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London, England, 1806-04-15 00:00:00

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MONDAY,, APRIL, 14.
71r. CALCRAFT prdsented an Account from' the
Office of the Paymaster-General of the Forces, " of
the Sums which remained in the Exchequer upon'
thejsi of. January; 1805, being part of the. Grants
of ,parliament for the .service of the year 1804, ap-
plicable to Army Service 4," And alsti":the Amount
of the Balance in the hands of the Paymaster-Gene-
ral of the Forces on the la, of 'January, 1805.--
/Ordered to lie on the 'l able,. and to 15e priyed.
Oa the Moon of Mr. CALCRAFT a new Writ
'was dire&ed to be issued for the EleCtion of a Mem-
ber for Helston, in Cornwall, in the room of navies
-.Giddy, Esq. who has
~accepted, the Ste Wardship of
\.the Chi:tein Hundreds.
NABOB OF ARCOT's CREDITORS.
HOBuousE moved the Order of the Day. for
-'the consideration of the Report of the 'Committee
on the Petition respeaing the Creditors of the Na-
bob of Arcot.- This being agreed to;
Mr. HOBHO VS.& observed, that before he pro-
• seeded to move for a Bill on this 'sub:tea, he hoped
the House would allow him the liberty to state the .
:grounds on which this application was made: Indian
sub;:ea; were in general of- a very complicated na-
ture, -and often, did not command that attention.
Which their importance deserved and, he was
therefore obliged to an Hon. Member (meaning
Mr. Francis; we believe) at present absent on ac-
count of a domestic misfortune, who. had endea-
voured to rouse the attention of the House to this and-,
other pointi conneEted N:vith India. , ThiS was not only
Important, but extensive also; and'he should be under
' the necessity of-trespassing longeron theattentiou of
the House than:he could have wished. It was Ile-
, c.i2.ssary for him- to advert to the Aa of 1784, on the
subject of these Debts; but he would do it as shortly
possible;as and ifle should fall into any error, there;
were Gentlemen present who would be able to correEt
Aet Was passed in the.2.:lth of the King for
appointing aCourt 'of judicature to try offences, and
for the be.l-ter management of several affairs Con-
. ne6ted with 'lndia. By the 27th clause, the only
one conneaedwith this subjea, • it waienaeted that
;the Court of Direaors should cons:der certain de-
' - rnands of ipriVate individuals on the NabOb of •Ar-
cor.-;. 'that they should give such orders as the case
might require, and, in concert with the i',Thbob,
tablish fluids for liquidating such demands as/should
be found tobe lawful and psi. What was done in
consequence ? The At ..- was-- sent tc; Madras,' and
• there promulgated' in February, 1785; and -it was
' slip elated that the -Nabob, should pay four lacks of
pagodas as .Subsidy to the Company, and, twelve
Jacks .of. pagodas as a fund -for paying the debts to
the Conapany and to individuals. The private ere-
, ditors were divided into three cies*, whoseclahns,,
..originating-at three different periods, athounted
in
-all to about 2,794,0001. These debts were all re-
: gisfered. Fie Would not state wltat ,proportion. of
the 'tWelve -lacks of pagodas went to -pay theCorn-
paiiy and' what.tr,O pay the private creditor, as this
woCtld.lead, WM into too much detail. In February,
1787; a new Treaty was made with the Nabob, by
• which he agreed-to pay the. Company nine lacks of
pagodavas a Military,Subsidy,in time of Peace,
.itio 4 -5 th.:: of leis his revenue in time of- War; but the
were- still: Continued to disfharge thtr
ni•iv:,,te- and publin ckb6. 'But this was so ill
T. la • kB,, remained' due in the
, :‘a attack having been made
t..- Allies whom -they were
th.-'y called for the.4-sths of the
so irregularly paid - that
,Lord
wider the necessity-of taking the
.the supplies into his own hands., pro
Zit 179:: 'another Treaty was made, by
!,, 1-4.;boh ogreed to pay nine lacks as a ?NE-
14`jf iimskiy to the Company ; but,-I,ord Corn-
cntvinc,ed that the Revenue of the Car-
oot equaltO the supplyialthe twelve. lacks,
Jed lacks should be paid for the benefit
ci' the 1-nvate -creditors, leaving the debt. to -the
C,Rtifpany rOr future consideration. 'The last Treaty,
t.L.:LQII last in point-of time, the first in importance,
)
14' the Carritic was,formally vested
iii the. Company, and_ the; six- lacks ordered to be
continued till the private debts were discharged.-
- r. 1.0 consequence of the Act and of these. Treaties
• were, that the. Revenue of the Carnatic-. came into
tou.liands of, the Company, - and flourished. therein
vela 'a mannet, that in 1804,. the regiStered debts
:k.\,,i4-0,411 liquidated: But the Company found' that
• there.wereother dem ..ids upon this Revenue, which
-tory forbad to -be countenanced , till a special eya-
• •mi4.,..tiop,shOuld.take place, anti a report'he made to
••
,of inquiry consequently sat
g0r15,.3,4,11.1-liprts were maLl9 to the Dir.edors;
tt th© moWe4icient examination of these
rae*llds, and oth::4i that: a•piiiitation' was sow

