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INSOLVENCY ACTS.

The ATTORNEY.GUN 1„ 11l rising to nave for
a Select Committee on the luso' vency Acts (33,
64. and 66 Geo. III.) and the effects thereby Iwo-
slotted, torrid their hl•tory from the Sear 1813,
where the first Act was viewed, to the presto, trine.
The principle, hr said, on which they had been
founded, was our long recognised in our law ; her
it had, fora length of time, been the habit of the
country to resort to the expedient or a general hire-
r:door of debtors on certain conditions. As a sub-
mit/me for such legislative interferetscr, lie consi-
dered ilia first Insolvent Act to be a wise soil
necessary measure ; sod if it should he totally
abolitheti, with the improvements engrafted on it,
they would be reduced to the alternative of the
former proceeding, which he thought was greatly
to be deprecated, ,ir of letting the debtor remain
in prison for rte, if the creditor so chose. Of
the opponents of the present law, some desired
its total and absolute repeal ; others admitted its
utility and nrcr••nt, but thought it required 4113-
11fiertion. It appeared to him therefore desirable,
that a Committee •hnuld be appointed, to con-
sider not mint' the effects of the law. but to exa-
mine into the allegations of the Petitions sent
in to the House it. It would be ad-
mitted to be a most initentant subject of conside-
ration, when it was reflected that the temporary
exprilleut. to ishich lie had alluded had become
much more frequent to the latter part of the pre-
arid reign than during the preceding century, and
that it luol been found absolutely necessary• for the
!louse to pass such a measure every two or three
years. Rot it was certainly much better that the
debtor and creditor should know the relative terms
ills which they "err to stand in future, at the time
the cutitnict war making, which was the effect of the
Insolvent Acts. The qUeitioll was, whether it was
not preferable to have a law its being of the latter
description to letting the old practice continue? It
had been made a quesetiou, whether justice had
always hero none at the lusolvent Debtors' Court
it London. Ile was well acquainted with the re-
spectable individual that presided there, and he
believed, that whatever talents, industry, and to-
tegrity could effect, had been effected by him.
That Gentleman would be more happy at nothing
than that his conduct should undergo a most
thorough investigation. Possibly improvements
might be made in the mode of doittg business in
the Court, but that was a lit subject for the consi-
deratiosi of the Committee. The Right Iluti. Geo•
tlemaii then moved—

•Iliac n betty t Committee br appointed to take into eon.
sidera )))) the Arts 53, 54, and MI Geo. 111. for the discharz,e
id I Mill Iva•nt iklotm.., and the r &cis thereby produced, and
to sewn t their (tbs.., rations thereon, with their opinion of
Ilse hest means of rendering them etiectonl."

Alderman WA [TIM IN hoped that practical two,
and persons well actiusitited with hostiles., would
not be excluded fron► the Committee. lie agreed
that mime Bill of the kind was necessary, and lie
believed di It 1101 a single Petition presented to the
/louse pr.l ea 1411 unqualified repeal of the Acts.
lie considered the law under consideration iiife-
nor to that of bankruptcy, because the latter gave
the creditor a slower which the former did not, of
stopping the th btor in Ins career of extravagance,
anti con►pelling him to make a distribution of his
return ll l ig effects. Under the Insolvent Acts, the
grossest injustice might be committed; a debtor
might go into prison, and carry ten thousand
pounds of his creditors property with him. and
they had stir means of obliging hint to account for it.
Ile was last slight prevented fron► presenting a Pe-
tition, detailitig such a transaction, in consequence
of an informality. A person who kept a board-
iiig.scloroi, wills a number of young ladies. after
converting. into wintry every thing convertible,
and receivirog every thing due by the scholars, sig-
tidied an 'mention of taking the benefit of the Act;
hut finding a 1114111%1601i ill the Creditors to give op.
position, he remained in the King's Bench Prison,
and continued to live there ut a great expense.
fht liououreGle 31eatber then esuusined the state-

