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FROM THE LONDON GAZCI FE. IN CONTINUATION FROM THIS PRECEDING PAGE. At the Court at the Queen's Palace, the 16th of May, 1803, prcfct t ti 0 . 5 moft — Excellent Majefly in Coar.c:l. "ki t EA 5, in confequence of the repeated injultc and pro vocations which his Majelly has experienced from the Go vernment of France, his Nlajelly finds himfelf con:paled to take fueli nice:tires a■ are beceffary for vindicating the honour of his Crown, and the kill :iglus of his Subjedis ; his lty therefore is pleated, by and with the advice of his Privy Coun cil, to ord r, and it is hereby mart that general Reprifals be granted againit the (hips, goods, and febjedts 4:f o,e French Repubiiz. fo that as well his Majelty's fleets and fhips. as alto all other fldps and vetteli that Mall be cum's:if:Donated, by letters of marque, or general reprifals, or otherw•ife, by his :Majelty's Collin:Mimic:li for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. mall and may lawfully feize all drips, vetfels, and goods banning to the French Republic, or to any perlons being liih;acls of the French Kt-Walk, nr inhabiting within any of the territories of the French Repub lic, and bring the fame to judgment in luch Courts of Admi ralty within his Majefty's dominions, as than he duly commit finnated is take cognizance thereof, and, to that end, his Ma - jetty's Advocate General, with the Advocate of the Admiralty. are forthwith to prepare the draft of a commiffion,and prefeot the fame to his Maltfl y vt this Boaid, authorizing the Com millioners for executing the office of Lord ROI Admiral, or any perfon or perfons by them empowered and appointed, to ilfuc forth and grant letters of marque and reprifals to my of his Majcfty's fubjedis, or others whom the laid Commiffioncrs Mali deem fitly qualified in that behalf, for the apprehending, hazing, and tat, ing the Chips, veffels, and goods belonging to the French Republic, or to any perfons being fubjeeta of the French Republic, or inhabiting within any of the territories of the French Republic ; and that fuch powers and claufes be infected in the faid Commtilion as have been idled, and are according to former precedents ; and his Majelty's laid Ad vocate General, with the Advocate of the Admiralty are alto forthwith to prepare the draft of a COMMIffiOII, and relent the fame to his Majsßy at this Board, authorifing the laid Comtniffioners for executing the office of Lord High Admi• re!, to will and require the High Court of Admiralty of Great Britain, anal the Lieutenant and Judge of the faid Court, his Surrogate or Surrigates, as alto the feveral Courts of Admi ralty within his Majtfty's dominions, which lhall be duly cam Iniflionated, to take cognizance of, and judicially proceed open all and all manlier of captures, feizurcs, prizes, and reprifals of all Mips and goods that are or mall be made, anti to hear and determine the fame, and according to the court: of Admi rainy, and the laws of nations, to adjuke and condemn all fuch !hips, veffels, and goods as ROI belong to the French Re public, or to any perfons being fubjedis of the French It, or inhabiting within any of the territories of the French Re pub'ic ; and that fuch powers and claufes be infected in the laid commiffion as have been dual, and are according to formir precedents, and they arc iikewife to prepare and lay before his Majefty at this Board a draft of loch inßrudions as may lie proper to be fent to the faid feveral Courts of Admiralty in his Majefty's foreign Governments and plantations for their guidance herein; as alto anothet draft of inftruclions for fuch °tips as mall be commiffionated for the purpofes above-men- tinned. From the Court at the Qren's Palace, the :6th day of May, 1803. (Signed) Eldon, C. Portland, P. Weltmoreland, C P. S. AtholL Rozburghe. Salifbury, C. Townlhend. Dart mouth. Chefterfield. Harrington. Chatham. Rnff Fyn. °allow. Courtown. Cafticreagh. H .wkcfbe ry. Pelham. Cathcart. Auckland. Harting. Glen ben*. Henry Addington. C. F. Greville, Vice Ch. Wm Wynne. Thcw.Steele. Wm. Scott. Mac Corry. C. Yorke. Thus Wallace. J. Smyth. J. Hiley Ad dington. By the KING —A PROCLAMATION. FOR TNCOORAGING 16AMRN AND LANDNIIN