Star.
London, England, 1810-08-13 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

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GRAVESZND, Mom 12—Arrived the Adolphus, Foulke,
from Quebec; and the St. Jaco, Oleverea, from the Brazils.—
Sailed the Surrey, Gillespie, for New Providence; the Limerick
packet, Lare, far Limerick; Zephyr, Jeffrey, for St. Michael's;
Ranger, Brown, for Quebec; Falcon, Roberts, for Jamaica; Han-
nah, Pert, for Bahia; Exportation, —, for Cadiz; and the New
Galen, Stedman, for Boston.

The following Commanders have been lately pro-
moted
to the rank of Post-Captains :
Captains C. J. Austen, Spelman Swaine (of the Philomel),
Francis Beaufort (of the Blossom), Benjamin Walker, William
Charlton, John Maxwell, Philip Browne, W. B. Bradby. The
following Lieutenants arc promoted to Commanders s—Lieute-
nants Henry Wildey, James Molineux, Thos. Barclay, Henry
Jane, G. H. Guion, D. Lawrence, Wm. Stewart (late flag officer
to Sir Roger Curtis), T. S. Grove, P. Proctor, G. W. Willes,
Henry Thompson, R. Lisle Coulson, Hayes O'Grady, Henry
Weir. There were 52 Midshipmen promoted to Lieutenants in
May, and 22 in June.
NAVAL AP POIN TMINTS....4t ear-Admiral Otway, to command
at Leith, in the room of Sir Edmund Nagle; Rear-Admiral Sir
Charles Hamilton, to succeed Admiral Otway in the command
in the River; Rear-Admiral Pickmore, to be Captain of the
Mediterranean Fleet; Captain Bayntun, to be Paying Commu•
sioner at Plymouth, in the room of Admiral Isaac Pellew ; Sir
Home Popham, to the Venerable; Captain A. Mackenzie, to the
Armada; Captain Guiou, to the Philomel; Capt. J. Stewart, to
the Blossom.

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I The Barbadoes, Captain HODGSON., will sail shortly
from Portsmouth, for Madras. Commissioner PUGET
goes out in her to the naval yard at Madras. The
Fort William, Capt. PARRISH, for Calcutta, will sail

with the Mediterranean convoy.

The ARGO, 44 guns, Captain F. WARREN, with the
Quebec convoy ; and the UNDAUNTED, Capt. GEORGE
M4Kaszia, and ONYx, Captain HAMILTON, with the
Portugal and Mediterranean conveys, remain wind-
bound at Portsmouth. The Guards and other de-
tachments for Lisbon and Cadiz, which _have em-
barked some time, are likewise detained.

