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PATRIOTIC FUND. LLOYD'S. F[l• sg, !SO7. AMOUNT of NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS, for the general purpofes of this Inftitution, already advertifed, £49,016 9 11 The Captain. Serjeants and Privates of the Rathgill Infantry, Ireland S 3 0 Officers and Privates of the Newtown Ardes Infantry, Ireland - - 7 0 0 Fretinafon's Lodge, No. 447# Newtown Ardcs, Ireland - - Parith of Newtown Ardes. Ireland Bridal --- ___.—. ao is George Goodman, Efq. Leeds, per De Bad and Co. so 0 Mr. F. Weftly - . . I I X. C. F. C. - - I 5 • A Friend to the Canfe - . to 0 Mrs Clofe, Brompton Crefcent - 2 0 Stabfcriptions at Madras . - _ 57 I s o s 6 S o Produce of a Military Concert and Ball, under the Pa tronage of the Camberwell Volun:cer Infantry, per Lieutenant Colonel Smith 68 9 Mr. Charles Stanton. Manager, third remittance i t o Conful Werry and N. Wcrry, Smyrna 20 o John and Wm. Maltrafs ditto - 20 0 Lee and Sons ditto - 20 0 George Boddington ditto - S 7 Frauel and Jacifon ditto - 20 0 One Day's Pay of the Eaft Derbyfhire Battalion of Volunteer Infantry - - Mr Duncan M•Lea, Peterfburgb - J. W. Cooper, Fingringhoe, Effex - John Bedford, Efq Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court, Barbadoes - 11 0 Captain E. C. Bradford, of the Lord Duncan Eaft In dia Ihip - Mr Atkinfon, St Martin's in the Fields Mr Harrifon, ditto ditto - George Morgan, Norfolk, Virginia William Gray ditto ditto W. K. Mack inder ditto ditto Henry Brunet ditto ditto Robert Farmer ditto ditto A. B. ditto ditto William Wood, his Majeßy's ading Vice Conful for Maryland,Baltimore William Coles, Baltimore,pw John Hamil ton, Efq. his Makity's Conful to the State of Virginia - 5 s 0 78 is o Sea Feneibles, Carrickfergus,per Capt.Thotapfon,R.N. 5 5 o Captain James Walker, R N. zo I 0 0 Captain Edward Walpole Brown, R. N. 5 0 0 A Friend, per J. N. C. - 6 z o Freeman Humble, Liverpool . o to 0 J. Wilfon . o to 0 General Affembly of the Bermuda Minds, per Henry Tucker, Efq. Governor of Bermuda - zoo 0 0 John Symonds, Efq. Chefterfield Houfe, Blackheath 10 0 0 Barak), Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, by Beckett and Clarke - - Robert Wilkinfon, Efq. Smyrna - L. M. - G. per D. Mrs Judith Dubree, Guernfey - Subfcriptians received from Halifax: MarineHumaneSocietyss t 1 z Edw. Mortimore, Efq 3 to 0 His Excellency Sir James Frafer, Efq 11 13 4 John Wentworth 23 6 8 Ch. R Prtfcott, Efq II 13 4 The Bithop of Nova Meff. Ewing & Bowie z z to 0 Scotia x t 13 4 Mr Henry Yeomans 11 1 3 4 Ths Chief Juftice xi 13 4 Mr Wm. Lyon 1 1 1 3 4 The Judge of the Ad- Mr lan Pryor 17 to 0 miralty z t 13 4 Mr R. G. Taylor S t 6 8 General Hunter 11 13 4 Mr Win Pryor 5 t 6 8 Commodore Beresford 23 6 8 Mr James Thorn 3 to 6 Commiffionerlnglefidd 23 6 8 Mr John Liddell 5 16 8 Hon. J. B. Butler 1113 4 Mr Ja mes Leaver 11 13 4 Hon. Andrew Belcher 23 6 8 Mr Capel Hians I 1 13 4 Mrs Belcher 5 16 8 Mr j. W. Morris 3 to 0 Hon. Michael Wallace 5 16 8 Mr Henry Taylor 5 16 8 Colonel Barnes 11 23 4 Mr Peter Smith 5 16 8 Colonel Wetherall 1t 13 4 Mr Edward Pryor st 6 II Mrs Wetherall 4 13 4 Mr John Starr a, 6 8 Captain Wetherall 5 16 8 Mr John Merrick 5 o o Mih Wetherall z 3 4 Mr Charles Geddes a 6 8 Colonel Charlton 3 to o John Lawfon,Efq 3 to 0 Lieut. Col. Tinting 5i6 8 Mr Frederick Major 516 8 Captain Hunter 1 t 6 8 Mr John Brown 5 16 8 Major Bowyer 3 to o Mr John Simfon a 6 8 Captain Reynett 5z6 8 Mr Benjamin Etter 5 0 0 R. John Uniacke, Efq. zll3 4 Mr Alexander lzatt 1 6 8 James Stuart, Efq izl3 4 Mr Samuel Butler 1 3 4 Charles Morris, Efq It 13 4 Captain Sparling a 6 8 Foller Hutchinfon, Efq 5 16 8 Meff. P. Smith &Sons to 0 0 Thos. N. Jeffrey, Efq. 11 13 4 Meff. J. Miller & Son 7 o o Lewis M.Wilkins, Efq 5 o o Meff. J. &M. Tobin 3to 0 Crofton Uniacke, Efq 3 10 o A Poor Man o to 0 William Thomfon ,Efq 3to o An unknown Perfon 1 3 4 George Grant, Efq Is 13 4 Collection on Fait Re.. Robert Staneer 3to o Day at St Paul's, per Rev. George Wright 3zo o Churchwardens so zo II Rev. Dr Gray a 6 8 Ditto at Prefbyterian Meffrs Hartfhorne Meeting, per the and Boggs 11 6 8 Elders 24 7 0 i m Mlles Foreman, Efq II 13 4 ..