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After a short conversTltiqn between the aboVe-ramed hers, the petitions were laid on the table, and ortLis;il to be • printed. - ' • HO USE OF LORDS, INIARcH 2h The St. Mary-le-bone Church-,13i11 was read a second time, and ,ordered to be cotnrnitted to- VICTIIIILLING- (WPM E, March THE COMMISSIONERS for VW7'UAL- L LNG His Mi-LIESTY'S NA I do hereby give No tice, That on Tuesday, the" 3rd of April next, they will be ready Po receive Tenders in writin:- (retried up), and treat for the supply (on separate Contracts) of all stall quantities of SEA PROVISIONS, HUM, •and VEGETABLES, as mull he demanded for the use of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Ports undermentioned, viz.:-- Belfast, Carriclifergns, Larne SEA PROVISIONS hour, and Newry, Londonderry and LotmlisWilly, Galway. Londonderry and Lone,hswilly. VEGETABLES, Leith, Leith Roads, and the Firth of Edinburgh. For the space of Twelve Calendar Months certain, tivm (be,: 17111 of Mug 'meal, and further 'twit sir vi-nit /r8 be given f or the termn iation (!f the n Contract, tv:e Co ' diiions al which :Vlay be seen-at the Seeregarg's at dais, Wire, " akPlYing to the. Callectors of His Majesty's Customs at „Belfast, L ondonderry, Galway, and Leith iefPeetirel4l- ' reu-ard will be had to any Tender in which the Price fiecf`il not b eio.ferled in Words at length, or that shall not be de ;Ted to the Board before One o'Ctoc/s on the said Tues day, the- "std of .dprit . next, nor unless\ the Person who awakes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, attends, to answer when called for. Each Tender vast also be accompanied by a Letter sign - ed AV two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound ,with 14 e Partli tendering, in the Penal Suns of 50U/. for the due P er formance Veach of the Contracts. BRITISH GALLERY, PALL MALL. rinus GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the Works of Modern Artists, IS OPEN DAILY from Ten itt the Morning until Five in the Evening. Admission, Is.—Catalogue, By Order, 301-IN YOUNG, Keeper. HOVAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-HOUSE. °TIC E TO ARTISTS.—AII WORKS intended for the ensuing EXHIBITION must be sent nfl o:1 MONDAY, the 9tb, a Six o'Cloz1: on TUESDAY, the 10 th of:APRIL NEXT, after which time none can pos sibly be received. The Regulations necessary to be attended to may be found in the-Catalogue of last year, of obtained at the Royal Academy: HENRY HOWARD, R.A. EAST INDIA HOUSE, M.erele , THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, du hereby give Notice, That the GENERAL COURT appointed to be held on WEDNESDAY the 4th of April next, is fort hec made Special, for the purpose of .submitting for confirmation the Re-so lution of the General Court of this day, approving the Re solution of the Court of Directors of the 17th Jaunary last, granting to Captain Daniel - Rost, of the Bombay Marine, the 3111r1 of 15001. under the circumstances therein stated. The Report required by the Bye Law, c•: p. if. see. 20. to gether with the Documents upon which the said Resolution hiss b een formed, a re o p en f ur th e i nspect i on o f the Pro prietors at this House. JOSEPH DANT, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, March 2i, isti. COURT of DIRECTORS of the IL UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, Jo lwrchy give Notice, • That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Com pany will be held at their Honse in Leadenhati street, on WEDNESDAY, the 4th of Aprilmext, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, in consequence of notice having been this day given by a Proprietor of his intention to submit to the General .hurt t motion, founded on a letter addressed by the Chair ot tto , Court of Directors t o th e. Right hloo. GEORGE • "NNING dated the 4 2,1 cif Decemb er l as t. Th e sa id l e t ter, "d the reply to it, are now printing, agreably to the Gene ral Court's liesolution of this day, awl they will he ready for delivery to the Proprietors, at this H•rase, on Friday next, the 24d instant. 40SEPII Srcretary. NOTICE is hereby Given, that a MEET ING of the CREDIrOItS of Messrs. STICtNGE, ISI-11r009, and CO., late of New Bond-street, Bankers, Will he held at the Freemasons! Tavern, Great Queen -street, Li ncolti'llim-fields, on TUESDAY, the loth day of April next, at 12 o'Cl,,cic pre::isely, for the purpose of taking into co nsidera'iou a Proposal which has been made for accepting 4C "'Protni ,, e of a very considerable Debt due to the E.tatc nt the said Messrs. Strange, Dashwood, and Co., and on other Special Affairs, Dated this fist day of March, le2l, . pliPI L.