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The question respecting the exclusion of tl.e
Quaca's Haste from the Liturgy, according to the
service of the Church of England, having been
determined by the. House of Commons in favour
of the Ministers, it only remained to ascertain the
„right of the Crown to visit her Nl•Jesvir with a
-similar indignity in Scotland. For this purpose
Lord ARCHIBALD HAMILTON moved lust night
for the production of the Order in Council
directed to the General Assembly of Scotland,
commanding the erasure of the Quess's name
from the public prayers of the National Church.
He also moved fur the production of all cor-
respondence with the Office of the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, respecting the
• military arrest of a clergyman in Scotland, who
had presumed to invoke a blessing upon her MA•
JIIIITY. The Noble Lord rested the strength of
-his case chiefly upon the illegality of such an in.
terference by the Crown in the internal concerns
• of the Church of Scotland, but lie alto comment-
ed very felicitously upon the absurdity of an order
fbr erasing a name limn prayers which were hot
in existence. The Presbyterian Church of Scot-
land uses no written form of prayer, the clergy-
men exercise their talents as occasion requires in
an extempore effusion, conceiving that such a mode
is better calculated to excite a religious feeling
in the minds of a congregation than any well-
known form of words. It is likewise a principle of
that Church to disclaim the interference of temporal
powers in spiritual affairs; the Order in Council,
therefore, was at once an attack upon one of the
most cherished principles of the Church of Scotland,
and a proofuf the neglect of the Ministers previously
to ascertain the nature of the !tosser they were about
to exercise. The motion, however, was rejected,
for ori a' division there appeared, for the Motion
only 35 ; and against it Ito. This decision of the
House concurring with those previously formed on
the subject of the exclusion of the QUEEN'S name
from the Liturgy of the Church of England, will
probably terminate the discussions in the House of
Commons rerpecting the treatineut oilier MAJESTY.
Although we A ould riot proceed to the length of
voting with Mr. CREEVEY, against granting any
supplies to the Government fin meeting the exi-
gencies of the current beryl( es until the estimates

fit the year had been presented to the House of
Commons, we yet agree with him that the House
and the ("notary have cause to complain that so
much of the Session should have been suffered to
elapse without some distinct ',issuance having been
given to Parliament of the intentions of his MA.
JESTY'i Ministers respecting the lollillie and degree
of the retrenchment which was promised in the
K NWS Speech at the opening of the Session. The

principle upon which Mr. CsEsvkir and hi• friend•
m the House of Commons acted in the Committee

of Supply, and on the second reading of the Melt
Bill, namely, that no suppliess hould be granted
to the Crown unlit grievances were arm re-
dressed, ass wise and judicious *hen the frame of

government was far lets complicated mull extensive
than it is at present, and when Parliament rat so sel-
dom, that the sincere lovers of their country and its
!dreams were compelled to snatch an opportunity
afforded by the neeeroitirs of their Sovereigns to vitt-
d.eate their rights from the exercise of an arbitrary
and undefined authority. Parliaments in those days

were called only to satisfy occasional wants; the
machine of government, such as it was, still pro-
ceeded, for the hereditary revenues were, generally
speaking, sufficient to impel it. But now that the
whole frame of our goverument is purely parlia•
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mentary, when the Sovereign depends Fur meeting
the itiiittsdiale. necialsidei" of the State uplin the
Parliament, and when tin Actwr the Legislatlos ,Is
abvolutely necessary for autiolatiuing the adios 4i

every part sof the system, to suspend t e-
i"gl of egfilipinent is to cheek the action of tfuj.
whole goverellife •el the country, and rOt• what'
length oflifueo^.;-Vntil all grievances were re..
dressed ; hy. which we presume is to be under-
stood until Pediment bed taken a dose review
of the whole state of the country, had examined
every item of the. Oxidic expenditure, and ascer-
tained what services' were unnecaeary, and what
expenses might lie saved; mud further, unlit the
distresses that unhappily press upon the nianufac-
turing, commercial, and agricultural interests, were
all made the subjects of inveslnpnion, and some
means of relief determined and applied. Twelve
mouths would out be sufficient fur such la-
bours, end what result could compensate for the
universal mischief which in the mean time must
arise from suspending for this length of time the
public service of the couutry ? No evil, however,
can be sustained from voting the supplies fur the
must immediate sod pressing necessities of the
State ; because, as we have already remarked, the
Guvernment being essentially parliamentary, the
opportunity is always open for inquiring into abuses
and re,lressing grievances, and the efficiency of
Parliament, which sits regularly fur sit months is
every year, will not be diminished, even though
the Members should nut tie up their own hands at

