Star.
London, England, 1821-06-28 00:00:00

MR. TitropottE • IIOOK.

Mr. BENNETT rose to move for Accounts of the
13arances due to Government by Mr. T. Hook, for
public money passing into his hands in the Mauri-
tius. On the 15th of January, 1818, the Acting Go-
vernor received a letter limn a Clerk in the -Trea-
surer's Office, that Mr. Hook had appropriated £4O
of an allowance to the Office to his own use. Mr.
Allen, the Treasurer, also mentioned, that 37,150
dollars had not been carried to account by Mr. Hook,
and that he was surprised that the Auditor had not
discovered it. Mr. Hook discharged Mr. Allen from
his office, and then told him he was a ruined man.
Mr. Hook caused him afterwards to be told, that he
(Mr. Allen) must quit the Island, by order of the
Governor; but that he would allow him a salary of
£2.5 a-year. Allen applied to the Governor, who
told him he had never given the order for him to
quit the Island. Soon after, Allen wrote a letter in
a state of derangement; but a Committee was ap-
pointed to examine the charges he had made, and it
was found that there was a deficiency of 68,148 dol-
lars. Hook was deprived of his situation, and sent
home; but he had not heard that any steps had been
taken to punish him, or to oblige him to return that
money. He wished to have a copy of the Dispatch
of Governor Hall, respecting the deficiency of Mr.
'T. Hook. He wished to ask, whether that person
had any sureties ? for if he had, Government should
come on them to make good his deficiencies. He
then moved for a copy .of that part of the Dispatch
of the Governor of the Mauritius respecting the sus-
pension of Mr. T. Hook; and an account of the ba-
lances due by him to the Government of that colony.
Mr. GOULBURN could have no objection to the
production of this Dispatch; but it did not contain
all relating to Mr. Hook's case. A case had been
submitted to the Law Officers of the Crown, and they
said that Mr. Hook could not be detained in custody,
and that there were no grounds to warrant a crimi-
nal prosecution. But an inquiry had been gone into,
and a case again had been submitted to the Law Of-
ficers, whether Mr. Hook could be criminally pro-
secuted? Till a decision was come to, he appre-
hended it would be improper to produce the docu-
ment demanded. He could only say, that all the
property of Mr. Hook had been applied to make
good the deficiency.
Mr. BENNETT consented to withdraw the motion.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COMMIT.

Mr. HUME rose to make the motion of 'whith he
had formerly given notice. There was all over the
country a cry of distress, and the only remedy for
that he believed to be a reduction of the National Ex-
penditure. The Report . of the Agricultural Com-
mittee had pointed out retrenchment as the only
means of relief.. There was but one opinion, that
the expenditure of the country was upon too large a
scale, and that various items might have been re-
duced. He did not despair of the state of the coun-
try, if a proper use were made of the great resources
it possessed. In 1792, the interest of the Public
Debt was £9,534,000; and, in 1821, it amounted to
1:32,600,000. He, with the Member for Portarling-
ton, had examined the Public Accounts, and for each
year, since 1813, ;here had been a variation in the
Public Debt. By the Public Accounts it appeared
there had been a reduction of only fbur millions for
the last five years ; and the statement of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, that there had been a reduc-

