The Sun. — London, England, 1822-03-13 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. IXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS, March 13, 1322. [MORNING lIERALD.I it is with much pleasure we perceive that his Dlajesty has come forward to contribute towards the reduction of the annual expenditure of the country, and though the sum be not great, yet it is the example which is set that we are particu larly pleased with. The Civil List altogether does not amount to more than about a million, out of which his Majesty has to pay the Judges, the Ambassadors, and a great variety of other expences ; after such expences are paid, we have been given to understand that the King has not, applicable to his personal expenditure, more than from a quarter to half a million a year, -which, in comparison with the total expenditure of the country of fifty-five millions, or in compa rison with the taxation required to pay the inte rest of the National Debt of thirty millions, is a mere nothing. And yet the Opposition speakers, boat in and out of Parliament, for a great length of time past, have been expatiating upon every occasion on the truly trivial expenditure of the Crown ; whilst they have been almost dumb in regard of the great expenditure of the National Debt ; and why ? In the taxation re quired to pay the expenditure of the Crown, they are not interested ; but in the taxation required to pay the interest of the National Debt, they are almost all of them interested, either directly or indirectly. The secret reasoning in their breasts, no doubt, has been—" if we touch the expen diture of the Crown, we please the people—in;• crease our popularity—add do not suffer in our income ; but if we touch the other, namely, the interest of the Debt, the people, in all probabi lity, will not thank us, and we knock off so much of our own or our friends' incomes." And here we may be allowed to do justice to his Majesty's Ministers, as to the means they are about taking to reduce the annual taxation required to pay the interest of the 5 per Cents. We like the prin ciple of attacking the Debt when it can be fairly done, by paying it off, or reducing the interest, supposing people prefer not being paid off ; and if this could be effected on the whole of the Debt, it would be an excellent thing for the country. [MORNING POST.] The magnanimous conduct of his Majesty, in giving up no less than 30,0001. per annum of the sum allotted to his own immediate private com forts (being a reduction of ten per cent. on his nett personal income), was yesterday the theme of universal panegyric throughout the metropolis, as it will not fail to be in every part of the United Kingdom ; the more especially when it is known that it has been from the generous ex ample of his Majesty the country has experi enced the advantages of a proportionate relin quishment of income on the part of all the High Officers of State. The following is a correct statement of the calculations of savings thus ef fected, as made by the Chancellor of the Exche - - quer, on Monday night : By Superamnint ion, deduction on Government Offices, nt Bix p.r / .12,000 . On Revenue Department, at Four per Cent. Immediate Reduction of Offices Contribution from Offices of State Civil List His Majesty's most gracious Donation 168,000 IRELAND.—Suppose One-third of the first three Items 31,000 199,000 Furtme.—Further gradual Reduction of Otliets 30,000 Further savings on the Revenue Departments lOO,OOO 130,000 IRELAND.—Suppose One-third 43,000 L. 173,000 [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The independence of the Officers of the Eng lish Army was completely annihilated by the assumption, on the part of Ministers, to dismiss them, and confiscate their property without cause assigned, and the sanction given by the House of Commons to this doctrine. We deeply lamented at the time the consequences to which the dis missal of Sir Robert Wilson could not fail to lead. We lamented the stigma which was thus so unnecessarily cast on the Army. "It pro claimed loudly, we observed, to the world, that whoever entered the service of this country must renounce for ever all generous and liberal senti ments, and consider himself as a blind instru ment in the hands of his employers, who must, on every occasion and in every place, utter no sentiments, and do no act which may, by possi-1 bility, be disagreeable to them ;" and we re gretted that " the idea, that from the peculiar principle on which our army was formed, corn. preßending men whose stake in the country was deep and of every party, we had an im portant guarantee for the safety of our Con stitution, must now be abandoned."