—A CLERGYMAN of the ESTA BLISHED UHURCII, resident ten miles from Lon -6"lt, and who prepares a FEW PUPILS for the UNIVER srms, &c. has npw• a Vacancy. References can he given to Noblemen and Gentlemen whose Sans hare' been under his care. 'Feral, 160 Guineas per annum. Letters directed for Rev. J. G. Messr , . Payne and Foss, ' u oali , ellers, 81, Pall Mall, will be duly forwarded. 4 :4I'AIINSTER LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITY OF . HUE, STRAND. and COHNIIILL, LONDON, i ~ _ ST %In ISHED in 1792, for insurance on t . , • ~ Live, and granting Annuities, on the same advan ickg"ous Terms to the Public as have hitherto seminal to this s tablishment their decided Patronage and tinpport. ES , - AND AU )ITOtt4. , Part. M.P. Chairman. , El. Deputy Chairman. William Fitzhugh, Esq. Ralph Leyc ester, :jun. Esq. Go.o. G. Mills, E•ai Nlarsli, Esq. ,!osepl? Sage, Esq. John Soane, Es q . Rd. Williams, Esq. Sol . deor. ARD BARNES, Seeirtary. the PRI wittEl'Oß.7; will be for the Annual Election J itors. • DIRECTORS, TRUSTE Uir JAMES 6RAHAM, FREENIAN, "t Hoo. Doug! as Kionaird (i. F. flonitsoo, Bart. 44 John Cox ilipvis!ey, Bart. it Aoriul, Esq. ' aim's BRA), r t arup Brooksbank, Esq. awes Henry Deacon, Eiq. lUCH ►GENUAL MEETING ol :i l !ti en on 'Tuesday, the 27tIt Tr ustees, Director, and A FROM TUESDAY'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. f A.Pril 1, h o W. TittensorTittensor, Foster lne, '.,."vapsideo, lesale button se n llers—April 10, Borill s end • de Witte, Comm erc i a l Ch am b ers . hoe, I!.'erellant—Mareli 24. G. Robinson and S. Robinson, Pater. !!'" , er row, In.olisellers—May 8, .1. ( • otisins,. Chilli on street, :3oluer's Town, chersemonaev—April 10, W. Scott, Wal'' rin g. dealer—April In, J. W. Sowerby, of Fish street hill, chant ---April 10, J. Knigtit, Forte street, cheesemonger May 3, 11. Nlould, Winchester, cabinet maker—April 11, '(;• Elliott, St. Thomas a Beck e t, Su ssex , grocer—April 14, J • T. Taylor, Merton, Surrey, silk mannfacturer—A l .ril 14, G. NI Simpson, Of Tow,- street, inercln-6.0 —A in il 21, T• Saclitti, Bermondsey wail, Bermondsey, ship w ri g ht—A pr il 2 0. W. Prole, G eo r ge ltani. Devonshir e , yeoman—April 13, J• Simpson and .1. Westmorland Lieci pool, boost, but Iders—•- April 12,.1. Ilawth otn , Newcastle up-ut brass futtinlet --- -April 11, P. Cox, Fairford, Gloncestershire,..macliine loalser. CERTIF!CATE=, Aye! r. 10. jC. Coates, Stanton-drew', S.oncrsctshire, dealer—C.Walker, un, Manchester, grocer—H:ll. Hall, Thames D.tiou,Surrey, tualt T ter—G. / loliwook, Fleet market, poulterer—S. Pet hins, Nlidlordi Sonierset..hire. dealer, - PARTNFRSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Ritchie, F. Melia ds -n, .and J. Ritchie, Watling street, warehousemen—T. Ltooarri and T. Bradhury,,Birminghatn, gliders—ll. Stanley and It. Folcher, Bungay—J. and W. •I'''evils 17pholland, l.anzashii e, nail wanufacturers—P, lYartiell and 1.. Beacham, Ye. il, drat...vs—F. Smith and E. Littghtnis, Artillery passatze, Artillery street, hat inanufac ttn et 5..--. j. ThuMliSon and W. Nlande, Henley-in-Arden, AVarwickshire, drinNists—W. Daniels and G. Fos , . Mancini. t er, painterS—.l, flideinz and W..lackson, Liverpool, commis slim merchants -11. S. T. and J. Joyce, Freshford, IViitshire, elnthiel3lnntrs—E. Wright, T. Dates and J. W . F oster, Paddington' .. f ly am J. Hill, Fulhm, flax wannfartn—E. F isher f i n d '. Ilood, WeslbrouiwicL, l.ta.tfurdshit rcrs e, iron wasters, morrow . The Irish Attornies Fees Bill, and the King's Bench Business Bill, were: brought up from the (louse of Commons, and each read a first time. The Earl of SuArrEsnun NT presented a Petition from the Churchwardens and Overseers of Bed minster, in the county of Somerset, against the Catholic Claims.—Laid on the Table. The Flax - Encouragement. Bill was read the tlitrd time and paSsed. 'The: Mutiny, and the Marine Mu - tiny- Bills, were each read the second Unto. • SMALL DEBTS. The Marquess of LANSDOWN presented a Pe tition from Dersey, in the county of Gloucester, praying for the adoption of some 'measure to en , able County Courts to recover debts amounting to 151.—Laid on tile table. TTA IS, ........ The Marquess of LAN - snow:sr observed, that if the Noble Earl at the head of the Treasury had beef present, it was his intention to have put some questions to him relative to the transactions which had taken place on, the Continent of Eu rope,•-to the effect Which these transactions might produce on the interests of this country, and to the authority of. curtain papers published on the Continent. To-morrow being the day on which the Drawing- Room was to be held, he should give notice for Friday next, when he would pro pose the questions to which he alluded.