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storation of such arms to their ►ight owners, for as
it would fall to the ha of persons in lower situations
in life to seise such arms, it was at that the owners
should have recourse to a proper remedy for their
recovery.
Mr. FOSTER thought the means proposed by
the Right Hon. Baronet were inapplicable in the
case of a disturbed district. \V. en restored in F ich
distri3s, they would be liable to be seized on again
by the rebels : and if the Magistrates should be
bound to send these arms to be deposited in some
distant part of the county, an expense would be in-
curred, without any provision being made who was
to pay such expense. It was impraihcable that an
salon at law could be brought against the Justices.
under such circumstances. On these grounds he
should vote against the clause now proposed.
Sir JOHN NEWPOR I' declared he saw no dif-
ficulty in the case. It would rest with the Special
Sessions to appoint particular Oases where arms
were to be deposited ; and. wherever the subje.t
was to be protested in the delivery and restoration
of what was taken from him. he thought every fa-
cility ought to be given him.
Mr. FOS rElt explained.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
objetted to the clause prop•sed; for if arms were to
be carried to a depot, 50 or SO miles off, and is a
disturbed County, there would be great danger of
their being talk.* away from the owner, and those
who had charge of them, by the rebels.
The clans, was then put and negatived.
On the question that the Bill, with amendment,
be engrossed,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved, That the
words " two years." fixed for the duration. shonlal
be left out. for the purpose of substituting the
words " one year."
The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Barone'.
that it was too late for him to move this amend-
ment, in the present stage of the Bill, and that it
must now be postponed to the third reading.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a third time
on Monday next. if then engrossed.
Sir J. NEWPOR 1' moved, •' That the Bill, as
*mended, he print's! "

Sir A. WELLESLEY dn•thied whether the Bill
011114 be printed b:tore Mon,lay. He had no ob
itSinn to the printing, provided there was no delay
beyond Monday.—The Bill was ;hen orderd to he
printed.
Sir JOHN NEWPOR said, he should take the
sense of the House as to the third reading, pro-
vided the Bill was not prated on Monday.
Mr. Foster brought oF the report en the 80,
granting certain duties on calico And cotton goods
Imported into the two countries, between Great Bri-
tain and Ireland.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT considered the Bill to
be of too great importance to be discussed in so
thin a House. He therefore moved, dr That th
House be counted;' which beinz dine. and there
not being a sufficient camber of m- n')ers present
to constitute a H•.ose, sr oiri.rnent immediately
took place.

.41(1/CLE
A-LA•\MODL Of MINISTERIAL PRINTS.

Five thousand men of the Gerniao L-Rion have
landed on the Isle of Rugen. and the star of NA-
POLEON already bzgias to turn pale. B•stanaat
comes forth lilt a buxom widsw just freed from an
Imbecile and drivelling husband, fire is ha eye, and
health mantling upon her y authfal and
a vigorous Lord new sways her affedions, and all
around is l.appin. u and joy .--.:'.ongiatul :tor/ ad-
dresses tour in from every quir.er, u,..va the pro-
pitious change that has takln place in her af-
fairs, and the memory of the late fi•l:n:nittration is
every where loaded with reproach and execration.
But the disappointed place-hunters of the accursed
faftion that has plunged the country into ruin, and
lauded it with disgrace, are blind to this bea•stitul
new order of things ; to use the war Is of a cele-
brated Roman Historian—" to this palmy state of
national d'gnity and grandeur." Same of tbein
aired to decry the expedition to Stralsund, as an
idle expense, and unprofi:ahle speculation. Others,
in answer to the justly-merited execrations of the
Country—tar the curses 0 not loud but deep" that
universally attend them—say. " We were dis-
missed from office in February last, and we
had no opportunity of sending out an expe-
dition, unless you would have us send out an
expeJiti•.n in the middle of winter."—Shallow
pretence. vain artifice of eld the Taktds—To
be sure we would. Why n st send out an rape-
d:iion in the month of February, as well as in the
month of July ? Had they not transports, and had
they not soldiers? Are there not winds, and are
there not waves to waft them ? Aye, are there not
snore winds and more waves in winter than in sum-
mer ? in February than in July ? But no ! no ! no !
no I an expedition to Stralsund would not suit the
cold economy that sent 80,0;01. to the King of
NOWA for the deliverance of Europe. They pre-
ferred to have our transports rotting in our parts ;
they preferred the destruction of the shipping in.
terest ; by the bye, a word in our next upon the
shipping interest and the navigation laws t they
preferred alas to have out soldiers lounging about
the country, rather than have them gathering
laurels upon the barren sands of Stralsund. Would
you have an expedition in winter ? The gentle
Lord Howtct, calm soul, would not have a ship
uil, unless the sea was as smooth as his unrnelld
temper ; how tender be is of the lives of those brave
fellows who have no fear nor feeling for tt...mselves.
And yet do net Teets go and come to and from
England in all weathers and at all seams? Are not

