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London, England, 1806-05-16 00:00:00

.AMERICA.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 25.
On the motion of Mr. Mumroan, the Heinle re-
folved itfeif into a Committee of the whole. Mr. Ni.
cnotsow in the Chair, on the bill prohibiting the im.
portation of certain Britifh) goods, wares, and met,
chandize.
'l'be articles enumerated in this bill are the fame
as thofe contained in the Refolution on which it was
framed.
Mr. MURVORD moved to fill the blank left for the
time when this bill is to take effect with the 13th of
November next.
Mr. CLAY moved the eft of January, and Mr.
Crowninfhield the iff of July.
Mr. MUNCORD faid, while they were charging a
foreign Government with furprifing their commerce,
he hoped they would not do the fame thing them-
(elves. He was, therefore, oppofed to the tit of
July, and in favour of the 15th of November.
On agreeing to the in of January the Haute di-
vided—Ayes 37—Noes 67—the Federal Members
voC,,g in the affi•mative.
On agreeing to the 15th of November, fixty-four
Members rote on the affirmative fide—carried. On
this cotellion the Federal Member* likewife voted in
the affit m stive.
On the motion of Mr. MUMFORD. a Hank was
filled,. in. as to make the feAion amended lead as
101 l w.:—
as
W :Ain cloth, whole invoice price &all exceed
ss. Ilerltng per fquate yard."
New Yon 11, APEIL 2.—Mr. Samuel Ogden yefise.
day appeared before the Circuit Court, and was
bound, hirnfelf in to,ooo dollars, and a furety in
so,ooo, so hand trial on account of his connation
with the Leander and General Miranda.
Art RIL B. rhe merchants of New York have ap-
plied to the Government for information refpeEling
she date of their relations with Foreign Powers. In
their letter to the Secretary of State they lay :
•6 The fituation in which we arc placed with Eng.
land claims the fit ft notice, becaufe of her prodigious
naval power, which, it is apprehended by fume, may
be fuddenly employed to annihilate our commetce.
We therefore with to be informed, whether the inju-
rious principles adopted by her tribunals have been
relinquithed or extended—whether the meafures de-
viled by the wifdom of Government to obtain redrefi,
compenfation, and fecuritf, promife a fuccefsful refult
.I—or whether the merchants mutt tape& molt por-
tentous events ?
" Rumours have prevailed refpeaing our relations
to the oppofite belligerents, and of events tending to
embroil us with them, which have alarmed the mer-
chants of New York. They are delimit* of knowing
whether thefe rumours be idle and vain, or whether
from tranfaelions in the knowledge of Government, it
would be prudent to fufpend, or wholly to abandon
our commerce with France and Spain?
" Finally—The plunder and outrage to which our
commerce is expofed in the Well Indies and even on
our own coals, render it very deferable to know whe-
ther Government contemplate employing a refpeaa.
ble naval force to reprefs thole preda._ ry aggrelliord?"
The Secretary of State has deciined fatufyirg the
inquiries of the merchants in a letter in which he oh-
ferves, that a communication of the nature alluded
to would exceed the duty and refponfibility of any
Government, as it would frequently do the rules of
prudence."
APRIL g.—By the fhip United States, arrived at
Baltimore, difpatches have been brought out to Go-
vent ment from -Mr. MONROE. Their contents are
raid to be of the molt fatisfaElory nature. We pre-
fume they are the fiat difpatches from our Miniller
!race his interview with Mr. Fox. The information
of the fpirited meafures propofed by Congrefs at the
opening of the prefent Section had produced a great
fenbetion among the merchants of England.

.P.MLLIMEATART PROCELDIAGS.

NOISE OF LORDS, THURSDAY, MAY rs.

Tho Houk proceeded, at ufual, to Weltmlnfter Hall, and re.
turned about four, when an Order was made to proceed further
co the Trial of Lord Vikount Melville to-morrow.and a Merge
knt to the Houk of Commons to acquaint them therewith.

lIISOLVSNT DISTORS SILL.

