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MALTA MAIL. GIBRALTAR, JUNI 15. ty the Malta packet just come in, we have received in g satisfactory intelligence, which we lose time in placing before the public : (CIRCULAR ) " LA VALIKTTA, MAT 10. 812.-1 n transmitting to your Excellency the accompanying Proclamations and Bulletins, I make you acquainted with imstanees attending the appearance of a very alarming which &hewed itself in a family In this city on the Sd marked by symptoms that were either actually pestilen , at least, strongly indicative of the plague. were almost unnecessary to assure you, that on an oc ' -co dangerous and distressing, every precaution which nee, virlance, and activity of a wetPinfur tried and in .ole Board of Health (assisted by the Police and Medical ty in general) could devise or suggest, was instantly adopted ranks througncut he island, every individual co-operating utmost in an object of such universal concern ; and I have =fit satisfactiun of adding, that there appears every rea t.ope, that the matady having been discovered in its very . appearance, has been arrested in its progress. In the mean time, no relaxation of the proper precautions be permitted, and I shad make it my care to make you regu , 'wormed ot the state of the public health, until the danger an end; trusting, under PROVIDENCE, that I may shortly to acquaint you of these islands being again declared free the suspicion of so dreadful a calamity. I have the honour &c. " H. Ganes. A Excellency Lieutenant-General Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor ot Gibraltar." MALTA, MAY 12. * The packet has been further detained to this day, a having been issued, informing the pub that no other circumstance indicative of the :tie had been discovered by the Medical Board, are examining all the houses in the city to ascer the facts. I have ventured into the town to give this pleasing• intelligence. The vessels resume • work to-morrow, and the embargo on the ship has been taken off. examining the houses of many foreigners here, ,usiderahle quantity of secreted arms and ammu .)n has bern discovered, which has caused almost much alarm as had been occasioned by the report the plagtr!.. A plan has also come to light, under ich the French prisoners here were to be supplied arms, which rww of course will be prevented. I t .:: 1' By the lid ' ,e folio% i . . tame in “ Sla—in nted Proc e cireumst ' tense whirl natant, marl , or , at le, " It were • rreace ,ta e intellivr .efadgable 1 acuity in gt • y all ranks o his utmos be heart! it .11 to 'tope, a at appe " In the ill be pertr riy intorm at an end are to acqi aom the sun • be, &c. His Lace' Lima The pa ociarn4 ic, that • !ague ha who are e: Cain the I you this i their wt r ping has' , On exo a COnside 'flition hat as much of the phi ,'., .which thi . `-, with arm PA Counsel roe e cool Respccti 124. en o ut .r, 'l - o pn ceet Viscoun '1 Their 1.1 ' On the I- Divorce 13• were cane( tamer Tit !‘ . at the ti • ng previt .a one in stated, tha 'thin was be fout.d, I time thte .rovriety c iston. The LO steces,ty 1 Seertlell to The Bill am read a I The 1.0. Local &lilt and passed ' , The Pe Office bill • and were 1 PlTVieu. the Irish I A short DUDA LI PARLIAMENT ART P ROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY S. Counsel were finally heard respecting the ScoU cause, Mud. v Coutts.—Judgmetit po.lsom S ill to-morrow. lesp,cting the appeal of the TruAres of die late Duke of .Itsl.tyrry v the Eau' of Wernyss, Counsel were heard in part. pri ceed aga.n on Wednesday. Viscount MAY NARD took the Oaths and his seat. Th.-ir Lordships tht n 341 pm-tied ti it some time, during ples'ure. On the House rest:min, the further eunsideratinn of Doherty's 'vote& 13.1/ aa. taken up. Cuun•.tl and the attendant WILIICACi called in, a sonic dtseu-sion took place rerpeeting the tier question of the it3Olet state of mind of Mrs. Doherty was at the tune of the marriage ceremony ; it appearing tkat not - previous she had, with medical approbation, been confined one in a disordered state of mind. Ihe Learned Counsel tied, that ai n•,e of the Wiinesses most competent to prove 3 was at preNent iu lreiand, and another could not then found, he had no hope of 13011 able to ()ring them forward in this Session, therefore submitted to their Lordships the ty o( deferring the consideration of the Bill until the next LORD CHANCELLOR, who