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House Of Commons, Financial Measure Of France.

xo . / . per lb . on all other Papers imported . as . per cwt . upon Pasteboards , & c . imported . ios . % d . 3-fourths on Flint Glass imported . Ss . 3-fourths on Materials ufed in making Window Glass . " " A Drawback of % d . 3-fourths , on every foot of Plate Glass Imported . 14 s . 6 d . per cwt . on Flint Glass exported . 9 s . nd . per ditto on Crown ditto exported . $ d . 3-fourthsper foot on French Plate , ditto exported .

, 34 s . on French Plate ditto imported . 95 . nd . on French Window ditto imported . 14 s . per cwt . on other Glass imported . ios . Sd . 3-fourths per cwt . on Plates of Glass not less than 148 5 square inches , made in Great Britain .

A Stamp Duty of 100 / . upon Contracts of Perfons serving as Clerks to Attormes . 100 / . Admittance for every Attorney . 50 / . for Contracts of Clerks to Attorniesin Courts of Conscience . 50 / . for Admittance of Attornies in the Welsh Courts . That the Additional Duties upon Foreign Spirits imported , granted and contmued . by . Actsof 31 Geo . il ! . be made perpetual . Also upon Sugar , by Act 31 Geo . 111 . be made perpetual . Also a Drawback on Sugar , allowed by the said Act , to be made perpetual .

Tliat the said Duties be carried to the Consolidated Fund . After a few observations from Mr . Fox , who was the only Member that spoke on the subject , the Report was ordered to be brought up next day . Feb . 7 . The House resolved itself into a Committee , of the whole House on the Land-tax Bill , ( Mr . Rose having previously moved , that a clause for making up the deficiency of the Land-tax for the last year , and another for exempting , his Majesty ' .- ; Roman Catholic subjects from the payment of a double land-tax , fhould be referred to the consideration of the committee ) Mr . Flobart in the chair , The bill having passed the committee , the report was ordered to be received on Monday .

SLAVE TRADE . Mr . Wilbcrforce said , that probably it might have been imagined by some gentlemen , from the way in which his notice was worded , that it was his intention to move for the total and immediate abolition of the Slave-trade ; but he could assure the House , that . at present that was not his design . His sole object juft now was , to prevent our supplying foreign possessions with slaves imported in British bottoms ; and therefore , however warm certain gentlemen might be against the abolition of the trade in generalas affecting our commercial prosperityyet as the branch of traffic which lie

now-, , wished to ftojJ-was in point of fact annihilated by the present circumstances of Europe , those gentlemen must be lost to all sense of national shame , or concern for the honour of their common nature , if they threw any obstacle into the way of his motion ; and as , on this account , lie did not think it necessary further to trouble the House , he would conclude , by moving for leave to bring in a bill for the purpose he had mentioned .

The Speaker put the question , and observed , according to order , that the motion fhould be referred to a committee . Sir Wm . Young said , that if we abandoned this trade , the other nations of Europe wouid pursue it . That its continuance was even a point of humanity , as when the natives of Africa could no longer sell . their prisoners , they would murder them . He was no friend to political theories which were impossible to be reduced to practice . He doubted not but he should divide with a large majority . Mr . Whitbread . after regretting the thinness of the Housedeclared that he was

, much disappointed at the 'declaration of the honourable gentleman , that he did not mean to bring forward any proposition for the direct and total abolition oi this infamous traffic . The House , in his opinion , ought to shew to the other House of Parliament , that their zeal in this great cause was in no degree abated , and , by thus testifying their own undiminished activity , to bring the other House to some sense of shame , on account of the criminal delay of which it had been guilty . And as no exigency of time , md r . o apprehensions of danger , could extenuate or sanction gross injustice , he trufted

