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IMPERIeIL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF PEERS.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. I.

THEIR Lordships met this day pursuant to ad-
journment, and prayers were read by the Bishop of.
ROCHESTER, as junior Prelate.
Counsel were heard (the first time this Session),
relative to the Scotch -Am4al, Thomas Graham,
Esq. of Calcutta, 'v. Isobel and Ann Henderson,
sisters and executrixes of the late Lieut. Colonel
John Henderson, of the Hon. East India Company's
service, &c. namely, Mr. ADAM at considerable
length as Leading Counsel for the Appellants. The
further hearing was deferred till half past two
o'clock on Friday.
A number of Petitions were presented, and se-
veral arrangements were made relative to the hear.
ing-of Appeals. z
A few, Petitions from Ireland were presented.
The 'Duke of CLARENCE observed, that he
bad a Motion to submit to their Lordships, which
chiefly respecled the situation of the House. - How
the circumstances which he had in contemplation
agreed With the constitutions of their Lordships in
general,. he could not, precisely tell ; but judging
by himself, as well as his own personal observation,
he was sure they must agree very ill. As an in-
divir'ual Peer he could say, that he felt much in-
convenience from them. However, the peculiar
nature of what he had to propose was / such as he
thought must meet with the general approbation of
their Lordships. His Royal Highness concluded
by moving to the following purport ; " That a
Committee of all the Lords present_ be appointed
to take into consideration the present situation of
the House, for the purpose of considering the best
rood • in which the House, and the parts and cham-
bers appertaining thereto, mly be rendered more
convenient and commodious for the reception of the
Peers, &c."

The LORD CHANCELLOR, before he put the
Question, begged leave to offer one observation,
which he thought the experience of nine months
would warrant him in making, namely, that he
could not live much longer in the variety cf climates
in which the House abounded.

The Question was then put, and the Committee
was ordered to be appointed accordingly.
It was afterwards ordered, on the Motion of his
Roy-al Highness, that the said Committee do sit on
Monday next, and that Mr, Wyatt do have notice
to attend their Lordships.

A number of Naturalization Bills were, after the
Petitions had been duly presented and read,, brought
in and read a first time.

On the Motion of Lord WALSINPIIA'Nf, a former
Order of the House, which operated during the
greater part of the War, and until the close of last
Session, requiring, on the part of Petitioners for
Naturalisation Bilk, Certificates from the .Secre_
tary of State's Office, -respeding their residence in
the Country, good behaviour, compliance with the
regulations of the Alien Ad, &c. was ordered to
he taken into -
view,• as we could collet, of considering the -ex—
pediency of its .revival. Their Lordships were
ordered to be summoned on the occasion.

Some fa:ther arrangements were made respeling
the hearing of Scotch Appeals.
Petitions were presented from their Royal High_
tresses the Dukes of CLARENcE and Cum-BERLAND,
As Peers of Ireland, in substance, requesting that
they may be allowed their right to vote at the
Eleetion of Peers, to sit and vote in Parliament,
for that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland.
,The Petitions were referred to the Committee of
Privileges.

Mr. Robinson, from the London Wet.lDock
Company, presented at the Bar certain Accounts
relative to the receipts and disbursements of that
Corporation, from the Ist of June, 18or, to the
Ist of May, 1802, inclusive ; and also a Report
of certain Surveyors relative to the progress of the
works carrying on.
The Earl of MOIRA called to the recollelion
of their Lordships what he
,had stated towards the
close of the last Session relative to the transalions
which had taken place respeding the Nabob of
Arcot, and the notice he had given of his intention
to come forward early in the present Session on that
occasion, In pursuance of the latter he now rose ;
and though the events which had since taken place
rendered the objet for which he had principally
intended to come forward unattainable, yet he
thought a consideration of the subject might still
prove of public utility. In this view, he then
fave notice, that on Friday next he should bring
orward a Motion for the produCtion of some'papers
Telativc to the subject, particularly a copy of the or-
ders transmitted to India, by the Court of Diredors,
since 1797, relative to the succession to the Musnud
of the Carnaric, With resped to those Noble Lords
who so worthily filled the highest official situations in
India, and for whom he had great personal respell,
he had observed, that he by no means considered
them as Respondents in the present Question ; in
his opinion they aced merely as instruments. Al-
luding to the absence of some Noble Lords, who
seemed to take an interest in the proposed Dis-
cussion, the Noble Earl _seemed to say, he did not
think it, in the present instance, so very, material ;
and with respeCt to what be should have to advance
on Friday, it was so much narrowed, so plain, and
reducible into so small a compass, that he deemed
it superfluous even to move to have the House
summoned on the occasion. However, it was
competent to any other Noble Lord that thought
proper to move fur that proceeding.
jhis: not taking place, and no farther business
iring before the House, an adjournment, on the
Motion of Lord WALSINGHAM, took place till
_Friday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS,

WEDNESDAY, DEC. I.

