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CAUTION.

Whereas Archer and Haughton have been credibly in.
formed, that a great many people in thiS kingdnfdare now,
and have been, for some time past, matiUractitting and sel-
ling'Poplins and Tabbinets, as Irish, of ini'crior quality,
under the pame of Archer and Haugh ton's Ma nu ktelory, with
a view to discredit and injure their. House, and a gross impo-
sition on the Public in general ; they arq, determined, as far
as lies in their power, to. prosecute to Convicton any person
or persons so vending Poplins and Tabbinets, under the
name of their•Manufatture, that was -not attually bought at
their House • • •

•"''** Merchants supplied to any Amo,unt

They have the honour t 6 acquaint the Nobility and Gen-
try, that their WarehOuse is stocked with a greater variety
of Mourning Goods than is to be found in any other House hr
Town, which they are enabled. to sell (for ready money) at
prices .much lower than they can be had elsewhere, the
whale being Of their own manufaClute —they consist of
white and black Bombazeens, Chamberry ifslins, Cambric
Sarsenets, Rasdimores fOr Widows, Armozines,. dress Ba:r-
celona Serges,. Lutestrings, Cyprus Sarsenets, Poplins,
Modes, 'Crapes' Scarf Silks, Handkerchiefs Bornbazets for
Servants, &c. also a .great-chOice of Patterns in grey Poplins
and Sarsenets, for slight Mourning. English yard-wide
Poplins of a superior quality, at 3s. od. per yard ; Velures,
double black Serges; and rich Irish Tabbinet in different
Patterns;
.plain, corded, chain, and strived, for Clergymen
and Gentlemen who always wear black; they never grow
rusty or greasy in wearing, being of the very hest triple dye.
No second price ever asked for any article bought at their
House.

N. B. Ladies own Spinning manundured into Poplins or
'rabbinets ; Tabberays for Furniture of the different fashion-
able Colours, rnanufathled on the shot test*notice.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE,
70 BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,

THE MANOR of SLAUGHTER, with the
Courts, Quit-rents, Heriots, and Appurtenances there-
unto belonging. Also the several Quit-rents, or common
.Fines of the several Courts of Soltnondsbury, Broad Rissing.
ton, and Farewell-Hill, in Gloucestershire : together with
all Rights, Royalties, Privileges, and'Advantages. as Lord
' Paramount of the-Hundred of Slaughter, in the said County.
Also all,that capital convenient Manor Honse, with suit-.
able Offices, Gardens, Shrubberies, Pleasure grounds, Fish-
ponds, &c. and three Meadows, containing together 39 Acres,
or thereabouts, in Lower Slaughter aforesaid, and now in the
occupation of A. F. Rawlingson, Esq. as yearly Tenant
thereof.

Alsci two Farms (at a convenient distance from the Manor
House), with all s'uitahie -Buildings, and about szs Acres of
capital Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land,' now in the oc-
cupation of Mr. Richard Cooper and Mr. Josh Bryan.
And like Wise 'several thriving Ash a►id other Coppices,
about 46 Acres, and three;Cottage Houses, in
,the Parish of
Lower Slaughter aforesaid.

The respet'live Lands lay contigu9us and convenient to the
Manor and Farm Houses; the 'hole is incLised, and mostly,
with fine Quick-Hedges. The. Estate is well watered,
Tythe-free, and the Land-Tax redeemed. The Timber is in
a growing state, and will be separately valued.
• Lower Slaughter is an extremely pleasant Village, in a fine
Sporting Country, abounding with Game, and having a beau-
tiful Trout Stream running through it.. It
nient distances of .both Fox and Hare Hounds; three MiLs
from the Market Town of Stow, .in Gloucester:dor,. ; and
the Foss Turnpike Road leafing to Bath and Bristol vasses
through the Parish.. '
The Estate may be viewed by application to the
Tenants; and further partieuiars had*. Mr. Ktii!.,t,t,

riev, Slow; Mr. Collett, Wolverton, near Nc
and Mr. John Whishaw, Concluit-szreet, :.curia,
where a Flan of the Estate may be seen.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENI.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17.

