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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT • HOUSE OF PEERS. TUESDAY, JULY 1. The MAI Post Roads Bill, arid the Longitude Bill, vere read a third time and paled. _ _ _ The Insolvent Debtors' bill was also read a third time and passed, with an Amendment proposed by Lord Ellenboi . ough, the *ea of which we ,under stood to be, to exclude persons,ii - om the benefit of the AR who were in custody under verdiels obtain ed against them for any malicious injury. The Irish Spirit Licence Bill, and the Stamp fice Regulation 11111, passed through Committees, and were reported. • The Post Office Regulation Bill was read a second time,And committed for to-morrow. INDIA. The Earl' of WESTMORLAND, in the absence of Lord Mel Ville, uloved for a Copy of the Warrant, under Hi i Majesty's Sign Manual for vacating the Conitnission of the Governor General and Council of Bengal. Lord MINT() said he had no objeciion to the Mo ti6n.---Ordered. - The Earl of WEET',./lORLANI)mOveU for a Copy of the Correspondence which had taken place between the Board of ContrOul and the. Court of Dire6tors subsequent to the issuing of His. Majesty's Warrant. Lord MINTO said; in point of faEt no Ccirespond ence had taken place between' these _two Depart ments since the issuing elf,.His Majesty's Warrant. He did not mean to say that np Communications had passed between them, but only that no written Correspondence: bad taken place. - Motion t • . The Earl of Wrstmon LA ND. then. moved for Co pies of..any Treaiies'recently concluded between the British Government in-India and any of the Native Powers. =• . . Lord MINT() assert:ed.—Ordered. ' . . 'Ili: Earl bf WESTMoRLAND. then moved for Co pies of.any•DispatfcheB from the Governor-General . .. of Bengal, exk - Ilanatory of the Motives for concluding those Treaties, or the'circunistances on which they were founded. ' .' - ..' . • . Lord MlNTo..bbieeted that confidential communi= cations, drthe- nature moved for by.the Nqble 'Earl; ought not to be laid beford . Parliamerit, and nothing had been stated in this case to prove the contrary. _Motion withdrawn. , . _ The Earl of WESTP7ORLiNt) finally Moved for Copi6 of any Dispatches.from the Governor-Ge neral, relating -to any intended new measures of finilec, its consequence of such Treaties, or any re duajon of expenditure. Lord 'MINT() it was not usual to call for Do cuments of this 'nature, relating to plans intended to be carried into execution. ..Probably the next. Dis patches from India might.statt. the measures in con templation to have,been carried into effeet, in which: case the Noble Earl would learn the nature of those measures. Motion witHramm. Mr. Shal,v.Lefevre, Mr. Glassford,•Mr: Feßowes; Mr. Thornton, .14 ld;severat Members of ,the House of brought up the East India Shipping sill, and some private Bills; which were•read a first time. Judgment was given, on . the Motion of.the LORD CHANCLLOR, in the Appegl, ‘.‘ Martin v. Machabb," affirming the Interlocutor of the Court ofSessign. • The Committee on the Customs Fees Bill was postponed till Friday.—AdjOurned' till to-morrow (this day). • HOUSE OF COMMONS. TLYMDAY, JULY 1. Mr. HU,BST presented a Petition from the Albion Life and Fire InsuranceCoriapany,,against the Globe Insurance Incorporation Bill.—Referred to the Corn - mi tree upon the said Bill, and ordered that Counsel Fh6ul : l be heard for and against the prayer of the said Y : titian. Sir Joist SINCI;AIR moved that the House should resolve into a Committee to consider the Report from the Expiring Laws Committee. The House ac- Cordingly resolved into the said_ Committee, and it was resolved that the At of the.4sth of His Ma-' jesty, for allowing CoalS, &c. to be carried by Inland ,Navigation to London, -under certain limitations, which is about to expire, ought to be further con tinued.--The Report was ordered to be broUght tip to-morrow. The committal of the. Rock. Light-house Bill was postponed till to-morrow. The Report of the. Committee upon the Ac counts of the Scotch Forfeited Estates was order ed to he taken into, farther consideration to-morrow; Mr. CALCRAFT brought in a Bill for, the better Securing of His Majesty's Ships and Stores at Ports mouth, for ereaing certain Works at Gosport, and also for continuing -the Lines at . Dover.