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London, England, 1804-04-21 00:00:00

MUSE OF COMMONS.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20.
THa Ballot for the Ilchester Committee was made
this day ; but_ the Members_were sworn in before
our admission to the Gallery. When the Gallery
was opened we found Mr. ROSE upon his legs. He
concluded with moving, That there be laid before
the House an Account of the Permanent Taxes from

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January x 8,03, to January xB4, distinguishing the
antount:srf these :of 1803 from those of 1 804; which
was accordingly ordered.
Mr. Secretary YoaKE moved that the amend-
ments.made by the Lords in the .Volunteer Bill, be
taken into consideration on Monday next, whichAvas

agreed to.
Mr. Secretary YoR Kg moved also that ibe Mili-
tia Officers' Bill be taken into consideration on Mon.

play next; which was also agreed to.

HOSTILITIES IN INDIA.
Mr. KINN/Imp said, that he had to call the
atteutioo Of the House to a subjea of-much

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ance ; but as the Motior he had to make had been
decided in another place, ,he should not trespass
long on the attention ofpGentlemen. He meant to
move: for4ccounts of all. Communications made to

the different Governments in India, respeaing his
Majesty's Message, and the aaual commencOneut
of-hostilities. He therefore proposed, that an hum-
ble Address be presented to His Majesty, praying
that His Majesty may be pleased to give directions
that the dates of all the. Dispatches transmitted by
land or by sea, to the several Presidencies in India,
and communicating His -Majesty's Message of the
Bth of March, as well as the dates of the Dispatches
transmitted in the same way, between that:period
and the rupture with France, ,be laid before the
House. He observed; that there appeared, on the
part of His Majesty's Ministers, •a considerable de-
gree of remissness and inattention in sending out to
India information which was so every necessary to
the welfare and safety of-. our possessions in that
quarter. The King'sMLssage, of the Bth of March,
was known at Calcutta orr the z4th of June ; but it
was hot until the middle of July that the official in-

telligence reached India.. On the 13th of July, Ad. '
miral LINO'S arrived at Pondicherry, and the t+th,
the. following day, he received his orders from
FranCe, in pursuance of which he cut his cables, and •
sailed for the Isle of France. • It was not until 'th'e
14. th of August that the Dispatches sent by -Goyerl
ment, reached Bombay. Thus, there appeared t 6
be on the part .of His Mjesty?.s Minister!, a deree
of negligence which was highly culpable. As to
St. Helena,: they had not thought proper to send any
Dispatches Whateier.to that Settlement, and the
only intelligence the Governor had of ther.King's
iNilessaU, and the ru4-kture with France, was from. a
,prize_ taken by an English Vessel, and sent into that
place an the arnith of OttobFr. If any misfOrtune
happened to out—tr44e in indiq, from Admiral LI.
NUB'S 'Squadron, it would, however, be satisfaelory
to knoW that every precaution had been taken for
its safety.
The Motion was agreed to.
Mr. KINNA.IRo then inov,ed another, describing
the dates of_ the Dispatches, as received by the se-
veral Presidencies, and Vale Officers commanding in
India by land and sea. • •
Lord C ASTLEREAGII said, he did not clean to
resist the Hon. Gentletnan'-sMOti,Jn, but, if lie. did,
his opposition would be on the ground that it did not
go quite. far enough. He had to remark, that the
Hon. Gentleman had not thought proper to do that
which was customary,' to give notice of his present
Motion ' • yet he should not, therefore, objet} to
it, but should content himself with repeating what
he had befOre said on both the Messages. in March
and in May, that instruaions had been sent by the
earliest means' to all. the Presidencies in India, for
the regulation arid direlion of their condud.
- The Motion was agreed to.
ARMY OF RESERVE SUSPENSION BILL. .

