The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-04-21 00:00:00

MANX OF ENGLAND.

Mr. Guturii.l.-lagged to r.k the Hight'lion,
Gentleman a question on the terms ins which a
part of the public business was done at the 144.
On every loan for the public service, a fee of iud.
iu each 1004 was ptiid to the Bank for merely re-
ceiving' the deposits. This exorbitant charge
amounted during the lust war to several hundred
thousand pounds, and on the loan of 1815 to no
less a 'sem titan 40,Qb01. MI the different Cow!
mitts*" that, sat on his subject hod put their
lingirs 'On thii.einsibiono and unnecessary charge,
and yet it wad continued. Would this charge
be made on the present loan, und' at whit rate,
whether to the moo,oool. or to the so,oop,oooL ?
The csstscp.r.ua of the EXcIILQUER replied,
in a low' tone of voice, that Ole demand would inert.
ly apply to the cash part of the loan.
Mr. GRENiELL staid, Oda the dernanctwithsis
obviously objectionable, whether it applied so
3,000.000/, or to 30,000,090/, that, if persisted io,
he would take the seuse of the House in every stage
of the measure. —(Hear, htar.i
The House then resumed, and the Report was
ordered to lie received too-morrow.

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FF.TER HOSPITAL. IN DUBLIN:
On the mutton of Sir JoHN NEWPORT, returns
were ordered of the number of Patients adulated
into. this Hbilpital during the haat year.

OFFENDERS CONVICTION BILL.
On the mintiest Mr. itp4 Imre'. atter a few ob-
seryetkulisirolo Mr. STuaGti Buysps and the ATI
Toßiiity7ditiktts P., the' Cqguanittee.on the
,Olten-
deaConelettenll' was iiastjioned until Monday.

ARTILLEIti DRIVER 4.

Mr. BgN N 1160 pOStpOliell: until IWO day
week, los wooing relative to Artillery Drivers, after
a few words flout the CH•NcIELLoa of the Eh
CHEQVER.
PARISH VESTRIES BILL.
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On the motion of Mr. &wafts 11:36Cratrit, the•
Home wept into a Committee on the Pariah .l'es-1
tiles Bill, 'Olen, on the 'notion of Mr. Alderman
Wood, a Omni: wis agreed, to, to exempt the City
of London froth-the operitiati.of the' Hill.
The Hobs, revoinell,and'the Report was 'ordered
to be received to.inorrow.

POOL; t.oss AMENDMENT DILL.
On the ►uotiou of Mr. STURGES Boyawit, the
House resolved itself into a Committee on the Poor
Laws Amendment Bill, when some conversation
arose on the clans* fo► the appeal of paupers to two
Justices'of the Peace, when refused relief by piro.
cilial. overseer,.

Mr. S.- BOURN% took occasion to state, that a
miacouception had gone abroad respecting what he
mild on a former night of the wages of labourers
being reduced' to 6d. a day in a particular pariah,
■nd the poor people thmisii hack on the poor's
rates for the remainder of their anbliatauce. The
pariah he had mimed was flollesley, and the pray
lice anis most cenaurable.—( Hear.)
Sir CiIARI.44I MONCY and Mr. Ginocei suggest•
ed au alteration its the claase for the disposal et
children iu workhouses, and recommended ttont,
they should, with the consent of their Parents, be
pieced. out at handicraft trades.-
sir. H. St:NINFR, ColOuel E1.1.1190N. end SiT T.

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risntisit , concurred in the propriety's,' niterriat-
nig the parish officers from itulding their weethogt
at ale-(rouses, where an unnecessary expense was
uniformly incurred.
Mr. C. GRANT objected to the clause, because,
while it prevented parents from spending the money
gratiteel to them for the support * .their children,
it encouraged, in the latter, a fondness for parochial
assistance.
Colonel WOOD and Mr. MSXISSON defended
the clause us one of a very beneficial failure.
Mr. LYTTELTON considered the clause as ob-
jectionable—but he would agree to it, considering
this Bill to be merely an incipient measure.
After a few.pbservations front Mr. BUTTERWORTH.
Mr. Cuttwast, Lord CosirToN, and Mr. F.
DouGt.ss, the original clause wa•, agreed to.
Thr liouse then resumed, the Chairman reported
iwogress end obtained leave to sit again this day.
Lord. STANLEY gave notice that he would this
day move for a Coiuniittee to inquire Into the state
of the cotton manufacture.

