Star.
London, England, 1813-07-03 00:00:00

CASSEL, JUNE 20.

The King set of on the 18th, from. Brunswick for
Halberstadt, from whence it is supposed he twill pro-
ceed to Halle.

DECREE OF THR ifiTH O 1 JUNE.

This Decree was signed by Bonaparte, at Dresden,
and applies to the uk.ole extenoof the 3'2d Military
Division, which comprehends Hamburgh, Lubeck,
&c. It consists of seven articles, the substance of
which is as follows :
lit Article requires a list of all rersona absent out of that Di.
vision ; of those rho wi.o ktve puLlic functions, ant qatted
them atter the return of att. French.

ed. Result«. a liz.t of the :.:euators who r.ccepted functions
deers Vie cc of the French.
Sd. A rat ut ail persons who Lad not returned to their homes,
15 days after the re-occupation of ihml.urzh by the French.
4th. Lists of all persons who had then terviug as °Ulcers, or
othetwlse, in the Hanseatic Legion.
sth. Lists of all persons against whom it cMttl3 be proved that
they had bt.loilged to armed assoiatiors, awl by their cctitiwtt
endeavoured to =Uwe the minds of the people.
eel. A het of all persons kcotvn toh.vc br.n employed in any
civil-or military Capacity by lhe Re.:lans , Prostians, or britists.
7th. A list of those persens w no have left their homes since the
lit of March, and have not returned within fourteen days after
the publication of the prennt Decree. .
sevi:ral districts of the s2d Division are to furnish the
Prince of Eck:l:obi with the lists required. Isio monies to be
paid to the absentees, or any reisbi,yr4 c their account. 1 lisir
pcoputy to be eviihefeted.

'lite Glau Duty Bill, the Isle df Man Bill, the Spirit Dui
8111, the Banker's Indemnity Bill, the Scotch Linen Bill, di
Prizeners' Bill, the Irish Catholic Officers' Bill, Percevars RI
nunciation Bill, and the Pare Trade bill, were steer:Ay COO
ninte.l, sod ordered to be reported to mot row.
1 he Exchequer Bills BM st as reported, and ordered to be rea
a third time to-minrow. •
'I he Suuthrn Whale Fishery Bill, the Windsor Forest BI
the Exchequer Bills Bill, tLe Parish Rcestets Bill, the Each
Licenses Bill, the London► Coals B 11, the Irish sugar Bill, tt
li:sh Fees Lill, the Irish National Debt Bill, the Ptnlnsula At
door's bill, the Sump Duty Bill, the Tower Hamlets MIMI
ill i, aad the Irish Size Citrk's Bill, were read a third :low as
passed.
Ihe Repert of tke Committee appoimed to eontlder tl
amount of Allowance to Retirl:l Judges, was brought or, as
the itesolutiun rtcommending au Increase was. after a few won
from Mr. LOct uwzr, ago eed to, and a Bill ordered to be broug!

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iu pursuant to the iteeo.utiou.
AUCTION REGULATION BILL I
Mr. WHARTON moved the postponement of ti
further consideration of the Report of the Auctic
Regulations Bill till Monday.
Mr. WHITBREAD said, understanding that tI
further discussion of this important subject woul
suit the convenitlice of the House better, by pos
potting it to Monday, he rose merely for the purpce
of setting himself right, concerning some assertion
which he had made on a preceding evening, an
which had been contradicted by the Right Hot
Gentleman opposite ( Mr. Wharton). In consequent
of that Right Hon. Gentleman's observations, t}
1 .flowing communication had been made to him fro:
five most respeztable Auctioneers:
" Six—ln consequence of the übservations you did fur prate
don the honour to make on Friday ...vetting last, and white we
sestradidei by Mr. Wharton and Mr. Vansivart, we deem it tit
to the feelings of Mr. George Robins, from whom you rembn
the statemeat, and respectfully toward* you, who have eoldnd
advocated our cause, to state, that the obeenatione re we

authorised to make by Mr. Rebuts are aridly tree soil, on
iereuee to the mieutes of a conversation which passed with h
Vansittart last year, we and the following passage relating to
Mr. Vansittart observed, that be should have full time to cc
sider the Auction Bill during the ileeess.—det he womb! am
and advise with the Deputation, and see them from time to at
—and that he would in the course of the recess, caummilcatel
eentiments and opinion in wooing to them?
" The Bill, however, passed air its staged, save only the 3
port, tarots we received ay sett of iodination that It was agi
introduced into the House or ConiTTss. Regarding the ws

experiment, nude use of by Mr. Wharton, we state aSs
that he assured us Le apprehended the Bill must *Maio
Mat alkraiiss in the ensuing Session, but he must. la the

