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NEW WOOL TAX.

Level !Ulysses sold, he soulerstaned t►at Met iseriries
had biro set us fuut by the Board of Trade relative to the
elTeets of the late lex on wool, on the "'yolks trade fem.
rally,esd espeeseed (ss we understoorl)• wish that the Right
Hots. Gentleman (Mr. Tassinari) world state the results
of it.

The CHANCELLOft of the Exclave's* sail that he Wu
all prepared to give the ieurniation desired M passel.

ADJOURNMENT.
It was ordered that the House. at its risiag, ate wore
till flouday next.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS,
7be Insolvent Debtor►' Continuance OM pawl ihresgb
• Coasasitlee.—Report tro Monday twit.

DROITS AND FUSIDS OF THE CROWN.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, that in rising to bring be.
fore the House the important subject of which he
had given notice, and, b 0 far as it was inseparably
connected therewith, also the question of the Civil
List Revenue, he trusted that the House would
give him credit whet► he at.sured them that it was
not his intention to trespass on their indulgence fur.
ther than was absolutely necessary. He thought
that they would be the more inclined to do so,
when he reminded them that the bringing forward of
this questioss was none of his seeking. But he had
stood pledged, tt 181.2, in case his Mrietity's Mini.
star/ omitted the conoideratiou of it in their •rnoge-
menta regarding the Civil List, at the commeuce-
mead of the new reign, to c.ill she attention of the
House to it. He had been induced, or rather drive■
to give the notice of a motion with uufeigned re-
gret. Ile had suggested to, and ent►eated of the
Right lion. Gent. (Jlr.Va:►sittart) to supersede the
necessity of it by some suitable motion. which, from
knowledge, experience, and acquaintance with !wili-
ness. but, *boy* all, from the influence in the
House of Gentlemen opposite, might produce a re-
ealtionellfactory to all parties concerned, and bane.
deist' to the public. He wished it to he explicitly
understood that it was by no means his intention to
suggest any thing either with the view of compass-
ing the degradation of the Royal Family, or even of
abridging, in say the wort minute particular, the
rights o► the Crown, those rights requisite for sup-
porting its weight in the constitution, or maintaiuiug
its dignity and just splendour.—(Neer.)—lf at any
part of t►ur !minty it would have been criminal to
endeavour to deprive the Crown of any thing ne-
cessary for upholding its place in the State, for se-
curing its rank, power, and honour, and securing
therewith the safety, tranquillity, and happiness of
the subject, for which the whole of the regal autho-
rity was only a trust, such a design would be altoge-
ther criminal in these times—(Hear)—for he most
entirely agreed with the most strenuous advo-
cates for the rights of the Crown among Gentle.
torn opposite, in the opinion that those were nut
times to tamper with the security of existing esta-
blishments, and he desired no Gentleman in the
House to give him his support till he should have it
proved to lion that the measure he meant to pro.
pose was out only safe but expedient; that its ten•
dency was nut to degrade, but to increase the dig-
nity of the Crown ; that it was conformable to pre-
cedent and founded on sound constitutional
principles. There was no occasion for him to
enter into • didactic explanation of what ►he
funds in question were, or to enter into a his-
tory of their origin. progress, or amount, now and
at former times. He should assume that Gentle-
men were acquainted with all these things, and
should confine himself to chewing that some such
measure as he contemplated was called for by the
situation of the King and of the country; it was
au old and established maxim of the Constitution,
sanctioned by the opinion of the greatest lawyers,
as well those who had occupied the Bench, as those
who had nut. it was a principle supported by the
cousi•teut current of all le4al authorities, that the
Crewe was by itself iticepishle of possessing any se-
parate property. The King had been uniformly
held to possess all the lauds am: tenements he did,
not iu Ins private or pet...weal right, but jere corners
only. Such lands had therefore been called sacra
putriamtia. Awl to such► su extent had the prin-
ciple beets carried. that lauds held by • subject in
his own right were decided to be held so uo longer,
but jure corona in case such subject ascended
the throne. So that suppose any person, John
Duke of Lancaster for inatetice, hail been sussed of
lands in his own right, and that the Crowu devolved
upon hitu, the law said that his own rights, as au in•
dividual Hargis, merged its those of die Sovereign.
and that his lands theoceforth become the leads of
rust Lei.u., of England. He called upon the
Right Honourable Gentleman opposite to pro-
duce a biliKie sotto:n*3f or dictum egain•t
Of the solidity of his principle no man .could
entertain a doubt who had hertowed any COH.
