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sEurnous NIEETI22';GS BILL.

On the Motion of Lord C;kSTLER.EAGI-, it 'was
ottlered that the Lords' At tendments on the Se-
ditious Meetings Bill should be taken into cO'nsi-
deration Co-morrow.

NEWSPAPER. ST; .MPS BILL.
Lord PALMS ASTON brolight up the RepOrt on
the New.ipaper Stamps BM:
Mr. Beßs AL Made some 'objection to the dis-
cussion of the Measure, until the in its
amendcd state; had been in the heincls Of those
Concerned in it, for a Hi tie conshietation,

Lord CASTLEREAGH said; it could not be in their
hands till the rtWas ) r=.; o_Ctl‘e( .
M DENN'IAN had understood last night that time
would be allowed,

The Repoit %eas received, and on the titotion
that the a.i.endn►ehts be read,

MU. DE iVMAN suggested that the measnre could
not be fairly discussed till the Bill in its present
form was printed, and an ripportunity given to the
booksellers and whets to consider Of its provisions.
Lord CAsTLF.P.EAGn replied; that the Bill would
be printed, and the few nt!tv ptrivisiOns which it
contained might be ,fully discussed On the third
reading. This was agree Able to the practiee of
the House, and not the method prop6Sed by the
Hon. Gen'tleman.

Mr. Pandaostr. took this opportunity to di-se6S
those principles which Gentlemen opposite scent-
ed so unwilling to discuss. Ile considered the
measure to be of vital importance, as affecting the,
real practical interests of the Country, and the
real practical principles of the Constitution. It
must he supported either On the ground that the
freedom of the press enjoyed since the Revolu-
tion tads of a dangerous nature, which he was
prepared to deny, or that the character of the
people had undergone such a change as to make that
dangerous now whieh was not dangerous h eretofore,
a proposition which he was also ready to
combat.
aloidgnient, he contended, was necessary on
either ground ; and if the House looked to our
history, they would find that whenever restraints
were laid on the freedoM of the press (as in the
time of the Stuarts, Charles 1. and James 1 I ) re-
volutions and great evils were the result. To him
it appeared that the press, instead of being, as it
had been represented to be, a means to inflame the
public mind, was the means of preventing popular
commotion. And besides, politic opinion, as ex-
pressed through the press and by public meetings,
was the grand check by which all that was practi-
cally good in the Constitutional machine (how-
ever defective its theory might be) was regu-
lated. He could therefore never consent but
that the press should be open, very open, to
keep public men, and even Court's of Justice,
to the pure performance. of their duties.—
`(Lau-stater, nod eties of Ileac, hear !)—The Free-
dom of the Press was wisp a great preservative of
private property, and upon every ground he was
unwilling to place it ander these.heavy restric-
tions, which, in his opinion, :As effectually changed
the Constitution, as if the Commons House was
taken out of it.—(A laugh.)—lle furiher con-
tended, that if the Press were pm down, the ef-
fect would be !evolution, or what was still worse,
arbitrary power. He also obieFted to that par-
ticular clause of the Bill, which provided, that all
prosecutions for publishing without haviog en-
tered into a recognizance, should be instituted in
the name of the Attorney-Genera! ; which lie as-
serted was to put the censorship of the press tin-
der. !mother name in the hands of an Officer of
Government.

Mr. It. MARTIN said, he would not det,iin the
House so long as the Hon Gentleman who had
lust spoken.—(A laugh !)—particulatlyas after the
succession in dramatic order, which he had wit-
nessed among the Honourable Gentlemen on the
Opposition side last night, he had been persuaded
that they were inclined to saucer these measures
to pass without further obstruction.—(A laugh.)
The Honourable Gentleman then referred to a let-
ter from Ireland in his possession, which gave an
account of emissaries from England who were at-
tempting "to organize the western populatiou of
that country.—(Hear, bear, hear !)—This tact
alone was sufficient to authorize the present
measures and their speedy enactment. The
Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Primrose) said,
he would allow the utmost latitude to writings
by the press because he wished to prevent a re-
sort to physical force ; but he conceived that no-
thing could be more absurd than this argument,
for it the people were told the same fasehood ten
times over, however gross and improbable it was,
they would believe` it. And this was the source
of much of the evil that was abroad ; yet the
Hon. Gentleman would encourage and sanction
it by a speech an hour and a halt long, not much
to the edification of -the House.—(Latighin:z.)—
Again noticing the dramatic order in which tl►e
Opposition had marched out last night, when a
motion was made to reduce the amount of win-
ters' securities, lie inferred, that as the Honour-
able Genileintro world not stay to support %chat
was a di►ninu►ion of that which they declared to
he an evil (because it did not come from their
own side of the House), it was their wisi► that
the Bill should go forth to the country in as dis-
gusting a shape as all the obloquy they threw
upon it could excite;

