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inquiry 'however, it was found,. that. the sum then
proposed would not be enough.-
Ca EEVEY reprobated .this second demand,
and thought it should at least be postponed.

The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER said,
there were mauy:demands from abroad, such as
bills, which could not he taken into calculation
when.sua a grant is proposed. The additional
sum now demanded, would, however, he
lievcd; be sufficient for all the objects of the

•
grant.
Mr. ABEuCRO.MBY made, a-few observations si-
milar in effect to tho-se bit: the former Speakers, on
the manner in which the estimate had been brought

forward.
'The CHANCELLOR of the EXCITE9,I3ER contend-
ed, that instead of au inconvenience, it would tend
to the accommodation of the House, us it would
give them a longer time to consj,der the Esti-
mates'.

Mr: WHlTBREAD,sOlcomplaineil of the manner
in which the Estimate bad been brought: forward,
aul commented on the circumstance of the motion
of the Noble Lord, on a former evening, not hav-
ing been amended by the Chancellor of the Ex-
cheOer, though he now found the grant then
moved, was insufficient to meet the-expences it
was intended to defray,. and which,- it appeared,
amounted to no less than 24,000,0001. in tbe
yeal'. He could not help thinking the Noble Lord
open to the' imputation ,o 1 negligence. He felt
that he might be justified in doing what he be-
lieved he had never done, though almost con-
stantly opposed td the Ministers of the day in his
political life, count the House out. Though not
in the habit of taking' advantage of the thinness
of the House, he thought he should, be warranted
in counting; it when a grant like this was called
for,' no notice having been given. (Here the Hon.
Geptlemdnwas informed That notice lied been given.)
ale was informed a notice had been given. This
then was an itistance of negligence on his part,
rtml he begged the Noble 'Lord's pardon. A
knowledge of this circumstance would prevent his.
connting the House, even it it had previously been
leis intention to do so.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER asked, if
on the. former night 2,400,000/. had been moved
for at the same time with. the other grant, to meet
any extramaii-Airy circumstances which might arise;
would any-Gentlernan have objected to the mo-
tion
What difrt'rei)ce did it make' then; that the -
Noble Lord having on ,the following day given
notice of such a in:)tion, now came forward to
move such a grant
Mr. CREEVEY said, if this grant was merely
called for that Ministers might prolong the. recess
to that period to which they wished it to extend,-
he, as he did not think such a sum of money ought
to be voted to exempt Members of Parliament
from doing their duty for a certain period, would
take the sense of the House on the grant.
After some explanation from the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, which was not sat sfactory to Mr.
Crcevey, the Committee divided—

For the Grant
Against it

'Majority

. -20

Several smaller grants were voted ; after which
the House resumed,and the Report was ordered
to he received to-morrow.
The Insil!vent Debtors' Bill was read a second
tiiiie, and committed for to-morrow.

Mr. WkAuToN-presented copies of letters, froth
the Marquis of linekingham and Lord Camden,
Offering, to give-up...part of the emoluments of their
oilit,2s.—Crdered to lie on'the table, and to he
printed.-L-Adiottrned., '

G OrPENBURC II MAIL.

PROCLt,IqATION

ISSUED EY THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER, DATED ST.

. .
rgTERSBURG, NOV. 15. •
" We, Alexander the First, by the Grace of
GOd,',Emperor ;end Autocrat of all the Rtissias,
Ste. do hereby make generally known—
" It is well known to the Whole world, in what
manner the enemy has entered the boundaries of
our _Empire. No step or means that have so-
frequently been resorted to by us for the punctual
_ fulfilment of the peaceable'stinulations, nor our
steady endeavours, by all possible means, to avert
the iffectS. of a bloody and destructive war, haS
been able to cheek his obstinate design, in which,
has 'shown himself entirely immovable.
• - With peaceful promises on his tongue, he never
ceased. to think on war. At length, having col-
lected a large army, and strengthened it with
Austrian, Prussian, Bavarian, Wirtemburg, Weg-
- phalian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and POlish.
regiments, who were constrained through disgrace
and fear, be 'put himself in motion with this im-
mense force, supplied with vast quantities of ar-
tillery, and penetrated into the interior of our
country.
Murder, fire, and destruction, were his at-
tendants on the march. The plundered property,
the towns and villages set on fire, the smoking
ruins of Moscow,, the Kremlin blown up into the
air, the temples and altars of the-Lord destroyed,
in one word, all kinds of cruelty and barbarity,
hitherto unheard of, at le-igth prove, by his own
. actions, that they have long been laying concealed
in the depth of his mind.
"The mighty and happy Russian Empire, which
ossesses every thing in abundance; awakened. in
•tphe heart of the enemy envy and dread. The pos-
session of the whole world could not satisfy him,
so long as the fertile fields of Russia still were
happy.
" Full of this envy and internal hatred, he re-
Noised, turned, and ordered in his mind, all man-
ner of evil means, by which he Might give a
dreadful blow to hor power, a total confusion to
her ricimes, and bring general destruction on her
prosperity. He likewise thought, by cunning and
flattery, to 'shake the fidelity of oar subjects, by
the defilement of the sanctuaries and of God's
temples, to make religion unsteady, and to strike
_ the national sight with follies and extravagances,
-Orr those hopes he built his destructive plans,
and with then lie forced himself, like a nesti.-