—Read a falt and ordered to be read a second time to n] 0 r row. Mr. YANSITTAtT obtained leave.to bring in a Bill for consolidating and rendering more effectual cer tain ACts for improVing the Buildings in the vicinity. of Westminitcr Hall and, both: Houses of Parlia ment ; and also tbr rendering More commodious the Passages, thereto. , Sir C.,PR c thought in a Bill for improving Sniitl). field Market :-Read a first and ordered to be read a second time. :the Iri%h BUtlerage.CoMpensation Bill, the Irish Militia Ser.ices Bill, the Irish Postage Regulation Greenwich Che.sit Fund Bill, and the Green wich Jlusjiitnl Bill, were read a second time and committed for to-morrow. . , The Committee upon th 6 Newfoundland Fishery Bill was postponed till Friday. A Ildess, , .z.ifroal the Lords stated their Lordships' cons-nt to the Longitude Bill 3. and also brought down the InsolVent Debtors' Bill, to which their Lordships desired the concurrence of that House. Lord * Hoy:lc - lc brought up the Report of the Com mittee appointed to consider the Petitions preSented from the Surgeons of the Navy. relative to an Aug mentation orPay. : ---Ordered lie on the Table. The S.M.ZETA HY at WAR moved for the produc tion of Copies of certain Letters which passed be tween the .Seeretary at War, the Barrack Master Gctr?ral, the Deputy Barrack Master General, .and 3,1 jor Davis, Barrack Master of Sandown, relative to the Building of Barracks and the hiring of Barns, &c. in the IA of Wight, including the L:tter of the Secretary 'at War on the t sth of Fehrulry la;t, which cornmiloicated C);dtr fcr dismissal of Major Davis from his office as Bi:rrac4 Master of Sanclown:—Orciered. .They were accordingly presented.--;--Ordered to lie on the Table :and to be printed. Mr. ROBSOS thought proper to add to the Tapers just presented another document connected with the same subject. In calling the attention of the House to this business he could assure Gentlementhat••his sole motive was- to prevent the'- improper expplidi-, tare Of the public money; and he was persuaded that the Right Hon. Secretdry had no other object. With a view to that objeCt he had to 'thoye.for a Paper, to the - produCtion• of .which he hoped,there would be no objection, as it would serve to atiord Ole' House much useful information.. The. Hon. Member then moved for a Copy of the Memorial presented by John Pritchard, late Barrack-master of Sandown, to the Com Missioners 'of Military In viry, relative to certain glaring peculations in the Barrack Department.' • The SPEAKER suggested to the Hon. Mover, that the latter words of his Motion were rather such - as it was unusual to introduce or admit in de scribing a Paper to be submitted. to that. House: Mr. ROBSOY said, that he took the description from the title of the'Memorial itself. • The SECRETARY at WAR concurred in the obser vations of th'e Si)eaker; and suggested the insertion of " Certain Practices," in lieu of the words ob je6te4 to. , • This suggestion was adopted, and the Motion, so amended, was agreed to. .Nlr. FOSTER, in consequence of the absence of a - Noble, l e ord, (H., .petty) 'mov e d t o - P ostpone t ill , to-morrow The further consideratiOn,of the. Report upon, the Linen D raw b ac k Bill.--Ag -Bill to. The Bankrupt Law Amendment Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be, committed on Friday. EXPORTATION OF VITRIOL. On the MOtiOn of Sir J. SIEwPoAr, the House went into a Committee on the Bounty on the 'Ex patation of .Vitriol from Great Britain. Iu the Committee Sir J. NEWPORT moved, .that , there be paid a Bounty of ss. 6d. on every 1061 b. of Vitriol exported from this Country . to Foreign Mr. FOSTER conceived that, this was a measure of very great moment. There was 'a 'considerable manntkiiire of Vitriol in Ireland, and 'an) , exclusive /3ounty on' . Exportation from this Country would have the effete of injuring it. He therefore wished that some further time should be taken to con sider it. Sir J. NEWPORT then, agreed to postpone the further consideration of the, subjea, and -the Chair-: . man reported progress, and obtained • leave to sit again to-Morrow. • •On the Motion of Sir JO-2M NEWPORT, the Irish Poor Bill went into a Committee. . long conver , satien -ensued on the power given by the Bill to Grand Juries, and the- periods in which they were to omaketheir preSeintnents,.'in which MT.O'Hara,.Sir John. Newport, Mr. Foster, 'Mr. Baiw fl, Mr.:Fitz geraid;Mr-. Parnell, and' Colonel' Vk.Telcer, - rook .a' part. Several Amendments were ;:vl3,reed The House ) raving been.restined, 'the Report Was or& ed to be received to-morrow. Sir JO-IN - NEWPORT ' brought up n Bill for amending the ACts relative to' the . sale , : of His IVlajestv's Quit Rents aud Terfeite . d Ltaie§' in Ireland. . Mr. J. FITZGLRiaD: said, tlis was a iti6t. important Bill, and called' for the serious - attention of the House, because it Went to deprive the Crown, in perpetuity, of the property