The Amendments were read and agreed to.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed a new
clause, making it imperative on publishers, under
a pen..lty of 1001., to furnish a copy to the
'Stamp-office, &c. This clause was passed thron;;11
a Committee, and added to the Bill; the third
reading of which was arpointed for to-morrow.

BLASPHEMOUS* LIBELS.

Lord CASTLaREAG It woven the Order of the

Day tor the second rcadinid of the Ill,spbehibus
Libeii,

.
1.41).r4 EBRINGTON ‘visiteddelq, ri. the puttpf,se
of nhitiiat'ely geteing 'rid of the lilll riltn;;e her,
Wilit this view moved, ai an amendment, that
instead of the second reading the words
" fifteenth of Prbruttry"s 11.011111 lie inlered.

Tl►e tiouse vas about to diiride on this amend..
n►ent, when,

•.. , •
Colonel DA is rose; anti eiPreised bps stirpriSe
at the extraordinary conduct of Ministers, in Tint
deliNing this question. He accused Ministers of
decency niipralleled iii Parliatnen-
tar„ y history, in not ansVvering the at; uinents of
heir OpPolient s-- (La ng liter l)---add ti imindud ut
theist to show, for thdr own salie, that the exist-
ing laws ‘'vere not of which, if
they did, their propositions WOuld be 'received
viith general aPplanse instead of abliorienee.
I\ll.. 111oisitrt- said, he should must coliliallY give
hiS vote for the second reading of the Bill, con-
sidering it calculated to protect the liberty against
the licentiousness of the Press. lie coulil not
help eipressing hiS hope that this this hot the last
of the Measnres so irtrperionsly required for stcm-
thing 'tide of it religion and blasphemy. It
had been -remarked by a diipatAionate observer of
passing ocCutrenteS, that one of the most flight:-
tul teatilies Of the present times was, that de:-
mentary sidlooli had been formed, Where chil-
dren [night with the indithenta of learning lie
taught lessnnS of sedition and blasphemy.—(Critii
of " Name, natne," Iron; the Opposition benches.)
avimadverted iu v(ry severe language oh(
the eitistenee, th'st Condettt, and the 'const cprenees
of Sunday neeespaPerS. A Pet ii ion had been pre-
sented to the House by himself, signed by 70
flutist tesP'eetable newi•vcnilerS, again St. the Sure
of Smiday papet, describing them in various in-
stances as disloyal, seditious, and profane:
Mr. W. Smirn Worild agree wi:h the Hori.
Gentleman, if the case he had staked were proved ;
but he entirely Joutited the truth of 11e vague al-
legation§ reSpec'ting the schwds for the dissemina•
lion Of seditiOn aad blasphemy. His creed was,
that Christianity, however, did not need the sup-
port of the Civil Po,ver, and he ryas satisfied that
there would be no danger to our Religion if all
the Statutes seemingly for i:s protection were re-
pealed. It they had been acted 'upon 10 Ike lette'r,
Christianity would not now exist in this Cottony.
From whet had falien Isom an Hon. Member last
night, it W•buld seem th it the extent to which
education had been carried in this Country
rather a citennistanpe of reprobation to het Ilan
of approbJtion. He had risen principally kir the
purpose of saying that all 'the 11611. Gentletnan
opposite (\lr. 'Atom y) hail advanced on the sub-
ject of seditious and blasphemous publications,
was unfounded in fact.

Mr. Mosey repelled the assertion of tl►e ti n.
Member respecting what he had advanced. lie
had, in his :Teed!, reterred to the papers On the
table, in which testimony, on oath, was n'ff,..retl
to be produced to the diect of what wa's•stated oti
that subject.

Air. WILLIAM SM TII explAiried.
Strangets t‘ere about to tvithdraw, iu
mice of the order of the House, %viler)

Mr J. I'. GRANT rose for the put pose of im-
pressing- the independent Members of the Muses
with a due sense of the importa,tue of the Bill at
present before it ; and with the indecent histe
with whit It a measure involving such vital in-
terests to the country was alleinp•ed to he ps•seth.
This, he trusted, would have its weight %%itit
thefts in the votes they
.were about to deliver or'
the amendment of his Noble Frictid.