—When we expressed these sentiments, we knew but too well that all confidence on the part of the people in the Officers of our Army would be for ever shaken. We knew that no man, not abso lutely a fool, could believe that Officers possess ed-any exemption from this operation of the cir cumstances by which other men are influenced. Ile who holds his property at the caprice of ano ther will naturally study his caprice. Some stern individual, superior to ordinary consider ations of prudence, obedient only to the dic tates of the strictest principle, and ready not merely - to encounter want and penury himself, but to devote wife and children to them at the call of duty—some individual of this description will, no doubt, now and then arise to honour our nature. The Senates of t!n! Roman Emperors sometimes contained one virtuous man ; Carnot had the courage to oppose the ambition or Buona parte. But these instances of superiority to the motives by which mankind are ordinarily go verned ought certainly to have no influence on our calculations. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Navy Five per Cents. Bill was read a se cond time yesterday evening in the House of Lords without a division. Some of their Lord ships, however, expressed a very strong opinion upon the illegality of the projected scheme, and asserted the incompetency of the Ministers and of Parliament, in conformity with the sound principles of justice, to reduce the Five per . Cents. until twenty-five millions of the debt in the other Stocks had been paid off. The pro priety of delaying the further progress of the measure until the opinion of the twelve Judges were taken upon this point, was forcibly urged ; but the Ministers, including the Lord Chancellor, expressing their conviction of the perfect legality of the measure, the suggestion for delay was dis regarded by the House. It was stated very distinctly by the Earl of Liverpool, that nothing had occurred to his knowledge in the affairs of Europe, since the first day of this Session of Par liament, which could excite in his mind an appre hension of a war; and he further admitted, that if there were any probability' that the peace of Europe should be at all disturbed, the plan nnw submitted to Parliament and the public ought not to be adopted. Such an opinion, falling from so high an authority, must have a considerable effect in satisfying Europe that the negociations pend ing between Russia and the Porte are not likely at the present moment to lead to hostilities. NEW TIMES.] The nation will at once feel the warmest grati tude to the Sovereign who, for the public relief, so nobly limits his own income ; and it will tes tify the most indignant reprobation of the un worthy attempts made to derogate from the merit of the sacrifice. The Morning Chronicle has the hardihood to assert, that the announcement of the King's liberality was received coolly by the House of Commons. We really look upon this as a gross injustice to the honourable feelings of the House. In point of fact, the announce ment was received, as it ought to have been, with loud and enthusiastic 'cheers. The con duct of Ministers also, in recommending a reduction of their own salaries, and those of the Great Officers of the Household, will not fail to be justly appreciated by a ge nerous people. The duty of framing the Super annuation Bill has, as we have before observed, been in many respects a painful one ; but to the principle of the Bill we do not see any objec tion. A pamphlet was some time since written (probably by some Clerk likely to be affected by the measure) on the erroneous assumption that the Bill was to touch vested interests. This description cannot properly be applied to sala ries, although it undoubtedly may to pensions; and therefore the question which Mr. Hume is reported to have put, whether the measure was intended to apply to pensions, evinced a confu sion of intellect not uncommon with that Hon. Member. [THE TIMES.] The most accurate account possible of the debate of Monday night on the subject of re trenchment, will still, we fear, leave the public much in the dark respecting the detail of the plan to be pursued. It is the faculty of genius to simplify and render intelligible that to which it applies itself. There is another quality greatly distinct from genius, if not its . very opposite, which effects its object by dark, intricate, and confused methods ; and under the direction of this latter quality it is that our financial con cerns are now conducted ; so that nothing plain or simple is to be expected in them. —lt is hardly worth the while to travel through the windings of the superannuation provisions ; suffice it to say, that the general principle is, that the officer on his retire ment shall receive one-twelfth of the full offi cial salary for every five years he has been in active employment, starting from the time when he shall have served ten years. But the public, it seems, paying at present about