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30.030 i. in the china manufaaory, mad the other
era oly that -sum ; it was an inta: t matutf:&: •
' and, therefore, required prote4ion.; there were lee
sides various manufatliries in Derby lice and nth.
counties, which would be materially injured by the
operation of this Bill ; he therefore hoped, that the
Rill would be deferred till the meter of the pied. •
don was entered into.
The CHANCELLO:. of the EXCHEQUER
observed, flea he would n-t t ave objeded to the
proposition, if it could p' ssibll 11AVc been of any
advantage to have acceded to k ; but his Hen,
Friend
.11111 st 1.1,4 aware, ch.': it was only in the Co 4- .
mittee, any alteration he wished to propose, cia.:hl
be 'carried into He sheeild be very g'l4,) r,)
put off the Corramhtee, to afford time ft.,r r:D-
jeaion that it might beahotight ;mop( rto hrhei : /-
ward. He believed his Hon. Friend was u
House at the time tae suh;..,ft wits :.`:t in; 100 .
v.hen it was expressly stated, thet great patai 11:-/
been talhea to cir.ailth-e ;he schfdule, au that ee,r'y
person might have ail, poss:bie, flfts .
subjeft. He should hope. that by ~.1-ti
Committee till next Tuesday, the Hot. Ch.ht. •-ea
would be perfetWe: satisfied, avid the eieh: it
sary to oppose the second reading n e •
The Bill was read :t seennd tohe ct.rnr. .e
for Tuesday next ; and the Pethieu ;
ordered to be laid on the tablet • •
Mr. CANNING gave iiiitice, that he s'n:i.... .
morrow, move for two papers, one e!. .
been moved for, but got rid cf by th -••• •;.
question. The first motion was for Oahe:
Memorials transmitted to the British Que.: .1
by the Inhabitants of Malta, or by the Maltese he
police; the ether was for a paper he was elesiroassi
having in consequence of that part of t -cone-
spondence between the British and Fr,nch Gover..
welts, in which was expressed the desire pf the
Maltese inhabitants with regard. to the possession eh'
the Island. He should move for the Copy of a Lis-
patch from Lord Cornwallis, containing Accounts-of
Conferences between him and the French Plenipoten-
tiary at Amiens, relative to the island of Mal*; to-
&titer with a Copy of Papers respe6ting the Dispo- •
sition of the Maltese Inhabitants towards the Knights
of St. John of Jerusalep). •
Mr. SHERIDAN thought as therm papers had a
reference to the motion the Hon, Gentleman had
given ;notice of for Friday, it would be better- to
move for then nt wa
Mr. CA.\ NING said, it could not be suppi-s:•.s.l
but he had consulted with the Noble Lord on toe
floor ; it was not his intention to make the Motion
till to-morrow. .
Lord HAWKESBURY said,. that with regatd
to one of the Motions, he had a decided objeaion to
the propriety of it, and he should most certainly
move the previous question whenever it was pro-
posed ; with respca to the other he had no such oh-
;enjoin
Lord FOLIKSTONF„ after desiring that the se-
cond article of the Treaty of Amiens should
entered as read, moved, that an humble Address
should be prt.sented to hi.; Majesty, requesting that
he would be graciously pleased to order accounts of
all representations mule to him by the French Go-
vernment, and of all steps taken by his _Majesty's
Ministers towards carrying . into effe& the second
article of the 1 reaty
Lord HAW4U.SBURY said, he found himself
under the necessity or me ving the other orders of tine
day. With regard to the article, his Maiesty. had
followed the example of former treaties. The ail?.
ele had been a subjea of contention. His Majesty.
had thought it r:glit to follow the precedent of
men treaties; but the French Government had laid
in a claim, which was of a nature a hick could not he
fairly resisted, namely, that th French Government,
in their treaties with other Powers, had no such sti-
pulation, and therefore it was just there should be
set off such sums as were due for the maintenance. of
prisoners as were actually-in the service, and under
the command of his Majesty's Government; this
did not arpy to the tioofis of Austria, Russia, or
Bavaria, which his Majesty had thought proper to
subsidize, but to the Hessians only ; it had been
thought a claim of justice, which his Majesty's Go-
vernment could not refits: to listen to. His Lord-
ship added, that this allowance on the part of his
Majesty made, hitch- a difference on the face of the
account, that it was impossible to ascertai:: on which
side the balance was—the important point was the
saving the principle itself. His Lordship concluded
by moving the Orders of the Day.
Mr. T. GRENViLLE supported the original
motion.
General GASCOIGNE opposed the amendment.,
and put sore questions to his Majesty's Ministers,
which they did not think it necessary to answer.
The motion of the Noble'Lord was carried.
The I-louse went sinto-a Committee on the Sol-
diers' Relief Bill, and the Report was ordered to be
received to-morrow.
Mr. SHERIDAN gave notice of his intentiort tn
submit a motion to the Houae, to-morrow, on the
bub jed• of the Middlesex Eleaion.
it Mess tge from the Lords informed the Howe
their Lordships had agreed to the Gunpowder Ex-
portation Indemnity Bill, the Scotch Schoolmasters'
Rill, the Irish Courts of Law Bill, and several
Private Bills.
The House went into a Committee on the Militia
Completion Bill. The Report was received, and
the Bill read a third•time. •
The SECRETARY at-WA R. gave notice, that
to-morrow he should' movelor a Committee to en-&
quire into the state of the in Scotland.
CUSTOMS COtiSOLVDATION.
The House then, pursuant-bilk -order of the
-day,

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clayi restaveid itself into nnontielweiliee"'"
Mr. Alrander in the Cr"hai. •
The LORD MAYOR -Said, dint !tise
owners for the preens, in emisictietteitirthe *Mr,
would abstain from any opposition to: the Teenage
Dnty, reserving .to theraa theiightufappiyint
for its repeal a: tom: mote seasonable opportunity.
General GASCOIGNZ wished to know Whether
any measure was 40 be btcught forcard in respc:t