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" i‘ll, W'° )1 S ire 7 (z) 7-701/k1; N,IIMBER 9402.] T I7idT IIALLI2VG-OFFICE, Oct. 4, 18 22 . AB COMMISSIONERS for .VICTUAL. Ll ' v gHis MAJESTY'S NAVY, ttc. do hereby leve 2otice, that ,on Tuesday, the 15th instant, 'they Will ; '41 . 9 to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat °rF7 f t Y - .4De Tons o f IRON BUTT, and Fhrly-five Tons , 'TOIJT IRON PLATE HOOPS, to be rermanufac tured from the Old, Broken, Bent, and Pieces . of Iron I-4 °N now remaining on His Majesty's Victualling I'retuises at For Deptford ; and the fallowing quantities of ASH 'TRUSS HOOPS, vie, I'' Pe .... _ 20 Dozen. Butt .. . . ... ... .................... 30 -- Hogshead .. ********* 50 Barrel tu, 6 Ii - t e te delivre ed into th e • Vi c t ua llingStores at Deptford, in p ur e '' t ''bJ weehly proportions w4at HG9SHEAD, BARREL, KII.DERKIN, ' L ONG, and SHORT PINK, and STOUT HAZEL Stores HOOPS Wray fie deManded for the• use of those J One Year from the 22d of December next. ta c e64diti "s of the Contracts may be seen at this Office 7 e 6 del. h 7, "'ler must specify the price in words at length, and th e p "red before Oneo'Clock en the day appointed , and 4 4 . 07 44 who nialtes ihe 'Tender, or SOtile Person on his —? " 44 t attend to an er'When called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. ARMY CONTRACTS. • Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, Sept. 30, 1822. INT°TicE is hereby given to all. Persons de , irous th e 3 , of contracting to supply the folloWing'Articles 4E 'se of the Army, viz.:— ( :41. ite : and MUTTON, to his Majesty's. Land`FOrees e in . nleats, Quart ers an d B arrac k s ,•in the undernin tue C ounty : ks Lancaster, Norfolk, So nleriet., " on, Dorset, Gl os t e r, Th 4 4y : i t beliv er i es are to commence on an d f or th e 25th 4tid 14 'e ruher n ex t ; t h at P roposa l s i n wr iting, sealed up. 4 0a : 4 d "Tende r f or A rmy S u ppli e s," will be received at hot ce o n or before Tuesday, the 29th day of October, Pro he Will be- rece i ved ' after Twe l ve o 'Cl oc k on th a t day. e aeli%: 4ls must b e ma d e separa t e l y f or e a ch County, and the rend ()Nsal must have the Letter which is annexed to P r °l3e rt y et P r operly ‘ filled up, by Two Persons of known (leti z ) engaglu' to become 'bound With 'the Party ten th, t i" 'u th e amount stated in the printed Particulars, for b tle kil l P erfor ma n ce of the Contract"; "'and no Proposal Pri ce e s Noticed nriless made on a printed Tender, and the 1151) .° e t pres sed in Words at length ; .and should it so Pe- tacit .mg the continuance of 'the Contract no clf L ° li P : %4lll d be supplied by virttie of the same, the amount 148 t an 81 1, 4 4 8 on th e C on t rac t a nd B o nd, paid in the first Part e i t e th e Contractor, shall be refunded to him. at ttl, Uta rs of the Contracts may be had upon application Chambers, Viet en the hours of Ten and Four. cur rl TIC KETS of the FOURTH LOrl'EltY for 1821. .OTTERY-OFFICE, SOMERSET-PLACE, • Sept. 10, 18e2. Lo., 144 NAGERS and DIRECTORS of e r , 0f --r LTERIES do herebylive Notice, That Num r44Y jlek ets a n d Sh ares thereof i n all prece di ng Lotteries a With iieei ltarainecl at this O ffi c e every day (Sundays excepted ), Altdti rßegisters of Benefits and Blanks. saidAlanagers and Directors do hereby.give further f e ur ' l e h: t-at th eY will cut off the Tickets of the Fourth Lottery W ei Year 1.821 into th e i r res p e ctive Boxes A and B, on B ley e esd a, th e 23d day of October next, at this O ffi ce, at elle: (A:1°0, in th e F orenoon, b eg i nn i ng fi rst w i t h th e 4 .2 4 c ° and Ill ank Tickets, w hi c h are to be cut into Box B. Loxe s are"ing until a ll t h e S a id T i c kets f or e a c h o f th e (said co _ 1 4 14,1 the ' l uPletely cut therein. l ie ' .:. \ .' ll ice si , d ,Managers a n d Directors do hereby give fur tchets ,',!at they attend and oversee the Drawing of Ti rid esd a ,, , i , t he said Fourth Lottery x for , ! u h e e_Y da ea y : t l l B le 2l l , 2t o i n i, T ee : 3oth day s of October ne next, I s ), the 26th of November n „ Friday the 6tli, of I e xt J th e at C oo 17 1 11 , and Monday, the 23d da ys of December P e rs Hall, in Basiughall-street, within the City tie I P a pW - WELCH 'S EMALE PILLS 141: 14 !ri f •e nhtained the IM F and approbation of Medi those cal Profession, Professioo, as a safe andvaluable 'll removing obstructions, and re l iev in g ‘ especially mi.e,nees to which the female frame is liable, ep v r a t tl e t t Y:i c t e n rc a i t an early period of life frequently arise , i . ropt li erv, a n ap .. e 7, and general debibty of the system. 1 and h e Z i te, correct indigestion, tau ' 2, p a - . a che, and are eminently useful in windy dis remove giddiness and hir sl a , 4 l : e s h o.f t":l3tTetalg stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi 31alell_Niaesit.." are requested to remark, th at, . as a testimony of Qf each Bill of Directions is signed with the , i tAx'a r. - iK. 1 (____ __:3 w •,, v,". 