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Still, hdale, in if for the Chester. )f Franc's. m!se the Stf24" NUMBER . 92311 THREE £3,000 PRIZES IN TWO DAYS ! airBISH, of .the OLD STATE LOTTERY • OFFICES, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing Cross, re sPectfully reminds his best Fr;ends, the Public. that there are hut Two more Days to draw of the present Lottery, and the Wheel now contains 3 t 3 3 4 25 All of which must be drawn in Two Days ! „ - s * The very First Prize drawn TO-NIORROW, the .!Btli instant, must be more than £ 20,000 Money ; and seve r4l•other Capitals must be drawn the same Day. •, I Warranted Undrawn Tickets and Shares are selling at 'lj L .SH's Offices where FOURTEEN Capitals hare already ucen sold in the present Lottery; and as I3ISH'S Others , f remarkable for selling First-drawn Capitals, he hopes and Upects to sell the £20,000 TO-MORROW ! , Others will be kept open until Twelve o'Clock. 418 1 rrHE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LII. will be published on SATURDAY NEXT. CONTENTS. DOBRIZHOPFER—Account of the ABIPONE.— i k- Bishop of St. •David's• Vindication of 1 John, v. 7.- - • L 1 1 ; 1 - KOTZEBUE, Voyage of Discoverv.—lV. Memoirs of a ife passed in Pennsylvania.--V. BUCKINGHAM'S Travils V, Palestine.—Vl. lustrtiction of the Deaf and Dumb.— Memoires du Due Lanz/tn.—VIM WESTERN CA ke•DONfA.—IX. State of WEIGHTS and MEASURES.- 7 ,• Memoirs of the KIT-CAT CLUB.—XI. KEIt PORTER — 'Weis in Georgia, Persia, The PIRATE., by the •utb or o f WAVERLEY.—XIII. DUGALD STEWART'S Dissertation.—MALTE-BRUN'S SpuriOus f i r.ges.—XV. COLONIAL POLICY. !toted for Joilt , l MuaKAY. Albemarle-street, London. A NEW IRISH PAYER; INTITITLED " I' HR CONSTITUTIONALIST, OR, CORK MORN- ING POST." TO THE PUBLIC. • AT the urgent requisition of numerous , and ee _ zealous Friends, and also, in deference to the strong i"' 43 e of the necessity for such an undertaking which exists, rAt ARDS and SAVAGE have adopted the resolution of en geeaging in the establishment of a PUBLIC Jou RHAL, and have , e "vanced a considerable way in the most extensive arrange ments for the handsome and effective execution of this design. The Journal which they hope in a short time to present to the Public favour, will be established upon one simple founds -1,c%, equally dear and interesting, and that is—THE MAIN 4II,TING OF THE GENUINE AND VITAL PRINCIPLES OF " 17 R GLORIOUS CONSTITUTION, AS ESTABLISHED IN' CHURCH AND STATE. This brief exposition of the mother principle upon which their undertaking rests, the Pro prietors humbly conceive is sufficient to recommend it to every tel Friend to true Civil Liberty. For no thinking man can mistake the character of the present times—can view with dis regard the drift of those desperate theories which are pressing with the full force of their hostility and power against those I nstitutions which should be held by the British race amongst t , l 'ihgs the most sacred ; because, it is wi.hin those Institutions teat the spirit of British Freedom ie enshrined and preeerved, `And because, it is owing to those, and to the immeasurable energies of which they form the salient spring of supply, that tee are indebted for the immortal triumph obtained oxer that tawdry despotism, which Was the offspring of the French its ; and to the same source also is Europe indebted for its redemption from an afflicting and a grinding military vassal age. By means of those Institutions, as the fountain-head of our national power' just such as they have been handed down to the living generations, UNCHANGED by metaphysical ex- Perirnent, and u NSACRIFICED to abstract projects about go vernment,—the noblest and the grandest ends have been ob : the Confederation of a hostile world hat been defeated ,P 4 crumbled at one time,—at another, the lauguishing Na ,,'4003 of Europe have been refreshed, their fears converted to —4l tage, and their despair to hope ; and, during the mighty contest, in which the powers of the British Empire were un oveiled in such awful virtue and splendour, the enslaved mind ` v erY where was taught to pant for disenthralment,—and to 4 , 11 Nations, Communities and Sects, something of a generous has was imparted for that Liberty which for so long a time ''as been the happy enjoyment of the genuine Sons of the h,..glish Constitution ! For obligations of such paramount value, and for results so 3 Plendie and illustrious, much is due to the jealous anxiety with Z e e the principles of our Constitution have been guarded by ;"e manly reason and spirit of the Empire--much to the reverential 'al with which our Civil and Religious Institutions have been Protected against the inroads of spurious and profligate theories, 411 d of those blasphemous experunents that have covered with 2itnes so many other Nations and States ; and a vast portion Z . those able and honest men who presided over the destinies of Empire. The spirit which served to resist ,those awful en °aehnients upon the national welfare is the offspring of that giber t h oug h t t h at still directs and influences the course of 4 stitish Public Opinion, even when its counsels are unheard and its operations unseen amid the occasional uproar created "1 1 popular infatuation. To act auxiliary to this spirit—to sup pert it, and to nourish it by all the means which truth and r e ason abundantly supply, is at least a generous and an ho nourable task; and it is one, which the loyal and enlightened tf every description, it is to'be hoped, will not grow weary of she in the execution. To them the Proprietors of THE F I UNSTITUTIONALIST; or,CORK MORNING POST, hok with honest confidence, in the attempt which they are corn rnencing. The Proprietors intentionally avoid resorting to those prefa tory recommendations which generally usher in the publication new Journals—the Public have long had an opportunity of e ctermining concerning their characters, and to this they ap cal—They trust it will entitle them to public confidence when t hey affirm, that the CONSTITUTIONALIST, or, CORK 'thetxreto POST, will he published 'with sound and honest Pretensions to, he public favour—that no expense or trouble 311 511 be wanting to render it a handsome example of typogra: Phieal indus , uf—that they have formed the most efficient con nexions for procuring the EARLIEST and the most AUTHEN c support—thatintence— they have engaged able and experienced terary the most rigid impartiality shall be ad hered to, in the reporting of the Debates in Parliament—in re .