Star.
London, England, 1806-02-12 00:00:00

INDIA.

,ord TOLKSTONE adverted Sr. the notice which
been given by an Honourable Gentleman near
(Mr. Paul) with refpset to the affairi. of India,
to the feveral papery which that Honourable
aleman had moved for preparatory to his inten-
motion. But in addition to the papers on the
e and that ordered to be laiJ before the Houle,
Noble Lnrd thought the following effentially ne-
&ry to a thorough invenigation and full under-
ding of the fubjeet to which they referred ; and
herefore moved for a return of the officers, non-
imiffioned officers, privates and recruits, who were
larked from rhi. country for India, frrm the
Nth of June, 5793. up t•i the hall e nharkution ;
alfo of thole who have returned from India
bin the (ante period, ditlingoithing each year.—
lered.

k rimier actnunt for the tane peti•ol was nrder•
f the Cadets vito had p.mt not and returned. &c.
'lr. PAUL mnvcd tor an account of the quantity
pecie sad bairn, which had been exported to the
teal Prefidencies in India. fince the year 1797 t...
AP. an account of the MI6 of Exchange drawn
thole Prefadencies, triitittotitilhing the amount to
I rl. Irt Prelidenty. and alto each year.
til'EA Kt? R tozgefled tn the cootide taring, of
Honourable Gantlctuau, whether it woad its

Ise ms we 'Meter to Five notice of It mot s
nature. particularly en the thin Ante of the Howie i
becaufe 11, hereafter, there fitould be any objeeion to
the prodttetion of fuch an account, another (pacific
motion mutt be made to expunge the order. The
Right Honourable Gentleman thought it his duty to
fubmit this remark to the Honourable Gentleman,
leaving it to his own diferetion to determine upon
what courfe to purfue.
In confequenee of this fogge Ilion, Mr. PAUL gave
notice of his motion fur to morrow.

ADINUITIss.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought np the report of
Lady Nelinn's Annuity Bill, which was agreed to,
and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time to
morrow.
Upon the Report of Lord Collingwood'a Annuity
Bill being brought up,
Lord CASTLEREAGH raid, that as he was the
twain who prefented his Majefty's Meffap upon this
fubjed, he thought it his duty to Rate. for the confi-
deration of the Houk, certain cirenmftances which
had come to the knowledge of the late Adminiffra.
non, fine this Mcfige was recommended. There
circumftances were of Inch a nature as Rrongly to
urge the propriety of reconfidering the limitations
contained in the bill before the Houle. Although he
did not feel himfelf entitled to exp.& that any fog-
Eakin of his would be much attended to by his Ma-
jetty 's prefent M i oilier', yet upon this occalion he could
not fuppore that the grounds upon which his ftigsef-
tion retied, could fail to interelt their confideratton.
According to the limitations in the bill before the
Houk, the fuecdfion to the annuity was fettled twos
the two pert male heirs of Lord Collingwood. But
it appeared that this Noble Lord had no male chil-
dren, his family confiding merely of Lady Coking.
wood and two daughters ; who in the event of that
gallant officer's death, were likely to be expofed to a
nate of diftrefi, which no doubt it would be the moft
anxious with of that Hotife and the country to prevent.
With a view then to guard *rine Inch conrequences,
and to afford an opportunity of arranging more
fuitable provifion for the family of Lord Collingwood,
it was his with to fulpend the progrefs of this Bill
for tome time. He therefore moved that the report
be taken into confiderarion on this day fe'nnight.
Mr. SPENCER STANHOPE, who Rated that
he had long had the honour of being acquainted with
Lord Collingwood and his family, recommended that
laftead of the limitations at prefent in the Bill, it
&Could be arranged thus—that in cafe of the death
of that meritorious Officer, soool. a year of the pro-
poled annuity thoold defeend to his widow, and
Soul. a year to each of his daughters, to be held by
them during their lives. This plan would be infinitely
more !bitable than that which the Bill contained, as
Lord Collingsinal was not likely to have any more
children s and fore he was that it would be much
more agreeable to the family of that Noble Lord.
and 'demure to the feelings of that Noble Lord him.
(elf. It would terve to relieve much of that anxiety
which mutt naturally arife in the bred} of a parent
who is daily expofed to death in his country's wife,
and who mutt be Ibrely affiided by the idea that his
death would leave his family with a very limited
provifion. Parliament, the Honourable Member
had no doubt, would be happy and prompt to releafe
the feelings of that Noble Lord from Inch an atilid-
ing profped.
Mr. VANSITTART felt the towel fatisfadien
in acceding to the propofition of the Noble Lord, and
he had not the leaft duulat that the objet to which it
referred would meet with the Midi attention from
his Majefty's prefent Minifters. They would of courfe
not fail to take care that the family of an officer who
deferred fo well of his country fliould not be left
without an adequate provilion ; and with that view
it would certainly be neceffary to provide, that in
failure of male Mae the propnfed annuity timid de-
volve on the other branches 'of that Noble Lord's fa-
mily.
Admiral HARVEY obferved, that it was no af-
fair of his to confider with what the annuity men-
tioned in the Bill originated ; but it was to him an
objed of the moft tenons fclicitude, that fuels merit
as that of Lord Collingwood thould not go unre-
warded, or that the family of fuch a man thould not
be left unprovided. That the latter was likely to be
the cafe, if the Houfe thould not reconfider the Bill
under dircuffion, he very much feared was but too
true. Lord Collingwood, he knew, was not a man
of parfimunious habits, and he rather apprehended
that he had made no provifion for his children.
Lord CASTLEREAGH's Motion was agreed to.
Sir Richard &radian's Annuity Bill was reported
and ordered to be read a third time to morrow.

Mr. ALEXANDER brought up the Report of the
Committee of Ways ■nd Means. The Refolution
for an Me of Five Millions in Exchequer Bills was
read and agreed to, and a Bill ordered.