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tune, try as repo-karst Italy, hr stated that our objectios
to the BM had ama aqua. 'to ibis we reply by reterriug to
pass Age in our hver to Mr. Whartou, that the &11 Is so •
In itt principal feature, respecting sales, 12 to be rrcoech
soref ratites sliatrorr. We are, very respectfully,
44 Your Wiled and obtdknt Servanui,
" R. WINSTA hiCT4s
61 JAS. CHRISTI'.
• T. L. /Dittmar.
" D.R. bluest.
" H. Pats:me:l

" Piazza Coiree.liolse. June ISIS.
To Samuel Whubread. Eq.
Such being the representation which these Gendereei
had made of that conversation, he would ch, Lot
mare than state the grounds on which he would ente
his protest against the prineples of the Bill. It ap
geared, hawever, highly desirable that some reguki
:ion should take place cincerniv. mock atictiotm
and he would he glad to see some measure adoptei
for. that pm pose, which might not distwb the bail
ness of the legitir.itte Auctioneers, for he should re
his face against any regulation which made no das
tinction between the good and the bad. ( krt..:
The Bill at present undLr consideration, although
had only be.ai heard of within these few days, ba(
excited considerahic alarm—letters float repsctabL
professional persons at Bristol, and over all the king
clom, had already arrived in London, cemplainiii
of the intolerable hardships which its provisions int+
posed; mot by a cclauniuwativ4 Iron a very

