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A Message from Ilw Lords was delivered, requesting that
Hiolsms Gainey, Egg a Meinbcr of this Hoow, might be
pt insisted to astesid and give videuce heroic 16e Secret
C4llllllllii, e appointed by the I. wits to impose into the elate
saf the Bank, tia.l she y ur the couutry.
ilhit Mr. Gurney du have leave to attend ne-
eurdisigly.
THE POOR'S LAWS.

Sir. STvocrs Ilovitwe tnirvill.ptirsuant to nolire, for
krt., to ',sing in a Hill to amend the Punt's Laws. He said,
that the hunter Hull had passed the Haute, and had brim
lota iii the Howse of Lurds iu rusnw•qururr of au objection
to ail iimpurtaut I 111611,C iontaiued is it. Of the iiispuitaticeuf
that clause hr was still laity seusilile,aud he wa• pupated to
ri.evr the suipurianer of it ; hut as these was it shift-ream of
opinion wpmn the subj. el, lie did nut mean to cut wisher du
plUslut Bill with that clausal. lie said he si mat etittr

•t present iota the detail, of the then details would be
hest examined in the Committee.
Leave was given to bring in the Bill
A Petition was presented from a person of the Name of
Wm. Brows Johu, ormsptaining that in consequence of the
arbitrary conduct of an Alderman of Rusin!, hr had been
greatly injures', and hail sustained a loss of 1,0001, and
Keying fur reliet—Onleved to lie on 11w table.
IRISH GRAND JURY LAWS.
Mr. Bnoirwtrow permuted • Petition from the Megla•
trate, otilie Calmly of Armagh, praying for some amend-
ments in the Irish Grand Jury Laws --Referred to the Cum.
miller appoiaort to consider the Irish Grand Jury Art.
Lord Hcannoto presented a Petittoo (runt Nottingham,
agnimt Ilse ('urn Laws,
Sir K. Wtt.son said, that he had on a former evening de-
herrril hi. ut on the sithjert of the Corn LawP, brit
had to complain that those sentiments were most
shamefully and snout falsely lakrepreseilled. lie on that
0re5,,.... said, that lie hoped Gentlemen who laud an influ-
ence over the or versus who had Mule forward with
agimultioral petitions, nimbi dissuade them from pursuing
that coarse; but he was mole to express himself as if he
spoke agaisist the right of the sebjects to petition. The
Ham. Gentleman proceeded to say, that those persons who
had misrepresented him, were tummies to truth, and to Me
best liberties of the presa.
[This remark cannot apply to TAR BRITISH PAUL It
does not appear from our Report, that be had spoken against
the subject's right of petition )
The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
WINDSOR ESTABLISHMENT.
Lord Cssvt.e•Esca rose to move certain Resolu.
lion*. The first was relating to the provision for
her late Majesty's servants. It was, that a stain of
18.4461. a year. to be paid w rinarterly payment, of
4,5611. odd shillings. should be paid out of the
Consolidated Food, as an allowance for the Maids
of Honour. stud other sequoia of her late Mii-
jesty...-This Resolution was put and agreed tn.
The next Resolution related to the .11111 to be al-
lowed as a provision for the office of Keeper of the
Kitties Perms* He wished, he said, to consider
this sum as a necessary charge to support a public
office of great trust—of great responsibility and ex-
pense. Ile did nut wish to consider it with reference
to the illustrious individual appointed to fill that
office. As to the expenses attending the office, it
would be impossible for him to enumerate them.
lint they were very considerable. His Royal
Highness filling this office had not only the various
expenses of frequent attendance at Windsor, but
he must be considered as standing in the situation
of die King with respect to the claims of many de-
pendants, who had been in the habit of partaking of
his Majesty's bounty. He was, in fact, the protector
of his Majesty's family, and subject to tnany expenses
which it was impossible to detail to the House.
The vote of last night did not, lie conceived, pledge
the House to any extent; but lie thought the safest
course of proceeding would be, to pursue the great
precedent laid down on a preceding occasion. In
his opinion he ought to have the support of Gentle.
men opposite—believing, as he did. that this was
private property, and I hose Gentlemen not having
objected to that principle, but merely confoundinz
a public with R private officer.—(" Hear, hear."
from the Opposition.)—He could not but think,
that the most prudent and constitutional mode of
proceeding would be, to give to the Duke of York,
as east°, of the Royal person, 10,0001. per annum,
as had been dune in the case of her Majesty. His
Lordship then moved—
" That it is the opinion of this Committee, that the saw
of MAW per annum should be granted, out of the Civil
List Revenue, to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, to
enable his Huyal Highness to meet the expenses which his
Royal Highness will be exposed to, as Curios of the King's
Person, a duty which has beets intrusted to bins by Par-
liament."

