The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-05-23 00:00:00

" The Cause for which ii4Ml'Dtlf fell ix the AK mad Sraxxr died ex the seaffohl !"

TO THE PROPRISTORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADINS AND GENTLAININ,
ENCOURAGED by the kind and tattering
opine.* of several of my Friend.. connected with the
'Affairs of India, that the knowledge and experience acquired
by_ me, during. a long retidowe in that conotry, might be me-
hilly employed in prosunsiog the interests ..f the E.a.t India
Company, as sae of the DIRECTOR'S of their Atolls; at
their suggestion. it k us) intemion to otter myself a CA N-
-I)ATE for that imporino Olbre, no the first Vacancy that
shall (wear after the toilatit of July. ISIS. when 1 shall. have
completed a residence of two years In England.
To obviate the impatationtif presumption in Ail aspiring in
Seat in the Direction. as the object of a just and honourable
ambitioo, permit me to mote, briefly, the grounds of my pre-
tonic** in that diMiactian. For the long pe.ind of nearly
thirty-fomr years. se the Civil I.:militiamen' of the Coopooy
in Bengal, I progresslveli held some at the highest /Ares alder
the Goterwment. Is tbe several Departments of the !larder.
embracior a georral knowledge of the Commercial 1..5.r of
the Company. From die year HMI. the Marquis WiMesles.
durlig his splendid and eventful Adatinktnition. mttAdivdy
appointed me Ms be s /dowdier of the Provisional Government
for tboAdistaistration of the Provinces relied to the Company
by the Manitoba( (Aide. to the Otliee sit Secretory to the Go.
yerhantet far the Affairs of the Provinces in wresting. moll e
; thosed frwin4 and easily. Coded by, she Illobratte States;
mad is 1 its *Afar in Roe Courts of Sadder Descants
Aktlawlet and-Kisamin Allawlai. Whieh but was heist ny tae
for Ulstitasbid of tweiveleart, when t quitted India to roan
S. tttg mmiviremmlty.
Coilseious that I nano, apply my time. and Mich 'nimble
Watts and esperiesee a I may posses*. to nay itorP^se pa NW-
lel to the tinete, or so satisfactory to in.self. a. Its devoting
Qtens exclosivoly to those pursuits which have rovoilauted the
wed) ash practice of warty my noble life. I rospectfullY so-
licit your Votes and laterot at the proper sensors, in the
noxious bore that vom , its not (-molder me no soldeserviog
Candidate or your lavonr.—l have the Wane, to i.e.
Lottiesond Getillemes,
Your must obedietit owl faithful Servont.
I. Eath,Jaa. 24, 1818. JOHN FOM BELLE.

THE very euperinr and elogitnt STOCK of
Me-srs. WELLS ond FYNE, $7, rleet-vireet. is nt•ta
SELLING OFF. Richard Well, retitintt Cr an the trade.—lt
colonists of lbw tao,.ttwpenur Imitation India Shoot,. India and
British illeelies. French Canthrie.. *facile Linen Sheeting.,
Primed Conabrics. Robes, India Fans. Rombozine.,sarcenets,
Popike, awl various other Goods, whirls are p..rtieutnely re-
colonnaded to the attention of the Nobility. Deno y, and Public
ONICHUNDREI) AND SEVEN CAPITAL PitIZES 1 -
THREE of Alld,ooo. &c. &e.
WIFT and Ca, have great pleasure in recorn•
mendieg tobhe push-star attention of the tiuhlte the
&beat of Ow New Lottery. in 'teem dra.4 MI no tee
K1%65 stitrit DAY. 4th •PUN 1.,
*bleb is farmed on the priori* bn long itr.ired AT mossy Att-
vetoniers, viz. a diyibion of the history .nt.. NUMEROUS
CA PITA'S. whereby Ow Chance of 4/broiling a great Prize
it int revised three-fold.
The Last Lottery contained twire v many Caitlin', as the
preceding noes. aid the present •c he se (anti 4,0.10 Tickets
less) ha. more Capital. that the 1...1 [tottery
The Tickets' and shares toe Selling, in great variety al
SWIFT bud Co.'s (Mee.,
P.oiltry 1 131. Alsigsair H
14. Charing-cross; weft i•
where, in the List Lottery, the following Capitals were Shared
and Sold, six.
No. 8.770....‘5.0 0 No. 4.1;0 ...C20.1
10.709 ... 5,21.8 „ . i.o
11,093.... !)00 9.898
Also inn* prersedi• z L
Ne. 705. • AIWA. 0. 2.656..,01,00.). 41,4 *nay other; of
41.100. 4500. £lOO. &r.

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IMPERIAL PARLI.IMBNT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, 11AV
Lord SIDMOUTR presented a Petition from the Smith
Csinemi,sioners oppoinied for the Regulation of the Judicial
Proceedings in that minors.
Tim Marquis of LA NSDO WN F: presented a Petition from a
Lieutri.am Bedford, compinining of his not !mimic been ad-
mitted tit what be ettnePited hi. due elitism upon the appro.
prated funds of tae Norm Imiahlkhioeut.

