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fiixpencel- barrel. This was proved in evidence be-
fo.-e the Comtni•-tte, by Mr. Delantey; who also de-
ciAed that the quantity of grain. in the markets of
England was lithe less than. it .was-last year. .He
deprecared ail such interventions of the -Legislatures
except itrextahne cases. . Nothing could be :more
noxious than tampering with the trade of fooct:by
Parliamentary replatioeS. If the farmer were...ebe
Lit to obtain his own profit by the rise of .grain,
without the interference of the Legislature, he would
no longer till the 'ground. Under all these circum-
stances he objected most decisively to the measure.
Adverting to the recommendation ()Idle Committee
to suspend the intercourse of spirits between the two
countries, he questioned the right of a Committee
to. otter a recommendation which went direairto
an infringement of the Articles of Union.
Sir A. WELLESLEY explained.
Mr. ELLISON, atter having divested the subjea of
all the extraneous matter that bad been introduced
inkthe course of the discussion, entered into an exa-
tnioation of the real- merits of the question; contend-
ing let considerable length that the apprehensions of
the landed interest were ill-founded, and that some
measure of precaution was indispensible.
Admiral I lARVEY observed, as the mode of relief
to the West India Merchants recommended by the
Report was of a description that he totally disapprov-
ed, he nmst vote against the Speaker's leaving the
Chair. If a strong case were made out of distress,
lie should be most ready to acccde &o any plan by
which grain would not be atieded.
Mr. FosTert, as he leg compelled to vote on this
question against those with whom he usually con-
curred, explained the motive by which be was adu-
ated. It was his convidion that no tampering of
the Legislature with agriculture ought to be allowed
except in an extreme case, which did nut seem to

Mr. WINDHAM argued to the same purpose, and
' remarked on the extraordinary change in the ques-
tion which had taken place within the last twenty-
lour hours. The West-India interest bad been
completely left in the back ground, and a domestic
scarcity made the protninent. figure in the canvas of
the evening.
bir CanktrAS,BETRiiELL argued with considerable
=erg), against the Motion.
• Lord,C.ssmErt EAGH a,, strenuously argued in sup-
port of it, contending that the situation of Scotland
and Ireland called foi- same measure of this descrip-
tion.
JOEIN SMITH Wal ready to support any mea-
sure that would have the effect of preventing scarcity.
Sir HAJIAY MILDNIAY proved from the public re-
turns, that this price of • barley was 3s, 4d. less at
present titan in 1802, when the antecedent scarcity
Was supposed to be at an cud.
Mr. Fitnacar supported the motion, and Mr.
W. Smith i.ind Mr. Laing Opposed it. After which.
Lord. BINNING reFlied generally. A division then
took place,
• Fur the Committee - 122
Against it - 108
Majority -
Another short discussion, as we understood, took
place on she question for the Speaker's leaving the
Cnitir, which was earri!2d in the affirmative, and the
into alto Committee. on our rcrad-
tnision, as nearly as we could colleCt, the Chairman
reported proJjcss, and the Committee was ordered
to sit again this day.
LOCAL MILITIA BILL.

. Lnid CASTI,II(BAGII I)tit off the Committee on
the Local Militia Bill to Thursday next, wishing to
be understood that the business was certainly to comer
on that day.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of.—A.ijourned at Five o'clock.

On the 2cl, the Emperor and. Empress visiited the.
King and Quceu. 'the iEtriperor introdueetriOrhe;
persons of distin:lion of hii'cOtire to them,' Who •
were to serve their- ;ilijesties in several of their
iconcerns.
NAPI.Es, Arait '2o.—We have now received
certain intermatihn of the cause of the exploSion
which took place on the night of the 31st of March,
destroyed' a 'part of the Palace of the Minister
SALICETTI. 'A • Machine had been brought from
the Islands beset by the' English, •tilled with gun.-
powder, and placed in a hole which bad been made
in an inner wall of an house adjoining that of the
Minister. The keys of that house were in the hands
of the °Apothecary VISCARDZ. It is said that the
minutest circumstances attending this calathity are
known, and though not all the aElors and confede-
rates are yet discovered, at least some of them are in
the hands of just ice. The extraordinary commission
to whom this affair was entrusted will deliver their
judgment without delay.
PARIS, MAY 2.—His Majesty the Emperor has
issued several decrees concerning the city of Bout--
deaux. Several buildings belonging to the domains
he has ceded to the city ' and he has offered three
millions to the owners of vineyards;' but each of
the bidders for the loan are to deposit wine as a
security •

The Empress arrived at Bayonne on the 26th of
April. The latest letters from that town mention
nothing of the arrival of the PRINCE of PEACE
there ; yet the Argus affirms, that, through the me-
diation of the French Emperor, the late Spanish Mi-
nister has been released from prison.
LowER ELBE, MAY 3.—From Copenhagen we
bear that the English are from time to time making
attacks upon the Islands that lie before the Belts,
which have hitherto proved fruitless. Among other
attempts, they lately made one upon the little Island
of Enchoi, which lies under Laland ; but the- fire
from the shore was so brisk, that they soon desisted.
In the evening, some Vessels ran by stealth to Albo,
a place inhabited by none but pilots, and set fire to
the houses ; the tire spread rapidly, and the wretch-
ed inhabitants with difficulty saved their lives. A
part of the,Fencibles came instantly under arms, but
the English did not wait their arrival. Sloops are
daily cruizing round Laland, while the ships lie at
anchor beneath Langeland.
At Altona an Hanoverian Secretary of Legation
has been arrested.