Aldefatitao on Hie subject. Its lake iliainiitt it hid
beets decided, mat Alt royal treasure was held by
the King. not as private property. but to his capa-
city of Sovereign, and therefore,it was held its.
iAn.sible to tuak•- a de/1,034111M of soy put of it.
but under the Privy Seal or the. Great Seal.
The question had b:en viewed its that hills( by *
Chief Justice of the Kiisg's Bench, Chief Justice

of the Comtsew Mem. sod the Chief Baron of the
Exchequer. to whim it hail been referred is the
time of James I. is a ease of a grant of old stores
by that Monarch to the Earl of Devotishire. it
Was determined that such a grant could not Inca
under his Majesty's sign manual. Lord Coke.
rle reporting this cue. hold said. that e:1 treasure
toad treasure trove was the ligament or peace. the
Jewett or war, and so necessary to the suppert of
the Crown, that they ought to go to his secret's.",
sad not to his executors, and that the only warrant
sufficient to pass them, or any part of them, was a
warrant under the Great Seal or the Privy Seal.
There was another remarkable case of the same kiss,'
N which Lord Chwendeo had given hit optooto.—
It arose out of these circumstances: Lord As.hlry,
'Afterwards the celebrated Lord Shaftesbury, 0t0m....
;id a grant of Dutch priles under via. Majesty'.
..its manual ; but that able and uncorrept hlsetis.
it% Lord Clarendon, remonstrated ,with his Ma-
jesty. and used the Whisking consitational las-
gouge : is If a treasurer can huretheCesiody of toy
of your Majesty's treasure. and of disposing of the
some without accounting for, it in the regular cones-
tutional mottoes., your Majesty may be abosaimtbly
cozened; sod the only mode of disposing of the
some is by the Giest Seel or the Privy Seal ;" sod
whets his friend Lew! Ashley remonstrated with
lii greet man. he received no better suswer-.r" If
Apitya my Lord Ashliy. Mr* to account for Royal
Imbue, merely by authority of his Mujerty's sego
mensal, you may live to repeat it." The 11..tnr
would probably ask when the first greet inroad led
been made upon this great constitutiosol docisity .
He was sorry it was so recent, and that it had tots
occurred until oar own day. Mr. Pitt was ti.e
Lest person who had sbakesi it. when he brought
Its the Act, the 99+h of the late King. enabling Ow
Majesty to appropriate louds sod chattels to him-
self, as his own private property, and to dispose
SIAM by wilt in like meaner as a Subject usigta
dish Here wa, a proof how freely big weeds could
• fee used by Has Gentlemen, *boot aisppor hug the
bensur and dignity of the Crown, while in reality
iesseticei were going forward which Leeds Cake sod
Clombdon would have thought little abort of be.:
taping the Crown altogetker. What woos; thole ~‘
greet hien have said. for sosiaseet:of so Act to -
power the Crown to seamy lands from itself to
dividuals ? They knew of oti lends, of so property
of the Crown, except that which wee held
,mere
come. What would they have said to this pin.
tang of the King on the fueling of indtt'idoak, to
enable hie" t. giie eerily that which was designed for
his honour, end dignity. end security, to fewousites, •
sperhopi to enemies of the country ? What would
they hove said to this, es it were. modeling the
Coolie to poi the constitstios et defiance ? Whet •-•
-meld they bare thought of as Act for empowering •
bbe Xi% to become s eopjhollitt wider one of
hi sisigestal Talk of mapped/he the humor • •
sod dtgnity of the Crews I—s(Heise, hee)—, •
and of the indelicacy of timinieitig iota the co. • -
peaditure of the Civil Litt st the begioning of •
a new reign, when it wee to be formed anew.