the commencement of ■ Session, and resolve to
interrupt a Government of which they essentially
form so prominent a part.
The public, however, ought to feel indebted to
Mr. CIIIIVEY for having drawn the attention of
Pasliament to the necessity of speedily investiga-
ting these several topics of inquiry. The estimates
for the army service, and more especially for the
civil branch of it, cannot be too severely scruii-
oiled. It is nut is the pay of the officers and sol-
diers on active service that the estravaganowo Use
Government is to be found, but in thelthiffic
offices connected with the administration of the
military service—in the eubrmous salaries paid to
hosts of fellow., with well-choseu mud high round-
ing titles, whose duties are carefully performed by
deputies, with little or no compensation. We are
glad upon constitutional grounds, to see the nu-
merical force of the standing army reduced, but
we fear that if the principle of retrenchment be
confined solely to the 'Auction oils few regitients,
the savings to the country in money will be very
inconsiderable.
The Parliament is bound to insist with the more

precision upon the fulfilment of the promises held
est by the Ministers in the Speech from the Throne,
inasmuch as it cannot be doubted that these pre-
mises exercised a strong influence in their favenr
during the recent debates respecting their proceed-
ings against the Quits. Villertunstely for her
MAJESTY, the questions severally subruiued to the
House of Commons were agitated less with refe-
rence to the merits of the case, as they regarded her
interests personally, or the treatment which she has
experienced, than as they seemed to involve lie
probability of a chsuge in the A.desiiiistration. The
debates were not trials of the justice and expedi-
ency of the measures formerly pursued, but of the
propriety mid expediency of turning out Lord Lt-
♦EStPOOL, Lord CASTLEREAOH, and their friends.
Now, us the Ministers had commenced the Session
with an assuranee of cutting down every superfluous
expenditure, it was very natural that the country
gentlemen bhuuld not wish to remove them until
they had the opportunity of accomplishing the good
thus promised. We hope, for the credit of the
Administration, that this early assurance of meet-
ing the wish's of the public upon a most vital
point, was sot thrown out with ■ view to its pro.
bable effect upon the votes of the House of Com-
mons in the contemplated discussions respecting
their conduct towards the QUEER. After such an
assurance Lord CASTLEREAGH might feel hiniself
better entitled to swagger about the Ministers' re-,
signing the seals of office, in the event of a defeat
upon any question relating to the commencement'
of the prosecution, cud the mode in which it had
been conducted.

We have received Paris Papers of Monday last.
Some extract, from plivste letters from` Lsybsch.
canton' • singular specimen of the sentiments,
political sod social, winch are entertained and
avowed by the Emperor of AvirarA.
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Spanish Papers to the itd instant have arrived.
Tialicut. s of the existence of u plot aga.not
the Cover iiiii ezt have been discovered at Madrid,
which have excited some agitation in that city.
Printed procianiatious of no infl.inimstory character
have been found, and the suspected authors have
been arrested.

ills MAJESTY, it is raid, intends being present
et the launch of the new beautiful ship the Prince
Regent, now building at Chatham ; after which
there will be a royal review of the troops quartered
there.
The Duchess of KENT left her apartments in
Keipiogton Palace. un her return to Claremont, ou
Wedneadsy evening.
The Duchess of CLAttrucE spent last evening
and drank tea with the Princess Sarnia.
Yesterday the Grand Jury of the Middlesex Ses-
sions found no less titan Si bills against ttarigtts in-
dividuals, 18 of which wee charges on the part of
the Bank of England, for uttering und having in
their possession Jorg•Kl Back of England bones.

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COURT OF ClidifteßßT Ltrewases IRtiy
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ovormi,t, ash • The Bankrupt was aansit.eemagrawsphierthi.,
esboodr of the Keener or matrip,rapirpiposp, 5.7.. •
writ of Habeas Corpus. • ' ""•41' 4.11'
Mr. lIOSE 'dated, that Ike.'fitiS'iiirWrsriiiiiiiltt
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the affidavit that was required by 14,1.9abbiefia,
Tursday. , a ot
The • LottiOneltottertton-•-•ollheit rot rim" ••
was last before ate (I bpd I wee mistaken in is), I
thought that on of the 8a..),;,-
ropt ass left out ill she warrant of the coannsit-
mein, but I now lien-Tire that keret the ewe.; the
Bankrupt was summed three times below she
Commirtosiers, sod was committed it.tiaps fur
not answering ratisf.ctorily; be was *gran rx am-
i ned three tinier, and discharged out of custody.
He was subsequently examined three times, and
the Coasmissioners again committed. hint, mid in
• their warea.4t for the last commitment the Com-
niissioners do not state that the Baiikrnpt was dis-
charged fro/11 custody on his sixth examination.
I do not think it necessary that they should have
so stated, for I can reconcile to myself that the
Commissioners might be perfectly satisfied with
the answers of the Bankrupt on .the sixth exami-
iiii nation, and be dissatisfied with the answers on the
ninth examination. I am, therefore, of opinion,
that the warrant of commitment is correct, bath in
form and substance."
Mr. Ross said, ns that was his Lordship's deri-
sion, he had uow to contend that the Commis-
sioners ought not to have committed the Bankrupt,
which he would prove by the proceedings, as.the
Bankrupt had given the most satisfactory answers
that were in his power to give, and it had Been
always held that that was all that. was required a
a Bankrupt.
The LORD CHATICILLOR—" Hand me. up a
copy of the proceedings, and I will take it home
and read it I would not do this if I thought it
would be the means of detaining the Bankrupt One
hour longer iu custody than he otherwise would.
In my opinion, I can come at the facts of the
case by this course in a shorter time than if the pro-
ceedings
were stated by Counsel. Cases of this
kind, where the liberty of the subject is invoked.
gives me greater anxiety than any others ; but I
have the satisfaction of knowing that .ifoly deci-
sion in this ease should. be wrong, there are the
twelve Learned Judges *Apply to to set it right."
Further consideration postponed.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE BLEcTioat OF THE PRE.
SIDENT MASTER OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAN-
l'he ATTORNEY-GENERAL ass heard on behalf
of the Crown.
Mr. HART and Mr. MONTAGUE, Counsel fur
Dr. Manton, were heard in further argument.
Further argument postponed.
The LORD CHANCELLOR rose at three o'clock.


