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London, England, 1812-02-15 00:00:00

trates of Nottingbamvhire had failcd in doing iLat•
wIII. h thy. Nngi.trate. of Leicestershire had so,),tic-
cesstufly accoinphshed. It was therefore his inten-
tion, unless snrne other Hon. Member would un-
dertake the t,,sk. to trove tor the appointinent ót a
Cotntnittee to incest gate this subj•-ct. ,2L :

The }loose then divided,
tioi the motion - - - - 49
Agditist it . . I I

Majority - - - 38 •
Mr. Sec. RYDER 'hen moved for leak io bring► in

a Bill, more effetivally to preserve the peace ot the
county of Vottingiham, and of the Town and County
of the Town ot Nottingham.
Mr. W. WYNNR wished more pirticularly to
know why the County of N tti glrito leid been se-
lecied nom the rest of the kinglom, for the exchli; •
sive opt-twin!) th..l,proposd measure 7: If the BIN
had been to provide for thebcter wat:b and \vat d
of the whole isimid, it would have met wi,h, his
hearty concuir-nce. .

Colonel EYRE repeated the statement Which he
made in'an earlier pa. t of the_ evening, and adde,f,!
th.ai if 'the lion. Gentleman had had pctsonal ob-
servation of the state of Nottingham and its neigh-
b.mrhooil, he woulit have telt the necessity of the
inteledmetsure,—Leave granted.
Mr. HERnECT, impressed with the necessity of
putting the House in possession of all the circum-
stances•ot this important suhjeil, then- moved that
a Committee he appointed to incpnre into the late
riots in the County of Nottingham, and the neigh-
bouring counties, and what further legal provisions,
it any, were necessary on the subje6l ; and also into.
the steps that had been taken for the discovery of
the Uffenders.

I\-11. Secretary RYDER argued agliost the appoint-
ment ot, the Committee, as whuily unnecessary.
He was persuaded that the House wou;d think that
the general nowt-fel), of the riots, was &sufficient
ground tin Parliament proced.we, and he depre-
cated any.dekty in providing a reniedy for the exist-
ing evil.

A division ensued. '
For the Committee - - is
..
• Against it - - - ilip
Majority . —25
Mr. Secretafy ltynen immediately brought in the
first of his Bilis, viz. for more exemplary punish-
ment of persons found guilty of destroying stocking-
flames, &c.
On the motion that it be read a first time,

Mr. W,HITBREAD rose, not to. oppose the motion,
but, in consequence of what had taken: place that
evening, to give notice, that before the conclusion,
of the S,-ssion he would move, as a Standing Order
of. the House, thatisome formal proceeding should
always precede any ptopositionfor.the enactment of
capital punishment.
The Bill was read a first time, and ordered
to be read a second a time on Monday, and to be
printed.
•Mr. Secretary RYDER then: brought in his Bill
(or more effetlually preserving the peace of the
county of
,No,ttinghatn, &c.

Read a first ante, and, after a short conversation
betw•en Mr. W. WYNNE and Mr. RYDER, ordered
io ba read a second time on Monday, and to be
p in ted.

The House of Commons Offices Bill went
through a Committee, the Report of which wa►
brought ~'p and ordered to bc taken into further Coo -
siderition on Monday.

Mr. H. MARTIN postponed the notice ikhich he
had gii'en of a motion for leave to bring" in a Bill to
regulate th►e Office of. Registrar of the High Court
of Admiralty, from Monday to Monday fortnight.--
Adjourned.

The Secrery of the American Navy (Mr. 'Ha-
milton) has been officially called upon, for a return
of all vessels of -war of the United States which
were in actual service; and of all those raid-up in
ordinary, with the time necessary to equip them.
The vessels in actual service were as follow
Frigte President, 44 guns; ditto Essex, 32; shit; John
Adams. 2o; brig Argus, r6--Station, kthode Island, under
the command or-Commodore Rodgers. .

Frigate United states, 44 guns ; 'ditto Congress, 36 ; Wail)
16 ; brig Nautilus, 14--station, Hampton-ro:Ads, under the
cutninand of Commodore Decatur. •

-Frigate Constitution, 44 guns ; ship Hama, 16, Foreign
service.
. Bug Syren, u 6 guns; Viper, to--Station, New Orleans,
commander, Capt. Shaw.
Brig Vixen, i 4 guns ; Enterprize, t4--Station, South Ca-
rolina, conintancier. Capt. Campbell.
Brig, Oruelila, 16 guns, Lieut. Woolsey.
These constitute the whole of the American Navy.

The Chesapeake, Constellation, New York, Ad-
ams, and Boston frigates, are stated to be out of re- •
pair, and oat it will require six months to refit them,
and the attendant expence about 440,000 dollars.
A Spanish poiacca was carried into Barrataria Bay,
near the Missippi, in November last, by two French
privateers, shortly after which, two American gun-
boats arrived in the Bay, burnt the privateers and
took possession of the prize.
DEST RIJ CTIV PI FIRES IN. MA NCII EETER.—On
Sunday morning last, about five o'clock, a fire broke
out in the workshop of Messrs. Mason and Faulk-
ner, brush-manufacturers, - Cateaton-street, but.
which, by a timely discovery and prompt assistance,
Was got under before any considerable damage was
sostained.—On the same day; Soon after one .o'clock
hi the afteti.6oo, another dreadful tire broke out in
the upper story of the warehouse of Haigh, Mar-
shall, and, Tids•.vell, the.corner of High-street and
Church-street. Although assistance was immediate,
destruction pressed in on every side. From one
Story to another the 'devouring element descended,
till the whole was consumed, in spite of the inces-
sant streams from the many engines which were
broUght to the spot ; and on Monday morning last,
about half-past two o'clock, a part of the vast mass
of goods, lying in Marsden-square, was diseovqed
to be on fire, which had smotheringly horned, un-
discovered, from the preceding day. The alarm-
bells were immediately rung, and the. persons ap-
pointed to watch the valuable stock 01 mannibalured
property, set themselves to extinguish the threat-
ening flames, which, after upwards of an hour's
conflict, were happily got under. Though the da-
mage tllen done would, at any other time, have
been deemed considerable, yet coupled .with the
primary fire, it was little thought of. The property
in the streets was- guarded by soldiers till Monday,
when it was begun to be 'removed to different ware-
houses, and the tremendous ruin now stands a fear-
ful monument of the sudden desitudion and disper-
sion of an immense property.