TO ENTER TIMM ON`IOARD INItS OT WAR. GEORGE R. Whereas it is Our Royal Intention to give all due encourage ment to all fucii leamen and landmen who Mall voluntarily cr ux themfelves in our ferviee, We have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to publith this our Royal Pro clamation : And we do hereby promik and declare, that all inch able Seamen sot above the age of so, nor Under the age of to years, fit for our ferliCC, 140 MAIM or before the 30th day of June next voluntarilrenter themfehres to ferve in our Royal Navy, either with the Captains or I.ieutenants of our Ships or Veffels, or Officers employed on more for railing Men for the fenrice of Our Navy, Stall n calve, as Our Royal Bounty, the turn of Five Pounds each Man : And all fuch Ordinary Sea men, fit for Our fervke, who Mall fo aster themfebes as afore faid, ball receive the turn of Two Pounds Ten Shillings each Man And all filch able-bodied Landmen, not above the age of 3s, nor under the age of w years, who Mall fo enter them.- (elves as aforefaid, than receive the funs of Thirty Shillings each Man, as our Royal Bounty, in lieu of the Bounties promifed in Our Royal Proclamation dated the 7th day of March lett ; fuch refpeaive fume to be paid them by the refpcsitive Clerks of the Cheque reliding at the ports where the (hips or vegeta= board which fuch (amen and landmen may be appointed to ferve, than be immediately after the third mutter of fuels fa men or landmcn: And we do declare, that the qualifications of the icemen and landmen fo entering themfelvw, (hall be certi fied by the Captaln,.Malter, and Boatfwain of the thin or w fel on board which they Gull be appointed to ferve : And for prevention of any shirks, by any perfons leaving the veffeis to which they (hail belong, and entering thenifelves on board any other our Slips or veffeb, in order to obtain the Mid bounty money, we do hereby declare and command, that fuch (cameo and landmen belonging to any of our (hips or velffils, as Mall abfem themfcives from any of the laid Mips or veffels to which they Stall Wong, and ball enter themfelves on board any other of our kid (hips or veffels, In order to obtain the Paid bounty, Bull not only lofe the wages due to them In the (Lips or rails they Mall leave, but alto be puniffied according to their de merits. Given at our Court at the Queen's Palace, the 16th day of May, 1803, and le the Forty-third year of our Reign. GOD SAVE TEE KING. By the KING.--A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE R. _ Whereas, we arc informal, that great numbers of mariners and feafaring men, our natural-born fubjeda,are in the ferviee of divers foreign Princes and States, to the prejudice of our kingdom: And whereas, attempts may be made to (educe fome of oar fubjeds contrary to their allegiance and duty taus, to enter on board (hip* or veffcls of war, or other fhips or vei l& belonging to the French and Bat•vian Republics, with in tent to commit hoftilities &taloa us or our fulled', or other wife to adhere, or give aid or comfort to our enemies upon the lea Now, we, in order that none of our fubjeets may igno rantly incur the guilt and penahirt of loch breaches of their al legiance and duty, have thought it neciffary, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, to rabid*l this our Royal Prods madon, hereby notifying and declaring, *ballad perfons, being our fohicets, who (hall enter or terve, or he found on board any *lips or vefels of war, or other Mips or verde belonging the French or yutavian Republics, with Intent to commit haf teitirs againfl us or our Nitres, or who than (*hi rwife adhere, er give aid or comfort to oar intimates upon the lea, will there by become liable to fuffir the pains of death, and all othe-pains and penaltie. of bigb trrafon and piracy; and we do hereby de clare nor Royal Intention and fbm refutation to proceed &gait& all Nth offenders according to law. Goon at our Court at the %teen's Palace, the 16th day of May, 1803, in the Forty•diard year of our Reign, • Goo save Tel Ki.o. At the Coast at the Gluten's Palace, the tods day of May. allot. relent the King's molt Ficeitent Nfaiefty in Council. It is ehia day ordered by his Majedy. by and with the ad vice of hi. Privy Council. that no Illps or velfels b e l o n gin g i n any of his Majefty's fubjefts, be permkt.d to enter and clear enit for any of the ports of the French or Datavian Republics, or for the p ra of any country occupied by the armies of France, until further order; and his Mikity a further pleated to order, *bat a general embargo or Rep tic made wt all (hips b.