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3 -?, I W - • 4 4,1 " ``i 744- ....4,0 4 1 1 _ vitt ot e r*.. • eLy - --. e/ f ele-cf r „, • /I ~ r Ni 71414 Eit 898 d.l THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1821 V ICTUALLING -OFFICE, May 1, 1893. THE COMMISSIONERS for V WTUAL . LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby give No tice, That on Friday, the 31st of August next, they to ill be r eady to receive Tenders in writing (waled up), and treat for the Su PPIY of all such quantities of SEA PROVISIONS as ma!/ be required for the use of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at Jamaica and New Providence, during the space °. /*Twelve Calendar Months certain, from the Ist of Novem ber next, and further until six months warning shall be given for the termination of the Contract, the Conditions of which may be seen at the Secretary's Office. No regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price shall not be inserted in words at length, or that slut!! not be de livered to the Board Lejii?e One o'Cloch on the said Fri day, the 3 1st of August next, nor unless the Person who mahes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends, to a 7 l-swer when called for ; nor will any Tender that contains e xtravagant prices upon some articles, and prices much is to the real table upon others, be considered as proper to be admitted. PRICE SEVENPENCE _PARLIAMENT, ewes and rams, which, when on board on pretence of going to Canada, might be transshipped at sea for France or Flanders. Mr. RICARDO maintained that, if our woollen trade were to decay'or get into foreign hands, he had no doubt that it would be succeeded by some branch of manufacture equally produc tive. The opposition to this Bill was founded upon a paltry jealousy of surrounding nations, which a great and generous country like this should despise. If we enjoyed a commodity which other kingdoms did not possess, we ought rather ,to wish that those other kingdoms should participate its advantages.— He felt none of the alarm expressed by several Hon. Gentle men, and should therefore support th e t hi r d re adi ng . dr. RAMSDEN (as we were informed) requested Mr. Lushington to postpone the Bill until further inquiries could be made. dered the making him such a grant from the Civil Contingencies to be a gross misapprehen sion of the powers of Government. _ _ ship when she was taken. Lots were c as t d; was customary for an arbitrator, and a Portu guese was appointed, Who, being invested with absolute poWer, decreed that the ship should be given up, cud that reparation should be made for her detention. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 13. The Private Stealing iu Dwelling House Bill, and the Privately Stealing on Navigable Rivers Bill, were brought up from the Commons. The Earl of LIMERICK presented a Petition from the Proprietors of Wharfs on the North Side of the River Thames, in favour of the Lon don Wharfs Regulation Bill. The Earl of BLESINTON begged leave to call their Lordships' attention to the Petition already presented against the Bill, in support of which he trusted that they would hear counsel and evi dence. Mr. HUME said that the sum did not appear to be paid out of the Civil Contingencies, but from the Post Office Revenue. The House then resolved itself into a Com mittee of Supply. On the motion of Mr. ARBUTHNOT, a sum of 40,000/. wal voted for defraying the ex pences of Works, and Repairs of Public Build.; ings in 1821; as was also a sum of 26,500/. for defraying the extraordinary expellees of the Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household.— Agreed to. Mr. ARBUTHNOT said, that it was his inten. ti - on, in the course of a day or two, to bring in a Bill for the purpose of protecti ng officers who captured slave-shipS under circumstances similar to thoSe which had been stated. • The officers had done, and would no doubt continue to do, their duty, without being biassed by any interested motives ; but still it *as not fair to leave them in the situation in which they were at present placed. The Learned Member for Ilchester (Dr. Lushington) had furnished him with several suggestions, of which he should be happy to avail himself when he introduced his Bill. His Noble Friend (Lord Londonderry) had been applied to with reference to. the conduct pursued by the ar bitrators of the -Portuguese Government; and had signified his readiness to pay due attention to the communications which were made to Mr. LUSHINGTON declared himself an enemy to the nar row principle argued for by the opponents of the Bill, and was satisfied that the evils apprehended were visionary, or had beep grossly exaggerated. He had no objection, however, that