Wind) belonged * to it. In order to understand the subjed, it would be _necessary- to explain shortly the origin ,of the ACtS which it was now propo s ed to atnend. the year 1798 there was an uncommon scarcity of .money in _lreland ; and in order to raise the necessary supplies it was proposed to sell these Quit. Rents, &c. His Majesty's Law Officers . hi Ireland at that.. time, of which he had the honour to be one, entertained very strong objedions to the measure.; but they gave, way to the opinion of the majority:of Hii Ma jesty's Servants. A Bill was accordingly brotight :in, the objet} of which • was to raise supply for the year 1798, and a turn of *money was raised .by way of loan from the Bank, on the security of these Quit Rents: ThiS money was aftei - wards' repaid from ether sources, 'and .the Quit :Rents were not sold, on account Of an omission in the Bill autho rizing their. sale. But 'as the Money had been re paid which was borrowea in 179 s upon the security of these Quit Rents,, he did Pot see any reason why they should. now. be Sold ; and the flight Hon. Baronet had assigned 'np new, reason ,fer this trwa 7 sure. The supplies - .for the year were all 'voted,, and the Session _was very far advanced ; lie there fore hoped the Right Hon. B'aronet would net per sist in this measure. ' Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, he really did not . think that any opposition: would . have been made to this Bill. The faCts Of:the, case ;were short 7 ly, these :—An Ad was passed in t , for,. the sale of these Quit-rents and kstates ; this Aft Was continued in 1799,' and it was merely, .to remedy .an omission in these Ad's- . that he proposed the present 'Bill. The omissidn was this.:—The Ads gave a power to the ..Lord Lieutenant to authorise the sale - of these, Rents; but as it did%not state the Lord Lieutegant " for the time beina',", a doubt was entertained, I.VheWer the Ad extended to any person:but the one who was Lord Lieutenant at tLe time being. This omission was discovered by the Gentleman who made thp IpdeX to the Statutes in Ireland, add iu ,consequence of it the sale of these Quit-rents' was stopped. The Right Hon. Gentleman had' stated, that these'Rents were only saleable to pay the debt contraeted in .1798, which debt had been paid from other sources ; but, in point of fa&, many Of them had been sold since, for. other purposes. - 'The Act Of 1798 certainly gave these Rents as a security for . the re-,payment of the money borrowed that yeat; but it direaed that' the.money raised by the sale should form part of the Consolidated Fund ; but there was no direction that these RentSshould not be sold if the Loan of 1'798 was paid • from .any ;other Sources. to the fad of a Civil List having 'been• granted to the Crown in lieu of the se. Rents, he (lid not .. • consider ,that as any obje63iOn t o th e sa l e o f th em ;. the satne thing had been done ,in many instances in this Country. One of the great objects of coin plamt ;reland „liod been the arrears and deli ciencies of the Colledors of the Revenue, and it was notorious that one of the first objeets -of cle . falctit;on was the Quit-rents ; and this certainly operated with him asap additional reason why they should be sold. Mr. FOSTER said, that the objection made by - his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Fitzgerald) appeared to him to have considerable weight. The sale of these rents was certainly intended to raise Money for the service of the year 1798 ; and so convinced was the Right Hon. Baronet of that fact, that, he had not even taken notice of these rents in providing the Ways and Means for the Supplies of the year: It had - been estimated that the sale of these pfit.4ents .and estates'would produce about one million of moL ,ney; and, certainly, the Right Hon. Baronet should not have brought forward this subjea without stating the mode of applying this sum: He really never heard. of such a reason for disposing of the property of the Crown as that which the Right Hon. Bart. had concluded with : It was, th a t Hi s Majestymust sell his - property, because the Officers of the 'Revenue would not do their duty. If 'this prpperty were sold, it would produce, perhaps, about one. million ; • but it was proved by the Loan of thiS year that a mil . lion of money might - be borrowed upon cheaper terms. -.As to amending the Bill of 1798, it was . perfealy an innocent 'measure, because under that Bill nobody could safely buy. any of these rents. — He had no objeaton to the Bill being read a second time; but as the Supplies fctr this year were already voted, he advised the Right Hon. Baronet