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public relief, without sparing any quarter, whether
Kish or low—(Chem:). Let it do its duty honestly,
fairly, and impartially. I have done mine, and I re.
peat, that I have not done it without great pain to
myself. I implore the Houle to listen to the corn-
plaints out of doors—to entertain the proposition;
and I entreat Honourable Gentlemen, before they de-
ck* against all inquiry, to consider what they owe
to those who sent them here, as well as what they
owe to the national tranquillity and the security of
the monarchy"—(The Right Honourable Gentleman
sat down amid the cheers of he Hbitse,tahic.h lasted for
some time).
• Mr. CANNING said, that all the points urged in the course
of the debate were resolvable into a few, plain, simple, proposi-
tions. • The House was now called upon to do what had been
'done at the commencement of every former reign, namely, to
vote a Civil List for the support of the Civil Government and
llousehold of the Sovereign. Under such circumstances, the
first step to betaken was to examine the precedents of good
times—he meant such as wereregarded by all men with satin..
faction. Going back to the Revolution, it was found that the
,vote of the Civil List from the reign of King William to George
111. had been:parried in this House in the first instance without
minute investigation ; and the only inference he wished to draw
from this fact was, not that the House was bound to follow lin-

plicitly the course of precedents, but that those who proposed a
- deviation were bound to thaw the special circumstances that
rendered it advisable. If it could be shewn that in the course
of the last reign there had been no examination into these
matters, or that front the lapse of time it was possible that
abuses had crept in, it might form some ground for the Pre-
sent proposal. lf, on the other hand, it could be proved, •that
although an investigation, both minute and recent, had taken
place, yet that since that date there had been great exceedings
on the part of the Cronin, a manifest want of economy, or an
application for an increase, then some ground would perhaps
be laid for a deviation from the ordinary precedent.—
But when both these exceptions told in favour of the course now
recommended, when an investigation had so lately been insti-
tuted, and no exceeding ranee the last settlement appeared by the
Papeis on the table, then, in addition to the prinutfocie motive
of precedent, .the House had had reasons far preferring the
established course. The Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Tierney)
had most truly stated, that when a sum of money had once been
paid into the Privy Purse, it was too late for inquiry; but this,
in fact, was only the ordinary course ever since the Privy Purse
had been reesgniaed by Parliament. If his present Majesty
had other funds beyond it, the same retnark would apply to his
late Majesty, for he possessed the emoluments arising from the
Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. True it was that the last
was afterwards given to the Prince of Wales; yet the other he
retained to the latest hour of his life. What principle of jealousy
was to induce-the House to interfere with more suspicion now
than it did in the former reign? The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman had allurld to the riches of his late Majesty, with a view
to excite a notion that they had been obtained out of the surplus
of the Civil _List ; but he (Mr. Canning) sincerely believed that
he asserted only what was true, when he said that. the accumula-
tion, whatever It might be, if not totally, in by far the
greatest putt, had been made since his late Majesty had
ceased to have' the disposal of his own funds. Recollecting
the charitable and benevolent disposition of our late re-
vered Sovereign, the House would not be surprised at
this fact, and that during the active part of his Majesty's
3 dangerous di.pusable funds had not been sordidly amassed.
With regard to the landed property of the Crown, it was such
as, he was sure, nine Gentlemen out of ten, on either side of the
I [owe, would not consider as any material object. All motive
frr actual suspicion being wanting, a great deal had been stated
as to the constitutional I..mlousy which the House ought to feel,
and it was certainly impossible to prove a negative as to the
smallest part of the thspixi.ible revenues of the Crown. He ap-
pcl'eti, huwcver, to the Right lion. Gentkman, whether, in
his judgment and cot,,cience, lie thought, whatever might be the
views and characters of public men. there ever was a period in
the history of the country when they were so clear from taint
and imputation of a pecuniary kind ?—(11cor, front Mr. Tier-
ney). On the ground of constitutional jealousy then it was pro.
posed that the inquiry should be commenced ;—but how
would the purpose of the other side be answered unkis the
tivestigatian extended even to the Privy Purse, and esta-
bliabed guards upon its distribution that had never yet existed ?,
He begged leave, however, to remind the House, that sup-,
posing the beginning of a reign were a fit opportunity for com-
tat:ming such an examination, there was nothing to preclude it
at any future period when it might be thought necessary there
were no instances of Committees of this kind at the opening of,
new reigns, but several in their progress. One of these was that
of Mr. Burke. in 1710 the Household had then been thoroughly
etamined, its expenses arranged, and that ordetly fabric reared
which had existed to the present day. He admitted that the
state of the country at this moment was such as to make Minis-
ters very cautious upon this subject; and he allowed,
that the real splendour of the Crown was not worth purchasing
at the tar( :,se of discommtt. But the true question was, not
se:tether we should purchase oxtraw.gant splendour at such a
pm; but whether there was anything that could justifiably
excite a feekng cf dissatisfaction? lie stated it, not for the
purpose of argument, but as a motive that guided the deter:id- ,
nation of Ministers in bringing forward the Civil List, that he
had not entertained a doubt that if they kept within the bound,
of what was already established, they would at once do right to-
wards the Arerereign and justice towards his people--(//ear).—
in fact, iseoitnesv not on what pretence any advice could have
been founded to lower the establishment of the Civil List. He
could have imagined that the difference between a vicarious and
an actual Government might have called for an increase, because
some heavy charges fell upon the King, which he had not to sup-
poet as Regent, such as the maintenance of the l'alace of Windsor.,
Be did not state this as a claim to future augmentation or in-
dewmity, but only to shew, that the more natural course, sup-
posing the country bad been in a state of prosperity, would have
been to recommend an increase rather than a diminution.—
Lu adopting the course that had been taken, and obeying impli-
citly the Itesolutions of Parliament four years ago, kliuisters had
thought, and be hoped thought rightly, that they were pursuing
a plan in no respect calculated to augment the public distress.—
The Right Hun. Gentleman next said, that though trite it was,
dim had been no camas beyond the Civil List, yet the sum
granted was so ample as to render it almost impossible. This
mode of arguing was both hazardous and ungracious,-for it was
placing the Crown in this dilemma—either, by not calling for
the aid of Parliament it was exciting suspicion of too great
abundance, or, by calling for aid, it was obliged to put itself at
the mercy of criticism and ol.servatiun—(!!corehear).—He
remembered a story of a Prince of Conde, he believed, who

