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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Horse havlng been required by the Black Rod to attend
the Lords Gmanimioners in the House of Peers which was
obeyed as nisei, The SPEAREK on their return Informed
them that the Royal Assent ha.l been riven to the Irish Loan,
the Irish Postage, the Matt Prenitisor) Note, the Irish Bank
Tokens, the Scotch Excise Offices and Corporations, and seve-
ral Private Bills.

Col. STANLEY moved the 'locoed reading of the Bill for
appointing Magistrates, and bestowing a salary on the Chair-
Till of the Justices in Salford, Lancashire. It was opposed
tiy Mr. S Wm, and where, who contended that it would at

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ford a mischievous precedent, ',h...., wou'd be frsl`.owed by the
neighbouring counties.
The House was then cleared for a division, and strangers
were esalu.led for about all hour, cloring which the debate
was contiou.d -

On the Division, the numbers were, fee Ids* second reading
49—against it 86—majority 11
The Committee was then fixed for next Monday sennig.:t
Mr CURWEN presented a Petition from the lio,.ie of
Keys, in the Isi.e of M4ll, Inning to he heard by themselves
or Counsel, against the compensation for former rights claimed
4y the Duke of Athol.--.oidered to lie on the Table.
He also presented a Petition from 1,000 Landholder• of the
same place, to a similar effect, w hien was also ordered to lie on
the Table. . .

fond CA.SYLEREAOH, pursuant to notice, moved fir
leave to bring in a Rill for the more etfeftual establishment of
public Infirmaries in Ireland. He said, it might be necessary
to render this measure inure extennve, but, fur the present,
lie would content himself with more limited provisions.
Sir J. NEWPORT approved of the Rill, and hoped that an
enquiry would be instituted into the state of the Irish Infirma-
ries, many of which were converted Into barracks, and othe,s
made merely sources of private emolument.—Leave was then
Oren to bring in the Rill
Lord STANLEY moved that there br laid before the House
returns of the ',umber of militiamen, seroants, corporals, and
privates, who had volunteered into the Revilers, under tl.e
late Act, distinguishing the regiment. from which they vdirri-
tetred, and such as had entered into the Guards, Royal Artil-
lery, and Marines, to the latest Veriod —Ordered.
Mr. CREEVY gave notice, that tin Monday next lie shou'd
move for the amount of the salaries of the JuJge and Marshals
of the Admiralty.
Mr. PI FT gave notice, that lie slinul,l naive fur the Ac-
counts the Crinan Canal in Scotland hising te,erred to a
• Committee.
The Committee on the Stiperid:ary Carat,. HA was deferred
to Monday next _

The Report of the Irish Spirit Licence B:!I was receit,d, and
thettrltordered to be read .r thud ti ne on htwid.q.
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The House basing reulved itself into a Committee of Ways
and Means;
Mr. PUS I'ER moved, that all Bankers' Checks to the'
amount of jI. pas able to Bearer in inland, and eireulat,d with-
in ten miles of th • place from which they were issued, abou.d
be subject to a Stamp Duty of scl.—Urdcred
Also, that there be import 5d a Duty of 2a. 6.1. on all Insur-
ances against Fire to the anstinitt of lnol. both winch Rs
lesions were agreed to, and the Repot: ordered to be received
on Monday,

COMMISSIONERS OF ARMY ABUSES.
On the report of this Bill being brought up ;
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
observed, that the objet of the amendment con-
tended for last night was, in his opinion, not suffi-
ciently provided for by the words that were adopt-
ed ; and, he should therefore propose an amend-
ment upon the former ore, to this effed : " That
the Commissioners be direled to enquire into any
profits made by persons in office, holding sums, or
balances of public money in their hands. or by any
agents or other persons on their account."
Mr. GREY acquiesced in she oposal; but hav-
i g observed that the Military Hospital, Academy,
and Asylum, were specified, be suggested that the
Medical Board should also be included.
Mr. FOX dispproved of leavir.; things so much
to the discretion of the Commissioners, and wished
them to be instruned to inquire into former as well
as existing abuses. That he thought might be done
by fixing a perio2, but not a remote one, for %%tir
investigations to extend to ; and be considered it to
be much much more efficacious to the objed, to make
it a substantial instead of a discretional part of their
duty.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that as both sides of the }louse seemed to
agree as to the substance of what should be dune.
he would make little difference as to the mode of
doing it, though he rather inclined to think that the
duty should be rather discretional than absolutely
imperative upon them. All that he contended for
was, that there was no necessity for their extending
their enquiries into abuses which no longer existed.
The Amendment was then agreed to—several
new clauses added—and the Bill ordered w be read
a third time on Tuesday next.
commtssitiNcug OF NAVAL ENQUIRY

Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of
the bill fur continuing the powers or those Com-
missioners ; which being read,
Admiral MARKHAM expressed an opinion,
that. as the enquiries of the Military Comoris,ion
were to extend to Chelsea I luspital, so should thus?
of the Naval Commissioners to the Hospital at
Greenwich.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCUEQUER
replied, that he meant to do so, and make provi-
soes for assimilating the powers of Loth Com-
missions.
The Bill was then recommitted f,sr tEx purpose of
receiving these provisoes; the Report received forth.
with, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time
on Tuesday next.
IRISH ELECTION 1111.1. _

The I louse then resoivcd itself into a Committee
of the whole l louse, 03 the fridl Elation Bill—and,
after the preamble of the Bill was read,
Mr. M. VITZGER %IA) (Knight of Kerry) or-
posed the further prop ess of the Bill, on the ground
that it was altoge:her a different Bill from that which
had before been introduced, and was withdrawn.
Mr. G. PONSONBY seconded the motion, and
said he would willingly attend the Hon. Gent. who
brought forward this Bill (Colonel Bagwell), and
give him every as>istance in his power, to make the
Bill as perfea as possible, on condition that 1: ~.ould
afterwards be printed, and submitted to the rcople
of Ireland for their consideration, till the next Ses-
sions.

A very long and desultory conversation then en-
sued, with respe.l Li. the registry of freeholds, &c.
which would be totally unintelligible to our English
readers, as freeholds in Ireland are so very different
from those in England. The question being, howe-
ver, loudly called for, a division took place on the
question, that the Chairman of the Committee do
leave the Chair ; on which there appeared,
Ayes, I9—Noes, 35—Majority, lii.
The Committee then proceeded, and went through
the several clauses of the Bill, in which. at the
suggestion of Sir Joan NiAs roar, Mr. Gcosoe
PONSONIIV, Mr. J A M LS Fl TIGER A LD, Mr. FUi I CR,
Mr. B•owatt, and Mr. Ex, several verbal amend-
ments were introduced, and several clauses totally
omitted. The Report was then received, and the
Bill ordered to be printed and taken into further con.
sideratiun on Wednesday next.
The Bill for Supplying certain Towns in Ireland
with Water, went through a Committee.—Report
on Monday.
The Irish Land Partition Bill, and the Pancras"
Poor Bill, were read a third time and pacsalcl.
Deferred the other orders t f the day.—Adjourned
g at Twelve o'Clotk to Monday.

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LONDON,
SATURDAY, MAY 18.

A letter was yesterday received at the Admiralty,
from Lord Na►.sosr. dated the 10th of April, ()lithe
island of El Toro, S.W. of Sardinia, in which his
Lordship states, that he had been apprised of tie
juntlion of the combined Lets at Cadiz, and
was then upon his way down the Mediterranean.
—His Lordship had with him eleven sail of the
line. The combined fleet sailed from Cadiz on
the 10th ; but all the subsequent reports of the
two fleets having met, and had " s truth," cr,
as others say. " an indecisive adion," appear to
be mere speculations. The report of the return cr
the combined fleet to Cadiz begins also to be eal.-
ed in question. The circumstance of twenty sail of
the line having been reconnoitered in Cadiz, on the
22d, which W:l6 at fist relied upon as decisive of tho
return of the combined fleets to that harbour, is
said not to warrant that oonclusion. k the whole
of the coiniiiihrd fleets, amounting to eighteen saa
of the line, had returned to Cadiz, they would, with
the eight that still remained in it, amount to
twenty-six. This, therefore, admits the possibiNty
that it may have been sonic other fleet—perhaps that
of Carthagcna---that put into Cadiz ; or, that a part
was dispatched upon some expedition. It is also
consistent with the rumour that an engagement Las
taken place, in which the combined fleet rimy have
been dispersed, or sustained sonic loss. I.;'!ich cf
these speculations is the true one, we have no in •ans
of ascertaining. It is, however, generally I, hewed,
that the fleet which put into Caliz has sailed again!
as the Master of a neutral vessel reports, that he
passed Cadiz on the 22d, at which time only six -ail
of the line were lying there.

