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had entertAred for the last ten or twelve yens, of the trnpolicy, the injustice, and the criminality of that trade. With the immense mass of evidence laying on their Lordships' Table, and the manner in which that question had been sifted and scrutinized in all its bearings and relations, during the ten years it bad been before Parliament and the Public, he could see no necessity for wasting their Lordships' time by receiving additional evidence at the Bar. The _Gentlemen interested in this traffic, seemed to depend more upon the length than the • strength of their case. Their object appeared to be to carry their point by fatiguing andw . earing out the patience of their Lordships. As he had no means of ascer taining when it was intended that Parliament should rise, he could not say whether there was sufficient time to get through the Bill in the present Session. For himself, his mind had long been made up on the subje&, and he was willing t 9 come'to a vote on it as soon as possible. If the determination to hear evi dence, should the House zldopt,that mode ofproceed ing, was supposed to proceed from any previous un. derstanding or presumed recognition of that right, be for one begged leave. to protest against it. Lard ROWIIY was apprehensive that his Noble Fricrd did not fully comprehend what he had said. He did not mean to say that he was disposed to countenance the idea, of procrastinating the im portant measure before the House. Although other Noble Lords may, perhaps, be inclined to hear Coon. sel, and receive evidence on the part of persons in terested, he had no occasion` for the benefit of such lights, for his mind had long' been convinced cf the inyolicy and the injustice of the Trade, and he would vo!e for the Abolition of •it whenever it should be brought forward.• Tke Bishop - Is ST. AS APII considered any dis. Cussion of the principle of the Bill as premature in the present,Siage of it. Whenever it should regu. lady come before their Lordships; he would be pre ' •pared to argue in favour of the Abolition. The question now was, whether the Bill should he print ed, and•to that he did not conceive there could be any objeetion. • , The DUKE of CLARENCE would only trouble their Lordships with a few words. Since a very early period of his life, when he was in another line of profession, which he knew not why he had no longer employment in, he had ocular demonstra tion of the state of slavery, as it was called, in the West Indies, and ale that he had seen convinced him, ' that it-not only was not deserving of the imputa tions that had been vast upon it, but that the Abo lition of it would be produlive of extreme danger and mischief. - Lord GR FNFILLE declareLl his intention of at tending in his place, whenever the second reading of die Bill should take place, and of troubling their Lordships with his reasons for supporting it ; but as Tuesday would he rather more convenient for him than Monday; and as it was desirable to have as WI an atcenunnce as possible, he trusted the Noble Spcx ETARY of STATE would consent to 4x the se. pond readir.g for that day. . • Lord Fi:vwx - FsetrßY acquiesced. Cc elSel was afterwards beard agoinst the Tiptree -Heath Inclosure Bill. Adjourned till to-morrovv, HOUSE OF COMMONS. THURSDAY,' JUNE 28. •• A new Writ was ordered for the eletlion of a Representative for Mont - non:li, - in the room of Lord CHARLES SOMERSET, who has accepted the office of Joint Paymaster of the Forces; as was a Writ for the Royal 13oroughs•of Dornock, Tain, &c. in the room of the Right Honourable JOHN 'CHARLES VILLIERS, who has accepted 'the office of of Prothonotary to the County Palatine cf Lancaster. The Foreign Force Bill was read a second time, and ordered to b co.r.mitted to.mmTow. A Bill was ordered to be brought in, in eon_ ii)imity with the Resolutions of the 'Committee on His Maksty's Message, relative to' the Annuity to the Family of the late Lord KILWARDEN*. Mr. W. DICKENSON gave notice, that he Would, in the Committee 'Of Supply, on Monday ' next, move fur the produ(tion of Additiorial Navy Esti. Mates; Sir W. GEARY presented a Petition from certain Proprietors of Fl9p Grounds in the County of Kent, against the late Duty on Hops. Ordered to lie on the Table. A Message from the Lords informed the House, that their Lordships