TH R Royal Assent was given, by Commission,
to the Malt Tax, the Exchequer Bills, the Annual
Iniemnity, the Place and Pension Duty, the Irish
Militia, and the Small Notes Bills, and also two
Private Bills.
The Lords Commissioners were, the LORD CHAN-
CE T-LoR, Lord PELHAM, and Lord WM-SING,-

Counsel were heard at considerable length relative
to the Scotch Appeal, Alexander Irving, Esq.
of Newton, and Others, v. Mrs. Margaret
Rollo, otherwise Housten, namely, Mr. ALEX-
ANDER, and the Hon. Mr. J. ABERCROMBIE, On
the part of the Appellants,. and Messrs. ADAM and
ROMILLY, on behalf of the Respondent, after which
i. ALEXANDER was heard in reply.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, then rose, and after
stating his opinion generally with respeia to certain
points in the case, suggested that its further consi-
deration should
.be deferred till Thursday ; and
halting moved to that effete, it was ordered accord-
Judgment in the Cause, Lord Kinnaird v. Mat-
thewson was further postponed.
• The various Bills before the House were for-
warded in their respthive stages.
Mr. ALEXANDER, accompanied by several Mem-
bers, brought up from the Couttn.ms, the Trans-
port Bills Payment Bill, and the Dublin Baking
Trade Bill.
Two Private Bills were also brought up—one by
General GAiCOYNE, and the other by Mr. ANNES-
Lay, which, with the two Bills above mentioned,
were severally read a first time.
Some routine business was then disposed of, after
which their Lordships adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

FRIDAY, DEC. 17.

The. Royal Assent was given to some Public Bills.
Sir C. RAMP FYLDE presented a Petition from the Che-
mists and Druggists of the City of Exeter, against the Medi-
cine Aa,
Several Members were sworn in.
Sir 'l'. MET CALF 5. presented a Petition from the Maltstcrs
(lithe town of Abingdon, against the Malt Duty Bill.
Mr. CA LCR AFT gave notice of his intention to bring in a
Bill to regulate the Stone Trade.
The Report of tlae Woollen Trade Bill was brought up and
agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow.
The Report of the Corn Importation Bill was brought up
and agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time
to-morrow.
The House went into a Committee on tile Bill for regulat-
ing the Trade to Malta, the blank was filled up with the words
the ist of January, iSo4. The Report was brought up, and
the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
The House went into a Committee on the Irish
Militia Bill.
Mr. CORRY said, he should propose the Amend_
merits he had to make, prg forma ; -he should then
propose that the Bill should be printed, and that the
Report should be taken into further consideration
on the itth of February next ; so that Gentlemen
would have an opl;ortunity, during the Recess, of
considering the Dill.
The Report was then agreed to, and it was or-
dered to be taken into consideration on the t Ith of
February, and the Bill was ordered to be printed.
The Bill to correa a Mistake in the Irish Mili-
tia Bill of last Session, was committed, and was
ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.
Mr. TIERNEY said, he had a Petition to pre-
sent to the House, to which it was necessary to have
the approbation of His Majesty's Ministers, as it
was an application for Public Money. It was not
necessary for him to enter into the particulars of the
Petition at present ; it was sufficient to state, that
it was from a Mr. MARTEN, an American Loyalist,
of the justice of whose claims there could he no
doubt, though, from the peculiarity of his situation,
he had no other means of redress, than that of ap-
plying to Parliament.
The CIIANCELLR el the EXCHEQUER said,
in giving the necessary approbation for the intro_
duetion of this Petition, he begged not to he under-
stood as giving any opinion upon the merits, or as
pledging himself to support the prayer of it here-
after.
The Petition was ordered to be laid on the Table.
Colonel BEAUMONT presented a Petition from the
Ship Owners of North Shields, against the Tonnage
Duty. Ordered to lie on the Table.
The Order of the Div being read far the third
reading of the Felons' Transportation Bill,
Sir CHARLES BUNBURY sail, he was happy
that this subjeet had engaged the attention ofGovern-
mew, because it was one which appeared to him to
have been much negle;tted. When he considered
the zeal displayed by His stitijesty's present Mini-
sters to promote the Public advantage, by all the
means in their power, he was encouraged to hope
that the present was only a preliminary Measure to
a general system of Reform tipon, subjea. The
number of persons confined in our Prisons, particu-
larly those of the metropolis, was deserving of se-
rious consideration. There were at this time, so
recently after what was called a Gaol-delivery, no
less than 729 Prisoners. Jo 1779, when it was
visitod by the benevolent Mr. Howard, there were
only 14t. Newgate was very magnificent in its
aopearanca outside, but it was inconvenient in
the inside. It seemed to him well worth the con_
sideration of the Magistrates of London, whether
it would not be proper to have anAher Prison for
Debtors only ; but he was convinced that the Ma-
gistrates could not effoa this obje,i without the
assistance of Government. One great objea that
ought-to be attained, was to remove the Prisoners
who were sentenced to Transportation as soon as
possible. If they could mit be sent abroad immedi-
ately, there ought to 1w a Prison for them on purpose.
If-any plan of this kind was adopted, he hoped it
would be that of the Panopticon Prison, suggested
by Mr. Br NTRAm, which appealed to him calcu-
lated to produce the most beneficial consequences.
Sir 70 HN ANDERSON said, he wished
much that some Means could he devised of removing
from Newgate the Prisoners sentenced to,Trans-
portation. There were now 3co Prisoners in that
situation in Newgate, and might retnain perhaps