"ItERNIEY rose amidst cries of question
There was no man more desirous [hart lie was not
to cause auy unnecessary delay in the husiu ss of
the (louse, and he was sure the Noble Lord.
(Castlereagh) would do hint the itis;ice to say,
that he hail shown no wish incompatible with the
duties of hi• sitnation in that House, to imp( de
the coure of the Noble Lord during the present
Session. Out his conscience, however, he could say,
that it did not appear to him that the present Bill
wasof that pressing nature as to requilethe dispatcls
which was practised in passing it through the
(louse. So 1110C11 30 Was be con%iuced, that he was
induced to" relitest of the Noble Cientleman to
grant a delay its pressing-it through its fetal stage
till after the recess, or even to call Parliament to-
gether during the recess for that purpose. lie
saw the Noble Lord was about to give him a re-
fusal, but that would not at all astonish him after
the line of conduct pursued by hint that evening.
Ile knew that by dividing the House on this ques-
tion he was about to lose time; but he did think
that he should not be performing his duly as he
was bound to do, it he took any other course.
Before he sat down, he must implore Gentlemen
in all parts of the Iloasse, not to give up their
minds to a blind acquiescence in this measure,
merely because it came from the Treasury Bench.
--(Year', hear, hear!)

Lord CASTLEREA•GH protested against the pro-
ceeding of the ltight Lion. °cuticula') and his
Hon. Colleagues, in calling upon his Alajesty•-;
Ministers to make speeches upon all occasions, its
order to give Gentlemen on the other side of the
[louse HIS opportunity of replying to them. He
certainly thought that he had sufficiently entered
into the tinesnion before the House on a former
occasion, when he mentioned his intention of pro-
posing an alteration of the punishment of trans-
portation to banishment. In the Illed3llfC had bee:,
rut that eompl cared nature.as to requite an exposi-
tion of it, it: each of its stages, he certainly should
not have shrunk trom the task which ‘voald have
fallen to his lot, to have made such eelaircis3e-
ments. But this Bill was not one of any extent of
detail ; it was merely one of principle ; and he
really thought that as it was before the House, it
was rather the duty of Gentlemen on the other
side to start their objections to it, it they hat any.
They had not thought fit :o make any opposition
to in on the occasion he alluded to, as having
opened i! to their attention ; and with such n
phalanx as he saw before hits, he certainly had
expected they would have made a display of their
objections. Bit he thought it was really too
much to call upon him to get tip and ills at
what he had lot merly said ; for as tie had inc
as vet heard any arguments against the Bid,
he could only repeat. if Gentlemen thought
proper to state their objections, he could as-
sure them that they would not go uttanswervd:

Wifu respect to the Right Honourable Gentle.
reqnest, that the passing of the measure
would be delayed till after the recess, be must
ohserve, that he thought the country would have
just reason to complain of the House, if it should
'separate for the holidays without doing some-
thing to remove that disgrace which had fallen
on it, in consequence of the attacks of the profane
upon its religion and morals.—(Hear, hear !)
Sir JAMES MACKINToSiI contended, that on a
question of such vital importance as the present,
wherein it was proposed to place new penalties
on the Press, -and to make the laws relating to
it of a penal nature, it certainly did demand a
very full and detailed catement of the circum-
stances which called for the adoption of such un-
heard-of attempts on the Constitution, on the
part of the Noble L.ord who proposed it. it was
a dangeroni precedent to fall into, that because
the other House should send it down to them, they
sver•e on that account to forego their ordinary de-
liberations on a measure. He concluded by de-
claring his intention of voting for the amendment
of his Noble Friend.
The ATToRNBY-GENERAL maintained that blas-
phemy and sedition existed to a great degree in
the Country. He traced the
,rapid strides they
had been allowed to make within these few years
to the effect' produced on the Country by the ac-
quittal of Mr. Hone for three most profane paro-
dies and libels, and the subsequent countenance
ond encouragement which he had received from
persons in the superior orders of society. Upon
the ground of these acquittals he also vindicated
the character of his predecessor, from the non-
activity which had been imputed to Lint at,d
.the
Clown Lawyer, in not instituting mole prosecu-
tions.

