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THENATIONA L REGISTER.

JUNE 7.

time he shall have been detained on board any British vessel or vessels.
And that any sum of money, so attached out of the hands of any debtor,
shall be a payment of so much of said debt to said creditor; and on
idea of payment, or set oft, the same may be given in evidence, and
alhwed in any suit for the recovery of s id debt, any Treaty to the con-
trary notwithstanding.
" Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United
States is hereby authorised to capture, byway of reprisal, any British
subjects on the hieh seas, or within the British territories, as may he
equal to the impreszed American seamen in the possession of Great
Britain, and by a cartvl to exchange the same.
Sec. 6. And he it further erett:ted, That the President he, and he is
hereby auteorised whenever sufficient testimony shall he produced, that
the Commander of ;my public armed ship, or other vessel, of any
foreign natioo, shall he vr taken, or impressed from on hoard any ship
or outer vessel of the United States, while at any port or place not
vithie the jurisdiction of such foreign nation, or while on her passage to
or from any port or place, any seaman, mariner, or other person, not
heire in the ne a.ary service of an er.emy of such foreign nation, to
prohibit, by proclamation, every person residing within the United
'strea, r its territorie.., from affirdieg succour or provisions of what•
soever kind to such ship or vessel ; and any pilot, or other person residing
within the United States, who shall (af er such prohibition shall have
br.n nude known, and before the same shall b revoked) afford aid,
succour, or provision as aforesaid to such ship or vessel, and be thereof
convicted, shall be senteze.ed to he imprisoned not exceeding one ytar,
and fi:ied not exceeding 1000 dollars.
" Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That from and after the 4th day
a June next, whenever full and suflichnt testimony shall he produced,
that tile Commander or Commanders of public armed vessels, of any
foreign nation, having pressed or taken from on board any ship or vessel
within the jurisdicti el of the United States, or while on passage to or
from any port or place, any seaman, mariner, or other person, the
Prie,iletit shall be, and hereby i 4, authorised to prohibit, by proclama-
tion, The landing from on board any ship or other vessel of the foreign
nation (whose Commander or Commanders have offended as aforesaid),
any goods, wares, or merchandise, within any of the ports of the United
S:ateS or its territories ;, and also to prohibit the ladit:g of any scrip or
vessel of such nation, within any of the ports or territories of the United
States, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to pre-
vent any ship or vessel of the nation, whose Commander or Commanders
have offended as aforesaid, and which shall arrive within any of the
ports of the United States or its territories, to remain with their cargoes
on board, or to proceed to any place without the jurisdiction of the
United States. Lend provided also, that any ship or vessel of such na-
non (which *may have been partly laden at the time such Proclamation
shall be nude known) shall be permitted to depart with the lading then
on hoard, to the port of destination of such ship or vessed."
Upon a division; the Yeas sa—the Nays '23. This Bill has 1),( n since,
on its third reading in the House of Representatives, recomrn'tted to a
Lomnaittee of the whole.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE 01' LORDS.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2.
Nu business of any importance occurred this day.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3.
Th.. House in a Committee on the Orders in Council closed the evi-
dc:ic; f.:r :heir repeal ; on the motion of Earl 13ATnunsT, Monday
next, at two o'cloLlt was apoointed for the commencement of the evi-
dence on the other sido.
Earl GREY presentel a Petition from certain persons conc.:erne.
agamst the Mai.gate Prt- CM, praying to be heard oy the C‘.uti3el.
Orlercd to lie on the table.
His Lordship also prt.sentAl a Petition from certain Dissenting Chris-
tlar3, praying for the removal of certain disTialifications under which
tb2y now labour, d.---Order;:d to lie on the table.
CO a irotion being made by Earl Livgitro !I. that the blouse a:T.)urn
till I'vtl.ty.

ADMiNISTaA
The Duke of Noßroz.i: it was well known to all their Lord—
eipsth„t the y in a very unsettl,tl and anxious state—now
w,sLed to know in wlzat situation it stood with respect to a Goverr.-
ram, and w!“ th, i the Nobie Lord opposite (Liverpool) consNered
:Jill in oilier ? Whether the Noble Lord and his colleagues still
"lltittuerl to form the (j )verliment ; or whether the Country had any
iidiliniration at all ?
1."`: Z Itl t,f " lkiv Lords, in answer to th.' question put
v) the Noble Duke, I ti.:ve to wale to the House that I am it the
l'jation it; which I wa last Friday se'nnight, and ti a ;.1 con secrie nce
r 3! wt.': !;novili eveot that then took place, T only covtiou.ng in
h“: situation until In. I-Lghnes.. !Le Prince Regent shall be irra-
cliT:"Y I.,rjsv to asJr.: as to any figure a,Tange”nevt."
M4R1.1i% t.Y. " d‘ltilUtol, my Lords, I have not he 6-91
ca:led upon, I still fi:el it my duty to state to this H the
.411" %/lull I have the transactions which have lately taken