°)leling the public occurrences, and all other matters and cir 'etrnstances, whether political or otherwise. To those essen tol, elementary duties, in the conducting of a Public Journal, t tle Proprietors pledge themelves to add a continued, anxious, 1 1 ;t1 diligent attention to the Commercial, Agricultural, and tanufacturing interests of their Country—an industrious re- Prd to all Judiciary and Magisterial proceedings in this City, ;hid to all other matters of what may be deemed local inte „est- It is In truth the earnest purpose of the Proprietors of 'le CONSTITUTIONALIST, to deserve the favour and !Phfidence which have invited and encouraged them to the Pe riodical Press ; and it will constitute their most ambitious re uieal, if the Patrons who have called them to their new post %hall be satisfied. To the busy orders of life and to advertising friends of all mo' e ktiptions, the CONSTITUTIONALIST will hold out 4 1 . i n e re Inducements than can be specified in this place, as from ie s encouragement already received, and the extensive circu lation which the Proprietors anticipate upon the surest grounds, the greatest publicity will be afforded. to WANTS and DE SIRES, not only in this Province and Ireland in general, but In the Sister Kingdom. The Prop r i e t ors hope their Journal will afford some excite- Ilient to that mass of talent which they are convinced slumbers sh comparative'rest in' this City and County, and they trust they all succeed in inviting some share of its exertions to the space which shall be always reserved for Literary contributors. _ It m a y not b e out of place to remark, that the present mode of dispatching his Majesty's' Mails for the South of Ireland, .has disposed th e P ro p r i etors to se l ect a Morning instead of an ing Publication ; as by that plan, though at no small in 'ease to thei r l a b ours , they will be enabled to give both their town and Country Subscribers the most recent intelligence, at the usual charge for Newspapers in this City. In soliciting from the Public a generous share of their pa tronage, E. and S. have again to add that their warmest en deavours shall be used in inculcating LOYALTY TO THE SO ;EREIGN—SUBJECTION TO THE LAWS, AND VENERA. K ATE FOR THAT GOVERNMENT UNDER WHICH WE THE HAPPINESS TO LIVE. A FREE AND INDE PENDENT PEOPLE. Castle -street, Cork, March, 1822. FfrtOM THE LONDON GAZME, MARCH 26. Commissions in the Corps of Swansea and Fairwood Gentlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry. Thomas Penrice, Esq., to be Captain ; Robert Hancorne, Gent. to be Cornet. PRIVATE PUPIL. ABENEFICED and MARRIED CLER GYMAN, whose Family consists of a FEW PRI VATE PUPILS, has now a VACANCY for one. Distance from London.- between Nine and Teti Miles. Letters, left for Rev. J. C. C., Mr. flayes's, Bookseller, 8, Hentiettrystreet, Covent-garden, will be duly forwarded. BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, STRAND and CORNHILL. ESTABLISITED- in 1799 for Insurance of Houses, Buildings, Manufactories, Goods, and Mer chandise, Ships, Vessels, and other Property, on the most -equitable terms, and on principles affording solid and per manent security to those insnred. DIRECTORS, &C. JOSEPH WARNER, ESQ. Chairman. Hon. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, Deputy Chairman. lit. Hon. the Vice Chancellor William Marsh, Esq. Sir John - Cox Hippisley, Bart. Thomas Maude, Esq. Sir Robert Wigram, Dart. George G. Mills, Esq. William Agnessi. Esq. Richard C. Plowden, Esq. J. P. Auriol. Esq. Jolin Soane, Esq. John Debts, Esq. I G. H. Sumner, Esq. M.P. S.,P. Cockerel!, Esq. Robert Taylcr, Esq. James Henry Deacon►, Esq. John Varriliam, Charles Freeman, Esq. James West, Etiq. Neill Malcolm, Esq. RS. Williams, Esq.Nolicitor. RICHARD. BARNES, Sec. ATLAS- ASSURANCE COMPANY OF LONDON, Instituted 180 S, and empowered by an Act of Parliament of the 54,111 George 111. THE . "PRESIDENT - and DIRECTORS hereby give notice te-Persons assured with this Com pany from Loss by Fire, whose Policies have been in force fos 5 years ending at Christmas last, _that _the return of, sur plus Premiums to the assured, (agreeably to the system of this Company) is 24 per cent. upon the Premiums received in London; and 20 per cent. 