The Sun. — London, England, 1816-04-03 00:00:00

. . _ • • ,atni :strzl; ltefr`ittt• ivli`o - ...trere •, . v0n... , • witii,e only 'crime was povN..y, and t‘tt`O - i,•e - kVays *Ol - tAilit : ttiet‘tpleitelt , i4 of ittinell. -4 O.? ingttiring whether ativ. instances had accacred • persons being coutletened to these celf ! : lay, the silt thiii iteh r elscaYensioner, 96Yettni'ettpittisirrtlit and eharned, becanse, no reeeiVing his pension, he' biad goiclrttoo l v.-as not contending that dis 7. - paniShiliviit %Vert not sofnetitneS ot-- .etsfaiir itt mitA Vtit ht vittinl4l feave it the house to - say', evlietho _r . t.ie punishment on.:lit to be of such a nature as he !yd described, vstlier itiftatice - Was that of a young girl, who had bk,e - ti chained to the ‘'Viall with a chaiit that . teciirlied 281 h. with which she escaped, and tied to • pCrson WhO tOtalt, fhe chain ott, "tvelgiled it. 'the excuse was, that ,she was af ilicttd with ti disorder. 'which. he coald not men,, lhat Ole vas thus confined for fear the eoti's . utitienei:s ittr be:ng at large. lie toped he had performed an nereptahle service in i •itibject heforethe iAn t tsc,,:ind should scic tly leare to firing in a Bill to, repeal Oaot;e:, in . the Local tact for . the mainte ttiabed - of the Poor. • . , the 4 , uesti o n having tee n put from tl.te Chair, Mi.; 16Se did not mean tooppose th mis otion, bnt eXpresijd 'a hope, that the Iron. Bonnet had no intention of.interfering in the general trestion, 'cti the Porn. Lowe respect. 'to ehe Act . described I) . y the ; Pon, ilaronet, he ft . t".y agreed that the, potters which it bested in the Direet p ri Of,e!ie l'oor ought to undergo great 1,16 a animal alteration. al Siril.lfeittit:i Said he 140 no intention What ever of' altering t he generat Pour Lailrs, his object was to amend the this ,Subject, and the Bill lie hiitlld ii,tf iidiice Wkli intended - , first to deprive the'Diieetorg 'nye • POOr nil' the: - power of confining paktini iii the woi:klionse• Who were 'not actually elfarrattalite nd the plan‘li—next, to repeal the . clanse which giive them the power of 'OM a 4• lirOper, %Oro bad infce received parish reliet--4hiedlyt, tii pre-; vent the jua.ciitar, of parishcal situated more than ten miles frOir t each other—fourthly, to alloiv pa ritilies• which ; tli,tr,tte, upoii aix Months not iterfentl lAA lyt • to` poftrv'ent pet ifins A gf sane . mind from .heing confined tas ehain.3.• r. Loct:tcanr wiilted the [loin. Baronet sue cos will' his Bill, antl,hoped the introduction of this stkect would indoee the House to .direct attentionto some arrangement with respect to the' geiierif system or the Poor Liws. Sir , SAMORL ROM! LLY SpfIICLI ill.favour cif , ,the DTCIIIOSCiI awl rohileintivd, in strong tenni, the . power which seemed . to have been given by local Acts to tbostiwlio were called the gitardians„, but who too often 'proved the persecutors.of poor. Sir L. BitYpues alto: supported the motißti. ii;fter' a few onbet cations front sir IV3unitr. }kit- Otoii, leave was given to bring. inthe.llll,l.. The .1114 svit* then brmiglit, up, regi.a• Rrst bate, ittid,Ofered to be read a second time on Tuesday itieit, , aotl to he printed. . . .S• I'Unfk At - : -. C . 017M7§. tnOv'eit frir Aceottiits sliewiol the pst4eolarit of all sums expeitiled ttielteit ten' yes , t4; tin t eti)itlivitt , ; k4i . - t&r . tif sory, Admiralty, P 414 vl Nt% y Pay, Custotni,..