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-.-... -,-... a el Vrtto i ,~~ `_~~ tibt • 4rittob . -... NUMBER 1641.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1806. PRICE SIXTEN R. TUFATRF. DRIMYTANE. IVO:MORROW EVENING, May 8, Their MAitlit Se:v.inr, will 3n th.. Comefly ni TILE PROVOK'D HUSBAND. Mew which, the N..w (Z.thrt Oratical Rmustice of THE FORTY T hIEVES. IMPERIAL P IRLIAMENT. terest it was that such steps should be taken. lie could corroborate what the Noble Lord asserted, re spelling the causes of the calamityalluded to, viz. the giro% loss of slaves in one particular year, it arose from causes, physicals nd uncontroulable, from earth quakes and hurricanes, and was not owing to a non permission to import in American bottoms. The measure, he eontended,wos ndt only unnecessary, but unwise, as it took the purer of afting. in the first instance, from the Governors,who, being on the spot, must be the best Judges; they proceeded, under the pressure of necessity, and the circumstances of the respedive cases, and went to vest the discretion in those who were at a vast distance from the scene. He hoped their Lordships would be induced, cre they determined upon the second reading of the Bill, to hear the statements of such a considerable body of men, on the shipping interest ; the situation of which Parliament should seriously consider, ere they did any thing to deteriorate it. He had rto dto jedlion—no man could possibly have less, to Artis tica nourishing in her trade and commerce; but be trusted, she would not be suffered so to do, at the expence of this country; and, its maintainaoce of this principle, he would stand upon the ground of negociation, or of any other, not only with re•peß to America, but with regard to any isthcr country. He was pelf-Illy aware of the full importance of our Colonial possessions ; but he would not agree to cherish those Colonies at the erpence of our na vigation and sailors. He trusted, at least, their Lordships would hear the Petitioners, if not before the second reading of the Bill, at least before it wasen thely gore though. He meant not only those who had petitions already before the House, but who were still likely to come forward. And he must again express kis surprise at not having beard ary reasons adduced in favour of the measure. Th. Duke of MON CROSE shortly explained he referred to the wise policy of our ancestors, who had placed the suspension of the Navigation Laws • beyond the poorer of any Privy Cou real; and again contended for the paramount importance of pee. serving inviolate the Navigation Laws of the Cou try. The Earl of CA RNA R VON contended warmly for the propriety and superior policy of the measure in question ; which, in effe.ft, was a continuation of a prattice which Noble Lords had themselves coun tenanced from year to y,ar, and not a single ease plaint had been heard against it. The Duke of CLA R E.NCE addressed their Lord ships at some length, but rattier upon the general subject of which the Bill in question roused a part, than upon the merits of the measure itself; this, however, His Royal Plighnitss seemed twattipreres He expressed himself fauly i.7r-sec 41. h: magi - Amin need importance of tire Revigatioe Laws, en whitsix l eo man could possibly be a greater friend tbastbies self. He then entered upon some detailed consider- • .stions of the subjea, to evince the necessity, at least occasionally, of our West India Colonies hay ing recourse to North America for various articles • of lumber and provisions. These were enumerated i -by lie Royal Highness. who observed, that ad, ex cept the articles of provision, were of the peculiar growth of the Continent of North America ; and, with rasped to the provisions, he said, the articles of beef and pork could be had cheaper in Arne. rice than they could in Ireland. I'he Earl of CAMDEN argued shortly in (A von.. of the propositions advanced by Noble Lords at his side of the Huse. Lard HOLLAND entered into the consideration of the topics adverted to, in the conrse of the debate, at some length, and with a considerable degree of warmth. He contended for the superior line of po licy upon which the measure in question proce•Jed, and argued for, in some degree, the . unavoidable ne cessity of a regulation of the kind, inasmnah as as ' occasional recurrence for a supply, to the Amer icas Contin -nt, was indispensible. Vessels from this cnontry, carrying such articles, must have a depe. it for the lumber, Ste. somewhere. So far foe* the pradice deteriorating our ,'upping and cornnoste. cial interests, he contended, that the documents be. fore the House would pvive, rha the Britis:s ship ping, in these,periods. so far from having diminioed, had increased, not only is niim'iers built, and ton nage, but of hands employed. With respeet to America, he contended for the superior policy of a kind and liberal line of con hit towards that coun try; the longer he lived. the more iis was convinea." of this principle, arid of the benefit of its-- !MUSE OF LORDS—Tuaso4r, MAr G• ACIMEMICAt. TIIE4TRF., LEICESTER-PLACE. 'THIS PRESENT!' EVENING, May 7, will ll be presented, the Comedy of THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. A benti , i.e Song, called Love and Glory, by a young Gen tleman (lin feed appearance). After which, an entirely New Divertisement, called LA COQUETTE VILLAGcEISE. T. , conclude with the celebrated BALLET, performed by Hundred. of Aerid Almrit halt past font o'clock, their Lordship returned from the High Cilia or Parliament, in the usital Pons and wrier, and some time after, remained in close cnus•tilueron ; dutasig peritA, the strangers, as usual, mere carefully ex cluded The attention of the House was part of the time occupied, we undetstand, by an aff m which oceurtcd laid Friday A gentleman nencourtatled himself greatly, we understand, to one of the attendants of the Douse (Mr. Dike) w bile on duty at one of the doors of the High Conti in Westminster, so as to attract the notice of one of the superior Authorities; by whose means the affair OHM to the knowledge of their Lord- ships genitally. Mr. Dike, end one or two others, were ex amined at the Bar, with setae& to the circumstances of the affair, which were such as to induce the Dome tr. order the attendatice of the parts complained of at the liar to-morrow. Pending the exclusiim, their Limliihips made •n Order, that the Eritl of Lord Viscount Moleille be farther proceeded with on Thurolay nest, anal that a message ►e sent to ac quaint the Commons therewith. Mr klegawass tOtimad tie WIC kitchen GO , lettltite tn deronity Ball (runt the CW4141040, who had agreed to the same. FAST INDI !MUSE, Aer it. 31, Md. THE COURT of D I IZECTOR&oj the UNITED COMPANY a mEßrit ANTS or ENGLAND TRADING to the F. AST !NISI ES, do lo reby g4f /Yak., That the Gen..ral Court of the said Company, appointed to ba hold at their H one, in I eaden , .lll-street. en WEDNES DAY, the 7th of May neat, at Eletnit %Mott to ale Vote- Poo*, tokr hrto ebrivideration the propriety of rensowing all doubt', to to the ronstration of the 11,e law, See. 19, of ea. 6, resperttng the granting of Pensions, by adding the wird% " nr any slim of looney equivalent thereto," er wr rds to that ..ft•ct, agreeably to a Resolution of the General Court of the 28th of March last, and to consider of sundry Reso lutions which pasted the Conrt of Directors on the 9th of that bees-rat Month, relative to the pumlisslite of two Ships in lien of tire Sir Edward Hughes and Britannia, to he the rriperily rd; sun under the tooled-ate inanevnient of, the Company, /miller the eno,iiieration of a Motion which will then he made, that the Hoe Law, Cap. 13, See. 1, be sus , ' vended, in order that thy said Re,o'utinias may be carried into itifeti a is also to by on other oreeial affairs. WILLIAM . RAMSAY, SferffarlP Two private Hills were presented by Mr. Graham and Mr. Golding, and severally read a bro. time. COLONIAL INTERCOURSE WITH NORTH VICTUALLING-OFFICE. Aron. 14. 