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”.ung men, Mr . John Mo n k, o f t h e B erw i ck, and Mr. Crawford , of the Euryalus. hare the honour to be, (Signed) E. BRACE, Captain. filr Edward Pellew, But. Vice-Admiral of the Red, &c. A List of Killed and Missing, in an attack on the Enemy's list. series and Vessels at Cavalacie, May 16, 1813. Borsvisk—John Jones, marne, killed. Zoryahas—George Reardon, ordinary seaman, missing.. List of Vessels captured and destroyed. La Fortune—French National Xebeck, 10 long nine-poanders, 4 swivels, and 95 men, commanded by Monsieur Lecarnus, .Ll6.lliensre ,4 e Vaissetu, taken. Thirteen .411137 i: 10, • , ..11 of different descriptions, taken; nine, the r os . „ors eaten out, vessels destroyed. (4 the vessels ere chirily laden with oil, corn, lemons, mac. one with empty ssiss ; and sir of those destroyed were • 4 . 1 1 8 1 1 1. (Signed) E. lIILACE. Copy of a Letter front tptain Adam, of his Majesty's Ship In "vioeffoe. addressed to 'ice-Admir a l Sir Edward Pellew, and banana: scd by *e 14 , 1 to John Wilson Croker, Esq. lii3 Majesty's nvincible, Salon Bay, April 4, 1813. Stis.ii-Me Baron t Eroles having requested' 1 would co-operate in attack on the enemy's posts at A rtspolla and Porel!o, near the Ebro, two boats of his Majesty's ship nod r my command, armed with eartonadec, under th e -Erections of Lieutenant C o y. byn the firs! Lieutenant, and a Spanish felucca, in which a parry (.1 troop, were embarked. left this bay on the afternoon of the Ist instant, with orders to attack the post at Ampolla The troops were landed within two miles of it, about one o'clock in the morning, and the battery of two 18-pounders was completely surprised, the sentry baying been shot. The guns were then turned on the fortified house, in which the greater part of the guard were• posted, who evacuated it immediately, an most of them escaped, but some of them were after wards taken at Purello. That pl.ce, which is two leagues inland from Am p/ 4i,, was invested by a detachment of the Baron de Eroles's troops en the morning of the 2d instant, and upon the enemy refusing to receive a flag of truce, the w,ll, of the town, which were filled with Inoi:-hole.;, were scaled, and a large square tower in the mid.'le (if the town, into which the French troops reiroited, was immediately surrounded. 0 .dog to light winds and calms, I was not able to anclu r the Invincible in Ampolla Bay ui.til the after noon of the 2d. Two field-pieces were immediately lanled, and sent to Perello under the direction of Lieutenant Corbyn, assisted by Lieutenant Pidgley and the Midshipmen and men attached to the guns. They were placed in a house near the tower, and at day-light the next morning opened upon it. After a very resolute defence, two breaches having been made in the tower, it surrendered, and a Lieu tenant and 33 soldiers were made prisoners. The enemy had one killed and three wounded. They kept up a very licivy fire of musketry the whole time, but I have the satisfaction to say,-that only one man be longing to this ship was wounded. The Spanish 'troops had two killed and six wounded. At Ampolla, two small privateers fell into our hands, e hid) had been employed in communicating with T tiragima, and intercepting the trade passing the mouth of the Ebro. The post appears to have been established chiefly for the protection of this de scription of vessels and their prizes. By the t4king of Perello, the enemy's communica tions with the Col de Balaguer is very much sraitened, is it is on the high road from that place to .Tortosa. The Thron de Eroles speaks in the highest terms of the assistance afforded him by Lieutenant Corbyn and the officers and men under his directions ; and I have great satisfaction in reporting it to you. (Signed) C. Aroma, Captain. Vice-Admiral Sir E. Penne, Ste. Etc. &c. ADMIRALTY OFFICE, JULY 6. Copy of a Lever from Captain Moubray, of his Majesty's ship Repulse, addressed to Captain Sir John Gore, of the Revenge ' and transmitted by Vice-Adminil Sir Edward Pellew to John 'Wilson Cs-dicer, _ - Repolve, off Toulon, May 3, 1313. SlR—Haying yesterday met the Hon. Capt. Wattle ave 01 the Volontaire, with the Undaunted and Red ing, near the port of Morgion, where the enemy was observed actively employed in preparation for remoun ing cannon on the batteries, and viewing with him he importance of this situation as a place of protec ion to the coasting trade, I caused 100 Royal Ma ine: of the Repulse, under the command of Capt.4in nnis, to proceed, in conjunction with