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measutte of culling out the Pensioners should be
recognized by a vote.
Colonel DAvrEs said, he also had •the strongest
• objections to the Military College. Hewished to
.ksrow what the increase of £lOO,OOO on the charge
of Volunteer Corrs arose from--whether to the in-
crease 4 corps, or from the old corps being cane; to
permanent duty ? It was to be observed, that though
not more than half tic iteros.of the estimate were
brought forward, there was an increase on them of
kill a million beyond the last tear.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that the number of
:Volunteer and Yeomanry corps had been increased.
The exact number he could not state, as the services
of thosit. co' 14 were acceeted; not by the War-Office,
but by the It6me Department. ' The increase on the
, • 'Estimates was merely on the Volunteer Service, and'
from the charges of calling out the Pensioners.
Colonel DAVIES, observed, ,there was no dirphin-1
tion on any other branch. • After the professions of l
economy which had been made in the last Session, be
had expected to see some proofs of it. As he was
now mentioning the subject, he should give notice,
that early after the recess he should move fora Com-
rcittee to inquire into the Military. Expenditure, to
sliew the People that the House was not inattentive',
to their interests, for he was convinced'that no branch
of the Public Service more needed. inquiry.
• The vote was agreed to.
Lord PALMERSTON then proceeded to move
. for the Sums for the Army, namely
,t 900,000 for the Land Forces at borne and abroad, cxcludle I
• • Of those in Ireland, the Colonies, And service of th. Fist India

Company. • •
A-404:0,000 for the Forces in Ireland, and about £309,000 more
. for Staff, Medicines, Volunteers, Recruiting Service, Military
Asylum, and Veteran Battalions; all of which were agree ,to.
'THE ADJOURNMENT.
• During the vote of these sums, Mr. TIERNEY
asked, what were the intentions of Ministers with re-
spect to the Adjournment?
. Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that it W-ts hoped
to get through all the necessary business, so as to ad-
journ about the 80th instant, or Ist of January,- till
the Bth or 10th of February.
MISDEM EANOURS' DILL.
Lord CASTLREAGH moved the Order of ,the
Day for bringing up the Report on the Nlisdemea-
nours Bill.
Lord EBRINGTON gave this measure his most
unqualified approbation. '
Mr, DENMAN offered his testimony to the Bill
as pne most beneficial and of the greatest importance
to.the laws of England. lie knew it could not be
introduced in conjunction with this excellent meu..l
sure, but he wished it might be done separately here-
alto-, and therefore begged the House to consider of
the expediency of enacting that prosecutors in misde-
meanours should le obliged to sbew cause for their
proceeding, and not be allowed to move causes into
the King's Bench without good grounds, from the Ses-
sions or Assize, where they would otherwise be tried.
This course was often most vexatious and expensive,
and did great injustice to defendants. Should no
abler Member recal the matter to their attention, he
would take it upon himself. He, also expressed an
opinion, that, prosecutors who removed causes from
the Sessions or Assize should be obliged to give no-
tice to the defendants, who frequently brought their
witnesses to meet a charge, at great cost, which they
found, on appearing, had been withdrawn:from Court.
Mr. BERNAL thought the Bill very defective?
Mr. GEORGE LAMB expressed his great skis-
ration with the Bill, which would do much to pro-
snote the speedy and correct admiiiistration of justice.
He Was sorry that it went out to the country with.so
many obnoxious measures; but its permanency would
mark it as of a different kind from the others.
The Report was brought up, and, with the Amendments,
agreed tta, the third reeding on Monday.—Adjourned.
THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1815,
THE FUNDS.
rams or 'molts TIIIS DAT AT ONIL O'CLOCK :
5 per Cent. Reduced 6C4
S per Cent. Consols slut
3i per Cent. 741
4 per Cent. 83t
5 per Cent. Navy shut
Bank Long Annuities 17 5-16
India Bonds Ss. 2s. dis.
Enchequer Bills (2d.) Bs. 4s. dis.
Commercial 29 90 discount
Consols for Acct. 671 iii.

Last night, on the discussion of the Seditious
Meetings' Bill, the Earl of CAkNARVOI took occasion
to notice the conduct of Ministers in forcing the Libel
Bill through the Reuse of Peers with the obaoaioue
clause for transportation among its enactments, which
they had afterwards given up in the Commons, Mar
eiragging their Lordshiyi HOW through tha *ire, and
thus bringing it into disrepute with the People, The
Peers may, we think, easily balance this account hp
exptmging from the Meetings' Bill those clauses whirl
in their operation must absolutely annihilate the rig he
of meeting at all—except for the time-serving pap
poses of Loyal Address-making.•
It appears by the proceedings in the Commons last
nier., that Ministers expect to finish such business as
sl'ould not be delayed by the 50th inst. when Parlia-
ment will adjourn to about the 10th of Febtusuy.
The suggestion (..1 Mr. RICARDO, for paying off
the National Debt, for the relief of national skill lad
industry, is rapidly becoming the subject of general,
discussion. The idea is to levy at once a part of the
principal, instead of .persisting in the Constant drain
from the industry of the Country, by direct or in-
dir-et taxes upon incomes. That is to say, that the
actual value of a Gentleman's estate of £lOOO per.
should be calculated, say, at thirty years'