Mr. TIERNEY said, he could not conceive on
what possible ground the Noble Lord could expect
to have his support on this occasion—for he had en.
deavoured, on the precediug evening, to guard him.
self, explicitly. against uny misapprehension. On
that occasioo, he said, he wished that the discussion
could have been avoided. as it might, by placing at
once upon the Privy Purse, instead of taking it out
of the public revenue, such a sum for the expenses
of the coitus, as Parliament might think proper. It
was most extraord nary after this, that the Noble Lord
should call upon him for his vote, because• grant had
been formerly made to the Queen—(Hear)—he
hoeing, be it observed, opposed that grant. Now,
however, it was set up as a precedent. This would
chew Gentlemen how dangerous it was to agree to
any measure which was afterwards likely to be
drawn into precedent. Considering the melancholy
state of her Majesty, at the time the grant was
made, no Gentleinaii would make any observetion
on it, that was calculated to wound the feelings of
her Majesty, or to add to her laid:rm. But cer-
tainly, no individual supposed, at the time, that a
grant, made under such circumstances, would he
drawn into a preceddit.—lllear, hear.)—He was
obliged to oppose that grant—sod, useless the Noble
Lord could make out a clear case io support of a
grant from the public snooty of 10,000/. per
annum, he would most streimously oppose the pre-
sent, lie would not take the Semise of the House
un it now, because, in consequence of a innurider.
standiug on the part of Gentlemen, oho imagined
the subject would not conic on this evening, there
was a less numerous attendance thou he might
otherwise base expected. The Noble Loa* pro-
ceediug was regular enough—but a doubt was en-
tertained whether all the Rpsolutione had not been
carried. and the Report ordered to be received on
Thursday, •liich prevented the ettesidatice of
mail Members. He How understood from the
Noble Lord that he tyrant to move that the Report
be received on Thursday—on which day, lie now
gave notice, he would lake the sense of the House
on it.—(Hear./—Hr stated this with great pain,
but he would ;lever conatio that this sum should
be taken out of the pockets of the people.—(llear.i
—He had dour every thing in his power to avoid
this disscussion—but, us he had not succeeded, he
felt it to be a most iniperetive duty to oppose this
grant.—( Hear./
Lord HANCLIFIC said, he would oppose this
grant in all its stages. It was frCollllllrlllirol, ',MUSSe
a precedent for it had been established by the wis-
dom of the late Parliament. Now lie, use many
Hoots, doubted their wisdom, and disliked their
measures; and their having agreed to a somber
proposition, only strengthened his determination to
oppose the present.
Alderman WAITHMAN Said, he restsd his op.
position to the proposed grant on this substantial
gruuml t—When the country was allowed, almost
ou :.II hands, to be in it state of deep distress—
when petitions were daily presented to them from
the 18'11111,4dt:4, suanuLicturrto, said others, moo

LONDON,

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1819.

The Muse of Cornrow's log night again revolved
itself :Imo a Committee to cow.ider of the pro-
posed urrangenients relative to the Royal Este-
blislunent at Windsor. The Resolutions were se-
verally *weed to, without opposition; but Mr.
Mattis' gave notice, that on Thursday next,
when the Report of the Committee shall lee
brought up, he proposed to take the sense of the
House once wore upon the Resolution for granting,
10,000/. a-year to the Duke of You, as cust6s
of the KIN G's person. On a. questinie of such mu.
portance to the country as the present, not so
much indeed with regard to its amount, whivli, in
comparison with the immense disbursements of the
country, is of minor cousideration, t.ut ns involv-
ing a ;nitwit& of ecoesomy, and putting the pro-
cessions of Mienster• and the viiecerity cf
tv the test, eteiy Member of die livuse of

• 10 a 0..

