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Plea, no such nomination had been made. It was certain that
from tit, to lime the sum alio slimed be widas aCcoldbig
as the increase er diiihnitiod OOPS Isit performed rendered
it necessary that ogres** or lieoor c
her 0 clerks lilOal be em.
I ployed. The Ake of the 'BIN ' citrate, was Merely to give the
judges a power, after having Made err examination on oath, to make
appointments, subject to the approbation of the Lord Lieutenant.
He moved, " That such • provision be made out of the Consoli-
dated Fund of Ireland, as may be necessary to defray the expense
of the Prothonotaries of the Courts of King's Bench, Common
Pleas, and Exchequer, and of the clerks employes: in their raper-
Itire offices.
Sir J. NEWPORT asked whether there was any final arrange-
ment as to the Prothonotaries of the Courts.
filr. 00111All'RN said the present motion was l'r the compen- !
nation
of the Prothonotaries. The Act provided, " that if no pro-
vision was made to the contrary within a certain period after it was
passed, the existing arrangements should be considered final.[' -
Sir J. NEWPORT made some allusion (which we did not dia.
tinctly bear) as to the supposed neglect of duty by the Prothono.
miles.
Mr. GOULBV RN replied, that Mr. Justice Johnsen had as-
sured him that the enrolments were complete, and as that learned
had particularly taken on himself the charge of the records,
cation
authority was satisfactory.
The motion was than agreed to, and the House resumed.
The report was ordered to be received to-morrow.
VALVE OF THE COIN.
Sir J. WROTTESLEY moved, " That there be laid before
the House an account of the value of the silver and copper coin
now in circulation, estimated according to the market price of silver
and copper.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER objected to the!
terms of the motion. The amount of coin in circulation might
not be the same as was issued from the mint. The motion appear.
ed to assume that the Government had the power of knowing how
much was in circulation.
Sir J. WROTTESLEY explained. His object was only to
know what was the value of the several coins actually in circula-
tion, not the gross amount that had been ironed.
Mr. HU:IIE suggested, that the words " of the several pieces
should be inserted in the motion after the word " value."
The motion so amended was ;greed to.
DEOIMAL COINAGE.
Sir J. WROTTESLEY gave notice, " That on Monday next
he should move an Address to his Majesty, praying that he would
be graciously. pleased to direct inquiries to be made to ascertain
how far the coinage of this coetnrry might be adapted to a decimal
calculation.

DUTY ON COALS.
Sir T. ACLAND presented two petitions from parisher in De-
vonshire against the duty on coal and culm carried coastwise.—
Ordered to be printed.

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NAVAL AND MILITARY PENSIONS.
Mr. MA BE RLY said, that in consequence of the bargain made
by the Right lion. Gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
with the 'tank • considerable loss had been sustained 4 the
country. When that bargain was under eonsidesation the members
on his (31r. blaberly's) side of the House had objected to it as
strongly as it was in their power They had divided the House at
every stage of the discussim, and resisted every attempt for its
conhnnation. They had predicted it would turn out a most dis-
astrous measure, and the papers lie was about to move for would
chew beyond dispute that it was ruinous to the public in the highest
degree. He then moved, that there be laid before the House a
series of mums of the annuity grants made by the trusters of the
naval and military pensions to the Bank of England. from the 20th
of March, 1823, to the Ist of February, 1824, estimating the
value of each transfer, at the prices current, at the Stock Exchange,
and a similar set of returns of the payments made by the Bank
during the like period, estimated in a similar way.—Orderod.

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LINEN TRADE OF IRELAND.
Mr. M ABE IILY then moved for a series of returns relating to
the linen trade of the United Kingdom, and particularly of Ire-
land ; ar.d also for a return of the quantity of Irish corn imported
into Great Britain.—Ordered.