--f flaw. hear, hear.)-10 encitiot times the,
Crown had to defray the repisaliti of the Mete'
from the rents of leads end other revenue, be=
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tog to it ; and it was only when by various
the property of the Crowe bud bacons ifidesslif •
alienated from its pnasessiem, that applications by: ••
came customary-to .Parlisident. He admitted the •
usefulness of such a seceesity. The gradual co.-
sore, step by step, of the digerati brooches of vete. -•
nue,beconeng by the muse degrees vested is thePtero'
'lament, end *objected only to that control, wee on •
agreeable change for the public fess the fortifier
system of royal levies. Bet the INIVINIets grunted
were not intended solely for the Omuta splendour
of the individual holding the Chien. Here he had
also the best authorities for his app Wrack
was oue source of those mensal. Coke's or-
mark upon this feud was, that smock woo wooed
in the Crown, because some one meet have the pro.
and where could it be better vested for the
public benefit ? Certainly he (Mr. Brougher')
would acknowledge that there were authorisers
which differed from thiespinies. The restos why
the Crown had wreck eceording to Lord Coke ws,,
because Dee of its duties was to keep the muse seas
clear, end prevent piracies thereon. The mine ogee
dation attached itself to the-dilates/ the Admiralty
end stl similar funds. These wenn as he mid be.
fern some who doubted this &Mesita Justice
Crawley could not allow that mirth belong. to the '
Crown at keeper of the issue* sees, became the
reweave was too small to salt with the splendour
of the Crows as keeper of sloe oboe; Nor. The
royal fish wear SINN SC 31111 -Jmuies Crow-
ley, too small to belong to the as keeper of
the sorrow mess. and for the prommtiestof piracy.
A stergeon and a whale were thee • emseidewed s
AMR for the royal keeper
the:Learned Judge hod
hem sterling acclimates,
abjergeona mud the floe of wholes,
VCt the revenue tee sale
°use were deliberating
and with other circumstances
Crown hid DU longer to ._,
kingdom iirithou , sane preserve
The keeping of tate seas,
every ether object of expel
step removed from the Crown.
pee, that of those feuds
lowed for the defense of the
fur the keeping of orderi
pressed ii) instructing the ,
teen millions seven lioutited
fallen into the peasession
ed under its control durivig
was the snosusary ut the ewe
the Home. No one cased
self NOW umieseity of btepibg
paha, `uncle of del is I
jest is that irsissesiterls;o
luse taproom* d the
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were this eseedeved
rof the ninon etas. If
seas tight ee Niue
ate free the harks Of •
whale% ha weak! eat have
is earell.-441 trog4.l—
ender either Door%
wee ennead thew. Tim-
asippeet the poorr of f4te •
reserve tamegintlity
ihe•defaser of cuss's. suet
!Menne, had bee* slop Cy
;toms, Yet it did saw Nip.
• which fatoirrly wine id-
the tiagdeni wit hoes, lira(
and (es Hoary V lit. vs.
tie pee* at honk., tihm-
'hid diamond tweeds had
Of the Crown, and reasinia.
log the leee newt. 'Eel.
arse he had I. submit 4e
dVe meta alive *hail hoe:. •
rpitig Iriann the um. strip.
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snediately In The utmost; otherwise,.in gaiuinß a
vinAlt advsisitage, a gr.nt deal of trouble and mis-
chief arta likely to ensue. The utmost discretion
was ttestemary in removing or taking' sway any thing
tit long evtahli.hmeut, even though the holder

spight ins supposed fo have legally a very poor title,
sad ibonels he knew he differed in what he wee
going to utter from several lion. Friends, he con-
ceded to the fullest manner the necessity of making
itle Crewo an adequate compensation for such re-
-venues as the Parliament might think it deeirah!e.
1,. t,lre under its own control. fie woui.l pro-
! s-id by the analog or the Cies'', and a great
'or inastion, eiig.ged in a insular trensaciion,
to sues, in what manner •onch a measure could
t-e carried into effect. The tithes weir of old
mint granted simply for the maintenance of the
raergy, bat the expenses of building aml repair-
ing clinrches were chargeable on them also.—
The maintenance of the poor was another charge ou
them, acid one-fourth of the whole tithe was appro-
priated by law to that purpose. By degrees this
• fond became insufficient for the purpose, and espe-
cially after the 'weeping sway of so much church
property uuder Henry the Eighth, there was so little
left that it was deemed unjust to enforce the pay.