1486. THE COMMISSIONERS triirigasalhof Hist Ildiest o 's Nagy da herd), give .14tire„ That bIONDA V, the I2th f May writ. Shegleta be read, to erreir o TraAr rs ,„ w r i t . (sealed op), sail tr.ot fo , FOUR HO% DRV.I) TONS of I.IVERPOOL no• CO ARSE GRAINFD CHESHIRE. SALT. o. %int nf esit I .Position; .ad fn SIX HUNDRED TONS me CIIF.SHIItE NAY SALT 4 . A. &egret Growl. or Sole itt . apial g-odoess ; y which the Person Soho mile the retake, are to a are Sooriel ;re be detirersd Sobel-Its 'tarry% Vi rtteili“g Sasses at Deptford, One Half by the 31st N Jule rest, and tic r•. mauler ku Ike :14,Nh of Seisteinher fsil.tetitsr , fee of alt Char g e and ltappie to His at i iesre, "term that Castries., still Its *Vowed as. 11.1. per Tom PorteNiet of the Salt, lista the Whorl' to the Stores; ad to be pod Jo, by haus, poyahle, sink letreesr. Meets Hess atPer The Cio.ditio,i, ,a sac romlni,t. mot; he setts at the St eretoev's Mire, or air Of re, or bo o ppleo ir rt the Calle lots tre she Salt Doses at Liveipeol, and at in Chedlite, siospter. tierly. Ha regifhi rill be hod it amp render, in whack the Pri , e sh sit sot be i , areted in girds el (meth, or Otos ,l.&I stet he 4. N. e. , -+ as sae /tornl bf rel , T Oct set Leek. on the ~ . id Masses, t'te 13ilt et' hide tout, woe unless the limas ir/s. , oink., the I tali r, or owns eo Hion an hi. nekolf. ~ i ttoxis la tee , . railed vicru.u.Lom-4.rfigE, Ar+tL 21, 10106 THE COMMISSIONERS for V48.401(14, Ili' )lfatestq's Newt d, Isenthe the N^tire. I I "' " 1 ral -1147, Akio • 4.egy to Arend, Te 444 4. • rei Ir ra.ln .eehrit elp ). welt ter the 44/'le eft 44perote1.44tracto 41 whai FRESH BEEF *kJ MEER siht 4 be reirstired yin the fir of Hu Afetett,'• Shirl 0,4 Ve.sele at far the .'pare f neeire Moolths firm the 17th ei that Mn,'e ; ea he peid lir lay 11414 ply Ale moth Intereat, Ni•etty Dose after Vete. -1 '/hr Coatictione of the G afro is nrav be sego at the &reveille, 0 fee, at U'. tyr e, tee by of,pliang to the Celle eye of Hai Cet<toeas et Irealnotalt. N., rezara rift he hoe to aag realee is which the Prior shall in weeds at 14 nit's, at ant sis , ' wet 4 , deterred se Me 2 , arti befa.e (las o'Craele oa the soil Freeing, ike 5115 of ling wit, mew ;inks§ the Pireeis onaia the 'reads , g o , ' Uri. Pr.., .6, 1 14 behalf. to .P.4 4 (9 . *An. rallr4 for 'A Viell/A1.1.1N0-OFFICE, Aran. 28, 111e6 , rIIE commission:Rs for Video/ling 1114 1 ,Ifolesty's Not, Jo her e by gieli Not ice , That on II EzArs. 1. ,41 , 0 e 14th V Mao next (aostead of Ire , inewleco, the 50th Lot 01 Prea.itify tat ertiefl), they Wt k reort, to rectify Tenta-s 1 , , II 'irk% (sealed op), 444 trew for the jotoiri.g 2oduttatet q IRON HOOPS ; au. Tom. Vatt !fops - - 100 11,,tt Hoops . . 200 Plots Hoops . . 100 4O fer tree 2evet;te II either De.inatim,tift, pot ii,s than Filln ..v. to kip detteerrd its Tea Ueda., 61 It selslgPsopa..to”., s !in Majesty's ridssaltistg States at Depito,d i and t• be p.d tor by Hills, pltaitle, Wilk Interest, Ninety 11ayr after Lm. The Cent:brim* of die Canerel, end Simples 1 the Wipe, smut lie KM at the "secretary's 0/Ike. A . • nerd wit to. haj ta ast9 tewirr, in which the P, ice silll art A e Inserted in Words et le.wth, or th.st .11 rot detre.ed 0' ??e ll,mrd hr/ore One e.7 ,. 4 we the &ad Weistro'nt, she 14th rt Slm, ryezt, ;Mt !Mir.' the Peolllll 11.40 soake• the sender, ar 1,0 Pesetas oR kips behalf, annul., re 00.41f1 Nita. ea , kif Jo, I meutt I AN ACTS. A LL the obledt --7 0nsti.:atii;eaeitlatitil against for met Lotteries spigt , vi have been reinowid by the pre 1 , .t S hemc EACII day% drawing vo neadv rtinal, and the monbrr of Pr.: s will be in th ,, mine prrportimi every di from the first to the last There are capital /rises to the anoint of newly 11:11.00. I. and the fondation of the Schema it loch, that a single ticket may gain 45,0001. ; beside which, tare are sprat& of a thousand sum!! Pram more than u.oal. Tie Whftl will go round on Monday neat. FXT MONDAY, MAY 18, the S PATE LOTTERY wdi bevn 13raw , og SCHLME. _ 1 Price of L 23,000 — is . .. .L 25,003 2 2 3 10 In .504 i'l ° !+6 6,20{1 ............ --.......... 41 .000 Tickets L 250,000 CAPITALS DETERMNIBLE. Pisa First drasso Tickets lit Day L. 1,(%)J each 1.. 5 , 000 roe First drawn Tkkets Si Day IMO each 5,000 First dawn Moto sth Day Ditto fob Day DAYS OF DRAWING. it Mo n d ay .May k 2 I Oth Wednesday..... Jona 4 2 i Sar.odar ...... „May 17 I 7th Ssturd y .June 7 21 Wadoe.day .. May 91 fith Tuesday .......June 10 (h Mond a y May 20 9th Thor-day J rare 12 ko F.i442 144 C,rd loth Saturoa. June 14 The public are wistreetfully requested to olostrrstr, that the ' l '.drer of Trrkarts dives each day will he nearly squat, [tea;,,) to th e nnUtr of the L or ds of HIS adaiestr's Treasiwy • Price of a Teekea .'P ......... I. ld 5 n I F, g h t h . L . 