Star.
London, England, 1819-02-06 00:00:00

SUPPLY.

The House, on the Motion of the CliANerr.tint of
the EXCHEQUER, resolved itself into a Committee of
Supply, Mr. MICK:DEN in the Chair.
Motions were passed fur the renewal of the usual
Taxes on Land, Mali, Sugar, Scc.
The House resumed, and the Report was or.lered
to be received to•morrow. The Committee of Sup-
ply is ordered again for Monday next.

CIIA ITA RL E XQUEST AT MOFFAT.

Mr. BROUGHAM said, he held in his hands a
Petition from the Minister, Elders,, and Inhabitant.

to the numbei of upwards of tlirse hundred, of the
PaliJi of Moffat, in Scotland. Ile ought first to
mention, that the Minister and Elders of a Parish
composed what in this country v: as called a Vestry.
They formed also an ecclesiastical authority. These
inhabitants, to the number of duce hundred, as he
had already stated, bad taken the precaution to ob-
viate the effect of an objection which was sometimes
made to similar Petitions, that persons of tender age
had been called on to sign them, to add after each
signature, the age of the person signing. They
composed a great majoiity of the inhabitants of the
Parish, arrived at the age of maturity. The Peti-
tioners stated, that in 1639, a lteverena Gentleman,
who was a native of Moffat, had bequeathed £l,OOO
sterling to Lord Johnstone, the ancestor of the pre-
sent family of Annandale, in order to lay out that
in land ; and out of the re: is and.profits of the
law! so purchased, to give a yearly sum to a school-
master in Moffatt, amounting to £25 or £26 :Lieut..
In the nest place, a sum of £lO or £l2 was to be
given to an usher ; and in the third place, between
1.:7 and ES was so be paid to a writing-master. The
School was to be a Grammar School, and the mas-
ter and usher were to be qualified to teach Latin. It
was also directed that a sum should be laid out in
the erection of a proper building for the School.—
They stated that they had every reason to believe
that the money had been laid out, in the first in-
stance, in terms of the devise, as the School had
been built, and the salary bad always been paid to
the master when there was a master, but that a va-
cancy . was frequently allowed to happen for se-
veral yeas at a time. The salary, however, was al-
ways paid when there was a master. But they
stated, that instead Of the other salary having been
paid to the usher, as was devised, it had always been
paid to the parish schoolmaster. This was a devia-
tion from the terms of the bequest, and was the
more unnecessary, as about sixty- years afterwards
Schools had been established in every Parish by the
Legislature. Their stated that the third salary had
also never been paid agreeably to the bequest. The
overplus of the rents and profits of the land, after
paying these three salaries, were then directed to be
laid out for the relief of the poor of the Parish of
Moffatt. A School was to be instituted for the edu-
cation of the poor, and the overplus, after paying
the masters, was to go towards the relief of the poor.
They stated that no part of this estate, or any money
had ever been procured for a master for the children
of the poor, and that they had never been able to see
any account of the proceeds of the lands, aad what
had been done with either the lands or the money.
They added, that it was a great hardship to.the Pa-
rish to be deprived of this School. as tha ;Parish
School was not by any means sufficient for the edu-
cation of the whole of the children. They stated

