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ILLUMINATIONS. iAPPLETON, Ltvits.tnaker, No. f 2, 'Lod • gato4treet, n..2r St. Paul s—Begs leave to inform his Friends and the Public in general, that they may be fupplicd with any quantity of Morninadon Lamps for Letters, Devices, Yetiowls, &c. on moderate Tams, at the Sandi Notice. Ali farts of improved Patent Lamps.—Great choice of Coach, ChAifc, Gigs, and Stage Coach Lamps. BUCKS. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, A truly defirabk FAMILY HOUSE and LAND, Three Mika from Uxbridge. Five From Wiradfur,•and Seventeen from London. AN eli s ibk Ellate, confining of a good Family Houle, containing an Entrance Hall, Paved eakfalt. ROOM handforne Drawing Room, at feet by ae, Dining Room at by 18, with Cove Cieling, Anti-Room, a Library a 6 by I I, and Rnorn in:nr tby is,Watcr Clete, neat Dairy, ice. On the bra Sr •,:cy are Six good Bed Chambers and Dealing Rooms; and Six eic,P.-rit Attics over ditto, Dandy porta • Three Store R9orns ; Principal and Two Scoacada27 &sir Cafes, good r conveniently fitted up, Scullery, ke. Larder, Ser vants' B:itier's Pantry, Hattekeeper s Room, Dairy, capital Wine, Ale, and 13 , er Cellars, and various convenient Offices. Detached is a Wath -haste and Laundry, tem-hook, Tool cltlchle One% Inure, and Stabling for Eight Horfcs, Court-yard, lkying-ground, capital Kitchen Garden, part walled ami well planted with choice Fruit Trees, Lawns, Piodure Pmidoeks, Farm-yard, with large Barn, Granary, Piggeries, Fowl houfes, and Land, the whole about 12 I Acres; within a fitort dillance of the Grand Insidious Canal, the Royal Hunt, and a Pack of Poi Hounds. May be viewed with Tickets, and Partleolarsto be had of Mr. Robins, Warwick-fireet, Golden -equate. BATH's RESTORATIVE. OR STRENGTHENING FILLS. TO THE PUBLIC. MANY of the Friends of the late SHURMER BATH, of Briltol, who were witneffes of the rswerftl effals of his Reitorative or Strengthening Pills, are defirout fo beneficial a hiediclue Mould be made known to the world. During many years eatenfive pro Ice, the Proprietor forbore to :Pre them publicity, and krupuloufly avoided pecuniary advantage to himfelf or family ; yet their merit is In well known in the city and neighbourhood where he refided, that that there are few of the inhabitants who would not give teftlinooy to their excellence. They are particularly ukful in all complaints to which Fe males are fubjedt. and are peculiarly adapted to the confti tution of Girls of about twelve or thirteen years of age; and far thole young Women who have pallid completions, arc afßidted with Osortnefs of breath, and great reluctance to cur elfe. the'' , pills arc a fpecific ; as they. in a aunt time. reftorc to the Blood its 101 l Craffamenturn, and thereby give the bloom of Health to the pale& cheek. They arc a remedy for all difeafes that originate in the Stomach; the bolt tone of which they fpeedily reftore ; they remove Flatuleneies. expel wind, create an Appetite, and pro mote Digeftlon: They have been found extremely efficacious in Bilious and Hyfterieal complaints, Pains in the Head, Jaundice, and in broken and decayed Conftitutlons, from free living or a variety of other caufes. They have been repeatedly known to cure the Having Cough ; and when given to 'Weakly or Iticketty Children, they rarely fail eft:ding a cure. They are a-irefully prepared by the Family, and fold wiled*. Cale and retail by Bailer and Howell, Wine-ftreet, Briltol ; ago in London, whnkfile and retail, by F. Sink... Dniggift. Hay =whet ; and retail by Darton and Harvey, Greer:church-ft:yet; and William - lark, Confeelloeer, in the Boroughs In Boxes rs. fid. as. lid. and os. ftamps Included. PARLMMENTART PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, APRIL 30. Cooled was heard in continuation in the Appeal of Hogg ro. Thwaltes.--Further proeecellnp put off till Monday. The Royal Affent waa ?:iven by Commilloo to the Malt and Beer Duty Bill, the Affeffed Taxes Bill, the Bank Reftrietion Bill, and a great number of private Ms. The Commiffion ell were, the LOILD CMANCLLLOS, Lord WA.LIIKONAIII, and Lord AUCKLAhD. The Houle having adjourned fume time dodos pleafure, a Committee of Privileget was held in the Robing Roum. Whrn the Loan C ANClt.t.oa returned, the feveral BM on the Table were read in their ftagea,--Adjourned to Monday. