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PARLUMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE •SOCIETY. - The Right Heinclirable Lord TEIGNIVIOUTH, President. • I 'HE ANNUAL MEETING of this SOCIETY -I- will be held at the Freemasons Flail, Great Quern-street, rincori'fi-Inn-fields. on Wednesday, the. Gilt of May, 1812, ist Eleven o'Cluelc, when the Proceedings in the Committee during the last year will be rep4rted; and ot.her•business rionnectltt with the Geueral Meeting transacted. , MOUSE OF LORDS, APRIL 29. IRISH TOBACCO DUTY REGULATION. BILL. The Earl of LAUDERDALE wished to call the attention of the House to a Bill then lying on their Lordships' Table; fur the Regulation of the Du ies on Tobacco in Ireland. He was aware that it was not customary to print bills of this description, nor was be in the habit of requesting the House to depart from thar principle. But, where clatnes were introduced of an extraordi nary nature, he conceived they ought to be printed for the gene ral information of their Lordships. In the Bill then before them two clause, of a most unprecedeined nature were introduced. By these a v.initersis was not on'y established, but it was established in the most exceptionable manner. He did not think their Lordships would wish to pass such a Bill, blind-folded, and would therefore Move, "That it be printed for the information of the House." Ihe Earl of ROSS said, the proposition of the Noble Lord could answer no other purpose than to delay the progress of the Bill, which, it was of importance, should be passed - as speedily as possibie. The Noble Lord had in his possession a copy of the clauses which he conceived so ohjectionable, and, therefore, the printing of the Bill would not afford him any additional informa tion on the subject. _ The Earl of LAUDERDALE said, as the motion was opposed by the Noble Lord, he would state to the House the two clauses to which he objected, for the purpose of showing the necessity of hiving the Bill printed. By the first it was enacted, " that all bond, warrants, or other securities, given for any tobacco, at a less rate than what was paid for it on importation, together with' the eecise duty, and two-pence per pound addition ' shall be tn. terly void and of no effect ; and no action shall be sustained thereon, in any Court of Justice." By the next clause it was provided, " that, when tobacco was sold, for ready money, for any lower price than as before stated, then it should be lawful for the person soNbuxing, to recover from the vender a sum equal to thefts!! valve. What was to be recovered l Pe nalties to the amount of the full value of the commodity sold.— But they were not informed by what means the full value wait to he ascertaiped. He defied any man to understand it. Those who framed the clause might have meant the mistimes,. price—but many other constructious could be put upon h, equally capableof being supported. The Earl of ROSS said, the clause in question was similar to one inserted by the Irish Parliament, in a Tobacco Duty Bill, in 1791. The Earl of LAUDERDALE observed, he had not presumed to mention that Statute ; but if such an enactment wete to be found in it, it struck him as being extremely deficient. On the question, "'1 hat this Bill be printed," the House di vided, when there appeared, Contents 3—N on-Cont ent s 6—Majority 9. The Bill afters aids went through a Committee, and Naas re ported without amendment. The Bill fur continuing the Commissioners of Military Inquiry in Ireland, was read a second time. The London Duck Improvement Bill, the Place and Pension Duty Bill, and several private Bills, were brought up from the Commons, and read a first time.—Alourued. _ JOHN OWEN, JOSE?)! HUGHES, Secretaries. CHARLES P. STEINKOPPY, 2 4 * B. The l'resicleat wW take the Chair precisely at Twelve o'Clesek: . LLOYD'S, APRIL 29, 1812. gUSSCRIPTION for the RELIEF of the p•- , WIDOWS and FAMILIES of .the OFFICERS and MEN lately lost on board his Majesty's ships sT. GEORGE, of 98 guns, HERO, of 74 guns, DEFENCE, of 74 guns, SALDANHA, of 36 guns, and • FANCY, of 12 guns. The ComMittee ckosen for the Management of this Subscrip tion, in order to Make known the extraordinary claims and .mag nitude of the calamity requiring relief, beg to state, : that the :number of lives lost in the above-mentioned Ships, amounts to upwards of 2300, and much exceeds the number of those in either of the great Battles of the Nile, Copenhagen, or Trafalgar. • Subscriptions already advertised £5850 16.