the third reading should stand for to-morrow. It was postponed accordingly. Mr. H UME moved for the following returns : A return of the amount levied for the contribution fund on British shipping in the Brazils, under the 54th Geo—lll. A return of the particulars of the sum of 21,8001. to be vot ed for the Linen Board of Ireland ; with the amount of salaries, allowances, &c. The Petition was then ordered to be laid on the Table. The next vote was a sum of 70,000/. for de fraying the expences of the Commissioners ap pointed to award compensations to Portugal, for the capture of vessels trading in Slaves within certain limits. On the suggestion of Lord Melville, the Ear of DARNLEY postponed his intended motion rela• tive to the Navy till the 19th of June. IRISH LAW COURTS BILL. A return of the offices held by five individuals in Ireland, to whom the sum of 12001. was to be paid, for making returns to orders of the House. After a few words from Mr. Bernal, Mr.Warre, and Mr. Arbuthnot, the motion was agreed to. • The next vote was a sum of 18,7001. for the Salaries of the Commissioners appointed for pre venting illegal traffic in Slaves. Mr:BERNAL complained in the strongest terms of the scandalous manner in whith the Slave Trade was now carried on by Foreign Powers, in open violation of existing treaties : although the gross sum of 400,0001. had been paid to Spain,as an inducement to abandon that odious traffic, and notwithstanding the annual expenditure and awards of the mixed commission, there were still no symptoms that the Kings of the Netherlands, of Spain, and Portugal, meant to extend to this country the hand of good fellowship, or to co operate, as their treaties pledged them to do, in promoting the general abolition. Ile would say nothing of France and America ; but he must add, that the whole conduct of the Powers who stood pledged to abolish the Slave Trade, im peratively called upon this Government to inter fere, and press them to fulfil their engagements. Mr. %VARRE expressed his concurrence in the sentiments of his Hon. Friend, and said that he really knew not what the Commissioners at Cuba, the Havannah, and Surinam were doing • they had not yet adjudicated a single case. Sir George Collier had complained of the manner in which a notorious offender, accused of being concerned in the murder of a boat's crew at Sierra Leone, had been suffered to escape, owing, it is said, to his influence with the Dutch Commissioner and the supineness of another Commissioner. Sir G. COCKBURN observed, that it was much more difficult to capture vessels engaged in this traffic, to the West Indies and on the coast of Surinam, than it was on the African coast. A Spanish vessel might, for instance, hoist the French or American flag, and run with a fair wind into the Havannah or Surinam without dis covery. This circumstance might account for the courts at Rio Janeiro and Surinam having no cases brought before them for adjudication. Under these circumstances British officers were obliged to seize, at their own risk, vessels be longing to Spain and Portugal which appeared ender other flags. But the responsibility which they incurred did not, he was sure, interfere with their anxious desire to abolish this traffic. Each Tender must also be accompanied by a Letter signed h Y Imo responsible Persons, engaging to -become bound with "e Party tendering, in the Penal Sum of 15,0001. for the performance of the Contract. Lord SrnMou•ru moved the Order of the Day for the House resolving itself into a Committee on the Bill for Regulating the Courts of Justice in Ireland. After a few words from the Earl of DONOUGH MORE, the House resolved itself into the Com mittee, when a long discussion took place.on the different clauses, in which Lords Redesdale and Sidmouth, the Earls of Donoughmore, and Lime rick, and the Marquess of Lansdown participated. The House having resumed, the Earl of Shaftes bury brouaht up the Report. They were all agreed to after a few words from Mr. C. GRANT. With regard to the Linen Board, the Right Hon. Gentleman observed, that the subject had lately been much under the attention of Government ; and it was his intention, early in the next Session, to refer the whole subject to a Select Committee.---(Hear.) Mr. F. BUXTQr hoped that the operation of the Right Hon. Gentleman's Bill would not be limited to the granting of bounties to those offi cers who might in future seize slave ships, under false colours ; but would be extended to all those who had performed a very hazardous duty, in the present defective state of the law. VICTUALLING-OFFICE. April 18. 