ttrtte MO to
Ili DirectorstherLanaDirectorsle4 Atli •th 71R .. , .
t Directors may est war,sth th
*Mitt' OP THE comMtrrill ON lint HIGH PRICE having a constant wad up,* the ratiing circtitn-
OF GOLD BULLION. stances that ought to gtskle them, end availing them:
tpoit a review of all the facts and reasonings selves only of favdurable eirthtmstantes, they ma
which have been submitted to the consideration of tread back their steps slowly, and may preserve both
your Committee in the course of their inquiry, they the course of their own affairs as a COMPIDT, and that
have formed an opinion, which they submit to the of public and commercial credit, not only safe, but
Honk :—That there is at present an excess in the unembarrassed.
paper circulation of this country, cf which the mast With this view, your Committee Would suggest,
unequivocal symptom is the very high-price of Bullion, that the restriction on cash payments cannot safely be
and next to that, the low state of the Continental Er- removed at an earlier peried than two years from the
changes ; that this excess is to be ascribed to the present time ; but your Committee are of opinion,
want of a sufficient check and controul in the issues that early provision ought to be made by Parliament
of paper from the Bank of England; and, originally, for terminating, by the end of that period, the opera-
to the suspension of cash payments, which removed tion of the several statutes which have imposed and
the natural and true controul. For, upon a general continued that restriction.
view of the subject, your Committee are of opinion, In suggesting this period of two years, your Comb
that no safe, certain, and constantly adequate pro- mittee have not overlooked the circumstance, that, as
vision against an excess of paper currency, either cc- the law stands at present, the Bank would be com.
casional or permanent, can be found, exceptinthe con- pelled to pay in cash at the end of six months after
vertibility of all such paper into specie. Your COM& the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace ; so that
mittee cannot, therefore, but see reason to regret, that if peace were to be concluded within that period, the
the suspension of cash payments; which, in the most recommendation of your Committee might seem to
favourable light in which it can be viewed, was only have the effect of postponing, instead of accelerating
a temporary measure, has been continued so long ; the resumption of payments. But your Committee
and, particularly, that by the manner in which the pre- are of opinion, that if peace were imMediately to be
sent continuing Act, is framed, the character should ratified, in the present state of our circulation, it would
have 'been given to it of a permanent war measure. .bz most hazardous to compel the Bank to pay cash in
Your Committee conceive that it would lie super- six months, and would be found wholly impracticable.
fluous to point out, in detail, the disadvantages which Indeed, the restoration of peace, by opening netv
must result to the country, from any such general ex- of commercial entes-prize, would multiply instead of
cess of currency as lowers its relative value. The effect ! abridging the demands upon the Bank for discount,
of such an augmentation of prices upon all money and would render it peculiarly distressing to the cum-
transactions for time ; the unavoidable injury suffered mercial world, if the Bank were suddenly and maters.
by annuitants, and by creditors of every description, ; ally to restrict their issues. Your Committee are
both private and public ; the unintended advantage l therefore of opinion, that even if peace should inter-
gained by Government and all other debtors ; are vene, two years should be given to the Bank for rem
consequences too obvious to require proof, and too suming its payments ; but that even if the war should
repugnant to justice to be left without remedy. By be prolonged, cash payments should be resumed by
far the most important portion of this effect appears the end of that period.
to your Committee to be that which is communicated Your Committee have not been indifferent to the
to the wages of common country labour, the rate of consideration of eze possible occurrence of political
which, it is well known, adapts itself more slowly to circumstances, Ishich may be thought hereafter to far-
the changes which happen in the value of money, than nish an argument in favour et some prolongation of
the price of any other species of labour or commo- the proposed period of resuming cash payments, or
dity. And it is enough for your Committee to al- even in favour of a new law for their temporary re-
lode to some classes of the public servants, whose striction after the Bank shall have opened. They are,
pay , if once raised in consequence of a depreciation however, far from anticipating a necessity, even in any
of money, cannot so conveniently be reduced again case, of returning to the present system. But if occa•
to its former rate, even after money shall have reco- sion for a new measure of restriction could be supposed
vered its value. The future progress of these incon- at any time to arise, it can in no degree be grounded, as
veniencies and evils, if not checked, must at no great your Committee think, on any state of the foreign ex-
distance of time, work a practical conviction upon the changes, (which they trust that they have abundantly
minds of all those who may still doubt their existence; shewn the Balk itself to have the general power of con.
but even if their progressive increase were less pro- trouling), but on a political state of things producing,
bable than it appears to your Committee, they can- or likely very soon to produce, an alarm at homi lead-
not help expressing an opinion that the integrity and ing to so indefinite a demand for cash for domestic
honour of Parliament ate concerned, not to authorize, uses, as it must be impossible for any Banking est*.
longer than is required by imperious necessity, the blishment to provide against. A return to the ordi.
continuance in this great commercial country of a nary system of Banking is, on the very ground of the
system of circulation, in which that natural check or late extravagant fall of the exchanges and high pride
controul is absent which maintains the valueof money, of gold, peculiarly requisite. That alone can effec-
and, by the permanency of that common standard of tually restore general confidence in the value of the
value, secures the substantial justice and faith of mo- circulating medium of the kingdom ; and the seriaus
nied contracts and obligations between man and man. expectation of this event must enforce a preparatory
Your Committee moreoverbeg leave to advert to the reduction' of the quantity of paper, and all other mea•
temptation to resort to a depreciation even of the va- sures which accord with the true principles of b Inks
lue of the gold coin by an alteration of the standard, ing. The anticipation of the time when the Bank
to which Parliament itself might' be subjected by a will be constrained to open, may also; be expected to
great and long continued excess of paper. This has contribute to the improvement of the exchanges
been the resource of many Governments under. such whereas a postpcn:ment of this era, so indefinite as that
circumstances, and is the obvious and most easy re- of six months after the termination of the war, and
medy to the evil in question. But it is unnecessary especially in the event of an Exchange continuing to
to dwell on the breach of public faith and dereliction fall, (which more and more would generally be pee•
of a primary duty of Government, which would ma- ceived to arise from an excess of paper, and a conse.
nifestly be implied in preferring the reduction of the quent depreciation of it) may lead, under an unfit-
coin down to the standard of the paper, to the resto- vourable state of public affairs, to such a failure qt
ration of the paper to the legal standard of the coin. confidence (and especially among foreigners) in the
Your Committee therefore,-having very anxiously determination of Parliament to enforce a return to
and deliberately considered this subject, report it to the professed standard of the measure of payments,
the house as their opinion, that the system of the car- as may serve to precipitate the further fall of the ex-
culating medium of this country ought to be brought changes, and lead to consequences at once the most
back, with as much speed as is compatible with a discreditable and disastrous.
wise and necessary caution, to the original principle Although the details of the best mode of returning
of cash payments at the option of the holder of Bank- to cash payments ought to be left to the discretion of
paper. the Bank of England, as already stated, certain pro-
Your Committee have understood that remedies, or visions would be necessary, under the authority of
palliatives of a different nature, have been projected ; Parliament, both for the convenience of the Bank it.
such as a compulsory limitation of the amount of self, and for the security of the other banking esta.
Bank advances and discounts, during the continuance blishments in this country and in Ireland.
of the supension ;or a compulsory limitation during Your Committee conceive it may be convenient for
the same period, at the rate of Bank profits and diva- the Bank to be permitted to issue notes under the
dcnds, by carrying the surplus of profits above that value of £5 for some little time after it had resumed
rate to the public account. But, in the judgment of payments in specie.
your Committee, such indirect schemes for palliating It will be convenient also for the Chartered Hanka
the possible evils resulting from the suspension of cash of Ireland and Scotland, and all the Country Banks,
payments, would prove wholly inadequate for that that they should not be compelled to pay in specie
purpose, because the necessary proportion could never until some time after the resumption of payments in
be adjusted, and it once fixed, might aggravate very cash by the Bank of England ; but that they should
much the inconveniencies of a temporary pressure ; continue for a short period upon their present footing*
and even if their efficacy could be made to appear, of being liable to pay their own notes on demand is
they would be objectionable as a most hurtful and I Bank of England paper.
improper interference with the rights of commercial
property. I Letters have been received (overland) from out
According to the Lest judgment your Committee I squadron in the Persian Gulph, to the 23d of February
has been enabled to form, no sufficient remedy for the last. The destruction of the pirate forces had been
present, or security for the future can be pointed out, completed, and the ships were expected to return to
except the repeal of the law which suspends the cash Bombay by the middle of March.—The Cturross,
payments of the Bank of England. I Captain WAINWIUGHT, was to refit there for another
In effecting so important a change, your Committee service of six months. A treaty was negotiating in
are of opinion that some difficulties must be encoun- j January last between the KING of PaRSIA and SOOJAIC
tered, and that there are some contingent dangers to tn. MURK; the principal stipulation of which was the
the Bank, against which it ought most carefully and i re-establishment of the latter on his throne by the aidof
strongly to be guarded. But all those may be effec- a Persian army. For this service his Persian Mi.sty
tually provided for, by entrusting to the discretion I was to be rewarded by some territorial cessions on the
of the Bank itself the charge of conducting and corn- western frontier, and to receive an annual tribute.
piecing the operation, and by allowing to the Bank so 1 A satirical Poem, which has just appeared, en-
ample a period of time for conducting it, as will be i titled " BALI. Room Votaants, or Caarreausuav and
more than sufficient to effect its completion. To the its VICINITY," we understand has excitedconsiderable
discretion, experience, and integrity of the Directors curiosity among the fashionable visitors of that place;
of the Bank, your Committee believe that Parlia- among many other well-known characters are the fol.
ment may safely entrust the charge of effecting that lowing • Sir Eci****N Bemes--Col. Nirlosn—Sit
which Parliament may in its wisdom determine upon Jour/ l-i***y***D—Lady GEORGIC 114"0"D—Miss
as necessary to be effected ; and that the Directors of P***TT—Sir EDWARD Ka so smsta.—the lovely Miss
that great institution, far from making themselves a 1-I****ou's, &c. &c. •
party with those who have a temporary interest in masc.'. sNe.—This dry there are again short arrivals al
spreading alarm, will take a much longer view of the Wheat co stwise. but, with must of last week's saheb s/ Fts.
permanent interests of the B ink, as indissolubly
reign, upwards of SOOO quarters; fine is quoted WAn58:41.999$
bl!nded with those of the public. The particular other qual ties t little suriutlon—Barley and Mail at lug
priegs—Beans of each kind likewise—New White PISS 111011664
mode of graltally effecting the resumption of cash oats also, and In short supply—Flour at late prices.
payments ought, t ierefore, in the opinion of your I GENERAL costume? AS UNDID..
,Fine Committee, to be left in a great measure to the dis- Wheat, 88s- 1° 1 6'. 12°1* Beans, 5116.581.
Tkk ditto 445. dos.:
eretion of the Bank, and Parliament ought to do little Reffitts,4:ss.l4 130 s,
Oats 9U 98.. Hs. •
more than to fix, definitively, the time at which wry,, 445. Poland ditto, 9.5. OIL Ills
cash payments are to become as before compulsory. is Wars ells, Is 1010.—Soconds Mr in Ms •