After a few words from Lord AtTnoßr and the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL,
The Marquis of TAVISTPCIC • replied to the allu-
sii'n which he conceived had been made to him, as
having taken part in the subscription for Mr.
There could be but one opinion, he con-
sidered, on both sides of the House as to the na-
ture attd tendency or the parodies on which that
individual had been prosecuted, and those mug be
of horror and disgust. lie had not, however,
been of opinion with his Majesty"): Attorney-G -
,tral that blasphemy had been the rnoti‘e of
these publications ; and it 'was upon a pro-
mise front M. Hone that he would not only
suppress their circriktion, but guard egoist
any a- tenrpts of ti siluilar nature, Elia; he
had been induced to putt in his sobscription.—
Ailuding to a speOeh roatle -by tsne Solicitor- Gene-
rttl, it; wi,ich that lion. Gentleman had d
the characters of the sltbscribers in the case of

None, he said iltnt i:C becged to reell to hint sen-
timents, tehit It in Hs former, and perhaps lt.ss
Prudent days he had bituselt ettiertained, and he
would then ask hint. if :t 'Vas not possible for Hit
Englishman to have such let hugs in hia breast,

and ygt ba ve a disgosi and hot for of blasphemy
and sedit ?—(Cowl cheers I)
The SoLiciTou-(;ENEant.. havinq been so

tiistioctly.calkd upon, would beg leave to say,
that he had never, previously to his entering
- that House, been a Member of any polilieal
party whatever. Ile eontetidt,d, I her efore,
that he was as free to support the Constitution
of this country on entering it, as the Noble Lord
opposite was to follow his particular brie of poli-
tics. He bad never impugned the motives of the
Noble Lord, or any others who had been instru-
mental in supporting- and encouragiug Mr. Hone.
All that he said wal, that their conduct had the
effect he had imputed to it.—(Lund cheers.)—
He had said that the three Parodies on which
Mr. Hone had beers tried were impious and
profane libels. The late Lord Chief Justice,
to whose integrity and knowledge of the profes-
sion no panegyric of his could do justice, had
said they were impious and profane libels. The
present Lord Chief Justice had said they were im-
pious and profane libels; and since that the
whole Court of King's Bench had decided to the
sante effect. And a late lamented Member of the
Profession, who took his seat on the benches op-
posite, had also admitted itr that House that they
were impious libels, although he had at the same
time censured the Attorney-General for having
made them subjects of prosecution.—(lleAr, heat!)
Mr. SCARLETT vindicated the character of the
London Juries who had acquitted Mr. [lone ;
and went through a train of arguments to show
that those acquittals were due to the justice of
the case. He threw great blame on the Crown

Officers for not having instituted more piosecu-
dons ; and thought (bar as the existing laws had
not been given a fair trial, the Government could
not reasonably ask the [louse to grant new ones.
Colonel WOOD was of opinion, that some mea-
sure was necessary to protect the poor man's cot-
tage from the assaults of irreligion and such scan-
dalous and profane trash and ribaldry, as was at
present in universal circulation in the country.

_ .
-With reference to the parodies which had been
the subject of much discussion that evening, be
would tell the House where be-had first met with

them—and that was in his nursery !—(Near,
hear, hear !)-1-Ie thought this was a sanctuary
which deserved even the attention of the Metu-

bers of that House.—(Hear !)
The Gallery was then cleared for a division on
the Amendment of Lord EBRINGTON, when the

numbers appeared to be:—

For the.Afflendinent
Against it l9O
Majority in favour of the 4d reading ofthe Bill-1 Iti
The Bill, on our return to the Gallery, was
read a second time and cotuNitted for this day.
The Report of the Committee of Supply was
brought up, and the Resolutions agreed to. The
other Orders of the Day were postponed.
• Adjourned about One o'Clock.

Four Prizes of 20 0001. form one of the princi-
pal features in the New Lottery, which contains
10,000 Tickets. Only 5,000 of these Tickets are
now on sale, which will be all drawn on the 12th
of January, 1820, when Two of the '20,0001.
Prizes will be decided in the First Five Minutes.
J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT (the Contractors) have the
pleasure or congratulating their blends on the
success of their Offices in the Last Lottery, when
No. 1,656, -a Prize of 20,0091. was sold in Nine
:shares at their.fortunate Offices, No. 37, Corn-
; 38, Haymarket; 11, Holborn; 141, Ox-
,,rd•-street,

A CAUTION.

