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Sir RoB pRT PEt r. explained.
Lard SHEFFIELD said, he did not objeel to
the principle of this Bill, as far as it related to Im_
Port, the Duty would fall on-consumption, or might
cotnpensated on Exportation, hut he was by no
means satisfied by the arguments -which had been
urged in favour of other tarts of the Bill. In re-
aed to the exemption of Ireland from the Duties on
rl'°rt, Export, and Tonnage, he had not heard any
gument that satisfied him. He believed there was
not a man in that: House who more heartily wished
the advantage of Ireland, but he should think him-
self 1 • -
"ghlY unjustifiable if he promoted so partial a
measure as that in question, which was not neces-
sorY to Ireland—that Country had many local and
Otherti advantages, and these Duties, if laid only on
of'is Country,
must operate as a Bounty in favour
°dr. the Shipping and IVlanufaClures of Ireland, and in
favour of those of Great Britain. It had been
urged that Scotland, on the Union and since, had
been indulged with particular exemptions, but they
irrejated Only to internal consumption, and arose
„."-"I the inferiority of climate. The exemptions
Proposed a Tea external Commerce, and go
Wnitely
beyond what seems to he intended.__
the are told that Ireland is not to be taxed in
Ire tame proportion as Great Britain, to which
re entirely agreed hut taxes which operate as
he'gui,ati°°s or Sccheck to external commerce
_must
t.k"e same in both ountries, otherwise Union
"eWn„,t PrOve a ruinous bargain to Great Britain.
parte;'-onvoy Tax cannot
.in any degree be c‘rn-
ed to that now proposed. It was not intend-
/. 14' exist extept during. the war, when the trade
of t 0
world passed through this Country, and no
.1,-er shirring was safe. The case is now widely
erero, a great proportion of our shipping and
starnen are discharged from their several services,
and there never was a moment when it was more
necessary toencourage them. He deeply regretted
the dereliaion which on so many occasions took
place in respect to that Navigation System which
has been the foundation of our safety, power, and
eo°mmerce. He could not approve the Bill as it
__‘v stood as an experimental measure, he was
stlllre- it would prove the worst of precedents, and
ahem ---
pt to withdraw it, odious and difficult.
said he should in the proper stage of the busi.
toil Propose that the whole of the sum intended
rin'etv raised on the Tonnagc.should be added to the
.°n Import.
nii,TOrd CASTLEREAGH said, that this measure
'')t. be considered either as a measure of corn_
io
lert regulation, or of taxation. With re_
wle'lA to the observations of the Hon. Baronet, it
th°4ld be recollected that the system alluded to by
AMon. Baronet would only last, according to the
Ac
L'of Union, for twenty years; but not to go so
a't as that period, there was no necessity for making
tinY distinEtion betwyen.the two_ countries, so far as
Os could be considered as, a commercial regulation.
could not see, however, that it was necessary to
extend this tax to Ireland. Great Ilritain found it
IZPedient., io consequence of the expences incurred
-the late war, to have recourse to a certain tax ;
1:1(1 the Chancellor of the Exchequer chose that
he considered as the least produCtive of evil.
