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BF I. RACK LICHT-HOUSE.

On the Motion of Sir JO FIN SINOtAIR, the
House went into a Committee on the Reports re-
speCtino• the Bell Rock Light-house, and resolved'
that there be advanced out of the Consolidated
Fond sof Great Britain, to the Commissioners of
Northern Light-houses, towards eredin„47 a Light-
house on the, Bell or Cape Rock, ou the Eastern
Coast of Scotland, upon their giving security for the
re-payment of the same, a sum of es)oool.—The
Report to be received to-morrow.

YEOMAN RYAN') VOLUNTEER OFFICERS RANK

BILL.

Mr. Secretary WINDHAM 'moved the Order of the
Day for the second re ding of the Yeomanry and
Volunteer Officers' Rank Bill.

On the Question being put, that the Bill e now
read a second time,
Mr. Alderman COMBE wished to be informed
whether• the operation of the Bill was to extend
to the present 'Officers of Volunteer Corps, or to
be confined to those who might hereafter be ap-
pointed.

- Mr. Secretaiy lIILY.DILIM replied, that the pro-
visions of the, Bill were to apply-to all Officersof Vo-
lunteers. The Bill was to enkt a Regulation which
he was sure no Gentleman could entertain a do'ibt of
the propriety of adopting, namely, that no Yeomanry
or Volunteer Officer should command a Field Officer
of the Line. I,: had been at first his intention to. pro-
vide by- a legislative measure, that no Volunteer Of-
iticer sit. ,u:.t cam:l:land a Captain at V ilunteers, pro-
vided that Clptai,i was-itt the commaud of a Corps;
but in consider tion of some suggestions made on
the subject, he vas disposed to. recede fro:11 that
iptention. It appeared to him a matter of such
obvious necessity to provide- against the possibility
of Flail Officers of the Line being commanded
by Volunteer Officers,. that .he was confident no
such Officer would feel any objetiiion to. the !pea-
sure.

Mr. Alderman COMBE admitted that it would
'be right to adopt such a proViSion' if the rank- of
Volunteers was now, for the first time, to be ad-
ju,ted. But as they derived their rank from an Aa
of Parliament, he should feelit his duty 'to oppose
thiii measure, which went to deprive them of it.
Mr. Secretary IYllVlall.4M observed, that this
Bill was intended merely to corred an unadvised-
grant of rank contained in the Ara of the 44th of
the ISing, The KOLL Gentleman admitted that' it
would have been riht, in the first instance, to with.,
hold this rank. What ought not to be granted at
all, ought certainly not-to be continued when unad•
visedly granted.
- Mr. PERCIVAL asked, whether it was intended to
apply the same Regulations to Militia Officers; or,'
whether ,they were to stand on the same footing
with the Regulars ?

Mr. Secretary IVEWIL4 31 replied, that this Bill
was not to apply to atticers of ;Militia !t1 tho 0E176

manner as to Volunteer Officers. There were differ-1
entdescriptionsof different degrees of discipline, and
the nearer any one approached to the perfeetion of
the Regulars, the less necessary it was to resoft to
such precautions as that contained in the 13111.
Mr. PERCIVAL then added, that there were
many persons Colonels commanding Regiments of
Volunteers who had served in high rank in the. Re-
gulars, and who were as well, if not better, qualified
to, take the commands .of Officers of. the . Line as
any Militia Colonels..
Mr. HOLT LEE thought that the effe& of ,the
measure would be to produce a degradation 'of the
• Commanding Officers of Volunteer Corps in the
eyes of those theyeommanded. He wished to know
whether the operation of the Bill was to have force
only in the event of the Volunteers being called
into a&ual service ?
Mr. 'Sdcretary WINDHAM replied, whenever
the Volunteers may be drawn out to a& with the
Army—unless in that case the provision of the Bill
would be a mockery.
The Bill was then read a second time; to be com-
mitted to-morrow.
The Irish Quit Rents Bill
.passed through a Corn-
mittee.—To be reported to-morrow.
AUDITORS' BILL.
Lord HENRY PETTY, moved the Order of the
Day for the second reading of the Auditors' Bill.
• Mr., TYRIPHIT JONES had no expeCtation
that any thing lie could say would induce the Noble
Lord to abandon the Bill, but could not omit that
'opportunity of entering his protest against the Mea-
sure, which, according to the Noble Lord's own
statement, was to allow a part of the 4.50,000,0001.
which were unaccounted for, to pass as paid, and
without vouchers.

