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PARL.LIMENT. HOUSE OF PESRS. 'JULY thern Appeal " The puke of Hamilton v. Scott," 'At'. Adam was heard for the Appellant, and Mr. A.l,exander for the Respondent. , Mr, Hobitou4e, N r. WhArton, Mr. Davenport, I.ord * Headley, and sevell other Members of .the Rbu.Se of QOlll4 - 1011t, brought up the Sierratteone . and someprivate Bills; which were read a first The Exchequer Bills' Bill s .his Majesty's Property , , Bill, and the Indemnity Bill were 'read. a third time and'Passed, Milibtry Inquiry Bill, the Malt Regulation Bill, 'Prt . d :MeruberS' of Parliarnent•Equity Bill, were rFtd a second time, and commitivd for tc l , rnorrow. The. Irklt In , zurreaion Bill, theirish Annuities' Irish Fisheries' Bill, and the Curacoa Free l'tt .Bill passed through Committees and were re port,* • .The Earl of .KlNPSTolllcomplained of a misre presentation in a Morning Paper, ot what he had said on the preceding evening. He was stated to have r:onveyed a strong censure on the, Magistrates of the County of, Sligo, which he did not, and for whom, on she contrary, he had a high respe.!ol. He had tt'tought it necessary to state this; in order to prevent presentation . in future; and it he refrained from Call ing the Printer to theßar, it.was only in the hope that he would he.more cautious in future, with re speCt.to what he inserted in his Paper. -Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). • ..' HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, JULY 30. .. The SitCRUTARY.at \VAR presented, a Ili! torn of theyacanties now exiiiting atnengst,the, Officers of Miltlia avgiments, and of the. Regiments in 1,yllic11 . • such vacancies existed ;- also Estimates of'.the pro-, lkible Expellee of the Volunteers ; were re 51;e6lively'orderecl to lie'on the table. A. Person' from the Exchequer. presented an Account, lifiewing the* issue ' end application of 3,;,00,0001. :being the surplus. of the Consolidated Fund, from the. 6th of Jan.l t 3 6 , to the 6th of Jan.- lan7,—Ordered to lie on the table. The Malta Tracl6, 011 ;,.Lis reed a second time. 4nd, ordered to be committed, to-morrow. ' Mr. Hontrousa .brought 'Op the Report of the Comtnittee tespeMing the propriety of allowing the inportation of SVvediNh Herrings, which, Lifter a short- conveniation between, Mr..Roy,e, Mr. Lushing trwi,.and Mr. Dovies'Giddy, was agrecd to, and it 1;11 ordered accordingly. Dr. CjARKft presented, from .the Commissioners 55f the Royal Naval A.sylurn, theirseveral'annual Es-. ijilliqe6 and A4counts.—Or4eicti to Illy upon the The Spsocgu 901u:111 14. d the libuse,, that thp Cleirk had prepared (he East India Judicature Lists wording to law. gxpiringWC Bill was reported, and order- t:;1 try bt: reao a third time to-morrow. Mr.- tio...:uousit brought up a 'for repealing the Diities oil ct•rtoill Foreign Afticles exported from revnt 111ltain to Irekind whie)l was rend a firmt time.. 31)( 1 oed,:reti' to be fetid 'a ;ecotid time' to-morrow. The. Surrey 4nd Middlesex. Police Bill, and the ewlee Warehousing Bill, were reacf . a third time slid passed; ai was also the East India Company's Bond 7 13i11,, aftvr a short conversation between Mr. Cavevtv, Mr. Du tams, Lord FoLathloNgi•Gtherill. TARLETotti Mr. WHlTlntikri, and Mr. G. Jonsi7 STO N 14; Mr. Honnow3t, brought up„the Report of the Committee of Supply yesterday, , which was agreed to, a verbal Amendment: in, the Resolution ter. the Grant,respeeting the Harbour of.Dundrum. The Post-Office Bill, the American Colonies Bill, and the l'ablie Accountants Bin, :passed . severally eireugli Committees, and were ordered to be re roiled tomniorrow. The House having gone into a Committee to con *iderat the propriety of Exempting the Sales of \\lot India Produce by the West India llook'Com viloy from the Dtity upon Auetions, a Resolution to tliotetled %%Piiti agreed to, a n d the House having Lime re *d; the Chairman Moved ioi, and obtained leave to bring in a Bill accordingly. A Message from the Lords informed the' HOuSe, that their Lmiships had tweed to the Qualification bideninity till, their Majesty's PrOlierty, and the I.:Atetiner Bills, togethervith sevelid other 'Bills, witliont any amendment. ' • ••• • poot.E ELECTION. . . The Order of the Day for bringing Mr. W. Spur rier to the Bar"of the House, in order to his' being cii:,charged, being read,' he was accordingly brought the Bar, when. the. SYCAKfiII, addroaaed bite to till' following effect !