1821. TIIE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL ,VG His JIAJESTY's NAVY do hereby give " 4 °lire, that on Friday, the 15th of June next, they will be r( ;ada to receive Truders in writing (sealed up) and treat for 14 C Supply (on separate Contracts) of what FRESH BEEF arty Le required for the use of his Majesty's Ships and Vet -714' at The Ports under mentioned, Ar Twelve Calendar fram the period against each expressed, viz.:— POLICE OFFICES. Mr. HUME said, that some time since, Ministers had pro mised that they would lay before the House a return of the Es tablishments of the various Police-offices, in order that the sum necessary for maintaining them might be voted among the Sup plies, and not p a id ou t o f th e Ci vi l Contingencies. .I'hey had not performed their promise : and he now, therefore, moved_ for a Return of the Establishments of the several Police-offices, the names and Salaries of the various officers, and-the contin gent Expences for the year ending sth January, 1821. Ordered. Mr. flumE objected to keeping up establish ments of Commissioners at different places, each of which cost the country 3,0001. - or 4,0001. a year ; and some of which could not render any public service. This, however, was not all. It was clearly out of the power of the Commis sioners to do any thing; and yet, in the course of a few years, they would be pensioned off. He wished sincerely for the abolition of the Slave Trade ; but unless France, (ungrateful France he would call her,) and America combined with England in effecting that object, the traffic never could be put down. The Earl of DONOUGIIIWORE moved, as an Amendment, that the Report should be received on that day six months, in order to enable him to enter his Protest against the Bill. • Milford Haven lst July Strantaer and Loeb Ryan • - Leith, Leith Roads, and the loth August ith of Edinburgh 7 0 be pail for by Bills, payable, without interest, sixty days after date. , The Conditions of thr Contracts may be seen a t the Secre '"Y.'s Office, at this Office, or by applying-to the Collectors ° 1 his Majesty's Customs at tllilfurrl, Stranraer, and Lath re9y,•tircio. TwO Petitions were presented —one from Leeds, against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill, and the other from Hunslet, to the same effect.—Ordered to be laid on the table. The Bills of Exchange Acceptances Bill was read a third time and passed. The Amendment was negatived, and the Re port received. The Standing Order which prohibits the pass ing of any Bill through more than one stage in a day having been then suspended, the Bill was read the thiid time and passed. The Irish Nisi Prius Regulation Bill was also committed, reported, and read the third time. On the motion of Lord SIDMOUTII, the Com mittee on the Irish Court of Chancery Bill was postponed till this day sc'nnight. Counsel was heard in favour of the London Wharfs Bill.—To proceed again on Tuesday.-- Adjourned. EXTRA-POST BILL. Mr. WARRE, in pursuance of notice, and after some ob servations on the impracticability and futility of the experiment recommended in the Bill on the Table, for establishing an Extra-post to Liverpool, moved that the matter be referred to a Select Committee, to report its opinion regarding it. After a few words from Mr. Grenfell, Mr. Philips, and Lord A. Hamilton, the motion was agreed to, and a Committee appointed. "J regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price 4401 l not he inserted in words at length, or that shall ';,?: be d e li vere d to t h e B oar d b e f ore One o ' C l oc k on t h e sa id J 'riday, the 1514 of June next, nor unless ,the Person who 21,iikes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends to answer when called for. Euch Tender must also be accompanied by a Letter, signed p p two responsible Per s ons, engaging to become bound with , t ! Party tendering-, in the Penal Sum of L. 500, for the ‘e performante of each of the Contracts. General HART withdrew his motion on the subject of the Irish Distilleries, in consequence, he said, of an explanation from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir G. COCKBURN said, the system as applied to Africa was perfectly effectual. There British Officers procured correct information with re spect to the ships of different Powers ; and *ere enabled to take liberties, which► would not be allowed at the Havannah, or at Surinam. The Resolution was then agreed to. The sum of 80001. was voted for defraying the extraordinary expence of proSecutions relating ; to the coin of this kingdom for the year 1821. On the motion that the sum of 25,0001. should . be granted for defraying certain law expences for. : the year 1.821 COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the - EXCHEQUER moved the Order of the Day for the House going into a Committee of