!also, that the same benevolent person, a Dr. John-
stone, left in the same manner £l,OOO, for the pun;
pose of giving bursaries or exhibitions to eight poor
scholars of Moffat to the University of Edinburgh ;
and they farther stated, that these exhibitions for
' poor scholars had never been given to the inhabitants
of the Parish, though repeated applications had been
made for them. That they had generally been be-
stowed, from motives of favour or affection, on per-
sons from other quarters. The Petitioners craved
generally, that inquiry should be made into the sub-
ject matter of their Petition.
Mr. WILLIAM DOUGLAS said no man could
feel more than himself the value of the labours of
the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, with re-
spect to the education of the poor. As far, however,
as regarded the money bequeathed for the benefit of
the people of Moffat, he did know from inquiry, that
up to
,the present period the money had been con-
stantly paid for a school-master. With respect to
the allegation regarding the bursers, he could only
say, that young men had been regularly sent to the
University of Edinburgh agreeably to the bequest.
The successors of the Marquis of Annandale were
persons who had always been conspicuous for every
thing honourable, and particularly for their charities
for objects of this nature, and he was certain it would
turn out on inquiry that all the objects of the bequest
had been most religiously attended to.
Lord BINNING trusted, when it was considered
that he was connected both by relationship and friend-
ship with the family implicated in the allegations
contained in the Petition which had been presented
by the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, the
House a ould excuse him for saying a few words on
the subject. No charges had, indeed, been made
'directly against that family, but still charges wei'e
indirectly made against them. Ile would venture to
say, that there never was a set of all,gations of dd..:
kind which were more likely to be woundless. Ile
could not speak as to details, as he had never heard
the subject mentioned before. The Honour able and
Learned Gentleman would, in his opinion, have ex-
ercised a sounder discretion, had he waited till the
arrival of the Honourable Member for DarnfrieFe
shire (Admiral Sir W. Johnstone Hope), who was
nearly related to the family in question, and acquain-
ted with its concerns, :tad who was shortly expected
in town.—(/fear, hcar).—The speech of the Honour-
able and Learned Gentleman would t:ien have gone
to the world accompaniei by some explanation. such
an explanation might have been expected from the
Honourable Member for Dumfries-shire. But he
wished to observe that this was neither more nor lest
than a question of misappropriation of property. It
was a question, therefore, which properly belonged
to a court of law. And the Honourable Gentleman
kne v, that whatever delays might take place in the
Court of Chancery in this country, it was not neces-
sary to go with this case to the Court of Chancery ;
the Petitioners might have gone with it to the Court
of Session ;—it was a question for that Court and not
for the House. He did not ob'ect to the Petition
lying en the table, but he certainly regretted the not
waiting till the arrival of the Honous able Member
for Dumfries-shire, from whom a satisfactory answer
might have been expected.
ear. W. DOUGLAS, in explanation, observed that
two or three days ago the Honourable and Learne.l
Geetheean had mentioned to him, that he had re-
ceived such a Petition, and bad asked bins it he could
obtain any information respecting it, before he pre-
sen:ed it to the House? In. consequence, he had ap-
plied to persons from Moffat, in London, who told
him all that they knew respecting it. They told him,
that the Petition was signed by she Clergyman and
most of the inhabitants of the parish. They told him
that the salaries and allowances had been regularly
paid, and that the money was left entirely at the dis-
posal and controul of the Annandale Family. He
could only say, that he was sure, in exercising that
discretion, the Family in question would always act
in an honourable and upright manner.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, the Honourable Member
for Dumfries (Mr. W. Douglas) had partly answered
for him the charge of the Noble Lord (Binning). He
had not only communicated the Petition to that Ho-
nourable Gentleman, but he bad also communicated
it to a Right Honourable Gentleman who was Mem.
bee for Edinburgh (Mr. W. Dundas). That Right
HonOurable Gentleman, after reading the Petition,
had returned it to him, with an answer, that he was
entirely unacquainted with the circumstances stated in
it. He thought he had done quite enough to save him
even from the possibility of being charged with any
thing like unfairness—(Hear, hear, hear.) And now
one word as to the duty which the Noble Lord had
thought fit to prescribe to a Member, if he would
avoid the charge of unfairness. They had just heard
from the Noble Lord, that, as a Member, he was
bound, before he presented this Petition, to know not
only who the relations of the Nobleman alluded to
in it were, and who were his representatives—nay,
the Noble Lord even went so far as to say, he (Mr.
Brougham) must have known the representative of
that Nobleman, in so far as regarded his property,
was the Honourable Member for Dumfries-shire, and
also, that that Hon. Gentleman was on his way to
town—(Laughter). It was certainly rather a novel
doctrine, that Members of Parliament were not only
to be obliged to become acquainted with all those
duties which were of a public nature, but that they
were, in addition to this, when they brought forward,
a charge against any individual, they were bound'
also to become acquainted with all the particulars of,
his affairs, all his local and family concerns, and all
the movements of all the members of his family ;
and that, if these things were unknown to the sin-'
fortunate Member, be was not only to be accused of
ignorance, but also of unfairness—(Hear, hear.)
The Petition was then ordered to lie on the table.