'Mr. Secretary YORKE moved the Order of the
Day, for a Committee of the. whose House on the
Army of Reserve Mt Suspension Bill.
The Order having been read,
Mr. Secretary YORKE stated, that when he had
proposed the Committee. on. the Bill for this day,
he had hopes that all the Clauses. which he meant
to propose in the Committee, would have been pre..
pared before 'this day. This, .however,
had been
found itripratticable, and he, therefore trusted the
House would consent to have the Order postponed
to Wednesday next.
Qn the question that the Order be postponed,
Mr. PITT felt himself involved in some difficul-
ty by the Motion of his: Right. Hon. Friend. He
had given notice, or rather an Hon. Friend had
given notice fot him, of. his intention to state 1.1."

opinions at large on the subjea, in the present stage
of the measure. His intention was to oppose the
:Motion for the Speaker's leaVing the Chair, for the
purpose of stopping the further progress of the Bill,
in order that, instead of a Bill for Suspending the
Army of Reserve Ad, another measure might be
introduced more likely to be effedual for the
'Public Service. Of this measure he had given no-
tice previous to 'the Recess, . and had been induced.
to postpone it in compliaoce.with the wishes of His
Majesty's Ministers. Whether the. Right Hon.
Gentleman was prepared or not with the Clauses
which he mew to propose in the Committee, was
indifferent with "tesped to a discussice,' in which
he trusted to convince the House, that the Bill
ought not to be committed
,at all. The reason he
assigned-for putting off the Order for going into the
Committee, was undoubtedly good against the
Committee, but could not apply to a diteussion,
which Gentlemen had been led to expect on. this
day, and the obje& of which was, to prevent the
.further progress of the Bill : if he could convince
the House, that it ought not to be proceeded with
at all. It was his intention, if the Motion were to
have,been persisted' in for pin into. the Commit.
'tee, to have opposed the Speaker's leaving the
Chair, and after explaining the nature of the mea-
sure which he thought most likely to meet the
exigency of the times, to propose the postponement
of. the question for a. Weekaor.a fortnight, in order
to afford Gentlemen time to turn the subject in
their minds, and to forth a sound and deliberate
judgment on. it. The House would recoiled, • that
he was not now pressing the question precipitately
forward, but anxious to bring under its. serious con-
sideration an important discussion, after repeated
notices f hear ! heat ). He was disposed, there-
fore, to propose an amendment, by substituting
Wednesday se'anight or fortnight-for Wednesday ;
but should forbear. moving it, till he should hear
what further reasons the Right Hon. Gentleman had
to urge in support of his Motion; •
/qr. Secretary YORKE stated, that 'when he had
proposed on Wednesday last to defer the Commit-
tee on the Bill, he was induced to fix it for the
first open day. He liatltintended to have propipsed
Monday, another important question having then
stood for this day, and when the arrangement rela.
tive to the question took place, he felt no °Nation
to fix the Committee for this day, hoping-that- the
new'Clauses would be then prepared. It.vvas neces-
sary to frame those Clauses with great nicety and
;precision, and therefore the more time was.neces-
-sary. It was important that the discussion of this
measure should not be' postponed further than was
absolutely unaVoidable, and therefore he could not
consent to postpone The consideration of it longer
than Wednesday. It would, nevertheless, be open
to `the Right Hon. Gentleman to urge his reasons to
the House for a further delay on that or, on any other
day; and to explain the plan-which appeared to his
.mind more likely to be effeEtual to the Public Ser-
vice, in order; if it 'should appear to the House
preferable to the one now before it, to get rid of
that altogether.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER,
'hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would not press
his 'amendment ; his °hied Was to obtain a further
delay than was proposed, and might very consist.
ently be pressed if -the
.Motion,of his Right Hon.
-Friend was, for the House to go into the Committee
this day. The Right Hon. Gentleman could not be
fettered nor embarrassed by agreeingeto the present
Motion ; because, if he should think delay rteces,
nary; he might propose it on. Wednesday, on the
Question for the Speaker's leaVirg the Chair.—
The-Right Hon. Genfleititan had certainly, in com-
pliance withwhat he had-stated to be the wishes of
His Majesty's Ministers, consented to defer his
prOposinon until after the measure in their content=
plation should undergo a discussion. No discussion
had yet taken placeon that subject, and as he un-,
tierstood the Right Hon. Gentleinan to have con.
sented to postpone his proposition until that should
rake place, he did not think he would press it in
this instance. But he thought an acquiescence in
the Motion of his Right Hon. Friend due to a cir.
Curnitance to which he could not regularly ad.
sett ; but the faa Was, that many Gentlemen who
hid intended to take . a part in the discussion;
were absent in consequence of an intimation from
his Right Honourable Friend, that it , was, his
'intention to apply for this delay. This was
really the fad, and it was certainly not attributable
fo 'aoy unfair motives. If, however, he could
ascertain the general sense of the House, to be for
proceeding with the Bill, he should not object to
it, though it would ben reeolleded, that the words
'of his Right Honourable Friend '(he hoped 'to have
the Clauses ready by this day), implied a doubt
whether he could he prepared to proceed with the
Bill.

