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HOUSE OF LL)R ' • N 1,11.1 I) AT, Tee 3.
CONTI/M.O:TM. WAR.
After some routine hn mess had been disposed of.
Lord MUI.GRAVE, who had been iu the lious,
some time, movel the Order titles Day, relative to
summoning their Lcordsiiips ; which, being lead, be
proceeded to observe, that, pursuant to his notice of
a former evening, he had to lay before their lord-
ships some farther imps r ant documents illustra-
tive of those Treaties with ltursia, Sweden, and Ails.
trio, which he had the hominy to present last week.
He observed, these additioteo flippers were deemed
necessary for the full consideo.otion of the suirect :
and, from the whole would be seen the gteA• ex-
tent arid imposeaece of the ohjests which the Bri
tish Gov, rnmeut, in concert with its Allies, !Lid in
view ; which referred, not only to a vigorous pro-
secution o hostilities against the common enemy,
but t.• ..n ultetior arrangement of the affairs of the
Continent. In these great and desirable ohj, Els, the
treaty with RUSi4 would chew the viewsnt, and part
taken by, that power, independent of tni reentry.
With respehtnthegeneralohjeAsoftl rconfederacy,
he thought therecould be no difference of opinioe.
To effectuate these, the Papers would sh-w, that an
aggregate force, ell the parts of Russia and iku-
tria. of, at least 5110,000 men, was centraClei for.
Of these, 320,000 were to Le supplied by Austria,
and axi3OotO by Russia. With respeet to the for-
Ilier power, it wo.ild appear, that, so far from a
wish. on the part of the British G v enrireit, to pie.
cipitate the edv ince 4.4' the troops, it was stiplitated,
that they should not advance beyond a given point,
until the co-neer:aims of the Russi oat was insured
This would also :respect, from the plan of en-
tre:l.36.in suegested at St. Petersburg') it would
also he eviden, nn waiit of wisdom, foresight, or
prudence. pervaded Any part of the plan, as (-origin-
ally agreed upon by the connecting powers. The
lamented failure in the execution of these schemes,
in the coal se of three short months, which had re-
duced one of the first-rate powers on the Continent
to a state of mitigation and thrald on, and the
whole South of Etrope to a sultana- the most de-
p!orable and calamitous, it would appear, was, in no
respert, attributable to those to whom responsibility
ees attached on the part of this country. And this
imporunt consideration was an Additional receive to
bring forward the documents he should,that evening,
lay before their Lordships. From these, as illustrating
the ten:ties, it would incontrovertibly appear, that the
disastrous result was not owing to any want of
prudence, foresight, wisdom, or sagacity, in those
who concerted tl,e measures, hut from a subse-
quent and roes; uniel ornate departure, in its execu-
tion, from the plea ss loich had been laid down.
To these abberretiens, the wh•.le of the failure was
to be attributed. Ever a degree of c.ortion wis ex-
ercised, on the part of the British Government , and
ever! measure was adopted by them, Isr a due
execution of the Treaties, Ste, and a scrupulous ad-
herence to the plan of operation. On the Ist of
OCtober, an official return was made by the pr inco-
pal contracting powers, that 500,000 men were
under arms; and tidier at their pests, or on their
march, by different roues, to the places appointed;
and this would appear from the supplementary pa-
pers. The cam* of withholding a part of the do-
cuments. he had before explained. He, however,
repeated, they involved no points in which the he.
'tour or the chaeffer of the country were con-
cerned nor were they withheld from any view of
screening those, who were responsible for the part
taken by the British Government. The dom-
. ments to which lie alluded, would 'non be in the
hors f, of others, who would jedge, whether or not
they could, with propriety, be communicated.
Were it deemed proper to bring them forward,
they would farther tend to evince the truth of what
be advanced in behalf of His Majesty's Minis-
ters. The facilits of finding fault, and casting
obloquy, was sufficiently evident; but those who
were at a distance front the scenes of ad: on, could
ill comprehend the difficulties of execution, or be
aware of what unforeseen obstacles might arise.
They should not forget the magnanimity of the
Emperor of Germany ; the unprecedented sacri-
fices he made toe the advantage of the common
cause—the abandonment of his capital. What he
had doae, should not he forgotten, nor unfelt. He
trusted. the general subjelt would be hereafter dis-
cussed ; whirls the more it was investigated, would
the more fully evince the truth of his positions.
He thought it necessary to say thus much on be-
half of those with whom he had the honour to
act, and in justice to chat Great Man (now, 1111.
happily. no snore!) whose commanding influence
had, necessarily, such a share in the measure adopt-
ed on the part of this country. Upon the whole,
he would solemnly repeat, that he could recolleet of
no measure of caution, prudence, energy, or fore-
sight, which bed been omitted, or, that he knew of
any step or measure taken, on the part of this
country. that lie should wish to retraCt. His
Lordship concluded, by presenting, pursuant to
His Majesty's commands, copies of certain addi-
tional papers ; among which was a Dispatch from
hie Arthur Paget. K. 8.---4 Dispatch from Lord
G. L. Gower—mother from Count Worenzoff—
I and the Proclamation of the Emperor of Germany,
which were ordered to lie on the table
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved,
that the Lord Bishop of Bristol be requested t,.
preich before their Lordships, on Wednesdae. the
Vitt) inst. beano the day appointed by His Ili.ojesty,
tor a General Fast, &c. in the Collegiate Church of
St. Peter's, Westminster : which was ordered ac-
cordingly.
Lord AUCKLAND mewed, that the Standing
Orders, Nos. 104. and 105. be taken into cone-
aeration. and their Lordships suannened fur that
day. A.'j urned till to-marrow.