those of the igares, for the purpose of destroying the works, bust the boats should bring out some vessels that ere in the harbour. The whole, under the direction of Lieut. Shaw, the Volonriire, whose local knowledge rendered im peculiarly qualified to conduct the enterprize, 1 11 covered by the fire of the Redwing, and launches Cith carronades, were landed, a nd d rove t h e enemy , onsisting of a detachment of the 4th battalion of shy Ist regiment of the line, to the heights in the rear, where he was kept in check until the vessels were secured, and the batteries, on which were found nine gun-carriages and a thirteen-inch mortar, were blown Up, and completely destroyed. I have to regret the loss of two brave men, who fell in the boats on this occasion, as well as to have to place the name of Lieutenant Shaw among the list of the wounded; but, considering the strong po sition the enemy occupied, and the loss he sustained, which we know to be at least twelve killed, besides 1 veral prisoners, it is compar a tively sma ll. Witnessing from the ship the regularity and gallan ry with which this service was executed, I cannot eny ray self the pleasure of expressing my admira on of all employed on it. . . I inclose lists of the vessels captured, and of the :died and wounded. (Signed) R. H. MOUBRAY. o Sir John Gore, Captain of his Majesty's ship Revenge. sad commanding a detached squadron. l LIST of Man belongi..g to his Majesty's Milne undermentioned killed mid wounded, in an attack on Murgion, May 2, 1813. RILLID. 'Oksataire— James Hamilton, Quarter-gunner. indaunted—L. Nuski, tieaman. woos:rem rolonta;re—Lieutenant Isaac Shaw, by the explosion of the Battery; W :peneer, Marine, dangerously. h.dattittesi—John Dal-, seaman, severely, but not dangerously; J. bUiii/V3a, sigh l y . (signed) k. H. Mousitar, Captain of his Majesty's ship Rel ulse. • Names of the Vessels captured. Marta Coln pta, bombard, of two tons, laden with rah% it. 10..ef, settee, of 72 .ons, laden with wine-and katlier. ..e Zephyr, tar an, td 40 tons, laden with empty casks. it. Graff°, tartan, t.t 29 tons, laden with wine and flour. :oncept ton, tar an, of e. 5 tuns, Wien with wine and f1..0r. La Fortune, tartan, of . 9 tons, laden with tiles and bricks. (Signed) R. H. MOVIRAY, Captain of his Majesty's ship Repulse. Copy of a Letter from Captain Taylor, of his Majosty's ship Apollo, addressed to Rear-Admiral Fremantle, and transmitted by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to John Wilson Croker, Esq. His Majesty's ship Apollo, Curzola, February 4, ISIS. Six—ln'compliance with your orders of the lOtb January, we proceeded, with two hundred and fifty men under Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson, on board the Apollo, Esperansa privateer, and four gun-boats, to the attack of the island of Augusta, and I have the honour to acquaint you that it surrendered on,, the 29th. two of the vessels brought out ; the rest scuttled and left full of water. . The convoy came from Venice, and the vessels were laden with ordnance stores.— This service was performed without the loss of a man. Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. two letters from Cap. tain Garth, of his Majesty's ship Cerberus, dated the 29th of January and 13th of March last. The for mer letter, addressed to Captain Hoste, of the Bac chante, giving an account of the capture of a trabac colo, armed with two guns, and deeply laden with corn and flour, for Corfu, by the boats of the Cerbe rus, under Lieutenants Delafosse and Montague ; the latter, addressed. to Rear-Admiral Fremantle, stating the capture, by the Cerberus, of la Veloce French gun-boat, carrying one 18-pounder and 22 men, bound to Otranto, for money for the troops at Corfu ; and also that of a large trabaccolo brought mat by the boats of the Cerberus, under Lieutenant Delalosse, from under a battery near Brindisi. Daring this service, which was attended with ex. cessive fatigue, by the nature of the mountains over which we had to pass, a distinguished share fell to Captain Rorica, who, with fifteen Calabrese, Mr. Thomas Ullock, Purser of the Apollo, an artillery man, and onr guide, Antonio Langaletta, spiked. the guns of the lower battery, under musketry of the fort, likewise to Captain May (35th regiment), Lieutenant George Bowen, and Mr. Ullock, of the Apollo, with 40 - men and the assistance of the inha bitants, who destroyed a store of provisions, took a serjeant of artillery, and two soldiers in the town, also under the musketry of the fort. PARIS, JUNE 