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"'• I'dißLldillfENTAßr PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MAY S. Ina Welt Of Error, from the Exchequer Chamber, " Hearo 'v. Cede, Clerk," Mr. Edward Lawes was beard ft* the Plaintiff,l and Mr. Abbott for the Defendant iu Error.—ludgmeniaiermed l with sti 10 cans. in the course of 'remarking upon this cause, the LORD CHANCZLLOR observed, upon the brin g i ng f Appeals and Writs of Error, merely for delay, and expressed an anxiety that It might not br understood that the House, in ordering the new tqgulatious for hearing causes at tell o'clock in the morning, three days a week, in the order they stood in the paper, would mot also, according to their ancient custom, take any cause out 0f its turn, where it appeared to be brought up to the House merely for delay. Were they not to do this, the new regulation, instead of being a benefit, would be a great evil, Inasmuch as it would encourage persons, merely for the purpose of delay, to bring their appeals and writs of error. He, therefore, wished it to be distinctly understood, that parties, in appeals and writs of error, must be always ready to appear at the bar; and that the absence of a Counsel who had signed errors, would not be deem sod a sufficient excuse for net having other Counsel to attend. The Southwark Bridge Bill was read a second time, and com "pitted. _ The oaths were administered to Lord CALTHOE re. Petitions for facilitating the intt oduction of Christian know ledge Into India, were presented by the Earl of Coves:Teo, trom Worcester; the Earl of Livgaroog from Glasgow and War/gate ; the Marquis of BUCKINGHAM, f romi Aylesbury; Lord iGamaila, from the Church Missionary Society, Haddington lind Preston Kirk; Earl SPENCER, from the county of North: tompton, and a number of Baptists in Northampustishire • the Marquis of LANSDOWNE hunt Caine and Ramsey; the E arl of . CARDIOAN, from Chipping Wytomb; and Lord BOEINGDON, from Plymouth—ordered to lie on the table: as also, a Petition presented by the Earl of Cat.snow, from the Protestants of the county of Tyrone, praying for securities against foreign itiluenee In admitting the claims of the Catholics. Mr. Irving, from the Customs, presented ED Account of Dudes son Goods imported from India —Ordered to lie on, the table. A Loal Bill was brought up from the Commons, by Mr. VpuriaLe and ethrr Members, and read a furst time. On the motion of the Earl of Daesmair, an Address was Ordered to tbe Prince Regent, praying for copies of the proceed ings of the Court Martial, for the trial of the Oilsers of his lklajesty's late ship Java APPEALS AND WRITS 07 ERROR* The Report of the Committee recommending 4 regulation for hearing Appeals and Writs of Error on Mondays, Wednes days, and Fridays, from ten o'clotk in the morning, till a guar ter before four in the afternoon, was taken into consider.tion, esnd on the motion of Lord WALSINGUAM. the proposed regu aation w.ts made a Standing Order. Adjourned till so-morrow (this di)), HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. HERBERT postponed his motion (or the 15th Report of %le Nay..l ittvisam Commissioners, from Tuesday to Thursday Mr. CANNING presented two Petitions from certain Cotton ~ ,figents and Merchants; one playing 1 repeal of that part of tlr Act of the ISd of the King, which allowed the importation of gurrun from countries with whom we are at war, in neutral yes vela ; the °leer, praying to prevent the introduction of American cotton diking the war. _ _ General MATHEW presented a Pet'tion from the Debtors in Ike gaols of Dobliu, praying for relid by the Insolvent Act. Mr. ROSE krot.glit in a Bill to relieve the ship Owners of Great Britain, which was read a first time. _ _ The Ardglass Harbour Bill was read a second time, and orderr to be read a third time on Wednesda). The Insolvent Bill was ordered to be-committed on Monday Mr. GRANT was excused attendance for one month, on ac count of illness. Leave of ahicncs was given to Mr. HaVrritoaNx. The Irish Palish Church Bill was read a second time. The Irish Cetcon vi as ordered to be committed next Monday. Mr. BARING put of Lis motion respecting American Cap tures till Wednesday. Mr. C. JOHNS I ONE moved for certain Paper; respecting Army Accounts, which were granted. COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS. The CHANCELLOR .of the EXCHEQUER expressed his satisfaction at the great eagerness which had been shewn by the public, in the operation by which twelve millions of Exchequer Bills were funded in one day, when a much greater amount might also have been negotiated. Many parties made farther taffers, but it was not thought advisable to fund more than twelve millions in the 5 per cents.: but if it were ',roper to fund more, it was desirable to do so, in some other stock, making some arrangement for the 'parties who had already made offers. lie had waited for some time, in order to judge of the steadiness of the funds; and he had the satisfaction of finding, that