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sr accompanied by fcveral of the Members, having been to the Hook of Lords, on his return informed the Houk that the Royal Aleut had been given by Commiffion to feveral public and private Affis. On the motion of Colonel STANLEY, fo much of the Peti tion of the Journeymen Corn° Weavers otLaneaker, Derby, he. as related to the fettkosent of wages between them and their employers, was referred to a Committee.--The Hon. Member Rating that the Petitioners were rmdy to give up that past of the Petition. Mr. M. A. TA sLoa brought in a MU for regulating the mode of ballotdng for Committees on contefted Ekftions. and for the employment of Short Hand Writers, Ike. and Mr. Let= brought in a SU for making certain arrangements In the frith Law Courts.—Thefe Bills were read a tuft sad ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday. The further moldered= of the Report of the Committee an the Clergy Rade= SU was deferred to Tuefday Woolen. Leave was given to Lord Batottavt to withdraw the Elec. lion Treating Ad, and to prefent another in its Read, which he accordingly did—Read a brit and ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday. Mr. ALREANDER brought up the Report of the Committee on the Sager Drawback Bill, which was agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Monday. The Cuwesttoa of the lees seta ea brought In a Bill to enable his Mejefty togrant ant of the Confolidated Fund, a faun not minding tarodol. a year, to his Royal Higlinds the Duke of Soffes, during *afore, and a fintihr one to the Duke of Cambrillge.—Read a MR time. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR Mired whether k was dual to add ▪ during *afore" to rude grants? The Comte LLLLL of she Eitmattima maimed in the affir mative. The Bill was ordered to be read a (mend time= Monday. On the motion of Mr. CORR I, an order was made for the Houk to refolve itkif into a Committee on Monday nest, to molder the frilb Sugar Drawback Ad MY. CORKY obfervetl, that MOW three COMMiESOOM were wanting to fill up the number of thole appointed to carry into &eft the Sinking Fund of Ireland. He therefore moved for kave to bring in a Bill to amend Co much of that Ad as Mated to Commillionemeave given. The Tonnage Duty Bill was read a aka time and paffed. On the motion of Mr. CORRY, the Hook Wolfed Meg into a Committee, to enafider that part f the frith Navigation Art which regulated the fe %men employed in the malting trade: and then agreed to a Adulation ' inftradling the Chairman to move for leave to Lring in a Bill for the better encouragement of kik 'Mariners, in order that tbcy might he put on the fame (noting with thole of Englead.--The report was received, agreed to. and a Bill ordered. Mr. VA N 31TTA IT arena% that the Accounts and Docu ments relative to the Winkled= of the National Debt were not yet T . Lade , nut, and therefore he wiftied to put off :I,e c•nifidera 'tion of the fubjedt tillThurfday nat..--An order to that eff,:tft was smadc. Till LOTTUT. The Houfe having refolved itfelf into a Com. --Mittee of Wars and sneans, TIM CHA%CeLLOIII of the ElCHrityllt Mk to Rate to the Committee the terms upon which the. Lottery for the United Kingdom, ,or the fervice of the piefent year, had been contrgeted for. He f lid, that one of the principal objets of the plan he had to folmit to the Committee, was to pre vent, Ai far as praaicable, the baneful praaice Of inf!:ranc:. This, it wgs fnvpored, would belt be sert+ntsplithed •confolidatiik the Lotteries of , n.gland and Ireland. The iditi was eviden:ly new ; but he allured the Committee it was brought forward after mature deliberation, and frequent confultation with the mole intelligent perfons on the fubjea. It was indeed, at ,firft, apprehended that this projea world be likely to di/courage the bidders, and of courfe melon difad vantage ous terms for the Public, but happily that had nut been the cafe. lf, however, the State had fuffered Tome lot's—as teemed probable—it would nevcrthelefs have been advifable to perfill in an arrangement which afforded Come well-founded profpeas of diminifhing, if not of entirely putting a flop to, low infuranccs ; an evil which was at all times of affiiaing magnitude, but which would be of aggravated magnitude under the prefent circumfiances of the country. It was in fade ' hardly poffible to afcertain the amount of this evil. If he could Rate to the Committee the number of Clerks employed in the different offices for the de partment of infnrance, the feveral expedients pradifed on the ignorant, and the multitude of perfons difpatched through all the low public houfes to allure, to invite, and to decoy, the in duftrious poor into this