had uliserved upon the 4;ty of having satisfactory proof adduced upon the point, tell to acquiesce lit the proposition of the Le.arned Counsel. is Bill Will.l afterwards, nit his Lordship's motion, ordered to read a second time that day three months. The Loan Funding bill, the Irish Endowed Schools, and the ' Militia Pay and Clothiag Bills, were read a third time, passed. lie Peniesula Courts Martial, and the Paymaster-General's le Bills, passed through Committees of the whole House, were reverted without any Amendment. Previous to their Lordships' resolving into a Committee on 1: ish Local 'filen* Bill; A short conversation took place between the Earls of Leo *MA LIL and CLA NCA it, r, tat her touching the general subject 01 which the measure formed a part, than the merits of the Bill Itself. The former Peer admitted, under the circumstances, some of its provisions were highly salutary : and the latter de fended sad esplamed that part of the policy of Government, re spectiog the general subject, which the Earl of LAUDERDALE Getintd to impugn. ' The Bill then passed through a Committee, and was reported (without any Aim nelmeht. The Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill also passed through a Committee. THE VICTOIIV Earl BATHURST gave notice that he should, on Wednesday tat, move the thanks of the Huuse to F:eld-Marshal the Mar- 'rites of Nirellingfon, K. O. fur the very brilliant, 'lna!, and de. Chive Victory obtained over the enemy, near Vi.Nria, iu Sp.tin, the list of /un e ; and also to the Officers and Army under Lordship's command. The Noble Earl moved that the Lords be aunimoutd for that day.. Ordered. AFFAIRS OF INDIA. 6i . some conversation took place on this subject, particularly be een the Earls of Lau e ERDALZ and LIVERPOOL. 1 be former madverted on the conduct of Ministers, In urging a decision lis t the very 44;VAIICed period of the session, on a subject au eaten !sive and complicated In its nature, as well as one of such extreme ,iniportancsi ; the more especially as the measures proposed were, many respects, essentially different from what was set forth in the Resounimis some time since communicated to the House. His Lordship then adverted to some detailed considerations in the measures pro. otell—(referring, in some degree, to the Bill lit its progress before the other House of Parliament)—which, he t ripstied, were ni t consonant to the interests of the empire, nor founded in sound policy. 1 be Fart .f LIVERPOOL deprecated a discussion which he must, in some respects, deem irregular, as the measures pointed older -isidtration - befr - the Hi What was thesub ' sub- Lord . poisible incerns of e a desi 'bent on as the Ice, to expedient or . 1 proposi solely to the public geol, unmixed with sin bill talorabts to personal or private consideration. The question wts then put, and the BUJ ordeted le be nod a second time that day three months, through which it was consequently loot. The Bari of LAUDERDALE postponed his intended motion relative.to the general Currency, until Wednesday. The Stamp Duties, the Irish Office Fees, the Vote of Credit, Coals Duty, Irish National Debt, Southern Whale Fishery, and several other Bills, were brought up fro& she Commons, by Mr. LSIIIUNGTON, Mr. WiLararoacz, and other Members, and severally read a first time, after which their Lordships Ad. journed tilt to-morrow. at were not under couside ration or before the House. What was proposed, however, was not so materially diffeient &OM thc . sub- stance and spirit of the original Resolutions as the • Notile'Lard mined to think. One object kept in view was as far ai poasible to keep separate the political from the eomineiciil concerns of India; and which, be believed, was always regarded to be a Ali- *rarer. At the sante time, he could not deem it incumbent on his Majesty's Government, not to deviate from the latter, as the full 'substance of propositions, submitted, in a first instance, to Parliament; in case they should, was it not truly expedient or politic to alter or change for the better 1 ibis proposi- tion was too evident to require illuNtration. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE vindicated the system measure: propOsed by his Majesty's Government, as most 'conducive to the real interests of the Company, and to the gene- -4 welfare of the Empire; and replied to some of the particular bjectiont thrown out by the Noble Earl. alle Earl of LAUDERDALE. spoke in explanation, and the =versa ion dropped". ' ' .P4II.IIIIRIS CLAIMS. The Earl of LIVIO.E001; called the attention of their Lord- *. to the Bill hetore theist, sent up; by the Commons, for car- ng these into effect. 