from the first moment of the original proposition scarcely any apparent fluctuation bad occurred. At period like the present, when very important events were to be expected, it was not politic to hasten a loan ; since, if events were favourable, the contrac tors might reap too much advantage; and if not so,' both they and the public would suffer. As no stock bad been created in the 4 per cents. for a considerable time, be thought it the most eligible for the opera 'ion of funding. Last Wednesday a communication, eras made upon this subject. The Stocks had fallen for one day only, and then had risen to the former , level. A bargain, therefore, might be made favour able both to the parties and the public. An oppor tunity was also afforded of raising a sum of money by Debentures, which he should propose, to the armunt of three millions, and to fund double that sum in the per cents. The class of the first subscribers de served favour, and the arrangements were proposed to enable them to subscribe double the amount otiheir Debentures. He then moved the following Resolutions : Resplved--That a further :arm not exceeding .C3,0Ct1,000, be raised by Debentures. Resolved-1 hat Books be opened at the Bank of England., on the 4th, sth, and bth days of May, 1813, and that any person be tt liberty to subsea ibe for such Debentures, and to pay a deposit If 15 per centum on such Flllll as he shall loose to subscribe, on ir before the 6th day of May, with the Chief Cashier of the Go regnor and Company of the Bank of England. 1 hat it is the opinion of this Committee, that every person in erested in, or entitled unto any Exchequer Bills, dated between let' sat day of March, 1812, and the 91st day of March, 1818, Kith inclusive, who shall, on either of the said days, make a like kposit on such suns as be shall choose to subscribe, for such De ten tures as aforesaid, with the said Chief Cashier, shill be m isled to receive from the said Ca:hier a certificate to the Pay nasters of Exchequer Bat., which certificate gall state nume ically the order in which such subscriptions shall be made, and he amouni,theitof, ard than entitle such person or persons to leliver in such Bills to the said Paymasters on the 7th dr.y . of Slay, 111113, in the same order, to the amount of Zouble the sum ilbscnbed by ouch persons respectively for such Debentures. That the several persons who applied to the Paymasters of Fr lugger Bills, in pursuance of a Rtcolution of this House, of the st day of April, 1813, to subscribe 'their Exchequer Bills, and ecetved 'I ickets from the said Paymaster, but who were not hen permitted to subscribe the same, In consequence of the sum sol.osed to be funded at that time having been completed, be !so permitted io delver re the said Paytuasters ou die Bth a y of May, 181; Exchequer Bills of the description before nouned. That the several holders of receipts for Debentures, subscribed ar under the Resoli.euns pt this House, of the Ist slay of April, 813, be al+o permitted to deliver to the Paymasters of Excite s:a Bails, an o.e Mk day of May, 1813, Exasevier Bills of th, sisesiptions Lefore-manstinned, to double the ariasynt of the prin ipal urns contained on such debentures. Illsat row Exxles34er X.ilis t so the assettut pf six 111 ons, idt Vii! le isillifed In by tile iwert Ls 0 poem before...medalled. to the Parameers of dm alialese 11,84 any other person or persona shall, tad may be at liberty% les Prier to the said Paymasters, on the Uth day of Mg, l ln, Sas of the description before-mentioned, to complete the said atm of his millions. That every such person tie persons eirdeUelering in Exchequer' Bills as aforesaid, shall have in exchange for the same from the ' Paymasters of Exchequer Bills, a certificate or cerdficates so the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, expressing the principal sum contained in such Bills, which certificate or certi ficates shall enable such person or persons for every AlllO prin cipal money contained therein, to the sum of £139 Capital Stock in Annuities, after the rate of £4 per centers per annum, to commence from the Ist day of April, 1819, and to be added to, and made one joint stock with, the X 4 per centum Annuities consolidated by the Acts of the 20th and 91st years of his present Majesty, and by several such subsequent Acts, and to be payable and transferable at the Bank of England, at the same time, and in the same manner, and subject to the Uke redemption as the said £4 per cent um Annuities; and the interest bathe Exchequer BWs to be delivered in as aforesaid, shall be paid in money to the 20th day of May, 1812. That every such contributor for Debentures shall, on or be fore the 6th day of May, 1813, make a deposit of £l5 per cen t= with the Chief Cashier of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, as a security for making the future pay meats en or before the days or times hereinafter inendoned, that is to say, Al 5 per centum, on or before the 21st day of May next. Al 6 per centum, on or