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FINANCE. OF iRELAND.

Me ,CHfsiNCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he wished to call the attention of the Houie :to
the subjed broubltt for Ward by his Right Hon.
Friend (Mr: CORMI.) on the preceding day His
Hon. Ft:lend had presented one Petition, and
had moved to bring up anot her, w:iett at objection was
Very propetlytaken, that they were private
tions; the time for receiving which had ciiips'eth ft
was for. the House to consider, how fir they %mild
or could relax from that .gule,. Which they had
laid don with respel such Petitions. H`e
trusted-the House would do him the justice to
believe, that he Ncas perfectly aware of the
Value and t'he importance of the forms of the House;
and that they ought to be duly Complied With;
The Order of the House stated that no Petition
tot Ptivite Bills shoUld be' received after` a certain
time,. The Petitions whiCh hiS. Right Ho'l. Friend
wished to present,' Were nor for piivate 13i;1, but
according to the established usage of the. Hotie the
Order !fad bear held to' inelude ail Petitionf; from in:
dividuals. He did not wish; therefore, to explain
away the Order; but to call the attention of the
HOUse to the' citcuniStandes- of the present case: The N
Petitions Were for aids which had 'been regulaily
`granted in the Parliament of Ireland, as a matter
of course ;,. it: Ilayiog however becornt: necessari

in compliance with the forms of that House, to pre.. 1
sent etitions for similar aids, the Petitioners had
done every thing they -could to satisfy the House,
and Lad only neglet'Acd those forms with which
they were unbacquainted. It was for the House to
consider whether they would grant an indulgence to
those Petitioners by receiving the Petitions, which
would not be so great an indulgence on the part
of the House, if they were disposed to dispense
with the Order in this instance, as they had last
year granted these Aids without any Petition
whatever. The objet of the Order he knew was
important, that Parties concerned might know
their interests would not be affeded it Petitions
involving their Rights were not presented within
a certain time. Ti-,e Ruie had, however., been dis_
pensed with in some instances, whereas in the
case 'of these Petitions, no•objeaion could arise from
the rights of other individuals being affected.. He
was unwilling to suggest any thing upon the sub-
jea, but; from a feeling. of what was due to that-
pail of the 'United Kingdom, he was disposed to
move '' That leave should be given to present, on
or before the 3;# of Petitions relative to the
Tvl'isce-lianeous Services of Ireland, wilieh had been
usually providett for by the Parliament of Ireland,
without any• Petition relative to the same.",
W. :.E11701? 1) wished to know whether any
inconvenience would result from delaying the
voting of -the sums wanted for these services in

Mr. CORRY said, that a considerable inconveni-
ence would arise,• it the voting of the Supplies for
Ireland was postponed for any considerable time.
The Services to which these Petitions related, had
been considered as Public in Ireland, whilst here
the-,t, were considered as Private. He thought the
03.&r :night be dispensed with in the present in-
st‘arree, ,b no inconvenience could result from it to
atilqiisdividul, and he trusted that the House would
that enough had been done on the part
ofit!±: oners, to prove their readiness to com-
ply the desire of the House.
,fOBSON tad, that sums of money for these
:r v iccs had been before granted, without any Pe-
tition whatever.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, i,t was then understood that Petitions were in
future to be presented.
The Motion "of the CFIANCELLOR of the
COEQUER ER was agreed to.
Mr. CORBY then presented the following Peti-
tions for the Aid of Parliament, With Hts MA-
JESTY'S recommendation, which were severally or-
dered to lie the Table.

A Petition from the Governors of the House of Industry
in Dublin, an Institution which had, Mr Celtics; said, been
prodaetive of Use most extensive utility throughout the
Kingdom of Ireland, and which had occasionally relieved
persons train this Kingdom.
A Petition trom the Governors of the Foundling Hospital
in Dublin.
A Petition from the Hibernian Marine Society of Dublin.
A Petition from the Governors and Guardians of the Hi_
bernian School for Soldiers' Children.
A Petition from the Governors and Governesses of the Fe-
male Orphan House.
A Petition from the Association for dicountenancing Vice,
and promoting the Knowktige l'ra:lice of the Christian
A Petition from the Governors of the Penitentiary House.
A Petition from the Directors of the Westmorlsiad Lock
Hospital.
A Petition frOm the Hospital for the recovery of Persons
in contagious Fevers.
A Pertiion from the Dist,lin .3ni:iety, for the promotion of
Husbandry, and other : Arts.
A Petition froin the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Se-
minary at Maynuoth.
A Petition from the Corporation for paving, cleansing, aud
lighting the City of Dublin..

