The National Register.
London, England, 1819-03-01 00:00:00

MONDAY, Fss. n.

Air. WAIT:4IIAX said, he held in 141 band a Petition from
R.Cerlisle, complaining of vexatious arrest and imprisonment.
lie wished to mate that he knew nothing of the Petitioner
the Petitition had, however, been put into int hand to pre•
sent, anti therefore he now mowed that it should be lartmght
up. 'flie Petition w a brought ap .111111 read, and tompidined
of the 1i:114411p the Petitioner had sustained, in begin;
rested tinder a warrant of thief Justice Abbott, and pi eying
fora repel of the law which gave this porter to the Chief
Justice.
Oidered to lie on the table.

A Meseoge from We Lords informed the Rouse, their
Loidst►ips had agreed to the .n%eniy MiLions Exchequer
8,1 Bi►t, and the Bristol Bill.
The 11.1.11eS of the &flatters uu P►iday's ['allot were, ou
Ilse Motion of Mr. V.u.►ttart, called over, and the screral
Members ordered to wittyt on future 1),1110:,.

The Cinustiersweencr,' Regulation Bill was read a third
time, and stilt to the Lords.
THE WINDSOR ESTABLISHMENT.
Lord C4STLeREAGH then .noved !he (k(ler of the Day, tor
the House 1.; g into a Committee on that pa§ tof the vetch
of the Lords Linionissioners winch related to the M. initsor
EitahlisliateW. The Mouse Lasing accuritiliz;y itiicivcd it-

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self into a Committee, the Noble Lord observed, lie should
now proceed to Illnve certain Resolutions on the sithject of
hi. Nlojesty's Attu!, Establishment. The more usual way
could have in en, perhaps, to have •eil for leave to biro;
in a Bill, and then discuss that Hitt in its several ;
lout he was desirous tile. House almond have the is hole subject
before it at one .view, and SitattliSS Ihe IteSobllloll9l ; which,
ilZreed to, he then could nueve for leave to bring in Bills
founded upon them. He Anodd move. firm, ;$
grouting 40,0091, for his Majesty's Establish ; second, a
Resolution fur regulating the Pensions of lies late Maje4tyi
SetvAlitx;. third, A blesuliition for a groat of 10,0001. to the
(..'iustos uf his Majesty's Pelson : *and, font oh,
to melee a partial alteratioa in the mode of siopernitionating
the Kona's Servants. There would also be *bills andlsixds.
Resulution, but they would be of subordinate ennsequen,e .
and %soul" society regard the future payments train the Ex:
chequer and other neuters of fm on. The Noble:Lord thew
pruceeded to state the sever4l Resolutions and their object
to the Committee, With is epee, in the filet resolution,
inimely, the ao,imal. for the Windsor Establi•h cent, the
141 ttttt rs of tbu Committee hit 'lt elflike...l Iris labour by
tioelr Report ; they twitter 01i that enin at a fit one
for the Ventilator Esialstisisisseitt. Tiler° WAS, as far as could
he, general opinion that tilt snit was remientable, and the
otipuiniuneats in ide o th ea timeh•economy as eotibi be dom.
The only paint on siettiels there was any difference NYS,
whrlhtr there should he fiur or six Lreierroeo. Mr. Iltirke's
Will hail certainly fixed the annitier at four, and lie should
now re-argue that weenie°. With respect to the 50,0001,
nue third would, be taken to keep up Windsor as a Resat'
Palace, and steer one third for siderira ; and in fact not
mute than 16,004. svotilil he left fir the support of his Md.
jesty's tatec and state, a slim which be trusted would not Se
considered as extravagant. Thu second I esoliition wont
relate to the salaries a al prit•ions to her tote Majesty's
houschopl ; and ewe the Committee bail endeavoured to fermi
themselves on the precedents of QIIVPII Caroller the PH:i-
ces, Dowager of Wales, and ()even liars ; and wherever
these couil be deperleil front, witivest elaritte
strict atiention hail been paid to ecommos. With resi ect to
• the officers of state, tiel had deported from the preeedeut
and bed reduced their salaries from 55,0001. to about 18,001.11.
dins saving about 7,0301. and the sum now to be voted fur the
superannuation of her late Majesty's servants, We/1 Its. than
eithar Queen Curoliue's or the Princess Dowirger's.
third reselittion related to the grant In the Cll4losl. Upon
this he understood the Right Han. Gentleman intended tc
propose an eitiendineoit. He sinderstooll the Right Hoe.
Gentleman did not propose to alter the office of the Ceesios,
but merely to propo-e that the allowance to the Ciosoei
should be taken out of the privy purse. This would be Sc
touch that fond as a public hued ; a proposition which, in Mr
opinion, could not be defended on any principle of law 0:*
