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COPY RIGHTS.

Mr. GIDDY rose to make the mot;on of which
he had given notice on the subject of Copy-rights of
Books, by entering the same in Stationers' Hall.—
There were elisting Acts of Parl'ament, by which
those who wished to secure to themselves the exclu-
sive right to the property of their works could do so,
by entering the same in Stationers' Flail, and fur-4
nishing a certain number of copies to the Universi-
ties, &c. There were other Acts, which seemed
only to apply to the penalties to which Booksellers
and Authors would be entitled on condition of fur-
nishing such-copii.s, but by %%inch, if the penalties were
not sought to be enforced, the Universities did not
seem to oc secured in their. copies. By a recent Lie.
cision, it had hcen held, that the Universities were
entitled to those copies, whether the proprietors of
the works choose to enter them in Stationers' Hall or
not. The Beokselle; s thought this was a hardship
lupon them, and that there were certain points relat-
ing to it in respect of which they were, entitled to re-
, fief :=lst. They were reqitired to furnish copies of
each work, printed on parer of the very best quality.
Now, there were some books of which a few copies
were printed in a splendid manner, and upon the
very best paper. This regulation, however, they
thought would be sufficiently satisfied by copies on
less splendid paper; Another thing to which they
objected was the furnishing copies of new editions
with trifling additions, ehich they thought might be
sufficiently satisfied by furnishing the additions alone.
Another objectionable point was, where there were
reprints of ancient works, or where only a few copies
of a book weressold. To illustrate this last, he allu-
ded to the a Flora GI xca" of Dr. Lipthorpe, of
which only thirty-lour or thirty-five copies had been
sold in the whole of Europe. If to be c'.empelled to
give away eleven copies of such a work as this, must
it not be esteemed a very great burden indeed ? The
Hon. Member undertook the making of'the present
motion not as a partizan of the booksellers, being•
himself much attached to the University of Oxford,
where he had spent four or five of the happiest years
of his life. All he desired was to fall on what might
be esteemed the best plan of promoting the interests
of learning. He should therefore propose that a
Committee be appointed, to consist of 21 Members,
to take into consideration the state of the laws on the ,
subject, and to report to the House their opinions
and observations thereon.
Mr. ROSE agreed that some mode must be fallen
on to secure their copies to the Universities, without
too much trespassing on the property of authors and
booksellers. •
Mr. C. W. WYNNE, much as he respected the Uni-
versities, would rather see them supported by the pub-'
lic than made a burden on authors, which he concei-
ved the depositing of. copies of every book to be.—
, This too was a tax only on authors of merit; for the!
Universities did not think it worth their while to
claim all the trash that issued from the daily presti.,
' but only meant to impose this tax as 4 reward for
. superior learning and ability.
Lord A. HAMILTON thought the only incon-
venience from the practice of depositing copies of all.
1 publications for the Universities, would be to create
a small additional charge on the price, which would
affect the bookseller rather than the author.
Mr. J. H. SMYTH thought the object of the pre-
sent application was to get rid of the obligation im-
posed by the Act of queen Anne, and to retain the
benefit conferred by it. His Honourable and Lear-
ned Friend (Mr. Wynne) called the regulation allu-
ded to a tax on authors ; it was incumbent, however,
pn those who thus characterised it, to shew that its
evils were less than its advantages. No author, he
was convinced, would object to such a distribution
of his work, if its effect would be to shew it to thou-
sands of eyes who would never otherwise see it, in
which same proportion his own celebrity would be
increased. As to the idea of works printed on
line wire-wove paper, not being subjected to the ope-
ration of the Act, he thought those were exactly the
works on which, more peculiarly, such a burden
ought to fall. The time for allowing to authors a
' property in their works, he thought, ought to be en-
larged; and also, that an alteration should be made
' in toe Act of the 42d Geo. 3, by which the works to
...be furnished to the Irish Libraries were limited to
per* actliall/ entered at Stationers' 441!