tiLliiS Made in certain Petitions sumnitted lo the
11011 a• from debtors coisfilled in prison, and de.
fended creditors trots the cleorgeS therein contained.
Ile considered the Act au enormous tax uponn the
enointr ,de.tructive to sommerciel credit, and me-
ow.' to ti.e usUuu. Ili le last Session, he frrO!.
lecteol an 'lllusion had 100-en made to the legal penis
tittle of the Cessio Bottorpsot. IVith respect to
that, it was in one itiatahre like the Bankrupt Lia;
there the right existed of titipstry into the proper-
ty of the individual ; IleArt' the Ilitokrtipt Law, tiie
first step was to toupee. the bailkiliper ItCctlitht•,
noel ioquire into his property. Wu.
that, he asked, the rase under the (,solvent I,set ?
No; persons load taken the benefit of the 'ln-
solvent Act, 'those debts might amount to ten or
twvuty thousand po sssss one question be-
ing asked them—their accounts were nut ittaiireted,
nor any spiritism asked as to ally property they
might possess. lie would then ask, was it po•-
elide any individual could say that guy account
whatever was give.. to honest Creditor!. Moch
had been said of the condition of poor debt-
ors ; but what was the fact.' lie had nu ow-
coutit in hi• hand, which had been I .id before the
1100-t,, of throe who clad applied to be discharged
us sit-olvelit debtors. 'I he 41/10110 of property
for which they were discharged Sill {our mil.
limos, and the debts of two thirds of the indivi-
duals amounted to upwards of h-n thati%ahci 'sounds
each. The debts of this class amomsted to
2,875,000/. In IBOE the Act was ()fought in. lir
that year (lie now talked of one ptismi) there west
405 petunia discharges', and 136 of them were do-
charged WS insolvent debtor,. Its the year after
there was WO I,l96olVeat Debtors' Act, and in the
year following there was not more than half the
slumber of insolvents dip:lunged ; hut in 1414,
there were snore insolvents discharged than fur the
four or five part preceding. He had no wi,h
trespass on the House, but he considered th,;
subject of deep' interest to the trade sod proverity
of the country. Opon political subjects, he Said,
great spirit was shewn, and great opp.ottion ass
made where the sum anionnted but to a few thou-
weirdo; but the House should recollect tine root-
cirrus exteut of the present evil—it was a tax orison
imdividuala to support the most flagrant frauds.
The whole proem of the law, lie thought, should
' be put upon a different f I-shoo—creditor%
were obliged to attend the Cote!, of West-
minster from the remotest parts of the city, at
the greatest inconvenience. As to throe who
ad tercel the law, they were pot in the !loose
lo defend themselves; and whatever he might have
heard, or whatever he might have thought, he
would abstain from any observation as to them.
But one thing was clear- ..it was impossible that any
isidividual, however well inclined to do justice, to
attend to other laboriuns business, and to attend to
thousands of insolvent easels. He had already mated,
that the Judge at an Insolvents' Court bail more
property to decide on than the Lot' Chanced's,
the Judge% sod Jurors of the kingdom. Ile
would make but one observation inure. Ile had
spoken to very many intelligent persons, who agreed
with loon that wine alteration ought to be made in
the present haw. With respect to the Committee pro-
posed by the Hun. and Learned Gentleman, he re•
collecteol having been sheivn by Ilion a hip( of the
names lie intended to propose to serve on that Coal+
MltitV—iii addition he (Nlr. Vi'aithiriaii) had the
names of a few commercial Gentlemen, and Ise
trusted the Hon. and Learned Gentleman wooold
have no objection to add them to the list : t:a-v
were Gentlemen. Who, from tlear commercial kilo,-
ledge, their rank, and situation in lif, were elm-
neutly fitted to sit on that Committee.
Mr. ABERCROSIBY 'Hid, the worthy Alderman
had complained that the House had felt little dis-
position to enter into a discussion Oh the present
subject ; lie egreed with him that they del not,
and he (Mr. Abercrornhy) thought the House
was in the right. The matter cone before dean
its consequence of a variety of Petitions having beep
presented, complaining of the present law; and
his Hon. and Learned Friend (the Attorney-Ge-
neral) proposed, that a Committee $110111(1 be al)-
pointed, before whores the Petitioners tuight state
their case; and the e sssss noittee, after a NH
tigatiori, would report their proceedings and their
opinions to the 'horse, as to whether or riot it would
be fit to make any alteration in the law as it stood.
He did not, lie said, intend kinder into the subject ;
but there were one or two. observations which fell
from the worthy Alderman, which he would notice.
The worthy Alderman had brought charges against
the lusolvent Act ; he complained that no exami-
nation was made into the insolvent's accounts. He
(Mr. Abercromby) could not uuderstand him; whet,
he on this ground complained against the Insolvent
Debtors' Act, he was hound to shew that a variety
of persons had been discharged who had retuned
property; lie had not, however, proved or attempt-
ed to prove that fact. His complaint was not that
persons were discharged aro insolvents who were not
insolvent, hot who retained the property of their
creditors ; his complaint appeared to be of another
kind ; it was that poor debtor* were not, under time
resent law, kept a le.hger time in prison. Ile (Mr.
A.) differed from the worthy Alderman—lie thouelst
the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors' Act would bee
attended will. great public benefit. The worthy
Alderman alluded to the principle of the Cosi,'
Bonorurn—that law had long existed—it was nut
now the subject of complaint ; but when the Con-
tnittee was appointed, all matters might hr safely
submitted to their cooisideretion. The worthy Alder-
man had also complained of the hardships of credit:to'
having petrol's posseasieg property living within, the
rules of the King's Bench ; but this evil, if it were'
one, surely did not arise from the Insolvent Debtors'
Act. He was, however, given to underiam.d that
that very point was likely to Ire brought under the
coneideretion of the Committee. So fur then was
the Act bum hiving created the evil, or brieg
likely to perpetuate rt. that it was only through t Is-
means of discuseing the iirinco pies of the Imolai
Law that this evil was likely to he corrected, an
by that means was the worthy Alderman 10kr.,-
to arrive at 1141 object. Tin' 144•11 by A Iderriner
had bun' that this law war against the principle.
of rearms, and of justice—reason was the best
gift, justice was the brightest virtue of unit;
and a law that was opposed to teasers sold Pastier
should not he countenanced in a Brawl) Senate.
But how was the Insolvent Act opposed to Ow
dictates of the one, or the principle* of the other ?
The object of the Insulveut Act eats, whilst it sorts

