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HOUSE OF COMNIONS.

A Message from the L.,,rdr announcer,, that they
had agreed to the Fire Mllttons I..xcheiliter
Bill.

On the motion of Mr. MST FR, the House
voted its Thanks to the Dean of Itapho•, for the
Ssrmon he peached before them on the Fast Day,
and reqnrsted that lie should have it printed.
Dr Dnigenin brought in his Bill to amend Ole
A.R of the nib of G..orge 11. relative to the First
Fruits Office in Ireland ; which was read a first, and
oidcred to be read a second time on Nlonday next.
EAST INDIA AFFAIRS.
Mr. FRANCIS said, that as he understood there
wonld be no objecilion to what he had to propose, he
would, wohnur further notice, move, *a That there
be laid the House an account of all Copies or
Extracts received from the Presidency of flieng4
relatiro to the sum of :11,2941. purporting to be
money lent in advance to Guipar."
Lord NIORPE.TH said, that there was no oh-
jesflion to the motion, which was agreed to, nem. cen.
Lord FOLKSTONF. then moved, " That there
be laid before the House a list of all Pensions paid or
;savable by the East-India Company since the year
179 a, specifying the amount of the sums paid, the
names of the persons who had received them, and
the nature of the services for which they were
granted."
The SPEAKER reminded him, that, according
to rule, which for a considerable time was allowed
to prevail in the House, notice should he given of
ar.y tnc:ion ss hich was likely to be objeSed to.
Lord FOLKSTONE said, he did not know
upon what parliamentary ground such a rule could
have obtained, and was therefore inclined to persist
in his moron. unl..fss some Gen:lemma thought pro-
pet to ohjait to it.
The St'EAK ER said, he Impel the H gist would
do him the justice to think .that he could have no pri-
vate motive in reverting to what for many years was
the usual practice. and found:•d on what seemed to
be the pleasure of t►e House. I; was certainly, fur
some years past, a constant rule of the House, that
no motion should be brought forward without pre-
vious notice, except for the produClion of the ordinary
accounts of the preceding year ; and the season of the
rule, he conc.ived to be, that a motion which, in the
absenceof official personsmight he passed in one day,
should cot be liable to be rescinded no the day fol-
lowing. If, however, the House shoirld be nose
pleased to determine it otherwise, it would be his
duty no longer to comi..tie the enforcement of the
practice.
Lord FOLKSTONg still persevered in thinking
that the pradice alluded to ought not to be enforced;
for, if the m.jority of the Houle should feel any
otletlinn to a motion, it would be always i❑ their
power to have the debate upon it adjourned.
Mr. FRANCIS, as an old Merniter of the House,
wished to state, that in the first two cr thiee Par-
liaments which he had the honour of attending, it
was not the common pea Rite to give a notice of
any vnoti.m, which was not likely to be debated.
This, however, was not a motion which involved
an♦ question of policy ; it was a public account,
which the House had a right to be in possession of ;
and as every one mu.t be aware, that if the poise
of tbe East India Ceaspasy ware empty. it must Ise

fiilei up from this country, the House of Commons.
as the guardians of the purse of die nation, was as
much entitled to call frr that, as any other public
account whateeer. He was, therefore. of °pinto:a.
that the motion required no previc.us notice, because
the propriety of its produfli.a could not be
debated.
Mr. PERCIVAL spole in favour of the prevail-
ing prallice, and thought ma Member could oh-
jed to give notice. unless he had a disposition to
take the House by surprise. There may be times.
be observed, when, perhaps, there might be only
one Member of that House capable judging on
the propriety or impropriety of producing papers.
That Member might be assent on one particular
day ; tint if a notice were g; %feu, he would, of course,
fee; it his dory to attend to it.
General TA RLE CON thought. that, in the pre-
sera icstance. there was one good and sufficient
ground for requiring a notice. as there paid to
be ufl mare dun One India D:renar Chet, present in
his place.

