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AYLESBURY, BUCKS.
TO BE SOLD,

FRAA'GE.

PARTS, FFBRtTARY 23.

HOUSE OF CON:MON3.

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A MOST DESIRABLE FREEHOLD
•L ESTA (T, Tit.te free, either together or in Parcels,
fitu:te in, and adi,ining the Town of Ayleibury. The F.ltate
poffeties fotr peauliar Privil,:gea and Advantages. The ?!.anors
are extenfive.

Partimlars will !hardy be ready for delivery, and informs:4,n
rel..tive :n the Pilate may in the mean time be had, on appli-
eeinn to *.leffrs. loater, Co k, and Frvre, of I.incolies-han
ar::, to Mr. Davis, Ltwkner, near Tetfworth, Onford.--If the
I:*l..atc is fbld together, a eonfidcrable P.lll of the Purchafe-
Money may remain on Mortgage.

Letters from Bayonne, of the 16th• February,
announce the certain intelligence of the declaration
of war by Spain againfl Portugal.
It was not Monneur SPINA, the Pope's Envoy,
but an frith Bilhop, (of Waterford), attached to
the legation of Spain, who was preftuted the day
before yeaerday to the Firtt Conful.
M. de Kaci.-rscum, the Ruffian Ambaffador,
arrived this day at Paris.

Letters from Vicnna Rate, that Count Cdasirr.
ZE L is appointed AmbaffAdor, on the part of the
Emperor. to the French Republic.
There is no doubt but that the new Englith
Minifler will immediately make overtures of peace,
but it is falfe that he has done lo already, as re-
ported at London and Paris.—Pablicifie.
A private letter from Berlin, of the 12th Fe-
bruary lays, that the Englith Government has
tent an agent to Rullia oilenfibly to funtilh fuc-
cour to its prifoners, but really with intent to pro.
pole terms of accommodation; but that he was
obliged to return to England.
It is faid, that all differences between the Em-
peror of Ruffia and the King c,f Denmark have
been fettled.

The Fren.:h-Tiers Conf.°lidc: arc at g 9 francs,
88 cents.

FE 9. 26.—Two days after the intelligence of the
figning of the Treaty of Peace was received at Pa-
ris, the Minifier of the Interior prefented to the
Firft Conful a Geographical Plan of France, in
marble, with the limits fixed upon by the Treaty
of Luneville.

An immenfe quan:ity of artillery, warlike-
fibres, and provifiltis, have been 'blind in Mantua,
which became the prcperty of the French army.
Letters from Gerile.ay announce the entrance
of the Ruffian army into Moldavia, on its march
againft Conflantinoplc, to revenge the allaifination
of the two Roffian officers.
L'Abbe ittrce, one of the a:complices in the
plot againtt the life of the Fr. "r Cossue, has
been apprehended in the Commune of Mont:,
with feveral important papers in his poircftion.
A letter from Manta, dated the acth, notices
the arrival and departure of 71 of the perfons who
are to be tranfported-39 were fent or. board the
corvette la Fleche, and the remaining 32 on hot d
la Chifonne, a new frigate of 5o guns. Sixty-
nine more are expue:ed ; one of the tirft party has
been fet at liberty.

PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEPLYCS.

HOUSE OF 4..01LLV, 7410;4134k1r.

The Bi&or of Sr. DAVID'S (Lord George blurtiq) was in-
troduced in tilt mina! form, between the lbStops of Gt.otress •
TBS. alld (worn ard took his fen. The Marquis
of Larsoownr, Earl 41,1E1156Y. 11113 Ififeount W/LWARIL
were (worn and took Our cars. .

Some private bufitcfs was difpofed of,as arrangements with
refped to Appeals., the reading of one Naturalization Bill,
and aleninincrirr the eufkunary oaths to three perfons'whofe
Naturalization Las arc before the liouka--Thcir Lordthips,
who attended rather numcroufly, adjourned till to-morrow,
When at half pat three o'clock the Lo:oa CHANC utast
um* down to the Houk.

