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Mier. ride allowed, that the preserrae of Rams-
gate Hariflour was very desirable, but ,if the Direc-
tors, year • after year, were suffered to increase the.
duties on ntering it, the expenses would more than
counterbal• nce any advantages which the commerce:
of the coun ry might derive from. it. The direction
of the .harb our had, on a former ocean on, and eaten'
in bther h nds, been termed- a job •L. le Worthy
Alderman i. but facts alone could enable the House
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to judge. ot the extreme purity of the to whom it
had now fi. len. The Ern thing the Imsent Direc-
tors did as to • vote themselves sal ti,ls.—(liear,
kan)—frrAm the estates belonging t:,,` ,the harbour,
and which Inn Director ever before caul')) ed. The
'Worthy Alderman and his friends it the 'manage-
ment, had dso laid out 4115;000 in clilding a ban-
queuing:holm —lllear, hear,)—and t o doubt, from
his long extrorience in the Corporation, of the City, he
could very variously prove it -meat ry. He could
mention many other instances of . teat waste, but
should content. himself with the prelent, and point
ot4 to the House, the dishonest manner in which the
Bill had been drawn up. It appeared; that the ships
of Sandwich were exempted from the additional du-
ties, so were those of Weymouth and Lyme Regis,
and for no other reason that he could discover, than
that they sent four representatives to Parliament.
The ships of Great Yarmouth and Arundel were also
included in this system of special favouritism, and she
same reason alone could be assigned for it. •
Mr. MANNING said, that no bargains had been
made, and that these places had been exempted in
the original Bill.
Mr. tvlAltltYAT.said, that the good fortune an-
nounced to the town of Sandwich, respecting the in-
crease of its allowance from Ramsgate harbour, was
more than he had reason to expect; £2OO a,year was
settled on that town 70 years ago, and considering
the variations in the nominal value of money and
commodities since that period, £2OO then were equal
to £4OO at the present. Sandwich, however, had
really a claim to an increase, for Ramsgate harbour
and Sandwich haven open into the same bay, and by
running the piers from the former, the sand must be
thrown into the latter. •
Mr. WAR RE read an extract of the Report of
1792, when a great sum was considered unnecessary
for this Harbour, which had cost up till then at the
rate of ,85000 a year ; but which, since then, had
cost £12,000. a year. As die income now was
£22,000 a year, with £30,000 in the Funds, the sum
of £loo,ooo,might be cleared off in five years,•even
including the Worthy Baronet's Portland stone build-
ings for carpenters' workshops,- and all his other
fancies.
Mr. LUSHINGTON observed, that on enquiry,
he found no necessity for the Bill.
Lord ARCIIIBALD HAMILTON opposed
the Bill.
Sir CHARLES MONCK supported the Bill.
The House then divided on the original motion.
that the Bill be read a second time, when there ap-
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OneitATULAT/ONS ON THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

Lord CASTLEREAGH ruse pursuant to the no-
tice which he had give on a former day, to move
that the House should expiess, in an Address in the
Throne, its congratulation on the happy marriage ot
her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte. It
would tie quite uni.ecessary for him. upon this occa-
Sion, to trouble the House with any attempt to ex-
cite their tidings on this subject, as the House had
already, atter the message from his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, taken occasion to testify their
feelings, and had marked the interest which they took
in that event, by providing, not only a suitable, but
a liberal provision for her Royal Highness and her
Illustrious Consort. It was therefore only necessary
to continue this, by carrying to the foot ot the Throne
their congratulations on this occasion. He would
propose, on this occasion, that the House should
carry an Address, not only to his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, but also to her Majesty, and to
the Princess Charlotte and her Consort. The Noble
Lord then moved. " That an humble Address be
presented to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
to congratulate his Royal Highness on the happy
nuptials of the Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
with the Prince Leopold George Frederick of Co-
boirrg of Saalfeld."
The Address was agreed to unanimously ; after
which it was also voted, " That this House do con-

gratulate her Majesty on these ha Fpy nuptials;"
and“ That a congratulatory Message should be sent
by the' House to her Royal Highness the Princess
Charlotte Augusta, and her Illustrious Consort."
These Addresses were all vcted unanimously.
IN COMIC TAX.

Mr. BROUGHAM gave notice, that on Tuesday'
the 2lst instant, he intended to more kr the destruc-
tion of all the Papers eonnecied with the Income
Tax, so far as related to the names, residences, and
incomes of individuals.
After a few words between Mr. Burrell, Lord

Ctstlereagb, Lord Milton, and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, as to the day on which the Committee
on HusbAndry Horses should be fixed, on the motion
of the Right Honourable Gentleman it was postponed
tell Thursday.

CIVIL LIST.

Mr. TIEitNEY, pursuant to his notice, rose to
submit to the House a motion relative to the regula.
tion of the Civil List. Considering the nature, of the
subject, and the minute details to which its disctission
would lead, he felt that he would be obliged to ap.
peal to the candour and indulgence of the House, on
account of the time which he would occupy, and
the dry, uninteresting statements which be would be
obliged to submit to them—statements which every
Member who was in any degree acquainted with, the
is.bject, must know in such a discussion it was quite
impossible to avoid. When the Noble Lord (Castle-
reagh) a few nights ago brought forward a motion
cm &le subject, there was reason to complain that
the rapers on Which the Nobla L'ord -supported that
motton'were nor laid before she House its time for
him to avail himself of them in this night's discus.
sion, with any degree •of advantages It was true,
that within the two last days be had studied these
papers, but however much he himself (Mr. Tierney)
eight be now master of them, the disadvantage lay
in this, that they were not before all the Members
wills 'Milne s and ever, Number who bad ay.