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IMPERI4L PARLIAMENT,

ROUSE OF PEERS,
TLIESI)4Y, MAY 17.

Ttia la Imrdships, porioant to the Order of the Day, re.
• solved themselves', into a 'Co,:iiinittee of Privileges, ,inul-Lard
WAI, St NCIJAM 113)citiC ten the Clider, tit consideration of
the Claim of ate Rev, Mr. Drydges to the Barony Of Chan-
dos, was :crewed.•
A w .and /NANA Ncity-delivered their sentiments
kt Come length; and ;fitter shortly assigning his reasons in
favrtur of the proceeding, the Lotto CnAtuczx.z.oa pro Deed
ti) udjOurn the farther consideration of the Case; and a Motion
being made to-adjourn the same till Thursday sett:right, -.the
same was ordered- accordingly.
•The Royal Assent was given by Commission to 3b public
'lnd private Bills, among the finmer were the Irish Revenue,
the Irish Bank, Restriaion, the Sugar Dunes Drawback, the
Grenada Loan; the Nottingham.,Election. and the Innkeepers'
Subsistence Bills ; among the latter was the Edinburgh
RoaitJlll.. .
The Lords CommiSsiOners were, the Loa a CIIANCI4.LOR,
the Eall of RrosLiN, and Lord WALsix G /M.
Mr. APEX 6.1.4 Dia and others brought up front the Com-
Moos the Militia. Families' Bill.
Several Private, Dills were brought up by Mr, Dreit r
LA.sescLes, and othef Gentlemen.
These Bills were severally read a first time.
Lord AUCKI,AND, after adverting to the prObability that
• ,the Bill now before the Commons relative to the residence
of the Clergy, &v. ,would speedily be brought 'up to that
• iiousep observed upon the propriety of having their Lord.
ships' as fully informed as to the getlCTiti subject, as was
pratticable ; with that view, he moved that certain papers
(especially some accounts respecting Queen Ann's Bounty)
relative thereto, and which had been recently laid before the
I louse, should be printed ; which was Ordered accordingly.
The Bills before the House were forwarded.
• .tin ;lit Question for their Lordships gojng into a Commit-
tee on the Lunatics' Estates Dill,
af RADNOR made a tew observations ()tithe mea-
sure, in consequence of which
The LORD CffeINCELLOR quitted 'the Woolsack, and
iltta.tett the operatibn of, the existing Laws with respect to the
. powers Of the Court of Chancery relative to Lunatics, the
deleits in which the Provisions of the Dill, in some degree,
'went to remedy ; he stated the power of the Court to make
Leases for the benefit of the Lunatic, but it was restricted
with regard to selling. A Lunatic, under the piesenr regu-
latieris could he arrested, and their Lordships must conceive
the situation of persons cif that description in such circuit.
• stances. He noticed the power of the Sheriff to sell the ,
Leasehold Property of the-Lunatic, hut which was generally.
;tine at an enormous disadvantage. The Noble and Learnett
,Loid then proceeded to describe other elleds of the existin?
jaws nr the subject, and 'which, ,he thought, called tbr the
Interference of such Provisions as the Bill contained t he oh.
served. 'that the siihjeet was oriAinally introduced to tint no.
Lice of !tie LegiSlatuse with Ins concurrence; and he appealed
to the more matured experience of his. Noble and Learned
Friend near him (the Earl of kos Li a), whether, what he had
pdvaneed.upon the subject, stns Iveli,lounded. . •
The Noble Earl seeming to concur in the observatigns of
the Noble Lord on the Woolsack—
The House ititinedimely went into a ,Coinmitted on the
Bill, the various provisions of which were agreed. to by their
!Lordships, and, suits resuming, the Report was ordered to
taiseceiveci to-mOrrow.
The Bill for the better regulation. of the LaW_ with respea
to certain Capital 0 liences, was reada•thiid time; and after
sonic verbal Amendrnehts, on. rite suggestion of Lord AL-
. VA Nr;r. y 'wer.: adopted, the 11111 was passed, and ordered to
be stilt down to thuCeirinioii3.•
Some private business was disposed of; after which.their
j.orifships 4journed till to-mortow.

