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London, England, 1803-06-13 00:00:00

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ROUSE OF PEERS.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11.

rr za some routine and private Business was disposed of,
the Royal Assent was given, by'Cominission, to Sixty-one
Pills, vublie, local, and private. Amoug which were the
General Detente Bill, the Land-tax Redemption, the Corn
Exporters Indemnity, the I;.isli Law Courts, the Sewell
Schoolmasters, the Cork and Sligo Harbours, and Mark.
ham's Divorce pills.
The Lords Commissioners were the LORD CHANCELLOR,
Lord WALSIN'unA74, and 'Lord AUCKLAND.

..--The,l3ii TsJ.won thTaille were
,forwarded in their respec.
tive stages i—after which their Lordships adjourned till
Nunday.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 11.
THE SPEAKER) accompanied by several Mern-

bets, attended at the Bar of the House of Lords,
wheel the Royal Assent was given by Commission
to the General Defence Bill, the English Militia
Bill, the Irish Cows of Low Bill, the Scotch
tichoolmasters BM, Markham's I)ivorce Bill, and
several Private Bills.

A Message from the Lords stated, that their
•• Lordships liad.agreed to the Aft. for the better pro_
. tedion oithe Trade of the United Kingdom.
• Mr, VA NS ITT ART gave notice, that on Mon.
day the, CHANC LLak of the EX cti 121.7 TR. Media t:0
Stilifiiit to the House a proposition for the Consoli.,
dation of the Excise. Mr. VANSITTART also gave
notice, that he meant himself m naive tot leave to
liring in a' flill to ent.7ourage foreign seamen to enter
into our merchant seri, i:7e.
On the Motion of Mr. VA N3IT Aitrt the House
went into a Committee on that part of His M.
j ESTY'S specch of the 23a of NOrember, which re,
laiti to additional facilities to be given to trade. It
was intended to propose an increase of the duties
paid on one or two articles, and therefore it was
.necessary there should be a Committee, though the
House, in, its ordinary form, would be competent to

a diminution.
In the. Committee Mr. '‘r.it.rst rTART stated, that
the two articles on whiCh it was proposed to ldy an
increased Duty, were potcelaine and opium.—The
present duty on 'porcelains was so high as tog per
cent. It,was proposed, in the Aft for the Conoli.
dation of the Duties, to
.reduce this to so per cent.;
but the porcelains, manufaOuters here having'com-
plained that this ywhiiti not be sufficient to protect
their trade, and that the, importers of the article

horn India would he able to-=undersell them, after
Ming it ; it WAS proposed now to make an addition
of 30 per cent. making. the .whole duty to be hence.
forth paid on this article So per cent. which it was
thought by the Parties interested, would be fully
adequate to thessprotedion of the British Manufac.
tore. The importation of opium had increased very
much within the last few years, and His Majesty's
Government was informed, that it was used for the
mischievous purpose of adulterating beer. It was
proposed, with a view to prevent
sits being so per.
piteously epplied, to lay on a' totted duty of ss. a
pelted an' all opiuM imported feting India. Though
this was not preepoitioned to the mischief, yet as the
article •was small in bulk, and easily secreted, it
was as much as could with ,sefety-be,itriposed. From
the prohibition laid on the in-1110E1a tion of opium
into China, it was apprehended that it would be
epeculated in largely here ; but as all the Indian
opium was brought )10111e in the Company's Ships,
there was less daoger of evading the duty,
sand of
its being applied to improper uses, than in an open
trade. In order to coteotereA the importation from
'the Levant, and other places that trade in opium,
without producing it, it was proposed to lay a duty
of i zs. 6d. a pound on all opium not imported di.
redly from the place of its growth. A drawback
of tis.•a pound was to be allowed on the exportation
of every pound of opium imported from the place of
its growth, and a drawback. of 7s. on every pound
imported from places where it did not grow. It
would he recolleded, that His Majesty's Govern.
Inent had taken every precaution against the use of
pernieions drugs in beer, by imposing a severe pe.
natty of sool. not on the brewer who uses them,
but even on the brewer in whose possession they are
foetid. fle:Moved accordingly. .
Mr. PATTI4ON thought etheecheraders Of the
brewers at stake by the statement of the Hon. Gen-
' tlemeo. 'Many of them, ,he -knew' were persons of
too much'respedability to be.giiiiiy of so wicked a
crime. He had never heerd that op,ieo was flied
for the adulteration of beer, though he had heard
that coculir indicus was, It was, en the biesve.r
having this last in his possession that he understood
the penalty to have been laid, and instead of 5001,
• he wished it was
.5000 i. He felt for the honour of
those who carried on their business fairly, and whose
charad
ers may he implicated by its being puhlielied
to the world thus generally that the thing was used.
This crime was the more unpardonable, as the na-
tural arid legitimate materials were at such 'a price
as Li) afford a wholesOme beverage, and at the same
tiMP to, leave a sufficient profit.
Mr. VAMITTART seas sure that the resped.
able Ott of Ole-profesiino, such as the Hon. Gen.
dentate alluded to, were above this crime. But
Government waa informed that the thing was done.
The penalty extended to every Drug found in the
possession of a Brewer.
The Resolutions were puce(' to, and the Report
ordered to be received on Monday,
The 'Consolidation Assessed Taxes Bill, tied the
Bill' co! ,colleamg the same, were reported ; to be
'further considered on Monday sennight, and print.
ed. •

The Report` of the Committee of Supply was
brungin•np, and agreed to,
dr. Ec t,tory wished to know, whether he was
coma in understanding the Hon. Baronet on the
ether side (Sir P. ST EPIJ EW)), CO have s4ia that
70,000 men were aaually serving on board His
IVl4jesty's ships ?
Sit LI P ST•EPttsxs and Mr. VANS/TTART an.
sweted,-th:tt tot quite that number were aauaity 00
board. Some M4611E1, serving on shqre, were in.
eluded, according to custom.
Mr. B AGW ELL observed, that' a very cotssi.
dergle sum had been subscribed in Cork for grant.
Jog byes to Seamen.
•

The "Exchequer Billspereft Bill was passed; the
Irish Ship Burning Bill was read a second. time ;
when she House adjourned to Monday.

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