'On the questiOn for bringing up thii Petition,
Mr.' ROBSON said, he thought the sooner he
objected to this Petition the better, as it was cal-
ling upon this Country to pay ahe parochial rates of
the City of Dublin. He considered the Board esta.
Wished
,for the purpose of paving, cleansing, and
lighting the City of Dublin, as a mere 'job, and
that Parliament had nothing to do with its support.
If,' however, Parliament had any thing to do with
it, he was-well informed, that the City of Dublin
might be paved,.cleansed, and lighted, for 12,0001.
less than the sum which was at present employed
for that purpose.
The SPEAKER submitted to the Hon. Member,
that though he had in stridness a right to make
these observations, whether it would not be More
convenient if he reserved them fur another stage
of the business,
Mr. ROBSON said, his reason for making those
observations was, that Gentlemen Might come pre-
pared upon the subjea.
The Petition was then brought up.—On the
question that it should lie on the Table,
Mr. JUNES said, the assertion of his Hon.
Friend (Mr, RosSoN'ii that the paving, cleansing,
and lighting of the City of Dublin,, might be done
for '2,0031. les than it was at present, was of con-
siderable importance, as it stood uncontradieted.
Mr, ALEXANPER said, it was a most extra-
ordinary argumen', that because an assertion made
by an Hon..Alember was not contradided, it was
to be taken as true. The assertions made by the
'Hon. Member (Mr.RoasoN) tended to defeat their
Own objet}.
The SPEAKER suggested that the argument was
-not then perfectly regular.
Mr. ALEXANDER said, he only wished to
araue, that an assertion was not to be taken as
true because it. %Vas ' not contraditied. He need
not state the reason why the assertion made by the
Hon.,Gentleman (Mr'. Rousoat) was not, contra-
dieted', but it was not necessary at all times to con-
ttadia. assertions.
Mr. VANSITTART observed, that the lion.
'Gentleman (Mr. Roasox) had said, that the paving,
cleansing, and lighting of the city of Dublin, might
be done for t z,OOOl. less than it was at present.
The sum voted for this purpose in the last Session
was, he believed, t z,0601. according to. the Hon.
Gentleman, therefore, if it could be done for
12,065:, less, the city oil Dublin might be paved,
'cleansed, and lighted for nothing at all.
Mr. RoasoN explained.' ,
Lord DE BLAQUJERE submitted whether it
was becoming in an Hon. Gentleman to call that
a Job which had been Sametioned by the Purliathent
of Ireland.
• The Petition Wa's then ordered to lie oh the Table
Mr. CORRY said, in order that the House
should be in possepsion of every possible information

upon the subjte-t, he should for the Etitnate
of the expellees of the different Institutions mention-
ed in the Petitions. He concluded by moving for
an Estimate relative to the Protestant Schools.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
suggested the propriety of Esaviog the time of the
House, by making one Motion, which should in-
clude all th:. Estimates. -