ten per cent. for superannuation allowances, and the proposed plan only requiring upon an average about half that sum, a saving of the other half will of course accrue. Whether this is or is not a confused mode of setting about retrenchment, we leave to the world to decide. On certain Government Of fices 6 per cent. of superannuation is to be deducted, and the amount of this saving is estimated at 12,0001. ; on revenue depart ments 4 per cent., saving 66,0001.: besides these sums, there is to be an immediate reduc tion of offices to the amount of 15,0001. (no great sum.) The Officers of State contribute 20,000/.; the Civil List yields 25,0001; and his Majesty himself surrenders 30,0001. From the two last items, it appears that 55,0001. is deducted from a Civil List of upwards of 800,0001., that is, nearly 7 percent., while the sum total of the de ductions May be taken at 10 per cent.: the value of money, as Lord fiverpool stated, having in creased at the rate of 25 per cent. The sum total under all the heads of retrenchment for the Eng lish service is 168,000/. Mr. Bankes and Mr. Marryat objected, and as we think justly, to the superannuation system altogether, as well as to the deductibn of salaries in aid of the Superannuation Fund. We are not accustomed to meddle with Court intrigues, our anxiety and attention being chiefly directed to the politics of the nation. However, as every body is talking on the subject, we may as well mention that Sir Benjamin Bloomfield is understood to quit Carlton-house. Lord Francis Conynghain succeeds to Sir Benjamin's functions, or some of them, thcugh not nominally to his place, as it is said there is not in future to be a private ,Secretary, but only a Secretary (or some such thing) of the Privy Purse. We . give this news as we have heard it re ported. The Moral to be deduced from any sudden dismisSal or disgrace at Court is useful. Such incidents should teach men of real talents, in a free State, to apply themselves to honour able professions for their support, and to leave the arts of thriving by personal subserviency to the base and frivolous.—(Mid.) Mr. PLUNKETT, in an answer to a letter from Mr. O'GoamAN, says, " that the present mo ment is not favourable to the discussion of the Catholic Question. I trust I need not add, that my sense of the necessity and pressure of the measure is unaltered and unalterable." OPENING of the SPANISH CORTES. MADRID, MARCH 1.--The KING went this day to the Hall, in which the Ordinary Cortes were assembled, to open the Session, and de livered the following speech : " GENTLEMEN DEPUTIES, " The solemn opening of this new legislature is highly sa. tisfactory to me, and I flatter myself will be equally so to the whole nation, whom you represent so worthily. It affords a fresh proof of the stability of the constitutional regime, and of the security and confidence with which we march in the path which has been marked out for us. _ _ " The primary steps of every political change are invari ably attended by many untoward circumstances, which are the inevitable result of the alteration which our fortunes, our hopes, and opinions undergo. In the course of the two years which have elapsed since the constitutional restoration, here have not been wanting occasions in which the public tranquillity and order hare been threatened by the rash r (forts of a few imprudent men, who forget the change of times and things; but the Spanish nation, so distinguished for its sentiments and firmness, may justly glory in having disconcerted the various attempts that have been made, thus p,esenting an instance very uncommon in the history of nations. " Our relations with other Powers afford the prospect of a durable peace, without the least fear of interruption; and I have the satisfaction of declaring to the Cortes, that all the contradictory reports which have been circulated are wholly without foundation, and are propagated by the evil disposed, whose only object is to surprise the imprudent, intimidate the weak, and thus open the door to jealousies and discord. " The internal state of the country cannot yet have expe rienced any considerable improvement; the period which has passed since the commencement of our new era is, on the one hand, too short to effect it ; and, on the other, grave arid no torious obstacles hare arisen, which hare greatly retarded the progress and the advantages which the nation had a right to expect. Nevertheless, the Government have, as much as possible, employed the time and means at their disposal in reviving agriculture, encouraging manufactures, the arts and sciences, freeing commerce from every restriction, and giving an easy and prompt course to all the sources of public pros perity. "The Reports, which will be presented to the Cortes by my Ministers, will give an idea of the present condition