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remedied. A hill might be passed to enable Mr.
Commissioners Adams to give a eating vote in the
Exchequer Court ; he would have time to do so, and
some thousands would be saved yearly to the nation;
hat the plain tact was, that the principle of retrench-
ment wac not to be tolerated, and the House was to
be gulled by a pretence of inquiry. There was the
Report of the Commissioners, which afforded suffi-

cient information for the House to proceed upon in
abolishing this useless and lucrative appointment.—
(Hear.) The question was, as the Noble Lord had nar-
rowed it, simply referable to the embarrassment of Mi-
nisters. It was not the suitors who were to be embar-
rassed by the abolition of this place, nor the business of
the Court which was to he impaled ; but it was the
Government that found itself involved in all the diffi-
culties. If Sir P. Murray was not appointed, Govern-
ment
must lose some votes. No doubt.he might be a
deserving man ; but he certainly played his game to
advantage. His connections w7re powerful ; he was
a person whose identity was clo,ely blended with that
of others. He might say, as a Member standing •
upon similar pretensions did in the Irish House of.
Commons—" We are five of us l"—(A laugh). That,
however, (said Mr. Tierney) was before the Union-
-4A laugh), The fact was, that the Noble Lord was
only acting in the support of a system. There were
di:lt:rent departments ; each had its own patronage ;1
the convention was, that each was to do as he pleased
in his owi.—if the Noble Lord shewed a different
zoirit ow what he had just then evinced, one might
say, .chat right has the Noble Lord to interfere with
what is done in Scotland ? Another might say, what
Tight could he have for interference in the Treasury?
A third might make the same observation on the'
department of the Admiralty. Now as to what the
.t.oble Lord had said of the opinion of the Chief •
ion Shepherd in this case—although he (Mr. Tier-
ney) had a }peat respect for the understanding of
that Gentleman, who was once so great an orna-
ment to that House—yet he could not believe that'
he knew the bearings of this subject—(Hear, hear).
Ile went down to Scotland, not fully acquainted with
the pi actice of the Scottish Comts—a stranger
2rnonwit them—and it might have been said, " Don't
you think we ought to have five Barons instead of
four ?" to which he, in his good natai e, would say,
" In the name of Goo, let us have five ;" and then the
Scotchmen cried out, Five for ever !"—(Hear, and
laughter). But, on the one side, was an opinion
without inquiry ; and on the ot!'er, the opinion
had been given as the result of inquiry, and was, that
the appointment should hot be made. The Noble
Lord had admitted the facts stated in the present
motion—he could not deny diem--.-but he had de-
nied their inference ; and v hat was that inference ?

He would say, that an opinion balm; been given at
both sides, the inference ought to be an favour of the
country. The country had a right to expect that the
opinion of Commissioners, whom they had paid for
the purpose of inquiry, should at least have some
weight when they recommended retrenchment. But
this was not the case. It was not merely the ques-
tion, that the thousand or two thousand a year should
be given up, but 'whether anything in the shape
of economy should be allowed ?—(Hear, hear).—
The Noble Lord, however, had got another argument
in its favour, and had asked, what would become of
Sir Patrick Murray ? Was he to lose the situation
which he had been appointed to for life? He (Lord
Castlereagh) would have them wait till the next time
cif appointment for this saving ; and he bad added,
that the office of Chief Rernembrancer—one of £lOOO
a-year, which Sir Patrick Murray held—would fall
in. But the House had a right to expect both. The
office of Chief Remembrancer would have been dis-
coutinued at Sir Patrick Murray's death ; and, in-
stead of gaining 11000 by this appointment, as the
Noble Lord would infer, the House had a right to
expect the saving of 1';3000...in conclusion, the Right
Honourable Gentleman contended. that the appoint-
ment could be considered in no other light than as a
jib! The House might, if they pleased, approve of
the plan of the Noble Lord ; but he asked, could any
,171211 in his senses deny that the object of his (Lord
Castierelh.s) proposition was to put off the question
fx the present ? Some Members might be entrapped
by that proposition; but, if they were, and voted
against the present motion, there was no further use
of inquiry—there was an end of all hope of economy
and retrenchment—(lkar, hear).
Mr. NV. DUNDAS opposed the motion, and de-
fended the conduct of Government in the appoint-
ment. The Commissioners, he observed, had, in four
short lines, without any reason assigned, decided
against the appointment ; but the Judges, who had
more experience of the business of the Court, had ap-
proved of it, and given their reasons for that approval.
Lord A. HAMILTON said, in reference to what
a Noble Lord
.(Castlereagh) had said, that he did not
intend to confine his 'motion to the one at present
before the House.