fpecies of fpeculation, he was certain it would furni(h an irrefiftible argu ment of the neceffity for Come meafure to abridge the operation of a mifchief fo extremely injurious. The difficulty of detecting thefe fraudulent Infu. rance Brokers, arifing in a great 'degree from the hope of profit which (till tempted the infatuated Poor to perfevere, ferved as an encouragement to this praaice, and had hitherto defeated all expe dients contrived to fupprefs it. The contra& be tween the Office-keeper or his Emiffary, and the Infurer, was, that the hitter fhould have a certain fum in cafe a certain ticket fhould be drawn on a particular day—if therefore the Lottery continued forty days, the office-keeper's profits were in pro portion. From this view it appeared that the belt mode was to contraa the time of drawing; and on that confideration it was fettled that the Lot. tery for•the relent year fhould be drawn at three different times, and that at each time the drawing fhould not exceed eight days. Thus it was hoped that the perfons already alluded to would not have fo much room to play upon the ignorant, and drain money from the families of the induftrious poor. It was not conceived advifable to have a feparate Lottery for Ireland on:the former plan ; becaufe as the tickets were more numerous than in the Englith Lottery, the price lower, and the time of drawing more extended than here, the evils he had jolt defcribed, as proceeding from infurance, were found to prevail to a greater amount in that country than even in England.— I.Ta this account the two Lotteries were confo lidated. He was folly aware that Come Gentle men would apprehend, as he in the firft inllance was difpofed hinifelf to fear, that fpeculators would not be fo forward to deal for this Lottery ; not that it could be fuppofed, or was ever futheaed, that the Gentlemen who allay tranfal for the Lottery have any concern in infurances, yet it was reafonable to prefunie, that the difcouragement of that praaice would tend to difcourage Lottery fpeculations, and reduce the value of tickets ; but thofe apprehenfioni would be remcved, when he (fated, that the advantage from this contradt to the Public was confiderable, the profit amounting to no lefs than 55 5,0001. two thirds of which were for the fervice of England, and one third for Ire land, an allowance to the latter certainly not be yond what the was fairly entitled to. He truest) the motions with which he thould conclude would meet the approbation of the Committee, and he earneftly hoped that the plan he had defcribed would be prodative of the happy confequence he was induced to promife himfelf from it. The Right Hon. Gentleman then moved, " That it be the opinion of the Committee, that towards the Supply, &c. there thould be railed by Lottery the thin of 1450,0001. of which simoool. thall be for the fervice of England, and 480,0001. for the fer vice of Ireland. • Mr. CORRY corroborated the arguments of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in favour of this plan, Rating, that feparate Lotteries for England and Ireland had this effeet, that the evil of - infurance for the Irifh Lottery was almoß as extenfive in England, as that for the Engli f h Lottery, and vice , vfffa as to infurance in Ireland, for the Drawing here. The proportion of the profits on the plan before the Committee to be granted to Ireland, was founded upon the moR liberal confideratiiins. The frith Lottery was yearly increafing in value, and that circumltance was fairly efiimated by his Right Hon. Friend in the calculation of this ar rangement. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR raid, that being always ad verfe to the principle of Lotteries, chiefly on ae iionnt of the praCtice of infurances, he felt himfelf %uch gratified, and thought the country would be much indebted to the Right Hon. Gentleman for the introdu+ion of a plan which feemed to promife filch beneficial conlcquences. Some idea might be formed of the extent of the evil of low insurance, from a circumflance he had heard from a refpeßable Banker, namely, that a Lottery- Office Keeper in Wapping, was in the habit of, during the drawing of the Lottery, daily making a lodgment in his bunking-houfe of fitillings and fix pcnces to fuch an amount as was really attonifh ing. The Hon. Member added, that be did not recollal the precile fums, but he knew they were confiderable. Mr. Basiticrom approved the plan. The Motion Was agreed to ; and alto another, that fuch Lottery should conlift of too,ooo Tickets, at 141. tos. each—the drawing to be at th ree different times, Etc.