•- WilliaM Spurrier—Complaint • being been tvi)itie to this Hoist!, that the e3ecution of-the Writ tor the Election of Burgesses to serve in this Podia l'itnt for 'the Town ithd. County of the Town of Volr, was ,unduly detained, several persons were or i ii:tnined at the Bar, touching that transaction, and by the , evidence that Writ was traced to yo ur pos. On your own examination, whit ) was not Withoutan endeavour on yourpart at concealment, it appeared, that the Writ had been detained by .yon, troll motives of undue partiality and tiwour 4 , ith respek to the issue of such Elation, to the hiodrance of the freedom and impartiality of Elec tion,,and in• breech of The privileges of thia..House. That such, manifest . reistondudt might hot be. suf fered topuf unpunished, you. were , committed' to the custody' trf the Serjeant at Arms, and, if the Onositt has forborne to press upon you with great a•Terity, it kk as not ; because it considers your &tilt as light end venal, but in the contemplation of rhea s as to he taken, in order to prevent the occur of such 'criininal behaviour . in future, which renderE the benefit of example in. •your- case less . fl ecos4ary. Your Petition has, stated your contrition tor yotar offence:, ,the Haase has therefore . ordercd you to be brought to -the' Bar for the . putpose .of heing , clisehargeci, and you are distharged accord- BARRACK BUILDINpS., MANNING, referring to the statement of the Fonrth Report.. of the Commissioners of Military lesuiry, wished- to. be Informed it' 1114 steps had Ewen, or were meant, to. be taken, with respek ,to - the r Barracks, of which it apperrred no Acconnts had Accounts, who represented himself as having claims on Goyernrnopt to. be amount of ahnut fi bo,aool. while ih9 resu lt of the investigation of the Cow mi,:sioners.of Military Incitiry seemed to amount to t his: r -that he. was already greatly over Paid:, ' s- . Mr. PERCEVAL infOrmed the Tion. Gentleman, that different, suggestions on the subje& to which he referred, had been made to Government; which they were in the course of considering, - and he might rest assured that very poisible attention should be paid to the interest of the public in these different reveals. farther considered ori Monday. After a few words frnm Mr. W,INDuAm, Lord 'HENRY PETTY and the CHANCELLOROt the EXCHE ' 'QUER; in which it was declared to be understood, that the, agreeing to the Report of the Militia 'frank; fer Bill on Monday should not argue that it was..to, be read a. third time on Tuesday, this mode of ad judmerft was understood to be agreed xo. Mr. WINDHAM then moved,•that.there be laid be :fore the Houie an Account of the number and • effective Force of the Army at Ist of March, 1805, 6, and 7. Also. of the number of those who at • these different' periods hadenlisted from limited to 'unlimited Service ; and of the number of desertions. Ordered. • Mr. Wts,lnuam put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer,,as .to the Expense of . the Waggon Train ; hitt both question , ana answer were convey ed in - a tone so much resembling .a whisper, thet4e were unable to colle& its imPott., • . ' • MILITIA COMPLETION MI On the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH the House went into a Committee on the British Militia Corn. pletion Bill. • • ' Inthe course of going through the Clauses, hew ever, they were so worded as to apply to England . and Wales only. When the Committee came to the .clause. by which.it was provided that parishes,. Sze ' should pro ceed from three months to threemonths, to Make up the number of men required, •••• Lord CASTLEREAGH' proposed, and ,it was agreed, ter,.thatthit : Ballot should -cease, at.. the end, of six months ; but for the accommodation of counties, places, &c. requiring either , amended lists..4ir.'4l6w. lists; it was Ordered that a farther period, with the approbation of - his Majesty, 'he allowed, viz. for. amending such lists, an extended period 'Or — rine Month, and where new lists should be deemed ne cessary, period .of two. 'nu Thus, in one way, the period of competition with the recruiting. under Mr. Windliain's plan would be limited to se ven months, and in the most extended sense of it, could only go to eight months. • When the Committee came to the Clause which regulates the commencement of the next Bal lot, the blank was filled up, with the words ei slot until the ist of January, 1810." • , Mr. 13IDDVLPH proposed a new Clause, declaring in substance, that no Peer of the Realm, Ecclesi astic, or other person'posseSsing an income of . 