BILL FOR TILE CARE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PERSON.
The Order of the Day was read for its commit-
ment. The Bill passed the Committee, the House
was resumed, and the Report received.
On the Motion for the third reading to-morrow,
Sir M. W. RIDLEY. objected to the Bill partially.
However much he esteemed his Royal Highness the
Duke of York, he was appteliensive that there was
too much power vested in the same person. The ex-
tent of the patronage also would be immense, and
could not fail exciting the jealousy of many Gentle-
men as well as that of Sir Matthew himself. For
these reasons, he hoped the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer would consent to postpone the third read-
ing till the House received the Report from the Com-

mittee on the Windsor Establishment
this Bill.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
no objection to defer the third reading till Nlonday
Sir M. W. RIDLEY, finding the third
could not be postponed till the Report no u- •
tioned came under the consideration of the
said that he did not wish to press the postporernelt,
and would therefore consent to its being read a t'lirtl
time to-morrow.

Mr. LAMBTON concurred is the ripinic.is 2d.
vanced by the last Ilonourable Member. T!:e -
and patronage were enormous to ct.::..tr2 in
person. This was the grand point of differeNT
tween the Gentlemen on tote Opposition side a 7412,,
Majesty's Ministers. It was creatirg an imperi"
ie
imperio. And yet it was impossible for his llnrd
Highness to discharge his duty with pmper aedz
rity and effect, withottt he had the sole cuntrirtl,:
the servants connected with the Esti!)list:rant, r 4
the power also of removing any of them wt:en kr:4
requisite.—The bill v. as then order:d to be r.•
third time to-morrow.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXC:
pressed a hope that no objection would
started on the third reading of the Bill
PETITION FOR LEAVE TO FROMM?. A FRI

Mr. LAMBTON moved for leave
Petition from Mr. Frederick Thoevm
returned for Barnstaple—the examine
ted. pro foi ma, to the designation or
tate of the sureties, he having been d(
in in Essex-street, Strand. when he
moved to Northumberland-street, &rani
tioner therefore prayed for time to pmdr
fir. HARVEY thought that the
not to be received. The petitioner. ki
surety now objected to had only two
a bankrupt, ought not to have offere(
capacity. Although he had renewed
yet if the dividends to his creditors hi
spectable (nearly twenty shillings in
character could not stand very high:
he was an objectionable person. T
this view, was therefore an insult to tl
Mr. C. W. WI NNE recommend::!
with the prayer of the Petition. TI
Member was therecare for calling pre,
manner to the Bar cif the House. As
alluded to having been a bankrup!,
no objection to him can that score, w'
knowledged he had obtained his certit
Mr. ABERCROMBIE ridiculed t:
objecting to the surety, because he
from one street in the Strand to anti
Strand.--(Hear, I:ear.)—He could no
that it was illiberal, and inconsistcat
racter of the House, to treat the l'ctiti
ner it had experienced from the la
Member but one.—(lL-ar, haw.) 1
House would not permit such
l'against the character of an iodiiida:ll,
the Hououmble Member knzw, nn;
worthy and meiitorions raan. Was
to be indiscriminately given to every
been unfortunre? It "v.-as Itnwortlty t'
Represeotatives of the P.N;ple of Er
hear, hear.) The ira;ividual
Member had very improperly stigma,
fered the penalties of the law ; and w!
rained his certificate, he at once becat
tionable member of society, hon-eves
Pourable Gentleman might think to
There were at this time many worthy .
had been unfortunate, but who had al)
covered themselves, and were high/
When the individual now so unwort!
tained his certificate, he was immetl
to exercise all his functions and pri
other man ! He was perfectly qualifii
• surety. In short, in the eye of the I
well qualified as the Honourable G,
self!—(Hear, hear, hear.)
- _

