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LETY !OR THE SUPPRESSION OF Nr7CE. .
COMMITTEE beg leave to state, that
thin the list four years they have been compelled, in ot-
reserve the Public Morals from further contamination,
lute no less than Eighty-tive Prosecutions. ipinst offen-
various descriptions, au. of which have led to Corwin- L •
to Recognizancee by the respective parties, that must
the repetition of similar Crimea. They have checked - '
of Toys and Snuff-boxes with abominable devices,
were imported in immense quantities, from France and * •.
,entries. They have caused the whole stock in trade of
L' the most shameless and abandoned traffickers in ob. •
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looks and Prints, amounting to some thousands, to be
and have also destroyed no less than fifty expensive '''
uplates, from which impressions of the latter were, front
a time - supplied: and, lastly, they have brought to cool
mishment that most audacious offender, Caatite, who,
istanding repeated Indictments found against hint, mill
td in selling Work, of the foulest Sedition and the most
e Blasphemy, that ever disgraced a free Press, or out=
the principles and feelings of the British Public.
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necessary expenses attendant on theie measures have
r eahansted the funds of the Society; but the Commit/he
, with some conlid'ence of meats, to every man, for as.
a and support, who acknowledges the blessings of our
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Religion, and who, as a Christian, a Patriot' or a Father,
: to preserve the Morals of " the Sons and Daughters of
ivied Isle," from that secret corruption, which poisons the
sources of domestic happiness, and which the Laws, id
srdinary administration, cannot reach.—December; 1819. 1
Subsciiptione and Donations ate thankfully received by
reasurer, Henry Hoare, Esq. 37, Fleet-street ; and by the
tary, Mr. Geo. Prichard, 31, Essex-street, Strand.
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o. Sts, PALL-MALL, (Late DYDE and SCRIBE).
"ESSRS. HARDING and Co. ht. returning sin-
- core thanks to their numerous Friends for favours co: :.
I on them, and respectfully soliciting a continuance them, f,
o state, that the Business of their Establishment is contimed
its various departments as usual.
:elegant display of Millinery and Dresses, both French anA
Lab, in constant succession.
AREMONT HOTEL, 138, NEW UOND-STREET. .
J. PARK begs most respectfully to inform F. 14
o millet and Gentlemen, visitiog the Metropolis, that in
tquence of the numerous applications for Apartments last
an, he has Enlarged .'.se Prey:elites looking into Grafton-
t,where the rooms'are both airy and quiet as in any part of ;
ion, and on the most reasonable Tents. ••,
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LRACEN'S HEAD, SNOW=HILL; LONDON. ,$1 ?'
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'HE ftilloving Post-Coaches, Mail-Coaches, eccs
set out from the above Inn, at Reduced Faits, to
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Chatham, every Morning, at half-past seven, by the superiai ;!.
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Coaches.
IROMPTON, Chatham, Rochester, and Stroud., every at=
soon, at half-past three. Fare, ten shillings inside, and sit
lingo cn;side.
FALMOUTH, Plymouth, Tommy Exeter, Weymouth, C.:
rchester, Dartmouth, and Salisbury, new Post Coach, every .
orning at Seven; through Honiton, Axminster, Bridport,
indf.ard, Basingstoke, and Bagshot. Arrtvel at Plymouth
next Evening at half-past eight.
SOUTELAtIPTON, Lymington, Winchester, Andovet, and
sin suite new Four Inside Coach, at half-plat seven in the ..
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waling, arrives at the Dolphin Inn, Soythampton, by half-past,
t. This is a most delightful conveyance to the Lie of Wight;
avre de Grace, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Mahn's, Cherburg, etc. ii
BATH and BRISTOL Flying Pest-Coaches, through Cltip
nham Caine, and Marlborough, every afternoon; arrive at
[r. 1144.1, the Greyhound Inn, Bath, and the London Tavern
homaratreet, and the Swan, Bristbi, next morning. Coachej
Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, Exeter, and Plymouth.
The UMPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only
se night on the road, carr yips four Insides and four• Outsides, eel a
it dally; through Dunstable, Woburn, Lathbury, Nerthanap
us, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, Atho stone, I.itchfield.
tone, Hugely, Newcastle, Knutsford, Warrington, aed.Presion, . ' 9
SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and Shiffnal Post-Coach, 1.
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very evening, at five o'clock—Guarded. . .
WEYMOUTH. Dorchester, Blandford, Salisbury, Andover,
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mouth packets to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherburg; St. Melee's, Ste, t , •
LEEDS new Light Coach, tolled the Rockingham, sets out
very morning at eight; carries Four Insides only, goes remark.. •
Lbly easy, with a Guard throughout; passes through Stamford,
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Newark, Retford, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to the Gold* . I •
Lion, Leeds, next morning. Notwithstanding the uncommon
sxpedition of this Cinch, it is allowed to be the moat agreeable
and complete public conveyance et the North Road, being un. ~ I.
equalled by any other.
GLASGOW, Longtown 'Oentass-Green, Annan, Dumfries,
Brownian, Thornhill, Samplar-Ildit, Cumnock, Kinpvsell, and • la 11
all Parts of Scotlandva Pest-Onadh, (Daily).
YORK, Scsrborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New-
castle,
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throughout ; sets out every mornibg, by way of NrOark, Re t-
ford, Tadesiter, Darlington' Northallerton, Durham, Morpeth,
and Berwick. Passovers finding themselves fatigued on the Li
journey, may rest what time they please, and then palmed p 0 • [.
without an/ additional fare. : k
MARLBOROUGII, and Swindon, new four-inside Pot.
Coach,' through Aldbourn, Reading, Lamboore, Puttee Lu-
dington, :
rev/sty:Wootton Basset, Ramslaury, titingvefeni, and
Newbury ; every morning.
KENDAL, Lancaster, ProSton, KicliY-Lonniele, •13oltog, .1 1..,
Choriey, Ormskirk, and Garatang Post-Coaches, ever, afternoon. !
BRIDGENORTH and WWI Poet-Coach, every evening: \
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ins, and performs the journey with the peatestfecility.
gees detained on the road by business, or pleasure, hive the pew
liar advantage of their seats being secured in theme Coach.
LIVERPOOL, Warrington, Suasion', SiciaßSltrdynatf•
Litchfield Post-Coach, the Defiance, every evening, t the flas ) i
racen's head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool---Guirded throughout .
WAKEFIELD Poet-Coach, every morning. f
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This would cause a great saving of expense, and be
was of opinion that the arrangements he desired to
see made, would be most satisfactory to the country.
He would recommend that examiners be appointed
by the Committee to interrogate the debtor respect-
ing his property. He would compel the debtor to'
take the benefit of the Act within a given time, and
this provision he would found on the power confided
to the assignees over the debtor's property. In cases
where there was real property, he would sequester
the debtor's estate, handing overthe rents to the cre-
ditor, but not proceeding to sell the estate. He
wished to bring in the Bill before the recess; and
afterwards, in the Committee, such clauses could
be supplied as were necessary to effect the object in
view. His object, in bringing it in before the recess
was, to give Gentlemen an opportunity of consider-
ing it at. their leisure during the recess, and he was
the more anxious to bring in the Bill thus early, be-
cause the present Act would expire on the 23d of Ja-
nuary. ile concluded by moving for leave to bring
in the Bill.—The Illation was agreed to.
BOOKSELLERS PETITION.

Mr. JOHN SMITH held in his hand a Petition,
to which he begged to call the most serious attention
of the House. It was signed by fifty-two of the most
eminent Booksellers in London, and was called forth
by a clause in the Bill for repressing Blasphemous
and Seditious Publications, which went to make, -in
cases of Libel, the second offence punishable with
transportation for seven years. It was unnecessary
for him to state, that .many of these Petitioners were
Gentlemen possessing large capitals—Gentlemen' who
had received at excellent education, and whose at-
tainments would fit them for any society in this
country. Such was the character of the persons who
were alarmed at the clause in question. It was not
necessary that he should remind the House of the
uncertainty which attached to the thing called libel.
