Star.
London, England, 1808-05-17 00:00:00

HOUSE OF CONINIONS.

This being the last day for rectivi,lg Reports of Committees
upor. l'rivate Bills, a considerable time was occupied for that
purp,..4t, before the House proceeded to pablic Innnness.
DYNG brought the Report of the St. Luke's open Vestry
Bill. CrZered to be engrossed, cud read the third tirx on t.riday.
A Message annotnictd the assent of the Lo:-.Is to the Militia
Cloathing Bill, the English and Irish Militia Pay, Adjutant's
Allowance Bill, and SubLdtern Oltic:rs Bill, and the Irish Stamp
Duty bill.
'lite Committee on the Local Militia Bill was deferred until
to-morrow.

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The Assesccd Taxes Bill was read a third time and passed.
The secwid reading of the Curates' Bill was postponed till to—
morrow.

Sir A. WELT ESI.EY obtained !rive to bring in aEill to amend
the at'th of the King, as far as rel.ites to the ir..dunteering front
the Militia in:c Lite in Ireland. _ _

He then brought up the said Bill, which was read a first time,
and ordtrcd to he read a 2d time to-morrow, and to be printed.
The Report on the Copper Bill was brought up and agreed to,
and a Bill ordered to be brought in thereon.
Sir JAM FS MONTGOMERY obtained leave to bring in a
Bill to rep:A part of an Act of Queen Anne, respecting the shoot-
ing of Hares in Scctland.
A Person from the East-India House presented an Account of
the Produce ache Revenues in Bengal. Ordered to be printed.
Sir SAMI.11:1. ROMiLLY gave notice of a motion on Wed-
i nesday, for leave to bring in a Bill to mitigate the severity of the
Criminal Laws, and to afford some compensation to persons who
have suffered long imprisonment under fal,e accusation.
Mr. ROSE gave hotice of a motion on Monday next, for leave
to bring in a Bill to prevent ships taken from this country by the
enemy from obtainirg subs:Tient Rcg:!,:trs as Pritish ships.
Mr. FULL bR gave notice of a motion on Monday, for leave
to hting in a Bid to prevent the spreadihg of the Small Pox In-
fectit'n.

ir JOHN NEWPORT rnnvtd for a Copy of the Circular Let-
ter written byW. lawkencr, Esq. Clerk of tae Privy Council, on
the 6th of October last, to the .Avilbiihops and bishops in g-
land and Wale:, with their :esp-ctive An.wers the.% to, concern-
ing the number of the Non-resident Clergy in th..4r several Dio-
ceses, in the y.ar 1607.
Mr. ROSE said, the account was at present substantially before
the House in another form.

The mutien, however, passed in the affirmative.
SCOTCH JUDICATURE.

Mr. R. DUNDAS moved for the arrointment of a Committee
to examine the Lords Journals of the I,,st and pr,sent Sessions,
re•pectirg the Jurisdicien of the Court of Session, and the number
of Appeals.
Atter a few words from Sir JOHN ANSTRUTHER, this was
agreed to, and the second reading of the Scotch Judicature Bill
was in consequence postponed till Friday.
BARRACK ACCOUNTS.

Mr. ABERCROMBIE, after some pr. fatory observatinrs,
moved for an account of payment, and claims of Barrack Archi-
tects, Surveyors, aLd Overseers, since the 14th of July,lBCO3 to
the present time.
Mr. 1!11.,IZISSON, in explanatior, stated how so considerable
a charge had been incurred. He said, that under the authority cl
Gene:al Val4.nry, while he presided in the Department of 134.-
racks, on account of the extent to which it was found necessary
to carry thoee buildings for the accod.modatic,n of troops in differ.
ent parts of tbe counti y, a number of Architects had been em-
ployed ro Cai'ry on tho.,e building:, and occasionally to survey or
iiisp,.xt them, with a view to such further extension or repairs as
might he tit••ugltt ne,7eraary, and, as professional men, bAng called
on :o give whole time and attention to the busiaess, it was
thought that kt 500 a-year was not an unreasonable remuneration
to allow each. In tl'ta r.ar 1805, It:)wever, when it was thought
unnecessary to carry farther the system of building barracks, and
nothing reztudned to be done by those persons than merely an oc-
casional survey and inspection, the longer continuance of their
salaries would be loading the country with heavy expellees fur
offices almost sintrure. It was therefore deemed expedient by the
Lords of tt,e .Treasury to charge the mode of payment, and effect
a e4nsiderahle saving to the public, by allowing 3 per cent. on the
amount of work ,urveyrd.—Tha Accounts were ord,red.
The Paymaster's Pill was read a third time, and, with an amend-
ment ntcoice. I.y Mr. LONG, lot r.:gulating the audit of West-
In;aia Accounts, passed, and ordered to the Lords.