fnr yeas. It was not only inconvenient that
thev should remain long before they ricre remov-
ed from Newgate, but it occasionei, a very great
expense.

Thr ATTORNEY GENERAL sail, that the
snbjed which had been referred to by the Hon.
Baronet and the Worthy Alderman was certainly
one deserving of great consideration. The mode
of treating Prisoners after conviffion must be a
very interesting question to every humane mind ;
but however interesting that consideration might
he, it was not one which arose immediately our of,
or was conneaed directly with the Bill before the
House. He begged that any observations he was
making might not be considered as either approvirn,
or condemning any of the observations which hade'
fallen from the Hon. Gentlemen who had preceded
him. As to what had been said about limiting
the time which the Prisoners were to remain after
conviction before they were transported, whatever
he might think upon that subjea, he did not wish
to clog the present Bill by introducing any clauses
upon that subjed. The objed of the present Bill
was a very simple one ; it was to enable His Ma-
-jesty to transport Felons in his own Ships, and
inasmuch as that would facilitate the conveyance of
Conviils, it would to that extent promote the ob-
jed which the Worthy Alderman wished to attain:
The considerations which had been thrown out,
might, perhaps, very properly form the subjed of
Parliamentary provision hereafter, but he hoped they
would not be introduced to clog the present Bill.
Dr. LAWRENCE said, it was a subjet that
deserved serious consideration ; perhaps the prac-•
tice of sending out Convicts to Botany Bay might
produce consequences extremely inconvenient, if
not dangerous.
Mr. H. THORNTON rose, merely to express
hopes that the plan which had been suggested by
Mr. Bentham, and which had met with general
approbation, would be adopted.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
The Order of the Day was then read for taking
into consideration the Report of the Navy Abuse
Bill.—A Motion was made for the recommitment
of the Bill.