Mr. CORRY acceded to this suggestion, and
moved for Estimates of the expenses of the Insti-
tutions mentioned in the several Petitions, for one
year, from the sth of-January 1802, to the sth of
January rBo3.—Ordered.
Mr. CORRY shortly afterwards presented these
Estimates—which were ordered to lie on the Table.
Mr. CORKY moved for an Estimate of the ex-
pences of the Trustees of the Linen Manufadure of
Ireland from the sth of January 18oz, to the sth
of January 180 3.—Ordered.
MreCoaity presented an Account, pursuant to
Aa of Parliament,' fiom the Commissioners for the
reduction of the National Debt of Ireland—which
was ordered to lie on the Table.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved
the Order of the Day for the House to resolve it-
self into a Committee of the whole House, to con-
sider further of a Supply to be granted to Hrs
ESTY.—The Order being read, he moved, that the
Disposition Paper of last year, an Account presented
of the deficiency of. the Convoy Duty, and'also an
'Account presented by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-
Car EQU ER, &c. be laid before the Committee; which
being ordered, and the House having resolved itself
into a Committee according to Motion,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he rose, pursuant to the notice he had given
on A former day, to move certain Resolutions in
the. Committee of Supply, to provide for certain
branches of the Public Expenditure, under the head
of Miscellaneous' Services not provided for. In the
first place, he had to call the attention of the Com-
mittee to the sum necessary to defray the IntereSt
on Exchequer Bills funded in the course of the last
year, the whole amount of which Interest was
5e0,5201. 95. id. to pay off the Interest on Exche-
quer Bills, of which he should hereafter state the
particula4. The next article was that of the Sala-
ries and incidental Expenses of the Commissioners
acting under the .Aa of Parliament for the Reduction
of the National Debt, which amounted to the sum
of 2,8651. iss. It would appear to,the Committee
there was a considerable excess in this article upon
that of the Vote of last year., but that arose from
the last Vote having been only for half a year, and
this was to provide for that deficiency. Another
article was for the purchase of a third part of the
Duke of Richmond's Annuity of 19,0001. in pur-
suance of an Aft of Parliament, which passed three
years ago, empowering the Lords Commissioners
of the Treasury to advance to his grace an equi-
valent for one-third of the value of' the Grant
made to the Doke of Richmond in the time of King
Charles 11., and the Act provided that this should
be done within six months after notice given for
that purpose. The next article was an allowance
to the Officers of the Exchequer for their extra-
ordinary trouble in making out Exchequer Bills,
&c. and the sum proposed was the usual sum, the
amount of which was 5001. Another article was
4.0,5141. 83. 7d., to the Bank of EoglantL for
discount, prompt payment, &c. on the Loan and
Lottery for da year r Sot. There was an addi-
tional expellee on draWing the Lottery, of 55001,
and some other expences, the whole amount of
which appeared in the Distribution Paper on the
Table. There were some other points to be stated
to the Committee. The sum necessary to pay off
Exchequer Bills issued by virtue of several Ads of
Parliament of the' 39th, 4oth, and 4.lst of Geo. 111.
c. 23 ; these Exchequer Bills were in possession of
the Bank, the loan of which had been advanced by
the Bank in the year 1798. The amount was three
millions. The Bank renewed the Loan annually,
and fresh Exchequer •Bills were issued as fhe former
were paid off. It was necessary, at any rate, to
make provision for them according to the pradice
of former years ; but, in the event of a Definitive
Peace, he trussed it would, not be necessary to re-
new the application to the Bank in this particular,
as had been done for the last four years. The
next article which he had to submit to the
Committee was, that of an indemnification to
.my Lord ST. VINCENT and my Lord GREY,
on account of a decree pronounced against them
in our Court of Admiralty, for the deten-
tion of certain American ships, &c. at Marti-
nique, &c. The Committee would recoiled that
some time ago an Order in Council took place, di-
recting that all Ships whatever trading to France,
should be captured by our Ships of War, wheneVer
they could come up with them. Lord Sr. ViN.
CENT and Lord GREY (pitted this Country under
this At of Council, and when they arrived in the
West Indies,' they declared them in
.a state of
blockade as to Ships bound to France, and wider
the Order of the British Government, they seized
all American Vessels bound for France. In the
year 5794, the system of policy with regard to
America was changed—A Treaty was entered into
between Great Britain and America, and a restitu-
tion was ordered to be made of the .American Pro-
petty thus seized ; and where that Was impossible,
it was ordered that a compensation should be made.
Applications were made \by those Subjects of the
United States, whose property was thui taken, to
our Courts of Admiralty for the recovery of their
Ships, or of the value of the pEOperiy thus taken ;
.and decrees were made in favour of these Claimants,
and these proceedings were confirmed by the au-
thority of -Parliament. In this situation of things,
applications were made by those WhO conceived
themselves aggrieved, to the Lords of the Treasury,
and they referred the matter to the King's Praetor
to make. his Report. That Gentlernan considered
the subjed, and made his Report upon it ; his Let-
ter was now
.on the Table of that House. The
Committee tiMuld perceive the necessity of saving
harmless these two gallant Officers, who aded in
the ser‘,'iee of their Country, and under the Order
of -its 'Government. The sum proposed for this
purpose was 45,3321. 175. 6d. This was a claim
not only on the•liberality, hut also on the justice
of this Country, and he had the pleasure to observe,
that no further demand was likely:to be made in this
particular, The next article vitas- teat of the Pe.

ficieney in the Produce of the Duty on Goods im-
ported for the year 18ot. The Committee would
observe, that on the signing of the Preliminaries of
Peace, a doubt was entertained, whether this Duty
was or was-not to he imposed any further, it, being
contended by the Merchants, 0 wners of Ships, and
those on whom the duty attached, that the opera-
--tion of the Mt by which the Duty was imposed,
ceased on the signing of the Preliminaries of the
Peace. This matter was referred to the Law Of-
ficers of the Crown, and they determined, no doubt
justly, that the operation of the Aft ceased on the
Signature of the Preliminaries ; in consequence of
which there was a Deficiency, for which a sum should
be voted to the amount of 410,0001. and he had the
pleasure to say, that although this Duty ceased on
the conclusion of a Treaty of Peace, yet this measure,
after undergoing such modification as might be ne-
cessary to suit the convenience of Merchants,
might be brought forward, and that, he understood,
with a concurrence on the part of the Merchants,
which did them the highest honour,—He had
nothing to add except that of expressing his readi-
ness to explain any- thing_ which might appear ne-
cessary to any Member of the Committee.—He
then moved, " That it is the opinion of this Com-
mittee, that a sum not exceeding 550,5201. 9s. id.
be granted to His MAJESTY, to pay off Interest
due on certain Exchequer Bills, issued by virtue of
the authority of certain Aals- of the 39th, 4.oth,
and I.ist of his present Majesty, &c."—But before
the Resolution was pur, he would just observe, that

he had another proposition to submit to the Com-
mittee, which would be for the sum of 1,400,0001.
on account of the Bounty on the Importation of
Corn ; but as the account waslaid on the Table this
day only, he did not think himself jtistified. in
moving it now, for it was proper that tiftie:b-hotly
be.allowed to Gentlemen to consider it, • •,

