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such a shape N tn. ends* them to lay it Wove Pat%
'lament.
The intended .160tionss of Lord Auckland, for
were wittadrairu, until Lord Hawlsesbury
bus more Ally considered his objections.—Ad-

NOUSE OF COMMONS

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accurate investigation of. the consequences to
which they lead. %I as the House to heir with pa-
tience, that ou a serious and unprecedented mea-
sure, involving no less than the existence of our
commercial interests, it was to suspend inquire, to
postpone discussion, until it had received its lesson
from another place ? Let the House recollect the
state in which it stood with respect to the measures
oensoqueut on the promulgation of those orders.
Ministers had advised His Majesty to act upon
them. The commerce of the country, and of
neutral states, was ut that moment subjected to
their operation ; to the operation a a system of
regulations, souse contradictory to the other,
awl which, he contended, were unintelli-
gible even to Ministers themselves. lie would
say, doubtless, unintelligible from the com-
plicated nature and extent of their bearings.
lie did not arraign His Majesty's servants of a de-
sign to destroy the springs and sources of British
commerce, or of an attempt to close for ever that
intercourse of nations, which tended to diminish the
-wants, and support the happiness of mankind.
Such au imputation he would not east upon any
set of men, because he did not suppose there ex-
isted in human life that being, who could coolly
aid tolualy devote himself to the accomplishment
of such a work of depravity and destruction. But
"as, Mr to a meaning could be extracted from this
IMMO Iligible mass of orders and counter-orders, it
most positively went to exhibit, that to such a —.......
ruinous object, and to such deplorable cense- ' COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY.
quences, their operation went. Could their On the motion of Mr. JOHNSTONE, the se-
Lordships under such circumstances think of sus- veml resolutions of the Committee, appointed to
pending investigation, or of delaying that dis- consider that part of Ilis Majesty's speech relative
cursion, made imperative by the nature and cx- to the granting of Supplies, were read, and seve-
tent of the danger which impended? But this was rally agreed to. It was afterwards ordered, that
not the only senior consideration. It was for the the I louse resolve itself into a Committee of Sup-
House to review the spirit and operation of these ply on Friday next.
measures, net upon their prudence or their policy ESTIMATF.S.
, On the motion of Mr. WARD
elope. It had to take a constitutional view of
those provisions, and ascertain in what wanner and accounts of the expense attending various
they affected the dearest mid most essential in- broaches of the naval department, including the
tomb of our political state. For his part, he was marines, the building and repairing ships of war,
is,,peamd witi, the co„iction, that dime omen and also the expense of guards and gammon, the
-., ow_ ordnmice service not yet provided for, together
• the with the estimates of the transport service, were
. law ordered to be laid before the !louse. Foe this pur-
sy,tent of pose, it was aloe moved and agreed to, o That an
.ear! liter!)
bumble address be presented to His Majesty, pray-
subversion of Mg him to order the production thereof.'
s loiterer- ASSESSED TARES.
'the re- The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Aster had stated to the House, that dieing the Inat Session of
is force, Parliament • Bill had been brought in respecting a
in the new mode of collecting the Assessed Taxes, which
im- Bill had been printed, in order to be circulated
m viola. through the country, to give persons an opportunity
please to of urging objections against it. He hail cense-
_ proceeding. Will the quently received many communications from per-
Noble Leeds get im in their places, and assert, suns of skill and judgment, upon the subject,
dna that is ass constitutiostal violation in the oiler- which be bad since taken into considemtiou, the
Adios of those seders ?or if they have a different result of which was, that he thought there were ye-
and admit their illegality, how comes it news ports of that Bill so considerably obnoxious, ,
i dm* do not declare it, and ask for a Bill of that it would he proper to alter it entirely. With
? It will be then for the House to respect to the abolition of the office of Assessor,
!oseejeara the prudence, the policy, the common and the nant:e of supplying the Clerks of the
iimMaif throe measures. It will be knit to recol- Commission, lie thought it would be necessary to
bathe expediency of time and Meconestonesa, to revert to the old established custom of collecting
sat even were they right in the abstract, whe- those taxes, and to carry forward that improvement
it was not vitally ruinous at that moment to at the expense of the public.
En,
re hazarded their operation ? The Noble Serre- ORDERS OF CM-NM.
tars had started an objectiuti to the production of Lord HENRY PETTY, in allusion to what had
the copy of the Devlaratioa of the gist of Decem- been stated, yesterday, as to the Orders of Cover'lser. That objection has been ahewn not to apply cil, said, that lie understood the Right lien. Gen-
to that thicument ; but was it even informal, he Oman opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer)
put it to the manliness of Minister+, to reflect, whe- meant firm to refer these Orders to a Committee of
ther they were determined to withhold a paper, Supply, and that Ministers would be under the ne-
brought by themselves before the consideration of minty of applying to Parliament for in indenosity
Parliainemt, in the Speech from the Throne, where for certain acts, which had been the consequence
it was arraigned as a weak and ineffectual experi- of them, viz. the issuing of licenses to trade in
melt ? Ile 6-1 t actuated by a due sense of his own, particular cases. Although that Right Hon. Geut.
and the characters of those with whom he acted, had given a distinct notice of the. day on which
to press the production of that document, so ewes- he would move that those Orders of Commit
tially necessary to a full understasiding of the re- should be submitted to a Committee, yet he
gulatious and orders, and so indelicately put by had not given notice of the motion for his intended
Ministers in the month of their Sovereign, as a Bill of Indemnity for those acts. it would in-
subject of animadversion. deed be most natural, that di Home should first
Lord II AWKESBV ItY contended, that die Oes see the legality of 'lie steps that had been taken,
ders of Council, advised by Ministers,were felt by the before they considered of the policy of the measure.
country and by the enemy, as measures called for On the question of indemnity there were two very
by the altered state of the commercial world. When essential branches to be adverted tu, the first,
the period for discussing them arrived, he would whether, under the circumstances of the case, His
prove to the conviction of that House, that Ministers Majesty's Ministers were placed under that meets-
neither violated any principle of public law, nor any sity which could entitle them to any indemnity at
provision of our municipal code. la saying this, he all r? and. secondly, if they were eutitled to aim,.
did not proceed to the extent of concluding, that whether that extent of iti;leninity, to which the
in carrying into effect such Variefall and extensive Right Honourable Germanium had confined him-
details, there might_ not be some literal viotatMn of self, in his notice yesterday, was adequate to exit-
certain Acts of Parliament. It was often die Imo. aerate Ministers in all partieulars in which they
voidable consequence of great public measures, had violated the law of the laud ?
called for he on unexpected pressure of events. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
Lind ACCKLAND was anxious, without any obeenesl, that he certainly did 'give notice, yester-
freetisaal dismission, to emisider the general dint- day, that he meant to din Wednesday
liar, with the hope of assisting in either repealing to refer those- Orders ofPrnrolencil to a Com-
them, if injurious, or efficaciously exerting them, inittee, and if it were found neceseary to ap-
if `added on salutary principles. There were, ply to Parliament for a Bill of indemnity, he
' bousear, some particulars which he could not un- should propose that that-should lie afterwards ac-
award, viz. Why Guermoy and Jersey were complishell. There were certainly some orders
Node free ports; the new conditions of trade at respecting trade, and also some measured adopted
Gibraltar and Malta; and, above all, upon what by the Treasury, which could not be reduced to
ground, whim commerce ass to be coerced, a any existing laws, for which it would be indispen-
oleo was granted to neutrals in war. which they sably necessary to procure Porliasneutay sanction,
diA not pewees in times of peace. He alluded to by a Bill of ludeminty being given. He thought,
the power granted to America of bringing the pro- however, that the Noble Lord ought to restrain
duct of foreign colonies. his judgment relative to the subject, till such time
Ead BATHURST explained ; but, from the as he knew what thew orders were. He begged
low tone of voke, it was impossible to collect his farther to observe, that many Merchants were
rations. obliged to quit Portugal, and to import goods in
i HOLI -AND expressed his surprise. in not witted ships, which, by the Navigation Laws, were
recer.ing from the Noble Secretary an answer to either to be bronght home in British shipping, or
the,qui•stion put by him, relative to any cornatuni- the shipping of the country of which the goods
catiou from a Foreign Actibmeader, of the explana- were the produce. He appeehendod, that that was
Mr of the FrenelrDeeree. It was a matter of no- an iristauce in which there could be little objection
?witty- that the American Ambassador, General to a Bill of Indemnity, and there were others that
Armstrong, did receive such an explanation from would be brought into consideration upon the
the French Minister, seal therefore he thought it motion which stood for Friday.
prohabfe that such a communication alight have Some additional couvenation upon this subject
been made. en-oeJ between these same Gentlemen, hut as it
Lord HAWKESBURY answered. that Govern. erigivated from a anisonderstsuidingr, it is unworthy
meat did mat receive any official commuisimitiou, is of notice.—Adjonmed.

