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as far as it went, suilicient to warrant them in put-
tingan end to 'the °filets in Council. - Heimplered
them to mnsier t;:e lathers,‘ than the letter of
his MAj,,-ity'4'reee:.t cl-eiararion on this Subjtfo, and
at lyagt repeal the.o!-ders; as far'as they related
to-Am,erica; the ueces3ity of retaliating on that coun-
try the Measures of France haV7e. ctrased. The saute
*son exis'tvd !ur repealing- the 0-ders as far as they
related t„ A.Th'eitea, as wotald have existed for their
genet: lepeal, had the rcvocation- of the-Berlin and
Decv ees been total. •

• Mr. Rest; slated she grounds on which he wag
persladect ,hat ihe 'date of the French Decree was
not. a clericale;r9r..

After ;(1 tew observations from Mr. Stevens, Mr.
Bating, 'and Lord Crairreagh, the conversation
dropped, and the ritoriOn wai agreed to,.as well, as a
subseqUent' one for a
,p.ri er of 3 siniihr nature.
Lrrd CASTLEREAGH. exPro!sed his hope that in
the present slate of his Majesty's G tvernment, an
Hon and 'Learned Gentiepan opposite (Mr. H.
Martin), would not presi forward the Bd!s which he
had in,conduet through the Hodse.
`Mr. MARTEN aciluiesing, the Committee on the
Admiralty livgi3trar's Bid, and the Committee on the
Exchequer lle.'inembrancer's 13,11, were postponed to
Friday..'
-• MR. PERCEVAL.

Lord CASTELREAGH observed, -that in the absence
,of the .Chancellor of the_ Exchequer, he of course,
did not intend to propose making any grant of raoNey
to which the slightest objcdion could be raised ;-
but as-.the House had already resolved unin-imonsly:
to‘give the sum of 50,0q01. to the family of Mr. Per-
ceval, perhaps •be permitted him to move
a Resolution to that etira in the ComMittee of
Supply.
On the motion of Lord CASTLEII7'AGH, the House
then resolved itself into the cuonnatee of Supply,,
and agreed to a resolution to 'graiit Ins Majes.y
sum not exceeding 60,0001—for the Family of Mr.
Perceval.
Toe Repfurt was ordered to be received ,on Mon-
day. .
On Lord CASTLEREAGH'S moving that at its ris-
ing the Hour should adjourn to Monday,
Mr. PaOUGHAM expressed an earnest wish, that
in order to complete the exarninatiA of the. wit-
nesses which he thought it necessary to call, the
House wooki consent to sit to=morrow in the Corn-
. ._
-Mittee oh the Orders in Council;

Alter-some coliversaton beween Mr: STEVENS,
Mr..ROSE, and Mr. BROUGiIANI, Lord CASTiEREAGH
consented to withdraw his [notion, on the umier-
standing (we believe) that Mr. Bioughato should
endeavour to complete the examination of hi!. wit-
nei%es on that night ; but that`it it were found im-
practicable to do so, that the Committee should sit
to...morrow..

Khe House then resolved itself into the Corn,
atid proccOed with the examination of wit-

nrssei.

*,,* We find that in the hurry of sending to the press the
Report .of the Debate .of Thursday "night, in the House of
Commons, We omitted to state Mr. Rv DER.'s explanation,
in reference to that part of Mr. CANN IN o's,gpeech, which
represented him as travelling, asihe called it, out of the re-
coid,,and as having, as he thought, unfairly referred to some
conversation between Lord LIV'!RPOOL and Mr. CANNING,
regarding the notice which Mr. C, had given of a motion
upon the subjed of the Roman Catholic Claims.
Mr. RYDER said, that his Right Hon. Friend had entirely
misconceived his meaning : for that, so tar from intending
to refer to any thing that might have passed in conversation
between his Noble Friend and Mr. CANNING, respeding
the notice, he had not Sven known that the subject had ever
been mentioned by either of•thein to the other. . -