bad two sots, to whom he gave two purses of money.-the one
r:turned it full, the other empty ; and the father, emptying the
purse ir.to the street, observed, " If you have neither the
t-ite to spend, nor the generosity to give, it is fit that some.
b should be benefited by your money !"—(Hear, hear).—
Titus It was with the Privy Purse of the Crown, and if it made
any savings, they were Armed with distrust and suspicion. He
coa.cientiously believed, that it was the determination of the
liustrious Persouage concerned, to live strictly within the limits
prescribed by Parliament; and in asking far no more, he (Mr.
Canning) did not think that any case had been made out for
jealousy on the part of the House, or of discontent on the part
of the Country. lie concluded by explaining, that from the
sum of .E 315,000, so often mentioned by the Right Honourable
Cectlerisan (Mr. Ilerney), £llO,OOO ought to be deducted, 351
that amount had been advanced to pay certain debts appointed
by Parliament to be discharged at therm of 150,000 yearly.
11r. TIERNEY and Mr. CANNING mutually explained
across the table. The farmer denied that he bad wished to
examine into the mode in which the Privy Purse was expended.
As he did not intend to trouble the House with his motion to.
morrow, bd might be allowed to add, though nee within the
strict limits of explanation, that, from the statement et the Right
Honourable Gentleman, it appeared that the £llO,OOO had been
paid into the Privy Purse, and very likely most properly applied
in diminution of debts. It, however, still formed a part of the
485,000, of which he bad already spoken.
Some further conversation occurred neon point between
'Mr. 'hammy, Mr. Campos and the mos of the Er.
cannot& A division then took place: the numbers were—.
For the original glialtiOn 256
For Lord J. Russell's Anseedasent - 137_ _