of the different branches of the administration, and exhibit a detail ed account of the measures adopted to carry completely into execution the beneficent laws and decrees passed in preceding legislatures. " It now only remains for me to express to the Congress my firm and confident hope, that their wisdom and zeal will be exerted in consolidating the work of the public felicity— in drawing closer together the ties which unite the several classes of the state—and in establishing, in every possible mariner, that tranquillity and confidence which are necessa ry to obtain such important results. My government shall contribute, on its part, in effecting so desirable an object, all the power vested in it by the constitution; and 1 have no doubt that the efficacious co-operation of the Cortes, and the energy and courage which characterize the Spanish people, will ultimately crown our constant efforts with success, by establishing on a solid and permanent basis the liberty and glory of the country." The President RIEGO, who was in the dress of a Royal aide-de-camp, afterwards rose and re plied to the KING in the following terms : _ . " On hearing from the lips of your Majesty the present con dition of the sources of public wealth—of the internal order of the state—and its relations with foreign powers, it seems that we ought to indulge in the most flattering hopes of prospective happiness. " Yet the serious d ; theulties which press around us—the re. peated machinations of the enemies of liberty—and the re sistance constantly made to the proposed changes, even by those who arc not hostile to reforms, imperiously demand the greatest perseverance and energy to accomplish the consoli dation of the present political system. To carry into effect the ameliorations already begun, it is necessary to remove, with a firm hand, the obstacles which may be opposed to them. " The Cortes, Sire, without exceeding their powers, will labour, without ceasing, to overcome these difficulties; and will, moreover, take into consideration whatever measures your Majesty shall propose to them. " co-operation with your Majesty, they look forward to establish, on a permanent basis, the liberties of the Spanish people. By thus raising the nation to the degree of prospe rity to which it aspires, they will, at the same time, endea. your to give additional splendour to the Constitutional throne of your Majesty, and shew to the whole world that the real power and true grandeur of a Monarchs consist solely in the strict execution of the laws." After this Speech, the KING took his depar ture with the same ceremonies which accompa nied his arrival, amid repeated cries of " Live the Cortes !"—" Live the Constitutional King, and the Spanish Nation !" MONUMENT TO HIS MAJESTY. FIRST REPORT OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR ERECTING A MONUMENT, BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIP- TION, TO HIS LATE MAJESTY. Yesterday a Meeting took place at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street, of the Noble men and Gentlemen, Subscribers to the above contemplated Public Monument. The Earl of LIVERPOOL took the Chair soon after two o'clock; and was supported by the Archbishop of Canter bury, the Marquess of Lothian, Lord Kenyon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Sir James Langham, and other Noble Personages. . _ The Earl of BLESINTON, in presenting the Report, al luded to the censure bestowed on him for the part he had taken in promoting the subscription in aid of the intended Monument, which had been described as a job got up for no other purpose than to put money into the pocket of Mr. M. Wyatt. In justice to that Gentleman, he stated that he had no contronl over, no► had he afall directed, the disbursements that had been made from the subscription ; that power had entirely rested with the Sub-Committee. Ills Lordship then alluded to some misunderstanding with hiißoyal Highness the Duke of York on the subject of the dinner at Freemasont' Hall, on the 4th of June last. The accounts were in a printed form before the Meeting, and he trusted it would be found that the Sub-Committee had done their duty ; the present Meeting would determine if any, and what, measures should he taken to increase the subscriptions to a proper amount. Mr. GUTHRIE than brought up the Report, by which it appeared that the sum of 46481. 2s. 2d. had been subscribed; —2,5901. I Is. 2d. had been paid into Messrs. (Drummonds, the Treasurers, and 2,0571. I Is. still remained unpaid. Out of the first named sum, 7541. 7s. 4d. had been expended, as per Abstract.