—Ad journed. • HO USE OW COMMONS, MAI: cu 21. Sir .11. PARNELL presented a P-tition from the Queues County, praying the House 'to -take the Iri s h Di s till ery Laws into ccnsulcrettion, wlth the view of puteing them on a better, footing. Mr. C. lII.TTCITINSON supported the prayer of the Peti tition.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. RAMSAY pr2sental a Petition from the County o: Cornwall, praying for the repcal of the New Malt Duty.—Or. dered . to lie on the table. Captain WEi\IYSS presented a similar Petition from the Farmers and Maltsters in the County of Fife. The Agricul turists were Much indebted to the lion. Member for Essex (Mr. Western), for his motion to repeal the last Duty on Malt. Ile (Captain Wemyss) would give the motion his best support ; and he was sure every Member for Scotland-would feel •it a duty to support it.—The PaitiOn was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. PYM preSented a Petition from the County of Bedford, complaining of Agrcultural Distress.—Ordered to he on the . table. Mr. MAR it YAT presented a Petition, French, with an English translation, from. Lower Canada, praying that there should be no alteration in the Timber Trade. NEWINGTON SELECT VESTRY BILL. Mr. HOLM SUM ER, having moved the further consi. dergion of the Report, contended that the Standing Order, rc. glaring previous intimation at the "church door s had been snh. stantially complied with, although the Committee on the 811 l had resolved that the Standing Order had been violated, and moved that the Bill be recommitted. The word " increase" was introduced in the last notice, and that had been the only variation. Mr. S. WHITBREAD said, the Dill wits obno7:ions to the great majority of the parish, and had, in fact, no friends but the lion. Member who took so warm an hit rest in it, and the Rev. CleiTyman of the parish.—(ilear, hear.)---Ite should feel it his duty to take the sense of the House on the motion, if it should be pressed. Mr. DEN ISON requested the house to consider what a door it would open to evasion, if they sutli:red the standin , . , orders tz be trifled within the manner which this motion would do. Mr. C. CALVERT Opposed the motion. Mr. ELLIS (of 1)4,1m) contended that if the added word were rejected, the notice would - stand a fair copy.-... Ilear 2 hear," and laughter.)-The complaint was, toot notice had been ,given of too much, for there was no " increase" in the Bill. Sir JOHN NEWPORT argued - that- the notice was a nullity, because it varied from the precedingr•noticcs. Mr. PR YSE supported the recommitment of the Bill, and was proceeditk; to enter at some length into the merits of it, when he was, interrupted by Mr. GREY BENNET, who rose to order. The Honour able Member had no right upon the question then before the House to e.lter into the merits of the bill itself. The SPEAKER. re:Pleated tie House to deal at present with the Report of the Committee only, and not to enter into the merits or demerits of the birtt After a few words in continuation from Mr. PItYSE, Mr. C. W. WYNN said, - that fromthe sVitment which had been made to the house, he was of opinion that the first notice for altering and increasing the rates was suflici , ..nt, and there fore that the objection raised against the bill was not valid. He could wish to hear the opinion of the Speaker on-the subject. , The SPEAKER; 'being thus appealed to, stated that the question on which the Ilouse - had to oecidc was this—whether, when snore than what w a s a pplied f or was men ti one d i n sh e notice, that circumstance fidned a fatal. objection to thc pro gress of the bill through the 'House. Now his opinion, fOrmed upon the practice usually observed upon these occasions, was, that suiplusage in the notice w as no t a f a t a l o bj ec ti on t o th e bill.- Ife should, however, feel better satisfied if the Iloose, instead of being guided by his opinion on the subject, would order the Report of the Committee which hal sat upon the bill, to be referred to a Select ComMittee up stairs. Mr. S. WORTLEY was of opinion that the Committee hen not been correct in determinirg that the standing orders had not been complied with. . Mr. ABERCROMBY thought that it was an improper as sumption to state tut the alt tration in the notices was in this case mere surplusag. lie should move, as an amendment to die motion before the House, that the Report of the Commit tee be referred to a Select Oommittee above stairs, to examine into the same with reference to the Standing Orders, and that the said Committee should he empo were d to report to the House their opinion thereupon. Mr. FOSTER seconded the Annndment. Mr. 11. Si MNER should certaink have pressed his motion to a division, had it