The Sun.
London, England, 1817-05-20 00:00:00

OVFICES COMPENSATION BILL

On the motion for the second reading of the
Offices Compensation Bill,
Sir It. HEtioN thought it necessary to offer a
few observations'. He considered it, as he be-
lieved it would be generally considered, that the
Bill was of a piece with all the rest of those
which had emanated from the Committee on In-
come and k xpenditure. He could not but con
shier the whole as any thing but a most vain at.
tempt to delude and impose upon the people. The
Committee - had produced certain measures . for
what they called the regulation of certain offices,
and then they did not regulate them or
,abolish
them, but left them with Courtly politeness to
swell the expellees of the country. They had re-
commended the abolition' .of • certain offices,
but then it was with all due respect to
the vested interests. When it Wes the inten-
tion to deprive the people of their rights anti their
liberties, and to take from them what formed
their dearest and most valuable property, a
few days were too long to be granted them; but
when the purpose was to save the country a con
Siderable.eipenee, they were very dilatory in come
plying with the requests and petitions which had
been presented to them through the Parliament.
it was a new feature in the • Constitution that
offices should be made a means of pecuniary
speculation. Much had been said about sine-
cures and pensions being railed at ; now this might
happen elsewhere, and it had happened. They
had been railed at sufficiently by a Palace•yard
Orator, who, whatever might have been his yeal
intention, had been a great friend to Government,
And had assisted them in their plots, but they
had never been much talked of on his side of
the House, in the manner which Ito and his
friends were charged with having used, The Coal,
wittee had hot itself too MOCil to Ministers, as
the House could; easily know by a glance at the
proceedings of the last Session. A promise had been
made in the last Session, of economy in the name
of the Regent, which was an insult to him and
a mockery on the people, Nothing had come vo.
Unitarily from. Ministers, till they were told by
their friends that they must of necessity economise.
Ministers should have turned their attention to the
Civil List and the expences of 'the Household.
But when the people were looking for a diminu-
tion of expenee, additions bad been made to the
Civil List of 260,0001. Before'that time money
bait also been given from different sources, and
particttlarly from that illegal and ,iniquitOus fund
the proits of,the Admitalty, the source of national
injustice, and the prey of Royal piracy. He ad-
mitted that a considerable .reduction had taken
place in the establishment of the army, but still it
was much larger than upon former peace establish.
rents. The cause of that had been ascribed to
our foreign colonies, but the real object was to
form a military Govyrnment at home, to keep down
the just discontent of the people. He was in
favour of the other t#ills passing, but should the