-boring to the French and &martian Republics whatfura. , , now wit htn o r width hereatter tAatl name into any of the lore.. liar sate.. or road. within the Uoked It inflow of Great Britalt. togethe r wit% all peeing:. and an bawd the Cod 200 and veffels; bat that tht atom' cart be takco furtherer.- ferntin of all :rd every part of the eargoet on board any of the frid fhips,fo thit nn damage or embezzlement whatever be fultained; and the Riztit Hon. the Lords Commiffioners of his Maj. ay's Treafury, the Lords Com miftioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports are to give the ne etfrary ciiredt:ons herein, u to them may refpedtively apper uin. W. TAWKENES. FARL IA MEN TART PRUCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, TUESDAY, MAY 17. Thtir Lordfl ipe, purfo“nt to the Order of the day, refolved thernfelves two a Comoutteee of Privileges, and L• SINGH•O4 h4vin 4 7, taken the Chair, the confideration of the Claim of t!'e Rev. Mr. Brydges, to the Barony of Chandos, teas rev ewe. . Lord. ITAWICE and ALVAN Ler delivered their fentiments at Come length; and after ihortly ?.fGgnit , g his reafons in favour of the pi o. ceding, the LORD ( ItANCELLOR propofed to ad journ tlio Ltr:her eonßderati..n of the cafe; amt.s motion being made to adjourn the fame till Thurfday fi:nnight, the fame WAS or. i-red aecordirs.lv. . The Royal Affent was siren by Commilriun to 36 public and private 14:1, among the 1. rmer were the Irifh Revenue, the :rifh Batik Reftridiun, the Sugar Duties Drawback. the Grc na'a Lnan, the Nuttingham Election, and the lnakeepers' Sub:iftence among the latter was the Ldinburgh Read _ _ I he Lords Commifauners were, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Lirt of ROSSLIN, and Lord WALSINCIIAM. Mr ALI:XANIICK a,cl others brought up from the Commons the Minds &milks ' Bill. _ _ _ . . Several private Bills were brought up by Mr.DicKINS, Mr. LAscn.Les, and other Gentlemen. 'Theft Bills were level...lly read a firft time. Lord AUCK La ND, after adverting to the probability that the Bill now before the Commons relative to the retidence of the Clergy, tee. would fpeedily be brought up to that Houle, ob. ferved upon the propriety of having their I.ordlhips as fully in forms/I as to the general fubjr.ft, as was praeticable; with that view, he in veil, that certain papers (c(pecially fume ae cot:nts reit:witting Queen Anne's Bounty) relative thereto, and which bad been recently laid before the Houle, ihould be printed; which was ordered accordingly. 'lle Bills before the Houk were fm warded. • On the queftion for their Lorelfhips goini into a Committee on the Lunatics' bitates Bill,_ The Earl of RAONO a made a few obfervationt on the ma ture; in contequence of which The Loan CHANCELLOR quitted the wadi:Rh, and Rated the operation of the catalog laws, with rapedt to the powers of the Cuurt of Chancery, relative to Luna its, the &fedi in which the Provifintis of the Ball, in tome degree, went to re medy; he Rated the power of the Court to make ',cafes fOr the benefit of the lunatic, but it wa. reftrie'l J with regard to felling. A Lunatic, under the Felon regulations, could be arrcited, and thole Lordfhi, a muft ennciive the fituatiun perfons of that dekription in fuck circuniftanees. lie noticed the power of the Sheriff to tell the Leatehuld Property of the Lunatic, but which was generally due at an en rmous dif advantage. The Noble and Learned Lord then proceed, 41 to detcribe other drafts of the existing Laws nn the Utica, and which, he thought, called for the interference or such Provi lions as the Bill contained: he obf,rved, that the tubjedt wts originally introduced to the notice of the Legiflature with his concurrence, and he appealed to the more matured experience of his Noble . -nd Learned Friend rear hint (the Ea:l o'Russ- N), whether, what he had advanced upon