y .* . . • OUt ding, ConOtitution, antl ILatl3o. No. 15. MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1808. GRATIS. POLITICAL DISQUISITION. A PORTRAIT OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE 111. as.itirina.cr ANGRAVISN BY SCRIVIIN, AND iNTRNDED ds NUMBER FIFTEUN. - - FRONTISPIECE TO TAE NATIONAL REGISTER, Was to have accompanied the Emblematical Title Page and de livered GRATIS to the Purchasers of that Paper on its Com mencement, viz. SUNDAY, JANUARY, 3,180 S. Inconsequence, however, of the difficulties that always arise in the outset of so arduous an undertaking, the Proprietors were unable to accom plish that part of their Plan; but as those difficulties have now 'eased they are happy to inform the 1 3 41'110.yr of Tare NdrtuNAL Itaasbrca, and the PUBLIC IN GENERAL, that the beautifully sograven Portrait of OUR SOVEREIGN is now finished by 111 r. S itivzN, and will be ready for Delivery on SUN OAY, APRIL 24; the Resemblance is unquestionable; and the whole Print is positively a Master-piece in the Art of Engrav ins,,. The National Register is designed to be preserved and formed into a Futuna at the End of every Year, so as to exhibit t.. posterity a faithful Record of the present eventful Age : and the Motto of the Paper . " oust ZING, CONSTITNTION, AND LAD'S." enforces the necessity of the present Embellishment. It is hoped that the splendid manner with which the Proprietors have ever conducted their Works, will induce the Public to expect a piritcd and admirable Portrait of his MAJESTY ; it may he 'Necessary to say, that the Portrait will be delivered SEPARATR trout The National Register, and printed on Copper Plate Paper, so as to form a Print that would nut be sold by any Printseller fur less than Four Shillings. Our Patrons in the Country are requested to observe, that the Portrait of his Majesty will be invariably DELIVERED GRATIS to the Newsmen, for the purpose of being transmitted to their Subscribers, by the safest and most convenient mode. But as it will Be impossible for the Newsmen to forward the Portrikit by the Post, without incurring the risk of spoiling Lilco Print, and the Rococo of Postage, the Proprietor* beg leave to submit to their Friends the necessity of their requesting some Bookseller in the Country to obtain it from his Agents iu Lon don, who will inclose it in his parcel. This will obviate every difficulty, and secure its safe arrival. To any of the Friends of the Paper, who may be disappointed of the Portrait, or to arty : Friend commissioned by them, an impression will be gra tuitously delivered at the Oilice of The National Register. Hut it ill be necessary for the Subscriber, in this case, to send his real name, and place of abode, in a note addressed to the Pro prietors. Those who may have neglected to complete their sets, are re— tiupsted to give early orders, to prevent the chance of disap pointment. immediate Orders for the Paper should be given, to prevent the possibility o f disappointment , addrea ed ( post pai d )to the Pro prietors, No.ll, Catherine -street, Strand, to the Clerks of the goads, or Newsmen, throughout the United*Kin,gdoin. THE TRIAL OF GENERAL WHITELOCKE IS NOW COMPLETED, The First Part of which was DISLIPRRED GRATIS to the Purchasers of 7ma NATIONAL REGIcTER. If any disappointments have occurred, Orders should he sent ) to the Newsman who sends the Paper, and he will im ni..,iiately transmit it ; but as a difficulty has taken place at the t'u.t (fatee relative to its being forwarded by that channel into the t7onntry, the Proprietors beg leave to request that Orders he given to the different Booksellers throughout the United 1 "”Motn, who will cause it to be sent by their Correspondents U' London, so as to save ex/sauce, and prevent the possibility •if disappointment. A Number of Sets, Price 9A. each, may be had of all the Bo , iksellers and Newsmen throughout the United I( ingfinui .\u THE NATIONAL REGISTER. r Pasts &L ON THE BILL FOR PREVENTING THE GRANT OF REVERSIONS BY TILE CROWN. In the late Parliament, the House of Commons passed a resolution, founded on a Report of the Committee of Fi nance, fur an Address to the King, praying that no offices might thenceforward be granted in Reversion; and a Bill was brought in to affix the Legislative sanction to that measure. Before the Bill was passed, a dissolution took place ; but in the present Parliament the measure was re newed, and passed the House of Commons, with only one dissentient voice. It proceeded to the House of Lords, and was thrown out. The Commons finding their in tentions thus frustrated, were obliged a second time to Address the King, praying him not to grant Offices in Re sion. In the present Session another Bill was introduced, which was also thrown out by the Lords. A Bill has now been brought into the House of Commons, founded on the same principle, but modified in its application, and professing its object to be simply the suspension of the Royal Prero gative in this respect. This Bill, as well as most of the other measures relating to the same subject, has been ushered in under the auspices of Mr. Banker, who pro poses that it shall be in force " for one year from the " passing of the Act, and from the close of that period " to the end of six weeks from the commencement of the " subsequent Session of Parliament." For this 818 a v,try lively interest has been excited, by the fate of the former measures, and by the appearance of opposition from a potent quarter. We prokss ourselves to be decidedly the friends of the principle on which the Bill is founded, and we only regret that as the :ejection of it in the Upper House has precluded the Commons from sending it up during the present session in its original shape, it should have become necessary to make that which ought to be an absolute prohibition, amount to nothing more than a suspension. We are friends to the abolition of ?.e -versionary Munificence, not more from respect to rights of the people. than from regard to the interests of the crown. The rights of the people cannot in fact be very materially affected either by the continuation or by the abolition of this prerogative : but the people in general believe that their money is ill-applied in the grant of le• versions, and at a time when they do really bear so many necessary burthens, it surely is hut fair to relieve them from those that arc unnecessary. If the weight of unnecessary burthens be very small, and very small we believe that it is, in comparison of the mighty load which, at best, the nation must submit to carry, yet if the nation be of opinion that by the removal of that small weight, their strength will be more adequate to their task, it is no more than just to make this little sacrifice to their opinion. TB* people still will pay almost as much into the treasury : SO ", _ . 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