2 It 6 . 4 4 , ....... 5 4 0 I imrseath 1 6 6 AMERICA. Lord SHEFFIELD, pursuant to the intimation he had given on a former evening, called the atten tion of their Lordships to this ‘ithirft, respeetng which a Bill was then before their Lordships, and stood upon order for a second reading that evening. He addressed the House at some length upon the occasion, and recapitulated most of the arguments he had formerly advanced against the measure al luded tn. His principal object, in the ',yearn' in stance, he said, was, to induce the I louse to post pone the farther progress of the Bill for some time, in order to afford an opportunity for the numerous descriptions of individuals deeply interessed in the measure, to come forward in their behalf, with ap plica!ions to the Legislature. The Noble Lord par- Veularly adverted to the interests of the ship-owner s of the port of London ; and observed, that not only with !espied to those, but vas ions others of the petitoiners, he could pledge himself to prove the truth of their impartaoa allikations, at the Bar of the House. His Lordship delniered himself in a low tone of voice, and read the greater part of tns speech two] papers which he held in his hand. He contended tor the paramount importance of the Na vigation Laws. as the principal sourer of the wealth. the power, the commercial prosperity, bus. above all, Ole naval superiority of the country. His a:- jell sins not now to discuss the principle of the pending measure, hut to induce the postponement of it ahogether, fora short interval, for the reasons he her stared. The Noble Land again recurred to this epoiat ;inportaintst M the general subjea, of which the Bill in question made a part, as aifeding the commerce and mantifidtin:s of tr.e United Kingdom. He adverted to the statement of Noble Lord, who decidedly supported the ,measute„ on a former night, to the cleft, that in consequenc.: of a due commercial intercourse not being oilliored between the British West India !stands. and the United States, and which induced a partial famine, not less than 15,000 Slaves had perished in one year ; this statement, in point of at, he could, from good authority, contradid, as, at the period alluded to, scarcely more than a with part of the number mentioned, or 1,500, had perished, and that owing to causes of a very cliff rent nature tnan rornmelcial ,nuncourse, and principalty from the ef fect of hurricanes. The sys t em of suspension, it rootinued lunch longer, would operate most inju riously on the commerce of Great Britain, and espe cially her carrying trade in that quarter, which al ready was rapidly declining. Alluding to the all itself, he argued, that the charge of responsibility, which it meditated, from the West India Govern ors, to the Administration at home, should be rrong objeßion to it, did ne other exist; and, to wards the conclusion of his arguments, his Lord ship noticed the injurious Midis which the measure must produce on the Irish Provision Trade. What it was his intention to propose now was, that the present discussion should be postponed till Friday, 16th instant. Previous to which, the order for the second reading of the Bill in question was, by desire of his Lordship, read, who immediately moved— " That the said order be discharged." The qiieston was then regularly put ; when, after a short pause, The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed his opinion that the Contents had ; upon which, Lord GRENVILLE said, " The Non-contents have it." Their Lordships, however, did not divide ; and Lord Shetheld's motiog, as above, WAS negatived.