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mf Oeiseow moved for a select Committee to enquire
orthe laws respecting the Writ of Habeas Corpus,
lave power to send tOr persons, papers, and records.
trney General and Mr. Wynne made some observations in
'he motion ; after which it was agreed to.
BATHING IN THE THANES.
'NE adverted to the extraordinary clause which had
into the Thames Police Art of last session, forbidding
River Thames, between the East India Docks and
telt. suet) bathing promoting indecent exposures. That
.1* most injurious conserpienees to the health of the
ved as to the exposure, it was 'keell known that indecent
a punishable offtexe at common law. He shoat
et that a Hill be brought in to repeal sivmuch ofsueli
I to bathing in the Rtver Thames. (Hear). Agreed to.
;_iLE OF SLAVES BI" THE BRITISH.
Fit renewed his enquiry, whether there was any troth
made by the American Commissioners at Client. that
ffitter had seized slaves in America, and had afterwards
the West Indies.
mutt N replied, that when this extraordinary charge
dust an Oibcer of the British Coven:meld, he was at
ec immediately applied to ti:e Conneissiotiers to learn
-tice the Ch:irge Wag so - formally in..de. It so hap.
,'r, that the American Ministers did not deem it rielet
hte such evidence to hint in their public capacity ; but
'arils put in possession of it by a private eotnintinica•
stir II means larnt that all the evidence on whicli the
!ice! was the single affolavit of a wake of Viiginia,
that suet individual having been taken prisuner, had
!o one of the Bahama Islands, and that while he was
I.liiti•li vessel came into the harbour, with one slave out
live he saw sold. The affidavit such Wind
the name ef the slave, of the ship, and of the I.lCl'Oll
le sl..ve ; and that he then melerstoed ti. et SM'll was a
artice on the part of the British. On kin vim; these
(Mr. G f forwarded them to the beetle Lord at We
Col ni.d Department and that Noble Lord lost no
totioe the iteee•saiy enquiries. No answer to them
received from the West Indies, but be ti listed that
answer would :olive in this ennetry soan enoueli to
state the result to the House betore the end of the
cation here ttnded.

y PO.vf OFFICE.
w appeared at the bar with a report on the subject of
Office, and on the question that is be brought
s WRIGHT stated, that he most object to any measure
,t I)fter, except the necessity of such a proceeding
orily show n.
lIH also opposed the motion.
.1V joined in opposing the measure, maintaining, that
'nets which the country had been put to, the high
the people had borne during the war, new measures
expense onght not be projected tor pm poses -of
He thought some tensruirary building added to the
Ismail answer every c,hjeet that was desired ; and such
at the present mouse's', would lie much better than
burthens on the people to build a new and splendid
tact if such iiew °dice were necessary, why were
he vicinity to bear the expellee of it tear.) As
'estiltung flout sueli an establishment were nati•itial, the
()meta also to be national. They were told of the
the City of London, that the City had liberally uttered
.0001. towards 'feral/mg the expes.ee of building a
ice. It the City of Laudon were nut about to be
Id be the first time that he had ever seen imy their
ul as to their liberality on this oecaqiun, they a ost slits-
/posed to be libt rat at other peopk's expenee—(a
60,001, was to be advanced mit of the Ospliah's Fund,
iced by t continuation of S or 4 years of certain City
ds and wine.

ran tun supported the measure, urgiu4 that the
was inconvenient beyond all question, and that the
hi the report was most advantageous and econo•

IN strongly disapproved of the Bill.
xtcnditl discus:4ov, in which 31f. IL Sumner, the.

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