Mr. CANNING said, he did not rise to oppose
the recommitment of the Bill, but merely to ex-
press a hope that it would not be pushed with so
much rapidity through its remaining stages, as the
Right Hon. Gentleman had proposed last'night. It
might lie said, that he might wait till after the
Committee, before he made these observations :
but he wished to make them now, because his con-
duet in the Committee would be regulated by the
answer he should receive respeting the time when
it was proposed to pass the Bill through its other
stages. The Bill which he then held in his hand
had received so many alterations, and was so dif-
ferent from the Bill which was before the House
last night, that it might fairly be considered as a
new Bill ; and however useful it might be, it could
not be denied that it went to establish a power in
these Commissioners, if not of an unprecedented,
at least of an extraordinary nature. It gave a great
degree of pciwer to persons, of whose respedability
he had no doubt, but some of whom were not ge-
nerally known ; and whatever might be the appa-
rent necessity of this measure, he thought the
House of Commons should pause some time before
they conferred their sanaion upon it. He was very
far from saying, that those abuses did not exist,
but when an application was made to Parliament,
to confer an extraordinary jurisdiaion, Parliament
ought at least to be certain that there was no
existing constitutional authority capable of correa-
ing these abuses. When he saw from the perusal of
our history, when he knew from his own experi-
ence, how much good had been done by Committees
of that House, he was unwilling, without very
strong grounds indeed, to pass by such a Constitu-
tional mode of proceeding, and to give to persons,
to a certain degree unknown, powers so extraor-
dinary. His wish was, that we should not resort
to this Bill till all the usual Constitutional Remedies
had been tried. Viewing the subjed in this light,
he was not disposed to think lightly of a Motion
which had been brought forward by an Hon. Gen-
tleman some nights ago (Mr. KI NNAI RD), with
great ability, and though the Papers which he had
moved for, might not atTord all the information he
wished, still that Hon. Gentleman was right in the
principle on which he had founded his Motion, viz.
that Parliament ought not to grant these extraor-
dinary powers, till they • were satisfied that there
was no regular power in existence capable of
attaining, the objea thee had in view. If the
Admiralty had not sufficient power to correul
the Abuses which they had detected, he had ra-
ther give additional powers to that Board, because
it was an existing, known JurisdiCtion, than
create this new Tribunal. It had been said, that
the Board of Admiralty itself was to he subordi-
nate to this Commission ; but he begged to be
excused if he declared, that he did not believe that
that was the real objea of the Bill. His reason for
entertaining that opinion was, that in the Bill as it
stood last night, though there was a clause, making
the Admiralty in some respeas subordinate to the
new Board, yet it was enaded in another Clause,
that this new Tribunal was to derive all its Infor-
mation from the Board of Admiralty, and therefore
he could not believe that it was seriously intended
that its Powers should extend over the Board of
Admiralty. His objed was, that when the pre-
sent Bill had gone through the Committee, when it
had received all the alterations and improvements
which were intended to be made, that some time
should be allowed to Parliament to consider the
subjea. He saw no objeftion to its remaining till
after the recess, and surely this could not be consi-
dered as a great delay in a Bill of so much import-
ance in itself, and in the example it would afford for
the future. This Bill -aid not appear to him` to
press, in point of time ; if it did, it was the fault of
Ministers in not bringing it forward sooner. Its
objeft was, to overhaul the abuses which had existed
perhaps for the last twenty years, and surely there
was no reason to apprehend, that persons would
carry oft their abuses -to any great extent for • the
next five or six weeks, particularly with such a
warning as this Bill would give them, hanging over
their heads.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that the Right Hon. Geutlemntn did not ane4s.

