The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-06 00:00:00

SINECURES.

A iNlessage teas brought up froth the Commobss
desiring alai a COMIII,Liee o. I[lo, L
would attend (RC CociTlittee Oi Or cUal•
rlloiiS on .I:l4irsd ;y.pexi., to consider of whht
coot 4 weaning of the ilesolutiovs of ti e
House of Coinwohs, respecting the abohtion of cer-
tain• places:

. _ ..
Tile Mes,:engers,- after having withdrawn, were
,
again called i:., anti informed t,y aretord:Coancel-
lor, that the Hot)Se would return_ an answer by a
Messenger of their own.

. A Petition was presented by Lord Huntly against
the Seßtc't Lowlands D.sttllation Bill.
- On the iir§t'reacting ot thisi3il, Lord Lauderdale
conlOained that it would .4.);0v. wholly
and moved that it be -printed.7—Ordered.

11.1 E- NAVY.
.Lord STANHOPP said,- that he
Shad a propOsition
to submit to their Lordships, whiCh was of tar
greaterimportance than-any set of motions winch.
had been Made in that House for a number of yeas s.
It related to the security of the British Navy,.(ip
.sy,curity of which the very existence of .'the nation
depended. His. Lordship then-went into a detailed
account of the mischievous inventions made 'in
France some )'ears .ago by 'an -American of the name
of Veltow,n,, for the destruction of ships of t h.: a o st
size. 'The experimwnt of it was made at Boulogne
and at Cherbourg, aria it succeeded to a cent in ae-
gree. The inventor was afterwards invited o%er to
this country by Mr. Pitt and Mr. Pandas (now Lord
.They -held out •.great encouragement fd
him, and obtained Ari explanatioa of his. seciet. The
experiment was-repeated 'in some of our harbours,
andwas attended with the like success. Th,:re wag
no.dloubt but that
-this mischievous invention might
be improved, and rendered the most etreOual said
terrible instrument of War that ever has been used(
NoA ,as it had been ascertained to the satisti..lioti
f•4l _
mitts tutu 'the-nature ot the iuventiou, that it might
prove most fOrtindabie -to the Bi &sit Navy if ern..
ployed by' the enemy, the obi. ct of his motion
would_ be, to ascertain what measures had hten
tak.•n by the British Govi-rument to apply a remedy,
in order tuldeteat the operation ot such an engine.—
His Lordship urged the propriety of all the King's
ships being.possessed of :such engines; and .Con,
chided vt nil moving for a Return of the Ships ib his
Alajt:s(y'.B Service, with the view ot soiStrning. than.
The motion was negatived, the numbers being, -

eo. ntitnt

N on-Loil etas

Against it
STAMP DUTY SURPLUS

-17

On our return, we found 1,-!rd s,:linetith discuss=
ing toe prihcipies of LUAI and Taxa(iot; 3 in whi,:h
he %vas answered by Lord I..verp ; and the other
orders of the day being gone through; the 1-10USd
adjourned.

MUSE OF COMMONS.

TUE,,DAY, JUNE 5.

Mr. BATHUEsT oroglit oi,.the report of the Com-
mittee, tcrconsidtr.on the mode of introducing Pti-
irate Bilis. Several Resolutions were agreed to, and
ordered to be made into standing- Orders.
Admiral HARVEY tirou4ht in toe British Fishery
PloteOtion }3lll.—Rc=ad a firs,, and ordered to Le ead
a second time on Thursday.,

Mr. BYNG preseilted a Petition against the Shad,
well Poor 13d1.—Ordered toile on tile. table. r •

Un his preset-fling a Petition against the Giti,;
menial Do.cti.4 Bill, • . .

Thit SPEAKER•O',erved on the length of time.
_the
Bill has been pending in tile House, and the niugu-
larity of petitioning against tr, in so advance t a pe-
riod, unless i'he Hon. Member-lead it in his pr er to
slew; that the Petition could not be p. esented
sooner, it would be incumbent on the Huu,nri w
receive It.

Mr." BYNG said that the Petition pr.lyed merely for
a separate clause in the Bill.
. A few words tollawect from Sir J. Groliatt), Sir C.
Price, and . Sir T. Turton, when the Petition - was
withdrawn, and the Kilt ordered to be read a third
time to-roorrol.v.

The Amendment of the Lords to the Gas Light
Bill was taken into coir.irleration and agreed.fo.
Orrihe motion of Sir W. CURTIS, the report of
the 'liaMes Nal igation Bill was taken into further
consideration. The Amendments were agreed to 3
and ordered to be engrossed. •
Mr. FOSTER presented the Account of the Ff§t
Fruits of Ireland since the Union, and the st:te-
[penis of the. Trustees of the same.—Ordered to be
printed.
On the motion of Mr. WARD a message was
setrt to the • House of Peers, to reluest the al ten-
dance of Lords-Melville,.Carlton, Westmeath,
lesley, Graham, and otherS, belore the Committee,
on sinecure places. _ _ _

On the Motion of Mr. FOSTER, the Bill for grant-
ing 216,0001. for the service of Ireland, to be la,ed
from Treasury,Bills was read a first, and ordered to
be read a second time to-morrow.

The wool Billi the Newlewaciland Fishery. Bill,

and the Holyhead Harbour Bill, %vete read a third
time and passed.
The various Bills for imposing additional taxes in
Ireland went through Connittees.—Td report to-
morrow.