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P.fRLIAMENTART PROCEEDI4VGS.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 2.
The 1-loofe met according to adjournment, and
innecii.,telv proceeded in the difpatch of bufinefs.
The Hon. Mr. Poot.a took the oaths and hie fcat as Min-
bv for the Q.uecie. County, in the room of the late Sir jol.:.
Para&
The Aberdeen New Brldewill Bill was read a fecond time,
and referred to a private Committee.
Several private Peutious were prdental. As Coon as they
were difpofed of
The S ?tease obferved, that it would be ex-
tremely convenient to get through the private bu.
finefs every day before four o'clock : if then the
Houle would enable him, he laid he thould take the
chair at three o'clock to-morrow, for that purpofe.

SIR JAMES SAUMAREZ.
The SPEAKER raid, he had to acquaint the
Houfe, that having purfuant to its order trant•
mitted its Vote of Thanks to Sir James Saumarez,
for fevices performed by him and the fleet under
his command ; he had fince received a letter in
anfwer, which he Ihould rcad with the permiffion
of the Houfe. He then proceeded to read the
letter, which was in fubflance as follows :
" On board the War, Gibraltar Bay, Jan. 6.
gait-1 have received the letter which you did me the ho-
nour t adrift-Is to me, tranfmitting the Vote of Thanks of the
Houle of Commons to me, and the Officers and Seamen of his
Majcity's fleet under my command, for the fuccefsful attack
made upon the combined fleets of France and Spain, in the
Streiahts of Gibraltar. upon the 12th and t3th of July Lift.—
It was my peculiar fortune to have received firagar thanks no
lets Clan tour times, for feacral actions in which I was at dif- •
ferent times engaged fince I became commander of a line et
battle sip. Thole, however, which I have now received, are
peculiarly gratifying to my feelings, as addreffed to me in the
higher Ration of Commander of a fquadron. I want words to
convey in adequate terms the fentimenu of gratitude with
which I tm impreffid by this high mark of approbation. I tbaU
take the eartielt opportunity to fignify the fame is the Captains,
and am, ace. “ JAMES SAUMAREZ."
An Account of the diftribution of the fum voted
laft year for the extraordinaries of the army was
laid on the table by Mr. Steele;and on the motion
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ordered to he
printed for the ufe of the Members of the Houfe.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excasny Es intimated,
that though he had given notice on the last meet-
ing that he Ihould to-morrow move for the addi-
tional expences of laft year on the extraordinary
fervices of the army, on the idea that the accounts
could not be made up in time; yet, as he now found
that thole accounts were completed, he Ihould al-
ter the complexion of his motion. On Friday next,
therefore, he propoted to move,that a turn be voted
to cover the charge of the excels of the Army Ex.
traordinaries for laft year.
Mr. Rosso's rote to complain that the papers
ordered to be printed were not prepared in time for
the perufal of the Members.
The SPEAKER fuggefled that this converfotion
was irregular, as the Honourable Member would •
have an opportunity of urging his objedions and
arguments in the Committee when the fulajed was ,
brought under a full difcuffion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEIVER obferired ,
that the papers in queftion would be prepared for
the ufe of Members on Thurfday morning.
A perfon from the Navy Office prefented an efti-
mate of the Navy Debt as it flood on the 3111 of
December, allot. It was ordered to lie op the ta-
ble, and in the mean time to be printed for the ufe
of the Members of the Houfe.
Mr. VANSITTART prefented an Account of the
diftribution of various fums of money voted during .
the laft year, which were in the fame way ordered
to lie on the table, and to he printed.
CIVIL LIST.
Mr. CANNING rote to call the attention, of ant
Houfe to the notice of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to lay before diem, at an early period
after the reeds, a motion refpeding the incum-
brances on the Civil Lift, and the means of imolt
effectually removing thefe incumbrances, not
merely at prefent, but to prevent their recurrence
at any future period. In alluding to the means
df effeding thee objeds the Right Honourable
Gentleman tiltd mentioned the fale of the property
of the Crown in the Weft India Iflands as a molt
important fource from whence thefe incumbrances
would be removed. As to the (Ned to which the
money ariling from fuch tales would be applied,
there was, he was convinced, no difference of opi.
nibs in the Monte ; and lure he was that, for him.
felt, he was at no lots fincerely and fully to declare
his opinion, which was, that it would experience
no oppofition. He had no difficulty in profeffing
that he confidered it to be at once a wife, a jut,
and an expedient application of the public money; -
and whenever the motion was brought forward it
Ihould experience his mat cordial fupport. But
having, in compliance with the advice of the Right
Honourable Gentleman, turned his attention with
Tome diligence to the mode in which it was pro-
pored that the money Ihould be railed, he was not
at liberty to fay that it did appear to him free from
objections. What theft oblations were it would
now be irregular to flute, but he could not ima.
gine that he was at all deviating from the coned- .
nets of parliamentary duty if he afked, whether
the general queftion would ever be brought before
the Houfe in fuch a 'hope as to enable Members ta
judge of the propriety and expediency of the fate.
propofed e His chief reafon for dicing this quef-
tion was to afcertain whether a tubfequent oppor.
tunity of a fair and regular difcuffion of the fubjeft
would occur, and to enable him, if loch an op-
portunity did not occur, to determine how far it
would be expedient for him to make it the fu'bjed
of confideration in connection with the general
fubjed of difcuffion.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excitscarait, in an-
Aver to this queftion, began by referring to the
flatements he had given previous to the
his intention to bring the fubjed of hi
Civil Lift regularly under the confi
the Houfe. He begged leave to recal
collection, that he had then mentioned
of the Civil Lift is being confiderabl
had the fatisfadion of noticing that he
a very fanguine hope of means being i
quidate thefe arrears withcnt any griat
the national burdens. The means to'
that time referred he had Hated to be
the tale of his Majefty's unappropriat,
in the Welt 'lndia Colonies, and he had