tion of twenty-nine millions, was wholly unfounded.
The charge of the Debt to the Public had proves.
sively increased, and would be more this year dian
in any of the former. In the last four years the;
certainly had been no diminution of the Public
Debt, but an increase of £lOO,OOO. He must etas
contend, that a reduction could be made to the et,
tent of four millions, and that without wealtemm,
the energy of Government in any of its branches:.
The House was to be told what Ministers had dam
and not what they meant to do, as had been pram
tised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. From the
year 1817 to the present, there had been a graded
increase of the expense for the Army, Navy, am
Ordnance. The expense of the present year had
less than that of 1820, by £525,000; but, at the
same time, had exceeded that of 1817, 1818, am
1819. In 1792, the expense of the Army amounted
only to £233,000, and, in the present year, bed
amounted to £8,900,000. In the same year regi
the expense of the Navy was little above a ;1%04
while in the present year it had exceeded six
What in the year 1792 had only cost the country
four millions, now amounted•to sixteen millions; ay
at the same time the National Debt had inaemel
from 210 to 836 millions. The Member for yak,
shire had said he could not vote with him (afr.
Hume) as he had stated what Ministers had ma.
tradicted. An Honourable Member on his ov,i
side of the House had 'stated that he could 110(
concur with 'him, as he stated opinions and not
facts. The expense of the country had increased pro.
gressively from 1817, and in the last year hal
amounted to 70 millions. On a former occasion the
Noble Marquis had said " Give us details f' he OIL
Hume) had endeavoured to snit tlle taste of that
Noble Lord. In the present year there had been a
diminution in the expense of the Army of £163,00C,
but that had arisen from the Chancellor 01 the E.
chequer having put off several items to another)ee.
The Honourable Member proceeded to analyse sere.
ral of the charges for the Public Service; and cols
tended that on each a great saving might be ef.
fected. An addition had been made of i:10,003
to the Horse Guards, which was wholly unnecessary.
The expense of a Dragoon was £36 a-year, and that
of a Horse Guard £76. The mode of giving away
Commissions was productive of much abuse, and he
had a list of 333 persons, who, the day after meia
ing them; were put on the half-pay. In the last five
years no new Commission had been given by the
Admiralty, but all the promotions had been made
from the half-pay; while in the same time 508 Com
missions had been given away by the Commander.
in-Chief. The Honourable Member here went over
the same ground that he had done when the Army
Estimates had come before the House. More than
240 Officers had been brought from the Line into
the Veteran Battalions, and placed on full pay, a
an expense to the country of £13,000 a-year. He
had proposed a reduction of £20,000 men, and the
would have produced a saving of £1,053,000. The
Honourable Gentleman proceeded to compare the
different charges in the year 1792 and in the pram
year, and pointed out the great increase that had
taken place. The expense of building ships for tht
last seven years had been £17,000,000. In the &
ferent dock-yards, £22,000 more was paid for super•
intending the docks, than for all the other charges
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had said, when he
laid on three millions of taxes, that he would have a
Sinking Fund of five millions, but at the utmost it
had only been £900,000. The expense ofmanaging
the Revenue came to £1,000,000, and he could can.
fidently state, that a saving might be made to the
amount of £1,200,000. He had heard with equal
surprise and regret, that none of the recommenda-
tions of the Finance Committee could be carried into
effect till the next year. He should hope a Bill, if
necessary, would be brought in to diminish the per
centage paid to the Receivers of the Revenue. Be
was confident that in the case of the distribution of
stamps, persons would be found who would do the
duty at half the salary now paid. The negligence
in collecting the revenue was inconceivable, except
to those who had examined the subject with equal
care as himself. In Scotland an increase had takes
place in the per centage in collecting the revenue,
from 3 9-lOths to 8 9-10ths. In Ireland there had
been a diminution in the revenue of upwards of half
a million, while in the expense of collecting it, the
increase had been £15,000. The savin in all might
be made to the amount of more than four millions.
At the same time, he would propose to take off the
tax on candles, salt, soap, and leather ; and the
might still be done by a short Bill on Friday. The
amount of the taxes he proposed to take off would
be about £3,300,000. In France, every man in office,
with the King at their head, made a large sacrifice
of income; and in America, the half of official is
come had been given up. Why was not that example
followed in this country? The more there was lei
in the pockets of the Public, the more would the le
venue increase (Hear, hear).—The Honourable Mete
ber concluded by moving an Address to the Crows,
praying for an inquiry into the collection and me
nagement of the revenue, and for an adjustment ci
salaries and emoluments to the standard of 1797,1 a
also for a reduction of the Army—(Hens, hear).
The Marquis of TAVISTOCK having been Abel
during most of the discussions on the Estimates,
happy to take the opportunity of seconding this ear
tion, to do the Hon. Gentleman who had just dt
down an act of justice, by acknowledging the viii
and importance of the services which he had,*
dered the country by his zealous exertions,+,.
had placed him high in the estimation and w,
dente of the People of England—(Cheers). "INN'
however, he did justice to the zeal, activity, ele..
_id Pei'
severance of the Hon. Member, he must be
to say that he could not but lament to see that*
necessity should have existed for dragging bei°ll
their view the minute details of official arranges
through which they had toiled. He was serrf!
see the House departing from its ancient and zot,r.
tutional practice, and taking on itself any part 01 ,
functions of the Executive Government--(Crierf
Hear, hear, hear). Under the existing circumstanc,_
however, with a Ministry obstinately persevering"'
profligate expenditure and waste of public
and determinedly deefteercnnininnemdyly,
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Hon. Member for Aberdeen, and which be had
ilowed with so much ; anJ, at least t::i,