There were some very exiggerated reports in cir-
culation yesterday, reSpeaing disturbances in Yolk-
shire, and about the conduct of the Lt)cal Militia.
We have reason to believe that they all took their
rise from a slight disturbance at Wakefield, which
is thus nientioned in the York Paper

" On Tuesday night last there was a fracas at
Wakefield, between several of the Agbrigg Local
Militia, passing through on their return from York,
and some of the Wakefield, on duty there. The
parties were'in liquor, and quarrelled respecting the
superiority ,of their respective regiments. The
drums of .the Agbrigg beat to harms, a party of
Hussars were out, and, of course, great crowds as-
sembled. -Soon-after ten o'clock, however. all was
quiet,. two of 'the Wakefield corps being taken into
custody. In the town, that day, there were (in-
cluding tile Morley, who passed through) ,upwards
of 3500 .soldiers."

Bow-sTECEET.-7—Yesterday catnevn before Mr.
GRAHAM and Sir \Vivi. PARSONS, the hearing of the
information respeoling-the Pantheon Optra-,House,
which stood adjourned from the Bth instant, against
Carlo Lnwini, for, perfortn,ing in.a certain entertain-
[tient of the stage; called Diaveto a Qaatro o
sia Le* Donne Ca7nbiate," withcut being duly
ceased. Mr. POOLRY, as Couns:l for the prosecu-
cution, stated the.nature of theoffetice which
the defendant stood charged, and to prove which he'
called witnesses. -

On the part of the defendant it was contended,
that the case had not been-made out on the part of
the informer, as. it bad not been proved that there
was no licinse, or thA the defendant did perform
for hire, gain, or reward. These objeaions
were over-ruled by. the Magistrates, who conceived
that it lay. with the defendant to shew he was. per-
forming under a proper license, and that the proof
of money being taken at the doors, fox admission,
was sufficient to support the charge of perfortlli7g
for hire; gain, and reward. 'The Lord Chamber-
lain's license was , then produced by Mr. Austin, a
Banker, in Henrietta-street, Covent-garci2n, in,
whose hands it is deposited, and the terms of which
license the Magistrates judged to be full authority
for the performance orthe piece in question ; which
was held to be a Burletta, a species of entertain-
ment•particularly describeckin the license. The.in-
formations against the defendant were therefore dis-
missed, and those against Moreau, another of the
performers, for a similar offence, withdrawn.
There are several other informations against the
same performers for performing in a certain piece,
a copy of whirl) 'had not been left at the Lord
Chambeilain's Office four days previous to its being
brought on ;he stage, and which were ordettet to
stand over till a future day.

MINZITIS._OF EVIDENCE,
TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OF THE W}IOLE

HOUSE, TO WHOM IT WAS REFEREED, TOCONsI-
DER OF THE SEVERAL PETITIONS, WHICH HAVE
BEEN•pRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF GoMMONs,
IN THIS- SESSION ,OF PARLIAMENT, AGAINST, THE

ORDERS IN COUNCIL.
MeKeurii, 29' die Aprins, 1612.
THOMAIi /34131GT0N, Esq. in the Chair.