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LONDON: Article 1
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 2
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. OR GENERAL AND COMPLETE LIBRARY. Article 3
MASONIC ANECDOTE. Article 8
ACCOUNT OF JOHN WATKINS, L. L. D. Article 10
JOHN COUSTOS, FREEMASON. Article 12
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF COLONEL MAEK, Article 16
LETTER Article 17
TRANSLATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S LETTER TO MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, Article 17
CHARACTER OF RICHARD CUMBERLAND, Article 18
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 19
AN ACCOUNT OF DRUIDISM. Article 20
LIFE OF PHILIP EGALITE, LATE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Article 25
ACCOUNT OF PENPARK-HOLE, Article 32
ON READING. Article 36
CARD Article 37
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 38
CHARACTERS WRITTEN IN THE LAST CENTURY. Article 39
ON AFRICAN SLAVERY. Article 41
ORIGINAL LETTER OF DOCTOR JOHNSON. Article 45
ANECDOTES OF THE LATE HUGH KELLY. Article 47
PLAN OF EDUCATION. Article 52
A VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF NAVIGATION. Article 55
ANECDOTES OF J—— SWARTS. Article 59
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. Article 60
HOUSE OF COMMONS, FINANCIAL MEASURE OF FRANCE. Article 62
STRICTURES ON PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 70
EPILOGUE. Article 71
PHILOSOPHICAL EXPERIMENT . Article 73
POETRY. Article 74
ADVICE TO A PAINTER. Article 75
THE ENQUIRY. Article 76
PROCRASTINATION. Article 76
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 76
PREFERMENTS. Article 80
MARRIAGES. Article 80
DEATHS. Article 81
BANKRUPTS. Article 82
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House Of Commons, Financial Measure Of France.

xo . / . per lb . on all other Papers imported . as . per cwt . upon Pasteboards , & c . imported . ios . % d . 3-fourths on Flint Glass imported . Ss . 3-fourths on Materials ufed in making Window Glass . " " A Drawback of % d . 3-fourths , on every foot of Plate Glass Imported . 14 s . 6 d . per cwt . on Flint Glass exported . 9 s . nd . per ditto on Crown ditto exported . $ d . 3-fourthsper foot on French Plate , ditto exported .

, 34 s . on French Plate ditto imported . 95 . nd . on French Window ditto imported . 14 s . per cwt . on other Glass imported . ios . Sd . 3-fourths per cwt . on Plates of Glass not less than 148 5 square inches , made in Great Britain .

A Stamp Duty of 100 / . upon Contracts of Perfons serving as Clerks to Attormes . 100 / . Admittance for every Attorney . 50 / . for Contracts of Clerks to Attorniesin Courts of Conscience . 50 / . for Admittance of Attornies in the Welsh Courts . That the Additional Duties upon Foreign Spirits imported , granted and contmued . by . Actsof 31 Geo . il ! . be made perpetual . Also upon Sugar , by Act 31 Geo . 111 . be made perpetual . Also a Drawback on Sugar , allowed by the said Act , to be made perpetual .

Tliat the said Duties be carried to the Consolidated Fund . After a few observations from Mr . Fox , who was the only Member that spoke on the subject , the Report was ordered to be brought up next day . Feb . 7 . The House resolved itself into a Committee , of the whole House on the Land-tax Bill , ( Mr . Rose having previously moved , that a clause for making up the deficiency of the Land-tax for the last year , and another for exempting , his Majesty ' .- ; Roman Catholic subjects from the payment of a double land-tax , fhould be referred to the consideration of the committee ) Mr . Flobart in the chair , The bill having passed the committee , the report was ordered to be received on Monday .

SLAVE TRADE . Mr . Wilbcrforce said , that probably it might have been imagined by some gentlemen , from the way in which his notice was worded , that it was his intention to move for the total and immediate abolition of the Slave-trade ; but he could assure the House , that . at present that was not his design . His sole object juft now was , to prevent our supplying foreign possessions with slaves imported in British bottoms ; and therefore , however warm certain gentlemen might be against the abolition of the trade in generalas affecting our commercial prosperityyet as the branch of traffic which lie

now-, , wished to ftojJ-was in point of fact annihilated by the present circumstances of Europe , those gentlemen must be lost to all sense of national shame , or concern for the honour of their common nature , if they threw any obstacle into the way of his motion ; and as , on this account , lie did not think it necessary further to trouble the House , he would conclude , by moving for leave to bring in a bill for the purpose he had mentioned .

The Speaker put the question , and observed , according to order , that the motion fhould be referred to a committee . Sir Wm . Young said , that if we abandoned this trade , the other nations of Europe wouid pursue it . That its continuance was even a point of humanity , as when the natives of Africa could no longer sell . their prisoners , they would murder them . He was no friend to political theories which were impossible to be reduced to practice . He doubted not but he should divide with a large majority . Mr . Whitbread . after regretting the thinness of the Housedeclared that he was

, much disappointed at the 'declaration of the honourable gentleman , that he did not mean to bring forward any proposition for the direct and total abolition oi this infamous traffic . The House , in his opinion , ought to shew to the other House of Parliament , that their zeal in this great cause was in no degree abated , and , by thus testifying their own undiminished activity , to bring the other House to some sense of shame , on account of the criminal delay of which it had been guilty . And as no exigency of time , md r . o apprehensions of danger , could extenuate or sanction gross injustice , he trufted

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