Made to the House. He should have stated here,
that the Company had liquidated some of these
debts, but that there were .mani,-*liich they could
neither immediately reject nor assent to,' and 'there-
fore'they resolved to
.set aside three laCks of pagodas,
with interest, .for the payment of, such as should be
found -due. The Company had aced in the nate4
honourable manner in this affair, and had afforded
an-equal chance to the Native and 'British. Creditor.
The Company were clearly answerable . for these
debts upon the principle acknowledged in the Aa of
1784, and in that of the eed of the King, and must
therefore enter nixie someterms for their
tion. But on what conlitions ? • Why, whatever
might be the difference of opinion respedting the
propriety of seizing the revenues of the Cernatie,
all must allow that those who had .thein ought to be
answerable forthe debts upon them, as long as these
revenues were equal to the just demands upon, them.
The revenus were more than equal to this, as, in
1503-4, the excess above the nine lacks Was up-
wards of eOO,OOOl. and the surplus now was about
400,0001. As to the seizure of the revenue by the
Cempany, he read an Extrael- et a Letter.. from
Marquis Cornwallis, sheaving 'that, in his ()Pinion,
that Nvas a proper and necessary measure. The next
thing was, to state the Plan Which had been adopted
for,finding- out who were the bonalide Creditors.—
Three Commissioners had been appointed in Eng-
land, who were to • examine' every one of these.
debts, and the parties were to be bound by their
decision. Three other Commissioners were ap-
pointed in India to examineiinto the! Claim's: there,
and repert to the Commissioeeis acheate, 'who
were to have the final .determinatibn of the . busi-
ness. No adjudication had been made under this
Commission., and the, cense, would explain the ob-
joe: of the present application. -The Commissioners
kid been ordered to tbr the ve/untary Oaths'of
Witnesses ; and there :was a Clanse in the Ahkern-
powering the Parties to'apply :to Parliament in case
the powers vested in the ;Commissioners shOuld-
by
found insufficient. The Commiasioners, :consider-,
ing the high legal authority against volentery, Oaths,
recommended 'to the Parties to apply to . the Lew;
Officers.of the Crpwn to knoWewhether, iu their:
opinion, 'such Oaths__ ought to be taken. , when there
was to legal power to administer them. They hall
given it as theireopinion, that great doubt existed
trporethis point, and that it would scarcely be safe
for the CoMmissioners, to proceed upon such, Oaths.
The CoMmisSioners.,:therefore, resOl-ed to Make no
adjudication, seed, in justice, to themselves- and the
Parties, they were compelled to say, that the
powers vested , them were insufficient. The'
main objet ofthe Bill for which he would move Was
to _enable the Commissioners to administerOathst,
and .to subjea perjury, in, this case, to the usual
penalties. They -did not wish for the_same powers
as the Public Parliamentary Commissions, .bet left
the punishment of disobedience, &c. to the ordinary,
course of law. He hoped that the decision of the
House would be speedy, and concluded apolo-
gizing for himself in _taking this business upon him,
ekhenhe was himself one of the Commissioners,
but he-had been in 'some measure forced to it by
the entreaties of the Ite-ties. He moved for leave
.to bring in a Bill to enable the Commissioners for
examining the Claims of the Creditors of the Nabob
of Arcot the 'better to carry the Agreement between
these Creditors and the Comeanyieto effect.
Mr. IV KEENE, without objeaing to the mea-
sure /altogether; could not help - considering this
money as no small encroechmeneon what was due
to the Public, which had sUpplied the Company this
year with. one. million sterling., He would after-
wards deliver his 'sentiments more' at length on the
Subjeet,' aiid. point out some material Documents,
Leave was then given.
Mr. JARVIS xose to move for leave to bring in a
'Bill relative to the. Extension of the: Powers, of -the
Admiralty Courts in trying Ode-nees! committed
at a distance on the Sea. Great inconveniency hdd
arisen from the circumstance that personseaccused
of murder, said to be committed at a distance on the
Seas, could not' be tried abroad, &cording to the
forms of the' English Law. A Special Commission
for trying offences abroalhad been issued .by King
William ; but this did not' eeteed te murders.. He
therefore Moved for leeVe ,to bring in a Bill autho-
rizing His Majesty to appoint Commissioners for the
more speedy trial of offences committed at a distance
on the Seas, according to the forms of the 'Comuton
Law.—Leave granted. .
Mr. PERCMIL, in, pursuance of his notice, rose
for leave to bring' in a Bill for making a better pro-
vision foe Beeident Curates. The Bill eveuld be' the
same as that which had received the sanction ef this
House last year.; and though the Noble Lord op
pasite (Porchester) had then opposed it, he hoped
he would have no objeaion to its being brought