net been fur the deference which he always paid to the wishes of the Chair ; but after the suggestion which had come froMit, he should as certainly withdraw it. The original motion was then withdrawn, and Mr. An cno MB 'S Amendment carried without a division. COURTS OF JUbTICE IN IRELAND. Mr. ELLTs presented petitions - from several individuals holding Mikes in the Court of. Exchequer in Ireland, praying that some compensation mi.bt be made to them for the lo ss e s they were certain to suffer, if the Courts of Justice in Ireland billshould be carried into a law. _ _ Mr. TAVLOR ohje.cted to all ,such compensations, where the places were not patent places, . or places • which. had been purchased by the present holders. ' Sir JOHN NEWPORT wished to know whether the Com missioners . had m.orumended any compensation to be made to any of the present petitioners. I f they had not, that was a suf ficient reason that none should be made to them. Mr. ELLIS made a reply which was inaudible in the Gal , • . W, SMITH had no deuht that, as the attention of the PRICE OF SILVER. Mr. GRENF2'.74I 4 rose to put a qudstion to the Right Hon. the - Chancellor of the Ex:l2quer, re:atiVe to all purchases of silver at the . Mint sinee the year l8l6: It appeared from the returns contained in.a paper -which ho held in his hand, that, frmn,lBll.3 •yrice_ paid .for all silver purchas. - xl by the 'Mint wis conformable tO tlie market price of it ; but that from IXI2O, down to toe present time, the peice paid by the Mint for it was Mach greater thin the market price—and in this pro Portion, that the Mint paid 3d. per -oz. for silver, the market price Was only 45. - '1 ld. per ne. - He wished to know who the parties were from wLioni the silver had been `purchased at this price. . - • - • • • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was stO6:l to say, that he would bike another opportunity for giving . a full exnlanation of the eirfthustances alluded to. 'The party frmn•Who'ni.the. Miat,ha.4.*:khased the silver at this price WAS the Ilrank. The think had taken a large quaiA4y of silver at ss. 31. per oz. in payment of the debt due to it from the go.. varinuert, on the condition that the Mint, if it were in want of silver,' should take it front the Bank at the same price. Mr. GRENFELL gave notice, that On a future day he would move that there be laid on the table of the ih.-.lse a copy of the coatract•made with the Bank,. and all its elattse, as at present the transaction bore a very suspicious appearance. MESSAGN FROM THE .140P.D.5. A Message tien came down from the Lord requiring' a copy of the evidence on. the tirampuud Bill , which waa 'g-t/anted. , INVERARY ROYAL BURGH:. - On the motion of MT. 11 ELM E; the adjourned debate upon the petition Iwo' the Inverary Royal Burgh was ordered to be resumed. . • Mr. ABERCROMBY said, that if the statements in this petition were true, no greater grievance af tcting. the int.n , :sti of the people of Scotland could well be conceived. He hoped the session would not be suffered to pass away without the adoption of some measure to redress so crying an evil as that of which the petitioners complained. After a few words from the LORD ADVOCATE 01' SCOT LAND, +t r. J. P. GRANT, and Lord Bl3.:Nrso-, the petition was ordered to be referred to the Committee on Scotch Burghs. CLAIMS OF AMERICAN LOYALISTS. Mr. V. COURTEN A Y desired the Clerk; read from the Journals of the lio - use, - 11.3 Address agreed to iu the year 1783, which having been done, Mr. COURTENAY said that the Address - which had been just read statod, that it would have been superfluous for the House to express the regard of the elation for every description of men who had, in the cause of his Majesty, risked their lives and forfeited their properties, duritnz a long and calamitous war. It was in conformity with the sentiments contained in that Address, 'that he rose to bring before Parliament, :he case of persons who had so risked their lives and forfeited their properties. The House would see the difficulties he had to meat in bringing for ward Claims in 18'21, which had their foand'a tiou so long ago as the peace of 17SJ. But he hoped to be able , to satisfy the Ho use , th a t the lapse of time c ould not create a bar to those Claims.' At the commencement of the American War, the Legislature of America took every means to prttvail on persons of property and in fluence in-that Country, to raise what was then called the Standard of Rebellion. It was, on the other hand, the duty of the Government of this Country to call on the exertions of indivi duals in America, who owed allegiance to the King of England. Accordingly, Royal Procla mations and Resolutions of that house were is sued from 1776 to 1783, calling upon individuals to join the Royal Standar.i. At the Peace of 1783, there were two classes of persons who had lost their property in the service of England, and-' who therefore had claims for compensation on this Country.' 