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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1820.

ulin}lll 10,379.

OFFICE OF ORDMINCE, May '24, 1 tv.,n. . - CENOTAPH
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his MA- TO THE MEMORY OF HER ROYAL lITGUNESS
JESTY'S 012DX-INCE do hereby give NuSt. . 711 E LATE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
S so great aninterest has been excited upon this
That Proposals will be received at their Office in Pan Nlall, on A
subject, and as the final Erection of it in some public spot
or before FRIDAY, the 9th June next, from such persons as 'must be yet a Work of time, Mr. WYATT thinks that the
r‘av b.• wining to undertake the Supply of COA LS for Service Eshibition ?f the MONUM ENT AL GROUP will be grati-
dlC due Department, for a period of.thre Year, commencing from lying to the Ptiblic ; be therefore begs to inform them that it is
thz lot July next. IV..‘.V OPEN to their view, at No. 19, Henrietta-street, Cayen-
ne Coals must he of the description denominatc3 " Xdair's ( u quare.—. Admittance One Shiping.
`a! ,:n," and wilt be required to be delivered free of every ex-
n.:',.: except the li.!ng s Duty, payable in the Port of London,
;i:i.tr ou shore or Mu vessels dr tuft at any place in the River
'flumes, and at 17aversh-rn, or at any Port or Place in the
itir. r 31e41-.vay, as may be required.
I....rtlitr Particulars, tog:Abet with the Terms and .Conditions
or the Contract, may be known at the Secretary's Office in
1`.:ll-Mall atoresaid, any day between the hours of Ten and
Fuer o'clock, where the Proposals must be delivered, sealed
bp, and endorsed, " Proposals for Coals ;" but no Proposals
tan be admitted aft..r tit.. said 911 t June, .t Twelve o'Cluck at
IC9OII of Or! :ante day, iseitb.er will any Tender be noticed un-
less the Party ?,;:.!;1;.;; i,, :or an Agent in his behalf *hall attend.
Ey ved,yl';':: fklrd, E. U. CREW, .s.x:rotary.

SI'S LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
A. hiring REDUCED their PELEnIV.II6, in many Cases
Twiestr aNn 'feisty WA Czar. Tables sidle New Rates, with
th: Consiitiocs of Assurance, buy be had at the SUN Lam Or-
-4..4.. in CoL ILL; and at_ the &a Fut &frier, in Caasn's-
C....-itr, Losnos; also of any of the•Aorxis for the SuN Flux

TO CAPITALISTS.—TO BE BOLD,
Alc4T Eligible ESTATE for INVESTMENT,
near ROSS, in fIEREPORPSHI RE, viz. the several
Farms of Upton Court, Whittock's End, Bullock's End; and
Gatconib, being Lana of the .first-rate quality, lying contiguous,
and let to most responsible Tenants for upwards-of %Cl 100 a year.
The whole forming a Property most dezirable for Trustees, or
pel s.ons desirous of maLing a good iirvestinent in. Lind.
For Particulars apply to Mr. Walichold, Land Surveyor, No.
42,Pa11-mall; or to Messrs. Brace alai S:lby, Solicitors, Surrey-
street, Strand.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF E.VST-INDIA. STOCK.
1...17)mi AND Gmyteemet.
rililE lanie,aed death of Sr Join JAcrsow Bart.
cieates a Vacancy in the DIRECTION of your import-
e)r.curr.s. _ _

O.: ;Le L.L.t occasion when I did myself the honour to address
it was to-iodinate the grounds upon which Lthen refr.tined
t. :a aalicitinz ;our aueras..s.
NeuilAr qualiiications of the hononrabk Gentleman who
farw.nd to the loss of the late
inductii inc at once to wave the pretensions, which,
yola f.a..ur, a majority of votes on two former Inca-

Li Li 111. T. •
I 4'. aw beg lerrie us renew my solicitations for your support
to :al the present Vacancy, and earnestly entreat those. Friends
loie already so kindly supported me, will continue their
eizrtioas utt any behalf, indulgins the hope, that the motives
actuated me in withdrawing on the last Ballot will tend
t. the number of those frienth, by whose patronage I
took forward for success im the present occasion.
I have the be:toile to be, Lathes and Gentlemen,
Tour much es:illy-4, and faithful humble Servant,
CHAU/AS ELTON PILESCOM
41:.Threatineedle-strest, lfgh May, ISM.
P.S. Captain Phrsoott's Committee will meet daily at the.
lan4's Head Tavern, is the P00h:3., where every COIIII3IViC3.
bet ankfully acknowiedgetb.