had agreed to the English Ad tditional Force Bill, without any Amendments, and had passed a Bill for dissolving the Marriage of R. Tighe. Eq. in which they desired the concurrence of the House. Mr. STURGES BOURNE moved the Order of the for going into a Committee on the Dollar Bill. After a few observations from Mr. PRINSEr, in order to obviate any misrepresentation of what he had 'said in a former stage, in which he disclaimed Dry indea . of insinuating on the occasion, that Bankers had encouraged the importation of French Coin, to be circulated in this Country, the Bill v.t,sedthrough - the Committee. The leport to be leceived to-morroW,- INSOI,VENT DEBTORS. The Report of the Committee upon the Insolvent D e b tor s , Bill was brought up. Mr. KER expressed a wish, that some arrange ment might he reade, that should prevent the Ire. Quent recurrence of such Bills as that before the house. It was his warmest wish that unfortunate Debtors should pot suffer the calamity of imprison ment, hut it was not inconsistent with that wish to prevent men who were spending the property of their Creditors in prison, from availing themselves c:f an Ad intended only for the relief of misfortune. die hoped that effzetual provision would be made against this, and that some measure would be spec. !lily adopted that should render such Ads unneces. vary. The Hon. Member took occasion to remark upon the amount of the sum for which persons were pow liable to arrest upon mesne process, and stated, that in his opin.n, that sum (tql.) was much too ;taw. The Report WIS agreed to, and the Bill was or. pcol to be read a third time to-morrow. 4,IVETtPow, PRIZE qooDs-Bp4. On the Motion for the third reading of this Bill, oonsel for the Petition against it, was calle4 in, Mr. PLOME it appeared at the Bar, and spoke at -some length, in favour of the Claims of the *'eti. tioners. After the Learned Gentleman had withdrawn, Mr: G. ROSE stated the reasons which induced the proposition of this Bill.. East India Prizes had been taken into the Port of Liverpool, and the Cap.. tors were proceeding to di.pose of them, until the Custom-House Officers, knowing the at to be il legal, interfered. Those Officers immediately ap_ prized Government of the nature of the case, and Government felt the necessity of applying to Par.. liament. No one could doubt that the East India Company solely possessed the right of importing goods into this Country from India ; but when it was considered that this Bill related only to captures, that those captures were made by seamen, who gene rally knew nothing of the Law, and that in the par.. ticular case which gave rise to this Bill, the captors would suffer a loss of one-seventeenth per cent. by its rejedion, he appealed to the candour and justice of the House, whether it would be fair to oppose it ? The Right lion. Gentleman in the course of his ob servation stated, that he saw no reason why prize captors should he precluded from disposing of their prizes at the best markets, and it was well known that Liverpool was as good a market as London for the sale of such goods as those to which the Bill referred. The Bill was read a third time and passed. CIVIL LIST. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER proposed, with the permission of the House, to defer his lio tice Of a Motion relative to the Civil List arid the Stamp Duties, which stood for to-morrow, in the Committee of Supply, to Monday next ; and as he was on his legs, he availed himself of the opportu nity of stating, that, as the greater parr of the pri vate business had been already gone through, he proposed to proceed with the public business in fu., tune, as soon after four o'clock as possible.• CORN LAWS. Mr. WESTERN moved the Order of the Day for the second reading—of the Corn Export and Import Regulation Bill. The Hon. Gentleman assured the H use, that it was his intention to move the corn. initment of this Bill this day, in order to have the B!anks filled, preparatory to its being printed, and that the re-commitment was to be fixtd for Monday next. Mr. PATTESON and Mr. jEfFRETS wished to have more time fur considering a measure of so much importance, and the former moved an Amendment, that the Report be taken into further consideration on Thursday next, determined to take the sense of the House upon it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER then pro posed Tuesday for the re,commitrnent of the Bill, which was acquiesced in by all parties without a Division. JUDGE FOX. Colonel COLE preiented a Petition from William Armstrong, John Dundas, Patrick Dundas, and others, of the County of Fermanagh, in Ireland, complaining of the conduct} of the Hon. Justice Fox, on the North West Circuit in that Kingdom in August last, and praying to be heard in their justi fication at the Bar of the House, and for redress.