tatted ns far as posi ble the interests of the
creditors, to relieve unhappy &blots—to 'tend
snteeen them
it and the ard-hearted ueeling
sni rapacious— was to (
Prevent hint, fromnf being
put in prison, and from being kept there Inc ever.
ll'hete, he would ask, were those objects oppose)
to the principles of reason soil of justice ? As to the
oliperealiiiii of the worthy Alderman, as to placing
on the Committee persons whom he called coon mer.
eial men—be (Mr. A.) did tint !neon to speak of cone-
rierciul men iu any other than the language of re.
,peri ; but lie din not conceive that they were the
per 4011.4 to place on the Committer. Heflin not
think the House would here dour itr duty if it
referred a case between debtors and creditors to
the decision of the creditors. Hr thought it would
he more wise, more delicate, nod more just, to
refer the subject to the calm and
iutpirlial
cooatleration of men who were not under
the influence of any feeling thst could bias
time" judgment' One way or the other. He
ilia not think .that creditors should be put to
„it in jinlvient against t • editors ; he thought
their thirst place would he Ila witnesses. Let
them go forgiven' and state the stature of their
complaints against the law; but let them not up-
seer osjudges iii their own case to decide ngainst
the law and against the debtors. The object was
to nr.ider whether the time at present Which the
Iss rerinires so insolvent to spend in gaol, was or
es. uut too short ; to consider also the best means
of making the ',misery of the insolvent m
ans
of
to 1111 creditors; and to compel assignees to
account. All these subjects could be hest con-
aid all these objects inost likely to he
sl ruled through the medium of s Cons nittre.
noionre should be taken up on a general
vier. It should be in the recollection of the
House to what melancholy measures the Les
gi.lature 1)341 been repeatedly driven heretofore;
it should not ht forgotten that they were obliged to
bring in lasolvent Acts merely because the gaol"
terre too lull. Under all the eircunostrnces, he had
uo th.ubt but that the mode proptised'by his Hon.
and Leotard Friend was the best, and he would