katiee which the Right Hon. Gentleman could !wise fore aril
When the office of Cistos was considered both as 'elated t,,
its sespinisibility, whether looking at it in a public or private
point or view, and its importance. lie could not but think it
might to lie paid as other great official trusts were, out of die
public purse. He was MOW to COtllollti with the Right (dolt.
Gentleman, that, as in the case of a private
.individeal,
the Lord ChalleellOPil °old have to decide whit charge shank!
be laid oil the lunatic's estate, so was Parliament in its equity
to decide upon the charge to be made upon his Majesty's pro-
perty ; and furtiier• that in law, justice, and rgnity, the
House could not apply the sin-pine of the privy purse, which
was private propel ty, to !Me rry.itiont of so public °Meer, 29
the Comes was, whether th it otbee wa• vested in the Quetta
Consort, the Duke of York, or ans othi,r individual or high
rank. Tile Acts of the 39th and abtli of the King bail given.
to his Majusey tae right and controul over this property, and
a power to his Majesty to dispose of such private peoperty
by will ; and to pet it beyond all doubt what this private
property was, from What it was to arise, the 1301 mei-
merates the purchases Made by his Majesty out of the sur-
plus of his privy pulse. Aud, if any doubt after this carol+,
, have existed, it was set at rest by Parliament, in the Acts at
isil and ISIg ; when iu these Acts, Parliament with the
mist scrupulous jealousy, declared the Privy Parse to be
60.0001. and tied up as hi, Majesty's private property, in the
strictest manner, to be disposed of by his Alajesty,either by
will, or as the private properly of any tither iudirilinal would
be by law disposed of. Anil at the time they did this, Par'
[lament was most careful not to throw any public charge
upon the privy purse. And he had now to contend, diet 151
the ease of the King, the same charges could not be 'mode on
his private property which would be made on the property
of any individual. He was nut now arguing the case of a,
private individual, hut the case of the Sovereign of the
Country, revered and hemmed as he was slid ever would be.
The Sovereign at the commencement of the present
hail a revenue w:ticli would now have produced two millions.
This he gave rip for a tiered Civil List and a Privy Purse. All,
his servants were paid nut of that Civil List; and were, in fact,.
',oldie Servants ; and although he had beau ovet taken by
the lamented Malady, under sv hick he now laboured, he was
nut lilts our Sovereign, or less entitled to his moppet) t
maimenanre, and to the stipport of his public scream. ;
and if there was a public Officer at all about the
Roval Pelson, on Officer of public, confidence end'
trust—an individual who was to shield our Sovereign and
the Constitution of the conntry from the machinations of
those who might be ionlowed to invade the rights of either ;
whilst treating on such a subject, he trusted the Legitlature
would not wish to put this individuel on the footing of an old
pulse atteieting n sick bed.—Hear, hear!—He hoped the.
question would be met itiantelly and foldly, arid Cot he dis•
posed of by trimming of votes —land cries of Hear ! from
both sides.—No Officer could be mote prominent than the
Gnardian of the Kiug's Person. But the case had been
sealed up by the Acts of Paeliament. 'file privy purse was
the private property of the Koverei4ll, and tue.lit have beets
disposed of by will. to usinblish,rush a tnrerecnt as %sal
now proposed, would be consistent neither with the wisdom
nor the justice of Parliament, as it went to deprive the King
of a right possessed by the meanest of hie subjects. He
(Lord C.) nddrevied a noise that was about to commerce its
career of legislation, and to establish its cloaracter..—Hear,
hear ! from all qualities of the House.—And would it be-
come a Bi itish Parliament 11) tresapaea on the rights of their
afflicted and nnfortunete Mount rub ? During the pressure of
a protracted war, the property of the foreigner vested in
our fowls renteitied untouched ; and would the House lay
violent Minds on the small remeant of the properly of the
King ? He hardly thought the Right Hmieurable Gentle.
anon would have the hardihood to make the proeiwitiolli
or would endeavour to itidece the House to accede up a pro•
position that would cover them with 'Diem). But sheltie}
lie have eguiteir of nerve for the purpose, he trusted ihe
House wurold treat the preposition in the summer il el IL
I've himself, he se‘tild say, " :Maws Irv. Zee. swim ie"