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Present ti=vtonfes7fill eonattion of t pen e .you t.
be worse than it had been before.
The Gallery, was then cleared, but no division
took 'place; and upon our re-admission we found
Mr. Baouonasa arguing against the Bill. He.ob-
served, that if application were to be made to Par-
liament to enable the Crown to grant compensalion
for services, he should not be against the measure.
But the present was a measure of a ptospective and
systematic tendency, and gave the Crown, in addi-
tion to the present Pension. List, 42,0001. a-year.
Now was the first time that the idea had been em-
bodied into a legislative Act that politics was a
trade. He asked the House to cote to a scrutiny
of the measure. The at portent of toe friends of
the Bill was,you strip the Crowb of its patronage,
and you are bound to give compensation for the re-
ward of meritorious services. . But the fallacy of
that could easily be evinced : for the reward of
:public services, the Crown was in possession of the
Pension List of three kingdoms, Which, in 1809, a
year when the \Vest India 44,- per cent, fund Was
diminished nearly a half, had amounted to '220,000/.
Upon that List were to be found individuals be-
hinging to pOwerful and wealthy families, which
families had been in the habit of voting with all
Ministers upon all. questions. If one such name
could be found opposite to a pension, the Crown
he contended bad a means of rewarding ser-
vices ; and was 42,0001. to be added to the fund
already in die hands of the Crown, which fund,
by the law and the constitution, was set ;Tart for
the reward of meritorious services ? That fend
was at present misapplied, and It was monstrous
to call for any addition to it. With the addition
of the West India Fund, the Pension List amounted
to 240,0001., and the present Bill was calculated
to increase the Pension List. It was not enough
to she w that the' Crown had been deprived of
patronage,. but that , what was proposed to be
given was adapted for compensation of serviges.
By the passing of the present tliere would
be no real diminution of the patronage of the
Croton, and no need of the Bill for •compen-
sa:ion. I Before 1811 'there had been no autho-
rity for such a measure ; but it was now al-
leged, to be necessary for the splendour' of the
Crown, and for its influence (which might not
be objectionable in a practical point of view)
upon the other branches of, the Constitution.
A new. doctrine had been of late broached,
that the services of men of talents should be Call-
ed into action, which could not he accomplished
if the Crown had no, sinecures to reward them.—
The fact, howeier, was, that Offices had never
been given in that way, and that alone was a suf.
ficient answer to the argument. A cursory exa-
mination would prove that to be the case. In the
.case of the office of Warden of the Chigoe Ports,
and Constable of Dover Castle, the three last
holders of these offices had been Lord North, air.
Pitt, and the present Earl of Liverpool ; and their
predecessors bad been the Duke of Dorset and the
Earl of Holderness. He was ready to admit that
Lord North had performed meritorious services,
but was he,•- the-heir apparent of an Earldom, a
poor man ? Of-Mr. Pitt and Lord Liverpool he
shOuld say nothing. • With respect to the office of
Governor of the isle of Wight, at a former period
the Duke of Bolton had been the Governor, and
the present Governor was Lord fitzbarris. The
Duke of Montague and the Earl of Cardigan had
been formerly Governors of Windsor Castle. Sir
John Shelley had been Clerk of the' Pipe. In the
list of Tellers of the Exchequer were to he found
the names of Lord Delaware, Lord Walpole, Earl
of Kinnoul, and Lord Thurlow. But of a list of 21
Tellers of the Exchequer', four only bad been hi
want of the place. Col. Barry had been Clerk of
the Pelts in Ireland. The offices of Chief Justices
inEyre had been stated to bee complete sinecure by
the Committee, and the list of those who had held
these appointments went back as far as the year
15'24. Among the first was to be found the name
of the Marquis of Dorset, and out of sixty Chief
Justices, only five Commoners were, to be found.
It would appear from an examination of the parti-
cular examplee that the argument in favour of those
appointments had no force, as they had been always
bestowed upon men of family or wealth. Among
the Auditors of the Exchequer were to he found
the names of Villiers and Grenville.—ln Scotland
the argument for the abolition of sinecures bad no
exception whatever. The -office of Lord Privy
Seal had since the Union been held by nine Earls ;
and out of thirteen persOns, who during the same
period had held the office of Keeper of the Great
Seal, all but one hart been Peers. it would thus
acartoiewairiiiathBr,
natetvheer means in the possession of the
been applied to the reward of ser-
vices, and that only a,few solitary instances could
he adduced in favour of the argument. That ar-
gument had not been heard of before 1780, nor
had it,been generolly mode use of till 1811. He
would ask how came the Godolphin and the great
men of former times to serve the public without
looking to the rewards that were now stated to be
indispensibly necessary to call forth great talents
into action ? ,Money was now represented as the
only motive, and the profession of it Statesman had
degenerated into a Craft. It was fit that Gentle
men called from the Bar to fill public offices should
have some retnuneration. They went to the Bar
for no purpose but to make money, and upon re-
tirement from place it was fit and proper that they
should, be treated as professional men, and re-
ceive some remuneration, He would apply to
theta the same principle as to officers or to clerks,
Who after their services were put upon the half-
pay ; but Ministers should not be treated after
the same manner as clerks or barristers. Had
• Statesmen no higher views than pecuniary emo-
lument ? Had public opinion or public principle
inieoaerit4tAinnedalivliansg Statesmen into flake ?--(gear,
Anpiate:tii.iii
tat
rilaoetkinup?
Was tiltiistotboebepip.orcolcalianineilei proclaimed
loicf
polities as a trade ?—(Hear, bear I)
vs public principlei,or opinion, Or high-
Minded hommr did not call them into action, the
deficiency of generous motives was to be made up
by such is Bill as this ?—lt was by having
tsria:Cciehr
tul2lei tnatlllectel
mSettaat: s ntiri
that
raise
Englandf above
nays
city,
inatitisiseoetnl
tshtleoy nottfha failed
tyt dignified:
in
v i)g publicplace she n hewlitiloanspl(enlgt
war
?)..._tit,nreeserien
Wwasraangling for office, and be-
office took up pelL—(llear,
gross fraud or fallacy lurked ►
in the irgtitnent upon which the Bill was sup-

