The Sun.
London, England, 1816-03-30 00:00:00

SEIZURE OP CONTRABAND GooDs.

Mr. BROUGHAM had already moved for certain
papers respecting the contraband goods seized on
board the Assiduous Transport. He now wished
to move for papers that might throw further light
on a transaction, which appeared the more im-
pornu►t the more it was inquired into. He
moved for • _ _ .

A curly of tbsiMemorial presented to the Lords of the Tree-
sitry by the Owners of the Transport, declaratory of their
ignorance of contraband goods having been placed on board
the Assiquous;
Copies of all papers, reports, nf ether tipiuents, trans-
mitted by Sir IL Popham to the Board of Customs, reppect
in; the seizove on hoard of the Assiduons; and
A List of the names of all persons to whom the packages
seized .were addressed, and the goods which each package was
stated to contain.
The ?shove papers were ordered to be produced,
without disensiion, with the exception of the lest.
The CUANCELLOR of the EXCIIKQUER
the paper ia Tiestton wcrtal& be returned to one of

Ose ord..; 4 iiirewtr 0:11.th% as tritiqt
•
pipers transmitted to iiieCustoms, •
Mr. BitouctiANl, admitted this to be possilde,
but rot, papers, he tuns necessarily
working in the dark, and he therefore moved, in
different shapes; for every thing likely to furnish
intormation un the suhjeet 'in questiml; though
at the risk of having some of the papers twice re.
turned.' Itt order to get at all, thc.facts it would
be desirable to examine the owners of the vessel,
its officers, and crew. The paper now moved for
caged, Co information not hefot e particularized.
te!.ovt made to tl,e Customs by
.the
log officer might not be so minute as coold be
might state the pelages to have;
been directed to petsons •of distinction with-,
ont
.mentinthinn nantes. By calling for the
Hamel of the psrties, sitould these have hero
previousty omitted, the officer would he necessa-
rilv directed lo• amend his report.- fir (1l r, 11.)
understood the packages seized hail all, on the mete
site, appeared to be ordnance storm This broken,
an ihtervalappeared, and beyond this at paekige
appeared of a very different deSeription from what
ought to have been found there. Instead-oirockets
and gunpowder, the contraband goods wen...dis-
covered, addressed to various. persons, 'whose
Damp were concealed till the outer package had
been broke.

l'he Paper was ordered to he prodneed.
'l'h6 Iron. Gentleman then moved for accounts
of all searches made, and all seizures effected, in
the' dep6ts and storehouses at lVuokjeh, With
COpit'S of the correspondence touching the same-,
which had passed between the Boar ,Is of the Re.:
venue and Treasury ; he al,n moved foe all .seiz-
nres nta4e on board the Urdu:time yacht at Purls-
mouth. The Papers were ordered to be pro.
tineed.

Mr. I.3nntiourtm said, if the returns were not
Made to the orders he had moved for before Eater,
he now gave notice, that on an early day Aftvr
the recess, he should move for the appointment
of a Coinmittee, armed with the powers neeeslttry
to inquire how the revenue laws had'heen exe-
entelLaml how evaded in a
.certain course of
years. There was no other way of getting at the
/viol, than by examining the Rallies connected
with the .Assidnous. The information given in
the Papers .woold not of itself he sufficient. .
The CH,Oicti..Lott of the EXCHEQUER inquired
if the motion of which the Eton. Gentleman had
now given notice,.. was intended to supersede that
which !it nod for Tuesday next ?
Mr. lianuou AM answered in the negative.
Mr. liAatmo movett for a copy of the Treasury
Warrant, (Wed August 31,- 1815, authorising an
increased allowance to the • Superintendants
,of
the Qnarantine for victualling their men. The
object of the 'notion, he obserred, was one of pe-
culiar iinportance, in reference to the great ques-
tion of pithlic economy.
The Cu sNCBLLOR of the Fxcnecum moved,
as an amendment," together With the Minnie of
the Board, and other paperss rcpiative thereto."
The Motion was then agreed to, after a 'few
wrn (is from Mr. Brougham, Mr. Lushington, and
Mr, Robinson.