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TIiUttSDAY, . je,Nr 7.
t 1 Right HCM:GEpitC,C R():E took irie, o—fithi
and his sear, on his re7election for Christchurch.
A Petition presented b Mr. LATOULAy f-Epm
&l in the Irish Corn Trade, with respell to the state
of the Corn Trade between Ireland and Engiand,
&C. .I;vas ordered to lie on the 'fable.. ,

Mr. DENT 'presented a Petition from the Mei.-
el:ants of Liverpool concerned in the Slave
iTrade,
against the Bill fol. the Abolition of that
Ordered to lie on the Table' and Counsel to lie heard
upon it'.
The second reading of .the Woollen Clothiers
RegulittiOn Bill was, on the motion of IVlr. Ltts+
C ELL ES, postponed till tomorrow.
Mr. 1&ost: mentioned, •.that:a place in the Duchy
o;.. Lancaster had fallen by, reversion into the
possession of a Member of that 'House ; and dotibts
being entertained whether . such Member was, in
*consequence of this circumstance, obliged td vacate
his Seat, the ,p,th, Han. Gentleman gave *notice,
that he would to-morrow 'bring forward a Mot log
A,‘l;hich have for its. objcit to remove those
doubts.
The Order of'the Day to: the further
,conpidera,
tion of the. Report of the list Committee up:m the
mrrit,s of the Lisheard Eletion, on the Motion `of
Mr. Rosz, being. read, the Resolution with respen
to the coodua of John Damon, the Sheriff, &e.-wax
agreed to; and it was ordered, that the charge
against him should be heard at the Bar of the HOuse-
on Mond,:y.next,,'alSo that a Copy
.of the Charge
should be sent to Mr. Damon, with orders that he
do'aftend at the'ihtr,and that he be at liberty robe
heard by his Counsel.
A Petition presented by Mr.
,H., THORNTON,
from the Debtors confined iit:the Gaol of the Bo_
rouble .of SouthWark, was prdered to tieon* the

The committal of the Irish R.evenu'F.
off till Monday se'nnight.
•

Sir ioHN STEWART rose, pursuant to notice,
,and
after some obserirations,, which he delivered in a tone
• of voice too low to be distinilly heard, presented a
Petition froth John Hart, Esq. whom the Honour:l.
hie Baronet described to be a man of respedability
in Ireland, and of considerable property in the Colin..
tics of Londonderry and Done all. The Petition
was lead. It charged. Judge ;Fox with arbitrary
con,dutt at the last Summer Assizes for the County
of Donegal!, and entered into a detail, which,
being unwilling to lay an ex pirtr sia:ernent before
. the Public:upon, this important subj:f.c-t, we feel it
proper to, wage until.; the discussion upon it shall
come before the-House.

On the Motion that .this Petition should be laid ,
on the Table,

•Mr. FRANCIS rose to ask, before. the Order should
be made, wh!ther it was the intention of thello-
pourable Baronet to take any proceeding gtounded
•
upon this Petition ?
Sir J, STEWART replied, that after the Petition
should lie a certain time on the Table for the exa-
mi,lation of the.lViembers, he certainly did intend to
move that it should be referred to \the consideration -s
of a Committee of the whole House.
THE:LATE•DhPUTY.SERJEANT AT ARMS,
Sir CtrAatgs Motto Art rose to call the attention

of the House to a sobjecl he was confident,
would not fail to interest its liberality. It was to
the case of a very old and faithful Servant of that
House, their late Deputy Serjeant at Arms, Mr.
CLiMENTsON, who, after having discharged the
duties of that Office with the most scrupulous and
indefatigable diligence ard fidelity for thirty.five
years, had now, in the both year of his age, retired
from the arduous avocations of that Office. Having
witnessed his faithful services during so many suc-
cessive Parliaments,'and persuaded that his conduit,
during so long a series of years, in that important
Office, must have attracted the notice, and even the
approbation of the House, he trusted that the Mo-
tion he was this day about to make, for some pro-
vision for that faitqui Officer, in his old age, as a
mark of approbation to his long and irreproachable
discharge of his duty, would readily meet the assent
of the House. He concluded with in-wing, " That
an .hu,nble Address _he presented to His MAJISTY,
praying that he would be graciously pleased to order
some provision for Mr. CLFMENTSON, and that this
House would make good the same."

. General Noßrom—bore testimony to the merito-
rious condua of Mr. CLFMENTSON. and seconded
the Motion of the Hon. Baronet.

Mr. AnblNGTort most cheerfully concurred in
the Motion, and could not deny himself the satis-
faElion of rising to express his approbation to the
faithful and exemplary conduEt of Mr. CLPMENT-
SON, during the twelve years in which he had an op.
portunity of.experiencing his deserts, by the km.
pulous and indefatigable discharge of his arduous
duties'. He was confident it would be ack.now-
iedged, that instead of having ever given the slightest
offence to any. Member of that House, during the
long period of his services, he had,on the contrary,
given universal satisfadion. He thought him, there-
fore, a deserving object of Royal munificence.
The Motion was agreed to.
NAVY PRIZE AGENCY BILL.

The Order of the Day was now read for the se.
coed reading of the Bill for the better regulation
of Navy Prize Agency.