'A similar pleasure, on former ()Cessions; treed it his bounder' duty to oppose, because it' did ucifappear him that the claims urged by Mr. Palmer were founded in right, and by such convictii'n was Fe still actuated. How , W anti a view to unprOvenients m the matters M question and quent pub lc advantage' the case of ibat Gentleman may be kited to a favourable consideration, was another point. &it • :Would alwayi 'resist those clinas, as' grounded upon an as- . p.m() rght , and under that impression, he would Move At the 5:II now before 'their Lordships be read a moot tispe day •tiveniOntha. *The i art dt 'CAUDERDALE expressed his acquiescence in .1 4 it iitimenti; and added that, as a miticr•of right , lee held claw,mt oisiectimahli 10 die highest dtgrte, 'arbd he *whit nagla, bas warning to rarliguelly on such occasions to look HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Romanatholie Relief Bill was read a third time, and passed.. The Irish Court of Sessions Bill, the Glass Duty Bill, the Isle of Man Spilka Bill, Mr. Percevat's Renuneia•ion Bill, the Ban ken Exemption Bill, and the Slave Trade Ball, were read a third time and passed. The Report of the Consolidated Fund Bill was reeeiveil and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to• morrow. Lord Ntlson's Estate Bill was committed, and the Report or dered to be received tomorrow. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY presented a Petition from a person of the name of George Gough, who had been a tax gatherer for the Parish of Richmond, but who had been imprisoned on ac count of a deficieacy in his accounts, and although he bad deli vered the whole of his goods to the creditors, he had not been able to receive the benefit of the Insolvent Debtors 13114 on ac. count of a local Act. The Petition •prayed for rekef.—Ordersid to lie on the table. The Spirit Licence Bill was read a third time and passed. Sir N. COLTHURST presented a Petition trail certain Dis tillers in Ireland against the Distillery Licence Bill.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Ship Owners Relief Bill was committed, and the Report was ordered to be received to-morrow. Sir FRANCIS BURDE FT presented & Petition from certain lohabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Bristol, praying for Puce. A Message from the Lords signified their Lordships' assent to several Bills, for which see the Lord*. The third reading of the Admiralty Registrar's Bill was post poned cal Wednesday. Mr. W. HI ZGERALD moved the third reading of the Irish Distillery Amendment Bill. Sir HENRY PARNELL moved, se an Amendment, that it should be read a first time that day fortnight, in consequence of the warm which the measure had excited among those who were interested in the question. Mr. SuAw supported the amendment at some length—as did also Sir NICHOLAS COLTHURST. Mr. W. FITZGERALD, after dwelling upon acme of the provisions of the 1111, said he did not thigk it liable to any of the objections that had been urged against it. It was than read a third time, some additional clauses intro duced by way of ridse, and passed. THANKS TO THE MARQUIS OF WELLINOTON. Lord CAS ILEREAGH gave notice, that he should nu Wei nesday next bring forward a motion of Thanks to the Marquis of Wellingtun and the Army under his command. INDIA BILL. I.ord CASTLEREAGH observed. that in the Bill there had some little imic2uracies crept in. He should therefore propose that it should be now recommitted jai efit ma, and that the Report should be received to-snorrow. Mr. .1 lERNLY complained of the precipitancy with which this Bill had been Isurried through the klou,e, and proposed that time should be given to take the opinion of the Court of Proprie tors upcn the Bill, and k❑ow whether they would accept it or not. Lord A. kListil.roN and Mr. PrrLs. Mom were also for farther delay. Lend CA:STLEREAGH said, that as the principle of the Bill had been now four months under di.cusiion, and the opinion of the Right Hen. Gentleman was as averse to it now as ever it had been, he utterly despaired of making a convert of horn ; and therefore, notwithstanding the charge of precipitancy, he should