Star.
London, England, 1805-02-23 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

:INNAIRD gave notice, that on Tuefday nest he would
lane rapers relative to the affidavit made by David Bar-
refirecling Sir Home Popham. He would Rate gene-
be wanted : I irf, a Statement of his Time of Service ;
_ Copy of the Order by which he aced as an Officer in
--mney while in the Red Sea ; thirdly, a Copy of the Order
removing the Matters and Officers of the Romney into other
• and fonrthly,a Statemeot of (time TranfaAftione concerning
Bartholomew lo tBo3.
hleffage from the Lords informed the Houk that their Lord-
‘ad agreed to the frith Habeas Corpus SufpcoLon Bill, and
1 Patftore Indemnity Bill.
AHD t asow preented a Petition, ftating,that the trade
was greatly increafed, and praying for lerve to bring
making a Tunnel under the Tbamearßeferred to a

Quanntine Bill was read a third time, and puffed.
Lao bill, and Additional Poft.ge Doty Bill, were read a
and orderA to be cormnitted oa Monday next.
was ordered forthwith to the order of left Be/on (t Ith
, for an account of &laic., du. to certain Public O.
imam.

papers movcd for lately by Mr. FRANCO, relative to the
• with Jciudia, were laid on the Table.
OUCIIE gave notice of a Motion on Toefday next,
account of the monks dilburfed for the porthole of lands,
improvements, and alterations, around the Cattle of Dublin.

ISLE OS MAN.

REEVEY willred to know if there was any
'tended to be laid before Parliament, of the
ion of the Surplus Revenue of the Ifle of Man.
plus was from 4 to 50001. which did not ap-
the flatement of the finances for the year.
'.OSE laid, that 'the account could not have
among the documents of the Budget, the'
the Revenue of the Ifle of Man never being
:d in that form. As to the furplus itklf, the
the revenue of the ifland was not adequate
I exigencies ; for grants from Parliament
ifionally applied for towards the repair of its
and public works.
:REEVEY moved, however, for an Account
iurplus Revenue of the Hie of Man, from the
1792, to the sth January, 1804.--Ordered.
•OLUNTIBILS.
.OBERT LAWLEY gave notice of a mo-
Monday next, for an Account of the Returns
teen Adjutants, &c.
WAYS ♦ND MANS.
ioufe. in a Committee of Ways and Means,
a fupplementary Clank for remedying a
Trot in the Horfe Duty BiU.
AUSKISSON Paid, that his Right Honour
ricnd had taken notice of this error on the
• of the Report on the Budget. The error was
tion of 76. inflead of 75.64. So that now it
ided, by a ilipplementary clank, to add the
:h, being merely pro forma, whatever might
inion of Gentlemen of the meafure itfelf, he
ipprchend it would excite any converfation

Refolotion was agreed to, the Houfe refumed,
I.eport having been received and agreed to,
Committee was ordered to fit again on Monday

ADDITION•L FORM

motion of Mr. GILES, an Account was

, of the Apportionment by the Privy Council
slum men from the Army of Referve Ad, tlif-

tributed =lathe Additional Force Aft, to.fill tip
the vacancies in Regiments of the Line, 18os. A
fimilar Account, only that the number of force was
not fpccified, war, on the motion of the fame Gentle-
man, ordered of the Apportionment of that defirip.
tion of Force by the Lord Lieutenant and Privy
Council in Ireland, under the Additional Force Aa,
for that part of the United Kingdom.

SIR 140141 POPHAM.

Mr. BURROWS obferved that the papers laid on
the table relative to the conduct of an Honourable
Baronet who commanded the Red Sea fquadron Tea.
dered it necarry that other papers mould be produc-
ed. He therefore moved that a copy of the exami-
nation before the Commiffioners of Naval Inquiry,
relative to the management of the fquadron in the
Red Sea, under Sir Home Popham, flmuld be laid
on the table.

