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every thing he bad been able to dicover, the articles
were of the vel.y-begiquality. Burin SO -doMplete
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an absence of all check on the extent-and tia:ture of
the charge, it hecame his duty to-advert to the above
circumstances. tie had so statedit oti a former day,
and now he could not contradict what he then ,tltated:
If he did not find credit•for his statement before
proceeding to prove it, he- knew he should do "so
when the Documents Were laid before-the
He felt much obliged to the night lion.- Gent:lt-Mari
for moving for these Papers, or any others which
could throw .additional light on the subject. Fie
Must state that it would take avery considerable
time before the Papers could be produced, a delay
which would principally arise froth the state of the
Accounts themselves. He had therefore made the-
necessary inquiry as to what Papers could be produced
this Session, and; after the Hon. Gentleman's Mo-
tion should bj assented to, he should more for-the
production of such Papers: RAI of 'his Plan he
might thus be. obliged to postpone till'next Session;
keeping in view, however; thenecas=sity of the im-
mediate adoption of that part of it which regarded
the balancing of the'•aceountsevery 'year; in the
same manner with mercantile bodses: Any delay,
however, he assured the House, should proceed, not
from an idea of abandOning the Pjan, but from a
wish and expe6.lation of being 'able to bring it to
greater perfeCtion. '"

Mr.. PERCIV>IL thringht, that 'instead of being.
Hon„
offended at his Right otf„Friena for any ;thin,
lii which had-fallen from'M,'.flie-Noble Lord ought
to e been obtiged td Friend for
'affording hi,n ,an opportunity of doing,nway a false
. impressionhis.foriner statenl,eqt bad created,
and which what had. fallen.,frnin, him this night
was not altogether calculated to remove., By the
very circum,tance of calling thern arrears,. ideas bad
been excited in the public that there were millions of,
arrears of balances outstanding; instead, as the No-
ble Lord must have meant hi tuself ,to be understood,
that these were only arrears: of 'accounts. If the,
public expeded that these were arrears of balances,
'and that they would produce a great deal of tr.oney,
they would be much disappointed. was a matter
ofdciubt,if, Oa the whole of those accounts, a single
iota of balatice remained.

, Lord H. PETTY explained, that the arrears he.
had alluded to were.,surely arrears t)f. Accounts.-.-
What the loss to the .Pubhew these Accounts might
be it was impossible to say till the balances were
ascertained., tie was surprised, he cenfessed, at the
observation of the Learned Gentleman, as if it bad
ben blameable in hirn at every-repetition of the word'
arrears to omit adding the words " of accounts."
Arrears of ,Aecounts were the subjea under inquiry;
ind nothing else but Accounts could be meant.

Dr, LA IFUNCE thought the obiertion one of
the most absurd 3.rhich could well be figtarid. The
turns talked of were nearly equal to 0.41- National
Debt, and yet it was alledgedthat there were people
o ridiculous as to suppose that such sums could be
in a staEa of balance. How, then, could it be con-
ceived that the Country had been carried on
Mr. PERCIVAL and Dr. LAWRENCE mutually ex-
plained.
Mr. HUSIELISON supported the idea of Mr. PER.-
01.YA1L.."

Mr. WILIStRFORCI3 thought his Hon. Friend un-
der him (Mr. Rose) a little too tender as to persons
Supposed to hold balances in their hinds. And his
Learned Friend (Mr. PEAcivA.l2) had distinguished
between arrears of halances.and arrears of accounts.
unsettled, as if.the latter were not a great evil.
Mr. PERCIVAL explained.
Mr, PAULL thought the faez of there being Ac-
counts unsettled to the amount of 450 millions atibrd-
ed prima facie evidence that there would be great
balances due.

Mr. W. DUNDAS said, that from a new mode
adopted in the War Office as to Regimental Ac-
Counts in the year• 1798, by the Ruiistitution of
monthly, instead of haft-yearly payrnents,- the Ac
counts there would speedily be made up.
The SECRETARY at :Wail concurred in this State._
ment.

Mr.. Rost replied generally; when the Motion was
agreed to. He also moved for Copies of all Letters
from the Paymasters respeCting delays in making up.
the Accounts, and far-a variety of other Papers con-
ne:aed with-the subject; -all of whiCh were agreed
to.

Lord HENRY PETTY then moved'for 2 variety of
other Papers connected with the same subjeEt,
lie expeCted might speedily be prodUCed ; all of
which were ordered.
The SECRETARY at WAR brought up the Bill for
regulating. Chelsea Hospital, and for better providing
,for the Army at different periods of their service,
agreeable to the-Plans submitted by Mr: Windham ;
which were read a first time. -• _

On the Motion for the second reading, Mr. Pik,
CIV-A.L again asked if an Estimate of the expellee of
this innovation swas ready to be laid before the
House ?

