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f3URSUANT to a DECREE of the High Court
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due Creditors of EDWARD BARR ow, of Outrske, in Church Co-
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HORNS BY and Co. Stock-Brokers, 26, Cornhill,
re.pectfully acquaint the Public that they have a variety
of l'icket% and Slums on Sale for the GRAND S I'ATE 1.0 I'.
I'ER V, which begins Drawing the 14th of NEXT' MOM
The Sc!leme is of great importance to the Adventurer. contain-
ing TWO Prizes of .830,000 and Fifty other Capital Prizes, all
included in only 14,000 'rickets. HURN*IIY and Co: solicit
the favours of their old Frtands and the Public in this excellent
Lot. cry.

TO THE PUBLIC.
TBISH, Contractor, anxious to give an unequivo.
. cal proof of his grateful sentiments for the distinguished
patronage shewn to the numerous Contracts in which he has been
engaged, has determined to make a rata GIFT 01 the following
valuab'e Bonus, which shall be diviCesl among the holders ut all
Tickets and Shares BOUGHT on or before Saturday. the 27th
.of Tuts blosi it, (April) according to their respective propor-
tions : wiz.•

THREE HUNDRED WHOLE TICKETS!
which are deposited in the Bank of England, and the sum total
that may aterue from the Prizes, even if it shoal be 60, 70, or
se/10,e00 will be paid to the holders' of Tickets and Shares, if
purchased on or before the 27th of Arett.; after whids, all
Tickets and Shares soul, eriU have a distinguishing mask put on
then), to denote they are not entitled to the said Bono&
The auregate number Of Tian, and Shares sold up to the
27th df April, will be officially published In the Gazette. that the
Public may be %third to ascertain how Muck per Ticket tithe
produce of the said Bonus amounts to.
Then, &thief tip chance of his own Ticket or Share, ever!'
early adventurer wIU else have as interest in 300 ovate* wow
Baas, a printed list of whicla Will be given ; mid although his own
may Wks prove fortunate, be will stilt be tortaifi of receiving
something from the Bonus, which, if It contains lucky. Numbers,
may be considerable. At all events, although the Product of Lot.
tery Tickets must be uncertain, the Public will no doubt do jus-
tice to T. BISH, and take the wjl toe the deed, as this is an as
teal pram of an extra &deludes:, fared Mr Scheme, and when k
Is considered thpt the MO Titters •if sold would produce above
&tee Thetteerad7patods, it certainly forms a Valuable Beers, to
share of which any. person may become entitled wbo makes an
immediate Purchase of a Ticket or Share. The Numbers of the I
Tickets are delivering grads. To oossclusinba tbp *imp of the
Lords of the Treasury, the Public have T. 10114 tikAATI ,
, 000 D WISHES.

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To the'SCROFULOUS, CONSUMPTIVE, and NERVOUS.
EXPERIMENTALLY convinced, with the
world at large. not only of the inutility but injury, fre-
quently done by aq the Methods hitherto employed for the Cure
of these Diseases and, at the same time, tally persuaded that,
in the dispensations of PROVIDENCC tffectual Remedies cer-
talair were to be foynd; we confidently and :calm -ly devoted
ourselves to the study of theni; and the result of fourteen years'
application has been the happy discovery of Three New Reme-
dies, entirely oat of the usual routine of Medical Practice. pro-
ducing the most extraordinary and beneficial elects on the Con-
sumptive, Scrofulous, and Nervous, who are not only relieved
from the urgent symptoms of these dameniable Complaints, but
their very Constitutions are radically changed.—We oxygenate
the blood of the Consumptive, heal their diseased lungs, and re-
store the emaciated frame to robust and ruddy health. Nor do
we palliate only the symptoms y Scrofula; for our Scrofulousßemedy ale* strikes at the very rtlot of the disease, and rarely fails
rooting et out of the constitution. Our Nervous Remedy Is 'quail
successful. and the iialawy sabjosts of Mental disease, wearied
eat by perpetual dioarpoiswasamt, may here look with confidence,
kid will certainly otwida EWAN( from their wretchedness. The New
Medical Institution is astailishid by a Society of Medical Gentle.
met, for the Core of these Complaints only, at No. e,Tavistock.
street, Bedford-equate London.—F. Xi and Co.
