The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-06-11 00:00:00

N'fl'ii£ OF CO',MONS.

Mr. BAnKts postponed, until 3loarlay, his motion is to
he Exeutirtiott of the 'Property of Fureigoiss tiara Pays:nest
of lint) the/ale-telt Funds.
The name tchosties 801 trent Akin& a Comaittee, and
Pas catered to h reported on 31 oods
A Meastrefrunt the Lards inforrici etc antse, that their
Lordslops had agr;e4 to the British Cupttar!tt Ship Non-
rteetstrnhea Bin, and several ',mete 2dla.
Mr Roos brought vp the wants' To ask Vevalatioor Bill
tad u 6rod tine, and ordered to be read a steuutt tune on

Monthly nee?.
Mr. IV naaeoe presented the Rtrirt of the Committee
spat' the Loan Bill. Ordered to be taken into consideration
l.• morrow,
Ou the notion et M. Rose, the Hesse went lotus rem-
taittee to coesider fly. state vftbe trade to.the Cape of Good
Hope. The Right Hoonneahle Gentleman saii.nitt..d a re.
miteticm, as to thin propriety of bringing in a bill to usable
His Majesty to regulate the trade and coininetee to and (him
that Cape, for a time to he limited, or tfurirg the war.
The Res dation was agreed to, and the !louse having re-
sumed, th.• Report was mdered to ►e received to-morrow
The House then resolved italf lulu a Cominittft *pan
the soothers Wha:e Fishery Acts ; in which it wee sgreed
that a flit should be applied for, to continue and amend the
Oat of the if th sJ t►e King, aliening bounties upon that
The House thou resumed, and the report was oa
dived to bereeeterit t.,-morrow.

The Irish Malt Duly Bill, sbe Irish Permits' Bill, and the
Berr•rs Auditing Bdl, vrte severally read • second tams,
lad ordered hi he emaciated 1•-murrua.

The Malt Itemmtios BM, the Irish Auction Doty Bill,
ini the &ands Clergy Bill, were .._rally iced a third time
had passed.
The Paddington Coal Bill was committed, and the Re.
toot ordered to he remised tu-uhyocw.
Mr. Husxassov breoglat op a Bill for the prevention of
lohag,„lhug, and also the Eschewer Wile BM, which were
eversty read • diet those, end &dared lobe read &second
Lo.awasrur.
Sir icteht Nvvrrent• rose and gave *Mier, that it was
his t.vantlita, n4V scut SVPSUIII of Psrlismest, to submit
=Aims to the House, Birdie purpose of davidius between
a hh:o,d 1111.14 truant the extrewhe harden of the sasess-
licatii toTtokl by GAnd Joie. is Infixed.
The this readiog of Mr. Pa.mor's Per Collage Bill was
postponed to Meade, twat.
The Cis• :MILL Lel of the istitoeursh obtained leave to
Oriog iu a Bill to' middy the tocoavensancies that have
Incas, or which may orlon, boat the espietioirof Acts, hr
bre the palming of others fir continuing them.
Lard Ws slue presented a snood Report upon the
Sugar COMffultittes, which was laid on %be Tablio.
Sir CIA ut.s. t.r: gale imam, that on Tuesday nest
be would move an Address to His 31sjcsty ; but the subject
of it tie (multi uot hit,.

FOOTIAL up the Irish Loan Bill, whit-111mo
read a Ilse* time, and ordered to be reads second time to.
morrow

MI. Fuses pre notice, that he should, on Monday,
Propose that tbs House should gu sow a Committee, to cou.
alder the laws retpectiag the intercourse between Great Un-
*Wm wet I resod, se to spirits.
On the usutiwi of the Crtaneation of the Etrlttgtrea,
It ass ordered thnt t':e House should, to-inurrvw, gu into a
Conlin:tree, to co..:A•let the duties upon coffee.
?be alraillgi MY at Mr•lt. übtriuid 61ft to bring in •
bill to repeal part trt as Act atilt ssdh of His present Na-
iad', fur regulating the Office of Paymaster-General.
Mr. ilosetssLitt presented, pursuant to the
Order of tae I/ouse, some documents relative to
the Barrack Department, @hewing the amount of
the per eeteage paid to Officers therein. In allu-
sion to sietie oWerretioas formerly usadc by an
Ron. Member, he uhnerted, it would appear from
elk w paper., that it commenced in 1805, and had
tar salaries been euutinued, that the ainouut of the
public expenNe would have been full one-third
nom. The papers were then ordered to be laid
upon the Tab lc.
Mr. ISPIEXtiIt ST• ROPE rose, and was pmeeed-
m4 to oleu.ree, tbui. Ise Cionglit the Stiunp Act
would prove to he one of the heaviest taxes that had
ever been iat..ofitteed; when lie was interrupted by
:he Set:v.:ea, who stated, that 41111C8,1 he hail some
notion to propose, there was at present no question
Before Cif! I lollies