-- '1 he question then became, that this BsL be new read a second time, The Duke cf MONTROSE expressed his sur prise that no Noble Lord had thought proper to state to the House the grounds upon which the measure proceeded, or the necessity that existed for its adoption, especially when the great importance of the suhjed was considered. Tho measure went vitally to affect a trade wbich employed more than one hundred thousand ts.ns cf ship ping, and between six and seven thousand seamen. He contended, that no necessity existed for the mea sure, particularly at a moment when a closer and snore a7M-able connedion with America was about to be finsped. I 4 Grace supported, with much force, a great deal of the argument advanced by the Noble Lurd who opened the discussion. If the Bill should unfortunately pass, he took it for greeted, that contrads would be entered into for the supply of the islands from America, and particularly in •what respelled the fishery, which had hetetolore been effected, almost exclusively, in British bottoms. The measure was obviously unnecessary ; because the governors could now do every thing they pos sibly could alter the BM should pass into a law, and they were prone enough to open the ports in the Wi.st li.dies, being au-rounded by persons whose iit- The Earl of LAUDERDALE contended, that I not one argument urged by the opposers of the mea sure in question, applied to the Bill itself, but to subsequent or future . regulations, which they, in their groundless fears, apprehended would be brought under the consideration of the Legisla ture. The grounds or reason., however, for the Inshore in apes:ion, were the soundest of any upon which a Legislative measure could possibly pro ceed ; to wit. a knowledge ttost we should be com pelled, from necessity, to have recourse to such a ineesure ; a necessity which had already induced the passing of no less than seven ditfoont Bills of in. demeity, in behalf of the Govermu, for unavoidable breaches of gle existing law. With resoeEt to the apprehensions entertained by some Noble Lords, cf the injurious effeEls upon the commerce and naval strength of the country, he must confess, he saw it in a very different point of view. Even admit floor that sues t. WA liter Of Men were thrown out of the merchant ...rem*. in consevence of the mea sure, surely the Admiralty could And instant em ployment for them, or many more ; it would not, theretore. go to injure that great bulwark of the Empire. As to the policy of the measure, he thought it obviously better, instead of suffering the recent piactice to go on, to vest the power and attendant responsibility in the government of the country. Lord MULGRAVE professe, himself by no means convinced by what had fallen from the No ble Lord who spoke last. With respetl to the Co lonial system, which formed so important a topic in the present discussion, he thought the great ad vantage of possessing colonies, was the enjoyment of an exclusive trade with them ; and which privi• lege in the mother countty was but just and rigot, in return for giving them birth, and subsequently supporting them ; a principle which, in the former discussions of this subjed, had not been sufficiently attended to. The argument, that the provisions and articles required could be had cheaper from America, did not appear to him to be conclusive upon the point. He would admit the application of the Noble Earl's remark, that our seamen may be increased by the consequences of the Trlea• sure; but no farther than in the first instance; pro spectively, it would tend to diminish the number, by destroying, so far, a nursery for seamen. He sup ported the arguments of Noble Lords at h:s side of the qeestion, with resped to the great commercial magnitude of the subject, and pa:titularly as it re garded the concerns of the shipping interest, who, he trusted. would be heard by their Council. He expatiated upon the great importance of the ship ping interest. as the principle support of our foreign trade, being its necessary carrying medium, without which the manufactures of the country could not fluid their way to other countries. In short, the shipping interest was the vital principle of our commerce. The LORD CHANCELLOR quittedthe Wool sack ; he observed, that if he understood the Bill tightly, which, however, he thought very plain. none of the arguments hitherto adduced, had the least application to it. He thought be knew what he read, and if be did not misread it, the language of the meamble of tire Bill, was sufficiently plain to warrant his assertion, and which was ac cordingly quoted by his Lordship; the Bill, there fore, was no more than eventually to enable the said Governors to exercise the same discietion le gally, which before they were in the helots of (m -ing under toe pressure of