in.
Lord PORCHESTER obje&ed to it on the
grounds that it proceeded upon. tho: improper prin-.
ciple of paying the labourer, not according to the
service performed, but according to the value of the
property for which lie laboured. He also obje6ted
to its being :brought forward while a Cothmittee
of the House was sitting on the examination of, the
rettrns of the Bishops repe6-ting the resi&nee of the
Clergy.,
Secretary FOX would not oppose the intro-
ddtion of this Bill—but at the same time concurred
With the 'NOble Lord behind him, that the 'pro-
'vision ought certainly to proceed upon the prin-
eiPle of the value of the service.—Leave was then
(riven.
Sir JOHN Ni WPORT moved for leave to bring in a
Bill to regulate the packing of butter in Ireland for
sale or exportation.—Leave given.
• • Mrr PAULL thought
.that an Hon. Direelor
(HuddleAone), not now in his p'ace, would have
moved for the Paper about-which he had given 'no-
tice, before he (Mr. Paull) brought forward his
charge. rgaitist Marquis Wellesley ; but now, how-
ever, he underitood thal he had abandoned it. He
would, therefore, move on Friday for certain Papers,
to laY the groUnds of his charge against Lord•Wel;'-
losley 5 tasci for Papers for an additional charge re-.
speaing Furriackabad ; cad, that it might not be
said that be dale by a sidd Mind on the House, h
move' for a Paper which would, lay the
grounds fOr a charge of diiea disobedience
the.Ndbie:Wrouii. •
„ CURD-ST. VIN.CENT. .
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observed, that it was is-
agreeabi to hirn--to he trespassing on the attvatica
of the so` often ou this f.ubjea ; but \

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charge of causing unnecessary,. _delay, which .had
been "urged a:;:tinst him, forced him to it. He
Would haVe come sooner tti'the—Mouse upon this
3ubjea,:bad he Ittiown that the Patiirs for which he
snoVed had not been 'produkd;; .buiit. would be re-
colleded, that th.. -other. Paper ballot been printed
till -Saturday before last, and it was then only that
he discovered that these Papers were not. produced.

The Papers _were a.. List Of the Ships of the J,iue
built by contraCt since 1783, specifying the time
and the sums expended on them -;- a statement of
the improper workmanship in the..4ja,t, and anegier.
Ship, with the repairs necessary for them a sche-
dule of the prices in the'Merchint Yards, and in'
Deptford Yard : and statement of the price at
3.lt'Thih a. 74-gun Ship could be built at Dep-tford-
:yAd in 1804.--Another thin (which he -Moved 'for
was, a Book. called' Doomsday, Book„ where the
Ships- built and the.' repairs_ were entered. This,
however, he was willing to wave, that he.riiight,not
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be-aecus'd.d of.,wishingco `4elay the business. He
trusted the House,would supporthim in the pr9ti,nc-