4 tL,lr/ g . ; 1 31(1 • • 1 ondon, by Wri P"' kitr y - t", i,,,,t_ w holesale and Retal, ! th,,,t,tltl s o ,, s lleet ; Barclay Bow Sutton and Co. 4 1 , 'cit Y ard Paul's Church Yard ; opposite Bond and Sons in , Fleet s Market ; Newv q.set . E,•. ; Sanger, MO, Oxford-street , , . . • h id Jolllll3toii, 44Z,h:St„4" S oho; . alld Butlerg Lane, Sant t . s d • e ,; cimiirey at `'iutit,i'b and Sons, Cheap i 4% 9d ..' uishops ate-street : and by ,• ~, s /. Per B ox g.t t s, i l , • blic that KEARSLEY'S all Country Venders, hr t tde til 1 otriziniry an to d i Medicine,tiefinntriti)ntehu and Itas been pre -3' th " 11 for Inure g than thirty years. ' tt s-- titr, (~ ' ICK7itititAVEL AND sTosE, LUMBAGO, &c. 4 , 4,1 ~ mo st—AN's PILLS are allowed to be the whkrreiii.atiectssful Preparation for effectually removing !% u r ' ari se f c r ig the futur e recurrence of those Disorders 111, 4 i'el a i .,4 1 " an im p erfect action of the Urinary Orgi!lis, i lt, r e r :ssi or , - c "ton e L u i r e , Pain s in the Back and Loins, flig -41 eni - °' tirin' e 1 ' a!"- Composed ~, the most innocent , 4, . h t: s, m i ., . , & c. .c. the . ith oh teN fro,,. l'uly valuable Medicine relieves .sufiers 11:1j,eit ,),, ~.? tne excruciating tortures of those diseases of I. i t ' 44 C ' l l . P ie nCe or injury to the Constitution, and ; l e t l 4r, i 4 f th e ' l ernent or restraint of diet during its use. ' t Put,, ll tles anTdest Public Medicines extant ; and its pecu- N 3 oki t i lc in. " valeacY hare uniformly maintained the highest 10•1 4 bo 4 -1 4 e 4r ) g . t.:11 1 N e i d % 4t 2s • 9d. and Its. by Butler's, Cbemists, t il y e tt ,, , St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (near 1 14 V v , 11 S u a tcrsvt l I n t , re..l_,)st, r L e i e n t i , d u °1 1 ' 1 ; b1 1 0 n ' ; ` erloo-place;lidinburgh . "ghoUt the Unitc a d nd li b in y g t d h o e m P . riticip.il Medi- NORFOLK MOTEL, KING'S ROAD, (late West Cliff;) BRIGHTON. PWALTON, deeply impressed with grafi • 4le for the very great Support he has received from his-Friends and the Public since he has opened the above Hotel, • takes this : opportunity of returning them his most SINCERE THANKS, •and to assure . them that, by a : choice Selection of Wines, and an unremitted attention to their com fort, he fully trusts he shall secure a continuance of that Patronage ;which now calls forth his grateful acknowledgment. PRIVATE PUPILS., TWO VACANCIES are now open in .- the FAMILY 'of a•MARRIED CLERCIYMAN, who'has been accustomed for many years to!prepare a FEW PUPILS for the Universities, &c. The Distance from London is with- in Four Miles. ' - - ' Letters (post paid) directed to the Rev. W. ..J., at Mr. Por ters, Boolisellers, Si, Pall-mall, will be duly forwarded. PARLIAMENTARY REGISTER OF THE PROVINCE OF LOWER, CANADA. T is propcised to . publish' by Subscription, un -& der the shove title,: the PROCEEDINGS of the HOUSE of ASSMMBLY . , to be continued annually, ' . The importanfie and propriety-of their Constituents being ac quainted with the ,nature and result of their deliberations, ap -pears to have been felt by the Members ; as, early in the last Session, (26th December), the House of Assembly appointed a Special Committee " to -inquire into the most Parliamentary manner of niakinr , 'known the proceedings of this House to the inhabitants of this Province." Deference to the House of Assembly induced the Subscriber, . under these circumstances, to postpone the publication of the " Register," (for which he lid,d issued a Prospectus,) under the expectation-of an early Report from the Committee. The Ses sion, it is well known, 'terminated without any communicat t ion being made by the Committee to the House, and , as in the-Pa , rent - Country, this mode is adopted to disseminate the Proceed= ings of both Houses of Parliainent; it is presumed it cannot be unparliamentary or unconstitiitional. The following Prospec tus is therefore respectfully kihmitted to the public. The Subscriber will constantly attend the House of Assem bly during the whole Session, from the moment the doors are open to the public till they are closed, or the House adjourns ; and,uninfiuenced by prejudice against or partiality for any party, he will, to the utmost of his abilities, faithfully report every thing interesting or important which may occur. As to.capa city for executing the task he proposes to undertake, he refrains from speaking, for standing already before the tribunal of the public as a Stenographer, th ey are fully competent to pass a correct Judgment ; but he may be. , permitted to assure them that, totally exempt from political bias, the little talent he is capable of exercising shall be - strenuously exerted to render the Parliamentary Register worthy of the patronage which he respectfully solicits. -- - The Register willlie published in-royal Bvo. upon fine paper, and will be deliverecrto Subscribers as early after the close of the Session as the Index and Appendix'( which will, contain all Messages from his- Excellency the. Governor, in Chief, such Resolutions of-the Legislative Council as may tend to elucidate the proceedings of- the Lower House, important Reports of Committees, and whatever else can-contribute to its utility and value), can be prepared. - In the interim, extended Reports of the Debates, &c. shall be regularly furnished to the Public Journals -published at Quebec and Montreal, so that the Public throughout the Province will be early and constantly informed of the state of Parliamentary Business, and the opinions of their 'Representatives. • TERNE3. The duration of the . Session and the degree of patronage af forded to the Register must greatly regulate its price. It is presumed that 1 1 1 s. 6d. - will be the cost, but the Reporter pledges himself it shat.not exceed 15s. Quebec, Dec. 5, 1821. W. S. SIMPSON. *.