----- ohn Black, Efq x 7 to • Total amonnt,eunency 708 751 0 m Forfyth, Efq s 16 8 ---- John B.'rkwith, Efq 3to o Sterling 638 I I Stephen H. Binney, Efq 1 3 4 -- Subfcriptions continue to be received at Lloyd's, and at all the Bankers in Town and Country. J. P. WEI.SFORD, See IO 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 I 0 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 ao £4 6 IL I I so 0 I I o 7 it 0 0 20 0 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 so 0 0 PARLIAMENTARr PROCEEBINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEB. 27. The Bi(hop of Litchfield and Lord Vernon took the oaths and their feats. The Spirit Drawback Bill, the Trith Quit Rent Bill, and the ' Turkey Tobacco Bill, were read a third time and paired. . . The German Yarn Bill was read a fecond time and committed for Monday. The Iris Audilon Duty Bill paged through a Committee, and was reported. INSOLVENT DEBTOR Se Lord HOLLAND preented a Petition from the Debtors con fined in the King's Bench Ptifon, praying for fuch relief as to the Houle Ihould fcem meet. His Lordihip obferved, that after what patted laft Seffion refpeeting this fubjeet, it was Amon needlefi for hint to fay, that it was not his intention to propofe any Bill for the Relief of Infolrene Debtors. The petition, in deed, did not pray for any fuch Bill, but rather for a general law refpeeting debtor and creditor, by the operation of which they might be rettored to their families. Of the neceffity of tome law of this nature there could be no doubt; and he was hap py that a Noblc Friend of his, who had formerly called the attention of the Houfe to this important fubjeet, hail again ap plied his mit.J to its confiderstioit ; and tint, in another place. a part of the fubjeet bad been taken up by a Gentleman of diftin guilhed talents and benevolence. From tilde eireumftances, he looked forward with the gr..atcft faisfaelion to the adoption of force mcafure rerpt ding this fubjeet, which would have the effeet of removing many of thole evils that at prefent milted. He Mould merely now move that the Petition do lie on the table. Ordered. TAXATION. The Order (tithe au for fummoning their Lord fhips having been read, The Earl of WARWICK entreated the indulgence of the Houle, while he endeavoured to nate to their Lordiiiips the outline of a plan which he wifhed to propofe, with a view of introducing a more equal and eqtlitahle iy item of Taxation. At a period like tie prefetr, when the great aggrandi ement and in• fittable ambition a Fiance called upon this country for every elortioirthat could be made,/ in , order to carry on-:thowiWt with virtu' and aid, when peace wAs placed at a diilance not to be calculated. upon, and whedill'Eurstie , .l, okedyi dtis ;clumsy as their g t c A t ilay and 11(14:At was tat .the outwit importance to confider how that amount of remota which mat needfarily be had, could be railed with the haft preffare upon the people. He objeaed to the pre fent complicated fyllem of taxation, as not calculated to attain the defired °Nal ; and as proceeding upon erroneous data ; at prefent, whila taxation prelTcd heavily upon Tome claffes, others in a great degree efcaped. His great objetft was, that it fhould be borne equally and equitably by all. To rife% thi s , he had formed a plan which was totally novel, and which had never yet either been fpoken of or written upon. The more he had confidered his plan, the more he was convinced of its efficiency, and of the inadequacy of the prefent fyitem of taxation. He objefted to making property the criterion of taxation, becaufe it was difficult to define what property was ; he would only confider property by means of its fign, labour. The great oblation to the tax upon property was that, whillt it got at tome deforiptions of property, perfona engaged in commerce, in ma nufatures, in profeffions, and in various fpeculations, made what returns of property they pleafed, and paid accordingly. He wifhed that taxation fhould be equal and equitable, and at the fame time general and compulfory, not partial and voluntary. He had made feveral calculations for the purpofe of