Maprity. - -
CID the re-admission of strewn Into the gallery, &r JOHN
Zi EWPOlljf was meaning warmly against the passim of the
Vote of Al/4275.000 for the Clan Ilatof Ireland, without Inquiry.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER remarked,

that diem erm se shanties in Me- Readmits from the old
Lbt:
Mr. TIERNEY said a few worth; -after width the Ranh-
don was agreed to. The otherßeeehttlena were also adopted,
and Bills ordered to be brought in senorAsiicsussed at
Tamara o'C.toca.

THE E VENING STAB.

LONDON.

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TUESDAY, MAY 9,1890.
ring FUNDS.

PRICI Of STOCKS THIS DAT AT OHS O'CLOCK
Bank Stock 22614-3 per Cent. Reduced 6914
3 pet Cent. Consols 69% 70 69% 34
• si per Cent. 771,k 3/4-1. per Cent- $674 $7
5 per Cent. 106 10514—Long Anns. 18 1-16
Imperial 3 per Cent. Aiwa. 67%
Bonds 225. 28s. pre.—Neer Annuities 69%
Exchequer Bills Ss. ss. 3s. pre.
Consols for Acct. 701 A 69% 70.

The Petition front the Merchants of London, against
the system of Commercial Restrictions, which has so
long afflicted this country, and the world generally,
was pteserited last night to the House of Commons,
by Mr. A. BARING ; and afterwards the . Petition
from the Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh, on
the same subject. The speech of Mr. BARING was
remarkable for its moderation, as well as the light,
which it threw on this important question ; nor was
that of -Mr. R 0811.3014 President of the Board of
Trade, less destrving of notice. In fact, the evils of
the present system wore admitted by both sides of the
House ; but, alas ! accompanied with an alloy which
threatens to render the admission perfectly nuga-
tory—the difficulty—the impossibility of meeting the
public expenses, without a continuar.cr, for an indefi-
nite time, of that very system which operates to ten-
der the subjects daily less able-to pay the•contribu-
tions that are wanted. This, to us, seems to savour
somewhat of insanity. A change of system is de-
sirable, " because it will extend our commerce, con-
sequeetly our Wealth, and consequently our ability to
furnish the revenue necessat y for the public service;"
and yet, " that desired change must be deferred, be-
cause we are in need of Revenue!" This is the es-
sence of the statements made on the Subjtct. Let us
now look at the question through another medium :
The Leipsic Fair has commenced, is well attended,l
and, according to the• advices by the Mail or -yester-
day, the purchasers are numerous. Leather hat been
in great demand, and the prices high. Woollen
Cloths have also had a rapid sale, and Silks have had
many buyers. French, Italians, Brabanters, and Eng-
lish, are there as sellers : the last are particularly
numerous, and the extent of their dealings may be
inferred from the fact that 40,000 cwt. of English
Yarns and Calicoes had arrived by way of Luneburg
alone, for this Fair, with a still larger quantity of
hardware, japanned articles, &c. down the Elbe to
Magdeburg, and so to Leipsic. Now mark the wis-
dom of the Gernrin Merchants and Manufacturers—
you may not call it folly, for it is your own system
They have addressed a Memorial to the Congress of
Vienna, insisting on the necessity of calling together
a General Cony) ess of the European (meaning the
Continental) Merchants ; and demanding that an
exclusive monopoly may be granted to them for six
years, in Which short period, by the exclusion of
foreign manufactures, they say that they will become
sufficiently powerful to maintain their competition
with all Nations : and praying particularly, that,
to promote the interest of the German Manufac-
turers, prohibitory measures may be adopted against
England !
People can talk very fluently of the injustice that
would thus be made to operate against the con-
sumer—of the narrow-minded jealousy of our con-
tinental rivals—of the impossibility of preventing the
better and cheaper article from finding its way to
the consumer : aye, and the reasoning to is quite
correct ; but how few, comparatively, allow them-
selves to apply the argument generally. Two and
two, they will allow, do make four, as applied to
Germany or France, but not so if you wish to apply
your arithmetic to England

