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London, England, 1807-02-10 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The /loose of Lords intimates their assent to the
Corn Intercourse Bill.

A Person from the 0111:e of the Chief Secretary
in Ireland, presented a Return of the Sums kvied
by Grand Juries for four years, from January 1800.
—Ordered to He on the Table.

Mr. Batisam presented the Report of the Ply-
mouth Committee, finding Sir Charles Pole, Bart.
and Thomas Tyrwhitt. Esq duly elated ; and dr-
elating that the Petition did not appear to be !rit•o-
lous or vexatious.

On the Order of the Day for the Attendance cf
Mr. Vernon beim; read,
Mr. VERNON rose, and begged the favour and
indulgence of the House, as his non-attem;anc.: at
the Committee, on Friday last, had proceeded from
misconception, he having supposPal that the House
bad adjourned from Thursday to Monday.
The SPEAKER desired th:s to he
span oath ; 'which being d ne, the Hen. Mcmhin's
iplogy was accepted or.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought op the
Bill the making Freehold Estates Assets for the pay-
ment of Personal Dens.—Read a first, and ordered
to le read a second time to-morrow se night, and
to be printed.
About a dozen Petitions against the Oak Bask
Bill, signed by Tanners in various parts of tl.e
country, were severally presented, ant ordered to
He on the Table.

Earl Temple brought up the Newfoundland
Fishery Bill.—Read alrst, and ordered to be read
a second-time tomorrow.

Mr. Precuts*,le presented an account of an the
Permanent and War Taxes since JAII. 1803.

It was ordered that the C tntrnitte.t appoint-d to
inquire into the State of Pauper and Criminal
Lunatics, do have power tr call lot. papers sad
accounts.

Mr. Hohhoese brought no the Report of the Bill
to contirne the Aft for preventing Depredations
o the River Tbames.--Ordaed to be tam into
consideration on Friday next.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT gave notic,. that to-
morrow he would move for leave to bring in a Bill
to secure t properties of orphans iii Ireland, and
that the House should go into a Clnratinee, to con-
sider so much of the A.ll of the 2iith of the King,
as related to the Regulations of the Drawbacks
and Bounties on Exportations from Ireland; and also
that he would to-morrow move for leave to bring in
a Bill, to authorise the disposal of quit-rents in
Ireland.
The committal of the Land Tax Commissioners'
Bill was postponed to the 3J of March next.
}lr. I-tollhouse presented the Report of the Com-
mittee of Supply, con•aining the Rmohnion as to
1,900,0001. being granted to His Majery for die.
charging such Exchequer Bills as may be paid off
during the course of the year 1807.—Agreed to,
and a Bill ordered to be brought in accordingly.
Sir John Newport presented the usual Annual Pe-
titions from the various Charitable Institutions
in Ireland; and also Petitions from the Roman
Catholic Seminary, the Royal College of Surgeons,
and the Dublin Society, for promoting Agriculture
and Useful Arts, praying for ce:tain grants being
made to them, for prumotin,g the purposes of their
Institutions. He then presented the several Esti-
mates of their Expences. All these were severally
ordered to be laid upon the table.
The Secretary at War presented a Return of the
effeaive strength of the parties employed upon the
ordinary Recruiting Service, from Jan. 1806, to Jan.
1807, a Return of the Regiments raised for Home
and Foreign Service, the Recruits for each, and
the number of Desertions. Ordered to be on the
table, and to be printed.
Earl TEMPLE postponed the second reading of
the Oak Bark Bill, to this day fortnight.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT rose, he said. °lsle to
say a few words upon the abject of this Bill. If
it should be attempted to carry into effeft the Aa
of James the First, be could apprise the House, that
it would arnaant to an absolute violation of the
Union with Ireland, and would tend to prohibit the
exportation of bark to that country ; and, therefore,
ha should deem it his duty to oppose it.
Earl TEMPLE postponed the consideration of
the Report of the Sierra Leone Committee, till to-
morrow.

On the Motion of Mr. JOHNSTONE, there
was ordered to be laid before the Hease, an account
of the Income and Charges of the Consolidated
Fund, from the bth January 1806, to sth January
1807, distinguishing each quarter.