must protest against the false colouring_attempted to
be given to existing circumstances. It was unneces-
sary for him to deny the insinuation thrown out, that
Ministers were collecting a military force to protect
the King at the approaching Coronation. The re-
ception which the Sovereign had met with, on every
occasion in which he bad mingled with his People,
was the best answer which could be given to such an
insinuation—(Loud cheers). And he was convinced
that an equal confidence was placed by the people
in the House of Commons. The burthens on the
people were severe—(Hear, shear)—and could only
be lightened by degrees. The people had been told
so, and they did not respect the House the less for
having told them the truth—(Hear, hear). The Ho-
nourable Member for Aberdeen would, in time, no
doubt, be a useful Member of Parliament; but, at
present he went at too rapid a pace. If that Ho-
nourable Member would do Government the favour
to attend one of the Committees now sitting to inves-
tigate the expenditure, and to forward economy, he
would soon see the necessity of moving at a slower
rate. The Honourable Member had taken a Harle-
quin-leap—(A laugh)-..in which he could not follow
him. Indeed, he could not, he would not attempt it.
It would be a delusion on the country; and he should,
indeed, be a Mountebank, if he were to hold out a
hope, in the present state of the country, of saving a
sum of £1.,000,000, whatever the Honourable Mem-
ber might be able to do. Still he would not oppose
the Address, which went to pledge his Majesty's Go-
vernment to a course which they were most anxious
to adopt. The Government•would no: relax during
the recess, and when the time should again come
round he should be proud to meet that House of
Commons which had, by its councils and its exer-
tions, carried the country so gloriously through the
arduous struggle in which weliad been engaged.
Lord MILTON. did not think the speech of the
Noble Lord remarkable for its prudence, seeing that
he had so frequently taunted his Noble Friend.' With
respect to the Agricultural Report, he had read it
with care, and he was convinced that it was drawn
up with an intention to divert the attention of the
House and the Public from the real question—(Hear,
hear).—As to the Addresses that were moved, they
seemed to him so much alike, that it was indifferent
to him for which of them he voted—(Hear).—He
hoped, that when they met again he should find that
something had been done in the way of retrenchment.
And looking at the price of corn, and the general
state of the country, he rather suspected, that neither
the desire nor the necessity for economy would be
less than they now were.
The Marquis of TICHFIELD urged the neces-
sity of retrenchment, by which alone the finances of
the country could be restored. The Noble Lord dis-
claimed all party feeling, but at the same time strongly
condemned the proceedings against her Majesty as
disgraceful to those who had promoted them, and to
the Parliament which had adopted them—proceed-
ings by which the money' of this moral country had
been expended in the purchase of perjury, put up to
public auction in the market of Milan, and that with
a view to the persecution of an Illustrious
whose sex and previous sufferings might have ensured
her more merciful treatment !—(Hear, hear).—From
those proceedings Parliament had received an in-
curable wound, the rankling effects of which would
not cease but with the c3nstitution of this House it-
self. Under the hope, however, that the success of
this motion of his Hon. Friend, the Member for Aber-
deen, would, in some measure, repair the character
of this House with the country, he would give it his
most cordial assent.—( The Noble Lord, when he. sat
down, was loudly cheered).
Mr. WILMOT regretted that the Noble Lord, who
had so long economised Lis feelings, should have
taken this opportunity of giving them vent; more
especially when he had been so anxious to declare
that he had no party motives. After hearing the Noble
Lord's declaration, and the speech which followed it,
who would give credit to his assertions? (Hear, hear).
Mr. CREEVEY said, that the Hon. Member for