—and the purchafe money to be paid by inailments, the fira tl. tos. on each Ticket, on the 3d of May next. The Houfe re fumed,and the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. . . LIN TO MANVFACTIII.I OF laill4llo. The Houle, on tbc Motion of Mr. Fosrsit, re. folved itfelf into a Committee on the Bill for the better regnkition of the Mei Linen Mantifaeure. Mr. CORRY, (aid, that as the Right Hon. Gen. tleman who introduced this IBM had not gone in fo any liatement of the caulks whirl induced him to bring it forward, it was necolrary for him (Mr. Corry), in the fituation which he had tile honour to hoi.l, to difcbarge certain duties which. in eon feel' nence of that &nation, fell upon him, however unpleafant it might be to his private feelings. The fituation of the Linen Trade, as far as it related to the importation of Flax Seed, was this, that it was to be examined at the Cullum-houfe of the Port into which it was brought, by the Collator of that port, after which, if, upon examination, the feed was found to be good, it was branded by the Colledor as good feed, and fit for ufe. For-' merly there was a bounty upon the Importation of Flax Seed, and it was thought neceffary that this infpedion thould be made, in order that the pub lic money fhould not be given away for bad feed, and alfo to prevent the injury that mull arife to the linen manufature from the ufe of fuch feed. Some time afterwards it was thought proper to take off the bounty given upon the importation of Flax Seed, but it was thought expedient that the Collector fhould Rill examine the feed, and that he thould mark fuch as, upon examination, was found 1 to be good. For this duty the Collator was al-1 lowed to receive 6d. a hoglhead for everyhogthead fo examined and branded ;, but it was remarkable, that the fees were payable only in cafes where the feed was branded ; but when the feed, upon ex amination, was found unfit for ufe, then the Col-1 lator was entitled to no fee whatever. The Col- 1 lectors certainly were not judges of what was, or what was not good feed, and, therefore, they em ployed perfons under them, and the pradice was to give to the perfons fo employed, a part of the fees ; the confequence of this was, that the Col lectors did fo tranfad the bufincfs, (without any bad intention on their parr) that tbofe perfons hut' every temptation to brand whatever feed was (hewn to them. By thefe means great quantities of very bad feed were introduced into the country, and great injury done to the Linen Manufadure. It was true that the Collators did not examine thofe feeds themfelves, and therefore it certainly was impoffible to impute to them the commiffion of any thing that was improper • but Rill it was a fpecies of negligence and omidon. The importation of Flax Seed was very great, and principally into the ports of Dublin, Newry, Belfaft, and Deny; and it was an °Nat of the greateft importance to the country that the molt ftriet examination thould take place upon the importation of the feed. But from the mode in which the bufinefs had been concluded, it became neceffary that Tome other means mould be adopted of examining the. feed. The change which it was propofed by the prefent Bill to make was this, that a perfon employed un der the Linen Board fhould examine the feed imported inked of the Collator at the port, and that the latter Should continue to receive a proportion of the fee paid, and that the remain• der fhould be given to the Infpedor employed by the Linen Board. This was the °hied of the claufe at prefent under confideration, but there were two points of which be thought it his duty to apprize the Committee. He begged leave to Rate, he had the honour of being a Member of the Linen Board for many years, and belonged to a part of the country very much engaged in that manufac ture. He was Pure that he fdt as lively an intereft in the profperity of that manafature is any Gentle man could do, and he did feel that Come change was neceffary in the mode of examining the Flax feed upon its Importation. So far he (poke as a Member of the Linen Board, but be muff now fpeak in his official capacity. In the firft place that duty, which was before clifchaged by an Of ficer of the Crown, it was be no longer performed by him. g?almitted, that the perfon who was entraßed with that duty ought to be confidered as a fervent of the Linen Board, which the Colledor certainly was not ; but at the (ante time that he obferved this on the part of the