. . . .
The Resolution was then put.
Mr. TONES expressed his approbation of parts
of the Speech of the CIIANC :LLoit of the ExcHr.
QUER, which appeared to him, he said, to look to.
wards Peace ; but he considered the subjed oflx-
chequer Bills as one that would require the atten..
tion of Parliament.—They were issued now almost
as readily as Bank Notes. He should like to know
what the account was of the profit and loss on these
Bills ; there must he a good deal of it, they. being
sometimes at a premium and sometimes. at a dis-
count. The sum granted to the Puke of Rica.'
NioNp was done in the spirit of accommodation,
about which he would say nothing. As to the sum
proposed to be voted to the Noble Earl (ST. VIN-
CENT), and the Noble Lord (GREY), he had no ob-
jedion ; but he apprehended there were others who
had equal claims to the favour of Parliament. He
thought there were some Accounts wanting, accord-
ing to the notice of the CHANcELLOR of the Ex.
CHEQUER, that ought to have been on the Table.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that all the Accounts to which his notice referred
. were upon the Table, and justified his former ob-
servation on this subjed, As to the subje of the
advance of the Bank, what he said was, whether
that was to be renewed or not ; at all events,
there should be a Provision now, in the same
manner as had been made for the last four years :
but in the event of the return of Peace, he
hoped the continuance Of this VPte would not
he necessary.--With regard to the else of the Earl
ST. VINCENT and my Lord GREY, the Honourable
Gentleman seemed to consider it ;:s an aa of favour
to them. The Committee would not understand
him as so stating it, nor was he stating it as an
aft of libera,lity on the part of Parliament—it was
a claim on belk.lf of those gallant and meritotioqs
Officers on the justice of their Country, to save
them from expellees fOr having acted in obedience
to the commands of Government. It was, there-
fore, not an aa of generosity, 'out of justice. He
concluded with expressing a hope that the Hon.
Gentleman would do him the justice to acknowledge
he was accurate in the statement he made on the
Papers on the Table.
Mr. JONES acknowledged the
bey
was
right in that respett, and begged to be understood,
as casting no reflection whatever on either of the
two Noble Officers who were to be indemnified by
the Committee ; no man living, had a higher re-
gard than himself, for the Noble Earl at the heal
of the Admiralty. It was proper, these, Officers
should have a return of the Expence of these Cap-
tures.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
that there again the Hon. Gentleman mistook the
matter. This was' not a Vote proposed to defray
the Expenccs.of Earl Si'. VINCENT and my Loxd
GREY, ho: to indemnity them for losses they would
have sustained by the aCis they did in the Service
of their Country, and in obedience to the Order in
Council of the Executive Government, and as such,
a claim of justice.
Dr. L 41FRENCE gave an account of the issu-
ing the Order in Council for the capture of all Ves.
sels bound to the Enemy's Ports, &c. but observed,
that the revocation of that Order took place in Jan.
1794; and he contended, that the Order of revo-
cation was knoivn to these Noble Persons before the
detention ceased, and no condemnation took place
at the suit of these gallant Officers. Restitution
had been ordered ina great many cases, of which
he gave an account ; and observed, that in cases
where these Commanders had not received any
Prize-money, indemnification was an aa of justice.
But if they should not be called on to restore any
thing which they might have' received, and were
nevertheless to be indemnified, that was not to be
called a mere ail of justice.L—He did not say that
any thing was done by these Noble Persons that
did not proceed from necessity ; yet he thought the
Committee might do well to pause before they voted
the whole of thii sum at once, as a matter of course.
He inclined to think that some inquiry into the
circumstances of this case ought to precede this
Vote.—if, upon inquiry, it should appear, that
every thing done in this case was necessary, it
would he proper to come to this Vote ; bat he did
not think it a mere matter of course. •
Mr. N. I'ANSLTTART said, the. Learned Gen-
tleman might, perhaps, be satisfied to hear that the
whole of the Receipts of my Lord Sr. VINCENT,
and my Lord GREY, had been paid up by them, as
arkeared by the Report of the King's Prato', and