Cummoos should be m Lis jlace; and we Late
little doubt shit if the question wrre we!! millet.
■loud, the Ministers worth! lee compelled to with.
draw their propositio.i. With the I)iike if YORK
alone re.ts the propriety of accepting spy Com-
pensatiou fur his pvl%ollo trust tile iw Weed.
Mg on hi• afflicted Parrot ; but if his Rom
highness shall consist to he dragged before tl
country, suing for his salary, it will dun* rest with
I'a►liarnent to determine whether this salary AO
tie ,haw* from the puckers of an exlrau•ted wet
iiiiliieves isheil nation, of (rein On tillSlllll/10)eal Noe,
which is permitted to :serusinulaste for the fount
benefit of the KING.* lierliolllll Repres.nonivec,
The question for Parliament and the unwary to
decide iv, whether the Privy Purse shall be cosi-
dered so sacred that even the power of P.rliiiaeat
shall riot be permitted to divert Wine plot of
its growing unioulit to a purpose immediately eon-
netted with the better care of the K iNG's ;AMU.
It is cootended that the Act or the 39111 and 44tir
of the Kukla vested in his AJAJEatY mil alooluo
power over the Privy Purse, for the putprott. tit
Lord CASTLEREAGH very properly COO in the
too Mooday night, of enabliiig 1.1. 11aJiai♦
I to gratify his personal ftelisig., by giviog
gratuities to iittlisiduals who might have a eiami on
his inivate bounty. Urillootibtedl) the tiove►eigu
might not to be the fitly mail in atohina) ill the
kingdom who could be said to have 1,0 oriviate
property. But *hem Prolianiei t 111 It, tsni,fllln
and generosity vested in the Kt v a 11,. alio,.
lute Ili.posal of 69,000/. myear, it cool I nee••
have contemplated the nu laiichtly event so ch
rendered the KI NO incepahle exeroising art
discretion in the disposal of this Goal,
still less coubl have contemplated the olo,ordity
of permitting SO large a soot to cotoirisie
ployrd, and to accumulate in an eilormotia
instead of having it directed, when most required,
to the increased Colliftlits of Ins MAJFisTT'S prison.
Indeed, under the pre:,eiit ttielinichnly
btauces of his airless, the aliprnirri.ition of a pity
Purse to the KING, who it notoii.msly incapable
of exercising any diorrtti in in the d,•pnssl cf
it, is aidicolous in the extreme. prop.•cr
was vested is' a ICiNG de fuel°, who wit. capalo:.
of using it, and when the authority of 11 r
fortunate Monarch wits vested in the Pniseco. RE-
GENT, his l'rivy Purse should have :Wenn pond
the tramfer of his power, and have been placed .
the disposal of his Royal flightless. To talk i f
the sacredness of private property is' such circum-
stances. is to trifle with the commou miderietaild.
lug of Parliament. The property was granted by
the Legislature for • particular purpose stated by
Lord CASTLEREAGH ; that purpose can no longer
be fulfilled, and the authority that vested the pro-
perty is capable of resuming the grant when the
cause of it no longer exists. Can it be cootreotrki
Parliament gave 60,000/. year merely for the pur-
pose of accumulating in ;he hands of Cortimissiii..er•?
It was given fur the accommodation or the Kt ow.
proems, fir the increase of his comfort., sod il.e
graulication of his feelings ; mid if the entire of it,
instead of a very small imrt, were folder the with°.
city of Parliament directed immediately to that oh-
jest, the purpose of the original grout woulJ
thereby be strictly :IA fulfilled. The pre-
sea proposition an Ministers is utilising more than
all altellll.t to add to the burdens of the people,
for the purpose of iiicreasing the saving. of the
Privy Purse, which must by this time line rises'
to a very eum•idrrabir amount. The Nimesters
cerium be so silly as to imagine that the Nitro
will ever derive any beiielit brim those sae.
logs; their object, therefore, is to throw all iin-
ITlellie sum Of *Willey, tni his AlA.ll,.Ty's drnti•e,
into the pockets of the sot visavg hashclies of the
Royal Family. To thus may be urged Wally ,el,.
jections, founded on einistilistional principle's; but
the chinos of the people to the iii..ft y ail' PAlll.llll,llt
will, we hope, be SllffiCiellt to give to the siiiiii'a
qua-at:WI cut economy tau ov.-rwlielnuog force.
have no ohjectioo that the Doke of Voit• should
receive 10,0001. myear, if hr coudr•c-rid• to a•k for
1r; but when there are two sources talfroce it mar he
Maori, the one—poor and exhausted, we total. the
pukels of the people, arid the otter—n. 11 awl over-
flowing, we mean the surpliis of the King's P,i•y
Purse, for which his :MAJESTY coil hare no better
employment than to provide for the care of 1.1. own
person, we trust ill the dircietiou of the Ilno•e ~f
Commons that the choice will evince their sylllol.
thy in the sutb-rings of their cooptitueots, mid prove
them worthy of the people's contideocr.

