Star.
London, England, 1805-02-06 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The Hon. Mr. Foley toot the oaths and his feat, M Wernher.
for Droitwteh, in the room of Sir E. Winnington, deeeafed ; ati
Ath did Lord Proby, as one of the Reprefentatives of the Town
of Bueltit:6ham.
The Exchequer Sill, fill was read a ftermd time, and commit-
ted for to-morrow, on the motion of Mr.
The Affrired Tax Cusemilloncra Bill was paffed through a
Connu;!t,,e the whole Mout:: the Report was received, and the
d to lie rfa.l a third time to.ruureiw.
Mr. f.1.1.:0TT aiked, if the Return nude to the Houfe of the
Amount cf Colenel l t ench'a Levy, was inelutive or exclulive of
theme) Pori, (tattd in that Paper ?
'the t ARY at WAR was not prepared to give the Hon.
Motobf r any aea.:_te Information oi, the tubjeet. He was rather
inclined to bh. ve that the jos included the whole of the number
r.;hd by that UlliCtsr. However, he ilinuld make inquiry at the
ot the .-Vjiit.int nerd, and sviinbl .;ten very readily corn.
to tilt ilet. Member any information which he might
u.quire on that point.
Mr. Al.l X INDER brought up the Report of the Army ERl-
m;.ttu: ettetslav's Committee. Ou the Clerk reading the Rao-
lat'oti whit Fuvides fur the expellees on the Scoff,
The VARY at WAR informed au Hon. Gentleman op.
polite, that he had liner yelterday looked at the votes of laft year,
out tumid by a coniparifon with that now before the Houle, thlt
tlsc tx:eis contained ill this year's ellen:ate amnuntfil to 73,cc01.
and nut it 4cool as that Hon. Gentleman had then fuppofed.
Un t he Refolutinn for granting a fum for the fupport of the Mi-
lk..ry Eltaiiiiffinient in Ireland being read,
SFCRETARY at WAR moved, that the Order of yeiter-
dar Ihmth.ibe ilifcliarged, and that the fum of 604621 Its. Bd.
Iliould be voted ialtead thereof, being a redo Mon of about 70,000 L
0.-tiered.

The SECRETARY at WAR moved the firft readiog of the
Mutiny Bill.
filr.l, it.ttiClS (laud, that as he had miffed the proper opportu-
ni y, thought fit now to inquire of the Right Honourable the
Secretary at W.r ii the 360 Artillery and 6454 Infantry at Cey-
lon were Al lid lt ?

The Si-CR ETARY at WAR (aid, that he believed there were
3 N3tiv,s
Th, Itaoktions were then read and agreed to.

IRISH LOAN.

I.nrd ARCI4II3ALD HAMILTON moved, Thst there he I lid
before the Houle. •ceounts of the fume borrowed in England for
the (mice of Ireland, trom the sth of January 170, to the fame
period in the prefent year, difLoguifiting each year.
That there be Lid before the Houle, an account of the quantity
of flank of Ireland Nt tea in circulation in the year 1804, dill:a-
-1 guilfing thofc under 51.
1 hat there be laid before the lioufe, a ftatcment of the time at
which the Loan for the feevice of Ireland wa4 negotiated fart year,
alie Wei of the terms upon which it was agreed.
Alcoa ftaternent of the Price:: which Rank of Ireland Stock bore
at various periods from the sth of January, 170, to the sth of ja-
nuarr, in t! c prcrent year.
Mr. FOS] F:R. informed the Hoare, that the Noble Lnrd had
done him the honour to communicate his intention drinking th-de
motions, and he certainly had no ohje chitin to them. There was
one circtuttutte.: however, which he Iheuld xplaio, that 1./As
The lank of England had heeli amnied to, to lend over a coniiil,r-
able fum or-money to Ireland, intt they w. re impelled to moil-
nit it to Ireland, at par. The [h• eMors, howcw.x, n lured, as
many of them dealt in Exchange mid (inn a trallradi ~,, 11101 f 11C
Injurious to th..it charader. 'ch., Tr. afury then feat the aunts int
of the lum to which he referred itt Bank Port rsillo. The day of
their being ilfecd was previonfly announced, in order that every
one who thow.,ht fit might have an w,,partunity of bidding for
them. They were at tint fa up at t but the people would
not purchafe at that rate. The price of Rank Bats was then
lowered until it was brought down to par, and there the matter
now Rands.

