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reside at tJie principal ports and places of 

 iliosc provinces, tor the protection of the 

 trade of liis subjects. As to any fnriher 

 measures, his Majesty has reserved to him- 

 self an nnfettered discretion, to be exer- 

 cised as tlie circumstances of those coun- 

 tries, and the interests of liis own people, 

 may appear to his Majesty to leqiiire. 



" Gentlemen of the Himse of Commons, 



" His Majesty has directed us to inform 

 yon, that tli€ estimates for tlie year are 

 prepared, and shall be forthwith laid 

 b<;foi€ yoti. — Tiie numerons points at 

 which, tinder present circumstances, his 

 Majesty'8 naval force is necessarily dis- 

 tributed, and the occasion which has 

 arisen for strencthenio!; his garrisons in 

 the West Indies, have rendered unavoida- 

 ble some anp;mentation of his establish- 

 Rients by sea and land. — His Majesty has, 

 liowever, the gratification of believing, 

 that notwithstanding the increase of 

 <ixpense irKident to these augmentations, 

 it will still be in your powrr, after pro- 

 viding for the services of the year, to make 

 arrangements, in some parts of our system 

 «f taxation, which may afford relief to 

 certain important branches of the national 

 industry. 



" My Lords and Genlhmcv, 



"His Majesty has commanded us to 

 acquaint you, that he has not been inatten- 

 tive to the desire expressed by the House 

 of Commons in the last session of Farlia- 

 Bient, that means should be devised for 

 ameliorating the condition of the nrgro 

 slaves In the West Indies. His Majesty 

 has directed the necessary information re- 

 lating to this subject to be laid before you. 

 — His Majesty is conlidenl that you will 

 bestow your best attention and assistance 

 to any proposition which may be sub- 

 Miiltod to you, for promoting the moral 

 improvement of the negroes, by an ex- 

 tended plan of religious instriiction, and 

 by such other measures as may gradually 

 conduce to the same end. But his 

 Majesty earnestly recommends to you to 

 treat this whole subject with the calmness 

 and discretion which it demands. — It is a 

 subject perplexed with difficulties, which 

 HO sudden effort can disentangle. — To ex- 

 cite exaggerated expectations in those who 

 are the objects of your benevolence, would 

 be as fatal to their welfare as to that of 

 their employers.— And his Majesty as- 

 sures himself you will bear in mind, that 

 in the correction of a long-standing and 

 complicated system, in which the fortunes 

 and the safety of large classes of his 

 Majesty's subjects are involved, that 

 course of proceeding is alone likely to 

 attain practical good, and to avoid aegra- 

 vation of evil, in which due regard shall be 

 paid to considerations of justice, and iu 

 which caution shall temper zeal." 



The Lords Somers and Lorton moved 

 and seconded the address iu oiie House, 



in February. [March I, 



and Mr. Rowlaml Hill, ami Mr. Daley, 

 in the otlicr. Lord Holland and Mr, 

 Brougham forcibly arraigned the foreign 

 policj of ministers, parlicniarly in regard 

 to Spain; after which, the motions were 

 agreed lo. 



Tliu treaty efR?cted by Lord Exmouth 

 witii the Aigeriucs being now disre- 

 gardcd by them, and their cruizers 

 having again begun to capture Chris- 

 tian ships, for the purpose of making 

 slaves of those on-board, a British man- 

 of-war has re-captured one of these 

 vessels in the very port of Algiers; and 

 the London Gazette announces the 

 appointment of convoys to the Mediter- 

 ranean. Tliongh we have ourselves but 

 just ceased to be slave-dealers, yet, as 

 the principle is now impugned by all 

 civilized nations, it will perhaps be 

 necessary to adduce the argument of 

 force to eonviticc tliese Algerines; and 

 a formidable expedition is expected to 

 proceed against them. 



In a statement of the Finances of the 

 year, it appears that the income is 

 51,265,000/. and the expenditure 

 51,198,471/. ; but, as credit is given for 

 1,. 500,000/. received from Austria, 

 through Rothchild and Co. in part of 

 2,500,000/. to compound for 20,000,000/. 

 and for 4,620,000/. from the trustees of 

 half-pay pensions; with a debit for 

 5,1.34,458/. for tlie Sinking Fund, a 

 surplus appears of 1,053,071/. It is 

 proposed, therefore, to lessen the duty 

 on coals in the port of London, lo 

 reduce that on wool, silk, and rum ; 

 and to withdraw the bounties given to 

 the fisheries and Irish linen trade. The 

 item of expenditure which cannot fail to 

 excite general disgust is 300,000/. more 

 on V/indsor Castle ! On the side of 

 income, it is proposed to save 375,000/. 

 by reducing 75,000,000/. of four per 

 cent, stock, to three and a half. On this 

 subject, and in regard to the finances of 

 the country generally, we proudly refer 

 to tlie valuable sheet which is prefixed lo 

 the present Number, and which for many 

 years must remain a matchless document 

 for reference. 



SOUTH AMERICA. 



Columbia and Mexico have entered 

 into a league, offensive and defensive, (o 

 maintain their independence ; in which 

 Peru, Chili, and Buenos Ayres, are 

 expected to concur. In Ihe mean time, 

 Ferdinand is adding to his absurdities 

 by directing them to sing Te Demns for 

 his restoration, and by permitting them 

 lo carry on a free trade! 



'IIjc Brazilian legitimate, or Emperor 

 Pedro, 