avian! it.
Mr. titAtsT agreed with the last speaker in his
view of the subject. He thought she Attorney-
Central de•erved great peaite fur the mousier in
ninth he brought the measure forward.
Mr. W•tessatait explained.
The tonnes of the Committee were then read
from the Cl.sr. when
Mr. WC-6msW aid, lie hoped that the names
mentioned in the short list he made out would be
sold.
The ATTORlNCT•Gstittaitt. said he 'had formed
Itst of the Corn ttt i t tee with every anxiety to
promote a useful result ; he had placed upon it
Centlenseu whose ovoc.itimis would hot its general
withdraw their attention un a close consideration
4.f the subject ; he placed twon it lawyers.--he
felt it his duty to do so, brratise he felt that the
mearoire was intended to snake a great change in
the field laws of England.
telr. CouriTINAT considered it impossible for
Ilse llou.e In meet the ithihra of the worthy Alder-
man. A list had been read, sod he did out hear of
any objection to any name upon the face of that
list; Dar coped it he pail that the names were too
For what purpose then would tiny adopt the
propobai ? and if they dill dose, how could they
resist any Member frosu wilding as many names to
any Committee of that [loose tis he might think tit ?
Mr. BARING approved of the Committee, but
lir mild not help thinking that the floss. Gentle-
man hud placed too many lawyers upon it.
After a kw words from Lord CANTLERZAGG, the
million to appoint ■ Select Committee to take into
consideration the lowilreut Debtors' Law, was put
and carried new. tea.
Ordered, that the Vetifion4 against the
Debtors' Act should be referred to the cuntitlera-
twos of said Committee.

QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
Sir G. IV A &RENDER said, it was soot his object
in rising to bring forward his muting§ to trouble the
!louse with many observations. Since the Union
between them Britain and Ireland, a law existed
which made the same qualifications to the Irish as
to the Eit4lists itilesulsers; Sentlind, however,
the CdPir WU/ lilt/EMIR. snot his objert *as to extend
the pruvisiaos of that law to Scotland. Ile con.
luded by moving for leave to bring its • Bill
for regulating the Qualification of Members 'of
Palliement.
Mr. Bunt:Guam said he was not prepared to say
yhether it would not be wise to extend the provi-
sions of the law was one oh.
jeci ion to the Bill which it would be as well to state
at an early stag... There Was a reciprocity in thu
law us it rxi.tell between &glossa and Ireland,
but in the Bill of the Ilunrurable Gentleman
there was cone, end by that Bill an Englishman
would have no right to be elected for Scotland,
?bough • Set-nehmen might he elected for England.
Sir G. W A MIEN DER made a few ulniervatioils in
explanation, and leave was given to bring in the Bill.

ROCHESTER ELECTION.
Mr. WYNN moved, that the order to have the
Minutes of Evidence before the C ttttt initee
pro-
duced to the House, should be discharged.
Mr. Bee x ire said, his object wits, is,
for the evidence, to let the Petitioners see on what
grounds the Committee had acted. lie thought
they were at least entitled to be made acquainted
with so much, and it would let Adore petitioners
►ee their way. He would not oily whether the *idiot;
Member was or was hot duly elected, but it was
understood that he was not limpedy qualified, and
a general meeting of the electors had been called.
It was then decided that the opinion of Counsel
slinuld he taken, and two eminent lawyers gave
their opinion that the grounds of the Petition were
legal and solid ; the Elector. acted ou this opinion
—a Petition saw presessieJ. and that Petition was
toted frivolous and vexations; and this decision
was made by the Committee, ens a point of law.
that hail never hers, considered or ascertained.
Lord CasTLERSAGU spoke to order. lie con-
tended that the judicial decision of the Committee
was lint to be as.isoled--tbat it was h ush, and a ea-
Seism act, and should not Ise iittrationed by all
Gentlein ro upon ilielipinion or a lawye►.
N Lrr contended dist lie had a right to
ulneive us, the decision of the Committee—that lie
had a right to rail for the evidrw•e on which they
decided. "Ilir woet auleinn tirctrra of the Loid

tlieJulva or tho I were ode.:
to observation. He-1;1,1 nut +tee why tivi Com nitte.e
alone should he :ilwne it. Ile would not willingly
reflect upon the conduct or the nets of the Coin-
smite.; lint though they were pure, they were
rot infallible—they might fill into error. They
hid decided one Itolla of law, on a pl.itit never