. . o.
that they owed no balance to any person whom.
ever.
The Resolution was then put and carried.
The sum of 28651. was voted to defray the Ex-
peaces, &c. of the Commissioners for the Keduc-.
Lion of the National Debt.
On proposing- the Vote to
the Annuity of the Duke of- Richmond, in lieu' of
King Charles
the Duty on Coals, &c. granted .by
the Second,
Mr. ROBSON observed that this..w_as a verc
favourable compliance on the art, of the Lords
the Treasury, with the request of the Duke 01
RICHMOND, granting him -a large sun: of moneY,i
when it was wanted for the Public Service, whereas
ray off the third off
he ought to have been made to stay for his muneY u
;
whatever it might be eventually right that he shoLd
have.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE
said, that as to the compliance of the LordsQVthile
Treasury, the fad was, that they atc.ted under the
compulsion of an Ad of Parliament in this case.
Mr. STEELE said, he observed the Hon. Ge,,.
sleman had proved on this, as Almost on„every 9"ic...*
SubjeCt,' his total and consummate ignorariee 0;
what he was speaking. He 'took the Vote I
proposed, as if it were granting asum of MoneY 4
virtue of an ad of grace and favour .to the Duke.,;
RICHMOND, because -the Duke wanted-the 01:tieli
This was a total misrepresentation of the "PC" -thait
was not in the way
,of favour or of graeeii.'w the
Duke--of-R-reAtmo-ND, nor- was it becauserne3:,
Duke- wanted- '"the Money .: but it was a ,`"Far,
sure proposed in pursuance of an Ad °L„ ori.,
liament, which- empowered the 'Duke to -CO'. ly ,
Government for that sum .and which sum, was
til3i'op;
19,0001. in lien of 21,0001. which he.had gi"-,01, ,
to the ' Publie..,-He might have received ;',°"„ri,
but, he consented to take 19,pool.—The Treasi",,s,
had made the contra with him* the At of tir -pt,
ment had empowered him to make such contr;
and, on sir Monthi notice to be given bY cot
Duke, the. Lords of the Treasury were'b°l/,,0,
to enter into that contras : he had. given tOit ;di
tice, and therefore no option was left'in ~the.44rA,pc
oi. the Treasury. This contras took.Plaee i° ty:IE
gust 1799, between the Lords of the- lreaSufribi'
his Grace : in -tBco the Contra 4 was confirm sod
Government : 'in iBot a redemption took plocc'n .0
the Lcrds of the Treasury had no :di coty tilt
exercise upon the subjeft ; they were bound the
the
Ad ; and if .the non. Gentleman had t4oie".,,itli-
trouble to look at the Ad, and to - read it
e-sse,.
attention, he would have foUnd this to be the --
It Was owing to the consummate ignetWice °f fis.A
Hon. Gentleman that such an obsovation .
Made by him.--.(Here there ri.4 re tome mg.rrifoof
—MI:,. St:ELE proceeded.—He conceived Ye ireci
regalar in saying these things, because it aPPecs.'
to him to be abs3ilutely,necessary ; for the obse"iti''
don of the Hon. Gentleman meant, (if it In
the
J.-
any thing, to make an impression, Ent, Up?l,l /I'4
Committee, and then upon the rulgic, as if i-,_.; did
been an improvident bargain entered into bYO,,,
Lords of the Treasury with the Duke of Poraf:
MOND ; whereas it was no such thing. ;At 0100,
prudent on the part of Go- vernrnent, at/'''cit 00,
derate on the part of his Grace, and Su dIV!
the Lords of the TeeasUry were bourgl.t°,c,°,..-1-, 110
with, by the Act of parii„rrien,. to, wii.-- of
already 41luded. He thoUght it necess'rY. tc',clet,
this, ro prevent any false 'impression being u'e to,
in consequence of the observation -s made bez,tf°r,nes-,
Committe. He said this, with full. coriw,i.- he
because he had full knOtsile:lie of the stibr‘"Lbe
being one of the Trustees for the Duke, und-crojog
authority o'o4 Aa, and he could not help ca inS
the attention. of the Committee to the subje6l'oen'
refuting the injurious assertions of the 11°n'
tleman. a ornehi
Mr. ROBSON th9ght himself,- unhan-ms an to
treated, and beggitdthe Sight Hon. centle;ou o'''
recall his words.' Ile called for the RrWei'a-
the House.— C°°#.
Mr. ALEXANDER., (the. Chairman of the $Oll,
mittee) said, that-if he had thought the It ighir , -Ile
Gentleman, (Mr. Steele)--hadbeen disorderSth
should have interfered, but he '4ad conso„tical°
CO impute to a. Member iinOranee of a I".
subjeCt in Debate, was not gtilar. ho our UP.
Mr. ROBSON said, he thot!glii it an --a
be censured in that House by a PlaCeMall• ant
Mr. STEELE said, he should not retrit3e 104
thing he said of the Hon. Merriber'.Who,sl)°,.' via
and as to the honour he talketfo' f, that °' 0 V
censured by him, it was an honntir llikelg
often conferred on him.
The Resolution was then put and carrieClP.,a:,
The following Resolutions were then v9,'...
a
For extra trouble to the Officers of Excheciecr,. too °.
in making out Exchequer Bills - - 'ir'' g. a
To the Bank of England for discount for proMPt-e gt 4 ..
T payment on Loans, Lottery of iSol, &c. 45,`"'. ' A
the Bank also, an allowance for receiving a 30.4%,. 3
&c.
",.
money on Loans, - -
For incidental expences, &c, attending the. 1,50 _a t,
Lottery for !Sot - -
For paying off and discharging Exchequer 0
Bills, made out by virtue of several Acts of
60,-
„co °
-3,
Parliament, &c. for iSot -
For indeinnification,'Scc: to Earl S T .V ltiaLliT
and Lord C; a r.y, late Commanders in the
West I iidies, on account or proceedingt b
against them in Courts of Admiralty on ac- ;i Si
45, Aci.
count of Captures, &e - -
Mr. ROBSON said, that there were tortshurp; in
cient Papers before the House to Jun there sc''..
voting so large a sum, particularly as t' if this
above 80001. for Law Charges. Besides! riieSer',
was paid, perhaps other Officers, upon the 11, salt
vice, would also bring forward claiins-i.,.ostiri
g
this case was similar to the case of Lord ."
who had not been indemnified. 0 ti.J`',
• yr: LEx.- net,.
The CHANCELLOR of are 1.‘,1-1
i 1
said, that it the Statements made by b-s el-31-)
rren- 44
Friend, had been as accurate as theY t' for-
0r- •n,
were, he should have thought it,hisdutYGtentieriv t
to postpone the Discussion. The Ho°• were rt.
who spoke last, had affirmed, that
sufficient Papers before the House ; b.LI his 10
CHANcEt. Loa of the EXCHEQUER) held 1°
aestior•
the Memorial from the Noble Lords inaclor sta:
there t he (the
and also the Letter of His Majesty's Pr°e ills Mil:t
ing, that he had laid the Memorial beib! was' 0 _,
jesty's Advocate General, and the result It app t°
the claim appeared to be well-founded' ~a road ~,
ed to him, that the Proposition be '',,' in pit'
onndeu
the Committee, was not only