tienof the pther PaperA, and he moved that y the be
produced forthwith.;
Mr, JEFFER Y.•thought he had: great reason to
complain of the dafys -Which had taken pace. 'The
Honourable Admiral ought to have known every
thing about thesePapersa- as to Dodmiday-Book, he
believed if would' be doomsday before, -it was ,tiro;.duC•ed, as he understood _that, the entries had been
discontinued tbr -seven or ten years.: Ile had now
been -waiting for a long ',time, and hoped he would
not ,be•• delayed much longer. The_ reason-.:of .the
delay perhaps was,. that it was thought he would.
abandon his Motion : he never wonld abandon it ;
and be would soon bring, •it forward whether the
Paper's appeared or not.' . •
Adiiiiral MAR in explanation expreSsed
his.surprize that .he. should be charged .with the
delay, when the' -Matter-rested with the proper Of-
fleet* '
L0r4.1-10WICkdid not wish. to interpose may
delay._ The motives of the Hon. Gentleman, 'he was
bOund, as a Merriber.,of Parliament, to suppose pro-
per,.•Of these he would'leave the House to judge;
but in.the, mean 'time he never heard a more ,un •
tbunded accusation than --the present. His Hon
Friend had moved for these Papers. Aniple time
was allowed for their. prodation—why they were
not produced he did not know. The reason might
appear When 'they came for Ward. He would ask no
favour, of the Hon. Gentleman ; but it was for him
'to consider-whether heelwould press his charge on
Thursday. 7 As ;to Doomsday-Book, it waS"singtilar
how a Book of Record of, this, nattuu sboul4 have
been negle&ed for seven or ten yeart tho.fitel. was
as the -Hon. Gentleman had stated it. - If he_had
been in his preseht situation, sooner, he would
have 'deprecated this discussion altogether, as it
Would be prejudicial, to., the public service; but as
it had gone so far, he did .not' wish to delay it.--
The Report of the Committee respeaing the duty
of 3s. payable upon 'houses of a certain description
in Ireland beiw'brought up,- . .;
Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved, That the House
do agree to the Resolutions of the said Corrimit;-
tee. He said he wished to, state shortly to the
House the grounds.. upon which he should pro-
pose to take. off this tax : up to the' year 1793
-houses, in Ireland having but one hearth paid an
annual duty. of 25. but in that year an exemption was
granted by Parliament in' favour of houses of that
.description, provided the.occnpier produced a certifi-
cate to slew the value. of the house. In the year 1785
that tax was continued without the exemption, and
from that time it was renewed annually without any-
exemption. .In the last,Session of Parliament a duty
of 3s. was laid upon :all dwelling-houses not having
more than four hearths, • but it was provided that
this Tdx should not extend to houses below: the- an-
nual value of fifty shilling:. He felt it to be,his duty
to adopt every measure in his power for
.the relief of
the lower classes ofthe people, provided it could be
done consistently with the public service; and, there-
fore, he was induced 'to propose the repeal- of this
tax because .it was.kine which pressed.upon them
severely. It was true tat there was,'' as he had
already stated,ah.exemptionin favour of houses be-
loW a certain value, but this exemption was
the cause of Perpetual disphtes between-the occupier
,of the house and the Hearth-money Colle&or, be-
cause it, nride the latter to a certain degiee the judge
of the value of the house. It was true that the oc-
cupier was not bbrind to submit to the Value which'
the Colleaor might fiX upon his house, but then it
was, necessary that be should apply to his landlord,
or ti). the'person who colic:Lied his rents; and then
he had to 'go hafore.ti Magistrate to, obtain the pro-
per eertificates.; so that in fad his loss of time and
i more than equal to the amount of the
tax. It was upon this ground that. he should move
for the repeal of a tax oppressive in its nature, and
not very produaive in its amount.
Mr. FOSTER said, he felt himself called upon
to say a few -words -upon this-subject. He bad been
under the necessity of proposing this tax last year,
in order to raise- the necessary supplies, but he was
ready to admit that there. was no tax which ought
sooner to be taken off than this one, provided it
could be done with propriety. When, however, he
looked at-the situation Of Ireland, and•of the finances
of that Country,' he could not be an advocate for
taking it off by this short Cut as it Was now propond.
The amount of this tax was about -20,0001.: a year;
and if was true that thd annual produce of the re-
venue ofireland was not equal. to the.expenditnre,-
he did not think:it 'prudent to repeal it without due
examination ; but, he begged to repeat again, that
if it could be done with propriety:he, should be most
sincerely glad of it. Before' the House consented
to repeal it they ought to cOniiderwhat tax they
-could -substitute in the -room of it ; • but this was'
not the time to go into this. consideration, for he
hoped the Right Hod. Baronet did not tßean to go on
this occasion into.a statement of the finances of Ire-
land when, so few Gentle Men &wit that part of the
United Kingdom were present.' The Loan contra&-
ed for the service of Ireland for the present year was
a,very large one, and therefore it would highly im-
proper to take off taxes until s.orrie substitute had
been provided, and he therefore wished this proposi-'
`tin had not been made till the Right Hon. Baronet
opened the Budget, when the House-would have an
oppOrtunity el; seeing whether the tax proposed as a
substitute was or was not more obje6tionable.or more
Oppressive upon the Pocit than .the one which it was.
prop(ksed,to real.. Suppose,.ior instance, the Rt.
!lappet: shguld propose, a tax upon iron as a
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suhstitute, he would venitut to s:l7, that it weal _l
press much mort,hc,4vily upon the lower, ordc:4 of
'society than the present tax, and there would be no

