The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-27 00:00:00

PRINCE (W C6llotlttb.

The'Earl of LivaaroOL brought in a Bill o
permit' a Bin to be brought in (the, time for Wink-
ing private hills having expired) to naturalize the
Prince of Saxe-COboug.--iThe ,Bill was read a
first time. •

After which the Carl of LIVRIIPOOL
that the standing orders shott:d be suspended,- So
as to per►►►it this bill to pass through all its *VA
to-mortow.Ordered.

PETITIONS.
The Earl of Covarvitty pireirentatt-tt. Petition
from the County of 'Worcester, praying *for eco-
notuy• and retrenchment, and objecting to the
great military establishments.
His Lordship presented another Petititn► &On,
the City of Worcester, against the Intolvek;
Debtors'- Act. •

Boar Petitions laid on the table.
The Dtike of SussEx presented a Petition from
the 'Common Council of London, congrfitelfitirk
the Hoitie: Ow the deck* With respect to the
Property Tax, pad recommending economy
retrenehoient in. the 'Military Expenditure; 'the
Civil List, and'ull Departments of thiState. •
'The Earl of LAUDERDALE' Rireed the:neces-
sity of economy and retrenchment, •toidstated, •fis
another 'source of saving to the public,' the put-
ting an end to the voting:of stuns for tiselt'is
works. He particularly mentioned one instance, ht
which tin annual grant of 50,000/. had' been long
matte, apparently, without much attention from
the Ministers, es it had'usttally come before rd.
liament within two or three days ot the chise Of
each session. He alluded to the grant for tile
Caledemian canal ; a work whioli lie bad ()Grid
Ao prove, by the testimony of all the officers .6t
the navy) if their Lordships chose, to be totally
useless. He bait heard' nothing. in favour of this
'except an argument, which, if acted upon to *
very great extent, would be the ruin of arty coun-'
try ; and that was, that because a useless work.
Was begun, it ought therefore to be continued.
He trusted the Ministers would inquire into that
subject, before the rent should be again propos.
ed.—Tbe Petition was 'laid on the table.
The Earl of Stri,tornsilustY presented a Petition
from 'Suffolk, praying relief generally ; and *Mo-
ri-- •..-
PrOperty Tax.
The 'Earl of LAUDERDALE, and Lord ReoesT
DALE, also
_presented Petitions against the Pro'.
pertylaxe,--The Petitions were laid on the table,
CLERKS OF THE HOUSE.
The Lunn' CHANCELLUE read a letter, which hilt •
had received Awn a Mr. Stuart Ruse, otter of the
cleiks of the house, ittating his inability to
tend from indisposition, and recommendifist
wych to net in his stead, stating that •Mr.
Was iperreetly eonip6tent to discharge the' thities,,,.
haring heen in the "situation two years at it
former period. His Lordship said that he could itc4.
Irtqa his own knowledge, say any thing 'as to alit
,:ompetency of Mr. Birch :''Gut they 'mu:it_ a 1
know the able manner in which Mr. cuuy
'performed the ditties Of the situation. It was de*
that sonic ,eCect toil assistance Mita' be provided foie
this !.i.enior (Mr.Cmiper), whose conatant and
alinOst incessant labours, as well 'as' 109 very
iais-
tiuguish.ecl abilfty'and nureraltted attention inthe
discharge of his duties, must,have been:obiereeil
by their Lorkkbipi. For his sake, ai well *as for
the sake of the busine.ss ot the House, effectual
assiStatice ought to he givers ; and 115 it ‘ta.S highly
deiitalile, in that view, tlnit they slionialiive
experienced person to perform the duties, he should
move, that it their Lordships accepted theiervrees
of Air. shoeld not he reuroved,gfound
without their.ll,4ordships' permission.
The E,3ri t>l LAUDEIWALR yeniarhed upon the,
luct, that a Clerk of,their Lordships' boniermight,
lac removed at the pletiattre of the Clerk of Parll7t,-,
meta, who was it Menther.of the .other
He agreed that the gentleman, tiew to he atboitted,
to act for Mr.• Stnart nose, or4;ltt. not .to 'be Ke•
'loved without their.Lordships' permission.' . 4.4
their I.Joo,hipi most he well aii'are of thc,...tl4t.in,
attention with which. th,7
nior clerk pertornied his duties but the:sole ,ot,
pahlie in their Lot dship's house was, such,
thatjt was; highly !impel.. that he 011001 .-144 Ne, hot
only Fta k; hot still further assistance-4ortheeinta,
try was nut reduced tosech poverty es apt its be
ante ttr provide lor the public service prati•!,
cellr ; anti he gaVe notice, that he would, uety
%ve,ek, bring .the, matter more particularly under
their ,Lorthatips view.
itt;Desoal.ll agreed rn all that had been
Raid as to the distinguished timelier ix which' the,
Senior Clerk lied done his deteolud as to the oe-
cessity
.ot effectual assistance. Viola the 'know.-
ledge he had of Mr. Birch, he believeil be wait,
competen.t.
.140111 Ilot.tAND said, that if an additionatelerk
should be found necessary, he ought.to be paid by
the Clerk of rarliameat, (Mr. Q. nose): and not
by' the public, the clerk•beirtirbeund to perform
the duties by or his deputies.
The Earl of LAUDLitaDALW agreed that such
penreti to he the mearting,ol the patent -; but, AV:
all events., the pteblte se r► ice plait bo provide & kit.
The LoßD•CtiAtiCaLLaa 'll4ll 010V0411, thatkis*,.