In a recent case he believed that that which had bees
found to be no libel in London, it had been decided,
was one in the country ; and such circumstances oc-
cuning, it would he seen that it was not easy for a
Bookseller to know what was and what was not a
libel. The Petitioners were very desirous of repress-
ing. the circulation of seditious and blasphemous
libels, but they humbly conceived that the applica-
tion of the punishment of transportation (hitherto re-
served for those who had committed felonies and
offences of the most enormous kind) to cases of libel,
was not at all analogous to the common law of the
land, and would be most injuriously applied to such
offences as the Bill seemed to contemplate. The Ho-
nourable Gentleman knew the Petitioners to have
enormous capitals embaiked in trade: he might ven-
ture to say not less than some hundreds of thousands
of pounds. He would submit it to the House, could
these individuals carry on their trade with any de-
gree of security, if, having been once convicted of a
Libel, they were liable for a second offence to be
transported to New South Wales? He was sure that
some of these Gentlemen, rather than be exposed to
such peril, would abandon their trade altogether.—
He hoped the Noble Lord, who had so laudably
made concessions in other instances, would substitute
some clause for that against which these Gentlemen
had petitioned. If the Bill passed in its present form,
he thought it would be most injurious and unjust, as
it would, in effect, put it in the power of any discon-
tented individual, any journeyman or apprentice, to
place his master in that situation which would sub-
ject him to the operation of this law.
Mr. BURNALL was not afraid to avow, that the
literature, dignity, and freedom of this country, were
inseparably connected. He could bear testimony to
the high respectability of the Petitioners, and he
trusted the Noble Lord, bearing in mind their wealth,
intelligence, and loyalty, would consider the prayer
of their Petition entitled to the most serious conside-
ration.—The Petition, which embodied the following
Resolutions, 'was then read:

That we have observed with concern the increased and
extensive circulation of certain seditious and blasphemous libels
which have of late been printed and published, and are anxious'
that such remedy may be provided as to the wisdom of Parlia-
ment shall seem ft; but that we nevertheless view with great
apprehension and alarm, the provision of a Bill now under the
consideration of the House of Commons,. entitled ' AO Act
for the more effectual Prevention and Punishment of Blasphe-
mous and Seditious Libels,' so far as it is proposed that ft
should be thereby enacted, that if any person shall, after. Ake
passing of that Act, be legally convicted of having composed,
printed, or published any blasphemous libel, or any each anU•
tious libel as therein mentioned, and shall, after being so con-
victed, offend a second time, and be thereof legally convicted,
such person may, on a second conviction, be adjudged, at the
discretion of the Court, either to suffer such punishment as
may now by Ilw be inflicted in cases of high misdemeanours, or
to be banished from the United Kingdom and all other parts of
his Majesty's dominions, for such term as the Court, in which
such conviction shall take place, shall order or to be trans-
ported to such place as shall be appointed by his Majesty for the I
transportation of offenderi, for any term not exceeding
years ; and that it should be further enacted,, that if any offen-
der, who shall be so ordered by any such Court as aforesaid, to
be baniiihed or transported in manner aforesaid, shall be after-
wards at large within any part of the United Kingdom, or any
other part of his Majesty's dominions, without some lawful
cause, before the expiration of the term for which such offender
shall have been so ordered to be banished or transported as
aforesaid ; every such offender being so at large as aforesaid,
being thereof lawfully convicted, shall suffer death, as in cases
of felony, without benefit of Clergy.
That the punishment of transportation and of death, ate
punishments applicable only to felonies and offences, so Inecific
and certain in their nature, as to exclude the commission thereof
through ignorance or inadvertence, and necessarily to include
the evil intent in the felonious or illegal act.-But that the offence
of Libel is not specific and certain, and is incapable of being
rendered previously certain by any specific definition; and that
Libels may be, and frequently are, published by persons having
no community of 'intention the authors or composers the!".
of ; and being, from the nature of their business, necessarily it&
acquainted with the contents or probable effect of the same.
