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them ; and their ,bills frerpiently, at the eirs of a
session-. amounted to a large sum. .It was ; not
vtlieri the custom of. the. House of commons so fre-
qiiently to order-, p4pers- to' lie printed. I..deed very
few "ere primed ;. and in nit memory this general
prattiee was first. Lord Newhaven,
and some Meinbers of the Irish Parliament, who
stated, that it toad been usual in Ireland for the
1-ion.e of Cot-Unions there to print almost all the
papers laid upon the cable, in ordet that the Mem-
bers tuightlefve easier access to their. This was at
first opposed, hi-the- Spe.rket; andoi hers, who did
trot . approve or any innovation hr. the practice- of
the House; but it „as soon adopted, 'and
"became
very general, from the advantage which -Members
‘40411d, in being able to 'get aillod have time for ex-,
aminitig papers when printedi which before, when
there was only the copy ou'ithetable, ito-Was.
fre-
rquently difficult to obtain, a sight of. The-prattice
ther'etore, of printing,-became., more general, and'
Ilielirerease of copy money grew with it. Till, on
the Union• with Ireland, the papers ordered to be
printed were so numerous, , and consequently the
copy money became so large, that Mr. Ley and my-
seli whom the profits of the office ate
equally divided) thought that it was too great a suns
for us to charge. the pub4e kb, and we were de-
sirous to fix'on.some mode. 01 reducing;-it.
(It may be proper here:Jo observe, that this sum
of copy money rs the on!) motley paid to the, ch-rk
of the House of Commons by The public, except a
salary of 2001. and an i-titient fee of .101..; the lest of
the' profits arise from fees paid by individuals on IA i
vate ..For the purpose of
.teduci ae; this ar-
ticle of copy menu, I hao se vetal coaVersaiens,
with Lord Sidmouilr (Anti I eds.. 'petitioned it to Lord
Grenville, when they were respectively attic bea:
of the Treasury) and als., with the present Speaker.
The difficulty Was, to ascertain any .listilitt att.l per-
manent rule by which the public charge saottlab,:
reduced, When it iortp' ontedbeyond a certain sit,
At last, when Mr, Perceval was'appOtoted Crianei..
for of the Exchequer, Mr: Ley and I suggested to
hiro, whether we Might not make-an averatie of the
sums claimed and paid on this head since the Uttion
with Ireleia, and it at anytime, the c ietii!ey
should amount to more than that. averit. , to tedu
the chark-e to that average. This nu e,snfutatiosi
appear,ed to-be 4,3001. and was accoruin.4 adopted.
Iu 180.8.. the Copy money would live amounted
7,6401. and' was reduced to 4,Juoh, In t 809 it
would have been 7,1471. but was charged at 4,...500i.
But in each year a memorandum was wade, addressed,
to the Lords of the Treasury, to desire, that this de,
fat ation from the pr.,fits W the office of clerk tit the
House of ComMius might not acted the successors
to Mr. Hatstsil and Mr.. Ley, who are now patentees,
of the office; Mr.H..tsell in possession," Mr. Ley in
reversion. It way t,e proper to observe, that atier
their death, all the fees and profits of the office of
Which this: makes a part, are, by an Adt made in
the 39th & 40th. year of hi, pr es nt Majesty, chapter
thruwn into hotcb-pot, and are to be distributed,
according .to the cli!eaions of that Act. •
This-sum of 4,300 is li. ble in the first instancelo
about .51.'per cent. at the &cheque!, for lees or charges
Oleic ; (this in the lair year was £ t-81.) There e; •
then a sum due and paid to the clerk of the Jour.
oats, as an allowance for examining and corteeting
th, P ess, a‘ cording to the quantity of printing ;
(this in the last year amounted to 7e51.) Tiiere
is another article paid:tor writing, to the clerk
of the Journals, fur copies of papers, over and
above. any adowance.• made to the clerk on that,
head, which, at the same period, amounted to 2071.
These three .artis:les cit,dl4;ted; reduce the it= re-
."
ceived'to 3,0901. -on-.w.hich, it properly tax is
deducted, the
.net sum received frorn the Public
Treasury. by Mr-.-Hatsell and Mr. Ley, Oil account
-of their office, _will amount t 0,2,781, 'or rather less
titan 1,4001.. each.

I be to *add, that several ye trs sinca, when Lord
_Shelburne or the Duke of Portland (I. forget whic!!)
weie at the head of the Treasury, t believe in the year
1782, I received an official letter from Mr. Sheridan,
then
_Secretary t' the Treasury, to inquire into the
ground's of this chary of copy money. Wy answer,
by IWter to Mr. Slieridan;isi I soppoSe, at the Trea-
sury, and was; as I recoiled, in .substance Similar
to what I have before stated, as to the origin of this
'charger; but it may be easily referred to.
This is every thing that. at present occurs to me on
this subject ; bot I shall -be very -desirous of giv--
ing every other information in my power to any
further inquiries thitt the Committee may think •
proivr to make.'

