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 eng Privateers -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- France -- Early works to 1800. France -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- London (England) -- 17th century. 2007-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-08 Sampled and proofread 2007-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
REASONS humbly offered againſt ſome Clauſes in the Preſent Bill for Encouragement of Privateers.

VVHEREAS It is the Intent of this Honourable Houſe, That Privateers ſhall pay no Tenths for any Prize Ship or Goods except French Goods, yet in Page 37. where all Goods except French are exempted from Tenths, the word Ship is left out, and nothing in any other place to help it.

Therefore it's prayed the word Ship may be there added.

That it often falls out, that Enemies Ships are driven into our Ports, Rivers or Havens by contrary Winds, and other times they come in as Spies and to Trade with ill affected perſons contrary to Law, and get out again unmoleſted by any but Privateers; wherefore His Majeſty by His Commiſſion to Privateers, as an Encouragement to them to annoy the Enemy, hath given them what Prizes they ſhall take in Ports, &c. as well as at Sea, which Encouragement is by this Bill in Page 38 taken from Privateers, and not only ſo, but a further diſcouragement added, for by this Clauſe, if a Privateer Chaſes a French Ship into any of our Harbours and there ſeize her, Their Majeſties ſhall have the ſole benefit thereof.

Page 43. By this Bill its Enacted that if an Engliſh Ship retaken, ſhall appear to have been, after the taking by the Enemy, by them ſet forth as a Man of War, ſhe ſhall be reſtored to the former Owners, paying one Moyety for Salvage, whereas before by the Law of Nations, ſuch a Ship retaken belong'd wholly to the retaker as a Lawful Prize, and therefore this Clauſe will diſcourage Engliſh Privateers from Engaging French Privateers, which above all ought to be encouraged.

And in Page 45 this Bill gives but one half of ſuch Owlers and Wooll Boats as the Privateers ſhall take, to them, whereas before they had the whole.

Wherefore it's humbly prayed that the ſaid three Clauſes may be left out of the ſaid Bill.

And Whereas by this Bill, the ſelling and diſpoſal of French Prize Goods is given to the Commiſſioners of Prizes, It's humbly prayed that, that part of the Bill may be altered, ſo that the parties concerned in Privateers may have the management and diſpoſal of their own Eſtates, for few will be willing to run the riſque and charge of Privateering when what they take, ſhall be put into other peoples hands and management.