Star.
London, England, 1829-12-16 00:00:00

ILICCRITER Or CROWN RUTS MI

The late Bishop of Rochester, under his patent of Receiver-
General, w.s entitled to an ancient annual salary of £251 3s. 4d.
and, as bailiff of the bailiwick of Sc- James, to an annual salary of
.E. 1711 Si. and also to a poundage of five per cent. upon all monies
collected and paid over by hint. in virtue of his office; and the
amount of the rental, upon which that poundage was payable, being
about £45,000 per annum ; the collecting of the same amounted,
upon an average, to "679 Bs. 4d. per annum.
By the 10th section of the Act, 56th Geo. c. 16, it is al-
lowed to every Receiver, upon making up his annual accounts, to
charge and retain a sum, not exceeding .65 per cent. upon all such
monies as he shall collect, as a compensation for his trouble in col-
lecting and receiving the same, or such other compensation, as
&mild receive the arprobation of the Lords of the Treasury. lat,
atter fully consideting the nature and extent of the Land Revenue
of the Crown, within the Middlesex District, and of the duties to
be performed by the Receiver to be appointed, it appeared to u',
that, in this instance, a remuneration by a fixed salary would be
preferable to the allowance of a poundage, and that a salary of
£l,OOO a year would be a very moderate remuneration for the
execution of the duties of the office in question; and having re-
commended Mr. John Kirkland White, of Whitehall, and 31r.
Wm. Drake White, of this Department, as fit and competent per-
sons to execute the office of Joint Receiver, those Gentlemen were
appointed by us to that dfice, with their Lordships' approbation,
at the salary before named.
Under this arrangement, the Crown Rents in the county of Mid-
diewx (including the rents of the Regent-street estate, amounting
to about X 35,000 a year, which had heretofore been separately
collected, and for collecting which a remuneration equal to about
.eboo per annum was allowed.) forming a total rental of upwards
of £BO,OOO per annum, and being nearly double the amount arents
in the receipt of the late Patentee, have been collected, for the last
two years, at leas than a third of the expense, which attended the
receipt of the same revenue under the ancient establishment.

The question, how far it might be proper to renew the teases of
Lighthouses held under grants from the Crown, and about to ex-
pire ; or whether it would be advisable to place those lights under
the management of the Trinity Board, which we'stated to be under
the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury at the dee of our
last. Report, has been decided by their Lordships, so far as respects
the leases of the Lighthouses at Wintertomess sod Orfordoess,
.held by Lord liraybrooke. and at Dungeness, held by Thos. Wm.
Coke, lisq ALP the former of which leases expired an the 13th
of April, 1856, and the latter on the 44th of June lan.
In both case'. the lessees were, by the old kases, empowered to
levy a duty of Id. per, ton on all vessels outward and homeward
bound, passing those lights.
Two of the Lighthouses, held by Lord Braybrooke, stand upon-
the private freekoldistatn of his Imrdsbip, and the other upon
lands now, and long since, in his family. A very considerable sum
of money had been recently laid out, in rebuilding one of the
Lighthouses, in the expectation entertained, that • renewal of the
grant Rath the Crown would be obtained; and all tbe lamps, re-
flectors, and other implements for keeping up the establishment,
are the private property of hie Lordship.
In tbe case of Dungeness Ur. Cate had recently rebuilt 'the
Lighthouse. at a great expense, and is, in like manner, the owner
dull the articles belonging to it.
On Reconsideration of these circumstances, and also of the
rscoTabtpdations of the Committees of both HON'S of Parliament