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MINUTES OF EirthEtteig,
Mawr saroas THE COSIHR*HIF os simicuu oppigla,
0. • JUNII:irt1810.
THE DCII. SOHNifFJAH W:4111) IN THE CHAIR.

e.l`. N: WI, Esq. Chairman to the Commissioners of Stamps, !
called in and examined.
What is the nature of the office of the Receiver.
Cour it of Stamps ?—lt is to roceive all the monies
arising out of the duties under the management of
the Commissioners of Stamps, to pay the pme into
the Bank of England daily, virsuant to an Act 46
Geo. 111. and afterwards to pay it into the Exche-
quer weekly, and to make up accounts of the Stamp
Revenue to be passel before the Auditors.
Is the trouble and responsibility attached to the
office more than adequately compensated by st. salary
tof £BOO per annum should think it is not, on ae-
eount of the responsibility.
Could the business of the office be so arranged as
to dispense with the appointment of Receiver. General
of Stamps ?--I should think there should be a super-
intendent Officer certainly in such a department; and
lam not aware the business could-be arranged so as
to dispense with that appointment.
Is it the curoin of the Commissioners of Stamps to
allow the distributors of Stamps in the different coun-
ties to act by deputy ?—Thc rule of the Office is quite
the oontrary. The exceptions may he confined to
two, stated in the Appendix to the Third Report of
the Committee on the Public Expenditure but Ido
nat know the ground of those exceptions, as they took
place before I came to the Office.
Are there any other offices in the department of the
Stamps which are sinecures, or executed wholly by
deputy, not already regulated and rendered efficient
upon the death of the present possessors ?—.The office
of Clerk of the Securities has been a sinecure for ma-
ny years ; it is now vacant • and it is intended by the
Board to recommend to the Treasury to promote the
Assistant, who now does the business, to the principal
office, and to abolish the office of !Assistant. The
salary of Clerk of the Securities is £lOO, with other
allowances to the amount of about £3O. The salary
of the Assistant is A'6o. The office of Stamp Ware-
house Keeper, with a salary of £2OO per annum, is
also a sinecure.

Right Hon. GIORGI Ross, a Member of the House, examined.
What are the duties of Keeper of the Records in
the Receipt of the Exchequer ?—He is entrusted with
she safe custody of them, and directing from time to
time the making of Calendars and Indexes to them,
and rendering them as generally useful to the Public
as possible. For more particular information, I de.
sire to refer to a Return made by me, printed in
the Collection of Reports upon the Records of the
Kingdom, which was written by myself, from the
knowledge acquired by my attendance upon the
(Ivies of that situation; and that at present there are
one or more persons attending en that office, under
t'ie authority of the Commissioners of ReCords, in ad-
dition to the Clerks employed by me. I was appoin-
ted to the office nearly forty years ago, at the recom-
mendation of a Committee of the House of Lords,
from my supposed qualifications for the duties of it.
Are you now subject to any attendance on that of-
fice ?--My personal attendance now is very little ne-
cessary, especially during the attendance of the per-
sons employed by the Commissioners of Public Re-
cords.

Would any, and what, inconvenience occur from
the abolition of your offic; ?—Some person must be
'in the situation of Keeper of the Records ; they are
vary valuable, and of great importance to the Public,
and should therefore, in my opinion, be in the custody
of some intelligent and respessible person.
What is the establishment of your Office ?—Three
Clerics, beside the Principal, with salaries amounting
to £lOO per annum net.
Are you Clerk of the Parliaments ?—Yes ; I hold
the office by a grant from the Crown, under a rever-
sion granted le me, on the death of the late Mr. A.
Cowper. I succeeded in the year 1788, in the same
germs as, the grant had been made for many centu-
ries, for two or three lives, to be executed by myself
O: deputy.
By whom have the duties been performed since you
held the office?—By the Clerk Assistant of the House
of Lords, under an appointment from me.
Would any, and what inconvenience arise from the
abolition of your office of Clerk of Parliaments ?--I
feel a difficulty in expressing an opinion upon that
subject.
Has any inconvenience in point of fact, arisen from
the office being executed by deputy, during the time
yon' have possessed it ?--I believe, not the slightest.
Have you ever been called upon to execute this
duty in person ?—Certainly not.
Mr. Rose delivers in an account of the net Re-
ceipts of the Clerk of the Parliaments, on an
aver., ge of the last seven years, amoumiPg to
ie4946.

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BONAPARTE'S COMMERCIAL pomcr.

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The Right lion. Jean' CweaLr LILItS, a Member of the
Howie, examined. _ _

Are you Chief Justice in Eyre iwrth of Trent ?
Yes. _ _

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What nre the duties of your cffice ?-1. apprehend,
The ancient ditties of the office were, the general kiris.
• diction and gwv.rnment of the icing's Forests North ~11
. Trent ; the whole or the greatest part of this jurisdic-
fon is become ohs, te. I cannot altswer for what j ris-
• diction may hay, hecn exercised by the other Chief
. Juitice, wh,se office is precisely of the same nature ;'
but it has not happened to me to exercise any joris-1
~diction. Licences for inclnsures used to be given un-
i'itsler the authority t.f. the Chief Justice ; but I have had
-.spa applic .tion since I held the office.
Would any, and what inconvenience. arise from
•,'! the abolition of y ur office ?-- I cannot undertake ro
sly that no inconvenience would arise from the aboli-
-.rah n of an office of great ancient dignity and legal
.I.frjorisilictinn; but, as I have before stated, it has not•
beau ezereised with any utility its my time.