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place, with a view to rite forming of some arrangement to meet the
alarming difficulties of the present crisis. My Lords. his Royal Highness
the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on behalf of his Mdesty,
was graciously pleased to lay his commands upon me. to state to his
Royal,Highness my opinion with a view to the formation,of an Admi-
nistration. In obedience to those commands, I stated to his Royal High-
ness my opinion. with all that deference which is due to his etalred
rank, but at the same time, with all that fr:edom, which I humbly con-
tend it is a duty that a Privy Councillor owes tot is Sovereign and the
Country to use. I have this day tendered to his Royal Highness my re-
signation of the authority whica his Royal Highnes: was pieased ta vest
in me, with a view to the arrangement of an administration, which re-
signation his Royal Highness has been graciously pleased to accept. —7.ly
!.ords, I deeply lament, that the must dreadful personal animosities, that
the most terrible difficulties,_arising out of questions the most compli-
cated and important should have inti•rposed obstaies to prevent that
;irrangernent which it was so highly desirable, which it was so essential
to the intere•ts and the welfare of the country to make. That such
personal aoimosuies, and such difficulties, should have prevented the 5,
much wi,bed for. the so highly desired and desirable arrangement, at sO
arduous and perilous t crisis, is indeed most deep.y to be deplored. Jn
consequence of these results I humbly solicited of his Royal Highnesspermission, and his Royal Iliiihness was gracionsly pleased to give me
full authority to state to this House, if your Lordships shall desire it,
all the circumstances attending the progress of this transaction, in which
I have Ir.,' any share. But, my Lords, it I may be permitted to ad-
vise your Lordships, that advice is not to call for such a disclosure, con-
vinced as I am, mo t fully, that in the present situation of the country,
such a disclosure would he highly mischievous to the public interests.—
If, however, your Lordships command me to make the disclos: re, I
shall feel it my duty, and am ready to 11 ake :t, but allow ;'.e agaits to
advise your Lordships not to call foe it, under 1 full cunvicti.x, th..t at
the present crisis, it would be highly mischievous."

Earl STAN nore.—" My Lords, the Noble Marqnis having very
handsomely stated his readiness to make the disclosure to which he al-
ludes, I think it besomes the duty of your Lordships, to call for that
disclosure for the s itisiaction of the country, particularly after the de-
claration of the Noble Earl (Liverpool) opposite, that he is not a mi-
nister, but a daisy, a flower, that appears in bloom in the moro'ng. that
dies at night, and is no more thought of. I trust therefore, your I.ord-
ships will feel i: to be your duty to call for the disclosure to which the
Noble Marquis adverts."
The Earl of lom a i ex.—" My Lords, I rise as an individual, uncon-
nected with any party, to deprecate the disclosure called tor by she
Noble Earl (Stanhope), ar.d I trust yo it Lordships will adopt the advice
given by the Noble Alarquis' nut to call fur a disclosure which must, in
the present circumstances of the country, be highly mischievous, and
highly prejudicial to the public interests.
Lord Gs eNvi el. E.—" My Lords, in agreeing in opinion as to the im-
propriety, at the present rtiomstlt, of calling for the disclosure alluded
to by the Noble Marquis, I may be permitted to state, that in the little
share which my Noble Friend near me, and myself, have had in the
transaction referred to, we have nothing to disguise, nothing to conceal,
nothine that we shall not be anxious should be publicly stated, when-
ever the proper moment for so doing ;Trives. After stating this, little
else remains for me to say, nor te, euld 1 have risen upon the present
lied it not been for the allusion made by the Noble Mai gals to
dreadful personal animosities, which had interposed obstacles in the
way sbf a wished-for arrangement. My Lords, for my Noble Frier4
and myself, I can most distinctly say, that we were actuated by no feel-
ing of animosity, by i:o personal feeling whatever; that we were actu-
ated by nothing but a feeling for the public interests, a desire fin the
public welfare, and an anxiety to set as'cle every other censid;retion,
save those which arcse out of public principles mid public interests, and
I do most dioinctiy disclaim any of th-se feelings of personal animosity
to which the Noble Morqin- has lluded."
The Earl of Liv FR ?JO L.—'` My Lords, I feel it necessary to say a ft or
words it consequence Jr whit has fallen from the Noble Baron (Gren-
vilie), and lest my silence should be construed into an admis-ion of !!e•
ing actuated by those fse!ings of personal animosity which have I ,yen
vilueed to by rte ...Viarquis. My Lords, for myself, and those
who have acted %NAL me, I do most distinctly disclaim any feslisos
personal animosity. In my conduct in this transaction, I have 'best*
only actuated by censiderations of pubic principles and public interest
ard by no feeling whatever cf personal ennosity. H ivo g sad tn!,,
only remains for me to deprecate the sailing for the clie:losure
to by the Noble MarTds. and which I um sotistled would at the of
moment be highly dttrimentd to the le:nlie interests, nor would such a
disclosure at the present moment either be proper or decent."
The Earl of Mosr.A.-- Whilst I fully agree, my Lords, in the op:.
nien which has her,' expressed, that it woi.id he highly mischievous and
ioipropsr to make the disclosure alluded to ny tie Noblt• 7.l.lrquis,
cativo• hot most deeply lament the nitfcrtlinice turn which this neect'a•
don has taken. It has been my office, my Lords. i•) the course ~;
negotidtkll, to he thohtinible instri:•nint of conciliation, end it lia4 I,ten
m)- esrsiest endeavour to smooth :hose difficultly 'iich unhappily in-
terposed obstacles in the WAV of an a 7ranettnstit s . highly desirable irt
the preseot crisis of our fain; :ow: i deeply Latent to state, th.t differ-
ences and cttrangemen's hay.• rendered those eildeavnurs onavalin:
My Lords, I believe, ray I have no doutt, that piaseus intia;:ose