exemption from it. He begged to observe-that the
exemptions granted to the poorer classes in Irttland
were much more considerable than they were iu
England or Scotland. He had thrown out these ob-

sercations not with ..any intention of opposing the
Right Jim ca Bart. because. lie_was,.fully. aw a re..of
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ditliculties of his situation ihe would always make
his Observations freely, but•that .sheuld- he as friend

notan-enemy-T.

t Sir J.NgIizPORT said, ho could !by _no means
tpgree with -the Tight Hon. Gentleman with respLi
to the- amount ;of this tax/ but even. if the arnoullt
were as great as he had stated, he should still propost-
the repeal, as he -did not tilint it formed a part of
the fegular financial systeM of Ireland. It was, as
lie had already stated, oppressive in its _operation,

and was 'calculated to. pio-duce,perpotuar jcalbusies
and discontents.. With respeft to the tax which
he should submit to the House. in diet of the one

I,\ bleb he..tiOw proposed to 'repeal.;- that would be a
subjed" of future consideration. If %could be his
duty on a future;day to state to the douse-the WaSrs

and Means for raising the .Supplies voted' for the
Service of Ireland ; and he would then endeavour

to propose such, a scale of taxation, as; .while'it pro-
vided fox the exigencies of the State, should press-:
as little as possible upon The lower classes of society.
The House •would 'then hare au opportunity
~of
judging and deciding upon the whole of the subjea.
He did not, however, think, that upon the present

occasion, his, proposition should be-,ulet with phan-
toms and with ideal taxes which he might hereafter
propose. He.,alluded to what bad fallen from the ,
Right lion. Gentleman respecting the tax upon iron.
This, as he had already stated, would be a,subjed ok

discussion on a future day. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman had 4dtnitted that'this wa.s an eligible tax to
take plf.if it could be done with propriety, and:he

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hoped that he should be enabled to propose taxes in
lieu of this which would be equally,produalve and
less objectionable. The Right Hon. Gentleman had
stated that o.c.exemption; were,More favourable in
Ireland than ;they were in, England, but it should be

recolleaed that in England th-ere Was a certain crite-
rion to go Lik; viz. the parochial rates, which did not

exist in Ireland,

Mr. LEE said, he wished the Right Hon. Baronet
would state the..amount of:the, tax which lie iiropos-