„ 11d. '1b 7 61. Haydon & Sons Mrs. Prust, Bristol 5 5 Guildford 5 5 Capr. Thos. Cole, R.N. 9 2 Admiral R. R. Bligh 5 5 Robert Vyner, Esq. 21 0 Capt. Wm. Wake, Offi- , R. T. - - 5 0 cers, and Crew, of his Liesit. H. H. Mason,R.N. 2 2 Majesty's Revenue. Mr. M. - - 1 1 cutter Swallow, and Capt. I. Ayscough, R.N. I / her two Tenders, the N. B. Harrison. Esq. S 0 , • Nimble and Wolf, in Mr. R. Kitson, Notwish 1 1 the service of the Cus- Wna. Townsend, Esq: 5 0 toms, !Days Pay £40.94.4d. Rev. Benj. Barnard 5 0 W. K. of M. Grove 1 1 A Collection at South , ' The 18 O ffi cers of the wold, per F. Wa y th, 9 Royal Marines Re. jun Esq, - 6 5 cruiting in the Lon- Collection at Liskeard, don District 14 14 Canwall,pertheßev. Samuel Henry Sterry 9 2 A. Laffer - •28 12 Henry Sterry, jun. 1 1 Thomas Audley, Esq. 10 0 Charles, Samuel, and A Collec•insi at the Kirk George Eiscitrby 10 10 and Meeting, Kincat ' Evans and Unwin 2 2 dine , N . I s . pe r t h e A Collection at Stock. Chief Magistrate 14 12 ‘ ton-upon-Tees, per A Collection at Cromar : James Walker, Esq. ty, N. B. per Walter the Mayor 77 14 Ross, Esq. £ 46 . I Is. 6 d. A Collection at Charle- Inhabitants of H:nckley, sidle, ire!and, per the Leicestershire £9. 7i. 6d. Rev. W. Dunn £22 19s. id. The Officers, Seamen, Doctor Hawley, Christ • and Marin, so !.,i, m a _ Church 1 1 jetty's Ship Partkian, ' Mr. Belle, ditto 1 1 per Captain I. H. Gar- The Rev. James Vin- rely £t3. 19s. 6d. trei % Mayden College 1 1 Orte Day's Pay of the The Rev. A. LivedaF 1 1 Officers and Men of Vice -Admiral Robert I the Sou th H am p shire Murray, 2 Days Pay, Light Infantry Regi us Commander in I silent, per Wm. Jones, Chief at Great Yar- • Esq. - £3O. 13.3. Id. m o nth 5 10 The Non-commissoned Rich. Aldridge, Bristol 5 5 I Officers and Private Lieut. Samuel Burgess, i Mari .es of H. M. S. of his Majesty's gun- Valiant XD. 10s. 6d. brig Pincher 5 0 I W.Honeywood,Esq M.P.10 10 Subscriptions at Gothenburg, transmitted by Mews. Reid, . ... Irving, and Co. - I. Smith, Esq. H. M. P. Maim, Esq. 21 ' 0 Consul 21 0 Seott and Gordon 21 0 David Low, Esq. 21 0 Robert Dttkson, Esq. 21 0 Laur Tarns, Esq. 21 0 Honpeyer, Esq. 21 0 Charles Blaurock, Esq. 21 0 N. lijornberg, Esq. 21 0 Alex. Barclay, Esq. 21 0 Wm. Abbott, Esq. 10 10 H. CePeters, Esq. 21 0 Job. Heinr. Heinrich, D. Carnegie, Esq. 21 0 Esq. 10 10 Jan Lamberg, Esq. 21 0 C. A. Lander, Esq. 10 10 N. Maim, Esq. 21 0 Thos. Kennedy, Esq. 21 0 Two - Days Pay from the Officers and Men of the following fships and Vessels in his Majesty's Service, in addition to the Two Days Pay from the Officers and Men of Seventy-eight of his Majesty's Ships and Vessels who have subscribe) : Glory, Primrose, Nailed, I Impregnable, Rolla, Wolverine. eltbscriptions are received by the Matters of this House, and by all the Banking-houses in London. . THOMAS FERGUSON, Secretary. )?o 3, George-yard, Lombard-street. • _ NEW MUSIC. POblished by Goulding and Co. No 20, Soho-square, London; and No, 7, Westmorland -street, Dublin. THE Opera of the Virgin of the Sun, now per forming with universal applause at the Theatre Royal, Co vent-Garden,composed by H. R. Bishop, price 10s. 6d. Ihe fol lowing pieces may be had separate : the Overture, price 2s. 6d. 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Speaker, or Aliscelinvous Pie . ces in Plose and Vette, price 54.44 boards. • This day was published, kt 410. with short Abstracts of the Contents printed lorthe man gins of the paws, and embellished with a Portrait of the Au thor, and a View of the • Iwo Houses of Parliament of England, with King Charles 1, on his throne, nn the 3d day of Nov, 16104 price One Guinea and a Half, in bds. a new Edition of MR. THOMAS MAY'S HISTORY of the FA MOUS LONG PARI.IANI ENT of ENGLAND, Oat suet at Westminster on the od of Nov. 1640, continual to the end of ieptember, id's, when the Earl of Rasta, the Central of the Parliament's Army, returned to London after the hist Battle of Newbury. WI, han Apperdix,• coutaining ail the Votes and speckiiitlons oft he Two Houses ot l'arliantenr , ond t heir Addresses and Messages to the King, and the Au ewers thereto, from the begiuding of -Dec. 1641, to the n o ddle at Match, 1641.12, when the King refused to return to the 'arliaments at Westmin jta;, and withdrew to York to sale a mil tary torce, under the same of a Life Guard; which soon after brougt.t on the Civil War. Of dais History the late Dr. Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester, So bis Level . / to Dr. Hurd (who was afterwards Bishop 01 Wor caster), speaks in Ilse followiug terms. Its a I..otter, dated June SO, 1753, he has tbese words: " As to the History of the I.oeg Parliament, the principal Authors a re—Nlay'b History sf the Par; iarornt, Clarendon, Win t ioc, Ludlow, Rusliworth's Collections, and Walker's History of Independency. Ihe first is an extraordinary performance, little known; written with great temper, good sense, and spirit ; and bas the qualities of a regular composition.' _ _ . And in aut;ther letter, coated Aug 16, 1753, he says—" May's History of the Parliament is a just composition, according to the Rules of History. It is written with much judgment, penetra tion, rnitaliness, and spirit ; and with a candour that will greatly increase your esteem, when you understand that he wrote by the corder u 1 his Masters, the Parliament.' Print, d by itobcit Willts, in Chancery-lane; and sold byWhito, Cochrane, and co. Fleet -street. Where also may be bad, price 105.64. )ther Tract, consisting of three Letters, that were formerly ced at Amsterdam in the years 101 and 1692, uudeethe of Ludlow's Letters, ac,d are now re-printed in 4to. of the paper and type, as the above History oldie Parliament, Ir. May; and containtng a vindication of the raid pargs. in their Proceedinis ill the logs 16%1 =4 1649. . . • • . • form of Bank-rotes , he A oul d propose to be an of- as or was not to be ascribed to the operation of th fence punishable by transportation for fourteen years. Orders in Council. If it should ttrn out that the The Right iionnurable Gentleman then moved for distresses were to be attributed to them, then it wo ....._ leave Co bring in a Bill to effect these purposes.— Leave was granted. CHARITABLE DONATION BILL. Mr. LOCKHART moved the third reading of the Charitable Donation Bill. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS approved of the prin ciple, but if applied to London, the evil would over balance the good. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, if Irondon was ex- cepted, every other town might claim the same ex- I cept:on. Mr. LOCKHART wondered how the City of London, so zealous for the detection of abuses of all ' sorts, should oppose the present Bill. Mr. WROTTESLEY approved of the Bill. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said it was only calcula ted to put money in the pockets of those who were to register the donations. Mr. THOMPSON said that expence could not be great. the Hon. Mr. HERBERT wished to move as an amendment, that Royal Hospitals ought not to be excluded from the Bill. Sir W. CURTIS and Mr. WILBERFORCE said a few words; when the House divided.—Ayes, 32 ; Noes, 11. be a question for his Majesty's Government, who, thor the Orders in Council might not be persevered in for causes independent of the distress occasioned. As to the method adopted, of giving satisfaction the country being considered an insult, he did not know how he could have behaved more respectfully. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that the Right Hon. Gentleman ought by tio means to anne himself his having behaved so decorously to 'um country' granting this Committee, for the fact was, that was compelled into it. He was quite aware that I Right Honourable Gentleman was determined ,pursue his system irf despite of the result of this quiry, and that system would inevitably lead , war with America. He hoped, however, as the Right' Honourable Gentleman had been driven into the Coat. mittee he would by the same power be driven out a his system altogether. Sir T. TURTON explained, by - saying that all he meant was this, if the Right Honourable G ent l eman (Mr. Percegal) and his Friends went into the. Com. mittee. wit a predetermined resolution, whatever might be the nature of the evidence,.not to grant re. lief, the effect of this would be to trifle with the feel ings of the public. Mr. WILBERFORCE declared his satisfaction that the House was going into an enquiry, that ic might be ascertained what was the extent and origin of the distresses of the people. Mr. BROUGHAM trusted Gentlemen would go into this Committee without any bias either way, as it would be preposterous to go into the enqufry with a predeterminaticia not to be convinced ; and he de. Glared he should go into the enquiry with a mi n d open to attend to the arguments both for and against the measure. After a few words from colonel DtTertr, the House went into a Committee—Mr. BADS:NGIOX it the Chair. Mr. Thema: Atwood, High Bailiff for Birmingham, was called in, and examined by Mr. llnoucitam. He stated, that the iron trade about