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IMPERIAL LP.dRLIJME

HOUSE OF PEERS.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7.

Hosaausc, and several- other Members .of,
the House-of Com Mons, brought up the Malt Duty
Bill, and the PensiOn, &c. Duty Bill which were
lead a first time.. .

The Duke of.Noßrouc. gave notice that lie should
rrime,iDtilivloaclay, to po,stpone•the consideration of,
the Petition of a Person claiming the Barony of
Howard de Walden, to the loth of February.--Ad-
journed
_till to-morrow (this day).. , • ,

HOUSE OF, CO2111110117'S:
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7.

Mr. BOWMAN brought
.up, :the fot regulating
the Fisheries- of the River TW eed,-4Setid a first.time,
and ordered to be read a second timer;,,,,,
Mr. VANSITTART moved the‘ Oaer the Day
for the third reading of the Malt Duty. Bill.—Real
accordingly the third time, pasSed, and ordered to
the Lords.

Upon the motion of the same Gentleman, the
pension Duty Bill was also read a third time, passed,
and ordered to the Lords.
Mr. VANSITTART then moved, that an Account
of the net Produce of the War Taxes and Perma-
nent Taxes for two years, enditi-q the sth January,
1807, be laid before the House, distinguishing each
year and each quarter.
The .Exchequer. Bills .Bill, for granting
.to His
Majesty•the sum of 10,500,0.001. to be. raised by.
Loans or Exchequer Bills, was then brought up by
Mr. VANSITTART, and, On his Motion; read a first
time, and ordered to be read a second time tomor—
row.

HoBMoUSE brought in the Annual Qualifica-
tion
Indemnity Bill.—Read a first time, 'and ordered
to In read a second time to-morrow;,'''''' • -
Lord 03SULSTON acquainted the House that His
Majesty had been waited upon' with the Address
voted unanimously, sth instant,l and that His Ma-
.
josty was .graciously pleased to return the following
• Answer--
" GENtLEmEN, • •

" I thank the:House of Commons for their
.loyal and duti-
ful Aiddrv4s, and receive with satisfaetion your assurance thit,
the Restoration of'Peace has been pravented only by thoin-
ordinate ambition of the Enemy. I rely with confidence
upon the elfecl'of those exertions which my faithful Com-
mons shall think necessary fur the vigorous 'prosecution of
the present Contest, to maintain, the Dignity of my Crown'
and secure the Happiness ofmy People;"
CONINIITTEE OF SUPPLY.

On the Motion of Mr. ILONTOTTART the House
resolved itgelfinto a Committee't Of Supply;Mr.
CALCRAFT having moved, that the Ordnance Esti-
mates be referred to the said Committee.
IIIr.CALCILI FT, in rising to move the Ordnance
Estimates, felt much sattisfadion; that-it would not
be necessary for him to detain the Committee- by
observations of any length; that if, however, there
were any topics that required further explanation, or
;ny questions that Gentlemen might deem it necessary
to propose to him, he should willingly answer such
questions, and, if he. could, adeqUately. He had an
additional satistaaion in being enabled to inform the
Committee the there was a' considerable redti6tien
in the Estimates he had now to submit to' them,
compared with those of laSt year; he did not mean, in-
statini
.this, to claim any extraordinary, acknowted
meat of merit as due to the present Board of Ordnante,-

be rather thought that the present redu6tion.might

more justly be-imputed to the adeqhate suppliei'of
former years, which, in faciiihping the progress of
the public works, had lesSened the grants of money
necessary' to support them. If the Board of Ord-
name had any china to merit, it was for'the uni-
form zeal with which the Board resisted all the pro-
jeas of expenditure that had been submitted to them,
consulted upon all occasions the most prac;tical
economy. The principal redutaions were owing to the
completion of those great. works in Kent, and Upon
the coast of Sussex, which, while erecting, were pro-
dative, of an expence of no incOnsiderataie magni-
tude,. The Stun now required would _be found
to be
.000,00'01. less than that voted last year, and:
this too notwithstanding the increase of 1400 men
in one battalion of foot artillery, the increased ex-'
pence. of 'the establishment of 'engineers, and the
augolentation of pay to the artillery granted by his
Majesty. thiS tin co:fold addition to —ar 'expendi-
ture would amount io • 150,0001. so that had there

not been :t redu&iotr of 600,0001. the - necessary
•supply would amount to 750,0001. more than ,was
r ow requiiO.
As to tilt! Ordnance Estimates for Ireland, the di-
minution would be found to be in the iiathe pro-
, m tion, and to be :I‘wribed to the same cause and
iii general he could say, and it was great satisfaCtion
lu nitn that he felt warranted in saying, -that who-

ever shoulii have thc honour cfdiscitarging, next

year, the duty he was now called upon to p7jrtbrin,
wouid yet have amore pleasing task, as the reduc-

13, .
Lion would, by that time; still-greater, as the

lines of CliathauL arid the grimt works now carrying

on at DOver and the Coasi, would, by that time,
completed. He had but one observation more

to .make, that stnce the Estimates had, been, laid
upon the table, an advance upon the Vote of Credit
_ _

bad been made to the araount of 1400,0001:; be
should, therefore, from the sum Originally required,

make a dedu6tion to that amount. He did not
think it necessary to detain the Committee further

than by' stating, as at first, that 'he was very will:ng
to give every information in. his power to any Gen-

tlenian, and listen with respe& to any sag.

gestion the Hon. Gentleman opposite to him (the
Hon. Wellesley Pole), so conversant in business of
this kind, should think it necessary to offer.
The followina sums were then voted without any,
observation.

To defray the charges of Ordnance for the year
rBos, not mad:: good by Parliament , - 30 r,406 9 3
To defray ditto, &c. ibr thc. year 18;6 - 262,365 l4 2
FOT charge of Or mance tor sBo7 - , - 2,278,197 'o
For charge of Ordnauce'b 1 reland - 479,246 19 7
The abOve Report was ordered to be received to-
morrow, and the Conimittee of Supply to sit main

on Friday. -
The SPEAKER lairaled the HOuse that to-mor-
row, being the day fixed ni:on.fOr balloting for. ti
Committee to decide upon the double return tOr the

Borough of- . Horsham, in -Sassex•, should aitert4
. .

• ,
to take the Chair at half-paSt three o'clock, and pro-
ceed to count the House at a, quarter before fount,—
Adjourned.

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