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by omitting certain words, ert the Motion of the
5.1 c wrAtty at WAR,' after which it was agreed to
by the cominit fee.'
fil't: SECRITARY at WAR presented a Clause to
"be udder] to the Bill, for enabling the Deputy Lieu-
tenants to provide men ai Substitutes for Quaker,
vnri eitrwering them to compel the payment of
cost of such Substitute, &c. which was
,agrted
to.

The Stcto...-rAtty at WAR. brought' up miller
Clause, directing die manner in which the. Wives
and Families of the Non.eommissioned Officers,
Privates, &c. are to be provided for ; which •was
forthwith agreed to.
A Clause was then presented by the Right Hon.
Gentleman, to enable His "Majesty to direct the
Colonel or other Commanding Officer of-Regiments,
to discharge such men as'shoold be willing to en,
list_ its the Regular Forces ; and containing . a pro.
vision, that the, Parish, Bte, should not be coin.
Felled to fill' up such vacancy.
Mr. PITT was of opinion the Clause contained
some points worthy' of serious and more mature
•consideration. , lie did not mean 'now to give any
opinion upon the subjea ; he rather wished the
fat thdr consideration were postponed.
The SECRETARY- at WAR said a few words in
supporting the Regulation, but had no objedion to
its being farther discussed in a future stage of the
-Bill. He suggested Wednesday', next, when the
Report could be considered after the Bill should'be
printed. •
The different Clauses being all gor.e through, the
House resulted,- and the•Reporrforthwith received,
after which the Bill; with the Amendments, was
.ordered to be printed, and the Report to be takeri.
into consideration on Wednesday.
• In the course of a shOrt explanatory conversa.
tion between Capt. COCHRANE and the CHANCEL.
LOR of the ExcuEouen, relative to the Memorial
.presented by the former to the Admiralty; respeeling
'Prizes, and Appeals in Prize Causes,c&c. the latter
gave .notice of his intention to move to discharge
the order respetting the same.
The Amendments made by the Lords to the,Clergy
.Risidence Bill, were, on the motion of the CHAN. •,
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, ordered to be taken
into consideration to-morrow. . •
Mr. ALEXANDEIt brought up the'Report of the
Excise Consolidation. Bill, on which a conversation
ensued between the CHANCELLOa of the Excit
(lurk and -Mr. I'Lorstmea, on the subjeo, and par.
licularly relative to the dates, the stock in hand,
and the periods fixed- for the payments of the
staltnents. These; the finance Minister stated,
• were to be art the 2,4 th of October, 4th of Deem.
be:, the *6th of January, and the 3d of March..
Mr. VANaITTART brought forward a provision,
the elle& of which was to cause a reduftion in the
new Duties on Wines, in the following ratio : of
121, per ton on thoie of Portugal, and t 81.' per ton
on the Freneh.Wiries, . This, or. Mr. PLUMMER'S
• complaining of a reduaion of the Duties on Wine,
when none ,was proposed on those of Malt, was ex.
plained by the Hon. Secretary, as intended with a
view to the, material benefit of the .Revenue, to
encourage a large importation, and to prevent a
stagnatioo in the trade.
A der.ultory conversation then ensued. between
Mr. VANATTAKT and Mr. C. EIUTCUINSOIit re.
Ja(iVe to the comparative. situation in which the
distillers of Englard and Ireland were placed by the
.Bill under considerations; the effeet• of the Coon-
.
tervailing. 'Duties; ,the provisions of the Ad of
Union, &c. in the course of which the provisions of.
.the Bill were satisfaCiorily .accounted- for by the
,former„
The Bill was then 'ordered In be engrossed.
The Irish •Combination Bill passed through a
Committee,: and .was. ordered 'to be reported to.
morrow. •
A votiversation: of some length ensued between
Mt. CURRY and, Mr. C. HoTo trir:son, in .Conse-
quence of it being (reposed to go..into a Committee
t n the Irish Rev emit. Bill, in which the latter
consul-0 the praktice of bringing -4}n the Irish hu.
kineis at late hours anti empty benches; the
former explained the reasons -.which led to the
restot proceeding. Mr. -HUTCHINSON wish.
iSg ro,••postrone the •saine,„inoved. an adjt:Orn.
mow,. lath souse remarks were made by the
Ceittic Lon Of thek:xcitecitna and the Ses..sicr.x.
n ,the pt.int .of 01111:f. '1 he whole tertni.
J•htrd by Mr. livicriiNsori movingAo • haVe the
Pt use counted out, w:,,-n'it appeared only 17 Mens.
Lets +A ele.present, arcs at ont o'clock an adjourn.
n.tnt took place to the usual hour this flay.

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Cure Port Letters this tnorningannounce to us
the intelligence of a number of Dutch 'and French
Boats having been sent in, from which circumstance
probably arose the report of Sir SIDNEY SMITH
having taken .a Flotilla of Gun-vesselS. By our

-Harwich Letter it appears, that four of these Dutch
- huyis'have arrived there, and that Fifty Sitil had
.•been raptured by our Fleet, ArPortsmouth about
thirty.thite French Fishing,,boats have arrived,

,
and nine at Yarmouth. These Vessels are :now
taken by dut 'CruizerS, as they are'well calculated

for the conveyance of :110011s, ap4,w9lld nn doubt
4have been employed upon that service, when the
menaced InVasicin of tfiis Country takes place.'

Wt:. 'his morning received the Mani/Fur of the
l+th, and Aryrirls Pairrs of the z3d and z+llt inst.
The former is barren of intelligence. It contains
our Budget at considerable length, and several Ad.
ii•en a to the Chief Coml. The Brussels Paper cf