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ent Gentleman he was informed, if the Bill passed,
a estate which he intended to dispose of, should be
noiediately withdrawn. Tbe hardship in the regu.
twins concerning the disposal of goods and chattels,
ppearcd to be great, and the Crown in all appear.
sce would have a fresh accession of power, from the
implicated securities to be given in the future sale
f estates. The Solicitor of Excise would have a most
'rofitable situation, provided the Bill passed, by
!riming out multitudes of bonds, though he did not
:o so far as to say that the person who would draw
he bonds, had any hand in drawing the Bill—(4
r.gh.) He was glad that his observation respecting
e printing of the Bill had contributed to make it
üblic, and that its propositions had become the sub.
ect of discussion among intelligent men, in whose
rtinds it had excited no inconsiderable apprehensions
loth for the welfare of a body of respectable•persons,
knd the tonne prosperity of the revenue.
Mr. FREENIANTLE said, he had been given to
inderstand, that the Honourable Proposer of the
Oeasure contemplated an alteration of that clause,'
vhich regulated the sale of goods and chattles, so
hat it ni•ght be less objectionable to profession.* per.
Moons. He h.. d likewise learned, that the clause which
enacted secure y by bond for the duty on the 'sale of.
':states, was to be modified. Now, it appeared to
im, that the latter clause, as it now stood, went to
mpose restrictions of a severe deicription on every
andholdtr, who, from particular . circumstances or
amily enihairasioents, might find it necessary to dis.
ose °Phis property. Other parts of the Bill were
mewhat mysterious, and required explanation ; for
stance, in what manner were itinerant Auctioneers
it) be distinguished from the respectable stationary
uctioneers ? Though he knew how to distifiguisb
hem himself, the Bill had not pretended to furnish
im with any means of recognition, and he would he
lad that the Hon. Proposer of the measure would
t .te whom he contemplated as permanent, and whey)
a p.rambulatiog Auctioneers.
Mr. WHARTON informed the Hon. Gentleman
who had just sat down, that he had been misinfor•
;road wit). respect to his ;mentions of making altera-
tions in those cl.inses which he had pointed out. He
!really had nut contemplated any modification in the
ne, or amendment in the other. With respect to
e. distinction drawn between resident and itinerant
to to neers, he conceived that it required little ex-
leiettion ; because every one knew a respectable'
rind-street or Fleet-street Auctioneer from one of
hose who perambulated the country, and established
ih
t. r a few da:, s a ,s,le-room ir. a village or a borotigh.
tech was leis manner of making the distinction, and
e believed that die person who drew up the Bill
o•aemplaied the same when 'he framed the clause.
Inch difference of opinion, he believed, did exist
,' oncernii g the first clause; but those who'believed
1t
th:it the B h had been brought la solely for the pur-
pose 01 IV pressing mock Auctions, had misunderstood
Otte measure ;rem its commencement, because it was
mended from the beginning to be applied to another
•ied • t pier tice. 11e alluded to a practice which he
eves infeinted had -become pretty general, namely,
tint a person ‘03() had the sale of an estate in con.
entelatien, connitaica.ed his resolution to another
i ,I so:: i•eely to become a purchaser, and demanded
certain sum (say ten thousand pounds) fur his pro-
, erty ; the other Fety, however, having duly con.
sideteei the i filee come, to the determination of giv-
'ng eight ttee.:arel petards for the estate, and no
more ; up, n IA Lech they come to the resolution that
re rtrl et ty shall be el:posed to sale, which is accor-
a it.: ty don--; and it it 1- net purchased for more their
.reb, a so, Lie estate i, tioN;111 in, and the private biddet
becomes the pie-chest r. New the duty on Auctions,
lie apereliended. was imposed on the benefit of cern.
petiti..n, ano a con.ideraele advantage was contem-
plated to arise fir en allowing the principle of compe-
te on to lia.ve runt opetatiiin. To operate against
th at de ,criet;: n of re:es, -the fit ft clause had been
framed, altd to whice, he believed, the er.nciple re
Aucieni-dut y. we, tor' st applicable. 1-le hid alw ys
apprehended mach ci.&rence would arise on that
point, but he heped lie had made his views distinct
:o all who heard him. With respect -to the state
tents of the conversation contained in the lettet
/Inch the :lon. Gtritlernan ( pposito had communi-
;ated to the Hause, he begged leave ti observe, that
tie had received a letter of the same descriution. Ht
fha I, however, some tecollection ef the convereatioe
cLich Pressed between his Right Hon. Friend the
ltancclioe of the Exc!iequer enti himself with those
-,tlemen, and that conference had left impressions
his mir4l something different from what it ap-
'-'BlCa to Have made .on theirs. He did not know
.Tether this difference might not arise from the ha.
ritual politeness of these Gentlemen's manners, which
id softened their appearance of hostility tp the meet.'
tore, and caused him to meet them with something
like certespondent affability. Certain it was, le-w-
-‘ver, they, according to his recollection, signified
ieir satisfaction— [Mr. WIIITBREAD whispered
:foss the table, 44 IVith your civility, perhaps, but not'
IA the Bill."J No, lie understood they were satis.!
ted with the Bill ; he had no remembrance of the I
:xpression concerning making an experiment of the 1
neasure. It was nonsense as applied to the Bill in l
contemplation, arid could never have been employed
except in a vague and uncertain manner, in those
little hesitations which sometimes arose in conversa.'
ion. The Bill was brought in for the purpose of
meting an acknowledged evil, and he hoped it would
carried into effect with some inconsiderable modi.,
teatzen:e
Mr. W. SMITH said, he apprehended that the
in. Gentleman who spoke last had mistaken the
iriticiple of the measure entirely. It appeared to him,
1)4 the case which he hid mentioned, of disposing
if an estate for eight thousand pounds was liable to
, very different construction ; for in all probability
the estate w, uld be purchased at tie auction•room
rot more than what h.:el been contemplated by some
\undreds of pounds, by which means the revenue
mold gain ' considerably. A Gentleman, a friend
if his, had iitfoi mid him, that an experiment simi.
kr to that at present under consideration had been
introduced in France. .Fortnuely it appeared that
,he rate of auction-duty in that country was only one
tall per cent. but the new measure increased it to 3
lit cent. which banished auctions wholly from Drys.
is,'Bourdeaux, and other places, and had an effect
inischieverus*on the auctions at Paris, that the Go.
ernment very recently taking into consideration'the
!teat clareale Of revenue, allel if Ong Ille warehin?Seil