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Mr. GAA.Nt Stough connected, with one of
the great 'bodies affected by the regulations in quo-
firm, declared, that he had no private feeling on the
subject ; on the contrary, he was certain that the body
to which he belonged would be happy to meet the
question liberally, and that the only object was the
advancement of learning.
Sir S. ROMILLY said the Hon. Gentleman who
spoke last but one was certainly under a great mis-
take, when he stated that the object of the present
application was to get rid of the obligations of the
Act of Queen Anne, and to retain the benefits of. tt.
No man could do so without depositing eleven copies
of his book ; and by the late decision, tnough a man
did not claim any exclusive benefit under the Act,
still he must give the eleven copies. There was ;mo-
ther mistake under which the Hon. Gentleman la-
boured, in supposing that the Act of Queen Anne
conferred a benefit on authors. No such thing.—
Before the passing of the Act, authors had the exclu-
sive property in their own works ; and the Act in
question went to limit that right to fourteen years in
I.the first instance, and to another period of fourteen
years if the author should be alive at the expiry of
the first period. The only privileges conferred by
this Act, which authors did not before enjoy, went to
some penalties which were immaterial. It was ex..
tremely desirous that every encouragement should be
given to the public libraries; but was it necessary that-
this should be done by a tax upon learning ? This
was said to be a tax not on authors but on booksel-
lers. Was it not, however, a tax on authors where-
ever they kept their works in their own hands ?—As
the case now stood, no doubt, the privilege was ab-
surd and unequal. A man had a second period of
fourteen years in which he had an interest in his work,
if he survived the first fourteen years ; but it he died
before the expiry of the first period, then his execu-
aers- had no farther interest in the work. This was
to hold out rewards only to jejune works, and to suf-
fer works of experience and mwrit to go without any
reward to their authors.

Mr. J. H. SMYTH explained.
The Motion of Mr. GIDDY was then put and agreed
to, and a o,mmittee appointed, containing, among
others, the names of Mr. Giddy, Sir W. Scott, Sir J.
Nichol', Lord Palmerston, Mr. Dmidas, Mr. Plun-
kett, Mr. Rose, Lori A. Hamilton, the Lord Advo-
cate of Scotland, Mr. C. W. Wynne, &c.
EXPLANATION.
Mr. CROKER apologised for no: being in his seat when the
Noble Lord (Cochrane) brought lurward his motion; he Lad,
however, taken the precaution of acquainting the Noble Lord
with the time hiA other duties would allow him to conic to the
House. From the report he had beard of the Nehle Lord's
speech, he must say, that he had been completely misinformed.
—The sum of m iney asked trout sailors oil ub atning their dis-
chargewas extremely trifling, and that mode had been adopted
to guard them from the numerous impositions to which they
were constantly liable from men undertaking to provide subvti-
tures tor them. Not having been in the liout,e, he Wv:lld not
press his observations further, but say, that the NulJle Lord bad
been completely n.isinformed.
After some convers.tion between Mr. WUITIMCAD and Mr.
CitOICEII, the latter Gentleman still persisted in Litt saute oteinion.
B NK It CPTCY 312111s1)ICTION.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR tore to make his announced
motion, to separate the jurisdiction of bankruptcy
from the office of the Lord Chancellor. The delays
is the Court of Chancery, and in the Court of Ap-