44 That questions of libel, both in law and fact, are detet
Mined by a Jury on the prosecution thereof, and that the
'verdict of the Jury upon a trial, is the sole criterion of jedip
went, as to the legal or illegal manic and effect of a publication ;
and that such verdicts, depending upon individual opinion, are
always uncertain, and frequently contradictory, in so far, that
the authors, and composers, and first publishers of political and
other publications, have, in some instances, been acquitted upon
prosecutions for Libel; and subsequent venders, no way con-
cerned in the printing or first publishing thereof, have been con •
victed by different Juries for the publication of the same Libels,
and punished, upon such conviction, by fine and imprisonment.
That a verdict of acquittal, on a prosecution for Libel,
whereby the publication complained of is declared, in the opi-
nion of a Jury, to be innoxious, does legitimate the

batik it becomes, that we may innocently, and with good inten-
tions, fall under the censure and punishment of the proposed Law.
''That instances are not wanting, in which liookseUers have
been convicted, and have Suffered poolihment, for the sale of
libelleus works, by servants, without their privity, and, it may
be, even contrary to their command; and that as no circum-
spection can guard against tbartualice of an offended, or she ne-
gligence of a careless, servant, we shall be liable to incur the
ultimate penalty of the proposed Law tor acts of which we
are not even cognizant, and against which prudence would be
unavailing.
" 'Tat from the nature of our trade, we are daily employed
to execute orders honk customers, as intermeciate hands, in the
distribution of new works, of the contents and nature whereof
we are unavoidably ignorant, and that for each copy of such
works so distributed by us, we are now responsible upon an in-
dictment or information, and are liable, notwithstanding the
perfect integrity of our intentions, to punishment, as in CASe of
a mi‘denreanour; and that if the proposed Bill should pass into a
law, we may in such cases become liable to transportation for
seven years, and to the punishment of death, In case of return
from transportation. .
" That a very great number of historical, politicil, and religious
Willis, are written, and composed, aid published in London, at
stated periods, and that most of such werki are of temporary
and immediate public interest, and that such works issue from
the Press, and pass through the hands of several different Book-
sellers, and many thousands thereof are delivered to the readers
'thereof, within a very few hours after their first publication, and
that a previous perusal or consideration of such works, by such
venders of the same, as are not the original or brat publishers of
the same, is IMpracticable.
" That many standard works upon historical, philosophical,
and political subjects, which have now obtained a classical repu-
tation, and are daily sold by respectable Booksellers, endet the
license of a long prescription, may.be reasonably considered so
he liable to question aelibellous, by aindogy to more recent works
which have been subjected to proseentiont and that such standaid
works, therefore, do not present any criterion fur judgment sato
the effect of New Publkadotis,but may themselves be the sub-
jects of future prosecution, and may subject the veoders thereof
to the punishments proposed by the said BBL.
"Thu the ignominy of a punishment which his proposed to
make common to Auttprs Primer,,, Booksellers, and fetal"
while it operates to dear 'learned and respectable writers, at
the most virtuous principles, from treating on political or
religious subjects at all,' will especially prevent them (rem
engaging In the composition of Reviews, Magazines, and other
vehicles of periodical discussion, to the great and permaaent
detriment of leaning; and will seriously injure the trade of
Bookseilera and Printers, in which they have large 'capitals
embarked—especially in that extensive branch of it which em-
braces the most respectable Periodical Works in the Country,
and wilt tend to throw them into the hands of reckless and
desperate men.
" That although we• have the greatest confidence in the wis-
dom and integrity of the present Judges of his Majesty's Courts
of Law ; yet that the power to expatriate and transport for a
crime not specific, but indefinite in its nature, which exposes
ignorance and inadvertence equally with intentional guilt, is of
too extensive and dangerous a nature to be confided to any aa-.
thorny whatever, to be exercised at discretion • and that in re-
lation to a crime whose turpitude is heightened or diminished
by the political aspect of the times, such a power, especially if
Tendered permanent, migght become the engine of great injustice
and 'oppression, against whith no characters however: perfect,
would be a protection.