HOSE Of uAtNIONS.

Mr. Wilberforce presented a petairn from the in-
solvent debtors contioed in the couaty gaol of 1 nrk.
—Ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. Johnson, from the Ci,ief Secretaty's Office,
in Leland. presented the report of the Columi.sion.
cis appointed to exArrtine the expendit tre of the
pAvvig Board, of the City of publia.-04 dared to
lie on the table.

Nfr. Iti illiaru Dic,....n.0n presented tha First Re-
port of the Ciangaisuswers ape:loud by Ills Ilisj...ty

to average the civil concerns of the Vtvy.s.-Ordered
to lie on the table, and to be printed. fie also pre-
sented an account of the navy (tett, which WAS dis-
posed of in the same manner ; as was likewi'e
au account presented by Mr. Brevin, from the Ake
of the Commissioners of Customs, of the amount if
prolibited Els' India goods, imported to the '.:11.t
of January, ISOli.
MALT DITTY.
The House having resolved itsolt into a COM_
mittee on the Bill I.r continuing the- ditties on land,
malt, sugar, snuff, and tobacco; Mr. A zi.x A since
in Use Chair ;
Mr. HARRISON wished to know, whether this
bill contained a clause of appeal from the summary
jurisdietion of Magistrates, in matters of penalty,
to the Courts of Quarter Session ? In the malting
counties, he observed, the persons dealing in that
article, were under wine hardships, in consequence
cf their barley being often so eated by drippings and
oozings of snow and ram, and also by other acei-
drnts, which were trequently taken, or pretended by
the Exciseman to be taken, for illegal wetting ; and
this belief, sworn before the Magistrates, subjefted
them to the heavy penalty of 2001. for each
offence. It a clause of appeal. therefore, had hi-
therto been omitted, under these circumstances, it
was necessary that the defed should be soprlied.
Mr. S. BOURNE replied, that this bill was
exactly in the same words as the bill of last year;
but he was not aware, at present, of any objeCtion to
such a (-Luse as that proposed ; and he added, that,
should it not, upon consideration, prove objeition-
able, a clause to that effed would be prepared by
to-morrow