* W. S. S. intimates that lie has in MSS. the entire pro ceeding of the last Session, being the first under the Reign of his Majesty George IV., and of the Administration of his Ex cellency the Earl of Dalhousie. - If adequate encouragement is given, they will be published as Vol. I. of the Parliamentary Register; and as it is proposed to continue the work, it will be complete from the commencement of - his Majesty's Reign, his Excellency's Administration, and- also of the present Par liament. FOREIGN TRADE OF THE COUNTRY REPORT. Gontinued front Yesterday's SUN.) The Trinity dues, including the charges for buoyages, bea conage, loadmanage, and primage, formed the next head of ex amination. These are regulated under the 36th of Elizabeth, and the Charter of James 2d. No specified appropriation is to be found, except what may be collected from the 62d section of the last ,mentioned Charter, which directs the application of monies received by decrees, orders, agreements, fines, forfei tures, or otherwise, to the repairing of the Trinity House, alms house, &c. and the relief of poor brethren, their wives, and poor seafaring men. The charge made on Foreign ships does not appear to be authorised by any Act, Charter, or Patent, and the amount on British shipping exceeds considerably the rate sanc tioned by the Charter under which it is collected. The duty mtached to this grant is that of taking care of the buoys and beacons ; the annual average expence of which, to the Corporation, appears to be about 5,000/. The annual gross income, to be upon an average of the five years, as by an ac count in the appendix, about 13,0001.; and the commission al lowed for receiving it has, in some years, amounted to about 1,0001. which, according to Mr. Court's evidence, is divided be tween the secretary and clerks of his office, in addition to regu lar salaries, besides gratuities and other allowances, leaving a net income of about 12,000/. applicable to the purposes above stated. Your Committee is not aware of a sufficient reason to war rant the charges made on shipping of any description, not bring strictly confined to the =bunt allowed by 'Charter find Acts of Parliament, and is of opinion, that the comm i ssion upon the receipt of the Trinity dues might be saved, ts they can be collected with other duties at the Trinity House. The sum annually collected from Foreign ships for Trinity duties, after deducting the commission of collection, has been very consider able ; the authority under which it has been collected, as well as as the appropriation of it, is that of ancient custom. It forms, in its application, a principal part of the remuneration of the elder brethren. In consequence of the fluctuations of trade, the col lection has varied much in amount ; in 1010 it was as high as 22,3601, ; in 1818 it was reduced to about 10,000/. ; anti has since been materially lessened. The appropriation is described to take place under the name of Elder Turns, and, arcording to long usage, in the following manner :—The sum collected is divided among the elder brethren generally; the balance of the shares of those who take no active part in the business of the Corporation, and are therefore distinguished as honorary elder brethren, after deducting the fines for their non-attend ance, is carried to the general fund of the Corporation ; the remainder, with the addition of those fines, is divided, among the acting members, amounting, as stated in the evidence upon the average of " twenty years, to about 3001. per annum to each member. To this sum, must be added the emolu ments attached to their situations, when members of Com mittees ; to more than one of which, however, no elder bro ther can belong, except the deputy master, who acts as Chairman in the Committees for lights and for pilotage. Your Committee cannot revert to the remuneration received by the senior members of the Corporation, without feeling it incumbent upon them to direct the attention of the House to the duties of various kinds assigned to them, which will be found detailed in the evidence given by Mr. Money ; they are stated to consist in the superintendence and management of the lights —the placing of buoys and beacons—the inspection of the coasts and harbours—the care of the navigation of the Thames — the examining into the proficiency of boys, educated for the natiral service—the ascertaining of the qualifications of masters and pilots (duties of great importance to the maratime interests of the kingdom) and, in addition to these, the sitting as as sessors to the Judge of the Admiralty Court, which is men tioned by Lord Stowell as a function most essential to the ad mistration of justice relating to maritime cases. His Lordship bears also the highest testimony to the manner in which it is performed, and the assistance lie has derived from it in his ju dicial situation. It is not therefore from any disposition to question the propriety of a remuneration to the elder brethren for the valuable services performed by thems that your Commit tee are induced to make any observation upon these payments ; they acknowledge the justice of the title of those who devote their time and attention to the public service, to fair and liberal remu neration in this as well as other cases ; but they think it desirable it should be taken from the general fund of the Cor- I d~ J 4, 4 . . . •-• . _ - - ' t . _ , ii ~1 f'44.5. .. 