act as he thought it his duty to do. Mr. TIERNEY allowed, that Fo far from bring in the way of conversion to theNobleLurd'sopinion, he believed that he mu.t appear in his eyes a hardend rimer; for he really thought worse of the Bill now, than he did before. He wished to know what the Noble Lord was prepared to do, supposing the Company should refuse to accept the Bin ? bar. W. SMI7•H thought thorn was no great danger of the Court of Proprietors refusing to accept the Bill, as they would get by it much more than they ware likely to get in any other sway._ After a short conversation the Bill was recommitted ; proforws, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. NAVAL SERVICE. Lord COCHRANE rose, pursuant to notice. He felt it to be his duty to lay before the House, in as brief a manner as he could, the reasons, as they ap peared to him, why seamen were so reluctant to enter into our service. He wished, as statements made in this House were so soon forgotten, that Gentlemen should have time to ascertain the bulk of the facts which he should now submit to their consideration by way of Resolutions, in order that, when they next met, they might be prepared to adopt those means which would best prevent the recurrence of similar calamities. With this view, it was not his intention to detain the House by making a long speech, but should simply read to them the Resolutions, which he wished to submit to their consideration. Ho ac cordingly read his Resolutions, expressive of an opi. nion that the great victories hitherto obtained by our Navy were to be attributed to the skill and bravery of our officers and seamen ; and that the disasters which had a tended our Navy in the present contest with America, were not so much owing to any su periority on the part of our enemy in skill and valour, or even to tl.e well known difference in the weight of j metal, as to the decay of our crews, from the length of service on board of ship, compared with the fresh ness and vigour of the crews opposed to them. That our seamen were discharged only on account of some incurable disc - trier ; and that after a service even of 20 years, our seamen were not even then discharged, but were sent into what was called harbour duty, from which they could not procure their discharges, but upon payment of premium to the amount, for an able seaman, of £BO, which, notwithstanding the most meritorious previous service, they must pay— that seamen, when on foreign stations, received no pay till their return home, and were obliged to pur chase slops and every necessary at great disadvan tage. That their recompense for the loss both of eyes and arms was not greater than the board wages of au ordinary footman ; that one of the best and strongest motives to meritorious conduct in military and naval men, is the prospect of promotion, but that is now almost wholly withdrawn from the Navy and from Naval Commanders, it being a matter of notoriety that it has become next to impossible for a meritorious subordinate petty officer or seaman to rise to the rank of Lieutenant, through any other means than what is called Parliamentary interest. that is to say, the corrupt influence of Boroughs. That owing to these causes chiefly, the crews of his Majesty's ships of war have in general become, in a very con si.terable degree, worn out and disheartened, and ma. dequate to the performance, with their wonted zeal and enerl y, of those arduous duties which belong the naval service, and that hence had arisen, by slow and imperceptible degrees, the enormous augmenta tion aour ships and men, while the ivaval force of our alewife ie actually much less than in former. wars. That as a remedy tor thii alarming nattona. evil a limitation of the duration of Service should be adopted. iteeompsnied with the etrtaint7 'of suitable reward.that all plates in and about Naval Officers I should be bestowed on meritorious decayed petty of-' &as and seamen—and that the House, convinced that a decrease of energy cannot be compensated by an augmentation of the number of ships, guns, and men, will, at an early period in the next Session, take the matter into considerations will investigate the state of the fund of Greenwich Hospital, and as certain whether it is advisable to apply the Droits of the Admiralty and the Droits of the Crown, as the natural first means of compensation to those who have acquired them by their valour, their