The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-13 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Lol-d CASTLEREAGH suggested, that, on account of the
extent of the measnre, .the variety of interests involved, and
the lateness of the Session, it wou,ld be better to. postpone the
•East India Shipping Bill till next Session. In the 'mean
time there might be framed sonic temporary measure of Con-
tinuance of the, present enactment on the subject. .•
The CHANCELLQR of the EXCHEQUER thought, the
Bill a very proper ttne ; but lie was not unwilling to concede
to the postponement. For. the present, however, he would
adjourn it till Monday, and then, in the event of opposition,
defer it till next Session. Some temporary measure uxust be
passed.
,st, A
Mr. CAL‘,""'' 1 •I'Proved of the delay.
A great 7nany Petitions were presented against the Slave
Trade.
Lord CASTLEVEAGH said, he thought it would be ne-
c.essarr, in visethe House should think tit, to postpone the
East India Ships Bill to ne;ct Session that the Act now in
force on that-Subject shntild he continued fur one year. He
therefore moved, that Act should be read, r.-hich living
en-
tereti as read,
he
gave notice, that he would more to-morrow
far a Committee of the whole House to consider that Act.
41r.,431iNNEKT foretight up aVetition from the Postmasters

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1-ciiding in the Contay of Salop; prayiiig rclief.=-Ordered .to
lit on the table-. ' ,

_ . .
WILBEItr'ORCF presented a petition from John
Mitchell, a free Man of colour, in the island df Grenada;
complaining at great length of 06111 usage; hd had received
from titmeral Ainslie, Governor of that island. . •

Mr. WILTIERFORCE said, that he should alMain front
entevinginto the-tnerits. of the petition, as he understood that
Gurieral Ainslie 'had been called' on-by Govertrinent to ac-
tin/nut forlhis transaction, and that he had senflunne a de-
fence, Whieli'lirsoine- accident had not arrived. He also un-
derstood -that General Ainslie was contin;-home, not on ac.
count of this, fait other attairst and therefore he should only
move that the petition do lie on tire table.—Ordered.

NEW POST-OFFICE

Mr. BARING brought- up a. Petition from 'the
Merchants and Bankgys of the City of London,
praying that-the House would take into conside-
ration the great inconvenience they wont(' expe-
rience by the removal of the Pc/St-Office, and
further,. that it might not pass into a law.
Mr. BANKES was of opinion that the subject of
the Petition was highly deserving-of considera-
tion. The first object should be to enquire what
advantage was likely to accrue to the politic from
removing the Post-Office ? and the next was; whe-
ther the advantage, if any, was worth the int=
mense expellee that must inevitably attend the
measure, especially in the present state of our
finances. In his opinion 'it required to be very
'seriously and strictly inquired' into, before the
House and the Country should venture to embark
in an expenditure off' such excessive extent. He
understood that the purchase of the scite alone.
would cost the public 300,0001.; for which dur-
ing a certain time they were to receive no interest
at all, and after that, period, the Orphan's Fund,
was to be mortgaged for the payment ofi.the in-
terest of a part only, of that suni. There would
then be the expence of building, which might turn
out very enormous. The House should first en-
quire, and find out, what would be the expellee
A Committee should•be fairly appointed, to send
for persons, papers, and records. Let the mer-
chants, and others concerned, -slim all the ihcon-
venkencies attending it, and let every 'circum-
stance be thoroughly investigated that could
throw a light on so impOrtant:a subject. He
therefore moved, that this Petition, and all others
that might be offered relative to this Bill, be re-
ferred to a Committee.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it
was usual to give notice of every motion of a si-
milar nature to the present which his Hon. Friend
had now made. He, therefore, hoped; his, Hon.
Friend would wave his motion till to-morrow,
and that in the mean time all proceedings on the
Bill should be staid till that motion iwas disposed-of.
Mr.BARING Said; there were3ooo names to the
Petition,.signed by merchants and bankers of the
first
_fortune and character in the country, who
would not have signed such a Petition if they had
not telt the most serious inconveniencies must. be
the consequence of this measure. As there was
to be a Committee, he would not at present take
up the time of the House .by entering into further
particulars. He would only wish to mention,
that there was a counter-petition, originating, he
'believed,: about Temple-bar ;at the meeting for.
which, Mr. Twining was in the chair. It seemed
they had received all their information from the
Post-Office, -and It was not therefore 'diflienit to
foresee what sort of materials it would be com-
posed of. He hoped, however, that the business
would now be thoroughly investigated, and he
saw no reason why it should not be put off till
next Session.

Mr. BUTTERWORTH presented a Petition from
several Merchants. of London, in favour of the re-
moval of the Post-Office. The Petitioners, • he
stated, were interested in. the delivery of letters,
but-the Post-Office--itself. had nothing to do with
the Petition. The Petitioners were men of great
respectability and opulence, and tbe"Petition had
been signed by from 3 to 4000 persons in the
course of 24 hours. By the proposed removal,
the , public would gain more time ; and he had
been informed by commercial Gentlemen, that
even ball an hour was of considerable importance.
with respect to the time for putting kttcrs into
the Post-Office. Five out of seven letters were
delivered to the west of the present Post-OffiCe,
and all the great Public Offices were at the west
end Of the town. -

Mr. WROTTESLEY thought that letters might
be 'delivered much earlier than they were at pre,
Sent. It was well known that there were two
deliveries, an early and a late one. He himself
paid for an early delivery, and, by so doing,- pro-
bably occasioned a late, delivery to otl►ers, the.
difference being ►got
.less than an hour and u half
betwixt the, early and the late delivery. By a
proper arrangement, all might have their. letters
at the same hour as those who now paid for it.

Mr. ROSE had been at first adverse to a remo-
val of the Post-Office ; but had found, Upon in-
quiry, that the inconvenience he had feared might
be avoided. _ lie was of opinion that inquiry ought
to precede the adoption of any measure upon the
subject. Though letters -were at present deliver-
ed with much regularity, still' the present arrange—
ment miglit be susceptible _of improvement ; 'and
whether it were so or not, would best appear after
an- investigation had been gone into.
Mr. BARING: and Mr. BUTTERWORTH severally
explained ; after which the Petition was brought
up,- and upon the motion of Mr. BANKES, was or-
dered to be referred to a Committee. . ,

A Petition from Certain Proprietors,of houses
in Cheapside, together with all other Petitions
upon the subject, were also referred to the same
Committee. The Order of the Day for taking
into consideration the expences of the New-Post-
Qflice was then postponed to Tuesday next.