ed to repeal, as be thought that waka point upon which
the House ought to be put in possession: He' did,
not mean to give, any opposition to the Motion of
but he thought it would be better if the.
Right Hen. Bart. 'had not brought it forward-until
he opened-the Budget..
Sir J: NEWPORT said, he had not the slightest
obje&ion to state the amount 'of thii tax, if he. could
do it, with accuracy ; but the, ..2.14 was, _that not
above one-third
,:of it bad been colleaed, he.could-
therefoie only form a rough estiniate,Of its produce..
cie was.willing, for the. sake of the argument, to
take it at eO,OOOl. though he did not really think .
that it would produce' above 6 or 70001.—With
respea to the other peint, his reason for anticipating
the Budget, -and. bringipg. forward this iVlotion--
present was this, that if he had waited until- that
.period the colteabrin of the tax t-t- the ensuirit year
would have commenced, and then, if Parl?ament
had thought proper to repeal the tax, the cause-'
quenee would he, that part of. Ireland would lava_
paid the tax while the rest would be exempted frata it.
The-Resolution was then agreecrte, and a Bill or-
dered tube brought in thereon 7-;
The. Order of the Day being read for taking into
censideration ftle Report of the Comtnittee respeCting
the Stamp on. Bank of Ireland Notes,
Mr. FOSTER.said, he thought it wotild be much
,better. that the' pratelice in this Cotintry with respec=t
to. Stamps of Bank, of England Notes .. should he,
adopted in Ireland, viz. that the Bank should pay a
regular . compensation in lieu of the.duty of Stamps
but he Wished that the compoSition should be in.:de
betweeneheßank and Parliament; and not between
the Batik and , the . Treasury. This eras a power
which Parliament could exercise itself, 'and therefore
he did not think that it ought to be delegated to
others. It was- his intention, if he had, remained
in office, to
,have proposed .a composition ; bitt it
would have. been, in the manner he had just stated.
He then adverted to
.the Paper Currency of Ireland;
which he said was so excessive as to depreciate itself ;
but this.he thought might be prevented by putting
the Bank of Ireland upon the same footing es all
other Banks, and by. "preveiitiug it' from Making
such large advances to Government upon Treasury
Bill 4. The latter ,he considered as a very desirable
objea; because, by advancing so inuelOnpori Trea-
'sury Bills, the' Bank was - prevented from af-
fording as much accommodation as it'inightOther7 .
wise do to the Public 'hy discount---
A measure had been adopted which would' have the
effe& of diminishing the circulation or. Paper, and.
that was sending Over a large, quantity of silver -ur-
rency into Ireland. fle.did not knovtivbethar this
praCtiee continued ; he hoped it did,- but lie 'would
not pcess the Right Hon.. Baronet for an answer upon
this subject. He objeeted to the Mode of bringing
forward this measure, arid contended, that the plan
now proposed was contrary to former praCtice, be-
cause, when. the Bank compounded before, it was
with the Parliament, and not with the Lords- of the.
Treasury..
Sir JOHN ,NEWPORT ;said, he hardly knew
how to follow the Right Hon. pentlemail in the •
observations which he had made. The Right Hon.
Gentleman had admitted, that if he 'had remained
in office he should have proposed a composition.; but '
added, that he would not have fixed the rate of com-
position ; and that it should be, ,made with Parlia-.
ment and not with the Treasury. He begged leave
to observe, that the Resolution then befdre the
House stated, that it would be proper to compound:
When the Bill was brought in, it would be for the
House to determine as to the quantum of the corn-
position, and the persons with whom the power 'of
making it shotild.be lodged. , That would be the
proper time to discuss. the points adverted to by the .
Right Hon. Gentleman. There was one pal t of the
Right Hon. Gentleman's' speech which 'appeared to
him rather singular: he seemed to wish to diminish the
quantity of Irish Bank Notes in circulation, and yet
he wanted to increase the' accommodation -given by
the -Bank, He did not know.. how the' Bank could
increase its eccOnamodatien, except by increasing its
.issue of -Notes ;• and itappeared,to hill), that it made
no difference- whether the Bank advanced, money

