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PARL.LIMENT.

HOUSE OF PESRS.
'JULY
thern Appeal " The puke of Hamilton v. Scott,"
'At'. Adam was heard for the Appellant, and Mr.
A.l,exander for the Respondent.
,Mr, Hobitou4e, N r. WhArton, Mr. Davenport,
I.ord*Headley, and sevell other Members of
.the
Rbu.Se of QOlll4-1011t, brought up the Sierratteone.
and someprivate Bills; which were read a first
The Exchequer Bills' Bills.his Majesty's Property,
, Bill, and the Indemnity Bill were 'read. a third time
and'Passed,
Milibtry Inquiry Bill, the Malt Regulation
Bill, 'Prt.d :MeruberS' of Parliarnent•Equity Bill, were
rFtd a second time, and commitivd for tcl,rnorrow.
The. Irklt In,zurreaion Bill, theirish Annuities'
Irish Fisheries' Bill, and the Curacoa Free
l'tt .Bill passed through Committees and were re-
port,* •
.The Earl of .KlNPSTolllcomplained of a misre-
presentation in a Morning Paper, ot what he had said
on the preceding evening. He was stated to have
r:onveyed a strong censure on the, Magistrates of the
County of, Sligo, which he did not, and for whom, on
she contrary, he had a high respe.!ol. He had tt'tought
it necessary to state this; in order to prevent
presentation
.in future; and it he refrained from Call-
ing the Printer to theßar, it.was only in the hope
that he would he.more cautious in future, with re-
speCt.to what he inserted in his Paper.
-Adjourned till to-morrow (this day). • ..'

HOUSE OF COMMONS,
THURSDAY, JULY 30.

.. The SitCRUTARY.at \VAR presented, a Ili! torn of
theyacanties now exiiiting atnengst,the, Officers of
Miltlia avgiments, and of the. Regiments in 1,yllic11.•
such vacancies existed ;- also Estimates of'.the pro-,
lkible Expellee of the Volunteers ; were re-
51;e6lively'orderecl to lie'on the table.
A. Person' from the Exchequer. presented an
Account, lifiewing the* issue' end application of
3,;,00,0001. :being the surplus. of the Consolidated
Fund, from the. 6th of Jan.l t 3 6 , to the 6th of Jan.-
lan7,—Ordered to lie on the table.
The Malta Tracl6, 011 ;,.Lis reed a second time. 4nd,
ordered to be committed, to-morrow. '

Mr. Hontrousa .brought 'Op the Report of the
Comtnittee tespeMing the propriety of allowing the
inportation of SVvediNh Herrings, which, Lifter a
short- conveniation between, Mr..Roy,e, Mr. Lushing-
trwi,.and Mr. Dovies'Giddy, was agrecd to, and it
1;11 ordered accordingly.
Dr. CjARKft presented, from .the Commissioners
55f the Royal Naval A.sylurn, theirseveral'annual Es-.
ijilliqe6 and A4counts.—Or4eicti to Illy upon the

The Spsocgu 901u:111 14. d the libuse,, that thp
Cleirk had prepared (he East India Judicature Lists
wording to law.

gxpiringWC Bill was reported, and order-
t:;1 try bt: reao a third time to-morrow.

Mr.- tio...:uousit brought up a 'for repealing
the Diities oil ct•rtoill Foreign Afticles exported from
revnt 111ltain to Irekind whie)l was rend a firmt time..
31)(1 oed,:reti' to be fetid 'a ;ecotid time' to-morrow.

The. Surrey 4nd Middlesex. Police Bill, and the
ewlee Warehousing Bill, were reacf.a third time
slid passed; ai was also the East India Company's
Bond 713i11,, aftvr a short conversation between Mr.
Cavevtv, Mr. Du tams, Lord FoLathloNgi•Gtherill.
TARLETotti Mr. WHlTlntikri, and Mr. G. Jonsi7

STO N 14;
Mr. Honnow3t, brought up„the Report of the
Committee of Supply yesterday, ,which was agreed
to, a verbal Amendment: in, the Resolution
ter. the Grant,respeeting the Harbour of.Dundrum.
The Post-Office Bill, the American Colonies Bill,
and the l'ablie Accountants Bin, :passed. severally
eireugli Committees, and were ordered to be re-
roiled tomniorrow.

