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Hoose laving then resolved itself, soma Commitee,
nn the siii,•
. Mr. HARVEY proposed a clause, giving gogis
tra.tes power to affix notice to prevent pawns from
bathing in certain places. This to be done only ii.
parts where the existence of a nuisance had been pre.
viously proved by oath. The notice once put up, alt
persons bathing in such places to be taken up and
fined, for the first offence not less than Ss. and not
more than 10s. and for the second 20s.
On this clause the House divided—For the clause,
28; against it, S 6 : majority agents( the clause, 28.
The atport was then received, ARti the Bill ordered
to be read a third time to-morrow and engrossed.
TAX ON NEWSPAPERS.

The Report of the Committee of Ways and Men.
having been brought up and 'belles° lutionsmrd,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT objected to the propose'.
addition of a halfpenny to stamps for newsppers, a.

this time, when it was so necess4ry the public souk
have abundant information on the state of public al.
fairs s he therefore rnnved as an arnendrnent to the re
solution for raising the price of Newspaper Stamps to
four pence, that it should remain as it before stood.
at the rate of threepence halfpenny.
On this Amendment the House divided—For th
Amendment, 16; against it, 53: Majority agains
the Amenclintn:, S 7.
Th. K.esolutioas were &en agreed to, and a Si!
ordered to be brought in.
EAST IN/CIA-WILT SIIIPS.

The Report 01 the Committee on the East-India
built Ships BM being t,iketi into further cunsideratio:..
Mr WALLACE proposed to introduce A IIitUSC

to substitute 350 tons to lOU.

As tlic Bill stood,

ship tinder 11;0 tons was to obtain a registry. Ii -
found Oat ships of that tonnage were riot employes
in the EJet-I Win Trade, and therefore wishedto altt -
the number to :3,50.
This clout was brought up and agreed to.
Mr. MAR RYATT contended, that according t .
all the regulations of British trade, whatever oriel-.
be said of tha India trade, no India•built ships ougl •
to be allowed to trade between India and China; Mac
that the China trade ought to bq carried on in British
built ships only. One very important consideration
on this head was, that the China trade ships were.
Large ships, ships,of 1200 tons and upwards, and sec
as could with ease, and indeed had been occasionall
converted by us into ships of the line. If ships c:
this description Were permitted to be built in Indi,
there would be a number of such Vessels at all tine -
hi the different dock-yards of India.in different stmt.
of forwardUess; and an the event of any revolutio
taking place in India, (an event we ought never to
lose sight of) such ships would be found ready firth..,
service of the enemy, and would be an advantage h.:
would not fail t avail himself of. The Hon. Alm
bei concluded by proposing a clause to this etyc:,
wilts ; proviso in it, that nothing in the present At t
shoild affect existing contraets.
Mr. GRANT said, the erect of this clause wool
be, to deprive the Comeau of the effects of the r
charter altogether. In 1795, the price of shippim.
was but £l4 a con ; and now it was i 631. 'the ship-
owners had, by meetings of their own, inzreased this
rate of tonnage. If this proposition wet e agreed
it would take away all the beneficial consequences ex-
pected from the Company's thane,. littiere was
doubt in his mind as to the danger to be apprehended
-from the building of Large ships in India; becau.e
they bad not the capital to build such slups.
tended that the (hip-builders on the Thame,, et: •
ployed in merchants' yards, were only equal,
to the building of seven ships a year tor the
pany's service. Oo the ground that much advactl,,,,.
would result to the maritime service of this counii
from the employment of India•bwl: ships, he woo
oppose the (saws proposed by the Han. Gentlemi.l
(Mr. Marryatt.) • •
Mr. Alderman ATKINS contended, that sulS-
cient foreign oak timber cou;d be found for huildiei
ships tit for the Company's servite, without friary :a
the naval force of the country. The ships chit ae'e
wanting to make up the number of the bet whi-.4
defeated the Dutch at Carliperdown were those till:
were building for the Company's servi‘e, but tact.:
up for the exigencies or the Jtate. Yet the Com-
pany reit no disadvantage, because they took up rat--
tonnage in the River; and also obtained extra sle
in Indus to bring their teas from China.
Mr. P. MOORE hoped, that if the people wt.
have the sale of oak timber did not come to IN
senses, the building of skips of the lime in India woo.
increase rather than diminish.
Mr. FORBES opposed the Clause,
The House then divided—For Mr. Marryatt
Clause II —Against it S9—Majority 28.—The Chau
was consequently thrown out.
A conversation then arose, as to the number
Lascirs and British Seamen to be employed oa boat
of the ships built in India.
Sir C. POLE proposed, thatthe number of Eut
pean-sailors on board those ships should be illCte4.:
from five to seven for every 100 tons burthen.
After some observations from Mr. Fa wcsTT, ‘l'
FoIiSES, the CHANCELLott of the Excitiouse, ;;,
others, the clause was agreed to without a divw.
The Bill was then ordered to be read a third tit
art-morrow.
Mr. D. GIDDY obtained leave to bring in a Bi
to enable the 'Trustees of Turnpike Roads to abate'
tolls on carriages; so as to allow them to call
greater weight than now, under certain circamsulx:
Mr. V. rITZGE.RALD brought up several I"
Treasury Estimates, which were ordered to lie I
the table.
Mr. ARBUTHNOT moved for accounts
to the distribution of Queen Anne's Bounty.—a'
ed to be laid on the table.
'The Glass Duty Bill went through a Creinetti
Report to•morrow.
Mr. FAWCETT moved for the Copy etaAl
tniTri4l presented to the Treasury. out, e
the Ship Letters Bill, by the Merchant;, othe;
cone-rued an the -f,l-..st Judas Trade.—Ordcreu.
Adjourned.

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