COPYRIGHT ACTS.
, Mr. WYNN moved that • Select Committee I;e
appointed to inquire into the different Acts relative
to copyright. and tp report to the House what
alterations are necessary to be made therein.-+
Agreed to.
Tire Petitions respecting copyright, presented
to Parliament during the 'present Session, were or-
dered to be referred to the said Cornmitter —and
also the returns of hooks demanded by public
libraries from Stationers' Hail.
Mr. Beoootai brought up the Report of the Irish ?thee/el.
Igneous servicea.—The resolutions were ordered to be taken
into further rouoideration on Wednesday next.
The Innkeepers' Bill went through a Corinnittee
Report this dap. ~
Mr. Alderman Wooer brought in • Bill fur the better enr,
pinyment of the pour us Ireland, by the turunragement of
partnerships —Read • first, ordered to be read a seessuJ time
on• Monday sleet, and tube printed. .
Paw. Hydrometer' Bill went through perlansaitieti. Biker
e few words from Mr. Alderman Arninii sad Mr.
ING7oll.—Report OR ,Thursday.
/Or. Lustuierrow presenter) an account of the number of
ornery,' widows on the ruperannuated Bac—Ordered to be
printed.
Mr. 61•11111101011 • brtiorld• in the Duke of Cambridge's
Provision Bill.—Rimagairss,and ordered to be read a second.
time this day. . • •
Mr. Lusmetreolt brought is the Duchess of Cumbaer
land's Jointure Bill.—Read a first, and ordered to be read a
second time this day.
Adjourned at ONi OTI.OcK.

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LIST OP TNb• MINORITY
WHO VOTED TOR THE LARGE GEAR? TO III! ROTAS:
HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF ELARENCL.