T 1.3 THE PROPRILTOLS OF EAST-INDIA STOCK.
Lanms awn Csitutatro,
T BEU leave respectfully to submit to your notice
1. and cansideratitin a Copy of the Resolutions which were
nn-.:Limously adopted at a numerous Meeting of Proprietors of
Last-Indra Stock, held at the City of London Tavern this day,
and earnestly to solicit the favour of your Vote% and Interest at
us approaching ELFCTION of a DIRECTOR; which is to
!he place at the Ludis.llouse on Fistaar, the 9th day of June
It 4as been, ir.d continues to be, my most anxious desire to
Fey my personal rcspt,ts to every Proprietor, and should I in
aLf instance fail to t!ti so, I trust the emission will not be im-
puted to any intentional neglect, but to the very extensive no-
t..re of the Car.vas.s, and to the changes of residence which havi
teats, place since the pubiicatiiin of the last list.
I hare the honour to be. Ladies and Gentlemen, •
Your faithful and obliged Servant,
Thoorer-square, May 30.1820. JOS. D. ALEXANDER.

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A T a numerous and highly-respectable MEET-
ING of PROPRIETORS of EAST-INDIA STOCK,
k id this day, at the City of London Tavern,
K I REM A N FINLAY, Esq. M.P. in the Chair,
The following Resolutions were passed unanimously, proposed
Ly Sir James Shai-, Bart. and seconded by David Lyon, Esq.
hr, That Ms. Joaiss Dupre Alexinder, a Candidate for the
vacant Seat in the East-India Direction, is, in The opinion of
a Meeting, highly qualified to fill the vacancy occasioned by
t re 1-ntented I:•ath of Sir John Jackson, Bart.
. _ _

F. prised by Charles Pieschell, En. and seconded by Stewart
Ilsrjoribanks, Esq. M.P.
S• 1, That a residence of eighteen years in India, a part of
wnich time was exclusively devoted to the service of the E•ast-
:adia Company in the ilevenue and Commercial Departments,
trder the Presidency of Fort St. George' and the remainder of
titat ?mixt in conducting the concerns of an eminent Iloase of
•g acy in Cdcutta, has afforded Mr. Alexander an opportunity
c: acquiring much experience and useful knowledge in the 21-
.!:*rs of the East-India Conipaey. .
Proposed by John Forbes, Eiq. and secom!...d by Benjamin
kr.v, Esq.
:d, That Mr. Alexandra has received from the Governor of
r:e-ilon (to which station he was attached by the Government of
Art St. George), snd elso from his superiors it: o:..ce at Madras,
'1.1.4.ir decided approbation of his servires in a manner highly
1.-kourable to his character and abilities, and that in the prose-
cation of his duties, whether as a servant of the Last-India Com-
"say, or in his capacity of Agent, he has evinced great industry,
and integrity.
Proposed by the Right Honourable the Earl of Caledon, and
seconded by Robert Downie, Esq. M.P.
4th, That with thee impressions of Mr. Alexander's pretest-
flees to the countenance and support of the Proprietors of ;::ast-
i=dia Stock, this. Meeting will.most strentioualy exert their en-
demurs to secure his elect ion to the vacant Seat in the Direction.

Resolved, That the above Resolutions be inserted in the Pub-.
lie Papers. KIRKMAN FINLAY, Chairman.
Proposed by Edward. Fletcher, L. and scconda by Thomas
Esdhead, Esti.
'that the co: di2l Thr.viks of this Mceting be given to Kirkman
Fue:'l, E. NIX. fur his-able conduct in the Chair.
May 30th, 1620.
N.B. Mr. Alexander's Committee will cont'a.ue to sit every
tk.:r at the City of Landoll Tavern, until the Jay of Election.