- - Mtfils)ei Fee, 81e: i 601'4061e:a ti ttb VETril(iN TUE WINE Mr. ,"41.,\ 101' irr."l4 . llt tinti t'r(im h D'ealeiS Fiteeigit itrinig lit up read, stated- the ..11,treb: , ,cd condition 'of their traily theltreistere' of the thitles', and . the .eareity nt intiney, the' eone.,ctittent, atlii).itting, decline of the e..nstimption,•ittid prirying , ainoniiielition of the Dinies. .1 . The ttiv , tcy.l4...ott of. the •Staleo, the' restilt ofte interview he had' had ‘vitti the' iii 'Linton front th..str titiitlentetr, in ttl clt hey tap d the vednet ion 4`iht - iliity, which, iit . their opinion, would tend to a con,iderable inetraie of the reveune: Mir l e tirottiy,itt,. it.. right' to' It, sitier, that be . could not submit', to a. retlifetkon uphit, an Retitle:that' was a . ceiloip -soair re ~ .of rc vetwe, *Wilde it' tvo3 to all h.tents a tliil9ot it'impoksilatt; in:the'pres•e:it• state' tbe,`, country, tooll tit it of such a reduction ; he had pri!.. feried the taltitig off' thoserli - itrt heni Whielt pressell on the lower ortletS'of:t peOple. • Ver:titin wls ordered to ife on the tilde. . • - JMII-ESt lit tarxitv Sit'. lg: IV..llttnes• % rose tei move, fat' a' copy of the' t entered - into - fnrkiippiying the Table of the °filters on duty at witli the I:taint's' t lir persons with whom the contract was ituott; initeli , clnitieiF for each' articles' supplied . . • • C !IA NtEtLOR of the Exotittatie.tt could ,givetititelr inftitin'artottr'as . : - . ,, 01114 tie DAtoitet's uptirtet . ,iity; nain%cate, thikt in ()icier had been,. 'or' was on the !point of being issued, fordisetrntinuing this table.. (5111% .cots. Some. compensation in lieir Of it; yril Eft TAX. toid'At.rithiti 4 iegitie'tihile'e;• that 'on An early' ilay,slitir the recess, , he s'pottlit mive . for • leace,to briug.in a 11111 tit repe•al . thel)afrritrtelither; • REMISSION - OF EN7CIS.r.; MOS'Ectrncisfg - ; Mr. BitoucHnst .ros,e; tntrWouce of, his no tice, to submit -die: at tension ~f,y t he •Iloose..;ft subject whicb n.. 1.1 is - a pprefienglion,.tlettortirletl t he serious consitleratiOn of everjf.'initit the -- comrfrerii Al;7 the - filiMitlitl; 'and *wliat'iVii . of I ' l ' l og-rester importatice;'theconstitutional intc resti',6l-the ei)untry. lie itllit<irtt to the great chafte' , .wlticli - . was' etFetted • ‘4..ithio die '•litsv two Years in the laws of,thii'ltin , g(toin, reilAetitik th'e, vollecticiti 'of iii reientte. to reiulec the TholiOn - viltit should conelotteirpent this• subject shoal') tafie the libetty'of; stating tvbat• tli law was before the Cifeot tp . tier. tiikettpl . .ice. -11 e slioultl• th 11 ".,9nisei! that .- e Whole antoant of the-reVentte, ~atthis cautitry ittiii..ig.frunt duties inn articles -4,l"Pmteda attidtintecr",to - no' less a inn. than 'l°lly-three' upon' Vie" importarici the- f. which e 141 file , C(hiketittri I N it WilS 141 'intent .11115tT5Silry,_ to 100.(e one COM Cal ms t W“S, ()C.COppi,C,Ji.IIOWII 04, foriner 14 whole of etlorinous tevenue was , . t loitecte niter ovo nMuefv, . 11 .11, , ;x• contelifentee 0 ... s . t iaf t. • , ;(4.;; omit'; un i crisp,, tit . of., the 'l*,reastrt :tutting wTto held their,othees :for life,'OT euting Report of the 11.sjird of tit the t lieir;go bel i savinar. ;: 'frsote pets ins were ti ( ikets ofretice froll . 01; , of so, se , y,.10111, all lienteedingS- - of ' l No l ferty; wire. 