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lint e its, Fda—Ttri----,J
t f w eever it
Chairman of the Committee (Mr. II Gni
but he must •maintain, that the PrinciPle °I
the Crown such compensation a the Bill pr beoi
was a fraud, because the principle, as
'hewn, was not what it pretended to be. I
lint to give to the Crown the means of callin
(0 the public service men of little fortun
great talent, anti of having their co.opere
There was one classlatieed whose cooper
it -would secure, lint who were they ? tont
the adherents of Government--notebut 111
office. Were such persons the only men what
the State ? Was it necessary to pass Si ol'i
ti
years in office to do this ? Every Member of
ment laboured In the service of the countrytu
pasr themselvesiiininciiepneo office.
ralt ti t 1) e otherO r 'v
as
es rov ni
i li
yg
business was conducted not only in offices
the Constitution mos, that the
in , the great Council of the nation,--(1
hear !)--J t was conducted as much by those
3litlee,coculdntryeil
opposed as by those who supported die men
of Government. Systematic opposition rye
a number of bad mosnres front pssingool°
more from being proposed. Ws oct
bjeion to
Bill was, that it would tend to call forth a 0
of men devoted to the Government. PI
f
b‘Napgb‘iv;e:elloolecnerttitittlrtlilei(nliirlai)enaebta:naetylcisio:aaleictiPoiltitiliiirit leellt; la
igeneren:tsro.rist:B6ll::liiilcroolneluskic.:(teeall itil:ll)i)it:ttiirilislvii°°:'loC;tell;hl:(lati';ll:lljicietiten'ell:(ll:!l°l 11):;1:617•11'
no symptoms of any dearth of mos ready LI
public situation. Ills objection, Oleo, tam%
was, that it would only, enable the Croalir
,apply this compensation. In place of 01'
,couragetnent to apply talent to the servitec 1,
,Stitc, it would proclaim to the people of sfif
`that office was become a trade. .
larMtrh.oltlAtr4l,el"ll°obus.eart%)-edi li.:canr'rednGnte:tilietnitteausiorit
Brougham) should have found no objectio.ne 0
principle. of cotnpensation at the time iiit
!...inkes) brought tile subject before a Cont.
I:v,.
e thought the Peosiott List of Diglan,yo
'had not been increased since the year J7;01
witt,lstotyliog the decrease in the value t)
outoti,not be CailSidered eNtrAV43II/..„ ,floilli
Lord A. HAMILTON.asked if there wa. -
iich rt
its the present situation of the coonttp 0
tiered it necessary to limit tile Crowil 1 „ opt!
Mr. Jou N SMsupported
YTPI the priocl
e
;Bill. ~ ,„,. ongilt
Mr. DoLIGLAS thOUght the Cort101"—,(000,4
Ilii said how far the Crown had uhtoedAing
beforet --
hey had judged it LIII worthy to beam