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„Convey /10 hie conscientious feernge that info-este se • ~.
How long have yak held the Mice—Since the it.' &la is the Prnaigintdifinereased and increasing t 'T .
syear.lBo6.. - . .. - demand for her good. throughout India and America. concerning . els distressed and crieical condi t inn ...i.;c,,
Jaltralircesa,Esq. Fire Clair to the Auditoria the lutes. • In fact it is proved beyond 0 doubt by the rcalste:doubtless nes never yet been fairly laid before leis,
called in and examined. —allr' is
authentic public documents, arid by the testimony of • With his powerful arm, with his genius, it res., is
• What arethe ditties of the Auditor of the Etches the
most intelligent and impartial travellers, that the glee us, utterly to put an (n.l to th ‘ restraints nose
quer ?--The Auditor makes out instruments called
inaustry, the. commerce, the public revenue, and w situ we are perishing, and to construct a ILA' TyStell
Orieraopursuant to warrants signed by the Lords of
cr.e g . y dit of En land not onl have not sustained any 'in unison with the accomplis'.m nt of his grt..r. 0..
the Treasury ; in doing which he is to take partici', -diminution, bur, on the contrary, have been increas. i signs. May you enjoy the . incstim ,ble felicity
andthat class of herpopulation is in a state reigning over subjects
h ippy, c etteetsl, g ,err
ler care that the monies; granted for the public service ing, . every .
_, .
sire issued is conformity to the votes of Parliament..
of occupation, prosperity and comfore If we re. loyal, and virtuous ! This is the gr • test hl .5.i.:.;
/ Cis also a net his dot to transmit to the Auditorsverse the picture, what dreadful evils ere suffered cn , which we can implore HitAVEN to conter upon you ;1/4
pail y
—.—.
ofroblic Accounts an account of all monies isued to the Continent ? Our ports are closed, our ships can I
public Accountants. . . no longer be employed in carrying on that trade be-
What part of these duties does the Auditor execute tween different parts which their different circum-
j.
•in person ?—Every instrument originating in or pass- stances render indispensable, and which cannot be
ing through 'his Office is transmitted to him by hie, conducted by land carriage. Thus the intercourse
First Clerk, for his approbation and signature, except which is essential to the social system of the Conti-
Etchequer Bills, which, by an Act of the 48th of the neat cannot be maintained. The Southern nations
any person to sign, with the
„King, he may appoint
approbation of the Board of Treasury.
silks, &c. for the corn, the hemp, the linens, the tim-
ber, the iron, and the tallow* of the Northern. In
The Right Hon. G41"4414 Comm:, Receiver-General 44 dki every country there is an accumulation of their stir-
. Alienation Office, a Member of the House, examined. plus produce decaying and perishing. They are un-
What is the nature of your Office ?—The business able to purchase with it the most necessary foreien
of my Office is to receive the fines paid to the King `commodities, and thus they lose all motive and all
upon Writs of Covenant and Writs of Entry by per-
i inclination to exert their own powers of production.
sons levying fines of land, or suffering recoveries—. I Another source of distress to the COUtinent is, the
these are technically called Pre-fines, and are after- , want of many articles which England furnished, and
wards paid by the Receiver-General into the Excites • the privation of which has thrown many industrious
quer. The Office also receives fines called Post-fines, i persons out of employment. Raw cotton and yarn,
whch are received for the Sheriffs of Counties by the dying goods and different drugs, were articles of this
Receiver, and afterwards paid over by the Receiver sort ; and what adds terthe evil is, that the Continent
to such Sheriffs, upon their demand.
• is not suffered to purchase from America those of them
What is the average of the amount of Fines in the which she could supply. The mischievous effects of
hands of the Receiver ?—lt fluctuates from between this prohibitory sy stem do not confine themselves to
13 and 14 to between 6 and £7OOO. ,
one or to a few branches of the trade and industry or
Is any security given by the Receiver •?--In point particular nations. All the happiness, all the habits
of fact, I have never been called upon for any. I of industry throughout the whole Continent arc affec-i
Does the Receiver execute the duties of his °RI ce in ted by it ; every department is pervaded bye...mbar-
person or by deputy ?--The duties of receiving the • rassments, obstructions, and oppressions et various
fines are wholly executed by deputy, whose attend- • sorts. The very means of correspondence by the Post
ance at the Office is constant. The custody °I. tie Office, whether upon topics of trade, of literature, or
money is in the Receiver. . i
i of private business, or friendship, ere restrained by it.
What is the salary of the Deputy ?-8170 per an- . Upon the coast, the inhabitants are precluded from
num, which is paid by the Principal, leaving the net their old occupation in the fishery ; they lose their
salary and emoluments (arising from fees) of the let-
; maritime skill and habits, tlle natural nursery of sea-
ter between 8250 and £3OO. men is rendered unproductive, and all hope is taken
Would any, and what inconvenience arise from the from the Continent of again becoming able to esta-
abolition of the Receiver-Generalship ?—I apprehend blish a navy, military or commercial, capable of con-
that the Office cannot be abolished unless the whole
tending with those of England.
of that branch of revenue is to be put on a new footsi 66 It is by no means the merchant alone who suffers
ing, as the duties of the Receiver-Generalship must; by these multiplied and complicated restraints. Every
necessarily be performed ley somebody. i person connected, however remotely, with commerce,
(To k continued.) or who has directed any portion of his capital or in-
dustry to any of its various branches, participates in
the calamity, and, by the operation of these measures
in restraint of freedom, we see the very sources of
rrs DIREFUL EFFECTS ON THE CONTINENT, I wealth and prosperity, one after another, dried up.
An article, of which the following is a translation,
. Th.acturers, brokers, clerks, agents of every kind,us persons of every description, monied men, ma-
hasnur been very extensively, though covertly, circulated .
rsons d the are-owners, pack-
upon the Continent, where it has made a deep impress ' I pe
ers' c
' iers personssea, b
of other occupations,
sion. The agents of France at Hamburgh have offered
whose breadc andi
is taken from them, those who were
a reward of 600 crowns to whoever will informs employed in the manufacture of clothing, furniture,
against the writers and printers of it; and the posses-
i &C. in short, the whole of that numerous set of per.
sion of a copy is subjected to a penalty of 300 crowns.
:. sons who subsist upon the wages of the labour which
The facts and the reasoning will be found to be extrac- ;
