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London, England, 1808-02-20 00:00:00

AMERICAN INTERCOCRSE

The American Intercourse Bill was brought up from the Com-
mons, and read a first time, on the motion of Lord BAT it ussr ;
same Peer it was proposed, that it be read a second
nday next.
:LAND washed that the teading should be postponed
ing day, with the concurrence of the Noble Move.
,ith any view to oppose the-Bill that lie suggested this
teration in the time ; on the contrary, it was his wish, by
mans, to accelrate its progress, as he was friendly
le by which it was dictated.
Jel, it was agreed, that it be printed and read a 2.1
'tiesday next.
SUMMONS POSTPON F;11.
)ERDALX said, that under the arrangement of business
Lordships, he conceived it would be a matter of gc-
ience, that the Summons which stood on the ininutes
for Tuesday next, should be deferred until the Friday
Jrt conversation it was ordered, that their Lordships
unuatonedlor Friday next.—Adjourned until Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
rit was ordered for the Borough of Boroughhridge, in
James Oawkins, Esq.' who has accepted the Office of
the Chiltern Hundreds.

STAN f.F.Y presented a Petition from certain Cotton-
J.ancashire, praying that the Rate of. Wages for Jour-
mid be regulated. This petition was ordered to be

Committee.
Customs' Place Abolitiot. Bill, and the Bank Un-
Dividend Bill, were reported,. and ordc:ed to be en-

lessage from the Lords stated, that their Lordships had
the Exchequer Bills Regotalon Bill, without guy

IREIGNERS' PROPERTY IN THE FUND&

motion of Mr. BANtcea, the following papers were or-
-‘ Account of all Elemptions of the Funds possessed by
front the Duty on Dividends; whether in the Funds
it:in, South Sea, or oiherwise, imposed-by the Pro-
from the sth of April; 1806,10 the sth of April, 1807.
An-Account of the Notes of the Bank of England, which
circulation from the Ist of February, 1807, to the Ist of
•
1808.
..ccount of the Notes of the Bank of Ireland which were,
circulation during the same period.

GREAT GRIMSBY.
/BASER gave notice, that he should, on T.Tonday, move
irder for taking irto co,isideration the Petition• com-
l. an undue return for the Borough of Great Grimsisy
21y discharged, for want of due qualification.
motion of General GASCOIGNE, there was ordered
before the House an Account of all Salt exported from
itain for the last three years, distinguishing the year, and
-rom whence fxported, and the place to which. Also, an
If all Bonds granted Qn such exportation remaining un-
with the dates of the stele.
INDIA.

Lolford presented the Correspondence by Marquis Corn-
the different Presidencies in India, on his last arrival in
country, agreeably to order of the House.

DARDANELLES AND EGYPT.
WOOD moved, that there should be laid before the
it-s, or extracts of the instructions from his Majesty's
It to the Officers, naval and military, empbyed in the
lean, relative to the Expedition to the ILirdanelles and
)rdesed.

NAVAL ASYLUM.

POLE rose, agreeably to notice, to move
.tin papers connected with this establishment.
Lpers, of which he wished the House to be in
ion, were a copy of a Memorial from Doctor
Keene, formerly Surgeon of the Ville de
the Commissioners of the Naval Asylum ;
?y of a Letter from the same Gentleman to the
;sioners, dated 27th May, 1807, inclosing a
.te in his favour from the. Transport Board.
Ted there could hardly be any apology neces-
r his troubling the House on a subject con-
•ith that meritorious class of men, the Navy

of whom Dr. Keene was one. He was
the House would not lend a deaf ear to appli-
:oming from such a quarter. On the contrary,
assured, when the merits, sufferings, and pri-
, of that useful 'Jody were considered, that the
would feel jealous of any seeming neglect
passed upon them, and would throw open the
the House to any application which they
ye to make. In the statement made on this

2y a Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Rose),
irmer night, it excited considerable surprise in
C. Pole) to learn that no Memorial from
.eene had been received by the Commissioners,
-ime of _the appointment of Surgeon to the
ishment, and that no' Memorial had been re-
' from any person on this subject, but from one
:lined relinquishing his private practice. He
~shed at the time that there was a miFtake.in
.ssertion, and he was now fortified in that eon-
being in possession of a Memorial from Dr.
wesented to the Commissioners four months
to appointment by his Majesty to the situation
:ion. The Memorial was presented in April
and the appointment did not take place till
It was necessary, therefore, that the House
!ome to some decision on this point, and it
!ssary also that the papers should be.before
tse, that it might be able to contrast th 6 time
Mentotial was received, with the datv of the
ttment. If, on the present occasion, the papers
-3r were refused, be believed it would he the
tstance, where any evidence 4ecessat:Y to protect
rights, and naval service of the country,
:hheld. He concluded by moving, That
.tonal, letter, and certificate before descri'oed
before the House."