Mr. beczetary FOX sail, he considered the
pre/lies of giving notice on ordinary ace ',ions, a,
an *hose winch was so long suffered to peevail, that
it was not at present easy to get rid of it ianrt.e.
diately. to the present instance, h..wever, he saw
no octagon whatever far a notice, a‘ Le did not un-
derstand that there would be say oNtaiva tu the

Motion. If any M. at!rer of the Coart of l'11;rellors
stated any reroo wFiy he tni;tlit wadi for delay, he
static no doubt bat the Noble Lord scruld niaatgly
consent to it. "fhe prarftice now attempted to be
enforced, he cont.! only consider a a general
instance of relarstion of duty, t♦:r.l wvt ant to be
found in the otiginal constitution of Parliament. In
at constitutional view, every Metutter WAS supposed
to be bound to attend upon all questions re-
living to the Supplies, the Ways and Meyns, and
every rape ttliture of the public money. Whatevtr
modes might lanerly have prevailed, he confessed,
that he liked the old prarßice better, which was to
attend to all suNeas of grievance; and he was con-
vinced that the custom of giving notice on such ne-
caiions WAS not 'molded ois the principles of Ca.!
rights of Parliament.
M. P. MOORE thought a notice to be ur.ne-
cessar y, at least if no ohjeftion were statti to the
motion.

Lord FOLKSTONE explained, that he wished
some gen-eel role to be at once adopted, in this re-
spet, to regulate the proceedings of the House. It
was in the power of any gentleman, who felt any
difficulty or objection to his proposition, to move an
aljournment of the debate, which he should nit ob-
ject to, if any sufficient reason wet e given for it
Mr. LEE was of opinion, that this question should
at once he decided, cne way or other. The Right
Hon. Secretary (Mr. Fox) appeared to him rather
to incline to a notice being given in the present itt,-
stance, conformably to praCtice. What he wished
to suggest W:l5, that it should be made a part of the
law of Parliament, for every Member to desist from
pressing a motion without notice, if it shonli be ob-
jeCted to; for if no precise tele were so:fired to ob-
tain, there might be no end to such desultory de-
bates.
Lord MO RPE Ili said, he agreed in op:ition with
his Hon. Friend who spoke last; hut if no n!sjeetion
should be stated, he thought a notice needless.
Alir a few word, more, of triffinz importance,
the Motion W 3• a..-ireed to.
',net! MORPETII moved, "That there be lad
before the !Unice, Accounts of the revenues of Ben-
gal, Be::ares and Oude; of Bahar and Orissa ; and
of the Settlement of Fort St. George, and the
places sithordinate thereto ; of the annual charges
upon them, under the heads of Civil, Military, and
Political ; the expences of the fortifications of fort
Marlborough, fart St. George, and Brnbay, from
the sth of February, 1800. to ditto, 180.5, together
with sever al other accounts, preparatory to tie
India Budget ;" all of which were agreed to; as was
also an account of the estimate of losses during
the above period, on the sales of the East ludia
Company.
Alderman PRINSEP gave notice, that he would
ti-morrow move for an account of the hellion and
stores exported from this country to in the
years 18034.

