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HOUSE OF' COMMgNS, JULY 18.

Mr. Johnson, from the Irish Secretary's Office,
presented at the bar the Copy of a Memorial
with respect to the Irish Fisheries.—Ordered to
lie on the table.

Mr. W. D UND AS presented a Petition from the
Convention of. 'the Royal Burghs of Scotland,.
praying the removal of the Restrictions
,upon
Trade.—Ordered to. lie on the table, and to be
printed. _ _ _

- Pellew's Divorce Bill was read a third time
and passed, as was the Witnesses in India Bill.

THE DU(HES OF KENT.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after
some prefatory observations upon the justice of
enabling her Royal Highness the J) less of
Kent to defray the unavoidable:expence attend-
ing the establishment which she possessed upon
the death of the Duke, especially as no allow-
ance had et been granted for the establishment
of her infant daughter, proposed an Address to
his Majesty-, praying that the quarter's salary,
'which would have become (hie to the Duke of
Kent on the sth of April last; should be paid to
the Duchess,- and promising that that HU use
would, enable his • Majesty to make good the
same.—Agreed to mumimously.

AccompTAN r GENETt AT, ni."riiE COURT OF

CH A M V.

Mr. CALCRAFT said, be understood the Ac-
cOnntant-General . of. the Court of Chancery at
present, besides his salark- received a portion of
the brokerage with the Broker of the Court. lie
was ready to acknowledge that this Officer ought
to be liberally paid, but he thought the payment
should be-made in the way' of salary and without
disguise, 'that it might be apparent to the Public
what be did receive. He should, therefore, now
move for an account of the brokerage received
by the Broker, and the manner in which it had
beer: applied, for a certain period.
Mr. COURTNEY- had no intention of opposing
the motion.; as far as it could be complied with
itstiOuld have his support ; he would now only
state the nature of the-office and of the salary
received. By the 12th of Geo. 11. the ACcount-
ant-General. had certain duties to perform, and
he received a salary of about 1500/. a year ; be-
sides these duties, he had others, relating to the
buying and selling or stock, and for his trouble in
performing these duties he received a certain por-
tion of the brokerage, paying the broker the re-
maining part of the brokerage. The only -diffi-
culty he felt as regarded this motion was as to
the time mentioned, namely, 10 years. Now
the present Accountant-General had been' in of-
fice only about eight months, and could not make
returns for other persons, his predecessors.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE thought there would be no
difficulty in making this.•return, as the present
Broker had been Broker to the Court for many
.ye ars.
After a few words from Mr. CALCRAFT the
motion was agreed to.

ADJOUItNNIF,NT OF THE

Lord k..ASTLER EAGII moved, that the House at
its rising adjourn till Monday next.
Mr. CALER.IFT (as was understood) asked what
was the object of adjourning the House till Mon-
day, and whether it' was intended to propose
any further adjournment after-that period?
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, that his object in
not proposing to adjourn to a later day than
Monday, was with a view to their adjourning
finally to the same period as the Lords ; whilst
the interval which would be afforded them by the
present arrangement' would allOw their Lordships
time to ascertain what period it would be most
convenient for them to adjourn for. When a cor-
rect estimate of that time should be formed, he
apprehended that the House would feel that no
time ought to be lost in assembling : and prior to
the Bill which was at present before the House
of Lords being brought down to them, proper
steps would be taken to insure a full attendance
by means of a call of the House.