Supply. Mr. CURWEN would take this opportunity of asking the Right Hon. Gentleman a question re lating to a subject which he had mentioned some time ago. It appeared that a grant had been made to Mr. M'Adam for services rendered to SUS n US is to g i ve otice that in pursuance :',l-, of Directions from - the OiNIMISSIONERS for VIC. sqir CALLING HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY, I s h a ll b e rea d y at place, on FRIDAY the 22d instant; to receive Tenders in 'tritin (sealed no), from such Persons a s w ill un d erta k e to chase the HIDES, (except what may be wanted for the Yards) i and FAT that may be produced from the Oxen 'ghtered for the service of His Majesty's Victualling De • J i Ti tw ents at Chatham and Portsmouth, from the Ist day of 11:Y T next ensuing, until the 30th day of September f o ll o wing. endets to contain distinct prices, expressed in words at ' t i V , for each article, and to be maee separate for each `7 The same to be paid for at the cod of each month. .Sha,t June Dth, 1921. HOUSE OF COMMONS. STATE OF EUROPE. The Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON observed, that in conse quence of a request from the Noble Secretary for Foreign Af fairs, accompanied by a statement that the-Noble Lord was at present indisposed, he should postpone his motion upon the State of Europe until the 21st inst. • the Government, and he was not aware that the grant had ever been submitted to Parliament or reported in the papers laid before the House. He conceived that no grant of public money could be properly made without the previous consent of Parliament. Mr. HumE inquired what the nature of thos4 law expences was ? He observed, that every de partment in the Government had a separate state ment of law expences. Mr. A linu'ruNoT said, the law expellees of last year amounted to -10,0001., of which 37,1001. bad been provided for. Those expences had been greatly increased, in consequence of prosecu tions which had been instituted against Mr. Hone and othet-s, for blasphemous and seditious publi cations. Independent of the deficit to which he had alluded, a considerable sum had since been expended in the prosecution of Mr. Hunt, Sir'F. Burdett, and others. There were 32 State pro secutions in the course of the last year. • Mr. WAann observed, that in one of the Re ports of the. Commissioners appointed'to inquire into the proceedings in Courts of Justice; parti cular stress was laid on the question of Law Charges. It was there stated that in. every - Crown prosecution in the Court of Exchequer, two senior and two junior Counsel were regularly employed. The Commissioners declared that, in their opinion, there was no necessity for this num ber ; and as the situation of 'one of the senior Counsel had become vacant, they recommended that' that office should not be filled up. He hoped that that recommendation had been at tended to. WILLIAM MELLISH. - HOLY ALLIANCE. Mr. 'WARD, in the absence of Mr. Stuart Wortley, also postponed, until the same day, the motion of which that Ho nourable Gentleman had given notice, with respect to the pro duction of the Circ u l ar Di s p a t c h o f the Holy Allies from Laybach. The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER replied POOR LAWS. 11„t0INTRACT FOR. BUTTER AND CHEESE. ." 1, 11, HOSPITAL FOR SEAMEN AT GREENIVICH, June 14, 1821. SUCH Persons as may be willing to Contract 1„1. ! . or - Supplying this Hospital with BUTTERand CHEESE al oth, in3y %)( or Twelve ninths, commencing' the Ist of next deli•.-er in their Proposals .to the Directors th e skid H ' • t this PI ac e , TURDAY, the d on • 6 A thiL Instant, at. Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon ; and in ,tte !Heat ) time be furnished with Forms of Proposals, and 4 tl ainted with farth er p ar ti cu l ars , b y inquiring at the prd's Office here . . i ti s a •P• No Proposal will be rrceived after the hour afore -44i4,110r wi ll any he attended to that are not agreeable to the Forms nor unless the Parties personally attend. A Petition was laid upon the table from Stockport against :he Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. in a low tone of voice which was inaudible in the Gallery. We understood him to say, that the confidence reposed in Ministers by the House, enabled them to make grants like the one in question. Mr. GItENFELL wished to ask his lion. Friend Mr. CURTEIS presented a Petition from Burwash, Sussex, favour of the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. Mr. C. CALVERT laid upon the table a Petition from the Parish of St. George, Southwark, against the Poor Laws' Amendment Bill. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. CURWEN presented a Petition from Workington for a Itevisien of the Criminal Code. (Mr. Irving) whether he intended to press his motion for granting the claims of General Des- Mr. T. WILSON presented a Petition from certain Im porters :).nd Dealers in Clover Seed, in London and Southwark, against the Bill on this subject before the House. After a few words from Colonel DAVIES and Mr. C. CAL VERT, it was laid on the table. fourneux, and when he should again bring it be fore the House. He was anxious to know, be cause he had examined the ease, and he had never met with any claims upon the Government of so unjust or unfounded a nature. Zr. WA RRE said that a very considerable time had now elapsed ; and, knowing as he did, that the river of Surinam and the entrance to the Havannah were open to our cruisers, he was astonished that they had not captured 50.7. e of the vessels engaged in this trade. TBRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. TIE GALLERY is NOW OPEN, with a COLLECTION of the ANCIENT MASTERS, from t, i( !!! in the Morning until Six in the Evening..—Mr. WEST'S 01 4 ' c l:t1I:F. of " CHRIST' HEALING the SICK," is also Btßt, din the Gallery, with -a Proof to shew the advanced l :„ e 011ie Plate, and which Mr. HEATH has assured the -e t° l 's shall be completed-before the Ist of July next. Admittance Is.—Catalogue Is. By Order, JOHN YOUNG, Keener. Sir 6. HILL obtained leave to bring in, and afterwards in troduced, a Bill to allow and facilitate the Transfer of Stock between England and Ireland. Mr. C. GRANT moved for and brought up a copy of a Let ter from the Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, re garding the 9th Report of the Commi ss i oners , on th e F ees , Sa larics,&e. of Clerks and Ministers of Courts of Justice in Ireland. Mr. IRVING complained of the premature deci sion which his Hon. Friend had pronounced up on this question, and stated it to be his intention of bringing the subject before the House again on Friday next. Sir I. COFFIN was of opinion, after reading Sir G. Collier's report, that nothing but a decla ration of war against every power who continued the trade in Slaves could put a stop to it.—(Hear.) Mr. BERNAL believed that the officers of the British navy exerted themselves in a manner which did them infinite credit, for the purpose of putting an end to this trade ; but unless the right of search was conceded to this country by the Americans and French, he was afraid that the object of the legislature would never be ef fected.—(llear.) _ _ Mr. C. GRANT brought up the Irish Stamp Duty Bill, which was read a first time. Mr. HumE did not consider that the'inquiries of Mr. LUSHINGTON brought up the following Bills : The Thirteen Million Sinking Fund Loan Bill ; the Twenty nine Million Exchequer Bills Bill • the Lottery Bill, and the One Million Irish Treasury Bills Bill. They were severally read a first time, and the second reading was fixed for to-morrow. Mr. LUSHINGTON laid upon the table the Estimates of Expellees necessary to complete the Holyhead Road. In a Committee on the East India Sugar Acts, Mr. LUSH INGTON proposed a resolution, imposing an additional duty, but to what amount we could not hear.—Report to-morrow. In a Committee on the Customs' Duties Acti, Mr. LUSH INGTON also brought forward a variety of resolutions ; they were read by Colonel Barry, who was in the Chair, in a tone of voice wholly inaudible.—Report to-morrow. &c. for a NEW CHURCH. The INF TRUsTEES appointed tinder an Act : for Building Two cnt. ItCLIES or CH •kPELS in the Parish of St. MARY ; ' I NGTON. Stirrer, are desirous of r t ceiving DESIGNS C M 7 IICE-1 bi: erected at WALWORTH, together to ,'„ ' , E . S TIMATES and SPECIFICATIONS. The Church is cd chain. 2000 pers o ns, an d th e Pl ans , &c. are to be deliver -I\l,`'e"le4.upl, at th e OfEce of Messrs. Clutton and Carter, • Sib ,1 8, Nigh -street, S ou th war k, on or b e f ore Monday the athi COI ,aY of duly neKt, and where in the mean time all further C l , it FeSsavy particulars may be o bt a i ne d by A rc hit ec t s , an d they are referred. The expense is not to exceed including the duties. A Premium of 1001. will be extetn'Pr the plait which shall he ultimately approved and di and 501. for that selected as the next best design. N it! • JOHN CLLiTTON, Clerk to toe Trustees. June 1201, 1821. •FOR PASSENGERS ONLY. T o s • a... . nn the I7th Instant, fiir BENGAL direct, • THE r Hon. Company's Chartered IK\l,l* SHIP BARBOSA, HENRY HUTCHIN 1T SON, Commander, Borden 698 Tons, lying ".. "tokftei in the City Canal, Blaekwall; has a poop te thZer and very superior accommodations for Vas the', s• For Terms of Passage apply to the COmmander'l at I,4dulr,nsalem Coffeehouse; or to BUCKLES,' BAGSTER, 33, Mark. lane, _ . _ Room