—ln answer to a question of the Noble Chair. man's, that Gentleman stated, that the Committee had not received ally offers or models from any other artist; and that they felt themselves pledged to employ Mr. Wyatt ;—that some progress was already made in the work, namely, the modelling of one of the% horses was nearly finished. He, however, admitted, that they had not sought competition in the design. The sun► requisite to finish the one which had been submitted to them, would be from ten to twenty thou sand pounds. . -- The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that he felt the difficulty the Committee bad experienced arose from their having fixed upon a design without previous competition. He saw no hope of carrying into effect their wishes, unless the Com mittee came pr e p a red with a statement o f what the actual cost would be; the proposition of the Noble Lord (Kenyon) for a Meeting on the 6th of May next would be useless, un less this was attended to. Sir .JAMES LANGHAM complained of the proceedings of .hc•Committee. . _ The Earl of LIVERPOOL suggested that it would he better to refer the matter to a Special Committee, who would report thereon at the next Meeting on the 6th of May. Sir I. DOLBEN, a venerable looking old Gentleman, re commended that the Lords Lieutenants of Counties and the Clergy should be written to, inviting them to co-operate with the Committee in raising subscriptions. The Earl of BLESINTON then moved, that a Special Committee of 21 Noblemen and Gentlemen (whose names h e read), should he app o inted a Special Committee, to inquire into and report what difficulties prevented the completion of the Monument. His Lordship also moved, that a Public Meeting of the Subscribers should take place on the 6th of May next, to receive the Report. Lord KENYON seconded the Resolutions, which were im mediately adopted, and alto passing a Vote of Thanks to the Earl of Liverpool (the Chairman), the Meeting separated. It was by no means numerous, although many distinguished persons were present. Several additions have heen made to the subscriptions al ready advertised, amongst which are the Earl of St. Vincent, 1051.; Archbishop of Canterbury, 1001.; &c. &c. FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDITOR,—Among the causes of discontent in Ireland, the non-residence of opulent mem bers of society holds a pre-eminent part. The produce of the land and industry of the country, instead of being expended within the territory for the support of industry and the public bur thens, is spent wholly in foreign countries. The property whence the incomes of the absentees are derived, is protected by the State at the na tional expellee ; but the absentees do not contri bute by any tax towards the expences of such protection. The industrious classes dependent on these absent proprietors do not derive any benefits either from the hospitality in separable from residing on their estates; from their religious and moral example ; from their support of schools for instruction ; or from their•contributing to any institutions for melio rating the condition of the poor. Their posses sions are abandoned to the controul of agents, who have not authority, and perhaps inclination, to act up to the feelings of proprietors.—lt is one of the fundamental principles of taxation, that each member of a society should contribute to the public expence, according to his ability. Such proprietors as reside, for cheaper living, in foreign countries, are on this account the more capable of contributing to the public expences of the State, and protecting the sources of their reve nues. When remedies for the evils of Ireland are suggested, I submit it to your greater intel ligence, Mr. Editor, to encourage the discussion of this question. Why should not the non-resi dents of Ireland be charged with an absentee tax, asa contribution which they ought in justice to pay; and as a tax which would to its extent relieve the burthens of those who remain at home duly per forming their social duties ? lam aware that this idea is no novelty. But it has been recently manfully impressed upon my mind by a fact within my knowledge, that in a Danish West India Island a tax of this sort exists. A pro prietor residing in England recently received accounts of the revenues of an estate, in which there is a charge of 550 dollars, or about 1201 sterling per annum for a tax paid to the Govern• ment as an absentee.. Your's, 8:;c. March 2, 1822. J. B. THE COLONIES. THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE OF LOWER CANADA. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, JAN. 12, 1822. RESOLVED, That the application of any sum or sums of money already levied, or which hereafter may be levied on his Majesty's subjects of this Province, otherwise than such appli cation is or may be directed to be made by the express provi sion of law, is a breach of the privileges of this House, and sub versive of the Government of this Province as established by law. That this House will hold personally responsible his Ma jesty's Receiver-General of this Province, and every other person or persons concerned, for all monies levied on his Majesty's Subjects in this Province, which may have legally come into his or their hands, and been paid over by him or them under any authority whatsoever, unless such payments be, or should be authorised by an express provision of Law. That it is expedient to grant an Act of indemnity for all expenditures of public monies made by and under the au thority of his Majesty's Executive Government in this Pro vince, for and during the years 1819 and 1821, to the extent of the sums voted by this House for the expenditure of the said years respectively. That the sum of money which this Province was liable to contribute towards the payment of interestlon Army bills ' under the Provincial statute 52 George 111. intitul e d, " An Act to facilitate the circulation of Army tills," at the rate £15,000 per annum, has been paid and dischar ge d by this Province up to the 7th December, 1815, the day on which the interest on the said Bills ceased and determined, in virtue of the Procla mation of his Excellency the Administrator of the Government, issued for calling in the said Army bills, in pursuance of and agreeably to the provisions of the said statute That this Province is notindebted in the sum of 25,9171. 125.4 d. nor in any other sum of money whatever for arrears of interest on Army bills. That the sums granted and appropriated for any special aer %ice should be applied by the executive power only to defray expences of that service, and that the application of any sur plus of funds to uses for which they were not appropriated, is a misapplication of the public money, a daring breach of pub lic trust, a violation of the rights and privileges of this Ho use , and subversive of the Government of' this Province as esta blished by law. That it is expedient to grant an act of indemnity for the dis bursements made and incurred by the Executive Government of this Province, for and during the year 1820, not exceeding the sum of money voted by this House for the expenses of the year 1819. That the acts of indemnity which this Committee is of opi nion should be granted, shall not form nor be drawn into pre cedent for the future. _ That the trade and resources of this Province are in their na ture extremely variable, and are moreover liable to undergo changes, limitations, and restrictions, by virtue of Acts of the Imperial Parliament, and independently of the will of the peo ple of this Province, and that in this respect there is no parity between the Mother Country and this Province. That the amount of the expenses of his Majesty's Civil Go vernment in this Province, is in its nature variable and liable to be augmented and diminished from time to time, according to the exigencies of the case and the charges which the infancy of this Province and the instability of its resources and of its trade render daily necessary, and that in this respect there is no parity between this Province and the Mother Country. That the Division of the Legislative, the Executive and Judical powers, the independence of the Judges, and the ac countableness of the Officers of the Government, are essential attributes of the British Constitution, have hitherto been and still are wanting in this Province, and that in all these res pects there is no parity between the Mother Country and this Province. That the expenses of the Civil Government of this Province amount nearly to the whole of the public expense of this Pro vince, and that in this respect there is no parity between the Mother Country and this Province. That the reasons which have induced the Parliament of Eng. land to provide, during the King's life, for the expenses of his Majesty's Household and Civil List, and for the ex. penses necessary to support the honour and dignity of the Crown, do not exist in this Province, and that in this respect there is no parity between the Mother Country and this Province. That in the present situation of this Province, the permanent appropriation of the sums necessary to defray the expenses of his Majesty's Civil Government in this Province, above the permanent Revenue already appropriated for that purpose, would, on the part of this House, be a formal abandonment of one of the most ancient and principal privileges of the Colonial Assemblies, of the weight which this House ought to have in the Legislature of this Provinee, and of the rights and pri vileges of the people of this Province. That in the situation in which this Province is, this House only, can and ought to provide for the expenses of his Majesty's Civil Government annually, and not otherwise, That, according to the offer of the Assembly of this Pro vince, made in the year 1810, and accepted by his Majesty in the year 1818, and to