'upon those received by the Country Agents in Great Britain ; and that the same will, on and after the 25th instant, he payable at the Office in Cheapside on ,the London Policies, and by the Agents in the Country, on the Policies effected in their respective Agencies. LIFE DEPARTMENT . Persons assured far.the whole Term of Life, will have an addition made to their Policies every Seventh Year, on the principle so bemeficially practised till lately at the Equitable Assurance Of or the =ant thereof may be applied in reduction of the future payments of Premium. Policies may also be effected for the, whole term olLife, on a plan peculiar to this Office, whereby the Premiutti is pay able for a fixed number of years. _ , HENRY DESBOROUGH, Jun. Secrtary. Cbcapside, London, March 14, 1822. This Day seas published, price as. boards, The Second Edition (with Additions, and the Statutes to the ed Geo. 4th. inclusive) of ALPRACTICAL GUIDE to the DUTY and AUTHORITY of the OVERSEERS of the POOR; with Full and Plain Directions to them in the execution of their Office, interspersed with numerous Precedents of Sum monses, Warrants, Orders, &c. &c. relating to the Pnur's Law, and Parish attevs in general. By WILLiAIII TOONE, Attorney at Law. . Author of the Nlso.istrate'S Nlanual, &e. . London: Printed for J oseph' Butterworth and Son, Law Booksellers, 43, Fleet-street. TENGUJNEAS REWARD, TO PRINTERS, ENGRAVERS, &c. — Whereas it has been discovered that certain Persons are in the habit of Printing and Vending Labels. being copies or imitaiultst of those affixed to the bottles containing, the GENUINE BLACKING prepared by DAY and MARTIN, thereby enabling unprincipled dealers to impose on their cus tomers a bad and injurious article. We hereby offer a reward of Ten Guineas to any Person who shall give such informa tion as will lead to the conviction of any one guilty of these Illegal practices. Feb. DAY 97, High Holborn. BA N - KRI TATS. W. Turner, Ruckholt House, Leyton, Essex, horse-dealer, to surrender April 2, 16, and May 7, at one,. at the Court of Commissioners, London. Attorney, Mr. Griffith, High-street, St. Mary-le.Bone, London. J. Lacey, Bristol, dealer in china, April 11, 12, and 1V1a3,7, at "Tone, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol. Attorney, Mr. R. Woodhouse, King's-Bench-walk, Temple, London; and Mr. J. Russell, Bristol. _ M. B. Hughes and J. Horton, Dudley, Worcestershire, iron foundErs, April 4,6, and May 7, at eleven, st the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Attornies, Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Med calf, Chancery-lane, London ; and Mr. Fellowes, Dudley, or Mr. Wills, Birmingham. C. Buckle, Manchester, draper, April 12, 13, and May 7, at two, at the Albion Hotel. Attornies, ; Messrs. Adlington, Gre gory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row ; and Messrs. Law and Coatel, Manchester. T. Hoyle, J. Lord, J. Chatburn, and W. Fothergill, Irwell Springs, Whalley, Lancashire, calico-printers, Aprillo, at six, 11, at the Bull Inn, Burnley, and May 7, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr. Norris, John-street, Bedford row ; and Messrs. W. and R. Shaw, Burnley. J. Trowbridge, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, stocking-manufac turer, April 3,4, and May 7, at twelve, at the Red Lion Inn, Shaftesbury. Attornies, Mr. T. Buchanan, Holborn-court, Gray's Inn ; and Messrs. Bowles and Chitty, Shaftesbury. J. Trevaskiss, Sidney-place, CoMmercial-road, tailor, April 16, 23, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Hindman, Basinghall-street. DIVIDENDS. Aprill6, R. Crowden,Knightsbridge, bbotmaker, at the Court of Commissioners—April 16, J. Lewin, Holloway, Islington, carpenter, at the Court of Commissioners—April 16, J.Abrahall, Noble-street, merchant, at the Court of Commissioners—June 1, J. L. Pasteur, Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire, grocer, at the Court of Commissioners, London—April 17, R. Hartley, Ripon, Yorkshire, mercer, at the Unicorn Inn, Ripon—April 20, R. Hackett, Newport, Isle of Wight, spirit merchant, at the Guildhall, Newport—April 16, J. Walters, Studham, Hertforshire, farmer, at the Court of Commissioners, London— April 18, J. Knowles, Liverpool, innkeeper, at the George Inn, Liverpool—April 16, G. Feise, Lawrence Pountney-hill, mer chant, at the Court of Commissioners- , --April 23, W. Fosbeiy and R. 'Umber, Liverpool, merchants, at the Office of Mr. P. Woods, Liverpool. ' CERTIFICATES.—APRIL 16. J. Camp, Broad-street, 'Wrapping, victualler—T. D. Mil dred, Size-lane, merchant—A. Delvalle - York-street, Covent garden, wine-merchant—J. Earle, Old 'Change, warehouse man—C. Coates, New Bond-street, druggist. , PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. 0. Stock and Co. High Holborn-hilL—T. 0. Stock. anti Co. Watling-street, London,warehousemen—J. and C.Thomas, Commercial Road, Bristol, mahogany merchants.—T. Dale, sen. and J. Spurr,, Nottingham, bricklayers—J. Oldham and. S. Glover, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, builders—J. Cal vert and W. Lancaster, Essex Wharf, Strand, coal merchants —C. and R. Frisby, Mark-lane, London, wine merchants—W. Cooper and Co.--W. Moore and J. Hetherington, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, stable keepers—M. Weedon and M. Atkin son, Marchiuont-street, Brunswick-square, milliners-7-F.-Per ret and F. L. Plitt, London, merchants—G. Clapp and Co. Shaldon, Devonshire, merchants. Wednesday morning last, about seven o'clock, an Irishman leaped over the old bridge at Glasgow, into the Clyde. The spectators concluded that lie would be drowned, but they were agreeably surprised to observe him alternately swimming and walking, and he ultimately came out of the river about 100 yards from the bridge, safe and sound, singing an Irish song. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1822.' PARLI.NNIENT . , HOUSE OF LORDS, TuEsbxr, MA,acti 26. Earl GREY presented a Petition from the As sembly of the Province of - Lower Canada, com plaining that' the produce of the province sold last year had diminished one-half, compared with the safes of preceding . ' years, and that the prices were diminished in the same proportion ; that average exports ,had fallen from 76G,7701. to 511,3921., and the imports from 1,247,7001. to 863,0001. ; that the revenue, which depended almost solely on. the imports, had fallen from 102,4421. to 78,1541. The Petitioners further complained, that by the operation of the Corn' Laws, they were prevented from sending their corn to this country for consumption, and that by the Navigation Laws .foreign vessels we. .excluded from their porty .