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• •
MHE WORKS, MORAL and -
AA of SIR MATTHEW HALE, Knight, Lord -Chie%.
Justice of the Court of King's Bench ; the whble now first
colleeted and revised, to' Which are prtfixed his Life and
Death, by 1.3i4h00 Burnet;l),D. and,an Appendix to the Life,,
including the ad:litional Notes of RiChard Baxter.
By the Rev. T. Till RLWA LI., M. A., •
" My Lord Ilale-was one of the greatest •Judges that ever
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• A r a MEETING . of- the COMMITTEE of
• „ux. -,HIP OWNERS for the Port of London, held this
5 a •Day• of April, 1806, at the London Tavern; to take into
• co,sideration such Measures as may be, legally adopted to
prevent any further Suspension of the Navig.ition LawS hf
Great Britain; and it? particular the Bill intended to be
it 'brought Parliament to authryise the-Governors of the
British West India Islanck to suspend the same in favour of
American Bottoms, whenever they. think proper during the
:present War, and on other .11Fial Affairs ;
• ROBERT CURTING, Esq. in ;he Chair; •
Resolved unanimously, That it •fs the opinion of this
• Committee that it will be highly.injorious to the Shipping
Interest of G reat Britain and Ireland to tuithosise by Act of •
.Parliament the-Governors of the Britiih West India Islands
•to suspend, at their discretion, the Navigation Laws of tie
Country, and. to admit, American Vessels'to trade with the
Colonies contrary to the Plovisions of those Statutes.
Resolved- unanhnously; That it is the opinion of this
• Committee that no necessity ekists for investing the. G-
overnors of the British West India Islands, in future, with
autoOrity to suspend, at their discretionotheNavigation Laws
of Great Britain in favour of American or. other Neutral
Vessels ;, and that to introdiace such a principle into an Ad
• - ,i-,lndernnity is novel and darigertnis, as it will-inevitably
t(:nd to establish a system highly injurious to the Maritime
• Interests of the Country, anctlessen that responsibility which
otherwise would attach upon those Persons wile msy advise
ao: iro'roogement Of the rovisOoS'of those Statures.
. Res,lved unanimously., That it is the- °pillion of this
• - 'Colninittee that the foopient recent Sospensions of the -Nit-
.' vjgation loitvf of the Country have been highly injurious to
'the Shipping interest, which- is not hi so flourishing a state,
or so ad -quatelY or profitably employed, as it would haVe
been had not such facilities been afforded to Neutral Vessels •
by the frequent Suspension of the Navigation'Ads.
Resolved unanimously. That x Petition' be presented to ,
both Houses of Padi3irienr, humbly praying, that the Pro.
visions of the NavigatiOn Atts may he strialy enforced in
tuture, and also that an Inquiry may be made into the aElual
state' of the Shipping and Navigation .of Great Britain and
Ireland, and also as to the expediency of altering or revising
the Alien and other -I)4ties, so as toplace British Ships on •
an equal footinz with Oteign-Vesseis., in order to lessen those
evils which have tpillted from the great increased foreigo
Competition British Ship OWners have had, anforitinately for
the general' Interest ofthis Country, to contend with-.
ResOlved unanimously, That
_a Sub-Continittee be ap-
pointed to prepare such Petition, and that,the same be sub-
- ratted to the consideration of this Committee at their nett •
Meeting, to be held at this place on Monday next, at One
o'Clyek precisely. .
Resolved'un nimously, That the preceding•Resolutionsbe•
inserted in the Morning and E vening Newspapers, and traits-
milted to the Ship wners at the Out- Pars. • - ,
-Resolved unanimously, That the Thanks of this Meeting
he given to the Chairman for his attention to the general In-
- sere: sof British Ship Owners, and in particular for his con-
dad. on this occasion.
ll:straded from the Minutes, by Order, this.-.tsth April,
igob:

NAT. ATCHESON, Secretary.

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IfrifERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 113

an Appeal from the Court of Exchequer Cham-
ber in Ireland, Griffith •v. Hatton and: others, Mr.
Fonblanque on behalf of.the Appellant, the Solici-
tor-General and Sir Vicary Gibbs on behalf of the
Respondents, were heard ; after which the further
consideration *as postponed till to-morrow.
The '20,060;0001. Loan Bill was read a second
time, atid'committed for to-Corrow.
The British Fisheries' Encouragement Bill, 'and
the Irish Treasury Bills' Bill passed through Com=
mittees and were reported: •
Earl- TEi114.4:, Mr. CALCRAFT, Mr. BALDWIN,
and several other Members of the House of Com-
mons, brought up Sir J.,T.-Duckworth's Annuity
Bill, the Treasurer of the Ordnance's Regulation
Bill, and two private Bills ; which were severally
read a first time.
Earl SPENCEIC presented the Papers respeCting the
Army and Volunteers, moved for previous to the
Recess by Lords Cainden and Hawkesbury. They
we ordered to lie on the Table. and to be printed.,
Earl SPENCER presented a Petition frOm the Debtors
conAned in the county gaol of NorthamptOri; and
Lord WALSINGHANI one from the Prisoners confined
in the county gaol of Durham. Both of which were
ordered tole on the 'Table.
The Earl of DARTUOUTH signified His Majesty's
an :;per to several Addresses of the Heuse for -Papers
and Accounts, and also to the Address, praying that
a place might be fitted up in Westminster' Hall for
the Trial of Lord Viscount Melville.
Lord GRENVILLE moved to send a Message to the
House of Commons, informing 'them that His Ma-
j,!sty had beerrgracion, pleased,'in pursuance of an
Address of that House, to give. direEtiOns for fitting
up a place in Westminster Hall for the Trial of
Lord Viscount Melville.--Ordered.
' =GE FOX,