before the lath day of June next. £2O per centum, on or before the 16th day of July next. .215 per centum, on or before the 27th day of August next. 4210 per centum, on or before the 24th day of September next. £lO per centum, on or before the 29th day of October next. That every such contributor who shall pay in the whole of his or her contribution money at any time on or before the 2Sd day of September, 1813, shall be allowed an interest, by way of dis count, after the rate of A 4 per cent. per annum, on the sum so advanced, for completing his or her contribution, respectively, to be competed from the day of completing the same, to the 29th day of October, 1813. t every such contributor, as well as the several persons who have subscribed for debentures, pursuant to the said Rese talon of this House of the Ist of April, 1813, shall, for every £lOO contributed and paid, be entitled to a debenture of AlOO, to be dated on the Sth day of April, 1813, transferable by in ' dersement, bearing interest at the rate of AS per centum, per annum, payable half-yearly at the Bank of England, on the sth day of and the 10th day of October, the principal suns contained in such debentures to be payable in money on the sth day of April, 1815, and on the Sth of April in any succeeding year during the coatinuance of the war; when the interest will cease, on the parties entitled thereto giving three months notice in writing to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng land of their intention to receive the same, or shall be paid off in money on the sth day of April next succeeding It months af ter the ratification of a definitive Treaty of Pease; but the hol ders of such Debentures shall, in either ease, have the option an the Sth April, or lath October, in any year, until the same shall be paid ateording to the said Resolution of this House (on giving 14 days notice in writing as aforesaid) to receive for each Alan principal money contained in such Debenture; either AIGO capi. tai Stock in Annuities, after the rate of AS per centum per an num, to be added to and made one joint Stock with the ses per Centum Annuities, created by Acts made in the 24th and 25th years of his present Majesty, and 'event subsequent Acts for granting Annuities to satisfy certain Navy Victualling Transport Bills, Ordnance Debentures, and Exchequer Bills, or £l2O ca pital Stock in Annuities, after the rite of £4 per centum per annum, to be added to and made one joint Stock with the said £4 per Centuni Annuities, or £l5O capital Stock in the Annul ties after the rate2f £3 per Centum per Annum, to be added to and made one joint Stock with certain Annuities after the rate of £3 per Centum per Annum, which were reduced from 44 to .e 3 per Centum, by an Act made in the 23d year of his late Majesty, and to be payable and transferable at the Bank of Eng land, at the sante time, and in the same manner, and subject to the same redemption as the said Three per Centum Reduced Annuities. 1 hat the interest nn the said JE4 per Centum Annuities. and on the said Xs per Cent= Annuities, shall commence from the sth day of April, when such debentures shall become payable as aforecatd, and the interest on the said per centum annuities from the sth day of January preceding. Some conversation occurred between Mr. FREMANTLE and the CHANCELLOR of the Iscuegita respecting the compara tive returns of ths unfunded debt. Mr. O'HARA moved fur an Account of the Funded Debt of Great Britain —Agreed to. those pob ts. lAn •ecount deed Lord Arden to hold, on the 14th of February, 1812, 4146,000, and on Ja. unary 12, 1813, 4182,000 in Exchequer Bills. Could any Gentleman rest satisfied witlrMr. Rose's regula tions, after seeing this result ? (Near, hear.) Another paper stated these sums not to be the result of merely short litigations. In the Registrar's Office there were also various small sums, some under 4100 unclaimed, but making in the whole a large sum. He under stood they were not included in the return. They were not likely to get one of Court, where some of them had been since 1777; they amounted now to above 493,000.. The principles on which this Office was regulated were objectionable, and it was desir. able to give the navy the benefit of these unclaimed monies after a certain period. Mr. ROSE saki, there was little of that last sum that might not be claimed at any time. The Report of the Committee was ordered to be received on Friday next. APPRENTICES. Mr. ROSE adverted to the Petition he presented the other day, which was signed by above 800 mas ers and 13,000 journeymen in London ; and by 1,154 masters and 17,517 journeymen in the country; making above 32,000 in all. The policy of the system began in Edward 111. Some had doubted the effects of the law, deeming all restrictions inju rious to commerce: others considered the want of restrictions more dangerous, and contended that the present system had encouraged habits of industry.