-Under' the -operation - I, of the laws which affected the sale and con sumption of their produce, they felt great diffi culty,in raising a revenue sufficient 'for" malting highways, supporting the establishment's of, the province, &c. 'They concluded by praying, that all sorts of corn and grain, the produce of Lower Canada, might be admitted, duty free, into the ports of the United Kingdom. The Noble Earl 'thought it necessary to state thtis much in pre senting the Petition, in order to call-their Lord ships', attention to the great distress in which the province of Canada was involved.—The Petition was then read, and laid on the table. Estimate of 1816 was still acted upon, although there could be no doubt that in consequence of the subsequent variation of prices, that Estimate, which was made according to the' high prices of that year, ought now to be much lower. The first question therefore was, as to the actual saving that might be made in addition to the 30,0001. graciously given up by his Majesty, 4nd upon this point he should contend that the sum proposed by his Majesty's Ministers was too their Lordships refeued to the reign df Queen Anne, they would find that that Sovereign, out of 800,0001. per annum, gave up 100,000 L, expressly communicating her intention to Parliament to make that reduction. His Lordship here read from the Journals the following extract from the Speech of Queen Anne to her Parliament upon this subject : " I return you my kind and hearty thanks for continuing to me for my life the same revenue you had granted to the King. I will take care it shall be managed to the 'best advantage ; and , while my subjects remain under the burden of such great taxes, I will straighten myself in my own expences, rather than not contribute all I can to their ease and relief, with a just regard to the support of the honour and dignitrof the Crown. It is probable the Revenue may fall short of what it has formerly produced ; however I will give direction that 100,0001. shall be applied to the public service of the year, out of the Revenue , you have so unanimously given me:" This was "a reduction to the amount of onaelglith of the whole, but the reduction now proposed, instead of one eighth, did not amount to 3i per Cent. If they compared the schedule of the I present King with the estimate of the year 1816, their Lord ships would, find that it consisted of the self-same articles, and was in fact founded precisely upon that estimate. He held the estimate to which he had alluded in his hand. Ii appeared from thence, that 60,0001. was in 1816, and in the present year, the amount of his Majesty's Privy Purse. The charges on the first and second classes were precisely , the same. The salaries to Foreign Ministers amounted to 226,9501. ; the expences of the Household to 209,0001. ; and the salaries to the officers, 140,7001., and so through the remaining classes, and concluded that the schedule and the Act agreed together in all important particulars. This agreement, he thought, was unfit, consider ing the different circumstances under which both were intro duced to Parliament. The estimate for 1816 contemplated a different state of things altogether, for the prices had not then fallen as they had since, nor was the distress so generally felt at present in existence at that period. He would next proceed to shew-their Lordships that the classing of the Civil List in the way in which it was now done, was not conducive to economy. According to the former arrangement, the Crown had an -inte rest in being economical, for the whole being voted :in one sum, if the servants of the Crown were extravagant in one branch of the expenditure, it became necessary to curtail in another, with a view to keeping the whole within the limits prescribed ; but since the arrangement of the Civil List into classes by the 56th of his late Majesty, one part was left uncer tain, to be voted by Parliament each year. This was said to have been undertaken for economical purposes, and much was said at the time of the benefits to be derived from making the Civil List subject to the vigilant conrroul of Parliament; the result, however, had falsified these flattering anticipations; greater sums had been expended since that period, and instead of the vigilance which was promised, the Civil List was generally voted in the month of June, when the business of the Session was winding up, and the attention of Parliament exhausted upon othdr topics, the vote was consequently passed without difficulty or examination. In 1792, the expenses which, according to the new arrangement, came under the head of the third class, amounted to 398,0001, and in 1816 ,the whole Civil List, which used to be covered by the sum of 1,000,0001. amounted to 1,847,0001. He knew that this could not be fairly stated to be the expense of the Royal Family, but he thought that the whole civil expense of the country might be defrayed at three quarters of the sum which Parliament was in the habit of vot ing. The preaent was a time when it became persons in high situations to shew a sympathy for the distress of the country, not in wordi only, but in acts and sacrifices. When they -eon sidered the number of sinecures still in existence, he thought their Lordships would agree with