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Birch be allowed trs net, santl that be be not re-
moved withiwt their permission. Ot-
tiercil.--Atljourticil. •

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The,further.etinsideration of the Report of the
Weights and Measures 13111 was postponed till to-
morrow.

TRANSPORT BOAILD.

Mr. (Navin rose for the purpose of moving for
leave to bring in, a Bill to transfer the business of
the irtanenort 'lloard to the WHY)? and Victualling
- Board. It was in the power of the Crown, by
mevs.of the patent, to transfer but.
the Object cif the fill was to enable Commissioners
of the Navy and Victualling Bair !s to sue in the
as the Cot►imissiujters of the Trans-

port Board . • -
In answer to a question by Mr. Western; ?Jr.
troher stated that this removal rasa measure,of
economy ; and that_ an. arrangement was nowin
prowl's* respecting. the trefttnent of Lunatics
from the IsThvy. •
The motion Was then,agreed to, and leave given
to bring in •
Petition was presented from certain Inhabi-
tants of the County (.1' Dorset, complaining of
ngtieultural distress. It was read, and oroi•ed to
be refet red to the Committee on the State of the
Agricultural futeic,t,
. TILINPVICTATION OF OFFENnERS.,
Mr. IL AvotNGToN rose, pursuant to notice,
to move for leave to bring a Bill to continue and
amend the several Acts respecting the regulation
of the Transportation of Offenders. It was his
have' introduced this Bill at
,a more early
•periml of the Session, and also so to frame it as
tn„consolidate all the Acts relating.to transporta-
. tionand prkon.ships, but this he had not been
table satisfactorily to accomplish. It would be re-.
itilleeted by the [louse that the Act of last Session
repealed the Act of the 2-Ith of. the. King% The"
Geollelltall then t4Ciiiiit,ukted the nature of.
'the tliffif:rent Acts upon the subject, and the sue-

cessive alteratinnl that had been tiniqe in then►.
Tn the progr.gss of this Bill he would. be very 11:1p.
pv to avail himself of the:snggestioni of any tient.
Member for its improvement. lie thei► inovecl
for leave to bring in the Bili;
flea a few xvords front Mr. JoNns and Mr.

Mr. ADVECROMBIR said, that he wished the
ilonSe to be put in possession, of at copy of dis.
I.ateit 'from the Secretary of State for the C9lO.
Department, to GuecroorMacquailie nt New
f..z.outh Wales, and the an wet of the Governor; if
there. had bei.'n any. It .was, in his ()pillion, im-,,
tollt Wit to 11;11.'c those papers before the Bill was
carried through the House. . •
Mr., A oottro-roN replied, that it was highly
flecrssary to puss the Bill before the Ist of May
next, it'h. ii the present Act, would he eN,pivid,
there fort: he ww; aft aid that there wonld !pit be
;tittle to wait for the ropers whirl) the. Hon. Gen •
tkinao who spol;a last lad ment:ol,eti.
AtirttclitottP. and Sir M. IV.llint.ey. main.
tained :halt the 13ill ji,wildiLl'ot be hurried through[
the !louse xt githig time to consider
't
tibleck. and to be supplied with the proper do-
ttonents.,. . .
1..,ocK11:111T thought the subject highly de-
t.,rein4.,t- the attention, of the Mouse. lie hail
real the report (it 11r. Capper, with great sails-
-I.u.i'mo, and anlicipaled much advantage (rot.% the.
It II vt, 111p1111APA
The motion was then agreed'to, and the Bill
brnnicht MO as first time, and ordered to be
reasl,alecond limp On Monday, next.
Aattactlomati pre dated a Petition froth
'certain Debtors confined in the Castle of Yolk,
.proying,,that tlielLS('4vent'Debtors' Act might not
tei)eak:(l.
The Petition was t,henreaa and ordered to be
rift [red to the Cominittee on the Insolvent Deb-
tors' Act.
Bitoobr.w brought up the Report of the
'Committee of WayS and Means,
.the Itesolutiohs
(.1• which were read and agreed to, and Bills or-
•
'tiered saecordingly,
Mr. ARBUTIINO,T
,presented copies of the Esti-
*mated ExpenditUre in the departments of Lord
Chainhrlain. and Steward of the Royal Uousehold„
deceit to lie on the table.
TIT:4NET 14.41%'.' notice, that on Wednesday
yiext lie. would atone for time abolition of the office
o'l the third See'rentry of, State, meaning th4t of
the Secretaty at War, tie'then moved, that there
maid hefore the Hot* .an Account of all Sala-
ries and Expenses,provided for the Secretaries of
State for the 1-16ine, Foreign, and War Depart•
mehts, front the sth of January, 1815, to the sth
Japoary, 1816.
question beta..;
CIVIL LIST.
•