Mr. Foy, Mr. Ponfonby, Mr. Law, Mr. Corwin, Lord
Jahn Townfepd, Mr. Huifey, and near forty other Members
tick the oaths and their kats.
Mr. Ross moved, "That on Wednrfday the Houk fhould
rcfolve itfelf into a Cot:mitts:, t., confpler of the DUtLf upon
Tea, and othsr articles of Ex rife."
Lord CAV:LtREAGU gave notice, that under the prefent
cireumPanees, be wiled to poilrone the motion of which he
bad given r.ctire lc: Thurfday wit, for the continuation of
Mantel I.aw in Irciand ; with the pertni(!im of the Houk he
would bring it forward on iviondly next.
kir. itveit a, laid, that an Hon. Gentleman ?McGarr)
bad given notice of a Motion for Wednefday mat, Lc bored
as it was not onc that puffed very muck in punt of time, that
the Non. Comtletnan would ecnfent to put it eft for a few
days.
Mr. Gary :ourcnt Al to rut off his Motion till Weitnefilay
Erinight. The Committee of %Vats and Means was rut off
tilt it
The Cotnmitte, of 3:1111iy was deferred to Wedneldar.
I.eave of aLfenre sent gyato,d to Str Charles ::tuart, alto to
Mr. Johi Lux' to Mr. Wiley, and to 1:010nel Nowell. .
ThTh.:Marine Mutiny Bill, at,d the Nil for regulating the Ma-
rir, Forces whit, .n were r real a lint
I.ord (%,il. .0 purfuro.t to order,
of rec:ipts 4....:1ti.-fonatits net Ow kiCi EftAblifhnterit.
Mr. ria.s,ltif bre.4;:it up the Repot t cu the ItittiUcry Pro-
hibi' ion Biz. and aftcrwsrdi Lioe.rd. " that it be an initnidtt
to the Committee n. the Expiring, Lsws Bill, to make prowl
rurfuar r to Lad :t-f,.:ut tot."
Mr. Brunt broc.f it up the Arnett( an Corn Bounty Impor-
tation Lill, which was re:d a Brit. rime._

A perban tr it Treartiry preferteil 30 xcnnM of th. I)if-
ttitn.tinn of Wit t. An acc..unt trom the Commit.
liiintra of the (7uftoms in neotland wa, prtfented, of tn.: quan-
tity of rio . ihirpe the pent. nf i:entlAnd. A1(0 An
count 'Se Piirt-(;if:c In • .t.l,ofrhrßrofs am! act to
duce oc Uc:L ter tB. titt ycnei.

Mr. R...itstv. th.:it arr.. -g i.e Orders which
rr confequ.-r.:^ of the :Hutton of
wiiich w.O carried on Friday, was
relieving ti:c Bounties %di:it it was propofed
to rata upon tl:e Ct.lt :Ire of P:.tatocs. 11e knew
wai to renew an Order after it had
teithout ttiritlg frefil notice; but as this
w.t-> a faliji.et to st the attention of the Houfe
I. id called, and as the Report of the Corn.
Mitt.--; war,. is the hands of every Geialeman, he
hoped tt...re ..id oti:c;tioi: to takt: the Re.
fult i.f tile C..iariiittL,.; then into .coni:diaation.
If the I hid.: di.l it( t approve of tajting up the
fur), tt immediateiy, l.c fitnuld propore to-morrow
fon.th.it ourptifc ; ..iicre WAS 410 Objeainn.
flnUpl 11701%:. that •.l: Houk annoy refill/ire
C.Attniitt t: to cun"..l-tr of the
t •

tett of the Conithittee ott the High Price of
rrewifions.