500 i. per annum, or upwards, shall be-entitled. to • claim the exemptions to which they might otherwise be entitled. This gave rise to a good deal of discus sion. •The motion wait seconded ,by ' Lord 'Milton, who expressed his strong conviBtiial, that if we c,6010 not euttrely do away 'the inequality of the Ballot, we ought at' least to make the • measure as little burthensorne as possible to the poor; 'with reseed to those who had property to defetid, if they were unable to serve in person, it was but just tha. they should contribute towards the defence of their pro perty. . • The CHANCELLOR of the I4XCHECIVER, Lprd CAS TLERE:wiI, Sir LAIMENCE,PALK, Mr.-LOClthAlitT, and the LORD ADVOCATE of .SCOTLAND, opposed the Clause, alledging that this depriva . cion of 'ex emption would extend too , generallY to the infirm and aged; to women and children, and that it would not he ad. ; ...quately pronor4kned to ditiereut variations of Iticeme. • • • Upon n division, there were-- . --for the Clause a.— Against it 6 t. Several new Clauses were brought up• by Lord CASTLEREAGH, which were all agreed to ;. and a great number of verbal 'amendments made. • The House resume .1, the Report was brought Up, and ordered to be taken into fUrther consideration on. Monday next, a..d the Bull was ordered to be' printed.. . The Report of the Militia. Transfer Bill was 'or . tiered to be taken into feriherconSidaation on go-. day. Bill also to' be printed. ' The Hotl7 , e well; into , a °committee on the. ,Spirit Duty and Drawback Ads.. • On the motion of Mr. '( - Tostussost, it was resolveat, that the Chairman should. move for leave'to bring in a Bill to suspend, for a : time to be limited, the Drawbacks upon Spirits• made or distilled in Great Britain or Ireland, and .:exported , froin one part. of. the United Kingdom :to the other.... The Houk re sumed, and Mr. Hohhouse obtained leave to.bring in a Bill ptirsnaet to the Resulutions. . • •• • The other Orders of the Day were. then disposed i of, and the House adjourned. EAST INDIA BONDS. Mr. rlyNDAs,bpin g moved the third reading of the East India Bonds Bill, • Mr. OEgVEY , said, ,when he formerly ex.; pressed a wish that the farther progress in this Bill. should be postponed, he did so because the neces sary Accounts were not then all on the table. They' had since been produced, and. they were. by no means calculated to satisfy him that the Company,' had any prospea of being Able.to prodtice a revenue which should .at any time greatly exceed their ex-- penditure i or such as would enable them to provide for the payment of these bonds. It, appeared to him, that there was even on the Accolints 865-6, a de liCiency of ,0 0 ,00 01 . He, had heard an Hun. Member, . a Direaor of the Company, talk of a residue of nearly 1,000,0001. He saw, indeed, on looking into the Accounts, a balance in one place of 600,0001: but in this view of the case, the interest of the debts due by the Company were not provided ter. Calculating on this and other expences, there was defiCiency for the year 1"805-0, of a nearly'two millions, and for the preceding year of q,600,0001. He was therefore more than ever confirmed in the opinion, that there was an impossibility.in supposing that the Company could ever have a net surplus revenue, or should ever be able to provide for their debts abroad and at home. As, however, it was admitted by the Honourable Direaor and by. the Chancellor) of the Exchequer,' that 'no claim could lie against the public on account of the bonds' now to be issued, or any other debts ot' the Company., , and as it was understood that an inquiry into the ,state of the Company's affairs was to take place . early in the next SeSsion, if the East India Company could borrow money in the way proposed, he shoUld not obje6t to it. AII'.DItNDAS contended, that by properly analyz ing the Accounts on the table, the Hon. Member would have found that the Acuouilts for 11106-7, instead of a deficiency produced a st.tplu of 800A001.; and, by a necessary attention to the Ex penditure, he had no doubt it would produce such a surplus as would be sufficient for a speedy liqui dation of their debts. Lord FoLKsTo z declared, from all the attention he had been able to 'pay to the subjeet, that the de duttion drawn by his Hon. Friend near him (Mr. Creevey>, not that of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite, was correct. Mr. DUNDA6 explained. General. TARLETOtI said, he had it in charge from his Constituents to oppose the Bill ; and particularly to oppose the renewal of the Company's Exclusive Charter; which, when it came beiore the House, he should- feel it his"duty to do, Mr. WHITBREAD thought that, the weight of tes timony was at present against - the Company. however an