— The Courts had, in general, narrowed the spirit and application of the restrictions. He thought that if the existing law was not to be enforced, it ought to be amended or repealed. A petition signed by such a number of tradesmen, was deserving the most at tentive consideration. He should therefore move, that the Petition, and the prayer of it, should be re ferred to a Committee. Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW allowed that the number of signatures to the Petition entitled it to a respectful consideration. As to the allegations of the Petition, he thought it very extraordinary that the Petitioners should really expect that Parliament would allow them : o bring actions upon this statute, against whom th9r pleased, well-founded or ill-founded, without being subject to costs in case of failure. From his experience in a certain judicial situation, he could say, and he believed that he might appeal to all his professional friends about him, for confirmation of his statement, that he never knew any indictment brought under this statute except against a person of great skill and acquirements.. The preamble of the Act stated its object to be, " to prevent the introduc tion of unskilful workmen :" and yet no indictments were ever brought against unskilful workmen, but only against very skilful and ingenious men. Mr. GIDDY said, that he should not vote for the Committee, if he did not think it likely That the reso lution they would come to would be directly contrary to that which was expected by the Petitioners. He certainly did entertain great doubts, whether in the present state of the commercial world there was any use in those apprenticeships, although they might have been necessary in the infancy of commerce. It frequently happened, that a young man had not a talent for the particular business to which he had been bound an apprentice, and was yet possessed of other talents, by the exercise of which he might obtain a most respectable subsistence. It appeared to him a cruel hardship to fetter the minds and limbs of men, so as to prevent their obtaining a subsistence by the fair exercise of their talents and of their limbs. As to what was said of Corporate Rights, obtained by apprenticeship, he thought that made it the less ne cessary to add penalties. If those corporate rights, however, were to be considered of real value, he thought it a great hardship that they could not be obtained in any other way than by serving appren ticeship. Mr. BUTTERWORTH stated an instance, with in his own knowledge, of a very skilful workman, who could not get employment in London, from a general cont jacy against him among those who had served apprenticeships. After some farther conversation, the Petition was referred to a Committee. el" In ,tie *NOW of th• gall +Elf ladfeied, ad eetnreitie beck wish the [donned w me, that the 'Whit was ally listen the roc ks which she was thrown by the gale of die InPrttiornaligtlting, theandArethattllntr'screwraddvererewags"econtinpletdybmudreplaaSeiredr": 1 1 1 we tte with a v f ati re: la b ig raLe veNe , and 4)1 ortadelletadallwacrldeu.w:nle.ficrchirew;ii:iecerw.mi.ahmiteng;:dot:lcomvbutoo:htulacKacn;:fteerfer:iprooc:7re.. Al noon we were all clear ; the sail in sight was discovered to be f tth a c r oap es trigat ein h t: es giagervel e ing 9 o, aß hiai n ivig i m p er . ,4 " ,t e ont t ul herego t m i q i e l u s rnese t tl en li t tle o h Fa f es e opfn a ß uehma in u ris b pn is s : kig ue ' haut-Cilly, svbecorantanded the Rubies boat, requested that he might remain on board with his boat's crew, during the eity ge . meat, which request i granted him. As sum as I had set sail, I hauled upon the wind ua the starboard tack, the enemy follow. ing at a short distance on the same tack, and Avicb the same sa I set as the Arethuse bad. Being obliged to bear up on acceunt of the banks, the enemy imitated my manoeuvre; and I hay:: I ,f all sails, he did the same. We were thus ruaaing large x; 11% 4 + - fine breeze at S. S. IL, mad I was not long in perceiving IL! 1 i gained on the English frigate, and I even reckoned on attack. • her In the conrse of the night, when a thick fog caused sue to Its sight of her. On the next day, the 7th, we were at about et leagues to the eastward of the Isles de Los. It was almost calm, and I did not get sight of the enemy's frigate till about eleve n o'clock. I stood towards her, and she made off watt all sails ' - but whether the Arethuse sailed better th an s h e did, or whethes she made some manceuvre to let us come up with her, at sunset I found myself nearer to her than on the preceding evening : the breeze continued increasing, and at ieven o'clock the enemy re. solved on attacking us, and bore down on our bow ; I waited ter him, and at 71, we were within pistol shot of each other, und e r our topsails, with a small breeze from the east, and fine, clear, moonlight weather; and we had not as yet fired a shot. " I commenced the firing by a discharge of my whole bread side, which was immediately returned by the enemy. A Cameo engagement theta took place, in which oar