. Tlse SECRETARY at WAR said, such Estimate
Would be before the House against the period of the
second reading. 7 -
General TARLETOII renewed his complaint as to
the House being kept in ignorance on the Subjea of
the Army Estimates; when, after some conversa-
tion, the Bill was ordered to be printed, and to be
lead a second t►me on Monday sennight.
Lord TEMPLE then moved the third reading of the
Tortola Free Port Bill. ,

Mr. Ron renewed. his: objeaions to the Bill, •in
Which he was supported by Mr. Husxlssog: .
Mr. PERCIVAL dwelt strongly upon -the objections
to the measure, to which no answer had or could
be attempted to be made by Ministers, 'who seemed
resolved to carry through the'Bill in silence.
The
.question was called for, when the House
divided, •
For the third reading, Ayes; 35—Noes, 12---Ma-
jority '23. - „

The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
On our return to the Gallery, we found Mr. Rosa
moving for the Copy of a Letter from the Secretary
at War to the Counniisioners of the Treasury, re-
SPeaing Trotter's proposals for supplying military
Mores.

Mr. YANSITTART observed, that it was the wish
or Aliniiters to lay before the House every • intbrtna
Con that could be conslitentlydesixed upon any pub=
subjea, and therefore there could be ub ob,iealou
to this Motion.,
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Mr.Loso expro.-ivA higconviEtinti that the House„
spew Will fully 4ufguaeti, swo i itt uci talanie

could be imputed to His Majesty'g.late Ministers fc)r
this or any .part of the transaetien elluded ;to in the
late, Speech, of the Chancellbr of the Eke-ht.-her. It
would appear,he was,satisfied that the bitlances due;
or Still
.unaccounted for, were not attributable to•any
1. remissness .or undue impartiality on the part of the
Administration he referred.to. • ', •
Rosa'.a Motion was agreed to. . •
The: House. having resolved into a Cdthrnittee of
Supply,. on the. Motion of Lord HENRY PETTY, it
was voted, that .300,0001 e should be granted for the
use of .the Ofcers and-Seathen engaged in the aetion
off Trafalgar. The Report *as ordered to be brought
up on Wednesday..
. Sir Jbny NEWPORT moved the Order of the Day
for going into a Committee on the Irish Customs'
Bill.
• Mr. Fostik.hoped the Right Hon..-Bart. aVould
not proceed upon this Bill in so thin a House.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT said,. that there was no
ground whatever for postponing the discussion of this
Bill. It had undergone a yery•full discussion last
night, and only went off upon the assertion of the
Right Hon. Gentleman that the. Schedule -of the
Drawbacks was not in the Bill. The fa& was; the
Schedule was in the Bill, and that by some means
or other it dropt out upon the Table; and was found
there after the.discussion. He would ask the House
whether, after the full investigation of the subjeCt
which had taken place, this further attempt to delay,
the passing, of the Revenue Bills could be 'consider-
ed Many other light than as a litigious and vexatious •
opposition, Ca4.l.culated only for the par,iose of delay.
Mr. FOSTER said, that since the Right Hon.
. Baronet bad -thought proper-to throw an imputation
upon him, he would convince the House that it-was:
iMpossible that the Sehedule could be in the Bill ;
for in the Resolution of the Committee of Ways and
Means, upon which the Bill was founded, this
. Schedule-was not to be found,• and consequently it
could not have been regularly in the Bill. •
Sir Joittaiewpowr asserted that the Schedule
Was the strongest proof of which wish
that it .was referred to in- the Bill.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee,
Mr. ALEXANDER in the Chair.
Me. FOSTER said he would not repeat his
jeaions
,to this Bill, but he wished to understand,
in point of form, whether, as the Schedule of the
-Drawbacks was not voted in-the Committee of Ways
and Means, it could now form a part of the Bill ?
Tice SPEAKER said; that as the effeEt of these
Drawbacks was to lessen, and not to increase, the
Duties, he conceived they might then be inserted in
the Bill.
The Bill-then went through the Cothmittee, and
the Report was ordered to be received on Wednesday.
The Irish Malt Duty Bill was read a third time,
and paced.
The Irish Additional Force Bill went through a
Committeee--Report on Wednesday.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee
on the'lrish Stamp Duty Bill. " • •
Sir JOHN NEWPORT proposed a Clause to prevent
the Evasions of the Duty on Insurance, which was
praetised by completing part of the Insurance-in one
Country and part in the other..
Mr. FOSTER approved of the Clause, and suggest-
ed the propriety of introducing a general provisioo
by which every kind of instrument which had been
stamped in Great Britain might be produced as evi-
dence in Ireland.without being re-stamped, and vice
versa. •
Sir JOHN NEWPORT approved of the suggestion
of the Right Hon, Gentleman, but did nut think
that it applied to the present ClaUse.
Mr. VANSITTART said, he thought the Law
had been as the Right Hon. Gem. proposed to make
it, and there could be no doubt that it ought to be
so ; -.hut it would be better to make it the subje& of
. a separate Bill. ,
Sir JOHN. NEWPORT proposed ,several new
clauses to' the following effea : that the Stamp Duty
on PowerS of- Attorney to execute leases should be
paid by the-Lessor, and not by the Lessee ; that per-
sons taking out same licences should take them out
at the Office next to their place of residence, or else
at the General Office in Dublin ; that no person
should . be,iicensed to deal in Stamps where there
was adistribator of Stamps ; which were agreed to.
The remainder of the Bill then •went through the.
• Committee, and the Report was ordered to be re-
ceived on Wednesday.
Mr. FOSTER moved the Order of the Day for go-
ing into a Committee to take into consideration the
Irish Mail Coach Ae-t
Mr. FOSTER, moved, that the Chairman should
apply. to the House for leave to bring in a Bill to
amend. the ,
Sir JOHN NEWPORT observed,' that froth all
he had heard upon this subject, the best way would
be to repeal the -Bill altogether. At all 'events he,
on' the part of-the Irish Government, deprecated any.
attempt to impose upon, that .Government the re-
sponsibility- of superintending the
.future arrange-
ments under this Ad, which he understood was in-
tended.
'•‘ Mr. FOSTER assured the Right Hon. Baronet
that no suchh-tbing as he alluded to was at all in con-
templation, With respeCt to the complaints against
the Bill tinder consideration, and the Petitions on
the Table respeCtine them, he.hadereason to think
that the proposed amendments would reconcile all
parties to the .measure.
Col. FAutxtvea, Mr. PARNELL, Mr. FITZGE-
RALD (of Kerry), Mr. FRENCH, H. HAMIL-
TON, Mr. J, Daa.,;,,and Col. \TERMER, made some
observationS' upon the.measure. Their general opi-
nion was, 'that the Ad; under certain modifications,
would beluite unobjeCtionable, , particularly as the
. Right Hon. Mover's purpose now was, to-leave to
the Grand Juries of the several COunties, with the
assistance of proper engineers, the arrangement .of
the different Roads in future.
The House resumed, and leave was given to bring
in the Bill ; which is to be printed and circulated in
Ireland, in-order that all
,parties concerned may have
atvopporynity of examining its provisions.
Mr. ALEXANDER hi-ought up the Report of the
Irish Revenue Regulation Bill.—Agreed to, and the
'Bill was ordered to be read a third-time on Wed-
nesday.
••The third reading of the Property Bill was, post-
, poned 01 Wednesday, to which day the Douse-ad-
journal.