Sir CHARLES POLE did not fee the fmalle&
objellion to this paper ; but as it was certainly a ma-
Lion of a novel nature, he thought that Come pre-
vious notice ought to have been given.
Mr. GREY concurred in the propriety of giving
notice. He undedlood now that an examination of
the cafe had taken place before the Commiffioners of
Naval Inquiry, relpeetlng the conduit of Sir Home
Popham. He was well pleated that this was the cafe,
and undoubtedly it was of importance that any pa•
per that could throw any light on this affair &mild be
produced. At the fame time, it was not utual to
move for a paper of this nature ; but as the Hon.
Baronet, who was a Member of the Commillion, had
no objection, it might, with the greateL propriety,
be received.

Mr. CANNING obferved that the effential reafon
for the motion was this. It bad been Paid in the
Houfe that the Commiffioners, when direiled to in-
velligate this affair by the Admiralty, returned for
anfwer that it was not a matter within their province,
but was rather a fubjeift for a Court Martial. The
Honourable Baronet (Sir Charles Pole) had then
omitted to [late, through inadvertency he had no
doubt, that the Commiffinners had, hpwever, pro-
ceeded with the inveftigatinn. Now it did happen
that we had the teftimony of one Lewis, a molt ma-
terial witnefs, who could not, however, be heard at
the Bar of the Houfe. It was neceffary that we
fhould, in this cafe, have the heft poffible evidence.
It was fortunate that this man was brought forward
as an evidence. as they bad travelled out of their
way to inveftigate this affair. He begged leave,
therefore, to follow np the notice jail now given by
fome other notices. He would move for the date of
the paper containing the dircaions of the Admiralty
or Navy Board, to the Commiffionars for proceed-
ing in this affair ; the date of the reference of the cafe
back again to the Admiralty or Navy Board, by the
Commiffioners, together with a copy of any anfwer
made by the Commidloners of Naval Inquiry to any
communications from the Admiralty.
Mr. GREY Paid, that if the Right Honourable
Gentleman had any charge to bring against the Corn •
miffioners of Naval Inquiry, he had no doubt it
would be fully met.
Sir CHARLES POLE obferved, that he had
never Rated, that the Commiflioners of Naval Inquiry
had refufed to proceed with the cafe, but merely raid
that it was his private opinion that this was a cafe
more fit for a Court Martial. It was extraordinary
that he fhould have been mifreprefented, fine fome-
thing pallid at the time which [hewed that he was
not then generally mifunderflood.
The notices of Mr. BURILOWS and Mr. Calmat;
were then fixed for Tuefday.

ORDEILS OF THY DAY...-HOlllll DUTY BILL.

This Bill flood on the Order Book for fecond read-
ing this day. The Secretaries of the Treafury with-
ed it to be read accordingly. The Members of Op-
pofition in the Houle, appeared to with that the fe-
cond reading might either be deferred, or debated
then. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was not in
the Houfe. At length, and after feveral fhort confe-
rences acrofs the table, between the Secretary of the
Treafury and Mr. Fox, carried on through the me-
dium of the Clerks,

Mr. FOX role. He faid, that the public bonnei
ought not to be made to wait for any Member of that
H Aire. He certainly would not wait. He should
move the Orders of the Day.

The Order of the Day for a Committee on the
Mutiny Bill was firß moved.
The SPEAKER aced when it was wi(hed to com-
mit this Bill ?

Mr. FOX obferved, that he did not with to deter-
mine the courfe of the public bufinefs. What he
thought was, that it would be highly improper in the
Houle to fuffcr the bufinefs of the public to wait on
the occafions of any man.
Sir ROBERT BUXTONfaid, that there were Tome
amendments intended to be made in•the 1311; and
therefore thought that the order ought to be poltpon-
ed to Tuefday next.—This was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. HUSKISSON, the Horfe
Duty Bill was, without comment, now ordered to be
read a fecond time on Tuefday next.—Adjourned to
Monday next.