Lord CASTLOIMAGH that the present would
be ns 'cotivettient,u time as any for hint to apprise
the Iloitee that he intended to bring in a Bill to
feguhtte the Civil List prospectively, and to abo-
lish' the offices which were recommended to be dis.
revised with by the liesOlntions of the Coinmittee
Orlast year upon the subject. These woe very
ftesi hie 'objecti the attainment of which bad
14-en long contemplated by Government. It was
also desirable to give the Crown sneb as income
as might preelotht the neces%ity of frequently re
eurring to- Parli,tinent. lie hiSO wished to stnte
that Alinistera did not intend to call upon Nona.
went to n-take any priivision for the arrears of the
Civil List,' Which amounted to about 77;0001.;
and,tehich -it was intended to discharge by means
of the stinit which had accrued as Droits of the
Crown.

•Mt%ltklivlCY.-,--As to what bail been last Stated
by the Noble Lord, it appeare-tl to kith that if the
Thoits of the Clown were not applied -for that
purpose, tlieywouln have been available for soMe
other branch of the expenditure, so that it came
to - tha:sanie thing whether Parlianient was called
opon or linty— fle`-evislied- the Noble Lord to State
what he meant by thcproits of the CroWn, as he:
slid ,i~at itOderstind what they were. As to the
Bill proposed by therNoblc Lard, he was very glad,
ro hear of ;it, anti to'tind :fmrdship's se
cond't Imog con tir SithjeCt of CeOnamy 140 pro,-
filmed such 14.4md cltcrts. ;Lir only

iJantte 11;iglit haveztime to consider I,ite

-•• , - -
joet. tot •before the Noble- Lord introfbleetl,leis
Tierney) was resolved to move for
I.l4e,filipailitweiirtg -I•Anuodittee,of inquiry intd

the Expetites of the Civil List, %%Weil $111)1"
havP pc)tver toexamine wit neiz,es, as ><t'rtljt>titsucli
"I" iry ttoth satisfactury could be done.
Lord CAS:Mk:jig-MIR hail no ohlection Ilia :.an
account of the Droits of the Clown thOidd ,!be
laid.before the .flouse, 'sVith it statettrut of the
Way in k% Inch they wer!,iapplictl,' He was not dis-
posed to throw any impediment 'in- the %ily of.tle
Right Hon, Gentleman to prevent' hith from re.;
commending to the House to tike any particular
view of the eltpenditure of the Civil List t but
it would he necessary that the queNtion should
first be brought
.hefore the. House, as until then,
10 truth, therc.would be nothing to which the
inquiry of the 11 ight Hon, Ccntleilyan could refer.
It ought therefore robe bronglit before the Honor
first in the shape in 'which his Majesty's Govern-
ment thought most proper for Parliament to adopt.
The RigiA Hon Gentleman might than make any
proposal which he thought proper.. .
Mr. TIERNEY said, it must be recollected that
the measure of the Noble!Lord would he found-
ed on the. Report of the Committee of last year,
and proceed On the assumption, that the HQIISC
would all agree to this Report. Now to this•he
totally ohjectud, and would therefore endeavour
to be hefore-hand with the Noble• Lord,

Mr. BtlottGti AM wished-the Noble Lord tocause
the Accounts which he had mentioned relating to
the Droits of the crown to be made nut merely
with the sums Wall, as it would he more, perspi-
cuous, and prevent the House being troubled with
the details-.

Lind CASTE.RREAoII was not aware of any oh-.
jection to the proposal of the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman.

SLAVE TRADE.