J. HATSELL.

A traveller for a London hou,e, a few days ago,
put up at an Inn at Banbury ;. and Laving, ordered
some corn for his horse, from the appearance of the
quantity, he suspe&ed the measure, which induced
him to try them .by a patent leather tneasure which
he carried with him. The quantity was fOund more
than eine-third deficient ; and.-the lan&ilorcl be4tg
brought befOrethe Magistrate, w.as fined in the ftill
penalty of the law, and also an additional penalty
for haying tWo deficient measures in his corn-bin. A
similar conviction took place at Chipping Norton,
again. 4 an Inn there. The Dishonesty of thepraCtice
justly subjeals the offender 10 the operation of the
laW ; but the cruelty of depriving a dumb animal
of its food, 'merits severe reprobation, and is a great
aggravation of the offence, though not entering into
the, legal consideration of the Magistrate irir.enforc-
ing the penalty,-

I.
Friday afternoon a bOy very incautiou3ly applied
a red-hot poker to a botnb-shell, which proved :to
be charged, at the babk court of a house in Rotten
row,, Leith. It instantly exploded, by which he
Was fiery severely hurt, but he is now in a fair
way" of recovery. • -A great number of the win-
dows of the house Were broken, and part of the
poker was found at the diStance of 120'yards from
the spot.
The Board of Cabildo; at Trinidad, have been em-
ployed some time past in ameliorating the Spanish
laws, and they have recei•ly passed a resolution,
declaring the pra6tiCe of burning people alive to be
illegal.

1UNC,.71 PAPERS.

IMPERIAL DECREE.
P4L;IOE OV ST. CLOUD, JULY 21, 'MO'.

Napoleon, Eniperor of Italy,
Protectorot thecontederation ot.thelillkue, Mediator'
of the Confederation of Switzerland,
We have decteed and do decree aoi
TlllO4 I,—CMEATtbrI OF-A 'C(,,PUNCIL OF MARINE.

Art. f. There shall'beadded-to.,otir Nlinister
C 0141161 of Alarine, ConS!Sitikg ut, tour of Siam;
An Auditor, or Master of gegursts, shall petriornt the
luiletioss of Secretary General.'
t. Qouncil of tVLrine..shall assemble whenever the
Minister of Marine shall convoke it, and at least once a
Week.

3. The Minutes of Proceeding taken-by the Master of Re.
quests,. Of AIWIWI'. Secretary snail be transmitted
to tour Minister, secretary •ot State, to: our perus4l:

TITLE I i.--FUNCTIONS or THE COUNCIL.
4. At this Council shall be diseuNsed, all contraas and
filiatterS of account, stores, and proviAons, and all that relates
1:4; the tftilldEioll and equrihiterit of OUf squadrons.
5. The COUUCII shad have only a dehoerative voice, and
Our All.lislCf of Marine,, atter having heard their Opinion,
s tall azt as he aitaii tlllll4 111(151 COII4.IIICIVe to the goon ot,OUr
service.

6. hvcry subject submitted to their deliberation shall be
discussed, and tile opinions of the Metubeis shall be itigruss
en in tire illillUteb they shall even have h their power
.theinselees to commit 'heir opinions to Writing, and tu de-
liver them for insertion hi the minutes:
If any Memours of tile Council shali have. a proli'asition
.to submit respecting the manning or ;Spiting tithe Navy, les-
pecting questior sut fl tm e, uf any °tiler subject c.uni,ected
oritti tin; immure SerVlLe, he shall have a u& Ills ifu,:ve.f 'lu
saute be inserted in the ininutes at tile COMMcal‘e-
-1110:Ill of the
TITLE IIIs—DUTIES OF THE. MEMBERS OF Tas

The Counsellors of State, ivielnbers of the Coubcil, shall
have unJer thea parLD..uktr tlitectiluii :

orgalithattoili tite.s.i.rpettittenctence, the payment
aria:La:mutts ul our marine dariaituns, 41k1 il.l 141 C drill lit}',
oelotiging to our navy 'satiation and 111,V4.:111CIIIS la the
naval 'i.:uns,ripi,hit—tile.iirlyiti,:art or all thelaaritte, as
,well
rhos: not ettiptoy as tilos in .aCtual service--the chest of
41.1 ririwri.rs of war.
l ne sasses ~iiari•tiave the direction of the corstruCtion
and renitnag or vessels-:ail marinate works, transports, rind
'tistur:.-orrips the ira) of workrhen, and contracts ny general
untitatam..g -the regulation at navigation ,aintt itriteris, and
the 4..lcytto•ar the galleys. ' • .
.The Trit 1) all4ll nave the vi6lualling' contrasts - the con-
warlike stores and met C.:antitze - the seteCticin and
0r7.,,r00d for .ship. Outirting=the lulpcnat. krises and
4,:d the (.I;:hge or suppi; ;01,1141(a! stores
.11,1 rnuney,

t he roußla shall have the the'hirspitals, and
the hen,:fai ch.trge of the bottoms.