vessels seemed to be ' Joined by a column of smoke. We had been foul of each other for several minutes, and dosing an hour and an half we had not been more than a pistol-shot off each other. Meanwhile our fil u appeared to me to surpass that of the enemy, and at the close of as hour and an half, our superiority seeming to me sufficiently certain to endeavour to board him, I hauled on the wind, but the braces and bow-lines being cut to pieces, both fore and mfr, by the enemy's shot, It was not possible foe me to get any closer to him. The enemy, on his aide, made more sail. His fire, which hadtnearly ceased, became brisker, when be bad opened our dis tance, and did considerable damage to our rigging. At eleven o'clock the fire ceased on both sides. We were no longer in good condition, and the enemy, crowding all sail, abandoned the field of battle to us. I bad nothing more at bean than 0 have the necessary work done for making oil, Mulles upon a wind, and pursuing our reantage. The Arethase had suffered enormously 40 men killed outright had been thrown Into the sea during the engagement ; 99 men, grievously wounded, were down in the Surgeon's birth; and, escepting the Master Carpenter, all my Naval Officers were killed or wounded: sash men as were only slightly wounded bad not quitted their pow. or had returned to them, after having theft. wounds dressed; and in the midst of this scene of carnage, the fourth part of the crew Wt wished only for recommencing the attack. It was calm the whole night, welch we passed in repairing the ship. At break of day the enemy was lying to the southeast of us, et about a league and a ball steL. tance, standing to the southward with all sail set, with a light breeze from the north-east. I then occupied myself solely with the fate of Captain Olivier whom I bad left with his crew on the Ides de Los ; for which is ? ands I shaped my course, tired got eight of them the next day, being the 9th. " In the afternoon we got sight of a three-masted ship coming out from thence. I judged it to be the Serra, and passed the night in standing off and on. It proved, Weed, to be that vessel. I pined her In the morning of the 10th. Captain Ottvlca, with his whole crew, were on board her. He bad embarked in this prize as I bad advised him, atter having destroyed the remains of the pubis, which It was found impossible to get afloat again, He was making his passage for France, notwithstanding all the risks and confinement attending a long voyage, with SOD nien on board a vessel ot AO tons leurtheu, in bad condition, and very badly provisioned. l'his worthy and unfortunate Captain and his curupanions saw us again with inexpressible joy, which the happiness of our being useful to them caused us to pat take of is a still more lively degree. I took half the Rubies crew on board the Arethuse, and took the Berra in tow until we reached the La titude of Madeira. There I took on board every thing out of that vessel, and then destroyed her, as she retarded my voyage. " I passed several days in cruising off the Azores, where I fill in with two flags of truce, which were carrying the crew of the Java frigate to England; I chased several English corvettes, which, however, I could not come up with. On the 10th I en. tared St. Melon, having only ten days' provisions left. In the course of any cruise I have taken 16 of the enemy's vessels. I have every reason to be satisfied with the zeal and prcereu in instruction made by those of our conscripts who now made their first campaign; and I cannot bestow sufficient praise on the OES - masters, and seamen of all classes composing the ship's company. They have all rivalled each other sn slew proofs of their courage and devotion under all circumstances; and the abi lity with which I have been seconded by the officers is superior to any eulogium I can bestow on them. " A true Retract. (Signed) " The Minister of Marine, Duke Dec alts.* PARIS, APRIL 96. EXTRACT OF A LETTER Moil MADRID, APRIL 8, 1813. " Since the Bth of March, the whole Goverment of Cadiz is changed. The liberal party has gained the ascendancy over the servile : the former is the enemy of the English, and we have also a third party there. The misunderstanding between the English and the insurgents has become very great. The English were desiroui that all the officers of the Spa. ‘ nish army should be English, and there has been the greatest desertion of both officers and soldiers. 