not to persist in the Measure' at present, but to bring it forward at an early period next Session. The Bill was then read a first time, and was or dered. to be read a second time on Monday next. The Report of the Irish Revenue Regulation Bill was brought up. . FOSTER said, that under, former AatS a power.had - been given to the Commissioners toyur 'cilase pieces of ground for the ereaion of light libuses, upon- a fair valuation by a jury ; but this Bill 7.t.vent considerably farther, and not only authorized' J.kg-Commissibilers to make purchases for the emotion of light-houses, but for the ereaion of houses and' orlicv.s nol.rthis appeared to him too great a power,, theretOiehe 4 should propose to leave out the let terwords. Sit JOHN NEWPORT said, he had no wish to retain thev,,words*,:though it might be useful to the Public to have a power of making such purchases. AfteT a few wc.irds, it Was agreed that Mr. Fos urciishould:POs-tp' one his Amendment to the third tea (lilt. • .Tne Bill. was then ordered to be read a third time , on Friday next. The Dublin St.4George's Church. Bill was read a third time, and passed: TRAINING BILL. Mr. WINDHAM' stated, that he had . some new Causes to prOpose, and he would then Move to put off any farther proceeding upon this ineiisilie' until Thursday. Mr. CANNING said that he should not oppose the Right,nono44ble Gentleman's alatises, for he did not thit4c , it at.all necessary, as the Bill 'appeared to him to: be .such as . .no Amendment could improve, and therefo're it was 'his intention to take the -sense hf ttic.lJciuser respelling its principle upon the third reaing. , Mr. 7 WiNDH-AINI'S . clausi2s were agreed to; and, among othors, onealll2wing a bounty of los. to such men as shOUld voluittterJuttler this Bill. ANo one authorizing j - Tis'iv.4i . jpm-y to limit the extent of the ballot, if he,Should,think expedient.—The fur ther consideration ofthe Bill 'was fixed for Thurs day, -and it was ordered to be printed as' amended. • The Report upon . : the Militia Ballot Regulation' 'Bill wilsfurther considered ; and, 'after a few words' frorn Sin •Mr, Er.Foab; it was'agreed to.—The Bill was orderedto, he read a third time to-morrow. Mr. VANSITTART gave notice of a Motion for: to-. morrow, but in.so low atone, that he was'quite in audible..:We regret that notices of Motions • aye in general so delivered as to render it impossible to un derstand then in the'Gallert," The other Orders of the. Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned:. MAILS. Waterford. Dun—t Hamburgh, 3 tiottcnburgh, t Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS • . 64 63i THIS DAB' AT TWELVE O'dl.ooK. Consols 6 4 I Oinnium - - .. 71 7 - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1806. WE have , this day made some further extracts from the' German . Papers which arrived yesterday, sane of Winch are, if they may be depended upon, of a very important nature. The Hamburgh Cor respondenten, of the 25th ult. contains an article dated Paris, the, .1 - 7th, which states, that the French - Minister of the Marine, has sent a Circular Letter to the Commanders of the diffeient Ports, acquainting them that BONAPARTE had • issued A Decree for taking off the Embargo upon all the Russian Ships detaißed in the French Nils. If this be true, it certainly shews a strong desire on the part of the French Government `t'o effe& a' reconciliation with Russia.. The permission which BoNAPARTE granted last war to the Russian Prisoners taken in Holland, to return home without biting exchanged, • made a very strong impression upon the Emperor I PAUL, and it is not impossible that he may be in - .clined to, try the effe& ola similar experiment upon his 'successor: The Einperor ALEXANDER is, how ever, too well acquainted wiVi the ambitious designs of nONAF'AIITE; 'and must'. be .too, much disgusted with hisJecent cohcitie't to be imposed upon by s ii c h . • • ... • a device.. ' , : M. a OUBRIL, according to .the , last.accounts from Vienna:, not left that Caphal for Paris; buttth .next Mails will' kohahly - hring: an account of his departUre. There -cannot now remain any doubt that Great 13, - itain and Russia save determined to try the effeCt of a Negotiation with France, and NAPARTE spews any sincere disposition to restore 'Peace, the Negotiation will, we have little doubt, soon assume a regular and official shape. All the accounts from I\raples concur in repre senting that Kingdom as beinm in a most deplorable state : the insurreaion has spread itself to almost every part of it : the insurgents stop and plunder every - carriage, so that the roads hay . - become im