Mr. WILLIAM WHITEHOUSE called in and examined.
LCoatinued from our Paper of Thursday.,] •
You were not in ,the eotnitry-during that time ? ,
I was in America three or four months in the year
1800, at, the particular time when things were at
the highest.
Do you know whether the present high_ price of
provisions operates, hard against the lab wring people
in West Bromwich and the neighbourhood ?—I
believe I need' not state that every body must be
aware it: must be very oppressive.
Do you recollect any other period in which it was
really oppressive ?—No, I do not recollect any pe-
rig(' so bad as ;that, excepting the present tin se,
but the nail trade was not 'near so bad then as, it is
now.
During the time of the last" scarcity, you mean
that the nail trade was not is the state it is now ?
No,. by no means: -
You are at present going on accumulating stock
in the exile ;cation of the market improving ?—We
hive been till lately, we have reduced our hands from
twelve hundred pair to five hundred pair : we •are
not adding to our stock now, - many have ruined
themselves, -and those who continue in that way
are likely to do so ; but now we employ no more
met-C.-an we can vend the commodities in. the mar-
ket, or perhaps a little more.
Then you will turn off some of the bands you
have at present, if the market does not impr6ve ?
I do not think we car) keep theM m full employ;
they are not in fell employ at present.
Do you kn.= at all-what the difference of poors' ,
rates is in the parish of West Bromwich from the
August of 1810 to the present time ?—I should
think they e about ten per cent. higher now than
they were.
What do you suppose they were in the pound in
the August of fain ?—I have observed that the
poors" rates this rates this year are above ten per
cent. higher than they were then ; but Ido not.
charge my memory with what they were then, or
what they are now.
_ Have you no property in this parish, which is.yated?
—Yes, I should think so.
.You do_ not. know at this time what you believe
t
obe the mount Of the poors' rates in the parish of
\Vest Bromwich ?—No, I do: not,
.for I have, been
journies for these two or three months; my active
partner at home pays the levies, and 1 Ilave not,
looked into them ; I am the travelling partner, and
am always out on journies.
lon do not believe that the difference of -the
poors' rates between that time and the present is more
tlin ten per cent: ?—No; from ten to fifteen per-
haps.
You state that a man cannot earn more than 12s.
a week .d present, by Making nails.; whole 13MilieS
are employed in making nails ; worrier). and child-
ren are employed in making nails ,
How much will a woman or end get ?--A we-
woman will get nearly as much, as a man, and. a
child half wages; a reao,, his wife, five or six child-
ren, we sometimes pay two or.three pounds a week
to, so that it is better for them than,' single handse
the single hands have deserted us very much, owing
to the prices beirtg,redoced;' a man cannot main-
tain himseKand most of the young men have gone
for soldiers; it is not natural to suppose we can get
so good work from old men, and from women and
children ; -the desirable part of the manufacturers
are de,eiting us.
Ydu do not mean to state twelve shillings as the
average of the family, but the earnings of an able
_man ?—Certainly.
Have not,your exports to America fallen off in
consequence of the invention of machinery'---At
the time I was over there in 1 sou and 1803, there
Was a pressing ipa'chine for pressing nails at New
York, that I understood,manutadured fifty tons per
week.
Since-the time you allude to, that niaohinery has'
been brought to considerably greater perfe6tion, has
!it not ?--11 may.; I can only say that in- ten days of
a considerable cargo of nails I took-there, I had sold
every one, and made my remittances home ; it was
a shorter rerhittance titan I could sell my nails for
in the London market, notwithstanding those worse
Then the_greater perfection of that machinery has
not reddced your trade
.?—No, it has not.
When you speak of Orders now in this country
for shipping nails to North America, do you speak
of orders to youtselt, or to other persons ?—To
other persons more particularly than to myself.
Have you seen those orders ?—Yes.
Does it-fall within your knowledge, that some of
those orders have been countermanded iii conse-
quimde of thecheapness of nails in America ?—No,
it does not; -none of the friends I have been in the
habit of supplying have named that ;. tlwreiset Gen-
tleman from Boston, one of the most respe&able
importing houses there, who is in this cone try, and
we have 'nn order from him, and be complains more
than any man I have ever heard, of their presoss in
-
jilting the nails; that there were an iihmerise quan-
tity made at Boston, and that it will i: jure the ma-
nufaCture of nails in this. country ; 'but he has left
us a considerable orders
Do you know what is the present state of the
manufaCtore of nails -in America ?—Net, I do not;
not having been theresince the- year' 1803, I can-
not say to what perfaion they are brought, 'but
labour is so much higher there than here, that they
cannot irpure us ; when there is a free intercourse
we must have the trade. A common labourer gets
his dollar a day there, consequently' they cannot
tow to the manufaauring part ; we can always-cut
them out when we have a free intercourse.

Last Saturday's Gazette contained the Certificate
of Mr. COLNAGHI ,and, Dr. MlLNrs', stating the
value and perfeaion of the works forming the Prizes
in Dr: THORNTON'S Botanical Lottery, which the,
-A'ctof Rirliament 'diretted to be done preparatory to
-the drawing of that Lottery.

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