1 ... •-•".•' 1... .. ' '.•' , ' - Z . , • ' Ne?... . _ . t . , ...r... , ' • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1822. poration to some fixed amount, (which it may be collectalfrom the testimony of Mr. Money - hat been the wish of the: mein- bers of the Corporation themselves,) rather than be . fur nished by the application of, a particular colection, of uncertain extant, derived' exclusively front- Foreign ;hip ping, and forming one of those distinctions which, upon reciprocal ilavour being . shown to British shipping in Fo reign countries, your Coinmittee are of opinion it is most ex pedient should he abrogated. • The next head to which yOur Committee directed its exami nation, was that of Surplus Pilotage;--LthA islevieel under the 52 Geo. 3, and in the proportion of on the amount of the pilotage of every Foreign vessel. The object of it is to esta blish a fund for the relief of , pilots who shall have become in capable of diecharging their duty, front age-or accidents', or permanent infirmity. The annual amount - of.. collection upon - an average of years since the rate was imposed (tlfe interest upon the fun& already created yielding about 2,5001. per annum), is about 6,0001. The annual demand for the Objects of the charity • upOn that fund, does not appear to exceed 1,5001.. ' a nd as the permanent annual income upou the capital exceeds-the expen ditiire by nearly 1,000/., as the intention of the Act-appears to be sufficiently provided for, there does not appear any reason. why this tax upon Foreign shipping should be continued; ex cept in respect to that of such countries as refute to •reinove from British shipping every uaavourable distinction in their ports. . . By the authority of the same Act, a sum of three guineas is annually collected from each of the London Trinity pilots, and of two guineas from each of those at the out-ports, which is required from them for the annual renewal of their licences.. The average of the collection is about 2,000/. which appears to be appropriated in part to the remuneration of the elder brethren who compose the - pilotage Committee in Lon don, and of the Sub-commissioners of pilots residing in the out ports, and iu part to defraying the expences of carrying the Act into execution. - These, your Committee are •of opinion, may admit of and require reduction, particularly the establishment at Grave Send. ;_For the details nn this head, they desire to refer to the account produeed by the Corporation, which will be found, in the Appendix. The fees arising. from the licensing of certain boats, to enable them to be employed on the river Thames, were granted to the Trinity House by the 2d of Geo. 3d ; eas particular application of the fee is enjoined by the Act; but the amount of tines and penalties levied under it, are directed to be applied to the cha, Titable purposes .of the Institution; the fees are of small amount ; it appears from the evidence 'of Mr. Court, that a larger sum - than that authorised by the Act, is usually received on licences being granted ; the whole is divided amongst the clerks of "the establislnenf.. The receipt of the increased sum, appears to your Committee to be an abuse which ought to be corrected, and they trust that the Trinity , Corporation will put an end to it ; and your Coriimittee cannot hel' here observ.; ing, how much preferable it would lie, that all the officers and clerks of the establishment - should, in any future arrangement, be paid by adequate and ostensible salaries from the general funds of the Corporation, - than by a multiplicity of emoluments under different names, which elude Obsereation - , And 'Make the real amount of their - receipts difficult to be ascertained. In considering thereductiona that may beadviSable,, your Cerni mittee beg to disclaim all wish totrench upon those funds which are raised under the authority of Charters or'Acts of the 'L!..gisla ture, and have - been - charitably destined, in their-application . ; to the relief of that valuable body of men,to whose services theft country is so highly indebted. These funds, in, their agnegate. average, amount to about 16,000/. per annum, and will be•fnr: ther augmented, should the establishments of the . Ballast Office, and expenses attending the Pilot Act, undergo the reduction of which your Committee think they are susceptible, and the large commission on collecting' the Light and Trinity dues in-LozU• don, be discontinued, in pursuance of the recommendation of your Committee. The collections for lights stand on a different footing. The pa= tents must be supposed to presume, that what is imposed on the subject, is necessary for the erection and maintenance of the light by which he is directly benefitted. The excess of it be yond what is reasonable for these objects, might, according to an opinion stated to have been delivered by Lor d Ilarda'ack, draw into question the validity of the patent itself. Looking then to the income derived from the lights, as 