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gATURDAY, MA'Y' Z 4, 1806.

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WE received last bight Paris and Dutch Pafiers;
the farmer to the 17th, and the lattr to the 22d inst.
from which we have riade several Eitra&s. The
king expe6led change in the Government of Holland
.has not yet taken place, :but though that event May
have. been retaided
by:the opposition whiCh it has
'met with from all claSses. of the People; we are con-
vinced that it will very soon take place It is
stated that BONAPARTE intends Making a
,jour-
ney to Brussels. The object 'of his • visit to that
City is tiot stated, but as he is to be accompanied by
Lotiis Boxi,ARTE, it is most probably cooneaed
stritb the intended changes iii Holland. These Pa-
pers contain no ,intelligence either from Germany or
the South of Eulope. The report of the evacuation'
of Cataro is not mentioned in any of the Fiench
PaPers:

The Session of the French Legislative Body 'elokd
on the 12th inst.

The French Funds are 6 L--4go.

THE SECRETARY at WAR (General FITZrATEICK),
lastnight, after paying a warm tribute of applause to
the Managers of the Impeachment against Lord Vis-
count MELVILLE, concluded with a. Motion that
Thanks of the House should be given to them fbr
their faithful management 6f the Trust reposed in
them. This Motion was agreed to with one dissent-
ing voice. The SPEAKER then addressed the Mana-
gers, and delivered a high eulogium on-their condua
upon the occasion referred to. The SEcarTArri at
WAR then expressed his hope, that though his for-
mer Motion did not pass nem. eon. yet' that the one
Which he .bad now to offer would obtain the
mous approbation of the Hou.se- He then moved
that the Speech of the SPEAKER should be printed.
-=-Mr. PERCIVAL declared that he should not OppOse
this Motion, or deny that.it was 'authorised by, pre-
cedent ; but he signified that. he should probably
consider it as his duty to bring forward a Resolution,
on a future day, for the purpose of withholding a
Vote, of Tiianks, on similar occasions, till the final
conclusion of a Trial.

We have authority to state, that on Friday next
Mr. WiNDHAM_will lay his Plan for Recruiting the
Army before the House of COmmons, when its im-
portance, and the expeCiation it has excited, will
engage a full attendance. Its merits will then 13.?,
duly appreciated; -it will receive such improvements
as it may still be capable of; and will, we have no
doubt, prove the most probable and best mode of
inc.-easing our Regular Army.

THEIR MAJESTIES had a Seleft party on Thursday
to celebrate the Birth-day of the Princess Euza,
BETH. Among the company, were, Earl CHOI-
MONDELEY, Countesses CHOLMONDELEY and WEST-
MORLAND, Lord CATHCART, Lady WALDEoa4vE,
Generals.FriZßOY, DE BUDE, and HARCOURT, CO-,
lonels SNEYD, TAYLOR, and
sDESBROW, and the
Hor.. Mr. VILLIERS.