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ailed with Act fashinited merchandise which the sate: ..was among the reasons which stggested the necessity
tions were wont to remove, consented to relinquish of this part of the. Bill, to which he trusted the Ho-
their enactments, and frame a treasure more. rote.' noatrahle Gentleman would not seriously object; and
rant, and consequently more productive. Such being as to the part which the Hon. Gentleman opposeal;a
the situation of Fiance under similar regulations, he proposition to rescind it would, he submitted, come
sincerely hoped that the lesson might induce the Mi- . before the House with much more propriety on Mon-
nisters of Britain to consent to the postponement or day next.
the anal renunciation of the present measure. 1 Mr. HUSKISSON suggested the propriety of
Mr. HUSKISSON declared, that it became the giving a pledge not to pieis the objectionable part of
duty of the House to consider whether the present the bill on Monday, nor until the next Sessions ; and
revenue arising from Auctions would in all probabi. in that case he presumed' that the Hon. Gentleman
lily be of the same amount with an extensive dimi- on the other side would have no objection to with-
tuition of sale, which- every reasonable person might , draw his amendment. But even if the amendment
contemplate. An alteration, he perceived, had been should •be carried, no public inconvenience could
made in the period for which bonds had to be given follow, because that part of the Bill which referred
in case of estates being bought in : now this tended to mock Auctions, might be again brought forward
little to diminish the difficulties of the Auctioneers ; in a separate Bill.
the sales might not be concluded for a considerable i The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
period, and the influence of the bonds still continued. I admitted, that he himself felt some of the objections
Now, in case of the property being lona fide bought ! urged against the part of the Bill particularly alluded
in, and not sold by private contract within the twelve- :to by the Honourable Gentleman who had just sat
month, the time limited, application might be made i down, and by other Gentlemen also. He intended
to certain Commissioners, who were empowered to i therefore to propose on Monday certain modifications
grant relief, provided that every thing was duly provedl.! of the measure, but he felt it his duty to persist in
But no relief was to be granted, unless the authenti, • supporting the principle of the first clause, with
city of the auction was fully and satisfactorily proved; : which his objections were connected.
unless it was made manifest that the auctioneer had Mr. FREEMANTLE was of opinion. that as so
.exalted his voice in a very audible niannt'r, till all the many Gentlemen declared their inability to attend
audience were satisfied of the sum bidden, and the , on Monday, and as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Commissioners therhselves were convinced that the ! expressed his determint4on to persist in the principle
professional Gentleman had repeatedly proclaimld objected to. it would be advisable to come to a deci-
the amount of the biddings, and also that. every, siert this evening, and therefore he should support
person had heard and were satisfied.—(4 laugh.) the amendment. Indeed the question was soimpor-
i hat extraordinary accumulation of proofs tendA to 1 tint, affecting as it did all the landed interest ef the
involve the Auctioneers in distress and difficulty.— ! country, considering that no less than landed pro.
He was sure, if the Bill passed, that any Auctioneer party to the amount of five millions was annually
in a respectable employment would hesitate to con- ' disposed of by auction, and that the auction duty
tinue his profession any longer, and all who had exceeded £380,000 a-year, that no time should be
estates to sell would hesitate to offer them up to sale. lost in disposing of a measure that mmterialiy endan- i
He could almost name the person who framed this gered such extensive interest.
measure—he was some Gentleman very assiduous Sir C. BURRELL supported the Amendment.
about the Board of Excise, but he apprehend* d that Mr. Pit OTHE ROE disapproved of that part erithe
persons who were in the habit of collecting revenue Bill which referred to the sale of lauded papery, but
paid little attention to the sources of its prosperity, wished the part relating to Mao k-Auctions to pass
and the consequence was, when they proceeded to into law.
legislate their measures might be productive of em- Mr. C. W. WYNNE spoke against the auction duty
barrassment and mischief. The Ministers ought to upon land altogether, thinking that the %%hole duty
pass that part of the Bill which remedied the evils should be imposed upon the conveyance, which would
arising from mock Auctions, and postpone the part s lye much to sauplify business. Under the provi-
. relating to resident Auctioneers till all the parties sions of this Bill he amnia that great litigation, with
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had leisure to consider it and come to some proper seine difficulty in makilig out titles, was too likely to
determination. arise, and for this, withotf•er reasons already stated,

Mr. LOCKHART apprehended that the measure
interfered too tar ith the transfer of property, and
might be exceedingly injurious to the Stamp and
consideration duties. The bonds proposed to be en-
tered into were an incumbrance upon property, and
would have the effect of charging the land to a con-
siderable amount. Did they expect that trustees
would give bonds that would encumber the lands of
others which they were appointed to protect ? The
measure originated in a desire to relieve the fair
trader from the evil operation of the mock Auctions,
and it appeared highly improper to engraft some-
thing on the Bill of a very different nature and prin-
ciple. Let them have a Bill for the protection of the
fair trader, and then let them have a separate Bill
for imposing an additional duty on him, but do not
couple such dissonant propositions together. Besides,
he apprehended that hawkers and pedlars, against
whom appeared no clause in the Bill, would be ena-
bled to become formidable rivals to the legitimate
traders. From every circumstance lie really thought
the Hon. Gentleman might be induced to acquiesce
' in the proposal for the postponement of the measure
to another Session.