Manufaturer, it behoved him to obferve that the Crown would be deprived of its patronage, by giv ing this duty to fervants of the Linen Board, in deed of the Collator. In Rating this he wiffied it to be chained) , underftood as by no means wil ling to facrifice the interell of the Manufacturer to the Patronage of the Crown, but he hoped it would be found poffible, at the fame time, to take care of the intereil of the Manufadurer, and not to neglect the other objed which he had alluded to. With regard to that part of the Bill which related to the receiving of fees, he witted to Rate, that though he was in the habits, not only of ac quaintance, but of friendlhip, with many of the Gentlemen who were the objects of this Bill, yet he could not help protefting againll the principle, that men who were no longer to be employed • in the difcharge of a trult, and who were fuppofed by the Bill to have aged improperly, fhould in the fame Bill be made the objeas of (to ufe a word which was perfedly familiar, becaufe it was con netted with moil of the meafures in the Country of which he was (peaking) compenfation. The fe cond point to which he meant to allude was, the amount of the fees to be paid : he felt-it his duty to object to the levying any tax, however final], upon the trade of Ireland, for the purpofe of fuch compenfation. If the fees paid for the difcharge of this duty were too large, they ought to be di miniflied ; if they were not, the perfon who per , formed all the duty ought to have the whole of the emolument p but he certainly fhould oppofe the idea of one perfon doing the duty, and another perfon receiving a proportion of the emo luments; and, therefore, he was bound to oppofe any unneceffery•impofition on the trade of Ireland for fuch a pnrpofe, however fmall. He had faid, that he was in the habits of private friendthip with moll of the Gentlemen who were the objects of this Bill, but he would never facrifice his public duty to his private feelings, and, therefore, he thought it neceffiery to make this ftatement to the Committee, who, be had no doubt, would require further information before they proceeded thus to take this patronage out of the hands of the Crown. But he hopectthat a mode might be devifed of ac cotntdifhing_ both there objects in a fatisfadory manner. He witted to avoid raying any thing that could hart the feelings of any perfon, and therefore it was a delicate tubjeft for him to fpeak upon ; but he could not be fatisfied with this Claufe, and therefore thould propofe to fill it up in a way that would not render it liable to the objections he bad urged. Si Gloats' Hits, faid, be had been much afick. flitted at the ftaterittrat which had been made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland, a nd he was induced to fuppofe, by that flatement, that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not read the law upon this fubjeft, or that having read i t , h e did not under ft and it. He had taken it for gr ant . ed that there officers, the Colleaors, had b een guilty of negligence in the difcharge of their du ty; but of this negligence there was not the flightea proof before the Houle, and it was the duty Of th e Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland, in his office, to proteft there Colleflors, who were officers o f t h e Crown, who had faithfully and honealy difcharged their duty. This was the firft time he had ever heard a flatement of this kind made againft perfons in the employment of Government, without any inquiry, any document, or any proof whatever to eftablifli the affertion. The Right Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exche. chequer for Ireland, had faid, it was the duty of the Colleaors thenifelves to infpeft the feed be. fore they branded it. This was not the cafe : they were only bound by law to Idea three perfons to examine the quality of the feed, and make a cer tificate upon their report ; and until fuch exami. nation has taken place, the Colleaor is liable to a penalty of col. it he brands a hogfhead of feed. This Bill, he faid, propofed to fubftitute, in the place of the Colleaors, an Officer only of the Linen Board. This,. the Hon. Member faid, he difatsproved, becaufe he thought the judgment of three perfons better than that of one; and even this Bill, as a perfeftion of regulation, had re. courfe at Taft to the very mode employed under the old Law, namely. that of fwearmg perfons to esamine it. He thought it right to apprize tic Committee, that he was nearly related to one Gen tleman employed in this office of Colleaor, and he would take upon himfelf to fay, it had been faithfully and honeftly difcharged. He mulled then, that the Houfe of Commons would not, without proof or examination, take away tie em ployment, and cenfure the conduit of any perfnn employed under the Crown.