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MARCH 1

6.."`
—Before sitliwg clowir he begged to state, that It was moat
pa,nfol to the Duke of York to have his name connected with
irsiv money diseismions tat that Renee. The Ihike was ac-
tuated solely by a sense of public duty ; but be WAS autho-
rized to state on the part eine. Royal Highness, that he would
uritlhel directly nor indirectly accept of any genet Ir the
private property of his llaje•ty. I'lle Noble Lard con-
tinder' by moving the first rr.ulrisimo, lhar the 4111110f50,1/001.
should be allowed net of the civil list fur the expetives of the
NVisidsor Establishment.
Air. 'Vitiate ev that he should consider the question
under three heads I ht. the allowance for the Windsor Esteb-
lisentelit ::.l. the allowance tut the servants of the lam Queen
and ad. welch was the IHUSt impel-relit of all, the allowance to
the Duke of York. He had at first beets of opiuiou, are the
sow ut :010.101. was emelt too large for the Windeur Establish-
er, nt ; but had soilesequently altered his opinion, when hr un-
(bassint that the expellee of Witelsor Castle :done aei..outed
.ss 2u,teral. a year. The remainder lie did not think ton
14re a fa the Cale of the King. 'f he country would up-
braid hint for any little economy by which a saving of 2 or
3,0,10 i, might be nude. There had been etiough of 14141 debates
iu that House, and he was sincerely sorry they hail hot come
to a e;Ose, It Wes a 111411er of extreine regret that the case
of
See ieell's Establishment should have come before the Com-
Matte, but that %vat probably occasioned by the circienstan•
ces of die case. lie had performed a most unpleasant ditty iU
canvassing the claims of Ladies a high rank, but 01 bleeder
tai tulle ; toe expence had been stated at 21,0001. annually.
lie bad felt doubts on the soihject of the male pert of the
Esteblishureast, haw far they n ei e entitled to the ewitiiiiialice
of their shin sauces , and that point had been eubsequently
eiv co up by the Nat& Lord. He wee pleased, and he hoped
SIC potties Nese ei; telly so—( A laugh )—lt had been said, that
toe tetuale pint ut tile establishment should have their 4110W-
ances its well as their Salaries; autl 'eons' li of set vice It ad teen
also pleaded ab a 4r1)1111i1 fit •111itinflal sell 1111 l and the
Committee had 1)f.411 a line as well as they could. After the
declassed 111 l of he Sable Lord, lie aispeeled to the inelice of
the [time; and sliduld he succeed, oinin the principies albs
Neale Lard, he would throw lawny upset the House of Cone.
noes. The. House had hem told, that it they voted money
from the Privy Purse, the Doke of York would net accept it.
But he would say, that if the House voted money, the proudest
Duke au Euglaud might take it. But he denied the proposition
teat Litt Privy Poise vas the private property ot the King.
The 011110) had out been given to the 11150 but to the office,
to support its aligai(y , and Parliament lied never teeognised
aay sem as the private purse of the Sovereign. The Ministers
were responsible for any sum taken flour the Civil List by the
Kole; moiler that reraiensitaility the King might have taken
6:0,0.101. as soon as 60,0a01. The privy parse was Unknown 10
the C nustittilion, to Parliament, end the Country. 'the mini at
first taken for that purpose had been 46,0001. and hail been
suhseipiently increased 1360,0001. In 1799 the King had psi r-
chesed the granted on which Kew Palace had levee mitre aids
haat. and titer. wished to be enabled to make a will. Hence
the Act of Pal lisdiesist had originated ; but that Act did nut
recognize the existent.« of a privy purse, brit only that the
nroiwy leaved by has alejests mierit be dispueed of by nisi. 'fae
sr:el:alien of Pruvideuce web which the Koss; was a:dieted
her altered the whole of the cese,aud thew hole of his private
property was setered by the law. When the King was first
taker ill, hopes hail been entertained of n Speedy recovery,
amide arrangement had hero in.:. le respecting the !navy
pails. But where was tux used ut asay artangeuserai had the
pony purse been regarded as the private property of the
Sorel-env When the taupe; oi the King's rcovery lied ceased
a new HI ranv,eshent ueeu formed by th ee
Stud of the King.
'list was the principal Act, and would satisfy the House that
whet be proposed had been recognised lay three blenches of
the Lcgislature. ee Cousmissioneis lent beast appointed,
in whom the management of the King's perSonal ploperty
had been invested. These Commission:es took an °Atli of
secrecy oa die subject of the property, froth will h tilt) were
only released by coinit.g intu a Court of Law ill defence of the
'novelly. They were bound to disclose nettling, erre in
consequence of ail Older of the lieuee. lly the 39(11 and
40th of the Kiee, the private propel Iv had been eccuristely
defiued ; but the privy purse ass not property in the same
souse. 'file privy parse was charged with two payments,
:au anoint, peynieut of 14,0001. and a monthly one at 4,2uu1.;
but by the 52d of the Krug the monthly payment had been
raised to 4,9001. and the value Art had declared it to he rea-
boilable that the expenseo of the medical attendauce should
be paid out of the wiry purse. So that it would appeal le be
reasonable to befallen the privy purse with some part of the
charge; and infiriuous,accin ding to the Noble Lord,to borate',
it with another part.—Hear, ItrAr.—Ministers had made the
savings under the Act of the Slat evadable by the Act of
the 54.1; and that was certainly a strung mrsswe. Dy the
wore, of the Act, the C •. Mums, who hail the tuirmge-
meet of the King's private property, had no power over die
privy pulse. The House had the poem to take even ilos
expense ill the Windsor Est airlishinetil °ldol the psivy pulse;
but he had no intention to nuke may proposidual of that na-
ture, But Mailable's arid, Eudeav our to nanke up a purse Jur
Ord kuows whom. Another wiry poise of 60,01141.
bad
been assigned to the Prince Regent, and tells WO, to Ire re-
garded as varied; for it was as much the property it the
hung as the first, the appointment of a Caistos. was a
aur charge aspen the privy loose. A couit of equity
would pulsate tee balite course that he was enaleavournig to
impress upon ,he (louse, and the necessary charges wound be
drawn tier tile property of the lunatic—No doubt! frees the
filinisies lel side.— Well, then, (continued Mr. 1..) all are
*greed: and Ilse Amendment is gamed That Ainendutent
was, that the surplus al isine from the Dimity of Laiteastr
1J fiats the Privy Purse should be appliedt o delta) the
eepence et the care cri lite Royal "'resell. He agreed with
tie r'.otlir Lord, shut ilie character of the new Perimment
wonla depeuit upon the Vote of that night. it was the duty
it every lege, in the patient slate of die comedy, to save all
tie 100111) he cuaild to the Palma:, and here a saving might
b • suede to the anemia of Wastrel. a year 1 and I.e sleight.
emPaine to tlinsk that rum would be saved, till lie loose! bier
self in the rulasority. lie thought the Kurile Lord had been
under the heceseity ut leveling such a pioaosal, contrasy to
Lit ewe good good Renee. Of the grant itself lie sitonnl say
11.)thillg, and had adopted the present as It middle c
The Mgt, chalet:ter of the ileyal Family *meld be huh t by the
toudeet al Allnialtll, who 11411 VII a Inflater OCCasiuli made
den...lnd.!' 12,0001. for lite Royal Dimes, awl hiteu thee glad
to raise boitl.h. A had I. ins 11 114s1 been made fur the bounty
• the cunnuu ). Tbr Prince Regent 114 d 70.0 inti. per Amami,
besides eb,inno. as (lattice el ales, and as 1)111st al
CJ111,4 all. 051 W which, 30,0JU1. was set ashes tot payment
of na. mot., arid 21,00111, to the Ps incess of Walee•
It w•as
thin toast uupohtic to insult the let :imps oh a 61111111.1110 d
'the Right Hon. tient. concluded inutving tke
.a.s.re• p
uetul..ut hoar Ire had totusetly otated, of dept)ing (lit