peal, had often been the subject of discussion in that
House. It had been agreed on all hands. that a re-
Medy was wanting, and that the Lord Chancellor re-
quired assistance and relief in the discharge of his
numerous and important duties ; for that purpose a
Bill had been sent to that House from the House of
Lords, for the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor.
Here the Honourable Gentleman renewed all the ar-
guments against that Bill. He also considered ;he
plan of taking the Judges from other Courts to assist
the Lord Chancellor as totally impracticable. But
the most essential relief he thought would be granted
to the Lord Chancellor, by taking from him a branch
Of business not essentially connected with his office,
but engrafted upon it by statute ; a business which
constituted more than one-fourth and very nearly
one-third of all the causes brought before him, and
• which, from its urgency, had the precedence of all
other causes, to the great prejudice of suitors of
Chancery, who had a constitutional right to the Chan-
cellor's care and attention. The cognizance of bank-
ruptcies had been attached to the Lord Chancellor's
office by the 13th of Queen Elizabeth, because at
that time comparatively little business was transacted
in the Court of Chancery, but he would appeal to
any one in the House to know if the measure would
have been resorted to in the present state of that,
Court ? He was sure not, and as relief was to be
granted to the \ Lord Chancellor, the most effectual
way would be to take from him that branch which
was attended with such additional truuble, and did
not essentially belong to his office, rather than to de-
prive him of a part of his constitutional attributions.
The Honourable and Learned Gentleman then pro-
' ceeded to examine and refute the several propositions
contained in the Pamphlet of Lord Redesdale, and.
said, that as the office which he proposed would re-:
quire great powers and talents it ought to be well:
,paid. It might be said that the office would not
*fford sufficient business for a Judge, in that case he
might be employed in the Cock Pit, and the Master
of the Rolls thereby be enabled to assist the Lord
Chancellor in the discharge of his duties. He had
no motive but the public good—he wished to see an
effectual remedy to the existing abuses—he was cer-
i•
tam the appointment of a Vice• Chancellor would not
prove to be that remedy—no one would go in or
come out of Court satisfied, and as he thought the
only beneficial plan was to separate the bankrupt
cases from the other duties of the Chancellor, he
would move—
" That the House do resolve itself into a Coinmi:tee, in order
to take into consideration suck parts of the :statuee a the 13th'
of Eliyabtth, c. 7. and all other subsequent Statutes, as give ju-
risdiction in cases of Bankruptcy to the Lord Chancellor
of England."
On the motion being put—
Mr. LEACH said, he merely rose to state a few
objections to the plan of his Honourable and Learned
Friend ;—he could not concur with him that the
bankrupt eises constituted one-third or even a fourth
of the business in Chancery. Until within a very few
years the bankrupt business did not occupy more
than twenty days in a year ; in latter years they had
considerably increased, partly in consequence of corn
mercial speculation', but more in consequence of the
unexampled pressure on trade. He wished to Lie al-
lowed to state with accuracy, what time those can*
occupied, In the last year, in six hundred any" tour
cases milers had been made in August ; 396 had
I?een heard, and two-thilds of the whole ilad top