Birmingham, in all its branches, had sunk into great'elecay, parti. calarly within the last twelve months ; that numbers of wo.kmen were dismissed, and that wages had foh len in the proportion of 20s. to 12s. ;• that the trade with America, which had continu:d after all other trade was extinguished, had now also, within the last year, utterly stopped, and the warehouses were fullof goods without a market to send them to—that the distress consequent on this was vcrygreat. The gross Amount of the manufactures of Bir mtngham, he stated at about C 2,090,000, or 82,800,000 ; JEW/O,OM of t‘hich were annually sent to America, until the of February, 1811, when that exportation totally ceased. America, within these four years, had also established manufactures of nails and of steel, and there was no probability that she Iltould take again those articles from us. On Vie whole, he supposed that one third of the workmen must be dismissed.. and the rest employed at half wages. This witness was principally examined by .Mr, STEPHEN ; but some questions were also put to hint by Mr.. hitbread, the Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. A. Baring, Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Lyttletca, and Mr. Brougham ; after which, he was ordered* withdraw. • The second person called to give evidence me Mr. William 10;iteigad, a master manufacturer in do town of Birmingham ; his examination wai coin mowed by Mr. Snow:mast, who was succeeded by Messrs. Rose and STEPII¢N. The examination of this witness having bees ccia concluded, the House resumed, and the further pot ceedings of . the Committee were adjourned till to . marrow (this day.) - Mr. BROUGHAM expressed a wish that a does. .ment, for which he had called previous to the ire debate on the Orders in Council, but which had beet refused, might now he laid before the Honse. was particularly necessary, as the inquiry had heat begun, that this paper should be produced. It was an accouni.of the exports oiGreatßritain to all pent of the world, for a certain period, distinguishing the exports to each country. This was exactly the sama document, which, until within the two last yeas,had been annually laid on the table. It the Right Ho Gentlemaa opposite conceived that danger wOal4 arise from so detailed an account, be miut those items which he considered objectionable; but to refuse the document, ix too, which was so neces sary to direct many questions which must be pat to witnesses as to their trade with diff erent places, wealci, seem to indicate an opposition to the object of tae Committee. He hoped he would turn the matter to his mind, and give an answer to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER expressed himself willing to give every intattilf 4 °. consistent with prudence. If no danger attended. ma e o x f tre tt my le el d productionwo ulx be spewing the systere oa which trade wa s at pretest, oc ha u p m p e y nt to , he grant aii and his his s f y dl nen tai conducted, it would operate decisively in defogs al the mounts pursued. - Ms • Mrs H. THORNTIkI. mu amigo 4 "" ht • count of our expores to Spain and Portugal &told b! laid before the House. Some time ago those art!' were stated to amount to £18,000,000 per gym' He should be glad to know how much the Oral to our army connibuted to that sum Mr: STEPHEN observed, that the incl 1 " 1"- a great measure owing to our supplying ,atii"but cies which were formerl y . furnished by Heltaa a e which trade our Orders to Council had preveste_t. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUrA said he did not believe a sines item of the e x P rtsto the army was contained in me list of extorts. After a few wordy from Mr. Bitouqtea, um CHANCILLuIt of the DICIUQUILX, and Mr- 10 nal A the conversation ended. and rd Th o esM ere in d utcs of Evid to ce el were then broug h to be printed. sir )arse Hati The hish nortnerdep Bill, on the wietioa was read a third Ore, and pa.uti. laid bew tli Mr. YAltlolt•Lt. inovrd. u.& there should be t Hewes a copy tst klesaatisl weal Certalll lila Excellency the Lord Lwetenant of Irelaad, the cuudect tit the Polsc e Marttetraces.—Ordere lL - On the motion of "Mr. ROSE, the 'lobed* writ Ihr...ugh a Commitabe. The Kerr, was 'bs JIM ordered to be read a third time to-morrow Mr. lA'II..IIIIRFORCE presented a Pewit" sega i r and Manntacturera of the Town sod mol ars • I against the East India MenopolyArObitiod 7 11141 . 