'legitimately confined tq, .as well as to be measured by the expenditure necessary for ' their erection= anti maintenance, your Committee baying consi dered in what degree relief may be justly afforded to the com mercial interest, by the reduction of the existing charges upon. shipping on this account. In doing this, they have referred to ' the expenditure in. itself, the expenditure as compared with the collection, and as compared with the sums appropriated to, and found sufficient for the support of other lights, which, although it perhaps might- not lead to a, perfectly accurate conclusion, aught still materially assist them in forming a judgment. The actual expenditure, including commission, as stated in the accounts of 1818,1519, and 1820, amounts to about £38,000; the income to about £90,000, leaving a surplus, amothiting to about £52,000. • ' This expenditure appears to your Committee to be.much aug mented beyond its necessary amount, bye want of proper at tention to economy in regulating the disbursements incident to the maintenance of the lights, by the allowance of an excessive commission and agency, and other things which would, if re strained, reduce it very considerably, and proportionably in crease the surplus. The sum calculated as above, at per light, without charging the lights with any share of the general ex penses of the establishment on Tower-hill, amount upon 20 light establishnients, to about £1,900 each, amongst which, however, 9 floating' lights (attended with an expense greater than those on shore, and which therefore increase the average) are included. From a comparative statement of the expendi ture on account of the Northern Lights, as given in the evi dence of Mr. Stephenson,' and to which the Committee beg to refer, it appears that the number of light establishments under the management of the Northern CommisSion is It; that the amount of the dues annually collected, is .abont £23,000 • that the maintenance of each light establishment, including . all re- - pairs, amounts to about £650 ; the residue of the receipts be mg applied to The general establishment of the Northern Com missioners ; and the surplus fund to paying off, the loans and meeting the.general contingencies. For the purpose of supplying this expenditure, each ship which passes any one light, is subject to a payment for the whole, amounting to twopence - per register ton, or about one eighth .part of a penny per ton per light. This collection is sufficient, not only to the purposes of the actual maintenance of the lights, but so far exceeds them, that a fund has been created, which has already liquidated a part of the heavy incumbrances to which they are subject, and which will, in a moderate time, liquidate the whole, and produce a fiind adequate to the necessary support of the lights, from which time all charge on navigation, on this account; is to be at an end. Your Committee are aware, that the different modes of col lecting the dues for these respective lights, make an accurate comparison very difficult; and that the same rate, if collected at per light only on the lights actually passed, would not be by any means so productive as it now is, and perhaps not much more than cover the actual expence ; that in such a case a higher collection per light would be necessary to provide for that, as well as the contingencies. But they are not conscious of any circumstances that should render the expense of maintaining and attending the lightssunder the management of the Trinity Cor poration, so much larger than that for the lights under the management of the Northern Commissioners, which is evident, even with a reasonable allowance for the increased expences incident to the maintenance of the floating lights. From the Returns made to your Committee, it appears that there are several Light viz. Flatholm, Smalls, Fern, Longships, Mumble Head, Burnham, originally granted to the Trinity house, the tolls of which been subsequently let by them to in dividuals on lease, at rents not exceeding 1281. per annum fog the whole, a sum that bears a very small proportion to the actual receipts, some of which will be seen in the Appendix. Some explanation in respect to these leases will be found in the last examination. of Mr. Court, by which it appears that the want and convenience of a light in a particular situation, hav ing been suggested by some individual, and an application made to the Trinity-house, the Corporation petitioned the Crown in the usual form, and upon receiving the authority for the erection of the light-house and collection of the duties for their maintenance, delegated both to the individuals who first suggested it, in consideration of a small quit rent, reserv. ing to themselves a right of superintendence and management In the degree in which that superintendence and management is actually exercised or neglected, would the transaction in each case be on public grounds objectionable or otherwise ; even if every attention had been bestowed on the 'part of. the Trinity Corporation, to see that it was not made the instru ment of laying a much larger charge on the shipping than the maintenance of the light to be erected required. No previous investigation• on this subject, however, according to the state ment of the witness alluded to, ever appears to have