Mr. FOX thought the very reverse was the
ease ; and that in place of feeling doubts as to this
44y, the Right Hon. Secretary hatl been On a for-
mer day prepared to proceed with the discussion,
which he had pot off expressly in consideration of
the applicariOn on the pa,tt,pf the Right Hon. Gen-
tleman (Mr. PITT), unless, ~ perhaps, being deter-
Mined to defer .the consideration of- it, he thought
he might as. well make a compliment, of the delay...
(A laugh.): But If he was less ready on this than
on a former day to proceed, was there not reason to
suppose that on Wednesday he should be less pre.
pared to proceed than at present ?—(A laugh, and
a cry of " Hear.l Hear P'..) . lb 4)is case, he was
of opinion that there was no sufficient reason for
the House tOdefer the discussion. But the question
was in much abler hands than his, and he should
not interfere further.
Mr. Secretary YOR.KE, stated, that when the
day was fixed for the Committee, he had expressly
declared that he could
,not be prepared with the
Clauses on Thursday, but hoped to have them
ready on this day ; and- as the Hon. Member was
not present
,on the occasion, he appealed to the Hon.
Member (Mr. LoNG) who had made the application.
Mr. LONG assented..,—Mr. Fox explained. •
Mr. PITT. One, of the reasons which induced
him to press, the diScossion; was a desire to consult
wish to bring, forward. the discussion on this subjeet
previous to any" of the other,discuSsions of which
.tthherrewluafts'atticlei,
the Convenience vheandieinlecee:lofitylele.
n.Ho
lutse.w. a
sA:oi
therefore, he consented to his Amendment; but as he

