Friend. Those impediments to retrenchment would, he thought, be found to consist' in those means of influence which were considered necessary to carry on the Govern -1 ment of the-country. He did not agree with the Noble Baron in thinking, that deprived of these, the Administration would be overthrown. He conceived, on_ the contrary, that the natural in fluence which the Administration must command, when supported by the feeling of approbation which prevailed among the mass of the well educated, well affected, and, be would say, most influential people in the country, would be more than sufficient to enable it to carry on the Government of the State in a more effectual manner than the indecisive course - which had been pursued. A striking example of this inde cision and inconsistency might be found in the modifications now proposed by a Minister in the other House to be effected in the Corn Bill.— Those very modifications had been carried by a vote of that House the Session before last, but had been, annulled by the Minister through, a succeeding vote which- confined the inquiry to the question of averages. He was, however, disposed to rejoice at any alteration which might take place in the Corn Bill.—The- Petition was then read and laid on the table. STATE, OF THE COUNTRY. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE wished to ask . the Noble Earl opposite whether it was his intention to lay on their Lordships' table certain Estimates moved for elsewhere at the suggestion of a Minister of the Crown, to show the financial state of the country. If the Noble Earl answered in the ne gative, he should then think it his duty at some other time to make a motion on the subject. - - The Earl of LIVERPOOL did not think the present a pro per occasion to be led into the discussion of the important to pics to which the Noble Marquis - had alluded. He should_ certainly have no objection to lay th e E s ti ma t es i n quest i on on their Lordships' table, and he would attend to the sug gestions of the House with respect to the mode which had better be adopted to give the subject the fullest investiga tion. If a measure wete brought up from the other Flciuse,_ the Estimates would of course be produced in its support. But if the Noble Marquis wished for a preliminary discus sion on the subject, he had no objection - whatever, and would leave it to the Noble Marquislo choose the day. Th e Marquis of LANSDOWNE certainly thought that the ,first step to discuss, with effect, the measures which might come from the other side, would be to understand their na ture; and a motion made On the other side that the Esti mates in question be laid on the table, would afford an 'op.: portunity for asking and forgiving all the explanations which might be requisite. The Earl of LIVERPOOL joined issue on this pOint with the Noble Marquis, and said, that in twenty-four hours he should be able to inform him whether it would be more con vet►ient that he (Lord L.) should lay the Estimates at once be fore the House, or that the Noble Marquis should move for them. There was no objection to their production; the only question was, whethe► it would be more convenient to enter into the whole question at the moment of their being produ ced, or to wait till some measure came from the other House. On Thursday next he should • be able to give a definitive an swer, and to settle the course of proceedings. The Earl of DARNLEY thought that it became their Lord ships to take up the subject separately and distinctly, without waiting for the proceedings of any other House. the full pay'Of the corps fruin the half-pay, during the same period. The Hon. Member also moved for similar Returns of the Promotions in'the Nary during the same period; also a simi lar Return from she year.l7B4 to 1790; The Hon. Nfember also moved for a Return of the number of persons receiving' Naval half‘pay in Huly'Orders..--Mo tions agreed to. - REOEF OF AGRICULTURISTS.. Lard ALTHOltP•gtive notice, that, on Thursday next, he terinht submit a Resolution to the House in opposition to the plan of the Noble Dird'opposite (Lord Londonderrf), for the relief of the Agricultural Classes. Sir . l\l. RIDLEY gave notice of . a motion for the 7th March, relative to the Lords of the Admiralty. - FOREIGN TRADE. Lord CALTHORPE presented a Petition from the Cham ber of Commerce, of the town of Birmingham.' The Peti tioners stated, that having derived considerable benefit from • the labours and researches of their Lordships' Committee upon Foreign Trade, they humbly prayed, for its revival.— Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Person from the Commissioners for collating and printing the Public Records, 'laid on the table of the House an account of the sums rea lized by the sale of the same.—Ordered to be printed.