ellablifh ing the efficiency of his plan, the refult of which had aftonifhed him, and would no doubt furprize their Lordfhips ; the bats he took was expenditure. Being doubtful whether his voice would enable him to con. vey all that he wifhed to fay upon the fubjed,he had on the preceding day put down his ideas upon paper, and, with their Lordships' permiffion, he would read them. His Lordfhip read to the Houfe feveral ob fervations, fimilar in purport to thofe he had previ oully made, and afterwards Rated his plan, which proceeded upon the calculation of t2,00c4000 of po- pulation, then taking 3,000,000 at 6d. per day ex penditure, The amount would be at 6d. per day £. 2 7.3752c00 z,c00,000 at is per day 18,250.000 1,000,000 at as per day 36,500,0c0 1,000000 at ss per day .541750, 0 00 a,coo,oon at 4s per day 73,c00,000 1,000,000 at ss per day 91,250,000 1,000,000 at His per day 181 00,000 apoopoo at ass per day 219,000,000 apoo,ooo at ass per day 273,7500ci0 apoo,ooo at aos per day 365,0c0,000 Total 1, 34 1 9375. 000 The claires up to ss. inclufive, his Lordfhip reckoned the employed, and the other claire:the employers.— Taking the population at i 2,500,000, there would remain 500,000 perfons, whom he would fuppofe to fpend ioool. a year each, amounting to 500,000,0001. but even fuppofing that to be the cafe, he would make a prcfent of that amount to their Lordfhips, and rely upon the remainder, a fmall per centage upon which would produce confiderably more than the Property Tax did at prcfent, whilst it would fall equitably upon every one, and each would at once know what he was to pay. He thought the bell mode of proceeding would be to refer his plan to a Committee, and concluded by making a motion to that effed. Lord GRENVILLE thought. that in point of form the Motion could not be entertained by the Houle, as there wasno paper before their Lordthips which could, confiflently with the forms of the Houfe, be referred to a Committee. With refpeet to the plan propofed by the Noble Lord, he had confider able doubts of its efficiency. Expenditure was un doubtedly taken as one of the criterions of dire& tax ation, it being the fign of wealth, but where the exi gencies of the country required a large fum to be raifed, the more the amount of taxation neceffary to be railed was diffufed in different channels; it would be found that the lets was the preffure upon the people. It was unqueflionably an °fajta of the greateft importance where burdens were to be impofed upon the people, to make them fall as lightly as poffible, and the great advantage of indired taxation was, that it fell to a certain extent upon articles, refped ing which it was in the power of the Confumer to leffen his confumption of thole articles, or leave them off altogether; and thus the payment of thefe taxes was voluntary, as depending upon the confumption of the articles. He admitted, with refpea to the Property Tax, that it did not reach every defcription of income, but an approximation was continually making to its more effectual operation upon thole dales whom it was its ()kit& to include. The ob., jet of the Noble Lord appeared to be to littplify taxation, but he thought the effect of that fimplifica tion, as Rated in the Noble Lord's plan, would be much more oppreffive than the fyffem it was propofed to fupercede, particularly as, according to the plan of the Noble Lord, the propofed taxation would fall heavily upon the poorer claffes of the people, while the furplus property would efcape its operation. The Earl of WARWICK laid his objedt was not to tax the poorer dafs, the employed, but the em. ployers. The Earl of SELKIRK obferved, that in the I amount of population Rated by the Noble Lord, a ' great rumber of children muff be reckoned, where expenditure of courfe ct,uld not be taken at the pro poled rate, but their maintenance mull be included in the expenditure of the family. The Earl of WARWICK laid that that was pro vided for in his plan, and if the Houfe would allow it to go to a Committee, he was convinced that he could prove fatisfaaorily, by calculations in detail, all that he had Hated. After a (hurt converfation, the motion was with drawn as informal, and another fubflituted by the Earl of Warwick for the appointment of a Commit tee to confider of the bell mode of railing the Reve• nue, which was put and negatived. Adjourned till Monday. Colonel BASTARD moved for lean to bring in a'lll for the better Regulation of Pori& Apprentices, the principal ()Ned of which, as he explained, was to oblige the Mailers of filch Ap • prentiees to permit them to attend Divine Worfhip on Sundays, in order that the Churchwardens may fee they are properly taken care of—Leave given. At the requeft of Mr. FREEMANTLE, Sir JAMES PUT.