'Riccihf to be stayed, t ort merit of the. costs of sJen lull; infor.tistiOw as fully mit. the Crovss. and a . tine Ave hundred rapted Ilse, discretionary power tilsich was placed . . 111(115 1, if t'xprosccutiOn I,sd sho r e tin , t he ilea ll in them, to consider mud decide. Upon all revenue ties would have an'o'inted to 8;00/, or. 9,000/. mailers. A iniihg. wher brauc..es whi&ii The Learned Gentletnan.then tostehlid on Chit their duty embraced . , was the control which they at Wolf Benjamin, .sonp•maker, of . Leigh; in had, over all. prosecutions against persons raiser:, who tvas prosecultd -for di:trawling. .life to have committed any br,fielt . . em o ote Excise of certain ditties on -soap. . Ele hail pro .14it - vg=-:=lates Which of tlicinseleA acre so . cured testimonials*. to the loyalty of his - et - induct; sire Ito to fill three Or four 'Of 'the St title 135t0k , i. signed by Mr. 1 - lotthlon,. the Aleinber for :Essex,„ To. their discretion, howeeer, and that of the and also Irl• Mesirs. Strtito and Ctickitt, who' Attorney-General, as, Cle adviser of the Crown, were kill() Metilberi of that Honse. The.tonie the itiiijtlietteY 'Of fore'goiirg ptiiseCitt ions . tinder gautee was, that the Lords of- the• I'returitry -hail those ,`..itatittes. seas idtritsted , . 'This poWer .tells directed the Board of Excise to stay the proceed 7 subject to a 411111tat , 1011 at a material descrip- ; ings Against - him, on payment of u ; tints, sistinely, first, that .their power should only• although:he wits .at a loss to . see - wirtstthe he exercised before judgment given its the at aikykley, and forming it into that usefull article etuirt 'of Ex'elititiner iltht they should called soap. had t o do. with the loyeity- of only have the power at exbrishigveisonv, and of Ilenjatitio's eliaranter. The last case' to which.iii rl' toxin where,. it ap,pcsred that ,the , call the attention of the I.lonie Was that of. hi . e . aeli of tlie Revenue taNt , s had not taken place . Job s ; Gibbs, salt -dester, of - E i msworth,• in from' a bona fide fraudulent intention, but Irani . the county of Southampton. This cave; he ob.-, tni.take -anti .the last awl twist Intitortant limit''- tested, would protre that..the ACt Ittul beep per 7 tion was, that their tiiicr e ti t m did not extend the vetted to politicsa.purposes,. aptd• that the . tuost breaCh of th . o navigation' laces. The Rossi would ; scandalous abuses were vottintitted under ..the7 tient allY see the . ,resit of the irtist poultry granted by it. 'Gibbs hint been prose 7 thus. veStedi NMI at tile Sante dine the. propri e ty for consr,iVeisitig she Salt Laws, and, after o f pl ac in g suc h 'soirees th e l i , s ad s the et idence tor the Crown but beets eone , throrigh pendent mess, who were unconnected with his the Defendant's Attorney' 'offered. to , compro- Alejesiy's (;ot.ehistieiti, rind could not be misc the - business, which wat(agrectl •to ots the infitulneed by any eltaligeg ttikie ; other tilde; awl it was n dets,trthined that lre sh . ould place in that. Government.. In this: state the 1 p sy •is mitigated penalty S'lt UOI. and: 0111. costs.. I ani continued till the month of Lily ; 181-4,, vise - should have %opposed that, 'after-this, the when it ttiipeat'ed that the two !louses of TreaSstry wOlllll have felt Smite 'doubitiSto.their tifent•passed it Bill Which had received the ritysa right to interfere. An applicaation was, assent, and which, in extent, did not .exeved Isoweiet, made to the Treasury• by Mr. Gibbs, half 0 page .of one, of the Jouinitis oil the table, in'whidi he set forth his tniiiry• claims to the fa the efLlit t of ti t tray totally to. alter the old vOisitible ctiusideration of the Commis&iostera i . constitutional revenue laws or the eohlitry, alit; to # all which; being inquired into by the Board of vi.