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heard in twenty-four dad R—if, therefore,
could be heard in that time. it followed of cours.t,

that in thirty-six days, all the cases could be heard
which came before the Court in a year, when it was
supposed bankruptcy had reached its height. The
Chancellor was withdrawn from the Court of Chan-

.:ery to preside over the Appellant Jurisdiction
seventy-two days in the year, and it he were relieved
even in the proportion of sevenry-two days in the
year, yet the evil complained cf would not be reme.-
died, as under the present system the business had
sitctinvilated, and additional time would be requires&
!co subdue that accumulation, but as the proposed
plan only went to relieve the. Chancellor of the busi-
ness of thirty-six days, it was apparent that it would
be entirely inefficacious. For these and other reasons.
he was unable to vote for the motion of his Honour-
able Friend.

Mr. MARRYATT said, that he was disposed to
support the proposition of the Honourable and
Learned Gentleman opposite. A great deal of
.
confusion and inaccuracy prevailed in the affairs iiit •
Bankruptcy. So numerous were the Bankrupt
Cases in Guildhall, that it more nearly resembled a .
Bear Gorden chap a place of public business. He
hai often attended thare, and had been so annnyei
that he had departed without proving his debt ;
he had gone again, and had found the same annoy.
ante ; and, finally, he had not proved his debt at
all. , The security and equal distribution of the pro.
perty of Bankrupts were quite as ill regulated, not-
-4 withstanding the Act on the subject. lie hail
ke,own many assignees who had rendered themselves
liable to the penalties of the Act, but never knew
one prosecuted under it. Assignees were directlf
interested in retarding the d.stlibution of property
in their charge ; he thought an accountant-general
should be appointed ; but the most effectual remedy
would be, to separate the bankrupts case from 'h.
other duties of the Chancellor ; at present, it was
not possible for the Chancellor to give sutikient at-
tention to the subject. Were a Judge appoi.ited for
the particular purpose, with the Commissioneta
of Bankrupt, and the Practitioners in his Court
about him, he would vesemble a regular Naha bur.
rounded by his satellite:, whereas the Chdincciior, at
present, might be compared to a costa, io rare were
his visits, and placed as he was at such an magical
surable distance, that he might be gazed oa and won.
dered at, but not approached.—(llaar, hear.)—.-Is
arts and labours were divided, the human mind wars
I rendered . energetic •IP and as no one would cinticritl
that the heahlig art was the less perfect in practice, ue-
, cause it was now subdivided into minute departments,
such as Physician, Surgeon, Apothecary, Alssa-raid-
wife, acc.—(il laugh)—so no one, he hoped, would
assert, drat the duties of the Lord Chancellor would
.be worse performed for being divided. l'he lion.
Gentleman then compared the plan with the pro.
i posed Vice-Chancellor's bill, and conch:ideal by de.
yiariig, that he thought the present measure would,
,1 if adopted, be productive of great aUvcitiaze to th
;commercial i'vuri LI.

Mr. ABERCROMBIE said, that if the Hon.
Gentleman would have taken the trouoie to inspect
the order.book, he would have seen that there was a
proposition to redress the grievances of whicn he
complained, and on the disclissiou of which his ob-
servations would have been better bestowed. He
could not concur in the plan a his Honourable and
Learned Friend ; he did not think it could be enter-
tained as a substantive motion, and he would not
vote for it.

•
Mr. CANNING thought that the Lords having
sent down the Vice-Chancellor's Bid to the House,
it wits enough to negative that Bill, leaving it to theta
to originate one less objectionable. He was of opi-
nion, however, that one great amendment might ue
offered to that Bill, whictrwas, iustaad of creating
a new officer, to lop off some great limb of the Chan-
cellor's jurisdiction, ansi none appeared more pro-
per to an unlearned man, than to separate that winch
had been added by statute. He objected to the
mode of producing the plan. He thought the pre-
ferable course would be, to recognise the principle
of the B►ll emanating trot the Lords, and after-
wards snake those amendments that might stern tx:
pedient. As he bad previously declared aims-At in
favour of this plan without quAlitication, he would
vote for it if the Honourable Gentleman pressed his
motion, even if he stood alone wait him, but he
thought enough had been urged to inguce the Hon.
Gentleman to delay his niot►on until a more conve-
nient occasion.

Mr. M. A. TaYLOii. explained his masons for
bringing forward his motion at this. particular pe-
riod. If he had waited 1 the
Vice
Chancellor's
Bill was passed, it would have been useless to here
appointed the Judge he proposed.
Lord CASTLEREAGH thought the Learned
Gentleman had not done justice to his own conduct ;
his: only course was, to place his plan iu conipetitiou
with the Bill on the Table. He thought there was
more of genera/Alp than friends hip in the support given
to; the measure by his Right Honourable Friend
if*. Canning) who had a plan of his own toa prtb.
pose.--,(silaugh)--the Noble Lord replied to Mr.
Leach, and said, his proposal would prove a must
expensive one. He thought the Hon. Gentleman
had brought forward his motion in the most proper
way, and if the House trteaut to support it, now WAS
the time :—When his Hon. Friend ( Mr. Canning)
should bring forward his plan, it would, no doubt,
receive just such a support from a certain quarter,
as he had given to the measure of the Hun. Gentle..
Man opposite.
Mr. PONSONDY said, it it had been the intention
of his. Hon. Friend to divide the House, he would
certainly have voted wici ; as he did not, he
would not consume the time of the House on the ques-
tion, ,• he thought the project such a one as tile floasc
ought to adopt, but he did not think the manner of
bringing it tOrward calculated to secure its support.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY was very unwilling t 9
address the House, as he found it. iii ossibi to sup-
port the motion, brought lurward as it was, as a Tula.
tive, nut as an individual motion. The Nobie :Lord
(Castlereagh) was not in tiettung it AS he bail dimwit
but would be support it The Noble 'Lord had Jo.
s:ribed it as expensive—expensive, no doubt, as coin-
pared with the proposed V ice-Ch.incellor, Lie did 'tat
see why it should cost a penny. At present the Chan-
cellor received the bankrupt lees ; lees received by the
Secretary for Bankruptcies, to whoa) he paid a Sa•
Lary. No Judge ought to be patio by Kes, not that
any Judge could be influenced by tnem, bait they welt
141 110 case IC Wild so worry au4 maulvearcy :