effect would be derived front his labours, that they
would shew the country how vain was the attempts
in that House to reduce any estimates which the Mi-
nisters chose to lay before it. After the experience
which he had had, he hoped the Hon. Gentleman
would feel that it was useless and unnecessary to
persevere in that course which he had been follow-
ing ; far the immense patronage possessed by Mi-
nisters in the enormous standing army kept up in a
time of peace, with the avowed object of keeping the
people down—the immense patronage which they
also derived from the places, offices, pensions, and
honours at their disposal, secured them such an in-
ituence in Parliament that it must appear in vain to
expect anything but a majority in favour of what-
ever they might propose. The ties of gratitude,
under such circumstances, were alone sufficient to
insure it, without the slightest reference to any cor-
rupt motive or interested expectations. The Noble
Lord then adverted to the late vote for the repeal of
the Husbandry Horse Duties, which, he said, re-
&Tted little credit on those who, having voted for
the Estimates, then turned round on the Noble
Lord, and cut off the means of paying those esta-
blishments which they had voted for keeping up.—
There was one circumstance to which he begged per-
mission of the House to allude, and that was, the
arming one portion of the people against the other—
(Hear, hear). The military was in tretion every day,
from one place to another, and great numbers of them
were brought up from different parts of the country
to the metropolis, which looked more like the vicinity
of a camp, than a peaceable city. It was not enough
to increase the military in the neighbourhood of the
ciry, but additional numbers were introduced within
the very walls ; and the very House of Parliament
was surrounded with an armed soldiery ! It was with
great regret he understood that it was intended to
surround the metropolis with a large military force
on the occasion of the approaching Coronation ; and
he would ask if that was the way in which the People
of England deserved to be treated?—(!Lear, hear).—
Was it fit that, by such an act as this, their loyalty
s'.ould be suspected ? Were they to be treated as if
they were enemies ? Oa former Coronations it had
been customary to employ the Homehold Troops, and
no other ; but now he understood that soldiers were to
be brought up from Brighton and other parts of the
kingdom. Ile had even been informed that some troops
iYeornanryCavalry were to be brought up to London.
He objected altogether to such a system of police as
this—(Hear, hear).—lt was not the practice of for-
mer Kings; and if protection was necessary, than in-
deed the situation of the Sovereign was much to be'
deplored. But such protection was not necessary ;
for at no period were the people of England more
loyal than at this moment; and this circumstance
proved that all the assertions of Ministers for years
past, respecting the disloyalty of the people, were
unfounded. The Noble Lord at the head of the
Home Department mistook the character of the peo-
ple, if he thought it necessary, on such an occasion
as his Majesty's Coronation, to display his vigour by
Marching troops from all parts of the kingdom, as
if a rebellion menaced his throne, or a foreign enemy
had landed on our coasts. The Minister who could
venture to give such advice was unworthy of the
confidence of his Sovereign—(Hear, hear).
the motion was then read from the Chair.
Mr. BANICES defended the contemplated employ-
ment of the military at the approaching Coronation,
as necessary for shew and parade. As to the other
part of the Noble Lord's speech, he could not but
consider it as betraying a despondency, and a distrust
of the }lows of Commons, which it did not deserve.
As to the present motion, he could not agree in it.
The Hon. Member went too far. He (Mr. Bankes)
had voted for the reduction of the Army—it ought
to be reduced—it must be reduced—but the reduc-
tion could not go the extent of 20,000 men, as pro-
posed by the Honourable Member. In making such
propositions as that of to-night, for saving first
4.:1.,000,000, and then £10,000,000, the Honourable
Member only displayed visionary speculations, which
could never be effected. Ministers had, during the
present Session, made every possible reduction ; he
wished, indeed, the reduction could have been more
rapid, but that was impracticable. Ile particularly
adverted to the savings made in the department of
•the Customs, which were already considerable, and
would increase. He was persuaded Ministers would
perform the promise they had so repeatedly given, of
promoting economy. Still he was not for relying on
any man's promises. On the contrary, be was
most anxious to go up to his Majesty with an Ad-
dress, expressive of their sentiments on this subject;
but he w :died, at the same time, so to draw up his
Address, that it should give offence to no one. He
had endeavoured to draw up an Address in that spi-
rit, which he would now move as an Amendment.
He concluded by moving an Address, expressive of
the satisfaction the House felt at the steps of retrench-.
ment taken by his Majesty's directions, and praying that
the system should be continued, that the expenditure
of the several Government departments should be re-
vised, and every possible retrenchment be adopted,
and especially that a reduction in the Army should
take place to the utmost extent.
Mr. GOOCII declared himself a friend to economy
and retrenchment, so far as the same could be adopted
with advantage to the public service. lie considered
that his Majesty's Ministers were now pursuing
that course; and although they had been late in
adopting measures of retrenchment, he still consi-
dered they were most serious and earnest in pursuing
this object, and under that impression he must second
and support the Amendment.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, in replying
to the speech of the Mover on this occasion, and his
Noble Seconder, said, those persons must be aware
that he (Lord Londonderry) and his friends were in-
debted to the Noble Lord and his friends for all the
power they possessed. For it was because the coun-
try did not consider itself safe in the hands of the
Noble Lord and his friends that they had supported
his Majesty's present Ministers in their situations.
Now, kith respect to the Honourable Member for
Aberdeen, if he was a deity instead of a very labori-
ous individual—(A laugh)—it would be utterly im-
possible for him to make himself master of the mass
of detail into which, on different occasions, he had
gone. With respect to the statement of the Noble
Lord who seconded this motion, he was must happy
to assure him that the country did not partake of his
nervous and jaundiced feelings. Never was the coml.
try in a more ttanquil state than at present, and he