- TENEY agreed to puftpone, till Tuefday,thc difcuffion upon his Financia! Propofitions. Lord TEMPLE brought up an Account of the Army Extraor• dinaries, purfuant to order.—Ordered to be printed. His Lordlhip then brought up the Pilot Regulation Bill, which was read a firft time. He Paid, that, as it was a Bill of contidera ble importance, it was not his intention to prefs it forward. Be fore he moved, therefore, to have it read a (mond time, he would bate, that the °llea of the Bill was to bring all pilots who were not fo already, under the authority and fuperintendance of the Trinity Houle. He 'eland the Bill to be committed, and then printed for the confideration of the Members of the Houk, and to give ample time for the fame He hoped, therefore, no objec tion would be made to its being read a feeond time on Monday, and committed the fame day.—Ordered to be read a fecund time on Monday. WICK ELECTION. -- - - - The following Members were chofen a Committee to try the merits of the Petition, complaining of an undue Elealoa and Return for Wick, Dornock, &c. James Shaw, Efq R. E. D Grofvertor. Efq Thomas Brooke, Efq Sir W. Middleton, Bart. Henry Thornton, VI Henry Pane, Efq. B. Hohhoufe, Efq R. Sharp, Efq R. Wigrani, Efq R. H. Bradlkaw, Efq T. Baring, Efq Lord Bernard. Walter Jones, Efq Peter Moore, Efq. and Right Hon. H. Erikine--Nominees. PINRYN ELECTION. Mr. ATKINS WRIGHT moved, that the Order for taking the Special Report of the Peuryn Committee into confideration on Monday, mould be difcharged, and that it Would be lied for the 11 ft of April nest. The reafon was a domeftic calamity which had happened to one of the parties concerned. Lord TEMPLE and Mr. WYNNE obJetfted to fueh a long delay, and after a few words from Mr Hurft, Mr Swan and Mr. Lee Keck, it was agreed that the Report Would he taken Into con fideration on the 13d of March. -MAIDITONI BLECCIOif. Mr. FULLER prefented a Petition from Walter Dewry, who bad been confined by the Maidftonc EleCtion Committee, espref. five of the contrition of the witnefs; is confequence of which, it was ordered that he fhould be brought up to the Bar on Monday and difcharged. WEST6IINSTIR aLicTints. Lord FOLKESTONE rofe and obferved, that having prefented a Petition to the Houfe laft night, complaining of certain attempts made by the Agents of a Right Hon. Gentleman, one of the Sitting Members for Weftniinfter, to purloin tome of the principal wit neffes to be adduced before the Committee for trying the merits of that Eleetion ; it was his with to examine witneffes at the Bar of the Houfe in fupport of the allegations of that Petition. His object, therefore, for riling cow was, to move, that the notice of a motion for taking the Petition into confideraon on Monday, be changed into an Order of the Day. He bad acted the opinion of the Right Hon. Gentleman, whom he now faw in his place, and he had no obje6.lon to fuch an arrangement. He therefore moved, " That the Paid Petition be taken into consideration on Monday next."—Ordered accordingly. Alfo, "That the following perfons be ordered to attend this Houfe on Monday, vie. William Drake, fen. William Drake, jun. Anne Drake, Thomas Wetherhead, John Richards, William Bingham, Daniel Riehardfon, Chriftopher Richardfon, William Warren, Sperring, wife of William Sperring ; Warren, wife of William Warren and Gime others." Mr. SHERIDAN Paid be never entertained the molt diftant idea of oppofing any motion of the Noble Lord, or of any of his friends, that could tend to the Gillet enquiry upon this tub lea; on the contrary, he should Sneerely concur in every mea lure conducive to that purpefe : but as feveral of his friends, Rice:tors of Wcftminfter, felt extremely hurt at fuch an imputa tion as this, he Ihould, on Monday, prefent a Petition, the objea of which would be to prove fubornation of perjury on the part of the Petitioners. The feveral perfons named by Lord Folkftone were ordered to attend on Monday. 