,
HOW f..% OF COMI4O `NS,
:TUESDAY, MAY 17.
/1.441.1. it ft ea.M''.; i w.t fcaii a second time, 'and or-,
kiered to be cominitteu tJ-10CrIOW., •
40V-ii Al.ietti WO, Attillll by Comtnission,to the. Irish
IteVennifilti", the I visit hank Restrittion hilt, the skigar
LitpOrratirm Bat, the Hottinghain Election hill, anti sevetal
yavate
Mr. ti i i k P presented it Petition from John Simpson,
late IV/a) Or of(; rest Grirw.hy,, and now in confinement in
N::..vgate by oral, I loth:e, praying to be discharged.
m t„, ,t 4- Iriov,:ti at tie should be brought .up on
IFursday for tneptirpLise or beindischarged.—Ordered.
Mr. H. BROWNS Moved that •the-11 ,use should
resolve itscq into Committee, to--take into consi.
titration the Report of the' Committee appointed
to condder the Survey which had
,been presented
re,piaing the Highlands of Scotland.. • The House
na v log resolved itself into the:Committee,
Mr. H. Pitjvviz moved- the following Resolu,
titans ; •
" That persOns emigrating from difTexent parts Of the.
lJnitid Kin ;.lont to Ills Majesty's Plant.itiints, Sze. had suf.
lered greatly friAtn the crowded state of the Ships, from the
want or' litorii6m,
" That the Ships ought to be regulated with regard to the'
number or Persons they take on board, the quantity of Pro.
visions, 4:c."
which were agreed to. •
The H 'was then resumed, the Report was
brought up, anti A Bill was ordered. ici:bc. brought
in upon the ;Aid Resolutions.
• Mr. COI? k3' said, he wished that the title, of.
the Bill should not be very special, hecausc that
_might prevent some improvensentSfrom being made
which -might be necessary for the obj.:q of the
Bill, for though a Ship might not have too many
rasseogers on boar.!, •and' though there might be, a
sufficient quantity of Provisions, yet the Ship might
"at in fact tie sea.wnttisy. Some provbiou upon
that point ought therefore to be inserted.
The' SPEAKER' stated, that- the 'objet of the
Right Him. Member 'might Perhaps .be better ob.
tallied in futute stage of the Bill, by moving an
pot u6t,ion to the Committee. • •
?AP EltS RELATIVE 'TO. TUE NEGOTIATION.
Generdl .0 ii.SCOY NA said, as he • understood'
yostertliiy
fftim the Noble Lord (1-fiswK.gSBUItY)
thAt the PApers which' were to ,be before the
lit use only reldied to discussions which had taken
place- since the Defigitive Treaty, he- wished to give
notice, that he ,should'on Friday move for the pro.
.duilion• of some papers containing information prior
la. the Treaty of Amiens.
Tbe CHANCELLOR of the. EYCHFOUER
wished to know, to, what point those r:11)01 re-
ferred which the Hon. Qetitieman..intended to move
-for.

General GASCQYNE said, they wohld relate to
Malta and il:e Italian Republic, Witt to some other
points which he could not specify until be had seen
the Papers which Ministers intended to produce,
DE!'EN.CE OF, THE EMPIRE.
SE.CRE,TARY .ap WAR gave notice, that
he should to,morrom,.-moye for ..leave to bring in a
Bill' for the better Defence of Great Britain and
Ircland. The Bill would he similar to that which
was passed in 1798, 'only that it would be extended
to Ireland.
Mr. WI-HTLIRE4D rose to ask Ministers,
whether the Papers 'which were to be produced,
.were froirt the' date of the Preliminary Treaty pr
the Treaty of- Amiens,
The Gil 14.NCELL(.4)R of the EXCHEQUER re-
plied, that ley were from the Treaty of. Amiens,
as hislN:nble-Friend had; distindly stated yesrerday.
The 'Silver Boffin') Bill was read a third tittle and
pashed.
--Ttte Commit tee on the Indemnity Bill SV33 _put off
tjii to-tocrrow.

c O=l.E ICIAL, AECULATIONS.
,Ci§,ANCELLoR of the EXCREQUitit moved
the Order ofthe Day for the House resolving into
a CommitteA• to consiler of that part of His Ma-
jesty's Speech of November last, which related to
giving greater facilities to Commerce.