The Houle refolved itfelf into a Committee,
Mr. Rost in the Chair.
Mr. Rvovat laid, it would be ufelefs for him to
trefpafs upon the attention of the Committee, as
he could only repeat the arguments contained in
the Report, he fhould therefore only move the
fir( Refolution, viz, ‘, That that part of the Unit
ed Kingdom, called Great Britain, be divided into
twelve Dint-ids, and that Premiums, not exceed-
ing in the whole the funs of .12,0001. be of-
feted for the Cultivation of Potatoes, by Pro-
prietors and Occupiers of Land, not being
Cottagers."
Mr. Btarom role to oppofe the Motion, as he
did not approve of experiments of this kind ; he
belt
thought it the be way to let theft things find
their level, as they always would do. He wifhed
to call the attention of the Landed Gentlemen in
particular to this fl-bj.:o, as it would materially
affect their interefr ; tor if fuch Bounties were to
be given, there might not be in time an acre of
Palture Land in the Kingdom. He fhould ther•'-
fore, upon all occalions, oppofe interfering with
the tillage of the Country.
Mr. Wit,ess Foster Paid, if the Honourable
Gentleman had read the Report, he certainly
would nut have Darted fuchobjcelions. There was
a-s expref, provifion that no leafe Whatever fhould
be in any degree interfered with. This was a
meafure of the greaten confequence, and which
would be produetive Of the molt beneficial effects.
All mull with to reduce the prefent high price of
provifions—the landed intereft, as well as every
other defcription of men. The high price render-
ed a bounty the more necollary, as the expellee of
feed and cultivation was fo great, that many
were, without afliftance, unable to fupport it.—
The authority of the Committee ought of itfelf to
have great weight, but it was inforced by that of
the Board of Agriculture. The total expence
would not exceed 30,0001. For this (mall turn an
additional quantity of food would be produced,
the price of provifion would be materially re-
duced, the cottager would acquire habits of in-
duftry, and large tracks of wafte lands would be
brought into cultivation.
Mr. BUICTI'M laid, there was no one more anxi-
ous than himfelf to increafe the comforts of the
poor • but as this meafure had not, in his opinion, !
any foci: tendency, he confidered himfelf bound
to oppoi;:. it.
Mr. J. H9RiIE Too II E.--a Sir, I am poorly qua-
lified, and I can be little expeeted, to deliver an
opinion upon any agricultural fulajed. In a Com-
mittee, however, it is not necelfary to deliver a
&tidied harangue, and I (hall now fay a few words
without fear of expofing myfelf. It appears to
me, Sir, that your Committees, with very
intentions, do a very great deal of mifehief. red;
want information, they want fagacity, they want
forefight. Had I had the honour to have been a
Member of the left Parliament, the palming' Bill
(I cannot call it the Brown Bread Bill), the po;fon.'
egg .Bill fhould have had my molt ftrenuous oppo.
fition. This firft Parliament of the United King.
donl have given a favourable fpeeimen of their ta-
lents for legillating, by making the repeal of it the
firft of their Ads. Under the names of charity,
humanity, and benevolence, it was calculated to
prove the ruin of thoufands. All your meafures '
have been of; fimilar Ramp—far from producing
any beneficial effeds, they are fruitful fources of
mifchieS Sir, it is idle now to think of keeping
down the price of provifions : you cannot keep it
down, and your aukward attempts will only make
it rife the faller. Look back to the earliett
and you fee it conflantly riling, and this caufe
continues to operate with incrcafed force. It is
in vain then to Rruggle with inevitable neceffity.
You will only heap abufc upon abufe.—Remove
the National Debt, repeal the Taxes, and then
you may hope to fee things at a moderate price ;
but while you daily add to the amount of thefe,
to entertain fuch a hope is madnefs. By this ab-
furd and ineffectual attempt the public difireffes arc
rendered far more fevere. The true friends to
their country will allow things to rife in' their na-
tural courfe. By thus doing nothing they will do
every thing. They will avoid a thoufand errors,
they will rave millions of lives. Sir, in my humble
opinion, however paradoxical it may appear, you
ought to try to raife the price of every thirg.—
This doetrifie may Teem extraordinary, but it may
be right for'all that ; and I fhall at all times be
rcakiy to defend it. Sir, notwithaanding all that
has been raid, I am a great enemy to innovation.
I hate innovations in all things, in church, in Rate,
and in agriculture. ify viral Chrifiaaity teaches
me to love every thing that is eftablifhed. Do I
examine the attachment I ought to have to any
fyllem or praSice, I sin not examine its intrinfic
merits, but I fay to mylelf—le it flabryLvd?—
Though a mr,ch better might be pointed out to
me, Dill I think it ought to he adhered to, and that
no rafh experiment timid be hazarded. Tliefe are
my opinions--thefe ever been my opinions.
I have 'been long in public life, I have fpoken a
good deal, and written (till more. But let any
one examine my fpecches and my publications
with the greaten minutenefs, and I defy him to
(hew that I ever exprelTed a fertiment contrary to
there I now utter. Thofe principles. Si:, compel
me to dilapprove of this meafure. I cannot can-
lent to fee the (yam of agr;cultore changed ; I
cannot,confent to fee a man obliged to pay a pre-
mium againl himfelf. It makes ILO(: etre:l-mice
whether the people pay more ;or the potatoes, or
pay a.l additional tax for a bounty to produce
them. But it is idle thus to thi'k or !owcrbg
the price.. If you with to promote the s seat of
the p.,.,r, mile, as fpcedily as poilible, ritiCr. the price
of lobr..lr. his fir too low, and mull fi,on rife in
fpite of you. Thengli not very yieing, I am not
vary oil, and within my recolleetion the pii-of
littu•irr iris been trelli.:d. }Seem will Rill tollov.
caufe, a..J it notil limn advance much furti.::.— -
Why then Itruggle againll a nereffity no
human power can controu!, and no human inge-
nuity elude ? Where will the Dorm fall I allow
it mtie at IA fall fornewherc, and I fay i; moat
fill upon the public creditor. A man lends icvd.
to Ger:ern:nem, and gets three p-r cent. fir it.--

