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IMPERML PARLIAMEIVT. .JIOUSE, OE ?WC. MONDAY', MARCH 2. TEE Bishop at DAVID'S (Lord GCOl7e Murray) was introduced in the ustraidorm, beti(feen, the Bishops of Gr OUC'ESTp../t and Crqscrza, sworn and took his scat; The Mariitis of 1A xspow N t 'earl of TkAtir?, and EWA a•X were sworn and took"their seats. SOine private btoiness was disposed•of; as arraugemants with respett. to Appeals; the reading of otie Naturalization Bill, and ,iidirtinistering the custorriar .ths hi three per bong whose Nattiratization Rills are 'before the 1101356-(-- - ThOr...l.orAhipS, who attended rather numerously, ad journea fIU tp-morhiw, when at halt past three o'clock the Loan CitAlve E.'. to.: comes down to the Housu. HOUSE, OI. COMMA'S. • MOND.Ny, MARCH 2. NE:Ot fOrtyMberS •were sworn in, - among Whom were. Mr. 1!:15x, Mr.. RussEt, Mr. G. PoNsoNuy, :and Sic 1 -, ;u•svAR:D LAW, Attorney General. • • Mr. Rost. •moved, " That on 'Wednesday the • House should resolve sitsclfintO a Committee; al Consider of the Duties ypon Tea, and other anti. cies of Excise." • Lord CAfertit EACH gave notice, that tinder. file present cireurnstances,"he wished to postpone the motion of .which lie had given notice for Thursday next, for the continuation of Martial - Law in..iteland,; with the permission of the . House 'he would bring it flarward on Monday next. • • • • • . Mr. RYDER -said, that an -Hop. Getith`man • (Mr. Often :'had given'notiee of a Motioefor : . Wednesday.r,lext; he hoped as ii was uotone that , • • pressed' very. much i " point or tiine,. that 'the Gentleman - .would consent, to put it off.for few dayi, • -* Mr.Cß.EV.conscnted to pot off his Motiorytill Vednes&-y se'nnight. The Committee of Ways and - Mean ,was put off. till VVednesday, .BOUNTIES ON POTATOES. • • -•• RYDER said, that among the Orders which itnd dropped in consequence of the Motion of Adjournment which SC:11 tatried Friday, was Pne respating the Isonniic6 which it Was proposed to grant upon the Culture of Potatoes. He knew it was not regular to retle ‘ w ap•Oider after 4'll'd dropped, without giving; fresh nOtice ; but_ as this. was a,subjea to which the attention of the liouse had Inen called, and as the Report of the Committee was in the, hands of e,-:•..ry Gentlernan,• be hoped there would be no objeo!on to take the Report -r,f the CoMmittee.theninto-eonsideration. If the•lio:re not' aprov-e of taking up the ..,aubjeffirnmediately, he 511°4 propose ro,rnor.. row for. that purpose; but .V there was. no abjec t • tion, he should move, :that the I boase cio'now solve- itself into a Committee to consider of the .eport of the Contrnit tee. on the i,li li'Price 'of. ,Provisions. , . - The Huseresolved itself tt.COmmitteo, Mr. ROST in tbe ' Mr. RYDER said, it would be usOess for him to trespitss upon the attention of the -ComMittee, • as. be could 014 y repeat the arguments contained • in the Repori, he should therefstre' only. criplie the 'Ant Resolution, That that - part-oldie Uni . Kingdom, - called Great Britain, lie divided int'd .twelve Distrihs,. and • that Preininin3, , not. cecdirig in the whoie the gnat 'of .fercd for the Cultivation 'Of Potatbcs, by Pro prietors and Occupiers Of Land, not being Cot lagors." ' Mr. BUXTON rose to oppose the, Motion, : as . he did not approve of experiments of this kind ; . he-thought it the best. way to let these thing find'lheir level, as, they always would do. tle wish 4 to call the attention of the Landed. Gen. tlernen' in porticular to this subjed, as it would materially 1441, their interest; for. if stikli„Boon.. • ties were to be given, there tnight.nOthein,tirne - en 'acre of, 'Pasture La.nd in the Kingdom.. lie phOuld,. theta:bre, upon' all oc.e.a4ions, oppose in - terfering the tillage of die Country. Gentle IFILBERPOPCE said, that it the Roil. „. • usual x.itleman had ft...id the Report with his accuracy, he could hardly . have objeeted to o titis.' Resolution: - The intention of, the Committee Gentlemanwas, not as , the .Hon. Geem:ln • supposed, to. take away froth the Pasture Land,' but: to apply Land, that was not now produ6ive, to the growth Of POtatoes'.. The Hon: Gentleman had appealed - to the Landed joierest,' but they certainly hc•cl rio interest in keeping up the Price of Provisions : on the contrary, it intistbe the oNekt.of all met, in all situations, to increase the , ,qyanfity of Pro, .vi'sioni for" : public consumption; and thereby to reduce the. price. Last yeara measure sor . ljethicg olasimilay . mture Was proposca, but it was ne, gatived upon this argument, Mat • the "price of 'Potatoes was•so high, th,at that Very circumstance • alone woultl•Tender is unnecessary.,to iive any Bounty upon them ; ••but in, point . of fad, if the priee,is high,. it is very expeosive to • plarit them, and Farmeti , Wduld ntit runt the risque of vlamirg theta to any great e:ttent, beea'use next year the price might gilt,, and then they, would not, he re:, paid. .The question was, whether by adripting'this Resolution, they should Like the Most probible rneatis of proCurio4 for the Public 'a great supply . of Provisions, whichotherw,iie they would not L a v g l..Mcp;ih 'was to the „ Committee, for the pains- they had taken upon this-Aut - ijec.l). deFerence ought to he paid to their authority,. anti to that of.ilie Board of. 14g4cultur4.:, with whOm they..consulttd upon this occasion, The,Nobleilien a.ndcentlethsti of that linardliad maturcly'consitiereti this stibit#l,. and badstated" theiY opte,lon to the,C:rn.ruittee .tot be Oeeidedly iii fa vour of I'r .funties. -The expem: which.v.6i,id be 'incurred by the acloi k tinh 9 r .a 4 measure would not . e3teC ti 30,0001. and if it :Was at all operative," it - Must produce a veryconbiderable quantity `‘f food, and, very materially reduce . - the priac of other pies of life. Thcre . was, Imv.ever, one part" of the plan of the Committee, on which there could nor, in his opioian, be two opinions, a;.(1 ;jot Was , the etscourageincni it prop•ost:'d to give to - Cr)tragers. I",pon the 1,401 e; ly ; 1110pfd would not oppose this t; t ikss, , :he'ypttld sa-gest wire othOr likely to• answer the great object which they all bad in iew. Mr. BUXTON said, that nobody could be more anxious than he was to r educe the price of Provisions, but he did not think that object would be attained by those kind of spieulatiowi.. Farmers :should be left to themselves, and .th,ee. would always follow ,their Own interest, by en: deavouringto grow whatever article they, were like to make:money by .as to giving bounties to Cottagers he highly approved °lit. Mi•. HO RN E TOOK E. Entie, with some dence,- to.speak upon agricultural Subjeds:; but hc was afraid that this Committee, .with very good i> tentions;. had exceeded their power. He very, much disapprovthof these kind of specula tions ; if he had been in "the _last Parliament,. he• should have opposed the Poisoning Act, and he-Was glad that one of the first nicasures of the United Parliarirent was to repeal it. • All the effortiOf. tLe.Committee, and of Parliament would only :in, , crease the evil, and these Premiums, thougbgiven with the best intention in the world, would only; raise the price of -provision's. Besiels.s he thought it very hard to call upon the land owner to pay bounties to lower the rent of his own land. If Gentlemen would • examine this subjefi , fairly,. they would see that they were only struggling against necessity, and in doing so, they molt heap absurdity' upon absurdity., It was , impos. sible to lower the. price of, provisions Withobt lOwering the National Debt and the..Taxes.' The mischief arose from endeavouring to counteraet National Causes, by trying 'to . keep doivn' the price of provisions, while the Debt and Taxes were increasing: Instead of attempting- tO keep downlthe'price of provisions, in his opinion it ought to be the general wish that they should he raised, He was an enemy to sill innovatiOns; whether in l'olities or in Religion, and. the strongest reasons he had for being on .the side of Govunment and Religion was, because he found - . them established. ' . .l"his was, 'and" always had been, his creed, and he defied 'any man in the world to chew that he had eVerwrittet4 or said a word to the contrary, though he hid written and , saitia great deal. He disapproved of Premiums, and in particular he thought it was unjust to call ittpon . people to give :2remiums. against themselves. The price of provisions had very much inerose4 in his memory, and would - increase ; it'wa3 possible to prevent.them and in his opinion it was better for the Country. they should rise. It was, in vain,tq struggle, the . price.would• go up, and the price of labour would increase in the same proportion ; ne - Aft. of Parliament could prevent them. Where then would the storm ultimately fall'? It , Would . fall upon the public cjeditor, for what is his situation ? Hey* rooL to Govern_ ment, and.receives 31. 0r.605. intereSt. While ' the quartern loaf was .at .6d. he could for his 6os. purchase 1.20 quartern Joave,s ; when the loaf was at is'. 6d. he could' only purchase ao, and if they still increased in price, he would ,perhaps; hav e ;only s zo, or pertraps less, I The whole weight then would fall 'upon the Public Creditor, and some few . annuitants, for the' poor would not suf.. •fer, becanse the' price.of their .' - iabout' ',must' in crease ; antit z be land Owners could'not in injured, bee4use the rent of their land-woulcl• t!e augment ed';. and. the 'Revenue', would not Stiffer because the Taxes woultl, become greater and .greater. , -- The public creditor, as he.before stated, would . alone; sttirer, for thong') lie woqld nominally ;e. ceive the same, yet -in fad he would receiveless and less. With roped to the Revenue, , he was of opinion, if the Minister was to take off. all the present Taxes, and take one-half or three fourths of every man's income, both parties would be gainers, He coneluded,with apologizing to the Commit= for taking up so much of theft time, and exitesstng his disapprobation of the . Reso_ Air: RYDER said', that in trtaltittgilia'bis nion upon this sobjed,: The opinion of those per— &ons,; who had been - alluded to, ,had had great' weight 'with him ; and' upon giving the subject the fullest Consiclefa:ions in his po-vver, he was in.: • dined to think the. Premiums now, proposed - were mach, more likely tO do good than harm. It had, hien said, that when the price. of an article was high,h would' encourage farmers to grow it ;-- • but the Iztd,,was, that farmers would not go to the expellee of speculating without encourage,' 'Ment. With respet to the other part Of the plan,. `fin 'giving encouragement to Cottagers, he was happy to find that, it was not likely to meet with* any oppo , Mr. //013/iOUSE-objeded to-tke whole plan, a it would, in, his :opinion,- overturn all the, Leases inrlie kingdoni.. lie thought the better way would be to leave the People to their own judgment. Y. Mr. WILRER PO R CE. explained, Mr. HOB !lOUS E ;said, al his objection went to the whole of the plan, he should move,' .That the Chairman should leave the Chair. • Mr.* RYDER said, that woqld defeat a part of the,plan to which nohgdy objeded, viz,.- that of eneouragin : the planting of Potatoes by Cct- tagers. 