fleets, laden with all the riches of the four quarters ~, 1
of the Globe, with the costliest silks and spices of 1
the East, with the strongest spirits and sweetest
sugars of the West, at sea in winter as well as in
summer? If our memory deceive us not, there is
an instance of the China fleet being safe at sea in
the month of December ; but All the talents ,
good-natured souls, they would not send an expe-
dition to sea in winter. No ! no! no ! But do they
not know that there are nn gag rs and pledges a
against wind and weather, at any season of the ;
year? Who ever heard of the winds being bound i
over in a Court of Justice to keep the peace in i
stammer, and that they might run riot and wild I
over the world, as over a waste common, in winter ? ,
Wait for summer? This policy might pass with a
lady of fashion meditating a Pe chanteetre ; but
for a Minister of England, planning a campaign,
to take the weather into account, it the very height
of absurdity. Oh! these wind and tide waiters
thank H—v—n we have got rid of them ? They
had time to bring in laws for the amelioration of
the consit::!n4 of the poor in England, for extending
the trial of dury•tri Scotland, for harmoaisinv 1,-:_
land; but they had no time :.77 "°4"6"7,;; they
had no time fur sending our troops and our money
OW 01 the country. no mucs fur the time ; now
kr the means. We will suppose, for the sake of
argument, :nit the weather was adverse to an ex-
pedition in February. It cannot be grid, that
4U Ike relents, wanted means. Money, the
sinews of war, they pinsessed in abundance.—
Do they deny it? No! nr! no! they date no'
deny it Ask the Gen:letnen of the S ock
Exchange, ask the Cnntrantort for the lo•-
tery, if cash was ewer more plenty ?—but if
cash was scarce. will they say we had no B..nk
Notes ? Ant the Governor of the Batik ; ask M r
Ratites; a'k every Direetor, whether there was a
scarcity of that article ? To go one step fun: er,
if both cash and notes were scarce, was ti.ere no
bullion, and was there no p +pet ? was there no mint
in the tower, nn mill in Bucks? No I no ! no 1—
They might have as much money and Bank Note:
as they pleased; and yet, watts all this sui.e:fiinty
of wealth, with the Incom • Tax raised to 101. per
cent. they di.: oat even send a subside to the Con-
tinent; for it is i I. t, Chit the pitta ce of i 0,0031.
to Prussia, was a I..an. 8.1,0001. t s Pruss a!! l'he
Marquis of 131::: it tmon a se. one of the GSCII viLLes,
receives as nricil annualy. Lord Ati.rom spent
more upon the el••ntott for Yorks'lire What will
the nations of toe Content ,t.ink of us after this ?
l'oey who alw +vs CO* . -red Er lAnd as made eit
.n...tey. Wa11;,..y .... say. that we are in the gull
of bankrinecy ' Yes. ../1/ ,h, lavas have degraded
Enn:and :n tin yes of Foreign flaking. It will re-
quire all the spirit, wind nn, and energy, of the pr.-
se , Minister, to restore her to her rank and place
i.• their esteem. And here. norm this subject of
money, we are at a loss for terms to ex cress our in-
dignation. What right had the d; - east L. Las to
keep the public money as o,cr would their private
purses ? Is not the public 11...n.5y, pre Joao publicuP
Is it not tcr the use of all who want it, and can do
their country service? Had the Gagner Lim system
t' continued, the Treasury Prints should be sow with-
-1 out a penny to pnirt a paragraph, and if so, what
1 woold become of the Liberty of the Press t What
! would become of the influence of the Crown t
IWhat would become of the Constitution? Aye,
what would have become of the Constitution ?
j Let the gentle Lord Einwica look to this, he that
is the professed friend of the Liberty of the Press—
' the renowned Champion of Parliamentary Reform.
N o ! no! no ! the metming of the public money is
money fur„pnhlia use, and it ought not to be locked
up from the public. To use a sublime and beautiful
metaphor of the Right Hon. G. Ros r —"there ought
: net to be more teats than mouths," We want no
dry nurses in the Treasary. We have shewn that
! the late Ministers were without excuse for not send-
-1 ing out an expedition in February ; that they had
i men, money, transports, wind and waves It now
lonly remains for us to shew that they had an
objetft, and then to• consign All the Tuients to
everlasting disgrace. When Stralsund was first
mentioned, all the Prints in the conide.s.ce of the
Minister, deprecated Stralsund—we said any place
but Stralsund; but we now say Stralsund is of all
•
; other places the best, and for this reason : The
1 King of SWEDEN had then Prussia and Russia to
1
assist him, but now he has neither. They have
• both mad.: peace—of course our assistance is more
necessary than ever. But whence the necessity of.,
I any pred.nermicel objes9 ? Does it not increase the j
1 chance of disappointment ? For, as we have be-
fore said, who can answer for the winds and the
waves ? The greatest discoveries have been made,
the greatest deeds have bees achieved, without any
precise otoj ,:zt • W11:12 Cn Ll 2 St DVS commenced that
voyage, which ended in the discovery of America,
had he any precise o'jedt in view ? Did he tell his
sailors whither he was going, er did be know it
hims<li ? CO LI; SIDUH. we assert with confidence.
knew no more of America than the King of beim

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