but was s:,netiored by the former proceedings.of the
House.. The Hon. Gentleman had compared this
ease to thitt of Lord RODNEY, on the taking of St.
Eustatia but they were totally dissiMilar, for Lord
RouriEy (and he lamented the inconvenience that
Noble Lord had sustained) aced upon his own
Judgment and his own responsibility ; whereas,
Lords St. VINCENT and GREY acted, not upon
their own respOnsibility, but in consequence of po-.
sitive 'orders from Government. As to any other.
Claims being made by other Officers, that could not
be the case, because they acted under the orders of
Lords ST. ITINc tINT and GREY, whom it was now
proposed to indemnify'.
Dr. .LAWRENCE said, it was impossible that
any other claims could be made,Thecause the present
indemnity would comprise the whole. As to the
comparison of this case with that of Lord RODNEY,
there would have been no foundation for. such a
cioMparison; even if_Lords ST. VINCENT and GREY
had riot acted upon positive orders.
Mr. .ONES ..objeaed to the great amount of
the Law Charges, and alluded to an observation of
Lord
--EN upon the great amount of Fees in
the Admiralty Court.
Dr* LAWRENCE said,• there was a mistake
upon that subjea; besides, the Noble Lord's ob-
servations were not uponahe Prodors.
the
•
CHANCELLOR 6fri.le EXCHEQUER said,
tb„
't would be singular if they were to refuse to
they proposed to indemnify them.
'br• LAWRENCE said, that a great part of the
the
expences had been incurred in consequence of
ine difficulty of procuring the necessary documents,
or it had been necessary to send over Agents to
the West Indies to procure them.
Mr. JONES and Mr. RoissoN said a few words.
The Resolution was then agreed to.
'the CHANCELLOROf the EXCHEQUER, moved,
That the sum of 4.10,0001. be granted to make up
.1.14 dlciency 'Of the sum' of 1,200,0001. arising
'r°lll the ceasing of the Convoy Duty.—Agreed to.
the Estimates for the Militia : he said
_the num-
h"
.to
remained the same, and he now proposed
.ti)1.„'..377e 'the Militia for two moths ; he should
be''''Ote'inbve, That a sum not exceeding 238,0001,
imagm-nted for the Service, from the 25th
Arfch le the 2.4. th May.
been :;i6C/BSON said, after the Preliminaries had
\\Te `gr'td in 178 j., the Militia were disbanded.'
Icnet,;l7Z, at present in a singular state, for nobody
• Ti "ether we were at Peace or at War.
Resolution was then agreed to.
not The SEckt-rAky at WAR moved,. That a sum
tiass....xe7tling' 135,6921. be granted for the Mili-
pnce in Ireland, for the same period.
for •r• JONES *fished to knowif there were any
!,gn Corps now in our Service
he' SECRETARY at WAR said there were—
they attounted to about 13,000 men.
Mr- 70.NES said he should submits Motion
to the House upon the subject.
The Resolution was agreed to, and the House
e",g resumed, the Report was ordered to be re.;
tt
ived to-morrow.
Alderman ANDERSON. moved, that the House
14,1)(3u1d. to-morrow resolve itself into a Committee,
.14, take into consideration the Report upon a Peti-
(ion" respecting the Improvement of the Port of Lon-
Thp
-•,-HANCILLOR of the EXCHEQUER brought
further Account of Monies paid out of the
tvil •
Balist, not being part of the Ordinary Expen-
ilee of the Civil List, and not made good by Par-
rnent.
'Ordered to lie on the Table.
ing r; VANst-ITART postponed his Motion respeet-
t ridt the Mode of making up Public Accounts, till
7.:he
till Fri(' Committee of Ways and Means was put off'
Na,'
C ANsivrAttr reminded the House, that'Mr.-
oktly
4oni• expressed his intention of moving the
.4- les for Air lreland on Friday.
,Journed at seven o'clock.