him that little had been yet done, compared with what might and ought to be done in that respect: lie found that at different periods Reforms had been attempted; the Economical Reform introduced by Mr. Burke was one. Again, in the year 1807, a pretence was made of doing away with sinecure places. He was sorry that he hat not the accounts to ascertain the precise esttent of the benefit derived to the country from this measure, but.he believed it to be very trifling, if any thing. Their Lordships would remem ber that there was a parade of no less than five or six enact ments on the occasion ; cue of them abolished the Chief Jus tices in Eyre ; but he had not the means, at present, of casting up the balance of the account, so as to show whether the public was a gainer or a loser by the'urrangement which cut off' a few useless officers, while it enabled his Majesty to grant pensions to persons who had acted in high official situation. A Noble Viscount (Lord Sidmouth) had held one of those situations, and he believed was provided with a. pension accordingly. There were many of the great offices of Scotland that were not abo lished by the Act of 1817, on the ground that they were pro tected by some clauses in the Act of Union. He remembered one of the favourite arguments was, that the public derived a benefit from the sums which found their way into the Exche quer, and upon such pretexts and reasoning many of those of , flees were still permitted to exist; though It - WWI palpable that they were as useless as any under the Crown. Mr. Burke had proposed the reduction of other places, among which were the Keeper of the Buck Hounds, and the Master of the Hawks. He did not know who the present Master of the Hawks' was, nor whethelhe was a Member of Parliament ; but perhaps he might be told by the Noble Earl on the Woolsack, that the Hawks had a'vested right in their Master. He found that a general rise had taken place in all the allowances to Ambassa dors, notwithstanding the altered state ) of Europe. The Re turns on their Lordships' Table were deficient upon this head, for it omitted all the Secretaries of Embassy. In 1791-, the whole allowance. to Ambassadors, not including penSions, was 39,5901. At present the allowance was To Secretaries of Legation -- To Consuls - - - £133,840 - - 13,850 - - - 30,000 Making a Total of - £177,690 Adding the Pensions, which amounted to - 42,000 The whole Expence was - £229,690 The Charge in the last year for the outfit of Ambassadors, was - - . - 13,369 For Extraordinaries - - - 23,940 Presents - . - - - '24,000 Making together - - £61,809 This was an increase of 1401. per cent. not a diminution of 101. He would now -chew their - Lordships what he considered the great extravagance of the Secretary of State. Among the ex peaces of Foreign Ministers he found the following sums enu merated :—To Lord Castlereagh at Vienna 21,1861. being but a portion of the sums he had drawn. To Lord Stewart 5,1341. because there Were many Sovereigns at Vienna. Again to Lord Stewart 6,53111. to cover the loss of exchange, and 4971. for the journey to Mantua. To Lord Cathcart 4 , 1091. for a bill at Vienna- Again to Lord Cathcart 6,9171. to cover extra expences. This was the Annus Miralfilis of lavish ex pence—the era at which the profusion of Ministers was most wanton and excessive, while the coldness of their calculations, and the sacrifice of the interests of the people in almost every part of Europe, afforded a melancholy , view of the policy by which their counsels were actuated. The Secretary of State, into whose hands the destinies of so many nations were com mitted, had uniformly given up the weaker to the stronger powers, to the manifest tusadvaatage and lasting disgrace of this country. There was .no end to the presents made to Russia; 6,1361. was given to the Russian 'Minister, which, added to what was given to .Count.Woronzow and others, made altogether in presents to Russia, no less a sum than 12,1001. ; this too at a time when the charges of the Civil List were said to be under the revision and control.of Parliament. Such were the effects of the boasted arrangement. It has been stated by -the Select Committee, in their Repiart, that as the amount of the pensions to Foreign Ministers increased, their salaries would be likely to diminish.' They sawthat the salaries had increased, but he wished to know if the pensions had diminished on the other hand ? The fact was, that Ministers remained abroad only till they were'qualified to receive pensions, and were then relieved by others who went in search of the same qualifica tion, and retired after the same period of service, with the same reward. The losses on Exchange had been urged in jus tification of the increased allowances to Sir Henry Wellesley, Sir Charles Stuart, and other Foreign Ministers. These losses were stated at from 30 to 40 per cent. but when the causes by which such a rate of exchange was influenced had ceased to operate, and the plea of loss could no longer be advanced upon their parts, the public had a right to expect a diminution of the PRICE SEVENPENCE. salaries•which had been increased hemeet that necessity. Why, he Would ask, had. not such reductions taken plade? It Vara in vain to say- that the increased allowances had, a tendency to improve the assiduity or increase the talents employed iii those departments. On the contrary, they . made them. more the objects of patronage with those who had Parliamentary connexions to recommend them. Such situations were now well worth the attention of Meratiers of Parliament.' .