the tubj.a, was well founded? The Noble Earl kerning to concur in the obfervations of the Noble Lord on tbe woolfach— The Houle immediately wont into a Coma'!tree on the Bill, the various pruvilions of which were agreed to by their Lord &fps, and, on its Minting, the Report was ordered to be re ceived to-morrow. The Bill for the better regulation of the Law with refpen to certain Capital Offences, wig read a third time; and after tome verbal Amendments, on the fuggeltion of Lord At VANLF T. were adopted, the Bill was palled, and ordered to be fent down to the Commons. Somc private bufinefs was difpofed of; after which their Lordfhipa alourni.ci tin to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Houk attsnded in the Houle of Peers,to hear the Royal Anent gisen to feveral Public and Private bills. Mr.HILLIARD prefented a Petition from John Simpfnn,late Mayor of Ginn Gr.mfby, declaring his contrition for his con dudt, pleading his poverty, and praying to he liberated trom his prelent Rate of Imprilonment. Mr. Hilliard then moved, That John Simplon be brought to the Bar of that Houle to morrow, In order to be tircharged. Ordered. The Silver Bullion Bill was r:ad a third time and paned The Committee on the Indemnity Bill was put off till to morrow. The Houfe, in a Committee of the whole Houfe, agreed to the M. don fubmittrd to the Houle yefterday by Lord Caftle• reagh, for leave to bring in a Bill for regulsting the Shipping 01 the Bait India Company. The report of this tcfolutiun was afterwards agreed to by the Houfe, and a Bill order,d. Lord CASTLIIICACH obfer•ei, that after the Bill Ihnuld be brought in, there would then be a fufßeient opportunity fur any Gentleman to make obfervations upon it. Mr. Vanitrr *IT brought up a Bill to explain and amend the Medicine Duty Aft, which was read a Grit time. ESSIGR•TION. The Houk refolved itfelf into a Committee on the Report of the Committee to whom the Sur vey of the Highlands of Scotland had been re ferred; and on the motion of Mr. HAWKINS BROWNE, agreed to the following Refolutionc: " RefolveciLThat it is the opinion of chit Commitzee.That perform emigrating from different parts of thi. Unit,d Kingdom have, in various initances, fuffered great dillrefs and hirdihip on account of the crowded Hate of the vends, the want of a lotTi eient flock of provitions, water, and other nectffsrics for the voyage, and In various other refpeets. " Refolved.--.That it is the opinion of this Committee, That it is expedient to regulate the wallets carrying paffenger. from the United Kingdom to hi. Majelly's plantar ittW and felt lements abroad, or to foreign part., with refpect to the number of pal frigets which they gall he allowed to take on board, in pro- portion to the tonnige of tech wilds, as well u with relpedt to the proviGon of proper neceffaries for the voyage." On the Chairman reporting the above Refolu- Lions to the Houle, he obtained leave to bring in it Bill, purcuant to the fame. Mr. Coati( laid, that upon this (objeCt, he with. ed to mention to the Home, that very great abufes had taken place with regard to the condition of the wails in which thefe unfortunate perfons failed ; and he walled the Houfe would provide, that relicts for that purpcfe were feaworthy before they failed. Mr. SPEAKFR laid, fuch a provifion might here. after he adopted in the Bill, when it Should be brought up. LATE NEGOTIATION WITH FRANCE. General G4scotowa gave notice that he would, on Friday next, move for certain papers relative to the affairs between this Country and France, which occurred' prior to the Treaty of Amiens. His reafon frir giving this notice was, that he un derhand from what fell yeflerday from the Noble Secretary of State, that the papers to be laid before the 'Lde were thole fince the Treaty of Amiens. The CHANCELLOR of the Excusopeit walled the lion Member would (tate what pouusthofc papers he meant to move for referred to. General GAscurcNE laid, feme of them fbroild refer to Malta, and others to Italy; but it would be imroffible 1., him tomention the particular papers he don'd move for, until he law the documents that we: e In be Lid before the Houle to-morrow. Mr. W/1171AtAD witheci to know, whether the Papers intended to