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surplus of the revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, and of
the Privy Purse, to defray the expellee of the care of the
Vocal PeTSOII.
Mr. Peet. thoneld the prnpnsition of the Right lion. Gent.
moat miwarrautabie, the indelicacy of which was irdecnieilt
by no adequate advantage. Bs the Acts of the atith soil
4otli of tile Kin:, a valley poise had been recognized, and
more fully by the ,tet of the .slst ; but an allowance of
00,0001. a-year had been level:liked by Parliament, even
neiore the 29111 and 40111 itt the King. By Mr. Burke's Bill
the privy purse had been recognised, and estimates of expen-
d hide directed to be made by the 'f reasto y, by the Act of
1782. In 1789 a Bill hail passed that House, by which the
power of the Regent, with respect to the private property of
the King, was limited to the renewal of Irises. The Right
Honourable Gentleman had said, why shuald not the reninne-
tali )))) of the Cullom, he taken out of the privy purse as well as
die payment ut the medical men. But that charge was made
payeale out of the privy purse, because it hail been so paid
by the Kin:. When Mr. Percival had moved the appoint-
ment of a Secret Committee, the late Mr. Sheridan and Mr.
Adam declined to attend, un aecomit of the indelicacy of
enquiring into the private. property of the King—Hear! hear!
—and their conduct had out been disapproved of by any of
their party,
Mr. BA NK Es replied to the last Speaker, mail differed from
the view taken by the Noble Lord. The right of property
would nut be at all affected by the proposed amenilitieut ;
nor was there any reason to ;top' elicod the spoliation of
private property. The stun ill ,ine,lion wlm. mole
thou
the iniditioll4leapense that would be hielired by the Duke of
York.
Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Martin of Galway; said, they should
vole for the grant.
Mr. l'ltteritEßUL gave his cordial ilsvtlit to the amend-
ment.
Mr. HURRISSON observed, that at the beginning of' the
Kiug's the whole nf the Civil List had bete at the dis
posal of the Crown; but afterwards a distinction had beeii
made between the put iipplicaeie to the puldic service and
to the expenditure ut the King. Tile office of the Royal
Duke was one second to none. lint that a soli hail alto gi own
not of the calamity whirl' had induced Pei Heinen'. to invest
another of Ills !dimly with the dignity of Regent; and there-
fore it nut to be rous.deled as a private otEce. He
wall astonished that Gentle Heat could consider the lattice of
Cuetue as uneoinieeted %stilt the Windsor Establishment, when,
in fact, the Doke of You k was to has e the wimle controul of
the Windsor Establuslimetit. It' it was the pleasure of the
HOlise to confer an erilumei dote, they ought not to withhold
from him a feir a enitmeration, but not out of pi °petty pinged
as much out of their power a, that at soy private individual
whatever. It' nal, let the Duke of 1 irk have notlijug ; hilt
let him preserve los honour, and let Pailianteist preserve its
honour cheering—by uut interfering with that which
et,it nut belong to them.
Mr. Hu me said, the Right How Gentleman had appealed to
the House to protect the honour of the Duke of York, and he
liupeil they would, fur it was unlv his .11.9esty's Jliuisters
who hail railed his Royal Ilteliness'• honour ill gnatiol. By
oltei nig his It teal Higneess a re 111111 l eration, they were
puntul
Kent in the sit Ration of any common kei per.—Question!
question was quite satisfied the Duke of Yolk would
ankiously ilowitarge his duty without fee or rewatd. lie Was
willumq to go any leligth in reemneratine the Mike ; but lie
Could not agree to set Mitt limn the hard earrings of all eady
over-hardened People 10,0001. a yeah.
Lord Com eroe agreed in die alisolut e necessity of ecoonloy
in the present ?Mite of the ennutry ; lint this was out et tee
cases in which he could not agree. Ile thanglit they itaa now,
in the unfortunate state of his Majesty an opportunity of'
ivarking their loyally.
Mr. )lAestriet.to said, he could net epee a ith this vote,
which was against the plinciple, of eemionty imposed upon
him by the distresses of the country. Ii was more necessary
to mark their desire of economy, than their loyalty, Willa
lie believed bad never yet been doubted-
Nli. Wit.soa 1101 ashamed to vote against popular 00.
nion, it it dal trit agree with his conscience ; but to this in-
stance he mineil emve ins vote for the amendlitent.
Alderman N tI rum As would not lie afraid to deliver his
opiiiian 911 this vni..)wel, it' it should be afterwards necessary ;
not lie hoped a email he unnecessary, and diet the (petition
would be deiiileit that night. Butt it mused his indignation
to hear, that the Doke of York was willing to take the money
out ci lee pocket, of all impoverished people, hut nut out of
the Privy Parse,
MI. H. Datis spike for the original motion.
The Sociceroe .17 es un te thoiLlit Hirt, if the House
ailup!ed the Aimee/intent of the Right Honourable Gentle.
hit 11. pry wonted repeal all the Acts ut Pat lianucu t, rexu-
iatin4 and fixing the Privy Piirse to be the private property
of she Kent, and nt hit disposal entirely. lie knew of
had altered the finality of the privy porse,
Or which could justify the House in applying that to public
nses whit-hi was private prOveity.
Mr. Sc se t.e.yr contended, that front Mr. Bin ke's Act and
the others regulative the amnia, 6:c. of the privy purse, I
it was evident that Parliament hail power user that allow-
once. Besides savings had Inca talked of; now he would
gay that it cuuld nut have been in the contemplation of
Parliament, wheat Mr. But ke's Bid was passed, that any
morphia or savings of the Privy Purse would take place
it had been contemplated, nu man who then voted for it
would have done his duty to the Horse and the country.—
Tile object of his Right non. Fi iend'4 ni:nnidnient was, not
to diminish the amount of the Privy Purse, but to apply die
-in Of it. No man could have a higher use ut
the
virtues and calamities of the Royal Sufferer than he had ; and
if he could think- that this was pi irate property. lie would
he the layt tO advise its tieing touched Iv Parliament.
Tile SoLICITOR GENERAL esplAinest, and denied that lie
had ever asserted Parliament had nut the poster to alter the
provisions of any .‘et of Pariiament.
Tiiii Attorney General and Nlr. S. Wortley said a few
The Gallery was then cleared, amidst a loud cry of Qnes-
tioti, and Hie Committee divided.—For the iniginal Motion,
the Aatentiatent, ISO,-31ajority for NliilistelS,9s.
Tne 0' 110111601 i was tlien :speed to ; the Chaiiman reported
prugie,s, islet °Waisted leave 1,, sit again, next Jay.
AdjOnEned at hail=past One.
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TUESDAY.
The na,nes of the delinuet at the ballot fur last nitiay
%were calk over, %hest laud l'aloteratton was ordered tutu
the cuitoti; the Strjeaut at Arum. Sims alter the Serjossist
roosted, that the Noble Laid vsaa to Custody; %lieu, upon
the motion of Mr. V tustrt tut% atier N few woods foam Mr.
4oat %es, the Lord waa ordered to be discharged
npon bts lets.