the rich have been accustomed to require from them,
ted from the very interesting and able work lately
i sensibly feel the interruption of the circulations of
published by Sir Francis D'lvernois, " Effects of the . -1-
eommerce, and are already involved by it in different
Continental Bleckade upon the Commerce, &c. of the !
British Islander, in which the ruinous operation of that . degrees of distress. Nor is the agricultural part of the
community by any means exempt from this distress ;
measure upon the Continent, and its complete impo- the husbandman 'in in looks for those customers
tence as against this country isindisputably established. who heretofore flockedrain
to him with ready money to
" Lamentation: of the Continental Nation: of _Europe upon purchase his wine and the other produce of his soil.
the interruption of their Commerce ; addressed to all the "It cannot be wondered at, that in such circum-
Primer of that part of the world : stances the countryman is disheartened from sowing
ss Sovereigns, Princes, Fathers of Nations!—Deign . his fields and planting his vineyard, and that this ve-
to listen to the complaints extorted from us by that I glect of cultivation should prejudice for years the pro-
universal system of prohibition to which our corn.lductive powers of the soil. It would be easy to en-
merce is subjected. The justice and the high impor. large upon these topics, but surely enough has been
.tence of these complaints are sufficiently demonstra. already said to prove that the Continent cannot con.
ted by the afflicting condition to which the people of , tinue to support the stagnation which his taken place
the Continent are reduced. in the ordinary intercourses of life.
64 Now that this system of commercial warfare, 46 But more than this, how is it t be imagined that
against England, from which we were taught to expect nations can continue to pay taxes, impositions, and
such mighty advantages, his been carried on for some `contributions, after the channels of income have been
years, we may be permitted to inquire whether it has, closed ? It was a wise observation of Prince Eugene
in fact, been productive of any advantage to us? jof Savoy. " Nobody complained of a very great,
1 " Frofi this inquiry, wc shall find that while the ! but very equitably distributed tax, which I proposed
.Continent is every day more and more embarrassed,, throughout the whole kingdom, because I at the
impoverished, and distressed, Great Britain is advan.; same time afforded it means of increasing its corn-
cing in a course of prosperity and wealth, and feels'. merce, which had not before been thought of."
none of the ruinous consequences of the restraints by I 66 Thus then it is to the interruption of commerce
which we are fettered. So fir from it, she every that we must refer the extreme distress -under which
•year has been able to render herself more and more the continent of Europe, from one extremity to the
independent of the Continent ;to open to herself new other, at present suffers distres: which a continental peace
channels of foreign commerce, and to discover within I alone cannot J#C to relieve.
herself, new means of supplying all her wants in the " Even those countries of the continent in which
same manner as the attempt which was made from the frightful cry of war is not inamediatefy heard, feel
1793 to 1796, to starve France by depriving her of all themselves oppressed and deprived of- their strength,
foreign corn, only served to develope her resources, i they are without resources for the present, without
and to stimulate her to an improved cultivation of hope for the future. All persons who have the means
her own sail. At present hngland is supplied with propose to emigrate to England or America, and
corn from America, Barbaty, Sicily, and from her amongst those to whom this plan of relief Is denied,.
growth at home, where cultivation is every year ex- how many have already perished under their suf-
tended and improved. In addition to this, she has levities !
effected a great saving in her consumption, by pro- 44 There is one other consideration, which it can-
hibiting the use of barley in her distilleries, which are not be believed that governments will regard with
now confined to sugar. This is beneficial to her in indifference—the shocking want of integrity and rod.
another way, by taking off, at a fair price, that sur- Efaith which these privations and distresses arc rapidly
plus quantity of sugar which the Continent is pros introducing. Heretofore a ready obedience was paid
hibited from receiving. I to laws, because the tendency of those lases was to
o Wine. she obtains from Portugal, Madeira, the promote the welfare of the people ; but the new sys-
Canary Islands, the Cape of Good Hope, Sardinia, tem which denies to them the means of providing for
Sicily, Spain, Greece, and indeed through many chan. their subsistence, reduces them to a sort of stupefac-
iiels from France itself. tion they can scarcely believe in the reelity of such
,
" South America furnishes her with hides, and prohibitions, and they alledge their disbelief as an
North America with timber ; hemp she gets from excuse for their disobedience. In this way they ha-
Bengal, and she will soon raise enough of this article : bituate themselves to a contempt of the lens and the
' for her whole demand in Ireland, where very exten. I public Authority. Whit a host of criminals must
sivemarshes have been drained far the cultivation of : such a state of things create ! How many under the
it. From thence too, she supplies herself with yarn • influence of want and desperation will have recourse
and linens. She has rendered herself independent of to fraud and robbery, and having no legal means of
Russia for tallow, partly by the substitution of oil, pursuing their occupations will avail themselves of
and partly by the use of inflammable gas. From the those which are illegal! Hence arise false oaths and
coal which is employed in the production of this gas, thebribery of the officers employed to enforce the laws,
she extracts pitch, tar, rosin, and a sort of turpentine ; so that what little gainful traffic remains is in the
and she has discovered that the fish of her own seas most corrupt hands, and the most grievous severity
will furnish her with as much isinglass as she may re- , of distress falls with all its weight upon persons of
quire. In her silk manufecturies the raw material of the strictest integrity.
India and China is found capable of being used with- ! " Princes ! Parents of your People ! Yon, who
out the intermixture of any other i and her clothiers . hear their complaints and theirgroans—it isyou whom
have been equally successful with British wool. lour prayers invoke—in you our hopes seek a refuge—
With- respect to the exportation pf her own pro- ' ' you will be our intercessors—you will bear our la men -
'duce, the European blockade affedts Great Britain so tations to the throne of the Great Napolcoa, you will
Ude-that ha manufacturers are scarcely sensible of I • Memoirs et Prince &leen sf'Savoy, Ed. 1809, p. re .

