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and rejected by the House, the Bill passed throngh
the Coramittee, Old ,irdered to be reported.__
After which the House Adjourned.

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HOUSE Or .COMITONS,
'lle Lords Amendments to the Gaol rees Akolkloz EDI acre
read and agreed to.
I.ord DEORCIP. BERESFORD antrenced to the Ho v. that
his Royal Highness the. Prince Rrgei:!.., had received the led.
Jrs sari of the House relative to the Thiel °lrene-pith Ant•••
rka, apd the late Declaration of the Alb.- ; and ahs those cf the
2d and Ibth ult. for, certain siocnnient:: ;—'••co whirls h's P.oyal
Highness was pleased to site gracious answers-, add ordered the
documents accordingly.
Mr. HUS&IS6ON bretight rp the Report cf OA Select Cons-
irittetl Matire to the nra4.tfon of Light:4lomm on ths. loc
Man, sod leave war given to bring in a 13iP to pursuance tut roof.
The Exchequer Di% DM was read a third :hoe, co the
motion of the Cuaref.t.t.Oß of the Excusquel, further law-
reeding. thereon were postponed.
A. person frog-. the Lord Chancellor's office, presentee an ac-
count of the number of Lunatic PetitioC6 fur tile years it, •
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113, AS 14.
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The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHI!"-M?lt moved a Chose
byway of rider. to the Ercheciaer Bills A'nesery Bill.
The Equitrble Tellers Bill went through a Cenurittee.••••Re•
port tO4llO/TOW.
The flame went Into a Committee of Supp!y.
The following Sams were voted :--
15&44 for repairing Henry the Seven•V3Chaptii.
£5090 for the Civil Establishment of Newfouta....' sod:
.ESAVO to the Trustees of the British Moscunt for tie Annual
Expenses.
11000 to the same to enable them to buy Books.
£250 to the same for the preservation of Co/le:ttogs In Natural
History.
ADDITIONAL GRANT TO LORD NeLSON'S FAMILY,.
Mr. LUSHINGTON, on moving for an addi-
tional Great of Money, to pnrchar.e an es•ate for
Lord Nelson's family, read his Majesty's Message,
of the 46th of his reign, recommonding to the Hoare
to grant 18120,000 to purchase an estate, and provid-
ing for Lord Nelson's family. Of this sum £30,000
was granted immediately, and the remaining £90,000
was is be granted for the perchase•of an eligibleestate
as it could be fixed on. The Act required that the
estate should be entirely freehold. and a further sum
of £9OOO was necessary to enable Ole CommiLcioners
to make good such purchase, He therefore moved,
That an additional Sum ol•ee9o0t! be granted to the
gait! Commissioners for this purpose.
Mr.W HIT B It EA 1) a:might this additional grant
unnecessary. Ten years have elapved since the Act
was passed to the pitching on Mr: Dorking's estate,
during which time no application was made for an
augmentation of the sum for the purchase. 01 :ha
£120,000 voted, 430,000 had been given to Lczd.
Nelson's sisters. Toe remaining 5r90,000 wts to be
laid out in the purchase of an estate. He wished
that every such grant should be considered concluded
when the Act was made. In 1811, an estate called
Branches, in Suffolk, was fixed on. Agents were
sent down to value it, and to agree for the purchase.
They valued it, and had entered into treaty with
Kemp, the owner, whose first demand was 165.000.
There arose some differences, which Mr. Kemp did
every thing in his power to . remove, The present
Earl Nelson approved of the property. The porettase
money agreed on was within £3,000, and thp bar.
gain was nearly closed, when the Commiesroners
broke off, because there was a small quantity of
copyhold land on the estate. The Act of Parliament
certainly required that all the estate should be free-
hold ; but cm Mr. D aking's estate, for which the
present additional grant was required, and which
would thus coat £99,000, there was a much greater
quantity of copyhold land than on Mr. Kemp's. It
became the Commissioners to shew some wronger
reasons for breaking off the treaty with Mr. Kemp,
and for requiring this additional grant. If they could
sbew sufficient reasons for their conduct, he should
agree to the grant ; but if they could not) he felt is
his duty to resist it.
Mr. ROSE said, he was one of the Trustees of
Lord Nelson's Estate. Every mode was token .by
public Advertisement and otherwise, to find out a
suitable estate for the heirs. In nine years only two
offered; one in Suffolk and another in Hampshire.
In the purchase of the first they were outbid ; and the
other was sold for a higher price than their Surveyor
thought it worth. Last year Branches Park Was ap-
proved of by Lord Nelson. It was agreed to be sold
on the condition that there was to be no eopyheld on
it; that the timber was to 'oe valued down to 2s. 6d.
a stick; and that the fixtures should be valued end
included in the purchase. But before the Trustees
agreed to these conditions, Mr. Dawkins's estate of.
tried itself; therefore the Trustees en full coos:43ora.
Ilion (not merely of any poiet of 1.. w) thought them.
selves fully at liberty to decline the-purchase of Mr.
Kemp's estate; and it kacl ;tuned ota, that although
he had agreed that there was to be no esopyltold on his
estate, there w.ss at thnt time tiq acres o; that sett of
property on it. Ile therefore contended, that the Trus.
tee.; were perfectly justified in sr:sat they bad done.
Mt. W ESTERN thought th;tt.this additional grant
was unnecessary ; because in pint of time there was
no urgent occes4ty in making this purcbese of attar
ther ettate for the heirs of Lord Nelson. Mr. Kemp
red•iced his estate in order to meet the views of Lord
Nelson's Trustees ; and he wished to know why the
put chase was not made from hint, o; the Mr. Daw.
kias's estate cut dews within the sum vvted by Par-
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Mr. W. ShIJPI was astonished why (I;entlemeft
like Lord Nelson's Mimes, bad broke off the;r bar.
gain with Mr. Kemp. lit did not think ilia they
were justified in exceeding the 5C90,000 granted by
Pa:hanient for an estate to the heirs of Lord Nelson,
as the estate might easily be saddled With the
dation of this additional £9,000. Or Pailiain,iit
might lend the money, with the engagement of having
it repaid.

Mr. WHITBREAD said, he had heard nothing
to oetend taking this sum of 49000 out of the public.
purse. In Mr. Kemp's estate there were only two
acres of lat.d in copyhold; in that of Mr. Dawkins
there welt. 2JO acres of copyhold land.
The SP.L.ti KER. said, that Mr. Kemp, at different
times, accepted the conditions with different altesa.
Aeons of WI owu making. On the Commissioners •