Mr. V A NBIITART then moved the MUM order respeetin4
defmiltera at election halloo..
Mr. SHAW lire%elited a Petition from the Corponeioa of
agaiust the Catholic Claims.

POOH LAWS.
'Mr. S. BOURNE slated, that a Hill lie had introduced last
Session, en the Subject of the Poor Laws, had nltimately
tailed. Thal Bill he wished again to luring in ; butt should
not then go into any details. The Bill had failed in conse.
(pence of some alteration made in it by the other House of
Parliament. The Clause that had been left out by the other
house lie should, for the remit, postpone; though he cow*
ceived it to lie or essential impotence. He should content
himself at pie.ent with inoviiiy., ►hat leave be given to bring
in a Bill fur ►he Amendment of the Poor Laws.—Leave was
accordingly given.
Stit S. WILSON asked, if the lion. Gentleman could state
whether any increase or diminution of the pour tales had
takidi place since last session.
Mr. S. BOURNE, said that lie could tint make any answer
from actual knowledge ; but, udging from conjecture, he was
afraid that in the agricultuial distaiets, at least, there had
been no diminution.
Mr. BEN hET presented a petition front W. Brownjohn. an
inhabitant of Bristol, cotnplaining of the arbitrary conduct
of one of the Alderman of that city, by which he had lost
10001.