ut if the burdens of Ireland-were not co-extensive
Irtth those ofGreat Britain, it was nor just to call upon
ntleland to adopt the same system oftaxgtion. Ireland
if gllt riot to be called upon to contributeuo the tax,
in she Could raise the supplies in another mode, and
ti a mode more convenient to herself. This ques_
°r) , therefore, came forward more as Wiquestion of
ti cone than of commercial regulation. Whatever
•talght be the tendency of the argument of the Hon.
ed rt6„le, r, as supposing that a superiority was intend_
L'e given :o Ireland by the Articles of Union,
ae -n-AresPeCt
_to manufactures, yet it was evident,
enc.ir:irl to the statement of his. Hon. Friend (Mr.
4.11,-'l')..that the Cot ton MAnufadures of this Coon-
-1,11:0ere imported into Ireland. to the amount of
spit; °pl. annually, and this import took place in
dude:4; what might be considered as prohibitory
wms it to be supposed then that Ireland
tut" enter into a competition with the Manufac.
txt-8 (*this Country..? One, great objection to the,
be„*,,un of this tax to Ireland was, that it would
k,„;re tl " inoperative resource. The House would be.
bttthe duty. would not apply to the Trade
for -7ten Great Britain and Ireland, but only-to the
iti..lgn trade of Ireland, which was not above
or tenth of the foreign trade of Great Britain
tati erefote, though this tax would be here an ope_
tesoeresource, it would be in Ireland an inoperative
to thurece) and would be at the same time injurious
the trade of that country.. It had been said that
14„ Trade of Ireland might, and would, very proba.
ei t )httaterially increase; y.et it should be recollea-
u.t it would be in the power of the House, at
thetlnter. to extend the tax to Ireland, whenever
illeY.thought it expedient., He was convinced that
this Interest of Ireland would not be forgotten_ on
dis uccasion, as. the House had invariably shewn a ,
fr(tsi tion to adopt every commercial regulation
tie trusted
Ireland was likely to derive• benefit.
11a, -he had said enough to satisfy the Hon.
°net that this tax ought mot to be extended to
Ire
d•
EFFTELD explained.
letvat: "'• DUNDAS rose merely to, make an ob-
Genol.", in consequence of what fell from an Han.
Taxweu:a,u, (Gen. GAs.co.y.NE), who said, that this
tot the
ds tounded upon a new principle. This was
;otiae' ease, because at the time of the Union with •
of se rid, it was Stipulated that the Land Tax
"and should be but 43,0001. when that of
i was 2,00,0001._ With regard also to
E in. Scotland the Duty was 4s. 6d. when
gland it was los. .6d. There was also a
R... trial 'difference its the duty upon Malt, for in
the rnd " was only half what it was in England.
inferi_easnn assigned 'for this difference was, the
eourierur quality of the Barley in Scotland—but his
Sto Yillen did not confine themselves to the use of
onlytelhi.EirleY,:.but used English Barley, and paid
the-Dut,
/ upon the I\ilalt. Se was aware
this ; should not please them much by making
dur, on, but he conceived himself bound
I) tO make -
tity lt• In consequence of the late
he P" Malt, which applied equally to Scotland,
pattor
~eQtyed innumerable applieationS from that
to theta ' tue Country upon the subjed ; but his answer
lunge wasgh'' 4', You have enjoyed this privilege
not]
aud now you ought to bear your bur. I