" That from the circumstances stated, our trade and means
of living, if not totally destroyed by the intended Bill, Would
be carried on under a stater of hazard am/insecurity, productive
of constant mental inquietude, and destructive of the comfort of
ourselves and our families.
" That a Petition be therefore presented to the House of
Commons, praying that the said Bill, so far as respects the
Blnishment of Transportation and Death, for vending such
asphemous or Seditious Libels as in the said Bill is mentioned,
may not pass into law."
Lard CASTLEREAGH said. it might be conveni-
ent to the House that he should- now state what was
intended to be done with respect to the part of the
Bill for putting down blasphemous a:-.d seditiotis
publications, to which this Petition applied. In the
Committee, he intended to propose an alteration
which, he hoped, would, in a great measure, meet
The views of the individuals who had signed this Pe-
tition, than whom there could be none more respect-,
able—note less likely to offend such a law. He now
wished to state, that in the Committee he did not
mean to press the transportation part of the enact-
ment—(Hear)—adhering, however, strictly to the
principle 'of the Bill to secure an adequate punish-
ment-for the repetition of the offence of publishing a
blasphemous and seditious libel: But since it ap-
peared that there was a general feeling against ap-
plying the punishment of transportation to such an
offence—and as it was thought that, without resort-
ing to it, adequate protection might be afforded to
the Public, he was content to give up pirt of the
.clause, and leave the offending individual subject
only to banishment, but liable to transportation, on
returning from banishment, before the period for
which he was banished had expired. The punish-
ment of death would, of course, be done away alto-
gether on returning from transportation, as no trans-
portation would take place. This was the course he
was disposed to pursue, and, he trusted, it would be
satisfactory to the House, that the extreme punish-
ment, intended to be inflicted under this Bill, should
be banishment.
Mr. M. A. TAYLOR_ said, unless the Noble Lord
proved that the present laws were insufficient to re-
press • blasphemous and seditious publications, he, if
he were to be the only man in the House, would
certainly oppose the measure. He thought this Bill
ought to be opposed in the first instance, as it went
to create a new offence, unknown to the law of the
land. It would be for the Noble Lord to explain
why this Bill had been brought forward at all. To
him it appeared that, within the last three weeks, an
attempt had been made to change the whole Consti-
tution of the country.
.Lord CASTLEREAGH hoped, it would not be
iffpposed that he had expected the statement which
he had just made would put an end to all argument
on the subject of the Bill about to be read a second
time. He had thought it but right to give the House
fair notice of the alteration he intended to bring for-,
ward.—The Petition was ordered to lie on the table.
STAMP DIiTILI• SILL.
Uri CASTLEREAG.H rose to move the second
reading of this Bill, and Observed, that in SR, Aoing,
be might satisfy • the object of the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite (Mr. Tierney), as Well as his own,
and the general convenience of the House. The Bill
might then be committed to-morrow and reprinted,
so as to be in the hands of Members on Friday next.
On the question of the third reading the general prin-
ciple of the Bill might be*discussed, and he appre-
hended that this course of proceeding would be found
the most advisable which could; under the present
circumstances, be adopted. The alterations which
it was in contemplation to propose, he would now en-
- shortly to explain. The first branch of the
,asure was that which rendered it applicable to all
,nlWications sold under. a certain price, and treating
of political matters. There were two classes of works
which he did not think it necessary to include in this
description : the one consisted of occasional publica-
-tf a local nature, arid involving only local in-
, the other respected periodical words, pub-
at interrah considerably distant Item each

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other, and which were of considerable import
both as they related ie the diffusion of knee
and the support of religion and morality--vh
It did not appear to him that it would be pp
saddle such publications with the new duty
pence upon each separate Number. The Hot,.
readily see that the great object of this mean
to apply only to works-which were the
mischief, and-the means by which sedition al
phemy were-prdpagated-thicingh the country'.