We have received Paris Papers to the 9.h.
Dutch Journals to the 12th instant. The Af7 :r
of the Ist, and a Supplement annexed, contain • ti
veral letters all-zed to have been found on board
the Hope, one nt the prizes taken by Ada:,
Lteots. They are prefaced by the foll,.wing para-
graphs, dated Path. April 30:

" Colonel Dirsmval, who arrived from the de Fre-xe
in the corvette Dilig mtc, has breuzht dispati.bes from the
Captain General Decaen.
" Among the prises tialt?n by Rear Musical Linos eat a
vessel having on bleed severil /Obeli! dispetches. We detest
the wretched practice et printing letters fauna on bowl shim ;
but as this praflice has been introlucuil by the English, eh,
were so shameless as to publish priests c.nresponikace,
even letters written from Egypt by husbands to their
experience has proved that a monster like England must be at.
tacked with tie mute arms as tli.sie chick she employs ostler.
wise she 1111.1 claim the use of them as au exclt.siie nest.
Si The greatest vvisbu prevails among the English in le•
die; their financ .4 are in the greatest di•ci aces i the ear they
carry on is dsastrous to them, ant is st.II is full force.
" The Eitropesii erns! of the English is lit:ha die. not
amount to 12,000 men so great are thelosves they have sus.
tained.

" The letters of the Marquis of Wellesley are exceedingly
curious, and lite* tit: great emharmsr➢ent of the Comps/I!'"

We do net see any reason for doubting the au-
thenticity of these letters. They are uncommonly
destitute of interest. We have inserted two that
appear most worthy of notice, and confi ed our-
selves to a brief description of the remainder.

Thursday. Mr. Caroms*. the Treasurer of the
Nary, had an interview with Mr. Parr.
Thursday, the Rust' AN AMBASSADOR transacted
business with Lord MOLGIt AB&
Mr. Cuissaisto is one of the Commissionenof
Military Enquiry named iu the Bill for that pulpier.
The names ot the Members of the House of Cont.
mons, who voted upon the Catholic Question, front
Viscount Suotav to Colonel VERRICER irtrianse,
being seven in number, were, throngli mistakes'!"
terday placed in nur Paper in the list of the min,-
rity, who voted for the question, instead of the ma-
who voted against it.
The &silt. Beeline, from Malta for, Londor,
reported to be captured, was all well at Malta, ci
the 18th March, waiting for convoy.
The Dittmar, Is sloop of war, of 1 Aguns, has to.
rived 1 a cruise off Portugal, with dispatches,
vilikh have been forwarded to the Admiralty. On
the Ist inst. off Opoi to, she spoke the Oven, of 98
guns. Rear-Admiral KNIGHT, and Dragon, of 76
pins, with the transports under convoy, the whole
of which were going to Lisbon.
Lord G•RDNLR'S fleet was spoken off Ushint
last Tuesday, by a Swedish ship frnin Vinates, where
it was reported, that. on the 10!li of last match.
Lord Nzt.sost. with his fleet, Was off Barcelona:—
that be sent a flag of truce on shore. and then Pre"
ended for Toulon. not knowing of the sailing ti
the Toulon Hen.
It is streingl, stupefied, that the combined French
and Spanish fleets hate sailed again from Cada. I
since the 2:".llast. A mane: of a n:utral vessel,
who passed Cadiz subiequent to that date, gates'
that there were in it only six sail of the line.
Letters have been re:eived from on board t?e
Vino', of 110 guns, Lord Natiow's flag-sluf.
which state, that when the Recount of the Kist satl•
ing of the Toulon fleet was received, his Lordslap,
went up as high as Aboukir ; he hen »tinned dn.'.
the Faro of M:ssina. When tie boats Laded t.
Aboukir, the English found the town deserted, t-t
inhabitants supposing the lint to he a French fleets
The foritications, erefled only three years ago, tad
been su fLa est to crumble to pieces.

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