THE SUN.

,eurs DICEIE FALSUM AUDEAT ?

1- QAT D 0 N, MARCH z 5,

Wt this morning received Paris. jcurnals of the
;4st instant. By them it appears that the French,
ands had fallen. about two per cent.: they were
;
ri 55.--There 20th at . There was yesterday a rumour
•
own
ge City of this circumstance, which affeaed our
and t ahput a quarter per cent.
4n article from Milan, of the Bth inst. state; the
IP"intraent, by the President BONAPARTE, of the
tni4terS Of the Italian Republic. Citizen VILLA
,1„.„. appointed Minister of the Interior, and Brigade.
4.-te '4=l4 , Tit-/OULZI Minister at War.
t -&n article from Bourdeatix, of the :6th, states,
the t a Frigate from St. Domingo was seen entering
13°11 of Brest, so that further intelligence from
that Colony may soon be expeded.
JThe first article under the Paris head in the
ournal des Dehats, is as follows :
" March zo.—They generally speak to-
tof Peace with England as an event very near:
and no longer doubtful."
The Alviikur of the ztst contains a Proclamation
tl'ir!he chief Consul, for the meeting of the Legis_
lathe body on the
sth of Aril, and to sit till the
ist of May. p
-rw

-c ,amimrsh Mails still remain due.
i b'r his morning- arrived
ght to Falmouth aMail from Lisbon,
iit.,4
,r
by th e Walsingham Packet, in
, ,- e
211 ,lay 4.
• • .
•

Ills MAJESTY yesterday_ mitt a Levee at Sr,
James's Palace, which was afientlC4l by the Arch-
bishop of CASHEL, the Bishcip's of GLOUCEsTEr.
and CHICHESTEtt, Lord RIDDEsbALE (the Lord
:Chancellor of Ireland), the Imperial, Neapolitan,
Sardinian, Portugueze, -Hanoverian and Russian En-
voys, the Cabinet Ministers, and a nikinerous com-
pany of Noblemen, &c. of whom the following were
• present :
Dukes—Portland and Roxburgh.
Marquissef—Salisbury; De Circello, and 'rownshend.
,Carts—Euston, Fife, Caithness, Pembroke, Malinesbury,
Cholmondeley, Essex, Moira, Aylcsford, Westmorland,
Galloway, Camden, Wilton, Castlereagh, Chiitham, Mac-
clesfield, Eflingkain, Chesterfield, Roslyn, -Courtown,
Ahoyne, Selkirk, and Caithness.

Viscount Hood.
Lords—Bagot, Middleton, Longueville, De DnnS'tanville,
C. Spencer '
, Braybroke, Montgomery, Cole,
.Finch _Rouse,
Cozens, Petre, Carrington, J. Finch, 13oulden, Newark,
Penrhyn, Cochrane, Bradford, Qsborn, Dynevo'r, Adair, C.
Somerset, Pelham, and Hawkesbury.
Sirr—P. Parker, H. Parker, A Hoblins, C . Cornwall, IL
Peploe, W. Munro, M. W. Ridley, A. Hume, H. Inglis,
I. B. Buries, S. Cottrel, J. Dawkins, W. Scott, and Sid--
ney Smith.
Generals—D'Oiley, and Hayes.
Colonels—Ramsey, Broderic, Longfield, Fitzgerald, Gra-
ham, Winyird, Johnes, Strutt, De Grey, and Mariningliam.
Captains—Capel, Campbell, and Lewis, of the Navy.
Me.rsrs.—Bagot, D. North, Rose, Stanwix, Fordyce, W.
Dickenson, Tudway, Keen, Andrews, Fremantle, and Eger-
ton.

The Presentations to HIS MAJESTY were, the
Prince B.ARIOTOUSKY, Chamberlain to the EM-
PEROR Of all the RUSSIAS, by His Excellency the
Russian Ambassador;' the Earl of CAITHNESS, by
the Earl of Ft F E ; Lord ORmoND and Ossoßy, by
the Earl of WESTMORLAND ; Lord MONTGOMERY,
son of the Earl of Ep LINTON, by the Earl of GAL-
LOWAY ; Baron tie Kr NRsoL, on his arriving from
Holland, by his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND ;
the Chev. de Sow zA, by the Portugueze Ambassa-
dor; Sir H. INGL IS, one of the lsireflors of the
East India Company, by the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER; Mr. DERBY, of Boston, by the
American Minister; Lord PENRHYN, for the first
time these two years ; Col. RAMSEY, on his arrival
from the Continent ; Col. GRAHAM, by Gen. ED-
MOINSTONE ; the Earl of WILTON (late Lord GREY
DE WILTON), OD „Coming to his title ; and Col.
DICKSON, of the 42d, Regiment, by Sir H. MuNRo.
• Among the Nobility who were at Court, for the
first time this season, were, The Archbishop,. of
CASHEL, Earl ABOYNE, Lords BRADEORD, F. OS-
BORNE, DyNtvoß, Bishop of Bit IsioL, and Mr.
ROSE.