he should vote for the Amendment.
Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIS conceiving that
every day must be calculated to take away flow the
number t,f those uho were at present disposed to kin
with him in %psi:lg the present Bill, at least in the
objectionable features already pointed out ;oaf ric, at
the same time, the Chancellor of the Exchequ:r de-
clined giving any assurance that he should not push
this part of the measure; on the ct utrary, that he
adhered to the principle of it :—he must press his
motion.
Mr. WHARTON said, the clause now objected
to was an original part 01 the present mea4re.
Mr. LITTLE TON thinght the measure in many
parts objectionable, and that it was inci.mbent en
every landed proprietor to stay in town and oppose it.
?sir. WHITBREAD hoped the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman would consent to the delay proposed. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer, he was convinced, had
been ignorant of the contents of the clause in question
till he had come into the House to-night. lie ob-
served the Right Hon. Gentleman, ana marked his
surprise virile he was reading the clause ; and toped,
as Gentlemen were about immediately to leave town,

Mr. Alderman ATKINS said, that a large body
of respectable Auctioneers of the city of London had
waited en Lim in the morning, and gave him to un-
tkrstand, that if the bill passed the House, their
business would be annihilated.

the Right Hon. Gentleman would either wididraw
the Bill entirely, or would divide it into two, throwing
aside that part of it which had beto represented, and
he helic•ved justly, would in its eGets be• su destruc-
tive both to the rt v, i:ue and the landed interest.

glr. WHARTON declared that the measure had
grown out of applications and suggestions made to
the Treasury, and from the momen th it it origin:nee!,
he had in contemplation both the hgitimate a:id iti-
nerant Auctioneers, he never dreamed of availing
himself of a popular measure to itvroducc, by way
of appendage, one th::t was tiopopular.
I\ Ir. FRANK.LAND LEWIS maintained that the
Bill intertered roost essentially with tl.e tranver of
ianded property, which was already sutfa iewly en-
cumbered. It became the duty t f the Ilouse to r,
move -..utlier than Lreatc impediment of transfer, and
nothi;-,g tended s> much to ret.ird the improvement
of laild the difficulty he had mentoined. The Bih
would increase to au enormous degree the difficulty
seliing lands by auction, and at present there were
scarcely any other mode of getting a purchaser. A
mhtsure nt a magnitude so serious deserved furtlwr
consideration ; Auctions were of public benefit, for
through their means people found an outlet to their
accumulated quantities of goods which could not be
got rid of in th:: common way. The difficulties of
the times occasioned these mock Auctions, and with
returning prosperity they would die away of their
own accord. He concluded by moving, as an
Amendment, 66 I'hat the Report be taken into far-
ther Consideration this day Three Months."
Mr. WHARTON expressed his surprize at a mo-
tion for which he could not at all be prepared. lithe
'Hon. Gentleman objected to one clause, against
which alone any objection had been urged, he might
propose on Monday to omit the clause ; but to pro-
pose the entire rejection of the Bill, did really strike
him with astonishment. It was indeed, taking him
unawares, for had he expected such a motion he should
have taken occasion to enter into details, and to urge
the various reasons which induced the preparation of
this measure. As to the mock auctions and itinerant
auctions, the Hop. Gentleman was mistaken in sup-
poking that they were not productive of great evil.
In fact, not only a fraud was committed upon those
poor innocent people who were induced to buy at such
auctions, but a great encouragement was given to
robbery, by the quilk and easy means which these
auctions afforded for disposing of stolen goods.' A
case had, indeed, come to his knowledge which illus.
trated the fact—a Gentleman having been arrested
in London, and taken to Witv-street, upon the charge
of stealing a case of pistols bound in his lodgings,
which pistols were stolen from a Nobleman in town,
whose house had been burglariously entered some
' time before. But the Gentleman arrested had, it
turned out,' bought the • pistols at one of those mock
auctions ai 4,ynn, in Norfolk. Many such sales, how-
ever, were; n? doubt, made at suet auctious, and chit