him to be aware orthe tendency or the operatioal
of the Bill then under discussion. The Right
Hon. Gentleman had said, that this Bill coAveyed
new and extraordinary Powers to the Commis-
sioners; hut he was sure that that Gentleman could
not have referred, with his usual accuracy, to the
Proceedings of that House in times with which he
ought to have been acquainted, or he would not
have made such an assertion. In every Ad which
had been passed for the last IS years, appointing
Commissions for the purpose of inquiring into
abuses, nor only Powers as great, but even greater
Powers. had .been given, particularly in Commis-
sions which had been instituted in 'the years
1780 and 1785. It was stated on a former day,
by a Learned Gentleman, of whose accuracy he had
in general the highest opinion, that this Bill con.
veyed Powers unknown to the Constitution.
Upon that occasion, an Honourable Relation of
his, (Mr. J. HILEY ADDINoIoN), had expressed
a doubt whether equal, if not greater Powers,
had not been given upon other occasions.—
He had therefore felt it incumbent upon him to
make an inquiry into the subject, and confessed he•
was anxious as to its result--the inquiry was made,
and he was now enabled to state, that what his Hon.
Relation had urged as a matter of doubt, he might
have stated as a matter of certainty. The Right
Hon. Gentleman had stated,' that a Bill of this na-
ture ought not to be hurried through the House.—
He was sure, that he, nor those by whom the Bill
had been introduced, had shewn any disposition to
hurry the Bill. But every one who believed that
those Abuses did exist, must agree with him in
thinking, that the Bill ought to be passed as
expeditiously as possible ; or, at least, that no
unnecessary delay should take place. The Right
Honourable Gentleman had stated, that a de-
lay of five or six weeks could make no great dif-
ference : but it was a matter of regret to him to
be obliged to state, that the abuses which this
Bill was meant to prevent, had existed for a long
time, and did exist at the very moment that he was
addressing the House, and at no period to a greater
extent than during the last eighteen months, and
therefore it was highly important that no Unneces-
sary delay should be created ; nay, that even a
single day should be lost. What was the object of
this Bill ? It was not for the purpose of punishing
any persons by whom those abuses might have been
practised, but merely to institute an inquiry into
them, and surely a delay of six weeks could not
be necessary to know whether an inquiry should
take place into abuses which were universally al-
lowed to exist ? If the House did not believe there
were any such abuses, it would be a good ground
for rejecting the Bill altogether ; but it was no
ground for delay. The Commissioners who were
to be appointed under this Bill, had no power of
themselves to punish any abuses which- they might
dete6t—they were only to report to the House,
the result of their inquiries. , And this was
exadly the case of the Commission which was
appointed in the year 1755, under the re-
port of which Commissioners, the Committee
of Finance had founded its proceedings. Some
doubts had been expressed, whether the abuses ex-
isted to the extent which had been stated ; but it
was unnecessary for him to argue that question, be-
cause they were recognized by the Report on the
Table of the House of Commons. A Commission
for similar purposes was appointed in the year
1792, and but for the commencement of hostilities,
a similar inquiry to the present would have taken
place. 11e thought that the late Administration
had aged wisely in not, under such circumstances,
persisting in the inquiry, and exposing the whole of
the machine to the risk of being stopped, because
some of its part were saut of order. But, the
House. had before them, the recorded pledge of the
Board of Admiralty, that on the restoration of
Peace, the inquiry should be instituted. -The
pledge they then gave, it was the intention of His
Majesty's Ministers to execute, and they were
now only asking Parliament to do that which the.
late Ministers would have done if they had remained
in office. In discussing this subjea he was glad to
take the benefit of the precedent established by
his kight Hon. Friend, he meant the Commission
appointed in the year 1785;,--He was in Parlia-
ment at that time, and no objections were made to
that proposition. No Gentleman then contended
that the dignity of Parliament would be degraded
by the appointment of such a Commission ; on the
contrary, the plan met with general approbation and
support. If it was true that those abuses had ex-
isted to the extent which had been stated, and if it
was to be contended that the House of Commons
were to inquire into them themselves, the conse-
quence would be, that all other business would be
laid aside, for the time of the House would be entirely
occupied upon that subject alone, for one, or pro-
bably two entire Sessions. He was therefore'
entitled to assert, that it was not upon the alle-
gation of His Majesty's present Ministers, that this
Bill had been brought forward ; it rested upon the
Reports upon the Table of the House of Commons,
upon the Order. in Council appointing the Commis-
sion in 1792, and upon the declaration of the Admi-
ralty Board, that they would resume the Inquiry
upon the restoration of Peace. It had been asserted
that the Clause in. the Bill which made the Board of
Admiralty in some respect subordinate to the new
Board, was merely ostensible, and that it was not
really intended. What could justify such a sus-
picion on the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman, he
could not tell. It would he strange indeed, if when
these Commissioners made their Report, there was
no reference whatever to the Board of Admiralty,
and he was sure the present First Lord of the Ad-
miralty would not aft in such a manner- ait was not
his disposition—it would not be his condut. He
could, if it were necessary, give satisfy Cory proof
to the House that it was the wish of the First Lord
of the Admiralty that the condud of that Board
should be inouired into as well as others. If that
was not the case his name would have been intro-
duced into the present Bill as one of the Commis-
sioners. He was extremely sorry that the name of
the Noble Lord could not be inserted in this Bill,
but as it was intended that the cooduti of the
Board of Admiralty should be inquired into a,s
well as that of other Boards, it was impossible
that he should be one of the Commissionersess,
A. doubt had been expressed wiNth,“ the tudiiary

powers or the Bona of Admiralty- were not 4
ficient without the intervention of this Bill.'
He should have thought, that a reference to the
patent of the Admiralty Board, or even a little
ercise of common sense, would have convinced the
Right Hon. Gentleman, that it was imOessible
that such powers could belong to the Adatiralty•—;
It must be obvious to every body, that they could
not have powers to send for persons, papers, and
records—that they had no powers over Prize-agents,
&c. but even these powers were short of those
given to the Commissioners, established under the
Ads he had before alluded to, viz. those of 1780
and 1785, which authorised the Commissioners to-
send for any persons they might think.proper, to
order to carry into effect the objects for which they
were appointed.. It could not be contended, that
the Admiralty possessed powers equal to this, and
therefore, he was intirled to say, that those abuses
did exist, that it was proper to make an inquiry into
them, that the Admiralty Board had not sufficient
power for that purpose, and that a Commission such
as was now proposed, was perfectly consistent with
the practice of that Ilonse. He had said before, and he
begged to repeat it, that the object of this Bill was
to inquire into those abuses, and not to punish thoso
who were guilty of them ; and he was inclined
to think that the knowledge of the existence et
the abuses would be sufficient to induce the House
to pass this Bill with expedition. If larger powers.
were given than the necessity of the case required)
let them be abridged ; if the powers were not suffice
ciently extensive, let them be enlarged ; but these
were not arguments to justify delay. He had
yesterday consented to the proposal of the Hon.
Gentleman for recommitting the Bill, understand•
ing that it was not intended to propose any unne-
cessary delay. He saw no reason for delay then ;
lie saw no reason for delay now. He hoped 'the
Report would be received_ to-night, anti that the
Bill would be read a third time to-morrow. Con-
sidering the real object of the Bill, he was sure
there was no ground for delay, because it would be
only suffering abuses CO go on, which they k,n,evi
to exist.