G/ISCOY NE said, he was not aware
that this ryas one of the Orders of the Day ; he,
however; did not mean to objet to -the Motion,
but he hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would give
!some time for the consideration of the subjed, par.
,ticularly with regard to the Tonnage Duty, which,
though it would be c,ojeded to in time of Peace, yet
might be acquiesced in during a period of War.—
He therefore hoped that the Right Hon. Gentleman
would not infer, that if no opposition was made in
the present stage of the business, that Gentlemen
were precluded from stating any objeCtions hereafter.
He wished are Right Hon. Gentleman to consider,
whether it would not be better to separate the Ton-
nage Duty from the others,' as had been done on a
former occasion.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
he had given, every opportunity in his power for the
fullvst investigation of the suhjea, free frOm these
embarrassments with which a discussion must have
been attended some time since. But it was necessary
that all possible dispatch should be used, not `Only
from ihe great importance of the Subjed itself, but
beCause it was intended to be made the foundation
of anothr.•r proceeding which would be highly ad-
vantageous to Merchants ; he meant an extension
of .the bonding and warehousing system. 'He beg-
ged to remind the Hon. Gent. that there was no Bill
at present before the House. The Motion was to go
into a Committee to consider the King's Message,
therefore the suggestion of the Hon. Gent. to separate
the Tonnage iiroiti the other Duties, could not be
carried into ;Tett in this stage of the Measure. He
alio wished to remind the Hon. Gentletnan, that
the Tonnage Duty was not before passed separately,
but in common with other Duties.
General G 4SCOY NE wished to know whether
the CHANCELL;WL of the EXCHEQUER had given
up the plan, he hut announced respetting the Excise
Duties. •

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re.
plied, that he had not given it. up: he meant to pro..
pose
.similar Bills with regvrd to the Excise anti
StaihDuties, and to the Assesed 'Faxes ; .he would
not say he would bring them all forward this Ses.
&ion, but they were in a considerable state of for.
madness.

The House then resolved itself into a Com.
mittee,

Mr CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that having upon a former 'occasion 'stated
the general principlia of the measure, he 'should
now proceed to call the attention 'of
.the: Committee
to those parts of the Schedule which most .parti.
'culatly descried attention. It was proposed to
make a very :considerable alteration in the Schedule,
or rather in the ,Schedulea, as they at-present stood,
of the 170 Ads .of. Parliament which related to
these duties. It was intended in dome insiances to
.augment,' and in others to reduce the duties, With
regard to the, duties on the importation of wine,
it was propoied to equalize them, and to make the
duty which was payableon the importation of wine
in the ont.ports, 'the same as it was in the Port
of London. It. would be difficult to guess upon
whir principle the differenee was originally Made,
hut fur many yeari past all .the wine imported in to
the put..ports paid .a duty of tl. zos. per pipe less
than that imported into London. But whatever
the original cause might he, he' saw no reason for
Continuing that -difference any longer; he should,
therefore, propose to• equalize the duty
,as he had
stated. lii the present Book of Rates, the duty
on skins and fdrs was charged without any rela.,
lion to their real value ; it was ' proposed to,
regulate it in future so that the . duty might
have., some proportion to :the original price of
the article. It was proposed to increase the duty
upon chemical oils, made from spices, 'as the impor-
tation of spices into this CoUntry had considerably
increaseti'in consequence of our possession of the
Nand of Ceylint ; it was thought proper to in.
courage the making those oils,at home, by laying a
duty upon the importation of foreign oils. It. was
also proposed to lay an
,ad 'valorem duty of 5 per
cent. on diamonds and precious stones, and also to
discontinue the drawback allowed, on brimstone
used in making oil of vitritsl. It was proposed us
reduce the dOty On manufaduted articles from the
E Ist Indies, hum 4.5 to 20 per cent. anti upon manu-
fatturedarticles from the Eastlndies from 7t to so per
cetmand to reduce the Duty upon China from fog to
so per Cent. East [lndia Callicoes, which were charg.
ed with a Doty of 125' per Cent it was proposed to
reduce to go. Ding., if unmanufadured, from 78 to
so per. Cent. With tesven, to other East India
gt. Sods in general, it was proposed that the Duty
Oiould lie redtleed_tp a tattd Duty, simildr to the
Duty which 'sitfiitiritrticles paid. On their importa.
lion from other Countries, with Sortie exceptions,
for the purpose of giving a marked, but not an-in-
vidious ,preferenee to the West. India market. It
Was p4osedihat Sugar should pay a Duty of 2s. per
Cwt. more'
. than that imported from the
,West In.
dies, which would, give pucka preference to the lat..
ter as he had described. The Duty on • Indigo it
Was also .proposedto redticei and to,discontinue the
drawback on exportation.' All other non.enumerat_
ed 'artielks from the East Indies, to pay,a DUty of
20 pe,r Cent. 'Carton-Wool from the British Plan.
Cations, to pay a Duty of td. a-pound, and limn
other places a Duty of rid: per pouhd. This was
lower than the Duty imposed in the last Se,ssion of
Parliament, at the desire of the Manufadurers them.
selves; instead. of. a Duty, on manuf4ured cotton.Ile was happy to say, that the importation of Cot.
ton had increased to a very,great degree.. The great
objed of 'this measure was to Counteraft the plans of
the Smugglers. There were two , very important
articles in which the trade of the Smuggler had been
carried on to a very great extent, viz, lace and silk
handkerchiefs, commonly called Bandana hariket-
aid's, It was proposed to alter the Duty on Thread
lace, and 'to reduce it to 20 per cent. The risque of
the Smuggler on the importation of these articles',
could not he estimated at less than 1 2 or 13 per cent. so
that he hoped this measure would tend to counterad
these iC{ici t praetices.-Theotherarticle, Pand.ma
Handkerchiefs 4: was one with respeCt to which tle