he laid before the Hour: were thole relating to the Treaty of Amiens, and to every thing that occurred finci that event ; or whether it was meant to include in them evety thing that occurred bkween the figning of that and the Preliminary Treat} , ? I The CHANCELLOR of the Excittoseit replied, that it was the intention of Minilters to lay before the Iloufe all documents that could ferve to throw any light upon the whole lubjeet of the tranfac tions between Great Britain and France, ever fince the figning of the Definitive Treaty. If the De finitive Treaty had not been ligned,Minifierswould equally have felt it their duty to have laid before the Houfe every document that could enable it to form a judgment of the Preliminary Treaty. DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE. The SECRETARY at WAR gave notice, that to. morrow he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the better defence of Great Britain and Ireland. The Bill would be the fame with that paired in 1798, only that the provifions of it would be extended to Ireland. CONSOLIDATION OF THE CUSTOM AND EXCISE DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQSER moved the Order of the Day for the Houle to refolve hfelf into a Committee on fo much of his Majefty's Speech, of the 23c1 November laft, as related to affording facility to mercantile tranfa4lions. General Gascorosis raid, he did not know this fubjeet was among the Orders of the Day. It was not his intention to object to it at prefent ;—but viewing the (title& in a different light to which he had done, he willed a little more time, becaufe that which might be objectionable in time of peace might not in time of war. Confidering the information.he had received, he had not had time to bring his mind to a conclufion on the fubjettl.-.- Any meafure which had for its object the fimpli tying that which was complex, was certainly defer able. It was not to the principle of the bill in time of war that he objected, but he trufted the Chat!cellor of the Exchequer would net confider that there was a general anent to it at all times; and that he would allow full opportunities for Gentlemen to Rate their objenions. It ought not I a t !melon to occupy too much time in the Com mince. lie could not, however, fit down without recommending to the Chancellor of the Exche quer to confider whether it would nut be as well p to leparate the Tonnage Duty ft om the reft of the I bill. If he did this, he helievet! the principal ob jekttion would he removed. He fhonld at all times objed to the Tonnage Ditty as a principle of tax atuut in time of peace. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer would feparate the Tonnage Ditty, he I had realm to think there would not be the leaft objection. It might be confidered as a convoy tax, ! I and the merchants would not make the leaft op polition to it ; he merely threw out this f• r the I confiderath'n of the Right Honourable Gentle. man. What he recommended might be moved by way of an inflration to the Committee. He I lhould not make any objection at prefent, but &mid referve himfelf till the refislu•ions were 'reported. The CHANCELLOR CIF THE EXCHFOZ7ER faid, he !wiped the Houle would do him the j!iftice to re collea, that he had (hewn every dilpofition to dd. cufs the lithjeft alluded to by the Hon. Member, and that he had not brought forward this bufinets ftuddenly. He hoped the Houfe would now agree with him in the neceßit y of dilpatch on this ocea fion, as the iilbjeCt was of very great imp irtances and might lot in the foundation lot another mea lure of the titmolt consequence, which Ih! ul.l be brought forward in the fhape of a Bill; t.l!s• was to be a meafure for affording accommodation to Merchants, with regard to warehoufing their goods. The only thing at relent betore the Houfe 14Ai a propofition to go into a Committee, to con fider of the bent means of affording aecommoda-. Lion to the mercantile and (hipping interests of the country. General GASCOMNE laid, he underflood the Right Hon. Gentleman intended to bring in a confqlidated Schedule. _ The CHANCI•LLOR OT THE EXCHEQUER replied. that it was his iotention, in the courfe of the lase fent Salon, to bring in A Bill for confolidating the