AVe (hod by an account laid on the table of the
House of (0111insiti., that the li;n1.1 C..t.s 'VORA
from the Moot to the course of the last yew.
arnounted to the sum of 2,862,373/. (Os. Alter
the expeitence which was purchased so nearly in the
two preceding years, of the nopt•hcy of milking any
issues is: go!il during the commis slice of she Rank
Restriction, we could hardly have supposed the
51AsTErt of the MINT would have p►oved himself s..
very unwise as ill beta' birth so much coin, so
put the country to so touch expense. Ily sucto
conduct the Right Hun. Gendlesnan exposes
him-
self to the imputst iiiii of aching more with a frgeird
ti) own I:sterol's. and view to the per rentave
allowed on culimgr, that: a consideration of tom
public good. We also perceive that Crowns. to
the amount of :38,808/. are said to have !welt
issued. %%Imre are they Who has seeu Otos?

4

'Ye arc a•.►are tint some time in the core of
the last su eeeee ter Some Crowns were matted to she
London Bankers, and a few were handed shout
in ltri►ale as curiosities ; but we subsequently
understood tills the MASTER of the MINT was so
,hatorti of 6i1,111, that he canard Its 'navy of them
be returned to the Bank of England as it was
hle to collect.

The town. yesterday, had a lively appearance, in
Of having been traversed by the friends
1 :Mr. LAMB mid Mr. 11011110 USE, with colours
playing, summoning the Electors of
Westminster to their duty. The caulA•,, however,
did not yield much fruit at the hustings. The
threats held out by the friend, of Mr. lloottousF,
with ail th' iiiivantage or the unwearied personal
exertions of Sir F•RANCIS BURDEIT, fell far short
of the mark. The success 055.04 sufficient to
put the friends of his opponent on their mettle.

One Dutch and three Hamburg,' Mink have
arrive,t, with Papers to the 20th invtant. The fol-
lowing is an extract :
FFIIRUARY I?.

Accounts from France say, that the Military authorities of
Ow (tomtit depsitments having hr en informed that in
departments several persons entice the soldiers to de_
a..t, have t.knn ,igorous at 111,1114 9 on 0314 subject, by
sloe,' tiny h.ec conceded its taking in the vent fact, at
A;(314 two of these persons, known as blind adherents of
Cie luiperisl Government. Deischinents of volunteers 1.011
Urine to some from time to tunic for the Royal Guard.
'Litre now al.o frequent detachments of recruits (sum the
tuwntal

Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT held a Privy
Chu.,cil at firighton, fur the purpose of correetioz,
sod tioakitag some alterattoos in the 14te pricked
tort or Sherilfr for the year ensuing, it being
shay to hare them complete prev,our to the Assizes.
Ott Friday last the ports were shut apinst the
isyetiatios of foreign wheat for home coil.timp-
two ; bat we do wet apprtfirod that it will winch
uffect the price. there bring is };teat deal of foreign
what iu the otarelicube. 01 'Lett:looma and motor.
polisers.