'' dens equally with the rest of your fellow subjeas."
It was therefore evident that the Hon; Gentleman
was not correct when he said this was a new priociple.
Lord SH EPZI E L D explained.
Mr. BURDON said, he wished the Noble Lord
(CAsTatitaAcii, had been right when he said, that
this Tax would not be felt as a burden in this
Country : he was afraid it would be felt as a
_most
serious one. It has been said that the Merchants
had borne the Convoy Tax with cheerfulnesc, but
that perhaps was a strange reason why they should
be exempted from it when the Peace came. He was
sorry to be under the necessity of opposing the
SPEAKER leaving the Chair upon this question,
but he could not help opposing this measure,
particularly as far as it related to the Duty
upon Tonnage. It had been said that this
was merely an experimental measure ; but he
was sure, his Constituents would be very glad,
if this experiment was not made. This Duty upon
"Tonnage would be felt peculiarly heavy in the
Eastern Ports of this Country, because the Ships
from these Ports made, in the course of the year, a
great number of very short voyages.
Mr. DENT said, he was aware, that if the Mi-
nister were to listen . to every objedion that was
made to a 'Tax, that we should have no Tax at all.
It was true,. that the Merchants had paid this Tax
very cheerfully ; hut it was from a full understand-
ing, that it would be taken off immediately upon
the conclusion of Peace. But when the House was
about to lay such a burden upon our Commerce,
they ought to consider, that most of our Manufac_
tures were forbidden in France ; and information
had recently been received, that a Ship laden with
British Manufadures, had lately been obliged . to
leave one of the French PorLi. He believed, that
France had suffered so much by the Commercial
Treaty of 1786, that she was not willing to make an-
other Commercial Treaty. , Indeed, it was generally
understood that France had declared her unwilling-
ness to enter into any Commercial Treaty with this
Country, and- upon this subject he wished to apply
to the Nobly Lord opposite to him (HAWK ESB URY ).
It had been said, that the only objection to this Tax
being extended to Ireland, was, that it would be
wholly unproductive; if that was the case it could not
be oppressive upon the com.nerce of that country, if
it was made liable to this Tax. As to what had
been said about the increase of shipping since the
year 1[792, he did not think that was a conclusive
argument, because since that time we had been in
a state of war, and had almost the whole trade of
the world ; but now that Peace was restored, we
should have many rivals in trade.
Lord- HAWKESBURY said, that the Hon.
Gentleman who spoke last had called upon him so
personally, that he hoped the House would indulge
him for a few moments. He had been supposed to
say, that Commercial Treaties were of no use :
;that was not the language he had used. He
had certainly said, that in many points of view
they were not so beneficial as they were supposed to
be ; but at the same time he had admitted, that in
many other views of the subject, they were ex-
tremely. beneficial. He was ready still to contend,
that they were not so advantageous as they were
generally imagined to be, and that the success of
Trade depended much more upon Capital, Confi-
dence, and Industry. He could prove, if it were
necessary, the truth of this Proposition, by a re-
ference to 'the Commerce of this Country upon for-
mer occasions : during the= last Peace, we had no
Commercial Treaty with Holland, nor with Prussia.
- —lf Gentlemen would compare the' Trade of this
Country with those two Powers, particularly with
the former, with our Trade with' France, it would
be found, that our Trade with France was corn-
Taratively smaller. With regard to the sup-
-posed refusal of France to enter into any Com-
'mercial. Treaty with this Country, he begged
to state to the Honourable Gentleman, that it
would have"" been' impossible to have renewed
-the old COmmercial Treaty with France that sub-
sisted before the War. In the first place, many
circumstances, had occurred in France which might
have induced them to objet} to renew that Corn-
mercial Treaty ; but even if that were not the case,,
there were objections on our side : the many regu_
iations which had been imposed in this Country,
particularly with regard to Wine, must render it
impossible that that Treaty could, be renewed in the
same form ; besides, there were other objections to
it of a decisive nature. That Treaty could not be
renewed without our giving up a system which he
hoped never would be abandoned, he meant the.
Alien Laws. Another consequence of our renew_
ing that Treity, would be, that we must acknow-
ledge the principles of the Armed Neutrality, at
least as far as related to France. It was true that
our giving up that 'principle with regard to
France, was no reason for giving it up to other
Countries. Yet after the Confederacy which
had been formed against us this War, and the
principles asserted by the Powers composing that
Confederacy ; he was of opinion, that we ought
to adhere to our old principles, and not to concede
it to arty Power whatever. The Hon. Gentleman
and the House must see, that it was impossible
to haie renewed the former Commercial Treaty
with France. He was sure that any person who
knew the disadvantages that must attend a protrad-
ed Negotiation, must be sensible of the inconve-
niences that must result from a long Negotiation,
for the purpose of establishing a new Commercial
Treaty. It was natural that the Government of
France, after such a Revolution as that Country
had experienced, must wish for time to consider
upon what footing the Trade of the two Countries
ought to be placed, before they entered into any
Commercial arrangements : and, he believed, that
those who were the best acquainted with the Com-
mercial Interest of this Country, would think
that it
.would have been better not, to have •
suspended the Negotiation, in order- to have
arranged a Treaty of Commerce. It T undoubtedly
was much more beneficial to this coddtry to leave
that as a matter for subsequent arrangettittit. This
was the ground upon whiCh the presentqUestionliow
rested, and not.
,upon any indisposition communi-
cated by France to enter into such a Treaty.
Sir 1?. MILBANKE said a few words, which
we did, -not:distinaly, hear, upon the injury which
would be sustained by, our Shipping,
,i 1 this. tax
was adopted,, li