407:4 _GRENVILLE adverted to
.the Motion
,which had been formerly agreed to by the House for
the attendance of Witnesses on the i-?.9th of April,
relative to the charges against Mr. Justice Foss, 'and
t)bserved that it would be impossible for the House
-to proceed at the same 'tithe on the trial of Lord
Melville
.and in the' examination of the .Charges
agginst Mr. Justice He therefore moved to
Discharge the Order; and renew it for Monday, the
9t.ii of May.
The Marquis of ABPR6ORN assented to the Mo-
tion, which was agreed to. - , •

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

Lord HOLLAND, after referring to the numerous

PetitionS on the Table from the ;Debtors in the dif-
)erent Prisons praying for relief, stated that hedid
not think it necessary to 'detain their/Lordships by
votering into any discussion upon the subject; he
should merely observe, that he had prepared a Bill
ibr the relief of that description of persons, which
framed in Atie same manner as former Bills of

- that nature. He intended to propose, that the Bill
'Ahould be' Priptect, atiiiltliat it should he read a second
IP^ as soon as possible after the ;prints were ready.

His Lordship presented the Bill; which was re d
a first time, and ordered' to be printed.

. .
On the -Motion of Lord HOLLA'S D, several ac-
counts were ordered of the number of persons con-
fined for 'debt,in different prisons.
-Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). •

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16.

Lord-,Tlt'NispLE presented a PetitiOn from Ilie":~T lit
of the Island of Jamaica, in behalf of the Planters
and Merchants of that Island, praying that the Bill
before the House for'prohibiting the-Importation of
Slaves into certain Islands, &c. might not be passed
into a law.: The Noble Lord desired it to be under-
stood that, although felt it -his duty to present this
Petition, he would not hold himself pledged to any
opinion .upon the subject.
• The Petition was ordered to lie on the Table until
the second reading of the Bill. And it was also
ordered, that the Petitioners should, if they thought
fit,, be heard by Counsel against the said Bill.
A Person from the Exehequer .of Scotland pre-
seuted, -putsmpt to orer-, an Account of the Grants
issued from Forfeited Estates iii Scotland, and the
BalanceS froth the said EstaL; still remaining in
hand.—This was ordered to' lie on the Table, and
to be printed ; as' was an Account of the Malt charge-
able with duty in Scotland,' which vas presented by
by a PersOn from the Scotch Excise.
On the' Motion of -Sir P. STEPHENS, it was
ordered,. that the • House should to-morrow re-
solve into a Committee to consider of the Ad re,
speding the Loiu;itude, and that 'the Accounts on
the -Table, with regard to that subjeEt, should be re-
ferred to the.said Con:mittce.,

On the Motion of Mr. VANsiTx.friAT, the House
resolved into a Committee ot Supply, in which the
usual Annual Votes for AliscellancoUs Services were
agreed to. The House resumed, 'and the Report
was ordered to be brought up, to-morrow.

Sir John Duckworih's Annuity Bill was read a
third time and pzissed:
:Mr. ALEXANDEn brdught 'up a Report from the
Committee appointed to consider the At. relative to
a-Tax. upon Tea. The Report was read, agreed to,
and-it was ordered, that ;it be an instruction to the
Committee upon the. new Tea-tax-Bill to make Pro-
vision
,p,arstiant to the said Report.

SUGAR. '
The House having resolved into a Committee of
Ways and Meanii
Mr. VANst-TTART, with a view to the obje& of
which ht had given.notice yesterday,, namely, that
of making a proportionate. Addition to the Duty upon
East -and \Vest India Sugar, moved, -that. an addl.--
tional Duty of Is. per Cwt. should be imposed upon
East India Sugar imported: And alsci, that upon the
Exportation of the same, a Drawback should bp al-
lowed of equal amount.
These Motions were agreed, to, the House re-
sumed, and the Report was ordered to be brought
U[) to-morrow.
The Three Millions Exchequer Bills BM was read
a second time,- and committed for to-morrow.
' The committal of the Tobacco Duty Bill was post-
poned rill Friday.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought lip the Report of the
Witnesses' Declaratory Law Bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved, that in order
to afford an opportunity to the House for more fully
considering this reafiure, it shonld_be
to-morrow. The Motion was agreed-to.
. Mr. YORK gave notice, that he would to-morrow
move for a Return to be laidbefore the House of the.
Opinions received by Qovernment as to-the propriety.
of a Plan for eulisti:3g Men for a Term of Years.