The National Register.
London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

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injurious to the freedom and independence of election. The Pe-
tition was ordered to he laid on the table.
Jilt. Bose moved, that the Pilots' Bill be committed, for the
purpo.;• of tilling up the blanks, and having the reprt further
rousidered. The House accordingly resolved itself into a Com-
mittee, Mr. Wharton in the Chair.
Ma. R9.E• observed, that a copy of the Bill had been sent to
the Members of all the maritime counties, with whom he had
held communications on the subject, and availed himself of the
information he received. Every Gentleman with whom he
communicated approved of the measure, as there was a great
scarcity of Pilots. The number now was precisely the same
that it was io 17.41, though British shipping was increased three-
fold, and foreign ten-fold, that entered the port of London. The
oajeet of the Bill was to increase the number of Pilots sixty
more than they were at pre,ent, employed between Dover and
the Isle of Thanet. With respect ro the Petition presented, he
thought its allegotions were unfounded, as the friends of the
Lord Warden actually tormented hint in their application not
to make any addition to the Dover Pilots, which was a proof
that his Lord-hip did not w ish for the patronage so mitch ap-
lo encoded.
After a few observations from several Members, the Report
was received, and ordeted to be printed.

SUPPLY.
The House *resolved itself into a Committee of Supply, in
which the follow tog sums were voted ;-
1,17,119/. for the extraordinary expellees of the Army, incur-
red from the :'sth of December, 1806, to the 24th of Decem-
ber, Ititrt.
42,55t1,000/. fiir the extraordinaries of the Army for the year
509,0801, for the tiefieieneies of the extraordinaries of the
Army in Ireland, for the year ISOS, and
100,0001. towards the repairing of Henry the Vllths Chapel,
to be paid without any deduction.
SUGAR utsxtrAiertv,
Lord Binning moved the Order of the Day for the House go-
ing into a Consmitte on the proposition for allowing Distillation
from Sugar; w Melt being read, he then moved, that the Speaker
do leave the Chair.
Cox (of Norfolk) opposed the motion, on the grounds
that to suffer the Histillation from Sugar would he injurious to the
landed interest, as it would discourage the agriculture of the
country, which had now arisen to that height of perfection as
to prevent large sums front being sent. when the ports were
open, totter Continent for a supply of grain. He cautioned the'
House to beware how it countenaniced ao measure which would be
destructive in its effects, and therefore opposed the Speaker's
leaving the Chair,
lin, Ross supported the propriety of permitting the Dis-
tilleries
In use Sugar for a time to be limitted, as recommended
by the Committee, after the must patient and laborious Investi-
rt,iftilm.
After event, tpemhers had spoken, the question was loudly
called for froin all parts of the Ifouse.and a division took place.
The numbers were, for the ;speaker leaving the Chair 163.
against it 121, minority 16,
The Chancellor of the ENcliequer then moved three Reso-
Intions, conformable to the Report of the Committee.—Ad-
Jouryied,

Turtsn y . %TAY 24.
This day being' :Twinned to ballot for zt Committee to try the
merits of the Petition of ,Ur. Charles Morgan, complaining of an
l.leetioo for the Borough of Sandwich, and there not
beiog a -tilt iept number of nvinbcrs eligibly to make a ballot,
an adjournment 9f course took place.

WEDOEtDAY, NAY 25.
Sir Samuel Rom'lly brooght in his fill for limiting the num-
ber of capital punishments, which was read a first time.
Ordered, on the tooting of the Cirincellor of the Exchequer,
that the Bill fur the better Collection of the Assessed Taxes be
primed.
Au account pursuant to order, was presented of the per cent-
Sgr of two and a half per cent. of the stint received at the post
Office, .goer and above 240,00:)/. per annum, which was ordered
to he
WESTMINSTETt EI.EcTION.
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vettlict veil against him in the Court of King's Bolen, in ►s heels
the fliblt 4444 gr West►uiuster was Plaiutiff, oad uow strrived at

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