he reeds, of
his Majeliy's
federation of
Ll to their re-
d the arrears
)14 while he
entertaineLl
;. found to
ii-
at increale cf
Which he at
derived from
Lied property
had taken o„:.

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IXCOMS TAX.

LONDON:

WEDNESDAY, FEISRVARY

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cation more particularly to allude to the Charib
lands in St. Vincent's. In laying there profpeas
before the Houfe formerly, it did not occur to him,
nor did it occur to him at prefent, that the fubjea
to which the Right Honourablt Gentleman's quef-
tion applied would neceffarily be involved with the
fubjea which he had announced for their future
deliberations.
Mr. CANNING profeffed himfelf abundantly fen.
fible of the diftinaion to be made betwixt the
Charib and other unappropriated lands which
might be included in thole prepaid to be offered
for tale. Objeftions might apply to the one which
would not in fairnefs bear on the other. To the
Pale of fome of there lands, without feveral im-
portant reftriftions and limitations, he could not
accede, and therefore at a proper time he fhould
feel it his duty to bring the fubjea to which he
bad now only alluded under a regular difeuffion.
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcH seam begged
it to be underftood that he did not mean to apply
bis obfervations wholly to the Ifland of St. Vin-
cent ; what he meant was, that to this illand his
remarks fpecially and particularly referred, though
be did not propofe by fnch a declaration by any
means to exclude his Majefty's property to the
other parts of his dominions in the Weft India
Inane.