knewvery great difference of (Tinton prevailed,
and much anxiety had been expressed—that a very
-large clandestine importation was perpetually taking
place, could not be denied., His objed,was, to
afford every possible advantage to the fair Trader,
and to take care, that if there was an importation,
that it should be a regular one. It was known,
that the Smuggler-could insure the delivery of these
articles in this Country, at a risque of 20 per cent.
It was proposed to charge them with a duty of 25 per
'cent, exclusive of the warehouse charge, which was
2 per cent.and here he should doubt, whether
the amount of the duty would afford sufficient dis-
couragement to ttie„Sprggler : he knew it was a
subject which very much interested the feelings of
the persons engaged in this Trade, .who were ex.
tremely sensitive. He had seen a statement which
attempted to prove that the duty on the importation
of the silk of which the handkerchief was made,
amounted to 40 per cent. ; but he was of opinion
that it did not exceed 15 per cent. including the
Excise Duty. It was proposed to-reduce the duty
on the importation of hemp from the Fait Indies
and America, in order to promote the importation
of it for the Navy, and not to depend on other mar-
kets for NO important as article. It was proposed
to reduce the duties on Italian and other non-enu-
merated wines, in order to encourage our Mediter.
ranean Trade. Coarse Linen Yarn was charged
with a duty of is. per cwt. it was originally
imported duty free ; it was now proposed to
reduce the Ditty to 6d. per Cwr. But as great an-
xiety had been expressed by persons concerned in
the Linen Trade in Ireland and Scotland, it was
proposed to lay an 'additional Duty of one-halfpenny
per Ell upon narrow German Linen, With respect
to the proposed Duty on Shipping, he found, that
the objections which had, been expressed to that
duty, were done away under the present circum-
stances of the Country : though he understood the
Gentlemen who opposed it before to lay in their
'eh*, not to be. supposed to accede to the principle
of the duty, as applied to all other times. He was
not disposed to enter into the arguments at present
which he was. prepared to urge in favour of that tax
being continued in time of Peace; 'but he court
not help stating, that the Navigation of the Coun-
try had increased regularly for
.the last fourteen
or fifteen years, both in War and ,in peace—
During the last year, the increase in the British
Shipping that had cleared inwards, compared with
the former., year, were Ships, 3275—Tonnage
414,713—decrease of Foreign Ships, 1744; TOO.
nage, 299,914'.--Increase of British Ships entered
outwards, 2730 ; Tonnage 269,345—decrease of
Foreign Ships, 2274 ; 'fonnage 343,1;7—With
proportionate increase of British - Mariners. He
did not think he asked much,
.when he begged the
Committee to believe that he had made, every pos.
sible inquiry into the 'SubjeCt, and he was fully
convinced, that it wasa Duty,
.the continuance of
which ought to be ,proposed, in Peace. as well as in
War. He was aware that this was -a very uninter-
esting subject in detail ; he "'should -therefore only .
add, that it ‘was propoSed to publish A'Schedule of,
all the Duties, separate from the Mt of Parliament,
payable at the Custom.hoitse, to have it translated
into all languages, and 'to have it circulated as.
widely as our • Commerce. But as some altera-
dons would necessarily take place every year in
some of the Duties, it was proposed that at the
end of every Sessien of Parliament, a state-
ment of all these alteratiOns should be made.and
published in the same manner. •If. any Gentle
man wished for any alteration. in those, duties, he
,begged to suggest to them, that perhaps the most
convenient place to.make the alteration would be in
the. Committee on the Bill ; only they would bear
in mind, that in that stage of the Bill no alteration
that tended to-augment- the Duties would be admis!.
sible, though they might he reduced. He was nut
aware that it was necessary forbirn to trespass any
1 longer on the, time of the Committee, he should
therefore conclude with moving his Resolution*:
Sir WAS. MIVER said a few words upon the
subjea, hut declined discUssing theluestion at large
until the Bill was in a Committee.
General GASCQYNE adverted to what had
fallen from the CHANc et,Lott of the EXCii NORA
respecting the Duties on 'Wine. There always
had been a difference in the Duty on that article
between. London and the out-ports, but as the
Right Hon. Gentlemen had stated, that he did not
know how that difference originated, and then pro.
*posed to, equalize the Doty, he might on the same
grounds propose to equalize the Land Tax or the -
County Rites. With respeEt to coffee, he believed,
there was not so much smuggling in any other arti-
cle as in that,• though perhaps the warehousing sp._
tem might in some degree prevent it. As to, the-
statement of the: Right Hon. Qentlernan respelling
the increase of Shipping, he thought it .oecessaff
make'ane "observation. From the facility of pasting ,
to. and from the Continent coring the last year, the
same Vessels might' go and. return much oftener
than they could before, and thus an increase would
appear which was not really warranted. He belies,-
ed that there wasa reduCtion in the number' of Sri. '
tish Vessels, when.the real number was compared
. with "that of the preceding year, With respcdt to
the Tonnage Duty, he was well. aware that. the
:Merchants were perfealy willing to give up their
opposition to it, when the interests of the Country
required its contjnuanee, There, were several arti-
oleo on which he should make observations when
the Bill was in a COmmittee : he could not help,
hOwever, now observing, that the Right lion.
Gentleman- had at a fortnee.petiod stated, that: the _
fradional Dutiea were to be raised or reduced to the
next integer, instead of which, he was surpriztd to
find that an several cases 'they were raised much
higher ; in one. instance where the Duty was 331.
55," it was now raised to 35i. ,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
,said, that he. must have been much misunderstood
by the Hon: Gentleman, if the latter had *opposed
-him to say, that in every instance the, fractional
duties werelo be raised, or reduced to the next in. .
teger, as he 'bud distinCtly Stated, that in seretal
cases, there 'would be a. large augmentation, and in
others a considerable rMile-tium. He had obtained
the most ni!urate it.:formatiort urn. the subjeel,.
both 'from -the Mercantile Intereq atid 'froin the
.Customs, aind thy; result of that information he had
pod before the Conunittee. Vslith resren to the