rot

Inrorma.'.oa hav'n3. b"en received that P arid
Mem uas suspected of the murder 01 a Mr. 1 Lint;
of Log's Temple, in Ireland, lie was traced Ly
Bow4treet offica• t.) his brother's house, ne it
Mall, where they obtained an interview by prete.4.l
to have a letter lor him from Ireland ; but (11 dis.
covering the real purport of their visit, he commenced
a shew of resistance, when one of the officers drew a
cutlass, the blade of which Hughes rashly seized, and
thereby nearly cut off one of his fingers, and traimed
his hand dreadfully ; he then surrendered, and u;ti
conveyed to Bow-street office, whence he was com-
mitted for re-examination.
On Friday, HumAreys, the officer, followed cos
Laurens; a suspected character, and 'moth- r man,
into a pawnbroker's shop in Hol'inra, aad of r s• eat
altercation starched Lawrence, and lon ad on him se.
'c ral notes, and :t watch chain and .pp rndages, which
bad ben stoical tr. nt a gentleman, who had lace,
knock dow.t in RAs.: street, C. Gerdf.n. Tl•ry
were therefore conveyed to Bow-st: ect, and co:,
ted for re-examination.

On Saturday, at Guildhall, a young man Was fully
committed f r robbing the till of his master, Mr.
Kingson, hosier, of Holborn. Mr: Kingson having
some suspicion, sent a friend to porehase gon,ls with
some marked money, which not tiliiing in the 141,14
taxed the pris'iner with the Oita, W:11 acknowadgsd
the fact, and which confession he corrub.irate.!, with
much contrition, b-fore the :attgistr

Two women were ch.srgeit with ri Shii,g a Mr.
Benton of his watch, ott Sitio-day I.(.ag.
lane, and two men as their confederates. The wi.men
obstructed Mr. Bentnii's passage on the ti )(up ith, bits
he pissed briskly by them, And hist:v.lly niissed hit
witch, when he g.tve An alarm, and tt e pat tits wets
apprehended. The men were, at their own deNite,
sent on board the tentkr, and the women contruiitcd to
Blitlewell.

Saturday,
.at Union Hall, T. firahou, for fel'ny
J. Relent, for house.breaking ; and IV. Jaques, fur
highway robbery, were fully committed.
Saturday J. Wieder WAS fully committed, &cm
Whitechapel office, charged with driving away a cart
containing a quarter and a piece of beef, five lambs,
and several cheeps heads, the property of a Mr. Powell,
whose wife had the custody of the gods, when the
fellow artfully told Fee the butcher of wh,,m she had
bought them wished to speak to her, and she left the
property in his cate. lie is committed faa two
charges, first, for horse-stealing, and secondly, steal.
ing the other goods.

MAR ktIED.

Thursday, the 91. inst. at Newport, In the County of Sake,
John Clarke, of Wig.ton Halt, In the Cour. y of Leicest,r, Esq.
to Catherine Martha Iladdeley, eldest daughter of I hennas Da/
deley, of Neu port, Esq.
On the 4th inst. tl,c Rev. Richard Hartley, of Newcarle•upa.
Tyne, to 1 art., daughter of Nathaniel Bishop, of Glusic.ster-places
New-road, Esq.
Wednesday se'neight, at Sunderland, Mr. Jane's Evt•ri•t,
yreaclier in the methelli.“ connection, to Nils Hittchinson,daugls•
ter of Mr. Michael Hutchniaun, aviatr of the pour humor, at
Sunderland.

lately. at Bath, Captain flamer, oldie North Hants Mifitia,*
Mrs. 11111, daughter of the Late R. Lloyd, toy. N Ci. k L.akes,

l'ipperar y.
Lat..ly, at Kidlington, the Rev. Rober takee;of Goring Hsatk,
to Sarah, youngest daughter of the Rev. Aiez. Litchfield, late Vicar
of Wadliurst. Susses.
Lately, at Some, Gloucrttersitire, George Bourne. Fast. uf 011
ssth R-glnient of Poo:, to Mrs. Bulkeley, orly dat.gliter of tba
late IV intent Paty, Esq of BriAnt.
Rcv. J. G. Howard. of Burwell, Nerfilk. to Charlotte, thisd
dauAhter at Mr. Gur'..ant, uf Mote, Hu:.tingdonslire
Key. T. Phillips, M. A. tit Vl/4' hitehureh, H. refordshire, to Arse,
daughter of John Partridge, Esq. of Poo bridge. in that county.
Rev. Rubinson 1.1%;:alt, of Tvlanchest,r, to Miry Aunt, el itst
daughter of the Rev. Leeves, rector of Wrioren, burner-
setslaire.
Rcv. J. Gilpin, B.D. vicar of Stockton-on-Ted, Durham, to
Mi is Brawn.
Rev. John Haygarth, son of DG Haygarth, of Bath, to Sophia,
daughter of the Rev. E. Poulter, prebendary of Winchester.
Rev. John Whittington, rector uf Cold Aston, Gloucestershire,
to Erzabeth, relict of John Reinckle /Cater, Lbq late of Bristol
Rev. John Kyran, vicar of Bangor, to Mass A. Owen, socoi:d
daughter of the Rev. Edward Owen, rector of Lianiestynt.
Rev. Mr..Dodd, to Miss 'kaiser, both of • lee:, I.inculoshlres

. • • DIED..
At Madregield, Worcestershire, Lady Deerborst, wife ofLond
V:szount Ueerhurst, and daughter of Lord lhauchainp. Her
Ladyship has left issue aa only son, George William, born Octo-
ber ej, i 608.
On the Ist instant, In the 9241 year of his age, Mr. Stephei
Geary, of Dean's-yard, the oldest ii.habita-t of Wastminste:, haw-
tug seen a howekeeper in Dean's-yard near 70 year..
On the '26th of July, aged 7u, the Rev. W. Sheershatiks, M. A.
formt ell Fellow and Tutor of at. John's College, Cambridge;
11. A. 17667 M. A. 1769; Prebendary of Carlisle ; Rec. or of
Ovington, in Norfolk ; perpetual Curate of Schram, is Cutuher-
land-, and Minister of St John's, dwells. The Rectory of Ori:tg-
ton kin the sift of the University•of Cambridge.
h; (Atelier his, at the Cape of Good Hope; on board the Rake-
able, Lieut. Matthias Hawdon, of the Royal Marioes. Re cc-
ceived a wound at the taking of the isle of rsollihons 01dt
terntirated fatally in a few days.
Robert Anterson, shoemaker, a native of Ulvirstone, can".
from Carlisle to Lockcrby, about bee o'clock on Setirday *, r•
night, and sent for his wife, -a native of Locketby, to an Mo. ik
married her, some time last spring. '1 bey lived together at Coen..
near Dumfries, till July, when he in.prodently w nt alio 1,1;*
land with a married woman, a neighbour's wife, and left ins owl.
' She, highly enraged at his former conduct, said to him, when s
SAW him, " How have you the assurance to come where I am'
He'replied," that be was come to die beside her, and that he wiseki
tie early to-morrow morning, for his heart was In eh, ." 14 her Air
spoke of the other woman to bitn,.he said he was ... mood, d witl. t 0*
morse of conseecce, and the recollectusti of her home went whit;
heart like a knife. Us told the landlord to 'end ow Li. wire s teal
time, for ha should pot be able to speak ai:y of er nine o'clock.--,
Whilst casting olf 11'4 cloatha he said," 7 ii.st sits it weer ge et riVar •
The landlord obseryed, " I hope you arc ~or goes to :shrews!
your own life." He replied, " God I.:rlndl 1 have ro w.ch n:*
tendon." Abate nine o'clock at night L•.• took a In. iii.d c''
tinued in It till nearly five nest moining, wlseu be a sp.r.ll. ile
1
I had ell; nothing for three days, except the half of a penny km'•
though he had money enough about him. '1 he sorgeors tioi ,l; I
saw no appearance of his having taken poisou, or any thing w......
ever to hasten his death. --