'MIDGE oval. THE HIVE! THEMES- Mr.BIIEKIDAN then prefented a petition,figned by tnany re fpedtabk inhabitants of Weftminfter, praying leave to bring in a Bill for Building a Bridge over the River Thames, between Black friars and Weßminfter Bridges, nearly oppolite to Southampton ltreet, in the Strand, and openirg a high read to the Obeli k, in St• George's Fields; for which purpofe, he raid, preparations were already in con liderable forwardners —The petition was received read, and ordered toile on the table. Members, and anted their opinions, and they all raid they faw nothing in it which rendered it improper to be prefented. He concluded by moving, that the Petition be referred to a Committee of Privileges. Mr. SHERIDAN feconded the motion. Lord HOWICK fa;d, he allowed the Hon. Gen. tleman who prefented the petition was not refpon. table for its contents, but he thought every Honour. able Member was fo far refponfilsle to the Honk that he fhould take care thole contents were not conveyed in improper terms. He coincided in the opinion d e . livered by the Speaker on a former occafion, that they fhould throw wide open their doors, to receive the Petitions of the People, and he was not difpofed to quarrel with any little inaccuracies ; but here there was a language ufed which he thought very reprehenfible. The Petition let out with allud ing to a vote of that Houfe, in the regulation of its own coodua, a thing very unufual indeed for the People to interfere with, and then proceeds to charge the Houfe with having disfranchifed them of their dative rights. and deprived them of their legal Re. prefentative. If the Petitioners were thus deprived of their legal Reprefentative, as they had (Wed, by the proceedings being deferred, it was not owing to his Right Hon. Friend (Mr Sheridan) but to the Electors themfelves, who firft applied to have the Petition and Ballot pofiponed„ which was fixed for a very early confideration. In confequence of his Counfel being obliged to attend the Circuits, his Right Hon. Friend had applied to have the bufinefs further poftponed to the day on which it now flood fixed, to which the Houfe had agreed by a very large majority. In a fubfequent part of the fpeech, the Petitioners tell the Houk they demand and i'&t on their proceeding to name an early day, which feemed to him to be a language not confiflent with the repel due to that Houfe ; and he was not able to acquit the Hon. Member of not having given the Petition due con fideration before he prefented it. He would not make any motion on the fubje&, though be could not help extreffing his difapprobation of it, b u t hoped the mater would be fully inveftigated, and thofe perform punifhed, whoever they were, who had been guilty of Inch mal pradices. Mr. W. WYNNE thought it contained fuch lan. guage that it ought not to be received ; it was'tlan. gerous to admit it as a precedent. So far as it went to defire leave to prove matters at the Bar, it ought to be attended to ; but when it raid demand and iajfi, he thought it (hould be rejeded. Lord TEMPLE was of opinion, that a Petition couched in terms fo indecorous, ought not to be re ferred to a Committee of Privileges. Mr. FULLER was of the fame opinion, and expreffed great indignation at the terms demand and as very improper to be Wed to that Houfe. Mr.WHITBREAD Paid, he was certain there was no man lefs likely to with to offend the Houle than his Honourable Ft iend who prefented the Petition. He would therefore recommend to him to withdraw the Petition and prefent another, in fubftance the fame, but couched in more refpeftful terms ; the Petitioners would thereby obtain what they requelt ed, fubllantial juitice, which was all they could aim at by this Petition. He thought the words demand and infift were