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C;liitaers:—Engliih and French Pride and Vanity—English
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Pitic.:E `EVEN-Picticß.

PARLIAME TAAY PROCEEDINGS.'
HOUSE OP LORDS, MAY 30. •
The Earl of Kiercivol (one of the Irish Represelitative
Peers), Viscount Curies, and Lord Sirawar.t., took the oaths
and their seats. -
Previous to their Lordships entering upon the Order oftbe day,
The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that, in the intportant dis-
cussion which took place on Friday evening, the House Nvettld
recollect that be bad occasion to refer to thr average prices of
Corn at stated periods : those which he principally then referred
to were not upon the whole the most favourable for the line of.
argument; as on a strict vkw of these, especially in one of the
years, from 1815 to 1819 inclusive, they were particularly low.
With Barley and Oats that was strikingly the case, while the
prices of Wheat were high. He Should' thereforerwith a view
of bringing that an of the subject fully and correctly before
their Lordships, move that an occultist of such average prices in
thosesears be Lid before the House ; which was ordered ac-
cordingly.

client: He was as jealous as any man of the. consti-
tutional powers of Pal-him:eat, buthe did not, there..
fore feel that it was necessary or becoming, when
the arrangements of the Civil List had been once ad-
justed, that Parliament shnuld vexatiously enter into
minute inquiries of Its various appl!tations,provided ,
the Crown kept wain the limits of the original set:.
tlement ; but if the Crown passed thdse limits, and
in consequence found'it necessary to come down to
the House for further demands, then he allowed that
the question lay open for a new investigation, and to
be dealt with according to the discretion of Parlia-
mem. But in the present instance there wa§ no rear`
son for adopting the proposition of the Noble Los&
In all the arrangements, frbm the Revolution down
to the present day—arrangements made upon dif-
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The Duke of DEVONSHIRE presented ate Petitions from intent principles--the Droits and casual Reventiei
Occupiers of Land in Derbyshire, praying for Legislative pro-
were uniformly left untouched, as an inherent right
tection.
of the Crown. The Noble Lord (Dacre) had founded
Lord WHITWORTH presented a Similar Petition from the ‘ . .
Agrieulturix: of Sasser. an argument on the ground that there was, in the
.:.Lorfl BATHuttsT oresented a Petition to the same effect present instance, a certain sum assigned for the main,
Itom the County of Ghl'ucester.--Orderod to lie on the table. tenance of the Royal Establishment. • But he Fhould
Lord 'CA LTHORPE, in presenting a Petition of a like na- have known, that ever' since the reifsn of William tore from the Town of I.kiry, in Suffolk, observed, that the Pe-
whether . . ,
the dignity of the Crown was maintained by
sitioners did not pray for relief upon a new principle; but they
complained of the defective execution of the existing InsO. It a specific stfm, or uncertain Revenue; the Droits
was, therefore; most necessary that an inquiry should be made, were never affected. The arrangement on the acces-
and a remedy applied, which would give the Bill that fair trial sion of George the Second, was on a different prince-
it bad never yet obtained. It was incumbent on Parliament to
de from that
.which took place in the commence,
'inquire whether the average priceof Corn throughout the king- I
merit of the reign of George don was fairly stated, in entering into, any investigation, the the Third. In the for-
object of which was to ascertain whether the effmts of the Bill mer case, there was no part of the Civil List pro-
wete essential or remediable.—Ordered to lie on the table. vided for by a sum certain, but a aria/mum was
Lord HA RDW WYE presented a similar Petition from
fixed; and the Clown had alt the advantage of the
bonningtsn in the Isle of Ely.'
Lord EGREMONT presented two Petitions to the same Revenues exceeding that minimum, when there was
purpose, one from Steyniug,„ in Sussex, the other from Pulvera an excess, only subject to the general responsibility'
1444, in tisessme County.—Ordered to lie on the table. • of Ministers. In the case of George lll.there was a
Clint. LIST BILL., specific sum, and both isisimue: and maximum-were
Lord LIVERPOOL moved the Order of the Day fixed ; but Parliament; in making such a tegulatiOn,