'fhe Committee thcn, divided, For Alr. Floßziousit's Motion 39 Agaitist it ' ' 43 Majority 4 The'House being resumed, the Chairtnao re potted that the Committee had - corne to. several Resolutions, which ,Were ordered to be taken into consMera'tiorl to-morrow. -- 11 e Committee of Supply, was deferred. to We'd esd • Leave of 4bscric4 was granted to Sir CHAR 1.1. s ! SItiA.RT ' also to Mr, jonN ANEW to Mr. WIG !. E Y and to 'Colonel No w it. , General Pf - 'YILPOLE said, he rose for the purpose of troying that the Order of the Day be discharged for the appointmot of a CoMmittee to inquire and report what OiliCCs a o ul Places Pro,}., upon the iris!' Fmalitislnent, were held"- iiyMembeis 'of the United P.triizthent„ C MIEREAGJI wiilied the lion— Gelltiem'itrl4a4 11gsiAned his reason for movingthe discharge of this order. He apprehended it might be owing to the difficulty which that Hon. TH. E SUN. fOLSPA QUIS DICXRF. FAL3O4 A eDE. ? LaNDON: M A R . O H 3y 1801. Ti :Report of His MA•JESTY!S• Pliysicianc this morning, is most highly. pleasliig, .and the more • particularly, as in the course of yeste!tlay evening-His MAinsry's . lllness had taken . a more unfavourable turn, The .Reportof this .morning• is as fullOWs:: Ckethei 116•14, 4 fara? 3. . . "His MA.tr.sT v has had a viity.• good night, and his Fever is much -abated o.day. • • (Signed) " T. GJSBORNT, H. R. REYNOLDS." HIS MAJESTYI . 'we were happy to learn 'upon inquiry this morning, had had cigjtt hours natl. terrupted sleep,. ant awoke extremely refres6l by it. We trust that His MAJESTY ' Disorder has passed its crisis, and that every hour .will now tend to the restoration of his . precious • Health. • THE most'' impdrtant article in the Paris Parrs to the *h - ult. which we. yesterday re ceived, is the Letter Of TAL:IT.YRAND recalling Mr. OTTO to' France. From Note.,ivilich TALLEy RAND dirtaS;lo be left, with' this Go.. vernment, it will,bt seen, with; or rather without astonishment, that the Chief . ' Coniul cfndeavours 40 distort. and misrepresent' the, motives_ which have influenced Government t& the measure in question ; motives whiclecOuldriot . h.fve been *isregarded without •gilititilcaolttnet*' of that dgilm,:e, and of 'those precap' Mt our present situation Tecitiires.. In order toimpose .tilion the mass of the Ileopliof Vran, whop give themselves littleirviliale tQ reasom,:jaild, - ,upon the Emperor PAUL, by the' appearance of moderation and of Humanity, BUNAPARTE has not thought proper . to use Reprisals, arid has beer; pleased to order that thek'reneh Ships . of War and Cruizers shall 4/thine to leave the ,Fishing Trade fre and unmolested. •No one, we believe, can b so short sighted ar.not immedititely to see that the. Chief Consul may make this dlsplay of magnani_ ; • mity.g.a: - very little cost, and•thitt in the. situa . itipn of h:,)-Nv . y,: anone of, his Ships can approach- 'off so cient y ► near to our oast to ca, our 'Fishermen.' i-fe has decided, upon this occasion, as he has done upon' the :note itnpOrtant. question • • `of the Rights claitned. by Neutral Nations,, not aceordin'eto the principles cif public Right, nor ;from motive's of private 6.enerosity, bat 'solely . from the' impoSsibility which:exists on his part, of riiallitiiout` Maritime Power, fie forms DO pretensions, which it will, be out of his power to support; and prefers the air of abandoning The 'Powers: which are now.thedupes of this . •cautioUs . ix licy watfd soon be disc, used if the_ Na . val Bupetiority were foi a moment 'on the side e tic The Paiers do not yet bring us the Ra tificaiion of the Treaty of by the PEROR, and indeed, it could hardly yet ,liate been expeaed. The changes of Sovereignty and of Property, -which must, no doubt, result front