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trusted.
.The House then divided,
Majority in favour of the Oil! 0
void
a l'ittoebdelfererrcrirceadn,oTur.aid.heilliodillaywel4t,t.tr::tgallueln
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ReportTb into
tdiel:rlealtiieoßii.epoArtcolatutsbee hmaorviendg
bflystiorkesolifilli; liji,rottill,ll;:, 0,,
bibs foru tdl
di
Res
hey next. d coo"
out a —Tubdirision e read a dried,„,
The Newfoundland Marriage Dill Os rel- a' ~
Then the h.aving resolved into a -;lleir;b,un„d"'°l. ":40 in
suras. of quPPiP
Ite. ' 0 COI
pnliontyinlonenotfofMcro.nAslitclt3c.l.Taft filott* ;01sarvi--
etrha'rein.bln from New South 11 ales'
-,l,,rliltriree.
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otheruoos ow
Ke resumed,tossrdoeNrs
,not; t
atidhaett
di
1:01:441e:e, 1 :elan::: :::
a ill
eeired to-morrow: 41.4) ic
°it,. bring la -,014
opening a carriage road from MillbaoU '''..' ed 011 -
de le
House adjourned at eleven o'clock.
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LAW jNTM,LICiftio•-• 1'
A 1 19'
COURT crF cliMitY,l4
ovEnA ilotisli•

plaintiffshould opmayttre
allowing the plaintiff" i day 001141111(4 t
wassits versus TAYI-011* . ist I
Sir SAMUEL It
into Court, 71,101',,a,„bs 0491
tp.illirchose4l°)eli et I
al era-house ati l'
518ster's Report sbo 3l be sent boc"'" o!'
d. Ilt, t 0.„,,/ for
he. has ed
.ion
insteaorbl oflig
on the concern. The Leari,ll/46 of la
observed,th that according
to hold 37,uv caso
to the atticifintio ii
e purchase-money ought totshave Weal, deft
Court.ll on the Ist of Decemb ; hil, ta 00 '
der of Court, to enlarge the timer; OI,Pof Mt)
put into Court to the 110 sot
the title, which be hirnoelf °Dcri is ReP'
oblige ly; ei
npgl aiitnit ibe
lc,
tot( statit..eei:
easyriailt
pt.,
lictton to
sale. The Master had allowed ill b'doe ,
several items which were provided f°( oei of thi
cree of the Court from another fund's , ° norriel
Wee an annuity granted to- Mr: flot11,:r year,
consideration of bis not allowing
of Covent-Garden Theatre,. of 1501, Pi 040
be performed at his Theatre. gr. 1, poled I
executed the deed and the Master load dot t
item, in his Repor. Ile contentle°, opt
plaintiff had -no right to withhold 611101,1 io
she_ purchase-money. If it had b€clolote sou
Court on the Ist ot December, the
taatioo
have been much beurfited'from Pie l'"`c 1,
.
the funds.few'
1 ,tiff, too- th
Mr. HART, COtlitSCl for the il'a i. ite 00 I
that Mr. Waters had a right to MO 1 00
were due to hitu from the concein.l...lll thc
only putting him to the ex pence to nr,tl win.
to PaY out the Looney after he bird pa,
Sir SAmuet. Rostt.r.ir replied. dill rel
..: I he ica ~.. wil
The Loan, Cuitscut.t.on sao., 1 Allif 1
5 11l , ,/ t,
the Decree, the Master's licPort' •'t! '
ilisfo• ()I
Ad should decide according to the.
ii.,l trot
i
case, as the parties see,„ea detertnit u
justice to themselves. loliiinlrriri o,
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'CC'''. 1301°... 0
coon. OV Kt, i • ~e COcot
This being the last day of 'feral, !"i0,,, ill;
occupied until a lee ',Our in thete:;:rev"inas P
posing of the rules moved for l'i
of the Term.

Mr. Aryotr CAP 14 11°1 •of Cettioft)
o brine flos moved for a II! idea
and s " 'l3 the Record of Consiittioo,
tencef.etiteaCe ()k this Deiciiitint, who to'l'oceli
monthsa! the lost Clerkeipvell Se'sia'escorocti'l
for midrPrisolitnent in the floose c", for'
Ilight) wesex (bat enlarged at tbe :04(.110nt
coma! for auk outrageons assaillt, vl,l jaiio
"t. a rar, upon tbe bodY sl.l*