° • • Ample lostrueileas are given with each distinct Remedy,
the price of which Is lON. Id. doable ael, quadruple ill. les. to-
gether with a Pamphlet the evidences of the WOOS/ of these
modes of treatment. Dr. Seines*, Member of the Royal Col-
lege may be I:Mutated at the Institution front eleven tothree, or
by letter, post paid, ineleelng a remittance, addressed to F.
XAVII.II and Co. as above. The Above Pamphlet may be bad
gratis, inlet lostiostioa, where the !loosed*, are sold, wholesale
and retail, sad by all Yodel, in Town and Country.
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IRREGULAR USE OP sommarts.
The Earl of ESSEX felt it his duty to call the at-
tention of the House to an irregular use of the mili-
tary power, which he considered not only as uhwari
ranted by the occasion, but as trenching on the libel-.
ties of the people, and violating the acknowle.iged
principles of the Elglish Constitution. He could.
well remember the time when any of their Lordships
might go to Court without the circumstance °la nr;.
Hwy guard ; but is hal so happened yesterday, that
in proceeding in his carriage with a Noble Friend,
he was interrupted by an armed soldier, and actually
threatened to be cut down. There had not occurred
nn the part either of himself or of his Noble Friend,
any thing to justify the outrage of which he cony
plained, and which lie must certainly regard as an •
absolute assault.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL frankly admi ted the
principle, that the military po*rr was never to be
called into action or attendance in civil easel, except
where the civil power was deemed or had been pcoved
inadequate to the occasion. It bad, however, been
'ICW for a certain number of the Life Goards-to
attend on the occasion of Drawing Rooms, and he
certainly bad not been aware of any improper con-
duct of that body of men, or of any other of the mi-
litary in the performance of such duties.
Lord GRENVILLE c‘sul..l not hut re:nark with
peculiar commendation, the moderate manner iii
which his Noble Friend had alluded to the transac-
tion which he had thought fit to bring before the
notice of the I'-louse. It surely could not he dispuieJ,
that according to all the maxims and practices or our
ancestors, and even of our own times, the military
power was never called in, except on the admitted
or supposed inadequacy of the civil power. Bat in
the case of his Noble Friend, Mere w4s no• kiird;Rof
excuse for military interference ; there was no sigu
or probability of any tumult votsusever. A.- Nois4w.
and Learned Friend of Us lad stated, and it was. a
sentiment becoming bun as a Magistrate to utter,
that the proper security of the people depended. not
on the military but on tilt Laval power. And lie
would ask whether, it when .. soLlier with his drawn
sword against one of his Majesty's peac.able subjects
shouleprovoke unother outrage, which might lead
to extremity, where the blame would lie ? If the
soldier should have been put to death, or if the citi-
zen had fallen, where would the blame or the respon-
sibility have rested ? If such a practice were to con-
tinue to be t.derated, it would be necessary to alter
the law of the land.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he should
not take up much of their Lordships' time. He had
a pleasure in *contemplating that the British soldier
was, and felt himself to be, a British citizen. As to
the arrangement and appointment of part of the so!.
diery on occasions like chat of yesterday, he believel
it would bo generally felt and admitted, that without
some such precautions it would he impossible to ap.
proach the Court either at St. James's or at Buck-
ingham House. Far, however, from his mind wits,
the thought of having the military force employed
for civil purposes, except under the guidance and
authority of the Civil Magistrate. It had been said,
hoFever, by the Noble. Earl who introduced the sub-
ject, that the soldier had struck his hot se, and the
Noble Baron. who spoke last had thence imagined
A case of exttemity, as if instead of the horse the
Noble E irl himself had been struck with the
sword. The two positions, howevery were materially
different.