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In Lord diarendoes It** theta irifti# ioftg
count of-it conversation with the Duke t Ormond,
on a proposal Made to him, to give tap the business
in Chancery, Which might be done by any man, and
With which almost all his time was occupied, and to
attach himself more closely to the Royal Person and
to his duty as Keep,er of the King's Conscience ; but
Lord Clarendon rejected the.proposal in the most re-
solute manner, declaring, that if a gallows were erec-
ttd before his door, and the alternative were impo-
sed upon him, he would sooner undergo the penalty
than agree to convert the office of Chancellor into
that of a Court favourite. What a pity it was that it
"lever occurred to the Duke of Ormond to suggest
the expedient of a Vice-Chancellor !—One of the
greatest calamities that could befal the country was
the passing of a Bill like the present, which must af-
fect the independence of the profession, and open a
pith to its highest honours through the intrigues of
a Court.
Mr. TAYLOR again defended the mode in which
he had brought forward his motion, and objected to
its being treated as a novice in the forms of that
House. The Motion was then put, and negatived
without a division.
Lord CASTLEREAGH then moved the third
leading of the Vice-Chancellor's Bill.
Strangers were then ordered to withdraw 3 when
the House divided, there appeared—For the third
Reading 127—Against it 89—Majority 38.
Strangers were not again admitted during the rest
of the evening.
Another division took place on an Amendment
proposed by Mr. CANNING, that the duration of the
Bill should be limited to seven years.--For the
Amendment 114— Against it 145—Majority 31.
While the Minority were in the Lobby, Mr. Pox-
`SONEY requested the attendance of his friends to-
morrow evening, as Lord CASTLEREAGH had signified
that it was his intention to oppose the second reading
of the Sinecure Bill.
The House :Adjourned at half past Twelve o'clock.

THE EVENING STAR

LONDON.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1813.
PRICE OF ~'COCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKs
Cone. 59-I—for ae. 591-4 per Cent. 88 89—Bds. Si. 4i.
Bills 4s. Si. pr.—Ornniurn, nothing done.

The baset of the Treaty with Denmark, which we
specifically mentioned yesterday, have now reached
this country in a demi.sfficial form. Captain LEUTKIN,
of the Danish Navy, has arrived in town, and deli.
vered dispatches from his Government to Lord CAB-
tLEREAGH on the subject. He came in a Danish man
of war, which arrived in the Humber on Wednesday.
If we are correctly informed, Denmark stipulates for
a perfect neutrality : at the same time, her ports are
to be opened to British Commerce upon advantageous
terms. There was a time when BONAPARTE would
have had the insolence to denounce vengeance against
Denmark for her concessions I

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Our Readers will find in our columns of to-day
some further gratifying intelligence from the North.
The letters from St. Petersburg!' announce the total
downfal of the French faction at that Court, by the
tetirement of ROMAN ZOFF from office. The names
of TCHICIMOOFF, NOVOSILTZOFF, D'OunitiL and KOTS-
bum, all decided Anti-Gallicans, are mentioned as
having succeeded to places of high responsibility in
the Russian Ministry.
The Proclamsation from LAtintsron, who is now
the only French General, with any thing like an army ,
tinder his command in the North of Europe, proves
to demonstration that all is not well with the French
interests on the Elbe. We rejoice to learn that it is
'the progress of public opinion which he dreads more
than the Russian armies. Why should u frantic
writings which malevolence circulates to excite revolt"
alarm a French General and his invincible legions ?
We are much mistaken if General Count LAURIFFON
is not speedily relieved by a Russian General from
the fatigues of watching the movements of the inha-
bitant around him.