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COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Wirmusrres, .
TOURIDAY, FEDRVAILY 16.
ISONNVIT V. THE HONOURABLE Oro. coLTSSR,
CoNNONLY CALLED LORD 1411.1INGTolf.,
This wigs as act brought by a livery-stable-
keeper to recover of the Noble Defendant the morn
of 1901. for hoss-s standing at livery, and 801. or
money advanced on a bill ofexchange. The case
was proved, except as to some trifling items.
The Jury found a verdict 41 f
Damt.gt s, 2451.
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The Treasury Journals daily give extracts from
private letters froze Paris, de,cribing the splendid
and ostentatious style in which Bascom lately
bard in that city. One of them has slated, that
his daughter, VICTORINE, was attended in his
hotel with all the pomp ■od form of a Princess,

two persona carrying wax tapers before her to
light her up stairs. One of the fraternity, in its
number of last night, asserts that the father lived
at No. 20, on the Boulevard Italian (the gayest .
and most expensive part of the French capital), and - •
in general his dinners wire seat from Banat's, a •
celebrated Italian restaurateur, in the Rue Neuve
des Petits Champs. His daughter was at a first- •`•
rate boarding-school in the Rue Blanche, where
she had a carriage and servants at her comena,pd, •
and usually went by the name of the spetiltrßa- , •
.' Now one of these correct accounts must
be false, and which of them deserves that epithet
we leave to be settled among them. The Paircr
from which we copy the latter account, says it is
an extract of a private letter from Parts, written
by a person on whose veracity the utmost reliance
may be placed, and whose judgment is uot ;irty •
to be misled.
The Twelfth Edition of ", The Letter from the
King to his. People," is now pithli.hed hr se. .
Sans, Bookseller to hie Royal Dietitian the Duke of
Pls. 1, St. Jame. s.street. Stare Ike day. of „hiatus, tio pu..
Blind work hasrerested nick a missatiosi as this jasnlyee. le
braced prodoction. It ought is be (as it deserve, to Le)
read by every one of his Majesty's subjects.
The Lottery Office-keepers are giving One Pound
Vertu Shillings to the holders for Undrawo Sixteenths,
which they actually sell again at the advanced pee of One
Pound Fiftees Shallop, there hying six Prima of 21,000/.
is the Wheel.— Disinterested creatures!
AGAIN--irlse Highest Prise is -Sold is Shores, •
by SwiFT & Co.-a-The Ticket No 2,122 (Clarke (.7),
drawn on Wednesday but a Prize of 2,0001. Caseate, was
Sold in shares by Sinn and Co ;wM also Sold is Shorn, . -
the preceding Day of litetwieg, N 0.46 (Class ii), a Prise of
21,0001. Consols; being•Ast on(p Office that Sold one of the •
highest Prises each Day... Tickets and Shares 'relining A
Swipe and Cu.'. Oakes, No. 11, Poultry; it, Oberlin/. •
; and.3l, Aldpte bliptAreet. The Wheel eetanains
Mx of 21,000/. Three of which are sere to .be Drawls the
Next Day, viz. Ist March.
Amongst the few numbers advertised by Mem
for the present Lottery, was bu ‘Vret;:'
nesday was draws.* Prise of Two Tmonmad Pomade .
cob, sod shared by inn into Suttees Ststeeuthit: It nu m" •
favourite :mother from the test moment it was oduelditnier •••• •
awd was very soos all disposed of. Shen boo born nrg
toasts is is the selection of Ambers for the pelotas in j s 4
vertisements, as he very receatly effected a 111,00,10,ssill•'"
various other Capitals iii the same . Stan lop ea •
Sak a few of the Usdravni Shares he yesterday bnughttsseet••••
thorn persons ohs did not choose to tweitiest their
lie the ux 11,05 W Now is Ibe whet!. •- ••
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