29. Ido not mean, by mentioning these in particular, Her Majesty the Empress Queen and Regent has to take from the merits of others, who were all received the following news from the army, dated equally zealous. Dresden, 24th of June, 1813 : I cannot either avoid - mentioning the great exer- 44 Captain Planet, an Officer of the Staff, charged tions of the gun boats under Lieutenant M‘ Donald, with carrying intelligence of the armistice, has arriv 35th Regiment, the barge, launch, and yawl, under ed at Dantzic. He had much difficulty in getting Messrs. Wm. Henry Brand, Wm. Hutchinson, and into the place, because General Rapp, the Governor, Wm. David Fowkcs, midshipmen of the Apollo; fatigued by the great number of flags of truce which they drew a continual fire of the fort and battery upon the enemy sent every day, had declared that he them, and captured a boatattempting to get out with would receive no more of them. The Officer had, dispatches. therefore, considerable difficulty in making himself The fort stands upon the pinnacle of a mountain, known. It would be difficult to describe the joy which position is so strong, that fifty E ng li s h soldiers, which his presence caused that fine and numerous with the good disposition of the inhabitants, are likely garrison, which is far from having the appearance of to resist any force the enemy may send against it.— a besieged fortress ; it is master of all th e ne i g hb our - Its garrison consist e d o f 139 men . I t h as one mar- hood. The rations which are to be furnished it during tar, one 18 and two 8-pounders ; three 18-pounders the armistice have been fixed at 20,000 each day, in the lower battery, and there are several musketry which has with justice caused remonstrances on the out-works. We have only to lament the loss of one part of the Governor. Several times that garrison, man on our side, an inhabitant, killed; the enemy had during the five rni nths blockade, threw shells into one wounded. the enemy's head-quarters, and, as one may say, Colonel Robertson having left a garrison in Au- besieged him. gusta, we sailed on the Ist with the Imogene, and si General Rapp has formed a good battalion of gun-boat No. 43, to attack this island. I foot guard, which is composed of fatigued or frozen Although it blew excessive hard in squalls, we men, who took refuge in the fortress. succeeded in landing 160 soldiers, 70 seamen, and Of The fortress has sufficient provisions for a year ; 50 marines, with a howitzer, and 6-pounder field gun, military men estimate that it would resist open the same night, at Port Bufalo, which enabled Major trenches for three months, even supposing that the Slesst2r, 35th regiment, with the Hankers, to surprise enemy had a besieging train of 200 pieces of cannon, the hill, with a musketry work upon it, that cum- and without calculating the delay which the sorties mands the town. from the garrison could occasion to the operations of Hearing that 300 enemy's troops to relieve Au- the siege. But up to that hour, the enemy had in no gnsta, were arrived on the opposite shore (Sabionalla) manner shewn an intention of attempting so difficult I directed Lieutenant Charles Taylor, acting com- an enterprise." mander of the Imogene, to bring away or destroy PERPIGNAN, JUNE 24. their boats, and if fired at from Curzola, not to re- We have just received the details of the Battle of turn it to the town, which instructions he obeyed with Tarragona. the utmost forbearance, as he fired over all, when The Spaniards and English disembarked at Salmi, their fire was directed at him. Mr. Antonio Parbo, near Tarragona, in number 13,000 infantry and SOO commander of the gun-boats, likewise behaved gal- horses. They immediately marched upon Tatra lantly ; his vessel was hulled three or four times. gong, hoping, r.o doubt, to obtain possession of that Finding that the enemy appeared determined to place before it could be succoured ; they attempted to hold out (although our field guns were upon the hill, storm it, but the garrison every where repulsed the and our advance in the suburbs within pistol shot), enemy with bravery : upon this General _Mathieu are and that the civic guard were collecting in the coun- rived from Barcelona, and gave battle to the enemy, try ; I took of the Apollo's seamen to attack the sea- whom he completely defeated. The loss of the Anglo batteries, which, in the morning of the 3d, after about Espagnols in this affair is from three to 4000 kilted. three hours firing, we silenced ; they then a g re ed to or woulded, abandoned under the walls of T arragona; capitulate ; and - I am happy to add, that we thereby the remainder precipitately and in the greatest diaor have captured the privateer which molested the trade der reimbarked. of the Adriatic so much, also two of her prizes. On the 28th and 29th of May last there was a In this I lament the loss of two seamen, Charles very warm affair in the Castiles. M'Gregor, killed by grape : and Edward Williams, The Spaniards were completely beaten. O'Donnel's 'drowned, by the sinking of the yawl in securing the division suffered severely. ship; William Ward, slightly wounded. The English ships which were in the Bay of Rnsas I have also to regret that the ship's main-mast is suddenly left. We are ignorant of the cause of their very badly wounded, as well as a quantity of rig- disappearance. grog cut. FRONTIERS OF SAXONY, JUNE 21. Upon the walls of the town, and in its towers, were i The head-quarters of the King of Prussia were some three 18-pounders and eight small guns. r days ago a Laagenvietau, those of the Emperor of It would be presumption in me to speak of my Russia at the castle of Petersdorf. General Bvlow's coadjutor Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson's conduct, corps has gone into cantonments in Berlin and its throughout our little expedition, in a military point' neighbourhood. The armistic e h as now b een carr i e d of view ; but I m a y sa y, no ser vi ce cou ld h ave been into full execution in Silesia and Lusa!)a performed with greater cordiality between all under They write from Breslau that the French have eve- his command, and our officers, seamen, and marines. coated that town, where they observed the best dis- The day the island surrendered we captured seven cipline. vessels in the channel, bound to Ragusa and C at t aro , FRONTIERS OF BOHEMIA, JUNE 20. principally with grain, for which those places are in great distress. Authentic intelligence an n ou nces t h e p ro l ongat i on 1 We have also had th e sa ti s f ac ti o n' of r et urn i n e. a of the Emperor of Aust r i a 's abod e at Gi tsc h en .— *quantity of church plate, bells, &c. which was seized, The communications betwe en th at town , P ra4ue , an d Vienna are most active. M an y p ersons h av e arr i ve d and ready to be carried aw a y by th e French, from there lately. The Prince Schwartzenburg still con- Curzola and Augusta.—l have the hono ur to b e , &c. (Signed) B. W. TAYLOR. unties to reside there. Rear-Admiral Fremantle, Adriatic. The Prince of Hesse Cassel has ret urne d f rom Copy of a I.etter from Capt. Wyndham, of his Majesty's ship Bris. Vienna to Prague. The latter town presents great tol, addressed to Rear-Admiral Hallowell, and transmitted by activity. A great number of Couriers, as well as Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to John Wilson Croker, Esq. superior Officers of different Powers, daily arrive His Majesty's ship Bristol, at St-a, March 21,1813. there ; an English Agent, named Addington, has Sin—l have the honour to inform you of the cap - also arrived there. cure of the French privateer la Petite Louise, of four The Emperor of Russia, on the 16th, arrived at guns and 4.5 men, (but having only two guns and 25 Opotschna, and is to pass some days there. Opots men on board), commanded by Honore Saissy, a chna is a castle belonging to Prince Collaredo, situ lieutenant in the French navy, by the boats of his Majesty's ship B r i s tol, un d er my comman d, on the aced upon the frontiers of Silesia. IGth instant, off Or an ; s h e sa il e d f rom D en i a on t h e FRONTIERS OF BOHEMIA, JUNE 21. 4th instant, and had made several captures, two of The Emperor of Austria proceeded on the 17th inst. which, Spanish vessels, I have since retaken. from Gitschen to Kosmonos Castle, near Jungbnn . I have the honour to be, &c. zlau, prepared for his Majesty's reception, who is (Signed) Geo. Wyenttem, Captain. much better there than at Gitschen. Benjamin Hallowell, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the White, &c. Count Metternich set out the same day for the Vice Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has transmitted Castle of Opotschna, where the Emperor Alexander to John Wilson Croker, Esq. two letters from Cap- arrived the preceding evening. rain Haste, of his Majesty's ship the Bacchante, to The Emperor of Russia is accompanied by several Rear Admiral Fremantle, dated 14th February : of his Ministers and Officers of the Court. There are One, reporting the capture, off Otranto, of PAlei- no military