the Secret Articles, continue 'to occupy the To reign JoutnaliSts;:and every one of .them divides . Eutope'accoreling to his ( 1 )Wil plan, We think it unnecessary to imitate them, to copy their spe, cutations; of to contradict th6rn.' Two new AmbaSsadors, Count KAL ITSC IiEFF . On the part of Russia, and the Marquis de GA L Ica on that of the Xi `c of NAPLES, have :ttrived at Pori,-..flearly - at the'same moment. This is probably not—the only - point of resemblance irt 'their mission ; and wt arefearful that the missioti of the. latter of these Neg,oti;tors nvy be .much connefted with tbat. of the former, and may 4c• , • _ • 1 -. - • . - dependaitt upon • it;—While.. the distress of its • 'sl cation. ,thus influences ,the Court of the TWQ Sieilfeilo place itelf under clic prete4ion of that. of Russia, welee wt.th. pleasure that of Porrug4. ''' .*- ofconduit • pursuing a line interests, - !,lf tsre.l44-a been well" informed, it'' . aiVo ~ io IS has rctu " f or neti - rer appl7oition and threats of. the.Skaniardsi that',it• hail sent a Mi. .-, nistei.to:Frinc'e, entrusted witli its interests, anti fUrniihed with full powers; th.o.c to the latter consequently all demands and hll pretension:: must bc., referred, ant that if in the infer-v.O the . least Zfrof hostiiity should be c9mmitted again 4 the .FlA'htiers of Purtmill„ its Inh4bitants, anii , . I,cir Sovereit),,*.cOldwirifice.ciery thing in ' the defence - of their rights and their indepen ticwe... It is with still more' satisfatlion we see e pi.. • n,'rPower, ..linericap opposing,anothcr sort , . Opag,e,t4 the-French,..l*esisting the per. t fidions I?ait of. a deceitful Pacification . The latter . event, must bera . subje.:4 l for m u ch satisfaftion with our countrymen. 'lt. yas ,at , • - once the liioSt' important arid the most , fortunate •.. event that - could happen iii the • existing cir 7 ctrusta4ces: of the country since of two alter_ natives one must fall Out : 2 -either France wilt' 'tanient to modify . tlo Treaty according to the wisher of the americans; ri which case . ttiere will • •• be rfothlng in if prejudicial - to our interests :in that . casq too, the peOple,,whoie existence-depenis op their commerce, would confer" On, rliat. of country all the-benefit - Which Ma, PITT lately au.; rtctpatcd. If, On theother hand,,lk'rociand pica shOutd remain upon hostile terms, whicirthrs Treaty was'ealcUlated to avert, in thhicase France and the satellites whb haye.weakly su i ffered them, selves to 'he drawn .within her orbit, not being .able to dispense with the.prodUce• Of our Manu. fat - tures, 'and" our' C6lonies; and finding it im ,Possilde to te'ceiv . e them by any Neutral Vessels, w,ill probably - be brought to less exaggerated, pre. tensions ? or I . Vill _ at. least:be considerably re strairied'in the Means *supporting chase, which they now advance. ' • TiE ilamburik 'Mail - . due on Wednesdar last, arrived last" fight. The German Paper* *which - it brings` do not, enable us to add mach to the Information of 'which we were already :in possession,• and which eve lAve communicated to btir Readers. From Vienna :we receive; under date of the a t tl) till. an accpunt , of changes in the ~Diploinazic. Body; and uilder: dite .of the, vth, . .ve find in Apology.frOm rhe:Eturi E R• tO the Gerinanic Body, for the manner in. which he has by the I'rcaty of Idineville disposed of their in. crests. • . The, Note:transmitted op. the I ..?..th ult. by C,OIII4.HAIJOW ITZ to 1.,6rd CARYqO'RT, at 80 . - is. brought us by this , Affait,',under the 11c:01 of .i.tipz.k. • As,o,nrikead'ers. • are airc,idy In poi iession kif the r;gbst4ticc of this communication, , lkiclgy.ptlli4hing.