if the quart'rn loaf is at 6d. he gets t 2.) loaves a'
year, but now he gets only forty or fifty, a3sd in a
lhort time he may not get twenty. Thus, in the
cootie of things, he miy be altogether ruined.—
The poor will not fuffer; for their wages v.-ill be
increafed in proportion. The landi.d intei eft will
not fuffer, for their rents will be increaled in pro-
portion. The revenue will not thffer, for in pro-
portion the ability of the People to contribute will
be increalcd. The mifehiel will only fall upon
the holders of Rock, and as they are not a very nu-
merous fet of men, it will not be difficult to relieve
them. Thele Reps feern to be taken to prevent
the monied interett from being alarmed.' They
certainly would be lel; willing to advance their
money, but it is unfair thus to try to deceive them."
Tooke then entered into fome calculations to
Phew the propriety of railing all the fupplies with-
in the year, and the dreadful confequences which
mutt follow from the annual augmentations made
to the National Debt. He concluded by muddi-
ly apologizing for fo long occupying the time of
the Committee, and exprelling a hope that his er.
rors might Icad fume one to the difcovery of truth.
Mr. RYDER recapitulated, and enforced the ar-
guments of Mr. Wilberforce.
Mr. liciamovsa oppofed the bounties allot and
every interference with the voluntary and fponta-
neous proceedings of the farmer, who certainly
was the only pra:lical and the bell judge of what
fpeciec of feed was bell adapted to particular foils.
Whole profeffion was the cultivation of the foil,
and whole objet milli he the attainment of the
largeß poffible produce ; 'and, confequently whole
experience and perfonal inter& were better friends,
and itiongerfiimufi to his itidußry than the bounty
propofed, or any other inducement which Parlia-
ment could offer for the appropriation of his land,
or his labour, to purpofes different fioin the diZtates
of hi,, own judgment.—it was bafide well known,
that landlords•were already under the nrceffity of
debarring the farmers from breaking up too much
of their pafture lands by a penal rent of tol. per
acre. But the bounty propofed would operate di-
redly as a premium on the general violation Of
covenant, 'and effed that deftruaion of paliure
lands, which the proprietors of the foil throughout ,
the kingdom had found it neceli:ary 'to guard
againff by penal rents': and he hegged Gentlemen
to be certain, that land once to broke up, would '
not recover its fituation in lefs than hallo century.
%Read, therefore, of oppofing the refolutions ire
detail, he Mould Move, !, that the Chairman el*
leave the Chair."
• Mr. RIDER laid, that would defeat a part of the
plan to which nobody ohjefted; viz. that of en-
couraging the planting of Potatoes by Cottigets.
The Committee then divided—For Mr. Hob-
houfe's motion 39—Again it it 43—Majority
The Houle being returned, the Chairman re.
ported that the Committee had come to feveral
Refolutions, which were ordered to be taken into
confideration to-morrow.
IRISH PLACIMIN &C.