W

i of Pri-

the KING

,er of the

4i
~44114 and state the reports of the
,I;;:::11)1i1it I'oll are iinfouticied.-4he follow-
-1/4? ratteirorti Saturday's Journals
►
,
'4y, a 444 Y I 7 King Went out yes-
14` Pro'meniided at Vincennes.
IHke d'Angouleme visited the Infant
14
Paul
, • yesterday.
4ili
- e Noailles, widow, died at Nismes
illstant'i aged 104 years, 7 months, and

anirtst to tier eeriliftry ai c 1 ,her sex,
area the same late; so Oat if this

it of assassinating the Princes •had
we Way easily edneble.
what would
fate of the good Kira and the re-
:lllustrious Family, whom Almighty
is instance protected, and I hope
froth such latent foes, whose
doubt was to bring abort by those
another Revolution and Civil

hi Mail arrived this morping. The
!xtracts from the Pppers

,at, MAY 2.—lt has been found
Lindesfelt, who is accused of high
Ty dangerous and turbulent elm-
pected already as a murderer and
,d especially demands the vengeance

It will be seen by the following letter, received
this morning, that TartoN was ill, though the
report of his death is contradicted... 7—
" Cowes, MAY N.—Arrived the Solon, HoDG.
SON. from St. Domingo, in 42 days. Captain
HODOON says, that although PertoN was ill, he
was not dead, as some of the Newspapers had

MAY 3 —Jerome Buonaparte has
250,000 florins an estate at Edit,
from Vienna. Savary is said to

Graetz."

Papers which we have received,
ct of the Hungarian Government,
hostilely against Bible Societies)
of the AntiCommereial Regula-
Irdered in Sweden, but want of
to postpone their insettion till

reported."

COPY OF ANoTHER I.PTTER, UECRIVRD THIS MORN

ING AT LCOVI).9, DATED DEAL., MAY i 9.

" The Tutkish cot veto Kara/nub, of 18 guns,
Capisin MAIIAMMED LAZIA, of and from Tunis,
on a eroiss of about two months, arrived in the
Downs this morning with his Majesty's brig
Alert, And remain under quarantine. The Captain

't°lo Lisbon, dated the 26th ult. states
Sic:l4 bY a Spanish Insurgent privateer of
141111118 Runs, fifty leagues at sea, of the
411111'Suo Joao Protector, from Bahia
the Capitania. The 111,4sters of the vessels are
'tr,ll4 richly laden.
pri,ooers on hoard the latter corvette, and the
ikitt 'away, the 14th inst. it is stated
Ganymede frigate is still at sea in quest of her."
t„it 91 Wellington has arrived at his I
_
kbatri here. All his equipages have also NAVAIOUTH, MAY 19.—Arrived the Adozirn/
1,.11,11the branches of the Staff are unit- ; Cockburn transport fr oin Jamaica; saJed the
IMIGr will assist in the course of 16to Mitch, and on the 28th was hoarded, off
#41,40,. ACC .
th Grand Review of the Prussian ; Cape Nicholas Mole (Island of St . Domingo), I.l_
e banks of the Meuse, by the King an Independent ►privateer, of IS grins and 130
L 7114 th 'll4 licView will be followed by an- men ; she reported her name to be the American
)lelrw:ehl/Wn of Denain, which the Prussian brig of war Barer. Ou the 29th April, in lat.
,tilststim 4140 honour with his presence. 44. 51. N long. 27. 30. W. she spoke the Ante-
lirwt'c'44tive per Cents —Friday, 681. 25c. rican ship Canton, ir,;in Liverpool for America,
"Tx lax TENBuiFtm, APRIL B.—The I all well.
4 Private
ers make daily captures of Spa. i
the3e Islamic They also send
pttupsgn shore, inviting the inhabitants
`rape
the mother country.
to "414 W---Tbe Austrian auxiliary
et HI
Vt kingdom by degrees. The in-
b- rtlr
4tt, ypy:ea, and the cavalry and ar-
-0444, a-lotne and Bologna. Three
ken will set out in the course of

reports that he bas nit raptured any vessel on his
cruise. The RI jli and gAlliot reported yesterday
appear to have been taken by another corvette,

The whole line of the Swedish Coast in the
Ita!tic is now guarded by thr►•e Flotillas of light
ve‘sels, constantly employed uniting, to pre-
vent smuggling.