Hon. Metneer of the Be ar d of Con , troul (Mr. Johnstone), whom he now Saw in his place - , won't! join 'his testimony to that ot 'the 011- ticman . at the head of the Board, a to the state of the Company's attiirs, and Ike probability of a favourable issue, he should be satisfied ; - at - least it would go far to Make him credit the statement of the Righi Honourable Gentl'eman (Mr.'Dundas). The Bill was then read a third time. • On the question that the Bill do pass, Mr:WHITBREAD said, that observing the Hon. Gentleman to whom he alluded; preserved a deter mined silence, he uiust objet to the passing' of the Bill. Mr. JOH NSTONE felt himself extremely flatter ed by the appeal Made to him by, the How Gentle man opposite. Gentlemen, 'however, w ould reCal lett that ho had alWays been impressed with a gloomy opinion on this subject. He confessed 'he did nottt this Matnenr• look to the future Situation of the Company with aisanguitie eye. By prudence and economy he thought much might be done hut the Company ought •net, and conk! not, eit.pe6l a great additional revenue. As moch was 'already drawn from , their territories as could well be . ex'- petted. It . was therefore to economy principally they were to lbolc.for.a change in their affairs'. As to the support to be given to the inclination of his constituents, to years hence, by the Hon. General (Taileton), he • could only say, he hoped the Hon. General would, at the expiry of that period, con- . tinue, their Representative. Bur, at the same time, he had no, hesitation in declaring it to be his f4.ed opinion that the preservation of our empire in that quarter of the globe depended on the preservation of the Company. If the patronage thence to be derived' once found its way •into the hands. of any Minister of this country,, 'be he whom he might, there waif an end to the constitution of this Country, Mr. Wurraatsn said he. must now oppose the passing of that Bill. The Bill, however, was panted without a division. The Report of the Committee of Supply of yes terday was brought up, and the different Resolutions agreed to. • The Report of the. Irish Revenue Regulation Bill was taken into farther consideration, agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-mor row. Mr. Honuones brought up the Report of thg Dublin Paving Bill, agreed t 9, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. MILITIA BILLS. Lord CiISTLERE.4(3I:I, tar the accomthodation of the House, wished to settle the mode- of. pro ceeding in the- discussion of the different ,Bills now on. the table. From what he saw he was COOViIIC= ed the diacusssion in the Committee of Supply.. of to-Morrow, joined to the Irish Arms Bill, would be sufficient for that 'evening. He therefore wish ed that the Committee on the Militia Completion Bill should be taken to-night, leaving the debate on the principle of the Militia Transfer Bill, which kad already gone through a Committee, and was among the Prders for this night to be reported, to be rezprinted, as amended, and it, along with the Militia Cotipletiou Bill, which should also be're. MAILS. Assivsn.-2 Cottenburgh. Dus—t Gottenburgh t Dub. lin, s Watertiont. PRICE' OF STOCKS THIS DA Y At TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols . 62 I Omnium dig• THE SUN. SOLIM QUI/ DICIRIL rALsum AUDI/AT ? L 0 N.") 0 /V, ro 11)AI", JULY 31 , 1 807. WE received this morning Paris Papers to : thO 21st, and Mach Papers to the 251 k instaiit.— They confirm the account which reached us yesterday, of the Eh pergr ALEXANDER, the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE, and Prince KURAKIN, having become Members : Of the Legion of Honour, It is co►ifidently stated that ,the English have eva. cuated Egypt. Juitom BotTAPARTE has been 'appointed King - of Westphalia. Thii m`orning two' Gotte'nburgh alai! arrived. They' contain, nothing of 'any inipOrtance, except report that'll* KINO SWEDEN' liar► renewed the ArMistiCe with France: We Shall be happy to find this' news confirmed: The Embargo, as we stated yesterday, will this day be taken off in all the Ports. The Expeditions have proceeded on their destination, and we trust that in a few days we Mall have the most gratifying intelligence to communicate to our ,Readers, Panes, JULY Ig.