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London, England, 1804-05-08 00:00:00

.HiJCISE OF COMMONS.

MONDAY, MAY 7.
COPIES of certain Corre,pondence between the
Secretary of State and the Governors of the West
India Islands were ptesented, pursuant to an Order
of the, House passed on a former day. Ordered to
lie on the -Table.,
The Report of the Committee on the British and
Irish limn Bills, were severally brrrlhr u?, 2,14
"the Bills ordered to be read a third time to.mor.
row.

A Message from the Lords announced their Lord.
ships' consent to several private Bills.
On the Motion of Mr. CHARLES DUNDAS, the
second reading of the Misdemeanour Pripecution
Bill, was postponed till to-morrow.
Mr. Secretary YORKE presented an Abstraft Ac-
count of the several Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps
who have offered to go upon permanent Pay and
Duty; and also an Account of the Additional Re.
giments of Irish Militia wha.have offered an Ex.
tension of their Services in this Country.—Ordered
to lie on the Table, and, to be printed.
The Report upon the Excise Duty Bill was
brought up, and the Bill ordered to be read a third
tirn to-morrow. .
The House went into a Committee on the Cus-
tom Duty Bill. The Report ordered to be received
to-morrow.

Mr. FRANCIS said, that in order that the House
should be in possession of as complete information as
possible respeEting the State of our Affairs in India,'
and every thing that was connected with that sub.;
jed, he felt it incumbeni on him to submit the fol-
lowing Motions to the House : Mr. FRANC Is then
moved,
" Copies pr Extrads of all Dispatches received
from the Governor. General of Bengal, or from the
Presidencies'of Fort St. George and Bombay, and.of
their 'Correspondence with their respective Agents
or Ministers, or with . the Military Officers eon-
manding in the Field, as far as such Dispatches or
Correspondence relate to, or account for Hostilities
now or lafely subsisting between the said Govern.,
tnents, and any of the Mahratta Princes or States,
with the Dates of the receipt of such Dispatches.
" Copies of all Treaties or Correspondence be.
tween the said Governments and any of the Mah.
tatta Princes or States, relative to die said Hostili.
ties, or to the causes thereof.
4g Copies of all Treaties, Engagements, and Corm
respondence between the said Governments, and any
of the
.surviving Mahometan Princes or States in the
upper • part of Indiai particularly with the titular
King, or Mogul at Delhi, or his Ministers.
44 Copies or Extrads of all Orders or Instruc.
tions sent to India by the Court of Directors, 'or by
any Committee of the Court of Diredors of the East
India Company, on the same subjed."
Lord CASTLEREAGH said, it was his dis-
position to grant to the House every information
upon the subject, in his power, or which was con.
sistent with propriety. The last Marion of the
Hon. Gentleman appeared to him contrary to the
policy or propriety on which Peace with those States
might be obtained, owing to the disclosure which
would thereby take place. Unless, therefore, a
case of very urgent necessity was made out, he
thought that the Secret Committee ought not to be
called upon by Parliament to disclose that informa..
tion upon Diplomatic Subjects, which they may
have judged prudent to send abroad. The Hon.
Gentleman would, hiniself, become sensible of the
impropriety of such a measure, atter'he was once in
posmsion of all the other Papers he had moved for;

anal, therefore, be wic'ned him to withdraw it,till
he had conNidered the matter more maturely.
Mr. FRANCIS said, he -could not perceive. any
strong grounds for such secrecy, and therefore,
wished the sense of the House to be taken upon the

subjeti.
On the question heing put from the Chair, the
Motion wa, negatived.

AYLESBURY ELECTION.

Mr. FR AE 6 brolight up the Report of the Com-
mittee on the Aylesbury Election. The amend-
mento were read anti agreed to. .On the Motion
that the Bill be engrossed, and read p third time,
Lord OssuLsTopt rose and oppostdit. The Gallery
was cleared; • and after some consultation while
strangers Were excluded, the I-louse `divided---
.Ayes, 156-7-Noes 134—Majority for
,the Bill 2Z.