the terms of the Speeches of the Gover. nors of this Province at the opening of the Sessions of the Pro vincial Legislature, in the years 1818 and 1819, the sums ne cessary for the support of his Majesty's Civil Government in this Province ought to be voted and appropriated annually, and not otherwise. _ _ That this House is ready to do all that may depend on them to provide annually for the necessary expences of the Civil Go vernment of this Province, when thereunto constitutionally required. That an humble Address be presented to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, most respectfully expressing to his Majesty the reasons which prevent this House from providing, in a per manent manner, during his Majesty's life, for the expences of his Majesty's Civil Government in this Province, and the earnest regret felt by this House at their inability to conform in this respect to . his Majesty's desire, and to assure his Majesty of the invariable disposition of this House to provide annually for the aforesaid expences, as far as the exigencies of the case, and the means of this Province, permit. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH 12. Crown-Office, March 14, 1821. Member returned to serve in thisgresent Parliament. Burghs of Dumfries, Sanqulkir, Kircudbriglit, Locbmaben, and Annan.—.-Williatu Robert Keith Douglas, Esq. Whitehall, March 11, 1822. His Majesty, taking into his Royal consideration the highly distinguished services rendered by Sir Thomas Hislop, Bart., Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Lieutenant -General in the Army, Colonel of the 99d (Highland) Regiment of Foot, upon various important occasions, during a period of forty-four years, more particu larly the signal ability, energy, and promptitude, manifested by him in command of the Army, denominated, during the late war in India, the Army of the Deckan. ha the years 1817 and 1818, when all prospect of amicable arrangement with the Government of his Highness the Maha Rajah, Mulhar Row Holkar, having terminated, the said Lieutenant-General decided upon attacking the Army of that Prince, in its strong position on the left hank of the Soopra, nearly opposite to the town of Mahidpore, in the province of Mal wa, &c. &c.; being desirous, in addition to other marks of his Royal approbation, of commemorating these important services, by granting unto the said Lieutenant -General certain honourable armorial aug mentations, bath been pleased to give and grant his Royal license and permission that the said Sir Thomas Hislop, and his descendants, may bear the honourable augmentation fol lowing, viz. :—" On a chief of the arms of his family, a mount, thereon a lion in the act of tearing the standard of Holkar, and beneath the word Mahidpore;" together with the crest following, viz. " A soldier, of the 22d Regiment of Light Dragoons, mounted, and in the position of attack" with the motto " D ec k an ." , Whitehall, March 11, 1824. The King has been pleased to grant unto the - Hon. and Rev. Richard Bagot, Master of Arts, the place and dignity of a Prebendary of his Majesty's Free Chapel of St. George, in the Castle of Windsor, void by the death of Doctor George Heath. 'rhe King has also been pleased to grant unto the Rev, Charles Richard Sumner, Master of Arts, (one of his Majes ty.'s Domestic Chaplains) the place or dignity of a Canon or Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, void by the resignation of the Hon. and Rev. Richard Bagot. BANKRUPTS. M. M. Richardson, Kirkoswald, Cumberland, butcher, to sur render March 6, 27, and April 23, at the Blue Bell Inn, Car lisle. Attornies, Messrs. Lowden and Heldey, Clement's Inn, London ; and Messrs. Hudson and Young, Carlisle. B. Colley. Posenhall, Shropshire, farmer, March 25, at five, 26, and April 23, a t e l even, at the Tontine Inn, Iron Bridge, Madeley, Shropshire. Attornies, Mr. Bigg, South ampton-bnildino•s, Chancery-lane, London; and Mr. J. Pritch ard, ion. Broseley. H. Griffiths, Swansea, Glamorgansliire, linen-draper, March 21, 22, and April 23, at eleven, at the Mackworth Arms Inn, Swansea. Attornies, Mr. W. Price; Lincoln's Inn, London ; and Mr. C. Collins, Swansea. T. Maullin, Dudley, Worcestershire, nail.)ronmonger, March 25, 26, April 23, at twelve, at :the Royal Hotel, Bit. Ingham. Attornies, Mess's. Collett, Wimburn, and Collett, Chancery-lane, London; and Mr. G. Robinson, Dudley. B. Copeley and W. Hi rs t, Doncaster, .Yorkshire, iron founders, March 25, at seven, 26, and April .13, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Doncaster. Attornies, .Mr. Pearson, Don caster; and Mr. R. Battye, Chancery-lane, London. W. Tinton Westbromwich, St a ff or d s hi re, coal-master, March 26, at eve,2B, and April 23, at eleven, at the Jerusalem Arms Inn, Shiffnall, Shropshire. Attornies, Mr. H. Smith, or Mr; Corser, Wolverhampton ; and Mr. B: Whitaker, B B . r sa o .t ad ve - i c ee o ryt u et t ni . e t ; LG andor c n a g 9t - 3 a y : a r a e r tm , o tel ionr I hi ke, B rn l e a r e c k ha L n io t n A Ta p i r •e il rl 6 l, Great Yarmouth. Attornies, Messrs. Sayers and Sons, Great Yarmouth; and Messrs. Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, and Hunt, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. W. Moorson, Scarborough, Yorkshire, banker, April 1,2, and 23, at ten, at the Talbot Inn, Scarbprongh, Attornies, Mr. C. J. F. Benson, Scarborough, and Messrs. Kearsey and Spurr, Bishopsgate-within, L on d on . J. Knight, Halifax, Yorkshire, merchant, March 26, 27, and April 23, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn,. Halifax. At tornies, Mr. Beckett, Earl-street, Blackfriars, London ; and Mr. Scatcherd, Halifax. R. Poole, Leeds, Yorkshire, grocer, March 29, at four, 30, at eleven, and April 23, at four, at the Sessions House, Wakefield. Attornies, Mr. R. D. Neale, Inner Temple-lane, London ; and Mr. T. H. Granger, Leeds. P. Herbert, late master of the East. India ship Thalia, mer chant, March 19, 26, and April 23, at twelve; at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Osbaldeston and Murray, London-street, Fenchurch-street. J. Weeks, Exeter, currier, March 16, 23, and April 23, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners, London. Attorney, Mr. Monocle, Field-court, G ra y' s I nn, London. DIVIDENDS. April 6, W. Wilson, Shakespeare-walk, Shadwell, master mariner—April 6, H. Foster and W. G. Sharp, 13asinghall street, warehousemen—April 6, J. Homing and E. Hornblow, Bishopsgate-street, jewellers —April 16, C. C. Doorman, Wellclose.square, sugar-refiner—April 6, H. Stewart, Wor cester, wine-merchant—March 16, J. Carey, Raquet-court, Fleet-street, merchant—April 2, Lawledge, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, upholsterer—April 2, J. Graham, Bir mingham, linen-draper—April a, J. Hartley, Manchester, grocer—April J. W. A. Snuggs and J. %Volley, Lime street,merchants—April 5, W. Kidd, N ewcast l e-upon-Tyne, e 7, linen-draper.--April 4, J. Ford, Gl oucester, patent woollen yarn manuta l Cturer—April 4, P. Matthews, Hagley, Worces tershire. maltster—April 4, W. Wright,Bellbroughton, Wor cestershire, mercer—April 10, C. Pratt, Bishop Wearmontb, Durham, coal-fitter—April 4, P. Cope, Bridgnorth, Shrop shire, grocer. CERTIFICATES—Aria l, 2. J. Jones, Mount -street, Lambeth, linen draper.—E. Kay, Sheffield, Yorkshire, merchant.--J. Cooke, Sunderland, baker. —J. Richards, Exeter, cabinet inaker.—G. Winter, Norfolk street, Strand, dealer in harness.—J. Robinson, Nicholas lane, merchant.—R. Webster, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, merchant.—J. Blyth, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, draper.—J. H. Knibbs, Lloyd's Coffeehouse, insurance bro ker.—J. Park, Fenchurch-street, nierchAnt. PARTNERSHIP,S FASS,OLVED, E. Scott and Co. Preston, straw-hat manufacturers.—J. Leigh and Co. Manchester, dealers in iron.—F. Steele and W. Chapman, Sutton, Surrey, limebiirners.—R. Holt and J. Ashwortb, Hall-Carr, Rossendale, Lancaster, fullers—.l. Hall and W. Maxon, Wakefield, joiners,L-J. Mansell and E. Wil lington, Birmingham, c abinet-caselnakers.—W. Buckle and H. Matthews, Wolverhampton, grocerS.—T. Standen and R. Gardner, Lancaster, slaters.—A. DJ:ampbell and Co. Glas gow, and Halifax, Nora Scotia, merchants.—H. Cowley and C. Cowley, U p t on-upon -Severn, ‘Voreester, linen drapers.-- A. Gillespie and Co. Montreal and Quebec, Canada, mei .- chants.—J. Cranstone and D. Blackford, Compton-passage, Compton-street, Clerlienwell, iron founders.—E. Brooking Soady and Co. Call'ngton, Cornwall, school mistresses. COURSE drpaganil2 8 C. F. ARH D ona i n ' t it,. fi t t : v o e t be e , at Si g ht r ud i r OF EXCHANGE; Ma rc h 12. A . 12 5 12 9 12 5 • 37 3 94 Us Altona Paris, 3 D a y' s s i g ht - 25 95 0 Us. Ditto 25 .63 2 Us. Bourdeaux, ditto Frankforton the Main Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 36 Effective Barcelona - Seville Gibraltar Leghorn - Genoa • ... 4 —Venice, Ital. Liv 27 60 Malta 45 —Naples 4O Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin ... • 9 .. Cork 9f Pei Cent. Portugal Gold, i n Coin Foreign Gold, in Bars New Doubloons New Dollars Silver in Bars, Standard BULLION. 1.0 0 0 per Os. 3 17 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 At Montreal, Canada, on the 16th of January last, at the age of 25 years, Mary Anne, the wife of Major Loring, a nd daughter of Judge Campbell. On Thursday last, at the house of Dr. Ludlow, Swathling, near Southampton, in the 63d year of her age, Dorothea, widow of the late Rev. Charles Wane. of Rugby, and aunt to John Ashley Warre, Esq. M.P. for Taunton. 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