— Ordered to lie on the Table. INDIA BUDGET. Lord CASTLEREAGH gave notice, as the India Accounts had been some time before the House; of his intention to bring forward the East India Bud, get on Monday sermight. Mr. PR I NSEP rose to move fora Paper which, he said, he considered necessary, previous to some ob. servations he meant to submit to the House, when the affairs of India should be brought forward. The Hon. Member then moved for an Account of the Costs and Charges, •ogether with the net Amount of all Goods sold by tilt East India Company in England, from the ist of March 1799, to the 'sr of March 1804, distinguishing the Goods from China from those brought from India.—Ordered, EXCHEQUER BILLS. The House went into ,a Committee on the Ex. chequer Bilis Issue Bill. Mr. Jon NGToNs desired to know, what quantity of Exchequer Bills it was in the intention of Go. vernment w issue by virtue of thi s Bill. Th e amount of Exchequer Bills already in the marker, was so great, that they were at a discount, and he submitted whether it would be prudent, under such circumstances, to enhance this evil by a further issue, until the number already in the market should be di. minished. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER -could not inform the Honourable Gentleman of the pre cise amount that it might be necessary to issue, but proposed to issue,' from time to time, Ex chequer Bills to the full amount of the estimated produce of the War Taxes. It was impossible at this moment to say, how far ;he immediate returns from the Taxes would be adequate to any demands that might arise, or to ascertaio what might be the pressure of the demands; and on the result olthese two considerations would necessarily depend the amount of the Bills to be issued. It would, how. ever, be satisfactory to the Hon. Gentleman to know, that these Bills would not be like the Ex. chequer Bills which were kept in the market from year to year, but would be issued on the credit of a fund which must sooner or later produce the means of discharging them. The Hon. Gentleman must also have been aware, that the discount on Exche quer Bills, to which he had adverted, was consi derably reduced. The Bill then passed through the Committee; and on the House being resumed, the Report was order ed to be received to-morrow. IRISH AFFAIRS. A Clerk from . the Irish Treasury presented at the Bar (pursuant to order) an Account of the Cash Balances in the hands of the Culleetors of the Cus toms and Excise in Ireland on the sth and 14th of January, 1804, according as the same was reported by the Clerk of the Revenue to the Irish Treasury. —Ordered to lie on the-Table. _ Mr. COR Ry stated, that he would, on Wednesday next, submit to the House a Motion foundtd on the subjeet of this paper. The Irish Customs and Excise ill wRs read a second time, and, after a few words from m r . H Aw . ,HORN ) committed for to.awrrov. On the Motion `for the committal of the Irish Stamp Duty Bill, some conversation arose between Colonel HUTCHINSON, the SPEAKER, and Mr. Fos_ TER. The House having roolved into the Committee, Colonel HUTCHINSON argued forcibly against the Tax upon the Registry of Freeholds, as infringing upon the right of voting. Mr. FOSTER resisted the argument, that the Tax was unconstituti("lal, as it was nothing more in prin ciple than a Stamp upon any kind of Affidavit in this part of the United Kingdom; however, as so many of his Countrymen deprecated this Tax, he would abandon it—trusting that he would never be sup posed hostile to the poor voters, from whom it was not his wish to extort that Revenue which he was ever anxious to obtain from the coffer of the rich. After a few'words from Mr. STEWART, and Mr. MARTIN, of Galway, the Clause was rejected. The House resumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought up to. morrow. Mr. FosTEa moved