“ in Ilse Lords of the Treasury that. poWer - ; :1 - ixeisej, to whielt. the case was referred, were whirti hail previously been confolcd.to the•.Cottt , -,1 fount!: to Ire ineonSistent 'ts'nlt the bsCIS. To find gXejSV, V. it hoilt airy ,' this Memorial there %Vils Ceiliticate of of tlio4c Whielt the 'otter, when its becharacter.ol Mr. GibliS, signed by 2U person their Smutty had been eiervised. - Every thing hael'i resitlistg in neighboorbood. That certificate in tact, been swept away, and citeFiore!.' coin- ' That he ltaiVheith imi6trittly (Hiatt-. , nnisomers. of the treasury liati assumed to them,. gashed l;ir the loyalty of his prittriplcS, and his setv'es the p.srassiossist deciding on 'Ali his Govertiment ; anti cßitel of prosvention, whothedmilgittent hail been . that fie-hart, np.to e voxy 0ce 4 5 4 111 .,.. w 44 0 „ t given or not - 2 .-~Alictlier fraisds wcrt; intent:inutil or . re_girii to pttblie expense o r toil, Ii stM•trs7st accidental. lii filet, tiscY taken' tspOit theitt-. I the 'most avily el tinxs s vni , t , ' t , t • the selves the whole, judicial po sit, w i t h . r ega r d :to frie nds 14111 01:e melt' sees of . G. , ,vernititz!)l.“ This the collection of it revenue amounting to forty• stritement of cliaracier, Mr, Bro t f t d,, i m thiee this too WitliOnt one word of i 01 1 SgVerely, as having itoviiiti t ; whatici•cr iti4crission, or a single remark, loclicAtive of the i to du with the od'enee f or n • hi e h •Ai r ,.(iitdis w a s fo e ling sof the l b is on so g.rcat rted important pi ()sect:tell. The hOseiver, t 1 )thout a ebssisi...e' 'the tri,t Is was, that the bill Ism! bees) I cx tnsikissit the tiorits of. th e case, had t hoo g h t f a , on the 19tis of JolYi . after the lionr of ,1 in consideration of tot. pcoalties• .ultestly-' - paitf by I ,,, sw d through 1 to remit theyentaitol.,.r. lie Learn .all its ,:tage..; witlicHst thellostse receivin ati g,y i eft qetkilettlin argued, at great,, . that' the , tintation of its obleet or te:id,...lss-y. rots hail the 1, rcurission thus optioned, • wai ltriinietl, not hc-, rights of the public 1)e(-it compr.ontisell, and every tcaicie (he, ease- o' Abe' M e mo, hdi,l t ieset•tech sio d, in in the: ,coiotry Was phteett,at the hazard a 1 emir, hut bectinse lit had alwskys.sapportethhe of becoming, a suitor at' the, tht,or Of the " 11 e . • friends and measures' of Government. He'con ski eit'eu lust anee . not it little impot !ant : in the Chided by tootiti4, on' the fiCcfs stale of nlir,istes'htl iulilteucc. it lOW it appoari th'is Home, th a t aa i a r o ' til;it these Nehich wnahl naturally have Ow C.t.).:liity •of file, ati ORIII i him( t thetlyi . elVei to the floose, had otbleet, - fq 7 1 , 4 jl',, I'i/ • , 1. , ' • - •. .. • , ist VtliClt' tt .• 11A1 Avbett .it was ititrollitced hatch . duol..aisuastuot.o:tre 0 3 0 - 1;y. • . OeCtlt red, mid the object •of_it's : ittotir'in Wald • it this litoolution.were cAllit; . 