The Sun.
London, England, 1813-04-13 00:00:00

ell of the City of Londoic, against 'the ,erection of
the Queenhithe Bridge.
Mr. Locitumer gave notice, that on the 13tli
of Mop he would move that the House take into
cot sideration the Report ot 'the Committee on
the Petition' of the 'British American Claimants,
wheti•he should feel it his duty to submit to the
HoOe a Resolution expressive o'f the justice of
the-elaiiu of the Petitioners WI their country fur
eo tupensatio4 and relief.
EAST IN it commirrEE.
The House Iniving resOlved itself into this Com-
mittee, Counsel for the Compauy proceeded to
ex.iiinitie Col. Monroe. The substance of his evi-
.denee WAS similar to that of the other witnesses,
and in favour of the' Company.
Whew' Col. 'Monroe Withdrew, the House re-
sumed,- Mr: Lcs NoTost,repOrteil 'progress, and
obtained leave tip stt again to-morrow.
- Mr. Rtzi,in , gave notice that lie would•move
that the lionse should he called over on Tuesday,
the l Idiot' May. This notice was understood to
be given with a reference to the Bill to be brought
in by Mr. Qrattun iPi favour of the Catholics. but
the few exiilanatory i.v9rds with which Mr. Ryder
prefaced liiK notice were not distinctly heard in
the gallery. ,
•
The House went into a Committe©, on the 'mo-
tion of Mv. Mhicrix,, on the Deputy llemein.-
btancee of the Exchequer's Bill.
Sir;l. GRAI-TAM did not objeet to the principle
of the Bill; but had Many amendinents to move ;
the principal object of which was, t 6 provide a
proper remuneration for the officers of the Court
of Exchequer employed by'the Depoty Remem-
brancer, in lien of the emoluments they at present

received.
• Mr. IL MAuTIN defended the Bill, as oaot
iteriehing on the proper fees of the officers of the
COurt. It went on the same principle as that re-
gulating the office of At comptant General of the
'Court of Chancery, which took from the., eleven
blasters who were not defaulters, the monies with
which they bid ban entrusted (and of which they
bad been accustomed to take the interest), without
making them any renumeration. wislfied the
clauses in the present instance to be gone through
pro firma, and taken into consideration soon
lan' the holidays.
Sir fiesnANl wished to know if the Ho-
koourable Gehtlentatt was willing to let the Bill be
I.e committed, as, he' was not disposed. to give up,
any a his amendments without taking, the sense
of the House ou them.
Mr. MARTix wished the measure to be fully
and fairly considered.
The clauses of the Bill were then read pro for-
,re, and the Muse having resumed, the Report
wa, 'brought tip, and ordered to be taken into
ItAther consideration on Frithty the 7th of May.
GRANT IN AID OF PORTUGAL.

The Howse lathy, resolved itself into &Commit-
ra
tee of Stipp') ,
Lord CASTI.LREAGIT,' in calling the attention of
'the House to the most gracions Message of the.
`rrince Regent, as that
,to Which it rcl,!rred• had
.taz.en alre my several times before the House, and
be not being aware that any thing had Occurred
to intlace them to depart front the line of policy
purstle,d for ae.veral years, he did not feel
it necessary to go inth the subject as it had been
,f4one into 90 former occasions. Satisfied that in
the present state of 'the war, Parliament would
be ready to give to Pottogal the same aid which it
had formerly 'granted, he would' not trespass
longer on' the time of the House, but. holding,
bittp,elf ready to give 'any explanation that might
be.recittii-cd, or to meet any objection that might
lisp isrgea, he should move precisely the Same grant
us ..bad been .made in the last year. l e then
moved, that a anus not exceeding 2,000,0001. he
granted 'to his nijesty, to eniible tri continue
his .pay the PortagueAc troops pow serving, and
to :afford 4.,11:1) other bid to:Partugar as eircurn-
,stancts might require,
The motion wa agreed to.
td)ld CASTLEIMAGA said:the next subject to
which
,he hld to call ilitiattent;;on ut the Commit-
trce„ %5155 the Sicilian subsidy.- The liouse would
rectiliect that this was a grant t'o which the, faith
of the entintry was pledged. Itegulatioos, hoW-
evert,.had been, itAtte since the subject was 'before
the ihst Parlialient, which might supply an ad-
dirional indneement to conic to the Vote he should
te!',Orionend:i nsov,.,A Co, grant of a stun nOt
r. ces ' 400,000/: to enabh.., his Majesty 'to
make ototid his engagement:B with the Government

Mr. \Vitt-ma:An wished to know what were
regalations alluded to' by the Noble Lord,
as likely to induce the Howse to come to Otis
vet wit!) ino+re than usual alacrity, and ,t/he-
u,( r the advantages hel.l out were likely to be

re.tlizcd ?
Lord CASTLERE4GII felt he. might be to blame.
for not having gone more into the subject. The
trcaty recently concluded with SiCily being before
the tion-se„ he had assumed the [louse t(i be in
of. :cts contents. :By that nearly two
thitti,i tite`subsidy wete put undeti the care of
Cie Commander. in ,5.101. y; ninl were made
generally the`tiervice lit the Mediter-
rc.tteln, t,(7.11`, were at.prellent 6,000 men actinttly
serving in Spain, who were Inuit Out of .the sith-
sidy, winch wa much ratite generally applicable
to the e'Aigeneies of the war thaL'i formerly. By
the treaty, more than half the forces of the Sicilian
(.lute trinieut were placed ,under the British Cont-