ANOTHER Petition was presented from East
Grinstead, complaining of an undue Eleaion,
which was ordered to be taken into consideration on
the same day with the former.

. A Petition was presented from Cirencester corn.
plaining of an undue Eledion—Ordered to be taken
into consideration on the loth of March.
A Petition from Bishop's Castle.—Ordered to be
taken into consideration on the z gth of March.
A Petition from Evesham—to be taken into consi.
deration on the i 7th of March.
One from Retford—to be taken into considera.
tion on the tad of March.
The SECRETARY at. WAR presented the Army
Estimates for the year tiio3—Ordered to lie on the
Tabk.

The SECRETARY at WAR gave notice, that it
was his intention to propose to vote the Army
Estimates in the Committee of Supply on Wed..
nesday next. He should not. move that the Esti-
mates he had now presented should be printed, be..
cause it was not consistent with the usual forms of the
House ; but there was an abstraft accompanying the
Estimates, which contained every necessary infor-
mation, which lie shOuld propose, with the permis-
sion of the House, to have printed.
_ _

Mr. I. FlAwicirrs BROWNE and Mr. DIJGCALE
presented Petitions from the Maltsters of Whit..
church, and from the County of Warwick, praying
for relief.—Ordered to lie on the Table.
General GASCOY NE rose to make a Motion, to
which, as he conceived, no objeaion could be made;
he should not take up much of the time of the House,
by stating his reasons for bringing it forward. It
had been asserted, in the Speech from the Throne;
that the Trade of this Country was in a most flour-
ishing situation, and he had, upon the Debate on
the Address, controverted that position. He there-
fore now thought it necessary, by the present Mo-
tion, to clear up any doubts that might exist upon
the Question, and also to anticipate one which
would soon be brought forward, respelling the state
of the Tonnage of the Country. There was an inten-
tion, at present, in most of the Commercial Towns,
to petition against the Duty upon Tonnage. He
therefore moved, " That there be laid before the
House an Account of the number of Ships, with the
amount of Tonnage, and the number of Men em-
ployed therein, who have cleared outwards, and en-
tered inwards, from the loth of Oaober, 18o°,
to the sorb of OEtober, 18ot, and from that period
to the loth of OEtober, iBoz, distinguishing Fo-
reign from British Ships.**
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said,
it was his sincere wish that the House should receive
the information required by the Motion, and indeed
every possible information upon the subjea. He
was, however,- concerned to state, that the infor-
mation must be withheld till the month of January
next, at which time the Accounts , were regularly
made up. If the Hon. Gentleman wished to have
the information for the Port of London, it might be
produced in a short space of time. He was not aware
that the Hon. Gentleman had contradiaed the state-
ment which had been made of the state of the Trade
of the Country. He understood the Hon.-Gentle-
man to speak only of those parts of the Country
with which he was acquainted, and also to state it
to be his *Opinion, that the Manufaaures had con-
siderably increased, though the Port Trade had di.
minished. He really wished, that the information
wliirh the Hon, Gentleman rectuired_ could be
duced ; but as tar as the Port of London was con-
cerned, it might be, produced.
General TARLETON was surprised at the ob-
servations which his Honourable Colleague had
made. He had reason to 'know that the trade of
this country was in as flourishing a state as it was
possible after so long a War. He was io daily ha-
bits of intercourse with his Constituents, and no
complaints, such as had been stated by his Honour-
able Colleague, had hitherto reached him. The
Merc4ants of Liverpool, like all other men enga-
ged in Commercial Speculations, were certainly
anxious to know whether the, Peace was likely to
continue, or whether there was a probability of
Wary but the inhabitants of Liverpool had too
much good sense, and too much loyalty, not to
know that their interests were conneaed with those
of the Country' at large. It was undoubtedly a
truism, that Peace was most propitious to Corn.
merce -; but he never heard any suggestion from
the Merchants of that town, that would justify the
language held by his Hon. Colleague.
Mr. -V4ATS/TTART recommended to the Hon.
Gentleman either to postpone his Motion, or to
confine it to the Port of London.