Strangers were then ordered to withdraw.
During the exclusion from the Gallery, which was for up-
sr,,rds of an hour and a half, the [' use divided on Lord A.
11,emn.row's motion, when the numbers were—
For the Motion - - - - - 177
Against it

Majority - - - --le2
Whilst the division was going on, Lord CASTLERFAGIf ad-
dre.sed the Ministerial Members in the Lobby, and begged to
retniA them that a further question remained for consideration,
end upon winch a division might be expected to take place.—
The it tended proposition went to impute blame. to his Majesty's
Miuisters for filling sip the vacancy without previously taking
the :ense of Parliament upon it. On the contrary, in his opinion,
it was the business of Government first to fill up the office, and
afterwards submit its propriety to the approbation of the }Joust.
On re-admission to the gallery.
Sir J. N EIV PORT was addressing the House, and supporting
the following motion, which, during the exclusion, was pro-
posed by Lord A. Ilanwroir, and On which Lord CASTLIV.r.IIIII
had moved the previous questico—namely, "'1 hat it is the
opinion of this House that the vacancy occasioned in the :icotch
Exchequer Court, by the resignation of Mr. Baron Adams,
should not have been filed up until the Report of the Commis.
$1191:16 had beta laid hc:ore the House and examined." The
previous question, " That this question be now put," was nega-
tiitcl without a division, and, of coutse, Lord A. Hamilton's
motion was lost.
Air. BROUGHAM wished to know, as another vacancy had
tha;,-, by teat time occurred, whether it was to be imme-
diately filled up, without inquiry?
Lord CASTLEREAGH- answered, that it would be neces-
In-( to take care that the public service was not lett unprovided
tor. Nothing would be done except with that view.
Mr. GROUGHAM said, they had so much of Scotch affairs
I. 'fore them, that it would be necessary to proceed by steps.
11., therefore, now gave notice, that be would on Friday the
,th ii.stant, submit to the House a motion relative to the filling
tp vacancies in the Scotch Jury Court.
Tbe differetd orders of the day beirg disposed of, the House
asil.reed at a glarter before One n'Clock.

TUB EVENING STAR.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1820.
THE FUNDS.

PRICE Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE cit.:Lock
Bank Stock 2261/4--s per Ct. Reduced 691/8
3 per Cent. Cnilsols 69 70 OA
3), per. Cent. 773/4 rier Cent. 871/4
5 per Cent. 106-',;3 5/3
Long Annuities nothing done
India Stock 220—India Uonds 21s. 225. pr.
Exchequer 11iils 2s. 4s. pre.
Commercial, 2s. dis.
Consols for Acct. 70 6978.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER being unable
to attend in his place in the House of Commons last
night, the farther consideration of the Civil List was
postponed till Wednesday.

The House was principally occupied in discussing
Lord A. HAMILTON'S motion respecting the appoint-
ment of a fifth Baron of Exchequer in Scotland.—
The question was important as a matter of principle,
and his Lordship's speech is deserving of much at-
tention. Ministers on this occasion had a majority
of only twelve—a pretty broad hint from a new Par-
.;iament, that economy ought to be practical, and
not merely matter of profession.