Mr. ROSE argued at great length, and on the '
same ground as in various former stages ()Cale Bill,
to show that in' fa& the far' greater part of. the
4.56,000,0001. so pompously stated to-be unaccount-
ed for consiSted,of mere formal accounts. He con-
tended that .the existing Board was• fully competent
to; the audit of the Public Accotunts, with the ad-
dition of a few Clerk and Inspedorc,,and that the ,
Bill before the Reuse contained nothing new, nor
any efficient provision that was not to be found in
the Bill which he had himself framed on a former
occasion, and was at present in force. The Right
Hon. Gentleman detailed with much precision the
various steps that had at different times been taken
to bring up the arrear of Public Accounts, and Ad-
verted to NUM: instances of dethulters.
Lord HENRY PETTY replied that the mea-'
sure under 'consideration had been adopted on the
representations of those best qualified tojudge of the
propriety and expediency of it ; representations
which he had reason to think had been made to the
late, as well as to the present Treasury. He con-
tended, and; when experience would afford a crite.
rion of the fati, should contend, that this measure
contained provisions both new and efficient, bdth
in the distinCtion of the Boards, and ,the classifica-
tion of the accounts' into those in arrear, these now
under audit, and thecurrent accounts: The Noble-
Lord then referred to the authority of the Auditors
themselves ; and read an extra& from a letter from.
them to therreasury, in 1800, to. skew that the
gunk Accounts-. were part of the Public Accounts
that ought to_ bet audited by a separate and inde-
pendent'Boath. Hi then read -an extraei of a letter
from the prelent Auditors to the Treasury, dated
the 24th Julie; whieh stated, that the present num-
ber employed' in their Office was twenty-seven, in-
cl tiding three Inspedors' they ought-to be increased to
thirty-five, including the same number of Inspe,!..tors
arid thatthough they had applied more labour to.the
business of their Office during the last two years
than was usual in the praecice of Office, they had
not been able to get through as much of the Public
Accounts as was equal to the ordinary Accounts of
those two years.

Mr. HUSICISSON allowed that the delay .of
auditing Public' Accounts was an encouragement to
fraud; and 'went to prevent proper persons front
wishing to become Public Accountants. He spoke
in commendation of the system adopted by the late
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had the fullest
confidence in the Commissioners who. composed the
present Board of Audit, and the Clerks annexed.
He complained of the mode of swelling the sum
now said to be unaccounted for, .by including the
same identical. sum several times in every Account-
ant's hands through which they had to pass.' It
was Only those Accountants that had a discretionary
power that ought to be checked. It was the in-
tention of the late Chancellor of the .Exchequer to
prevent any considerable discretionary expellee in'
any Department of the Public Service, without the
previous santion of the Treasury, which was to un-
dertake all the responsibility.
The Bill then went through the. Committee.
Mr. Ross took the opportunity of this stage, to
repeat his former objections to the Bill.
Mr. PAnwzu. answered Mr. Rose, .stating, that
however small the .portion of the sum unaudited that
may be recoverable to the Public, or totally lost to
it, the vast sums unaudited ought to be examined.'
Mr. TYRWHIT JONES contended, that if there
was but a very small, sum .comparatively that had
not undergone a .sotlicient examination, it was not
necessary,with a view to the small_ altogether
unaudited, tq appoint additional Commissioners.
That sum Was altogether but 22,000,p001. -
On the Clause for filling up the blank for the
Of the commissioners with the word ten,

Mr, PERCIVAL argued, at length, that so many
were not necessary. Under. this :Bill there would
be nineteen Commissioners, instead, of eleven, as at
present. He proposed to 6.11 up the blank with the
number six, instead of the number ten. :'

Mr. Wicitit„tx defended the increased esiablish,
them, on the ground that it was no more than was
proportioned to the increased expenditure and the
increased arre.ar ; he meant particularly
,the arrears
of the Paymaster-General, which required a sub-
stantial audit, and Which had remained unaudited
for twenty' years.
A long conversation ensued, in which the Clause
was opposed by Mr. HUSKIsSON, Lord' 'CASTLE.
it'sno-n, and Mr. ROsE; and defended by Mr. WICK-
MAU and Sir J 01124 NiZWPoRT, who stated a balance
of 41,0.001 due on the escount or Robert Gordon,
Lsq. Commissary-General at Cork from the year
1776 to 1780, a sum Nt•hich was now Many :t,st
to the public, though it might have been recovered
if looked after in time. The number was tiled at
ten ultimately. On the Clauses for fixing the Sala.
ries •thi:. QiiituruissigLers,

Rl,-._l', rT.:7:s argue:A, tiot .was 'very
on of Officers,

nd
o•
After 50 frori-, Lord 9. PETTY, in
'nswer to Mr. ..T3Lto..cas, the Sabry of the Firit, Corn-
,sioners hilff'd at. 1 b COI. and those of the re-
m. ining 12001. •
Toe Report b ref:eived to-tnorrow.
other C 3. tiers of the Day Were gone through,
and ,the House-adjourned .at One o'Clock.

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SaCtif QUIS EiICSRZ FiVLSUM AVDEAT ?

LONDON,

TUESDAY, JULY 10, 18-06.