had the strongest desire to accomm date those vvi'(:',:
duty it was to bring forward and arrange the Pnhiii
6.
measures, he should not press it in this instance. r
must say, however, that he did not yield to argui
clients. He certainly could not perceive any apOe3r;
ance of a thin attendance, and if all public measur%
were to be marked in the progress by the arts
ance of such numbers, there would be no reason to
,
complain of the Legislature. He did riot think, tit
regular, nor altogether consistent with the fore. •
due to the opinion of the House, to anticipate Ith
decision ; but when the Gentlemen on the gent
below Mm declared, that they were not readY I.
meetithediscussion' as they wished, it was not h,ts
desire to orge them to it. -But as- they had pre':
pitately prOdticed the absence of certain Gentletne;
who had intended •to attendr he trusted, that from
regard to the convenience of 'those Gentlemen tfb;
were then present,..no' further application would b,
made for.delay, for helooked to ;this discassion 3:
a most important objed, in laying the foundation
tot
an efficient Regular Army, both now and hereafter.
.The Committee Yeas, alien postponed. to Weant",
day.
Lord PORCHESTERVVe notice of a Motion Ott
Copies of any, and *hat Orders had been sent ooh
to Officers commanding in: India to -detain Freß7
Vessels, &c. for Friday next, r in
Mr. Fox also gave notice of a. Motion ior a .
Account of the Transports. that had been tA1.e4341.0
for bringing over the Hanoverian Troops .I°t. - •
same day. Red
The House went into a Committee on the ReriVe
of the Committee for carrying into effeet the
for making an Inland Navigation between Invert!
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and ,Fort William, in Scotland. The Commit'o
came to a. resolution, that a Bill should be brouoj•
in fdr making a further provision for making !
maintaining the said Navigation. The Housebet, •
resumed, the Report was ' brought up, the Rei°'-'
tion agreed to, and a Bill ordered accordingly. ye
The CIiANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuEtt tn.
notice, that in the Committee of Supply on int),
day -he should move for a grant for making a P. •
vision for that purpose. CO ,
AO,
Mr. ALEXANDER, on the Motion of the fte
.CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, brought up the "00-'s
port of the Committee of WaYs and Means. 0",
question that the Resolutions be read a second time' ' •
kes .
Mr. JOHNSTONE re-urged his former nueJiia .
tions to a large issue of Exchequer Bills. ~,
stated; that there were at present 24,800,000 P:„-:,
chequer Bills outstanding, which, by the operat',"' .
of the plan proposed by the Right Hon. GentlenlPl,
would beincreased to 25,300,000. The amount
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Exchequer Bills in the market, at . the same pe,rl°,, . i
of the.last Session, did not exceed 20,000.,000. 1.,'
Hon. Gentleman then urged .the propriety of mak7
a Loan for t 5,000,9001. rather i ban for 10,000,00°". '
whiCh would reduce the amount of Exchequer PI
to be issued, by 5,000,000, on the ground that
might be -necessary to cad out the Volunteers tr.
permanent duty, or that the War Taxes should oral
deficient, and that Exchequer Bills would be folloo
the best resource in either case. Another ress.°th
was, that if the market should be overstocked'''. or
Exchequer Bids, ' that it would be necesal,,se,
fund them-next year, when the Minister aol'''Gen- t
to provide for the Loyalty Loan. The 144' 3 was
tleman dwelt at some length on the subjs.:lt 411-.
replied to by al
r
-Mr. TANSITTART,'who agreed in the genseto
principle, that an excessive issue of Excbeeper, Po; ,
would be injurious to , the- Country, but dent: ;ids
that was the case in the present instance..--- I'l
than
were no Bills outtitanding of_ an earlier date di,
April, 1803, and from the quantity discharge
I.
the market required ,a -new :issue. Those no o' ur,
standing would be materially diminished this Yeake
and as the whole expenditure of the year was to wr
provided for by the Ways and Means of the Yo's
without including Exchequer Bills, a large anintlif ..
of them would be paid off in the course of the re-`ais
and the quantity in the market, at anY pert
f.
would never exceed thesquantity at any for incl.' ‘‘)
respondent period. s' .
A conversation ensued, in which . it,
Mr. JOHNSTONE stated, 'that, from s"bsa
tentive investigation of the Pt ice Currents hen-00
found that Exchequer Bills had been at a disc;cut
of One per-Cent. from Ist January to the Pet a
time. Mr. DENT also stated, that they vvere`.l:ost
discount. Mr. VANSITTAET and the Co Ascte-ttaa
of the ExcHstouna stated, that the Bid' (-h-en in,
been at a discount were only those that ~beireaa hi
" --e
terest cf three pence a day ; none of those ' lid.
the present Government, bearing an intete't °"- .
a day, were at a discount. , . thou
sv
The Resolutions were agreed to, as eh,a.. 00
respersting the pay and clothing of the M"jcsea.
the allowance to Militia Officers 9 • Bills werOr . •
accordingly..

CATHOLICS IN THE IRISH
Mr. DILLON said, he was not aware wh,eniceft
gave his vote in favour of the Irish Militia '-',:tii,
Bill, that the Roman Catholics in the Irish Wr_ik". to
as soon as they came over here, would beteb's 1,04
the penalties of the Statute of,Geo. I. v",sode
to know, whether the Right Hon. Gentleman (41.0,
toditrriet:
site had provided any remedy for such Rte nc: o!',
tholic Militiamen, against those penalties ? Illitto
he should, on an car!), day, submit a Motion to
.House on the subjel. i 440.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER°
, 6,01
the Lon. Gentleman might have answered hi 9
"ap,
question. He could not have provided any relc4o.
but by
a Legislative measure, of which the been
Gentleman would have been aware, if it hail' blot
i
brought fdrmvard. He had only. to observe, !to,
there was nothing applicable to the Irish Mlitil°'
which was not equally applicable CO the Irish Calor
lies in the Regiments of the line, nor had (her
thing more to apprehend. belt°
Mr. KINNAIRD moved, that there be laid cm*
the House, an account of the Dates of all Disi)a,tociii
sent out by the Secret Committee of the'East:dia,
Message,
Company, to the different Presidencies. in :ed*
from the Bth March,. the day of His-JO.
Mr. KINNAIRD gave notice, that on,Nion"?l get
Maie. lit
should Move- an bumble Address to,filvi; -
that there be laid before the. HUtIsCI,3 "'"1
till the rupture with France.---Oruci, I*
Officers on the Half:Tay.
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LONDON, APRIL .El, 1804.