artoird, and therefure never *met iinned—t bey

had decided 00 against the opinion of two Ode
lawyers, and, with every respect for the Coin- 1
mutter. he woks more inclined to follow the orittiuU
of those aho were lawyers, upon o point of law,
than (hose who were not. lie thought th- Com-
mittee might have committed on error in judg-
ment, he insinuated nothing 'not!".
t'rd NOIMANBY said, the opinion he had ex-
pressed in the Committee, subsequent consideration
only served to confirm. lle coucarred with the
Committee its to the validity of the Sitting Mem-
ber's title ; but lir ilsotight as to the ;mint of low,
that on the face of the Act id Parhument there was
much room for legal arg ttttt eni.
Mr. Stumm Buttons: said, he thought the
words of the Act es carrying a plain ineaciitig, and
that the Members of the C ttttt nutter were as well
able to decide on the mea ttttt g of the Act, as lawyers
could he. Ile differed f..om an 11. m. Gentleman
(Mr. Bennett), who maid the law had not been as.
certoined—it had beets invariably meted on ; and if
it wait never argued. it was because it was never

iitievtioneil.
Mr. Tr intact' said the question was, whether the
Petition War vexatious ? Now, he would ask. could
it be said with justi4 e, that men had acted vexa-
tiously who acted from enieUderation, tinder the
advice of Counsel, and under the sincere impres-
sion that they were right ?
A fier voine iihseivatians from Lord CA4T.LEIMAGII
and Mr. WY N N. the motion was put and agreed tu.

WINDSOR ErrABLISHIIIF.NT.
Sir ALEXANDER Hurt rose, in pursuimee of 168
notice, to propose a resolution to .the Noise for
continuing on the Windsor Establishment the usual
number of six Equerries, but the noise in the House
was so great and inCeseant. and the gallant Member
spoke in so low a tone of voice, that his °lrv:es°.
*ions were not at all times sufficiently audiblein the
llery. He remarked, that in the event of the
King's recovery it was desirable that his Mujesiy
should have the sante persons about him in the
59th year of his reign, MIA the 84(1 of his age,
whom he had previous to his illness been accustomed
to see. Such a mark of respect to their afflicted
Sovereign was to be expected from a generous people.
The several gallant individuals who held the situa-
tions of Equerries about his Majesty's person, had
been appointed in consequence of the personal re-
gard of the King, and In token of hi> esteem and
admiration of their conduct. This was particu-
larly instanced by the appointment of Generals
Smith, Wyoyard, and Sir Brent Spencer. If toe
itionher of the Equerries were diminished, it was
to be apprehended that the ordinary duties of at-
tendance on the King's persons might not be pro-
perly fulfilled. Ile remarked, thilt in the Report
of the Committee, six Equerries we retained; but
it was by mistake, as had been stated by a Right
Honourable Gentleman opposite (Mr. Tierney).
This, however, proved, that in this question
no consideration of economy could be in-
volved, because the sum of 50,0001. a year had
been voted, including the continuance of these
six Equerries. Ile stated that in the year 1782,
his Majesty had seven Equerries, whom lie, how.
ever, sewn after reduced to live. This was done of
his Majesty's own :wenn! ; but its Mr. Barleys
Bill, although nu mention was made of the Equer-
ries, it was the feeling of the proposer and sup-
porters of that measure, that Parliament should not
touch the Royal Household. Ile would nut re-
mark tits Mr. Burke's observations, which recent
events might almost raise to the character of tieing
prophetic, on the impropriety of ass the dignity
of the Crown. The House were aware how many
countries had heels devastated—how frothy thrones
overturned—all of which might fairly lie attributed
to the wanton disregard to all the proper splendour
which should envelope the Royal authority. lie
trusted, however, that he should still aim in the
House enough of that high feeling which Mr. But ke
hail desigusted as chivalry, and which was nothing.
mare than a determination to succour and proteLt
distress. lie did not suppose the Kiiig would ever
sufficiently recover to resume the reins of guvernn-
I torso, but he slid believe that hie Majesty would,
before his death, be awakened to a sense of the
glories of his reign, and be apprised of all the
idiots made by his subject* to maintein the honour
and dignity of his Crown, and in such an event
what would be his feelings were he to lied that the
House of Commons, fur • miserable' parsimony.
had deprived him even of his personal attendee's
After dwelling tor some time on this point, amidst
the great noise of the House, he concluded by
moving the fullivaing Resolution :
" That ailboeth it is ettpunlieot in the present stale of his
ittsjesty's health that there should be no unnefesatry ex-
pense ill in siniaisiag his Establishment at Windsor, yrs it is
the opitsion of this Hou.e. that it should be kept up its a
111.1111Ptf equally consistent with the 'limns of ihe Crown,
and the ails chola bial 11,jesty's loyal and that
no titmice should be made its the present sisoisher of lit,
Msjesly's six Equerries, a 4 MCllilullEd ill the It. part of the
Cuotoritti,"---(Cosoiderable &tighter accompanied the
veadioy of the latter pa. t of this Refutation.)
Mr. l'EacEvai. (in a maiden speech) coinplained
severe teens of the last itisulting laugh that vsj•
directed against the object of the itesoloiton. If
there acre ally thing ridiculous ill stasidiag for-
ward to light the battle of their afflicted, and till
now their respected Kiog, he was reedy to expose
himself to its cousequelices.—(flear, hear.)—(le
had felt the warmest iiitliguation at the attack
which had been simile bout the opposite stile of the
House upon his Majesty's private poise; lie bud
also felt no little surprise that the same party
lie ,og coille•sed that the Duke of York should
have the sum proposed, yet whet' they failed in talc•
log it front the Privy Purse, turtied their backs
tiptoe their own admission, and moved that it should
be reduces! tone-WIC lie 111111elitrii that ill the case
of the %Violist), Establishment the Minister slid not,
on his own responsibility, come to the House, and
make whatever proposition he thought lit boldly,
sod not submit to the weakness of going to a Cant-
mittee.— near. hear. and some laughing, from the
Oppu,ition.)—lle ridiculed the idea of the Oppo-
sition seeking fur popularity by advising an economy
of I ,util/. •fliey had conic down fat 1 toe pos.
biro of popularity, arid exulting in their numbers,