—A. Person .from the Directors of the Edst India Company presented- a Return of the number of Writers and Cadets who had been sent to India within a specified period. AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS Sir. W.. GUISE presented a I'e►i►.ion complaining of Agri cultural Distress, from certain persons residing in Stow-in the Hold. Mr. CURTEIS presented a Petition complaining of Agri cultural Distress from Paisley.—Ortlered to be printed. • Mr. LOCKHART presented a Petitiop from Richton, in Derbyshire, complaining of Agricultural Distress. Sir T. ACLAND presented two Petitions complaining of Agricultural Distress, from certain occupiers of laud in the county of Devonshire.—Ordered to be printed. SAVING BANK!i. Mr. RICARDO presented a Petition from Mr. John Fudgero, representing the abuse to which Saving Banks are liable from being used merely for banking convenience, and praying that the principle of Annuity -Banks may be en grafted on the eystem of these Banks. Mr. CURWEN gave the Petition his support, as compris ing a plan worthy of the support of Parliament. The Petition was then read, and ordered to be printed. • Mr. WILSON moved for Accounts of Woollen Goods ex port‘d, and the amount of duty paid during the-last year.— Ordered. MR. BUTT. Mr. DENMAN gave notice that he would, to-morrow, pre sent a Petition from a Mr. R. G. Butt, a,prisoner, confined in Whitecross-street Prison, on a .public charge. He had the Petition then in his hand, but he, wished to give tune for in glary into the case before - he brought it before the House. • MISCELLANEOUS RETURNS. Mr. HUME moved for Returns of the numbers of first Commissions granted for each rank in the Royal Artillery since the year 1816 ► yd of the number of Officers placed on STATE OF IRELAND. An Hon. MemBER (whose name could not be learnt) begged to inquire o f the Right Hon: . Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it was the intention of his. Majesty's Ministers to bring the state - of Irelandunder ate con . - sideratiou of the frouse - with a view to discovering and re medying the caries of the evils with which she was afflicted, before the Holidays. Mr. PEKL spoke in a tone of voice not distinctly audible in the gallery, but he was understood to answer in the affir mative., • The Honourable Member before alluded to then observed, that he was one of those who had supported the late measures against Ireland, in the expectation that 110- ' , rievanees would be early inquired into, and certainly if his Majesty's Minis:- ters•did not bring the question forward, he Should fed himself called upon to do so. PROMISSORY NOTES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, in an swer to a question, that,.according to his impression of the two Ac's of the 36th and 59th George 111., relative to the re sumps of Cash Payments, the issue of romissory Bank-ofi. E,ogland Notes not exceeding five pounds value must expire on the Ist tray, 1825. fie had not . , met with any one who expressed any doubt of the correctness of this interpretation sif the former Act, which limited the issue to two years after the Resumption of Cash Payments. A new Writ was ordered fur Drogheda, in place of-, Berigough, Esq.-deceased.' Si: T CE 11-iI3 RI DGE asked of the Chancellor of the Ex , chequer if hs could give Lim any information as to the plan. City of Countiy Bank paper in circulation The CHANCELLOR 'of the EXCHEQUER said, that as no returns of this nature were made to any - public office, he could not gii.e an official answer to the Hon. Member's ques tion ;-but as far as his information on the subject went, and from a reference to the Stamp Office, he was.akle to state that a considerable diminution in quantity in circulation had lately taken place. MR. HUNT. Mr. Alderman WOOD asked, if any objection would be made - to the production of the correspondence which had taken place with the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, relative to the treatment of Mr': Hunt, in Ilabester Gaol. Air. PEEL said, that upon general principles he should not consent to ►he correspondence , bat if the Hon. Alderman wished for information, he must give notice of a motion. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The Order of the May for the House going into a Commit tee of SOpply having been read, The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the .9ccounts of Exchequer and Treasury Bills . be referred to the Committee. Sir J - .-NEWPORT ingl►ired if the Estimates 'were not to he on the table before the Supplies. were granted? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that he was only going to move fur Supplies, which were considered matters of course. Sir. GEORGE %VARRENDER (as was understood), stated that the Estimates for the Navy were in the . course of pre paration. Lord PALMERSTON also stated, that the Army Estimates would soon be before the House. Mr. HUME said, it was his intention to oppose all grants of public motley, until sufficient Estimates were before the House. With reference to a vote for the support of seamen, there were many items to which he wished to call the atten tion of the House : but, if the sums were voted in a lump, it was impossible to know where and when to apply the obser vations he had to make. When he wished to oppose- the amount of expen;liture for the Recruiting Department of the Army in the latter end of last Session, he was told by the Se cretary at' War, that it was out of time to make any such ob servations, because the money for that purpose had been granted on.the first day of the Session. True it was that two millions and a half had been voted at one in the morning, but fur what precise purpose nobody knew. The Hot). Member adverted to the appointment of Sir Alexander Cochrane,.who received 40001. a-year for commanding three ships, t wo frigates, and a sloop. For that important command too, he believed, he • had no less than .three Secretat ics. These were things the House should know when they were called upon to vote away large sums of money. He should not oppose the House go ing into a Committee, merely to vote supplies for the Exche quer Bills, and lie would move for the returns he wanted af terwards. But the House, he was sure, would see the reason ableness of the cause he had pointed out.---(Hear.)—Again, with regard to the Ordnance of the Navy, last year there was a suns of 95,0001. for powder and shot alone. .It was impossi ble to conceive so large a quantity used in the seventh year of peace, unless by supposing that the officers .threw the balls overboard and destroyed the powder. These facts he sta►ed to chew how requisite it was that this House should have the particulars. Sir G.-COCKBURN said, that if the Hon.. Member would wait, he had no doubt be would find all these things explain ed to his satisfaction, when the Hon. Gentlemen at the head of the different public departments made their statements to the Housa. After a tew words from Sir I. COFFIN, Mr. HONe, and Mr. WARD, the House went into a Committee of SUPply, and the following votes were agreed £.263,153, for paying off Exchequer Bills issued since the last Session of Parliament. . X. 29,000,000, to pay off and discharge the Exchequer Bills issued for the years 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822. X 105,181, 19s. 4d. to pay off and discharge Irish Treasury Bills issued. to the Governor and Company of the Bank of July, 1821, to assist the manufacturers of Ireland. X. 1,000,000 for Irish Treasury Bills, outstanding in the year 1824.—Upon this vote, Mr. HUME asked what reason there was for paying four per cent. interest upon Irish Exchequer Bills, when money could he borrowed in this country for three per cent? He should object to the vote if it was for the purpose of replacing these Exchequer Bills at four per cent. The CHANCELLOR of The EXCHEQUER said that the Hon. Memher bad anticipated him in the conimunicatiAn be had made. It was not his intention to issue at four per cent. X 4,000,000 was' next voted in supply for the year 1821 for the like purpose. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. COURTS OF LAW. Mr. SCARLETT wished to know from any of his Majesty's Ministers what had been dune, or was intended, towards.re- building the Courts of Law in Westminster. It was reported that it would be two years before new ones were built, and much as that would be inconvenient, hi should nut obj'ect to it if the uld ones were hull: up for the interval. The CHANCELLOR of the FXCHEQUER stated, that directions had been given to accelerate the execution of the plan which had been adopted. The new courts , would cer tainly not be so long as the Learned Gentleman had stated. Inquiries had been made on the subject of rebuilding the old Courts, but it was found that a great supplyitif new mate rials.would he required. Mr. BANKES hoped the Estimates of ;It new building would be laid before the House. SCOTCH APPOINTMENT'. Lord A. HAMILTON, pursuant to. notice, moved for a copy of the appointment of Alexander Ferrier, Esq. to the office of Conservator of the Privileges of the Royal Burghs of Scotland. The Noble Lora said, that. he 4 , 4 s not aware that there was any use in any such appointment; hut he bad been told that the appointment upon this occasion had been made without any salary beihg attached to it. Not being able to satisfy himself on this point, however,, and finding that a salary of 2001. a-year belonged to it formerly, he should press. his motion, reserving any remarks he might wish to make, till be heard if there was any salary in the present case. The LORD ADVOCATE said, he had no objection to the motion ; but he meant to state, that the appointment of Mr. Ferrier was without salary. With regard to the nature of the office, it was created in 1550, for the purpose of watch- PRICE SEVENPtgChIi, ing over certain commercial privileges which Royal Burk . fis had in