Mr. BTURGES BOURNE was in
Petition. If one person were !ejected
Petitioner was ready to produce anotl
the usual time of eight days ought to '
LAMBTON stated, that akin
miners found reason to object to tin
were so far in favour of the Petitioner,
commended him to make application
for time to amend the surety by the
another. In glancing at the reception
titioner received from an Honourable
who had said that it was an instilt to '
hoped that Honourable Gentleman
offended when he alleged that the
himself had unfortunately been guilty
erroneously attributed to the Yetitioaer.
Mr. NVYNIN said, that he apprehended
tion could not he received in its preNe;
proper course for the Petitioner void(
fot leave to have his Recognizance enlar
The SPEAKER, on a further refe•
prayer of the Petition, found that the
also applied in that form.
Wiiliams was then called to
verified, as Agent to the Petitioner, the
the Petition upon oath.
The SPEAKER thought it right to
was unnecessary to examine the Petiti
as by the Act it was competent for an,
quaintcd with the matter to be heard
of the Petition.
(in the motion of Mr. LAMBTON,
received until Monday week to provide

surety.
The SPEAKER said that this erten
was necessary to enable the Petitioner '
days' notice of the new surety.
Mr. W 1 NN concurred in the propriet:
this extension of time to the Petitioae'
seemed no colourable pretext or culpable
his case.

Mr. S. BOURNE still recommended
granting any departure from the fixed
Mr. WYNN said, that if necessary,
could be called—one of the Clerks _
this office.
Mr. Williams said, the House had, he though'
seen enough to justify the indulgence granted to 0
Petitioner.
Mr. BANKES concurred in this opinion; and
conversation here dropped.
NISCZLLANIE.S.
ME. LAWSON presented a l'eitical them ,ts

iciontEiiQineu:lEtneindld m.ah
is
r ..••a 6
.yradh.
third
port now men.
of the House,
postponement,
ir.g rent! a tllird
ie ripinior:s 2d.
set. T!,.e
.tr: in th; sar,e
ditfereDcr be.
ion side a7.d his
an imperitni ie
for his ltistd
proper antic.
Die control!".
Lblislimenr,
,em v: ter. team
:d to bc r:.r2.
e:.
d to-nrirrinrbt
I at four o'clock.
RES(t IlErCant
to b.ing np
(or Thorium!,
s hav:n t olt 1
r description ni
lescrPied as lir.
had since re.
mntl. Tte '
Ince fresh sint.tr
Petit ion oagir:
vowing that ti.e
years azo ben
ed him sn tha
d his certifier:.
tad not been re.
the pound.) his
: and therefore
I'hc Petition, is
Lite House.
! a compliance
doe llonoaratil:
()of in Ole anal
.s to the prat
there could be
ellen i: was AO
ideate. (near.)
the absurdity et
: Lad rer.i.aval
her stret•t in tht
of help tivo Ingo
t with the
tine ;11 the
:Ist
Ile wished t! :t
irate
I, Wl4O, fur 01''"..:t
ihist be a vcrr
such lalg.ra.,
y man who
digni.y, as
the
!atized, had suf.
,vhen he
tme an unexcer
tr much the
o the contrary.
r characters v:1.4
afterwards recd-
tly
esteernedl—
treated tiS•
diately qua:iEza
lvileges ae any
ied to become
law, he was AS
ientleman
favour of
rd as surety, ti:e
other ; thereftre
be given.
tough the Era-
he surety, the!
• that they
r
in to the ouse
production sx
n which the Pt.
ble Gendenur
.o the House,
would not
Hon. Merge
• of what he h
.CT.
ended the
ier.t form. I':
hi be, to ap,..
nlarged.
eference to i•
Petitioner v.....
) the Bar. P.
the contents
to state, that
boner bin:sell—
any Per!" 3'
in verificauv,
the Petitions
'avide a grope
(tension of tiff"
er to give et
priety of givri
iouer, as then
gable neglect it
ided caution
!ti rule. }
r, the Exarnilt
:s usually hc•-•
ad, he though'
e granted to ti.
piuiau
; and •
'tie

mrough, aralost the contiuuanee or renewal of the Tool-

Petition was presented &nu the inhabitants of St. John
&on's, Brighton, praying to be separated in their prieS.
'om the town of Dover.
`,ASCELLES, on motion, obtained leave bf absence
seeks, on private business.
Petition was presented from the Proprietors of the Re-
Canal.
p. MOORE presented a Petition for leave to bring in a
better lighting the City of Westminster.
alderman W 001) presented a Petition from the Society
a Clerks, praying for leaVe to extend their Charter.
titian was presented from Richard Cotton Mould, stating,
certain voters had been prevented from the exercise of
prt •
*v:le.e the Election was, of course, nuU and iroid. IL
was permitted to app-ar at the Bar, where he verified the
oath.
several other Petitions and Bills of a private nature were
Lilted.—Adjourned ell to-morrow (this diet).
THE EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1619.