'The House was' aware that by several Acts of the Legislature of America the persona of the Loyalists had been attainted and their pro perty confiscated. , By the 4th end ;Ali Articles of the Treaty of 1783, it was agreed that there should be no impediments thrown in thts way of the mutual recovery of debts, and that the Con gress should do all in its power to have restitution made to the Loyalists. The persons who had suffered in consequence of theirattachwent to the cause of England, were persons who had resided in America, and whose property had been confis cated, and English merchants who had lost their property in consequence of commercial trstnsac tions %s hit America. At the time when the Ad tl - dress which had been read by the Clerk was agreed to by the House of Commons, it, was the general understanding, that full and complete compensation should be made to those who had suffeyed in the cause of England. . In evidence of this he might re fer to the speeches of the late Lord Thur low, the late Chief Baron Alacdonald, then Solicitor-General, to an lion. Friend of his now in the House (Mr. Wilberforce), and many others. By an Act passed in 783, certain Com missißners were iippoiiited to carry the treaty into who wer e th e Loyalists effect, and to ascertain' who had claims upon the country. There was one class of loyalists to whew the Commissioners refused compensation, namely, those Wife had vested their property in America. To those per sons the Commissioners said, " you are creditors, try what•vou can get out of your debts—we will not listen to Your claims until you first get from America what you can." By a treaty which, (after three three years negociation) sA as entered it:to in 1794, America undertook to make full compensatiou to British creditors, and to prevent: legal impediments from being thrown in their In 1789, Mr. Pitt called upon that House, in a vote , of supply, to make compensatzon to those vs ho had lost their land in America, and also to those Who had been ruined in their-pro fessions in comequence of. their attachment to the English interest; the House to the present hour were in the habit of making good that compensa tion by an annual vote. But for the' British cre ditors .110 compensation was made, no redress was , granted to the:11;1f he excepted their share of a suko of / 006,0001. which, by a Treaty entered into , in 181] 3 America bound itself to pay, and which was accordingly paid. It was material to observe that it never was considered that• the sum of 600,0001. was to be taken s fail compensation ; if it were, that, indeed, would 'be a full answer to the - claim which ht pit forth. It was allowed on all hands, and it was 'so decided in a Court of Justice in Atnerica, thatall the Treaties entered into betwe,n2 America and 'England, sub . s6quent to the peace• of 1783. recognised, the claims 'of the LeyeliSts; The Government .of this country, he contended, Was bound to make cempensitiovi to them, as from America they had no expectation whatever. It - Was true a Very considerable, time had elapsed, still the house would recollect the material fact, that they had never ceased to put forth their claims. After contending that the case- Which he now brought before the liouFe had never been decided upon, and urging that - there was much, greater danger of a Lad example from refusii4,•thaii - freirt grant ing the claims, the Hon. Member moved for a de scription of, and extracts" from the communica tions between the Government and the persons styling themselves. American Loyalists, together with copies of some of then), whieh were specified. Mr. DICKINSON supported the motion, and contended, that. as the claimants had done every thing to keep their claims alive, they, were not to be 'oppesed by a sort of statute of limitation, which was set up in the mind of the Chancellor of the : Exchequer. Ile knew no stronger claim ',Ton this country than that of persons •who had sacrificed their property and time interests of th e i r families for att a ch men t t o its cause. He thought highly enough of the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and the Earl of Liverpool to say, that if such a claim as they resisted in their psiblic capa cities, had been made upon them as individuals, they could not have laid their heads on their without making arrangements for satisfying !) Mr. AV. S. , evrn said, the length of time which wag made an obstacle to the claim of the Peti totiers, was in itself an