Star.
London, England, 1807-07-03 00:00:00

P.M, ',OMNI:Mr PROCEEDIINGS.

DOUSE OF LORDS,' THURSDAY, JULY s.
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Lord HOLLAND prefented a Petition from the 13,heors eon.
fined in the Collie," Chelter, praying for Relief.—Ordered to lie
on the Table
lord RI4,ntsDALE prefented a Bill for empowering the fum-
mooing Of Conholdera by Attorney, in Cuftomary. Coons, which I
was read a firft time.
31R rHN STUART.
Lord HAWKESBURY prcfented a Meffage from his Mayfly,
intimating his h•lajelty's with that an annuity of good per annum
fholiti be granted to Major General Sir John Stuart, K. B. for the
term of his natural lie, as a tett iniony of approbation. of his eon-
alma in the brilliant and glorious odium fought on the Plains of
filaida, and defiring the eoncurre-ce of the Houfe on fuch gr.mt.
On the motion of Lotd HAWKESBURY, his Majdty't molt
gracious Meffage was ordered to be taken into eonfidoration to-
morrow.

PRIVATE RILLS.
'The LORD CHANCELLOR propofed the motions which be
laid before the Houfe on Tuefday, relt•ive to Private Bills, inter-
rupted in their progrefs by the prorogation, which were alt agreed
to. Upon one of the motions being put,
Lord HO i.l .AND laid, he did not mean to ohjeit to the mcv•
tine.; great inconveidencies had undoubtedly refulted from the late
abrupt prorogation, but he thought the Noble and Learned Lord
had fuggatted the heft mode of remedying them with refpedt to
private hills. He thought, however, that in point of regularity,
a lift of private which had been interrupted in their progrefs
by the prorogation, fbnuld be laid before the Houle.
His Lordthip moved for a lift of this drfeription, which motion
was agreed to, and the lift having been, previoully prepared by the
Clerk, was prefented, and ordered to lie on the Table.
Lord WA ISINGHAM prefented a great number of renewed
petitions fur Private Bills, which were referred to Cuturnittees.
Adjourned till to-morrow (this day.) •

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mr. DUGOAI.E brought in a Bill for enabling bis Majefty to
Licence a Play•houfe in the Town of Birmingham, in Warwick-
&ire, which was read a firß time.
Mr. ROSE gut leave to prepare and bring in an American In-
tereourfe Indemnity Bill.
The Ifilh Cultonis Bill went through a Committee, and Report
ordered for to morrow.
The Reverfion 13111 was read a fecond time, and committed for
to morrow.
The Dublin Paving Bill was referred to a Committee, and Re-

port ordered to he received to-morrow.
The American l'rcaty Adt was read a fccond time, and com-
mitted for to morrow.
The Cafee Wuehcrufe A& was committed for Monday.
Et-Ecru-1r Irs•riTtOsts.

A Petition was prefentcd for Mr. Henry Freemantle. complain-
ing of a double return for SaltaQi, in Cornwall, which was or.
dered to be taken into confideration along with another Petition,
alto complaining of a double return for the (aid Borough, on the
14th July.
APetition was prefented for Colonel Sergifon, complaining of
an undue return for the county of Suffer, which was ordered to
be taken into confidcration on the ald July.
EAST INDIES.
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Mr. CREEVEY gave notice that he thould on Monday fermight
move fur a Copy of all Difpatchcs and Correfponctcocc received in
this country, from the Governments of Bengal and Madras, rela-
tive to the Mutiny in Vellore.
SNUGGLING.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
role, agreeably to notice, to move for leave to bring
in a Bill for the better preventing of Smuggling.—
A draught of a Bill on this fuhjea had already been
prepared by the late Government, and agreeing as
he did irr mon of the means propofed in that Bill,
he had adopted moll of the regulations conta.md in
it. It was. extremely difficult to devife means for
counterading all themanceuvres pradifed by fmug-
glers, in the exercife of their illicit trade ; but he
hoped thit the regulation* now propofed, thniigh
they might. not be fufficient to put an entire flop to
the traffic, would have the effea of diminifbing it
greatly. It had formerly been the practice of per•
cons cart Ting on this trade to c• nvey their fpirits from
pricy an:l Guernfey to this ci untry, in !mall calks,
or ankets, which, born their Tillable nature, were
immediately g.. 1 rid of without difficulty. To remedy
this evil, an ad v ac pallid, prohibiting the clearing
out from Jerfey or Glierniey of any *hip with fpirits
in Imill caflo The way that had been taken to de•
feat that tegulation was, that while the fpirits were
in large calks, each velrel fo loaded carried alto a
prc.potti, nate number r f fmall calk:; fo that, by
emptying the ri.m and brandy with which the large
calks were ot iginally tilled, into the fmail ones, they
had Hill the fame facility of cilli,ofing of their car-
goes. By the pi etent Bill it was provided, that na
fhip of .he dere, ipti.m employed in this trade fhould
be allowed to have on board any fmall calks. To
fuch a height had this traffic been carried, that it
appeared that it was no uncommon thing for the
fame veircl to be cleared out from Jerfey or Guern-
fey to Tottingen twice within fix or feven ys, which
was a thing fo utterly impollible as eafily to explain
the nature of the voyage. The revenue of which
Government was in this way defrauded did not
amount to lefs than from feventy to eighty thou-
fand pounds per annum. He timid probably at
fome future pzrind propofe the laying fome heavy
reatietionc, or even the prohibiting altogether, the
exportation of fpirits front Jerfey and Guetnfey, for
that all the fpirits fo exported were bungled into
.this country, limed hardly to 'Winked' a doubt.—
Another regulation of the prefent Bill was to iocreafc
"the rewards of Fierfons making feizures.
. Leave granted.
Mr. HUSXISSON then moved for an account of
all vat's cleared not from Jerfry and Guernfey,
from January 1866 to January 1907, with the ton-
_ nage of each, fpecifying alto the place for which they
refpeeivaly cleared out.—Ordered.
CLOATIIIIIO, /OR Tlll 1111TALIDS.
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• Mr. ROSE, agreeably to notice, made his pro-'
railed motion fur the prodation of certain Letters
which had paired on the fubjeft of the Cloathing for
the Veteran Battalions, and which had not been pro.
duced in compliance with a former order of the
Houle. He thought it 'neceffary to explain what the
nature of the letters and minutes, which in his opi-
nion were material to the fubjea in quellion, and
which he rafted to skink had been improperly
withheld, actually was. When he was appointed
one of the Joint Paymaffers of the Forces, it occur-
red to him, that if any favings were likely to be
made in the Military Department, The eloathing was
b• inch in which it migh' ac probably be effedled as
in any other. He inquired accordingly, how other
Paris of the let vice were provided in this refpedt, and
f and that a pet ion who contrafted for cloathing the
• Mar'nes, did fo at a rate greatly lower than that
charged.lor cloarhing the Invalids: 'He lent ler this
per fon and f and that his charge was only 11. Is. per
whereas the charge then made•for cloathing the
Invalidi., Was 11: 7S. 91 It turned out, however,
,that there was nr re lace cn the clothes of the Vete.
twn BattAion than the contratti•r had been aware,
he theteforeincreafcd his citimate to tl. 3s. Havin4