taken place, and of this your Committee.cannot but express their dis approbation. The grants to the Corporation, conveying an authdrity to levy money from the subject, were evidently in tended for the public service, and not to be converted into a epurce of . priv.atO emolument, There is anbthei descriptidn of lights, of which the patents have also ,been -produced to your Committee e the erection of whichhave . been, at different tunes, assigned to individuals by the CrOwn, and the power of collecting dues at the 'same tune granted to them, under the .obligation of erecting and maintain- ing• such lights ; the lights at Dungeness, Harwich, Wynter ton; Otford, Spurn, Skerries, and Tynemouelt, are those ed to. Your Committee have not before them, accounts of the . receipt and expenditure of each .of 7 these lights ; as however, the rates are not lower than of those under the immediate Ma . - nagement of the Corporation Of Trinity House, and the ex-. pences attending them, not, apparently larger, they have ,no' reason to believe, that the income does not exceed the necessary expenditure, in the same degree. that it does in the various other. lights referred to, and that great. incomes are de rived _from them, and enjoy by individuals, at the expence of the shipping of the country. By a reference to the patents granted for erecting them, it appears that some have re cently expired, which your Committee understand have been renewed for further. periods, on new conditions ; and others will expire in the course of a few years, which will then fall in to the hands of the Crown. Impressed with an opinion thatmuch. advantage would arise, from the Lights being generally-placed' under the Trinity House, your Committee feel it incumbent upon them to suggest, in such an event, that on the expiration. of the terms, the patents in question, instead of being renewed to individuals, should be transferred to the Corporation,and the Lights made subject to the same conditions, and placed in every respect on the same footing as the other lights under . its ma nagement. Your Committee also, strongly convinced that public convenience would be greatly promoted by the whole of the Light Duties payable in London,. being in future collected in one and the same office, recommend it to the proprietors of the private lights, and of the lights which have been let on, lease, and also to the Commissioners for the Northern Lights and Trustees of Greenwich Hospital, to authorise the collec • tions of all the dues of the said several lights by the Trinity Corporation, at their house on Tower-hill, allowing 2j,; per cent. for the collection, and accounting with them for the proceeds respectively, at stated period's. Your Committee now proceed to submit such suggestions as they believe may usefully be adopted by the Trinity House, with a few to affording; some relief to the shipping, at present highly desirable ; =din doing this, they trust it will appear they. have, in no case, lost sight of what is either necessary for the maintenance of the establishments connected with the public service; the remuneration of the members of the Trinity Cor poration, for theiluties performed by them, or the attention due to the objects of their charities. On the other hand, they have to hope, that having regard to these necessary imposes, they shall notappear to have .recommended the continuance of such an amountof charge on the shipping of this country, or of foreigner, as may notbe fully warranted by the objects for which it is in: tended to provide. • 'With respect to the Ballastage department; yotir Committee hits already adverted to it ; nor does any alteration appear re quisite, but that of reducing the expense of the establishment, and the equalisation of the rates, under the condition stated in -respect-ter the charge en British and Foreign ship. • The surplus pilotage yottr Committee have also adverted to, on this their reconimendatienn confines_ itself to the reduction of the expense of collecting it where it is necessarily continued, and the total reduction of it in all cases in which a foreign powersliall consent, and actually es:tend . to the British ship the same advantages in the pert* of the country, In respect to 'the payenent of charges, as are afforded to the native shipping. With respect to ;the Trinity dues, which are so complicated and various, it would be desirable that. they should lie hence forth consolidated, aml, one charge made under that head, for buoyage, beacOnage ldaihnanege, and primage. That the tate in future Shouldle.eetablished on all British and oversee traders and foreign cosec's, (in the, condition above stated, en tering and 'departing from the port of London, at one penny per ton, accordin i to their registered. tonnage : such duties t o be received at therrinity e house or.Cdstom-house, and applied according to the tanottr of the chartere e grants, and,' acts ,of Parliament, to the maintenance and repair of buoys and bee,' eons, and the StirpluS to the increase of the charity funds of Corporation. • . • Referring to the general state of the accounts of the Trinity house, your Committee see no advantage frotri so.' large a ba lance of cash remaining in the hands of the Secretary, from which an annual profit of 5001. is derived, and therefore sub mit that if