AMERICAN INTERCOURSE BILL.
Mr. ROSE stated, that it had been his intention
to move, this day, for the further emitinuance of this
Bill, but that he now thought it w mid he better
the House should have an opportunity of consider-
ing the nature of it in a Committee; and, for that
purpose, he should now give notice. that be would,
on to-mornow, move, " That the House should go
into a Committee thereon."
ELECTION PETITIONS.
The following were appointed, es under,—
Sultssb—ksollser, la to the right of Election ; tined for
the same day with the former one of a similar nature.
Ditto—Aaother, up= the doable return; turd for the
same day with that art similar nature.
Bridgewater—Thursday March 17.
Westniinster—Tuesday, et.
Christcharcle—Tuesday,_ Marcia 49.
Dnegarrait—Teiesday, March 29.
Newry—Thaisday, March 31.
On the motion of Mr. WHARTON, the order
of the day, as it originally stood, for taking into
consideration the Saltash Petition, respecting the
double return, was discharged, for the purpose of
giving precedence to the Petitions as to the right
of election, and postponed to Thursday, ,25th Feb.
next.

It EV ERSIONS.
On the motion of Mr. BANKES, the Bill for
abolishing the granting of Reversions was read a
second time, nem. eon. and ordered to *committed
for

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tAtisi
as netrael acts of re ' upon the retric-
tins lesposed by the Fr overnmeut. •
s" Lard GRENVILLE...I It every observation
Aids bad Mtn from the Noble Lords iu His Ma-
iosit's conlideace, as corroborating motives in that
'louse to veal for explanation from the friuuers of
these orders, and to enter on. the most prompt 'and

which Ministers had advised His Majesty to e
cute, *ere a direct and positive violation of
public and soknorledgad law of nations; that
whisk was agrofted to the legislative system
every. free and civilised countrv. ( Hear ! heal
In this Malicious, they were a tlirect subvention
the municipal laws of the realm. Such a Ann
=v. sift of the bias of the land, and of the
oegeklei Parliament, as no Minister I
era shad aa • the Crown to put is is
since the amaaplian.of a dispensing power in
nip et how She Simla. Vader such an
preemelsk meld he er the House suffer this vi
ties Se eselisree mail Ministers should pleats
rtramitand thair plan of proceeding. NI ill