The Court of King's Bench pronounced judgment,
yesterday, upon Mr. HUNT and the other defendants,
found guilty at York. They were sentenced to dif-
ferent terms of imprisonment, and w give security for
their good behaviour for certain terms thereafter.
Mr. HUNT to be imprisoned iwu yerrs and a half in
Ilchester Jail, and to give security for good beha-
viour for five years, himself in £lOOO, and two sure-
ties in £:500 each: JOHNSON, MEALY, and BAMFORD,
to be imprisoned a year in Lincoln Castle, and to
give security respectively for .V2OO, and their sure
ties £lOO each. What would have been their sentences
had they been convicted of Sedition or Blasphemy ?
Judgment was alto prononnced in the ease 01 Sir
CHARLES WOLSELEY. He was sentenced to be im-
prisoned eighteen months in Abingdon Jail, and to
give security for five years. HA rtursuri, the preacher,
received a similar sentence.

Alter sentence was pronounced last night, Mr.
lIuNT and his feilowprisoners were conveyed, in the
custody of the Tipstaffs, to the King's Bench Prison,
where they were lodged for the night, all together in
one room, over what is called the Wine Room. In
consequence of the crowded state of the Prison,
greater accommodation could not be allowed them.
It is expected that they will be removed to-day to
their respective places Cif confinement.
HARRISON left town last night for Chester, in the
custody of the Jailor of that prison.

The Paris Papers of Friday arrived last night.

The Duke of RICHELIEU, M. PASQUIER, and M.
ROY, transacted business ss ith the KING on Thursday.

The same morning a considerable crowd assem-
bled on the terrace of the Castle, to see the Duchess
de BERRI. When she made her appearance she was
received with acclamations.

A private letter from Lyons states, that the Duke
of ANGOULEbIE had been enthusiastically received in
that city. He was expected to be at Metz on the Ist
of June.

An immense crowd assembled on Thursday morn-
ing, in the street Figuetonne, opposite the office of
the Itenornmee, where the workmen were occupied
in emptying a sink in the house of M. GROBERT,
wine-merchant, in which they found thirty pounds
of gunpowder, thrown in there by Borten, whom
Grarirrs has implicated, since his unsuccessful at-
tempt to fire a petard, in order to alarm the Duchess
de BERRI.

A subscription has been opened at Grenoble for the
erection of a marble monument, in memo: y and ho-
nour of the gallant BAYARD, " the Knight without
fear, and without reproach r

We have also, this forenoon, received the Paris
Papers of Saturday.
The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies, on
Friday, were distinguished by an occurrence of con-
siderable importance.

N. ALBERT brought up a Report on a Petition of
one Sieur Dumont, of Bouchain, who protested
against any Law of Exception. The Reporter moved
the order of the day.

M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT demanded that the Pc-.
tition should be remitted to the Minister of the
Interior. He did so, he said, nest with any 'View of
raising a debate on the Laws of Exception, but in
order to call the attention of Ministers to the use
which was made, in their name, of one of these laws.
Ministers had pretended, when they moved for a
Censorship of the Journals, that their object was to
bani,h from the Journals, calumny, misrepresen-
tation, and personalities. In point of fact, however,
since the establishment of the censure, certain jour-
nals had become, more than ever, calumnious and
insulting to individuals. Ile could produce innu-
merable proofs, but it was sufficient to instance
the audacity of one of the daily journals, which
had, the other day, openly charged one of the
Members of the. Chamber of Deputies with being,
an accomplice of the incendiary Gravier.—Mt

Coistant then cited) from the Gazelle. de Fiance,
the passage, of which we took notice at the time
See Star,nf last Friday)—in which it was said
that Gracia., " the day before his arrest, had dined
avec des Brands et CONSTANS libe►aux," &c. "When
the Press," continued M. CONSTANT, " is free, such
things may be safely left to public contempt ; but.,
under a Censorship, since calumny must be matter'
of priVilege; the offence mixes itself with the cha-
racter of the Government, and cannot be passed over
in silence by those who have any regard to those
general interests which it is the business and duty of
Government to protect." He held in his hand the
answer which ar. estimable writer intended to make,
in another Journal, to the calumnious intimation al-
luded to, but the Censors refused to let it appear !
Wits this the way in which the Chamber meant that
the Censorship should be exercised? Would it leave
its Members thus at the mercy of wretches capable
of slanders so vile and infamous? If it did, then the
law of restriction on the Journals was, not a law for
all, but a few—an abominable instrument in the
hands of Government to repress all freedom of opi-
nion, and to abuse every man who had the indepen-
dence to think for himself. He concluded with
moving—.. That the Petition shoUld be remitted to
the Minister.of the Interior."