should be discontinued ; conceiving the use of pub, lie balances to be the worst form in Which remuneration for public services can be made. And, in addition to the reduc tions mentioned, they . have ferther to recommend, that the ac counts of . .this.body, in the same manner as those of the Irish and Northern Light Commissioners, and Liverpool Light houses, Ramsgate and Dover Harbour, shmild, in - a detailed manner, be annually laid before Parliament, within six weeks after the commencement Of each session. It has been represented to your Committee, that a great in convenience and dissatisfaction arises from the variety of rates levied-for different lights, and that great advantage would be the consequence of an equal rate, and the charge being the same foi each light (with an addition for the floating lights,) on all vessels passing them, according to their respective descriptions, staking the charge on what are termed over-sea traders, double the charge on coasters and Irish traders ; foreign vessels to be chargeable at the same rate as over-sea traders, except in cases where British ships shall not, in respect of charges, be placed upon- a footing of reciprocity in the ports of such countries to which such foreign vessels may respectively belong ; in which cases, the charge on the foreign ship to be double in amount of that on the British. That the charges on all over-sea traders for _light duties, shall in future be one farthing per ton, and on coasters and Irish trailers one-eighth of a penny per ton, being a diminution of full one half of the present rates ; and that the ships importing coals and cuhn from Wales, should be in this respect put on the same footing as those importing them from 'the ports of Northumberland and Dtirbam. .The expences of maintaining the floating lights being parti cularly heavy, your Committee propose that an extra charge of one farthing per ton should be made upon all British over-sea traders and foreign vessels passing the same, the latteisubject to the conditions before expresSed, and no charge for light du.: ties in any case to be made, either prospectively or retrospec tively, but confined to the particular voyage either out or home in which the vessel may be engaged. Al calculation of the receipt according to that principle has been made, to which hasleeen added a statement of the view according to which your Committee recommend the whole of the receipt, disbursement, and expenditure of the Corporation of the Trinity House should in future be regulated; subject at all times to future revision, when the charitable disbursement shall have been reduced in the manner hereinafter proposed, within the amount of the funds directed by the authority either of acts or charters, to be applied to such disbursements. The calculation annexed to this Report has been, made upon such a scale as to afford, ample means for the maintenance of the lights : leaving such a surplus as would. not only be suffi cient to satisfy the present amount of charitable appropria ea on, but providing a liberal fund for the v arious esta blishments under the Trinity House, and the contingencies belonging to them, as well as a fair remuneration for the various services of management and supervision performed by the act ing elder brethren, ,and the officers of the corporation. It 'proceeds on-the supposition, that the vacancies occasioned by death among the pensioners. dependent on these charities shall not be filled up, until the demands for them are reduced within the amount of the produce of duties strictly applicable to the `relief of poor mariners, iSed. being about 16,0001. per annum, and that, the surplus fund shall be allowed progressively to in crease, until it shall have attained such an amount as may af ford to the public a further reduction of the light dues, and other dues now payable to the Corporation, and assist them in the Means of purchasing the interests of individuals in the pri vatelights, and in the beneficial leases which have been grant ed by the Corp Oration, by which all the light establishments might be eventually brought under the supervision and manage ment of the Corporation of the Trinity House. - ( To Le continued.) \t. On Saturday last there accidentally met toge ther, at the Castle Inn, Butchery-lane, Canterbury, eight per sons, who, from their relative connexion with each other, form the following curious fact in consanguinity :—There were four sisters, five daughters, one grandmother, one grandfather, three aunts, one grand-daughter, one brother-in-law, three sisters-in-law, one son-in-law, two mothers, one father, one' niece to three aunts, one uncle, two wives, and two-husbands. PRICE BEVENRENCt. FOii,krdN: INTELLIGENCE .King gave .his apdience of leave to M.Casa-1 rule, Ambassador from Spain ; after which, the new. Ambassador,%the Duke.of San .Lorenzo, Was adm4ted to present his . cre, dentials. Ile was dieSsed in the Uniferni of the Spanish Militia. M. La:ffitte, MeMber of the Chamber Of 'De puties, has addressed to the Keeper ,of the Seals a COmplaint against M. Mangin, the Procareur- • General at Poitiers, with 'the view . of preceed 7 ing against that Magistrate for his allegatieni on the trial of the SaUmur conspiracy. M. Laffitte intends to publish a memorial on the subject ; and his 'colleagues in the