A Mail from Holland arrived at a late hour last
night. It. contains a Manifesto' by the Emperor of
RuestA, proclaiming the divorce of his bßuher, The
Archduke CONSTAIVIINE. This important document
is as follows:

" By the Grace of Gon, we, Alexander the First, Emperor
and Autocrat of all the Amain, &c. hereby signify to
our faithful eubjecti :

'4 Our much-beloved brother, Czanvitsch and Grand Duke
Constantine, has, by a request addressed to our beloved mother,
the Empress Maria, and to us, drawn our attention to his family
affairs, with respect to the long absence of his Consort, the
Grand Duchess Anne (born Princess of Sale-Cobourg-Saalfeld),

who making a journey into foreign countries, so far back as the
year 1101, on account of her extreme bad health, has not only
not yet returned to him, but, atcording to her own persotial de-
claration, cannot again return to Russia; and therefore he wishes
that his marriage with her may be dissolved.
" In consequence of this request, with the approbation of our
beloved Mother, we have referred this affair to the consideration
of the Hely Synod, which, on comparing the circumstances of
the case with the laws of the Church, and on the principles of
the Mk Article of Basil the Great, has decided the marriage
of the Czarwltsch and Grand Doke Constantine with the Grand
Duchess Anne is to he dissolved; and he is to be allowed. If be
thinks proper, to contract a new marriage. From all these
'circumstances, we have seen that every effort to maintain
unimpaired the Matrimonial Union in our Imperial Family,
after it has been already broken off nearly nineteen years,
without my hopes of being restored, would be et so avail,.

•
We hale Oral ear approbation. iletortilog to the lidociPleo
of the Laws et the March, to the actual caseation of the
abose-comitiomid declaim of the Hair Spoil, atid command
it to be arerrwhore rectignised In its full extent. Direct-
lug our thoughts as this occasion to the various dama-
scenes* width may take place hi the metrinsanial csoneetions of
the members of the Imperial family, and the conseisteacce of j
them, if they are not provided for and determined by a general
law. we madder It as necessary to the perpetual maintenance of
the dipilti and traeguithty of the Imperial Family, and even of
oar Empire, to odd to the already existing regulations respecting'
the Imperial Family, the following Supplementary Ordinance :
When any Member of the Imperial Family shall form a
matrimonial union with an Individual who is not of a corres-
ponding rink. that is to say, who does not belong to a Sovereign
or reigning. House, then. and in that ease the Member of the
Imperial Family cannot communicate to the other individual
the Rights which appertain to the Members of the Imperial Fa-
, roily, and the Children from such a Marriage have no right to
the Succession to the Throne, &c. /cc.

" Given in our Capital My of Sc. Peterabargh, 20th Match,
in the year of our Lord, 1820, and of our Reign the 20th."
The Emperor ALEXANDER bas been slightly indis-
posed, but is now fully recovered.

The Paris Papers of Friday and Saturday arrived
this forenoon.

_ -a:a-al.

gives a short sketch of the pm-
ceedings of the Chamber of Deputies on the discus-
sion, in Secret Committee, of M. Mar:veils proposi-
tion, for an Address to the- KING on the State of the
Nation ; from which it appears, that though the pro-.
position wis rejected, the minority was not soinsig-
nificant as the Ministerial Journals pretend. Sixty
Members, at least, voted for taking it into consider-
ation, and many others took no part in the delibera-
tion. The argument, it seems, on which the Minis-
ters insisted most, was, that the proposed Address
would be an infringement on the Royal prerogative.
On Friday, the PRSSIDENT announced to the
Chamber that the Reporter (M. Lana), appohited
by the Committee on the Election Project of Law,
was ready to make his Report; A short but keen de-
bate ensued, as to whether the hearing of the Report
lihould take place next day, or be postponed till after
"the Budget of Expenditure has passed the Chamber?
It was :finally decided, by a large majority, that M.
Lam should make his Report on Saturday.
The following are•the latest accounts, received at
Paris, from Span :

“ MADRID, APRIL 44.