'trespass farther. Not one of hii statements had been
met by argument. As to the assertion of the Noble
Lord (Londonderry), that he (11r. Hume) was a vi-
sionary, he would only say, that they were deserving
of the epithet who had, as the Noble Lord and his
friends had done, gone into statements, ncne of which
were borne out by facts. With respect to the Amend-
ment proposed by the Honourable Member for Ci r:e
Castle, he would account for it by stating, that he
(Mr. Hume) had been soft enough to slim a copy of
his Resolutions to the Secretary to the Treasury (Mr.
Lushington). But, in fact, there was very little dif-
ference between his Resolutions and those of the lion.
Member (Mr. Bankes). The chief alteration which
had been made was, that the Hon. Member had ap-
proved of the conduct of Ministers for the reductions
said to have been made in the Customs. Now, in
order to let the House see how ill founded was this
praise, he would just mention (and he made the state-
ment from official documents which he held in. his
hand) that, in the lAst year, not fewer than 122 per-
sons had been added to the Customs, and not one re-
duced. There had been so much increase; and, on look-
ing to the head of decrease, he found, Nil—(llear).
The House should observe, that 1820, there had
been an increase of £4,800 in the salaries of ()dicers
in the Customs, and in the present year that had
been reduced by £2,600, and this was the boasted
reduction—(Hear). But in Ireland there bad been
an increase of £22,000, and a decrease of £lO,OOO
only— (Hear). This, then, was the economy and re-
duction ; and on this the House were called upon to
congratulate the country. The point to which he
had called the attention of the House, and it was not
in the slightest degree contradicted, was this—that
since the year 1808, there had been an increase of
£1,600,000 in the management of the Customs.—
(Hear, hear). Now, he would ask, was a decrease of
£2,600 to be set off as economy against such a vast'
increase as that he had mentioned ? He stated these
facts to shew that those who voted for the amended
Resolutions would be giving their support to a re-
presentation unfounded in fact.
The House then divided—
For the Motion of Mr. Mug - - - 94
Against it
Majority for Mr. BAIIKS'S Amendment - —BO
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned at Half-past Three o'Clock.

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE,
ON THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO AN EXTRA POST.

Although your Committee have entered into an inquiry of
some extent, the advanced period of the Session induces them
to abstain from submitting a detailed Report of the Evidence
they have received, or of the nature of Mr. Buttons's proposi-
tion for carrying letters by an Extra Post.
If their investigation had begun sooner, they would have felt
it their duty to state their views on those points at greater length;
but, under existing circumstances, they submit it as the result of
their opinion, that the measure is a practicable one, according
to the mode in which Mr. Buttorss proposes to carry it into exe-
cution, namely, by having a light two-wheeled carriage, and
changing horses at stages nowhere exceeding eight miles each,
to preserve the animals from over-exertion and distress.
Although your Committee are fully sensible of the advantages
to be derived from an accelerated system of correspondence be-
tween different parts of the country, they feel that considerable
inconvenience may arise in the great mercantile towns, frown two
deliveries and two departures of the Post, at different hours.—
How far this inconvenience may be counterbalanced by the ad-
vantages of the more speedy conveyance, your Committee are of
opinion that experience alone can enable the Public ro determine.
Your Committee understand that Mr. BUROILSS takes upon
himself the expense of the proposed Plan, with the exception of
the charge that will be occasioned by the establishment of another
Office in London, the employment of an additional number of
letter-sorters and letter-carriers, and also the incidental expenses
which may arise from the increase of office-duty in some large
provincial towns.
On this part of the subject your Committee think, that if a
practical, safe, and uniform mode of accelerating the general
correspondence of the country should be ultimately adopted,
some small increase of public charge would be fully compen-
sated for, by the considerations to which this Report has al-
ready adverted.
Upon a review of the whole case that has been submitted to
them, your Committee recommend that Mr. BUIWESS should be
allowed to make his experiment.

THE CORONATION.