privations and their sufferings. His Lordship observed, it the facts in these Resolutions were founded, the evils should be removed ; if they were not founded, then should that be shewn, and he be deterred, by the ex posure of the falsity Cif his statements, from making any more motions of the kind. He was ready, how ever, to prove all he had said at the Bar of the House. The Resolutions being put as one motion, and se conded, _ _ _ Mr. CROKER expressed his surprise that the No ble Lord had not thought proper to communicate this extraordinary Resolution to any of those whose duty it would be to reply to the statements it con tained. He (Mr. Croker) came forward totally un prepared, before the moment when he had just heard the statements read ; but he could confidently assure the House, that all the statements of the Noble Lord were altogether without foundation in fact, with the exception of only one; and in the truth of that one, he (Mr. Croker) most perfectly agreed with the No ble Lord. He most freely admitted that our gallant seamen had gained many glorious victories over the French during the List war ; but all the remaining statements of the Noble Lord he would' not hesitate to pronounce either totally unfounded in fact, cr grossly exaggerated—(Hear, hear.) He regretted that this Resolution had not been brought forward earlier in the Session, when it might be more fully and satisfactorily exposed. Who, he would ask, but the No ble Lord, had ever dreamed that any losses we might be supposed to suffer during the present war with America could possibly have proceeded from want of conduct or of gallantry on the part of British sea men ? (Hear, hear.) —What I was the capture of Java, the capture of the nicedonian, to be ascribed to want of spirit ?—(Loud cheering.) It was a fact well known, that whilst the Macedonian was fighting with heroic ardour, gaining glory for herself, and giving new lustre to that naval honour which was never stained before this moment, when it was blown upon by the Noble Lord—in that hour of trial, of danger, and of glory, cheers of exultation and encou ragement were heard all over the ship—and from whom ? from the wounded men l—(Loud cheering.) How then could the Noble Lord assert in the face of day that the spirit of British seamen was broken down ? (Hear, hear!) 'He would state to the House one signal instance, that of the Boatswain of the Java, who give in evidence, in his simple but energetic terms, 44 that his aim was shattered during the tight, that he was carried below and had it set to rights— that he returned on deck with his arm slung in the ' bosom of his shirt, and in that condition cheered his fellow.sailors with his pipe to make a fine spring in , boarding." Such was the spii it which was said to be subdued I—Another statement of the Noble Lord was, that eighty pounds was required for every indi vidual disalsArgr. This statement was directly cos trary to fact. Eighty pounds were required only from men of the first class, sixty pounds from ordt nary men, and thirty, sometimes twenty pounds from other persons. If men were found unfit for harbour duty, they were dismissed withou. requiring any thing. The Noble Lord had fdtmerly stated, that he knew an instance of a harbour-duty man who was required to pay eighty pounds for his discharge. He (Mr. Croker) denied the fact at the time, and bad since made every inquiry, but could meet with no such case. The Hon. Member for Becloud had pro mised to obtain from the Noble Lord the name of this person, and the time and place ; but he (Mr. Croker) had never heard a word about it, though now six months had elapsed.—The Noble Lord re presents our seamen as heart-broken : heart broken he was sure they would be to find those ungenerous and unfounded aspersions upon their chitracter passed over by Parliament-L (Bear, hear.) So tar from any increased confinement of the men to the ships, leave of absence was much more frequently granted within the last tour years. Seamen, after three years fo reign service, were now, by an express regulation of the Admiralty, permitted to visit their friends, and allowed to receive a proportion of their pay. The regulation was disapproved by some Officers, but found by experience to be very salutary in its effects. So far from any relaxation of discipline being pro doced by it, desertion had since become much less frequent.