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HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The STS•ltill having takes the Chair,
Mr. Johnson presented the Ninth Reputt of the Dials
Committee of Inquiry.
Lord PORCIIMMIL informed the House, that he had de-
livered the Message to the House of Lords, J....jun..0g the
attendance lifGeorge, Rerun Gordon, at lb. Committee, on
Finlay nest ; and that it was complied with.
C• Leaser mooed, " there should be laid be-
fore the House, an account of the effective army from the
aSth of Jane, item, to the e.. 10, of January, idio, dastin.
guishing the regulars, the militia, and the artilltly aid
also the state of the returns of ealietaneat, from the _nth of
January, latio, to the 9.th of Jauttary, 1:11u, particularis-
ing those who had initiated fur life, and those for a hatted
tlane."—Agreed to.
DEFALCATIONS IN THE ORDNANCE OFFICE.

Mr. CaI.CILAFT stated, that various ritiueuttl
were afloat respecuog some transarUona in the
Ordnance; he knew not with what truth. It had
been very generally reported, that considerable
defalcations bud taken place in that office, in eon.
sequencc of which, an officer heiniiging to the
de-
pertment had resigned. He wished to know if such
fircAlcations had take plate, and if, hatiug takes
place, the di►covery was made by the Committee
of Inquiry, or merely by accident ? Should the
former hive beer the ease, it was not for him to
notice the subject any further ; but should the Int..
ter appear, he might possibly feel it h s duty to
'Omni a motion to the Ileum at a future day.
Mr. Paect:Vsr. said, that, ua far as be could
judge, it was discovered by accident. He was
made aiNnaiiittd with it, for the first time, on the
Saturday before the House met, upon which he in.
•tautly applied to the Ordnanc►, to ascertain the
fact. At first he was told that it was impassible;
•but not satisfied with that. he renewed pia at/Oka-
non and 11044160 d, and diseosered by that means
that the individual alluded to had conducted him.
self, (,c) say the least of it,} ip dtri,ct opposition to
the iegulatinii3 of Parliainent. On its I:e n, cola.
monicated to him that ■n inquiry ass about to
be instituted, he tendered his resiguat;on.—.
There was an irregularity in the mo's of mak-
ing payments in the °Hive, but orders were now
giVeis that it should be corrected. He also under-
stood that an immediate communication was made
by the Board of Ordnance to the Board of Military
Inquiry, of the facts of the case ; lie did nut know
that they had discoveied any thing of sufficient ism.
pnriance to cell for inquiry at present ; uor did he
think that the public would receive any material
-detriment from the misconduct of the offi er.

Uri Camila r r was glad to beat that the public
was not saaterially injured.

Mr. ittitcriat. stud, that he had not spoken po-
sitively ut only observed, that he believed ',at.
Sir Joan NIMPORT moved. " That there should
be laid before the House an Account of the lati.
dents of the Board of Customs of Ireland."
Mr. A. TAYLOR declared his' intention to sub-
mit some propositions in the cue of suitors in the
Court of Equity. sod Appeals en the House of
Lords. unless the &abject was taken up is another
House.