Mr. SAUNDEIts At / h 'l's Great Room, No, 39, FLEET-STREET, on '.IVION . ,7 41. , June i I tit, and s...term following days (Sunday ex- AN''lned), at half-past Twelve, precisely, Extensive and 'Valuable COLLECTION AN of BOOKS, ORIENTAL 'MANUSCRIPTS, BOO.KS of v „ .lN Ts„music, &e. &e. many in elegant bindings of nio• amor4:, which air—Foho, Soivyns C o 7,°, russia an d ca lf, k q uote des Hindnus, 4 torn ; Vir . gilii Opera, vellu m p aper ,- q pi s, Didnt, 1799 ; D e li a Bella s W o rk s , 2 vo l s. ; Mont- L l ''ort's - Antiquities, 7 vols. ; - Ilutchins's Dorset, 2 vols ; 1,7,4d0n Gazettes, 24 vols.; Thoresby's Leeds, by Whit ' ,‘Cer, Q vols. ; Burnet's Refotalation, 3 vols.; Strype's Me 6W'ials 3: rots. large paper ; Spence's Polymetis; Miller's ~arcieners' Dictionary, by .Martyn, 4 vols.; Sir William 4-I , a milton's • Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities.— ' ,411arto, Philosophical Transactions at large ; Edwards's Biris, ; v 61 6.; Reeves's Bible, printed on vellum, 9 vols.; Lord Or ' ?rd's Worlis,.s- vols.: Gilibon's Rome, 6 vols.; Ackerman n's - , ;i a 4 l ubridge, Oxford. P u bli c S c h ools, and Microcusni of Lon , ~--Octavo, &c. Bulfon Flistoire N aturelle, 64 tom ; En ' , eye Octavo, 3G lorn; At - iiermatnt's R e p os i tory, 24 volt ; I)rv . 7 11 s. Wort s , I sy S cott, 18 vols.; Johnson and Steevens . 's Sh akespeare, 21 ye's ; a Large Painting , F L • . t ..., by F. e Moyne, '''.7,`54.c. „ 1 0 be viewed two days preceding, and mornings of Sale, . and Catalogues had, price ls.6d. each. WOOL. Mr. LUSHINGTON moved the third reading of the Wool len Cloth Stamping Bill. Mr. BARING objected to it, and complained that the name given to the Bill did not at all correspond with its contents. It was not fair to the public, that provisions wholly foreign to the professed object should be inserted in measures of thislind, especially without the slightest notice. The Bill was of very considerable importance, as it broke through the ancient sys tem, and allowed the exportation of sheep, bred in thiS coun— .try, to our Colonies, from whence they might be reconveyed to the Continent, and our woollen trade thereby materially injur ed. He should vote against its further progress. Mr. LUSHINGTON contended that all the usual informa tion had been given regarding this Bill,-for the title of which, on the Journals, he was not responsible. He thought the ap prehensions of the Hon. Gentleman wholly groundless. Sir I. COFFIN said, that - the breed of sheep possessed ex clusively in England was the long-woolled kind, which would not retain their coats in hot climates. 11/r. F. LEWIS supported the Bill, as he thought the injury predicted to our trade from it was entirely visionary. Great influence was produced on wool by soil and climate ' and parti cular kinds would not succeed in warm - or in cold countries. He did not see why our Colonies should not enjoy the benefit of particular breeds of sheep, if those breeds did not degenerate. Mr. PARSE thought the pruiciple of the Bill contrary to the established policy of our ancestors, and therefore opposed it. Mr. T. WILSON contended, that by means of this Bill France and Flanders might obtain the long-woolled sheep ; and if they did, great and perhaps irreparable - injury would be done to our cloth manufacture.. The pretence was to export sheep to the Colonies ; but it was an experiment, he had little doubt, to deprive this country of what at present it exclusively enjoyed. Our Colonies were now abundantly supplied from America, and he saw no reason Why the system should be altered. . Mr. CALCRAFT was of the same opinion, and wished to impress upon the House the improp r i e ty o f runn i ng an y risk with regard to so important a bi:anch of trade, ihrnishing em ploy to so many hands. At this moment as many wethers as captains of vessels pleased might be carried out in the nature of provisions for their ships; but this Bill expressly named the Hon. Member for Cumberland respecting the grant to Mr. M'Adam had been satisfactorily , answered. He wished to know when the allow ance to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cla rence was again to come before the House, as there were some of its Members who wished to express their opinion upon that most extraordi nary grant. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that when the proper returns came before the House, the grant to Mr.M'Adam would be found in them. With respect to his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence's allowance, it was not his intention to bring it forward that day in conse quence of the absence of his Noble Friend (the Marquess of Londonderry.) Mr. IIUME understood that one of the five Commissioners of Excise in Scotland was recently dead. lie wished to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman's plans of economy would in clude the filling up of that office. Many intelli gent men were of opinion that three Commis sioners were quite sufficient. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that there was no intention of diminishing the number of Commissioners. Lord MILTON wished to call the attention of the Right Hon. Gentleman to the Spoiled Stamps, Act. He understood that it was to be aban doned altogether for the present Session. Now, although the Right Bon. Gentleman could not carry that part of his .Bill which went to impose new duties, yet it contained remedies for some abuses, and the remedial part ought certainly not to be abandoned. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that it was not the intention of Government to press the Bill this Session, but to introduce a more general measure in the next. - Mr. BARING reverted to the subject of Mr. M'Adam. No person was more sensible than be of the merits of that Gentleman, and of the ser vice he had done to the country. But he consi- Mr. Sm YTII (of Cambridge) was of opinion that the country ought to adopt decisive measures, although attended with considerable e' pence, to destroy this traffic. During the war this country assumed the right of searc, which enabled it effectually to frustrate the schemes of the slave dealers; but that right ceased with the return of peace, and therefore unless they were determined that the treaties on this subject should remain a dead letter, prompt measures ought to be taken to render them effectual.' Those Commissioners had been appointed to see that the terms of the treaties were complied with ; but very little had been done under the Commission in consequence of the evasions of Foreign States. Under these circumstances, he hoped no effort would he want ing on the part of his Majesty's Government to induce those Powers over whom this country might fairly be supposed to possess some in fluence, to grant their assistance in abolishing the trade in slaves. lie alluded particularly to Por tugal and France—(llear !)—to which latter Power this coznitry had restored her Colonies.— (Hear !) Mr. WAnat: wished to call the attention cf the Committee to what was called the San Salva dor case, in order to show the hostile feeling which the Portuguese arbitrators entertained with respect to the views of this country on the subject of the slave trade. The case was this : His Majesty's ship Myrmidon chased a slave ship on the coast of Brazil ; but, as she approached, the latter lowered her boat, into which the slaves were put. The slave ship was, however, cap tured, and carried into port- for adjudication. The argument used against the capture was, that the slaves were in the boat,and not on board the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that with respect to Treasury prosecutions, they were carried on by th e L aw Offi cers o f th e Crown, and he saw no reason to interfere with the discre tion vested in them on such occasions ; bnt 'as to the latter point, which related to Excise prose cutions, it was at present under consideration. Sir JOHN 'NEWPORT observed, thit if ever there was a time when the public had a right to expect relief from the charges for conducting the State prosecutions, it was the present one, as it ap-. peared that certain private individuals had lately associated together, for the purpose of prosecut ing all whom they conceived to nave committed offences against the State.—(hear, hear !) What had been done by the public prosecutor was new 'to be done by private men, and, if so, the country ought, at least, to derive one benefit from it, namely, that of being relieved from all the charges attendant on State Trials ; but in the way the Government Was now going on, ill demanding such sums for law expences, it was evident that none of the evils to which such an as sCciation mutt give birth was to be counterbalanced. by one solitary advantage, as it was not to save us a penny of expence.--L(Hear, hear.)—For what purpose then, or with what view, was such a society instituted ? Was it to remove the re sponsibility which attached to the Law Officers of the Crown, and to allow private persons, ' . who had no responsibility, to us ur p th e i r o ffi ce , and proceed with misjudging zeal and ignorant pre judice 10 denounce all opinion . which dicl . not correspond with . the tenets 'of their own poli tical creed ?—(llear, hear.) If such persons, in their eagerness, ord by means of a, common fund, caused the ruin of individuals by law exPences, on charges which they could not afterwards sub stantiate, who were to be responsible . ? The di.