#llll to,mt.kc row. I Member found there ivonlj be in his attaining the objest.he.had in view, by the appointihent of a Colntriittee; pis - Lordship said, he would take that occasion to notice the inconveniency wl)ich: Executive Goveriiment . sometimes felt/in Malting such retut 115 - as were:thed'foi. by Partin,. incur, without havini4 , - the nieani 'of requiting - the ,spcc tie Official information which Was' - wanted. He had founcillimself called- upon---:--(a4: would be the case in the . present initahee) 'in .bis - official capa city, to 'apply to Officers over whom he had no corn oul ; _and he thought "it'Would beadviseable to, have a proper. -.Officer Uplaiiiited,.,tp.whons it should . properly belong to - require "suet) Retuins for Iceland as Parliament might calf for. . . .Geuerid 'WALPOLE, .in said, his . rea:: - son for .moving the dischargi of this, Order w:as for the :purpose :of afterwards' moving an Actdress to HIS MAJESTY, which he Jearnr - would.be more proper way of obtaining the information desired, than by means of ComMittte. He saw no force in. the ObjeCtion: stated, nor could he ever accede to the doctrine that the House r after having passed a Law, should I have no eon-trout. to see whether that Law was regarded „or not. This was an answer which he would never re ceive from any Minister. - •- Lord CASTLEREA.aIi said, 'he had nct.op . posed, the Hon. Gentle:Pares, intention any far_ ther than by pointing:put the ifflzrogtictg„4,_tbc„ Vellig.expe6to to require Iteiiirni from these. Officers, - aver - whoin they had properly no controul. ,cerzeyttl I!'ALPOLE. then •moved; " That an humble Address be presenrerto s' MAJESTY, praying that His JAN ESTY graciously pleased - to:give' dirdtions.that there be laid before the Hotisei an account of such 9fliceg iind: Places of profit under the Crown_in . .liel4nd;* % - vere:adually. held by - Members of that HOtisee' RYDER apfirAeticlCa the Hon.' 'Member's motion was . With a view -to ascertain wheeheragreater number of places of pro fi t was held by Members, ykßresnting placgs: in Ireland than was limited: by the:Articles of-Union. deneral WALPOLE stated, - , that by . the: Articles,of Union, thenuMber of plates 'of - profit, &c. in Ireland was limited, that should be field by ." Members . of the United Parliament. - " After a few words from , Mr....Hoiqusa the. Motion ' was agreed to, .and thei4ddres,was • ordered to be presented. to - 1-lis:.l9A,T.rs-ry. by such Members as were of His' I .\ , liijes . ty's Most fion-iurable Privy.Cotificil. . • The Marine Mutiny Bill,. anti the Bill for re-. gulating. the Marine Forces while oir shore, were eacli read a first time. . : : Lord CAST ieE4.E AGH presented accounts,,pur. suaut to ,Order, of Receipts .and 9isk:rursernents on the •Iti4) Fastolilishment.. Mr. BaAo,ctt .hrought- up. the itiport of the Committee on the 13111\fiuReitilittiilg the -Office, • and Enlarging the'Sala,ry* of the .Master of the Rolls in Ireland, when leave was givin to bring in Bill pursuant to the Resolutions of the Corn_ mittee. a • , Mr.l3RacnE brought up . the - R(iport on the ].distillery Prohibition,Bilf, 4144 . ;;trtrrwards glo ved,, ", That it be an instruction to du': commitire on the Expiring Laws Bill ) to make provi L ion purottant to said 260111 - (101):" . "' Mr.. KY,D:ER hrptight up the American Corn Bounty liiipc,rfatiOnzwhic,,ll wa6 read a fr , _“ inner. Person from the•Tregry prefitrlkan Ac. - COLIIIt"of the nistributint, of• f icies . .C,otea. Ail, Account "ftotn . the Cornmissrs; rhe.custOrtisi , in„ Scoria / lid .wAs presented, of . 1: .quintity: ril Coals shipped from 'the Ports of - otlan,d. A44;,r: an Account froni the Post-Office in Scotland, of gross and net produce of the Post:Office there for' the last three yeasi. , . . , At half past Six &Clock, the House adjourned till to-morrow, .