The Sun.
London, England, 1807-07-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF C,0,1121MV5.,

wF.DNESDAY, JULY 8. •
Mr. Young, froM the Office of the CoMmiisioner
of CustoMs; presented- an AcCount of the Number
of British and Forcigit Ships employed In
Trade; for the three years ending Jan. 5, 181)7;
shewing the number that had' entered in Wal ds and
cieared outwards ht each year.--Ordered to be Lid
on the table.
Mr. Robinson, from the London Deck Company,
presentedan
.2V:count of their Receipts .twit Disburse-
Ments for the last year; &c.--Ordered to beilaid on -
the table.
On the motion of 'Mr. FaEtran, the Irish Crimi- •
nal 'Prosecution Fees- Bill was read a second time,
and committed. The Report was received' and or-'
tiered to beprinted, and taken into further consider..
-Atkin On this day three months.
On the motion of Mr. ll:swititgs BitoWsra, the' •
Report of the COMmissioners for raking Roads and
building 'Bridges in the. Highlands of Scotland was
ordered to be laid before the House. -
Mr. ItttitsO. presented a Petition from nomeroui
West India Planters, praying for certain Regulations -
in the Herring Trade.',---lteterred- to a,Committee:
On the motion of Mr.W.‘OlF.ll, the Order for talc
ing into consideration, on Tuesclaynext, the Saltasit
Petition, was dilenarged, and Thursday, the 28d
inst. 'axed for that put pose.
(Mr. WALRER's notice for a farther postpone.
mtbt 'stands for Monday se'nnight.) . '
Mr. DENT presented a Petition froni the Ins&- •
vent Debtors in Lancaster Castle, praying for relief.
Ordered to be laid on the table.
M. Alderman .SHAW 'presented a Petition from
the West India Dock Company, praying for public
aid.--=Referred to a Committee.
. Pctsisit)Ns.
In pursuance of his notice, Mr. STURGEs BOURNE.
rose. He prefaced his motions with a feW ,words,
in which he observed that int7B3 the Pension List
had been confined to Oci,oooL per annum. It would
be foUnd that since that period the Pensions' grant
by the Crown- bacLuexar.amoneted finni prem.- -
scribed. On his motion, there were .then ordered
to be laid before the Hence an Account of the total
Amount of Pensions charged on' the Civil List;ex.
elusively of those to Foreign Ministers, on the sth
Of April, 178:1, and On the sth of April, 1784;
List of all Offices created or revived since the 20th
of May, 1784, either immediately'or derivately, by
the Crown, stating the duties attached to such
Offices, the salaties.annexed to them, the names of
the persons appointed to fill them; and the duties '
of their appointment; and, lastly, a list of all Offi-
ces, the holders of which had been superannoaQ
since 20th May, 1784, stating the. value of each
Office; the ground on which the person holding it
was superannuated, and the name of the Person ap-
pointed to succeed.
EAST INDIA COMPANY.
Mr. C. GRANT presented a Petition froth the Di-.
reetors of the East,lndia Company, praying for leave
to bring in a Bill to raise on additional Sum on BondS,
until the increase of their Capital, authorised by Par- ,
liament took place.
On Mr.,Gitsrr moving: that the Petition lysre.
ferred to a Conimittee of the whole HouSe..
' Mr. CREEVEY rose -and declared, that this was the
first instance in which any public body had niade
such a request to Parliament without the produetiOn
of the necessary documents on which it was founded.
In 1772 ,an attempt' was made by the Ministry'of
the day to bring. in A similar Bill, but this attempt
was defeated by General Burgoyne, who contended,
that an explicit =count of the reasons which called
for such a measure ought first to 'be laid before thy •
House. He trusted that the
the
wOuld pnrsue a
similar mode of conduct in the present instance, and
that a complete disclostire of the state of the. Coin•
pany's affairs would now take place ; especially
when it was recollected, that there were two India
Budgets in arrear. ,
Mr,'DuNpAs Observed, that the Hoch. Gentleman
Was under a mistake in this business, and that the
precedent 1772, adduced' by him, was nor in
point. 'l'h of
e East India Company only wanted to
raise by bond what they had been already authorised
by Parliament to raise,ln capital. With resped to
the state of their affairs, that might be discussed hi
the Committee of the whole House, to which his
Hon. Friend had moved that the Petition should
be referred. As.to the Budget, it was his intention
to-morrow to, move
.for the Papers which ought
long ago to have been on the table of the House,
and which it was nOt his fault were not so.
~ Mr. CREEXEY, in explanation, contended that the '
precedent to which he had alluded, was dire fly in
point.
.Mr. PETER Moons reminded the Rouse that the
,
Ads of 1793 limited tne issue of bonds by the
East India company to 1,500,9001, and that the year
after, although,it was proved that the,COmpany's
fairs were better by two millions, their power of using
honds. Was-extended to the sum of
,three millions ;
at that sum it then-stood tiyAa of Parliment, -and
another Al of Parliament was indispensible for an
extension of it. He could not conceive why, the
East,lndia Company di4 not avail theinselVes of the
power granted to increase their capital.