4l, he 01101'1(1'110re, h e , fist , .to call for cigo,rotis.inquiry intO those. (Vt'hers, respecting the filets of chic case i one Celt abuses, and Which lie thought the ilotiSe tunics the-conduct of the COmtnissiOnt:i3 the he Who! not to concede, when they' .. :lteard the 1 'Treasurys, as having nittle its improper owe f., Che ca :,es h i: I s d t o sta te .— and next,• if those lthuses . tioWets vested iii thetii----and smother for she ap. wet,. found to have taken place,. which Ise-hall-nit pointnient of a Select Committee to ex - A . )11;11c in hesitation in slating he shooltl, lte.eitahled to - What niainter . the proviSi - cissSOrtheAet of s titcs-Ith prOve, iliac the Ifolike should express it'S Opinion ; of the ic..ing.lo4 been geMeraliVittiMinktered.. on tht. coffillivt of (•;oves tont:sit, The Honourable , 1:110. CHANCELLOB of the Lt C4F.4.1.1.reit Kahl: if Gentleman then proceed:2cl to state the. (isei to . coit.litct `of the. Lords 004: Treavary'llatl which he is !vetted. .lie 4 , nniteueeii'witilliPit of been suol . !,ni.' the lion. and Leititted Gentleman Air. blarie, common btvwcr, Lyme iteg 4 , stipposetb—if,. airgetful of t irdsity,Abey litt4 who having inrisrrcel penalties tinder the Excise, tised the .Act to whicls the attention of the.fl oo s e , 'LoiWS, !hilt, through Ilse interference of Lord hail been eitlled, not in cOitilititity. with their Westmorland and :11y. Moreton' Pitt, received . -.• views of justice, .hut aceording;to the 441114'10e •it 61116( 1 ,i:ratite indulgence fiotn she Lords of the woUltl give them, in• that case he would , admit ,- c l'reasiiry, notwithstanding the Bloattl of that the strict - Ines of the !lon.. Member . hail four times reported au the•etiotinity of itlY have been stitched, - and he ought 'have inures' offenee. ,Learoed Gent, next adverted to the Ijo,l nierdy u vote of eellStive, but, an he peach. ease of Mt... John Abbott, common ;brewer, , residittg.i client o f orgunielitti of the Ho a CatitArlittry. 'This person had been proceeded i pourable and Learuc,l cientleman brut,, liOwever, ttgain.-4, iiiiorntatioo, for it -as•log compounded proceeded 011 a eo:uplet t went itnth of a' ceytainjiyfor, to resemble beer, in which (Islas- t h e I , I I V In anti of the Ypr.tctiee of the coenliis,indieas, and eveo vitriol, svii alleged 'freasory. The power' of reinirtht4,.penalties, to isai - e !seen nti);.4,11. Now the ,smallest fplitntity f, he twitUtained, Will •.pro'perly vested in the thcsedeleterions, ingrediems, wh:cli tt . brewer Lords of the 'l's easury. They had the poty e r o f would think it worth to lute, for the Or- slum;, thisbeforeitidgmtent wa s - pa sse d, prey i mo l y p . ow of actluo „l„, t i„ g profit, wn,llo peolp t hly.affliet :to the passing of..thar Act" Whit It the lion. Gen tleinan'twe ti ellh; . th e mi h is ppy wise ) tasted of thenox A , Rou l et'. ,By that A c t they gabled the power of rcissittiug . them aft.m mixt withiiagering diseases', p' reoi i ses were Itsfind tnic'potinil sal,.it jeolgnicitt, anti-also that - of reniittlit,4 the remune '...„. 1, 1,;„ l ie d eii ii in l iku r ei l cOwlioWile.r., This,..he ration elaiined• . by - fhe-otii..:er i•Ji i i vitier ,, Th q deslated, tVasaintter the srteej„l c , tre Oentleinill .had. selected, mit of .29 cases kr,• his conlitiential•grootto. Bssides . ,..thete tytt-eta Witielt lad - been-laid before the Mote, those al scu i. erei l 14165, of vitriol,. coneeded-in - the - bot= ; Which he liaircommeotelf on in' his speech this -010.4f tw 9. 