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hinter had previonly borne to each other. If 20s.
was more than stiflicient, he W 45 willing that a
smaller bum shoul.l he named, as his object Will to
place both articles on the slate footing.
The motion was finally agreed to, the House re-
sumed, and tile Rep.qt of the Committee was order.
eJ to be received on Mond ty.
On the motion of Mr. GORDON, Accounts of
the numher ui Lotteri, s ydlich had been drawn since
1811, and the sums which they had contributed
to the Revenue, were ordered to be laid before the
House.

SEIZURE er CONTRABAND clams.
Mr. BROUGHAM had already moved for cer-
alio Papers respecting the Contraband Goods seized
haard the Assiduous Transport. He now wished
to n,ove for Papers that might throw further light on
tr oietction, which appeared the more important
the mare it was iniinired into. Ile moved for
tl copy of the Memorial presented to the Lords of
she Treasury by the Owners of the Transport, de-
claratory of their ignorance of Contraband Goods
homing been placed on board the Assiduous ;
Copies of all Papers, Reports, or other Docu-
ments, transmitted by Sir II Popham to the B lard
• of Customs, respecting the seizure on board of the
Assiduous; and
A List of the Names of all Persons to whom the
p ickages seized were addressed, and the goods which
each package was stated to contain.
The above Papers were • ordered to be produced.
without discussion, with the exception of the last.—
On this being moved ter,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
thought the Paper in question would be returned to
one of the orders already made, as it must be among
the Papers transmitted to the Cu'stoms.
Mr. BROUGHAM admitted this to be • possible,
but thus moving for papers, he was necessarily wank-
lag in the dark, and he therefore moved, in different
s'iepes, for every thing likely to furnish information
on the subject in question, though at the tisk of hay-
ing some of the papers twice returned. lii order to '
get at all the facts it would be desirable to examine
the owners of the vessel, its Officers and crew. The
paper now moved for called for inforniation not be-
fore particularized. The report-made to the Customs
by the seizing officer might not be so mintite as could
be wished. It might state the packages to have been
directed to persons of distinction without mentioning
names. By calling for the names of the parties, should
these have been previously omitted, the officer would
be necessarily directed to amend his report. He (Mr.
Brougham) underitood the packages seized bad all
on the outside appeared to be erdnance stores. This
broken, an interval appeared. and beyond this a pack-
age appeared of a very different description from
what ought to have been lound there. Instead of
rockets and gunpowder, the contraband goods were
discovered, addressed to various persons,whose names
were concealed till the outer packae: had been broke.
The Paper was ordered to be produced.
• The Hon. Gentleman then moved for accounts of
all searches made, and all seizures effected, in the de-
pots and storehouses at Woolwich, with copies of the
. corresp ,ndence touching the same, Which had passed
between the Wards of the Revenue and Treasury ;
be also moved for ell seizures made on board the
Ordnance yacht at Portsmouth. The Papers were',
ordered to be produced.
Mr. 13ROUGIIAM said, if the returns were not
made to the tfl Jai he bad moved for before Easter,
he now gave notice, that an early day after the recess,
he should move for the appointment of a Committee,
at med with the powers necessary to enquire how the
revenue laws had been executed, and how evaded in
a certain course of years. There was no other way of
getting at the truth, than by examining the parties
connected with the Assiduous. The information
given in ti;e papers would not of itself be sufficient.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
istquired if the motion of which the Hon. (knifeman
had now given notice was intended to supersede that
which stood fn. Tuesday next ?
Mr. l ROUG H ANL answered in the negative.
Mr. BARING moved. that there should be laid
before the iiouse a copy of a Treasury warrant, dated
on or about the 31st August last. and authorizing
an increase in the allowance to officers of quarantine
in the service of the Customi, for victualling their
men. lie maintained, that this, though apparently
an unimportant subject, was of great consequence, as
a question of economy. He complained very much of
the tirnetakea in producing the papers ordered by the
1-I ai.e. Some papers, which had been moved for by
him nearly a fertnight ago, were not yet produced.'
As much time was takat, to produce unimportant pa-
pules, which could he prepared in a few annum:, as
tnose that were most important and voluminous.
After a new words across the table, from Mr. Ra-
smus, Mr. BARING, and Mr. Buovounm, the mo.
lion was agreed to.