Lord GRENVILLE could not recur to the-
dreadful events of 1180 without feelings of horror, it
was an event which left a lasting stigma on the B,i.
tish annals. Three days the capital of t't's great
empire was in flames. But surely the N iblr 4114
Learned Lord would not compare the circumstances
of that occasion with the present times. He could
never believe, and though he had listened with due
atten:ian to the Noble and Learned Lord, he coulst
not believe that the Noble L,,rd would justify the
conduct complained of by his Noble Friend, or insist
on a distinction in case of assault, between beginnin4
with a hdhe or its rider. He was sure that. Noble
and Learned Lord would' maintain no su:h legal
doctrine, but he had not only confidence in the•cor-
rect and constitutiouai doctrine of that Noble Ldrd,
but was fortified in the recorded opinions of some of
the ablest. writers.
The Marquis of BUCKINGHAM was desirous
to know whether the practice which had been com-
plained of was to be pursued or discontinued ?
Lord SIDMOUTH fully agreed in the propriety
of the position that the military power should never
be used in civil cases. without the authority of the
Civil Magistrate, and though he had no reason so
suppose that on, improper proceedings had taken
place, he should take care that on occa.
sions thereafter, the civil officers slrOsild be inefhcient
attendance.
Lord HOLLAND thang,...ht,.:; was hic umbra! on

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Earl BATHURST felt no disposition to withhold
from the Noble Marquis, or from the House, the
documents desired, though he could not help observ.
ing. that they appeared to him to be quite unneces-
sary and superfluous.,
The Marquis WELLESLEY was hide inclined
to drat la censure on the present occasion, or to
arraign the conduct cf the Noble East opposite
(Liverpool), of whose political integrity he enter-
tained no doubt. l'he constitutional principle un-
doubtedly was, that in time sf peace the smallest
military establishment possible should be maintained,
although in time of war and danger • a military and
extended measure of the military was necessary:-
-The rate of the Military Establishment, as it had
been framed, was liable to revision, and certainly
*tight to be reconsidered with all the wisdom, gravity,
aid acuteness of their Lordships. But the measures
to be resorted to ought co be full and effectual, they
ought not to be confined to the reduction or the cor-
rection of one part or of another; they ought not,
• while they preserved one 'part neglect another, still
less make an unfair or disadvantageous difference.
He did not speak or feel with any hostility to Govern.
mete, but for the common good and general benefit,
he would urge and importune the House and his Me,
jesty's Government to attend to a close, strict, ra-
tional, and necessary economy. It became Ministers
to take due notice of the feelings and spirit of the
people, that spirit had been scmetimes termed a spirit
.of resistance. He was not nice about terms. The
spirit of Englishmen he liked, and that spirit was
not more admirable or estimable in war than it was
in peace. The pride, the military pride and glory
Of England was eminent and fully acknowledged,
bbt it was in peace more particularly that the
Ea rah character shone forth. Look (said the
WM. Marquis) at the ardour, zeal, and spirit
with which, from one end of Great Britain to the
other, the people rose to resist and repel national dan-
ger ; and when that danger was resisted and effec-
tually repelled, behold them turning with calm and
philosophic composure to the consideration of their
resources, and the means of again standing foal),
she old occasion requite it, to combat their toes.—
But laving gained the great object for what the Iwo.
ple of Great Britain fought—having achieved a
peace, that dear and" long-wished-tor object,• they na-
turedy look to find a suitable reduction in the.public
eipenditare. The people particularly looked with a
steady eye to the military establishment, and they
eepected a reduction suited to the occasion. Above
all the rest, they looked to the reduction of the num-
ber of the military force. That reduction ought to
be Widely, generally, and unixersally extended. It
should be carried from home to our Colonies—to
Malta, Gibraltar, the Cape* of Good Hope, and
thaoughout odr foreign establishments. Allusion
bad been made" to Mr. Pitt and to Mr. Burke. Mr.
Pitt bad been said to have erred' in his military esta-
blishment, but. bow bad the error been proved ?