't The Serrama de Ronda, and the greater part of Gallicia, are in insurrection against the governing authorities of Cadiz. In Andalusia great discontent prevails. The inhabitants unwillingly suffer the heavy exactions made on them in money, effects, and especially in men. The latter all return to us after having been carried off by force. " The Spanish Army of Andalusia, commande4 by the Duke del Parque, badly clothed, ill paid, without military discipline, and without confidence in its Chiefs, is not in a condition to make any effort, nor even maintain itself against a French corps d'ar. mee of 5 or 6000 men." [The Moniker of the 26th of April, contains, under the head 'Army of Arragon,' a letter from the Duke of Albufera to the Minister at War, dated San Felipe, April 3, and giving an account of several small skir. meshes between the French troops and the Spanish patriotic bands, in which it is boasted, that the French were always succeuful, killing several of their enemies and sometimes taking 9 or lu prisoners. A kind of postcript to this letter contains an account of an at. tempt made on the castle of Moro by Baron d'Eroles and Villacampa, which, it is said, was frustrated by the arrival of a column of 3500 men, sent by the Duke of Albufera, which forced the insurgents of Catalu nia to repass the Ebro, and set the castle of Moro en tirely at liberty. The loss of the enemy before Fort Mom, it is said, WAS three officers, and 4.0 Serjeauts and soldiers, killed or wounded:] The same Paper, under the head Army of Poi tn. gal, also contains a letter to the Minister at War irons Count keine, Commander ot the Army of Portugal, dated Valladolid, April 3, giving an account that the company of Chasseurs of Zamora, under the coal mand of Captain Florian, surprised the band of Pu chas, called the Hussars of Segovia, and consisting of 63 horsemen. Captain Florian, it is said, killed 15, and took 36 prisoners, with 43 horses.] NUREMBERG, APRIL is. The different French and allied corps which were I scattered iIIFOUShOIIf Franconia, 'ut . 'Thuringia, and . .., I 1111111.11 , IN , • - .. .. , / - , - .. .. , •• , • M 1.14 /1:41: 1101 .1 them points. !An account seated Los'd Arden to hold, ; d In the tetettbe at the gall Of 1 011140 d, ed martini desi to ac n u t ri ac r let dap a l i o the 14th of Febroarb 18129 4146,00° ' and on jag. I l ame is k er ib the n th i tt ri L o it a ttatwinhfiraldhkershearel7wuw, eretthilartOgwaotheeebecayuthebiboants Was gale u t ef ° s lfie l : ~ may be at lbsitytelio. °II In Pr tt i orning, the Antinee's rudder was completely repaired . -• t h d ay ti 'Ag o imam s attar, 1 2,1818, 4182,000 in Exchequer Bills. Could .. o COMplete 'db. stun any Gtndeman rest satisfied witlrMr. Rose% regula. 1 skins, after seeing this result ? (Near, hear.) Another I w il:wi Pereei th aviedrest large breeze v el , 2 8 4:d t 4)1 windward , made ail clear sv L i hr a comin g bees I I At noon we were all clear ; the sail in sight was discovered to b Hislivelles ht &Alai" paper stated these sums not to be the result of merely , 1 pa for the same from the up. At this time the Rubies long-boat came f et ra Irae or rerrierares so s h e short lityptions. In the Registrar's O ffi ce there were a meats, and not more than half a league distance ; the be 7: r England, expressing the also various small sums, some under £lOO Unclaimed, freshening et then give him as the enemy was nearing me, whom I had tar: which certificate or certi- but making in the whole a large sum. He under- Captain Olivier, to request some pumps, bat which I could ter ma for every .e lOO Pin' stood they were not included in the return. They um of £139 Capital Stockien go In match of h s skip'. crew. Eu.itn Dt . r cement per annum, to were not likely to get one of Court, where some of t or " t. s g e ' andlt 'taut-a-illy, sehecornmanded the Rubies boat, requested that li, 1819, and to be added to, them had been since 1777; they amounted now to might remain on board with his boat's crew, during the vivo.. .4 per cement Annuitie s above 495,000.. The principles on which this Office meat, which request i granted him. As scum as I had set sail , I d id 81st years of his present was regulated were objectionable, and it was d es ir- hauled upon the wind un the starboa r d tac k, the enemy follow. II it Acts, and to be payable id, at the same time, and able to give the navy 6.: I the benefit of these unclaimed tag at a short distance on the sam e t ac k, an d Av i c b tin: earn , I set as the Arethuse bad. Being obliged to bear up on account of se uk„ e d empt i on as t h e monies after a certain period. the banks, the enemy imitated my manoeuvre; and I hay:: -.f b i interest In the Exchequer Mr. ROSE saki, there was little of that last sum a ll sai l s , h e did t h e same. We were thus raising large v. l'i , , 4 f'fine breeze at S. S. 11., and I was not long In perce i ving tt.ei 1 b shall be Peld to money to t h at m i g h t not b e c l a i me d at any t i me . i gained on the English frigate, and I even reckoned on attack. . gi The Report of the Committee was ordered to be . C ebentures shall, on or be- her In the course of the night, when a thick fog caused sue to too . received on Friday nett. sight of her. On the next day, the 7th, we were at about ee I deposit of 4E15 per een- overnor and Company of APPRENTICES. kigues to the eastward of the Isles de La. It was almost cArt, r making the future pay- M r . ROSE a d verte d to t h e P et i t i on h e presente d and I did Rot get sight of the enemy ' s frigate till about ekvC a o'clock. I stood towards her, and she made oft