Mir....lidermrn CURTIS said, nLjt.ift ioti"
• that he kia to this bill was, that it Would not beai
equally upon the two countries. He confessed he
was noralarmed for out 2 Trade nor for our Shipping
interw, though he was a considerable shipowner ;
btit he did not approve of that part of the bill which
I,,,went to exempt Irelareti..

Dr. LAWR. ENCE said, there were many subjects
touched, ❑pon which he Should reserve his sentiments
till a future occasion, particularly what had fallen
from a Noble Lord, upon the subject of Commercial
Treaties. He was of opinion, that before the House
went into a Committee upon. this Bill, the subject
ought again to be referred to a Committee of .Ways
and Means, because there were many alterations
which he thought it would be necessary to make,
in the rate of the Duties, which could not consist-
ently he done in a Committee upon this Bill. The
arguments which had been advanced to she w, that
Ireland ought to be exempted from this Tax, ap_
peared to him by no means conclusive, because this
could not be considered Merely as a measure of
Taxation ; it certainly was a Commercial Regula
tion. He then entered into an examination of the
efFeCl which this Tax would have upon our own
Trade, and contended,. that in many instances, it
would operate most disadvantageously. He alluded
particularly to the Duty upon Naval Stores, which,
he contended, was very injudicious, and would be
produClive of great injury to this; Country. Jr had
been contended, that the Convoy Tax had been-
cheerfully submitted to ; but he begged to ask the
House to consider, how different the situation of
the Country was now from the period when that
Tax was laid on, particularly from the great
and unparalleled increase of the Funded Debt in the
present Sessions. This Tax would be more severely
felt in this Country, because there would be no such
Tax in other Countries, and consequently it would
add to the difficulties we should have to contend
with before we could meet our Rivals in foreign
markets. It had been admitted that during the Ne_
gotiation there had been a stagnation of trade ; but
hopes had always been held out, that as soon as the
Peace was arranged, Commerce would again revive.
He had received information from a number of ma-
nufaCturers, that they had been completely disap-
pointed in their hopes that their business would re-
vive when the Definitive Treaty was signed. This
was called an experiment. We had lately made
an experiment of Peace, and had made great sa-
crifices to obtain it ; but he conceived this was a
subject upon which no experiment ought to be made,
because if it failed, the Country might feel the
efFeCts of it for centuries.

Lord CASTL E R EACH explained.
Mr. LASCELLES spoke in a very low tone of
voice, hut we believe in fAvour of a reduthon of the
Duty upon Tonnage.

Mr. ALEXANDER said, that after the very
able manner in which this subjeet had been discussed,
he would not occupy the time of the House in ar-
guing upon, the efFeil which this Tax would have
upon our foreign trade. With regard to that part
of the question which related to Ireland, it had been
so fully and so ably treated by his Right Honour-
able Friend, (Mr. CoRRY) that it was unnecessary
for him to enter into any general observations upon
the subject : he wished merely to state, that there
could bt: no question of competition of shipping
between England and Ireland, though there might
be between Ireland and other countries, particularly
America.

