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London, England, 1807-07-27 00:00:00

TAIPEI lAL PARLIAMENT.

1101.75 E OF PEERS.
• SATVRDAY, JULY.2S.
The Royal Assent was given by commission to the
Lottery Bill, the Irish Provision Exportation Bill, the
Irish Spirit Licence Bill, the Irish Tax, Regulation
Bill, and a great number of private Bills..
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Montrose, and Lord Walsingham.
The Militia Bills, the British Museum Bill) and
the Compassionate List Bill, were read a second time.
and committed for Monday..
The Irish Glebe Houses Bill and Ellis's Divorce
Bill were read the third time and passed. •
The Irish Spirit'Bill and several priVate Bills were
brought up from the Commons, and read a first
time. Adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,
SATURDAY, JULY 25. e
I.t consequence of a requisition made to the
f-Touse by Mr. Quartne„Deputy Usher of the Black
Rod, the SPEAKER, attended by the Members pre-
sent, went to the House. of- Lords ; and, on • his
return, infotmed the House that he had beard his
Majesty's Assent giVen by Cenunission to the Lot-
tery Bill, Irish Salted Provisions Export Bill, and to
a number of other public and private Bills.
The SPEAKER informed the House, that the per-
sons
who had presented Petitions complaining of un-
due Returns for the Ctiunty, of Kincardine and for
Oakhampton and East Grimstead had failed to pro-
ceed in the said Petitions, agreeably to A& of Par-
liament. All further' proceedings under these Pe-
titions were therefore ordered to be discharged.
• The HOese, in a Comtnittee on the Cotton.
Bounty Ads, resolved • that the same Bounty be .
granted on the "Exportation of Cottons to Malta
as. are. at present granted on their Exportation to
Gibral.ar,
a Committee on the A6I of the 43d George
HI. c. 68, relative to
.the Duties on Customs, it i
was resolved, that the present Duties be repealed,
and new Duties be enatled in their steddi•and the
Chairman ,do apply tar leave to bring in. Bills acs
cordingly.
The Report of the Conimittee op' the Irish Re-
venue Regulations was ordered to be taken . into
consideration on Tuesday next. ' ,
Dusts NIILI-11A. . ',
Sir 'A. 'WELLESLEY obtained leave to bring in 4 ,
Bill .for permitting the Irish Militia to volunteer
into the .Regular Army ,• also a Bill for inerea,log
the Militia of Ireland. He immediately brought in
these two Bills, which were severally read a first
dine, and ordered to be read a second tone on
Monday. - • ''', - • •
. A Message wm as received fro the. Lords, stating,
that they had agreed to a number of Private Bills,
• itttsil mtntßEcticm WILL • 4
On the bringing up of the Report of this Bill, it
. was proposed that the Penalty against Magistrates,
for not making, returns of the names of persons'
.acting under them in the execution of the At,
should be changed (rent tOQI. to' 201. \
. ' The .CliArtcapt.oit of the Eitcntictuttß and Cal.
BARRY thought there should be no penalty what,-
ever. .. . ,
Sir J. Ngwrolur was.of opinion, that if a, Magi- ,
strate could not pity a penalty Of tool. for breach of .
such a net.sessery, duty, he ought not to be nivcitc4
with the extraordinary' powers conferred by the
A&. He ohjedQd „therefore to 'a m
''an odification
:of the .pentalq, but,, if the penalty
,was td. be
'W.holly omitted, so 'might the clause itself; which,
if' confined simply to the declaring that Magistrates,
should do so, \you'd become a dead letter.
On the (petition being put, however, it was car- '
ried without a. division, that the penalty be altoge,
ther omitted. . .
Sii J, NEIPPORT then proposed a clause for
.
securing to these persons who had registered their
arms, but had afterwards delivered them up on .the
warrant 'of tsiro. Justices, the restoration of such
arms, after the holding of the Special Sessions in any
proclaimed place, The Honourable Baronet, ilk
support of his proposition, stated, that the must
scandalous advantases had been taken 'of the clause
in question, to de prove gentleitien, whose loyalty
was above all suspicion, of valuable fowling-pieces
and other.aKins. That the persons employed by the
Magistrates te execute their warrants, amt who alone
granted the receipts .tor the arms carried otf, were in
general poSsessed of Ito property whatever, and from
whom therefore no :Ideqeate redress could he pro-
cored. That there w Ere not even wanting instances
where . gentlemen w Ito hadt lost valuable arms;
though they could taut prove their property, knew
that they ,were in the.pu4seiSion of the Magistrates
themselves, ~ .
• 141 - Forrea,•while he admitted the truth of what
had fallen tioni the Hop. Baronet, objected to the
clause, lest in the ceurtat of conveying Ayms so eir-
cumstanted, through a Country proclaimed, irem
theplace when: they bad been deposited to the house
• of the owner, they might ,fall into the hands of the
insurgents, . -
• Sir J. NEW entir Understood, that. Gentlemen on
the other side, had seen the necessity of a clause like
' that now proposed.
' The Cnotestu.oa of the EXCHEQUER confessed
that he had seen no objection to the clause. Jill it
hail been pointed Out to him, by his Hon. Friend
(Mr Foster). a.
The clause Was accordingly negatived. ' ..
Sir J. Newport Moved, that the endurance of
the Bill instead of two years, and to the end of the,
then nest ensuing Session of Parliament, be limited
to one year. .
' The SPEAKER informed, the Honourable Baronet,
,
the amendments in the Committee having by this,
time been agrised to, that the present was not a pro-.
I
per thne ter proposing his amendment. • , ~, '
Siij.' Mewlingwr said he should again propose,it,
. on the-third reading,'and take the sense of the House',
I.tipOu it. .' ' ' . - : ',-, ,
. . The Bill was then ordered to heretic' a third time
on Monday. ' '
Sir: Joel.; - NavvroaT moved, that- the 'Bill, as
amended, be printed.'
.. Sir A. WELL.RSI.RY said, lie had no objetaion to.
'having the Bill re-printed, it being understood that
' the third reading ;could not be postponed beyond
Monday, whether the Bill should. then have beta
,
• re-printed or not.