watt all sails; " hereinafter alead°44 the other day, which was signed by above 800 mas- i but whether the Arethuse called better than she did, or whether wrs and 13,000 journeymen in London •; and by Ist day of May next. she made some ma uvre to let us come up with her, at sunset 1 ttla day of June next. 1,154 masters and 17,517 journeymen in the country; I myself nearer to her than on the precedi ng even i ng: the sth day of July next. making above 32,000 in all. The policy of t h e breeze continued increasing, and at ieven o'clock the enemy re. Tth day of August next. system b egan i n Ed war d 111 . Some had doubted solved on attacking us, and bore down on our bow ; I waited fdr I 1 th day of September next. him, and at 71, we were within pistol shot of each other, und e r ith day of October next. the effects of the law, deeming all restrictions inju- • our top sails, with a small brene from the east, and fine, clear, ill pay in the whole of his rious to commerce: others considered the want of moonlight weather; and we had not as yet fired a. shot. ! OD or before the std day restrictions mo r e dangerous, an d conten d e d t h at t h e i. I commenced the f i ring by a discharge of my whole bread- n Interest, by way of din- side, which was immediately returned by the enemy. A furious present system had encouraged habits of industry.— engagement theta took place, in which oar vessels seemed to be general, narrowed the spirit an d , tr annum , °a the Main so The Courts had, in :ontribution, respectkely, Joined by a column of smoke. We had been foul of each tuber sting th e s am e, to the seals application of the restrictions. He thought that if , for several minutes, and dosing an hour and an half we bad not the existing law was not to be enforced, it ought to I been more than a pistol-shot elf each other. Meanwhile our file II as the several Persons be amended or repealed. A petition signed by such appeared to me to surpass that of the enemy, and at the close of ursuant to the said Res,- an hour and an half, our superiority seeming to me sufficiently 11, 1813, shall, for every a number of tradesmen was deserving the most at- certain to endeavour to board him, I hauled on the wind, but the tentive consideration. He should therefore move, braces and bow-lines being cut to pieces, both fore and aft, by to a debenture of £lOO, 1.813, transferable by in- that the Petition, and the prayer of it, should be re- the enemy's shot, it was not possible foe me to g et an y c l oser to eof ,Be. per centum, per ferred to a Committee. him. The enemy, Guilts aide, mode more sail. His fire, which I of England, on the sth Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW allowed that the number badmearly ceased, became brisker, when he had opened our dis- ober, the principal sums of . tance, and did considerable damage to our rigging. At eleven able In money on the sth signatures to the Petition entitled it to a respectful • o'clock the fire teased on both sides. We were no longer in good April in any succeeding consideration. As to the allegations of the Petit ion, condition, and the enemy, crowding all sail, abandoned the fiel♦ r; when the interest will . he thought it very extraordinary that the P et i t i oners o f b att l e to us. I had nothing more at heart than 0 have the tieing three months notice , .1,,...1,1 --it— --w... .5.... se....l:_—_—. ..... -.I _I _I 1 ..............• .......i. A.... C.... ..... ........:1 S.--.ll_ . ADMIRALTY REGISTRAR. In the Committee, Mr. H. MARTIN moved some amendments. He wished to know if it WAS intended to discuss the question then, or on the Report ? Sir S. ROMILLY said the Bill proceeded on the ground of great abuses in this office, injurious to sui tors, and prejudicial to the course of public justice. Two years ago, a Bill on this matter was brought in, and the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, though a reversionist of the Registrarship, considered it proper to reform the office, the sums placed in the hands of the officer being immense. It was inconsistent to postpone the discussion to a late stage of the Bill. He was concerned to see the measures proposed by his Learned Friend excite so little interest in the House. Mr. ROSE said, the sums in question arose from prizes condemned in Courts abroad, and rendered the subjects of appeal here. There might be some few instances of money paid in by order of the High Court of Admiralty. Agents, by giving double bail, might retain monies in their hands. He bad written, some time ago, a letter to the King's Proctor, stating how desirable it was, in all appeals, that the money should be remitted without delay ; and desiring him to instruct his Office that the profits should be laid out in Exchequer Bills for the benefit of the parties con cerned. He (Mr. Rose) had officially the knowledge of the sums paid in, from day to day, and power to direct it to be vested in public securities. If any sums were not so laid out, they had escaped notice. If the Learned Gentleman