aggravation of the hard ships of their case. These gentlemen had for 49 years been entitled to - compensation, and now time very length of time during which justice had been withheld, was made an argument against their demand. When Lhey saw every day com pensation made for the loss of profits of offices which those who lost them had no right to expect. to retain—when they saw these no-claims consi dered, it certainly seemed extraordinary that so great a reluctance existed to accede to the claims of .those who had lost every thing through at tachment to this country. He urged these claims, though in his early life he had been a political opponent of the claiinant% He was old enough to ,remember the American war, and thinking that it was tht most unjust one in ivimich this' county had ever been engaged, he almost thought persons who acted as these' claimants hail done deserving of punishment. But no punishment which he then in his prejudice would have wished to inflict, would have equalled 1-50th part of what they had since suffered. He had said to one of the . claimants, that lie wondered their patience had lasted so long ; to • which the reply was, in a tone which he had no need to describe, " there have been several suicides amongst us already."—(Hear!) Mr. W 3 LBERFORCE said, the claimants had for merly had the justice of their claims recognised by all parties in the House. If ever any men were deserving of consideration, they were these claimants who had drunk to the very dreg the bitter cup of hope deferred.—(Hear The CnaNcLeLon of the EXCHEQUER observ-, ed, that it was one of the unpleasant parts of the duties of office, to be obliged in a public cape city,-to act more rigidly than a sense of liberality or equity would allow an individual to do— (Hear I)—lie had once taken a distinction be tween time American Loyalists and the merchant creditors, which on closer examination he did not feel warranted by time circumstances of the. case. If he had entangled himself by any premature expression of his opinion, on that account he was answerable., but the public interests could not be involved by his error. Ile had no intention of meeting the claims by the allegation of length of 'time elapsed, for every thing possible bad been done to keep time claims alive. ; nor by saying that they bad accepted the pest payments, for they had .only received them in part compensa tion. But en a - fair view of their case, he thought, that though as a question of liberality the. case of the, claimants was fair, they had no claim whatever on the justice Of. the country. By the Treaty .. of Commerce with America, it had been pro‘ided that British creditor's should have no obstacle to the recovery of their debts, in full value of sterlieg money. This Article of the Treaty was not carried into effect ; for though in some of the States - more or lets of these debts were allowed to be proved, in other States either the past Acts of the 'America n Government were pleaded in bar to them, or laws were specially made to' prevent their being recovered after the Treaty. This injustice was not confined to the Loyalists, hut extruded to all sorts of British creditors. The Loyalists claiming only 250,0001. (about) out of •1,450,0001. This British Go-, vernment, on the ground of this injustice, with held some of the Western territory from the Ame rican, who at last agreed 'by Treaty, in 1794, to give a fair indemnity to. bona fide creditors. Before the joint Commissioners (American and English) appointed under this treaty, the debts of ,the Loyalists were adniitted, though the American Attorney-General attempted to make their attainder an objection. The lion. Movor was misinformed in supposing,That objection was supported. It was, unnecessary to state by what ca:: tnery on the part of the Americans_ that Cocri7;asion vas prevented from having its full effect. At last; m America gaVe t. grOsi sum cif 600,000/; to be divided by the British GovernMent, of Which the Loyalists had their share, as well as the Merchant Credit Ors, though neither or thetas received their parts as fell coin.; pensafion. 'it was painful' to resist the - claii,ns of those - who were not only stiffering, 'Mt Merito rious ; but he COW not the cases' of the loyalists from the - merchant creditors, and he -considered both of them as saffeting fr'orit the ; cot - ninon fate of war, froM which suffering; .`how ever to be lamented, it had • never -been deemed necessary, in policy or justice,-for t*. 