Mr. WILBERFORCE said, he always felt re-
ludant in rising to oppose any measure in the nature
of Tax, unless upon the strongest grounds ; but he
could not avoid making some observation upon
the Bill now before the House. It was undoubtedly
true, that during the War the Shipping of this
Country had very considerably increased ; but it
should be recollected, that the War furnished em-
ployment for a great number of ships, particu-
larly for the Transport Service, and consequently
enabled the Owners to bear this Tax much better
than they could in a time of Peace. He felt himself
placed in ,a situation of some difficulty, from the
forms of the House, because by those forms it was
not possible to increase any of these Duties without
recurring to the Committee of Ways and Means.
He was convinced- that the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER had • fully considered this subjed
before it was brought forward—he was unwilling
• to propose any general dedudion from the amount
of the Tax, but he wished to propose to reduce
the Duty in some eases, and to increase it in others,
so as to make the produce the same. With regard
to that part of the question which 'related to the
Duty upon Tonnage, he thought the length and
number of voyages made by one vessel in the
course of a year ought to be taken into considera-
tion, because a vessel going from the Eastern
Coast of England to Holland, would perhaps make
six voyages in the course of a year, and would have
to pay the Duty six times over, while a vessel to
the West Indies or America, would only pay the
Duty once. It was upon this part of the subjea
only that he felt any difficulty. On the one hand
he did not like to oppose the SPEAKER'S leaving the
Chair, and on the other hand he did not like to
propose to diminish any of the Duties, when, by
the forms of the House he was prevented from pro-
posing an increase upon other articles.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL said, perhaps it
would be better for the Hon. Gentleman to wait the
decision of the Committee upon this Bill, because if
he succeeded in opposing the SPEAKER'S leaving the
Chair, and that the House went into a CoMmittee
of Ways and Means to increase the Duties upon
some of the articles, it might happen, that after-
wards in.the Committee upon this Bill, it might not
be thought expedient to diminish the Duties, as the
Hon. Gentleman meant to propose. It would per-.-
haps be better for the Hon. Gentleman to wait to see
if, in the Committee upon_ this Bill, any of the Du-
ties were diminished, before heproposed.going into
a Committee of Ways and Means,to make up the
deficiency, by increasing the ;Duties upon other
articles. He thought this observation applied to
the objections of other Gentlemen to the SPEAKER
leaving the Chair, when these objedions might
be obviated when the Bill was in a Comm;tiee.

Mr. BURDON spoke shortly in explan;Hon,
and stated, that he .should vote for leaving the
Chair.

G,eneral GAcorric rose to explain, but proceed.

in such a Tl 7 as 'uce several Ge :o
call Lim 10 Order ; on I,v!,i,
SprAKE a interkred, and stated the rule
to be observc,i on such accasion3.,

General GASCOY NE proceeded, and repeated
wish, that th:‘ propositions should be referred to
the Committee of Ways and i\elcans, in order that
the duties may he exrendtd to Ireland:
Mr. 37,..FEFRY (of Poole), seemed to enter-
tain a similar sentiment, and adverted to the in_
crease of Irish shipping the cheapness of provi-
sions, and low wages of labour in that Country, as
reasons for extending the duties.
late 0-uestion was then loudly called for, on
which the strangers were ordered to '.vithdry,...
No division however took place, but the Gallery
was kept shut for some time. On our le-adalis!,ll)
we found the House in a Committee, and the seve-
ral Clauses and provisions of the Bill under discus-
sion.

beveral amendments and alteratio:v proposed by
Mr. VANATTART were, after a few (,)serv:!tio•!s
from Lord SEIEFFIELO, Mr. S. l'Honr,roem,
Ge-
ner.al Giv.coYNE, and other Gentlemen, agreed to
by the Commi Ace.