• meta of the lesser tithe from that which remained. '
Here was the analogy clearly established between the
Church and the Crown. Step by step the clergy
had been relieved from the charge of sitaintsining
the poor, until in the reigh of Queen Elisabeth an-
other arrangement took piece, which removed the
weight from the church revenues altogether. To
follow up the analogy in practice, the House ought
to take possession of the hereditary revenues with
the consent of the Crown, and give the Crown such
compensation as on the one hand should be consider-
ed fair and reasonable, and on the other should be
found to agree with the already existing burdens of
the people. To what amount such compensation
should be paid, or in what manner, he would not
then tray. All he was then anxious to enforce was the
necessity of a new arrangement. Every one who had
considered the former Civil List must be ready to
own that nothing could be contrived more bewil-
, tiering and mysterious than the manner or keeping
those accounts. Suppose any one not versed in the
minutia. of its details, any one who had not been
a Member of that House (for he could know no.
thing about it who had not sat in Pediment), were
leaked how much of the sums in that List the King
had for his own personal use? he would find no
small difficulty in giving an answer. Many Mem-
bers of that House who had passsed long lives in the
habit of examining such accounts could tell ; every
one could tell how much the King of France receiv-
ed, how much was paid to the President of the Aon e•
rican Stutes, or to the Stadtholder of I follsnd ; but
as to the English Monarch, how much of his in-
come was spent in supporting the outward dignity
of his Crown, and hurt much was left to his own in-
dividaal eujoy went, no one could tell. The conse-
quence was, great plunder, great abuse mid perver-
sion, fatal to the dignity, and injurious to the ho-
nour of the Crown. He would give an instance of the
evil effects of this plait. Witco Paine wrote his book,
he introduced with great coarseness, but certainly
with great strength, some 513..11 intimation as the fol.
lowing ;--11 The King of England is the most ex-
pessiee officer in the known world. • He receives
yearly 900,000/. for performing the ditties of a very
pleasant office." Toe writer had added, 0 I'll en.
gage I would get thousands of able-bodied men
who would be glad to undertake the office for 500/.
.-year." These expressions were doubtless very
brutal; but that which gave them their fullest
force was, the incapability of any one contradicting
them; no one had the means of refuting them.
Imagine a dialogue between Paine and ally other
too upon this subject ; suppose the other party to
be even a Chancellor of the Exchequer, though
certainly that made the dialogue more improbable,
he was not sure that the present Chancellor of the
Exchequer could answer such an imputation. Sup-
-pose the Chancellor, however, to deny the a ion,
the other would appeal to the title of the Act,
which iv, " An Act for the better support of his
Majesty's household, and for maintaining the ho-
nour and dignity of the Crown." %Vhat an.
ewer could be given to the scandal then ? Noose.
The deitinctios between the personal expenses of
lilt Sovereign and those which were applied to •• the
better supporting of his household, and supporting
the dignity of his crown," could never be effectu-
ally explained. He asked, their, on behalf of the
Crown—to the dignity of which lie professed him-
self to be one of the truest hiends—he asked tor
the character of the Government, and ii vindica-
tion of its principles, was it just or proper that this
delusion should be longer continued ? %Vas it lair
Mad true, or foul and false iu its character and effect,
to mix up the little which he contended the reel
share of that expense to be, which was applied to
the uses of the Monarch, with the salaries of his
Ministers, Judges, Ambassadors, and various other
Officers, nay, even to blend his kingly name and
condition with little incidental expenses, such as
;date cud presents, pensions and allowances to little
officers and big officers, and all the incongruous
variety of items its time list, with which, io fro, he
had nothing to do ? But then lie should be told of
the old and necesary mystery of keeping the ac-
counts of the Civil List. He would reply, would not
a man be anxious at all times to keep his accounts,
if they comprised • great variety of business, as
separate and clear as possible ? Would not • gen-
tleman like to have his accounts so kept that he
could see at once what he paid fur wages of labour,
and what he received as profit from his lands—
where it was that he rained on one hand, mid
lie lost on the other, aid how much
uggregate profit we left Jinn upon the whole?
The advice of the It!glit Honourable Gentle-
man opposite was ex oily contrary to this. His
.vecommendation was to keep the recountit nay,-
"aloud, involved—to jumble them all together ;
because theta was things, of a diminution of the
vices and expresser necessity to the due sup-
pert of the dignity of this Crown if once they were
clearly displayed to the Parliament and the cemetery,
therefore it was heldiSest to coutinue the present
bungling gothic mode keepnig those accounts.
But what gnat dignity meld there be in continuing
s aurae erfrsitiel of misrepresentation, or what
tassel dignity could accrue from abandoning it, sad
limply giving Abe Ctesse a chin fir tits amongst
• eleasseary fur arllierelwil disesti,d eetebleslassealt
seiplighs Cousiiidel4ll/00/ But the Right Hun.
g—as egg *4114 perhaps, that there
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