The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-25 00:00:00

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The que.Aion would, be fail!). Jt.ism;e. Undituli!t:l
ly, it was the wii:.h of his friends; and of himself',
that they might tte tuistaken
.ppon it. He was pro
ceeding to advert on the length of the Session, wheo
he was 'called to order by . . .
Mr. CANING, who -obserVed that the Hon.
Centletnau was going'beyond all bounds of eNpla-

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nat ion.
CASTLEIMAGIT denied that hia Right Hon.
Friend (Mr. Yorke) had Lhibited any discOurag-
ing view of the military means :tin] resources of the
Country. J{c:. had merely called the attention of
his Majesty's Government to a species of defence
which ,the Eltruie knew very well could not be
brcp.:2ht to perfetlion in a limited space of thrle.— •
The-Hod. Gebtieman opposite-,would have.aaed
but' fairly it he had congratulated the 'House on the
great accession that had been made to the military
strength of the Country in other respects. To thi.;
accession his Right HOnourable Friend had (leap
jusker-wh•en- he-stated that •he could not flatter
himself the army world ever be carded to a higher

pirtit tha:t7 that at Which it had arrived. The.oo.
Gentleman opposite, midst the enriaus topics of his
sp,ech, ,misfit Lave stated, if. he .had cho,en,,that
his Maiesty s Ministers,'in eight months, had added-
-4-0,000 -men to the regular force Of the
Country.- ,On the next meeting of Parliatepi,be
had - doubt that be shduld have to congratulate
theta on .the'success of the other efforts that were
making for Abe increase'. of the .means of military
defence. Adverting to the return of Sir J. Moore,
h 4 observed; that there 'were variadi considerations
in distributing the force of the Country, which had
induced his rajesty's Ministers garrison Sicily
:with fresh troops, rather than
,With'those that had
quitted it for Portugal. The return of Sir J. Moore
was in obedience to his orders. It was the effea, nom`
of chance, but of design,,.
Mr. Wutruar:eu observed, that the flight Hen.
Gentlemin (Me, Yorke) who 114 spoken so Oh a
few evenings ago, on the military defence of
tba
Country, after having dwelt on the prodigious pa-
tary power of Trance, had expressly 'contended,
that the navy of England ought not alone to be de°
pended upon far our defence, and that it was then
duty of Government by every means/ and more
particularly by an increase of fortification, to add 10
our security against any'sudden danger that might
arise.
Mr. DSJNDAS replied to those observations of the-

Hon. 'Gentleman A;hich related to the affairs of Ilse
East 'lndia-Company. - 'The Hon. Gentlernsnhad
asked whether 'the account between his Majoity's
Government and the East India 'Company had been
brought to a final close ; and whether the sum that
liqd been already voted WAS all that it was intended
to propose upon that subjea ? -Undoubtedly, in his.
apprehension, as far as•relared to the account of
which-the balance was struck, with exception per-,
haps of some items, of which only a rough estimate
had had Leen giVen, for want of the necessary doce7
merits. But it should be observed, that the account
between the Government and the East -India Cnill-
pany was an account current, and that if Sln Wl"c„`:
were struck at 3 particular, period, the account still
going on, the result must necessarily ohm.. The
lion. Gentleman supposed that the ;Ws to the Com'
pany would be -sufficient, to, carry them on till the,
re-assembling of Patrliament. The tact was, that,.:
the commencement of the present Session, cir‘e".
stances led him (Mr. thindas) to suppose that tho
Compani, would require further'aid;, but the balance
due to Chem from. Government turning out to he
larger than was imagined, and the CoMpany's affair 4
assuming a more favourable :tweet, as far as related
to their sales at home, he had now no. hesitation
declaring it his decided opinion that the Compaq.
could go on veryswell without further assistance tin*
til the re-essei»bling of Parliament. He had tbere-
fore not telt authorised to.come to Parliament fat
any further aid -clurin4' the present Session. ,Vile'
I her- Parliament would be called tipon in the nest
Session for further aid he. knew not, but if ilea.``
were, he thought they would do well not merely to
eonsider the pecuniary, circumstances, of the Coal.'
pany, at the time when such aid might be requireri!,
but to look into all the bearings of the affairi, Oct
to consider how far their aid might be accompanied
by regulations.which would place the Comp'!))'
a better situation than that in will:4 thry vva°l7""
placed.' • •
The Amendments were then agreed to, attel•tbP'
Bill was ordered to be read a third tune to.morrow•
Mr. BARHAM, alter enumeratina ,:,
the varions
measures that had been -adopted. and. recommend",
for the relief of the \Vest Indian interests, and coin
menting upon their value and efficacy, moved,
suant to his notice, " That the House do resolve it"'
self into a Committee of the whole House, to tal°,,
into consideration the Second and 'Third Reports ot
the \Vest India Committee." • ,

On the question being put,
Lord BINNING rose to second the motion, Oa
regretted that (14 motion should have been wade
in so thin a House, as the s'ubjeci was of stitin;ient
importance4o entitle it to a tidier attendance. „ •
- Mr. Rost: regretted that the Honourable Gentle,:
Man should, at this stage of the Session, have t bottfiv`
proper to bring forward a question of this desc„..ric
lion. The,Honourable Gentleman, from his sport
seemed to have 41-0. ught. for Ward the. motion with
view to give him an opportunity of stating that' 11
the measures which had been taken for the relief
the West Indies were not etFeetual to their objee.
The Right Honourable Gentleman .then entered into,
a statement to show that the measures adopted e
were and would be beneficial to the `Vest India
interests,
After a short conversation between Mr. Marrytit,
Mr. Hibbert, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Ellis, Lord Henry Petit', Mr. Barker, and. Mr•
Rose, 'the motion was negatived with a division...
The Assessed taxes Bill was read a third time .0
the motion of the CHANCEI.LOR of the EXCIIHatI4..:
and 'passed:
The Westminster Improvement Bill was read a
the
third time, and, after a short conversation tIP°II.-,b;.
subje6t of u clause proposed by Mr. Sll/Ija-•
toemPower the Com tnissioners to purchase eetlh
grounds where a fire had lately occurred, and "Tibv
was contiguous to the ground already purchase"
seij ;
the Comthissioners, Mr. Banker ..having oPP:'
the Clause, which was supported by
."Alr.,
the Chancellor of. the Excitequer,
the Clause was brought tip and added to the...lW
way of rider, after which the Bill passed. , jr,„,
Hussmssut: bronlit up Mr. ralater