1) 0 .,, i c5 e ., which s, , otlltl haiti sGlbs. A. i night.... lie Batt taken liose'wlrere testimolii;lis of Imliuttulia. article was Intro(; . taraeter had been gi'ven bi - persons. of distine setrttered'abotit use plssta .The excuse made: tor ' , ttott atitl'i r eers'ofthe realm. A very'differetit vicar Air. Althotr. 10$ ,IrertlVllll3',ht..aintrbtliieett wottlltAAtiCieheetr thri . sta l lieet . , hAtl ltd those ingredients, without. his kn,,wledg e ; an d hrooglit under the consideration .of,the Boost ill id( memorial to, the Treastiry, he hail described , those were signed- by; lier4iniASpf bintsell erptirely ignorime o f brewing. ; . ti de c al jutporl ;ince ; as it stisii' . would.'hati that 'min . .: -- eteration • that was folio - Wed, op lir the te s timony., • Cow been' tin tii - thOSe - aplieitis 'to the' 'of: on Honourable tiarOnet opposite (sir silty which had been rejected, inste a d of. being Uhl)) ciiitis), mho, - his'. letter on- the stibiect,, cinituted to those in wltieltAltepenalties hail b e en • stater!, that Mr. Abbott had atiot - ited the hosittess ; those - V . l,lolldt the last referred beet's' ..of a •hre*er,,,.. under very. , ,greet disadvantage,. on! pi•odoted, tliT ty) . 1J 1 e C9lllpletely,COVCct(l, milt ace - omit oft `,` cottlined :education." - -Other- . intetety‘tiiti`ta hot •the . whOleaVet t at the Monte, t i st i rooll i a i s w e re favour of When the case , of G'ihhs was deeitted, it wai - -pt‘6 , - :pir . te state th a t th e r ep orts O f t h e So li citor anti, ‘cliarticteronti, signed. by A4x. Joseph. Marry:lt,- an 1-lon. : A.lember of that I-losise,•aud another, In Slipervisor'Of F.:xCisewere tan hefOre Use tclsicli'the npnte'of Memiter for tlitucounty of ,of the 'Treasury.' What difference' these . might ;disc (sir id`ward 11ttateithir11),..was - affuteil: There havc•ruatle- Ist cool(' itot pretend to say, ~.As the was, also a letter' in favoiir of Mi Abb ott , . e ase clone ,betore the Treasury, it appeared that, a one>4.: ;he memb e rs for•the borough vessel tior beeo charged with at Cargo of silt liinn of (Jatiterbory, directed to the H an , .S ectetary it ie salt works in the Itleof ‘S'ight. • Uri rtiveigh of t iip- , T r eas il ry .Lssitingtorsi,..wlto. , Was the. - ing t .it• was lotiticl.thist,3.ls, bushels h ai l,b ee ty,Lip,„ other, Aletnher for &it place- . 1 3 '1 1 .04 Inim: Ped• isisteitst or 300. -I.lsis, however it was might OCcurred throu g h a var k ty, ntartible tstitoony ,.. was that , Dr. -AMIN sus, prOeeti, of the Pcan of Ct‘nterbury, who spoist itteidents - ; offiter hail Matte' allidit i Vit . that he boat: as a very useful' Magistrate, Out expteoed (;giving received 'Us) bribe) tielieved-. that there a.tioltt; that tthi s .os el i d i ress .tvoold!lsol . beltitni• tram! intended, hut that the fifteen niched by a. watter that. epateerre44 ante- litisheli hail been aatiedto list 30th in the [lorryof dr:inkeitt.". (A Ina ,hi,..) A", if -11e 7 dritthIrs'ivere.af loatiSteg: L..ht....4% with the testimoni a ls sdrt Of . fera nature, into whose beverage .poitott- I ) " bcen givi!tt of his good eltaraeturovould, , justify the conduct of th e ,Treusory (11ear,i)--111 be thought, !night be infused with iniputlity. tn-ti;yeinwrcihicni that lilt