men in his suite except his aid-de-camp. nous French gun boat, carrying two guns and thirty- DRESDEN, JUNE 20. two men, and of eight trading vessels, under her con voy, from Corfu. The Emperor continues in the best health; no day The other stating the capture of la Vigilante French passes without his Majesty's reviewing troops of the courier gun boat, from Corfu to Ot ran t o , wi t h di s - guard or the line. Reinforcement.; of - every descrip patches, and having on board, as passenger, the Ge- iron for the French army continue to arrive, c on s i st i ng nerd of Artillery, Corda, and hi s sta ff . of Italians or Confederation of the Rhine, and many Vice-Admiral Sir Edw ar d P e ll ew h as transm i tte d others are still expected, especi a lly i n cavalry. to John Wilson Cr o k er , E sq . a l etter f rom t h e H on. The French comedians are to pl a y a l te rnat ely with the Italians, in the theatre recen t ly c o n s t ructe d Captain Cadogan, of hi s M a j esty ' s s hi p t h e Havan- in the Emperor's Palace. nah, to Rear-Admi r al Freemantle, giving an accou n t of the destru c ti on , on th e 7 t h of February, JUNE 25.—The number of F renc h t r o o p s w hi c h ar of an • rive Ilene is incredible ; ev e ry i n h a bi tant h as d ou bl e enemy's convoy of twenty-fi ve sa il. f our o f t h em gun boats, by the boats of th e H avanna h, un d er Li eute- or triple lodgings to furnish. nant Lumley, on the coast of Manfredonia. A bat- FRANKFORT, JUNE 28. • tery of seven guns was destroyed by the marines, and Yesterday arrived a numerous park of artillery. • FRENCH PAPERS. PAIRLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS.. MOOSE OF LORDS, JULY 6. The ,Royal Assent, by Commission, was given to the lAxis Funding the Militia Pay and Clothing, the Irish Spirits Duty, end two private Bills. The Commissioners were, the Arch- Nebel; of CANTIRSORT, the LORD CIIALINCRLIIOR i and Lore WAI,SIIIOIR*III. Mr. /AMID/I, Mr. LOCRIART and others from the Com mons, brought up the Approptiatila, the Dover Palms, the Mao Duty, the Dublin Small Debts, the Irish embolic Officers, tin Bankers' indemnity, and several private Bilis, Whit.% were real the first time. The Irish Catholic Mutes Bin Wu, on the motion of th.Dehe of Noarott, ordered to be printed. The Bill, his Gire .b . served, was nearly a transcript from that sent to the otbev Hous by their Lordships, or altered only in conformity with tint eat; - stltutional jealousy which. on occasions whirs pains and penalties occur, the respective Houses are apt to evince. On the order for the wood reading of the Helstone Electi sr Bill, the Loan qItASICILLOR objected to the want of evidt•%-r. according to the established usage of the House. At er sore other observations, the further consadtratioo of the Bill postponed. " Accountant-General in Chancery and the Royal Irish CO nal Dissulutign Bills were read the third time and pa , sed. 1 he Annuities Rsgistration Bill went thrus,-g% a Comsat:tee. and was ordered to be reported. Mr. Cosa, from the Margpte Hoy Company, presented P:• pees at the Bar, agreeably to their I.ord.hips' order. *1 he Annuities Registration Bill, with some Amend:nen'. by Lord Raw:snout In the Cnmmittee, colored to be rep 2r to-morrnw. The Bills on the table acre forwardA in their repec dee stirs, and their Lordships adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SrtAKFR procetcled to the House of Peers, and on Vs re. turn informed the House that lie had heard tLe rutiai assent given by commission to the Irish Distillery An endnu.ht l'utitletl Debt, end several private Sil:s. 'I he Roman Carbolic, Lublin Smal I),:bts, Dover Pilo's. Con. solidated Fund, Vote of cr. d:r, i•ti ltoyai Canal, Irish hi land Navigation, Silk Lo....city, and Spiri:-duty nills, wt re re.la third time, and passed. 1 he third readii.g uf Lord 1.....tate 811 was post. posed till to-morrow. T he Irish Graad Canal, Earl Nel:r.i's Est.s.r, and Ship-awn•ra Relief were I eport,d, and ~rdkitd to be read a third time to-morrow. The Westminstar Hustings Bill went through a Committee...