WINDSOR ESTABLISIIMEMT.
l'pon the motion of Lord Cs...refit e son, the House went
into a Cominittee upon the Rhyal %%Motor F.stalisisionesit
l'he second Resolution was then agreed to, that the
total slim of 15,21A1, shoold be approps idled, in quarterly
sayments, for the salaries of the female attendants sot hi's.
late Alajests. The Noble L•irtl said, that in moving the
grant of 10,0001. &moodily to the Cnstos aids sjesty's pi r-
son he wished to call the attention Of the Gummettse w soh
offite, and not to the istiividual by wham the office might
held. It would be impossible to entet initintsdy into the se. le
of expellee that such a situation wiand respire; thostels t
WAS evident that seen an office would be liable to teeny calls.
Ile thought kluself entitled to the support of the gigot Hon.
Gentleman opposite, who hail made ins objectvio to she 411111,
lint °WV list is,sid Item witches. it was to he taken. A pre.
cedent hats beets estabi:shed fur the giant, to tar ease of her
late Majesty, foot which he saw no rea•oss tic
shote.l the:close wove, that the snot of 10,0a01. be ~ranted
to the Custom of the King's pei Wu, to used the expcnces of
the Monition.
Mr. TIER NEY roilld not see upon what grottoas the Noble
Lord could expect los sopport. It had been 11,s earnest' wish
that the dis msdon had besm spared altogether. Bin for his
his own pal I, he had hispo•cti the giant when proposed for
the late Queen ; and w hat had taken place ou the present
neelthillll F•hottld teach the floss,c the danger of estaalishing a
precedent. De 514015141 1101 !dell laikti the sense of the House,
lai mane Gentlemen opposite seemed, sinaccouniaaly, nut to
have heels AlVitle. I Illot the .tilijcct would come on to ni;;ltt,•
f The Minister/0 flencites were then ti:ln)—but lie would cer-
lately take the sense of the iiimm sot Taitirsday.
Loi J ItaxcLts.ee signified Ins hostility tothe proposed grant.
Air. WASSERMAN said, that in the p strut state of the coun-
try, when the table of the Howie is as loaded with Petitions,
pratin2 tor relief, lie had hoped that en example ut economy
would have c omitted trusts the highest antlsolity. :Minis-
ters should have advised the Duke so take sin allowance.
Mr. t.enwca telt it his duty, to give hiss decided opposition
to the Grant.
Losd CASTLEREAGII thrri moved that the Didse of 'Volk
should !laic the payment of the penxiiiits granted to the ser-
vams of the to the aliment up to which they were !ADC-
tinned by law. The Noble Lord, in answer to a spiestion from
Mr. ItasisteS. stated that the Duke et Ynik was to have a
diseretsatiaiy power as to the btivichttinoatiOlt 01' the servants
of his Alajcsty. mid the sa tarles to which they woli:s1 its came-
utience he eistit.etl, to the extent fixed by law for the payment
of such salallea, It aa, then 04 feted, that the sane
nt
I 1,50151. and of 12,5001. tiring th,, CI pars of 5:4001. and
of 300001. should lie made part of the con-. - . liana.
• The Report was num oiderid to be meet, • At ihuisday.
-Adjourned.

WEDNESDAY.
Mr. MCKENSON p.reftented the Report of the Leitrim nee.
[on Committee, watch confirmed the Winn of Luke ‘t

Eery.
The Deputy Clerk of the Croon at:vital...l to amend ilia
Evesham return, substituting the Ildllle of Sir C. Cock et
for that of Mr. Barightini.
Mr. S. BOURNE Nought in the Your Laws Amettilmen
Bill.—Read a first time.
Sir H. Pannet.i. presented a Petition from the Roman
Catholic inhubitaiits tit Nenagb, pro) Mg fur a les istoia ut toe
Penal Code, &e.
Ordered to lie on the table.
A Rill was brought in to ascertain the tonnage of vesscie
propelled by steam. Read a first time.
PRIVILEGE.
Sir R. Wi rens; having moved the Order of the Day for the
attemilance of the honourable W. Qom in his place, and
that 31enslier appealing in his seat, pursuant to 110 We,
to pieser.t a Petition limn !'homes %Titian' late
Cleo k of the Peace tot Limerick, tilt Cohn) tar veriicit
Mr. Q. is one of the Representatives. In pieseuthig this
Petition, he begged it to bo understood, that lie was duly toe
vehicle of accusation ; he preferred the charge comaint
ii
in the Petition with pain ; but in prneeediug h
was oniy
performing Ills ditty !)—Tlie Pititioner stated %Oat
the Itniewrable 11'. Qom hail been 111.11/oiiilea Custas
Ruta-
tore,* of the County of Limerick--that when soil' appoint•
meat took place the Petitioner was clerk of the Peace ; All
otfiee that he hail held fur 13 years, perfor g his duties for
some time by Depot 4111 Artlllllllol It youth ; and hat Mr.
Quin, on his appointment, intimated time expectation that Ali.
I.W.' 0. should withal ass um his Whet ; AII allowaiice of 2001.
on condition of his giving him million at Electioi.s in future
to the amount of Inn votes. 'flue Petitiim, it will be iecollec•
ted, was presented Ay Sir R. Wilson and 31c. W.Rato. pm-
snant to an Order of the House to that effect, attended in hla
place, col entered into an explanation of Ills conclavt, denying
m tote the truth of all the allegations is lite Petition. From the
Don. Meniher's atatimietit it uppeared, that NIL Bialy, who'
is at pregt.-tit 23 yea's uf a&e, haks held the attuation li yea's,
Navin; brew .1111,01111e11•I tight )11:s111 tit COLA
Soilel mg 11111 a A.I iiiefficient Officer, detei towed to remove 11141,
• and, oii lua tepresentiug that shell a step would pros' his ruin;
Ma • Olin*, teuai nualis es of humanity, endeavoured to pi item,
tire Iwo, from bas sllCrebik.lf, the allowance id. 110;11. is year, Mat
'he Hun. Nit:ober denied e‘arol, 'turd M. air :wet:4l"i
mint U
u elated to the Solt or 'nes of Mi. roust. tie Hun. Nltimuer a
[Car the rem adder of the Paritaat, a, see ter 6.1 t Fait. J

LONDON:

MONDAY, MABCII 1, 1819.

