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adopted which he could row wish to retina., He
concluded by intimating His Majesty's commands
to present certain Papers ; which; on his Lordship's
-Motion; were ordered to lie ott,the Table. They
Consisted of Extratis aid Dispatches from Lord G.
L. Gower and Sir. Arthur Paget to Lord Mulgrave,
4te Decl4Fation Of, Austria, and some other State
Papers.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved, that
the Bishop of Bristol should be appointed to,preach
before their Lordships on Wednesday, the Oth
instant. at the Collegiate church of Westminster.—
Ordered.

On the Mot*: of Lord AUCKLAND, the Stand-
ing Orders, :Nos.. 104 and 155, were ordered to betaken into consideration on Thursday ; for which
day the Lords were ordered to be,summoned,
Adlournetl.till,tn-gwrrow (this day).

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

TUESDAY, FEB. 4.

Mr. JOHNSON presented at the Bar the Report of
the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Ex-
penditure of the Dublin Paving Board.—Ordered to
lie oii the Table.

Mr. WM. DICKINSON presented the First Report
of the Commissioners for revising the Civil Concerns
of the Navy; which was ordered to lie ou the Table;
and, oh the Motion. of Mr. WINTSHED KEENED
to be printed.

Mr. Wm. DICKINSON also presented, by conl-!
?mild from His Alajesty, several Papers relative to
the Transport and Sick and Hurt Boards.—Ordered
to lie on the Table.

A person from the Commissioners of the Cm,-
tpms presented at the Bar certain Accounts, pur-
.
sitant to order of the House.—Ordered to lie on the
Table.

Mr. STURQE 5' BOURNE 'moved the Order cf,
the Day, thr a Committee on the Land and Malt
; also that it be an instruction to/said Corn-
piittee, that' they have power to introduce a Clause
of Credit into it, acid a Clause • for 'making good the
Deficiency of the Land and Milt Tax of t 604, out of
the:Supplies of the year 1806.

The-ALlouse, hawing ,resolved itself into the Corn-
Mittee, Mr. ALEXANDER in the Chair, '
Mr. WIRk/SON suggested the propriety of in-
..,eTting .a Clause in the Bill for allowing an .appeal
from the summary ConviCtions before Magistrates to
the Quarter Sessions, sOaicli would enable -indivi-
duals to obtain justice at home-, instead of being
compelled, as under the former Aet, to resort to
the Courts at Westminster for iefia from the op-
pressive decisions, in some instances, of the Magi-
strates.

A long conversation ensued, ip which 'several
11- probers took a part; but it terminated in an under-
standing, ;hat a Clause to that eft-ea might be added
on the third reading.
'rna• Bill then passed -through the Committee,
and. the Report was ordered to be received to-mor4
row.

The Pencion Duty Bill also passed through a Com-
mittee, and tt.lie Report was ordered to bey received
to-morrow.

NEW MINISTRY.

Mr. FOX; puNuant
,to the notice which he had
yesterday given, rOtie to submit his Motion to the
House, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable a per-
' Son holding the-Ot&e Qf Auditor of the Exchequer
to hold also the Office oft( Commissioner of the Trea,
sury. The obje& of his was to. legalise the hold-
ing of these two appointments, by enabling the Au,
''ditor to appolnt-a Deputy for discharging the duties
- of that Office, He had before slated, that he enter-
tained no doubt himself on the subjt:d. Yet, as pos-
• sibly others may not feel as he did, 'it was the wish of
• _the-Noble Lord concerned, that notiVng should be
• withheld_from the- House, but that all tile circum-
stances conne&ed With the transaaion Should be be-
fore the Public. But as the idea was gone abroad,
. that the Auditor of'thell;xchequer Was a check upon
the Lords of the Treasuy, he thought it right to
advert to that circumstance. The fad was, that he
• was -not a check upon them, and it was absurd to
suppose that any Officer whose appointment was
in the gift of the Lords of the Treasury could be
any check upon them: He should hope, therefore,
'that no difficulty would be felt in complying with
this measure.' Nobody-, he thought, would be of
opinion that the office should be given
.up by the
-Noble Lord, which it was intended he shotild
and on that account he trusted 'that no objection
would be felt to the Bill., He had yesterday (Mon-
day) stated the case of Lord Halifzix, in the reign of
George I. the first of the present illustrious family
that had enjoyed the Crown in this Country. In
that case Lord Halifax had given the AucZitorship
nominally to his brother, whilst he virtually con.-
tinued in the enjoyment of it himself. The Noble
Lord might, in the present instance, ad-upon that'
precedent, but he was better pleased that the trims--
action should whollY rest on LegislatiVe grounds.--
Those Gentlemen who were not dissatisfied with
the arragement that placed, his Noble Friend in these
circumstances, would, he was sure, 'not make any
objeCtion td the progress of this measure. He there,.
fore begged' leave « To move for leave to bring in a,
Bill.'for removing certain doubts," &c.. With respe&
to the• doubts; when- they should come to the pre-
..
amble Of the Bill, that expression might struck
out, if Gentlemen should be of opinion that no
doubts existed.