THE FUNDS.

ICK OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE OCLCCK :
Reduced '771 76177#
u. Acc.77lil—ti!l per Cent. 87 S 3
:ent. 95 His;-5 per Navy 105 if
Ans. '2O 5-16 3-16 .—india Bonds 78 78 pr,
acr Bills (2L1.) 7 16 pro.

market appeared rather brisk this morning at
innencement of business, Consols opening at
but shortly fell to 77ii. Exchequer Bills,
ktve been done this day at 4s. premium, are
.e.l to be at a discount ; if this takes place
attendca with very serious inconvenience to
:111:ellt, AS Lllvy must then be received for duties
if cash ; a farther depression will then take
.a the Funds.

subject of the Prtmcr. REGENT'S Message on
Juction of the Windsor Esta'ulishment, was
before the House a Peers last night, when
laviatKot stated the outlines of the proposed
'the st:e.emeut was similar to that made by
CnsTLEur.mat in the Commons, and which we

et!
Coannior,s, the Bill for ptoviding for the
hii MAJESTY'S Person was committed, and
NI to Le read a third time this day ; with an
itancang, however, that it was not the intention
inlsL:ss to deviate from their usual practice of
any ordinary business upon the consi-
-.1 of the lioase on Saturdays.

llarcburgh Mail arrived last night, bringing the
iztel!igc.ice from ant quarter down to the 29th ult.
i:clwivc.-I;.:xcliange on London, that Jay, 33. We
Lae itscrted some Extracts in a preceding column.

Enis Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday ar•

nyed tins morning.

The rise i. the French funds continues very re-
rarkable. According to the quotations in thesejona+
ralc, they have t.u•.v ri•.en to 70 f. 90 c. making an
aivance of more than fivelrancs since the present

Yiinistry came into power. If we may believe, how-
ever, private accounts which we have received from
persons on the spot, who have had an opportunity of
taking a peep behind the curtain, we ought to be
very sparing in the credit which we give to this rise,
either as a proof of i -.creasing confidence in the 'Mi-
nizy, or increasing prosperity in the commercial
and monied circles of Paris. It is confidently af-
firmed that the whole of this rise is nothing more
than the effect of a mere state nick of the new
ilinister of Finance, Baron Louts, to conceal the

really low state of the public credit—The Funds
consecrated to the different branches of the public
service, are said to have been extensively employed
in buying up Stock—that is, the Government has
become both seller and buyer, so that it may make
teat price any thing it pleases, and but for mete
Unmefacedness might, (if this report be well foun-
dq.) as well make the rise fifty per Cent. as five.
Every shilling, we are assured, which it was pos-
s.a:e to obtain, has been drawn from the Recei-
vers-General, and appropriated to the execution
of t'u's notaLle operation of financial policy. Not
•:;,r1 content, however, with the artificial stimu-
Ls thus given to the market, it is further averred as
fact, that the Ministers have prohibited the Jour-
from giving the real prices of each day, and
t:.)ined upon them a latitude in this respect which
i..!; any thing but the correct information of the
in view. For instance, say our informants,
when the funds were quoted as at 69t, a bona fide
seller going into the market, with any considerable
amount of stock, could not get more than 65 or 66.
if the stock wanted to be sold was of small amount,
such as '2OO or 305 francs, a sale might possibly be
P 'fated to some Ministerial Emissary at a higher rate
—even, perhaps, as high as that quoted in the Jour-
nals—for it was another part of the wonderfully pro-
flunti system now in action to search after such petty
Liles, in order that Government might be able to say
tint they did not just countenance an absolute false-
Loc.' in the prices which the Journals were ordered
cu announce. But it is asserted to be a fact, which
all the monied men in Paris can testify, that no sales
of rte's an amount, as to be worth taking into an
v.,?c7age account, have at any time been made at the
I,igh prices quoted in the Journals, or can now be
rna,te by any holder of stock who desirous of
making the experiment.
l system so shallow/sated as this, eannot bz too
ten esposcd t itistlte interest of the Stockholders of