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SINECURE OFtIcES. ritr.lBo6.• • de
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usereat,ipaxx,Esq. Fine Clef& to the Auditelief the tubesiner,
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MINUTES OF EXIISERCiI, called in and exandned. ai
mum Bayous THE coathiMajp oto
..sissioun rorpiqsa, .
What are the duties of the Auditor of the Etches 6
s • Just.lBlo.
- •
THE DOE. SOHN .4NILLIAti W:4111.0 IN THE CHAIR. Oriersopursuant to warrants signed by the Lords ot a
......... , the Treasury ; in doing which he is to take portic',
e. F. I\ : nut, Esq. Chairman to the Commissioners of Stamps, . .
far care that the monies; granted for the public service in
F
coiled in and examined.
What is the nature of the office of the Receiver• li are issued in conformity to the votes of Parliament. Of
Getter ii of Stamps ?—lt is to receive all the monies .It is also a part of his duty to transmit to the Auditors v
arising out of the duties under• the management of 'of Public Accounts an account of all monies isued to tnil•
the Commissioners of Stamps, to pay the came into' Public Accountants. .
the Bank of England daily, virsuant to an Act 46 I What part of these duties does the"Anditor execute t!
Geo. 111. and afterwards to pay it into the Eoche- iin person ?—Every instrument originating in or pass- ''..
Revenue to be passe-1 before the Auditors. `,
quer weekly, and to make up accounts of the Stamp I ing through • his Office is transmitted to him by Ida,
First Clerk, for his approbation and signature. except "
Is the trouble and responsibility attached to the Exchequer Bills, which, by an Act of the 48th of the
_1
office more than adequately compensated by Is salary King, he may appoint any person to sign, with the 'Si
ef 4800 per annum ?.,..-I should think it is not, on ac- approbation of the Board of Treasury.
b
eount of the responsibility. The Right Hon. CLOMPS Ciitintno, Receiver-General of the es
Could the business of the office be so arranged as Alienation Office, a Member of the House, examined. PI
to dispense with the appointment of Receiver. General What is the nature of your Office ?—The business ial
of Stamps ?--I should think there should be a super- ; of my Office is to receive the fines paid to the King `c+
intendant Officer certainly in such a department; and I upon Writs of Covenant and Writs of Entry by per. I it
lam not aware the business could-be arranged so as sons levying fines of land, or suffering recoveries—. ~ A
I
to dispense with that appointment. these are technically called Pre-fines, and are after-! vi
Is it the curoin of the Commissioners of Stamps to i wards paid by the Receives-General into the Exche- ; ti
allow the distributors of Stamps in the different awn- i quer. The Office also receives fines called Post-fines, ; „
ties to act by deputy ?—The rule of the Office is quite whch are received for the Sheriffs of Counties by the 'a
the oonsrary. The exceptions may he confined to , Receiver, and afterwards paid over by the Receiver sr
two, stated in the Aepandix to the Third Report of to such Sheriffs, epon their demand. is
the Committee on the Public Expenditure 1 but Ido , What is the average of the amount of Fines in the v,
not know the ground of those exceptions, as they took hands of the Receiver ?—lt fluctuates from between ti
place before I came to the Office. 113 and 14 to between 6 and £7OOO. I
o
Are there any other offices in the department of the i Is any security given by the Receiver .?—ln point
P
Stamps which are sinecures, or executed wholly by of fact, I have never been called upon for any. 1°
deputy, not already regulated and rendered efficient ! Does the Receiver execute the duties of his office in t 4
upon the death of the present possessors ?—.The office ' person or by deputy ?--The duties of receiving the r
of Clerk of the Securities has been a sinecure for ma- , fines are wholly executed by deputy, whose attend- • ri
,
ny years ;it is now vacant ; and it is intended by the ance at the Office is constant. The custody of the c
Board to recommend to the Treasury to promote the money is in the Receiver. i
10
Assistant, who now does the business, to the principal I What is the salary of the Deputy ?—ati'l 70 per an- c
office, and to abolish the office of Assistant. The I num, which is paid by the Principal, leaving the net ti
salary of Clerk of the Securities is £lOO, with other ! salary and emoluments (arising from fees) of the Lit- n
allowances to the amount of about 450. The salary ' ter between 8250 and tO3OO. i n
of the Assistant is 460. The office of Stamp Ware- Would any, and what inconvenience arise from the h
house Keeper, with a salary of 4200 per annum, is abolition of the Receiver-Generalship ?—I apprehend b
also a sinecure. that the Office cannot be abolished unless the whole ti
bight Hon. Groasa Ross, a Member of the House, examined. ' of that branch of revenue is to be put on a new foot-,
What are the duties of Keeper of the Records in ing, as the duties of the Receiver-Generalship must b
the Receipt of the Exchequer ?—He is entrusted with necessarily be performed by somebody. i
i p
she safe custody of them, and directing from time to (To k continued.) a
time the making of Calendars and Indexes to them, — d
and rendering them as generally useful to the Public t 8 ONA P ARTE' S COMMERCIAL polder.
as possible. For more particular information, I de. ,it
--
sire to refer to a Return made by me, printed in
rrs DIREFUL EFFECTS ON THE CONTINENT, 1 w
the Collection of Reports upon the Records of the
An article, of which the following is a translation, ' ;II
Kingdom, which was written by myself, from the
knowledge I acaired b m attendance upon the has been very extensively, though covertly, circulated
(Ivies of t
y
ir.st situation; ayd that at present there are
upon the Continent, where it has made a deep ;mores-
tt i elk'
n
ore or more persons attending on that office, under von. The agents of France at Hamburgh have offered
the authority of the Commissioners of ReCords, in ad- a reward of 600 crowns to whoever will inform :e7
against the writers and printers of it; and the posses- a
&inn to the Clerks employed by me. I was appoin-
sion of a copy is subjected to a penalty of 300 crotus. :
54
ted to the office nearly forty years ago, at the recom-
The facts and the reasoning will be found to be extrac- . ti
enendatian of a Committee of the House of Lords,
ted from the very interesting and able work lately
from my supposed qualifications for the duties of it.
Are you now subject to any attendance on that of-
published by Sir Francis D'lvernois, " Effects of the !,