.USE said, he certainly did inquire, and was
that previous to the situation of Surgeon to
ibliJiment was disposed of, no application
situation had been made by a person who
.ed in the Navy. The nomination wAs actually
March, and Dr. Keen's Memorial was not
!d for some time after. Be had no el:,ection
7oductien of the papers in question, but he was
that the House should also b. 2 in possess'on ef
:nal date ef the appointment. He therefore
That there be laid before the House a
'f the Appointment of Surgeon to the Naval

several motions were then pot and agreed to.
IRISH ILITIA.
OHN NEWPORT rose, in cons,inence of
ice he had lately given; to mccee for certa'n
to explain certain hiceasisteacks in the mode

of execution of. the Act passed in the latter end
last Session, for raising the Militia in Ireland.
that Act, the bounty given to volunteers in that ser-
vice was fixed at four guineas ; but instead of that
being adhered to, bounties of 11', 15, or 16 guineas
had been given, merely because these sums had been
alluded to in a subsequent part of the Act. The Act
directed, that the Lord Lieutenant shall order ves-
tries to assemble, to order an equitable assessment up-
on the particular parishes, but • such was the case,
that after they had raised the tax, they ballotted the
parishes. He Was at a loss to know upon what prin-
ciple this could be done, since Parliament had only
authorized one option in this particular. Another
'objection to the mode of assessment was, that the
whole burden was imposed upon the resident tenants,
and not upon the landholders. This he conceived to
be perfectly unfair, and tended to render them dissa-
tisficd. His object was, that the community should ,
I,ave no ground for saying that they were aggrieved.
If the ballot be at all to be resorted to, the first prin-
ciple was, that the apportionm_ent should be upon fair
and regular returns made at-small distances of time,
so that it might be known that no parish or disurict,
goes beyond the fair proportionment of the general
quota. He understood from unquestionable autho-
rity, that the Lists• of Ina-add I711)5 had been re
sorted to for raising the apportionment in 1807. He
wished the House to assert its own rights, by taking
these matters into Consideration, and acting in con-
formity to the principles u£ the Irish Union. He need
scarcely observe to them, that power had been always
found to he susceptible of greater abuses, in propor-
tion as it is exercisod in a distant part of the empire.
It was for that reason that he now aimed at a correc-
tion of those abuses which were more prevalent in
Ireland than in Great Britain. The Right Hon.
Gentleman then moved for
Copies of all Orders or Proclamations Issued by the Lord Lieu-
tenant or the Privy Council of Ireland, directing the mode of rai-
sing men for the Militia, under the provision of the late Act of
his present Majesty; either by ballot or by enrolling them as Vo-
lunteers.
To this.rhotion no material objection was stated ;
but the observations of 'the Right Honourable Mover
occasioned a conversation of considerable length, in
which Sir Arthur Wellesley, Colonels Barry,Vereker,
and Bagwell, stated various particulars in answer.—
In the'course of this conversation :t was stated, that
as the Executive Power had only acted according to
the authority of the Act, it was in the Right Honou-
rable Mover's Power to have objected to the particu-
lar pro.visions.of it, at the time it was passing through
the House. It was also stated by Colonel Barry,
that to his knowledge new lists had been made out
for the counties of Cavan, Wexford, and Carlow.

Mr. WINDHAM defended the arguments of Sir
John Newport, and said that it was not yet too late
to rectify the act in its Particular provisions, as well as
to rectify the mode of its execution.
Sir JOHN NEWPORT added, that he was ready
to prove his assertion—that the old Lists of 1793
andl797, had in general been used under the act of
1807 , which, for various reasons, must prove most un-
j•ust.

The first motion being agreed to, the same Right
Honourable Gentleman then Moved for various otber
necessary documents connected with this subject. all of
which, after some occasional observations and amend-
ments, were also ordered to be produced.