6 House adjourned at Halfiug ORDERS TN COUNCIL. When we re-entered the Gallery we found the SPEAKER putting the question upon the motion of Mr. STEPHEN, dint all the retitions favourable to the Orders in Council should be referred to the same Committee. Lord STANLEY signified his assent. Mr. WHITBREAD said, that as soon as that question was disposed of, he should move that all the Petitions which had been presented respecting the present distresses of the country and the general stagnation of trade,. should be referred to the same Committee. _ _ Mr. BROUGHAM thought the words of the motion only calculated to mislead : for he believed only one Petition in favour of the Orders in Council had been presented, and therefore to talk of ALL the Petitions WAS a mere illusion. Mr. STEPHEN said, he was not aware, when he made the motion, that there had been only one Peti tion in favour of the Orders in Council ; that one, however, was signed by at least four-fifths of the merchants and manufacturers of Glasgow, and it had the honour, also, of being the only one that was presented on the right side of the question—(a laugh). He should propose, however, to substitute " z Pe tition of the Merchants and Manufacturers of Glas gow," instead of " all the Petitions." Mr. BROUGHAM suggested the words . 4( any Petition." . Mr. STEPHEN said, he was certain that if the country thought it was the intention of the Com mittee to repeal the Orders in Culincil, their table would be loaded with Petitions against such re peal—(a laugh). The Petition was then ordered to be referred to the same Committee. Mr.WHITI3READ moved, that all the Petitions which had been presented respecting the general (lit.- tiesses of the country, should be referred to the same Committee.—Ordered. .... AMERICAN PAPERS. Mr. VVHITAREAD said, betore the House went into a Committee, he wished to ask the Noble Lord whether Mr. RYLAND was now in this country? He wished to know this circumstance previous to bring ing forward his motion on the subject, of, Irtnerican ,Papers on Friday. Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that by mere .accident he had heard•that Mr. RYLAND was now in Amei ica. EXAMIpTION OF•WITNESSES IN THE COMMITTEE. The SPEAKER informed the House that it was his duty to submit to them the question, before going into the Committee, whether 'witnesses should be examine:, who might happen to have been within the hearing of the examination of previous witnesses. He thought it necessary to know the pleasure of the House upon this subject for the regulation of his own conduct : at the same time he should state, that the general rule of the House was, that no witness could be examined who had heard the examination of other witnesses. After some conversation between Mr. BROUGIIANI, Lord STANLEY, Mr.TIEKNEY, Mr. RYDER, au I Mr. BATHURST, the SPEAKER signified to the House that he should leave the question as it was, till some case arose in the course ot examination to which exception might be taken, and he should then collect the sense of the Houst upon it. The Order of the Day being read for the House .resolving itself into a Committee, the question was pus, that the Speaker should leave the Chair, when Sir 'l'. TURTON wished to know .what was the real intention of Ministers, in going into this Comtnit tee, and examining evidence. After reading the de claration lately published, by Ministers, oeclaring that they would not abandon the Orders jn Council,. if they meant to adhere to that declaration, the going into a Committee, and examining evidence, was ad: ding insult to injury. Mr. ROSE explained, in his speech of last.night, .a passage which at appeared was misunderstood. — Ail he said, with respect to the future contitt-t of America was, that it was extremely doubtful wlte ther she would be satisfied with the Repeal of the Orders in Council. Mr. STEPHEN said, the Honourabh Batt. had alluded to the Declaration of the Governance, and said, alter such a Declaration, it would be impossible to repeal the Orders in Council, and therefore it was adding insult to injury to go into a Committee. On this subject he felt different. One of the objects of the Committee was to ascertain whether the %hares. ses of the people arose from the operation of the Or ders in Council, If it shOuld appear that they were so, he could see nothing to prevent the Prince Regent 'from departing from the terms ot that Declaration. The CHANCELLOR of' the EXCHEQUER rose to repel the attack made by the Honourable Ba ronet upon him. The Hon. Baronet said that it would be nut only illusory, but insulting, to go into a Com mittee!