Capt. LEwts, of the Minotaur, was introduce 3
to His MAJESTY. _ _

After the Levee His MAJESTY held conferences
with the Ministers, when the KING returned to
Buckingham House.
The ROYAL FAMILY last night honoured the
4tient Music with their presence.

The Irish Establishment dined together at Pars-
loe's on Sunday, the PRINCE of WALES in the
Chair. The DUKE of KENT sat on the right hand
of the PRINCE, and PRINCE NVTLI,TANt of Ot.ots-
cEstgit• on his left. Upwards of thirty General
Officers in full uniform sat down to a dinner of forty,
covers, to commemorate the anniversary of St. Pa-
trick's Day. Lord Mo IRA aged as Vice-President.
Yesterday a Court of Direaors of the East I,ndia
Company was held at the India House, when Capt.
JAMES tRMSTON, of the Ship Sir Edward Hughes
attended, and took his final leave of the Court pre-
viously to his being dispatched for Bombay dired.
Captain JoHN BROOK SAMSON, of the Ship gad St.
Vincent' having already taken his leave of the
Court, for Bombay, both the above,Ships will sail
for that Presidency in company.—The Britannia,
for Madras and Ceylon, and the Neptune and CV-
nells, for China, are the only regular ships remain.
ing to take leave of the Court this season.

WM.. BURROUGHS, Esq. the Company's Ad-
vocate General in Bengal, is, we understand, about
to return to Europe; and it is expeeted that Mr.
STRETTLE, the Senior Counsel of the Company at
Calcutta, will be his successor.
Lord and Lady CAHIR are expeCted to return
shortly from Paris, where they have resided some
time.

A Paragraph inadvertently got admission into our
Paper of yesterday, alluding to a' very amiable
young Lady of high rank and fashion, which we
most truly regret. It is ever far from our inten.
tion to wound the feelings of any indiMual, and
more particularly one whose rank and virtues entitle'
her to general respe& and esteem.
The Moniteur has written its recantation of the.
abuse which it indulged in against the t nglish
Newspapers, by stating, that the Article was
copied from a new Paper, called The Bulletin de
Paris, published twice in a Decade, or ten days.
This proves, that the French Government thought
the Article demanAed an apology.

THE ORATORIO.— A selection from HANDEL
was the Attradion at: Covent_Garden Theatre last
night. Mrs. BILLINCTON sung in the first and
second ad, and then went to the Ancient Concert.
She sung Mad Bess with great skill and expression:
BitAxAm gradually- enter 4 into the true taste of
HANDEL'S music. The chorusses were adniirably
totted and forcible. The house was very well
attended.

The Comic Opera of Rinaldo D' Alt; was
Tented on Tuesday night to a very genteel audience,
and, as usual, well received. The ballet of I eza,
which followed, has as yet lost none of its attrac.
tions;

The Opera House was very numerously attended
yesterday morning, at the rehearsal of Pqlifonte et
Merole, which is to be brought fortirard for the
Benefit Of BANTI; Indeed there was nearly as
great a crowd as on an evening representa.tion. The
music is some of the very best that NASO Wbas
composed, and; in addition to its intrinsic.excel.
lence, it has the merit of exa.4ly suiting the powers
of the Performers. Mrs. BILLINGTON acquitted
herself' sa-well, .that she obtained enthusiastic
plause, and it was- generally admitted that she never
appeared to so much advantage. -But much as. we
may be gratified in the success of an English Singer,
it is but justice to BAN TI Say, that she sings
with:admirable skill ; and in point of acing, she is
entitled to very high praise. The Haymarket and
Pall Mall, exhibited, such a promising appearance of
carriages yesterday mornirfg,
.ith`at BANTI
most probably, reap a goldenbarvest.

41 Lh.NT E Prr4.

PLYMOUTH, MAIt.CH 23.

ARRlv.i.r) l'nzililtalite; of 36 guns, Cipt. H..
FIoTHAM, aid Blanche, of 3z guti, Capt. E.

HAMMOND, from a Cruae.

Sailed the Petterell, 9f i 6 guns, •Cartain G:
M‘KrNLAr, for Liverpool.

PORT S4IQUM MARCH 24:.

ARRIVED His Majesty's Ship Pallas, and Ocean
Transport. Sailed from Gibraltar in company of
the Doncaster, Duke of York, and Polly, 231 Feb.
and parted at sea in a gale of wind.

Arrived the Phabe, LAYER, from Havetford-
west ; Eliza, HACKA, from Ilfracombe ; and Peggiss,
BACON, from Sierra Leone.

Sailed the :Sally, JACKSON, for London ; ga7ze,
HANTE'rr, for Sunderland ; 'and Hope, PEN::, for
Guernsty. . .