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'upon..Treastn:y-Bills,•or whetner it- aoyanco money
. to-the Public upon :Bills, :Bond?, or other securities.
,'He ltsd no diffiCuhy.in -saying, that as long as the
' restriaion-t:e;petling speciesubsisted, somethingmust
be substituted -in the thorn- °Tit ; and he did oot know
substititte could be resorted to except Bank of
Englai,cl and Bank.of Ireland Notes. With respea to
the question which theitight- Hon. Gentleman had
asked; respecting the. sending silver currency. into
Ireland, he :had no -objeEtion whateVer -to answer.
that 'qUestion. GoVernment had conttaued sending.
over- silVerto Ireland lomg as .the price of silver.
permitted it. Silver currency to the atnount of above
400,0001:had been-sent over, and was discontinued
when. the price of silver rose to ss. 7d. per, oz., It
was 'only -s's., When.they firsthegan to, send over
the'silver. The, sum which' he believed it was ori-
a °iriallyintentied.to send -.to Ireland. was_., 500,0001.
the RIM aaually sent was about 4211,0001. and?he had.
no doubt that if the price of:silver- would permit it,.
Mitiisters-would willingly wake it-tip, to b,oo.,ocioi.
FOSTER lhought, the-silver should
be sent over, ...even tliough Government lost by it.
Tith 'respeß to the COmposition, the Resolution
stated that it was to be.made with the Lords of the
Treasury.... ,
- Sir JOHN NEffPORT was of opinion that the
composition must necess-arily be made with the' Lords
•of the Treasury; otherwisoit'wonld be necessary to
.apply to Parliament every year, 0r..--else to fix it.once
-for all without any regard to -time or circumstances...
•Giving the Treasury a- power to "trtake this compd-
gition with, the Bank Would. .not 'create an improper
.connex.ion between -Mein; or giVe the, former any.
undue influence over the latter; arida was worthy
of notice, that in the year When -the composition was
Suspended, 'the Pottk did advance -a very consider- .1
able Loan. to the Public on-Treasury Bills.
• .- The Resolution 'was then -agreed to, and a Bill
=
ordered to be btonaht in: thereon:
ENGLISH SUPPLY. -

In -a Committee of Supply the Army Estimates
tvere voted, upOn'., as the Secretary at War stated, the
,lame-scale for the same Services as that of last year.
The precise amount of 'the .several Votes we could
not collet, from the inandibie manner in which
they were read by the Chair Man ('..llr.'HAN7cl-HoitN).
The House resumed, and the• Report was ordered
... •
to be brought to to,-n-rorrow. •••
On the Motion of Mr. Jcrrairs, who stated, in
consequence' of an bb,ervation tro:h the Speaker as
. . to the pr6pri6ty ofa previon's notice, that Gentlemen
in 'office 'had no objc(-11ori to his-Motion, it was or-
dered, 'that 'an Acc'Orint .shoilid rroduced of the
- 'Number r;',7 tine-otibAti Frigates which
.w,ere in ordinary on the I st of OStolier, 180 t., she -
ing the'Rep,,--iirs•neoe ssary to put them in commis-
ion, Pic. ' - • •
On‘he Motion of Mr. JAMES FtrZPEIIALD, the:
'A•cond reacl:og- of the Irish Population:Bill was-put
off till the Ist of AUgust.
• The :second reacting of the Land Tax Comrhis7.
sionerS' Bill waSpostpoped till this.day.fOrtnight.
Clerks from the Exchecpier,lhe Arniy- Pay-Office,
the India .Board, and Lb.& London Flour Company,
p..sc.)rtteti certain "Acaoinits-lytiAliant. idorder ; which
were' ordered to be printed.- -
-On--the' Motion of Mr, Vsii*VPARTr. au Account
xras ordered of. the net Produce of 'th'PerTanent
end Taxes, _froth. the' sth 'April; 1805, t 6 the
sth :of April, l 506,. distinguishing e-a.:ch tin-after
,also
,an Account .of the ProdtiCe of the Taxes
upon Customs and Exeise., for three year's, ending
, the sth of April, 1806, distinguishing each Apar-
Mr. VANSITTART said,
.that td -mistake,
.upon opening the Budget, the East India Sugar Was
not included in the proposed Tax upon ,Sugar. To
really that mistake, therefote,The gave notice, that
be should,,on Wednesday, in a Conunitteeol-Ways
end Means, submit a partiCular Motion. •
' The Right Hon. Gentleman also gaVe notice, that
lie would, on Wednesdiv, in a Cofnmittee of Supply,
move for the Grant of certain misCellatieous Ser:-
srices,.includi lir. a Grant to the African CoMpansr,
• second reading of the Ir6ti Duty Bill .wits, on
the Motion of Mr. YANSITTART, postponed till this
day Se'nnight, in- order, as the D.JOYer (Mr. Vansit-
tart) stated, that al' parties interested shOuld 'have a
further. opportunity of Considering:the Measure.
The House, in ,a Cominittee, ',cut through Sir
John Duckwor\fh's Annuity Bill, atiAlhelieport was
ordered to be bronght t to-niorrow---Acljourned.