Mr. CANN/NG explained, that he had not as-
serted the AdMiralty Board to possess the necessa-
ry powers, but said, that if it were deficient, he
would rather have its powers extended, than vest
than in Commissioners.

Admiral BERKELEY thought the he-s-t way 13
which the Ministers could shew their disinterested-
ness, would be, in not hurrying the measute. He
implored them to pause for a while till they tai
be made sensible of the blunders in this, as they 113'1
do:-ie in the Bill of yesterday, out of which they
had not only omitted a whole Clause, but made such
other changes, as left the measure no longer !"
same. He was certain that a little time would
prove this Bill to be equally defelive, and it would
be better to take time, than wait for the operation/
to point out the imperfedions, He had personally
no objet in wishing for a postponement of the mea"
sure, but could not avoid thinking the persons they
had seleaed for Commissioners, as furnishing good
grounds for further deliberation. With the excer4,
tion of one respedable Friend of his, the whole 0'
these Gentlemen were at most but very deficient#
and there was not one of them who knew any 014
of a Dyck-yard. The matter was not such a 4--
ca
be comprehended in a moment, and after goil
down to the Dock-yards, the Commissioners woui
find that they had their trade still to learn. yeti
under all this deficiency, if they rushed into till
business at once, they would be liable to erectile
blunders. To shew the indecision in this case, b
need only state, that he understood the origioa; ltv
tension to be, that Lord ST. VINC NT should Efl
placed at the head of the Commission, though sul''
an arrangement was afterwards found to be inirr°;
per. Upon the whole, however, he could not bil
disapprove the select on. of persons so little clu;,!iW'l
as the proposed Commissioners, to inquire qtrlcki Y,
into abuses, to understand which, would take 1-,
three years of any man's life, supposing him
spend five hours in the day upon it.

•
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re;
plied, that there was no other foundation
whateve
but report, for supposing that the Noble and dis;
tinguished Lord alluded to, had beet, at any riril•c
destined to compose a part of this Commksion,
being considered that he was disqualified tor it 1)J.
his Official Situation.

Lord TEMPLE observed, that though the Coil;
missions established in the years 1780 and 1783.1
been resorted to as precedents of complete
tion, yet it was apparent that the powers pr,,p(Pe,
it-
by the present Bill, would be tenfntd greater tfre
in either of the former, or in any other case. 1.,)
power of imprisoning without bail or mainpriP4
any person who should refuse to answer any intefr
rogatories put to him, was such as had no prec`;
dent whatever, unless perhaps, in the abhortaill
quisitorial power of the Star Chamber.
~gll
The CHANCELLOR of the EXC
explained, that some of his allusions in te,
precedents of 1780 and 1785, were chiefly in aro
ference to this Bill in its original shape, which "
now very materially altered.
Mr. STURGES allowed that the precedents ret;
ferted to might justify the present Bill, if it %v.'s 0,
be justified by precedents. He said he w‘" `11.,c
willing to admit that he kid a right to considet f
0
-agreement made last night for the recommione"s A
the Bill as a concession made to him. This w'ni,
Bill of much difficulty, and should not, in O;hr
nion, be precipitated before the recess. He thnu:',„or
the alterations made in it since last night, shewed
absur4 it would have been to have sat discussing l'au,
former one, which had been abandoned by its
DC
thors. He had strong objections but!, to ch‘:
and the manner of bringing the measure fat's es,
The time was precisely at the eve of the reic
the
when the thin appearance of Members sheweL;
joc'e,
great difficulty of procuring a cvayetent
and yet this discovery of gross abuses \vas inj
the Admiralty in the course of the sumni'2r/.1,,5c
thus upwards of a month was sutfeNd to
without bringing the subject under tip. e,w
liament. One of his objections to the manner)
r,
that the Bill was at first prolessrd to 113" bee
posed at the instance of the Board of Adl!'tlrs
willing that an inquiry should be also made lt°