Cork Castle was summoned on this occasion to The admission tickets to Westminster Abbey,by designed Sir
cover the retreat of the Ministers .from the well-di- Wrichuit Correarve, are now ready.for distribution ; but win
rected attacks of his Hon. Friend, the Member fir not be issued till the claims of all persons entitled to tickets are
Aberdeen. He trusted, however, that such attacks distinctly arranged. The execution is very good, and the design
beautiful.in In thecentrethere is a circular medallion, contain-
often repeated, would at length compel the Ministers g. a representation of
his ISI arm W seated in Sr. EDARD'S
to relieve the burthens of the country, by lessening chair, attired in his Coronation Robes : an Angel descends, and
its expenditure. places the Crown on his head, while Britannia presents him with
Mr. HUSKISSON said, the Hon. Member had, as the Sceptre of England. He is surrounded by allegorical figures,
usual, employed irony and personality, instead of ar- representingre
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made all immediate practical savings, and had pro- and the whole is encircled by a wreath composed of the Rose, the
mised still further inquiry as to those which might Shamrock, and the Thistle, within which is the inscription,
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stances. He condemned the system of the Honour- and a line on which the Lord Great Chamberlain will sign his
able Member for Aberdeen, in holding out false name and affix his seal. The colours are alternately blue and red.
it One thousand Cborothnation medals have been struck at the
hopes of reduction to the country. There was a re- distributed bu tet
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without injuring our means of going into another an ounce of gold, and, taking the workmanship into account,t is
war if such should be necessary. worth upwards of £4. Thus, in the single item of medals, the
Mr. ABERCROMBY contended that there was Coronation will cost upwards of £4OOO. There arc also silver
and bronze medals.
but one slight difference between the two Addresses, A splendid suit of armour has been selected from those in
namely, that the Addrest of the Member for Cork the Tower, and has been placed in a state of preparation for
Castle was prefaced by a statement laudatory of what the purpose of being presented, according to etiquette, by his
had been done by his Majesty's Ministers. He said, Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, as Master of the Ordnance,
tsootfhe crilmhasmonpivoenl.;errrieelbalrygeosaddleen,
ornamented;
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that it was now evident that Ministers found them- i
selves placed in a new situation, and that they no and the other trappings, are also richly trimmed witis gold and
longer relied on their majorities. He gave his cordial silver lace; from which append, at different distances, bullion
tassels. The caps for the pistol cases, as well as the two girths,
support to the original 'Motion. To say that he was
arc laced re
pfriisitlogiedcain a superbthemseslytyeles ,arceoririesn corresponding withri the
a friend to economy, would be saying that which lie u
would be ashamed to state, for he considered that velvet, and bound with lace, both gold and' silver. The stirrupsmson
the man who was otherwise was an enemy to his are very large, after the Moorish fashion, and; together with
country—(Hear, hear). their straps, lined with crimson velvet and gold and silver lace.
—Thelu of
mhelfnetaerthof the chaompionis surmounted by a splendid
Sir C. LONG defended the conduct of Ministers,
and alleged that they had successfully applied them- plume
; there iscarl‘s,9 ea o
plumem p
of
for
rhtehrheeeacdoloutr, ofs trhed, ehobrlusee., and
The
selves to the redaction of the expenditure. articles detached from, but belonging to the Champion's armour,
Mr. MABEItLEY rose amidst the loudest cries of are a pair of richly ornamented pistols, a pair of gauntlets, a
Question ! and Withdraw ! —He contended that the i sthweerd, :(tafnamovilal shiheiledl,l
are
eon wharftehd is painted the arms of
Ministers had effected nothing like economy. The ners to be borne by;twlie Champions upon
Esquires, twwbootorruilml tebteNbvainse-
Hon. Member went on to shew, that every year since' carry his lance, which is gilt, and ornamente with gold binge
1818, in which the Finance Committee had proposed • round about the handle.
a certain scale of expenditure, the Government had I
da'yrhaeppcertaintyappointed,
tahiat trhisuaeuegduestacrerareonznay will
aes itake
ir place on thei
considerably exceeded that scale, and in this very g persons who have undertaken to cater forn the convenience of
e
year the excess was not less than £67l,ooo—(Cries those who may be anxious to witness the splendid spectacle.—
" Question !"J.—Gentlemen miglit wish to put him , Balconies and theatres are erecting in, front of all the houses
commanding a view, ev4it of the most oblique description, of
down, but he would still contend, that, until the re-
the Royal platform; and these are to be let at vathos prices,
commendations of the Finance Committee were more proportioned to the advantages which they possess. The front
fully adopted, it would be idle to talk of having of one small house alone has been let for one thousand guineas!
practised economy. , . It appears, however, that a plan has been adopted which pro-
Mr. HUME rose to rel amidst loud calls of mises a more extended degree of accommodation than was at
p y . first contempLted, and by which seats' commanding a *-e•
Question. lie said, that it the Home would indulge' view of the whole of the out-door procession, may he'
obtained
him with five minutes by the clock, he would not LI at. an extremely moderate price. This plan will enatrace the