This decision is of great importance, not only as it regards the
claim in question, but as setting at rest similar claims, to the extent
of many thousand acres, in different parts of the Kingdom ; and
although the investigation has terminated unfavourably to the
Crown, and has been attended with considerable expence, we felt
that we could not, consistently with our duty, relinquish a claim
of so muck importance, and concerning which great difference
of opinion appeared to have been entertained by the most eqgnent
law authorities, until the question had received the most Wk.
discussion, and been decided by the highest legal tribunal in the
Kingdom.
WASTE LANDS AT MASSIMO.
In the year 1826, we received information,eekt a considerable
tract of lands at Hastings, formed entirely of sanelguid shingle, and
which, from this end other circumstattcell, mentioned to us, had
evidently been part of the sea shore, had Air taken possession of,
as waste land, partly by seizure without grant or authority from
any one, and partly under an alleged sanction of a lease from the
Earl of Chichester, as Owner or Lord of the Rape, or Hundred of
Hastings, or from the Corporation of Hastings, on the grounds
that such lands were within the liberty of that town ;—and
were farther informed, that numerous small dwelling houses, ware-
houses, or manufactories, had been erected upon the said lands.
But it bating appeared, upon a careful investigation of the grants,
under which the claims of Lord Chichester and the Corporation of
Hastings were brought forward, that such claims could not be sup-
ported, we consulted his Majesty's Law Officers, as to the mog
advisable mode of proceeding for asserting and establishing the
claims of the Crown to the lauds in question • and an inquisition
having, under their advice, been held in December, 1827, the
King's tide was found by the Jury summoned upon that inquisition,
to two parcels of land ; one consisting of TA. la. 10e. and the other
lz. Oa. 39e. with the various buildings thereon : and the parties
M possession of or claiming the buildings, being, we appr, bend,
well satisfied that they could, on no good grounds, have resisted
the claims of the Crown, have not made any application for leave
to traverse the inquisition, within the period allowed by law ter
that purpose.
In order to obtain possession of this property, or a full and com-
plete acknowledgment of the right of the Crown to the same, we
proceeded, under the advice of the Attorney and Solicitor General.
to cause declarations in ejectment to be served upon the different
occupiers. many of whom have, within these few years erectedtheir buildings, after they were apprised of the claims of the Crown.
and iu defiance of repeated notices that those claims would be ie.
sisted upon; but there are some others, who built at a much earlier
period, and in ignorance of such claim..
Ai the immediate re.umption of the property, end the entire re-
moval of all the occupiers on short umlaut. would have been at
tended with great inconvenience to many of them, who world have
found it difficult to provide themselves with other accommodation,
we have entered into arrangements with a great majority of tht
parties, for allowing them to continue, as tenants to the Grown, for
a farther period of wrest years, upon such terms as, under the en -
cumstances of their tespective cases, scented to us to te fair .:id
reasonable, and according to which, the rents payable to the Crown
will, in the whole, amount to about 1,5001. a year.

ISLAND OF ALDSSNIV.

The Crown property in the Island of Alderney, formerly in
lease to Lieutenant Colonel Le Meaurier, but surrendered by bin',
and placed under our•management, as mentioned in our last Re-
port, consists of great and small tithes, quit rents, harbour due>.
corn rents, and a small farm and mill, which, in the whole, pro-
duce, on an average, about 3501. a year, while the present charges
upon the land revenues of the ( rows). in respect .of that !eland,
aniountess will he seen by the statement thereof, to 9251. a year.
As it cannot be for the interest of the Crown to retain the:poe.
session or property so situated, and in the management of which s •
link control tau be exercised, sales Wye been made, by public
tender, of the corn rents, farm and mill ; and we most strongly
advise the disposal of the remainder, whenever there: shall be a
probability of making sales at fair and reasonable prices. •
MO OP MAN.

In pursuance of an Act of the bib Gee. IV. e. 34, by which the
Lords of the Treasury were authorised to purchase of his Grace the
Duke of Atholl, a certain annuity, in mespeet of Duties of Customs
levied in the Isle of Alan, and any reserved sovereign sights in the
said Island belonging to his Grace, for such sum or sums of money.
as should be deemed a fair equivalent for the same, by arbitt ators
to be mutually chosen by the Lords of the Treasury and the Duke
Atholl • and their Lordship, having agreed with his Grace for
tbi surrender of his Interest in sundry quit refits, fines, inspropriate
idthes, demesne lands, and royalties of quarries, mines, and. mint 1.
• 'Ave been pleased to place this property under our management,
and to direct us to instruct our nfficers to collect the rents anti
profits thereof, and to eceituot to us for the same.
-The gross amount of these rents and profits appears to be abnirt
£4,400 a-year ; of which about 1.100 arise front fines, and a great
number of very small quit rents: about lE6OO trim tithes ; and die
remainder from tents. (demesne lands, or rityalties on the produce
of quarries or mineral, ; atmi basing, at the nogg-srion of the
Treasury, requested the opinion of liobert Stewart, Esq. Receive r
General of the Island, concerning the measures which Should be
• adopted for managing the property. and coliectlOg the rents; Air.
St, wart informed us, that, after attentive inquiry, and the best it; -
formation be could obtainornmore eflichist modeenadd be resit' test
to, than that adopted by Mr. James M'Crout; rho bad. before
the sale of the Crown, collected them, on behalf of the Duke of
Atholl ; and that be knew. Mr. WCrone 0i be a triarin'of abili•y
and character, and bad ascertained, that he was. to act for
the Crown, until s permanent arrangement conitir,beAoptesi for
the future management of the propelly.: ' • ' 'bg; •
Under three circumstances, we applied for moktifitained the
sanction of the Treasury to appoint Air. !Peron, to be col-
lector of the said rents during pleasure; and• be. is now in the
performance of the duties thereof, for which he is allowed the