for the .third reading of tire Civil List Bill. - did not attempt to much the Droits of Admiralty; or
. Lord DACREro,e, pursuant to notice, to move
,the Four and a Half per Cents. or any of the casual
an Amendment to the last clause of the Bill. His Revenues of the Crown ; though that was a time of
Lordship stated, that it was not his object to examine war, 'and there was a very considerable fund in pos-
the general prinCiples of the Bill, nor to inquirewhe- session of the Crown arising from those Droits, the
cher Parliament, in calculating the amount of provi- Legislature did not think it advisable to deprive the
Crown of its advantages, if any :rich
should result .
'sion for the maintenance of the Civil Government,
was to be hound by the result. of any former Corn- to it, from the prosre:ity of its pecniiarßevenne.--:
mntee on the same.subject? Nor did he .mean to The principles on which the Noble Lord had pee,:
examine what effect the difference of price in the were not by any means conclusive. In time of
essential articles of life ()tight to have upon a new peace, the Droits had no existence; and in times'
arrangement. though he thought that also a very
.of war, it was of essential • importance that they
fit subject for inquiry. But his present object related 'should be at the uncontrouled disposal of the
solely to those uncertain and casual reventiss,..known Crown. It was, besides, impossible for Parliament,'
by the appellation of the Droits of the Admiralty. in all the amplitude of its functions, to deal justly
Those were not within the scope of that inquiry with a question that combined distinctions so flume.'
which, took place when the settlement was isiade, in rous, and considerations so minute and complicated.
the first year of the reign of his late Majesty; nor Therewas another' most important point, which the
within the controul of the late Committee, who Noble Lord had not contemplated. It was hot only
should otherwise have demanded their application to necessary to make .allowances- out of the Droits to
a different purpose from that to which they were at Captors, but to niakc restitution to Neutrals In
present appropriated. Ths Droits, during the thirty many instances the country had.been saved from'a
years' war, might be averaged at £500,600. a year. war with Neutral Powers by the facilities which thief
He was aware that the whole of this amount was not Fund afforded for immediate reparation. Thus it
applied to the Civil List; there were other claims supplied the means of preserving the character and
upon it of a different nature, arising out of circum- honour' of the country. When improper captures
stances affecting captures; there were also remune, were made, the discretionary power which the Crown
rations to captors. For this purpose, it was' neces- had over it, relieved the country from the conse-
sary there should be a distinct fund, under the autho- quences. The Amendment of the Noble Lord, it was
rity of responsible persons; and such a fund ought true, only affected the surplus after the adjustment
to be left under the disposal and controul of persons of such demands ; but that Noble Lord could not, in
informed upon the subject, who might be enabled to the application of the ninernillions which thirty years
act with that promptitude which the occasion so often of war had produced, point out a single item which
required. He had, therefore, no intention of extend- could be impugned, as having been-disposed of With
.ing his Motion to 'that portion of the Droits which any improper political views, or for any personal
would he required for this necerary and immediate consideration. The Noble Earl' then observed Upon
application; but he contended, that as the Committee the disposal of the surplus, after satisfying the fair.
of 1816 had provielecisamply for the expenses of the and ifkidental claims, and maintained that the largest -
Civil Government, it should haVe precluded the pos- distribution had been made by the appointment •
sibility of the application of the enormous sum, ;on- and sanction of Parliament; he believed to the
raged at 12'200,000 for half a century, to the Civil amount of L 1120,000 per annum. The other Grants
List, which had previously been provided for, upon from' the same Fund were made to the youoger'.
the most liberal estimate. Ile then observed, that branches of the Royal Family ; andsin the cortuneuce-
the clause in the present .Bill, although it required 'merit of the Regency there was one grant of 1:7000 -