That• able Statesman addressed the means within
his pow'r to the most effectual purposes. Under
lea guidance the energies of the country bad been
exerted to .their utmost extent, and the first three
or- four years which were referred to of his Admi-
hittration had been marked by naval triumphs and
stogies, whkft bad never at any period of the Bri-
tish oonals. bean surpassed by victories or . exploits
toss& 'Lb. army in nonce, and that -in lee-
bad. ,vgai we to be considered as in a constitutional
pains* gib. vadet-ifisiausiespeciAlly the Litter,'

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Pis Majesty's Government, in a case of such extraor-
Ainary outrage as that which had been brought for-
ward, to produce the orders upon which the military
had acted. •
The Earl of LIVERPOOL repeated what he had
'before and often decbtred, that the military power
, was on all civil occasions to be subservient to the
'civil power and authority.
Earl GREY had seen a growing disposition on
'the pert of Government to curtail the privileges of
the people, and to eitend the power of the military.
AMENDER MILITARY ESTIMATES.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE called the atten.
tion of the House to the.subject of. which he had
v'sen the regular notice; he could not more effec-
t:if* iinpress it on their Lordships' minds than by
*retelling them to the various and multiplied Petitions
. which thronged upon and loaded the table of their
4,ord:hips' House. All those Papers and all those
Petitions, coming as they did from various and often
adverse quarters, yet all united in calling on their
Lordships and on the Legislature, in the strongest
and most energetic language, for the adoption of
system of general and useful economy, which world
ultimately enable the countrytt. sustain the burdens
under which she laboured, Oil 3/411dmattly qualify
'her for entering on any new enseitgency that might
occur. What he desired was, z general relief for a
general distress, and that, he conceived, conld only
he effected by a reduction of the pirbiic expenditure.
While 14.0 millions of public debt was in the con-
templation of their Lordships, some effectual Neff-
sures, no doubt, they would perceive ought,t(be
taken for the payment or reduction of that enormous
sum. Some steps, indeed, had been taken ; 278
thousand pounds had been savedo—and that step.
howsoever feeble and inadequate, was yet a token of
what might be dime. Economy had been urged,
-indeed, and not without some effect; bu: it ought to
be followed up with spirit, or the laudable intention
would be useless. Some savings in public expense,
some reduction of salaries had taken place, but all
would be inefficient and fruitless, unless a vigorous
and determined spirit of economy were adopted and '
'enforced in every department of the public Admitii-1
striation. Great abuses, gross and notorious abuses
prevailed in every quarter of the military establish-
ment. Those abuses were, perhaps, more strongly
prevalent in Ireland than elsewhere. In Ireland
there were two Muster Master-Generals, who really
had no duty to perform, while other officers of active
duty wet superseded or unemployed. A similar
abate pervaded the whole system. He was truly
glad to perceive a disposition in his Majesty's Mini-
ster:sir) listen to the public voice in favour of econo-
my, and he hoped that a system of retrenchment
would consistently be adopted and persevered in.—
The Noble Marquis concludei by moving—
" That an humble Addresi be presented to his
Royal HiAhness the Prince Regent, requesting
that he would be pleased to order that an Account
be laid before the House of the amended Military
Estimates," &c.

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'which *as .enipioyeetio sup(nteliding the ableglimil
of one generation, and the espotion a the Wm
He mentioned these circnosstenees, with a view of
calling the. attentirin of the Noble Earl to retrench-
ment. even on the general principles be had Lad
down himself. 'The Noble Earl, he believed. did.
not suffer himself to advert to the real want( and
distresses of the people, echoed from an quarters of
, the kingdom, or he would feel the f3ree of the lines
of the great Poet—. -
0 yet a nobler task awaits thy band,
(For what can war but endless war still breed ?)
Tdi truth and right from violence be freed,
And public faith cleared from the shameful brand
Of public fraud. In vale doth valour bleed,
While avarice and repine share the bad!