duties on Excife, Stamps .tnd AfTetfed Taxes. The Houle then relolved itfelf into a Committee. The Cm A NC I, LLOR OF THE Exc kky SP. obferved, that he had on a former day (teed to the Hoit(e the • general principles of the meafirre he now meant to bring forward, and he Ihould therefore content !timidf at prefent with calling the atten tion of the Honk to certain parts of the fchedule ' of duties. Many alterations ware to be made in the duties ; in Cone inilances the duty on articles were to he augmented, and in others diminithed. For intlance, he propofed to make an alteration in the duties on port wine ; at ',relent all port wine imported into London paid a duty of 11. los. a pipe more than was paid in any other port of Great Britain. From the improved hate howe ver of the other ports, and the increaled means of conveyance from - them into the interior of the country, they were as well able to bear that duty as the City of London, and therefore k was in tended that the ditty Ihould be the fame through- out every part of the kingdom. A regulation was intended to be made in the duty upon &ins. It WAS meant to extend the duties on all articles of wood, except that which was to be ufed for the building of thips. The duties were to he increafed ' on chemical oils and fpices imported into this coun try. A duty was alto to he laid on precious Bones. Such an alteration Arnold take place in the duties on china ware imported into this country, as Ihould give greater encouragement to our own earthen ware manufadures. The dirty on indigo from the Bt kith plantation► was to be reduced : that which i was to afford the greatell accomm ,, clation of all, would he the difallowance of the drawback on ex portation. He (bold propofe to reduce the duty on cotton wool to Id. per lb. ; and the ditty on cotton to rad. per lb. As one great objed of th,. Indent 171CHIOTE was to cotinteraFt the prattice of imuggling, he (tumid reduce the duties, AllO m .ICe other regulations with regard to lace and Bandana handkerchiefs, of which there was a large clan• &Rim importation : the fair trader thoulii have an opportunity of manufeeturing the handkerchiefs here. The (muggier could at any time enfure the delivery of there at 14 per cent. and it was meant to propufe a duty of 25 per cent. upon them. It was handed to reduce the duty on hemp coming from America and the Welt Indies. Alto to re duce the duties on Italian wines, fo as to make the duties the fame as thofe paid upon Port wines.— His ohjea, in making this alteration, was to giv e encouragement to the Mediterranean trade. He fhuuld propofe to take off part of the duty on coarfe linen yarn imported from Germany. With regard to the duty on the tonnage of (hipping, he 'mutt new underftand that the ohjeCtions made to it, were chiefly done away, on account of the fop_ poled flate of the country. All that the oppofers of this meafure meant to contend for was, that the duty ought not to exift in time of peace ; bit; that they were willing for it to be continued durinz war. It wasunneceffary for him at prefent to lit! : any arguments for its continuance during a peri , d ' of peace ; but he muff inform the Houfe, that the duty had not hitherto any of thofe dircouragii,g effedts that had been attributed to it. During the exiftence of that duty, the navigation of the coun try was highly improved. Every year the Britith (hipping had experienced an increafe, while there was a decreafe in foreign (hipping and tonnage in our ports. The inereafe was great and progretlive, both in time of war and of peace. He now fpoke from pnfitive information, which he had been at tome pains to obtain. He had thus thought pro. per to give the Committee a fort of outline of the plan he intended to lay before the Houfe, and to hate Tome of the principal alterations that were to take place in the duties. It was intended that a fchedule of all there duties was to he tranflated into all the European languages, and peace' up in every language at the Cultom Houfe; and, at the end °few, Sefton of Parliament, to print a rew fchedule containing the alterations that may have , been made in any of the duties. He then Con. eluded with moving a refolutiun purfuant to his Itatement. _ _ Sir WILLIAM MILNIII Paid he fhnuld not op. pofe the refolutions, but put in hii. claim to offer any °Nations that may occur to him in the future progrets of the bufinefs. General Gascosows laid, he would for the pre fent abttain from going fully on this fiihjea, but confine himfell to a very few particulars. He much queflioned the expediency of increafing the duties on wine in the out-p rts, as the fame prac tice which the Right Hon. Gentleman walled to overturn, had continued ever fence our wines were no• fubjeaed to criflom duties. The fame prin ciple would equally apply to the equalization ofthe land tar, or the counry rates. The Right Hon. Gentleman had omitted the mention of the coffee duties, though there was not a fingle article in which fmuggling was carried on t r fa great an extent, for the London market was principally fup plied in that way until the building of the Ealt In dia Docks. He alfo diffired with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the fubjed of lowering the duties upon Lorton wool, conceiving that the tax altogether would be better laid upon the rnanu• facture than on the raw material. The Tonnage Duty would probably now lad for fome years, till the conclnfion of a peace. The facility of palling and n.paffing to and from the Continent made a great difference between that and other branches of trade, and if the Right Hon. Gentleman look ed to the number of limps in all the different ports, ditlinguithing Englith from foreign bottoms, he would have difcovered, that inßead of an increafe, the tonnage of the country had of late experienced a reduction. He concluded with fume animadvert lions on what he called the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's mifconceptino of the fchedule, and con tended tha: the promife of only changing fradion al into integral firms had not been complied with. The increate in the duties were in many articles Rom to 35k. the latter of %smith was not an integral number. The CIitNCFLLOR of the Excnicttrea replied, ' that what oe dated before was, that in many ar ! tides it would he advileaLle for integral numbers to be fubilitutcd for fradional, which mull be the necelfary circa of the variation of the duties. On this fnbjea he hoped the Houfe would do him the juttice to be!ieve that be had been at confiderable pains to collect the opinions and c•mfult the judg ment of mercantile people, and he allured then that the prefent meafure was the refult of mature deliberation, and the labours of one of the ablett men ever 'employed in the public fervice. He believed the Hon. General was millaken in his idea of the effect of t}e drawback on (agar, but if it was not found fuf fi cient to afford the neceffary en couragement, he would not be found unailling to increate it. As to the precife number of flips, Englilh and foreign, engaged in the trade, out ward. nr inwards, the Finn. General had it in his power to obtain accurate information, by moving for the necelfary papers which he had not the fmalleß inclination to withhold. The prododsons of the lilt would (hew a preidigioto increafe, for the laft year, in the (hips, tonnage, and feamen of this country, and a proportionate diminution of fo reigners in the cnrrelponding articles. General Gascomme then gave notice of his in tention, in a fubfequent lligc, to move that provi fion be made for extending the tonnage duty to Ireland. Mr. CORRY thought it right in the fir(l inftance to enter his protell, and announce his oppofitioo to any such exteofion being applied immediately to Ireland. The Honourable General, by fuch a motion, would not be consulting the intereft of his own contlituents ; and he observed, that ever fince the At of Union all (rift veffels were taxed equally with thofc of England. The resolutions were then agreed to, and the re port ordered to be received to-morrow. On the motion of the Sec•etary at War, the re port of the Soldiers' Relief Bill was deterred till to-morrow.—Adjourned. PRIs.:E OF S COCKS l'alS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCs s per C Conf la. tor money. 59:11- Ditto, ter ace- scot. Lung Ann. 17 5-t6. DIJILIN, NAY 14. s per Cent. Government llebaltures - 9' , Cowie of lizelsan t -Dublin ce) Laid= IA a 14.