Tim Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday las
have been received. The Moniteur gives the speech of
the Martinis de Lally Toleendal upon the proporsition
of M. Barthelemy for altering the existing Election
Law ; and that is all. No opinions of any kind are put
forth upon the'suhject. But the minor journals are not
so silent. All of them contain paragraphs, which are o
course written in the spirit of the political parties whose
principles they respctively support. According to one
side, the greatest alarm has already taken place, in con-
sequence of the proposition, and still greater is predict-
ed ; according to the other, no fears are felt,aad it is as-
serted, that the public voice calls fur some modification
of the Law as it is now framed. Meanwhile, great ac-
tivity is displayed by the writers of pamph!ets, and hi
tie Constant, who is perhaps the mast diligent pantphle-
ver in Europe, had already issued one from the press
The Funds fluctuated considerably in the course of
INlotalay, the Fire per Cents. begin at one time as low
at tiBf.'sso.—,'On Tuesday they recovered a little, and
I..ft off fit 69f. 10c.

The sPoich ofth e Marquis de Lally Tt,llendal was
short, but vigorous. He complained, chiefly, that the
Marquis Barthelemy had submitted no special, precise
or cleaned modification of any particular article of the
" If he had, " said the Marquis, " I sltould
among the first to range myself on his side, For ex-
ample, if it be true (and I request upon this point some
ie.formation from Ministers) that in some of the Elects.
sal Collegee, pretended voters exercised the right of
election, who, instead of paying SOO francs of direct
taxes; as the law requires, payed only 75, and even 25
f.ancs; then, 1 should not only rupport, but would m)-
oalfpropose a milificati,m, not to altar, but to eallec
the cxssting law by preventing abuses of it." He con-
i'.uded with the following %cocas ;—‘g Either withdraw
our proposition, or make it clear and intelligible. Let
tLe KING know what is required of him, and let us
lotow what it is we are to ask. All mystery, all uncer.
intim.), is inadmissible. The fundamental law, and the
taw of rcgu!ation reject it; rattietism Wren heat it ;

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

prudence is alarined—and, for llzav an's sake, let us
at !cot listen to tho voice of prutlence:'
" (Communicate! Articie).—fat Josenal de Cow-
toserce is suspende.l. Tile cause of its suspen.ion is seal
to be the insatiou of a suppLatmt.try note on the last
sitting in the Ciitafiar of Po eta, coatainia4 SIMI '3 in-
accurate details, nn.i severol exprasz.ions which appeitre 1
injurious towar.l a Noble Pear. The publicity of the
sittings °fart'. Chaailmr are in.,roly the result of simple
tolerance; jauraalists ought to confine the!nsolvs to the
report of the proces.uer!mn.r.
"Am must the Peers of France, who visited ag tinst
the proposition of NI. de barthale.ny oa the.9th inst
were Cou:iu Vital, de I. razt aa.l Le:uercier.

Franck fulls, Fob. 22. per C..”lts. Of.—Baal:
Stack. 1500 f. Feb. e3r—Five. per Ceats. 6jf. 104—
Bank .ck, 1500 f.

We have Balti.a ire Papers to the 31. iustant ; and
they enable as to lay 'mem, our reaLri an imp wtaa t
public douninant, the ConventiJu which has born coa-
eluded between this Conatry aal Uaitcl States o f
America. The ratifications were duly exchanged at
Washington between the two Ce'averituients, on th. 30th
ult., and officially proclaimed by the Presideat, a lay or
two afterwards. fu, chi of points which are arranged
by this Treaty rclate to the right of fishing on the
coasts of North America and Newfoundland, the line
of dein trextion between the British possessions sal the
territories of the United States, and the extension of
the existing Commercial Convention fur ten years
further. It does not touch upon any of those questions
connected with the great commercial principles of our
maratime laws, which have incidentally been brought
into discussion by the Navigation Acts of the last Cua.
grass Thesis, indee.l, as was mentioncl by the Presi.
dent in his Message to Caogress, ars to be the matter
of future negotiation ; and it was in consequence of
the protracted conferrences to which their complexity
was likely to lead, that the subsisting Convention was
prolonged,
The proceedings in Congress are brought down to the
Ist inst. They were chiefly oecupied with the affairs
of the Bank, and the Seminole war. Upon the former
tubject, Mr. SPENCER moved the eolluiving Resol u
tion

" That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause
all the public deposits in the Bank of the Unitel State s
and as several aloes of discanat tnil' •teit AA, to be
withdrawn on the first day of Jury ai:xt ; that after
the said day, the bills or notes of the said Corporation
shall no longer be receivable in any payment to the
United' States; 'and the Attorney-General of the
United States shall o.t that day, or as soon thereafter
as may be, cause a scire farias to be sued do in con.
fortuity to the provisions of the Act to incorporate
the subscribers to the Bank of the United States,' call-
ing upon the said Corporation to shew cause why its
Charter shall, by a legal Act to be delivered tu, and
and appruvel by the Attorney-Goaeral, and to be by
hint transmitted to Congress at the nett Session there-
yf, declare its assents to the following propositions, on
or befooo the said lit day of July next."
The provisions are twelve in number. and have f
their object, to place the Bank entirely under the con-
ir)! of Congress in all its transactions After a slight
discusaion, in which there seemed uo diposition on the
part of the speakers to seften the proceedings, the reso-
lution was ordered to lie on the table.

In the Committee of Congress upon the Seminole
wur,.several Members spoke for and against the censure
proposed by the .\ lilitary Committee. The question
was then adjourned.

