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London, England, 1806-07-18 00:00:00

OAK BARK BILL.

The Oak Bark Penalty Suspension Bill was re-
ported. .
Lott! FOLKSTONE, notwithstanding the iitte7.
tress. of the period• at which this 'Bill was
.brought
forward, wished to, make a few observations upon
it. The Objea of the Bill was to suspend the ope-
ration of certain penal provisions respeaing the
Management of Oak. Bark. The interests of many
persons were concerned in this, and they had been
allowed no opportunity to examine7it, and state
their objeaions, on account of the suddenness with
which this Bill had been brought in and carried
forward. Had it not been for this the,Ta'tile would
have been crowded with Petitions against it. There
had been no prosecution _Under,' this Penal statute
for forty years, and the origin of the Bill was this
A person in the County of Hants, who dealt largely
in this article, had managed the concern in' a. man.:
ner that gave, offence, and Occasioned inconvenience
to certain rivals in the- trade. They commenced a
prosecution against him for these penalties, so. that
the Bill might be called a Bill to prote& him from
this prosecution,, for this appeared the real reason
of its being brought before the House. Now, he
thOught that the House should pause ,before it passed
a Bill upon such a- slight ground as this, for suspend-
ing a penal statute. .He hoped .therefore that the
Bill would be delayed, as the persons who brought
it in were not present, or that some Member
would feel himself authorised tb put it off for the
Session.

Mr. BYNG said, that the Noble Lord who brought
in the Bill being absent, a satisfa6tory answer could
not at present be given, but if the Noble Lprd on
the other side would 'state his obje&ions on the third
reading,, he would, no doubt, have such an answer
as the.nature 'of the case required. The Bill was
then ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.

The Pilots' Regulatibn Bill w•as committed, and
reported.—The Report ordered to be further con-
sidered this day se'nnight (put off till next Session).
The Crown Lands Lease Bill was ordered to be
read a third time to-morrow. , ,

An Account was presented, pursuant to order, of
the Offices, and Salaries annexed thereto, which are
held by certain Members of the Royal Family ; of
which Account, as far as we could colleet, the fol-
loWing is a Copy :

The Prince of Wales, as Colonel of the t»th Dra-
goons -A7.1,085 17 6
Tne D uke of York, as. Ranger of Windsor Forest;

• rated at - -
llowpce for Fire-wood, &c.
For New. Lodge, &c. -
As Comrhander in Chief -

q• 0 •
11 • o
3o 0 0
- 3►371 I 3

For First Regirbent of Guards, rated - 668 o ;
As Colonel of the 63th - Regiment ..' - - 238 o o
The Duke of Clarence, for Half-pay - 730 0 •
For Bushy Park - :. - 128 9 S
The Duke of Kenty First Regiment of Foot ' ' 77S t 2 6
As Governor of Gibraltar 7 - 3,643 0 •
____

The Duke of Cumberland, as Colonel of the -.-
15th Regiment - - ir,085 ;7 6
As Lieutenant-General oh the Staff, &c. , 1,348 o
The Duke of Cambridge, as Colonel of the Cold-
stream Regiment of G uards _ 658 5 7

The Duke of St4sex, as Lieutenant-General on
the Staff - 1,348 8 o

The Duke of Gloucester. ditto - - 1;348 8 o
The Account was ordered to lie OD the Table.
' CALICO PRINTERS.

Mr. MoottE brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee appointed to examine. the Minutes of the
Evidence taken in 1804, upon the subject of a
Petition from the Journeymen Calico Printers, and
the following Resolution of this Committee was,
according to Motion, read by the Clerk at the
Table :

" That it is the opinion of this Committee, that
the matters in dispute between the Masters and Jour-
neymen in the Calico Printing Trade might be ami-
cably adjusted, inasmucli as. they . poiSes's the means
amongst themselves, as will be found amply and
circumstantially detailed in the Report,• and that
time be allowed. to effeet the same, with a
view to preclude those Legislative Provisions, for
which, otherwise, it, will be„ indispensibly neces-
sary to apply in the next Session of Parliament."—
The Report. was ordered to lie on the Table; and to
be printed.—Adjourned,.

FL).'ANCE-JULY 14, 180 G.