Mr. S. I'HOR.V.FOI,7 took occas;on to advert
to what h:td been said in the course of the Debate.,
upon the • distinctions which should be in LimeNs
made in the Bill, between voyages to Countries
contiguous to Great Brit,iin, tl;ose
on the Mediterranean, its 141ci1 it i to the tr:c.f In
-
dies and America, and expre‘zsed his o-,inion that"
some amondluent should be introduced to, the pro-
posed effea.
Gencral GASCOYNE took occasion to observe,
that certain vessels were liable to the duties, ‘,vhiet,
it was never intended to include. We un(lerstoo.l
the lion. General to allude to vessels employed in
certain branches of the fishery, and which he ob-
served, had been always considered as foreign.
clearances.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXri E QT.I E R
observed, that in his opinion it was but equitable,
that vessels of the description alluded to, should be
exempted altogether. They should he considered
as coasters, though this did not regularly appear
by the general .prailice of those vessels, as they
were nut entered from one port to another.
Mr. VANS ITT ART made some observations
upon the distinCtions which were urged as proper to
be made between ships performing long voyages,
and those made to ports in neighbouring Countries;
the difficulties of the regulations proposed by those
Hon. Gentlemen were much greater than they
seemed to imagine. He principally referred to the
Commercial Treaty with America, which provided
that no higher duties should be laid on !heir vessels
than the lowest exacted from other Nations. This
consideration precluded the laying a greater duty
on an American vessel from America than on a
Dutch ship from Holland. Another consideration
against the intended amendment was, that the com-
parative small expences of short voyages, as between
Great Britain and Rolland, France 'and Flanders,
and the kind of vessels employed, amply compensat-
ed for the greater rate of duty exacted, which, as
far as it had been ;lied, he idledged produced no
material degree of prattleal inconvenience. He also
observed, that the Anwricans were now, in a great
degree, become the carriers from the West Indies. •
Mr WILBERFORCE made some additional ob.
servations on distinctions which should be made ha-
tween Vessels performing slitirt and. distant voy-
ages, and particularly adverted to the expences in-
curred from the nature of voyages in the Baltic
-trade. He dwelt upon the point, that the principle
upon which the amendment proceeded, was clearly
recognized in the Bill, which made a dislinCtion in
the rates of vessels sailing as far as the Cape of
Good Hope, beyond that limit, and those employed
in shorter voyages, and so on. He also expressed
his disapprobation of the ground which the supporters
of the Bill assumed as a favourable argument, that be-
cause under the circumstances in which the Country a
few years or even months ago was placed, the Peo-
ple cheerfully acquiesced in payment of all these
burdens which were necessarily imposed, _ that the
same cheerfulness and acquiescence was to be expca-
ed under different circumstances—and, in a period
of Peace, when it might be considered 'more as Et'''
regulation of standing policy, arguments drawil/2:
from the former 'willingness were thercfore
applied in the present instance.—Under these im-'
pressions, he was inclined to press an Amendment,
which, as we could collect, was to the following
purport : " That the Duties imposed upon Vessels
sailing to ports Southward of the Nlze of Norway,
and Northward of Cape Finistetre, be reduced to
6d. per ton."

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER oh_
served, that he agreed with his 'Hon. Friend that no
advantage ()tight to be taken of the cheerfulness
' with which the Duties were acquiesced in during
the War. With resped to what his Hon. Friend
had said, in regard to the acquiescence in the Duty
a few months ago, from the general pressure of cit...
cumstances, - he had :to observe, that though the
change which had since taken place was certainly a
fortunate one, .yet it was not so great as to release
the House from the necessity of providing for the in..
dispensable calls of the Public Service, or even to
warp its 'good sense from clearly perceiving the
propriety as well as necessity of raising the Sup-
plies, and meeting, in a proper manner,. the demands
of the Service of the Country.--However; with re..
sped to the particular measure under. discussion, be
said, that he had minutely considered the subjed,
and after giving as much attention to it as he pos.,
sibly could, he-was unable to devise any less excep-
tionable adequate means than those now under con..
sideration.—But, though he conceded that.no advan-
tage should be taken of the spirit manifested.by the
Country during the War, yet he must observe, that
it had not the least bearing on the proposition then
before the Committee, because, notwithstanding
the rates.prescribed by the Convoy Att were cheat_
fully acquiesced in, it was by no means inconsistent
with that spirit, that objections should be made to
the distribution of those rates, which
,were then
laid on precisely in a similar manner with those now
proposed) therefore, if the objection was valid.
now, it was certainly valid in the petiods
luded to.—Yet 'such an objection was never
and he called upon 'Gentlemen to omit 6u.:
where anrpradistal inconNaience had arisen.

ic.c-z the LONDON GAZETTE, April 27, 18oz.

Dvzvning-Street, April 21.

THTS morning the Honourable Henry Picrrepont,
..14patched by .Anthony Merry, Esq. His Maje Sty's
Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic,
arrived with the Ratification by the First Consul
of the French Republic, of the Definitive Treaty,
signed the 27th of last month ; which was 'ex-'
changed With Mr. Merry, against that of His- Ma-
jesty on the t Bth instant, at Paris, by' the Plenipo-
tentiary of the French Republic.
Downing-Street, April z 6.