A bereromby, Ho.A. Fuster,'L. Paget, Hon. C.
/Ulan, G. Franco, R. Pahorr, Col.
Arbuthuot, Rt. Ho. Frank, Admiral Peel. Sir R.
C. F ,C. Peri. Right Hon. R.
A pail, Lord Pynes, H. Peel, W. Y.
Barry, acne. Jahn Grant, Col. Percy, ILiii. J.
thutstißi. Hu.C. Gam'', Sir R. Pennant, G. H. D.
1111013, It. Gipps, Gt o. Phipps, Hon. Gen.
Buxton, J. Golding Ed. Pole, Sir C.
Beresford, Lord G. Gooch, J. S. Pin tcr, Gin.
Bereslord, Sir .t. Goulburn, H. Powell; W. E.,
Bernard, Vise. Goyim, Earl Pringle, Sir W.
Binning, Lord Grist, C. jun. (Itiliv,• Hon. W. If.
Btackberite, .1. (kaya IS ks H. Sir C. Itecksawage, Lord
Rlackburne J. J. Gunning, Sir G. Rownd, J.
Roane!, Alex. Holmes, Win. Ryder, Rt. Ha. R. •
Bridport, Lord Riney, C. ISobhistio,Rt. an,.
Butler, Hon. H.C. HIII, Sir G. F. St Pail, Sik $l.
Boerne, Right Ho. Hope, Geo. A. Scott, Sir W.
W. S. Horrucks, S. Scott, E.
Brooke, C. Howard, Lord H. M.Shaw, R.
Brydges, Sir J. E. Hume, Sir A. Shepherd, Sir S.
Calvert, John Hurkision, Rt: Hn. Singleton, Sir M.
Copley, J. S. W. Smith, T. A.
Cotigreve, Sir W. Holford, G. P. Somerset. Lord G.
Compton, Earl of Hulse, Sir C. Spenser, •Sir B.
Cole; Sir C. Jackson, Sir .1. Stanhope, Hnii..l.
Colitinrat, Sir N. C. Jeukiason, Hon. C. Stirling,
,Sir W.
Causing, Rt. Hn.G. boles, Hugh Stopford, Ho. Sir E.
Canning, G. Keane, Sir John Strict, J. 11.
Cartwright, W. R. Kerriam, Nit Ed. Sullivan, Rt. Hii. J.
Castles:nigh, Via. lii,irkwill, Vis. St robes,' A .
Chute, W. Liman, Lord Sykes, air M.
Clerk, Sit G. Laeon, E. K. Thorattna, Gen.
Cline; Henry Leigh; J. H, Tliyone, Lord J.
Collett, Ehee. J. Littleton, Ed. Townshend, Hun.
Cuurteusy, T. P. Long, Rt. Hon. C. HG. P.
Criniptane, Via- LionASOldi Co! Trefstiivii Him. C.
Ctklott, R A. Lopez, Sir M. I,lre, M.
eruhrt, 3. W. Laiuvaine, Lord Valletort, Via. ..
Curtis. Sir W. Luthington, S. It. Vansittart,Ri.Ha.N.
Coat, Hon. W. Luttrell, H. P. Vernon; George
C 111114114 Hon. R. Lygan, Mon. H. IL WakpoM, Lord
Chichester, Arthur Maitland, J., Wallsecit t . Hon. T.
Deering, C. Moberly, John Ward, R.
Dalrymple, A. J. Macdonald, R. Warrender, Sir G.
Dishrowe, Col. M arjuribaiiiiii, Sir J. Wetherell, C.
Dundas, Rt. Ho. W. Manama, Lord R. White, M.
Dulfrrin, Lord MIIIIIIKIP, R. %Ivan., IL
Dawkins, J. March, Earl of Williams, R.
Durteombe, C. Marsh, C. Wilvouu, Cr E.
Domino, G. Mellish, W. Wildman,—
Eliot, Hon. W. Michell, Gaa. Wise, A.
Eatcouri, T. G. Mond', Sir C. Wood, Sri M.
Evelyn, L. Moore, Lord H. Wood. M. jun.
Ease, J. T. Moorsom, Sir R. Wood, Col.
Fllf•Mili, R. 141a4101101. II: Worcester; Marti. of
Farquhar, J. Mseoitoehie, A. Wrotteslel, H.
Ferraro ,J: . Mom, W. T. IYibit, re.
Finob,•Hosi. Ed. Neville, R. Yorke, Rt. Hn. C.
Filsharris, VIIC. Nichol, Rt Hn.SirJ.
Fitalingli, Wan. Oshnened. R. Paarrerr nor;
Fliod; Sir F. Owen, Sir John Murray, Gen. sir'.
Forbes, Via. Paget, Ho•. B. Yarmouth, Earl of
Forrester, Cecil

The name of Sit M. B. Mies sms, by mistake, omitted
in the list of those that voted against the large pant.
Should any mistake have occurred in the above list. in
eounibquemee of the House having divided in Committee; wit
shall be happy to rectify it. .

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LAW ErfELLIGENCE.,
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COVIIT OF KINGS fIENCHOCIIBTImerguI,
MoNDAT, Aran. 40.
_APPEAL OF =ROM
WM. ARIIFOILD V; AlltitliAlt 111,01111 TOW.
This extraordinary cause wail decided thia incom-
ing. On the Judges taking their seats on the
Bench,_

• Mr.Goaxitv rose and said, their Lordships 1n,%.
mg beau pleased to indulge the Appellant's Conn-
,ael by amain a day, to allow them to consider
whether they would pray the Court to prouount e
' lodgment on the counter-plea—whetlter battle
:should be waged or the Defendsiit suffered to go
without a day—lie had now to state, that he had uu
'prayer to make to the Court.
Mr. itssoco—•• My Lords, I apprehend the
Appellant must he called."
Lord ELLENBOROUGH" Call the Appellant."
The proper Officer then proceeded to say—

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