Mr. SUEILIDAI; presented a petition from Nit:ho-
st Gruy, Gentlestun, Attorney of the Court of
'onsirion Pleas in lreissud, stating, that in the year
i 798, when the rebellion broke out, he resided in
he town of Wexford, and had falloff into the hands
sf the rebels, by whom he was compelled to join
hens, but that noon their living overcome, he was
node prisoner, send eonrine I many moans without
tinting been laisught to trial, although his iano-
'este^ was fully proved, and male uninsfest. The
onsequence was, he hud suffered in his health
ind pmperty, and ou these grounds prayed relief..
[he petition 1•114 i.Lid 0:1 the tattle.
Mr. SHllitleati e 1... presented a petition from
lomel Diann, who had been coutined, as is state-
srisoner, in Ix ilmeinhaus goal, iu lftoj, and eon-
iuucJ fur a space of 15 mont;es, and was
prtermirds withont bail haring been sic-
Retitled of him. He had now attained Cie ad-
linci.d age of 70 yeah, and feeling that !se had
teen match pernmisted, without bring made ac-
iumn:ed with silty just Mas lf imprisoilment, he
srayed relief. Th..: petitiou was us.dered to Li: laid
Ton the table.
Mr. Snraitws stated, that on Monday next he
Would slibmit to the [louse some mode to be put•
ued as to ell the Petitions which Kul hens. Imre-
enteci Y MB similar complaints. Ile -wished also
o take that opportunity of giving another noiioe
f • motion he Intended to make on Moaslay next.
a as relit:ivr to n sui,;ert or nacos:trona import-
nor, and therefore worthy of cousiderasams.—s
luwever maids it wee already twitter of notoriety,
a still wished to respire some explanutiou of the
articular facie front Ministers themselves, as be
re sistsieet to which he ellosled—he meant the
its udriees that had arriekl in this country as to
to piessent condition of Spain. He, at the same
me, I)4g-eft I...sre to olawrve, that the i•forma-
esi he seteald re pairs: frain Ministers, is the laming

.~t...~...... 't"mil rein; OUVirait itenti-fie
felt the siebject to be of such importance as aide
it eseeedii.gli 1114:11tIthCat 0:1 the liollit to pitmt.sta
nine direussiea relative to it.
...Oa .toe motto,' fur the secoad residing of the
"Pnuriatic Hod la, tt discussion of cansidentble
length tool. place, to which tile bib bicisii;ers coo.
tendod. that the couritcrvaiiing dirties thereby ins-
posell upon the coutp•l.icut articlve of which that
acid consi►ted. viz. fait a.,d upuu export
ation front Irelatul, %%Auld oper,,ar as au infringe-
meat of the articles of the IJuio.i. The mush of
tlii.cuasioa was, that the further proceedings ou
the bill were acreed to be su+pcaae 1 ttll such tune
3 • iiiquiries should be made As In the effect of its
o„writtioa in regard to Ireland. The second re:til-
, iiq wai accordingly postponed till this (lay two
mouths.
MESSAGE FRO'3l HIS MUESTY.

Mr. CANNING prese,itod the foftowing Message,
which was read from th., Chair :