----The following Order has beer, distributed to the Grand Army : Imperial Head-quartets tit Tilsit, July 9, iSoy. `i° Peace was concluded between the Emperor of the - French and the Emperor of Russia yesterday, Bth, July, at yilsit, and, signed by the Prince of .BitiielENTO, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, and Trincei KURAKIS and LAIANOI4, for the Em peror of Russia. Each of these Plenipotentiaries being furnished withfull ptiWers by their respe&ive Sove reigns. ," The Ratificaticitis were exchanged this day, tips gth of July. These two Sovereigns remain at Til- . • - 'The Queen of Pitt:sgtA. arrived at Tilsit on the 6th July, at noon and-half an hour afterwards the E l riiperor NAPOLEON paid her a visit. The three SO . Vereigns have every eVening, at 6.dclock;takenTheir ;accustomed walks. They after*ards dined with the Emperor NAPOLPON, the Queen of PRUSSIA, tile 'Grand Duke CONSTANTINE,' Prince HENRY of )Prussia, the Gra9d Duke of BERG, add the Prince Royal of Bavaria.--(Monitrur, 1 gth July.) • The Privateer L'Eclair has talc& into Martinico )the English Ships Vie - Siusix and the Heio' of Me Nile, each of 300 tons and ea men. 'They Were Ott; of of a convoy from England, and destined forßarbaclors..• The Privateeer La POisee has carried into. Fort d e 'France 'the English Ships the Susanna; of 340 ions; the Argo, of 318, and the. Mqrian, of 270. three 'Vesels were taken between Cape Nassau and . 'Essequibo. . . HAGUE, JULY 14. —During the night ,betweert Sunday and Monday, 'a'•report was spreads that ,the_English had approached the , Coasts, and ,appeared .to intend to effeet a landing' on the Island of Goree, and at the same time at the Helder. Orders were immediately given for the Cuirassiers ~ and. the Grenadiers to hold them selves in readiness to march; but it was soon ascertained that there was . no foundation for the alarm. ' Some. armed Vessels of the Eng lish:, bad, in faa, approached the Coast of the Isle of Goree, near the mouth , of the Meuse, but they retired after a few shots were fired at them from the Batteries. PARIS, JULY 20.—His Majesty the Emperor left Tilsit on the gth. It is 'saki he will 9IUp at Dresden some days. We are assured that hie Imperial Highness Prince haosta will be King of Westphalia., We arc alio informed that the Emperor NAPOLEON, has trans spile.3 to it . tlw Qi.a.so4ool luertietoraLluwi of the Legion. of Honour, and also to: the Russian Soldier who was pointed out by the EXPEnuR of Russin as the bravest man. Before the two Emperors separated, they exchanged the decorations , of their Orders, which were also given by each of the Sovereigns to several Princes andllclinisters, to Princelzuoma, the Grand Duke of BERG, the. Prince 01BENEVENTO; the Prince of Nattican74, to the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE; and Prince Kam RAKIN The Emperor .has given orders that the Russian Prisoners should be eloathed;,equipped, and armed before they return to their own country. The most complete unison subsists between the two Emperors► of which they gave innumerable proofs, and there is now no doubt but that the repose of Europe jo fixed for ever... . It is supposed that the Treaty of Peace between the two Emperors will not be known till it is corn' municated to the Senate. AMSTERDAM, JULY 16.•'""•4 is reported by V 3a3e f pilots, that they discovered from thi Heights Schiermonikoog, three English Divisions, one of 92, one of 16;• and one of to vessels, steering toward' the West, with a North-west wind. It is proba bl f from this circumstance that a report has been cir culated that the English mean to attempt a al ga embatkation* on our Coasts. This report, though destitute o f f oun d at i on, proves, b y t h e ra pidity o f the military dispositions which were made, that the English would risk much by attempting a diseor barkation in any part of Holland. On Wednesday her MAJESTY and the PRO' CESSES honoured the Countess of CARDIGAN wittt their company to dinner, at her house atitichmolc i l they arrived at twelve o'clock ; the Ducheis BIJCCLEUG4, Countesses PEMBROKE, COURTOWth and Lady C. WALDEGRAVE, were of the party' After the company had viewed the delightful pre' raises, they sat down to dinner soon after three o'clock. The Duke of CUMBEIII,AND'S Band pl, ed in a marquee pitched on the lawn. in front of the house. At half past four her MAJESTY, and IS PniNcEssts set off on their return to Windsor. Yesterday morning- bls MAJZSTY, PritlcesSO GUiTA SOPHIA, and AMELIA, rode on .horseback tD Windsor Park. Her Mlass-rv, Princesses EWA sa" and MA", ,took an airing in a sociable to Maidenhead. Yesterday morning Lord and Lady Stmx.' a y. rived at Windsor, on a visit to their MAJESTIES. Yesterday at three o'clock, a Cabinet. Coun ci l was held at the Foreign Office. Lord Cottitsawooo is said to have left t4e F - jc P off Cadiz, and to have gone up the Adediterrousa n ,% a Frigate - upon a particular service. •