—ln fact, the Resolution of the Noble Lord was a monstrous tissue of false argument and unfoun ded statement.—The Noble L Ird had said that pro. motion was now become the wages of corrnption. Was the Noble Lord's own commission the wages of corruption ? Was the high rank of many Officers on board the Navy, who had risen from humble origin, the wages of corruption ? He would ask the Noble Lord, was not his recommendation frequently atten ded—even in the appointment of a successor to corn mand the frigate which the Noble Lord was solicited to retain, in which station he might have gained ho nour and distinction, instead of dishonour in his pre sent place ? He would ask the Noble Lord to name who had given, or who had received, the wages of corruption He felt warmly on this subject, and wished to express his severest censure of the conduct pf the Noble Lord, considering that the charges and insinuations he had made wore not the result of a momentary or inconsiderate view, but a ham.' Re solution, containing the concentrated essence of six months incubation. He would wish the Noble Lord to allow others to feel the honour and interests ot the Navy as well as himself. How could he suppose any person actuated by malice prepense to rob, that glorious service?—lt was stated, that difficulty of ob taming prize-money was increased; but, oft the con trary, a much greater facility of access to the' hey Office was now gained by the exertions of his Right. Hon. Friend (Mr. Rose,) and by the interference of Parliament. But the Noble Lord w owe hive it un derstood the House was then only devising how to ,ncrcase the difficulty when it sanctions the Bill his Riga:; Hon. - friend. f the Noble Lord had pub. fished his Resolution as a pampliiat, he (air. Crider ) would endeavour to feud tune to answer it. He mu tea the Horse would not bedtate one moment art such a subject—and was actuated by feeling only an interest in our Navy, which was the bulwark of our national security—(Hear, !mar.) He was sure the House had a just regard for th.tt revered service; and if the Noble Lord dared, a division would el. press, not their sews:, but the:r indignation, at bit conduct. Mr. LOCKHART wished the Noble Lord te withdraw his motion, conceiving that the Resolunont were such as did riot become either a Member of that House, or a Captain of the British Navy to propose for the adoption of ?Ark:mem. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, that the Hon. Secretary had indulged in a warrpth and a severity of animadversii,n, which the oceasion by no means justified. His Noble Friend had asserted much, and he had denied much, and that on a very important subject; but it remained to be seen which was in error. He was willing to admit, that the late paiod of the Session rendered the motion inexpedient ; but he conceived, that if his Noble Friend were induced to withdraw it, he would feel himself in duty bound to bring it forward at an early period of the ensuing Session, when ut course the present strong objections to it would be removed. The Hun. Member had taxed his Noble Friend with exaggeration ; but it wit; impossible to conceive any thing, more exaggera ted than the whole of his own speech. He had stated his Noble Friend to have described our seamen as having wholly lost the energy and valour which had once distinguished them. Now, his Nuble Friend had never so described them : he had stated, that their spirits were depressed by long confinement and various other hardships ; but he had never stated that their hearts were subdued, or that when brought into action they did not forget every thing but that Licy I had their own character and the character of their country to support. The Hon. Baronet then pro. ceeded to contend, that as it was not denied that in some cases the sum of eighty pounds was taken fur the discharge of a seaman, his Noble Friend's asser tion on that head had not been refuted, and went on to remark on the impropriety of tile harbour-du' y men being mixed with convicts. (No !no ! from the Treasury Benches.) He knew nothing of the matter. (Hear, hear)—and therefore he would support the in quiry, because the facts stated were of the last impor tance, knd it ought to be generally known whether they were correct or incorrect. He hoped his Noble Friend would not withdraw his Resolutions without giving notice that he would bring them again under the consideration of the House at an