trading with the Netherlands.. It was as a tribute of respect that Mr. Ferrier had been appointed to this situa tion. Sir W. CURTIS said, thatif - there was any thing improper in the case he was to blame., baying. recommended Mr. Fer rier to the situation. He did so, because that Geyt/eman has conducted himself in a distinguished manner in o . otheiat si tuation he held at Rotterdam; and he. could assure IN:House, - he sought after it for honour more than 'emolument. After a few obser . rations from Mr. Aim:mumßY and Mr. PEEL; not distinctly addible in the gallery, the -Motion was agreed to. INFERIOR COMMISSARY COURTS in SCOTLAND_ Lord A. HAMILTON, in calling the attentiorsof the House to the subject he was now about to bring forward, took a very different view of the conduct of the Gentleman opposite in this case, from that which he took of it in the one which hai ' just been disposed of. The offices in the inferior Commissary Courts had been reported on by the Commissioners who sat in 18113. He would first state to the House what the offices were ; in the next place, he would give his reasons for wishing to see them abolished :. and thirdly, he would shew the means by which they were to .he abolished. The offices were- remnants of the old Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. There were 23 Com missaries, aCommissaries' Clerks, and 23 Procurators. These officers were not paid by the Government, le-was aware, but they were paid for by the people, and the offices ought to be abolished not only because they were useless, but because they, were absolutely prejudicial. The Commissioners who sat in. 1808 reported on these offices in 1810, and Ministers Were 'culpable. for haying neglected in the years which had since elapsed, to attend to that recommendation. But what had been the conduct of Government? They waited from 1810 till 1814 or 1815, and then the Lord Advocate brought in a Bill for the abolition of them. The preamble of that trill set forth that the Offices of the inferior Commissary Courts of Scotland ought to be abolished, and therefore declared them them to be abolished from the lapse of a calendar month after the passing of ,that Bill. The theh Lord Advocate, however, abstracted the Bill altogether from the House. He (Lord A. Hamilton) had , never been able to learn the true reason why ,that Bill was abandoned; but the pretext was, that another .Bill, had been prepared for the same purpose by . an Honourable Friend of his. A new Report, in 1818, had .made it more imperative than ever on Ministers to abolish the offices in question. The Bill of which he had spoken, was not only to abolish the offices in question, but it was also to put an end to the sale of offices in the Commissary Courts. He would now proceed 'to state the reasons which induced him to ask for leave to bring in a Bill to accomplish these objects. He proceeded 'to shew that the practices complained of in the reports were in full activity in 1818. Great abuses appeared to exist with respect to the exaction of fees, and in sonic instances he had been given to understand fees had been exacted to an enormous amount, for the purpose .of giving the parties a larger claim for compen sation. He hoped this would be remembered by the Learned Lord when they came to be abolished, as he trusted they would be shortly. He proposed to move for leave to bring- in a Bill to abolish them, and inadequate as tie might be to frame a nieasure himself, as he had before hint the Bill formerly introduced on this subject by a Learned Lord, he hoped he should 'not greatly err. Ile would admit that some few of the parties whose situations. would be done away by this Bill might be entitled to compensation, but the great bulk of them he was of opinion-were entitled to no com pensation at all. He was at a loss to guess on what grounds these offices could be defended. They had been reported as fit.to be abolished fourteen years ago. Five, or six years af terwards a Bill was brought into the House for that purpose, and three or four years after that, a new Commission reported on them in the same way. Why offices should be kept up in times like these which had been so repeatedly recommended for abolition, he could not conjecture. the Noble Lord, after some further comments, concluded by moving " For leave ,to bring in a Bill to abolish the inferior Commissary Courts in Scotland." .. . . . The LORD ADVOCATE for SCOTLAND considered the subject now before the House to be of some importance to the country to 3,vbich liehelonged.. _Had the Noble Lord done him the honour to ask him what he purposed to do with 'respect to the offices in question, he should have told him, that before leaving Scotland, he had been in correspondence with the heads of the Courts on this subject; and further, that he had considered it to be his duty to propose a Bill, which he should bring forward in the course of the present Session of Parlia ment. Such being his avowed intentions, he would put it to the Noble Lord, whether it might not be advisable for him to withdraw.