The quer-ion was then put on the different Rdalutions, and
carried nein. con.

CHARGE AGAINST SIR H. POPHAM.

Mr. KINNAIRD, purfuant to his notice on a for-
mer day, role to move for the produftion of certain
papers, calculated to enable the Houle to judge of a
Charge made in a Report of the Navy Board, on the
fubjeft of certain very large charges for the repairs of
the Mips Romney and la Senfible, while under the
command of Sir Home Popham in the Red Sea. On
a fubjea of fuch importance, he thought it incum-
bent on him, both continently with his duty to the
Houle, and in fairnets to the Hon. and Gallant Of-
ficer whole conduit was implicated, he hoped the
lioute would indulge him while he flared a few of
the circumnanccs which induced him to inflitute an
inquiry into the grounds of this charge. He hoped
the licule would do him the juflice to believe that he
had not taken up the tubjeft on light grounds, or
from batty conclutions. It was not till rumours on
this butinefs had long met the *public ear—it was not
till he had, for feveral months, teen a publication
containing the molt feriotts charges againit the Ho-
nourable Officer, and °Nerved that this publication
remained unanfwered, that he had felt hiintelf called
no longer to poll pone the confideration of a fohjeft,
in which, not only the chandler of the Britifh Navy,
but the whole fyftem of economy in the public expen-
diture, were intimately involved. I tideedeit was the
lefsnecetrary for him to offer any apology on the pre-
terit occafion, for while he was confident the Hotafe
would never Phew themfelves deficient in a defire to
uphold the honour of our brave defenders, they would
evince a determination not lets firm, that no officer,
however high his charafter, or extenlive his merits,
fhould be tuffered to wane the public money introit
ed to his care with unneceffary and ruinous prodiga-
lity. The Houle had ninon a difpolition to aft on
loch principles, in the appointment of a commiffion
to inquire into Naval abufes, and, he trotted, the
fame ideas would continue to regulate their delibera-
tions. It would, furely, not be difputed that the
whole duty of a Britilh Officer gas not confined
to his mere conduit in the hour of battle. He
would never forget that he had other, and not lets
important offices to perform, in watching over the
dittribution of the national refources committed to his
care, and that all accounts were to be patted from
the validity of his affurances that no idle or unneeet-
fairy expenditure had occurred. Having made the
general ()Nervations, he proceeded to the immediate
tubjeft on which he had rifen to added's the Houle.
It would be recollefted, that about the end of the
year itico, the Romney and la Senfible were fitted
out for the put pole of co-operating in the expedition
to Egypt, which took plac= in the Spring of the
fubliquent year. About May 1833, as neatly at he
could rccol;t:ft, thete rattined to this country.
l'iev:out to this peri d, bills from India had reaches
the Ac:m.:..uty, to the amount vino leis than eighty
thoufanci rounds for the repair of thele vetfels. The
Admiralty Board svcie naturally anunitheal at fo
enormous a charge, and they accordingly infirueted
the CenunifTioners of the Navy Board to examine
into all the flutes and repairs which thefe veffcls had
received, and from the tine of their departure from
England, and to call for the levet al Journals in u Lich
accounts of the expenditure had been prefervcd.—
On the tc.ne and charafter of the Report made ;)
theft Conintiffioners, lie had beets principally inclined
to reit his arguments to the Houle for the pt oduflion
of the papers, with motions for which he meant
to conclude. At the time the Romney failed, the
was Rated to he completely provided with limes,
of all forts, for twelve months. Yet, as foon as the
reacted Cie Cape of Good Hope, which was before
the expiration of three months, it was found that