Mr. Jonas, alluding to the notice of motion'
which he had previous to the reeds mated to the 1
}lode on this fubjea, expreffed an anxiety to know 1
whether it was in the contemplation of his Majef- 1
ti's Miniftew to bring forward a diftina and fpe-
tific propoßtion on a point fo extremely interefting
to the nation ? ,
The CNescisLoa of the Etta:knee was con.
winced that the Honourable Gentleman and the
Houle, on a flight confideration of the fubjea,'
irould agree in ate propriety of his not anfWering
the quettion now propofed. With regard to t*
notice of motion which the Honourable Member
bad given, he had to remark, that it appeared
highly inexpedient for any Member to bring for-
ward i motion on this fillea till the intentions of
GoveroMent could be afeatahltd i al what they
bad in contemplation could have tome regularly
within hi; knowledge. He held hiinfelf completely
juftified, ender fi4. Ichmvhfilsoes, in refuting an
anfwer to the opreftia. but he .could not help *
pealing to 'die Honourable Member's own candour,
that any rimiest was inexpediatiill the intentions
of Government could be dikowered, In (eying
this he sated it to* fully and cteartrunderflood,
110,044 that be held forth to the public no ex•
LTrof the repeal of the Income .Tax ; that
atano Pledge, direa or implied, of the inten-
lion of Governmenttto prop* ruch 4 TePeal. His
only objea, in raking the remarks, was to depre.
ate re ere difedidn. of the AAA.%
Mr. ones declared his '
only objea to be a with
to be ' d, whether It was the intentions of
Govermheht to bring the fubjea of the Income
Tax befOre the Houfe ? He wilhed Merely to know
whether it,Was in contemplation that anT thing
fhotdd bie done in accomplithing its repeal, or alio-
'lain its pram? • With regard to the notice of
motion, he was ready to follow the advice of the
Right Honourable Gentleman, and to reft at
it prefent in the conviaion that if an thing could be
done, it would be effected byhis jelly's Mini-
tiers. He, however, referred the rig tof bringing
forward the motion, if neceffary, at a future perio&.
Adjourned till to-morrsw. . ~ I

PECK OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT.ONE O'CLOCK :
3 per Cent. Codas, for 1111111/44.1...Dtte0. for ace. 69.
Red 60-4 per Cent. 11,1 Nees s per Cap. 954.—
Old 5 per Ceat. pStli— cog Ana. elf :5444

This day we reteilred the Paris foninali to the
stft ultimo, inclufive. The Moil important part
of their contents relates to the organization of the
ei4tooso Cifalpine, but now IloSam Repair. The
article will be reed pbliticians with Mitzi! rfi•
tereft, and indeed it dthrves the fel-ions attention
of all Statefinen. T%tc Conful of Frente, in
compliance with the earosfi forstitatio: of the Cifal-
pine people, has tertafcaufed to gratify their wifhes
by taking upon himfelf the arduous talk of being
their Chief Direltore It rem: they cannot boaft
in their whole country a !Ingle individual quali-
fied to fill the office of Firft Megiftrate ! In
plen language, the Italian Republic is doomed,
for a time at leaß, to be an engine, a mere tool in
the•hancts of France I
While this continues to be the cafe, would there
be any Impropriety in Brirain being . eqUally foli-
citons for the welfare of fuch places as Malta and
Egypt I In any fyilem that can be fpeedily
organized in either of there, compofed of Mate-
rials furnifhed on the fpot, it would be impollible
to find mad enough to guide the machine. This
Country, like France, might thew a little muttered
ethos, by kindly guiding their Reps, till they ac-
quire Rrength and wifdom fufficient for their own
government
Nothing of importance occurred la ft night on
the meeting of the Honk of Commons. The
rtfult, however, of the mea(ure alluded to refpeet-
tug the fele of the crown lands in the Weft India
iflands may involve ferious confcquenees, if any
thing be done heftily. Are new flares equal to at
cultivation of all the Icing's property in there
iilands to be imported? Heaven forbid!
After all the pains that have taken to enlighten
the public mind refpeiting this horrible traffic,
we think it would be a libel on the jullice and hu-
manity of the country, to believe that any perfon
whatever would be heard with patience, who
fliould dare to propofe any mode of cultivation
::::nneited with the deftrutlion of the huaSsa fpecies