G. It thinks it proper Niel:win the them
of Commune, that be has concluded a Treatc of 'Alliance
sad Sulwidy with His Steilina Ntaiesty, of ',bids he has di-
rected a Copy to be laid before the House, and trasts, that
his faithful Commons will enable His Mitihnty to make aim!
the .nangenteuts contained therein.-
N Nish then mead. " That the said fdef.
int,ze be taken into consideration, in a Committee of
Supply, on .Monday uext." He at the mute tiuie
begged leave to state, that the 'Freely was already
pri!ited, and wottl(1 be delivered to Members in tile
coerse of the evening. Upon this occasion he
thought it necessary to inform the House, that this
was in fact no new transaction, but the completion
of one which His MAieity's present Ministers found
in agitation upon their coming into office. It was
commenced when we were at war with France in
the latter end of the year 1803, at which time en-
gagements were entered into that ste should supply
£300,000 ayear towards providing fed the defence
of Sicily. The events *lnch afterwards took place
were still fresh in the recollection of the public, to
account for nothing having been done by the then
Ministers towards reducing these measures into any
form or shape. At the commeucement of the new
Ministry, venous avocutions prevented its being
done earlier, and at the end of that year, Mr.
Druianiond was sent to Sicily to settle the Treaty,
which, however, was not returned until the summer
following. When returned, it was found that it
contained stipulations which His Majesty was ad-
vised not to conseut to, and it was in consemtence
sent back, and 'lei been only received again
within the last two weeks. He thought it necessary
to state this much, in order to prevent any miscon-
ception going abroad upon this subject.
The Message was then ordered to be laid on the
tab:e.
PUBLICANS' LICENntS.
Mr. SilallDA S. rose, in purulence of the notice
he had given, to move for leave to bring in a Bill
similar to that he had brought in last year. In do-
ing so, he could not help wishing to hear the ()pi-
nion of an Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Fuller)
us to the right of Magistrates granting lieenses.
He understood that there bed of late been a meet-
ing of Noblemen and Gentlemen, among whom
were Members of both Houses of Parliament, for
the purpose of stating their objections to innkeep-
ers raising the price of posting. Hr might object
both to the place where such meeting was hP:rt
hiding to the St. Alban's Coffee House) and also to
the purpose of 'itch a meeting, es he was au enemy
to all associations, holding out the Lords and
Commons if the country as men assembling for
fraudulent purposes. If u set of peer turn were
to meet and associate together with somewhat
a' 'let intentions, they would be sent to prison.
Such, for instance, lie was sure, would be the
case, were the.lower orders of the people to meet
for the purpose of objecting to any rise in the
price of bread. But here tioblemeu and Gentle-
men had. been allowed to meet fur the purpose of
objecting to any rise in the price of posting. In his
opinion, every thing of this sort must necessarily
W allowed to find its own level. If not so, why did
the Legislature not allow the various trees :men of
the country to emaciate together for the purpose
of tieing prices for their several commodities or ar-
ticle of manufacture ? 'Why not permit the tailors
to assemble together fur the purpose of fixing the
price iii n coat, or the bakers fur the purpose of
fixing their terms of baking bread ? if this were
allowable, some engaged in these trades would
be ruined ; and, in order to save them, the Le-
gislature would need again to interfere, in (order
to fix the price at a proper standard. Ile be-
lieved it would be found that there were very
few instances of innkeeper* retiring with great
fortunes ; but at the meeting to which lie alluded,
it *rented to have been thought otherwise; and
whmi it was doubted whether the most proper
mode would be to proceed by themselves, or apply
to Parliament, flirt same lion. Gent. recommended
one short and simple mode to the Magistrates of
Set-sex, to eome to a resolution to refuse renewing
the licenses of these innkeepers who should dare
attempt to rinse the price of pnstiag. He wished
to give that lion. Gentleman this opportunity of
explaining himself; because if such a doctrine
this should go unrebuked, then much was to be
appreheeded from the lash of the Magistrates, and
it operated as an additional inducement for him to
bring in the measure he was about to propose.--
Fie should therefore more for leave to bring in •
bill to amend nn Act made in the 3ed year of His
present Majesty, relating to the granting of li-
censer to innkeeper, and persons selling wines.
Mr. Fuetaa said, it was with great pleasure
that he had this opportunity of eaplaming what
the Bight Honourable Gentleman alluded to,
The meeting was not composed eiitirelv of Lords
and Com:mils, as there were some Postmasters
there, Nome of whoiu took down the proCeedings, for
the purpose of regulatiug the duties. He could
not have belies-ell that it was possible for any
person to state what was so contrary to what be I
said; he had observe:l, that very likely these kind
of measures would not he adopted in the House of
Commons; as the true idea in such matters wane I
that competition should be created; bet when
there were only. single hstoica, the public were
liable to imposition; and, he observed, that in
encb cases the Ma3i,trate hail the power of
checking enormous impoeitions. Ile knew of
one case, where au inn-lei eper had irate:mei so egre-
giously nate exact 1501. fruits a Freud' Ambits-

ve-aed rortlie t iaLeication, that
it was improper that licenses should be takeit lIW3V
by the Nlugutrates, without any reusoti being given
ftkr is (Minx, he should only obberie, that redress
might be Obtained by an action being thought
against•the Magistrate. The old laws were, in his
opinion: fully sufficient to leave the limiter to coin-
petition, and enormous Lauds could Le got the het-
te: of by the 3lagistrates themselves.
The i:llstliCe.LLob of the ExcuEtitiza said, that
the Right Hon. Gent. had given no reasons to in-
duce the House to bring in 6116 it Bill. He bud
flinuerly had the misfortune to disagree with hies
upon the second residing of his Bill, and could hut
help entertaining the seine sentiments as to this
one.

Mr. SHERIDAN observed, that the only ground
upon which the former was withdrawn was owing to
a debate Weinq place, as to whether it should be
confined tolliddlessa and Surrey, or Comprehend
a more general ofiect? The principle ait ass,
that Magistrates should be compelled to awsigii
reason for refusing licenses to publicans, thereby
slc ,rising them and their families of bread. In that
the Bight (lon. Gentleman had distinctly coincid-
ed with him as to its impropriety, but now he
seemed to have changed his opinion, and to think
it was sufficient that Nlagistrates might be prose-
cuted, and punished by the Court of King's Bench.
Mr. HAWKINS BROWNZ stated, iu strong lan-
guage, his objections to such a Bill being.brought
in, ua he thought it would be attended with
mis-
chievous COIIIStqUVIIMS, while no evil could arise
from Magistrates having the power of refusing
licenses.

Mr. Davies Gintor also thought that the evils
which wield arise from it, would be greater than
those resulting from the arbitrary power of Ma-
gistrates.
Mr. M. TAT LOR spoke strongly against it.
Mr. Rose supported the power vested in the
Magistrates.
Mr- SRXILIIIAN replied, that he was still con-
vinced, wherever there was au arbitrary power, op-
pression must be the consequence. Me should wish
say one of those Gentlemen, who objected to what
he proposed, to niove for a Committee, to inquire
into the grievinces that existed, and he had no
doubt, evidence *fluid be .hewn of various cases of
oppression, on the part of the Magistrates.
The question was then put, and negatived with-
out a division._ .