improper, but not fuch as ought to induce the Houle to reje& the Petition. He was not fufficiently acquainted with the pradice of the Houfe to know whether the Petition could be withdrawn, but, if it were pradicable, he hoped his Honourable Friend would confent to do fo. The SPEAKER kid there was no difficulty, if the Mover and Seconder of the motion to refer it to a Committee of Ptivileges thought proper, to with. draw the motion, and afterwards the Petition. Mr. BIDDULPH Paid, the way in which the Noble Lord had endeavoured to fir the refponfibility on him, bad placed him in a fituation to caufe him to be extremely delicate how he aeled. The Petition had been given to him to prefent, and he had fub mated it to fome other Members, who all thought it contained nothing reprehenfible. In the &It part, there was nothing but what the Petitioners had a right to Rate, viz. that they were alarmed at the proceedings being fo long deferred. In the latter part, he thought the words" demand" and " meat' had been commented on with more fe verity than they &Served. What was it the Petitioners demanded and loaded ? Only an enforcement of a Standing Order ,of the Houle; and as thole words had notlyet been profcribed by the Houfe, he did not feel that he was liable to fuch cenfure as had been thrown on him. Mr. MONTAGUE laid, that as words of violence had been ufed, he thought it would be better to put it to the Hon. Member, whether he would not Jo better to diveß his mind of all warmth, and put the Petitioners in the way of pretenting a more refpeet ful Petition, by which he would relieve thole who wifhed to preferve the dignity of the Houle from fo ungracious a talk as that of rejeeling a petition. Mr. LAMBE raid he was one of thole to whom PETITION OF THE ELECTORS or wysyssturraa. the Petition had been (hewn, and as I.e would never Mr. BIDDULPH brought up a Petition from cer. (brink from any thing in public which he had Paid in tain Eleetors of Weliminfler, refiding in the parith of private, he would repeat, that he did not think — St. Martin's le Grand, which Rated, " That the Pe- " demand and infift" were deferving the revere cen• titioners had learned with awe and regret, that the lure they had met with, as they were words not deem proceedings on theWeaminiter Elation, which Rood ed improper to be ufed to a Court of Jußice. fixed for the 24th of this irritant, February, had been Mr. SHERIDAN Paid, he was a little furprifed deferred to the 14th of April, whereby they were, that the Hon. Gentleman who brought forward the during all that period, disfranchifed of their dative Petition, who had always behaved toward; him in a right, by one of their reprefcntatives being fent out of molt friendly manner, and whole hofpitality he had the country, in his profeflional character, and the partaken of, when he thought it necellary to confult other legal reprefentative being kept out of his feat fo many others, had not given him fome (mall inti by means of a culoprable majority obtained againa mation of its contents. The Noble Lord (Folltitone) him, by which he was prevented from taking his feat: had always done fo in thole he had to prefent againit that Mr. Sheridan, in breach of all law, and in direct him, and had acquainted him with what he was di defiance of a Standing Rule and Order of that Houle, realy accufed of. With regard to the Petitioners, he had tampered with witneiles and by his agents was lure they did not with the Petition to go to a and partifans bad endeavoured get and keep wit- Committee of Privileges, but would rather the Houfe neffes out of the way, and to fuhorn them by threats, (hould rejea it. What did they inlift en ? Only that promifes, and influence—a n d, as f uc h con d u it i s b y the Houfe would take care of and fupport their own the fame Standing Order declared to be a high crime privileges. Whether that had been done in a decent and mifdemeanor, the Petitioners demand and infift, way, he left the Houle to determine. With refpeCt that the Houfe will name an early day to take the to the application to withdraw the Petition, he dif fame into confederation, and proceed againa it with fered with thufe