should escape, having mid et)6l., rke pen4hy,nott ',.eingettargtul with . c.osts ttt khe,on.mny tpi 4001. more, ; he. lett r written by 1,•,,0ird Westtii,vetaird respecting :''c vie u Afr, bavy, it 'con 'rained only .a.reenniore:,‘ utioc, that the should ; he frilly TUre the Units c't the '1 reastry,,nothiug but %float ally pc!) sop might with plopriety have .advancett, proved that, the, pipe which had Uten said to be conce;ded on .Mr. Davy's premises was not a new one. It had teen there i 7) his lather's time, and had been k »own ,to the Officers o: the ttei•enue to r the, lust forty years. All ;the favour tliat hail been olhewo. .lint•was this : , b'e had Fin allowed,(after Wog. kept long in Suspense) • two months to,pay the penalty.m, pit giVlng.fie4 Corky for the money, and nlien he solicited longer time he had met with a positive refusal:: With respect to Mr. Abbott it was proved ,that bee )tact not • Sanct limed the use -of .any improper „inn giedienis in his brewery, Ile knew nothing : of the circumstance, and the information whicibloa been received against hint Mats ‘ ,110t.• 'so to be r h on, : as the. informer was to, haie taken a similar course before against his cm players. It brought: to. trial lie-douliteu,if . a yet diet would have been given .against given, he thought the Jusiges would have felt is their doty to deal leniently with him, The Thu.. sury, therefore, he woof opinion, had gone far enotighin making him pay with lite costs , ..0f the proceedings, instituted Rgantst Wan. fie, uttered etplituacioq. wilt ! EpSpect to Air. : :Benjaalin, appe.iled,,to the,o4olse it the :Treasury • were Jipt ; entitied tollreir,acquittal, and eoueluded by .moviog.. the previmil (oast ion. ,Mr..Portsorier,could opt see much' in the.ae-- fence Of the Right lion, Gentlemau f that could at make a.gainst, the !notion. ins'ited uu the cttdc of being one in w;iich the pLitalty wutddnot htiVe been remitted, had the individual been a noisy troublesome. remolt,able fur his o:pppsitioly..tp.the ,GovAmunept, instead of be ing a loyal - man, and a friend to. the. measures tit.. Miuistcrs, , This; proved, as he thought. it ,wes, he Wits of .opinion the abuse of the Act ‘VtiS.,C;fablish ed, awl the power which. it. gave tti the Lords of the Treasury ought. no longer to remain, in tin. , ir hands. lie, therefore, -hoped . the motion a ould be carried. . • - . . . „ The Sqtactrytt43tstitalit. stated the, report of the COnitnissitm e rs of.,the Excitile• to have beet' founded on !he representations .of naleets interest ed in the penalty ,being ex,icted. fie wislica to spoilt with tile, 'greatest po,sible re:.pect of.. the Commissioners, and i d tleed of the o tli ve r s of the I , 74ccise, but there.tiad.4en instances of heiog made by the .atter.to,theltrejuiliee of de.. fentl4ots ,tvliicti had ,110. foundation at ell itt truth, In a recent cot the owner of tt ship hail bens charged with the itillawitif exportation ut pow.ticr. It \Vas rt:ltesettled :to Nuvi gation Il t oard, that abe aintitt' Sxjt fur l','eribjee she. Wits iti rettlit leaving. out; for- America. At'liert this -statclii‘Att his.. 41fircil tots), the patty who fitruisited the illation had said hits recei''ed it trims persons whit were ' l ')tv Moue iti)vott , l,:stol coulti,,not therourit:', 31 yeat 50 Hoyt' the feet. , I,t W; , 15 Seen Chit rc S.ts ii(!vrt•ti:tiptijor this its*o.titio wit.ttevvr. The Commi,....Siontrs,',o. 6 iiir o bli gr ii, to , f aun a . 