erection of amphitheatrieal benches, risinrgradtially from within
about five feet of the platform, to a height or nearly ten yards,
capable of receiving, with eve and comfort, nearly 10,000 per-
sons, and running parallel for several hundred feet with the
platform heir. The execution of this plan conirne. cc(' on
TtLs.lay, and the ',he• is the Garden-square, cxterelit g from
St. Margaret's Church to I.iule Bridge.stre4.4, on on, side of
the platform, and from the corner ut Great (3, orge-street to
the Sessions Finns?, And from thence to thF wtatvrn door of
the Abbey, on the other. The whole will tra covered hi with a
spacious awning, c::tnpletely we.tther-tiOit ; and will be lined
with matting, crimson clo,h, and draj•eries, in unison with the
decorations of the plattornt, forming, as it were, a part of one
magnificent theatre. To add to its other r!conirnend:dions, the
gardens immediately behind will be fitted up with ranges of
boxes or bars, retiring rooms, and other places, where every
description of refreshment may be had, upon the came scale,
andwith the same degree of regularity, as in Vauxhall Gardens.
Marquees, boxes, and benches will be iaterFratr,eal among the
trees ; and, to incrtrue the general harmony of the scene, bands
of triu,ic will be stationed in different places, to play during the
intervals of the ceremony. The ground thus to be occupied has
been taken by two men of large property, for a slim amounting
to some thousands of pounds, which suns is to go in liqttidation
of a part of the expense incurred by the Board of Works.
Monday next the LORD G Kenl Ulf smarm LAIN will issue tickets
of admission to view NVestminster ILI., to the amount of three
thousand ; and, if this can be effected With order and regularity,
he intends continuing the like issue till the lith July, during
which time from thirty to forty thousand persons may be grafi-
lied with a sight of the whole preparations. The hours for
this indulgence will be from ten till three. The same indul-
gence will be granted for ten days after the Coronation, upon
a snore extensive scale.

After the Banquet shall have concluded, on the day of the
ceremony, the Public are to be admitted indiscriminately into
the Ilall, to make spoil of such things as may be left on the
tables. Two hours will be allowed to elapse previous to this
scramble, to enable the persons in attendance to remove the
plate and other valuables. An immense body of constables will
be introduced, to prevent, as much as possible, the perpetr-tion
of any wanton mischief.