intended, therefore, to confine its provisions
odical works published. in Succession
'of '26 days, so as in fact to exempt all month,
other publications not.comiog forth within the
Still, in_order to guard against the means of
invasions, it might be necessary that the pm,
publication should be required to be unifor
that the application of stamp duties to all sot
veying intelligence, should not be avoided,
second branch of this Bill referred to the si
securities to be given by persors prablishing
intelligence of a particular kir.d. It was not
to press inconveniently on Newspapers, the
pal end in view being to put a responsibili
persons who sent forth works of a pattici
scription to the Public. Ile certainly must
the principle of requiring security from the
of all papers or pamphlets of less than two
sold under the price of 6d. and issued withii
riod to which he had alluded. At the saint
wished it to be understood, that the new stems
should only be co-extensivewith periodical pr'
The security required, as the Bill was now
was .C. 500, generally from the Printer—it I
his discretion to produce it himself, or obtain
three or fcur other persons. It had been
him, that this sum was too large; and might
easily raised, or answered for, in some places
others. The times, however, in which
seemed to him to require, that persons exeri
power of the Pies, should be men of some
bility and property. But as it was represet
this sum of £5OO might press too heavily of
of a moderate capital, or in distant places,'
propose to reduce the sum to £3OO, in '
its vicinity, and to r2OO, in the provinci
He was aware that it might bettriied, that
persons not possessed of any capital, who
anxious to address the Public on political ,
Cases of individual hardship might certai;
but at a time like the present, it appeared ti
cessary that the law should be made effect!
purpose. Arguments might certainly be
to the influence of pamphlet writing upon
andinterests of the Community. Into that.
he would not now diverge. It affected em
general principle; and all that he now meant
give a .general description of the Amendr
modifications which he was ready to support.
Mr. TIERNEY declared that he felt much
to the Noble Lord for the explanation whit'
just given. Without abandoning his objections
principle of this measure, he was willing
with the Noble Lord's proposition as to
His only dcubt was, whether the Bill, as
might not be in the hands of Members before
and whether it might not pass through the'
tee that night ?
Mr. BROUGHAM wished that the grout
which he assented to the second reading
distinctly understood. The explanations
been given did 'not at all remove his general
tion to the measure; but he certainly coul,'
no advantage wriCh could be derived from
it until it was printed with its new alterations.
all that had been said, he still remained of
that the introduction of a new punishment ,
law was the most dangerous innovation who
been attempted in his time. To another prim'
must also decidedly object. It was that whit
forth that the possession of a certain fortune
cespary before any man should discuss pat'
dons through the Press.
The Bill was then read a second time, and
to be committed, to-morrow.
Lord CASTLEREAGH then observed,
respect to the Bill relative to Blasphemous
tious Libels,. he was willing to postpone the
reading to Monday next.
The order for the second reading was
postponed to Monday accordingly.
The second reading of the Libel Bill was postponed to
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, he trusted there would
objection to the seeoled reading of the Misdemeanour
Mr. TIERNEY warn not aware of any objection t..
Mr. BROUGHAM would not object to the second
He considered this Bill as a desirable measure. It
duction of a great Whig; pod, as he had heard, the
came from a friend of his, a great Whig, incited, '
grew wig who claimed the credit of it.
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, as the measure was
it was not worth while to dispute as to who was its
The Bill was then read a second time, and committed.
Lord CASTLEREAGH then moved, that the Report
Seizure of Arms Bill should be brought up.
Mr. PA U LETT objected to the provisions of the "
extended to the North of Durham, which was perfect:.
Lord CASTLFREAGII contended it was necessary
the measure beyond the diseased parts, to prevent its
Mr. LA MBTON again repeated his objections
and moved as an Amendment, that instead of now,
should.be received this day six months.
Upon this, Mod. Pt a division took place :—For
rnent, 38; for receiving the Report, 94.
The Report was then received, and the Bill ordered
a third time to-morrow. •
The othr Orders were disposed of, and the Hel:S.l
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