-Other persons had formerly 'a chance of promotion to such placei, and there were instances of many who had been raised by their talents in a better, tate of things. Among those were Mr. Laisti and Mr. Ellis, but now those great situations were reserved for the sons and brothers of Members of Parliament. The untie cessary accumulation of those . places was another grievance. If e did not see why there should oe an Ambassador at the Hague. There was a period when it used to . be the ce.rire of the nege- Ciations of Europe, but now it was not of the leaSt importance. There was also a period when a petty appointment to a petty German Court was not worth the attention of a Member of Parliament. Again, lie could not see the necessity of allowieg II,0001.• a-year to Lord Clancarty to enable him to enliven Dctch town by his presence. It Laed Stewart were net undere paid, the itppointrzient of Lord clantearty was considerably eva'• raid. s awtteerland attorded another itisetneta - of unnecesgera rape:ice. There used to be a Charge des Atfeires in that coon- , try, bat pow. we must have an Ambitestaior, with •an laceirs, tie 3,9001. as - charged in the Estimates. Such' ofEees, with '• their- splendid establishments, might be very convenient for Gentlemen ; but why the country should go to sech ex pence merely for their accommodation, was what be could not understand. This and other .foreign appointmetes of the same kind reminded him of as observation of Mr. Gibbed, when Sir William Hamilton was at the Court of the Two Ste cilies. The historian observed to a friend, that any account of the eruptions of aJoUnt Vesuvius would be of greater fin: penance than any political discoveries that could tie made L the Sicilian Court. In the .saine way the_ Ambassador at Switzerland, if his taste lay in that track, might.enteitaht the learned of his own country, by giving an account of the nth , neralt and natural curiosities which • abounded in Kent. He remembered an instance of another Ambassador, at Dresden, who had been sent out by Lord Hawkesbury, in that capa city. In addition to. his other allowances, his library the whole jus gentium, had. been paid.for by the public ; while lie was retained on, half-pay, probably in the hope that some great occasion would arise when he might be employed to'negociate a treaty as important as that of Westphalia. But the charge for Switzerland was the great diplomatic job.—New, what was the defence of all this extravagance ? For what purpose was • this host of-diplomacy ? Surely no one would contend that it was to maintain the balance of power in.therope ? If it were asserted that it was necessary • in order to maintain the balance - 'of power in the House of Commons, that would be art inteih gible proposition ; but to talk of the balance of power in Ere rope at the present day would indeed be absurd. Did the Noble Earl opposite mean to contend, that in order to preserve Mein dependence of the North of Italy, it was neetasary that we should have an Ambassador at Turin with 6,0001. a-year ? Would he say, that if we had not residents at the various Ger man Courts at a similar expence, the independence of Germany could not he maintained ? Would the Noble Earl assert that the Netherlands would be over-run by France, unless we bud an Ambassador at that Court with a salary 0f412,6091. ? If the Noble Earl were to dedare all this, many of the individuals themselves seemed determined to prove, by their non-residence; that the Noble Earl was in the wrong ; fur they were walking about the town as if to show that the' business which they were appointed to do could be done as well without them—that the Curates were as competent to the discharge of the functions of their offices as the Rectors. Ile begged, however, to do his Ma jesty's present Government justice tor the economy which they had exhibited. They had actually dismissed one clerk from the office of one of the Secretaries of State... Nor had theyaent any Ambassador to the Court of Lisbon to compliment the King of Portugal on hit return to his native dominions ; although a few years ago, before the King returned, they did send an Ambas sador for that purpose, who remained for !eyelid months waiting to no purpose. What he seriously contended for was, this tin the present distressed state of me country, every' reduction ought to be made which it was possible to make ; and what he particularly complained of in this part of the subject was, that there were too many Ambassadors, too many men of high rank employed in Foreign Missions. Formerly the due transaction of our affairs with Foreign Powers was considered to be per. fectly compatible with our having no Ambassadoi at Vienna —with our having no Ambassador at Petersburgh. The sums paid to our Ambassadors, although frequently raised on pre texts connected with the circumstances of the tunes, were never diminished again. Under those circumstances there cculd be nothing ungracious in imploring the Crown to make such reduc tions in these departments of the public service as the public necessities required. But perhaps their Lordships would' be.' told that the pay of these official persons was not more than sufficient. If that pay were doubled, if' it were even quad rupled, he had no it would be all spent. Whatever might be the amount which Parliament chose to allow, i% would be all spent, and the Noble Secretary of State would tell their Lordships that it was not a farthing more than was necessary. For himself, he firmly believed that influence and patronage were the real objects and motives of all this extravagant expendi ture. He could conceive no other reason. for such enormous And unnecessary appointments. If it were said by his Majes ty's Government that they were for the purpose of ailbrding protection and entertainment to English travellers on the Con tinent, such a declaration would betray gross inconsistency ; for the. Noble Lords opposite frequently complained of the number of English who were abroad, and therefore ought not to make large allowances in order to give them greater security and facilities. Again he maintained that the sole object was patronage. Whether he looked abroad or at home, every thing showed the avidity of his Majesty's Government for influence and patronage. The Treasury had nearly swallowed'up the patronage of the Excise, the Customs, and the other Boards.