Star.
London, England, 1802-03-03 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Mr. Boa now pretested a Petition from the Debtors eonfined
in the Gaol of Durham, praying relief; and a Petition of a
&Misr nature was prefented from the Debtors confined in the
Gaol of Carlille.—Ordered to lie on the table.
The keond reading at the Greenland Whale Finney Bill was
put off till to-morrow
The Bill for continuing the Ad retpetting the Tranfporta-
tion of Felons was read a fecond time, and corranikod for to-
MOM'S%
The Indemnity Qualification Bill was read a fira time, and
ordaed to be read almond timc to-morrow.
ARDOR AND NAVY ISTIMATIS.
The Secarraer at Waft appeared at the Bar,
and Rated that his Majefty had been waited on
with the Addrefs of the Houfe voted yefterday,
and had in confequence given the neceffary orders
tint the papers required &mild be laid before the
Houle.
The Sacarrser at WAR then prefented the
Army Eftimates for two months, from the 25th
inflant, which he moved thould be laid on the table.
He took this opportunity of correcting a mifap-
prehenfion which he underftood had gone abroad,
In confequence of the motion of yefterday for an
Addrefs to his Majelly, praying that the Army and
Navy Eftimates up to the end of the year, lhould be
laid before the Houle. That, in fad, arofe from
this circumftance. It had been the uniform euflom
heretofore, at the beginning of the Seffion, imme-
diately after the firtt report of the Committee of
Supply was brought up, to move that an Addrefs
thould be prefented to his Majefty, praying that the
Army and Navy Eftimates for the whole year
thould be laid before the Houfe ; and then Mu-
tters from time to time prefented thofe ettimates
according as circumftances (liked. Such had
been the pradice but by miftake at the beginning
of this Sefton, the Addrefs was moved for three
months only. This miftake was difcovered after
he had prefented the. Eftimates on Friday, and of
courfe it was found necefrary to withdraw thefe
Eftimates, in order that they fliould be introduced
in the regular way; for that purpofe the Addrefs
was voted yefterday, which produced fo much
mifunderftanding ; and which, in fad, ought to
have been anticipated, as he had already explained,
by the Addrefs at the beginning of the Seffion.
As the Eftimates he now propofed to be laid on
the Table were precifely the fame as thofe prefent.
el on Friday !all, he hoped there would be no ob-
jedion to his moving to-morrow, in the Committee
of Supply, the accunomed Refolutions founded
upon them—expedition being neceffary on this oc-
cation, as otherwife the Mutiny Bill might be
d:Layed in its progrefs.
The Eftimates were ordered to lie on the table.
CINNAMON, CASSIA, HIDES, NOR-WOOD, &c.
The Houfe refolved itfelf into a Committee on
the Ads of the asth and 41ft of his prefent Majefi y,
relative to the Duties on Cinnamon, Caffia, Hides,
Skins, and Box-wood imported.
Mr. VANSITTART obferved, that the duty on
Cinnamon had been laid on when the Spice Trade
was in the poffiffion of Holland, and that of
eourfe it became expedient to reduce them now,
.s the pi ineif+al fp;ct island, Ceylon, was secured
to this Couiszry by the Prelimi•aries of Peace;

while it became advifeable to tar ihe duty on
Cala, hi order to difcourage the de of that ar-
ticle, as it was Rill in the hands of the Dutch. He
alto conceived it politic for the encouragement of
our inannfaeures. that the Duty on Raw Hides
and Skins fhould ceafe altogether, and that the
duty on Box-wood fhould be diminithed. He
therefore moved a Refultstion,

" nat it is the opinion of the Committee, that the duty
payable on Cinnamon imported by the India Company, and
on Carta, Ihould ceafe and &termitic; that the duty on Cin-
namon, (which had been heretofore 3s. per lb. Avoudupolfe)
Chould be reduced to is. 6d.; and that the duty on C..lba be
railed from ad. a lb. to is.

" That the duty on all Hides and Skins imported raw and
undreired in Britiih-built Clips ihould ccare.
"That the duty on Box-wood imported in foreio-built (hips
mould be charged at the rate of 404. per ton. it imported in
Brit/Os-built hips at 19s. 63. prr tun."

The Duty on the latter article, Mr. VANstr-
TART obferved, had hitherto operated as a prohibi-
tion. Thefe motions were agreed to, the Houfc re-
fumed, and the Report was ordered to be received
to-morrow.