even tran:e itself that it should be so. The Minister
of Finance; we arc told, is 'a man of talent ; but, if
we believe the plan that has been pursuing as of his con-
trivance, and form a judgment from the specimen he'
has commenced with, we should not be disposed to
rate it very highly. The impolicy of the system he is
pursuing must be obvious to any person of the least
refiexion, Or knowledge in financial affairs. Can he
state that the purchases made by GOvernment are in
order to increase the Sinking Fund ? No.—Or can he
assert that they are made to be held ? No ; for the
Treasury must be exhausted by this teinporary mis-
appropriation of the funds necessary for carrying
on the public service. Any appearance of credit and
prosperity which such a system can produce for a
moment, must vanish like a vision of the night ; for
what is bought new must, sooner or later, be re-sold,
at any price that can be got for it. The ordinary
service of Government cannot go on without the
funds which are now diverted from it being replaced ;
and, with all the talent of which Baron Louts may be
able to boast, France can afford him no other re-
source, under existing circumstances, for doing so,
than that of re-selling the stock his emissaries are
now said to be busied in purchasing. Being forced
to sell, the unavoidable consequences need not be ea-
largel upon.
The Monitear of Wednesday contains a Report
from the Minister of the Interior, and an Ordinance
founded upon it, establishing a Council of Agricul-
ture, which is to give its advice on each questions of
legislation and administration, and projects and me-
moirs relative to agriculture, as may be transmitted
to it for that purpose by the Minister of the Interior.
It is to consist of ten Members.

The public discussion in the Chamber of Peers on
the project of law for the national recompense to the
Duke of IticHELIEU, came on upon Tuesday, and, as
was anticipated, passed off with equal brevity and
calmness. Only two Peers, the Count de Sr. ROMAN
and the Duke de CRILLON, spoke upon it, and on
being put to the vote, it was carried by a majority
of 83 to 44.—The illustrious object of this just act
of national gratitude, was at Bourdeaux on the 28th
ult. on his way to the South of Europe.
The business in the Chamber of Deputies on the
same day, was confined to a variety of Petitions, of
an individual or local nature, which arc without any
features of particular interest.

New York Papers, to the 10th ult. arrived this
morning—the following are extracts :

Conposed of veterans bidlY paid and dissi-
iisfied. In the month of Augtist the Royalists Occu-
pied die province of Con'teption-:—llthough it Is ge-
nerally reporied that the Chilian sqtticltoti is consi-
derable, Ido not consider it sufficient to destroy the
maritime forces of Ferdinand in the Pacific. General
Brayer made his escape from Buenos Ayres on the
24th of September last.

Nortive
I 1411466
tie Baptist
Ito from
Lord
s. sit wet
A Petiti
toy Can
31r.
pig far bel
Ald
cf parish (
% Petiti
as ter
:pit Priv"
11:11d wai
LA 1:Pon
several
plated,
S
TRIO
5 Fel. Cc
Cons. fix
Ce
Bk.
Elclaiuc
11:e r
• cow
b
1.1.:ch 1,
j: trill 4
Govei•al
instead
place is
The
tl.e Re,
broa2,ll
Lord L
pLo.
Lo: t C
noticed
care of
ordereJ
untletst
cf Min
rot
exratio!
11
Lae it:
rived t
The
arka'
ralc, t
alvani
ever,
iersor
takin2
very s
either
natty
and a
firm
than
Mini
real])
cone
servic
in hi.
hecor
the
nuns
Ever
save
vers.
of ti
frren
fa
IA(
litaau
Inc
Prf,
--t
Pal
?h.
Lo
61
all
ef
zr
rn