Louis XVIII. has addressed a Proclamation to the
French Nation, in which he calk upon them to re-'
turn to their allegiance and unseat the Usurper from
his Throne.—The a times are favourable" for such
an experiment, and it has this to recommend it, that
the document is couched in the most temperate lan-
guage. His Majesty disavows all intention of forcing
himself upon his subjects as their Sovereign, and ap-
peals to their loyalty to his family ind their sufferings
under the tyranny of BONAPARTE' for the success of
his claims. In pursuing this line of conduct, he Mgt
carry with him the good wishes of every honourable
mind, and has no doubt received the sanction of the
British Ministers, for we have reason to believe that
they have uniformly displayed a praiseworthy forbear-
ance in listening to any Crusade against France, with
a view to the restoration of the BOURBONS. Any revolu-
tion in the French Dynasty, (and such an event is not
beyond the pale of possibility) must come from the

interior of France—it must be the simultaneous wish
of the whole nation, otherwise it cannot and 6ught
not to be successful. The following is a copy of this
important document :
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE.
1, LOUIS XVIII. &c.

" The moment is at length arrived, when Dlvwx
Peovinracs appears ready to break in pieces the in-
strument of its wrath. The Usurper of the throne of
St. Louis, the devastator of Europe, experiences re-
verses in his turn. • Shall they have no other effect
but that of aggravating the calamities of France ;
and will she not dare to overturn an odious power,
Ito longtr protects4l by the illusiqns of victory ?,.-..

N•
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What piquiliees, or' What team, eas-tioitpwat her
from throwing herself into the arms of her Zing ;
and from rvognisigg, in the establishment of his le.'
gitimate authority, the only pledge of union, peace,
and happiness, which bis promises have so often gua.
ranteed to his oppressed subjects ?
" Being neither able, nor inclined to obtain, but
by their efforts, that throne which his rights and their
affection can alone confirm, what wishes should be
adverse io'those which he has invariably entertained ?
what doubt can be started with regard to his pater-
nal intentions ?

"The King has said in his preceding declarations,
and he reiterates the assurance, that the Administra-
tive and Judicial Bodies shall be maintained in the
plenitude of their powers ; that he will preserve their
places to those who at present hold them, and who
shall take the oath of fidelity to him ; that the Tri-
bunals, Depositaries of the Laws, shall prohibit all
prosecutions bearing relation to those unhappy times
of which his return will have for ever sealed the obli-
vion ; that, in fine, the code polluted by the name of
Napoleon, but which, for the most part, contains
only the ancient ordinances and customs of the
realm, shall remain in force, with the exception of
enactments .contrary to the doctrines of religion,
which, as well as the liberty of the people, has long
been subjected to the caprice of the Tyrant.
" The Senate, in which are seated some men so
justly distinguished for their talents, and whom so
many services may render illustrious in the eyes of
France and posterity—that body whose utility and
importance can never be duly appreciated till after
the restoration—can it fail to perceive the glorious
destiny which summons it to become the first instru-,
ment of that great benefaction which will prove the
most solid, as well as the most honourable guarantee
of its existence and-its prerogatives ?
On 'the subject of Property% the King, who
has already announced his intention to employ the
most proper means for conciliating the interests of,
all, perceives in the numerous settlements which have
taken place between the old and the new landholders,
the means of rendering those cares almost superfluous.
He engages, however, to interdict all proceedings
by the Tribunals contrary to such settlements ; to
encourage voluntary arrangements, and, on the part
of himself and his family, to set the example of all
those sacrifices which may contribute to the repose of
France, and the sincere union of all Frenchmen.

" The King has guaranteed to the army the win-
tenance of the ranks, employments, pay, and ap-
pointments which it at present enjoys. He promises,
also to the Generals, Officers, and soldiers, who shall
signalize themselves in support of his cause, rewards
more substantial, distinctions more honourable, than
any they can receive from an Usurper—always ready
to disown, or even to dread their services. The King
binds himself ',anew to abolish that pernicious con-
scription, which destroys the happiness of families
and the hope of the country.
44 Such always have been, such still are the inten-
tions of the King. His re-establishment on the throne
of his ancestors will be for France only the happy
transition from the calamities of a war which tyranny
perpetuates, to the blessings of a solid peace, for
which foreign Powers can never find any security but
in the word of the legitimate Soxereign.
" Hartwell, February 1, 1813."