Previous to the order for the Houle to refolve itfclf
into a Committee upon this Bill, being read,
Lord Vifeount Siostotura pretested a petition from
certain perlys, whole names were thereunto fob-
fcribed, againa the Bill, praying that it may not
pals into a law; which was ordered to lie or: the table.
The Houle then refolved itfelf into a Committee
upon the Bill, Lord Walfiogharn in the Chair.
The Clerk proceeded to read over the clan les, in
fome of which a fcw verbal amendments were or-
dered. on the Inggeftion of Lord Holland.
A few words were then interchanged between
Lords HOLLAND and ELDON, in the courfe of
which the latter faid he fhnuld referee himfelf for the
difcuflion of filch amendments as may be propofed
for a future flag. of the Bill ; and immediately after
the Noble Lord retired.

The important confederation of the period at which
the AR is to commence its retrofoetlive operative,
was pmpofed by Lord HOLLAND for the " Eft
day of Fcbtuary, 18c6 ;" and the blank cackled to
be filled up accordingly.

With refpat to the highei fum, as the amount of
cl:ht upon which the Bill is to operate, it was origi
;tally propofed to the fame amount as the left InfJl-
- Al embraced, VIZ. 15001.
Sor-e farther verbal amendrueno being made, and
the fuhordinate blank% filed up, agreeably t.) the
- .11i-ns of Lord HOLLAND. the preamble of
the Bill was agreed to by the alinsmittee, and the

Houle rfumeY.
On the motion of Lnrd HOLLAND, the Bill was
then, with the Amendinents, ordered to be ptinted.

Mr. Cakraft, Mr. AI, zaf.der, Sir Jacob Alley, Mr. Fellow's,
Mr. Chaplin, Sir William Middleton, Sir John Frederick, Mr.
Shells y, and fevcral other Members of the Houk of Common.,
brought up the Additional Force Repeal Bill, the Motiny Bill, the
frith Treafut y 'ills Bill, the kith Loan Bill, and fevcral Private
Billa,which read a fiat dine.
The Additi.mal Force Repeal Bill was, on the motion of But
Spencer, order, d to be printed.
Mr Williams. front the CononifSoners of Naval inquiry, pro-
kneed the Thirteenth Report of that board, which, on the Modon
of Rad Spencer. was ordered to be printed.
aldjuUrtsest till to raw row (this day).

HOVE OF COMhIONS. 1
The Additional Force Repeal Bill %%If ordered to the I.orde.
A Meffage from the Lords intotand the Houle, that theft* l.otel•
Chips would proceed on Lard trial tomorrow.
hlr. H. THORNTON brought up an Account of the Sums of
Money granted on Account of the Sierra Leone Company.
The Mutiny Bill. the Itith [...an bill and the Iri a Treafury
Bills Bill, were read a third time and paired.
On the motion of Ttlr. CORKY ,au Account was ordered orate
Balan.:es In the bands of the Riciderr General of Cullonta and