Mr, SVILBEICEORCE, referring to the ResoWhin
of the 4th of February, 1816, which hnd been
,signed by the great European Power", fur the
abolition of the Slave Thole, and by which they
agreed that their respective Ministers in .London
slonild hold conferences for the purpose of more
cfrectually abolishing this traff►c, wished to know
from thu Noble Lord, to whose efforts in C;is
cause buttumity owed so murb, and what 'steps
had been taken for carrying this Resolution into
elfvct.

'L'at'h CASTLEREAGH said, that Russia, Prussia,
and Austria, were the only Powers that had .itt
first acceded to the Resolution ; but that France
had siucelh•en made a party to it.. Ile hail ple.a-
Sutt the lion. Gentleman that the
Pi ince Regent hail cansed communications to he
recently. addressed to the, different Powers, for
the purpose of carrying'tlit's Resolution into effect,
and that he was C9llVineett no time would be lost
in doing so.
Mr. W., SsltTo'rejoiectl' at the progress tvhicli
Lact.betiLlnao.c within the last year towards the
complete, abolition of the, Slave Trade.: Ile: wislt,
edaLove all things that-such steps might 1w taken
-Hit were likely to bring.tlie Court of Spain to taxi-
lislt this !raffle.
CA.sTLEREAOH replied, that at sienna the
Court of.Spaitt had pledged itselt to.the a.bolititm
of the Slave Trade in eight ye,os. Every effort
.had been since made to, induce this Court to
shorten this period, hilt witilOnt success yet
there was this satisfaction, that there was evo-y
reason to believe that, the Sguniol Court Yi:Puld
redeem its pledge. • iVo representations-as to the
injustice and impolicy of-this traffic had been sue-
cessful towards this Court. • '
FisiLAY gave'notice: that' An lay
tor a Cninmittee to intittire
into the state of the trade in Foreign-Linens.
• There were then ordered to be laid before the
'House AecOititta of the Foreigo and Irish Linen
imported, and . the doies pain on importation.
The House resolved-itself into a Committee On
the Loan Arts of. the Oh of Geo. HI., the Re-
'wit of which was ordered to be receivad
to-
morrow.
• Mr. Bantoo wished to have soma explanation
as to an item in the Naiy EstiMates`, by
132,962/. was charged for the victualling of hien
employed in what is called Harbour fluty, at kite.
rate at cigteen'penee 04lay for each Mall, Where.:
as, ill 1813 aml,lBl-1, the charge was only is
ling a man. There was no cause for this increase,
finless to increase the perquisites of the Officers.
By bringing back, the rate to what' it-was
no less a sum Could be saved' titan 44,000:
concluded by moving for' a return: of the. utiniirer
of men in the several Deparmenti of .the 'Naval
or Transport Service victualled
,othersvise
by competition of Ptthlic. Contractors. .
Mr. CHOKER maintained, that it was impossible
that men in such harbours as Portsmouth,
mwnth, Chatham, and Sheerness, could possibly
be victualled fit a cheaper rate than eighteen-pence
a day.; `At Milford Mayen, where that; was it '
public contract, which was one of the cheapest
. places in the kingdom, the rate was one shilling
and four-pence baltperinra mot 'per:diem: He
bad no objection to produce the accounts inovctl
for ; ou the contrary, be would aiford the Hon.
Gentleman every facility for inquiry into the: sub•
ject, and hoped he would go to the bottom of it,
us he-would be convinced thit the rate in the Es-
timates was the loweit possible.
Mr. BARHAM said, that the price of provisions
at Milford Haven was now very low,
'Mr. .lotips was sni.e that every
.arrangement
tin this subject had been made with a view to',

economy.
A fter some cX pia oat ions Detween Mr . Brougham ,
Mr. Crofter, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Bating, the pa-
pers were ordered to he produced.
Mr. BARING then lnn%ed for all account of the
expenses for building and fitting for sea the fri-
gates Cydnus and Fairotas, :,and also an -account
of the time when each frigate Was fitted for sea,
arid its present condition. lie made thismotiou
in consequenee of having understood that these
frigates, bud been built in 1813, and were now
breaking up for firewood, or condemned for that
purpose. It that were true (aud lie cared not
ivlictlicr those vessels had been built lit merchants'
yards or in those of the, nation), there must have
been the grossest neglect, as it ii as otherwise
impossible that ships should be rotten in two
years' time.

