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The motion was then put for suspending tlle
Standing Orders, Nos. 26 and 155 ; and the House
divided—Contents 41—Non-Contents 19.
The Howe then went into a Committee•on- the
Bill, in which the Duke of CISAIICNCt rno*ed to
substitute " six weeks from the present time," instead
of the original words, " six weeks after the sitting
of the ensuing Session of Parliament." His Royal
Highness said, he should not press his motion to a
division, and it was negatived accordingly. The
Bill then passed the. Committee, was reported, and
read a third time.
Adjournwi at Twelve o'Clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
A new Writ was ordered for Caine, in the ran tt of Joseph
Jekyll, Esq. appointed one of His Maest.'s CouS 1.
Mr. MAYNE deferred OW die his Motion fur the repeal of
the 6 per Cent. Danes iii Ireland.
Mr. Johnsin, from the Chief Secretary's Office, in Ireland,
brought accnunts of the sums of moiler borrowed in England,
fur the service of Ireland; and of the intermit ohid spun loans,
,Itc. to the lit of January, 1805, which were ordered to lie on
the table, and to be printed.
Mr CALCRAFT wished to know whether arty obleftion
would be made to the produ.tion of the accoutre of the ex-
peaces incurred in the collelion of the Sett Duties; because,
if not, he should move fur them in the course of the present
day.
Mr. HUSKISSON said, he was not aware of any opposition
that could be made to them. While he•was on his legs, he
was willing to explain to the Hon Gentleman, that this suppo-
sition, on which he went, with regard to these duties, was al-
together erroneous. There were re. minty great deductions on
account of bounties, drawbacks, and other expeuces, before
the money was paid into the Exchequer, but all the soyea.ces
of management in the collection wise nu more than one per
cent.
Mr. ROSE said, that he fervently believed the expellee or
collection to be muter two per cent. and the whole expellee to
be 40,0001.
Mr. CALCRAFT then moved, that the Report of the Com-
mittee en the Salt Duties iu 1601, shinillEw re-printed, winch
was agreed to.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for an aeconnt of all Reeee
sionary Grants tirade in Ireland Once the sth of A ;-ril„ 1795,
together with the dates of such grants, and specifying their
amount, and the names of rite persons to whom they were
granted; as account of all *Wms made for the extimlion of
elellive franchises in Ireland by the ad of union, and specify'.
ing the names of the claimants, of the places for which they
were claimed, and such as had been admltteci from those that
had been rejected. Also Copies of all Claims of Compensa-
tions for Officers lost in consequence of the said Act; with spe-
cifications similar to the fernier. Also Copies of the Proceed-
ings of the Commissioners of Claims; ditto, of the evidence
given before them, .tc. ate. which were agreed to.
The SECRETARY at WAR presented, by order, a return
of the number of seen raised for the Army of Reserv:, from
the let ofJativary to the 19th of June, 1604, which were or-
detel to be printed.
The Surrey Railing Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Loan Tax Rill was read a fist, and ordered to be read a
second time to.morrnw.

Mr. ‘VINDH •aid, that %moor% the tl,Terent paper.'
which h.. •noved for, Ito perceived that the I.2turn t..e Staff
of (,rat Britain hart omitted, and w,shol to know whe•
ther it was ready t.i he presented?
The SECRETARY at WAR informed hi.n, that it was
preitared, and would have been 041 the Table already, had lie
been aware of the entire .
The Thanks of the House were voted to the Rev Dr. II .n.
ry HaII, for the Sermon prea•_!ted before them on the 20th, in
St. Margaret's Church, t- :ther with a request that he
would get it printed.
HUSKISSON breur,;.t in the New Post Duty Bill,
which was read a first, aud ordered to be read • second time
to morrow. _ . .

Mr. GILES daferre 1 iris %dation respecting the continuance
of the Nasal Commiwioners Bill, which stood fur Monday
next, to Friday seunight.
On the bringing .n of the Horse Duty Bill;
Sir W. W. WYNNE spoke a few words against the f1:11,
which he represented as a direct tax upon the I.l.iugh, if im-
posed ow lisirses u e l in agriculture, and declar,. d Ins iesolution

to nisposu it in every stip.
The Bil was then read a first time, to be road a second dine
to-morrow.
Lord ARCHIBALD HAM!LTON deferred his Motion
roweling the pay toznt of Irish sdaies at par till Monday
sennight
Mr JOHNSTONE moved, that the aceonot of the distri-
bution of the two million ant a WV resister by loans on Exche-
pier Hills, be printesl,....which was agreed to.
THE MILITARY RACE OF TM COUNTRY.
Mr. WINDHAM addtcssed the House to the
following effo!t; " I rise, Sir, for the purpose of
making a Motion, of which I gave notice a consi-
&rabic time since, and have to r.mark, that,
Amongst the numerous postponements to which it
has been subjected, there was only one of them,
namely, the last, which took ulace on any sugg:s-
tion of my own. I wish Gentlemen to be ap-
prised thus early, that the Motion with which
L shall conclude, is, with a very few slight
variations, precisely the same that was submitted
in the last session of Parliament, by an Honourable
Friend of mine (Mr Fox), which will he fin a Com-
mittee to revise the measures taken, particularly in
the last session of Parliament, for increasing the
military force of the country, and what further
improvements may still be made of them. It will
therefore be necessary for those who supported the
same measure last session, and may be disposed tt)
object to it in this, to thew that the defects in the mi-
litary establishment of lest year were balanced by the
great improvements made in it since the last year ;
and the same persons ought also to demonstratt
that one system was now in the aunt perfect state
it would admit of, in ceder to justify any opposition
to the motion. Even then eleir task will not be
ended, unless they can also prove, not only that our
improvements are great, but also that they proceed
more rapidly and extensively than those of the ene-
my, and that the mighty danger of invasion, which
they were so ferliviy apprehensive of last year, is
now passed away, an 4 no longer to be dreaded. It
will not be su:licient for them to risevr, that
some additions have been made to the armed
force in general since that period. They
must inform us what those additions are, from
whence they arose, and holy many of them hare
bees owing to the measure which the Right non.
Gentleman (Ms. Pitt) substituted last year for the
other weak and feeble measure, as he called it,
which he so vehemently condemned. If he does
not do this, the same arguments he employed last
year in favour of a Committee remain still in full
force, and equally applicable now; and I am at a
loss to reconcile Isis former positions with any objec•
tions be can now possibly allege. I protest I can
see no ground lie can take for such a change of
opinion with ary decency but poe, namely, "1 was
then quite in the wrong, and I confess both my er-
rors and my weakness." • If *wishes to claim any
comparative merit, I will give isirncredit for it; but
surely he will not be so unreasonable as to oppose
my Motion from the effect or success of chnie
mason's which he loudly reprobated when brought
fir sant bj his predecessors. I never a serted,
fea instance, that men might not be raised by
. recruiting for rank, 'and by the exertions of men