" The King has recalled the decision of the 6th
of this month against-the Joscphines. Yesterday there
appeared a Royal Deciee, by which his Majesty,
with the concurrence of the Provisional Junta, gives

them liberty to return to their homes. Orders have
been sent to the Spanish Consul at Bayonne to grant
passports to all the refugees.
6, Mina has received a reprimand from the Junta,
for having attempted to raise troops in Navarre, and
for having exacted some arbitrary contributions. It
is not said whether he.will be obliged to refund the
first impost of 100,000 francs, which he has already
received ; as to the second, all the Municipalities,
with that of Pampeluna at their head, have refused
to pay it. Mina has lost all his popularity.
The state of affairs of Spain is said to have ex-
cited much interest in Portugal. Proclamations are
even said to be circulated, dated from Lisbon and
Oporto, exhorting the Portuguese to reflect seriously
on their situation. It is, in fact, a difficult problem
to solve—Whether this part of the European Conti-
nent is a Colony of England or of the Brazils? It
appears that some foreign troops are expected in the
country."—French 5 per Cents. Friday, 75 fr. SO c.

Tw Mails have arrived from Hamburgh. Intel-
ligence from Stockholm announces the severe indis-
position of the Crown Prince, OSCAR BERNADOTTE.

Upwards of $OOO of the Nobility and Gentry have
been to view the Monumental Group to the Memory
of her late Royal Highness the Pat NetaS CHnatorrs,
at Mr. M. WI-A TT'S, within these few days. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Yoax was again among the
visitants yesterday.
The health of her Royal Highness the Duchess of
YORK continues to improve.
Yesterday morning Prince LEOPOLD attended the
I Anniversary of the Pon of London Society for pro-
moting Religion among Seamen, at the City of London
Tavern, and in the afternoon left town for Claremont
Ler" CASTLEREAGH is rapidly recovering from his
indisposition.
The Fashionable World, last night, was divided,
by the Marchioness of SALISBURY, the Countesses of
JERSEY and ARRAN, Lady Foca, and Lady LOHISA
MANpERS, all of whom gave splendid Entertainment
The Earl and Countess of BREADALBANE, the 1
of COVENTRY, Lord CARRINGTON, and Lord -
sottaNa, gave sumptuous dinners yesterday to-their
select friends.
The Duke of Mostaost, we are concerned to state, has been
confined for some days back, from an accident which his Grace
met with last week, while riding in Cockspur-street. ,The street
at the time being thronged with carriages, his Lordship, in en-1
deevorring to avoid the pressure, encountered a heavy cart,'
driving at a furious rate out of Whitcomb-street the sudden
shock was so violent that the horse was thrown down, and his
Grace, by the sudden fall, received a severe injury in the small
part of his leg and ands ; but we are kappy.to state that no frac-
ture took piece, and that his Grace is fast recovering from the
accident.
FASHIONABLE ARRIVAL&
Lord Charles Manners, at the Dowager Duchess of Rutland's
house in Saekville-street, from Beirut'. Castle.
The Marquis of Exeter, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square,
from his seat at Burleigh, Lincolnshire.
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Varuittart, at ditto, from a tour.
Captain and Mrs. Maetsgart, at ditto, from the East Indies..
The Earl of Lisburne and his son, Lord Vaughan, at the Prince
SaxeCobearg Hate I,Charles-street,Grosvenor-aquare, from Paris.
Right Hon. William Madan and family, se their house in
Lower Grosvenor-street, from Ask Hall, lorkshire.
l.ady Durrant, at her house in Wimpole-street, from a tour.
Hon. R. Neville, as his house in New Burlington-street, from
hie seat in Essex.

ZLerssunrr.—Tuesday an elopement took place at midnight,
from a village about siz miles from York. The fair fugitive, who
is about the age of sweet nineteen, is the daughter of a Reverend
Gentleman. and the adventurous gallant the son et a aeighbear-
leg hewer.