who defired it. If it was right, it that (evenly which fuch conduit deferves ;"—which ought not to b e w ithd ra wn. If w ro ng, it ought having been read, to be rejected , and they fhould fairly fay fo; and the Mr. BIDDULPH raid the Petition had been given Houle did not confult its honour and dignity to en to him with a requeft that he would prefent it, which deavour, by bowing and bending, to coax the Hon. he, thinking it the duty of every Member to facilitate Member to withdraw the Petition. As to hinifelf, he the applications of the People to that Houle, had had from the commencement of this eleetion conceit, promifed to do. He did not, therefote, think himfelf made up his mind to bear the obloquy and abule that anfwerable for ally' thing it contained '; and as there anger, malice,' and difappointment could tuggeft, and were fome exprefG6ns in it which appeared to him hd was defiroai to have every part of his conduct to be ratbcr strong, be had fubrnitted it to five or hs lifted in the molt thorough manner. SLAPS TRAPS COMPENSATIONS. Mr. HIBBERT prefented a petition from the Merchantielan terr, Colonifts, Underwriters, Annuitants, and others interefted In the Welt India Colonies and Trade thereto, praying a compenfa don for the toffee they may fuftain by the Abolition of the Slave Trade. It was read, and ordered to lie on the table ; and Mr. Hibbert gave rotice that he mould, on Monday. the 9th of March, move that the (aid petition be referred to a Committee of this Hosfe. While he was on his legs, be would now aft a queftion of his Majefty's Minifters, touching the fubjedt of compenfation i re lative to which he had yefterday given notice of a motion. He had found, under a former Ael for regulating the Slave Trade, a pre cedent recognizing the principle of compenfatlon : and he hum bly conceived that chore perfons who had purchafed lands in the Weft Indies, as well as others who had been led to adventure in the Colonies upon grants of land from the Crown, for which they haei duly paid the quit rents, and upon which they bad laid out large Sums in expenfive improvement and cultivation, were to the full as proper °Neds for cornpenfation for the loges they mutt be likely to (uftain, and had as ftrong claims upon the juftice of Par liament, as any defeription of perfons who had been confidered tin der the former Adt. He therefore wined to know, if his Ma jelty's Minifters had any objection to admit in the Committee upon the Abolition Bill, a claufe for compenfation to the claire' of perfons whom he bad mentioned Lord HO WICK anfwered, that Ise was not authorized by his Majefty to fignify his confent to any fuck cLaufe ; and having Said fo much, he felt it unneceffary to fay more. or go into any difeuf fion at prefent, upon the propriety or impropriety of acceding to fuch a principle, or of granting Inch compenfatlon. But if, at tome future time, lucks queftion mot pd be brought forward, it would be time enough'tben to entey into it. 1. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sheriffs of London prefented at the Bar two petitions from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Coundl of the City of London ; the one praying leave to bring in a Bill for ren dering more commodious the port of London ; and the other prayink, • ,anAd to amend the Ad of the t 4th of the King, for im proving the Navigation of the Thames, Weft of London Bridge.— Ordered to lie on the table. This being the laft day allowed by the Houfe for receiving pri vate petitions, a raft number were preftnted, praying Bills for Roads, Inclofures, and other local objedts, which occupied nearly two hours in theirreception and readiag. Amongft others, General GASCOYHRprefented one from the Merchants trad ing to Africa, praying a furthtrgrant of 18,cooL to enable them to rapport the dignity of the Crown of Great Britain on the Coat of Africa for the year tBo7, to which Lord TEMPLE having avowed the cogent of his Majefty, it was receive d , and ordered to Ue on the table. Mr. H. THOR NTON prefented a petition from the Sierra Leone Company, praying the ufual grant of 14 pool. for the above potpie &o.—Ordered to lit on the table.