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; 4 }loose ; and that (we believe), on the 2.‘1 of May, lie would move for a copy of the Infitructions ac cording to wiiieh Sir Henry Wellesley signed the Treaty. of Maurid. On the See IKER's suggestion, the dropped or ders ao,l notices were then read, when the Coin ' mittee n th Irish tit and Jury Preientment Bill w a s fixer) for to-morrow se'nnight ; the resolu tions respecting the Lottery for to-motro, ; Sir 3. Newport's motion respecting the Fifience; of lrelamd, for this 'Huy fortnight ; Sir H. Parnell's -- ;:7 -1arnivr I:0r a .Connuittee to 'consider the Penal Laws relating to the Cuthidies, for - Monday next ;. the second reading .of the Salt _Duty Bill, for Tuesday next ; and , the-Committee on the Salt . Law.s, for to•nytrr6“4 • - . . Mr. C4Lvear. gave niitice„ that onWednesdAy next he would move for a tolomittcr to tAki• eonNideration aertuin proNi4ion't of the 4Uth of George 11l Sir .1 Itititmt presented a Petition from cer tain,Wool-grthiihs for relief.—ltead, and laid on the table. My. Cu awEN .presentetl several Petitions. froth Townships, against the l i oot Read, and referred to the Committee on that ittiv • ject. • ConNwALI. PETITION. Sir V. LEMON presented a Petition' from the Gentry ; , the Clergy, and the lithabiratit of the 4 -'s County of Cornwall, complaining' that thi.ougli same official neglect, a Petition which they had addressed to the Prince Regent had never been presented to his Royal Highness. Mr. B. BATHURST stated, that the Petition ip question had been received . at the flothe' Office, and owing,to the' absence of some Gentlemen mislaid. In answer to the inquiries of the Sheriff ' for the'COunty of Corn Wall, he had been informed that the Petition Was - not found in,the Office, and bad been rrquested to send copy of it; that" it might be presented to the Prince Regent. But he had taken no notice of that reque s t from that moment to the preSent. After tvaiting in vain for an answer, his (Mr. B.'s) Noble Relation batl written to a Gentleman . in Cornwall to ob . tail) a copy. It had bi!en received and laid before his Roy,ll Highness, and information had been sent to the Sheriff'. A !cut:Thant the Under Site ' riff had then been received, containing directions which led to the finding of the original, which find also been laid before Cie Prtnee Regent . , and Dotice of it sent to the 'Under Sheriff. The House would therefore perceive, that all that could be done had been done to satisfy the Petitioner", by the branch of Administration which, had been eoneetried. 111 r. THestAYNa expressed hie conviction that " there had been no criminal withholding of the Petition. The Petition was then read and laid on the table. ELECTIVE FItAIs:CIIISE. Sir 1. NowPoRT presented s petition from the inh*bitants of Limerick, stating that they 'were compelled by law to register their freeholds, or to • renounce the right of voting at. elections. .The law elsu required the tegisterlng to take place ` within a certain timebefOre the election, otherwise ' 'they should not be able to vote. There. Were only five Magistrates, and the registering must be made l'.before two, in ouhir to be Vidid. But those Mri. gistrates were in favour of one of, the candidates, • knit had' refused to bold meetings ,to enable the •" freeholders who were on his opponents' side to register their freeholds in time to give their votes, In this manner they were deprived of the right of elective franchise, and prayed for what remedy • the I-Joinie. could afford, being ready to substan tiate their biOCUlCliti by evidence.—Read and laid on the table. •• Mr. LANUTUN gave notice, that on Wednesday next he thould call the attention of the Howe to the late mission to Lisbon. Ile then moved for copy ()limy communication received by Govern ment from the Portuguese Ambassador, between : the lat 01 May and the Ist .of August, 1814, touching the return of the hince Regent to Por tugal front lirazils.—Ordered. POOR, LAWS. Mr. LYTTLETON presented a Petition against the Poor Rates, from the parish of Old Swinford, • in the township of Stourbridge, in Worcesrershire. - He stated that those Rates had increased in that • parish .to •26 shillings in the pound upon houses and buildings, and upon lands to from 335, to 435, per acre, and in some instances to 61 shillings and BM. There were 4380 inhabitants, out of - whom 4868 received relief, the whole burden of which was borne by only 148 individuals, 140 o f whom had signed the present Petition. He wished to inquire whether:any„and what measures were in contemplation with the Hon. Gentleman - opposite, to yield relief to parishes ? • The Mition was then read, and referred to the Committee on the Poor Laws. .'The CHANCELLOR of the Excneation should :!ant•take the present cipportunit y to enter at large • into the subject, which would soon come before the House, as it was his intention to move that the I-louse resolve itself. into'it Committee of the whole House on Monday next, to consider the - propriety of enabling his Majesty to issue a cer . tain sum to be limited, in Exchequer Bills, for the purpose of local and temporary. relief, on due security being given. The mode of relict would . be to supply employMent for the poor, by elm.; blingeorporate bodies and associations of Gentle - tnen, , in various parts of the country, to carry on public works,, for which the means were at pre scut wanting., From all the -information wNith .be bud collected, he was inclined to believe that the total amount of the proposed issue need not exceed from one to two millions. That sum, he thought, would fully answer all purposes. He Auditioned that, iu order to prevent any alarm . respecting the antouot of the issue. In the pre-' seat state of themoney market, it could not pl-o since any unfavourable consequence. He bud his noyel Highness's commands to , recommend the A.subjectio the consideration of the House. lie thou' moved, that the, House resolve. itself into a: 'Committee of the whole -House on Monday next, for the purpose -which be bad already described. Mr. LAM BC thonght that it wits impossible, at %the present stage cif the business, to form tr de . cided opinion op the-plan of the Right -Honour-. able .Centlentan. it was equally impossible not to see that the question was one or the greatest importance, involving a whole system of lawi; . which for years had contrib u t e d t o &p ress t h e country. fie hoped that the meastire.proposeil would not be the only One apiThed to so great an tr!il k that others would be. adopted .to strike at its root, and ' prevent its reviting and increasing upon the nation. Mr. 1.601014 MT wished, that before the flight lionotwahle Gentleman made up his mind entirely on his measure, he should take one point into consideration. As tar as he understobd 'the - phin; the Right - Honourable Gentleman ' proposed an issue of Elitcheqtter BMW() be vested m the hands of different Corporate Bodies, and of Associations of Gentlemen for the relief of the Poor, recom 'mending to them to employ the pow in public works. lie also understood, that this advance would only be made on proper security being given that the money thus lent would be repaid in a reasonable thue to Govt.' nment by those to %OHM! it 1411 been en trusted. There was no difficulty as far as Corporate Bodies were concerned; but what would be the effect with respect to the associations of Gentle men ? .Would it not place theta in the most deli cate tlituntioll towards their poor neighbours ? Would it not appear that the poor might receive assistance: provided their richer neighbours came forward and subjected themselves and their pro perty to nothing less than The danger of an extent on the part of the Crown ? Yet, if the rich did not do that, would they 1101 be considered by the poor as the only cause at their not being relieved ? risk he hoped the Right Honourable Gentleman would take within his view, before he came to a settled determination on the whole. The CliaNCELLoriof the tXCIIEQUIIII assured the House that this was solely intended as a tem porary measure, and would not prevent the adop tion of 'others of a more lasting kind, He 'pro posed•that an advance should be made to corpo rate bodies, such us those engaged in the forma tion of docks and canals, in which many indivi duals were involved, who were linable to go on for want of means. Ile had also added to asso ciations at individuals, by whom he meant those united to carry on some public work. This point it would be for the wisdom of Parliament to con sider, but, in the manner in which he understood it, the dauger mentioned by the Learned Gentle man could n o t be apprehended. individnals would themselves have security on the parkhlunds. Mr. BUM/G[IAM maintained that althoogh indi viduals might have security on the parkh funds, they were still responsible to Government. Mr. Livrt.wroN thought that the measure would but little relieve the distresses of the country. It was not capital that was wanted, but a market, and no isine of Exchequer Bills cOuld open one. As to pat kit fu nd s he considered them as no se curity at all. PQNSONRY thought that - more time ought to be given for the consideration at so important 3 subject, and advised that the Committee be fixed for a later period tl►an Monday. The CITAXCELLOU of the EXCHVAUER was de sirons to bting on the question in the manner must likely to Conciliate the approbation of the 1-lo►use. But ha thought no objection could be made to his giving, a detailed explanation of his plan in the Committee on MOnday, and the - n taking a few days lmore for its consideration. Mr.'nettNuY inquired she,; it nsigkt be ex pected that the fillaucirsi statement of the year should beigiven to the House. The CIIANCeLLaft of the Excnvoure was pre pared at any time to enter into the discussion of the Finances of the year, but until the Supplies had been voted he could not judge how much there would be to provide.. The motion was then agreed to. Nlr. DAvtes GILBERT MOVed that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole !louse- on Monday next, to consider the Report of the Finance Committee, with a view to moving Resolutions, and asking leave to bring . in Bills accordingly.—Agreed to. lIALF-PAY. Mr. BROUGIIAM inquired, whether an- Hon. .Gentletnan opposite was aware that some delay had taken place in the issue of Half-pay of his Majesty's Forces for the last•half year,? Mr. LONG was aware of the delay, which had been unavoidable, on account of the allsence of those on furloughs, and the great increase of pen sioners. Mr. IlitoutinAm urged the necessity of not de laying the issue of the half-pay one day or one hour later than it aught to be. The inferior ranks on half-pay had no credit, and if they did not re ceive their money precisely at the time, might'be reduced to the most deplorable situation. Mr. LONG assured the Learned Gentleman that he was aware of the importance of the subject, and that every exertion was made to prevent tle lay. The result was occasioned by the great increase to the number of persons on half-pay. The paymeots would henceforward. be made four times instead of twice a-year. COITEIt TOKENS. . , Mr. LITTLETON preSettlpthl Pellderrti from Weil nesbnry against the circulation of Copper Tokens. Mr. Gttentiqu.t. wished the Hon. 'Gentleman' would bring in a Bill to prevent that'circulation. Air. LITTLETON was understood to say; that lie would introduce a Rill to that effect to-morrow. The Petition was then read atid laid on the . Boss iur. presented, a. Petition from Kil marnock, in the county of Ayr, against the Cot tage Tax.—Ordered to lie on the table. • General VERGltsnq gave notice, that. on Tues day next he should move for a Copy of a Petition presented 'to the Magistrates of London by th e Academical Society for' a Licosace, and of any order made thereupon. Sir C. MONON. moved for several returns re. specting the, revenues of Greenwich Hospital, Itoin' the Ist of November, 1811, to the sante date;' 1815.-L-Ordered. Mr. Gar.xvect. iaquired ‘rhether the Finance• Committee intended to take into consideration the transactions of- the Bank with the 'P u bli c ? Mr. DAV 1E 8 Lill-BEItT could not take upon hi.m. self to say, but would endeavour to ascertain. Lord PALM EASTON gave notice, that to‘morrow se rm i g h t he should brine on the Army Esti tuates,--.-Adjourned, TH EATRICAL:REGISTER. Perfor Lear _ Night; DttultY-LANi.—The. Danish,. Gallatst : Sir Solomon Saoiire, Ml. Dowtou Lid) , Sattlife; qrs. Datisont After which, Hit or Miss, COvENr-Gaukts.—The Stranger: Tlie Stranger, Mr. Kern hie; Mrs. Haller, Miss ()'Neill. which, Aurora, and Tom Thumb the Great__ ~ **", The corryspcindent echo tells Its it is a pity we did not publish the Names subscribed to the Loy3l NM folk Decla ration in TuE SUN of Monday, is probably not aware that, besides occupying so toils of our limits, we could not even Print such a Multitude but at the expanee of several pounds. Now we are very patriotic, but there is reason even in the zeal of patriotism. NEXT WEDNESDAY THE LOTTERY BEGINS DRAW ING-MORE MAN TWO PRIZES TO ONE BLANK POUR OF TWENTY THOUSAND-TICKETS UN USUALLY CHEAP. ARFilligTi-1 Holland, t Gotte;nlmrgli, t Guernsey and Jer sey, 2 IVaterford. Ihte-3 Lisbon, 3 Sr. Manx.---Holiday at all the Pliblic Offices. HIGH ‘VATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE To-mmutov. Morning, 9 minutes after 10. I Evening, minutes'after 10. THE SIUN SOLENI QtYIS DICER?. FAL:WNI Atll/Lti LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1817.. THE'QUEEN'S HEALTH. This morning the following Bulletin was issued : " Ilea MAJESTY has passed a - very - good and as her indisposition abates in a gradual and a fiery favourable manner, there is reason to .expect a speedy recovery. April 2&. I'. I1.1.1:1N." • FRENCH PAPERS DJ' Me 22d it. They write from Catalonia, that General LACY has been arrested. The . Gon4‘pirators succeeded in seduct4 the,Officers Of' two 'Companies (A l the Regiment of Tarragona, but endeavouring to gain over the 'Commander, the Emissary was seized and tic Plot discovered. Tke trampillity of the country was not . disturbed for a moment all the troops were faithful, and the people ma nifested the utmost indignation against the cri. Accounts from Milan of the 7th A p rit (the latest i►itelli;ence) take no notice of any contagions dis;ntler. VIIENCII FUNDS. b per Ceids, C 6 f. go e. jtaffi c • • )eltit. 7:3c. A mail from Flanders arrived lust night. The . Philanthropist, an English Journal printed at Brussels, states that the Government had just discovered a correspondence between NaPot.EoN and some of his partizans in Europe. The plan was ingenious and new ".Madame IlvarnANn (says the Philanthropist) bad receiv ed a present of a,brautiful . tunslin dress, magnificently em broidered, which came from a city in the South of France.— The flowers acid venous figures which composed the: embroi dery were so many, hieroglyphics, each having its particular signification._ The indiscretion of a young man who had been the bearer of it, and wLiq !Orly returned to F.tiglatnl, caused th e Ley of this species of cipher to fall into t he, handl - of- the English Ministers." ' ' • . . The Journal o f Gh ent of the 21st, under . 'the head of Ghent, says, that M, SANTINI. latly're turned from St. Helena, declared at Ghent that be 1 was •going to Italy to deliver letters from , Buo- NAPARTE to the Empress MAnth Lours's. Dutch Pa pers were received this morning, from which we extract the following interesting ar ticles " 13ftt/ APRU. I9.—W e learn from Cam -beer; -that- the Duke of Wellington -and- his arc .expected there in littre More . than a week, the Doke' going lirst',to England, We learn front France, that the party adver , 3e to t bepresent order Of things still attempt, from time to time, to ex- Cite alarm ctnil .discontent, lint that the. Police neglects nothing to balite their schemes; " M. 'Santini', who lately cane here firkm Eng-' land, is supposed to have it in chaige to visit all: the chiefadlierents of Rnonaparte on the Conti neni. All his steps in this city have been nar rowly watched. Ile went from this city 6rst, to Liege, to prOceed thence to Aitillich and Parma. The passport which be obtained in England was' for Italy. It reniains to be seen whether he will arrive thert.i. The Landon Pollee, has not let him pass unobserved, and sent notice hither that he Was to .pass through this city. Frenchmen, who had embezzled public. money and had fl e d to this kingdotn, have been lately delivered up to'the French Authorities. "From tine they write, large gnantities of corn continue to be* imported into• the port:, of ,Picardy and 'Normandi. `" AARLEM'', Arnit. 19.,---We. have -the sails faction ta,announce to out Readers, that his Ma jesty's Wise and line measures have triumphed 77- -- A•ffif over the difficulties which in the coarse of preceding ' even ts threatened this King itortiP filled some persons With fear ofa sacity, .? . The imp orlatinti of born of till kinds the northern ports of the Ningdom is than ever was ltnnien :it this WWI, At datn alone; there have arrived 6041' going 'part of this month 135 carpel , em. besides other grain', of 4000 tails of %do rye. If we consider that Ibis impartlitim creases, that very large quantities arc lasi -Seed, and add, that engagements todelr corn during the ski mpier of 1817 bale eluded at very modera te p rices on. 00 of eie Capital, .we may take it for -grat all our difficulties on this head will shot and that we shall reap more and Ore. indobt! of the free trade.for which' we tire_ ja4gment and protection of his Majesty e,I " FROM ODESSA, MARCH-18.'"""SVn',. accounts from St. Petersburgh4tat9 declared a free part ; t h e act forthe was signed in the Senate on the 7tlitdr: Ordinary couriers for themerelntet4. the vvholeway, i n nine days 1110:111 back , go regularly: A Bank rs to here for foreign tnolbcY. q uo Our Governor , Count Langer°"' ' • for theo.g., j i y ndtk oo 0 4 reteribursi he be yinntno °f m avlieti•telp in a li t ii t then, like his predecessor. the Dulte situation to I' ri° RCP . or h' return' to his native country,y, Fra nc proportion th ere are ansl t' ve a ' of winter %sliest is- ,15-1 roubles, Thereoft, not so much bustle in our city b u t A 1816, ►leterreti Many foreig n merchants, Ov, , extravagant prices of w heat, have in the harbour. orders. s ." FILANKITET, A pa.11.16.--Theafittir ei flint in Sweden is spoken of in's ° nr 10:11 it iS difficult to come at'the troth, } 'lag is a statement &threat fr nill ih save aPPcarvil hitherto. " * * '* i:-I 1 : " i a foreign Cook, who tie s 10 0114 fl k"sh. ‘v°"ll. tie' is in thetserriec of '! l ' "Pei Litulholrit, in whose' hoot d.."' !liilif.iiitikigeeriP,lrst ctinsiderable peisoas of ibe I . 'ne Cook lincied d o t he hi r' p il: °/ e Stved..l ho of the poisoning of • " yr ' ', ; - 1 1 :•, c ct list. k .. 1 . 1 4 e otiginat ell from t h e teset"'"l't Swedish winds signifying inarriogc °C.ir,',„ '_vith-thoiestgliifying poisoti 31041410,,, I . ISC 0 Vt. r y : 11 1 ° I 9:( 1 1: f01:1151 +lll I iC:ll.l:ittilitfle f t :: .3" In,teliliiiii(llillei)-isceite,ll3.liy.thec!hpi.oercosill'%iiiitililliegi I: f C c o b i r r r t i ; i i w fi l . ) . , lll , ll : 6 l c: i t 'eite t ni i iic i l: . 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