Chamber , who have been equally inculpated by M. Mang - in, are also determined to proceed against that officer, and to publish memorials in support of their complaint. It is stated that Colonels Fabvier and Dentzel, who were arrested four days ago, and who are still.detained attire office of the Prefect of Police, are suspected of having taken part in a plot for the escape of the four Rochelle conspirators from the prison of Bicetre. The two following letters were written by Colonel Caron an hour before his death : the first is addressed to his wife, the second to Ilk advocate : " To-day, my beloved, thy friend quits thee never .to see thee again, except in eternity. Oh ! my beloved, how. cruel to my heart is this separation ! Take good care of my poor Alfred : take care of yourself for his sake : abandon not thyself to despair ; he has still need of thy tenderest concern: For myself, from this moment I can no longer be of any ser vice to him. I carry with me to the grave thy two last letters : they shall be placed on my heart. Adieu, my dear friend, I . _ embrace, thee with all my soul, and also my too unfortunate Alfred." " TO M. LIECIITENBERGER, ADVOCATE AT STRASBURG, " My dear defender and best friend, I have received your ferewell : receive mine also, together with my last thanks. Console yourself : 1 know how to die. If ever you see my un fortunate wife, assure her that the memory of her and of Al: fred never quitted me for an instant. I beg you to remove my, effects, and to have them conveyed to my wife : endeavour also to procure the payment of the three months' pay due tO, me : it will serve to discharge some trifling debts. They pro hibit you from seeing me again; but thy cannot prehibit, rite from loVing you : I eMbrace you for the last time. " CABON2 I General Berton, when he reached the scaffold exclaiMed aloud, " Nee la Liberte ! He re- • jected the aid of religion. The tribunal of Correetional Police has dis- - missed the complaint against theifliroir, a critical Journal, Which was-accused of having, through :the medium of theatrical criticism, made an attack on the King aid the established religion.• M. Bowring, an English .gentleman; on his 7 way - to London, has been arrested at Calais, irl . consequence of an order transmitted by telegraph: A letter from the frontiers of Rousillon, dated . Sept. 27, runs thus :—" I am anxious to cormnu nicate to you ,the positive news which have just been corraimiiicated to us. The 22d instant an . engagement ,took place at Moulin du Kos, be t Ween a Constitutional corps, 4 1 000 men strong, and a Royalist division of 3,000 men under the orders of the Trappist and Baron d'Eroles in Person. After a fight of two hours the Consti-: tutionalists haie been routed, antl-pursued, • sword in hand, to the walls of Lerida, where they are, blockaded. The Generals of the Army of the Faith have sworn not to leave the blockade till lklina is given up to them,'and to that end they had assembled 10,000 men on the 25th. NO idea can be formed of the enthusiasm with which the numerous and daily successes of the Army of the Faith inspire the friends of the King. The inhabitants; in all directions, vie in zeal for the phalanxes of the Royalists."—(Quotidienne.) PARIS, OCT. 9.—Madame (her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Angoulerne) is indisposed. We are assured that a courier haS just reached : the Foreign department„wh6 brings intelligence of a most important and deciskie victory which has been achieved by the Spanigh Royalists over Mina.—(Journal des Debdts.)" The. Extraordinary Spanish Cortes assembled on the Ist. inst. Their first sitting was . devoted to incipient operatiomi. The nomination of the , President and the Members of 'Bureaux we r e deferred to the following day. It also yet re.: mains to elect a Committe, whose business it will be to announce the formation of the Extraordi; nary Cortes to the King ; and to request of his Majesty whether he will assist hi person at the Solemn Sitting of the 7th. It is remarkable that the UrdUersdl, which mentions the arrival of Sir William A'Court, as the Minister Plenipotentiary of England, takei already an opportunity to pay its court to the new Minister. It assumes to boast prospectively of the profoundity of the Cabinet, of London and the wisdom of its political views. How Unctions is this eulogitim on the part of the Universa/i which has so many times insulted the English' Goverhment !—(La Quetidienne.) The yellow fever has appeared at Cadiz; brought by ship from the .Havaiinah.--(Mo niteur.) AUOSBURGR, Oc'r. 3.--LThe Austrian Consid Ger ersl, M. de Hagenauer, set out for Silistria some tin e . after 113'3 arrival at: Bucharest, to present himself to the Turkish Go vernor, Selim Pacha, and the Hospodat Uhika, who has ar rived there. 'From Corfu we learn, that the plague is now on board the ship Of the Turkish Adiniral, and that all the fleet is in a Most wretched condition. VIENNA ! , SEPT. 27.--Xrince Katmiti is still in confinement, arid the preliminary pioceedings for his trial' are not yet com plete. His family hope, that for want of sufficient proof, he will be acquitted, Instanter, and then banished from the Aus trian dominions. SEPT. 28.—The Emperor and Empress will set out in a few days. The Court will depart on the Ist of October, and.‘the