' Tut Furins.—Friday next is the settling daft
at the Stock Exchange, and from he heavy the
culatiuns made, and the great fluctuatimts that.
have taken pi ice in the price of the funds, several
failures are expected in the money mat ket. One
person alone has declared his intention of deliver-
ing at least a minims of Stock. Consols, this
morning, were 721, i, tor money, and the same
for Friday.

il l
- tt-' o ,4tt' APRIL 26.---An American frigate
`lL4.live 1,1,en its station in the port of
1),,t or
4 410 ' leport is doubted. .
1 ,
i'
1:14, o
t4l'l that the English are about
i, slits 'Y
4nr,tne ut thtir military force so
qt
~..11,,i,
!11„t
i4114,,A1e armatnents are stated to be
i4ti, lire pot ts of Turkey."'
404 :-.........."........
1 A ritIVATA LETTER, DATED PAitts,
oti*iii st4v 14, 1817.
'the w " dottbt be much surprised at my
oflo
'4,'o, . that all itt peace and quiet Ile"
fir,:.' 4iittrlii„
v• 444 L - / true, as great ant p
'..q111,_ "Y the wise and good King,
't 810.
tolfhl his able Government, the Po-
Itlttr C°l)ctill from the Public alt such 1
Iti; 41 blight otherwise tend to disturb 1
IL wich
with
Nit. P"4
aSt out this just piecatition,
rh ''ill, ate Of constant dread and
.'t tilt, This sufn • 1, , milli) OCCountS for the
,:5t ll'e:ttrit6it being gener'dly known;'"""
'itip,i_ ti the Ve
Officers of the Royal Guard,
t 54,04.4 or Upper circles, were arrested in
;t: of
e the denouncement of a sixth
k 1 4'ne1t0,,:,1 ~, , •
f eth,,,ttp_i . J... titian', wit() was to
,liNyiiyi'll:' With thent in the shocking
'l4 1,, g iillil murdering the Count
,t -.Jac ii. A
. "the "INGOULENIti, and the Due
*45 horrid 1 ~„ 141,k 1' ot seems to have been
titt, - e Place • i
1,:„ 't Prin, "1 the forest w lace
'444 e 4 'Were linnting, and that
44
tile
nUt11233 of ANGOULEHR,
•

THE QUEEN'S BIRTH DAY.---YeSteratly being
the lioniversary of the QUERN'S birth, when her.
Majesty completed her 73t1 year, it was, observed
as usual, in a private s4l3llller, by the Royal Fa-
mily. In the morning, the KINR's Egnerry and
other officers of State anal the Royal House..
hold waited upon the Qualtsr, to pay their respect-
ful congratulations ;pot, the return of the day.
The Dukes of YORK, CLARSNCR, SUSSEX, and
GLoucrisTnn,and the Princess SOPHIA of thoUCBS.
TER. called at the Palace, as did the Duchess of
ChoucestEn, although at considerable inconve.
nience to herself, from the still remaining ill el.
tectsof her late severe indisposition. A number
of the Nobility and persons of distiocti,n left
their names upon the occasion. In the evening

the PaiNca iIOGENT had a numerous party at
Carlton-house, as a mark of respect to his Royal
Mother; at ►which she, the Princess ELIZABETH,
and others of the Royal Family, were present.
A Court Martial, it is said, is held at Bir-
mingham Barracks, on charges against the Hon.
COCHRANS. Brother of Lad CocuiuNa.
The Marquis of ANGLBSEA is the President.. The
charges were expected to be brought forward this

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NORFOLK ELEC N.