smuggling of eoflee antic-led to lav Ate Han. Gentle-
man, he Aid not think there was any prohalnlity of
its deriving any additional facility ; but if the
drawback Was found to be insufficient, he should
have no objedion to its increase: the fact was,
that coffee .was in general warehoused, and the
duties upon it not paid till it was wanted, The
Hon. Gentlenian had denied the increase of British
shipping, -which he (the' CU A tit ELLOR of the Ex.;
CtIRQUE_R) had stated; but if the Hoo. Qentirman
wished for more precise information upon the sub-
jed, he could easily move 'tor an account'of the
number of ships belonging to .each port; and he
would there find, if nor -a numerical. increase, the
sime.proportionate increase of British shinning and
British seamen, as in former years, and prop°. re
tionate decrease ,of FOreign shipping and Foreign
seamen. He should Certainly not' objed to the
produdion of such an-account, -if the lion, Gentle•
man chose to move for it.
General GASCOYNE gave police, that in the
proper stage of the bill, he should move to extend
the Tonnage Duty to Ireland.
Mr. CORRY said, the noticetiven by the Hon.
G.tntleman was certainly irregular,. but as •it was
in a Committee, he would take that opportunity of
protesting agairist the .measure which the. Hon.
Gentleman had given notice of his intention to pro-
pose. The proposition of the Hon. Gentleman
must in fad affeCt„ in a still more material degree
that Hon. Gentleman's own Constituents ; forth '•
fad was, that Irish vessels were taxed in the British
Ports, whilst the British vessels were free from dal.
in the Irish Ports, in the same tnanner as the Irish
vessels themselves. •
The Resolutions were then agreed to, and the
House having resumed, the Report was ordered to
be received toamorroW, .
The further 'consideration of the Report of the
Soldiers' Relief B:11 was postponed till to_raorrow..
The -House resolved itself into a Committee to
consider of a Motion for leave to bring in a Dill for
the Regulation of the East India Shipping. •
Lord C ASTL E EAG 11 suggested the propietY
of deferring any disctission upon the measure pro,
posed, until the Bill was brought in, which he
meant to bring in at an early period, and to have
it printed. He then . moved fur leave to bring in
Bill to explain and amend the Mt of the 39th of his
present Majesty, respeding the hiring of Ships' by
the East India Company:
Leave giVen.
Mr. N. VANSITTART brought up the Bill for
anonding the Medicine AEt ; which was read a first ..
rime, and ordered 'to be read a second time to.
morrow.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought the Report of 01
Law Snits Bill ; 'which was read and agreed to, ano
the Bill ordered to be read a third time rro
Adjourned it six o'clock till to-morrow,
•