arscot-NTe.
The CHANCELLOR of the EX":1-1F.QI_TER
moved for an Account of all offices granted m Ire-
land, for two or more concurrent lives, with benefit
of survivorship. Also, an Account of all duties re-
tained. and having no drawback, on all foreign and
colonial goods and merchandise exported from
Great Britain to Ireland, and from Ireland to great
Britain, from the sth of February, in the Tears
ISUI-t-3.4, to the 5,11 of Fehruaty, 1806, which
were agreed tn.
EFFECTIVE VOLUNTEERS
Mr. WHI I BRE• AD. in pursuance of a former
notice, rose to make a Motion; to which he supposed
there could be no objedirin, as, in its present criti-
cal situation, the country had a right to know what
it had to exped from the different Volunteer Corps,
should it be found necessary to cell them into edual
service. That information was the more desirable
now, as the present was the year an which a large
sum of money might be necessary to be sored for
their clothing. Before it incurred this exiience, the
couotry should accurately know the state of their
effedive force. He made no doubt bet some of
them would be found ready, and in a ssate to prove
effediee, on the day of trial ; but, as there might
be others not of that description, it was the more
requisite to have the returns he meant now to call
for. He made no doubt that his Right Honourable
Friends, now in official situations, would pay due
attention to this important Ellie& and he tkought
he might safely leave the remainder of what may he
deemed necessary, to them. He trusted they would
also duly consider the rank which Volunteer Officers
were now allowed to hold in His Majesty's service;
for, though he had the honour to be himself the
Commandant of aVolunteer Corps,heconfened that
he should be sorry to be ever placed in the disagrce-
able situation, in point of rank, to which he nirght
be exposed in case of adual service, and which he
had too modest an opinion of himself to suppose that
he could be !a:ay adequate to. He e included with
niwring. That there be laid before the !louse returns
of the different effeetive Volunteer corps of Cavalry,
Irfantry, and Artillery, distinguishing each Corps,
and the names of the inspeeling and other Officers,
by whom the returns were signed."
General TA RLETON esp;essed bit approbation
of die motion, as he was convinced the Volunteers
themselves wi,hed that their effective force should be
known to the country ; for they were anxious to he
found in the state that could be most desired, parti-
cularly at this dangerous season of the year, when
people might naturally look to the cousinencemeut
of the carossaign.
The motion was agreed to without any opposi-
tion.
ORVWN costes
The CECRETARY at %VAR, in compliance
with his former notice. moved for leave to bring
in a bill to extend the provestons of a late Aft,
authorrsieg the enlisnaent of Foreign Corps, and to
indeninly all persons who were concerned in
lug them. Ile thought it unnecessary to occupy any
more of the time or the House, than to state, that the
former An only audsuresed the recruiting of those
troops to the amonnt of 10.00, of which only
6,000 were enrolled at that time; hut the recruiting
since augmented ;Poo more, mskorg, in the whole,
13.000 men, which it was now prop.oad to legalise.
—Ordeferl.

iirPh7l-I,3tephent brnattht in the Marine Muti.
rep iha. w h:ch Was read a Sr.t, and o:Jered to be
read A sec,Ald lime to-morrow.
Visc.ll7Nr ST. vrscrsrs AVNUITY.
The CHANCELLOR of the F. XCH EWER
moed. that the ILuse shwald mole* itself auto a

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Committee on Rig M..jesty's Message, r•laire Er,
Lord St. Vincent's Annuity. He said he had it is
command from His Majesty to inform them, thst
it %V AS his original intention to have recommended to
them, that the ar.nuity to the Noble Earl should
have been continued to the h‘ur next male heirs of
his Epr.lship's body, or such as should enjoy the
title of Earl St. Vincent ; but, by accident or mis-
take, that intention was not, at the time, mentioned
in the proceedings of that House. lie thought he
might appeal to an Honourable Gentleman oppo.
sire (Mr. Rose), for the cot redress of t Ras statement,
and thought it right to have it distinftly understood,
that this was not intended as any additional favour
to that great and distinguished Nobleman ; thoagE,
when it was considered, that at this ardumis
and at his advanced age, he willingly ste,iped for.
ward in an aoclive service, he could make no doubt,
that were it even an additional grant, no objeaion
would he made to it He then made a Motion to
the cffea mentigned in his speech.
Mr. ROSE said, he rose to confirm the staitammti
made by the Noble Lord; but nb.etted, Opt as the
title of Viscount was a later creation torn
Jon), tl.e nephews of the gallant Nolslemin,
whoever else might inherit the firmer title, could
not have had the annum continued to eels, with.
out another message from the Cro‘si.,,itot4r to the
present. He owed it a;to to Earl St. Vincent to
declare, that whin His Nlai-st's i.,,eiitions in this
selves% were communicated to him, he said be was
perfectly satisF.ed with the reward, alrrady be-
stowed on him ; and disclaimed any wis:, for laszthcs
benefits.
The communication made by Lord Henry Petty

seas then referred to the Committee, which adopted
the resolution proposed, and On !!_use oiderei t'.e
repot t to be received to•morrow.
OFFICE. OF TREASURER OF THE ORDNAktCF,