nal they flel!!!cfrd to gun the siyiatiar brow rrn-
* pie for 111 ininuhiis the LurdrnM of this
exhausted. and irtionverisheal intt.tto —M. or, brat-,
Lfrom ihe Opposition/...-11 reducmc the loud on
each itahvidual let ilip country by a Irmstinn of 3
fariliing too mill fir denorniaattoii.--(lP3r.)
lie was grievtal 11t this act of unlanrinr.,
the
Kiltg, %bin!) went to dewiv..him of his ',manna!
attendants, and which, lie said, was givnig the
last Lick of insult to the sick lion.—(Some cheer-
Lord CASTLEREAGH complimented the 110 t.
Member, who haul la-t spoken, on the Keurronr
efferveacence of hie feeling% and the hopes which
his first effort ill Parliament held out of seeing
him realize the 16411 fYittitatinis or his father.—
((;hfers.)—lle &fended the conduct of Nlinistrea,
and maid he had yielded its own it'd:ol4.ot to that
of the Committee, lie. cloth' suit think how the
rlignity of the Crown could he more impaired by
liavoig the Windsor iniliontied to
a Committec, than hr having the Civil List mo-
tinned, as was customary. Hr voniplaiiird that
the galhisit Slower of the Itesolistion and his
Frtesid bael not taken an earlier. ottportunity of A.
pressing llicir strong feriinga nn tits subjelcr, and
concluded by gtiong his dissent to the prolmotteun,
and moving the pitmans question. •
Sir A. lloci; sod Lord CASTLEREAGH mu-
tually explained.
Nlr. Lanu would Inn have offered himself to the
attentlen tut the Douai-, were It nut that he might
unsure the lion. Member opposite (Mr. Perceval),
%%Misr first effort lie had witnessed with so much
pleasure, that the laugh lie hail ernaurerl was lint
directed aginust their venerali!.. Sovereign, tint
against the glaring inconaistetucy thoi appearril in
the gallant Member*. resolution. That, resolution
declared in pompous terms, that it was necessary
the dignity of the Crow's should be maintained, and
cosichatled by recommending only she cositioussit.c
of two Equerries.—(A horgh.)—lle then remasked
upon the question gemeally, and observed that the
House were not so much to consider the amount
of the saving. as the inutility of the expense.—
(hear, hear.)
Sir A. Holm again exi,laineil.
Sir J. INltur. (we believe) soul he concurred in
the .Tentimensa expressed by the gallant Officer
who moved this resolution, and thought for the sake
of a paltry saving the House should not rills the
chance of hurting the feelings of their Sorcrilgii
in the event of his vet:over-11,g at any Nitror ties sod
the use of his senses.
A Member under the gallery, who we under-
stand was Sir J. YORKE, remarked, amidst loud
cries of " Question, question," and much cough-
ing, that if the dignity of the Crown required the
continuilice of the two Equerries, he saw 110 tea.
post why the House should out next restore the two
Croons' of the Siole.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. MARTIN qualified his inteution of voting
for the motion, by disclaiming any participation in
tlw prefatory sentiments of the gallant Mover.
Mr. GRATTAN mid, that if by the most extended
and the most minute examination, it could be in
may degree proved that the appointment of these
two Equerries was necessary for the comforts of the
King, he should willingly give his vote in favour
of the preselit resolution. He would nut place the
saving of 1,000/. or 10,000/. in competition with
the ematlest of his Majesty's possible enjoyments.
lie could not consider that the splendour of the
Crown, nor the King's comfort, could, in his pre-
sent circumstances, l'he increased by any addition
to his train ; on the cootiary, he thought a multi-
tudinous traits was rather a mockery on huts ieffer-
ings. The House anti the country should never
fail to eVince their dutiful respect to their venerable
Sovereign. This would be best sliewu by changing
declarations into attention, and by reverential silence.
I Ile then alluded to the vote to the Duke of York.
on which, if lie were present, lie sliltitul have funt.d
some embarrassment in th-coling. Itegard for tile
people would most probably lope induced bun to
vote against that grant, but he should have (toile so
with b pang, in consequence of the green services
rendered by that Illusttions Personage to the urns
'Oil to the conotry 111 gametal.
After a few observations in favour of the motion,
by a Mentlier on one of the back benches, *110.0!
11i1111e we could not collect, the gallery was cleared
for a division, when there appeared—
For the Amendment 2.9
A g:11414i