The Evening Service and Form of Prayer ap-
pointed for the Fast Day, were performed at Carlton
ITouse on Wednesday afternoon, before the PRINCF
RaGestr, the Princess CHARLOTTE, and the House-
hold, by the Rev. F. W. BLouseao and the Rev. J.
S. CLARICE. _

The Duke of YORK went to Oatlands on Wednes-
day, after attending Divine Service at the Chapel
Royal. Yesterday morning his Royal Highness re-
rturned to town. and transacted military business with
the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton-House.

Yesterday the Palace REGENT dined with the Earl
of CNOLMONDELET at his house in Piccadilly.

On Monday the Marquis and Marchioness of LANE.
DOWNE gave a grand dinner to the Marquis and Mar.
chioness of ST/tramp, Earl GOWER, Lady C. Gowax,
Lord and Lady Bassonotion, Earl GREY, Lord and
Lady Ponsonar, and a large party, at Lansdowne
House, Berkeky.square. _ _ _

The departure of the Earl of MOIRA and the Coon-
less of LOUDON and MotnA from Portsmouth is fixed
for the 16th instant, the day before St. Patrick's day.
Dr. HARE. late of Calcutta, accompanies the Noble'
Earl, in the capacity of state and family Physician.
PROUDMANg the Messenger, experienced many
difficulties in his journey to St. Petersburgh : he lost
his change of clothes, and part of his baggage; and
the cold was so intense, as to occasion the deprivation
' of the use of three of the toes from one of his feet, his
limbs being literally frost-bitten.

ColonelEwa-tom has been returned for Wootton
Bassett.

Lela week, the Second Division of the Court of
Session at Edinburgh took under their consideration
the cases of those gentlemen who voted under protest
at the last Ayrshire election. Mr. DoN's vote was
sustained-. Major MONTOODIKRIOS and Mr. HUGH
MONTGONZRY'S were rejected, and Dr. MONTZATH%
was reserved for farther investigation. The objec-
tions to Mr. GORDON of Milrig's retour was sustained
by the Court. Several other cases remain.
Saturday se'nnight, a meeting took place at Tar-
mon-Barey, county Roscommon, between FRANCIS
aims; of Longford, Esq. and Lieutenant JOHN
BAREZR, of the Royal Lmigford Militia ; the former
attended by Groan* BASYNOK, Esq. and the latter
attended by Lieutenant JOHN FALLON, of the 103 d
regiment, when after the discharge of two case of
pistols, Mr. CRUM was slightly grased, after which
both parties walked oft the ground,

•
?RIYCS►SS OF WALES.

inutrri OF CABINET, JANUARY 25, ISO'f.
" Downing-street, JantuuT LS, 447.
"%RUNT.
The Loin Cnxiscer.i.oa. Lora Viscount Howscu.
LORD PRRINDINT. Lord Gastoni,.
LORD PSIRT SLAL. Lord ELLENIOROUOR.
EarifireNcaa. Mr. Secretary WINDOOIt.
Earl of MoitA. Mr. Ga sum La.
Lord Harm? PRTTT.
" Your Majesty's confidential servants have given the most
diligent and attentive consideration to the matters on which your
Majesty bas been pleased to require their opinion and advice.—
They trust your Majesty will not think that any apology is ne-
cessary on their part for the delay which has attended their
delibrations, on a subject of such extreme importance, and
which they have found to be of the greatest difficulty and em-
barrassment.