_ .
The CHANCELLOR of she EXCHEQUER
moved for leave to bring in a Bill fur the be:ter rt-
gu!ation of the Office of Fie.isurer of the Ordnance.
Die practice heretofore had been, lie said, for those
Officers to retain large balances of the public aio,,ey
in their hands ; and the principal objee of the present
measure was, to give the public sofficient secure, for
the due application of such stuns. and impose hush
penalties on non-compliance with 41.- intended aft, as
were done by a former one upon Treasurers cf the
Navy. He would do the late lioard of Orilistette
the justice to mention, that it bad issued an ord.v
for the payment of all balances in the bards of tiw
Treasurer; but he also now gave ootirre. that he
present measure was only a part of the system ha
meant to propose. for in &rig to s miles regula-
tions the Post Office, the Excise, the Customs, and
every co-her Board connefted with the receipt or
expenditure of the public money.
Mr. LONG, after bearing testimony to the trea-
sures which Lord Chatham, whilst in or was pur-
suing to the same effee, expres.ed his satisfaction st
Gosling that the same regulations were meant to oe
extended to all the public offices. He thought, how-
ever, that, in the course of ibis arrangement, it the
mosey a-:cruing were, in all cases, to be deposited is
the Bank of England, it may be a proper Consider-,
ation, whether there should not be i icrease of sa-
lary to the officers who heretofore bad the berorit
of holding :ems of money for some time is their
hands ?
Without any further consideration, leave wrs
givcn to bring in the Bill.
The Bill for regulating the parition of lands is
Ireland, was reported, and us tiered to be read a
third time ta-morrow.
Lord TF.NIPLE moved, that the House should
resolve itse:t into a Committee on the Greenland
Whale-Fishery Lill.
Mr. LEE the; observed, that of late years the
bounty on the importation sof toil article Was in-
creas!J from I OW. to 600 L upon each skip, in pro-
portion to the tonna&e; but what he wished to press
upon the considerntion of the house was, that the
*hole benefit of these bounties was .sclusively con-
fined to the ports of England. By the operation
of the measure. the Greenland %Vitale Compaq
was considerable I but, as the law stood. if such a
company should be established in Waterford, is
Ireland, which was very convenient for the trade, it
could receive no benat horn rise bonnties. which be
held to be contrary to the AsSt of Colon. by whit's
it was provided, that in all commerce of this kihd.
there should be no distine•cn, nee exclusive advao-
tage in favour of any ef the suhjeas of the United
Kingdoms. It was, he said. his intention to have
prbposed a specific measure to remedy this distine-
; bat he was Willing to forego it, if it were the
intention of His Majesty's Ministers to submit a
general motion to emend the benefits of the boun-
ties to all parts of His Majesty's dominions.
Lord TEMPLE replied, that the subjea alluded m
formed no part of the present Bill. which had only
for its olsjeas to enable ships in the Greenland trades
to complete th. ir cargoes and complements of men
at Shetland and other ports. However, when
the suhjee of boutaies was under consideratiot•
he shoo d be happy to receive every assistance the
lion. Mernher could al ,rd him.
Mr. LEE rejoined. tftst he was conSdesst the
bounties were included in the Bill of last year.
which went under the same title as the present.
Mr. N. vANsrrrAwr said, he bel;eveil the
lion Gentleman who spoke last was mistaken is
hi statement.

Mr. LEE persisted in contending the contrary.
Leave was then given to bring in the BEI.

Mr. N. A'ANSITIART moved for the appoint-
ment cf Committees to prepare an estimate of the
pay and ciothing of the Miiitia of Oitat Britain.
for the year 1,06; to estimate the allawancts to be
made to subaltern Office's cf bliiitis, in time of
peace ; and the allowance to he ma i: to Adjutants
arid Serjeant-Majors of M.l,tia, is case of being dis-
ernbudied ; which was agreed to. and similar consi-
derations. respeeting the Militia of Ire:.aci were
ordered to be referral to the same Committees.
It was also ordered, on the motion cf Mr. Va -
sitter; that there be :aid before House as Ac-
count ne Estimate of the Duties et Excise, charge&
and outstandiag from the sth of Agra, 1835. to :5e
St.% cf April, 180 C, as fair as the same could be made

The Indemnity 13:11 went through a Cosmritue.
and was ordered to be reported to-n o•row.
Alter disposing of the routir.e orders of the day.
the house adjourned till to-morrow.