0n the Motion being pttit.
ROSE declared that no Metnber,conld be
lexs desirous than he-was to .throw- any difficulty in'
the way of the appointment of the Noble Lord in
question, which had given hitn great and unaffecled
satisfa6iien nor should he then say any thing
against the Bill if it was only to remove doubts.—
kwas his opinion that no doubt could be enter-
tained on the SubjeCt, and he was 'certain that he
could convince the Housethat the two. Offices were
incompatible.. By the Ad of the Bth and 9th of
King William, which :regulated the course of ,the
EXchequer, the Office of Auditor was rendered a
disfind Office, and the two; had not been held since
by the same person.. This Aft directed, that no
money should be issued front'the Exchequer with-
out -the: order of the Auditor, signed by the Clerk
of the Pella. As to the circumstance (Sittig appoint-
ment of the Auditor by the Comnissioners, and his
being fherelCre no check upon them, he had only
to Observe, that an ordei from the•cominissioners
for:the issue of money from the Exchequer would
be null and of no circa:without the sianaturc of the

Auditor. By this it would -,13a. seen, there ore, thftt
the Auditor was an etreaual check upon the Com-
missioners. The course of the
.Exchequer he took,
to be this*hen that House voted a certain sum
for-a' certain service, suppose a rtfillion ; if the Com-
missioners issued an order for more than thakriiii-
Eon, the Auditor, to whbm the Yotes of .that Froii4V
were sent, would not sign it,- .and'would therefore
lac an efficient check UpOn the CommissionetS of the
Treasury. He had himself knowninstancts of this
nature, when .the funds out of- which - a particular
sum was voted had been exhausted, and the Audi-
tor refused to sign an order foran issue out of other
funds. There -Was another provision in she A&;
which was, that the Auditor should Prepare—and
draw the. orders by the direaions of the Cofirnis-
sioners of the Treasury. Every Qentleman must be
sensible of thelncongruitY of the same person giving
and receiving these directions in virtue of 'his ditfie..i.
rent Offices. As to the cases mentioned by the
Hon. ,Gentleman, they did not apply. Lord Halifax
was First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of
the Exchequer when the Auditorship became vacant.
He did not then take the Office to himself, but gave
it to his brother. When afterwards he resigned his
former Offices, he sat down with the Auditorship
of the Exchequer. If the , Deputy were tcl be ap-
pointed, it would be for the HOuse to consider how
far he could be a cheek upon the Commissioners. In
the case of Mr. Pelham, though be had been lip-
pointed First Lord of, the Treasury in 1743; the
Auditorship of the Exchequer did nOt become vacant
till 1701, When it Was given to his sop-in-law, whe-
ther' in tryst or in fa& he was not competent to say.
The cases were thereijore
,ditferent,, and this Bill
could not pass without altering the whole course of
the Exchequer. These were the difficulties be felt,
and. he thought it his duty to state, them in the
Hons.; but certainly without any, wish to impede
the appointment of the Noble 14)4 :

WILLIAMS WYiyl4E eouid not agree with
the Right Hon. Gentleman., that the Clause of the
eth and 9th of King William constituted the Au-
ditor a check upon the Commissioners Of the Trea-
sury. The Right Hon. Gentleman had correctly
stated the Clause, but had omitted to state the reason
for which it had been inserted. 1 The Learned Gen-
tleman here read frOm the Statute Book the Tara-
eaph preceding the. Clause, which he contended:
shewcd. that the office of Auditor was designed ,to he:
a check upon the issue of money voted for one ser-
vice to the use of and-noc as a cheek 'upon
the Commissioners. He saw no reason why )De,
Duty might not be appointed to be sworn in by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon.
Gentleman had appeared to confound two cases re-
&peaing Lord Halifax, at different periods of his
Achninistration, and on rcfeetion- would find, that
the statement of his Hon. Friend on the subje& was
strialy corre&. No evil could arise from the ap-
pointment of a Deputy, 'that would not equally
arise from the appointment of-the original. .But
there had been at former periods, a praftical
objet ion to the appointment of the same person
to' both offices, which did not at present ex,
ist. The Auditor of the EXchequer had then only
a per cetAta4e on the money isstiedi lte had now a
0..,e(1 salary.
Mr. ROSE explanation, stated that no altera-
tion had taken, place in the Exchequer since the Bth
and 9th of William.

The ATTORNEY GENERAL would feel happy
to offer any thing that might have the effeet of re-
moving any of the difficulties that might be felt with
respell to this measure. Of all the appointments that
had takien place, no one afforded him more satisfac-
tion than that of the Noble Lord to the one he was to
fill. He should be sorry, if in consequence of any
obstacle 'to this measure he should-be obliged to-accept
any other in place of it. He thought it would be de-
sirable that the Bill should pass on this day, through
every stage consistent with the forms of the, House,
.(Hear ! hear) and that Gentlemen might -come
down to-morrow better prepared to -decide upon
it. He acknowledged that what had fallen from
his Right Honourable Friend had great weight with
him. The Auditor was, it appeared by the tes-
timony of his Right Hon. Friend, a practical check
upon the Commissioners, and' it would be for the
House to consider how far a .Deputy, appointed by,
and removeable at the pleasure ''of one of those
Commissioners, would be such a check. The
Offices were certainly distind. However, Gentle-
men would be able to make up their minds before
to-morrow. - For his own part, he thoughtwould _
be more proper to appoint a Trustee' to libld 'the
Office, under a responsibility for the perfurinaiice,of,:
its duties,. He did not mean by such a measurb-io
interfere with the perception of the salary by Lord
'GrenVille, but that the person to perform the pub--
lic. &Ides of the Office should hold it on arlegal
ground, and he irrenioveable but on legal grounds,
whilst the principal should hold the Office of a Com-
missioner of the Treasury. . .
Mr. FOX did not perceive the distindion between
the appointment of a Deputy and of a Trustee, and
for his own part, felt no objedion to adopt the sug-
gestion of the Learned Gentleman. But though
irregular to allude/0 any thing that might pass with-
out doors, he thought it better td have some con-
versation first with his Noble -Friend on the subject.
As to the responsibility of the person executing the
Office, it had been his intention, if the Bill were
allowed to be, brought in, to move an amendment to
that effed, with resped to the Deputy.
Mr. ROSE declared, that his objedtions would be
done away by:the appointment. of a Trustee under
responsibility.
The Question was then put, and leave given to
bring in the Bill, Mr. Fox and Mr. W4LLIAMS,
WYNNE being ordered to prepare it.,
Mr. Fox trien brought it up,' and it was read a
first and second time, and ordered to be committed
to-morrow.

• HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE,
Mr.- ALEXANDER brought up the several Reports,
of the Committees on His Majesty's Messages, .re-
lative'to itt provision for Lady Nelson, Lord Col-
Jingwood, .and Sir Richard Strachan ; when the se-
veral Resolutions were 'agreed to nemine contradicente,
and the Bills ordered accordingly,
Adjourned',

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LO.NDON,

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1806.

. ,
Ofni Falmouth Letter states the receipt of
intelli-
gence of an-Enemy's Squadron, of Nine Sail of the
4ne, being in sight of the Niue Sail of the Liue
which -were convoying- the outward-bound West
India Fleet.

'The following is also an Extra& of a Letter oR thie
same -subje4, froin Capt. Osmt, of the Naiad :

,d‘f Yesterday left Nine Sail of the Eneiny's Ships
in sight, 9 leagues west of U?hant—ouF Fleet in
chow."

/ ,

We understand the faet to be, that a Squ3drra
was in sight of Sir 11. SrRACHAIsYS Squadron, which
was supposed to be _that of the Enemy returning,
in consequence of the fright they on catch-
ing a glimpse of Sir. J. DUCKWORTH. The supposed
Enemy may, however, perhaps, turn out to be a
parrot- the Fleet of Admiral COIiNWALLIS, WllO
was• the day before seen off Uslant.

Earl SPENCER and Mr. *WINDHAM were sworn in
this morning, and will take possession of their re-spec.
tive Offices in the CQII;*SO of the day. The other New
Ministers were we believe also sworn in, with the
exception of Lord GRENVILLE and Mr. Fox, with
resped to whom a delay of a dilly pr two will toy,
place.

LAST night we received Paris sPaper,s' to, thp ggth
ult. and Dutch Journals to the 2d inst.

BONAPARTE arrived at Paris CO the 26th ult. Pre,
vious to his arrival, (on the e 33) the Senate, at an
`e3ttraorditlary sitting, took into, consideration- alettex
from, 130NAIWITE, in which he Nitly :deVelOpes
some of his plans for the future management of Eug,
rope. The letter will be found 'highly interesting.
Thosystem of establishing a number/ of petty de-
pendent Kingdoms, as a.sort of advanced guards of
the French Empire, is one which is certainly found-
ed in deep policy. These Kingdoms will serve to
ward off any attack upon Prince, not 'merely by
their geographical position, but by that oppo4tion
of views and clashing of interests which must

necessarily arise, and' -which will, no dattbt, be
promoted and increasedby 1301.ti'Ar'SRTg
ever it suits his purpose, roe Federative States
tClAy4iCh BONAPARTE alludes, evidently mean those
newly erected and to be'cretled King4otns, which,
whatever differences they may have amongst
selves,, are to be connected by one common tie witlA
''Tance,- of whom their Sovereing must 1,101,3111eir
Dominions as tributary vassals. This -system is only
yet began ; nothing less will sa(isfyl:3oNAl'AATE thani
Europe, and establishing- himself as the
Chief of what lie will chase. to call the Empire of
the Neat. The greater part of the South of Europe
lies prostrate at his mercy. The North can only be
preserved froM his grasp, or at least frorn the baleful
effeets e 4 his .-infltience, by a vigorous and cordial,
union amongst those Powers who are' yet -
abled to maintain an, attitude of command and
independence. Prussia feels this, and continues to
maintain a Arm .alliance with the E:lPploit
to which Saxony is likewise attached..—..-
,
Prussia has now a difficult part to play, in which
perhaps more may be done by diplomatic skill and
dextrous policy than by force of arms. The Prussian
Minister, Count HATIGItTIT, had, it appears, reach.
. ed!Frankfort on his way to, Paris. In the present
'ination of Europe we look''with considerable cei-ii-
dence to the polity of the Court of Berlin, 'as the
means of pUtting some 14. its to the projefai of Bo-
NAP' AR'PE, and at least preventing him from taking
these ambitious strides in the North which have
overwhelmed the South of Europe.
The Austrian Forces on the frontiers of the
Turkish Empire are stated, in an article front
Vienna, to have received orders to hold themselves
in readiness for immediate service. The motive
assigned for this measure is the approach of two di-
visions of Turkish Troops, to reduce the insurgent
SerViaris under the command of CZERNI GEOROES.
This, or some other equally flimsy pretext, will
probably serve as a justcation for attempting to
dismember the Turkish, Empire—a - proj eel which
every successive account from - the Continent con..
tributes still further to develope. --
A division of the French Troops is stated to have
entered the Neapolitan Territories on the Bth or I oth
From :the number of French Troops
:might be brought to bear Upon Naples in the course,
of short period, we.fear there was little chance of
any' elfecanal resistance being made by that natural..
n4e Kingdom.,

PRIVATE, Letters from Holland:, received this
morning-, state, that in consequence of the late
high winds, the dikes hi the neighbourhood of
Amsterdam had been broken down, by N-vhich
the Magazine had been destroyed, and incalculable
miscllief done in the surrounding Country.