passable. The new King has had recourse to a very singular expedient to remedy these disorders, which was; to set at liberty all prisoners except those who were.confined for state offences, or, in other words, those who have been guilty of loyalty to their legi timate Sovereign. The Swiss Diet was opened at Basle the begin ning of last Month, and the Representatives of that once free and happy Country were entertained with a Concert of vocal and instrumental music. THE manner in which it is said that the Com miasioners are expeCted to , give their Report this day, ..on‘a subjeta generally interesting, viz. by con fining that Report to the'evidefice, is the most, pro- . permode that could be adopted, as it is. understood that they were called upon to inquire,n o t t o p ronounce. • It is the most respealful mode. with reference to the' Great Peraonage to whore' tlic whole is to be sub mitted, We do not .presuMe *to know , what has passed, but. what we have heard- abundantly con firms the full confidence . which we have expressed in the honour and purity of the Personage principally ‘concerned. • THREE Protests have been delivered into the HouSe. of Lords upon the subje& of Lord MEL-. VILLE'S Trial, but the length to which they extend precludes:ns from the opportunity of inserting them at present, and, indeed, as there is nothing new in the reasoning Which they contain, they would not be found interesting:to our Readers, after the ample details which we have already giVen on the subje&. The first of these'Pr \ otests, which is signed VASSALL HOLLLAND. DUNI:IAS. LAUbAKDALIt. SUFFOLK, and BERKSHIRE. OXFORD and MoaTIMAR• RO.S.SLYN. . CARYSFORT. ST. JOHN. was delivered in the day before the Verdi& was given in Westminster Hall it consists merely of an objeaion to the form of proceeding, the Noble Dis sentients contending that " it' was the invariable, - practice of the House, in cases of High-Crimes , and Misdemeanors, to come to some vote within the Chamber of Parliathent on the merits Of the Charges presente' by Pie: Commons."—The second Protest, which was delivered after the Verdi& was given in Westtninster, is founded lapon the Answer to the ;a' Second 'Charge it is signed ~; . . DAWNAY. •VAS44LI. HOLLAND. DE DuNsiANvILLE. T.AUDFRDALE. SIMOCK Mid BERk.N.TR , . A UGUSTUS F&SDLRIQK.O 'rote azact MORTIMgA. KOSSLYN: 1) A. On N. • CLIFTON This Protest relates to the- permission alleciged to have been given by Lord MELVILLE to Mr. TROT, TER, leis Paymaster,: to draw from the Bank of England for other purposes than. for application to Naral Services, contrary to "an A& far the better regulating the Office of Treasurer of His Majesty's • Navy." 'The third Protest is signed— ROSSLYN. VASSALL HOLLAND. AUGUST. FREDZRICK. LAUDERDALE. CLIFTON. SUFFOLK and BEaKsiints. OxFoRD and MORTI I K. ' DurrOAS. Sr. joHN. 4.‘ DUNsTANVILLE. It refers to the answer to the ifixth and seventh question 4 and contends that, in yiblativ of#ie let ter and sprit of the 'said A& et Parliathent, Mr. TfIoTTER, by' esireof Lord MELVILLE, "opened an account, called the Chest Account, in_ which he debited Lord MELVILLE with. 10,0001. being' the sum of money for which Lord Visttunt MELvir.LE,, by his own confession, was at that time accountable to the Public;" and " that various advances were made at _subsequent periods- on the same account, •&c. &c."=-This Protest is the longest of the whole, and is founded chiefly on the arguments urged by the Managers. - • The Prince of Mlles Packet is arrived at Fal mouth, with a Mail from Lisbon ;• she sailed on the 17th ult. The letters will be delivered to-morrow, The Tozvnshend Packet, from Falmouth, arrived at Lisbon 15th ult. Captain GRAHAM was yesterday appointed to the Frigate, of 28 guns, now in the Downs.— This Gentleman is the son of AARON GRAHAM, Esq. This day HIS MAJESTY came to Buckingham- House from Windsor, I'v-here a Council was held. Yesterday morning His AttsEsty, Princesses AU GUSTA, SOPHIA,,,arId AMELIA; accompanied by Lord RIVERS, and Colonel CAMPBELL, took an airing on horseback by Cran bourn Lodge. Princess MARY was much better yesterday. CITY BUSINESS.-.--WILLIAK WOOD WATSON, Esq. Citizen and Merchant Taylor, was eredted yes terday by . the Livery to serve the' office of Sheritfor London' and Middlesex, together with TIIDIVIAS Bali, Esq. for the year ensuing, in the room of GEORGE HIBBERT, ESCI. fined.—The Loa]) MAYOR ordered the price of bread to be rethiced an assize, •or.2d. in the peek loaf, to take place i'rOnci to-wor row, when . the quartern loaf, wheaten, - Will be sold . for is. and household for 11d. • • 11:E SUN. SOLEM QUIS - DICERE FALSUM AUDRA - T ?