far leave to bring in a Bill for the appointment of et Commission to inquire into and ascertain the Fees and Emoluments which ought to be allowed to certain Officers in Ireland; and also to inquire into any abuses that do, or may have existed in such Offices; also to devise means for the better Colleaing and Accounting for. the Public Money, Mr. Cour said, that he should take occasion at another opportunity, t'o state his opinions with re sofa to the condo& of the Administration of Lord HARDWICKE, which had tended so materially to promote the professed objets of this Bill, Mr. FOSTER observed, that, as the Bill was a mere measure of inquiry, it could nut be supposed to hear hard upon an Administration which had done its duty. As a Friend to Instice, therefore, the Right Hon. Gentleman could not be adverse to the Bill.—Leave given. Mr. Fos-r Ea gave notice, that lie would to morrow submit a Motion with resped-iqt-itc Circu lation of Silver Notes in Ireland.-:-Adjourned. MAILS. nt/E. ' mutivzo. Hainbu-rgh o - 2 THE SUN. SOLEM tatlli DICER& FALSUM AUDLAT ? LONDON, 'JUNE 29, 1804. Tilts morning arrived the Two Hamburgh Mails that were due. The following are the principal Articles of Intelligence which they bring. VIENNA, JUNE 9.—The Government of the Italian Republic has sent 'to this Court a Plenipo tentiary of the name of TAMBRONI, charged with some particular Negotiations. - He has been pre sented to His IMPERIAL MAJESTY by the French Ambassador, CHAMPAGNY. This audience has given occasion to the false report, that the French Ambassador had received his new Credentials. It is now determined that the three great exer cising Carnps intended to be Formed near Pest, shall be formed in the Plains of Turnos, , and near Prague. Yesterday evening the discharge of cannon pro. claimed the baptisin of an ARCHDUTCHtss,.of whom her IMPERIAL MAJESTY had heal safel" delivered the night before. The ceremony.was performed by the Archbishop Count HottENWAßtli ; Duke AL. BERT of SAXE TESCHEN stood godlcuher, on which account the new-burn Princess - received the name of MARIA ALBERTINE. After the ceremony was ended; his IMPERI AL M AJESTY OCSIOWed 'tile Grand . Cross of the Order of St. Ste . phe:n On the Archbishop, and the Duke of SAXE TENCHEN made . her RIAL MAJESTY a present of the value. of 4.0,000 florins. Yesterday free admission .wacallowed.. co' every person at the two Court,Theatiei, RATISBON, jifse tg.—The opening of the Pro. tocol, on the subjede of the late Russian 'Note, which was fixedfor the 18th, will not take place ; as a Declaration relative to this objet} will soon be given in to the Diet by the EleCtorate of Baden. HANAIJ, JUNE 12.—The extremely important political Negotiations now on foot, are principally carried on by Letters between the Sovereigns en. gaged in them, written in their own hands. There is again a talk of a projeal of exchange, by which the Palatinate of the Rhein and the Brisgaw will receive new masters. BERLIN, JUNE. i6.—The French Envoy M. LA FOREST, has givel in a very satisfa&ory answer to the Note lately d'elivered to him, and immediately sent off the same, by a Courier, to his ENIP EROR. It is understood that Lieutenant-General Prince HAFSFELDT is appointed to carry the congratula tion of this Court to the newly eleded EMuEROR of the French. He came to Berlin from•his estate at Aller, near Dusseldorf, but the time of his de parture is not yet fixed. JUNE Q.—The report that -General LAHORIE and Citizen TREANIENES have been arrested, at the instance of the French, at Neisse in Silesia, is entire ly without foundation. NAPLES, M.. zs.—His Sicilian Majesty has promotedthe late Mi n i ster o f S tate , C ount A cTox , to the or a Pri nce , an d, as a f urt he r rewa r d f or the s v he h as ren d ere d to t h e C rown an d t h e State 2 114 Presented him with 6c;ne fine ;states) in Sicily, which bring fn at.)lve 50,0 01 ducats. The Count has now resigned all his of fices, and has determined to end his days on these Estates. He in gonsequence set out for Sicily 0 0 the zal of May. The King and Queen, and the whole Royal Family, took leave of him with great regret. The repre se nt a ti ons o f a F o reign Power has greatly contributed to this change in the Ad ministration. VERONA, JUNE I.