ulna remunention, paid to the Receiven of the Estates of
the
the
Crown in England and Wales, of one shining in the pound on
amount confined-
Foy the reasons stated, with respect to the Crown Property at
Alderney, we think ft will also be advisable to dispose of that in
the Isle of 3lan, as opportunities may occur of selling the same to
advantage; and for this purpose, it will be necessary to exte, by
Legislative enactments, the powers of sale, now vested in the I
Lords of the Treasury and our Board, with respect to the other
Lend Revenues of the Crown under our management, to those in
Alderney, and the Isle of Man.
raw QUADZAIICULAIL MIMS, NEM" WZITIIIDIALIt AMT.
In consequence of numerous pplications for sites for Stable One
est, made to the Treasury and to us, by the occupiers of some
of the principal mansions on the Crown Estate, in Privy Gar-
dens. WhitebalLand other parts of that neighbourhood, we were
ddirected to consider of the best means of providing that most essen-
tial accommodation end it appeared to us, that a portion of the
ground purchased by the Commissioners for the improvement of
Westminster, lying soothward of Great George-street, and west-
ward of the WestininsterSessions Mouse. might be appropriated to
this purpo
se; and that on this ground might be erected a Mews or
tStable Court, to contain accommodation ient for an the Crown
enant in the neighbourhood, who were notsuffic then provided with
stable offices. We should have wished to have let this ground in
different plots, to the several Crown tenants wanting stables, on
building leases, concurrent with the respective leases of the houses,
and to have stipulated with them, that they should erect the build-
ings according to designs and plans, to be approved by us ; but as
it was desirable that the whole buildings should be erected at once,
and be of an uniform design, and as the leases of the houses, to
the use of the occupiers of which the stables were proposed to be
appropriated had different terms remaining unexpired, it appeared
to be necessary that the buildings should be erected under our di-
rections, and let to such Crown tenants as should be willing to take
them at fair rents. The matter having been laid. by us before the
Treasury, their Lordships were pleased to approve of the appro-
priation of the before-mentioned ground to this purpose. But in
proceeding to form the plan, it was found that the same could not
be advantageously carried into effect, without obtaining the site of
certain stable buildings on the south side of Princes.street, which
were subject to a lease granted by the Lords of the Treasury, with
the consent of the Commissioners for the Improvement of West-
minster, for a term of 93 years and three quarters from Midsum-
mer 181$1, at a pepper-corn rent; and having negotiated with the
proprietor of this lease for the purchase of the same at the price of
£I,OOO, that sum was paid out of the laud revenue, under an
authority for that purpose, received by us from the lards of the

Treasury.
The plans and designs, prepared by our architect for this build-
ing, having, by desire of the Treasury, been laid before the Com-
missioners for the improvement of Westminster, and objections to
the intended appropriation of the ground, and also to the style and
character of the proposed building, having been raised, on the part
of those Commissioners, and also by the Dean and Chapter of
Westminster, (the Dean of Westminster being one of those Com-
missioners.) it became necessary (in order as far as possible to ob-
viate those objections.) to adopt a more ornamental design than
hid been, at lbw, contemplated for the front of the said Stable
Court towards Westminster Abbey, which caused a considerable
increase in the estimate • and a further increase was occasioned by
the badness of the subsoil,' which Was found to require more than
ordinary precaution in forming the foundation of the building. The
estimate, finally agreed to, was £34,557 15s. Id. and the sctual
cost of completing the work has amounted to .955,965 191. lld
being an excess of about £9OO beyond the estimate : which esees s
was caused by the District Surveyor having ascertained that the
stables were to be occupied by separate tenants, and who. there-
fore, felt it to be his duty, under the providons of the Building
Act, to consider each set of stabling as a squats building, and to
require that the party walls should be of greater thickness than had
been contemplated, and that they should be carried through the
roof of the building, and coped with stone.
Although the return, which is likely to be realised for this ex-
penditure. will not, probably, exceed £3 per cent. per annum, yet
the Crown, property in the neighbourhood will be improv by
the additional accommodation which has been afforded to less,nants, by the building of this Stable Court.

TERCEIRA, November 5.