circumstances ; and for which, from year to year, they applied fora Par liamentary indemnity; the present Kill went to au thorise the same discretion, when the necessity of the case appeared to them to require its ezercis:!; that is, the Bill, went to permit His Majesty, by the, advice el His Privy Council, to permit, prosoeft ively, the exercise et such a disc.etionary power in the Governors, when they should see the necessity for using it He deprecated the conjuring u,s, as some Noble Lords seemed to do, gloomy nrcNwlts, and prophecying the greatest national calamities, on an occasion, which merely went, in a decent and constitutional mode, to enable His Majesty, with the advice of His Privy Council. to vest, occasion. ally, discroti.marypolter sicertaib of his Govciars. _ .v on; common source. and posses ed a sitnil.ari v language, of feetinzs, habits, and of :saws : and, in conclusions he insisted the pi tociple upon which the measure prneeedect, was founded in true colonial pa licy, borne out by every rational enlightened view of the subjea, and seen by the spirit of the Naviga tion Laws itself. Lord H. 4 kV KFSBURY was pleased to perceive, that whatever difference of opinions might prevail, as to comparatively minor considerations, upon the general subjeft of the Navigation Laws, the same spirit manifested itself as well in the House as in the country. is Lordship contended for the para mount importance of these, and argued, that as far as it was praCticable, it was incumbent on the Go- vernment to as and carry into eft& the spirit and princ;ple of these laws. To these, the great naval and commercial superioriry we enjoyest, was chiefly to be attributed ; and one of the greatest objells in supposing a colonial system, was the interests of our nartgaem, and the maintenance of the laws made for its support. Having stated what he conceived to he the real question upon the mea sure, his Lordship observed, there was no case made out to warrant such a Bill as that under consideration ; l and he seemed to disapprove of it as much is point of policy, as he was disposed to deny its necessity. He was fully aware of the impoitaace of the vrlitical and commercial intercourse with America ; but to this, however. he would nut con sent to sacrike the nghts and the commerce of the subjeas of this country. After arguing for some time to this effea, on these various topic., with bis usual ability. his Lordship expressed his disapproba tion of the Bill in question. Lord GRENVILLE, in consequence of points athich bad transpired in the course of the debate, wished to tremble their Lordships with a few oh !creations. A great deal of what was said, seemed of a prospeaive complexion ; in that view. be owniel. be did not possess foresight enough to say, what at a future period may he the best commercial system fur tl,e country to embrace. in what circumstaucea may occur, to rer.der any one particular system preferable to another. Sauna their Lordships had gone into the conederatioa of abstraa theories. and upon topics which had not the least reference to that regu;arly before tt:e House A Noble Lord (Hawbesbury), had conceived the idea of com m-rce and navigation clashing; for hr. part, he ' believed that such a case never yet existed. The hiss of the thirteen Provinces of America had Fawn adverted to, as inducing a con•ulcoin in our com merce, yet it prodwed no such elfat ; after that event, the relati.ms of commerce tern:tined the same. Nay, the commerce and navigation of the country hau equally i.creased since. He deprer coed, as erroneous, tbe princiole of adhering too rigidly to old institutions, alter the causes which led to th 'be had ceased to ens: ; and said, that true policy accominxtlated itself to the changes wrneignt by time, arid ro the varying ..i:uations of couutraes. lhry st.ouW out criosnirr thr-i•-!ves so ' circumstanced as !hoar awes en who de. r in stance. ttr env Laws in quest— ; w at the tine, did a.t onside themselves as bound say aut praflice. Lord ELDON, M rising, declared he d.d not mean to r rook'' the Hesse at that Lute n a-. a: any great kagth. particularly after the arlu_ais duty of l' ¶l.t , . a Cher Cali? it... 1- ntler Wirif lot, I .11 dr 0. 4f, • 0 d.' r A J . 41 r p.SJ).