To reuse the feelings of our injured country, by per-
severance in unjust oppression, was indeed dangerous,
but much more injurious would it be to debase and
crush the generous spirit of the English nation by the
weight of military despotism I both these extremities
were to be avoided, and he conjured the Noble Earl
reconsider the enormous estimates proposed, to'
:educe the military system within due bounds, to
Arise to tar the industry of the severely distressed,
land the result would be—fresh resources and a con-
tented people. (Hear, hear.)
The Earl of LIVERPOOL had not expected this
statement of opinion. on a motion to which be had
intimated his intention to offer no opposition. At
the same time, he did not mean to say that the pro-
ceeding of the Noble Marquis who spoke last was
unparliamentary. The Noble Marquis was right in
saying. that the amount of our force was the great
question, and to that he had turned his attention, I
conceiving it his duty to leave minor points out of
the question. But the great fallacy of the Noble
Marquis's argument was, that he forgot to state this
to be the first year of peace, when it was impossible
to make the reduction immediately. We were dot
in the situation of a country reduced to a peace esta-
blishment, but one reducing itself to that state. He
chewed, that the peace establishment, as it now stood,
was not larger in proportion than that of 1793. In
India, he contended, that no reduction could imme.
diately take place so soon after we had got out of a
war in that country. He was as favourable to eto•
nomy as any man, but he would not consent to nom-
promise the safety of the country to any views of
economy.
Marquis WELLESLEY explained.
The Earl of ROSSLYN contended, that we bad
no reason to fear any thing trout the European
Powers who bad been obliged to reduce their armies.
which they had :stewed up to the highest possible
pitch during the war. He wished to know why no
money was to be asked for the army in France, when
there would be a sum chargeable in this country of
5C260,000 over and above the contribution to be paid
by France for the present year ? When these things
were not stated, Ministers could not be surprised if
Parliament and the country were dissatisfied with
those Estimates.

The Eal of LIVERPOOL stated, that the army
in France was deducted from the army here, because
it was to be paid there. But it bad been stated, that
that army was to be provided for by this country,
because it was not improbable, but that France would
be unable to come forward with her contribution for
this year.
Lord GRENVILLE hoped he had omitted no
opportunity to oppose this lavish expense, shish the
coiner,' could not bear; and that expense too kept
up merely to make this a military nation; which,was
totally inconsistent with a free Constitution: Were
they to launch into this enormous expenditure at a
time when sixteen millions had been taken from the
revenue, which mobs be supplied by the dangerous
experiment of resorting to loans in time of peace, for
no other purpose than that of changing this country
Isom a free and commercial State to a military des-
potism f He contended, that there was neither dan,
ger to be apprehende.: at home, nor abroad in our Co.
look's. He was therefore convinced, that in Great
Britain especially, and even in the Colonies, a reduc-
tion of one-third might be made ; and it was the duty
of hliuisters to make it. The present expense of the
Army, Ordinariel and Estraordinaries, were nine
rstllions; and, it that Army were reduced from
99,000 men to 66,000, het.saw no reason why the ex-
pease of it should not be reduced to six millions.
The motion was then agreed to assn. 114.
FACYCH CONTRIBUTION&
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE now rose, to
move for a return of all sums received by his Majes-
ty's Government from France; with their dates, and
the application thereof.
Lord HOLLAND could scarcely credit, that his
Majesty's Government had received any sums of
money from a foreign' country for the payment of
the King's troops, without communicating the cir-
cuz:rce to Parliament.
LIVERPOOL said, that. the money which
bad been received amounted to £BOO,OOO, was part
of the contributions undertaken to be paid by the
French Government, previous to the 'Definitive
Treaty, in consequence of the troops abstaining hem
raising those sums which their success would have
warranted.
Lard GRENVILLE protestea, in strong terms,
against the conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, in thus
receiving a sum from a foreign Power without com-
municating it to Parliament, until it was elicited, as
it were, by accident.
Lord HOLLAND repeated, that he thought the
course pursued by his M..jesty's Ministers, in this re-
spect, was criminal in the last degree. and thought
the Noble Earl ought to come down the next night
with a Bill of indemnity in his hand, in order to save
himself from the consequence& of his misconduct.