An Official Retain t.f the strength of the British Army on
the 14th of January, 1819. laid h. fire tlir Honer of Cum-
aloha, •irle, Ile• g. isis al IWO' 0 tttttt iseirined
4111sc. ra awl Ps metes. and 5,1452 I Mir re ; of a loch &moon'
shirr are mitring in fin at Promo 15,2411, exclisaive of 5,516
Bout Gourds; Ireland 18,93 j; East ludic' 18;961; Troup
Ilona. II 176.

From Official Rrao. us, twinged by order of the HMIS!' or
Commons, it ..pprara that the gaindity of Wheat imported
boo. foreign tunoiriea into Ireland, in the year ending the
511, of bursary, 1811, woo 11.067 barrel.; ditto, in the year
ending the bth or Jansn, 1119, 14,6474 barrels.—Of liar.
ley, to Ilw formar probed, no harp Is; Milo. ils the latter,
1,09 U hat rela.-01 Oafs, in the Amour period, 8,809 birrris;
ding*, u.ihr lattrr period, 968 harrels.—Of Remus. in the
fo.trwr 0.. 20 barrels ; (Into, la she latter. 13......0r Flirter,
4.1 site (wool period, 11,b42 earl.; ditto, ssi she latter, 1,0:a
tit
'1 hat she agergale Bement or Gold Coin issued rims the
Shot u. liar COllll6ll or she year 1111 was, iu Sovereigns,
4,at7.2iu1 T. 6.1
hialfdiorerrigno, 515,1431. la 6.1.
T, bad aggregate amount, 2,861.3731. 10s.
Ansonia of Silver Cuiu iaautil from the Min( in ditto, in
t bowno, 31i,8011.
14311.Crutiroo, 363,1321.
67,1221.
si.losocrs, 107,1181.
'1 utal Aggregate amount, 576,180/.

The Corporation of the City of Dublin, at thy
1411.0trr Assembly on the 19th oAdui, pas. rd a
%ote of crosure on the Luau MAYOR, for having
cum,rrnrd the late Aggrrgatehost Meeting
sit fdrour of the Catholic Claim'. Thr rote was
i:..4.41 m tte COllllllOll Council a Nlajority of
4! to 14, mud saneinnird by the Board of Aldermen
Mari yofB to '2. The Lonu MAYOR soon
alter vol.rtd the Commons Assembly, and in a
firm mutt ti..gettlietl tune addressed thesis nearly as
le '4.44, -
- .

" nil. m,ll—You have been please dto peas a vote of
IrrOWlrr otr sity conduct tit calling the late 31ertiog at the
'}Lis vole *mild give me the greatest pain at i
I .... 11,41 I ilesri but iu complying wish the
respiaisuim of au many naineti, di.tiii si shvd fur rank,
retire, and Inlrso, I have truly conformed to the strict lire
of ir y Jwiy ; said ni doing 111, I have the etnavolati .... of a
CUI:64 irs.cc, and the approbation oh toy ua

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.11111* wont-riled crustier, liemeagil 1.1 leciureieg. les&
lei, Lootip.iiiis in public eatiinittimi. It lens
Owe gained cu the Oahulee Cause newly individuals
~tihn nceul.l liwe utherwiw remained neutral.

A Itr4Ul.llllsll Is lIOw iu tonne of Well/111g sig.
im,millro 1.. Inuit IS Iliglittl by Lord FINGA L aid
other Alembere of the Catholic A ristociacy, to cons
%rime as, Aggregate Meeting of the Catholic Body,
fur she sole soul exclusive purpose of returning
thanks to his Lordship, soil the Noblemen mod
Grotto-men professing the Priitemant
tvl to have recemmtly exerted thefuselvtii iii favour of
Freedom.
The Pennon of the leitoleraina against the
tln.litt Climbs it eireulatrd with genii industry, hut
It is reputed front every liberal circle. Attempts
have isteis made 10 introduce it MAO the Board
!immoral of the Dubin) Society, sod aim into time
hildure.etneet Club, one of the mot resimectable iti
lir-WA—but they hate all proved abortive.

Oa the Idih hobbit died, d Edinburgh, Jahn garkthnuw,
ege424, a native of the grist rwial of GI etsslaail This biol.
met.% has occupied a roarssirrable share of paht.c
441 hu line will be generally fell. He had alt. 1,1)r readi

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