BRIDGE-STREET ASSOCIAT/OX.-MA::siox-House.—Yesterday
having been appointed for the hearing of the informatio s against
the" Constitutional" Association, the Justice-room was crowded
to excess immediately upon the opening of the doors, and the
greatest interest in the event was manifested both within and
without the Mansion-House. At twelve o'clock, Mr. Sharpe
and Mr. Murray, attended by Mr.. Stephen,' the Solicitor, Mr.
Gould, and a number of other persons connected with the So-
ciety, entered the room. They were shortly after followed by
Mr. THACHRAY, Mr. Parkins, and Mr. Harmer, attended by
several other individuals. Alderman WAITHSIAN sat with the
Loan MAYOR, who appeared to have suffered considerably from
his recent indisposition. The City Solicitor sat ou the Bench
with his Lordship.
Mr. ADOLPHUS attended as Counsel for Mr. Sharpe.
It was signified on the pan of the prosecution that the infor-
mation against James Bulworth Sharpe would be that upon
which they would first proceed. The information was accord-
ingly read. It was that of J. Tyler, of the parish of St. Cle-
ment the Dane, bookseller. It was dated the lath of June,
and stated, in effect, that J. B. Share had become a Member
of a Society called '• The Constitutional Association," the Meta-
ben whereof did assent to a declarcrion not required by law,
sad which Society was an unlawful combination or confederacy,
within the intent and meaning of the eeth of Geo. Il I.
Mr. Sharpe pleaded Not Guilty to the information.
Mr. THACICA.OI addressed the Lord Mayor in sepport of the
information. He commenced by saying, that his Lordship had
heard the information, and that if the forms prescribed by the
Act of Parliament were not complied with, the words of the
enactment against such Societies as that he proceeded against
were sufficiently clear to render it unnecessary to enter into any
lengthened discussion upon them. Before, however, he entered
fully into the subject, be would beg to disclaim any motives of
personal hostility or animosity towards the Members of the As-
sociation, to several of whom he was bound by ties of friend-
ship, and to others by those of dear and near relationship ; and
be could not but sincerely regret that any with whom he had the
honour to be connected, should have placed themselves in such
situations. Ile disclaimed any other than those public motives
with which every subject ought alone to be actuated. For him-
self and his Priced Mr. Parkins, he could say that they were
equally hostile to the propagation of blasphemy and sedition with
any in the kingdom ; and they lamet.t.ei that some abuses of the
Press should give plausibility to the institution of such au un-
constitutional Association as that agaiest which they now pro-
ceeded. It would be objected, perhaps, that the Act under
which they proceeded, only contemplated certain Societies in
existence at the time of its enactment (which were described in
the preamble of the Act), and that it was now its fact obsolete.
He must have been a very short-sighted legislator, wile, it) cor-
recting present evils and abuses, did not look forward to the
prevention of future evils: He contended that the Legislature
had, in the enactment, contemplated the formation of Societies
whose professions were plausible and praiseworthy—pretended
asserturs of order and correctors of abuses—in fact, " Constitu-
tional Associations." He proceeded to contend, that the ex:se.
ence of other Societies would fonts no argument in favot.r of
this, although they might assent to declarations not required hi
law, as they were excepted by the Act, which was not poet c: d
to operate against Societies for rcligicui and chwitaa: purput.: 5.
Joseph Wilfred Parkins Esq. was than cal:ad Es a wits
He stated that he went to the office of the Association, No. e,
New Bridge-street, where he saw Air. Sharpe, who gave lens a
paper containing an Address to the Public, and a list of the ad-
di:ional subscribers.

Mr. ADOLPHUS ingeniously commented on the case on the part
of the infatuation, which, lie contended, was not supported by
the slightest evidence. The information was against Mr. Sharpe,
for having become " the Member of a Society; the Members
whereof (not Mr. Sharpe) did assent to a declaration not re-
quired by law." No such declaration had been produced, nor
any evidence to show that any such declaration bad been ai-
setited to. He contended that it would be absurd to suppose
that a Society like the Constitrithnal Association was within the
meaning of an Act passed for the suppression of Societies meet-
ing for " treasonable and seditious purposes," when the vcr y
As'dress" put in evidence as a " Declaration" proved the con-
trary. After sonse remarks, in reply to the observations of Mr.
Thackray, he concluded by calling upon the Lord Mayor to de-
cide, without regarding any of the threats of proceedings in
other Courts that had been made use of.

The City Solicitor, after consulting with the Loan ltavoi for
sonic time, declared it to be his Lordship's opinion, that the
evidence id nct support the information, which was, therefore,
dismissed.

A Work of peculiar interest will appear in a few
days, entitled, " Memoirs of a Man of Fashion,"
written by himself: including Anecdotes of many
celebrated Persons, with whom he had intercourse
and connexion.

• It is impossible to appreciate the advantages of tLe
present Lottery, to be drawn 10th JULY, too highly.
The Public are Sure to obtain the Prizes of £21,000,
£16,000, and many other Capitals of /22,100, (kr.
which must then be drawn, at a very trifliqg ri..k in-
deed; and they cannot have a 111al,k, al every Ticket
which is nut drawn will hive nearly ditee-fourths of
the whole money rettnned, viz. eve, y Ticket will re-
ceive £l7, and every Sir.tePrith 1:1 3s. 6d. other
Shares in proportion. Such great Prizes, at such
trifling risk, every person should immodiately avail
themselves of. The time is %holt, and such an ep.
portunity not likely to occur again.—.l. and .1. SIVE•
Wit MILT, Contrachirs.
LAW AIIItANGVNIPANTS.—The Middie'ez Sitting;
in the Court of Common Pleas, atter the prirw,.t
Term, are postponed to October, in c-msequeuee of
the preparations for the Coronation, at Westminster
ILill ; hcre alone, by law, they can be held. This
is not the case with respect to the Court of
Bench, which may sit anywheie. That Court, hew.
ever, has made a similar arrangement. The Sittings
for London commence on the day after Term, and
continue uninterruptedly, until all the causes shall 5.
divosed of.