Loud LIVERPOOL. expliined, and said,. that
payment of the contributions was a thing perfectly
understood. Part was paid to the army, and the rest,
remained in the silitary chest. The papers, when
produced,' would explain the whole transaction.
Lord LAUDERDALE expressed his surprise,'
that the first Minister of the country could come
down and make such a confession M this, namely,
that be bad received money of, a foreign Power for
.the payment of British troops, without first taking
the sense of Parliament upon OA subject. Nothing
could be.more hostile t 6 every principled the Con
Windom
Earl GREY said, he cools' not starer she present
discussion to close without exerts the Pentimtats
of indignatina, spd nstonifLuneist With ke, Wee
overpowered. He (fid out •mfaii to some,

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Ear' of paelibeesteintention to itsetsTee. 1
ri'llisliih.Yarmy F*lthrabce,resPeXt .tceertatheinsluyptPhnet effoefettli'of hiseErl
declarations upset .that subjeit had been to deceive it,
in the most decided manner. Until that night, it
was nniversallybelieved that the charge for main.
taining that army would be covered wholly and ex-
clusively by the amount of contributions to. be paid
by the French .Government; but when his Noble
Friend,. with that acuteness which distinguished him
upon aU questions of that kind, &hewed that in the
present ye& we should in' fact have to pay above
4200,000, and in the nest year nearly selBo,ooo, then,
and cwt till then, the Noble Lord bad admitted the
fact, because he could not disprove it. With respect to
what had been the conduct of . the Noble Earl 4n ap-
propriating the £BOO,OOO already received, without
making any commuoication to Parliament upon the
subject, he did not wish to-use any harsh or intempe-
rate expresiion, but be would venture to say, that it
was an act of delinquency on the part of that Noble
Earl, which in the better times of our history would
have been followed by an act of punishment —( Hear ,
hear.) As had been well observed by his Noble
Friend who spoke last, if the principle were once ad-
mitted, that a British Minister might receive and ap-
ply such a sum at his own pleasure and discretion,
where would the practice stop f or why might not a
larger' sum, as many millions, for instance, be recei.
red end used in the same unconstitutional manner ?
(Hear, hear, hear.) The Noble Lord (Lord Liver-
pool) had said this sum was not obtained in conse-
quence of the Treaty, or of any Convention, but
was paid as part of a contribution into the military
chest of this country, prior to the conclusion of the,
Treaties. The Treaties, it was well known were
finally ratified on or before the 20th day of Novem-
ber, prior to which, according to the Noble Lord's
own account, the money had been obtained, and Par-
liament bad. been convened on the lst of February,
Yet on this day, the sth of April, their Lordships had
for the first time heard of such a sum being procured.
(Hear, hear, hear 1). And how had they been infor.
medal it ? Not by any wish of the Noble Lord to
give them information, but solely through accident,
in consequence of the vigilance of his Noble Friend
(Lard Grenville). Na disposition appeared to exist
in sae minds of Ministers to give any account of this
sum to Parliament. It was to remain locked up ;
not in the view of defraying the expeges to which
the country had already been put, not with theintert.
don of in the smallest degree alleviating the pressure
under which the country groaned, but it was to re-
main there prospectively, to gratify the inclinations
of Ministers in future. He put it to their Lordships,
whether such conduct was consistent with the high
responsibility which Ministers owed to Parliament ?
Was it either congenial to the principles of the Con.
stitution, or to the respect which Ministers should
naturaliy feel' for Parliament ? Such an iniquitous
transaction could not be too severely reprobated : it
was a departure from the line of duty which Minis-
ters owed to the country—it was a contempt for the
dignity and authority of Parliament. He certainly
thought it impossible for Parliament to shut their
eyes on such conduct ; and if they did not censure
and punish those who had been concerned in it. they
ought at least to guard the public against the daring
impositions of such men in future.
The motion was then agreed to without a division.