The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-17

A most interesting debate had occurred IN
the house of commons, on MIR. Brands mott
on for parliamentary reform. Ia answer
TO those members who desired that the boz
rough system should be swept away, lord
M'l,on said. that old Sarum. Hellestone. &c
had sent some of the best ornaments of that
house, who had aided in framing their WI
sest laws. ale agreed that the plan OF nus
hon. friend was fair to behold that it was
we'll proportioned but, was his hon. friend
so Ill acquainted with the disappointments
winch trainers of constitutions had TO encoun-
Ter, as to suppose that ne might expect to
frame IN his Committee something better
than the present constitution of this country =
He knew that in another country (AMERI-
CAL constitution had been formed which
was perfectly smooth, and had nothing in
1t to offend the eye blu was it found OH
experience to be so well calculated for the
good of the inhabitants! No; by no means
it has completely failed" Such is the
reproach which the 10Th and 18th congress
Ses have drawn upon us. We will take the
hrsr opportunity tn lay this debate or part
oil 1t, before our readers.
B naparte had reached Brussels May Is,
on his return To Paris.
In debate. in the house of commons May
q, Mr.. Hprner remarked on the immense,
q 'antity OF foreign shipping employed III the
Engish trade, TO the loss of the country
that Bonaparte was pursuing plans similar
70 those OF Oliver Cromwell, which were
meant to destroy the navigation of England.
Mr.. Perceval in reply, proved that the on
mage and trade of England had encreased
within the last year what was lost in ether
quarters, Nas ganed-by the trade now o..
pened with South America, &c.
Mr. Rose said. that it was principle me-
yer departed from by the board of trade,
not to suffer Heutrals To carry British manu.
features, where British ships were allowed
to go. The necessity of rcsorting TO ncu.
trails had arisen from the DEGREES of the ene.
my, prohibiting the admission Of British
ships into the ports of the n arth If we were
to have had the trade at all we must have.
employed foreign ships. Yet the British
shipping had greatly Increased of late, as
w0nid he obvious from the circumstance,
that British ship, which three years ago
COST 2,7O0l. has recently been sold for
0O0i.
MIR. Alexander Barring admitted that the
trade must be carried on ia neutral ships, il
II could not be carried on by British ves-
sells. But he condemned the outcry raised
some time since against American shipping.
which brought on those measures that led
to the situation in which we a. present stood.
in relation 10 America. The effect of these
measures had been to transfer the CARVING
trade from the American neutral, under
whose flag many British ships might have,
been coveted i'll the ports of the North to
the Northern neutral. that is in fact 10 the
enemy. This experiment, however. night
perhaps be worth trial bat he greatly
feared, that when the proposed tax ,nol!d
be in operation. it would greatly incr ase
the price of timber, which was. at present,
enormously high.
Mr. Prendergrast having in'roduced he.
subject of the export trade If ;he East In
dies, which he wished II encourage
Mr.. P. Moore hoped that fun and fair
report respecting India might he before the,
country, prior to the time that any steps
should he taken tor = rene val IF heir char.
ter. g. expires in 1914 Tina grea, md
rich country had been 80 badly N tnag-t by
to the mother Country, whereas it ought TO
furnish considerable aid
Continuation Of Foreign NttoS Sseeived by
iQke arrivals.