-. Report to-morrow. Lord OSSULS ' ON was de4ous of Laming from some of the Honouratge Ge Airmen opposite, whether any progress had been made by the Commatee to whom the l'apers relate to the Li.t had been referred, and whether any Report was to b.: made before the prorogation of Parliament? Mr. COURTENAY replied, that the Committee were to have their final meeting to-morrow, for the purpose of making up the Report; but that it hal not been in their carts mpla too to make any proposition to the Huu:e during the short aLmailsdee of the Session. Mr. ROBERT SMITH wished to know from the Noble . Lord (Castlereagh) whether it was intended to proceed with dad Committee on the India BM that night ? Lord CAS" LEREAGH said, that he had hoped that the Bill would have been ready for delivery early that day, but As be un derstood that It was only just in th ha•:ds of Memb, re, he had no objection that the Order of the Day slicu'd be po.tponed until to-morrow, which was eccor•lingly dune. On the motion of Mr. Vi MAR I ON, It was ordered that the House should tomorrow resolve itvelf into a Committee for the purpose of considering the sea vices of John l'almer, Esq. la the department of the Post Office. I . ~i~ MOCK AUCTION PREVENTION LILL. Mr. LOCKHART said, teat in rising to pre• pose a measure which was intended to afford relief to the fair trader, and to suppress unfair and injuri ous competition, he begged to state, that in every pint the merit of originating such a proposition was owing to the Honourable Gentlemen who had lately brought forward a measure of a more extended na ture. As far as that Bill went with regard to the suppression of Mock Auctions, it was likely to 'have afforded great relief, and so far all persons were un der considerable obligations to the Honourable Gen• tleman, whose assistance he hoped he should have, in endeavouring to destroy an evil which all acknow ledged to exist in a very dangerous degree. It had been generally acknowledged as a prieciple that it WAS not good policy is interfere with trade, or to at tempt to restrain it by any legislative enactments ; but though he was ready to admit the principle ge nerally, he conceived that it w.!s always fair to in terfere when the proper channels by which trade was conducted were full, fertile, and abundant, and when particular modes of carrying on trade were adopted, which injured those who were resident in particular places, and paid all the taxes laid upon the trade in which they were engaged to the last farthing, while those frandulent competitors wholly evaded them. With a view to the suppression of this enormous evil; he proposed to introduce a Eill to prevent itinerant Auctioneers from selling any goods which had not been deposited with them for a particular time. His next object was, to repeal the existing duties on licenses, for the purpose of imposing a higher license on Auctions within the Bills of Mor. tality, and one still higher on Auctions out of those limits. In order to protect the revenue, he also pro posed that goods should all be classed eigether, whe ther liable to duty or not, and same other regulations relative to the printing of Catalogues, expesing Li censes, and not selling any property except in his own place. With regard to the first point, it might be proper, perhaps, to exempt country Auctioneers.- -There were also some other regulations, such at a clause to prevent an Auctioneer from giving a fraudulent description of himself, or a fraudulent description of the property—by the latter provisions he did not mean that the Auctioneer should be obliged to declare the name of the owner,.but it was extremely fair chat be should say, that he was not selling the property of an insolvent, or tif such as be. longed to one on the point of bankruptcy, or cases of that sort, when a name was often given for the purpose of attaching a value, in the eyes of those un acquainted with it. He also proposed a limitatiore in the time for taking out licenses, in order to pre vent the taking out of licenses for selling particular gqods, and to oblige persons to be in possession of a licence for a certain time, at least taro or three morales. There was another clause relative to the duty on goods—it was fair that all goods put up to auction, the bidding on which did not exceed £lOO, should pay a certain duty ; but on small goods nut exceeding £6 in value; it would be a great preven tion of (rand that they should pay a high auction duty. He had also two new clauses to submit rela tive to time and distance, which would not operate oppressively on Auctioneers. Having vatted thus much, he had only to add, chat he believed the ge neral trader was in favour of such a measure as that now proposed, and he thought no class of traders more entitled to the protection of the Legislatere, for none paid the taxes laud upon them more reaelly or cheerfully. Feeling, therefore, that he was taking a step agreeable to that respectable class of tiaders, and beneficial to the public at large, he should coa- ; • I