Mr. WORTLEY was against the clause objet-1
ted to.
Mr. Alderman should vote ftw going into
the Committee, though he did not say he should vote
tr,r the clause in qu
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
agreed, seeing Coe saise of the House to be against
the mea,ure, to pin it r if.
Mr. GOOCH retruinstrated against the postpone-
ment of that part of the Bill which went to suppress
stuck ancriotts. By pursuing a middle course, he
thought the Bill might be made palatable, and ser-
viceable to all parties.
Mr. WORTLEY suggested that the Bill might
be dividwd.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
was unwilling to separate the provisions which regard
the fair trader from those which concerned thereof:nue.
Mr. WOOD teas sorry that the whole object of the
Bill should be given up. He had letters from Not-
tingham, cgmplaining much of rucck Auctions.
Sir JAMES SHAW entre...skid his Right Honour-
able Frinal to reconsider the matter, and not by aban-
doning the Bill, to subject the tair trader to a conti-
nuance of those disadial.tages under which he now
laboured.
The CHANCELLOR of the LXCHEQULR
said, after what he had now heard from the House,
lie must persevere in his motion for going into a Com-
mittee on this Bill on Monday.
Mr. HUSKISSON was aware, that this was r.ot
the first Bill, containing disagreeable clauses, which
the House had been forced to adopt, lest they shuuid
lose the benefits expected from the general enactments
of the Bill.
Sir W. CURTIS conceived the. evil ought to be
checked by the Bill to be scrclaimant, that he hoped
it should not be lost without a vote. He hoped the
Right Honourable Gentleman would agree to divide
it into two.
The question for the House going into a Commit-
tee on the Bill on Monday, was then put and nega-
tived without a division ; and the Bill was ordered
to be committed this day three months.
The Bill is accordingly lost.
HELETONE ELECTION BILL.
Upon the Motion for the third reading of the Hektaue Elec-
tion hill, •
The Marquis of TAVISTOCK propped a clause for transfer-
ring to the West Riding of Yurkvhire, :he right which lielitone
enjoyed of returning two Member, to that tioube—thus pro-
curing fota• Representanves for the County 41 York.
Atter a few wordi from Mr. Bazars, in opycktitra to the
Motion, it vrts negatived wittintiea
CATHOLIC QUESTION.
Sir J. C. HIPPESLhY :we'd, that there be tact before the
44111" avow tren toe el Sir G.rwrisr, Governo

at Canada, beaarag date in Otombee, 1 all, itigh reepect to tb•
stare of the Catholic lterigion in that Colony. Ord..rttl accord.
ingly.
l'he Honourabte Baronet then stated, tbat a Rigt.t Honourable
Gentleman (Mr. Grattan) who was not now it. his pis.e, haying
given notice of a 11.fotiun early in the next Session. with re.:34
to the Catholic Claims, he thought it proper to announce his in-
tention of else submitting a Motion next Sessions upon the ulna
subject ; nunely, tor-.the appointment of a Committee, othiass
Notation would be exactly fur thee:me pur;mst., 314 in the same
words in which he had this Sessions felt n duty to autuait hi*
object to the consideration or the douse.

inenis of the conversation contained i
‘..,litch the :fon. &Tolman ( pposite ha
Fated to the H, .use, he begged leave t.)
lie had received a letter of the same deli
ha 1, however, some recollection ef the
ta•liich gassed between his Right Hon.
Chanceljor of the Exc!iequer .iud hi mse
Gentlemen, and that conference had lef
on his mia.,l something different from
to'SLave made on theirs. He d
kg-hether• this difference might not arise
Fhiival politeness of these Gentlemen's rm
bad softened their appearance of hostilit
ure, and caused him to meet them wi
ike correspondent affability. Certain i
ver, they, according to his recollecti
eir satisfaction— [Mr. WIIITBREA
cross the table, 66 Willi year civility, pet
ith the Bill."J No, he understood the
..ed Kith the bill ; he had no rememb
•xpression concerning making an exper
easure. It nas nonsense as applied
-ontemplation, and could never have bt
xcept in a vague anZ uncertain mans
ittle hesitations which sometimes arose
ii:n. The Bill was brought in for th
• teting an acknowledged evil, and he li
carried into effect with some inconsic
cation:.
Mr. W. SMITH said, he apprehen
tan. Gentleman who spoke last had
'erinciple of the measure entirely. It app
11,,t the case which he hid mentioned,
.f an estate for eight thousand pounds
very different construction ; for in al,
lie estate w, uld be purchased at the
or more than what h.:cl been contempk
undreds of pounds, by which means
••ould gain considerably. A Gentlen
.f his, had idoiined him, that an exp
ar to that at present under considerate
ntroduced in France. .Fortnutly it a]
he rate of auction-duty in that country
alf per cent. but the new measure inct
'.er cent. which banished auctions wholl
-Is,'Bourdeaux, and other ',Lees, and
o mischievbus on the auctions at Paris,
ernment very ri.cently taking into con
mat &was of revenue, an 4 ftiog tt
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