-- If he looked at the enormous revenue, collected at an expense of between 4 and 5 millions, he saw in it the source of enormous influence. If he looked at the immense' Civil establishments, as well as those of the army and navy, he saw iii them the .cause of great influence. For what purpose were the various appoint. ments of that great office the Commander-in-Chief, and the large staff annexed to it, but for influence ? For what purpose was the India Board-t—that nest of jobs, but for influence ? For what purpose was the office pf the third Secretary of State, but for influence ? He would not complain of this last office. were it not for the 'co-existence of the India Board ; but it was clear that one 'of them was unnecessary, and ought to be,. abolished ; and it was also clear that one of them would be• abolished, but for the sakes of influence. All that was done by his Majesty's Government, was done studiously for the sake of influence. Every thing must give way for influence. Abroad and at home the sole anxiety was to obtain influence. In strict conformity to this principle was the shameless avowal which had been recently made by one branch of his Majesty's Govern ment, that certain offices, whether necessary cr useless, must still be maintained for the sake of influence. It was astonish ing that such a doctrine could be listened to with patience. But it spewed the true nature, the inward spirit, the teat cha racter of his Majesty's present Government. It spewed that they lived only by influence, and that without influence they could not exist for a moment. Of all the campaigns which his Majesty's Government had undertaken in the course of their administration, none had been go successful as'their campaigns against the independence of Parliament. In those campaigns they had committed no errors. In those campaigns they, had not been betrayed into 'any paltry diversion from their main object. In their campaigns against the independence of Par liament, his Majesty's Government had not imitated their own conduct in the war ; they had not. wasted their time in nib bling at a West India Island, or their means in ruinous expe-• ditions to Walcheren or the Helder, but had preserved 4 Stria unity of design and execution. The attack on the independ ence of Parliament' had been the grand object to which they had directed their uniform efforts ; and not even Buonaparte • himself, with all his talents and per Severance, had ever been. more decidedly triumphant than his Majesty's Government in that their favourite enterprise. He was willing to do' this just. tire to his Majesty's Governmens=that they were all-powerful in doing evil. They and'their band of pensioners had in thirty years achieved more against the independence of Parliament than had been accomplished in the whole- of the preceding period since the Revolution. If they were asked why they has not made greater reductions since the peace—if they were asked why they had not reduced the Colonial, the Civil, the Military Expenditure? the answer was, that they must retain the means of supporting their friends aid followers. They continued en ormous expenditure, because in the course of that 'expenditure. they found the means of gratifying their friends: and lowers. For the benefit of a pepper-corn to therritebies, try willingly sacrificed m2lions belonging to the public. ltillsOrts ant as would be the saving to the country by the redustients which he recommended, that advantage would be as =Wire AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS. Earl GREY seeing a Noble Earl in his place wished to ask him whether the House were now in possession of all the mea sures which his Majesty's Government intended to propose to relieve the distress existing in the country ? The Earl of LIVERPOOL was understood to reply that the Noble Earl must be conscious that a plan had been pro posed in the other House for the relief of the corn trade. He was not aware at present of any other particular measure with respect to agricultural distress, but:a Committee was sitting on that subject in the Commons, and its Report had not yet been recei';ed. Earl GREY was aware of the existence of such a Commit tee in the other House ; but he did not hope more now from the labours of that Committee than he had done when it was first appointed. As the Noble Earl had stated that his Ma jesty's Government, as a Government, did not intend to pro pose any other measure, and as he felt that the distress was overpowering, that all the means of relief hitherto suggested were trilling, and that nothing could prove effectual, save a large reduction of the existing taxes, he shoUld give notice that as early as possibl,:fifter the .Holidays he should draw the 'attention of the House to the distressed state of the country, and to the fact that the only relief for those distresses could be found in the reduction of the taxes to a consider able amount. ORDERS OF THE HOUSE. The Earl of DARNLEY was understood to complain that certain Returns ordered by the Muse to be made some time since with