Mr. DICKENSON thought the Bill a •measure.of
such great importance, and 'as affeeting the interests
of sr) great a body of men, as the whole of the
Prize Agents (;f this Country, and the whole of the
Officers and M,n of His Majesty's Navy, that some
further time ought to be giien before the House
was called•on to decide finally on the measure.—
The Board of Admiralty, he said, had taken the
'irubjeCt into consideration, but had found it so com-
plieated, and involving so many contrary inte:ets,
that they had not yet come to-any decision upon it.
He hoped, however, there would be no objeetion
to postponing the second reading till Tuesday
6'e'rmight. _ _ _

Mr: AbDING,TOiV rose to remind the House
that this Bill had already been a considerable time
pending; that it was founded upon the Report from
the Commissioners of Inquiry into Naval Abuses,
of which► abases, those of Prize Agents formed a
consider ihle pert, and made so long since as last
July. That his Hon. Friend (Admii-al NIARKHAeI),
had brought forward the Bill so long since as Fe-
bruary last ; that although various causes had since
red to delay the progress of- this Bill, yet it,
rectify and ascertain the mode by which the Sailors
of the British Navy, who fought the battles of their
Country, were to receive fairly the produce of the
prizes they had won, as the remuneration of their
gallantry. The Session was already so far advanced,
that any farther delay would risk the loss of this
Bill in the present year. The House would recol-
led, that on appointing Commissioners to inquire
into the abuses in the Naval Department, the sub.
jed of Prize Agency was one to which, in a very
particular manner, they had directed the vigilance
of the Commissioners. The object of the present
Bill, founded, as it was, upon the result of minute
inquiry, was to establish the most rapid mode of de.
cision possible, by which the British► Captors of law_
ful Prizes might be enabled to obtain their rights,
and to appoint a .safe place of deposit for the pro.
seeds of their captures, until such time as their
rights should be ascertained, and where they might
apply for information, or payMent, in the proper
time, -instead of being left at the mercy of Prize
Agents. Against the principle of the Bill he was
confident there could not be, nor did he understand
that any objection was likely to arise ; but he trust-
ed, that the circumstance of the present Admiralty
Boatel not having had time, in the multiplicity of
their concerns, to come to any decision upon the
Bill, would not be allowed to operate 'with the
House, as-a reaqm for further delaying, beyond
this day, the second reading, which would acknow.
ledge the principle at least, But if the Govern_
went would even pledge itself to support the Bill
in the next Session, it would afford high satisfae-
ti m to.his mind, and render him the less anxious
about pressing it forward at so late a period as the
peCieor.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that his Hon. Fricnd (Vlr. DICK NsoN) in naming a
particular day for the second reading of the Bill,
which, for the reasons lit! assigned, he thought more
eligible than the present, ought fairly to be under_
stood as giving a proof of his intention to go on
that dj into the discussion; hut really, upon look-
ing into the Bill, it was found to contain many
points so extremely knotty, and so likely to excite
much difference of opinion in the detail,.that the
Board of Admiralty, in the multiplicity of important
concerns which had pressed upon them since their
accession to ( ffice, had not time to give it the ne-
cessary deliberation, so as w make up their minds
on the Bill. His Majesty's Government would
therefore give no pledge upon the subjett one way
or the other : they would not content themselves
with saying the principle was a good one, and
therefore pass the Bill without examination or com-
ment. They did not chose to amuse the House with
empty words, or pledge themselves to the adoption
of -measure without examination or alteration ;
tior did he think the matter'so -very pressing, after
iolong a delay as it had already experienced, to
defer it only for a few days longer. This species
of argument, he was sure, had little chance of being
"atistanory to the Hun. Gentleman who spoke last,
• and --who, notwithstanding the delay the Bill had
already experienced under his auspices, was ready
to defer it till oext.Ses'siOn. But it was pretty ex,

traorditiary that though the Bill was alledged to be
founded upon a Report so remote as the month of
July last, and the Bill brought forward so early as
last February, the Hon. Gentleman who thought it
now so urgently necessary, did not take- a much
earlier opportunity, when he might have so done, to
press it forward with more expedition.
Mr. JOHNSTON professed to disagree with
both the Right Hon. Gentlemen who spoke last--
as the former had procrastinated for so many months
the progress of a measure which he seemed to think
so pressing, and the latter and his Colleagues had
had full time enough since their accession to power
to investigate the subjeet ; and also, as it was un-
derstood from the Secretary of the Treasury on.
the last day this Order was postponed, that the se-
cond reading should take place this day. Upon the
principle and detail of the Bill before the House,
the Hon. Member reserved the declaration of his
sentiments till another opportunity, of which he
should avail himself, to shew that much complaint
connected with this subjea, lay against the Court
of Appeals, whose conduct was a reproach on the
Administration of Justice in this Country.
Mr. STURGES BOURAE disclaimed having
given any pledge of the nature described by the Hon.
Gentleman, adding, that, he never had any authority
to do so.

Mr. R. WARD thought the Right Hon. Gentle.
man (Mr. ADDINGTON), would find himself mis-
taken in supposing, that no Member could object to
the principle of this till. For his own part, he
thoughtit very objettionable. It proposed to in-
troduce quite a new code—quite different from that
which has existed since the reign of Queen ANNE—
to ered a new Office under the direCtion of the
Board of Admiralty, with Salaries of 60001. a year.
Every man in the Navy, below the rank of Captain,
was also to be deprived of the right of nominating
his own Agent; and that controul over the proceeds
of Prize-money, while an appeal was pending, which
Seamen now had in consequence of a late Mt, was
to he done away.

Cap-t. MARXHAM thought it irregular in the Hon.
Gendernan to discuss the principle of the Bill on the
present occasion.

Do&or LAWRENCE thought otherwise, and the
SPEAKER corr,hordtecl his opinion.
Mr. WARD resumed, and after a few farther ob-
servations, the Amendment was agreed to, and the
Bill was ordered for the second reading on Tuesday
se'nnight.