PAWN= COILILisrONDISCI Or Tin MOintING
By the-schooner Sprightly, Newton, which arrived here on the
ed, we have received a file of your Papers, and learn by them that
the Queen of Portitgal has departed for Brazil we are also in-
formed that the Emperor Don Pedro has, in consequence, resumed
all his rights. This intelligence has given the most lively sathfac-
tion here. There is a variety of other news relative to Porte-
geese affairs : but, as every thing appertaining to that country
must be publicly known in England before it can reach
this, you can have no interest in a wood edition of
your own news. There is one circumstance, however, which,ll
though it does not appear in your Papers, we have the authority
• of the Captain, and also of a passenger who came out with
hint, for believing correct. We base the Falmouth news thirteen
days later thari your's, and by it we learn that a Portuguese frigate
• and brig of War have been captured on this station by an AmericiaJ
frigate (the Macedonia), by 'way of 'reprisals for. the piracy con-
mi ted on the,Atnerican nag is these seas by the blockading aqua-
• dron off Terceira. • The victory of Prays did not give moresads•
faCtion. We know for certain that Don Miguel and his minions
endeavoured, by all sorts of entreaties, to prevail on the Amerksi
.Consul to take possession of the whaler which the Commander of thel
• .Portuguese squadron on this station thought proper to send toListormj
and we are also certified that (much to his honour) he sternly refused
. -, •
'to compromise the dignity of a great nadon.hy descending to accept a
treacherous and dastardly apology from a contemptible usurper for
the most daring insult that can be offered to a free people, The En
g-
- lash resident. here who have suffered by thkrapecity of this pita-
. tical tyrant entertain some hopes that his Grace of
.WeUingtoo may
be induced by this example to give some explanation to the Pirha-
nrent and people of England of his newly-improved. portable ma•
for the •minufacture of neutrality; and his Lordship of
Aberdeen may perhaps find it convenient to be somewhat more in-
- telligible'in any explanation which he may be called on to give of
his share in the patent than be thought proper to be la his memo-
rable reply to the Marquis of %queens.
With regard to the state of the island, as relates to Its means of
defence, you can best understand Its conditlooby my telling yon
that it can hardly be improved. The attention of the Count Flits
Mir has been incessantly directed to this object since his arrival
here ; but his additions so its military capacity are as nothing com-
pared to the revolution which . he has effected in the opinions and
feelings of the inhabitants. From being outrageous ifiguelites they
are bewitched Into Constitutional Eultados. 'The troops have never
been so well'off in their lives; they are regularly paid every 1.5 days,
well clothed, well fed, and well lodged. You can hardly Owens any
thing more striking than the canters between the squalid and
maciated appearance of the prisoners who were taken at Prays
• and the clean and healthy look of the Conadtellosellete• Thee
,
unfortunate men have been incorporated into the Queen's troops.,
and now exhibit an appearance which hive, never, witnessed le
the household troops.. The ofdcen who Were taken at Prays, met
luviog any baggage or clothes of any kind,pui&oed the COMA
Villa IBor to sent a flag of truce on burl ,of lite firt-ohip et
the squadron with letters from themselves, requesting that their
clothes might be sent to them; but the hymen" aro. a'LIS
Aberdeen's protege refused lb let thoseamfortnute men have their
own clothes, and the Government here has been in consequence
obliged to clods@ them at their own expense, So much for the
care and kindness which the Aberdeen calmed' their followers. •
It would appear "that the blockade is abandlioed,, as -no vinyls
bate appeared for the last fortnight. This eps the more
certain as a schooner arrived here last night from (1, Bar, which
has been four days off the land without seeing any vessels. When
they last appeared ;bay were five in numbers use of them a frigate
with her mien ma carried away. Nothing can be mortabsord
than the idea ofee effective-blockade off the bland in this season,
as it is next ip impossible fur vessels to keep tbe static° for two
dips together. Tins may judge of the folly of a blockade here in
winter whin jtassure you that even in summer there has not been
the slightest scarcity of any ens article ; bread has never hemmers.
. thews palmy a poond, and at present dot so much. But, supposing
the powilibillay of ausetective blockade, the island is in such a state
eel defence,paeal produces within itself such an abundance of all the
necessaries ollife, that it Is impeasible k should ever fall Into the
hands al Don Miguel. Nothing can elated the discipline of the
It= 7.111 the utmost harmer pewees between them and the inha-1
oeare sow three vessels in the harbour, and we know
:
elf
el )11111 six store which tots be daily expected. From this you
may MP of the vigilance and effectiveness of the blockade. It has
sent be an ether than oottlinala and is it Pretest a nonentity—it
does Oft in fact exist. there is a plentiful supply of military stores
If Si Wes: in het, no want deny thing Deasesary to the defence
of the place,