REGENCY 11.136ULATioN.
The Order of the Dry having been read for the
second reeding of the Bill relative to the Regency
Regulation,
The LORD CHANCELLOR left the Wnohark
for the purpose of moving the second reading. Hie
Lordship spoke in a tone of voice not clearly audible
below the Bar; bet the substance of his observations,
after recapitulating the terms and object of the mea-
sure, appeared to be, that though in the former of
two main divisioss of the Bill, welniely;lhe appoinVal
• went of, new Members to siterQueon'a Cooed!, 14
left to the nomination of her Mrajetty,-it eel not in-1
tended by the framers of the -Bill in any measere or
degree to interfere with the proper end easeutill right
of Parliament to regulate in that case.
Earl GREY observed, that open this Bill being
ottexpectedly introduced on a former evening, he had
thought it his duty to oppose the measure, and more.
particularly the second part of it, no reason whatever
baring been given fdr its introduction et the inferno
moment. He then understood the Noble and Learned
Lord on the Woolsack to say that he would give a
full explanation of the teatime for the einem on
the second reading, and he (Earl-G.) felt himself
much disappointed in finding that the Noble and
Learned Lord bad now altogether avoided stating
any reason, or assigning any motive whatever, for
bringing foroard this measure at the present period.
It was sorely incumbent upon those who brought for-
ward and supported this measure to state some reason
for its introduction; nor could he conceive it possible
that their Lordships would agree to a Bill of this
nature, making so material an 'alteration, or rather
remain en important clause in the Regency Act,
la it hoot some very sufficient reason stated for so doll*
Yet, neither rot the former *mitring, nor on this, hied
the Noble and Learned Lord, or the Noble Fed op-
posite, a.asived any reason whatever for now intr.i.
during t •is Bill Tne more be considered the Bill,
in a greater degree he was disposer' In estimate its
importance. With regard to the first part of it, he
was not. as he stated one firmer ..vening. disposed
to matte any opposelon t' in 411.0414 p of the number
of the Members of the Queen's Council, though It
certainly ought to have been shown, by those pro.
posiog the Bill, that there were not at present say
Members of the Queen's Couweil, who were in a
situation to enable them to reside at Windsor during
the periods when the Queen resided in town. 'HO
had, however, no objection, under the circumstances,
to the appointment of en additional number of Mere.
hers of the Queen's Council; but he continued to
object to testing that appointment in her Majesty.—
It was true, that, under the clause in the Regency
Act, for filling op vacancies in the Council, it might
have happened, that, in consequence of deaths, the
whole eight might have been appointed by the Queen;
taut still he contended, that to add at once a number of
Members to the Council, vesting the appointment in
the Queen, was a very different question to vesting
the power of filling up vacancies as they occurred.
What, besides, might be the effect of the provision
now proposed for appointing additional Members of
the Council, coupled with the other provision, for
repealing the classe for the forthwith meeting of Par.
liament, that the power of Parliament might be al.
together pot aside, with regard to the care of the
Bing, as, in the event of the Queen's demise, the
care of his Majesty's person might be actually vested
hi individuals whom Parliament did not know even
by name. He now came more immediately to the se-
cond pert of the Bill ; and here he could not help
observing upon the term used in the title, namely,
for varying some of the provisions of the 51st of the
King, &c. (the Regency Act). He believed the word
varying was altogether new in kgislation ; and, for
any thing be knew, it might mean to repeal alto.
getter. That, it seemed, was the meaning annexed
to it in the second part of this Bill, which was
neither more nor less than a total repeal of that part
of the Regency Act which related to the meeting of
Parliament, in the event of the demise of the Queen.
For this repeal, at the present moment, not only
bad no reason been stated, nor any motive assigned ;
bat there was not one word upon the subject in the
preamble of the Bill. His Lordship here reed the
preamble, adverting only to the appointing of addi-
tional Members of the Queen's Council ; and observ-
ed, that not one word was inserted in it, respecting
' any necessity for repealing the provision in the Re-
gency Act respecting the forthwith meeting of Par-
liament. Was it intended to carry this clause under
the convoy of the other ? The Noble and Learned
Lord had stated, that inconveniences might arise
from the forthwith meeting of Parliament, in the
event of the demise of the Qoeeu, but bow happened
it that inconveniences had been discovered now for
the first time, after the Regency Act had been so
long in existence? The Noble and Learned Lord
had, en a former evening, observed, that the clause
in the Regency Act for the forthwith meeting of Par.
Himont, in the event of the Queen's demise, was in-
troduced by mistake or inadvertence. How could
this be possible, when it was considered the dis-
cussion that that Bill underwent, and when it
was recollected that the clause in question was
copied from the Regency Bill in 178 Q, which
Was discussed in both Houses of Parliament,
though happily the recovery of the King at that
period rendered its operation unnecessary ? The Noble
autLeareed Lord upon the Woolsack filled at that
pesioth high druid dumdum, sad aoeet, ao doubt,

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