" They are fully convinced that It never can have been your
Majesty's intention to require from them, that they should lay
before your Majesty a detailed and circumstantial examination
and discussion of the various arguments and allegations con-
tained in the letter submitted to your Majesty, by the Law Ad.
visers of the Princess of Wales. And they beg leave, with all
humility, to represent to your Majesty that the Laws and Con-
stitution of their country have not placed them in a situation in
which they can conclusively pronounce on any question of guilt
or innocence affecting any of your Majesty's subjects, much less
one of your Majesty's Royal Family. 'They have, indeed, no
power or authority whatever to enter on suck a course of In-
quiry as could alone lead to any Anal results of such a nature.
" The main question on which they had conceived them-
selves called upon by their duty to submit their advice to your
Majesty, was this—Whether the circumstances which had, by
your Majesty's commands, been brought before aim, were of
a nature to induce your Majesty to order any further steps to be
taken upon them by your Majesty's Government T And on this
point they humbly submit to your Majesty that the advice which
they offered was clear and unequivocal. Your Majesty has since
been pleased further to require that they should submit to your
Majesty their opinions as to the answer to be given by your Ma-
jesty to the request contained in the Princes•'s letter, and as to
the manner in which that answer should be communicated to
her Royal Highness.

" They have, therefore, in dutiful obedience to your Majes-
ty's commands, proceeded to reconsider the whole of the subject,
in this new view of It; and after much deliberation, they have
agreed humbly to recommend to your Majesty the draft of a
Message, which, if approved by your Majesty, they would hum-
bly suggest your Majesty might send to her Royal Highness
through the Lord Chancellor.

“ Having before humbly submitted to your Majesty their opi-
nion, that the facts of the case did not warrant their advising
that any further steps should be taken upon it by your Majesty's
Government, they have not thought it necessary to advise your
Majesty any longer to decline receiving the Princess into your
Royal presence. But the result of the whole case does, in their
judgment, render it indispensible that your Majesty should, by a
serious admonition, convey to her Royal Highness your Majesty's
expectation that her Royal Highness should be more circumspect
in her future conduct ; and they trust that in the terms in which
they have advised, that such admonition should be conveyed.
your Majesty will not be of opinion, on a full consideration of the
evidence and answer, that they can be considered as having at all
exceeded the necessity of the case, as arising out of the last refe-
rence which your Majesty has been pleased to make to them.”
N. B. The Minute of Cabinet, inserted in oar Paper of yester-
day, ought to bate beendated 21st April, 1907.

The Letter of her Royal Highness to the Loan
CHANCELLOR and to the SPEAKER of the House of
Commons is already before the public. The LORD
CHANCELLOR, it is also known, returned the letter of
her Royal Highness. His Lordship's letter on this
occasion was to the following effect :
That hit Lordship found himself under the necessity of
returning the letter of her Royal Highness, which he thought
it hit duty to advise the PAINCESI, from consideration of
propriety as well al safety, not to make public.—The let.
ter concluded with an intimation, that by command of
the PRINCE REGENT, the shit: of her Royal Highness. to
Warwick House, were in future to be wholly discontinued.

To the above an answer was returned by the Prin.
cess of WALas, expressing surprise at the manner as well
as the matter of his Lordship's communication, and parti-
cularly at his care for the sinisrr of her Royal Highness;
but intimating that his Lordship need be under no ap-
prehension: on that ground, as the Constitution and laws of
England were her safeguards. The letter concluded
with an intimation, that in future her"Aual Highness
expected to receive no more letter: from the LORD
CRLLOR, except ask* signed by his Lordship in hi: charac-
ter of one of the Privy Council.

However incredible, it is true, that Sir Jona Dou-
GLAS did remonstrate with Lord CASTLEREAGIi and

other Members, on the terms with which Lady pou-
t:states decimation and evidence in 1806 was men-
tioned in Parliament. And he says, that what pro-
voked him to this step was, that Lady DOUGLAS had
actually been examined again by the PRINCE RE-
owes Lawyers, on the very eve of the day when
Lord Commutator' pronounced her condemnation.
Now, he says, that the very same men, who in 1807
had pronounced her to be unworthy of all belief,
thought fit to examine her again on Thursday the
4th March, 1813, thereby giving her credit for inte-
grity, and yet the next day they spoke with the ut-
most contumely of her evidence.