O N D O Ar,
NoNDAy, 114 Y 27, 1807,

It is with considerable regret that we announce to
our Iteaders, that an action has taken place between
his Majesty's Ship Leopard, and the American Fri-
gate Constellation ; we feel regret upon this occa-
sion, because though the French faClion in America
hive for 'a long time been using every effort to
plunge that Country into a war with Great Bri-
tain, yet we are convinced that the mass of
the People of America are decidedly averse to
such a measure. This intelligence was bMught by
the Sylvia Cutter, which arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday, and Lieut. DRURY, who was the Wirer
of the Dispatches from Admiral BRUILRLkY, 'arrived:
at the Admiralty yesterday. It appears that some
British deserters had taken refuge on board the
American Frigate Constellation. The Leopaiyi hay.
ing fallen in with her, demanded that they should be
.
delivered up, and insisted upon searching for' thetik
This was peremptorilY refused by the Ame-

Tican Captain), after which the Leopard fired
'a shot, which was answered by a broadside,
and an at.tion' immediately commenced, which,
however, did not continue long, for the Con.,
Venation , tr, a few men killed and
wounded, ter colours. The Deserters were
then tak :0 out of her, and she was permitted to des
part, and we understand she returned immediately
tai the Chesapeak. The Constellation is a large. 44a
gun Reigate, very little inferior in size to the 1400-
- -
The above, we have reason to believe, is an ac•
curate account of this transktion, and we are; sorry
to say, that. it affords an additional proof of the
hostile disposition of the Government of America to
this Country. 4 a war bet wren the ti,sq.) Countries
should be the consequence of this unfortunate
event, we shall undoubtedly deplore it as a mites
tontine ; but weshould consider it as a much greater
misfortune, if the .Goieliunent of this Country.
-should tamely perenit its rights tobe violated, or
its fiag to' be insulted by. any Power whatever.
We trust that the American Governnont will se its
error before it is too late, and that it will not be In.
fluenced, by French imagoes, to sacrifice the best
interests ofAinerica, bytiluuaing her into p.war with
this Country, not only without provoCation, but
after repeated concessions on our part.
We have received the following Letter from
Halifax upon this subject
Extract of a Letter from Halifax, dated 4th July.
" I send this in consequence of disagreeable news re.!
ceived by His Majesty's-Ship Coliimbine, from the
Chesapeak. The Aniericall Frigate Constellation bad
on board some deserters belonging to our ships,
which were first refused to be delivered by the
Captain, andafterwards by the Government. She was
followed to sea, by his Majesty's Ship Leopard, to
which she struck after two broadsicles.,The desert-
ers were taken out,.and the ship allowed
:to go, and
she then returned to the Chesapeal:. The American
had 7 or s men killed, and upwards of ,(4.!0 wounded.
Public. meetingi and great riots had taken platie
at Norfolk. The mob had burnt. upwards of 200
, water casks belonging to the Mekimpus Frigate."

A Cabinet Council was held this day atone o'clock,
at the 'Foieign Office. Lord CAMDI-IN, Lord CAS..
13.BREAGH, Mr. CAMN nip', the CHAT CHLLOR of the
EXCitelatlEa, and other Cabinet Ministers were pre-

sent.