YESTEILDAY we received Dutch Papers to the
/stli inst. but all the intelligence of any importance
which they 'contain, has been anticipated by the
French Paper It is stated, upon the authority of
a Gentleman who lately effeded his escape from
France, that the Artily encamped along the Coast
of Pidanly have began to manifest great discontent
at the delay of the projefted Expedition against
this Country, which •
they ltad been assured by
their Officers was to be put into execution be-
fore this time. It is also added, that the vrepa.
rations have of late considerably relaxed, and very
recently twenty Battalions have been marched from
the Coast to the interior. We are much inclined to
doubt any reports of the Enemy having relaxed in
their preparations ; they are not, perhaps, making
any eddition to their force on the Coast, because,
as ue stated some time ago, it was considered to be
complete, and sufficiently numerous, for the intend..
ed Expedition. The reports of insurredions having
happened at Paris, appear to be wholly destitute of
foundation.

IT is said that the BAVARIAN MINISTER at our
court has presented a remonstrance, complaining of
the donduft imputed to Mr. DRAKE in the ex parte
Report of the French Grand Judge, and requesting,
in the name of the Et.v.o-roit his Master, the recal
of that Gentleman from Munich. It is also stated,
that in the event of a refusal on the part of our Go-
vernment, he has received instruCtions to demand the
necessary Passports to enable him to return home
With all possible expedition. Nothing can more
decidedly evince the abjea anti degraded situation
in Which the smaller States of turope are now
placed, by the domineering tyranny of the Corsican
Usurper.

Tx E iminorfah.t.c and Sulphur, with three of the
St°ne-sl4s, came in to Deal ye3terdak. from B"-
icrzne Roads. They were obliged to slip their
tables, and stand over to the English Coast, in con.
septence of a gale of wind.

Yesterday morning about twelve o'clock, HER
MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, attended by Ladies
tAItDIGAN and THYNNE, took an airing by Hamp-
stead and Highgate.
Yesterday at one o'clock the Lot D CHANCEL_
toe, and Mr* ADDINGTON had audiences of His
MAJESTY.

Yestetday a Court of Direaors was held at the
India-House, when the Ships Ocean, of 560 tons,
and the Tra.vers, of 577 tons, were taken up for the
Company's s‘rvice.
The Court adjourned at an early hour, till Wed-
tesday next.
The East
esbu India Ships
Lord H , Air& Castle, Worcester, aecakry, and Duke of Montrose, are ap-
pointed to 141
to be in the- to Gravesend the 24th instant, and
Downs the 24th of May.
The SECRETARY Of STATE, in a Circular Letter
,
tended to place an
to the Lords Lieutenants states, that it is not in-
y Corps of Volunteers upon eer.
manent duty in the town to which it may belong,
unlesa it be a garrison, .and the Corps
take to perform the duty thereof. shall under-
A Circular Letter has been sent, by desire of the
SECRETARY Of STATE, to the Commanding Officers
of Volunteer Corps, desiring that Government may
he informed without delay, of the manner in which'
the Volunteers throughout Great Britain have aCtu-
ally been supplied with arms, accoutrements, and
other articles necessary to military equipment, and
of the extent to which the supply has.been carried.
A camp, it is stated, is to be formed at Weedon,
in Northamptonshire, for which purpose 7o acres of
land are now enclosing.
The proportion of the Army of Reserve coartered
at Bristol, under the command .of Col. LlTstLve,
during the present week, volunteered to a man,
to form the 99th Regiment of the line.
The whole of the 4th Battalion of 'the Army of
Reserve, stationed at Yaxley Barracks, last week
unanimously volunteered for general service. In
consequence of this patriotic offer, the Commanding
Officer allowed the men a general furlough for four
days. We understand this fine body of young men
are intended to form the 97th Regiment.
Last•week the churches and other public build-
ings in York, capable of holding' men, or of being
converted into depots, were surveyed by order of
the Magistrates, in consequence of a communica.
Lion from Lord MULCRAVE, the General cont.manding that District.
On Thursday a trial of skill took place on Broad.
borough Green, Gloucestershire, between the Severn
,Riflemen, commanded by Captain WATIIEN, and
the Kingstanly Riflemen, commanded by Capt. N. P.
WATHEN. Ten men shot on either side six balls, three
at 150, and three.at zoo yards. The Severn men
evinced'their great superiority. The celebrity of
these Sharp-shooters assembled a great number of
speaators. The- rival marksmen,
and a party of
their friends, dined together afterwards at Stroud,
the utmost harmony and good.htunour. •