'Governl - tient to . grant laden - May.. The Rt. Bon. Cr'entienlnri . co:kW-4 1 01 with expressing his disposition to at:. cede to the motion for the Production of papers, without pledging himself to the SupiOrt of any motion which might be fotinded upon them.' Pntmi 31 ic thought Parliament hotind justice and liberality to satisfy the claims of the truly American loyalists, bearing' in Mind that distinction between American loyalists and Ame-: rican heritors, which ought not to be lost sight of, according to every just notion of national and' municipal law. Mr. Locrotalur said, that he was nn advbcate for compensation to that deScription of American Loyalists who,•being domiciled in America, had a.criftced their property to their allegiance ; whiie he would protest against any attempt to indemnify the mere British merchants who might have Made unsuccessful specttlations by- the purchase of property, or by any other cora mercial transactions in America at the period al luded to. Mr. W. CounusAY, in his reply, said that he lad no objection whatever to the distinction- which his ftonoUrable and Learned Friend who spoke last desired to establish ; nathely, that hone but those who really suffered by their'allegianco to the British Government should • receive any compensation, and such -cla;:nants were nOW: but very few. The motion was 'agreed -to. mAur TAX. Mn. WEsTaaN said that his object in rising was in pursuance. of a notice which he had • given a long tim e sinc e , t o move the repeal of th e hst Malt tax of is. (2d. per bushel, or 9s. 4d. per quarter. lie must beg the attention of the House for a short time ; although the subject would perhaps not be very interesting in itself-, yetit was in reality •of the highest interest, inasmuch as a great portion of the country was looking to the decision of the House upon this question vkitit the utmost feeling of anxi e ty. Il e did thi n k , t h e cause he should make oat so strong, that whether they looked at the real income of the coiintry, or whether they looked to that industry rind ex ertion which was the surest foundation — of its prosperity, he did think that a course of sound policy as well as justice would lead them to ac-• cede to his proposition. Indeed he was- ahnost sanguine enough to hope. that he might - make some impression upon the Right Iron. Gent:him self. Because be did admit, in the year 181(3, when 114,;(Mr. \V.) showed the excessiveimpolicy of the duties upon Barley, that Otero was a ne cessity for decreasing th e d u ti es upon that grain, and accordingly took off the amount of - 2s per bushel. In calling for tho repeal of the Malt tax, it was not his intention to sugges' any - other object upon which an equal sum might he raised by a new tax. That was not his business, neither did he wish to take the responsibility of any tax upon hiniself. It was - not his desire that there should be at one time more than one Chancellor of the Exchequer. And the Chancellor of the Exchequer was the person held resp'onsi ble to the country for every to that was imposed. But if it were competent for .him to do so, he did not desire to, la v- on another tax, because he world not hesitate to say, that one of the first objects of his motion was to reduce - the aggregate amount of taxation. Ile did not desire to remove the burdens of one class of the community so as to lay them upon another. He was not one 9f those who sought to tax the public creditor. Ile neither sought nor desired to reduce the pressure upon agricul— ture, by depreciating any other species - .of pro perty, either by taxation, or by rizOdering them liable to the Poor rates. Ile considered the lat ter system to be one fraught with. danger, and that some plan ought to be adopted for its gra dual removal. It was not less injurious . 0 the poorer classes than to all others who came under its operation.—( Rear, - hear, hear.)—lle wlts tho roughly convinced-that if it operated more exten sively upon property, the result woold be increased number o f app li c a n t s an d elaimantro----- Ile would now call the attention of the house to the amazing extent of taxation whiCh , upon barley. The different annual duties" Upon malt, beer, and spirits distilled from barley amounted, for reat Britain alone, to 10,G00,0001., In Ireland, the proportion was about equal, but he should confine himself to the consideration of Ireland. The' dtitics upon malt atom:toted to 28s. per quarter. The beer tax was 325. 6d. pe'P quar ter, making in the whole a duty Of 2!. per quar ter upon•barley for brewing. Upon the quarter of barley for distillin into Brithlt spirits, there was a duty of lob 11, , would next .- Proceed to show the •progress of the different duties since the ' period of 1791. MALT DUTY. • In 1791, per t'wrter ' £0 10: 6 • 1602 1803 SPIRITS nts . ruLtn FROM BARLEY, 17M, per Tinter 172 10 0 17E 43 1”,6 There was a duty of 2i. 01: , 011 Bariey,.eXCloSiVe of the Malt Tax; which, supposing an, aere ut.