Star.
London, England, 1815-05-11 00:00:00

WAYS AND MEANS.

In a Committee of Ways and Means,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved a Resolution respecting the funding of tache-
quer Bills, allowing holders of Bills to subscribe to
the amount of 80 per cent. on every seloo vested i*
Exchequer Bills, to be fupded under the conditions
already made public by advertisement.
Alter a few words from Mr. Chtamszt.c, which
were replied to by the CHANCELLOR of the Excusguen,
the re•olution was agreed to.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
then brought- forward another Resolution to authoriser
new Lotteries, which were to contain not more than
60,000 Tickets.

• Mr. WHITBREAD thought the injury done to
the public by. Lotteries, bore no proportion to the
good which they could do the Gus er••m-nt. Alter
ihe reports made by two Committees on this subject,
he had been surprised that Mr. Perceval, with his way
nt thinking, could have recourse• to such a measure
for a supply, and he was not less surprised that such
a course should be taken by the present Chauceilor of
the Exchequer.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
thought the public could sustain no very material in-
jury froin Lotteries, the drawing of which occupied
but four days, though formerly when Lotteries were
40 or 50 days drawing and in succession, it was found
that they excited a spirit of gaming among the pen-
pie; which for a time produced the most pernicious
effcct s.
Mr. WHITBREAD praised the dexterity with
which the Right Hon. Gentleman could detect the
evil in one case, and shut his eyes to it in another.—
If so much gambling, by means of Lotteries, did not
occur as formerly, he could say a vast deal was done
in that way even now. From the depressed state of
labour, many, might now be expected to meddle with,
Lotteries who would not have been tempted to do so
formerly. He should not have expected the Right
Hon. Gentleman would be willing to encourage but
a very little wickedness in the Public, for so small a
benefit to the State.
The motion was agreed to, the House resumed,
and the report of the Committee was ordered to be
received to-morrow.
An Honourable Member observed, in the Treaty
with America there was no mention made of the pri-
vilege formerly enjoyed by the Americans of fishing
near our shores, and landing to cure their fish. He
wished to know how that matter was understood to
stand, on the conclusion of the late treaty ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
in the absence of his Noble Colleague, the Secretary
for Foreign Affiirs, declined answering the question.
Sir G. CLARKE, atter adverting to the Report
of a Committee appointed in the last Session to in-
quire into :he Public Weights and Measures, stated
it to be his wish to bring in a Bill founded on that
Report. He hoped the Bill when brought in, would
be suffered to be read a first and second time, and
passed through a Committee, the Report of which,
that the subject might be fully investigated, he would
propose to bring up on a distant day, with All under-
standing that any amendment which might be
thought necessary, should then be received, and if ap-
proved, made part of the Bill. He moved, that the
House should go into a Committee ou the Report of
the former Committee.

The House having gone into a Committee, a Re-
solution for bringing in a Bill was agreed to, and on
the House resuming, the Report was ordered to. be
received to-morrow.

On the motion of Mr. H. SUMNER papers re-
specting the amount and application of the Orphans'
Fund, and the surplus now in the hands of the Cham-
berlain, were ordered to be laid before the House.

Sir G. CI.ARKE presented a Petition from the
Freeholders of Edinburgh against the present Distil.
lery Laws, and praying they may be taken into con.
sideration.—Ordered to lie on the table.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved for leave to bring in a Bill to exempt Churches,
Chapels, and other places exclusively set apart for
public worhip, from ParochialsPoor Rates.
Mr. WHITBREAD approved of the principle of
the Bill, but he was sorry it had been preceded by a
Resolution so likely to prove subversive of all the
finto he derived lions it, as that which the Right;
tin. Gentleman had brought forward a short time
before to -palm on the public the nuisance of a new
•Lottery. Leave was given to bring in the Bill. .It
was •brought in; read a first, and ordered to be read-a,
second time on Friday.
A Bill to increase the Salaries of the Judies'in the
Consistory Courts at Edinburgh, was brought in,
read a first, and ordered to be read a second time on
Friday.
The LORD ADVOCATE of Scotland brought
id a Bill to enable the Magistrates of Clackmanan to
commit offender! to Stirling jail. Read a first, and
ordered to be read a second time on Friday.
The Irish Assaults Bill and the Irish Prisons Con-
tract Bill went through a Committee, the Reports of
which were ordered to be received tomorrow.

The Committee on the Downpatrick Election was
postponed from the 18th to the 23d instant.
In a Committee on the Act of the Slth, respecting
Silk Handkerchiefs, it was resolved to repeal so much
of the Act as went to prohibit the importation of In-
dia Silk Handkerchiefs. The House resumed, and
the report of the Committee WAS ordered to be re-
ceived to-morrow.

The Made Wines Bill, and the Irish Court Houses
Bill were read a third time and passed.
The Report of the Farming Steck Bill was brought
up and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a
third time to-morrow.

In a Committee on the Acts relating to Tobacco,
it was resolved to alter the law with respect to the
drawback allowed. The Report of the Committee
was ordered to be.received to-morrow.
Mr. LOCKHART, in the absence of his Ho.
nourable and Learned Friend (Mr. Serjeant Best),
stated it to be his (Mr. Serjeant Best's) intention to
move the second reading of the Insolvent Debtors'
Bill on Monday se'nnight.
Mr. LUSH INGTON presented a Petition from
the Bakers of Canterbury, which was ordered to be
referred to the Committee on the Assize of Bread.
- Mr. LUSHINGTON brought in a Bill to impose-
a duty on the importation of oak bark, and other
vegetable substances. Reed a first, and ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow.—Adjourned.

SECRET MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BUOMAPA RTE.
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JOURNAL OF LOUIS MIL

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(11Mracts from No. I. May IL)
OHE2iT, MAY a.

The King of France on Sunday presided at his
Council. His Majesty in the morning went out in
his carriage. He rides out every day for about an
hour.

For two slays several battalions of the Hanoverian
Landwehr have passed through.
The Count Alexis de Noailles, one of the Ministers
Plenipotentiary of his Most Christian Ma)esty at the
Congress, arrived here yesterday. He brings iznpor.
tart dispatches from Prince Talleyrand, and had, ‘o
his arrival, a private audience of his Majesty.
The Duke of Levis, Peer of France, arrived here
to-day.