Lak:h of the S.Jti COUliSellerS 0f SLIM bail ;trans:lCl bust,
'less every day with our '.ritnistrr of Ateritie,
iteiiartatent 'ut the serVicc itiltrustcti to his charm
7. Our Minister of Marnieis chalgoit with the execution of
the peseta tic‘ree. • • . • •. .

- {Signed)
By order of the Emperor,

NAPOLIO N.
H. B. Ditc'de BAs
Ninister, See. ot Jtate.

Palace of St. Cloud, luly 24, 18.40.-
Nappiemr, Emperor of .hc
,French, King •of
Ifaiy,"Protetior of the C 9. Ldeia ioii of the Rhine,
Mediator ot -the ConfedeLation ul Switzerland, &c.
We have decreed, arid o.decree as follow's

Art t. The Counsellors of Staie Count Gantheaume,
Baron Malouet, Counts Caffitrellt and Najac, are nominated
Members or the Council of Marine; estaulistied- by our de.
cree of this-day.
a. Coma Gantheaurne shall have the Department of the
7th Article ot the said Decree, Baron Males= of the 2:1 hart,
Count Cart:trelliot the 3u, anti Count Niijac oft lie 4111.
' ui Minister of Maine is charged with the present
Decree. (Signed) NAPOL.k.ON.
(By order of the Emperor.)_
(Signed) H. B. Doc de BASS A NO,
Minister, Secretary ot State.

PRAGUE, SLYLY 2a.--The Bdtperor Napoleon is-
"sued a 'Decree in the beginuing or this month, of-
feritig a reward of In,ooo franca to such persons as'
shall discover a plant which can be substituted for
indigo in dying wool, cotton, linen, and silk. M.
Henri, Doctor of Medicine at Piau, in the Princi-
pality of Sinzendorf, in Bohemia, who has been
labouring for four years to discover a substitute for
indigo, flatters himself that he has at last succeeded.
"The labourers employed under his direttion have,
wi•hin the last two years successfully applied to the
foregoing articles a composition of iudigen.us
planes, which the DoCtor has discovered, mixed
with a certain quantity of put-ashes and oil of
vitriol, and the colour thus produced, cannot be
distinguished from that of -genuine indigo.
VIENNA, AUC. Highness the
Archduke P:slatine of Hungary, arrived here-on the
-24. He immediately gave audiences to a number of
persons who attended upon him, and especially Hun-
garians. He received the Countess Spicily, who has
become so celebrated 'from having, at the head of
her servants and dependents, maintained a siege
-amainst the Lawyers, who, sti-pported by an armed
-force, attempted to expel her from her castle. •A
-Colonel was killed in that attair, and more than a
hundred other persons were killed ordisabled. She
maintains that she is authorized even by-the laws of
Hungary, to make resistance, and the law proceed-
ings are still continued. •
CoNsi•trs TiNetti.e, JUINTE..2S.—We are now ap-
prised of the check which the Turkish troops have
_experienced at Basavdschick. The nussians have ad-
vaticti to Rasgrad and threaten RudsChuch. They
endeavOuring to excite- the Servians to sup-
port Them. The courage of the Turks; however, is
not hitherto daMped reinforcements arrive from
-every quarter. The Grand Seignior' has lately
dispatched his Grand Master of the H.oise into
Asia, to hasten the approach of -the troops ; there-
fore the army of the Grand Vizier will soon be put
upon a respectable footing .and it is believed that
the Seraskiet of Nissa, Kliovchid. Pacha, is in a
state to resist the Servians,.and even to occupy
~,their attention. Varna has been supplied with pro-
visions by. sea, and several frigates have been sent
to prevent the entrance of the Russians to this coast.
-The fleet of the Captain Pacha, consisting of two
three deckers, eight two dickers, and five 'or six
frigates,• is ready to put to sea. Reverses have de-
termined•the Porte to activity in all dispositions.
Commissaries have been appointed to procure pro-
visions for the troops
.who come from AdrianOple
• • and Varna, and we are assured that on the conclu-
sion of ah extraordinary Council of State, the Grand
Seignior has resolved to attend the army.
ltiOA, JULY 24.—1 n all the Russian ports in the
Baltic, seals have been put upon the cargoes of all
1 neutral vessels.