Sir G. WAtuutismt assured the Elort, Gentie-
ittan,, .that the sy3tFhi of bidding its Incrch„als,
yarns, which basil onoccessitroy cost the -country,
av manriniii.ons, %vas now ah.intioneit tor ever.
Jittaucitmit expressed liiy satis(actio it that

the merits of the pl.tn of his Nol.:e
Earl of St. Vincent, should thus be, at pubL
liely acknowledged : yet, at the time he had pro-
pmed it, he had been subjected to au attack.,
which-, had the House allowed it, wo tld have 417
most extended Itself into it thotionor Censure, !if
not into an impeachment of the Noble Lout,
theriilY on the ground that he did not Wild "ships
in merchants' yards. -The services of that iii tin-
guished Commander at sea were not greater than
those whielr he bad rendered his.eonntry- by :th'&-
introductian,of economical measures.

Mr. CHOKER hail never denied the great merits
of the Noble, Earl. On the contrary, he had a&
tiered to his plan, and it was now upwards of five
years since a single ship of the line had been built
in the merchants' yards. On on emergency it
might still be proper to build a few frigates and
sloops in that manner, not to be nbligcd so re-
move a ship of the line from the stocks to .make
room for a sinaller Vessel'. But his Right Hon.
Friend (Sir G. Warrender), would be able to spew
in the Committee on the Navy Estimates, that. for
Eva .years ship of the line. had been built in
merchants' yards, anti he hoped that evert frigates
should in tat ure never be built there.
After a few words. from Mr. Fouts and Ad-
miral MARKHAM.,
Mr. BARING said, that his motion had no refer-
ence' whatever to the question of yards. IVbether
the two-frigates ,to .which he had alluded had been
built by Government, or by merchants, it in two
years they were so eohiptetely rottew U) be un-
fit for pttblie service, there :I{aye
,beets Some-
where gross neglect, and, unjustitidble waste: of
patflic money.
Mr. Citc".ca 'cohteniled, tbat there had been
neither gross neglect nOr any. waste .of . public
money. One of those frigates had•doue very vve;l,
land hatl'brbiti'd t !tonic a Fran .... frigate,
'which
now remained in our service. ' , •

The motion viis then agreed to, and the Ac-
connts orc!ered.

, The frill► Excise and Customs' Regulation 13114
was reat a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted on Thursday-nex t.

The Crown Lands Bill 'was read a third time
and passed.---Adjourned..

FR ENC El PA PERS,

(RUCEIVED THIS MORNP.,IO.)

C'II.INIIIF:R OF I'EERS, lf.teccri 23.

1.11/LLETiN.

The poke 'coiu.tnistiiritea to the
ChAinberthe dete.rminitiooOf. the K.ing.to tt-nite
the 'Duke of Berri twilit! Prifiress-Ntativ Carbline,
Gratuktaughter of the King of the.Two,Siellies.
• 'Fie igi.iiis.t:gr..at same: time,:eo—ni.Mtinicated
au Ordonnante,:of the King; • telative• tiittie'forins
of admission into the Chainber.of Peers of those
•
Members culled to it by hereditary. right.

It wiis grantiner;titatlon'shonlll
be appointed, to carry an Addrysi to' the Ki:ng'iita
the' oecision Of-the • may. ri,ige a the Doke of

Berri, and to Kettle bearer to his Rapti highness
43 f the telicitati9us Uf the Chamber of Peets.t-
At three the Cbaucellatl returned from the Klug
to ittrortu th,tult that the _Deputation u•otilti be rep'
ceived at ei„ohte. '• ..

cnASittitit iwmpplits, sIA RA 41.

111% cre corlyiere-preseured a rapid slctell'of the
discussion had taken • place relative 1p rift
Arrears. Ile .annotts ced. that the cgmtniciatioti
oersisted lo the. opinion that the—Forint* .of th.e
Mute ihould not he alienated:

3.1. Count Corvetto informed 'them that his
;!;,15,jesty bad ord.exed his Alinisters to amend the

, articles 17 tb2o.of.the Pr()jet of the LaW on ,this
subject, by some TItW 'ciao (1, whtclt 111 V c for,
their object the toljotWument 'of the mode of pay
tiiinfiirtheArrears until 1820, lie informed them
that\io the.incan time bonds, bearing an interest
ofs,peti eeht, would- he giYen, to the • Creditors,
but which wohld not. be aciociaoe.
h e new Art ides 17• .111./1 20-were adopted.'
The Doke of Richlieu informed the Chamber:of
the intended ntarriai,re of the Dake. of Some
articles' were, reml relative to the eseablibliment
necessary for thii august I.4nse. ,By *One it was:
proposed to pay annually, a million of francs, in'
,addition to that which waftlestined for the setilc-
ment of the Princes of the Royal Family, by the..
law of Nor, 8 IEII4. By another, that during
live years, only ,500,000 lbould be paid, and at
the end of that amethe whole of the proposed sum.
The Chamber adjourned till Monday.