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h en made, nor was there any reversionary interest. It theretbre
%vas fully competent for Parliament to bring in a Bill to authorise
tits. Resolution of the House, which abolishes all Patent Offices
t.f r the death of the holders, or reversionists. He had no diffi-
culty in assuring the House, tliat there were some regulations to
bi• adopted in respect to 'the Office, on• which the Commissioners
wi re employed, und, of course, those would create some delay ;
no, in the interim, no appdintment would be made—Meat-, hear!)
Mr. Buot.A.lLot wasp erfectly satisfied with the explanation.
lie had, however, to.remind the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the
Itosolution of the House did not provide for any regulations in the
()dice ; it went, on the contrary, to abolish it totally ; or in the
event of the exercise of it by deputy, the whole of the profits were
..st go to the Consolidated Fund.
Mr. Pur3. observed, that the Resolution was prefaced by leaving
Crown at liberty to provide compensation for those public ser-
voats dispossessed of their places by such means.
Mr. Huns EH said, that the public would not .he satisfied, until
to -let of Parliament was brought iu to secure them against reno-
vation of the Office, s,
SUPPLY. . .

Ontringing up the Report of the Supply,
TiEd N EY, before agreeing to the Report, veished to know
when the estimates were to be produced. He had understood
fr.t.n a NohkeLord not now in the House, that a general statement
of ilte probable expenditure of the country would be laid before
P•lrliament,
• LUSHINGTON had stated, the preceding day, that his Right
l!on. Friend would lay the Estimates before the House on the
ate:iest day—this day se'nnight. All that was required now was
to :14ree to the usual vote of a Supply. •
Mr. TIDENEV.—The usual vote of a Supply is what I object to,
until I know ho* the Estimates are.
.The gallery was then cleared for a division—during our exeln-
t.lon, we understood, Mr. Bathurst, Mr. Preston, Mr. Tierney, Sir
• Heathoote, Mr. Bourne, Lord Ossulstml, and Lord Binning,
to nlc sorne•obaervations, and then, we understood, the Report was
agrued to.—Adjourned.
Tituasniy. TER. R.
Sirß. HERON wished to learn frotu the Noble Lord (CssTLE-
itva6u) when it was the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to
e sramenee that plan of economy, the mention of which in the
Peitiee Regent's gracious Speech bad given such lively satisfac-
tion to his Royal Highness's faithful Commons —O4 laugh).
Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, the Hon. Baronet could not be ig-
n•trant that Ministers were anxiously seeking for every opportu-
rim or retrenchment; that all which could be done hitherto, had
b !,.11 done ; and he could assure the Hon. Baronet, that no oppnr-
t•htitv of introducing the most rigid economy into the 'niblick ex-
-I::infiture would be neglected. .
_'it. BROUGHAM moved for the production of a copy of the treaty
tweon Austria, Russia, and Prussia, for the formation of a general
Christian compact, to which all other States are invited to accede.
suspected that more was meant by this than met the eye, and
t;tat it was in truth no other than a combination against powers who
d =tot profess the Christian religion. And also for the production
i‘ :,:tother Treaty reported to have been concluded betwen Austria,
atice, and another Power, for guaranteeing their respective
tei”-itories against Russia.
Lord CASTLEREAGH denied that the first treaty could in fairness
• viewed in the light in which it was held by the lion. Gent. There
%vas no reason to think that any hostility was meant towards any
; but, on the contrary, that it was framed in the same true
it it of Christian charity and humanity towards the whole human
•e, as was evinced by its language. On the latter treaty if papers
• called for, they would be produced'; but it was not to be en-
il,:rtd that he should he thus questioned as to the manner in which
i'oreign treaties might affect this country.
Mr. BROCOIIi m gave notice he would tomorrow move for the two
ti.).•ttioctits.—Adjourned.
FRIDAY; FEB.
',. new Writ was ordered for Seaford, vice T. Leach, Esq. who
• II.: A ccepted the Chiltern Hundreds.
The Bill to render Freehold Estates liable to simple Contract
4!s, the Bill to amend the Act for establishing a Bridge over
00'11;11;1es at Southwark, and the Naval Courts Martial Bill, were
to ol a first. time.
Lour e was given to bring in a Bill for Ugtaiug the City of Exeter
'with tias.
;qr. DAvios presented-a Petition from the Merchants, Traders,
4totaers, of against the Insolvent Debtors'-Act. Laid
v.; the tame.
Mt'. western presented a Petition from, the flandred -of Boa-

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ord, in Essex, consisting of the Gentry, Clergy, and 1.4 e •l-ow,,ers,
complaining of the grievous burden of the Pnwerty tAx to Land-
owners, and upon Agriculture in general.- -Laid on the table.
The Hon. Member then postponed his notice of motion, on the .4 üb-
ject of the distressed state of Agriculture, until Thursday sc-bnight.
Mr. GRENEELL moved for the letter written by the Fast Lord of
' the 'Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the 16th or
January, 1816, to the Governor of the Bank of Engla:,d.
Mr. LUSIIINGTON assured the Hon. Gentleman that th,• iPtter
would be laid on the table on Monday.
Mr. OnENFELL said. Monday would not do: it must he printed
and in the hands of the Members before Monday.—The motion was
agreed to.