—For thefe reafons, he moved, " That the Chairman do report progrefs." The Right Hon. Joffe FOLTZ a raid, he fhould not take up much of the time of the Committee, becaufe the Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland had,by his flatement, acknowledged fome meafure of this kind was neceffary. By the Law of Ireland, Col. leaors were ordered to examine the Flax Seed im ported, and they were to receive for that exami nation W. for every hogfhead. The Linen*Board had no Officer to infpeft the feed on its impOrta. tion, but they had Infpeftors in every Port who were brought up to the bufinefs; and were tho roughly acquainted with it. The immediate cit.- cumftances which led him to introduce this Bill, he would date to the Committee. A very fhort time ago, 2000 hogfheads of Flax Seed had been imported into Ireland, and, upon examination there, it was ordered tb be re-expoited, as it was bad, and unfit for ufe : this Seed was imported into Ireland, and every hogfhead of it was exa mined, and branded as good ; the confequence of which was extremely injurious to the Linen Ma. nufaaure, and it became neceffary for the. Linen Board to do fomething upon the bufinefs, and they fent their Infpeaor into different parts of the Country, but all their efforts were una u vailat s and the greateft complaints were made by in the - Linen Trade , of the injury they f ed by the ufe of bad Seed. He did not niaan to throw any imputation on the charaaer of the colleaon, becaufe he believed they aced without any bad in. tendon, but the faa was, they did not underßand the bufinefs, and they were obliged to employ in. terefted perfons, who certainly branded the hog. (heads without fufficient examination. He did not think it right by this to take away the money from the Colledors, becaufe they had not been guilty of any intentional mifcondua. The only object was to proted the Linen Manufacture from the injurious confequeoceswhich refulted from import. in had Seed. - The Cuamcattoa of the Meat swim thought the Houfe fhould have tome information of the grounds upon which this arrangement was thought neceffary, before they proceeded further in this Bill. Sir GEORGE HILL obferved that the Colledors were not bound to examine, but only to Ammon a Jury, who were (worn to examine. Mr. Forrta laid, it was not the practice to fwear the perfons who were fummoned to examine. He thought it neceffary to date, in judification of him felt, after what had been Paid, that he held in his hand a Refolution of the Linen Board of Ireland, founded upon the report of their Infpeaorrreneral, Rating that a great quantity of bad Flar.feed had been introduced into the country, which had been branded as , which Refolution exprefsly dated that a Bill ffl o il i d be offered to Parliament to re• mcdy the evil. Upon this Refolution the Bill was founded, and he had no objeCtion to the Gentlemen on the Treafury Bench moulding it as they *alas fo as the Bill was fuffered to pats. The CHANCELLOR of the Excnropsa faid, there was no neceffity for the Right Hon. Gentleman to fay any thing in judificauon of his own conduit, the Right Hon. Gentleman was polfeffed of infor mation, which to him was a folid ground of pro ceeding. The Houle, however, was not in poffeP fion of that information, and be thought the better way would be to inftitute a previous inquiry, in order that they might be poffeffed of all the infor• mation which could be obtained upon the fulled. Perhaps the document from the Linen Board might be all that would be neceffary, but it was need fary that the Houk fliould be in poffeffion of it, as it might be on an early day. for be was de fi rous that the Bill fhould pals. With refpelt to the Col- Mors, he thought, that by taking away a part of their Duty in the way which was propofed by this Bill, a legiflative imputation of negled was thrown upon them. Mr. Fos:ta obferved, that the document alluded to might be immediately laid before the Houfe. The COUNCILLOR of the Excnsoyse laid, that was not the regular way to lay papers before the Houfe; there mutt be an older made for the pup pole, and he thought it would be better for the Committee to report progrefs, and afk leave to St again. Mr. Baaastoao faid s he admitted that much