Star.
London, England, 1820-07-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

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

Mr. W. DUNDAS presented a Ictition 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.
l'ellew's Divorce Bill was read a third time and pissed, as
was the Witnesses in India Rill.

THE DUCHESS OF KENT.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated, that he
was under the necessity of trespassing on Parliament for a small
addition to the grants already made for the proiision of the
different Members of the Royal Family. In consequence of the
hard situation in which one of its branches, the Duchess of
Kent, was placed, from the peculiar circumstances of the late
Duke's death, several of the annuities granted to his late
%nal Highness, in conformity with a simile arrangement
made for his Royal Brothers, having ceased on the sth of April
last, his Illustrious Relative found herself emsarrassed with
many of the charges of her Royal Consort's establishment,
which he now called upon the House to provide for. He con-
cluded..by moving, " That an humble Address be presented to
his Majesty, praying him to be graciously pleased to authorize
the payment of £6OOO to flier Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, to defray certain charges appertaining to the establish-
ment of the late Duke of Kent, for one quarter of the year,
which remained to be liquidated, in consequence of the period
tat which his late Royal Highness died, several annuities having
ceased on the sth of April last, which had been granted to his
Royal Highness, together with the other branches of the Royal
Family; and that that House would make good the same."
The motion was *evil to mess. con.
ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY.

Mr. CALCRAFT said, he understood 'the Ac- '
countant-General of the Court of Chancery at pre-
sent,
besides his salary, received a portion of the
brokerage with the broker of the Court. He 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 he did
receive. He should, therefore, now move for "An
Account of the Brokerage received by the Broker,
and the manner in which it had been applied for a
certain period."
Mr. COURTNEY had no intention of opposing
the motion; as far as it could be complied with it
should have his support ; he would new only state
the nature of the office and of the salary received.
By the 12th of Geo. 11. the Accountant-General had
certain duties to perform, and he received a salary of
about £l5OO a year ; besides these duties, he had
others, relating to the buying and selling of stock,
and for his trouble ►n perform►ng these duties he re-
cei►ced a certain portion of the brokerage, paying the
broker the remaining part of the brokerage. The
only difficulty he felt as regarded this motion was
as to the time mentioned; namely, ten years. Now
the present Accountant-General had been in office
only about eight months, and could not make re-
turns for other persons, his predecessors.
Mr. ABERCROMBIE thought there would.be no
difficulty in making this return, as the present Bro-
ker had been Broker to the Court for many years.
After a few words from Mr. CALCRAFT) the mo-
tion was agreed to.
BARRACK IN THt REGENT'S PARK.
Upon the motion for the third reading of the Bar-
rack Agreement
Mr. LOCKHART tose. and said, that upon the
first introduction of this measure, he was rather in-
clined to favour its adoption, but from farther consi-
deration, and especially from the calculation of the
Honourable Member for London (Mr. Wilson), as to
the improvidence of the arrangement for defraying
the expense of the proposed building, he felt it his
duty to give it a decided opposition. He could not
see the necessity of inclosing so much as eight acres
of ground, merely for the purpose of Barracks of this
nature, particularly as the erection of the bare walls
for such an extent of inclosure, must be attended
With considerable expense. He was ready to ad-
mit that, amidst the densitl of the
_population, the
activity of the popular m►nd, and the light shed
upon it by the Pre►s, with the pressure of taxation