1

From the LONDON GAZETTE, AN 17, 1841
'6th 911

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vice of His Privy Council, to order, and it is ilerte;
abgyainosrtdere s'hilphsa, tgogoednie,iaalnd Reprisals
fbethe-gl;rfirenntc:ahl
Republic, so that as well His MajestY:isofireseht3soabost
ships, as also all other ships and vessels
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High AdMiral, or any Periani ue
them empowered and appointed, i° iidto
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an 'of His AlielOy's Subjeds, or others whon'Ato
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that behalf, for the apprehending, seizing, ;tO
taking the ships, vessels, and goods belonlOn,il;io, .
the Freneh.ittpublic, or to any persons being ritii
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s of the French Republic, or inhabiting ,'lrc-T.
any of the Territories of the. French Rerlo; •
and that such- powers and clauses beinserte° in -c,
said Commission, as, have been usual, and, arc if
cording to former Precedents ; and His IVl3Y!t)i'he
said. Advocate General, with the Advocate 0,1.,3f;
-Admiralty, are also forthwith w prepare the vi:43,
of aCommission, and present the same to fitLis,
jesty at this .Board, ' authorising the said C°,l""Ail,.
sinners` for executing the Office of .Lord Hir 0.
miral, to will and'require the High Court isi rj
miralty of 'Great Britain, and the Lieutenant 30, •
Judge of the said Court, His Surrogate or- Sor rdirty
gates, as alto the several Courts of 'Adini,r, be
within His Majesty's "Domirsions: which sha" „3
duly commissionated to take cognizance,Off,3.,
judicially proceed upon all ,and all 'manner of '.
titres, Seizures, Prizes, and Reprisal 3 of Al 1 6111! 3}"r
and goods that are or. ,hall be made, and g 0 thie
and determine the same, and according, t° to
coarse of Admiralty- and the Laws of Nist°ll4,),l
adjudge and condemn all such shil:.s, Vessel 9, r to i
goods as shall belong to the French Reouhlli'biic, 1
any persons being Sublet% of the French RePo , i
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clauses be inserted in the said Commission l's,f_qt, ;
been usual and-are according to former PfeCClcelitii
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