Last night one of the King's Messengers, dis-
patched by Anthony Merry, Esq. His Majesty's
'Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic,
arrived with the Ratifications of His Catholic Ma-
jesty, and by the Ritavian Government, of the
Definitive Treaty of Peace, signed the 27th of last
month ; which were exchanged with Mr. Meiry
against those of His Majesty on the 23d instant,
at Paris, by the .Plenipotentiaries of His Catholic
Majesty and of the Batavian Republic.

By the KING.—A PROCLAMATION,
Declaring the Conclusion of the War.

GEORGE R.

WuEREas by an 'Aa passed in the Thirty-fourth Year
of Our Reign, inti tilled, An Ad for the further Encourage_
nent of British Mariiiersrand for other Purposes therein
mentioned, various Provisions are made which are direded
to take Lad from and atter the Expiration of SiX Months
from the Conclusion of the then existing War, to be
totified in Manner therein mentioned ; and it is thereby fur-
ther enaded, that, for the Purposes cot the said Ad, the
Conclusion of the said War, shall be holden to be from the
Time that the same-shall be notified by Our Royal Procla-
mation, or Order in Council, to be published in the Len-
don Gazette : And whereas a Definitive Treaty of Peace has
been duly ratified between Us, the French Republic, Hi,
Catholic Majesty, and the BgaVidll Republic; We hive

therefore thought fit, by and with the Advice of Our Privy
Council, for the Purposes of the said Ad, hereby to notify
and declare the Conclusion of the said War, by this Our
Royal Proclamation, tote published in the London Ga-
zette ; and We do direct the samesanme.to be published accord-
irksl7 .
Giyen at Our Court at Windsor, the Twenty-sbah
Dav of April One thousand eight hundred and two,
in the Forty-second Year of Our Reign.
,c 01.) SAVE THE KI:ING.

[This Gazette contains a similar Proclamation to
that given in our Paper yesterday, for a Public
Thanksgiving in Scotland on the same Day with
that in England and Ireland.]

BAN.KI?UPTCY ENLARGED.

June t?. Edward Russell, of Maidstone, hop-merchant,
at eleven, at Guildhall. '
BANKRUPTS.

James Harper, of Bordesley, Warwickshire, malt-mill and
bayonet-maker, to surrender tune r, at five, and z, 8, at
eleven, at the Swan Inn and Hotel, Birmingham. Attor-
nies, Messrs. Barbor and Browne, Fetter-lane, London ; or
Mr. Freere, Birmingham.
Adam Scott, of Workington, mercer and draper, May 17, 18,
and June
.S, at eleven, at the house of Henry' Salkeld, inn-
holder, Workington. Attornies, Mr. Hodgson, White-
haven ; or Mr. Falcon, Elm-court, Temple.
John Osbaldiston, of Southampton, baker, May 6, at four,
7, at ten, and June 8, at twelve, at the Dolphin-Inn,
Soutii:ampton. Attornies, Messrs. Matthews and GOod,
Gough-square, London; or ikir. Galpine, Southampton.
NVilliarn Williams, late of Dean-street, Holborn, carpenter,
May t, at eleven, it, at one, and June 8, at ten, at Guild-
!Kilt. Attorney, Mr. Kibblewhite, Gray's-Inn-Place.
William Lashbrooke, of Southampton-Buildings, Chancery-
lane, wine-merchant, May a, 8, arid June 8, at eleven, at
Guildhall. Attorney, Fir. Hall, Queen-street, Cheap-
side.
Eleanor Douse, of Coades-row, Lambeth, milliner and
haberdasher, May 8, it, and June 8, at ten, at GMldhall.
Attornies, Messrs. Sherwood and Parrell, Canterbury -
square, Southwark.
William Robinson, Richard Freestone Parris, and Dinah
Squires, of King-street, Seven. Dials, bakers, May 1, 11,
and June 8, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mt. 1-lolnies,
Mark-lane.