MARSHAL NEN'.
Mr. BENNETT moved an Address to the Prince Regent, for a
copy of the correspondence on the subject of the Convention, espe-
cially as it affected Marshal Ney.
Lord CASTLEREAGH observed, there was no difficulty in pro-
ducing those parts of the Correspondence which were official.
There was one of the documents which was not strictly ?o, which
could not be produced. At the same time he had to obi r, e, .here
was not a pretence for imputing had faith to the British ce Fri nets
Governments 4and he wished such a declaration to b
ar taken on the
broadest faith as to Ney. He would vr gue the mat-
ter now; for he was prepared to do so, when it came regularly
before the House.—The motion was agreed to.
CHRISTIAN MONARCHS' fREAT V.
Mr. BROUGHAM rose to move for a copy of the Treaty entered
into between the three powers—Austria, Russia, and Prussia, on
the 26th of September. He was not aware any oojeetion to the
production of the Treaty. [Here Lord Castlereagh signified his dis-
sent.]—The Hon. Gentleman observed, that he was unwtii.ng to give
rise to any discussion now, in order to anticipate the intented dis-
cussion ; but as the Noble Lord had given his dissent to the produc-
tion, he must, in justice to himself, say a word or two. lu moving
for the Treaty, he did not wish Ministers to disclose any thing de-
trimental to the public service, or inconsistert with the delicacy of
the situation of the noble Lord to foreign Powers. But the hare
existence of a document, such as he alluded to, was a circit,osiance
which was not to be passed over : the House was uound to see that
good faith was kept by all the powers to this country. if the House
found, in a very few weeks after concluding the Treaties, that at
Treaty was concluded by the three powers, Austria, Russia, and
Prussia, to the exclusion of England, some explanation was neces-
sary for this mode of deviation. It had been always understood,
that when treaties were to be entered upon between Powers, re-
sponsible Ministers were uniformly the person?, who signed the
Treaty ; but here the Monarchs were the actual diploolatists. He
could not avoid noticing (without meaning any thing offensive) the
simplicity with which the noble lord received the Treatyno last
secular even-
ing., He had called it a just and Christian Treaty, with ,
no temporal views. But he would ask, was there any occasion for
these Monarchs to meet as defenders of the Christian religion ? Had
any person called in question their religion ? Was there any reason
for there describing themselves as an united Christian family ?
There had been no parallel for such a Meeting since the date of the
famous Crusades. The Hon. Gentleman then commented on the
Treaty, observing, that it went beyond the incre defence of the
Christian religion ; for it did not promise their subjects spiritual
succour only, but it. promised to send them " armies.."fhis was,
no doubt, in the spirit of fraternity with which they first sat down
to frame the contract. 1 here armies were to lead them, when no
attack was menaced, against justice or religion. There was a
something alarming, in his opinion, in this, what a certain French
writer would call " l'Abonehenzent des Roil." What had been the
issue of the friendly compact formerly entered into between the
same powers, who sent out a proclamation which sprung up war,
and led to the partition of Poland? Did not late Empress Catha-
rine, at Warsaw, after she had plundered the Poles, shed oceans of
blood ? In the course of a few days 30,000 Poles were massacred,
and 30,000 more driven out of Warsaw, and she concluded her pro-
clamation (which, by-the-bye, was from the same Dictionary as the
present Treaty) with expressing the cries of a tender mother for
the happiness of her children. This solicitude she had shewn by
chastening those whom she loved,"—(hear, hear,)—and calling
upon the Polish people to shed their lest drop of blood, as they
loved their God, and at the same time kissing the cross of their S#-
viour, (hear, hear). After such6an example, it would be a pieceof un-
paralleled simplicity to say that the present Treaty meant nothing,
when history had shewn that a previous and similar Treaty meant
so much ; but it might be said, that this nation was not included in
it, because it had not arranged itself under the banners of the Holy
Cross. lie then prove d—" That an humble Address bQ rtesented