The House having gone into a Committee to con-
*iderat the propriety of Exempting the Sales of
\\lot India Produce by the West India llook'Com-
viloy from the Dtity upon Auetions, a Resolution to
tliotetled %%Piiti agreed to, and the House having
Lime re-
*d; the Chairman Moved ioi, and obtained leave
to bring in a Bill accordingly.
A Message from the Lords informed the' HOuSe,
that their Lmiships had tweed to the Qualification
bideninity till, their Majesty's PrOlierty, and the
I.:Atetiner Bills, togethervith sevelid other 'Bills,
witliont any amendment. ' • ••• •

poot.E ELECTION.
. .
The Order of the Day for bringing Mr. W. Spur-
rier to the Bar"of the House, in order to his' being
cii:,charged, being read,' he was accordingly brought
the Bar, when. the. SYCAKfiII, addroaaed bite to
till' following effect

!•- WilliaM Spurrier—Complaint • being been
tvi)itie to this Hoist!, that the e3ecution of-the Writ
tor the Election of Burgesses to serve in this Podia-
l'itnt for 'the Town ithd. County of the Town of
Volr, was
,unduly detained, several persons were
oriii:tnined at the Bar, touching that transaction, and
by the ,evidence that Writ was traced to your pos.
On your own examination, whit ) was not
Withoutan endeavour on yourpart at concealment,
it appeared, that the Writ had been detained by
.yon, troll motives of undue partiality and tiwour
4,ith respek to the issue of such Elation, to the
hiodrance of the freedom and impartiality of Elec-
tion,,and in• breech of The privileges of thia..House.
That such, manifest .reistondudt might hot be. suf-
fered topuf unpunished, you. were, committed' to
the custody' trf the Serjeant at Arms, and, if the
Onositt has forborne to press upon you with great
a•Terity, it kk as not; because it considers your &tilt
as light end venal, but in the contemplation of rhea-
s as to he taken, in order to prevent the occur-
of such 'criininal behaviour . in future, which
renderE the benefit of example in. •your- case less
.flecos4ary. Your Petition has, stated your contrition
tor yotar offence:,
,the Haase has therefore.ordercd
you to be brought to -the' Bar for the .putpose .of
heing,clisehargeci, and you are distharged accord-
BARRACK BUILDINpS.,
MANNING, referring to the statement of the
Fonrth Report.. of the Commissioners of Military
lesuiry, wished- to. be Informed it' 1114 steps had
Ewen, or were meant, to. be taken, with respek ,to -the
r Barracks, of which it apperrred no Acconnts had

Accounts, who represented himself as having claims
on Goyernrnopt to. be amount of ahnut fi bo,aool.
while ih9 resu
lt of the investigation of the Cow-
mi,:sioners.of Military Incitiry seemed to amount to
t his: r-that he. was already greatly over Paid:, ' s- .
Mr. PERCEVAL infOrmed the Tion. Gentleman,
that different, suggestions on the subje& to which he
referred, had been made to Government; which they
were in the course of considering, - and he might
rest assured that very poisible attention should be
paid to the interest of the public in these different
reveals.