1 .4 4 ,4 1 . • I'ollol.ls im tvw fityditied, butt • the . Treosnty• !alight properly consider, whether this sliOuld 130 aclci upon. lie dathittril that; a -, l)erett..l.- • ant ought not to be exciibeci...on'acconni of •his . Polo priociples 3 . the , stittentesit ot his loyalty, or of hi 3 nttachntent .to any Ministers or. niea sitres, v:ottlit its such •o.,CaSe, have it. inn effect oft 'T , and the facts alone wet' all that,might to be cow:Wert:4l. Tite4e,. such as they 'appeared, had. cense& the decision, come t.o• in the case of (Milo, 'and:net his , ,clt4racter for I.ly4lty, or his. supposed .tiolitical influence. Al.. ibtingli his' 1 - 1614. a!td Leurned Friend hash that tvltole range of c,imet, he' had , only been able t o Vied from them lour,' on which he thought ho Could found anv iiiiptitation against the Lords of tlicTrensury, shoithl be recollected th a t (li'dye Lords were the ConstithtiontliAllnagers of the Revenue,' and that'. the . E.)cit..e and.c.;tistoms only acted. under them; The. act made no 'difference as to the power Which bad formerly heett . re*ted in the' Attorneys qcnetal, except in one tritlinginstance ; that the Lot ut of the Ttresury when . ..they bad made tip their to advise the Croivn.or the Atittint.y- Ge.neral hue in any. particular cas.., the Art empowered thtink to , slO. it by their ow it way . ratit. As. to the case of. lihhs, it could not be said that t oo muc h l en i ty hat ben sateen whets' the i‘ulividnal wati.expoSelitO A lossof.nine hundred' and twenty-i hate, pounds. 'llieesidetteenf Oil alone was tottlieietiC , lo.shew:th a t the proseett* td. th e . t) i f itice..,•. sious which hadbee it used towards .1).e: Andrews., lets' reprobated them in the strongestilegree, and said was. a ,Per4oll ttito would be the last to wish ill (natty man living-i-a person ol'a eltaractee far too high to be uffe l eted by any ofthose express shins used .t ow.ards: hint lot the sake of u johe. As • tr . ) the cbara,eter Of. Mr. Abbott; he wave') honest ohm. lie wished to direct the. attention of thin Ilnlise to the letter of the Lords of the Treas u ry to the COmmissiorters, there'Vvas nothing: in le to prevent the prosecution beingtontinued if they thottliht,:it . proper. Sir Samuel. Ascrred, that. the ind tion.only related to thect4e of Gibbs. It was of no consequence toingnire. whether the Act, vest og the pnaver in' the of the Treasury,. Was (vj.(e ; but GItiS::MOS tilt extremely geriokl4 curse for, the Lords of the Treallity.' lie could:see . f no gruothis on which the penalty 'had been remits.' teal to Gibbs, except that of his being a, ft bend to the Government. Nothirt;..r. (iptilifail, could be more serious than tilesmiktug. the. dint Met ion, - of partiei.i t i th e execution of the revt:iiii t : ftws. • The' very petition of 11)411. v 1 10 , 114 h are t w o 'Considered by'the Lords of .the 'i's easory us most offensive end tlistosting„ ;is it (011i:titled allell presions 111 t i o anti stippOrt of Minis biers, as ntutt tin tai Mott corritpt titer; in iiie'ext•rcise of their . publle futictipits'. The testimonials in the saute tone. Ile should vote-fill' tile . t;ttirl, the liOnottrattlo Learned Oentiotion bat! cotirely..outitted 1401iCtic Nit: crstificiate titre Ifoccise Officer, btatetl 114 conviction that the over-w;ii:,.ht of salt was