General GASCOYNE said, he did not consider
the Port of London as a criterion, by which to'
judge of the other Ports. He believed that his
Hon. Colleague did not know much of Liverpool,
for he seldom visited it but in case of General
Eledions. He• wished, however, after what had
been said, to confine his Motions to London, Li-
verpool, Glasgow, Bristol and Hull. _ _

Admiral BERKELEY wished the Motion could
be postponed, because he was inclined to think that
the defalcations would be greater in the ensuing
Quarter.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, he was obliged to object to the present Mo-
tion, because it could at best afford but imper-
fed information to the House, when in a short time
the most ample information could be obtained. The
information moved for by the Hon> General could
scarcely be laid before the House before the Christ-
mas recess, and in a very short time after, the ge-
neral returns would he made, and the most ample
information could be procured.
The Motion was negatived. _ _

Mr. VANS I TTA RT brought up an Account of the
Exchequer Bills issued in pursuance of the At of
last Session, at present unprovided for—Ordered to
lie on the Table.

The Report of the Bill for suspending the Ads
of the isth and 7 thGeo. 111. respelling Promissory
Notes was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to
be read a third time to-m0rr9,,y,i.,., .
The House having resolved itself into a Commit-
tee of Supply, and the Estimates, presented to the
Houle on Monday by Mr. NAT4SITTAxi, having
been referred to the said Committee, .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved,
that a Sum not exceeding 2,781,5321. 15s. 31d, be
granted•to pay off Exchequer Bills issued in pur-
suance of the 42d. Geo. HI. The object of this
Motion was to discharge.,those Bills which bore an
interest- of 32d. a day; the other Exchequer Bills
only bore an interest of 3d. per day.

The Motion was agreed to.

Ski'. STEPHENS moved the following Resole.
tions, viz.
That se,ooo Men should be employed for the Sea Service,
for the year 1803, including 12,0ca0 Marines.--Agreed to.

That a sum not exceeding z,zoa,sool. be granted for Wages
for the said 50,000 Men, for thirteen Lunar Months, at the
rite of 11. 175. per Month, per Man.—Agreed to.

Th4t 4 sum not exceeding x,z3.5,0001. be granted for Vic-
tuals for the said Men, for thirteen Lunar Months, at the
rate of IL tfis. per. Month, per Man.—Agreed to.

That a sum,not exceeding t,950,0001. be granted for Wear
and Tear of the Ships on board of which the said Men are
to be emplOyed,4 for thirteen Lunar Months, at 31. pet Man,
per Month.—Agreed to.
That a sum not exceeding. r6z,sool. be granted for Ord-
nance Stores, for the Sea Service, for the said Ships,at the rate
of as. per Man, per Month,—Agreed to.

The Report of the Resolutions was ordered to be
received to-morrow.

IRISH MILITIA.

Mr. CORKY moved, that the House should re.
solve itself into a Committee of the whole House,
to take into consideration the Militia Laws of Ire.
land.

The House having resolved itself into a Corn.
mittee,

Mr. CORRY said, that from the situation in
which Ireland had been, the Militia Laws of that
Country were numerous, and were passed in periods
of peculiar pressure. Under the present circum.
stances it would be expedient- to enable the Lord
Lieutenant to give orders for the Enrolment of the
Militia, and also to authorize him to order the Com-
missioners of 'the Treasury to advance the Money
which would be necessary to raise the Men, which
Money was afterwards to be,repaid by Assessments
upon the Counties, with certain exceptions, jvhich
would be specified in the Bill which he should have
the honour to propose. As soon as the Bill was
introduced, he should propose that it should be
printed, in order that the most general information
might be given upon the subjed. 1-16'only meant to
propose that the Bill should continue for six Months.
He concluded with moving, If That the Commis.
sioners of the Treasury of Ireland be authorised to
advance the sum of +O,OOOl. to defray the expense
of raising the Militia of Ireland, &c. &c."
The Motion was agreed to, and the Report was
ordered to be received to-morrow.

At five o'clock the House adjourned till to.mor-
row.

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