that the amount of the Droits of the Admiralty, and for the furniture pf a Palace. Those purposes, it most
their application, should be returned to each Session be obvious, were -neither. personal nor "political He.
of Parliament, yet it left the application unregulated repeated, that this ?und was never, in. any former
and discretionary. The Bill should be so framed- as reign, diverted out of the Crown, 'or at any cline let- •
to dispose of the money a priori, and might not to
.tered, whether the maintenance of the Civil Govern-
leave
it open to an application which Parliament did ment wds founded upon a specific sum,. or itsptop.r. i-
not direct. It was by far the best principle of the aced and fluctuating revenues. It was enough,. nastier
Constitution, that no money could be disposed of 'out every view of the case, that the present Bill offered :
by persons accountable to Parliament, who had not a security which had never been given by any sjrni-.
merely a prospective responsibility, but were under lar Bill fievious to it ; for in no fmmerßti was -
an actqal and peremptory direction. 'This was not there an obligation to account to Parliament for the..
only remedy, but 'prevention: it did not allow of de- disposal of those Funds. No account 4 the
.Droits
ficienciet, and then undertake to cure them; but it was, indeed, ever refused ; but it might have been._._
first pointed out the
.object of expenditure with itrex- Here,- however, it was made peeeinpuify to farnish
teat and limitation. It was not following: up this sessionally an account of
.the casual Revenues, and
principle, to allow of the application, and only call, the manner in v.i?ich they had' been applied. no.
for a Return. It appeared to him to be the best ar- hoped, therefore, that under these circumstances,
rangement, to allow of a discretionary-power only when more was conceded to Parliament • than' 'had
with regard to the sum required for the equitable ever before •bcen allowed oh the saint:. subject, the
demands of the class of persons whOin lie had de- Legislature .would not act on 'a more marked prin.
scribed, and to preclude, at the same time, the pds- ciple oldistrust in regard to the Sovereign, than it'
sibility of applying the remainder to any of Ilse put.-
had ever befOre exercised. By the presesa arrange,
poses provided for by this Bill. e
He was convinced ment, there could be no possible alne of the casual
that no one Could have any well-founded objection income; and if advantages should arise, there was
to such a Parliamentary controul_over the Droits of no reason offered why the Crown should be de-
the Admiralty; as, while it prevented the use. of prived of them. . .
theni in a way which she liberality _of Parliartient Lord ELLENBOROUGH sprite in favour of the
had anticipated, would still leave an ample sum to Amendinent. He said, that he regretted his Majesty
lie disposed of in the adjustment of fair claims and had not made a sacrifice of those funds to the Pob- .
equitable demands. His Lordship concluded, by lis. 'Suck a concession would- have gained his Mu-
moving an Amendment, • . . jesty the sincere thanks of his people. Ile (Loyd
" That oft part 011 thoeDroits
woof the Admiralty already io Ellenborough) was not a person who could easily
existence, or hereafter accitilug, ny.of the casual Revenues
out
of the Crown, should be, for the futures applied to those pur- fall with the splendour and dignity of the Crown,
poses which were provided for by the onicunents of the Rill; but he wished, as his ti uest glory, thatsthe!Prince
and that Returns should be required of the application made to should be popular—a Sovereign of England, to be
other purposes." . - happy; must be popular. The sacrifice could not be
Lord LIVERPOOL objected ta the Amendment.
great, and if it were, it was worth making, in order
He) however, so far agreed with the Noble
, •Lordi to obtain the natibnal gratitude. It had bean stared,
Who proposed,.it,' as to acknowledge that I arlianient that, in peace, the funds amounted to almost nothing.
rft.
i was hot to be so pesemptorily bound by former ar-1
angements, as to be precluded, upon adducing fair
reasons, from entering into a new consideration ofiHe hoped his Majesty would live long, and that the
peace would continue still longer; and, if his wishes
were to be fulfilled, little could be sacrificed on the
the Droits of the Admiralty. The powex was always ;
art of the Crown for the 'splendid acquisit
lion of '
complete, bathe exercse of it way' always expe- . p

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