/1/4tOZIWICH, MAY 19.—ThisCity is at present
scene of bustle, agitation, and confusion. The
tide is strongly in favour of Mr. Wonenouss, hut
his friends must not relax. -The contest will be
one of the most severe ever known. Mr. WoDE-
HOUSE was proposed by Mr. MASON ; Mr. PRATT
by Mr. Sournwst.t..—Mr., WOOEHOUSE spoke
with great animation and eloquence. Mr. PRATT,
Who is much advanced in life, spoke briefly, and
not in an audible tone. Mr: COKE canvassed on
Saturday. The populace arc much inflamed
against him, perhaps indeed too much, at least on
the subject of the CORN BILL. Be was roughly
treated.

Mr. PRATT'S Committee have very unwisely
published bills, stating that Taxation is the cause
of the high price of Bread, and that half what
every man pays for a loaf is taxes. Mr. Wong-
nooses friends have most honourably abstained
from using the slightest argument of this nature,
which they might easily have done, the Corn Bill
being a pregnant subject.

State of the Poll at the last Return (Four o'Clock,

May 9.)

Mr. WoDunotisE - - 622
Mr. PRATT - v. - - - 379

TRADE OF WATCHMAKERS.

Mr. 13UTTERWORTH, last night, in the House of
Commons, in reference to the TRADE of WATCH'
MAKERS, moved, that there be laid before the

[louse an Account of Licences granted for selling
Gold or Silver Plate in Great Britain for the last
ten yenrs, distinguishing the number and amount
for each year, anti also distinguishing the Licences
granted for the sale of goods or wares, contain-
ing under two ounces of gold, or under thirty
ounces of silver ; which was ordered.

We understand, in explanation of the motion,

that about two years ago the Duty on Licences
to sell Gold anti Silver Plate was doubled ; in
consequence of which some of the small shop-
keepers in the country have ceased to take out
any Licences, which, with other causes, has tend-
ed to injure the sale of watches.
The present distress of the Watchmakers in
elerkenwell, Coventry, and Lancashire, demands
every attewion. The object of Mr. BYTTRII•
won Ta's motion erir a return of the Licences for
Iling Plate is, we find, to ascertain their pro.
duce, and to obtain relief, if practicable, for a
most ingenious and deserving body of manufac-
turers.

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onis !oiled burne nights iiiiee in the House mac to have A
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monstrous plat
I;ii :,,wc7eir,t), Illider_all the rirciirtictances of the.
t , iliftitofeectitnlon that they could only grant taken place, ‘v
. Chi to bring up the Record gene- have been the f
1f,,! Iref=orc te_
wiith out the
tother terms of the in(rtion, and 'n ler iiii, th this limitation granted a rule to nal l' of the
cause'
God has in this:
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e
ever will plotel
tel THEATRICAL REGISTER, intention it no
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,i Performed Last Night. dreadful mean:
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Rae • Adel aim
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1 : ,71'hoie„
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The Slave: Gambia, Mr. Macready; ge- following are e:
44'114$ Stephens. After which, Robinson Crusoe. l'
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that Lieutenant
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treason, is a ve
s 'fiklaudJersey, t Dublin, t Wateiford.
racier, is cusp
tuti PRICE OF um:Ks
incendiary, and
ass n
AI ' titteo.,„ T AY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK.
the laws.
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Ll,C,ento . ns."`••72fil4 Exch. Bills, Os 161.11 r. te VIENNA, II
cii; „'"Letit,N44 ... ....... !8844 Cuns. for4ecount, 73ii
n in6ii
,W0t..., ---'•■•issoros...... purchased for e.
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rOre li, ‘l,l LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. about 2 leagues
till!,; "aln'inutes after 6. 1 Evening, 24ininutes after 6. be expected at G
:110 1 liE SUN. 'The German I
contain an Edic
directed rather
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Lions recently of
ea'
list LONDON, ,
room compels us
igli TUESDAY', MAY 20, 1817. to-morrow.
~
0' ler,,, . . It will be seen
6, `6l ``'Red last night the Paris Papers of Pri- this
iti,irning, th
:lit
0 fitigirr mention the introduction to the KING .i.,
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lilk ' 1411 t D D00
i: IA ANC 1 S PAUL, brother of the
SON. from St. L
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