• unless it was determined to repeal the Orders in Council, in case the inquiry went, aping them-y— -/40w he wished it to'be understood on this point. — The purpose of the inquiry was, as be conceived it, V) inquire into ttle fact, whether the prey= distress L Anc printer name 4 same s by Mi aunt i thi the old red let I • not ly. lon.' on r t hey :tae 1 to $ in. ic a Ithe HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Order for the Call of the House having been deferred to this day, strangers were not admitted to the Gallery until hall-past five o'clock. During their exclusion a discussion took place upon the ques tion, Whether the Order for the Call should stand for next week, or be postponed for two months ? and a division took place, by which it was decided, that the House should be called over on this day two nientlis.—On the admission of strangers, Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved— " 1 hat there be bid before the House a detailed Account of the Expenditure of X 10405. mi. issued front the Trearary of Ireland, for• the insertion of Prochunationts in the . I.)ublin Ga zette and other Newspapers." In making this motion, the Right Honourable Gentleman reprobated the wasteful manner in which the public money was expended, by the of these Proclamations, which, he said, were fre quently given to the Proprietors of Newspapers as a remuneration for their services in supporting the measures of the Govetnment. Mr. W. POLE felt no disposition to object to the motion, although the Right Honourable Gentleman had given no regular notice of his intention to bring it forward. With respect to the wasteful manner in which the Right Honourable Gentleman had stated the public motley had been squandered, he had only to observe, •that during the last year, for the first time, she expenditure for the pdrposes alluded to had been much less than on any former otcasion, having been within the sum allowed by Parliament for that purpose. When the Right Hon. Gentle man (Sir John Newport) was Chancellor of the Ex chequer .for Ireland, the expenditure was £17,000 per annum, acid was never less than £15,000. The newspaper in which the Proclamations were gene- rally inserted was the Dublin Journal, which, it was known had been the channel through which the Irish (Government had issued their orders for fifty years. As to the assertion, that the Irish Government had rewarded or encouraged the conductors of Newspa pers who had thought proper to support their mta sures, by any unnecessary expenditure of public mo ney., he begged leave to give it the most unqualified contradiction. Mr. PARNELL gave full credit to the Right Honourable ,Gentleman for the economical measures which bad• been pursued by the present Government of Ireland.' He, however, observed that it bad been candidly admitted his redecessor in office (Lord Wellington) that those proclamations were given to certain Papers , As a reward Or their advocating the measures of Government. 7he motion was agreed to, and the account ordercct. BANK TOKENS AND FJCTITIOCS. NOTES. The CHANCEL/AR of the EXCHEQUER I postponed hie motion for leave to bring in a Lill 0 present the issuing of Local Tokens, Dna togeor;.• row. The Right Honourable Gentleman then ad. verted to the notice which he pie yesterday respec.i ting Bank Tokens, and observed, that the object of the Bill for which he intended to'move would be to increase the penalties already enacted for the punish- 1 went of persons uttering and coining counterfeit' sank Tokens, and to put an end to the practice ; which had so long existed of printing and engraving papers, Which at first view appeared to be Bink. notes, but which were mere frauds to catch the eye, i by which depredations to an enormous extent hail' been cowthitted upon the public. He had seen many. `,of them, which were calculated to deceive the most', wary upon a rough examination, but which upon i close investigation proved to be fir one hundred pins„ instead of *IO% as their general complexion would have led one to imagine. He should therefore pro pose • that the punishment for uttering counterfeit To ikens, which was at present imprisonment for six. months, and at the end of that time to find security. for one year, should be increased •to twelve months imprisonment, and at the expiration of that time se. curny to be found for two years ; and for the second offence, the penalty for which was at present impri sonment for two years, he should propose that the offender should be liable t.,1 seven years transporta., tiou. minting white letters on black ground, in the