Stamp Duties in Ireland un the sth nt January.
Mr. WILLIAMS brought up the t 3th Report dile Comtnif-
Goners of Naval haquary.
ADMIRAL DUCKWORTH.
The SPEAKER dated to the Houfe that lie had
received a letter from Admiral Duckworth, dated
the ill of May, in aufwer to the Vote of Thanks of
the Houfe to htinfelf, and the Officers and Seamen
under his command. The letter was to the follow•
ing purport :
Si a, 0 Superb, (off Cates) May t.
I have received yours of tin ssth of March, conveying the
Meat honour that can be conferred on any Meer is his M lef-
ty s fetvice. the Thank.. of the Imperial Parliament of his Coun-
try. However feebly I may be able to meets the high fenfe
which I entertain of this high and ditlinguithed honour, I certainly
feel it deeply. The belt return that I can make on thb occatinn
for the proud difliodlion which the Houfe of Commons has con•
ferred un me by its approbation of my conduct in the battle of the
6th of February off St. Domingo, Ur to requeft you to 'fibre the
Houle that I Cull mew my gratitude in the manner which will be
moll agreeable to them, and that Is by Ming my heft awls in op•
poling the enemies of my Kin ,t and Country. They have done me
a particular favnur when they &fire that I amid communicate
their thanks to the Officers 'nuke my command, and no tear fa-
vour when they dare :hat the Captains of the leveret wffels Mould
communicate to the (cameo and marines the molt bonouratle re.
ward of their fervices, the Thanks and approbation of the Repre.
tentative.' of the Nation. I beg leave to return my particular
thanks to you for your congratulations, and the very bandfome
terms in which you have tranfinitted tome the approbation of the
Houle. I have the honour to be, fec &c.
" J. T. DUCK WORTH."
TAPIRS RISIICTING situarvoas.
Mr. PAULL tieing a Nobl: Lord in his plate,
(Lord Morpeth), wilhed to know why the papers
he had moved for relpeßing Ilhuttpure, were fu long
delayed ? He had firft moved for their produflion on
the t ah of March, and finding the Order of that Day
was nut complied with, he moved on the I.3th of
April fur a peremptory order. As the Papers were
by no means voluminous, and there had been fuch
abundant time for their produftion, he fhoulsl now
make a further motion, unlefa he received a fatisfac•
tory reafon for this delay.
Mr. CREEVEY Paid, that the Board of Controul
bad done all that was incumbent on them to do when
they ferved the India Board with notice of the order
that had been made by that Houk. He thought,
however, that it mull appear moll unfair in that
Hon. Gentleman, to charge the Board of Controul
wi•lt wilhing to keep back any information, when it I
was recollefted, that tl.ey had not refraed one of the
ninetreight motions for • per s which the Honourable
Gentleman had made in the courfe of the lan four
months. He, however, in confequence of the con•
verfation ire that Houle upon the fubjeft, had fent to
Mr. Ramfden, the Secretary of the India Board, to
knos# therealon why thole papers were not produced?
He was informed by the anfwer, that there was
at prefent a chafm iu the confultations of Bengal,
which probably the next (hips would fupply. Since
that time, the Honourable Gentleman had made 39
motions for papers, which went Co far as to require a
detailed account of the molt minute expences of the
Marquis Vs'ellefley in his entertainments. At the
fame time, they were getting ready the papers rela
tive to Surat, which were no leis than two thoufand
folio pages. hile all thefeaccounts were making out
at the lame time, it would nor be wonderful if there
fhould be fame delay ; this splay could not however
be imputed in any degree. to ;lie Board of Controul,
who were really willing to give him as many papers
as he sulked for.

Mr. P.--AULI. petalled that he had met with great
delays.
Mr. FRANCIS laid, he was ant furprifed at hear-
ing of this chafm in the conadtations of the Bengal
Government. He apprehended there were other
' chafms, as. the letters figned by twenty-three Direc-
tars charged the Marquis Wadley with not entering
on there coufultations the proceedings that he ought
to have entered. The chafm could, however, be no
reafon for no:making a return. If no record could
be found, the anfwer would be carter.
Sir HUGH INGLIS Grid, the principal reafotts
which occafioned the delay of thole papers were, ra,
the voluminoui nature of the papers which were or.
dered with refpeet to Surat ; in the fecond place,
there had no %ad left Bengal !ince the Medufa;
which failed in Nr.ramber. He had realms, however,
to think, that the aril (hip which arrived would
ply tire Oman thirt was complained of. • He Marred
the Hon. Gentleman, that there was no With to dilly,
and that the papers (horrid be laid upon the table as
Coon as, in the uncunillances of the cafe, they could
be got ready.
Upon this explanation, and after a few words from
Lord MORPLIH, Mr. PAULL conflated to with-
draw his motion.
Mr. PAULL then gave nntice, that he lhould
move tomorrow to rclond an order that had been
made in the mouth of April, fur the produltion of a
protetl of Mr. Bofanquet, relative to this trainfation: