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MILITARY ARRANGEMENTS.

The SECRETARY at WAR presented Army Esti-
mate's for one month from the 24th inst. These Esti-
mates were of a mere formal nature, to, enable the
House to vote a fresh Mutiny Bill for one month
from the expiration pf the present on the 24th inst.
It was the custom to vote the Mutiny Bill only for
the exact period for which- Army Estimates had
passed. Some further time was necessary' for the
produEtionand consideration of the new Military
Measures proposed,. and it was- with 'this view he
proposed this measure. -He should hope the mea
sure td be submitted. to the consideration of the
House would' nave .passed within the .time he
proposed. Then the Estimates_ for. the remainder
of the year, and a:corresponding Mutiny Bill
may be brOnght forward.. He trusted,. that' un-
der these cjrcumstances,
.the Present Estimates would
,be voted .without the 'delay of, the accustomed forms.
He gave notice :that he should move them in the
Committee of Supply to-morrow.
Mr. YORKE said, it was certainly material that
time should allowed for the full consideration of
the proposed in, asures of military arrangement, and
with this View. he had- no difficulty in acceding to
the proposition of the Right Hon. Gentleman. l'his
was, however, the only_instanee of the continuance .
of a short Mutiny Bill in time of War, when Go-
vernment had so long intimated that its plans were
complete, given notice of its intention to produce
them, and unfolded the general outline. He con-.
trasted'the delay, of the. Government he belonged to,'
in bringing forward its plans on a former occasion,
.which was'so much blamed by the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite, with that of the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman .at present', and left the House' to form
its own opinion on the comparison. He recom-
mended to the. Right Hon. Gentleman, and the
other Memberi of His Majesty's Government, to
use the interval afforded to consider seriously of the
proposed innovations of our military system, and
particularly of the plan of enlisting for limited ser-
vice. He recommended also the regulation of the
bounty, WhiCh he thought ought not to be defini-
tively fixed by .A& of Parliament, but regulated by
the King's Orders, under the responsibility of his
Ministers.

Mr. WINDHAM thought the comparison of de-
lay made by the Right Hon. Gentleman could 'not
be fairly made without including the consideration
of what was to be done. The delay. now required
was not. for Ministers to make up their minds, but
for Parliament to examine the measures proposed.
The considerations suggested by the Right Hon.
Gentleman, with respect to limited service, were
certainly important. It was certanny wrong to fix
the bounties definitively by A& of Parliament. A
discretion ought to' be allowed; saving' the authority
ofParliament. It was his wish that every thing he
proposed should be subject to the continued amnia'
revision of Parliament.

Mr. PERCIVAL doubted whether the period. of
one month would be sufficient for the consideration
'of the proposed'ineasures. it was above one month
Since the plan was disclosed, and-then it was stated
to be perted hr all parts. He would not allude to
any difference. of opinion. supposed to exist on any
part.of it in the Cabinet. The other "Right Hon.
Secretary (Mr. Fox) stated his coincidence in every
part of it, and boasted of a share M theformation
of it. But betook the liberty of suggesting, that one
month may not be sufficient for the proposed mea-
sures to pass, and ,recommended a larger scope for
the Mutiny Bill it was intended. to introduce.
Mr. YORKE asked, ,whether it was intended to
introduce the three Bills for which leave had been
given,•wmth the Bill for the Repeal of the Additional
Force At, and which had not since been heard of;
the Bill for suspending the Militia Ballot, the Bill
for training en masse, and the Bill for extending the
Allowances 01 Chelsea Hospital.

Mr. WINDHAM said these Bills were• in prepa-:
ration; but he 'Would not mention any particular day
for the introdu6tion of them'.

ARREARS OF 11.1 E PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Lord HENRY PETTY rose to give a general not
tice on a very important subjeCt. Gentlemen must
be aware that there had been for some days on the
Table a most important Report of the Commissioners
of Military Inquiry. The faets contained in that
Report made it necessary that measures should be

taken, without one day's delay, to apply a remedy
to'the abuses which- they proved. But as
under the consideration of His *Majei.ty's Govern-
ment, 'and so far advanced as to render it likely that
it 'would' produce, before the close. .of the Pre-
sent Session, one general measure for bringing up
the arrears of the Public AccOuntants, it was con-
' ceived that the Subjea the Report on the Table
applied. to would be most properly. included in that.
general measure.. The suggestions contained in that
Report would be attended to in framing -the
general measure
.under consideration. , He assured •
the House, in the meantime, that this delay of the
Legislative proyision would., nor prevent. the adop-.
tion of immediate steps to obtain the re-payment of
the large balance that appeared to be due' to the
Publicfrom a person who had held an Office of high
public trust (General De Lancey),, • late Barrack-
Master-General.

MARQUIS VVELLESLEY.

Mr..Pa.yei moved, .that there be laid before the
House a List of the New Taxes imposed on India,
during the 'Administration of Marquis Wellesley,
and the Revenue§ arising therefrOin.
Mr. BANKES observed, that this question n-i,,st
not proceed indefinitely. The Papers already in the
hands of the Flduse contained a vast variety: of
complex matter, embracing Marquis Wellesley's
Administration in India for five years, charging him
with illegal and corrupt praaic,es, in extorting front
the Native Powers money to be employed in Wars'
ruinous to the 'interests of this Country. The ex.
perience of a few years since must have convinced
the House how incompetent any Tribunal in this
Country was to investigate a cause of this 'nature.
Still there was an -alternative: By the East „India
JudiCatnre Aa, a mode of investigation had been
pointed out when the offences amounted to extortion
and misdemeanour, such as were imputed to Mar.
quis Wellesley, in the Charges preferred against him,
extra&s from which he read, to prove the truth of
his assertion. This appeared to him to be a cause
which called upon the Hon. Gentleman to avoid the
inconveniencies of Impeacbment, and following the
provisions of the Mt to which he had alluded, to
exhibit his Charge in the Court of King's Bench in,
the form of Information'.
Mr. Secretary FQX concurred in some respe&s
with the Hon. Gentleman who hadjust sat down.
The Charge-made against Lord Wellesley seemed to •
be that of all others to which the Aa he- had men.
tioned was peculiarly, applicable. lie defended,
.however, the Judicial Power of the House of Cool.
mons,considering it of still more consequence tban its
LegislativeFUnations. It was. the Corner-Stone of .
the Constitution. He trusted that the CoUntry would
not imagine there was any intention in the House
Of relinquishing this Judicial PoWer.
Lord DOUGLAS supported the opinion of his
Right Hon. Friend, that it was the duty of the House
not to relinquish the :exercise of its Judicial Power.
The question, however, alone before the House
was for the produelion of the Papers; -to which he,
agreed. - -
Sir A. WELLESLEY *is hecl for the most speedy
decision on the case of his_ Noble Relation. He
thought that the Hon. Gentleman might have pro-
ceeded in the way mentioned byt he Hon. Gentle-
man oppo6te • but as he had chosen to prefer his
Charge in this House, supported by immense vo-
lumes of Papers, in his opinion it became necessary
for the House to come to a spedfic vote on, thesub-
je6t. But it would first be necessary to_ inquire, who,
ther or not there were any grounds of Charge in the
Papers before them.
Mr. FRANCIS likewise differed from his Hon.
Friend, on the competence of this House to invese
tigate cases of this nature. The Court of King's
Bench was never constituted to try High Crimes and
Misdemeanors, such as those imputed to Marcidis
Wellesley; which, in his opinion, if 'substantiated, ,
demanded a Trial by Impeachment. If Lord Melt
ville's.case was one which required Impeachment,
Marquis Wellesley's was one which required it much
more strongly. Where one was accused of taking
thousands, the other was accused of wasting millions.
He reprobated, however, the use of the word Judi.
cial, in the way in which it had been just applied
to this House, which could not judge, but• only: in-
quire. He joined the Hon. Baronet in hoping, that
the Noble Marquis would soon have -an opportunity
afforded him of answering to the Charges exhibited
against him.
Mr. Fox explained.
Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON oOmpared the si. .
tuation of Lord Melville with that of Lord Welles-
ley. The former had been impeached in a Reso-
lution of the House, that he had applied the public
money to his own personal purpose, a Charge never
preferred against Marquis Wellesley ; their cases
therefore' was not parallel. As so much had heen
done in the present course of proceeding he thought ,
it desirable to pursue it.
Dr. LA IVREA-GE thoti&ht it was in the power
of any individual in, the Hope to propose whatever
course he pleased.,He could see. no other objed Hi the
observations of the Right Hon. Gentleman who had
just spoken, than to lower the tone of the House.
The Charges against Marquis Wellesley were of an
infinitely stronger nature than those against the No-
ble Lord who was then on his Trial.

The Motion was tbea agreed to, as were also se,
veral others, fdr illustrative Papers ; after an expla.
nation at some lerigth• by Mr: BANKES, and a few
observations from Dr. LAWRENCE and Mr. l'AucL,
the latter.of .whom declared his' intention of laying
the Charges against Marquis Wellesley relative tor:-
Vurruckabad 'and Oude,
.in the latter end of next
week.

Mr. DOUGLAS moved for a Paper shewing thg to-
tal amount of all•the -Grannies, Pensions, . or Pre-

sews paid, or payable in India, from 1793 to the
latest period.—Ordered.
_ _ _ _

Mr. VANSITTART presented the Papers ordered by
the .House relative to Messrs. Chalmers and Cuwie:•
Ordered to.be printed.

ADDITIONAL FORCE ACT REPEAL BILL.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee,
Sir W. YOUNG in the

• Mr. YORKE wished the Right Honourable Se-
eretary would state the alterations he proposed to in.
troduce.

Mr. Secretary WINDHAM replied, that it was in.
tended,. with regard to penalties, not to enforce those
which were due, and to refund those that. bad been

Mr. YORKE asked why a Ciauss was introduced to
Repeal tbe Amy 914eserve

Alr.Wimil•oi-atistered, to remove air y doubts rn4hy:plaC7.,•':, And jitt liad
_argued- that such placei. 1
less the Repeal of the _Additional Force Act; which " ought to,be punished for ndthaving accomplish'ed an
had been-substitute&for the Arniy'of Reserve At, I impossibilii,,r.
Inisht be supposed to revive the latter: ' . -: - Lord CASTLE: EAGII contended, that if the,.
Mr.BANKES , much as be wished for a Repeal'of penalties were ‘to'be refunded that had been levied
the Mt, yet would rather -abandon that obje& than under this Act, riot only the penalties, but the'ex-
obtain it by acceding to the propositiOn of the Right pences incurred under the' Army of ReserVe Aid
Hon. Gentleman relative to the penalties. The Re-- .J ought also in- justice to be -returned. This was a
turns on the Table shewecl inequalities in the number measure necessary, to the charaCter and dignity of
of men raised. in different DistriCts, which must arise.• .Parliament: he therefore should vdte against, the
frOm exertion in some cases and negligence in others. Clause. •
Was it fitting that the 36-live and supine should be The Question.was then loudly called for, and the
placed on the same foOting-? The Proposition had no Gallery was cleared. No division, however, took
precedent. Did the Hon.,Gentleman opposite pro- ' place on the Clause, and the Bill passed afterwards
pose the refunding of the money on the Repeal of the through the Committee, when the Report was or-
Shop Tax, 'unjust and oppressive as that Tax 'had j dered to be brought up to-morrow.
been deemed i. The consequences ;of the adoptioti of . , The Scotch Judges's Salary Augmentation Bill
mach a regulation were replete with danger to the Fi- , went through a Committee. To be reported to-
nances of the Country. It would teach the Conn- • morrow. Adjourned at eleven o'clock.
try a lesson which it ought not to be taught. It
would skew that the opinion of men likely tocpme
into power was to be attended to,iu .pretrence'to
the established law of Parliament. i Had any violent
clamours existed 'which rendered such a measure ne-
cessary ?—On the contrary, there were but two mo-
derate Petitions against the A& on the Table, the.
objet of which was simply its Repeal, without inti-
mating any idea of retrospective immunity. Suppose
it were necessary at a future period to have recourse
to compulsory measures again, what would be the
consequence ?—The Right Hon. Gentleman's Plan
was .as subject •to revocation as any other. In that
case what exertion could be expeEted, if exertion
in the present instance should ,be
:treated in the
Sate way as negligence .?—Great inconvenience too
would result ,From the minute appointments of the
Additional Force Alt. He instanced a case of two '
Parishes which were to raise men between them—
one being to produce nine twenty-fourths and
tile 'other the remaining fifteen twenty4burths.-,---
4n these and other grounds he trusted that: the
Right Han. Gentleman would change his determina-
tion on this subject.
' . Mr. Secretary WINDHAM admitted that the
Clause was certainly not without some inconvenience;
but the question was now only, whether any less
inconvenient mode could be pointed out ?-. There
were three ways in which the House might pro-
ceed-eithtir to retain the, penalties paid, and remit
the remainder,' or to suffer the Bill to continue, or
to remit the penalties.due and to refund those paid.
The first was liable to weighty obje6tioni, though
he did not think as highly so as. others. It would,
ha doubt, eltite. uneasy feelings in. the minds of
those who had-paid, if other Parishes were not
also compelled to pay the penalties, on the ground,
that as they had been made to discharge them,
the other Parishes should not. be allowed to .go
free.

" Solarnen miseris Secios labuisse doloris."

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LONDON,

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1806.

THE, Declaration issued by. his SWEDISH .MA-
jESTY, in cOnsequence.of the Invasion of Lauen-
burgh by the Prussians, will be found in a subse-
9uent part of the Paper. It contains a very distinet-
avowal ofhis Majesty's sentiments with respect to
the conduka of the Cabinet of Berlin, and, a Decla-
ration that he considers the Invasion of Lauenburgh
as an 44 of hostility against Sweden ; and
.although
'no formal Declaration of War has yet "take 4
place, these two 'Kingdoms may now be consi-
dered as beitig in a 'state of aettial 'hostility. We
have never, entertained a doubt that the KING
of SWEDEN was aging. in conformity with the views,
and NA,as assured- of the assistance of the EMPEROR
Of RUSSIA, , and if the Cabinet of Berlin 'should re-
sent the Embargo laid upon, Prussian. Ships iii the
Ports of Sweden, by an' attack upon Swedish
Pomerania, it Must at the same time resolve
upon a War with Russia. This is Obviously
one great object of BONAPARTE!S policy. A War
between the Northern- Powers would facilitate the
execution of his projects in' the South of Europe,
and place Prussia completely under the controul of
France. It appears, however, that the KING of
PRUSSIA is very unwilling to push matters to an ex-
, tremity with'Russia, for 'though the Embargo .laid
upon Prussian Ships in Sweden must have been
• known for some time at Berlin, General Km,-
KREUTH has not yet received orders•to enter Pome-

But this feeling ought not to have any influence on
the decisions of Parliament, if in other re.speds that
mode of proceeding were, eligible. The second
course the Hon. Gentleman himself did not think
adviSable ; therafore there only remained the third
course to be adopted. - This was the more just, be-
cause no part of the Country had failed in carrying
the A& into execution from unwillingness, but from
As there was no merit in obeying the
Law—so was there no demerit in those who did not
Comply with it, as they • a&ed with. zeal, though
'without being able to carry it into effeet. The mea-
sure was .not executable but by a breach of the Law.
If there bad • not been an expedation entertained
that the Bill Would be repealed, their Table would
have been covered with Petitions similar to thoSe •
from Berkshire, and the Parish of Mary-le-bone.
The difficulty of returning the money to the indi-
viduals who- contributed it had occurred to himself ;
b'ut he thought it odd that the Hon: Gentleman who
had brought on that difficulty should now triumph
ih it. They had got the money, and rejoiced at the
difficulty of returning it, When the money was
once obtained, like the mouse in the trap--./ on
datur reditus.
Sir :EDWARD HARVOP spoke on the same
side with Mr. Bankes : be thought it would be an
injustice to his Constituents who had raised their
?full quota of men under the A&, if they 'were to
have no. indemnification for their trouble, expence,
and exertionswhilst other Counties who had failed
of carrying the A6t into execution should be re,
leased from all penalties.
Sir WILLIAM MILNER supported the Clause,
and defended the Parish of Mary-le-bone from the
aspersions that had been thrown upon it with
respe& to its failure in producing the. men under
this A&.
Mr. GEORGE VANS.ITT4RT supported the
Clause : he thought•that those COunties that had
exerted themselves to get the men.. in • the, manner
pointed out by, the Law, but.had failed, were more
meritorious than those that had procured them con-
trary to. Law.
Afr: SHAIV LEFEYRE supported the Clause,
and suggested the propriety of returning the penal •
ties that had been levied in aid of the poor rates of
the Parishes, by which shey.had been paid..
exertion had been made- to carry the AEt into &-
feet, if that had been possible ; and whatever insi-
nuations to that efteft might have been thrown out,'
he contended that no -lassitude existed, or-•exists
in
. tcarrying,the ACts of the Legislature into execution,
in any part of the Country.
• General TARbETO)Y entered into, a defence of
the Additional Force Bill, which he contended had
produced men, not of the , description that had
. been stated by several Gentlemen in former .dis-
cussions. The inspeding Officers were" ready to
prove this at the Bar of the. House ; and he asked
, whether they ought, in such times as the present, to
give up a measure that would produce 5000 men
iii
one month ?
Dr. LAWRENCE replied to the Honourable Gene-
ral, and argued at some length in support •of the
Clause.
Mr. ELLISON had opposed the Additional
Force Bill all its stages, because he thought it
a measure of false pretences and injustice to many
parts .of the Country in which it was impossible
to carry it into effed ; yet he thOught this Clause
objectionable, as leaving 'the Whole burtheis
on
those Counties that bad obeyed the Laws and re-
leasing from all penalties those that had negleded
so to do. •
Mr. FULLER thought the reasoning of the Hon.
Gentleman very strange : he admitted that it. was
nn ossible to /12\4 • carried the Law into efii‘a in
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rania.-
The Gottenburgh. Mail which arrived last 'night
does not communicate any new information upon
the subjea. ThefolloWing are the principal articles
which it contains

-" GOTTEIiBURGH, MAY 2. This morning ar-
rived the Diana Packet, Captain MACDONOUGH,
with a Russian Courier, charged with Dispatches
for St. Petersburgh. A great number of Swedish
Ve;sels, under convoy of the .onetta Armed Ship,
have also arrived.

" This morning also arrived an Especial Courier
from the King, with an order-to the Government to
lay an EmbargO on all Prussian:Vessels in this Port,
and-to forbid the sailing of all Swedish Vessels to the
Ports of Prussia. From this circumstance we have
no longer any doubts of war between Prussia and
this Country.
" The night before last passed through this place
from
,Copenhagen the Prince of AUGUSTENBURGH
and:two Aid-de-Camps, on their journey to Nor=
The objea of their mission is unknown
here:"

Way

LETTERS hive been received from Gibraltar, dated
the 14th ult. which state, that Sir SIDNEY SMITH
has sailed up the Mediterranean. It is prebable that
he"will take the command of the British Force crUiz.=
ing off Sicily.

There is reason to hope that the Topaxe Frigate,
which was blocked up. so long in the Tagus, and
which lately escaped, "may yet find her way into' .a
British Port. Our Plymouth Letter states, that the
Amethyst Frigate has sailed its pursuit of her.

. Westminster Hall was this day crowded in all
parts. The chief Witness examined was Mr. BRAGGE
IBATHURST. The principal Managers were Lord
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON and Mr. WHITBREAD.

The Discussion upon ,the Bill for Repealing the
Additional Force Ad, last night in the House of
Commons, principally turned upon the Clause for
remitting the Fines upon those Distri&s which
were deficient in raising— their quota. It seems
to be the determination of
,Nlr. WINDHAM that this
clause should stand; under the persuasion that, though
they failed in their duty they had made all possible
efforts to fulfil it.

We are very glad to hear that Mr. GRAHAM W3S.
this day appointed Head of the Police Odice, Bow:
street, in the moth of the late Sir ittculkau For.)).