had any accounts of other sums, he hoped he would state them. Mr. H. MARTIN said his reasons for the mead sure were not founded on chimerical apprehensions, but on printed documents, which had been on the table. By the Report made in pursuance of his first motion, it appeared that Lord Arden cleared £7OOO a-year from those monies, in the same way that he averaged £13,000 a-year in other branches. He (Mr. Martin) had desired returns of suitors' monies in the Registrar's hands, stating how much went to the Registrar, beginning the account in 1793. Great difficulties being started, certain periods were taken. At first the money in hand was £5500, next year it rose to £11,500, in 1795 to £179,000, in 1801 to £296,435 ; on the Ist of April, 1809, the balance was £180,182. Mr. Jenner (since dead) who was exa mined, stated, that the Registrar took for himself what he thought proper. When the Deputy stated this, and when Lord Arden admitted the £7OOO a year, was it not presumable that the latter took the sum for ;his own benefit ? That officer at present, he believed, had about £207,000 in hand : was this a trifling sum, alter all the admirable regulations of the Hon. Gentleman's letter ? Mr. Jenner could not precisely tell the average during the war, but said it was seldom leas than £200,000. To make up his profits, the Registrar had, on two separate occasions, taken £40,000 and £2o,ooo 7 —(4ear, ,sear)—so that he had received less, it would appear, for some prior years. He thought the Hon. Member, from his pc yerbsul accuracy, would h4ve teen well *014304 04 FOREIGN RELATIONS. Mr. PONSONBY had wished to propose some questions to the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) if he had been in his place. He should, however, state , that it was not merely his wish to ask questions which might ie answered or not at the pleasure of the Ministers, but that he had many observations to offer on a sub ject connected geturally with the war and our allies, and more peculiarly within the province of the Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Affairs. Instead of confining himself merely to ask ing a question, he wished to state his observations when there was some regular question before the House to which they would apply. As there was to be to-morrow a question of Ways and Means before the House, and as all observations respecting the conduct of the war appeared connected with the question of the Ways and Means for carrying it on, he gave notice, that be should to-morrow submit some observations to the ouse re. 'pectins principally oar Foreign Affairs. Adjourned. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, APRIL 28. SJITIACT venni TIM REPORT OF CAPTAIN IaCERT, CONRIAN. DILI OF Ult MAJZSTV'S IRIOATI Tut ARRTIIINIE, ADDRISSID TO TUt MINISTER OF THIL IIARINg. [This extract begins with stating, that the Arethuse and Rubis having cruised, from the 25th of November to the 29th of Ja nuary, in the most heavy seas, they steered for the coast of Africa, and carried into the Road of these islands the Portuguese ship la Serra, one of their prizes. It then details what befit the two ships from the 27th, when they arrived off the Isles de Los, to the encounter between the Arethuse and Amelia. The French frigates, during six days of the interval, completed their water and provisions for six months, after which bad weather coming on, the Arethuse touched upon a rock which unshipped her rud der, and the Rubis was driven on shore. The Aretbuae, how ever, by great exertion was taken out to sea, and on the 6th re. turned to the Isles of Los to seek the Ruble. The account then proceeds: " I looked out all round for le Alibis, having seen brr :;et un der sail at the same time with myself; but how great was my surprise to find her again close in with the islands, and covered with signals: my distance from her prevented Inc from distin guishing them, but I judged them to be of melancholy presage. My crew was employed without relaxation : one part in manag ing the ship, which was a very difficult clatter; and the other in -getting the anchors on the forecastle, to bend them, Bfc. and the carpenters were at work in altering the rudder-irous. The cor poral of the sea ailillery, Paillett, plunged into the sea, notwith standing the presence of some sharks, and cleared the irons of the stern-post Item tne broken pin. which choked them. At eight o'clock we let go a small anchor in 12 fathoms of water, with black ground, and the ship's company were enabled to take a little rest. At about eleven o'clock, the Rubis fired several guns, and at noon we discovered her signal to be," that the pumps were insu ffi cient to t r e e h er ." I i mme di ately caused two pampa to be hoisted into my long-boat, and sent her off to the Rub's, with orders to Captain Olivier to endeavour to keep her until the morrow, when I hoped to rejoin him; and, if he could not do so, to go with his ship's company on board the prjze 10 Serra, from which be was to disembark the Pot tegoese. ht two