Continental Bleckade upon the Commerce, &c. of the • d
- ice ?--My personal attendance now is very little ne- British Islanda," in which the :vinous operation of that .
cessary, especially during the attendance of the per- c
measure upon the Continent, and its complete impo- ti
suns employed by the Commissioners of Public Re- tence as against this country is indisputably established.
cords. si
Would any, and what, inconvenience occur from " Lamentation: ofMe Continental Nation, of Europe upon p
the abolition of your offic: ?—Soine person must be the interruption of their Commerce ; addressed to all the
'in the situation of Keeper of the Records ; they are Prince: of that part of the world : s
wry valuable, and ef great importance to the Public, " Sovereigns, Princes, Fathers of Nations!—Deign ill
and should therefore, in my opinion, be in the custody to listen to the complaints extorted from us by thatlS
of some intelligent and responsible person. ! universal system of prohibition to which our corn- I d
What is the establishment of your Office?—Three'
merce is subjected. The justice and the high impor. 1
Clerks, beside the Principal, with salaries amounting .tance of these complaints are sufficiently demonstra. a
to £lOO per annum net. ted by the afflicting condition to which the people of , t
Are you Clerk of the Parliaments ?—Yes ; I held the Continent are reduced. i
she office by a grant from the Crown, under a rever- " Now that this system of commerci:tl warfare'
.aion granted to me, on the death of the late Mr. A. against England, from which we were taught to expect r
Cowper. , I succeeded in the year 1788, in the same such mighty advantages, has been carried on for some c
'terms as, the grant had been made for many centu- years, we may be perinitted to inquire whether it has, , c
ties, for two or three lives, to be executed by myself in fact, been prodective of any advantage to us? I c
os deputy. " Froth this inquiry, we shall find drat while the t I
By whom have the duties been performed since you Continent is every day . more and more embarrassed, . t
held the office?—By the Clerk Assistant of the House impoverished, and distressed, Great Britain is advan. I s
of Lords, under an appointment from me. ding in a course of prosperity and wealth, and feels'. I
Would any, and what inconvenience arise from the none of the ruinous consequences of the restraints by
abolition of your office of Clerk of Parliaments ?-1 which we are fettered. So fir from it, she every t
feel a difficulty in expressing an opinion upon that year has been able to render herself more and more t
' subject. independent of the Continent ' • to open to herself new , (
'Has any inconvenience in point of fact, arisen from channels of foreign commerce, and to discover within I 4
- the office being executed by deputy, during the time herself, new means of supplying all her wants in the
-- you. have possessed it ?—I believe, not the slightest. same manner as the attempt which was made from , t
Have you ever been called upon to execute this 1793 to 1796, to starve France by depriving her of all . t
:duty in person ?—Certainly not. ..
foreign corn, only served to develope her resources, I 1
Mr. Rose delivers in an account of the net Re- and to stimulate her to an improved cultivation of • 1
ceipts of the Clerk of the Parliaments, on an
her own sail. At present Lngland is supplied with I
aver.. ge of the last seven years, amoumieg to 1
corn from America, Barbels?, Sicily, and from her :
44946. growth at home, where cultivation is every year ex- i 1
t The Right Hon. Jesse Greasrg VI
minl Llers,e a Member of the tended and improved. In addition to this, she has II
Moro, exad.
Are you Chief Justice in Eyre math of Trent ?--
effected a great saving in her consumption, by pro- i
Yes. hibiting the use of barley in her distilleries, which are II
What are the duties of your cffice ?-1• apprehend, now confined to sugar. This is beneficial to her in :' i
another way, by taking off, at a fair price, that sur- i
:the ancient ditties of the office were, the general jeris.
plus quantity of sugar which the Continent is pro- i
diction and gevernment of the King's Forests Dort;, .)f
Fine,
Trent ; the whole or the greatest part of this jurisdic-
hibited from receiving.
fon is become obst‘lt tee. I c annot altswer for what joris- she obtains from Portugal, Madeira, the !
1
• diction may have bean exercised by the other Chief Canary Islands, the Cape of Good Hope, Sardinia,
. Justice, whose etfice is precisely of the same nature ; Sicily, Spain, Greece, and indeed through many elm-
but it has not happened to me to exercise any joris-
eels from France itself. , !I
sediction. Licences for inclnsures used to be given un-
" South America futnishes her with hides, and
i;,der the authority of the Chief Justice ; but ! have had North America with timber ; hemp she gets from
'sour applic .tion since I held die office. Bengal, and she will soon raise enough of this article
•
for her whole demand in Ireland, where very men- I
. Would any, and what inconvenience, arise from
the abolition of y ur sive marshes have been drained for the cultivation of •
.s! office?-- I cannot undertake to
it. From thence too, she supplies herself with yarn
-filly that no incenveatence would arise frnm the aboli-
and linens. She has rendered herself independent of
-.r. eit n of an office of great ancient dignity and legal
Russia for tallow, partly by the substitution of oil. ,
' 174jerisilictinn; but, as I have before stated, it hes soot
been exereised with any utility in my time. and partly by the use of inflammable gas. From the
coal which is employed in the production of this gas,
--.-
she extracts pitch, tar, rosin, and a sort of turpentine ;
"JUNE 6, 1810.
- ?ROMA, DAVIS LAOIS, EAR. I IntrClerk ID AO SOOretiry Of and she has discovered that the fish of her own seas
stare's OSee, aid in and examinoi, will furnish her with as much isinglass as she may re- ,
—What aee the duties of •th.it office, as performed by quire. In her silk manufacturies the raw material of
you ?-6ince my app' iniment, khave not been called India and China is found capable of being used with-
upon
to perform any. out the intermixture of any other ; and her clothiers
Are-theee any dotes which you conceive yourself have been equally successful with British wool.
' • liable te bevelled up, nto perform i—l have been told " With• respect to the exportation of her own pro- i
, there are duties, but 1 hit * rue been obis to suer- 'duce, the European blockade affedts Great Britain so
loin *hat they wort. ' - • Ude-that her manufacturers are scarcely sensible of '
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