petty of the kingdom to thetammer ? And if so,
when men were all sellers, and a few funded capi-
talists only were the purchaser; would not landsfall
to under twenty, instead of thirty years' purchase?".
We answer, it would not compel any person to sell;
but would compel the fund-holders to look out for
-people who were willing to borrow, when Govern-
ment refused any longer to hold their money, or be
their debtors. In fact, it would leave to every one
to make it a matter of calculation, whether he had
better at once, sell a part of his property (the re-
maining portion being thereby rendered of more oh.
solute value,, though nominally less,
,than the whole
now is), or to pay his quota by borrowing from a
quondam stock-holder, who, in the event of this mea-
tore, will be as anxious to find out persons who want
to borrow, as any landholder can be to find thoie who
wish to lend their money on interest.
It is impossible to anticipate the benefits that would
result to all from the proposed measure. The first
most curious fact that presents itself, is a most sin-
gular phenomenon, The whole of this 'immense
debt would be paid off without waking the.consmonity
one pen4foorer—without taking away one penny of
the immense property of which this • Nation is pas?.
sessea ! All would remain entire ! Bat this is but #
small part of the benefit. One large portion of our
.present source of expense would cease tti.be eilled
for—the expense cf collecting, throirgh'all•iheir in;
ff tricate ramifications and machinery, the ./ihrties. of
Customs and. Excise, amounting tq upwards af..sle
millions a- year. The indispensable expenses foethe
Civil Establishment, &c. might all he,reised without
-inty expense whatever—by a Tax on Ineiistl levied
by the different Diltricts or Parishes themselves, and
paid into the Exchequer without any deduction What-
ever: for the sum wanted would be such a trifle com-
pared to the present drain upon talent, upon indns-
Ivy, and upon capital, that it would not be felt,
'under whatever loin: it was levied, if levied npou
'equitable, principles.—What then would be the- ge-
neral result? England, eaied of her present load,
;throwing her ports open to 'all nations,• would not
only maintain the superiority she hat 'nailed is In-
dustry,, ingenuity, and their necessary Eruits,:.bok
would command the trade of the world.; ••,, • ,
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Two Hamburgh Mails arrived this forego#ol,.:As
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ibllowing are extracts fro* the Paper, brpitiht;by
them s-- - - - - -..
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• HANOVER. DECEMBER. d - -
, . At the end of last month the Provincial Assemblies
met in all the Provinces of the Kingdonid Helsinki'',
to choose the Deputies to the general• Diet.4lllle
Kingdom, which will meet of the 28th of this assliiiii
in its new form as two Chambers. .. .
.We learn that the Hanoverian Infantry will Ciao'
sist in future of twelve regiments, of which two will
be Guards, one of Chasseurs, the other of Grenadiers.
These two regiments will be in garrison In Hanoter,
It does not seem to be determined when the new or-
ganization of the army will take plate, but-probably
it will be in February or March, neat year. It does
not appear that any alteration is intended in the
Cavalry.

HAMBURG% DEMORR f.

Since yesterday, the Elbe has been covered With
ice, as far as Altona ,and, to-clay, people have
crossed it on foot and with baud sledges. If the lame
degree of cold continues for a few days, the Elbe'
will be passable by horses and sledges to Harburg.--1
The navigation being now interrupted, above thirty
ships, bound to Hamburgh, are detained at Cuxhaven.

• BRUNSWICK, DECEMBER S.
Last night a furious fire broke out in the bisildiggs
of the Chancery, which spread so rapidly. that, not-
withstanding the most prompt assistance, nothing
could be sawed; and not only all the'papers were de-

strayed,- but some lives were lost. The Grand Sa-
loon; called the Throne Halt, Which was formerly
-fatal op with great expense and magnificence by
Jerome Bonaparte, is eLtirely destroyed._ At the de-
pasture of the Post, the fire
_was still raging. It is
supposed to have been caused by pipes laid under
the floors to heat the apartments. _
STOCKHOLM, NOVEMBIR so.

The facilities lately given to English subjects
travelling through Sweden, have now been granted
also to the subjects of France. ,
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCTOBER W. .* •
The Porte has received to-day very favOurstriOfitc-
counts from Bagdad. The troops commando! by the
eldest Prince of Persia have been repulsed with great
less ; the Htirds, in. particular, suffered ieverely.....e
The messengers who brought the dispatches, with'
the heads of several Chiefs, were nobly rewarded."

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The Paris Papers of Monday and Tueseirry itrrie4
yesterday afternoon, but do not furnish any intelli-
gence of the least importance. No public business:
has been yet transacted in the Chamber of Deputies.
Five per Cents. Monday, 69 fr. 40 c.

A letter from our Private Correspondent at ?Wail
speaking of the refusal of the Chamber of Deputies
to adroit M. Onzootar into their body, asks--it
what his unworthiness consists ? «He approved the
jisdgment of the Convention as to the guilt -of
Loots XVl.—but did not all France do it? Gas:
othaa was against the shedding of blood, and hoptd
be condemned to existence; this is the,
of hi; wine, and for this•lL Lama, in a
speeds; condemned M. Gammas as no
sit in tbi House. Oh, the pure Royalist
unfortunately happens tot this saw M. LAIN!,

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annum, should be calculates, say, at aunty years
purchase—so that instead of a tas of Fiie per Cent. he would be
on the £lOOO, which is £5O a year, hi should have full extent of
to contribute at once £1509, as a tax on his principal. violent spec
ill Lut, it is asked, " Could this be effected withnut worthy to sii
bringing a coathderable part of all the landed pro- —lt unfertu:
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