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WE last night received Dutch PapeTs to the-7th
inst. and French Papers of the 2d. The report' of
the speedy 'Evacuation of Germany by the French
Troops is now circulated with increased confidence ;
and it is also stated, that orders have been given to
permit the Austrian Prisoners-,.,wh0 'were stopped
'on their return, honie, . to continue their march,
Ind .that the 'French Conscripts who were on
'their march to join the Army in Germany have
received orders .to bait. If this intelligence be true,
'the Fkerich Government must have received an ac- -
'count of the evacuation of Cataro by the Russians,
-although -that, event is not mentioned in any of.
'the Fr;..:t.ch .or -Dutch Papers. On the contrary,
-a Letter from Trieste, 'dated the 12th-ult. states.,
that the Austrian detachMents who were to take
possession of that Post, and who Were to embark at
Trieste, had not arrived there. BOI4APART,;'S plan.
Tor a:tering the Germanic Constitution has not
•
:yet bEen made public ;, tut it• is stated that se-
al of the German Kingdoms and States are
tO form a ,federal alliance, under the guarantee
'and .proteetion of France. A detachment of
french Troops have taken possession. of Rome,
•aild the health of the Pot'e. is' said to have declined'
.frphi the'verj, -day on which "thoSe unwelcome
tors catered his -capital. •

A new Wtit was moved yesterday iu the House
tof Comnions for the Bordugh of Buckingham; in
the room of the Right lion. THOMAS GRENVILLE,
'who has succeeded Lord MINTo in the Office of
president df the Board of Oontroul.

41-47.'esterclay mornings about ten o'clock, His MA-
yrSTY left Windsor in his travelling carriage for
London, escorted by a Tait,' of the Royal Trorso
Guards (Blues) to Cranford Bridge, where they were
telieved by a party of the 14th Regiment of Light
Horse.. His AUSESTY arrived'at the QUEEN'S Pa-
lace a few minutes after 'twelve o'clock. Soon after
two His,MAJESTY gave audience to the LORD CHAN.
CELLOR, Lotd "GREt4VILLE, Earls SPENCER and
ZlotnA. After
,which His MAiESTY held a Private
Levee,' which was attended by, besides the above
Noble Personages,
The secretary or State for the War and Colonial Depart=
Went.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer for Ireland;
The Duke of Cord On.

Ejl44 -Aylesford and Eitzwdliartl.
Zunis —Redesdale, Rodney, Somers, A. Gortictn,• Rivers;
and Cathcart,

Ceneral,M‘Donald. Sir H. B. Neale, Mr. T. Grenville,
Tie fbilowin, had the honour of being presented
to His MAJESTY.
keuesddle, by Earl Spencer, upon his return from
filling the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland..
General NliDonaltl, upon his being appointed-to the con.
wand of a Regiment.

•
.., -
Lord Rodney, upon his coming to his title, by Earl Spencer.
Lvid Alexander Gordon, by his Father, the Duke of cor-
don, upon lus Ueing appointed to the command of the Sgth
itckiiiit.at, aid Aid-de-Cgrup to Earl Moira.
nc Right Hon. I'. Glenville, supposed to be upon his
Wag appointed President of the Board of Controul.
Lout Somers, on coming to his title, by Earl Spencer.
After the Levee Mr. GRENVILLE had an audience
of His MAJESTY.

At five o'clock lits MAJESTY set off on his return
to W:nd.or.

There is little variation in the report of Mr: ro-f'S
bealtti this day, but it continues to be favourable.
INDIA HOD SE.—Yester4ay a.Court of .Directors
was held, when the Right Hon. Lord ..MINTo was,
• appointed to succeed Sir QEoitGE BARLOIV as,Go-
vernor-General.7-I'he ThankS of the Court were
unanimously voted to Sir GEORGE BARLOW,
vernor-General, and General Lord LAKE, for their
meritorious and able condu& in concluding a peace
viths.HoLkAß, The Brig Margaret was ordered to
be fitted out for'her return to Bengal.,;ln
consequence, of the distinguishe& services of
Rear-Admiral Sir THOMAS Lotus, His MAJESTY
has 'permitted that gallant Officer to wear Supporters
to' his Arms.

Yesterday morning, according to„antient custom,
a Jury assembled at the • Exchequer; to assay 'and
prove the last gold and silver coinage, before its being
put, into ..circulation, under a 'precept from the LORD
CHANCELLOR. His Lordship being attended by six
of the Ministers of State, Earls FITZWILLIAM, MOl-
- SPENCER, Lords SIVIVOUTH, PETTY, and -----,
delivered a Charge to the Jury, who, before retiring,
invited the ,LORD CHANCELLO" and the other Mini-
sters to dine at Goldsmith's Hall, in the city, at
which place they deliver their verdi&. After which
the coin will be put into circulation. The coinage
in question is very inconsiderable. - ~ .

The Earl of BUCHAN, with a zeal for genius by
which he has always been distinguished, and a spi-
rit of benevolenCe still more honourable to his cha-
raEter, is collecting all the Manuscript, Works' and
Drawings of the late Mr. BARRY, with,an intention to
publish them for the advantage of setue indigent re-
lations of the departed Artist. .