* present motion, and leave him (the Lord Advo cate) to introduce the, measure which he had framed to meet this evil. The Noble Lord had thrown great blame on Minis ters for not attending to this subject sooner. Ile:knew not what censure might be merited elsewhere, but he was confident that no blame could, in fairness, attach to himself. When he came into office two years ago, he found eight reports, recom mending the abolition of offices. It was hardly possible for any individual, in one Session, to attend to all of these— He had taken two of them last year, those relating to the Court of Sessions and the Court of Admiralty.• lie was prepared to take two more this year, and thus he intended to proceed, seriatim, with the . whole. He admitted that some of the officers were entitled to no compensation, but others were placed in a different situation, and would certainly claim compensation. The total amount of the emoldments of these persons came to not less than 4 or .1,0001. per annum.--/ This had been shewn by the persons themselves at a time when they were desirous of making their gains appear as low as pos.- sible. It was a very serious question for Ministers to deter-, mine, whether they abolish offices which were not paid for out of the public purse, and charge the-public with that compen sation which would be expected by those who at present held them, when they were abolished. He was of ()mien that it would be better to abolish them gradually. To the officers connected with the Courts that could only recover 'debts to the amount of 31. 6S. Bd., he' should propose to give- no corn pensation. In other cases some coinpensation might be given.. Here the Learned Lord proceeded to shew the advantage of abolishing . the Offices in question gradually, and appealed to the. Noble Lord whether he could be acquainted with • all the details connected with this subject, so as to be able to proceed with his Bill to advantage, seeing. it was the intention. of Go vernment to take it up in the course of the present Session. He had only further to say, that no office in these Cniirts had been recently given•to any but on the express undeastanding that should a bill like that now in contemplation pass; no coal pensation would be allowed to those taking office. Sir J. NEWPORT supported the motion,: and hoped lit what might hereafter be done, no improper couipensation would he granted. - Sir w. DUNDAS expressed his conviction that those who had stepped beyond their duty to get up a claim to large com pensations, would not be countenanced or protected.- • Lord A. HAMILTON,- in reply, said he conld have no oh , jection to surrender this business to the Learned Lord, if he had a reasonable prospect that there would be promptitude of action. He therefore wished the Learned Lord to let the pre.. sent motion be carried, he (the Lord Advocate) taking upon himself to bring in the Bill. He (Lord A. Hamilton . ) would not again interfere, if he ,saw the matter likely to be attended to in earnest by the Learned Lord.- Be insisted on the necessity of his having some pledge given to him on'thissubjeci;ttior the delays which had already taken place. Ile was glad ;to hear the Learned Lord say that he considered it to be his duty to proceed to abolish these offices, but wished to ask how it had happened that Ministers had not scone: discovered that it was their duty to frame such a measure. „ ••;„ - The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND repeated what he had previously stated on .the subject. lie had a Bill in a forward state of preparation, which he pledged to• bring in. before the Eastet,Reeess. Re thought the more regular way would be for him to move-for leave to bring in this till when he was ready. Mr. PEEL begged to say, that there was one office which it might be necessary to fill up,. but if 'this *ere done, it would be on condition, add the same condition would be attached to. any other office granted' in those Courts, that in the event of abolition, no compensation should be allowed, even for the legal fees of office. • ~ The SPEAKER said, 'no debate could then take place, in conformity with the strict rules of the House; but, if there was any misunderstanding about the question now to be put, it might be for the corrkeniencei of the House that explanation shbald be asked and given. • •• :• BROUGHA3I-clid not understand the objection of the Noble- Lord to:the proposition made by-his Noble Friend. The Learneicl i hrdaseernetr to. think it would not be regular for the motion Of the Noble Lord for leave to bring in a Bill to be carried. But in that House they had no Lords of the articles, as they formerly had in Scotland, whose duty it was to prepare all Bills. It might be more expedient, but it,