Wednesday the first Annual feetingof the Nlendicity
Society was held at the lAnolun Tavern, the Duke of
Northumberland in the Chair. The Report was read.
Since March last, 2676 cases had been referred to Cie
Society, which had atf,rdzd !bad to the upplicAnts, 'and
to (i 77 children ; 561 int,sostors were detected, and or.
dered to be prosecuted. The Report was orderel to be
printed ; and some alterations to be male in the tc,;u-
lutions.

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of Serino, way uneited, by virtue of a warrant fro u the Home
meat. and imaiediatcly cnvvicd to G:a►tacndy to k
un-
k CAtitteot.

171(r

TEFJEIV OF LITERJ'tL'RE.

Meditations of a Neophyte.

These Meditations are dedicated to n very large
class of persontg•es in the present day ; for they are
dedicated t. the Pow IVorgin of every Chris.
fiats d:•illoniaalion. We would rather it had been to
the practising world of every Christian precept ; hut,
assoray, if the author's object was to address himself
to a numerous tribe of readers, he has chosen the I.,Ner,
thau-lii it does nut follow that it should be ‘• the betta
part." The .1 elitations themselves are very scrums,
:lad very well-mraaing ; hut very dull ao l very ba,l,
poetry. As a spe:ioien of it, We quote
riltbon, though we ucliii.iwletiv that we have ma.
fonni another Worie; perhays, because we hail
look.Al for it.
...I Ll.lir4e of iniquity o'erikread the land;
.• toriiety sat praii4Acy, open vice.
chie Isial of visitters! Wit a land, whose Wood
I..ir on the heads of thote who went Lein, ;
Will iT un righteousness held the truth.
And tetwla it 91044 111,14 e per,ilescyet.."

-It is the state of the maim in the time of Charles
the second that is- here descended; but we must take
the liberty of telling the author, that had its enemies
been exhorted with more vigour and elorptenre than
these lines contains it would have sti!l beau in the con.
dition he here reprobates; rnd we advise him, the next.
time he addresses the Professing World, to lay and the
restraint of measured lines, as they may increase the
ditficaLy of composing his Meditations to himself, and
certainly do not enable him to present them to his
readers is the shape of any thing like poetry, excepting,
iatlced, as each line begins with a capital letter.

" Cavotets of Carrick, a Love Tale, aad Clandestine
Marriage, the thirteenth meta, 3f.—"

" Capabilities,—it has capabilities," was the fa.
vorite expression of Brown the landscape gardener ;
who sometimes applied it to objects where few capabi-
lities of tiny thing excellent would have been discerned
by any excepting those who, laze him, had improved•
a natural lover of the beautiful by an earnest and habi-
tual search after it. When we say, therefore, that
this poem shows capabilities for better things amidst.
the inaccuracies, the feebleneettes and the absurdities
with which it abounds, we are perhaps, with Mr.
Brown, in our mind's eye, cotnplimenting ourselves as
much as the author. The truth is, where we see a
poe ical rnaginatiotm, and a rectitude of feeling, we are
very ready to excuse errors of ca:uposition ; and parti.
calarly when they occur, as we snspect is the case is.
the work before us in ►he productions of theft who
have defended us duriag the dangers of war, and only •
chose the innocent pistime of courting the muses
during the week, "piping time of peace," which dc.
prives them of any more profitable occupation.
The author of this little porn . has dedicated it to
Lady Frances Vane Tempest in a more prolix manner
than fashion, has of late allowed to dedications; but
the style of his is natural and animated that the length.
will not ba• deemed impertinent, we hope, by the tliir
lady herself; who cannot take it amiss that any one,
who has an opportunity of addressing himself to her,
though even only on paper, should endeavour to pro.
long his discourse as much as possible. The hcroiue of
the tale is very loving, and more candid in confessing
herself to • c so than modern young ladies generally.
are; in speech, at least; but as she, though fatherless,
and an heiress, is not a ward in Chancery, she contrives
to marry the man of her choice, without any ether
inconveaience than a little temporary exile on the sex
shove: am so very severe a puuisment in a huncy
moon, and fine weather. Wishing that all young ladies
in the like situatious may be equally forum ttc, we take
our leave of the Bard t aniline; advising him nut to be
idle; fur his voice will improve by aiti6ing..

Golivonin's Recollection of Japan.

Captain Golivonin's Narrative of his " three years
captivity in Japan," was sufficiently interesting to make
elese recollections desirable. They arc given in the
since unaffected style with his narrative ; and have tic
saute great merit, of never attetnptinz to supply by;
conjecture *tat he was prevented from his own übser-
vations, or by information from those on whose veracity
he could depend.
In addition to Captain Golwonin's remark, the Ecli,
tor has given us a general introduction to them, corn.
prising the accounts of most writers of any note re..
specting the Empire of Japan ; and enriched them with
noteF, which uitogether form a compendious body of in-
formation respecting a country, of which, notwith+
standing our f;irater intimacy with it, little more is at
present known to us than the situation and Willie ; Lut
which with proper management, might be rendered an
object of much importance to our commerce and mari-
time warfare. At the end of the work will be found
an interesting, though short account of Lieutenants
Chwostoff an.f Dawidoff, whose names are fregticittiv.
mentioned with some asie.ity by Cietuia Uolwr.w.in in

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