respect to Stationary in Ireland' had not yet been presented,. and to move that they be made forthwith. The illarOls of LANSDO WNE also compleied that the Order of the House for a Return of the number of Prosecu tions instituted against the Venders of preakfast Powders, had not been attended 'to by the Commissioners of Excise. This Order had been made three weeks ago, and in consequence of its being totally neglected by the ConimisSioners of Excise, he had moved, and the House had ordered, last week, that the Return should be made forthwith, yet even this had not been complied with, although there could be no difficulty to make the Return. His only course was therefore to throw himself upon their Lordships, to know whether or not they would en forcetheir own orders. ' The Earl of LIVERPOOL stated, that without any fault on the part of the officers of the House, but from the difficulty of knowing upon whom its orders should be served, it frequent ly happened that they were never received' by the persons or bodies for whom they were intended. He wished that some course should be adopted, to ascertain on whom the orders of the House should be served, and to insure returns being made within a reasonable time. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the officer of that House, whose duty it was to serve its orders, be called to the bar.—Agreed to. The Officer in question and two of the Door-keepers having been interrogated at the Bar, it appeared, that through a mis take the original Order intended fa! the Commissioners of Ex=, cise, together with that which directed that the return should be made forthwith, had been served upon Mr. Adrian of the Treasury, instead of the Excise Commissioners, and that Mr. Adrian had said it was perfectly right. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought it absolutely neces sary that a Committee should be appointed to . form rules for properly serving the Orders of the House.. lie knew that after the most serious inquiry 'on 'the part of its officers, they were sometimes unable to find out on: whom the Order was to be served. When the Return was directed to be made forthwith, it was equally impossible for them to do it, even if they should work at it day and night. The Earl of. LIVERPOOL also conceived that it would be most desirable to be able to ascertain exactly on whom the ' Orders of the House ought to be served. When their Lord , ships proceeded by Address, the case was wholly different, and no difficulty was found in obtaining the Return. Earl GREY did net see how it would be possible for a Com mittee to ascertain and to settle on whom all the future Orders of the House should be served. In the present case, it did not appear that their Officer was in fault, as he - had been told to take the Order to the Treasury ; he had taken it to Mr. Adrian, and that Gentleman had declared on receiving it that all was right. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then gave notice that he should move to-morrow that Mr. Adrian be called to the Bar. CIVIL LIST. The Order of the Day having been read, Lord KING said, that in moving an Address to the King for Papers respecting the Civil List; he had intended to have moved an Address for the purpose of returning the thanks of that House to his Majesty for his having been graciously pleased to give up 30,0001. per annum front. that part of the Civil List which related to . his Majesty's personal expenditure; but he found that he could not carry that intention into effect consist- - ently with the forms of the house, there having been no com munication made to their Lordships - of bis Majesty's gracious intentions, and therefore they could not formally notice what they were not formally acquainted with. Ile, however, as a part of the public,_ might speak of what was a matter of public notoriety ; and there was no doubt that thiS graciotis act of his Majesty had given universal satisfaction. He knew not why 14 Majesty's Ministers bad not, with regard to this subject, alropted what appeared to be the proper course—that of a Mes sage to both Houses of Parliament, announcing his Majesty's gracious intentions. Was it that they wished to do good by stealth ; or was it that they did not feel any pride in the savings that were thus made ? kroceeiEng to the question to which he wished more immediately to call the attention' of , the House, considerable difficulty arose from the complication of the pub lic accounts; it seemed as if the accounts were kept in. this complicated manner in order that the public might not too nar rowly. pry into the arcana of office. It appeared; however, that in addition to the 30,0001. graciously given up by his Majesty from the class of the Civil List relating to his Ma jesty's personal expenditure, there was to be a saving of 25,0001. making altogether a saving of 55,0001. This he (Lord King).contended, was too little under. present circum stances ; and with reference to the period when the Estimates of the Expenditure ;of the different classes were prepared, it would be recollected that, with regard to part of this question one the Act of the 56th Oeo. 111. directed, that any saving that might be made in the third class of the Civil List, that relating to the Ambassadors and Ministers at Foreign Courts, and to diplomatic stations, should not go in aid of' any other branch of the Civil List, but should be carried direct to the Consoli dated Fund. But it not appearing that any such sum had been carried to the Consolidated „Fund, it seemed that the livers cowl- a se- Bilis, fierce. which )n the IA in ld or ted. ertain louse :boot Luai, b.oz. 4 5i 2 2i cwt. b 72i 'r gr. r cwt.