We most earnestly advise the PUBLIC FUNCTION•

ARIRS, the Guardians of the King's Peace, the

Armed Force of the Country, the Regular Troops,

•and the Yeomanry, that they will not suffer the

FESTIVITIES of CHRISTMAS DAT /0 divert Their

Vigilance from the PLOTS Of the RADICAL CON..

SPIRATORS. It is very probable, that that day has

been determined on for the Simultanthus "fleeting,

which was postponed from the 13th instant to a more

unguarded season; and that the Infidel Insurgents,

who respfct neither God nor the King, have calcu-

later! on that day for the dispersion of the Military
Power, and the relaxation of its discipline.

Tlll 'I'ItICAI. REGISTER.
Performed Last 'Night.
.1111tA FRE RO VAL, DIWRY-LANE.—The School for Scandal:
Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. Mundell; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Payne.
After which, The Mayor of Garratt.
To EA'site itoYAL, COVENT-GARDEN —KingßichardtheThird:
Richard, Mr. Macready ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Abbott;
Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. Faucit : Lady Anne, Mrs. Yates.
After %%hid), Richard Coeur de Lion.

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THE SUN.

SOLEM WI IS DicEne ',ALS A UDEAT ?

LON DON, .
11 EI)NESD.II', DECEMBER 22, 1819.

We received this morning the Paris Papers of
Sattird.y last. Those of Sunday, which were
due; have riot arrived. The Committee on the
Address to the KING, having at length agreed
upon one, in ,de a report to the Chamber of Pe.
polies on Friday. The discussion upon the Ad-
dress in the Chamber being altogether secret, no-
thing is allowed to transpire in the Journals as to
the nature or course of the debate. It appears,
however, that, after discussing several suggested
alterations, all the proposed amendments were
got mid of by the previous question, and that on
the scrutiny on the whole Address, as proposed
by the Committee, there were for its adoption
136, against it 91—Majority 45. A Grand De-
Imation was then appointed to present the Ad.
dress to the King, and the Chamber adjourned
till Monday. The terms of the Address would
not be pub!ished till after its presentation. The
following are extracts

" PARIS, DEC, i3.—The King yesterday gave
a private audience to M. de Lally ToHelldal, and
transacted business witty the Minister for Foreign
A ffairs.

It W 33 repotted yesterday that the Count
Decazes is to be appointed Ambassador to Eng-
land.

Marshal Serrurier is dangerously ill.
" Accounts from Naples mention a great erup-

lion of Vesitviiii.

" Letters front Cadiz, of the 30th ult., state,
that on the 29th there had been no deaths from
the yellow fever, Rad that -therewere.oaly 91 sick.

FIVE PER CENTS.

Friday

69 f. t 0 c.

DEFERRED STOCK.

Of the 22d March; 1817, 92 1. 55 c.
22cl Sept. 1817, 9of. 55c.
224 Match, 1818, BB f. 55c.

221 Sept. 1218,..-
.22d Alarch,lBl9, • • 55 c;
2.2 d Sept. 1519, B2 f. 50

The Funds have -experienced a rise this morn-
Consols have been done at G7l, but they
were rather flat at l o'clock.

log.

Upwards of 100,000/. was insured at LLoyn's,
upon the two ludiamen lost off the Cape of Good

Hore.

If the Opposition had intended to excite disgu3t
among all the well-disposed part of the Commit-
y, they could not have adopted any plan better
calculated to produce that effect, than in the
struggle which they have made to obstruct those
measures which the safety of the State demands,
might we ask these Gentlemen, if they wish
for the continuance and perpetuity of such meetings
as are convened by Rebels who aim at ti►e destruc-
tiOn of all regular Governmetrt„ efter the mischief

which those meetings have occasioned, and
the alarm which they have universally ex-
cited.? What good aid rational Men will now
be prevented from meeting, under proper regula-
tions, to deliberate on any measures of Govern-
ment that may affect the interests of die People
.collectively or individually
.? may ask the

Opposition also, who have been so vehement
their objections to restraints upon the Press, whe-
ther they wish for the existence of a seditious
and blasphemous Press, that tends to introduce
Rebellion, and to obliterate all sense of Religion ?
The restraints on the Press, so far as Politics are
concerned, are only intendtd to have a temporary
operation, but with respect to blasphemy, we most
cordially hope that all restrictions will be perpe-
tual, and be more closely interwoven with, and
become essential parts of, the Law of the Land.
While there is a due regard for Religion in a
State, the People will be obedient to authority
when it is properly exercised. They will never
lightly and wantonly rise against the Government,
but pursue-their occupations with stidi decorum and
steadiness, that they will be sure of the protection
of the Ruling Power, and that Power will have no
temptation to intrude upon their rights, and ha-
zard their tranquillity. We therefore congratu-
late our Readers on the passing of the Seditious
Meetings Bill last night in the House of Lords,
and which only waits till to-morrow to receive
the Royal Assent.

