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London, England, 1806-04-04 00:00:00

NtIMBER,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3.

Mr. H. THORNTON obtained leave to bring in' a
I; ill for amending the Mt of the 22d of the King,
for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts in the
Bomb of Southwark.
)1r; BALDWIN presented a Petition agaiu't the
I,atitbet,b Inclonre ill, praying that the Petitioners
maybe heard by their Counsel.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL brought in a Bill for
prohibiting the importation of Slaves. in the Islands
of Foreign States ; which was read a first time, and
ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday the
16th inst. and printed.

The SECRETARY at WAR presented several Esti-
mates of certain Army Services, which, he observed,
did not relate to this day's Debate, which he would
---inove on Moriday-se'nuight.
Mr. VANSITT,ART presented the Second Report of
the Comthissioners for considering the. Civil Affairs
of the Navy'; which was ordered to be printed,
Mr. VANS:TTART brought in the. Additional
Duties Customs' Bill; which was read a first time,
and was ordered to be read a/sec:6nd time on Mon-
day se'nnight, as was also the Iron. Duty Bill.
Mr. PERWVAL gave notice that he would, after
the.recess, move for leave to bring-in a Bill for Bet-
teling the condition of Stipendiary curates.
Admiral Duckworth's Annuity Bill was brought
id by Mr. VANSITTART, read a second time, and
Was ordered to be committed on Monday se,u-
night.

The Treasurer of the Ordnance Bill was passed,
and ordered to .-the Lords. A, Clause was brought
in, and agreed to, to exempt the Bank of England
from any mistake that might. occur in the 'trans-
Mission of monies from the Ordnance Office. to
the Bank. ,

The Property Bill went through a- Committee,
and wits reported, and oidered to be taken into fur-
ther consideration on Monday fortnight, .and the,
Bill printed.

Mr. R. THORNTOt4 moved, that there he laid be-
fore"tht House -the Copy of a Letter written from
Sir G&rge Barlow, dated October 20th, 180.5, to
General Lake, and the .answer of the Marquis. Corn-
wallis to General Lord Lake, dated OR. 6, 1805.
Mr. AD,DINGTO;4 said he bad no obje&ion to the
tilotion.—Ordered.

Lord H. PETTY moved, that the House, at its
lising, should adjourn to Monday se'nnight.
NAVIGATION LAWS- •
iirr, ROSE said, he v.'as unwilling to take up the
time of the I.:Ouse with making a Motion of Which
-11vhad'givezi--Lotice. .4-epe4ted- hiorobserlptiow
of yesterday, that he Understood, from. a quarter on
which he could rely, that it was the intention of his
I\l4esty's Mithsters to give a discretionary power to
the Governors in the Wcst India Islands to dispense
witllthe Navigation Laws during the War. Such
rt.ocurer; he confessed, was not unprecedented on
particular occasions, but then the Governors were
tesponsible for their condua ; and, be tiloughtthat
the resi.ousibility ought still to rest with.thein.
Lord TLIVLE stated, that it was the,intention
of the Board to which he had the honour to belong,
to propose sucll a regulation.. They thought it better
that tile responsibility should rest not with the Go-
vernors, but with the Ministers. •
NEW MILITARY SYSTEM.

Mr. PIN.DIMM rose, pursuant to his notice, to
submit the measure which he proposed to bring
forward, for the improvement of the Military System
of :tie Country. 'The measure he had then to lay be-
-fore the House .was.nothing more than the applica-
tion of those general principles which he had on many
. former occasions stated to'the House whenever sub-
jeets conneEted with the state of the Army had been
uoder discussion. He adMitted, that he and his Col-
leagues had at different times urged the necessity of
making some essential alterations in the Military
system ; and it was natural; that. in the attainment
of such an objedt much difficulty must be encoun-
tered. But it was expe&ed, that the moment they
'were _in office, they should be ready to bring
forward some plan. for that ptirpose. 'He was at
a loss to know upon what authority 'that. expec-
tation could' have been
.founded'; be • had not
himself, either before or after he. was office,
said any thing that could warrant it, neither did he
suppose that any body else had.' The delay that had
taken place arose ont of the natureof the thingitsell;
because he and his.Colleagues' were not .disposed to
bring forward measures to meet the present emer-
gency, leaving the future out of their view, but to
provide for the permonenf imprOvernent Of the Mili-
tary fiystetn.. With sack an objet in contemplation;
it was right in theirt not to produce their measures
till after the most mature and grave consideration.—
That.the Gentlemen wno felt so impatient on the
subjeet should have been anxious for the produelion
of such measures, was suite natural: they Were
sensible of the necessity that existed for theni,
and therefore had been imptiest to see them brought
.forward, They were conscious that things were in a
:bad state; and naturally looted with solicitUde to the
Measures that the persons in a 'situation to discover
alSo the necessity of them night bring forward. He
-was certainly of the opinion, that-. the situation in
-which those Gentleman had ltftibeCeuntry was dif-
. ficult and embarrassing. Bat 'neither he nor his Col-
leagues had ever deseribed tliits as in such a state
that it was impossible for them to go on, that they
would not admit of a, moments nelay, or that ruin
would inevitably ensue if the 1-medy were not-in-
: stantly applied: -,lt.was undonbudlytrue,That when
-a change from bad to better was ixuposed, the Sooner
the work was begun the sooner it would be brought
jp a state of completion. When ;hey looked to the
r. state of Europe, they would find that there was 4)o
Country in mihich the Military System was ou such a