Mr. PATTERSON supported the objeelions
made by Mr. Harrison; observing, that the maltster
was completely under the lash of the exciseman,
who had the penalty infliEted by the Magistrate, if
he only swore that he believed the malt to have
been wetted
Mr. FULLER observed, that in all justice
there ought to he an appeal to the Quarter Sessioos.
The hardships sustained in the malt counties were
intolerably severe ; and people living at a great dis-
tance, were often under the necessity of payi. g the
penalty, sooner than be at the trouble and expence
of coining up to London to seek' for redress. He
loudly complained of sending visitors to insped the
malt, who had an interest in infliding penalties ; and
thought the Excise Board ought to enipioy proper
officers for that purpose.
Mr. RO-4's said, that the officers of Finite had
no interest whatever rn the penalty inflifted.
Mr. PA PERSON insfited, that they bad a
considerable interest in the am tint of such penalties
as 2101. He knew himself, he said, of an instance,
where an information against a person who em-
ployed forty workmen, without ever going before
the magis•rates, was sent up to the Exchequer, and
sent to prison, upon the infliCtion of two penalties of
2001. each. He afterwards paid these fines, and
immediately discharged his forty servants, preferring
to relinqui.b the busit.ess, sooner than be liable to so
much severity and i; justice.
Mr. ROSE asserted, that tl:e dealers in malt
vre:e not under the lash of the excisemen, but of the
magistrates. There was no branch of the revenue
in which there wets so many frauds, and so difficult
to be deteeled.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL observed, that
though some hardships might have been experienced
by particular individuals, yet it was well known
that the very circumstance Row complai. eel of Was
a mast abundant soto ce of frauds upon the revenue.
The pretences of snow, rain, and other accidents.
seldom turned nut, upon examination, so be any
other than frauds attempted on the revenue. He
believed he recolletted the case alluded to by Mr.
Patterson, and, if he recollected right, the party
was only subjeaed to one mitigated penalty ; as it
appeared that the fraud was attempted by a servaio,
without the apparent privity of the master. It was,
however, rather singular, that the servant should
wantonly, and of his own accord, have ventured on
a fraud, in which, as a servant, he could have had
no interest. Upon the whole, it seldom failed to
be made out to the satisfaCtion of Juries, that what
was called sweating, tamed out to be an aetual
wetting of the malt; but, at the same time, he was
ready to admit, that it may be right for the
.parties
to have the power of appeal.
The clauses were then agreed to, and the report ordered to be received to•morruow.
Mr. D. Browne brought up a petition for the
improvement of the harbour of Sligo. Referred
to a Committee.
Mr. Alexander brought up the reports of the
Committee of Supply, on the Ordnance Estimates,
and of the Committee on tbePensionDuty Bill,which
were agreed to, and Bills ordered to be brought
in on them.

LORI) GRENVILLE's PLACE HILL
Mr. FRERFI rose, pursuant to notice, to move
for leave to bring in a Bill to remove all doubts,
and to enable Lord Grenville to appoint a deputy
to the place of Auditor of the I:xchequer, while he,
at the same time held the place of one of the Lords,
Commissioners of the Treasury. Before last night,
he said, he h.td no conceptioa that any objection
whatever could be made to the Bill. That both
these places were before holden by others, was too
notoricus for any one to dispute ; but Lord Gren-
ville WAS particularly desirous that no poet of this
terteletibn should be withheld from the public.
The difficulty stated, with regard to the two offices
being clie..ks upon each other, was net accurate; as
the Auditor was certainly the check upon the Trea-
sury Board, and not the Treasury Board on him.
It WAS not to be expected that a patent place, such as
that of Auditor, would be given up for the uncertain
appointment of a Commissioner; to proof of which,
he observed, that the first Auditor of the Fiche-
quer, appointed ender Gen. I. resigned for it his
place at Use Treasury. Upon the wh, lc, however,
he thought it better to Lave a Parliamentary sane-
tiou, than to stiffer doubts to remain upon the sub-
ject; but if there should be no doubts, and the
word, therefore, thought useless, it might be lett out
in the preamble.
Mr. ROSE declared, that no one was less
disposed than himself to put dtdiculties in the
way of the Noble Lord's appointment. which
gave him much satisfaction ; but he could not
consent that the arrangement should be against
the law. No two offices appeared to him so in-
compatible with each other. 'rhe aQ cf the Sth of
William, which was designed to preserve the an. I