M. MECIZIN supported this motion. It was fit that
the attention of Ministers should he called to a state
of things which was truly intolerable, and, if it lasted,
would become a scandal to the Administration.
M. CORNET DINCOURT thought, that the regular
way of proceeding was to complain by petition to
the King.
M. CONSTANT explained.
M. DEMARCAY argued forcibly for the remit.
The Order of the Day was now put to the vote,
and rejected by a small majority..

M. CONSTANT'S motion for the Remit to the Mi-
nister of the Interior, was then put and carried.
Count BEUGNOT afterwards brought up the RepOt ,
of the Commission on the Budget of Expenses, which
was appointed to be taken into consideration after
the debate on the new Election Project. .
We-find, from certain proceedings in the Court of
Assizes, that severe sentences are the order of the
dm' in more countries than one. On Friday, COR-
REARD, Publisher, and DESCHAMPS, Editor, of a
Brochure, entitled Quesliwis on the Order of the Day,
were coLdenmed to five years of imprisonment, and
200 D francs of fine ; and two other persons of tl.e
name of Poulet, father and son, were condemned to
a like term of imprisonment and fine, for distri-
buting a song, said to be seditious, but the burden
of which was no more, than an invitation to French-
men—to recollect that they were Frenchmen.
Five per Cents. Friday, 78 fr. 60 c.

By letters received this morning from Batavia,
dated January 24, it appears, that nearly the whole
of the Dutch troops had been drafted from thence to
Palambaog, in order to strengthen that military po-
sition. The inhabitants of Batavia are, in consequence,
much alarmed, as not more than 600 European
troops were left to defend the place against the Malays,
who are able to muster a force of nearly 100,000 men.
Should the Malays attack them, it is apprehended
that a general massacre will ensue.

The BRISK► sloop has received orders to be in readi-
ness to attend his MAJESTY on his aquatic excursion
in July next, as on a similar occasion last year.
Yesterday, Earl BATIIURST and Viscotfnt
MLL-
VILLE had audiences of the KING, at his Palace in

The Duchess of KENT rode out in an open carriage
yesterday with Prince LEOPOLD, and in the evening
the Prince dined with the Duchess.

Yesterday, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER visited the
Princess Sophie.

We are sot ry to state, that M. N. ROTHSCHILD, Esq.
lies dangerously ill at his residence, Stamford Hill.
The Mall in St. James's Park has recently reco-
vered some of its former fashion. Yesterday it pre-
sented a fine display of equestrians, male and female,
who sought the pfotection of its shade from the sun
and dust of the ride in Hyde nark.
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND.—Last night Mr. MATHrws's
At Home was extremely well attended, to witness (far the fist
time in the present season) his Trip to Paris. He went through
his journey with excellent spirit. Every part of his performance
is replete with whim, and the broadest humour is exhibited,
without a shadow of disgust.

Gov SAVE THE. KING:III:1S national hymn, or anthem, has
been attributed to various authors and composers. By the in-
defatigable researches of Mr. litetraan of the Chapel
Royal, it is traced to the year 1607 ; and was written on the
escape of King Isaias I. from the Gunpowder Plot, on the sth
of November, 1605. It was introduced at a feast, on the 16th
of July, 1607, given by the Merchant Tailors' Company to King
Jastrsi, &c. as a day of rejoicing on the KING'S escape, when
the gentlemen, boys, and others, of the Chapel Royal attended
in their surplices to sing the said Gaol save the King, written at
the request of the Merchant Tailors' Company. It was revived
iu the year 1746, at the time of the Scotch rebellion, when the
name of George was substituted for James, and it was harmo-
nised for one Theatre by Dr. Bußrirv, and for the other by
Dr. ASNi.