—lt is still said that the House of Austria will receive the Republic of Ragusa , which has hitherto been under the protection of till Ottoman Porte. By this the Austrian Monarch, will obtain a new Port, which carries on a consi derable trade by, sea, and also the advantage of establishing a complete communication between Dalmatia and Cattard, in Albania, ceded to the Court of Vienna by the Treaty of Luneville, which communication was before interrupted by the Terri tory of Ragusa. the ITALY, JUNE 5.---The Secretary of Stare, Chevalier NUT r, is appointed Governor to the young King of Etruria. The Public Journals at Milan say, tha t it is , : I : ready determined, that the First M. ; 4g.stracy.c,l to. Italian Republic sh a ll b e ren d ere d H ere dit 3 rY °le Family of BONAP ARTE . B ut w h et h e r the tick o f President will remain, or be changed into that °f King of Lombardy, time must shew. MUNICH, JUNE 4.--The Envoy of the Eleet 4r Palatine at Paris, the Baron Von CErro, has alreadl received his new Credentials, with di redions to com pliment the Emperor NArot, EON, in the name of ihe Eletior, on his accession to his new dignity. STRALSUND, JUNE On the Bth insr. teen Gun Boats arrived here from Gothenburg. • CS PARIS, JU NE 13..--.(From the Hamburah r. respndente n of June MOREAU is Sti ll in the Temple. Th e T roops a t Boulogne, and in ev er y other part, have test ifi e d t he greatest joy that N W ' READ was not condemned to death. RustutoN has been pardoned ; and several. 00108 of those condemned, will, it is expected, re ceive a pardon. His Imperial Highness Prince Josprg, Who ar rived here from Boulogne last Friday, set out oil his return the day before yesterday. The Prussian, Spanish, and Etturian Ambassa cWst as also the Minister of t he I ta li a n Republic,' i ti' Papal Legate, and the Env o y s of several 'l""' tors, have received their new credentials.. The Emperor is very soon expeaed at Arras, where a Triumphal Arch and a Temple of '— tality ate erecting for his reception. Ws have this day made some further extras from the French Papers which arrived yest erci3 T ' The arrival of BONAP ARTE at Compiegne 113 % re : newed the reports of Invasion, It is now s aid t"L he is coming to the Coast to superintend the e nl 7 barkation, and it is even added, that the Tr °4ll at Brest, have alre a dy embarked. We knO nt - whether Government have received any inf °lll2 : tion- which lead ,them to expel that the att er° eY et will be made immediately, but certainly ed measure of necessary precaution has been 0 “ A ° ` t Adtniral CO'RNWALL Is's Fleet-has been r cinf°r'e and the Squadrons blockading the Texel and iotou, logne have been considerably augmented. THE advOcates of Party labour has that Mr. PITT not observed his s spelling the Roman Catholics of Ireland, 041 l ' ab : re.rublished that• Pledge, in order to involve h ill'"" emoarrassment. Bat they seem to overlook °n° part of his declaration, viz. that the Catholics allof m ay i h w os i e t h ,i, c h o o n r fi e d t e i confidence a r n e d ly o.f o nmtal: many z w e i a i 0 1 In s a u et r n r i r n : s o u fli c c c e e , ss. t , v , hen .w i i t ll ca a n ny be btit givenrileblind with a prosy C- - ° supporters of FaClion say, that Mr. PITTd is b bound g te to agitate such a question at the present momenr, ohlaerndintopPietZ when we .are threatened with Invasion, and whe l : the thoughts and endeavours of Government shola be wholly diretted towards a security from all a' ternal attacks ?—Mr. PITT, we are persuaded, wi lt to never renounce any engagement tha t he ou g ht fulfil, and in due time the Roman Catholics of jte la,nd may confidently expect his attention and ,re' gard. Wednesday evening His MAJESTY, attended by General GARTH and Mr. VILLIERS, took an airing on horseback in Richmond Gardens. Yesterday morning Their MAt Es•pt ss, the 1 Pg 14 ' EWES, the DUKES of KENT and CAMBRIDGE, 011144. ed in Kew Gardens. Yesterday, about three o'clock, Sir CHARL", hich suit e o t g Ko G fl A N:a ti Gg, ar ra r e i na v iti ed at Kew, and had an audie" ce have been held at niva r i e dj r ) s eb e r y e I,;oifrßerCillsotuoirsl,lsa- l'r\l'Adll'vrEtaSgo'orsWi of the country. k Sir Slot; el- SMITH had yesterday a long in ter ' View with Lord MELVILLE, at the Admiralty' The Carm art h e n Milifia, commanded by V r o CAwDoR, m arc h e d on Wednesday morning in "' 4 4 t 11 2 on (heir route from Vommouth rol4rist° 4 . ~.-~ -.