General WALPOLE faid, he rote for ;he purpore
of moving that the Order of the Day be difeharged
for the appointment of a Committee to inquire and
report what offices and places of profit, upon the
Irith Efiablithment, were held by Members of the
United Parliament.
Lord CASTLEREAGH Willed the Hon. Gentle-
man had aligned his reafon for moving the dif.
i charge of this order. He apprehended t might
be owing to the difficulty which that Hon. Mein-
her found there would be in his attaining the ob.
jea he had in view, by the appointment of a Com-
mittee. His Lordibip fai4 he would take that
occafion to notice the inconveniency which the Ex-
ecutive Govertunent fomeomes felt in making fuch
returns as were tailed for 67-Parliament, 'without
having the means of requiring the_fpecific official
information which was wanted. He had found
himfelf called upon (as would be the cafe in the
prefent initance) in his official capicity, to apply
to Officers over whom be had no controul; and
he thought it would be advifable to have a pro..
per Officer appointed, to whom it Ibould properly
belong to require fuch returns for Ireland as Par-
Lament might call for. '
General -WALPOLE, in reply, raid, his reafon
for moving the difcharge of this order was fOr the
p.irpofe of afterman-ds moving an Addrefs to his
Majelly, which he learnt would be a more proper
way of obtaining the information defied, than by
means of a Committee. He taw no force is; the
objeition (fated, nor could he ever accede to the
doarine, that the Houle, after haviiiTed a law,
flould have no controul to fee whether that law
was regarded or not. This was an anfwer which
he would never receive from any Minitter.
Lord Carnsaraon faid, he ;lad not oppofed
the Hon. Gentleman's intention" any farther thah
by pointing out the impropriety of the Executive
Government beingexpeaed to require returns from
thefe Officers, over whom they had properly no
controul. • • •

General WALPOLZ then moved. u that an hum.
ble A.ddrefs be prefented to his Majefty. praying
that his Majefty would be gracioufly pleafed to
give direiftions that there belaid before the Houfe
an account of inch offices and places of profit no.
der the Crown in Ireland. as sere aa'lly held
by Members of thatHoufe."_ _ _• _
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Mr. RYDIR raid, he apprehended the Hopopr-t
able Member's motion was with a view to afentain
whether a greater number of places of profit was
held by Members reprefenuug places 40 Ireland
than was limited by the articles of Union.
General Wairoi.a &it'd, that by the ankles of
Union, the number of places of profit, &c. in Ire-
land was limited, that ao eli be held by 4+ Mem-
bers of the United Parliament." •
After a few words from Mr. Hobhonfe the mo-
tin was agreed to, and the Addrefs was ordered
to be prdented to his Majetly by Each Members
as were of his Majelly's molt Hotkonrable Privy

Mr. Blt AGI G s brought up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Rill for Regulating the Office and
Eilsrging the Salary cif the Maker of the !tolls in
Ireland, when leave was given id bring in a Bill
1 t.rfoant to the Refolations of the Committee.

At half pall fut o'clock, the Halt ittljamied
till ro-morrsw.

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