111 ajori y 193

ROYAL 11OUSF.ROLD.

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The Itiiyal Household Bill weal 101E01101 ► Com-
mittre. The Klima wls received, witi.:trd to he
taken into further coosiiltrAtiosi uu Fraley titxt,
and the Bill, us amended, to btr printed.

';'",-r; se; SIT PI tV,SS.

LON DON,
WEDNESD A ‘;', NlAitc 17, 1819.

•
ilattiborgla iPapers to the Oth instant arrived
Isot night,. They *steeling there it no commercial
city ill the world in whirl trade has suffered such
great changes. it owed its original prosperity to
its breweries, hut 11wy have so far declined, its
beer is now the routst. in GrfOSOOI. TO the brew-
crier succeed...l the ;tiger taloiries, and liam burgh,
fort a great leiroh lof time, ttopplira the foreign
market, particularly Ramis, with anon The tiro.-
!won), of this Unmet' of trade has also yielded in
Its turn to the ruin:roe capita and activity of other
States. At present, intlotrianct;a 'have become a
Mauch of !mollies, to mil extent never before known.
In this particular it rivals Losiddis itself. It con-
tains tweiity unite nisuratoce compsitirs, each with
a capital of from 450,000 to 1,500,000 monks
ualico, besides a great number of private justness.

It Pip distinctly ►taud list tirvoing in the House
of Lords, I►y. the Earl of LIVERPOOL. that his
MAJESTY'S Ministers were resolved not to give any
encouragement to a proposition, if inch should be
Made, for equalizing the ditties stn coal.
A 1301 which has passed the I loose of Common•,
almost without obsorvation, for continuing an Act
of last Se,tuit. tthith suspended a power hitherto
eic:nyed by aliens, of mooning the rights of natti-
r.ilized subjtc!s, by investing a bum *lust to about
ea sterling, was ordered to be ►rail a second time.
'n this question the I lows_ divided—for the Dill
14, against it Q. It was stale') by Lord Stonnywn,
that a case is now pending in the Court of Session
in -Scotland, for the purpose of determining the
vittislity of this right, which is 'claimed by the
bank or Scotland.

In the House of Commons Sir ALEXANDER
Dore made his promised motion for continuing
six Equerries on the KING'S Establishment instead
of four, ■s proposal by the Committee. His mo-
tion was warmly supported by Mr. l'Eacrirst., •or.
of the late Right [lon. SPENCER PractNAt., who
was a *posted by Bellingham, in the lobby of
the House of Common.. The motion, howrver,
was lost on a division. there appearing in favour of
it 66, and against It 259.