farther
considered ori Monday.
After a few words frnm Mr. W,INDuAm, Lord
'HENRY PETTY and the CHANCELLOROt the EXCHE-
' 'QUER; in which it was declared to be understood,
that the, agreeing to the Report of the Militia 'frank;
fer Bill on Monday should not argue that it was..to,
be read a. third time on Tuesday, this mode of ad-
judmerft was understood to be agreed xo.
Mr. WINDHAM then moved,•that.there be laid be
:fore the Houie an Account of the number and
• effective Force of the Army at Ist of March, 1805,
6, and 7. Also. of the number of those who at
• these different' periods hadenlisted from limited to
'unlimited Service ; and of the number of desertions.
Ordered. •
Mr. Wts,lnuam put a question to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer,,as .to the Expense of. the Waggon
Train ; hitt both question , ana answer were convey-
ed in -a tone so much resembling .a whisper, thet4e
were unable to colle& its imPott., • .
' • MILITIA COMPLETION MI
On the motion of Lord CASTLEREAGH the House
went into a Committee on the British Militia Corn.
pletion Bill. • •
' Inthe course of going through the Clauses, hew-
ever, they were so worded as to apply to England
.
and Wales only.
When the Committee came to the .clause. by
which.it was provided that parishes,. Sze' should pro
ceed from three months to threemonths, to Make
up the number of men required, ••••
Lord CASTLEREAGH' proposed, and
,it was agreed,
ter,.thatthit:Ballot should -cease, at.. the end, of six
months ; but for the accommodation of counties,
places, &c. requiring either, amended lists..4ir.'4l6w.
lists; it was Ordered that a farther period, with the
approbation of - his Majesty, 'he allowed, viz. for.
amending such lists, an extended period 'Or—rine
Month, and where new lists should be deemed ne-
cessary, period .of two. 'nu Thus, in one
way, the period of competition with the recruiting.
under Mr. Windliain's plan would be limited to se-
ven months, and in the most extended sense of it,
could only go to eight months. •
When the Committee came to the Clause which
regulates the commencement of the next Bal-
lot, the blank was filled up, with the words ei slot
until the ist of January, 1810." • ,
Mr. 13IDDVLPH proposed a new Clause, declaring
in substance, that no Peer of the Realm, Ecclesi-
astic, or other person'posseSsing an income of. 500 i.
per annum, or upwards, shall be-entitled. to • claim
the exemptions to which they might otherwise be
entitled. This gave rise to a good deal of discus-
sion. •The motion wait seconded ,by ' Lord 'Milton,
who expressed his strong conviBtiial, that if we c,6010
not euttrely do away 'the inequality of the Ballot,
we ought at' least to make the • measure as little
burthensorne as possible to the poor; 'with reseed
to those who had property to defetid, if they were
unable to serve in person, it was but just tha. they
should contribute towards the defence of their pro-
perty. . •
The CHANCELLOR of the I4XCHECIVER, Lprd CAS-
TLERE:wiI, Sir LAIMENCE,PALK, Mr.-LOClthAlitT,
and the LORD ADVOCATE of .SCOTLAND, opposed
the Clause, alledging that this depriva.cion of 'ex-
emption would extend too, generallY to the infirm
and aged; to women and children, and that it would
not he ad.;...quately pronor4kned to ditiereut variations
of Iticeme. • •
• Upon n division, there were--.--for the Clause a.—
Against it 6t.
Several new Clauses were brought up• by Lord
CASTLEREAGH, which were all agreed to;. and a
great number of verbal 'amendments made. •
The House resume .1, the Report was brought Up,
and ordered to be taken into fUrther consideration
on. Monday next, a..d the Bull was ordered to be'
printed.. .
The Report of the Militia. Transfer Bill was 'or-
. tiered to be taken into feriherconSidaation on go-.
day. Bill also to' be printed.
' The Hotl7,e well; into, a °committee on the.
,Spirit
Duty and Drawback Ads.. •
On the motion of Mr. '(-Tostussost, it was resolveat,
that the Chairman should. move for leave'to bring
in a Bill to suspend, for a: time to be limited, the
Drawbacks upon Spirits• made or distilled in Great
Britain or Ireland, and .:exported,froin one part. of.
the United Kingdom :to the other.... The Houk re-
sumed, and Mr. Hohhouse obtained leave to.bring
in a Bill ptirsnaet to the Resulutions. . • •• •
The other Orders of the Day were. then disposed
i of, and the House adjourned.