early period of next Ses s ion. Mr. ROSE defended himself from the insinuations against his conduct in his official capacity, which formed part of the Noble Lord's res 'lutions. He . said, that no such bouds as those mentioned were taken from the Clerks in the Navy OfE.:e, but that on the contrary they ,had strict -irders to give ever, sale - action to seamen, or their relatives, who might make enquiries at the office, only ascertaining that they hid a real interest in making the enquiry. In very many cases seamen not knowing what otfice to apply to came.to his house, and , he had always him self given them any information tjtey solicited. He frequently received letters from them, :sad they were answered uniformly by his own ha.-id. Mr. CA LC RAF 1' thought that the Resolutions of the Noble Lord were calculated to do intioite rms ehief—(Heer, hoar.) He was not satisfied with couch ing his opinions in a speech; that was too fleeting a medium to answer his purpose. The Hun. Member then proceeded to compliment the Honourable Secre tary of the Admiralty on the speech which he had made in answer to the Noble Lord's Resolutions, and which, he said, did equal credit to his bead and heart. • He had never heard such a tissue of unfunded as , vrtions as had proceeded from the Noble Lord in tile course of his extraordinary speech. He had spoken art personsbeiog obliged to pay sefilj for a discharge, but he should be glad to see the credit of the Noble Lord's statement tried by one fact —(Hoer, hear, from the Ministerial side.) Sucli vague and unau thorised statements were calculated to Lto much mis chief. He trusted, however, that the House would mark their reprobation of such a proceeditig, and he felt assured, that there was not one Mali in the House (s.rve the Honourable Baronet) who wuuli support it. (Hear, hear.) • Sir J. WRO CTESLEY spoke as to the facility of seamen receiving their pay at Somerset House. Mr. STANNIFORTA contended, in opposition to the Noble Lord, that discharges were obtained with great facility. Lord COCHRANE replied. He said he was not at all displeased at the manner in which his plAiusi• sitions had been received. It was to him only the more convincing proof that they were true, or they would not be felt so severely. He main:ained, that he intended so cast no imputation upon the rxinduce •or bravery of the Navy ; but the seamen wire ineffi cient from mere bodily debility and physical weakness. The length of the war was one cause, aid the per formance of harbour-duty was another, to winch he traced those evils. he had been dcried by the Hon. Secretary to produce one instance et a petty officer purchasing an exemption from harbour.uuty by the payment of JE80; but in reply lie would st.ite, that his own coxswain had paid Wat sum for such exemp tion. He believed, however, and the Hon. Secie try wound inform him if hu was tight, that the Adneraity had, at length, adopted some ieguiauons u i ant that subject. Every thing that he had adva,,ced he pledged himself to prove at the b a r o f to H,.use, if permitted. The physical inability of the reen was the real cause of those disgraceful uisasters which had happened. He nYsiutained, that it 24-poulidas were ;:tit in our ships, they would not be leund to con ,lc, men capable art working them. The disgust At the service in our navy was su great, that he al Leafed to the lion. Secretary whether it was not true, that the course of exchionge of prisoners between Ibis country and America uras stop k :ed, because our men escaped into the interioT, and had to be bri.uglit b ick by main force. His tension for not bringiee tb. nicasole ',T wat earlier the Session wat., that he 1.1. e ,o have brought in a bill to limit the bavai s, h v cc; but v.rious obstscies bud prevented him, and 1:e it sub rusped the 14esolutions, because, bents matter of te e Irel t Memlaers scull have au oppertunity 3 esausas .ng tneir allegations before otat . oesaion, Wilco it car .only was his intention to morn tor leave to bring 1114 J. Bill Ellwood upon tie m. Mr. 0401(El( stated, in reply to two filmdom put to Lip ny the Noble 1.1.4, that the Aummiltf infß rain at ha w to her c ith A bei err fl Cltl4 nt If on nice hAt ent ork e cts obit e ha obit hem, ate t Tit Aft* ttee e be t Mr 4 • t Re( 4p lAA Th .ant Thur A he tion u)tl sveg dtsh acts t'roo • uri B^l to A "p Illel .1 s s I r. 1: 1( ha Iliti sht ant in Co all ba of a he X se at