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made there not answer:hie for eie standing interest,
amounting to £lOO.OOO, 011 the .wition's money in
their hands, And being satisfied with receiving, us
compliment from their hands, the interest on part,
only amounting to about 70,000!. per amiuzs. Ile
cOndc cleiri with recorntriending the question strong-
ly to the consideration of the !louse, as a moat
important and senores subiect of national policy.
Mr. SAMUEL THORN'r ON contended that
the contract between the Bank and the Govern-
ment was, on the fullest evidence, a mutual bene-
fit. These was tuuell strew laid apna the profits
of the Bank, with reference to Cie
vidends and the management of the national debt;
but it was at the seine time forgotten, that the
duties of that body were of w Des-lens and respon-
!Stile nature ; and he believed, on a review of their
exertions, there could be found no persons wore
inclined to do their duty to the country, and to the
interests of the Batik P;oprietrits.
Mr. Hvesisson defended the propriety of tieb
arrangement. Mr. Tanastkom. Lord Herat
pErry, and Mr. Sintnuten, thenzii differing as to
mirtictilarel agreed in the main principle of the
bargain. Mr. D.Tivs ODDY and Mr. Pons CA-
law gave it an unqualified support.
The OftawcstLoa of the Eicnvltttra thiefly
replied, to the ar,lnments of Lett R. Petri'.
The Resolutions were then l,ui. and curried, and
the Chairman reported progress, avid mins& leave
to sit spin to-morrow-.
The ether order. of the Jar Mere postponed :
after which the Meade adOlirrle4i.

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THE BRITISH 13111DSS.

LONDON,
THUItkiDAV. FEBILCAST 11.
We annontscei, yesterday, the arrival of the
Massa frigate at Plymouth, from Madeira ; she
has bemagist home six liAht transports, the same
that took out the troops to that island. The &tai-
ga' belga intelligence, that on tier passage the *II
in with the Amethyst {Amite, Captain Surleet/it,
from which, she received information, that *e the
preceding day the *leapt had fallen %wit% two
/roach frigates, and had k.pt them eempany fog/
emend boors, but lest them in the night ; the jay
before she fell fit with them she spoke the Emserfsid
frigate, also on a cruise. The &enmities, of the
French frigates is of course unknown.

We have received some American Papers, but
none of a later date than those preciossly arrived.
They relate to the late embargo.
We seabed, ins former Paper, that His Mites-
Tv has given 20,0011. out of the sum derical from
choirs of Actiniralty, to Ins bt.cral Highness the
Duke of Vote. This is not the first sans granted
to one of the Phases from the yams ettatca. The
account, we believe, stands thus:—
Date or time Limo°
Inikt of Conimaaan 0 woos
Dose of $210005 20.003
!puke of rukarccs tee ono
Duke 0110VOSITSR Imo°
Iherrese orsrstas 20,000
Dar of 101111.
The nature of these droits of Admiralty is very
well undo 'stood. They arc the produce of cap-
tures made by enterprising individuals previous to
the issuing of letters of morgue and reprisals
against the enemy, and which tim law sad the con-
mitution have vested in the Crown as 'distinct and
substantive right. Ii• them the Klee poems the
produce, it may be asked, where is the temptation
F to the individual to risk the exposes and danger.
of the capture' The answer is anions ;it is usual
for the captor to petition for compeusation, and for
Lim bareceive two-thirds, one-half, or a third, se-
cording to the eitramstances of the case. It is of
coarse only the residue that goes into the Ktso's
eon's; and. therefore, the argument, that this
mosey is the produce of the exertioas of the pub-
lic, mad, as such, ought to be applied to the public
service, is not strictly correct the public, that
is, the subject, having received a price fat his la-
bour. Three droits of Admiralty being then the
undoubted property of the Crown, the Crown has
a right to dispose of them at pleasure ; and surely,
if an act of liberality horn a father to his son, in
private life, be not of necessity an tins orthy use
of his money, it cannot be deserving of censure in
the case of the Sovsattox. This aegum•uts how-
ever, proves more than is necessary ; for the Mem-
bers of the Royal Family are not the only partici-
pators of His 111siterr's bounty, derived from this
fund. The sum so applied is inconsiderable, com-
pared with that bestowed upon the public. His
bi Al MT, front this source, lately gave 1,000,0001.
to the public se-vice, exclusive of a previous rant
of 650,0001. tasking together a rem of 1.650,0001.
being more than ten times us murh as he has be-
stowed, fruit time to time, u,,on his family. It
may be seen, in our report of the proceedings in
the House of Commons, on Tuesday night. that
Sir Passim BunoErr has given notice of a mo-
tion upon this .per' tic revenue of the Crown. and
its application. The previous grants to the mem-
bers of the Royal Family passed without notice;
nod the late rise to the Dike cf YURI( has attract-
ed public wince, merely because his Rojitl High-