.
Last evening, at a quarter past six o'clock, Cie
'PRINCE URGENT arrived at Carlton-house from
Brighton.
The Duke of SUSSEX will honour Drury-lane
Theatre with his presence this evening, to hear
the Grand Selection of Music performed, which
his ltoyal Highness mended.
Earl and COunters SPENCkR are expected to ar-
rive this day et their house in St. James's-place,
from their seat, Althorp, Northamptonshire. ,
Lord iind Lady G. H. CAVENDISH and family
are removed from Nerot's lintel, Clifford-street,
Bond-street, in their new residence, Burlington-
house, Piccadilly.
Our letter from Bober, dated March IS (Mon.
day), onys—u His Excellency Marquis D'Osstuau,
with tite Slarehioneos suit suite, embarked this
nit • g. in Le Desiiie French packet, for Calais."
The Marquis and Marchioness of Chulmondelt y, at Choi-
niontlelev House.
The Moulins of Hertford, at Hertford Home, Man-
cliester.squate.
Lord and Lady Grantham and family, at their house in
St Jarnes's•systoc.
Sir John a... 1 Lady Harrington and family, at their house
in Reck. leysquare.
'1 he Lid and Countess of March, at the Duke of Argyll's
horse, in 'Upper Bleok-atreet.
Hllllll/111*AWC Colonel and Lady Charlotte Seymour, at
Choluiourn It y MAIM •
heatre Royal, leadislt
ATIrILW4 AT 1-1011. !—As many of the fashiona-
ble company in town as can obtain nflntit tarter,
hove Hight honoured Mr. M *THEWS with their
presence, 11l celebrated c t 11l rdian ti amply re-
warded f.,r Isis exertion* in the patronage lie re-
teives. The house is overflowitile every night. In
the last four cveisiogs we have noticed the following,
with large tootles :
The Duke of W. Ilitezton. the Marquis and Marchioness
of Tavistoek, the Marquor of Anglc,el, C test. of Mort 1111 l
the COIANIVPII 4.f Shiessiltury, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord
and Lady Grenville, the Lad of Essex, Lord Northland,
she awl and Countess of Imnitanore ; Ladies Selsea, Bar-
nard, Merlin.). Dallas. Sewell, Graham, Castle %trysail, De
Danstaavllle, and Scathope ; Sir R. and Lady Moorman, Sir
MIIII.III, 111111. Mrs. A. Philips, Hun. Mrs. (lain,
Captain Mods*, M..j.,e Anlirey, Hots Mrs. Scott, Colonel
Ansley, Horn Mass Munson, and Sir :Samuel Jr. ets.,,
Colonel COOKE, who stood a Candidate for the
city of York, at the last Election, we are sorry to
hear, no* lies tlangrrettsly ill of a typhus fever,
at his lather's teat, sit Wheatly, near Doncaster.

Serjeinit TOPPING was taken so ill on the
Northern Circuit, he was obliged to give up his
brief. and return to town. It is imegieed he will
oat long be able to continue Ins practice ; but
junior Counsel, like junior Officers, find coUsola-
tom in vacancies.
In the course of the cross-examination of Mr.
Dit.t.ou, an English Ilarrnder, on the trial of the
Tiiinlestown (muse, Mr. 11. D. GRADY, with the
view no doubt of lesseseing the value of Ins evi-
deuce, asked him whether lie was not n Catholic,
and intended for it ()lies'? This line of examine.
t war strongly remarked ninon by Mr. Seijeant
Bu ler° N. in ht. speech to evidence, who raid
he could not help expressing his " disgust" et ii.
Lord NORBURY, in Ins charge to the Jury, ■lto
MIMIC it the subject of the striiiigest
Good. the produce of Egypt may legally be
iniiiorted Irmo the ;outs of Leg!) ~,,,, Trieste, and
other port. iii the Alediterrimeau.
The calendar at York. at the pre-rot Assizes, was
a very heavy our, mid presented a number of tap'-
, Lai Offetllstr.

iiT T TINC
%.7,r Ta. 11:1LNI4 or MR. 110BHOOSE.

.
.174,-41orglAy R Wlnne.romi mid relpeelable meetmz
of thr frieorl4 of Mr. liolihnose met at the Crowu

and Anchor Titvern, to pay a compliment in Ova
Gentleman. for ltis conduct du►ing the lAte election.
At 'ix o'clock Mr. T. D. CLARKE f.if
qvx). th. Chattrntri, entered the room, nccrrmpant•:t!
by Sir F. BURDETT, Mr. Flostrousc, mud a num-
ber of other Gentlemen, who took un active interest
in the late election. The room was tilled by about