The middling and lower orders of the People
Dave great reason to feel much indebted to Mr.
B. WILBRAHAM for introducing last night in the
- House of Commons a subject intimately connected
with their interests, and of course with their peace
and comfort. If seems that the venomous spirit of
the Radical Reformers had spread a Report, in Lan-
cashire, particularly, that it was the intention of
Government to seize upon, and appropriate the
Funds of the FRIENDLY SOCIETIES and of the
SAVINGS. BANKS, and to appropriate them towards
the liquidation of the National Debt. Mr. B.
\VlLERAffairs, therefore, though fully aware of
the falsehood and folly of such a Report, deemed it
necessary that it should receive an authoritative
contradiction from Government, before the Repre-
sentatives of the People. The Honourable Gentle-
man stated, that though this report had been pro-
pagated by mischievous persons, yet that it de-
rived some colour from a late Act of Parliament, by
which the funds of these Societies were directed
to be paid into the hands of the Com Missioners for
tile payment of the National Debt. The Cr-la:leer,
LOR of the EXCHEQUER, after commenting on the
absurdity of the Report, distinctly stated, " that
there was not the least foundation for such a Ru-
mour, for that the Funds of the Friendly Societies
and of the Savings Banks, were kept wholly
separate from the General Funds of the State,
and that they could not be touched by the
Treasury, even if such an intention had ever
been entertained by Government."—This is
an interesting and import:mut Statement, as no
doubt the same insidious and wicked Reports will
be circulated by Radical Reformers throughout
the United Kinuom.

As many grossly exaggerated and fallacious
Reports have been prevalent respecting the recent
tumult at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, we refer the
Public to a Letter from that place in THE SUN
of this day, which comes from a very respectable
authority, on which our Readers may confidently
rely.

lEXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATE!) DOVER, DEC. 21.
1 " While the whole country is in a state- of
anxiety or alarm on the projected rising of the
people of the North, and a strong military force
is prepared to protect the peaceable and well dis-
posed subject ftom their diabolical conduct, it has
excited much astonishment in these ports, that
the daring acts of the smugglers hereabouts should
not have excited the more marked vigilance of
the Government, and that measures should not
be adopted, if not to prevent bloodshed in the
foolish resistance these offenders so -frequently
make, (and which, perhaps, is not possible on
many occasions,) at least to secure their persons
when •committed to prison. Our gaol, secure as
it is, was lately delieered of a gang of notorious
smugglers the very night of their commitment,
by a large hole bring broken in the solid wall,
through which these enterprising spirits marched
boldly out, in defiance of all the precautions used
to restrain t rein but the consequences of these
escapes encourage fresh acts of outrage. I have
just seen a person from Deal, who says that on
Saturday night a severe firing took place in the
streets of that place, and that two men were des•
perarely wonnded. I trust Government will now
interfere, and give employment to the numerous
and starving boatmen of the Cinque Pmts, so as
to win them from this cursed traffic, Hod that the
London Ship Owners, who consented to their
being licensed to carry ,oti Pilots to shipping, will
direct a clause to be inserted in the New Pilot ,
Bill, to be brought into the [louse this Session,
tor that porpose indeed, it is to he hoped, that
the Lord Warden of the Cinque Porte, whom all
must acknowledge feels every anxiety'on a sub-
ject of such vitaLimportance, will grant his Li-
censes to the two Boatmens' Societies of this
place and Deal, by which the Public will be serv-
ed by a selection of the most active men, asso-
ciated for their general good, anti who will be
ready in the must stormy nights and win-
try gales, to go off to shipping, without Ship-
Ownees and Ship-roasters being inconvenienced,
by a competition amongst ignorant met), or by se-
lectitig particular persons, instead of trusting to
the Associations in question; who will do them
justice, even if 'a more liberal price be paid for
their services. . .

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